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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

Senator Sherman, of Illinois, con-
tributed a bit of sarcasm to the SEN
ate proceedings the other day which
will Of course not be appreciated
within administration circles. He had
inserted in the Congressional Record
news item stating that the public
schools of the national capital would
open on February IL, after having
been closed two weeks on account of
the Garfield fuel shortage. In asking
permission to print, Senator Sherman
said: "Posterity mayhap will value
this fleetng Renaissance as a corner
stone from which to estimate improve
ment in future years. 1t will be a
matter of profound satisfaction for
future generations to know that the
multitude gathered in Washington
were not deprived of tobacco, theat-
rical entertainment, moving picture
shows, and the blessings of billiard
halls while the coal shortage afflicted
u.s."
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
STRIKES AND THE WAR

must be won partially by those who
stand behind the men who stand be-
hind the guns.
This is the simple truth of the mat
ter Strikes. with the interruption
of production, with the industrial de-
moralization, with the economic strife
they involve, and with the encourage
ment and help they give to the enemy,
certainly tend to prolong the war. 1t
is just as essential to victory that
every man shall be at his place in the
shop, mill or factory as that every ST.
der shall be at his post at the front.
The American workman who lays
down his tools and strikes at this pc
riod is, morally, in no degree less Gull
Fable than the soldier who throws
down his gun or mutinies.
This Is fact that must, sooner or
later, be burned into the conscious
ness of the industrial army of the
United States A clearer understand
ing of it than is now prevalent is a
crying need
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
CONFUSING INCONSISTENCIES OF
FOOD PRICES.

One of the difficulties in making a
price fixing program successful is that
the program is guided by no consistent
principle. Such Is also true in regard
to the effort to control food consump-
ton Americans are asked to consume
the coarser cereals which are more
commonly used for feed for stock, and
which, theoretically, are cheaper. But
the consumer who is willing to use
whole wheat or graham bread instead
OF white flour bread, finds that the
coarser bread is the higher in price.
The traveller on a railroad train scans
his bill of fare and finds that it will
cost him 25 cents for baked potato
without any dressing for it, while he
can. get an ample supply of bread with
a generous lump of butter for 10 cents.
He orders the lower priced article
anu tlen WINE waiting TOT the 1000 TO
be brought to the table turns to his
daily paper to read that hundreds of
thousands of bushels of potatoes will
rot in the bins because there is an
over production. With Food Admin
istrator Hoover clamoring for saving
of wheat to be shipped to the allies,
with white flour bread the cheapest
bread on the market, with potatoes
only half as expensive as potatoes on
the bill of fare, the bewildered mind
but wonder what now has fallen down
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
MOTHER OF PROSPERITY.
philadelphia Public Ledger. }

(Phlladelphla Public Ledger)
Republicanism is the foster mother
of prosperity. It's hold on the nation
is the hold of definite policies which
repeatedly have vindicated themselves
1t is the party that believes the ma
tional business is the chief business
of the nation, that prosperity and
trade are closely allied, that the pro-
motion of industry is the sure road to
happiness and comfort, that a good
wage for the American workman and
fair profit for the American business
man are the essential purposes Of ma
tional legislation. This vision of re-
publicanism as a great economic pow
er, party that keeps business going
and has interest in the problems Of
business, may be lost in the recrimin-
atoms of factionalism. Men have
known and accepted repubicanism so
long that they fail to grasp the vital
necessity for II or are too ready to
with theories which over
and again have proved to be ruinous
In operation.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
OFFICERS TAKE PROMPT ACTION
TO SUPPRESS GAMBLING.

The action of the council of defense
OF Shoshone county in calling upon all
officers, both county and municipal,
to take immediate steps to suppress
all forms of gambling in the county,
met quick response and the various
devices for absorbing the financial re-
cources of the county are now out OF
commission. At the same time means
which provided support for a consid-
cradle number of non producers have
been swept away and these votaries
of idleness will find it necessary to
either go to work here, or to seek a
cline more congenial to their precar-
ious mode of living. The last alterna-
tive is not promising and 1t is only a
question of time until the first will
perforce be accepted. The. president
has well said that every resource OF
the country must be directed toward
winning the war. Gambling devices
which absorb the money of the work.
ers, and idlers who profit by their
operation, are wholly out of harmony
with this purpose, and the defense
council did well in calling attention
to this glazing weakness in our plans
to give efficient support to all war
measures of the government.
But aside from the necessity of war,
these gambling devices are clear
suppression should be made perman-
ent after peace is restored. In the
opinion Of the attorney general, punch
machines come under the head of
gambling and are forbidden by law
In giving an opinion the other day.
Attorney General Walters said:
THE question is often raised as to
whether the giving of some article of
merchandise in return for the money
paid for each punch or chance,
would render the use of the board
lawful. As a matter of fact l am in
clined to think it is invariably true
that an equivalent in merchandise is
not given for the money spent. How
ever that may be, the courts generally
hold that the statute includes the act
of giving away a prize on a chance.
In my opinion, therefore, the opera
ton of the punch board is a violation
of the lottery statute"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
THE QUESTIONABLE.

The following poetic satire is credit
ed to William Ellsworth Fowler,
man from somewhere in IDAHO" but
who is believed to be of Missouri par
, entage owing to the fact that this
clever verse was attached to his ques-
tionaire which was sent from Missouri
to the county in which he was regis
tered in south Idaho. But wherever
he belongs, it must be evident that
genius such as here displayed cannot
long remain in obscurity:
Please promptly answer and with care,
The queries in your QUESTIONABLE;
Divorced, or single. If welded tell;
The date when tolled the fatal bell;
Give age, condition, weight and race,
And name each blemish-foot to face:
II lame, or halt, knock kneed or blind,
Please fully state before it's signed.
If you've had wives, please state how
many;
II not, just why you haven't any;
IL living with your wifes relation,
Then state who rules the home plan
tation;
Does Ma law pay your house rent?
II so. please state to what extent;
Please answer. sir, with utmost care,
Fore sending in your QUESTIONABLE.
If you've wife with you to bunk,
State when your clothes went in one
trunk;
Here give this total of your Doodle,
And state what's wrong with your
poor noodle
Have you flat feet or wheels in head?
Are your beef cattle all corn fed?
How have you lived for 70 months
past?
I; preacher state where you starved
last
Have you your last years taxes paid?
Are you supporting man Cor maid)?
II so, is she your wife's relation?
(Be careful here with explanatory
Have you been trained for wars dread
strife,
Aside from battles with your wife;
Can you talk Kansas, French or
Greek,
md how much English do you speak?
When all have answered and with
care,
The queries In the questionable,
hen Uncle Sam will be much wiser,
md will proceed to whip the kaiser.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

A unique way of bringing pressure
to bear on the Germans to end the
war Is furnished in a bill introduced
Michigan. For every month that the
war continues after the passage of
his measure Mr. Kelley would pro-
hibit for one year the importation Of
all goods and materials, of whatever
nature, produced in the German en-
pire and its possessions. Any VIOLA
ton of the act would be punishable
by a fine up to $4,000 or imprison-
ment OF two years, or both.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

and tell how the matter has been TAX
en- up across the line to get action
the Canadian government.
The present tariff on lead ore is
three-fourths of cent per pound on
if is 10 per cent ad valorem or of the
value of the zinc content These rates
were established by a free trade con-
gress and were designed to raise rev.
enue without regard to protection. In
fact, they are so low that they can
hardly be regarded as an obstacle to
the importation of ore from Can
ada and this is borne out by the sta
tistics prepared by the department of
1917 During that period the impor-
tation of lead ore from Canada
amounted to S,384,066 pounds and of
zinc ore 9,220.714 pounds. A law that
permits this large volume of business
and exacts so small tribute, as indi-
Gated by the foregoing figures, is GER
tainly not one that imposes a very
great hardship upon our Canadian
cousins. Evidently they are not de-
al, l,n,r
this side of the line, and it is doubt
full if reciprocity, that cloak so often
used to conceal free trade, would serve
them much better.
When the next change is made in
the metal tariff schedule the Miner
hopes it will be in the form of an In
crease that will insure ample protec-
ton to American miners, At this time
when Spokane brokers and boosters
are trying to wipe out the last rem
nant of protection to serve their sell
fish ends, there is a surplus of lead
being produced in the United States,
and as for zinc the over production
has drive numerous smelling plants
out of business. Under these circum-
stances any mining organization which
presumes to represent the real inter-
ests of the mining industry in the
northwest should stand for tariff
that will shut out foreign lead and
zinc rather than advocate throwing
down the bars altogether But of
such is the Spokane spirit"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
LEAD AND ZINC MINERS OPPOS
ED TO FREE TRADE.

Through a combination of Spokane
brokers, Spokane boosters and a good
ly delegation of the same type from
British Columbia, a resolution favor
ing a reciprocal agreement between
the United States and Canada by
which there would be a free ex-
change of lead and zinc ores between
the two countries was adopted by the
recent meeting of the Northwest
(Spokane) Mining association. 1t
would be interesting to know how
many real representatives of the min
ing industry on this side of the line
voted on this resolution. Since the
adoption of the resolution we have
rot seen one favorable comment on
the subject in any paper of the north
west, while on the other hand the
Spokane papers have had interviews
with British Columbia men in which
they extol the merits of the resolution
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

The newspaper publishers of north
Idaho will meet in Moscow on March
and to effect a permanent organic
alton. Elaborate preparations are be-
ing made by the newspaper men of
Moscow, assisted by the chamber of
commerce and representatives of the
state university, for the entertain
ment of the visitors, and the meeting
promises to be great success in
every respect.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

1.-The war has shown nothing to
shake British faith in free trade" de-
clares former Premier Asquith. Mr..
Asquith is rejecting the views of a
very small minority in Great Britain
at the present time. British laborers.
British manufacturers, British boards
of trade, and British diplomats are
out for protection, and, like Sir Arthur
Balfour, they have adopted the views
of the late Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain.
the champion Of protection to British
Great Britain has lad
her lesson and protected Germany
gave II to her.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
DEMOCRATIC COMoUFLAGE.
(Nampa Leader Herald }

NNdinpa LeaQef-Herald.)
The democrats of Idaho profess to
believe that it will be an easy matter
to defeat Senator Borah this fall. Their
actions however, rather nellie their
words. The only two men mentioned
for democratic nominations for sena-
tor have both announced that they
will run for the short term. 1t would
seem to the onlooker that a six year
term would be much preferable to a
two year term. 1t would seem that
with an easy victory in sight, that
both Nugent and Hawley would be
eager to run against Borah for the
six year term, yet we find them as
sorting that they will run for the short
term, thereby insuring fractional
fight in their own party.
The very reasonable conclusion is
that each is quite we'll aware that it
would be useless to run against Sem
ator Borah. Each is willing to let
some other deserving democrat be the
goat. In this they are quite wise.
There is no man in Idaho who can
beat Senator Borah nor should there
be. With his great ability and years
of experience he would be worth
far more to the people of Idaho and
the people of the whole country than
any other man in the state. The
voters of Idaho realize this and any
talk of defeating him is a camouflage
so thin that even a democratic poll
tician can see through it. His mis-
take is in thinking that others cannot
see as clearly as himself
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

In an address at the grand army
annual banquet in Washington recent
ly, Secretary of War Baker told his
hearers that as he sat at his desk in
his office. he faced statue of Edwin
M. Stanton. appointed secretary of
war by Abraham Lincoln Mr.. Baker
told of the reflections to which the
view of this statue gave rise as he
gazed upon ii from his office chair.
Among those reflections, however,
there was no mention of the fact that
Stanton was an eminent democrat, >and
was made secretary of war by re-
publican president who placed the well
fare of his country above partisan
ship.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

Charles E. Hughes addressing the
New York bar association, expresses
the hope that, when the war is over,
we shall not continue to denounce as a
crime the cooperation among railroads
have found necessary for the countrys
economic salvation. 1t will be a vain
hope, however, if the task of framing
legislation after the war is to continue
in the hands of those who have been
unable. as Mr.. Hughes points out, to
bogies of the Imagination
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

In his report to congress on the
condition of the national banks of the
country. the comptroller of currency
says: "The national banks of the
United States are stronger, safer and
more closely observant of the laws
and more efficiently managed than
ever before. This encouraging fact
is especially impressive and import
ant now while the life of the nation
and the great alliance of which we
are part depend so largely upon our
ability to furnish the enormous finan-
cial resources indispensable for vic
tory The resources, s1S,553, 1877 900,
exceed by $2,OO9, $4,000 the greatest
resources ever before reported.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
GERMAN SPIES SHOULD BE SUM-
MARlLY SHOT.

How long will this government con-
tlnue to temporize with German spies
Are we waiting for another Tuscania
disaster to arouse us to the necessity
Of imposing the death penalty upon
agents of the kaiser? A few weeks
ago at Camp Lewis a sergeant of Ger
man birth, who had long been under
suspicion, was found to have in his
possession numerous papers and maps
containing much valuable information
to the enemy The proof was con-
vincing that this information was for
the use of the German government,
and that it would eventually have
reached it's destination does not admit
of doubt. There was only one penalty
that would meet tie requirements of
this case. The sergeant was a spy in
the service of the enemy and he
should have been shot But what in
reality was the penalty imposed? This
sergeant was ordered interned until
the end of the war, which means that
our beneficent government will pro-
vide comfortable quarters for him,
clothe him and employ a cook to serve
him meals that embrace everything
obtainable in the market without re-
gard to meatless and wheatless days.
The papers contain frequent ac-
counts of German agents being APP
pretended by the secret service men,
and the only penalty so far imposed
Is internment under conditions above
described. The spy system maintain
ed by the German government in this
country is now the greatest menace
with which we have to contend, and
yet the government deals with it in a
manner that is regarded as joke by
the Huns With nothing to fear but
internment, the thousands of active
agents of the kaiser and pro German
has cost the lives of many Americans
and may be the means of bringing APP
palling disaster to our arms. The iron
cross awaits them If their efforts are
successful and if they fail they have
nothing to fear at the hands of our
government,
In every case where the proof is
conclusive these agents of Germany
should be summary shot That is
the only penalty that will impress
them and put a stop to their activities
We have resorted to extreme war
measures in dealing with our own T
people. The government is calling for
men and money; we must economize |
in the consumption of food and fuel, |
we must support the Red Cross and /
invest all our small change in thrift
This is right and the people
are Loyalty responding to the call,
Now let US adopt real war measures
in dealing with enemies in our midst
Let every German spy be summary
shot; let every alien enemy be in
.erned under conditions no better, to
say the least, than are provided for j.;
)ur soldiers, In no other way can we {
give protection to our soldiers on land
md sea, and prevent the destruction of
Industrial plants necessary for the i
success of the war The time has ar {
lived when stern military methods
must be adopted in dealing with en-
mics at home.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28
Now That You re Dead
(By Edmund Vance Cooker

What do you think of 1t, now that
you're dead
And you're lying alone with the clay
cover spread,
And the centuries lap along over your
head,
And you've nothing to do
But to think the thing through
Till the new becomes old and the old
becomes new;
What do you think of creature call
ed You?
What do you think Of that word, raw
ly red,
Which you spat with a. venom that
poisoned and spread
Till it cankers the heart Of you, dust
lily dead?
How now, as you lie
With the worlds floating by?
Is the surge of your anger still noble
and high?
Would you speak it again. if your
tongue were not dry?
What do you think of the dollar you
bought,
Which you added to others as handily
got,
BY the twist Of fact and the rape of
thought?
1t was legal, OH yes!
1t was honest, you guess,
But you bought your delight by anoth-
er's distress,
And now that you're dead, is a dollar
success?
What do you think of it now, after all,
AS the stars wither up and the suns
pale and pail.
And time and dimension seem equally
small?
In your lost little bed
In the universe spread,
AS eternities endlessly drift round
your head,
What do you think Of it, now that
you're dead?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

A woman always means what she
meantto say IL she doesn't say II
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

And Uncle Sam should see that we
get pure food for thought
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-28

Show us the man who lived the
simple life and well show you cynic
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30
Prominent Educators at Work,

Among those already at work in the
higher branches of the curriculum are
Professor Daily, head Of the depart-
ment of biology at Harvard university,
both Of whom are Y. NJ. G. A.. secre-
taries.
Mr.. Carter says that the objects
of the new university are Of so emil
nently practical nature and fraught
with so much good in so many direc-
lions that it is very likely that every
soldier in the American expeditionary
forces will gladly embrace the oppor-
tunity to avail himself of what it has
to offer.
The educational system is being or.
ganized in flexible manner, so as to
make It equally useful during the war
and after shostilities have ceased and
the period Of rehabilitation has set
in. 1t is designed especially with the
latter end in view, to give the army
the largest possible industrial, voca.
tionnl and other educational advan.
tages which will stand the men in good
stead during the long period of re-.
construction after the war.
Certificates will be issued to those
who have made good use Of the ed,l-
cational opportunity thus offered, and
these certificates can be presented for
credits at American educational insti-
tutions, and will also aid their hold
.ers in securing business advancement.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30
New Year in British Navy.

Three hundred and sXtyfour times
In the year is midnight's passing mark
ed by The striking of eight bells
In every ship in the British navy.
At the moment when the old year
draws its last breath, and the new
year is born. the whole navy strikes
1G bells, but never on any other .oc-
casion. for then eight are given to
bid farewell to the old year and to
welcome the new. BY tradition. the
youngest officer Of the ship strikes the
bell and by tradition the Youngest boy
in the ship acts, rs his echo by ham
nering the blacksmitll's anvil.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30
Responsibility the Cure.

If there is anything that shows what
a man or woman really is it is rcspon-
sibility. 1t makes those taking a
stand in the full light, where they can
really Justify their claims. II per.
son who constantly boasts his great
ness can stand under the test and bur
den Of responsibility. then his success
is assured. If he fails IN this test he
loses friends. Until suc,, persons re-
gain Their position, they are dcspised
and rejected. "a,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30
Wade Mecum.

Palpitatingly, the infatuated young
man sought counsel at the bazaar OF
an ancient and prayed the ancient tell
him how he might learn of his fair
lady's faults. Go forth among her
women friends" spake the venerable
one, land praise her In their hearing"
-Georee Jean Nathan In Puck.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30
pynamitino the CLANS.

The little pho!as or boring clam ID
great delicacy on the Pacific coast.
Its meat is juicy and tender and is ex-
cellent in chowder. Consequently, fish.
ermen are not content to dislodge the
clans slowly with pick and crowbar.
They USE dynamite, one blast of which
dislodges hundreds Of clans, according
to the Popular Science Monthly.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30

IN Real Purpose In Life.
I am not concerned that have no
Mace: l nm concerned how may TT
myse4f for Onc.-Confucius.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30
The Outsider.

A good corsetiere con do so much
with a fat woman that it sometimes
seems too bad that the double chin
does not come within the corset's
sphere Of influence.-Ohio State Jour-
nal. -,na -.,: = s...T.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-30
STAMPS Separated,

To separate stamps that have be-
come stuck together, lay a sheet Of
thin paper over them and iron with a
hot iron. This will take them apart
and the glue will still remain. -