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New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
Cocktails and Preparedness.

A few years ago, when eugenics was a
novelty and every one was prattling about
it and making plans for future genera
tions, the temperance preachers took it up,
of course, as they take up every fashion
able hobby. to give a new and popular
turn TO their musty sermons. Eugenics is
a little played out for popular uses, but
now in the nick of time comes the doctrine
Of preparedness TO furnish new variations
to an old and threadbare theme
The possibilities which face the United
States after peace has been restored in
Europe make IT obligatory upon our ma
ton" writes that indefatigable reformer,
Colonel Maus, in the current Medical
Times. "to enter into state of thorough
preparedness And then, with passing
reference TO battleships, arms and ammu-
milton. he passes easily to the men and the
obvious necessity of preserving their
health and efficiency, and so, inevitably,
Il know of no factor which contributes
more TO the general health and efficiency
than total abstinence" After that it is
easy going on the old, familiar track.
Colonel Maus has taken US over the ground
so often that. having disposed of the III
PRODUCTION. he has nothing very new TO
give lis.
More novel and snowy are a series Of
explosions in the same journal by another
doctor. who has some very unkind thoughts
about the modern young woman. and es-
pecially the young woman of the beau
nondc. His eloquence is too precious to be
paraphrased:
Verify, the beau monde reflects piteous
state of preparedness for combat with the
forces Of evil that threaten 70 disrupt society.
Verify, the national force that is wasting to-
Gay in America IS woman; and she who pros
titutes her obligation 70 her sex In life of
self-indugence and demoralizing example
should be brought 20 her senses by the
thought that no nation can be truly great in
v hich the rights OF woman are not deservedly
Upheld and her refined intellect is not re-
spected as a directing agency and an impel-
ling power.
What has shocked him especially is the
progress of the cocktail in polite society
Cocktails and highballs are everywhere
on dress parade. Debutantes. not
necessarily of the fast set, unblushngly
assert right 10 drink wine and smoke
cigarettes at luncheonS and levees. at high
priced cafes and in the corridors of the
hotels" If this is the state of affairs in
peace, what will IT be in war? If our debu-
tantes are so shameless. what are we TO
expect Of our soldiers?
Colonel Maus, after forty years SER
vice as an army medical officer. can tell
us something of the dreadful possibilities.
and what he can't tell he can guess. "No
one" ne confesses. will ever know how
many of the aviators who have lost their
lives have alcohol 10 blame for the
tragedy but he can easily estimate the
proportion of sickness attributable TO alco-
hol. His estimate is astounding, showing
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16

To the Editor Of The Tribune. =,
Sir: It is reported that represen'a'''s'
over two million farmers recently apPe'.s.
before a committee OF Congress 70 P,'''
against any appropriation being nsus :,
place the United States IN cohdl''0H
military and naval preparedness. ne W.
bic with the American farmer Is, ana S'"''.
has been, tha, usually he is unable !"
much more than an inch before he nose.
ought 70 know something about H. fot -.
raised" "a they say out Vest Oh
leaving Il for the army in lso-
The average farmer works in peeN -, sr,.
ure wear i'm and year out. u j. ho' -.
prising that his vision IS limited '..a.rg
comprehension Of things beyond the o0S.; ,;s..
of mis- own little world is often o. 'he .~s,
character. Why should he be eoreefne'u A..
if New York and other big sea'oasI 'l.'s h,
omen 20 attack and destruction AnywSH 4,
doubts If there is any such danger r..
threatening Us? Where is the enemy my.as.
must prepare against? He insures MS A,.s
ings. even though no fire threatens U..,,,s
of the element OF uncertainty always e..,,s
in connection with fires. II Is IN eo"sNSIS .S'IS bs
of this element OF doubt that We shOo'' and
ready AZ all times with strong "i'"'
navy TO repel any possible enemy I'D
Wars. like fires. come uneNpeeeu! ID,
without warning. The nation tna' onr,
is safe. The nation that is helpless -. o,
is to-day must pay the penalty oi r.
foresight.
r.A
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
Accept No German Blood Money.

To she Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Satisfaction may be given Tor the
loss Of American lives on the Lustania and
the contention made b. the United States for
principles % international Law may be duieted
by an agreement in words phrases Of ar
elastic meaning, as though the question were
an ingenious photographed one and not Of a
necessarily rigid rule Of future action
Then an indemnity will be arranged.
Let no German money be taken, offered in
scmewise as stonement for those precious
lives,
The United States might pay the claimants,
who would have legal right TO the indem-
nifty, but let the President or the Congress
absolutely decline to receive the sum set
aside The ;aint OF It's quality as a moral
release 70 the murdcrers would make it in
decd blood money" ERNING WlNSLOW
Boston, Mass. Feb. TO- 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
THE INDIFFERENT MAJORITY
Must Be Aroused to Preparedness
by Persistent Argument.
To the Editor Of The Tribune


Sir: The people Of the United States ar
to-day divided into three groups. broadly
speaking on the question Of preparedness
Two Of these groups are striving FOR tie
preservation Of the nation in the crisis .cl
is inevitably coming upon it. but are work
ing from Numerically opposed premises ore
pleading for adequate military and naval pre-
lection, the other denouncing war IN vigc
Gus terms. belttling the necessity FOR sny
increase IN the two arms Of our military es-
tablishment and stopping iitt'o shor. Of
demand for complete disarmament
The third group. comprising. it s SAFE
say. a majority Of Americans Is thinking 0s.
indiferently about the matter; or If Their
minds do dwell upon il seriously for ie"
moments occasionally. they are inclined TO
dismiss il as something which doesn't coz
Germ them except in a vague way; or else
their minds become completely bewlldered
by the conflicting arguments advanced by me
other two groups.
This third group and t will be this group
which viii ultimately be compelled 70 pay 'ne
price II nothing is done TO protect the couh'
try-have been brought up on The lo'l'
leaves Of the glorious traditions o. VI.
United States wherein the inylneloility o.
the country is made a sort OF fetch 70 pro-
tect US from all evil; they have inhaled 'he
incense Of our historical past until ne
senses have been soothed into state OF t''
most delightful hallucination. which nS'
blinded their eyes and warped their lu's
mcnt ..
Something must be done. and done quiesf'
20 awaken this third group Of Americans
the national peril which threatens 'ne"'
Temperate patient roiteration OF the VIA.
need for preparedness is the only battera1
ram which will make an impression on theD'
They must be aroused from their le'hSrs!'
brought out of their day dream Of seeunF'
and made TO see the situation q, u - wv
as they think il ought TO be.
The wild shouting OF the jingoes VIII ~
do il. the incoherent babb.ings OF eAass'
atod fear will not do II. They must DC ma.
70 know the gravity Of the danger, S'".
which an appeal to their reason ana So
judgment may be confidently counted opv1
10 bring them to the point where they ~"
demand that immediate and adequate p'.
paredness which is their just due rom Wv,
in whose hands they have placed the s0'e'"
ment of their country. III
Now is no time to discuss the impO'',
itv Of war nor eulogze the blessings "
peace. Now is the tine 20 prepare io'
first Cor the preservation OF the secohu,
'' ~ " HOMER DUNE.
Yonkers. " Y. Feb. 10, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
Get Rid of Daniels !

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: If the Presidents recent speeches are
prompted more by desire to safeguard the
nation than TO improve his own political
position. why does he not show his sincerity
by dismissing the incompetent whose AFRO
CANT disregard of expert criticism and advice
has reduced the efficiency OF our navy by
more than 80 per cent?
And why does he not advocate pro-
eramme OF preparedness commensurate with
the need which he tells US so sorely exists
rather than making pitifully inadequate rec
concentrations 20 he followed or not By an
administration over which many OF US trust
he will have no control?
GEORGE s. SHELDON.
Santa Barbara, Cal, Feb. 3, 1915
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
Wilsonian Wabbling

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: From this time forward The New
York Tribune will be my daily paper. Since
my return from England fifteen months age
another New York daily has been on my
breakfast table, but what has seemed TO me
Wilsonian wabbling in its policy OF late, II
contrast with the frank decidedness of The
Tribune. has caused me TO make the change
Also. since the appearance OF Remember the
Lusitania" have sent several Trlbunes "a
England. because Of the remarkable strength
OF certain OF it's editorials The last was
that of Thursday, tho 10th inst, With its
powerful "In Memorism" cartoon and it'
companion literary jewel, TOO Proud &c
Fight HART CONWAY.
Upper Montclar. y. j., Feb. II, 1915
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
A Bad Habit Among Giants.

When Dr. {. p. SteinmetZ greeted hr.
Edison the other day as chief of "the IN
tellectual giants who have created modetn
civilization almost within one generation
he referred, Of course, TO very special
and peculiar aspect of civilization. lie
would be the last to fall in with the popu-
lar habit Of sitting at the feet of such
giants. the first TO see the absurdlty OF con-
founding the several sorts of giants, OF be-
leving that because a man Is giant among
horticuturists he must be profound sa-
want. that because he is giant among man
ufacturers he is especially qualified as a
statesman, that because he has made a
huge fortune his philosophical spec cIla-
tons are Of singular value, that because
lie is a great fnancier he is also 2r,at
connoisseur in art, or that because he l. a
great inventor he is in all things great
thinker.
Most of our giants have way OF DIS
tributing chunks Of wisdom from time to
time on all sorts of subjects they know
nothing about, and the people listen 70
them with an awe and respect they do not
deserve. Mr.. Edison himself has fallen
too easily into this bad habit, and we are
treated from time to time with frivolous
reflections TO which no one would pay any
attention il they were not emitted by
wizard.
Mr.. Edison's thoughts on tobacco, Tor
instance. are Of very little importance yet
he insists on giving them to the world pc
riodicallv. Mr.. Edison does not like
cigarettes. He probably prefers chewing.
If he would only say 50 and let II end there
no one could object The fact would prob
ably be accepted by his admirers as an IN
teresting photographed detail. But he
goes further. He decorates it with pseudo
scientific rubbish and endeavors TO defend
mis- taste on physiological grounds winch
he does not understand. Then his thoughts
are taken up by another giant in the
notorcar business and published TO the
world as a great discovery. And people
swallow the nonsense and listen gravely &c
what Mr.. Edison would do to the cigarette
if he were a legislator instead of wizard.
As if il mattered.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
A Diplomatic Victory.

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Nav Heaven save the American peo-
pie from another Wilson diplomatic VIC
tory"l The acceptance OF Germsny's terms
making il legal to murder Americans on the
high seas upon a cash basis. accompanied with
polite assurances Of regret. is tho GROWING
act OF shame and dishonor upon nine months
Of peurile. timid. cowardly evasions Of plain
duty to the American nation.
By our unfortunate laws. which give 20 ou,
President greater powers than possessed o.
any autocrat in the world full power TO
build or destroy the government Wilson
has been enabled since the war in Europe &c
deprive the loyal Americans and the Amer
can nation OF their right 10 care for and de-
fend its citizens He has been enabled 70
trade his country's honor for what he be
lieves will add to his political fortunes. lie
has persistently followed this course from
the time Of the Belgian outrage. the Lustanis
murders. down to the crowning infamy Of to-
day.
By his acceptance Of the insulting German
terms he has blazoned TO the world America S
shame and degradation. lie will permit any
murder OF American lives upon the high seas
upon the payment of a fixed price accom-
panied with regrets
shame shame, How can any true Ameri-
can raise his head? and this is the country
Of justice. courage and freedom! Washington
press bureaus and those defenders and heelers
Of the Administration tell us THAT subma-
rine warfare is practically given up by Ger
mans TO meet the American demands" How
can any informed man accept such rubbish
New York Feb Q, 1916. ". Is.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
try has been in appealing to the selfish and

try has been in appealing to the selfish and
the sordid. He might have led u.s. No man
since Abraham Lincoln had such an op-
portunity rs came TO him on the morning
Of the Lusitania, in the hour when Bel
gium was first invaded by wicked and
ruthless military nation.
II he had only trusted us! II he had
only believed that the America OF 1914
was the America of 1776 and 1851! But
he did not trust US. The great human re-
volt against wrong, tyranny, violence that
was writing on the Belgian fields history
which will live "a long as men live left
him cold. and he thought that his country
men. equally cold, asked of him only that
he should keep them safe at all cost OF
honor. Of national repute.
And on the morning Of the Lusitania. il
he had only spoken then! If he had only
trusted nation that waited for his word
as the North waited for Lincolns on the
morning after Fort Sumter! But once
more the event left him cold, and being
cold he told an eager and ready nation
that It and he were too proud to fight"
For this the American people will never
forgive Woodrow Wilson. Because of this
Americans will suffer and be ashamed for
long wears hereafter. In one of the great
hours Of human history, when the forces
Of light and darkness, of liberty and
tyranny were face to face, when the whole
principle and ideal on which America was
founded were in peril, Mr.. Wilson bade US
be neutral, be comfortable keep silent, that
we might coin money and turn our sc-
oujescence in shameful murder into in
IDENTITIES and munition profit.
This is the issue Of the next election
and of all elections until America IS rc-
stored 20 its old rank in world OF ma
tions which serve justice, liberty, human
ity-nationally and internationally. Mr..
Root has seen this and said it. Hereafter
il will be hard for the weak man and the
little man, the party boss and the party
machinist TO work IN silence and dark
ness Thanks to Mr.. Root, we are TO have
campaign based upon great issue and
a supreme national question. We are to
decide what after all American citizenship
and American existence mean. We are
TO decide whether this nation is a factory
or a shrine; whether the America Of to-day
is the America of yesterday and Of all the
DAYS since the beginning, or whether II is
a new. vile thing; whether our country
is the single portion Of the worlds surface
which shelters men who have no thought
for honor, for liberty, for moral or spirit
ual considerations and care simply TO live
in comfort through days and nights pro
longed by the betrayal and the desertion
Of all that men elsewhere in the world
love. live for and are willing TO die to pre-
serve.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16

that drink works infinitely moro mischief
than bad sanitation In the camps. This,
he assures us confidently, was true during
the recent Spanish war and Philippine in
surrection, when at one time the admission
sick rate reached 1900 cases per l,ooo'
At least three times as high as the highest
sick rate attributable TO inferior santa
ton.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
A Badge of Dishonor.

Sir: Much as II is 70 be regretted that
Secretary % War Garrison (the only strong
ran left, as to-day's Tribune states should
Cabinet. any right thinking. true blue Ameri-
can, whether he be Democrat or Republi-
can, ought to be ashamed to be connected
With the present Administration or the So
called head therof. BUSINESS WOMAN.
Danbury, Conn Feb II, 1916.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16

In the following sentence IN the leading
editorial Of yesterday: "No American can
complain If the British Prime Minister If
Sir Edward Grey, feels that IT IS undignifed
70 talk TO American correspondents or to the
German people through our newspapers; that
is thoroughly British affair" German is
obviously a misprint for American.
New-York tribune., 1916-02-16
The Farmer and Preparedness

Yonkers. y. Y. Feb. 10, 1916.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-01

eEsy -H.Sv .~.s- Sc .es4 OF July.
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t1-r k7,S So. I've 20 l.ss. Final
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4 t1zE4rss tn -rF-F E&S reserved
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s-efs s2~ r2@a.Er -ss1s Pres
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c - am - TO ~ts owe. A. sc.
therF we're 20 sales
Port receipts tA- me 1sv we~s -
Ta9 aa.ax. con rs=sa 1+:h Et4& Aas@s
wear ago Exports for :rs DAY So
greeated 9ss bales. AL 70 the Cen
.tnent compared with - sea ia -
las year Exto-,s for the season =
date amount 10 se5i.S37 -
against 7.s40,iis bales fo- 'He q
responding period last season
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-01
tHnotattons ny miller q Co. Member.
Chicago Board of Tratc1

Chicago, May 31-The life Of the
May wheat future ended today under
great selling pressure and a break Of
some brendth
One Of the larger concerns ha.
bought Aay wtcat for the four busi-
ness DAYS IN thr rag OF profft taking
But for this huyjng the price decline
would have been sensational The de
ferred months were a fraction lower
to fraction higher with the Septen.
her the strongest future
some advisers from tho southwest
told or Improved conditions since the
rains. Export sales, while liberal we're
an Manitoba wheat and only %, geo
bushels was taken here by miliers
before the opening II was known
that the Liverpool market was de-
moralized as values were to points
mand In the English market was fat
and the attempts made TO 1GauIdata
caused price recessions
Corn was strong with gains of
ha2% and the demand was acttv,
right up 10 the close, There was a
better cash demand with sales OF COS
ooo hushels, Country offerings were
smaller, shorts bought freely and this
made a Arm position for that cereal
Oats were Il 20 &c lower to UNI
changed and the volume Of trade wa.
moderate There was fair amour,
OF May liqaidstion with the ofYertn "a
taken by leading elevator interest
Cash sales were 2ao, 600 bushels at Chi,
cago and son, COO bushels at the Sea
board.
The weakness AZ Liverpool. where
provisions were two shillinEs, and elk
pence lower, caused weak opening
at Chicago. where packers are attempt
ing 10 break the price OF holdings
There was d fair outside trade. but
port was difficult 20 sell unless much
lower prices were accepted
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-01
United States Circuit Court of Appeal

The United States Circuit Court OF
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recon
Vcncd Yesterday morning at / 0 o'clock
with Circuit Judges Pritchard. Knapp,
Woods and District Judge Johnson IN
attendance
case heard yesterday;
No l445. Sunday Creek Company,
plaintiff In error. VS. Basil Gray ad-
ministrator Of the estate OF Paul Jack
son, deceased. defendant in error,
error TO the District Court at Charles
ton, West Virginia. Case submitted
on briefs by George 8. Couch. and
Brown Jackson & Knight. OF Charles
ton. West Virginia, for the plaintiff
in error. and by y. Howard Hundley
of Charleston, Yves. Virginia,
Fehear!rE granted;
The court has granted a rehearing
In case No 1875. Highland Park
Nanufa curing Company appellant.
vs, f. G Steele ct al, appeliees: APP
peal from the District Court at Green
v'lle, South Carolina. The decree OF
the district court in this case was on
March 4 1915, affirmed The case
has heen restored TO the docket for
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-01
MOTORS FURNISHING
MARKET LEADERSHIP
CAaimcrs Makes Record Figure. While
on Curb unised Motors and .
White Boom.
FUEL OIL IN DEMAND
Report Indicates Incs~a@e
OF This Producs by Locomotives.
International Harvester Expects Big
Demand wheu War Ends,
Rx RRnAnAN WALL

New 1G-k. MAY sI.--Nc irsSrIA-
r9o1ss disaster having occurred during
= TIRE holiday. stocks had q more cheer
sGl -c-e .csSy This cheerfulnees vas
coz-azue1 throughout the session in
saE1e sgec4Aay1es but many OF the
Seaas saecM-se discouraged In the af-
ts-reoz secsGse :he paesic refused to
AXE A-y sE+<-ess- The result was s.
ezxA4r s-rex@ia- closing The DAY vac
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zssy xx-@ u. es@xA = ;he motor
xre.x RI - exchange Chalmers
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=. s-4},,@as n n. 3tx- - Americans
- wef~l =. -Aw tax waste - sw!eA
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s9-a}sa5 uftn .ha balance ~ the list.
Tre rnarte- dls rot close weak hut
r-n9,- st.3 ou, fo~ taek 81 interest
-. I-nitas s-ates Geological Survey
sbnxs maj during 1a1s th.r. were
sssss 4sf barrels a, oil fuel used nv
,ororo.ixee in RI. United state.
.~.{-.. as NAG 1ss barrels In 1914 an
",s, cf sFs ooo harreIs or "a nnr
-.
Tue, M Contamination
~,a fs~. ,ha. railroads. have In
-,,.sa .ke,r ron.nuntIon Of oil in
49,. o.. ~ constantIy increasing
r-inae .s ~ surnrise to the oil com
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-01
New York Money Market.

New York. May 31,-~Monev on cal
today opened at Ia per cent; high
5 per cent low. la per cent closed
l.: per cent Most of the loans were
at Ia
Time money was unchanged, The
tone was quiet and industrial money a.
"a per cent for ninety DAYS and a
3 Ia for six months constituted q
large psrt Of the business, Rates 3 a
Ia for sixty and ninety days en-
Gorsed bills receivable as well as FOL
choice four and SIX months singls
names
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-01

Judge Richardson Yesterday over
ruled exceptions in the case OF John
Swa r1v ont and others against the
assessm ents on property damages re-
turned by assessors Julian c. Ander-
son. II T, Ellyson ana Lucien w Ry.
land The property owners believed
the assessor ents too small. The as
SCISSOR fixed tho damages to propert,
by the opening of an allev through
Northide property az s5,2s5. Th!:
figure stands unless the owners Of
the property choose TO enter suit.