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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Preparedness Begins
in YourOwnCarden

The impending crop shortage IS
one Of the most serious problems
focing the nation. Individuals and
families can perform great pubhc
sertice By raising crop Of Ucge-
tables. howerer small. Information
on gardening can be obtained free
of charge from the United States
Department of Agriculture, the NetO
York State College Of Agriculture
at Cornell University, the National
Emergency Food Garden Commits
sion, in Washington, and numerous
other sources.
The following gardening i"for-
nation deals with "putting COM
mon sense into gardening:
ANY one who ploughs up a tennis
court to make a garden is likely to do
moro harm than good. says the State
College Of Agriculture. which holds
that vacant lot gardening is good
measure. provided the soil and the SIT
uation favor plant growth. 1t will not
be wise to try to garden land that is
badly drained. composed OF subsoil from
cellars and the like, or filled with
bricks, cans and refuse. Choose the
lots with better soil first. In ones
own back lot. II will pay in the long
run TO work under difficult conditions.
although results may not be gratifying
the first year. 1t takes time to put bad
soils in good shape.
There are number OF ways ~
which back yards can be gradually
brought into condition. If the soil IS
badly drained. it may be that q e drains
will remedy this condition. II no out
let is available, a pit dug in the corner
of the garden may be sufficient to per-
init surplus water TO seep away.
Heavy clay soils are improved by the
addition of sand. street sweepings, or
ashes. Occasionally gardeners report
success with soils consisting largely OF
ashes. Lime helps greatly in tighten
ing heavy soils. II ground limestone
or air slaked lime is used, it should be
applied at the rate OF ten pounds to
one hundred square feet. IL hydrSted
or water slaked lime is used, apply
seven and one-hslf pounds 10 the sarle
area; with quicklime, which Is diff
cult to handle, five pounds will be SUI
ficient.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
u. S. Military Orders
Prom IN. Tribupe Bureau

Washington April 80
u Col 1OHN c GILMORE j.. G A Oorps,
,o Go,eruors and as aeronSutich cfrcer. East
On Department
usrfrnert. from FrsrEford Arsenal 20 ofice CHIEF
~ O-irRn-e WashiH ctCn.
MAJ WILLIAM 4 MITCHELL c p rom Ml-4pa
E,-esu- fo ret.or- % Chief o. Engneers Tor as
sgumeIt ~ , .
MAJ SAMUEL 2. FREEMAN. retired. assigned 70
sc-iye duty % T.. Og.e'hoTpe.
Csn- ITWiS b MASSLE q NJ. Offers reserve
'o-rs f-orn T-or. Rosl Remoiut Depot % Mad
a-er orrers' training camp. for Outs a. assistant
TO camp ouafteruaste - .,
Mai ALBERT 4 DALTON hnf Ctqi- IiIhAhp
M TOpDIN d N c. from Spuths-f Depart
fosrt 10 Cna-les'on as assistants 20 Quertrinas
~ Southern Departmeut
active dutv and detailed a. acting Qus-;eT1nasier
"a Cnares,nn as GsSlstal. 20 Qusrerrnas'eT. South
c,rt FI1T6N O c. GARDNER. c. A. dssehsd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
H. c. Hoover at Sea,
Due Here in Few Days
Food Board Chairman to Meet
Belgian Commission

Herbert c. Hoover. recently chosen
as chairman Of the American Food
Board. is on his way from England on
an American ship. and will arrive here
within a few days, it was announced
yesterday By the American Commits
sion. for Relief in Belgium.
After comforting here with members
of the commission he will 20 to Wash
ington 70 assume his new position. 1t
is said Mr.. Hoover will not abandon
the chairmanship of the Belgian com
mission, although, it is expected that
the executive work will be carried on
bv other members. including W. L.
Honnold, relief director in America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Dutch and Spanish
Assume Belgian Relief

London, April 30.-W. B. Poland, director
in Europe for the American Commission for
Relief in Belgium. said to-day that organiza-
ton of the new neutral Spanish-Dutch conn
Tnittee taking over the protection OF imports
in the occupied territories OF Belgium ana
France. is proceeding satisfactorily.
This committee" he said. ais replacing
the American representatives who have with
drawn from the occupied territories. The
Commission for Relief in Belgium will con-
tinue 10 deliver foodstufts TO Rotterdam and
through its Belgian delegates will forward
them 10 Belgium and Northern France
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Flour for Future Delivery
Carries SIS a Barrel Margin

Minneapolis. April 90.-Milling companies
here announced to-day that hereafter mar
gin of s. will he asked on every barrel Of
flour purchased for future delivery.
The action was taken with a view TO curb
ing speculation In -four and also affording
greater protection to millers, Heavy buying
hy spectators for future delivery ia held re-
sponsible for the unsettled -four market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Britain May Rescind
Order for Meatless Days

London. April 30.-The Food Controllers
order prohibiting consumption Of meat one
dav each week may be rescinded. Speaking
for the government in the House of Commons
today. CAPTAIN Charles Bathurst said it
might be necessary to abandon meatless days
as they involved strain on the consumption
of breadstuffs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
~
'X':xAdNso1}&2
Tuesday, May 1, 1917

Tb. d.p.rment /. engaged in separating the sheep OF
sdy.r,sns and the service which backs up sdverhsns
from the gosand hanging bell the goats II 'nv'se'
letters describing experenees-peasant or unPlea'snt-n
.dveer whether they be manufacturer wholesale hou'e
retail store, or public service corporations IL will print those
letter. which seem to show mos. ypcsy how advertiser
deeds square with the words Of his advertising Only signed
letters giving the writer's address, will be read But me
will be printed withheld. preferred Address Inc
Advisor. The Tribune New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Boxcars Of All Roads
Pooled for Nation s Use

Chicago. April 30.-An order which in
effect pools the boxcars of all railroads
for national use in any direction was
issued to-day b. the special railroad
commission of the National Council Of
Defence. It suspends an order of Feb
ruary II designed to expedite the re-
turn OF empty cars to home lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01

trA. nes, Advisor via appear Thursday, Moy 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Powers Given TO SECRETARY

ut gives him power TO REQUIRE Tho
prompt disposition of food wbich -
about to 20 out Of condition. So a. -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
Welcoming the Troop

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Certain things happening during the
past week compel me to air my opinion
in public, something ] have never done
before and sincerely hope this may not
find it's way to the wastepaper basket.
What 1 refer to was the elaborate (?)
reception to the Governors troop on
the morning of the 18th. For several
days Harrisburgers looked anxiously
for their coming-and when they came
what did they get? Red lights, cheers,
bands, etc, but not one drop of hot
coffee and sandwiches on that cold
morning. 1 know they would have
appreciated both after their long cold
ride, and they richly deserved It..
When L read in the papers of the re-
ceptions other places gave their dear
boys, l am ashamed of our city. Where
were the preparedness committee, the
Chamber of Commerce. or any society
or club? Three hours time was sup
posed to be given to prepare for their
coming-prepare what? Many persons
have expressed themselves just as l
have done and think 1t strange that
Harrisburg exercised such a spirit of
economy (?) at this particular time.
When we write to our friends out of
the city we can tell of the big head
lines in the papers. regarding their ad-
vent, but in small letters write-mil-
lions for defense, but not one cent for
coffee and sandwiches. Sincerely.
A FRIEND OF THE SOLDIERS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
A BUDGET FOR THE STATE

TIME fact that the Pennsylvania
i Legislature, which will reconvene
here next Monday night for the
Inauguration of the business of the
biennial session, will appropriate
money exceeding that of the total in
come of a number of the nations of
the world lends to the importance of
the statement made by the counsel of
the State Economy and Efficiency
Commission that budget system of
appropriations can be worked out for
this Commonwealth. 1t is only neces-
sary to call attention to the difference
which has occurred time and again be-
tween the amount Of the appropria-
tions passed by the Legislature for the
conduct of the State government and
for various public works and the ag-
gregate of the Governors approvals.
Harry S. McDevitt, the counsel who
made the statement last night that
the budget system was feasible, is
lawyer and trained investigator and
for the last half dozen years has been
studying the State governmental
methods and observing those in other
States. Mr.. McDevitt says that under
the constitution the Governor can re-
quire information which could be
made, with measure of legislative
assistance, into a budget. He says
that the department chiefs could give
what they spent and estimate what
they need and the Governor could
then make his recommendations to the
Legislature.
Anyone familiar with the methods
of handling appropriation bills, not
ably the general appropriation bill
which provides the funds for the run
ming of the State government, can see
that there is room for improvement.
1t gets sandwiched in between a raft
of bills carrying appropriations for
charities, the worthiness of some of
which is open to more or less criticism,
and in 1913 it was the last bill to get
to the Governor. Successive Cover |
nors have had to cut the bill because
the real work on it came either in the |
dying days of the Legislature or after |
the members had gone home.
Under the budget plan work would |
be done once and done beforehand.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
THE LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE

LIVERY proposal for a new de-
IL parture in public affairs, and
especially in foreign relations,
awakens exaggeraed hopes and stirs
unneeded fears. Often the hopes and
fears are due to a misunderstanding
of the object sought. This ought not
to be true of the League to Enforce
Peace, because, although the details
and methods of operation are left to
the future, the principles involved are
clearly stated and the limitations of
the objects sought are carefully de-
fined. An impression, however, has
gone abroad that the organization
may be intended, or used, to help in
bringing the European war to a close.
There are people. no doubt, who
would like to see 1t directed to that
purpose; but the statement of the OBJ
ject was deliberately framed to pre-
vent this very thing, namely, to "es-
tablish and maintain peace after the
close of the present war; and the
executive committee can safely be
trusted not to permit 1t to be diverted
from this aim. To seek to maintain
peace before war breaks out is a very
different thing from interposing be-
tween belligerents; Offering, unsought,
an opinion upon the terms they ought
to accept; and bringing pressure to
bear on the weaker and more vulner-
able side. 1t is essentially the differ
ence between seeking to prevent a
quarrel and buying into a quarrel An
attempt to separate combatants may
be, under proper conditions, highly
praiseworthy, but is certainly no part
of the object of. the League in the
present war.
Many Americans complain that the
League would involve our country in
entangling alliances with foreign ma
tions contrary to our traditions. 1t
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

tho second apple grower when 1t
comes to value of the fruit and that
In tho prices obtained for Its wheat.
potatoes and rye 1t was No. 8 in
America last year. We confess to a
considerable amount of pride in our
old Commonwealth as a farming State.
We have written much, spoken much
and thought much about our front
rank in manufacturing, mining and
metal making and have felt thrills
when we considered our princely ap-
preparations for encouragement of
education and amelioration of ills.
Now we can expand our chests over
our splendid place as producer Of
food in the days when it is giving the
economists concern. The figures OF
the statistical bureau are tonic and
we hope the Legislature will do the
right thing and help us to further
advertise our farming products be-
cause we have got lots of land that we
can put into cultivation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
BY BRIGGS

would certainly involve obligations,
and those of a very grave character
obligations that might possibly result
IN War-and so does the Monroe Doc
trine. On the other hand. the obli-
cations might, and probably would,
save us from being entangled in war.
Ihere are different kinds of obliga-
tions and alliances. Some people think
or the proposed League as an alliance
OF rev nations to counterbalance an
other League of about equal strength.
and this might we'll become a provo,
cation, rather than prevention
OF war A vendetta, where men are
pound together to fight others and re-
Venge injuries, is an entangling al
lance; police force is not. It is to
the latter class that the League be-
longs 1t is primarily directed to pre-
vent war amongst its own members
and VIII, 1t is hoped, become so strong
as TO maintain peace at last through
out the world. In fact, if enough ma
!ions and enough great nations, Join
1t the others will feel the need of
coming in.
There is no use in seeking to mini
mize the obligations that our nation
would undertakes; but no nation. and
especially no rich and powerful nation
can be wholly isolated in the world
To-Day. Ii IL stands alone, it must run
d ilsk Oh collislon, of a struggle with a.
a,angerous antagonist, perhaps more
than one enemy, and perhaps alone
Our people must seriously consider
whether the security against war is
not worth the cost of the Insurance.
and whether we should not be wise
Whether we have not some duty. to
take part in the policing of the world,
ouch an opportunity as will be pre-
sehted at the close of this war is NOT
likely to come again.-A. Lawranoe
Lowell in The North American Re-
view. tse-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
Anent Market Square

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In reading the Harrisburg Telegraph
1 was much interested in the discussion
of the treatment of Market Square.
AS one travels, without exception one
finds, that open squares of all cities
are made centers for beautifying.
1t is time that some change Is made
in Market Square and that change
ought to be to beautify. The marked
improvements in our streets and parks
have added much to the attractiveness
of Harrisburg. but we cannot point
with any pride to Market Square; 1T
still has the appearance of village.
Why not make 1t center of beauty?
An oval grass plot with a monument
of John Harris. or one of our great
statesmen seems the only right treat
ment of the most central point of our
city. We ought to point out with pride
the historic picturesque Market Square,
and may we do so before another year
goes by.
A RESIDENT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
Social centers in Chicago Schools
1.-THE American City.]

The idea of having social centers
conducted in the public schools is so
strongly approved in Chicago that
forty five of the schools now have them,
and the superintendent of schools has
been authorized to open centers in other
school buildings in which they are de-
sired.
The appropriation for this purpose
for the present year is $4,000. and the
president of the board of education,
Jacob M. Loeb. hopes to secure $780,
900 with which to pursue the work next
year.
The growth of the idea is apparent
from the increase in the number of
these centers conducted last year. from
twenty seven for a limited period of
seven weeks duration to forty-flve this
year for the longer period of twenty
three weeks.
President Loeb feels that the edu-
cation which may be derived from the
evenings thus spent in social inter-
course is as important as any of the
other fundamentals. and that 1t really
gives finishing touch to the work of
lcitizen-making.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
Editors Poetic Tribute

How dear to any heart is the steady
subscriber,
Who pays in advance at the birth of
each year,
Who lays down his money and does it
most gladly,
And casts round the office a halo of
cheer
He never says, "stop it; 1 cannot
afford 1t,
I'm getting more papers than now 1
can read"
But always says, send it; our people
all like it.
In fact we all think it help and a
need"
How welcome his check when it reaches
our sanctum.
How 1t makes our pulse throb; how ii
makes our hearts dance;
We outwarddy thank him; we inwardly
bless him
The steady subscriber who pays in
advance.
Valley Times Star. Neville.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

General C. T. O'Neil. of Allen
town, commander of the Third Bril-
gade, is one of the oldest National
Guardsmen in point of service.
George e. Bartol, of the Philadel-
phia Bourse. will go to New Orleans,
to make a study of the belt line in
that city which is owned by the muni-
cipality.
er postmaster of Philadelphia, is
spending a short time at the seashore.
Judge julius M. Mayer, of the
United States court at New York,
will address the Philadelphia credit
men at their annual dinner.
-Philander c. Knox, senator-elect,
is quoted as saying that he looks for
q "dry" State before very many years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
MIR. WILSON'S SPEECH

IT is difficult, if not impossible, to
forecast the result of President
Wilson's speech before the Senate
yesterday. Whether history shall re-
gard it as a remarkable piece of state
craft or mass of befuddled fiub-dub
will depend largely upon the outcome.
The address came like bolt from a
blue sky and whether it will serve
only to clear the air or has shattered
hopes for an early peace will not be
known until the clouds of diverse
comment have rolled away.
This much may be conceded-that
the President is sincere in his desire
not alone to bring the present conflict
to an end, but to insure world peace in
the future; that he is prompted by
motives of highest idealism and that
he has the courage to face the criti-
cisms that he must have known would
be directed at him as a result of his
unprecedented proposal. The end he
strives for is ideal. but whether it can
be worked out along the more or less
indefinite plans he advocates is the
question. Indeed, his speech is so
filed with terms that may be con-
strued to mean any one of a half
dozen things that it will not be difficult
for leaders of the warning nations,
either unintentionally or for their own
purposes, to misunderstood. Indeed,
lack of clarity is one of the chief
charges that will be lodged against the
speech. The President has enunciated
a Monroe Doctrine for the world; he
has asked for peace without vic
tory" and has requested the Senate
to pledge itself to some scheme of
world peace the details of which are
apparently not we'll defined in his own
mind.
Peace to be lasting must be without
victory, he says, regardless of the fact
that the most permanent peace the
world has ever known-that between
the North and the South-was the re-
suit of a very decisive victory. What
the President probably means is that
no lasting peace can be expected un-
less the victor treats the vanquished
fairly, which is quite different thing.
The Presidents bitterest critics will
no doubt ind in his latest effort ma
terial for condemnation, but fair
minded persons will await the result.
1t may easily develop that he has
made a gross error; indeed, the temp
tation is strong to view his address in
that light. But it is just as we'll to
await developments.
However, such step as the Presi-
dent proposes-violating as it does all
our national traditions from Washing
tons time to the present, sundering
our moorings as nation apart from
all others and starting it forth with
sails full set upon a sea of world poll
tics and doubtful alliances-is we'll
worthy of the fullest patriotic discus
sion in which no partisan politics
should enter and which should have
but one object and that the welfare
of the nation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
PENNSYLVANIA. FARMING STATE

MHILE the whole world knows
w that Pennsylvania ranks with
nations in its production of iron
and that its steel works are the back
bone of the American trade; that it
mines almost half of the coal of the
United States, and that it's oil and ore.
manufactured goods and lumber play
a big part in the country's business. it
has only been within the last year that
the people of the keystone State have
become aware of the prominence of
their Commonwealth as food pro-
ducer. The Pennsylvania Railroad and
some commercial organizations made
praiseworthy efforts to obtain reliable
statistics and to awaken interest in
the agricultural enterprises of the
State and in years gone by national
and State campaigns to get first-hand
information were undertaken. But it
has only been within the last year that
a State system has been evolved and
put into operation.
This system has been worked out by
the Bureau of Statistics of the State
Department of Agriculture and it is
from that office the people of the State
have come to know that Pennsylvania
is seventh in the list of States in the
value of its farm crops and that they
run somewhere around quarter of a
billion dollars in worth: that we know
that our iron and steel and coal State
is the second producer of hay in the
country, and hay is worth lot in real
money these days; that this State is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

A PPLES," observed Elbert Hub
"A bard, ARE much cheaper than
medicine" thereby paraphrasing
the old saying that IAN apple q day
keeps the doctor away
Apples are one of the big features
and by far the most interesting to the
lay visitor to the big agricultural show
now on at the n-Brantingham
building in connection with the farm
conventions being held in Harrisburg.
AS the meat supply goes down the
fruit supply increases. This is no bet
ter demonstrated than in our own
South Mountain apple belt, where the
orchards are growing in extent every
year and where the quality of the ap-
pies is being constantly improved
They may have just as fine looking
apples in Oregon and Washington, but
experts all admit that they must yield
the palm to Pennsylvania in point of
flavor, and, like the pudding, the proof
of the apple is in the eating.
Apple growing is a pleasant and
profitable business, properly conducted,
but like everything else, it requires
skill and persistence. From Haddon-
field, N. j., comes a news dispatch of
a profit of $4,000 on an apple orchard
of five acres. This is exceptional, but
it is typical of the returns that fruit
growers have been able to wrest from
the soil.
Apples make for happiness both for
the grower and the consumer. The
more the merrier for all of us. 1t will
be long time before the apple market
is overstocked, and it is pleasing to
note the increasing importance ac-
corded the apple industry by the State
agricultural societies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
The Miracle at Cana

When the ruler of the feast had
tasted the water that was made wine,
and knew not whence it was: the gov-
ernor of the feast called the BRIDE
groom and saith unto him, Every man
1t the beginning doth set forth good
wine: and when men have well drunk.
then that which is worse; but thou hast
kept the good wine until now. This
beginning of miracles did Jesus I'M
Cana of Galilee.-John IL, to IL.