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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05
ANY Honest Man Who Resents Rob-
bery and Rascality." Says Senator
Tillman, would Rather Build
Plant Than Let Thieves
Have Their Way

mat TINS enormous price was paid by reason
Of the fact that large expenditure OF money
three or four or FIVE million doars-was
necessary to build plant for the manufacture
OF armor. and the government proposed to
reimburse the Bethlehem company in the con-
tracts which il lei for armor As far back as
500 in reports Of Investigations OF the armor
plate business the proof was overwhelming
IN testimony taken before the naval commit
tee that the Bethlehem plant, which was con-
3t-ucted Tor the purpose OF making srmor.
had been paid for twice by the govern
rert absolutely. and that the government had
made a present Of it to the Bethlehem com
psny
Secretary Her0crt. after full invc stigation.
reported to Congress that the arn1or cost $3.50
= tor. TIE rest OF the contract price was
proi;
In 1894 d complaint was n;sdc and Juror
created as TO frauds in armor plate The
charge waa that tho Carnegie company was
no, complying With It's contracts even at the
high price - "crc paynG then: OF about $3.50
: ton. Sponey material rotten material. I'M
tempered material as a~nor plate. At that
price. was being sold the government. Viz
,us, confession BY trc Carnegie compary was
made Mr.. Carnegie was 6ncd By the Sccre-
ts:r OF the Navy. bu; thc t1cn President re
rli,-d Inc hr-. have alrays ,:o1dcred why.
.ough; in the Senate in go for an armor
3la;c factor, r,sd- ;ls statc':;-1; ttcn. and
J rcrca' il now. Any houcst r'a1 Who rcScnts
robbery AID raecslitv and stealing would rather
build r!ar' than 10 o thicyca lave their own
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05
This Is Not Commercial Nation. French
Novelist Is Convinced, fcsr Here Bust
ness Has Soul and Amounts TO
a Fine. Lofty Passion.

a-d twisted "a cover 81 thousand special needs.
ius; VIA; . "mec5ant" American would be
nay best DC decided by individuals.
"Americans. continued the Frenchmar,
respond with unusual grace end spontancity
10 influence from without. One feels III them
: certain cstimablc cbdiepr large warmth OF
heart which radiatos further than is thought.
These qualities-idealism, mysticism generos-
ity. warmth--hsvc not. | am sure beer appre-
ciatcd to d sufficient degree. You do not even
give yourselves enough credit
NJ Bots. it may be dcduced has come back,
Tor one thing. to give us the credit VIC are so
reluctant about claiming. Thus at stroke
we have DESTROYED for us all that accumulated
store OF brazenness and national concert
which has been quite ooolly admited-even
reckoned sort OF defiant virtue.
Here in America" he went or. "one can
study the future OF the whole world. America
has great deal more &c teach than the SCI
ence Of money. In money matters it can teach
A great deal. But beyond that'-thcre was
another grand gesture-"grester things. more
splendid aud more irperishsble things! Com
neroe is the tree. 1t must grow first. 1t must
be developed to its fullest power. But art.
Art is the flower that grows upon this tree
This poisoning is fulhlmcnt without which
The tree will have lived in vain"
How do you define art'' he was asked.
Art? All srt-that is life, Art embraces
everything The old conception that II must
he limited to little pictures, little detached OBJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

Jules BOlS is back. The intc--sting and
peculiarly versatile French playwright
and novelist. whose last visit involved
scheme 70 oounteract German propaganda,
has returned all sfrc with enthusiasm over
America and especially over the greater de
gree OF intimacy which he believes is 10 exist
between the United States and France siter
the war
Il, is not true declared M. Bots. IN hrs
mos, 1oignantly vehement manner, that
America is commercial nation! ] do not look
upon Americans as essentially commercial. but
rather as ideslis,s discern even a mystic
strsn-something most extraordinary and
which OF course does not imply any OF the
opprobrium which has come 70 be associated
with he enervstng mysticism of the East, ioT
example
But Americans have always been consio-
cred the most commercial people IN tne
world he was reminded.
u know, know" He thrust all evidence
aside with 4 gesture which should perhaps be
called grand" and proceeded TO build on hrs
own conception You are called commercial
and you are commercial in a sense. But not IN
the same way that the Germans are COM
mercisl people In Germany business IS bust
ness, cold. heavy, down-to earth, unfeeling
proposition altogethcr--a proposition without
soul But in America the element OF Joy en-
ters business amounts 10 = fine. lofty passion
II is not conducted for itself, but rather as
means to great end
And that end. Monsieur Bots?
Az. culture; the arts
You think art has a future here. then!
A mos, wonderful and significant future!
sc, Imagination OF the American people is YET
sleeping II lies undeveloped to-day hu'
when the national imagination is finally and
f.sny stirred then the world will be amazed
have no doubt OF this.
America a. il has so often been SAID IS
Helsnge Blu, what melsnge II represents
superb confluence OF all tina, IS best IN me
many races which 20 10 compose H. IL IS
kind OF bouquet, whose fragrance so diverse
IS ye, csugh, up into form OF unity rendering
u A. dstinc, as any OF the essences when
70 % compose IL.
The Americans are peculiarly generous
and friendly people. In all my lfe-snd am
speaking without exaggeraton-I have never
encountered single dissereesble American
lie employed the word "mechant that
strangely and almost bewilderingly flexible
term, II San be translated thousand Ways
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05
SHALL THE GOVERNMENT NAME ITS OWN ARMOR?
Bill Authorizes United States to Seize
Trust" Factories if Threatened
Raise in Price Is Made-Navy
Soon to Need 10000
Tons Of Steel.

Again. IN 1897 | protested in speech OF
some length against the United States paying
more than $500 ton. Again. in 1898. this
subject was a matter OF debate in the Senate,
and in 1900 made this statement: The gov
crrment has built the amor plants and then
given them 70 these parties. and they continue
% ask the same price. showing by the con
fe sion OF their own sworn wi,nesses--no one
else Seirg brought in--that they had put on
on rs fraudulent armor blowholc armor and
all tia, kind OF thing
CARNEGIE ARMOR
This referenc. 10 fraudulent srmor IS to
tina, turned OUT by the Carnegie company. In
reviewing this legislative history OF the ar
NOR contracts | will say there has been IN re-
cent wears compliance IN the main with the
terms OF the contracts. and no fraudulent
conduct on the part OF tn, manufacturers has
been found. unl.si you would call the high
prices charged a fraud. Certainly It IS my be
lies that there is little difference between
hold.up at the point OF gun and hold.up
By the legcrdcmsiu in legislation.
Not until 1900 had sentiment agslns, these
r.orlc grown to the extent that legislation
could be enacted providing for the establish
r,cnt OF an srmor plant The act OF June -
1000. carried this provision: The Secretary
of the Navy is hereby authorized to procure
ny contract arnof OF the hes, quality for any
or all vessels above referred 70. provided SUCH
contracts can be made at price which. ~
his Judgment is reasonable and equitable but
IN case he is unable TO maxi contracts Tor
arror under the above conditions. he ~ here
b. authorized and directed to procure site
70, and to erect thereon a factory tor The
manufacture of amor. and the sum OF $4,000
200 is hereby appropriated toward the cree
ton OF said factosy.
Th- record viii show that after Congress
had sppropristed S4OOOl0oO for IN armor plant
nothing was done because IN the disore
ton" OF the Secretary the prices OF armor
we're reasonable and cqutlble. although
they did not vary in November 1000, u ton
from the price paid in 1900.
This fact alone i ,uticient TO show that It
is wise a, this time 20 enact law making II
mandatory tina, factory be built 10 meet
that necessity the bill pending before the Sen
at, will in due time be presented and acted
upor by the Congress now i'll session
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

aged by the government 10 90 INTO the ouSi
ness and the consequent untairness OF the gov
crnmcnt now becoming competitor.
The opportunity offered the representatives
OF these companies 70 come IN and show tra'
the government was getting value received
and square deal was not taken advantage o.
There wsS no statement forthcoming as 10
costs OF production. but All evasion o. this IN
portant point BY the statement that Il would
he giving information 10 ,ompcutors. etc
And by the very evasions and failures to iuT
nish full and accurate information conolu-
sion could be reached that. il the men who are
now conducting this business we're sure that
there was no occasion to conceal the real facts
ss 10 cost and the real facts as TO manutac-
ture with the new programme OF prepared
ncs, cot the navy before them. they would be
very willing to 60 into the question and eN-
plain everything.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

huence which is undoubtedly c%ertco IS
harmful or no, constructive influence
Ar. the English scnoo do not hKe'
cried M. Bos impetuously. thought he adoeu
With the next breath: That is to say 40
miro the English school very much, but
do no, think it is the school for Americans
to copy"
"Ough, the American novelists possibly to
study the French SCHOOL,"
The question may have tempted but ne did
not fall
II believe" the Frenchman said. that the
English school should be accepted as me 'oun-
dation for The American school But II snoulo
no, be patterned after. The American style
should bccor. style quite as distinctive as
that o. any other nation. II IS not so To-Day.
7. will be So In the ideal American style o.
novel wrtins-in the future style. may say
there will be minglins OF what is pest III
the styles OF other nations, Just as you you.
selves represent mingling OF what is pest
ASKED 20 explain lust what is the scope o.
h;e nr.s,n. mission TO this country, M. Bois
fastened first Of all TO say that he was not
he-e 20 disseminate propaganda, the Derh-
berg scare being quite extinct.
Tina, is not necessary, was his way OF e%
pressing it. "As found before. so ind now
ina. America is TOO friendly disposed toward
France 10 require any stimulus in this regard
NJ mission divides itself into FIVE divisions
First am here in the interests OF agriculture,
then OF commerce, then OF general education,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

by ,h. English poet. John Msseheld. who de-
csrcd that in his opinion art was bound to
&c vitality affected by great movement tow
ard popular ression--towsrd an era OF the
amateur. Though it is likely what the French
man has more distinctly in mind is broad
-nng OF art itself, both in IFS appeal and IN
rs theme
It was demanded Of NJ. Bois what IN his
estimation tho American style ought 10 be-
whether ne thought the strong English IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05
Rv BENJAMIN X. TILLMAN.

-HE relation OF the United States gov
eminent 70 the aruor plate ranuiac-
,urcrs has beer continual source OF
dissatisfaction TO those members OF Congress
,.ho r,slly do not believe in the doctrine OF
,,yoritisu TO speoia' Interest," or in the pro-
,,c,;y. s"stem AZ All. md condition has cx-
,.t,d little short 0; s,s1dalou~. From 1857,
hen Secretary Wh;ircr rsdc 80 FIRST CON
,,2.; with The Bethl-hc.,' comp7~y. 10 1915.
- Secretary Daniels ed 20 award any
contracts ~ all. invo sGs7iior hso ollowcd in
v...ioation without material beneficial result
70 ;hc government
T.erc arc only three manufacturers OF ar
,,o~ ,'a;- ir thu country. v-;., o1iy one fixed
purchaser. md - re sult s -i,'-r = monopoly
o. combine Of &c worst typ None OF the
cor}ito-,s that tend TO cheek monopoly iS
-rescr: The number OF manufacturers is nee
,--s-- limited. and the government Is com
relied 70 bu- their product regardless OF the
rrice CHARGED. because the law does not allow
IN, Sco,c;sry o. the Nav 20 90 outside OF
49, country 20 bur it. Tire manufacturers
have 20 tcsr of private competition. 'or there
IS rot sufficient demand FOR srmor to Justify
,he -7trsrcc Of otIcr Dsrtics in lis msruiac-
tue This combination OF srmor matters can
increase the price at any tir;1c and indefinitely
w,ro-t thereby decreasing The demand, Tor
&c government is compelled 10 srmor its YES
go.
- soYernncnt paid the Bethlehem COR
rsnv more than 5000 tor for the srr1or
purchased for the vessels authorized IN the
esrly days OF the new navy, when armored
r:;ses we're being built. and paid the Carnegie
company similar prices for arror plate manu-
isc,urcd by t. 1t was generally understood
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

iects Of beauty whether visual or intellectual,
is passing. and men arc coming to the larger
realization tina, art knows no limits. You
cannot frame art. OF set it 20 music or crowd
!, III into book. Art is life: art i ali.
And the art OF the future"
The ar, OF the future will be the art OF the
neoplc. II will become more flexible, ireet'
more democratic.
And in this regard he echoed the sentiment
EXPRESSED fcr weeks ago in The Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-05

Senator Taimon. chairman Of the
>,,o,, Cor,mittcc on NdUOl dtGrs. d"
n, author Of a bill to providc for a"
stfO0O. 900 goocrnmcrt-ouncd GrD'or
olaf, pIoni. IS member OF the Nocdi
corrIilicc he la, been protesting s'RcC
,seG AGAINST the buying of dr"'or plate
t,om prir0tc corporations a. q prico
..b;ch he says. IS more than f'cicc 'chaf
j., costs 10 make IL. e. The request Of Thc
Tribune bc has prepared the fo'io'r'"o
article ,cffpo forth h'' 5ic7c' q" 'h'
subject:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
SUBMARINE READY TO LEAVE
GERMAN MERCHANTMEN HAS RE-
TURN CARGO SLOWED.
Spars Are Taken Down and Connino
Tower Closed-Crew and Master
Aboard.

Baltimore, Nd, July 20.-The Ger
man merchant submarine Deutschland.
with every indication of being ready
to sail at a moments notice, is still
lying at her pier here
Her officers and crew were aboard:
her return cargo Of nickel and crude
rubber was said to be all slowed and
her fuel tanks had been filled.
At II o'clock the two spars of the
German submarine were taken down
and the coming tower closed. Close
at hand lay the tug Thomas F. Tim
mons with full head of steam up.
Interfere With Plans.
In the vicinity of the submarine
were numerous launches with agents
of the Eastern Forwarding company
patrols aboard. These craft at 11:06
o'clock hailed newspaper launch and
tried to induce the reporters to leave.
You're interfering with our plans,*
the Waterman said.
To all appearance the Deutschland
will be ready to leave at any time. Her
crew and master were aboard.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
R1NGLING BROS. COMING
THIS WAY
Worlds Biggest Circus and Spectacle
"Cinderella' Announced for
.-:y Early Date

Announcement is made that on Fri
day, July %, Ringing Bros. circus will
give afternoon and night performances
at st. Cloud.
The famous showmen are this season
presenting an all new and wonderful
program. The tremendous fairyland
spectacle, "Cinderella, will appeal to
both young and old. More than 1000
persons take part in it. 1t is easily
the biggest spectacle Ringing Bros.
have ever staged and it's glorious "Bal-
let of the Fairies,;' with 800 dancing
girls, is in itself worth going many
miles to see. Following "Cinderella -
400 arenic artists appear in the main
tent program: Because Of the great
European war the Ringlings have Sc
cured scores of circus performers never
before seen in America. An entire
trained animal show has been made a
part of the main tent program this
season. The menagerie now number
1909 wild animals. The elephants, in
cluding "Big Bingo,' the earth g larg-
est pachy derm, have been increased to
41 and almost 800 horses are carried.
j.. There will be 60 clowns and big free
three-mile street parade show day
morning.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
GUARD THE INCOME TAX.

Duluth Herald: The republican
platform condemns the present (demo-
cratic) tariff law as "a complete fail
ure in every respect.'
Section two of that law is the income
tax, by which a large proportion of
the burden Of taxation has been lifted
from the shoulders of the consumers
and transferred to those best able to
bear it,
Mr.. Hughes, as governor of New
York, sought to induce the New York
legislature to reject the income tax
amendment. His arguments against it
were used al over the tounn1tir ~. c.''
without eject. The income tax amend.
ment was adopted, and the democratic
congress put the income tax into eff
feet.
If Mr.. Hughes were elected, WOULD
it mean the repeal Of the income taxi
If so, dare he now announce his pur
!! pose?
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
WE PAY FIFTY TIMES MORE FOR
FOOD THAN 0CS ANCESTORS

In Farm and Fireside a writer says:
"We like to live well these DAYS,
and we are paying for it. Some of our
prepared breakfast foods now cost us
SO l-3 per cent more than we paid for
them before the world war began.
Reckoned on dollar-and cents basis,
we are now buying wheat in some Of
our prepared package foods at the rate
of $27 bushel for the wheat, accord
ing to the figuring of Prof. J.. F. Ladd,
state chemist of North Dakota.
"For these convenient and attrac-
tive commercialized forms of food we
are willing to pay about fifty times
more than ou1 ancestors did when they
prepared their own cereal foods by
boiling, steaming, frying, and parching
them. We want our grains prinked
and puffed, and we are paying we'll fol
the prinking and the puffiag.'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
THAT TWO-CENT-FARE BILL VETO

j. Duluth Herald: Half q dozen re-
publican newspapers in Minnesota, at
least, have made the statement that
the reason Mr.. Hughes vetoed a two
cent passenger fare bill when he was
governor of New York was that the
bill contained a woodchuck'' that
would have increased freight rates.
Several of these ready def enders Of
the republican candidate even 60 So
far as to state how much this freight
rate increase would have been, ard put
it at the preposterous. figure of forty
and even fifty per cent.
The only trouble with this cxilans.
ton is that it isn't so.
= The two-cent passenger fare bill
~ -'-~hea vetoed had nothing
WHICH MT, nu4.4~- I'D
whatever to do with freight rates, au~
the ostensible reason given for his We
to was that the legislature did not
know what it was doing when it pass
ed the bill.
Mr.. Hughes also urged the defeat OF
b the income tax amendment to the Fed
eral Constitution, and his argument
against it was used in the campaign
to defeat the income tax in every
state in the Union-yet the income ia,
amendment carried all but few
states.
Would Mr.. Hughes urge the repea
of the income tax If he were electe'
PRESIDENT
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
RAISING SUBSCRIPTION RATES

ST. Cloud Times: Regardless Of gen.
eral advances in all lines subscription
rates have stayed down so long that
publishers are now gasping for breath.
AS the paper mills have for some time
been advancing rates by leaps and
bounds, the publishers who have been
selling their product for less than cost,
began to see the light. No man can
remain in business and take less for
his product than the amount necessary
to produce it. But the publishers have
been doing it for years. War time
prices, however, is causing rapid
change of heart. A number Of news
papers have already raised their sub
scription rates and many more are
about to take the step. The Publish
ers' Guide, commenting on this change
says: 1.-THE only mistake made by the
majority Of those who have increased
their subscription rates is that they
have not advanced the price enough. ;,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
"CIIUCK;HOI.En CLUBS

Farm and Preside: Lyman" county,
South Dakota, is the home of "chuck-
hole" clubs. What is chuck-hole
clubs It consists Of four or five men
or boys. one Of which has an automo-
bile. Each member provides himself
with a pick, shovel, Or spade; they
climb ::"to the car and fill every chuck
hole, bad bridge approach, and any
other bad spot in their neighborhood
that does not require the work Of a
regular road gang.
Each member agrees to fill at least
one chuch- hole month, and to encour.
age others to help improve tho roads
County Agent Dick Lewallen organic
ed these clubs, thus adding one more
item to the list of activities in which
county agents may help a community
Apparently there is nothing abou'
the scheme which will not bear trans
planting to any locality that is inter
| ested in better roads.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
GOVERNOR UPHELD BY |
Federation OF LABOR
State Labor Convention at Hibbinq
Votes Down Resolution Favorinq
Acknowledgement.

! Hibbing, Mimi, July 20.-Tumultu-
pus scenes marked the closing session
pr the Minnesota State Federation OF
Labor here when resolution recon-.
mending the impeachment of Cover
nor J. A. A. BurnQuist for his action
, in the strike on the Iron Range was
overwhelmingly defeated. -. !:
Hibbing, July 20.-A resolution APP
proving the Acknowledgement of women
was voted down by the annual conven-
lion Of the Minnesota State Federate
! bf Labor.
! Election Of officers was the other
business of the session. E. G. Hall!
president, and George W. Lawson, sec.,
tetary-treasurer, were unopposed for,
reelection.
The 1917 meeting likely will be CIV
On to Faribault.
Resolutions Adopted.
J Among the resolutions adopted
were: Calling on congress to prohibit
the supreme court from declaring acts,
Of congress unconstitutional for any,
treason; giving one more vice prest.
dent to tho eighth district, to be Sc
!lected from the range; indorsing the
Heating bill in congress, which gives
dismissed employees in the postal serv.
Ice the right to appeal to the courts,
lndorsing the bill providing for one
lays rest in seven; recommending the
passage Of an eight-hour day for en-
ployes in state institutions; calling on
the legislature to substitute state In
purance for injured workmen, to re-
place the present workmen's compen'
bation law.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21

A dispatch from George Author
Minneapolis Tribune correspondent at
Washington, under date line Of July
10, speaks of G. A. Lindbergh as a pos
sible candidate for congress in this
district. The dispatch says: "Report
c:ere has it that G. A. Lindbergh re-
Gently candidate for United States SEN
ator, may file as an Independent can
didate for congress in the Sixth dis
trict. The republican nomination was
recently won by Harold Knntson. It
is considered there would be nothing
surprising in Mr.. Lindbergh's candi.
daey az an independent as his connec.
ton with the republican party in the
past has been tenuous.H ~.,.--
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-21
REMARKABLE CHANGES IN
FREIGHT TRANSPORTATTO

"Ten years ago." says Farm and
Fireside, "railroad officials no doubt
believed that freight was being trans
ported fairly economically. But that
was before the movement for increas-
ed efficiency spread over the country.
In 1914 the average trainload was 452
tons as compared with 100 towns in
1904. Stated differently, it would have
been necessary in 1904 to run 1,60O,-
100000 train miles to handle the same
traffce that was handled in 1915 by
running approximately $50O,O00,000
train miles. Railroad freight transport
tation may therefore be considered
three times as efficient as it was ten
years ago.