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FIXING PRICE OF WHEAT. !lEUS10X OX WESTEKX FKOXt! XOT I XTIL NEXT YEAK. the l'iui I "rosier Xi Bright for lU-diHiB'n la HcVil. The price of No. 1 Northern sarins wheat ai fixed at $2,200 a bushel at Chiesgo for the 1st 1 7 crop, by lie vrheat pine committee, hea.tou ty H. A. Gartk'ld. Laboi represeiitMes on the committee voted first for tl.M and the tanners frr $2 50. Afh-r Song discussion the compromise at wjs approved unanimoj!y. The price fixed is 2i cents higner than that named for the 11 crop liy Congress in the food control bill. The J2.00 price set iy Coa;re?s was taken into consideration by th- com mittee in considering a fair valua tion for this year's crop, tm the 'base of $2.20 at Chicago thv food administrator worked out differen tials for tfc varfons graJe and classes and for the stveral tcninals. The prices for first prades of different varieties run from $2.20 down to $2.10. Number twj of each prad? Is 3 cents less, number 4 is 10 cents less. The basic prades ere No. 1 hard winter, red, winter and North ern spring. In a statement accompanying ?he announcement oi tne wnent price President Wilson said it is th-? hope ft the food administration, and his wn as well, that the fixing of a price will stabilize the market and lieep prices within moderate bounds for all transactions during the cur rent year. The price of flour and bread, too. the President said, will he Itvpt down. The committee, in its report to th1 President, ?;ave as the tun chief considerations that nteroi into its deliberations the followin that the United States is ".ture of ISs in Xo Way H'l tiettera! lVrhitiu fntliratc That the t.-nu.;n WeaLnev Ih-foie r'lvrHh. Anierksa FtMes Wii! H be I "I lt .i.ul t.ntrlUh Half Milli a l.Ue j litg I'niil .Next Year JIust IV lAf-l in Vain. Heady. tGreenboro News. j Major General Pershing, who ha; Kussia apparently may as well be been at his Taris htadquarkrs. In a counted out in estiraatine the mill- public statement in connection with tury eeciirs of the allies. The fall the plans fr the Aiu.'r.ean forces la i Can't Work Interned Prisoners. (Washington Dispatch to News and Observer.) A t!e!e?ation cf North Carolinians mans already In the State are came uere see u lue iniernea uer- terned " but net "prisoners of war . . k .T". r u c" ,r1 PT0V,s'ns tney ' Er aw what wa-- the denoml- coull net be used for road building cannot be used for the purpose con-'nation of the bill you loaned me"'' ;.urpo.vs on the government lands In templated. If edv German prisoners he aked nervaulv "" ...r I....U..U1.I "'"in" -i ir war are lasen iney can D put to '"Kiiisconalian I Eue .u-, ...v.- ... ..iro.ia. tin- iu cuasirucuua. iterresenialtves fiitiin .uniey or wukesnoro. The BiU Kent Lent. : secretary of Labor Wilson ex- Mr. Tucker had unexpectedly iPUined to the Tar Heels that Ger- come far to fr -! ir r...M.. In- from whom he had frequently bor rower money. said Mr. At any rate, it keeps Lent I IriTiH ft! p 0 of Riga proves that the disaffection Fn-.nce. sid that the American peo-'.1 "'"'m v.- trwtn and , W eaver. Douphton and Hod went.very well." New York American of the army is deep-rooted, m an pie n.a.t tea a tne n.eau:ng ana val-'' " r.". u t. v. mua me wsuyra. not the Ger- ue of patience and cot expect that! an likelihood whether or not the Ger- ue of patience and cot expect than mans take Petrocrad depends upon the expediaonary forces landed in whether or not they want it. Little France can b rushed immediately doubt remains that w ith the Russian (to the front line trenches, army in its present state the teutons To put an inadequate, insufficient eoull penetrate to the capital, bu? ly-supplied force into actual combat, with C50 miles of terrible country to ho saui. would merely be making-a cross and winter coming on. there ts mistake, which the Germans unques- not much reason for their making tionably have hoped and expected the the effort. United States would make. It is the In all probability the campaign determination, rather, that when against Riga was undertaken chiefly America does take her place in the for its moral effect upon the German line shoulder to shoulder with 'V people. Riga is less a desirable other allies next year, she will beS strategic point than a counterpoise to fully prepared to g i through the sum-1 trie Italian onenstve ana me rrencn mer campaign ana mane me uer- blow at Verdun. The German pa- mans feel the full weigh of her mili pers w ill have a chance to Ignore tary power. what is happening on the Bainsizzai "Those of us who have fully stud plateau and at the foot of Hill 301. ied the situation and who know w hat bv pointing with vociferous pride to is necessary to be done," said Gen- the campaign against Riga. ;eral Pershing to the Associated The real battle is now in the west. Press. ,-are anxious that the people and while there is no reason to look at home shall strive to realize tne for a climax Immediately, the allies .immensity of the task in which v.e have every reason to be satisfied with :are engaged and shall, through p.:- jthe progress of events. Every blow.tience and conhcence. hojp us to ae- inai nas oeea sirucR in i.ie western vciupiiMi inai litsu in u:e snorie.-: theater this year has showed a lessen-! possible time. Everything is goin ing power ot resistance on the part, well with us. both as a nation and as of the Teutons, and indications are an army. We are making giant that it is only a matter of time until strides day by d;!y, but arc ' ju. t i MOTOR CM that rawer is reduced to the point started The fact 0f collapse, it is hardly to be ex-i " We came Into the war without an the nertml th.-t ihnt noint will ho reach- arniv. ho now we must build an en- tieed of encourasrini: the rrodueer. '.,t i...r -.. int.. ti,j oi . tho tiro naw nrf niiuiimn nn.i hniM it t,J and the necessity of ivdudng the cost !artive fighting, but the logic of event? big and so strong that we can tak of living to the consumer. jgives comforting support to those our place along with our allies, wh.' i i.-(.e i i ,ui Mui aiiv; i ,m ic.u . wn0 naVe predicted that liermany aireaiiy nave r.o.u taree years' time reduction in bread prices apparently vanished when Herbert Hoover, the food administrator. announceJ th:it the best the public may expect Is a will break under the offensive of the and experience. summer of lfllS. ! "I realize how very difficult it ts There are four excellent reasons for the people at home to visual! for thi cheerful assumption, name- the war to visualize the effort tha. IB-ounce loaf lor 10 cents, or possi-,iv. the battle of the Chemin des lies behind the var. Our problem: bly 8 cents. ! Dames the Italian offensive, the are greater than any France or Great The 8-cent leaf or 16 ounces French lunge before Verdun, and the Pritain had to solve, but we are solv possible, Mr. Hoover said, only it British operations around Ypres. Th ing them and will continue to do 8" bakers retailers and consumers un'te to eliminate wasteful distribution methods aud co-operate to obtain a standardized loaf. The price of fam ily flour. Mr. Hoover said, should be reduced at the present price of wheat at least two or three dollars a barrel, linker's flour will sell liyle cheaper than at present. C. I. Corby, who is serving for the bakers of the country as a voluntary jiide to Mr. Hoover, said tha. a li nmnee loaf for 10 cents would repre sent a slight reduction in present prices. Standardization would be hard to bring about, since rarln? costs in ingredients that go into bread fiave made it necessary to increase or reduce the size of the loaf. No move will be made towards price reduction, 3dr. Corby said, until the food admin istration has announced its plans fur dealing with the baking industry which may be a month yet. Members of the wheat price com mittee which recommended the price of $2.20 fixed by President Wilson for wheat declared after their work was ended that the committee was convinced it was possible to make aiwl sell a 14-ounce loaf of bread for 5 cents. The country's millers have agreed most spectacular, of course is the ; "It is Impossible to create a va: Italian offensive, which appears to fighting machine merely by the wav slowing up at this writing. There of a wand. I wish that it were po was hope, during the first few days sible to do so and that we might lie of that advance that it might actual- fighting the Uerman government this lv reach Trieste. That appears less minute. We know that the only way probable now. and, indeed, the only to defeat the German army Is to ham- possibility of such an occurrence lay mer It and keep on hammering it. in a complete rout of the Austrian That Is what we expect to be (loins: army, for it Is inconceivable that the with all our fresh strength and ei Austrlans had only one line of de- thusiastn during next year's cari fense between the Isonzo and their paign." principal seaport. That rout has not i developed, and Cadorna will probab- Our State Has High Birth Hate, Iw lv be halted somewhere between his present line and the city. Neverthe less, th" Austrians have suffered a terrific Mow. and have lost their most formidable line of defense, as well as 123.000 men. They may check Death Hate. North Carolina's high birth rate, which Is seven points higher than that of the registration area of the United States, is indicative of the 111,1 IIUIK nrnn nf Hoi. inn la nmr phljillV the Italians, and, with the help of . h WlBl0l, rntf(,n ,,,, bad weather, even hold them all win along with her boasted cotton and but as surely m spring comes 32;0 ' L000 of tion. In 1915 it was 31.9. The birt'i rate for the registration area of t!ic United States for 1915 was 24.9. or ter; Trieste must eventually fall The French thrust before Verdun is more Important for Its moral ef- . l. . i, ;!:...... ...., ,1,n Tim ietl i iid u .ui iii .vVen points lower than North Caro- recapture of Le Mort Homme and u . ' f tfce game Mill svt mar wie passing uiui, ,,,,, .,fu th e.ata-. Mb rate. Una's rate for the same year. trencn nanas again or i fiw u. ,,,,., j.ate is her ,ow d,,ath llmnortiint points that the German crown prince took in the famous bat tle of Verdun. So. after 18 months. to hold their profits on flour at 25 the second greatest battle of the war. rents a barrel. Under this ngree-!like tne Marne. which was the first,! ment. Mr. Hoover said, flour should; has ended la a complete unmistaka-' retail in New York at from 11.75 'ble, and tremendous German defeat, to $12.75 a barrel. The price of bak- iin February, 1516. the now.i prince er's patent flour to small bakers and beean his atteniot to culture "ihe retailers should be from $10.35 to t0 pari.v In" September, 19i7, 511 .25. The average retail price of Uhe German line is back approximate-1 i'.ik.h, uvui .im ivm n.ii V wpere ne siarieu. ue sacru.ceu pril to August has been $15.36. At 51,0.000 men and gained not a foot present bakers' patent is selling in'of stratei;icallv Important M'ound. ' Tit'w York to Jobbers at $10.63, which I EV(,n ,,l0,.e gignificant. as it would make it cost small bakers and I illstratf .- the weakening of the Ger retailers about $11. mtm pl!nch, is the battle of the v V- Hoover made it clear that un-(;hemin des Dames, in which the ill-' 1 4 frni1 nrtnivi 11 n t i.vf.tMl in 1 . . .... . . i.. 1 ifi " . ai ' ,-i i Hiari vu crewu prince nmnes u.i.111. 1 Isolated Instances, the food admlnls- in ,ju, iU-lUi 0n Verdun duvitti the' ..,t;n hi.i tirt .vrtrn1 nf nrictw f ifY?i i i . i i. . , i...,Mi..n- ' lI.Uiwu un KV'in"t wa i-... - .. .... 1 11 T'JSL IUM1 Hit KiVl Uliilia lU'.l Hiuiurn- l.tti,,n uie unit- uiv hmv..- iiailiy liu r rt'iivii w Liit u net, ; . . ' ... . (in i'" ' ".. than that lor domestic races i ;i it: .1 uichw. i'i v t. v ..... This combination, the State Board of Health points out Is not only reas suring to our pride as a common wealth, but becomes one of the State's greatest assets. Many births and few deaths among a people that Is 99 per cent pure 13 not a bud state of affairs and no uncomfortable feeling, says the board. Another significant point that the board brings out In view of the State's high birth late, Is that no Stat-1 In the registration area, which area comprises the New Fngland States, New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan. Minnesota nnJ the Dis trict of Columbia, even approaches that of North Carolina, despite the fact that all of these states have a largo p r centage of a foreign popu- and the birth rate for foreign ices in thl. country is much higher iof the citv. If the offensive on the ean be accomplished only ny voiun- somme hud not. diverted their ntten- , ,... T i.vitii iv rn MiM-,:t IV4 tary action by bakers and retailers tion tlt,.y Tt.iKlit have succeeded. Dnt ! 'ir Ul) ll IPKOIli: illiMKDY alot.g the Clniuin des Danus the at-, tack did not even get a start. 'The "Chamberlain's Colic and Diar evown prince attacked with nlmost rhoea Remedy was used by my fath ;is great numbers as at Verdun, but r about a year ago when he had the French halted him in his tracks, diarrhoea. It relieved him iininedl- I All that he got out of this supreme -..trly an.l by taking three doses ha 1 ! effort was another appalling casual-Vcas absolutely cured. He has great ty list and a coupte oi uavanc-.M Taith in this remedy," writes Mrs. v. trenches on the Calii'ornic plateau, n. Williams. Stanley, N. Y. and by the assistance of the public in eliminating waste. Scientists tell us that twelve pea jiuts contain as much nourishment as rt beefsteak. Pass the sieaK. It Helps! There can be no doubt as to the merit cl Cardui, the woman's tonic, in the treatment of nxny troubles peculiar to women, the thousands of women who have been helped by Cardui ia tie past 40 years, is conclu sive rtoof thct it is a good medicine tor women who suffer, it should help you, too. Take i i talk Ww's Tonifi Mrs. w. c varnT, oi Hixson, Tenn., writes: "I was passing through the . . . My back and sides were terrible, and my suffering indescriba ble. I can't tell just how and where I hurt, about all over, I think ... I began Cardui, and cy pains crew less and lass, until Iwas cured. I am remarkably strong for a woman W years cf age. I co an my cousework, iryuarauifioaay, ni)viou: lv. while the Teuton hosts pr-- I still formidable, they haven't the j "pop" that they possessed IS months ;ago. That is shown again by the way the Pritis-h walked through the tren ches near Ypres. The significant 'phase of this buttle Is less the ground Iguined, although it was a substantial I advance, than the amazingly slight I losses of the attackers. The British took more unwounued prisoners man all their own losses amounted to. At this writing tremendous artillery preparation is going on In Flanders for another advance, so nny oa; uiaj give the world a fifth proof of the weakening of .German power. . , Of course, none of these, nor all of them together, has won the war or la likely to; but they do go to In dicate that the war can be won by a military decision on the western ifr.nt With the German line still further weakened by the wastage of the winter months, and the entente line stiffened by the addition of a mil lion American troops prospects for a decision by the late summer or ear ly fall of 1918 are bright. Of course thlB does not take Into account the submarine; but that weapon will have to do a great deal better than It has been doing If It is able to count heavily. f bv ft ! ifiOt ii ! Si EM BADLY I&ks tabkspooifol of SalU if StMk burta cr BlaJJer bothenDrhi lots of water In the new heraldy of this world the nation which is the most lust and the most humane shall prevail. Samuel Harden Church, nuB-r.iY-Tisn fcWillcare yoor Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains. Bruises, Ctrts and Bnrns. 0?d Sores, Stines of Insects Etc. Anfiarptfc Anodyne, osed in- Usroaily and externally wee 25c, W are a nMion of meat cuiers ml OTir blond is "lied "vi'wi urio Acil, says well-kr.own authority, who wania us .to be constantly on guard a.iint kidney trouble. The kidneys do their utmost ta trr the blood of this irritatii.t; acid, but become weaJc from the overwork j they get sluggish; tbe eliininativc tissues clog mid thus the waate il retained in tbe Word to poison tbe er.tiro eyatcni. When your kidneys ac'.ie nd f'jol like lumps of lead, and rou have etinnj? pftlna in the back or lite r.rino h uloudy, lull cf sediment, or the MaMcr is irri table, obliging you to ece'i r;iit;f during the night; wucn rcu have severe hetil aches, nervoua and dlz.y sjhj'.Is, sWpIess. new, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad wec.tl.cr, get from your f h.irmaciit about four ounces ot Jad Salts; take a tablcspooaful in a glast of water before breakfast each morning axd in a few dayi your kidneys will act fino. This famous aalta ia made from the acid ct crapes and lemon juioo, combined with lithia, and has bwn used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, to neutralize the acids in urine so it is no longer a source of irritation, thus ending urinary and bladder disorders. -Jad Salts U inexpensive and cannot Injure; makes a delightful effervesocnt lithia-wwter drink, and nobody eon make a miatake by taking a little occasional' J to keep the kidneys dean and active. Get In The Came. This is a progressive age and the intelligent public are buying Dodge cars. Why? Because they are made of the very best material to be had. selected by experts, and every effort employed to make .this the best car on the market. Economical when it conies to gas consumption. Selected by the U. S. Government on account of its durable qualities, and the only car that ever made the trip successfully across the Valley of Death in Southern California. Noiseless and sensitive, will glide over the hills on high like a rein deer and then idle down with the slowest. Play the game, follow the crowd. Buy your car from the Secre?t Motor Co., where you can get adjustments and be taken care of. We have only a limited amount of these cars, so place your order at once. The Seer est 'Motor Co. A. M. SECREST, Manager. Phone No. 310. Monroe, N. C. I 9KSEBS Dont Risk i A I r a low Oat! ATTEND TO YOUR TIRES. It is poor economy to continue to rim weak tires that may blow out at any time. Half the pleasure and profit of motoring is lost by fear of accidents. Keep good tires and feel safe. THE MONROE STEAM VULCANIZING CO. has the biggest and best vulcanizing plant in this section. It is our sole business, hence our superiority. Our field is Union and adjoining counfies because we are best equip ped to handle business. We vulcanize everything from a hot water bottle to the biggest tire. Sell your worn out casings to us and get new ones. We pay 3V for old casings and -7 for old tubes. We sell the famous Good Year and Fisk tires and ac cessories. Nuff sed.. MQNROE STEAM VULCANIZING CO. "On the Square." . E. B. Stack, Manager.
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