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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Is Democracy Safe for the Negro?

not maintain proper discipline. 1.-THE
Chicago Herald" somewhat more cautiously
adopts this also as the possible reason.
Judicious likewise is the attitude OF the
Northern papers in most instances.
THE Philadelphia Public Ledger" is
especially disposed to be fair to the South,
stating that 1T is futile to condemn race
prejudice; it exists and it must be taken
into account"
1.-THE New York World" without ex-
cusing the negroes, places some of the
blame on the police, as follows:
There can be no excuse or defence for tho
conduct Of the roting troops. II is evident
OF course, that the police Of Houston, by
their stupid and arbitrary conduct, deliber-
ately invited trouble, but police are often
stupid and arbitrary, no matter whom they
are dealing with, and police stupidity never
can justify mutiny on the part OF armed
troops, whether white men or negroes"
"The New York Sun" has a good word
for the colored soldier and intimates that
the civil population was not wholly blame
less, adding that "the kind of treatment
given to enlisted men by the civilians
among whom they serve has a great in
fuence on their behavior"
Mo Provocation for the Crimes Of
~ "Mutinous Negro Soldiers
Different again is the Interpretation Of
"The New York Evening Post which
can see no provocation that could Justify
the crimes committed by the mutnous
negro soldiers"
1t has remained for 1.-THE Albany
Knickerbocker Press" to make the most
scathng arrangement Of Southerners,
particularly Texans, for their general
treatment of blacks. 1t declares:
"The Southern spirit, particularly virulent
in Texas, where burning negroes alive is q
before breakfast sport, is to blame.
"Thc Southern feeling that it is an insult
to n white human being to permit a black
human being to wear badge of honor, such
as the United States uniform, is to blame.
"The Southern conviction that it is Writ
uous deed, admitting one TO heaven, TO per-
form an act of cruelty upon a negro who re-
spects himself, is to blame.
"Thc state of mind Of the Houston police,
requiring officers Of that force TO abuse, beat,
kick and shoot negroes in uniform, who ask
civil questions, is to blame"
AS added causes this paper speaks of
lack of loyalty and discipline, and also
the folly of the War Department in send
ing colored troops to Texas, knowing "the
temper and lack of civilization which
characterizes Texans" and which char
acterizes negro soldiers also. A good wore
is put in for the black people general!
by 1.-THE Chicago Tribune" thus:
Immediately upon our declaration OF wa
German spies attempted to start negro re
bellion in the South. Everywhere negroe
hooted the spies.
"The draft came, and negroes stood up Z
it like men. There we're anti-draft commo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
THE Officer in Charge Blamed
/ For Lack Of Firmness

"The Savannah Times" harks back to
the lack of adequate punishment meted
out at Brownsville as the contributory
cause; while THE Richmond Times-Dis-
patch" comes back to date and places the
blame largely on the officer in charge of
the offending troops, alleging that he did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
rb. Third Alternative
| Must Be Adopted

r.. third is. therefore, the only alter
utv, h. concludes
| 49, Ibis inevitably means that labor and
- must be shifted from the places that
-. count to the places that DO count in
:. .,,k ". are undertaking. II means that
- and labor now being used in con-
..-,,i-r machinery, factories, etc. that are
:. -.5ujrsd for var purposes must be trans
- N the construction Of factories that
!. used in manufacturing munitions
,.srials Of war; il means that factories
- bpilt that are now being used for
=. -,,ut,cture OF dispensable commodities
-, bs where POSSIBLE made over into
L.,yss that can manufacture mas
,,..s.s: il means that where these lac
-, ,,pnct be remodelled for war pur-
...,, ,.sv must be closed, and their laborers,
:. las. released for service that counts.
. would not 20 so far as to say that we
-. p-sc,ically speaking, In a year COM
,,,y transfer our energy from the fields
- 10 not count TO the fields which DO
,.,. ...vily in the business Of war. But
q, ,prrsnme already outlined by the gov
,-rs-t Will neCeSSlLdtt bit !4OSI ASiNAS
r,r, /! we are TO accomplish the task we
ng, for ourselves
Y. Nuulton implies that money alone
,sa 70, effect industrial mobilization,
e.! as.s:
". night indeed succeed in raising the
rR000OoOO Of revenue that has been
v.s; but. as already seen, that is only the
k,rning Of Industrial mobilization. Even
Nth Golfers filed TO overlooking the Allied
governments will have TO wait indefinitely
tor equipment, munitions. ships and food II
,ths requisite social energy is not devoted
70 their production. Il is an old saying that
We cannot buy something with nothing; it
Us jus, as true tina, we cannot buy that which
t..s not exist even if we possess the re-
e:.si.s purchasing power. We always come
a;i 70 the fundamental truth that we can
W devote our national energy 10 things
IT, % not count for war purposes and de-
W, The same energy 10 the production OF
/ 1. ;,ilgs that are necessary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
yea an Army Is Feasible and
Would Operate Powerfully

- ,e Boston Journal" deplores labor
40 IN time Of war" and asks:
h., long will the people of the United
De satisfied to have our young mems
1 'Oaseripted, our wealth conscripted and
/, Va VINO stay at home refuse to perform
'''' except on their own terms"
uica already has one example OF
krIS0ry work law, that in the State OF
A,snd. "The Brockton Enterprise"
"aag oft, says:
sA,S ' now this compulsory work scheme
u ). 'sok so very good. Suppose IT ap-
b a. Massachusetts, and Brockton. But
~ Hmy shoes great number OF in
- citizens of Brockton would be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
tons among l. W. WIS, Indians, aliens, and
Americans Of native stock, but none among
negroes. OF many races, the black was the
whitest."
XVThat the Colored Press Thinks
w About 1t All

wv hat the Colored Press Thinks
w About 1t All
AS sdelight on the situation may
advantageously be noted the feeling gen.
orally exhibited by the colored press in
regard to the East st. Louis affair. THE
IN. " Amsterdam News" in q leading
editorial speaks reproachfully Of Presi-
dent Wilson'S failure TO return salts
factory answer to a committee from the
silent protest parade in New York City,
organized as a protest against the East
st. Louis lynchings. "The New York
Age" also a negro organ, speaking prior
to the Houston affair, said:
There has been too much discrimination
on account Of color in the army already. T.
more of it is to be attempted in the effort
to cater to the South. it can only be produe-
tive of evil results. There would be no race
problem TO solve at the various camps II
square deal was given and discipline main
tanned
Interesting and instructive as an inter
probation of the black mans point OF
view is letter to 1.-THE Richmond Planet
(colored), which says in part:
81 beg. also, 10 inform you that ] am still
loyal to the American flag, notwithstanding
the fact that have refused steadfastly %
volunteer to fight for world democracy,
because | wanted 70 be convinced that it
would include black men as well as white
mem
And another letter asserts:
81 am willing to sacrifice my life that Ger.
man autocracy and Prussian militarism might
be brought to an end that America as well
as the rest of the world might be made safe
for humanity and democracy; that justice
might be enjoyed by the Arnenians, the
Poles, the Belgians and the Jews across the
sea, and that worldwide democracy OF
which President Woodrow Wilson is cham
pon, might include within its embraces black
men of America as we'll as white men Of Eu-
rome"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Some Hospitals Are Already
Badly Crippled

According to the Mayors Committee of
National Defence New York; 35 per cent
IS conservative estimate of the proper
ton of medical students included in the
first call.
Reports have been received that Johns
Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is already
crippled, also the Philadelphia Hospital
Association, the Medical School of the
University Of Wisconsin and many other
leading institutions.
Dean Browne Of Bellevue Hospital Med
zeal College, as reported in THE New
York World" likewise takes a whack at
the figures given by General Crowder, and
Dean Heffron, of Syracuse, is quoted in
same news item as writing:
at is incomprehensible to ms tina. tn.
Provost Marshal General should insist upon
repetition of the great blunder which Eng
land and France made"
On the other hand, it has been noted in
TIE press that, doctors and others within
the draft age had all had their opportunity
to offer their services TO the government
IN the reserve army before the draft be-
gan, and that those who had not availed
themselves of the opportunity were not en-
titled to any special consideration"
Among the papers which express them
selves in favor of exemption for medical
students are: The Washington Post"
THE Baltimore Sun" The Virginian
Pilot" The Dayton Journal, The Phils-
delphia Public Ledger" and The Nash
vile Tennessean." Some Of the papers
also advocate exemption OF dentists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
Nbjectors Asked to Remember
v Germany Labor Consumption

s.nmarizing the objections to mobili-
III Of industry through the machinery
Chance, the writer concludes that ex-
o. profits taxation, price control and
'S-ess as usual run counter to the
a@ reorganization Of industry; and he
sS,s!s the nation to remember that Ger
,ny has since early in the war, fol-
Nst the method Of industrial conscrip-
tn
Srkes, large and small, are Of fire.
pet occurrence and in the aggregate
fG@aly affect a much needed output.
III refusal of a dozen engineers or cleo
3SAa' often paralyzes an industry, mine
"E'l. A short time ago a strike among
Is'alists in a New York shipbuilding
'"a threatened to tie up essential con-
E'c'l'n. In all this there is little lack
ariotism, comments "Metallurgy and
''alcal Engineering" but the American
'1Snan fails to understand the full
~'A9uence Of his acts when engaging in
like at the present time. 1t suggests,
VI solution, compulsory labor:
"apulson, that ugly thing, has come
our state. hand in hand with war.
"a ~. law is supplanting civil law. A con-
~ replaces a volunteer. Price fixing
s'edes the law Of supply and demand.
s11shdeering guarantees adequate output.
= '0T can even a commandeercd factory
~-'e munitions without workmen? 1t
~, rs a pity that she government is not to
N 'he key 20 the labor situation, which
! aa's'dy in its hands, ready for adoption
|>h' draft law"
'@ Journal believes, Furthermore, that
creation of a compulsory industrial
~ would be very simple matter. And
an army, it asserts, would have a
,"'0hd moral as well as material effect
we hrSt hint Of labor trouble. Unanl-
- would be impossible and the workers
~ not quit, short of treason"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

TO be regarded as one Of the prizes Of the
present war"
And more specifically that paper
points out just why. in its opinion, black
shadow looms up over the world:
"To men of the seven seas the world would
not be a pleasant place with a hell at hand,
where the final cataelysm would be negroes
drilled by Prussians. fighting the yellow men
drilled by Nippon boys, for supremacy in q
"a civilization Of supermen."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02

"As the matter now stands one district gen
orally refuses to exempt married men with.
out children, three others make rule OF
discharging al, married men, and one board
has been so bewidered by conflicting in
structions that it has suspended operations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-02
The Confusion of Exemption
Rules Makes Trouble

The need for uniform rules in making
exemptions is taken up by many papers.
Speaking for the city of Spokane, The
Statesman Review" says:
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18

The worlds normal yield Of the six
great cereals ranges from 16,OOO,OOO,-
600 to 19,OOO.OOO,00O bushels.
The Indians who know the bee only
as introduced by the white settlers
call it the "white mans fly"
One of tie latest inventions is srrt
of halter that keeps sleeper's mouth
closed and thus prevents snoring.
A number of leading American rail-
roads are at present conducting pub
licity campaign which has for its OBJ
ject the warning of the public not to
trespass on railroad tracks.
Hygiene is being taught to the less
civilized natives of the Philippines
with motion pictures.
A man living near Saugus, Cal, has
discovered the tooth of gigantic crea-.
ture that roamed through the marshes,
of southern California several thou
sand years ago. The tooth weighed
about % pounds.
Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee
alphabet, was one of the great men OF
the Indian race. He was a half-breed
whose English name was George
Guess. His father was white man
and his mother a full-bloe1 Indian
woman.
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18
MEJELLY MAKING
Fruits That Are Best Suited for
This Delicious Product.
PECTIN IS PRIME Element
Amount of Sugar Can Be Determined
by the Alcohol Test-Mistakes
to Be Avoided by the
Housewife.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
A good jelly should be bright, of good
color, and clear When removed from
the glass it should retain the shape OF
the mold. Good jelly can be cut with a
distinct cleavage, retaining the angles
where cut. 1t should sparkle and be
tender enough to culver without break
ing.
Fruit for Jelly Making.-The juice
from certain fruits such as grape,
apple, crabapple, orange, kumquat and
currant, is better suited for making
q natural fruit jelly than juices from
other fruits. The juices from these
fruits contain the properties necessary
for jelly making. The best fruits for
jelly making contain pectin and acid.
Pectin, the fundamental jelly-making
substance, does not exist in some fruits
in sufficient amount to make jelly with
out the addition of pectin from some
other source. The peach, strawberry
and cherry are examples OF fruits
which contain acid but are lacking in
pectin. Pear, guava and ounce con-
tain pectin but are deficient in acid.
Extracting the Juice.-Wash such
fruit as berries, grapes and currants
in running water and add one cupful
of water for each pound of fruit. For
apples, ounces, guavas and such hard
fruits, wash, slice and add three cup
fuls water to each pound of fruit. The
fruit should be cooked until tender,
a small quantity of water being added
to help extract the juice. The fruit
juice will flow more freely when heat
ed than when cold, and the cooking
develops the pectin. AS soon as the
fruit is tender the liquid should be
squeezed through a cheesecloth and
then be allowed to drip, without pres
sure through a flannel jelly bag Gllus-
trated).
Quantity of Juice to Cook.-The
quantity of juice to be cooked at one
time will depend upon the size of the
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18
MONEY LENDER PITIED POOR
Chinese ShyIock in Manchuria Gave
Annual Sum for Relief Work to
Relieve His Conscience.

A wealthy Chinese money lender in
Manchuria was recently convicted OF
making false declaration regarding
robberies of his caravans by Monaghan
bandits His conscience troubled him
to such an extent that he offered to
contribute an annual sum of $3.50 for
the relief of the poor, East and West
says. This money was made the basis
of a fund for feeding the helpless at
Kungchuling.
Manchuria is terribly poor. despite
the mineral and agricultural riches ex-
tracted from it's soil and rocks, all OF
which products are shipped abroad.
There are probably thousands of indus
trious natives unable, by unremitting
toll, to earn more than a meager liv-
Ing. When to their natural difficulties
are added the ravages of bandits and
the evils of misgovernmcnt, such as
now prevails in many parts of China,
abject poverty and starvation must be
the lot of the people who, in the best
of times, are only half fed.
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18
Since no definite temperature can be

Since no definite temperature can be
given for the finished jelly, the most
convenient means Of determining when
1t is finished is to test it with spoon
or paddle. Dip a spoon or wooden
paddle in the boiling mass. Remove
and cool by moving it back and forth
for a few seconds and then allow the
jelly to drop from it. AS long as there
is strip present it will run or drop
from the spoon. When the jellying
point is reached, it will break from the
spoon in flakes or sheets. When this
jelly stage is reached, remove from the
fire Immediately and skim. Swimming
at this point saves waste.
Filling Glasses.-After skimming the
jelly, pour at once into hot sterilized
glasses and set aside to cool.
Cooling and SeaIing.-COol as rapid
ly as possible, avoiding dust which will
give contamination with mold. When
the jelly is cold cover it with melted
paraffin. By running pointed stick
around the edge Of the glass while the
paraffin is still hotSa better seal can
be obtained.
Storng.-Jelly should be stored in
cool, dark, dry place. If jelly is stored
for a long period of time, it will de-
teriorate in texture, color and flavor.
Mistakes to Avoid.-Soft Jelly.-Jel-
lies sometimes are sirupy because more
sugar has been used than the fruit
juices require or because boiling after
the addition of sugar was not con-
tinued long enough to drive off excess
sive water.
Tough Jelly-Jelly is tough or
stringy because too small an amount
of sugar was used for the quantity Of
fruit juice taken or because the boil
ing was continued after the jellying
point had been reached.
Crystals in Jelly.--Crystals appear
throughout the jelly because OF an ex-
cess of sugar. When sugar is boiled
with an acid for a sufficient length Of
time, it is changed into form which
does not crystalline. Crystals are found
in jelly sometimes because the juice
is boiled to too great a concentration
before the addition Of sugar, or in boil
ing the strip spatters on the side Of
the pan. dries, and in pouring the fin
ished product these crystals are car
ried into the glasses of jelly, and in
that way the jelly becomes seeded
with crystals.
Cloudy Jelly.-This may be due to
having cooked the fruit too long be-
fore straining off the juice or to not
having used sufficient care in strain
ing the juice. Sometimes it is noticed
in apple and crabapple jelly that al
though it is clear when first made the
jelly becomes cloudy after time.
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18

vessel and the methods Of heating
available. The capacity of the vessel
used should be four times as great
as the volume of juice to be cooked. If
the attempt is made to cook large
quantity of juice at one time over a
slow flame, there will be loss of color
and a decrease in the yield, partly due
to the destruction of the pectin.
When to Add Sugar.-When the pro-
portion of sugar to juice has been de-
termined, measure the fruit juice and
place over the fire to cook. When the
Juice begins to boil, add the sugar i'm
mediately and stir until the sugar is
dissolved. By adding the sugar when
the juice begins to boil, more time is
given for the inversion of the sugar by
the acids of the fruit and there is less
danger of crystalli7ation.
Cooking the Jelly.-After the sugar
has dissolved, the cooking should be as
rapid as possible. Finished jelly can
be obtained more quickly by rapid
cooking. Long cooking will tend to
darken the product and destroy the
pectin. which will cause the finished
Jelly to be less firm.
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18
The Value of Human Milk,

The value Of mothers milk to the
nation was expressed by an eminent
London physician in recent speech
at the London Mansion house. HUI
man milk, he said, was priceless, but
some notion might be formed Of its
economic value if we regarded it as
if it were cows milk, its most COM
mon substitute. In the year before
the war SS1, $50 infants were born in
England and Wales. The mothers of
these infants should have yielded, on
an average, two pints Of milk day
for lactation period Of nine months,
which would amount to 22O,945 gal
Ions day, worth about IS cents gal
Ion, more than $4,000 day, and over
$3O,OO0,O00 q year.
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18
FORMING THE COMPANY.

The company in line is formed in
double rank. The tallest men are
placed on the right and the others are
arranged, so far as it is practicable,
in order of height. The company is
formed at the sounding of the assem-
bly, on the bugle. The first sergeant
takes position six PAGES in front of
where the center OF the company is to
be. The first sergeant, next in COM
mand to the second lieutenant, is the
only noncommissioned officer who
wears a saber. AS he takes position,
he draws his saber and commands
TALL M
The right guide of the company, who
is usually a senior sergeant, thereupOn
places himself On the spot where the
right of the company is to rest. This
is abreast of the center Of the com
rany, which is itself six PAGES beck
from the point where the first sergeant
has taken position. The squads then
form in their proper places to the left
successfully, of the right guide. Squads
like individuals, are graduated in
height. The falling in is superintend
ed by the other sergeants, who then
take their posts.
Following the report" or roll call
and inspection arms" conducted by
the first sergeant, if the company has
been formed by squads, the first ser
geant salutes the captain and reports
"Sir, all present or accounted for" OF
gives the name of the unauthorized alb
sentees, and, without command, takes
his post.
If the company has not been formed
by squads, the first sergeant effects
the division by the command, count
OFF" At this, the squads successfully
count off as in the school of the squad
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

The population of Uruguay is l.
37s,sOs.
Wisconsin has barred tramps from
the state.
A town of cement buildings is being
constructed in Montana.
The cooperative warehouse is gain
ing in popularity i'll the South.
The Italian NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rifle
is of the 1891 pattern. 1t is rather
slow, discharging only Is rounds OF
shot a minute.
The most important of the true bees
are the honey bees and the humble
bee. Next to these are the cuckoo bee,
carpenter bee and the Mason, leaf
cutting and potter bees.
Pure water, according to Lord Ray
leigh, is greenish blue, while pure air
is blue, because, according to Newton's
dictum, the molecules of the air are
sufficiently large to reflect blue rays.
The honey bee was introduced into
North America in the seventeenth CEN
fury, but not into South America until
1916. There was none west of the
Mississippi before 1877 and none in
California before 1850.
Middletown transcript., 1917-08-18

Blu. when by this process the position
of No. in the front rank OF a squad Is
established, the corporal assumes IT,
exchanging whatever man it is neces-
sary to displace.
The captain, in advance of receiving
the report of the first sergeant places
himself - PAGES in front of the center
Of the company. He returns the salute
of the first sergeant, and then draws
his saber. The lieutenants, taxing
their posts behind the company, to the
rear of the right and left guides, when
the first sergeant has reported, draw
their sabers with the captain.
The alignmentS of the company are
executed as prescribed in the school
Of the squad. The guide, however, is
established instead of being the flank
file. The rear-rank man of the flank
file keeps his head and eyes to the
front and covers lis file leader.
The company executes the halt,
rests, facings, steps and marchlngs,
manual of arms, lOadings and flrlngs,
takes intervals and distances and as
sembles, increases and diminishes in
tervals, resumes attention, obliques, re-
sumes the direct march and preserves
alignments," as set forth in the school
of the soldier and the school Of the
squad. The difference is that the
word Company" is substituted in COM
mands for squad"
The practical value of the instruc-
ton and training which the new sol
der receives in the school of the
squad now begins to dawn upon him.