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WORKER'S DAY IN ENGLAND,
XJdei to Factory in Taxi and Buyi
LfcTishly, While the Rich
Pay Taxes.
QUITE A CHANGE FOR BRITAIN
(Correspondence of the Associated Press)
IrONIrON, Nor. t-llow completely the
war hu baffled the foreeltht of economic
experts la sbawn by the remarkable wave
of aurfaoe prosperity -which the masses
of Groat Britain are experiencing;. Only a
little more than year a so political econo
mleta war dlcusatns; , lously the need
for ortanlslruj purllo work on a great
scale for the tena of thouaaoda who
would be thrown out of employment.
Now financier tike fir George Falsh,
editor of the Economist. and Edwin Mon
tajru, the financial secretary of the trees
ury, are sounding strong warnings against
the extravagant living of the nation aa a
whole. "Money la being squandered on all
sides, deeared Sir Oeorge Palsh In a re
cent speech, and the newspaper are tak
ing up the same cry.
Mosey 1'sed Lavishly.
The condition which the war ha de
veloped, have settled the problen of pub
to works on line which apparently were
not foreseen. The enormous Increase of
, the British army to 3.000,000 men, and the
demand for workers in the public and
prHnte inunitloiis works, has absorbed
all the available manhood of the co.intry
procurable on a basis of voluntary ser
vice, and given a great surplus of em
ployment to the United States. Monry 1
being discharged freely, and even lavishly
and extravagantly to contractors and to
worklngmen. and for the support of the
families of soldier, acroiding to tho
economists, and it Is being spent by the
people at large with equal lavlshncss
and extravagance.
These conditions cause excited debate
by all classes. In the enormous redis
tribution of wealth the general drift
would appear to be from the hands of
the rich and the middle classes into the
pockets of the worklngmen and the fam
ine of soldiers. While the workers fur
nish a majority of the men under arms.
the people with large estates and those
with saving and middle class incomes
believe that they furnish, through tax
atlon and loan, the bulk of the
money which 1 carrying on the war, and
which finds its way down through the
government and contractors to the small
merchant and workmen.
lome Are Bavin.
This result In the enforcement of un
usual economy upon the wealthy and the
middle classes, (except those concerned
In war work, who are many), arid encour
ages unusually free spending In the
stratum usually most economical. While
the Covent Garden opera has 'been sus
pended during the war time the theaters
of the masses, and the picture shows are
prospering. The hotels and restaurant
supported by the wealthy pass their divi
dends; the popular resorts are doing
good business. Tailors and fashionable
dressmaker claim to be suffering great
depression, but the wives and daughters
of worklngmen are dressed better than
ever before In their lives. Wine mer
chants are putting up their shutters, but
the publlo house. where beer and gin are
consumed are crowded.
More Plaaoe Sold.
Mr. Montagu complained of great
spending on luxuries, and cited the fact
that th". al of pianos has increased.
He cal upon every clttsen to be pre
pared to put at least one halt his 'cur
rent income at the disposal of the state.
The wealthy classes of England would
not agree that the luxury and extrava
gance charge la practiced by them. No
observer could fall to credit them with
aocepting the enormous war taxee Im
posed upon Incomes with a remarkable
patriotism and resignation.
Speaking for the other tide of the case,
Sir Alfred Mood, a wealthy manufac
turer, told the House of Commons that
men from the agricultural districts who
formerly earned 14 a week are getting
1S and $20 from the government, and
men are being paid IS a day for putting
up hut for the soldier. Annan Bryce.
brother of the former ambassador to
America, testified that boys who for
merly Worked for $3 a week are being
paid by the government more than $10 for
carrying the bag of government carpen
ter. J
Worker 1Te Taxis. 1
A writer In the Dally Mall says: "1 met
a man who without any previous ex
perience as a craftsman, was earning
from to 8 a week ($30 to $40) making
shell cases In a certain government mu
nition factory. I am told that workman
In Birmingham now drive up their dally
task In taxlcab, and that In that fortu
nate city the shops are doing a trade in
expensive luxuries such as has never
been known before."
Waatefal Contracts.
Extravagant payment to contractors,
and to buyers and experts who have been
taken Into government employ. Is com
plaint against the government levied by
many business men. Corruption is not
charged, but high and wasteful disburse
ment due to Ignorance of business af
fairs on the part of officials and the
necessity for making hurried contracta.
Th country would not suffer so much
from then conditions if it was self con
tained like Germany and money merely
flowed in a circle from - the government
Into the hands of the people back to the
government In taxes and loanes. But
Britain Is Importing enormous quanti
ties of goods for the use of the people,
beside war supplies, aid the exports do
not balance the imports by ninny mil
lion. ,
Advocate of economy in the popular
Pre take advantage of the opportunity
to call upon the government for retrench
ment. The office of lord chancellor alone,
with almost nominal duties. Is coating
U2B.OO0 a year.
Lord Buckmaster. lecently the head 1
of the press bureau, is drawing tin sii- -ery
of $50,000, while his predecessor, Lord
Haldane, and two other former Incum
bent of the office are receiving pensions '
f tX.000 each. The two law officer of
th crown, the attorney general and the
solicitor general, are c'lmrenrated chiefly I
by fee which amount to about $li,000
for each official. Several csblnet minis-!
ter draw salaries of S.A The payment
of $3,009 salaries to members of the House ,
of Common 1 a comparatively new law. ;
The writers for newspaper which clrcu- .
late among the worklpg classes call upon 1
government officials to set the example
in responding to Mr. Montagu's appeal
to citisrn to place half their incomes af
the disposal of . Ir government.
BURGLARY ALIBI DOES
NOT SAVE MURDERERS
DAKVIL-L& III.. Feb. ?. "Big John" J
fluiyiij ... . . . ..... 11 , ucivc,
were found guilty of murder by a Jury
here today and sentenced to ths peni
tentiary for ninety-nine years each for
murdering two Greek track workers.
Murphy and Armstrong set up an alibi,
claiming they were robbing a store in
Champaign at the ttme of the murder.
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The Ideal American girl for sculptural
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She has been long searched for by Amer
ican sculptors. She Is Miss Josephine
A. Huddleston of No. JO West Goethe
street She was selected from among
nearly 1.000 candidates a the model from
whose form and features will be moulded
the monument to be erected on the
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Older Men Are the
Favorites with the
. Officers in Europe
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
VIENNA. Feb. 10. The calling to the
colors of men between the ages of 50 and
K has caused the discussion in the Austro-
Hungarian press of what the older men
have done In this war. The view had
been generally held that the man at SO
had passed Into old age, so far as military
value was concerned, but the war is said
to have proven that this position is un
tenable. It Is admitted that In trades and occu
pations requiring physical dexterity, the
man over 60 Is spt .to be a failure, though
the well-preserved worker of that age is
generally still capable of great endurance.
The experience in the army Is that men
up to 30 are generally Jens hardy than
men up to 50. In addition to being aa yet
far from physically set, that Is, entirely
beyond the growing staxe, the younger
men often reduce their endurance and
physical vigor generally by Incorrect eat
ing. Older men are not In the habit of
doing this. It Is asserted. Hut the young
men sin also in other respects. Often
they are Indifferent to hardship when
they nhoulj not be; while the older men
see to it that their feet are always dry
and warm, the younger soldiers overlook
th'a habitually.
With the officers the older soldier Is
the favorite. Not only does he give leas
trouble to the sanitary department, but
his riper mind understands more readily
the purposes and necerslty of military
discipline.
An A Jut Ian colonel with whom this
ubject was discussed snid thst older
troops nueded little application of dis
cipline, because their natural conduct a
grown men was dl-eiplliie In itself. Ho
had seen no difference In the fUhtinf
Qualities of younr and ollr troo;s. he
suld, but he himself would always prefer
to lead men over the ane of !:.".
Of very young troops the culeiiel hnd a
poor opinion. In trench warfare their
value was not high. Constant reiteration
of commands and ordera was the lot of
the officer who commanded youn bloo.'s
while the officer In charge of older troops
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could count on having orders carried out
s soon aa they were given. The old men,
too. fought with more sense, said the
colonel. They did not shout so much, but
dealt out heavier blows. Excepting bone
fractures and very serious Internal
wounds, the old soldier gives no more
trouble than the young one to the medical
service. Authorities are of the opinion
that the smaller percentage of sick among
the older troop counterbalance wholly
what little surgical difficulty they give.
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EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
Meaiure Looking to Near Ap
proach of Universal Suffrage
in the Netherlands.
TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION
(Correspondence of the Associated Press )
TUB HAOl'E, Netherlands, J,n. 8,
A step in the direction of accord
ing political rights to Dutch women
Is taken in a Mil to amend the Neth
erlands constitution recently Introduced
Into the parliament at The !!gu by
Tremler Cort van der Linden. The Mli,
which has yet to be voted on, does not
actually give women tho ballot, but
removes the constitutional obstacles hith
erto placed In tho way of their risht
to vote. Should u pass, then the rice
toral law will have to be amended be
fore women are really enabled to exer
cise the political franchise.
The proponed constitutional amendment
goes even farther than' recognising wo
mens right to vote. It also includes
their right to be elected, a concession
which had not boen looked for at this
stag a.
Dutch women, although welcoming th
suggested reform, are Inclined to dis
play dlaaatiafati Ion with the limitations
of the franchise they may ultimately
obtain under Its provisions, and In their
discontent they are joined by the men,
who suffer from the same restrictions.
Conditions are Pre posed.
' The basis of the Dutch constitution
Is that men (and under the proposed
amendment, also women) of 25 years of
age are entitled to vote for the Wi mem
bers of the second chamber, which is
the direct representative body for the
people of the Netherlands. The attain
ment of the age of 25 la. however, not
all that is necessary. The would-be voter
must be able to prove that he (or she)
has a certain minimum yearly Income,
varying according to the locality from
$110 to $0-the latter In big cities such
aa Rotterdam and Amsterdam. Bosldes
this, there are exceptions made against
persons who receive municipal assist
ance under the poor laws and natur
ally also against criminals and luna
tics, while soldiers and sailors under a
certain rank are prohohlted from vot
ing while on service with the colors
These various disabilities effect nearly
K.fliO of the Dutch men of 25 years or
over the approximate figures for the
Netherlands being l,46T,O0O men quall-
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votes.
A 1 pointed out by Mrs Aletta Jar
ob. president of the Women' Suffrage
assocarlon of Holland, "the present com
position of society offers no obstacles
to the Immediate granting of the rtcht
to vote to all women." 8he, however,
argues that the limitation under the
constitution would permit very few
women to vote, for In most cases they
have no separate Income. 8he la f
the opinion that the vote should be
liven to all mental and morally sound
person of both sexes without any proi
erty restrictions.
Other Dutch women In the van of the
women's movement assert the proposed
constitutional reform Is a happy result
of the agitation recently carried on by
women of all countries, but still others
are bf opinion thnt the war has done
more to awaken the self-eonf Idence of
women than nil their strivings on the
platform nnd bus compelled men to lesrn
the lesson thnt woman Is a part of th
political fabric. They argue that while
the men have been occupied In fight
ing or, as in the Netherlands, g Mind
ing the netrality of the country against
attack, woman has shown she can fill
their placea In other aplicres of life
equally Important for th publlo wel
fare. All political parties In the Netherlands
appear to have become more or less
econrlled to the demsnd for and need
of somo such reform in favor of women
b that proposed by the premier, and the
nation awaits with Interest the outcome
of the debates In the chambers.
Base Ball May Be
Dropped at Central
Mass ball may be abnndnned at the
Central High school" on account of tho
large expcn" connected with It and the
lack of interest shown. Fred Spinning,
the base ball roach, and Coach Mulligan
are In favor of having a tesirt but It doe
not seem to Interest the other member
of the board. 'Teddy" Grove, who has
starred on foot Iwll and basket ball
teams this year, was elected captain of
this year's team at the close of last
yesr's base ball season, but Is wonder
ing now If he will be captain of anything
fter all.
The athletic board Is considering send
ng a track team to compete In the an
nual Inter-scholastic meet held al CM
ago during spring.
To equal the Cadillac
is the universal ambition
THERE is great gratification for the Cadillac owner in this fact:
That the highest aim of the serious minded manufacturer is to
approximate Cadillac performance. ,
Consciously or unconsciously, engneers are constantly inspired by
the characteristics which distinguish the Cadillac Eight-Cylinder
engine.
Consciously or unconsciously, automobile salesmanship both oral
and printed endeavors to emphasize the claim that other cars
possess these Cadillac qualities. (
Consciously or unconsciously, that salesmanship continually endeav
ors to emphasize the very things for which the Cadillac engine is
famous.
Other types sometimes claim equality and sometimes superiority, but
consciously or unconsciously, it is always the Cadillac standard
which they claim to equal or to surpass.
Fewer cylinders or more cylinders, they apparently have but one
criterion, and that is the Cadillac V-type Eight-Cylinder criterion
forgetful of the fact that the high development of the Cadillac engine
is only one fine phase of Cad.llac performance.
It is well to remember that this has always been true since the
infant days of the industry.
Cadillac quality and Cadillac performance have frequently been on
the very verge of being surpassed according to the enthusiastic
advertising and salesmanship of other cars.
The Cadillac market has always been about to be taken by storm.
But somehow, the Cadillac market continues to increase in volume
and in enthusiasm, year after year.
Meanwhile, ambitious aspirants for comparison with the Cadillac
have fallen away one by one and taken their places in a lower
price class.
The simple truth is, that the beautiful riding qualities which make
the Cadillac owner almost forget that he is in a motor car, repre
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