Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-02
Shirt OF ,za Not Dead:

10 the Editor OF The Times Dtspatch:. .
Silt is as mucn the privilege. OF
the humblest. as OF the most cxaited,,
citizen to intelligently criticize the adj,
ministration. But 1t is also one III ms
either In an editorial sanctum or discs
where. and criticize the actionsaof thu
stopping to realize the problems which,
confront them. Lately We have heard
much about the embargoes to be. laid
upon our exports to neutral nations,
and much criticism Of the President on
that account. We wonder II these self.
the president is far better informed
than they are. az to how much al the
exports now being. subjected, not TO
regulation. arc and have been received
into the ports Of so-called neutral ma
lions and then I reshinpod into Germany.
"balc-box" orators realize that tho
first and foremost aim OF the admin.
to that end. to cripple the food and
fuel supply OF the enemy? Do they not
recognize the fact that the price, Of:
Jones is negligible thing. as COM
pared to the imperative necessity OF ,
d
Germany? Again. we ali hear, from
self-sufiicicnt critics, the cry that Great,
Britain is selfish In her aims. France
in hers, and lastly. that Japan Is. IN
be true. although sound thinkers grant
nothing of the sort. and stu II wouid
ase, the and issns
We are not lighting for France, a.
though France once fought for US. We.
Britains Interest and ours in this con-
fict arc Identical. We are not lighting
for Italy or for Serbia. or for Russia
which has shaken of the pro-Germanp,
graft and dominance and the autocracy.
, which was blot on the rspu u,la
thies and enlists our support. We are
not lighting for Belgium. although the
that most distressful country" appeals
to all that is most internationally AL
truistic in y. q u :,
OF representative democracy the world
over. which includes these United !,
States, We are helping to repel biGw
being very much indeed n part OF that
great world over" we are wsgi1g 3,
Britain has always been selfish in her
aims? What II France is volatile md
emotional? What II Russia Is dIsorH
II Japan is the Oriental Great Brit
ain" OF the Pacific. with teeminEc
population TO plant elsewhere? What ,
slant eyes" OF her sons? We are,
lighting this war lest a worss thing
Sas s so nins SO sc
cept to those who. having eyes. sec
not. having ears. hear NOT" and having
up to us to look no gift horse in tho
mouth" whether II be British. French,
Italian or Japanese or Chinese. Sum.
cient unto the day Is the evil thereof,
and Uncle Sam has never doubted that
AS his day may demand, SO may his :
war, in certain way Business should
go. on more energeticaily than ever
to which all others should BIO subordis-
ing 10 g've the farmer fair pries;. ahd,
who supply tho farmer after the do
duction Of a fair profit. the finished |
Two dollars a bushel for wheat t. All !,
any farmer should ask. provided ne :
reasonable price. Nobody ought ltos
kick. because there is a fair deal: Nest
farmers are not hogs. They raise them.
they rear. and it is OIL these that the
Senator'S. who suffer from Hoover
phobia.,", like, Reed. or bromidio .swell.:
head, ike vardaman, or chronic.
crouch; like Stone. or political ophthal-
mia, like Gore. or local self exploita.
ton, like Gronna, feed.
This writer never shot a gun in bait
tie, and unless they raise the age limit
never will. bue lie knows that we ore
but over the right 10 live. cree. And
he knows tina, the people in his COM
munity realize but little. because they
this strife. If they did, they would, as
would all other Virginia communities
trtos@ and rSe IL ns Az o
now, they seem 10 be the easy marks"
of the GROWERS, grumblers and CROUCH
Gronnas, Vardamans and Stones. But,
that Is not their real nature, when
they know the facts. The spirit Of .78
and of 81 sleeps. but Is not dead
C. CONWAY BAKER,
Montross, Va, August 81. 1917.