ISfV' It" 5g?^ 1/ r* IT1 INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS 1 XX* t-*v PAGE ELEVEN tive capacity in many lines is considerably in one or another quarter, that our follow a policy of maintaining Reserve of the world that Resumption of fully .in excess of consumption huge gold reserves -and the remarkably bank discount rates above the normal business activity in the United requirements. Necessarily, such a strong, position of the Federal market. States will necessarily be more or condition will be disturbing factors for Reserve banks will lead to a period less retarded *by adverse conditions I Sees Prosperity." some time to come. Ther e-is clearly of "secondary inflation," has been intensified*-by in other countries. -Nevertheless^ the With established improvement evident foreshadowed a period of 'intense the recent, trend of the improved industrial and commercial in so many phases of the ecoT competition/ domestic yand international. stock markets. Nevertheless, there is by positipn of a number of other coun-. nomic situation, it appears that, despite The recent instance- of 'competitive ground for confidence tfcat the Federal tries, and the sustained appreciation the weak spots which* remain,this downward revisions of certain Reserve Board^ will direct its activity country is ready to proceed gradually in the exchange value of the principal ocean passenger rates is aw case Rev. MAJtfATTHEWS in |uch ax manner is to discourage European currencies, points to toward general prosperity. The in point. Corresponding competition undue speculation" in commodity markets. D.D..LL. D. situation abroad, however, is not as an increasing ability abroad to purchase for survival by domestic units is inevitable. This confidence' is especially favorable on the whole as it is-here, American products, with corresponding fortified by the indication of a purpose and in -our national economy we are advantage -to American busi/ CHURCH ROBBERS The fear, voiced from time to time on the, part of the Board to so intimately related to the remainder ness in general. Xhe world, the flesh and the devil are constantly hurling accusations at the church, but they do not point you to the real robbers. Would a nfan *»»TOCA»T«H rob God? No. But a Bolshevik, hypocrite and heretic would. They are robbing the church every day. Second: There is another" group of They are using two great methods. these conspirators and robbers who Established in 1904 by Mitchel Burton First: They are sending their are both in and ,out of the church. agents, their rationalistic and Bolshevistic Their method is' to' take from the heretics into the church. church for circular use every dollar Of course, they have to jure'themselves pur that they can possibly-extract from and singe their own souls in the members. They are constantly order to get in. Then when they devising schemes and plans and organizations e^ter the their obligations church and methods by which begin not to the but to the church the church member is relieved of his premeditated conspirators against the money and is made to contribute to church. There isn't a heretic vin the organizations', methods, plans and International Falls' Fastest Growing Store church today who isn't the conscious programs, which are antagonistic to or .unconscious agent of the conspirators the spiritual work of the church. who are trying to rdb the Nearly seventy per cent of all the church of her influence and power. moneys contributed to these outside zHeresy is not an intellectual evolution competing antagonistic and destructive it is an evidence of heart degeneracy, agencies is contributed by the and is absolute proof df members of the (Christian Church. the total depravity of mankind. These They are robbing the church member, agents inside of the church preach the ^hurch organization, and God in their false doctrines not because they order that tney may fill the coffersVf believe t^em,' but because they are the devil and build up the institutions part of a conspiracy to destroy the of hell. They are all co-conspirators world's confidence in the church. So with the infamous heretics that are far as intent",and purpose are concerned, today making their attacks upon the they are asi* black as Judas church, upon the Bible and ,upon Iscariot. Christ. FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAY JUNE 30 JULY 1 JULY 3 FAMOUS WRITERS OF HUMOR ment was 'more pronounced ir^ the banking situation than in the field of production and trade. This was to Amerioans Who Made Their Names Needs at A Saving Celebrated Were Essentially Men be expected. Not until the strengthening of Highest Character. of the credit structure had made considerable progress was the basis "Bill Nye," our own Edgar Wilson laid for any marked degree of general Nye, leaped into fame while writing industrial revival. Meanwhile, production humorous sketches for the Laramie costs in many lines were considerably Boomerang, of which he was editor. reduced, due to somewhat The name of "Bill Nye" was bestowed1 more reasonable wage-scales and low on him by his office associates. His LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT prices for raw materials. book, "Baled Hay," was very popular for a time, but!, like much humorous In -addition to increasingly favorable writing, its popularity was ephemeral. position of the banks as a whole, "Bill Nye" was much loved by all who One lot LADIES' CHECKED BATISTE GOWNS an expanding volume of production,' Any ladies' Coat or Suit HALF PRICE $1.98 knew him. He was considered "the greater than can be accounted for by AND TWO-PIECE CHEMISE greatest American liar." seasonable variations, has been sustained regular $3 value LADIES' RAIN COATS HALF PRICE William T. Adams was the noted for some months. This industrial $1.49 "Oliver Optic," who wrote more than One lot LADIES' ORGANDIE AND progress, following, as it does, ALL REDFERN CORSETS at ONE-QUARTER OFF a thousand stories. He died much VOILE BLOUSES values to $5..., a prolonged period of credit liquidation, mourned by young readers, for whom $1.49 LADIES' SILK DRESSES, Georgettes, Taffetas and has substantial basis for continuance. most of his books were written. CHILDREN'S GINGHAM WASH Under the name of Artemus Ward, DRESSES Canton Crepes all priced at /.. .ONE-THIRD OFF Charles F. Browne made a worldwide Prices Seek the Normal. reputation as a lecturer and humorist. A favorable factor of major significance He was an inimitable wag his humor is the course of commodity was irrespressible and kept all about prices in recent months. For nearly him in a constant state of merriment. DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT a year average wholesale prices have He was the first writer to adopt been fairly constant. Individual phonetic spelling. He died in *1869. prices, it is true, have fluctuated 98c "Eli Perkins" was contemporary $1.39 CHILDREN'S ROMPERS and WASH sharply in some cases, but!?the chief LADIES' ATHLETIC UNION SUITS with "Artemus Ward," and it was SUITS values to $2.50 each movements have been such as to reduce Ward who bestowed the nom de plume "Eiffel Maid" values to $2.25 49c apon him. Melville D. Landon was essentially the wide disparities in relative $1.59 PILLOW SLIPS trimmed with checked LADIES'. SILK^ HOSE, white self a "funny man," but not truly levels. The appropriation in the value gingham, each clocked, only, pair a humorist. He was a gentle, kindly of cotton grains and other agricultural man and one who loved his fellows. $2.39 $1.19 products, for example, has done much •PURE SILK SCARFS values to LADIES' RIBBED SPORT HOSE Henry W. Shaw was the "Josh Billings" to restore the balance between the to $4 pair of humor and homely philosophy. buying power of the farmers and that He was kicked into fame by 39c 1000 yards DRESS GINGHAMS in 3 lots at— of other elements of the business CHILDREN'S BLACK SATEEN iSis "Essa on the Muel," which netted community. In turn, banks in the him $1.50, his first money earned in BLOOMERS. .- 45c, 27c and 18c South and West have benefitted greatly, literature. He traveled and lectured 7 10% OFF ON ALL LADIES' BATHING SUITS. extensively on "The Probabilities of either through thd actual liquidation Life Perhaps Rain, Perhaps Not." of loans or increased assurance He said: "There's cheats in all things that customers will be able to meet even pizen is adulterated." He was a their obligations. The comparative delightful man and never did fy mean stabilty of general wholesale prices MEN'S CLOTHING DEPARTMENT thing in his life, and never had an for nearly a year, Has induced a enemy among good men. "Josh Billings" marked degree of confidence that for died of apoplexy in Monterey, $2.45 $1.19 some time present price levels will Men's Genuine B. V. D. ATHLETIC Lot MEN'S FELT HATS, values to Cal. be sustained, or, at least, decline, if UNION SUITS... $6.00 at all, gradually. This is reflected 89c $1.95 Men's STRAW HATS, formerly Lot MEN'S SILK HOSE, drop stitched .BETTER BUSINESS IS in an increased volume of forward buying. $3.00 clocks and plain values to $1.50. AHEAD, SAYS BANKER GM The pronounced building movement MEN'S .SILK SHIRTS, plain white and ff throughout the country-is both a cause Famous Financier Points Out Our assorted stripes values to $8.50 'an effect of better economic conditions and Return to Prosperity and Normalcy. generally in the United States. Likewise, the recent improvement in Production Stimulated as Stocks on the automotive industry is more or Hand Disappear .and Demand Continues. less symptomatic of business conditions SHOE DEPARTMENT as a whole. It is ^lso of considerable significance Editor's Note.—Francis Hi. Sisson, $5.85 vice-president of the Guaranty Trust that the railroads are preparing Any Pair WOMEN'S WHITE KID Men's WHITE CANVAS OXFORDS, CI Qff Company, of New York, one of the for increased business activity, as PUMPS values to $9.85. leather soles $3-50 values pair. largest and most powerful financial indicated by the' number df freight $1.00 Institutions in America with branches cars and locomotives contracted for Lot WQMEN'S CANVAS PUMPS around the world, has an optimistic Any pair WALK-OVER OXFORDS for Qff thus far this year. Orders for equipment message here, a message that should pEir Men, formerly up to $9.85......... be studied by every financial power, have, recently been unusually $1.59 greiit or small, and one that should 95 pairs Children's PATENT PUMPS heavy. Lot Men's DRESS SHOES values CJ Off be read and absorbed by the general That we have passed the peak of sizes 5^ to 2 values to $3.45....... to $8.50, pair. $1.39 business readjustments is evidenced Lot Children's White DUCK HjMf S by the gradual but steady decline in Clearance WOMEN'S S^ORT OXFORDS smoked at, Despite the contiuance of certain the number of commercial failures Elk with Rubber, Soles white Buck, Rubber Sole's 69c P"*adverse factors, such as the coal and and the amount of liabilities involved. LOT-CHILDREN'S TENNIS SHOES White Nile Cloth, leather soles CJ AO textile strike# and the unsettling Production Stimulated. lt» 1 values to $8.50......... V**" ^psychological effects of the proposed The prolonged period of sub-normal bonus and tariff legislation, as well production in most industrial lines has as European problems, the business permitted the equalization of accumulated MdNEtAY TO P.M. outlook is decidedly more promising stocks of commodities. In consequence, than at the beginning of the year. current consumption needs For several months after-the .peak are stimulating farther production. 'of inflation had been reached and Business improvement, however readjustment^ was bfgun, imptov- remains spotty. Moreover, produc­