The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-27

the way to defeat. Probably Hindenburg has de-
cided this rule much in the light of a "scrap Of
paper" and is depending altogether upon wear
ing down the allies while depending upon a de-
fensive battlefront. How he can hope to do
any such thing with 2,000,0 900 American troops
in the offing is beyond our comprehension.
1t is our guess that by 1918, if the German
submarines do no better than they have been do
ing-which is probable-the kaiser will give up
in the face of the overwhelming American rein
forcements that will, find their way to the allied
fronts in France. Only a crazy monarch would
on in the face of sure defeat.
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COAL SITUATION CLEARING.
Since President Wilson swung the axe of die
tatorship and by ukase decreed that price of coal
was to be reduced at the mines, the American peo-
pie nave had time to contemplate a new wrinkle
in government-and they like it because it has
worked in their favor.
If the nation lacked confidence in how the
president would use the tremendous power con-
ferred upon him, they would shrink from wartime
autocracy that democracy might not be paralyz-
ed.
The kind of autocratic control the president
now has over industry and foodstuffs is not the
kind we are fighting. If the autocracy of the cen
trail empires had remained as "good' as it once
was considered to be-if it had been utilized in
the interest of mankind instead of against their
interests-there would have been no great war
today.
We are fighting the devil with fire-a steel
riveted centralized government that acts like a
traffic cop at a busy street-corner, seeing that the
powerful do not run down the weak, thus keep
ing the domestic equilibrium sane and steady.
There are reasons to believe that war extor-
ton is due to experience a speedy death. The
people are being given a chance.
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THE FALL FAIRS.
Nothing connected with the industrial life
lance at this time than the county and neigh.
borhood fairs. Whatever else we may be tempted
to neglect, the fair should not be allowed to suffer
Every effort should be put forth to make the fairs
this fall bigger, better and of more far reaching
influence than any previous effort.
At this stage of our history the big question
the question that overshadows all others, is tina
jof production. We must produce, and produce
and keep producing. In time past this passion
of production was based largely on desire; w de
sire the fruits of our labors for our qualification
and pleasure. Now, however, we must produce a
Ia matter of self preservation. Indeed, the issue
of the great European conflict will turn largely
upon the producing capacity of the United
States.
The normal human being never outgrows hi
desire for appreciation of his efforts. The des;r
to excel, and to hear from ones neighbors ant
friends an appreciation Of this excellence, is
most potent factor in stimulating effort. The hol
in the pen does not give US near the satisfaction
that it does when we see it decorated with tn
blue ribbon. We appreciate the fine poultry il
the chicken yard, but are doubly proud of them il
the ribbon-decked coop. In short, achievement
without appreciation is but half success.
Then the spirit Of competition will carry US
long way on the road to successful production. /
desire to excel our neighbors is a powerful stimu
Illus. The friendly rivalry for nominal premium
spurs us to unusual efforts.
. So, in order that production in the Unite
States may be stimulated to the greatest possibl
extreme, let US carefully cultivate this, the great
est of all stimulating infuences-the county fail
.
If old General Sherman were here now he woul
have to find some stronger term to describe wal
The Good Book tells US that Satana is to b
loosed for thousand years. But what we'd lik
toknow, however, is how long the old duck has bee
loose.
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Chicaoo school children are tearing ont a NAG
in their spoilers on which the kaiser is laudet
And this, perhaps, is the first time in their littl
lives that they were not thrashed for obeying
perfectly natural impulse.
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We have no objections to the president az
pointing Mr.. Taft a major general, but we do thin
The should have considered the shortage Of KHAKI
p
It is stated that one hundred pounds of bee
shrink to sixtv-seyen pounds after ordinary roast