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Evening journal., 1917-04-18
IMERICANS CONTROL The
BRAZILIAN COFFEE CROP
BY The United Press.

~ Ine Unlted Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 1S.-The
Iext Brazilian coffee crop is estimated
1t between twelve and thirteen mil
hon bags OF 1872 pounds each. The
extraordinary feature about this crop
s that about two-thirds of these bags
will be bought, sold, shipped or other
wise handled for the first time By
American business interests repre-
sented here in Brazil. War and
American enterprise constitute the
reasons.
The British blacklist, the shortage
Of shipping for European ports, lack
Of financial support and the departure
Of Germans TO their own country to
fight opened the door for Americans
to take the coffee business from the
Germans.
Evening journal., 1917-04-18
APRIL A HISTORY
MAKING MONTH.

Some of the most important
events in history happened in
the month of April They were:
April ?, 742-Charlemange
born.
April 1, 14O5-Tamerlane,
conqueror Of Persia. died
April 10, 1743-Thomas jeff
erson born.
April is. 1775-Paul Revere
made his famous ride.
April q, 1SO5-Tripoli cap
tured by Gen. Eaton.
April 10, 1S14-Napoleon of
France abdicated.
April 20, 1S14-Napoleon sent
to Elba.
April 4. Congress adopt
ed United States flag.
April II, 1S31-Pedro l., Of
Brazil. abdicated.
April 26, 1S46-Congress de-
clared war on Mexico.
April IA, 1S65-Abraham Lin
coin shot
April "a, 1S9S-Spain de-
clared war on United States.
April Is, 1912-Titanic sunk
by iceberg.
April 1S. 1917-State of war
between Germany and United
States declared.
Evening journal., 1917-04-18
MARsHALLToN BOY ENLlsTs.

Clifford Bentley, of Marshalltou,
has just answered the call to the col
ors. Bentley, with another friend, will
go aboard the u. S. Wisconsin. The
young man has a brother in the Uni
ted States Army.
Evening journal., 1917-04-18

To-day, the specific-gravity
test is practically worthless as a
check on the suitability of a
gasoline, for example, for a given
motor equipment. 49, seems
most probable that the definition
of gasoline will have to be based
on the percentage that distils
over between specified temper
atures, when the distillation Ia
carried out under specified con-
ditions.
= "The gasoline must not vapor-
lie too freely for two reasons:
One, that Il would not be safe,
and secondly, its loss in storage
by evaporation would be too
great. Hence, the specification
may have to contain limitations
of the percentage distilling over
below a Ger tain temperature,
coupled perhaps with a proviso
that certain percentages shall
distil over below other fixed
temperatures, in order that req
uisite amounts of low-boiling
constituents shall be present to
insure easy starting of an engine.
Likewise the specification
must contain a proviso that all
must distil over below a certain
maximum temperature, in order
TO exclude from the gasoline the
heavier petroleum distillates,
such as Kerosene - Official
PreSS-Sfdfemenf issued by u. S.
Cow. Bureau of Standards.
We've been preaching and
practicing the same thing for
years. The boiling point OF At
lantic Gasoline is always uni
form. Ii meets Uncle Sans
ideas perfectly.
Evening journal., 1917-04-18
no DANCE FOR FIREMEN.

A dance will be given this evening
in the Queen Theatre by the Liberty
ladies'. for the benefit of the Firemen's
Relief Association.
Evening journal., 1917-04-18
The Great Blue Tent

Now that the United States entered the war; gen.
eral attention is being called to the remarkable poem
on our flag penned by the noted American author, Edith
Wharton, and cabled by her from Paris to the New
York Times two years ago. The challenge 90 the Stars
and Stripes to live up to its history follows:
Evening journal., 1917-04-18

See, here is warmth and sleep.
And a table largely spread;
give garments to them that weep,
And for gravestones l give bread.
But what. through my inmost fold,
Is this cry on the winds Of wary
Are you grown so old. are you grown so cold,
Flag that was once our Star?
Where did you learn THAI bread is life,
And where that fire is warm
You, that took the van Of a worldwide strife,
AS an eagle takes the storm?
Where did you learn that MEN are bred
Where hucksters bargain and gorge;
And where that down makes softer bed
Than the SHOWS of VALLEY Eorge2
Evening journal., 1917-04-18

Come up, come up to the stormy sky.
Where fierce folds rattle and hum,
For Lexington taught US how to fly,
And WE dance TO Concords drum"
o Flags of Freedom said the Flag,
Brothers of wind and sky;
I, too, was once a tattered rag
And I wake and shake at your cry.
I tug and tug at the anchoring place.
Where my drowsy folds are caught;
I strain to be off on the old fierce chase
OF the foe we have always fought
o People made. said the Flag,
And welded from to sea-
l am still the shot-riddled rag
That shrieks to be free, to be free.
Oh cut my silken ties
From the roof OF the palace OF Peace;
Give back my Stars to the skies,
My Stripes to the storm-strped seas.
Or else, il you bid me yield,
Then down with my crimson bars,
And DER ali my azure field
Sow peoples instead of Stars.
Evening journal., 1917-04-18
BY EDITH WHARTON.

Come unto me. said the Flag,
Ye weary and sore oppressed;
For I am shot-rddled rag,
But a great blue tent Of Rest.
Ye heavy-aden, come
On the aching feet OF dread,
From ravaged town, from murdered home,
From your tortured and your dead.
All they that beat at my crimson bars
Shall enter without demur.
Though the round earth rock with the winds of wars
Not one Of my folds shall stir.
Evening journal., 1917-04-18

7 TNCLE SAM has decided bunch that
- the best way to determine the eff
cheney of gasoline is by its boiling point"
and NOT by its specific gravity. He points
out in his Bureau of Standards report, that
specific gravity is very indefinite, unre-
liable test for gasoline
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
LOYALTY OF THE FILIPINOs.

The people of the Philippines are loyal and
prosperous A year ago there were disturbing
reports Of unrest in the islands, but now the
news is altogether reassuring No doubt the
LOYALTY of the natives has been stimulated by
the entry of the United States into the war
No more will be heard at present from the agl-
tators who urged complete independence. With
a new world map in the making, the Fillplnos
are glad to have the protection OF the Amerl-
can flag.
Governor General Harrison has told the war
| department that recently fifteen thousand peo-
pie representing all classes in Manila marched
Ito his official residence and gave expression to
their loyalty and devotion to the country. The
governor general believes this feeling to be
almost universal throughout the islands. 1t
has been shown by resolutions OF provincial
and municipal boards and great numbers OF so
Icieties and citizens. Particularly Significant IN
connection with the demonstration at Manila
was the address of Manuel Quezon, IN which
the president of the Filipino senate, speaking
for his fellow citizens, said the more pro-f1l1-
pino the administration was the more pro
American were the Filipinos.
Another factor making for contentment with
their political relations is the growing prosper
iity of the people of the islands. Exports from
the Philippines in 1916 broke all previous
records They amounted to about seventy mil
lion dollars, an increase Of sixteen million dol
lars over 1915 Not the least satisfactory fea-
ture of the situation is the fact that the small
manufacturing industries share in the general
prosperity Evidently the Filipinos are making
the most of the opportunities that come to
them with the establishment of American con-
troll in the islands.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
Cashina In on Patriotism.

New York Tribune: We sincerely
hope 1t is true that the department
of justice has found way to curb
the use of the Stars and Stripes on
miscellaneous articles of commerce
ranging from neckties to socks The
report ought to be true, and IL it is
not true and no law can thus be con-
strued, the sooner a law Is framed
and enacted the better.
There will be plenty of near
patriotism at the best In the COM
ing months to gall every American
not equipped with the skin of a rhi-
nocerous. Already the blunderers
and the thrifty-souled are busy. The
line is not always easy to draw, and
we have no excuse for the super-sen-
sitive patriot who is SO shocked by
little tastefulness that he can never
salute his flag again. But the bust
ness of converting patriotism into
dollars on the stage, on the film, in
the haberdashery business and every
where else will need I'll the restraint
Of law and public opinion that it can
get.
The danger of restricting a proner
, and patriotic use of the flag as a
decoration and a symbol is not very
great in this land of the free and
easy. Let us have little firm re-
striotion of sock manufacturers and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
Ely Your Flag.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: 81 don't
have to hoist flag over my house or
place of business; am just as loyal
to the government as anybody and
don't need to furnish credentials to
prove it, said the good citizen.
OF course you are loyal and all
right: no one questions that; but did
you ever think of the silent influence
of the flag of the great republic as the
stars and stripes spread on the
breeze, teaching historic lessons OF
patriotism? 1t arouses the nobler
qualities in manhood. It is remind.
er of the blessings Of liberty we have
inherited and which we wish to con-
serve for ourselves and for our chill
dren, and children's children for CEN
turtles to come. The flag will
Wake in our breast the living fires,
The holy faith that warmed our sires,
and gave the world its greatest ex-
|emplifcation of freedom and popular
government.
Swing the flag to the breeze and let
the indifferent be awakened to new
birth of appreciation, and the alien
imbibe a profounder respect for the
principles the flag represents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

police generally are most active about
this violation of most ordinances, 1t
is a proper courtesy to warn the
motorist from the country whom you
see stopping hta car near a fire
plug. The chances OF the fire de-
partment using that plug while the
automobile Is stopped there is about
one in ten million-but the law pro-
vides for not taking any chances,
and to know about this is ono Of the
refinemsnts that mark the thorough
ly trained driver. i,
Stopping to chat or wait at the
mouth Of an alley OF at street cor
ner or intersection Is done only by
the verdant folk who make copy Tor
the huZnorfst when they try TO keep
a train waiting while they say good
by. 1t is peculiarly dangerous, and
the rubes who do 1t cause many ac-
cidents, unfortunately to others az
well as themselves.
Always stop within a foot OF the
curb. This is in many city ordinan.
ces and is always safe rule to avoid
obstructing the street, Always stop
as far to the right side OF country
road as possible.
Where not to be with your automo
bile is so large a topic that part OF
re must fre continued IN n,,r newt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
what not. It will be simple enough
to let down the bars notch later on.
A WASTE OF PAPER.
The Governments Entrance Into the
Daily Newspaper Business.

Muscatine Journal: The govern
ment has entered into the newspaper
business. A daily publication known
as THE Official Bulletin" is being
sent broadcast throughout the coun-
try. 1t will add to the clutter of
governmental mail which daily finds
It's way upon the editors desk and
will also be received at every post
office where the p NJ, acting under
instructions, will post it in con
spicuous place. The next time you
enter the postoff1ce and observe the
crowds gathered about the bulletin
board you will know that it is a few
erish populace assimulating the latest
official news from Washington.
Just why the government should
enter upon this departure has not
been satisfactorily explained and
those who have sought to discover
semblance of reason for the policy
remain in the dark. The bulletin
will do its share toward wasting
print paper and will burden the
mails further, but aside from this it's
effects will be negligible.
Likely the master mind in Wash
ington which conceived this brilliant
idea suffered the hallucination that
luS iul dl ulSIIlClS VI Tic SOu1tiy udu
not yet heard of the war. This in
spired mind likely pictured the rus
tics gathering about the postofficc
to await the posting of the bulletin
which was so soon to electrify, cheer
or shock them as the case might be.
Perhaps it was decided TO issue
the bulletin to replace the newspa-
pers which will be forced out of
business by the increased postal
charge unless they increase their
mail subscriptions.
1t is gratifying, however, to know
that there will be no dearth of news,
no matter what comes to pass. The
great gathering organizations
which have been perfected in this
country may now promptly close shop.
Only this condition will gain for the
official bulletin the slightest atten-
ton. With the newspapers publish
ing telegraphed official news given
out through proper government chan
nels days in advance Of the receipt
of the Official Bulletin" 1t is indeed
difficult to conceive of the slightest
notice being paid Uncle Sans hand
bill
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

Keep In Your Proper Place.-The
adnonition and regulation to al
ways" keep on the right side of the
road does not dispose Of all the driy-
er's duty by any means.
There are other places besides the
left side of the road where expert
enced drivers are never found.
Only Jay drivers turn around in
the middle Of block Real motor
lists always go to the next intersec-
ton and turn with the traffic there.
To turn an automobile in city block
marks driver as rube as much as
IL he wore a green vest and a yellow
velvet collar on his coat. The driv-
er who turns around in the middle
of block is laughed at by some
motorists and cussed by others, but
nobody who belongs to motordom has
much respect for his Judgment and
courtesy-it Is so self-eyidently dan.
gerous to others as well as the rube
driver himself.
City bred folks always remember
about not stopping within thirty feet
Of fireplug and almost automatic
ally shy from red plug when stop
ping at the curb. Country people
cannot be expected to know or re-
member this all the time: since the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
FARM BUREAU
IS PLANNED
This Would Take Care Of Shortage on
Farms Caused by Men Enlist
ing, According to
Plans,

Volunteer farm labor bureaus will
be established through the state IL the
plans advanced by Ames college au-
thorities are followed. Letters and
circulars concerning this volunteer
bureau were sent to Ames alumni in
keokuk today urging that they COOP
crate with the proper persons in form
ing such bureau. ii.
The plan Of the bureau is to- aid the
farmers to get sufficient help to take
care of tAfir crops. The farmers will
be asked to state how many men they
will need, and the bureau will endeav-
or to secure the help asked Tor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
A CARELEssLY DRAWN BILL.

The careless manner in which the war
revenue bill was drawn is shown in the plan for
levying duty on all imported goods 1t is pro
posed that ten per cent. be added to all Gus
toms duties levied under the law in force
and to put ten per cent. duty on all goods
now on the free list Few will question the
soundness of the first proposal; but in propos-
ing to wipe out the free list the trainers Of the
bill seem to have overlooked the fact that in
the last fiscal year, according to the govern
ments own statement, forty-two per cent. of
the total imports were of raw materials for use
in manufacturing. Putting all these articles
on the same level for purposes Of taxation will
increase the difficulties of many manufacturers
by making it harder for them to procure the
crude materials required for keeping their
plants in successful operation. The committee
in charge of the bill displayed little foresight in
dealing with the free list.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
The Coal Gouqe.

Philadelphia Evening Ledger: Goal
need not come high" says the gov
eminent, but coal does come high.
and higher and higher. The greed
of some special interests, utterly at
variance with the patriotic policy
adopted by most others. demands the
active interference Of the govern
ment, for the relief of itself as well
as of the people in general An adj
vance of few cents in the cost of
mining is passed along in series of
advances, made all along the line
until the original advance has been
multiplied tenfold or more. The coal
gouge is becoming mere robbery, not
to be countenanced by the nation,
and immediate means to relieve the
situation should be employed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
THEIR FOOLISH COURSE.

It is nothing to one wing Of suffragism that
the liberties of mankind are trembling in the
balance. It is nothing to the suffragets of the
Congressional Union that malign power has
civilization by the throat. Unconcerned by
this and failing perhaps to realize it, they
keep up day by day their puerile picketing of
the white house in their effort to nag and an
noy the government into giving them what
they want.
Their course is deplored by the more intelli-
gent element of their party as calculated to do
more harm than good Even the extremists of
the Pankhurst group in England saw at once
that the only wise course was to throw them
selves heart and soul into the war and
strengthen instead of Fostering the govern
ment So doing they have immensely adj
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
TODAY,S BIT OF VERSE
THE BLUEBIRD.

! know the song that the bluebird is singing,
Out in the apple-tree where he is swinging.
Brave little fellow! the skies may be dreary,
Nothing cares he while his heart is so CHEEKY.
Hark, how the music leaps out from his throat!
Hark, there merry note?
Listen awhile and you'll hear what he's saying,
Up in the apple-tree swinging and swaying
Dear little blossoms, down under the snow,
You must be weary of winter / know;
Hark while sing you message of cheer,
Summer is coming and spring time is here!
Little white snowdrop, pray you arise;
Bright yellow crocus, come, open your eyes;
Sweet little violets hid from the cold
Put your rnantles of purple and gold;
Daffodis, daffodils! say, do you hear?
GUNNER is coming, and spring -time is here!"
Mrs. Emily Huntington Miller.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

vanced their cause. But our national woman $
party, as the picketers call themselves, were
not SO astute; and it is safe to say that next to
the spectacle Congresswoman Rankin made OF
herself, this exhibition at the white house is
divorcing more people from the suffrage idea
than anything else. 1t is conceivable, how
ever, that the federal government will not take
up the question of equal suffrage until after
this world disturbance is at an end.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
Roosevelt as Official bootblack.

Roosevelt as official bootblack.
Some man up state" he said sent
it, but he sent only one box black
ing. That's enough to last until we
get to Berlin"
The entire Sunday family has ac-
copied an invitation to lunch with
Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay Mon
day. Sunday recently declared lie
would like to go to France with T.
r., 'if only to shine his shoes"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
A Hon.fu, Sion.

Springfield, Mass, Republican:
That Russian general has to warn
his men against fraternizing with the
enemy is perhaps OF better omen for
good relations after the war than for
beating Hindeniburg.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

They that love beyond the world cannot be
separated by it. Death cannot kill what
never dies. Nor can spirits ever be divided
that love and live in the same divine prin-
ciple the root and record of their friendship
William Penn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

Our most distinguished French guest seems
bent on smashing precedent. Apparently no
grandma, seventy-fve years hence, will be able
to tell the childrn at her knee how she Glanced
with General Joffre in 1917
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

SouuGIil- bluiLS A>OupdI GA. IlOlbSlt
G. Hoover is an Iowa product. Not
can furnish the man who knows more
than any other about feeding it.
Davenport Democrat: The fact
that the attorney generals staff was
working on Sunday, that the governor
had busy day, and that lots of bus
mess was being done behind closed
doors as well as open doors, doesn't
seem to strike our blue law enforcers
as inconsistent 1t does look little
that way, however, to the observer
from the street.
Sioux City Journal: If you want to
call a man a Stacker without giving
early evidence Of your own fighting
ability. it might be well to smile as
you say it.
Oelwein Register: The people of
this nation are going to have enough
to eat and to wear. Uncle Sam will
see to 1t that they are not robbed Of
their Inheritance. The food dictator
will be on the job and prices will be
regulated in America as is the case in
England and France. 1t may be nee
essary to retire from circulation few
food pirates-and the rest will be
good.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The season
is at hand when the freight traffic on
the big river and its revival again re-
ceive attention at the hands of the
press, and all manner of organizations.
Sooner Or later, this annual discussion
and agitation is going to bring results,
Mt. Vernon Hawkeye: The unanf-
nifty with which the people and press
of the country accord to Colonel
Roosevelt credit fir his genuine and
sterling lyalty to country and Wiling
ness for service in the nations hour
of war stress is another striking indi-
cation of the wholesome perceptive-
ness and discrimination c',aracteriz-
| ing the American type. There are
| some very pronounced differences be-
tween the colonel and large numbers
| of people along economical and dipio-
matte lines, but nothing discernible
when it comes to fundamental inter
ests, for the colonel is, as all recog-
nize, first and last and all the time the
virile American.
Des Moines Register: At time
like this the men who are trying to
run booze into bone dry states could
put their courage to better uses.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Dill pick
les have advanced in price-which is
| of interest only in the respect that it
proves that somebody must be eat
| inc them
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

Nature is indeed kindly. Out of considera-
ton for the thrifty gardener who tires easily
she has set the spring season back about fort
night behind the average, thus giving the I'M
accustomed laborer chance to get his spading
done in time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
HOW TO DRIVE AN AUTOMOBILE.
BY Veteran Student Of Safe Motoring.


city traffic with
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17

Joe Letter has made three million dollars in
wheat and the ultimate consumer will feel no
regret if selective CONSUMPTION gets Joe at last
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-17
Boot Black Has Enlisted.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. I
NEW YORK, May 17.-Billy Sun
day has his brush and backing box
ready to go to France with Colonel