The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 224, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 31, 1919 Page: 4 of 52
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4A
The Home
of Hart
Schaffner
& Marx
Clothes
Copyright 1919 Han SchaHner Ac Man
Store Closed All Day Tomorrow—Labor Day
Hurley
romby J ones C ompany
The House of Satisfaction
509-511 East Houston Street
'RENCH GOVERNMENT
PLANS TO OPERATE
TOURIST AGENCY
Imericans Will Be Shown
Battlefields on the
Western Front.
By WILLIAM F. NAMI.
pctia Cable to The San V • nin L ght
. un! the chHayu Daily N-v»
■frig E . 3 yli- I y < io* i
Pwr Aug. 30. — Existing tourist
ate to have a rival in the
remit government. Recently there .
Ba been attached to the ministry of
sblic works an official bureau the!
•b of which will be to show American
Britts the battle field* on the uc*t
m front and other points of int<;-.
t they Bay wish to ace in Frau< ». The
ideraking ia a large one as it has
kprovide transportation and hotel at-
MMdations in districts uhich are now ;
tanoet devoid of them. Tae plan >\as
plained to me by the director M.
■Ptebon as follows:
‘Th* re is now before the ( Lamb* r:
1 Deputies a bill asking for a grunt
' 80.1 HMijMMI francs ($00000001 to I
ibsidlze the national tourist office of I
Sunday Excursion Fare
SAN ANTONIO TO $1.03
NEW BRAUNFELS !=—
<lncluding War Tax)
TRAINS LEAVE SAN ANTONIO
M. K. A T. Station 1. A G. N. Station
VtAOA. M. 9:00 A. M.
12:05 I’ M
TRAINS LEAIE NEU UKAIMEL* KETIKMM
M. K. A T. Station I. A <>. N. station
1:1b I’M. 6:45P.M.
Consolidatrd Ticket Office. Close 2 p. m. Saturday*
I nit rd State. Railroad Administration—Director General of Railroad.
Children Between Five and Twelve Year of Age Half Fare.
■— — /
SUNDAY.
France and it will probably b<- passed
next week. This momy will b* us*-d
chiefly for hotel construction in the de
vacated regions where everything in
the nature of tourist accommodate ta
vas destroyed during the war. Tht
buildings will be plain without but lux-
urious within. Work Las already bcm
Im gun among the ruins < f Vtidun S-is-
sons Rheims and Amien>. Our hu-
iruu vill provide everythin? lecessary
for the comfort of th* tourist-.
“W* intend to e tahliJ bianch «.ffb
res in New York ‘ hicagD and utlo r
larg* A merican cities w. •re n con.
phte tom of Fra ore can ie ma;»fn?d
out Mea ..*hip ..nd rai.’r td i : k<t <an
b* boi ght and hot*! room • l» fd tn**
Jo« <«book "f any i< ».ri>t will hr list'd.
<».r hb wi . b** ad ted to once
fi: • raider arriv s in I ran' . In
si oil a complete est.-n-t ? ■ ' tic <x-
f «n>e.- can U- mad* b*‘ T^Lund } . m
N» w > ork to tbr battleu--! b an-i
turn everything can be arru’<ge<|
through our agents.
“On the fields of combat themeelveu
the guides will b<- demobilized French
idi« r> who La\e passed a special ex-
amination to enter thia setvke. Mo-t
of them have fought on the very spot*
which they will now show to the visi-
tors. A laig* proportion of them will
speak English Trans|H.rtati*m from
the ladroad to tin- battle Nte* will be
provided by comfortable touring cars.
Brides the devastated regions our par-
«
Lively Touches
k/
/
That put distinction to
Young Men's Clothes
Belts for a starter; pockets verti-
cle or built on the slant; yolks
and plaits; double breasts are
splendid one two or three-but-
ton models; coats are longer
waists higher and lapels a little
wider; they have that athletic
appearance so desired by young
men.
These features are emphasized in
Hart Schaffner & Marx
All Wool Clothes for Fall
ties will visit other part- of Era nee in-
• testing to tourist-. This i- a work
। the co-ordination * f ujj.-h ought to
। have been accomplished even before the
। war. Ue expect that both E rance and
। America will derive much benefit and
I satisfaction from it.”
WANT 5000* MEMBERS
Alamo Post of American Legion
Munches Campaign.
With a slogan calling upon » cry pres-
ent n.ember to secure at least file new
•membra. Alamo Post of th* American
। Legion Las started a campaign to in-
crease its membership to by October
j P’. when th* state convention of tl e Le-
gion will be ojxncd in Dalb*. Since
! representation at the convention i- based
on the size of each j^t San Antonio
hopes to have the largest delegation in
• attendance of all cities in the state
j All men and women who w ere actually
i in tie- service of the United States army.
I navy. Marine Corps or \ .r-» C«ipK be-
April tl. PO7 and Xovcmb r 11.
are eligible for membership in the
Legion. Persons under am these clas^<s
still in the aerrire are also eligible it is
■ pointed out in a circular issued by Col.
j Alonzo Gray Fort Sum Houston com-
mnudcr v. bo is commander of Alamo
American Legion members are en-
joined to ‘ talk American Legion think
American Legion and m»cuiv members
for tb American Legion.” in the state
mem by Colonel Gray. -Let um Mt our
• mark for « membership of s<mm> and go
• to work with a will” he says.
TO INVITE* DE VALERA
Bexar County Hibernians ( all Impor-
tant Meeting Tuesday.
A detailed rej^rt of the National Hi-
b-rnian convention. held r*c«mly in San
I r»n< iMo will b made to th<* Bexar
Count J>i\i<ion Xo. 1. Ah'-ient Order
of Hibernians a» an irnientant called
; meet it. g to Im- conducted Tiiewlax night;
in the Knights of t’olunibu- Hall. The
I division also w ill a»t upon the profnisnl
to invite President de Valera of the
। Irish Kepublic to visit San Antonio
I while on his tour <»f tin ( nited States.;
Committee reports will b- heard and
| plana made for the next three months’ ।
' w ork of the order. i
THE SAN ANTONIO T IGHT.
WORM TO AID COTTON
( rep Ruined in Seme Sections—Others
Report Fair Yield.
Seguin Tex. Aug. 30.—Cotton is
। opening pretty well in the Marion dis-
* trict west of Seguin several bales be-
I ing ginned there today.
The Light correspondent made a trip
i through that section this week and
• found from fa!k> with farmer* that the
< rop k going to average from one-
half to three-quarters of a bale per
a< r« Th*; army worm is in evidence
: to miijm extent but most farmers hail
| its advent with pleasure. as the pert
i- “tiippijrg the plants of kave> p<- r .
J mitting the sun to penetrate to and
ripen the many big boll*.
The piaiiie s<«tjon of the county
lying north of the Southern Pacific
Railroad will aieo make a very good
i cotton <rop. However the sandy land
"O'-ti* n south of Seguin is hit hard.
i
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The House of
Hertzberg’s
the Clock”
—the \d
in Diamond j '
y\ House j j
Diamonds
Rings—-
blue white
flawless gems
HcrUberc’s Houston Slid
Corner St-Mary’s Sts.
DEFENDS RETAIL GROCERYMEN
FROM PROFITEERING CHARGE
AND ELAMES THE PRODUCERS
A. L. Wright a Jobber Cites Figures to Support Con-
tentions and Says Government Would Be Undersold
If It Figured Costs and Overhead as Dealers Must.
Taking the position tt.M it is highly
unfair to brand the retail grocer us a
profiteer and to place blame for the
high cost of living on his head. A. L.
Wright well known grocery jobber in
uu interview Saturday cited figures <»n
prices paid by the retailer for various
commodities to bear out his contention
that the grocer reaps only a nominal
profit. at best from his sales. Although
the prices of food staples have advanced
enormously of late he declared the re-
tailer has not increased his percentage
of profit during the last few years.
The present high cost of living Is not
due to exorbitant profits exacted by re-
tail dealers said Mr. Wright but is hie
to the fact that there is a world-wide
demand for limited quantito* of supplies
with the result that every additional de-
mand boosts prices at the source of
production. While the producer and
manufacturers reap large benefits from
this demand the retailer continues to
do business on his usual narrow margin
of profit he pointed out.
Says Competition Is Hard.
According to Mr. Wright the gross
average profit to which the retailer is
entitled is 25 per cent figured on the
1 basis of sales. In order for him to make
; a profit of 7 per cent on his investment
it is necessary for him to sell on that
। basis for the retail food dealer’s cost of
| doing business is IS per cent. Many of
] them are earning far less than 7 per
cent —in some cases securing only «
bare Jiving—but that is the figure taken
! for purposes of calculation.
| “The average retail grocery merchant
gets down to his business early and 1
stays late” continued Mr. Wright. “He
does not employ a great deal of labor
depending on his individual efforts and
the assistance of members of his family
in carrying on his little business and
in this way works hard to make both
ends meet and to accumulate a com-
petency for old age. Competitive condi-
tions in the retail grocery trade are
worse than competition in other lines
because there are a great many items
which the small grocer necessarily must
make leadys* in order to compete with
large chain stores. This practice results
in gross profits being materially re-
duced. It is a fight from the time the
grocerman begins business until he quits
and it is unjust that the average dealer
should be styled a profiteer where pa-t
records prove it to the contrary.”
To substantiate his statement tbSc
the retailer is not responsible for price
conditions. Mr. Wright quoted compara-
tive figures on what the gro*?cr formerly
paid fnr staples against what they arc
costing him at the present time.
Cites Producers’ Game.
A ten-pound can nf corn syrup f r
which the retailer formerly paid 31
cents and refold for 40 cents now costs
him SO cents aud must be sold for -51
। in order that the gross profit of 25 per
i cer t be secured. Corn starch used to
cost him ^ruuj tv 5 cents per pound
and now confs frort 8 to 9 cents; corn
meal formerly from three-fourths to 1
I cent per pound is now costing the
i grocer from 3 3-4 to 4 cents.
। Mr. Wright cited a concrete example
of what has helped boost the price < f
' rnrn goods. On August 27. be said
i press dispatches told of the sale at Me-
I Allen of 85 cars of corn—more than
' 114.600 bushels—at $1.60 a bushel
• hhh returned the producers $lBOOOO.
i Corn formerly went begging at 50 cents
a bushel he continued which would
' mean about $57000 for the same
amount of corn in normal times. The
difference between $lBOOOO and s’7(K‘9 (
| —sl23.oo) —represented the increased
revenue to the producers as a result of
the high price at which the corn w:/"
* disposed.
“Taking rooking fat< for another ex-
ample.” continued Mr. Wright. “Where ।
. the retailer formerly paid (P/a f°r i
: compound it is now costing him from
I 29 K to cents per pound. In the
’ Hale he comes in for hi* narrow margin
of profit while the producer or manu-
11 fadurcr reaps the benefit.”
1 Tomatoes at Cost.
Canned tomatoes which the retailer
• formerly bought Lt 85 cents and resold
f* r $l now <*ost $1.65 to $1.85 and in
the resale said Mr. Wright the grocer
> in some instances disposes of them prac-
. tically at cost. The same applies to
I No. 2 corn. Rice Las gone up from 5
to 6 cents to 15 and 17 cent- per pound ;
pink beaus have almost doubled in cost:
। coffee has advanced to the dealer from
between 15 and 27 cents a pound to
। prices which now range between 30 and I
G 5 cents. The price of sugar has more I
than doubled.
Mr. Wright also j' f< rred to the big •
I jump in the pri<-e of t anned fruits an |
increase which is not. created by th • I
di^ti ibutor but merely passed on to the
public. i
“AH dealers in foodstuffs selling in !
1 excess of $lOOOOO worth of goods in a ।
year were licensed during the period j
; of the war.” said Mr. Wright. “With ।
I but few exceptions ev* ry one of them re- I
rHved a clean bill of health from the
i L'nited States government and were
: commended highly for the loyal manner
I 1 in which they bad conducted their af-
; fairs. The smaller dealers were not
i licensed. but were put oa their honor
1 and told they would be required to com-
' ply with the license regulations. In-
stancea were very rare where the gov-
! ornmeut regulations were not carried
1 out to the spirit of the letter.
Pndrts Retailer* Vindication.
‘’Now if thia is a fact why all the ।
hue and cry charging the high cost of
living to the groceiy dealer ami why
. not bo honest and give credit where
••redit is due? There is no mystery in ;
1 all this the record of every licensed food ;
dealer in the L'nited States is at Wash-|
j in ft on where monthly reports were re
i quired to lx; filed during the period in j
I which dealer* were licensed and later |
on the sales records find books of If- j
i rinsed dealers were audited by compe-
। tent mon. An effort directed toward
I the retail food dolor is impotent ami !
will bear no fruit. The investigation I
’ which has b«n started at Washington
' will 1 am quite sure develop interest-
ing facts as it proceeds further ami
murk my words when this inve^tigu-
tion i* >' <*<l the real ath will tie J
t kaoun and when it is known the little
: •orner grocery man will receive full vin- '
dieittion at the hands of the public.
‘‘Now a final word on behalf of the I
• retail grocery men regarding sole of gov-
। • rmmuit foodstuffs. It has been fre-
l quently stated by those who know tnnt
I if the government would figure carry-
i i ig charges and overhead expense and
then sell their surplus stock .it cost
in -e is not a retail grocer in San An-
tonio today who could not undersell
them.
“It has boon further stated that if the
enormous expense incident on handling
government supplies was taken into con-
sideration it would be more profitable to
the government to give these goods away
than sell them as the cost of distribut-
ing government supplies is more than
the goods are worth. The sa|ient point
of nil this is who nays the expense? V’e
have social unrest on every hand. So
far it has not materially affected the
middle classes. Acts of this kind do not
tend to promote the feeling so necessary
at this time to counterbalance unrest in
other directions.
‘•During the war costly mistakes wert
made for which no criticism could be
justly offered but the war is a thing of
the past and everyone of pure motives
and. honest intentions is striving hard
to get his bearings and it does look ex-
ceedingly unfair that those who have
struggled during the past year or two
t<* keep their heads above water and
their doors open for business should be
conf routed with competition of this
kind.”
FINDS PALESTINE
DEVASTATED BUT
LAND OF PROMISE
Country Needs Skilled
Labor Scientific Farm-
ers and Investors.
By WILLIAM E. NASH.
Special Cable to The San Antonio Light
and the Chicago Dally News.
Copyright 1919 by Chicago Daily Nows Co.
Parks Aug. 30. —B. .1. Shapiro of
Chicago who was sent by the Zionist
committee to study conditions in Pal-
estine. has just arrived in Paris after
a protracted visit in the Holy Land.
Ho is optimistic about future possi-
bilities in that region but does not min-
imize the difficulties.
“Palestine has been almost ruined by
the war and Turkish misrule” said Mr.
Shapiro. “The olive trees on the
sacred hills around Jerusalem have
been cut down. The land has become
almost a desert. Farm machinery has
been destroyed in large quantities and
private possessions have been practical-
ly stolen outright. The impoverished |
people at present can raise little besides
fruit. Nothing can be bought in the
shops. Food clothing and other nc-1
cessities must be imported from Egypt
and so tbe prices are enormous.
‘‘However the land is still wonderful-
ly fertile and with proper irrigation
even umbrella sticks would sprout if
stuck in the ground. Some Zionists
have already settled in Palestine. They
are mostly refugees from Poland and
L’krainia. The Jews number about 150-
(N>o or 15 per cent of the population.
They live in colonies distinct from the
Arabs who are occupied mainly in
fighting among themselves. If the re-
generation of Palestine ever comes it
will be through the Jews and not tbe
Arabs. Jews should not »o to Pales-
tine except in limited numbers nt pres-
ent. The country nerds skilled labor
scientific farmers and investors.”
rio grandTvalley
EXPECTED TO ADOPT
GRAVITY CANAL PLAN
River io Be Tapped Near
San Juan's Mouth and
Above Santa Maria.
San Benito Tex. Aug. 30.—Supplant-
ing the present system of pumping
plants with gravity canals for the irri-
gation of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
is now likely throughout the district
from Rio Grande City to Brownsville
and to Raymondsvillc. A complete map
of the preliminary work done by V.
Liev and his corp of engineers on the
project has been completed by E. E.
Teeter of the L'nited States Reclama-
tion Service at Washington. The engin-
eers covered every phase of the work.
Investigations have been going on for
some time trial lines having been run
to t< >t the feasibility of the gravity sys-
tems. One of the lin» diverts the wa-
tors of the Rio Grande a short distance
below Rio Grande City and the mouth
of the San Juan River. From this sur-
v<y it appears that all the tract around
Mission can be supplied with water by.
gravity.
Another line taps the river above'
Santa Maria and runs in a northeasterly ।
direi t?.n to r* a< h the land* in the vicin-
ity <»f Raymondsvillp and Lyford. Fur-1
ther investigation of this line w ill be
made with a view of avoiding some of i
th*- old river channels and r« sacas and ;
Llano Grande Lake and the disturabnees :
of a pleasure resort along its shores. I
Work has been continued in making
Rheumatism
A Home Cure Given by One Who Had It
In the spring of 1*93 1 ntta'ke<l
by Muscular and Inflammatory Kh*u-
matmj.. I auffefed nn only those who
have it know for over three yearn. 1
tri- U remedy «f»cr remedy and doctor
nft« r do« tor. but such relief «m J re-
reived wan only temporary. Finally. I
found a remedy thnt cured me coin-
pletely and it hue never returned. I
have given it to n number who were
terribiv afflicted nnd even bedridden
«l»h Kheumnt Irin and It effected a
cure In every case.
I want eu-ry sufferer from any form
of ihrurnatb: trouble to try thia niar-
vrlous tvnllng power. Don’t rend a
• ent. eimpiv inn I your name and nd-
<!r<ra and I will wend it free to try
After you have UH«d It and it has
proven Hn»|f »q be that lon*-l»»oked-for
means of curing your Rheumatinni. y*»u
may «»nd the price of it. one dollar
but undernfnnd. I do not went your
money unb-re you are perfectly entla-
fl»d to send It. Isn’t that fair? Why
suffer anv longer when positive relief
- tl.un offered you free? Don’t delay.
Write today
Mark H .Jackson No. <>25F Gurney
Bldg . Syracuse N. T.
Mr Jeekron is responsible. Above
statement true.
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CRUDELY printed in pencil on a piece
of dirty brown paper and stuck there
with a sailor’s rusty knife was this
message. And well they knew what it meant.
The girl they had sought for days and be-
lieved to be lost —now they knew her to be
worse than lost.
Calypso with her pure olive skin and
black silken hair—Calypso the beautiful
Spanish girl who had masked as a boy and
begged to be allowed to go with the rest
on their perilous journey—
Should he give up the treasure that he
and his party—some of whom had paid the
supreme price—had fought and repeatedly
risked their lives for; should he give up this
wealth of gold and jewels for the girl he
adored or trust to the mercy of his enemies
for her safety?
This is the situation created by Richard
Le Gallienne in his inimitable way of writ-
ing in
Pieces of Eight
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th** topographic map of the project I
using all the available maps of this I
section and reducing them to a common •
basis. It is proposed to have a consult-!
ing hoard go over the ground and the 1
data already secured for the purpose of!
considering with the Lower Rio Grande
Valley Conservation Association Com-
mittee the advisability of future investi-
gation nnd laying out plans of operation
if this is considered advisable.
The proposed gravity canal to the'
north is eipccte*! t<> open up much new:
territory in the northern port of Cam-1
eron county to horn** seekers. i
Work has already .started on the new
gravity canal system for the San Beni-
to region. The new canal will be used
in connection with present resaca al-
I though it will greatly lower the water
'in that stryam. Many short cuts are
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I NO PREMIUMS I
= We could not afford to use the highest grade of pure food ma- —
= terials and give you so much for your money—if we went into S
~ any premium schemes. The person who is always looking for S
E something for nothing is lucky if he gets what he pays for. . =
You Get What You Pay For
E Buying bread is like buying cloth—you want the loaf to have X
E a nice appearance but it must be made of the right kind of stuff. X
= We guarantee our Harvest Bread to be made of the following x
B pure food ingredients and no other materials of any kind:
Spring Wheat Flour Pure Water Condensed
Milk Fine Salt Pure Lard Cane Sugar x
|B Compressed Yeast. i 3
Eat Harvest Bread
' = At Your Grocer* 10c
11 PFLUGHAUPT’S BAKERY |
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AUGUST 31 1919.
I exported in the new proposed route for
th** Irrigating water.
One dredge i* now operating io the old
! rcsa< a bed aud another is being as-
-1 nemblrd at the spillway to start tbe new
ditch.
Ijiborer is Killed.
Dallah Tex. Aug. 30.—One man n
Mexican was killed and two others
were injured when walls of a sewer
ditch in which they were working caved
in here today.
REDUC^FREIGHT
RATES
On household goods in r-r pool cars.
Phone Crockett 914.
Sc»»hvv Fireproof Storage Co. (Adv.)
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