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The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
ships and Food stin Needed.

raw materials upon which the
government had kept its hand for
lear there should not be enough for
the Industries that supplied the
armies have been released and nut
INTO the general market again.
Great industrial plants whose whole
output and machinery had been ta-
ken over for the uses of the gov
&nment have been set free to re-
turn to the uses to which they were
put before the war. 1t has not been
possible to remove so readily or so
quickly the control of foodstuffs and
or shipping, because The world has
still to be fed from our granaries
and the ships are still needed to
send supplies to our men overseas
and to bring the men back as fast
as the disturbed conditions on the
other side of the water permit; but
even these restraints are being re-
Taxed as much as possible and more
and more as the weeks go by.
Never before have there been
agencies in existence in this coun-
try which knew so much of the
fields of supply, of labor and of in
dustry as the War Industries Board,
the War Trade Board, the Labor De-
partment. the Food Administration,
and the Fuel Administration have
known since their labors became
thoroughly systematized: and they
have not been isolated agencies !:
they have been directed by men who
represented the permanent depart
mcnts of the government and so have
been the centers of unified and CO.
operative action. It has been the
policy of the executive. therefore,
since the armistice was assured
(Which is in effect a complete sub
mission of the enemy to put the
knowledge of these bodies at the
disposal of the business men of the
country and to offer their intel
ligent mediation at every point and
in every matter where it was de-
sired. 1t is surprising how fast the
process of return to a peace footing
has moved in the three weeks since
the fighting stopped. 1t promises
to outrun any inquiry that may be
instituted and any aid that may be
offered. 1t will not be easy to direct
IL any better than it will direct
itself. The American business man
is OF quick initiative.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03

on the sea, IN every ldDor tHde was
needed to sustain the battle iines,
men have We'd with each other to do
their part and do 1t well. They can
look any man-at-arms in the race,
and say, We also strove to win and
gave the best that was In us 10
make our fleets and armies sure OF
their triumph.
The Part Women Played.
And what shall we say of the wom-
en-of their instant intelligence.
quickening every task that they touch
ed their capacity for organization and
cooperation, which gave their action
discipline and enhanced the effective
ness OF everything thSy attempted
their aptitude at tasiyto which they
had never before set <heir hands; their
utter self-sacrifice alike in what they
did and in what they gave? Their
contribution to the great result is be-
yond appraisal. They have added a
new luster to the annals of American
womanhood
The least tribute we can pay them
is to make them the equals of men
in political rights as they have proved
themselves their equals in every Held
of practical work they have entered
whether for themselves or for then
country. These great days of COM
pleted achievement would be sadly
marred were we to omit that act OF
justice. Besides the immense prac-
tical services they have rendered, the
women of the country have been. the
moving spirits in the systematic
economies by which our people have
voluntarily assisted to supply the suf:
fering peoples of the world and the
armies upon every front with food
and everything else that we had that
might serve the common cause. The
details of such a story can never be
fully written, but we carry them nj
our hearts and thank God that we
can say that we are the kinsmen OF
such.
Triumph is Complete.
And now we are sure of the great
triumph for which every sacrifice
was made. 1t has come. come in its
completeness. and with the pride and
inspiration Of thes days of achieve
ment quick within US we turn to the
tasks of peace again-a epace secure
against the violence of irresponsible
anu GU
teries and made ready for a new Or
der. for new foundations of justice and
fair dealing.
We are about to give order and or
ganization to this peace not only for
ourselves, but for the other peoples
of the world as well. so far as they
will suffer US to serve them. It is in
ternational justice that we seek, not
domestic safety merely. Our thoughts
have dwelt of late upon Europe. upon
Asia, upon the near and the far East.
very little upon the acts of peace and
accommodation that wait to be per-
formed at our own doors.
While we are adjusting our rela-
tions with the rest of the world is il
not of capital Importance that we
should clear away all grounds of mis-
understanding with our immediate
neiGhbors and give proof of friend
ship we really feel? 1 hope that the
members of the Senate will permit me
to speak once more of the unratified
treaty of friendship and adjustment
with the republic of Colombia. very
earnestly urge upon them an early
and favorable action upon that vital
matter. 1 believe that they will feel
The Washington herald., 1918-12-03
Jobs Open and Waiting.

"ops opsh "
The ordinary and normal processes
of private initiative will not, how
ever, provide immediate employ
ment for all of the men of our re-
turning armies. Those who are of
trained capacity, those who are
skilled workmen, those who have
acquired familiarity with establish
ed businesses, those who are ready
and willing to go to the farms, all
those whose aptitudes are known
or will be sought out by employers,
will find no difficulty. it is safe to
say, in finding place and employ
ment. But there will be others
who will be at loss where to gain
a livelihood unless pains are taken
to guide them and put them in the
way of work. There will be a
should not be left wholly to shift
for itself. 1t seems to me impor-
tant, therefore. that the development
of public works of every sort should
be promptly resumed, in order that
opportunities should be created for
unskilled labor in particular, and
that plans should be made for such
developments of our unused lands
and our natural resources as we
have hitherto lacked stimulation to
undertake.
1 particularly direct your atten-
ton to the very practical plans
which the Secretary of the Interior
has developed in his annual report,
and before your committees, for the
reclamation of arid, swamp and cut
over lands which might, if the
States were willing and able to CO.
operate, redeem some 800, 600, 900
acresy of land for cultivation. There
are said to be 100000 or 20,000,-
900 acres of land in the West, at
present arid. for whose-reclama-
tion water is available, if proper
| ly conserved. There are about $780,
100000 acres from which the forests
have been cut, but which have new
err yet been cleared for the plow
| and which lie waste and desolate.
{ These lie scattered all over the
| Union. And there are nearly $4,000,
/ 900 acres of land that lie under
swamps >er subject to periodical
overflow or too wet for anything
but grazing, which it is perfectly
feasible to drain and protect and
! redeem.
May Reclaim Arid Lands.
The Congress can at once dire0t
thousands of the returning soldiers to
the reclamation of the arid lands
which it has already undertaken, If
it will but enlarga the plans and the
appropriations which it has entrusted
to the Department of the Interior. II
is possible in dealing with our unused
land to effect a great rural and agri-
cultural development which will afford
the best sort of opportunity to men
who want to help themselves: and the
Secretary of the Interior has thought
the possible methods out in a way
which is worthy of your most friendly
attention.
I have spoken of the control which
must yet for while. perhaps for a
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-31
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New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
WE ANT GOT NO BOOKS '

We aint got no books; cant you send us some?' This appeal from q private soldier in a regular regiment stationed at a lonely point brought home to the public librarian in a big city the need of reading matter among soldiers and sailors on active duty.
 This appeal is being answered by the American Library association Having perfected its organization, it is now calling on the people of the country to supply the books.
 That the country will respond is certain. But good books must be given. The men are studying, as we'll as read- ing for recreation The American Library association Is buying technical text books in large quantity with the funds at it's disposal. The lighter books and Literature must come from private booksheives.
 The book drive is on. We can all help. A word to the librarian at the New Britain Institute and the books we take from our shelves will go forth to the men in the camps. on battle ships, or in the trenches, to bring them joy and instruction
New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
\ Little Red Gross Helper.

l m aWfullH busy working for
 The soldier-men In France: I mean to- make them lots of thin5e If once I get chance, I've made already one face cloth, And knitted 1t myself: But Daddy used it by mistake- :, Twas lying on the shelf. Aui I sta rted on a sweater 'tI would have got it done, But EtYe May showed me her scarf, And thcp i started one. It's brown, and very warm and nice; I'm proud as l can be; My auntie came to see us,
 And she finished. it for me. I've started WristlstS and cap, Some woolen stockings, too; I think it's very intresting
 To start off things, don't you --MAJDE McGEHEE HAWKINS
 In St. Nicholas Magazine.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
HATS OFT, MEN.

Happily, there is now a dearth of Spse mean, unfounded, sneering 8ries told about the American Red < oss. The German propaganda that < lee got in its work in this way has Zen combatted and confronted with @tual truths too mighty to be Nwned.
 E&A1most every man wearing the |Raki of Uncle Sam, in cantonment M a regular army post, knows what Me American Red Cross means in his
 Ne Every mothers son who is &ross the seas with the American Force now knows why
 @e patient fingers, of millions of
 bmen in this country have been Msily engaged in needlecraft. For Hose men are enoyng the fruits of \ sese labors. They have been given 8e kits containing the khaki goods
 S lat mean so much to men in times war.
 la She for each of the boys in the army. @le for each man in the navy. If Mere are those who have not as Nt gotten the goods moulded into Mrviceable garments the reason is Mcause the women folk are slightly Mhind in their schedule; but the boys 8 II all get the articles sooner or later. @ter the helmet comes a, warm, # #mfortable sleeveless sweater,-- &uble knit. And the stitches are so @enly woven machine. could not @ve done better. Then, there is a Muffler.--a fine, long, heavy woolen Blanket affair that must contain #ywhere from ten million to twenty Billion stitches and which must have #ken at least two weeks time for it's # mpletion. Held in 8 perpendicular #ane 1t is anywhere from five to six Met long,-a length sufficient to make # bodily covering for the average American fighting man. And that is all; there are wristlets and a few Rirs of socks thrown in for good "a easure. Over and above all these E pods actually knitted by the women M the Red Cross, there is d wonder
 l kit bag containing needles and @ read and scissors and toilet articles Ed. oh, ever so many things a mar @ the trenches or the training camr # tight need.
 M That in gist, is a very poor out
 @ne of the work the' Red Cross i' #oing in only one direction. These &aings are the ostensible articles need
New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
THE BUTCHER MENACE.
An Example Which Contrasts the Selling of Young Lambs and the
 Keeping of Them For Profit
Boston Herald)

Along in early summer the coun- try butcher, having in mind the good profit that he can make by sending a few lambs to the city commisslon n merchant, drives into the yard of the farmer who has few sheep, and of fers $o or maybe s6 or $S, for the lambs. If they are early lambs they
 ought to dress 25 pounds by the Fourth.
 To the farmer 1t looks like easy
 money, and he needs cash. He may
 have q haunting feeling that he is
 short-sig11ted in selling them, but he
 figures that he is making a, good
 profit; if he hesitates, the butcher
 talks of the dog danger or of other
 dangers, and the farmer yields. He
 takes the money and the butch CT
 takes the lambs.
 To see what has happened, let HIS
 consider the case of a farmer wh o did not yield--ft real case. not the
 oretical one. That farmer refused last July an offer of $S each for 30 fine lambs. Last month he sold those lambs for sic each. It had cost s3 each to keep them from July to Feb ruary. But he did far more than to make 9 s5 profit on each lamb. ie added 50 HeGCeS or WOOL to the world S supply and many hundreds of pounds of meat
 During the coming summer more than 100, 900 lambs will face this butcher menace in New England There are about 250,000 sheep now 1 in New England and the number of lambs this spring will be not far from 1 200, ,00O. Half of that number will ! be eve lambs and the farmers will l be disposed, under present conditions l to rear them. But the 100000 male lambs will be in demand in the sum- 1 mcr at tempting prices. If their OWL | CTS will have the foresight and the patriotism displayed by the owner of ] the 30 lambs mentioned above, those male lambs will not be sold until the ! spring of 1919. By keeping them l those extra months, a million pounds of meat and 100, 1000 pounds of wool will be added to our suppheS-'-and 1 the lambs sold at 8 larger profit to 1 the farmer will still sell and Joe eaten as lamb and not as mutton.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Brightwork
7ITZuUGH GREEN, U. S. N.

sweep and scrub paintwork, canvas decks, masts and other parts Tho period from SIS to 8:45 is merely A final touch. ...@'a
 In the engine and dynamo rooms there is d good deal of metal sur face to be shined. But this is con- sidered in the class with scrubbing on deck. However, outdoor ma chinery, such as winches, cranes apdS capstans have small unpainted parts which are polished at brishtworks time
 Bunker plates in the deck arc ofr brass and must be rubbed bright. So are the rims of Headlights" the small glass windows in a ships deck, each about a foot in diameter,
 Then there are nuts and bolts ogs hatches. One divisions clea ming line
 Gmasinary) cuts the center of B. hatch and bisects a bolt. The men used to shine their half of the nut on this particular bolt. Then they found that the other division turned the nut around at captains inspec- ton there was pretty nearly a riot. There's the boyishness of them: A
 twelve million dollar battleship, N : thousand men-and two whole divi~- sions of a hundred men each scrap- ping about who hou1d shine q, three~ quarter inch bolt and nut!
 Wood can also be brightwood. In fact this term has come to signify
 any surface unpainted. For instance i the Gunwales (edges or rails) of 1 boats are no longer vanished. They 1 are scrubbed, bleached in the sun, : and sand papered until softly white i and smooth. The rails and struts or 1 a hatch (steel door) or of steam ] launch's canopy frame are covered with canvas in narrow strips braid ! cd over them. They are called 1 brightwork because the canvas is scrubbed every day rather than.
 painted.
 Working parts of a gun are pol isl1ed, but the barrel is painted dull,
 gray. A concession 10 shininess is
 made by using gray enamel or by
 oiIing the painted surface.
 It's not hard work though; and
 there is something in 1t that appeals
 to the men. A few bright spots
 change the whole ships appearance.
 It is like the single pearl in the dark ! tie Of a well-dressed mans apparel 1 -one masterly touch of brightness i In good taste without being gaudy. , Jack might not entirely agree. But
 his esthetic taste Is less stunted than
 he tries to pretend. ..
New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
f 'S&'
 AII TfNEzD.

It. j al ovcr~now. No longer shall E hear the murmurs of discontented and witness tho f1re~
 ting Of rabid United States Sen-
 DTS, sore at the Administration. he CIiamberIains and the EIitch-
 cks and the rest of the recalcitrant ement seekers aftor the giaring
 am of thes llmelight, will now rest
 sy. For the wiseacres of the War epartm ant have smoothed over all |e ruffled feelings of the members of bngress. Where once all was not Se- he along the Potomac, now all will be lace and harmony. The Senators and bpresentatives are to be taken into le confidence of the Generals and Ne officials engaged in the actual se eparations of war work. Once 8 kek. on Saturdays, there will be a Seeting of the War Council and the nate and House Committees on 8litary Affairs. Then shall they all over the plans formulated for hneral Pcrshing on the western Ebnt, the War Council advancing Se programme and the Senators and representatives putting thereon their Shmps of approval. It is so simple $ d easy, the wonder is someone did Ri think of 1t all before.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-16

kipling might write 8, stirring para
 graph about polishing brass on g. bat
 tleship. o. Henry could at least drag
 ak laugh out of the subject. Any
 sailorman could drag a laugh out of
 a hitching post just trying to describe
 brightWork and what 1t means to his
 brine-soaked soul
 In the first place a man of-war is
 only an oVergrown yacht. She be- long to the biggest yacht club in the country the U. $. Navy, All owners like their boats to look we'll. 1 Hired masters see this and get a stand-in by acting accordingly. A certain foreign admiral is known to have risen over the heads of oth- CTS by the faultless grooming of the ship he comm anded That her daZ- zling brilliance of deck and rail was
 made possible by the lavish use of
 his private fortune wasn't mentioned
 outside of the service clubs.
 The American Battle Fleet used to be white., On the cruise around the world in 1909 foreigners mar veled at our cleanliness. The ships were like great floating advertise- ments for some washing compounds. '"Chey even smell clean. exclalm ed an Australian. Tidiness is all right; and so is healthful well-airedness. But War 1 fare against filth can be carried too ! far. After the Spanish-Amercan l War the eternal irritation of paint l ing and scrubbing and polishing 2 ! coupled with iron bound rules to 1 preserve the virgin purity of what ] had been painted, scrubbed, and pol l ished, nearly drove men to distrac-
 ton. This one thing was said to ] have been responsible for more than
 "a per cent. of assertions at that l time.
 Finally war paint was adopted in l place of white. Rails and upper l works were also gray. Even guns once so beautifully polished, now ! faded into the misty background of
 the sea horizon. Battle lanterns and l search lights were black. Gangways l were dull shellacked. Every effort l was made to assure cleanliness, but l without being tinicky or foppish. All 1 surfaces were made dull that could ! be. Today "Brig1twork Call" on the ! bugle at Sis a. m. means more a ! half an hour Of overhauling than of l actual shining.
 1 The whole ship Is divided into 1 cleaning stations. During the morn
 ing watch from 5:30 to 7:30 the men
New Britain herald., 1918-03-16
T0DAY'S TABLOID TALE
By Joe Blast.
The knittSt..

The knitter. esA
 Clem entine Woodbine had never knitted before, so, to start, she thought she had bet ter begin with something smal! say necktie. ..
 So she knitted a necktie
 By the time. she got to the last stitches she was so fasci- mated with knitting that. she couldn't stop, even for an in stant
 So she enlarged the necktie into 2. muffler to gladden. the heart and warm the neck Of some unknown. soldier boy. Rv this time she was past n,is- tress of purHng, underpinnins and the short jab with the lett, and she refused to stop knitting even to prepare the meals. The neighbors, out of pity, fed the children.
 When the mufIe1' was finished she enlarged it into a sweater. Meanwhile the price of wool rose higher and higher. and her, husband. when she inform ed him that she was going to enlarge the sweater into a. blanket, had a serious heart attack from which. he never fully recovered.
 The blanket finished, she conceived the idea Of enlarsine 1t into a stage curtain for one of the camp theaters. Her husband had now: gone bank rupt, buying wool, and the chill dren were all in a home for destitutes. In order to get wool and still more wool for the theater curtain, Clementine began to pawn all the house. hold furnishings.
 Finally, with the house stripped bare and only twenty square feet of the curtain f1n- ished, (t1e doctor having warned against the dagger of removing her in her supereS- cited stato) they simply built an asylum right around her. Although we publish this story as a piece of excellent fiction, Ue feel it our duty to point out our belief that it was inspired by German propa- ganda-Ed.)
 Copyright 1918 by George
 Matthew Adanls).