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Demobilization.

Demobilization Of the forces held in
homo camps for training is to begin at
once. Within the next fortnight, it
id stated, about 100000 men will be
sent home from the cantonments, and
doubtless others win 60 later, as rapid
ly as conditions permit. By the New
Year probably all Of the men who are
now awaiting orders in the camps will
have been restored to civil life.
The return Of these men will mean
readjustment Of industrial arrange
ments Those who left assured posi-
'tions will 60 back to them, If their
employers keep their promises, and it
is not to be doubted that they win do
50. Those who quit their jobs without
promise Of reappointment after the
service days were over must seek new
work. They should be quickly given
posts enabling them to live as we'll as
before they answered the call to duty.
For many months there has been
a shortage Of help in practically every
line of business and industry. Many
establishments have been run on half
power. Some places vacated by the
men called to the ranks have been fill
ed by women and even by children.
These substitutes must now step aside
to make room for the former workers.
They have done their bit, many Of
them at better pay than they ever en-
joyed before, some of them earning
money for the first time.
Fortunately the demobilization will
not be conducted so speedily as to
disrupt industrial conditions through
out the country violently. This is a
big land and there is work in it for
everybody who can and will labor. The
100000 to be released during the next
fortnight should be easily absorbed,
and the other hundreds of thousands
who will follow should be as speedily
placed. It is now the part of the en-
ployers Of the country to see that
there is no needless waiting for jobs.
The country Will not get down to a
pre-war basis at once Some of tho in
dustries win require a year to be re-
stored to peace conditions, transform
ed from war-material making into the
former lines of production. To the
end that as little time as possible may
be lost in this process the demobiliza-
ton of the industries should be speed
lily pressed, to keep pace, if that can
be done, with the restoration of the
men in khaki and blue to pursuits
of peace.
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Renting the Food Restrictions.


Already some remission of the war
time restrictions upon the food sup
plies is in prospect On the first Of
December it is expected that the food
administration can raise to four
pounds month the individual allot-
ment Of sugar. and by the first Of
January the limitation may be remov-
cd altogether.
, It is in order, with this promise of a
lessening of the restraint, to note the
high patDiotism with which the people
of this country responded to the ap-
peals for food saving and substitution,
There was only the shadow Of law to
compel compliance. Yet the consum-
ers. with SO few exceptions as to be
virtually unanimous, observed the
rules strictly and conscientiously.
It is not too much to say that the
universal recognition by the American
people of the necessity Of individual
saving and conservation was one Of
the principal factors that won the VIC
tory over Germany. For If they had
not complied 30 generally with the
food regulations it would have been
impossible to keep the people Of the
allied countries supplied with the
necessities of life. The war would
have been lost through the failure Of
sustenance of those who were bearing
the heaviest burden Of it.
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POLITICS AT HOME
Chairman Hays and the Victory.

Praise is due. and being accorded in
generous measure, to Chairman Hays
Of the republican national committee.
He is q young man. Of largo ability
for politics. He was chosen for his
place because Of his record as chair
man of the republican state committee
in Indiana. He had found his party
there torn with factionism, and, as a
result, out of power. He had helped
to restore unity, and his party to full
state control.
Faithful and successful over his
local matters, he was called to service
in a larger matter of like character
and difficulty The party in the eoun-
try at large was in the condition it
had been in Lndiana-distressed with
factionism. and out Of power.
Mr. Hays entered upon his new
duties with energy and system A
stranger in the national field. he set
at once about making himself person
ally known in every portion Of it, he
Travelled widely, and met local party
managers He thus informed himself
about the national situation, and gath
cred material for the shaping of a
campaign During the campaign his
deiverances we're well considered He
put the war first. and pledged his
party to it's continued support.
In the national field, Mr. Hays has
repeated the success he achieved in
the Hoosier field. He has brought
warning factions together; and under
his leadership his party has captured
tho new Congress. His state will have
a solid republican delegation In the
House, and, as In the present Con-
gress, two republican senators.
The prestige Of this performance
will be factor two years hence Mr..
Hays viii probably manage his party's
next presidential campaign, and mean
while, in all likelihood, figure con
stantly on how to hold, and add to, the
advantages that have just been &c.
cured.
Eternal politics is the price of sue
cess and system. There should be no
relaxation of effort; and there is not
likely to be any at this time. The
republicans have won; and the very
size and importance of their victory
will act as spur to preparations for
the next contest. The democrats have
lost; and the size and significance Of
their defeat will counsel them to
search for all that contributed to the
disaster, and avoid if possible repeti-
ton of the blunders. In other words,
there will be no adjournment Of
politics by either side for at least two
years, if ever again.
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PEACE!

peaee ut fa.t peace, q r4gAtessa peaee. has esns
To thfs our world embfttefed and befoule4
nv cruel beaa Teutonie gfoveitng dunSs
Eeztatie to dirty god Of otEhts
pfe-eyeA GFfm-Doathea an0 Aeavy5oWeA
rrev vho hsve ssuGht desfn3sn sses de wssA
Crime to the dawn, the great rebfFth 81 uGats
And. vanquisheA. their bloody banneEs fuxaeds
For courteous equity shall rule nankfnA
And desDots with their slaves take heaGlsaS AigAt
Peace: Al, how bright tie dawn and gola ths sans
The Aelda, fair. and siagfng brooks that wind
Alonx the eutzkfsts Of the weeds an1
In ner.y,sparkInEs! And hsw swee1
The biosssming Of Gsy aeweEs Do We Anl1
New brothesAeeA q Ssy anA syapstAy
BxaxAtenlne tAe faces ef the fSienAs ~ Aeet3
The knfttinE ~ sf natiens, apathy
snuReA by Aghttng fer eoansD sa1se-
All these eaear-eyeA. slea.-AaadeA. ~ q. ssse4
Pesee> peaee . sagAtesus peasA h.s s,oN
He.ee1ostA the great befsss eAs sDaD shan DansA
washed ss false prtAe a.A 0svsesss AsiistaD-
AnA seves1 hearts BoaGss sAan - essa.
AnA ~ tAs veEaA nve anAss sansa k~
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Decorating the Farmerettes.

Decorating the Farmerettes.
Friday night at the Wilson Normal
School brassards and insignia were
awarded the members Of the Woman-s
Land Army Of America in recognition
Of their services on the farms during
the past season. When the call came
last spring to the women Of the United
States to volunteer Is afarmerettes"
and spend their summer vacations tax
ing the places Of the men who had
been called into tho military service
Of the nation, the response was crafty
ing, and general to the point Of ena-
bling the establishment by the United
States Department Of Labor Of units
in forty states. Many hundreds Of
farmerettes have worked earnestly and
untiringly at the task Of sowing and
planting in the early spring and sum-
mer season, gathering fruits and veg
etables maturing in the midsummer
season, and the hard and heavy labor
Of harvesting the crops this fan.
At first the farm owners and man
agers were skeptical a to the ability
and endurance Of the girls and women
to do the necessarily heavy work in
the production Of erops, but It was not
long until they learned that each
fsrmeretts had volunteered 70 do .
mans work and that she was deter
mined not to be eutdone By any man
laborer.
In addition 70 their work - aaborers
q the farms they have also worked a
ssstisa hands % the railresd tracks
and - the highvays. and thea after
ssnins b hso ths fields sad roads II
tie nd II ~ 1ay tAsy hays had to
|Gs ~ anl apd4 gFsst je9 IN
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It Had Only to Come Out." !"

b ID related that Admiral Sir Ross
lyn Wemys, named to notify the Ger
man envoys Of the naval conditions Of
the armistice, was met with the pro-
tsst that it was inadmissible that tho
German feet should be given up with
cut having been beaten" Whereupon
Admiral Wemysa, as the dispatch says,
facing the ENJOYS with his monocie, re-
piled: at had only to come out"
< Probably the chief regret Of the
British for the manner in which the
var has ended arises from the failure
Of the British grand feet to have a
chance at the enemy's sea power. The
battle Of Jutland, the most important
naval engagement Of the war, WAS not
y conclusive fight. Il was claimed at
fra - . German victory, but subse-
quens developments proved that it was
4az from that; that it was, in fact, .
sRieus German defeat Il had the
s6ses Of compelling the German deet
- ksep to its base. The kaiser's navy
1svW again emerged in strength,
0ssgA II did some scouting by squad
ysas fsv leagues away from Helgo-
= iDA II tho battle Of Jutland il TO
- lodged BY that result h was . de-
Odd British victory.
:. 6ssnanys navy Wa built avswed1y
IN ~ purpose ef eeuntering Gregt
41fsaisb - psvs. Emperor William
ba0s ID psosTaA d intenaive naval
sssaseass hnsdiatsly apsa ~ d.
Veas100a q - Int R1ifiaA sdrssd
1nag~ AMA 1~a - H0 ma
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Progress and Progressives.

Again the word of standpatter is in
use. Is it not in misuse: Where is
there a "standpatter," properly So
called, today7 Where is there man
who stands now where he stood be-
fore the country entered the warf
Where is there a man who thinks he
can, OF wants to, stand for long whore
he now stands7 Who does not know
that he must, Of necessity, @get move
onn9
At tho close Of the war with Spain
the question of expansion arose over
Spanish possessions which had como
under American control. Everybody
was asking. "Shall we retain them, or
restore themf Shall we expandi"
David B. Culberson Of Texas, q
droIl and witty and very able man,
was at that time q member Of the
House. After listening to a presenta
ton Of the question by an anti-ex-
pansionist, Mr.. Cmberson quietly re-
marked, with an affected ungrammat-
icism, "But we done expanded"
So may it be said now respecting
progress: 1--WE done progressed" The
war has moved us out of many former
positions It is beside the mark to re-
gret the change. Tho fact is here, and
must be dealt with
As we cannot turn baek-no country
ever came out of war in the condi-
ton in which it entered-and as we
cannot stand pat, we must go forward.
But in what directionf And how far
shall We got And by what means
shall We traveli And what may we
promise ourselves after reaching goali
In a very real sense, therefore, every,
body is now a progressive" There is
no room in tho equation for Stand
patter."
But, as Is plain enough and well
enough, divisions will arise over prog
ress. Some will want to 60 in one d.
rection, and some in another. Some
will want to go farther and faster than
others. And some will be moro in
definite than others as to the goal and
the general result
We arc soon to enter upon tho sub
ject in all Of its bearings and ramifica-
tions. Congress will take hold Of it,
and the next presidential election may
turn upon the initial proceedings We
may witness some changes in party
affiliations As one progressive may
differ with another progressive as to
progress, and one party from the ohter
on the general proposition, We may see
democrats becoming republicans, and
republicans democrats, as m 1896,
when an issue. suddenly brought to
great empha&is, strongly affected and
divided both partiea
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Rebuilding.

While we in America are rejoicing
-over the victory over the enemy, amid
comforts little lessened by the de-
. mands Of war, the peoples of France
and Belgium and Serbia and the north
,aern part Of Italy are seeking to re-
adjust their lives out of the wreck
age Hundreds of thousands, even
millions, are returning to places laid
waste by the invaders; to find them
ground to powder Homes have utterly
vanished Whole towns have been
:, swept away, as completely as if struck
by tho most terrible convulsions Of
. nature. Cities have been smashed be-
yond recognition save for few bat
.. .tsred landmarks.
An anecdote is related Of one Of the
Little towns Of France, redeemed from
German occupation before the great
offensive Of last spring, which illus
trates the horror Of this devastation.
Il had been adopted" by two young
American women Of wealth. who were
. working to restore some order out Of
the chaos A visitor noted an aged
man sitting before q temporary shell
ter, occupied with some trivial work,
and was surprised to find him laugh
ing with his wife. Asking why
he was 80 happy, the visitor was told:
"Those good angels, the American wom-
On, have promised to restore our home,
: and We have just been able, We think,
:. to identify the place where our little
house stood before the Germans came"
- Even the places where their homes
were before the wave of ruin swept
upon them cannot be located. We do
not appreciate the intensity with
which these people cling to their homes
During the hostilities thousands of
them persisted in remaining under
fire rather than leave the little farms
and shelters which had been theirs for
: many years, sometimes for gene. atoms.
Some of them had to be removed by
force, to prevent their destruction.
Now they are going back, to re-
build. if they can. We cannot com
prehend the agony Of the task, or the
Joy of it. 1t will take long time to
restore the land 70 it's former state,
: IL ever it can be done. In this work
America can and doubtless will help.
Whether funds for it are exacted of
Ehe enemy, the means must be pro-
rVided for the reconstruction. The ma
terials must be supplied, in quantities
never before required Cor any build
ing work
Some Of the damage done by the
German armies can never be repaired.
Cathedrals that toon centuries to con-
struct may be allowed to stand in adj
their gaunt mcompleteness as me-
MORALS of the four years of terror and
treaehery and barbarity. But the re-
housing Of the people must proceed.
and as speedily as possible. In this
work our people. who rendered mill
tary aid at tho critical time to gain
= victory for the allied cause, will be the
'. chief factor.
Evening star., 1918-11-17

The interest displayed by Secretary
McAdoo in reducing taxes as condi-
etions warrant vindicates the implicit
public confidence reposed in him when
taxes had to be raised.
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Prince MARI sympathy for anybody
whose sentiments were not in accord
with the celebration was abundantly
needed.
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There may be some satisfaction in
sending food to the Germans direct,
with full confidence that they are no
,longer In a position to loot supplies
intended for destitute Belgians-
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Il 10 now possible to announce the
ship on which an American sails with
out fear Of disclosing dangerous infor-
nation to q middle Europe agent.
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Suppressed Emotion.

Suppressed Emotion.
There was q man whom victory stirred
To great enthusiasm;
And yet he never said . vurd,
Nor had Q single spasm.
But deep within that stolid franc
He celebrated just the same
His seethins soul was 6lled
With sights and sounds that
thrilled;
With pinwheels, bombs snd rockets
pretty.
With buttons, banners and confetti.
With horns and squawks and bells IN
changing,
Revolver shots and gas pipes banging.
And when the crowd had homeward
His inner consciousness kept On
salutins. hooting. footing, shooting.
For glorious victory still roofing,
Until this protest. = his lips arose:
"W&A ID this Pesss. Why ~ have
ss0s Rspsssp
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An interesting problem presents t.
self: II q dozen eggs cost So cents in
November how much win one egg cost
in JaAuAryf
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Any U-boat commander who refused
to destroy food cargoes would have
been disciplined to the limit Yet
Germany now issues plea for rations.
Evening star., 1918-11-17

In the event Of restoration Of the
railroads to private ownership, some of
the returning directors viii feel as
much mystifed as Rip Van Winkle.
Evening star., 1918-11-17

New conditions may require states
men who were recognized as experts on
the tariff to take up its study from an
entirely new angle.
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Representative American labor is
clear and emphatic in making it known
that bolshevism has no chance on this
continent.
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Poor Nicholas Romanof did not live
long enough to get his chance at a
safe abdication.
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In spite Of calls Of national distress,
Wilhelm has somehow managed to hold
on to his personal meal ticket.
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working Of mines and the shipment
Of dye woods, thus developing the So
important good will" feeling among
these people who saw trade bank
ruptcy staring them in the face with
In the year.
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Belgium occupies . comparatively
small space on the map, but viii take
q big place in history.
Evening star., 1918-11-17

"Prince1 WiIlie's one ambition now
is to be regarded by civilization as a
sort Of harmless joke.
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Il would be remarkable Il Germany
should achieve genuine democracy
ahead of Russia.
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Holland is now compelled TO meet
somewhat difficult phase Of the hos
pitaity problem
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The middle European junk heap is
now strewn with medals.
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The mania for wantoa destruction
may cause the Hun - 0ed6eo his en-
.GovexnmNR4
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tically monopollZed the neId. There
has been an Industrial revolution in
Brazil and others of the largest coun-
tries. With imports shut off on ac-
count of the lack of shipping, these
people have been forced to feed them
selves and agriculture has been de-
veloped by necessity. The United
States is recognized throughout the
world as better foster-mother of ag-
riculture than Germany. England or
United states is looked to for agricul-
tura1 education and example and for
tractors and other agricultural ma
chinery.
Take the case Of Brazil. Coffee has
been its one big crop. SO big that it
has virtually been the exchange. Rub
money crop, has dwindled since the
development of the plantation rubber
in the East Indies and Brazilian rub
Der got body blow when English
concerns ordered their agents to buy
no more rubber in Brazil. To meet
her foreign debts Brazil has relied
upon her exports of coffee. So cof-
fee represented exchange in BraziPs
International trade. Brazil's produc-
ton of coffee even before the war was
greater than the world could use. OF
the total 1918 crop of 100000
bags about 13,500.000 have come to
market, and 100000 have been ex.
ported, leaving the enormous quantity
of 5,93s.291 bags of the 1917-18 crop
and 10000 bags of the 1861 crop,
a total Of virtual 100000 bags. or q
quantity equal to the years exports.
in storage in Brazil unable to nnd
The fact thus shown that Brazilian
coffee is hopelessly in excess Of the
demand shows how welcome new In
dustries will be, and American in
terests are now fostering the raising
Of cattle, the growing of cotton, the
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to be at this place at this time-and
here we are"'
One Of the most unpatriottc crea-
lures Washington has ever seen ac-
cording to those who witnessed the
event, was discovered last week.
On Monday. too, the very day when
news of the armistice signing arrived!
1t would have been bad enough to
show ones lack of patriotism on any
other day, but to heartlessly pick ou;
that day of all days!
Now there are all sorts Of non-pa-
triots. There Is the man who thinks
sedition, but never speaks 1t; the guy
who for no real reason hates one OF
the allies and never loses a chance to
Iambaste the country: the fellow who
sells the goods he bought at Ger
tain price for the new price hxed by
the war. Then there is-
But why go on? You know them
all.
But you should have been up Mon
day morning. just as the, sun was
peeping over the sky line In the east
All was quiet along Pennsylvania ave-
nue. near the White House. The big
red, white and blue barrel for the col
for the making of gas mask materials
for soldiers stood filled to the brim.
A thick layer of nuts coated the top
of the heap.
To the staccato music Of an auto
mobile entered the villain.
He certainly was an unpatriotic
squirrel!
A certain wise man OF this city per-
sists in carrying an umbrella with
broken handle. The handle has come
loose from the center rod and twtrls
around and around on the rod
why don't you glue that onr asked
one who Is perpetually telling other
people what they ought to do.
The man gave his broken umbrella
a whirl, and replied:
Il don't fix II because 1 flnd IL quite
useful this way. The other day. for
instance, l took II to tho theater with
me. and placed 1t between my seat and
the next
when the show was over. my
neighbor absent mindedly reached for
my umbrella, caught the handle and
marched of. After he had gone few
feet he looked down to see what he
had drawn-and then he threw the
handle away. came along and
picked up my handle. Why should
get it fixed SO somebody can get away
CHARLES E. TRACEwELL
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SHOOTING STARS.
By rH11ANpER JOHNSON.
Checking a Presumption

Checking q Presumption
sThere is a rumor that you may be
asked to assume leadership Of your
struggling country" ventured the
trusted retainer
II have heard such . rumor;s an
swered Wilhelm.
@Wen. you may be . painter and a
poet and a lot Of other things But
there is q limit to human versatility.
With your shabby record for truth and
veracity, don't you ever try to pose
as tho George Washington Of Ger
many"
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Chile's Economic
Future Bright.

=
and character of chile's agricultural
awakening is Of especial interest to
American exporters Of implements.
seeds and farming supplies, because
the conditions are almost Identical
with those on the Pacific coast Of the
United States.
Apart from the intrinsic value OF
agriculture as = fundamental indus
try 1t Is being encouraged by the
Chilean government to protect the
country against serious loss from any
Intimate decline In the importance Of
nitrates, either through exhaustion
Of the deposits or through competi-
tion with atmospheric fxation plants.
on which the United States govern
ment has spent from 500, 100000 to
$125, 900. 900. Careful observers have
agreed that the economic future OF
Chile will be founded upon agrtcul-
ture, copper and iron, and American
capital and business enterprise are
already taking active part In this de-
velopment. Just to illustrate the al
most unbelievable possibilities for
agriculture, II Is estimated that there
are s6,ooo.ooo acres Of tillable land
in Chile of which only 100000
which the largest part Is devoted to
cultivation Of wheat
The South American trade oppoftu-
mites are 30 tremendously big and
cover SO wide q range Of industry and
territory that only snapshots can be
given in these columns.
WILL P. KENNEDY.
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Optimism pervsdes the industrial
world - opportunities 10 quit fighting
and 60 T. work open up.