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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-04-05
Competition Stlhed and Huge
Losses in shllnkage Exper.
fenced as Result of Acts of
Packers, Is Charge.
EDWARD /. BURKE TELLS
WHY HE WANTS PROBE
Representative of American
National Livestock Associa-
ton Urges Passage of Bor-
land Resolution.

w. INFh.ms uNfhli IoAfrd Nlftl
" N.eUIuIfUU NIIl b liHW y '.
.t..E pruH...i. lr. IusuI more thiu
.Uu.u.. .,.r Through natural
-nruNiE, 100 cattle nud nn untold
amount f.r..su alleged fled ,uuI-
r,ut"r ... tp the puDtvr. pustp M
900. th, ....r. hour u 100, ward 'rum
'u .,...h iu the mu,uiur Wa
d,-,rIu.. l Edward L. HuJk, 10
Du.tn. ..utt Goo the uou-. -ut,uuI-
mlti,, ..u.Id,ttup m. tnl.tui t,-u-
Wuou .. .uto,uglt" IN. packing in-
dustin f.f violation pf tho ,ut-trIs.
hv. Mr uufkr r,prc-, utcd IN"
American Nouuurl o.. o-tH.h H.sa.iJ-
Gloon
Tho l.,ragc steer VIII los, 'ron
Goo tu puHud- durus the three
u.urs h, BEL 'ur..d tu si1ud ~ tho
wards ts result pf th, change IN s'il-
iup tu, Nj Burkr ,-timntcd. 1Id
~. pointed rut tha' as the closing
tim, lur -.tl's remained a. 3 . ~
.. f.ru'r', piudu,,r- must s'll hur-
ri.dIy uu," "a, buying starts or holi
their ,tu.k Jnrl the following day
Representative Of the meat 81. -
ors. ysflHatuu uf whuSe industry
be, thc federal gutcrnm"u' b demand
cu N. livestock pruduDerr particular
o. p. Go aiI'G'd pu.' NAu- presented
th'Ii ..d, ui th' case 'u the huue
IudI.UtI. .lu'umuittcc today. AMONG
thu-' uu baud ready 10 testify Nas
NuhuI N..t,r s..' president II Az
muur tup company
G,.lu-, u rn. short selling uIu,.
u Wl- declared 10 not unusual fur
raI-yr Zoo nr .0mp'Ilcd ia h"ld their
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-04-05
Chancellor Won Bethman-Holl-
veg Protests Vigorously
Against Reports of Contem-
plated Acts Against U. S.
EXPECT TO ACQUIRE
NJ SOIL ON CONTINENT
Whole Western Hemisphere Is
Free From Any Danger of
Being Subject of Acquisitive
Campaign.

i'''l .NiNH sNIfiNl H 'NN NNlfl'.HN lff ErHi
NillcD Chancellor Won Hcthmunl
Hollwog protested ,gurous, u ~,
r,i,hsttg today against the report
that Gotmauy now or bro the fuuf.
contemplated ugsrcssion AGAINST ils
United states.
tn his speech whici. was the ul-;
comprehensive he mas ma 1, sine, t.,
Nfr acpau the chancellor said
Tho latest uif-priur uf the ciluu
niatin. cumpo gn directed aguuSt u-
bel report that We after thu end 4
ms war. shall rush against IN" Anne.
lean continent ana that ve shall It-
u'mpt GO conquer canada.
rhis is the ~iihcst ct all the IMP.
tattuus invented agiirs, a. Equally
sill, are th, reports that We ,Hp
template the acquisition of iuN terri
tor, ou American soil a~ 900 Grall
or va any Amcr,Cai country whaf~u-
over W." fight toI uIr existence ana
tot our ruturo For GcrmtrN aud ne,
ior space iu 90 foreign couutr, pt'
6crmJuN' sons bleeding ana a, ms On
the battlefield
"ENcrrou, among us bnpwr thi,
Hnt it makes our hearts and nerves
str,ue RI j. moral fore, strengthens
the storm. bat ulto o. achieve unpI
victory.
Tho .t,u.,llpr turned Goo the subject
OF .t,ututI condition. of peace l"cr
90 hriot reference O., the cutrau.. ni
Purturu ut" tho war II, rout,d fut
thst o. his -p,r,h of ScptcwHcr o..
nad i,,li,d rcndiuts. to .u.er f.
dls.u.siuu .t u.l.o. p4t 'ni' Ub.r .
"lp, u. .Ipuprt .uls,~f 90 M
N.luh tu 30, down Wit, ~. ut n
table ana ,Numin, ia. pp-.Ipll,io. y
pc,r, h., continued '.iI Nj y
uutn 1.sios vI'S % Dlaim ut definite
aud ,Impl,.. dc.lncupu II Prussia.
mmlr, power re .uuy,rrii.
voula b, ended before u I,gau ~
thos, r.tcc vondi;iou- uli uu, gu-
avcr would g., jeff ana tni, answer
eur p word must ese.
~ uur 1dNersnrIev want iu 'uu-
tiup, tho laughter 80 human hcurs
and ga, devastation ~ Europe thc.r.
viii bc IA" iuilt and We sh,u hl,. -
stand lt tr men
IN, chancellor introduced u,'-
Souil touch u m, 'oll,Wiut passJ-,
"Nhcr / WAS las, at hct iputttors /
stood WITH th" emperor rt pln., tu
which had accompanied him uu"
>opr prc, iuusly The cm'o orut rec
m,mt, cred this ANA. dcopN moved.
pointed oui IN" enormous changes
that had t's,u place since that TIME
Then uhc GU--nns W,lc ou tu, udr D.
OF th" 'HIpathiaus, At Gorllrr We
ha5 lust begun to break tht"ush tr'
,nrpys lines JuG hiud,uuurg POW
h..l
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-04-05
THE DAY IN CONGRESS


~t\ Nlt,
Me- ~ noon
R'sum"d debate uu rmy bill
Interstate CumW,I commit
f', ut"d tu report Id labor
uHi N amended form
not 81
Met At noon.
Judiciary ,ummItI. recon-
rvudod committee u. Ia in
NpetIgatt ,nrtfmut drgcs
against United states riot Al
'urur. Marshall of Sc Work.
NdNIl committee .. I iu re-
port hVoraul, ~cuar. 'ill for
goNcrumout armur 90. tN
judiciary Suu-,nWu Of" con
tnu,d Investigation of q pack
Ing matters
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
Facts About Mexico.

Philadelphia Ledger: Notions about
Mexico, among those who do not often
look at maps, are summed up In a
general idea that 1t 10 "a small cour-
try tackled on to the southwestern
corner OF the United States" As a
matter of fact, the greatest distance
In Mexico, in a straight line, from
Lower California to Yucatan, is the
same as that between the western
boundary Of Pennsylvania and the
eastern boundary Of California. So
far from being entirely routhwest OF
US, the eastern end Of Mexico IL on a
meridian further east than that on
which Chicago lies. and IL little more
than 100 miles from the western end
Of Cuba. Mexico lies rather south
than southwest Of the central point Of
the United States. It's area, 767, 900
square miles, is more than one-fourth
this country's. 1t Is not often realized
how far north and south tho slanting
border runs. Its northerumost point
Is about 200 miles north Of New Or
leans and the other cndsot the border
is nearly the same distance south Of
that city. Some idea OF sizes can be
had from the areas OF some of the
thirty states and territories In the
neiEhboring republic. ChJhuahua 10
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
WHY THIS RETICENCE?

Letters from guardsmen, letters from army
officials letters from outsiders, theorists and
Itroublemakers relating to guard conditions on
the southern border are being written to the
Chicago papers and published therein. State
ments that there are discomfort and discomfort
amounting to real suffering on the part OF
some of the militiamen given currency III
these communications; but, on the other hand,
they are denied by government authorities. But
the whole controversy might be settled if moro
real information was to be had from reliable
sources as to just what the guardsmen are doing
and where they are doing it. If there is reason
for military secrecy, what is 1T Is the national
guard being used to police the border and or
gained to serve until an agreement can be en-
tered into with Mexico that will stand some
chance Of giving reasonable security against in
vasion of our territory! Is everybody waiting
to see whether Villa is really in the field with
troops enough to make a stable fight There
really seems to be no proof that our soldier
boys are roughing it more than they should ex-
pect in real military school. But the whole
business is hidden behind a reticence that APP
pears to be inexcusable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
Power dwells with cheerfulness; hope puts
us in working mood, whilst despair is no
muse and untunes the active powers. Elmer
son.
THE Law OF SERVICE.

Service is one Of the most important essen
tia1s Of life upon this earth. Help others and
you will help yourself, should be recognized as
a rule of action in relation of one humanity
with another. In its lowest form service IS
compulsory in its highest form it is voluntary.
When all are lifted to this view there will be
no need Of '.trelief societies. or united or
disseminate charity organizations for the re-
lief of the distressed. Yet nothing in this day
lives which does not render service except the
parasites And these whether plant animal
or human, are degenerates, working for price
and reporting each supposed cease" with an
eye to garnering for their own benefit what
ever publicity may result.
What food for thought there is in this.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

worth of cotton, covering five years delivery,
was consummated in this way. More import
ant was the opening Of Spanish markets to
American COAL
There may be question as to the wisdom Of
some of the departments policies and methods
The purpose here is not to discuss that point at
all, but to urge the wider utilization OF every
bit of information and aid thus offered The
machine is there. It is operated by our money
and for our use. These are the days Of great
and quickly passing opportunity. Let us get all
the value we can out of our government service
for trade expansion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
USE THE GOVERNMENT.

Tt has been the fashion to decry the issu-
ance by the government of what has come to be
known under the contractive as s'Pub. Docs. -
Doubtless there is waste of money, energy
and brains in the preparation and circulation of
books and pamphlets from the government
printing office, but there is always something
of value to be found in the mass of stuff that
loads the mails and goes to ''our constituents -
in regions far and near from the national CAPT
tai One something of value is Consular Re
ports, issued by the department of state And
there are few others. The national depart
ments were organized to do constructive serv-
ice, and too often our businessmen have ne
elected the possibilities of expansion and i'm
provement through their aid
Secretary Redfeld of the department Of com
merce gives in the current issue of popular
magazine few illustrations of the machine g
workings The department., which was orig
inally coupled with that of labor under Presi
dent Roosevelt is now wholly given to promot-
ing American commerce abroad, and it, too. is
responsible for some 'sPub. Docs''
Sometimes it is not necessary to 90 abroad
TO get the commerce. Foreign representatives
are all the time coming to America and the
simple fact that they can find central bureau
OF information has large results A contract
Tor something like one hundred million dollars
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
A FORCED cabIearam.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Des
Moines Capital Is making some OBJ
lection to the method in which w. l..
Harding secured his nomination.
through the alleged trickery OF DEM
ocratic support. The Capital, 1t is
also understood, objects to Harding on
moral grounds.
Has the Capital, or anyone concern
led with it, any recollection of forged
|cablegram, purpcrting to be from the
then Minister Conger, Picking, China,
said forgery being employed at re-
publican state convention in Cedar
Rapids for the purpose OF influencing
a gubernatorial nomination.?
Is there any recollection about the
Capital once that the fraud was de-
ltected, exposed and confessed?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
crafters and Grating.

correspondence
Grafters and GRATING.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
Most OF us are in many ways
very selfish, some for their own
personal sakes, and some for
the community sake. Some are
Jealous II a city improvement Is
made and which does not directly
penefit themselves. 1t is hard ito
see any good in a piece of walk which
We ourselves never expect to use.
Yet we are all called on to repress
our own little preferences. and for
the sake OF the common good support
all proper action though the direct
benefit may not be ours. But while
good citizenship calls on every one
to ,efface himself and his own inter-
ests in order that the entire body
| social may be benefited, still good
citizenship does not demand of us
that we shall quietly see any one
use his official position and the pub
lie funds to improve his own private
| interests. Suppose walks are to be
laid or streets improved; so long as
every one may not be accommodate
ed; some walks and streets neglected,
the wise official will see to it that his
own premises are the last to be serv-
ed. And when any such official,
whether he be great or small, in
chicago, Keokuk or Hamilton. uses
his power to advance his own inter
4 ests first, his course is condemned
by all, whether they say 50 or not.
He may think he is playing good
politics, but sooner or later he will
find his public career at an. end
| even though he he AZ capabIa 40
was ever Boss Tweed The man or
the men who take care OF them.
selves first in all municipal affairs
I are just as little and as mean as
strong men on sinking vessel who
fight women and children so that
they thems elves may have places in
the boats. Getting money or advant-
age to which we are not morally as
we'll as legally entitled is grating
and those who thus make gain are
grafters. 1t is no pleasure to cast
reflections on any one. Many pub
| lie officials work for little or nothing
we grant, but So long as they are so
| eager for the places, pay or no pay.
their oaths and their own consciences
should hold them to strict account.
And the man or woman who thinks
II Is not worth while to say anything
about little delinQuencies, becomes in
some measure particeps criminis.
| And a public official who may through
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
ENEMlEs.


Our cabins were not far apart;
The hillside fields were steep
He matched the roof that sheltered me;
helped him and reap.
The border line between was naught
To rob US of our sleep.
He came to me in doubt or need,
Holding my counsel good.
Our children battered hand in hand,
A merry, sturdy brood,
AS we had wandered long before,
By stream and sunlit wood.
The simple faith Of simple men
We shared-by night and day;
Until-the mighty Emperors-
They forced us far away
The EmperOrs-the Emperors
Took us to MAIN and slay.
Asunder Over endless plains,
And scaling hill on hill,
The Emperors--the Emperors
Babe us to hate and kill.
We had no leave to question why
Urged by relentless will.
- =
He-He was Of the prisoners!
Wounded too weak to move!
They struck our hands apart in wrath
Dear Christ in Heaven above,
When there more Emperors,
Shall we be free-to love?
Adds Dunbar, in Youths Companies
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
IOWA PREss coMMEMT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: IN In6
| German papers they speak OF 80 per
cent OF their wounded recovering sui
ficiently to be sent back to their regi-
ments, while only q per cent and q
fraction Of them die OF wounds. What
the surgeons and doctors have been
able to do In this war is quite az re-
peace makers have not been able to
do. The medical profession will have
to be given as much, If not more
credit than any other one agency OPP
erative in the war zones.
Waterloo Courier: Chicago has
started campaign to lock up all the
fools in the city How business Is to
be transacted thereafter has not de-
veloped.
Ottumwa Courier: England today
has thousands Of munitions plants and
is making its very best effort to in
crease the number and the total out
put. The United States is trying to
discourage munitions plants by threat
ening to build q government plant, ito
take the profit out OF war" Congress-
has yet to learn that the only profit
in war belongs to the side that wins.
Sioux City Journal: The weekly
newspaper that moved it's subscription
rate from 81 to $1.50 a few years ago
is now moving It up to 81. Most news
paper publishers are more or less elee-
,mosynary In their disposition. but
they find they have to pay cash for
paper. ink and labor and that it isn't
possible to continue in business I'M
less they make q profit.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Mexicans
entering this country are now given
a gasoline bath to rid them Of vermin.
II we could only give the whole of
Mexico a bath that would rid It Of
political vermin there might be some
hope. 1t has already been bathed in
blood without any noticeable improve
ment.
& Charles City Press: The Chicago
papers which are featuring the MUIR
der Of young girls and miscellaneous
crimes in general. have nothing on
the country papers that record the
departure Of Bill Jones. and John
Smith for Bungtown. OF the two
features the latter is the more ele-
waiting and the less Objectionable.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02


twice as big AZ Pennsylva,
ora, another border state, Isl
large as Chihuahua. In D
however, Mexico Is sally
There are only twenty pers<
square mile. The vast str
undeveloped country in hi
part OF the United States I
number per square mile 20
more than Mexico's, but III
80 young an art In our west
co that 1t is not easy I'D
what its greatest developl
produce. 1t is estimated III
could support a populat.J
100000 more than the 15.0(
there, and by the same ton
habitants Of the western Cr
are one-tenth in number
whom development will et
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
Nev.spaper Cost Mounting.

Kansas CITY Star: Newspapers
generally have assumed that the
public was not interested in their
business arrangem ents. Such an un.
precedented situation has arisen,
however, in connection with the ad-
vance In the cost of print paper
and. for that matter. of practically
everything that enters into news.
paper production-that newspapers
all over the country are being COM
PEELED to make readjustment of ad-
yertising and subscription rates to
meet the new conditions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

his own natural selfishness subject
himself to public criticism, will at
last ffrd that the open critic has been
a better friend than is he who
slashes behind his back.
K. H. L.
Hamilton; ILL.,. Aug. 1, 1915
Mr.. 0iasscoff Replies to Mr.. Watson.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
1t was with considerable interest
that read the communication OF
w. E. Watson in your issue of Aug
ust LIST. My one reason for paying
any attention to 1t is my desire to
put the public straight on certain
statements he has made. Mr.. Watson
states that the family lived at 215
Exchange street. There is no house
on Exchange street bearing that num-
Der. What would be 215 is a vacant
lot, and l live more than a mile
northwest OF this locality.
Our reason for not mentioning
names is one that ] supposed was
generally understood These families
come to us In confidence, telling us
their troubles and In our endeavor to
aid them we find it very helpful to
shield them from some naturally cur
ious and otherwise meddlesome peo-
pie. To those who are genuinely in
terested, the United Charities has
never failed to give the name and ad-
dress of family. We are making 1t a
rule to refuse these facts to those
who call up over the telephone and
refuse to give their own name.
The board OF directors of the Unit
ed Charities, together with a young
lady, are raising all the money neces-
sary for Office expenses. have never
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
There is preserved

There is preserved In
College Of Surgeons, in LoI
is probably the very earl
men extant of an artifict
the kind. This remarked
considerably over 1000 I
having been unearthed I'M
a tomb at Capua, which u
least as far back as 400
for beauty Of shape and |
Of construction it might
many Of those turned out /
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

asked a cent toward my salary. As
occasion arises am asking money
for some needy family. This money
is deposited In the Keokuk Savings
bank in the Golden Book Fund and
all expenditures from this fund are
made BIZ check.
DAVID A GLASSCOFT
Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. 2, 1916.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

The attainment Of proficiency, the pushing Of your
skill with attention to the most delicate shades OF excel
vital Efficiency of practical
fy fIawIess kind may be reahed . but there 10
something beyonda higher point subtle and unmstak-
able touh pride beyond ski almost an
inspiration gives work that finish which is al
most art-Whch Is art. Conrad
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

II the expenditure of
the war continues to the /
on the same scale al duri
nine months, the total sim
mencement Of the war viii
81, 500. 900. 900, in additiol
$500, 000. 900 advanced to
tries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
RURAL SCHOOL PROBLEMS.

Under the direction of Commissioner Of Edu-
cation Claxton the government is making de-
termined effort to bring about the betterment
of rural schools. It is time that this was done;
children in the country are penalized by a loss
of educational opportunities to an extent in
some states that is a deplorable commentary on
the commonwealth permitting such conditions
Four states-New Mexico, North and South
Carolina and Arkansas-had at the last school
census a school term. of less than one hundred
days On the averaged for the country the city
schools were in session 184-3 days while rural
schools we're in session 1877 days, gain for city
children of 44.3 days year over children IN
the country. In the states Of the south and
southwest there were more than thousand
school districts which had school term of less
than one hundred days.
But there is worse factor in rural educa-
ton, and this is the low per cent Of attend
ance The average attendance in the rural
schools of the country is slightly more than ff
ty-one per cent. This means that only half OF
the rural school children do the work of any one
day Serious thought Of this state of things
reveals the danger it entails. We are facing a
| time when something must be done to get intel
| ligent people onto the land; we must have more
! farmers and more intelligent farmers if we
would get more out Of the land.
The disadvantages in social conditions and
comforts of some rural communities compared
with the city have been realized and much has
been said though little has yet been done
about lettering things But here is a menace
that will keep more intelligent people away
| from our farms and act as deterrent to the
I back to the land movement. If people cannot
see opportunity to educate their children in the
country they will stay in the cities. The feder-
al government is proceeding logically in first
getting the facts then giving them publicity and
suggesting means Of lettering conditions at a
minimum of expense to state and local govern
ments. There are school districts in Arkansas,
Georgia, Maryland and Florida with school
terms of less than fifty days and with attend
ance averaging less than fifty per cent. The
time should come, and soon, when state per-
hitting this should find campaign to invite
newcomers to its lands made impossible by its
neglect of it's rural schools
i Atlantic coast summer resorts send no word
of shark having attacked anyone wearing a
modish bathing suit Apparently sharks occa-
sionally glance at the pages of the fashion
periodicals.
One reason the postmaster general favors
penny postage appears to be because the de
tr mi lie fI1rni hinu one
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

Colquitt, in the senate, will be under less
temptation to take Texas out of the union long
enough to lick Mexico.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

One reason the postmaster general favors
penny postage appears to be because the de-
partment is furnishing one-cent service
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02

A health certificate from the New York City
authorities may be nice thing to have, but it
is a poor safeguard.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-02
Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume
responsibility for views expressed by
correspondents