Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-14
FOOD SPECTATORS ARE /
CLASSED AS HYENAS
Dr. Thompson Demands That Government Treat as Trait
ors to Nation Those Who Paralyze Effort by
Cornering Necessaries of Life.

, The speculation in the seeds to plant
| is going TO paralyzc the men who are
the housckccpers OF the country. This
! will in turn paralyze the army and
| navy. because mon will not leave home
when their loved ones are suffering
! want.
MANIPULATION OF PRICES
CRIME AGAINST People
1T is all wrong that there should be
such manipulation OF foods and fuel
or that men should be ground under
| the heels of these enemies of humanity
until on tho verge of famine. when
| there Is plenty OF food In the country.
There Is an abundance Of bread for
every man, woman and child The
elevators and mills of the country have
wheat. while farmers have II stored
In their granarics. The government
only yesterday was forced to step in
and prevent an arbitrary fixing Of the
price of wheat without regard to the
supply.
Talk about short crops. Tha, is
part OF the propaganda of traitors If
this country raised only half us much
wheat as IL did in 1915 it would have
IN abundance of hour for everybody,
;tGd would have some to spare for It's
allies. If as many potatoes arc raised
there VIII be four bushels for every
man. woman and child. This does not
take into consideration tho vast corn
area.
1t is splendid to economic. and
am Gtau to SEQ so many working to
produce something. The one who does
not produce anything Is a parasite I
am glad the back yards are being con-
Nertcd into radish and lettuce beds, but
toar that they Will not be of much food
value. There Is too much misdlrected
zeal.
The vast amount OF grain put into
alcoholic drinks may be conserved by
Congress and put into daily bread.
Yet the ordinary necessities OF life are
being cornered and put beyond the
reach OF the great mass OF toilcrs.
MUST CORRAL THESE
'HUMiN BEASTS OF PREY,
1t is important TO mobilize an army.
believe that the menace TO France
ana England IS increasing every day
man Tor man, gun for gun, the allies
nave moved like a sweep OF the tide
across France, but when Russia ceased
It's activities. thirteen German divisions
were hung against the allies on the
west, and you know what happened
The sun dial is the simplest instru
ment for telling the time. The watch
is the most complex and intricate in
'ehtion to mark the hours, minutes and
seconds. The government Of Russia was
the sun dial. Our republic was the
watch. The old nation has found in
ts hands the watch. The nation in
STUPIDITY could either throw the watch
away or break it. France and Eng
land are now bearing the brunt. Wc
must help them and plant our flag with
their flag.
Before we do SO. we must corral
these beasts of prey. Before the strong
arm or the government reaches out in
me seiective draft. it should reach out
atter every man guilty of manipulate
ing food values. He ought 10 be elm
mated from our national life.
HUMAN HYENAS ATY,Euur,yc
TO PARALYZE NATION
m any man dared interfere with tho
movement of our navy he would he
shot II any man dared to inyejsh
against our army or dare to restrain
the patriotic ardor OF the military
/ spirit by word or deed, or to arrest
,he movement of our army to France,
! ne would be Il traitor and shot. Bui
these human hyenas undertake TO nara
! iyze the puisa,ions which mean life TO
the nation.
u pray and trust before another
week Congress shall make food mo-
hopoiy impossible. Congress should
make any man who tried to corner food
! or VINO entered combination to
manipulate food values "a traitor. II
L..
Our boys will not go in the trenches.
mat is not the slogan from the other
side. our boys will 20 over the line.
When autocracy is broken, Ameri-
can hands Will plant the american flag
over there. We who stay at home must
practice economy and reduce our liy-
ing TO the lowest plane. We must do
Wi'hout 80 that everybody may have
enough and our allies tho rest Above
, m
great hand. praying while we practice
SELF denial. that out of all there may
come fraternity of race, when men
snail not he kinsman alone, but shall
be brothers through Jesus Christ
| "hen that time comes. we who stay
| ut home shall share the honor and
glory browning the success He that
| stayed at home and behaved right shall
share equally with him who went forth
TO battle and fought bravely."
NO TIME FOR BASEBALL