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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
In France the Railroads Are
l Forging Rapidly Ahead

Rather more cheerful is an account OF
rapid railroad construction in France APP
pearing i'm THE Canadian Railway and
Marine World" A letter, here repro
duced. was published by that paper, in
which an officer Of No. 2 Battalion, Cana
dian railway troops, describes recent ac-
tivities
1--WE hold the record for'raiiway building
IN France We had very difficult piece 20
build, because il was in full view o. the Ger
man lines in daylight Cor about one ard cne-
half miles across a valley. On Tuesday night
at $50 il started 70 rain and got very foggy,
and we got to work, and by midnight on
Wednesday we had built l2,069 feet of line.
and ran train over il. When the air cleared
on Thursday the Germans saw the railway
track from their observation balloon and
started to shell it, and, after sending over
about two hundred shells, they broke rail,
which was repaired in few minutes. This
line can be used only az night, without light
or noise. We have built twenty-five miles
OF Light railway and Afteen miles Of standard
gauge, with four railway yards Of about three
miles o. track in each. This makes about
forty-nine miles OF railway built and COM
pleted in seventy-Iive days"
"The Railway Age Gazette" is sponsor
for the following further assurance Of
railroad progress in France:
Secretary of War Baker, in ! recently is
sued statement, has denied that there was
any basis Of fact Cor a published statement
that the railroads In France had fallen into
such A state OF oisrepaIr that il had become
necessary for American engineers to DC sent
to France 10 take charge o. their restoration.
On the contrary, said Mr. Baker, all his in
formation indicated tn, the commercial
railroads of France were in astonishingly
good condition. The nine American engi-
neer regiments that have been sent to France,
he said, were TO be used in reconstruction
and maintenance of military lines"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

"HE rather cynical and yet not IN
kindly advice of 1.-THE Musical
Courier" to the numerous must
clans in smaller cities who yearn to
bring their talents to New York might,
doubtless, apply to almost any line
Of human endeavor and to the like ambl-
tons of people in other professions. THE
Courier" tenders its advice thus freely
1--WE continually are receiving letters from
organists, pianists, violinists, singers and
ether musicians asking US to find an opening
for them in the metropolis. They tell US
where they have studied, how much expert
cnce they have had, what the local critics
say about them in the newspapers, and IN
other ways Try to convince US that they are
the persons New York is waiting for.
"Now, as a matter of fact, New York is not
waiting Cor any one. No great city in Amer
ica or in Europe cares jot who comes or
goes. Every profession in every big city is
crowded IL is no particular sign Of merit to
be established as musician in New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

Or3tc area N'.'.'.'.s o-'' sp' ~
Tank capacity ........... 5,4O0 |. s. gal.
"The speed with which this first loco
motive has been built, however" says
"The Gazette" lis only one sign Of the
aggressveness being shown relative to
cQuppng the railroad lines which our
regiments Of railway engineers will build
behind the sectors to be held By the Amer
lean troops in France. The War Depart
meut has thus far distributed orders for
10000 tons of rails. On July IS it
placed orders for 300 large locomotives;
early in the present week beginning Au-
gust 81 it ordered no less than 764 more
locomotives, this making l,064 in all, and
5000 3O-ton standard gauge and 1897 mar
row or 600 nm. Il #. ll3s in.) gauge
freight cars, all for service with the
troops in France"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
n emarkablc improvements Result
N ing From Wars Stimulation

As an evidence of the speeding up of the
railway systems through the exigencleS OF
the war "The Railway Age Gazette says:
"Thc entrance of the country into the war
however affording, as it did, the opportunity
to operate the railways as single system
and to appeal to the individual arrangements,
the employees and the patrons of the rail-
ways, on patriotic grounds, to cooperate Wig
orously in increasing their efficiency, has en-
abled some remarkable improvements IN the
use of engines and cars to be made.
The railways will never get credit Tor
what they have done and are doing from the
doctrinaire advocates of government owner
ship, or from those who consider 1t good
business or good politics to snari at them,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Wars Stimulus Speeds % the Railroads

but they will get full credit from the Ameri-
can public when the facts become as widely
known as they should be-
"The Springfield Daily Republican thus
expresses itself in favor Of cooperating
with the roads:
Moreover, the habit OF cooperatin. win
the railways, instead OF making extreme de-
mands on the railroads or asking for special
favors, is one that can probably be con-
tinucd when the business world settles back
TO normal"
As a further evidence of the change
from the times when the editors thought
there was only one side to the railroad
queston-the other side--"The Florida
Times Union" says:
There are two sides TO every question.
Let the farmer ponder over the duty he owes
the roads as much as he does over that the
roads owe him, and he may get into a frame
OF mind such as will materially reduce the
friction between the producer and the trans
portation lines that carry his products 20
market"
But "The Atlanta Constitution" finds
set of local conditions which is hardly
conducive to praise. 1t writes:
"The conditions are intolersble. Officers
are arriving from al! over the United States
and finding no way to get out to the can
Torment except to pack themselves like sar
dimes in iitney bus or 60 70 the expense Of
engaging automobiles for the trip-snd a SOL
dier's salary will not permit much of that
Govt ~ thinr'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

THE Scranton Republican" pats the
roads on the back and hands them the FOL
lowing kind words:
There is no other element in our national
life that is more important than its railroads
in contributing TO the reduction OF the cost OF
living. and for this reason they should De en-
Outraged by a generous governmental pohey
which will enable them 20 market their Sc
curities. make needed Improvements, acquire
sufficient equipment and otherwise prepare Tor
the great and growing service which the
country now needs from the forces of trans
portatiOn.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Iohnny's Lot This Winter: The
j Educational Trenches

The press is also deeply concerned over
the continuance Of all students in school
this winter as the best sort Of "war eff
fort" possible on the part of the children.
"There never was time when it was
quite so important that the schools should
be maintained in full efficiency says
"The St. Louis Republic" 1--WE cannot
afford to have the generation now in the
public schools come to maturity unequipped
mentally, half-educalci and lacking in
power to assume their burdens Of citizen
ship. We do not want citizens Of that
type to direct the destinies of this nation
fifteen or twenty years from this time"
1.-The boys of to-day will take large
part in the era Of reconstruction adds
The Minneapolis Journal" Their prep
aration for this work is Of the first i'm
rortance." And THE Savannah News
POINTS out now France has Shown her
appreciation of the educational needs of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

compulsory study in the lower grades of
the public schools of half a dozen of the
Middle States--not an optional study along
with French in the high school grades
Moreover, continues this paper, quoting
letter from reader in Milwaukee
"the teaching Of German begins in the
very lowest grades, and special marks are
given TO those who take it to raise their
general average o. scholarship, while chill
tren who refuse to study it are not al
lowed to engage in other work during the
periods allotted to German. In other
words, those who study German are re-
warded in rank and attention and those
who fail to study it are penallzed.'
Recent developments in Milwaukee are
very interesting in the light of this conf
ment. The ferment in that city in con-
nection with un-Americanism has now ex-
tended TO a fight on members of its public
school board. The Milwaukee Journal
gives prominence to a meeting of the city
school board, when, by majority of one,
it was decided not to give parents notice
that there is the right, guaranteed by state
law. 10 decide whether their children shall
study German. The state law provides in
clear terms continues The Journal"
that German or any other foreign Ian
guagc, if taught at all, shall be optional.
For years the practice in Milwaukee has
been to make German virtually compul-
sorry and TO make other foreign languages
optional"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

TIME old school bell tolls this month
for fewer and fewer students study
ing German in Americas public
schools, judging from press reports from
certain sections of the country, notably
Pennsylvania and the Middle West.
Whatever the reason, there is no ques-
ton that Young America this fall is show
ing strong antipathy 20 study of the Ger
man tongue. For example, Harrisburg,
Penn, reports that out of l7S members
of the Central High School freshman class,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

i65 elected to study French and only eight
German. Antagonist of students TO Ger
man caused Beaver Falls, Penn, to drop
the study from the curriculum of its high
schools In other localities, such as Gin
cinnati, school authorities, while not bar
ring the language, are censoring books
which contain statements eXtolling German
rulers and other enemy perSonages, whose
ends are inimical to American ideals of
liberty. in Vaterland.' German text in
the Cincinnati high schools, was specif-
cally complained of, and now every German
text in both the elementary and high
schools of the city will be examined to de-
termine the degree Of expurgation neces-
sary. The same general drift is reported
the country over.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
lmerica, Aroused, Will Not Study German

the hour by making the most determine
effort to keep her schools as near norr.,
as possible. DO not let the needs Of n.
hour, however heavily they fall upon II.
men and women Of the day, permit n.plsc,
of the defence of Tomorrow French
man recently enjoined his people,
The press generally echoes this view
Decidedly "to the educational trenches !.
Johnny's lot this winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Looms

HNE of the facts referred to most
often by producer is that the sup
ply of operatives is altogether in
sufficient to handle the business, and that
a rather serious condition is developing FOR
tie future. While it is admitted conditions
are not what they were in the past, and
while. relatively, there may be shortage
still it IS question by some whether the
shortage is of Importance, or whether it is
actually anything like as great as manu-
facturers have stated.
There are instances where looms are
standing idle, and the shortage OF oper-
ativeS is given as the cause, but there are
some who feel that this is merely the at
titude which manufacturers have adopted
20 cover up their Indifference to the
amount of weaving machinery kept in
operation.
1t is contended that the weave loom is
rot operating up TO capacity because hep
cannot DE secured. but there are many VINO
Nlcliu lO"ti "aSCcp 90 NNhAPN'NN
some other industries, are responsible, or
at least partly responsible.
Ore buyer has given the following
figures to show that IL there was
shortage Of operatives, then the quality OF
TIE merchandise produced must have been
lowered greatly or that the operatives VINO
were available were handling a mucn
larger amount of machinery. IL was int
mated that, while wages had been IN
creased, additional output was being e.
cured, and that, if anything, costs ns'
decreased, as compared with what they
were some time ago. The buyer pointed "
the spindles in operation during succeed'
ing years to show that there had not oeeh
decrease or a shortage. The figures are
For July, 1914 32,1O7,572; for July, l9lo' ;
81, 1854, 235; for July, 1916, 32,40O,Ss3; fo'
July, 1917, 33,396,635.
These are not for the available splndleS'
but rather for the active spindes IN 'ne
cotton goods trade. Surely there must DC
more operatives in the spinning and otne'
correlated departments, or else the opef.
atiyes must be handling larger amounts u
machinery.
Il is Incorrect to assume that beeause
looms are idle the textile industry IS not
running at greater speed than in the pass
One thing is sure, and that is that u '"'
yarn is produced it is being used almost
entirely in the domestic industry, elln.'
in the knit goods trade, the cotton eV'H
trade or the woollen cloth trade. D. u'
knit goods trade has developed rapu's
and requires more operatives, can i y
assumed that the shortage Of help II 0N'
exists, is anything but relative!
Manufacturers are still inclined 70 oa'.
the help question upon the cond'''o"I
noted some years ago, where there w0u''
be long row Of operatives seeking pos
tons every Monday morning. Such e0ns'
tons are never likely to be noted IN 'a'
future, and, Of course, there is Sno',
age, as compared with the time mentIon'o'
bat there are many industries when CO"
rot operate up 10 their present capae''!
the termination OF the war, and many ie'
that unless wages are reduced greatly 's
sufficient textile operatives will De H'.
able.-Editor American Wool and COW"
Reporter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

school system with Germanys' here our
school doors are open 70 all on the sams
terms Observation-Disclosures and 'Fitteenth-
Street ST. side by side.
"For certainty there is place Tor Ter
many in our high school The WORK 70 Dc
done is work of exposure. This is the time
Of all times TO do it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
TTHE first Of 1904 locomotives which
have already been ordered by the

VIE UfSt OF l,UO4 !OconOIlNeS WHICH
\ have already been ordered by the
United States government for
service with the American troops in
France was completed on August II, ac-
cording to The Railway Age Gazette
at an approximate cost of $4,000. 1t
weighs 166,400 pounds and has tractive
effort of 35,7OO pounds. Also of interest
is the fact that il was completed in twenty
working days.
This first unit is a product of the Bald
win Locomotive Works, whose contract
with the government calls for $50. These
will be turned out at the rate of four
day. Speedy construction in the case of
the first one was facilitated by the SINH
larity between it and the Consolidation
type which the Baldwin company has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
\ War Locomotive in Twenty Days

building for the British War Office. The
American locomotive has a superheater
ard the British has not.
The general dimensions are given as
follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

"ouick to reflect the national spirit, and
! IN times of war it is natural that they
should have nothing 10 do with anything
associated with their country's enemy
grayheads in editorial sanctums the coun-
try over do not incline to the same view.
| Indeed. the note Of tolerance is well nigh
universal. Even "The Chicago Tribune"
which gave so much prominence to can
ming the Kaiser" from one Of the city's
school books, says:
81. strikes us as silly 20 Gust German
merely by way of GottstraiIing, the Kaiser.
We hate and detest Prussian tyranny;
we ought to; yet we cannot quite see that
ous,ing German from our schools would do
molish Prussan tyranny, and we see clearly
that il might deprive our children Of Access
TO the literature. Of Germanys civilized past
that will emerge from the barbarism OF this
war"
THE Advantage Of Knowing German
l After the War
"The Grand Forks Herald" takes the
same view and also emphasizes the value
Of knowing German after the war. 1t
states:
"If the study of German is an advantage
to our students, as il has been supposed ~
be, the abandonment of that study would be
injurious We arc not called on to injure
ourselves in this manner merely because
some Germans, or Germans in general, have
become our active enemies. While German
has been taken up as a language Of utility,
bo nd wh
the war will have on the usefulness Of that
language 1t is quite conceivable that there
will be a difference. Germany has lost her
colonies. They may rot be restored to her.
In parts of the world where German was
likely to be the dominant language, some
other language may now be used instead.
From this standpoint whether to study or
not to study German is practical question
to be decided entirely apart from sentiment.
"If the purpose of the study is cultural,
the cultural value of the language is the same
to-day as before the war. The thoughts that
are contained in the masterpieces of the
great German writer's are now just what they
were three or dozen years ago. The crimes
of the German autOcracy Of to-day ought not
to be permitted TO deprive American youth
of single advantage, practical or cultural,
which there is in the study of the German
language
The sympathetic reaction in favor of
French is also noted;
at is a fact that during the progress of
the war our thoughts have been turned more
and more toward France and things French.
That is natural and proper. The French Ian
guage is being studied by constantly in
creasing number of people on this side Of
the water That is well in that we have
reached better appreciation of the utility
Of the French language, and a better under
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
n erman Is a Compulsory Study
VI In Many Schools

Such action is tending to call attention TO
various interesting facts concerning the
status Of the teaching of German in Ameri-
can schools. ut comes as shock OF sur
prise to many persons" says The Bos-
ton Herald" ito learn that German is a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

I'm THE wild and woolly" West-at
least, when the West was wild and
woolly-when new railroad was
completed and the mysterious ceremony
known as driving the last spike" was held
the people were wont to dance with Joy
and the papers to hymn peanS of praise
to the railroad builders. The latter were
regarded as saviors in petto. or small-time
messlahs, and children were sentenced to
carry through life the not always eu-
phonlous names of the magnateS. In
few short years, however, the saints came
to be esteemed demons and the editors
Joined with the people in casting rocks
at those whom they had recently enskicd.
But Of the late the railroads seem TO have
dropped out of the malefactor class; they
amnesty on the part of the country edi-
tor and mostly are let alone.
Dlans Covering the transportation
of Great Army
The share that the transportation COM
panies will have in the war is vital one,
as regards the transportation of both sol
diers and supplies. "The Railway Age
Gazette" gives an interesting account of
plans in connection with moving the men:
plans for the largest movement of troops
by railroad in the history Of the country arc
now being perfected by the American Rail
way Association, at the request of the United
States government. The citizens selected to
form the National Army will begin to move
20 their respective training camps on Septem-
Der 5. The number to be selected stands at
present at $4,000 men. The first movement
will consist of approximately 80 per cent
from each local concentration point, a total
of about 100000 men, and will begin on
Wednesday, September g. this date having
been selected in place of an earlier date, at
first considered, which would have brought
the movement at the time of the rush Of
traffic incident 10 the Labor Day holiday.
Entrainment is to be completed on Sunday.
September 9. 1t is expected that second
movement Of so per cent, or 100000, will take
place beginning on September 10, continuing
for four days thereafter; and that third
movement of so per cent will begin on Oc,o-
Der 3, 20 continue for four days.
ilization are being perfected the railroads
are engaged in the movement Of the National
Guard TO their training camps, which began
last week and will continue in increasing vol
ume until all have moved. This movement
viii include approximately $4,000 men and
their impedimenta. The movement of troops
and supplies TO the seaboard for service
abroad has also been in progress for some
time but details regarding the transporta-
ton and as 10 the number Of pen involved
must not be published.
"A total Of 1881 points in the United
States have been designated by the provost
marshal general as points of local concentra-
tion for the draft army, at one of which
each invidual will be required TO report at
r stated time and from which the parties will
proceed by railroad to the sixteen canton
ments TO which they have been assigned.
In preparing schedules due regard will be
paid to the necessity for providing for the
feeding of these men at convenient points
either by the use of eating houses. dining
cars, or by furnishing box lunches on the
train"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
THE Greatest Problem in the
/ History Of the Railroads

Commenting edtorially on this move
ment so modestly stated by the official
organ of the railways, THE Philadelphia .