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Since last fall the country has been going through a period of depression. The condition is of course not peculâ€" iar to the United States but is worldâ€" wide. Before the depression came so unexpectedly upon us, it seemed that economic rules had been changed and that it was impossible for our progress and prosperity to slow up. We know better now. But now that we have reached the bottom of the depression, the pessimism which has keen created seems as unwarranted as was the glittering optimism of a year ago. A great many people who thought a year ago that business would never slacken, seem to be just as sure now that it has never been so bad as it is and that it will never get better. PESSIMISM SHOULD _ _ NOT BE HARBORED This is of course absurd. There have been many worse periods of deâ€" pression in the country and there are already plenty of signs that we have seraped bottom and are about to climb the hill again. 4 Thursday, October 16, 1930 Business Conditions Reported lmproving}: Figures Given to Show Gains In this regard it is interesting to note a statement issued recently by the. Alexander Hamilton Institute which says: "While business for the half year was materially lower than a year ago, the profit levels for 1928 were closely approached. Returns for the first six months show a drop in income of 28 per cent from last year, Stretched Carefully Square to Washed Original * Highland Park Since 1899 Phone H. P. 178 618 North Greenbay Road No Pin Lace Curtain Special PER PAR §O@ PR PaR From October 20 to November 1 Holes Size RELIABLE LAUNDRY and DRY CLEANING CO. Interesting Report "Thirteen industrial groups now show net incomes for the half year exceeding their earnings for six months of 1928. They are beverage and confectionery, chemicals, drugs, electrical equipment, food products, iron and steel, oil, printing and pubâ€" lishing, railway equipment, chain resâ€" taurant, miscellaneous service comâ€" panies, and miscellaneous manufacâ€" turing. House financing, installment sales show profits slightly higher than last year and materially above those of 1928." but profits were less than 2 per cent below those of 1928. All of which should be highly en« couraging to those who now seem unâ€" duly pessimistic. Evidently the counâ€" try has not gone to the dogs, and there is bound to be some improveâ€" ment in the near future. When it comes the rebound will be rapid beâ€" cause of the present buyer‘s hesiâ€" tancy. Bar County Jail to Waukegan City Cases Overcrowding Cause The doors of the county jail late last week were closed as far as the city prisoners are concerned followâ€" ing an order from Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle to Commissioner Wilson Gee of Waukegan that he could not take any more prisoners. There are 80 persons, 70 men and 10 women, being held now and when the grand jury reports that number will be pushed up another 15 or so, the sheriff believes. Of the total inmates there are ten Tinted if Delivered Desired Hangers THE PRESS that were sent to Waukegan as fedâ€" eral prisoners but the others are from Lake county. The sheriff shutâ€"off on the government six weeks ago when he realized that the capacity would be severely taxed. s Raids Bring Quota A large number have been placed in cells through weekâ€"end raids staged in Waukegan by State‘s Attorney A. V. Smith, but the sheriff protested to Gee, who is making a drive on bums and loiterers, because these glerlom were coming too fast to hanâ€" e. At the present time there are 32 men quartered in the corridors of the three floors, which means they aure outside of the bullâ€"pen. By locking doors on each floor it is posâ€" sible to keep these men behind two steels doors if necessary but turnkeys report that there has been good orâ€" der in spite of the large number in the small quarters. Doolittle believes that federal prisâ€" oners will have to be kept out of the jail altogether in another few years if some provision is not made to enâ€" large the jail or build a new one. Some of the supervisors have talked of constructing a new jail in the past few days. SUGAR, fine granulated, 10 lbs. * s * SOAP, P & G Naphtha, 8 bars ....... A F SWANSDOWN CAKE FLOURâ€"FREE 2 beautiful green glass Cake Plates with each purchase of 2 pkgs SALMON Pink, 2 large cans ...« QUAKER FARINA, 2 pkgs. ... Wiilmialrmescmarter ARGO STARCH Gloss or Corn, 3 pkgs. m LIPTON‘S TEA, %4 Ib. Z1¢; % Ib. ... ie GUM or CANDY BARS, all 5¢ popular brands, 3 for RALSTON WHOLE WHEAT CEREAL, pkg. ... RED CROSS Macaroni or Spaghetti, 3 pkgs. ...« OLIVILO BOME,; 3 EK :.:. oc 21 1ner t nrariemieternintenfitnirennanedt PEANUT BUTTER Royal Blue, fancy grade, 2 6â€"0z. jars 1 1D, JBF .o mmmsmmens OXYDOL, 3 small or 1 large GREENBAY RD. and N. SECOND ST. A. L. CARPENTER & SON ROYAL BLUE MATCHES, 6 5¢ boxes SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY SPECIALS FOR WEEK OCTOBER 17â€"23 All orders of $1.00 orâ€" over delivered free We guarantee everything we sell Lake County Cases are Taken Under Advisement Three of the Lake county cases taken before the supreme court yesâ€" terday were put in the advisement column by the court. Two of them were criminal actions, an appeal from Harry Harwell, charged with the murder of his comâ€" mon law wife, Theima Valentine, and Isaac "Ike" Franklin, sentenced to serve two years in the state prison farm at Vandalia for blind pigging. The other case was a civil action involvimg close to $1,000,000 in allegâ€" ed unpaid taxes in the estate of Richâ€" ard W. Sears, mail order house foundâ€" The suits will be acted upon some time in the next three weeks as the supreme court will hold its session until the last week in this month. W. H. HOLGATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION New buildings Alterations and Repairs by the Supreme Court Phones 317 â€" 1269 HIGHLAND PARK PHONE 33 48¢ 25¢ 55¢ 23¢ 17¢ 21¢ 23¢ 8b