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New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
No Corn Available for Europe

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Your correspondent, Mr. Sherwood
overlooks one important fact in relation to
shipping corn to Europe There is no corn
available for such shipment. On the day you
published his letter your market report col
umns from Chicago stated that, although the
visible supply" or corn had increased 67l,
coo bushels during the last week, the total
visible" supply was only 4,647 600 bushels
as compared with 9,SS2uo0 at the corre-
spending date last year. Less than half OF
last years record-and corn was scarce and
expensive last year.
Although the harvest was large, its move
ment is still more than so per cent below
the normal. Hundreds of millions of bush,
els are already spoiled, left on the farmers
hands, and much more will spoil if not moved
very soon. Congressman McCormick's pro-
test stirred the railroads to some activity
but the weather and the existing transports
tion tangles prevented any real gain. The
same paper from which I quote Reported
corn laden cars hopelessly frozen in through
out the Middle West AS fact, there prsc.
tlcaliy is no surplus of corn, especially since
very much Of the crop was soft" owing 70
early frosts, and is not fit for milling-even
II enough mills could be magically built ID
time to handle it.
1T is exactly analogous to the coal situ'
ton. Just coal should have been mined
and moved before November, the great con-
crop should have been moved and handled be-
tore 1t was too late. Normally, the crop ee
gins to move heavily early in November Up
to January 1 the shipments were still faf
below SO per cent of the normal. "ProrlV
orders" had interfered We are getting the
harvest" now, but it is not harvest OF
corn. H. L. P.
New York, JAM 81, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
The Skeleton In the Cellar

You don't have to prove that New York
has the worst weather in the world. Every
one admits it-New Workers with sombre
note OF pride in their voices; Omaha, Neb.,
and Fargo, N. D., with envy. Panama
City, where the canal comes from. sends
its greetings and obeisance to our trcpic
summer There is no detail of badness.
polar or equatorial, in which we do not
surpass the best.
What occurs to us now as final confir-
nation las we begin to melt for the first
time in uncounted weeks) is the ingenious
way in which New York has managed to
lose out in this its one gorgeous winter
within the memory Of anybody. January
was just the "old-fashioned" winter we
have all been pining for. Skating, coast
ing, sleighing were never so wonderful
There has been just enough snow to freshen
the scene, not enough to block traffic. No
slush, no sleet, no anything but beautiful
crystalline winter
Yet, lurking in the background, to
damp every enthusiasm and keep every
brow furrowed with care, has stood the
skeleton in the coal-bin. Commuters have
counted their nuggets of coal night and
morning, commuters wives have hung all
day on the telephone beseeching quarter
tons out of willing but empty-handed fuel
administrators. Here in town janitors
have grown gray, landlords have wept and
tenants have-frozen. How can anybody
enjoy skates or seghbells or natures
glistening marvels with home hanging over
the brink of icy death!
An old-fashioned winter is all very we'll
but the new-fashioned plumbers bill has
left little chance for it's proper apprecia-
ton. Coallessness has taken most of the
JOY out of the best winter New York has
ever had.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
Gulls as Submarine Tra;lers
(From The Philade,ph;n Y.d,..

Frorn The Philadelphia Ledoer)
FRANK H. Stewart, the naturalist, who put
IN word for the gulls while ago, comes
to the fore again with a suggestion.
Trap the large seagulls," is his idea "and
take them to the shores frequented by sub
marines.
There release them. BY the use of a few
friendly submarines to feed the gulls thew
would soon be trained to follow an enemv
U-boat by the hundreds.
BY putting 100000 seagulls in the suh.
mar'ne-infested area it would become imnos.
slble for a submarine to move in the davt;r, j..
without being followed by fock o. eulls
The guls could be trapped on tho c,,,
coast or the northern shores Of the 11n;t.d
States, or even in Southern tropical waters.
and the menace of the U-boat would .oon
disappear"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
Send Baker to France

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: President Wilson calls Secretary
Baker of the War Department ons of the
ablest men he has ever met, and not only
refused to accept his resignation when ten.
dered but with unnecessary vehemence an.
nounced that he intended to keep Mr. Baker
where he is, regardless of public discomfort
and criticism. Is this Mr.. Wilson's personal
war or is it of the people of the
United States? By overwhelming major.
lty, entirely regardless of party, it is the
belief of many that if permitted to express
their opinion at the polls the people would
repudiate Mr.. Baker and insist that really
big and capable man be placed at the head
of the War Department.
Nobody disputes Mr.. Bakers ability along
the lines in which he has been educated and
no one doubts that he is an amiabe COM
panion, but amiability is not always asso-
ciated with the qualities necessary to con-
duct great war successfully. President
Wilson should remember that he is only one
man, and that probably his judgment is not
superior to the judgment of the thousands
of capable men who voted for him. The peo-
pie want to win the war with a minimum OF
loss in men and money, and they do not
view with entire complacency Mr.. Wilson's
stubborn adherence to a Secretary of War
who possesses few qualifications for the po.
sition he occupies.
If a Cabinet member is to be sent to
France, why not send Mr.. Baker? He would
probably do less harm there than here, and
in the mean time the President would be
able to fill his place with an Assistant Sec
retary possessing all the powers for the time
being of the Secretary and none of his man.
ifeSt defects What If Mr. Wilson chould
be forced to select Republican for the
place? Lincoln did not hesitate to turn to
the Democratic party for a Secretary of War
when he failed to find a suitable man in the
Republican party, and he didn't do it becauss
of Mr.. Stanton's amiability, but because be
believed him to be the best man in the coun
try to bring the Civil War to a successful
conclusion. N. 7. r.
New York. Feb. 6, 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

coming neatly to the shoetops-what better
or more modest things could there be for
WORK. AS every one has to reach and stretch
about at work and bend over and all, it is
aDsoiutely necessary to have things on that
admit OF it, and "rompers" do. @'''''
Some may object to the name as beinc +oo
foolish, but do not think anything can nos,
slbly be as much so as the "Shontless +ro,,-
serettes," or whatever they can be called that
saw poor, hard-worked young woman .rv~
ing to do her best in. And it was no fau,t ~
hers that she wasn't down to the size .hot
could get into the uniform" safely.
The subject may seem too absurd IN wr;+a
ABOUT, but If women are given such work thcv
should be properly clothed G by
New York, Feb. 4, 1918. '
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
Saving at Others Expen..
Hotel and Store Keepers Make Pros.
Out of Patriotism
To The Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: l am one Of the million or NOR. ~
Workers. who eat all Of their meals in ,...'
rants and hotels. / am also an Ar..S.
and as anxious as any can be to bav. .a
country win this war For that reason !.
willing to do anything the government - %
Washington may ask or suggest, and II a.;.s =
80 Inconvenience me to charge the ;r..A ;s
venience up as part of the days work
For these reasons / make no obieei.,
the proposed order of the Food Admin;..-~
tor reducing the weight of meat port;.s'
that may be served me. I am willing to 81.
his word for it that obedience to this ors-s
will help win the war and / submit ch..
fully. 'e''
But / would do so a lot more cheerfru-
If Mr.. Food Administrator would at the ss" v
time order Mr.. Restaurant Man or NJ
Hotel Keeper to reduce his prices TO ma !.
proportion am entitled to some consid..A
ton, l believe, and while I ask and eyn.s.
no reward or remuneration for doing NV II.
object to being exploited want part :.
the saving, not to buy automobiles or =,
range for a season at Palm Beach, but :.
help meet the always increasing prices -
everything l must use.
AIN HOt entlLieO 10 at leHSL $3.50 brea,s
Isn't so per cent of the saving enouph :.
give the man who sells me my beefsteak ~
my mutton chop as a reward for his patrot
ism?
Frankly, Mr.. Editor, the willingness >,
purveyors of food, clothing and what no. ~
save at the expense Of those whom tbsr
serve is wee bit annoying to the most M.
triotic. l object, for example. to the stors.
keeper who asks me to carry my bundle,
home and in the next breath declares tb.t
the average cost Of city delivery is 25 cents
with never a hint that any part of the o.
cents l may thus save come to me for anv
trouble and inconvenience in Juggling the ss;a
bundle to home or Office.
To amend the ancient story of the man
who was willing to sacrifice all of his wife.
relatives in war, it would seem that thu
average purveyor to the public is ever willjpc
to sacrifice that same public on the altar of
patriotism.
In other words, Mr.. Editor, object Ia
these people waving the American flag with
one hand while with the other under cover
of its waving, they gather in my sheaves
New York, Feb. 7, 1918. DINER OUT.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
The Polish Army Strikes
From the Ashes of Russia Dead Arises New Nation
With Power in Its Blov

The Russian newspaper "Utro Rossii"
prints an article by B. Markow, prominent
Russian Journalist, which throws most in
teresting light upon the conditions prevail
ing among the Polish troops in the Russian
army. Mr.. Markow describes his visit to the
little town of Bychow, where the 1st Div-
sion of Polish Sharpshooters was stationed
at the time In view of the fact that this
Polish army is now reported to be fighting
against the Bolshcviki, this article is of un-
usual interest Special stress must be laid
upon the fact that it is a Russian who writes
as follows:
"The miserable appearance of the dilapi-
dated little Russian town of Bychow, with
its wooden sidewalks and winding muddy
streets, has its aspect entirely changed by
the presence of the Polish troops The SOL
diers look we'll set up, and continue to salute
their officers, who have maintained perfect
discipline and retained their authority The
soldiers have no committees and no delegates
to represent them.
"But it is not discipline which binds the
officers with the soldiers in these newly
formed Polish troops. That bond is COM
mon one, the common national spirit of the
Poles, that national spirit which to the
shame Of the Russian army has almost dis
appeared, blinded as is the Russian army by
the half-understood principle of 'internation-
alism.'
His Worst Punishment
"The worst punishment for Polish soldier
or officer is to be sent back to the Russian
army, which would shut off every possibility
for that Pole of reentering at any time the
Polish armed forces.
the ranks of the Russian armies not so very
long ago, the, victorious and famous armies
of preceding years. our old comrades, now
say: 'We cannot understand how the Russian
officers can live and under the con-
tinual insults and disobedience of their men.
And really the Russian officer, that despised
and Inundated martyr, can envy the Polish
officers.
"1f only we could set foot upon our own
soil!' say the Poles, they will not tear it
away from US! They will never do it.; the
history and the years of foreign oppression
have taught us how to struggle for our coun-
try Russas doom will be due to the same
faults and mistakes which caused the down.
fall Of the Polish Republic.'
'The Russian Soldiers Council of Mohvlow
sent delegation to the Poles, which resulted
in the following interview:
"'Why you not in touch with us?'
"'In what way?'
"'You are not sending representatives to
our council
"'We were not ordered to do so, and there
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
Why Not Coal by Trucks2
Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: I noticed last Sunday that dozens of
Burns Brothers trucks were bringing coal
from Jersey City to New York via the Jer-
sey Central Ferry at Liberty Street.
If there be sufficient coal at Jersey City
to supply New York's needs, why is not
every available coal wagon and truck of
every coal dealer employed in the same way
with the ferries running day and night with
out cessation?
The North River may be impossible for
coal barges; it certainly is not for ferry
boats JOHN C. LOUD.
Brooklyn, Feb. g. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
loo Much Snow for Wheat

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
DIR: notice the newspaper farm expeI'
are predicting big wheat crop this yes.
because of the heavy snowfall l wonder u
tney ever heard that too much snow smothsis
'ne wheat? This is very likely to be NV
case IN the Northern states this year, as u.
snow has come in successive falls, with
mule rain or thaw in between. After tne's
soiten'ng spells the renewed cold forms
coas OF ice This repeated several nm.,
VIII form coating difficult to get rio ~,
~nen the warm weather comes and the wnse.
oegins to grow, and the result will ps
spoiled crop.
p..,.,.:, o,ALY FIVE YEARS A FAnmA'
Feekskill, N. Y, Jan. 81, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
Premier or Dictator?

England has been at war now for three
years and half. It has needed no war
dictator. Neither has France.
Neither has Germany
Why should we?
Lloyd George sits at the head of a war
board Of five men-men of his own choos-
ing, it is true, but men supposedly repre-
senting the highest available talent Of the
empire This war board, and Mr.. Lloyd
George himself, exist on the approval and
only with the support, of the British
legislature-the House of Commons.
The intervention of the Commons has
been slight, it is true. But only because
the British people and the Commons it.
self believe that the war is being prose-
cuted to the best Of English ability. It
replaced the Asquith government prompt
ly when this belief had failed.
Neither Mr.. Lloyd George nor his war
board would outlast great national dis
aster by so much as forty eight hours.
The government would fall.
We have been at war ten months
Promptly and without hesitation the
President was given tremendous exten-
sion Of the great powers which he already
possessed. He was given control over the
most vital element of our food, and abso-
lutte control over the most vital factor of
our industrial and commercial life, the
supply of coal. The Kaiser himself has
not such powers as the President now
has.
Now, after ten months of war, the ma
ton finds itself in great muddle, and the
President asks for practically unlimited
powers-the powers of the dictator. The
exact language of the bill is:
"The President is empowered to make
such redistribution of functions among
executive agencies as he may deem neces-
sary, including any functions, duties and
powers hitherto by law conferred upon any
executive department, commission, bureau,
agency, Office or officer. . Any moneys
heretofore and hereafter appropriated for
the of any executive department. COM
mission. bureau, agency, Office officer
shall be available for the purposes sor
which it was appointed under the direction
of such other agency may be directed
by the President hereunder to perform and
execute such function"
If Congress could but devise a means
or mechanism by which the President
might delegate some of the power he al
ready has, and could persuade him to
adopt the plan, great problem would be
Immediately solved.
We profoundly wish that the President
could come to see that the vital desire
of the nation does not lie in the direction
Of the extension Of his personal powers,
but in summoning to his aid the ablest
business and administrative talent of the
country.
The danger is that his great and incom-
parable faculties will be overwhelmed by
the progressive multiplication of respon-
sibilities which he seems temperamentally
unable to unload upon Others
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

many men on the fighting line as they had
in 1914. That in itself is sufficient proof
that France has not been "bled white" {"
The Battle Of the Marne was won by
armies numbering only 100000 men.
People still talk Of "the miracle of the
Marne." But there is another and
greater miracle of military valor and en-
durance. 1t is the continuing miracle of
France
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
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New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

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Rogers. President r. A. Suffer- Treasurer Address
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New-York tribune., 1918-02-08
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New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

Theodore Roosevelt, listem! You
must be up and aOel again. We can
not haze 1t otherauise. We could not
rem this aUorld a0ithout you.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

Entered 1t the Postoice at New York Second Class
Mail Matter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-05

House to trade for small farm.
Louis Witt, 1916 Lawrence St. Apple
Ioh' WIS. f19-4w
If all can be believed that one hears
many Wausau homes will be chang
ing owners this spring.
S. NJ. Quaw. who has been confined
to his home for some time.was down
town on Thursday for the first time
Thursday, Feb. 2Sth. was the last
day on which city taxes could be paid
unless an additional two per cent. was
made
There are large quantities of wood
on the various railroads in Wisconsin
which cannot be moved on account of
the shortage of cars.
Ralph Paff of the town of Hewitt.
was operated on at ST. Mary's hos
pital for appendicitis the past week.
He is improving rapidly.
The board of directors of the Fed
Grated Charities met on Tuesday even
ing in the court house. A report was
read by Mrs. E. F. Stockum. secretary.
and conditions discussed. Judge A. II.
Reid presided.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-05
HOME SUNSHINE

Some hints that may be helpful :.
1 had put some scalloped potatoes
on the stove to cook in a at. granite
pan and covered it with one of the
same size, but l shall never do the like
again, for in trying to remove the
cover | burnt my left hand dreadfully.
put on damp soda, -four, scraped
potato, ETC., but it seemed to be still
burning deeper. Then | plunged if
INTO cold water, and of course the pain
stopped at once. We've always been
told this is wrong thing to do. Not
long ago | read there was no harm in
cold water for slight burnt seems
the only thing for children anyway.
Next morning there were large
water bllsters. oh you must open
them. they all said. But why? It
doesn't hurt any more. This may be
a protection while the new skin is
forming, and so it proved. There was
no more pain, a little Faseline was
carefully applied and in few days it
was well. If l ever burn me again /
snail use cold water. first of all.
Inc hot water pipe must have fro
zen and cracked in the night and as
IL thawed out in the morning, all at
once sent up fierce little jet of hot
water like a fountain. Mother was
QUICK to think and act, she tore a
strip from the selvage of a clean dish
towel, first the spot was daubed with
soap, and the cloth bound tight many
times round. This proved a valuable
first aid" q
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-03-05
REPLY TO CRITICISM
OF AMIGO POLICE
Charge of Negligence Made Rv Ann,o
ton Officers Turned ON own
Heads

That Appleton police and NOT tboao
sible for the escape of two ne,, s III.
on train headed this wav yvoS 81
comment of Chief of Police Coh1a,1+o
IA an artlcie appearing in the Apple
ton Post of last night:
STUPIDITY OF the Amigo police force
is probably the reason why two bunco
artlsts VINO attempted to victimize an
Appleton pfan are not in the tolls of
the law today Their failure to obey
instructions allowed the men tn mako
their getaway and it is now doubtfnl
II they Will be apprehended. A few
days ago two men attired as lumber
jacks presented themselves tn hudson
q. Rosebush at the office of tbe pat
ten Paper company with notice
which stated they were emploved in
the paper company's pulp wood camps
and asked Mr.. Rosebush to 40 K"
the time slips so that thew conId
draw their money Mr.. Rosebush was
suspicious, however, and told the mon
to call again and in the meantime
made an investigation which disclosed
that the men had never been empIoyed
in his camps. The bunco artists evil
IDENTIFY knew their game was over and
left the city. The police force was
notlfled and found that the men had
purchased tickets to Amigo and i'm
medlately notified the Amigo police
to watch for the men when they
reached the city. The conductor on
the train was notified of the occur
renee and he recognized the men, but
found that they had purchased tickets
to Wausau instead of Amigo. When
the train reached Amigo the con-
ductor went on the depot pie form in
search of police officer, but none
was in sight and he was unable to
place them under arrest. The men
left the train before they reached
their destination and the trail has
been lost ever since. 1t was reported
that crooks had worked their trick
on the Hatton Lumber company of
New London and secured $135.
Chief Coblentz states that when APP
pleton police telephoned here he adj
vlsd them to communicate with Eland
and Wausau officials as it was proba-
BILE that the men would change cars
at Eland and go on to Wausau. This
the Appleton police failed to do with
the result that the men wanted es-
capped via this route. AS the Apple
ton message came while the alien
registration was in progress, Chief
of Police CoblentZ, who was busy with
this work sent special officer William
Berner to the station to watch for
the alleged bunco artists. They did
not come.-Antigo Journal.