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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
NO MORE CHEAP FOOD.

Clarence Poe. in the American Re-
view of Reviews: The food problem
lis serious now during war times. but
lit must not be forgotten that it was
becoming serious before war began.
Moreover, it will be serious after the
war is over.
1t is highly important, therefore,
for the nation to get a clear under
standing of the agricultural situation.
And the first big fact it should recog-
nize is that the real problem is not
to get cheaper food, but to get enough
food, even at present prices. The era
Iof cheap food is over.
When / say prices of farm products
are to stay high If present prices
are so considered, l do not mean that
the farmer is to be profiteer or
reap unearned profits at the expense
of other classes. By no means. The
prices of farm products must stay
high as compared with former prices
for these products, simply because
the consumer has heretofore paid the
farmer less than a living wage. AS
Alva Agee puts it, our city consumers
have been objects of charity" in that
they have received the benefits of the
unrewarded labor of women and chill
drn on the farms.
OF course, some men have all along
made money at farming. No one de
MES that But when one reads that
this farmer or that has made a profit
of ten cents a pound on cotton, Of
fifty cents a bushel on corn, IL by no
means follows that the man making
the economists last considerable
quantity required to supply the
worlds need" is even breaking even.
To begin with, let the interested
reader ascertain just how much corn
or cotton the farmer with a family of
five finds II physically possible to
produce, and hence what is the total
profit per family under the most fav-
orable of the widely varying condi-
lions. Widely varying conditions. I
say, because while our manufacturers
of any line of goods have rather uni
form machines and expect a rather
uniform product per worker, an in
dustrious farmer may get 100 bushels
of corn per acre from his rich Iowa
soil, only ten bushels from a Vermont
rockridge, and find total failure in a
drought-cursed area in Kansas; just as
o-bale-peracre land in the Missis-
sippi delta may yield SIS per day for
the labor expended in cotton-growing,
while thousands of cotton farmers on
sandy wastes or quilted hillsides
yielding one-fifth of a bale per acre
may not receive returns equal to %
cents a day in wages.
1t is impossible longer to grow food
enough under such conditions as have
prevailed in the past. And instead of
resting under the wholly unfounded
charge that they are profiteers, our
farmers and those familiar with farm
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
WHERE HONOR is DUE.

With the blending into one of the three parts
of the army, all invidious distinctions have been
swept out of sight. Another distinction which
will follow swiftly into oblivion on the heels of
this wise action of the authorities is that be-
tween the volunteers in the earlier days of the
war and those who have come into the nations
service by the selective draft. Perhaps the day
is not far off when in the popular mind the men
and women who were denied the privilege Of
going down into the pit, but who held the rope
for those who we're SO honored, may receive
their due need of praise and be held in equal
honor with their sons and others who could
qualify as their representatives. The move
ment to decorate the mothers of the boys who
are in the service with medals may be open to
criticism as mpulsively sentimental, though it
is certain that this will not come from the men
themselves. The peril of attempting to award
honors before the strife is is well illustrat
ed in what is reported Of Arthur Guy Empey's
commission as captain. The ex-sergeant had
made a speech in the presence of President
Wilson at performance in Washington
theater in which he claimed that the real heroes
of the war are the volunteers who went over In
the first place and not the men who are now
fighting because they were compelled to do So.
Three days later there came the statement that
there had been mistake The old rule that
thew who tarry by the stuff shall share as those
who go down into the battle is and must be a
good one.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

who are chasing them across the plains and
rivers of France were feminized they would
lie awake nights in fear of sometime finding
themselves in front of masculine corps, just
as regiment of Germans, taking the killed
Scotch for women, thanked their stars that no
men from Scotland were their front There
is nothing feminine about our boys except their
hatred of cruelty, their love for children and
respect for women. We may count upon their
being in the first divisions across the Rhine;
but we may counnt.with equal certainty that no
Hunish atrocities will stain them in the eyes
of civilized mankind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
NO EFFEMINATEs OVER THERE

The apprehension Of some excellent people
that the vast preponderance of women school
teachers was having effect to feminine the boys
ef our land seems happily without foundation.
Certainly we have sent no sissyboys to France,
Enough it is probably within the facts to say
that major part of our soldiers have had
much or all of their schooling under school
na'ams. It can even be argued that this has
been of decided advantage in the formation
sf their characters The woman influence
makes for chivalry an against brutality and
soarseness; and as the female teacher is unable
ps,a rule to awe the boy and impress him with
her power, she tries to make reasoning crea-
lure of him willing to do right because it is
tight.
II the Huns had any idea that our soldiers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
ToDAYs BIT OF VERSE
HIGH SUNNI Err.

HIGH SUMMER.
~Pfnks and syringa in the garden close,
And the sweet pr1vet hedge and golden roses.
The pines hot in the sun, the drone Of the bee;
They die In Flanders to keep these for
,s.The long sunny days and the still weather,
THE cuckoo and the blackbird shouting together.
The lambs calling their mothers out on the lea;
They die in Flanders to keep these for me-
saThe doors and windows open: south wind blowing
through the clean, sweet rooms, tp-toe going
Where many sanctities, dear and delightsome be
They die in Flanders keep there for
.Daisies leaping in foam on the green grasses.
dappled sky the stream that sings as 1t passes
These are bought with price bitter fee
They die in Flanders TO keep these for me-
-Katherin lyman
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
Unity of Command.

Lincoln Journal: Now we see In
France what was not seen there ul.
til now, perfect coordination oil
allied forces against the Germans.
The British we're ready with their
smash on the nose of the Amiens
salient at just the proper moment
following the French-American humil-
iation of the Germans in the Marine
salient. SO much for unity of com
mand. AS we understand it, unity OF
command in France is one of Amer
ica's contributions to allied war
policy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
Ration Uncle Sam, Too.

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: The
newspapers of the country are threat
ened with being rationed on paper to
an extent that would cripple their
business and make it impossible for
them to give the usual service to the
public At the same time the gov
eminent has just come out with
152-page booklet on the button indus
try in the United States-just as
though there were paper to burn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

admit that they didn't.
Waterloo Times Tribune: Just
about the time we've got used to
getting along without meat and rather
like 1T. the food administration tells
US we can eat all the meat we want
to. But why go through the pangs
of getting used to going without
again?
Carroll Herald: Charles Evans
Hughes may make report one Of
these days that will bring that man
Borglum back to the front page of
the daily newspapers.
Sac City Bulletin: The swimming
hole is silent this summer and the
baseball diamond has grown up to
grass and dandelions. The boys of
a year ago are all men today and
the haunts of boyhood days are de-
serted. Mothers and fathers are
lonely as only parents can be, but
with all the ache and the longing
there is courage and pride and salts
faction and conservation for the boys
are crusading-over there in France.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

ing conditions desire to present GER
tain fundamental facts to the consid
crate judgment of their fellow citt
zens. These facts have heretofore
been too largely ignored, and national
leaders intent upon reducing the cost
of living to consumers regardless Of
the effect upon producers, may CON
tinue to ignore them for a time. But
in the long run we can evade neither
these facts nor their logical conse
Quences.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
LOYALTY TO OUR STATE.

Delta Press: It seems queer to us
that after nearly two years after their
was defeated at the polls
Tor governor that a state paper would
stoop to near disloyalty to the great
state of Iowa by finding fault to the
spirit of our Governor
in his truly American edict
Of English language only in Iowa"
The following was taken from an ar.
ticle on that subject from the Des
Moines Register:
1t was to be hoped that once the
sensation was over nothing more
would be heard of this Language
order. 1t never should have been
issued unless other states or the
nation at large were ready for II.
Iowa needs such an order less
than other states. There il less
sentiment of disloyalty In Iowa
than any other state. There is
more prompt obedience to every
call of the government in Iowa
than in any other state. Just why
Iowa people born in the friendly
countries of our allies should be
picked upon and put under suspi-
cion and embarrassed in their
daily contact never has been ex
planned and probably never will
be.
Why in the world did Iowa 60 ahead
o. other states on the prohibition?
Why did she not wait until the other
states were ready for It? Why did
Iowa beat all other states with Oregon
4 close second on the third Liberty
oan drive? And, why do we not wait
until we see what other states do be-
fore we 80 over the Top" in any
action? Or should our
motto be Don't let Iowa be first in
any good thing, until we hear what
other states do?" Our motto should
BE: Iowa, First in any good thing that
8 Loyalty to the Government" and
Last in everything that helps the Kais.
er in any way"
Thus, Iowa will be the best and fore
most state in the union.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
DisQusted.

Iroquois. S. D.. Chief: The automo-
bile owner who has to pay war tax
on the original price of car bought
six or seven years ago, and which is
now worth about 80 cents. will feel
like trading the blamed thing off FOR
dog and shooting the dog.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

Of course General Foch receives the credit
for the recent allied successes in the Scissors
Rheims salient, but good many OF us Say at
homes are confident down at the bottom of our
hearts, that the Germans retreated from me
Marine simply because we were sacr1hclng
enough to use but one lump of sugar IN our cot
fee.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

o travellers, who Journey dreaming, follow the voice
which calls the the foliage Of the trees Is
honey, with pure become more
beautiful there travellers, who journey dreaming follow
mont
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

nOur line is invincible, said Won Ludendorff
to the kaiser: and to prove it the field marshal
moves the line back a few miles whenever it is
in danger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Washington Democrat. Nobod

Washington Democrat: Nobody is
asking any more, who is Hoover?
Everybody knows, and an amazingly
good job he has done, too There
were critics and faultfnders when he
first began to apply the brakes on
our eating. but they are shy these
days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

Evidently Field Marshal Foch has his eye on
the Nobel peace price
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

is years of age. They made good
soldiers, too-not one of them will
admit that they didn't.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20
MarshaIltown

Marshalltown Times-Republican ::
Among non-essential occupations
what's the matter with the occupa-
ton of the gangs that are going about
trying to trade wildcats for Liberty
bonds?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

Davenport Democrat: Those who
say that IS is too low an age for the
draft should talk with some of the
civil war veterans. Many of those
who are still alive and who will be
at the Grand Army encampment this
summer entered the service at 10 or
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

Boone New.HRepublican Don't give
second look to the man who asks
you to trade your Liberty bonds for
get rich quick stock. If you have
money that you don't care what be-
comes of, take flier in. these Wild
cat schemes, but at this time you
shouldn't have any money of that
kind
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: After
this war is over there will be found
throughout the country wheer the big
battles are being fought a liberal
sprinkling of American names. This
VIII be among the minor benefits to
mankind which will be counted worth
while.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

Waterloo Courier: The Hun gen.
eral staff is completely disguised
with the course, rough and unethical
manner in which Marshal Foch is
acting. This idea of smashing here
and there; attacking without artil-
lery preparation; jumping on a new
sector before finishing up on another,
is outrageous, not to say cruel and
inhuman. We have no doubt the
kaiser will reiterate his threat to
punish America for this nonsense.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-20

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nc 70 sc per pound.
1870 to 14c per pound
6Ac to SIC per pound.
INC to Sc per pound
Shc to Sc per pound.
Z 40 to 9Ac per pound.
&c to 13hc per pound
lac to 14hc per pound.
1910 to lac per can.
&c to 671c per can.
19hc to zoe per pound.
zoe to 21hc per pound.
13Mc to 16c per pound
18hc to 22c per can.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15
United Press
Summary Of
War Events
PICARDY FRONT-rhe rreater

PICARDY FRONT-The greater
portion of the Picsrdy battle front
apparently has become stabilized and
the fighting consists largely OF artil-
lery duels and local infantry thrusts
typical trench warfare. This con-
dition seems to prevail from the
Somfne southwark to below Las
signy.
Humbert's turning movement
along the Disc valley appears to be
progressing slowly. while on the ex-
treme of the battle front-in the An
ere region-the Germans are evident-
ly preparing for further retirement.
Haig officially announced that
German prisoners in the PicArdy
campaign now total 30,344. apparent
ly exclusive OF the 10000 credited To
Humbert
FLANDERS FRONT-German ar
tillery was active last night east OF
Robecq and in the Scherpenberg sec.
tor. Enemy raids were rcpulsed near
Merville.
CHAMPAGNE FRONT-A Ger
man raid near Marquises. east Of
Rheims. was unsuccessful.
RUSSIA-German sheriff in Wen.
don. Livonia. has been assassinated.
according to n Riga dispatch.
GERMANY-vice Admiral Behnki
has been appointed minister Of ma
rine. succeeding Admiral Won Ca
pelle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15
Gen. Humbert Broke Enemy
in Thrust Beyond Montdidier

with a great burst OF fire. Simul-
taneously infantry and tanks moved
forward. They found few boches and
these were paralyzed by the sudden.
ness and fury OF the attack.
The Germans had no time to pre-
pare for "A retreat with the usual
machine gun emplacements. As a
consequence, Humbert's army reach.
ed its first obJcctives Cuvilly. Res.
sons. Sur. .Matz and Chevincourt--
within an hour. CThis represents an
advance OF "A mile to two miles and n
half
They went on. taking BoulogneI La.
Grasse, Conchy-Le- Pots and Ricque.
bourg IN further advance OF one to
four miles).
Instead OF continuing toward Roye,
they swung eastward on Sunday. nd
vancing four kilometers t2ts rnles)
and gaining strong tactical points
The next day German relnforcements
appeared. retarding the advance, but
Uumbert already had obtained hold
on Little Switzerland with the
strongholds of st. Cloud and Mon.
tigny farny
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15
GEN.MARCH
OUTLINES
NEW DRAFT
Program of Allies Centered
on West Front, He Says, and u. S.
Army of 100000 Will Be Raised

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-An American army of A.
10000 in France, working conjunction with allies
and under will enable ito thru
the German line wherever please Gen. Peyton March,
chief of staff, declares.
Testimony TO this effect given to the senate military
committee made public when Senator Chamberlain
ported the man power bill to the senate at
With the BILL Chamberlain submitted areport ecomnend
With the BILL Chamberlain submitted report RECON-
mending quick action and quoting much testimony gwen
by the military authorities behind closed doors and hthe
unpublished
up to us to win this war and we can win it. March
quoted saying to the committee
How long it will take will depend what do. II
drag along with this bill will be playing Germanys
game"
That heavy nroads will be made in the ranks of young
below the age of 81 is indicated by Marhs testimony
my opinion is unquafedly in favor Of the young men,,
he said replying question by Senator Reed The young
between Is and 20 usually married they
settled down life they have any encumbrances
and they better off physically.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15
by LOWELL MELLETT
Omitted Press Correspondcnp

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN THE FIELD. Aug. ib.--Gcn.
Humbert. whose decisive and dra'
matte appearance In the Montdidicr
battle Saturday recalled his similar
effective part In stopping the Ger.
man break thru in March, today told
the United Press about his armys ef'
forts In the past six days.
To begin with. Humbcrts paruci-
patton was no sudden conception on
the part Of Marshal Foch or the high
command.
While Gen. Rawlinson and Gen.
Dcbeney were opening the new
Picardy campaign, Humbert with
held operations and continued quiet
for two days. But on Friday night
the Germans. realizing the situation
was one likely to tempt an attack
from his quarter. started withdraw
ing guns and material rom before
his front.
They took him into consideration
too late, however. on Saturday
morning Humhert's operation opened
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15

NEW YORK. Aug. i5.--One month
ago today. Germany lost the war on
the field of battle. when the Ameri-
cans broke the center Of Won Hin
denburg's fifth offensive and drove
the kaiser's troops back across the
MaYne, at Jaulgonne.
This initial use OF American man
mower on an extensive scale com
PEELED Won Hindenburg's first retire
ment since he started his bloody
campaign to win the war with de-
cisive victory along the west front
1t was not until three days after
the successful American counter
blow that Marshal Foch ordered a
general attack along the Marine
saiiient.
The interval was used to detcrm.
tne whether Won Hindenburg could
recover from the stunning effect Of
his failure and re-establish his line
south OF the Narne. He tried feebly
TO do 80, but his strategy had been
too seriously interrupted by Per.
shing's men.
AZ soon as this fact was demon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15
DIVER ATTACKS
COAST VESSEL

WASHINGTON. Aug. I5.-rhc
schooner Dorothy Barrett was at.
tackled off Carc May. y. j.. by n sub
marine yesterday. the navy depart
mcnt announced today.
The crew abandoned the vessel
shortly after the U-boat appeared
and began firing. The attack took
place six and half miles off North
east End lighthouse. near Cape May.
n j.
Aviators arriving over the scene
reported they saw n wake and hub.
bics. Depth bombs dropped explod-
ed near the bubbles.
Mine sweepers secured the vicin-
ity. Tho crew OF the Dorothy Bar
rett was landed Mt Cape May. The
vessel was on fire at last reports
the navy received
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15
Chicken! Chicken! Who
Ate Stolen Chickens !?

person Of one Gust Alecks. SO. Greek.
at Fifth and Main. Tuesday morning
at 3 a. m. The police were unable
To determine where Alecks obtained
them.
However. Mrs. Marklund was not
informed OF this. She was tartly
the theft. and that by now the thief
would have had time TO have eaten
the chickens and eggs.
In other words the chickens have
somehow disappeared from jail
flown the coop. Az II were.
The police arei investigating.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15

President Wilson. after a long con
ference with Secretary Of State
Lansing suddenly decided 20 visit his
wiser. Col. y. NJ. House. at Magnolia.
Mass. lie left Las, evening on "A spc-
cial train and is there today.
II was officially stated the prcsi-
dent was off ''for a rest" A; the
tarnc time there have been most sig.
iy dciicate--tntcrnatio problems
breaking out on tho world situation
during the last week. any one of
which might prove poser" for the
United States al this time.
They include.
1. Tho threat of Mexico 10 rrac-
ucliiy double her tax on oil and en-.
forc~ other measures against foreign
oil interests there. despite objections
from Great Britain and the United
states.
2. The distinctly hostile attitude Of
the Boinhevik leaders in Russia To
the aiiiea. their arrest OF allied con-
suls and vigorous hosulues against
the Cxecho-slovak troops in Siberia.
}. Tho increasing gap between Bull
garia and her Tcuton allies and the
growing possibility Of an armlstice
between that nation and her enemies.
Were u not for this chain of cir.
cumstancos. coupled with the extend
cd conferences. the president had
with Lansing before leaving. and the
suddenncss OF the trip. {, might well
be. and possibly Is true. that his visit
TO Col. House Is merely for rest.
With him are Mrs. Wilson and
(Confinucd on page ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15
FOES FAIL IN
RHEIMS RAID

PARIS. Aug. i5.--Artillery fight.
ing between the Avre and the Disc
and the rcpulse of German raid
east of Rheims were reported by the
French war office today.
Between The Avre and the Disc.
there was artillery activity last
night" the communiaue said.
"In the Champagne, n German
raid in the Marauises sector tsix
miles east OF Rheims) was unsuc.
cessful"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-15

When Mrs. Anna Markiund. Of
434s Henderson St. reported at the
central police station Thursday that
six dressed chickens and two dozen
eggs were stolen from her while she
was en- route to the city from Ren.
ton last Saturday. there was "A hasty
consultation OF police officials.
The fact that there are seven
chickens in the Jail ice box--or were.
for heaven alone knows what hap
pens TO chickens stored in the pub
lie safety building was reluctantly
recalled by the officers. These
chickens were captured on the