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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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For What Should American
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Hundreds of Millions
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Be Spent?
To Keep the Bloody Sisters at Their Work in Europe, or to
Create Happiness lere at Home?
Here you see two pictures. One shows the three sisters that
once in & while appear among men—WAR, DEATH, FAMINE.
Disease. the fourth sister, is 100 busy to get into the photo.
graph. She has no time to have her picture taken now
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What do you think of the ' patriots’’ who feel that we ought
10 encourage these sisters, give them money %o continue their
work?
Does it not seem to you that we should discourage them
abroad and keep ourselves armed and protected against them at
home?
The second picture, & sketch of ‘‘human happiness,” shows
Yife on this planet as it should be.
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gradually coming up to higher and higher forms. For tens of
thousands of years human beings have lived, struggled and died
here, and occasionally a life has been developed that can almost
be called civilized.
Men and women learn to live and work for one another, to
do their duty on earth, to find their happiness in the ideal, and
for & moment it seems as though humanity were at last to make
ftself worthy of this planet.
Then comes hideous war, with its wholesale murder, disease
and cruelty, and the whole race is swept back into the dark ages.
The picture on the lift fllustrates war and its guardian sis
ters. The picture on the right illustrates peace, life as it should
be.
All that happiness requires is opportunity, honest work and
true affection.
War demands money, blood, more money and more blood.
What is your opinion of the proposition that the United
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these three sisters in Europe to help carry on their game.
: Would it not be better to use that money here in the United
States, building homes for the people, improving the land, giv
ing employment, helping those whom the war has injured?
The bloody sisters of war must end their game when the
money ends. Is it not a disgrace to this country that we are to
supply more millions, hundreds of millions, to keep up the game?
What is your opinion of those who for one-half per cent ex
tra profit, and because the nation is building up disgraceful for
tunes through manufacturing implements of murder, DEMAND
AMERICA SUPPLY THE MONEY TO KEEP THE WAR
GOING?
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excellent chance of losing his dollar, and WELL DESERVES
TO LOSE IT.
“ Washington Day by Day
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES,
{EN. Thomas A. Edison was
W over here last month ad
viging about the navy,
' gome one was showing him a new
style of aeroplane,
Mr. Edison was at once inter
ested.
“It's make-up is at least novel”
said the Inventor. “It is, in fact,
a striking idea. 1 have seen noth
ing to surpass it since last month,
Then & young man from Orange
showed me an engagement ring
that he was going to patent.”
“But,” sald I, examining the
very ordinary looking elrclet,
‘.‘whu is there patentable about
this
“It is adjustable, sir,” answered
the young man with a confident
air,
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General Nelson A. Miles was
telling the Grand Army men in
Washington a good story of the
war:
Theré was a veteran negro sol
dier, an inmate of a soldlers’
‘home. The old fellow was sun
ning himself on the grass when
the general engaged him in con
‘versation, touching his campaigns
and the officers he had fought
“Did you ever see Grant?” aske
ed the general.
~ “Did 1 ever see Grant?" repeat
ed the o'd fellow with a superior
;jguh.m py, I was a-layin’ on
de ground after one battle Wheu
3 Leags de soun’ of borses’ hoofs,
an' den a big volee calls out: ‘ls
dat you, Morgan?'
“I knowed In & secon’ dat it was
Gin'ral Grant,
“‘Yassah,' ]l says, very respect
ful
““Come heah,’ says Gin'ral
Grant, )
“I gits up, reluctant like, I was
kinder tired out.
“1 waats yo' to go back home,’
savs Gin'ral Grant, e
““Why? says 1, still respectful
ike.
““Cause you're klilin' too many
men,’ says General Grant.”
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The suffrage crisis recalis this
incident of Jane Addams at a re
cent luncheon. Sald Miss Ad
dams:
“We women have still much to
fight for. Our battle will be long
and difficult, Well, let us frankly
admit {t. There !s nothing to be
gained by such rose-colored
phrases as Willilam White em
ployed.
“Willlam White's brother had
killed a man in cold blood.
““Well, Willlam, how about
your brother? a visitor to the
town asked him one day after the
trial.
“Well,’ sald William, ‘they've
put him in jail for a month.'
““That's rather a light sentence
for a cold-blooded murder,’ said
the visitor.
v iYes, sir, Willlam admitted,
‘but at the month's end they are
go'ng jo hang him.’ "
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]le Fourth Sister Could Not Get in the Phutograéh. She Was Too Busy. Her
Name is Disease. l
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No optimist was ever able to
convert a pessimist.
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Family honor is usually a joke
to all save the relatives.
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It is diMeuit to make a hard
luck ®tory profitable in many
cases,
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When a married man loses his
temper his wife can generally
find it
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As o rule, it is difficult to draw
the line between bric-a-brac and
Junk,
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One half of the world does not
know what grocer the other half
hangs up.
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The man who throws off his
coat quickly does not always in
tend to fight
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It is better to pay bills prompt
ly, even it it does make the col
lector feel small,
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The real good loser is generally
the one who is staking the other
fellow's cash,
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Job was a patient old guy, but
he was never called upon to sit
through an amateur show,
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The children of the marriagea
ble widow always have the mean
habit of looking older than they
are.
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When reading some of the seed
catalogues we can understand
why the Garden of Eden was so
attractive.
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Some persons seem (o think
that if they feed a bulldog they
are doing their part toward pre
venting race suicide.
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When we listen to the troubles
of our neighbors it gives us more
courage to bear our own,
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Optimism is all right provided
it does not cause a man to let go
of his wad,
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Too much argument is often
wasted in cases where a persus
sive kick won.xld‘be.hetter.
It often takes a lot of unpleas
ant rubs to produce the polished
man.
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The loafer usually cherishes the
idea that he has been misunder
stood.
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Stolen sweets are also accom
panied by thorns
“ The American Wage as 'a Business Proposition l
ANY a successful business
M man, who is confident
that “the workers are pald
all that they are worth” and that
“wages are far too high, any
way,” has never stopped to an
alyze wages from a strictly busi
ness point of vidw. The wage
earner is, in reality, a business
man. Hie place of business is his
home.
The object of his business ac
tivity 18 the rearing of a famlily
in good health and with a gener
ous sprinkling of education. To
thigs end the worker labors dur
ing most of his adult life.
Business men have worked ar
dently to safeguard business in
terests. They all agree emphati
cally about the limportance of
business stability; of conserva
tism in finance; of the returns
due a man who risks his wealth
in & business venture, and of the
fundamental necessity of main
taining business on & sound basis.
, After centuries of experiment,
they have evolved what they re
gard as a safe and sane method
of financial business procedure,
Every successful business man
tries to live up to the following
well-established formula:
THE BUSINESS MAN'S PLAN.
First—He pays out of his total
returns, or gross receipts, the
ordinary costs of doing business—
materials, labor, repairs and the
l'ke. These payments are known
as running expenses, or upkeep.
Second-After unkeep charges
are paid, he takes the remainder,
called gross income, and pays out
of It the fixed charges—taxes, in
surance, interest and depreclation.
Third—The business man, hav
ing paid all of the necessary ex
penses of doing business (the
running expenses and the fixed
charges), has left a fund (net in
cnme)‘ which, roughly speaking,
i{s the profits of the business. Out
of this net income dividends are
paid, improvements and exten
slons of the plant are provided
for.
rourth—The cavefui Dbusiness
man increases the stabMity of his
business by adding something to
his surplus or undivided profita
Every modern business man
disposes of the total receipts of
his business in some such way
as that,
The business man who can not
pay his running expenses, fixed
charges and dividends and show
some surplus is scanned critical
ly.
Should he fail to pay dividends,
he is considered unprosperous.
If he does not meet the inter
est on his bonds, he is taken into
court and declared a bankrupt.
Running expenses, fixed charges,
dividends and surplus are not
merely fair; they are ESSEN
TIAL to business success. Thev
are considered a ‘right” by the
organizers of every legitimate
business.
Suppose the American work
fngman, who is striving to sup
port a family on a wage ranging
from $1.50 to $8 a working day
($450 to S9OO per year) should ap
ply to the financing of his family
affairs the financial formula
adopted by any well-managed
modern business. Since he must
allow for running expenses, fixed
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Are you ashamed of your country relations?
When your relatives from the rural districts come to town, do you
take them only to the places where they will be least likely to meet
your friends?
Did you make as an excuse this summer that “all your friends are
out of town, or those at home are so busy entertaining and being en
tertained that it is impossible to get them for an afternoon or even
ing ?"
Did you think you could make your country kin believe such a
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You merely anger some of them, and hurt all of them.
What have you gained by such treatment?
The sort of friends who would judge your relatives from the stand
point of clothes or unfamiliarity with the ways of the city are the sort
to “shed” before a rainy day. Their friendship is not worth much, and
won't compare with the smallest part of the love your country friends |
have for you.
Appreciate worth where you find it, and remember that you are no%
better than your family, with oddg {» favor of the country relative, .‘\
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Man and Woman Were Created to Lead Lives of Happiness, Affection, Idea
War Destroys All—(BSee Editorial.) .
By SCOTT NEARING.
charges, dividends and surpius,
he would proceed as follows:
First—He would pay, from the
total family income, the family
running expenses—food, clothing,
housing, medicine and the like.
Second—From the remairider,
his gross income, he would take
interest on the investment which
has been made In bringing up and
educating his wife and himself;
fnsurance against all reasonable
contingencies, such as sickness,
accident, death and unemploy
ment; and a sum for depreciation
sufficient to compensate for the
{nevitable decrease in his earning
power and for the old age, dur
ing which he and his wife can no.
jonger earn anything.
Third—The remaining net in
come lhoul'd be suflicient to en
able the worker to pay himself
dividends proportionate to the
excessive risks which he runs in
pringing a family into the world
and attempting to rear it, and suf
flcient to add at least something
to the surplus which the family
lays aside to provide against
such untoward events as births,
deaths and prolonged #ickness.
Any business man who attempt-
Life as It Should Be
THE HOME PAPER
' ed to conduct a business on a
basis that would pay only the
flimsiest of upkeep charges would
be regarded as a subject for men
tal treatment, YET THE BULK
OF AMERICAN WORKERS
FIND THEMSELVES N EX
ACTLY THAT PREDICAMENT.
They are conducting a family
business on a basis that will not
pay reasonable running expenses.
* The legitimate fixed charges of
business—interest on the invest
ment, adequate insurance and de
preciation—are far above the
reach of most wageworkers who
have a family of five to support.
ALWAYS A BANKRUPT.
The prdinary worker's family is
a bankrupt concern—it can not
meet even the Interest on its
bonds. And dividends? The or
«_flnary worker is thankful if he
can pay the bills incident to up
keep. Dividends are a luxury of
which he does not dream.
, Place before any level-headed
" man of affairs this proposition:
“l have a business which is bare
ly able to pay running expenses,
We can't meet our fixed charges
and our wildest flights of imagi
nation have never carried us as
far as dividends and surplus. Will
you Join in the venture?”
The statement is grotesque, yet
it sets forth the financial position
of a majority of American wage
earners in our highly organized
industries not protected by
unions.
/ One further point should be
noted. After the business man
has paid running expenses and
fixed charges, the remainder is
income—"net income.” The great
mass of wage-earners who re
ceive enough only to pay their
bare running expenses have no
“net income” in the real sense
of that word.
As a business proposition, for a
family of five, a wage of less than
SI,OOO & year is absurdly inade
quate. Every concept of modern
business management cries
“Shame!” at the very thought of
§t, and yet that proposition is not
only made to millions of our
workers—they have no alterna«
tive but to accept it. -
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PHILLIES' SLOGAN: ‘Darmn
the Red Sox.” And they did
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Way to start free speech s to
try to stop it,
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Finance Minister Bark, of Rus
sia, finde money doesn’t grow on
trees, ‘
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With so many steel trusts 111
be hard to tell common from pro
ferred.
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Bulgaria keeps the Allles from
holding three kings and a pair of
czars.
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A diet of onlons will improve
any girl's complexion, but most of
them prefer drug store tints.
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If a man has not room to keep
a flock of chickens, the posses
gion of a bulHdog will generally
keep him before the nclthbor-‘
hood.
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If the rich man did not spend
his money none of us would stand
a chance to get any of it.
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A good many of us always seem
to find a cork in the horn of plen~
ty when it {s turned in our direc~
tion.
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It 1s difficult for the average
small boy to be decent without
becoming girlish in hils ways. ,
The Woman in the Case.
By 8. E. KISER.
What's the first thing people say
when a man goes wrong?
There. is one conclusion they who
make up the throng
Always straightway come to when
any man goes tumbling
down—
When he robs his fellow men
when the ones who praised
him frown—
‘When his honor ahd his pride end
in bitterness and shame,
All his former friends decide that
some woman was to blame.
When a man has risen high, when
he wins applause,
Do the people reason why, do they
~ Buess the cause?
Do they tell each other then thet
some woman made him
xrea.t;
That for her, with sword or pen
toiling early, striving late,
He had will and strength to win
casting every doubt aside?
Why blame woman for the ain &7
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