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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15

be lured by a false and dangerous
leadership. To muddy the waters
about themselves and to hide the
fact OF their own quackeries league
leaders have resort to a specious nc
ton that a so-called kept press"
Is responsible for the web Of popular
suspicion and disapproval that has
been woven around the Nonpartisan
league.
The bald fact is that the true
character and design OF the league
leadership are being set forth most
persistently and most effectively by
the loyal elements in the several
communities of the state where
league organization Is active. These
close range -onlookers are in q posi-
ton to see exactly what kind Of cih-
zenship material is being absorbed
into the league. They know the nat
ure Of the appeals that are made and
upon what class these appeals fall
most fruitfully. Knowing these
things. they are quickly convinced
that their highest duty to the gov
eminent, to the state and to their
own best interests is to combat the
league with all their energies.
Dixon G. Williams came out to
Minnesota from Washington, COM
missioned by the federal committee
on public information, to make
speeches under the auspices Of the
league. He soon learned something
about the organization that he had
not understood before. AS a result
he cancelled his engagements in
Martin and Jackson counties, noti-
fled Washington authorities and is
said to have agreed to come back and
make loyalty speeches under other
sponsorship.
Surely there is something wrong
with an organization at whose CON-
pany a representative Of a govern
ment agency balls. Surely there is
something wrong with an organiza-
ton when community after COM
munity in a surge of indignation re-
fuses its leaders the privilege Of
preaching their doctrine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
The Editors Mail Bag

To the Editor of The Forum: How
easy it is to forget! Can anybody
tell me what he paid for overalls OF
coffee. OF lumber, or wagons in 1909
Was the price Of $2.2O per bushel
for wheat in 1917 fair price? That
depends on what that bushel Of wheat
or acre of wheat would buy of food,
clothing, shelter. farm tools and i'm
plements as compared with what a
bushel Of wheat in previous years
would buy OF those necessary
articles. Read page 26 OF the March,
1918 monthly crop report Of Secre-
tary OF Agriculture. There you viii
find an answer to our question:
What will an acre Of wheat buy in
1917 as compared with what an acre
Of wheat would buy in 1903?
AS to clothing we find its .purchas-
ing power decreased somewhat, e. g.,
IN 1909 an acre Of wheat would buy
more overalls than it would in 1917.
The purchasing power Of an acre of
wheat was also somewhat decreased
as to shoes, calico and sheettng. On
the whole the farmer could not buy
rs AAAuClA GAONnAllA It'll Ills nNE6 Ia
wheat in 1917 as he could in 1909.
This looks as though the government
fixed price Of wheat in 1917 was too
low.
Next let us look at the food that
the farmer has to buy. In 1909 an
acre or wheat would not buy as much
coffee as II would in 1917; in 1909
you could buy less sugar for an acre
Of wheat than you could in 1917. As
to these two articles the 1917 acre Of
wheat would buy more than the 1909
acre. This looks as though the gov
eminent had done no injustice to the
farmer when IL fixed the price of
wheat i'm 1917.
Next let us consider shelter. In
1909 an acre Of wheat would buy less
lumber than the 1917 acre buys, In
1909 fewer shingles than in 1917, in
1903 40 pounds OF nails in 1917 40
pounds. Thus the government fixed
price Of 1917 gave the farmers acre
Of wheat greater purchasing power
with regard to lumber, shingles and
nails than the 1909 acre had. The
same is true with regard TO lime, ce-
ment and paint. This surely gave
the farmer a fair deal.
How about farm tools and ma
chinery? We find that the 1917 acre
Of wheat would purchase more har-
rows, more mowers, more ploWs, more
forks, more shoYeis, more halters.
and more harness than the 1909 acre.
II we go through the whole list Of
articles that the farmer uses we will
find that, with very few exceptions.
the 1917 acre of wheat att prices fixed
by government would purchase more
than the 1903 acre. On the basis at
purchasing power no injustice was
done the farmer when the govern
ment fixed the price Of wheat in 1917
at $500.
GEORGE FL. JOHNSTON.
Wales, NJ, D. April
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
Powder and Guns
BY Lawrence =. Abbott Of the
ViuiIantes.

The managing editor OF The Vigil
lantes asks me to say in not more than
five hundred words what I believe Is
the big idea" that Americans should
concentrate upon at this time in or
der to win the war. can answer the
question in two words-powder and
guns,
The American people know why
they entered this war: President Will
son has stated the reasons in clear
and convincing language.
They know the objects they desire
to achieve; in one OF the finest state
papers Of modern times President
Wilson has stated those objects
There are fourteen OF them-specifie,
definite and vital.
In the most remarkable manifesto
ton of determined patriotism that the
people Of the United States have ever
shown they have dedicated themselves
to this war by giving a million and a
half OF their husbands and sons, their
fathers and brothers. with scarcely a
whisper OF reluctance or complaint
to the fighting ranks. But they are
now beginning to wonder whether the
war department is dedicating itself
with equal fervor to the providing OF
powder and guns.
In 1917, WnGu a pef1ou OF great ten
sion between Russia and England
threatened war, there was sung in one
Of the London music halls by a vaude-
willie artist named MacDermott a sons
with this refrain:
We don't want to fight.
But by lingo il we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men
We've got the money too.
This music hall song went all over
England in an incredibly short time
and had something to do with AFFECT
ing the policy OF the government
From 1t was derived the term lingo
meaning an extremely pugnacious and
scrappy person.
Now lingo" is a veEy unpleas--
ant and offensive person in times OF
peace, but in time OF war we ought
to be, iingoes,-that is pugnacious, un-
afraid and determined to fight against
any odds and to the last gasp. We
should be even willing to fight Eloth,
slackness and self satisfaction in a
war department.
To this end suggest the following
adaptation Of MacDermott's famous
refrain:
We DO want to fight,
But, by lingo, if the Huns
Refuse to fight with br0omsticks
You have got to give us guns!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15

It's Easy-If You Know Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret of keeping young Is Co feel
yOung-to do this you must watch your
iiverand bowels there snoneedof have
ing a salloW complexion = dark rings
under your eyes pimples - bilious
look In your face dull eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctorwill tell you ninety
per cent OF all sickness comes from in-
active bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards. awell.known physician
IN Ohio, perfected a vegetable come
pound mixed with olive oil to act On
the liver and bowels, which he gave to
his patients for years
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, che sub.
etitute for caiomel, are gentle in their
action yet always effective. They bring
about that exuberance Of spirit, that
natural buoyancy which should be en-
ioyed byeyeryone. bytoning up the liver
and clearing the system Of impurities.
sYou win know DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets by their olive color. l0c and
CSC per box. All druggists.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15

Eu1a 6own tr = seazen E1gals ta4e
So Aaa cae2 owaE2aEer W. a au1E.l1E-
Ena ar5 sunk without trace ard thai
a internal sxpsostcn had sent hsr
1nwn.
An a. thess Suggestions had flaws
Ia them. Ii vas sid a theorg Enat
she had heen captured ny q group q
German aEenEs ahoarG appeared 20 he
tha cnly explanation that wuuid az
count for the silence nG her RADIO
e1uinment
Naval vessels have patrCEIe1 an
coasts in tha vicinity or her route.
looA1nE fer wrecEaEe or S1rv5vors
Nothing has been fund. Every ves-
SCI known 60 have hen anywhere in
THE reEicn az the time haS besn con-
anything o. the caller Reports frcm
every source showed nothing to var
rant the storw theory.
The explosion theory Is met By the
fact THAI only sufficient ammunition
Ter her few guEs VAS On board ne
ships cargo VAS not explosive.
Secretary Daniels said the depart
menk bad no word that would indicate
the presence in southern waters Of
q German raider.
III Is the absolute silence o. the
radio that makes the case one Of the
most Mysterious In naval annals That
fact alone inclines officials 10 the BE-
lief that the ship might have been
captured ny ersons aboard. for On no
other way would e have been pcs
Sihle 70 silence calls for aid.
One o. the Cyclopss engines Vas
damaged but il is not believed the
engine trouble had anything TO do
with the Disappearance
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
PRESIDENT WRITES TO FARGO
BOYS AND GIRLS.

Here's a message right from Presi-
dent Wilson for the boys and girls
Of Fargo.
1t came to The Forum ONCE this
week, and while it was written Il
Franklin X. Lane. and The Forum
got only a copy Of the letter, it was
written on The Presidents own
stationery. with THE White House
up in the corner. and signed by The
President.
This is what President Wilson says
to you. through Mr.. Lane and he
means it just as much as If he were
talking directly to you:
Il sincerely hope that you may
be successful through the Bureau
of Education, in arOusing the
interest Of teachers and children
in the schools of the United
States in the cultivation OF home
gardens. Every boy and girl who
really sees what the home
garden will mean will, am sure,
enter into this purpose with high
spirit, because / am sure they
would all like to feel that they
are in fact fighting in France by
joining the home garden army.
They know that America has
undertaken to send meat, wheat
and other foods for the support
of the soldiers who are doing the
fighting, for the men and women
who are making the munitions,
and for the boys and girls of
Western Europe. and that we
must also feed ourselves while
we are carrying on the war. The
movement to establish gardens,
therefore. and to have the chill
dren work in them Is just as real
and patriotic an effort as the
building Of ships or the firing OF
guns. / hope that this spring
every school will have a regiment
in the volunteer war garden
army"
That is what the President says,
and Mr.. Lane is sending out a man
to organize the school garden armies
in Fargo. You can read all about it
in another column of The Forum to-
night. What school will be the drst
to organize a company?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May
Not Square With The
Forums Opinions.

The Christian Science Monitor: II
d difficult, almost impossible, to get
the facts concerning the outlook for
and the output of merchant ships
and military a1rplanes in the United
States. In the public view, this OF
itself is one Of the most irritating
phases Of the situation. There Is no
end OF publicity where secrecy Is
requisite; no end of secrecy where
publicity is desirable. The charge
that the departments are, in some
particulars, withholding information
to which the public Is entitled Is
legitimate and justihable criticism.
IL the public understood why, with
all the money and time expended on
the construction Of plants, there
should be 50 little production by
those plants, IT might be satisfied; :
1t could, at all events, hardly be
more dissatisfied than It Is today.
Long before there were any NAM
moth shipyards. American ship
Wrights were able 20 turn out ships
IN quick order and in great mum
ber They did not spend months In
getting ready to lay keels; they be-
gan to lay them ct once. II they
had no ways they imprOvised them.
All the shipyards along the New
England coast, in the years when
the American merchant marine was
a factor IN world commerce, prob
ably did not represent an expenditure
Of capital equal to the cost Of one
OF the great modern Bhipbuilding
plants.
In the emergency that faced the
United States upon its entrance into
the great war, time was Of para
mount importance. The immediate
production OF ships and aeroplaneH
was a prime necessity. The demand
was not for modern plants b1e foz
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
NOT WILL your" BUT
HOW MUCH?"

There are more than 2,000,00
reasons for buying Liberty
bonds. Each reason is a German
soldier in France or Belgium.
But nobody who is open to
conviction needs to hear any
more arguments about buying
Liberty bonds.
Ii is no longer a case Of "Will
YOU buyP" but "How much7"
Fargo's drive opened today.
Each man has been assigned a
quota, a certain amount which
NE is expected to take. The com
mittee is not infallible and may
have made some mistakes, but
anyone who cannot buy the
amount assigned to him, may ap-
peal.
We are going to make a clean
lob of it here in Fargo and
throughout North Dakota. We
are going to do a big thing in
a big way and actuated by a fine
spirit of high endeavor. We
want at least 5000 buyers in
Fargo, but 10000 would be bet
ter. The government is hoping
to have 20,OOO,OOO purchasers of
the Third Liberty loan. Fargo
must get above her percentage Of
that mark. Every purchaser be-
comes a stakeholder in the gov
eminent, and the more purchas-
ers therefore, the better security
the bonds become.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15

fore the summer Is far advanced,
shells should be dropping in Strass-
burg or some Of the German cities
near the border.
The Hun has a particular dislike
for his own medicine. He is getting
worse than he gives now, in the line
Of gas and bombing from aircraft.
and by September there may be a de-
mand from the German population
for the discontinuance OF long range
Smelling of unfortified cities.
So much depends on the point Of
view.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
RESIGNATION OF CZEUNN



an effort to bring about \ split
among the entente allies.
Count CEerntn, On April 4. in an
address at Vienna. declared that
Premier Clemenceau had sought
peace negotiations with Austria. The
French premier replied that Count
C1eTnin lied. The French and Aus
TRAN Offices then issued statements
explaining the unofficial negotiations
IN Switzerland.
Early last week, the French gov
eminent declared that Emperor
Charles and Count CEernin both had
said that the claim Of France 70
Alsace-Lorraine vas just. This
brought q denial from Emperor
Charles in the form OF a telegram 70
Emperor William TO whom he reiter-
ated his loyalty 70 the German cause.
This Immediately brought nom the
French government the publication
Of a letter from Emperor Charles to
his brother-ln-law. Prince Sixtns.
OF Bourbon, which waS autographed
and which the emperor asked be
given to President Poincare. In the
letter the emperor said thar France
should have Alsaca-L0rTaine and
that Belgium and Serbia should be
restored. He also asked that London
and Paris be felt out as 70 probable
peace terms.
German newspapers have attack
ed both Emperor Charles and his
foreign secretary because OF this
letter and attempts have been made
70 show that tt was not written by
the emperor. lie has been reported In
Vienna that there was no attempt to
hide its authenticity but that the
French version was garbled. It was
also reported that the letter was
written BY the en.perOr's mother-in-
law.
Count Czernin was In Rumania
when the letter Vgas published BY the
French government and he was sum
moned to Vienna Friday.
In addition TO being minister.
Count CEernin was premier and
chancellor OF the dual empire. He is
about 81 years old.
Amsterdam. April 15.-An official
statement received here today from
Vienna asserts that the latest state
ments OF the French premier, NJ.
ClemRnceau, concerning the converse
tons between Austria and France
regarding the possibility OF opening
peace negotiations do not alter the
situation as regards the majority OF
Count CZernin's declarations. The
Austrian foreign ministry, the state
ment SAYS, IS unable TO ascertain
who was responsible for delivering to
the French what is said to have been
a forged letter, substituted for the
letter which was to have been de-
livered. Neither Prince Sixtus.
whose character Is beyond suspicion
nor anyone else Is accused OF falsi-
fication, continues the statement,
which concludes:
The affair is herewith declared to
be at an end"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15

The Page Record has the following
political comment:
Some time ago IL was intimated
that the Democrats might fuse
with the Nonpartisans and try to
get some Of the plums. Town
lev put an end to that when he
insisted that ali nominees for
state Offices must be Republicans,
because Democrats could not be
elected. However. they will try
to elect Baer. who has always
been a Democrat.
All was not harmony at the
convention and there was a
spirited contest for nomination
for some Of the offices. This is
evidence that the members OF the
. league are beginning to act for
, themselves and are breaking
away from their self-appointed
leaders. True friends OF the
farmers organization will well
come this hopeful change.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
FROM A NEW POINT OF VIEW

Germany viii soon be given a
chance to learn the marvels Of the
science Oh ballistlcs from another
vlaWpoint-that OF the bombarded In
ataad Of the bombarder.
The vice-president Of the Baldwin
locomotive works stated recently at a
dinner IN Philadelphia, that long
range gun was now being made at
"a plant on the Delaware river. that
would outrange Germany'a famous
weapon. 1t VIII be ready for ship
ment in May. and the crew win be-
trained and ready 10 So with it,
A dozen large and important Gov
man manufacturing centers would be
shin range of the weapon. and bee
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Ito LIBERTY LOAN
CREEPING CLOSE
ITO BILLION MARK

washington. April 1S.-Lbsrty
loan subscriptions tahulated today
at tha treasury showed q total or
sea-. s4T.55a which is SsT.o00. 900 more
than was reported Saturday. This
did not include reports from the
Minneapolis district which started its
campaign today.
TIE sale OF third Liberty loan
bonds is in fun swing today for the
first time In al twelve Of the federal
reserve districts. After a delayed
start. 0ccaSt0nsd b. a nine day pre-
campaign speaking drive the Min-
nsapOlis district began taking sub
scriptiOns.
The outlook in the Minneapolis
district for successful sales vas
good. according 60 kilograms received
here today. Flfty thousand enthus-
iaRtic workers took the held this
morning i'm that district.
According to latest advices 70 the
treasury department the Sc. Louis
district has obtained a larger per
cent or its quota than any other dis
trfct I'm the country. subscriptions
totallinE approximately IS per cent
OF its quota Of $3.50, 000.0o0 already
had been reported. not including the
subscriptions OF the city OF St. Louis.
Begin Three Days Campaign.
Minneapolis, April 15.-Approxi-
mately 10000 enthusiastic workers
including 10000 women. today began
= whiriwind campaign to raise S125.-
ooo.00o in three DAYS as the Ninth
Federal Reserve districts share OF
the third Liberty loan.
Those in charge OF the Ninth dis
trict's drive are hopeful that with
the exception OF the city Of Minne-
apolis. which begins a three-days'
campaign Wednesday for $4,000, 00os
q large part OF the quota for the
section. which comprises Minnesota
Montana. North and South Dakota
and parts OF Wisconsin and Miehi-
gan, win have been raised by mid
night Wednesday. From then until
April % odds and ends" win Be
taken care OF throughout the district
and final reports made TO Washing
ton on that date
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORST.

After restoratives have been ap-
piled, and you rally from the shock
OF learning your Liberty Loan quota,
sufficiently to sit up and recognize
your friends again, take little walk
in the fresh air. ... ...
Then come back, decide to be q
good sport" and hnd the money
some ways Il it possibly can be
done.
On the other hand. IL the commit
tee insulted you by undertaking your
financial standing. make them swal-
SQw the insult and raise you q few
dsands.
Some OF us may have had visions
40 airily telling the committee the
tuota wasn't enough, and to double
a.. But they chose some mind read
'ers on that committee. They beat at
least one OF US to 1t and quadrupled
1t first.
One Of these days there win be
advertised in The Forum want
columns. a second hand typewriter Of
the 1895 model sound in wind and
limb but AFFLICTED with q bad case of
stammering; a steel fishing rod and
six flies; a shot gun that once killed
two ducks in a day; and a cyclopedia
OF law in twenty volumes that has
never yet been read by a living soul.
There lie always one consolation. If
the committee held such q high
opinion OF your prosperity. perhaps
your banker will have the same one.
II ours does. we plan to buy Mil
waukee. after the war, and close 1t
up.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-15
ssHUT UP AND MAKE GOOD"

ssHuT UP AND MAKE GOOD"
shut up and make good" was the
advice given the American people by
Elihu Root, and that rather bluntIy
expresses the feeling of every loyal
man and woman.
There is a growing impotence with
both inefficlency and delays, and with
boasting claims and 'spread-eagle-
| ism"
We know that few American SOL
diers are not going to terrify the Ger
mans so that they win open the way
to Berlin. We know, popular war
songs to the contrary. that the Ger
mans are not going to turn and run
as soon as they see an American, or
Immediately shout "Kamerad" and
quit. Man for man, the Americans
are proving themselves equal to the
best fighters on the western front,
but courage alone won't win the war.
The German soldiers who so against
the whitening IRE from Allied ma
chine guns, time after time, are not
lacking in courage.
The war Il going to be won by
morale, at home and abroad. The
nation that will make the greatest
sacrifices, put forth the greatest ef-
forts, hang on the longest, viii win.
The time has come to shut up and
make good" and that is the new
American spirit that is growing
stronger every day.