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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
Wasted Food

From "The High Cost of Food-Causes
 and Remedies,' by John J. Dillon, in
 the American Review of Reviews.
 One reason for the high cost of living is waste This includes the waste Of food on the farms, because the farmer is unable to market it for enough to pay the cost of transportation and selling. Waste in transit because of the lack of proper grading and packing and standardizing of the product as 1t leaves the farm. Waste in the city due to the delay in de- livery because of the practice of passing the food from one dealer to another in speculation, and waste due to the total destruction in compliance with the law by the city inspectors in condemning whole packages of food, particularly fruits and vegetables, and in some cases eggs, whom only small fraction of the article itself is damaged and the balance might well be preserved.
 Generally inefficient and extravagant methods of distribution are still another factor in the high cost of fooo Tn the city. Agents or drummers go to the country to solicit the shipments for particular dealer. He has heavy expense and usually a good salary. This comes out of the food. The produce is largely shipped in small lots at double the freight rates of carload shipments. When it reaches the city the commission dealer often buys it for his own account. or for the account of some company in which he Is interested As a trustee of the pro- ducer he deals with himself It then goes through the hands of several wholesalers and jobbers. frequently as many as seven in all, before 1t reaches the retailer With 1t all is a duplication of carriage charges, first from the dock to tho com mission dealer. and then from one to an- other of the wholesalers and Jobbers who speculate in 1t. When the housewife buys her daily supply she pays her portion of the accumulated cost of wastes. commis- sions. extravaganza and profits.
 This system of sale and resale and spec ulation is encouraged, abetted, and main tained by system of credits extending all the way from the commissio dealer through to the retailer. Losses are ire quent and sometimes heavy; Tho loser is obliged to cover himself fnr there losses, and the producer and consumer bear the burden Of tho losnea because tho losing dealer is In | position to shift tho bur- den upon thorn-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
ENGLAND TAKES HEROIC MEASURES IO PUT LANDS INTO CULTIVATION

Aiabafnians who have made n
 study of the agricultural situation
 ana nave lamented the fact that so
 many Of the farms of the state are
 being desterted will be interested
 In the following account of the
 asFicultural situation in England
 which is taken from the London
 observer. It shows how the war
 mas driven England once more to
 put into cultivation thousands of
 acres which have not been touched
 ps blow in hundred years.
 Amidst the destruction and ravage or the war, everM day shows more clearly that we have found the mar 10 grapple with the crisis. We deal elsewhere with the general character O. MT. Lloyd Georges speech, famous throughout the world by now, and with his sweeping proposals to crush every hope that the Germans had staked on their submarine campaigr auring the next six months of the war For the nature of that emergency we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-18
SWEPT OVER CATARACT

But the real view of national society held by the fathers of free trade was for gotten. As often happens the discrimi- nating teachings of the old masters were exaggerated on one side to the point of carcature by the later disciples We know what happened during the long era of drift before Armag geddon. Our des- tiny was decided by movements and chances far from our shores. We were like traveller who adventures on a smooth, unexplored river and is swept over a cataract. For years affairs seemed to be flowing smoothly, according to prophecy. Then prices began to rush down at the end of the '70s, and agricul- tural disaster reached it's ruinous worst in the sos. Take wheat alone and com pare the following figures:
 Wheat consumption of the United King dom:
 Homo
 Year. Quarters. Quarters. 1842 .................... 22,000O00 2970 coo 1914 ................... 7,3OO0Oo 29.22O, ,O0O In 1842 the island was nearly self-suf- ficing, when Peel described how cultiva- tion was seen climbing to the top of every hill. When harvests were bountiful we produced nine-tenths of the wheat we re- quired; when harvests were splendid our own soil brought forth all but twen- teth part of our total consumption We were fnvulnerable in war. The situation changed until we grew at home only a fifth part of our needs and were utterly dependent on shipping for the rest-that is, for our very life No wonder the Germans fixed their hopes, and fl them still, on the submarine menace.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-07
coMcEALlNc EPDEMIcS.

ONE Of the best possible aids IN fighting serious out
break Of contagious OF infectious diseases is ntel
gent publicity. and i. seems to US that the Health
department at Charleston should take steps to make
that clear to the county and city health officers in such
way that they will not forget in hurry
We have no Criticism to make of the department ITSELF
Il realizes the value of letting The public know what it has
to guard against and all the attaches Of the Charleston
department share in this understanding Of the duty OF
public health service. That is proved every time man
from Charleston called to any part Of the state 1t was
proved night here in Marion county on Sunday when A.
sistaat Commissioner Wood came here and the public
leaned for the first time that there serious outbreak
Of gpohid in one Of the mining towns of the county
But not all the subordnates of the department under.
stand their duty the matter Of publicity And one Of
the direct results that the Stale health officers have much
work to do the necessity for which might have been pre-
vented. TriAins outbreaks Of communicable disease are
concealed by the very men who ought to see to it that
they get the fullest possible publicity and result they
develop into serious outbreaks which entail the expenditure
of lot of money and the serious disarangement OF bua
ness.
It's perhaps Of no use to try to reason with these be-
levers in policy of darkness and conceament About
only way in which they can be dealt with is for the Health
Commissioner to lay down simple rule about such mat
tiers and then caapult the first local health officer who
ignores or evade it cut Of his job In the administration
Of The health laws of the state the party that is entitled 70
first consideration the public
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Personals.

Glenn Schultz Of Adamston, Harry
Watkins of Monongah, James B. Nc.
Daniel, Kenneth Thorn and Misses
Georgia Mcdaniel and Lorene Thorn
formed a party who motored to Valley
river points on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Mcdaniel we're
visitors in Fairmont on Saturday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. oliver L. Nay, of
shinnSton, were visiting Mrs. Nancy
Martin here on Sunday.
Ralph B. Douglass, who has been at
work In Ohio oil fields for several
weeks, arrived here on Saturday and
passed the physical examination before
the draft board at Warrington on Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Robin, of Clarks-
burg came down on Sunday to visit
Mrs. Robinson's mother, Mrs. Nancy
Martin whose health is very poor at
present.
Miss lone Martin, OF Clarksburg. is
spending the week with friends here.
Percy A. Harmon, Of Clarksburg, was
a visitor here on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnett Vance were
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And there is an amazing lot Of that
kind of yellow in this mans town.
gettell out"
1t sounds a trife harsh, but It has
the proper ring after all.
Judging by the debt paying reports
that get into the papers from time to
time the local churches are sharing
the general prosperity.
With more than I'VE and a half mil
lion bucks In its sock the state ought
to be able to DO something toward
ing that third regiment
Getting them before they become
paralyEsd is daTned good work.
But parents will have to display .
whole lot moro sense than they usually
do before that becomes the rule.
An eIprohibition commissioner Of
who could not buy tny
whiskey after trying soE four days N
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GARBAGE DISPOSAL.

THE Board Of Affairs did very wise thing yesterday
when it TUNED the garbage disposal problem over 10
DR.. Ramage with instructions to make an lnve'dsa-
ton before closing contract l.,
The feeling in this city for some time has been that what
we need simple ncns5'or' and indeed that atm may be
taLs the trouble 10 be sure about it And in the end we
may find that we have saved S. 900 or $4,000.
Since the world began to face serious famine IN many
h.. been looked into with sharp eye by tho scientists, and
til beg 6sgnnns to be suspected that small cities Ike
Famont are guilty of criminal waste in not processing The
garbage recovering the fats and oils and d'p0'ns OF The
resduum in some useful way. In the better class OF these
systems there is very little left to burn.
Some cities even pass their entire sewage through re-
ducion plant and make the plants pay dividends on The
capital invested the whole sewerage SYSTEM as well as
guard against the spread Of disease through the pollution
Of The streams that drain the city Nothing like that to
b. thought of for FaimOn but garbage another mattel
go long way toward paying for the entire garbage re-
moval service.
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STRAY ANIMALS
DAMAGE GARDENS
Mayor Fined Owner Of a
Horse That Got Away
Three Dollars.

Mayor Bowen is determined 70 put
a stop to so many stray horses sno
cows running about on the streets ana
doing damage to gtrdens. Recently
the police department has reesiveo
calls from various parts Of the CITY
complaining about stray animals
Yesterday black horse was
rested" and brought to the Manley ltv'
cry barn for running loose on JEFFERSON
street. Policeman Ford who MADE tue
arrest, has been trying to locate the
owner but as yet been unsuccessful
Nose Shuck who was arrested sew
eral days-ago for letting his horse run
loose appeared at court this morning.
He stated that he was not in the habit
of letting his horse run at large auo
that this time it had broken the rope
and sayed away. He was fined 50
which he paid and was dismissed.
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Editorial Comment
on Current Subjects
TOO MUCH APATHY, TOO LITTLE
REALIZATION.
tBY CONDOR
From ne Wheeling IntellIgencer.

From The Wheeling Intelligencer.
With many of us there abides
profound conviction Of the righteous
ness Of the American cause in this
war, and a deep realization Of the
peril that menaces the freedom Of the
world through the possible victory of
German arms. But the prevailing
spirit in the country, except in
spheres of military preparation and
activity, is apathetiC towards the i'm
pressive dangers that confront the
Nation. 1t is not lack of patriotism,
or slackening loyalty to the price
less traditions associated with the
heritage of liberty which we enjoy,
but relapse of the people into false
security, who are singularly deluded
by our remoteness from the sham
bles OF war. This woeful indifference
must have a rude awakening soon. 1t
will come with the first gruesome
message form the western front that
tells Of the mangled American man
hood that has been sacrificed for the
security of those Of benumbed appre-
hension at home.
Against this apathy there is an &C
tivity that is insidiously eating its
way throughout the land that is prov
ocative Of disloyalty, because 1t pre-
tends to question the everlasting JUS
tice Of our intervention in this horrific
human tragedy. 1t is designed to
create discomfort at home and weak
en- our effectiveness aborad. 1t Is now
fomenting reasonable resistance to
the selective draft, 1t is suggesting
riot and rebellion. And somnolent
apathy sleeps on. This sudden de-
mand for the reasons and aims Of the
| United States in this war is most sig
Dificant of the source or the sympathy
Of its inspiration. 1t is the leaven OF
the same bread that the crafty Ger
man intriguers are feeding their Rus
sian dupes. 1t is the poison that drips
from the pens of certain editors OF
German Language newspapers, who,
while processing loyalty, are cunning
ly spreading a propaganda of false
peace. Hear this suggestion from the
New York Stats Zeitung: Com
mon sense and all the experience Of
history dictate the wisdom Of adopt
ing the line Of least resistance, and
that is the way Of peace" What kind
Of peace? Why that which would
would continue the repulsive right Of
might to Cypress the weak. To legal
lie conspiracy against humanity to
murder to ravish and dishonor again
whenever the imperial will of German
military despotism so ordered ia
new confagration liable to spring up
before the ashes Of the presnt bosom
had cooled.
\So far as the experience of history
dictates" it wholly contradlcts the
wisdom indicated by the Kaiser's as
sistant on the Stats Zeitung, In
1854, a year after the blood-drench-
| ing Of the battle Of Gettysburg, and
the fall of battered Vicksburg, the
peace party of the North met In con-
vention and nominated candidate
for the Presidency on platform that
declared the war to have been fail
ure. That was adopting the Zine of
least resistance" but does the expert
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-07
MORE GERMAN SHIPS
READY FOR SERVICE
Those Interned in Philip
pines Will be Used by
Government

MANILA, June 2S-(CorrespOnd-
ence of The Associated Press)
first of the smaller Of the comman-
deered German vessels in the Philip
pines to approach the completion of
her repairs will be put into commits
sion within two or three days, to be
followed by two more.
These three vessels probably will
be the first of the inter-island fleet
which the Philippine government ex-
poets to establish with the seized YES
sells. The % steamers seized in the
Philippines at the time Of the rup-
ture OF relations with Germany had
an aggregate tonnage of $4,000. The
Philippine government while recog-
nizing that the larger steamers should
be put either into the Pacific or At
lantic trade, as the National Shipping
Beard thinks best, made plea to
Washington that ten Of the smaller
vessels representing perhaps a third
of the total tonnage, be assigned to
the government for such service as
the insular authorities deemed wise.
While the chief use to which the
German steamers will be put will be
either in inter-island traffic or in the
sea trade between the Philippines and
the China coast, the insular govern
ment has in mind the possibility of
employing one of the vessels perhaps
in trade between the islands and
Spain. There is a population OF close
to 10000 Spaniards in the Philip
pines. They alone provide a market
for many Spanish products.
Meanwhile, work on the larger
German steamers is proceeding rapid
lily. Two already have sailed. The
outfitthg of so many vessels and in
so short a time has exhausted the
supplies Of naval stores in Manila and
of the China Coast, Some vessels may
have to wait for the arrival of these
stores from the United States. The
manning Of so many vessels also vir-
tually has exhausted the supply OF
sailors in the Philippines, as well as
ships officers. To fill the ranks OF
the sailors it is probable that some
of the vessels will recruit Chinese
crews In Hong Kong. OFFICERS will
have to be imported from the United
States,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-07
RUFF STUFF

Trolley company ought to hold a
safety first meeting at which 1t is
made plain that hauling children away
nom Monongah is one of the most
dangerous things imaginable-for the
employees.
At that the germ laden water in
TIE springs at Dakota Nine is safe as
compared with some Of the stuff that
8 trnbibed hereabouts,
Il wasn't the meaOly two fifty that
caused that Dsugherty murder; it was
getting thrown out.
It's another illustration Of how dan.
NOrous It Is for a man with a hot TEN.
OR to tote gun.
Generally speaking a man with q
eaa y 10 clothes has yellow streak
/ foot vide running down his anime,
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titles are like private corporations in that those which
exhibit the most originality and boldness grow the
most rapidly. No private or quasi public corporation
row attempts to carry business without liberal pendI-
lures for publicity and it recognized by list OF munlc-
pates which grows longer each year that even cities must
advertise if they do not want to go back in an age which
i notable for municipal enterprise.
These basic considerations add what it seems to this
newspaper is convincing force to the proposition that
mall special tax be levied for the purpose of raising fund
with which to advertise Farnont We must blow our horn
K we want 10 increase in importance among the cities OF
he nation, and while we are about we might just as
well do it in the most approved way that we will receive
maximum Of benefit from what put into the campaign
That is the sound business view to take OF the matter even
though it may appear 10 some as somewhat novel held OF
@deavor for city government 80,
AS The West Virgnan understands the publicity pro-
aran which the Board Of Affairs asked to consider the
Chamber Of Commerce and the business men OF the city
will add dollar for dollar to the amount that the city pro-
de and the whole will be spent for the benefit OF all OF u.s.
That is fair if anything ever was
For the past year considerable of money and mol
little energy and mental effort have gone into movement
"a make Farmont more prosperous and more widely
known city, There is nothing savorng OF boom about
this movement nothing that encourages mushroom growth
which in all likelihood would disappear even more rapidly
han il came Good sod permanent worthwhile increase
IN along the line and in every direction the On thing
aimed at. That kind Of growth helps every man who lives
4 the town and it is especially beneficial to the owners Of
mail property Yet comparatively speaking, the men who
have hus interested themselves in promoting the prosperity
Of Fairmont have been few in number
They will prosper as the city prOspers, to be sure but
fiji that in order to give the movement the momentum
lit should have if is to be 100 per cent success
more money must be expended upon the publicity feature
dan he people who have worked up the big plan have at
her disposal and they think, and so does The West Vr-
nan, that the city government, acting for the whole Peo-
ple who will also prosper. although they have invested no
capital and will run no risks, should help.
Fan ees have realized results out Of advertising campaigns
which have made publicity experts marvel Its the under,
,sndpz hat # Fairmont goes in for publicity campaign
a. matter will be placed in the hand, of specialists who
VIII have he benefit Of all the accumulated experience OF
cher cities to guide them in planning the Faim0nt effort
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enes Of history giority o. . any map
nef sustain that deelarationf
Nothing can Be clearer, nothing
can Be mora justified than the aims
ana purposes Of the United States In
this war. They have been stated time
and again. What Is the sudden call
for their restatement Who is II that
wants to know? They are those who,
while in declaring enmity to the pre-
posterous assumption Of the anolnted
divinity Of kings, are inconsisteptly
Opposing the war against ebsoluusm;
those who are paid TO exploit the
false professions OF Prussian JunSer-
dom and who are IN sympathy with
the baked conspiracy against the
peace Of the world. The United States
cannot be a party to any peace but
that which shall come Of the complete
subjugstion OF the German idea. We
cannot be safe without the uncondi-
tional surrender Of the principles z I.
despotic military rule.
The peace we desire and must
have, II we expect to survive as a
free, Christian democracy, will take
US down into the valley Of the dark
shadows. We shall pass through trib-
uIation and unutterable sorrow. 1t
will be black night for awhile, but Joy
will surely come with the morning.
The situation has never been more
distinctly outlined than in the words
of Elihu Root, on his return from
Russia; Don't argue about why we
are in the war, but realize that the
time has now come when American
liberty American Justice, American
independence and freedom is the
stake for which we must fight"
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nIa paoEIr IN PEACHES.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va. Aug, Z
In a basket of peaches local grocer
purchased from q local commission
merchant he found interesting infor'
nation. In the bottom Of the basket
was found a note from Texas girl,
explaining that her father had sold
these peaches for $1.20 a bushel and
asking the ultimate consumer to write
and tell her how much he paid for
them. The merchant bought the
peaches from the commission dealer
at 1925 a bushel and retailed them to
his trade in the city for So.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-07

County and City officials and peace officers through
out the state have received circular letter from the
state highway commission which calls attention to the
outstanding points of the road law as it applies to
traffic. Most Of these points familiar enough but
there is one which is new in this state and seems to
have been put the act for the regulation of the con-
duct of road hogs. 1t provides that it is unlawful to
operate motor vehicle not to permit other vehi-
cles to pass
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-08-07

Some one has told The Times that the story printed
"n the local evening paper about typhoid at Dakota
nine is not true The denial is on par with the hand
ling of the health situation at Dakota 1t bungled for
admits that while the situation may not be right now
exactly as we described it. it has been that way What
The West vrginan printed about the typhoid at Dakota
was based upon information supplied by the State
health authorities. If Dr. Yost thinks it does him an
Injustice he ought to lodge his complaint at Charleston
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various places thinks West Virginia
really is dry.
66t
Well, It is hard to get, but you can
get it II the merchant thinks you are
trustworthy.
Perhaps the Michigan gentleman
looked like revenue"
Or preacher.
Then again maybe he did not come
to Marion county.
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without in the least seeming to pay any attention to
them the military authorities have taken most effective
means to take care of the young who have rushed
into matrimony in the hope of avoiding military service
These are days in which the path of the fourusher is
far from easy.
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Provost Marshal General Crowder's order telegraph
ed last night to the local boards throughout the country
that the widest possible publicity be given to the
advanced in support of applications for exemption is
wise finishing touch to the regulations There will be
no mysteries about the draft and that fact will go
long way toward making the public as whole salts
fed with the operations OF the law.
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Senator Hollis speaking the food bill yesterday,
said: 1.-THE Senate is not composed of empty headed
men," Certainly not. No one ever thought of such
thing. When the dear peepul thing about the heads
Of the Senators at all they think of some Of them as
filed with mush and Others as of solid bone.