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The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
A LETTER TO THE
EDITOR.

To the Editor OF The Washington
Herald:
The Saturday Evening Post Of Hay
Z carries an article on the price Of
wheat that Is 50 unfair and unjust 20
the farmer. and creates such an Also
lutely false impression In the minds
Of the consumers that IL will be a
great mistake 10 allow II TO pass
without comment that will reach the
same people the Saturday Evening
Post reaches.
In the first place, there is q libel
on the farmer in the very first para
graph. which In absolutely refuted by
the acreage that has been put in this
spring. However, there Is q state
ment made further down In the article
that In 30 absurd and 90 out Of lire
with the actual facts. that IL renders
the whole article fiat and OF no
weight whatever to anyone who is
informed. This 10 the statement In
question:
Three dollar wheat represents, not
the cost of production plus q reason
able profit. for much Of that srown
in the West left the farmers hands
at 20 cents or less. It did not repre-
sent a true value. for that figure
makes bread the most costly Of all
the standard foods, whereas normally
and properly it is among the cheap
est"
Now, a statement Of this kind made
in a paper OF the standing and ability
Of the Saturday Evening Post is alb
solutely ineXcusable. The writers on
the Saturday Evening Post have ac-
cess to all the statistical matter that
is available to any writer. All that
they need to have done would have
been to have referred to the Agricul-
tural Departments statistics.
The wheat that the article referred
to is that grown in the year 1916. for
that was the crop that sold at S210
bushel before the government arbi-
trarily fixed the price at 500. The
monthly crop report of the Agricul-
tural Department for December, 1911.
on page 121, gives the average yield
OF all wheat for that year at I22
bushels per acre 1t gives the farm
value for December, 1916, $3.50 an
acre. or $l.6O per busheL
The statement that 500 did not
represent a true value does not
square with the facts. Value is what
an article is selling for in the open
market, under the regular laws of
supply and demand, and the day be-
fore the government announced their
500 price for Minnesota wheat. at
North Dakota points was selling for
$500.
H. y. OWEN.
Publisher Farm. Stock and Homo.
Minneapolis. May 3. 1918.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
Mothers of France"
"a scene described by Secretary Bak

NA sSehe oSoSIlOcu ny ocCIcIdIy DdKcr.)
A country road somewhere in France.
A sound of solemn music.
There advance
An army chaplain and village priest,
Arm linked to Last, but not least,
A group of women soberly arrayed.
Between the front and rear of this parade
A file of mos amis, s,"-those Yankee men
Who came 10 succor France.
And then
The quiet, central figure of the day.
Who was he?? Who was this who lay
Upon his comrades muscles as if borne
In honor from some game where he had torn
A glory from defeat?
Well so he had
Though he was but simple, soldier-lad
Whose game was war, whose goal his nearing
grave.
These women of the France he came to save
But when they the funeral file, they came
Dropping their daily tasks, to take the place
OF his own womankind. His mothers face
Shone out from theirs. Almost it seemed that she
Had spirited across the wind-washed sea
And wept through these sad eyes of Picardy.
Great heart of Francel which hath withstood
The blasts of battles and the hates of hell,
Which yet hath grace to spare thy prayers and
flowers
From thy unnumbered dead to one of ours,
Our love is thine!
By heart, by hand, by head
BY whatsoever pledge it may be saidl
By these-thy women motherng our dead!
-EDMUND VANCE COOKE.
Copyright. IoIS.)
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

and In varying degrees. In all three
countries a period Of reconstruction
will Immediately follow the war. In
this country a mass of existing leg
islation will undoubtedly be swept
I aside. Many OF our laws are even
now a dead letter. The Sherman An
Thrust Law and the La Toilette
! Shipping Bill are both in the scrap
heap. So is much OF our railroad
legislation, which has been a night
mare for years. OF what conse-
ouence now is the once dreaded In
terstate Commerce Commission
Where is the tariff, and what are we
going to do with It? What about
our foreign treaties and foreign poll
cies after the war? What about the
I activities OF our Department Of Com
merce and Department of Agricul-
ture and the War Board? How far
will they be maintained or expand
ed? These and many other like prob
lens must shortly be met: for we
are already on the verge of the re-
construction period which means SO
much for the industrial future of the
United States"
He touches upon fertile fields for
thought-though one who attempts
to fathom the future, by his review
| OF the past, feels that there are null
titudes of ways in which he might
easily fall into the pitfalls Of ignor-
ance and come up suddenly against
the fact that there are limits to the
human mind. A partisan newspa-
per. having the differences over the
tariff question at heart in all 1t
says and does. takes the view that
a readjustment will be necessary in
this national policy if we are to
survive the gruelling post-bellum
demands. The American Econo-
mist says:
1.-THE proposed new freedom" and
removal Of trade barriers and estab-
lishment of a world league involves
| a surrender of the American Idea
and the National Spirit. 1t means
that all the other nations in the
league will have a share in the
management of the affairs OF the
United States. 1t means an inter-
national leveling. with the industri-
al and commercial fate of all de-
termined by some central authority.
Such a plan is impracticable and
visionary. If the present struggle
ito make democracy safe" means a
dreamland of international Free
Trade and world harmony, victory
will mean ultimate death for the
United States. How do the Free
Traders reconcile this world part
nership and joint management of
world affairs with the doctrine of
freedom of development for all ma
tions great and small?" The latter
thought presupposes Independent
nations working oat their own sal
walton in their own way. Manifest
ly that is what the United States
must do"
Between these ideas-the one of
definiteness and the other of incom-
prehensibility-the average man can
take his choice and agree to work
out his problem as he comes to it,
but always with the ideals in mind
for which we precipitated ourselves
into this world cataclysm.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
APrize Fisht and the Big Drive.

We once witnessed prize fight between a
recognized pugilistic star and a little unknown
fighter The star was touring the country after
a spectacular battle in which he had retained his
title. On his tour he was meeting all comers.
He was about six feet four inches tall and
weighed more than two hundred pounds. As he
stepped into the ring there was round of ap-
plause that threatened to demolish the temporary
structure that has been erected for the bout.
His adversary came into the ring almost un-
noticed He was short and while he was stoclily
built he was almost fifty pounds under the weight
of his opponent.
The men met in the middle Of the ring and
the bulk of the champion lowered above that of
the little challenger. The champion smiled smile
of tolerance as they shook hands. The little man
smiled too-but his smile was different.
1t looked like brief fight. The tall, heavy
champion started from the gong and rushed at his
little opponent bent crushing him Immediately.
The little one almost fell before the onslaught,
but backed away and coolly blocked the sledge-
hammer blows aimed at him. The big fighter kept
on and on, gradually becoming mad at his failure
to end the affair.
For fourteen rounds the same tactics were
used-the big fighter rushing and the little one
carefully backing away and occasionally landing a
light blow. AS the fight the champion
was plainly becoming winded, while the little
fighter was apparently fresh In the fourteenth
the champion started out with wild rush, using
all his remaining strength in effort to finish
the little fighter.
This time however, the little one did not back
away. Suddenly he Strengthened up-braced HIM
self and swung-a right to the java left over the
heart-and a right uppercut under the chin. 1t was
over The giant out completely.
Perhaps this yarn should be on the sporting
page, but we have placed it on the editorial page
because reminded so much of that big
fighter when we think of Hindenburg.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
What Might Have Been.

The conversation at a social affair turned to
the big results that might be attained were to
put forth his best efforts when the following
anecdotc contributed by Representative Ed
ward w. Saunders, of Virginia.
One afternoon an elderly woman Of a phil
antlropic bent visited pententiary, and paus-
ing before certain cell was told that the inmate
had been imprisoned for stealing a piano.
"Ycs ma'am," the frank admission of the
prisoner. Then he added by the way of extenua-
tion, Il did it in moment of weakness"
an a moment of weaknessp exclaimed the
visitor. Mercy me! l presume that had you been
blessed with your usual strength you would have
walked away with the whole house"-Philadephia
Evening Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
new Y.M.C.A.SERVICE
MEMS HUT DEDICATED
Building Opened for Use of Sol
diers and Sailors.

The formal dedication Of the big
Y. N. e. A. recreation hut for en-
listed men at Eighth street and Penn
sylvania avenue northwest. occurred
last night. its spacious quarters be-
ing filled to overiowing until q late
hour.
Those in the receiving line OF the
reception were: William Knowles
Cooper, General Secretary of the Dis
trict Y. NJ. c. A; Maj. Raymond W.
Pullman. Superintendent Metropoli-
tan Police: Commissioner Louis
Brownlow; NJ. A. Leese, President
Washington Retail Merchant Manu-
facturers' Association; William T
Galliher, President Washington Board
OF Trade; A. Leftwich Sinclair. Presi-
dent Washington Chamber of Com
merce; Mrs. William H. Bailey and
Mrs. William Knowles Cooper.
Mr.. Cooper. representing the asso-
citation. turned the keys Of the estab-
lishment over TO Commissioner Brown
low. who. in his speech of accep-
tance. paid high tribute to the Y. NJ.
c. A. for its faithful devotion to the
cause Of providing comforts for the
enlisted men.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
George Creel.

We have frequently disagreed with George
Creel, OF the Committee on Public Information
but have been mpersonal in our criticism and
we think fair in conclusions
But just at the moment there is before US four
pages Of the Chronicle, a magazine issued once
month at 5o7 Fifth Avenue. New York. $I2 year,
which contains personalities under the heading
The Rise and Fall of George Creel"
There is an introduction by the editor, Richard
Fletcher, who says George Creel is a newspaper
man and magazine writer, distinctly of the second
rank" That is not true.
Then we are told that Mr.. Creel is responsible
for "damning mistakes" "scandalous errors" and
unjustihable messes" to the point that "the inn
patience OF the American people is at the breaking
point"
Mistakes and errors have been made. 1t is not
true that "the patience OF the American people is
1t the breaking point"
Mr.. Fletcher says: "CreePs unnecessary, blum
iering unpatriotic review of his past and present
emotions has enraged the people"
Mr.. CreePs past emotions are not involved in
he issue His present acts are, and just so far as
lis acts emotions are unpatriotic are we con-
:erned. We don't believe Mr. Creel has an
emotion" whatever that is, that is unpatriotic.
= Then comes this from Mr.. Fletcher: "The
Chronicle is honored to publish expressions of
opinion from u S. Senators who were invited to
Express opinion"
There are ninety-six Senators, all of whom
we're asked for their views. Eleven seem to have
'esponded. Senators Sherman and New and Mar
IN are emphatic The others deal in glittering
Senerslties that do not help to conclusion
Senators are said to be aggrieved over a press
igent story written many years ago about the
Senate of that day. Many newspaper men of the
'frst grade" would go to jail if what they had
written about certain group of Senator's OF that
lay were republished and applied to the present
Z Senate As for ourselves we plead the statute of
limitations
II looks to US like verdict by a picked jury.
Certainly 1t is not unbiased one. We hold no
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
No More Air Joy Riding

If you airplane and want to take a
spin in the clouds before breakfast, get license,
this may happen to you:
at shall be the duty of the military naval
forces to treat the (uncensed) aircraft hostile,
to fire upon it otherwise destroy it, notwth-
standing the resultant danger to human life
The purpose is self-evident-but we don't want
the job of sky-cop who must examine the licenses
the many waves of travel. An argument might
be disastrous to both.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
FILES SUIT FOR S3,115
FOLLOWING ACCIDENT

James r. Woodman filed suit i'm
the District Supreme Court ycs.cr-
day claiming S3ll5 damages from
John J. sellers. who is alleged to nave
run into Woodmsn with his auto
while the latter was riding a motor
cycle March L. last. and injured him,
seriously. besides smashing his mo-
torcycle.
The smashup is alleged 70 have oc-
CURED on r street northwest, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth,
while Woodman was riding east on
the south side of the street. Plaintiff
claims that Sellers was to blaFne, and
Is seeking balm in the manner de-.
scribed. Wilton J. Lambert and r.
H Teatman are his attorneys.
Go "over the top" yourseIf-buy an
extra bond
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
They Buy with Good Reason.

In cities ranking high cosmopolitan cities,
Poles to be most numerous among foreigners
buying bonds, with Bohemians next 1t indicates
the strong desire of the little nations for inde-
pendence and individuality.
1t would be fine if out Of this war should come
freedom and independence for the little peoples
who have served mere war loot for the stronger
nations through the years.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
Trenton Asylum Inmates
Foiled in Escape Attempt

Trenton. N. J., May s.--Eleven in
mates of the criminal insane build
ing at the New Jersey State Hos
pital were foiled in an attempt to
escape. A Waterman. noticing a
gathering of the inmates in the cor
ridor near the exit. called attendants
and returned the men to their quar-
ters. One of the inmates is said to
have obtained a key. but little
trouble was experienced in getting
the men back.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
WEEDS ARMY OFFICER.

Boston, Mass, May S.-Miss Regina
Jones. a young woman OF society, who
obtained fame as Mia Devi. dancer.
was married to Lieutenant McIver
Woody, NJ. r. c. DR.. Woody has
been a member Of the Boston City
Hospital stan and a lecturer at Har-
ward Medical School.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
J. P. Morgan Scores Point
Against Baron Astor

New York, May al. P. Morgan
gained a point today in his effort to
prevent Baron William Waldorf As
tor Of England from erecting a busi-
ness building on Madison avenue, near
the Morgan home. The Board of
Estimates reversed the Board of
Standards and Appeals. which had
declined to issue the restraining order
Mr.. Morgan sought
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
5,OOOD.C. TOTS,
WEIGHED FOR ]
HEALTHDRIVE
National Campaign Aimed
at Locating and Treating
Defective Infants. /

There's one thing that Master Bsbg
considers q greater bore than hssinf
his picture taken and that is bsins
weighed. But a. most babies' lives,
consists OF going through either end
performance or the other. he man<
ages to struggle through IL
Since Monday 5000 baking. viggiinl
D. c. babies have tetered around d
the scales and had their weight duly
recorded in the baby year" campsigr
conducted by the children's Burssr
or the Department Of Labor.
Kids Protest.
Also, each has had his little bunny
head measured, his tiny chest tapped
his teeth examined like a doubtfui
horse, been squinted at for knock.
knees or bowleggedness, and there
have been 5000 vocifeross expressions
OF denunciation.
Notices were received by mothers
this morning for appointments at
twelve different weighing and meas
uring centers established at conven-
lent points throughout the city. Every
mother is urged to bring her baby
to one Of these centers. Even the
prize" babies measurements are
wanted. For records are wanted Of
the number Of normal babies, as well
as the sub-normal an dbaove normal
babies.
II it is inconvenient TO bring the
child and the mother has accurate
scales the mother might gather the
statistics herself and send them in To
the committee. However, the commit
tee would rather have the child ex-
amined by the doctor in charge, ana
IL is pointed out a defect that tn
mother may not have noticed might
be detected and remedied.
Want Them All.
All mothers who did not register,
and therefore did not receive notices
TO appear at the district stations, are
urged not to delay registering their
child and filling out a blank that will
be furnished her at the different sta
tione.
Mrs. Whitman Cross Is chairman Of
the local work and Mrs. Louis Brown
low Is chairman Of the legislative
committee. She is trying TO urge
members Of Congress TO correct and
reinsert the $1,000 Child Hygiene
Bureau item. This bureau was pro-
posed as part OF the local health
bureau but the District subcommit-
tee OF the House cut IL out Of the
appropriation bill.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE NAI
By John Kendriek Bangs

WARNINGS.
The errors Of our youth
Direct US to the Truth
For It is well to know
As on our way We go
What errors NOT to make
And every sore mistake
That warns US from the path
That leads to woe and wrath
But makes us all more sage
In later days of age.
Copyright, leis.)
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

HOLLAND will let the Germans ship sand and
gravel through" postcards A. D. B., "but not to
be used for military purposes" What do they
suppose the Germans intend to do, build bath
ing beach?
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

brief for Mr.. creel. but we do protest against
unfair methods Of fighting Facts speak louder
than assertions and we will print the facts when
we get them--from the Chronicle or anywhere
else.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

A pacihst has been elected to office in Berlin
A couple of air raids on Berlin and you wouldn't
be able to find anything except paciists.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

Well, old Bill, the Kaiser, we turned ou
thirty-two ships of 10000 tons in April, any
how, and we've just begun to get a move on.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

The collar trust has sent word to the haber,
dashers that prices are to be raised. From every
side we get it in the neck.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

A pair of leather shoes costs $83 in Budapest
and it costs $40 to have your shoes half-soed If
shoes cost that much, maybe the cobblers peg
the half-soIes onto the bare feet
The Washington herald., 1918-05-04

Match the Presidents fifty.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-31
RED CROSS WORK URGENT
Sick and Starving Cared for At Least
10000 Per Month.

Washington, Oct. 29.-Relief work
on far greater scale than now is
being administered by the American
Red Cross among the civilian popu-
lations Of the Holy Land, is immedi-
ately necessary if thousands of men,
women and children are to be saved,
said a eablegram received at Red
Cross headquarters today from DR.
John II. Finley, Red Cross commits
sioner for Palestine.
One-third of the population of
Lebanon has died of starvation and
disease due to lack of nourishment;
many villages are depopulated and in
ruins, and thousands of persons are
in dire need as the result Of epidem-
les, prohibitive prices of food, and in
ability to get work, DR.. Finley said.
Conditions in many of the hospit-
ais are deplorable because of the
shortage of provisions. More than
10000 sick civilians have been cared
for by the Red Cross in a single
month. There are 10000 Armenian
refugees in and about Damascus and
5000 more in the Hauran district,
the cabiegram stated.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-31
cENTER PoINT CIRcLETs

Isaac saurbaugh was trading in
Mena Monday.
ID. d. Davis made a business trip
to Hatfield Friday.
Luther Cummin made a business
trip to Muse last week.
Dewey Chamblin is slowly recov-
ering from slow fever.
Cleveland Maxwell and family
moved to Mena Monday.
Miss Alice johnson is recovering
from an attack of tonsilitis.
Miss Lulu Chambers Of Mena was
the guest Of Mrs. z l. Earnest Mon
day
Cam Turner has purchased the
Jones Carter farm now occupied by
0des Turner.
Henry Chamblin, who has been
employed at Potter is confined at
home with the 'sflu."
Isom Cornelison made a trip Sat
nrday to his farm recently purchased
In the vicinity of Hatfield.
Curtis Patton and wife spent Sun
day with the latter's mother, Mrs
Lance, near Oliver Chapel.
Lee Harrison and family have ar
rived home from visit with Mrs.
Harrison's relatives at Texarkana.
Mrs. Nancy Cummings and daugh-
ter Minniebelle arrived home last
week from four months visit with
relatives at Hickory and Muse, Ok.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-31
HUNGARIANS DECIDE
UPON INDEPENDENCE,

Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 27.-Count
Michael Carolyi, and the radical So
cialist party after conference at
Budapest, have decided upon sepa-
rate and national autonomy of Hun
gary and have agreed on the follow
ing program:
Abolition Of the present parlia-
mentary system.
"The establishment of guarantees
for free political Hungary.
"The recall of the Hungarian
troops to their homes and termina-
ton of the war without hope of safe
guards for the interests of Hungary
at the conclusion Of peace.
abandonment of the German alli-
anee.
"The dissolution Of the Hungarian
lower house with subsequent cleo
tions by the direct and secret ballot
of both male and female voters.
Suppression of the censorship and
the establishment of the freedom of
speech, the press and public meet
;ngs.
Recognition of the new states of
Ukraine, Poland, Czecho- Slovokia,
the South Slave and German Aus
tria."
Count Karolyi, Count Batthyani
and Baron Urgon had an audience
with Emperor Charles Saturday.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-10-31
Careless Poet.
LOWER BIG FORK.

Cotton picking and making syrup
is the order of the day.
Polk County should be proud of
her loyalty TO her soldier boys.
The "flu" has come and gone here
and SO far no deaths, tho some were
pretty sick.
I. ]. Walker went to Ashdown last
Saturday to visit his son, j. M. Walk
er. ana writes home folks that the
'flu" is terrible there, not enough
well people to wait on the sick. He
says he will get back just as quickly
as he can.
Mrs. Warren Standridge received
a telegram Monday from Hoboken,
N. j., bearing the sad news of the
death Of her son, Ross Lee. He died
at sea. The remains will be brought
home and laid away at Lower Big
Fork cemetery.
The farmers are about done SOW
ing wheat. There is more sown this
fall than for Several years in this
part of the county.
c. II. Campbell and children who
have been in Oklahoma picking cot
ton for some time came home Satur-
day night. They say Polk county is
the best vet.