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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-11
THURSDAY, DEC. II, 1918.
A HAIL INSURANCE.

The information contained in the
statement regarding state hail insur-
ance for 1913, issued by Insurance
Commissioner Taylor yesterday, is de-
cidedly interesting and throws some
light on problems that were before the
last legislature.
Before the passage Of the bill which
Forum advocated that the law be
amended to lower the premium. The
opposite course was pursued by the
legislature, with the result hat the
business slumped to such an extent
that it is practically negligible.
In 1912 there were 2,5O5 policies.
Under the higher ate there were but
773 policies issued in the entire state.
If North Dakota is going to so into
the hail insurance business at all, it
should make the farmers such a prop
Usition, that practically every farmer
in the state would get into the game.
IT the price per acre was so low that
40 farmer could afford to do without
it, it would bring in a fund that would
undoubtedly be sufficient to pay for
all losses.
Hail is a freaky proposition. It
never has wiped out the entire crop
of the state. 1t goes in strcaks and
while some sections may have suffer-
ed an almost total crop failure from
his cause, the total loss in the state
has never been great cOmDare6 with
the total crop raised.
The Forum agrees with Commits
sioner Taylor's recommendation for
one or two expert adjusters, under
state supervision. The state hail in
surance law would be a good thing
for the farmers. if it were worked out
in a business-like way.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
Calls 1t M audIin.

Louisville COurier-Journal: A most
~nauseating spectacle is that now be-
ing made by a lot of maWkish senti-
mentalists over the country who are
working up petitions for the pardon
Of a Connecticut woman who has been
condemned to death for murder. 1t
is well known that nothing Is harder
to secure from a jury than a verdict Of
guilty against woman charged with
murder, and it must, indeed, be d
strong case When suCh a Verdict-One
in a thouSand-is returned. However,
the people who are sending in these
petitions for the pardon Of Mrs.
Wakefield do not base their action on
the question Of her guilt. Their sole
plea is that h is q woman, that she
is u mother, and that she should be
turned loose to take are Of her chill
dren. 1t is a maudlin philosophy,
which would free every woman from
the penalties Of her crimes because Of
her sex, though If sound in the case
of a Oma it could be no less sound
in the case of a male criminal who
happened to be the head of a family
which looks to him for support. 1t is
a philosophy which would prevent the
punishment of any crime which even
men, seeking to shield themselves
from the law, might induce or employ
WOmen to commit.
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War? What Ear?

Kansas City Times: When trouble
between France and Germany threat
ened. because Of the Algeciras Incl
dent" great mass meetings Of work
ers We're he'd throughout Germany
and France in protest against militar-
ism. The civilian people Of the two
nations pledged their friendship.
More particularly, the socialists (the
most numerous party group in Ger
many and one Of the largest In
France) proclaimed the international
solidarity Of the workers. v
When Italy projected it's war for
TripOli great demonstrations against a
fight for conquest were held-vbut I'M
aVailingly.
In the time Of the Balkan crisis,
Austria-Hungary was kept from arm
ed intervention not alone by Russia.
Ear more by the pressure Of it's w
citizens, who also held monster meet
lngs to den0unce war.
The better patriotism that asks
"War?-what for?" and will not fight
unless the honor and the welfare Of
the fatherland are at stake is proving
the death of militarism.
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HER TABLE.

Mary bought a little table, such a
darling little table, "
With a laWless top of onyx of a
clear and lovely green:
And with pride she showed the fig
ures on the dealers printed
label,
And she set it in the parlor by a
gorgeous golden screen.
Did she put a vase upon it, just one
vase Of marble 1uty,
With some long-stemmed roses in
it to enhance the color scheme,
Or a lamp with amber fringes, or a
dainty Dresden beauty,
Or a trinket wrought of silver and
the smiths immortal dream?
Nay! she spread it with a cover made
of plush in red n yellow,
With a tinseled satin border in a
violent shade of blue;
And she's piled 1t up with batnbles Of
the kind to make a fellow
Think a peddler was displaying all
his saudy stock to view.
Pictures, boxes, vases, purchased in
the 10-cent stores. and trashy
Small contraptions tied with rib
bons, and with paper posies gay,
Painted sea shells, china poodles,
fimsy gee-gaws cheap and
fiashy,
. Hide the onyx slab forever, but.
alas! it's Mary's way.
-Minna Irving in New York Times.
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WHERE'S THE LoAFER's PLACE

The Boston Globe has this heading
over a long editorial: Farm no Place
Tor the Loafer."
The editorial goes on to prove the
statement made in the heading.
But it needs no proof. 1t is axio-
matte. The farm is a place where in
dustry and intelligence and persistent
application yield big dividends, and
where ~laziness and ignorance fail.
But where Is there a place for the
loafer?
Not in the school-because there, as
elsewhere, energy and application win
the victor's 1aurels.
Not in the ofice-for there the
hustler wins promotion and the loaf
aer gets kicked out because he is In the
way.
MOT IN the shop-for there the
steady, faithful thinking worker gets
the best wages and the foremanshins
n superintendencies.
Not in the store-for there those
VINO study the goods and the business
and strive to please patrons win the
shonors and the rewards.
s Not in the law, or in the medicine,
or in the ministry, or in the school
faculty, or in the newspaper-for
there as elsewhere, the loafer soon
ind his level, which is the nearest
exit. .
Then where is there a place for the
ioafer?
The grave, perhaps; there isn't
much going on there but resting
maybe that's the loafer's proper place.
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THAT HUSKY INFANT, 4
'.' @' THE PARCEL POST.

Duluth Herald: America will leave
its stocking UP a few days longer than
usual this year, in order to get a
handsome New Years present from
Postmaster General Burleson in the
form of a substantial increase in the
parcel post service.
& The weight limit on parcels in the
first and second zones will be in
creased from twenty to fifty pounds.
The weight limit on parcels in all
zones beyond the second will be in
creased from eleven to twenty pounds.
The rates in the third, fourth, fifth
and sixth zones will be reduced ma
t~erially.
And after March Is books are to
be admitted to the parcel post - a
thing that should nave been provided
by congress in the beginning.
Less than a ear old, the parcel
post has surpassed all expectations
in the amount Of business it is doing,
In the profits it is making, and in the
increase in its facilities that Postmas-
ter General Burleson has brought.
about under the general provision Of
the law authorizing him to change
rates and service.
In the beginning eleven pounds was
the limit of packages throughout the.
service. Then this limit was increased
to twenty pounds in the first and Sec.
and zones, and the local and first
zones We're practically made one for
~rate-making purposes. Beginning the
first of the year, ffty-pound packages
will be handled in the first two zones
and twenty-pound packages through
out the service.
These changes are in the public in-
terest. The thanks of the country are
due the postmaster general for his
wise and broad conception of duty,
which lis that he should exert himself
to serve the public and not to cramp
the public service in the interest Of
private concerns.
There is nothing now, to- prevent
the consumer buying eggs or butter
or poultry or amy other farm product
direct from the farmer for shipment
by parcel post. The express monopoly
is broken, and this steady expansion
of the parcel post viii prevent it from
var aaain aalaeezins unjust nrotlts
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bringing people of different capacities
n varying deserts to a common ev-
ell of W~ell-being, regardless of merit or
value.
Nothing could be more e~nervating
or degenerating than the adoption Of
anything like this as either a public
or a social policy. Nothing could be
mental idea of self-government and
individual freedom. There are help
less victims of misfortune and those
afflicted with physical and mental de-
fects which disable them from self
support. Where they have no kin able
to care for them, they cannot humane
ly be eliminated from society or left
to perish. Calamity sometimes be-
falls those who are not so afflicted,
which makes it incumbent upon So
ciety to see that they are not neglect
ed or doomed to suffering. But for the
normal n healthy mass of people,
there should be every incentive and
motive for self-help, and nothing
should be lone to weaken it. Those
who must earn their living by daily
labor, and they r the vast majority,
should feel that they have to support
themselves, provide for such families
as they may assume the responsibility
of having, and make such saving as
they can against time or misfortune
or g when they shall cease to earn.
They may not always be able, with the
best of effort, to accomplish this, and
due provision should be made for
those who fail through no fault of
their own; but the effort should be
encouraged and stimulated and moth
ing should be lone to relax it.
For the mass of those who work in
humble station there is need of habits
Of industry, frugality and prudence.
They are right in joining together to
get for their labor all that it is worth,
but they should also be taught the i'm
portance. of making it worth all that
they try to get. They are as apt as
others to give way to the impulse not
to earn ais thatsstheyzreGsiye and to
waste some Of what they do get in
stead Of exercising prudence in re-
gard to future needs. Everything that
vors of aid from others which is not
earned or paid for undermines the in
centiVe to effort, the exercise of fore
sight and provision for the future. 1t
is a positive injury to those whom it
aims to assist, a wrong to society and
a danger to self-government by the
people.
1t is we'll for those dependent upon
moderate earnings to unite and organ
ize for mutual assistance in time Of
HeSu anu luz lI6 "prOI1oLlOn OF tnelF
common welfare. Voluntary range
ments between employers and those
in their employment to insure against
the casualties of their occupation are
to be encouraged, but the less of CO.
ercion or compulsion and dependence
upon the enforcement of public provi-
sion the better for the cause of hui
manity, In all schemes of legislation
for pensions at the general expenses of
the community, for liability or COM
pensation by employers, apart from
responsibility for the occasion for it,
is beset with the danger of enfeebling
the sense Of self-dependence and Of
self or mutual aid, which is the basis
Of sound character and healthy prog
ress, and fundamental to fitness for
popular self government.
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by the idea of binding themselves fol-
a longer period,
1t apears, in brief, that the army is
progressing in the wrong direction
When the term Of enlistment was
shortened from four to three years
there was a marked increase in the
number of enlistments-though, this
condition may be partly accounted for
by the fact that the interesting prom
Uses Of the Spanish American war
were presented o after the short
ened term went into effect,
The fact seems to be apparent that
still shorter terms Of enlistment would
have been better than a longer term.
Young America "a derive no harm
from a period in Uncle Sans care.
Two Or three years Of discipline. and
ordinarily Of travel, are good for
young fellows who are not clearly
marked for some definite profession.
But ne mos promising type Of young
men are scarcely to be expected to
think highly Of the army as a perma-
career, unless they have an am
bltion to win a commission.
The nation would be the better off
Tor hundreds Of thousands of young
who had spent a brief term in the
army and had then passed on to other
pursuits. But the nation has not
reached a portland it Is to be hoped
1t may reach the point where
young men think Of the
ranks Of the army as a sufficient goal
in life.
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Start RIGHT, Il at Ali.

Buffalo Express; President Wilson
appears to have captured the progress
sives completely with his proposition
for direct presidential primaries. The
democrats, particularly from the
south. are more doubtful, and the re-
publicans appear to be waiting to
think about it.
The proposal is in apparent conflict
with the tenth amendment to the con-
stitution. No reform is necessarily
barred because it is not permissible
under the constitution as that in
strument now reads. The Constitu-
ton can always be amended if public
opinion so demands. If this proposed
presidential primaries would be un-
constitutional, in the opinion Of COM
petent legal authorities, then any agi-
tation in it's favor should take the
form Of a proposal that the consti-
tuition be amended. 1t is not fair to
enact deliberately an unconstitutional
law, let hi courts overthrow it and
then start an agitation to abolish the
courts.
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WEAKENING SENTIMENT
OF SELF HELP

New York Journal of Commerce:
There is nothing more Important to a
people subject to- selfSgovernment
than the inculcation of a spirit of per
sonal independence and s~eIf4support
in life. Nothing can be more destruc-
tive of the capacity for s~slf-gcvern-
ment than weakening the sentiment of
self-dependence, se1f-reliance and
self-help in all the circumstances of
lie, and fostering al sense Of depend
cnce upon g~overeumnt or upon tie
public for aid or relief. There is a
movement which has been gaining
ground in this country Of late, but
which had it's origin in lands of des-
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WIRELESS TELEPHONY.

Talking through the ether from New
York to London, something which a
few years g was beyond mems wild
est dreams, promises now within a
short time to become a reality. That
it can be o was proved a few days
ago by Marconi when vocal sounds
were transmitted by wireless tele-
phone from Clifden, ireland, to Cape
Breton, a distance Of more than 1000
mics.
While Mr.. Marconi, who personally
conducted the experiment., is careful
to say no actual words were trans
mitted, the fact that the broad
atlantic has been bridged by vocal
sound proves that it will be possible to
hold conversations between the old
and new continents. 1t was only re-
Gently that wireless telegraphy was in
its infancy. Today it is in common
use all over the world.
If wireless telephony makes as rapid
strides as the wireless telegraph has,
and there seems no reason in these
days of marvels to believe that it
Will not, the time is not far distant
when it will have been perfected and
put into everyday commercial use, The
possibilities of the wireless telephone
are boundless. 1t is hard to grasp all
that its perfection will mean to man
kind.
The world already owes much to the
genius Of Marconi. The completion
OF the long distance wireless telephone
will increase the debt.
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TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
IT'S GRANDMoTHER's RECIPE TO
BRING COLOR, LusTRE AND
THICKNESS TO HAIR WHEN
FADED, sTREAKED Oh GRAY.
IT'S GRANDMoTHER's RECIPE TO
BRING BACK COLOR, THICK.
NESS AND LUsTRE - EVERY
BODY Is USING 1T AGAIN.

Gray hair, however handsome, de-
notes advancing age. We all know the
advantages Of a youthful appearance.
Your hair is your charm. it makes
or mar the face. When it fades, turns
gray and looks dry, 'wispy and scragg-
ly, Just a few applications Of Sage Tea
and Sulphur enhances it's appearance
a hundred fold. ... .
Don't stay gray! Look young!
Either prepare the tonic at home or
get from any drug store a SO cent bot
tie of "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy. Thousands of folks
recommend this re~ady-to-use prepar-
alton, because it darkens the hair
beautifully and emoves dandruff,
stops scalp itching and falling hair;
besides, no n can possibly tell, as it
darkens SO naturally and evenly. You
moisten q sponge or soft brush with
1t, drawing this through the hair, TAX
ing one small strand at a time. BY
morning the gray hair disappears;
after another application Or two, it's
natural color is restored and it be-
m thick, glossy and lustrous, and
you appear years younger.-Advt.
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NOSTRILS and HEAD STOPPED Up
FROM COLD? TRY my CATARRH BALM

drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm
dissolves by the heal Of the nostrils;
penetrates and heals the infamed.
swollen membrane which lines the
nose, head and throat; clears the air
passages; stops nasty discharges and
a feeling of cleansing, soothing relief
comes Immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling,
for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils
closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh
or a cold. with it's running nose, foul
mucous dropping into the throat. and
raw dryness is distressing but truly
needless.
Put your faith-just once-in "Ely's
Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh
will surely disappear.-Advt.
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potism and ~aristoeracy, where caste
and class distinction prevail and some
in favor of schemes OF help for what
is ~inyidfously called fthe working
classes" In a free and democratic
country there are no classes and ev-
erybody is supposed togSbe doing his
share Of work fn zone way. or another
for the general prosperity. This
movement for extraneous aids includes
plans for oIdaage and widows PEN
sions, relief .fof sick or injured per-
sons by those who have employed
them, regardless of personal RESPONSE
bility. and sociaiistic projects for
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VOLUME xxXVTE, NO. 20.

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avenue and Fifth street NORTH Fargo.
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address slips.
Address all communications to The
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Very Ducal.

New York Sun: Pointing out the
vanity of titles to a group of debu-
tantes at a tea in New York, Freder-
lex Townsend Martin said:
"On a boat returning from Europe
I once heard a pretty girl say enthusi-
~astically to q young man:
"t:And SO you met a duke--a real
live duket'
Yes, he answered, yawning.
"tOil, tell me- said the girl, with a
rapt look, what was the duke doing !?
HE was engaged, said the YOUNG
man, in a high-kicking contest with
a chorus lady
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A Fair Proposition.

The manufacturers of Meritol Rheu-
matism Powders have so much conf
dence in this preparation that they
authorize us to sell them to you on a
positive guarantee to give you relief
in all cases of rheumatism or refund
your money. This is certainly a fair
proposition. Let us show them to you.
Central Drug Store, Sc Broadway,
Fargo, N. D., exclusive agency.-Advt.
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ttt..-. rl RI
LONG TIME IN ARMY.

The military authorities at Wash
tlgton are finding that the long-term
enlistment plan is having a marked
sffect In keeping recruiting stations
idle. Fewer men are offering for en-
tistraentt than formerly. Young men
who were willing 70 try the army for
the period OF three years, as formerly
demanded of them, are not attracted
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Instantly Clears Air Passages; You
Breathe Freely; Dull Headache
Goes; Nasty Catarrhal Discharge
Stops.
Try "Ely's Cream Balm"

Try "Ely's Cream Balm" '
Get a small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply a little in the nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages Of the head
will open; you will breathe freely;
dullrass and headache disappear. BY
morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone,
End such misery nowI Get the small
bottle Of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
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Ice crusher and biggest elevator In world. -
Six weeks have been added to the navigation season on the Great
Lakes and millions of dollars to the revenues Of farmers in western
provinces of Canada, by the giant ice cfushers now on duty at the har-
brs Of Port Arthur and Fort William.
These iee-crGshing tugs plow through ice even three feet in thick
famshMaa N r g; freighters struggling with the tremendous task Of
age capacity Of 100000 bushels does not solve the problem Of con
There we're 100000 bushels of wheat forwarded here il" 1911. e.
100000 in 1912, and there will be over 125,OO0O00 bushels this winter
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Automatic apparatus has been per
speed to pick up any number of mail
bags without iniuring their contents
and TO deposit others gently in~atroughs
heSiaaa kxack.
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Il NORTHERN.
I'm Erect NOV. 2, 1s13.
Enst mound Trnina,

East bound Trains. ~
No. 112 Grand Forks, local. .10:50 a. m,
No. Q, Oriental Limited via VI
breckenridge -. .11:35 D. nj.
No. 4, O~regorion via Fergus I#1
Falls ............ $40 p. m.
EMO. 13t Moorhead Northern. $3.50 a. m.
&No. IA, Local ST. Paul via
Breckenridge .... 7:45 a. m.
No. IL, Local st. Paul via
Fergus Falls -. 1855 a. m.
No. 10, Local via Breck.. 10000 ID. m.
No. so, Red River Limited
via Fergus Falls 1880 a. m,
No. 20, Fast mail. ..... sos a. M
West bound Trains.
No. 8, Minot local. ......... 1850 a. m.
No. 20, Red River Limited
Grand Forks ~. 6:1O5 a. m,
No. LIZ Grand Forks local. 2:40 p. M.
No. /. Oriental Limited via
Grand Forks .. . 6:15 D. m.
%No. 1876, Fargo Surrey line
n Aneta ....... 700 a. m.
sNo. 341, Mixed Portland
No. a. FAST hs1 Nah : 800: s s:sa ;. A 4.
Trains Arriving.
(Tie up over mighty
sNo. 1876 Minot-Surrey and
Aneta ....... 7:45 %. M.
No. III, st. Paul-Fargo local. 1850 3. M
EMO. Is, st. PauI-Fargo To-
cal via Brock. 500 "a. m.
mo. 13O, Noyes-Fargo local. s:3o 8. N.
mo-. 342s5 Portland Branch.ss 6:36 b. M
Except Sunday.
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from the public. lit will do well, in-
deed, IL 1T survives at all.
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CHICAGO, MILWAuKEE a sI. PAnr,

Trains Arriving From East.
NO. 403 +. sras
Mixed Train ..s... ~. 5:45 p. mi
Trains Going East
No.. 40s s.. Il. 80 b. m.
Mixed Train .s........s.. g:00 a. IN.
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jamestown Capital: When Presi-
dent Wilson is characterized by the
handsome DR.. Anna Howard Shaw as
an "adject failure" it is hardly to be
wondered hat the president has not
stepped on his foot in his hurry to get
a special message to congress advo-
eating some of the principles the milit-
n Mrs. Shaw stands for. Being a
gentleman Is sometimes a hard thing
for a lady.