The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1914-12-25
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITOL


ship to any nation at war, any class
of ammunition, arms or armament. In
line with this same theory that in or
der to maintain strict neutrality the
United States should not permit its in
situations to supply the sinews of war,
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, has aced-
ed to the request of President Wilson
and Secretary of State Bryan, and has
cancelled an order from Great Britain
to furnish twenty submarines at a net
cost of $3.50, 600 each. American man
ufacturers have been meeting ire
nendous demands from the European
nations for war supplies and equip
ment. All these shipments have gone
to the Allies, since Germany has been
inaccessible to our ships. And while
unwittingly, our aid has been a great
boon to the Allies, Great Britain has
been a perfect pirate in it's interfer-
ence with American shipping inter-
asts, and has overhauled most of the
eargoes originating in the United
States, and in many instances has
prevented delivery of shipments on
the general supposition that they were
Suspicious" The advocates Of the
Textbook and Bartholdt measures de-
clare that some sort of legislation of
his kind is essential, and they hold
nut that this is quite necessary for the
Congress to pass some such law in or
der to more fully protect and estab-
ish the neutrality which our govern
! nent wishes to obtain.
A Substitute for "Tipperary."
Josephus the First, Lord of the
American Admiralty, more familiar
| ly known as the Secretary OF the Ma
Wy, denies that he has forbidden the
singing of that catchy air, dts a
Long Way to Tipperary"-and wheth-
er 'Tipperary" is against neutrality
or not it aPears that new jingle has
! been taken 10 by the middies. Try it
on the melodeon:
SISTER SUsie's Sewing Shirts for Sol
diers,
Such Skill at Sewing Shirts our Shy
Young Sister Susie Shows,
Some Soldiers Send Epistles, Say
they'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles
Than the Saucy, Soft, Short Shirts for
Soldiers, Sister Susie Sews.
Forcing Oranges to Be Good.
The Agricultural Department at
Washington declares that oranges are
not mature unless the juice contai1s
soluble solids equal to more than 8
per cent of acide in the juice. Gentle
reflection will likely produce an image
of oranges that tasted like chips, but
/ which from the exterior were all that
eould be desired. "The "trick of the
/ trade" against which the federal in
stitution has directed bulletin, points
out that by process of sweathing or
/ exposure in warm, moist air, oranges
arc given the appearance of being o.
! K, where as they are in reality so far
below what they should be that ship
r?ent in interstate commerce is being
prohibited
The Community Christmas Tree.
Last Christmas Eve a beautiful
rec was placed Immediately in front
Of the United States Capitol, and a
Christmas festival was held on the
Capitol plaza. 1t was the first recog-
milton of the Community Christmas
Tree" idea, and it was so thoroughly
appreciated by all who witnessed the
gorgeous spectacle, that Vice Presi-
dent Marshall and Speaker Champ
Clark, who control the plaza park,
have consented to its use again this
year. The Community Christmas
Tree" is a nidea of one of the big
Eastern cities, but it is so pretty a
custom that large and small places all
over the country are adopting it. Try
it in your own town.
Now, Who Is Supposed to Read It?
OF course this is a big country, and
it takes lot of words and a lot of
printing to keep the people informed
as to the affairs of Agriculture. 1t is
related that once upon time a man
who clamored for big job was salts
fed when set to work washing an ele-
plant. This may have been a no lar
ger task than to attempt to supply
everybody with something TO read but
the Agricultural Department has come
very close to doing it, since, according
to the annual report of the Depart
ment 3S,000,000 agricultural bulletins
were distributed during the past fiscal
year. The Superintendent of Docu-
ments sold 231 ,S21 documents for s21,-
70876, and the rest of the bulletins
were distributed free.