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4 violating the Elemental Purpose
v of Democratic Government

The minimum price for wheat is vlrtu-
ally subsidy on wheat at the expense OF
other food products, complains The
Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune:
"This guarantee to single product seems
unjust as a principle and unwise as poiicy'
It violates the elemental purpose OF demo,
cratic government, which assures equal
rights to all, special privileges to none ana
in doing so creates an artificial excess IN one
industry that must be met by correspond
ing deficiency in others, unless economic law
has ceased to operate.
"The inception of the policy, like that OF
other unfortunate war policies, seems due to
initiating the British policy and without TAX
ing heed of the difference in conditions"
A radical step, perhaps toward Social
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truth, which the world always has known but
which parrot reiteration has rendered mean
ingless. that agriculture is the basic indus
try. A world on rations has awakened.
THAT world is no longer afraid of mere
words. You can't scare anybody to-day with
Socialism Nobody shudders at subsidy. II
has got to have subsidy, agri-
culture can demand subsidy, too, with just
as good grace. If manufacturing thrives on
subsidy, so can agriculture. If the ultimate
consumer can pay a profit to the manufact-
urer of shoes, socks, silk shirts, collars, belts
and Panama hats, he can also pay the farmer
a protlt.
"And what of the ultimate consumer?
Must the government look out for him, too
Whv not? II is as gracious and honorable
an occupation, we submit, for the govern
ment TO see that hundred thousand people
get a fair wage and that their living condl-
tions are up to the American standard as it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
>e America Gets Dictator and the Sun Rises Usual

to take hold" says "The Denver Rocky
Mountain News"
An echo of the national measure sounds
from Albany, where in special session,
called by Governor Whitman, the State
Legislature, apparently not in full at
tendance, has been planning food con-
troll bill, designed to relieve stress locally.
The measure, as favored by Governor
Whitman, will provide food commission
Of three men, to be named by him; the
creation Of state and municipal food COM
missions, with power to buy fdodstuffs and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
n elieves the War Would Be Over
u Had America Stayed Out

The Observation-Disclosures Krieger-
Zeitung," of Cleyeland, official organ of
one of the largest and most influential
German-American societies, boldly states
"The United States declared war on Ger
many to help England. Without
this participation on the part of the United
States the war would probably now be over"
And it also prints this panegyric on the
German U-boat war:
"she the United Statesl alone is able to
help; If her plans miscarry the fate of the
Allies is sealed, thanks to the effectiveness
Of the U-boats. And Germany's aims may be
fulfilled before the American assistance can
make itself felt
at is a hopeless fight the Allies are con-
tinuing. = The disclosures by the Ger
man Chancellor of the Allies robber at
tempts, in which also revolutionary Russia
took part, and the impudent demands Of
LLOYD George wipe out the hope for an early
peacel.'
The "VoIksblatt," of Cincinnati, works
hard TO bring about an early peace that
will mean German peace, saying:
"The answer TO all peace propositions is
that at present only a rotten peace could be
concluded. This rotten peace would last at
least fifty years. For so long period, at
least, the peoples are cured Of all warlike
sentiments"
OF course, Germany should not be beat
en-, but should be given an opportunity to
prepare for another world war IN the
opinion of the German-language press.
A favorite trick of the German press
here is to depict the situation of the Allies
as hopeless. In this connection the
"Brooklyner Freie Presse' says:
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feel more pity for our assailants than re-
sentiment against them. They probably pro-
foundly pity themselves-but what can they
do? The great majority of the newspapers
in this country that are crying out for the
suppression of the German-language press
NAV not be owned by Lord Northcliffe,
but they patiently take their inspira-
ton from him.
And that by the publisher of the paper
which figured in Eugen Richter's disclos
Tres about a certain type of newspapers
three decades ago! -.
Q trikes Right Out, Right
y and Left
The articles on "The Encircling Of Ger
many" published by the "New-Yorker
Staats-Z eitung" are also carried by the
"Wachter und Anzeiger," of Cleveland.
That paper vehemently attacks both our
government and our Allies:
"Of course Lloyd George spoke also on
Americas motives in entering the war; ana
said that he regarded these motives as OF an
ideal nature. They are just as ideal as those
of the other Entente states, which, as Lloyd
George said with much emphasis, don't carry
on a war Of conquest, but war OF liberation
And vet two minutes later he limited that the
Rhine will be the future frontier of Ger
many. In Germany they will be able to Judge
this idealism according to its merit. The
manner in which Wilson worked his way into
this war, the way in which he exploited the
Mexican incident, in which he fired the pas
SONS of his people to the boiling point-all
this and the thousandfold assurances by the
German government that it wishes to have
peace with America do not prevent Lloyd
George stating to the whole world that Ger
many provoked the declaration Of war by the
United States The U-boat war? The Ger
man people are absolutely convinced that 1t
was only Americas pretext, just as the viola
ton of Belgian neutrality was a pretext to
England In fact, there were other things at
stake. America was chained to England's pol
icy by her loans in this war, just as France
was formerly chained TO Russia. The connec-
tions OF immense financial and economic in
terests in America and England would have
had catastrophical consequences to America
One of the boldest and most insidious
papers in this country is
the "Tagliche Illinois Staats-Zeitung," of
Chicago, which contends that Franco
longed for war and England brought about
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the present world conflict. 1t concludes:
England has kept her navy modified since
1918, and already, at that early date, had
begun renting rooms in Calais for the army
now alleged to have been put in motion only
on account of the Belgian demand for help!"
The Observation-Disclosures Schweizer-
Zeitung," which was exposed for its pro-
Kaiser policy three weeks ago in The Trib-
une, admits that the Alsatians living in
this country desire to see their native land
returned to France. But then the paper
continues:
"And the Asatians and Lorrainais on the
other side of the ocean? The Diet and the
Upper House of Alsace-Lorraine have stated
by unanimous vote that they belong to Ger
many and have nothing to do with France.
This was an official statement. And during
the last forty-fve years the conditions have
immensely changed. The country has wit
messed an immense industrial prosperity, has
made such progress that no far-sighted Alsa.
tan or Lorrainais desires restoration to
France"
To brighten the Americans into with
drawal from the war, the California DEM
okrat," of San Francisco, paints this pict-
ure of the situation in England with Prus-
sian blue:
"The crews of shipwrecked Allied ships
that had been sunk by German U-boats arrive
at Cardiff nearly every day. The English
destroyers don't dare any more to leave the
harbors for the purpose of hunting German
U-boats, because it has been emphaticslly
demonstrated that they cannot attain any
success. . a.. The conditions in England
are becoming more and more desolate; even
financially conditions are rotten, although the
English are allowed to pay the United States
with long term notes"
Of course the California Demokrat"
also repeats the oft-repudiated lie that
France started military hostilities against
Germany on August 2, 1914. e., before
the declaration of war by the Berlin gov
eminent.
\X1hat, t. About Deported l., Prisoners
w Those Forced to Work.
The readers of Der Deutsche Core
spondent," of Baltimore, are informed that
the prisoners held in districts occupied by
the Germans are satisfied with the tres.-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
ism-this is a common verdict on the bill
SAYS 1.-The Lincoln State Journal:

lSm-thlS IS common VerOlct on the plii
Says "The Lincoln State Journal:
at is doubtful whether any measure Of the
national Congress, not excepting the conscrip-
ton act, has been of more direct effect upon
the affairs of individual Americans than Will
be the food control law which is to take ef-
feet to-day or tomorrow. The law IS not
important alone because Of its practical
workings, but also because Of the revolt
tionary principle which it involves. 1t rep
resents an economic and political right-about-
face for the United States.
"Hitherto we have trusted 10 natural law,
the free play of economic forces, to ldissez
fnire. for the adjustment of our relations as
producers and as buyers and sellers. Where
the government has interfered, as by anti
trust laws, it has been for the purpose OF
preventing interferences with these natural
movements We have tried to maintain
free field for the play of competition, no
more.
perhaps if we had succeeded in this, the
result would have been sufficient. But we
did not succeed. Monopoles grew in spite
of US. We overlooked underlying causes OF
monopoly, such as control of sources OF raw
material and laws granting special privi-
leges, and our efforts to destroy monopoly
came to little. Now we stop that effort We
accept such monopoly as there is, take under
government control such free play OF supply
and demsnd as there is, and undertake con-
sciously 20 direct the production and dlstri-
button OF goods in the public interest For
natural tendencies we substitute conscious
control"
The argument is carried forward by
"The Daily Oklahoman" thus:
"For the government to guarantee the farm
err a profit is an innovation which the war
not only justified but necessitates. What es-
sential difference is there, as regards policy,
for the government to guarantee the farmer
a profitable margin on his wheat, and the
long-established practice, under the tariff, Of
government-guaranteed profit to the manu-
facturer?
This war is SCATTERING traditions. 1t is
showing, among other things, the capacity
even the aptitude, of government for greater
functioning 1t is bringing out wildly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
@ P n America 7nhamnered Pleads the Cause of Berlin

ment accorded to them by the conquerors.
It is not stated, however, whether those de-
ported and forced to work for the Germans
are included among the Satisfied" French.
men.
Also the "Westlche Post" of st. Louis,
praises the treatment of prisoners of war
informed in Germany, adding:
"How fine it would be if in Germany they
were sure that their own sons, who are pris-
oners of war in enemy countries, enjoy the
same humane treatment"
This paper defends German brutalities,
and hints also that the reports emanating
from the Allies are "lies with purpose"
Says the "Westliche POST:
"A German U-boat, it is said, placed on her
deck the crew of sunken British ship and
then drowned them by submerging. Only one
man was saved, to tell the story. There is
no other purpose"
The "New-Yorker Herold" knows very
we'll that no German paper is allowed to
publish any military secrets. For any such
attempt an editor would be court-mar-
tailed and shot. German newspaper state
ments regarding German rear positions
must be regarded as fiction approved by
the Kaiser's General Staff. Nevertheless,
the New Yorker Herold" solemnly pub
lished last Monday a translated article
that had appeared in the Berlin ''Lokal-
Anzeiger" of July 1, and reads in part;
"The present fighting line must be looked
upon as only the advance posts Of the real
defensive works. The latter have depth of
so to 60 kilometres, and they do not consist
of diagonal lines which must be yielded, but
Of a series Of criss-cross trenches, subterrs-
mean chambers and similar means of defen-
sive warfare"
BY the very act of printing it the "Her-
old" confesses that this story was designed
to dishearten America. When the paper
started its English columns it carried for
long period on its front page the follow
ing statement: ITO spread among Ameri-
cans enlightenment about the war, its
causes and its history. Friends of the Ger
man cause should win new readers for the
English columns as far as possible" BY
this statement it admitted that its English
columns are devoted to propaganda,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

~,pr1TED with war sensations, the
.ountry nevertheless recognized in
y - massage of the food control bill
ornointment Of Herbert c. Hoover
= s ID indications Of a new deal in
$ .Slirg of domestic affairs, espe-
= - ' :. regards the necessities of life,
y! - ,opntry bows to this new dictator
. - -,;,b marked equanimity.
~ - three months for the bill to pass
italy as it was first submitted,
> e. the long drawn out debates in
80. '...s amendments and White House
fences. During these months, while
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

!. Loyal Citizen Of German Birth
4 THE greatest bond of unity in ma
tional life is community of Ian
guage, and tn; German-language
s9ers in the United States, from sheer
erGal considerations do their Bit TO
rsTsnt the German immigrants learning
vernacular and thus becoming Amerl-
a-1ed. The Germans able to read Eng
e papers are not subscribers TO the
ss-nan sheets, which deserve all the con-
<saaton heaped upon them.
Ssez1se Of them thousands of our pop
.aoon Of German stock are disloyal.
.h'y I've together in communities, unin-
-'en'sd by Anericanism and encouraged
nelf devotion 10 the Kaiser by a rep
= press. 1t is a dismal fact that many
''nans who came TO our shores because
n'eontsnt over conditions in the Faith
saa1, having then little or no senti-
~'lAl attachment 20 Prussianism, be-
.ne fabid o-Kaiserites in this country
Aoerty and unlimited opportunities
Vt ney had been a few years under
Influence Of the German-language
n and societies Of the German-Amer-
a. alliance type.
ne German-language press is not con-
= merely 10 gloat over German victor
plead the cause Of Berlin, TO attack
a'i'ss and their motives; it even dares
~ 70 take sides against this country,
ing the essential principles upon
VA he American policy is built.
MY Demagogues and Idiots Re-
we're the Monroe Doctrine
~" NE "Detroiter Abendposp at the
~xfoe Doctrine.
srss,..a not justified II is not right, bat
al II there IL an unsubstan-
N. 'p 81 paper II IL our Monroe Doe
o. The Monroe Doctrine ia, in
! h..... ssaa letter, a. IL has been since the
i - 49,, american government butted into
h. -, -. OF Old Europe with the proyoeA-
II, u o. taanes and arms Only idiots
/ ~ A ,.saahuy sod dsmsgogusg on the other
ss>ss /. ~s ocean continue 20 foolishly talk
I TX ne Monroe Doetrinsl. IL never
Dsns according 70 international
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

year and possible dispossession of tenant
farmers is seen by "The Dallas Morning
News:
"a scarcity of corn and other grains Is
one of the possible results of putting this
heavy bonus on wheat growing. II
we should gain our superabundance of wheat
at the cost of scarcity in corn and other
grains, the net effect would be of doubtful
value at best It is at least conceivable that
81 wheat will make 81 corn, while 1t is Ger
tain that the price of corn and of other agri-
cultural commodities will go high, because
much of the acreage usually devoted to corn
and other crops will be given over to wheat
Even here in Texas, which has rarely pro-
duced as much as 2O,OCOOOO bushels of wheat,
people are talking of 5O,OOOOOO harvest
next year. The fact probably is that those
who insisted in putting this provision in
the food control bill were acting under the
urge of political considerations chiefly, and
thew became so infatuated with these that
the probable economic effects did not occur
20 them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
A Diverse Criticism Concerns Itself
n First Over Wheat Prices

"The distinct defect, the blot, in fact,
upon the food control bill" observes 1.-The
Vicksburg Herald"
"is the provision for a minimum wheat
price which only as the result Of speculation
or adverse trade conditions now comfortable
can be exceeded by the record maximum
Any minimum price fixing is of questionable
motive and doubtful merit"
"The Christian Science Monitor" also
deplores the minimum price fixture on
the ground that it means little to the con-
sumer unless there is also a maximum
price. "The Monitor" phrases itself thus:
"The minimum price for coal or flour or
for potatoes might be fixed at rate entirely
acceptable to the dealer and the customer
but IL no maximum limit is fixed, extortlon
can be practised under public, as freely and
as generally, as it is under private control
Danger of diminished corn crop next
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

aced, lies Lloyd George. All criminal poll
ticians deal shamelessly with the patient
word liberty"
The readers of the "Abendpost' are
told that the United States has no cause
to 90 to war. On this subject the paper
says:
"show us the purpose for which we are
expected to fight and we will participate with
heart and soul and all we have. But what
have we to hight for? Certainly not for Eng
lands megalomania in this century"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
A Fine Example Of Prussian
n Press Agency

Insinuating that the war is President
Wilson's war, the "Detroiter Abendpost
says: "The period of delusion in the his
tory of the United States probably can
not be ended before 1920" (Observe that
this is when the term Of President Wilson
ends. A subtle bit Of Prussian press
agency Also the Allies motives are i'm
pugned: "A paper on the payroll Of Eng
land states sentimentally that liberty is
the only purpose the Allies fight for. And
yet Great Britain is the country which
has unclaimed, and keeps in slavery a
considerable part of the world"
That we are fighting militarism and
autocracy is thus derided by the "Abend-
post:
Diplomacy and lies are identical. Read
the speech our Ambassador Page has made
in the Guild Hall Nt Plymouth. The man has
mustered the impudenee 20 say that we are
curing the world Of the deadly illness Of
railitarism at the very time when this same
Illness is being introduced in our country.
And America pretends 10 represent demoe-
raeyi"
The British Premier is thus character
lied:
1.-The national liberty Of England is men,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
~ he Food Bill-A Grave Advent
ure of Free Government

If not a socialistic step, the bill is GER
tainly a "grave adventure Of free gov
eminent" according to "The Wheeling
Intelligencer," a bill that strained the
elasticity of the Constitution as its limita-
tons have never before been stretched
one of the most daring adventures the
American democracy has ever set out
upon"
"The Columbia State" also thinks It,
though necessary, a supreme experiment
and adds:
eve are getting ahead. The passage Of
the draft act was one indication; the inal
acceptance of the food bill by the Senate IS
another. Americans realize that they are IN
the war and that the whole country must be
put on basis which will insure the winning
Of the war"
Incidentally, the passage Of the bill and
Hoover's first pronunciamento have called
out a wave of tribute to the man Hoover.
"The Boston Transcript" says:
ave know that he is able, wise and expert
enced and we also know that he is honest and
unselfish Possessing the confidence of the
country, he gives full and square notice that
the food administration will not hesitate to
apply to the full the drastic, coercive power
that Congress has conferred"
"The food control measure passed Con-
gress because there was a man prepared
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19

bread in New York, "The Toledo Times"
says:
"HerbNrt Hoover becomes the food dictator
with power to FIX prices and direct dstribu-
ton. Watch the price of bread fall when he
gets into action. Watch the men who have
been taking profit of tense situation scurry
for cover as soon as Hoover takes command.
II is high time the nation had food die
tator"
"The Birmingham Age-Herald," see
ing in the bills passage a victory for
President Wilson over sinister and greedy
forces, says:
GOOD control will be put into effect i'm
mediately, and its beneficial results will
shortly be felt Manipulation of food prod
ucts, which has become a national scandal,
will stop The high cost of living will be
lowered for the American people, and our
resources will be conserved for the successful
prosecution of the war. The food pirate will
be thing of the past, and his baleful &C
tivity will no longer menace the poor OF our
large cities with actual starvation"
omplete Satisfaction Must Not
~ Be Looked For
Warnings against too extravagant ex-
pectations are sounded by "The New York
Times" Mr.. Hoover will need support,
SAYS "The Times" because cit may be
said that at no time and under no condi-
tons has it been possible to provide So
luton of the differences between buyer
and seller, producer and consumer, in any
manner satisfactory to both, otherwise
than by agreement. Compulsory bargains
may meet emergencies, but complete salts
faction is not to be looked for" More
over. "The Times" continues, "the fact
that some food taken from here is sold
cheaper across the ocean is not reason
to expect that prices can be equally cheap
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law and the morals of the world. What
arguments will we be able to use against
Japan when her programme has progressed
TO such a point that she is able to plan to
drive us out of the Philippines, Hawaii and
Samoa, and even to come to Mexico?
And the Japs will come, as sure as the sun
rises in the East and sets in the West
The responsibility for the war is placed
at the door of England by the "Detroiter
Abendpost" in an editorial which says:
According to the universal opinion of the
people. Great Britain is exclusively respon-.
sible for the war and the misery caused
by it,"
After contending that France distrusts
the English, the same editorial observes
that the English treat all inhabitants OF
Northern France unfit for military SER
vice like slaves, and don't even exempt
women and children from their brutali-
ties"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
Ready for Work

hundred million strong, the man who gives
food control life and force"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
WI hat About Deported Prisoners
w Those Forced to Work.

The readers of der Deutsche Core
spondent," of Baltimore, are informed that
the prisoners held in districts occupied by
the Germans are satisfied with the trea.-
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recovery from the wars evils and ext
gencies."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-21

ooh, Beauty, my guest!"
Edith M. Thomas.