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home to the public the activity of this
committee, but what the travelling pub
lie does not know about is the far
reaching work it has done in giving
preferential way to coal, ores and other
important raw materials. studies Of the
equipment and resources of every road.
organization of shippers into co-opera-
tive bodies and helping send a com
mittee to Russia to help solve the trans
portation problems of that vast domain.
For many years the War and Navy
departments have bought supplies, food
and clothing for a few hundred thou
sand men. To set out to equip mil
lion men was something of a poser for
men whose special training never laid
along such lines. Moreover, in peace
time buying is done piecemeal, very
often for the excellent reason that one
bureau can get slightly better product
from one plant, while another may get
reduction in price or an article better
meeting its particular needs somewhere
else.
In buying for million men there is
time for no such EXPERIMENTATION or eff
fort at minute differentiation. More
over. 1t Is problem where to get all
the materials needed. 1t has been esti
mated that an army of a million men
consumes 24.563,od0 pounds of food Il
week. Obviously, a million uniforms
makes STABLE clothing order. To as
sure full supply of other materials
the buyer must have figures on the out
put of canneries. meat packers. bakeries
and scores Of other manufactures
1t was not a hard problem to pick
the man best equipped to be the buyer
Of these supplies. All the signs pointed
to julius Rosenwald, president of
Sears. Roebuck Il Co. Nor did 1t take
long to prove the wisdom of the selec-
ton Last month. for example. Mr.
Rosenwald saved the government be-
tween s2,000009 and $1,000, 900 on a ST.
ooo.ooo order for army shoes by per-
suading the~War Department not to adj
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with interchangeable sauces. 1t is
good for automobiles, but cookery is
an art"
In reality, it was an early and pow
erful movement against those Ger
manic principles of success which
would, doubtless, have swamped the
world but for the war, which disclosed
the cloven foot. The clubs president
foresaw the war. III January, 1914, he
announced that France would be in
vaded lat the end of July of this year.
He was mistaken by few days only.
because he miscalculated the date of
the German harvest He assumed it
to be the same that of the French,
whereas II is a few days later. They
viii not start the adventure until sure
OF their harvest" argued Forest. He
cried to France: Get ready" People
deemed his cry musical performance
Before the war the savant turned
gourmandizer.
With the war the philosopher turned
newspaper Photographer.
In the Paris Matin the president Of
the One Hundred undertook to pro-
duce daily signed article-not to eA&
coed thirty lines.
1T might treat foreign politics, home
politics, cookery, industrial science or
commerce, but it must be amusing. gay
and understandable by all the people.
These Forest Echoes" have become
extreipely influential
invariably they contain but one idea
per day, but always an idea of sense,
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Teaching the French the Use of Waste Food Material

of wheat he said. "and peasants will
feed it to their chickens
The removal of the butter take was
his personal triumph.
At last, a lady-reader wrote:
They ought to lower the price of
wine by law. no matter what about the
rest. There is more wine in France
than ever before and none is being ex-
ported. The present price is crime
against the people"
Listen" replied the president. Il
may be in the pocket, but, believe me,
the best way is to stop drinking it
Here is recipe to make a cheap ana
digestive drink with a little sugar.
yeast and the leaves of the ash tree. 1t
is recipe of our ancestors which has!
been forgotten"
But. next, the sugar card came into
vogue.
What now" wrote Forest. I'm not
in the pocket yet Inquire of nature.
There is sugar everywhere. In figs, in
dates. in sweet pease, in nettle flowers,
for our win of the leaves of the ash.
Try igsr'
And he added (having used up only
twenty-nine lines):
Cook your rice with figs instead OF
sugar STERLING HELLO.
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lean College of Surgeons. complete the
rakc-;ii Of the advisory commission. II
Is Mr. sioInpsiS' task to safeguard the
health and welfare of workers. not only
for h,fnanitys sake but for efficiency's
sake. during war time. when there is a
great temptation to lose sigh: of these
elements of highest productiveness Or.
Martin has to organize the medicine and
surgical forces needed to Keep in perfect
health an army ot million or more men
:t"d :" deEiSe general SANITARY measures
Tor their care "hlle IN camp on SNIP anu
in the trenches
Walter s. Clifford Still in his hirtieS.
is on, of the Youngest men associated with
,,,l a,,.,.,, ,,;r,,..o- or t,e ,.o,,,,,, ma
'''' a. -
COMMISSION ne lafeS Il IAN % "f SdilHliis
one Of the biggest and most comprehensive
q: CARNATIONS the country has eyer known.
lie served an apprenticeship as SlperNls-
ing director of the great lIhh#tf.a! ihfen-
terry lie was loaned 10 me commission.
: l." vac loaned TO TIE Garner Smsltisiiite..
~ ~ American iele2hon. anu lsfEfaph
'-"fii my lie IS oht 81 NY ioieitto',.
'"'i5 ~ iahS N thiS .o.nd -,
" 'Clatsd also with -, o!nli anu -'li.
I,itid III the ihduS,ti iai ~ $3.50. -,
-" NticF IS 'tarNsoil. s''.t.i',s.; - ,.s
'"'.'i'.l ana Il NV ols ~, 10, tI ~
- y NV - n "uSiiiSf' 80. - -.
'iI.t 'raliihs ~ ~ LIN $50 ~.
~" l''tF NV. t,,".,. IL
"a ~, ~ ;,.i.',.,., r ~.
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80 ,.,I , n. 80 p,rt ~ MI
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cop, right u, fiIrf1 =. EW".i
operating mines III Illinois. indiana.
ohio. Kentucky. Virginia. wyoming.
oElIhomI: operates mites 70. others.
annual business. t2.G0n,cQo tors: bu$i-
ness interests. co &c. ice plants. electric
lighting. team railroads. farms: per
sonal interests. books. paintings. aorscs.
golf. possesses :nnrnlGcent private
library. with an unusually valuable col
lection of 'Stevensoniana.
And 80 one might run on. through
these t"rutS-six pages Of mes u
men. virtually all Of WHOM have made
real Sacrifices. either of home life.
money, business interests or personal
comfort. to come to Washington to
work for the nation. for the govern
meut, for YOU and for me. for no re-
ward. There is no hcroicS about it.
tfnand the average citizen could not
name ten of them. There Will be no
sacrifice of life. neither viii there be
an. mention of them for vaiorous
deeds IN action Most of them viii
never get their names in the papers.
except for passing mention. But
they viii have the consciousness Of
having done their part. and history
doubtless viii show how big a part
il is. in the struggle to make the
world safe for democracy
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vertise for bids. That method. he sad.
simply creates an artificial price by
suddenly announcing an enormously N
creased demand. Instead, he called IN
the shoe leather men, told them WHAT
was desired. explained that the govern
ment was not seeking to buy at cost
but neither did it wish to pay an excess
profit
Bernard NJ. Baruch. acting in SINH
lar capacity as buyer for raw mate
rails. such as minerals and metals, per-
formed in much the same way. lie ob-
tanned 4o,000,000 pounds of copper Tor
the army and navy for lGsa cents, when
the market price was &c cents a pound.
thus saving Uncle Sam some SlO.Oo0,oOo
I;nlsting the aid of Judge Gary of the
United States Steel Corporation he helped
purchase several hundred tons of steel
plates at $50 Il ton when the market price
was SlJS. He procured about 23,00O.O0O
pounds of zinc at two-thirds of the
market price. He obtained enough
aluminium to meet the government needs
at 21h cents "A pound. when it was sell
ing for 60 cents.
Both Mr. Rosenwald and Mr. Elruch
furnish two more examples of patriotic
self-sacrifice on the part Of men who
have left their private business. net
ting them incomes that would pay the
salaries of many entire government
bureaus. to give their time for their
country. They even pay their own sec
retaries and their own expenses while
here.
Sears. Roebuck & Co. tremendous
part of Mr.. Rosenwald's busy
days in peace times. He is active in
about thirty philanthropic enterprises.
He bought s1.000.0o0 worth of liberty
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bonds. and recently gave another
81 900 10 the Jewish relief fund. Per
sonally, Mr.. Rosenwald is an affable
agreeable and extremely iikable man
He would come pretty nearly winnlnl
a popularity contest at the offices of the
council. He has the Enack of doing a
tremendous amount of work, yet not
seeming busy. and of listening rather
than talking.
Mr. Baruch is tall, slightly stoop-
shouldered. and goes Nabout with a
uuiZzical smile and trace of that
shyness which is apt to attach itself To
a certain type of self-coniident. but not
at all aggressive, big men. He is an
outdoor man, a devotee of polo, hunt
ing and goHng. A banker and broker
who takes business as Il game, he was
attracted to the work of the council
because, as he stated-for it was
quoted at the outset of this article
it's work appeals to him as being
about the biggest game any man could
wish to tackle.
Howard T.. Coffin, described as head
ing the division of munitions and man
ufacturing, is known rs one of the most
brilliant engineers in America. To trace
his connection with the council one
must 20 back before its formation and
recall the work of the committee on
Industrial preparedness which perform =
ed, for no pay. service that would
have cost the government millions that
of getting thorough and detailedd in
ventory of $4,000 manufacturing
plants. Mr.. Coffin was head of that COM
mittee and put the work through in
about four months, by enlisting the
voluntary services of thousands of en-
gineers.
The minute details covered in this
survey can only be realized upon going
over the QUESTIONABLE. which included
questions about the elevators, lockers.
telephone facilities. facilities for hous-
ing and feeding employees. about the
location of the company's office in re-
laticn to the plant, and Il multitude of
other facts which will help the gov
eminent instantly to know just what
each plant can perform in an emer-
pency and how far it's normal output,
under pressure, would be capable of
expansion.
All this information now is stored
away in the files Of the council. Mr..
Cofin's work with that body has been
in another field. He is sometimes
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callers and going over multitudinous
Specifications relating to munitions.
- Further consideration of the per-
sonnet of the councils force demands
brief explanation of the organiza-
tion. it is not complex, though men
tipn Of it's many committees, subcom-
nlItterx and advisory bodies may make
it seem 60 The council of national
Gefcuse consists of six officers of the
cabIrct. Secretaries Baker, Daniels.
Lane. Houston Redfield and Wilson.
TIE advisory commission of the
council Is where the first group of big
c:slIber civilians come in 1t is com
posed ri seven men, Daniel willard.
Bernard N. Raruch. DIR. Hollis Godfrey.
Samuel ';pmpers and DR. Franklin
Then there is a director of the coun-
clifford; 81 secretary of the council and
adviser commission. Grosvenor b.
tl-tf ..,'''.. FIVE assistants o the director,
Eich@ra u Williams, !. Everett L.
Crawford. Percy II. Pyne. I'd. George
+. Porter and Preston Davie, and
chiet clerk T.. X Ellsworth.
EVt that is only small sector Of
IN" H-cH vino are giving up their time
to 'hiE patriotic work. The others are
TO- .tt 5nira rs cha.rren of committees.
li's" W.. Scott. or serving on those COM
mittres
M'IH's,rs Of the advisory corpmission
ar" ia General supervision of the broad
general lines along which the various
committees work. Mr.. Willard, presi-
don't "f the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road rs charged with transportation
and c"H5tuunica ton.
''Itau' willard as every railroader
know him came off farm up near
WiHtsor Vt. not far from the country
home "f winston Churchill, where
President Wilson formerly made his
summer home. His is of the
rerrS shat old railroad men love to
spin yarES about. from the time he
WAS e ward engine man until he rose to
tho Presidency of several western roads,
then rchahilitated the II. & o. lines.
bringing that system to par with the
great lines of the country since he be-
cam" It's head in 1910.
Mobilization Of railroads was one of
the biggest and most vital elements Of
any prG@Fam of national defense. Pro-
vision had to be made for the quick
carriage Of troops. quick moving of
supplies. while the traffic and freight
service must not be impeded If the
cpuitry's industry was not to be i'm
pcriicti. and Il man to undertake this
task troubled officials nightly. Rail-
road men were called in. and when the
Specifications for this task were out
lined. one of them chuckled
Gee. that's some order. Get Dan
Willard TO do II. He'll tackle anything"
The verdict was concurrcd in unani-
mously. The proposition was put up
10 willard. He allowed he would
tackle it," and without any further
words the keen-eyed, cheerful. wiry
bundle of energy set to work, made up
committee from the American Rail-
way Association and perfected an or
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Concerning the Parsnip.

IT HE parsnip would appear to have
few friends, yet it may not be SO
ba or SO unpalatable as its enemies
would nave the world believe. During
all the excitement and contention about
food shortage men have talked of the
virtues of the potato. the bean, the pea.
corn. wheat, rye, oats, the tomato, cab
base. cauliiower, artichoke and beet.
but references to the parsnip have been
few and far between
This old vegetable was popular with
pioneer Americans. the forbears OF 60
many Americans who now seem to looS
uIon tie rarsnir as too plebeian for the
ia BILE. There can be no doubt about the
antiquity of the parsnip and there ought
to be no doubt to its responsibility.
1t was cultivated by the Romans long
before they entered upon their career
of world conquest and world govern
ment. The Romans ate this simple and
hardy vegetable during that per!od
when they were masters OF the world
and in their decline they continued 10
serve the parsnip. 1t was once Wild
plant. like most or all the fruits ani
vegetables now domesticated to the o.
chard and the garden. 1t is stun iound
in its wild state along the road sides
and in waste places throughout Eurone
and temperate Asia and il has mary
wild relations in the United States it
is a member Of the natural order o. M
bellfferae and botanists generally a"-He
in calling it pastinaca sltiva-
There are many varieties Of the Gill
waited kind. among the we'll known r:si =
ties being the Maltese the student. and re
hoilow-crowned.. OF the food value of the
parSniE DIR. Wiley has said Most nutri-
ticus Of all root crops except salsifY-
Carbohy drate content 16-l. rar cent.
nearly as high az a potato. and more than
twice as high as beets. carrots or turnipS.
Friends Of the rarSnip commend IT Tor
its hardness They say i never dir
APP oints. that il is not .eriou;iy ;ifectsd
by insect enenfies. blight or rot. dry nr
over wet weather. nor even by partial
shade and that spraying is unnecessary.
or any particular care beyond a reason-
able amount of hoeing and wedding in the
early part of the season and thinning 70
six inches apart when two or three inche'
high Persons Woo are acquainted WI \
the cultivation of the Tar<nip say that i
will flourish in am rn:tSona5 Die deep soil
ana under favorable conditions yleiu
heavier crop than any other root and far
teayie. than potatoes.
Some experience is required in preparing
the rarsiliIs for the table. but this may al-o
b. said of other vegetable. and there Is
usually TO be found satisfactory informa-
ton in cock books this subject. TIE
pi,s nip which has been first boiled ard
then baked uf.til there is a brown crispne
about the outside is that Earsnip which
would seem to he in greatest favor with
those persons who eat them.
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Futile and Ridiculous.

es6e ERMANY'S hatred of the world
VI becomes every day more and
more impotent, said senator 1t :.
luncheon. ... ...-"
Germany would torpedo the wis
world if she could. but the German
world-hate is getting to be futile and
ridiculous.
Germany reminds me of the chap
who announced HAT he was taking his
mother-in-law 10 Naples.
IL thought you hated the old lady
so?' said friend. Why are you TAX
ing her to Naples with you?
The chap gritted his teeth.
Don't you know the adage-'See
Naples and die?' he said
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OF Belgium set e new record in quick
mobilization of her manhood to re-
III sist the mailed fist of Germany; If
& France accomplished an unprece-
dented feat IA directing all her re-
sources to that end. the United States
achieved something equally notable in
her unparalleled mobilization of brains
to help win this war,
Most Americans do not yet realize.
but they will! before this war is well
under way. Just what happened when
the council OF national defense was
organized In q world crisis that
brings new supcriative every day,
something has TRANSFERRED here in
Washington. thinking men are saying,
that never before was Known in his
tory.
Men had the vision OF a million Amer
leans springing to arms overnight TO
the defense OF their nation. 1t is not
quite clear just who had this other
vision Of a quick mobilization of the
nations brain power to face the tire
mendous task of making efTectual the
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million. perhaps the two or three mill
lion. American men who Will light for
the preservation of American tradi-
lions.
President Wilson had part in the
accomplishment. In time of peace and
uaore leisure the President was some
hing of base ball fan. and perhaps
he as other fans, have sought to
pick an "all-American base ball team"
liz the face of war he and his advisers
have done something infinitely harder
and more practical, they have picked
industry. and succeeded in getting
these men to work ten. twelve and
fifteen hours q day for the nation for
the only salary the government could
offer that would attract them-nothing
year.
Why have they done it? PerhapA one
Of them answered the question the frst
day he came to WASHINGTON. leaving
his business and his hon" and his in
come because. he remarked:
Why, this makes everything else. in
Guiding money making look like 80
cents. 1t is the biggest Job any of US
ever faced"
Behind it is patriotism, not the fam
boyant waving of flags and mounting
of pretty phrases. but patriotism in the
sense of service. and, more than that.
there is the game" to be played and
the Job" to be done-and the men who
responded to the call are the big game
and the big job men of a country Of big
things.
There are a hundred or more men
now in Washington working for the
government at nearly double union
hours whose time the government was
never able to buy in times Of peace.
There are nearly hundred more COM
ing here once. twice or three times a
week. paying their own expenses. who
are giving one-half or more of their
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dubbed the father of Standardization
He helped make it possible for America
to have on it's roads 300, 900 900 of the
100000 automobiles in the world to-
day by his work in evolving Standard
cation of automobile parts. In peace
times he is vice president and consult
ing engineer of the Hudson Motor Car
Company.
1t is a bit hard for the layman to
grow enthusiastic over STANDARDIZED ton.
Yet 1t is an essential of successful in
dustrial mobilization In war time, and
it affects every product that enters into
modern battling. Take d concrete eX-
ample of the way Mr.. Coffin is going
about his standa rdiZation job. This
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lust what happened when
- the Council of National
Defense waa ergauized-An all
American team of captains of
Industry who work long hours
for the nation. but receive no
salaries-"The biggest job they
ever faced"-patriotism In the
sense of service-The men who
nave responded.
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and practical. One of those he cites
oftenest is Benjamin Franklin. whose
personality remains 5" strong IN
France that every primary school child
knows what to think of such a quota
ton As. to the thirty-line limit. he
sometimes ovcrStcpS il. but considers
the JOB failure. Il had not time
enough TO make it short enough.
lie says that he cannot understand a
newspaper writer being paid by the
column. line or word
N | were editor I would pay most
Tor the shortest article" he says: and
II any one could make striking story
IN ten words he should have the high
est pay of al"
Which certainly would bar out any
adequate relation of our here's person
AMY principles and performances How
omit. for example. his discol cry that
sauerkraut is 4 French dish? Alsace-
Lorraine is of France. and sauerkr. ut
IS OF Alsac@- Lorraine. Moreover. Louis
Forest is himself OF Metz. and knows
all about it.
My family suffered bitterly in Lor-
raine in 1870" he says, and ! grew up
IN the souvenir. I lived in the midst
or that population of Lorraine which
could not stand the German domino
ton. yet was obliged by circumstances
to remain. temporarily. if not perma-
nently. began my studies in the Lycee
OF Metz under German professors.
When smelly my family was able to
remove to Nancy. was better prepared
than most TO follow German develop
ment-Hith solid frontier in be-
tween"
The German development of sauer-
kraut. he says. is devil worship He
refers, of course, to sauerkraut tarts
and sauerkraut au champagne. At its
best, the German cooking of it is heavy,
ba Al
satians have great advantage in the
employment of their delicious goose
grease. but the true secret is the Lor-
rainers' use of vim girls (pale-rose
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time free. There are between zee aud
500 men working for the national couu-
ell OF national defens-. and less than
100 of them are paid. Ninety per cent
OF those who are paid are employed as
messengers. stenoGraphers and watch
men. The pay roll of the entire work
ing organization. now less than four
months old, is only about 100000 a
year, and you can cast your eye over
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Changes of schedules in railroads.
unnecessary trains, brought
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in which are working other
presidents and vice presidents of rail-
roads
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TtsTUIIFH'" III III SrHf.
PARIS, Junet4, 1917.
!, HERE are fircless cookers in
America" wrote Louis For
est in the Paris Matin.
You are a DOchete Gn the
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All this information now is stored
away in the files Of the council. Mr.
Cofiin's work with that body has been
in another field. He is sometimes
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-08-14
Ell KAISER PERDONA A MAZDA
Me KEIMELLON

MADRID, Agosto 12.-Gracias Z
la intervention del Rey Alfonso NH
de Espana, ell Kaiser GuilIermo he
%perdonado a Madame Keimelon, una
mujer sueca que fue ap~rehendida en-
Alemania, acusada de ser una espia
de los aliados, y sentenciada 4 mue
te.