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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-03
Sleigeyo Muira.

slsigeyo Muira, one Of the most
beautiful girls in Japan, will enter
Mount Holyoke college this fall and
take four years course. She is
spending the summer with Mrs.
Helen Gould Shepard
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k.ns.. c;+v Live Stock.

Kansas City Live STOCK.
Kansas City, July 2.-The live stock
market follows:
Hogs-Market steady; receipts 4
900; bulk, $7.oo@77o; heavy, $7.ooW
ITO: pigs, $7@7.50
Cattle-Market steady; receipts l.
900: steers. $7.50@9.65: cows and heif-
ers, S4.5o@s.5o; calves. $6@1o.25
Sheep-Market steady; receipts e.
900; lambs, $S.75@9.75; yearlings,
$s.25@s; wethers, $5.25@625; ewes
S5M65O
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New York Money; Closing.

New York, July 2. -Mercantile p'
per- 3@3k%.
Bar silver-4SAc.
Mexican dollars. &c.
Time loans-2A @sh%.
Call money, ruling rate. TX 20.
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chieann Cash Grain.

Chicago. July 1.-THE cash grain
market follows:
Wheat-No 2 red. nominal: No. )
red. new, $1.1S; No. Q hard, nominal.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 76% @77c; No.
yellow, 7612c.
Oats-No. white, 50h @52Ac;
standard. 51k @53c.
Rye-Nominal.
Barley-68@73c. H.
Timothy-$5.5 0@6.75.
Clover-$8.5 0@13.25.
Porl1-S16.72.
Lard-$9.22@9.3
Ribs-$9.75@10
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TOO many HOES
SENT TO MARKET
LARGE SUPPLIES AT VARIOUS
cENrERs IN MIDDLE WEST
KEEP PRICE DOWN.

C,hica 90. July 2.-Liberal receipts
throughout the west acted as weight
today on the value of hogs
Cattle offerings were unattractive.
There was no urgent call for sheep
or lambs.
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Rye-$1.05@1.06.
Hay-Unchanged.

St. Louis Cash Grain.
st. Louis, Mo-. July 1.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 red, new. $1.1Sh @1.19.
old. No 2, 1922 hard. nominal.
Corn-No. 2, 76@76hc; No. 2 white,
TIN @7Sc.
Oats-No. 2, 4ec; No. 2 white, SIC.
Rye-Nominal
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Kama. CITY Cash Grain.

Kansas City Cash Grain.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 1.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 hard, $1.31@l36: No.
2 red. $1.19@1.20.
white, 75@75hc: No. yellow, 76c.
Oats-No. 2 white, 48c; No. mixed,
44@46c.
Rye-$1.05@1.
Hay-Unchanged.
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New York SUGAR.

New York, July Raw sugar
Steady; centrifugal. 4.s0@4s5c; moe
lasses, 403@418c.
Pefined-Steady.
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Toledo Grain Seed

Toledo Grain Seed.
Toledo, o.. July 2.-Clover seed
Prime cash. $685. Oct, $S.S2k; Dec,
$3.50; March, $S.S2h.
Alsike-Aug, 1885.
Timothy-Prime cash, $s.27h; Sept.
$40; Dec, $3.50.
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Peoria Cash Grain.
Peoria, Ill.,, July 2-The cash grain
market follows:
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 75h@ 76c; No. 2
mixed. 76c.
Oats-No. 2 white, SOC.
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CHICAGO Produce.

Chicago, July 2.-Butter-Unchan
ed.
Eggs-Unchanged; receipts, 1o,477
cases
Potatoes-Lower: receipts. 25 cars:
Virginia cobblers. $175@1.s0: Arkansas
and Oklahoma sacked triumphs 60@65c.
Poultry-Alive, lower: fowls. 12kc;
springs, 1S@21c.
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ST. Louis Hay Market.

st. Louis, Mo-. July 2.-Choice hay,
ss0021; No. timothy. $17@18; No. 2
timothy, $15@17: clover mixed, 1850
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Chicago Hay Market.

VHICN9O Frdy "urNoes
Chicago, July 2.-Choice ha., $3.50
1880; No. / timothy s1701s; No. 2 tim
othy and light clover mixed, S16@17;
No. clover hay, S13@1e; No. 8 tim
oti1y, $15@17; grass mixed good colors.
s14@15; threshed hay, $9@12.
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ST. Loui. Prod luce.

st. Louis Produce.
ST. Louis, Mo-, July 2-Poultry-Un.
changed, except springs, TN @21hc.
Butter-Unchanged.
EggS--15c.
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k.n.a. civ Produce.

Kansas City, Mo-, July 2.-Butter,
eggs and poultry unchanged.
Potatoes-Car lots. per blu, 30@40c;
new potatoes. per bu., 65075c.
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Primary Movement.
Articles Receipts Shipments
Wheat. bu $4,000 $4,000
Corn. bu 491, 1000 100000
Oats. bu $4,000 $1,000
Seaboard clearances-Wheat 100000;
corn $4,000: oats, $4,000.
Car Lot Receipts.
Chicago, July 2.-Today's car lot re-
ceipts: !.
Wheat-10 cars, with 2 Of contract
grade.
Corn-11o cars, with "a Of contract
grade.
oats-s3 cars. with Of contract
grade.
Total receipts of wheat at Minneapo-
lis and Duluth today wers 11S cars.
compared with 1914 cars last week and
1o6 cars the corresponding day year
ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow, Chicago
Wheat, s; corn, 1897 oats, 115.
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Primary Movement.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16
MACKENSEN BEST
GERMAN 0FFICER
MAS HELD RUSSIAN FORCES N
CHECK N POLAND ANn
TAKEN PRISONERS

BERLIN. Jan l5.-ror hI. ar.
vices in the operations about Iat
ana .owicz. General August tan
uackensen. has just been promoted
to the rank OF "GencrlIubpr.i
colonel general by ihe emperor
Though Ficldmarshall Som lIuuar
pnre conducted the eampliu 8uau.t
IA, Russian confer in auu,nI vae
II etcd with Gonera ou uael,a.
sen 10 move the machinery which
drove the Russians belmd tue .un
river
I'm the l.ody-Lowicg @mulpn the
forces commanded by lhp General
took 5000 unwounded Russian.
prisoners and captured 20 field
pieces and $50 machine guns l'o
fore that General Won Narkgnaan
haa distinguished himself BOO lne
fighting about lipno and Wlorlav,..
ana TOOK also u pr0mr,nt part In
the destruction of tho I'm mn NIp-
man ana Narew armir Ji ENr.u-
berg and The MasuraH Sea- ue
then commanded the I,h Nm.
rorps. which had he,u stationed 800
ndn2ir
Following these exploit. Du.ul
Won Nackenson. who ha been goo
unced from the cavalry was plar
"a In command Of tho Ninth army
aud wa. given the odlr pour J,
merlte. the highest military di.lluG
zion in the empire.
General Won MaohHusUu WHO'S,
family Is said 10 be- col lrli, tMu
lion. WAS horn 1T leipn ,Durcci
aaynuy. In lStH and ihU Nn uI
70 large property oWnor m thaH q.
irict. Ludwig Nlokcuau Nuw hN
iur studied 10 the 1orwm mW
Stun. and Tie ial' University
yDunu August Mack rU entered
The army on October '. IrtN. u.u
/ lnr iho Second Gard HU corp 1000.
.ars as % volunteer ur uu, 1tII.
| erVicc We ,ouk pau 100 tuu WHr cod
/ 1885,. as q liontenau Cd. tho o., UrN,
/ aud u. such entered UUn 60 brilliant
military career Va IsH. Do, $780, 500
/ lrcted as aide de- cauu hl .H 'm
pcror and In The following yru vl.
/ knightcd by letter patent llr .u
/ eumct,l Emperor in W'iiur, history
and later when Ia command OBJ. lN'
/ Clrdo dh corps ilussgr wa 'N.
/ porior officer OF the present .uwr
/ prince
NcNt 10 Won llind,uWrt Gg.u
Won Macbpuecn e. urohahf IHl
creates, military faUr'iu Boo Du
many n, g. of o. retiring d..r1|
tinn and much admired W| h.lN
ou bN his uhnrdinpt. aud wru
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16
GEtIi~U ~NilOE~ BRAVE
WINTER ~ NORTH 81

LONDON Dan fa The Bril- o.
.I.- u H, Narf Sea has, roeu
u.I..ar.un. wI,. .rt for iu.cr
.urr... .. b..E HHA iorus. CO..
.Hr#.r. u . writer .u ibc Navy and
Army
.,...I. Huf matter bat th.ir
..f.. a.ae H.H weather Hs this Do
Hr. Uut ..p uuurr deck practical
Impossible I...r for exercise of
r. 81 ., HaH strike. tho seas
r1t fI hn nuus up 90 freeze
H.r, 30 .Ir.ho, uufi the upper
0rk. become oH. ereaf m I-- OF .c,
D. tHl bridge tInkH. eerscu. lrr
r.esDI Zoo .I.. bar protection 90.
ftI. fu officers anh lookoufs. buf
f.I. ia utl r. ar# %. men hat -
H. relieved continuously
On thp mess dsck everything g.
Hun. 200 : HH i., ,rH mhia ht tHr
U.rs ~ q. hlle. a- fb. sailor
..U fUe fH.rn DOCS .foyc. hui thors
.erf rt.I comfort attached tO
f.D.. Ha..#.e IRON huyes. which o.,
Hst feHt ara deHude ~
...r HI..e .f rnu0H. uitlus
"etr f.. ars.f H.. can uO 30
uII. ..wIur'tHl.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16

Canadian hockey In.r . ..
ports declare ma. loua. uaa. '..
former Princeton ln,o.s w.rI.
wHI is now @ member 10. 'Nr 81.
Nicholas skating cIub em Ir 'Ne
Amateur Hockey loulua Doc
preue-t hockey p.uvy. fNu' ,"
cleft the igc with -Iogl blade Tnr
men from the north make uu e..
tiou boo DNpru sing tHi. ruw.r'...,
opinion o. goes for ranm a' "
tou and uro.0 sonal
Baker has already beaten
handed. Two OF the fastest .w.
teams iu Canada tAl, WHITE. Ou
Dec. 9N. against Toronto iu.N.r
the former Tiger star. PLAYING a'
Rover ON the ST. N.chola seven. 500.
cured five goal. uua-st-.ol Mi CAR
riod the puck 900 tdr i,a .ur .h
other two successful attacks I.H'1si
( tho Throitn roaI fb. score N1,
seven to sIy boa favor D. ST. \iuuI.
. ON Jan % playing aHIu. 'Hy Mon
'rcal Victoria. Baker r.se doe mn.'
wonderful exhibition D' hockey play
iug ever seen ir the lui'DI States
with practically the whole canadian
team mlcd u their "HdDFur fH
goo. Mm uuf OFF .AH aHW.. I.N.I
|,lurtriu,1 10, ,rn.H Hr .NHu. r.u..
around Ihp ai Canadian. 'lI..
standing them ou their H.al -,
N1s finally ..f with . -II'" au. .yI
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16
CONDITIONS ~ ENGINNI
AGAIN Approach NoEN VI

LONDON. Jan 0 III, number
OF lIcnp loycd amo.t Doe TRADES
effected by the National Insurance
Act. according 90 ~. Hlo.t report
ol the Board ul TRAD. BIS now con.
.derahly lower thar 90 the corrr-
pondinr time last. nuriue last
August the uft MIN OF ue war.
the prc,onae, of hose oui oi vurt
doubled
Similarly statistics 200 regard 90
pauporis m point Io r1uru ru nor
NAL conditions iu N. tir1 W"et
oi the war. aprlcltio. IHr relief
under lbr Poor .HV Increased Dos
seventeen per N1f IHD payment
cot separation all..Juco no n'lltr
fmilia ana th, boom boz w1uu'u,
turing ulr .upr hD.. since Dn.
operated to rrd..n d frr until
Their, are uuH u. .r pa Hp.r shown
n the lau-icH rrrord tor th,
country 'ulu bon yea exception.
1913. boo OBJ. hisf.. Hf o. Poor l.Hn
In regard to london. .Hr lIrHr'
rourIH.ur
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16

100 retire $50 minutes hcfor, 'bc FIN
%. whistle.
rukcr weight. l-p pounds. and
fDI e 90. llst %. fcUhorWc'rht.
IhI lluruoy former champion
speed .FHi ot America. hI d,,lr
ga chat % uis pllmiot days ho uuuld
NOT have matched the speed taat
Baker s showing FOO every one ot
Doe uoobry match, that Dee play .n.
s Mmou Yale aJhlotc once ,ld ot
Baker On football toy ho' uu.
UuuN ln one ot the mclcca boo
frr So Nicholas Victoria hockey
same. ur, oi the fast Canadians were
I.r. 500 o., ice 90 ono, as result
%, their attempts 10 stop the dod2-
ur twisting Princeton star
Baker Noull have made q won
Jarul track athlete had he gou, into
.tNlt branch of sport The tnci $751;
boo was ul1unnp 10 begin practice ot
throwing the laNclin. with The iHlo
. olympic game, Zoo Wow whom the
European war bros, nW last ummer
F UohDy is also uu enthusiastic mo.
t0rDyDh, He was right iu Tho
midst of tour Of the Continent last
nmueI when the war storm broke
poker found himself .u pretty
n-h place. hut Doe Url.l,d througl
thr altering host ot war To- jhJ
m. brilliant manner tina, h' iip.
through thD opposing loum' defense
900 r led.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16

Goo even complain Ur lake uu in.
I..r-t Boo proposed law. for the hone
nf oi labor llp dor- nothing Ca
check mpaDon. greed. lir accepts
whatever b. doIed ont go Him. aud
uIl- himself tree man Railroad
In AMl NLnnlI
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16

WIU have iull limo Of Plains
grown Fmt aud shade trees north
uI ur. federal building &. c. Cnm.
riIrH lH- SH-Gp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16

HnllL /. C"a'r~f.. eiio 4iih ten
sesFs ruarnt~- See g. q H-.fn NJ
q ss-lfoh Pffsf 60 Itd -
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16

H. rrps are best G G.
OWnH 50 .Gp
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-16

40 a. Al 9.I.. 40 w. a.lGP 81
No. a. Arrive 4.2H 4. So
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24
WAS WINTERS RULE HARSHER IN
THE DAYS OF OLD? ELDERS SAY YES

in 1885 a second series OF depressions Oh
temperature in the warmer months began.
which were nearly as severe as those Of 1872
and 1876 the winter months were irregularly
severe. the winter OF 1855 being decidedly
so in New England. At Waltham the Their
mometer was at or below zero on twenty-six
days (Fsk). In many parts Of New England
snow remained uninterruptedly from December
until May, and at Washington City snow lasted
two months, a rare occurrence. In Eastern
Ohio the cold was severe, and many tropical
trees were destroyed in the Southwest and at
New Orleans (Hildreth). Long Island Sound
was closed by ice, and Boston Hsrbor was
nearly closed; this was considered next to
that of 1890 along the Atlantic coast (Am
Journ. Sci)"
The winter Of ls5l-'S2 was one to remember,
too, especially the month of January, 1852.
cold wave, originating in thai month, accom-
plished some interesting feats, as follows:
AT the East and South this was an extreme
instance of refrigeration; the mouth OF the
Susquehanna River was frozen over at HaWe
de Grace for seven weeks; the Potomac at
Washington was frozen over for three weeks;
snow fell at New Orleans and remained sew
eral days snow fell also at Matamoras and
Tampico, Mex, on January "A. and at Charles
ton, S. C., and Jacksonville. Fla, through the
entire day on the 18th. The East River at New
York was closed, and crossed on the ice on tho
goth and for three days follow:ag.@
Finally, there is the famous winter OF 1856
SO. In this winter, Blodget says, snow re-
NAMED in large quantity at Washington from
January to the middle of March; ice covered
the Potomac for the same period; Chesapeake
Bay at Annapolis was closed from January
to March IA; the harbors of Baltimore and
Philadelphia were closed until late in March;
Long Island Sound was closed TO navigation
from January Is to February a. and the har-
Dor of New York was much INSTRUCTED by
ice, which several times made temporary COM
munication across the East River"
All of these winters cited are such as in
the course of time may fully expect to
duplicate, though, with the tremendous in
crease of water traffic and the immense i'm
provement in the means of communication oy
land we shall be spared some of their more
startling or less comfortable features The
present winter, however, bids fair to rank
among those .milder seasons which. it will be
noted, were greatly in the majority about New
York even in those "old days" about which
Blodget writes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

napolis the ice was FIVE to seven inches in
thickness quite across, FIVE and half miles,
so that carriages went over it. York River
was frozen over Cat williamsburg Va) so
that people walked across It; the lowest tenn
perature observed there was degrees. Web
ster remarks an immense snowfall in New Eng
land. For six weeks no snow melted. The
Sound was entirely covered with ice between
Long Island and the maine and between New
York and Staten Island Troops crossed from
New Jersey to Staten Island to attack the
British forces on that island. Washington
supposed that ar attack on about 200 British
troops posted or Staten Island might be ad-
vantageously made, especially in its present
state Of union with the continent by an I'M
broken body of solid ice (Ramsay's Washing
tonO. The crossings to and from the island
were effected on the ice. In Hugh Gaines's
diary, kept in New York during the Revolu-
ton, occurs the following entry: 1880; Sun
day. February 9th; this day eighty-six sleighs
went 70 Staten Island on the ice with pro-
visions for the troops. '-Collections OF Colonel
Force) In the winter of 1890 Bayou St.
Tohn New Orleans) was frozen for a con-
siderable time, a phenomenon that did not oc-
cur again until December, l8l4.'-Darby.
1.-The Delaware River was closed from the
first of December to the l4th of March, the
ice being two to three feet thick. During the
month of January the mercury was several
times at 10 degrees to IS degrees below zero,
and only once during the month did it rise to
81 degrees. Long Island Sound and the Chesa-
peake were so completely icebound as TO be
passable only with horses and sleighs pierce
from old records"
The winter OF 100000 was pretty hard
one, but nothing to compare with 1880, and for
a long time after 1900 the winters proved uni
formly mild But in this period there occurred
in the summer months the most remarkable
depressions of temperature The summers OF
1912 and 1916 were the coolest. In the North
ern states SHOWS and frosts occurred in every
month of both summers; Indian corn did not
rpen, fruits and grains of every sort were
greatly reduced in quantity or wholly cut off.
Professor Dewey, at Wlliamstown, Mass, re-
marks that there was frost in every month of
this summer Q8l6); on June light snow;
very little Indian corn ripened' Mems. Am.
Acad.. Vol. IV). Frost occurred even at Pha
delphia in July 1916 DARBY, Statistics, etc,
of La)."
Beginning with 1885 the country was
launched upon period Of much severer win
tiers. Blodget says:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

be remedicd by the law. AS the law stands at
present both employer and employe suffer if
the latter serve in the guard.
Business men should realize the advantage
of having at their beck and call trained body
of troops TO cope with fire, flood, strikes and
other emergencies. When the guard is really
needed it will be needed in hurry, and when
such time comes the employer who failed in
public spirit may have bitter and personal
object essen Of his shortsightedness
There is no good remedy in sight The only
thing that will arouse this country is big
military object lesson in the shape OF some
crushing defeat. Everything initiates against
the guardsman as things stand Employers be-
lieve that the civilian with military obliga-
tons is better adapted to their interests. Tax
ing employers who have not men in the guard
might do good, but there is little chance that
the Legislature will pass such measure. AS
for the present law, it might just as well be
off the statute books, and there is no redress
to be had from applying to it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

Such was the state OF affairs, not long ago,
when we heard that railroad refused to allow
its men to do duty in Pine Camp. This rail
road was making money by transporting
guardsmen there. l wrote its president letter
calling attention to the roads contract for
carrying troops and observing that if all en-
ployers took the same stand there would be
no troops to transport Within an hour after
its receipt l had word from one OF the officials
of the railroad that free and unreserved per-
mission had been given to all the guardsmen
in their employ to perform their duty at camp.
Here is another case. One Of our men
worked in the pressroom Of certain New
York paper, whose outcries for our govern
ment to enter Mexico were the loudest. His
superior warned him not to enter the National
Guard He did enter, however, and went TO
Peekskill for rife practice. 1t rained at Peeks-
kill and he was laid up with a cold when he
returned to the city. Then his boss said TO
him: "Oh. we know where you were! You're
discharged not because you went to rifle prac-
tice but because you didn't report for duty
afterward If you had stayed out OF the guard
as we ted you to, everything would have been
all right
There is another side to it, Of course. The
guardsnan sometimes does not want to 60 to
camp. He does not cooperate with his en-
ployer to secure his vacation at the proper
time.
But why should he be compelled to take his
vacation for guard duty any more than for
Jury duty? The exactons OF the National
Guard are less than OF the courts. Member
ship in the guard saves time for the en-
ployer-fve years service gives jury exemp-
ton for life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

the TACT that he had stayed away the extreme
limit allowed by his employers.
Guafdsmen should be allowed their vaca-
ton as we'll as time for their duty. If compul
sorry service were installed this would be OBJ
lgatory. The remedy tor the guard, in my
opinion. is such compulsory service. Taxes
and jury duty are compulsory. Why should
service with the colors be excepted? sys-
tenn like tina. OF Australia or Switzerland
would not interfere with the liberty Of United
States citizens to any extent After the first
howl we would accept it as a task 10 be per
formed as part of our national obligation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-24

in advance. II change takes place in the
date OF the manouvres there is still no change
in that of the vacation, and the man cannot
attend. At the time Of the Mexican trouble
last spring the War Department abandoned
the idea OF field service for the National
Guard on the date when it was contemplated.
We hoped to hold our manGuvres later. but
could not do so on account of the attitude OF
employers.
Even the institutions that are said by the
Chamber Of Commerce to be in favor of the
guard seem to show their favor on general
terms. rather when it is brought home TO
them. | have definite case in mind as ! say
this. AS for the average employer, his attitude
at the best is one of federation.
He does not deduct pay or vacation when
his men perform jury duty. He docks the
guardsman, who is exempt from jury duty. He
does so in spite OF the fact that the twelve
days every other year on which the guards
man is called out are more than doubly over
balanced by the juryman's two week term each
year.
The employer ought to encourage the
militia. He should give preference to guards
men over those who are not guardsmen.
When last we went to camp and to small
arms practice there were in two batteries
alone total of thirty-nine men who could
not attend for business reasons Thirteen men
were absent from camp and twenty-six were
absent from small arms practice. This has