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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20tl», 1919
UNDER BOLSHEVISM
Under the beneficent rule of the Bolshevik the value <»f mono 1
depreciated to the degree that a yard of cloth or a couple of pound* of liwr
Ik worth more than a whole pocket full of money. The rouble, considered in
an Individual sense, Is equivalent to practically nothing at all unless it be a
cancelled postage stamp. Collectively u gunnysack full amounts to a little, but
just how much appears to depend largely on what value one wishes to accept
For Instance, If one wanted to buy a suit of clothes the amount of
money necessary to make the purchase would run into the thousands of
roubles. At Minsk, we are told, a suit of ••hand-me-downs" sells for 5.000
roubles—a sum equivalent to about $2,500 before the outbreak of the war.
The Bolsheviki. having discovered a short cut to riches via the printing press,
have Issued money in bales and cartloads; and in the process have adulterated
the value of the rouble to the degree that It veritably requires a gripsack full
of currency -to pay for a formerly inexpensive commodity or a cart load to
buy an outfit at the haberdashery. This situation is said on excellent author
ity to prevail throughout the entire section of Husain still under Bolshevik
control.
Soviet Russia Is simply loaded with money issued by the benign Bolshe
viki government, which believes everybody shoidd have plenty of everything
and yet by some singular anomoly has taken away everything of real value
anyone had before the Soviets came into jrower. What they have dortb with it
no one appears to know but the fact remains that prices are higher there than
uny place in the world; wages are fabulous in comparison with the standards
of the rest of the world and money is wortl^so little that a man neefh a barn
full to buy a decent outfit of clothes for himself and the wife and kiddies.
Any Llussian who possesses a few pounds of beans or a sack of flour
values It higher than a sackful of rouble's for the very obvious reason that the
beuns or flour represent something of immediate value and the roubles represent
little more than a promise that may ultimately prove to have no value at all.
' A QUARTER CENTURY AGO J
*An exchange provides some interesting comparisons regarding the
present high cost of living l>y publishing a list of the prices charged for various
farm commodities twenty five years ago. For instance, it points out that
wheat In May 1894 sold at 56 cents per bushel, as compared to $2,13 in May
i919. Oats sold for 33 cents, as against 72 cents this year. Hay was valued
at $7.00 per ton; this year it was $22.00 In the same period. Butter was
quoted at 1* cents per pound in May 1894; in the same month this year it
ruqged between 5$ and 60 cents. Eggs sold in that distant springtime at
12 eenta^but those of us addicted to hen fruit had to pingle up from 45 to 50
cents this year. In the same year hogs sold for $6.25 as against $21 25 in
May 1919,....
It Is^ilso mentioned that in 1894 you could buy a pair of pretty good
shoes for fS while Ip the present year of grace they hipped the hank roll for
four times thiit sum- A suit of sizable—and wearable—wool worsted clothes
cost about f?0 then, while a suit composed of cotton and wool shoddy is worth
nearly - double that amount at present. The list also discloses that in the
matter of housing the prices for rent have advanced in equal ratio to thAse of
other commodities; the sqme class of house feqting.at present for $30.00
more bringing to the landlord no more than $10 or $12 in 1914.
WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
There are a lot of impatien|, nervous, overwrought people In the world
c.t present who imagine all kinds of foolish things and foresee all manner of
dreadful developments in the future. One half the people you meet are de
manding miracles and the other half are incensed over their working condi
tion^, Nobody appears to he satisfied with either his job or his income.
The new.rich ara wrathy because fortune does not bring them, all the happiness
they,expected when they were poor and the old rich are disgusted and grumpy
over the income btx.es which shave the cream off their dividends. The business
man la living In a constant state of apprehension because he neVer knows one
day,weather he will have a working organization the next day or not. The
working man is all wrought up because he thinks his labor is contributing
more, to ..-(capital than capital is contributing to himself. Even the loafer-is
offended because with so many jobs offeree^ it is doubly hard to dodge work.
. Nobody appears to be the least bit satisfied except the farmers and
even they are mixing Into politics with the ultimate aim of electing a hayseed
gov.eynipent that will. double the,price of hogs and cut the value of. labor.
Nearly,everybody. Is Churlish and disgruntled and mad at somebody or some
thing. It verily looks .like the old world has become topsy turvy <y- turned
into an abode of near bedlamites.
One trouble is that too many people’s nerves were snarled up dicing
the jytur and haven't become unsnarled yet. Another is that there has been ^
whole lot of prosperity In America in recent years and a whole lot of people (
acquired a whole lot of new tastes and habits and have grown greedy for
things they seldom had or knew of before and are ready to tear things up by
the roots to get them If they can’t bo obtained otherwise. There are dosens of
other reasons but-these in the main are the one’s which provide the largest share
of so called popular unrest in this country. Every one wants, wants,
wants- Unlike the masses .of the old world, its not an empty or parti illy
filled algjiiach that Is ailing most of them. All but very few of the people
in Ajfeiijgia arc well fed, well clothed and well housed. It’s not lack of the
necessities but the desire for luxuries that’s at the bottom of most of the
dUqt^etude. And where is it all. going to end ?
PEN POINTS OF THE PRESS
The real explanation is that Chicago had the dojfester* and Cincinnati
the ball players,—Portland Telegram. '
411.general deficiency bills In turn should contain salaries of senators.
♦-Wall Street Journal.
tfie time for presenting .the allies* bill for reparation draws nearer.
Germany shows increasing signs of insanity.-*—Brooklyn Eagle.
. The first stage of convalescence is indicated by the patient beginning to
talk abdat the doctor's bill.—Brooklyn Eagle.
?;-A.fcmott as a means of. enforcing the league's decree mgy pot sound
1 >i Tfcajplflsbls but the. Germans can testify as to wha£ it means.—Charles
ton News and Courier. _ J _
TUESDAY
LAWBREAKERS VIRTUALLY
IN CONTROL. OF
I SEATTLE REGION
Seattle. Dec. 16—Banditti, masked,
and unmasked. thieves, burglars, boot-,
leggers and moonshiners are well nigh
unctntrolled In the region of Renttls.
The polh e are active but apparently
unable t«. successfully combat the epi
demic of crime and very few arrests
result from their depredations and in
fractions of law. The presence of a
new character of law violators was re
vealed in lhe arrest this evening of
.•tamps and other war time federal
securities whish a»e'believed to have
SEATTLE COP CHARGED
WITH BURGLARY
Seattle- Her. 1C—Patrolman C. M.
Reynolds u member of the Seattle
>olice fon-p, wuh arrested' and impris
•ned today on charges of burglar*
iml attempted robbery. Reynolds Is
believed to have been responsible for
a number of robberies oecurlng on hi*
J W. GERARD IS
PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT
Pierre. S. I*.. Dec. 16—J. W. (Jerard,
of New York, has signed a minority
nominating petition as a candidate for
president at the state primaries in
March. Considerable mystery sur
rounds th<- former ambassador's can
didacy. ns it was not known he was an
aspirant for political honors.
FRENCH ROUGHtS INJURE
AMERICAN OFFICERS
HresJ, Prance, Dec. 16—Roughs at
tacked three American army officers
wjio were leaving a concert hall hern
last night. Lieutenant John Camp
bell CldSo. one of the trio of Amdrl
ei^ns. was seriously wounded In the
encounter and Lieutenant Chas. Ne.vin
received a bullet in tiie leg from the
revolver of one of the Rings. The
Americans heat off their assailants.
prehended.
CHINA MAKES PEREMPTORY
DEMANDS ON JAPAN
Tokio. Dec. 16—The Chinese gov
ernment today lodged with the imper
ial government six demands for resti
cent disorders oevuring at the town of
Chee Poo, where Japanese soldiers
were recently landed. The Chinese
demands are touched in, peremptory
terms and include a demand for the
withdrawal of.the Japanese consul-at
Chee Poo. who it is claimed was prin
cipally responsible for. the clash be
tween Chinese and Japanese civilians.
China also demands an official apology
for the killing of a number of Chinese
students, compensation for the rela
tives of the slain, punishment of the
offenders and. the prohibition of
carrying arms by Japanese residents
of China and the punishment of the
Japanese police in China who partici
pated in recent disturbances at Che*
Poo and other- points.
WAR PROHIBITION HELD
CONSTITUTIONAL
\\ ashington. Dec. 1*—War time
prohibition is constitutional, the Unit
ed States Supreme Court decided in a
dec ice handed down today. The court
also decided unanimously that the en
forcement of the war prohibition must
continue until peace is proclaimed.
HOUSE WqWT CONSIDER REPEAL
WAR PROHIBITION
Washington, Dec. 16—All hope that
erfigress might aid the llqucy- inter
ests before constitutional prohibition
becomes effective vanished today when
the House Agricultural Committee
voted 16 to 3 against the repeal of war
time pHriiibition.
GERMANY REPLIES TO ALLIES
PROTOCOL DEMAND I
I’mi* ta, l>ec. 16—Germany; in reply
to tin* demand^ of the Allies embraced
in tin* peace ratification protocol, ha*
agreed to settle for the damage done
to the Allien in the surreptitious sink
ing of the German war ships interned
at Schala Flow but assorts Mint she is
not in a position to make payment in
the way provided by the protocol and
Justifies her refusal to sign the proto
col on this score, according to peace
conference announcements t inlay.
The German answer also contains \
demand that the crews of the sunken
warships be set at liberty.
MANY KILLED IN INDIAN RIOTS
LONDON. Dec. 15—An official in
vestigation into tlie riots at Amritzar,
India last April reveals that over five
hundred persons were killed and fif
teen hundred wounded when the
troops shot into thy crowd of rioters.
TRAINMEN GET
OVERTIME INCREASE
Washington. Dec. 16—The Railroad
administration has granted the train
men time and a half for overtime on
the slow freight service.
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all taxes levied by the City of Nome
for the year 1919, became delinquent
on Saturday November 15th, 1919, but
that the Common Council of said City
of Nome has extended the time for the
payment of such taxes until the 31st
{lay of December, 1919, and authorised
the City Clerk to waive the penalty
and interest provided for by law on
all taxes paid on or before the 31st day
of December, 1919. Any taxes not
paid on or before the said last name!
date, will be charged with the penally
of fifteen (15%) per cent, and interest
at the rate of twelve (12%) per cent,
per annum since November 15th, 1919.
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Clerk of the .City of Nome.
Dated Nome, Alaska, Dee. 6, 1919.
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MICHIGAN ASTRONOMER
PROVC9 LIAR
Seattle Dec*. 17—The failure *»f the
recent prediction of a Michigan astr
onomer that the world would end to
day in a Kre.it solar cataclysm makes
him out a liar. Despite the plane
tary conjunction, world conditions re
BOLSHEVISTS CLAIM
CAPTURE KIEV
upction of Kupiansk
Bolshevist statement
scow today. The statement
pturod fifteen
prisoners when they took tho
Kazuryk in the Trans-Cys
that the prisoners had mur
Ir own officers.
GERMAN AMMUNITION DEPOT
EXPLODES—143 CASUALTIES
Berlin. Dec. 17
men and women w
others injured in tl
ammunition depot
1 killed and lO'i
:ir Wilhelmsh
BRITISH SUPPRESSING NEGRO
UPRISING IN TRINIDAD
1-0 N DON. I )ee. 15—Troops have
been landed from the* British warship
Calcutta to put down an uprising of
negroes on tin- Island <<f Tiiniilad. ac
cording to an announcement by the
Foreign office. The government
forces were landed at Tobago follow- j
ing leports that Port of Spain. Hh<-|
principal city «.f Trinidad has been 1
seized by the revolters. ;
BILL TO FIX SUGAR
PRICES PASSES
Washington. I >er. 17—The House j
late today passed the senate bill in’
tlx the price of sugar throughout tin
next year. Owing to a House
amendment the bill now goes to cm
BRITISH PREPARED TO
RELEASE AMERICAN GOODS
Washington, Dec. 17
are now prepared to role;
|during the war. upon .
of their American owtn
State Department was ad
effect' today by the Mri
PERSHING SHOWS AMERICA
DEFEATED THE HUNS
WASH., Dec. 15—America won the
war. fionernl Pershing shows in hi
final report to Secretary linker. The
American commander shows that the
I’nited States army snatched victory
from certain defeat of the Allies by
Germany. The report shows that in
December 1911* Pershing cabled Un
War Department that the Allies «>-iv
very weak. "We must come t>> then
relief this year.” he said, adding. It
Is very doubtful if they can hold out
until 19lft unless we give them a lot
of support tills .year.” Pershing said
the great Herman drive in March 1918
made such Inroads upon the French
on<l British reserves that defeat star
ed them in the face. x
CARRANZA INSISTS ON
PROSECUTION OF JENKINS
Mexico City. Itec. IT- The Mexi
can government refuses to rclcn«iuish
legal proceedings against consular
agent Jenkins in its reply t<i the In test
note of the I'nitecl St.v- . whieh |.. -
just heen (• wwa rdod to Washington
through the I'nited States embassy
Mexican Reply Defiant and Emphatic
Washington. Dee. 17 The Mexican
partment *arly today hut the press
text discloses the note is defiant in
tone and language and in setting forth
the attitude • .f tin- Mexican govern -
CLAIMS GOVT CAN T PROHIBIT
CERTAIN IMPORTATIONS
London, Dec. 17
wafi dcchm-d hy Jus
King's Bench today
power to prohibit t
(attain goods from
and that, therefore.
The judgement is ■
the most importan
against the governm
importation of
reign countries
lid and illegal,
ever rendered
SENATOR HARDING ANNOUNCE'
CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENCY
Washington. Dec. 17th — Senator
Waircn <5. Harding, nf Ohio, formally
announced tonight his candidacy for
the republican presidential nomina
NEW DRYDOCK DEDICATED
AT BREMERTON
Neatth , Dec. 1G- The dedication of
Hie largest shipbuilding dr.vdoek in tho
world at the Bremerton naval station
at noon today was followed in tic
•arly afternoon by the launching of
the ammunition ships Pyrn ami Nitro,
both built in the dock and the largest
vessels ever constructed at the naval
launching of the ammunition ships.
The ammunition vessels are I9."> feet
NEW BILL HITS
ULTRA RADICALpT tJ-IARD
ing radicalism, designed primarily b\
Chairman Johnson of the House Im
migration Committee and said t<> force
I he Department of Labor to arrest and
deport all alien members of the I. \V
W. and kindred organizations, was r
committee.
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l-e around. IJoyd Georg-• is slated to
arrive in Paris soon for another series
af conferences with Clemenceaii.
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