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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27
FORMS OF GOVERNMENT

Inquiries are made as to the forms of government among
the allied nations that are now fighting, more or less actNciE'
the battles for the real freedom of the world. 1t is a long !'t
and among them all forms of government are representeo aho
that in all stages of development. But among all the aHles
there is not one auiocratic government, since Russia came over
to democracy. In Europe, France is a republic, the second \
great republic in The world, the United States being the first.
China and Russia are republics in embryo, in the making, with
China ahead "a The race. There are eleven republics In South
and Central America in the line, and the republic of Cuba. That
makes fourteen republics fighting on the side OF democracy.
England is 4 constitutional monarchy, with the emphasis on
The constitution and almost extinction of the monarch. Asso-
ciated with her are Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zea-
land. Ill self governing dependencies of the mother country,
o. republican almost, each within itself, as the United States IT
France. Belgium is a limited monarchy along IDeral lines.
Italy is abort the same as Belgium. It is one of the most dem
crratic of ncnarchies. The Balkan states are all little king
doms, with Indifferent extensions of liberty to their peoples
Serbia, Rounlana, Greece, Montenegro will all be liberahzed
when they are restored after this war.
In general terms, all the free nations that are situated SO
they dare to take a hand are in the fighting lines of the allies.
Switzerland, a republic, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and NOR
way are all countries with governments of a most liberal char
acter. In Holland and Norway republicanism is especially
predominant. These countries are so situated, contiguous TO
Germany, that they do not dare to strike for fear of the fate
of Belgium and Serbia overtaking them. If they were free to
act there would be no doubt as to the side toward which they
would be drawn.
And, per contra, the nations that are fighting for the main
FINANCE of autocracy as against democracy are all absolute
,nonarchies, countries in which the ruling dynasties are SUI
preme. At the head of them stands Germany, a country In
\ hch the emperor is absolutely the government, with the
power of peace or war in his own hands, while the relchstag Is
Il mere debating society which cannot control even the chancel-
!or of the empire-as Won Michaelis, the present chancellor,
oasted recently. Austria is no less absolute in it's government.
and Turkey is a survival in the modern world of the medieval
i'm of Europe and the despoism of Asia. Bule aria has boast
ed in times past that it is the little Prussia of the Balkans.
which may have been esteemed a glory at one time, but which
is now only infamy among the nations of the world.
The lines are, therefore, very clearly drawn between au-
tccracy on the one hand and democracy on the other.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27
THE GOVERNMENT CROP REPORTS

The government statsicians have been compelled to lOp
off a little more of the wheat crop, since the last reports were
made. The total of spring and winter wheat is now given at
$50 million bushels, which is ten millions under last years
crop, and 100 millions under the bumper and record making
crop of two years ago. OF corn, however, we have about one
billion and one hundred million bushels more than we had last
year, which makes this years crop a wonder worker and that
at a time when corn is needed for so many purposes.
On the whole it has been a good year for the food supplies
of the world. The one great disappointment came through the
wheat crop failure in so many parts of the country. But the
other cereals have amply made up for that deficiency. The
oats were never better than they have turned out this year and
the consumption of Oat meal was never on so large a scale. 1t
has become the worlds breakfast, indeed, and in many parts
they are glad to have it for dinner and supper also. Nor have
the potatoes, so essential to human life, failed us in this coun-
try. We have potatoes in plenty and we will have some to ex-
port.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27
WHY GERMANY WILL LOSE

Born within a few miles of the German frontier of a Dutch
father and a German mother, Louis Raemaekers, the famous
cartoonist, has spent a great part of his forty odd years in close
touch with Germans.
THAT is why am certain they must be beaten until every
bone is broken" he declares. 81 know them well and they
must be trampled on until their national spirit is broken. Ger
mans have two souls. One is the one with which they meet
their friends, with which they live. The other is the one they
devote to the nation. Every German is a pan-German. They
have been schooled from the time they were children to do
what the nation required, no matter how mean and degrading
it might be. Yet sincerely believe that the defeat of Ger
many will, after the years of readjustment, be more welcome
TO the people of Germany than those of any nation now
fighting: They will realize then how false their ideals have
been"
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

Food Director Hoover has determined to regulate the bak-
ing industry of the country and to standardize the size of the
loaf. This idea is an excellent one, as at present the variation
both as to size and price is very marked. One city has one
standard and a city twenty miles away has a standard alto
gether different. AS a very natural consequence there are
murmurings and dissatisfaction everywhere. Manifestly the
thing to do until the end of the war is to standardize the loaf
both as to size and price. We should say quality as well, but
quality is a factor that cannot be controlled. There is one
glory of the sun and another of the moon, and by the same
token the ability of one baker to produce good bread is not the
ability of another.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

The story of cruel treatment of British captves, men, wo-
men and children, in German East Africa is not surprising or
unexpected. 1t is a mere postscript beside the voluminous rec
ord of savagery and robbery which mark the invaders paths i'll
Belgium and France and brands U-boat operations with
:nalevOIent coWardice.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

The boosted German system is getting balled up. according
to the complaints in German papers. One man saws that some
2769 separate orders have been issued governing the conduct
or cltlzens and their buying in the markets. One has to put in
his time trying to find out what he may and what he NAV NOT
do-and by the time he gets through he may be starved to
death.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

Perusal of the new revenue law reveals the fact that Mr..
Bryan made a mistake when he said every schedule in it but
two hit him--the liquor schedule and the tobacco schedule
The tax on liquors is a part of the schedule entitled "beyer-
ages, which includes taxes on grape juice, soft drinks and
mneral waters. So it must get Mr.. Bryan after all.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

Teutonic critics grow indignant over President Wilson's
insults" to Germany, and in the same breath argue that his
democratic ideals find no favor among the people. Still the
rcichstag committee debates prove the leaven is working in
the right way.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

Chancellor Kunschok of Austria admits that Europe is
sinking to exhaustion under the burdens of the war. The
melancholy note contrasts strangely with the joyous whoops
which greeted the stranglng of Serbia.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

mo manipulation of food products for profteering purpos-
es" is the verdict from Washington. The test will be afforded
by the barometer of food prices.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

Still more disclosures of intrigues in this country by Berns-
torff and his associates are promised. My, some people must
be mighty uncomfortable.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27
l. w. w. AND EARLY CHRISTIANS

Opinion halts between amusement and amazement at the
expressions of the Seattle minister who finds in the l. w. w.
likeness to the early Christians. The man who can thus ideal
ize big Bil' Haywood and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn either has
unlimited Imagination or little conception of moral RESPONSE
bilhy. The course of this pair of leaders and their followers
is absolutely Incompatible with any ideals of peace, law or or
der. How can any man reconcile the doctrine of sabotage and
direct action with that of nonresistance? Does he find in the
light of blazing hop barns in California or of wheat stacks in
Dakota anything to illuminate the way to social concord? A
minister to be ordained must have training in logic and meta
physics, apologetics and eXegetics, and be in some measure
capable of analysing and determining motives. Such training
ought to enable him to see through the operations of the |. w
w. and it's campaign of destruction and tactics of treachery.
The Tribune has often sharply criticized industrial maladjust-
ment that makes the situation of the casual worker what it. is.
but sympathy for these men should not take the form of de-
Tense of an organization that depends on anarchy for its sue
cess.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

What worries the plotters most is they have no way of tell
ing how much more evidence Secretary Lansing has in reserve.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

The clash of political battle in New York interests the prov
inces chiefly as a means of determining whether the city is
American or a Junkerbund.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

In Sweden a ton of coal now costs 800, but for a dollar
!oi can still get a slice of ham. The world has to py the nrice
it is paying it.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27

1t would seem that Herr Won Igel was entirely too method
ical for his own good in keeping up his correspondence file.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-10-27
ALSACE-LORRAlNE

England intends to keep on fighting until Germany agrees
to give Alsace-LOrraine to France" Lloyd George is reported to
have said recently. Won kuehlmann declared in the reichstag
later that there was no question which could not be
solved by negotiation except the French demand for Alsace-
orraine. Emperor William | said in 1884: Germany would
leave it's eighteen army corps and it's 100000 people on the
field of battle rather than surrender a single stone of the ter
rhory won il 1870" France today says that Oh no other terms
will it cease fighting. Plainly the disposition of Alsace-Lor-
raine is, and s to be, the greatest obstacle in the way of peace.
Torn from France at the end of the Franco Prussian war, after
two centuries of possession, the wound it left has never healed,
and upon the retention of this ravished territory Bismarck en-
forced the principle of the unifcatiOn of Germany, from which
has grown the pan-Germanism largely responsible for the pres
cnt war and its obstinate continuance. Nothing would humili-
ate Germany so much as the loss of these provinces; nothing
would inspir. Francs sc much as their restoration.
The United States has but a sympathetic interest in the So
tuition of this problem. For our own ends we have no desire
t. become involved in questions of territorial boundaries. But
we s%ympathiZe with the determination of France for a number
OF reasons. First of all because France was unjustly robbed
Of the provinces; next, because France has suffered so griev-
rusly by this terrible war that we would see some compensa-
Ton for its vast losses, and, third, because we feel that Ger
many must be made in some way to suffer for the woe it has
deliberately brought upon the world, and the loss of these
provinces would bring home to it as nothing else could the ut
ter failure of its policy and the awful wickedness of its deeds
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
CIGAR AS OPIUM SUBSTITUTE
Aiding in Redemption of China, Where
Natives Are Now Frequently Seen
Smoking Their Cheroots.

The cigar is doing a large part in
the redemption of China. 1t is no I'M.
common thing to see native smoking
his cheroot, which promises to enjoy
the favor once bestowed on opium.
The import of cigars into various
Chinese ports has been greatly on the
increase in the last few years, and now
amounts to about $350,000 annually
OF this trade four-fifths normally is
through Hongkong. There has been
a marked increase in the quantity of
Dutch-made cigars used in South China
and other portions of the Far
East during the last year or more,
where, for various reasons, Philippine
cigars have been losing in favor.
Previous to the outbreak of the war
In Europe considerable quantities Of
cheap cigars were sold in China and
the Far East through German firms in
Hongkong, and a German cigar fac
tory was operated in Hongkong for the
manufacture of cheap cigars for the
Chinese trade and also for export to
Europe. This factory is still operated
under Chinese control.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
SAVANNAH MANS BARN
BETTER THAN 4 HOME.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 15.-George
F. Armstrong, one of the wealthiest
citizens of Savannah, is building on
his country place near here barn,
which will be the most up-to-date,
and, in several ways, the most unique
in this section of the country. The
barn will cost as much as the home
of an ordinary man, being valued at
near $4,000. The barn will be fire
proof and the trappings and fixtures
around the hall will be handsomely
nickel plated. This gives the interior
an appearance of exceptional elegance.
A double fence runs around the lot
and at night the dogs will be allowed
the freedom of the runway between
them The place is equipped with
showre baths, dressing rooms, unn-
ming water and electric lights.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
PLEASANT A. STOVALL
BACK FOR 4 VACATION

SAVANNAH. Ga, Oct. PHEASANT
A. Stovall, United States Minister to
Switzerland and editor of the Savan-
nah Press, arrived in the United States
Friday. His purpose in returning to
America for a brief visit is to con-
suit government officials regarding
shipments to Switzerland and discuss
other war phases.
Mr.. Stovall, who will go to Wash
ington and later come to his home
here, described Switzerland as "a ma
ton of whispers"
There is no news and everybody
is discreet to the point of extreme
taciturnity,p he said. "The Swiss
play their part of neutrality well There
could be no criticism of them on that
score"
The vessel on which Mr. Stovall
arrived was muehly camoufaged.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
NO OGEECHEE SHAD
FOR SALE ANY MORE

SAVANNAH, Gas Oct. 15.-Geor-
gians who have a sweet tooth for
Ogeechee shad will in all probability
be supplied Florida shad, which is
Inferior to Ogeechee chad, in the future
at higher price than they were ac-
customed to pay for the Ogeechee
delicacy. The reason is the Savannah
dealers who handle the shad have
abandoned activities in the Ogeechee
and will henceforward get their sup
plies from Florida This was brought
about by ryan and Chatham counties,
interpreting the law regarding shan
fishing differently, Chatham contends
fishemen have the right to catch shad
from Monday morning to Saturday
night in the open seoson while Bryan
county officials say no shad fishing
after Thursday night, and enforce
this law law by arresting and fining
fishermencaught seining after Thurs
day jsundown. AS it is impossIb1e
to use the nets without using both
shores of the river, Chatham county
fishermen have decided not to buck
the game but quit fishing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct 15.-Drafting
Of trappers into the national army has
materially cut down the supply of raw
furs in the United States, according
to dealers here to attend the $4,000
600 fur SALE which opened last Mon
day at the International Fur Exchange,
and continues for five days for five
days. The value of the offerings at
the April sale was S4,000,000
The furs which we're offered here
were from practically every country
in the world except Germany and Aus
tria.
For the first time sealskins from
South America were offered at the
sale here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15

Fearful Destruction of Property
j. 3. Berry, Professor of Forestry, Ga.

j. 3. Berry, Professor of Forestry, Ga.
State College of Agriculture.
Every year there is a loss to the
state of between one and two millions
of dollars as a result of forest fires,
three-quarters of which are the re-
suit Of carelessness and could be
easily prevented. Over half the fires
were started with the object of i'm
proving grazing conditions, and yet
the best information available proves
conclusively that annual surface fires
decrease the grazing capacity of the
range, since the valuable grasses are
totally destroyed and only the more
worthless grasses and weeds develop
About thirty per cent of the fires orig
mated in the clearing of farm land,
running beyond control because start
ed at the wrong season of the year,
or because no preventative precautions
were takn either in the breaking of a
fire line or in arranging for a force
of fire fighters. If these fires could
have been eliminated the people of
the state would be over a million dol
lars richer in standing timber, lumber,
cross-ties, fences, mills and farm
buildings. Never use fire with the OBJ
iect of improving the range, never
burn over brushland during the dry
season; always provide fire lines and
'watchers" when necessary to use fire.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
Future Prosperity and
DiversificatiOn of Crops

Georgia stands second in the pro-
duction Of cotton. She can hold her
place in the total value of farm crops
If her people profit by the opportuns
tiles she offers. Though her planters
may suffer temporary loss by diversi-
fication they will more than balance
the account in the increased produc-
ton of dairy products, beef and pork,
poultry, peanuts, velvet beans, pota-
toes, fruits, vegetables and cereals.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
saIesmanship in Schools.

Boston has a director of salesman
ship in its public schools. The place
is filed by Isabel G. Bacon, who, at a
session of the National Retail Dry
Goods association, presented the ques-
ton of cooperative courses in sales
manship in high schools and stores.
She reported that her classes had in
creased in the last four years and that
store executives were cooperating to
make the work success. In teaching
craftsmanship there is actual demon
stration of the processes, a teacher at =
ing as q customer and another as q
salesgirl.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
cost Of DIVES Before the war.

The dyes used on this side of ths
water cost the consumers between
thirty and forty millions of dollars In
normal times This sum, says the
Engineering Magazine, does not meas
ure the total value of the industry, be-
cause in addition to the dyes produced
there are many drugs and chemicals
obtained as by-products of the manu-
facture which swell the total to prob
ably $50000,000 annually.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
yPREs SECTION NOW
ONLY BARREN WASTE

BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
Belgium, October ia prosperous
farming country before the war, the
region east of Ypres is nof a DESC
late waste of large and deep shell
craters. 1t has been the scene of
much bitter and sanguinary fighting
and the artillery fire has done its
work
Few sectors of the western front
have been laid waste as has this one.
Farm buildings and villages have been
swept away by the shells. Only a
few pieces of wall mark where build
ings once stod. Grass and other
green things have disappeared IN the
turning up of the earth by the in
Vulnerable exploding shells.
From Ypres out across the West
hook bridge and over the site of what
scene of demolition recalls the days
once was Zonnebeke from which the
Germans were pushed Thursday, the
Of the battle of the Somme. The I'M
precedented havoc wrought on the
Somme front hardly surpassed that
which exists along the Ypres front.
More striking than all the rest were
the scenes of death on every hand.
Germans lay in great numbers over
this ground which had not yet been
cleared. At many places groups of
Germans had been killed as they
fought together and they rested as
they fell. Shell holes at some places
were choked with bodies.
The village of zonnebeke is only
memory. Some shattered walls
remain of the bic church and in very
few places there are marks of other
public buildings but the village as a
whole has disappeared. The railway
station, of the Ypres-Roulers line
where for days the British and Ger
mans battled fercely at close quar-
tiers, is gone and there remains inlS
small concrete redoubt, about which
the Germans made their last stand
The Ypres- Roulers railway which
for so long was under British gun
fire and is now being hammered by
the Germans, lis nothing but a broken
mound of earth. The rails have been
twisted into knots and hurled here
and there
All the highways here and on other
parts Of the battlefield have been
damaged severely. They are pitted
here and there with shell holes. a
thous and yards III front of zonnebeke
was Broodseinde ridge and the vii
lsge with it's famous cross roads
Were many Germans were kn.ed re
Gently by the Br'3ssh artillery FIRE.
The British line is over the crest of
this ridge on the eastern side. Brood
scinde has gone the same way as zon-
nebeke, Rental, Gravenstafel, Pass
chendaels and many other hamlets.
The German redoubts and pill boxes
in the Zonnebek region mostly had
been smashed by shellfre, although
many of them put put up stout re-
sisanee. There was one great con-
creteand steel redoubt had withstood
the terrific fire to which it had been
subjected 1t defenders had been
driven out by the infantry in pitched
battle. The redoubt was so yards
long and about 40 yards wide. The
walls, which were of concrete rein
forced with steel rails wereabout five
feet thick. The roof was made of
sheet steel. The building contained
six large rooms which would hold
several hundred men. The whole
country hereabout was covered with
similarly built defenses lof varying
sizes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-15
Chicken Makes
Remarkable Record

What is believed to be a Worlds
Record has been made by a Barred
Plymouth Rock pullet Matched January
list. This pullet began laying April
25th, 5 months and rs days after
Matching. Another pullet began lay
ing at 4 months of age. These birds
were bred, Matched and fed to lay at
the Poultry Division of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture.