The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-10
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

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we find that we must reverse the posi-
ton we took In the early stages of the
war.
In those days, IL may be remember
ed, when England seized and searched
our ships, conflscated their cargoes
other commodities to neutral nations,
destined perhaps for Germany. we
made loud and emphatic protests. We
claimed the right to ship all goods not
actually contraband to any neutral
country. Great Britain said no. that
such goods found their way to Ger
many and she should not permit 1t.
And she didn't, although we made
some serious objections.
Must Do the Same.
Now that we are at war with Ger
many. we have found that we must
stop our own shipments to neutral ma
lions In northern Europe and to Swift.
zerland because they Will be sold to
Germany. OF course there are going to
be objections. Neutrals may pull some
of our old protests and ask US to be
consistent, but we shall reply that war
takes the consistency out OF things.
particularly nations.
At all events we do not propose that
our high priced food, SO much needed
by our allies, shall go through Den
mark, Holland, Sweden and Norway
into Germany. We are as much inter
ested now In starving Germany into
submission" as England was at the be.
ginning OF the war.
Nobody Speeding the Tax Bill.
Senator Lodge, after stating that he
had been at work for five weeks with
other members of the finance commit
tee ON the war revenue bill. added:
There seems to be n great deal OF
speed asked In the consideration OF
the various war measures, but no one
is trying to speed the tax bill While
complaint is made about delay of near
ly every other war measure, there Is
no M anxious to have this tax bin
rushed"
The Massachusetts senator also in
sisted that criticisms Of delay In con-
gress were unfounded. He asserted
that congress had been diligent and
had enacted much important legisla-
tion mt this session.
III Congress Had lite Way.
If congress had It's way entirely the
tax levies would not be so heavy this
year. Secretary McAdoo has asked for
a billion eight hundred millions. Con
gress would like to make the amount
considerably less. I'VE must raise
more money by bonds and not so much
10y taxation was a remark made by
Senator Martin, the leader OF the SEN
ate. IL the house will consent that
program will be followed I'm the final
enactment of the revenue bin.
"The Great Minority"
Meyer London, the Socialist, is a
PARTY by himself. which caused Con-
gresham Sloan Of Nebraska thus to
refer to him In the course Of a humor-
Gus speech. He first spoke Of the Won
derful combination, London and New
York, ''the first named for the Social
list representative and the latter I'm
pert represented by him." Speaking
of London's statement about the few
depressing the many. Sloan said; "He
exemplified his own words when he,
the great minority Of this house. began
to Cypress the majority. What an
aristocracy he establishes for himself
when he takes to task the weak and
supine Republican and Democratic par
ties, grasps them In his teeth and with
hat iron jaw shakes them before the
approving eyes of the world!'
Full of State Pride.
The new senator from Oregon, Nc
Nary, has a great deal Of pride In his
state. He Is too young to have alb
sorbed many of the stories of its early
days, but he is keenly alive to all that
Is modern In that state, n state which
has sent forth a great many modern
ideas. Senator McNary, as the one
Republican from a state west of the
Missouri which was carried by his
party last fall, has very good standing
among his associates on the Repub-
lican side.
Victory Through the Air.
Congressman Tilson of Connecticut,
who knows more about war, materials
for war and the practical side of mill
tary affairs than any man in congress,
I'm a speech on aircraft ana other var
matters said:
Since our entry into this war l have
observed every report coming from the
other side. and | am more firmly con
vinced than eve that our road to vic
tory is through the air"
At another point he said: Germany
has used psychology In this war to Q
great extent. Great Britain and
France have used 1t scarcely at all"
He referred to the AZ centimeter
guns, the Zeppelins and submarines az
terrors and effective weapons.