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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Trade Commission
Should Be Impartial

Evidently tho value Of such a body
will depend entirely upon the spirit
and ability with which It does its work.
Tho public can never be we'll served
except by che truth, and the commits
sion should serve as q fair, Intelligent,
we'll advised Interpreter Of business
conditions and Of sound economic
principles. In short, according to our
view, such body will best serve the
public by not acting solely as q critic
and prosecutor, but rather as an inter-
mediary between the active, energetic
but highly useful forces which, while
clashing frequently among themselves,
arc guiding production and develop
ment, and, on the other hand, the con-
Stunning public, which Is the final benc-
ficiary Of all industrial progress.
It should certainly understand the
fundamental principles upon which
business must be conducted in order to
prosper, and have q proper apprecia-
ton Of the fact that development and
advancement in industry will bring
greater results to the public than a
system Of drastic regulation which
would tend to weaken initiative and
stereotype methods. Tho whole under
taking to supervise and control indus
try by governmental authority depends
for Its success upon the judgment and
restraint with which the power Is ex-
ercised. If tho power to control and
direct industry Is to pass over in any
important degree from the individual
owners to public authorities 1t will be
necessary that the latter exercise their
powers with the same 9orethought and
prudence, the same willingness to
1orego Immediate results for the sake
Of larger benefits in the future, which
characterize every successful individual
career. Otherwise the public benefits
which accrue from the leadership Of
men Of exceptional ability will be lost
and society will be held down to q dead
level Of mediocrity without incentive or
ambition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04
Futility Of Barter With Russia
An Editorial
BY H. J. Davenport

Professor Of Economics in Cornell University
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-04

w 7HETHER it the Ger years ago, 1t because
wv armies German in sian government had the
trip1 che Ihuvxy not ooods-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
THE RED r HABIT
By
EDWARD H~UNGERFORD
OF the visilantes,

dispatching depot on the West Side of
New York for the preparement OF it's
stores for shipment overseas, and the
war department found itself so press
ed for warehouse facilities that it was
compelled to take the Red Cross plant
for army needs Dawson and his fell
lows of the Red Cross gladly moved
out and quickly assembled and builded
another dispatching depot for their
own needs. The spirit of the organi-
cation is that of service. And | have
seen enough Of it's workings to con-
vince me that 1t is something a little
more than mere seryice-perhaps serv-
ice plus efficiency would best describe
1t.
1t seems to me that the time has
come when there should be an eve
larger national appreciation of the Red
Cross. Today it has only begun to
touch the surface of the American peo-
pie. Continued fighting and extended
casualty lists will force it far beneath
the skin. 1t cannot be embarrassed
for lack of funds. You and cannot
afford to have it embarrassed, to be
compelled to turn any of it's energies
from the saving of human life to mere
grabbing for cold cash.
1t is time hat America formed a
new habit. We have some big and
fairly expensive national tastes al
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16

The United States has now been at
war for more than a year.. But up to
the present time the Red Cross has
made but one national appeal for help
Its 500, OOO,O 900 drive In the summer
Of 1917. Now it is about to make an
other appeal-its second. And upon
the heels of the Third Liberty
Loan. For, great as are the re-
sponsibilities and the opportunities of
the institution whose blazing symbol
IL recognized by civilized nations the
world v e as a symbol of peace and
Of comfort, Its expenditures are but a
small fraction of those required for
our governmental expense for the con-
duct Of the war.
Organization Of Service.
The Red Cross has never permitted
itself to encroach upon the functions
or the necessities of the government,
although there are many times when
1t might justify itself in SO doing. In
the single important instance of trans
pertation 1t has refused to burden the
army or navy with the carriage Of its
vast supplies of stores, even though
these were destined for the relief and
the lives of the soldiers and the sailors
themselves. On the contrary, after it
had bullded and fully equipped a. great
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
The Story That Private Leach Told

friendly, sympathetic whine, and the
soldier patteds him gratefully.
Good old chap said Private Leach.
you've been knocked about a bit
yourself, eh?" He touched the dogs
ear where a recent hurt had left a
scarcely healed scar.
And then the rascal had seized Pri
vate Leach's cap and made off with it
toward the lines, paying no serious
attention to the wounded mans re-
monstrances.
Rum littlei bloke!" remarked Pri-
vate Leach and tainted.
Private Leach sat on a sunny bench
in the small courtyard of the con
valescent hospital and explained mat
tiers to a %compatriot. likewise %ecover-
ing from the effects of boche courtesy.
And the bloomn' surgeon. e says
them dawgs is trained like that. The
one that found me, e don't mind bull
let's no more than buns, e don't,
a-w'izzin' past lis cad. And when e
finds a wounded chap e tykes is cap
or anything that's loose e can get lis
teeth In, and away e goes to report
to is K. O., like a good soldier. Sc
then the stretcher bearers, they goes
out and brings in the chap, same as
they did. me. dye see? Red Cross
trains datwgs by 'undreds. Great, eh,
wot?"
"Righto" agreed Private Leach's
,ompanio.. aspect you'd like to meet
that fellow sgain. Dawgsll look a bi
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16

IL say, there" called Private Leach,
sitting up weakly, where you goin'
with me blinkin' 'at?"
The dog east a look back across his
shoulder, wagged his tail pleasantly
and continued to trot away, carrying
Private Leach's cap in his jaws.
"'E's got a bloomin' cheek. not
'alf!" observed Private Leach and lay
down again. What difference did it
make? He had clicked a bullet in his
RICH thigh. and, what with the loss of
blood and pain and hunger and all, a
chap might as well "go west" without
q cap as with one. Now that he'd
managed to get a dressing on the
wound and n bandage to hold the
dressing In place. the bleeding was
less. but the end of the smashed bone
was grinding In the torn flesh. 1t
wasn't . bit cushy, u there in No
Mans Land. six hours in a shell hole
with a busted leg.
The dog had popped up from no
where at ali, with his alert eyes and
sensitive, searching nose. Girt tight
~ about his body was the broad white
band bearing the flaming sign of the
Red Cross. he stood quite still while
Private Leach painfully u%nfastened the
FIRST aid package from his back and,
still more painfully, applied the disin-
fectant. gauze pads and clean cotton
uncture. Looking up, he whined 9
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16

different to me when l gets back to
Blighty. Bli-me. l anyways 'ated
dawgs, but not now l don't"
Look !" said Private Leach. SIRE
comes one of the little beggars."
A wiry, short haired dog with a deal
of bull In his makeup came limping
along on three legs. the fourth held
stifiy in front Of him BY an ingenious
arrangement of sling and bandaEa.
Clicked a bit o. Fritz's lead 10
bloomin' little self. e did, eh, wot1
Ere, Bin. Nice old blokey."
The dog wen and laid his head,
friendly fashion, on Private Leach's
knee and looked up into the soldiers
face. whining sympathetically.
"'E knows ,'ow it feels" observed
Private Leach. Then, II say. there,
old timer, look at that earl"
Scar" said his companion. Been
fightin', like as not"
"Bli-me!" cried Leach. "'E's the
syme chap. Ere. now, where sou COIN
with me blinkin' 'at?"
The dog, holding Private Leach's cap
at a provoking distance, viewed the
two cOnvalescents with q m%ischievOus
eye.
"'E's q cute un. Wish e was goin.
back to Blighty VIII me-. not 'alf. Eh.
I wot?"
"Sure," agreed the other. II ii.
ways 'ated 'em, but not now I don't.
Red Cross dawgs is bloomin' humans.
Strafe me II they ANTI"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16

ready, movies and motoring, for in.
stance, to say nothing Of smoking and
drinking. A little reduction on all of
these and the proceeds turned to an en-
tirely e habit would be a mighty
good thing at this time. And for that
fifth habit l am going to propose the
Red Cross-the Red Cross habit, If you
please. 1t will be q habit the gathered
money Of which viii 60 to the credit,
not Of yourself, but Of the greatest
charity that America ever has known.
which makes this new habit more than
a habit-a real virtue-the virtue Of
self sacrifice.
Our Country the Richest.
Try being ready for the Red Cross
collector-not merely the next time he
comes, but on each subsequent call.
Do not face him with the reproachful
suggestion that he has seen you be-
fore. Our country is a big land, In
many ways the biggest and richest in
the world. but it is not big enough nor
rich enough that folks with money can
escape with but a single invitation to
contribute.
That is why l suggest the Red Cross
habit-the continuous setting aside of
definite sums Of money by patriotic
Americans against the Red Cross
drives. 1t is a habit which I cannot
commend too heartily to you.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
IS WORSE
THAN WAR?
Consumption -Four TiiaesMore
Deadly Than Bombs and
Machine Guns.

Pierre Hamp. a French medical au-
thority, estimates that Of the 3S,OOO.-
600 people Of all ages still living In
France 100000 must die Of tubercu-
l0sis. The war will have killed about
100000. This mean that man with
all of his inventiveness Ii far less EN-.
Client than Nature as q man killer.
There have been over 100000 new
cases Of consumption in France since
the wal began. This is why. despite
the number Of new hospitals, there 10
tuberculosis cases.
The Question Of PensIona. 4
OF purse first consideration IL {.
corded to the ever popular wounded
men. Therein lies the tragedy Of the
consumptive soldier. With the new
cases coming in daily from the
trenches the consumptives are not
a. helpless as the wounded men.
When discharged from the army the
severely wounded are allowed . pen.
sion by the government. The con.
sumptives, however, receive no allow,
ance unless they can prove that their
illness is entirely due to their service
in the army. This IL not an easy thing
to do, and consequently comparatively
few consumptives receive govern.
mental assistance.
Until the American Red Cross began
to extend ita aid the plight Of most Of
these men was often pftiful. When
discharged from the hospital they are
given certain Instructions which would
eventually bring them back to health.
But conditions are hard. They are
usually unable to earn much and so do
not get proper or even sufficient nour-
ishment. Very often they are In no
condition to look after themselves. Still
less to safeguard the health Of 9th.
era. To meet this dificulty local com
mittees have been formed to look after
the discharged patients and see that
they do not pass on their disease to
members Of their families. The task
10 well nigh hopeless. Even If proper
living quarters r to be had santa.
ton and hygiene cannot be taught
overnight. They sleep in air tight
rooms, kiss their babies, drink out Of
the same cups and use the same towels
as the rest Of their families.
In spite Of these appalling diflcul.
ties, however, the rapid spread of the
disease must-simply must-be check.
ed. Even to attempt this would be an
impossibility without the tremendous
facilities and aid Of the American Red
Cross. No other agency could con
ceivably face, much less hope to 90
complish. such q task.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
R. TO GET SHELL
THAT HIT HIS son
Captain Roosevelt, Who Was in Hos.
pitaI, Lauds Red Cross.

Capt. Archibald Roosevelt, who re
Gently was injured and nursed back to
health in a Red Cross hospital, in
speaking of the Red Cross work, is re-
ported as having said,
"The Red Cross is doing everything
possible for us. l cannot say too much
in appreciation of their efforts, which
make us feel as if we we're back home.
It is a great comfort to us fellows in
hospitals, and if our folks could see
the way we T. being taken care of
they would stop worrying"
The Red Cross chaplain in this par
ticular hospital happens to be Doctor
Billings of Groton, Mass, who taught
Captain Roosevelt at the Groton
school. The Red Cross shopping serv-
ice In the hospital has been commits
stoned by Captain Roosevelt to obtain
a new uniform for him to replace the
mi which was torn to pieces when he
was wounded by fragments Of a Ger
man shell.
The piece Of shrapnel which wound
ed Captain Roosevelt will be present
ed to Captain Rooseyelt's father, Col.
Theodore Roosevelt
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
HOT DRINKS FOR
TIRED FIGHTERS
The Red Cross Rolling
Canteen.

In six months the American Red
Cross supplied q million French poilui
with hot coffee, tea. chocolate. bouillon
at the time they needed 1t most-1usl
as they were entering the communics
ton trenches for q tour Of duty undel
boche fire or coming out, tired and
worn, after their grueling vigil. Il
you were dragging the tiredest pail
Of feet in France through the mud,
and II you were greeted BY a CHEEKY
voice and a steaming pint Of beef tea
wouldn't 1t be "a grand and glorious
feelin'7 Oh, boyl"
Now, this 10 the work Of the "rcl
ing c~anteen," and some day . Kiplinl
will sing "the story q the tanks"-
tanks Of broth and bouillon that thu
Red Cross Especial Front Line Serv
ice" trundles up b the lines. The
Military Sanitary Service supplies thu
wagons and utensils. The Red Cross
unit does the work. It supplies thes,
hot drinks at q cost Of 80 francs t$10]
per thousand men, q cent apiece!
Think Of that-the penny your little
girl sends the Red Cross a buy q BIZ
hot cheering drink, a good natured
greeting, for a fighting man who des'
perately needs just thatt One penny
Red, Cross Rolling Canteens to thu
number Of IS are now behind the lines
In continuous service. Their crewi
are exposed to shell IRE and Otter
have to put on gas masks.
Eugene Hale, brother of United
States Senator Hale, served si1
months with a rolling canteen 10
France, and he says:
"While the men are glad to have the
hot drinks, their chief satisfaction con
sists in the sense this service givei
them Of a friend being there with q
helping hand in a critical hour"
And now the American army has
asked the Red Cross to maintain this
front line service directly In touch
with the medical relief stations near
est the Yankee front and this tho Rel
! Gross u eager to -
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
ROMANCE Gone
Efficiency Kills Sentiment as
Machine Makes Socks
in Is Minutes.
BY RUTH DUNBAR.

"How snowy white your fingers look
against the scarlet wooll" vas the
favOrite speech of grandfather when
he was paying suit to grandmother,
who, If history is correct, v al
lowed little things like love and court
ship to distract her mind one minute
from her knitting.
The modern young man is robbed of
any opportunity to make these. pretty
speeches, for the wool Is no longer
scarlet but khaki. Worse yet, the
maiden sits before a cold, steel ma
chine and grinds off socks in as many
minutes as it takes hours to knit them.
This is what efficiency does to ro-
nance.
In the various Red Cross workrooms
OF the. New York County Chapter there
are nearly seventy-ive sock machines.
Eight of these are in the model work
room at 20 East hirty-eighth street and
others that have been ordered are held
up by traffic conditions. Here instruc-
tors teach the use Of the machine to
Red Cross workers.
A complete pair of socks can be
made on the machine in 25 minutes.
The machine looks like a cross between
fishing tackle and a pile driver. The
worker threads 1t through the arm and
carrier on to the threader. The body
Of the machine is a circle Of needles
bent at the ends like crochet hooks.
Sweaters also are made on the sock
machine, the strips sewed together and
the rubbing at top and bottom knitted
on by hand.
Besides the machines in the Red
Cross workrooms there are many
owned by private individuals or groups
who work at home and donate the re-
suits to the Red Cross. In a family
hotel. for instance, four or FIVE women
car club together and buy . machins.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
"WHAT HOME SERVICE
HAS DONE FOR NE"

My husband enlisted over a year
ago. Shortly after he went away our
twe~lve-year-old boy had the measles.
After his recovery his school teacher
complained about his conduct. At
home he was nervous and irritable.
When l called at the Red Cross to find
out how l could secure an increase in
allowance because Of our newly born
babe l told them Of my trouble with
Harry. On their advice l took him to
an oculist, who said glasses were need
ed Immediately because of the weak
ened condition Of the eyes following
measles. He no longer causes trouble
at home or at school.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
WAY The RED CROSS HAS TAKEN
TO DEFEAT The KAlSER'S GAM
1000 agg Sick and Homeless People Are
Daily Dumped at Evian.

shipments. He simply dumps them in
Evian, on the French-Swiss border.
II 1t were not for the American Red
Cross the task of caring for these
starved, ragged, sick, homeless, ter
rorized men, women and children
would be more bar the French govern
ment could handle. But our American
Red Cross is making heroic efforts to
defeat the Kaiser's aim to till France
with consumptives. Trained Red Cross
workers are at the receiving station at
Evian. They first separate those
showing signs of tuberculosis from
those who are only starving or have
some other disease.
1t is just like the tender care of
u Red Cross to give particular at
tention to the babies and children to
whom the kindly Kaiser has fed con-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16

At the first onslaught of the Huns.
before the French were able to with
stand their invasion, the Kaiser Sc
cured q goodly section of France.
With the captured cities and villages
he acquired many thousands of French
men.
True to all the rules Of Teutonic
efficiency. the noble German worked
and starved these French close to the
point of death, then saw to it that an
Impressive number of them caught"
tuberculosis and finally sent these poor
wrecks back to burden France.
1t has taken the Kaiser from two to
three years to suck the healthy blood
from the veins of these sturdy rural
French, but now he is sending them
back at the rate of about 1000 a day.
The Kaiser never announces these
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16
NURSES PRETTY
Cross Hospital Uniform
Most Becoming in His
tory Of World.

In a recent news letter from the
front the war correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North American helps to
explain the song, I'm in Love With .
Beautiful Nurse"
"There are 81 Red Cross nurses at
this place." says the dispatch. "They
are cheerful, obedient, brave and com.
petent. And those who weren't pretty
to begin with became SO the moment
they donned the uniform that is the
most becoming in all the long history
of costumes devised for the mystifica.
ton and beguiling of men.
in the officers ward was a colonel
with bronchitis. I've e them In the
Philippines, and I've seen them In Chi.
ma he told me. 4 suppose I've seen
about all the existing types. but l rev.
er yet say one that wasn't pretty In
side of "a hours
"He reminded me of an Irish Tom.
my, who, so his major told me, woke
up in a hospital in 1916 and, seeing tho
nurses in the ward, exclaimed, May
the howly Virgin bless US, but the an
gels have come down to the Sonnet"
Hundreds of Red Cross nurses, how.
ever, are doing work abroad in which.
their looks are less eagerly considered.
Finding and caring for war orphaned
babies, fighting tuberculosis, re-estab-
fishing homes In shell wrecked villages
these are some of the big tasks of
mercy which, thanks to American cor
tributions, the Red Cross sets for IL
nurses.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16

sumpttve germs. We have q hospital
of 80 beds for children in Evian. These
are reserved for the children who are
too ill to take farther. Then our Red
Cross has a convalescent hospital out
side the town and yet another in q
nearby village. It also keeps six am
balances busy transporting sick won
en- and children. Yet ever then the
strain upon our workers is SO great
that for eight long months one Ameri-
a nurse has had to look after 120
beds.
We. through our American Red
Cross, r doing great things toward
defeating the Kaiser In his efforts to
turn France into Q graveyard, but we
have just started, and our duty de-
mands that we work fast and without
ceasing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-16

There are 10 divisions Of the Red
Gross in the United States. There -
a complete organization at each divt-
sion, with a great warehouse for he,
collection and shipment q I'll ki11s.9
Red Gross supplsA
The Dolores star., 1918-07-26
ROOT Beer DEALER
BREAKS SUGAR RULE

For refusing to declare the stock Of
sugar he had on hand on July /, and
for making . later report which Gov
cred only half Of his supply, Charles
Gordon. of 112s Seventeenth street
Denver. has been ordered to close his
root beer establishment for thirty
days by J. N. Bundick. chairman OF
the Sugar Division. and Thomas b
Stsarns. head of the United States
Food Administration.
Gordon was given a>hsaring before
food officials who not only ordered
him to suspend business for thirty
days, but also confiscated 800 pounds
Of sugar he had hidden away In an un.
used cask. The confiscated sugar viii
bs sold by the food administration and
the money obtained from the sale will
be turned over to the Denver chapter
Of American Red Cross. The pro
. ceeds. in this case, will amount tc
about $1,000.
The soft drink brewer admitted hil
guilt, and the only excuse he Offered
was that he was saving the suga,
for . rainy day"
The Dolores star., 1918-07-26
new BEEF RULES
MEET APPROVAL

The new meat regulations are not
only the most successful ones We
have had up to the present time. but
hotel and restaurant men of the state
seem to find them very satisfactory" !"
declared e. =. Lucas. head Of the
hotel and restaurant division Of the
U. 8. Food Administration.
Though the new regulations have
been In effect less than two weeks, Il
IL estimated that practically all Of the
public eating places In Colorado havs
designated to the hotel division their
choice Of midday or evening meal.
The prohibition Of service Of bed
does not extend to beef by.produSts,
such as sweetbreads, brains. tongue,
liver, heart, and 80 forth. Neither u
II violation to serve mutton, veal or
pork at any meal any day.
The definite amount OF meat saved
under the new regime VIII not be de-.
termined until after August 1, when
the July consumption for 1918 viii b.
compared with that Of July, 1917.