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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Men Of Harlan

Some folks said you focrs Haranites when
you come riding into the settlement. But allowed
you didn't favor men o Harlan
Here in the level country, where the creeks
run straight and wide,
Six men upon their pacing nags may travel
side By side.
But the mountain men of Harlan, you may
tell them all the while,
When they pass through our village, for they
ride in single file.
And the children, when they see them, stop
their play and stand and cry:
Here come the men of Harlan, men Of Har-
Ian, riding by"
0 the mountain men of Harlan, when they
come down 20 the plain,
With dangling stirrup, janging spur, and
loosely hanging rein,
They do not ride, like our folks here, in twos
and threes abreast,
With merry laughter, talk and song, and
lightly spoken jest.
But silently and solemnly, in long and stray
Cling line,
As you may see them in the hills, beyond Big
Black and Pine.
For, in that far, strange country, where the
men OF Harlan dwell,
There are no roads a. all, like ours, as we've
heard travellers tell.
But only narrow trails that wind along each
shallow creek,
Where the silence hangs so heavy you can
hear the feathers squeak
And there no two can ride abreast, but each
alone must go,
Picking his way as best he may, with careful
steps and slow,
Down many a shelving ledge of shale, skirting
the trembling sands,
Through many pool and many pass, where
the mountain laurel stands
So thick and close to left and right, with holly
bushes too,
The clnging branches meet midway TO bar the
passage through
O'er many a steep and stony ridge, DER many
a high divide.
And so it is the Harlan men thus one by one
do ride.
Yet it is strange to see them pass in line
through our WIDE street
When they come down to sell their sang, and
buy their stores of meat,
These silent men, in sombre black all clad
from foot to head,
Though they have left their lonely hills and
the narrow creeks rough bed.
and It's no wonder children stop their play
and stand and cry:
Here come the men Of Harlan, men Of Har-
Ian, riding by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Christmas on the Aisne

Practical charities and kindly acts Of
the same amazing proportions as the other
and more sombre products Of the conflict
have sprung from the world war. None
of the vast war relief projects, however,
combines kindness and efficiency more
tremendously than the Christmas cheer
which is now in the making for women
and children of devastated France.
In the clatter and hum Of factories IN
this unpilaged land sings a new and
dainty note that has more of Christmas in
It than sleigh bells in the moonlight. 1t is
the song of the machines that are turning
out French garments Of stout, warm
american stuff for French boys and girls
and their mothers Fabric manufacturers
and cotton goods converters gave the ma
terials. The dress and waist trade gave
the machines and the labor Each manu-
facturer gave the work Of one machine for
thirty days.
The garments which the electric cutters
are piling up are not institutional pima
fores nor are they even such as would pass
unnoticed in this country. Either would
stamp It's recipient in Northern France as
a beneficiary of charity. Either would
tear the last visible shred of the old life
from those whose cottages are pulverized,
whose gardens, fields and orchards bear
the mark of the pit whose locks are scat
tered and slaughtered.
The pinafores are the black sateen af.
fairs Of precisely the cut which every boy
and girl Of that district knows so well
There are also the long woollen capes with
peaked hoods and other garments equally
in harmony with dress fashions that have
been stabilized by generations.
The wife of former ambassador helped
gather the patterns. which were sent 70
the American Fund for French Wounded.
Samples of the garments themselves were
sent, that there might be no mistake. The
relief organization captured the manufact-
urers with the idea, and as a result one
hundred thousand garments, absolutely
true to type, will warm the hearts as well
as the bodies of the waits of the reclaimed
No Mans Land.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Standards of international Morality

In throwing cold water on the ill-timed
peace proposals of Mr.. Lees Smith IN the
House Of Commons Mr.. Balfour remarked
that it was no sign of prejudice to say
that the Germans had IAN entirely differ
ent view of international morality from
anv other community in the whole world.
On this point he will probably be supported
by the Germans themselves, but like all
outsiders, like the Belgian Legation at
Washington, for instance, in it's recent
comments on the so-called atrocities i'm
ruted to the Belgian troops in East Africa,
he shows himself incapable Of interpreting
this acknowledged difference in the Ger
man view.
The absurdty of Judging German deeds
by the same standards as the deeds OF
ether nations has lately been set forth IN
the clearest manner by DR.. Dernburg in an
important paper published in the "Deutsche
Politik." This is well worth studying. be
cause it shows that the very villanies of
the Germans are the best possible evidence
of German righteousness.
The fact is, DR.. Dernburg explains, that
"steadfastness and righteousness are the
qualities that the German people value IN
the highest degree" These they have
tried to develop most thoroughly a cir
cumstance which accounts for their good
and honorable reputation in the whole
world" But unfortunately all the world
outside of Germany has been corrupted by
the unnatural state of war; so repugnant
to the gentle German character; and so
the poor. innocent and hewildered Ger
man has tried to adapt his character for
the occasion to the lower standards of
other nations. with results which are alto
gether deplcrable.
DR.. Dernburg does not deny that his
have sometimes even told hbs
and INDUCED in little intrigues that were
not very nice, but the very fact that they
were found out is surely the best proof in
the world of that righteousness which he
insists is the essential and mos. character
istic quality of the German. That he
observes, is the very least that must be
said of our employment Of these immoral
weapons, which are foreign to our char
acter."
1t is, therefore, stupid to bring up little
instances like Louvain, as if they were a
reproach to the German instead Of doing
him honor. 1t was bad example that forced
these things on him, for he was obliged TO
come in contact with outsiders and his
excuses were, so TO say, evidences of
desperate effort 10 adapt his better nature
to a difficult environment. But these
tactics will not fit the German says the
doctor. I'VE are rough, but moral; we are
credulous, but honest; we are adroit, but
inexperienced" Pity the poor Boche who
is forced to live in a naughty world!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Passing 1t Along"

Passing it along to the consumer has
been for years a fine art in the business
world. If an extra cost is imposed on pro-
duction or a new tax, direct or indirect,
is levied by the government, the accretion
has been handed on to the public without
much regard to an accurate restoration Of
the balance as between seller and pur-
chaser.
Under the good old method a little
more, or even a good deal more, than the
new differential has stuck in the hands of
the seller The purchaser has usually
been unable to figure out the margin
against him in the readjustment Of prices,
because that margin has been studiously
concealed. Now the government is max
ing an earnest effort to prevent any I'M
fair manipulation in price readiustments,
so far as food products and fuel are con
cerned 1t is trying to introduce a sys-
tenn of exact accounting in distribution
and the public ought to stand behind it
in that laudable attempt.
But the old tradition still fingers in the
minds Of the passers-along. 1t has been
unpleasantly exemplifed in the last few
days in the canny manner in which the
proprietors Of motion picture houses
have tried to extract a profit out of the
collection Of the government tax on thea
ire admissions. The tax on a twenty-five
cent ticket is 10 per cent, or two and a
half cents. The purchaser of single
twenty-fve-cent ticket is compelled to pay
three cents, and the purchaser of two
twenty-fve-cent tickets must pay six cents
one cent more than 10 per cent of fifty
cents. Thus, if the proprietor pays fiat
10 per cent on the total of twenty-five
cent tickets sold, he makes half cent
profit on each ticket except the last one,
in case the total sold is an odd number.
But some proprietors have gone further
than this. They are collecting five cents
additional on twenty-fye-cent tickets,
,crediting the purchaser with either two
and half or three cents as his Federal
tax and taking the rest for their trouble.
The imposition of a Federal war tax IS
thus made an excuse for the imposi
ton of private collection tax, which goes
as profit into the treasury of the theatre.
This is an exhibition of profiteering
strangely out of keeping with the spirit of
war times. The government will hardly
concern itself about this profit taking, be
cause it does not affect a necessary Of life.
But will the public stand for it? That will
depend on the vigor which the public is
willing to put into the fight against prof
iteering-a fight which it has so far
shown too slight a disposition to make
ole-heartedly for itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
The Farmer Still Hoards
From The Sprnodsld Repub,icGD

tFrom The Springfield RepubiicGf)
The farmer has come TO occupy suen ,
privileged position in American politics 'h',
government compulsion for the purpose :, :.
forcing him TO market his crops before ~
wants 70 is hardly TO be regarded as wiz wiz,
the bounds Of practical administration. LA'
Mr.. Hoover. we are all up against the iari nc.
East or West, who thinks that by ho'u,~.
back his produce until the winter or sp''ss ~
he may obtain much higher prices ths" :"
could to-day. The potato crop is 90 per e.s'
larger than last year. but potatoes IN AOv.
took are now higher than they were last w., ,s
ter and spring in the period Of sesru.i.
boarding is now a crime when done by nv
dlemen for speculative purposes, but the A -,
sas wheat grower could lawfully held "a
wheat on the farm all winter while enh"''
in New York cried for bread. -.
Possibly there will be more food ies,w AZ,
tion in Congress at the next session
Hoover may desire more power y ne
show results pleasing to the consuming "
lie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Something New and Bright

"hy reason in 1907 was that liked the SER
vice and wanted TO try for something new and
fright for my country
Others say: because my country needs
me-; "to catch Villa; 81 wanted to get the
Kaiser's goat; "for the benefit of the Ameri-
can army; $50 patriotic and didn't know
what it was; Mexican trouble, 1917; 81 felt
like my country needed me,>and | wanted to
90 something for it, and that was the only
way was able to do anything for my dear
country. the good old L. S. A.; 81 never did
anything worth while on the outside so |
dedicated myself TO my country that might
be OF some use 70 some one; "a couple of
Germans; "to serve God and my country"
Another class OF answer deals with what is
in the blood of youth-the desire to taste ad-
venture, TO see the world and see France.
Here are few in this group;
"To do my duty and see the world; "to
see the world, ha! hal"; because thought
would like that kind OF life and didn't
know what kind OF life would have TO lead
in this hole; "got tired Of staying at home;
81 was seeking adventure and change OF en-
vironments'; "to kill time and fight; "to
zee France" 81 was discouraged with the
civilian life and wanted 10 get some excite
ncnt"; "to have chance TO ride on the
train; | never had ridden; "they said was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
At the Front,



Most of the people in America have 4
vague idea Of the kind Of work We smbg.
lance drivers do. They think we drive our
cars right out TO the trenches, get out and
pick up dead and wounded and ride calmly
back across shell holes, dead bodies and all
the debris Of NO Mans Land" which IS
not at all the case. IN fact, 10 would be In
slant death 20 take a car in sight Of the
trenches. The wounded are brought up on
stretchers, through the communicating
trenches, TO a good half mile back OF he
lines, TO the post whore the ambulance i
waiting, the nearest point that a car can
get TO the fighting; and there we take Their
a few miles still further back to a safer
PLACE. No place is safe, for we are within
she'll range of the Boches; but unless thV
ere extremely brutal they let the am'''
lances alone, though occasionally a sssh
bursts uncomfortably near. There are also
periodical gas attacks, and when | an o.
duty at a post | have always 20 carry NJ
gas mask and helmet. At night we can see
the trench lines for miles, for az intervals
Of every few minutes star shells are sent
up along the line, lighting up the eh'i'
country and preventing sudden night az
tack
But as for the end OF it all, there seems
TO be TO end in sight. The French are h0l'
ing on like grim death and waiting 10
America. There are no people more heIoi'
than the French; suffering, priyation' sol
row, all have been their lot, and never =
word of complaint or anger. have @iss
with hundreds Of poilus, ard they are 8,
equally polite, sincere and brave, tired v
war, weighed down with grief, but e'e'
hopeful and full Of fcrtitude. IL is Won
derful lesson for me.
Always it is the war. The poilus ask
three questions: How long have you pee.
here? Where are the Americans? and =
the English language and the American 'n'
same? have been asked these quesu0''
cOuntloss times
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Old Christmas
By William Aspenwall Bradley

The two poems that follow are taken
from "Old Christmas and Other Kentucky
Tales in Verse" the result of six months
tramp through the Kentucky Cumberlands
Mr.. Bradley went for a months exploration
and contracting mountain fever, stayed on
He became a warm partisan Of these South
ern highlanders. among our oldest and purest
American stock He has sought to give an
idea Of the beauty both of their Song bal
lets" and of their spoken poetry The vol
ume is published By the Houghton Miffiin
Company. copyright, 1911
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Song
From Contemporary Verse;

From Contemporary verse;
Il was because | thought OF her
That, wheresoever / have been,
Ny heart was like n little pool
The sunsets pour their glory inl
And I remember | have read
That there was one before whose name
Some very ancient cities once
Passed on the wind in drifts of fame!
And have heard that long ago
For but tho memory of lips
Laughingly men have sung and died
Amid the fire of sinking ship
haven't any heart for songs
That sadden me with sorrow when
Ny heart is gladly singing, for
Ny love is coming back again.
LOUIS GINSBERC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Ambulanciers at the Front
The French, Holding on Like Grin
Death, Wait for Us
10 the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There seems to be a doubt in the
minds Of both of us regarding the duties Of
cur boys who are driving ambulances in
France, and perhaps in this connection the
following, taken from a letter written By
my brother, would be OF interest. | am slso
including a paragraph which tells Of the
wonderful fortitude and bravery Of the
French people. MARGARET NORTON.
New York, Nov. l, 1917.
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featured this touching vote Of confidence
in women? This may only be a consola-
ton prize. But is it not consolation that
"The Times" chiefly needs in this hour Of
gloom and agony?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

You purchase merchandise advertised IN llih
TRIBUNE with absolute safetyfor - dlssatsfacton results
IN THE TRIBUNE guarantees 10 paw your money
hack uToa request No red tspe No clubbing. We maho
coed promptly - the advertiser does not.
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Why They Came
BIZ Arthur Gleason

not game and I was, and because | wished
to; because I wouldn't stay in one place
any length of time, thought If Joined the
army for three or seven years | would be
ready TO settle down. | think that is as good
thing as any boy could do; "to see the
wcrld"; 81 had tried everything else, so
thougbt-I would try the army"
Another group of answers deals with the
individual human problem of hunger and
loneliness. These that follow illustrate this:
"To fight and for what money was in it,;
"thrce coed square meals and bath; be
cause | was Disguised with myself and
thought il would make man out of me-; II
was too lazy 20 do anything else; Il was
stewedn; "to get some clothes, a place 20
sleep and something to eat; because was
hungry; because | was nuts with the dobey
heat (dobey is Mexican slang word brought
Up by the boys from the border; because |
had to keep from starving; ain view Of the
fact that | was 20 delicate and a physical
wreck joined the army hoping to get lots of
fresh air and exercise, which / have sure got
ten. and am ready 10 go home at any time;
Il was in Jail and they came and got me-
Hard luck."; because | did not have no
home; 81 got hungry; pork and beans were
high at tho time" "three square meals a day
an 40
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

The man is big and kindly. Nature has
been good TO him in several ways; has given
him fearless eyes with humorous lights, and
life has been good TO him, granting him sue
cess in his business and happiness IN his
home. All this is clear 10 the casual passer-
BY. and il becomes very clear 70 the boys
who crowd his hut lie is unworried and acts
without waste motion. All that he -, all
that he does, proceeds out of deep centre
of peace. II his canteen is emptied Of to
bacco and chocolate, he does not fret, but
begins sing-song with a group Of men, or
a game of checkers with the latest conner.
The drifting, restless crowd of a military
camp do not care to betray themselves lightly
to "uplifters' They are shy and hate quick
intimacies. They have little use for the cant
phrase and the ready smile and oyergenial
handshake But when this man, who never
hurried their acquaintance, but was always
quiet and friendly, suggested that those who
cared to know him should give their name
and address. four hundred soldiers signed the
cards Then, few days later. he said he had
another suggestion. This time he didn't
want a man OF them 20 give him name or
address II any card came IN that could be
identified so that the writer would be known,
he said he would tear it up. But what he
did want TO know was the real reason of
their coming to the war. Why had they en-
listed for foreign service in France?
Again he gave out postcards, and the men
took them TO the tables of the hut. Then they
turned them in. SO we have in the answers
which are published below the first real word
from the soldier himself Of why he has
offered himself. Tho man who won these
answers from them is the leader of Y. VI.
g. A. hut az , France His name is
Henry Barnes. lie IS a wholesale drygoods
merchant of Cleveland Ohio The men be-
Icing to the - Infantry There are two
battalons Of them.
There are several groups Of answers. One
IS the sturdily patriotic. Thus, a soldier
says:
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republication o.: an news dispatches credited 10 u or not
ohersse credited this and also the local news Of
spontaneous origin published herein.
All rights Of republication OF all other matter herein arc
also reserved.
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ounsd ard pus,sh,d daily by The Tribune Association.
Ne,y Yok Corpora or. ogden Rcd. Presdent O. vernon
pov.,, y,e, president p A susr. Treasurer Aaoie's
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Eeckmsn 5000.
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FOREIGN RATES

Entered Il The rosto-,s ., New York Second Class
Mail Msiier
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States Rights Speak

Then follow two, instinct with the voice Of
states rights:
TO represent the State of Kentucky"
I'm answer to call from my state Missis-
sirpi, and to see something of the world, and
have seen some of the world, too"
Then, too, there are number that refuse
TO be classified; each has its own note of suf-
ftring or audacity of humor:
"To catch the Kaiser; because the girls
like a soldier; because my girl turned her
back on me, that's ALL, ~ thought I was
striking something soft, but -; "the dear
cnes at home; 81 was crazy; 1.-TWO reasons:
because girls like soldiers and saw a sign,
100000 men wanted to police up France;
"for my health and anything else that is in
it" "a consumptive soldier) "to show that
nv blood was made of the Americans blood;
TO learn self-control'; ait was a mistake;
didn't know any better; "for my adopted
country; 81 got drunk on Saturday, the
Fourth Of July 1913, and left home on the
freight train and joined the army. and woke
uD the next morning getting two sheets in the
W.nd, and | haven't got drunk since that:
made a man out of me-; ito keep from work
ing, but got balled'; 81 have not seen any,
thing yet but RAIN; because didn't know
what ! was doing; ito Kill couple of Ger
mans for the wrong done Poland; "to keen
from wearing my knuckles out on the neigh.
tors' back doors"; adventure and experi-
enco also, TO do my little bit for my country
the good old L. S. A.. and the Stars and
Stripes, the flag Of freedom; ito fight for nv
country and the flag, for the L. s. is \ free
land and we will get the Kaiser, damn him.
oh. the L. S. Al" picture of a hag)
One man makes cut complete category of
his reasons: (a) "To see excitement; OBJ
ITO help win this war and end the Kaiser's
idea of world ruler; (c) "hep free the Ger.
man people from Kaiscrism."
And finally, there is one that needs no
comment, and with this we will end:
Because mothe- was dead and had no
home"
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The Colorado statesman., 1917-05-19
BAUxIrE OUTPUT SHOWS GAIN
Production of Aluminium Ore in Unit
ed States Increased 43 Per Cent
in 1916 Over 1915.

The production of bauxite, the ore
of aluminium, in 1916 was 425.359 long
tons, which had value of $2,297 ,S25
an Increase of 43 per cent in quantity
and 50 per cent in value over 1915, ac-
cording TO Uncle Sans figures.
This is notable Increase for the
whole United States, but the most
striking figures are those for Georgia
and Alabama. In 1915 the production
of bauxite in these two states was
25,008 long tons. The output was in
creased to 46,410 long tons in 1916,
gain of SO per cent. large part of
this increase Is due to the operation
of new and old mines in central Geor-
gia. The production in Arkansas and
Tennessee was increased from 272,033
long tons in 1915 TO 37S,9d9 long tons
in 1916, a gain of 80 per cent. This
increase can be attributed to the great
development of the well-known depos-
its in Arkansas.
There has been much activity in
Georgia and Alabama. where many
newly found deposits were brought
nearly to producing stage in 1916.
Advices received by the United States
geological survey indicate that n num-
Der of old deposits in these states will
be reopened, owing TO the increased
value of the ore and to the fact that
1T is used by many new enterprises.