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THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE
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QUESTIONNAIRE
As.rs which w;ll souva
PERPLEXING PROBLEMS OF
THIS RECONSTRUCTION ERA.
'RccepiT.cIes
Crammed Vithj
an e,!uittmml rampnicn to on. oi-uk..'
building In onl.-r to put more m i to
work. Would not a ximllnr movement l
how how the old stni.tures oan ! t'eat
and most economically ivp.iir. d und mad..
Bxl as now also )u'lt?
Answer. It Is lt:irntil that Mich
fake seeuri-j pinn is In ollVct and '.s linko.l dtrvotiji
would bei wi(, ti) waslf injrton propnp'.miii-
Industry must be ttt.nod buck from
works of war to the ways of pom.
must be found, m urn
meanwhile, for those whose occur
tion has been Interrupted. There is no
real surplus of labor In the United
States. Rather there Is a short use,
which would be acute If norimi) condl
ditions w ere already restored, nnd oue
step towards restoring them will come
with resumption of repair work.
Government restrictions, imposed by
the necessities of the war prog mm.
have for many months past retu riled
or altogether prevented construct Ion.
Improvement and repairs. These re
strlctions ore now off, and there l
EaBStobcaLfaiiyeabo.se; but i a crying need for prompt attention,
kbeolately worthless stock certificates, j Nothing delays such instant action ex
mT fakers know the value of gov- Cept the feeling that prices are high
Urn securities. They are anxious
jet them, for they figure that they will
Falic Srcurities Reorcpent-
ing Wasted Millions.
Washington li '.he safety deposit
Iboxes of t o United States could give,
iiiD their dead stores of
ttfs. enough wasted money
disclosed to stasger the isnaginaiion.
,tt a man expects his financial barrel
to Dll up, he has got to stop up ,ne Employment
MeakB In it. This is tne Keynote i
jnessago sent by William Mather
Lewis, director of the savings dlvis
'ion of the Treasury Department, c
;the Twelfth District savlnga director
rirging them to impress the wisdom of
Soldlng government securities.
"Thousands of people to the United
rtjUtes are losing their hard-earned
'rtvtags am; day btsause tkey lack
knowledge of financial dealing," corv
Snued Mr. Lewis. Untol4 ntfmbers oi
Wo scheme promoters and regiments
of investment sharVs, because of this
IronulEj- ignorance, are pointing out
Short roads to big fortune to those
i.
and above.
'oon bo selling at par
f"They know tft&t follow.ng the Civil
jWar t&e war i3sues of government se
curities soon were above par, and that
there is no well-informed person today
.who does not believe that the Liberty
iBondzs will sell well above par, longj
before their maturity. . ,
"But their victims do not know these ! m Giving 1 hem both a otart
J V s-.r tin1a fho VlAftt !
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for the time being and may be lower.
That Is not logical. No matte' wlm! ;
It costs to repair, the cost Is ies? thau :
the cost of neglect No matter wlmr
the cost of paint, the wind and the j
weather will collect a higher bill U ;
deterioration and decay. '
facts.
carities in the world for sor&e wild-cat. j
jthat promises a high rate of Interest, j
'Wbt their chances are of g'Jttins j
stung is illustrated by the fact that in j
Georgia out of 300 applications from a j
certain type of company to sell stock
In that state, only two have been able i
to meet the requiramnts under the .
'blue-eky law and were given pennita.
"The other 298 are probably operat- j
Ins somewhere where the going is bet
ter. If the Amerl-an people would
jive to the matter of spending and in
vestment money 10 per cent of the
thought thoy devote to making ItJ the
high cost oi living would be greatly de
creased. Reckless spending and fpol- (
ten inveetment are elements in tli9 '
pre'sent situation v hich can only be
Remedied by the rank and file of our j
people. '- . ' -';. '" ' ' ' I
-'As long as easy money Is in evi-j
dence, the profiteer and the shark will j
prosper." - '1
By
My
C. 0.
plays
Brown
all the live-long
little lad
day.
No pausing for rest needs he:
And out on the air peals his laughter
gay
As he chort'ss with childish plfiv
of noi:
with smiles
dulls and
1 BUY V. S. S. i
"DON'T BE A GOOF"
' A Chicago doctor, on hie way to
vinit a patient the other day, wa?
splashed with mud by a passing truck.
Be wiped the mire away with his
handkerchief, which was thus removed
fcrom active service, and entered a fur
nishings store to bay a now one. He
had plenty of handsome and service
sWe handkerchiefs at home. What
he wanted was a clean handkerchief
for immediate use at a cost of not
more than 5C cents.
"I want a clean handkerchief," he
aid to the oiertt.
"Here are some very nice handker
chiefs of a good quality," said the
tlerk, opening a box.
"Better give me a half dozen,"
fdeoidetf th. doctor, not asking the
jprlce. The handkerchiefs were
wrapped up and then he aaked:
"How much?"
"Eighteen dollars," said the clerk.
"I was gam,' said the doctor, tell
tag of the ezpedeuoe afterward. "I
fSd VlT
He was not guna. He was a goof.
3ji did net cave the nerve to make
that clerk unwrap the handkerchiefs
otl give him one for 50 cents, which
vas what he Really wanted. He was
afraid the 4i would think him cheap.
Iv'fcen you tot' someone tell you what
yea sh&H buy and how much you shall
pay for it yon are giving the strongest
kind of aid to the profiteers. So long as
ipeople buy regardless of price and re
g&rdiMS ot actual needs the profiteers
will prosper.
The wis man will now put every
eent he oan spars in War Savings
jRampa and svesry dollar he can spare
Or. Treasury Savings Certificates.
ISfaen they mature in 1924 he will find
jfiat not only has his money earned 4.27
tr cent, but bis dollar has increased
oh value; poeefbly as much as 100 per
Went.
My little lass plays, too, from mom
till nifiht
Although not so full
But her face is beam in
as bright
As she plays with her
toys. j
It seems only right, little lad ami
lass,
That your Daddy should do his part,
And so as the days of your child
hood pass,
I'm giving you both a start
The time will come when this prim
old world
Will turn you from play to wort;
Against life's real problems you will
be hurled
With many a jolt and jerk.
Now you could spend each nirkel and
dime
For pleasure, and that is well :
Alas, all too soon will come the time
You must face old H. C. L.
So now, little lass, and now, little
lad,
Ypur Daddy's saving for you,
And it's with a feeling, half glad,
half sad,
He knows you must soon save too.
For the going is rough on the road
of life,
An1 nothing to you I gave
Would help you to win in the bitter
strife
Unless you, too, learn to save.
So Daddy Is saving and in your name
War Savings Stamps is buying.
And when you are older you'll find
the game
Of saving is well worth trying.
It seems only right, little lad and
lass,
That your Daddy should do bis
part,
And so as the days of yotir childhood
pass,
I'm giving you both a start
LA20R HEADS
ViLL co::ui
SAVINGS PLANK
Conference Called By Gonv
pers May Ak Continuation
of Thrift Policy.
Portland. Ore-Heads of the Inter
national Unions of America openlns t
special conference In Washington De
cember 13 at the call of Samuel Ctotnii
ers, President of the American Federa
tion of Labor, to outline a labor pro
gram in lieu of the failure ot the re
cent Industrial conference, have been
petitioned by the Oregon State
Federation or Labor to Unhide In the
program itH;uali'led support of the
Government's thrift policy, represented
In the sale of Thrift, War Savlnga
Stamps ami Treasury Saving Certifi
cates. Backing of all other State
Federations of Labor and a request
that they forward similar petitions to
the conference in Washington was
asked by the Oregon Federation lu a
letter to all other State Federations ot
Labor. The letter was signed by O. R.
Uartwlg, president of the Oregon Fed
eration, who says: "We feel that this
will materially strengthen the position
of organized labor and will also give
us the sinews of war wbeu most
needed."
His letter to the other State Fede
rations of Labor follows:
"Inasmuch as the United States Gov
ernment is engaged in advancing the.
War Savings Stamps campulgu In a
vigorous manner, and inasmuch as the
War Savings Stamps are the best pos
sible forms of Investment for working
men and women, particularly organ
ized workers, and ilso because the pos.
session of War Savings Stamps by
workers while defending their rights
either while out on strike or otherwise,
gives them a degree of security that
ordinarily they do not possess, there
fore, the State Federation of Lubor of
Oregon makes the following sugges
tion: That your Federation Join with us
In urging upon the national con
ference that has been called iu Wash
ington, D. C, by the American Federa
tion of Labor, the advisability of In
cluding iu any program that they may
promulgate, a War Savings Stamps
plank or provision.
"We feel that this will materially
strengthen the position of organized
labor and will also give us the slnewB
of war when most needed."
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The schools are the medium which
wo should use to spread among the
American people correct notions of cap
ital, labor, banking and thrift.
The elementary school is none too
early in which to begin Instruction
along such lines. We are all agreed
that thrift should be taught In schools,
but to teach mere saving or accumula
tion without showing what the objects
of thrift are, is teaching miserliness. In
connection with the teaching of thrift
there should also be taught the func
tion of banks. Pupils should be made
to see that mere saving does no good
unless that which is saved is used to
create more wealth. To that end they
should be shown that there Is a great
difference between money which Is
merely stored up in a little iron bank
at home and that which is taken to a
real bank and Is put out Into the in
dustrial world to earn an Interest in re
turn. In some of our large schools
there are school savings banks estab
lished. These exist not only in ele
mentary but in high schools, but in
Very few cases are any attempts made
to teach the pupils the functions of a
bank and where the interest comes
from.
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R. J. HvynuUU TubucuCe.
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Carry-ewra lanch.
; fhewe yourself.
Polish own shoes,
i Smoke a pipe.
t Clean own hat.
f Do own shampooing,
i Buy W. S. S.
"A dollar down and a dollar a week"
pells failure. A dollar a week ist "W.
8. S. spells success.
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There are 1,2 50,000 dependent wage
wnem in the United States because
jthsy ceulid not or would not save during
; their working days. The support ol
theee costs $220,000,000 a year. 8ave.
Begin saving today.
w. s. s!
"Extravagance is the result of the
Inability to realize that a thing costs
as much on pay-day as it does the day
before." Anon.
W. 8. 8.
"There are but two ways of paying
debt: increase of Industry in raising
Income, increase of thrift in laying it
out." Thomas Carlyle.
w. s. s.
School savings banks were insti
tuted In France two generations ago.
France stuck through the war be
cause every Frenchman bad a stake
in France. Buy W. S. S.
U. 6. Invents Anti-Rust "Dope."
Incident to the war, the government
Us faced the problem that has se loaf
preved baffling to commercial con
terns of protecting Iron and steel from
rust In an attempt to solve this fed
eral specialists have perfected various
ferms of protective coatings. In this
Connection it may be pertlneat to ask
whether commercial uses will not be
found also for the so-called "dopes"
which the government has invented to
H applied to airplane wings and which
are possessed of valuable weather-relisting
and fireproof qualities.
A man arrested In San Francisco on
L W. W. charges offered War Savings
Stamps la evidence to disprove the
charges. It was a good plea. ,
Give him a War Savings Stamp for
Christmas a $5 present for $4.23.
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makin's cigarette! YouH want to hire a statistical bureau to keep count
of vour smokestunts ! Why, you never dreamed of the sport that lit
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Prince Albert's quality stands our exclusive patented process that
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Prince Albert upsets any notion you ever had as to how delightful a
jimmy pipe can be ! It is the tobacco that has made three men smoke
pipes where one was smoked before. It has won men all over the nation
to the joys of smoking.
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FOR SALE Six Blooded White Leg
horn Cockerels. CHAS. HARMON
Route Two, Tel. F-2221.
WANTED Agents for Independence
and vicinity. Good proposition.
Previous experience unnecessary.
Free School of Instruction. Ad
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Insurance Company, Accident and
Health Department, Saginaw,Mich-
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FOR SALE or Trade Span of black
geldings coming 4-years old. Per
fectly matchedi and without blem
ish on yiem. Have been worked in
S-horse team two weeks. Will
make 33 to 3400 pound team. Will
take in exchange, young cattle,
sheep or shoats. A. H. Craven. 2t
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real satisfaction out of
his chewing.
A small chew. It holds
its rich taste. You don't
have to take so many
fresh chews. Any man
who uses the Real To
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you that.
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