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why government price fixing won't work One of t hi.j moHt persistent fallacies W prico-Md,,* oij comlMitltlvo cQQimodllfee', There In al rw4y Kovt-rnin. in price fixing in commodules and service* where competition plays n<> part in price doterminetlon. TIuko are railway truosporUion, eje< tricjty, .gee, Ulephooa and telegraph, and ma jon, hero kovci? merit price fixing |B solely to pmi* <:i the consumer, There are two fu'a'il I objections to government prfeo'(l<fhg for agricultural produelH. which rep resent the moat competitive Iiiihiim i< In the world. These are, first, thai |t Will not "Woi k; second, that it ih hI I dono for .'the cououuter us I against the producer, J Government price-fixing for aftrh.ol I turai producta would work If Ht the I same time the government regulated Profits, middlemen's margins, | the production of all commodities and I the rationing of all consumers. In I abort, If the population were enlisted I In one vast army, directed and ra- I tloned, price-fixing would work, but I otherwise not. If the price Is fixed on I the wheat the farmer stills, then he cannot keep on producing wheat If wages or the cost of harvesting ma- I ohlnery rise, or If the cost of other materia! he buys rises. 80 the next tap would be the fixation of of her price*, and yet other prices. 1 be United States government I fixed the price of wheat but once In I oar history, and then It was to benefit oaasuraers, not producers. The gov I eminent might, In an emergency, fix I some agricultural prlcea for the pur-1 poae of elevating such prices. Such action would inevitably and speedily I lead to outcry from city consumers I end a consequent reversal of policy. I Indeed, the consumers, not the pro-1 ducers, are most likely to demand I and secure food prlco regulation by r government authorities. The farmer, J therefore, who ravors any form off governmental price-fixing is working I against his own Interests. He is put- I ting his head Into a noose.?James E I Boyle, Professor of Rural Economics, I Cornell University, in the hankerFarmer. straight talks with aunt emmy On Fifteen Per Cent Bonds ! Mrs. Norrla beamed as she greeted] Aunt Emmy and exclaimed, "Now 1 know all my financial Worrlea are I over! I wanted to tell you right away "What have you bought this time?" Aunt Emmy demanded suspiciously. 1 "Well, I haven't paid the money over yet, but I have found the loveliest I investment whore my money will b? I perfectly safe and will earn a nics I Income for me right away," Mrs] Morris said. 4"I'm going to buy bonds,] good safe bonds, that will pay me | fifteen per cent Interest?" j "Walt a minute, you'll have to go] some, Maud Norris, to tell me about j *Jg?od safe bonds' that pay fifteen per j cent!" Aunt Emaay broke In. 1 "They are safe,?the man said so I wad this booklet says so too!" "Do you know what a bond Is?' asked Aunt Emmy. "No, but It's awfully safe. I'm sure of that," Mrs. Norris said. "Every- I body knows that bonds are safe?" "My dear, some bonds are safe and oome are not. When you buy a bond you simply lend your money to the company putting out the bonds. Bond Mattes aro secured generally by the j company mortgaging or pledging I ootne of Its property. In other words, j It offers certain assot as security j that It will return your money to you I ?a the date the bond matures. It I agrees to pay you a certain sum each year for the use of your money, usu-1 ally something between five and eight I per cent. No company can afford to [ pay too much for its money?and as to fifteen per cent bonds?why It wwold be very unusual for a company to he able to earn eaough to enable tt to pay fifteen per cent for the privilege of using other people's money,?moreover, If It is good eaough to borrow money at all it can harrow It more cheaply thaa that!" "Oh dear!" wailed Mrs. Norris,] "then a bond isn't a good safe Invest- ] ""Don't Jump at conclusioas ae fast!" aaM Aunt Emmy. "I did not eay that A bond is as safe as a church if the oeoapany that Issues It la financially wand, has a high credit rating and Is making money. Before you buy bonds aweure yourself that the company behind them is above reproach." "But the man who told me about these fifteen per cent bonds was so earnest?I felt sure I could believe him." "Don't turn over any money to him until you have some advice on the bonds from your bank," admonished Aunt Emmy. "Then, if you find out that the bonds are questionable you will escape another bad Investment-' ] ?A. E. Aymet. + /m Mason County. Michigan, bankers nre pushing hard to replace scrub stock with pure-bred cattle. Toe planj mm outlined by the county agent Is to] porchaae yonng purebred sires and place them wherever a farmer Is found who Is willing to co-operate In the proposition. The bankers will advance the purchase price and take a note for one yoar without Interest. The Idea Is to make It as easy as poe alhle for the farmers to procure thor eaghbreds. Tfrtifrtl on roller Mcates iB the latest California hobby. FEW WITHOUT SOME .IDEA OF "HOODOO" { | Men Laugh at Superstition, and Believe in It. In u French papcf appeared the Klory of a French newspaper proprietor who wiis invited to tliiiiier In a restaurant. I'pon arrival In the dining room la* was "tiorrlfled" to perceive (lint there were l.'i guest* at tin' table. in fad, ho worried <||?| he heroine Unit he declined to ho seated ami without any further excuses ho wont homo, of course, many will laugh at ihis man's .slljy superstition, hilt- |o| Ihoill Mist U?k themselves If they alyo have not sonio such rlrjfruloua not fort Fn their makeup. In this connootjou I recall the fpljuulng written hy Henry Jhinert; "The term thirteen?Hoodoo-? is derived from the circumstance that no Intelligence developed beyond the degree that is normal to the age of thirteen pays any attention to the numeral as a factor In hum^n destiny." Hut, Frank Hanaon comments In the Los Angeles'^Timea, In this .enlightened age there are' rfcmiy hotels In the country where the number 18 bus boon purposely oinltted from the bedroom doors and the occupant of 12 has the tenant of 14 for u neighbor. A writer had submitted a scenario and the day arrived upon which he expected a reply. What would the ahswer be? Then, on a Los Angeles street he met a beggar and at once It occurred to him that giving alms, generously, might conduce h? his success with his masterpiece. The astonished mendicant received ft dollar and tjie story was accepted. A plain case of cnus# and effect. Later, when this same writer again submitted a story to some nabob In the movie world, he at once went In quest of a beggur. But, darn the lack of poverty In Southern California, not a beggar could he find on the streets In Los Angeles. Yes, flnnlly he encountered u legless man, seated oh the sidewalk, why sold pen ells. He took a pencil and gave the mutilated ^one half a dollar. Next diry came a rejection slip. Of coursq, that whs to be expected. It was not so much because upon the last occasion he gave only half a dollar, but that the recipient of the alms was not strictly speaking a beggar, but a merchant. V A strange tale has been told of the birth of a certain superstition. During the Boer war. In Africa, the Boers noticed that the English soldiers were very economical with their matches, and that one match usually served to light the pipes of three smokerH. Then, upon seeing a match struck, the Boer grabbed his rifle; when the second pipe was being lighted he took aim and then the third soldier to use the mntch was shot. Now this superstition that It Is dangerous for three men to share a mntch has spread from F.nglnnd over the entire continent of Europe. Have you a little superstition in your home? ' I I Malaria at Insanity Cure Mosquitoes Infected with malaria are to be Imported Into Hull, England, for treatment of patients In the mental hospital suffering from general paralysis. The mosquitoes will be olrtnlned from one of the schools of tropical medicine and they will he allowed to hlte patients hihI Infect them with malaria. It has been found that beneficial results have followed Inoculation of patients suffering from general paralysis with malaria. The treatment was discovered by Doctor Jeuregg of Vienna and was favorably commented upon hy Doctor I>ord. commissioner of the board of control. Hitherto one patient was Infected with malaria so that others might be Infected in turn by contact. General paralysis of the Insane has Up to now been Incurable. Failure on Success The late Oscar S. Straus was generous both with his money and his sympathies. He hated slander. A parlor communist In Mr. Straus's hearing slandered this millionaire and that. They were all swindlers, their fortunes were all founded on the sobq of widows and orphans, all their money was tainted, and ao forth and so on. When the communist halted a nio- | ment to take breath Mr. Straus said i to him calmly: "That's right, my friend. Hall at success. It is failure's one prlvl- ' lege." Filipino Police The Philippine constabulary, the police force of the Islands, numbers 6,82A enlisted men and 806 officers. The annual report of Brig. Gen. Hafsel Crime, head of the force, , shows 2.410 constabulary in Mindanao ! and Sulu, where the Moros are most j troublesome. The enllRted personnel Is entirely Filipino, hut a number of American officers Hre in the service from the rank of colonel down to third lieutenant. Restore Napoleon's Villa Villa Han Martlno In Elba, where Napoleon lived during his exile. Is to be restored and repaired at the expense of the Italian government following the Initiative taken by the Fas- * cist deputy. Exto Gray. Deputy Gray, who visited F.lba In ovder to preside I t the recent Fascist congress held J there, wss struck hy the state of abandonment and disrepair Into which Napoleon's villa has been allowed to fall. 1 l Watch Elimination! Good Health Depends Upon Good Elimination. Retention of bodily waste in the blood Is called a "toxic condition." This often gives rise to a dull, languid feeling and, sometimes, toxic ba*leaches and headaches. That the kidneys are not functioning properly Is often shown by burning or scanty passage of secretions. Thousands have learned to assist their kidneys by drinking plenty of pure water and the occasional use of a stimulant diuretic. 50,000 users give Doan'e signed endorsement. Ask your neighbort DOAN'S Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidney FosUr-Milbura Ce..Mfg. CUm.,Buffalo, N. Y. A Bound Proportion. Bunks were probably never rendering u greater service to the public than they are today. Within recent years they have been emphasizing the value of properly safeguarding the interest of a wife and mother, in estates which are left to them in the shape of insurance payment or other assets. The Security Trust and Savings Bank, of Los Angeles, has been doing good work in showing the problem faced by the average woman who is left money to invest. Her business has been running the home and raising the family, fn 99 cases out of 100 she cannot be expected to know the difference between good and, bad investments. The result is, that savings left for.dier protection are too often acquired by the smooth sto?k salesman who offers her a glittering proposition which "promises" large returns. An insurance trust, administered by the modern bank, eliminates danger of lost capital and assures a steady income. It is the height of folly for dependent persons to attempt to speculate with or invest funds upon which their future living depends. There would be less need for charitable institutions, if the insurance trust idea were better understood and more extensively followed. The Government receives an average of 52,000 letters a day asking and volunteering information. The topics range from buried treasure to the best diet for earthworms, Thermometers are being extensively used by fishing fleets. Cod and haddock usually exist in waters where the temperature averages between forty and fifty degrees. The lowest known temperature is 269.5 degrees below <, zero?the temperature of liquid oxygen. Visitors to the Wayside Inn on one day in July represented twenty-seven states and five foreign countries? England, Germany, Japan, Canada and Belgium. Soldiers in thfe Revolutionary Army were paid $6.67 a month. Congress later voted them free land. Fog horns that automatically begin ] to blow whenever a thick mist gathers are being used more and more. Action of the damp air on calcium car- i bide sets the device in motion. . ' V'i! ;1 i i i i ? Budapest holds the world's record for suicides with an average of five a day for the past several months. ' . " ... ;. /L . -i Pip* PASS WORD ^ IN ANY TRAFFIC _ ?-% .. t-' / * , _LV ' L. \^> ^;., The Custom BuiltMoiwJfat Carfr- 5 cents More Worth It STANDARD OIL COMPANY (N.J.) - ? _*L L.? ?~r? '- " - . -A.?B South Carolina's 1926 Good Will Tour Guide ... . . ... . '7 'T" j ' *' * ^ 1 Columbia, S. C.?South Carolina's 1926 State-wide Acquaintance Tour will pass through fourteen state*, visit twenty-nine cltr lea. travel over three thousand six hundred miles and be en route f oar keen days and nights. The Governor's party will travel on an all Pullman special train, which will be their hotel, ae well as their mode of transportation. Prominent features of the tour Will he the Southern Bx position. Nee Tot* OfVy; SdequlOentea nial, Philadelphia, Niagara Pall*; a visit to Yale University; Governor Brewster's reception In Maine; Confederate Memorial, Stone Mountain, Atlanta ; and others. Prominent mam ami woman from every Obihty In (ha Btnta will compriee the official partyThe maximmni number will W ,' two hundred, of **lch endh county hme been gtrem a quota.