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The day book., 1917-04-26

GrindeI.-Forum Editor.
FOOD SCARCITY AND FARM
LABOR Everything that influences
the high cost of living has been dis
cussed and, as Bicycles remarks,
"cussed more than discussed" eX-
cept the basic element in the prob
lem. This is the cost Of the use Of
the land, which includes all natural
opportunities, from which come food,
clothing, shelter and everything else
that sUstains and makes comfortable
human life. 1t is never mentioned
except by a few weak and reckless
followers of Henry George.
No life is possible if access to the
land is denied. No normal, active,
wholesome life is possible where ac-
cess to land is restricted and made
difficult to the great body Of the peO-
pie Natural law makes access to
the earth open to all Of us on equal
terms. Municipal law gives to few
of us the monopoly Of as much Of the
land as we can secure by legal title.
We are so constituted that we can
not breathe or work or eat or sleep
without using the land. Most of us
having no land are compelled to
make a bargain for these necessities
with some one who has secured con-
troll of a natural opportunity, por-
ton of the surface of the earth.
If this bargain is not made directly
it is made indirectly. The price of
the privilege, however it is paid,
comes out of wages. The price paid,
whether we notice it or not, tends
constantly to rise, and does increase,
and every increase comes from
wages. Wages decline as the price
of land rises. Generally as wages
decline the products of labor accu-
muIate, because labor does not get
what it produces. It staTves in the
midst of the plenty it has produced.
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held out of use drives labor from its
primary occupation on the land to
other occupations where the pressure
of privilege is not so apparent and
where social advantages compensate
in a measure for the pressure Of pow
erty.
Natural farmers are driven to
shOemaking or praCticing law, to
finally end in the poor house. Labor
driven from its natural and primary
occupation directly on the land by
.intOlerable conditions seeks refuge in
the cities, where the burden of rent
is concealed and the pressure Of pow
erty ameiorated by social advan-
takes not possible in spaTsely-settled
regions.
Foreign war has brought to us a
temporary relief from a pending
panic caused by high-pTiced land.
Foreign demand for all kinds Of labor
products has given spectators and
fOrestaIlers control Of the markets
for the necessaTies Of life and tenn
pOTaTy relief for labOreTs by enabling
them to force wages up little. But
not nearly enough to compensate for
monopoly prices of labor products.
Statesmen are distracted by the
clamOr and look over, around and
under and behind the real and prime
cause of scarcity, and are calling
UpOnsthe farmer to hustle up and use
some land and to use it intensively.
The farmer replies truly that lack of
labor prevents him from doing any
better. True also is it that if the far
mer does produce profusely the ef-
fective. demand for the products will
decrease, so that he will be no better
off than he is now. So the statesmen
are talking about cOnscripting the
farmer and the laborer and every
body else that does any good to sOci-
ETY., so the nation may be saved from
determination by the Germans.
FTTn
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TRIBUNE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
GRAIN VALUES MEET
WITH SHARP SET BACK
Corn Cent OFF in Last Fifteen
Minutes of Trading on Trans
portation Rating
OATS CONTINUES ITS
AVIATION FEATURES

Chicago, Nov. 27-Announcements
that thereafter corn and oats would
have the same preference as wheat
in the movement of railway freight
led today to a sharp set back of grain
values. Corn finished heavy. NC net
lower to Nc advance, with Jan. 1904
to 1905 and May 1872 to 1883. Oats
held a net gain Of 3s to &c. The
outcome for provisions ranged from
soc decline to a rise of 72c.
Breaks in the price of corn took
place chiefly in the last Is minutes
of trading, and seemed the direct re-
suit of word that the railroads had
been ordered to put all cereals on the
identical basis of precedence accorded
to wheat AS such method of hand.
ling grain is expected to cause ma.
terial increase Of arrivals at the lead.
ing primary markets, heavy selling
ensued, and support was withdrawn.
Unreasonable warm moist weather
had previously tended to make corn
sympathize with advances in the oats
market.
New high price records for the sea-
son were reached by oats before the
government notice was received that
oats like wheat would be rushed for
ward by the railroads. Declines from
top quotations of the day, however,
were in rapid progress when the SEES
sion closed.
In provisions, the main factor was
lack of offerings.
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Woman Undergoe: the Ordeal !t Of
Cross Examination With Ap-
parent Candor
FROM MOMENT OF CRIME
HER MEMORY IS BLANK
Fails to Amplify Story When
Led by Recital Of Incidents q
F., and Event. !.

Mine5la, Ny ~, Nov, 2s Four hours
of scratching cross examination iby
District Attorney Clas. 'B. Weeks To-
day failed to move Mrs. Blanche De
Saulles from the story she told from
the witness stand yesterday in her
trial on a charge of numbering her
former husband, John l.. DE Saulles.
Her answers were deliberate and
were frequently made after pauses in
which she seemed to be giving them
consideration or striving to freshen
her recollection. Her attitude of COM
plete self-pOssessiOn Notwithstanding
the unusual nature of the examination
she was undergoing, was subject
OF comment among the spectators who
crowded the trial chamber.
Witness Undisturbed
Once, whel his questioning had
been proceeding in a rather tedious
vein for some minutes, the district
attorney veered Unexpectedly, and, in
an abrupt tone, askel:
"When did you first know you had
shot your husband?"
The question failed Of its evident
purpose of taking the witness un-
awares, for she looked 81 eadily at the
prosecutor, deliberated fer some sec
onds, and finally answered. slowly
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BUzzEL[E ST|RS
BRADOOCK WITH
LOYALTY FEAST
Patriotic Villagers and Farmers
for Miles Around Join in
Demonstration

Braddock, n d., Nov. 2S.-Braddocx
enjoyed genuine feast Of loyalty. on
the occasion iOf a.yisit of Rev, George
Buzzelle, rector of St. Georges at Bis,
marck, and one of the capital city's pi-
oneer Four Minute men. Fey. Buzzelle,
coming under the auspices of the Brad;
dock Four Minute men, addressed a
Red Cross rally in the afternoon, and
in the evening was the principal
speaker at a big loyalty meeting held
under the direction of the local Four
Minute men. Farmers came in from
miles distant, and at least 60 cars
were parked around the Braddock hall,
while the large room was filled almost
to suffocation when the meeting be.
gan. Community singing was led by
Supt. G. b. Mayer Cakes d0f the Brad
dock public schools, a recently natur.
allied Briton, and male J'quartette
gave an artistic rendition ofi"Tenting!
on the Old Camp Ground" Rev iBdz-
zelle's address was a masterpiece and
the enthusiasm was intense. '7'@
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Lowest
Temperatures
WAR RELIEF.

There is an imperative need of CO.
ordinating all war relief measures so
az to eradicate waste and prevent du-
plication. The mails are loaded with
many and divers schemes. Some OF
tiirtn arg- genuine, but others are
filmsy vagasies
Demands are growing and multiply
ing until the average citizen is con-
fused and stunned. He is generous
and patriotic, desiring to assist every
worthy project. :. ..,-s:..-...,.
There should Re, central body,,s
clearing house as IL were, for all ,waf
relief measures. Eash appeal should
bear the seal OF approval of such an
organization. N
Any fraud or deceptpn\will have a
bad effect on all worthy projects. In
order to keep the public mind in its
present state of response, Y behooves
the nation TO guard against all i'll.
advised and inappropriate war relief
The best boly The Tribune an sug-
gest as clearing house is The Ma.
tional Re' Cross society. Its PURPOSE
Is uniinpea'hable and its recommSn.
datlon would be all sufficient. \
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE BY
ADVERTISEMENT.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
that certain mortgage, executed and
delivered by Frank H. Warner and Els
els A. Warner, his wife, mortgagors,
.oN. II. Clague, mortgage, dated the
'st Wy of May, A. D. nineteen hun.
in 'u aVd thirteen and filed for record
90 we we eVlce of the register of deeds
Vor. th co'N1y of Burleigh, and state of
'>o1 ~ nako>. on the 9th day of May,
81 n,o .,at' am recorded in book 107
sipnoI I h' page PIT, and as
strnmant ;a'd hrtgagee by an in
wo u'ent III wrlcNg to Screen l..
yep dated tn" lsthd of August,
"A. ~ 1913, and filed fof&record in sa;d
once OF the register of eeeds m tho
2nh DAY of August, A. DN1913 and
recorded in book 40 of assknmouts
on page l6S, will be foreclosa, wv
sal s OF inc premises in such Mortgage
and hereinafter described, at the Nont
aoor OF the court house in the citWof
bismarck, in the county of Burle;eA
anu state of North Dakota, at the hovr
OF G:l' o'clock p M, on the 5th dav
OF December, A. ID. 1917, to satisfy the
amount due upon said mortgage m
the day of sale. The premises do
scrlbed in said mortgage and which
VIII be sold to satisfy the same, are
situated in the county of Burleieh. and
state OF North Dakota, and described
as follows, tO-wit:
The northeast quarter (NEH) of
section twelve U2) in township one
hundred thirty-eight O3S) north, range
seVenty-five (75) west of the fifth
principal meridian, and containing one
hundred sixty 16OO acres more or
less, according to the government sur.
vey thereof.
There will be due on such morteaee
at the date of sale the sum Of
$1,S74S1.
Dated at Bismarck. North Dakota
this 18th day of October, 1917.
SCREEN l.. WEBB.
Assignee of the Mortgage,
H. C. BRADLEY,
Attorney.for Mortgage,
Bismarck, North Dakota.
! lO-29:11-5-12-19-26:12-3-6t |
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greater selfdenial at home, SO that
every man at the front may have that
sustaining force necessary. 1t is gen
orally estimated that it takes six men
to support one soldier at the front.
Let us rejoice and be thankful that
health and yigor enable US at home
to give this service.
America is thankful today because
her people responded so loyalty to
the Red Cross, to liberty loans, to
Y NJ, c. A. activities and to hun
dred other relief measures directly or
Indirectly connected with this great
struggle against an autocratic mill
tarism.
War has not been an unmitigated
evil. Every cloud has silver lining.
The limited States has profited already
nv the lessons imposed. There is more
thrift in the land today. A deeper
realization of the great moral issues
is evident. Commercial life has been
revo]utionized over night and we DO
things calmly today that yesterday
would have precipitated/ nearrevolu-
ton. Extravaganza iY the operation
If railroads and the conduct OF cor
norate affairs has been largely elm
mated Even rhen peace is restored
business will never return to the ola
wav-it will have found better and
more substantial modus operandl'
Patriotism has lost most OF its aD-
straot qualities. 1t is a living vital
ixinx conviction leading men to die
fof the nation with devotion that is
( Traditional in American annals.
Lots to be thankful for? Indeed
there is. A nation has found ITSELF
America is aroused from sodden leth-
argy induced by years of easily accu-
mulated wealth. 1t has shown that
the spirit of the fathers is not dead.
United States can practice again the
same lessons Of denial that laid the
bulwarks of the republic back in the
Pilgrim days to the end that liberty
may never perish from the earth.
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.BARB{O.w|RE BARRIERS
SURROUND WATER FRONT

New York, Nov. 2S.-Patrol of the
water front zones forbidden to alien
enemies will be taken over immedi.
ately by United States troops. This
decision was reached today.
Barriers of barbed wire are to be
erected, beyond which no one can pass
without proper credentials. There
will be two series of wire barricades,
and even if any one should succeed
in eluding the outer sentinels, the
authorities believe he could not pass
the inner line. The fences will be
built in front of the piers with gate
ways at frequent intervals.
For the present the barbed wire bar
riers will enclose small areas, but
later, it is expected, they will be ex-
tended tot include the entire zone
fixed by presidential decree as the
boundary of the area forbidden to
enemy aliens.
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GERMAN EVANGELICAL
PREACHER AND BUSINESS
MAN HELD FOR StDT|0N
Especial to The Tribune)

Mandan, Nov. 28:-ReV. SOntana,
pastor of the German Evangelical
church at Solen, on trial before Unit
ed States Commissioner Lanterman
in this city for seditious utterances
from his pulpit at different times dur
ing the past few months, was at mid
night tonight held to the U. S. Court
for trial under bonds of $4,000. T. A.
Schneider of the same community,
was held to the federal grand jury
under $1,000 bonds, while the COM
plant against third party, Henry
lngleter, also of Solen, was dismissed
by the commissioner. Schneider is
one of the leading business men of the
town. The inquiry was prolonged and
of searching character and left little
doubt of the culpability of, the two
parties held for final hearing.
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ENTENTE WAR HEADS
MEET At PARIS FOR
EXCHANGE Of PLANS
Colonel House Represents United
States at Conference of Cab
met Chiefs
VENEZELOS OF GREECE IL
NOW FACE IN COUNSEL

Paris, Nov. 2S.-David Lloyd George,
the British premier, accompanied by
Foreign Secretary Balfour and other
British officials and Premier Venizelos
Of Greece, arrived in Paris yesterday. :
Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, first lord
of the admiralty; Admiral Sir John
Jellicoe, chief of the naval staff; Earl
Reading, the lord chief justice, and
General Sir William Robertson, chief
of staff at army headquarters, were
the other members of the British
party. They were met at the station
by Premier Clemenceau, former Pre-
mier Painleve and Stephen Pichon,
The minister of foreign affairs Of
France.
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RETURt THANKS.


Tomorrow will e onr first war
Thanksgiving.
The nation never neded more the
guiding power of divia pro,;donoo
May an infinite efficacy v.alize every
prayer offered up throus,out tho
length and breadth of the Unite,
States for peace with victor. anu
with honor. Any other peace weld
be worse than defeat-it would b,
bondage.
There is much to be thankful for
The enemy has been turned at tn,
Pave. In France, probably due il
some measure to Americas interven
tion, the Hindenburg line has bee.
twisted. ... y
y Far away in the Holy Land, tn,
arms of our allies are triumphing IL
this glorious war to make the world
safe for democracy. May this Thanks
giving be made brighter by the over
Whelming defeat of the cruel Moham
medan.
Because the nation is in war is NOR,
reason than ever that the nation re
turn thanks to the Creator. So fal
our war preparations have been I'm
tainted by fraud and scandal. AS q
mighty nation quickened to a sense OF
duty to civilization, we have moved
forward swiftly to take our place in
the trenches of the wide flung battle
line of just democracy.
Out of prayer and communion to.
morrow should come a deeper sense
OF duty, a more absolute consecra-
ton of men and resources to the cause
of this worthy war.
Thousands of Americans will spend
their first Thanksgiving in foreign
lands. possibly under gruelling fire.
The American sympathy goes out to
them and our courage and self-denial
must fortify them in this hour of
supreme trial.
There will be vacant chairs at many
IN American table. These should
erve to emphasize the necessity for
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We Especially want to send it to
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This free offer is too important to
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then begin the method at once Send
no money. Simply mail coupon be-
low. DO it today.
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ITALY REPRESENTED

Paris, Nov. 2S.-RarOn SOnnino, the
Italian foreign minister, arrived at
Paris this morning The Italian pre-
mier, Vittorio Orlando, with other Of
ficials left Rome for Paris last night.
They will represent Italy at the inter
allied conference.
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would mark the beginning Of the in
PRODUCTION of expert testimony in sup.
port of his clients claim of mental
arrangement at the time of the shoot
ing.
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CHICAGO GRAIN.
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.

MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 27.-Wheat
receipts, 2O8 cars, compared with All
year ago.
Corn-No. 3, yellow, $19O@2OG. : 80.
Oats-No., 8, white. 7O%c@7l%c>
F1ax-$3.23K@3,25h. ~
Flour Unchanged Shipments 162.046t
barrels '
, por,av 81 OQM1o5 ITS
Rye-$1.77@1.78. -,
Bran-$35. 00@36O 90. ,,,,.
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Webb Brothers, Johnson's and A.
w. Lucas will be closed all day
Thanksgiving.
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Whale meat in the Frisco market
has risen to 221a cents per pound.
Somebody cornered whales?
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aGls :ssit;;ia
~SEtf,.s
WEATHER REPoRT/
Forecast.

aB II Forecast.
For North Dakota: Generally fair
tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight
south portion: colder Thursday north
and west portions.
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RAILROAD STATUS IS
DISTURBING FACTOR
High Grade Transportation Ner-
vous and Effective Tendency
Downward
BOND MARKET MOVES
ALONG WITH STOCKS

New York, Nov. 27.-The uncertain
status of the transportation situation
resulting from the prospective pool
ing of the eastern railroads to meet
war emergencies again constituted the
chief deterrent in today's stock mar
ket High grade rails were offered
at extreme concessions of one to al
most three points, their heaviness
gradually provoking one to two point
reactions in prominent industrials.
General news of the day was rather
favorable, railroad earnings taking
moderate turn for the better, money
evincing futher ease and Tires or ltal-
ian exchange making additional re-
'covery from it's recent acute depres-
sion.
.- Restricted Trading
Trading was restricted at all times,
however, and mainly of professional
origin, this being especially observed
in the relative activity and strength
of the more speculative issues. Equip
ments and the war group were later
inclined to throw Off the inertia of
rails, but rallies were little more than
tentative on Indifferent support. Unit
ed States steel steered an extremely
narrow course between 80 and g.,
rallying only a small fraction and fin
ishing at a net loss of IA points. Re-
lated stocks moved in the same IT.
regular manner, most of the leaders
recording lowest prices just before
the close.
Some of the motor shares proved
an exception to the general rule and
shippings and tobaccos also hardened
at times with coppers and the leather
and paper issues, but only few Of
these gains were retained in more
than slight measures. Sales amounted
to $4,000 shares.
Dond market
With the exception of Mercantile
paper G's the bond market moved in
sympathy with stocks, irregular
changes being mainly downward. Lib
erty issues were moderately active,
the As between 97.76 and 1892 and
the 3E's between SO and 99.14. Sales
ilpar ,value) Appropriated $4,375, 900
United States bonds (old issues) were
unchanged on call. :,
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ST, PAUL,


HOGS-Receipts, 10000, steady and
sc higher; range, $16.75@17.O5; bulk,
SIG 85@1695.
CATTLE-Receipts, $500; killers
10c to l5c lower and Csc to 75c lower
for the week, with steers at 5000
1850; cows and heifers, $6OO@8.OO;
calves, steady, $5.0O@12O0; stockers
and feeders, slow and Csc to $1CO
lower for the week, at $5.OO@10.00.
SHEEP-Receipts, 500, steady; with
lambs at $S.00@1G00; wethers, $500
@13OO; ewes, $5!00@1O.5O.,
CHICAGO.
HOGS-Receipts, $4,000; slow;
bulk $17.35@TS5; light $16.6O@l775;
mixed, $l715M1795; heavy $4,000
1890; rough $l7.2O@l74O; pigs, $3.50
1915.
CATTLE-Receipts, $4,000. weak:
native beef steers $730@l475; west
ern steers $G.15@13.69; stockers and
feeders $6.O0@ll.lO; cows and heif
ers, $5.o0@11.65; calves $7.5O@13.50.
SHEEP-Receipts $4,000; steady:
wethers $S.75@12.70; lambs $l250@
1900.
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ment at the Eltlnge theatre, New
York, and the demand for it came
with increasing avidity from north,
east, south and west. The continued
appreciation Of the New York critics
increased the Out-of.New York belief
that Fair and Warmer" was all that
it's sponsors claimed for it, and, il
anything, more. Its stay of eight
months in Chicago, provided any cor
robOration that may have been
needed. It will be produced here
with an ideal company Of farceuns
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FfTsA ito IN ithe travelling expenses
OF the Justices OF the supreme court
without n-itemized statement
The story appeared in The Tribune
Hardly league paper printed it and
none printed the state auditors side
of the controversy.
The Tribune printed both sides
Langer's and kositzky's.
what is the kept press"
Recently the state auditor refused
to allow a bill contracted by the attor
ney general for a survey for tax pur
poses.
No league paper published the re
fusal of the Nonpartisan league state
auditor to allow this account.
\ The Tribune published the news
without comment.
What is the kept press?"
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ADVANCE
Daily, Morning and Sunday by
Carrier, per month ...........$ ~
Daily. Morning, Evening and Sun
day, by Carrier, per month. -. W
Daily, evening only, by Carrier,
per month .............. .... .oV
Daily, Evening and Sunday, per 80
month ...'...' ~
Morning or Evening by Mail in
North Dakota, one year ...... 4.OO
Morning or Evening by mail out
side of North Dakota, one year, 600
Sunday, in Combination with
Evening or Morning by mail,
f one year ......... 0.Ou
THE STATES OLDEST NEWSPAPER
Established 1879
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THE KEPT PRESS.

THE KEPT PRESS. -
What is a kept press in North
Dakota?
League leaders have been eager to
apply this title to any newspaper that
had the temerity to disagree with
some phases OF. their socialism and
.,ya;e. &tsifI kF9
The last low weeks there have been
developmeptssat the state house which
raise The Issue, What is kept
press?'
1t is painfully evident that all league
papers refuse to publish Justice Rob-
inson's weekly letters. Justice Robin
son shared honors with Governor Fra
zier as far as the volume Of vote goes
and should by all the rules Of the
game have an even break when it
comes to publicity.
The Tribune publishes his letters
each week.
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