Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 182, Hammond, Lake County, 24 January 1918 — Page 4
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THE TIMES.
Thursday, January 24. 1918.
THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS
j in contempt of justice and freedom and right, without conscience and without mercy.
: ----- - - ; surely every American denres to have a part in the BY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING & PUBLISHING 1 defeat of autocracy and the success of liberty and right.
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IT PAYS TO READ. The person who does not read his daily newspaper
i-Kai i 'hu-ac -!n.1:an;i Harbor, dally except , promptly and thoroughly in these dnvs is likelv to snf-
1 at the irst.iili. -' in Bast Chicago. ov- . . ,, . ' i fer considerable embarrassment and humiliation. This ;t:!iro7tr.ri; itmrrbntlut' 'i,;": ! was it or the roi si.rtae ! eg i l'a ly exept Sunday. En- ! shutdown. In spite of the fact that the newspapers carefi -t '.'f Vl!iVo l s 7 3. s"fcond-cUKsfu".v announced nil the details of the order closing fao-
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. r whatever department wanted.) Telephone 1.17 : on. K.i .it Chicago Telephone 931 st ("Iroijii Telephone 542-K i.. Time.' ". Telephone 23 tNews Healer) Telephone $"2 ihepoitcr and Claas. Ad v. V. Telephone Telephone SO-M Teiephoii' I J
j tories, stores and theatres many people who did not read their newspapers carefully went to the moving picture theatres expecting to spend their evenings as usual, onlv
-0, j to discover after a long trip throueh the snow that the
theatres were closed. This was hut a minor incident of many which were more or less amusing and some of which w.-re almost pathetic. On Sunday, despite the fact that the churches had announced in the papers of the previous day that they would hold no services because of the Garfield order and a desire to help save
Larger Paid-Up Circulation Than Any Two Other Papers j the coal dozens of people battled the cold winds lo in the Calumet Region. locked church doors.
The avoidance ;;
pt :ntfj at discietion.
i i ne aoiuanee o. personal inconvenience however
ve !iv tr.Mih'.e cc ine Tit limes mane com-, . ,
immediately 'to the circulation department. I is not the only reason for reading newspapers now with T-m . w ill not he rponsihl for the rfturn c( ; , , . . , , . . . air.-:.- or Vtler.-. and will not not ire an ony- ! Illlu 11 nioie consideration and thought than ever before.
IMimca.. !!. .Til. TV fflgneu v rur. I ne nt'CUS or ttlf nation ar wotr . i.ni!,n,l tli-o ll, ...,K
j scribers of papers cease to skim through their contents but give careful attention to the news of the day.. The
reading of headlines should be Iut a start to the complete reading of the entire paper. Through the press of
the country the government often hopes to
prompt and fun compliance with lost sm-i-
the Garfield order, which v. as issu d j
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have suggested that they did. How did the Fresident determine the price of coal .' This is what thosc who are in a pjsiliou to know say about that: Mr. Wilson asked the Federal Trade Commission to repot t on the. cost of production of bituminous coal. The report was given to him by the same. William U. t'olver who influ'n:e'l Secretary l'akT's denunciation of the earl-
days, giving priority to coal. That would have enabled thecn to build up a reserve to protect you from sudden shortages. There wag nothing doing. The railroads didn't want such an order. They had a scheme of their own. They suggested that certain nonessential Industries be denied coal and frieht facilities. Finally they made a "list of rvhat they considered nonessentials
EVKFtY time we get hitched up to go SOME place lately WE are sure to lose a pants button and we have begun to SVSrKiT that w-e are the victim of another well-timed I'KAL'LY German spy plot. ' WHY is it that when an editor gets about $4 3 Pscretly SAVED up for a few emergencies ai croup, heaves, burning eczema and such THE wifl alwava
TO properly decode the fuel ukase ANIJ the Income tax questionnaire 13 making reason totter KOK some people. CUT out not only the rtd tape
HIT also the rt-d tipe practitioners.'
lr agreement. At that time v ashing- ! -5 commodities. If these couldn't be ton expected Col r to be named as Fuel J made for lack of coal and moved for
.Administrator, t oiver iint mat e.v- i ia. i or cars, said the railroad."
poctatlon, and wanted the. office. The report went to the White House.
proolem would be solved.
the
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THRIFT STAMPS.
FINDS that the curtains on a rirticulur lu-iir OF windows simply will have to be replaced AND that's all there is to it? "KVCi: have we been very friendly to the members of the mosquito family HUT honestly we would be delighted
secure j TO shake hands with one and inquire
It would hav solved the Proble r,
Mr. Wilson studied it. Then he put on all tight: I; would have relieved the i his hat and walked across, in that in- : congestion. Put do you rernernbe' formal fashion of his that is so dis- Eamb's story of the discovery of rosv
concerting to bureaucrat, to the Trade I pig ' The house in which the pig waCommission offi-e. He afeked Col ver ! got burned down which wasn't a chea how the figures hnd been determined. ' way of roasting pork.
THIS is a nation of a hundred million And after he hnd listened to Col ver V j The mere rumor that there was on r PEOPLE with coal enou-h . It, I oxplanMloi. he decided to talk to ac- j a Hst -cared the bu-inea of the countr- " roal nou- : couiitants. They told him that the coat I out of it, wits, . .rnose you were mak LJOWELS to keep the world supplied j figures wtre based on an investigation . ing something included in that list" Sup lor tfifi mines out of ti.ijn'i. ('lie of them trnw th 14.. k.i . .
YET it can't keep its ownsclf , ' ' , ' X . tnrougn. ant
.. v.-jui.j in-.vf. Boc no more coal not
ptiees nsi-a on tneicars.' lour ban'
WARM; oh rnes amis what a sad SAD commentary.'
I'XLIKE most followers of journal ism we
OHEATLY
ANT) we probably shall admiring the man who
sue!) orders as i
v.-hut
THE TIMES is pleased to accede to the wish of the executive officers of the War Savings Committee in announcing that Lake county's quota of the $2,000,oeo.i'o'.t War Savings and Thrift Campaign is $2,917,S2'. This quota is computed on a basis of $20 for every man, woman nd child in Lake county.
advance oi the time that it became effective. To keep abreast of the times one must read the paper every day to understand wh.it is go'ng on and lo act accordingly. It pays to do so. South lb.-nd Tribune.
two dny.5 in ( THE prospects were for a good-obl-
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fashioned rummer. FEW things are impervious to hard cash. BLIZZARDS not only show up how badly some people neeil clothing
PI T they also uncover the nakedness d certain People's souls. WE c rt n inly are
wtiii th president but we suggest
idea had
aid:
-.Mr. President, uie pi e-es nx.-.a on tne cars: lour bank would have caiW
basis of our tttjur. s should be temporary your loans. Your creditors would havi and provisional." I demanded Instant payment. You'd havi Mr. Wilson's proclamation speciflcal- I been in bankruptcy in twentv-fnc
, ly stated the prices to v provisional. ; hours: And what was happening t,
venerate other intellects'"1 1r' field, ns-ud of Mr. tolvcr, , you M happen . over the country
: oceanic, i u''i d':i:ii:n;ua"ji. .-.ui-j oeen tnrown out
! shortage and the jam on the railroads. I The panic that would have folio we.'
j The railroads say and it's true that t sums of j they are doing the bet t le y can. They gave the mines 32 j,6:'l nvre cars in
(eight months of th- past yar than in
j the same time the previous, and f '-ill j white house.
1 fell short of requests by more than two
GARDNER STILL ELOQUENT IN DEATH. The first shining mark claimed by death in our war against Germany is Major Augustus P. Gardner, who resigned a seat in Congress that, he might, take up arms for his country. In civil life Major Gardner was one of the first to foresee the needs of national preparedness; and his advocacy of them was as vigorous as it was sincere. He believed that war was unavoidable, and he labored incessantly to set our house inorder for it. When the war-cloul finally burst, it was inevitable that he should don his country's uniform; and his surrender of rank In order that he might be in line for an earlier entry into the trenches in France was wholly characteristic
of his impulsive patriotism. j The pity of it is that, if his life had to be sacrificed, j it should not have been gisen in ac'ion neainst the'
nanon's foe. rather than to fall a wctim. of the wretched conditions which surround our soldiers in cantonment. His death will stir Congress, where he will be remembered as so la'ely in his peat and taking part in the deliberations of that body; and it should stir Congress to a s'-nse of its responsibility to all the men now in camp in :his country. Major Gardner's death brings home 'o Congress the situation in the mobilization camps
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YES. there's plenty of room
AT the top PUT a lot of chaps can't stand the high altitude.
WHAT COVERS ROYAL SKIN. After all their isn't much difference between the
dress of a queen and a princess roy;d. than there is between the toilette of a steel worker's wife or the daugh
ter oi a railway engineer. No longer is it retral ntirnle ! that he
and hodden grey, as Dickens was wont, to write about. J GET a new boy for the fuel job
me Uv oi uueen.s queening it around w;tn a mass oi j N
jceu on I uen ne;ui ana enougti ermine to keep a troop of dyers and cleaners busy is passe. They dress well, but simply; fashionably, but of the gold .stuff and "rocks" they must sport no moie than good taste demands. For the ben-tlt of our readers we set down this clipping from a London exchange, which tells of some of the royal bloods of the little isle and their tailoring: The King and Queen, with Frineess Mary ?nd 1'rincess .Mice, Countess of Athlone. occupied the royai box at Fiiuav's matinee at II. s i Majesty's for he benelit of King George's Pension Fund for Actors and Acnes-es. The Queen wore amethyst velvet and fox furs, and aquamarine and diamond ornament Princess Mary J : h d a little wreaih of flowers round a elvet hat, with a dark dress and Princess Alice wore a s'ring of pearls, with a v-lvet jrown and a cherry -colored hat. Selling programmes were Lady Muir Mackenzie, Lady Price, and Lady La-kins.
KNOWS just whut vast sui:
money newspapers MAKE by suppressing news. IT seems that King Coal has been de throned
that action would have made the pan'r of 1907 and 1853 look like booms: So that idea was dropped t- .r,OI
is sn. as word of it reached -
OR has abdicated., OR something. LADY who writes market hints SAYS that kippered herring WILL serve a meal for four or fie YES, if you could inhale them INSTEAD of eating 'cm THEY would. WHATEVER way you look at it
Jutla'e T.rvtf fi . h .. i.i.u . j .
, . rr-i. .- .. V Ir ,m Iho , m. i -
minion cars. i no.--.; nb -ii -.s uro.- . w quests for
coal mens assertion ndi mv) w i "
1 rr Vint thev also ha k up the rail
road men's pb-a that they are making an unprecedented effort, because 1916 was a record year in coal movement and production. What you must realize is that you. with your war and all your other activi-
I ties, are putting an absolutely stagger- ! ing burden on th railroads. Your army ' had to have lumber for cantonments.
Your munitions plants made new , yo,.r ack of cfJ
frtight. Your troops many more man
priority orders, and issued
a new edict that ended the reign of the Mils envelope. Railroad fuel waf first, food second, military suppl.es an-' shipbuilding materials third, coal ant by-products fourth and coal for gen eral use fifth. In effect that o: degave priority "to SO per cent c.f ai! tin freight which was still mors that could be properly handled. Xo one. e ccpt, perhaps. Judge Lovett. espocl.. i
to give you any relief, especial!- s. t
THE war is proving that a man can1'
SMOKE cigarettes AXD still b . 'stecn kind" of a hero.
million of them had to be movea.
The shies you are building to- neat me;
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i submarines have to be made from ma
There you have tli" chief ica.
for your coal troubles.
j Garfield and the Food Adrninist
rate irjing to aee that you
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BOUT THE
'"Hal-, that the railroads must tarry lo,The emp,,8S,;s hag bem ;.v
the shipyards. And you cripriea iur
railroac3 even while j
these
i were making
i price to supply
-which is well.
Don't Steal Don't Waste.
GOAL SITUAT
(Continued from page one.)
CUT OUT ITS OWN NEWS.
I ed up under the tipple. Coil H taken ! He to- adic.e from William n. Colver I from the t-in, put into a mine car. and of the Federal Trade Commission and
The newspapers compelled to exert unfailing caution in printing war news can Mill have- a tood deal j
j run in that right into the railro.-id car.
That is true , f all tipple mines, and all
Down in Washington, for weeks, coal
of quiet satisfaction at times. The I'laistian Science
Moniior for instance thinks that it is really amusing ' mg time tv trying to blame each utne-r
men and railroad men have been wast-
bu before that, in many a household all over the land, how the tables have ben turned in Fran
those same conditions have been emphasised by the loss of a son, a brother, or a father. For them, as well as for Major Gardner, Congress should now busy itself and assert itself.
ABOUT SHIPS.
the turn of the Government officials to
worried when a newspaper appears with a sheet which
obviously has been censored. The other day a solemn j
William Wilson. Secretary of Labor,, who some years ngo did have espert knowledge of conditions in the anthra-1 tile field. The- rcponsihi!ity was his.! Bui he acted as the mouth-piece of men i w ho v. ere not responsible. i t'oal men. who hotly resented his in-' lerferer.ee. still insist that Mr. Maker j
mint do much real harm. The lailroadi
men .-ay production was checked. The coal men deny it. The men in Wash
ington who had made the
uiiri eceaenieu oemanas With Garfield's sanction and r, e . ;
them. j coal ia bing pooled as it cores : . You hav sent every engine that has .he mine!,. 0 tkat th railroad hu: been made here since April to France j may be r.,ade short as possible, t;
i for the lines you are building Dtnmi means a i al saerifl Ice fo r t! ieo; e - , i
Pershing's battle fion'. You have call- ; Trade names, good will bui'.t ';p '. ed upon thousands of railroad men to j year, have been given up. v,v,'
1 volunteer for your artnj and have draft- I ha -e come to prefer a certain .-..at t: J ed thousands more. you ordered by name. You can t do ' And ail thi lime freight hat been ptl- now. Ylu order and gt jut c 1 j ing-ip. What it comes to is this: You j j,. A. nead. working under To . I have asked the rullroads to move half j fi.H, tries to see that coal o- v
j as much freight agin n thiy-did Ust it is most needed. And he apportioi. year and even last year tbey wcrejft,aj aecrd.ng to the titgeney of ; ;. j strained to the ver limit of their j neP(,s. j a tow n is abort of con!. " . . ; . rt ..i..At vnur flrmind. NOW I nir.tt Cn..rl A r. A S n n w u ,. 1.......
itbfv are asked to do more. Suppu eveiy morning where all the coal i
O I divert eoal to that town or to mt-
lart measure? Tliat's ! nition plant, a. shipyaid. a steel mi
as the case ma;.- be. Sometimes a spoke is pushed ir
water into j
w hnt you've P"- an to the railroads! Tliraa Pisti to the Quart.
t any 'the wheel of progress. Blankville beg;
TVhil tlie fuel administration exempted plants either building ships or fabricating them for our war merchant ftoet. Nature has by previous acts nullified the rulings at Washington. In reality the terrible winter and its especially se-. ere blizzard of January 11 and 12 Lit our shipping plans a terrible blow. We have an example of i' right, here. Plate mills in Gary and Indiana Harbor have orders for ship plates. Due to 'he rhao'ic condition of the steel industry they have produced but little this mon'h snd face diminished production for weeks to com. Many editors have been wondering whether Noah's shipbuilding program was attended by delays or con
gressional investigations. Noah did not build a ship. I
While the ark was of respectable dimensions, ff-et long, S7 feet breadth and oT'i feet high, it was not a ship, this vessel of cypress, waterproofed with pitch. Tl;e ancients, who produced the bible, refer to its decks a.' "stories'' and while this may amuse sailors the biblical writers wrote correctly. Noah s ark was rather a shower and not a ship, for it had neither rudder nor hieering apparatus. While British output of ships is crowing new pro
duction does not equal losses. That is serious, nut activities in Japanese and American shiry ards are be-j are ginning lo balance losses of the allies. ! Every time you hear in the quiet of the night the ! 10; v and munching of the giant rolls in the plate mills ! jus' remember that it- is another blow at the U-boats. I
the entirely new basis on which t ho censorship being cxt.-cised.
now The operators don't admit this.
MORE MEATLESS AND WHEATLESS DAYS. Perhaps by the time this editorial is in print president will have proclaimed more meatless
WAR SAVINGS.
wheailess days. This has been expected because there is a grave shortage in the world's food supply. In England workmen the now demanding rations. Government officials at London poinl with significance to the fact that, it is going to take hard stretching to make food last from April to Aueusi. and should the com ng crops season have the sevorjiy for its summer that has attended this winter there will bo all (he more reason for conservation. It is not alone in blockaded Hunlaiid that, there must be sacrifice. Its demands are at our own doors. Accept whatever mealies and wheatless days that
to come with cood grace. OPEN THE WINDOWS NOW. English papers are doubting if the Uni'oiJ States wiil receive Mr. Austin Chamberlain in a friendly manner, when he comes over wearing a monocle. Sure we win: W would even stand for spat s in an ally.--Minneapolis Journal. We'll stand an: ihing from :n ally except garlic. Lord
Put
there is something m what the railroad
men so j . j Some p'opl? sa-.v .esr'.y lnt summer, i that there was going to be trouble about l coal this winter. The Council of Na!ll"!tionat Defense got to work. The counand ' ril lias en advisory commission, made
tip i'i some ot tne nggesi iusnios! men of the country, and it was created precisely to sae ou from troubles like this coal shot tage. It put the coal situation up to Francis -S. Pea body, a bis Coal man from Chicago, and he and Franklin K. Lane, the Secretary of the Interior, grappled w ith it. Coal was away up. Kxeryone w.jnted COa 1. The demand wns getting brisker all the time. Naturally, prices had gone up. When a product is scarce it's alhv:? expensive. Lane and I'eaoocy found coal selling &t a basic price of about $ a ton at the mine. They felt that prices would go still higher unless some'hms could bo (lone. And they fell that to groat a strain would be put upon your pocket book They tilked to ih men who run ihe mir.es. The result was an agreement to cut the price in half to make the basic price ? a ton. Secretary Lane said that was a fne and patriotic thing
Ce: .1 IS now" i ut ine siku iniv. ok e in a vwm. ii...
:et anxious and ! "1'l "-'" tP tacking the coal
t men lo uikc a snot m j-o . vii n'.i'i
the President. As a matter of fact,
they are all. railroad men, coal men,
official note was issued to this effect: "An evening pa-! Government officials, doing their honest
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per nas appearea wnn a Diana, in its latest news columns. ' ! -e-.- ivtiraiins , were most ne
Ti .c- ,it, ,,n,.- ti, ,.,i.;.j" inn 1" wnai you vani tiiem loinom operaiora an our the country
" ' -. ..o .-v-.s , !o; probably aren't interested in occurrence v.as ex pained, on the following dav by the t,K jr j,,,.,. Temps, tlie paper concern d. !? had blanked out some; The railroad men say that your treuof its own news, having lotind a repetition at the time i bios began -Alien the Government fixed of going to press. The consternation of govenimf.nl ! e-uees for the lotunnnous coal last rum- ..,.,, . . - . . , , ! mer. They contend that those prices officials is the subject of n stood derl of amusement. ; uf ip t0 nn,, Ulal opcrators ttt but it is also much appreciated, as very clearly showing t less coal than they might have done.
Thev arc trying. There
doubt about that. Tbey pooled freight i Snead for coal, an 1 gets his precis' cars and engines. They created the; that it will get cos! on a certain da.. ' Railroads War Board, in Washington. BlarkUnr. ten miles up the line. get. w hich jsued orders to every road in another promise. Plan'Aourg. seir.:
i the country belonging to the American ii-muvn le s cna I passing throe an. l.el-v 'Railway Association: and the Commis- itself and upsets Srjead's carefull;. i sion on Car Service. w hich ordered j prepared plans. That sort of thing go.
pgtxement i fltlg.lt cars to the points w here Uiey i on every day. And you can't get aw a
jod. w u.n 1". j ne only way that this shoit-
i,i tiii thev didn't sole that rreb-; age can oe stopped is for everyone :
asking if the agreement was broken. If , ' nf nut t Int "thrive tints into a quart ' help to submit to the authority of tit-
they didn't see why thev ; can-t be done . Of course ! Fuel Administration In Washington ar.o
:mg a ton, or
it was
shouldn't go on char
more, if they CoUld get it. The V offered what they and Lane considered a patriotic sacrifice: if it was rejected.
: cornf u I iy, they stuck tained the 21st.
all right:
egree.t pIlcs
Put iii the end 1
until
i it can't. Hut something must be done i If there is more freight than the rail
! roads can possibly move. I hv the board, must wai
its Stste and county representative. P it Garfield's best card is con."! .;
ome must eo i i' u on neea i.ny minion nort And there j tons than you can get. the only t ii
. i- . - - v-i 1 u t '0 'l ca p. rl r.
i a wav oi iOlvmg ine j-iooiem i..-...-
to the agreement and main- ; , 1 the supr
UKUSt! n-l- c,.,.,..ni Trtlv realizing the ibis: electric
!.; : ,.ate1 a Prijilti'-s Board
worrying: , .... t..j if,hert S. l.o'.ett. who Mti
uouiii in.- j.ri'f you v.ouki oave to pa for roal tins w inter a price that would.! of course, affect you indirectly as well j
by arre ting prices of other things. Tb
am.- bill that put food under Hoover's I i . ., --i ... .-t V.-.t vet. It
The Government was still
- . aim vv.-e
had a very greet reputation a- a ra?Troad man. at its head. The idea was to
i move i.rt ttie in-isni .-- I most lovooriant. Put in practice
rou mat put looo under Hoover s ,--t
mrol took care of fuel. And on Aug. ! Unsn-t nept you
.ir. vnon issued a proclamation
is to r.ave down neds t ; . You'll hnvc to forcgl;ght signs if you IP. e L.
Tbey use 350n.iO ton? of cos-! r
You'll h,-e to sae coal in eei
w.-R you - an. e'n ..'an. TO Cere is to be a cos! ti.' cl liovels are lo be taggtd with br
uising the n.-;n who t ;y th
' ICS.
..i
i-ork- '!. Not yet.
from being short of
n .fi '
basic price of J- a ton for coal; There was the famous or notorious ithout upsetting- contracts a!- i-vlletin '". The railroads if sued that.
made nt a high, r price. Alo IT.'.. .. .. i.,..,.i...-! ,-, eive iref.rer.oe to
lixing but i -ady
tiarfield was named to administer coal!
?nd to m-ikc
iiecessai ;. . m pri
Th.-.t (ius.-d the
ir u.-is intend'-d
to give
imnnriniit nrmv ;.nd nnvy orders and
barges, if they proved fr.,Kht! If a freight car cmried goods
I needed for 'war purposes, it's wav tell wan rtage, say tbej, ... r,,,. o. ., blue envelope, and every
railroad'. The pre e was too low. Tne . blue envelope on us s'de was
-ild say that cu shouldn't, , ruh(.A tt;,-u anead of all
-.r in tbeorv that was line. Ir
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Stamps sre 'lie rao'i help any of the diplomats from the Paikans or anywheto democratic of Investments and American expects every i else'if ihe;. reel; of that invention of the devil. American to show love of republican institutions by in-1
vesting in this democratic security. The aggregate THE superannuated Chicago Trio having su
Presii-eii i.
pay i.ioj.; than a price based on $2 a ton at tlie mine for soft teal. Put "ay the railroads, ba Uel by common sense and economic law he couldn't force anyou" to mine coal and sell it t you at that price; It was too low: the fact that the Fuel Aonunisti atioii has increased it proves that contention. Fixing tha Price. But the coal men carried on as well as tbey could. Home motes shut down.
Others cut dow n production until t hey
f all other, e. In prac- j
ticc it was impossible. Too many poo-, pie were allowed to use those blue en-; vetopen. Why. every second lieutenant in the Quartermaster's Department ;
I could plaster a blue envelope on a car. I The navy bad eo,ua! rights. Shippers! j could say that their stuff wis -vital for: j war needs, and get blue envelope.: w hen j often all they wanted was to mak; i quick delivery and aet their money. Of!
i
carries out. his own ashes hang up the furnace in 'he front window.
smount of the investments and the number of investors j that people who shovt
in these War Savings securities are in a way the answer snow shove! in the front window as a service badge of tlie people of this great democracy to the call of ihe w'e may now expect it to advocate that the fellow who
cause of democracy throughout the world and the vin dica'ion of civilization and humanity. They afford every person, however humble, and however small his means, the opportunity to contribute his means, the opportunity to contribute his part, to do his hit, in this grea struglo against the military masters of Germany who seek to dominate the world
for the coal men to do: Iv praised them
warmly. Everything looked fine. There affected by the new prices
w a still a Rood profit in mining coal at that price, but it mss a rrice you could afford to pay too. And then Me. Baker, the Secretary of War. who was
i-inrir .4 tot of the ftciaht effeeted was
till ! ...... Tj..t !,. 0-lfl
inil"'l mill. i.wl iv-'i " a -t. i -... ,..v., practically everything wa getting pret
ested
snow off their walks put tlie I chairman of the big council, butted in
He said tho new price was extortionate. He denounced the agreement. Bakar Took Advice. Mr. Baker is not a coal expert. He is
j Secretary of War and he used to be mayor of Cleveland and a lawyer of noil unlthat eiti. He didn't denounce that
other i
ll.i-ir Jiitjli-pi ice cnlrac's, v. men w eren i i
nu' ' '' erence nolhinc got preferepce. You can
coal me, made hero,, effort, to induce ... thRt ul f8.j)v. the operators to keep up their supply. . t,jo H,u, Pve,op.
1 rice., will ne raiseo. iney qm. ;,-1 out the- .-..ai! Po it without pront, if you nun.-'', for a tinm. You can make enough p-"' fit en ;mr contracts to offset
partly at at. tf yo'i are fitting in your window now looking in vain fr the ap;earance of the coal man with
be cat eftil. F.xperts will go Into tones teaching fircT.en how to set '. ;,-i :esu;ts from the !e.i?t ci-;'!. And on top of that, P. P. N,..yt president of the t'neida C -iruur.: iy. i coil se :-va t ion chie f 'ruier t'ai -ie;. s w.tiii.r. t-i.t e plan, fo- v-vl.:r:'3: snving oy vaiv'':"- uuiust! tbat -..ei!-things less essei-tial to tb-; w than munitions and ships r.nd 2.:-:.;: end nr.va! supplies. IP vsnu the to agree to 'ire j p,- ..-e nt V-o- c.al and tbey aie iiue',:ing him up si. i r !y. Then. w!:e:i they've mac's tbei. agreer.iciiis. be wants go'ernient leg u!ati-n to make the facing ti" i:-e cent effective. That's niifhty di'."eie.nt from the plan of huitin? e'f coal from such industiies altogether. And N hopes to save thirty million tons o:' -:'.-;.' thiit way. tiit A rangllng. loie I n.il. No, there s plenty "f n-a! ur.Jc:
f grtensd. A uo-ply c;-n't h-. :,-.;tf-' and i.o.'.-fl i-v'-euse c' '!: iar s;.e,it:-ge iT'ie freight preblen;.- i.i it b- m! "j ; lie'.ir' ihe eei,! aihortas" 'an b per- ; manent ly ended. Priority i sn be ueI fel. bat only if it eiiip! tyed s--.e:ii !flcj ally, instead of in the hit-or-mis, ra.h- ; ion in which it has been u--ed urt to ! now. For the moment a reduction
HONESTLY it just begins to look to ; a tree as if nobodv in tin.-- cotintry nor in an
going to amount lo a tla.nn but the good old common peonle when the war is over.
agremeict out of his own Knowienoe. Me took advice from men other than
those speciflcal ly charged with seeing ti And. generally speaking, il that there should b no coal ftmm. didn't sulk a-id quit - as
your lo.-soe on the cm I ou have to sell 'at less than est of production." There misht ba-.e been more coal for your cellars, for the bins of jrnir factories, if the 1-w price badn t been fixed. Hut the coal operators d:d pretty well. Tbey are producing "n.00'i,nnii ton more than a tear ago. m spite of everything.
the cal men the railronds
l ii (iiiii. oi i.ir on.o . i oi eonsu m; '. ion is tne oniy tiling that
the quarter of a ton of coal be prom- j con give relief isd you day before yesterday. They j p. as little e.-.al as posii.e. Pon t clogged the railroads, for all the ex-j store or hoard coal. That's what Oarrellent intentions of those who first j field asks of you. Put you l ave the thought of them. ; right to give sc-ue order to Wuahinglloover and Garfield wei w.-rr in j ton too. Yoti have a right to say: about cu r food and coal supplv. They ' yuit passing the buck! Step w asting went at Judge l.ovett hammer and I time in trving to put the Maine on tends to gel real priority orders. The ! someone else: Spend that to-ae in gtcoal producer backed up Gar.Vhl. Tb,ey i ting the e.al out oi the mines unci wanied an order, even if fo- thirty I rnovine it ou the railroads --t. us:
IMOTKV DINK A Hard Dav's Work for Ilonrictta
By C. A. VOIGHT
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