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MERELY 10 change the map OF Europe IL 70
fror this skepticism that the pacihsts ana
the obstructionists (who are not 70 DC cor
fused with each other) have derived 'h.'l
strength. There are many, OF course' w
refuse fatty to be the instruments oil MILLS
other men. But these are small mi"oit'''
And so long as they can say to our !ouns
conscripts. "You don't know what you si'
fighting for" so long as they can demAhu .
statement of war aims and the fresioeh' 70
mains silent so long the apathy ana diS'ius'
will grow. of .ho
or Russian democracy we are sure. ot the
democracy of the Allied war parties that are
demanding conquest we have deep as
,rrst We know that at right angles TO the
military conflict there is another connict-a
STRUGGLE between Russian democracy ana
governmental war parties. All the silence Oh
the press kept doubtless, in order 10 aVolu
embarrassing the government has not caused
tho conviction that this struggle exists 10
fade from the minds of the American people
Tbev are asking on which side America
stands Not until they know by clear ana
boId statement that she stands with the
Russian principle will this unpatrlotic
anatbv cease. Only then will there be the
patriotic enthusiasm, deep-rooted and VIDE
spread. for which the government now SO
desperatelppleads
Some of my friends of CONSUMPTION age
who are ardently hoping for exemption from
the present draft, have said to me: GER
tainIv would be glad to enlist in the Rus
sjar army" Il is the Russian democracy
not the English or Italian war programme
that evokes the idealism of America to-day
If the government permits the sense OF our
artsoonism to Russia to continue it dampens
the most generous enthusiasm in the eouh-
Nav YOU continue to repeat the saving AND
uniting word until the sound Of 1t has pene'
trated to high places and carried its eneoar-
agement across the sea to democratic NUS
STA! HIRAM MILL "iO
New York July II, 1917.
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Drink, Poverty and Crime

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | was interested in the letter writer
who said that he wished we might have in
vestigations of the amount Of poverty, crime,
etc, due to drink.
Careful Investigations have been made.
The Committee of Fifty, composed Of men Of
distinction like Seth Low, DR.. Charles W.
Eliot, etc, made an extensive investigation
through records of fourteen states, and found
drink an operating factor in "a per cent OF
the cases coming to organized charity for
relief; 81 per cent of crime they found di-
rectly due to drink. These careful investi-
cations can be seen in any library
The Boston Associated Charities made an
investigation as TO poverty connected with
drink and, curiously enough, found it to be
about % per cent. In Des Moines, Iowa, IN
1913, the charity organization found that 20
per cent Of their cases had drink as an OPP
Grating factor. After the saloons closed it
fell TO 90 per cent
The most careful survey of drink and pow
ertv was made in Norway. While drink con-
sumption in the United States is 6.S9 litres
about quartz per capita, in Norway it Is
only a little over two litres per capita, and
there it was found that about Q per cent Of
has next to the lowest consumption of all
of the prominent nations. About 80 per cent
of her people have lived for nearly fifty years
under we'll enforced prohibition.
The lowest record of cases connected with
drink that have ever found was that of the
Provident Society, of Topeka, Kan. In the
year 1915 it was only per cent. An inter-
esting investigation has just been made by
Lord DAbernon, chairman of the British
Board of Control, to see what men really
get drunk on. He found that in London
October, 1870 40 per cent of men got drunk
on beer or stout alone.
I think the two truths that the people OF
the East have TO learn is that wreckage from
drink comes down when you close the sa-
looms; that keeping saloons, but allowing
them to sell only beer and wines, does not
materially reduce wreckage.
1t is giving John Barleycorn no quarter
that does the trck-giving him not beer
inch!
But it is going TO be a long process Of edu-
cation. Z. LILTON,
Chairman Poster Campaign, Boston Associ-
ated Charities.
New York, July 9, 1917.
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No Definition of Peace Terms Now

To the Editor OF Inc lrlDunc'
Sir. am one of a great number OF Amer
lean citizens whose admiration OF the poll
cies and management Of your paper places
!, in the foremost rank of the great news
paners of the day. as being typicaliy Amer
can in its tendencies and courageous III i's
utterances and pronouncements. nave peg"
q subscriber from the beginning OF this
worlds war. because | have not only looked
N ira columns for the best Information 10
he had of the European struggle, but also
because its editorials have seemed to me 10
he the finest expression of American thougnt
and purpose published, as well as the most
direct method of dealing with "Germahlsm
in its relations toward these United states
BEFORE America entered the war your pro-
phetic declarations in your Leading artieles
were little short of marvellously exact III
their exposition of events toward whlch we
were drifting and since that has become
fact and our armies are on French TERRITORY
there can be no exception to TINS genera
tone assumed as TO our conduct IN tnls "orio-
wide conflict.
But in your editorial of to-days issue,
under the caption of Russia and the ohiteu
States" cannot see the wisdom OF 'he
usual discretion you have so generally shown
IN your discussion OF the i've TOPICS Vi .ne
day as the outgrowth of this terrible con-
Aict We are in this fight ITO make" as our
great President has so ably defined our
cause. "the world safe for democracy, ana
that is and should be our only battle cry;
lust as, in the great war of 81, "Kally kounu
the Flag" centred in this one thought: ali
the patriotism of which these Northern
States were capable. Why, when the entire
fate of the nations involved in this great
struggle against Prussian frightiuineSs
hangs trembling in the balance, should any
discussion be possible as TO who shall De
seated at the peace table and IN what ordel
of sequence, or what policies prevail as
against others Of doubtful value IN the set,
Element of world affairs? when tne "0rIa
is "safe for democracy after millions OF
lives have been sacrificed to make 1T so, VIII
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Japan's Opportunity
tor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: SO we have gone into the business OF
issuing ultimatums This is a good business
into which to enter, provided always that the
one who does the issuing knows beyond the
shadow of any reasonable doubt (which way
the cat is going to jump" But if our hint
at a refusal 10 send Japan steel plates unless
she puts her ships into the Atlantic service
is merely piece of diplomatic msneuvring
move, we may just as we'll have omitted to
make the threat.
Deprive Japan Of ready-msde American
steel plates, and Japan will have to make her
own steel plates. This she can do by using
Chinese iron. We are simply compelling her
TO exploit China TO the very utmost OF her
power-a comparatively easy matter under
prevailing conditions. Can we afford to ig-
more the fact that Japan has the power to
shut the door" TO China, and under provoca-
ton will use that power VIII she not find
that provocation in the threat to hamper
her shipbulding industry?
Russia surely cannot keep that dear old
door open, nor can France, nor England.
nor can we ourselves do it, whether alone
or in concert with the other powers at least,
not while Germany is still intact. In short.
the war in Europe and the revolution in
China have given Japan an opportunity to
consolidate her position in the East such as
will never again occur.
GEORGE GOTTGEN SCHEEL.
New York. July 3, 1917.
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"Interminable"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Our household are great stnInn
your editorial page, and the article y ~
terday's issue entitled Russia and tho urx
States" seems to US especially notable u
clear-sighted.
But in order TO decide a family aH''
will you kindly inform me whether Nv
your printer played havoc with the hAs
ing sentence referring 10 Germsny' M
lions with us before our entry into Asw
Her words were unexceptonsbls 'g'
murders were interminable"?
Should not the last word read "lnns'
ble"? WALTER pAahoS'S
New York, July II, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-13
Fridtjof Nansen
Norways Explorer Comes Here as
Her Spokesman and Diplomat

From the Bulletin Of the Nor,0e0idr American
Chamber Of Commerce.
What i, not Of least interest to us Nor
yepians here in America in connection with
the commission that is coming over TO ne
eotiate with the American government for
food and other supplies Is that 1t is headed
by Fridtjof hansen. There is not another
name in Norway which in the same degree
both commands our respect and appeals to
our imagination. Explorer and sportsman,
diplomat and statesman, historian and scien-
fist. he occupies a unique place in our
national life We like TO think of him as
the embodiment of our best national traits
as the true descendant and present-day type
of the old Morse viking. The Norwegian
government did not act without good reason
when it selected him as chief spokesman on
this important mission, and Norwegians at
home and abroad will rejoice that he
responded to the country's call and came like
Cincinnatus from the plough-if one can so
call his beautiful country estate at Lysaker.
near Christianis.
II is not the first time hansen has felt it
his duty TO give up for a time his scientific
work and home life In 1905 he rendered
his country most valuable services IN plead
ing her cause in England, where "The London
Times" contained convincing articles from
his pen whose correctness and accuracy could
not be challenged, and where the public was
further enlightened concerning the Scandi-
navian issues by that admirable, clear and
concise pamphlet on NORWAY and>the Union
with Sweden"
After this it was only natural that he
should be urged to serve as Norways first
separate diplomatic representative at the
Court Of st. Jamess. We recall with what
keen regret the court took leave of him
when few years afterward he felt he
wanted and ought to return to his professor
ship at Christisnia University, and what he
evidently considered his chief work in life
scientific and historical research. The re-
suit of this work has appeared in an oc-
casional book, written in his terse and force
full style-his contribution to the discussion
on the old Morse visits TO the American
continent, the account of the expedition he
made with Consul Lied, Through Siberia"
etc.-besides numerous magazine and news
paper articles. His forceful pen has several
times uttered n most timely word of warn
ing, where such seemed necessary on account
OF some unwholesome phase OF political or
social conditions in Norway.
Always a liberal he has during the last
dozen years. since the great events Of 1905,
in which he took such a prominent part.
kept entirely out of politics. In possessing
the confidence, respect and good will Of all
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parties he is peculiarly fitted to serve the
country in a time of need or national crisis.
For his present American mission he is
eminently qualified by reputation, experience
and personal attributes. The practical ques-
ton of provisions is one with which he has
had to deal on his expeditions. His diplomatic
services will stand him in good stead IN
carrying on negotiations and efecting IN
ternational agreements. His forceful elo-
ouence and impressive personality will gain
him hearing and accomplish results that
could not be realized by man of smaller
calibre.
1t is nearly twenty years since we saw
Nansen in the United States, where his
lecture tour then resembled trlumphal
march through the country. We are indeed
eager to welcome him again, and not least
because he comes so we'll qualified to per-
form a mission of supreme Importance to
Norway.
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A Defeat That May Mean Success
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial of to-day is suscepti-
BILE of very unfortunate Interpretation.
What you seek to forward is justice. What
you do in effect, is to suggest line of cleav-
age between two groups of the Allies, line
Of entrance for the German wedge.
The line Of cleavage which you indicate is
the future control of parts of the so-called
Turkish" Empire. Does not every child
know that that whole region is in fact con-
trolled by Kaiser wilhelm? To guarantee
the status quo ante there is, therefore, to
guarantee the continuance and the strength
ening Of Berlin control right down to the
Persian Gulf. Is that really what you wish
Or should that question be left to "thc
people Themselves? The question is, have
they the power to exercise it? Had the
Armenian peoples themselves the power to
protect their men from murder, their women
from outrage, their children from mutia-
ton? Have the Syrians, the people of Meso-
potama, any chance, by themselves. of throw
ing off the rule not Of Stsmboul, which is
evil, but of Berlin, which is infinitely worse :?
Please test the moral principle involved by
this question: Would il have been morally
right If, in 1898, this country had decided to
leave the liberation Of Cuba, of Porto Rico,
to "the people themselves" Of Cuba and
Porto Rico? / think in the parable of the
Good Samaritan the priest and the Levtc
followed that doctrine.
Is 1t not clear that the policy you advocate
will mean, not triumph for finer aims. but
a sweeping triumph for Germany?
CHARLES JOHNSTON
BSrRenfsld N l. July 10. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-13
Let Whiskey Be Sold
Prohibit Manufacture, but Let Supp
Be Used

To the Editor of The Tribune.
I Sir: The Congress is in the tafoa "
discussion over whiskey which mas 'N''
seriously delayed the passage OF the i''' !,
and seems now to be endangerlns 10 WV
ing a law, or, if passed, causing " " "
modified that it will not be of matsr' v" -
The general understanding mas 'sea :
the provision Of the food bill win WV,
to the manufacture of distilled alcOs'kH
erages was. for the present, purs! -, 4"
measure, intended to conserve the "'"'
grain in the country. H..
While the movement for natioh'''' u,
hbition has gained tremendous ioi'' !,
the last few years, it has pretty e'e"V :
peared that Washington is not ys' P'I.s
to act afirmatively for nstion'wIes F'".
ton as a matter Of internal go''''
policy. =, .,,ts
This being the case, why is the 60" :.
of distilled spirits in bonded warenO., =
mitted to interfere with the psssSs'
food bill? 90
Where would b. the impropreh
facture being prohibited, IN peln''s 80
owners of the whiskey and dis'lu's q
now in bond to withdraw and sell -.
in the regular course OF business sf
would permit them TO realize 'r..ns
money invested and repay to Tue y
loans which have been effected w. 80
liauor in bond. and would obviaie 'p' -,
to be the only serious question nov |" .
ing the Senate; to wit. loss OF ,,p 81
the liauor in bond and s2oOoVo'0V. y
OoO.O investment by the soy''A
the possible purchase OF the same, .,s n
The course here suggested would ~
ate a great deal of the proper ana hsas
opposition to the whisky whe!.sf
IT would give the manufactures Of ~
and retailers time while cisp0I :. y
spirits now on hand and IN POW ,,ss
themselves and make other sr,shs
their properties and their ous" Al N
There is little doubt, IN W.. .hav
crease in sentiment for proh'o'''ss,,..,s
measure prohibiting the m NJ u.@ :
whiskey and distilled spirits " r,,ts
beverages. ono. a law, will nsvs! ssrts
IL would seem to be a very vMlIsS
policy on the part Of those w" ..,d,assf
prohibition upon principl' 70 u,rAsr
whole whiskey programs, ,na p IN srad
food bill as an efficient meas.;s;,i,s y
bring about immediate p'V'
hard" liquor. u. drafted
Under the law as orig'nsh' .,,, 81.
natural course Of events the ss.u,,sA y
key would be practically n,rW COW
the next year or two. ANp"
New Ysxk. Julx IL. lsl"
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A Query
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Will you kindly inform me through
your paper in what year Benjamin +. Butler
ran for President on the Greenback ticket?
New York, July 10. 1917. A. ARNOLD.
In lSS4.-ED.l
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Mall Matter.
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Morris tribune., 1917-08-03
EXPERT COMMITTEE
TO ASSIST INVENTORS
Will Forward ALI Ideas Unless I'm
practicability Is Indisputably
Established

Have you any ideas or inventions
to assist Uncle Sam to win the war?
There has been organized in the
Satte of Minnesota, at the request of
the National Research Council, and
under the direction and authorize
ton of the Minnesota Commission of
Public Safety, Committee. on War
Inventions and Research.
1t must be remembered that many
of our greatest inventions and dis
>coveries have been made by men not
specialists in the particular field in
which the discovery has been made.
1t may thus we'll remain for someone,
not a specialist, in these matters to
contribute most valuable factors in
dealing with problems at hand in
the prosecution of the present war,
The aims Of this committee, there
fore, will be to centralize, direct and
foster inventors ability throughout
the state; to see that proper notice
is given to meritorious ideas what
ever their source; to see that the
authorities at Washington are in
formed of all inventions of possible
value and are relieved, on the other
hand, from the consideration of vi
sionary and impracticable schemes;
Morris tribune., 1917-08-03
POTATO PRICE LOWER
BUT MARKET STRONG
Yield is Large, But Farmers Can
Avoid Cutting Market by Using
Storage Receipts

Potatoes have shown a sharp de-
cline on the Twin City market
Farmers were paid from $1.00 to
$1.25 for homegrown stock last
week. Nevertheless, the market de-
veloped a good buying strength and
there is every indication that sup
plies will be disposed of at renum-
erative prices The states potato
WELD has been estimated at 35,00O,-
900 bushels by expert produce men.
The 1916 crop amounted to $780,
900 valued at about $22,0OO,0OO.
Expert potato men will soon be
out in the growing sections with
suggestions to producers as to grad
ing, packing, shipping and placing
carloads. Growers must cooperate in
assembling carIots where there are
no regular buyers, and should watch
price movements, holding and storing
for the most favorable selling oppor-
tunities and dealing with reliable
persons
Farmers, according to recent ad-
vices, will now be able to make loans
from banks on potato warehouse re-
ceipts following an agreement be-
tween the Federal Reserve Board and
the Washington food administration
whereby potatoes, properly stored
and insured, will be classed as non
perishables. Thus farmers, even if
in need of ready money, will be able
to store their potatoes if prices rule
low. Storage of late potatoes at har-
vest will also largely prevent gluts
and low prices.
Morris tribune., 1917-08-03

and other educational institutions
throughout the state, as well as the
cities of ST. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth. 1t has enlisted the cooper
alton of the faculties and men in
charge of these institutions and facil-
tiles.
u. NJ Adams, director for Stevens
county, can give full information to
inventors and will refer all inven-
ttons, submitted to him to this COM
mittee. The committee will investi-
gate all ideas or inventions brought
before it. 1t will make it possible
for promising inventors to do their
own research work, arranging these
matters with proper persons. 1t will
work under the rule "to forward all
ideas unless it is indisputably estab-
lished that they are impracticable
or visionary"
Morris tribune., 1917-08-03
Father Buried Cabbages

Father used to bury cabbages every
fall. He dug a shallow trench and
lined it with a little straw-one
could use old newspapers. In this
he laid the cabbages, root down. He
used to put board on each side of
the row of cabbage heads, to protect
them from the dirt, and then cover
the whole business with a few inches
of earth. When the supply ran out
in winter, we used to pry off a Sec
tion of the frozen earth and get the
incest cabbages anybody ever saw
and in the spring those buried cab
bages came out fine and dandy. No
body sold cabbages then, but the
chances are that nobody would have
any trouble disposing of nice, fine
heads next spring -MarshaIltown
Herald.
Morris tribune., 1917-08-03

to do original work and thinking
where advisable.
The primary purpose of this COM
mittee is to act as an intermediary
between the needs of the Government
on one hand, and the vast field of
potential human energy and genius
represented by the unorganized
technical talent of the state.
The committee will work under
the direction and with the approval
of the Minnesota Commission of Pub
Lyle Safety. 1t has established direct
connections with The Naval Consult
ing Board, The National Research
Council, The Bureau of Ordinance of
the War Department and with the
Patent Office. The Committee has
obtained permission for the free use
of the laboratory and technical facil-
tiles at the University of Minnesota
Morris tribune., 1917-08-03
The Right Way to Shock Grain

1t is very unwise to grow a good
crop of grain, cut it with a self-bind-
er and then put it up in shocks that
permit it to spoil. 1t is not uncom-
mon, however, to find field after field
of grain of good quality that has
been put up in poorly made shocks.
In many instances the shocks are too
small to stand up we'll In others,
the bundles have been careIessly
thrown together and the shock in
settling has drawn out of shape and
gone down with the heads of the
bundles resting on the ground. In
great many cases the shocks are left
uncapped. Under any of these cir
cumstances the grain can not help
deteriorating in quality if allowed
to stand in the shock for any length
of time.
In order to save grain a good sy-
stem of shocking should be learned
and then conscientiously followed
One of the most satisfactory shocks
to build is what is known as the
twelve-bundle, round shock. 1t will
answer for any kind of grain. It is
built by setting up three pairs of
bundles in row, preferably start
ing with the center pair and placing
another pair on each end. Two bum
dies on each side completes the
foundation for the shock. All of
these bundles should lean slightly to-
ward a common center. The other
two bundles should be used for caps,
breaking them down well at the band
Morris tribune., 1917-08-03
Wheat $500 Next Year

The senate provision fixing the
minimum price of wheat at 81 a
bushel has been accepted with an
amendment providing that the price
shall not apply to this years crop,
This provision is added:
The guaranteed price for the sew
eral standard grades of wheat for
the crop of 1919 shall be based upon
No. 1 Northern spring of it's equiva-
lent at no less than So per bushel
at the principal interior primary
markets. This guaranty shall not
be dependent upon the action Of the
president or said board under the
first part of this section, but is here
by made absolute and shall be bind
ing until May l, 1919.