The courier-index., 1917-11-30

after their farm work, which he con- sidered of greater importance than sitting in the jury box. A Little Rock business man who is doing the work of two or three men jestingly remarked that his wife had threaten ed to sue him for diverce just as soon as he had time to defend the suit. The courts have less business than they have had in eyars, and the lawyers find much spare time to play golf, run for office and clip the coupons on past earnings. Every body else is busy, and be it said to the credit of the legal fraternity, they are philosophers and are ac- cepting the conditions without com plaint The lawyers are among the most loyal supporters of the govern ment and are answering every call for service.
 Disloyalty is not popular in Arkan- sas, although there are sporadic cases of seditious talk and pro-Ger- man propaganda brought to the at- tention of the authorities. The chief menace of this specie of enemy act ivity is the fact that it is insiduous in it's influence, and unless checked is likely to spread until it permeates a community.
 The public schools are notably free from it, and yet it is found occasionally even there. An instance came to light in Little Rock school last week. An eighth grade girl. evidently of German parentage, made disloyar remains about the flag, and became SO persistent in her condem- nation of things American that the other children resented it. |. The matter was. brought to the attention of the teacher, who compelled the child to salute the flag in the pres ence of the whole school And the teacher then delivered a lecture on patriotism, which was applauded to the echo.
 A serious question, confronting the consumer, the dairyman and the farmer is that of the meat supply and all that the question involves. The high price of milk, and the threatened increases, have been the source of a spirited controversy in Little Rock, in which the press, the Council of Defense, the Dairymen's Association and the Profitable Farm ing Bureau have taken part. And neither side has convinced the other. That the proposed increases in the price of milk are not warranted is generally conceded by all except the dairymen. And in the meantime, the dairyman, in the role of the in nocent bystander, is the one who suffers the most.
 In connection with the milk prob lem is that of a saner conservation of food products, particularly breed ing stock Among the campaigns being conducted along this line is the saving of all heifer calves in dairy herds from slaughter. The Wisconsin dairymen are being urged not to send these calves to the stock yards, but to hold them for distribution to neighboring farmers. But this is bringing about a condition among the Wisconsin farmers of which the Arkansas stock men might we'll take advantage. The chairman of the agricultural committee of the State Council of Defense of Wiscon- sin writes the Arkansas Council as follows:
 "The present very high price of feed and the high price of milk make the proposition of saving more heifer calves than they need for their own farms rather discouraging to the dairymen. If we successfully carry out our program, it will mean that next spring this state will be in position to supply other states with thousands of dairy bred heifer