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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

lined above. We were better out OF the war,
and in process Of absorption into that greater
Germany OF which the Prussian still dreams.
"Thc producer has done his part; he IL
through until next year His labors then
will doubtless depend largely upon the show
ing Of the coming winter. IL is now the CON
sinners turn 20 make his contribution. to
demonstrate 20 the producer that his efforts
Of 1917 have really been for the good Of the
cause. viii he do this. or will he make It
plain that the motive behind the campaign
for increased production was merely an un-
holy fear lest he be forced to modify in some
detail what is certainly the highest standard
Of living ever enjoyed by general public !?
Have our farmers been working this summer
70 win the war, or have they been chicaned
into serving our collective stomach -
Last week it was announced that candy
was under sharp surveillance, and that,
undoubtedly, Mr.. Hoover would see fit, ere
long, to put that irresistible American
luxury on ration. "The New York
Herald" observes:
Probably nothing better could happen to
the large city populations Of this country
than the rationinC of sugar which the Food
Administration declared yesterday will have
TO be put into effect unless there is volun-
tary reduction in the amount Of sweets eaten
in this country. American sugar consump-
tion has in recent years grown to be excess
sive out of all reason. Last year nearly
quarter of a pound of sugar day was con
sumed on the average by every man, woman
and child in the country
This is mere habit, and not a good habit.
Physicians have been warning in recent
wears that our excessive sugar consumption
is breaking down our sugar metabolism and
nutrition within the body, with the result
that obesity and diabetes are constantly on
the increase, and are occurring In ever
younger individuals.
Candy consumption has grown enormously
in recent years, but sweets OF all kinds are
eaten ever so much more than they were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

But the same journal lends Mr. Hoover
an abb and frankly admits the difficulties
in these words:
"Mr. Hoover is finding himself confronted
BY many difficulties He cannot handle
wheat until II gets into the market, and al
though he threatens to commandeer all sur
plus supplies Of the farmer, that is certain
TO DO an expensive operation. Just now he
is after the millers, few OF whom have
come under his ban as warning to others.
II has long been the contention OF the wheat
growing farmers that there IL a milling trust
which has kept down the price of wheat and
unduy increased that Of -four. The farmers
are now protected, and It is up to Dir. Hoover
TO make the millers come TO terms.
After a panegyric on Mr.. Hoover's work
in Belgium and the statement that, next
TO the President, Mr.. Hoover is the most
important man in the country, The Rocky
Mountain News" of Denver, remarks:
"This Belgian miracle made possible the
passage in Congress Of the extremist food
control law. without the personality OF
Hoover behind that resolution even qui-
escent Congress would have baked The es-
senco Of the Hoover accomplishment in this
country FOR the Allied nations, including our
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
M aking Democracies Supreme
wi And Peace Supreme

1--WE say commonly that this is a war to
defend democracy. And this Is true. But
the phrase seems vague TO many people.
Will il not seem clear enough If we say that
we defend democracy because we believe that
democracies DO pot believe in war. and that
if we can make democracy supreme We also
make peace supreme?
"Do the pacifsts think they have any
monopoly in the dislike Of war? What have
all these millions that ring Germany about
fought and died for except 70 save poster
ity from war? The pacfsts are merely
willing to save themselves from war They
would hand posterity over forever TO war
and the slavery which as we have seen in
Belgium, a conquering race which believes
in war thinks it right 20 impose on a free
people.
"The pacihsts say that to end war time
must come when men will refuse TO fight and
20 kill other men. This time is already ap-
pointed; it is when the Great War is ended.
The writing is now TO be read on the skies
that arch over Europe. set there in lightning
and fame. The right not TO kill is the most
precious gift that liberty and democracy
can bring, more precious even than the right
not TO die. These rights are what we are
fighting for to-day in France. And both are
within the worlds reach, If the world Is in
this supreme and final effort ready 20 paw
their price. And the price is victory over
Germany and the German belief that war
and arbitration by force are still toerable
in the world. Which disbelief in war is bet
ter for the world the paciist's or that Of
the man in the trenches?
Many people still believe that Christ died
on the cross to save the world. Men, hum
bly, initiating what they have heard Christ
did, are dying on the battle front 70 save
the world, to bring in peace and happiness
and good will toward men. They are the
true pacihsts"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
TINE United States had bumper corn
crop this year, which will go far to
- offset the shortage Of wheat, but

TIME United States had bumper corn
crop this year, which will go far to
- offset the shortage Of wheat, but
with little better work from each grower
next years yield may run fifty bushels an
acre instead of twenty-seven. Indeed, C..
p. Hartley says in "The Country Gentle
man" that this country next year could
raise more than enough corn "to make I'M
necessary any scarcity of bread, milk, pork,
beef or horses, or any doubt regarding the
outcome of the war" But good seed will
have TO be selected this fall, and he tells
how.
For corn has such adaptability, general
thriftiness and productivity that it can
easily be made the countrys leading crop
ats adaptabiity is so great that 1T IS
crop of Importance in practically all parts
of the United States, and it has greater
variation of types and forms than is found
in almost any other species of plant
Moreover, as Mr.. Hartley points out, the
growing of this seed year after year I'M
der local conditions has developed strains
particularly suited to local conditions or
climate and soil.
Hence, the first Of several rules ne lays
down in seed corn selection is choosing a
variety locally adapted. Next comes the
choice of a good, we'll natured field of this
variety which has not grown within an
eighth Of mile of another kind of corn.
For wind often carries corn pollen for sew
eral hundred feet, causing cross-pollna-
ton. from which a variable corn results
Other rules recommended by Mr.. Hart
ley follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

own, will be found In the work Of the indl-
vidua states and cities and communities.
"The Wilkes-Barre Herald" thinks that
the mixing of wheat with other ingredients
is the only way to stop waste, for if the
price is reduced people will only consume
more bread Touching on the difficulties
Of affecting the retail price, "The Brooklyn
Eagle" comes out for Mr.. Hoover:
"Impatence with the Hoover reluctance to
touch the retailer directly is natural enough.
But a reorganization of the basic principles
Of commerce in vast nation may well be
approached in the spirit Of experimentation;
end elaboration rather than weakness Is to
be prcdicated from what has been done, as
we'll as from what has been left undone, up
70 date"
This paper also thinks that the price of a
sixteen ounce loaf should be 10 cents every
where in the country.
Referring to the Presidents proclama-
ton Of license control, "The New York
World" is of the opinion that with the
measures already taken by the food admin
istration at the great sources of supply, the
regulation now contemplated should very
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
1HILE Mr.. Hoover labors over the
~ mighty programme of food con-
w servatiop which, he says, will


finally win the war, the country
,,.bes. interested, inquisitive, largely
tent bu, also restless The mere fact
= establishing food dictatorship, it now
.,pears. was almost casual viewed in con-
,r.st to the gigantic process Of operation.
oThe Outlook" enunciates some Of the
.nestions which the people are asking and
ere bound to ask;
III one may Judge by what appears In the
.,rsnapers, the public can have very slight
s,,ention Of what has been undertaken for
lying out in the homes OF the people the
-.,n,r saving Of food. Mr.. Hoover. the head
= he Food Administration. realizes perfectly
Iii the difficulty that is 90 be encountered
!, rersuadinf the American people, at time
ZEN food is abundant, 20 the practice OF any
,;,s Of food saving Why should we save
s,oS when there is so much of II all around !?
wLr should we save it If we see food wasted
,rsrv day at the terminals, in the freight
..,s and on the farms? Those are the cues
,;os. that people are going TO ask and are
King. and II is going TO be very difhcuit
;,deed 20 show people why food must be saved
revertheless, and it is going TO be doubly
si4eult after that 10 show them how to save
!, and save il wisely and effectively"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
\ Better Machine Gun

( ENCOURAGEMENT has been made OF
i the development of an American
machine gun capable of continuous hrlng'
Jays Popular Mechanics" Ammunition
s carried to its feed block by an endless
Ell kept filed by an automatic reloading
mechanism. Supply hoppers contain from
ZOO TO 10000 cartridges and are replen-
"hed or replaced without interfering with
operation. Most machine guns fire about
"cO shots a minute and are supplied with
ammunition by belts holding approximately
90 cartridges. Thus they are able 70 fire
uninterruptedly for only 30 seconds, while
the new instrument spts thousands of mis-
SHE'S without pausing, and thereby does
'fe work Of two ordinary pieces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
difficulty in talking to paci-
fists" writes Harrison Rhodes,
n 1ipa ~ "ia

difficulty in talking to paci-
fists" writes Harrison Rhodes,
- in "McClure's Magazine" 'is
that there are so many kinds of them, and
that to so many of the kinds there is no use
in talking" And he goes into a discussion
Of examples:
Persuasion avails little with the German
propagandist who has tried TO steal the
cloak Of pacifsm, or the man whose pacifsm
is rooted solely and sefshly in the wish TO
save his own skin, or the small soul whose dis
approval Of war is a mere excuse to his own
conscience for keeping his pocketbook closed
when others have opened theirs to relieve
war suffering. Public common sense soon
smokes these out and finds some other
argument than moral suasiorf for them.
Another attitude, too, is already passing
that of the pacific American whose patriot
ism was, so he alleged, burning with a hot
red, white and blue fame, but who could not
abandon our traditional national policy OF
isolation; who thought Europe's quarrel was
not our quarrel; who really believed that
neutrality was possible. The most apt com
ment on this attitude Is that provided by
George Sylvester Nereck, editor OF The
Fathcrland, and for long time one OF the
most ardent and prominent defenders OF
Prussia in our country. AS we went into
war and Viereck's Americanism deepened and
strengthened he changed the name Of his sheet
to 'Viereck's THE American Weekly and put
upon its cover the motto, For America First
and for America Only II is fairly evident
that an American patriotism which IS FOR
America only is the kind that would please
Berlin. And Berlin, assuming as usual that
no generous or unselfsh emotion exists out
side Prussia, cannot understand why our
Patriotism is not for America only but for
the bleeding, fighting sister democracies OF
the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
WE Are Not Asked to Suffer-
w Only to Substitute

But The Scientific American" points
out that
at is not as though we were asked to do
without any essential feature Of our diet.
Ne are not; we are merely asked 70 substi-
,ute Use corn, oats, rye or barley in place
q wheat Use up all stale bread in cooking.
q. poultry and sea food in place Of beef,
mutton and pork. Use soups and beans more
freely; 20 large extent they replace meats.
Use al the milk; use less pure cream; use
lots OF cheese Substitute other fats for but
ter IN cooking. Double the use Of vegetables,
Of which we have a superabundance. Put
check upon your sweet tooth.
Upon many Of us these measures. or even
more extreme ones, are being forced by mar
k.t conditions MANY more Of US are still
able 70 compete with the Allied governments
in the purchase Of wheat, beef, butter and
,urar. and will continue in possession OF this
ability. II IS TO this part Of the community
that appeal must be made We are not asked
70 deprive ourselves so that some one else may
sssst We are asked only 10 reduce our con-
.urp.ion in 2 wholly harmless degree. in
o-der that our Allies shall have living
ration.
I've cannot hope 20 win the war, or even 20
Iose IL. without a certain measure OF per
.opal inconvenience to every one Of US. AS
We 70 along. the realization Of this will dawn
upon us and the will TO submit be born in
ne But just as England must suffer for all
her mistaken viewpoints Of the first year, we
100 will not be relieved. next winter, Of the
constituencies Of our failure 20 appreciate the
var Of this year. II we have not right now,
Inc will 70 submit TO such trivial incon-
ren.erce as is involved in the measures out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Plain Propositions Addressed to Pacltlsts

outside Germany believed that civilization by
the twentieth century had come so far that
war was unthinkabe. There was doubt, u
is true, about German intentions, but It was
almost beyond human nature TO believe that
Germany could do this unspeakable thing.
The world outside Germany was not ready
for war because Il did not believe in war.
Does any one, paciist or otherwise, think
that. after three wears of sacrifice and cour-
age and sorrow, even when victory seems TO
hover in the ar-does any one think that
our side has come to believe in war? No
War has grown more repelent every month.
Human bravery and patience in suffering
have been shown as we had perhaps forgot
ten they existed in the world. The military
virtues shine like stars, giving almost all the
light there is in darkened world. And yet
at heart we feel that the military virtues
are not worth what they cost; that in the
sky that spread over world at peace other
as bright stars would glow.
"The failure of the pacfsts to understand
that their aims and beliefs are exactly that
is driving on the Allied attack is a tragedy.
SO much of their generous sympathys with
suffering. so much of their power of head
and heart is being wasted. Can they not
see that their country went to war slowly
because it hated war? Can they not see
that France and England hated war and
made it only to save the future? Can they
still believe that any one now loves war for
wars sake?
mo; this the greatest Of all wars Is war
upon war, a passionate cry from the peoples
OF the earth that war shall cease 20 exist.
and that the nation which brought war shall
repent and shall join with US in solemn
vows and engagements that never again shall
this horror devastate the world!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
NOrthcliffe
n Whose Presence, Says One
Writer, Men Appear
One-Cylindered
V~RIC FISHER WOOD observes, in
r. "The Century:

Il
Lord Northclife stood by the fireplace.
he reminded me Of a Gagged lion, at any mo-
nept ready 10 sally forth upon the floor be-
low. Il was not because he roared that he
reminded me Of lion, for roar he never
does. but because il seemed as If his colossal
energy was trying to break through Invisible
bars that interviewed between him and the I'M
MEDIATE attainment of multitude OF pur-
poses
"He walked back and forth within the re-
s.ricted alcove pausing suddenly from time
to time 20 speak sharply and briefly. mus
he settled three or four vital matters every
minute. As soon as there was an instant
Delay one saw again the caged-lion phase.
q have no intention Of conveying the I'M
PRESTON that Lord Northcliffe is ever nus
tered or beyond himself He is always well
within his powers, and works smoothly with
out the least squeak or friction. Indeed ne
reminds one Of a colossal dynamo working
al high tension, for, although things may ny
Of from it in all directions, the dynamo it.
self continues to function coolly, smoothly
and evenly.
"He invariably gives one the impression OF
possessing great reserve force. have no
uced that whenever an atmosphere OF hurry
surrounds him it is caused entirely by Office
boys, clerks and other one-cylinder subordl-
hates putting and tearing TO keep up with his
smoothly running 200-horsepower engine
Few indeed are the men who would not ap-
pear one-cvlindered when in the presence OF
bis tireless energy.
~ is impossible to enter room where
Lord Nor.hclife is working and not be
drawn irresistibly into activity. Yesterday
evening when his greetings, courteous and
brief. we're finished, ! withdrew to corner OF
the workroom. but within minute had
been dragged out again and set to correct
ing the proof of an article which he had re
Gently written about the New Zealand Divi-
sion. When that was finished | was given a
press csblegram TO America TO review, ana
after ,ha. was kept steadily busy until II
came time TO dress for dinner"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

TO be dismissed with unmitigated condem-
nation and scorn. The term, he admits,
covers a multitude Of weaknesses and cow
ardices; but it covers much virtue, too,
much love Of humanity"
Mr.. Rhodes even goes SO far as to say
that the term covers much admirable
folly" After announcing that he is ad-
dressing himself directly ito pacifists
whose hearts are right, even If their heads
are wrong" the writer continues:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Cotton Goods

/ ~HINA cotton goods trade Is exciting
d much more interest since the
~ war started or at any time since
the large distribution Of domestic made
cotton goods was being made in the China
market This interest has been partly
aroused by an increase in the number Of
! inquiries for cotton goods. Another rea-
son is the advance in the price Of silver,
a condition which possibly will permit
greater foreign buying. Many statements
have been made as to why the China cot
ton goods trade was lost. Undoubtedly
many of the opinions expressed have been
based upon certain well known facts, but
the question is asked whether the trade is
dependent upon the conditions mentioned.
viii the distribution in the China market
ever be very much larger than i has been
during recent years?
The outlook appears to be about as fol-
lows: If the war lasts for year or more,
it is possible that there will be a consid-
cradle increase in the distribution of cot
ton goods to China. This will be based
upon the greater buying power Of the con-
sumers involved the inability of the Jap
anese and other foreign producers TO mako
the quantity Of goods required, and also
the more or less difficult shipping condi-
tons for certain ones among the large for
egn producers. II is evident that the sale
Of large amount Of cotton goods 70
China cannot be permanent until condi-
tions are different from those which at
present obtain in the domestic market. or
until the buying power Of the individual
consumer in China is much increased.
If developments permit the buyer in
China to purchase goods of better quail
ity, American producers will undoubtedly
have a great opportunity. Many styles Of
goods can be made by domestic manufact-
urers and sold in competition with prod
ucts made anywhere else. It is also pos
sible that domestic sellers may be able to
sell a slightly better quality Of cloth at
the same price as that for certain foreign
made goods. The advantage is not great,
however and on this basis no great dis
tribution Of goods in China can be expect
ed. Indications are that the buying power
of the individual in China will not be
greatly increased until many years have
passed. This, Of course, does not give very
much opportunity for the sale Of such
goods as domestic producers make Goods
which Japan is selling in China and those
which other countries have sold in China
are principally, although not wholly, OF
very low quality.
II is not that the foreign buyers do not
want the goods made in domestic mills, but
rather that they cannot afford to buy
them. Many say Japan will obtain very
large share Of the China trade and be-
cause the two countries are so near that a
better opportunity is offered than for a
producer who is further away. 1t has
also been contended that the cost Of pro-
auction is so low in foreign mills that this
will preclude the possibility Of large sale
! by domestic producers. Neither Of these
conditions is insurmountable. -Americau
Wool and Cotton Reporter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
THE Possibility of a Standard
}. Loaf Of Bread,

On top Of this comes an announcement,
welcomed in many quarters, to the effect
that Mr.. Hoover will very soon place
standardized loaf of bread on the market,
and that, following the formula, the admin
istrator will fix either the price or the
weight of the loaf. From the news dis
patches comes the further statement that
the experts favor fixing price rather than
weight. These maintain that If bread is
standardized throughout the country pub
lie sentiment will take care Of the price
Failing a reasonable price, it Is said that
MIR. Hoover will recommend the establish
ment Of civic bread depots throughout the
country, giving all an opportunity to buy
at minimum price.
Somewhat skeptical is "The Philadelphia
Inquirer" which, referring to the formula
as new recipe for making bread out OF
the same materials with much more salts
factory results" observes:
How a given quantity OF materials VIII
rroduce much more bread under one plan
than another is little difficult for the lay
man 70 understand. What we do know is that
wheat il based on a price Of 1920 bushel
at Chicago, which makes cheap loaf seem
impossible"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21

lieves in war; she has believed In II for half
a century. She believes in tho might that
makes right, from which there is no appeal
Her world is one In which the strong must
do what they can and the weak suffer what
they must War, which is not considered IN
any ethical or humane way, is simply the
most efficient way for Germany to get what
she wants. Bismarck said that the war
business was the best Germany could go into
And she holds TO this tradition; conquest is
the least expensive way Of earning your !iv-
ing-just as thieves conceive robbery to be-
Efficiency in promoting the ,wellbeing OF
Germany Is the only standard by which the
actions Of soldiers are to be judged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-21
Few of the American Socialists
l Go % the Extreme

theoretically, the perfect pacifst should
be the complete Tolstoyan non-resister. he
should believe that it is better to submit to
conquest by foreign power than to resist
at the price of life. Such an attitude is at
least clear. And II you believe that there Is
as small choice in governments as there is
in rotten apples the proposition is at least
arguable. But few of our American pacifsts
20 TO this extreme. Indeed, they have shown
TO such tendency TO press forward to a logi-
cal conclusion. They thought the war so
terrible that il seemed almost wrong to try
to fix the responsibility for it. They wanted
peace so badly that they declined to face
the possibility Of Germanys making war on
us If she could beat down France and Eng
land They wanted to protect the country
from conquest, but they did not want to fight