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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
PHILIPPINE
PAPER MONEY
BELOW PAR
Merchants Hoard
ing Silver and Forcing
Paper Down.

Manila, Oct. 31.-Philippine paper
money is quoted below par by the vast
army of Chinese merchants who con-
troll 80 per cen of the retail business
Of the islands. Silver coins, including
the peso, the bullion in which is now
worth $1.16, are being quoted by Chi
nePe merchants at q ten per cent adj
vance. Meanwhile the government is
considering measures to cope with
the situation which is regarded as a
serious ena to the commercial
prosperity of retail business here. The
average Chinese retailer today refuses
to make sales unless the purchaser
has with him the exact change neces-
sary. II he presents a two pes bill
for. payment-the two peso bill being
the smallest paper currency in use
he is told that he must accept a
ten per cent discount on it or go
without the goods. At the same time.
the Chinese are paying a peso for 90
centavos in silver coin.
The chief factor in causing the pres
ent situation is declared to be in
creaaing business. Philippine trade
has gone ahead sc rapidly in recent
months that the circulation Of money
in the islands has not kept pace with
~ 4AleHs .cAInS ToCeHI, ADVANCES In the
price Of silver, increasing the value of
the peso tps.ffteen c~entavos above par.
Prohibited by law from exporting sill
yer pesos, the. Chinese r said to
be boarding them. There is a sus-
picion also that they are exporting
the bullion obtained from melting
them down. although there is a law
on the local statute books forbidding
melting Of coins.
This boarding a withdrawn many
silver pesos from circulation. Their
work has been don by the smaller
coins, fifty, twenty, ten and five cen
tayo pieces and the burden Of trade
has been too great for them to carry.
The refusal of Chinese storekeepers
to give change is regarded as indica-
ton that they are boarding the small
err coins also.
Several months ago the insular gov
ernment saw the danger to the peso
in the increasing price Of silver and
authorized the Philippine National
bank, the government institution, to
contract for the printing of 1000. 900
peso bills. 1t is the intention also to
ask the insular legislature for author
ity to issue up to $4,00o,0 900 in bills.
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Miners Driven From !.
Bingham, Utah, Would
Prosecute Citizens

Salt Lake City, Oct. 31.-Four off
Gals Of the Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers union, who declare they
were driven from Bingham by a group
of vigilantes last week, have appealed
to the county attorney for criminal
complaints against the committee of
Bingham citizens.
Leaders of the Citizens Protective
association, said to be responsible for
driving the men from the city, declar-
ed that they intended to see the men
did not return. They asserted that the
presence. of the men in Bingham was
intended al a ~forerunner for a. general.
strike among the copper mine work.
erS. :
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Prisoner Would Buy
Bond If Released, But
Proposal Is Rejected

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Oct. s1.-Jo-
seph F.. Jones, arrestedSlast week aft
er he had cursed the president, .coun-
try, and Liberty bond issues, on being
approached to buy a bond, today
called for United States Deputy Mar
shall Healy and stated that he would
buy a Liberty bond if the marshal
would release him from Jail.
He was told by the marshal that he
would have either to furnish the $2,-
900 bond or wait in jail until next
spring at which time his case will be
heard. He has been transferred from
the city Jail to the county Jail at
Marion.
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LICENSES

Washington, Oct. Shy proclama-
tion, President Wilson has designated
the bureau Of mines to enforce the act
Of congress regulating the manufac-
ture and possession of explosives,
which becomes effective November is,
Tor the duration OF the war. Under the
tributing or susing explosives, except
small arms or shotgun cartridges must
be licensed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-31
MISS JULIA CROSBY HoNoRpD.

Toxic, Oct. 31.-Miss Julia n.
Crosby of Yokohama. has been in
vested with the order of Blue Ribbon
by the Japanese emperor. Miss
Crosby is "a years old. and for forty
six years has been engaged in the
work Of the 'Women's Union Mission
airy society. The honor is conferred
in recognition of her labors in the ed
ucation Of Japanese girls. as well as
of her works of charity. Miss Crosby
is the Oldest daughter of the late
Prot. Henry William Crosby Of New
York.
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Milk Producers Serve
Ultimatum On Dealers
Demanding Higher Price

Elgin, Ill, Oct. 31.-Milk producers
of this district, after being notified by
the certain milk distributors that they
would pay but $500 per hundred
weight for milk in November, issued
a counter notice that. unless the Oc-
tober price. $3.42 was increased to
1911. the dealers would get no milk
from them. -
The dairymen claimed TO be act
ing as individuals rather than as
members Of the Elgin Milk Pro-
ducers' association.
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through Switzerland states that con-
templating the prospects ola fourth
winter campaign. the Socialist leader
said
'You. have not evidently an exact
of what war means. We
have had 1900, 900 dead; three or
four million wounded. of whom $780,
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900 arc crippled for life. and two mil.
lion absolutely invaded. That makes
altogether six million men lost dur,
ing three years.'
1t is stated that official information
confirmatory Of these figures have
been in possession OF American off,
cials for some time.
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Toca Abandons Efforts
To Form New Cabinet

Madrid, Oct. 31.-Joaquin Sanchez
Toca. former president of the nj
last night abandoned his attempt to
form a new cabinet. He was charged
with the task early in the day by King
Alfonso. -
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SIX MILLION MEN
GERMANY'S WAR LOSS

Washington, Oct: s1.--Germany
lost six million men in the three years.
Of war, according to a declaration
made in the rSchstag by the Inde-
pendent Socialist, Ledebour. A report
of his speech reaching Washington
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CASTRO TO LIVE IN NfEx1Co.

Mexico City, Oct. Silt is report
ed here that Cipriano Castro former
dictator Of Venezuela has bought a
sugar plantation in the state Of Vera
Cruz and shortly will come to Mexico
to live.
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PAGE SEVEN.

PUBLIC HAIR BRUSH RAN1gED.s
New Orleans Oct 21.---FubIic nj
|of hair brushes tn Eoui1iana aftoi|
March !, Is prohibited under. III
amendnnsnt TO Ii ssanitarys code
adopted today by the state board III
health. Barber shops and railroaSe
trains are specifically forbidden IA
have brushes for common use.
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spite Of these difficulties they pushed
their line forward and established
contact with the Canadians on their
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-31

workers. It is faIsity to state that
the working class is prospecting.
There are millions of dollars going
to waste for the workers. Instead Of
worrying about wages, why don't
they set their mind at thinking out
a better way? Why don't they worry
about the heaps of their own money
that is wasted by lack of proper in
vestment?-Pierre NoIet.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-31

u4OllCy VI L4C uA44OA40a
How much would the union really
save if it cut out these middlemen
and manufactured the products it
self, or at least purchased them di-
rectly from the manufacturer for dis
tribution among its members and the
workers at large?
1t is often said that the labor union
is nothing but business enterprise.
l doubt even this, on the ground that
no sound business concern would
throw its money away so negligently
as the labor union. A business con-
Germ let's its money earn as much as
possible and therefore extends it's
producing power according to the
growth Of its capital.
1 rather regard the labor union as
an institution for the benefit of her
opponents.
1t is said that the Ford company
made a clear profit of $59,OO0,OOO on
an invested capital of $20,0OO,OO0.
This profit was made under a mini
mum wage scale of SIS per day of
eight hours. Mail order houses are
making almost double the amount
that their capital stock is worth. It
is not uncommon that shares are sold
at a hundred per cent, and even
more, above par. These profits rep
resent labor. They are the interest
on the labor of the workers, which is
pocketed by those who never work.
ed for it,
If the unions combined should
start factories for the manufacture
of certain commodities and sold the
products at a fair price, how long
would it take them to run the whole
blamed world of manufacture and
commerce and make the workers the
owners of their own products of la
Dor? How much would be left of
big private interest after twenty
years, business administration blythe
unions?
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Vestment?-PIerre Nolet.
BREATH Is LIFE.-Lloyd George
has without doubt a great future be-
fore him, according to our Day Book
reading. If brother George had one
or two years Of extra responsibility
he would kill himself, or others, or
be placed in restraint.
Having had educational advan-
tages fitting him for his present posi-
ton, it does not become a nerve and
brain racking position to him, more
as a second nature, but two years or
three with extra responsibility in his
present position would result in the
above and the bodily organs most
likely. to suffer would be the bile, kid
ney and circulation.
All indications point to ending Of
the war next May, about, the 22d or
25th; meanwhile, bear in mind-seas
dyed with blood. VitatiVeness cling
ing to live is located just back of the
ear, slightly below the center. It is
not equally developed in Lloyd
George.
One point that sets at naught all
bump feelers' predictions when they
cannot advise as to correct breath
ing, diet, hygienic laws, for a phre-
nologist is merely a bump feeIer, not
a scientist, and it is this most impor-
tant fact: AT time of our birth our
length of life, lung capacity, was de-
teTTnined according to the caDacitV
of breath impaired by the mother.
Now when, after Is years, you
went back to the old home town
there was that elderly lady with the
kind word and happy smile on her
face, but she still had that awful
cough and you, as well as all the
neighbors, thought she would die at
any time. and that young fellow of
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TO VICTORY OR To Death!

trotic and liberal press-the greatest safeguards Of
liberties of the people-then we could have taken our
time to raise this sustaining fund for which the League
has asked and which must have If to preserve
to the people the fundamental democratic rights and
liberties without which free people cannot survive
As it is, however time Is going TO be the decisive
element IN the campaign, and whatever is done must be
done without moments delayl
1t is not for us to decide what you individual
shall do in this crisis Many are conserving their re-
sources and wisely So but your plan Of conservation
should not be that will actually aid tho eneny in its
campaign to stamp out of your life everything that
makes 1t worth living.
that course is the only honorable one that true
patriot can take; and we are going to win against the
greatest odds we ever expect TO again encounter; But
ST1NTED SUPPORT OF EVERY PATRIOT IN THE
NATION AT THIS VERY HOURl
Whether we like 1t or not, this Is one time when
the slackers and the true blue patriots going to be
separated. Every man must stand up and Be counted
The lines going to be drawn, not by but by
dtons over which we have no CONTROL and before the
paper who has red blood In his veins and who prizes
the liberties which were consecrated to him In the blood
Of his fathers to step out and volunteer to dht With
VS. until VictOry perches upon our banner. -
h 1t Is plea for your money, true enough, but you
can give that easier than anything else you possess
You can donate your money without leaving your fire.
side or bringing to those near and DEAR as you
may have to do If you defer your part in this engage
ment too long
Men of America we can win this fight for the
preservation of liberty and free institutions If we want
TO- This being true going to ask every man who
wants to win to SIT DOWN TO-DAY AND FILL IN
THE PLEDGE IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF
THIS PAGE AND SEND 1T TO THE FREE PRESS
DEFENSE LEAGUE, FORT SCOTT, KANS,
1t would be better to make outright donation In
cash. Just bg you stand, and send by first
mail but IL you cannot do that do the next best thing
Sign THE PLEDGED
In exchange for your contribution the officers of h'
Free Press Defense League pledge you their lives anC
sacred honor. in A FIGHT TO VICTORY OR TC
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By The Free Press Defense League.

By The Free Press Defense League
EXTI naturally presume that readers of THE MENACE
lMs and members of the Free Press Defense League
ISH are reading the daily papers and keeping in
Ilk1l formed OF the momentous and rapidly passing
:. events of these most stirring and troublous
times.
When the League launched the New Reformation
Movement, and started campaign for sustaining and
endowment fund that would enable it to render valuable
service to the patriotic without the everpresent
handicap of financial embarrassment last December 1t
was not known that this country would become involved
in the bloody conflict that has shaken European civza
tion for the past three years.
Now that the struggle has become worldwide, and
our own beloved country is about to be plunged into
what promises to be the most titanic conflict in its whole
history the work of the League and In fact that Of the
whole patriotic movement throughout the nation, has
taken aspect entirely different to that which 1t
bore before the declaration of war;
In the first place Rome Is going to take advantage
Of the situation to influence legislation that will place
the press absolutely at the mercy of arbitrary censor
ship, such legislation does not actually sOpe out that
part Of tho press innical to her political machine and
its designs. What applies to the press also applies to
the platform and every other facility for propaganda to
which the people have heretofore had access
Next, the shipping congestion the constantly In
creasng cost of every material entering into the
facture Of the printed page and the passage Of proposed
laws for exhorbitant increase In the secondcass post
rate threatens to close every avenue Of information
leading to the people,
To counteract as many of these difficulties as pos
sbe and to overcome the rest of he Is the greatest
work to which the League set It's face at this time
These facts being true, two things are absolutely
necessary, First we must unity the entire patriotic
forces Of the nation bringing together the discordant
elements In all ranks by uniting common ground in
defense of common cause This has always been de-
sirable-NoW IT is IMPERATIVEl Second. the
League must be placed on sound financial basis that
it may be able to stand as bulwark to the patriotic
press and patriotic speakers in all parts Of the
| try, AND 1T MUST BE DONE AT oNCEl
Could this nation have followed its peaceful pur
suits; could we have continued propaganda with
only desultory skirmssng here and here and could w
have maintained even toerahe conditions for the pa
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DEFENSE LEAGUES OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT
Principles Shiny
Autocc

for such violent Transformation of
sentiment as separates your para
graph on discussion" from your re-
cent action as the champion of CEN
sorship; the seeming inconsistency Is
too great to be readily understood,
and compels US to ask questions for
the information Of our many readers
as well as ourselves.
How is discussion, which you have
called the greatest of reformers, to
prevail sOhen limited By a censorship
I which you toouId create9 Is it be-
cause you have concluded that dis
cussion and reform, though needed in
time of peace, are superfuous in time
OF war? Is the military machine,
which viii to some extent take the
place Of civil government, to come
from the hands Of Its builders 80 per-
feet that discussion Of its doings and
details would only mar its sanctity?
As disciple Of Thomas Jefferson,
you will doubtless recall his most
sweeping declaration: "If given to
choose only one, free government or
a free press, I would choose the lat
ter. Wherever there is a free press
the government cannot long be un-
just" How long we ask, Mr.. Presi-
dent, how long can a free government
be maintained in this country with
its press subject to the reactionary
interests that alone clamor, now as
ever, for the establishment of censors?
No less a patriot than Abraham
Lincoln said, "Let the people know
the truth and the country is SAFE"
That administration which takes the
people into its confidence cannot fail
to command their support. Distrust
begets distrust; and a people sus,
pected by their government must
sooner or later reciprocate. This sud
den fear Of free press Is compare
BILE to the like fear o. individuals whc
would do away with public meetings
lest, in the exercise of free speech
someone might make an extravagan
statement.
You spoke once, Mr.. President, o.
a "false sanctity." Are we to under
) stand that false sanctities are exclu
, sively the product Of civil life ant
4 that none can arise in army or navy
If they do appear among the enlarge,
military or naval forces of the ma
tion, what is to meet them and throw
e them back on their reasonableness i
n the absence Of discussion?
These are not onlybnteresting ques
r tions, Mr.. President;> they are eS
tremely pertinent. 1t is a sever
g shock to the million active supporter
y Of the League to agitate throug
J. years Of peace for the firm establish
e ment of free speech and a free press
a to imagine for years that their pres
y dent was in perfect. sympathy wit
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-02

Total number Of Endowment and Sustaining
Fund Pledges received by The Free Press
r Defense League. Observation-Disclosures. DOL
Amount Of money paid on Endowment Fund
PledgeS. ...'...'''.'''...,',,,'. ,pi tzol1o
Amount Of money unpaid on Endowment
Fund Pledges. ............,....,..,,.$lz .$lz,olo2O
Largest amount contained in any one pledge $4,000
Total Amount Pledged to date. 19,56S35
AFFIDAVIT
State of Kansas,
Bourbon County-ss,
J. /. Sheppard being duly sworn says, the fore
going statement In regard to the Endowment and
Sustaining Fund Of The Free Press Defense League
Is true and correct
J. l. SHEPPARD,
Secretary-Treasurer Free Press Defense League.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this oath day
of May, 1917, =.
(Seal) J. c, MITCHELL, l
Notary Public.
Ny commission expires January 18th, 1921, y
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tout out and mail this COUPON with your pledge TonAx
ENDOWMENT FUND PLEDGE

TO THE FREE PRESS DEFENSE LEAGUE,
Fort Scott, Kansas.
Gentlemen-
Wishing contribute to the One Million Dollar EndOymsns and
Sustaining you asking the patriots Of the nation pro-
vide for the protection Of American liberty hereby agree 10 pay 70 the
Defense before October ST. 1917 the sum or
TWELVE ($1200) DOLLARS,
understood agreed that when this pledge d9e am Tor
unable the shall have such further time 70
make the payment as desire,
1t also consideration of this pledge shall
certificate of membership when pledge paid and that ha
all the rights and privileges guaranteed other members OF the
ganEaton
Name.
Postoniee
1daEs datS Defense lasS'
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fluences which were seeking to force
American intervention. u.s.
1t was this splendid moral strength
and clarity of vision, evinced alike in
your utterances and in your nobly
courageous stand with regard to Mex
leo that led hundreds of thousands of
earnest patriotic Americans who be-
lieved In the fundamental democracy
Of Thomas Jefferson and the Fathers
Loyalty to support you at the last cleo
ton; Americans who are now amazed
and perplexed at seeing their president
who had so bravely opposed the feud-
alism of privileged wealth and the
militaristic and imperalistic demands
of reactionary influences sanctioning
the drawing-up of proposed legislation
by executive instead of legislative
officials and the determined insistency
in having this autocratic and thor
oughly undemocratic legislation, much
of which has long been sought by po-
litical Romanism, Incorporated into
the laws of our land.
We have believed, Mr.. President,
from the clarity with which you have
voiced our convictions while express
ing your own, that you were as sin
cere as we are earnest in opposing
such feature of despotism as cen.
sorship. But your sudden espousal ot
conscription and censorship seems as
inconsistent with your earlier teach
ing as it is offensive to all who yet
distrust censorship on principle.
1t may be that the draft is a neces
sary means of obtaining an army un
der certain conditions; but we canno
believe that 1t is the democratic way
of obtaining the first soldiers to fgh
for republic. This reluctance t,
test the popularity of the war by sucl
practical referendum generate
, more suspicion than assurance whicl
is regrettable to every American
worthy of the name.
E Inconsistency Appears
But it is in the so-called Espionag
: Bill, which is frankly owned to be a
administration measure, that we fin
Y those details least consistent with ou
e convictions as already expressed i
e your most forceful language. W
S here find you favoring and actual
r demanding a censorship of the pres
b 1t is said that wise men chang
: their minds, but there Is usually
u reason for az changes, and certainl