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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
TARIFFS MUST BE FRAMED ON A
NEW BASIS

WAR has produced in every country of
w the world those conditions which the
extreme protectionjsts used to tell us
were ideal. Foreign competition has Ieen
reduced to "a minimum and home pro-
ducers have the markets almost to them
selves. The German States are absolutely
shut off from the rest Of the world. The
submarine has raised n wall around Eng
land and France more difficult to scale
than the highest tariff barrier ever
erected The United states is affected by
the same submarines that are increasing
The cost of all foreign goods that enter
Great Britain.
Great war fortunes are being made
that will surpass the fortunes accumu-
lated by the owners of industries protected
by tariff in the days Of peace. When
peace comes again we are likely to be
told that the only way to insure a con-
tinuance of the war prosperity in the
United States is to reproduce the present
trade conditions so far as possible by
enacting extreme protective tariff laws.
It is high time, however that leaders
Of public thought began to turn the mind
of the people in the right direction. When
peace comes the world will face an eco.
nomic situation the like of which never
before existed and the United States will
he confronted by problems which will tax
the ingenuity and the brains Of the great
est economic statesmen. We are lending
billions to England, France and Russia.
This debt of Europe to us, whether we
Ike il or not, makes us partners with it
in the task of liqudatins the cost OF
the great war. we can no longer assume
that we are economically isolated with
no obligation to consider the economic
needs of other nations. II we shut our
doors to their goods. they can pay neither
the interest nor the principal of their debt
to us. And if we selfshly attempt to- i'm.
poverish them, they cannot even buy our
own surplus The war has brought about
an economic solidarity among the nations
fighting the Germans. That solidarity
must continue in a greater or less degree
after the war if the nations are to be
saved from bankruptcy. This means freer
trade than in the past. 1t means radical
revision of the tariff laws actually in the
and consumers among the allied nations
So long ago as 1901 Mckinley foresaw
| the necessity for modification of the
| American protective system if American
| commerce were To expand beyond the
national boundaries. The war has multi.
| piled a thousandfold the reasons which
| led Mckinley to make the famous speech
| in Buffalo, which preceded his death by
only "A few days.
The task Of adjusting our economic
| laws to the new conditions will rest upon
the Congress to he elected next year. It
| is time the voters began to give some
! thought to the subject in order that they
may he in position to give the Congress.
men whom they will elect an pnmis.
! taxable mandate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
SNOW FROM THE MEADOW
FLOODS"

Now from the meadow floods the wild duck
clamors.
Now the wood-pigeon wings a rapid flight
Now the homeward rookery follows up its
vanguard,
And the valley mists are curling up the
hills.
Three short songs gives the clear-voiced
throstle,
Sweetening the twilight ere he fills the nest :
While the little bird upon the Ieafless
branches
Tweets to It's mate a tiny loving ncte.
Deeper the stiffness hangs on every motion :.
Calmer the silence follows every call;
Now all Is quiet save the roosting pheasant.
dogs bark.
softly shine the lights from the silent
kindling homestead.
stars OF the hearth to the shepherd in tn.
George Meredith
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

WE WERE talking the other day about
a friend of ours up in Connecticut who
is a cynophobiac; that is to say one who
fears dogs.
We wonder how that same creature
would have behaved If he had been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Austin, of
Germantown, on Friday night last, and
had just gone to bed in the spare room
when the hullabaloo broke loose on the
first floor. The leighbors say there never
was anything like it in Germantown since
the British went through in 1871.
Pete was responsible for the uproar.
Pete is the Austins' dog. a big ungainly
mutt, which is in the habit of sleeping in
the front hall at night. On Friday, when
all was still, Pete suddenly started
screaming. He didn't BARK at ALL he just
screamed. Then followed the noise of
dining room chairs tumbling over and
the thud of blows upon the legs Of the
table. Out into the kitchen went the riot
of humping and snorting and screaming.
There was a final crash, and when that
came all the Austins carrying candles
and scared faces, were peering over the
banisters. Pete came rollicking out to
meet them; and in the kitchen they
found the register that belonged in the
floor in the front hall The dog had been
lying over it and when he raised his
head ring in his cola had caught in
the ironwork and lifted it out of its niche.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

suffrage in Pennsylvania in 1915. 1t is
always the centers OF corruption in
political life that breed the strongest
"onti" movements. Women who now
will demand the vote with renewed vigor
and encouragement because of the New
York vicicry have an excellent argument
provided by facts known to every one.
Any change brought about by the votes
of women in Philadelphia would be for
the better. For, when city Admins
tration is as bad as it possibly could be
any change would be an Improvement.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
AFTER-VACATION THOUGHTS

| wsht l was a little rock
A'settin on a hill
Adoin nothing all day long
But just a'settin still
wouldn't eat, | wouldn't drink,
/ wouldn't even wash.
I'd set and set thousand years
And rest myself, by gosh.
From the Public Ledger Of Septembs
10, 1915. Reprinted by request
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

Mothers with boys in the service
must not be needlessly worried over
alarming stories concerning conditions at
Camp Wheeler. Overcrowding there
and delay in serving out winter clothing,
on account of too prolonged trust in the
balmy southern climate, were quickly
recognized by Surgeon General Gorgas
and rectied at Macon. Parents are re-
assured that these conditions have not
been common to all the cantonments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
Drill Song

Fall in. Attention. Now, count off.
+tOnc. tuo, three, four, drc) AS you
were
Eyes right, and only count to four
Doth ranks together, d IL, Sir!)
Right dress Front Comp'ny, pree-
sent arms,
DON'T let those pieces Cig0le SOL
Now, keep the cadence. Order, arms.
come dorn together. Not SO slou)
Port arms Mark time! Left right, left,
right.
tSay, you're not dancing; not SO tdSt)
Squads, halt! One. two. Together. now.
(The halt comes Hrst; the order ldst)
Left shoulder arms' Mark time! Squads
halt!
n said left ShOUldcr arms, not ri9ht)
Remember, first a distinct port.
(rhro,o the piece mp. The darn things
lightJ
Left shoulder arms. Oh, order arms
DON'T duck your heads. You ,Uon't be
Ht)
Right shoulder arms, Mark time. Left,
right.
(You do that uondertuHy--nit)
Right by squads! (1he first squad front,
The others do squads right) Hep,
march,
Squads, right about, march. Column,
left.
(YOm bdckbOnes need a little starch.)
Left front in line march. Compny halt!
tYOu tellers make me acdnt to fghtJ
Now dress up there. Get on the line.
you nercr do a d thing rightJ
Inspection arms, Now. order arms.
(Your heads must all be made of tntJ
Compny dismissed! St. Steve be praised!
You didn't do so bad at that
HERMAN d. LEVINSON.
This is the only parenthesis sung by the
most of the swearing. is done by the sergeant.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!. General ErylenkO II the B0lsheyik com
mander- -in-chief of the Russian armies.
2. bourbon Wood is just west Of Cambria.
3. According TO an announcement from Wash
ingtOn skilled workers on the Unltee
states shipping program will be- subject
to Industrial exemption from the new
draft 80 long as they are engaged IN that
specified occupation. They must. however.
answer the questionable and otherwise
follow the new regulations, when their e.
emption claims will be settled lndl'hu'
ally.
4. a symphony il II musical form written Tor
full orchestra in four movements. The
first Is In sonata form and stares two
themes which are developed. Later treat.
ment of these and derived themes Is freef
in composition.
). Maine il the Pine Tree State.
O. The London Times for many years ws
known as "The Thunderer."
Z. IIayre, in France. is the temporary eapl'ai
of Belgium. nan.
3. Congressman J. Hampton Moore, o. Phll,'
delplia, is president Of the Atsnm
Deeper Waterways Association, which "
founded and which Is now holding Its oen
VentiOn In Miami, Fla.
o. "The Yellow Peril' Is II term used TO dessle
u One-time fancied menace to- the UNIV
States from Japanese aggression.
10. Lord Nelson, at the battle OF TraIasnl.
signaled: ENGLAND expects every MAJ v
do his dutyp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
HOW TO DEFEAT THE U-BOATs

GINCE April the U-boats have been
~ sinking merchantmen at the average
rate OF twenty-three a week. This record
e thirty-two weeks is believed to spell
o3tsat for the submarine campaign. but
H1)y on the assumption that the ship
- - the Allies win be able to launch
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
JIM McKAY's baby is beginning to tai

JIM McKAY'S baby is beginning to talk
already, aid it can't be much more than
six months old. At any rate. one
of Jim's friends says he sat along
side Of Jim in a light lunch cafe the
other day and overheard Jim say, absent
mindedly. to the waitress: "Dimms a
jinky water pease."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

1t was high time 10 put New York
piers under military control when Ger
man watchmen We're found there guard.
ing them from Germans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
Boston and Vicinity

One proverb in the Down East States
Hath this interpretations:
He cachinnates best who cachinnates
The ultimate exclamation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

HAVING SETTLED the uselessness of
the back collar-button to the satisfaction
of all who wear collars that fit, we are
asked by W. N. Jennings to turn our at
tention to the tailless shirt.
why the shirt'tail, anyhow" sez he
1T only ruffies up your feelings every
time you dress"
IT 1t were summer now, we might
buckle on our armor and ride tilt at this
suggestion. For, in the summer the merry
game of golf hath the call and then the
sole function of our shirt-tail seemeth to
be to run up our back whenever we
essay a match with one of cur fellows.
What say ye, gentlemen, shall we lay
this matter of Mr.. Jennings's suggestion
upon the table until such time as the
winds of winter abate?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

Petrograd had an election accompa-
MED by machine guntire. They have
government by murder with a vengeance
there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
A LONG FALL FOR WILHELM

IL II should happen that the Kaiser takes
tumble to himself we would be glad to
supply Niagara Falls for the purpose.-To-
ledo Blade.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

I. Who is the Most Reverend Cosmo Gordss
Lang?
9. What is meant by forestallng?
3. Who wrote the opera Of "Faust"?
4. Name the founder Of the Stonemen's Eel.
lOwship.
3. How Is the phrase "Sinn Fein" transiatedy
9. Whnt Is II hetman?
!. Which is the Palmetto state?
.. Who Is the Federal custodian Of alien prsp.
erty?
D. What il II paper white narcissus?
10. Where Is FOntaine Notre Dame5
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

Thanksgiving may have broken the
food conservation rules, but Mr. Hoover
is on the job again today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
Tom Days Column


7 am DrepurinN noic for DoH
A Story that is really true
And IL is one mat has TO do
WIN mn otrn sister Frances too
And II you think II isn't SO. sir
ASK Mr.. Myers attic the grocer.
10 tras so pleasant orcrhcdd
Thc other morning mother said
come little FrunccS come tcith me
And little Frances icho is three
Went IN to Ma and asked her tcherc
Ma said TO get some nice fresh air.
ind so they idly Strollcd untH
Ma hougIt Shcd pny her gr0ccrs on
And tchcn she did and started out
The little Oirl began 10 pOut
And tcould not lcdrc the grOcer'S store
Or tOlloic mother TO the door.
she Sought the groccr'S Uifc instead
And looked up in her face and said
I 1cdHt q pound Of nice fresh air.
Then mother said 1ccH declare
And so explained IL to the crOtCd
And crcrybody laughed out loud.
SO nOtU ash yoH isn't she
As cute and bright as Que could be
For Just little dftor three?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

SO noU ash you isn't she
As cute and bright as Que could be
For Just little dft0r three?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

Fall in. Attention. Now count Off
+(Onc. tro, three, Jour, drc) AS you
were.
Eyes right, and only count to four
Doth ranks together, d il, Sir!)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-28

RULES ARE
ANNOUNCED
In Absence of Law Governing
Printing Of News Co-opera-
ton of Press Is Asked
BELIEVED REGULATIONS +
WILL BE SUPPORTED

Washington, May 2S.-Censorship
regulations prepared by the commit
tee of public information which the
American newspapers are asked to
observe in the national interest in
the absence of a national censorship
law became effective today.
In issuing the regulations, George
Creel, chairman of the committee, dis.
claimed any intent to suppress any
news except that useful to the enemy.
The object of the censorship, it is
said, is to keep news Of value to the
enemy from the enemy by publica.
tion
The purposes of the committee 9th.
erwise, it is stated, are to make more
easy of access to American people
the news of what their government
is doing. The committee has divided
It's specifications OF information
which would be useful to the enemy
into three classifcations: General,
naval, and military. 1t is explained
that no hard and fast rules can he
laid down; that those which are pro-
posed shall be subject to amendment
and that all European censorships
have vastly changed their character
with the progress of the war.
In the absence of any law on the
subject. the committee believes that
the regulations drawn will be Loyalty
supported by the American press.
Complete copies of regulations have
been mailed to all leading newspa.
DerS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-28
Don't Want
Socialist
Registrars
Complaints Made to Governor
Burnouist Against Appoint
ments of Van Lear
MINNESOTA EXECUTIVE
REFUSES TO GIVE REASONS

St. Paul, Minn., May 2S.-Governol
Burnquist today announced that for
NAL charges had been made to hin
against a number Of 'selective draft
registration appointees made by
Thomas Van Lear, Minneapolist so
cialist mayor, as head Of the registra
tion board in that city. The COVER
rOl refused to disclose the identity
Of The party objecting tr the appoint
ees TO which exception had been TAX
en-.
Such objections have been filed,
said the governor. "'They are based
on the grounds that some appointees
are not residents of the district in
which they are appointed as required
by regulations and possibly for other
reasons"
Earlier reports were that objec.
tions that some anti-war socialists
and other pacitists were being made
registration officials were being made
Wholesale resistance to the draft
by the socialists of the extreme fac.
tion ard by other pacifsts in the
twin cities was predicted today by A.
l.. Sugarman. state secretary of the
socialist party, in signed state.
ment issued after consultation with
members OF the state executive board
A nationwide struggle for control
of the socialist party is focusing in
Minnesota, it is said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-28
Salvation Army to
Aid Red Cross Work
Col. Marshall to Hold Special
Meeting for Purpose of
Commissioning Officers

The Salvation Army has devised
a novel plan to raise money for the
local Red Cross chapter, as one OF
the committee of As. The army will
hold an open air demonstration Mem
orial day, at 1:15 and until the open
ing of the patriotic program.
A number of their workers will be
dressed as Red Cross nurses and will
solicit funs for the local chapter. The
army band will play during the dem
onstration.
Col. Marshall Coming.
Col. Marshall, in charge of the Sal.
vation army work for the Northwest,
will arrive in the city this week to
commission the officers of the army
for 1918. A special meeting will
be held Thursday evening at the ar
my barracks, when the 72 local Off
GERS will be commissioned. He will
be accompanied by Major Kiddle, a
returned missionary to South Africa
and India, and Capt Ernest Marshall.
Twins to Be Given Away.
Capt. Murphy announces that twin
babies will be given, away at this
meeting. In other words, the six
weeks old twins, sons of Mr.. and
Mrs James G.. Longmuir will be dedi-
Gated to the Salvation Army They
are perfect specimens of babyhood.
At birth they weighed 9 pounds each.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-28
STATE DEFENSE /. | /
TO Be Planned
By BOARD BOZ HERE
Members Of North Dakota Coun-
Gil Assemble at Capital This
Afternoon
MOVEMENT OF cfoPs TO
RECEIVE M4cH NOTICE
Mobilization of Agrl Cultural Re-
sources; Farm Labor Prob
lem; Finances

North Dakota,s part an the program
of national defense Will be planned
at a two-days session of the state
national defense counsil, which open
ed at 2 o'clock this afternoon, at tho
capitol, pursuant to a call issued by
Governor Frazier. 5
DR.. V. II. Stickney, of Dickinson,
president Of the state; council, arriv.
ed early in the city and spent the
forenoon in conference with Governor
Frazier. A number of other members
of the board came in last night and
on morning trains, while majority
arrived, from northern and eastern
points at noon. VI
The governor has named on the
defense council representatives OF
every profession and business in the
state, and the organization may safe
ly be said to embody some of North
'Dakota's best brains. Its delibera-
tions beginning this afternoon, will
deal largely with the food situation,
the production and marketing of large
crops; means Of insuring both pro-
ducer and consumer full Justice; the
farm labor situation; N the co.opera.
tion Of the state in financing Ameri
cas- part in the great war and SINH
lar problems.
+ Expert Is Here.
Among the notables an attendance
today at the first meeting of North
Dakota's national defeEse council is
Robert, j. Leth, a special attache Of
the United States department of agri-
culture, who is here to work out with
State Commissioner Of Agriculture and
Labor iHAgan and other sEauthorities
plans for handling North Dakota's
labor needs when the big crops are
ready for the harvest. Mr.. Leth ex-
poets to make complete survey Of
the United States as means of pro-
curing information as a base for the
distribution of farm labor. A COM
mittee will be named in each town.
ship to report that townships needs.
Committee Named.
After naming committee, on or
ganization, the council this afternoon
adjourned until 400, when the COM
mittee will make its report.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-28
T0RNAD0ES KILL $50; 1900 HOMELESS
hnvents Engines of Death
BY Day, Is Poet at Night
Man Said to Have Big Idea That Will Break UBoa Menace
Leads Mixed Life.

Hudson Maxim, who may be the
man with the big idea that will put
an end to the U-boat menace, works
by day on inventions to kill human
beings more swiftly and surely than
ever, and in evenings writes poetry
on the beauties of life.
This combination has caused him
to be nicknamed, "The Illuminating
Philosopher"
Two of his ideas for beating the
U4boat are now being considered by
the government.
Maxim has been studying explo.
sives 29 years and has done more than
any other man to make the ordnance
of the United States army and navy
among the most formidable in the
worl |.
Everything about Maxim is eXplo-
sixe-not ony his many inventions,
but his voice. his actions, his home,
his versatility. He talks gruffly and
sharply, acts impetuously but with de-
termination and combines mechanics
with the higher philosophy Of life.
Maxim has written a volume on
poetry.
He opposes war
Il don't believe in war;" he
says. Il believe in peace and the
day is coming when peace will
be universal. Toward this end |
have assisted as much as any man
alive. The use of such terrible
explosives as have invented
make for peace more than all the
homilies that can be delivered"
In 1888, at the age of 35, Maxim
began work on explosives. His first
invention was perfected in 1890, a
smokeless powder, which the United
States adopted.
In 1907 the United States bought
his formula for "Maximite,' which put
us at the head of all other notions in
the use of high explosive projectiles.
"Maximite'' causes no shock, is safe
for the gunner, yet will penetrate the
thickest armor plate and will explode
only when set. off by its fuse.
"Motorite,' Maxim's latest explo-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-28
(By Associated PreSs,)


Tornadoes during the last three
days in several states of the Middle
West and the South have killed nearly
250 people, injured more than 1900
wrecked thousands of houses, and
killed hundreds of head of livestock
and devastated many thousands OF
acres Of growing crops, according to
summaries today.
The latest in the series OF tOrnadOes
started last Sunday, near Willisville
in Southwest Illinois, swept south
ward across the Ohio River into Ken
tucky,. down the Mississippi into Ar
kansas and Tennessee and finally
veered eastward IN toward r Alabama
where the storm spent itself. The
dead in the four southern states is es-
timated at 100 and the injured at sew
eral hundreds. ...'.- t
Began Last Friday .-.
The destruction began last Friday
in Andale, aKnsas, where 26 people
were killed, and 60 injured. I
A Late Saturday .twister, probably
the most severe of~the series, struck
through the corn belt of Illinois, kill
ing 54 and injuring 500 in Matto0n.
At Charleston, ten miles east of Mat
toon, 81 people were killed, and more
than $50 people were injured. The
property daT>Rgai3N,the, two cities, is
estimated ahJAy9hp1Hian ~
Another desthiafe43 3v9JstorM, late Sat
urday struck, across a territory, ap-
proximatelysh0o 0o,emles' north of the
oo,,<o, of Ii1r o;e. ,n,pbnd Gitfo Mort h