The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 18, 1919, Page 6

"jo STOP otro AUTO. SET UP A BiG SHEETOF” / Benton Mackaye, Former Au- thority of the U. S. Depart- ment of Labor on Wage and Living Problems, Shows Daily Tribune Readers What’s the Trouble. Benton Mackaye was picked by the ‘Department of Labor to deal with the problems of wages and the cost of living because of his wide study of these problems. He has served the De- partment of Agriculture and he has helped to work out the Lane plan for putting soldiers on the land. This is the first article written by Mr. Mack- aye for the Daily Tribune. Others dealing with the solution of the High Cost of Living will follow, BY BENTON MACKAYE, Former Cost of Living Expert of the U. S. Department of Labor. Where the average union worker earned a dollar’s worth of food a doz- en years ago, he earned last year only 69 cents’ worth. And he’s earning less today. To be sure, the wages actually PAID have gone up. Where he got one dollar in 1907, he got $1.41 in 1918. But meantime the food he could get for a dollar back in 1907, has taken on a price of $2.05. The price of FOOD MORE THIAN DOUBLED WHILE HIS PAID WA- 4ES INCREASED LESS THAIN HALF. So REAL WAGES—what a man gets, not in money, but in bread, ‘Deans, and sausage—didn't go up at all. On the contrary they WENT ‘DOWN. They went down from one dollar to a wee less than 69 cents. ‘How do you figure this? Why you take piece of paper, or tell your lit- tle boy to get his slate, and you di- vide $1.41 (what you earn now in place of your 1907 dollar) by $2.05 (what you pay now in place of that 1907 dollar). If you are “perfect” in your arithmetic your answer will be Just $0.68784, This has been done for you with every year between 1907 and 1918. The answers we recorded on the bot- tom curve shown in the cut. The oth- er two curves are made from figures collected from all over the country by the U. S. Bureau of Lavor Statis- tics. The average of retail food prices for 1907 is called 100, and the prices for the years following are shown in the curve as proportionately higher—from 100 in 1907 up to 205 in 1918. The average of union wages for 1907 is also called 100, and the.wa- thereafter ges are proportionately higher up to 141 in 1918. The “real” wages then run from 1€0 in 1907 to 69 in 1918. These figures seem to settle the hash of your easy-going, optimistic friend who jollies himself, and tries to jolly you, that “after all” it makes no difference if food prices are going up because wages are also, The next time he pulls this narcotic, just poke his face into these curves. Then point out those “paid wages” skirting along like an aviator who files close above the chimney so as to stir up a big noise and make the People look up at him. Next show him the “food prices” Boing it a little easy till the year 1915, and then shooting up into the sky like Harry Hawker when he started his trans-Atlantic for Ireland. The result of this high flight in prices was a “NOSE DIVE” IN REAL WAGES. These had been grad- ually “volplaning” down from 100 in 1907 to 91 in 1915, or about nine points in eight years. Then BANG! Down they plunge 22 points in two years. ‘Look at these curves again and then wonder why, according to the U. S. Children’s Bureau, 220 per cent of American boys and girls don’t get enough to eat. From 35 to 40 per cent goes for this item. But “there are others.” ‘Let's take a look at them. Of the main necessities, lumber— that makes most of our homes— has risen (at wholesale) from 100 to 1907 to in 1918. But this is the easiest of all. Fuel and lighting for our homes have gone up, during the same time, from 100 to 188; house furnish: ings to 190, grub to 212, drugs for our sick folks to 215 (with a-“luxury tax” on top of that); shoes, chemises, and HUMPHREYs’ WITCH . HAZEL OINTMENT (COMPOUND) For. Piles or Hemorrhoids, External or Internal, Blind or Bleeding, Itching or Burning. One application brings relief, | at all druggists Send Free Sample of Ointment to Humphreys’ Homeo. Medicine Company 156 William Stroet, New York. . SICK STOCK BOOK on treatment of Horses, Cows, pon flea irezet animale, sant ‘s Homeopathic et- Medicines, 166 Wiliam St, N.Y. orinary HEAVY CANVAS ACROSS THE ROAD ATTACKED TD STOUT POLES BY SPRINGS -THAT WILL STOP HIS GAS GALAVANTING " W.IATERDOC = oe ¥ ry 1907 (910 clothing generally, have gone to 227. “ALIL COMMODITIES” taken together have gone up to 209. But now at last some workingmen (the railway men) have gone to con- gress and told the solons to let up on Shantung and FOREIGN POLITICS long enough to take up some HOME ECONCMICS. The men_ say they want RELIEF AND WANT IT QUICK! ! ‘Suppose they take No. 1 and put wages up—that is, paid wages up. Then the price of everything that rides on rails will go up also—that is, go up a little higher—and real wages for us all, will drop a little lower. forget paid wages, and train your anti- airplane guns on IMr. Aviator Prices and bring hi mdown. Eut it’s no cinch even then. We are up against more than one kind of profiteer. All kinds of causes and all kinds of remedies are being sug- gested. But here is a “practical” Point to keep in mind: This price rising business, remem- ber, is no new thing. Wholesale prices of “all commodities” have been in 1915. The gradual rise, therefore, that had been going on for many years before the war, is one story—due to what we might call “fundamental” causes. But the sharp rise, since the war be- gan, when prices began to stand right up on their hind legs, is another story—due to ‘acute causes (or an acute development of the same old causes). And so, in all this, the point to re- member is that what’s good for an acute cause (the symptom) is not ne- cessarily worth a hoot for the funda- mental cause (the digease itself). U. §, ARMY IN ARMENIA SOON, I$ PARIS BELIE Departure of ‘General Harbord Taken as Indication America Will Accept ‘Mandatory, Land favs believes that the United States is preparing to assume the mandatory for Armenia and Constantinople. It expects the announcement’ to be made about October 1. Paris bases. this belief on the de- parture of General’ Harboard for. Con- stantinople, with a, staff of 16 officers and two guard ‘companies. Armenian delegates in. Paris have been insistent that protection ‘be given Armenians before official ‘announce- ment of their separation from Turkey is made. They fear a general mass- acre if such protection is not given. General Harboard isto ‘return to Paris September 30. Six weeks’ in the near east would give the géneral and his staff time to arrange. for ‘the. dis- posal. of American troops before - the peace settlement as to Turkey . and Armenia is announced. Generad' Harboard, ‘it. is’ believed, will be in. charge nf ,the administra- tive forces in-Armenia if itis brought under American - protection and: his task will be even.more exacting than was the. military administration ‘ of the Philippines. General ‘Harboard: has ‘been Gen- eral - Pershing’s’. chief of! staff > in France, PERFUMES CONTAIN THE MEANS OF INTOXICATION Venice, Cal., Aug. 18.4 yas They've put up two programs; No. 1, ¢ Troops Before Announcement. | ‘GOSH, WHATS. COMING OFF HERE.-( 3 TWERES A RING . TT . Ne tions, according to William Loomis, Venice chief of .police, who declared recently that during the first week of war-time prohibition, seven. men and women were arrested here charged with being intoxicated from drinking eau de cologne. « ! 4 ——___— MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR, ‘Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 18.—Flour unchanged. Shipments 47,854 barrels, ‘Barley ‘No. 3, $1.15 to 1.87. Rye No. 2, $1.50 3-4. Bran, $43. ° ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK, ‘St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 18.—Hogs, re- ceipts $4,800. T5¢ to. $1 lower, ‘Range $17.50 to $19.00. Z Bulk $18 to 18.50. . ‘a Cattle receipts 10,800, weak; others 25 lower. ‘Fat steers $8.00 to 17,00. Cows and heifers $7.25 to 13.25. Calves steady, $7.00 to 19.00. Stockers and feeders, steady strong, $6.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts, 3,000, Lambs $10.50 to 15.50. Wethers $5.50 to 10.50. Ewes $2.50 to 8.50. ee LIDA. HOW DO success, but the; into living lines,’ ‘s and “visualizer of the phonetic. a: drug ‘stores. are permitted, to. sell: cer- | tain’ perfumes, ’ there will .-be-intoxica- If you don’t, have a-look,..She’ll which judging by her‘costume ett ing: The ‘Bismarck; postoffice, starting this. morning,*i# in the wholesale: and retail grocery (business. Postmaster;Frank Keed:‘has' been instructed j.to- agcept, any orders: local people desire. to place with him for the purchase)of- foodstuff. from the surplus army supplies, notice of which was sent. out from Washington early in the week... The distributing: point for this sec- tion is Omaha and: because Bismarck is in the fourth pargel post zone from that city, people: in this: vicinity; who thought they would, be able to beat the high cost of living. by buying their foodstuffs. direct from the. govern: ment, are going to'be sadly ‘disap: pointed, it is shown, ey Postal Rates, Unfavorable | Due to thé postal rates to the fourth zone, according to postoffice authori- ties here, the price of the various.ar- ticles laid down in) Bismarck will not be very lower in bany instances thau those now charged by local merch. ants. The original prices at Omaia, however, in general, are lower than those charged by ,retail merchants here, ; Those -who will reap the greatest benefit, it is shown, are residents in “BACON?: STEP UP. TO POST. WINDOW, PLEASE—JUST OUT ' OF BEANS,” SAYS POSTMASTER REED. Wholesale Grocery Business Conducted by Bismarck Postoffice— Omaha Made Distributing Point:-for Bismarck, Which -. «Adds to the H. C. of Burleson 1S BURN AN EKiy THReUOR WITH HE PARCELS Purchases so that they make up the required lot. There is no limit set on, the maximum each person can Purchase, excepting that. it. shall not exceed. the total allotted to ‘this post- office. 3 The prices of the foodstuffs offered. for sale at Omaha for bags and cases and ‘the same articles at Bismarck for bags and*cases and the contents of these bags and cans are as follows: the first and second parcel post zones for the postal rates are sufficiently low there. to permit purchase of gav- ernment stocks at prices generally lower in force by retailers. It is said that people in Montana, who must se- cure their govetnment supplies from Omaha also, will not be able to pur- chase a single article at prices lower in their than those . in force. own cities and towns, $5.08 For 128 Pounds The rate, according to Assistant Postmaster Lundquist, from Omaha to arcel: post. is 7 cents a Pound and 4 cents additiona]l. This if foodstutf, cost stage R ‘As an example of: how. unfair some of the prices are ynder this ‘arrange- Bismarck as.they::cogt:in*Omaha, Apply: t "Pest “Office All persons in the afty, and surround- ing, country ‘desiring ‘to purchase any ofthe government’s foodstuffs can do §o. by applying directly, master’s office. in the It, is understood of these articles will be until they have been exhausted. Prices in Biamarck Prices Price at at Omaha —— Bismarck can case can case Cage Bacon,, 6. pb. cans..4.15 24.90 4.84 29.01 Casé ‘Corned ; Beef 48 No.1 cans 29.13.92 .35 16.55 24° No. 2cans .55 13.20 .66 15.33 12 G-Ib. cans.1.75 21.00 2.04 24.43 Case Roast Beef 48 No. 1 cans ..... +29. 13.44 34 15.87 24 No. 2cans .63 15.12.75 17.91 126-1b’ cans.1.90 22.80 2.19 26.23 Cage Corned Beef Hash 48 1-Ib. ‘cans.°.22 10.56 .28 12.99 24 2-tb. cans .37 8.88 = .49 11.75 Baked Beans 48-No. 1 cans .04 1.92 .10 24No.2 cams .06 1.44 .18 4.12 24 No.2 cans .09 2.16 .21 4:4 Stringless Beans 24 No. 2 cans ..... 09 2.16.18 4.12 Sweet Corn 24 : meat No. 2 cans . .09 2.16 .19 4.35 Bag Dry Beans 100 Ibs. ....6.49 6.49 10.56 10.56 Case Canned Cherries © 24 2%-lb. cans . (215.04 82 7.51 ‘Bag. Flour 100 Ths. fe. 2 6.00 6.00 10.07 10.07 Case Black pep- 5.31 10.81 Green| Peas 24 No. -09 4.35 |health, to give Tegal protection, 2 cans ..... 4.35 Case: Vegetable 3 Soup “48 \No. 1 cans . Case Toma 12 No. cans... Amounts | ‘aittount een Hs +08 3.84 12 5.47 1? OARS, 33 3:96.67. (7.99 Assigned Here f each’ atticle which led: to: the “Bismarck Post office for‘bale is\as‘ follows: Baked ‘Beans, 4740 No. 1 cans; 459 Each first class post office is alloted’ No, 2 cans; 7600 No.3. cans. a certain amount of food. and that al- latted for. Bismarck is shown below. article must be paid in. advance, it was announced. Goods can only be purchased in original packages, such as cases and 100 pound bags, but there is nothing in the regulations to pre- vent two or more people pooling their YOU LIKE HER? rt,” if you' ki visit the:-Pac! The cost and parcel postage on each| No.2 cans; 870 61b. cans. Stringless Beans 1060 ‘No. 2 cans. Corned Beef 6480 No. 1 cans; 8200 Roast Beef 5400 ‘No. 1 cans; 5900 No. 2 cans: $40 6-Ib. cans, Canned Cherries 370 214-lb. cans. ‘Sweet Corn 9800 ‘No. 2. cans. Carned Beef Hash 4100 No. 1 cans; 3900''No. 2 cans. Canned Peag 12,400 No. 2 cans. ‘Beans 7600 pounds. Flour. 4,953 pounds. Rice 1100 pounds, Assorted Jam 2300 2-Ib. cans. Black Pepper 411 %4-Ib. cans. Toilet Soap 1431 cakes. Vegetable Soup 438 pints. Pineapples. 820 cans. Tomatoes 700 10-Ib, cans. i Bacon 2600: 12-1b. cans. is Of the above articles, the post office here has not received prices on DEPOSITS THE -|the WY POWERFUL LONG-DISTANCE. —\ SuN GLASS - HEH - HEH adgorted jams, toilet soap. and Pile ‘ahd is: therefore unable to ‘| quote eost of purchasing and sending ‘these. articles to: Bismarck. : SERVICE DIVISION OF ‘RED CROSS CARES FOR MANY SOLDIERS’ FAMILIES The “Home Service” of the north- ern division of the American Red Cross assisted 16,559 families of sol- diers and sailors inthe month of May, according: to reports from slightly. mote than half of the 256 home ser- vice sections in various parts of the division, at was announced at head- quarters today.’ This branca of Red Cross activity has been specially i:elpfal in ‘recent months in the readjustments taking Place in soldiers’ aad sailors’ families upon the return of the men from abroad, Thousands of cases dealing with allotments, allowances, insur ance and compensaion aro being handled by home service sections and information has deea vurmsaed inas many casés w gard to the Civil Keservo Act and o ie. jaws attecting the families of service n ‘In many small comin there are no: other social agencies, the Red Cross is being called upon to perform various other serv: for soldiers’ families. Where necesgary chapters have also extended’ money relief to the. families drawing upon funds collected locally. In May $20,- 778.08 was thus expended. : “Home Service” was organized to assist the families of soldiers and sailors when it was found there was need to combat anxiety, to safeguard to promote education, to assist in em- 84 ployment,’ to. give encouragement to disabled “soldiers‘on their return, and to look. after ¢hem and their families while they are being retained for ci- vilian{ lifé.Throughout the United ‘States “as high as 40,000 Red Cross ‘workers, mostly volunteers, have en- gaged in-this work, operating through 3,545 home’ service sections and their 5,000.branches in the smaller com- Tobacco Habit - Dangerous gays Doctor Connor, formely of Joh piopuing hospital. Thousands of men suf- fering from fatal diseases would be in pamect health today were it not for the leadly drug Nicotine. Stop the habit now before it'stoo Jate. It’s a simple prccess to rid yourself of the tobacco abit in any form. Just go to any up-to- date’ drug ‘store and get some Nicotol tablets; take them. as’ directed: % pernictous habit : quickly : vanishes. Druggists: refund: the~money: if they fail. Be sure to. read large and:interesting an- nouncement :by Doctor Connor secon to appear in'this paper,” It.tells of the dan- ger of: nicotind poisoning and how::to avaid it. In the meantime try Nicotol tablets; you-will be: surprised atthe re- sult; Lenhart’s and Jos. Breslow. ‘ RE-BIND YOUR OLD BOOKS will look after ‘our experts get through with | them. e have the only Book Bindery | in — this part: of the State, and we make a spe- cialty of. bindery work for other Printers. , * Mail Ofders "te- ceive prompt atten- tion; eng, in your work and we will make you an estt- mate on the cost. BISMARCK TRIBUNE BINDERY DEPARTMENT The; like new SECURED BY OUR PARTICIPATION IN E' STATE DEPOSITORS GUARANTY FUND Wee ., 7 gies SS . . Begin to ‘save money now, and you will avoid future “Rainy Days.” It is said ‘that those who “look ahead farthest, get ahead fastest. You must set a-goal if you want to reach one. F Everyone has an indefinite ambition to accumu- late -money. Make that ambition a definite one. Begin to accumilate money now. Today’s decision to save: may ‘determine your future success. » Start an_account ‘at the Bismarck Bank. You will be: pleased with our efficient service, and we wilf-be pleased to serve you, THE BISMARCK BANK Bismarck “North Dakota SZ MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 191 y! they minister- muhi@. %Dur! tg. flies, an 4 ie ed to Dyer 500,000 ——— MOTHER'S FRIEND Expectant Mothers A FRIEND (N NEED) i Business Directory eed © BISMARCK -NontH Davora’’ Bring or mail in your films fea Expert Developing * WINNEY’S DRUG. STORE Bismarck, "WEBB BROS. 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