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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Turning the Tables on the
l Ancient Meat Barons

Government control TO curb the meat
barons" is urged by "The ST. Louis Repub-
lean" which says that when in former
years the packers "hsd the people by the
throat" there seemed TO be no means of
relief. Now, it says, there is the food con-
troll law. under which the packing plants
may be seized, if necessary.
"The Oregonan" believes if the people
ever learn how easy and cheap it is to raise
rabbits they will not fear the meat pack
ers. however rapacious. Aside from cheap
ness, The Oregonian" recommends rabbit
for its own sake Another innovation is
suggested by THE Boston Globe which
recommends the resources of the Arctic.
Esqumaus, this paper believes, might adj
yantageously be employed to dry the flesh
CT Wild game 1t is observed that
"The Arctics are far richer in animal re-
sources than We of the temperate zone sup
rose Caribou, walrus salmon all are pro-
life of food stufs, not TO mention the by
products Of leather, furs and oil. The Arc
tics, even moderately exploited, would yield
enough meat to feed seventy thousand men
for A year Caribou makes the best venison,
and the warus, being fond himself Of oys-
tiers, makes good food"
Then, reindeer meat is finding its way
into the markets Of the Pacific Coast. When
the government railroad to Alaska provides
the means Of shipping it to distribution
centres Fasteners may expect also to ind
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

T<HE embargo which was made efec-
\ tive by the Presidents order of Au-
gust q is the third phase in
the economic pressure eXerted on the leu
tonic powers by the government since the
inception of the war.
The first step was taken under orders
effective July Is by which certain specified
articles, namely; Coal, coke, fuel oils, kerr
osene and gasolene, including bunkers,
food grains, flour and meal therefrom,
fodder and feeds, meat and fats; pig iron,
steel billets, ship plates and structural
shapes, scrap iron and scrap steel; ferro-
manganese, fertilizers, arms, ammuntlons
and explosives, should not be exported
from the United States to any country, in
Guiding enemy, neutral or allied nations,
except under license from the President
through the Secretary of Commerce. The
next phase was the distinction made be-
tween the enemy and the neutral countries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

Il is suggested from many quarters that
people eat more fish, since meat Is so cost
Is. But fish also has gone up,in price. The
fish dealers have no statistics to show what
it costs TO keep a mackerel on the hoof or
a cod in stall through the winter when the
cost Of dry feed is high. They explain,
however, that a great part OF the hshing
fleet is taken. or about TO be taken, for war
purposes. Nevertheless, The Philadelphia
Public Ledger" believes that the public
taste for fish needs stimulating, that the
apostolic occupation of trafffcking in fish,
IS Sydney Smith called it, needs encourag-
ing.
George w. Perkins is responsible for the
statement that five million mackerel were
sold in Gloucester, Mass, at four cents
pound and even less, and that when he
rriced these fish in New York markets they
we're 26 cents a pound. THE Milwaukee
Sentinel" taking up this subject, says:
"The mackerel instance is only one example
Of the frequent absurd dsparites between
the cost at the source of supply and the price
at the consuming end, which constitutes
problem in the needlessly high cost OF living
question that presses for solution. There are
too many toll gates on tho road from producer
to consumer, too many profits on a single
commodity, or else some gross prohteerIng
profit. enabled by the arts OF manipulation
and combination, that is as wrong and intol-
cradle as the usurious interest OF the loan
shark"
n ice as q War Food-Citiag
N The Japanese
The Fort Worth Record" brings a note
Of optimism into the food discussion, OBJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
"When a Teller Needs Friend"

with apologies to CGrtooni8t Briqqs.)
4 LADY subscriber to the Washington
"a "Pathfnder," in answer TO a cues.
ton published in that journal asking, TO
what use can stocking tops be put to aid
in carrying on the war;" suggested that
they can be made into leggings for little
war boys" Exactly what war boys are
the subscriber did not state, although VIVA,
war babies" are may be surmised.
Continuing, the lady says:
"Cut off the feet and finish the ends with
buttonholc stitch Of strong floss and then sew
them to girdle tied or buttoned around IN.
waist. The girdle should be long on the
sides where the stockings are fastened) This
affords great protection from the cold"
Just fancy how happy little Willie would
be parading around in sister Susie's stock
ing tops, and with what glee his darling
little playmates would rise to the occasion.
The stockings certainly would help some
lin carrying on" a war. And yet they
want the vote.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

their own rights? Go ask Russia China and
Germany. Japan isn't beef eating nation
Japan is nation that has come out Of semi
barbaric bondage in less than sixty years
Japan is a nation OF soldiers and sailors and
artisans"
Corn and buckwheat come in for a good
deal Of comment. An invrs-igaco: of the
price OF orn-on-the-cob Says the farmers
get Is cents for it, and thea he finds
that
AT the leading hotels and restaurants this
same corn brought 80 cents an order Of one
ear, while at the moderate priced eating
place the charge was Is cents for one ear Of
corn Thus for what the farmer received l-3
cents the diner at the leading hotels paid 30
cents"
THE Spokane Spokesman Review" de-
clares that people who have remained cal
lous to the peanuts simple virtues will be
Interested to learn that there are peanut
millionaires" in the South, and that $780,
900 acres of peanuts will be planted next
season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

"The disposition to criticise the small
neutral nations of Europe for supplying Ger
many with many of her essentials during
the war is more natural than just. One has
to understand the awe in which these help
less neighbors stand in the presence OF the
great bully of Europe in order to appreciate
their readiness to obey orders rudely given.
The only way in which they could be pro-
tected and ourselves as we'll was to take an
aggressive step, such has now been taken,
and introduce a policy that will remedy
the evil. That has now been done
The papers generally, however seem to
think that even if the offending neutrals
are hurt they are only getting what was
legitimately coming to them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
The Swasser Stick

The use of the "swagger stick" has been
misunderstood in the United States. In
Canada recruits at any time during the
last three years nave in certain stages Of
their training almost invariably carried
these little canes when off duty, not
through affectation or vanity, but simply
because the use of them prevented the
young soldiers from slipping their right
hands into their trousers pockets. The
finished soldier would not think Of put
ting his hand in his pocket but the SOL
der in the making is likely, unless con-
stantly on his guard, to be guilty of this
breach Of the rules. The Canadian youths
who jauntiy and gayly swung swagger
sticks at Valcartier, Quebec and Aldershot,
Nova Scotia, even one short year ago.
have since become the heroes Of Vimy Ridge
end Hill No. 70.-ChristiGn Science NOM
tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

II HAKI uniforms were first worn In
IA 1848 by d corps of guides in India
on the suggestion of Sir Harry
Burnett Lumsden Khaki takes its name
from the Urdu word KHAKI" or dust.
A Reno, New, man had all of his upper
teeth extracted, in the hope that he would
in consequence be disqualified for army
service. AS he was physically fit other
wise the board ordered him accepted.
Captain James Moore, of Parrsboro, n.
S., ninety-seven years of age, recently ar
rived in an Atlantic port in command Of
British schooner. Mr.. Moore had retired
from the sea for several years, but re-
turned when the war caused shortage of
mariners.
Two youths in Oklahoma after seeing
film version of Beating Back" the story
of the adventures of Al Jennings, ex-
outlaw and present uplift preacher, went
out and robbed store incidentally killing
the arresting officer.
Thomas +. Patterson, Of Cleveland,
holds the long distance record for travel
ling TO register and be drafted. Patter-
son was born in Cleveland, but had not
seen his native town since he was six
years of age. At the time Of the draft call
re was in India, whence he travelled 5000
miles to register.
A Concordia, Kan, young lady donned
cveralls and tried to join the army. When
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
OVertOneS

told to enter the examination room for in
spection she demurred and admitted her
sex. She confded in the recruiting officer
that she had been reading about the Rus
sian girls going to war, and thought that
she would like to go herself.
The wife of Felix B. Modjeska, grand
son of the late Nine Helen Modjeska, an
actress famous in her time, has filed suit
tor divorce in the Los Angeles court.
There are men whose hair has not yet
thinned around the temples who remember
Modjeska in the somewhat kittensh role
Of Rosalnd.
Out of 6,4j9 total arrests made IN Port
land, Me-, during 1916. some 4,S83, or over
three-fourths, were made for drunkenness,
or drunkenness coupled with disorderly
conduct The number of arrests is the
largest in that city for the last twenty-one
years.
Claiming that the spirit of murder and
disregard for law has led to the
killing of more than $4,000 negroes during
the last thirty years. a new political
party was organized recently in Atlantic
City by a convention composed of four
hundred prominent negro clergy and pro-
fessional men. The party is to be known
as THE National Independent Civil and
Political Party of America"
Miss Lillian Helmar, a Sioux Indian, is
chorus girl with a Chicago show. Miss
Helmar was born in the Fort Peck Indian
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
If This Had Happened in New
York

TN one street writes the correspondent
l. OF MA Daily EXpressD Il saw seven
or eight people lying together. Among
them were four bonnie little children,
who were being taken to the station on
their way home after a holiday. Some
distance away was a wonan's arm with
rings on the fingers"
Such sad stories could be multiplied, and
much of the sorrow caused to Southend
on Sunday will never be told.
Within an equilatera triangle OF 100
yards no fewer than twenty men, women
end children were killed. For realism !
have never listened to stories like the fol-
lowing descriptions of what the scene was
like in this neighborhood, where at least
six aerial torpedoes whizzed from the
heavens among peoples homes:
II heard a torpedo whistling through
the air." said a man who did heroic rescue
work. at fell ten yards off as | lay on
NY face. Down came another and another
quite near. | thought | was dead man.
OU JUe OIHeT size OI the SlIeSI Il pdi'NN'N''
lassie and an old railway guard lay dead
Men, women and children were grooming
and dying all about me.
Il took up seven bodies, mostly Of people
J had never seen before. A poor woman
was cut in two lengthwise. Saddest OF all
vas the sight of poor old bIlposters
dead body and his aged widow distracted
beside him. Westminster Gazette, Lon
don.
The foregoing is referred to the Peoples
Council for Democracy and Peace. IL
number of private persons should commit
this outrage, should peace be declared ana
the offenders go scot free? Robbed OF the
grandose verbiage which characteriEes
German utterances about the necessity OF
the states being the highest good, in what
way does this occurrence differ from an
ordinary police court case? H. MD. D.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

this meat an ordinary article Of commerce,
according to writer in "The Catholic
World" Reindeer steak is said to be whole
some and palatable, and to cost about a
quarter the price of beefsteak. The same
writer points out that the supply can be in
creased greatly without much cost.
"The Hartford Couran' declares food ad-
ministrators are Overlooking something"
when they neglect the 10000 deer killed
every year in the thirty odd states in
which deer are protected. This supply, the
PAPER urges, should be conserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
HITTING Germany in the Bread Basket

"Empty stomachs will shatter the faith
the German people pin to the Kaiser. Sup.
plies are the greatest factor in war ana
America is on the right track when she stops
feeding the enemy"
"The Wilkes Barre Record" also ap-
proves the tightening and thinks that the
embargo should be most rigidly enforced;
while "The Galveston Tribune" reminds
its readers that
Some Americans were inclined to feel lr-
ritation when Great Britain adopted TINS
principle at the beginning Of the war, but all
understand the wisdom Of it now"
1.-THE New Haven Journal offers
crumb Of comfort TO the small neutral ma
tons adjoining Germany, thus:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

Reservation, in Montana, and the transla-
ton of her Indian name is Kind Heart.
She was formerly in the movies, but now
Is playing musical comedy.
Missouri has abolished the death penalty.
This makes eleven states in all where pun
ishment by death may not be legally in
flicted.
AS reported in the press, man who
was sued by his wife recently for nom
support replied, when she introduced
her marriage certificate as evidence
That, after all, is mere scrap Of paper"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

dealing with the enemy, as against our
allies.
The final embargo now prohibits the
shipment of any goods TO European neu-
trails except under license, and extends the
list for which license is required in ship
ment to the Allies and neutrals other than
European countries to include cotton, all
meats. sugar and most of Americas other
export commodities.
Exports to Germany and her allies are
also formally prohibited by the new order,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
The Child Labor
Law MenaCed
4 MYSELF have had sympathy with
the fears of the workers of the

the fears Of the workers of the
United States" wrote President
Wilson to Samuel Gompers last week, 'for
the tendency of war is toward reaction. -.
Questions of wages and hours of labor
have found a solution which gives to the
toiler new dignity and a new sense Of
social and economic security"
Almost simultaneously appeared the
news that Judge James +. Boyd, of the
Western District Of North Carolina, had
declared the Heating Owen child labor law
unconstitutional. Briefly, the judge set
aside a law. now operative in all states
except North Carolina, which prohibits the
employment Of any child under fourteen
years Of age in any factory, mill, work
shop or cannery whose products are to be
shipped in interstate commerce. The law
further REQUIRES that the working day Of
children from fourteen 20 sixteen years
cid shall not be longer than eight hours.
A test was made in the case of Reuben
Dagenhart, who is under sixteen, and John
Dagenhart, under fourteen. Their father
claimed that he had a right to their wages
until they were twenty-one, and that the
state law allows eleven hours as the days
work. The proceedings were brought IN
the name of the father of the boys to re-
strain a Charlotte cotton mill company
from discharging them in compliance
With the requirements Of the Federal child
labor law. Can Congress- said Judge
Boyd, in his ruling, do by indirection that
which it cannot do directly? Congress can
regulate trade among the states, but not
the internal conditions Of labor" In short
a technical conflict between states rights
and Federal rights has, for one state at
least, been settled in favor Of the state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

1.-THE New York Herald" diSposes thus
g: the hysteria which appears to charac-
torize those who see a possible injustice
to the poor little rich" countries border
ing Germany: a..
much sympathy has been wasted on these
neutrals because of their status as minor
powers-as smaller states unable to resist
the pressure of Prussian ruthlessness or to
vindicate their outraged sovereignties. But
they have had consultations through the aid
furnished commercially and militarily the
common enemy. Now they are possibly re-
sentful toward us because we do not propose
to help them in home necessities created by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
A ctivities of the Neutrals Since
n the War Began

At the time the first embargo WAS placed
the American public was reminded that
Sweden alone in the last two years ex-
ported to Germany 100000 tons Of iron
ere. 100000 tons of wood pulp used in
stead of cotton in the manufacture OF eX-
rlosives, together with shipments of ma
chincry and ball bearings valued at 3d.
100000. Sweden, the report states, has
also Disseminated against the Allies by
blocking transport to Russia and with
holding from international trade 100000
tons Of her shipping out of total of about
! 900 900 tons; while at the same time she
has encouraged trade from Norway to Ger
r,any through Swedish territory. And,
according to the figures supplied by The
New York Times" the foodstuffs exported
from Holland and Scandinavia into Ger
many during 1916 equalled 6 per cent of
the intake in calories and 10 per cent of
the proteins OF the entire population OF
the German Empire. But more startling
still is this statement also made by "The
Times:
This amount Of food is equal in fat to
the fat in the soldiers ration of 100000
soldiers, practically the entire army OF ef-
fectives in Germany From the standpoint
Of Galleries these foodstuHs are equal TO the
total rations of 100000 soldiers, practically
the German army in actual service on the
west front"
That the Tightening up of the embargo
is one of the most effective Of all war
weapons is affirmed by THE New Haven
Register" which shrewdly observes:
1T is noticed that although the neutral
nations protest. Germany also sends up
lamentations, showing thereby how greatly
the all-embracng order Of the embargo will
affect her supplies of food and goods hitherto
contraband, sent to her from neutral ma
lions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
a Body Blow Right in
n the Stomach

"A body blow to Germany" is the way
"The Arkansas Gazette" puts 1T, caption
ing its editorial quite aptly, Right IN the
Stomach" 1t begins: .....
president Wilson's order forbdding the
shipment Of any goods to neutral countries
except under license, is body blow TO Ger
many. It hits Germany right in the stomach
which is the vital part Of nation as wen
as Of an individual"
After explaining the effect and purposes
Of the order "The indianapolis News
observes:
at was recently said that by enforcing
q strict embargo on all exports to neutral
countries that might find their way, directly
or indirectly. to our enemies, this nation is
PLAYING a role hardly less important than
that of England and France. We shall DO
more-are already doing more-but the en-
barge is a. powerful weapon. 1t is to be
sternly used"
"The Salt Lake neutrality-suspicious." is
heartily in favor of the embargo and de-
plores the fact that America waited until
the fifth month of her participation in the
war to make it sufficiently embracing. This
paper adds:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
A Sad Tale, Mates
tETHE HOTEL GAZETTE" New
York; somewhat plaintively pro-


York; somewhat plaintively pro-
pounds the following conundrum:
1.-TWO persons, cripple and a woman rep.
resenting herself TO be his nurse, register at
d prominent hotel. They occTpy expensive
rooms and run up a sizeable charge account
in the restaurant. This continues until they
are asked 10 pay, when they announce that
prominent national fraternal organization is
required TO support them, and they refuse 70
pay the bill or 70 leave. The management OF
the hotel resorts TO various devices, such as
removing furniture from the rooms, turning
of the water and electricity, in an attempt 10
eject the couple, but all to no avail. They re.
main, and they threaten 20 go on hunger
strike If locked in their rooms. The police
refuse 20 act on the ground that il is outside
Of their authority 20 eject a person from his
room in hotel for the reason that he refuses
to pay his bill. The couple retain lawyer
and threaten TO give wide publicity 10 the
statement that the hotel has made prisoner
of man and refused him access 10 any food
or drink. What can the hotel proprietor do
This is a dilemma in which more than ore
hotel man has been involved, according 70 the
reported statement Of police officials and the
officers of the fraternsl Organization named
by the couple"
II the hotel proprietors were TO can the
beauteous young lady brigands who
vampire" your hat away from you, or
the strong arm lads who simply take It
away, before you enter the dining room,
the innkeepers might receive more SYM
rathy in their dilemma"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

their expectation over the border Of foodstuhs
and other contraband imported from us. But
law and justice are on our side. We refuse
to sustain our foe, and claim in doing this
We have as good right % restrict the export
OF our national products by an embargo as
to restrict them by tariff"
"Thc Boston Journal also pooh-poohs
at the misdirected sympathy for the neu-
trail nations, and winds up its editorial
with this somewhat satirical comfort:
"The ncutrsls particularly Holland, may
al least derive comfort in the thought that
in their present plight they are making
contribution toward the cause of civilization.
Had Germany been victorious at the Marne
and annihilated France, it is not unlikely
that Holland would by this time have suffered
the fate of Belgium.
"Not only is this embargo not unJuSt-ou'
il is by all odds our most effective weapon
against the foe"
1.-THE Philadelphia Public Ledger also
thinks that
"The necessity Of surrounding Germany
with ring OF iron is too urgent. Inc
neutras need not starve unless they prefer
starvation to honest dealing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Sauce for the Goose

THE Kaiser accuses the King of Enc.
l. land Of embarrassing when Georg.
as is alleged, intimated in telegram tina,
England would stay out of the war and
leave Germany a free hand for fright.
fulness. Perhaps kilograms are also in
the s. o. .. class.