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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
ANOTHER COAL FAMINE? +?

TROM authoritative sources com
II frequent warnings regarding {
possible coal shortage more
serious than that of last winter. l
is little wonder, under the circum
stances, that the river coal fleets ar
working with unexampled energy
But the river source of supply will
be far from adequate and recent as
surances of additional railroad carr
give some promise of relief later II
the summer. Manifestly. it is 60
ing to be necessary to bend every eff
fort toward increasing the suppl.
and providing transportation to al
parts of the country. An exper
authority says:
The incentive which has al
ways acted most powerfully to
urge on the doing of things has
quick reward or reward in the
future. This hope reused the early
pioneer and sent him sturdily
plodding on over trackless prai-
ries in search of an Eldorado-
inspired the promoter to find capi-
nesses-encouraged the farmer,
short of labor. to toll all day,
every day, and into the dark
hours to plant this years largest
acreage for winter wheat that the
country has ever known.
We are suffering to-day-and
will suffer bitterly next winter
from coal shortage, and the only
remedy which will be effectual
has not been applied-the remedy
l,,1 r. - L.
posite thing that at bottom
stunted the coal trouble was done
last year when prices of coal at
the mines were fixed at prohibi-
lively low figures.
Production in the early part of
the year was stunted by the es-
tablishment of a price at the
mines so close to actual cost that
many coal sources were closed.
Then, too late, car shortage came
in to further minimize the distri-
button, and the coal famine last
winter ensued. To-day both car
shortage and labor shortage are
furnishing fatal obstacles to
overwhelming production, which
should be brought about.
Evidently the outlook is far NOR,
cheerful, but it would appear tha
a remedy should be promptly ap
piled to the end that the suffering O.
last winter may not be repeated II
the months to come. OF course. the
batting of the railroads under TIL,
old order and the failure of the EN-
barrassed transportation systems t
provide sufficient equipment as ;
result, were the contributing cause
of the coal famine of last winter
but under Government control ant
with unlimited resources these diff
ficulties should now be met and fue
provided for the people.
The same authority above quote,
declares that what we want is Goa
and coal enough to bridge over tn
winter dangers; that no niggardl
policy as to cost or jealousy of po
litical authority should stand in tn
way.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Charles A. Reber, nominated for
the House in the Allentown district,
will go to France and refuse to run
for the Legislature.
Hampton L. Carson is deliver
ing a series of addresses in Phila-
delphia with American patriotism as
the theme.
Evan J. Jones, who will run for
Congress in the McKean- -Cleariield-
Center district, is a Bedford pusi-
nessman.
burgess George Rooms. of
Pottstown, will be fire chief in ad-
dition to his duties as executive.
The fire chief was killed in an acci-
dent a few days ago.
Herbert c. Hoover will speak IN
Philadelphia on Friday in interest
of the food saving campaign.
Judge w. G. Knowles, OF Phil
adelphia, is on motor trip to VIZ
ginia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
STRAW HATS
TT AVE you noticed the number of
straw-hats on the streets these
dayS bearing the unnrista1<a hIa

II AVE you noticed the number of
straw-hats on the streets these
days bearing the unnistakable
signs of last years vintage? Time
was when to appear in a straw of
the season previous was to label
oneself financial bankrupt or a
sloven in dress. In those days the
hat-cleaner was an unknown insti-
tuition in the land. To scrub a straw
hat and then venture forth in it was
to make oneself a target for the
jibes of witty friends. The new
straw hat was as regular an accom-
paniment of late spring as straw
berries and asparagus. Our best
dressers" decreed that last years
hat was taboo, and nobody but a
few daring souls, so far removed
from the ordinary walks of life that
public criticism never reached them
or so sunken in the depths of hope
lessness that stirring ambition never
prompted them to look beyond their
present state toward more prosper
Gus days, ventured an objection.
But that was before the war. To-
day the sunburned straw dome of
yester year is as numerous on the
streets as bees about sugar barrel,
and it is worn at a jaunty angle
indicating the conviction of the in
dividual beneath it that he is quite
properly clad and proud of his
pearance. We are learning a lot of
things about the foolishness of kneel-
+, ing to the fashion and bowling before
the dictates of precedent these days
and wearing last years hats is one
of them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
Sdnderson ConfeSSeS

philadelphia Public Ledger)
Despite all the animus and all the
maudlin desire of Sanderson to shift
the blame to other shoulders. the
confession" without dates or data,
is singularly weak where it ought to
be strong. And 1t looks very much
as If the state, in any final rounding
up for history of the true facts of
the Capitol graft will have to go
to some other document than the
Delaney confession" or
the Pennypacker defense and auto
biography to get the real facts of
what. went on and who were who
in the great conspiracy
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
A UNITED PARTY

THORMER Presidents Theodore
\ Roosevelt and William Howard
Taft having shaken hands and
renewed their old friendship, Re-
publicians everywhere may be
trusted to follow their excellent ex-
ample and close forever the bloody
chasm of 1912. In Pennsylvania
and elsewhere there are strong in
dications of genuine reunion and
lasting cementation of factional and
party differences that will present a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
Omar Up to Date

A book of Thrift Stamps, under
meath a bough,
A loaf of Victory Bread, some coffee,
sugarless-and thou
Beside me, knitting in the will
derness,
All, wilderness were Hooverized
enoW! Life,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
RUTH AND NAOMI

And Elimilech, Naomi's husband,
died: and she was left. and her two
sons. And they took them wives of
the women of Moab; the name of
the one was Orpah, and the name
of the other was Ruth: and they
dwelled there about ten years. And
Mahlon and Chiffon died also both
of them and the woman was left of
her two sons and her husband
Ri1th 2 to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
Joshua Succeeds Moses

Now after the death of Moses the
servant of the Lord, 1t came to pass
that the Lord spake unto Joshua the
son of Nun, Moses minister. saying,
Moses my servant is dead, now there
fore arise, go over this Jordan. There
shall not any man be able to stand
before thee all the days of thy life;
as / was with Moses, so will be with
thee.=JoshuaI ], Ito 8.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
As to Judgment

Ye shall not respect persons in
judgment; but We shall hear the
small as we'll as the great; ye shall
not be afraid of the face of man;
for the judgment is Gods: and the
cause that is too hard for you, bring
unto me and / will hear it.-Deuter-
onouy I, IT.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

Tomorrow the respect and devo-
tion of the American people for their
fallen heroes will be expressed in the
strewing of flowers upon thousands of
graves in the cemeteries of the coun-
try. Let us not forget the new-made
graves "over there" and the great
cause for which the soldiers of this
day are giving their lives.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
LABOR NOTES

Machinists at Hamilton, Ohio, Sc
cured an eight-hour day.
Durham IN. C) tobacco workers
have formed a union.
The present Congress has seven
teen union labor members.
Bartenders at Miles City. Mont.
get IS for an eight-hour day.
Sioux City, Iowa, has a labor-union
mayor.
Miners at Belleville. ILL.,. will build
a labor temple.
Wages of laborers at PocatelIo.
Idaho, is 81 day.
Macon (Ga). unions have formed a
building trades council.
Teachers of Tulane county, Cal,
have organized a union,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

Saving of food through the prohi-
bition of the manufacture OF liquor
appeals to the average person. and as
alcoholic liquor is a waster of fuel.
men. money. transportation facilities
and industrial efficiency. there would
seem to be no reason whatever for
further postponing action at Washing
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

Surely. the gentlemen of City Coun-
ell can find no real objection to the
creation of a Shade Tree Commits
sion and the planting of thousands of
living memorials in the way of trees
in honor of our soldier boys. other
cities are doing It; why not Harris
burR2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

can now count the months when the
bridge of boats will be an accom-
plished fact and our armies will be
flowing across it to victory.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

II anyone has any doubt about the
damage being done to the paved
streets of Harrisburg by the heavy
trucks that are used by individuals
and corporations. they should ride
over the block on Market street be-
tween Market Square and Front street.
Is it reasonable to assess. the people
for improved highways and have these
ruined by unrestricted traffic?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
The Best Example

Russia is the best example of Ger
man intentions the world has had
Detroit Free Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29
DO YOU KNOW

That HarTisburg's Y. NJ. g. A.
is much talked of among the
soldiers as u real place for rest
ing?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

united fighting front against the
common opponent in the next cleo
tions.
National Chairman Hays has in
jected the right spirit into the organ
ization everywhere and the reconcil-
iation of the two ex-presidents is only
an illustration of the. desire of the
leaders as we'll as the workers to
drop all personal differences for the
welfare of the party and the Nation.
The constructive policies of the
Republican party are more appre-
ciated to-day than ever before in its
history. The great war has imposed
tremendous burdens and the prob
lens which must be solved are so
serious as to demand the union of
the forces represented by the Re-
publicans of the country.
Here in Pennsylvania a fine start
has been made in the nomination of
a candidate for Governor who real
ICES the conditions and is pledged
to devote his best efforts toward
placing Pennsylvania in it's proper
position for the winning of the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first State Library was moved
here in wagons from Lancaster.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

u. J. sTACKPoLE, ,PrsSs s. Ediforin-Ch Chief
r. r. OYSTER, Bnsinsts Manager.
GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-29

Machinists at Hamilton, Ohio, Sc
cured an eight-hour day.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09
POSTAGE ZONES.

A matter which apparently oncerns
only the newspapers and magazines
at present, but which will surely have
its effect upon the general public and
the trade relations of the sections in
after years is the establishment of
postal zones" as provided for in the
new postal rates which become effec-
tive next July.
Who viii be benefited by the zone
postal plan? Under the guise of a
revenue producer, the amount to be
gained by the national treasury would
be comparatively insignificant. even if
the figured increase in revenue were
possible Of collection. As matter of
fact, there is no way apparent now to
prevent a tremendous falling Off in
subscriptions to national publications.
in which event the zone system would
defeat the purpose for which alleged
ly it was designed What with every
other tax and increased cost of ma
terials and labor publications have
had to pay, the publishers are in many
cases unable TO stand tn expense of
such heavy increases in postage bills
as the zone system provides for, and it
is questionable whether any large
number of subscribers in the farthest
zones will pay the heavy postage them
selves.
The reports of the Postofice Depast-
ment show that surplus of nearly
ten million dollars was earned last
year In view of the fact that the
Postofice Department was never in
tended as tax-gathering Institution.
and in point Of theory and in fact
hs no more occasion to be consider
ed profit earning branch of the
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09
CAROLINA FOOD SURVEY,

A food survey for the state of North
Carolina has recently been completed.
The first survey was made mainly by
farm and home demonstration agents
in one hundred counties, and is fair,
ly complete. The information gather
ed Is expected to prove of special ser
vice in a more comprehensive survey
to be made later.
There were three classes of the
work; in the places with over twenty
thousand population, to represent typi-
cal urban homes; counties where home
demonstration agents reported on con-
ditions in small towns and villages
showing conditions in semi-urban and
rural communities; counties where
county agents reported on purely ru-
raj homes.
This survey shows that on the aver
age very little meat is at present con-
sUmed, and that its place IS taken by
corn and its products. beans and their
products, poultry, eggs, milk and fruit
In hardly any instance was any fresh
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09
FERTILIZERS.

shortage exists III .nany of the
important fertilizer ingredients and
the prices of practically all ingredients
are high. The demands last spring
for fertilizers were unusually large
and the reserve stock now carried by
the fertilizer companies and the stock
intended for the fall trade have been
seriously depleted
, While the present supply of potash
is very low, high prices are stimulat-
ing development from many new
sources. Ten thousands tons of pot
TX o. were produced in this country
last year and this amount probably
will be increased during the current
year Most of the fertilizer companies
will sell brands this fall containing
l, 2, and even 3 per cent of potash
In regard to acid phosphate, the sup
ply is short and the price high, be
cause Of the sulphuric-acid situation
and the transportation difficulties In
normal times most of our sulphuric
acid is produced from Spanish pyrites
The importation Of these has prac-
tically ceased in recent months be-
cause of the marine activity and the
difficulty in securing vessels to carry
the ore. Efforts are being made to
remedy the situation, but even if an
adequate supply of pyrites is secured,
the price may be high because of the
high freight rates. This, in turn,
means high-priced acid phosphate
Nitrogen materials also are high in
price and difficult to obtain. The de-
mand Of the munition makers for so
dium nitrate and the high freight
rates from Chile to the United States
have caused the price of sodium nj
trate TO advance substantially 100 per
cent. Cotton meal and high-grade
tankage are being used in increasing
ly large quantities for cattel and hog
feed. Despite largely increased pro-
duction capacity in by-product coke
ovens, there is little or no evidence
of a corresponding increase in the
amount of ammonium sulphate avail
able for fertilizers Apparently the
by-product ammonia is being used
direct for other purposes, and the
price of ammonium sulphate has ad-
vanced very sharply
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09
MR.. UPSHAW COMPLAINS.

Elsewhere in The Times-Recorder
there is published a. communication
from William D. Upshaw, who COM
plains that this newspaper has been
unfair to him and that his candidacy
for the United States Senate is OF
more Importance than We have been
prone to regard it.
The Times-R Recorder does not be-
lieve that it has been unfair, or even
unkind, to Mr. Upshaw, and we are
certain that his senatorial aspirations
are absolutely without any political
weight whatsoever. The pity of it is,
Upshaw himself is unwilling to recog-
nize the fact.
viii Upshaw is really a remarkable
character A bed-ridden cripple for
years, he surmounted this tremendous
obstacle, overcame the greater diff
Guilty of downright poverty, educated
himself, established business and
cultivated a talent for public speak
ing. He has done effective work on
the platform, both as temperance
lecturer and as an evangelist.
But that does not make him the
logical candidate for the United
States Senate.
To effectively represent a state in
the Senate, man must have political
prestige, as we'll as conspicuous abil-
ity He must be well acquainted in
Washington, for acquaintance in high
official circles is powerful factor. Be-
sides, to make the campaign he must
have an organization, Ire must have
sinews OF war, he must have support
of the press, he must command pub
lie attention
The public does not take Upshaw
seriously in. a political sense, no more
than it does Bunk Cooper or Emmett
Shaw None of the three have any
following None of the three can com
mand the finances necessary for a
campaign. None of the three have
any political organization None of
the three, in truth, measure up to the
standard of fitness required of Unit
ed States Senator. They are simply
,lightweights, and together have about
as much chance of election as a pin
feather would have of going unscorcn-
ed through fiery furnace.
They are all good fellows, personally
likable Upshaw, in his sphere, is we'll
placed Cooper is an experienced law
yer. Shaw is a successful travelling
salesman, quite popular in his home
county. But that let's them out
They may not see it themselves,
blinded as they are by their own egos,
but, politieally-that is to say, sena-
torially-they are ridiculous and i'm
possible. Unless self~adyertisement is
their purpose, they are going to hu-
initiate themselves and really embar-
rass their sincere personal fiends.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09
A COLUMN or CLIPPINGS
Poor "Tonl.Tit..

fO0T l0W- llts
Rising to his place in the Senate
yesterday, Mr.. Hardwick of Georgia
declare that President Wilson's ac-
tion. in per mitting the members of
his cabinet to carry their first-term
portfolios into the second term with
out submitting them to the Senate
by formal nomination was in con
temptuous disregard" of senatorial
courtesy Before taking his seat
which he was permitted to dc
without anybody raising the slightest
objection, Senator Hardwick offered a
resolution calling on the President to
inform the Senate "by what warrant
Of law or authority the present cabi-
net members hold their Office
The incident, report of which was
carried in yesterdays news, is in
no wise important, though it is in
teresting as evidence that no change
has come over the spirit of the Junior
Senator's dreams. He is the same
Hardwick who consistently fought ad-
ministration measures last spring and
summer, finally attempting to stultify
the government by proposing, in a
resolution which he offered that no
United States soldier, whether draft
ed man or volunteer, should be sent
out of this country against his wishes.
What he said yesterday and what
is proposed IN his resolution afford
abundant evidence of the "exaggerat-
cd ego fEoni which senator Hardwick
is suffering AT a time when the
thought of the people is centered on
the great tasks confronting them,
and when men of all parties, callings
and classes are recognizing the right
of the President to direct the energies
Of the nation along the channels
through which the best results are OBJ
tanned, Senator Hardwick steps forth
and explodes a firecracker in the hope
of attracting momentary attention.
Somebody has called him "Tom-tit' .
Hardwick, and the sobriquet comes
to mind as the report of yesterdays at
tack on the President is considered
What a contrast there is between the
words Of Hardwick and the words of
Wilson, uttered in the Capitol of the
nation yesterday Hardwick said:
The action of the President in hold
ing over his cabinet from his first term.
without submitting denominations,
was a contemptuous disregard Of
senatorial courtesy I hereby offer a
resolution calling upon him to inform
the Senate by what warrant of law
or authority the present cabinet men,
bers hold their Offices"
And these are the words of Wood
row Wilson, in closing his address to
Congress yesterday morning:
we are dealing with great matters.
and will, I am sure, deal with them
greatly
Not in all the world is there man
on whose shoulders as great responsi,
bilities rest as are being carried by
President Wilson. Since last April he
has become the acknowledged leader of
the nations arrayed against Germany
and to him the country looks for guild
ance and inspiration that stupendous
tasks may be performed as quickly as
possible and to the very best advan-
tage,
But he has made the fatal mistake
by ignoring Thomas W Hardwick of
Georgia.
Poor Tom-Tit! Albany Herald.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09

public service than has the army or
the navy the necessity does not exist
for crowding the weekly and monthly
periodicals and the business papers
of the country to the verge of bank
ruptcy in furtherance of a plan 10
squeeze an extra tribute in tho Wy
Of furthermost possible tax.
The principle of the zone system ia
denationalize the country. There has
never been a time in its history when
it was so important to this Macon
that the people everywhere should be
united against the peril which con-
fronts them Everything that tends to
the naturalization of sentiment should
rightfully be encouraged instead OF dis
couraged by the government There
is no other agency so powerful in ma
tionalizing sentiment as the publiea-
tions of national circulation If they
did not appeal to all the people of
the country, they would not have a
rational circulation to begin with.
1t is pernicious system that would
in. the slightest degree interfere with
the strengthening and enlightenment
of national thought
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09

meat purchased during the period Of
the survey, while in nearly every
home was found certain amount Of
cured and salted meat, Even urban
homes have fully proved the value of
tie campaign for canning and preserv-
ing, by showing in this survey large
amount of preserved and canned food,
home product.
The largest predominance of can
ned goods was found to be in the way
c, vegetables, including those of the
common garden varieties, Very few
homes showed an unusually large
amount of food stored away, in some
instances sugar. molasses, corn pro-
ducts, lard and wheat products being
on hand in average quantities.
The agents, ootn male and female,
report that as a rule the people were
very glad to cooperate in making tie
survey and also in keeping records,
because it has brought into the light
many things concerning which there
had been little public thought.
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09

The Ges4nans evidently believe that
the american pUblic likes to be fool
ed, otherwise they would net have
started the rumors of salt famine in
thi \. Nothing could have been
more absurd, yet the extent to which
it was believed resulted in a real en-
barassment to the country. For trans
portation facilities that were badly
needed for other purposes had to be
used 70 replenish markets emptied by
gullible hoarders. The report that the
food administration or the federal
government wac going to seize home.
canned vegetables and fruits, was al
SO German propaganda
Americus times-recorder., 1918-01-09

Somebody says that Trotsky is run
ning with both the hares and the
hounds. But we had no idea that
hares ever let hound rur along
with them