New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-12

are three things that we ask through
you of the Administration.
Put at once every ounce Of Amer
lean power possible on the Western
front, where it is needed.
There are a lot of German spies
in the United States. Have them
shot.
"ln America and in North Carolina
there arc few traitors. Have them
hanged"
growing other crops besides cotton,
all sorts of cereals and foodstuffs. The
result is that NOW, with cotton prices
soaring, Georgia is making lots Of
money and feeding herself out of for
merly unused lands as we'll The peo-
pie seem full of vigor, and their pros
perlty has given force and energy to
their desire to win the war
Secretary McAdoo based some Of his
argument on this point when he spoke
to the people of Savannah. lie pointed
out how Georgia's misfortunes in the
early stages of the world war grew
directly out of the Kaiscrs interior
ence with ocean commerce, and how
the United States was able in justice
to its own ideals to make but one re-
1917.
Mr.. McAdoo paid his respects with
out hesitation to several groups Of op-
position to the Administration
IF the shipping bill had not been
ffilibustered to death" he said. "lcav-
ing us without shipping when ship
ping turned out 10 be the one great
essential, do not believe we should be
standing here now watching strug-
gle that for the moment is still doubt
The Secretary mentioned no names
when he admonshed his audience not
to "listen to those carping critics who
attack the government under the guise
of patriotism" But there was a gen
eral whispering in the audience which
seemed to express knowledge of the
target at which it was aimed.
W. j. Harahan, president Of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway and chair
man of the government rail organiza-
tion in the Southeast when it was ad-
cscorting the Secretary's car down
from Columbia and will continue
through Florida. Railroad presidents
are Of two kinds: Those who sit in
Wall Street and direct the switching
of bonds and stocks and those who
travel around their railroads. Hara-
han is Of the latter type, a railroad
man in the sense that he sees and
knows how railroads work from per-
the roads can do things under gov
eminent operation that could not have
, been done before, when no road could
afford to give up it's competitive adj
vantages. AS to the future he will
not venture, but he does not hesitate
to say that government operation is
now on trial.
Tour is Unique
This is an unique tour that Mr..
McAdoo is making. Events pile up
on themselves with such speed these
war days that it is easy enough to &C
cept tremendous changes i'll the or
ganization of our lives with the ut
most unconcern and forget quickly all
about them. Despite the fact that
primarily it is Liberty Loan tour,
it happens at the same time to be the
first time in the history Of the United
States that a government official took
a ride over railroads that were at
the same time under his control.
For Mr.. McAdoo is also the Director
General of Railroads. And if the
packed audiences that listen to him
nightly in city auditoriuns along the
way forget that side of his official
character, it is clear enough to the
equally large audiences that gather
on the run to hear him from the OBJ
side stops. There were three Of these
stops while breakfast was being served
this morning, and the man of many
duties remarked that, although he had
I attended affairs where the courses
were served between dances, this was
his first experience of sandwiching
food in between speeches.
e4e hs a III Ss men new are ses. des2 H R n
leigh. N. c., they paraded down be-
side his motor to the station in a
pelting rain. They crowded around at
the stations to shake his hand, but
they sake an equal good care not to
allow their interest to disturb his
| schedules. The official car is travel
ling on regular train time. and though
local enthusiasm here and there may
see to it that the lost time is made
AS a matter of fact, The railroads
OF the country are being run from
this travelling Office. Secretary Nc
Adoo is accompanied by his secretary,
Bryce Claggctt, and two assistant sec
retaries, and by Secret Service man.
Every day sheaves of letters and telc-
grams pass in and out Of the car,
and the head of the railroads works
every night, regardless of the fact
that he may have made half dozen
speeches during the day and faces
another half dozen the next morning.
Tuesday and Wednesday we're spent
in journeying through the Carolinas,
fiat country, with mile on mile Of
hcrdcd pine trees stretching every
where. punctuated by lonely planters
homes set on brick stills to avoid the
miasmas Of the damp and sometimes
swamp land.
Wilmington. N. c., lively modern
city, with vigor that seems to spring
from the salt tang in its atmosphere,
gave the Secretary rousing welcome
in an old-fashioncd opera house, with
two balconies with the names Of
Orpheus and Dionysus inscribed over
the stage boxes.
J The Secretary himself sat on the
stage before the curtain went up,
hanked by q boys drum corps and
banked by prominent citizens Of both
sexes. 1t was a tremendous event
for Wilmington. tremendous because
the President Of these United States
and near relative Of Mr.. McAdoo
spent ten Of the most formative years
Of his life at Wilmington when his
father, the Rev. Joseph Il. Wilson, was
pastor Of the First Presbyterian
Church of Wilmington. But there