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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28
GRoTEsQUE STATEMENTS

Senator Chiffon IN an extended In
terview in the local Democratic organ
gave out some statements that are
insulting 20 the intelligence Of this
community After making the ridicu-
lous assertion that the present indus
trial revival was not due 10 the Euro
pean war. and by inference was pro
noted by the tariff legislation OF the
Democratic party he affirms that the
tariff question IS now settled in &C
cordance with the vote of at least IS
per cent OF the voters in 1912 II
was nothing OF the kind. The protec-
tive tariff sentiment OF the country
was expressed In the combined vote
cast for Taft and Roosevelt. and that
was over a million greater than the
total vote for Wilson. The people Of
the United States were overwhelming
ly in favor OF continuing the wise and
promotive economic policies Of the Re
publican party. Senator Chiffon know s.
II. a very large percentage OF the
Democratic party knows 30. That Is
the reason the free trade leaders OF
Democracy. including Senator Chiffon.
are so anxious 70 have the tariff taken
out Of politics 10 will not be- done
until the country is restored to a Leg.
innate prosperity. and not one founded
on the misery and woes OF other
peoples
TAX about the tariff question being
settled" with the dolefu record OF the
paralyzlng depression following the
enactment OF the Underwood bin still
I'm the memory Of ALL Iu anaIyzinr
the effects OF the destructive Demo
cratic tariff close student Of the
government statistics demonstrates
that there were more imports In this
country during the last nIne months
period % i9i5sthan boo a1y other nine
months period in our history. except
only the nine months prior tD the war
IN Europe. under The present Jaw
During fhe la-t nine months a. 1915
as compared with f.r I4af oUfr.. pond
lng nine months ~ fH. Payne Jaw. 1ur
imports we're 91s.IEI.s more. our
revenue f.cGf1.G., Ieas T.rsa figure.
tell The entire story Soothing NOR.
can be- added no tho .ame raf, of
revenue bad been Imposed BOO tbs ru
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

The suggestion that peace is
possible IN a very few weeks Is
not so unreasonably optimistic as
may at first sight appear. Leav-
Ing aside details Of possible terms
there are only two main obstacles
TO an early armistice; and once
the conflict is even temporarily
transferred from the battlefield TO
some neutral conference room
there is little doubt permanent
settlement can be- arranged. The
chief difficulties are found in the
the general distrust prevailing
would accept the challenge re
peatedly offered by the allies. and
notably by the spokesmen OF
Great Britain. Europe would nave
advanced a great way on the road
leading TO peace. Practically only
one demand has been formulated
by Mr. Asquith and those VINO
speak with him. the Justice OF
which has already been voluntar-
lily conceded by the German chan
cellor. II is that Belgium shall be-
restored 10 her people and indem-
nit1ed by Germany FOR the admit
ted wrong she has endured. Men
so widely different In tempera-
ment and I'm representative capac-
ity as Mr. J. NJ. Robertson. n
member OF the privy council and
an idealist: Mr.. John Burns, VI.
T.. who resigned his seat In the
cabinet and $3.50 year for
ConscicnCe's sake. and Mr.. X. ID.
Holt. who represents the business
men OF Liverpool IN the house OF
commons. all of them among the
most recent speakers on the sub
jet. have minated that justice
to Belgium rs the essential trst
dcmand-the condition precedent
for further negotiations. or
course this is always accompanied
by stipulation that whatever
other point is accomplished in ne
gOtiation. some plan must be per
fected by which. so far as nu-
manly possible, future peace shall
be assured. Lord BryCe's recent
suggestion for league OF peace.
all members OF which shall pledge
their nationality 20 observe the
treaty, and TO combine with all
others 10 enforce IL against those
who attempt to break away, ~
pears perfectly reasonable and on
Objectionable. Moreover. and this
Is a point of the utmost import
ance. although generally over
looked. such a treaty and such
pledges would give Germany her
self the assurance for which she
claims 10 be fighting. that her own
national honor and interests be
guaranteed against the world and
by the world
Why should not Germany ac-
cept the challenge of ner adver-
saries7 Why should she not inform
the world that she is prepared
now. having already acknowledg-
ed her crime against Belgium. 10
pledge restoration of the country
TO those whose neutrality she
wrongfully violated. and TO guar
antee payment OF indemnity FOR
damage caused The chancellor
promised both these things in the
first DAYS OF the war. when men =
spiritual sight was still unclouded
by the greater passion OF warfare.
II IS true he promised 10 should
be done when Germany had ae-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

complished her military objects.
germany was then admittedly on
the offensive. and intended an
cary victory over France to be fol
lowed by so much OF victory
against Russia as would compel
the latter 10 accept the opponents
own terms for peace-possibly in
Guiding an offensive and defensive
alllance. But now Germany has
given up the offensive. All her
statesmen. all her chief spokes-
men IN the press. in this country
as well as elsewhere, declare she
Is only lighting TO defend her
homes and honor. Let her then
redeem her promise to Belgium.
and Join with the allies in the
building up OF a worlds league
that shall be to her an assurance
OF fair treatment. as IL will be 20
all nations besides. BY thus back
Ing her bond Germany would give
evidence OF her sincere desire to
live al peace with her neighbor.
and OF repentance for the initial
wrongdolng that lost her the
friendship OF neutrals the world
over. She can lost nothing.
But why should she concede
anything? asks the nation-proud
Teutonic protagonists. She has
won on land. as proven by the ter
ritory she holds. And she Is con
quering on the sea. is is seen in
the destruction OF her adversaries'
merchant vessels. Avoiding pure
ly controversial matter as far as
possible. in order to get an unob-
structed view of the position, IL
may be pointed out that long be-
fore Germany had begun TO sink
even n fraction of the British or
French mercantile fleet. the allies
had cleared every German mer-
chant vessel from all seas.
The situation on ;he oceans
gives victory so far TO the allies.
And while II is true that on land,
In Europe, she holds large areas
taken from her enemies. there is
an enormous set-off TO the account
in the loss OF kaichou. Southwest
Africa, the Cameroons. ToColand.
and in the Pacific. In all she has
lost three-quarters OF million
square miles. a net revenue OF
over nfteen million dollars per
annum and an export and import
trade Of over one hundred mil
lion dollars year. And the fu-
turc Is not altogether with her.
She can have no decisions con
corning the fact that Great Brit
sAhNH WIN nv iANAAll NllA'E anu lNlt
splendid contributions of Canada
and other sister nations OF the
empire is hourly increasin her
strength in men. munitions and
material. With the opening of
Achaneel and completion of the
kala Bay railway. Russia will col
leCt more than all she needs from
Japan and America. France may
not have any large reserves of
new men TO call upon. but, she Is
increasing her output Of material
daily What has Germany TO gain
by delay She has fought her
night. She is now admittedly on
the defensive She is making
progress nowhere. Is 10 not the
ply sociological moment for her to
say 70 the world. Il am willing
] will take the first step-I Will
undo the wrong | have done. and
VIII do TO other What are YOU
che allies) prepared TO do in re-
turn"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

from testifying In the courts OF this
State.
1t is quite evident from this latest
exploit that Mr.. We'll believes he will
get no further delay from the Supreme
Court OF the United States. where his
case now is on appeal from the courts
OF West Virginia sustaining the reSu-
larity OF the indictment and the COM
potency of the jurisdiction OF the State
court. He has tried every subterfuge
and technicality known 10 the law 10
eyadc a trial, in sipte Of his protests
OF innocence. lie is now az the end
OF his string and must face a hearing
OF the bribery charges. which nc mas
succeeded in holding Up for nearly TWO
years.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

be- used IN connection with So 900 a.-
propr'atcd By Allegheny county. Cor
mo Improvement Of tho Pitt.bur.h
Pike between Morg8nza and Bride.
VIE The lcnnsy IyanIa highway do.
partm"ni viii provide the remainder
OF $4,000 required Tor the work. Tho
highvay engineers ALREADY are pu .I
lnk WORK ON O. five mile sfrcfrh d..
tween tlaY-Vlllo and West AfrxarFrr
WIN fhc.e two divisions romnirf, q
nlfhNa' % miIcH Ions will connect
liftsburEh and Wheeling
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28
PittSbuTgh-Wheelin
Boulevard Assured

WASHINGTON. Pa. April e.. Con
f'uctIon ~ a boulevard connecting
Itf-burch and Wheeling was assured
to-day whom the Washington chamber
"i commerce appropriated $4,000 To-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

4 man doesn't like TO 10 "kiddsd"
about his car. bic dog. HE lodge or hts
FIRST mu-tacHr. s. woman won't stand
Tor funny remarks about her baby. her
preacher. her age or her complexion.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

A Boston woman complains Of her
husband. who talks in his sleep. Maybe
that's the only time he has chance
90 get a word in.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

Jupiter PIlvius has been batting out
OF his turn for several days past.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

West Virginia promises to soon be
distinguished a. the Bible Class"
state.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

sist ON BrsndeiS because the Senate
is opposed 70 him.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

H,ury Ford is -m ruuuine. but at
chat hc I- mot a .-Iachsr.'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

All baseball enthusiasts arc dry"
advocates.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

The outbreak lu Dublin IS a sad re-
acctIon Of the brave Irish troops in the
trenches.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-04-28

There IS no doubt Of Senator Bur
tons popularity 90 Belmont county.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-05
Where is the old-time offensive on any front?
Prom citing Live- Stock Industries.

The South Carolina Livestock Conference to
be held at Orangeburg October the sixteenth and
seventeenth next is the third of a series of such
meetings intended to develop the food-producing
resources of the Southeast. The first was held at
Tampa Florida, last February, and the second at
Moultrie, Georgia. in June. Thus continuing pro-
gram encourage the raising Of hogs and cattle s
we'll under way.
This movement is rich in economic benefits
Animal husbandry will bring life and new
methods into Southern farming. 1t offers the
surest and readiest means of supplanting the all
cotton system with diversihcation. The farmer
who raises hogs and cattle will plant grain and
forage, naturally and of necessity. He will cease
to be dependent on single crop and distant
sections for his food supplies. His SOIL instead of
being continually Slapped OF its fertility, will be
continually enriched Furthermore, as packing
housesIare established. he will have convenient
and dependable of getting ready money, SO
a credit basis
The livestock industry therefore is the basis
and starting point OF an agricultural and economic
revolution in the Southern States; and as such It
is no less important to merchants, manufacturers
land owners and the public generally than to farm
ers themselves. The plan for holding State con-
ferences to encourage this industry was conceived
and is being promoted by the Southern Settlement
and Development Organization. with the assist
ance OF chambers of commerce and agricultural
leaders. The Orangeburg meeting will be held I'M
der the Joint auspices of that city's chamber of
commerce. the extension department of Clemson
college and the State Department of Agriculture.
It promises to be potent factor in the develop
ment OF livestock interests and hence in the pro-
motion of widespread prosperity.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-05
Sixteen-Cent Cotton.

The advance of the price of cotton is not so i'm
portant in the monetary gains it promises, impor-
tant though they are as in the economic lesson 1t
presents A crop that bids fair to yield the South
nearly billion dollars is indeed gratifying, but the
significant fact is that this royal sum will be de-
rived from an output of hardly twelve million bales
Today, with indications of a crop far below the
average size cotton sells at sixteen cents; two
ago. with a monster crop of seventeen million bales,
cotton sold at starvation figures.
The moral is plain. When the South raises
more cotton than market conditions will absorb,
prices tumble when it raises only enough to supply
the existing demand less prices On an
estimate of twelve million bales for the forthcom
ing crop-the latest Government report indicates
eleven million, eight hundred thousand bales-and
the current price of sixteen cents, which probably
will go higher. the crop this year will be worth
nine hundred and sixty million dollars, exclusive of
seed and by-products Had the 1914 crop of seven
teen-odd million bales brought average of ten
cents pound-as matter of fact the average
was much lower-it would have been worth only
eight hundred and fifty million dollars. Thus the
South will get a great deal more money for twelve
million bales produced at a minimum cost of labor
and fertilizer than it got for seventeen million bales
produced at a maximum cost of labor and fertilizer.
The price increase due to a small crop is only
one item of the South's gain Equally if not more
important is the bountiful production of foodstufs
made possible by curtailing the cotton acreage and
giving more thought to Investigation The grain
and vegetables and live stock which Southern farm
ers have raised this year, and which they would
have raised had they planted cotton excessively
are of inestimable value. Not only they worth
millions of dollars within themselves but they will
also keep at home vast sums which formerly went
to purchase food supplies in distant sections. Fur
thermore. the production of these crops has i'm
proved farming methods, conserved farm resources
and placed our entire system of agriculture on
more efficient and fruitful basis
However high the price of cotton may go,
Southern farmers should not be misled into aban-
doning crop diversificaton and returning to the
aIl-cotton plan. For if they should be reckless
as to do So they would undermine of the great
creative influences for profitable cotton and would
reverse the present progressive trend of Southern
agriculture. Let them continue to plant wheat
and corn in abundance, to raise hogs and cattle
for their own needs and for local packing houses
let them continue to practice scientific business
like methods, and they will move prosperously
forward, secure in their interests and up
building the country's common welfare.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-05
Statesman Against Pettifogger.

President Wilson's speech in acceptance of his
denomination a mastery statement of Demo-
Ocratic service and of the broad issues and duties
now confronting the Government and the people
In this campaign. the President tersely phrased
it, constructive action must be weighed against
destructive comment and reaction" In none OF
his utterances has the Republican candidate risen
above the plane of negative criticism flung of
the influence of the reactionary forces behind
him.
Unable to deny that the country has been kept
at peace in the midst of a world war and has re-
NAMED prosperous and secure in the midst of un-
exampled crises. Mr. Hughes can merely complain
of the methods by which these blessings have been
vouchsafed While attacking the Administrators
foreign policies he does not pretend to say where
in he could improve upon their results; and on
domestic matters. his speeches are simply stale,
partisan pleas which might have been mildly in
-teresting ten twenty years ago but which in
this day of problems and opportunities are
meaningless.
President Wilson's speech. on the contrary, is
positive. definite. constructive and forward-Iook-
ing from first to last. Its ideas those of
man at the helm who knows the perils that have
sbeen met and passed whose hand is practiced in
performance and whose vision is keen for the
tasks ahead. He deals in particulars where Mr..
eHughes deals only in generalities because the
scountrys gOOd-an honest tariff revision, an eff
scient banking and currency system, a obstructive
treatment of the trust problem, series of wise
Fmeasures to emancipate and energze the country's
business substantial beginning in restoring
native merchant marine. a completed program of
national defense bills, national system of high
; way development. group Of broadly useful laws
in the interest of rural needs. a child labor law
that squares the attitude of the Government with
. the enlightened conscience of the time, and num-
bers of other acts contributing the nations Sc
curity and advancement.
The Republican party, Mr. Wilson says,
failed to do anything of these things although it
had promised repeatedly to do them; apd because
OF that failure. moral as well as practical il was
: put out of power Unfaithful and incompetent in
E the past. il has claim public confidence in
this day of immensely heightened responsibilities
E The Administration that has served America so
ably through seasons of unprecedented crisis
should be. and will be- retained.
Lodge predicts Hughes election" What else
could Lodge do under the circumstances?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-05
Where Georgia Leads.

In its Boys Corn Clubs, Georgia has the largest
enrolment of any State of the Union 1t also has
the largest number of farmers, farmers wives and
farm boys and girls engaged in organized efforts
for agricultural improvement. According to the
latest Official report forty-one thousand rural peo-
pie in Georgia were doing definite work of this
character
That is a record to be proud Of 1t means that
our human resources, which are of all the most
important, have been enlisted in a systematic plan
for the States progress and upbuilding The results
already manifest. In recent years the average
yield OF has increased approximately FIVE bush
els the acre, and the output OF grain and food
stuffs generally has grown millions of dollars in
value. Our hsrvests are not only more bountiful
than before. but also more varied, each season
having its peculiar crops and its assured source
|, OF income. The State still lacks much of being
:self-sustaning in food supplies. but It is a great
deal more than It was five ter years ago;
and it is moving steadily toward complete indie
pendence.
These happy results are due in large measure
to the Extension Service OF the State College of
Agriculture Established in 1908. this department
has grown continually in usefulness and influence
It's corps OF workers comprises fifteen field
specialists eighty-four district and county farm
agents and forty-nine agents in home economies
sThese together with other instructors and demon
strators. constitute a trained force OF some two
hundred persons who carrying stores OF scien-
tihc knowledge directly to the people the farms
In a recent bulletin OF the State College OF Ag-
-riculture Mr.. ]. Phil Campbell director OF the Ex-
tension Service. points out OF the practical
results thus accomplished. For example:
The county agents in farm demonstration
have shown that farmers who have followed
methods which they have recommended have
more than doubled the yield of corn over the
average OF the state. The same is true OF oats,
while large increases are revealed with cot
ton. wheat. etc.
These agents have started alfalfa fields
all over the state. They have introduced Glow
ers vetch. cowpeas velvet beans soy beans
and other soil building crops where they had
never been grown before Purebred live stock
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-05
An Unpleasant Subject

Cruelty is always revolving. That is one reason
, nice people refuse to discuss it, And so cruelty
persists,
1.u+ when Il can be reckoned a loss to any COM
urttv in dollars and cents cruelty becomes suitable
tonic Of conversation the "overcropped chicken
suddenly appears object Of deserved commlser-
alton,
"Overcrepped" does not mean much TO the average
housewife but the fowl it means torture-by thirst
and nv diet hot pepper, gravel, grit and oyster
sbe1Is mixed with little BRAN This stuff added &c.
900 600 pounds weight of the fowls sold in New
York last year. and for it New York consumers paid
az 400 600 according testimony brought out in an
inouirv conducted by John D. Dillon commissioner of
foods and markets.
Evidently this very unpleasant theme is one with
which every housekeepsr should be conversant-
gravel diet stops the digestion Of chicken, the meat
Is poisoned, and it is then menace to the lives of
consumers
New Yorks health department and its commissioner
of foods markets have to revoke the licenses
of dealers overcrop chickens, the ground that
II is a practice detrimental to public welfare.
Every community should have law of this
kind and the club women of any town should be able
to get ordinance made easily and quickly,
on grounds Of humanity and health protection.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-05

has been brought in more than $4,000 hogs
have been inocuated for cholera by these
agents during the year, 222 silos have been
constructed by them, waterworks, light plants
have been installed and a vast amount of other
helpful service rendered which is more fully
shown in the summaries given further on"
Equally interesting, and in some respects even
more significant, is the record of the Home Eco
nomic branch of the Extension Service. These
agents have been instrumental in enrolling nearly
four thousand girls in Canning Clubs. Fourteen
hundred girls turned in completed reports showing
that they had canned million two hundred and
sxty-eight thousand pounds of tomatoes, which
they grew on one-tenth acre tracts. The CONNER
cial value of these products approximately
thirty thousand dollars The club members also
put up thousands of jars of blackberry JAM fig pre-
serves, catsup and fruit juice.
It appears also that in home demonstration
work the women agents of the Extension Service
INTRODUCED many labor-saving devices and conyen-
fences.
About 500 freess cookers were made
and about IFS iceless refrigerators. Over 500
homemade fly traps were made, 10 home
made water works were installed. In all S2S
women enrolled as demonstrators in home
economies The county agents visited S,419
homes, held S,OS2 meetings that were attended
by S5.O77 people. They distributed 14,93S
bulletins and 49, ga letters sent out"
Thi. is BODYBUILDING and State-building educa-
ton Every dollar contributed to its maintenance
and extension is an investment from which the
Commonwealth will reap golden and ever-increas-
ing returns.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-05

The Rumanians believe in crossing the noun
tains as soon as they get to them, not moment
later.