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New-York tribune., 1918-10-07
The Three
Principal Reasons

I. 1t is a little technical, and perhaps
a little dry. First of all, it has been
hard to get sufficient steel in just the or
der that it was wanted-that is, all matched
up. The steel mills, anxious for big tom
mage, turned out the big stuff and let the
little stuff 60
Z. In an immense new plant like this,
creating one of the greatest industrial en-
terprises in the world out of the blue in
single year, it was inevitable that there
should be defects in the organization at
some points. Training, drilling and keeping
thousand more foremen is alone a
pretty solid job.
3. And the product of an immense force,
large part of it changing, shifting and
new, is inevitably low. 1t is the incessant
drifting of the men that knocks the best
organization and the best laid out plans
endwise. The difficulties at Hog Island
stand out so glaringly because the whole
thing is on such tremendous scale
What could be done? That is a very
hard thing to say. But it has got to be
faced. The big employers. at Hog Island
and hundreds of other plants, have to face
the fact that very high wages alone, fan
tastlc wages, if you like, Will neither get
nor keep a large body of men, Perhaps
Admiral Bowles was right when he said
that the high wages were largely re-
sponsible for these very conditions Thou
sands upon thousands of mechanics and
workmen utilizing the war and war
wages to prosecute seeing America tour.
The problem is to anchor them, and here
l believe the big employers will have got
to the cognizance of things in the makeup
of the human machine and the human
mind that they have never had very seri-
ously to consider before
New-York tribune., 1918-10-07
Until You See II
With Your Eyes

All this is in the face of the fact that,
as l have told above, several men have
shown that it is possible at wages paid at
Hog Island to make as high as $40 for an
cight-hour day
The thing is simply incredible, when you
see with your own eyes the conditions un-
der which the men work. the comforts, con-
veniences, attentions and luxuries that the
men are given. Hog Island as an industrial
plant might almost be called the uplifters'
dream 1t has a series Of restaurants and
cafeterias which supply most excellent and
tempting food at cost, and this cost very
low. l can vouch for its quality, for have
eaten it.
They have an almost perfect system of
hospitals, ambulances, first aid depots in
every part of the yards, an X-ray establish
ment making 150 plates day. keeping
guard over the mems health, not merely
their bones and their skins, but their lungs
and all the rest.
They have perfect system of water dis
tribution and water that is guaranteed pure
tested every four hours. They have every
kind of recreation, an athletic association,
baseball teams, everything you can think
of. They have fine Y. M. C. A., and their
own private clubs and organizations their
own savings banks. There is fire depart
ment that makes every yard of the yard
nearly freproof. A wonderful train service
and trolley service distributes the men all
over Philadelphia and the suburbs within
three-quarters of an hour at the most. The
housing problem has been admirably worked
out and nearly thousand new houses are
just now ready. And SO could 20 on.
So much has been done, and so we'll
DONE that some of the officials of the navy
and the emergency feet corporation have
felt that the men were being "pampered"
too much. But people like to be pamnered
like to have comforts, and as a protest
against even too much Of it they would
scarcely be leaving in droves as thew are.
hey would not, at the slightest bother. or
without any visible bother at ALL lay down
their tools and move on to some other ward.
This is not the reason.
MOE Is 1T "slackerism." There was . very
New-York tribune., 1918-10-07
Hearst:s Trail in Paris
(Frotr The Nelo York World
Copyright. 1915 by The Press Publishing Co.
(The New York World}
u rIC .NVN IUIN w UTIuJ
Special Cable Dispatch to The World)


Especial Cable Dispatch to The Word)
PARIS, Oct. 5-Under the heading
"Agcnts of Defeatism in Pars'' Albert Pu-
jol, writing in the "Tribune de Paris,' says:
"ln all Germanophilc and defcatest affairs
in the United States the name Of Hearst,
director Of numerous American newspapers.
was always to the front. He was notably
concerned in the Bolo and Charles Humbert
scandals and has been since the opening of
inquiries here. Again quite recently he was
referred to in Lieutenant Mornet's report
concerning a new charge of intelligence
with the enemy against Charles Humbert.
"Hearsts sentiments having come to the
notice OF the public, the Review Anti ALLIE
mande asks with a certain amount of rea-
son what France awaits before confirming
the prohibition applied to Hearst in the
United States, first, to close his bureau in
the Rue de la Paix, where his correspond
ents have their offices, and whence thew
send out false news of a nature to impress
European and American public opinion and
impede the efforts of the Entente nations"
PuJol then goes on to say that it is true
there are yet many French persons who will
have to answer for their unfavorable senti-
ments before the bar of justice.
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private homes, must be provided with
sheets at least 81 inches wide and 90
inches long
The California state institutions, anx-
ious to please the legislators on whose
bounty they depend, forthwith ordered
sheets 8 feet long, throwing in for
good measure an extra 10 inches above
the legal requirements. The unfortu-
nate inmates of state institutions en-
dured nightly ENHANCEMENT in their
bedding.
Now the laugh is on California. Its
law became effective with cotton goods
soaring in price to unknown heights.
With raw cotton at 80 cents pound, in
stead of, at 10 cents when Kansas pro-
claimed its prosperity by Haunting huge
bed sheets before envious neighbors,
surplus sheeting is extravaganza. Now
the California State Board of Control
has concluded that 9-foot sheets must
be dispensed with in war time Accord
ingly the board purposes to order all
sheets cut to z feet inches. But that
would be in direct violation Of the state
law, which makes mandatory sheets at
least feet 2 inches long.
California is in a quandary. The
states where bed sheets are a law unto
themselves await the decision. Is it
better to obey the law and waste cotton
or to save cotton and break the law?
New-York tribune., 1918-10-07
A Stickler for Trihes
(From The Oberlin. Ken. Rcro.

(Frons The Oberiin, Ken. Rcrald)
The first war baby was born last week 70
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Wilson and is a girl. In
noting it's arrival last week we said it was
a boy, which its mother objected to, and
asked US to rectify our mistake, as she con-
sidersd 1t important
New-York tribune., 1918-10-07
That Hand!


What makes this powerful German
thing so horrible is that it's soul has been
destroyed. From human understanding
it is utterly cut off. When the world
talks of morality, of right and wrong,
of faith and humanity, of something
higher than the law of self preservation.
it leers and says: Hypocrisy has it's
uses. But let's get through with all
the necessary phrases and talk of what
we mean" 1t does not know what we
are talking about. 1t does not know
fundamentally why we are at war with
what it represents. And it does not
know that it doesn't know. More terri
flying than its crimes is the unfathom-
able fact that it is apparently unaware
of its criminality. Therefore, it cannot
comprehend the horror with which civil
ization regards it's acts. This seems
necessary conclusion, for how otherwise
could you account for the face with
which it insults it's enemies by proposing
first truce and then negotiations?
The new Imperial Chancellor speaks
of a "new" German government and Of
"new" epoch in Germany's internal
history, dating from decree of the
Hohenzollerns. He has the colossal i'm
pudence--or shall we say the abysmal
misundertanding?- say that at the
peace negotiations the new German gov
ernment shall use it's efforts to stipulate
in the treaties for conditions and insti-
tutions in all lands to improve the lot
of the laborers
All of that is German rubbish.
The Kaiser also speaks 1t seems in
credible. He says:
'But / will only extend my hand
for an honorable peace"
The world will not touch that hand.
The German Kaiser has but one peace
God. And as we believe in God so we
believe that he cannot make peace with
Him until he has paid price beyond
the power of mankind to imagine. That
is Gods own business He leaves much
for US to do, in our way, with all the
faith and fortitude we have.
Little as the Germans know of the
moral values which the rest of us will
save or perish in the effort, they seem
to know even less about the tempera-
ment of the American people.
They thought we sold arms and am
n1unition to the Allies for profit only.
They thought we shelved the Lusita-
mia atrocity from motives of cowardice
and greed, commingled.
They thought we we're pacifsts and
profteers entirely.
They thought we went into the war
without meaning to fight.
1uey tHOuSnC we were half German.
And they now apparently think we are
willing to embrace peace because it can
be proved that it would be to our mate
rial advantage to end the war.
They address their overtures to us
pretending to accept in principle the
conditions of peace laid down by Presi
dent Wilson. But they are wrong.
We are not the peace makers. We
are the war makers
It is true that we have laid down
certain abstract conditions Of peace, but
these concern only our allies and our
selves and are not open to Germany for
discussion.
We have laid down one condition of
'var--one only--and that is to use force,
force to the utmost, force without stint
or limit, until we shall have destroyed
forever in this world. the indecent,
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Same Thins

Same Thing
From The Miltoauhee SentimeD
The Kaiser announces that he is "the
protector of small nations" Old man Fagin
once took charge of Oliver Twist
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War Names ii, the Neus

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Sacrifices Of Arizona

Sacrifices Of Arizona
(Frons The Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Arizona forbids barbecues for the dnrs-
tion Of the war. There seem to be no hard
ships which Americans are not willing to
undergo for the sake of victory.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-07

intolerable, criminal thing that now
holds out its dripping hand.
Tell your people that, Prince Maxi
milan of Baden, and if they can under
stand an epoch may begin.
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TEE GOVERNMENT AND THE
RAILROADS.

What will be the policy or the
=. American people toward the railroads.
the telegraph and the teleahone lines
after the war?
Will the military control which is
low exercised over these great pub
lie utilities be continued and grad
. ually translated into state ownership
:, and operation. or will these properties
revert back to their individual OWL
ers?
It IS the belief Of many people that
an effort will be made to bring about
government ownership. A long step
has been taken toward 1t. In the op1n-
/ Ion Of The IntelIgencer the most ser
. Ions objections to state ownership Of
. the railroads Is not political but eco
kroric. The railroads Of this country
! are . developing proprtety. Every
year tor the past fifty years, with very
few exceptions, more money has been
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McPherson's Military Comment
her arIrios and built up other linden
burg lines On Frcrch and Belgian soil.

her arnios and built up other linden
burg lines on Frerch and Belgian soil.
Ludcndorlf's only hope Of staying this
winter In France lies In an armisticr
granted him by the Allied governments.
All his positions arc crumbling. The
British break-through between St Quen-
tin and Canhrai has imperilled his whole
front north to Doua. The British ad-
yanccd yesterday cast through the Le
Catclet gap as far rs Montbreh8in. They
also turned At right angles north. cap
turing acknowledgements. and then
five miles southeast Of Cambria. and
only four miles from the high road be-
tween Cambria and Le Cnteau. Rawlin-
son is thus in the rear OF Cambria,
which is also envelopcd from the south
west. west and north. Tho Germans
have already set fro tc Douai and gem
.eral retirement in the north to Falen-
cicnnes and the line OF the Schcldt river
seems imminent
Below St. Quentin Ludendorff's situn-
ton is still more difficult. Up to Satur-
day nc had been holding the positions
cast and northeast Of Rheims, which had
remained in German hands ever since
1914. These positions were in little
salient. juttinE off to the southeast from
the genera ! Laon-Aisnc valley salient.
General Bcrthclot's advance northwest
Of Rheims and General Gouraud's recent
advance west or the Suippc river. had
made TINS Shllent ripe lot plhcHiH6' ~
was pnched Saturday and yesterday.
The Germans hurried at brcakneck
speed out OF the pocket abandoning Fort
Brimont and all the other heights from
which. ut their leisure. they had shot
Rheims 10 pieces. Their retirement was
so prccipitatc that by yesterday after
noon the French lines cast Of Rheims
had been advanced north about eight
miles.
The Franco-Amcrfcan forces in this
1,,i, I'D
and Junirillc. The latter town Is only
about six miles south OF Rethel. And
before Pethcl is reached what is left OF
tho -Rehims salient Will
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put into our railroads than has been
taken out Of them. The building OF
new lines, extensions OF old ones and
the rebuilding and improvement OF
lons.estabished pieces Of road take
annually many hundreds f millions
Of dollars. Work of this kind L. es-
sentially individualist1c. 1t requires
the vision and courage Of men who
see opportunities. and are bold enough
to risk fortunes, to undertake Bug
things, and to do them quickly. HOW
long would it have taken some bureau
Graf. holding q soft job at Washing
ton, to have conceived, planned and
carried through the gigantic Pennsyl'
yania railroad improvement in New
York city? Yet Alexander J. Cassatt
built the tunnels under the Hudson
and the mammoth station in less than
four years time and found the money
to do so without raising freight rates
or cutting of passenger trains,
E. II. Hartman found the Union
Pacific railroad two wobbly streaks of
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nv wr.11Am T. McpHERsoN.

Chancellor Won HertelinG SAID just
thirteen days ago: The iron wall OF the
that issue he quickly tobogsancd out OF
Office. The Iron wall to which Won
Hcrtling rcferrcd-the irreducible Hin.
lcnburg line-has been battered beyond
recognition. 1t has been broken on every
sector between DIxmude and St Nlhiel.
Ludendorff has been struggling dcs-
3erately to close the brooches III It and
la stavr Off a dangerous and costly re-
treat out Of northern France and away
from the Belgian sencoast. He has
failed. and his failure is patent. SO the
Kaiser has summoned new Chancellor,
Prince Max. OF Baden, and thrown on his
shoulders the burden Of stopping by
q plomncy the smashing. grinding Allied
Offensive which Ludendorf hns not been
able to stop BY arms. German del eat on
The battlefield could not be moro clearly
confessed than by this hasty and thentri-
c,ll shift from the military defensive to a
{ plomatic offensive.
1t Is Il characteristic move on the part
Of Perrin. Nothing could suit Germany
better ut this moment than to obtain a
temporary respite on the Western Front.
IN arMistice. bought by plausible Offer
tn discuss what the Kaiser calls honor
able" peace tcrnls. might spare Luden-
dortt the loss Of 100000 additional prls-
oncrs and $500 to 1000 additional guns.
II might save the cracking morale OF IN
German armies. 1t would lenv" Ger
for peace on the basis Of thu wRr map.
II would thus enable her TO make what
She would consider vast concessions ut
the peace table. and yet retain part Of
llcr profits from the war.
Stin in possession Of Belgium. OF u
rart Of northern Franco. Of n part of
northern Italy. Of northern Serbia, Rou-
rania and all the provinces torn from
Russia. she would have superfluity OF
collateral to trade OH for the return of
her lost colonies. And If the conditions
offered Ivy the Allies didn't suit her she
could renew the war after she had rested
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1NTEL11aEHcEH
the GREEK IN AMERICA
Record by Industrious Immigrants Gives Significance
Commission Now Going to Our Little Ally.
BY H. P. FAIIRCHILD
Professor Sociology Anhropology in Yale University

1 only In the more remote and inaccessl-
! bic portions oil the Greek territory are
| the purr strains TO b FOUND to-day.
The marvellous thing about 1t all Is
| that the Greeks have been able to main
tain so much of national life and feel
| ing The accomplishments of the mod
I, crr nation are remarkable. In view Of
J the history of persecution and suoJec-
/ ton which they have endured. Tho Tis-
| itor to modern Athens. with It's fine
/ streets, excellent hotels. magnificent
; monuments and all the other evidences
! Of enterprise. is impressed with tire re-
| cupcrative powers Of this people.
The explanation is found. partially Of
| least in the bonds Of unity furnished
! by the national church and the national
, language. These two concrete evidences
| Of unity have robahly done more than
| everything else together 10 cement the
| various Crock groups and to foster a
sense Of national solidarity.
: Like all the other representatives OF
! the new" immigration, the Greeks are
! attracted to the United States primar-
(: lily by the economic opportunities here.
. Like the others. also. the percentage Of
! males among the immigrants Is very
, high, running close to 100 per cent, most
! of them being in the middle nEc groups.
! Also there is Il high percentage of tcm-
, porary immigrants or birds Of pas
! sage" VI
AS regards occupations In this coun-
; try. the Greeks arc unique. They have
! selected us their peculiar field certain
! OF the subsidiary trades, catering TO
! the rcfincr"nts or cnj"ymcnts OF life,
such as boothlacking. confectionery.
fruit and flower selling. and To u lesser
extent the restaurant business. When
foreign hnStiliticS checked the increase
Of their numbers here they were in q
fair way to establish a monopoly OF
some Of these enterprises.
l"A- The first interruption to immigration
froiL Greece was occaSinncd by the Bal
kan wars, Not only did those in Greece
cease 10 depart. but very large numbers
Of those in this country returned to take
up arms. For Greece is a highly demo-
cratic country. and its people arc pas
Sionatcly patriotic. ready and eager (un-
+ like 4 certain other race) to foreGo the
blessings Of life in this country. and
| shed their blood for their home land.
I Now the world war has definitely put 4
stop to all immigration.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
most intimate and friendly relations
| may he built up between this people
and ourselves. for We have much To- gain
from Greece rs we'll as much to give
] TO her
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rust extending from Omaha some
where into the West. Fifteen years
later he left the Union Pacific thor
oughly rebuilt, with splendid roadbed
ard equipment, with thousands Of
miles OF new lines added, and with
connections reaching into every i'm
portant freight territory west Of the
Mississippi river. With it all, he low
cred freight and passenger rates. I'M
proved service, enriched growing COM
muniues, and paid handsome divi-
dends to his stockholders.
How long would genius like Har-
riman be content to hold a govern
ment Job, surrounded and dictated to
by fussy old barnacles held in their
places by civil service and hemmed in
by red taper
This is a great but stfn young and
undeveloped country. We need many
thousands of miles of new railroad.
We need great improvements and ex-
tensions to existing lines. With ade-
quate railroad development the agrl-
cultural and Industrial wealth Of the
country will double every few years,
Without the railroads we will stand
stin. The problems Of railroad con-
struction and rebuilding will require
all the inspiration, courage and stimu-
lation that the best men in America
can give to them, and they will not
get those qualities or that kind Of SER
vice from any force Of government
bUeaucrats.