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PRESS COMMENTS.
BUY COAL IN SUMMER.

II is grossly unjust, however, to include
in the category of "hoarders" those who
bought and stored supplies sufficient for
the winter at time when no shortages
existed. For years the coal trade has
encouraged, by graded price reductions
and by importantly, the purchase OF
coal III the spring and summer, when
mining operations are unobstructed and
deliveries easy; and there can bc no just
reproach against the thrifty housewife
who buys soap, salt and sugar and other
staple groceries and who lays in stores of
canned fruits and vegetables in anticipa-
tion of the period when the hand-to-mouth
trade shall make deliveries difficult and
prices high II is the panickf buying
mt the hrst hint of scarcity Of this or that
commodity, far in excess of any immediate
OF reasonable need, that makes tho trouble
and 1t Is this practice which is to be
discouraged. When an actual shortage
exists Is not the time to hoard; when there
Is no shortage boarding in reason IS a
practice to be encouraged.
For many reasons the announcement
that the State coal administrations are
the same mind on this subject will he a
relief to thousands of careful people who
have been in the habit of buying their
winters coal supply in the summer.
And the plans that are in the making to
give the normal anthracite-consuming
communities the preference in the distri-
button of Pennsylvania s. product will
strike most of us as fair and wise. Much
OF the shortage Of the present winter has
been due to the drain on hard coal To fill
the vacuum in the bituminous supply.
With the latter shrinkage remeded there
Is every reason why normal users OF
bituininous should be compelled to return
to their accustomed fuel With this
accomplished there will be no reason TO
forbid the storage of anthracite against
the cold that is To come in l9lS-1ola,
provided always there is moderation in
the process. Few domestic consumers
have the facilities to store more than they
need Tor n single season. other unfair
hoardcrs II should not be hard to uncover
and thwart. Philadelphia Ledger.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
The Upheaval in Russia.

The present turmoil in Russia is not
surprising. II is only what was TO be
expected from the drift of affairs in that
distracted country for a long time.
When, after the sudden revolution that
ovcrthrew the Gar and made him a
prisoner instead of q ruler, the kcrenskv
government was set up at Petrograd,
good results were expected. A real Rus
san democracy, with the possibility of
satisfactory and stable government, was
expected.
But kerensky could not weld together
the forces of Russian democracy, and was
compelled TO 70 down before the Socialist
reign of the crazy quilt Bolshcviki, under
the leadership Of Lenine and Trotzky.
And they also soon demonstrated their
unfitncss TO rule When they refused TO
submit TO the will Of the majority in the
organization of the Constituent Assembly,
and forcibly dissolved that body, they
repudiated their own professions Of democ-
racy and wrote themselves down as auto
Gratis who were certain 10 be overthrown.
Now it Is reported they are fugitives,
seeking safety infiight,
All over Russia there is turmoil and
Droniscuous warfare Polish soldiers are
fighting the Bolsheviki; the Cossacks are
in arms in a campaign TO secure control;
kerenslIy army is still il the field, bat
ting for Russian Republic; in the k
rainc, recently erected into some sort
Of a republic by the grace OF Germany,
there is furious revolt and civil war; Fin
land is distracted also by civil war, and
Germany has renewed military operations
in Russian territory.
In fact, the former great Empire Of
Russia Is today SO torn up into fighting
factions that there is no telling what Will
emerge from the turmoil Now, if ever,
Is the time for the appearance of that
Napoleon from the North, who was
predicted before the Great War broke
out. There is surely work for him in Rus
sia today
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
ADJUST LABOR, DON'T STRIKE.

\ sentence in President Wilson
sharp telegram to William l.. liutcheson,
president of the United Brotherhood Of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, NAV
have escaped the attention il merits
reads: 1T is the duty Of the Government
to see that the best possible conditions Of
labor are maintained, rs il is ALWAYS its
duty TO sec to il that there is no lawlcss
and conscirnccless prohtecring, and that
duty the Government has accepted and
will perform.
The President did well in calling the
Carpenters Brotherhood to an accounting
The brotherhood was acting upon prin-
ciple of utter disregard of public needs In
It's private fcud All other unions had
agreed to abide by the decisions of the
shipbuilding wage adjustment board.
Mr. Hutchcson and his men had stood
out without an attempt TO reach peace
able adjustment The President 5 ad-
Duration has produced its effect Mr..
Hutcheson has called off the strike
II was not strike Of vast proportions,
Not more than 2lOO carpenters from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coast had quit
work. Only their example was menacing.
Now, fortunately, new and positive
influence has been introduced: the new
instrumentalliv to which the President
referred in his speech before the American
Federation of Labor at Buffalo has been
created. Mr.. Hutcheson is himself one
of the labor representatives selected to
settle the basic principles of labor man
agcment in the conference OF employers
and workers called by Secretary of Labor
Wilson and soon to meet in Washington.
Labor, not food or guns, will win the
war The key 70 victory Is in the Drawn
and brain applied in the factorits, the
mines. the farms and in the systems of
transportation The great problem of
the war is the management OF the workers.
the producers The industrial jam has
caused factories 10 shut down 4 labor
turnover due to this and to stupid
methods Of hiring and firing has pro-
duced q labor unrest that must be com
posed The Government, in the ordnance
department and in the quartermast~r's
corps. has accepted the principle of indus
trial engineering, of employing managers
constantly to keep the peace with labor
and to intensity production by system
atizing every detail every day of the pro-
grress of every contract in the war factories
Philadelphia Ledger
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

any excuse at all for the customary
condemnation OF criticism of the sort
called destructive? The word 'criticsrn.
as commonly used, always means adverse
criticism, and that is in its very nature
destructive of something or is intended to
be SO.
And why is it 80 often assumcd-by
those who criticise the critics. that he
who calls attention to faults, inadequnces,
or mistakes is under an obligation to
propose a remedy for the evil about
which he complains? A man may know
that his watch is running badly without
knowing how to fix it, and though he
may be unable to teach the watch rcpaIrer
that branch of mechanics, he is com
petent Judge Of the work done, for hc ls
n competent Judge OF its results
This is only one of thousand illus
trations that might be drawn from the
experiences of everyday life To meet the
familiar objections to criticism from
those unable TO better or even To equal
the achievements of the people criticised.
The first test Of criticism seems To be Its
motive, not whether it Is destructive or
constructive But good motive does
not make criticism necessarily either wise
or useful That APPARENTLY depends on
whether or not IL is based on facts, and
from that large truth, if II be "A truth,
perhaps arises the one test which every
critic must be ready to meet.-New
York Times
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SHOULD BE AMERICAN" ONLY.

Cp in DcS Moines German American
patriotic association has been formed,
It's Membership limited to citizens of
German parentage and having for its
purpose the furtherance of the interests
of this country in the war. This is i
commendable undertaking and should be
encouraged IN every way, but why in
clude the name German" III it? Why
not call it simply an American Patriotic
Society?
The habit of chnging to their German
affiliations and keeping their ancestry
ever before them even to the second and
third generations has had much to do
with preventing German immigrants
and their descendants from entering
into the completeness of AmericaDism
Is other nationalities do. Too many of
them remain half-German, half-American;
In other words, half-bond, half-free
Other peoples come TO us and often the
original immigrants are transformed into
ardent Americans, while the second
generation knows no other allegiance.
1t Is not that these people forget their
fatherand or cease to be interested in its
fortunes, but they put America first and
have no leaning 20 another govern On
There must be no divided alleg N =.
Patriotic societies made up OF persons Of
German blood arc all right, but they
should omit the German name-Indian-
aDOIiS Star
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NORWAY'S PLIGHT.

The Morse prefer to go hungry De-
MED imports of foodstuifs from America
by the embargo on shipments TO neutrals,
the Scandinavian kingdom, fearful OF
the wrath OF Germany, refuses 10 break
off commercial relations with the Hohgen-
zollern empire at the bchest OF the United
States. 1t fears war would result, and
Norway would be helpless against the
might Of the Germans.
Norway's plight is amontabie, but
there seems no help for it. For three
years of war the Morse ship owners
thrived. Their bottoms bore millions
of tons of foodstuffs and war materials
across the Atlantic and the North Sea,
and their merchants and mlddleuen saw
If safely into Germany and counted their
profits Now they face tho choice
between actual need, if not starvation,
and tho acceptance Of an agreement with
America which might easily lead to war
with Germany
The Morse arc willing. eager, to promise
that no American products shall pass
through Norway into Germany They
dare not meet the full American demand
for restriction of their products to the
Central Powers. The profits Of their
neutrality have vanished, but they will
not risk the loss OF their neutral standing,
even for bread. { Cleveland PLAIN Dealer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS.

Editor Every Evening: In your issue
of the 18th you have an article entitled
"Suffs TO Lose In Senate, Prediction Of
Miss Paul This is quite contrary 10 the
fact. No one feels more confident that the
Suffrage Amendment will be passed by
tho Senate than Miss Paul and the mem
bcrs of the National Woman party.
Indeed, so sure do we feel that We are
making ready for RATIFICATION in this
State, and to this end we mean To have 8
page in the Every Evening devoted TO
suffrage activities, appearing in the issues
Of Saturday, February %, and Saturday,
March 2 hope that all readers of the
Every Evening interested IN suffrage viii
be sure to order copies for these dates.
No, Mr. Editor, suffrage will succeed.
II is the prattical expression Of democracy,
and in this war for democracy, we are
going 10 win it, both at,home and abroad
Florence Bayard Hilles.
Wilmington, Feb. 10, 1918.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
To Judge Of a Good Play.

Last fall, James Montgomery, a play
wright of merit, completed musical
comedy, "Going Up?" that has made a
great hit 1t is now playing at a New
York City theatre, with seats sold weeks
in advance. 1t succeeds because it has
real merit.
This play was gwen a weeks presen-
tation IN Wilmington, last fall. For the
first three days and nights it attracted
little attention. Then the people dis
covered it was something worth while,
and for the remainder of the engagement
the patronage was all that could be de
sired.
Now Mr. Montgomery has launched
another production, under the title OF
oh. Look = which will hold the stage
at The Playhouse for the week of Feb
ruary % II is said by capable critics
TO be even better than Going Up ?"
and that is saying : great deal The in
teresting question, therefore, is: 'Will
the people of Wilmington be as sluggish
in recognizing its merits as they were in
respect of it's predecessor ~
Here is a problem in what may be
called the psychology Of the stage. But
as the people Of Wilmington, as a rule,
are capable judges of good theatrical
productions, it is not likely they will
make a second mistake
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
SUPPLYING FARM LABOR.

There should be little surprise over
the inability of New York farmers TO see
in Governor Whitman's draft proposal
suitable remedy for their labor difficulties
1t is not to be supposed that men chosen
haphazard from our urban communities
viii meet the requirements of the agri-
culturists, who demand something of
special fitness and experience in their
employees Particularly open to criticism,
from the farmers viewpoint, is the plan
To take the unemployed from cities and
throw them into the gap that has been
created through enlistments and other
wise, in the ranks of farm labor. The
man who is out of work nowadays is,
ordinarily speaking, not of the competent
and willing kind, and the average farmer
is not desirous of enllsting in his employ
the class wont to ornament tie park
benches
One Of the most serious problems
that now confronts the nation is that
of providing labor for the farms, upon
whose capacity to produce efficiently
and plentifully our safety and success
depend. Western New York farmers
advocate the exemption of skilled agri-
cultural workers from military duty
Springfield Union.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
Alkali In Soap
Bad For the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully, if
you want to keep your hair looking its
best Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali This
dries the scalp. makes the hair brittle
and ruins it,
The best thing for steady use is just
ordinary mulsified coooanut oil (which
is pure and greaseless', and is better
than the most expensive soap or any
thing else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse
the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply
moisten the hair with water and rub it
in. 1t makes an abundance OF rich,
creamy lather, which rinses out easily,
removing every particle of dust. dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and il leaves
the scalp soft and the hair fine and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get musified cocoanut oil at
any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and few
ounces will supply every member of the
family for months.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest.
MERCY.

tVhkIN&As
There never was n man so good
But could be better If he would;
There never was man so bad
But what chance for good he had,
And SINCE no one can truly say
What he shall do another day,
Or shall he rise or shall he fall,
Mercy should govern one and all.
Sometimes the good and fine go wrong,
Sometimes tho weak have finished strong,
And only he has failed TO win
Who, unreprentant, dies in sin.
In doubt the living move ahead:
Fixed are the standards of the dead,
Of them alone may men exclaIm
That they shall never stoop TO shame.
The critic arrogantly snoers
When ono IN crimson sin appears,
Yet ere his words have passed away
The tempter leads his feet astray.
Men, on whom honor's robes were pla ced
Have fallen from the heights, disgr aced
And others, weak, despised and loyly
Have earned the rites Of burial holy.
Praise good whenever good you see,
But patient with the sinful be.
The Y 3 Of men may never learn
Just how the wheel Of fate shall turn,
Nor can we guess what life may do
Tomorrow here with me and you.
BE mercifull Some day we may
For mercy sadly kneel and pray.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
German Bad Faith Toward Poles.

Whatever expectation the people OF
Poland may have had Of restoration
of their ancient kingdom through the
agency of Germany is doomed to dis
appointment. There is to be no such
restoration if German influences can
prevent it.
What may come TO Poland from a
victory for the Allies is something else.
The dominant sentiment in Poland has
been one of opposition to Germany.
For awhile after the Russian develop
ments, there was an opportunity tor
German intrigue with Poland that prom
ised results. But it ended IN Germany
giving moro Importance to support
of the Peoples Ukrainan Republic, and
to assigning to that country large slice
of Polish territory. This act OF injustice
has angered the Poles, and they are
aroused to opposition.
1t seems to be the purpose of German
diplomacy to reduce Poland to the situa-
ton of mere buffer State between Ger
many and the other States, so that she
may never be IN n position to become
menace to German plans, and to keep
Poland far below the aspirations and
hopes of the Polish people. Poland
has nothing good to expect of Germany
Poor Poland. Once she was great
and powerful nation. but she lost her
ancient prestige and for years became
a prey to the selfish diplomacy of Europe.
Napoleon once held out good promise
TO her people, who stood by his cause
with great loyalty and ability, but he
failed to restore the Polish Kingdom,
as he might have done at ono time.
Whether he would have furthered or
obstructed his plans by such an act
is still matter of conjecture. But
Poland today still yearns for her ancient
nation ality and for place among the
nations of the world.
And this she may get MS an outcome
of the great World War. President Wilson
and Lloyd George, when the time comes
for q general settlement, are not likely to
be unmndful of the Just claims Of Poland
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
ONE WEAK SPOT
Many Wilmington People Have Weak
Part and Too Often It's the Back.

Many people have a weak spot.
Too often it's bad back.
Twingcs follow every sudden twist.
Dull aching keeps up, day and night.
Backache is often from weak kidneys
In such case a kidney medicine is needed
Doans Kidney Pills are for weak kid
neys.
For backache and bladder ills.
Wilmington people recommend the
remedy.
Ida Andrick, 1913 Upper Oak street,
Wilmington, says: II have severe back
aches every now and then and | cannot
sit straight or lie in bed with any COM
fort. | have had great relief by using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They never fail
to remove attacks OF the trouble and l
gladly recommend them"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's 5
kidney Pills-th same that Ida Andrick
uses. Foster-Milburn Co, Props But
falo, \. \.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Christian Scientists.
Cigarrnakers Union.
Camp No. 2, p o. A.
Patternmakers League.
Cyrus Temple, l.. G. +.
Hope Lodge, l. o. o. F.
Sheridan Post, q. A. r.
American Lodge, $. of II.
Franklin Circle, b. Of ID.
Welcome Lodge, o. S. B.
Delaware Lodge, d. o. III.
Delaware Council, G. B. L.
Brandywine Military Band.
Usage Tribe, Imp'd 0. r. NJ.
Wilmington Council, c. B. L.
Columbia Lodge, A. O.. T. ".
Delaware Council, o. L. a. VI.
Lafayette Lodge, No. ,, K. Of Pl
German Beneficial Society, No. 3.
Harmony Council, No. |, L. F. 1.
Star of Bethlehem Lodge, |. @. Z.
Mattahoon Tribe, Imp'd. 0. r. VI.
Welcome Council. Jr. O. L. A. NJ.
Washington Camp, No. +, p. o. 5. A.
Evening Star Lodge, No. =, O. S. OF B.
Oriental Lodge, No. -, \. I. & 4. ".
Wilmington Division, L. r. X. St. J. 4. VI
William Mckinley Com. d o. L. II. VI. A
Local 626, Carpenters and Joiners Union
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
RIPPLING RIfMES.
BY Walt Mason.
CONSERVING FOOD.

| took an AK and killed nine rats,
and left them In their gore; and then
| borrowed Johnson 5 cats, and killed
dozen more. And thus did more
lasting good, the kind of good that
paws than coul do by stunning food
on meatless, wheatless days. We
: gladly do without our steak, and
our accustomed bread, we're
/ trusting that our course will make
the kaiser soak his head But what's
the use, if we allow the rats to be
alive? The grain they eat each day,
! | swow, would make an army thrive.
So let us have a ratless day, day
on which we'll rise, and chase TIE
beastly rats and slay until the last
one dies. Then we'll conserve II
beat the band and feed the largest
host, and every man IN this broad
land may have his loaf and roast
No meatless days or wheatless days
we'll need to win the war, If VIC get
busy and erase the pest all men
abhor While men are Tightening
their belts, and knowing hunger'S
pain, the nasty rats, doggone their
pelts, arc eating up our grain. And
so | take down from its perch the
sword Of Bunker Hill and through
the house for rats search, and
kill, and Kill, and kill.
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THE EVENING SMILE.
THAT WAS THE ONE.

Senator Warren G. Harding OF Ohio
remarked at society gathering that
some people are past masters IN the art
of evading an issuc. and told tho follow
ing story as an illustration;
Some time since, when little Willie
returned homo from school he found his
fond mother waiting for him with dis
turbed expression.
willie" said she, did you eat any
of those applies that ! left IN the kitchen
cupboard ?"
Mamma" replied the voungster with
great earncstncss, Il have not touched
one"
Then" demanded the agitated par
ent, "how is it that | found four apple
cores in your bedroom, and that there Is
only one apple left in the cupboard p
THE one IN the cupboard, mamma,
explained Willie, looking TO see If there
was clear sailing To the garden gate,
''is the one didn't touch. ."-PhiladelphIa
Telegraph.
Examiner are quite sure that
this is a purely original composition you
have handed In | must say the word
ing sounds strangely familiar Plagiarlst
Possibly you have run across some of
the words in the dictionay. Judge.
Mrs Flatbush-.'Is your husband
pleasant at breakfast ~ Mrs. Benson
hurst No; nc usually spends lot of
time devouring some paper 4 hope
it's not his napkin !2-N Nonkers States
man.
We'll, the world soeu3 to be going
dry. Shall we take Iulep ont of the die
ti0nary ~ Leave 1t III for old ttme 5
sake, counseled the other photographer.
"Just mark it obsolete. kansas City
journal.
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WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY.
thought and Comment o. Every Evening
Readers.

(Thc fun name and address of the writer
must accompany each letter. not neccs
sariIy for publication. but as evidence
of good faith. Anonymous communications
will he ignored Publication OF letters does
not carry with IL Endorsement by Every
Evening of the opinions therein expressed
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

Now, If the American hen will indus
triously settle down TO work during the
period she is to be immune from slaughter
for eating, perhaps she will graciousIy lay
more eggs. 1t is hoped So
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

The farmers demand guarantee of
three dollars q bushel for next years
wheat crop. What the people would like
to know is what that would mean as to
the price of bread
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

The Bolsheviki in this country should
be plainly and forcibly informed that they
cannot fight here the battle of the Boil
sheviki in Russia.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

Remember tFat State income tax re-
turns must be made up by the first Of
March. Better get at the work right
away, and get it over with, no matter
what may come Of the expected test Of the
law
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

To date, neither the Kaiser nor Won.
Hindenburg has made reference to chat
contemplate little army Of General Per
shing's" They know better.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20
CRITICISM AND IT'S OBLIGATIONS.

mentioned difference between destructive
and constructive criticism, and is there
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

The fair land Of Poland" is still
distracted country. And il likely to re-
main so until Germany's ruthlessness is
en,ueiy overcome.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-20

Now Germany is fighting Russia
again. Serves Russia right-that is, the
Lenine and Trotzky part Of the former
empire.