The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-05-05

can be done in Germany, he is an "un-
fit competitor" Although John Sharp
Williams is a Senator from Mississip-
pi, he is very influential factor in
the party which is now making tariff
laws for the entire United States.
American workmen who do not like
being placed in the unfit" class be-
cause they demand to be better fed
better clothed and better cared for than
any othr workmen on earth should not
be in any doubt as to how their bal
lots should be marked when they go
to the polls in November.
Official Washington and especially
Congressional Washington is at COM
plete loss to understand just why the
President made his special trip to the
Capitol to read his message on the
German submarine question. The day
chosen was, to be sure, the anniver-
sary of the Battle of Lexington, and
il, it had been chosen for declaration
of war against Germany there would
have been a certain dramatic quality
in the Presidents action which could
have been understood.
But there was no declaration of war,
there was nothing limiting at such ac-
ton; and, in fact, the President is re-
ported to have told Senators Stone and
Lodge, an hour before he went to Con-
gress, that he did not look for war to
come. His message merely was a
statement that he had sent a note to
the German government.
During the past year he has sent
notes to the German government
without number-but he has never
before thought it necessary to sum-
mon Congress in joint session to hear
that fact recited. He has generally
been content to- let the note become
known through the medium of the
newspapers. Why, then, all Washing
ton is asking, did he depart from his
custom now? The situation now is no
different than it has been for months
except that the national conven-
tons are approaching and the presi-
dental campaign will soon be in full
swing.
1t is not congenial thought to the
average American mind-the reflec-
ton that a President would time his
actions or order his words in a grave
international matter because of the
exigencies of partisan politics. But the
idea is freely expressed here that this
is the only element in the situation
which caused the President to vary
his usual course in sending the latest
-tor no one here thinks it is the last
note to Berlin
The Federal Reserve Banking Sys-
ten. continues to demonstrate its great
usefulness-to the South. The April
number of the Boards Bulletin re-
ports the total discounts of CONNER
clal paper granted by the reserve
banks in the month of February to
have been little more than seven
and half millions, the smallest
monthly total since the banks were
opened. But, it adds, "over 70 per
cent OF the monthly discounts are
credited to the three Southern banks.
1t is not stated whether the South
reduced its business during the month
or not The presumption is that the
South took full advantage of the sys-
tenn which Secretary McAdoo and his
other Southern colleagues arranged
Tor the special benefit of that section
SO highly favored in every respect by
this administration.
-:-O-:-
During Edward A. Woods abb
sence last month the Pittsburgh
agency. as tribute to their. chief, con-
Quoted the greatest rally ever held in
the history of the agency. The rally
lasted just month, ending April 18th
and when f. A. Woods steamer
locked in New York on April ID a
committee met him and escorted him
home where he was presented with
report of 800 applications written for
Pop! goes another record!