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IMPORTS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REVENUES FALL.

lMPOkIS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REVENUES FALL.
Although import statistics for the fiscal year 1916 will not be
available to the public for some time to come, owing to the pro.
our imports for the present fiscal year ending June 80, win exceed
50, 100,000,00 600, while the customs revenues realized thereon will
net e ef 5 duty S1s on al 1t in sp1Sse entesing t the u %fsai states 5Ras ts sed eo@psf:
ing with American goods produced under the American high-wage
f5sed tasde IS Richard aeSsr e ed Rss cent Would dh sise fafSt h aDSst asm ep q $ aH
any such rate as this, but the statue of Golden has been buried by
Great Britain amid the ruins of his tabernacle. England is no
longer a free trade country.
The average rate Of duty on all imports under the Republican
In 1918 it fell as low as III per cent but this was due to the
fact that our foreign competitors were holding up shipments of
which was then being formed, and under the provisions of which
they were to receive the benefit of indefensibly lower rates. New
i frfnsrfse the so Feder eaf r hssa 8 year realized aSzsi 81 $si SsSSSSSSoH in e Customs os
revenue. In short, imports for the fiscal year just closed, with a
we're II per cent. cent greater re m than for the EFF fiscal yea year 1918, B. under the
Republican law, and a period of peace, while the customs revenues
Therein lies the faAacy Of the Democratic argument for a tariff
for revenue only. To theextent that imports are not required
resort must be had to internal taxation. The customs duties are
paid by the importers, and under the Republican policy they light.
argument of the Democrats against the protective tariff was that
It was responsible for the high cost of living, an argument to which
in force under the Democratic law, we would, in order to realize
customs revenue equal to that paid into the Federal i Tg 3 yin in
publican year 81 Z per cent. This would mean absolute anni ll
ton of American industries and an enforced idleness OF American
w%orkingmen which would create a reign of terror in the United
The Democrats framed their bill with the avowed intention of
putting the rates so low that the consequent increase in imports
%oa1d increase n sans3 the customs R Seyf f6es xe they fgo gave cav T Amer' cf t IN,
duties to the quick, and while there was a large increase in imports
sestSm a " Tsys4 fs" f1 5aH off a 10 7 sgea ea f tSe f@es s sn5ept el sast t to make sps
up the loss,-two confessions that the Underwood tariff law was a
viii experiment with all sorts Of taxation with a view to placatine
an indignant electorate, but it is too late. The people know them
and n H%s R eqsS camp party gS1; IS e % aaaa! into It's on own m asain to give the
country wise government, adequate revenues, and commercial pre-
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FARM VALUE INCREASES.

The average value of farm land
thruout the United States in 1910,
aside from buildings, was $32.49 an
acre, according to the census. In 1916
according to the Department of 'Agri-
culture, this value had grown to $45.5O
AN increase of 40 per cent. Since
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MORE MADE HAPPY

Aaker's Business College placed the
following students in positions last
week: Sarah Peterson. Margaret
Thordarson, Lottie schafssfi,,aas Emma
Holte, Thea Koragairden, Thea Dahl,
Recha Lehn, Alma Ho6llii,esni, Helen
Tweeten, Jalmer .Skie, J. Thorspn, and
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K. E. G'u'1n',dlerson. We need more stu
dents to supply the demand for Office
help. Send for catalog to4Aa B. c.,
Grand Forks, also for a Gias,Tractor
and Auto course catalog.
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THRESHING MACHINES AND
ENGINES FOR SALE

One 25 horse Case
One rs horse Buffalo Pitts,
Two IS horse Nichols & Shepard
One 80 horse Buffalo Pitts
One IS horse Port Huron.
SEPARATORS:
One 40x60 Nichols & Shepard
One 35x56 Minneapolis
One 36x6O Advance.
Those engines and separators are all
in good shape, ready to go right into
the field. We can furnish Tanks and
Cook Cars for any of the above ma
To anybody not wanting any of
these used machines, come in and let
us fix you out with a new outfit as we
are local agents for the Advance.
Rumely Thresher Company.
Office 223 Fifth Street,
HALVORSON & MCDONALD
Phone 527. Devils Lake, N. D.
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the total value of, farm lands, aside
from buildings, was returned in 1910
since then must be more than eleven
billions. The total agricultural
wealth production in 1910, according
to the Department of Agriculture, was
$8,49S ,811, Ala. The entire production
of that year would not ven pay in
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We VA pay cash for any elsaa Old
cotton rags yuu have. 'The Weld
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Friday Witnessed the opening Of the
new Woolworth% Store and scores of
people thronged, the store all day:
Music by Nerhaugeh's orchestra lad
|ded to the pleasure Of the afternoon.
This store is one Of the most attrac-;
tive in the city and one of which Dew
lis Lake may well feel proud.
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HENEY,S ~aCONYERSIoN.

( Francis j. Heney of San Francisco has annosneed that he will
support Wilson. 1t required a telegram Of twelve, hundred words:
for HeneY to, convey this pleasing information to the President
and yet we cannot regard Heney's a real scalp for the Demo
cratic %chieftains. Heney is described in his biography in who's
ly gone back to his first love. It is somewhat significant that the
news dispatches which carry the tidings Of .Heney's adherence to
the Wilson cause add that he will probably be q candidate for Unit
ed States Senator on the Democratic ticket. In fact, this is doubt
less the one best bet; for Heney's specially is running for office in
ment. When offices are being passed around, Heney is generally
not because he did not stand up and make a long reach for it.
Heneys conversion, however, furnishes additional evidence
There were some Democrats in that band Of earnest political cru
saders who selected Amageddon as their foothold in 1912-but the
Hughes. Those who were Democrats will now vote for Wilson:
inns group IS 5 50 s naam IN number bert tna : the announced n a. adherence nsra o.
managers; But the hundreds of thousands Of those who acted
with the Republican party prior to 1912 are quietly taking their
places again in the ranks with their old associates and no special
fuss is being made about it. When the votes are counted, it will
parGns-and that the Republican preponderance of more than a
million has again asserted itself in a sweeping Republican victory.
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DO YOU KNOW THAT

oSsVSA wages AAohS USttST uSd1tll:
Better health makes better citizens.
Better citizens make a better ma
ton? a.
TheU. S Public Health Service found
Is per cent; Of the, rural homes in a
certain county unprovided with sani-
tary conveniences of any kind?
Cholera is spread in the same man.
ner as typhoid fever? ~
|: Scarlet fever kills over 10000 Am
orleans each year?
Hookworm enters through the skin ?
He who builds up health lays up
treasure in the Bank of Nature? 4.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
NEED OF A NEW NATIONAL
CIVIL SERVICE LAW URGED

PHILADELPHIA. November IL
Edward A. Fitzpatrick of Madison,
Wis, secretary of the conference on
universities and public service now
being held here. yesterday empha sized the
need of new national civil service
law He advocated placing the classi-
fication of the civil service in the
hands of the civil service commission,
instead of allowing it to remain in
the hands Of ca binet officers.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick urged that federal
court employees should be included in
the merit system and argued for an
extension of the system of examina-
tion for the promotion of federal Of
ficeholders He thought it unneces-
sary that the workmen's compensation
act for federal employees be admins
tered by a separate commission in
stead of by the civil service commits
sion. and recommended that Congress,
before a new civil service law is
passed. order under independent aus
pices an investigation of the federal
civil service administration SO that the
Weaknesses Of the present law on the
administrative side may be fully re-
vealed.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
SINKING OF COLUMBIAN
BY GERMANS DENOUNCED
Crew, Two-Thirds Being American,
Will Be Sent Back to the
United States.

LONDON, November 17.-After re-
ceiving a report from Capt. Curtis OF
the steamer Columbian. which recently
was sunk by a German submarine Off
the Spanish coast, Charles Mayer. the
London manager of the France and
Canada Steamship Company, owners of
the Columbian. denounced the action Of
the Germans in destroying an Amert-
can ship. The Columbian. he. said, had
formerly been owned by the Hawaiian
American Company. but was taken
over by his company, which had been
organized since the war.
"An the shipping of our company,
totaling nearly quarter OF a million
tons. is owned in America and under
American registry" he said. The ma
jority of the ships are under charter to
the Italian and French governments
The Columbian was bound for Genoa
with about 5000 tons of oats when she
about 1900 horses at st. Nazair. The
whole cargo was loaded al Boston and
New York, in addition to 1000 tons Of
oil which she needed for fuel. as she
was an oil burner. Two thirds of the
Columbians crew were Americans.
Mr. Mayer said he planned to send the
crew back to the MED States on one
Of the. companys boats from France.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS.

The Great Northern railroad has asked
the federal district court of st. Paul for
an order to prevent the enforcement Of
the Adamson law. The suit is similar
to those filed by the Atchison. Topeka
and Santa Fe. Union Pacific and other
roads. A suit attacking the constitution
ality of the Adamson law has been
brought by the Illinois Central railroad.
Miss Beatrice Compton. a nurse at the
Indiana State Soldiers Home. at Lafay-
ette. Ind. was stabbed and injured seri-
ously. and three others who attempted to
defend her were less seriously cut Tues
day. Hobart Davis. employed at the
home. is alleged to have attacked Miss
Compton.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
TURKISH PARLIAMENT
is OPENED BY SULTAN
Announces Plans for Regulation of
Foreigners in EN-
pire.

AMSTERDAM. Holland. November 1s.
via London. November IA Copstanti-
nopie dispatch says the sultan opened
parliament in the presence of the cabinet
and the German ambassador with A
speech from the throne in which he
referred to the Turkish victories at the
pardanelles and eulogized the achieve
ments of Turkish troops in ali theaters
Oh war The sultan said that after the
abolition of the capitulations. granting
extraterritorial rights to foreigners.
turkey began negotiations with Ger
many in regard to an agreement to reg
ulate their legal relations on the basis
OF European laws and the principle of
reciprocity. He hoped the agreement
would soon be ratified
turkey also gave notice. the sultan
continued. of the termination of the
farls and Berlin agreements. which be-
came useless in view of the constant
violation of their stipu1ations
turkeys relations with her allies
were developing, the sultan added He
reiterated his statement of last year
concerning common policy in the
prosecution OF the war on all fronts in
order 70 obtain peace and develop the
capapliities of the countries
Madoi Adil Rey was appointed presi-
dent or the chamber and Hussein
D1ahid and Ahmed Ghazi Pasha vice
presidents.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS ON ART.
Makes Plea for Real Expression of
American National Spirit.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
cubist school of patriotism, the serv-
lie copying" of foreign masterpieces in
art and literature. the failure of Latin
literature to express '"the soul of the
Latin race" and the ignobility of a
nation that is not proudly willing and
able to fight for just cause" were a
few of the many subjects touched upon
by Theodore Roosevelt in an address
here yesterday before the American
Academy of Arts and Letters on Ma
tionalism in Literature and Art"
The keynote of the coloners speech
was a plea for real expression of the
American national spirit in the writing
and art of this country, as he declared
that "the greatest literature. the great
est art. must spring from the soul of
the people themselves"
Evening star., 1916-11-17
IMPORTS FROM TROPICS
OVER BILLION DOLLARS
Sugar Heads the List. With S314,-
100000, for Last Fis-
cal Year.

More and more each year the United
States looks to the tropics for products
according to the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, which presents
figures to show the increase of i'm
ports for the fiscal year 1916, as com
pared with previous years. The i'm
ports for the fiscal year ending June so
last, totaled $1,000, ,S50,416. as compar-
ed with $S07,642,1S2 for the previous
year.
Sugar heads the list witR imports
valued at 1914. 100000 in the fiscal year
1915. That sum represents an increase
of s51,000.000 over 1915. and of 81 So
100000 over 1914. India rubber gutta
percha, gutta joolatong and other sub
stitutes for rubber showed imports in
1916 valued at 100000, as against
$S6,00o.0e0 in the preceding year. Inn
ports of raw silk amounted in value
to 124.000.000, a so per cent increase
over 1915; coffee. $116, 100000. an in-
crease of about per cent over 1915;
fbers other than fax, $56.000.00 an in-
crease of almost 90 per cent: fruits and
nuts, $4,000. 900, a very slight increase;
raw cotton, S40,000.000. an increase of
about 20 per cent: tobacco and manu-
factures of. $3S,000. 900. decrease of
about $2.760.000. and cocoa and choco!
late, $36.0e0,000, an increase Of so per
t,ent over 1915. Other important items
in this group are vegetable oils, S34,-
0O0. 900, against s25,000,000 in 1915: tea.
$21. 100000. compared with $4,000, 900
last year. gums sI5,800.00 against
s12.0o0.000 in 1915; dye woods and ex-
tracts, $10,0o0.o00, against s5,0O0,000 in
1915; spices, ss,000.000. against s6,000.-
900 in 1915; indigo. $4,000 against
s1.600.000 in the preceding year: rice,
s6.200.000. against S6.400.000 in 1915,
and cabinet woods. s4.0oo,Ooo. against
$4.300,000 in 1915. Feathers, ivory, sago
and tapioca, vanilla beans, Icorice root,
opium. quinine-bearing barks and
sponges, in sums varying from about
100000 down to less than Sl00O,0 900
each, complete the list of the more i'm
portant tropical and subtropical prod
ucts imported.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
MARYLAND Faces $500. 900 Deficit

BALTIMORE. November 17.-Mary-
land faces deficit of 100000. The
trouble is the result of reversion to the
general funds of the state treasury OF
$200.7s7 that belonged to the roads
commission for the construction of
state aided roads. Through oversight
or some other reason the state officials
failed to take the sum out of the gen
eral funds Of the treasury and credit it
to the roads commission. Gov. Har-
rington, it is said, will urge speedy re-
assessment of the counties, some of
which is now going on.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
PROGRESSIVES WITHDRAW
FROM "BLOC" IN THE DUMA

LONDON. November 1.-THE pro-
gressive party in the duma has with
drawn from the bloc" the famous six
party combination which for some time
past has constituted the majority in
the Russian parliament, according to a
dispatch to the Times from Petrograd d
The reason given for the secession OF
the progressives. who are about forty in
number. is that the leaders of the
bloc" refused to include in their decla- :
ration at the opening of the duma a
direct demand for parliamentary gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
Universal Labor for Germans.

BERLIN. November 1.-THE finish
ing touches are now being given to
the "manpower bill' providing for uni
versal labor for all able-bodied Ger
mans behind the front The exact de-
tails of the measure have not been
given out, but the newspapers indicate
II will apply to all classes, rich and
poor alike. affecting particularly the
idle classes living on private incomes
connected with prosecuting the war.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
Class Elections at G.. W. U.

The last of the class elections now
are being held in the nine departments
OF George Washington University. The
freshman class of the Veterinary Col
lege has elected these officers: Presl-
dent. J. C. Barney: vice president. r.
% trsssmrsr' n. b. Friboura. and serkesnf;
alarms. Frank Rubino, The freshman
class at the Dental School has elected
these omcers: President. T. Arthur
retary treasurer. c. v. stiefel. and class
editor. Miss r. B. Colsman-
Evening star., 1916-11-17
Awarded U. s. Hero Medal.

For bravery in climbing out on the
pilot of a moving locomotive and push
ing A. W. Thompson. deaf man. from
the track and saving his life. at Brook
field. Mo, f. w. Landram Of that place
has been awarded medal of honor by
the interstate commerce commission.
The medal will be accompanied by a
personal letter of commentator from
President Wilson.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
LONGEVITY PRESCRIPTION
BY CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW

NEW YORK, November IL
A prescription to insure old age
was given to 200 members of
the New York Academy of
Medicine last night by Chaun-
cey' NJ. Depew. railroad man
and former United States sem
ator, who is in his eighty-third
year. The rules he laid down
were:
Get up early in the morning
no matter how late you go to
bed.
Keep your mind serene and
do not take your business home
or to the opera or to church.
III tobacco or drink hurt you,
cut them off.
Don't be mollycoddle.
Associate with the young.
Give literally to charity and
make yourself enjoy it.
Evening star., 1916-11-17

The French government has awarded
the iife-saving medal to Joseph Morse
an American citizen. who, while enpi
neer OF the steamer Missourian. jumped
from great height into the harbor of
Brest last August and rescued a cbiId
from drowning
Evening star., 1916-11-17
33 UNMARRIED VESSELS
SUNK IN SIX MONTHS
Destruction of British Shipping
Stirs Criticism in House
of Lords.

LONDON, November 17-Thirty three
vessels have been sunk without warn
ing by submarines from May to No
vember 8. according to an admiralty
announcement. which adds that as a
result of this 40 lives were lost.
OF the total twenty-six were British
ships. the loss of which claimed 135
lives, the heaviest death toll occurring
on the following vessels: Golconda.
nineteen lost; Euphorbia. eleven; Fran
coma. twelve, and Marina, eighteen.
The statement says the remainder of
the losses were among allies and neu-
trails, the French losing two ships. with
the loss of two lives. and the Nor
wegians> losing three vessels. with the
loss of one life
Evening star., 1916-11-17
SECURITY LEAGUE FOR
UNIVERSAL TRAINING
Is Preparing to Make Fight in Con-
gress for Senator Chamber
lain's Bill.

The National Security League. with
headquarters in New York. is prepar-
ing to get behind Senator Chamber
lains, hill for universal military train
ing for the..young men of this country.
aecording>te a statement issued by the
league today. The league is in receipt
of a telegram from Senator Chamber
lain. who is chairman of the Senate
committee on military affairs, saying:
1T will be my purpose to press the
bill for military training at the COM
ing Congress-
1t is. probable that the league will
ask for an opportunity to present ar
guments before the military affairs
committee in favor of universal mill
tary training and service.
Officials of the league express the
belief. based upon information re-
ceived from all parts of the country.
that bill providing for a system OF
military training will be placed upon
the calendar.
Evening star., 1916-11-17
Intervention of U. S. Asked.

"The government of the king
asks the ctive intervention of the
government of the United States to
obtain the. cessation of this deporta-
ton of Belgian workmen into Ger
many and to obtain the liberation of
those who have been already deported.
1.-THE Germans claim that these work
men are not employed in war indus
tries. 1t should be remarked. however,
that they are employed in industries di
rectly connected with the war and that
the employment of this Belgian labor
releases great number of German
workmen who are sent to the front.
Thus. these Belgian workmen are COM
PEELED practically to fight against their
own country.
The United States government already
has interested itself in this situation.
and Charge Grew of the embassy at
Berlin has been instructed to discuss it
with Chancellor Won Bethmann- Holl-
veg. No protest is authorized. but the
charge is directed to point out to the
chancellor that Germany's course can
not but have an unfortunate effect upon
neutral opinion, particularly in the
United States, where great interest is
felt in the Belgians. q,
Evening star., 1916-11-17
Provisions of the Bill.

The Chamberlain bill provides for
three classes: First, citizen cadet
corps. composed of youths between
twelve and seventeen; second. a citizen
army. including those between eighteen
and twenty three. and third, reserve
army, of persons whose ages are be
tween twenty-three and forty-f1ve. The
training consists of 30 hours per year
for the first class and 120 hours per
year for the second class. 10 whole
days of which must be intensive train
ing in camp.
When the bill is taken up by the
committee the league will be able TO
present considerable evidence demon
strating rapidly growing sentiment
in favor of universal military training
and service it is said Referendum
ballots to determine the sentiment OF
widely separated communities nave
been printed in sixteen newspapers
published from Massachusetts to OKLA
homa, Utah and California, and the re p.
turns indicate a percentage OF from -
TO sc per cent in the affirmative
A congress of constructive patrlotlsm
is 10 be held under the auspices OF the
league in Washington January 70 %
and -. 1917.