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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31
Well Bred Toulouse Geese.

the bird may be drawn out and sus-
pended at a convenient height for pick
ing. Have a large bag or barrel near
into which the feathers may be placed
as they are picked. Care must be ta-
ken that the feathers are not soiled by
blood or dirt as they will lose their
value.
After the bird is thoroughly cleaned,
dip in cold water and allow it to re-
main two or three minutes. Leave
feathers on about half the neck next
to the head and also on the wings
above the first joint. Geese should be
marketed with the heads on and I'M
drawn. Dc not lay one bird upon an
other when picked but wrap each in
a clean cloth or paper, place it on its
back and allow it to cool in that form.
Never hang q bird up by the feet or
head to cool as this destroys their
plump appearance.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31
CRACKED CORN IS CHEAPEST
Fowls Get Enough Benefit From Pick.
ing UP Small Pieces to More
Than Pay for Cracking.

Cracked corn is cheaper as a chick
en- feed than is whole corn. That is,
the chickens will get enough benefit
w whole corn, from the exercise re-
quired to fill their crops with an eve
ming meal of cracked corn, to lore
than pay for the cracking. A sieve
ton of the corn for making mashes.
The poultry breeder should not try
to save by limiting the amount of food,
but by avoiding waste of food.
Kill off the rats and mice which de-
stroy an enormous amount of grain.
Feed in clean litter. If there is n
mash left after feeding, scrape it into
a bucket for the next days feed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31
REPAIRS FOR THE INCUBATOR
Time to Get Machine Into Working
Order-RemovabIe Parts Should
Be Thoroughly Cleaned.

By c.. e. BROWN. Poultryman, North
west Experiment Station)
In a few days many i%ncubators will
be in operation. Whether the chicks
are to be Matched early in March or
not until the middle of April, it is time
to look after repairs and to get the
machine in shape. Repairs for the
incubator may not be readily found.
If the incubator was neglected at the
close of last season, it should be thor.
oughly cleaned. Removable parts
should be taken out and washed and
the entire machine should be aired and
summed. A 10 per cent solution of
zenoleum should be used as a disin-
fectant in washing the interior of the
machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
A Good Word for Corn

from The Country GFhNfndr'
A large percentage Of the richest land IN
this country is devoted TO the growing OF
corn. The most prosperous American farm
crs arc those who spend considerable time
improving the quality and increasing the
Weld Of this typically American crop. But
when we hear some men say that corn has
ruined certain breeds of hogs. and other men
call attention TO the fact that their pork was
produced without corn, we begin 70 wonder
why corn ever came 70 be 3,000000,OO0
bushcl crop. and why the price has gone TO
more than 81 bushel.
Corn has reached It's present popularity be
cause it is exceedingly well adapted to big
section and because it is a wonderfully eff
Gent feed II is such good meat producer
that a good many livestock producers and
feeders got the idea that CORN would do the
trick alone, without the necessity Of any
brain work OF their part.
And that's why few people now are
ashamed to say that their meat products were
made from corn.
The trouble is not with corn. 1t is still the
best meat producer we have. The feeder
needs 10 know what 10 feed with it, so hogs
and cattle can make use of even more corn.
It is the great American crop and needs no
apology even when the price is only ha II
what u IS now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
Narcotic Addiction in New York

IRON The International Journal Of Surocrpj
In New York State commission has been
at work Investigating" the narcotic drug
question with q view TO submitting some
definite legislation for its control in the
1917 Legislature. The advocacy Of drastic
legislation directed against the addict rath-
or than against the drug has marked the
session of the commission and the old atti-
tude Of antagonism to the addict as a men
ace 70 society rather than a patient sick
Of a dread disease has been manifest. When
law is passed making it crime for the
family physician 10 treat these cases with
consideration and discretion it will be too
ste Tor the medical profession TO protest
that the sacred relation Of patient and
loctor is being invaded; yet such law was
rtroduced last year and will be introduced
this year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
HELP FOR MEDITERRANEAN SEAMEN
An Appeal to Americans from the b"nop
of Gibraltar

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: May |, as chairman of the u'ora''A.
Diocesan Mission to Sesmen and bishop VI
Gibraltar, appeal TO the generosity OF An'er'
can, who appreciate the heroism OF seameh'
and especially of those who have Vlslteu
Southern Europe in days of peace, on oehail
Of scanen in the Mediterranean IN these o''-
ter times? ! know how much you are DONG
to relieve the pain of the war plead LOT
some drops Of your blessing for men VINO are
easily forgotten. but whose amazing, eooi
and accomplishing courage and endurance
are beyond all words.
Our seamen's Institutes. from which no sea-
man is ever turned away, each with It's man
ager. who as a rule IS married, at Bilbao,
Oporto. Agiers, Cartagena, Valencia. BARGE
iona. Marseilles. Nice, Savona, Genoa fa-
lermo and Venice and our representatives at
Gibraltar. Leghom and Naples are STRIVING
to provide these noble men with reception
warmth and entertainment, often WIN loou
and clothing and ministrations oil clergy !"
short. British welcome
| cannot. in loyalty to the censorship de-
scribe services rendered with greater detail
OF Uldtt anu iiillts bhl sNNi iNf''N''
nation and knowledge will enable them to
realize something Of what this means to a
crew which has been landed, often after hours
OF exposure in an open boat from vessel
sunk by the enemy or one reaching "A tor-
eign port through storm and peril OF war
! know personally all the ports mentioned,
and tire institutes and their working and
how the needs of the men and their graft
,ude would touch the hearts of any who
could actually meet crews As | have done.
The letters I hold from officers, men and con-
suls all justify me in saying that no agency
meets the needs as efficiently and promptly
as our Institutes and their managers.
We are compelled TO appeal solely because
Of the unspeakably increased needs and the
fact that the war has depleted our Southern
European colonies Of both residents and Wis
itors. In peace times these supplied adequate
support You will not let me appeal to Amer
lea in vain for 81 900. Gifts may be sent 10
our honorable treasurer, +. L. Mccormick
Goodheart. Esq, 10 Eaton Square, London,
S. W.. or to Messrs. Hoare. 81 Fleet Street,
London. f. C., or as I am detained in Eng
land through i'll health until February IS
70 me myself Checks should be made pay
able to the Gibraltar Mission to Seamen and
crossed Messrs. Hedre & Co.
HY. GIBRALTAR.
% Old Park Road Kitchen. England, Jan
l. 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
Silent, Silly and Offensive

To the Editor Of The Tribune. M
Sir: One OF your contemporaries says
morning that the picketing Of the suHIas,.'
in Washington was silent, silly and one,
sive." The |. W. W and the Socialists WV.
not act this way. the article claims CIV.
though they are men, and men are soIne''l'.f
monstrous and vile Therefore. the losN
il goes, such actions prove that women
essentially different from men, ana eyer! -
ought TO see the danger Of admitting ''
into political activity. -r,t.
Such pieces as this, no matter no" ~
gent their dction may make tnen epP,-4
are shams. fakes. The great principie
equal suffrage and the basic ideas OF
ism and other modern "isms' present u'".,
ence that is so easily discernble tna' 70
more it makes such pretentious Wri'e-uPo
solent. OF course, we cannot expect ~.
TO be otherwise than feminine; buI =,
feminism may be occasionally distaSlelu',
is seldom intolersble. and the wiser
of treatment would be correction, not '1F
preston. a..
II the trouble is taken all can see thal ~,
women have the same human qualities a. ~
men They share public opinion, they
mould it, and this fact is so much seen -
admitted that all EFFORT TO show thar "0"''
should not have a voice 70 contribute '0N'
the agreeing majority" will always prOp1,'
ludicrous paragraphs such as ! nave
ferred 70. THEODORE MlOhHH
Brooklyn. Jan 10. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
"Wait and See" in French

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: To ono who since August :. 1914. ha,
been rather proud Of an almost lifelong habit
of thinking I'm French, while conscious that
his pronunciation OF spoken language
remains that Of "Stratford attic Bowe" and
yet more aware Of conceuital impeachment
in avoiding the grammatical pitfalls Of any
foreign or even his native tongue. the diff
Guilty Of translsting wait and sec" into tcrse
and idiomatic French does not appear insur-
mountsblc "Attendez. voir." gives us four
syllables against three to p'acate the Eng
lish critic OF "The Manchester Guardian. q" who
objects to the thirteen employed in the prob.
ably more definite "Attendez. ct yous YER
rez ce qui arrivera.' sent b. correspondent
in England 10 a French journal
Since "comc, and see" l"vcnez, voir"l and
"go. and see ,"allez, yoir'l are in current
idiomstic use in French ! own that were +
faute de mieuX, employed as the correspond
cnt OF Partisan paper, bent on brevity in
the use Of the cable, | should have sent
"attende1, vor,' the motto of the Asquith
ministry-and depended on the home Office 10
amplify the phrase if it needed further ex-
PLANTATION 10 French readers. Will some one
who really knows French. who is versed in
the intricacies OF the language, kindly eluci-
date this question in the columns of The
Tribune? INQUIRER.
New York Jan. 10, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15

and the space was so confined that we
could not sit upright
Oberleutnant Cromton admits he was
2retty we'll treated at the hospital on
shore. but at the Davenport barracks ne
was Obliged to change his clothes in spite
of his "aflirmatons" that they were not
ragged The food, he says, was that oil
convicts." and it was three days before
"some deficiencies" (unspecifiedD were
remedied Some time later he was taken
TO the military hospital, where the
treatment was generally good but he
was not allowed TO write letters and ms
attendants stole food from hlm. Inc
rest of the complaint deals with what he
conceives to be inadequate medical treat
ment and the refusal of the British 10
transfer him 10 Switzerland. II has been
explained already ;hat the only perma-
nent injury he had suffered was the loss
of one eve. and that formerly such disa-
bilitv did not constitute ground Tor
transfer. 1t appears that when a revised
SCneQule WAS dSiICu HPNi'
helligerents he was at once sent to Swlt-
zerland.
II is difficult to account for the attempts
made by the Germans to represent this
affair as a hideous atrocity. Possibly 1t is
meant to offset the series of proved cruel
ties and denominations associated with the
work of the U-boats as lately reported at
some length by permission of the British
Admiralty But Oberleutnant Cromton's
own testimony does not by any means
strengthen the case against his captors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
British Cotton Spinners in the Civil Wal

To the Editor or The Tribune.
Sir: In reply to "Somc American Myths
Mr. Edison tells us that Great Britain chad
clutted the worlds markets with overproduc-
ton; that "thc mill owners had in their
warehouses enough cloth to run the world for
three years without turning another spindle;
therefore, they were pleased to sec the supply
OF cotton withheld. This is accusing the
British mill owners OF more heartlessness
than the Prussians, for one thing; for an
other, it would require more capital than the
spinners had to hold all the cotton cloth
needed for the worlds consumption for three
years. Also, such Of US a. were grown-ups
at this time / am one) remember the block
ado runners running into the Southern har-
bors from Nassau and Bermuda to get car
goes of cotton. Very eager the cotton spin
ncrs were for raw cotton. too
The speech of John Bright at the. Town
Hall. Birmingham. December u.s. 1862, dwells
on the distress endured by mill owners and
mill hands IN Lancashire Dealers were
threatened with bankruptcy and 100000 Of
he men. women and children were fed By the
charitable throughout the kingdom. The
worlds supply of cotton was inadequate for
current needs Tney had hopes Of India, but
even under a good government il would have
taken years to get the land into producing
condition.
Nr. Bright thought that IL would be years
before The United States recovered and be-
came a large cotton producer. For sorne rea-
son It seems to have been generally assumed
that much work could not be expected from
the negroes when free, and the prophets gave
much advice which has since gone into the
waste basket.
II one began quoting from this speech he
would end by tranScrbing IL: IL ought to be
in the school readers. II they have such
things in these days. The statistics arc pan
liculsrly commended 70 Nr. Edison.
ROBERT ". LEONARD.
Mount Kisco. \. y. Jan. ., 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
NOT POSSIBLE IN ARMY
Spread-EagIing Punishment Not in Vogue
There
To the Editor of The Tribune

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: So much has been said recently re-
garding the spread eagle" incident at the
armory Of the I'd Field Artillery that, as an
ex-soldier in the regular army and a mem
Der of the National Guard at present | can
rot resist the temptation to say that this
disgraceful incident could never have hap
pened in the Regular Army.
In the first place, il Private Max Kellermar
had been serving in the regular army he
would not have dared commit the offence for
which ne was punished, for fear of getting
six months or year at hard labor, with an
armed sentry ten PAGES in his rear at all
times as he went about his work in a pris-
oner's uniform. with large letter "P" on
his back Rather humilating. to say the
least. And instead Of getting his picture in
the papers. etc, his comrades would say
You're in the army now And that is all
the sympathy he would get.
But. of course. Kelerman was not in the
regular army He was a National Guards
man. and evidently very poor one at that
4 uniform does not make soldier, and he
has proved that he lacks the one quality re-
quired 10 make a soldier endurance His
parents need never say 81 did not raise my
boy 10 be a soldier" The fact has been well
advertised l.. A. BARRYMORE,
Corporal Battery +, lst Field Artillery
y. G. y. Y.
New York, Jan. II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
Are We Bound by the President!

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Asks Charles Keutgen: why are not
pro-Ally and pro-German schemes equally
breaches Of neutrality? Why do you give
countenance to the one and denounce the
other If you are American and not British /.
Whatever may be the opinion entertained Of
the President, is he not our Official repre'en'
tative? Are we not equally bound by NJ
statements and DEGREES -
Further leading questions might oe' ""
Decatur an American because he fought io'
liberty, or because he fought against hhs
land? Is your idea OF government a Kaiser
or constitution What did our present
President mean before the National Press
Club, Washington. May Is, 1857 90 no.
know what they the people are thih"nk
about | have the most imperfect means .,
finding out. and yet have got 20 ACT g. j.
knew. That is the burden Of H. ana y"
you, gentlemen, it is a pretty severe Ou'u.'i
particularly If you look upon the once .
do that ! am not put there TO 90 NHas
please am put there 20 interpret, 20 ies
lister, to suggest, and, more than tnsI -
much greater than that, 10 be suggest
When the President asks suggestion 81,
the pro-Germans supply II 70 the SnVuns
s27 900 900 in propaganda, not TO say pO'...s
would you have other suggestion oess. ~.
cislly when the pro-Allies themselves Ha,
neither spent money nor transgress.u -.
law, when accord now is natural 70 Jul
mon national purpose? nj -o,
Have YOU read the Constitution Dlu 80
understand the phrase Life, liberty So
pursuit of happiness"? Should nov
.o,. s,ord for that nou,. as in lllbI hltn.
or wrong, would you fight for It no" -, -
you to-day join league to urge ne nj.
and pursuit of happiness on oeua'- -.
GUM? Would you be pro-Ally 10 Vns. ~.
tent? Or do you still sympatnze WIN ~ ~.
imperialism that enslayes Belgium
YOU believe in liberty? Don't you oehe'e '"
America? Why did you come!
Cornwall. y. Y, Jan. 6. 1914
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
HOPELESSLY MASCULINIZED
Male Voters in East Repeat the Horrible
Crimes of Women
To the Editor of the Tribune.

To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: The letter of John P. Irish, entitled
"Feminized Politics." reveals what an awful
condition California and the other Western
States are in. Let us hope that Eastern
States will take solemn warning and never
let such thing happen Poor little Connect
cut, for instance, is already masculinized as
to politics What pitiabe result would be
achieved II it became feminized, too.
The reasons for which men vote are often
very insufficient. | know a man who voted
for Hughes just because his father and
grandfather had always voted the Republican
ticket and Hughes happened TO be running
on that ticket. And | know another man
who voted for Wilson because somebody told
hin. Hughes had German blood.
Men, too, are frequently guilty of the aw-
ful crime of party disloyalty. and yet they
remain out of jail. In Grover Cleveland's
time several Connecticut citizens who had
been lifelong Republicans became Mug
wumps. Only four years ago several others,
born and bred Republicans. voted the Pro-
gressive ticket In a neighboring state man
ran for Mayor Of a large city on a combina-
ton Democratic Republican Progressive Anti
Tsmmany ticket, and in spite of his spotted
eoach-dog appearance he was elected. Yes,
ne are hopelessly masculnized
SYMPATHETIC.
Bridgeport, Conn, Jsn. II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
The Real Capital Of America

The forty-eight states which constitute
our beloved land have an interest in Wash
ington. the White House and the Capitol,
because they have to have. The Constitu-
ton fixes the governmental centre OF our
universe there, and there we must look Tor
national laws and policies. Affection and
interest. however, look in quite another di-
rection. Perhaps not to the full extent
that Paris is the centre of France and Lon
don of Britain, yet only shade behind
our own New York has become the central
fact of America. not only its shop window
and Main Street, but its example and
mouthpiece as well.
1t is not a question of boosting or petty
competition. New York has more knockers
and fewer boosters to the square mile than
any other American city. Its leadership
has come in spite of itself rather than
through any will to stand forth. 1t has
come through the nations need of true
capital of thought and manners and fashion
TO which the whole nation could contribute.
That is the outstanding fact of New York.
It is not thing apart from America; 1t is
Aoerica-the one essential spot to which
every good American contributes share
of his interest and affection.
All this has been made doubly. clear In
the success of the latest move made by the
Save New York Committee. Here was an
essentially local change-a plan to make
the retail section of New York better
spot to shop in. Yet the committee, when
its local objects were achieved. perceived
that the interest and effect of the move
ment we're by no means bounded by the
local benefits. A letter was sent out to
merchants The country over explaining the
measures taken and asking countrywide
support. The response has been extraor-
dinarv. Already l,iO0 letters have been
received indorsing and approving the Save
New York Movement Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama; Prescott, Arizona; Pueblo, Colo
RADIO; San lose. California-the answer
mas been prompt and uniform the country
over.
There is q real, if small, saving IN dol
lars and cents to these concerns which will
result from a more economical rearrange-
mont Of New York's shopping and manu-
featuring districts. There is the conven-
icnce Of visiting purchasers as well. But
these arc not the considerations which
have plainly stirred this widespread re
Spouse. After their loyalty to their home
towns these good Americans have felt a
true interest in the welfare Of New York,
in seeing IL realize its highest possibilities
az a national capital. They have thought
Of New York not as distant and rival
community. but as their New York, a spot
to love and be proud Of and help to the best
Of their ability.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-15
No Peace Possible Now
ditor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: II was no humanitarian sentimental
ism that led the Russian bureaucracy into
war, or the neghboring states to accept the
issue.
II humanitarian considerations could not
keep the peace. it is absurd to expect that
they could make any kind Of peace now
certainly not permanent one.
The only method by which humanitarian
factor could be injected into the present wal
situation would be in the form of revolution
in Germany against Prussian hegemony and
bureaucracy.
The war. therefore, should wage regardless
of any cost until at least there has been de-
cided Cabinet crisis and change OF minister
at Berlin. That will be the only reliable
token that political change OF mind in Der
lin has occurred. When this change has been
produced it will be time enough to talk peace
Is it not automatic that war-mskiag, ag-
gressiye government should not be allowed
to state OF make the terms Of peace.
T. J. LLOYD.
Bloomngburg. y. Y, Jan. |, 1917.