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The icorld "belongs to those who go out and
conquer If.
Foreign Born Trust Uncle Sam
THB pOstal savings banks wero not created
to compete with tho existing banks. Thoy
art to prbvlde a way for tho Investment of
tho small savings of tho person of llttlo
means who Is unfamiliar with tho methods
of banking, or distrustful of tho private In
stitutions. This Is why no ono may deposit
mora than $100 a month In tho postal banks
and may not hove a total deposit In excess
of $600. The fact that moro than $700,000
has been deposited In tho postofllco In Phila
delphia under theso conditions proves that
.ho new system was needed. And tho fact
that $431,000 of tho deposits have been mado
by persons of foreign birth shows that tho
foreigners have fnlth In tho Government,
even If they do not trust tho fty-by-nlght
private bnnkers, who seek to do business In
the foreign quarters.
Italians lead the list of foreign-born, with
$127,000 to their credit in tho postofflce. They
must have many times this sum in tho pri
vate savings banks. The British come next
and the Russians nrc third.
It is surprising that Americnn-born de
positors should have put $272,000 of their
savings in tho postofllco, where they draw
only 2" per cent interest. Tho privato sav
ings banks in this city, which pay from 3
to 3 6-10 per cent., aro considered as safo as
the Government. Kp one who understands
4hls will be content with 2 per cent. In
terest from tho Government, when he can
get so much larger return from regular
bonks. And as the foreign-born population
grows more familiar with American institu
tions It will withdraw itH money from the
postofllco and deposit it where it will earn
more.
Criminals in Canada
WHAT can tho Canadian Pacific Railroad
Company bo thinking about when it
plans to unite Its steamship lines with the
Allan Line steamers and operate them in
conjunction with the railroad? Wo have
been taught on this side of tho border that
there is no crime short of murder so heinous
as to combine the operation of railroads and
steamships, and that to combine two com
peting steamship lines is an offense against
the moral law which can be wiped out only
by unscrambling the omelet and Bending
the original scramblers to Jail. Canada
cannot be civilized, or such a plan as that
which the great railroad company up there
b about tho carry out could not be con
sidered. For "frlghtfulness" nothing that
tho Germans have done can be compared
With' it, that Is, unless our social and eco
nomic reformers have been misleading us.
A Hotfoot for the Police
1ET NO man say, In mid-August, that the
J policemen of Philadelphia are prone to
get cold feet. And, conversely, let no man
forget that the traffic director and the man
who marches in cold, slushy, midwinter
Bights around a beat, is suffering as few men
need to suffer.
I From another city Philadelphia may learn
Jiow to give Us policemen a minimum of
comfort, at least. By drawing tho steam
pipes out of the building line, by building a
register, of a sort, near the street corner, it
is planned to provide at least one warm
spot for the under-pinning of the elect. It Is
a courtesy which every city owes to Its
protectors.
Once they are Installed the professional
humorist will abandon tho lamp-post Joke
and draw lugubrious pictures of "coppers"
refusing to budge from the grateful heat of
the register, But the professional humorist
will probably continue to write those Jokes
with his feet on a radiator of his own.
Organize This Scattered Military Force
IT WAS nt the time of the Civil War, when
the need of military training was im
pressed on every thoughtful mind, that the
Morrill act, providing for the land grant col
leges, provided that every college receiving
Government help by gifts from the public
domain should arrange for instructing the
students in the art of the soldier.
There ara now about JO colleges which
benefited by the Morrill act, and thoy have
graduated 75,000 men, 40,000 who are now of
military age. Pennsylvania State College is
ne of them. It haa a body of 2C00 Grad
uates and this number is increasing by 360
yeT ve"'
.""Tbe State College Is typical of all the rest.
The conclusion forped upon one is that thero
I Ufffw body of men Jn the country with
jilUtaiy training than has been commonly
suppose. Not only have we tho 40,000 men
f military age who have been trained in
the land grant colleges, hut we have the
graduates of the preparatory military
schools, some of which give training almost
a rlrl4 as that offered at West Point. In
addition, there is the vast number of
veterans who have ueen service in the organ-
lard militia.
The first thing that ought to be done by
th Government, therefore, seeins to be to
uMaln lists of these inen who understand
in. rudiments of the Art of war nnd to or
t j izo then Into Bomo sort of a formal re-ih-tvi
force Many o Ihem have worn tho
(.wuhiiri sm of an ottmr and are capable
EVENING- T,TCnftTCTC-PHIT,ADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, 'AUGUST 25, lOlfr
of taking command of n company, if net of
n regiment. If these men could be assembled
In n training camp periodically, so that the
War Department might inspect them and
keep Itself informed of their qualifications,
tho nation would be In a much better state
of preparedness than It has over been.
What Arc Germany's "Intentions" 7
THB statement given out by tho Gorman
Embassy lato yesterday nftcrnon is ro
markable even In the long series of unusual
diplomatic Interchanges by which tho Amer
ican Government has avoided open rupture
with Germany. For tho first time Germany
officially apologizes In ndvnnco of tho facts;
for the first tlmo Germany seems to bo
humbly and sincerely regretful for tho out
rage against this country. Acting under ex
plicit Instructions from his Government, Am
bassador von Bernstorff asks for suspension
of Judgment. It would seem that the serious
purposo of this courftry, so gravely compro
mised by Mr. Bryan, Is at last beginning to
be recognized.
German regrets havo come to this coun
try before, but they havo been followed by
nets both drastic nnd unfriendly. But now
tho German Ambassador Is empowered to
nay that "If any Americans should actually
have lost their lives, this would naturally
bo contrary to our Intentions."
Tho statement foretells Germany's posslblo
evasions. First, It may bo claimed thnt no
German submarine sank tho Arabic; second,
thnt the dead aro not American; finally,
that If they aro American, tho Gcrmnn Gov
ernment did not mean to kill them.
The Government of tho United States
cannot be satisfied with regrets; it cannot
bo satisfied with German Intentions. It hai
repeatedly and unmistakably denied tho
right of Germany to sink nny passenger
enrjing vessel without due warning. Tho
Secretary of Stnto has gone further nnd In
sisted that oven If no Americans wero on
board the Arabic, the German attack was
an offense and Injury to this Government
unless that attack was mado In accordanco
with those principles of warfare to which
the Government has pledged Itself.
Navai Guns for Land Service
MUCH hns been said about tho naval
O 1c
lessons of tho war that the layman has
given little thought to tho teachings of tho
armies. Tho Germans, however, havo demon
strated that tho strongest fortifications can
be reduced by tho uso of guns so hcuvy
that It used to bo thought Impossible to
employ them anywhere except on shipboard.
A floating fortress could carry them, but
they wero supposed to bo useless In field
operations.
The military experts, however, havo not
overlooked this significant development.
And even In America they are profiting by
It. Oiders have been received at the League
Island Navy Yard to mount two powerful
12-inch guns on field carriages with all pos
sible speed. It Is useless to spcculato
whether they are Intended for service in
Mexico. The fact to be noted Is that tho
men charged with the defense of the nation
are alert and ready to take advantage of
every new expedient which tho great war
proves to be effective.
' Vacations as Investments
MR. BLISS' brand of meteorology leads
to Justifiable belief In a confusion of tho
seasons through which summer has been lost
in tho shu file. But the crowning touch of
convincing proof that this Is really summer
Is afforded In a solstitial standby tho man
who never takes a vacation! This season he
has been heard from up-State, and for full
40 years ho has stuck to the demnttlon grind;
but unlike Mr. Mantallnl, he enjoys it. Fur
ther to complete tho demonstration, a local
employer has refused to give his hands a
vacation because his plant happens to bo
busy. This is the final Q. K. D.
Theso theories of vacation simply aren't
tenable. People do not think of the shore,
the mountains or the expositions because
they aro Just naturally flighty or lazy. Back
of tho desire for pleasure Is a primary cause:
workers desire vacations because they are
tired. A vacation Is not n luxury or merely a
relief from tho horrid grind of the work
aday occupation. It is nature crying for
recuperation after tho year's fatigue.
Fatigue Is dangerous, and It must be fought
off by tho antitoxin of rest. Toll nnd re
sponsibility by constant repetition produce
a poison which affects tho constitution of
the blood; but this Is no menace to tho person
who takes time and trouble to restore ex
hausted vitality.
In human beings fatigue has the practical
disadvantage of decreasing efficiency. Physi
cal strength Is gradually sapped. Reflex co
ttons of the brain are less alertly responsive.
Depression is bred merely another term for
lowered vitality which spells Inefficiency.
Vacations are really an Investment with
dividends In health and efficiency. The rou
tine Is broken. The vacationist gains an In
estimable value in a change of thought and
n new outlook. We must nil keep clear of the
rut. We must beware of ourselves when
wo want to do only one thing.
The employer who refuses vacations to his
workers has no right to his control over men.
The employe who falls to take n vacation to
take it rompingly and zestfully has no right
to boast of his fatuity.
The next improvement In the dress of the
policemen will be antl-skld rubber soles.
Thirty million dollars will not go far to
ward financing a cotton crop worth half a
billion.
Twenty-five business men havo Indorsed
Smith for tho Mayoralty, but harmony la not
yet visible in the offing.
The members of the Commission on Indus
trial Relations agree that the relations aro
not what they should be,, but on nothing else.
It may be wise to build the new subway
without noise, but it thero had been no great
noise in tho preliminaries there would havo
been no subway.
Who shall say that the age of chivalry Is
past when 19 men offer to give their blood to
save the life of an unknown woman suf.
ferlng from pernicious anemia?
The consul who reports to Washington
that Archangel is now doing as much busi
ness as tho Port of New York, does not give
figures to support his assertion. '
Perhaps a Swedish company organised to
buy tho German ships tied up in American
ports might be able to get them across the
ocean and then again, perhaps it might not.
If ths French Government issues bonds in
denominations of Ave francs, the peasants
Will dig down Irt their stockings and buy all
that are offered. A thrifty nation can
finance a war without much cHAeuUy.
IS COTTON LEGALLY
WAR CONTRABAND?
A Civil Wnr Precedent and the Pres
ent Case Can Pocketbook
Logic Override the Logic
of the Law?
By EDWIN MAXEY
rrofeseor of International Law, University of Ne
braska. DURING our Civil Wnr tho United States
declared cotton contraband. Tho South
was at that tlmo extremely pro-English in
its vlcns. In fact, It was then as
much Anglophile as It Is now Anglo-'
phobo. And tho Federal Government,
which Is now protesting tho policy of tho
British Government in treating cotton as
contraband, was at that tlmo using tho
guns of Its navy to cmphns7o Its insist
ence that cotton was contraband. As tho
.British did not resort to tho nomo form
of emphasis In their lnslstenco that cotton
wns not contraband, tho view of tho Fed
eral Government prevailed. Now tho Brit
ish Government Is insisting that rotton Is
contraband nnd enforcing their view by a
resort to tho sama form of omphnsls which
carried conviction during tho Civil Wnr.
It would appear that our Federal Govern
ment wns wrong then or now, and whether
thoy wero wrong then or now Is a ques
tion of law.
With respect to their character as contra
band, Grotlus divides goods Into thrco
classes: 1 Goods used mainly In war; 2
Goods used only In peace; 3 Goods of uso
In peaco and In war. Tho latter he terms
anclpltls usus, or of a double-headed use.
Tho goods of the first class nro absolute
contraband. Those of the second class never
contraband; and those of the third class are
conditional contraband, 1. o., are contraband
If destined for tho uso of the enemy's army
or navy. This classification has not been
Improved upon nnd was cited with approval
by tho Supremo Court of tho United States
In tho case of tho Pcterhoft. 5 Wnllace, 23
Of those classes little difficulty Is found
with regard to tho first or socond. Articles
manufactured for nnd used primarily In war,
such ns artillery, are universally conceded
to belong In tho list of absolute contraband.
Articles of the second class, such as works
of art, arc never considered contraband.
But articles used in peace ns well ns In
war, nnd become contraband only according
to circumstnnces, as foodstuffs, occasion no
end of difficulty. It is by the addition of
such articles to the list of contraband that
friction frequently arises between the bel
ligerent and neutral. Tho Interests of
belligerent and neutral are, on this point,
antagonistic, oh the expansion of the list Is
manifestly an ndvantage to the belligerent,
and, as it Interferes with his trade, It is a
corresponding disadvantage to the neutral.
Out of this antagonism of Interests, moro
than out of the Inherent difficulty from a
legal standpoint, has come' the Inconsistency
and confusion In regard to the subject of
contraband.
"Military Necessities" Then and Now
Since cotton has come to be so largely used
In the manufacture of high explosives it
would seem clearly enough to belong In tho
class of absolute contraband. The Importance
of cotton as a factor In military operations
will be better appreciated after reference to
tho July number of tho Scientific American, In
which It Is estimated that 730,000 bales of
cotton a year Is necessary for the manufacture
of the explosives used by the German artillery
alone. This Is about half of tho normal Im
portation of cotton into Germany annually.
When we remember that the above estimate
does not take Into account the amount nec
essary In the manufacture of explosives for
Bmall arms, tho navy nnd clothing for tho
soldiers, the military Importance to the Allies
of cutting off tho Importations of cotton Into
Germany grows upon us. As Germany does
not produce cotton she Is dependent upon
Importations direct or through neutral terri
tory. When wood charconl was tho cnrbonlzer
In gunpowder it wns generally conceded to
belong In tho list of nbsolute contraband.
Now that cotton takes tho placo of It nnd
sulphur In tho great bulk of explosives
used in war, thero Is no convincing reason
why It should not be placed in the list of
absolute contraband, stneo It Is Its possibili
ties for direct military uso which deter
mine in which of the abovo classes an
artlclo shall bo put. The fact that In Its
raw state It Is not used mainly in war
does not exempt it from tho list of abso
lute contraband, If by a process of combi
nation It becomes an explosive of decided
use In military operations. Saltpetre, char
coal and sulphur, not In combination, nro
harmless and used extensively In tho arts
of peace, but this does not prevent a recog
nition of tho fact that In tho hands of an
enemy they have great possibilities of
harm, and thoro Is no breath of protest,
even by tho South, against placing them in
the list of absoluto contraband. Yet it
might readily be different, if their produc
tion and exportation, like cotton, wero tho
great Industry of the South. The loglo of
tho pocketbook Is frequently moro power
ful than the logic of the law.
The reasons for placing cotton In the list
of absoluto contraband now are certainly
moro convincing than those given during tho
Civil War. Tho contention of the Federal
Government at that tlmo rested solely upon
the grounds of military necessity. The con
tention of the British Government at the pres
ent time rests upon the same general princi
ple which applies to all other commodities in
determining in what list they shall be put.
It will, however, be difficult for the present
Democratic Administration to insist' upon ad
herence to legal principles as against a com
bination of political and economic exigencies.
Doctrine of "Continuous Voyage"
If, legally, tho British Government Is war
ranted in placing cotton in the lint of abso
lute contraband, and it seems abundantly
clear that it is, tho British navy may law
fully Interfere with shipments of It to Ger
man ports, even apart from the blockade
it is maintaining against said ports. But
may it lawfully seize and pre-empt or con
fiscate shipments from American ports to
neutral ports adjacent to Germany? To
the exerclso of such right the Untted States
cannot consistently object. For not only has
it , Insisted, with all the eloquence of its
whole navy, and to the great cost of one
of the leading British industries, that cot
ton Is contraband, but it has with like elo
quence, reinforced by the loglo of its highest
court, maintained the principle that In the
case of absolute contraband the real rather
than the nominal destination determines the
rights which the belllgereat may exercise
l over neutral commerce.
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FOOD FOR THE BODY IN THE SCHOOLS
The Stomach's Place in the Educational System Is Recognized in
the "Penny Lunch" Plans to Be Carried Into Effect This
Year Pupils to Teach Parents
By EDWARD
PHILADELPHIA Is to havo tho distinction
of being the first city in tho United States
to experiment with tho "penny lunches"
for school children on n comprehensive scale.
This city will even Improve on the idea,
which originated In England some fivo years
ago. When the public schools open on
September 7, or within a few weeks there
after, the children of 25 new elementary
schools will be able to buy for three or four
cents a nourishing lunch.
An experiment In furnishing cheap lunches
for school children mado by tho Homo nnd
School League, together with nn Investiga
tion of tho conditions In the homes of thou
sands of this city's children of grammar
school nge, led Dr. John P. Garber, Acting
Superintendent of Schools, to recommend
the Innovation to the Board of Education.
This body wns so Impressed with tho report
of conditions found by Doctor Garber that
It made an appropriation sufficient to glvo
tho plan a flying start.
Brcakfastless School Children
What Doctor Garber learned about the
living conditions of Philadelphia's school
children astonished him Just as It will as
tonish all Phlladclplilans. Here are somo
of tho facts his Investigation brought out:
Three per cent, of all tho pupils of tho
grammar schools go to school without break
fast. In other words, from 6 p. m. to noon
tho next day, a total of 18 hours, they do
not have a bite to eat.
Ten per cent, of the pupils are obliged to
eat their breakfast nt 6 a. m.
Between DO nnd 60 per cent, of tho chil
dren cat an Inadequate breakfast.
Seventy per cont. of tho school children
of grammar school nge drink coffee or tea
for breakfast.
Other American cities, notably New York,
havo experimented with tho penny lunch
Idea, Just as this city has done for several
years with the co-operation of the Home and
School League. But nowhere has such an
enterprise been undertaken as Philadelphia
will enter upon this fall. School lunches to
bo sold In "penny portions" will be fur
nished In 25 now elementnry schools. In
addition, they will be maintained in the half
dozen or more schools where tho sj'Btcm was
Introduced by tho Home nnd School League.
Each of these school centres is now being
equipped with a kitchen and a lunch counter,
where nourishing and cheap meals can bo
furnished the children at a cost of three or
four cents. Tho food will bo furnished in
penny portions. This means that a bowl of
soup may be purchased for a penny. One cent
will also buy a portion of fruit, or a glass
of milk a cup of cocoa, rolls or crackerB.
In other words, threo cents will purchase a
very wholesome lunch, nnd there will be
enough variety to suit all tnBtes. This lunch
will be available at the morning recess hour.
Doctor Garber began his Investigation
about a year ago to learn what the school
children cat, and particularly to learn to
what extent the children are under-nourished
and how the schools might co-operate
with the home In securing a better under
standing of foods and food values. Doctor
Garter's Investigations took him to England,
where the system started about Ave years
ago, and also led him to make a careful study
of what New York hod achieved.
Co-operation Between School and Home
"I found," said Doctor Garber, "that of the
grammar sohool children throe per cent,
come to school in the morning breakfastless.
Think of It! This number of children trying
to study on stomachs that had had no food
since 0 o'clock the night before and going 18
hours in this condition. In some cases theso
children contracted the habit of going with
out their breakfasts because they arose late
and had to hurry, In a few cases, I suppose,
it was due to a desire to economize on food.
On top of this was found that ten per cent,
of tho pupils breakfast at o'clock, and then
try to go until 12:80 before lunch, Thoeo
who eat this early come largely from the In
dustrial centres and poorer districts.
"But the number of children who eat an
inadequate breakfast or eat food which
don't go together or are lacking in nutritive
values Is astonishing. Between fifty and
sixty per cent, of these children eat what I
I sfcoula call an Inadequate) WUtft. It U
IT MAY LIVE, BUT CAN IT THRIVE?
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R. BUSHNELL
usually a breakfast of coffee or 4tca and
rolls.
"Not only this, but wo found that seventy
per cent, of tho grammar school children are
permitted to drink cither coffee or tea every
morning for their breakfast. What we wish
to accomplish this fall is to secure proper co
operation between tho schools and the home
in tho matter of getting better nourishment
for the children. We realize that we have to
reach the parents to achieve this. Wo havo
medical inspectors who look after tho health
of tho children and our recreation system
supervises tho sports and body-bulldlng ex
ercises of the children. Now we wish to
reach the parents themselves. To that end
there! will bo started this fall a series of
meetings In the various school buildings at
nhlch' experts will speak to the parents, and
In language that they can easily understand,
on such subjects as foods and food values,
sanitation, personal hyglerte and so forth.
As soon as our school lunches aro In opera
tion moving pictures will be made of them
and shown throughout the city. It Is all a
part of our plan to secure better co-operation
between the school nnd the home."
Better Fed and Better Students
Quite ns astonishing as the lack of proper
foods wero the sample breakfasts which
somo of tho children told about In reply to
questions. Hero are a few of them:
A boy subsisted, through tho forenoon, on
5 doughnuts and a cup of coffee.
A girl started tha day with ladyflngers and
coffee.
A boy reveled In a cup of coffee, sliced sal
mon, hard boiled eggs, rolls, Jelly and mlllc.
This, nB Doctor Garber pointed out, was not
only Indigestible, but the combination of milk
and fish was enough to ruin nny child's
stomach.
Pretzels and cheese made a breakfast for
nnother child.
A boy 10 years of age had pretzels and
cheese. To this was added at noon a lunch
of tea, bread and cheese.
A girl made her brenkfast on tea, candy
and cake. And for her lunch she devoured
sardines.
Other breakfasts consisted of bologna and
tea; fish, rolls, milk and beans; coffee, cab
bage and bread; cinnamon buns and coffee.
"An under-nourished child or ono suffer
ing from Indigestion makes an Irritable or
a lethargic student," declared Doctor Gar
ber. "Almost without exception an investi
gation Into the homo life of such children
has brought to light the fact that improper
food or not enough of it are responsible.
If wo can prevont children of this age from
UBlng coffee and tea and educate them to
tho necessity of eating enough and tho
proper kind of food the inevitable result win
be not only a healthier lot of children, but
better students.
"In addition to the department's work In
furnishing the penny lunches, and in tho
talks and lectures to tho parents, wo expect
to accomplish a groat deal by the new course
is physiology. This Is to begin with the
opening of tho fall term. Of course, the
human body will be taught scientifically,
but emphasis will also be placed on the
study of the body as a means to better
health. We shall try particularly to Impress
upon tho children the effect of foods and
food values. It Is natural to assumo that
if the children aro taught theso things they
will tell their parents about them, and even
It we never see the parents at our meetings
we believe that the course in physiology
will help the parents quite as much as their
children."
Furnishing penny lunches is really an
English Idea. It has Its origin in the Indus
trial and mtnlng centres where the laborers
are much more poorly paid than In America,
It differed frorn the Philadelphia experiment
in that tho Government gave financial as.
slstance which cheapened the cost of the
lunch to the children. In Philadelphia tho
charity feature will be eliminated. Tho
lunches furnished here will be at cost,
WHAT THE DUKE SAID
Ut.U tt f enrally kLwn Lrnear heVc.mr.10to
saying tt? Sir Herbert Maxwell in hi ,
m .ailfrfKrr"-'? nn
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the afternoon of that memorable June 18 th
1st and 2d Battalions Of the 3d Chasseurs were
foremost In the attack on Mont-Saint-Jean.
They reached a cross-road, unaware that th
Prltlsh troops were lying behind the wajsIdH
banks, according to orders, to remain prone
when under flro but not actunlly engaged.
Then, at the proper moment, Wellington's volco
wan litarci, "clear nbovei the storm." "Stand
up, Guaids!" It wns Maltland's Brigade of
Guards that thus "stood up," and, with a vic
torious rush, swept tho Chasseurs out of th
combat. Manchester Guardian.
THE WAY TO RESUMPTION
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Plr When I questioned somo time ago the
accuracy of Samuel Harris, who, In his article
on "The Unmitigated Vacationist," credited to
Horace Greeley the remark, "Tho way to re
sume Is to resume," 1 hoped that I would get
from some source an authoritative reply. I
suggested then that the late John Sherman, of
Ohio, was the author. Ryerson W. Jennings
supports that view. Now, I havo seen In your
columns a letter from a Lansdowne correspond
ent, declaring that Greeley actually did say It,
and quotes Rhodes' History as proof. The dis
covery that so many authorities disagreed has
led me to prosecute a search of my own. Much
as I dislike to demolish any one's theories, much
less my own, let me state In the Interest of
historical accuracy thnt I havo succeeded in
running down this famous saying, and I find
thnt It wns first used by Salmon P. Chaee, of
Llhcoln'8 Cabinet, in a letter to Horace Greeley,
Not only did neither Sherman nor Greeley use
It first, but the quotation should rend, "Th
only way to resumption Is to resume."
JOHN ROGER8.
Germantown, August 23.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Germany Inst of all can have a word to say
against Britain's making cotton contraband.
Flnx is less open to use In war than cotton,
but Germany has made flax contraband. New
Yoik World.
Georgia and every Southern State should de
clare the lynching of a prisoner In custody high
treason nnd provide a method for dealing with
such murderers that will render punishment
swift and sure. Houston Post.
The business shrewdness of Henry Ford, and
the emphasis he lajs upon practical reasons
In announcing his crusade ngalnst the mili
taristic propaganda in Amcrlcn, will Inspire re
Bpcct In circles that would be Inattentive to an
Eliot or a Jordan. New York Evening Post.
Tho immediate and perhaps the most Impor
tant result of the action on the part of the
Pacific Mai! Steamship Company will be to
strengthen public feeling on this coast In sup
port of a Government-owned and Government
operated merchant marine. Los Angeles Ex
press. WHAT, AGAIN?
"Villa Is crushed" the headlines shout,
But haven't we heard before
That he had been beaten and kicked about,
Smashed and walloped and counted out
Only to hear him arise and flout
. The whole wide world once more?
Again, they say, it is plain to see
He's done with the game of war,
That his fighting days are a memory
And shattered his dreams of victory,
But walt-and stifle that surge of glee,
ur mm a wnat tney said before.
ZIP.
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