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New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

ENERAL ISAAC r. SHERWOOD. Nes.o,
" Of the House OF Representations. Y,.
on his war paint and went sftor
Warrington statuary in the assembly rom,
Of Congress Hall Hotel last night. Will,
800 Congressmen, public officials army os
hcers and their wives alternately choked
ana gasped, Representative Sherwood tore n
tatters alIcgorical groups, individual like,
/ ncsses and monuments.
"H;dcous' ''monstrous," "rdicuouso and
"ilnpossible" we're adjectives uttered again
and again in the general philippe.
! The meeting started quietly enough who,
Representative Goodwin, of Arkansas, deli
cred soothing Introductory speech. filed
With references to Pygmalion, Helen of
Troy Michelangelo and Beethoven, and tn
art os something psychic, "hcnce of the soul
ard hence OF God"
Five seconds after The general had started
n II became evident that in his opinion
there was nothing either psychic or lovely
about the creations which adorn this city.
"On the dome Of the Capitol" he said. ass
q statue oe a female with a sheathed sword
and wearing helmet filled with eagle qui)ls
She is supposed to be Armed Liberty Ye.
she is q woman With soldier'g weapons and
pagan's helmet. Armed Liberty? She is
nothing o. thc sort. Armed Liberty should
be a MAJ, with muscles of iron and his breas,
We haven't a real statue Of the Goddess ~
Liberty in the United States.7
Christopher Columbus's likeness next va.
/ held up TO scorn.
- refer" said The general, 'to that statue
On the cast side of The Capitol where Chris
topher Columbus appears holding ir his hand
a small ball labelled America Beneath his
massive legs crouches i woman Columbus
wears baseball sandals. The whole gro,n
eliminating INC woman) might be dedicated
TO- a baseball playor'
6reenough's statue of Washington, which
Teposes now io the National Museum served
20 increase the generals Indignation.
Think" he said, ''of putting thc Father O..
HIS Country III chair, naked to the waist
vita sheet thrown over his legs, sbor,
roman sword III his hand and q Latin inscrip
tIon ca tie back CT the chair, A naled
George Washington is disgrace
The Grant memorial was introduced as "a
aisit in marble"
ut has four Wild African lions and artil-
.ery horses With cannon, prancing on the
edge Of an impossible precipice," said Genera
saer~ood Grant never shot lion in his
life. Theodore Roosevelt did that. There j.
nothing, in this group that even hints at the
great achievements of his life"
The Lincoln Memorial Tenple. said Cen
eral Sherwood was erected on q swamp nea,
q brewery after the swamp had been filed
With dirt and the brewery he'd dried up and
died"
lie wound up in this fashion:
Let Us not staggcr baci. 20 pagan c3viliza-
tons, that knew neither liberty nor CHASTITY
n cur search for AT. American art should
be expressive OF American ideals-not GrsaA
or Roman or Egyptian any other
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Stettlnlus
Dy RILPI BLOCK

WAsHlNGToN. Feb %. Some men who
w arc usually tnciturn talk torrcpts once
somc one manages TO pry loose tho retIccnce
that obstructs their expression. There arc,
too. the nlfnblo, Friendly mon, men who talk,
but carefully say nothing. And. finally, there's
the man. singular bocau1o of rarity, who
docsnt give a great deal of thought to the
matter, but dcprccatca words as merely con-
fusng addition to affair .hat need silence
for smplitication
i. Il. Stettinius appears to be N the last
group. Mr. Stot.inius doesn't like to talk.
lie doesn't have to- For his dcccs speak for
him. He didn't make 30 OF 1T as a grain
broker in Chicago, hut managed to put limp
ing boiler factory so sturdily on its feet that
The Diamond Match Company picked him mp
and later made him president J. =. Morgan
wanted maN to manage purchases for the
Allies in Amcri,a in the early part Of the
war, and Mr.. Stcttlius was tho man. In 1916
ne became Il Morgan partner. Now he's "co-
ordinati2s" purchases for the War Depart
ment
Thin men arc scarce in the war auXliarics
IN Washington. Most Of them arc desk men,
with high forebcads and broad stomachs Mr..
Stottnius is a thin man. His eyes show why.
They are clear. gray and bright, and they
snap ii little bit He isn't jumpy man; on
the contrary, smooth and graceful in his
movements, but energy dances all about him
just the same. He has grayish-whtc hair
that parts informally, like boys, and stands
up straight in the back. Ills chin has mild
cleft and his firm mouth is topped by
bristly little gray mustache.
Persistence succeeded in winning an oppor
tunity 20 sec him. But persistence could rot
set him to talk about himself. His method
of terminating the interview was pleasant,
but mono the less definite. lie said time
might conc when there would be something
TO say. Then he emerged from his chair and
walked to the door, which opened.
1t MAJ have been one move too many.
Satisfied chat he was rid OF his Qucstonor,
perhaps lie was OF his guard.
Yes he would answer question.
As surveyor Of purchases he was beginning
to sec order ahead issuing out Of the
fusion which had drawn public criticism Of
the War Department.
"lcs," said Mr.. Stcttinius, "wc'rc beginning
to see our way out. 1t will take time. We
have to make haste slowly, you know. OF
cQUrsc. the atmosphere Of The War Depart
ment isn't conducive to speed as the at
;aospherc Of a manufacturing plant
With that the door closed on Mr.. Stettiniua.
II was 8 tanalizing point. 1t ought to have
bceu the beginning Of AN interview instead Of
the end of one
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Cangway!
When the Germans Repent We Shal
Love Them; Until Then-!

To the Editor Of Tie Tribune.
Sir: Hair splitting s = delightful occu-
patton for those Who enjoy it. and no one will
bogrDdge Nr. Sylvester N. Cooley all he can
get out Of it. Nevertheless, such aophistry
- he presents in this mornings Tribune
helps TO disarm MS readers against the sub.
SIC virus Of Tive paciists, and aids in their
propaganda Of "No hate FOR the hatcful."
Nc of the plain people understand very
we'll what We mean by hate-both the, word
a:id the emotion; and we do not mean "scorn.
loathe despise.' We do not scorn, loathc
@nd lespise The incendiary, the man eating
tiger, the malignant German-wc simply hate
item. In that emotion of hate there is in
hcroNt the impulse TO destroy The threat
led danger.
= What we really hate is the internal act
nut this could not be in evidence except for
the internal door of it-that individual who
chooses to first thinlz the unhov Thought. {.
and then express that thought in his unholy
deed. The decd and the doer arc thus in
separable, and the hating Of the deed implies
rerfoscc the ..at1eti CT those who alone bring
the deed into being.
1t is a far cry from fact TO assert as NJ.
Cooley does tin eiScct), that the Germans
hated the Belgians and slew them because
they feared then.. No one who can rcme,n-
Der the events OF the last three years will
accept sucil proposition.
This is the fatal folly of all forms Of pacifi
eiam- that it coddles the ev'docr with prof
fers Of loving forgiveness when he doesn't
III the least WAIT to be forgiven. The moral
Law, like the multiplication table, goes on
forever, whether we take notice Of il or not;
and We can no more Interfere with its ap-
pointed progression than we can ordain that
{" ice tyo shall make five until tho close Of
the war and for six months thereafter Tor
tins reason the pronunciamentos of presi-
dents and prime ministers and whatnots are
Of moment only If they agree with the eter-
nal things-those which arc unchanging and
Interchangeable.
Il is set forth in the moral law that re-
pentance shall precede forgiveness. The pa
citist IN attempting to reverse this progress
sion simply attempts the impossible and re-
veals his ignorance OF the eternal veritjes.
And when the incendiary and the man-eatine
tiger and the malignant German reperrt we
shall no longer hate them but love them AS
ourselves. WIZ shouldn't We? But until
chen GancNaY, RICHARD FERRIS
New Yo:b Feb 9. 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Illicit Stills and Prohibition

10 the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; In the increase Of illicit whiskey
stills, as reported by the Department Of
Internal Revenue. IS to % seen the "baby
gure Of the giant mass OF things 10 come
ne officials o. this Federal department com
plain. as We'll they may, Of their inability
20 cope with situation that becomes pro
gresslve'y worse as tic prohibition wave
reaches It's crest. How much 5aore difficult
10 suppress Illicit distillin,, TO, only in
mountain businesses but also in cities. viii
Il become shoald that wave not break aetii
a shall haze swes. tie country.
prohibitionist once took ii upon him
sell to visit tho vie OF gentleman who
committed daily The sir OF taking his toddy.
Join our increment to make the state dry.
my dear madam said he. But Why should
wish to make the state dry she de.
mandcd. My dear lady quoth he, ~ VII
bring sunshine into your home sun
shine? Moonshinc, you mean
l. 4. NOFFETI.
HrOOkivn Feh 70 t0JS
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Cooperation the Thing
Only Way to Reduce Distributor
Costs and Lower Food Prices
% ne Edltor Of The Trihnnc

10 the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Those WHO think the city should 90
INTO the business of retailing foods gene
ally assume that the wholesale and retail
Grocers are III a conspiracy % charge large
net profits. II IS proposed to save the. CON
aumer BY the simple process OF allowing
goods TO distribute themselves.
The facts are that there Is 10 consoiracr
ard there are 10 large profits made BY
tAe regular dealees. The wholesalers cot
ting gross profit Of around 10 per cent
and the retailers twice ,bat rato do no,
either Of them clear or the average two
cents on each dollars worth OF goods sold
his two cents would disappear very
quickly in waste and ineficienoy If the
work were TO be done by the city with such
help as it would be able 20 hire
he farmers open markets arc as futile
One OF these IS started in some part of the
country every new moon. Occasionally one
IS permanent. due to peculiar local condi
tons--e. g., Wilmington. Del, Baltimore and
Washington. But whoever knew OF any Der
manent benefit from ore OF these. either 10
producer or consumer?
There is just one rlan TO reduce The cos,
OF distribution. which, properly carried cu..
does the business. And that is to take the
machinery OF distribution out of the hands
OF the mlddleman, whose interest K is to
increase the cost Of distribution, and put 1t
iAto the hands OF consumers. whose ;ncen.
tive it is 10 reduce that cost That means
cooperation. Fifteen million rcople Of
Great Britain are supplying themselvcs
with billion dollars worth of goods
year through their own stores. they save
thereby, as compared TO private stores
about one-fourth the cost Of distribution,
or one-eighth OF the retail price.
mil
70 study this system in England and. if the
claims made Tor Eochdale Cooperation are
substantiated, take at least as much trouble
TO transplant the system to this country az IS
taken 10 domestica.a an Imported food plant
The efforts thus far made in this coun.
Try to establish consumers cooperation have
been based upon the erroneous idea that
cooperative buyin* was a superficial short
cut which would instantly SHOW spcctacula,
results. Instead ot that, successful cooper
alton depends upon conditions which can
DE brought about only By .ar-sightcd ard
comprehensive planning and administration
EMERSON ?. HARRIS
Montclair, \. j., Feb Is, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

he would leave Wisconsin for eight
months longer with no spokesman in the
Senate but Robert Nj. La Toilette.
A special election should be held. Mr..
Husting died last October. His place has
been left vacant too long. The people
of Wisconsin are perfectly competent to
choose Senators and Representatives.,
They need no sclf-constituted guardian.
They arc entitled to deal with the issues
of pacihsm and "dcfeatism,' il such
issues present themselves, at special
elect ION
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Make Them ALI PAY

Tie Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has come to the rescue Of those Members
Of Congress who have contended that they
did not vote TO exempt themselves from
payment Of the excess earnings taN. The
war revenue act, passed last October
provided that the excess earnings tax
should not apply Sin the case Of officers
and employees under the United States
or any state territory, or the District Of
Columbia, Or any local subdivision there
Of" to the compensation of fees re
ceived by them as such officers or en-
ployes,"
Al the time the act was passed Mr..
Kitchin defended the exemption so far as
Federal officers, and especially as Repre-
sentatives and Senators, were concerned.
OIL the ground that salaries Of Members
of Congress were not earnings derived
from q profession or OCCUPATION. Later
on, when public criticism of the exemp-
tion became annoying, the House Of Rep
rescntatives hurredly passed bill an
nullng the exemption granted to Federal
officials and employees At that time many
they had never intended 20 relieve them
selves Of the occuDational excess earnings
tax, because they knew perfectly we'll that
they were not included IN the category
of 'oiiicers under the United States"
Congressman will now have TO pay the
occupational tax. whether the anti-cxemp-
ton bill which the House passed passes
The Senate or not. But the Senate ought
TO pass ii. nevertheless. because all
Federal officials ought 10 be included
among the occupational taxpayers. There
should be no discrimination between them
and ordinary non -oiiceholders. They arc
subject to the income tax Just as other
citizens are. And there is no good reason
why they should be treated in any re-
spect as a sheltered and privileged class.
The Senate OUGHT TO go even further
}han the House went. 1t ought to abolish
The exemption granted in the law OF OctQ-
Der lasc 20 officers and employees of the
states and the local subdivisions thereof.
These officeholdcrs at present enjoy ex-
traordnary mmunities. They are ex-
cnlpted from the draft, from payment of
income taxes and from payment of excess
earnings taxes. so far as their fees and
salaries so. The status OF war slackers
is officially conceded to them. And this
concession rests on 70 better basis than
the iine-spun istinction-ccrtainly in
appropriate in time of war-that the
Federal government must DO nothing to
Inconvenience o1iceholdors under tho
states.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Use OF Enthusiasm

1t IS 4 pleasure 10 note that the Honor
able Bainbridgc Colby. sometime of New
Jersey and now Of the United States Ship
ping Board, perccVes the practical utility
OF . ittle earnest enthusiasm. In his ad
dress before the Mining Engineers this
week he found occasion to subscribe to The
IHihune's S idea Of arousing the shiptuilders
with q real touch Of mat1ial spirit lie
said
u VAN. 70 see IN army Of hundreds OF
Thousands Of men marching TO tho ship
yards every moeAing. There is whore the
safety OF America lie to-day. would like
To hear bands playing as these same chou
sands drive the millions Of steel rivets into
the sides of the ships The ways.
u believe America has at last really
aHai.eMed. The last six weeks, ! Think. have
seen totally different spirit abroad in the
land. We've tanned tho corner OF that
aln sure. The laight OF America has at last
started to enroll. The news from ROW on is
going 70 nc brighter and better"
Give the shipbuiIdine army the centre OF
the stage, as it deserves. and q brass band
and the yards will not be able to hold them.
And We shall hear no more Of Strikes or
Nutchesons.
win Nj. Colby kindly communicate with
tho Honorable Edward n. Hurley?
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Our Trim Nationals
come back .

| can assure those gentlemen that 1t Is a
much easier and less distressing thing to
dYaw rcmonstranccs in comfortable room
by a good trcsidc thon 10 occupy cold,
bleal, bin, and sleep under frost and SNOW,
without clothes er blankets.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Brooklyn, Feb. 10, 1918.
Cooperate or Obstruct,

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Why should or any one refrain rom
crlticsing the government these DAYS when
La Follet'e avid Scott Nearing arc apparsH'e
permitted 10 co so! Arc these gentle@s'
gong 20 cooperate or ohSi ruct".
geuL RIGHTS.
New YORK. Feb -. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
MEMBER or T

MEMBER or THE ASSOCIATED rKi,Ss
fc Associated Press cycluve'y cnutleG
capitalization az all news dispatches clctcl or rot
oAe"Se credited III this ana also tho local q
spontaneous origin published herein
All rights OF republication Of al are
s,so reserved
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
from .'oalnd, ", 1!-e0::
4 ND Joshua rose early in The mornin
~ anA the prests took up the ayll

4 ND Joshua rose early in thc morning
and the priests took up the ak Of
the Lord.
And seven priests bearing seven trum-
pets Of rams horns before the ark Of the
Lord went on continually, and blew with
The trunpcts: and the armed men went
before them; but the rereward came after
The ark Of the Lord the priests; going on,
and blowing with the trumpets
and the second day they compassed the
city once, and returned into the camp. SO
they did six days.
Md it came TO pass on the seventh day.
that they rose early about the dawning of
the day, and compasscd the city after the
same manner seven times: only on that
day they compassed the city seven times.
And it came to pass at the seventh time.
when the priests blew with the trumpets,
Joshua said unto the people. Shout; for
the Lord hath given You the city
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

SO the people shouted when the priests
blew with the trumpets: and it came to
pass. when the people heard the sound of
the trumpet. and the people shouted with
great shout, that the wall fell down fat
so that the people went up into the city
every man straight before him, and they
took the citV
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

Owned and published daily by The Tribune Association
Now York Cooperation Ogden Reid President; C. Werner
isose's Ntce President, 7. A. T-casusnr Address
Tribune Building iea Nassau street, New NoS Telephone
Beekman 5000
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

You can purchase merchandise advertised n THE
TRIBUNE With absolute sseNior IL dissatisfaction results
70 asy eass THE TRtGuht guarantee. 70 nay your money
hack upen request. Ne red apbbIIna We make
sesd promptly " tho advertiser net
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

SUBSCRIPTION RATs.s.-ry MAJ rosiasc Fad ou;-
side M Greater New yor&:
IN THE UNITED STATES: ourSIpE OF GREATER
NIW YORK
~. G NC emo mo
na.y and Sunday. .....,,... $3.50 si71 SO ,oSs
.oaiE oaS .......,.-..,...... go 30 -" 60
sunday only Observation-Disclosures. so is q
CANAo1AN EArlss
Daily and smday....... ... 81. or s5oo $a5c sloe
psiy only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3a0 l.,a 50
~uis0V only ..-.-.-....,..... ne - .-1 '1u
roRElGN RATS
nsiis M and Sunday sesoo sieoo SEQ 500
D"'o o'y --................. 1900 "Vp F'p LOU
sunday only ................. 100 $50 l.,5 80
Eatcred At tho ros;oacc New Yosk s.coad c,ass
NsE Mater.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
The First Jericho Official

LONDON. Fob. 22-Thc British hore
captared jericho, IN Palestine, the War or
.icG reports.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23

1!1e NaIlIVTn4a lnetorlclan viii speedily
become g national figure He has ALREADY
taken rank in the Senate with the mos,
eloquent denouncers Of that body yarde-
man, CT Mississippi, and the lonely Jere-
mah from Wisconsin must look to their
laurels.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
GuARAk TEE

Entered At tho ros,oaicc a, New Yosk scoad Gas
stsu Mater.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-23
Pagan Figgers
tFyo,n Tie Washington Poet)

X ENERAL ISAAC y. SHERWOOD. Ncs.o,
r Of the House OF Representatives nv.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-04
BOARD OF SUPERv|S-
0RS HAVE BUSY week
Meet for Six Days Session, Includ.
ing Hearings on Two Joint
County Drains.

The board Of supervisors today be-
gan full weeks session at the court
house. Two days, however, will be
spent holding joint sessions out of
the city with the Wright and Boone
county boards. The schedule for
the week follows:
Today: Benefit hearing on Whalen
ditch.
Tuesday: Allowing bills and coun-
ty work.
Wednesday: Joint hearing at
Clarion on the establishment of the
Keegan joint drain.
Thursday: Joint hearing at Boone
on the establishment of the Holstrom
and Johnson benefit, both joint
bitches.
Friday: Benefit hearing on the
Lear ditch.
Saturday: Benefit hearing on the
Richardson ditch.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-04
MUCH REAL Is
TATE CHANGES
Transfers Filed With County Recorder
Holiday First Two Days OF
March Amounts to
$G9S,
$2sSG,22aaS ABOVE. LAST YEAl;
First Of March is Busiest Season Of the
Year in County Recorders
Office.
$22SG,2s22S ABOVE. LAST YEAR

These are busy days at the office Of
County Recorder Holiday. The fore
part of March is always the busiest
season of the year in this Office be-
cause so many transfers of real estate
are made March l. Friday and Satur-
day transfers of real estate to the
amount of $69S,11O were filed.
More Than Last Year.
Friday there were eighteen real es-
tate transfers filed amounting to s24o,-
279 and Saturday there were twcalE-
six filed, amounting to S452 S31. The
largest single transfer filed was that
Of the J. H. Streveler farm nea
harrisburg, bought by Henry Roskopf.
Of this city for $4,000.
Last year the total transfers for tho
first two days in March amounted to
S411,SS2, which was S2SG,22S less than
The first two days this year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-04
Mail Box Stolen.

If the party who removed the mail
BOX from the door of the Chamber
Of Commerce Office between Satur-
day evening and Monday morning,
will promptly return same with
contents intact, no further questions
will be asked. If this is not done,
no effort will be spared to locate him
and give him the limit. Tamperins
with L. S. mail happens to be a
state prison olTense. This box con-
tanned important documents placed
in it late. Saturday evening and the
party who appropriated these papers
is liable to very serious punishment.
J. c. Want HUI, Jr.,
Secretary, Chamber of Commerce.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-04
Sell Nearly $2,OOO,OOO Day.

r. T.. Jones. chairman of the Wal
Savings campaign in this county, i!
just in receipt of word from Homer
A. Miller of Dcs Moines, state di
rector of the w. S. S. campaign, tina
the American War Savings drive is
already running ahead of the Englist
campaign in volume of week.!
treasury receipts.
The treasury war chest in the pas
four weeks has been enriched by
$40,000,000 from sales of war saving
certificate stamps, while the --latest
four week returns from England
reach $37,OOO.O0O.
AS the total American war say.
ings are now in excess of $70,000,OO0
and are running close to $2.OOO,000 a
day, it is anticipated that the first
800, 900 900 will be recorded in the
third week in March, or in Il little
more than three months after the
first offering of the stamps by the
treasury. II took England seven
months to top the first hundred mil
lion.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-04
DR.. J.b. TEDROW
DIES SUDDENLY
Well Known Williams Physician Dies
Several Hours After Suffer
ing Il Stroke OF
Paralysis.
LIVED THERE Me- .y - YEARS
Had Been in Poor Health for Some
Time, but had not Been Con.
fined to Bed.
LIVED THERE Me- ,.Y - YEARS
Had Been in Poor Health for Some

Williams, Iowa, March 4.-Dr. j. 3.
Tedrow, pioneer physician of this
town, died at his home at 9:42 this
morning. Death came unexpectedly
following a stroke of paralysis suffer
ed this morning at o'clock.
DR.. Tedrow came to Williams in the
fall of 1856 and, hence, had been here
nearly 80 years. He leaves his wife
and one son, Claire, who is cashier OF
the State Bank at Estherville. Hc
was 50 years Of age.
DR.. Tedrow was one of the best
known physicians in Hamilton county
and held the respect and esteem Of all
who knew him. He had been in poor
health for several years, suffering
from Bright's disease, but had not
been belfast and Saturday was about
his business as usual and made a
professional call in the country.
Funeral announcement and obituary
later.