8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A XF.WSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 183: Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO- Telegraph Building, Federal Square'. "E. J. STACKPOLE,/V*x'< & Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER. Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The . Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication ef all news credited to It or not other wise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American Eastern office. Avenue Building, Entered at the Post Office fn Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a 4 > week; by mall, $6.00 a year in advance. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30 Oh, the littleness of the lives that tee are living, denying to ourselves the bigness of that thing which it is to be a man, to be a child of God! —PHILLIPS BBOOKS. WASTEFUL DUPLICATION THE pretext upon which was created a bureau of Information was that such a bureau was nec essary as a war measure—to give proper war Information to the public. As a means to that end, the bureau began and has continued the pub lication of an "Official Bulletin," is sued dally and comprising about sixteen pages. Newspaper correspondents at Washington treat the bulletin as a joke, and a dry joke, at that. Tax payers will consider It a rather ex pensive joke, and a bad example j in economy. Take the Issue of Mon day, August 20, for example. On page 3 Is an article setting forth statistics concerning imports remain ing in bond on June 30, 1917. There are three reasons why the data should not have been printed; the news was nearly sixty days old, it had nothing whatever to do with the war, and It had been given out by the Department of Commerce and print ed by that department On page 4, of the same issue, Is a statistical table of foreign trade, al ready published by the Department of Commerce and made available to every man who has use for the in formation. Those statistics -were also nearly two months old, and they had no bearing upon the prosecution of the war. At a time when the government Is urging the practice of economy upon Its citizens In their private af fairs, it would seem that needless duplication might be restrained In a new administrative bureau which has little exeuse for existence at best SELECTING PUBLIC OFFICIALS CITY SOLICITOR FOX, whose comment upon the difficulty of getting men of vision and ability and character In the average com munity to serve in public station evoked much discussion in the con vention of the League of Third Class Cities, has exactly the right Idea as to the cause of the present indiffer ence of the people to municipal ad ministration. This newspaper has more once dwelt upon the weakness of the uniform primary system and we are strongly of the opinion that it is re sponsible for much of the difficulty to which our able City Solicitor re fers. The uniform primary law was the outgrowth of a public protest against the abuse of the convention and caucus system of nominations. Many of the evils incident'to the old system were sought to be overcome by direct nominations, but few will now contend that there has been any Improvement in the character of men chosen for office or the methods characterizing their nomination and election. We are gradually getting away from the baste principles of repre sentative government and the re action which is certain to follow the conditions to which Solicitor Fox has called attention will force a reform that may be midway between the old convention system and the present uniform primary plan. One of the causes of the break down and rejection of the convention nd caucus system was the Indiffer ence of the voters to their civic duty. If those whose protest brought about the uniform primary as a panacea had given strict attention to their duty as citizens the old system would have been satisfactory Inasmuch as In the choosing of candidates for public office they would have exer cised such care as Is now seldom exercised. Someone has said that "Such a thing as attempting to remedy a political defect by devotion to the ordinary duties of citizenship does not appeal to the average American. He wants a legislative.remedy, a new law, a cure-all that will enforce It self." All this business about "back to the people," as represented by the uniform -primary system. Is a decep tion and han led to an Indifference Which Is bound to result In a serious, weakening of the fabric of ad minis- THURSDAY EVENING, tratton. Under the old system, which had Its faults, of course, party lead ers for their own protection and to safeguard their leadership saw to it that the average candidate was ac ceptable to the people. Under the uniform primary scheme any fellow who imagines he is qualified for the public service can become a candi date and through multiplication of aspirants endanger, by a division of the vote, the choice of men properly qualified for the ollices to be filled. Not long ago In a discussion of the primary law It was pointed out that it bars from State and national offices every man of small means who is not backed by someone who has money; that it puts a premium upon the sen sationalist and the demagogue; that It .destroys absolutely the effective ness of the minority party as a re straining force on the majority party; that It weakens party ties and makes for personal politics; and that it Siakes tenure Insecure even for the most competent. It must bo obvious to the average citizen that unless there Is some fur ther change in the m,anner of choos ing candidates for public office the weakening of party ties will result In an even worse condition than that which now confronts the people. Our system of government Is based upon majority and minority parties. This system has not been proven to have lost its value and it is quite likely that there will eventually We a return to the party plan of nominations rather than the Indiscriminate, uni form primary system. In an arraignment of the present hlt-or-miss system of nominations a writer recently declared; "Disagree able as the truth is, the average voter is not deeply Interested in public affairs. • • • Even the most In telligent voter is helpless when It comes to choosing a host of candi dates through the medium of the pri mary billot. It Is, for the most part, a list of unknown names." Some excellent citizens of Harrls burg have been Induced to submit their names for the consideration of the voters this year and upon the people rests the responsibility of in quiry and selection. What's this we hear about forcing a surrender of the first Liberty Bonds for the new 4 per cents, which will be taxable? Wasn't It promised that the first Issue of bonds, which were non taxable, should automatically become 4 per cents with the second issue? Can I'ncle Sam afford to four-flush in deal ing with the people? THE WAR REVENUE BILL NOW that the Senate Finance Committee, through Chairman Simmons, has presented an amendment increasing the tax on excess war profits from twenty-six to more than thirty-three per cent., it Is to be hoped no more time will be wasted In useless debate and the bill rushed through. As Senator Pen rose said a few days ago In support ing the measure as It came from the Senate Committee, there are several reasons why there should be no more delay in putting the revenue act on the statute books. In the first place the money to be raised Is badly needed and every day's delay is expensive to the government In the second place business will not be as stable as it should be until the war revenue bill, with its heavy taxa tion. shall have been enacted and the heads of big enterprise learn defi nitely where they stand. Whether or not it is wise to tax war profits as heavily as is designed Is a question, but evidently the Finance Committee of the Senate feels that business can stand thirty three per cent or it would not have recommended that figure as a com promise. The war revenue bill is no hasty measure. It has * been framed after more than two months of hard work. Senator Penrose, for example, who is the leader of the minority on the Finance Committee, has sat at every meeting of that body every day for the past two months and during that time has examined hundreds of witnesses and thous ands of letters bearing on the sub ject The Pennsylvania Senator, in a speech advocating the bill as it came originally from the Senate Commit tee the other day, summed up the situation admirably in a few words when he said: The war-profits tax. Mr. Presi dent, is pre-eminently a logical and just one at the present time, and Here I want to say that it is not claimed for the war revenue measure that it embodies the logi cal principles of taxation that ought to apply in normal times of peace. It is distinctly an emer gency war measure, of temporary duration —a month, six months, or a year—based on an abnormal and extraordinary condition in the in dustrial and financial world, and taxes and scales of taxes higher than would be Justified in times of peace are logical and proper under such war conditions, when entirely different principles would have to be applied in a revised tftx system to meet peace condi tions. Then, it must be borne in mind by the taxpayer that these conditions are temporary and the principles applied are Justified by th temporary and abnormal con ditions. The tax <)n personal in comes and pn war profits, swollen by the war conditions, furnish primarily the Justifiable, legiti • mate, and logical taxes to detray the expenses of the war. Doubtless, the decision of the Finance Committee to advance the war profits assessment will be pro ductive of more debate, but it is to be hoped that the cloture rule will be adopted and that an early decision be reached on this important piece of l^lslation. Don't let us interfere with the park ing of automobiles anywhere. It might Jar a few votes in this campaign year. Besides, streets lined with empty au tomobiles look so metropolitan. CHAIRMAN AINEY'S ADDRESS CHAIRMAN Ainey in an admir able address before tho Leagtle of Third Class Cities yestorduy afternoon discussed the practical features of the work of the Public Service Commission in Its rotation to cities of the class with which Harrlsburg Is Identified. He pointed out the difficulties which had been encountered and the problems which had been submitted from time to time for solution. The speaker made a fine Impres sion and was given a vote of thanks, the president of the League stating, in putting the resolution of apprecia tion before the convention, that the remarks of the Chairman of the Public Service Commission would result in a better understanding and more efficient co-operation hereafter between the State body and the several municipalities. All of which enforces and empha sizes the importance of these state wide organizations having their an nual conferences here at the Capital, where they may come into direct contact and conference with the officials of the Commonwealth. Chairman Ainey and his colleagues are becoming better understood as time goes on and the functions of the commission are better appre ciated by the people at large, and largely because of the common sense attitude toward the municipalities, the utilities and all the Interests af fected by the public service law. The newspaper publishers of Penn sylvania owe a debt of thanks to Sena tors Penrose and Knox, who so ably defended them against the unjust tax of five per cent, on their earnings. This tax might have been all right had It beeh levied on all forms of business, but when applied to newspapers alone became discriminatory and well nigh confiscatory at a time when the dallies are laboring under all manner of hardships. v I>ot£t£c 'PM.NOULTFO.K.IA. By the Fix-Committee-man On the manner in which the non partisan election laws works out in thei selection of judges and mayors and councilmen in the counties and in the second and third class cities of Pennsylvania this fall will depend the future of the nonpartisan laws of the Keystone State in the nexT Legislature, according to men who have been observing the trend of things. There was a pronounced movement against the nonpartisan law In the last Legislature, but it did not come to a head because of the attitude of Influential Republicans. It was then agreed among men who oppose the law that they would await the man ner in which it worked out this year. If there was anything which indi cated that the law did not meet con ditions in the state these men agreed that they would submit it to the next Legislature. There are several contests in which judges are candidates for renoml nation in which they are being op posed on more or less partisan laws and In other counties the attacks upon judges of approved ability and standing have become so strong that nonpartisan committees have been formed in their interest. —ln Philadelphia the general mu nicipal election will be of so much Importance this year that It Is bourfd to have some effect on the nonparti san movement The effort to es tablish a nonpartisan council for that city failed In the Legislature and the attempt to get the nonpartisan fea ture out of the second class city law did not go on the books. Similarly the move to restore the third class city partisan election system failed. —lf there are many upsets in the elections this year there will be a re currence of the move to abolish the nonpartisan feature of both the ju dicial and municipal election laws, which would also militate against its adoption for the city of Philadelphia. —According to the Philadelphia newspapers, there Is more harmony being kneaded into the situation every day and that it Is going to work out Is evidenced by the objections being made by the Philadelphia Rec ord, which protests against the Re publican agreements. The Democrats are split about as badly In Philadel phia as is possible. —The bulk of the Philadelphia contests just now are for ward hon ors and the Vares seem to be getting what they want in the way of changes in polling places. —ln Pittsburgh the mayoralty and couneilmanic candidates are having a beautiful time illustrating the prac tical manner In which the nonparti san act works out. It looks like Magee and Babcock for the mayor alty nominations. —Philadelphians have formed a citizens committee for renominatlon of Judges Staake and Monaghan. —W. R. Conrad. William Weigand, Frederick Ruppert, Louis Pfeil and John Jonn, five councilmen of Ta maqua, Schuylkill county, were ves terday ousted from office by Judge Johnson on quo warranto proceed ings because as members of the American Hose Company, a volun teer firemen's organization, they gave large contracts to the fire company. One contract alone, for the removal of garbage, amounted to $14,000. Judge Johnson said that for council men to give contracts to companies In which they were Interested Is con trary to good public policy and would almost certainly open the door to recklessness, extravagance and temp tation. which was the very thing the law of 1860 was enacted to prevent —County Solicitor T. McKeen Chidsey, of Northampton, yesterday Kave an opinion to the county com missioners that ns the Bethlehems do not became a city government until January 1 next, it was not necessary for the electors there to register for this fall's primaries and election. The question was raised in the Beth lehems and created considerable anx iety, as no provision for registration had been made. Judge R. C. Stew art, who is a candidate for re-elec tion, was asked his opinion on the question by a reporter, but declined to give it He said, however, that so far as he was concerned, he was will ing to let every citizen vote and he would agree tc take no advantage of the situation If it was decided that there should have been registration in the ne\y city. He further said that registration in cities like Bethlehem and Easton, where every voter Is known, is a useless thing. • —The Philadelphia Press to-day r-avs regarding a successor to Judge Morris Dallett, of Philadelphia: "Friends of Finance Chairman Gaffnev have been mentioning him aa a possibility, but it is understood that he Is not desirous of going on this bench. "Quite n number of men active In political nffalrs are booming ex-Judge, D. Webster Dougherty for the place. ' "Friends of Joseph G. Mngee, a general assistant to City Solicitor Connolly, are urging that he be ap pointed. "Former Dlrectot of Public Safety Snrvth also '.s frequently mentioned. "It Is generally believed that the Governor will fill the vacancy by ap pointment and In the near future." HARRI9BURG TFJJBFTT TELEGRAPH I AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELW? By Briggs M -AMD YOU TRAVJ&L AND YOU AFTER YOO'VS VSLAVGD AKJD FORTI-* ALMOST FOR IN; A, STUFFY JW FoR YEARS IN DECIPE TO . OFFICE WITHOUT CR °^ DEU CARS AND THEM ONE. PAV YOU ' -*MD VOU OECIOS TO MEET AH OLD PAL ALL FO H THE ARMY AKJD THE A )N ' T IT "IBGGED OUT IN) FIS MOBQV XJECTLARE: YOU A A •SOLD*BR'S -ANID VOO SODD6MLY TAKE. (JLX-R-HAMD A NEW WTBR6ST LIFE AMD EDITORIAL COMMENT Pretty soon there will be nobody j left In the Socialist party but Victor! Berger and the Kaiser.—Chicago Dally News. One consolattlon: Being a slacker is a far greater disgrace than being In prison.—Leavenworth (Federal Prison) New Era. Why are we proving all over again that Germany started the war? Had somebody said it was Siam?—Kan sas City Star. President Wilson's embargo has Sweden worrying over how she and Germany are going to eat next win ter.—New York World. Russia is sound at the core, reas sures Mr. Root.' But if the Russians don't check the Teuts there "won't be no core."—Chicago Tribune. Germany Is learning rapidly that It doesn't pay to assume that man kind is divided into classes—Ger mans and fools.—New York Morning Telegraph. An Intelligent commentator on German affairs remarks that Ger many could fight a defensive war for fifty years—if the people would fur nish the soldiers. Chicago Dally News. Not For the Kaiser's Eye The United States now requires all merchant ships to be painted in a certain way. but not with red, white and blue stripes.—Boston Tran script. Will Not Hurry The War Department's theory Is that the first 500,000 men from the United States will merely help to give the allies a slight advantage, but that the millions who may be sent after them will end the war. To attempt to rush such a program through in a few months would mostly result In confusion and fail ure, ranking officials of the War De partment Insist. Preparations for the present army scheme will be kept slightly In ad vance of the plans of the shipping board. The War Department does not desire to have great forces on its hands in this country. Whenever the shipping Is available the troops will be ready to march abroad. An evidence of the change of pol icy in training army officers was un covered when It developed that the War Department has asked the French government to send a corps of officers fresh from the trenches to teach the new American officers modern warfaj-e. The second reserve officers camps and those which fol low will be handled to a large extent by Frenchmen who hftve learned war In the trenches and not In swivel chairs. —Exchange. Porto Rico Trains at Home The training camp to supply offic ers for Porto Rico's brigade of 7,000 men to be drafted sooh will be held in Cayey, in the mountains fifty miles from San Juan, and will begin on August 27. The quota of 245 men, Including 4 5 noncommissioned offlc cers from the Porto Rico Regiment, now In Panama, has been selected from the 1,500 applicants for en trance to the camp. The student officers are required to have a proficient knowledge of Spanish and English, for while they are to receive all their Instruction and orders In English, they will com mand many men who have lltUe or no knowledge of that language. The majority of the men accepted for the camp have attended American col leges. Officers are going from the States to instruct the student officers, and two lieutenant* from the Porto Rico Regiment for the same purpose.— Exchange. Conscription You ask me why I gave my son? • • (Ah well, does God know why!) That Prussian blood may swiftly run. That tyranny may die, — That over earth all men may go At freedom's call, and none may know The vandal's power in our land. The vandal's arrogant command! You ask me why I gave my son? * • (Ah well, does God know why!) I gave him that the barbaraus Hun Might well defeated lie. I gave him that the coming raco Might meet with Justice face to face. And free-men mingle over earth In Liberty's divine re-birth. —By Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff of tie Vigilantes. THE Y. M. C. A. "HUT" AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SOLDIERS i • -j lln anticipation of the arrival In Europe of American soldiers, the Young Men's Christian Associa tion at a cost of $45,000 has taken over and rushed to completion a largo "hut," which was being built for British troops at Aldwych on the Strand, opposite Somerset house in London. This "hut" or association building as jt would be called by Americans, will provide lodgings and meals and serve as a recreation center for en listed men of the United States Army and Navy who are passing through or are on leave In London. Plans are also on foot for the provision of club accommodations for American officers. The Aldwych "hut" which .will provide sleeping accommodations for more than 350 men will be fully equipped with billiard and game rooms, cafe, writing and reading rooms, and a "real American soda fountain." This latter feature will be particularly appreciated by our troops who wopld otherwise seek al most in vain for that most delicious of American concoctions, the ice cream soda. The word "hut" in connection with the work of the Army and Navy Young Men's Christian Association has come to have a very specific meaning In the last three years wherever the troops of the allies have gone. A "hut" outside the chief centers of population is a more or less temporary building of wood or sheet steel, similar to the thou sands of Army barracks spread all over Europe. It Is usually about thirty or forty feet wide and from sixty to eighty feet long. At one end is a counter where tea, coffee, cocoa, and light meals are served and where small personal needs of the soldier are .filled —matches, soap, chocolate, , Labor Notes France employs 1,000,000 women in agriculture. Women are employed as long shoremen in New York City. Germany's coal output is 269 tons a year for each miner. Some Australian unions have se cured a 36-hour week. Nevada has a legal eight-hour day for eemenr mill workers. Brazil has enacted civil service re tirement legislation. Arkansas unions demand a unl- ( from textbook law. Municipal authorities at Van couver, B. C., will pay union wages. Organized labor in Virginia will demand an eight-hour day on State work. Frisco union barbers have en forced a 7 p. m. closing hour. Spread of Civilization Various public prints combine to , tell the story. One notes a Leaven worth barber shop sign. "Why muss up the kltchfn every Saturday night? Hot baths, twenty-five cents." The anniversary of "the cyclone" was not commemorated this spring. And an Inspired writer In the New York Tribune gets it all Into this etching: Off to the right of the links of the Saltna Country Club retired farmers were playing golf. This Is Kansas. Cody and Custer ride the buffalo trails no more. John Brown and his border raiding enemies are ancient history now ns JofTre and the Boches will" be in a hundred years. Par wheat and par golf—that's Kansas! Collier'a Weekly. Lusitania Hero Dead Thomas Grainger Godley, who was a steward on the Lusitania, has died at Seaforth, Liverpool, after a long Illness directly traceable to the ef fects of his Immersion when the Lusitania was sunk. Qodley on that occasion showed great courage, and was Instrumental In saving several passengers. One of these was Lord Hhondda's daughter, and his lord ship gave Godley a handsome money present and a gold ring Inscribed, "Remember the Lusitania."—Lon don Observer, stamps, etc. At the opposite end there is a platform and a piano where concerts, lectures and im promptu "stunts" of all kinds are held. Between the two ends are bil liard and game tables, writing tables and tables with magazines and news papers. There is also in most huts a "quiet room" for study classes of va rious kinds, for undisturbed reading, and for devotional services. In the city "huts" there are also large dor mitories with excellent sleeping ac commodation for men on leave from the front or from their training camps. The "hut," then, Is where the sol dier can tlnd the nearest approach to the normality of civilian life from which he has been separated. The word "hut" has come to Include such social und recreational centers of the Young Men's Christian Association whether carried on in city buildings, "huts" proper, tents, marquees, con verted barns or dugouts in the trenches. The location of this American "hut" at Aldwych is particularly favorable since It is right In the heart of Lon don on the Strand, almost halfway between the city proper and the beautiful West End and also at the foot of Kingsway which leads direct ly to the Holborn and Oxford street districts. It is conveniently located to all the entertainment centers, by underground and omnibus, connec tion is easily made with all the points of interest in London and Its Immediate environs. Moreover, It <s Just across the river from Waterloo Station where the men arrive when they come on leave . from the trenches. At Waterloo American sol diers when they arrive on leave will be met by members of the Young Men's Christian Association patrol service and will be directed to Ad wych. Two "Peace" Messages Two significant news Items appear ed recently. Both of them were short and were given no particular prominence In the news of the day. But they may have a bearing on peace and the end of the war far beyond tha expectation or realization of the average reader. One dispatch was from Austria, by way of Paris and Bohemian newspa pers, and stated that Austrian churches, as well as organ builders, have been notified that all orftan pipes In all churches of the mon archy will soon be requisitioned to "till the needs of war industries." In other words, to make shells and ammunition. The other dispatch was from Can ada, and announced that Canadian plants heretofore engaged in the manufacture of munitions, would (except In some cases) return to the regular production of whatever they were engaged in manufacturing be fore the war opened. The govern ment announces that the production of munitions In Canada is no longer needed by the allies. The significance of two Items cannot be underestimated in any cal culations for determining the possi bility of when to expect peace. Kansas City Times. , Our Job to Restore It "There is no longer any Interna tional law," said the Kaiser during Ambassador Gerard's visit to the great headquarters at Charlevllle. In France. So far as the statement was true, the Kaiser was responsible for the condition. International law had ceased to exist precisely to the extent to which Germans had de stroyed It One of the purposes for which we are in the war is to rescue Interna tional law and Justice, bind up the bleeding wounds which German hands have inflicted and restore to the old usages of nations their for mer prestige and force.—St. Louts Post-Dispatch. The Test "How shall I know whether or not I love a girl well enough to marry her?" "Well, my boy, Imagine her on a hot, sticky day, bending over a wash tub, scrubbing your clothes as your mother used to do. Picture her, us you enter, stopping her work and wiping the perspiration from her face with the corner of her apron. If you feel that you would still care to kiss her; that she'll still look as good to you as she does In her party togs, go right ahead and marry her. She'a the girl."—Detroit Free Pram. AUGUST 30, 1917. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Army Y. M. C. A.'s To the Editor of the Telegraph: Any one who has the slightest question In his mind as to the good that -is being done by the Young Men's Christian Association among the soldiers in the various training camps throughout the country should visit some of them, and wit ness the varied manner in which they assist the men, and contribute to their comfort and happiness. The writer spent a day this week in the camp at Gettysburg com posed of men of the Regular Army, and was greatly impressed with the scope of the work being done by the Y. M. C. A. It was the busiest place in the camp.> There are two Association tents in the campground, but the one which came under the observation of the writer more es pecially is so located as to serve conveniently three regiments, the Fourth, Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth U. S. Infantry. There are five or six trained sec retaries in charge, and the men are supplied free with writing material, books, papers, magazines, games of various kinds, such as checkers, dominoes and the like; baseball and football outfits, wrapping paper for wrapping packages, telephone, and in fact everything that men would need under the •circumstances. Post age stamps, postals, and postcards are sold at cost, and all mail matter taken care of and sent out for the men. Moving pictures are a feature of the entertainment every night. A Victrola is apart of the equipment. A new piano has been Installed and several of the men are fine players. * This is used for the re ligious services, and is at the disposal of the men at all times, and It is not unusual to see a hundred or more men around it singing hymns and popular songs. ' Biblo classes, and classes In French are being conducted for any who wish to take up these studies. The Association Is very much in need of books, magazines, Illustrated papers, especially sheet music and Victrola records. Any pei'sons hav ing articles of this kind that they can spare, could not put them to better service than by sending them to the Y. M. C. A. Tent, care of Fourth Infantry, Gettysburg, Fa. HARRISBURGER. A State Flower To the Editor of the Telegraph: In looking over this month's Geo graphic Magazine I found an Inter esting article on the State flowers. I was sorry to see that Pennsylvania had no choice. I see that many of the State flowers have been chosen by the school children. And lam wonder ing if it would be possible for the schoolchildren of our dear State, to select a flower. I wish It were possible to start a campaign among the schoolchildren of our city, and later of the State. I suggest the crimson rambler, as every one remarked how beauti ful they were all over the State. Sincerely, Nancy Keffer 236 Woodbine St. City. Age 11 years. i OUR DAILY LAUGH NOT DIS \ COVERED. i y/j/t I) She pondered - '/ he slutting she turned II \\\/, ArfV down her jm "She doesn't \ I know her If' m 4 n d," u yyS/ mused he, )!? 'll XAWML "So I'll not mind WA MjrSm her ' No -'" NOT LONG. jj r I Father, were \lk I'' you and mother /J 1 Jimu sv nweethearts long jfb \f[ ! t ' before you wero T fj]_ Up 7 / IV' married? 1 111 K. / IV Just long Mil WV-rr-J --enough to be fool- IIS ■ |j I Ish enough to g-et r w R. jfj married. / r Bttithtg QHpttj Lieutenant Governor McClaln knows beef as few men do. When he says that beef is going Into the luxury class it behooves the lover ot roast-rib or sirloin to give heed tc the subject. Chatting with a Tele graph representative the other day the Lieutenant Governor said that ho had drawn this mutter of the failing supply of beef to tho atten tion of the Committee of Public Safety in Pennsylvania. "Tho beef situation promises tc be a serious one," said Governor Mc. Clain, "and it may come to pass thai porterhouse steak and roast will And classification in the price list with canvas-back duck and terrapin. "Beef cattle the other day made t new high record in the Chicago mar ket. Several curs sold at $14.65 anc a great number of cattle brought 1< cents and upward. The top prico if tho New York market that day wai $14.75. Two months ago I suggested 15-cont cattle during the summe; months, and this prediction wa ridiculed. I again essay the role o a prophet and foretell that if th price of corn continues at $2 i bushel and upward, 15 cents pe pound will not begin to cover th prico of corn-fed beef within th next six months. > "The average consumer, no doubi falls to understand that with cori at $2 /a bushel and hay at $lB pe ton, and cottonseed jneal or bran a from SSO to SGC per ton, corn-fe beef will cost at least 16 cents pe pound to produce, and It will, like wise, cost 16 cents per pound to pro duce pork;" continued Mr. McClar "and no evidence of that fac can be "found than that pork Is sell ing at more than 17 cents per pounc live weight, at tho present time. "A good quality feeding steel weighing 1000 pounds, will llkel cost th£ farmer this fall from 9 cent to 10 cents per pound. As a basi of calculation, let us say 9 J /4 cent per pound, which will mean s9* When, in the course of a seven o eight months' feed, he puts into th animal 45 bushels of corn at $2 pe bushel, 1% tons of hay, at $lB pe ton (and hay will be worth $lB pe ton), and one-third of a ton of bra or cottonseed meal, at $54 per to (cottonseed is $54 per ton now), h has invested the tirst cost of th steer, S9O, plus S9O worth of cori $27 worth of hay and $lB worth o cottonseed meal, a grand total o $225. The average maximum weigh produced from such a quantity c feed, plus shredded fodder, etc., I 400 pounds, making the steer, whe fed out and ready for the marke 1400 pounds, and these 1400 pound of steer have cost the farmer $22! or a cost per pound of (divide $22 by 1400 pounds) 16 cents. This ir eludes no cost of the labor involve in caring for the animal, to offs< which, however, the farmer has til manure. Heretofore, when fan labor was one-third to one-half c what is now the price, the calculatio was to balance the hay, the cor fodder and the labor against tt value of the manure, but preseni day condition* make necessary a rt vision of the old methods of estimai ing. Even assessing no value for th hay consumed by the animal, tl cost price of making the beef woul be 2 cents per pound higher tha the highest price paid In Easter Pennsylvania during the months < January, February, March, Apri May and June for our best wintei fed steers." • • • "The prospect of having to g< certainly a $4 per hundred welgl advance, and perhaps a $5 per hur dred weight advance, doesn't furnis a strong stimulus to farmers to fee cattle this winter when the top-note price paid for the best cattle I Eastern Pennsylvania this sprln when the crop was marketed, wi twelve cents per pound, and only few bunches at that. Most of oi good 1300 to 1500 pound prime wit ter-fed cattle sold at 12 cents to 12 cents per pound, and everyboc thought these prices were extreme high. Wo can't have the cake ar eat it, too. If we want cheap beef yes, if we want beef to be no highi than it was in Eastern Pennsylvan during the first six months of 191 corn must come down, and a who lot down from its present price, it doesn't, the result, after the gra season is done, surely will be prici prohibitive to all but the rich ar the highest earning wage-workers • * • "This country at the present tim is experiencing "a demand for fres beef that it has never known b fore. Labor is profitably employe and when labor }n this country hi .the price It eats meat. We are e tablishing cantonments for the m< that are sent "somewhere in France and we have already a large numbi somewhere in France that we ha 1 to feed and feed regularly, to fit the to fight. In addition, wo must m forget that we are practically fu nishing the world meat foods. T1 supplies going to Europe from tl Argentine Republic are very sma because of lack of ships plying b tween South American ports and tl continent." • • * "One of the plans of the food co: servers is to have everybody wl possibly can "adopt a calf," in ord to increase the beef supply. No dou many beef calves tire being veali that should be matured, but, on tl other hand, the ordinary dairy calv are not worth saving for beef-ma Ing purposes. Tho plan, howevi has merit, and if some of the womi fart .lists of the present day wou dispense with their "bull pups ai Pomeranians and adopt a bull ci and feed him molasses cake, th would have the advantage of a mo exciting recreation and at the sar time, they would be helping to less< the beef shortage.^ Few people know that the m< important livestock market betwe Pittsburgh and Philadelphia is La easter and that dealers watch t Lancaster market carefully. T Lancaster quotations are knoT wherever cattle are sold. Silent Partner's Tips Even a wheelbarrow needs a mi with a push. A good man s'ees something go In everybody, and a bad man se no good in anybody. The man with a small mind usua stirs up the most trouble. The f low who wades In a small pudc always stirs up the most mud. Some women are as unreasonal and as hard to handle as a h that wants to "set." Just' as we relied. In the past, the farmer to make us what we ai so now must we rely on him to sa the world. ~ Most of us feel too smart to ma mistakes, and this Is tile reason w we cannot learn from the experlen of others. History of Great War_ It will be a surprise to many a mirers of Arthur Conan Doyle know that he Is. besides being a r istered physician, a poet, a famo shot and a novelist, a historian note. One of the very best, and o of the few reliable histories of t European war Is being written him. The second volume, "The Br lsh. Campaign in France and Flar era," Is about to be published George H. Do ran Company, M. V
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