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THE. ASHEVTLIiE CITIZEN, FRIDAY MOBNJNG, JANUARY 30, 1P20. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO BY CITIZEN COMPANY. A8HBVILLE. N. C. P. M. BURDETTE General Manager CHAS. K. ROBINSON Editor iOE L. BAKER Managing Editor QRAY OORHAM City Editor elves. It vu such national Individualism that made the great war ponible; It will make another Inevitable. Senator Lodge has found a country without obligations except Its own selfish and shortsighted Interest.... . , Entered at the postofflce, Asheville, N. C, as second olaes matter under art of March 6, 1879. TlXEPIIONFS Business Office SO. Editorial Rooms 20T SUBSCRIPTION RATKS Progress and Taxation. Yesterday the Citizen made some comment on the Injustice of paying school teachers less than they can live on. It is undeniable that the state Is rich enough to pay a living wage to Its educa tlonal force, but It Is equally true that more of the natural wealth must be converted into reve nue before larger appropriations can be made for either roads or schools. Tho revaluation system now In process, and the amendments that will be submitted to the people this fiill propose an equitable tax system that will provide tho necessary funds for making tho pro- Daily Reminder L, P T i, . - ... ,. -. .... . o (By Carrier In Asheville and Subvbs) Dally and Sunday, 1 year, in advance 19.00 riatlv art A Kunriav A mnnlhn In ftrlvanne . . . . 4.75 Daily and Sunday. 3 months, in advance 2.50 jjgress that the state's enormous resources demand. Dally and Sunday, 1 week, In advance 20jjjot ony wm revaluation, if honestly applied, low. (By Mall In l ulled Stales.) r j,r the tax rate- but the ""option of the Income Dally and Sunday, 1 year, in advance I7.f0 .tax amendment will In all probability enable the Daily and Sunday. 9 mon'hs. In advance,... 2.00 Dally only, 1 year. In advance 8 00 Daily only, 3 months, In advance 160 Sunday only, 1 year. In advance 100 MEMBKM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , The Associated Press la exclusively untitled to the use for republication of ail news dls- I patches credited to It or not otherwise cred J Ked in this paper and also the local news Vubllshed herein. All rlgntu of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. state government to do away with the general property tax. If the people really want to see the teachers paid the salaries they deserve they should support a sensible tax reform measure which will make It possible without burdening anybody with taxation. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE Ths B. ICATZ SPECIAL ADVERTI8INO AGENCY 1I-1S East Twenty-sixth street, New York City. 14-91S Harris Trust Building. Chicago, 111., and 71J Waldheim Building, Kansas City, Mo. Friday, January 30, 1920. Testing- An Anti-Strike Law. While the rest of the country Is debating the vtls and blessings of anti-strike laws, Kansas is testing by actual experience the principles Involved In such a law. Under the new Kansas statute creating a court of Industrial relations, criminal prosecution has been started against the leaders of strike called in the soft coal fields In pro test against the law. The miners had returned to ' work, according to the last reports. Tho new law in Kansas is intended to prevent tie-ups in essential Industries, but the court of in dustrial relations Is also empowered to currect bad conditions In Industry. If the constructive fea . ture of the measure can be so worked out in prac tice as tot protect the fundamental rights of labor it may prove to be an Instrument that will aid both workers and employers. It Is admittedly a dangerous experiment, since If it should In ac tual operation be powerful only in restraining men from the right to quit work without also assuring them of adequate wages and proper working con- - ditlons It will Increase discontent, perhaps even tually to the point of revolution. Those who agree that it ought to be Impossible .. to block the operation of vital Industries have nevertheless hesitated to legislate against strikes unless it should also appear practicable to guar- : an tee workers against the evil of compulsory labor and to provide for the voluntary arbitration of . disputes following Investigation of complaints made by employes. If Governor Allen and his associates have found the remedy for industrial controver sies in semi-public enterprises the whole country -will be debtor to 'them. But the merits of the Kansas law cannot be determined except by trial. 'While strikes are recognized in law, labor no more has an absolute right to strike then em ployers have to practice injustice or to lock out their workers. Strikes and lockouts are both ' appeals to force for the settlement of industrial : disputes. They are sometimes unavoidable under the pres ent organization of society, they are sometimes under present conditions necessary for the pre servation of rights or principles, just as war be tween nations is sometimes the only alternative to loss of liberty or sovereignty. That much Justi fication at least can be claimed for strikes and lock outs in purely private industry. But today civilization Is engaged in the effort to set substitute arbitration for all wars between nations, although it is not denied that a war of self defense is righteous. And in industrial war Which affect the public, as do the stoppage of transportation or coal mining, the rights of capital and labor must be subordinated to the higher rights of all the people. Labor cannot be censured for holding to the right of striko until its Interests are as fully safe guarded by law us property rights are. On the Other hand, labor must cooperate In devlsins legal and industrial machinery that will make resort to Strikes in essential industries unnecessary as well ts intolerable. Reckless Economy. The thrift campaign In congress is commend, able, but zeal for economy is likely to hold back progress in many Important fields. The aviation mail service, for Instance, Is threatened with, total extinction. Unless congress agrees to an appropria tion of $865,000 the entire mall aviation service will be discontinued after July 1. It would of course, cost much more than that to extend the service according to plans which have been projected by the postofflce department. Even China la showing mora realization of the future of aviation than tho United States. Eng land has demonstrated the practicability of this form of mail transportation in the island and Is preparing to carry mail by air to Spain. France, Italy and Japan are giving the subject the at tention it deserves as a science and as a practi cal Industry. Economy, as well as extravagance, can be carried too far. When Republican House Leader Mondell asserts that nothing good can be said of the mall aviation service he is either de termined to establish a republican reputation for saving money 'or he demonstrates that he Is not familiar with what the world thinks about aviation. ''IN THE DAY'S NEWS." A long and honorable record in the public service Is that of Osn. J. War. ren Kelfer of Ohio, who today enters upon his 86th year. Oen. Heifer's activities have covered ft wide field, In cluding notable service In two wars, and a term as speaker of the nation al house of representatives. Born in Clark county, Ohio. In 1836, he stud ied law and was admitted to practice at the age of 21. Three years later he enlisted as a private in the Union army, was wounded four times, and i at the close of the war had advanced annual trade conference which has aver been palled by an American chamber of commerce In ft foreign eountry Is to be held In Mexico City. American! business men who as a whole represents much of the Industrial life of the United States will. In associa tion with several bankers who have gained great Influence, of whom John J. Arnold of Chicago, is fairly representative and who la to be chairman of the entire troup, take part in the conference. Mexico's Cordial Welcome. While the politioians and the army of Mexico may not welcome formally or even Informally these American business men they will surely be cordially greeted by various business associations of Mexico including the national cnamoer or commerce, it Is, however, true that some who are in official rela tion to the Mexican government have frankly ex pressed themselves as being In eordlal approval of the purpose of this conference and of the share the American business leaders will take in it. Much has been said about the increase of our International commerce with Canada and with South America. In fact t has been frequently . he rank of br(jVet jQr raI pointed out that the combined international com- FoIlowns bne term in the Ohio een merce of the nations of the American hemisphere e na wag Bent to conregB ln 1g77j or at least the part of the United States has In that I becomn? Br,eaker j jggl. He was commerce, Is of greater money value even than ouri major-general of volunteers ln the commerce with England. Spanish-American war and command- Not until recently, however, has It been possible ed division in Cuba, Subsequently to secure authoritative figures which reveal the jne waj again elected to congress, magnitude of our commerce with Mexico, notwlth-1 Qen, Kelfer has served as the state standing the foam and froth which characterize head of the Grand Army and military some part of the political life of that republic as j order of the Loyal Legion and was one well as the more accute dangers which are created of the organizers and first command by those who conspire for revolutions. er-in-chlef of the Spanish war veter- in iviw me iraue uetween m uniieu di.b hm i na. Mexico was of the money value of nearly two hun dred and seventy million dollars. If these figures were not authoritative the publication of them cause incredulity. Very few people realize that although Mexico Is ln some political antagonism with the United States, nevertheless, ninety-five per cent of the International trade of Mexico was car ried on with this country in 1919. Mexico's total international trade In 1920 will probably reach four hundred millions and much the greater part of this will pass between that republic and our own, ir tne conference soon to be held In Mexico shows the TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES. A New Street, If It Were Paved. Talking of new streets, Asheville has one splen didly graded and connecting the heart of the busi ness district with the station and depot sections at a great saving of distance. Coxe street is ready for service all but the paving. If memory is not In error, last year's paving program Included Coxe street, but for several causes the program was not completed. This year Coxe street should be among the first to receive attention. Business Interests long confined in the narrow district around Pack Square are beginning to spread westward on Patton avenue. New busi ness .houses are being ereoted In this territory. Since January 1 property worth hundreds of thous ands of dollar! has changed hands there. Con servative business men are staking their money and Judgment on a development that la bound to come. There have never been any reason advanced for not paving this street. It Is to be hoped that It will not be postponed more than a few weeks. A Wireless From Morse. If Shakespeare, wandering among the asphodels of the Elysian fields, feels Impelled to dictate fair ly good English through an earthly ouija board, why Should not the shade of Samuel f. B. Morse occasionally feel the need of using the code which Samuel. made famous here below? Marconi as serts that nobody can say that the mysterious wireless signals do not come from another world, and doubtless Sir Oliver Lodge will Join him ln a proposition which as a matter of fact cannot be denied until some other theory is established. Morse struggled for four years with a congress blind to anything It could not see with Its phy. sical eye before he obtained $30,000 for telegraphic experiments between Washington and Baltimore. He had despaired of congress, just as many peo ple have today; so it was natural that his first message of thankfulness should have been, "What hath GoS wrought?" Is It not possible that Morse, now in a realm where many things are made clear is even- more puzzled over the present performances of the American congress in the fare of t rying world needs? and that he is asking through the Marconi aer(alH, with quite different significance. "What hath God wrought?" way. Silver In Mexico. The world's demand for silver surpassing any that has heretofore been made, has stimulated mining In Mexico and probably not far from a hun dred million dollars in silver Will be taken from these Mexican mines. So also the mining or cop per and mercury and to some extent of gold, will be carried on so that the estimate Is that in the present year the money value of Mexipan mineral output will be not far from a hundred and thirty millions. Very much of this output will be import ed by the United States. It is also estimated that the total received for oil pumped from the Mexican oil fields will be fifty mUUoji 'dollars. Buying in tlie United States. In the next twelve months Mexico will be able by reason of the increased prosperity which her mineral, oil ,and agricultural output will create, to buy commodities ln other countries the estimated value of which in money is two hundred million dollars. Some of the nations across the sea are preparing to gain If possible a large share of this trade. Ger many Is to undertake, by methods peculiar to the German merchants, to gain no small part of this trade. England also is seeking it and even France and Spain. Therefore If the United States is to maintain its trade relations witn Mexico ana in crease them our business men and industrial lead ers must be prepared to meet the advances which will be made by the nations across the sea. The Mexican business men are certain that if the manufacturers and exporters of the United States, want this business and are willing to take tne pains which are necessary to secure it then they will suc cessfully compete with the nations across the sea. It is for the purpose of furthering the commercial and international trade between the United States and Mexico that the conference is to be held in mid-February at Mexico City. "HOLLAND." 1786 Susanna Marie Cibber, one o the most eminent tragediennes of her day, died. Born ln Lon done In 1718. 1814 For the first time In many years the Thames river at London was frozen over. 1881 Henri Rochefort, for many years one of the most promi nent figures In French public life, born ln Paris. Died at Aix-Les-Balns, July 1, 1913. 1888 Asa Gray, distinguished botan ist, died at Combrldge, Mass. Born at Paris, N. Y.. Nov. 18, 1810. 1891 Gen. Booth of the Salvation army .Inaugurated his "Dark est England" scheme with a great meeting in St. James's hall, London. 1895 Ex-Queen LHioukanl formally renounced her right to the throne at Hawaii. 1901 Representatives of the royal houses of Europe arrived in England to attend the funeral of Queen Victoria. 1915 South Dakota senate passed ft bill abolishing the death pen alty. ONE YEAH AGO TODAY IN THE WAR. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. New York city, reacting from the harsh meas ure of repression enforced against not only vio lence but radical opinion, lias dedicated a civic forum where ouinion shall be absolutely free as long us It does not seek to foment insurrection. hall, as Bishop Burch calls it. will be A Country Without Obligations. flays Senator Lodge: "Tho United Ktatos ab solutely will accept no obligation under Article X of the covenant of the League of Nations." That Is the dearest statement yet made. by thejThe town opposition to the treaty of the point which sepa-ja safety valve for the Ideas of those who lose rates the senate minority and majority in the dt- 'patience with the slow processes of evolution. The bate on the League of Nations. Tho endless quib- steam of radical ideas can be repressed to the bles which the opponents of the covenant have in- point where it causes an explosion that would dulged ln have 'unfortunately had the desired ef- jhave been impossible had the valve of speech been VOICE OF PEOPLE AN APPRECIATION. Mr. Billy Borne, Care The Asheville Citizen, Ashevllle, N. C. Dear Mr. Borna:-- . Will you kindly accept Madison county's slneerest expression of gratitude for the cartoon which ap peared in today's Citizen "'What Every County Needs"? . This cartoon is highly appreciated by Madison county citizens, and we want you to know that it is. Madison county realizes the vital necessity of a farm bureau, and assumes her deep debt of grati tude to you for the above referred to cartoon. May your great work as cartoonist, of vivid' Il lumination of pertinent subjects, including the an imating or the inanimate, and the forceful illus tration of the intangible, continue. We beg to be, Yours very respectfully, E. D. BOWDITCH. County Agent. Marshall, January 29. With the support of the British and French delegates. President Wilson's system of mandatories was put on the official record by th.e bureau of the peace conference. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS. Most Rev, William J. Walsh, Cath olic archbishop of Dublin and Pri mate of Ireland, born In Dublin, 79 years ago today. Jaaob M. Dickinson, former secre tary of war of the United states, born at Columbus, Miss., 89 years ago to FRIDAY, JANUARY SO. Oen. J. Warren Kelfer of Ohio, for mer speaker of the national house of representatives, today enters upon his eighty-fifth year. Important financial and reconstruc tion measures are to be taken up by the Belgian parllment when it reas sembles today. Many 'eminent representatives of the bench and bar are expected In To peka today for the annual meeting of the Kansas State Bar association. Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey is to be the chief speaker at the annual banquet of the Indiana Republican Editorial association at Indianapolis tonight. THE SCISSORS ROUTE AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS. ect of making many friends of the league hon estly fear that the constitution of the United States is threatened by Article X. Hut no i:uator believes that this country would go to war and . "Send our boys across the seas" except through ft declaration of war as provided ln the coun- : try's organic law. The real objection Senator Lodge has frahkly-stated: "The United States will accept no obligation." And the danger alleged to lurk ln that disputed article Is not made more evident by arguing that once the obligation is accepted congress and the people will feel compelled to make war against the. judgment of the American people. The con tract would be entered into with the clear un-J derstandlng that the United Stales guarantees its aid agalnBt unjust external aggression, subject to left open. THE HOLLAND LETTER. Early fh February Mexico is to be Invaded. A company of considerable size will cross the border with intent to reach Mexico City and to remain there for the greater part of a week. It is to be a peaceful Invasion, welcomed by citizens of Mexico and from it may flow benefits both for Mexico and the United States which ln time will serve to asuage the somewhat bitter feeling which has characteriz ed some of the Mexican authorities when speaking or thinking of the United States. So much has been reported recently of friction In Mexico and so many have been the statements which referred to the alleged Jealousy of President Carransa which is centered upon the United States that It will undoubtedly be gratifying to learn from these who will take part in this Invasion that (Winston-Palem Journal.) The progress of agriculture ln North Carolina is shown ln a remarkably Interesting manner in an article contributed to the booklet advertising North Carolina's great resources issued by the United States railroad administration. In 1910, North Carolina ranked 25th in corn In the state of the union, 27th in wheat, 21st in oats, 18th in rye, 20th in buckwheut, 31st in potatoes, no record in sweet potatoes, second in itobacco, no record in peanuts, 34th ln hay, 1st in cotton per acre, no record in sorghum, applies or peaches. In 1918, North Carolina ranked 15th in corn, 9th in wheat, 25th in oats, 13th in rye, 6th in buck wheat, 14th in potatoes, 3rd in sweet potatoes,- 1st in tobacco, 4th In peanuts, 32nd in hay, 1st in; cotton per acre, &tn in sorghum, loth in apples and' 7th in peaches. The comparative production in the state in 1910 and in 1918 is shown in at. interesting taable, the first figures being for 1910. and the second list of figures for 1918; corn, 34,063.631 bushels; 63.000, 000; wheat, 7,433,000 bushels; 13,187.000 bushels; oats, 3,458,000 bushels; 7,167.000 bushels; rye, 150, 000 bushels; 612,000 bushels: potatoes. 2.314.000 bushels, 4,512,000 bushels; sweet potatoes, no rec ord; 9,153,000 bushels; toabeco, 216,000,000 pounds. 342,262.000 pounds; hay, 175,000 tons; 740,000 tons; cotton, 686,132 bales; 730,000 bales; sorghum, no record; 1,108:000 gallons; peanuts, no record; 5.510,000 bushels; apples, no record; 5,460,000 bushels; peaches, no record: 1.012,000 bushels; soy beans, no record; 1,700.000 bushels velvet beans, no record; 79,500 bushels. THIJIL OFNEGHO, BEATEN Agrees to Verdict of Guilty After Being Flogged In Public. ! Mexico U not at bad as many hava believed that ( vannklU m w.A Hstt- wit air Mlful m r A the Judgment of congress on the needs for armed Uon cordial business and commercial relations will An interesting table compiled by Mr. Young i up shows the comparative value of farm animals in the North Carolina returned for taxation in 1910 and 1918. The first set of figures shows the number and value ln 1910, the second set of figures in 1918: Horses 218.651, 114,865,000;. 187.000. 126,180. 000; cattle 664,369, 110,161.926; 684,000, $25,059, 000; hogs 1,135,797, $3,255,222; 1.464,000, $25, 034,000; sheep 123,356. $186,980; 137,000, $904, 000 goats 23,842, $23,952; 26,923, $28,579; mules 223,708. $19,159,500; 207,000, $30,750,000. The production per acre in North Carolina now Is as follows; corn, 21 bushels; wheat. 12 bushels: oats. It bushels: rye, ten bushels; potatoes, 85 bushels; sweet potatoes, 90 bushels; tobacco, 710 pounds; ground peas, 38 bushels; bay, 1.3 tons; cotton, 364 pounds. The sales of fertilizer ln North Carolina are given as follows: If 15647,188 tons; 1916, 626,600 tons; 1917, 849,728 tons; 1918, 921,163 tons. MONROE, La., Jan. 29. When a dissenting Juryman today refused to agree to the verdict of guilty in the trial of Alvin Calhoun, negro, fol lowing the murder of N. H. Arnold, January 20 at Tallulah. La., he was publicly whipped and tften dipped in a mud hole, according to reports from Tallulah reaching here tonight. When tb,e Jury returned to its quar. ters in the courthouse, escorting the downcast, mud-covered dissenting juryman, a verdict of guilty was agreed upon, according to the report. The Jury then appeared in the court room, reporting its findings, which declared Calhoun to be guilty of murder ln the first degree. It is said that the dissenting Jury man was later waited upon by a com mittee and ordered to leave Tallu lah. Calhoun confessed to the murder of Arnold, a young farmer, who had emigrated south from Danville, Ky., several months ago, according to the sheriff of Ouachita parish. He is said to have stated that he picked Good Resolutions For 1920 fj I will make Service and Thrift my watch words. J I will spread good will and good cheer. I I will spend wisely and save well. J I will place at least 1 0 of my income in the bank where it will earn interest for me. J I will combine enthusiasm with efficiency to win success in business and in life. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. Capital and Surplus $2,000,000 Member Federal Reserve System HOW 4 COMPOUND INTEREST WILL MAKE YOUR SAVINGS GROW Weekly I On I Threw Five I Ten Savings Year Years Years Years $ 1.00 I $ 54.061$ 175.481$ 316.33 f $ 769.73 $ 3.00 I $162.24 1$ 528.44 1 $ 848.49 1 $2,209.16 $ 5.00 $270.40 $ 877.39 $1,581.65 $3,848.63 $10.00 I $540.80 I $1,755.79 $3,063.30 $7,697.27 Make Systematic Sayings Pave Your Way to Independence and Happiness START YOUR SAVINGS Account TODAY ! AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN ASHEVILLE 4 on Sayings and Certificates of Peposit Travelers' Cheques and Foreign Exchange Issued "PACKARD " SERVICE IS A PLEASURE ROAMER MOTOR CO. Phones 1171-2826. Asheville, N. C. U.yflMOFCITI LAND IS The Original Guildhall Flag Is Presented to Winches ter, Va. , heavy piece of wood and struck white man over the head while the latter was milking- a cow. Ac cording to the sheriff, the negro said he then robbed Arnold of less than $100. 'Arnold operated a farm at West Point Miss., before coming to Louisiana. NAVAL COMMITTEE WILL MAKE INQUIRY intervention. thing as a THK AGNOSTIC. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) Sir Oliver Lodge's assertion that he understands that there are crooked mediums, but he never has met one, is richly Illustrative of the often-made as sertion that it is easy to believe what we wish t obelieve and hard to believe what we do not wish to believe. Sir Oliver believes profoundly in "sperrits," al beit it is much easier to prove to the satisfaction of twelve or 1,000 average human beings that there are crooked mediums than to prove to them that there are spirits of departed human beings and If the league Is to be wortn any-! ' established between Mexico and the United j tnat tney revisit the earth in the glimpses of the preserver of peace the council would . ; 'Ti ... .7L V . , not ask for armies and navies except ss a, last I No doubt many will be astonished to hear that in Meslco resort after diplomacy and economic boycott had failed. One American . vote would prevent such a. request. : The nations are seeking mutual assurances that all will 'stand together In the face of imminent danger. America's answer so far is, we accept sh obligations for anything or anybody but our- City a chamber of commerce has been established whose members are American business men who live ln that city. It developed so rapidly ln membership and influence that although only a year or two ago Us members numbered no more than sixty-five, yet now the membership is a little over two hundred. Almost all the members of this chamber of com merce are either leaders ln American industries or their agents in Mexico. Ia mid-February tha first shaded lights of spiritualistic mediums or in other circumstances. Sir Oliver may not have met a crooked book maker or a dishonest tout. He may not be person ally acquainted with a professional gambler or a vender of gold bricks. He may not have seen a shell-game operator or an individual getting his bread by means of a chuck-a-luck outfit or a faro layout He may not have visited Chicago. Never theless he wou.d not for a moment doubt that dis honest persons exist, nay abound, in the callings WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. The house naval committee will go to Norfolk, Va., to investigate the recent water shortage there which, accord ing to commanding officers at the Hampton Roads naval base, caused the removal of three or four thousand seamen to other stations. The Inquiry will begin February 18, next. Committeemen said their Inquiry would not be confined to the ques tion of the water supply, but that it would extend to the reasons and wis dom of the expenditure of approxi mately $7,000,000 after the signing of the armistice ln the development of East Camp on land to which the gov ernment has no time or agreement of purchase. The inquiry. It was said, would last several days. WARREN NEW COACH. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Vs.. Jan. 21. President Alderman announced tonight that Dr. W. Rice Warren had been selected as coach for the foot ball and baseball teams of the Uni versity of Virginia, the decision ha the ( n rr kun i-aafhaul hr thn enmmltlai mentioned, or that thre is in Illinois a city called tonight. He also will look after ota Chieaao. ar athletics, tne statement ssuo. WINCHESTER, Va.. Jan. 29. Formal presentation of the original guild-hall flag of Winchester,. Eng land, to its namesake, as evidence of the friendship of the people of the English city for the 1,000,000 Ameri can Boldiers who passed through there enroute to France during the world war, was made tonight by Major-Gen-eral , H. K. Bethell, military attache of the British embassy at Washing ton. The flag was received on behalf of this city by Mayor Julian F. Ward who placed it in the permanent cus tody of Handley Library, where It will be on exhibition. - The flag was given in Winchester. England, to Colonel Carl Abrams. of Salem, Ore., representing the Ameri can soldiers on July 4, 1918, with the request that it "be presented to Win Chester, Va., the original namesake in America of this old English capital now so wall known tp 1.000,000 Amer ican doughboys." At tha ceremonies hers tonight ad dresses also wars made by Frederick Wile, of Washington, formerly a newspaper correspondent Jn London and Berlin; Brants il- Rossell of Win chester, historian of the Virginia branch of the American legion and Colonel M. C. Kennedy of Chambers burg, Pa., -whp served in the engi neer corps ln France. An original poem by Miss Kata McVlvar, entitled "Nemo," was read. The flag was one of the most cher ished possessions of the English city and for many years flew over the guildhall. It is about ten by five feet, solid red color and In the center is the coat of arms of Winchester, Eng- j land, consisting xt five ramparts em- j battled and two lions couchanu 1 BIG INCREASE IN PRICES IS SHOWN IN STATISTICS Increases of From 50 to 200 Per Cent. Recorded In Last 6 Years. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Increases of from 60 to 200 per cent ln retail prices of the principal food products of the country and from 70 to more than 200 per cent-In wholesale during the last six years are shown in figures Issued today by the bureau of labor statistics. Taking the year 1913 as the normal year for basing comparative prices, the bureau shows that by December, 1919, retail prices of meats had ad vanced from 50 to 80 per cent over the average for 1913. Bacon and ham led prices with increases of 86 per cent each and pork chops stood sec ond highest with an advance of 81 per cent. Butter rose 104 per cent; eggs 1(1 per cent; hens 84 per cent and lard 121 per cent Breadstuffs and dairy products climbed to higher levels than the meat group. Flour advanced 183 per cent, bread 179 per cent, rice 103 per cent and potatoes 1S3 per cent. Cotfee, tea and sugar showed advances of 64, 67 and 14 per cent respectively. Cheese went up 96 per cent and milk 88 per cent. Wholesale clothing prices, ac- cording to the bureau's figures, showed an increase of 236 per cent last December over the 1913 levels and house furnishings went up 203 per cent. Ao advance of 134 per cent ln food as a commodity was- shown, while farm products rose 144 per cent. Lumber and building materials climbed 153 per cent in the six years while the average price of all tha com modities tabulated rose 138 per cent. Increases of three per cent ln wholesale prUes were comparative figures of December and November last , ' I
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