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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-18
TO TAKE single MEN
PRESIDENT FANORS TAKING
SINGLE MEN EIRST-DATES
CHANGED FOR PARTS.

Provost Marshal General Crowder
has again changed the date for the
entraining of the first drafted army.
Thirty per zen will leave September
3. 80 per cent September 10, and 90
per cent October 3. The last 10 per
cent will leave the latter part Of Oc-
tober. This does not change the
date of the first increment. but Wild
ems the intervals of time between the
different contingents to be collected
and sent TO the camps.
President Wilson is sending a mes
sage to Senator Weeks concerning
The question of married men being
taken in the selective draft. There
is great disapproval and objection to
the clause that makes them liable TO
be taken. The president believes
that the married men with families
should not be drafted unless they
married TO escape draft. II would be
an economically unsOund policy and
unwise for the successful prosecution
of the war, he holds, according to the
dispatch.
As long as there are enough single
men, these should be taken. Be
sides, if the married men were draft
ed there would be the added burden
Of their families to provide for, Pres
ident Wilson points out.
This is more i'm conformity with
the lessons learned by the Canadians
since war started. They muddied
along more or less efficiently up 20
just lately, though they have sent
many men to the assistance Of the
mother country. Now, with IN act
just being formed in their parliament
they are to divide the draft liability
into nine classes. some Of when are
the single men, the men with wives
only, the men with wife and child
and the men with wife and two chill
dren, etc. They are also making
some monthly provision for the sup
port of the families of those going or
gone TO the front. But that's i'm Can
ada, where they know they are at
war.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-18
LOCAL NEWS.
at Jacks.

Eat at Jacks.
Bacon. 33 cents per pound at Mil
lard's.
Sodas, ice cream. watermelon,
canteloupe and all kinds of vege-
tables served at Rays.
Fried spring chicken at Rays.
Eat at Jacks.
Smoked hams. % cents per pound
at Millard's.
Baskets at Beck's. Clothes ham
pers, waste paper baskets and other
baskets. See Beck's window.
Broken Lenses accurately dupli-
Gated while you wait. Eyes exam
nee and frames fitted-Yaeger's
optical Parlor.
We have a number of excellent
ranch propositions for sale on easy
terms or trade. List furnished on
application. Inquire John Kellstrom
of Western Loan & Investment COM
pany.
Bacon. 33 cents per pound at Mil
lard's.
~ III tANh " dhs ptAooh -
to my store a standard make watch
! cannot repair.-Guy Il. Hanson.
For Rent. Six room house.-Al-
bert Budde. Phone 1872.
Watermelons. 30 cents to 20 cents,
delivered. at the Sugar Bowl.
Special sale on corsets, middies.
wash skirts. night gowns and petit
coats at Mrs. knoeri's.
Smoked hams, % cents per pound
at Millard's.
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tributed to a crop OF flax. The berry
of the grain is good, but the trouble
is that there are too few of the Der
ries.
In most places, even in the coun-
try of fair crops, there is a great deal
of grain which will be cut with a
mower and raked and stacked loose.
Some of ii will be used only for feed
but the high prices makes it profit
able TO thresh even very poor grain,
and where IL yields two or three
bushels TO the acre II will be cared
for.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-18

insure buildings and live stock in
the Farmers Mutual Tornado Insur-
ance company, of Madison, S. ID. Or
gained one year. 100000 900 of in
surance written first year. Rates
less than half of old line insurance.
Covers Lake. Moody. Brookings.
Kingsbury, Miner, McCook and Min
nehaha counties. See local repre-
sentatives, c. j. Johnson, F. j. Krug
or j. l.. Sunde.
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derstand the call. The appeal Is SEN
whether members of the Red Cross
or not.
If at all inclined to assist the cause
apply to this committee for instruc-
tions how to proceed also watch the
papers for further announcements
j. w. Heston. President.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-18
NORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Normal school will begin work
i'm all departments on the date pub
lished in catalog-September Is.
The Model school. including kinder
garten. will open on the same date.
u. w. Heston. President.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-18
RED CROSS WORK
THERE IL IMMEDIATE NEED OF
kNITTERS AND THEIR
PRODUCT.

We have been informed there is
important and immediate need for
knitters and their product. Maj.
Grayson Murphy. Red Cross commits
sioner for Europe, has estimated
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-18
THE CITY.
WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Sun
day; not much change in tenn
p~erature.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

Fourth That all important posi-
tons, so far as may be. shall be filled
with volunteers,
Fifth. The Independent RESPONSE
bility OF the food administration di-
rectly under the President, with the
cooperation of the great and admir-
able organization OF the Department
OF Agriculture. the Department of
Commerce. the Federal Trade Com
mission, and the railway executives.
Four Great Branches At Work.
IT conceive that the essence of all
war administration falls into two
phases" said Mr.. Hoover. First
centralized ana single responsibility
Second. delegation of this RESPONSE
bility to decentralized administrative
organs
A brief outline of Mr. Hoover's view
OF food administration is division Of
the work into four great branches. In
the first branch would be set UP
certain number OF separate executive
bodies for regulation and administra-
ton OF certain critical commodities,
and these should be organized on the
normal lines of our commercial insti-
tutions with board of directors,
president. and executive officers who
will work out problems involved In
these mmodities and will institute
such measures as may be necessary to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

so far as possible, upon the same
volunteer basis. He has expressed his
confidence that this difficult matter of
food administration can be success
fully administered through the volun-
tary cooperation and direction of
legitimate distributors OF foodstuffs
and with the help of the women of
the country. The proposed food ad-
mintstration is intended. of course,
only to meet a manifest emergency,
and to continue only while the war
lasts"
Americas Food Problems.
In accepting President Wilson'S re-
quest to become head of the food adj
ministration Mr.. Hoover stated that
IL was entirely upon the assumption
that Congress would grant broad
powers TO the President on which
competent administration could be set
up. II hold strongly to the view that
while large powers are necessary for
minority cases they will probably need
but little application, for the vast
majority of the producing and dis
trlbuting elements in the country are
only too willing and anxious to serve
our national necessities"
In presenting Americas problem in
a general way Mr.. Hoover states that
this country normally produces sur
plus OF most commodities. and that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

her problem is to secure the effective
and economical distribution OF these
supplies. TO induce as large an export
surplus for the benefit OF her allies
as possible. to protect our own re-
qufrements. to ask the whole COM
munity TO assist in building up this
surplus by every effort of economy
that can be. devised. and to set up
such machinery as will furnish this
balance wheel on prices.
AT best the food of our allies will
be a privation loaf" he says, land
every ounce we can add to 1t Is
contribution to her strength and con-
stancy in the war"
The five cardinal principles OF food
administration in America as repre-
sented by Mr.. Hoover are:
First, That the food problem is one
of wise administration and not ex-
pressed by the words dictator" or
controller" but Food Admins
traitor"
Second. That this administration
can be largely carried out through the
coordination and regulation of the ex-
isting legitimate distributive agencies
of the producers. distributors and con-
sumers.
Third. The organization OF the
community for voluntary conservation
of foodstuffs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

cittes), to house our men In their
training for the trenches. Thousands
of others are turning out aercplanes.
ships and arms to- help win tina war.
All labor has been put to work. and
whether a man Is butcher or baker
or candlestick maker" he ID PLAYING
his part as an American citizen to helm
win the war.
Mr.. SuIlivan's Views.
Mr.. James w. Sullivan. Of New
York, Mr.. Gompers' right hand man
on the Committee on Labor, recently
gave out an interview which show.
very clearly how labor stands on the
helping -win-the-war question. Mr.
sullivan has spent years in investirat.
ing the labor conditions both In this
country and abroad and is REGARDED
as an authority on the subject. Ha
has assisted both in settling and pra-
venting strikes and various labor tro,,--
bles. One of the most recent being
the so-called anti-conscription orran-
ization in New York. which sought tn
convey the idea that the labor leaders
were supporting the movement. Mr..
Sullivan promptly called on the or
ganization for the names Of the labor
leaders who were supporting the
cause. They were never forthcoming.
for as a matter OF fact no labor leader
in the United States would think Of
supporting the plans OF agents of pro-
German or aHtiwar propaganda
To quote Mr.. Sullivan literally, he
says:
"First and foremost organised labor
has contributed greatly to the success
of the Committee on Labor Of tho
Council OF National Defense in Great
ing and fostering a better feeling be-
tween capital and labor. We didn't
start out by declaring that there
would be no strikes during the war:
we are not giving nom Union groups
immunity. nor are we stopping other
activities In the American Federation
OF Labor, but we are proceeding with
restraint and with an eye single to the
necessity OF doing our share In win
ming the war.
Big organizations like the Carpen-
tcrs'. the Plumbers and other Inter-
national Unions have adopted resolu-
lions to this end which have been
taken as policy by other organiza-
tons: there has been less OF dispo-
sition toward impetuous insistencs
upon non essentials, and a Gne spirit
of patriotism and self sacrifice for the
benefit OF the country has been shown.
We have not heard discordant noise
of the slightest importance in our own
organization: We hardly hear a sound
from ultra radical elements. The
great steps In the support of the war
have gone with thu fullest ap--
proval OF organized trade union men"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02
Work Of the Food Administration Under Herbert
c. Hoover - A War Emergency Measure
America Food Problems Woman Part


and resident of many countries by rea-
son Of big interests therein. He is
known throughout tho business world
as man OF preeminent ability and
unimpeac enable integrity.
Mr. Hoover was chosen for the spe-
cial task which has now devoived upon
him by reason of the fact that when
Europe became involved in war he
was In London and Immediately inter
ested himself In benevolent war ac-
uyities and in time became the sole
distributor OF supplies sent from this
and other countries TO the stricken
HeiSians ana other war Impoverished
peoples. When this country became
involved in the war Hoover of Bel
GUM" was recognized as the one man
prominently qualified to take over
the enormous task of heading the
Food Administration war program of
the United States.
In a message to the public upon
this choice President Wilson said;
Il have asked Mr.. Herbert Hoover
TO undertake this all-important task
Of Rood Administration, He has ex-
pressed his Willingness TO do so on
condition that he is to receive no pay
ment for his services and that the
whole force under him, exclusive of
clerical assistance. shall be employed.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

ton Service. and the Division of Gen.
Citation of the Department OF Labor
in the Industries, an opportunity to
adjust the difficulties without the stop
page OF work occurring. Hold your
conferences under the general idea
that the employer and employee
should get together at this time"
In war and in Its preparation the
laboring man plays a most important
part--in fact, a war could not be car
ried on without his aid. for the build
ing OF cantonments. tho making of
ammunition. guns and clothing Is Just
as much a part of war as the actual
firing of guns The Government must
depend on the laboring man to furnish
the sine ws OF war and is willing to pay
him fair price for his labor. Today
thousands OF men of every trade are
busiiy engaged in building canton
ments (which are In reality small
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

rioting and general discomfort would
utterly disorganize industry.
a. That any or all of these condi-
lions might be made the foundation
by traitorously bent elements for a
movement which would result in a
lack of national unity In prosecuting
the war"
The members OF the Council de-
clare that they are prepared to meet
the first three. and that the fourth
can be settled by an active cooperation
through the Food Control Bill. A set
Of resolutions approved of by the
Council of National Defense has been
spread broadcast both In reference to
capital and labor. The one intended
for capital reads as follows:
That the Council of National De-
Tense urge upon the Legislatures OF
the States, rs well az all administra-
tive agencies charged with the en-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

Morrison. Secretary OF the American
Federation Of Labor; Lee X. Frankel,
Third Vice-Fresident of the Metropo!i-
tan Life Insurance Company; James
o'Conn6ll. President OF the Metal
Trades Department of the American
Federation OF Labor. and Louis b,
sohram, Chairman CT the Labor Com
mittee of the Omitted Brewers Asso-
citation MIR Gompers also has as
special assistants Ralph N. Easley
and James w. Sullivan. The other
three hundred ond scventy-fve mem
beers serve on various sub committees
and assist in making plans for the
conserving and cooperation of labor
In war work. Naturally, they are de-
termined to protect the right OF labor
should an attempt DO made TO impose
on these rights, but so far there has
heer little clash
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

forcement of labor and health laws,
the great duty of vigorously main
tanning the existing safeguards as to
the health and welfare of the workers.
and that no departure from such pres
ent standards in State laws and State
rulings affecting labor should be taken
without a declaration OF the Council
OF National Defense that such a de-
parture Is essential to the effective
pursuit of the national defense"
1t also admonishes labor in the fol-
lowing:
ut believes, however. that no arbi-
trary change in wages should be
sought at this time by either employ
ers or employees through the process
of strikes or lockouts without at least
giving the established agencies. in
Guiding those of the several States
and of the Government and of the
Meditation Board tn the Transporta-
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stabilize prices and distribution: and
that these bodies should be SO con-
stituted OF the leaders of the country's
producers. distributors. bankers and
consumers alike.
The second branch of food admin
istration as outlined by Mr.. Hoover
lies in the cooperation of the gov
ernors and State administrations
through the establishment OF State
food administrations who Will act in
behalf of the National Executive in
national matters, and who will them
selves handle local problems. Through
these State administrations and their
assistants Mr.. Hoover hopes to secure,
among other things. coordination in
distribution from one section of the
country TO another. and to use the
powers against Legitimate boarding
which Congress is being asked to vest
in the food administration.
Furthermore. 1t devolves on the
States to stop waste In public places.
In referring to this phase of his
organization before Congress Mr..
Hoover said "our theory of admin
istration Is that we should centralixe
ideas and decentraiize execution"
Women or The Nation And Waste.
The third equally important depart
ment outlined by Mr.. Hoover is that
OF domestic economy. As ninety per
cent, of the ultimate food consumption
of the country is in the hands of the
women OF the country Mr.. Hoover ex-
poets to place before them a plan of
organization including policies, as to
the elimination Of waste, the reduc-
ton OF consumption, the substitution
OF local commodities for those further
aield. the substitution of overabund-
ant commodities for those which IL
is desired to export to the allies, and
the instruction in the intelligent pur-
chase and use of foodstuffs and to set
public opinion against waste and az
havagancs In public places.
The fourth branch Of the food ad-
ministrauon as outlined by Mr..
Hoover. must be that Of cooperation
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02
Labor Troubles That Were Feared.

Labor Troubles That Were Feared.
Tho Developments expected and
feared at the present time by the
members of the Council are as fol-
lows:
/. That some employers might take
advantage of an apparent need for
speeding UP production to break down
the legislative and industrial safe
guards with which labor has sur
rounded itself in State and Nation.
2. That labor organizations and
locals might take advantage of the
pressing need for labor TO insist upon
increases in pay and changes in exist
ing standards which only the Nations
need for industrial peace could be
said to excuse.
5. That war prices might bring
about so wide a discrepancy between
wages and living costs that hunger.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

with our allies In many important
questions involving exports from this
country and our common import from
other countries.
In line with the third division of MIR.
Hoover's program was the recent re-
quest made OF every American woman
to Join as an actual member OF the
food administration and give her
pledge that as far as means and cir
cumstancas will permit she will carry
out the instructions which win be sent
her in detail from time to time
There is no service In this war OF
our own country and our aftfes tn
which the women of the country can
80 we'll enlist themselves as IN this
one," says Mr.. Hoover. land the sue
cess of the food administration will
rest very largely upon the support we
receive from them"
In one OF his recent public talks
he said further: 81 am confident that
the whole OF this service can be car
ried out by the men and women OF
the country on . volunteer basis, and
can see no other means by which the
problems can be adequately solved
in the United States. My ambition IL
to see my own people solve their own
problem.
There are, six general principles
which will govern the information to
be sent out from the food administra-
ton headquarters in Washington.
These will have for their object the
saving OF wheat the saving Of meat.
the saving of fats. the saving OF food
supplies chiefly by the use OF periSh-
able substitutes for staples. the saw
ing Of transportation, and the SAVING
OF all waste by preaching the gospel
OF the clean plate" the buying OF less
foodstuffs. the serving Of smaller pcr~
tons and by other methods ct forth.
For the woman who y wiliiu9 to
take the pledge OF coopsFatien with
the food administrator there = .
card insignia to be hung In the win
dow of her honA showing the world
that she Is with the Government tn
its effort for food conservation. There
Is also a prescribed kitchen uniform.
designed In the once OF the Food Adj
ministratio which she II privileged
to wear IL 20 minded. In itself this
10 q measure Of conservation. being
neat, practical and inexpensive
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02
Loyalty Of the Laboring
Man In Our War Against
Kaiserdom : Splendid
Work of the Labor Com
mittee of the Council. of
National Defense.
Copy right. 1917. bv The Intr...~..Dt
Syndicate.

~0E MANY YEARS there have
- been contradictions conflicts.
between capital and labor. and
Notwithstanding the grave con-
sequences resulting from such DIFF
fcrences- they haYe -heen waged~N!th
maliensty and intense bitterness. But
now that our country Is at war, fight
fng the battle OF freedom. of action
snd Independence Of thought. these
1 \ 1t FrTFr--trz rr fo-I7rf r1=
Ing together, buryiBE their Animosities
toward each other aud joining their
strength and energies In the crushing
OF the common foe Labor has been
Just as patriotic as capital and the
sacrifices OF the lahorer have been
Just as generous and as uncompiain-
snTly made as in the case OF the cap
italist.
Labor Members CT Council.
For several months that lection OF
the Council of Natiopal Defense which
represents the Industrial life Of the
nation has worked quietly and with lit
tie friction planning the part labor IS
to play in our war against German
sKultur. Eleven men head the or
Eanization, and three hundred and
seventy Ave men are its executive d.
rectars Nj, Samuel Corn pers, the
President Of the American Fede ration
of Labor. Is the chairman ef'thc com
mittee, and perhaps its most active
member. From the very start of the
war MIR. Gompers made his position
plain to the laberlng world by de-
elaring THAI he would not fight any
move on the part OF organized labor
In an attempt to embarrass the Cow
ernm ent's war preparedness. While
he believes In fair play for the labor
Ing man he thinks that In the
present crisis Disputes between labor
and capital might be settled with
cut strikes or disturbances in thu war
preparations. Serving on the commit
tee with MIR. Gompers are Secretary
Of Labor Wilson. President v Everett
Macy, of the rfttonal Civic Fedora
ton, James Lord. President OF tho Min
ing Department American Federation
Of Labor; General Manager Elisha
Lee. OF the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad;
Warren s. Stone, Grand Chief of the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers: c. E. Michael. OF the NatioAa Al
Association 81 Manufacturers: Frank
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" sign a piedge-card asking her
~ to Join the Food Adminislra don
In Washington in the service OF food
conservation In the United States as
TAR as circumstances permitted.
While most women signed the cards
because they knew that the cause TO
which they were plodgtng themselves
was right and righteous one, many
OF them know little Of what the Food
Administration is and what it is try
ing TO do,
The Food Administration Is a war
emergency measure insugurated by
the President Of the United States for
the control and conservation OF food
during the war so that This nation may
not suffer from the prevailing short
age OF foodstuf1s now or in the flu
ture: and also that those nations with
which the United States is allied in
the war who are short Of foodstuas
may be aided by this country.
Who Is Hoover?
The man who was appointed by the
President to undertake the all i'm
portant task of food administrator is
Mr. Herbert c. Hoover. born In Iowa,
graduate of Stanford University, Cali
foYnia. mining engineer by profession.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

- ONE WEEKS AGO every WON
an in the country was asked TO
" sign a piedge-card asking her
to 3oin the Food Administration
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-02

~OE MANY YEARS there have
~ been contradictions conflicts.
between capital and labor. and
notwithstanding the grave con-