Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 263, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1917 — Page 2

World Shown Value of Liberty by the Brutal Power of Germany

By ELIHU ROOT.

nature unrelieved by morals or religion of humanity. It has shown to us as we never realized before what liberty and justice, what humanity and compassion, what morality and right really are. We need not talk about the whys and-wherefores of the war. It is here, and the issue is drawn so clearly that a cKiTd could see. It is for the American people to determine whether they have the manhood to maintain the liberty that their fathers gained for them through sacrifice, the manhood to maintain the-jnstice upon which we have prided ourselves, the manhood to defend those institutions of liberty and justice which we would hand down to our children, or whether we shall submit and aban- ■ don them,-, all The-issue is clear and distinct between the maintenance of the American republic, free and independent, American justice to the rich and poor alike, American opportunity for the boy and the girl —whether we are so that we will leave our children to be subjected to the power of evil that ravished Belgium and Serbia; whether falsehood and faithlessness and cynical contempt for morals, and cold-blooded disregard of humanity, and utter absence of mercy and compassion, and denial of human right shall be the portion of our children, or whether the liberty which our fathers won shall be handed down to them by the manhood of our fathers' sons -and the love of our children s fathers. It has come not too soon. It was at the eleventh hour that we came into the vineyard. The great opportunity of the American people was slipping away before they could grasp the opportunity to make themselves into the image of our fathers and of our Maker; the opportunity to die, ; f need ho, and to give our dearest ones to death that our country may live; that its liberty may live; that its justice may endure; that its opportunity for those who toil and endure may continue/ We have grasped the opportunity for that sacrifice and suffering through which we shall •find our souls again. . " 7 ~ ~~

Great Wealth Produced in Time of Peace Can Be Increased in Days of War

By W. E. CHANCELLOR.

The total income of a people consists of all the currently produced wealth for consumptive or productive purposes; that is, fofc immediate use or for investment. The endeavor to what this total is has not been successful, even in the countries that have longest, maintained private income taxes. f Men say that the income of the United States in 1913 was somewhere between $30,000,000,000 and perhaps even so much as $60,000,000,000, t?ut they do not agree as to what items shall be included. Because of the falling purchase power of money there is a fairly general agreement that the annual income of the American people for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 1917. was at least $45,000,000,000, in money terms. It is evident that when the medium of exchange fluctuates, widely in value, in the terms of goods and of other possessions, no figures are wholly Trustworthy auTTubstantial. There is another cause for paying but little-attention now to the question as to the total annual income of our people. Our population has been growing at the rate* of about 2 per cent per annum. But we are pledging our national future irrespective of what the population is or may become, for we are pledging the people themselves, ourselves. We do not care now whether the total income grows pro rata with the population or not; what we care about is that we, that is, the survivors, shall be free to govern our lands and coasts and. commerce according to our own self-determined and now ancient ways, and not according to the revived semi-barbarous ways of Middle Europe. And we know that, though in the easy days of peace we produced perhaps forty billions of wealth a year, in the more laborious days of this war we can produce in days’ products, whether salable or not, vastly more. W ars are won by the workers behind the m,en on the firing lines.

Neither Individual Nor Nation Can Violate Law and Not Suffer Penalty

By Rev. Arthur J. Francis,

Communities cannot break the law. They may ignore the law, they may refuse to comply with the law, but law is supreme. Typhoid (ever is.not merely a physical disease; it is a municipal crime. It reveals that those wh< se business it is to care for the public health are either ignorant or willfully careless. Nations cannot break the law. The law breaks nations. The nations have paid in men, in blood and in money for their deliberate violations of .the laws of the world’s good will —England with her experience of the opium traffic in China, Belgium with her Congo atrocities, Russia with her awful Siberian exile experiences. _> T Germany has beep weighed in the balance and found wanting. For her ruthlessness and brutality and indifference to the law of the world’s good wiH she will learn with all other peoples the fundamental truth that the law cannot be broken; it breaks. o We have had illustration after illustration of men reaching through splendideffort high eminence and power, who, failing to obey the law, have been broken by the law. Honor, truth, integrity, respectability, are for the law abiders. When the laws governing these are set at naught then they instantly begin to grind their grist and we observe honor gone, integrity violated, place and power taken away and given to others. - ■ Never forget this stupendous truth, that law,, physical, mental and spiritual, cannot be broken; it breaks.

Former Secretary of State and Head of Mission to Russia

—— The brutal power of Germany, W'hich has repudiated everything that civilization has accomplished for the century past, which has repudiated the law of morals and declared the German state to bo superior to all morality, which has repudiated the law of humanity, and has without quavering committed the most dreadful outrages in order that she might have the benefit of inspiring terror in the world—the brutal power of “Germany has revealed at last to our comfortlovfng jynple th** of Qptdtafifi. bare and naked, the, dreadful, horrid truth of human

Head of Department of Economic*, College of Wooster

Secretary of the Chicago Community Trust

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. IND.

KEEP SEED CORN SAFE DURING WINTER

PREPARING BEST EARS FOR STORAGE.

(From —tho United States Department of Agriculture.) Seed corn may be left on the racks where the- ears have been dried. But It is generally preferable, says the United States department of agriculture, to store the ears in mouse-proof barrels, boxes or crates during the winter. In any case they must not be exposed to dampness or they will absorb moisture and be Injured. After hanging in the drying shed, or lylng 'on the racks where there is constant circulation of dry air for the first two months after they have been selected from the stalks in the field, the seed ears should be bone dry and contain less than 10 per cent of moisture. Some farmers place the thoroughly dry ears in the center of’ a wheat bin and then fill the bin with loose, dry wheat. Destroy Weevils and Moths. If signs of weevils or grain moths show, the corn should be inclosed with

PREVENTION IS BEST REMEDY FOR SCOURS

One Trouble Caused by Navel Infection at Time of Birth, Otljer Is Indigestion. The most common trouble in raising calves by band on skim milk is scours. There are two entirely distinct troubles both of which have the symptoms of scours. One is from navel infection at time of birth and the other is from indigestion. If fa calf becomes sick within a few days after birth and dies within a day or two the case is probably navel infection. This trouble is often called white scours because the passages from the animals are generally white. > Indigestion is the of common scours. This generally occurs when the calf is from two weeks to a month old. Prevention is the best remedy. The common causes of indigestion are overfeeding; feeding milk cold or sour; feeding sweet milk one meal and sour vnilk the next ; dirty pails, troughs or stalls. Each calf should be watched carefully. At the first slgn'of foul-stnell-Ing dung, its source should be determined, as this is one of the first indications of indigestion. The amount of milk fed should be cut to one-half the usual amount and a dose of one ounce of castor oil in milk, followed by the formalin treatment, is advisable. The_formalin_treatnient consists in giving one tablespoonful of formalin solution, .made by adding one-half ounce of formalin to 15% ounces of water. In each pint of milk. The amount of .milk fed may be gradually brought back to normal after a day or _tWO.„ , : Many feeders have obtained good results from the use of blood meal as a means of correcting a condition of scours. Where the case is mild a teaspoonful of the dried blood is added to the milk at each meal. Preventive measures against scours recommended .-by L. W. Wing of the Missouri College of Agriculture are: Care against overfeeding; regularity of feeding; conditions of the milk at feeding time; and cleanliness of tip? palls,.pens and stalls. In other words, keep the -conditions -right at all times.

RAT-PROOFING CORN CRIBS AND GRANARIES

Food • Conservation Suggestion . Made by University of Missouri—Rodents Eat Much. One of the food conservation suggestions made by the University of! Missouri college of agriculture is ratproofing corn cribs and granaries. A few years ago it was estimated that every rat on the farm cost the farmer SIJB2 a year. With the present high prices of feed, seed and grain the cost will amount lo much inbre than that. In most of the grain growing states

carbon hisulphid in a practically airtight room, bin, box or barrel for 48 hours. The liquid hisulphid should be placed in shallow dishes on top of the box or barrel holding ten bushels or less. The fumes from the hisulphid are heavier than air and gradually, fall to the bottom of the receptacle, permeating the whole mass. One pound of the carbon hisulphid is enough for a 'room or bin ten feet in each dimension. After fumigation the ears must be thoroughly aired, whereupon the unpleasant odor disappears. Great care should he used with carbon bisulphld; its fumes are quite as inflammable as those from gasoline. To prevent the £fitrance of weevils and moths, the ears may be stored in comparatively airtight boxes or barrels with one pound of .mothballs or naphthalene for each bushel of corn, which is not injured. Ten pounds will protect enough seed to plant 60 acres.

a fair estimate of the rat population of a farm would be about 25 to 50. These rats eat chickens, stored grain, corn, wheat and other small grain, and sonft of the food prepared for the table. The grain farmer does not notice the loss of grain readily since much of it is picked qp in the fields by mice and rats. However, some idea of the loss can usually be gained by examining the crib in spring when the corn supply becomes low. On some farms several bushels of corn will have been shattered by rats and mice and the germs of the grain removed. This represents merely the grain which Was partly eaten. It does not represent that which was entirely consumed by therodents. . _ E. W. Lehmann of the University of Missouri coilegq of agriculture suggests that since farmers are doing their utmost to produce maximum crops they should also take necessary precautions to save the food produced; One method of conservation is to eliminate this loss caused by ratsand mice. Concrete may be used to keep them out of the basement. Concrete floors may be built for new corn cribs and granaries and small mesh wire netting can be placed in the walls. Old cribs and granaries, chicken coops and poultry 'houses should be made ratproof. “The loss which is caused by rats and mice will soon pay for the expense of excluding them from buildings. When the sources of food are protected the number of rodents will' decrease. The Importance of protecting grain and food supplies from them is emphasized still more by high prices. —*—

PUT ALL MACHINERY UNDER TIGHT COVER

Farm Implements Have Advanced in Price and Should Have Good Winter Shelter. (Clemson College Bulletin.) Usually there are many who leave their harvesting machinery out In the weather for some time after all harvesting is over. Such a practice results in considerable damage to the binders and other harvesting machinery’. All farm implements have advanced In price and carelessness in taking care of them will cause considerable loss. At no time has the use of labor-saving machinery been in greater demand on the farms, and every farmer who has such machinery, should by all means take the very best care of it. Just as soon as one has finished using an Implement, it should be put under shelter, and where it will be kept in good condition for the next crop. Binders are easily broken if left in exposed places, where wagons and , other farm equipment are jammed into the same corners. Quite often, mow,ers, binders, wagons, etc., are all found in one tangled mass In one corner of the shed, along with the drills and threshing machines. Such carelessness can only result in some of the machinery being damaged. By •caring for such machinery properly the lifetime of the Implements.can be doubled.

RAILROADING FOR WOMEN GROWS IN FAVOR

Women have made a splendid start in various branches of railroad work, to make up war-time deficiencies of men, according to reports of the New York Central railroad, where President Alfred H. Smith has ordered the employment and training of feminine workers wherever possible in all departments. A- gang of 30 women, under direction of a woman bookkeeper, is employed by the New York 'Central at Collinwood, 0., in sorting 3,000 tons of scrap, nuts, steeL plates, spikes, bolts, brake shoe^—-practically every part of a superannuated engine or a brokendown car. These women examine and sort every piece of scrap; they do the work as well as men and appear to likeit ' ’ v - . Women Get Same Pay. A. T. Hardin, senior vice president in charge of operation of the New York Central, who promulgated an order to all officers to “begin” the employment, and training of worrien for the various branches of the -service

DOING MEN’S WORK AND PROUD OF IT.

Whichthey can perform, beginning at first with the “least laborious work,” concerning progress of the movement sa ld; “The first rule we laid down about the Increased employment of "women, made necessary by the war, was this: The woman who does the same work as a man will get the same pay as a man. Those women who are sorting scrap get an average of $2.50 a day— Just what a man would receive for similar work. “We have increased greatly the number of women employed in our auditing department. We have women in our car department todteep track of the movements of 240,000 cars. They keep a record where each car goes and what it does every day. We have put women to work in our purchasing departments. We are training women to sell tickets, to act as watchmen at railroad crossings. In our shops women are learning to run lathes, drills and other small tools, and we expect,to employ women as assistants in stations. Can’t Lay Railway Ties. “There Is no work done on railroads

HANDY SLEEPING-CAR BERTH

Invention of Montana Man Provides Aisle for Dressing—Section Hinged to Swing Upward. The Scientific American in illustrating and describing an improvement on a sleeping-car berth, the invention of P. R. Odell of Butte, Mont., says: “The invention is an improvement in sleeping-car berths, and has for its object to provide a section wherein a

Improved Sleeping-Car Berth.

dressing aisle may be provided in connection with each of the berths. The upper and lower berths each have a section hinged to swing upwardly to provide dressing space and a foot board supported below the said section of the upper berth, said section and foot board being at the opposite ,end of the berths from the hinged section of the lower berth.”

New Job for Atterbury.

W.W. Atterbury, vice president of the Pennsylvania' railroad, has been appointed director general of transportation of the United States expeditionary forces in France. Mr. Atterbury is now at the front and will work in conjunction with French railroad officials.

Shop Men Get Increase.

/ 'Federated shop men on the western division of the Canadian Pacific railroad have secured a new agreement and

which a woman cannot do except the heaviest manual labor requiring great physical strength. Women could not lay railway ties. They should not be calletT'upon to do w’ork which would overtax their strength. We are not used to the idea of the performance of manualjabor by women in this country. We don’t like to see women do hard work. But there Is nothing about railroad work requiring skill or accuracy which women cannot do. “Our present work is centered largely in the organization and training of women for employment by the railroads. We cannot tell how long the war will last nor how many men we may lose by the draft. We want to be ready. The women we are training are in many instances relatives of war employees. They have taken up railroad work eagerly and energetically. Their contribution to the Industrial welfare of the country will be of tremendous benefit to women. Many women have extraordinary energy and power for constructive work which has

never been put to practical use. The them an opportunity to serve their’ country and themselves. Show Equal Efficiency. . “In Europe women have proved their capacity to do the work of men and American women are demonstrating equal efficiency In every field they have entered. “Sir Robert Borden, premier of Canada, was an anti-suffragist and opposed generally to the work of women in the fields pre-empted by men until the war sent men to the front and put women at work In their places. Today Canada 18 In a better position financially than at the outbreak of the war. And in a speech recently Sir Robert Borden said, ‘Canada owes her salvation to her women.’ ’ “The New Ycfrk Central has about 85,000 employees, but many of them, through the nature of their work, are ’exempt from the draft. Many railroad men have volunteered, however. Two hundred of our finest mechanics have volunteered in engineering; regiments which will work on the railways of France. Other railroads have given their best men.”

RAILROADS USE MUCH COAL

More Than One-Fourth of Total Production of Mines Consumed in Transporting Freight. It took 136,000,000 tons of bituminous coal, or more than one-fourth of the total production of the mines, to transport freight and passengers on the railroads of the United States in 1916. This was an increase of 14,0tM>.000 tons over the amount consumed in 1915,, or 11.5 per cent. The? combined bituminous and anthracite used by the railroads was 142,735,000 tons. These are contained in a report, just made public by the United States geological survey, and illustrate the enormous quantity of coal necessary to keep the railroads running. The amount of bituminous coal consumed by the railroads in the southern district Increased from 22,000,000 tons in 1915 to 23,300,000 tons in 1916, or 5.1 per cent. The increase in the eastern district was from 56,500,000 to 62,700,000, or 11 per cent, and in the western district from 43,500,000 to 50,000,000, or 15 per cent.

WOMEN OBJECT TO OVERALLS

Thirty Employed by Northern Pacific Say They Are Horrid—Prefer to Wear Skirts. Thirty women lined up against the Northern Pacific i«dlroad. Overalls are the issue. Officials say they’re safer around machinery. Women say they’re horrid. ‘Tm a lady, even if I have a man’s job,” one pretty worker snapped, when the directors tried to calm argument.'

Give Old Men a Chance.

The Atlantic Coast line will employ men up to seventy years of age for the duration of the war. The company, heretofore, has employed no oae more than forty year® old.