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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-12-22
THE NEED OF ECONOMY
AND SAVING.

When we put q million and q
half soldiers in the field, we with.
draw those men from productive
enterprises. They do not while
they are actually in training or in
service produce anything. They
do, on the other hand, consume
much. There Is nothing more ex
penslve on earth than to supper,
and maintain q great army 10 the
field, especially 1T is on the fight
log line. The attrition of SUP
plies and everything else is tre
mendously great when we have .
lighting army in the field.
America Is the one great remain
ing storehOnse in the world of SOP
plies and credit. We must main
tain and make effective as possi
BILE our own soldiers aud the col
diers of those nations who arr
fighting for ns. We must therefor,
draw as little as possible upon oul
common store Of supplies and mon
ey. The more We lessen our do
nestle demand, the more We can
contribute to the support and ef
fectiveness Of our allied armies.
Economy il now \ national duty,
such duty upon the people at
home as fighting is upon those
Americans who are bravely offer
ing their lives for the honor of
America and the preser vation of
liberty and justice.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-12-22
FEED FAITHFUL FRANCE.

Baton Rouge, December, 1917
Our soldiers are pouring int
France by the tens of thousands
Fhey have carried with them rifies
and ammunition and equipment
and--fOOd.
France cannot feed the Amer
ican army. Everybody knows
that. She is in such desperate
straits that not only must We send
shipIOads of rati0ns to our boys
but we must send other shiploads
to help keep up the wonderful
spirit Of the French nation. Meet.
less days in Louisiana mean hap.
pier days in France both for
American fighters and French SOL
diers and civilians.
Fred e. Pitney, a writer in
France, shows why Louisiana
should be willing to make the sa-
crl6ce asked by the State Council
of Defense: "To what extent the
herds have disappeared is shown
by the cutting down of the meat
ration Of the soldiers at the front.
At the beginning of the war they
were allowed one pound of meat a
day. Twenty per cent has now
been cut from that allowance.
Only dire necessity will counte.
nance reducing the food allowance
OF soldiers at the front.
"France's herds suffered enorm.
ously at the very beginning. A
total of approximately $500, GOO
cattle, sheep and hogs from the
French herds were seized by Ger.
many IN the invaded provinces
Coming Immediately on top of
this loss France found herself
compelled to find food for some
millions of Belgian and French
refugees. England undertook to
supply France with 250,OOO tons
of meat u year until February of
this year. At that time the Eng
lish supply stopped. England
was having all she could do to
feed her own people on reduced ra.
tiOns.
"Thos sinceo February France
has had to supply from her owD
resources 432. 900 tons of meat,
!, ,42S 900 tons for the civilian pop
llatlOn and another $4,000 tons
.or refugees, making a total of
!, 900, 900 of meat a year demand
ID by France. France must have
more meat. Meat, Meat, Meat
ind again Meat is pressing need
or France. +.
Let us, in pTospt rous Louisiana,
lelp feed France.
STATE COUNCIL OF
DEFENSE,
JOHN MARSHALL, Secretary.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-12-22
OUR LOANS TO
OUR ALLIES.

The l0ans made by the Unitet
States to the Governments at wa
with Germany are arranged BY
Secretary of the Treasury McAdot
and submitted to the President
and made with his approval.
fhe Secretary states that biz
Judgment in making these loans il
determined largely by the monthly
r.quil, ments of the applicants
The different powers, through
their duly authorized representa-
tives, make their representations
as to their necessities for carrying
on the war, aud after discussion
the various amounts are arrived at.
These loans, says the Secretary,
are essential for our own protec-
ton, not only for our protection in
military way but for our ecoDo.
mic protection and welfare. The
production of the United States
has been speeded up and greatly
stimulated. We are producing
more than our own needs, and our
own economic protection and vel
fare demand that we sell much of
our products to our allies. To
accomplish this we must extend
these credits to enable them to
buy our products.
Their commercial salvation is an
essential part of their effective.
ness in the war, and their CONNER.
cial we'll being demands that their
export trade be maintained in
considerable measure. They must
keep their civil population engag
ed to the extent necessary to sus
tain their industrial and economic
existence. 1t ls sound economic
policy on our part to assist them
IN maintaining their industrial
life and economic welfare.
Very little of the money loaned
to our allies, the Secretary states,
goes out Of the United States.
Most of it is spent right here for
war materials and foodstuffs.
The money We are advancing is
not contribution; 1t is q loan, on
which they will pay interest and
which ultimately will be repaid in
full. Our allies are looked upon
by US as solvent peoples, without
ready money but with perfectly
good credit.
Their expenditures Of this mon
ey in this country are supervised
by US. Their purchases are made
With the advice aud assistance Of
,ur War Industries Board. This
'ystem not only protects the Dor.
owing ally but prevents competl
i've bidding against the other al. |
les and The United States itself,
md obtains for the borrower the
anne prices, the same terms,
md the same treatment our own
demands in making
ts own purchases.
When one remembers that the
Oans made to our allies enable
hem to do the fighting that other
rise the American Army would
ave to do at much expense, not
My of men but of money, money
vhich would not be returned to us
nd lives that could never be re-
tored, the wisdom of our policy IN
Inancing our allies is plain to ev.
~ one. 1t is not only q duty to-
hem that we are performing in
ending them part of our great
vealth; it is great duty We are
reforming to our soldiers and
allors and our Nation in making
'ur allies powerful aud effective,
bus lessening the work and dan.
,er and sDffering for our own men
nd 10 bringing the war 10 an ear.
Ter close.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
NEW BRITAIN OFFERS
BIG "FIREBUG" REWARD

New Britain, Conn, Feb. 25-Acting
through Mayor Quigley, property owners
and manufacturing interests have offered
a reward Of 5000 for information leading
to the arrest and conviction Of those re-
sponsible for a series of incendiary fires
in the last month.
Officials Of the detective bureau ad-
mitted today that future activity of the
f1rebugs Is expected in this and other
cities of the State. Lunch hours for the
night patrolmen have been temporarily
abolished, and they have been instructed
to get their meals while on their beats
Buildings are kept lighted at night and
their grounds are flooded by searchlights,
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26

Connected with convenient light
socket, new electric motor automatic
ally winds the snring Of . phonograph ~
it runs down-
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
SAYS WOMAN'S Sphere
IS FAR TOO narrow
World Prosfess Slow as Result. Lee
turer Declares.

The progress of the world has been
slow, and the social condition Of woman
unfortunate. because woman has 30 gen.
orally failed to share in the broadening.
dignfying. humanizins process which has
marked the ascent from savagery." said
Kepler Hoyt at a meeting of the
Z TheosophicaI Society. 1915 H street, last
! night
I 1T is conceived that human progress
Is primarily dependent on three things" "
Mr.. Hoyt said. First, on the develop
ment Of our faculties, physical. in
tellectual. moral. and spiritual; secondly.
on the control OF the lower faculties by
, the higher: and. thirdly. on the exer-
cises OF the faculties, 50 regulated, for
the satisfaction OF individual needs and
for. the upbuilding of a social state. In
any examination Of history. it will be
found that one half of humanity has
Tagged indefinitely behind the other.
TT is proposed. therefore, that the in
creasing freedom and refinement, en-
richment and ennoblement which hav.
attended the lives OF men, shall be ex-
tended in equal measure to women"
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
THICK ICE ON LAKE
SUFFOCATES FISH

Portage, Wis, Feb. 25.-Investigation
of a situation at Silver Lake near here.
which has resulted in wholesale dying OF
fish in that water, has been made by the
State Conservation Commission.
''The fish in the lake seems to be suf-
locating and are dying by the hundreds.
said Conservation Warden ]. w. Dal-
ton. They come to the holes made by
the ice harvesting crews and are seen
to turn over in a stupefed condition and
sink to the bottom dead"
Commissioner James Nevin, who visit
ed the lake, was not Of the opinion that
there is any disease among the fish. but
said he believed the heavy snow cover
ing and the extreme thickness of the ice
prevented the required amount Of air
from reaching the water with the result
that the fish were really suffocating.
Large sunfish as well as good sized
black bass are seen to come to the sur
face, and sink again apparently lifeless.
The water has been literally filled with
them about the holes made by the ice
cutters.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
Want FOOD OR PRISON
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
ain would cause food prices to come
tumbling down to q near-normal condi-
uon' according to the embargo advocates,
Borah to Push Bill.
Senator Borah will probably make an
effort to have his bill providing sl0. 600 ooo
Tor the purchase of food supplies by the
government and distributed to the hungry
families, considered this week.
There are more than a score of bills
In the House on the foodstuff situation,
ranging from the bill OF Representative
siegel. OF Chicago, which would pro-
hioit the use of railroad cars east of Chi
cago for any thing other than the move
ment OF foodstuffs and the necessities Of
life for period OF sixty days. to that
or Representative Bennett. Of New York,
which would limit the amount of food
hotels and restaurants could serve to
an individual. This resolution provide,
that the experiment of food conservation
begin In the District of Columbia, under
the direction Of the Health Department.
Representative Bennett declares that the
existing crisis calls for some action in
the reduction Of the amount of food per-
mitted each person. similar to conserva-
ton now In vogue in Germany and the
other warning countries. Three thousand
five hundred calories per day is enough
to sustain and nourish the average nor
NAL healthy man and some such standard
as that. he believes. should be fixed.
Representative Meyer London. the only
Socialist in the House, and the repre-
sentative OF the New York district where
a number Of the food riots have occurred
believes that a Federal appropriation Of
s5.0oo,o00 for opening OF public markets
would be the practical solution Of the
problem. He has introduced a bill to
provide this.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
FOOD:PRICE INQUIRY
AMAZES WASHINGTONIANS

The idea of casually investigating the
food situation and ignoring the thou
sands OF starving In the country shocked
Washington yesterday.
ut is a positive tragedy" said Mrs.
Flora Mcdonald Thompson, president OF
the Housekeepers' Alliance That $780,
900 might almost tide the starving people
of the country over the present situa-
tion. These investigations never amount
to anything and 1t will probably mean
Just that much utterly wasted
Congressman Fitzgerald issued a public
statement yesterday bitterly critisizing
the appropriation.
Now. with people starving and riottng
for food, 1t Is proposed to hold an eight
month investigation" said Congressman
Fitzgerald. when I suggested, last No
vember, that we put an embargo on food
stuffs the President directed the Attor-
ney General to start an investigation
throught the Department of Justice.
The district attorney at Boston was put
in charge of the inquiry. 1t was con-
cluded in a few weeks and showed that
no laws had been violated.
Fitzgerald scornfuI.
Now we have children starving, be-
cause our food Is being imported to Eu-
rope. and we tell them that at the end
Of eight months, we will tell them why
the prices Of food are SO high.
I'VE are told that II we put an en-
barge on foodstuffs we will offend q
mighty power. and SO instead of offend
ing Great Britain. we let our women and
children and babies starve."
Provision dealers of Washington said
yesterday that everything indicated that
food prices would continue to rise. with
absolutely no prospect Of lows prices.
Fortunately, moderate weather has
reduced the amount Of coal needed.
Stove coal Is selling at so q ton against
IS last year, soft coal at $3.50 against
$3.50 last year, and other grades at about
the same advance.
The best way to beat the food market
so far, has been found by the members
of the franklin Thompson Home and
School Association. The members buy
Everything co-operatively, each member
being delegated to buy certain products
in large lots and then sell to other men,
bers at cost.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
COAL $50 A TON AT ROME.
system OF Heating I'm Earthen jar
Revived.

Rome, Feb. 6.-With coal selling at $50
a ton and the government gradually TAX
ing over all existing supplies and pro-
hibiting its use by hotels and boarding
houses, and with gas and electricity dear.
or the supply reduced. Italian house
holds and business Offices have had to re-
vert to the ancient method Of burning
finely powdered wood charcoal dust In q
two-sallon earthsn ~.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
SALOON MEN CLAIM
| LICENSE TAX UNFAIR
Must Pay Internal Revenue Tax in
July for Year.

Capital saioon-keepers pointed out last
night that the bill which IL destined to
make the District dry after November /
win incidentally enable the government
to collect thousands OF dollars to which
It u not entitled.
This money consists of the internal
revenue tax receipts. Dealers are re-
lquired to take out an annual Federal
license on July I at q cost OF $25. AL
though the license IL for one year. they
will be automatically legislated out OF
business on November / and feel that
they are entitled to some rebate from the
Treasury.
| ReconciIed to Prohibition.
The saloon-keepers have become prac-
ltically reconciled to the belief that the
Sheppard bill will be law before the
last of the week and have little hope that
the referendum clause will be added to
tthe measure.
The "drys'' are determined to put the
bill through the House In the exact form
in which 1t passed the Senate 30 that no
opportunity will be afforded to send the
bill back to the Senate for amendment
and possible defeat through filibustering
tactics.
Error VIII Remain.
This means that the 1915 date. which II
an error in the draft. will remain in 1t.
Prohibition advocates said that the
''wets'' were welcome to test the con-
stitutionality of the bill because Of this
defect. They expressed O belief that the
court would interpret the intention Of
Congress and not declare It unconstitu-
tional on q technicality. The licensees are
already discussing court action on the
bill because Of the mistake making No
vember /, 1916. the date on which the law
will go into effect.
A number of the "wets" in the House
held a conference yesterday to discuss the
manner in which the Sheppard bill be
fought when II is brought up in the House
tomorrow.
Increases Taxes.
Talk Of a filibuster and threats Of an
extra session continue and 1t Is evident
that the debate on the measure will be
lively
"wets" pointed out last night that the
Sheppard bill. with its enforced loss Of
the license revenues to the District will
operate to increase the taxes next year
This will furnish one of the angles Of
attack in the debate.
The prohibition advocates are jubilant
over the progress they have made with
the Sheppard bill and predict that sa-
loonless Capital Is one of the final steps
in the movement which will eliminate In
a dry" nation.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
CARRIED In ICE TONGS
AFTER WAR ARGUMENT

New York, Feb. 25.-John Leoni, 81
years old, and Joseph Disanti, Is years
old, were arrested at their ice store in
the Bronx and locked up on charge OF
felonious assault. Gustave Mayer, %
years old, a rival ice dealer. Is the COM
plainant
He was found Friday night with a
fractured skull and a broken arm. He
regained consciousness in Lincoln Hos
pital yesterday and told detectives that
Leoni and Disanti quarrelled with him
at his store concerning business and the
war. He said they assaulted him and
then, picking him up with their ice tongs,
carried him to Westchester avenue
where one Of the men struck him in the
head with an ice pick.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
.ANTI-GERMAN CHEERS
GREET war PICTURES
Battle Films Shown as Plea for Pre-
paredness.

Datue Fhms onoWn - fica LOT rfe-
paredness.
Diplomatic, Congressional and ofncial
washington last night expressed strong
antt-German sentiment I'm Memorial Con-
tnental Hall, where q. Alexander Powell,
author and war correspondent. told OF
"A Thousand Miles of Battle"
The large representative audience lit
orally went wild over Mr.. Powelfs anti
German utterances and took every occa-
SION 10 express their feeling with long
applause.
That those present sided with the al
Hes was especially evident In the man
ner IN which they received the motion
pictures which followed Mr.. Powells lee
ture. These pictures were taken on the
western and Balkan fronts under .he d.
rection OF the French general staff and
were loaned to Mr.. Powell by the gov
eminent OF France. The pictures were
never before shown In this country.
Real Battle Action shown.
They were filmed in the heat Of battle.
amid stirring charges and the bursting
OF shells on all sides. At one juncture
the camera man is shot down by bursting
shrapnel and his assistant Jumps into the
per1ious position above the trenches and
continues to turn the crank to make q
historical record Of the battle raging in
front Of him.
One picture showed French troops
guns and turning them on their owners.
Several minutes Of applause and shouts
greeted this dashing action.
Another picture showed verdun, with
the foot note: while badly battered
Verdun, like France. stiIl stands defiant,
impregnable and serene" This was an
other Of the many occasions for q demon
stration by the audience.
Mr.. Powell. who has Just returned from
the European front, where he has been
for nearly three years. told an Interesting
story of modern warfare from which he
drew lesson for this country. He nayed
pacinsts and advocated universal military
training. declaring that the present volun-
teer system of this country was most
'undemocratic and selfish"
Tells What War Means.
warfare must no longer be considered
In the terms OF the battles of Bull Run
and Gettysburg. but in the terms Of the
Panama Canal. the Bethlehem steel plant
and the subway system in New York
CITY," he said.
No matter how brave a nations men
may be. that Is as nothing when pitted
against discipline and organization. To-
day man behind the wheel of an auto
mobile truck and the man behind the
machinery is far more important than
the man behind the gun.
To-day We are faced with a most seri-
Gus crisis. and 1t is not a Spanish war
crisis. either. We must decide whether
the white nag or the Stars and Stripes
shall wave over this land
IF We are going to let Germany
change the name of the Atlantic Ocean
to Lake Wilhelm we might as well hoist
the white nag right now"
The lecture was given under the aus
pices OF the Advisory Commission OF the
council of National Defense and the
washington Society OF Engineers.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
NEGRO TURNS WHITE.
Others Call Him q "Hoodooo and
Women Try to XIII Him,

Earle, Ark, Feb. 3-An aged negro,
hotly pursued by three negresses armed
with an ak handle and heavy sticks,
dashed through the streets here the other
day. The old negro was handicapped by
his age, and the women had given him O
sound beating before they were stopped
and arrested.
The negresses' excused their attack on
the ground that the old man is a hoo
doo," and that he has been practicing
his sorcery on the negroes in the vicinity,
causing them all sorts Of bad luck:
The negroes belief that the old man is
a "hoodoo" probably arises from the
fact that his skin has turned white
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
FEAR DUMA DEMONSTRATION.

Petrograd Cvia London). Feb. Sin an
open letter to the newspapers Prof. Paul
N. Milukoff protests against the false
use OF his name by an agitator who has
been seeking to incite factory workmen
to take part in a demonstration before
the Duma at its opening next Tuesday
Such incitation. Prof. MilukoI says.
emanates from the dark forces of the
enemies Of Russia
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
NORFOLK TRUCKERS BUSY.

truckers are now pushing work on plant
ing the spring crops. Indications are
that the shortage in food stuffs will
cause the largest acreage known here to
be cultivated this season. The potato
acreage is expected to be the largest
on record in this vicinity
The planting OF beans. peas, eggplant.
lettuce and other vegetables will soon
follow.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26

1t was explained by the Childs' manager
that potatoes have been elevated to the
dignity of a separate order. price 10 cents
a portion 1t was further explained that
they will be returned to their time-honor-
ed position as something free with meat
when the price gets down far enough that
any one who Is not a millionaire can af-
ford to even think about them.
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26
POTATOES ten Cents
At CHILDS' RESTAURANT
High Price Takes Spuds Of the Free

Those who have been in the habit Of
going into Childs' restaurant and getting
a priceless treasure in the form Of a
potato with every Accents worth of liver
and bacon or with other meats got a rude
shock yesterday when they found all the
potato items scratched of the menu card
and their attention called to a printed
slip attached to the top of the card and
reading:
The Washington herald., 1917-02-26

Owing to the scarcity Of po-
high price, we have been COM
PEELED to substitute boiled rice or
baked spaghetti. customers to
have their choice"