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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
How THE GOVERNMENT HAS REVERSED ITSELF

bounding The government pur-
compelled to give up and
they organized employees Of the
officials by accusing them OF
doing things under the
public lutonfor the railroads are haaaS oeen so
sbamefl treated and 50 rcmoesSly pursued by restricting
transportation The class persons who arc blaming
talking with the
prejudice conditions which
In this connection would
be well to recall the pophesy in the
country outlined Just the coHt
the breakdown of the cOuny trans
substance that the restrictions laid upon the
roads than in other countries
at greater expense than railroad
ton and the development facilities that the roads falling
traffic and under extra demand would prove made
quate This under question of
providing revenues for maintenance and
foroperaton
made since took the control Of the roads is now
clearly revealed that the itself
that deprived needed when the
posed extraordinary They simply couldn't respond be-
regulation and es
ton ontended that the railroads
perfect IL of their policies but
they were doing restrictive they were
compelled Looking back their aeed state one wonders
vel! as they Old
The railroads forbade them to
do done since assumed contro WY
it has simply had imposed In other words II mas
made legal criminal That's ALL This net new
presentment referred BY The Intelligence before
but mind because bears on other matters
and that insisted
pooling
rangemens prohibited under drastic penalties mus was
inefcncy The
mont done nothing that operated prevent
pooling and limited improvements The government
formerly insisted
anddiS
Now the question government do when hands the rail-
roads hack to private the laws 1t has aoated
resume the will it have learned something that
treatment of the roads? This war Will
M.
by
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Tired. worn. anti gray, bcrcft or charm
MS ta;i"rrd bundle on his ARM
With eye n-s".arrh for fri"Tuly nod.
With feet that lag OF stiffrncd sod
pld Winter waits mid thawinG SHOWS
Far one Kind ware, before he goes.
our eyes look toward thc bursting hills;
WI. hear the leap Of lUng-hushed rillS.
Fleet wings wall s""1 G;tsh through the
Returning life Slcam everywhere.
Enchanted by it's lnvc,ineSs,
~, walt for Spring with fond car"'S.
cur kiss Will :iuNh her fresh ynumE face!
Wen prai:" h'r i"auir mud her grace:
-, welcome. w,i,"rTr. h"unE Spring:
i;ul - i not an GHk!nd thing
Ia tear. no gracirus Thought expressed
For Winter. "Ir Departing guest"
Peoples Home journal.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

ment Of our spiritual qualities as a
Christian nation. Some progress is
shown in that direction since the war
has laid lis heavy hand on US by the
growth In church membership. the war
activities Of the church, and the
awakening Of that body itself 10 deeper
conservation to the Lord OF Battles.
This Is divulged In a retrospect
which appears in The Christian Herald
which shows that during the past year
the net increase OF church members
WIS 5713.o95, and while that Is less than
in 1916 by 1SG,329, it exhibits a great
growth when the causes for a falling
of are explained. 1t Is the larger bodies,
however, that make the gains, as III
former years. The Roman Catholic
Church. with 1858, 900 communicates,
added 1880: the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. with 3,SSI,000, gained
IA 900, It's largest increase in this cen
,urv eXcept one: the Disciples OF
Christ. with 1891 600 advanced by
50 900; the Northern Presbyterian
Church. with 1.5S1.443 gained 3S,ilG;
the Baptists, Northern. Southern and
Colored, with 6,1o6604. gained nearly
1000, and other denominations had
smaller increases.
The striking feature Of tho record
| for 1917 Is that hte llberality of the
financial outlay 0: the churches mar
velously advanced, for besides CON
trlbuting to all the alternating war or,
ganIzations, they have not failed 10
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

No wonder We arr going short OF!
MI with the wars Increased demands
on that industry. IL will doubtless
surnrisc many 10 learn that VIZ are
producing eighteen million barrels less
oil each year than We consume, ana
that we are making up the deficit from
the producers reserves, which will mold
OUT for at least five %ears more. An
other surprising biz Of Information l.
that we canno, nroduc" az much saSo'
line as VIC need with the present num-
her Of wells. The obvious remedy Is
10 drill more wells. But the cost OF
drilling oil wells has largely Increased
Of late. and capital Is more shy o! on
tcrinC the oil fields than it once was
rsrrCiallF while the prevailing nncrr'
tainty regarding prices continues at
Washington.
Figures from the oil industry show
Thai tho pCr cent OF return Is slightly
less now than il WAS three years az"
urnu The invested capital; hence there
j. less iNduccmnni TO expansion IN
thr oil fields now. in spit" Of III" TACT
that the aviation war program H'Qhe
UPON which We have entered. means Il
tremendously enlarged demand for
gasoline: Tho oil sliH"lion f1ls IN rX~
artl: with rhr conditions which have
surrounded tn" framing .! The r"r"nu"
bill. !, IL all very we'll 10 talk aOnu'
me cnnscripIGn Of wealth and ahoh'
making war profits pay the costs G.
inc var. bul II no money IS To bn lei'
80 industry with which to max" lis
~, c,-Sily excursions. hos Is I'll" war
H. be- carried IN. With is Increasing
demands for Inai"ria''
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
AN ENCOURAGIl-G MOVE

The action taken b. the city coun'
ell on the recommendations OF the
| City Manager with regard 10 taxing
some definite steps towards providing
q filtration system. IS an awakening
of some import and may be said TO be
encouraging Of results. The matter
has been so exhaustiyely discussed IN
the press, and so insistently demanded
by the people. that it would seem there
is nothing more to say on the subject
to bring conviction OF the absolute ne
cessity OF the project, which has
again been revived.
As the situation now stands. coun-
ell has resolved itself into a commit
tee Of the whole, with an advisory body
OF three, one to be selected by the Com
merctal Association. another by the
Trades and Labor Assembly. and the
third to be designated by the council
for the purpose OF deciding on the
best plan and the most adaptable sys-
tenn OF filtration to our needs. So far
as The Intelligencer can see. there
should be no trouble about the coun-
Gil and dts advisory com!aittcc COM
ing to an early agreement on the we'll
system projected By Nr. Glenn Smith.
and which has the endorsement; OF the
most competent authorities.
Not only Is the reasonable cost for
the installation OF this system an at
4ractive consideration with the city
at this time, buc the quality OF the
water secured by the experimental
wells sunk some time ago proves 1t 10
the most acceptable proposition that
has been presented. The Intelii5encer
has no other interest IN the matter
than that It desires 10 see speedy
tu,fllrnent Of Il hope long deferred.
Iet something be- done This iii-!e. What
the people wane IS ii decision. not 4
debate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
GREAT CHURCH RECORD

There has been great deal said In
the secular press and impressed from
the pulpit about the wars awakening
OF the spiritual forces OF humanity. This
force Hes dormant with great many
OF us in times of security and peace
but: In great catastrophles, In hours OF
stress when the world seems 10 be
breaking 10 pieces tho human heart
turns to the only sanctuary that can
give satisfying consolation. While
We have been greatly stirred. we have
nos yet come to that climax in the war
of whelmirg sorrows like the other ma
tons in this bloody strife. But our
day OF wrath Is not far off, and when
1t breaks we shall show more arouse
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

gerated profits that farmers are re-
ceiying by growing wheat. II the price
of wheat is controlled, which 1t should
be. why not control the price of ma
chlnery, twine, bags, fertilizer and
labor wages that enter into the produc.
tionof wheat.
II is not a question OF price on wheat
but whether We shall have 1t or not.
With SHIELDED corn at $50 per bush"l
and going higher wheat is the cheaper
OF tho Two grains to feed to animals
for the production OF meat. which IS
greatly needed. France has recently
notified this country that she will pay
any price for wheat il We will send it
to her. =.
Greater production by more pro-
duccrs and less price-fxins and knock
ing OF non.producers will accomplish
moro toward lowering the price oil
foo1stuffa.
IF. COOK,
Ohio County Agricultural Agent.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

The wartime labor shortage in the
United States must w.. supplied entire
Is from WlthIn the United States Itself.
There l. no foreign country upon winch
we can draw tur :,u acceptable" class OF
lahpr.rS IT, meet uur needs. A@N'can
and Chinese ar. not cu:$!d"rcd III ms
, class.
For n century rror 10 the war Euro
mean 1ahUr"rS were crossing the Htlah-
tic in CONSTANT? flowing stream Dur
!ng the year precious 20 the outbreak
Of the great European war the trans
atlantic ships brought u our shores the
grand total Of 1."lS.4S0 immigrant
aliens. Fer the period between l"H'
and 1914 the average number OF arrir-
Ing imm grant aliens was l.Ol@.l9l per
year. Those immigrants furnished the
greater percentages oc "ur unskillcd Ia
bnrers and MS our industries expanded
they were ahsurh,d 10y our great innHS'
trial sponge.
Consider what Il great difference II
made then. when this long continued
annual increase Of more than milton
n year suddenly Shrank in 1915 10 10
100 And. us was to hc expected, lillS
decrease has continued each year since
During 1916 the number or immigrants
10 our shores tu;alvG only "%S.S26. There
1917. And this total will continue Ia
decline from now on for the remainder
Of the war I" al even greater extent.
However,. these figures d. not accu-
rat"ly empress The real SituniI"n Ih"F
relate oHly IL arriving aliens ana lax"
no account Of the great number VII"
return I" their mother countries dur-
ing the course Of Il year. ThcS" u&-
pnrt;ng aliens arc of course drain upon
the labor supply. The difference be-
tween the incoming and the outgoing
aliens shows the net supply or 1VrelHh
labor.
When we cXamin" the figures dis
closed by these differences the results
are startling. For instance. the net gam
in 1914 was no less than 1929. Dur
inr 1915 this net gain had dropped |"
5000. showing loss over the rrecrd-
Ing year Of more than % per ccnl. Til"
gain for 1916 WAS somewhat greater
,nan for 1915. showing net gain al
1.5.94l. Yet even with this gain Over
1915, the loss as compared with the
1914 standard was nearly 81 per cent.
There IS thus small comfort III our
Enumeration statistics so far rs our III
c-cnsing demand for laborers Is c"n-
ccrncd.
To make matters worse, tn" present
class of immigrant arrivals are OF much
inferior physique compared with those
that came during former years. and
consequently they are less useful rs Il
source of that sturdy stock necessary
:ur the construction and maintenance
" our railroads. Furth"rmrrc the med
ical inspections 1T ports IL d'tarha'lN:i
reveal that there are 1t least double
the number Of disabling defects ana
,Iat tho reflections IN l215-lolS lacreas-
cd III ptr.CeIt over those of 1914 EH-
cry element entering Int" the problem
Of immigration seems To hode III Ter
urr accrct!ors OF un&kiliGG labor from
this source.
Railrcad labor Is recruited from two
sources: Those immigrants ClaSScd At
ports Of entry simply as lahorcFS ana
those CalS&cd "a farm lahorcrs. These
latter. %"mi-$kilcI workers in their ma
tive countries w!cn they come 10 tHiH
country 60 largely 10 make UP the new
recruits In the ranks Of common labor
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

more stable conditions. the Russians
themselves will be unable 10 take any
steps toward improveing the aSricul
tural. industrial and commercial sit
uation. and until some measure of Or
der is restored other nations will nat
urally refrain from continuing that
generous assistance which they have
been giving to q sorely tried people.
Chaotic as are the present economic
conditions, it would seem that they
must become worse. il that be possible,
before there IS any likelihood of their
becoming better.
Most Of this undermining Of the eco
nomic structure Of the Russian en-
pore has been due to the subtle In,
trigue on the part OF German agents.
who were hiYed like bees before the
Car gave way to the impossible So
cialist regime. which has made bad
matters worse. Germany will find
poor picking when she rides into con,
troll for a peace Of her own making.
Where complete chaos does not obtain
there Is nothing but confusion, owing
10 the different organizations strug'
Cling for control. About everything
worth looting has been looted. The
idealists and drnamers who have
sought 10 carry out their ridiculous
schemes have ridden to the fall that
was inevitable from the start. They
have made nothing but a bloody tx
panse OF a fair possession. What, will
be the end:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
WHEAT PRICES
PRESENT PRICE DOES NOT PAN
IN OHIO COUNTY.
County Agent Cook Shows Local Cor
dItions-France Will Take All Our
Wheat at Any Price.

Edifrr lntclligrnCer
For fear that newspaper publishers
mn! unkno"!HI!? prevent the nrCcS-
.ary increase in Inc production Of
wnra, 40 surriy needed. the writer de-
:ircS 10 answer the editorial in The
lntrliigcnccr OF Tuesday. February 10.
The impression which one gets from
that editorial Is that farmers arc now
letting $22n per bushrl for their
wheat, which gives them Il handsome
profit. and that II Is far above tn"
1916 price. which Il correct only in
part.
The price of $40 per bushel is for
10. | northern spring wheat, which
amounts to about one-third Of the
wheat produced in the United States.
while the larger part produced Is win
Tor wheat, grading No. 8 and No. ?.
selling in the market from SOS to
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

S2l5. The Chicago price OF No. red
winter wheat averaged $3.50 per
buShcl for Tie twelve months previous
10 the timc the government fixed The
wheat price.
The average acre yield Of wheat in
Ohio county is Twelve and a half BUSH
els per acre for til" past zen Years, and
ii $@i0 per hu*hcl. the present mar
krl price in his county, an acr" gives
s2G.H5 gross returns. After d"luct!nG
present cost Of producing i. farmers
do not receive = per cont interest on
the value OF the lanI ii was grown on.
With III" acute shortage OF farm labor,
no producer viii lake chances OIL The
weather and the uU".iiCI Of Dr!nG able
10 harvest his wheat unie-s greater
Inducements .!.an are naw in sigh: re
held OIL TO him. Qu..H large. Part G.:
tho winter wheat { nj = produced III
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois and Iowa, OH
land ranging In vI!no from Sl20 10
$3.50 per acre. I'M the interest ui.Gn
the investment alone amounts 10 orc
third Of the gross lie urns Of the
wheat
y 1T" ldIltlI'TS Ill kut iiUi iHfI IL 'tll-
handle of this state who have kept &C
rurnlr cost accounts have found whaat
losing game compared with ether
farm crops. ard thus are not growing
wheat
If the producer Is receiving an m
Just profit, the writer IS in n position
10 know II. Since this Is not The case
at last in this county. and realizing the
Imperative necessity for more wheat
being prDdUcrd To furnish this country
bread AS we'll is our allies. IL b.
houvcS each and every citizen OF this
nation 10 ln nj they can TO produce
some kind of food ard 10 encourage
production by allowing tho producer
fair margin OF profit. whatever that
may be, as decided by our president.
and not publish things that may give
people wrong Impressions Of eXag.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

support generously their own church
and benevolent work The leading
churches show large increases in the
amounts contributed for missions.
home and foreign, and other denomi-
nal enterprises, as follows:
The Presbyterian Church tNorthtrn)
gave four and Il quarter millions 80 rs
Missions an increase OF half million.
and for all dcnOmlr:ti"aal purposes.
thirty-onc millions. a net increase nf
over three millions. The Methodist
Episcopal Church gave five and half
millions to its missions. an increase 81
a quarter of a million. besides special
contributions cl rnauy' millions 10 edo
,.aiional endowment and ministerial pen
sion lunGS. II plans 70 raise tor l'S
missions fifteen millions Il year for IN"
next five years Th" Protestant Ep!scH-
pal Church finished its ministerial pen
sion fund 4; th. end "c February last
for which IL ras"d nenrly eight nhd three
Quarter millions. i:c goal II Mad set. Its
total contributions :nr other dcnnInihd-
ljunal purposes ic-.hcd the sum VI
Twenty-Five aud hatt millions, an III
cr"9S., Of $l.tu6,uu0.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
PHOSPHATE RUSSIA

About the most understanding de-
:script!oa OF Russia at present can be
confined to one word--p:ostrate. One
of the unfortunate effects OF the pres
jent political and military tangles is
that it will accelerate the demoraliza-
tton in economic affairs which has
been In progress ever since the out
break Of the war. Until the return OF
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
FOOD FOB AUSTRIA.

AMSTERDAM. Feb. 2o-In an address
To the lower house Of the Reichsrath ~
Vienna. DR. Won Scydltr. the Austrian
premier. declared that under the reaca
t:enty with the Ukraine there had been
placed at the disposal Of the Central
powers the Ckrane's surplus Of AgrIcuI-
tural products. This surplus, the pre-
mier asserted, was greater than the Can
trail powers st the most favorable esti'
mato could transport
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
FATALLY KICKED.

CLARKSBURG. ". Va. Feb. 20
A kick from horse resulted in the
death this morning in hospital Of
Ray r. Doyle. 81. boss driver at the
Elkhorn Coal company's mining plant
at Mount Claire. this county. Tie
leaves a widow and two children. His
hody viii be taken tomorrow to Sand
ford Gilmer county, for burial.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

THERE'S r"-urtlIna;i"n fer YOU. taking
tank steamers for overseas S"FNir''
Thereby cu'iiu.; 81 iu'l 81 SurpIi'''
from munitions Factories winch VIII
LrrrSsiii,iu their closing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Tin" imprrtaut seduction "f IN" hrI-
iSh I"enti"r'S revelations is iiat the
supreme war council hui something "t
Il surprise UP its sleare fer linden
burgs' confusion.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Genera! Sir William Robertson was
not as much disturbed rs those VINO
used HIM to club thr GrorE" ministry.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Soncr If the "irrrsiStihlr logic ms
prrScd 10y I'll" American representatives
at tho Supreme war rouncIi might NC
aprlird ut h~mr with good results.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

The New York Times Loses something
If it's reputation l"r intelligence when
1t cln$!Ii,s tn" pr"t"cu"nists as theor-
lists. III all things.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

February has taken NOR" siant$ II!
weather vacar:vS thmu thc peace III
5rcsl- l.ituSSi.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Victory or defeat is the inevitable
end Arc yuu going |" co-"perat" iHr
the former. or uhstr:irt for thr latter
There is no middle ground.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

The HolshvviNi will I!nh ont mat
topping wal IL Ihc least Of the troubles
( viii encounter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Berlin, of course, will Cclcbrai" the
IIussiuu peace. IL calls for Si,lu".pu0.-
r0n indemnity. winch represents prr.Idy
md lNntiEitN.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

TIL" city r"T"rnm. III has made an
either squirt towards hltTali"n' "Aich IS
uGwlll encouraging.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

In Letting Gccr%" Do II the hrlt'S'
lnuSt play less politics and more war.
Nrl that also is ".rrcSislIDlr logic.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
THE DEPARTING GUEST.

The sensitive man gets nothing but
his own goat.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Lloyd George held tn" winning ham"
when al The cards were on the table.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

Other things being equal tho Renuh-
iican party Gun take pardonnhln prtd"
In the fact that the protective tariff ard
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

permanent prosperity have always gone
hand in hand.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21

What did Trntsky expect in dickcring
with Germany. tlir deal?
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
KITCHENIZED INDUSTRY

\ protested peace means II pr"tract"'
EEnlfv.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-21
ICE OF THE WHEELING INTELLIGEFcER
By HUGH REID

crit in the Office Of the Secretary of Labor of the Uncd States
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
M'CUTCHEON MAKES
HyDR0PLANE TRIP

CHICAGO, Aug. 21-John T. Nc
Cutcheon, cartoonist, and Lieut.. Lee
Hammond, naval aviator attached to
the Great Lakes Naval training sta
ton, today planned to return to the
station from Grand Haven, Mich,
where they arrived last night after
having spent four hours in a disabled
hydroplane miles away from land.
Preceded by two patrol planes, Nc
Cutcheon and Hammond started on
a trip across the lake to test hydro
plane Of a new type. Engine trouble
developed and they were forced to
descend in mid-lake. Hampered by
fog and rough wealth and with their
compasses out of commission, the
aviators spent four hours repairing
their engine, when the journey fin
ally was resumed, started in wrong
direction descending at Grand Trav-
erse Bay and later making their way
to Frankfort, Mich, nearly 200 miles
north of their scheduled destination.
Meanwhile, airplanes. tugboats and
naval cutters had been modified by
wireless and were sea rching the lake
for the missing men. The search con-
tinued until the arrival of McCutcheon
and Hammond at Grand Haven Tich
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-08-21
Indiana Artiuerymen
Cited for Bravery
During Recent Drive

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug. 21.-
Adjutant General Smith today receiv-
ed a letter from Colonel Robert Tyn-
dali, commanding the Indiana artil-
lery regiment Of the Rainbow Divis-
ion. inclosing copies of the French
orders citing the regiment for bravery
an deficiency in the present drive.
Colonel Tyndall says his regiment
has been at the front for more than
a year without leave, and five months
on the fighting line. He describes
the fighting as follows:
Just before we came up here we
were fortunate in being a part of the
army that held up the German Of
fensive. We opened fire one hour be-
fore the attack and my regiment alone
put $500 rounds of high explosives
into the packed front lines of the
enemy, and by doing this so destroy
ed the division that was to make the
attack that the enemy had to bring
In another division.
I'm fact, they exhausted their %
divisions opposite us without gianing
an inch. This holding the line made
1t possible to execute this attack that
we are now making and we were
given credit for it,"