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Putnam patriot., 1917-12-28
Eyer.F aithful Horse.

II he horse that has fought the
v.ry ~ ne world and won our human
libertg Besides This be has broken
our prairies. sown ami harvested our
grain and delivered il % the markets
of the world lie has carried messages
of victory and 81 sorrow and down to
the tue II " aSisagtnn re constituted
the fas1-st zjo1- II communication
know = - etes.-. only the carrier
pigevl = 1}p.'.5 Ailr,4ls.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-28

The end Of last summer saw Cador-
mas army on the point of making the
long hoped for break in the Teutonic
! lines But Italy ran short of wheat.
In September the all-important bread
ration of the Italian soldier had to be
cut from $50 grams a day to coo
grams. The next month the Germans
attacked, and the Italian line crum
pied
The United States Food Admins
tration had not been created by Con
gress until August 10. There is no
particular reason why 1t should not
have been created two months earlier.
Its work is to prevent just such con
tingencies as the cutting OF the Ital-
ian ration.
The work of the Food Administra-
ton is TWO jobs rather than one. The
more concentrated forms is saved
from unnecessary consumption here
IN order that it may be shipped to
Europe
As part of this task Mr.. Hoover
asks every American to eat each day
one ounce less of sugar than he usual
ly eats Is he trying to infiiet a hard
ship when he asks that: Americans
who do as he requests viii still eat
three-fourths of their normal consump-
ton Of sugar. But the English are
getting only a little over one-fourth
as much sugar as they used 10 eat
American confectioners have been
putting 100000 tons of sugar year
into candy. That amount of sugar
would all but supply the entire Eng
lish demand at the present rate of
consumption Recently he administra-
ton has cut the candy makers down
to 100000 tons a year The money
value OF the sugar so saved is enough
to feed all of Belgium for one year.
In restricting the candy makers the
administration was performing the
second part OF Is task-that OF con-
trolling the distribution OF food sup
plies In its conservation work the
administration deals directly with
producer and consumer. On the side
OF control it deals with the manufac-
turer and the wholesaler.
Food control is saving money for
the American household week by
week In May. wheat was at $3.50
bushel and -four at s17.10. Congress
brought wheat down to $500 for this
years crop. and Hoover's organizar
ton had reduced the price of -four to
$l025. On every barrel of -four
bought the purchaser has been en-
abled to save at least $685.. As Amer
lea consumes ten million barrels OF
-four in a month, the fetal monthly
saving effected by the administration
at this one point is s6S,5OOoOO
But keeping down the cost of living
is not the primary object OF the admin
istration. 1t opposes boarding. not so
much because boarding raises prices
as because 1t keeps food out of the
market at the very times when ii is
most seriously needed The admins
tration's licensing system has practi-
cally eliminated boarding Jobbers.
wholesalers and big retailers can do
business only if they have a license.
If they are caught boarding., a forfeit
ture of their license puts them out of
business forthwith Public opinion
keeps the small retailers in line
where patriotism doesn't do ii.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-28
HOOVER ASKS YOU
TO SAVE FOOD 50
FIGHTERS CAN EAT
His Work Is to Prevent Disasters
Cutting Down RationS
Would Produce.
WILL KEEP DOWN COST
AND PREVEN BOARDING

Conservation and Control Are Twin
Tasks of Administrator Who Is Saw
ing American People s6s,oo0,ooo
Monthly on Their Wheat Flour Bill.
Sugar Enough to Feed Belgium Kept
From Candy Makers.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-28
rl,me. That Give on No Heat

A French scientist, who is keeping
the details secret, claims he has In
vented fame derived from electric
~ that VII not gave or heat.
Putnam patriot., 1917-12-28

This is the fifth article Of !,
! series on Americas war prepare ,
tons, secured from federal Off ,
/ cials by the Publicity Committee =,
+ of the Connecticut State Council +,
of Defense for publication in !,
7 Connecticut newsT apers. They ,
/ will deal with all phases OF the i,
/ nations organization for war, !,
+ and will be as compleee and in ,
/ formative as the esigencies Of ,
: military strategy will permit. ,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
BoRDERED ON TREASON

Those militant, sufragists VINO
sought to demean this government be-
fore the eyes Of the Russian mission
as the members we're approaching the
White House yesterday to present
their credentials TO President Wilson,
by displaying a banner that. attempted
to discredit the democracy Of America,
have done their cause more harm than
good. 1t was not only a foolish expe'
dent, but in the light of the present
relations between Russia and this
country bordered on a reasonable act.
These women instead of haunting the
precincts OF the White House would
accomplish more for suffrage and the
democracy of the world by diverting
their activities to the Red Cross and
otherwise promotong the patriotic
spirit OF the country.
1t is due the National Woman's Suf-
frage Association TO say. that they
have not only discountenanced the
methods o. the Congressional Union,
but have distinctly repudiated the an
moving tactics they have resorted TO.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
GREAT RECORD SCORED

The third days effort in the cam
psign to raise $4,000, Wheeling 8
Quota OF the s1oo.oOo,Ooo Red Cross
Find. resulted in subscriptions to the
amount Of nearly $4,000, which added
to the $4,000 already pledged. leaves
but 10000 to be secured to complete
this commmtty's allotment. Sons
times it is more difficult to obtain the
last $4,000 than the first. but IN tn's
instance The Intelngencer believes the
campaign will end in round up long
before the limit set at the end OF the
week.
II Is q most gratifying record THIS
cheerful giving that has been mani
tested on the part OF the generous and
sympathetic citizenship OF wheeling.
It creditable achievement that Will
rank, alongside OF cities OF much great
er financial resources. AS we over
subscribed 10 the Liberty Loan, there
is no doubt but what we shall pull up
with a surplus for the Red Cross
which will distinguish US as a people
who are thoroughly awake in patriot
ism as we'll as aroused in our humani'
tartan instincts.
We should: if. anything. be prouoet
OF our giving TO the Red Cross than our
lending TO the government. because
there was motive of Selt'interest
mingled with duty in the latter case
while our contributions TO the Red
Cross have been made through an In
terest and concern in. the welfare OF
the common Brotherhood oil the world
And while We may have had thought
. Of providing for tho comforts and care
of our own soldiers abroad. we have had
in mind the suffering and stricken OF
other nations who need our succor. ..
The function of the. Red Cross is
mot limited 10 nursing and doctorins
/. in the hospitals. There are victims OF
%German ruthlessness in the desolated
sections OF Europe who are dwelling
in sickness. poverty and despair The
! ministrations 10 these unforunaies BY
the Red Cross will be as humane
. work as that performed by the Coco
Samaritan. and il ought 10 Do su
- preme satisfaction 20 investors in the
Red Cross Fund that they arc help
ing in this great work of rehaoilitatine
stricken and helpless huEanity'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
GETTING AT 1T RIGHT

There can be no question Of the Jus
lice of taxing tho excessive protltS O.!
those who arc prohtlng most by the
war. but it is not clear that the ar0l'
.rary method employed by Congress
in declaring what are fair profits and
what are taxable profits is liable to
get what is due the government. There
are too many avenues open in the war
revenue bill for evasion through stock
watering. We should profit by Great
Rritain's experience in this feature OF
taxation. In taxing excess profits l.
has hit upon an arrangement that Is as
fair. sensible and effective as any.
perhaps. that could be devised. In
stead Of arbitrarily deciding that eight
or ten per cent is a normal profit on
the capital invested in an industry. and
taxing all in excess Of that amount,
the British Government has laid its
tax upon the amount by which current
profits exceed the average profits for
a number OF years prior 10 the war.
That is to say. it has made what no.
body could deny were war profits
stand their share Of the war expenses.
It has not attempted to say that a
given profit is normal under all cir
cumstanccs. and proceeded to treat
everything over that amount in way
calculated TO check rather than en-
courage business initiative and at the
same time TO put a premium upon in
efficiency and stock watering.
II the one purpose Of our own GOV
eminent is to tax the excessive profits
growing out OF the war. it will follow
substantially the British plan. Bust
ness and industry must have a fair
show in the matter OF war taxation,
equal, at least. to the consideration
shown 10 individuals. We may safely
tax the honey. but it would be folly
to smother the bee.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21

AND FARMING

shine. Therefore. when warm rains
come on abruptly the melting Of the
snow in the forests. because OF the
surface exposed 10 the warm air, is far
more rapid than it. Is in the open
where it is drifted. and this leads 10
; higher freshets and less enduring rum
| off from the mountain woodlands.
When rainfall is light. dead leaves,
; moss and tangles OF underground in
the forest may modify and restrict
|, the surface flow and absorption OF
water. But when rainfall is heavy and
continuous. as 1t must be TO cause
FLOODS. there is practically no differ
ence in the flow Of water in the forest
and In the open, for 1t can be shown
! that The runoft from a smooth surface
and rough one covered with debris
is equal after the rough surface be-
comes saturated. AS It is only after
all surfaces are saturated that flood
conditions occur, the rain that falls
, before saturation has little or no in
fluence on freshets.
Erosion Is much more rapid from
cultivated and neglected fields than
from forests. but this fact cannon be
accepted as justification for failure 10
clear wooded areas and grow food for
a rapidly increasing population; and
erosion my be largely reduced by pro-
iper methods Of cultivation and by keep
ing the soil we'll supplied with hunts
through a rational system OF crop ro-
tation. The greater part Of all cleared
land la broken at least once each year
and cultivated several times. or else
Is occupied by vegetation that con-
serves the moisture about as will as
1.-THE forest The forests should be pro-
tected by the State and so used by this
generation that they may continue to
produce, and eroded and barren areas
should either be returned 10 culfiva-
ton or reforeSted. provided the future
value Of the timber justifles the eX'
penditure A flood in a stream is caus-
I'd by the rain or snow that falls up
on the water shed drained by that
stream. as a rule. infinitesimalin COM
parison with the total area that catch
es the flood waters. Therefore. how
absurd TO plant trees at the head
waters of streams TO restrain floods.
when the water that makes up the
flood almost entirely comes from other
parts Of the catchment basin. Granted
that forests minimize floods. which |
do not concede. then it would be ne
cessary to reforest, not the headw aters
of streams. where the drainage area
Is small, but the broad alluvial plains
and slopes that are profitably devoted
ito agriculture.
There is no doubt that by the joint
use Of levees and impounding rcser-
voirs, the surplus water that conStl-
tutes floods can be controlled. and the
otentiality Of rivers utilized 10 do a
vast amount Of the work Of the ma
ton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
BULLS IN THE BULLETIN

That wholly redundant publication,
the Official Bulletin. edited by George
Creel and supposed to be inspired by
the administration. has been guilty OF
some queer breaks. For Instance In
one issue of that periodical the At
torney General is quoted as saying
ut is ridiculous to think that there
will be starvation or want in this coun
try. There will be sufficient food.
On the very next page the Secretary
OF Labor warns the country as FOL
lows: 1T is fact and no dream that
we may face next winter shortage OF
food for ourselves and our allies.
Such conflicting statements not only
tend 10 cause food panic, but create
confusion in the minds of those public
spirited citizens who. arc trying 10
guard against shortage in our food
supply.
Some very pointed questions are be-
ing asked by inQuisitive Senators in
regard to the origin. authority and eA'
pense of the Official Bulletin. which 80
far as intelligent observation goes has
no possible excuse for existing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
A SIGNIFICANT CITATION

In an interview puOllShed IN nus
burgh paper Enrico Alotta, minister
OF transportation in the Italian cabinet.
and with the omission now. visltiS IN
the United States. said that the great
est urgency in his country was food.
fuel. ammunition and ordnance ma.
terialS, and that their dependence for
these supplies rested solely on this
country. In this connection SiGnor
A;otta made this significant observa-
ton on the conditions he found in a
tour of Pittsburgh's industries1
In the plant Of the Carnegie Steel Com
many in Homestead this afternoon we
were told by the superintendent that the
workers cannot be kept at Work more
than two or three or four days week.
Some means should be employed TO Keep
these men for At least six days. IL has
he. Il estimated conServativelY that pro
duction of at least 10000 tons or steer
daily is lost through the failure OF the
men 70 work full time. | AM told they
make such high wages that they are sat
iSfied with two or three days pay. Then
they leave the mills and take TO drink
ing =
This was one Of the troubles Eng
land had TO contend with at the out
break Of the war. in keeping the work
irgman at his tasks, and liquor was
the seduccr there Just as it was pointed
10 obtaining at Homestead. If it is true
that an actual loss Of 10000 tons OF
steel is caused by this delinquency 1t
is a serious matter in the face Of the
unusual demand. the vital necessity
we can say. OF this staple industrial
product There is no law making such
work compulsory. but there is rem
edv at hand which can be made ef'
fective in suppressing the temptation
to loaf. If the men themselves cannot
be- made to realize their patriotic OBJ
legation in this matter then it is time
10 suppress the business that draws
them from. their work. And In the
final accounting they. roo, will be I'M
measuarably benefited.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
Washington News Of .
Interest To West Va.

WASHINGTON. d. G.. June 20.
There is one West FirGinian in the
central organization Of tn" national
council Of defense. He IS W. II. Ritter
and he has a homo at WEIGH. w. Va. He
also has one At columbus. -. ana AN
other one hire in Washington.
Mr. Ritter Is rich man ana n" nHS
made his wealth himself. IL is Inc. re-
suit OF business qualifications. IN en-
tranrdirary ability /" do. big thlnES VI
big vet quiet way and the p"SScSsi",t
Of a personality Of dominant klnu
which stamps him 49, Il master ou'Iats
and organizer a"'nnE mon WI" iete
high rs being both,
Mr. Ritter is IL ,amber specialist. tie
knows that business from the tree w
tho finished pro1mct His great success
VAS marked him in the trade as r.. ma
tionally known figure. Great .pll,.'r
acement of mills and IN" direction ~
Extensive salesmanship-thrse are the
things which developed his superior
abilities to nm extent amounting 10 GO
Mus. And set, with Il all ms man
IF lowering talent and commanding
pow.r in business, general In com
,norcc and q multimillnnnirc from ths
fruits Of his labors In West Virginia
and other stntcs. may no Said 70 ne
not 50 we'll known /" West ElrEin'anS
srmo negative individual who has
sought the limeliSht and str"it"d his
bri"f moment within its whit" gieams';
Whoever tipped the national council
Of defense of to Mr.. Ritter. If Nelch.
ia n man to whose advice and shEGcs-
ton an eager car should b" ever turned:
Moreover, he did that organization and
ih.. national government itself an in
valuable service. That is what every
hody save who has come in contact with
this strong. clcar-vistnncd. short and
cIear-spcakinC man. TO stand In the
presence Of Ritter Is 70 rnel that you
arc in The presrnr" 81 no ordinary ar-
cragc. commonplace man NJ business
He's BIG.
Mir. Ritter is a member nf the .lum-
her committee Of the council. 1t ia.
by no means. as important place as
his exceptional talents tor organization
md command entities him To. But It
ia n cog in the wheel of preparedness
Ur docs his work. NJ ho does every
thing. with dispatch. ,hprouShness. sue
cess 1t is more Il matter of price-ilx-
ing.
Nr, Ritter should be cnst for bigger
things men here say who have come
"a know him and respect with sort
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
JOIN. now.

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post thou not understand
The call hath come from out Red Cross
Tho world doth suffer pain and loss
Yield tribute TO our land.
Join now! Join now!
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Give aid against disease
Against the wounds and misery
OF those who fare beyond the sea-
To leave us safe al ease.
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Thou canst not be content
To fail the call. the far-fung cry
Our Allies and our own men die
Their blood together blent.
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Come. show that thou art lcal
War sweeps the world but many live
Thy treasure and thy service give
Deep wounds bravo scars TO heal.
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Our men put forth to sea;
Tho pirate boat may send thrm down.
Though brave thsir smile. or Stern thci
frown
And grim their loyalty.
Join now! join now!
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The war-vow thrills our land;
come. heed the call Of our Rcd Cross.
I'm brilliant gain. in bitter loss.
We need thy helniug hand.
Join now! Join now!
Virginia Campbell Thompson.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21

DO YOU believe that the turning o
forest areas into cultivated fields: pas
ture lands, vineyards and orchards
and the subjugation of the wilderness:
OF the needs or civilization. has IN
creased floods or harmful y altered the
flow of rivers over farming lands
As a matter of fact. the climate o.
the continent has not been ln1uriOuSl!
affected as the cries OF wild animals
have been succeeded by the song OF me
husbandmen and the hum OF human IN
dustry, and the dreary wastes Oh
prairie and wood followed by lrulttu
farms and beautiful cities; and the
conveniences and Injuries OF modern
transportation and that the average
flow and the average low water auc
the average hig h water OF a vast rlVel
system has not been altered. So mucf
for averages: but how about the fire
ouency of devastating floods?
When the Seine inundated Paris sew
eral years ago the American press al
most unanimously ascribed the dlsas
ter to the deforestration OF the valley
of the Seine. But NJ. Belgrade anc
other French engineers. who had MADE
the NEUROLOGY Of this valley a specia
study. show quite the contrary 10 DC
the case. Mr.. Ernest Lauder, chief Of
the photographic Bureau OF the Aus
trlan Government, recently made an
exhaustive study and report OF the MS
torv Of the floods Of the Danube. the
great river OF Central Europe, for SN
years, taking into account l20 differ
emit floods. His conclusions are. tna'
progressive demonstration OF the couit
try has had no effect in increasing
the frequency OF floods or In augment
ing their heights. He showed tha'
the flood OF 1899, which was summer
flood, was severest where IT came 1Ton
the heavily wooded district.
At the tenth International Congress
Of Irrigation, held at Milan in 1908
papers were presented by the repre-
sentatiYes from France. Germany
Italy, Austria and Russia, In which tne
writers heartily favored the protee
ton and cultivation OF the forests
But these writers were unanimous II
the opinion that forests exercise little
influence either on the high water OF
the low water of rivers. Brigadler
General H. NJ. Chittenden, Enginee,
Corps, U. S. Army. retired, for years
In charge Of Government works in the
Yellowstone National Park. and or
the Missouri. Ohio and other rivers
and of reservoir surveys in arid re
rions, and member of the engineer
Commission on the control Of the floods
of the Sacramento River, has shown
that in the Yellowstone National Park
and similar regions the forests pro
tect the snow from drifting, melting
and evaporating during the winter
while in the open there is much drift
Ing and an early clearing up OF those
places we'll exposed to wind and sun
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21
LIQUOR AND FOOD PROBLEM

II we are going to make the conser-
walton Of food effective it has not yet
been clear why the liquor interests
should be excepted from restraint in
their use Of foodstutts. They are IN
der the ban In European countries. and
there does DOT seem to be any reason
for relieving the brewers and distillers
Of this country from doing their bit"
in the war emergency. There is bill
pending in the Senate. which Is good
enough as far as it goes; but it is dis
criminative. and as the facts reveal,
hits the smallest end OF the problem,
vhiskeJ. Beer, it seems. calls for
more foodstun basis m its manufacture
than distilled spirits. The manutac-
turers Of liquor have been claiming
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-21

rhst their use OF foodstuffs has been
negligible In comparison with the sup
piy. but this is refuted by Il careful
computation by informed authorities
which shows that for the year ending
June So, last year the brewers Of the
country used 1855, lO%.596 pounls OF
foodstuffs and the disrillcrs 3,7I7 1902
14S pounds.
But there is discount due the dis
tillers, due to the fact that a quantity
of distilled spirits equivalent to 30 per
cent OF the years output was used for
denaturatiou. government. and scien-
tiic purposes. or export as alcohol
This reduces to 1,SSS.S04.S74 pounds
the foodstuffs used By distiuers for
alcoholic beverages. Thus the brewers
used in making alcoholic beverages
nearly twice as much foodstufts as the
distIlers. Besides, the brewers used
37,451.61o pound Of hops. These are
not food, but on +he basis OF the last
census acreage, the land used for hops
If planted to potatoes would produce
over 100000 bushels of potatoes. II
war prohibition is to save foodstuffs
1t must prohibit beer and other malt
liquors as we'll as the distilled liquors.
And as a matter of equity we cannot
make fish OF one and flesh Of another.