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INDEPENDENCE . . OREGON
TIME CARD ON VALLEY &
SEUTZ RAILWAY.
Effective Sunday June 2'Jth
The Valley & Siletz Railroad will
run a train leaving Independence at
7.45 a. m. going through to Cnmp One
arriving there 10 a. m. Leaving at
4.45 p. m. arriving Independence at
7 p. m. leaving at 7.25 p. m. for IIos-
Uns. Sportsmen will have an op
portunity to whip the Luckimute.
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Little Hope in
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American Business Men See
Small Chance for Immediate
Improvement.
LOW MARK VALUE IS CAUSE
Socialization Plans and Heavy Tax-
ation Add to Unrest Among AH
Classes More Willingness to
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Berlin. It has been Interesting to
me to observe the reaction upon the
minds of American business men of n
visit to Germany. These men hnvo
come bere in considerable numbers
during the Inst four or five months.
Not a few of them had previous knowl
edge of German business conditions;
hence there was n rather pronounced
optimism among them as to Germany's
economic future.
They knew, some of them, the Ger
many tnat existed Deiore me vai.
Thoytnew or had heard of the Ger
man capacity for hard and intelligent
work, for applying science to business
and production and for organizing
manufacturing and trading Interests
effectively. Americans of this kind
fancied that they would find the same
Germany of ante-bellum times. So
they came with cheerful spirits as to
their own business prospects; they
felt sure they would be able to sell
goods In large quantities here.
All Disappointed.
One of these Americans called to
see me yesterday. I had met nun
some three months ago, soon after his
arrival. Since then he has been most
ly at Hamburg. There Is where the
import trade of Germany before the
war was chiefly centered, and he
thought, after his disappointment
here, that his best chances would be
among the big Importing houses
there. But he came back here again,
disappointed.
The general trend of his report was
that It is practically Impossible to do
business here with American goods
owing to the vast depreciation of the
German currency. The dollar is now
worth about 45 marks, which give
the latter less than one-tenth of Its
normal value. Add to this the further
fact that all American goods are now
very high In America itself, besides
high freight and insurance rates, and
it may be safely asserted that the Ger
man must pay about fifteen-fold the
pre-war prices for many American
things.
But high prices and the difficulties
of doing business were not the only
things that disappointed the American
travelers. Some of them came not to
do business at all, but to look into the
general financial and business condi
tions on which all business must de?
pend. They came, in other words, to
talk with bankers and manufacturers
and get their point of view, to look
with their eyes Into the business situa
tion and prospects.
And It was precisely this class of
investigators that took the most cheer
less view of Germany's plight. The
situatlon'was regarded by them as far
worse than they had expected and as
offering but slight prospects for any
early improvement of a substantial
character.
What impressed (hem most was pre
cisely the depreciation of the currency
already mentioned, together with the
fact that nobody could give any au
thentic grounds for expecting an im
provement in It. Not only the depre
ciation of the mark, but also its violent
fluctuations In value, seemed to them
to exclude all hope for Germany to
get substantial financial ossistaneo
from abroad, for neither lender nor
borrower could undertake the risk in
volved.
Pessimism Everywhere.
This situation made a deen
ctnn urAxT, c..aV l .
uun outu Aiuuricuns as wprp
nme to comprehend its significance.
Moreover, there was a general atmos
phere of pessimism here that strongly
influenced their minds pessimism ns
to business and politics, pessimism as
to taxation schemes and socialization
programs, pessimism as to the labor
outcome of peace negotiations. Alto
gether, therefore, the conclusion was
reached that Germany Is in a far
worse position than is believed by
Americans at home.
The German outlook as the new year
opens for business, discloses but few
factors that make for confidence. One
good factor, however, appears on the
surface; namely, what seems to be a
more reasonable attitude of the labor
ing people. The last great strike here
that of the metal workers which end
ed about three weeks ago, is thought
to have exhausted the capacity of the
Berlin workmen to wage any more bl'
strikes this winter. It was so unwisely
begun and carried on by the lenders
that the radical elements have been
somewhat discredited. Saner counsels
are, therefore, expected to prevail in
the Berlin labor orgalzatlmis during
this winter.
A greater willingness to work Is also
reported from most sections of the
country. There is still considerable
it:
HERE'S PERFECT WOMAN
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Frozen Rats Found in
Government Supplies
London. l'"ror,en nils have
been found In enrensse of mut
ton supplied by the ministry of
food. This was the startling an
nouncement made on hehnlf of
Arthur Ilersnnt. butcher, sum
moned for slaughtering 10 sheep
without n permit. Solicitor Tier
nm for the defense said hi cli
ent was suppllt'd with MaiH'hur
Ian beef, which was "iimM awful
stuff." He produced a errtlll
cate showing that minion sup
plied his client by the control
ler was unlit for food, was nil
eaten, and frozen nils wcro
found In earcinsei of million.
The magistrate said lie believed
defendant hail acted soh-l.v to
provide hN ,S,(nhi registered cus
tomers with good meat, but had
made n mistake and must pay
a line of ?7." with $J." rests.
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situation, pessimism as to the ultimate
Venus has been reincarnated in the
form of Miss Rosalind K. Smiih of
Los Angeles, Cal., according to Robert
II. Manzeck, head of a pliv.-'ical i ruin
ing school, who has made a m-ofounrl
study of the feminine nhvsiutip.
Miss Smith attributes her nerfeet
health and figure to nine hours' sleen
deep breathing, sleeping in the onen
air, light exercising and the forecolmr
of candy, cake and pastry.
Pfisler's anthropometric chart shows
Miss .Smith to be ideally proportioned,
with the following measurements:
Weight, 121 pounds; height stand
ing, 03.5 Inches; height sitting, 34
inches; arm reach, G4.C inches;
breadth of shoulders, 14.7 inches
breadth of hips-, 13.7 inches; depth of
chest, 7.5 Inches; girth of neck, 12.3
inches; girth of chest, repose, 30
Inches; girth of chest, exnnnderl J!9 7
Inches; girth of waist, 25 inches; girth
of thigh, 21.7 inches: clrth nf rlfrtif
calf, 13.1 inches.
mnlleliius loitering by radical com
munlst and Socialist workmen; but tin
wiser workmen are losing pndencc
with those clement and are denounc
ing them openly. The growing willing
ness to work Is also shown by a vol
untary return to payment by the plec
on the part of workmen In pome es
tablishments. Not long ago a vote win
taken by the workmen of nil the
shipyards of the country on this ques
tion ; but n considerable majority was
cast against piecework. This week.
however, the workmen In several big
shipyards at Hamburg and Lubeck
have voted for piecework.
Applied Socialism War.
The same thing has occurred In oth
er parts of the country. In all such
cases It M the workmen theinselve!
who net; any pressure from the out
side would only make matters worse.
The hopeful thing In all this Is that
It is the older, more reliable workmen
who are taking matters Into their own
hands, with the determination to oup
press the young, unruly element)'
which had taken control of shop or
ganization In many towns.
But, looking further Into the future,
most German manufacturers Just now
are filled with grave misgivings about
the development of the relations be
tween capital and labor. The National
Assembly Is soon to pass a law for th
establishment of shop councils whlc
embodies the highest reach of appllei
! socialism that the world has yet wit
nessed.
Jt will provide for the election o
shop councils In all manufacturing nm
commercial establishments, except tin
smallest ones; and these councils w
hrt nrt I.I...I ..I i. . i .
.-.n.ui-u iu i-it-LL one or two reple
sentntlves In the hoards of directors
with all the rights of "imy" members.
They will make known the wishes of
the working force arid will he entitled
to vote on all questions.
But big public expenditures and big
plan for taxation supply other
grounds for deep discontent. Era
berger sees clearly the need of n hum
increase In revenues nnd he is settinn
about the task of passing laws to get It
without much regard for all those local
Interests which are still so strong In
Germany. Under the ante-bellum sys
tem the national treasury had to take
a hack seat as against the states. The
latter claimed the big revenue-produc
ing taxes, the Income and general
property taxes, ns their own peculiar
preserves, and the nation was warned
to keep off the grass. Erzberger has
cnanged all that, under the stress of
the huge revenue demands of the na
ti. i .i .
nwii. .iju mis maue tne nation supreme
In taxation. The Income and property
taxes now belong primarily to It. The
slates can get only n certain propor
tion of the revenues raised by the na
tion. William C. Dreber 'in New
York Tribune.
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