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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
Illustrating FACTS.

In a speech designed and calculated to give
aid and comfort to the kaiser, Senator La Fol
lette, official spokesman of pro-Prussianism,
made the truthless statement that the govern
ments of the nations were demanding war
while their people were asking for peace.
1t is no doubt true that the German people
are longing for peace on almost any terms ana
that their junker ruling caste prefers to fight
on to the utter exhaustion and impoverish-
ment of the nation rather than to admit de
feat. knowing that if the war has such an end
the people will put period to their present
governmental system. 1t probably is true also
that the Austrians and the Turks want peace
on conditions their governments are not yet
ready to accept But this is all the truth there
is in the Wisconsin mans assertion
The French as a people are in this war with
Jail their hearts and strength and would not en-
dure for an hour a government which sought to
make an inconclusive peace. AS for Great
Britain, with five million volunteers under
arms, what folly to say that the English PEG
pie are asking peace and their government de-
feating their DESIRE The fact of the matter is
that in all of the entente countries, our own in
Guided, the patriotic and intelligent masses OF
the people are determined that this war shall
go to decisive victory. The sentiment of the
Icivilzed world outside of the Teutonic- Turco
alliance is that the governments which began
this war must be punished and left powerless to
| begin another. However, in all the entente ma
| tons there is a clamorous, selfish unpatriotic
! element which would not fight Or sacrifice for
any principle or any cause Senator La Fol
lette voices this noisy and noisome faction in
our country; but it does not represent the peo-
, pie Of the United States
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
Masonic Temperance

Fort Dodge Messenger: Any Mason
in Missouri who signs a petition for
saloon license will be expelled from
that order if an amendment of the
constitution of the order is passed by
the grand lodge which meets in St
Louis September IS.
The proposed amendment was in
troduced at the meeting of the grand
lodge last year and action deferred
1t has been discussed in all Of the
local lodges of Missouri and dele
gates have been instructed how to
vote or have gained an idea of the
feeling of their lodges.
Members of the order are now pro
hibIted from engaging in the liquor
business and persons engaged in that
business are not received to mem
bership. The new amendment pro
vides that any person who recon-
mends such a person for member
ship and any lodge receiving such a
person may be punished and such a
person be expelled from membership
The clause, however, which is caus
ing discussion, is one which pro
'Vides: Nor shall any Freemasou
recommend or sign any petition or
application for dram-shop license. -
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Christian Science Monitor: When
the revolution of 184S in Germany
had proved abortive, and it had be-
come plain to the constitutionallsts
that no genuine reform would be pro-
NOTED, or even tolerated, by Fred
erick William w of Prussia, a great
exodus of leaders of liberal opinion,
in that and in other of the north Ger
man kingdoms and principalities, set
in, the great body of the young
people finding their way to the
United States. These were the pio-
neers of a movement which en-
braced, not only students of the lead
ing universities, but representatives
of the middle and peasant classes,
and, for more than score of years,
German immigration flowed in ire
mendous volume and in steady
stream into the middle west.
Great things had been expected, by
the liberals. of Frederick William, in
advance of his ascension of the
throne, but he proved entirely false
to his early promise. The liberals
placed little confidence in his brother
and successor, William 1, grandfather
of the present emperor, who was re-
garded as an absolutist, and was very
unpopular, his leaning being strongly
toward militarism. On the outbreak
of the revolution of '4S he was COM
PEELED to leave the country. and
sought safety in England. On his
return in the same year, however, he
entered the national assembly as
member for Wirsitz, and delivered a
speech in which he declared himself
in favor of constitutional govern
ment. In this he proved to be in
sincere, and, seeing whereunto the
country would be led under his reign,
many thousands of Germans. to es-
cape military service, followed their
compatriots, who had fed from
tyranny to the United States.
| These immigrants made no preten-
sions of loyalty to the Hohenzollern
regime, or to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MARKHAM military system, but threw
I off their allegiance TO Prussia and to
the other German states, as quickly
as possible, and became American
citizens. With the outbreak of the
civil war, multitudes of them enlisted
in the northern army, with the pur-
pose, openly protested, of preserving
| All ucIuOCTdCy UlSISiOll
and ruin. Not until the victory of
Prussia over Austria, in 1866, and
over France, in 1870, threw a glamour
upon the militristic system, and
made imperialism in its outward as
pect attractive, did these German
refugees pretend TO have, or make
an effort to display, more than a
passing interest in the affairs of the
fatherland. They had, to all intents
and purposes, become Americans
with a new and undivided national
interest and aspiration.
Even then, only few of those
who had sought and found a refuge
from Hohenzollern domination in the
late '40s and early SOS, expressed
any interest in the German military
caste. Rather did they loathe it, and
it has been a source of constant won
der for the last three years, among
those who knew the original immi-
grants, that their descendants should
have hesitated to take the course
(which their forbears undoubtedly
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
SOME PRICE FIXING, PERHAPS.

| In one month recently the government al
Washington bought 7469,49S pounds OF bacon
for $2813,656 It dealt with five great packing
concerns Of Chicago, and the uniformity OF
their bids on the same quality of goods is cal
culated to surprise people who have given sucn
matters little thought. The bids were never
identical but were so nearly so that 1t took sew
cral decimal places to show the difference, the
variation being usually about two one-thou-
sandths of a dollar on a pound. For example,
where Swift bid 1850 and 4035 on different
grades of bacon, Morris bid 1929 and .4O2l.
Where Wilson concluded that he could NIL an
order for 1856 Cudahy saw his way clear to
take a contract at 3476. Prices varied from
day to day, but there was never any variation
in the astonishingly close agreement OF the
bids of the packing houses, their differences be-
ing only in hundredths Of cent pound. Com
ment by the outsider will get nowhere unless
one had been present at some "gentlemen's
meeting" where prices are unoffcially but eff
fectively fixed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
A Thoroughbred Patriot.

Des Moines Capital Governor
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois is mod
est but brave. He makes no loud
pretensions but is always heard from
when his voice can do a thing for his
country. He ordered the peace trait.
ors not to meet in Chicago. and
started two companies of soldiers tn
execute his orders. But the meetine
was pulled off, as a result of q con.
spiracy with Bill Thompson. and the
delegates were gotten out of town or
into hiding
Governor Lowden is in favor NJ
free speech and all our American
liberties, but when his country ia,
hghting great world-war, he de-
mands loyalty. Governor Lowden 10
in the prime of manhood. He is in
office at critical time and he Is IN
afraid The great state of Illinois 10
fortunate in having him. The entire
country will congratulate SO brave
and deserving a patriot. Illinois has
furnished many great names TO tbs
country's history and is about 70
add that of Frank o. Lowden
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
Made in Niagara Falls, N. Y.

through the treasury department In
letter addressed to the president
of every national bank, Comptroller
of Currency John SHELTON Williams
asked the appointment of a food
reporter" from the staff of each
bank, or from among the women in
the homes of the banks officials
Hoover DESIRES" said the letter
ito find correspondents in each place
who will inform themselves at the
end of each week the prices being
charged by retail grocers and food
dealers for the thirty articles
named"
This plan is announced on the
heels of a report by Governor Edge
Of New Jersey, following a state wide
investigation, that retail dealers
handling New Jersey products In
New York have made from ninety to
nine hundred percent profit. whereas
the producer and middleman got a
very small margin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
Ma r,ouon sread for the Nickel.

not necessarily for publication, but
| for the information OF the sdltoE.j
Not Enough Bread for the NICKEL.
To the Editor OF The Gate CITY:
7 cannot see why there should De SO
much backing and filling by our toou
arbitrator Hoover and his retlnue VI
assistants over the cost OF flour, which
appears to be fixed on the OASIS Oh me
price of wheat viz. $3.50 per pushel
for A No. 1 wheat. Five bushels OF
this wheat make one barrel Oh wv
rounds of A No. flour, leaving sur,
plus of offal of 100 pounds OF second
quality flour, shorts and bran. rms
100 pounds is now worth $l.5O at leasc
at the mills, which pays the cost OF
manufacture and leaves handsome
profit to the miller. So A NO. flour
per barrel should not he over say nVe
times the cost of wheat-$11.OO per
barrel
Now as to the master bakers STAND
for price of bread. They state that II
would be impossible to furnish FOUR
teen ounce loaf Of bread for five cents.
Let us see how this price will figure
out. A barrel of flour GOO pounds)
makes 800, divided by fourteen
ounces and equals little over 34o
loaves at five cents loaf This means
$500, or profit over the first cost or
A No flour of $500 per barrel. This
appears to be an awful big overhead
charge for making barrel OF flour
over into bread The bugaboo of the
master bakers, that of shortening ana
milk. is all bosh. Nothing to 1t. l
well recollect in the army that we had
bakeries on wheels following the army
and furnished pound of baked bread
to our commissary for each pound OF
flour, thus making thirty-three and
one-third per cent. on the trade, l
know what ! am talking about, as
was actively engaged in the wholesale
and retail bakery business for years
previous to the war and worked four.
teen hands in two shifts, viz. night and
day, and I furnished the Keokuk job
bling trade with many tons of theft
sales, especially in crackers, ETC., in OPP
position to st. Louis and Chicago man.
ufacturers. whose prices l had to du.
plicate.
J. F. DAUGHERTY.
Keokuk, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
REPORTS
ON FOOD PRICES
Women VIII Watch Dealers and Re.
port to Hoover, Who Intends
to Put Stop to
Profiteering.

by George Martin, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. food
Commissioner Herbert Hoover struck
his first smashing blow at exorbitant
retail prices today. He enlisted an
army of housewives, to watch prices
in every community of three thou
sand and over. They will report to
him by mail weekly. On the basis
of these reports and aided by public
opinion, Hoover will lash profiteer-
ing retailers to the mast and ham
mer prices down to reasonable levels.
The plan was put into effect
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
THE GERMAN REFUGEES OF 1848

would have taken in the present
war.
But, at last, the long expected bids
fair to come to pass. In Chicago,
where descendants OF German immi-
grants of the revolutionary period
constitute large and influential por-
ton of the inhabitants, an organiza-
ton, among those residents, in oppo'
sition to Prussian autocracy has been
Effected The movement has, 1t is
reported, spread to ST. Louis, and is
certain to be extended to other of
the middle western cities where de-
scendants of the refugees of AS con-
stitute an important section of the
population. Speaking of these people
of things says:
They abhor the policy OF
frightfulness which finds express
sion in Zeppelin and U-boat war
fare; they view with regret and
horror the outrages visited upon
Belgium and Serbia in the name
of military necessity, and they
hope to make the Germans OF the
old world understand why. Proud
of their German descent, of Ger
many's recognized contributions
TO the advancement OF humanity,
they would have the land of
their fathers set itself right with
the world. They would teach
German-Americans the wisdom of
loyalty to their chosen land.
They hope to teach the German
people what America is. and what
the republic stands for"
Nor is this sentiment confined to
the middle west, or to descendants
of German immigrants. Silenced,
from the beginning of the war, by
the operation and intimidation of the
Prussian spy system in the United
States, many native Germans in the
latter country are, at length, giving
voice to their real feelings. OF these
Otto II. Kahn of New York may be
taken as a fair representative. Said
he, recently, in an address before the
Merchants association Of his city:
Speaking as one born of Ger
man parents, / do not hesitate to
state it as my deep conviction
that the greatest service to which
men of German birth or ante.
cedents can render to the coun-
try of their origin is to proclaim
and to stand up for those great
and fine ideals and national quail
tiles and traditions which they
inherited from their ancestors,
and to set their faces like flint
against the monstrous doctrines
and acts of rulership which has
robbed them of the Germany
which they loved and in which
they took just pride, the Ger
many which had the good will,
respect, and admiration of the
entire world"
1t would be impossible to measure,
or to exaggerate. the Importance and
value of the movement, among Ger
mans and their descendants In the
United States, that is beginning to
manifest itself in the manner and in
the tone referred to here. Its inffu-
ence is certain to be felt IN the
fatherland, and 1t is not too much to
expect that It will prove to be fac
tor in determining at an early day
the course of the German people at
home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

commissioners are going about their
work indicates the friendliness Of
that nation to America, leaves little
room for belief in all the talk that
has been heard in recent months of
the prospect of that country being
unfriendly to us.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE CALL OF THE OPEN.

THE CALL OF THE OPEN.
Away with the books, for their office is done;
An end to all cramp and all tether!
Come, let us be kin the wind and the sun,
And all the wild frolics of weather!
truce for the day to all classical lore,
All borrowed consorting with sages
YEA away the woods and the hills and the shore,
Where beauty her miracles stages.
So fig for the desk and the pen and the tome,
Away with them all, all together!
For our kin the winds inviting US home
To the soul of the woodland and heather.
Herman Montagu Bonner, in New York Times.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

one OF the most notable cases Of
mutiny in the United States navy
occurred just seventy-five years ago
when Midshipman Spencer. a relative
or the secretary of the navy. along
with a boatswain's mate and sea,
man was hung from the yard arm
OF the o. S. S. somers for suspected,
mutiny.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
ONE LESSON IS LEARNED.

For centuries of time Russia has stood for
the extreme of absolutism in government I'm
til few years the sovereign was abso-
lutely absolute, so to speak. That is, he had
unlimited power over the liberties of the Rus
sian people. And there have been few gner-
Gus, liberty-loving czars. But new Russia has
arisen, although somewhat weak in the legs
Its chief danger is in the peoples over-estima-
ton Of their ability to govern as they should
and because Of their newness at the game.
Many evidences of the swing of the pendu-
lum towards democracy in Russia are being dis
closed. Here is one: a former minister of war
is on trial for high treason His wife is being
tried with him as an accOmplice. Under the
old autOcratic regime trials Of this nature
would have been summary affairs with the &C
cuScd having as little show of establishing his
innocence as a SNOWFALL would have of surviv-
ing the heat of Hades. But this trial is diff
forcnt. 1t is being held before a Jury, which
is an innovation in Russia. The accused are
amply defended and are surrounded bv the le
gal safeguards that are common in countries Of
liberal government. Russia is Oualifvinp. a+
least in one respect to sit at the table of democ-
racy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
The sacredness Of the child's individuality
must be the moving passion of the teacher.
Angelo Patri.
ADMINISTRATOR GARF1ELD's PROMISE.

DIR. H. A. Garfield, the nation 5 first fuel adj
ministrator, is a man Of thought and action. He
is determined to give the American house
holder cheaper coal. The food control law
gives broad latitude for regulating the price
and the distribution of coal DR.. Garfield says
that these powers will be used vigorously, if
necessary. The government even may go so
far as to requisition coal at the mines and sell
it to the consumers.
Saws MI Garfield:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: If the
people who managed the draft and
selected the first installmen of the
national army, had been trained fol-
the task, they could have done nc
better. They deserve a vote OF
thanks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Marshalltown Times-Republican:
Whenever a peoples councillor" a
soap box and a bunch of idlers get
together somebody ought to be will
ing to take time enough to kick over
the box.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07
Voice Of the People

IThe Gate City does not assume re
sponsibality for views expressed Nv
correspondents. Writer'S OF communi
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, 1u'
for the information OF the sditoE.I
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Chaplains are on the same footing
with other officers of the army as Il
tenure of Office, retirement and pen
sion.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Il. ". w." doesn't always mean 81 Won't
Work." There are also the Il Won't Wasteu
organizations
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Mason City Globe-Gazette: jose
plus Daniels having expressed the
opinion that drafted men could en-
list in the navy, the provost marshal
general announces that they can't.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

"Disarm,' says the pope BY all means:
put make the other fellow do it first He started
the rumpus.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Literature is the one bond that holds all ma
tons and peoples together. Teutons still read
and enemies of Germany still
read Goethe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

AldSOu lily IlODS-TdLtltts jose
plus Daniels having expressed the
opinion that drafted men could en-
list in the navy, the provost marshal
general announces that they can't.
Sioux City Journal: Gentleman
Jim" Corbett and Sergeant Norman
Selby are going to teach the Yankee
soldiers how to fight. If recollection
serves, it was this same pair that
some years ago in a little five-round
prearranged engagement gave a per-
feet illustration to the American
public of how not to fight.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: 1t will
be ito the fourth and fifth genera
tions" for the Stacker. The stigma
will be attached to his children that
long, and if there is enough of him
the effect on his country will extend
even beyond that.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: God has
reappeared in the German kaisers
dispatches. He is now given credit
for the fall Of Riga But the credit
more properly belongs to German
intrigue among the Russian socialists
and pro-Germans who infest the dis
triCt about Riga. The Germans have
bought and sold their ways to vic
tory and it is too much to accuse
God of having a part in such dirty
work. 1t is bad enough to mix God
up with bloody battles, but with
nasty intrigues, spy systems and so
on, that is too much.
Mount Vernon Hawkeye: One of
the slumps Of the times one hardly
expected to see quite so quick in
spite of the adverse influences of the
war, Is that of professional baseball
Just why the recognized national
sport should suffer in popular appre-
citation in war when other popular
diversions are at least pursuing q
normal way. Is not so apparent
Baseball in the pristine glory of it's
past prescedence may have had IFS
days. its natural run, and then again
1t may have been an attack of that
insidious worm which kills all things
of its kind, too much commerciaIism
Dubuque Telegraph Herald: The
cordially with which the JAPANESE
commissioners have been greeted in
th limited States -.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

MIR. Hoover having been given the title Of
dictator, is now debating.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

inc proposition to conserve used tin cans
isn't fair to the goat.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: The
cordially with which the Japanese
commissioners have been greeted in
the United States and the practical
and oman manner in which these
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

is the active pursuit Of immediate duty that the
vista of future duties becomes most clear and those I'M
in active duties usually little troubled with the
perplexes of e with minute and parayzng scrupies
-Lecky.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-07

For the purpose of determining proper basis
for sales by retail dealers local committees will
be orga nized throughout the country. Each COM
mittee will investigate and report upon the local
situation and advise concerning the regulations
to be established When the price is fixed, the
local committee will be asked to superintend its
enforcement
The fuel administration is preparing plan of
apportionment which will to domestic
consumers their fair share of the coal supply and
at prices which will reflect the prices heretofore
promulgated by the president.
Contracts relating to bitumnOus coal made be
fore the proclamation by the president Aug
ust 81, and contracts relating anthracite coal
made before the presidents proclamation of Aug
ust 3d. are not affected by these proCIamations
provided the contracts bona fide in character
and are enforceable at law