The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-07-26

articles except food, feed and fuel, ana
creating board of food administra-
tion consisting Of three men. The
first of these amendments Is In nc
cord with the wishes of the admins
trntinu, and the second Is not displeas-
ing to IT, for Hoover will be made
chairman of the board. He and his
associates in the food conservation
cnmpnign are not depending too much
on the actions of congress.
The federal trade commission hegan
its inquiry into the costs OF produc.
, Ing and marketing food commodities,
starting with the Chicago packing In.
dustry. The investigation Is to spread
10 steel, iron, coal aad oil costs, In ac-
cordnno, with the fair profits" order
Of President Wilson and may be com.
plcted In six months. Francis J. Heney
Is in charge of the legal end OF II.
Hamperino Our Government
As the United States swiftly ap.
pronchcs more active participation In
the war, the German agents and spies
and their friends In the country be-
come more bold and enterprising In
their efforts to hamper the govern
mcnt. These efforts range all the way
from ridiculous stories of American
soldiers dying like flies from disease
In Europe. designed to discourage en-
listing; plots to prevent the harvesting
nr crops in the West by doctoring court
plaster with tctnnus bacilli; burning
nf elevators and warehouses and ex.
plosIons In factories; killing Of live
stock; folncnting of strikes and riots,
up through attempts 10 involve the
country In international troubles with
friendly nations, to deliberate blocking
of much needed legislation by United
StntrS senators whose constituents
number large numbers Of German.
! Americans. The hyphenated term Is
used still because the people alluded
to themselves seem unwilling to have
II discarded. Their press and the nc.
rions and words of many of them make
this clear.
An instance OF the way In which
legislation Is delayed was supplied last
week. The aviation bin approprlatinG
SGlO. 900. 900 passed by the house and
admittedly Of prime importance, came
up in the senate, the government ana
all its expert advisers In the matter of
aviation urging that II be made law
before the week closed. But Hard
wick of Georgia and Owen Of Okla
hona proposed amendments that mad,
certain II long debate, and La Follctt,
of Wisconsin and Gronna of North Dn
kotn aided In the blocking process In
order To make attacks on the drnf
clause. No one will accuse these n6I
of being personally dlsloyal To theil
country, but the course Of action fol
lowed by them and others often is a
cffectual as II they were.
The professional paciists and the so
clnlsts urc singing smaller these days
The former meet with little sympath,
and support, and the Socialist party |
losing some Of its choicest member
because Of It's pro.Germnn attitude.
More Trouble for Russia.
Russin's progress toward victory an
, II stable government met with two sci
, backs last week. though both II Is I
be- hoped ARE only temporary. In th
+, effort to check the great drive Of th
. Slnvs In Galicia, the Teutons rushe
-. NJ large re-enforcements drawn fror
+. the French and Italian fronts, an
these forces compelled the Russians
evncuate the important town q
a Kalusz. which had been the Germa
!. army headquarters and the captur
|, Of which by them had threatened Len
= berg. The fighting In this region wa
!. fierce all the week, and on the wh0l
, the Russians did not have much tn
!, worst Of II.
. II Is interesting to learn that Bri
o ish nrmored motor detachments an
Belgian troops are taking part In ii
:. Russian offensive In Galicia, and al
:. doing good work.
q At home the provisional governmeI
!. was attacked by Petrograd rioters Il
= by agitators Of the Bolshivik an