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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
"Blighty."

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your interesting editorial on "War
Words" in to-dsy's paper l notice you men
ton the British soldiers use of the word
"blighty" in referring to home or the wound
that sends him there, but that you do not
offer any explanation as to what this word
is derived from.
It is my impression that this is word
that "Tomny" has picked up from his Indian
brothers in arms. The proper word for Eng
land in Urdu, which is the most widely used
Language in India, is lnglistan, but believe
that in the Lascari and other dialects Eng
land is known as Bilait or Bilaiti.
British soldiers love nothing better than
to sling the bat" as Kipling put it, and their
skill at adapting foreign words to their slang
vocabulary is world renowned. Every Eng
lishman calls England "home," and the use
of the word "blighty' as signifyng home in
this connection is typical.
G. T.. BENES.
Portland, Me-, Sept. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
An Appreciation.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Please allow me to express my opinion
of The New York Tribune's scheme for max
ing good any unsatisfactory sale that results
through your papers advertising columns.
During the past year ! have been seeking
a newspaper that would, for one thing, stand
by its readers in securing for them clean
advertising and consequently satisfactory
purchases.
sec no reason why some advertisers hest
tate TO place lads" in your columns for fear
that buyers, after using and abusing goods,
would want TO return them. On the con-
trary, a man that has goods worth while put
ting on the market should have no fear OF
selling his goods TO Tribune readers, because
he ha. the goods and Is dealing with q fine
class of people, and it is not customary for
fine people to make purchases simply to re-
turn goods. | wonder If the advertisers that
arc holding back look at it in this light.
WILLIAM ID. PHILLIPS.
New York, Sept q, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
Tweet and Chirp.
from The Chicago Triburc.)

~ rom 4 nc thlcJCO 1TtOh1iN.i
We chirp TO Great Britain on the subject
Of mail interference We shall continue TO
chirp. We cannot do anything except chirp.
We said tweet 70 Germany when the "strict
accountability" had the Lusitania as its con
sequence, and when, after other tweets and
chirps, the Sussex was added 20 lengthen-
ing list. The Germans, it is said, thought
Kitchener was on the Sussex.
Tweet and chirp to Germany and Great
Britain. Why? Because VIC have nothing
but twcet and chirp in our organization.
We must tolerate things because we are not
strong enough & remedy them. We have the
price OF ink and cable tolls. We can use the
wireless if necessary. Ding the expense in
what We think Of powers which
DO US injury.
But as for making it inconvenient for pow
ers to do US injury-China and the United
States are companions in unhappiness.
Why should nation which cannot main
tain its dignity object to the infringement Of
its rights by other strong nations engaged in
a great war which they think is Il war of life
or death? What right has weak big ma
ton to consideration? Both Germans and
British know us and give US the most the
traffic will stand.
1t does not pay to be negligible. We may
find it out some day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
The Public Must Pay.

liz uOIIS
There has been a great deal of talk in
times past about milk trust" in this city
meaning the large distributing COM
panies. Now q real milk trust is threat
cned by the farmers, who have formed
powerful union, have a state official work
ing for them as their walking delegate, and
refuse to supply this city unless the dis
tributers pay their price and make con-
tracts with the union. The distributors
declare they will never deal with the union,
and that to pay the farmers prices would
necessitatc material increases in their
charges TO consumers, even over the re-
Gently raised rates.
What both sides to this mischievous con-
troversy seem to overlook is that each
needs the other even worse than the public
needs the milk. 1t is evident from the
admissions of officials of the distributing
companies that the city faces milk short
age and that they cannot supply their
usual quantity Of milk without obtaining
most of it from members OF the farmers
union. But the farmers themselves can
not sell their milk in New York, despite
the silly promises of their official walking
delegate, because they have few, if any,
pasteurization plants, and Health Commits
sioner Emerson refuses to abate the regu-
lations governing the standard of milk.
The farmers have the milk; the companies
have the pasteurization plants and the
agencies for distribution, which the farm
ers-or any agency acting for them
could only duplicate at tremendous initial
outlay and cost Of maintenance.
For either side to maintain the stand it
has now taken will mean business ruin,
leaving out of consideration the vast hard
ship inflicted on the public. The farmers
talk a lot about pouring their milk on the
ground or feeding it to the hogs, but they
are not in business for their health any
more than the milk companies are. And
they could stand long fight less well, in
all probability, than the distributing
agencies, which will always be able to OBJ
tain some fraction of their needed supply.
On the other hand, the companies will have
to bear the immediate brunt of public dis
pleasure, whether they raise their prices
again or suspend deliveries, besides carry
ing the great expense of the loss of bust
ness which the threatened milk strike
would produce.
TIE obvious course is for these con-
testants. neither of which can do business
successfully without the other, to get to-
gether by making concessions. If Mr.. Dill
lon, Commissioner Of Foods and Markets,
really wants to serve the public he will
use his powers to bring Them together in
stead of trying to soldify the farmers
trust and to help it dictate terms to the
distributors. In any case, the unfortunate
public might as well prepare itself to pay
moro for the milk which it must have.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
America Sidetracked.

The feeling grows more general that
American neutrality during these last two
years has lost to the people Of this coun~
try something of the idealism, the daring
and devotion, the splendid self-abandon
and capacity for achievement which are
now transforming the moral fibre of the
Europeans who have staked all upon the
war. The sentiment exists that the great
est events in all history are happening
and America is left OUT that the men who
have faced death and destruction for their
ideals will have gained some invisible good
in which we cannot share. There is a
growing suspicion that in contrast, for
instance, with the conduct of France the
peace which America enjoys is sordid and
calculating.
1t would seem that if the total moral
effect be taken into account, the case
against war is not quite so clear as many
believed before it had revealed such hero
isms as the Battle of the Marine or the de-
fence of Verdun. There is point of view
from which the ordinary arguments for
peace appear, as William James once said,
"mawkish and dishwatery," appealing less
to the spirit in men than TO their love Of
ease, their material interests and tame
ness. 1t is significant that as time passes
one hears less about the horrors of war
and more about the horrors Of peace.
1t cannot be denied that, with all its
evils, this war is purging the nations of
much of the petty selfshness, quackery and
corruption of which America, in company
with all the industrial nations, has its
share. This nation may well feel that a
great historic moment has passed it by. IL
the war, while bringing the people of
France, Italy, Belgium and Great Britain
not only to victory but to more daring
and exalted way Of life, leaves peaceful
America with the same cheap commercial
spirit, the same parochial outlook in inter-
national affairs, the same naive boastful-
ness, the same easygoing superfciality
which have characterized many of our
popular standards.
Is war necessary to bring nation to its
highest capacity for heroism? Must a
people in the enjoyment Of peace and ma
tional prosperity degenerate into the soul
less? is mankind doomed always TO sub
stitute the commonplace evils of peace for
those of war? Or is there, as James
argued, "a moral equivalent for war;?
These old questions come 10 us with
startling force at this time. They may
not be answered, as heretofore. by simply
repeating the pacifsts or the militarist's
creed. The real answer will be found by
comparing the spirit and the achievements
in the arts and sciences Of this country
with those Of Europe in the years follow
Ing the war. 1t is suggestive Of the same
on thing Of which Europe has always ac-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
URBAN UNREST
A Farmer Attributes 1t Lack of knowledge Regarding
Fundamental Explains Wheat Growing to Show
Why Six Cent? Bread 8 To Be Expected

ping of wheat had depleted. And the wheat
belt moved west.
ANY new country has remained poor as
long as il continued at exclusive wheat rails
ing. In the older agricultural sections wheat
is still raised in small way as part OF
diversified farming, but has not been profit
rble with prevailing prices in the past. Only
improved machinery of the present day has
made it possible TO produce the amounts that
have been produced under restricted labor
conditions OF the present time
II would appear that great paper like
The New York Tribune could proftably de-
vote much space 20 the subject of production
and origin of food supplies, TO the end that
the city consumer would become more IA
mliar with the fundamentals of life. To
make the fve-cent loaf we must have dollar
wheat. Our pioneer ancestors in Western
New York one hundred years ago received
81 for their wheat. Is il to be supposed tnat
the laborer of the present day is worrying for
the same wage as was received at tnat time
am compelled to think that "Victim,' like
many other residents OF New York, is narrow
in his vision. He jumps at conclusions. II
there is a rise IN price there must be a com
tnation or trust somewhere that is getting
a corner on the product in question. It costs
more TO run streetcar now than it formerly
did Why should it not cost more 70 raise a
bushel Of wheat? a siX-cent loaf is 10
harder 20 earn now than three-cent loaf
was in 1896. Mr.. Bryan's contention in 1896
was that money was toe dear and products
too cheap. To have good times we must have
cheap money. which would make prices high.
We arc having just what Mr.. Bryan advo-
Gated, only the results were obtained in a
different way. President Wilson's desire for
a "cheap market basket" did not materialze.
If it had we would be having cheap food.
but nothing 10 buy it with. Don't forget
'93 TO 90. J. r. MORLEY,
President Minnesota Cooperative Diaries
Association, Owatonna, MINI.
New York. Sept. %, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02

and open. 1t still continues, and no one
can guess what the end will be.
Mr.. Olney's definition of the Admins
tration's Pan-American policy does not,
therefore, correspond at all with the facts
The world properly judges the President
not by what he has said in Washington,
but by what he has done in Hayt, the
Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Mex
leo. He and Mr.. Lansing were enthusias-
tic last winter for the signing of general
Pan-American treaty, guaranteeing the
political independence of all the signatory
states, and bringing the United States. as
a member with one vote, into council OF
American powers to be dominated by the
smaller Latin-American states. What has
become of that treaty? In the light Of
what has happened in Hayti, the Domini-
can Republic, Nicaragua and Mexico, there
was nothing for the Administration to do
but to send it back to limbo. 1t was hope
less to think of squaring its provisions
with the Administrations acts.
The Pan-American problem, like the
Mexican problem, has been mudd!ed by
the Presidents. reversals and yacillations,
his heaping of one contradiction on an
other. Mr.. Olney is defending the Austen
ton from interference phase of Mr.. Will
sons policy-a purely academic and foren-
sic phase. But to defend that phase is to
condemn the opposite and contradictory
phase-that of actual and long continued
We cannot see how such defence can
be considered helpful. 1t only emphasizes
afresh the haphazard and illogical charac-
ter of Mr.. Wilson's diplomacy. And its
most regrettable feature is the doubt it
casts on Mr.. Olney,'s appreciation of the
value of his own great services (under
the second Cleveland Administration as
an expounder and developer Of the Monroe
Doctrine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
"Cermany's Last Card"
I The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: "Germany's Last Card" adds another
10 your long list of able editorials, and your
reference to the last days of 1864, is an in
SEPARATION.
But will tho accidental head Of this in.
Administration see the point?
What you fear will undoubtedly come to
pass. II it is TO his political advantage.
The offer of mediation" will mean to him
only votes and number of pens to be dis
posed Of to prominent pro-Germans.
Is 1t not time that he were out and the
White House fumigatcd?
New York, Sept. 20, 1916. w. T. S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
The Dairymen's Union at Work.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The Standard Dairy Company. at a
meeting held in Sherburne, n. Y, agreed to
the price fixed by the Dairymen's League
provided that they could contract with the
farmers, but refused to recognize the league
by contracting through the New York Office
The league, and not the present price. is
tothering the milk concerns, which il is their
aim 20 disintegrate at any cost.
Therefore, If we have strike. il won't be
because Of the high prices demanded by the
farmers. which the milk concerns admit are
Reasonable. but the refusal Of the milk con-
Germs TO recognize the league. The public
has nothing to fear from the farmers but
the public, including the farmers. has some
thing to fear from the milk concerns.
c. II. B00S.
Sherburns. n. T., Sept. 2s, 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-02
Training for Public Service.

After an experience of five years COM
mittee which has charge Of the Training
School for Public Service, run in connec-
ton with the Bureau of Municipal Re
search, announces that systematic train
ing in the management of municipal busi-
ness is feasible. In view of the demand by
municipalities for specially skilled admin
istrators, and in view of the number of
graduate students placed in public office
by this institution, there is little room for
doubt about the truth Of its statement.
The fact is that wide-awake cities are
eager to have their affairs handled by
trained men. just as are enlightened and
progressive business concerns. And in
public service. as in the business world. it
has been demonstrated that the best train
ing embraces theory as well as practice.
1t is to be hoped that the future will see
great deal more of this broad systematic
training for public service. 1t is needed
10 lessen inefficiency, if not actual igno-
rance, which is too frequently present in
departmental business in cities and states.
Colleges and business institutions have
united in theory-prsctice systems of edu-
cation for commercial life. Education in
the theory of government, the principles
of economies and law underlying the ad-
ministration of public affairs, is just as
possible and just as necessary as educa-
ton in the principles of banking, if the
governmental agencies are to be as we'll
run as the banks.
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You can purchase merchandise advertised IN
THE TRIBUNE With absolute safety-ior
If dissatisfaction results in any case ihL
TRIBIJNE guarantees to pay your money back
apon request. No red tape. No clubbing we
make good promptly if the advertiser does not
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,sret and published daily by The Tribune AsSociaton
N,,s York corporation. Ogden Reid freSdeit; o. NoO
,.-r- Vice President: Eichsrd II. waldo. aeep'Siy
= A susr Treasurer Address. Tribune BUILDING I'f
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cused us, that at present the only sort Of
leadership for which the United states
aspires during the coming years Of peace
IS that of economic supremacy.
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CANADIAN RATES
Many AND SUNDAY

,,,,.a q, IN. rOs,o~c. at New York as Second C''''
Mall Matter
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$ uBscRIrr1oS RATEs.-By Mail Pos,'ss Paid' outside
Of Greater Ne- York:
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Dsiv Sunday. I mo s - Dsi7 Cnr o,,i 90
:, g - = 80, IN p.Uy only, / year...... tp1 !
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15

corn, wheat, steel-cut oats, mfllet seed,
ETC., or commercial chick food in a
light litter, such as hay chaff.
5. Feed mash rich in protein which
contains per cent beef scraps after
the chicks are two weeks old, and 10
per cent after they are three weeks
old, or give a mash of finely ground
grains, cornmeal, oatmeal or wheat
bran.
6. Give an abundance Of green food,
as short grass on the sod, young oats
or rye, lettuce or cabbage leaves.
z. Keep the surroundings free from
filth. Clean coops and yards frequent
ly to prevent droppings from contain
mating the food.
8. If you can get sour milk regu-
larly, feed it. Do not alternate sweet
and sour milk. This will put the di-
gestive system out of order in a few
days.
8. Keep off lice by liberal use Of
insect powder. Grease the head slight
ly with cottonseed Oil, vaseline or lard.
Do not overdo at any one time.
10. Remember you can do more to-
ward making q good fowl during the
first ten days of it's life than during
any 40 days afterward.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15
INCREASE FLOCK OF LAYERS
Well to See That Fowls Are Worth
keepina-Poor Hens Are Liabil-
ity-keep an Account.

The average farmer might find 1t
desirable to increase the size of the
flock of hens. While most farmers
have little time to devote to poultry
raising yet their families may attend
to the fowls and see that they are
well cared for and protected.
The usual "advice" to poultry rails
ers to begin with few hens is sound.
But on most farms the women and
girls have had the responsibility of
the flock for years and most of them
could well afford to increase the num-
I. Der of laying hens.
Range is very important for poul-
try. But range alone is not enough.
The fowls must have feed and shelter
when they need them.
When one is about to increase the
number Of hens it is well to see that
those kept are worth keeping. Poor
hens are not an asset; they are gen.
orally a liability.
1t may not be possible to tell when
hens are worth keeping and when they
should be sold. In fact this will be
impossible unless records are kept.
But no chances should be taken ON
very old hens or hens that have never
shown their worth as layers. 1t will
be safer to keep pullets.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15
Blouse Remains High in Favor

girdled in below the waist with siiken
cord knotted at the ends.
But the woman who chooses such
a frock. while she will have the sat
isfaction of knowing that it is in the
first fashion, must keep well in mind
that its opportunities are limited. 1t
will not serve for the theater, the res
taurant or an afternoon reception or
card party. 1t is also heavy and
warm under topcoat, and only gives
it's full need of value in those sea-
sons and in those climates that permit
it to be worn in the open with nothing
additional but q set of furs. By the
early spring, it may be in high favor.
Satin Leading Other Fabrics.
On the other hand, satin in a thick
weave seems to offer itself as fab
ric for the. majority of activities that
fill up the life of the American wom-
an. 1t can be stretched far enough to
take the place of q coat suit if one
must be economical.
The dressmakers are using it for
morning frocks worn by schoolgirls,
for afternoon occasions that range
from weddings to restaurant dancing,
for informal evening frocks, that serve
not only the woman who has few op.
portunities and less desire for the
gorgeous gowns that the smart set
wears, but also for the fashionable
woman who wishes, for time, to
avoid the brilliancy of splendid eve
ming attire.
Along with velvet, 1t forms the
foundation for the most Oriental and
medieval ball gown, but in it's simpler
forms it is in dull colOrs and merely
trimmed with chain stitchery and bit
Of metallic thread. Gray has taken
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15
CUTTING HAIRS FROM UDDER
From Sanitary Standpoint and Com.
fort to Cow While Being MIXED,
Flaments Are Detrimental.

1t is not at all uncommon among
dairy cows to find the udder covered
with thick growth Of long hair, which
may be of some protection to the udder
in some respects, but from a sanitary
standpoint and comfort to the COW
while she is being MIXED, these hairs
are detrimental. Under the usual farm
conditions this growth of hair is COM
monty covered with filth, and even in
well-kept diaries this hair unless kept
well clipped, will collect more or less
dirt and trash.
In many cases, too, these hairs will
persist in falling into the milk pail.
To prevent occurrences such as these
the udder should be clipped closely at
least twice each year, and In this way
prevent the accumulation Of filth.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15
HATS HERE AND TO COME
Information on the Subject OF the
Seasons Millinery That Will Be
Found Interesting.

Many women are ready for their
second hats of the season, others have
just selected their first, and still 9TH
ers have their first yet to select. To
all three classes, however, the subject
Of millinery is an interesting one.
Embroidery Is the thing in the way
Of trimming. A combination of ma
terials Is used In many cases to de-
velop one design. On q brown hat q
little daisy design has Its petals en-
broidered in ribbon, while the leaves,
stems and centers are in silk.
A novel bonnet of velvet has stream
ers reaching to the shoulders. The
streamers are made of several strands
Of knotted worsted.
Simple trimmings, such as single
rose, an ornament made of feathers or
fur, real or imitation, are most effec.
tive.
A novel feature is a neckpiece with
the ends finished to form small change
purses. These are arranged so that
they shall be decorative as well as
practical.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-12-15
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WORK FOR BETTER CHICKENS
Ten Cardinal Points in Raising Young
Fowls-Give Only What They
Will Clean Up Quickly.

Here are ten cardinal points in rails
ing young chickens:
1. First feed the chicks when thir-
ty-six hours old. Provide sharp sand
or clean grit. Give them dry bread
and sweet milk, mixed with chopped
boiled eggs and dry bread or cracker
crumbs. Feed this once every three
hours for two or three days, then once
a day for ten days or two weeks.
2. Don't overfeed. Give only what
the chickens will eat up eagerly in a
few minutes.
3. Exercise aids digestion and as
similation and keeps the chickens con-
tented in confinement.
4. Give a scratch feed consisting Of
finely cracked grains, as well-seasoned