The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-11
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Dereu anu tnougntrul. Iney then De
gan to realize the vast undertaking;
they began to consider the tremendous
consequences; they began to under
stand the significance of the words.
I'VE know where we are going In, but
who can tell where we are coming
out?'
A great many men voted for the war
resolution with misgivings. Ii would
be surprising to know nov many men
would have preferred to vote for a
peace resolution il 1t had been posi-.
BILE.
Some Of the Consequences.
IL Is feared on the part of many con
gressmen that the withdrawal OF 600.
900 or 100000 men from the farms
and factories will be the beginning of
another era OF high prices; that IL the
number is quadrupled 1t will mean a
famine in this country and a world
famine. There Is also a fear that high
taxation to meet the cost of war. as
demanded by the president, will cause
a great deal OF misery, because such
taxes are passed on to labor and pro
duction.
Az Germany Reasoned II.
A prominent man connected with the
majority party and close to the admin
istration, a man who had spent much
time In Germany, says that the philo-
sophie minds OF Germany came to the
conclusion that in case the United
States entered the war 1t would be
compelled TO commander the mum
tons which were now going to the al
lies; that IL would need the foodstuffs
and other supplies which were being
sent In such quantities to England and
France. This man pointed out that
Germany may have concluded hat the
United States would do as much harm
as good to Germany's foes by entrance
into the war.
Will II Be Long or Short7
Will Ii be a long war or a short war;
Opinion differs In Washington. Most
men think II will go on for years: that
there will be many lives lost and vast
treasure expended before Germany is
conquered. One or two keen observ-
ers. however. assert that before an
army Ear be landed In Europe from
the United States the war will be
over. They base their views ON the
belief that Germany will not only want
peace, but the prospects for a world
anime on account of the entry OF the
United States into the war will cause
the other warning nations to seek
peace.
Will Deal With Democracy.
Rather an important feature of Pres
ident Wilson's war message was the
practical declaration that when we
came to make peace with Germany we
would not deal with the Hohenzol-
lerins or the autocracy now In control
OF affairs in Germany. He practically
that hereafter democratic
governments shall be recognized as IN.
thorized to control the affairs of the
world.
War Talk For . Week.
For more than n week now there
has been nothing but war talk In con
gress. In the executive departments.
In the hotels, on the streets, in homes.
at public and private gatherings. LII
fact. the national capital has given
itself completely over to discussions
of the great war.
A Disoouraging Feature.
A man who own quite a large farm
In Virginia came to Washington the
other day and fell into a discussion
of the propaganda that is being spread
far and wide urging the planting of all
available tracts Of land in order to pro
duce more food.
That would be all right" he re
marked, land there will be a success
attending this movement. But the
whole difficulty Of producing crops
comes back to the question of labor.
We cannot get farm hands enough to
plant our fields. and we were unable
last fall to get hands enough to gather
the crop that had already grown. The
high prices paid for labor In factories
and shops have proved more attractive
than the farm.
1T would not be surprising to me
II the movement to enlist a large mum
Der of men for the army and navy will
also prove q drawback when we come
to consider the planting. cultivating
and harvesting of the crops this year
While the pay In the army is not as
attractive, the excitement will carry
many young men from the farms to
the firing line"
Indiana . Changed Delegation.
Had 1t not been for Indiana the
house of representatives would not
have been at all close. In the last
house the Republicans had two mem
bers Of the thirteen. In the present
hoNse they have nine. The Hoosier
delegation Is a much changed body.