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THAT strange word. and yet
that familiar word. ''Darda-
nelles," stares from the news
pages at millions of readers
many times a day. This strip
of water, under the name of the Helles-
pont, was dreamed of and written of by
those classic scribes who to the men of
today seem to have written the preface
of the world. The word Hellespont is
so old that it reaches back to the dim
and misty age when the ram of the
golden fleece sped through the air with
He1le and phrixus on his back, and the
strait takes it name from Helle, who
fell there, while the ram sped on. That
all happened ages ago and long before
Jason and his wonderful crew of Argo-
| nauts invaded the poison wood of Ares.
| in Colchis, in quest of the golden fleece
| 1t was the Hellespont which Xerxes
bridged with boats. The plans and plots
Of Darius and Datis against the liber-
ties of tn. tirecian cities having gone
astray at Marathon and Platea, Xerxes
son of Darius, entered on the scheme
Of Grecian conquest. Ten years after
Marathon, Xerxes assembled 1T 5ardis,
| in Lydia, close by the Hernus river,
been brought under arms before.
Troops came from Arianna, Media,
Assyria, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Syria,
Parthia, Aria. Sogdiana. Dactriana,
Gedrosia, Cappadocia, Phrygia and
Egypt. 1t may be that some came from
the wild lands beyond the Jaxartes
river or the Indus.
For transporting the army into Eu-
rope %erXes caused double bridge
OF boats to be built across the Hellcs-
pont, where It is q mile wide, and in
! 4S0 Is. c. the host. which Herodotus
puts down as 100000 lighting men
and ships crews, crossed the bridge in
two columns, taking seven days and
nights to make the passage" A his
torian has written that "a great fleet
consisting of 1900 triremes, each
| manned by 200 rowers and thirty
| fighting men, and many smaller ves
! sells, pursued its course northWard to
the Hellespont and then steered west
! ward, keeping close to the coast so as
! to be in constant communication with
the army. Meanwhile the prodi gious
array having entered Europe nd
vanced westward through Th.aca and
Macedonia and then turning :cuthward
| through ThessalI poured itself III
| mighty deluSe over the northern states
! of Greece and moved toward Attica."
| Then followed Thermopylae, that
great-sung pass between the mounts
of Oeta and the marsh of Malls. There
| stood LeonidaS and his Spartans and
| his Thespiansi And then followed the
| destruction of Athens and then Salamis
and the Persian route. which recalls
! that
| king sat rocky brew
| Which looks DER sra born SaIamis.
/ And ships by thousands lay below
Ard men in iaitiOas-a all Were Ills.
! He counted i:rfu n break of day:
{ And when the set. where they:
! After Salamis, Plataea and Mycale.
/ 1t was this same old Hellespont which
| Alexander, great son of Philip, pom
| TONED on his way to the Granicus, to
| Issus and the east to return the com
pliments of the Persians.
| 1t was the Hellespont which Leander
| swan to hold tryst with Hero. This
! brings TO mind so many songs. and es-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06
The Difference.

Tn war talk in New York. James A.
Parsons Of the World Peace League
said:
"Those soldiers are thieves. That has
been proved. Yet their commander has
distributed crosses among them.
In older times we hung thieves on
crosses. Today We hang crosses on
thieves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

"ODAY. the 9th of December. more
than n thousand years ago, st.
- Nicholas easily the most popular
saint on the Christian calendar, died. The
exact wear of his death is unknown. out
II ia quite a coincidence that the 9Th OF
December, besides being the anniversary
of his death, is the day that foreign
churches celebrate his feast. Particularly
i, Germany. Switzerland and Holland is
this feast day observed. and there, too, on
that day is he assumed to be the secret
giver of presents to the children. In the
United states st. Nicholas has come 10
act the part of Santa Claus, appearing
Christmas eve.
Though Greece, Sicily, Germany. Aus
tria. Belgium and some cities in Italy and
Holland honor him as patron saint. Mos
COW particularly does SO. The diocese OF
Liege also ever held him as patron. though
1t is doubtful whether the feast day will
be observed this year in that war-ridden
town.
st, Nicholas was born in Parara, city of
Lycia, Asia Minor. From his earliest IN
fancy tradition has 1t. he was ex-
tremely religious aud self-denyinS, one
legend. declaring that never III MS exist
enre do the saint tHN"a tood on "eohe;'-
days and Fridays. fast days OF the church.
All sorts OF extreme stories are handed
down and are part and parcel of many d
pea SAINTS belief in his church. congrega-
tons in Greek and Latin churches espe-
cially are close adherents of every tale
concerning ST Nicholas. whether it POS
sesses the faintest earmarks of truth or
not. No clearer proof of the hold that st.
Nicholas has upon the Greek church In
Russia Is shown than that from this
source did the cars family derive its ia
vorite name for its SONS.
In Constantinople the Emperor JUS
tlnian in the sixth century built a Won
derful church honoring this saint In
Italy his popularity vas said to begin
with the removal of his bones from
unrecorded but evidently obscure burial
place to tho Bari crypt. in 1887. His
relies are still preserved in the Church
of San Nicola Bari, Italy. certain
substance. even up to the present day
claimed by the devout to issue from
these objects, is considered holy and
spoken of as mamma di st. Nicola"
among the Latin people.
Mythical or otherwise, it is said that
a journey was made by ST. Nicholas in
his youth to Egypt and Palestine. fol-
lowing which he was made Bishop of
Myra The bishop had died while st.
Nicholas was gone, and the prelates
came together to select q new leader
Helr cholce Teiuseu the hiSu nOEOr.
saying he had had a vision the night
before which charged him with placing
himself the following morning before
sunrise at the door of the church. and
consider the Lords choice OF a new
Bishop of Myra the man who first came
to the door for admission. The Lord
had sent Nicollo, and he was made
bishop" When very young he had en-
tered the monastery of Sion. and was
an abbot when elected to the bish-
opric.
When St. Nicholas had been wearer
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of this army landed in Europe and
proceeded at once to the aid of the
allies. Somewhere in the region of the
French frontier-it may be beyond-the
brown men are bravely fighting, side
by side with the white men, enduring
unusual hardships through change OF
climate, food and lack of knowledge
of the language.
1t was while on a visit to these be-
loved troops, among whom SO much of
his life in the east had been spent,
that Lord Roberts, the idol of the Eng
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THE .TAG MAHAIi, At AGRA.

rear According to the correspondent
all attempts of the allies artillery had
been unsuccessful, and the Germans
were causing great losses when the
scouts of the air located the stores of
ammunition in the rear of the German
lines
Enbarking at night in gunboars. the
Gurkha detachment silently marched to
the mouth of the User and reached the
German stores of ammunition, guard
ed by six sentries. Six silent figures
moved toward them. each carrying
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No Wonder.

!SlMEON FORD. the New York humor-
- ist, enlivened a war argument with
/ the reflection:
THE German troops are accompanied
| by German bands. No wonder death
has no horror for these heroes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

lish nation. contracted the fatal ILL
ness which terminated his long and
illustrious career.
dispatch from London October 81
describes the bravery of the Gurkhas
in blowing up a German ammunition
Park, which resulted in the German
coast batteries having to shift to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

of the European powers ratified in July.
1s41. and confirmed by the Paris peace
of 1856. at the close of the trlmean
war If was prescribed that no foreign
ship of war might enter the strait OF
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The kH@l@spoms Now the Dardam@l@s, i'm History

the Dardanelles except by permission
of the Turkish government. and that
merchant ships should be allowed to
pass the Castle Of Chanak kalehsi only
during daylight.
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ST AND LARGEST OF ENGLANDS NUMEROUS COLONIES


Pats-The
FsorWhen Mog Empire
FghtsW the NovIo
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armies consists of nine divisions. based
on the principle that in times of peace
the units of command should be SIM
liar to those in the field and that di-
vision commanders should be given
larger powers.
According to history. the Indian army
grew up in three divisions. the Bengal,
Madras and Bombay armies, this dis
tinction being the natural ou1growth
of original foundation of separate set
Elements and factories in India. To the
present day each continues much of its
original identity. The administrative
system underwent changes during the
time of Lord Kitchener's command
The native troops are composed of
Rajpoots. Gurkhas, Sillhs. Puma bis,
Jats, Hillnen, etc, men of widely diff
f,rent creeds and nationalites gather
ed from widely different parts of the
empire.
The division of the army in India is as
follows: British regular forces Indian
regular forces, the various local corps.
British volunteers. Indian army re-
serves. imperial service troops and mil
ttary police. There is no artillery, only
foot and horse. According to Hazell's
Annual for 1914, the following table
gives the approximate estimate of the
aggregate strength of these available
military forces:
British regular forces Observation-Disclosures. $500
Indian regular forces .......... 1000
Indian army reserves .................. 1900
Imperial service troops REPRESENTATIVES.. 21o0O
Local corps Observation-Disclosures. 1000
Mliltary ponce .-'.-..-.--- -s'V"o
Total .................... s51 500
Not many weeks ago, a detachment
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Not many weeks ago, a detachment
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There was-no distinction of caste at
this early period, nor any sense of re-
Tgion beyond the worship of certain
deities. 1t was LETT to the Aryan Hin
docs 10 institute the Brahmanical re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

strange word. and yet
that familiar word. "Darda- |
neiles," stares from the news
pages at millions of readers
many times a day. This strip |
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

GEL Al[Ilg ZIG
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PNRseaEAI.
SITUATIONS WRNTED. !.

Position By experienced
lady stenographer, with knowledgs
Of bookkeeping Addresg care
Telegram once. -
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FOR SALE-FIat top, roll top and
bookeeper desk Can be seen at room
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FOR sALE-Houses

WILL SELL EIGHT ROOM HOUSE
and large, level lot In Grassellb
worth $4,000 for $500 to settle es-
tate cash or terms to suit Inquire.
at Daily Telegram office or address
P. o. Box 615, CIarksburg !.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

FOR SALES room house, with cell
lar, well of water on porch, stable
and buggy shed. Corner lot contain
ing q Of an acre. Terms to suit
purchaser. See D. g. lawson, Bridge
port, W. Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

FOR sALE-At WiIsonbuFg, a two
story, 7-room house, finished in oak
shot and cold water and bath. Lot
82xl4s. For price and terms ses
]. e. Morrison, wilsonburE. w. Va
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WANTED Female Help

WANTED-MiddIe aged white woman
for general cooking. She VIII
have d private room, Intending bath
and modern conveniences. Small
family and very good pay A good
place for shome,E Apply to MRS.
Al. 81. Leisenring, care RighteI
Coal Co, Lost Greek, w. Va.
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FOR RENT Boarding honse, 1e
rooms, cellar. 20 boarders, fne To-
cation two blocks from 3. e o. de-
pot. Small Investment for furniture.
Call on or address a. p. b." GID
Baltimore Sc Glen Elk.
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FOR SAFE OR TRADE-GOOd s

FOR SALE Or TRADE-G Good s room
house, bath room and pantry, tive
sporches, slate roof 2 drilled wells
city water, good garden, lot 40x13S
situated in the town OF Salem. w
Va. on water street, minutes WALK
from bank corner and postomce
VIII sell or trade for small farm
Call on or write E. F. Cogar, Salem
W. Va.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

FOR RENT-Two furnished rooms for
flight housekeeping, use Of hatnsand
telephone; five minutes wa k strS 81
kcourt house Apply at 123 Mechanlc
sstreet
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EOR RENT-One large, we'll furnished
front f6om With modern conven-
fences, use OF Bath two gentlemen
6preferred; board furnished Apply
lat $50 Mulberry street.
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FOR RENT-FOur room cottage; all
modem conveniences. SIS per month
Inquire at Bufke's Drug Store, Cor
Pike & Third streets. s
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HOT SEHO1sD goods stored at . tea.
sens bic price. no extras, we would
be lad % haul them too and can
furnish men who KNOW III %
ean save. CIlARKSBURa TRAlss-
k8f 4 pOfE ALA CO. los West
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AUTOl4OBTLEs

.gTR HAVE SOME nsed cars, ranging
in price from sS5e TO S1,ee8 Al IN
good condition Thompsonss Garage,
West Main street.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

aSQUARE DEAL' single comb White
Orpingtons are winners and layers
let me prove ~; Hatching eggs ana
stock. Robert Benson. smithAeld,
!. %.
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tB0OKLET. aHow I Raise PIleasants.'
zoe. Prices free. II ~. Myers, Taco
ma. Wash.
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FOR s4I.EEglys for Matching sin.
gle comb white I,eghofnss barred
Rocis lconas. Silver W. Srleotts
fertility guaranteed II. not terll!es
eggs are returned ~ On es.ss's44
Bridge street. clarlIlburg ".
EleetFeity s. tens lively used y
Calcutta and other Oriental {
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FOR SALE Good pair Of draft horses
weight about 5000 pounds, 2 AID 3
b. w. Doak, washington. Pa Bell
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

F0R SALE-Car lead woven wire
fence barb and smooth wire. Lee.
& Parr HardWa=e Co, 434 West
I PIKE street
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ROOFING

ROOM AND BOARD
700Ms AND r0ARaO Hotel riE8ls
, leRes, central location good ser.
vice, very reas1E. ole, call quickly
vacancies don't last long CONNER
cial Hotel. s15 Weyt Pike street
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FOR Rents elegantly furnished
Esleeping rooms. for man and wife
Tor two gentlemen, with use of path,
sone minute walk from IeiegTa am
once. Apply at 504 w. Main street,
corner 90 Sixth.
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FOR SALE BrOOdfng cages for Eafss
ing birds. Good as new. Apply at III
ELK Avenue, Stop 8, Broad oaks car
line.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

WANTED-Some responsible person
: TO take orders and sell articles
Good wages to right party Can
after. 6 %. M. A. G. BumgardneFy 351-
Jarvis St, Clarksburg, w Va, .ss
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

You CAN'T AFFORD to aIoW The
children to so oat with sh0ss that
lfaye 1eaisy ssIss. frSpaif then VITA
real leather j. 70. Hopkins. Prop,
ia North Second stfegt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-02-12

FOR RENT Eight room house and
bath; 233 Jarvis street For terms
see DR.. s. II. Mason, Kessler he's
pital.
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FOR RENT-TWO furnished rooms Tor
flight housekeeping use Of bat and
ttelephone. Apply at 2t3 Mechanic
sstsest. 8
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FOR RENT One seven room house
on Locust street, garden and water.
Apply at SIC West Main street. or
call Bell phone 3S8-L.
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Boz SALE-Earnns


CHEAP. FARM FOR S1AIi1S79 acres
81 l9e 10 acres $3.50; s2oo acres
$4,000; and so others. can suit
Won. Square deal guaranteed. Ed
son E. Osborn, R. F. D. No. 4, Cool
Vile, o.
FAfiM FOR sILR-1O7 acres, new.
two story house; large barn. fruit
liz mile to railroad, lays well. good
soil. Bargain. $4,000. w. M Baker,
Coolvf1le, Ohio.
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IN STOCK eompIete line 1914 Paige
/, ears, ali new, fully equipped, elee-
Hica1Iy lighted and started. Prices
se7s and ea275 EonkfeeliO 1uto-
mobile g Gaeaee co
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FOR RRNT-2 nicely furnished rooms
for light housekeeping, with use Of
bath and phone, to parties wltaout
children. Inquire at 215 East Pike
street.
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ADIEs'1
fsHOE REPAIRIN0

REAL LEATHER apd expert seryiGe
Y ID the combination that makes ny
SCiarksburR Modern shoB 1epair
Shop. 100 Bouth Second street.
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IeOR TIA Vacant corner lot eS
: I minutes walk from court house, two
kblocks from car Line win trade Tor
cottage IN Broad Oaks, PIT. Comfort
or 6teaIey Heights, IL terms Tor
payment OF dtfferenes can ~ AZ
ranged Address Ter 9Rre
Tslegram once.
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DRUG sUNDRIEs

THE ORIGINAL ana only seency FOR
the self help fenedieS.S Dent Bros
prescriptions and family druggists
see L. Pike 81, rs
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FOR RENT-TWo furnished rooms for
either ladies or gentlemen Apply ct
1O3 rear OF First street, Mrs. b w.
Foster.
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FOR RENT-A five room house be
tween Locust and Pike streets. w
Frank Stout, 702 GoHS Bldg
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PiH nc Pills
WANTED 10 TRADE

FOR EXCHANGE SKI camera 0ut6t
and soma material worth eS6 fog
Sis bic typeWriter or best oifer.
What have you Address afaeFas
care Telegram once.
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Nicely FURNISHED room Tor gem
stlemen; use Of bath and phone two
minutes walk from court mouse.
Apply al GIG south second street.
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GHIROPRAeIQR
EGGS AND CHICKENS

EGGS FOR MATCHING II yOu want
eggs all year round try Notified An
eonas, or Blue Andaiusianss also y
@. w. Leghorns and Bun Wyapdottes
u Al. Preston, 121 Martin street,
Broad Oaks. Clarksburg.
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FOR RENT-2 furnished rooms for
slight housekeeping, use Of bath and
Telephone, sink ink tchen. WI net
s43-R.
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FOR RI3lEP4-TwO nicely FURNISHED
rooms suitable for ladies or gentle
men. One SO a week, and one at
81 so a week. Meals given II de-
sired. Two rooms for light mouse
4I,eeping Five minutes walk from
court house. Use Of Bell phone and
bath. Apply at 1S2 First ST.. Bell
phone 121S-R.
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FOR RENT-TwO. nicely furnished
rooms, with use of bath, either room
suitable for one or two gentlemen;
rent reasonable board convenient
Apply at 280 East Poplar street.
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EoR REMT-Furnished Rooms

o. YOU HAVE ROOMS for rent maize
II known to. those who are lookine
Tor ro9ms4-h by inserting an Cd, n
these columns
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"a AlTTEn 1Eieoel1 0El2
FINE CHOcoLATEs

FIRST OF ALL 3 ane box 81 eur De.
ltciuus Chocolates. NAL orders
Allied for al points Apollo Con-
fssrtcnery. +Os West Pike strset
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FsofS RENT-Nicely furnished rooms
Tor sleeping to gentlemen or la
dies without children with use OF
bath, and9Beg phone &QF :
hrs. Re 81 Bgi ttons a 81 kechalnl c
Street.
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CASH REGISTER WnRted give tItIH
description. how long usea ard leNss
eli cssh urFce Address Cash Reg
,tfel,s elfsa lIsil9
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-27
THE ETERNAL QUESTION.

A glance over the country appals
one with the sight of the legion of So
cial monsters that conspire to destroy
the peace, kill the joy, and throttle the
very life of man. Mass poverty, I'M
employment and starvation strut
through the land like the ccnquerors
of stricken country. They rule with
a hand more iron and violent, they
exact more terrible sacrifices, than
the legendary monsters of ancient
mythology. The Greek sphinx Stayed
only the individual who failed to solve
the riddle propounded by it. But the
monsters of our day main, kill, and
massacre by the wholesale. More
sinister is the riddle of the modern
sphinx than that of it's ancient name
sake. 1t questions, "Why are so many
thousands doomed to live so miser-
ably, or entirely to perish, when there
is everything in such abundance?"-
Charles P. Kennedy.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-27

It's ratlons efficiently and in large
TO cut way under the daily
cost Of living of the average family
ON the Panama canal zone the Unit
food control which includes general
stores, cold storage and other ware
houses, n packing grocery department.
manufacturing plants, and n bakery.
In spite of the fact that the prices of
foodstuffs on the zone must include
the cost of hundreds of miles of trans
portation, the prices are lower than
they are in the United States. Hotel
meals are prepared and served by the
government at 80 cents a day.
The Democrats know that unless
they appear to do something about
lowering the cost of food the people
will rise at the polls and throw them
out of office. So far, however, not a
Democrat worth mentioning has ven
tured to suggest that the real remedy
for the high cost of food Is public
ownership of food supplies and food
stuffs. The army has demonstrated
that public production of meals is an
economic possibility, and the Demo.
Gratis are going to have hard time
denying that If the government has
made a success of this on a small
scale, it can do It for the entire nation
on a large scale.