Nurse Saves Aged Man From bed-tore suffering with etJtloii "The aim of price maintenance isj to do away with the unfair elements | of price competition. Nothing is more! brutal in American business methods than mere brute price cutting. We have all seen how the big combines have recklessly slaughtered prices merely to drive the small fellows out of business." To prove his point, Mr. Ingersoll pointed out. the recent ruinous rate war of the big railroads and how many carriers were subsequently driven into bankruptcy, He also call ed attention to the tobacco and oil trusts, which he asserted, gained their present dominant position by mere brute price slashing. "Price maintenance brings better: service," the speaker declared, "andj aims at not only mere cheapness." | "Price cutting is misleading; it i tends to promote substitution; to j drive an article of well-known and established value off the market by j ruinous competition, and it tends to ruin small businessmen. Kills Rural Merchants "Price cutting hurts the rural mer-1 chants and tepds to drive people into the. thickly populated cities by caus-! ing them to believe that they can live j A Big Part of the World (fjP^ S&T Knows Grape-Nuts not alone for its delicious, nut-like flavour, but more for its wonderful nerve and brain making, bone and muscle building qualities. Grape-Nuts supplies certain essential elements, abundantly stored in the field grains, but which are la-.king in many goods. Especially is this true of foods made from white flour, because in making flour white the larger part of the energizing mineral ele ments are thrown out in the milling process. Made of whole wheat and malted barley, Grape- Nuts supplies all the rich nourishment of the grains, is long baked and rendered quickly digestible, and yields a big return of brain, nerve and muscle energy. Wherever you go you'll find Grape-Nuts, "There's a Reason" Sold by Grocers everywhere. THURSDAY EVENING, ( ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST PRICE MAINTENANCE For Price Maintenance. Against Price Maintenance Speaking In favor of price main- In opposing passage of any act tcnance, Mr. Ingersoll, declared: which will permit manufacturers "Price maintenance is price unl- to set prices for resales. Mr. Hack formity. er advanced these arguments. "It represents the soundest pos- "Every merchant should be per sible merchandising methods in mitted to regulate the prices of the that by this method any article of goods which he sells to suit the known value may pass from man- exigencies of his trade, ufacturer to consumer at the low- "The courts have decided that est cost for distribution and yet when a manufacturer parts with give each link In the chain of dis- an article he also parts with all tributors the fairest remuneration rights to it. for their services. The manufacturers have some "Price maintenance prevents ulterior motive in seeking by this brutal price slashing and ruinous proposed legislation to regulate competition. priced. "It was by such unfair compe- The manufacturers are at tition and price cutting that the tempting by this legislation to trusts have stifled competition and make the retailer a mere agent driven the small business men out for his goods. of business. "Business is war and always "Price maintenance represents will be war. Co-operation has the combination of competition been tried and has failed; will be and co-operation. tried again and doubtless will fail. "The present high cost of living "This proposed legislation would is due to the expensive methods regulate the price for retailers and of merchandising, an outgrowth of wholesalers but not for manufac too much competition. turers. I more cheaply there because they see articles of known value advertised at cut prices by big metropolitan stores. In closing the speaker declared that inasmuch as a manufacturer is re sponsible to the ultimate consumer for the quality of a trade-marked article, he should also have the right to regulate the price for which it may be sold. He was also of the opinion that the present high cost of living in America is largely due to the expensive meth ods of merchandising employed. By price maintenance, he declared, the cost of distributing an article from producer to consumer is kept down to the lowest possible point and yet each man in the long line of distribution is enabled to obtain a reasonable, safe and certain remuneration for the services rendered. In opposing any legislation to per mit manufacturers to regulate prices Mr. Hacker, who is general counsel for the National Retail Dry Goods Association, presented a number of arguments. Bill* Arc Misleading Price maintenance, he declared, is freedom of contract, and if a federal act is passed permitting price main tenance retailers will be soon con verted from free selling to contract ridden agents. The titles of the bills now before Congress to permit price maintenance are misleading, the speaker charged, and the manufacturers have some ulterior motive In endeavoring to have the acts passed. "The highest courts in the land have declared," said Mr. Hacker, "that when a manufacturer parts with an article he also parts with all rights to it. Now that the big manu facturers are beaten in the courts they want to run to Congress and secure new legislation," said he. "Business Is War" "While at the present time there are comparatively few trade-marked articles," pointed out the speaker, "should this act become law there would at once be thousands of manu facturers who would rush to Wash ington with their trade-marks and at once set high schedules of prices by which their goods would have to be sold by the retailers who would have the collar of price maintenance around their necks. Everyone will trade mark and set their price," he de clared. "Business is war," declared Mr. Hacker, "and it will always be war. Co-operation has been tried and has failed: will doubtless be tried again and fail, but we insist that if a mer chant wishes to cut a price to meet the exingencies of his business, he should have that right." Cliargcs Ulterior Motive Those who oppose price mainten ance are opposed also to reckless price cutting, the speaker declared, but he maintained that the dealer should have the right of price regula tion. He charged that large manufac turers have banded together In the American Fair Trade League to pass this price maintenance law and de clared that a huge publicity campaign Mas being waged by these interests to secure pasage of one of the acts now before Congress. Mr. Hacker took exceptions to the truth or accuracy of the literature be ing distributed by the Fair Trade League and declared that the league "has some ulterior motive which I, myself, sometimes feel I am unable to discern." He charged that the "widespread demand" for a federal legislation permitting price main tenance, which was referred to by Mr Ingersoll, was a "manufactured demand." Following the addresses both speak ers were given ten mintftes in which to refute each other's arguments, which each did by denying in blanket form about everything the other had said. BLEACHED FLOUR CAUSES ARRESTS Department of Agriculture Gets After Men Who Are Selling Impure Foods The first arrest in the crusade against the sale of bleached flour In Pennsyl vania have been made by the Depart ment of Agriculture in Westmoreland county. Two prosecutions were made when the bleached flour was found to contain nitrous acid and nitrites. In the same county a restaurant keeper was fined for selling oleomargarine without a license. Twenty-seven prosecutions for the sale of milk and cream, below the State standards In butter fats and solids have been made by the agents of the Dairy and Food Bureau. Seven milk and two cream cases were In Perry county and two cream cases in Cum berland county. Other cases were: Warren county, two milk and two cream; Potter county, two cream and one milk; Luzerne county, seven milk and Erie county, two cream. In Venango county a prosecutions for the sale of adulterated sausage has been ordered and In McKean county there is a prosecution for the sale of rotten eggs. In Philadelphia there were arrests for the sale of contaminated candy and dried cherries containing sulphur dioxide. For the sale of an oil sold as pure linseed oil, but found to contain almost fifty per cent, mineral oil, a Cleveland, Ohio, company was fined fi-fty dollars and costs in two cases in Wavne coun ty. TALKS OF MEANS TO SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEM [Continued From First l*ag«| opinion, which demand a Speedy solution. Furthermore, the Mayor said, he ex pects to take necessary steps in the near future to bring about some of the reforms. Some Problems The practice of jitney drivers from Steelton, 'cross-river and other towns avoiding the regular jitney license fee by tooling into town and doing a regular jitney business here; troiley service over the 'cross-river lines from Market Square; the unsatisfactory methods of handling river coal from the Verbeke and Boas street landings along the river by out-of-town firms: the necessity of widening and elevating South Second street over the grade of the Pennsylvania Railroad freight sid ings below Vine street in order to in sure more adequate outlet for a whole sale and manufacturing district— these are a few of the immediate needs to insure permanent relief, in Mayor Meals' opinion. The appeal to the Dauphin County Court by the jitneurs who were fined for violating the jitney regulations sug gested a new angle for discussion by the Mayor. The •'Family Stand" "fine of the more serious questions of the jitney business," declared the Mayor, "is this practice of 'outsiders' driving itito town and snapping up all the business they can, to the detri ment of the local man who pays the jitneur's license for the purpose." "Where do they conic from?" the Mayor was asked. "Is there no way to regulate this?" "Most of them come from Steelton: a lot from across the river. This is the way they do it: Some fellow in one of these smaller towns hauls his family in here, presumably to attend a moving-picture show. Many Jitneurs Unknown "Now, then, while the family is at the show or attending to some other business, yuor Mr. Chauffeur or owner hangs out his card and then proceeds to do a jitney business for several hours from a "fixed stand.' See? He pays only $5 at most for that privilege —and does a serious harm to the jit neyman who pays his license and tries to make a living. "As to preventing this, one of the surest ways is to go right after them. To do this we've got to know who they are-*-where they live. An Investigation of this remarkable phase of the jitney service exposed the practice of the out-of-town fellows. M'e found that comparatively few live in Harrisburg; most of them have no place of resi dence here. Two-thirds, I'll venture to say, are out-of-town auto owners. We're going after them hard, as we mean to thresh out this jitney question thoroughly for the benefit of every body concerned. The Front Street Tracks The 'cross-river trolley service from Market Square suggested another traffic problem of importance. In the Mayor's opinion. The laying of tracks on North Front street from Market in order to complete connections at the entrance to the Walnut street bridge is not considered favorably by his Honor. "Oh," said Mayor Meals decisively, "that will never come. Permission would never be granted for that right. As a matter of fact, T don't think it is advisable in any way. In the first place, that Is the only section in the business district that is free of tracks; let's keep it so. Then, again, T doubt if it would be feasible from an engi neering viewpoint. Tracking of Front street from Market to Walnut would mean that the sharp turn into the 'cross-river bridge would have to be done at the end of a stiff grade." Tlic Coal Handling Problem Residents who live in Ihe vicinity of i Boas and Verbeke streets have com plained bitterly of Ihe unsatisfactory ' methods employed by the coal and sand dredging companies that unload coal at these points. No effort, it is said, is made to use I carts that will prevent the dripping and dropping from the carta, no pr*. HARRISBITRG s£ss£& TELEGRAPH! FOUNDED 1871 - In This Weekly House Cleaning Are Sterling Bargains To make a store "best" both the store people and the customers must grow into a friendly intimacy. It is our aim to make this such a homelike store, that everyone will think it belongs to them, in some sense. Kitchenwares ~~i O-So-Ezy Mops self Reminding Women of the New Arrivals in feeding oil and dust mops, Pz-vvvnlo*. p vl ' nA /l with adjustable handle. Fri- 1 C C * _<% *a. rOpuidl r 1 ICcQ day price, Ol Savory Double Boiler IT *3 cooks by steam; a handv The season's most important event in suits for Show some very special kitchen article. Made of . ~. ' . . ... grades and styles for gray enameled steel ware. women—who will delight in saving several dol- * arm wcathcr wcar at Friday price, 69?. lars on a dependable and very stylish suit. Re- _ Jardinieres green glaz- duced prices arc . ed pottery-; 6-mch size; an —————-——— vriXm. " >ccial slO sls $19.50 Domestics Pantry Set consisting Unbleached Sheeting—4s of 10-inch yellow bowl and BOW MAN S Third Floor. inches wide; even, round revolving rolling pin. lri- —————■——————————————— thread; will bleach easily. day price, set, 23?. White Goods Tin -j. -n l Friday price, yard 12}^?. Porcelain Pudding Bowl White Enamel Apron Gingham Lan- Sets —consisting of 6 bowls; Shadow Lace Voile 3B . . .. caster and Amoskeag ging 4's to B^4-inch diameters. inches wide; excellent qual- LOOKing UtenSUS hams in staple patterns; fast Fridav price, set, U9?. itv. Friday price, yd., 50?. .. colors, in remnant lengths; • .J, _ White enameled inside „ ' . . • J BOWMAN'S— Basement Imported Fancy Crepe an( j white enameled <*° N L " 11 a > price, >•> in stripes and large broken covers plaids: 44 inches wide. Fri- Blankets large size; day price, yd., (> and 8-qt. Berlin kettles , white with blue or pink Toys and Old Glory Longcloth - ialer pate 10^^' preserve : good weight and chamois finish; odd lengths; lufle rice ™ ***** SlllkieS 36 inches wide; not soiled; boiler - 7-cit tea kettles* 9 - R> V D-U TU 5. 6. 7. S and 9-yard lengths. coffee not Fridayoriee p «q"°t Mow Tub,ng _ Printing and painting sets, Friday price, yd., 14?. ' . ,nclies wide, good weight; no dressing. Fri- Pennants, 10? and 19e. BOWMAN-s-Second Floor BowMANS-Basement day price, yard 1 7?". n a i.- aft in Awning Stripes blue Feed sulkies, s3..n>. — an{ j b rown stripes; useful Reed baby carriage, re- lengths; for small awnings versible gear; roll on hood Laces and j SHOES or drop curtains. Friday arid body. Friday price, ~ price, yd., 1 WAt. $14.98. Embroideries Women's high grade New White Wool Flannel BOWMAN'S —Second Floor # _ York made sample ptunps, cut from the piece; 34 inches Val. insertions, 12 yards Colonials and oxfords in wide; medium weight. Fri to t ' lc P' cce - l riday price, various leathers, for the dav price, yd., 30?. Ribbon Mill Ends, rn- piece, fortunate women who wear Bleached Sheeting— Lock day yd., 19?. Embroidery edges, mostly sample sizes. Friday price, wood quality; 81 inches BOWMAN'S— Main Floor Swiss patterns; 4to 6 inches pr., $1.98. wide; cut from the piece. wide. Friday price, yd., 10?. Women's white, ivory. Friday price, yd., '.28?. BOWMAN'S —Main Floor brown and gray button and Sheets half bleached; Dl'eSS Goods . lace kid shoes for all sum- '™ a . de sheeting. mer wear; handsome goods. l riday price, 8.3?. 2,363 yards Figured Or-.- Friday price, pr., $.1.00. Bolster Cases bleached; Handkerchiefs shades; fiftv stvles to select Women's Fine Linen quality muslin. Friday price, from. Friday price, yd., Handkerchiefs; plain and ~~— 23?. (J-'4?. embroidered designs in blue, Women's Handbags BOWMANS— Basement Percales - plain and fig- P ink a " d la Jf" der ' Frida >' ' Cather ' a " d V "]f. "'i;! 1 nred crepes, and dress gin|- P" ce - b for P°P in; , fittcd ™ lth , tt _ t hams. Friday price, yd., Pussy Willow and Crepe purse and mirror. Fn- FOR MEN 71 * de Chine Handkerchiefs, in P uce » Poplins, in a good line of P«» »" d «<*«*?« -"""J**-*". vw In order to make room for shades: .'8 inehes wide. Fri- c ™ • al ?° l, S l ' r I c . d . designs. m n cen hi,,e J*! dav nrirr vd IW all colors. Friday price, , in green, grav, btone " . ' . 24<*. Mils inwpar a brown, in desirable Tinted Voiles, with floral BOWMAN'S— Main FLOOR shapes, will be sold to-mor designs; 40 inches wide. * Women's Gowns low row at SI.OO. Sizes to I'riday price, yd., 15?. ——neck and short sleeves; Worsted Shepherd Checks round, square and V-necks; Blue Chambray Work 2B inches wide. Friday FYiflflV SPIP of* trimmed with lace, inser- Shirts - made with either price, yd., 10?. tion, embroidery and ribbon link collar. I'riday Silk and Wool Tussahs, Trimmed Millinery run beading. Made of nain- price, 3o?; or 3 for SI.OO. in six shades; 42 in- sook, batiste and crepe. BOWMAN's —Second Floor dies wide. Friday price, yd., The • season s favored Slightly soiled from hand- — — straws in black and black ling. Friday price, 75?. Rovs' flothincr BOWMAN'S—Main Floor with Colors, including large BOWMAN'S— I Third Floor Ullllllg sailor shapes with drooping Norfolk Suits in three ——— brims; large transparent different patterns; gray, and . hats of hair braid and lace blue striped cassimcres; Lingerie B.ouses. combinations; silk lined. lntantS Wear plaited backs and sewed-on R~RX I N-, nn. Friday price, $3.50. T R » T CM- belts; sizes 6to 17 vcars. 59c and $1.69 Trimmed Ha«s ,aWen from ..^ne SS JSS£: ' A variety of styles, in regular stock; mostly dark Bishop style with tiny tucks Wash Smts, three voile; lace and embroidery shades in large and small anf j f ago tting; fancy trim- sljles, sizes _/2 to 8 years, trimmed; some tucked shapes. Friday price, SI.OO. nied: hand embroidered guaranteed to hold their Idouses included. All si/es Untrimmed Hats, in po]»- yokes: some trimmed at bot- and° Junior No"folks o/maT' 111 the lot, but not in each ular shapes and straws, bri- torn. Slightly soiled from ras and linon. Friday price style- day price, 98?. handling. Friday price, 75?. 95?. BOWMAN'S—Third Floor BOWMAN'S—Third Floor BOWMAN'S—^Third Floor BOWMAN'S—Second Floor cautions are taken by the carters to guard against passing automobile? Many a chauffeur has suffered from premature heart attack when he ap proached the highways leading,to the landings. This is another feature of the traffic question that Mayor Meals says must be looked into. Xot Local Finns? "Complaint of this has been aired, I'm told," said Dr. Meals, "and we purpose taking up the matter with a view to remedying it." "What can be done?" "Well, T myself, don't know exactly. I think this matter should be regu lated in some way to prevent annoy ance to the people who live in that vicinity as well to the passing auto ists. At the same time the car'crs should have a square deal." "Is it a fact that these coal firms are not local corporations or coal firms, but are from the Cumberland shores?" "I've heard that this is so." replied the Mayor, "although I've not investi gated it as yet. My idea is to take this matter up with Mr. Lynch, su perintendent of highways, as soon as possible. This is an annoying phase of our traffic problem that should be eliminated," Widening South Second Street The South Second street question will soon be threshed out, too, with Mr. Lynch, Mayor Meals declared. Months ago the City Planning Com mission suggested the widening jind straightening of Second street below Vine nnd the elevation of the hlwh wax ovftr Una Fanm ttiditig fiiUc* to open a broader outlet to Steelton and the eastern manufacturing end of the city via Cameron street. This is Mayor Meals' idea precisely. "The adoption of such a plan," said the city's executive in discussing this question, "would be of untold benefit. In addition to opening an easier means of access to the business district, it would be of Incalculable value so far as shorter hauls are concerned, and furthermore it would relieve the ever growing congestion at the Market street subway. To Take Up Tracks "Before this street is improved in this way, however, I think the unused trolley lines that now help block up portions of Paxton, Ninth and a small section of Berryhil! street should be taken up. They are just dead ends and of no benefit, and they interfere with the complete use of the street for vehicular traffic. That's another mat ter I want to take up with Mr. Lynch," concluded the Major. "I want to - alk with him about having these tracks removed. "That section should be paved r\nd I've no doubt that the big property owners who always boost for improve ments will be perfectly willing to ioin by paving in front of their properties." BRIT AIX TO SAVE DAYI.IGHT London, May 4. There now seems to be little doubt that Great Britain will follow the example of Holland and adopt tfie daylight saving system. Home Secretary Samuel points out that thp government committee on thp dis posal of coal, the greater railway man agers ami chambers of commerce favor L «b» . MAY 4, 1916. VICTORIA HANDLES BIG CROWDS Close tabulation on the part of the management of the Victoria Theater shows that exactly 6.564 people wit nessed the first of the series of "The Mysteries of Myra" and "The Girl and the Game" at that theater last evening. The photoplay Is based on the science of psychology and deals with >e actual experiences of the spiritualistic seance. 1 « _«- . » Aching Feet from t I! # CongealedNer»es 1 1 / Siraln ♦ M. ExctM Sweating and Bad Oder Inflamed J It acts' through the pores and re- I ! » 1 • J moves the cause by restoring the j !■ f\ I #ok tissues to normal; the results are f %- *(y\ | *"Vfi truly remarkable. Get a 25c pack- I , . age from any druggist; he Is au- a 13-1 thortaed to refund money to any- I ♦ Uives instant Keliex _ f " nv satisfied. I hypnotism and kindred subjects. Last evening a special detail of police was required to handle the crowds that jummeiV the theater for the first per formance. It is said that practically every department store, factory, and manufacturing plant in the citv were given complimentary tickets as the guests of the Victoria Theater last evening. 3