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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19
Respecting the Farmer.

Some good results even out OF bad
gardens is predicted by Golfers. 1t
thinks that it may result in greater
respect for the farmer.
There are a good many bad gardens
this season, and wherever there is
bad garden there is disappointed and
a wiser would'be gardener. The gen.
eral impression has been that the only
thing a seed demands is TO be planted,
and the only thing plant demands is
a little water and emancipation from
weeds. A good majority Of the bad
gardens are a fine proof that there is
more to the profession Of raising food
than this.
There are a host Of spic and span
store clerks, not TO say dapper, who
have been mixed up in this bad garden
stunt this year, and il they get the i'm
preston that food growing is something
Of an art after all, they will think bet
ter Of the farmer. Not that they hav'
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19

ary law, even in communities where 1t
was enacted as an expression Of TIE
sentiment Of the majority Of the people
is known to all students Of this ancient
and vexatious problem. Where the
sentiment is against law and sullen
from lhe feeling thar it was imposed
from the outside under the pretense
that it was a war measure, enforcement
will be more difficult. Questions Of
fact as to when the spirits were made or
imported will further embauass the en-
lorcement Of this particular measure.
The senate asks the government to
assume an expensive and an exceed
ingly troublesome task at time when
all its energies are needed in carrying
a great war 10 successful end. 1t
would, at the most inopporlune time,
try an experiment it has not found nee
essary in times when all the powers Of
governmental machinery and law're
specting public sentiment could have
been concentrated on making it sue
cess and when the bitterness and divis
ion Of sentiment that have almost invar
iably characterized the enforcement oI
d8astic liquor legislation could have
had % serious consequences. Sena'
tors whose first concern is the winning
OF the war through the undivided efforts
OF all American citizens may we'll resist
the trial Of such an expensive expert
ment at this time, even at the peril oI
being misrepresented and abused. -
Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19

Italy's realization Of the aggressive
character Of the war at the start.
Italy has been reproached for breaking
its obligations and fox entering the war
when it thought the entente was as
sured Of victory. In a public speech
Signor Marconi has revealed that on
August Q, 1914, the Council Of Minist
ers Of Italy adopted declaration Of
neutrality, on the ground that it was an
aggressive war and forwarden the same
TO the charge d'affairs a; Paris. 1t was
somehow delayed and did not reach
him until | o'clock in the morning.
But he reused M. Vivinia from sleep
and officially notified him. Within
half an hour orders were issued for
mobolizing 100000 soldiers in the
north OF France that would have other
wise been kept on the Italian frontier.
This was more valuable service than
any Italy has been able TO render since
1t entered the war, Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19
II is a Timely Measure?

We have little doubt as to the cen
stitutionalitY Of the sweeping action Of
the Senate in shutting of all imports Of
ardent spirits and in confscating, with
compensation TO the owners, all spirits
found in bonded warehouses at the
time the meascre becomes a lay. Il
is enscted in the guise Of a war meas
ure and does not theoretically interfere
with the sac Of spirits iD any state, in
conformity with its laws. Yet it is real
ly a prohibition measure, in effect, and
debate shows that it was so intended.
The expense to the government can
no; be estimated with defnitenesS.
Much depends on how muct liquor is
Immediately withdrawn. The treasury
will receive the internal ,evenue on ali
that is Withdrawn. and II will also be
relieved Of the burden Of paying for it..
A greater item Of expense, no doubt,
will be incurred in enforcement. II
will be easy TO close the large distiller'
les and wipe out wholesalers. All rep
u;able persons heretofore engaged in
the business will retire. A large numb
er Of persons who have INDUCED in ard
dpt spirits will quit. But many who
have the appetite will seek illicl sources
Of supply. There will be money e
nough in the ilict business TO attrac
criminals 10 ii. The fact that there art
"moonshiners" making oleomargarin,
merely to avoid the tag Of 10 cents ;
pound, proves that. Little stills, SIM
lie and inexpensive in construction, vii
flourish in the most unsupported places
The difficulty Of enforcing a sumptu
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19
Letting War Secrets Out.

It may be we'll that the veil is being
lifted from the events that led up to
the war while all the persons involved
are still alive and able TO give their
versions. It may save future historians
much trouble for books will be written
about the great war for centuries TO
come. There will be fewer conflicts
Of theories and statements TO cause
C Infusion.
The official history Of Americas S
entry into the war, published Monday,
reveals few secrets. The reason for
the long interim between the seyering
Of relations with Germany and the arm
ing Of ships is explained. But most Of
the history is an argument, based on
fairly we'll known facts that prove the
long preparation Of Germany for the
great struggle. It is well TO empha'
size the purposes Of Germany, however
because it will prepare the American
10 scrutinize the peace terms Germany
may propose Whatever doubt there
may have been at one time, it is tht
present concensus Of world opinion
that Germany deliberately entered up
on this war for purposes Of conques
and that it would gain many Of its aim
il peace came now without some pro
vision being made as 10 Austria Hung
ary, Turkey and the Balkans.
Signor Marcni has just revealed a
interesting war secret which shove
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19
The Tangle al Washington.

The measure originally designated
Tor food control is so tied up through
the addition oi ex,raneous amendments
seeking to control almost everything
else, without special regard 10 the con-
duct OF the war or any regard for the
effect on sentiment, business or govern
meut finances, that the most venture
some correspondents have not the tenn
erity to p;edict when or how the mat
ter will end. The Senate Finance Com
mittee, which has wres;led long with
the emergency revenue bill, has frank
ly suspended work. 1t cannot proceed
until ii learns how much revenue must
be raised and what subjects Of taxation
will be available.
The provision for confsca'ion Of ar
dent spirits, with compensation 10 own,
ers, is the greatest source Of confusion
even as it has provoked the most bitter
ness. One OF the sources OF revenue
drawn upon since the beginning Of
fWsshiugton's administration is thieaten
ed with extinction. Not only must
substitute taxation be devised, but addi-
tional revenue must be found 10 pay
lor confscated spirits. The only use
the government could make Of such
spirits would be to get the alcohol from
them, at a cost Of from ten to sixteen
times that paid normally, The total
revenue TO be raised because Of this
provision, by taxation or by bond issue,
may run as high as $1,000, 100000.
But it will not be exactly kuown until
after the act has become effective and a
survey has been made. The cost Of
suppressing illict distilling must also
be added. This is prOblematical, be-
cause the only experience Of the Fed
eral Government mas been dealing with
moonshiners, who were merely seeking
to avoid the tax. The task will be
greater where the body Of public senti-
ment has not been prepared for such
drastic measures,
The Shipping Board is asking Tor an.
other $500, 100000. The estimates
for aircraft have been expanded to 5000,
100000 The cantonments will cos,
about three times the original estimate
Yet business has been protesting vigor
ously against taxes whose aggregate lel
far short oil the estimate Of the Treasury
Department, A worse time for tearing
the fetal system 10 piecer could no
have been selected. Globe Democrat
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19
Saving Democracy.

The New York World was among
the metropolitan newspapers which
made outcry against the prohibition
amendment to the food control bill;
and it treated the subject with exceed
ing fraDkness. To adopt prohibition,
argued the World, would split the
Democratic party in a division as
that occaSioned by slavery" and the
Southern Democrats, in consequence,
would find themselves in exclusion
from power at Washington"
Here was the argumentum an hom
inem, couched in terms which even
the most obtuse oI Southern Demo
Gratis could understand. Il may have
even reached the White House; for on
the very day that this solemn waning
appeared in the World, the President
summoned a quartette Of Democratic
Senators Tito conference and took
action 10 r tain beer and wine among
the personal liberties" that the World
h ID declared were always among the
sacred charges Of the Democratic party
The skill Of the Democratic leader:
ia turning moral issue to partisan ef
feet has had frequent demonstrations o.
late. He kept US cut Of war ant
was reelected. He got US into wa
to make the world safe for democ
racy,"-and took into his hands th'
most stupeni,ui political power tht
civilized world has tver known. H,
bans whiskey which is chiefly made il
Kentucky, where the Dem )cra,ic part!
has no iears-Jr d he would retain III
manufacture Of ieer and wines in state
where the Democra.s require ex rane
GUS aid to give them a majority. Ac
cordin! to the New York Worlds rss
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19
The Situation In Germany.

The most unpreiuced writer's on con
ditions in Germany have difficulty in
eliminating their wishes from their con
clusions. This accounts Tor much Of
the clash opinion as 10 the internal
situation. But there are other rea'
sons for divergence Of views. Some
have seen one phase Of German life
and some another. Personal peculiar
tiles Of the observer influence conclu-
sions even as to the same phase. Ira
velers disagree as TO America in nor
NAL times, when we are natural and not
trying to impress writers for some spe-
cial purpose, But after hearing cloud
OF witnesses, there are few conclusi'
ons we are justified in making as to
Germany.
One is that the icoi situation is acute
But for the capture Of Rumanian stores
Of grain, Germany would have been IA
mished by now. Another is that the
Germans have been generally brought
10 believe that they are fighting for act
ual existance. They still believe in
the inlalibility Of their rulers and ex
pect the submarine 10 starve England
before America can get an army ready
for fighting. Germany is heavily in
dept, but it is largely family aftiir,
since the great loans have been placed
at home. This does not really effect
Germany's military capacity, but the
last ditch militarists use it 10 show that
peace on any possible terms would
bankrupt the empire. Germany suf,
ers greatly from trade isolation, whic h
will be more severe, under Americas IS
new export policy toward neutrals,
That Germany is beginning TO have q
lack Of war necessities has been appar.
ent for some time. Its inventors have
supplied some substitutes, but there
are some things they cannot supply
There are many indications that Ger
many's supply Of men is failing. Ger
many is living on hope, making its su
preme gamble on the submarine. Il
must have surrendered whatever dreams
oil diplomatic success it has been cher
ishing. It's new air raid reveals a fool
ish tenacitY Of opinion as 10 the polio!
Of "irightIulness'. Seldom il ever
has a people shown more desperate re
solution, but it is largely based on mis-
apprehension oil the facts. When tht
break does come, it bids lair to pc
sudden collapse. Il Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19
An Elaborated Story.

Readers familiar with the style oI
Secretary Daniels iancied that his ex'
elusive" Fourth Of July story descript'
i've OF the two engagements Of Our
navy with the submarines in force,
during the ocean passage Of our troops,
showed the touch OF a more virile hand.
George Creel has subsequently con
fessed that he prepared the story which
the secretary fathered. The vague
ness Of the number Of the submarines
and the failure Of the vigilant core
spondents to mention the engagements
when coupled with the refusal il the
Committee OF Public Information TO
let Washington correspondents see
Admiral Greaves' dispatch, resulted in
some severe questioning Of Mr., Creel.
He said that he rewrote the dispatch,
omitting details as to the location Of
the fights $50 that Germany would have
to rely on the reports Of its own sub
marine commanders) and "elaborat'
ing" other features. The substance
OF the Creel version was cabled 10 Paris
and the correspondents, probably with
less precision Of language, referred TO
the elaboration" as "a considerable
exaggeration." Now Senator Penrose,
who is stickler in such matters, asks
for an inquiry into all the facts.
Pending the result Of the inquiry,
we can but wonder at the new concep
ton Of the functions Of the Committee
OF Public Information Heretofore
Suppression has appeared 10 be its
principal aim. Its official bulletins
have been so tedious and tasteless as
to make the staid Congressional Record
seem yellow journal, by comparison.
When it was not giving desiccated
summary Of something ot something
that could interest no human being, it
was lecturing US sn the propriety oI
observing the Fourth Of July with iuner
u solemnity. Knowing something oi
the lively spirit Of Mr.. Creel, we have
made sympathetic mention Of his self
repression. We feel that he was en-
titled 10 his rhetorical debauch on the
Fourth Of July, in Secretary Daniels
name, even if it did not accord witt
the preachments Of the Bulletin. Blu
the Committee on Public Information
should explain that this is not TO be
come a practice. 1t would upset al
the traditions Of censorship. Censor
take away instead Of adding TO. l
there are TO be elaborations they shoulc
be published as such and not as news
Mr.. Wells, experienced in imaginary
wars, might be retained 10 do sucl
celebrating. Globe Democrat
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19

in way, but it respects mental ability
more, and il particularly respects men
tai ability that goes with physical abiI
ity. When city folks come to the con
clusion that it takes quite as much
mind to raise wheat as muscle. they
will get the proper viewpoint Of wheat
raising and wheat raisers, Joplin Globe
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19

soning, however, the Democratic party
avoids a split like that occasioned by
slavery" and in addition the language
is enriched-ior we understand that a
man in New York who used to ask the
barkeeper for "a tub Of Suds', now de-
mands "a Woodie" Tor the slaking Of
his thirst.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1917-07-19

been thinking i'll Of him, for they have
not, and not that they are brainless up
stats, for they are not, but they simply
have been led to believe that farming
is something that doesn'trequire much
mental ability.
The world respects physical proves
The Redwood gazette., 1917-04-04
THE NEEDS OF WAR,

There are, for the, war on land,
two needs to be met. First, we
should at the earliest moment
get force with which we can
strike hard at Germany; for un-
der the circumstances there is
no immediate need of merely de-
fensive measures so far as con-
Germs the army. Second, we
should take advantage Of the
fact that public interest is
aroused and introduce the prin-
ciple of universal military train
ing and service.
This is for the future the vital
need, by far the most impor-
tant; but for the current year
it would not be sufficient. So
far from interfering with one
another the needs can be met by
courses Of action which will be
mutually helpful. The law for
the immediate beginning of the
system Of universal obligatory
training and service (along the
general lines of Senator Cham
berlain's billy should at once be
enacted, and the first class, say
The Redwood gazette., 1917-04-04
INDIANS TO GET s2,OO0,OOO.

Geo. Crooks showed us this
week a communication which he
had received indicating that the
Sioux Indians Of Minnesota will
receive about S2,O00,000 as their
share of the annities to be re-
stored by the federal govern
ment. It is estimated there will
be about 1900 to share in the
appropriation. Representative
Ellsworth Of Minnesota, Norton
of N. D., and Candy Of S. D.,
members of the Indian affairs
committee, are now making a
long tour of inspection of In
dian reservations in several
states. During the summer it
is expected the reservations in
Minnesota, the Dakotas and
Montana will likewise be visited.
Morton Enterprise.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-04-04
THE PUBLIC LIBR AIRY AND
BUSINESS.

The other day there walked
into the library in a certain
large city a representative of a
special magazine. He had no
idea that he could find what he
wanted in the pubic library, but
he had been every place else in
town to no avail, so he dropped
into the library as a last resort.
Here he spent two hours. He
found not only what he came
for, but the librarian directed
him to a set of government re-
ports, of which he had never
heard in his life, and in them
found material which, he said,
saved his firm $4,000 in expert
ments. This firm had never used
the library before.
Another man, the representa-
tive of a big financial firm,
spends on an average of three
evenings a week in the econo-
mic section of his public libra
ry. What is he looking up? The
history of finance for one thing.
The price of silver, for another,
and the price of stocks in vari-
Gus countries for various years.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-04-04

Does anyone suppose he would
be spending his time this way,
if he did not find it good for his
business
Still another firm, ready to
put its employees on a profit
sharing basis, sent to the pub
lic library to find how other
profit sharing schemes have
worked out. Another, wanting
to advertise it's special brand of
breakfast food, found in the Ii
brary the locations of all the
grocery stores in the United
States. This particular library
had equipped itself with a vol
ume giving just such data, saw
ing this firm the great expense
of making for itself such a sur
vey.
One of the largest cigar manu-
featuring companies in the world
sent to the public library for his
tories of the tobacco industry in
the United States, to be used in
a special advertisement. The Ii
brary furnished not only books
and magazine articles on the
subject, but illustrations for the
booklet as well.
Importers and exporters, prof
iting by the experience of those
who have found what these in
stitutions can do for. them, use
the public libraries for statistics
and directories, laws of foreign
countries and steamship routes.
Your broker, planning to lend
money to foreign cities, goes to
the library to find the size Of
the cities in question, their
municipal debts and various 9th
er information regarding them.
Your man selling motorcycles,
makes a trip to his library to
find the number of young me-
chanics in the United States be-
tween the ages of so and so, who
are unmarried, because expert
ence teaches him that men of
this age and station buy more
motorcycles than other men,
American Industries.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-04-04
of the young men 20 to Fl years
old. called out for training.

y y
old, called out for training.
The most rigid physical exam
ination would not cut down this
class to such proportions that it
could be SPEEDILY trained, for we
would also be obliged to provide
the training corps. Therefore,
for the sake of our national hon
or and good fame, we should al
SO provide for certain volunteer
organizations which,. together
with portions of the regular ar
my, could be within six months
Ct am writing on February 15)
sent over for fighting in Flan-
ders and northern France or in
the Balkan peninsula.
This would render it unneces-
sary now to decide whether men
raised under a law for universal
obligatory military service could
properly be sent overseas. It
would enable us to use the mass
The Redwood gazette., 1917-04-04
LAUTERBACH BROS.

of men who are not in the age
classes which would be at once
called out under the system of
universal service-and such vol
unteers are allowed for in all
the old-world systems of univer-
sal service. 1t would enable us
to utilize with reasonable rapid
ity large numbers Of men, many
of them with more or less train
ing and many others with a
special attitude and desire for
service, who could speedily be
turned into force with which
to meet the immediate needs
this years needs-of the situa-
tion.-Theodore Roosevelt.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-04-04

FOR SALE:-Gasoline En-
gines, Feed Mills, Pump Jacks,
Batteries, Auto Accessories. AL
ways have good second hand en-
gines on hand at Joe Muehl-
bauer's. Aft
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-08-09

threshing they expect the yield to av-
erage 40 bushels.
The Dalrymple farm near Casselton
the largest in the world-are now
harvesting. $50 men and a thousand
horses are hard at work taking off one
Of the largest crops in the history of
the $4,000 ere farm. Some rye has
been threshed which went Is bushels
to the acre.
Reports from Minnesota during the
summer have been very discouraging,
but this office received a report this
morning from Fergus Falls. stating
that the first wheat of this seasons
yield had been marketed at that place
and that it graded No. 1 Northern and
weighed 60 pounds to the bushel.
Another report from Ashby, Mimi,
states that the yield Of feed grains are
far heavier than was expected and
that the quality of all is very high.
The farmers r experiencing some
difficulty in harvesting as the straw is
very short. Corn is reported in good
shape with a very promising potato
crop. Hay is very scarce.
A summing up of the situation
seems to bring out the fact that de-
spite the dry weather of the past two
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-08-09

In an effort to prevent the garin Of
the state from passing into the hands
of someone who will demand a prem
iumon it before all the counties have
been supplied with seed for next year,
Commissioner Of Agriculture and La
boz, J. ~. Hagan, has attempted to
make a survey of the seed and feed
situation with the view Of securing
federal relief through the National
Council of defense or other bodies.
He has called upon state senators and
representatives, chairmen of county
commissions and bankers in all coun-
ty. seats to furnish him with informa-
ton with regard to the situation.
MI. Hagan says there is plenty of
seed and feed in the state and advises
farmers to. keep it here selling only
what they cannot use.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-08-09

Harvest is on in full swing in the
Red River valley and reports from
that district are very encouraging.
Up until a week ago the farmers there
as have the farmers in general over
the state, believed that the crop was
going to be a very poor one. With
the grain being put in shock the talk
has changed for the better and most
every place reports a better crop by
fifty percent than was expected.
Larson Bros, who operate the Mid
way farm near Mapleton, are cutting
wheat with four binders and the bun
dies are heavy and frequent. The
kernels are large and plump and the
farm managers estimate that the vel
vet chaf wheat they are cutting will
run at least rs bushels per acre and
grade No. 1 northern.
Pennebaker & Sons, in the same To-
cality, are threshing rye and on the
particular piece on which they are