Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 297, 25 October 1917 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY; OCT. 25, 1917.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND BUN-TELEGRAM

Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building, North Ninth and - Sailor Streets. R. G. Leeds, Editor. E. H. Harris, Mgr. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond. Indiana, aa 8eo ' end Class Mail Matter.

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A War For Democracy (By Thomas H. Barry, Major General TJ. S. Army, , Stationed at Camp Grant, Rockford. HI.) The .United States is now engaged in a GREAT WAR. It is no ordinary war. It is the culmination of a struggle centuries old between -t two forms of government opposed to each, other Autocracy and Democracy. Under Autocracy the government dictates to its people. . . Under Democracy the people dictate to their government. ; Under the one the people are servants of the government. Under the other the government is the servant of the people. The government of the United States is a great democracy. The central thought of its fundamental law is HUMAN LIBERTY. It was established by our forefathers and bequeathed to

us. For nearly a century and a half we have lived under it in the fullest measure of human liberty that any people have ever enjoyed. J 4 We are now at WAR to preserve the principle of Democracy. ' T TTTvnATItr J 1 J 1 T 11

upon vioiUfti aepenas wneiner we snun continue to enjoy our liberties or whether they shall be curtailed or terminated by Autocratic Will. ' If there be a man or woman living under the Stars and Stripes who has enjoyed the privileges that our Flag symbolizes, it is his or her duty, to ancestors and progeny; liberally to contribute to Victory. To achieve Victory, the government must have MIGHT and MUNITIONS. Its MIGHT is in its young men. It takes money to get MUNITIONS. In response to the call for MIGHT the young men have come forward unflinchingly but they are useless without MUNITIONS. The Government now calls for money. No man or woman who has shared in the benefits of Liberty and Freedom guaranteed by our government and which are now assaileoW-can withhold their means without failing in their duty to their government and to the men who have gallantly responded to its call. To withhold money will discourage our armies and give comfort to our enemy. To provide money the government is issuing bonds, popularly known as LIBERTY BONDS, in amounts so small that they are within reach of all. .

JUST AS THERE IS A LAST STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S BACK, SO THERE IS A LAST DOLLAR THAT WILL WIN THIS WAR. . I therefore urge every one who can spare that Last Dollar to place it at the disposal of the government withjthe satisfaction and thought that it may be that last dollar that will win the War and preserve the wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts from the indignities in the next generation which those of Belgium are suffering now.

More Articles Than Space .

Many people hold the erroneous notion that newspapers are on a search for articles and that they have trouble to fill their columns with news.

Just the opposite holds true. It isn't a question of obtaining enough news stories but of finding space in which to print them. Because of this scarcity of space, hundreds of articles are thrown into the waste basket every day. For this reason many articles that appeal to only certain classes and not to the majority of readers are thrown away. White paper has become so scarce that newspapers guard their columns with jealousy. An article must have a real purpose or serve a particular need before it will be admitted to the columns.

The Forum

(All articles for this column must not exceed 300 words. Contributors must sign their names, although the name will be withheld by the management at the request of the T.riter. Articles haying no name attached will be thrown" into the waste basket)

Do They Eat Too Much in the Army?

From Good Housekeeping.

HAT Napoleon said about the relation of soldiers' rations to their abUity to tight has been paraphrased by the celebrated Dr. Harvey W. Wiley

in an article appearing In Good Housekeeping for Novem-J

ber an article of widest interest to everyone with relatives or friends in the various branches of the service. Says the famous food specialist: "To plan a battle is of high significance, but the best plans will fail if the commander leads Ill-fed or starving soldiers. The first point that strikes the student of military dietaries is the generous portions that are dally issued to each man. Our food administration would be shocked at the ponderous portions supplied. The three guiding principles of military nutrition are the following: The food must be ample in quantity; it must be excellent In quality; It must be free of all adulteration and debasement. "The total weight of the garrison Army ration and this is the same as the Marine Corps is 68.7 ounces a day. This Includes coffee, salt, baking powder, vinegar, flavoring extracts, etc., which are not included in determining the food-value of the ration because they are condimental and have no appreciable food-value. "The total weight of the Navy ration, including condimentals, Is one hundred ounces a day. This does not In

clude any water or other beverage drunk during the day or used at meals. In other words, the Army ration, excluding beverages, is 4.3 pounds and the Navy ration, excluding beverages, is six pounds a day. "The travel ration of the Army, where the soldiers are transported and doing no marching, is somewhat less

j generous than that of the soldiers in garrison. The field

rations and emergency rations are prescribed by the commander-in-chief as the emergency may arise, and, of course, are more generous than the transportation ration. "The most striking feature of the Army and Navy ration Is the great excess of food beyond the physical requirements of the soldier or sailor. Persons who are overfed are threatened with disaster almost to the extent of those who are underfed. I am fully convinced that our soldiers would be better off if one-third of the food Issued to them were cut out."

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A LITTLE SLICE O LIFE

The other day I picked up an American newspaper And was delighted to find that It contained Not a word of war news; not a prediction of a Food shortage; not a word about the submarines; Nothing at all about the high cost of prunes; No expert advice on saving watermelon rinds; Xo "First Lessons in Knitting"; Nothing about what Lloyd George said that . Michaelis said that Ribot said That the Sultan of Turkey said. There was no cartoon of a skeleton Labeled "Starvation"; No predictions of dire calamities next year And I had a bully good read. . I consumed Everything, even the ads and I was the happy guy. Then I looked at the date line, Accidentally, and discovered that the paper Was four years old. which I claim Is rero in discoveries.

Another crisis. The situation in Russia is said to be so.xpless. Hurry with the fats. 0 :r idea of no sort of calling is that of being a pretzel bender in France. The Baltimore "Sun" says: "One day of Maryland oysters has been known to change a sinner into an angel." If they are tainted with a few ptomaine germs, it's almost a cinch.

We fully believe that he earned every cent of the money. The oldest butcher in the country has just died at Altoona, Pa., aged ninety-nine. He was believed to be the last butcher who "threw In" a couple of pounds of liver with the order of steak. We have established the following "meatless" days in our homo, a certain meat being tabooed each day: Monday Bear. Tuesday Moose. Wednesday Venison. Thursday Mountain goat. Friday Elephant. Saturday Antelope. Sunday Hippopotamus.

through a trapdoor which represented the gates to Hades. His majesty got trough all right he was used to it but Faust, who was quite stout, got only about half way In and no squeezing would get him any farther. Suddenly an Irishman exclaimed devoutly: "Thank God, hell is full!"

The following has been submitted by the Social Service Board for publication: To the Public: Some three years ago, there was very much .criticism In this community as to the manner In which charity work was conducted. This matter was

taken up by the directors of the Commercial club and a committee 'was appointed to form a new charity organization. After much work and effort, the Social Service Bureau was organized. At the time of Its organization. It outlined certain work which it proposed to do In the way of decreasing the number of calls upon business houses for charitable aid. To remedy this it proposed to raise one budget to care for all charitable organizations in the city. The Social Service Bureau has operated for three years doing as we believe, much gocd work in the face of continued opposition from some sources. It has had the full cooperation of public officials, and the Board, with two exceptions, has worked in splendid harmony during these three years. The Bureau has now discontined its

work, hoping however, that another organization will be promptly formed, so that the good work which has been accomplished during the last three years shall not have been done In vain. The members of the Governing committee of the Social Service Bureau are still interested in,the charity , work In our city, and are desirous at

this time to express to the public their willingness to co-operate in any way possible to continue the efficient administration of charity in this cimcunity. So that the public may better know some of the things which have been accomplished in the past three years, we state below some of the conditions which were found prior to the organization of the Bureau, and

some of the things which we believe we have accomplished for the good of the community. Existing Conditions Before Bureau Was Organized - 1. Citizens, and especially business men, appealed to repeatedly for charitable funds by persons in behalf of others or for themselves. A number of families making a practice of house to house begging., ' 2. A great deal of duplication in charity giving by various societies and independent charity workers, encouraging pauperism in Richmond. 3. A great deal of charity giving" without proper investigation, encouraging charity Imposition In this community. 4. Other communities dumping their dependents and defectives upon Richmond for support on account of Richmond's charitable reputation. : 5. Children sent by parents as applicants for charity, encouraging a new generation of dependents and paupers. 6. Women applying for charity instead of husbands supposed to be out of work, encouraging idleness and lack of thrift. 7. Lax enforcement of non-support laws, breaking down family responsibility. 8. Lax enforcement of laws against street begging; street begging by transient beggars being general in Richmond. 10. Children committed wholesale to Institutions for dependent children, placing them upon the support Of the taxpayers, being a more easy solution than compelling partis to properly support their offspring. 11. Lax enforcement of compulsory education and child labor laws. 12. Scarcely a record kept of work with dependent families, reasons for

giving aid, or amounts received by each particular family. Objects Sought Through Organization - of the Central Bureau 1. Centralizing all charity efforts In one general management having charge of the collection of charitable funds, and exercising an advisory supervision over all charitable work In the "city through the employment of a trained and experienced social worker as general secretary. 2. Making one general appeal per year for funds for charitable purposes, the amount definitely fixed in advance and based upon budgets of needs presented by all the organizations. 3. Establishing systematic cooperation between the various agencies and individuals and public officials, abolishing duplication of effort and Imposition. Results Obtained 1. Central Bureau organized and active for three consecutive years. 2. Individual givers appealed to only once a year. . 3. Duplication of effort and charity Imposition reduced to a minimum by systematic co-operation between agencies and public departments. 4. Very little dumping cf dependents and defectives by other communities upon Richmond. 5. Street begging and house-to-house begging practfcally stopped. 6. No charity giving without proper investigation. 7. Children no longer used as charity applicants, but husbands forced to apply for charity if out of work instead of their wives and children. No

family is today receiving charity hecause of non-employment. 9. Dependent children In Institutions at the expense of taxpayers reduced from 95 to less than 30. 10. Intelligent enforcement of compulsory education and child labor laws. 11. All Investigations being made for the township trustees office as provided for by law and all relief, except emergency relief being supplied out of taxation..' A large number of habitual applicants being cut off, and idows -with children, and where there is sickness, having their amounts given in relief, doubled and trebled over previous allowances. 12. A thorough system of reliable records established, and kept up to date. 13. Investigation made and exact investigation obtained with reference to tuberculosis in city - and county, arousing public interest In tuberculosis hospital and tuberculosis nurse for the county. 14. Public interest In baby welfare aroused through Baby Welfare Week and through baby welfare work. Respectfully submitted, CJCWeRNING COMMITTEE OF SOCIAL SERVICE BUREAU. Richmond, Ind., Oct. 24, 1917. John Melpolder, Esq., Richmond, Indiana. Dear Mr. Melpolder You have finished three years work in our city as General Secretary of our Social Service Bureau. Most of the members of your Board

have been In close touch with youj work here during all cf this time, anJ appreciate fully the koen Interest yoi have taken In your work, and con Bcientious manner In which yon havl continuously applied yourself to it. ' You began your work here at th time , we were attempting to admlni ister our charity in a bUBinesslik4 manner. We were changing from th old way to the new. As board mem bers and as citizens we - appreciate the great service you have rendered this community. And now as yoii leave to continue your work in & new field, you can leave knowing thai both yourself and your work bear th most hearty endorsement and ap proval of your entire boaid. Very sincerely, Cora Dickey Rush. Mrs. M. F. WarfeL J. T. Giles. Chas. W. Jordan. Mrs. Lee B. Nusbaum. Frederick G. White. J. F. Hornaday. L. S. Bowman. Emma 2?ller Dennis. A. J. Whallon. J. O. Edgerton.

The American consul-general " at Mexico City has transmitted the information that agricultural machinery of all kinds is now exempt from Import duty.

The city of Riga is the seat of government for the province of Livonia. Under normal conditions it has a population of 504,000.

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Senator La Follctte says he is ready to be etood against the wall. But the firing squad is going to Germany to look for bigger game. A Dixon, 111., girl has been bitterly criticized, even by the local paper. She married against the wishes of her parents, her friends, her teachers and her minister. - So she probably will live happily ever after. A Vermont man recently killed seventeen skunks and sold them for $31.

"I'm surprised to find you working over a gun," commented the gentle stranger at Crimson Gulch. "Well." replied Broncho Bob, "Three-finger Sam Is on a rampage and he has dropped some hints' that he is particularly irritated against me. "But you ought to be an optimist." "Whai's an optimist?" "An optimist is a man who smiles and believes everything will turn out for the best." "Well, I ain't an optiml6t this minute. But I will be as soon as I get the automatic oiled and some cartridges into her." A British gunner who had successfully passed a blacksmith's course, was home on a furlough, wearing the hammer and pincers on his arm, when he was accosted by a civilian, who asked what the decoration was for. "Oh," replied Tommy, "I'm an army dentist!" "I see." said the civilian. "Of course the pincers are for extracting teeth. But what is the Idea of the hammer?" "Well, you see, it's like this. Some of the chaps are a bit nervous, so we use the hammer to chloroform them," was the reply. Once in Dublin towards tho end. of the opera Satan was conducting Faust 4

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