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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

90 on until evidence is given to the world, bv
defeat or inner reform. that Germany Is no
longer maniac but a peaceable neighbor.
The New York Tribune sees an hlstorl-
cal parallel in the decision Of the Allies
in treating with Napoleon, and thus cpl
dramatically expresses it,
"If one were to seek an historical psral-
lei il might be found IN the ultimate decision
Of the nations allied against Napoleon IN
1914 TO make no war upon the French people
and to make no peace with Napoleon. Then
Europc recognized that peace with Napoleon
still powerful was futile. Now the Western
world clearly perceives that peace with
those who control Germany at present as
they have controlled it in all the terrible
recent years. will be a mockery and truce
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat' sees In
the Presidents message "the only reply
that intelligence justice and patriotism, as
we'll as mercy, could make at the present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

basic prce for the 1917 wheat crop Will
he 50 90 per bushel at Chicago. Since this
nrice is only 20 cents bushel better than
the worst that was feared by the wheat
farmers, it is probable the campaign OF
protest, so earnestly pressed during the
last few weeks, will continue.
Farmers Of Oklahoma have been urging
that the government make So the mini
mum price, declaring that the "S2
bushel wheat will be the cheapest feed
we can give our hogs and will be used ex-
tensively for that purpose" Farmers of
Washington, Idaho and Oregon, repre-
senting rs per cent of the total wheat
acreage of the three states, have gone on
record as demanding $3.50 as the mini
mum price. North Dakota farmers talked
of a wheat strike" if the price were not
raised to $3.50 a bushel, and declared they
would refuse to plant wheat next year
Farmers in Minnesota, the two Dakotas
and Montana met in st. Paul and pro-
tested against the SO rate. This sums up
the situation 80 &. e e. e.
Farmers organizations throughout the
whole territory have combined to fight for
free wheat or a higher price. Many Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

TIME bitter but instructive experiences
gained during the long period in
- which President Wilson was par
leying with Germany, hoping that she was
not so brutal or so cynical as she seemed,
and giving her continually fresh opportu-
mites to redeem her character, led 1.-The
Spectator" to characterize Mr.. Wilson as
the perfect director and adviser Of all
the Allies"
Without remembering what President
Wilson went through in these negotia-
tons" says The Spectator sit would be
impossible to appreciate the sources OF
hi. force and determination and of his
passionate and sincere eloquence on the
subject of Germany
The London paper assumes that these
experiences bind him to the Allies with
unbreakable bonds, and that there is not
the remotest chance that he will change
his mind. 1t might have been otherwise,
The Spectator" admits, had America gone
into the war when Belgium was invaded.
Mr.. Wilson, it says, might just conceiv-
ably have been tempted later, by his great
love Of humanity, to conclude that Ger
many had been taught very wholesome
lesson, and that she could be trusted
little now. For, of course, had the United
States entered the war then, none of the
sinister light Of the negotiations would
have been shed. As it is, Mr.. Wilson is be-
lieved to be on safe ground.
On the matter Of concluding peace be-
fore a decisive victory is achieved, and
President Wilson's possible connection in
bringing it about, The Spectator says:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
}enlv TO the POPE "Pulls the People Together

Arthur Henderson are hoping Britain Nm
ret. the kind Of peace that Albert Ths,.'
/, working for in France. It's the klns :,
peace labor wants it's the kind OF p.,,.
ninc-tenths Of the Socialists desire"
As reported by The Associated Pre-.
"The London Daily Mail" captions il. ed.
torial with the words, 1--WE Cannot Tai.
Your Word'-Presiden Wilson's Mesu.
to the Kaiser; and "The London Chron.
cle,' after pointing out that America il
unfettered by alliances. says:
"Thus all Of her war pronouneemen, t,r,
4 value of their own, TO which those issu,.,
from London, Berlin, Paris and Vienna u,'
not lay claim
The same paper, after speaking Of d.
righteous anger in every American N
ply" and referring to the indictmen. =
the German autocracy by the Presid.s
continues:
This terribl. judgment gains ~, elo1u,,.
from no fine phrasing. but solely from "A.
fountains Of noble wrath behind 1t, wr,a
which the head OF Christian church MIN,
honorably covet.'
The most conservative journal in En-.
land, 1.-The Morning Post" and the reccs
nized organ Of the aristocracy, which, h.
fore the war, was not generally symu.
thetic toward America, thus speaks;
with a directness and concisene,s Which
cannot be too much admired, tn. prssia.,,
gives III. Pop.'s peace proposals the only an.
sver which those who are not ready 70 e,.
pitulate 70 Germany could give
Double column headlines are used b,
"The Evening Standard:
Americas Trenchant Indictment, in s.rl,
to the Pop.-A Magnificent Statement By M.
Wilson"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
president Wilson, Interpreter
/ OF Modern Democracy

1.-The New York Sun" concludes snort
notice Of the answer. with the words, The
next scrap of paper must be indorsed.' In
unqualified eulogy, 1.-The New York world
said:
"Aoain has the President proved hlmsel'
,be great spokesman and interpreter OF moo
.rr democracy His note TO the Vatican is
nav Emancipation Proclamation -emahc'- .
r.tion for the German people themselves il
thew will accept it, no less than Tor inc pCo-
rI.s that arc already crushed or menaced DIV
ruthless military power"
The President is seen as the spokesman
cf the Allies, his words have behind them
the weight of nation possessing the
greatest resources in~men and material
As "Tbe New York Herald" phrased 1t:
Speaking not alone for the United States
b,t for the peoples Of ell nations now hghting
bv our side, President Wilson makes 1t clear
that thew are in this war in order 70 lay the
foundations OF an enduring peace, peace
based on Justice and fairness and the com
MON rights Of mankind. For such peace the
worry If the present rulers OF Germany can
not be taken 49,, /,
Germany's alternatives are stated by
"The Washington Post thus:
"Tbe United States, through President
Wilson. notifies Germany that the war VIII
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
COmpen sat1On

age Of those across the water who, having
opened the unstsmped envelope and read
the brief, long-dreaded news, have caught
their breath and then gone on, steadily and
magnifcently facing life.
1--WE have marvelled at the brave gayety
in homes where two, three, even four, have
gone out, never to come back Such losses
would be too much did men and women
have to bear them alone; they would be too
bitter were it not for the realization that
these who die are also our neighbor's men,
London's men, England's men. War destroys
our privacy; a thousand eyes peer into our
bank accounts and birth registers. But
there is a compensation in that the appsll-
ingly large brotherhood of new intimates
will not permit us to mourn alone: herein
there is available a Strengthening and a
mighty solace."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

prices continue. This might be said with
equal justice OF corn. rice or sugar, but
wheat is at this time given almost sole con-
sideration.'
The Tribune" of North Dakota, de-
plores the fact that the speculative mar
ket has been swept away and government
control put in its place, remarking that:
"No one knows yet where the law is going
to leave the producer. But North Dakota
now has concrete example OF the applca-
tion of state socialism, preached from the
hastings for the last two years.
cit is, however, war not a political ex-
pedient The natural laws Of supply and
demand are sadly disorganzed. War has
broken down the operation OF the normal
economic forces. The government has
stepped in, hoping to restore equilibrium
and guarantee fair prices and fnir profits.
During the transition there is but one
thing for the North Dakota farmer to do
and that is TO sit tight and keep in close
touch with developments"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
S ANTICIPATED, after a survey

4 S ANTICIPATED. after survey
~ of the comment of the press
throughout the country and its
almost unanimous rejection Of the Pope's
peace terms, the American editorial re-
spouse to the Presidents reply is one Of
practically unqualified approval. In fact,
such complete synchronization Of press
and official opinion has probably not hith-
erto been seen in this country of recent
years. What has particularly delighted
the pundits of the press with the Presi-
dents answer to the Pope's message is
the singularly adroit method by which Mr..
Wilson has avoided any controversy as to
the merits of the papal suggestion per sc.
BY stating that it is useless to discuss
peace at present since there is no one fit
TO discuss peace with in German official
DOM, the President has surmodnted what
must to many have appeared grave OBJ
stacle.
For. as the President puts it, 1--WE can
rot take the word of the rulers of Ger
many as guarantee of anything that is
to endure" The Hohenzollerns,
il is believed, may yet rue the day they
kicked over that waste basket filled with
"scraps of paper"
Furthermore, in diSavowing any inten-
ton to punish the German people by "po-
l;tical or economic restrictions meant
10 embarrass some nations and cripple
Others" or "vindictive action Of any sort
or any kind, or revenge or deliberate in
jury" the President has put the whole
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

As might be expected, the domestic Ger
man language press is somewhat non-com-
initial Thus writes the New Yorker
taats-Zeitung"
president Wilson has declined tn. Pope's
peace proposals. This was to be expected.
The coming event cast its shadow before
in number Of expressions which had
their origins partly here and partly abroad.
Nevertheless. the refusal is neither abrupt
nor unconditional
On account of the chaos in Russia, the
New York German Herold' is not very
hopeful Of change in the form of govern
ment in Germany, even with the pressure
of President Wilson's avowed determine
ton not to treat with the present rulers.
This paper states:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Population Congestion

According 10 the most reliable cstlnis"'
the population OF our globe in 1913 va,
1881 $1,000. Two-thirds Of this to'a'
Europe 5000 900; India, 3o2OCO'VV"
China proper, 326.OOO,OO0; Japan, w''A'
out dependencies, 52,OO0.oo0) are ecneen'
trated upon less than ore-seventh OF wv
earth's surface.
The eight largest cities OF Japan ll'i'
are: Toxic, 100000 Inhabitants; oss"~
100000; Kioto, $4,000; lokonsn.'
$4,000; Nagoya. 37s,OO0; Kobe, 31s'vvv'
Nagasaki, 10000. and HIROSHIMA lAo'VV~
Corea, whose population was not ca
actly known before its annexation
Japan, had, in 1918, a population V
l5,45S,0O0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

airy. THE News" gives an illustration
and warning Of what may happen il
price fixing is persisted in by the govern
ment:
at may be done, we suppose; but the
whole experiment is likely 70 turn out like
that wherein the lrishman taught his horse
to eat shavings by the expedient Of putting
green spectacles on the animal, thus de-
ceiving him into the idea that the shavings
were grass The horse learned 20 cat shaw
ings, all right; but no sooner had he learned
than he died!'
The Worcester Telegram" says Kan
sas has gone mad from talking about
wheat. THE San Francisco Bulletin" be-
lieves the price guarantee will take the
farmers mind of prices and speculation
and make him less a financier and con-
sequently better farmer. The Aber-
deem American" declares that if the price
of wheat is regulated then the price Of
things the farmer buys must also be regu-
lated. This journal thinks the $40 de-
manded by the growers in its own neigh
borhood is not too high, maintaining that
The price which the farmer. will receive
for this years crop is bound 70 have a bear
ing upon the size OF the crop next year. The
government has appealed for billion bushel
crop next year and the farmers are willing
TO Increase acreage II they know that the
rrice az which they can sell Il WILL bring
them fair return"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
CAMUEL STRAUSS, in 1.-THE Viii
- lager" finds compensation for the

EMANUEL STRAUSS, in "The Viii
- lager finds compensation for the
ruthless SCATTERING Of privacy which
war, and particularly the institution of
the draft, involves:
what is becoming Of privacy? Is it to
be only an ante bellum privilege? Formerly
Neighbor Smiths little defects were distinct
ly his own affair. To-day his fiat feet or
his astigmatsm or his two missing molars
are not only written down in official United
States documents, but they may even be
blazoned forth in first paragraph of the
evening newspapers. The most intimate
family secrets are being laid bare, not only
before a board of examiners and army of
stenographers, but before, if you please, the
world.
"All who run may now read that Mrs
Smith has an independent income-or hasn't;
tn, pGohs may even get TO know how much
the Smiths have been able TO lay by in the
sev:T.Cs bank. In our own particular village
there was no dearth of volunteers for the
taking of the census; intimacy with our
neighbors is not matter Of choice with US.
Ind one might have supposed that there was
nothing more to elicit, but even so, some
facts were brought, reluctant, 10 the light
aud speculation Of many years standing put
10 rest.
What I. war that il can come thus rudely
IN. tearing aside the very last, inner. sacred
curtain? Our ages, our ailments and the
state OF our worldly goods each and
all of these details thus suddenly to become
common property because Germany invaded
Belgium?
But there is more than this, and here
perhaps is the recompense. For we share
rot only these, but larger, concerns. We
have indeed become one of a great family. a
family exasperatingy prying and curious
and gloating, but, in time of sorrow, our
family. We have often spoken OF the cour-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

matter squarely to the German people. In
effect. he tells them exactly what the
Kaiser costs them.
Thus wrote "The New York Times"
when that government went morally
bankrupt. it left a vacancy on the other side
Of the peace conference table. There is no
one there; there is no one whose word we
can take The German people can fill that
vacant place if they will; but until they give
us a negotiator whose word is as good as
ours we cannot exchange pledges over that
table. e.
"Tbe German people have been taught that
we seek the dismemberment of their empire
but those who tell them so will not be abe
TO stop these clear declarations OF the Presi-
dent from entering German minds, II, rs IS
to be hoped, they are published there without
distortion or cancellation
As rejecting sentiment at the capital,
The Tribune's Washington correspondent
telegraphed:
"And il is felt here in Washington that
Mr.. Wilson has met that part of his task
the difficult duty of speaking to the radicals
Of all nations, with extraordinary skill. The
nroblem was TO reply to the Pope in such a
wav as to gain diplomatic victory while
still refusing peace. The Germans hoped to
turn the opportunity of replying to the Pope
into a means of driving still deeper the
wedge between the radicals Of England and
France and their respective governments. MI
Wilson has countered by trying to widen the
cleavage between the radicals of Germany
and their autocratic masters"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
A skiing Farmers To Be Content
n With a Fair Profit

The Minneapolis Journal asks the
farmers 10 stand true to the principles
they so often have evoked and be satisfied
with fair profit. 1t contends that if the
grower is by any means deprived Of this
profit he is liktly to turn to other crop,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Tirst Pronouncements Against
| the Handling Of Wheat

"Thc Grand Forks Herald" thinks 1t
unfortunate that the first pronounce
ments Of the food authorities were d.
rected almost exclusively to the handling of
wheat. The paper continues
"The explanation given is that the wheat
crop is now about TO be placed on the mar
ket. and that it is necessary that the price
Of both wheat and its products be reduced
in order that the industries OF the country
may not be dcmoraized by the wage in
creases which are inevitable if the high
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Tow the Note Will Be Received
l l In Germany and Austria

That it may he doubtful AS how the
note will be taken in "stiffly disciplined
and homogeneous Germany is the opinion
of "The Springfield Republican" but un-
ouestonably it will strike a vibrant chord
in Austria Hungary
The note is summed up thus by Tho
Philadelphia Inquirer"
"If Germany herself will do the bidding OF
highwayman autocrscy, well and good. II she
will undertake to govern herself and destroy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

with President wilson. note the hope OF
pescs disappears for the time being, though
not entirely. The President has employed
manpuvre which seems to be significant. Inc
extremists Of our war party have CONTINUES"
TO demand that the Hohenzollerns must Do
dethroned. since it was impossible TO con-
clude an agreement with them. We nave
never been able to become enthusiastic over
sny monarch, since We held the republican
form Of government TO be the best none
the less. we do not fail 10 perceive that "
the dsthronsment Of the Hohenzolerns were
demanded the war would not De ended TOT
long time. since. with the chaos OF Russia
before our eyes, the German people ~ooio
certainly think twice before 1t overthrow the
present form Of government by force"
And the Louisville "Anzeiger" also tries
10 "be good" but also is somewhat skepti-
cal as to the effect of the Presidents mes
sage on the German people. 1t likewise
sees the Russian experience as deterrent,
declaring:
Being in,ufieiently informed about the
present trend Of public opinion in Germany
in the face Of the new evolutions in Russia,
It is hard to say what effect Wilson's words
will have upon the German people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
XV1hat English Papers
w Are Saying

But the most significant response 70 the
Presidents note has come from London,
and is reflected by The Tribune's CORE
spondent, Arthur S. Draper. In his cable
dispatch Mr.. Draper says in part:
"President Wilson has voiced the views
Of the majority of Britons as we'll as Amer
cans; he has pulled together not only peo-
pies but governments; he has cleared the
political atmosphere: he has pointed the way
toward definite goal, and the people travel
ling that way will press on with renewed
strength past determination.
The Presidents reply to the Pope was
needed. II comes at time when the air IS
filled with unrest and peace plots, when Eu-
rope is no longer thinking clearly, when lit
tie statesmen are differing among themselves
regarding territorial frontiers and when Rus
STA is almost in the midst of maelstrom Of
anarchy, OF material and moral collapse.
President Wilson's reply will act as a rally
ing post
And further, the correspondent says,
The people as q whole support the Presi-
dent" Also that the newspapers, includ-
ing the new statesman labor papers, have
preached from the same text.
The beneficial effect Of the reply is
shown in the unifcation of British and
French opinion, some Of which, especially
the labor and Socialist element, has been
getting out Of hand lately and has shown
decided evidence of restlessness. Mr.. ORA
per puts it tersely:
"If war aims are to be won only BY fight
ing, then nations will fight strongly because
Of the note. It's the kind of peace men like
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

the newspapers that reach the farming
communities oppose the price fixing or the
price fixed. The majority, however, prior
to he 1920 decision. counselled the grow
ers TO accept the price offered by the gov
eminent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
A sserting That the Idea Of Price
- Fixing /. Revolutionary

"The Parkersburg News defending
the wheat growers, deplores the many
things that have been done to the "immu-
table laws Of supply and demand, of pro-
whole idea of price fixing is revolution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

msnded SO wheat. Dismissing all the
clauses in the resolution except that
which relates to wheat, the paper says Of
the farmers:
"They ar. entitled to fair price for their
products, something which they did not get
last year. when the free and uninterrupted
markets were in operation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
~ My One Way to Bring Germany
. Around-Defeat Her

Only by ignominious defeat "can Ger
many be brought to peace terms which the
United States can consider" is the view Of
"The Baltimore American which thinks
that Germany has not shown any feeling
of responsibility for the war and regret
for the thousand infamous deeds it has
committed
1.-The substance of every reply made by
he nations now leagued 20 uphold human
rights against the brutal arrogance of su-
tocracy" must be the same as that Of the
Presidents answer, is the firm belief of
"The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
A new note is struck by "The Louisville
Courier-J ournal":
BEYOND the consideration due the Pope
there was OF course, no reason for any an
swer at ALL for all such paths TO peace as
that suggested By the Vatican lead nowhere,
and. as the President points out, IT would be
folly to take them if they do not lead to
the goal proposed"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

next year, in which case there would be
dangerous diminution in the wheat yield.
On the other hand "The journal COM
ments:
"The consumer is entitled TO be relieved
OF the burden Of all excessiv. profits and
costs. He has suffered from prohteering Of
many sort.-in coal and steel and oil as well
as in food.tufs. II is principally 10 take
from his shoulders these undeseryed bur
dens and to distribute the load Of wartime
cost more equitably that the government has
taken over the control Of food and fuel
1.-THE Duluth News.Tribune" says the
farmers in their demand for a higher
price Forget the Folks" thinks, how
ever. the farmers do not mean to De dis
loyal and points out their selishness is
likely to have disastrous effect. The
Butte Miner" takes the farmers to task
rather CURLY. saying that they are the
very persons who were the greatest advo-
Gates of regulation, especially regulation
Of railroads. THE Miner" thinks their
protest would be rather amusing if it did
not disclose such selfishness with regard
to the rights Of those who must suffer
when the price Of bread goes up conse-
ouent upon So wheat.