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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21
ENCOURAGEMENT. :

ENCOURAGEMENT. - Allow me
to say you are a patriot, all wool and
a yard wide. Your editorial on La
Dor and the War is great. You left
nothing more to be said in the mat
ter of being loyal.
Until read your editorial had a
fear that we might not get a square
deal, but you are right. Now that we
are in this war we must fight on IN
til the finish, and if any one fails to
give us a square deal-well, Wen just
say as my mother used to when she
was too busy to stop to punish our
transgressions: "P1 attend to you
later" and well fight along and do
our duty as we see it.
Your article, First American Vic
tory" has an inspiration in it. If
some copies of it were, distributed it
would do more. to encourage men to
enlist than all the pretty girls and
jaz bands in the U. S. A. Calling hard
names, such as Stacker" and ''yel-
low" holds no encouragement, but
who could read that little article and
not be proud to fight under the stars
and stripes? What an encourage
ment it would be for the boys who
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21

LETTER TO REP. WIN. E.
MASON. - Consumption should be
the last resort. Many men are willing
to defend our borders who would
prefer not to cross a sea to find an
enemy. The pay Of volunteers should
be raised until enough offer to go;
this is the business method. 1t would
select those who desire change,
travel, adventure, ETC., leaving at
home those who prefer industry, they
being no less useful at home.
Conscription on the meager pay
now offered is a harsh measure.
Wealth, which should be as patriotic
as poverty, should be confscated by
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21
WANTS EFFICIENCY

WANTS EFFlClENCY.-I would
like to have your opinion or some one
in The Public Forum on this:
Will a prizefghter make a better
aviator, a racing driver or a me-
chanic?
I know a couple of racing drivers
who have been rejected because they
lacked a college education. Now, I
see in the papers that Benny Leonard
is going to. enlist in the aviation
corps.
There seems to be something
wrong there.
France made their racing men avi-
ators. Why don't U. S. do the same
thing?-P. NJ.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-21

heavy taxation to pay an adequate
increase to those who risk life with
out much material interest in the
land they defend. Volunteer action
is democratic; CONSUMPTION is des-
potic in a great degree. F. Hunt.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
GOOD Provider" Doomed

critical about love, and some poor
doodlewits who will think you are try
ing to flirt with them. But you'll be
amazed to discover that not one man
really understands what the word
love means to women. They will be
coarse or silly. contemptuous or bewil-
dered. as bcwildercd as a puppy is by
his first bumblebee. And you won't
marvel any longer that their wives
put them at making money and that
they take to it with vast relief. Ma
king money Is something worth doing.
But love? You're not feeling well to-
day. are your says the unsentimental
husband Now be a sensible little
woman and go on, and buy yourself
n new dress .-.
How fierce you are!" exclaimed
Mary disapprovingly. And bitter and
disdainful. A good provider has
nothing to offer you, of course, but
And nothing to offer any other
woman" I interrupted. Though Dun
rates him at 500, 100000 his heart is a
/! poorhousc and no woman who has a
! choice will choose to dwell in it,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
HELPING WIN THE WAR.

If this war in which We are en-
gagged has demonstrated anything at
all it has shown that men of eX-
ceptional business ability are true pa
men in commercial activity has won
| them a distinction unequalled in any
other nation on earth and who now are
giving their time and effort to service
of the government are many. And one
of these is Francis S. Peabody OF Chi
cago.
Mr.. Peabody has for some time been
serving as chairman of the committee
on coal production for the Council of
National Defense. He is peculiarly
fitted for this great task.
For several years he has been the
head of one Of the greatest coal COM
ranics in the United States-thc Con-
sumers' company Of Chicago.
His position was won by sheer
ability. and it gives him authority to
speak from both experience and keen
business Judgment. Mr.. Peabody is one
Of a family of pioneers in Chicago. He
is a graduate of Yale. For a time aft
cr leaving the university he was a
bank messenger. tie became a lawyer
and later a coal merchant and finally
president of the great Consumers
company.
Mr.. Pcabody's words regarding the
coal situation and how it can be taken
! advantage of to help win the war are
| therefore worthy of most careful con-
| sidcration.
Here is where everybody can help
win the war" he has said. 1t is not
| altogether the coal in the mines at one
! other. It is all that lies between as
WELL"
| He has said that there is no occasion
| for hystcria and that there is ample
coal for every American family, for the
government and for our allies. Two
| great Items, he points out are neces-
sary to be considered: normal buying
on the part Of citizens. and economical
use on their part,
He decries panic buying" which ht
says has been INDUCED in by some
families and many manufacturers witt
| the inevitable result that prices hav,
leaped skyward and a false shortage
has been produced.
In other words Mr.. Peabody tell
the country to keep calm and US
judgment in buying coal. 1t woul
seem to be good advice from one VIII
. knows what he is talking about.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
WHY We BREAK THE BOTTLE.

In these days. when the launching of
a battleship is no longer n public cere-
mony. 1t would be interesting to know
If the custom of breaking "A bottle over
the vessels bow as she descends into
the water, is still observed. The act
had no convivial meaning. The careful
uncorking of Several dozen bottles at
the luncheon which followed fulfilled
that side Of the ceremony. Nor had it
any association with the Christian
baptism. for a man -of-war's name was
given long before the shores were
knocked away. The real mea ming ~of
the rite was nothing short of sacrifice.
Building town or launching n ship
were solemn matters TO our forefath-
ers. not to be done without deNDting q
life tos propitiate the gods. Our tinli,I
civilization no longer darcs to sacri-
flee a slave or a prisoner on such &C.
casions, and therefore we break the
bottle. signifying the taking of a mans
life.--Dundee Advertiser. -. :: -,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
Is Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date In 1892.
G'rom the Missoula Gazette of Thurs

E-rom the Missoula Gazette of Thurs
day, July %, 1927
J. X. Wood left last evening for a
trip to the Flathead..,
Mrs. Harding and Miss Della Hard
ing left yesterday for d visit to Port
land. They win. be gone for about two
weeks. ,E @ss -
II. c. Stiff has accepted an invitation
to go on the stump in. New York state
for Cleveland in the coming campaign.
George McVey, who has retired from
the baseball team, will have a benefit
game rendered him this afternoon. The
league nine of Missoula and another
nine of picked players will meet. The
battery for the league club will be
Horton and Colgan. and for the picked
nine Campbell and llarpster.
'' The Missouia troops We're expected
back from the Occur d'Alenes jest as
this paper was going to press. 81 :,
Bishop Brewer will hold confirmation
services and will deliver a sermon at
the Church of the Holy Spirit tomor-
row evening.
Manager Andrew Logan, to whom
the choice was left. has decided To
make Paul O'Brien captain of the Mis-
soula baseball team. The choice gives
universal satisfaction.
Gen. Weaver, the third party can.
didatc for president of the United
States. is expected to visit Missoul;
some time in August. ,.-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
BUSINESS EFFICIENCY
BY H. J. Barrett.

The basis upon which wages are
paid is a vital factor in a concerns
success" remarked an efficiency en-
gincer. The drawback of the old
method of IA straight weekly wage is
apparent. Under this plan a man lacks
that constant incentive to effort which
yields the best results.
The objection to 4 straight COM
mission basis is equally serious. 1t re-
suits in a mans feeling that he is IN
business only for himself with the
result that he cares only about what he
personally gets every week and lacks
interest in his concerns ultimate well
fare.
For eXample--one retail firm put its
mems clothing statesmen on straight
commission basis. What resulted? In
their anxitty to increase sales the men
hurried customers through, not TAX
ing time to see that proper alterations;
were made. This meant 80 many re-
turned garments that expense in
creased and profits were lcssened. An
offer of a bonus for decreases in this
direction cured the trouble. A profit
sharing plan might have proved an
equally effectual remedy. .-s~
in industrial plants what is termed
the differential plan of payment IS
gradually becoming more popular. This
method pays for the amount Of work
turned out at an increasing or de-
creasing rate, according as the STAN
dard of output has or has not been
attained. The idea is, OF course, To
place a premium upon high production
Al..x, 4, t1o- SNf ~nhN
ing overhead cost. Twenty unusually
capable men are worth more TO i
manufacturer at Sc a day than ~
average men would be at 81 per day.
This is because less overhead expense
Is entailcd for the smaller number. n
differential rate, therefore. tends to
discourage the less efficient, but at
tracts the exceptionally able.
1t is a better method than the
straight piecework plan, because OF the
fact that some men lack ambition and
are really satisfied to work at half
speed even though they earn but little.
They feel, no doubt. that it's purely
their own affair as to whether they
turn out their maximum capacity or
not. ...
The afferential plan, by rewardihS
extra effort and penalizinS reduced
output, eliminates this type. Its adj
vantage over the bonus and premium
plans hes in the fact that the latter
guarantee "A specified day wage
whether or not the standard ut pro-
duction is attained. This means that
| it is open to the same objection which
| applies to the piecework system.
THE. differential a. method entails
| careful preliminary work, with time
and motion study so that the proper
standards may be set. But its advan-
tages for production problems are SO
! evident that, believe, it. will event.
| ually be almost universally applied
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

Great Britain has finally been
aroused to the Importance of babies as
national assets. They have recently
had a Baby's day and now they arc
establishing schools for mothers. In
the 10 years preceding the war the
population of the British Isles in
creased by 100000 people and that
of Germany by 100000. The popula-
ton of France remained stationary.
These are facts which in tn" long run
determine the fate of nations and nee
essarily the ideas for which nations
stand. This policy in effect explains
the man power of Germany over any
one of its allies. II is a form of var
preparedness for lack Of which France
suffered most.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
TRY IT, ~ ALL MEANS.

Tom Little. the busiest of the |. w.
W. spouters at Butte, has finally
dropped a wise and valuable sugges-
| tion and one that should be followed
with the least delay. When his run
ming mate. Campbell suggested at a
public meeting that the |. w. w. send
a protest against the Arizona deporta-
tons to President Wilson, Little de-
clarcd that such action would be n
waste of time and added. that instead
the workers should form a huge army,
march to Washington and make the
demand And" said Little. "if the de .
mand was refused the army could turn
itself loose"
Mr.. Little is right. His advice should
be followed. He should lead the army
which should be reviewed before the
White House SO that the president
may see and know the sort Of people
who are engaged in the summer pas
time of tcrrorizing honest workingmen,
paralyzing industry. doing their best
to make the nation lose in it's death
graphing war with Germany.
When the reviewing stand is reached
Little should pause. salute the rresi-
dent and repeat what he said at the
meeting in Butte on the evening OF
July 30. to-Wit:
WE WILL GIVE THE SOL
DlERS OF THE UNITED STATES
SO MUCH TO DO AT HOME
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS THAT THEY WILL
HAVE no CHANCE TO GO TO
FRANCE"
President Wilson might then sit up
and take notice. At least those of us
who do not belong to the !. W. w.
would know where we stand with a
government that is presumed to pro-
tect the lives. the liberties and the
rights of its citizens. and since the
! government declines to give more than
passing notice to this situation in the
northwest we are strongly for Lttle's
plan of taking the mountain to Ma
homet.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28


General Miles, with the United States
troops appeared on the scene that or
der was restored and property saved.
Following this. suits for damage were
started against Cook county by the
railroad companies and private indi-
viduals. and after almost fifteen years
of litigation final decision was reached
in favor of the plaintiffs. More than
s7,OO0.O00 was recovered from the
county. That IL u clear precedent and
we advise the county commissioners
and sheriffs Of Montana to go the
limit to preserve order if they do not
want the taxpayers to suffer. Incl
dentaily. the taxpayers may be inter-
estcd in seeing that this duty is per-
formed. even If they have to perform
it themselves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
Make good that pledge today!

eff YOU want to pick out the back
yard garden fans" said the Golf Bug,
waiting for his car, notice the fellows
who wait for the 6:35 instead of
catching the 6:eo amt who crawl
aboard as if they were afraid to go
home. That's what II hoe will do"
You're all wrong. friend" IL
stranger said. i've a garden in my
back yard and | can't get home early
enough. You would have been right
"A month ago. maybe. l know
wasn't keen to pun weeds and fight
bugs when MY crop WAS coming up.
But now I'm SO proud Of my garden
that l hate to leave it. Every day we
have fresh vegetables out of the gar
den, and ! never tasted anything bet
ter than the stuff blistered my hands
over In the spring. Golf may be
sport, but 1t isn't in it with gardening
after the stuff is ripe"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.

The institution of new orders of
chivalry recalls the fact that the
Knights of the Garter is the oldest and
most envied of all. British orders. This
order IS stated to, have been founded
somewhere between June - and Au-
gust 6. l34s, by that fearless and
chivalrous monarch, Edward Ill. Some
time before that date Edward went Il
considerable way toward founding an
Order of the Round Table in COM
4lhemoration Of King Arthur. \ round
Fable. suaae 200 feet in diameter, was
5fonstrnctetls at Windsor, and here, the
knights were entarta insd Ut the fasing's
Expense. by. SO doing Edward gath
s4red around HIM d host 81, Adventures
iovtngs sptritss. who nfte,.wartf greatly
facilitated htsaschen,e stor "a war. in
ADVERTISER. as: -
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

The remarkable showing of Profits
"s five of tn" largest Liverpool ship
ring companies. should b. taken as
satisfactory cvidCnc" that the Subma-
rine campaign is far from being the
success that the Germans claim Most
people will be amazed TO learn that
the aggregate profit for 1916 1or five
of these lines was $4,000. 900 OF $50
100000 more than the average for the
land Line, for instance, states that 4
dividend OF IS per cent has been paid
nothing for thirteen Years past The
White star Linz has given bonus of
Tour hundred r"l- cent and Is paying
= dividend of twenty per cent, equiv
nl"nt to one hundred per cent on the
"'d capitalization. Besides showing
that shipping is very active it directs
~ "cial attention TO the paragraph in
rion, in which he called for radical re-
ductiun in shipping rates. The bust.
been possible to pay for an ordinary
steel steamship of small tonnage in on,
European voyage. 1t is time that thcs
profiteers were brought to u war basis
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
Might Work Both Wavs.

After many efforts the aspiring
singer had managed to get permission
to give trial performance at the local
music hall.
The house was full and he Warhlcd
ia his sweetest tones. Everything
seemed roseate until suddenly a hoarse
voice came from the side of the stage
Here. you. come off, ordered the
stage manager. Cant you see you're
emptying the house,
Ell don't seem to ,bc Il success,
then"" said the amateur, timorously.
Success. Huh" snorted the man
ager. angrlly. AT clearing them ont
you're the most successful chap l ever
met. Now go and sing outside and
drive EN- in again:"-Pittsburgh
Chronicle telegraph.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
BY N,xoLA eREELEY.sMlTH.

Copyright. 1917. by the Press Publish
ing Co. tThe New York Werld).
He is IA hard man and there is very
little sentiment in him, but he will be
the other day on her return from
wedding
And I answered.: MY dear Mary, if
he is hard and cold and unsentimental
how can he be a good provider? What
in the name of everything worth while
will he provide?"
"A good income" replied the matter
of-fact Mary. "a fine establishment. So
cial position-everything woman
wants."
You know better" I answered
though in my heart doubted il she
did. mo first class woman bothers
about a mans earning capacity any
| more since she can earn an income OF
her own if she wants to. The new
| code Island yon'll find it written in
| the hearts of business women as well
as authors and woman lawyers and
dOctors-'No man Is rich enough If l
don't love him-no man is too poor II
I do You see. Mary. We all know
fthat love Is either priceless or worth
less. Personally. I'd rather have a
| price on my head than a price on my
heart"
| But you are an incorrigible ideal
ist." replied Mary promptly. and you
| can make money more easily and in
more interesting ways than most
| women.
Then if YOU won't take the new
code from me, go down into the finan =
cial district and talk with the women
in Wall Street.-The big women who
can afford to think for themselves
talk with the women in advertising
I don't care what kind of women yo,
select so long as they are leaders IN
their field. Every one of them will
tell you what have told you-that
the good provider is the man whG
provides love and understanding. ten
derncss and arrreciation-that we all
\ know now that ii is far easier to make
money than to take money. When al
women make the discovery that we
have, made I feel awfully sorry fol
what you call n good provider. Thercl
be nobody willing TO let the poor crea-
l ture provide for her"
! s"Nonsense: wild. romantic non
sense" asserted Mary indigna nifty
How is it that every foreigner who
II comes over here to write a book OF
impressions puts forth chapters drip
ping with pity for the American hus'
|'band. How is it they all say his
nose is held TO the grindstone by lux
ury- maddened wives and daughters -
THE answer is too easy ! replied
"He makes money better than h
q makes love. And he likes 1t better
After woman has discovered that :
man is cold. hard and unsentimental,
as you said of today's bridegroom
why shouldn't she say to him:
run away down to Wall Street
Willie. and play with your coupons.
It entertains Willie. gets rid of hin
and makes her marriage show prof
In the only way 1t can show a profit
; when Willie is that sort of man.
u rTell me. Mary. have you eve
} talked frankly with men on the sub
.: jects nearest to the hearts OF all WON
.asen but which 1t took Emerson to say
I.dve Is our highest word and tn
!, :syhnnym of. Cod? You'll find man.
> thaA.-'ate dull, many that are hypo
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

IL rs no secret that MIR. Max Beer
pohm's wit was sometimes exercised
upon Sir Herbert Tree. his half broth
er' and the story goes that when Sir
herperts name appeared innthe honors
list lady appealed to Max upon a
point which she considered important.
Il understand. Mr.. Beerbohm,ss..sh she
said, that your brother, has gpE z
knighthood. but What want 70 Nm
Is whether he issa ..tniext. ajkea6y Vi
whether he cannot be considerSa "a
until the investItute 'sMadam, said
' Max, che is Il knight in the sight ot
Observation-Disclosures Guardian. - $50.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

The county authorities of Montana
who have been served with notice that
their counties will be held liable for
damage done to property, should not
treat the matter lightly. The state
Incnt that this action has precedent in
judgments recovered for property de-
stroyed in the Pullman strike at Chi
cage is well fasssed. a great deal Of
property was destroyed in that strike.
which lasted for weeks. Thousands Of
freish, cars were burned by riotoas
mohs and the. governor of the state
was not too enthusiastic In snppressing
the disorder. Indeed, il was only when
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
THE MORNING SMILE.
He and She.

Are you fond of literature?' he
asked. eve find the record of this
conversation in the Publishers
Weekly)
'Passionately," she replied.
Then you must admire Sir Walter
Scott" he exclaimed, with sudden
animation. ut not his Lady of the
Lake exquisite in its flowing grace
ard poetic imagery"
1T is perfectly lovely she asscnted,
clasping her hands in ecstasy. Il sup
pose | have read it a dozen times"
And SCOTS 'Marmion.'" he con :
tinued, and 'Peveril of the Peak?'"
II just dote upon thcm,' she replied.
And SCOTS Emulsion?' he con-
tinued hastily. II faint suspicion dawn
ing upon him.
Il think she interrupted rashly,
that is the best thing he ever wrote
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

II Mr. Edison will add "A crouch cure
10 his list of war inventions to be tried
later we will recommend Senator
Toilette as Il trial horse. Just
now LaFollctte is trying for the repeal
Of the conscription law, although Wis
consn was the first state to fill its
army.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28
GAVE HIM PAUSE.

will YOU marry me-"
If mother says so, all right
Hum. Is mother going to decide
all our questions for us, in case this
marriage takes place"'-Louisville
Courier journal. ,~F
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

Ntd may help win the war by carry
ing your packages home. but be cult"
certain that it is the right package.
Note: The above is advice for hus-
hlnfs. not wives.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

The Boston Transcript observes that
Fl om their actions in the northwest
!. W. w. stands for Il Want Will
helm"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

In Il recent parliamentary discus
sion of home rule the fear was eN-
pressed that Ireland would not be able
to stand alone. We are not alarmed.
The real Irishman will stand alone and
stand q few Englishmen on their
heads at the same time.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

'Profitccr' is Il new war word. the
meaning of which is easily guessed, A
profiteer is one who takes ninety per
cent the best of il.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

From the number of protests
AGAINST the draft quota one would
think that Chicago was a German
prison camp.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-28

AS this Is the open season for sea
scrpents We may soon look for an
other German submarine off Atlantic
City.