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Evening journal., 1916-02-25
rnr cARr REFoRE TME mORsE.

NTEws dispatches from New York say that President
IN Wilson has become unpopular with the country
because he has failed dominate Congress. This is
putting the cart before the horseconusng cause and
effect The fact of the matter is that the President has
failed dominate Congress because he and his poll
cies have become unpopular with the country.
: Members of Congress have recently returned to
Washington from their several districts. They spent
the summer travelling among their constituents and
many home during the Christmas holidays. They
arc thoroughly familiar with the needs and desires and
Judgment of the Naturally it is their desire
IL possible to carry out the wishes of their consttu
ents TO fairly represent them and popular
proval If they are not today acting upon the nstruc-
tions or advice the White House gives them, it is
because they are convinced the President is running
counter TO public opinion and asking for something
against the best interests OF the American people.
No President who has the people with him will fail
TO dominate Congress. His domination depends upon
members OF Congress being convinced that what he
asks Of them in accordance with the judgment of
the people and for the promotion of their best in
terests.
The Wilson administration lost popularity with the
people because of its extravaganza. It's unsound eco
nomc theories its overthrow Of the merit system IN
government service its absolute disregard of efficiency
in the postal service its secrecy regarding public af
fairs its violation of every campaign pledge even to
the last and perhaps least important the sngle-ierm
pledge The single-term pledge is that the peo-
pie have the powe- TO enforce. it matters little
whether President Wilson voluntarily keeps not
He may have the power break every other pledge in
the platform but that he has power to break il
he would
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
TRADE PROBLEMS AFTER THE WAR.

sGVNHAr will be cur commercial position after the
W war?' was the a-absorbng question before
the Third Annual Foreign Trade Convention held at
New Orleans. Running through the entire discussion
Of the subject was the unequvocal demand for a gem
era revision of the tariff with provisions making it
more flexible and adaptable TO changing conditions.
Opinions were unanimously the effect that the pres
ent Democratic tariff law would be ptfully inadequate
to meet the post-bellum situation that it must be
stricken from the statute books.
Those who took in the discussion recognized
as trade authorities throughout this country Pres-
dent Farrell Of the u S Steel Corporation, declared
that the foreign business since the began has
been the greatest asset of many American manufacture
ers and the only justification for the operation of their
plants full time. whatever may be the nature of
the competition which manufacturers will have to
meet after the war he warned lit would not be safe
to conclude that it will be less intense less enec-
tive than heretofore II it be handicapped by the
scarcity and dearness Of money, it will be stimulated
by the pressure Of dire necessity Mr. Farrell finds
in Europe's foreign investments safeguard to the
prosperity of ner industries aid in her indus
trial rehabilitation
In a very interesting paper "The Problem of
Ant-Dumping,' Dr. II. c. Emery former chairman OF
the tariff board, defended the selling Of goods in
market cheaper than another asserting that this
economically sound and the United States should
not hastily adopt any ent-dumping policy which might
lead other nations to retaliae against "To get the
best results in the the largest products at the
lowest cost" he said the flour miller for example
must keep his pl ant going at full capacity Under these
conditions, the Of flour per barrel. in general is
made the lowest possible. He cannot market his COM
pete output in any single market at single remuner-
atiye price Manufacturers hold to certain
kets and then dispose Of their surplus such prices
they get whether in the confines Of their
try not"
Mr. Emery finds that the real danger after the
is not that European manufacturers will sell goods in
market below their own cost of production, but
that thsy will sci goods below cost at home. On
the other hand, prices in foreign markets in time Of
low that the American exporter is largely
driven by the sheer force Of international competition
TO sell his surplus at reduction, hence the move
ment for anti-dumpng law, he believes fraught
with danger.
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY rs, 1916.
COMMERCE CmAMBERs NEW PRESIDENT.

nOLICE COMMISSIONER WILLIAM b. MEGEAR has
4 been elected president Of the Wilmington Chamber
OF Commerce to succeed John J. satterthwat He is
wide-awake and progressive business We hope
his administration will produce results. Certainly
his efforts in that direction should be seconded heartily
by all the members.
Mr.. Megear has fertile field for work Broad
minded. intelligent and unselfsh effort his part
seconded heartily by the members Of his saf and the
body as a whole should be beneficial the city. The
public will watch his course bopefu that IL will merit
approval.
Wilmington needa-its Chamber Of Commerce Prop
erly conducted. cannot fail to aid the community.
Let all hope that under the guidance OF r Megear
1t will perform the functions for which it or
ganized:
First-To obtain industries.
second-To extend the importance OF our city as
a shopping and general commercial centre
Third-To make Of It convention city.
During the year should not permit itself to be
drawn aside from the performance Of its legitimate
functions by who have political ends to serve
or fads and fances to promote which in their nature
arc outside the fundamental purposes which should
underly the work Of the Chamber
In short, it should concentrate its efforts toward
the securement Of new industries business and
new conventions and not destroy its power by rattling
around
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APPEAL FOR armenian AID

.
The Armenian Relief Commit
tee Of this city agalnt comes
forward to make another appeal
TO the people of Wilmington
to come TO the aid Of hundreds
of thousands of Armenians who
are today in a most pitiable
condition In Caucasus Russia,
where they have fled and In the
Mesopotamian deserts where
they have been exiled. Almost
million men, women and
children have already perlshed
and the few remnants still left
must be saved.
Never in the worlds history
have there been such terrible
atrocities committed. never be-
fore has history recorded such
determination Of a whole ma
ton. never before has the
world seen a whole nation fac
ing death for their faith with
such almost superhuman oour-
age and heroism. They could
save themselves If they had de-
MED Christianity. but they pre-
ferred to die. is this not al
most ineomprehensible to the
human mind? Do you not ad-
mire such a heroic nation2 Put
what will the civilized nations
do to save the remnants of such
a race who are now drifting
here and there between life
and death2 What will the Chris
tians do to prevent that first
Christian nation from absolute
and final destruction?
The committee desires to
send a large contribution from
the generous and charitable
people of Wilmington. As in the
past also now the committee
feels confident that the people
Of this city viii respond quick
ly and literally to this very
worthy cause.
Contributions should be sent
70 L. L. Maloney. Treasurer,
care Security Trust and Safe
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
After Ten Months

In a recent Berlin dispatch to the
United Press there appears this ar
resting sentence: "The patient atti-
tude toward America displayed during
the Lusitania negotiations no longer
exists This is what Berlin feels
at the present moment What for any
selfzrespecting American citizen must
be the consequent emotion?
German naval officers have mur-
dered American men. women and
children. During long months the
German Government has steadily de-
clined TO disavow the assassination
or confess to culpability for the crime
After long months the German Gov
ernment has by threats. by intimida-
ton, By deliberate recourse to ter
gibleness." coerced weak and cow
ardly American Administration into
abandoning all demand for a diaa-
vowai.
Now. when the United States Gov
ernment has sacrificed honor, as it
long ago surrendered safety, the Ber-
lin dispatches record that German pa
tience is exhausted. What patience.
Is IL, then. an evidence of consid-
Grafton. of distinguished good will.
that Germany should have permitted
Americans to protest, in words, at the
murder OF their women and children
and in weak and hesitating phrases
complain at the assassination of
Americans by the friendly and hui
name" German nation?
Such is the situation ten months ar
ter the Lusitania massacre This is
what Mr. Wilson's diplomacy has led
to. The murderers are appalled, at
the prospect of their moderation in
permitting the relatives Of their vic
Tins TO protest over the crime Their
supreme patience is exhausted, and
now. on the eve of renewing a cam
paign Of murder. they warn us, their
prospective victims, that We must no
longer count on their forbearance
that the next time they kill our wom-
en- and children they will take it as
an i'll token If we bother them with
protests.
This is the view Of the United States
that exists in Berlin This is the ap-
praisal OF American courage that OBJ
tains in Wilhelmstrasse. Those who
are too proud to fight are too i'm
significant to talk. Those who do
not dare to act do not dare to deserve
to be heard in court or listened to on
the sidewalk
The fatal folly of Mr. Wilson's
course becomes clearer day by day.
But what could demonstrate its blind
ness its hopelessness, moro complete
ly than this stray sentence passed u
necessity" German policy. German
statesmen cannot be disturbed by the
tears or the tribultions Of those who
have seen their sons and daughters
slain.
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
child GETS SICK,
CROSS, fEVERISH
IF CONSTIPATED
Look at tonguei Then give fruit lax
atiye for stomach, liver, bowels.
"CalilOrnia Syrup of Figs" cant harm
children and they love IL.

A laxative today saves a sick chnd
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste. liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! II
coated. or your child is listless, cross,
feverish. breath bad. restless, doesn't
eat heartily. full Of cold or has sore
throat or any other children's ailment,
give teaspoonful of California Sy-
ruD OF Figs" then don't worry. be-
cause it is perfectly harmless. and in a
few hours all this constipation poison,
sour bile and fermenting waste will
gently move out of the bowels, and
YOU have a well, playful child again.
A thorough inside cleansing" is Of
times all that is necessary. 1t should
be the first treatment given in any
sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Look carefully
and see that it is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company"
Evening journal., 1916-02-25

from the trembling hands OF its rul-
ers the direction OF national policy.
No nation ever avoided war by rum
ming away in the presence Of duty.
No nation ever acquired safety or Sc
curity by proclaiming from the house
tops that it was too proud to fight"
or by whispering in the market place
that there was too much profit in
peace TO permit honor to be consid-
cred.
M. Wilson's policy has never been
a policy of peace, and it has kept the
nation on the edge of war with Ger
many for nearly a year. Today. as
yesterday, and all days since the Lus-
itania. there exists a situation which
is filed with peril and makes war a
possibility almost without warning.
If there is war. Mr. Wilson will have
made It. If there is a break with
Germany. there will be no one but
Mi. Wilson responsible. When it is
realized today that the German press
is talking about German patience" in
listening to our protests over our
dead-listening to them merely-there
can be no misunderstanding of the
fact
Two nations cannot live in peace to-
gether in this world when one thinks
il has the right to murder its neigh
bor's citizens at pleasure and the
other confirms this belief by endur-
ing crime after crime with consistent
passivity Either Germany must give
up her claim to the right TO murder
or she will have to see the United
States enter the ranks of her enemies.
But can any one make Germans un-
derstand today what they might have
been taught by a single lesson ten
months ago.
We are too proud to fight" Mr.
Wilson has not only said it; he has
acted it: he has proved it for ten long
months. At the end. on the brink of
! new massacres and fresh killings, he
is now powerless TO convince the
Germans that his countrymen are not
too proud to fight, and he knows that
he can no longer restrain his cOun-
trymen If a new crime comes.
/ Mr.. Wilson's policy has made for
war by running away from duty.
/ After ten months of nightmare-Of
crisis" after crisis end incidera
after incident-the policy has accom-
/ plished nothing, and the peril has
mounted higher and higher.
Has Mr.. Wilson done better than
brave old Captain Parker, on Lexing-
ton Green. on April 10. 1775, when
he said to his men. Don't fire unless
/ fired upon-but if they want war, LEI
/ it begin here" "They" did want war;
it did begin there, and there began al
so OUR country, our liberty, our ira
ditions. To all these Mr.. Wilson has
been false. He has betrayed us and
the men of Lexington. But he has not
achieved peace; there is no peace Oh
such terms. and there never will be.
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
Trom The New York Tribune.)

Since time began there never was a
greater folly than to suppose that
cowardice is defence and flight
protection for a nation, large or small
For ten months Mr.. Wilson has been
running at top speed to escape duty
and avoid honorable danger. Now the
danger is not more remote. but less
Now there is not greater but smaller
chance Of peace.
To avoid international difficulties
Mr.. Wilson has abandoned our dead,
turned his back upon principles and
upon American policy. He has ac-
cepted German orders and he has con
nived at the change of the whole body
Of international law for the benefit OF
the Germans. Seeking only immun-
ity and iawdry and sham political
victory he has made American honor
q hy-word from one end OF the planet
to the other and brought grief to the
hearts of millions of Americans who
know their country is neither craven
nor selfish
And where has il profted the man
or the nation? We have lived in the
shadow of Mr.. Wilson's terror of war
for ten months. We have seen one
sacrifice after another OF life, honor
decency made to placate German
wrath wrath provoked because
Americans should question the inher-
ent right of the German Government
to murder neutrals at pleasure. We
have seen our government cringing
creeping, skulking and at the end of
ten months is there an American citi-
zen who will venture to assert we are
further from war than on the morn
ing of May 8. when we stood in the
presence of our Lusitania dead?
We might have had peace, we might
have had war on the morning of the
Lusitania. No man can know which
But II we had done our duty we
should have had our own respect
and The respect OF the world, and
we should at the least have had nc
greater danger OF hostilities than we
have now when every Washington
/ dispatch records the growing gravity
OF a new "orisis."
And we shall not escape war by
sllulking or running. Some time this
Administration will in its cowardice
go beyond the uttermost limits of ma
tional tolerance. There will sudden.
ly flame up a spirit that no Admin
istration can restrain and no group
Of timid and selfish politicians car
guide intO's safe channels
Let the Germans sink one more shiI
4 bearing Americans and Mr.. Wilson
cannot avoid war. But can he make
the Germans believe this? The peri
of war lies in the fact that Germany
knowing the administration to be
craven. believes the American people
are likewise craven. and will con-
tinue to pile injury on injury and in
lsult upon insult, until the nation take:
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
on TIrE MEsrERN MARFRONT.

GERMAN commanders on the front
" engaged in feeling out the allied line in France
and Flanders When they find weak spots. they
making mass drives against them 1t is inevitable
that such drives result in the capture Of hrst-line
trenches at times and that the territory captured be
retained until reinforcements sufficient to recapture
have been rushed the points that have been made
the objects Of attack
While it is admitted that. as a result of a terrific
mass drive by 2S0Oe0 picked troops. the Germans
have made gains in the neghborhood Of verdpn
France no one should lose sight Of the fact that Ger
many paid terrible price for that gain and that the
French and the British are taking steps to prevent
further advance The drive also has served to make
them more alert all along the western front At no
place has the battle line OF the Quadrupe Entente been
broken.
With Spring approaching, and with France and
Great Britain much stronger today in men and NUM-
lions than they have been and growing stronger
all the me it only in the nature OF things that each
side should try out the defensive strength of the
other In fact the next few weeks doubtless will be
featured by lighting Of the hercest possible and
both sides will be unprecedented in world
warfare The losses sustained by the Germans in
their yerdun drive characterized appalling"
They will accentuated when the Allies get their
serves to the menaced point
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
Remarks by a Statesman
(From the New York SUM-

bewildered as were they themselves,
had suddenly been called upon to
meet the trained veterans of a dozen
European battlefelds; with the result
that the government did not still live
at Washington. for the smoking ruins
of what once had been Washington
were held by the enemy
Il was in 1914 that John Quincy
Adams wrote the lines we have
quoted. Even today ne might quail
fy as forward looking man"
Neither his patriotism nor his acu-
men can be doubted and it seems
that a century ago he was saying in a
curiously parallel international situa-
tion what other Americans of undis-
puted clearness of vision and patri-
otic disinterestedness are saying at
this present time, and for saying il
are being called "militarists." what
ever that means, and "eXploiters of
munitions manufacturing plants"
Just what fiery old John Quincy,
who stood like a rock refusing to
yield zone thirty-siXth thousandth
part of an inch" to the insolent de-
mands which preceded the signing of
the peace. or rather the truce. of
Ghent-just what he would have to
say concerning the modern apostles
of peace on any terms and of prepar-
edness on none would be interesting
reading.
Evening journal., 1916-02-25

II, was in a time or world uproar
more closely analogous to that now
existing than any which has affiict-
ed humanity from that day to this
that the subioined words were writ
ten:
"One Of the advantages which we
may derive from this war (and from
SO great an evil we ought to extract
all the good We possibly CAM is that
of acquiring military skill, discipline
and experience. No nation can en-
Joy freedom and independence with
out always being prepared to defend
them by force of arms. Our military
incapacity when this war commenced
was so great that few more years
Of peace would have eXtinguished
every spark Of martial ardor among
US
Brutal violations OF international
comfy and the rights of neutrals on
the high seas had produced their logi-
cal results. We had been dragged
into the conflict and the ruinous con-
sequence of our placid stupidity in
being caught wholly unprepared was
a demonstrated fact. not an academic
theory.
The story Of our SNUG peace COM
placency had been written in the dis
graceful defeat and rout of our hast
lily assembled militiamen who, with
out training, without adequate equip
ment and commanded by officers as
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
With The ParagrapherS

Agriculture is what colleges teach farming is what
men do for a living-New York World.
The age Of miracles may have passed. but many
man turns night into day.-New York Times.
It's a mystery what women would do for excuses II
there was no such ailment headaohe.-Toedo Blade
With the exception of discolored eye, anything
hand-panted is fashionabe.E. ST. Louis ull0 Jour
nal.
Here is a little dry humor from Denver;
Little old saloon don't you cry
Youn be drug store by and by.
Chicago Herald.
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
FAITH
BY r. II. LipscOmb.

Indeed, it is so sweet to know
Our sins are all forgiven,
Attained by His Precious blood,
A home for us in Heaven.
We traverse dangerous paths Of life,
Without the slightest fear,
1t is because we trust in Christ,
And always have Him near.
Oh, how great to have this faith,
In Him. so kind and truei
All our sins He will erase,
And drive all fear from you.
They sought to take His precious life,
And this lie freely gave,
His hands and feet nailed to the Cross,
He bore His suffering brave.
He died that we might live Alright,
So brave the storm for Him,
And He will take us up on high,
To dwell with Him in Heaven.
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
GEMS OF THOUGHT

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own
mercy.-Jonah, n:S.
.-.-.-.
DO not think IL wasted time to submit yourself TO
any influence that will bring upon you any noble
feeling Ruskin
.-.-.-.
Mhen man or a woman gets a good look in Gods
lookng-gass he isn't finding fault with other people:
ne mas as much as he can do at home-D L. Moody
l am sure 1t is great mistake always 10 know
enough 70 go in when il rains. One may keen snup
and dry by such knowledge. but one misses a world
of lovelness-Adeline Knapp.
God is continually giving He will not withhold from
you or hold up my little cup; He fills it full II
yours is greater. rejoice that and bring il 10 the
same urn. Were your little cup to become as large
the Pacific ocean, He still would NIL it-Theodore
Parker
Evening journal., 1916-02-25
Not a Pimple
Anywhere In Sight
And Any Woman May Become Free
From All Blemishes Of Face or
Skin by Using Stuart's
Calcium Waters.

One Of the greatest blessings a wo-
man can have is to be possessed Of
a fine fair skin on face, neck and
arms. A little attention now and
then to the blood condition makes
this possible. Women are great suf-
ferers from blood disorders and hence
their compilations are marred because
Of this fact.
Evening journal., 1916-02-25

~ Beautiful Complexion Always Is
Center Of Admiring Gaze"
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give in an exceedingly short time a
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OF an artist to produce. They act in
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they do their work OF beauty build
ing almost before you can believe it
possible for them to act at all.
You may obtain a box Of these de-
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anywhere. Price. so cents.