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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
GETS SICK
CROSS,FEVERISH
IF CONSTIPATED
CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF Figs
CAN'T HARM TENDER sToM-
AcH OR BOWELS.

A laxative today saves q sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty
their bowels, which become clogged
up with waste, liver gets sluggish;
stomach sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! IL
coated, or your child is listless, cross,
feverish, breath bad, restless, doesn't
eat heartily, full of cold or has sore
throat or any other children's all
ment, give a teaspoonful OF "Cali-
fornia Syrup of Figs" then don't
worry, because 1t is perfectly harm
less, and in a few hours all this
constipation poison, sour bile and
fermenting waste will gently move
out of the bowels, and you have a
well, playful child again. A thorough
inside cleansing" is oftimes all that
is necessary. 1t should be the first
treatment given in any sickness.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a bot
tie of "California Syrup Of Figs"
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown
ups plainly printed on the bottle.
Look carefully and see that it is
made by the California Fig Syrup
Company. "-Advt.
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eminent is paying. serves to depress
standard bond prices for the same
reason. 1t is no longer possible TO
market per cent bond issue at
par no matter low good the security
may be, when the United States Of
fers the best security in the world at
the same rate OF interest.
This is the reason for the depres-
sion in the prices OF stocks and
bonds. That is the reason why the
wealthy men must not be allowed to
take up the bulk of the issue. They
would simply dump other securities
on the market to buy bonds. The
Liberty Bonds must be bought from
the daily savings of the everyday
citizens. These savings bulk large
enough to take care of any issues
that are likely to be offered, and The
permanent capital Of the country
need not be touched.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The New York World: Renewed
reports of mutiny in the German
navy, coming at this time from
Ostend, long used as a submarine
base. confirm statements frequently
made of late that the glamour Of
service upon undersea boats has
gone and that threats as well as
promises are Of no avail.
Reyolts in the German military
service, where discipline is notori-
ously severe, are especially signifi-
cant when they are related to SUBJ
marine warfare. but even greater
Importance must be attached to them
as they are shown to proceed from
political unrest and the hardships
Of insufficient food and clothing. War
machines which ask the impossible
in a wicked war. even OF a nation
trained 10 obey, must have something
more than iron crosses to offer as
an incentive.
Without exaggerating these mill
tary and social outbreaks, more OF
which will follow, they may proper
ly be accepted as symptomatic Of
German conditions. Autocracy has
been powerful because 1t has con-
WINGED the people that 1t was infal-
lfbIe and invincible. Now that the
humbleet subject sees and knows
that III Is neither. Il is confronting
perils at home as well as abroad.
Every hint Of INSTRUMENTATION
anonR the dociIe German races must
be accepted In America as a herald
81 the day prophetically proclaimed
by President Wilson a Year ago,
when he said that the peace 20 come
would not be decreed and auaran-
feed BY d small coterie but BIZ the
German people themselves.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
THE -FOUR FIRST CLASS MEN.

Mr.. Sam Blythe, who writes
erudite pieces on politics for The
Saturday Evening Post; who can
cross the country on the eve of a
national election and size up the
situation from a parlor car window
and get it wrong; and who can write
entertainingly on any subject under
the sun from a personal experience
in climbing aboard the water wagon
to the intrigues of the Chinese court;
this Mr.. Blythe has given President
Wilson's cabinet the Once Over and
publishes the result in a popular
weekly.
Mr.. Blythe quotes Vice President
Marshalls distinction between FIRST
class first rate men" and first class
second rate men,.
Out of the ten members of the
cabinet, he finds but four FIRST class
first rate men,, who have not been
outgrown by their jobs. He doesn't
name the four, and automatically
leaves the reader and the cabinet
members themselves, to guess their
identity. The article, as a whole, is
far from eulogy, but any member
who takes offense convicts himself
Of being one Of the other six.
Without discussing the justice of
Mr.. Blythe's classification, it prob
ably would be a very fair guess to
say that the four men he had in mind
were Messrs. Lansing, McAdoo, Lane
and Baker.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
THE STOCK MARKET SLUMP
AND THE CAUSE.

Current slumps in the prices of
standard stocks provide all the evil
dence that is needed of the wisdom
Of the advice to buy Liberty Bonds
out of future savings. The Forum
has insisted since the first issue was
put out, that the dollar down and
dollar a week" plan was the best that
could be devised. The exact terms
are immaterial as long as the
principle is followed.
The weakness in the New York
stock market is due primarily to the
selling of standard securities for the
purpose of buying Liberty Bonds.
The offer Of per cent govern
nent bond is attractive to the man
who has investments in standard
stocks paying but a slightly higher
rate Of dividends. Either from a
patriotic motive or from desire to
better his investment he sells his
stocks and buys bonds. Thousands
81 investors have been doing 1t, until
the stock exchange bargain counters
are heaped high, and the pile Is
growing.
Again. the rate Of interest the COVE
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confine it to the rich? Why not say
any American might give his last
dollar?
The Remarks" which Mr.. Baer
encloses are too lengthy to be pub
Iished in full, filling two pages Of fine
type in The Congressional Record.
One paragraph, however, is of special
interest in this connection. Mr., Baer
said:
II have never been one of the
long-haired, soap-box, street.
corner orators, who rants and
raves against wealthy men as a
class and attempts to engender a
sentiment of class hatred among
the poor as opposed to the
wealthy. On the contrary have
an abiding respect for the man
whose good judgment, clear
vision, and industry have enabled
him to amass a comfortable COM
petence for himself and his
family. Nevertheless we can not
dispute the fact that wealth
fights against all taxation and is
able to employ the most efficient
men and means to conduct the
fight"
Mr.. Baer's good judgment, clear
vision and industry" are enabling
him ito amass a comfortable compe-
tence for himself and his family"
from his salary as a congressman
and his earnings as a cartoonist,
which are said to exceed his salary.
The Forum is glad to see him pros
per, and congratulates him, with a
heart free of envy, on his Eradu-
alton from the "Haven'ts" to the
HAYES. 1t is step which few
newspaper workers are able to take,
but in leaving the ranks of the
proletariat, he should be less abrupt
in severing his connection with the
"soap-box orators" who rant and
rave against wealthy men as a class.
Some Of them haven't got theirs"
yet, John.
Can 1t be possible that John is no
longer grasping the Palladium Of the
Liberties of the Common People and
whirling it about his head in the
halls of Congress? But mol Another
paragraph in the speech saves him.
"a great deal Of misrepresentation
has been used in regard to my cam
paign, by reactionary forces. and
by big business through their subsi-
died newspapers ia the Northwest
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
BELL-ANs
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Onepackage
>rovesit. 25cat all druggists.
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tonics or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the ailment - clogged
liver and disordered bowels.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per.
forming their natural functions, away
goes Indigestion and stomach troubles.
If you. have a bad taste in your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor
lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or
energy, troubled with undigested foods,
you should take Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by their
olive color. They do the work without
gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief, so you can eat what you like.
At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
THE HILLS DISCLOSURES.

II every man in America were
provided with a copy Of the speech
Or. Newell Dwight Hills is deliver
ing throughout the country, on the
subject of the atrocities committed
by German soldiers and officers;
II every man would read that
speech and become convinced that
the statements in it were true
America would have no difficulty
floating a war loan OF hundred
billion dollars if it were needed;
America would raise an army Of
10000, 900 men;
America would subscribe billions
instead of millions for the Red Cross.
DR.. Hills audiences have left
silent and almost nauseated at the
horrors he has unfolded to them.
1t is not altogether a pleasant task
that this Brooklyn pastor has set
himself, but he is going about it
deliberately as his duty toward
humanity.
He went to France and Belgium to
verify the stories ne had heard of
atrocities. He was looking for proof
and he got it. He brought back
hundreds Of affidavits and pictures
that prove only too conclusivelv that
such a famous historian as Dr. Bryce
was not lying when no made his
original report on the Belgian atroci-
ties.
America can no longer close her
eyes to these horrors and say they
don't exist. Men of the stamp of
Or. Hills and Professor Bryce don't
lie and don't exaggerate. 1t isn't
necessary to eXaggerate.
And yet there are those in America
who will protest against being fore
cd to eliminate one piece OF sugar
from their morning cup of coffee:
who view as a hardship the necessity
of substituting a slice of brown bread
for slice Of white; who like Hill
quit, the Socialist candidate for
mayor of New York. refuse to buy
Liberty Bonds because they are op-
posed to war. OF course they're
opposed TO war. So are men like
DIR. Hills, who could not be apologists
for war after seeing what they have.
So is every good American who is in
this war, opposed to war. That's
why they are in il.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24

others-who are being handled much
more roughly by the press. than they
are.
There are today too many of our
people who are trying to ride into a
little popularity, by attempting to
find fault with the administration.
Senator La Toilette is not the only
one who has tried this, and has sad
~ failed. There are others. When a
man stands up before the people and
repeatedly tells them that this war
is in the interest of big business"
and sheds crocodile tears because our
young men are being sent across the
water to die in the interest of big
business" he deserves to be severely
condemned; and we think the press
is to be commended for rebuking
such men. We all know that this
war is not being waged in the in
terests of the rich, nor in the inter
ests of big business" but is being
waged to protect our rights and to
protect humanity against military
despotism. ~. ar.-. a.--
We all know. that if ever war
was just and holy, this one is. The
rich men of our nation are doing, /
believe, their full share. both with
their means and with their bows.
believe as many of the wealthy have
sons in the army, as the poorer
families; that is in proportion to the
number of the rich compared in
number with the poor.
No one hates to see these boys so
more than / do. In fact. ] cannot
bring myself to the point of going to
the trains to see the boys go away.
feel too badly. And when / realize
that the words and actions of such
men as La Toilette. Gronna. Town
lev and many others. has a direct
tendency to prolong the war and
take the lives of these brave boys,
it makes my blood boil. and believe
the press should be commended for
taking the attitude as taken against
such men. To claim the press is try
ing to hit the farmers. instead or
these demagogues, is cheap politics.
In time of peace, If the govern
ment makes a mistake. can excuse
a politician for taking advantage OF |
such a mistake, for the purpose of
his party's interest. and
perhaps his individual interests: but |
il is morally and criminally wrong to
do so in times like the present.
Mistakes made, and which cannot
be mended, should be passed overs
and each one should devote all his |
to aiding his country. for |
getting himself and his party.
There are some men, who for the !
purpose of office or political power, are |
willing to preach hatred, pretending |
that they are the special guardian of |
our farmers, or some other particu- |
lar class OF people.
We should, one and all, at this |
time rededicate ourselves to our |
country and the cause of freedom |
and humanity, and speak and act as
we think will aid our country. re- |
gardIess of how 1t may affect our |
own particular interests or those of
our political party.
Respectfully yours.
c. E. LESLIE.
HilIsboro, N. D., Oct. IS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
When The Break Comes

I get together-Germany to do her
share, OF course-and rebuild the
towns in France and Belgium that
have been destroyed. Let us be
generous"
II only the traitors and the pacl-
lists were for such plan we should
have no more to worry about than
we now have to trouble US in the
activities Of /. w. w. and Peace
Councils and disloyal pro-German
newspapers. But they may gain an
additional following among lack
Drained folk who now are not with
them.
Sentimental People.
We Americans are a sentimental
people. We like to think about pun
ishing criminals. but we seldom like
to punish them. We will not repeal
our laws against capital punishment,
but we hate to convict under them.
We send flowers to murderers. We
make newspaper heroes out of degen-
crate criminals. We make a practice
of sentencing the vicious to long
terms in prison and then signing
petitions in year or two to get them
released.
The cry that will go up from all
the German propagandists when the
offer of a status quo peace is made
will be a loud one, and thousands of
Americans who are loyal enough at
heart, but loose thinking, may be at
tracted by ii. Germany, in that hour,
may be depended upon to use every
tool at her command in this country
to throw up dust, to obscure the is
sue, to influence Americans toward
a peace that shall leave the world as
much in peril as it was prior to
August, 1914.
War Will Have Been In Vain.
If they can get a great number of
people in the United States to agree
that Germany ought not to be put
where she cannot repeat her cpime
against civilization, the war will have
heen in vain. If the Germans are
able to cease lighting. unpunished.
and go back home to prepare for the
next war, with Mittel- Europa in their
hands, 1t will have been a German
victory, even though not such a VIC
tory as Germany expected when she
began the conflict.
Nobody expects to annihilate Ger
many. Nobody wants to see her an
initiated. Nobody wants to crush
her, except as military menace. But
she must keep the peace hereafter.
and to make sure that she does so
her power to repeat her offense must
be destroyed. And-most important
Of all-the German people must have
learned that the militaristic policy OF
their war lords does not pay.
Watch and guard against the day
when Germany offers to call it
draw.
1t would be a black day for the
world ii Americas influence were
then to be thrown into the scale in
favor Of such a peace.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
NASTY MEDICINES
BAD FOR CHILDREN

It is mot often a child requires med
seine Of any kind. If the bowels are
regular and promptly dispose OF Judi
Eestea matter discarded By the stOm-
aehs the general health O. very apt 60
he e1eeAient. In any case pills, pow
@erAs and mausemttng or mmpaAmtabEe
e0mp0umdgs should never be given TO
children. Any therapeutic virtue Bueh
remedies may possess Is largely nuIIi--
fed By the y0ungBters' natural an
Gag0msams
For most children n m1Id laxative
Administered oeeaAiOmafAy, a. All that
tW needed 10 assure normal regularity
and w00d health. uP. CaldVelph syrup
Pepaln fs q Decentralization eOmhin-
alton Of simple laxative herbs with
pepatns free fF0m opiafe or mnrcotir
dFugas and acts gently yet eMecttvelyg
children like AZ and take ff readily 40
thnt a. ~ the ideal remedy Tor the
family medicine chest. IL Be sold An
drug stores for atty cents q bottle. A
trial bottle free of charge can be OBJ
tanned ~ writinB 70 DR.. ~. 3. Caldys
WELL as WaaAinaton Ste MontieeIlOs
Illinois.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
His Back Hurt
When He Stopped

"Juss Eha Ons bod - Foley Kidney PiIls r.
ksved my baeSnehs.-I. W. EtEiss EsFhs Ga.
Last year I was suffering with Q
terrible bacKache," writes J. w. Etris
OF Etris, Ca. every time I'd lean
or stoop over or to one side, ia have
q painful catch in my back Just over
my kidneyA / tried Omedicines with
no good results. bought q bottle OF
Foley Kidney Pills, and just the one
box entirely relieved my backache.
1t has been some time since took
them, so / think am we'll"
weakened, overworked. stopped-up
kidneys cause stin joints, sore mus
cles, rheumatism, sleep disturbing
bladder ailments. hiliousness and
various other ills. Foley Kidney Pills
are . scientific medicine, compounded
60 clear the kidneys and restore them
90 healthy action by dissolving and
driving out OF the system the
waste products and poisons that cause
kidney trouble and bladder ailments
You will like their tonic ana rest0r@
alive action. ready eject and quick
good results.
FOUT q PORTERFIELD.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
Lemon Juice
For FreCkleS
GIrIsI Make beauty lotion at
hems for afes eenta Try ltI

Squeeze the Juice Of two lemons in
to a bottle containing three ounces
orchard white, shake well, and you
have a quarter pint OF the best
freckle and tan lotion, and complexion
beautifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces OF orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blemishes disappear
and how clear, soft and white tho
skin becomes. Yes! 1t is harmless
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
The Editors Mail Bag

To the Editor of The Forum:
l have been a little surprised at
an article, which appeared in The
Courter-News of Oct. Is, written by
the states attorney OF Trail coun-
ty.
was very much pleased with the
tone Of loyalty to the government
which appeared in his article, and I
agree with him fully, where he COM
mended an editorial of the Sunday
issue. was myself, very much pleas
ed with the good words said, in
favor Of the purchasing, by the peO-
pie, Of the Liberty bonds.
cannot help, however, but take
issue with Mr.. Hort when he says
that North Dakota has been ulaced
in a false light. by reason of mis-
representations and calumnies cir
culated broadcast by a hostile
press; and also where he says,
The scurrilous aspersions cast
against the farmers of North Dakota,
are unquestionably the nutgrowth
Of political differences and an at
tempt to impede the progress Of the
Nonpartisan league
! do not think it Is fair TO impute
to the public press wrong motives,
and blame Ii for something which
the press Is not to blame for.
/ have not yet seen one word. in
any of the papers Of this country,
containing "scurrilous aspersions
cast against the farmers OF North
Dakota. With a few executions, the
press Of the country has stood loyal
ly by our government. at the time Of
our country's need. and the press OF
our country has found fault with the
attitude of some Of the socalled
statesmen and politicians; but have
not these statesmen and politicians
deserved to be found fault with?
The press has been very lenient with
some OF our officials. and. has in NV
opinion. been more than fair with
them. ! believe that some Of these
people deserve condemnation, as
much as Senator La Toilette. and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-24
Real Danger Fer America VIII Be
In The Hour When Germany Offers
To Call IL . Draw.
10y ]. Frank Davis Of The
VidiIantes,l

WtAtbMuh&aI
Perhaps the most dangerous mo-
ment for America in all this war will
be the moment when Germany, adj
hitting she cannot win, offers to
make peace on the basis Of the status
quo ante-to 90 back to where things
were before she set forth so blithely
upon her Great Adventure.
Already her newspapers talk Of
such a peace. The reichstag mo an
nexations and no indemnities' reso-
luton is a "feeler" for II. The war
lords allow this talk to be made, al
though they have not officiaIly sane
toned the proposition.
The day will come when they will,
however, and that will be a danger
Gus day for America.
From what we see quoted nom
German newspapers it is quite clear
that the people Of Germany think
they have only to offer to go back to
where they were before the war to
gain peace. When they say mo an
nexations and no indemnities" they
mean no annexations by Germany
and no indemnities to be collected by
Germany, because ii has not even
entered the head Of one man in ten
In all Germany that they may be
forced to make reparation.
Promise Not Good.
Also Germany does not understand
that any mere promise on her part
not to attack her neighbors will not
be taken. The Germans as a whole
still are deceived into thinking their
rulers did not start the war. They
do not appreciate that their promise
not to offend again would be a worth
less promise. They do not know that
their nation is morally bankrupt;
that the word of its overlords is no
longer of the slightest value in the
councils Of civilization.
When they get ready to admit that
they cannot win and to offer to re-
turn to the status quo they will ex-
pect their enemies to accept those
terms-in effect a peace made in
Germany. And we must be prepared
for a considerable movement in the
United States advocating the accept
ance Of such an offer.
The La Follettes. the Stones, and
the German newspapers will Of
course be for such a peace. The
hyphenates and the pacifists and the
towards and all the other copper
heads will be for il. What more is
there that we should fight for?" they
will shout. why should we take
sides in any European quarrel over
territory or indemnities? Let the
Germans return Belgium and North
ern France. and let the British and
the Italians give back the former
German colonies and the territory
taken from Austria. And let us all