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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
WHERE SHIPS LIE IDLE.

Within two months a fleet Of hum
dreds of merchant vessels will be
tied up in American ports and re-
main idle four or Ave months.
With the government straining
every energy to build new vessels,
these hundreds of steel cargo carriers
OF the most modern type. will be
costing their owners the salaries of
watchmen to keep them from being
stripped Of their fixtures.
The ships referred TO comprise the
wonderful inland merchant marine Of
the United States and Canada on the
Great Lakes.
Early in December these boats are
forced to discontinue their trips be-
cause Of the freezing of the harbors
and connecting channels of the Great
Lakes. There are literally hundreds
of these boats. They range from
the S00-foOters to huge freighters
more than 500 feet in length, and
having cargo capacity of 10000 tons
or more.
The one reason that these boats
have not already been pressed into
ocean service. is the impossibility OF
getting them through the Welland
canal The Welland canal locks can
not take vessels Of more than $40 to
$50 feet in length. All the boats on
the lakes under that size, and which
were staunch enough for ocean serv-
ice. have already been sent to the
coast. But few of the modern freight
ers are under 400 feet in length.
An all-American route to the ocean
is possible by greatly charging the
Eric barge canal. A less expensive
way would be to enlarge the Welland
canal, and the Shipping Board, it is
said, win press upon the Canadian
government. the necessity Of doing
this. II il were done now. It would
not be necessary to witness the spec
tacle OF a great feet of vessels lying
idle four months while the world Is
literally crying for ships.
The Industrial possibilities are
scarcely less far-reaching and inn
portant than the war possibilities. 1t
would bring Fargo within $50 miles
OF an ocean port Grain could be
shipped from Fargo to Duluth and
loaded directly into vessels for Liver
pool The commerce Of the world
could be brought directly 10 the Head
"a the Lakes, and but one transfer
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
Cough Nearly Gone
IN % Hours
Thatss the usual expeFienc9 With
this homemade remedy. Costs
uttle-tEy G.

Anyone who tries this pleasant tast-
inc homemade cough evrup. will
quickly understand why it is used in
more homes in the United States and
Canada than any other cough remedy
The way ~ takes hold Of an obstinate
cough, giving immediate relief, will
make you regret that You never tried
it before. 1T is q truly dependable
cough remedy that should be kept
handy IN every home, TO use at the
first sign of cough, night or day.
ANY druggist can supply YOU with
2h ounces of Pinex t60 cents WORTHY
Pour this into pint bottle and ill the
bottle with Main gTanulated sugar
syrup. The total cost Is about 65 cents
and Won have q full pint of the most
effective remedy you ever used.
The quick, lasting relief you get from
this excellent cough syrup will really
surprise YOU. Tt promptly heals the in
famed membranes that line the bhroa6
and air passages, stops the annoying
throat tickle, lOosens the phlegn, and
soon your cough stops entirely. Splen-
did for bronchitis, Group, WhoopinG
cough and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is q, highly concentrated CONF
pound of Norway pine extract, and Is
famous the world over for Its healing
eject on the membranes.
To avoid disappointment ask Tor '2lk
ounces OF Pinexs with full directions
and don't accept anything else. A guar
antee Of absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded goes with this prep
aFntion. 4he eiuex CO.. Et. Wayne
Ind
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

signed from the cabinet and retired
from public life.
But they would not be guilty of
indirectly prolonging the war by Civ
ing aid and comfort to the enemy.
sOnce their protests were oVerridden
and their country was at war, they
did not continue their fight, To do
so would merely have hampered the
men at the front. 1t would not have
ended the war. 1t would have pro-
longed the war.
The example of these two patriotic
Englishmen is cited, not at all with
the idea that it will influence Senator
La Toilette, but simply to serve as a
might do IL he had the self-sacrific-
ing patriotism of Morley and Burns.
The Northwest Farmstead: Presi-
dent Townley of the Nonpartisan
league got in bad" by intimating
that it's September meeting in st.
Paul was under the combined aus
pices Of the national grange. Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and Society
of EQUITY. The national offices of all
three of these organizations have
officially informed us that the use
of their names in connection there
with was wholly unauthorized Mr..
Townley declared that the purpose
of the conference was to lower the
high cost of living by inducing pub
lie opinion to insist upon lower prices
for coal, fuel and metals: He stated
that no unpatriotic sentiments would
be allowed expression in this move
ment. The sentiment at this gather
ing. as among farmers everywhere,
fayors still larger taxes on war
profits to pay for the war.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

It's Easy-If You Know Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young is to feel
young-to do this you must watch your
liverand bowels there snoneedof hav.
ing sallow complexion = dark rings
under your eyes = pimples "a bilious
look in your face-dulI eyes with ma
sparkle. Your doctorwiIl tell you ninety
per cent Of all sickness comes from n.
active bowels and liver.
Dr.. Edwards, d well Unknown physician
in Ohio, perfected a vegetable com.
pound mixed with olive oil to act On
the liver and bowels, which be gave "a
his patients for years.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the sub.
stitute for calomel, are gentle ia their
action yet always effective. They bring
about that exuberance of spirit that
natural bnoyancy which should be En-.
joyed byeveryone, bytoning up the liver
and clearing the system Of impurities.
Won win know ID. Edwards Olive
Tablets by their olive color. 1Qc and
CSC per box. All druggists.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
SOME "DoNT's."

Don't Buy A Liberty Bond-buy
Liberty BONDS.
Don't call it helping the govern
nent-it's helping yourself.
Don't look upon it as money spent
its money saved.
Don't look on it as a donation to a
cause-it's an investment for your
self.
Don't wait to be asked to buy
it's your war as much as the COM
mittee's war.
Don't buy only what you have cash
60 pay for-pledge your credit.
Don't pay all cash for your bonds
buy them with your future savings.
Don't figure that your purchase
won't count when the total Is so
large-if you argue that way. why
keep on living when there are so
many others living?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

Mr.. Hoover and Price Fixing.
At present the public is looking to
Mr.. Hoover for remedy for the high
cost Of living through price fixing.
From the standpoint of the war
emergency l expect Mr.. Hoover and
his food administration to do very
important work. In respect to wheat
which Mr.. Hoover is given power to
buy or sell 1t ought to be possible to
make price fixing practicable by
such buying and selling. / also re-
1oice in the economy work Mr.. Hoov-
er is doing and instigating. The only
proper way Of meeting the cost Of
war is out of real frugality and in
dustry. 1t is criminal to talk Of
business as usual"
But / regard the Hoover commits
sion as more likely to succeed in
these economy efforts, i.e., efforts to
influence physical production, con-
sumption and distribution land
thereby, incidentally, prices) than in
it's efforts to control prices in the
markets. 1t may also prevent, to
some extent, speculative manipula-
ton and monopoly. Nor do mean to
say that some results may not be
achieved in direct price fixing
through the license system and 9TH
erwise, especially in stabilizing
prices. But 1 do not expect any
startling or very radical reduction in
prices and. should radical reductions
be attained and sustained, / should
expect to see the production Of such
artificially cheapened commodities
fall off,
l am informed by competent OBJ
servers that price fixing abroad has
proved a failure. IN Germany the eff
fort to keep down the price Of milk
resulted in the slaughter of cows for
beef to the great detriment Of the
German national food supply.
Price Fixing Cannot Affect the
General Price Level.
And, so far as price fixing of any
kind succeeds, the prices will neces-
CARLY be confined to so few COM
modities las specific foods, fuels,
etc. that the general price level of
DR.. Meeker's three hundred COM
modities will not be reduced. / ven
ture to predict, even to the extent of
one per cent.-especially as one OBJ
ject of Mr.. Hoover's plans is to keep
some prices up enough to insure
adequate production. If this be true,
official price fixing cannot solve the
great problem of the high cost of liv-
ing and of price movements in gen.
eral. We might as well expect to
sweep back the ocean with a broom.
Even if we could reduce the price
of wheat and coal by 10 per cent the
effect on the general level Of prices
would be only l per cent.
Other Unavoidable Remedies.
/ cannot discuss here in detail the
numerous other unavoidable rene
dies for the high cost of living such
as socialism, trust busting" the
single tax, bimetallism, trade union
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

Of cargo would be necessary, instead
OF three as is now the case. The
Atlantic ports would no longer
handle all the Atlantic shipping, but
a very large percentage of it would
be handled from the lake ports of
Duluth. Chicago, Milwaukee and 9TH
err cities.
Itwould move the Atlantic ocean
more than 1000 miles inland.
II the submarine brings home the
necessity OF Immediately making a
deep water route from Duluth to the
ocean, 1t will be one credit mark
against its long list Of dastardly
crimes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
Fargo Boy Has
Words of Praise
For Great Singer

Paul Teichmann. a Fargo cole
lege graduate of last June, son OF
Mrs. Mary Teichmann, 72O Fifth
street south, writing from Camp
Riley, tells OF Nine. Schumann-
Heink's visit there recently. In
part, Mr.. Teichmann writes as
follows:
This is Sunday noon. We
heard Nine. Schumann- Heink
this forenoon. She is great
simple and motherly, with
wonderful personality. She CALI
ed us all her boys. She sang
The Rosary, and many other
songs. 1t was wonder full! / am
sending a film, all pictures OF her
except one. which is of small
part of the crowd who heard her.
She posed for a few of us spec
tally. on the steps. with what she
called her Sunday afternoon
smile.
Il shook hands with her. and
asked her about her Fargo date
tomorrow night. She said, It's
postponed; it cost me $100-but
my boys are worth more than
hat. (She has land near Grand
Forks, and takes special interest
in North Dakota)-''.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
PERCY BEALS, FARGO
BOY, NOW AN ENSIGN
will Take Four Months Training nj
Naval Academy ~ IL Now
Home on Fur1Ough.

Percy Beals, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
W. Beals, has received a commission
as ensign in the United States navy,
and leaves Friday morning for An
napolis, Md, where he will receive
four months training in the naval
academy before being assigned to a
ship.
last June, but is home on a weeks
furlough He is a graduate of the
North Dakota Agricultural college.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
COMMISSION BUsTS AN
ORDINANCE BUT DOES
A PATRIOTIC SERVICE,

In allowing the transfer of three
taxicab licenses of Nick's Taxi line
from George c. Washburn to Dale a.
Jacobs, who recently bought the bus
mess, yesterday the city commits
sion Violated an ordinance, but eVened
it up by doing patriotic service.
Mr.. Washburn was forced to sell
his business because he was drafted"
said Pres. Alex Stern, land ! don't
think this commission will be censur-
ed for taking action to insure a man
who is going into. the service of his
country against financial loss"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
RIDES WITH CORPSE.

Passenger ON G. N. Train Not Aware
Companion Had Expired.
Larimore, N. d.. Oct. 11.-Attempt-
ing To awaken q passenger, apparent
ly asleep, trainmen on the Mayvtlle
line local found the supposed sleep
ing man was dead. He had expired
of heart failure, a passenger sitting
in the same seat being unaware oil
the fact that he was riding with a
corpse.
The man has not been identihed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
sTATE BONDED Debt Law.

Bismarck, N. L.. oct. 10. w.
Wyatt, special agent Of the bureau OF
the census, will t6day complete an
audit of North Dakota governmental
expenses, to be embodied i'm census
report covering the states and cities
Of over $4,000 population.
7 Mr. Wyatt commented favorably
unon North Dakota's low bonded in
debtedness, now totaling but $4,000
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
THE TROUBLE MAKERS.

Much bitterness is being engender-
ed in Southern Minnesota by the re-
fusal OF many Minnesota towns to
permit meetings of the Nonpartisan
league to be held within their limits.
League leaders. OF course, prompt
ly proclaim that the towns are
lighting the farmer. That is
absurd for no town or city in an
agricultural community can afford to
flight the farmer" even il 1t has any
disposition to do so. II the social
istic orators Of the league had con-
fined themselves to economic prob
lens in their meetings, and had
avoided their anti-war propaganda,
there never would have been any at
tempt to stop the league meetings.
But the st. Paul meeting did not serve
to establish any confidence in the
active loyalty OF the league execu-
tives. Whether the citizens are
justified or not in preventing the
meetings. that is the one and only
reason for their action.
The program in Minnesota seems
to be the same as it was in North
Dakota, to array class against class.
The loyalty issue has been seized
upon there. Any other issue would
have served as we'll. The aim is to
create mutual distrust between city
and country, between class and
class. that will bring dollars to the
pockets Of the league leaders.
This bitterness will remain for
years. Feuds will spring up that
will continue for generations, per-
haps. Neighbor will be arrayed
against neighbor. And the trouble
maker alone profits.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
COMPLAINTS ARE HEARD.

Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 1.-THE state
railway commission at Medina, Satur-
day. heard complaints from business
men and farmer patrons of the local
telephone company, serving 800 miles
of territory with exchanges at Medina
and Woodwork. The board also In
vestigated several sites upon when
desire crossings of the
Northern Pacific tracks, near Crystal.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task Of
Keeping UP With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Portal International thinks
Senator La Toilette has his eyes on
the presidency. 1t says:
Senator La Toilette of Wis
consin would dearly love to be
President of the United States,
but he will need more than the
support of the Socialists, /. w.
w. element and pro-Germans to
land the big job.
The Crazy Public Opinion wrote a
good editorial in three lines this
week. Here II is:
Nobody is worrying about free
speech in this country except
those who wish to abuse it.
The Saint John Leader doesn't oe-
lieve in the theory that the world
will make a track to the door" Of
the man who does something better
than anybody else. 1t thinks adver-
tising is necessary and says so as
follows:
we have the best land in the
northwest. We need more set
tiers. Why can't we get them?
We have heard this until we
are tired and extremely sick Of
1T. Maybe for the same reason
true that IL was nara 10 get
settlers on the Snake river,
Washington; on Hell's creek,
Idaho or in the now famous Liz
ard valley in New Mexico until
it was properly advertised that
there is nothing in a name. A
few dimes. spent in proper adj
Vertising would inform the world
Of the fact that turtles are as
scarce in the mountains as adj
mirals in Switzerland.
The Hankinson News had a fare
well editorial to ''the boys" that
sounded right. Here ii is:
Hankinson this week babe
goodbye to the gallant little
band of boys comprising Com
pany l. Of the Second North Da-
kota Infantry. BY this time they
are doubtless a part of the army
being trained in North Carolina
for duty on the blood stained
batt1efeIds Of France.
No great public demonstration
marked the departure Of these
boys from our midst Rather it
was like the departure Of menu
bers OF one family with our peO-
pie soberly hoping for their safe
return from their long journey
fraught with 30 many dire pos
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
RAILROAD MEN
Are In DEMAND
Government Needs Opera
tors and Switchmen for
Work In France
ENLIsTMENTs IN
UNITED STATES ARMY.

John III. DINNER OF Casselton.
James M. Hanson of Dodge,
N. d.
Ambrose o'Keefe, of Fargo.
James L. Leland of Galchutt,
N. d.
Jesse E. Brooks of Charles
ton. Ill.
John Tomala, Pierz, MINI.
Sam Evans Of Fargo.
Ole Odegard Of Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
THIS TELLS "WHY WE ARE AT
WAR"

Forget Belgium for a moment;
forget the Lusitania; forget all the
submarine sinkings; forget the Mexi-
can plot; forget all the crimes Of
Germany against the United States,
and that one telegram from thinner
mann to Bernstorff, made public yes
terday by the state department, is
ample Justification for the participa-
ton of the United States in the war.
"In the United States, sabotage
can be carried out on every kind
Of factory for supplying NUM-
ton Of war"
Those were the instructions of the
German foreign office to it's ambas-
sador in the United States.
Remember that the United States
was still at peace with Germany.
Remember that the United States
had every legal right to manufacture
munitions for the Allies, and that
Germany had insisted on this very
right at The Hague convention.
Remember that sabotage might fn-
clude dynamiting factories regard
less OF the loss of human lives; set
ting fires and wrecking machinery
with no thought Of the safety Of the
workers.
These kilograms were the climax
OF the amazing series Of disclosures
made by the state department. They
are cold facts, unembellished by any
comment. Comment is super8uous.
Scarcely less astounding was the
clause regarding the Canadian Paci-
nc railroad.
'sThe general Staff desires
energetic action In regard to
proposed destruction Of Canadian
Pacific railway az several points
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

Professor Irving Fisher university delivering notable
o
cludes virtually
The lectnr lnRa.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

The country newspaper is the bes
and most consistent booster" an
can have. The Hallida
Promoter reflects the fight it is help
ing to make to put Halliday on tn
map, with this:
The trials and tribulations of a
new born town are many to
those who would see it grow and
prosper. Very nearly every per-
son in the town, and especially
every man in business wants to
see his town go forward. 4
majority Of the business men will
go to the last ditch, and give
almost the last dollar to assist a
public Improvement and keep his
town In the front row.
He is the man whose name you
will find under the heading-"I
hereby agree to pay, and pays
it, for something that is going to
benefit the town-thereby, in a
measure. benefiting the giver.
He is the citizen plus.
Subscription lists are plentiful,
no denying that fact-you don't
have to chase them down-neith-
er can you run away from them.
Halllday Is no inherent from all
other towns along the line in this
respect.
Things are done everywhere
by petition-that's about the only
way-therefore we might as well
make up our minds to meet them
for at least a few years, and do
the best we can.
Don't give more than you can
afford. Don't burden yourself,
just do your part and help.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The Kansas City Star: Two FAM
John Burns. both cabinet members,
disapproved OF Britain's entrance in
70 the war. Disappearing. they re-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
DUNDONALD TO TALK.

DR.. Roderick d. Dundonald. elias
gov, Scotland, lecturer, who is at the
Fargo Y. nj. C. A. convalescing from a
broken leg suffered in an automobile
accident, will be the speaker at the
second mems mass meeting to be held
in Fargo "Y'' auditorium at 4 O'Clock
next Sunday afternoon. He will give
a Scotch talk.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

Get wise and order F1avo Flour
from the manufacturers. Phone SO.
-Advt
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

AsTORIA Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops Soothing Syrups It pleasant 1t contains neither
Opium Morphine Narcotic substance It's is s
than thirty has been in constant for the relief
Constipation Fatuency, Wind Collie and Darhna aayg Fsverh
arising herefrom by regulating Stomach and Bowels,
assimilation Of Food; giving healthy and natural Sleep
The Chldren's Panacea-The Mothers Friend
Bought
ysa has borne the Cas H Fletcher has been
All COunt Inaon and are but Experiments that
tEife endanger the health Of Infants and
Chidren-Expeience against Experiment. nELlN4-Z
%k<EcEk
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

sibilities. There was little cheer
ing or hilarity, but a touching
effort to keep hidden the deep
feeling in many breasts. Their
departure brought home to most
of us the supreme sacrifice they
are making for their country
they offer up their lives on the
altar Of Liberty. They could do
no more.
Most Of these boys are Rich
land county lads. Some of them
have been born and brought up
right here in our little city. That
they will do their bit" whatever
ii may prove to lie, we all know.
They are true Americans
which is the highest tribute we
can pay them.
Goodbye boys, and good luck!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11
High Cost Of Living
And It's Solution

Professor Irving Fisher Of Yale Univ orsi Delivering
lures on Price iMoVenn ents, in which He Offers
Remedy For Present Conditions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-11

The Crazy Public Opinion wrote a
good editorial in three lines this
week. Here il is:
Nobody is worrying about free
speech in this country except
those who wish to abuse it.