Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1917 — Page 2

Emotion Mistaken for Wisdom in a Large Proportion of Legislation

By U. S. Senator George Sutherland,

volume. Unfortunately for this notion, however, the average legislator does not always know what he is sowing and the harvest which frequently results is made up of strange and unexpected plants whose appearance is as astonishing to the legislator as it is disconcerting to his constituents. I This situation, lam bound to say, is not wholly unrelated to a more or less prevalent superstition entertained by the electorate that previous training in legislative affairs is a superfluous adjunct of the legislative mind, which should enter upon its task with the sweet inexperience of a bride coming to the altar. As rotation in crops —if I may return to the agriculture figure—improves the soil, so rotation in office is supposed to improve the government. The comparisqn, however, is illusory since the legislator resembles the farmer who cultivates the crops rather than the crops themselves, and previous experience, even of the most thorough character, on the part of the farmer has never hitherto been supposed to destroy his availability for continued service. I think it was the late Mr. Carlyle, who is reported to have made the rather cynical observation that the only acts of parliament which were entitled to commendation were those by which previous acts of parliament were repealed. I am not prepared to go quite that far, though I am prepared to say that in my judgment an extraordinarily large proportion of the statutes which have been passed from time to time in our various legislative bodies might be repealed without the slightest detriment to the general welfare. The trouble with much of our legislation is that the legislator has mistaken emotion for wisdom, impulse for knowledge, and good intention for sound judgment. “He means well” is a sweet and wholesome thing in the field of ethics. It may be of small consequence, or of no consequence at all, in the domain of law. “He means well” may save the legislator from the afflictions of an accusing conscience, but it does not protect the community from the affliction of mischievous add meddlesome statutes. ' x

Unselfish Co-operation and not Fault Finding-Will Win War for America

By REPRESENTATIVE PAT HARRISON of Mississippi

Co-operation, not fault-finding, is now the duty of Americans. The of the United States is in this time of war charged with the gravest and most responsible duties. In the administration of new and untried laws and the operation of the greatly increased military and naval forces of the country, together with all the vast number of additional matters rendered necessary by the war, no doubt mistakes will be made. It would be a miracle if they were not. But the critic, especially if he be a leader of men whose duty it is to play an important part in molding public opinion—the critic and the fault finder whose only activities are criticizing and fault-finding with those who are administering the law and carrying on the numerous vast operations incident to war —j B no t a truly good soldier or a good leader or a loyal American. The disintegration of Russia, which has been so costly to the entente allied cause, and which will materially delay the successful termination of the war, should be a striking lesson to those Americans who are inclined to criticize and find 'fault with those whose duties and functions are to carry the war to a successful and victorious end. ’Great and large powers necessarily must be conferred upon the executive of the nation at this time. The delegation of such powers in ordinary times would not be dreamed of. But promptness and efficiency are imperative now and to obtain the highest efficiency, to strike with the power and might of the nation, we must delegate for the time unusual authority to the executive head. Am erica's course in this war is of tremendous importance to the peace and safety and freedom of the world. Never in our history were unselfish co-operation and patriotic unity and devotion to duty so much needed. AB true Americans will work together for the country s good, which means now all humanity’s good. Those who do not.are not true Americans. *

American People Cannot Consider Any Peace Proposed by Prussia

By STEPHEN S. WISE.

We cannot and will not consider peace at the instance of Prussia or of any witting or unwitting agents of Prussia. The only peace “the American people at any time will be prepared to consider is a peace which must be disastrous to every hope of Prussia s rulers or a peace made over their heads and perhaps their bodies with the German people, returned.to reason and humaneness after the dethronement of the war-mad lords, who have been suffered to defile and to damn the whole German people. . * The president not merely willed to keep us out of war but throughout nearly three years of irritation and insu’t, of contumely and outrage.-he achieved the miracle of keeping us but of the war. Why did the president lead us into war? Because he saw that we were not so much challenged to war as to defend, the elementary sanctities of life in the only intelligible to that band of militarists who had brought hurt to half the world and shame unutterable to their dumbly trusting peoples. Groups other than the uncompromising pacifists are to be found the leadership of the peoples council, and these, mindful of the seriousness of my charge, I accuse 1 of readiness to accept an outcome of the war, which would not bring peace toymen but seal dominance of the sword in the world.

Fortner Rletident of the American Bar Amodatioa

If I were asked to name the characteristic which more than any other distinguishes our present-day political institutions, I am not sure that I should not answer, “The passion for making laws.” There are 48 small or moderate-sized legislative bodies in the United States engaged a good deal of the time, and one very large national'legislature working overtime at this amiable occupation, their habithak output being not far from fifteen thousand statutes each year. The prevailing obsession seems to be that statutes, like the crops, enrich the country in proportion to their

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BROOD MARES NEED EXERCISE IN WINTER

MOST DESIRABLE TYPE OF BROOD MARE AND FOAL.

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Slow, light work nearly every day Is good for the brood mare. It will make her healthier and the foal stronger at birth. If it is not possible to .work her she should be turned in an open pasture in the summer where she can get exercise, fresh air and nutritious feed. The maintenance of her own body and the development of the foal require a good, wholesome ration which should contain a little more protein and ash than that demanded by a working gelding. If the mare is idle in winter, most of the feed may be roughage, but a heavier ration must be fed when work is done. The quantity of feed is determined by the size and condition of the animal, whether thin or fat, sick or well, by the appetite, by the amount of work done, by individuality, condition of the droppings, and whether the animal Is easy or hard to keep. The following suggestions for feeding mares In foal are from Farmers’ Bulletin 803, “Horse-Breeding Suggestions for Farmers,” recently issued by the United States department of agriculture.

Grains. Oats is the best grain for the horse; it Is a light, palatable, and balanced feed. Corn Is a good grain, but is used to better advantage if it forms only from one-third to one-half «of the grain ration of the brood mare. If wheat is fed, it must be given ground and in small quantities. Barley is a good horse feed; it is more bulky than wheat and nearer like oats than corn in composition. Barley is often cooked and fed once or twice a week in the evening for its medicinal qualities. Bran is an almost essential horse feed. It is a regulator and a preventive of overfeeding. It is bulky and palatable and lightens the ration. Soy beans and cowpeas are relished by horses and when accessible will serve as a useful addition to the grain feed for mares in foal. They are relatively rich in protein, and consequent-

FEED IMPORTANCE FOR WINTER DAIRY

Economy in Feeding Cows as Individuals and Not as Herd— Expert Tells of Errors. Quantity of feed ranks next to the kind of feed in dairy rations. Economical feeding demands that cows he fed as individuals, and not as a herd. Too frequently each cow in a herd is fed the same amount of grain, regardless of how much milk she is producing. By this practice some cows will be underfed, while others will be overfed. It should be understood that an animal always lises a certain amount of the food it receives to maintain the body. This is the first use to which the food is put, and is called the ration of maintenance. This amount is required by the animal whether or not she is producing milk. All feed above this amount is used for milk production, or is stored on the body of the animal as fat. In the case of the young animal part of this excess is used for growth. v

Of the two mistakes made in feeding, perhaps ' Underfeeding is most common, according to C. Eckles of the Missouri College of Agriculture. It is a serious mistake.to fged a cow only enough to keep up her body. She must receive feed to keep her milk production up to capacity. If a cow loses weight while in milk, she is not receiving sufficient food. A good cow If not fed enough, will produce milk for a time at the expense of her body; that is, she will take the surplus flesh from her body, and convert It into talik and thereby will lose live weight. On the other hand, when a cow is overfed she will begin to fatten in a short time. This condition may be corrected by giving hfer only the she needs for maintenance and. for milk production. Such, feeding will maintain practically a uniform weight. Roughness is the first important consideration In feeding cows. A cow

ly combine exceedingly well with corn. Roughage. Timothy hay is a popular roughage for horses. Brome grass makes good hay which is equal to timothy hay in feeding value. Orchard grass, if cut in early bloom, is equal to the best of the hay grasses, and carries considerably more crude protein than timothy. Meadow fescue is not so valuable as timothy for horses. Sudangrass hay is a safe feed for mares, and numerous native prairie grasses furnish hay that is equal to timothy. Clover hay is likely to be dusty, but it has great fattening qualities. Millet is not a safe feed for mares in foal. Corn fodder frequently is used to feed idle horses in the winter, but there is not enough nutrition in it alone for mares in foal. The same thing is true in a greater degree of straw. If either is fed, good quality hay also should be fed. Unthreshed cowpeas or soybean hay is also a valuable roughage which is relished by horses. Even the threshed hay contains considerable nutrition. It should not be fed to brood mares if it contains any mold. Alfalfa hay makes an excellent feed for mares if it is fed once a day and timothy or corn fodder given at the other feeding. Occasionally alfalfa hay is not properly cured, causing it to mold badly, in which case it should not be fed to the horses, .farmers have reported occasionally that alfalfa causes the kidneys to act too freely, but it is likely that this trouble will not be noticed if the alfalfa does not make up over one-half of the roughage.

Succulence. Succulent feeds are those which are juicy, and are easily assimilated. Such feeds have a cooling, laxative effect on the digestive system and stimulate appetite. The most common succulent feeds on farms are grass, carrots, rutabagas, sugar beets and silage. Grass, although of a succulent nature, is generally used as the entire ration through the summer if the mares are idle.

is not contented unless her stomach is full. She should always have all the roughness that she will clean up and then the amount of grain she receives should be regulated by the amount of milk produced. A dry cow In good condition should be-fed roughness only, and does not need any grain. In feeding grain to milk producing cows, the following rule may be used, and is found to work fairly well: Feed one pound of grain for each three pounds or pints of milk produced. A Jersey cow producing very rich milk may need a little more grain than the amount given.

VACCINATION URGED TO PREVENT CHOLERA

Expert of Kansas College Outlines Practical Plan for Swine Breeder to Follow. Vaccination is cheap insurance against hog cholera In view of the present high prices of pork, according to, Dr. C. W. Hobbs, field veterinarian and director 6f the serum laboratory-of the Kansas State Agricultural college. The exact health condition of the hogs and pigs should be ascertained before treatment. The herd should be penned In a clean and disinfected inclosure the day before they are treated. This allows the herd to become reconciled to the new surroundings. One may then take temperatures and come to some definite conclusions as to the condition and health of the pigs. Swine that are penned and prepared for immediate treatment will show abnormal temperature and thus render it impossible for the veterinarian to give an accurate statement as to their exact condition. The operator should be required to take the temperature of each individual before administering the serum or and if any of the animals show an? abnormal they should be given only the serum and be isolated fpr investigation. All those showing normal temperatures may be given, the simultaneous treatment

VIEWS OF A CYNIC.

No girl wants a secret marriagestill It is better thf.3 none. When fame does not come to the average man it roasts on his tombstone. It Is difficult for a man to convince a woman that she is in the wrong when she knows she is. Occasionally a girl marries a man just to keep him from hanging around the house every evening. Married life is a game of questions and .answers. It’s the wise man who asks few questions, and a wiser one who gives brief answers. The people who don’t work believe labor to be the salvation of the rest of us. Matrimony is that part pf life indicated on love’s map as the horrid zone. Most of the great inventions of the world are due to men. They haven’t any hairpins to do things with.

Wouldn’t we be great if we were as great as we think we are? If you want an amusing companion find a woman with a past. Her reminiscences are always interesting. Pride makes some people ridiculous and prevents others from becoming so. The only way that a true gentleman will ever attempt to look at the faults of a pretty woman is to shut his eyes.

“THE WORLD DO MOVE”

Concrete floors can be made almost noiseless by covering them with heavy tar paper, attached by cement. An automobile jack and pump have been combined in a single tool by a recent invention. One handle operates both appliances.

For cleaning white shoes a powderholding glove has been patented, powder being applied through an opening while the glove protects the hand. A”"machine has been Invented by a Milwaukee man that soaks, brushes, washes, sterilizes, rinses and cools bottles at a speed of 100 a minute. To lessen the consumption of gasoline by automobiles an Inventor has patented a device to introduce live steam or vapor Into the Intake manifolds. A street car rail with notches in the sides Into which paving blocks fit and make a smoother surface than ordinarily has been- invented in France. An electric flashlight has been patented that automatically switches on the current when It Is held horizontally and cuts it off when In any other position. Connections which permit a person to telephone from a moving street car to any other instrument in a city’s telephone system have been patented by a Philadelphian. Horses Imported Into Argentina are taught to avoid a polsohous weed that the native animals shun naturally by forcing them to Inhale smoke from burning' plies of the weed. For reviving sod by Introducing air and moisture an Inventor has patented a spiked roller, the penetration of the spikes being regulated by small wheels that help support It. Resuscitation apparatus designed by a Tennessee Inventor is featured by a large vacuum cup Intended to manipulate a person’s chest and produce artificial respiration. . In a German steel works a hydraulic press that can exert a pressure of 11,000 tons has replaced a steam hammer that shook the earth for a long distance every time it was used.

THOUGHTS TO THINK OF

Haste has Its head set to win without considering the consequences ; hot-headed haste In error ends. n Profits cease to be profitable when we spend all and save ‘ none; the his pny turns the Wage earner Into the vagabond. Fame Js not found in the easy road and to win success Is to work; to gain a name you must play the game from morn until late at night. .

IN THE BIG CITIES

Atlanta, Ga., is to have a big shell factory. 1 r - NeW York theaters will pay war taxes monthly. Buffalo plans to employ women on street railways. St. Louis claims to lead the world in fur business.

EVIL OF A CURSE

Why Jesus Delivered the Solemn Warning Against Profanity ... of “Thou Fool.” “Whosoever shall say, thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.” —St. Matthew 5:22. The excuse of “mere words”’does not meet the 'case. There are plenty of idle words, vapid and thoughtless —rambling speech that starts from nothing and reaches no terminal. Yet It is a fair question whether even such words are altogether so Idle and mere as they seem. Wise men have never undervalued speech. Jesus attached great Importance to words. He warns us against over-fluency and would have us z thlnk before we speak. He tells us that 6iir words either condemn us or honor us. We are making records of ourselves. In our prayers we use the name of God to lift us upward. Out In the street we may see the same name to curse another man. Words bind us to God. Words cut us away from God. Words weave our hearts together, and words ravel us apart. Words bless and make life beautiful, and words fill life with hate and sorrow. “What do you read, my lord?” asked Polonius, and Hamlet answered, “Words, words, words.” But Hamlet found the one thing he could not endure was to hear people trifle with words. He could not come to peace because he found life poisoned with false words, and Macbeth came at last to this sorry travesty of life, “a tale told by an Idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Hard to Forget. There are no “mere words.” Somewhere all our words are woven into this thing that we are, making It either poor or rich, giving It substance and strength or frailty and poverty. It Is almost easier to forget a blow than It is to forget a curse. The blow is somehow physical, brutal, a thing of the body. The curse is in some mysterious way a thing of the mind, the spirit. Boys have told me that they have never been able to forget tlieir employer’s curse, spoken In sudden wrath. They would almost rather have been struck. The same thing is true of all angry speech and accusation. Someone has offended you, and you flash forth your bitter words. The passion of your speech carries you, and because you have called him by some opprobrious, hateful name you have all in a moment created a deathless memory. Friendships are severed, homes are ruined, husbands afid wives are alienated, love Is killed and trust destroyed and the heart of life broken more often, I think, by Angry words than by wicked deeds. Jesus says that the doing of this sort of thing puts a man in ddnger of hell fire. Hell fire Is not a physical flame but an untying regret, a sense of shame and loss that will not leave us. One of the gravest evils of hasty speech Is that It has the very opposite result from that which those who use It think to secure. It builds up walls of dislike and separation. It arouses anger Instead of correcting errors. It Is destructive Instead of helpful and upbuilding. Men and 'women who use it defeat their own purposes and lower the dignity of their own characters.

• Ask Forgiveness. Jesus speaks this word of warning because he knows what language means. If you are bringing your gift to the altar, and remember that you have done someone an injury, spoken unkindly, or cruelly or slightingly of them, go and make amends. Ask forgiveness for your faulty speech, your unkind criticism, your rash and headlong condemnation of your false Innuendo, and, having done your best to repair your wrong, come then and offer your gift. If your child, or your wife, or your husband arouses your impatience Is it for you to fly Into a passion or indulge in bitter, sarcastic speech? If you have a dislike for someone, and you let drop an ungenerous word that arouses suspicion and feeds the flame of a slow, deep burning distrust, have you not really done the coward’s deed and struck below the belt? \ Jesus is giving us here the standard of a fine courtesy, the gentleman’s creed. The fact is we llve ln a world where words have an almost infinite power to bless or curse. And rest assured of this also, that the word of blessing blesses both the speaker and the one of whom he speaks, and the word of cursing curses, often, even more bitterly, the one who speaks the curse. The old proverb still holds true, “A soft word turneth away wrath, but grievous Words stir up anger.” Rev. Pascal narrower. Church of the Ascension, West Brighton, S. L

Success.

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children: who has filled his niche and accomplished his task ; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an Improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth’s beauty or failed to express it; who has looked for the best in others and given the best he had: whose life was an Inspiration; whose memory is a benediction.—Stevenson.

Bearinig the Cross Daily.

< To take up the cross of Christ is do great action, done once for all. It consists in the continual practice of duties which are distasteful ts us.—J. H. Newman.