Reducing Package Joy.Riding
By Ida M. Tarbell
The prompt and cheerful response
i-hich the public in general makes to
very reasonable plan of readjust
iient for war needs is one of the
nost heartening exhibits in a dis
leartening world. Show men and
V>men what is necessary and they
prlng to it. You must convince
hem it is right—a hearty system—
ut when they see it is right they
o it. and do it promptly.
Here is this matter of reforming
ur elaborate and wasteful delivery
rstem. A few weeks ago the Corn
ercial Economy Board laid the
acts before the country. We were
mploying in sending home our gro
eries, about 100,000 men younar
nen, and as many horses and
rucks. The butlher, the baker, the
:eneral and department stores hud
reat forces. This army was not all
•snployed to do for us what we could
iot do for ourselves. Fully fifty per
ent. of it was busy doing things
yhich a little forethought and a tit
le willingness would have ellmlnat
d. A half dozen deliveries a day
vere made to probably a million
louseholds where one or two at the
>utside would have been possible
f the housewife had not been en
ouraged by the merchant to think
hat the oftener he came to the
louse the better, he liked it. Ex
ravagant service was one of his
•hief competitive tools. Probably
Ifty million little packages went joy
iding daily which might have been
•arried by the purchaser, and thin
•hen wo are counting every gallon
f gasoline.
It cost money, of course. The
.verage cost of deliveries to the gro
ers of this country has been about
hree per cent, of their net sales. Na
urally, they added this to the price
f goods and the woman who orders
nee a day pays for those who order
half dozen times.
It is possible we should have gone
n heedless and unthinkable of all
his waste of motion and material if
he war had not thrust its impera
ive demand for young men upon us.
Var thrives only when men are
bundant. If war calls they must
o. ' But how are we soing to re
ease tliem without stopping the ma
hinerv which supplies our dai'v
leeds? There is only one scientific
iray and that is the one taken by the
'ommercial Economy Board in the
erorm of the delivery of goods. It
i the study of each business prac
ice as an efficiency engineer.would
tudy a machine operation, finding
he lost motions, the bad routing, the
ireventable waste. It means cutting
very prodigality out, husbanding
Ime and motions as strictly as
noney and materials.
it. was such a study of the delivery
ystem that led the government 1o
ecommcnd a fixed number of deliv
ries a day, at regular hours, to a.<k
mrchasers, as a patriotic duty, to
arry tlieir small packages, and to
Ive up their freakish habits of ask
.. fo>- ••nclal deliveries and goods
in approval.
The quick understanding with
i-hich the merchants of the country
net the request to re-organlze their
eliveries, to give up their elaborate
ompetltlve weapon that so many
ad come to think indispensable, is
no of the proofs of the amazing vol-
t .% o"erpt|nr in 'iipotimr war
reds that the country is giving.
It is only a few weeks since tho
ossiliility of freeing men and equip
•ent through a reform of deliveries
•' •••ore tV>" merchants and
lieir customers. To-day the Com
lcrcial Economy Board has definite
n formation that in the following cit
the deliveries have been reduced
'two, or in sonic cases one: Akron, j
.; Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, 1
ayton, O.; Portland, Ore.; East St.
ouis. 111.: Fort Smith, Ark.; Min-|
r>apolis, Minn.; Harrisburg, Pa.; In- !
irmnpolls, Louisville, Ky.; Pitts
urgh. Providence, It. I.; Reading,
a.: Richmond, Va.; Rochester,
. V.; San Francisco, Toledo. O.;
opeka, Kan.; Columbus, O.; Oak
nd, Cal.; Saginaw, Mich.; New Ha
n. Conn.; Roanokei Va., and St
aul.
It is impossible at this point in the;
to tell just what this
[icans in men and horses and trucks j
li these particular cities, but if we;
ccept the experience of those sens-j
hie towns which did not wait for
rar to cut out the waste, it Is fair)
d reckon it as close to fifty per cent, j
"or instance, in Escanaba, \Hchlgan, j
co-operative delivery was organized ,
even years ago. There being no war
ressure the number of deliveries
ras set at five a day. Simply byj
ombining and regularizing the serv-1
•e, the men ami horses were at oncei
educed by one-lialf.
Out in New Mexico there is a town. I
toswell. where a former postmaster;
as built up a system according to ;
lie routes of 'he or j
rucks being those of the formor 1
lail carriers. This service is done at
saving of twenty-five per cent, to
tie merchants. A service which for
icrelv r>" nlred seventeen wsmons i:i
ow performed by three cars and i
jur wagons
The gentleman who has worked
lis change has some wise reflections
n the subject: "The waste in dellv
•v s*rv'or in ther' I'nitod is
mply staggering," he said, "and the
lerchants are to blame. A few peo
le want the service and the mer
hants give it to them and of course
lake them pay for it. Whereas if
le truth were known I venture the
.atement that seventy-five per cent,
f the people the country over would
luch rather have less delivery serv
e and reduced prices on goods. All
telligent irerr'bant k"ow their de
very expense Is excessive, but what
in they do—the other fellow does
, and they must also. The fact re
tains, however, that a great major
y of the people are forced to carry
leir expensive systems by merchants
:t<• r n ' to tbo w'i|nia of a thought
iss, well-to-do minority."
Here is the kernel of the practice:
few demand elaborate and there
re exi'ei.M.vo waiting on. The med
iant thinks his only chance to get
leir trade is by humoring their ir-
Kiilar hpbttn. tellinir thev ran
ive anything at any hour and so
rain and again he sends home an
•tide on which there is a two-cent
roflt, at a cost of six cents.
The needs of war have opened up
le unsoundness of this particular
usiness practice as they will many
hers. Comnionsense as well a
yalty demand that it be corrected
id at once. The call is urgent.
Before these lines reach the press
le first contingent of our National
rmy will be on its way to camp—
>o,ooo men for the firing line. But
iATCORN
AND THE
WAY is
POST
MONDAY EVENING,
to keep that many men on the firing
line mean" certainly a million, pos
sibly a million and a half, behind the
line, supplying and transporting,
keeping up roads and military work,
doing the thousand and one things
that must be done for those at ihe
front.
It will be some trouble. It will
require forethought, but what a little
sacrifice for so great a reason. It is
a little sacrifice which in the aggre
gate means freeing tens of thousands
of men for our Army. Surely in the
great and terrible demand that civi
lization is making upon those of us
who believe in Her, so small a re
adjustment should have a universal
voluntary acceptance. There should
be no town in the country of which
its merchants should be able to say,
"We tried to put our deliveries on o
war basis our women would not
co-operate." They refused to think
ahead, refused to carry their llttl"
packages, refused to give up their
special deliveries, and their goods on
approval. It should be done and
done now, for now is the need. The
men are being culled by the hun
dreds of thousands. We'believe in
their going. We have accepted the
awful sacrifice. The very least we
can do is cheerfully to accept the re
adjustment suggested by those who
are making a careful and scientific
study of our commercial practices.
In Paris to-day there are only three
deliveries a week. Shall we insist on
a half dozen a day? It is up to the
American woman to say.
First Degree Conferred
on Two Blain Odd Fellows
Blain, Pa., Oct. 22. —First degree
was conferred on two members of
the local Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, Blain lodge, No. 706, James
O'Donell and CJiarles Moffett, of New
Germantown, at the meeting oil
Thursday evening by the degree
team of Machinaw lodge, No. 380,
of New Bloomfield. After the meet
ing a. banquet was given in the
kitchen of Zion's Reformed Church.
Members from the New Bloomfield
lodge were: D. A. Tressler, John
Mailman, 13. F. Keller, O. A. Gut
shall, C. Askins, George Spahr, E. M.
Garber. Warren R. Clouser, W. H.
Supp, h. H. Stephens, W. H. Darling
ton, H. W. Robinson, James E. Stew
art, Philip A. Clouser, S. B. Swarta,
W. C. Lebo, C. A. Bealor, A. B. Ker
ner, Lawrence E. Cupp, Elmer H.
Tressler, B. B. Lupper, H. W.
Dronigold, the Rev. Homer C. Knox,
W. S. Cupp, W. M. Heckendorn, Au
rand A. Ickes, C. O. Davis, A. P.
Nickel, R. S. Weller, Paul E. Mc-
Keehan, Frank Fetterhoff, S. 11.
Bernheisel, M. J. Bower, J. S. Sheal
fer, S. Beck Wallace, W. J. Grenoble,
and H. Earl Hook, of Port Royal
lodge, No. 556.
150 Lives, Raiders' Toll
in the North Sea
Irf>ndon, Oct. 22. One hundred and
fltfy lives were lost on Wednesday
when five Norwegian, one Danish and
three Swedish vessels wore sunk by
two German raiders in the North
Sea.
Christianla, Oct. 22. Tlie Aften
posten lias definitely ascertained that
sixteen Norwegians, seventeen Swedes
and eight-seven Knglishmen were
killed in the convoy action on Wed
nesday. but adds that the total num
ber probably is niueh 4 greater. The
entire crew of one steamship, eleven
men. were all killed except the cap
tain. Twenty men from the Wistur
were saved, but of the crew of the
Kikander only the captain and the
third officer were saved, and the re
maining seventeen art* believed to
have been killed. Of this number,
three were women.
Wedding and Birthday
Anniversaries at Newport
Newport. Pa., Oct. 22. —Mr. and
Mrs. William Horting observed their
fifty-fourth wedding anniversary
and Mr. Hortlng's seventy-sixth
birthday anniversary simultaneously
on Thursday evening at their home
in the northeast corner of Market
and Fifth streets.
Dinner was served to these guests:
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Horting, Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. Sweger, and sons
Donald and Ralph Sweger, Mr. and
Mrs. F C. Horting and Mr. and Mrs.
S. B. Mingle, of Harrisburg, Mr. and
Mrs. C. P. McClure and son, Alva
and Frederick, of Lewistown, Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Horting and daugh
ter, Miss Mary Horting, Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Horting, and Mr. and Mrs.
C. R. Horting and son, C. R. Hor
ting, Jr., of Newport, and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Rupley, of MarysvlUe.
JELLY SENT TO SOLDIERS
Lewistown, Pa., Oct. 22.—80ys at
Camp Meade have not been for
gotten by their Mifflin county
friends. A gift of 478 glasses of
jelly has been sent by Mrs. Frank
Childs. Mr. nd Mrs. Frnk Childs.
of Lewistown, are the parents of
Engle Childs, captain of the first
contingent sent into training at
Camp Meade from this county. Their
other son Erl, is an officer in the
U. S. Navy. Both boys are popular
in Lewistown and are the only chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Childs.
A message received Thursday
from a member of lewistown
Company M, Eighth Pennsylvania
Infantry, at Camp Hancock, Augusta,
Ga., says that the boys down there
are also fond of jelly.
CHRISTIAN KAVFFMAX DIES
Mt. Joy, Pa., Oct. 22.—Christian
Kauffman, aged 74, a Civil War
veteran, died on Thursday night at
his home in Millersville. Mr. Kauff
man was a member of Company K,
203 d Pennsylvania Volunteer In
fantry and served two enlistments.
He is survived by his wife, who was
Mary J. Baker and the following
tons and daughters: Miss Alice B.
Kaugman at home; John J., Mil
lersville; Daniel B„ Malvern; one
brother, Joseph S. Kauffman, of
York, and two grandchildren.
FRENCH IN NEWPORT SCHOOI S
Newport. Pa„ Oct. 22.—Newport
High School will soon have French
and Spanish as elective studies in
the school curriculum, Prof. G. J
Moyer, assistant principal, will be
the instructor.
In addition to being optional for
the pupils, patrons of the school are
also given the privilege of pursuing
these courses. Three periods will
be held each week, commencing at
3.30 o'clock and concluding at 4
o'clock.
RED MEN'S CONVENTION
Marietta, Pa., Oct. 22.—The Lan
caster county Red Men's convention
will be held here on Saturday next,
with morning, afternoon and even
ing sessions. State speakers are ex
pected. Among the features will be
the parade in the afternoon for
which five bands have been secured.
The Diary of aU-Boat Commander
(Copyright, 1917, by the New York Herald Co.—All Rights Reserved)
(Copyright Canada by fccw York Herald Company)
(Translated from the Original German by Irving R. Bacon)
1916—30 March
I dreamed of Minna last, night.
With all my daily thinking about her
and all my prayers In her behalf this
has been the first time I ever
dreamed of her. It was a confused
sort of dream and I could recall but
little of it—nothing In detail —when
I woke up. It seemed though, to
be of evil import, and has left a
heavy feeling in my heart.
Fritz is a believer in dreams.
"Some drpams, of course," he said,
when I told him of the one about
Minna, "are purely the _product of
a mechanical pressure upon the
body, or of mists arising from a dis
ordered stomach and the like. But
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there are others, which might be
called fatidic or prophetic, and
which bring before us events still
unborn. Nearly everybody has had
such dreams. I have had them, and
was afterward dumbfounded to find
the realization correspond with the
dream in every particular down to
Uie most minute detail, such as even
the casting of shadows by some of
the objects, exactly as I had seen
them in the dream."
On the twenty-seventh of this
month we sank three merchant
steamships and two barks. No lives
were lost —at least none by reason
of torpedoes or shellflre. The sea
was calm, and I believe and sincerely
hope that the crews reached land in'
safety. The following: day we also
sank a steamship— a Norwegian—
which was carrying meat from Ar
gentina to England. We had given
warning by firing a shot across her
bow, but she ignored it. Another
shell carried away her wireless ap
paratus—Halbert is still Infallible
In his marksmanship. The Nor
wegian stopped and her crew got
I away in lifeboats. Three bombs sent
finished her In half an hour.
Of her crew thirty-two had been
killed by falling fragments from the
masthead and two more were
drowned by the capsizing of one of
the boats. We aided In righting and
bailing out the boat and, as the dis
tance from the Irish coast was 195
miles, we replenished their food and
water supply, which had been lost
in the overturning of the little craft.
One of the crew, a little fellow
with a sallow complexion and dark
hair and who looked more like a
Spaniard than a Scandinavian, said
something which sounded like a
curse just as the boat he was in
pushed oft from our side.
JSo&manZ
HARRIS BURG, MOSDAI, OCTOBER 22, 1017,
"He Is wishing the Kaiser to hell,"
said Eglau, who was nearest him.
"If you will allow me," said Hal
bert, taking a firmer grip on his
automatic pistol, "I will send this
fellow on his way to hell to announce
there that His Majesty our Kaiser
refuses to go."
The man's grim humor was meant
In all seriousness. It would have
given Halbert Infinite pleasure to
riddle the offender's body with bul
lets.
"How do you know he spoke dis
respectfully of His Majesty?" I
asked.
"I heard him," replied Halbert.
"I know Norwegian."
The lifeboat by this time had got
ten more than fifty yards away from
us.
'tYou might hit somebody else at
so great a distance," I said. I
did not want to appear to be indif
ferent to so gross an insult to our
ruler, and yet I disliked the iilea
of taking £i man's life for a hastily,
perhaps thoughtlessly, uttered word!
But calmly and without any trace of
excitement or impatience Halbert
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OCTOBER 22, 1917.
salt), "I can handle pistols and can
non with equal accuracy. If I miBS
the man and injure another I pledge
my word of honor that I shall send
the second bullet Into my own
brain."
"May I make a suggestion?" in
terrupted Fritz lyaunlß, who saw
that the situation had become ex
tremely embarrassing to me. In or
dinary circumstances I would not
have hesitated to order the persist
ent, bloodthirsty Halbert below, but
I had so frequently crossed him In
precisely such matters that I began
to fear he and the others might be
gin to doubt the sincerity of my
love for our fatherland. Fritz's in
terruption, therefore, as always,
came very opportunely.
"Certainly, Herr Lieutenant Lau
nig," I said, "your/ suggestions are
never unwelcome."
"Well, then, if you and Halbert
will listen I believe I shall be able
to demonstrate that It is not par
ticularly honorable to take one's own
life just because one has failed to
take the life of another." And we
listened to Fritz's unusual notions
concerning honor. Whether these
notions were right or wrong is im
material. They accomplished what
Fritz had Intended —the averting
of a deliberate murder.
(To Be Continued.)
WOODLAND SOLD
Blain, Pa., Oct. 22. Yesterduy
flft.v-one acres of woodland, located
along the Conecocheague mountain,
west of Blaln, belonging to the Wil
liam W. Woods estate, was sold at
public sale by George L. Woods, of
Boiling Springs, executor to Daviil
Stambaugh, of Jacksontownshlp, for
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