Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1917 — Page 3

Insurance for Men Who Go to War to Replace Old Pension System

By W. G. McAdoo, Secretary

place of the pension system so far as concerns men and women engaged in the present war. It is based upon the fundamental idea that the government should, as a matter of justice, protect its soldiers and sailors, and their dependent families, and should do this with due regard for conditions as they exist today. Workmen’s compensation laws, pension laws in the United States and foreign countries, insurance practice, and other related questions have been investigated during the preparation of the plans, and as a result information will be presented to congress which it is hoped will lead to the enactment of legislation both just and humane. The necessity for such legislation is admittedly more pressing in this war tha£ in. any other to which the United States was a party, because -at the outset the government has adopted the selective draft system. It is generally admitted that under such conditions the government has a solemn duty to perform to those selected. In working out the new system, it is deemed essential that a system for re-education "and rehabilitation be established, so that injured men may be fitted as far as possible for lives of usefulness either in their former or some other vocations.

Democracy Not Merely a Governmental Form but a Method of Progress

Democracy is not merely a form of machinery of suffrage, or representation, of elections, of relations of executive and legislature, and the like, though they may all have something to do with it. It is not a thing 'to be enacted, not a goal to be attained and enjoyed. If it were that and if we had attained it, why, then, the sooner we found something more important to talk about the better. No! Democracy is a method of progress. It is faith—unproved like other faiths, but with heartening gleams of promise—a faith in a common humanity; a belief that men are essentially the same kind of stuff; that in this long pilgrimage of history all travel a common road and that only by the co-operation of all, by the •recognition of all as common partners in the enterprise, with the common dignity of membership, the common experience of failure and achievement, can any sound and permanent advance, any progress worth the fighting for, be attained. , It denies, then, that there can be any such thing as a govemihg class. To attempt to set aside any such class is in the first place an intolerable waste of human spiritual resources; and in the second place it thwarts the hope of civilization. The progress of organized society is the progress of justice between men, and the fruitful ideas of social justice are not handed down from above, but forced up from below. Democracy holds that only by raising a whole people to higher levels can any part of that nation ultimately prosper, and that only as participating and on-operating members can the whole people be raised. It stands for the appeal to reason. And what, bf contrast, is autocracy? It is the appeal to authority as such, to prescription, to the method of power. It denies the righteousness and the profit of general co-operation. It believes in the management of many wilis by the competent few. Where democracy holds that men are in general such that they will respond to opportunity and turn toward the light, autocracy holds that they must in general be managed for their own good and that of the state, by a will that is not their will. Democracy invites the ranging human spirit to experiment with life. Autocracy proposes to order and to regiment it. Democracy respec intrinsic humanity, with a respect touched with humility; autocracy distrusts and suppresses it.

Waste in the Kitchen Not Responsible For Shortage in Food Supply

has become the popular thing to scold women and threatjglhem with the bogey of possible starvation unless they put their fam® a bread arid/water diet. From a dutiful, inoffensive soul striving flPlftetch last year’s income over this year’s inflated cost of living the housekeeper, that "hapless creature of masculine condemnation, has been dragged from behind the shelter of the cook stove and thrust into the limelight as a reckless spendthrift-who wastes as she goes. Masculine psychology is getting all out of joint on the subject of waste. There are other avenues of waste besides the home, yet all the hue and cry continues along one line. Of course there is need for economy. This is no news to women. They have been struggling with the food problem ever since the war started, but they have been unable to get any action on it because they are without power of legislation. In the matter of economy the government might possibly learn from the housewives. Some recently let government contracts show a lack of knowledge of market conditions which would shame an amateur home maker. It has been said that in the United States only 20 per cent of the food crop ultimately reaches the kitchen: By far the greater amount is diverted to pther uses, wastes in gardens and orchards or is lost through speculation 'and inequitable distribution. Even if women saved every potato peeling and utilized every leftover this addition would not have any fundamental effect «n the food situation, whereas by a far-reaching investigation into the wap of the food manipulator and a reorganization ®f food distribution methods a vast saving could be accomplished.

For the first time in the history of the United States a concerted effort on governmental initiative is now being made to provide adequate and scientific financial protection for the officers and enlisted men of the army and navy for their dependents.Instead of proceeding along the old course of fighting a war first, and caring afterwards for injured soldiers and sailors and the families of those killed, the government is now at the very outset of America’s entry into the war laying plans for insuring and indemnifying its fighting men. The plan is intended to take the

By Prof. Frederick D. Bramhall

By Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers

' of the Treasury

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. DTP.

MUSINGS OF A CYNIC

The fellow who doesn’t believe in hick Is lucky. Time Is money, but It requires genius to effect the exchange. Life Is a mirror In which many a man Is ashamed to look himself in the face. A sure way to Improve tije memory Is to do something you would like to forget. » “The Lord will provide;” and that’s about as far as the lazy man’s religion ever gets. Don’t try to make a guest feel at home ontoss ynn know what sort of home/he has. All the world’s a stage, but a »man seldom hears the prompter when be misses his cue. At any rate, love Isn’t stone blind. It can generally detect a flaw in an enring. Even In resisting temptation most of us are inclined to follow the line of least resistance. Mighty few people make the excuse of being hoarse when asked to sing their own praise. Tfie underdog sometimes proves that lots of us never do our best fighting until we are down. It sometimes happens that even the people who complain that they have nothing to do refuse to do it. When a man starts out to make a fool of himself he can be depended upon to surmount all obstacles. There are always two sides to a story, and the scandalmonger can generally provide five or six more. Elocution may be a good thing, hut it doesn’t go far enough., It merely teaches us how to speak, not when.— Omaha Bee.

MEN TALKED ABOUT

Rear Admiral Mayo says American navy by 1918 will have 1,(.J0 ships. .A. C. Dunham of Hartford, Conn., has given n SIOO,OOO farm to Storrs college. Dr. W. W. Dehn of Seattle has discovered a deadly asphyxiating gas, which he will offer for war use. A. G. Dean of Omaha Is only able to hear by placing a telephone receiver on top of his head. Samuel A. Schwandt of Milwaukee has changed his name to Slmw, and Herman Steclimlchnicht will hereafter be known as Patrick O’Malley.

ABOUT PERSONS

John Wanamaker, Philadelphia merchnnt. still native in business at sev-enty-nlne. Mrs. Daisey I). Barr of Chicago, says women in that town drink more liquor than Paris women ever did. Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania, refuses to dictate or typewrite his messages, preferring personal pen. Dr. J. G. Krusen of Philadelphia, urges rigid war-time precautions against sale or use of narcotic drags. —— R. R. McCormick and J. M. Patterson, two of tlie editors and owners of the Chicago Tribune, have enlisted in the United States army.

IN OTHER CITIES

Youngstown. 0., factory, workers in June received $5,705,000 in wages. Philadelphia schools niust pay $7.75 a ton for 50,000 tons of pea coal for 1917, Chicago claims 3,039,957 population. Census bureau war registration estimate. St. Louis has Increased wages of employees of public school system $312,000 a year. Granville, 0., expects Denison university in the next two years to spend $2,000,000 for new buildings and equipment.

NEW DISCOVERIES

Gearing to increase a wearer’s speed automatically features new roller skates. ■*- - - , * * . - Mall service by airplane between Italy- and the Island of Sardinia Is planned. Apparatus using compressed air has been invented for literally blowing dee creaiiS from molds. * ' '■ A windmill in Europe grinds grain Into flour for a baker and then mixes and kneads it into dough.

WISDOM IN CHUNKS

A threat usually la the bark of a liar. The submarine seems to be the naval carp. The Turk is notable for his religloa and his speed. ' Some automobiles “backfire," even on the mortgage. Don’t lead a man to evil to show him how bad it la. But, “rotation In crops” never means going back to old conditions, -m" War or no war, the conceited man defies anybody to blow him up. Don’t tte a ribbon to your horseVtaTl, and 4eave him with muddy fetlocks. Many a man is like a strong house — with the garbage can at the front door. Sitting and spitting tobacco juice on the earth never improved a foot of It. The kaiser chivalrously delegates to others the honor of licking Uncle Sam. Don’t try to garden life by making blossoms of thoughts, and weeds of deeds. Throw away a minute, and you always strike a wave to carry it over the rapids. The hyena “laughs” most when he finds something rotten —and he doesn’t always wear four legs. Occasionally a -statesman gets the idea that a bone head makes a good clapper for the great bell of fame.

EAST AFRICAN WISDOM

The first wife Is not abandoned. A man In need is an ax; he tires not. When a child of the house is taught Its duty the orphan child listens. An old person Is a rubbish heap to carry everything to, good apd evil. Thine own bad thing is better than the good thing belonging to someone else. If a tree leans over it is certainly rotten, and It Is unable to raise Itself again. He who pegs out the skin of an an.imal draws It toward himself. (Every man for himself.) Where the ox falls there it is slaughtered. (If you differ with a person, fight it out on the spot.) To point the finger is the root of a quarrel. (Pointing the finger at a person is regarded by the natives as a great Insult.)

QUESTIONS ABOUT A MAN

Boston Girl—Who’s his family? New York Girl —What is he worth? Milwaukee Girl—ls he naturalized? Louisville Girl —What does he drink? Washington Girl—Whom did he vote for? New Haven Girl—What Is his college? San Francisco Girl—ls he a native gOtl? ' -— -‘ .y _ Iteno Girl—How long has he lived here? Detroit Girl —What car does he drive? Concord (N. H.). Girl —What Is hia religion? / Chicago Girl —Where Huntley Child, in. Life.

PESSIMISMS

A fool and his money are blamed hard to find. t When in doußt. do the thing you want to. It’s much the best In the end. Don’t kick a man when he is down, if there is any other way to keep him down. A girl can he smart and pretty, too. but it’s taking an unfair advantage of the plain ones. There are moments in every girl’s life when she cares so dreadfully that she simply has to pretend not to. Never run after a street car or a woman. There will always be another along presently. (This, of course, does fiot pertain to “owl cars’* or exceptional women.)

WORDS OF WISE MEN

The man is most unfortunate who cannot bear misfortune. It is better to say. "This one thing I do,” than to say, “These forty things I dabble in.” The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance and uccommoda* tion to the 111 humor of others.

CONVENIENT WAYS FOR SELECTING SEED

SAVING SEED CORN FOR NEXT YEAR'S PLANTING.

(By F. E. BALMER, State Leader of County Agents of Minnesota.) The corn grower can scarcely be too enthusiastic about gathering more seed corn than is apparently needed. One thing which tends to lessen a generous selection of seed consists in not providing some convenience for getting the corn easily and rapidly out of the field. For selecting seed corn on a small scale, a grain sack with a short, wide band connecting the top and bottom, so it may be conveniently carried over the shoulder, Is good for carrying corn. If desired, two satisfactory bags can be made from one grain sack by cutting it In two, making each bag Just half the length of the grain bag. Such a bag should be provided with a wide band sewed to opposite sides of the open end, so when carrying over the shoulder 4te mouth of the bag will hang about even with the waist. The bag may be made slightly more convenient by having a wire hoop about the top, which keeps it open and makes dropping the ears into it easier. By the use of such a bag one person can by steady work select and carry from a fairly good field from seven to ten bushels of well selected ears. At

SUPPLY CORN FODDER TO COWS IN SUMMER

Feed Small Quantities at First Until They Become Accustomed to New Feed. Cows, unless the pasture Is unusually good, should have a feed of corn fodder twice a day. If very succulent, It should be cut and allowed to wilt a few hours before feeding. Feed small quantities at first until they become accustomed to it. If too much Is fed at first it Will cause Boven. Green feed may be saved by giving the cows a feed of old hay or wheat straw in the morning before they are turned out; the straw is readily eaten and less green feed will be needed. Cows need plenty of water, especially when the weather is hot; they will drink frequently if the water is handy. Keep the stables clean and dry. The better is to have a day and night pasture; very few dairymen can have this; the next best way Is to have a roomy yard adjoining the stables, with a trough of pure water in it In the busy driving season of haying and harvesting the live stock on the farm is very often neglected. Be on your guard against this. Make It your personal business to see that the. horses, cows, sheep and pigs are well fed and properly stabled.

COSTLY BARNS NOT NEEDED FOR DAIRY

* ‘ . j, . Good Quality of Milk Can Be Produced With Clean Utensils and Other Apparatus. Expensive barns and equipment are not needed before a success may be made of dairying, in the belief of J. B. Fitch, associate professor of dairy husbandry in the Kansas State Agricultural college. With clean utensils and apparatus for cooling the milk immediately, a good quality of milk can be produced even though the barns be inexpensive, jmints out Professor Fitch. In order, to coo; milk it is well to use a cooler and aerator in which the milk is cooled

the close of each half day be should properly string up the eoru, or arrange it for cutting. This method is irksome If large selections are to be made. A sledlike frame either on runners or low wheels narrow enough to go between two rows of coni and long enough to carry five or six bushel-size baskets or boxes, is a very convenient device for use in carrying the seed ears selected in the field. As this Is drawn through the field by a horse, one or two persons may select from as many as the four nearest rows or three persons may easily select from six rows. At the ends of the field the full baskets or boxes may be replaced by empty ones, or they may be dumped, to be gathered up. by a wagon at the close of euch half day or day. This device may break down occasional stalks of corn, varying with the amount of bent or twisted stalks, but the damage 1* more than paid for by the time saved. Such carrier makes possible a more rapid selection of the ears, and relieves the operators of carrying heavy bags of corn when all energy Is needed in judging the ears and the stalks for the selection.

and aerated by flowing in a thin film over a corrugated metal surface cooled by water which circulates through on the inside. Not only does this cool the milk but some of the jrnd flavor of fresh milk may he eliminated by exposure to pure air. The temperature of the milk will depend on the coolness of the water used. If the milk is to be sold It should be kept cool by allowing the cans to stand in a tank of cold water. If only cream is sold from the farm the milk should fee separated immediately after, milking and the cream cooled at once. The keeping quality of the butter made from this cream will depend upon the way the cream is handled at the farm. Creamery men are coming to realize that in order to produce a good quality of butter they must have good cream to start with and In many places they are paying a premium to the fanners who deliver cream of good quality. Cream must be cooled immediately after being separated, and any other cream that is separated later should be cooled before being added to the first cream. The cream, if delivered three times a week during summer, should reach the creamery in firstclass condition and should make butter of good quality. The cheapest and most simple arrangement for keeping cream and milk cool on the farm is made by allowing water that flows to stock tanks to pass through a sheltered tank in which the milk and cream cans are placed.

CULL CHICKEN FLOCK EARLY

Every Breeder Seems Anxious to Realize on Fowls and Get Back Some of Money Invested. The advice to cull early seems unnecessary this year, when every breeder Is anxious to realize on his flock and get back some of the money he has been puttlug into chickens. For the home flock, one wants early cockerels, but If the trade in cockerejs is for low-priced birds only, it will not be profitable to keep the early hatched males for the trade. * • « Keep ail pullets save the deformed. , An early hatched pullet, with all the disqualifications mentioned In the standard, may be the most profitable bird on the place as ao early layer. She can be culled before the eggs are Seeded for hatching, but will pay fop her feed until then.