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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-20

and a virgin continent at just the
time when commerce has been spread
ing over all the earth by steam and
electricity. -
Money-crubbers.
We have gained the reputation OF
being money-grubbers. We have
been called Yankee hogs. We have
been suspected of being devoted to
greed rather than patriotism. For
three years we drew to ourselves a
stream Of wealth greater than any
people ever received before. The rest
of the world was being drained dry,
starved thin, and bled white; but we
waxed richer and richer. This has
been called filthy lucre, undeserved af-
fluence. &-.
And now arises the supreme oppor-
tunity of all our history. We sudden
ly find ourselves in the position Of
trustees OF all this wealth, and in no
sense its owners. Destiny has been
very good to America. Fate has made
us the richest people on earth, the
hugest reservoir of industrial power
the planet ever bore The rest of the
world and some of US have thought
that destiny meant to let US get away
with all this plumber; but it is not so.
God knew better all the time. 1t be-
longs to Liberty, and not to US. Bri.
tain, the mother of our Liberty, and
France its godmother have been send
ing it to US for three years to be held
in trust for their supreme hour, and
f0v tho ~
itself. j.,
1T MUST GO BACK! To keep it
would give US Punic victory, but it
would kill the nations sold. We are
vouchsafed the privilege Of proving
that our ,lucre is not filthy but holy.
THE LIBERTY LOAN MEANS THE
SANCTIFICATION q OF AMERICAS
WEALTH. To the great chancery of
the God of Battles we shall go with
hands full, and come out with hands
clean. Thank God for that!
What State Is Doing.
While Grand Forks and Cass coun-
ties include subscriptions secured at
their state institutions. the local COM
mittee has not included any subscrip-
lions made by state boards. Were this J
done as in the case of Fargo and
Grand Forks, the total raised here
from all sources will 60 beyond the :
100000 mark. Without taking credit |
for any of the state subscriptions,
Burleigh county will pass 100000.
Complete returns will be given Mon
day, but those in charge of the drive
suggest that people who desire to
take bonds before Oct q when the |
books close to visit their bank or I
postoffice where the transaction will
be handled
1t seems probable now that North
Dakota's quota of 100000 will be
raised although there is some indif-
ference in certain quarters which
must be overcome. EH
l.. 3. Hanna, in charge of the states
drive, while optimistic over the sale
30 far stated that some districts
would have to come in heavier to
reach the state. quota, A,special Sun
lay and Saturday drive will be made.
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COLUMB|ANS Of
MISSOURI SLOPE
HERE TOMORROW
Initiation of Glass of so Candi-
dates to Be Made Memoir
able Event by Council
ELABORATE PROGRAM FOR
SUNDAY EVENING BANQUET
Assistant Attorney General Daniel
v. Brennan to Preside as
POSTMASTER at Feed

Columbians of the entire Missouri
slope will concentrate in drive in
Bismarck tomorrow when Bismarck
council, knights of Columbus, will
confer the degrees upon class Of so
candidates, drawn from all parts Of
the extensive territory included in the
local councils jurisdiction, which ex-
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Ministers are planning to mention thu
bond sale in their sermons. n
A letter that pleased the state
chairman particularly was received
today from Col. J. W. Carroll, in
charge of the home for soldiers al
Lisbon. Colonel Carroll informed
Chairman Hanna that he had called
a meeting Of the board of trustees
and that the board will invest SO,
600 of its funds in Liberty bonds.
THE old soldiers are to be com.
mended for their patriotism" saio
Chairman Hanna this morning. 'The
investment of the sum fixed by Col.
onel Carroll is splendid evidence of
their appreciation of the Importance
of the loan"
Lamoure Woman to Front.
Miss Minnie J. Nelson, Valley
City, state chairman of the women's
loan committee, transmitted, to Chair
man Hanna today report from Mrs
W. II. Hutchinson of LaMoure, show
ing that $14,70O in bonds had been
sold there to 154 women.
Women in other sections of the
state are working just as hard.
McHenry Awaits Cole. -.
n. II. Bergh, of Towner, s(McHenry
county, writes Chairman Hanna that
the visit of Judge A. T. Cole Of Far.
go to that county next week is being
awaited with great interest Ar.
rangements now are being made to
hold a union church meeting in Town.
er Sunday, If Judge Cole can go to
Towner on that date.
Glen UlIin Still Moves.
Ed Schulenberg; chairman of Glen
Ullin, reports that little place has
subscribed over $4,000 in bonds, two
to one over its quota. 1t is a strong
German town. .~ .4-...
:: ~< Burke "Hits the Ball."
Burke county, reports R. H. Farm.
er, OF Flaxton, chairman for the
county, has subscribed its $4,000
apportionment and the workers are
still active. The towns of Flaxton,
Eowbells, Columbus, Ignite and
Portan all over.subscribed, and sew.
eral other places are coming forward
very good. -
Grand Forks Campaign.
The Grand Forks campaign is he.
ing pushed vigorously. The last
availab BILE report showed total bond
sales of $lSS,00O, the biggest single
days sales being $S1, 900.
The Grand Forks campaign will be
waged constantly until the closing
day, and both men and women are in
the game. u
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WILTON MERCHANTS UNITE
Establish Union Delivery and
Make But One Trip Daily

Wilton, N. D., Oct. 20-To assist
Herbert Hoover in hitting the high
cost of living Wilton's leading stores
have joined in 1nlnion delivery SER
vice. But one delivery will be made
each day, and for any additional de.
livery desired a charge of 20 cents
will be made.
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WAN1ED-Young man or boy to thor
oughly learn the matchmaking and
jewelry trades; must have fair edu-
cation and come we'll recommended
as to honesty and integrity. Apply
at Knowles & Haney's. 10-20-6
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New Vegetable.

The udo, a Japanese vegetable some
what resembling asparagus, may DE
grown in almost all of our states.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-24

States Of America They wanted to fight
for Teddy. and if they couldn't fight for
Teddy they didn't want to fight at ALL
The regular army called for 10000 volun-
teers to go to France, the marines needed
$4,000 men. Taking it for granted that
every man who has enlisted in these serv-
ices since that call was one of the noble
loO,o0O, there are still $4,000 who have not
yet made their way to the recruiting office.
III there are 1S0 men out of these 1900
who have enlisted, they should have more
publicity. They deserve it. Especially as
thelr valiant leader, on failing to crafty
his personal ambitions, has not yet | be-
neNe, volunteered to do any service for the
country except disagree with the President.
Meanwhile a thousand men from here
will be privileged to go to war. Some will
come back finer than ever, some will be
minus one or more appendaGes. and others
VIII remain with the six million men who
nave already passed from our little world.
About year ago we were virtually at
war with Mexico / believe that twenty
two Americans died at Vera Cruz. We were
at war, but Wilson is justly given great
credit because he kept us out of war" on
account Of the very few casualties.
Although we are legally" at war with
Germany, If President Wilson can end this
war with the loss of as few men in pro-
portion as we lost in Mexico he will again
be idolized because "he kept us out of
war" Because the President is our ablest
exponent of America first" and because he
has, against some opposition led us COM
paratlFely safe so far, we of this nation
should and will, stand squarely behind him
and give him the opportunity to BE at his
best" ASHLAND
Philadelphia, August 23
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IMPONDERABILIA

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from
"A Paris, where "Verdun" is the cry on
every lip and the headline in every news.
paper, says: Military experts may talk Of
the established equilibrium and the i'm.
pregnable German line but Bismarck
knew better when he said it Is the i'm.
ponderable that counts in war-the eva
sive moral factor that plays havoc with a
generals plans and sets at naught. his
calculations" German officials NAV censor
and pervert general news, but a French
victory at Verdvn they cannot hide, and
the day may not be far distant when the
mysterious equilibrium is suddenly upset,
and the impregnable German line is not
pierced, but falling before us, as fell the
walls of Jericho"
The nderabilia-things which can.
not be weighed exactly and defy human
analysis-will be the decisive factor in
this war. America represents the moral
factor of supreme importance, is the man.
ner of putting it, meaning that the Amer.
lean idea and purpose. visualized by the
actual participation of her material forces
In the fight, have already set in motion a
spiritual reaction in the German brain
that substitutes doubt for confidence and
undermines morale. Conversely, it has
reinvigorated every phalanx of civiliza-
ton.
The imponderabilla, so quickly to be
sensed by woman's intuition, are sensed
now also by all the combatants. 1t
is best expressed, perhaps, by the saying
that the psychology Of the situation is all
on the side of the Allies and is exemplified
by expressions such as the following from
the Cologne Gazette: What wonder is it,
then. that new hopes are being raised
among the peoples opposed to u.s.
strengthening their determination to hold
out for one more winter and then to win a
decisive victory with the aid of the huge
armies OF the United States"
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FOREIGNERS AND THE DRAFT

To the Editor Of the EUenin1 Ledger:
Sr-There seems to be quite an i'll feeling
toward the foreign element, which is grow
ing more serious every day. / and others
in like position can explain why this
feeling exists.
1t Is a bad state of affairs when my
sons and thousands of other American
fathers, brothers and sons are being put
into the service while great, big, husky for
eigners who are here and who are not citi-
zens are going TO stay home and get the
cream while our poor boys are getting killed
and wounded 1t Is an outrage, and it is
time the American people were awake to
the fact that we are not getting square
deal in the war, so far as the foreign ele-
ment is concerned.
Either make these miserable foreigners
become citizens and go into the service of
Uncle Sam or drive them into the sea.
America has been used as a good thing
long enough. What do you suppose my
feelings are when my three sons, all have.
are in France and those loafers who sought
refuge under the Stars and Stripes are
too cowardy or too ungrsteful to fight for
the flag that has protected them. Must we
stand for this outrage?
CHARLES ZIMMERMAN.
philadelphia August 23.
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ROOSEVELTS FIGHTERS AND
OTHERS

To the Editor Of the Erening Ledger:
Sr-"An drafted men ready to go tn
France" will be photographed free and
have said photos In the newspaper
Why go such roundabout way 70 GET %
the desired point? Ask all those whn ne
not ready to go anywhere the Government
wants to send them to present themseivas
for photographing and the usual puhI,c,,,,
With a very few exceptions ali draftsa
men are ready to go to France. but that
does not prove that they are enthusia st,
about personal Inspection of the "hano
tism Of fire." There were $4,000 America = !.
who wanted to go to France, and bv anIis,
ing in the allied armies they went Iona
before the United States decided to go.
Then there were 10000 other "Amau,
cans (o headed by the honorable Theodnra
Roosevelt. who wanted to 60 to Fra roS
These same 10000 had no special ohass.
q France. They did not want 10 G~Ss psect ~
se ~ - 81 censerasy ef ~ ~ VsiiSd
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HOW "HAIL COLUMBIA" WAS
INSPIRED

LNOR the sake of the feelings OF our nero"
i French allies, it is to be hoped that thos
American soldiers who happen to know TN
origin of Hail Columbia" will not W
the "poilus" too much about it when tha'
stirring tune is played. Not only were 'n'
verses of the song written at time Oh
great animosty to France, but the air Use"
was composed by German He was
Teutonic music teacher named Roth, VINO
had lived in Philadelphia during Wasn-
ington's administration and had expresseo
his admiration of the father of his adopteu
country by writing "The Presidents
March," which speedily won a marked pop
ularity. -.
In consequence of the insolent attitude Q!
the French Directory and the contihueuS
seizure of American vessels by Frenen
cruisers the affection with which Francs
had been regarded during the revoiu'ion
rapidly declined during the critical yeal
of 1898. The country seemed to be drItins
into war against it's former friend. WASH.
ington was summoned from Mount Vernv"
to resume command of the army ana on tns ny
seas actual hostilities did break out WIN
victorious results for our warships, notapu
the fine frigate Constellation. -
The political sanity of the rising Ns'
poleon eventually put an end to the crlss
but before that happened Hail Columpis
had been written and sung to enthusiasm
applause In Philadelphia then the capitH'
of the United States. Joseph Hopkinson
graduate of the University Of Pennsyr
vania, penned the words to Roth's "Pres-
dents March," At theatrical perform
ance on April 25, 1898. Gilbert Fox, youhs
actor sang Hail Columbia" and was re-
warded with rapturous cheers. The sons
had to be repeated several times and nnaiiy
the entire audience Joined in the patrlouc
chorus. The popularity Of the anthem
spread throughout the land. 1t was suns
at nights on the usually quiet streets OF
philadelphia by large assemblages or clul-
zens. including some members Of Congress
The Democratic party. led by Jefferson
Madison and Monroe. was still favoraDie
to France and hence regarded the new
national anthem as In exceedingly bad tasts'
Bache's Aurora" in its issue of April ~.
denounced Hail Columbia" as the mos
ridiculous bombast and the vilest adulation
OF the Anglo-Monarchical party and me
two Presidents, and a few weeks later tns
journal announced that Joseph Hopkinson,
the author of the late Federal song to the
tune or THE Presidents March," had been
nominated by the President a commissions
to transact some business with the Indians
The article added, "He has written his sons
to some tune that's clearv' But no politis
cal antagonism could kill Hall Columbia
~ - much easier 70 sing than the "4t
~ sDs1 y Sssc se.. nsnnsr: ~ apd { - esna
=. ~ ~ x
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BEWARE THE WISCONSIN GREEK

| THERE Is too much of La Toilette go.
L ing into the war revenue bill to war
! rant its reception without suspicion. 81
| charge no man with wrong" cried Senator
| Simmons ybut I do charge that to pay
| for the war mostly by taxation finds Its
| inspiration In a desire to make the war
unpopular" Copperheadlsm squirms It.
self into the very nations vitals If allowed
to dictate the methods of financing the
war.
That no man should be allowed to coin
the country's blood into dollars goes with.
out saying. War profits stand in the
prisoners dock already convicted. We
agree with Otto H. Kahn that "it is alb
solutely right to proclaim and to enforce
by legislation that no man. so far as 1t
is possible TO prevent it, shall make
money out of a war in which his country
is engaged, but there is all the difference
In the world between that just and moral
doctrine and between the doctrine that
no man shall be permitted to haye more
than an arbitrarily fixed income during
a war" What La Toilette aims to do,
ought to know better, is not to confscate
war profits, but 10 contiscate all profits in
excess of arbitrary limits He wants to
make this war so burdensome and so
hated that the people will relinquish their
adhesion to principle and compromise in
favor of an unsatisfactory peace. lie
wants, it appears. to muddle up our
finances and imperil our instruments of
credit to such an extent that the final
and last treasury of the world will fail in
its functioning. There could be no trea.
son more subtle, no attack on democracy
more dangerous than the introduction
into our fiscal program OF pure and un.
adulterated demagogy.
Let the rich pay, aye and pay heavily,
and let war profits be assessed to the
limit If necessary. but let men who be.
lieve in the war and the high purposes
back of it determine how. We fear this
Wisconsin Greek who bears wooden
horse to Troy with its belly full of poll
tics and troubie.breeding devices.
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must be made safe for democracy" He
said also that 90 long as the Hohenzoilern
family and military clique Of Germany
held that nation under control, dominated
its policies and conspired against the
peace and integrity Of the United States
and all other nations. democracy could
never be safe. Our peace aim, then. is
to drive out the present German Govern
ment and end forever the national state
of mind which acquiesces in and con-
dones the acts of that Government
That is a definite aim. capable Of real.
izatlon and certain to be realized before
this nation agrees to make peace.
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Impose the Burden Gradually

"And is 1t not a manifest dictate OF rea-
son that such burden of taxation as must
be borne should be imposed gradually. as
was in fact done everywhere in Europe
so as to give to all concerned a chance to
adjust themselves to the new conditions
and not with one violent jerk? England
imposed her present rate of income and
excess-profit taxes not in the first year Of
the war, but started on a much lower scale
and by successive steps, in the course of
nearly three years, attained the figures now
prevailing.
'Is it not plain that II the unprecedent-
eslly high income taxation of the House
hill--exceeding as it does any rate ever
imposed by any of the leading nations of
the worlds enacted into law. the Govern.
ment will find itself crippled in respect
Of taxable resources during the second year
of the war; the very year which. IL the
war does last beyond the present one, will
presumably be the crucial period? .
I'm addition to the concrete factors, there
enter into this question certain psychologi-
cal elements Of somewhat subtle charac-
ter, but sufficiently definite and potent IN
be plainly discernible to those who are ex-
perienced in dealing with business affairs
and with men of business. large and small
II believe an income tax greatly increased
over the rates heretofore prevailing. vet
keeping within the bounds of moderation,
would produce at, least as largel a total
the consequences of the economic error ~
placing too vast a burden direct upon in
comes would be more serious, I think 10 the
people in general than to the indiyiduaIs
directly concerned. The question of the in.
dividual is not the principal one The es-
sential thing Is that no undue strain he
placed upon that great fund OF capital as a
whole which is derived from incomes Of ALI
kinds. 1t is this fund which in its turn
Is one Of the vital forces necessary for the
normal activities and progress of industrv
If that fund is suddenly and too greativ
reduced the effect upon commerce ana
industry is liable to be abrupt ana withaS
ing
''I yield to no one in my desire IN 90.
the burden upon the poor and those M
moderate means lightened to the utnos,
extent possible
'I realize but too well that the ,o.,
weighing at this time upon wage earnar.
and still more perhaps upon men anS
women with moderate salaries Is aimos, a.
great TO be borne and certainly n,no,,
greater than It should be.
"But / am convinced that relief can,..
be found In taxation Of incomes nj ra.o.
without a parallel anywhere and In ,'s
| duly burdensome imposts upon bus,naa.
| activities. am convinced that csr.e,s
theories being urged upon Congress ana
| the people and to which the House ,.,a. mu
| revenue measure Is In part respon.iva
while doubtless meant to tend and ssa,,'
| ingly tending to q desirable consumnna tio,,
/ are in fact bound, In their longer s6lsct -
bring about resuitU harnneul to the csus U
] mppify - Ar4A rieA ~ 3>pcoe a3iha.s \.
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TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE

TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE
There are some days so exquisite,
The 1corld so stceetly spins,
The DepH has the acorst OF 1t
And barks his Shins.
Then summer Sho,cS her greatest 1cedlth
Superb in tone and tint,
And southern gentlemen, by stealth,
Are picking mint.
The locustS. IN the poplar trees.
Beat energetic drums.
And then-1Uith an erplosire sneese--
Hay feuer comes,
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-24

Never apologize in advance for the
probable age of the story you're about
to tell. 1t predsposes your hearers to
reach for the bell. But, despite such a
beginning, M. N. pulled laugh out of us
with this:
An officer had occasion to bawl out n
recruit for not saluting and shortly after
ward met him again when the recruit
again failed to salute. Calling the offender
TO him, the officer asked why he didn't
salute after being bawled out for it once
before.
why" seq he, II thought you was
mad at me-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-24

II this Is true story the name Of the
Judge who figures in it should not be
lost. but, rather, emblazoned in letters
of light. But to the story: Two men
were hailed before the bar of justice in
a New York court by two reputable young
women, who complained that the defend
and called them Chickens The Judge
asked the complainants how much they
weighed approximately, and then, turning
to the defendants, said: "The fine which
you may divide between you, will be
arrived at by multiplying the total weight
of these young women by the market
price Of chickens prevailing this morn
ing"