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Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
VISITORS FROM
 EAST ARE MUCH PRESSED HERE

Twenty three solid business men spent Thursday in giving the once over to Phoenix and it's circumjacent district and were more than well pleased. Several stated they would make a second visit later in the winter, bringing their families, and rather hinted at a desire to acquire ocal property.
 We are not tourists" said F. M. specs, a substantial feed miller of 'st. Joseph. Mo. We all are in Ari- soua looking for places to invest, and we like what we have seen." Here the members of the party were met at their special car. by half dozen local residents. led by Dr. J. c. Norton. They were shown the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce eX- hibit the fat Holsteins on the Norton ranch the fair grounds, some cotton fields and some orange groves and, st the Ingleside club, were guests at 3 jolly luncheon.
 The party, which was made up at Kansas City, came to the southwest to visit the Cactus Queen mine, the trip laid out by H. H. Barbee of Colo rado Springs. president of the Cactus Queen company. The property is a famous pioneer mine. once known as the Tappan, located near the Will liams river in the extreme southern end of Mohave county, about 50 miles northwest of Congress Junction, from 8 hich railroad point the visitors were taken in autos last Monday, returning Wednesday. The side trip to Phoe- nix was an afterthought of MT. Bar bees, who said that the presence ot such a wonderful agricultural regioI nearby is a distinct added asset to his mining proposition.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24

Coxey and son of Yuma Mrs. Aimey Pail and Mrs. Rounds. of Tempe.
 The little son of c. E. Williams died of pneumonia yesterday.
 The funeral of Mrs. J. L. Woodruff was held yesterday at 3 o'clock. On account of other members of the family being ill the service was held at the
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24

cemetery. Rev. Lehigh of the First Baptist church, Phoenix, delivered brief, but very impressive address at the grave. The decedent's son arrived in time for the funeral
 Mrs. Jacob Hure1 dleG at the home of her daughter. Mrs J. E. Kearns, Wednesday evening. The funeral was
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24

held at the Methodist Episcopal church yesterday. Many beautiful floral of ferings expressed th7 sympathy of friends of the family.
 The little Brocia boy who was kicked in the head by horse, is getting along very well.
 A telegram from Mrs. Watts states
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24

that she arrived at Pittsbara with the body of her son. The funeral was held Wednesday, Mrs. Watts will remain there a few days before starting on her return journey.
 J. w. Sullivan, of the Sullivan and Green firm, was down from his cattle ranch at Seligman.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-24
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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22
RED CROSS WORK Is INVALUABLE

The Goldfield chapter of the American Red Gross society
this week is making a drive to increase its membership. This
is a part of a general Christmas campaign made throughout the
country to increase the Red Gross membership, with the view
to bringing the total enrolment up to 100000 members.
Godfield chapter already has a membership of over
700, but it is hoped to bring the number to the 1000 mark and
with this in view a committee is making a thorough canvass
of the town and county. One-half of the membership receipts
go to the local Red Gross chapter, and this money is being
used to buy yarns, cloths and other material to be made up into
garments to be sent to the boys at the front.
The local organization is working hard on these garments
and shipments are going forward to San Francisco, en- route to
the front. Thirty-fve women are devoting their time to knit
making up hospital supplies from muslins, linen, etc.
Every cent taken in for the Red Gross goes directly into
needed supplies. There is not a paid member OF the chapter
and no expense to speak of outside of materials that go
into the supplies. Every one who buys a membership in the
Red Cross is contributing directly to the boys at the front;
every dollar hits the bullseye.
1t has been discovered that malicious ISLANDERS are being
covertly circulated i'll this community, to embarrass the Red
Cross membership drive. Among the false rumors are that
there is IA big graft somewhere in the Red Gross national or
ganization; that the Red Cross sells to civilians goods donated
for soldiers and sailors; that soldiers at the front are com
PEELED to pay for Red Cross surgical dressings and admission
to Red Cross rest houses; that workers are getting a commission
for securing new members; that the Red Cross is extravagantly
managed by high priced officials; that the Red Gross wishes
the war prolonged so that it may continue to handle large sums
of money for relief work, etc.
These reports are circulated freely throughout the coun-
try and form a part of German propaganda. Those RESPONSE
bic for starting and circulating such reports are subject to
punishment Of 20 years Imprisonment and a fine OF S1o,Wo
The Pacific division, of which Goldfield is a part, has offered a
reward of 800 in every case for evidence sufficient to convict
any person guilty of circulating any report calculated to inn
pair the Red Cross efficiency.
Such reports as above referred to will influence the I'M
informed only. Their falsity is apparent to anyone familiar
with the organization, its work and processes. But they must
be stopped and the chairman of the local chapter requests
anyone vino hears any story detrimental to the Red Cross to
notify local officers; they will do the rest.
The local Red Gross drive has only begun, but already a
gratifying number of new members have enlisted and the cam
paign promises to be eminently successful.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22
OUR LOANS To OUR ALLIES

The loans made by the United States to the governments
at war with Germany are arranged by Secretary of the Treas
uy McAdoo and submitted To The president and made with his
approval.
The secretary states that his judgment in making these
loans is determined largely by the monthly requirements of
the applicants. The different powers, through their duly au-
thorized Representatives, make their representations as to their
necessities for carrying on the war, and after discussion the
various amounts are arrived at.
These loans, says the secretary. are essential for our own
protection. not only for our protection in a military way, but
for our economic protection and welfare. The production of
the United States has been speeded up and greatly stimulated.
We are producing more than our own needs, and our own eco
monte protection and welfare demand that we sell much of
our products to our allies. To accomplish this we must extend
these credits to enable them to buy our products.
Their commercial salvation is an essential part of their
effectiveness in the war, and their commercial w%ell-being de-
mands that their export trade be maintained in a considerable
measure. They must keep their civil population engaged to
the extent necessary to sustain their industrial and economic
existence. 1t is sound economic policy on our part to assist
them in maintaining their Industrial life and economic wei
fare.
Very little of the money loaned to our allies, the secretary
states, goes out of the United States. Most of it is spent right
here for war materials and foodstuffs. The money we are adj
vancing is not a contribution it is a loan, on which they will
pay interest and which ultimately will be repaid in full. Our
allies are looked upon by us as solvent peoples, without ready
money but with perfectly good credit.
Their expenditures of this money in this country are super
vised by us. Their purchases are made with the advice and
assistance of our war industries board. This system not only
protects the borrowing ally but prevents competitive bidding
against the other allies and the United States itself, and OBJ
tains for the borrower the same prices, the anne terms and the
same treatment our own government demands in making its
own purchases.
When one remembers that the loans made to our allies
enable them to do the fighting that otherwise the American
army would have to do at much expense, not only of men but
of money, money which would not be returned to us and lives
that could never be restored, the wisdom of our policy in fl
nancing our allies is plain to everyone. 1t is not only a duty to
them that we are performing in lending them part of our great
wealth; it is a great duty we are performing to our soldiers
and sailors and our nation in making our allies powerful and
effective, thus lessening the work and danger of suffering for
our own men and in bringing the war to an earlier close.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22
THE INTERNED GERMANS

Some purchasers of Liberty Loan bonds, who have read
exaggerated reports of the treatment accorded by the United
States authorities to the German civilians informed in this
country, have written to the treasury department protesting
against the use of any of the money raised by the Liberty Loans
in "pampering" these alien enemies.
Those interned German civilians are not prisoners of war
and are not under the jurisdiction of the war department or the
treasury department, but by the provisions of our immigration
laws are placed under the jurisdiction of the department OF
labor and comprise officers and crews of the German merchant
vessels seized by The United States and other German civilians.
Their deportation, which ordinarily would take place, is
impracticabe in view of the international situation.
These aliens receive no compensation from the govern
ment except such as is allowed them for work actually perform
ed, and the wages paid them are not eXorbitant at all. In fact,
if from their labor and other sources they receive more than a
moderate amount of money a month, all in excess of a reason
able amount for their care and comfort is withheld from them
and placed to their credit in the postal savings banks or some
other safe deposit made of it.
The department of labor also officially states that these
aliens are not allowed an excessive amount of food, but three
meals a day of plain but thoroughly palatable, substantial food
are given each. There is no waste in these detention camps
and the same measures of economy and conservation are be-
ing practiced which are being urged upon every American
household.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

Cuba is importing thousands of Chinese laDorers !" worn
on sugar and tobacco plantations. because the planters CANNOT
secure sufficient efficient native labor. Cuba can find a mar
ket for all The sugar she can produce at the highest prices
known in modern times and is determined to reap the fuii Den-
eft of her golden harvest.
We r having excessive prices for necessaries of life
because we either have insufficient labor or because Americans
will not do farm work. There is land enough on this continent
to feed the world, and labor enough is available In the "oriu
to cultivate every acre of it. This foreign labor cannot De I'M
ported into the United States. so the people pay double prices
for necessaries of life.
Cuba is serving us and our allies by importing Chinese to
cultivate her idle acres. She is doing no more than we FOUND
necessary to construct the Panama canal. The choice lies De-
tween using Chinese labor to produce the vast quanuty o u
gar which we and our allies need and letting the opportunity
slip with loss of profit to planters at home and short rations for
Americans and other good customers who would take a million
tons if they could get it.
California fruit growers, at their annual convention at Sac
ramento, petitioned congress to permit the introduction of
sufficient Chinese or other farm labor" as a war measure.
This reopens the contract labor dispute at a time when the Unit
ed States could vastly increase production of food necessary for
winning the war if labor to cultivate the land could be OBJ
tanned.
American workmen should ask themselves whether they
would not be better off with plenty of food at reasonable prlc-
es produced by foreign labor than they are with insufficient
quantities sold at high prices. We must feed our soldiers and
help to feed our allies or we shall lose this war. Anything is
better than that, and contract laborers can be deported at the
end of the war, if we do import them. 1t is better to hire 9th
es to do the work than to do without necessaries of life.
Skilled European laborers draw high wages in Oriental
countries where the rough work is done by natives. An Eng
lsh locomotive driver in British India is an aristocrat. Ameri-
can mechanics will not do farm work, yet they object to the
importation of foreign farm labor. From a purely selfish
standpoint, American workmen would be better off if others
were employed to do the kind of work which they dislike.
There will be more employment for highly skilled mechanics
and experts in Cuba as a result of the Importation of Chinese
labor to produce the raw material which they will turn into fin
ished merchandise. We cannot afford to let land lie untitled
when foreign farm labor is available, and the importation of
such labor under existing conditions would raise, rather than
lower, standards of living in the United States.-New York
Commercial.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22
There are too many British fly swatters to suit the German
Ledger.
WASTE NO FOOD

Food Controller Hoover does not exaggerate the need for
conserving our supply of wheat. The crop of 1917 has fallen
far below requirements and the amount Of wheat and flour ex-
ported since the beginning of the crop year equals the export
able surplus of the new crop. In spite of the government guar
antee of two dollars a bushel for the wheat crop of 1913, the in
crease in acreage is almost negligible. The soil was too dry
and labor too scarce to permit a large gain in acreage and the
wheat i'll the ground is not in good condition with winter at
hand.
The Canadian commissioner of agriculture reckons the
wheat surplus of the Dominion at 2%25OOO,OOO bushels, which
is the bright spot in the situation. A frost scare in Argentina
has created anxiety. India and Australia have large stocks of
wheat, but ships are not available.
To insure an adequate supply of cereal foods for ourselves
and our allies WI must rely on corn, rye, oats and beans, which
have turned out well and which should be sown most extern
sively next spring. The potato crop of the United Kingdom is
enormous, owing to the stimulus supplied by the British gov
ernments guarantee of prices, and this will reduce the con-
lack of a surplus of grain carried over from previous years, the
danger of a real crop failure in one or more of the important
countries upon which our allies are depending must be appar-
ent to all.
Congress will be asked to guarantee minimum prices for
corn, rye, beans and hogs. Pork and lard are needed quite as
badly as wheat, but many farmers have preferred to sell their.
corn instead of feeding it to hogs, partly because corn has Civ
en- a quick profit, and partly because they did not care to take
chances on the hog market. If congress intends to guarantee
minimum prices it should act quickly so that farmers may have
time to prepare for spring work and to increase the breeding
of hogs.
Neither congress nor the farmers need fear a collapse of
grain and hog markets as a result of peace. This war is likely
to last for two years, but peace would increase rather than di
minish the demand for staple food products. The Manchester,
England, Guardian, one of the most conservative and best in
formed newspapers, says of the outlook and the necessity for
conserving food:
"f the war were to end tomorrow we could not afford to
live as we do today, for the present world scarcity of essentials
will continue for long after peace comes. Let us all admit that
this economy campaign suffers from following an earlier one
which relapsed after a partial success. New York CONNER
cial.
\ cartoonist has built himself a bungalow with a handsaw
and Il hammer. Everyone to the tools with which he is most
familiar-Post Exchange.
We know not what others may do, but for our part never
again shall we sheer at turkey hash- Galveston News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22
FREE PORTS BEFORE CONGRESS

Free ports form one of the important economic questions
which congress should consider during this session. They
draw trade wherever they exist. Hong Kong and Singapore
are examples of the way in which trade and wealth gravitate
to free ports. The free cities of northern Europe grew rich
when what is now the German empire was poverty stricken,
and when Bismarck welded that empire together he retained
the free ports. The ports of free trade in England have de-
veloped foreign trade and made her the market place of the
world, but free ports fit equally we'll into the high-tariff policy
of Germany.
Free ports in the United States would not conflict With
any tariff policy congress is likely to adopt. To establish these
requires only a slight change in the law. Goods withdrawn
from a free port for domestic consumption will be subject to
regular duties, but reshipments of foreign goods will be simpli-
fled and expedited. They would wipe out the complications
incident to drawbacks, Withdrawals from bonded warehouses,
manufacturing in bond and other red tape, without decreasing
by a single 'dollar the customs revenue of the country.
1t is understood that the tariff commission is prepared to
report on the proposal to establish a number of free ports, and
the suggested locations include New York, Boston, Philadelphia.
Newport News, Galveston, New Orleans, San Francisco and
Seattle. Suitable areas for the purpose are available at these
and other ports. The federal government can either deimit
the territories required without taking title to the land, or can
buy The land and derive large rentals from it. The govern
ment need not spend more than a nominal sum if it decides to
leave the land in the hands of those who now own it.
Many American business men do not realize the profits
and advantages accruing from handling other countries trade
as is done in England. With a free port in New York bay that
city should become a great clearing house in international COM
merce where anything could be bought or sold and reshipped to
any part of the world. For instance, America would control
the sugar trade of half the world through free ports in which
it could be refined or %reshipped in its raw state. The plan po-
sesses no disadvantages and the only thing that may cause
congress to reject it is the dislike of some to see coast cities
Bv mere waste. caused by coins rubbing against one anoth-
er, the civilized world loses one ton and a quarter of gold and
eighty-five tons of silver annually-Ilinois State Journal.
Bulgaria "has decided" to open negotiations with the Boil
cheviki. The really interesting thing, though, would have
been for Bulgaria to come to any other decision-Springfield
Republican.
The kaiser has forbidden musicians to play the Carnival
of Venice."-Tacoma Ledger.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

congressman had plenty of time to fix their fences before
congress met; and here's hoping they won't tear 'em down
again-Atlanta Constitution.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

The early Christmas shopper is on the wing. Not a bit too
early to get bargans.-Los Angeles Times.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

Germany and Austria are angling for a peace with Russia,
but it does not appear that they would care FOR her as an ally,
San Antonio Express.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

That peace conference between the kaiser's agents on the
one side and the agents of the kaiser on the other side is the
very latest internatiOna Joke Cincinnati Commercial.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

The kaiser is doing his damndest to smash things before
the Americans get into the ame-Texarkanian.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

We know not what others may do, but for our part never
again shall we sneer at turkey hash.-Galveston News.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

\ cartoonist has built himself a bungalow with a handsaw
and a hammer. Everyone to the tools with which he is most
familiar-Post Exchange.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

Bulgaria has decided to open negotiations with the Boil
cheviki. The really interesting thing, though, would have
been for Bulgaria to come to any other ecision-Springfiel
Republican.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

The kaiser has forbidden musicians to play the Carnival
of Venice .-Tac Ledger.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-12-22

BY mere waste, caused by coins rubbing against one anoth-
er. the civilized world loses one ton and a quarter of gold and
eighty five tons of silver annually-IllinOs State Journal.
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