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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-27

bill 10 regulate tho small loan business
has been introduced in the House OF Dele
gates. While it has not attracted consider
able attention, ii is OF no mean Importance
since its enactment into law would mean
death TO the loan sharks who prey upon those
whom dire necessity has driven to them for
small sums OF money. This evil has been
largely curbed In Richmond but a State
la" 20 make the business uniform IS needed
me Dill is patterned after that drawn by the
division OF remedial loans OF the Russell Sage
Foundation and is designed as q step for
ward in social service philanthropy Other
States have adopted IL with what is said 10
be most beneficial results to those wage
earners who are forced TO seek loans with
no security other than their daily earnings
or personal belongings II II will correct
such abuses in Virginia 1t should be written
into the law
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-27

OF course. this is a terrible war. hut the fact
is recalled again and again that wars have never
been pink tea parties. The mldest in the
history OF the world was nothing like meetinG
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uust Tor publication wish TO have unafnoie
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
BY SAVING FOOD AMERICANS ARE
SAVING THE WORLD.

Here Is message from England
that should hearten every true Amer
lean in his resolution to save every
ounce Of food that will help swell the
supply for the soldiers at the front
and for the people of the allied coun-
tries. While we are observing the
food saving regulations that are pro-
mulgated from time to time, as a mat
ter of fact the sacrifice we are making
IL so small in comparison with the linn
tied rations upon which the people of
the allied nations Of Europe subsist
that II is hardly to be called a sacri-
fee. We have reduced our consump-
ton of sugar, and in so doing we have
probably improved our health. We
have cut our allowance OF wheat flour
in half, but we have an abundance of /
substitutes which. while some may find |
less palatable, are nevertheless equally I
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
WAGES IN GERMANY.
(Anaconda Standard.)


An exhaustive article in recent
number of the Literary Digest gives
interesting information as to wages
paid in Germany in all classes of labor
and trade. Much of the informa-
tion is obtained from a summary sent
out by the general imperial statistical
office. 1t shows the average wages
per day in various important groups
to be as follows: Metal industry
1872; engineering industry, 1928; ell
ectrical industry, $1.07; paper indus
try, $O,93; woodworking industry,
$l01. chemical industry, 1924; stone-
working and pottery, $1O7; leather
and rubber, 1920
The earnings of coal miners run
from 1927 to 1894 per year. The
average earnings of miners in copper
mines amount to $271 The wages of
plumbers are from $1.13 to $139 per
day. In Butte they are striking for
SO per day. Journeymen printers in
Germany get $685. to $744 a week.
Workingmen in Germany will not
strike even though they are under
paid. They are sticking to their work
because their country needs their
labor 1t is only in America that men
are helping the country win the war
by striking.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
TO INCREASE SALE OF WAR saw.
INGS STAMPS.

A special effort Is being made to in
crease the sale of thrift and war saw
ings stamps In Idaho. The per cap
ita sale of these stamps In this state
Is far below that Of many other states
and far below the rate necessary to
absorb the amount apportioned for the
year. There seems to be no good
reason for this, and II Is believed that
the situation may be remedied by an
aggressive campaign of publicity. The
government expects to raise $4,000
100000 through the sale Of these
stamps, and 1t can be done without
anyone feeling the burden If public
interest IL once sufficiently aroused.
There is not business man or wage
Garner In Shoshone county who cam
not afford to invest certain amount
every week In thrift or war savings
stamps. He can do it out of his
pocket change which is generally spent
for non essentials, and part of which
might just as well and better be spent
for war stamps. an interest bearing
investment and which will enable the
government to use the money to win
the war. Money thus invested will do
more than this. 1t will be the means
OF encouraging thrift by saving the
quarters and dollars and putting them
where they will be earning good in
terest II is in the quality of saving
that the average American is most
deficient Silver in his pocket is re-
garded as an excess to be frittered
away in personal pleasures or indul-
gences which bring no profitable re-
turn and which in most cases could
be eliminated to advantage.
The time has arrived when it is a
mark of poor citizenship to waste
money that the government needs to
carry on the war. 1t Is time that
every citizen should realize this and
place every dollar that he can spare
into the service of the government by
adopting a system for the regular pur-
chase of thrift and war savings
stamps. The plans Of the government
for the conduct of the war contem-
plate certain amount coming from
the sale of these stamps, and it Is the
patriotic duty of every man. woman
and child to contribute to this nee
essary fund. Begin now and keep 1t
up until the end of the year and you
will find in a short time that you are
the possessor of healthy baby gov
eminent bond drawing per cent in
terest compounded every quarter. -
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
|. W. w. CONSPIRACY.

mining and Scientific Press)
Proceedings now in progress at Chi
cago against the ring leaders of the
I. w. w. are almost overlooked in the
midst of the stirring events of the
day. 1t Is well to call attention to the
fact that the trial has conclusively
proved hat the organization was dir
Getting its efforts towards the closure
of mines by fomenting strikes in a
nation wide conspiracy to hamper the
United States In it's plans for war
Enormous quantities of posters in
three languages We're distributed by
the |. w. w. throughout the country,
urging the laborers to strike and in
other ways to impede the nations pre-
paration to resist Germany. The
Teutonic influence appears in many
forms, at one time in that of the rabid
dynamiter posing as the representa-
tive of honest labor, and at another
sentimentally whimpering for peace
in the name of Christianity.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
A TARIFF SERMON IN MANUFAc.
TURE OF BRICKS.

A few years ago the Stowe Fuller
company, arguing for protective rates
on bricks before the ways and means
committee, said: Labor Tin making
bricks) generally constitutes about 80
per cent of the cost Of the article. The
American manufacturer has absolute
lily no advantage in any improved
machinery or process; he is often at
count of the European manufacturer
being situated on the waters edge and
shipping his product to American ports
IN ballast at a less rate than the Am
erican manufacturer has to pay the
railroads"
Under the republican law the tariff
rates on bricks imported ranged from
"a 20 35 per cent ad valorem, /. e., the
specific rate as applied to the value
per ton en- importations. The demo-
cratic law. at present in force, cut the
whole brick schedule, with the ex-
ception of some glazed brick, to 10 per
cent ad valorem. The present law was
in force nine months of the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1914, and during that
fiscal year our imports of ordinary
brick increased about rs per cent over
the preceding year under protective
rates.
We have had opinions from a major
ity of the tariff commission recently,
of which the following from Mr.. w. S..
is sample: From the
of the tariff, wages per
man here compared with wages per
man in foreign countries are relatively
Of small significance" Mr. Costigan
says differences in the rate of wages l
nave comparatively little to do with
:rade." Apply those two statements
o the making of bricks. If 90 per
'ent of the cost of making these
tricks goes to labor, and we have no (,
advantage over our European COM ]
'ettors in any process or machinery.
While their wage scale is about one
bird that paid by us to our laborers h
A the brickyards, who, logically, n
'ould win out In competition for the s
merican market? And what applies >
bricks applies with more or less ),
lual force to thousands of other COM o,
oddities, the maximum manufacture ts
which. by our own country, spells 81
'osperity. u
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
BUILD ROAD JOINTLY.
Government and Rose Lake Lumber
Company Have Signed Agreement.

H. A. Calkins of the bureau of pub
lie roads left yesterday for Haugan,
where he will spend a few days in
the Savenac nursery before leaving for
the Occur d'Alene forest, says the
Missoulian of last Sunday. He ex-
poets to begin survey Of the Wolfe
lodge road in the Occur d'Alene forest,
which will be built by the government
and the Rose Lake Lumber company
jointly during the summer. The road
VIII expedite logging operations in
that district, from which large guam
titles of lumber for government use
are secured.
Cooperative agreements for the
construction of the highway were re-
Gently signed by the secretary Of agri-
culture and the lumber operators, who
will furnish $4,000, while the govern
ment will contribute $12,5O0.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
GIVE OLDER MEN A CHANCE IN
THE WAR.

The bill proposed by Secretary Baker
to permit the enlistment into the army
of men between 40 and IS years of
age Is one that possesses great merit
and should be speedily passed by con-
gress. A great many men between
these ages and even as high as co
years old have been prevented from
entering the service on account of The
limit of 40 years placed by the gov.
eminent, and to these the proposed
law has been hailed with delight
While they are not physically fit for
the strain and exposure incident to
trench warfare, they are splendidly
equipped for the work behind the lines,
work of the highest Importance that
is now being done by younger nan.
The passage of the bill would release
these to take up the more strenuous
work on the fighting line. and their
places would be filled by men fully as
capable and having the advantage of
mature judgment and in many cases
experience that would especially adapt
them to the work. Should this bill
become a law. the government would
find in the veterans of the Spanish
American war men whose military
training would especially adapt them
TO this work. and every one of whom
would welcome this opportunity to
inter the service. The age limit of |
10 years for volunteers has barred |
all Of them from enlist
nent. but If this measure becomes a
aw they will offer their services TO
he government with the same pat
totic enthusiasm that characterized
heir action over twenty years ago. II
iould be a deserved recognition of
hese veterans to give them preference
4 enlistment and to waive the max |
mum age limit. for some of them ,
ave passed SIS and are still in perfect 4
hysical condition for the service and t
ould welcome an opportunity to Join g
lie forces of Uncle Sam In France. ,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
WOBBLlES ON THE RACK.
(LeWiston Banner.)


The wobblies changed their minds
about burning their blankets on May
i. Cold feet Is about all that Is left
of the organization which threatened
to take over all lumber camps and
saw mills in north Idaho and put red
card agitators in charge. The timber
was to be "conscripted" and Bill Hay
wood elected president with Townley
OF Dave Coates. vice president. But
it's all off now. The agitators are in
prison or on the way. some on trial for
treason. arson or some other form of
crime and the dupes who fell for the
propaganda stuff are getting back
where they belong. The movement
was bound to go down. The war
brought the leaders out in their true
colors. The more dangerous ones are
now on trial in Chicago and up to
this time the evidence goes to show
that the organization is pro- German
and stands for everything lawless and
UNI American.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30

ing the different percentages that the
alloy contains. Thus, 4, 6. 8, 10, ~,
10, Is per cent, etc, nickel alloy. 1t
is fact that some manufacturers are
already designating the material now
being sold as Sheffield plate" as "sil-
yer plate on a nickel base" We see
no reason why the same argument
does not apply to the alloy now being
called nickel silver. AS matter of
fact the new name is no more correct
than the one it supplants. for the al
10y contains no silver, and while 1t is
to possess some similar ply
steal characteristics, it has really no
claim to nobility.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
NO MORE GERMAN SILVER
War Changes Name Of Common AIIo,
to Nickel Silver.

An attempt Is being made to rename
German silver by calling it nickel
silver One of the largest producers
OF the alloy. the American Brass COM
pany. has already made the change.
The Metal Industry. however, would
do away with the name silver as well.
II argues:
THE matter has taken on added i'm
portance in view of the fact that the
largest brass producing company OF
the United States has lately changed
the name of the alloy known as Ger
man silver to nickel silver. 1t seems
to us that If change in name of this
material is to be made, we should not
stop half way. Why retain the word
silver? Why attempt to ennoble
of base metals? Surely
there can be no other reason than a
commercial one. If the nickel is
taken from an IS per cent German
silver alloy only two and one
BRASS will remain. Why not then call
he compound nickel BRASS" Nor II
commercial objections are too strong
o be overcome at once, why not call |
I nickel alloy? The various contents /
u nickel may be designated by utiliz-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
MINING IN GERMANY.

Stopping of imports and rise in
prices in Germany due to the war
Fave forced German metallurgists to
make use of raw materials which were
considered too poor in peace times, ac-
cording to Stahl. U. Eisen, (abstr
Journ, Ind. and Eng Chem.) In sew
eral cases. sufficient success has been
obtained by new methods to Justify
the working Of low grade ores even In
FORMAL times. Thus, copper schists
We're hardly utilized when they con-
tanned only 2.5 per cent copper. Now
ores of l per cent and even or per
cent find utilization. AS regards iron
and steel there has not been much
change, but poor pyrites and phos-
phatic ores are no longer rejected. The
Vanadium for steel Is found In suffi-
cient bulk in slags which do not con-
tain more than or per cent vanadium;
the wolframite Of old waste heaps is
a raw material for tungsten: chrome
ore of "a per cent is welcome-hah
the percentage formerly deemed worth
sources of nickel if they
contain 1.5 per cent Of nickel bauxite
Of 40 per cent aluminium is considered
sufficiently rich. 1t is also stated that
he aluminium can. after all, be got out |
If clay. There is no change as to |
'rsenic and anthony Sulphur, no |
onger obtainable as such, is gained
rom gypsum and anhydrite, and phos-
hates of 20 per cent are converted
nto fertilizer.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
THE VOLUNTEER.
(Herbert Asquith)

Here lies the clerk who half his life
has spent
Toiling at ledgers in city gray,
thinking that SO his days would drift
away
With no lance broken in life's tourna-
ment
Yet ever 'twixt the books and his
bright eyes
the cleaning eagles of the leEicns
came,
And horsemen, charging under phan-
tom skies,
Went laundering past beneath the
oriflamme.
And now those waiting dreams are
satisfied;
From twilight to the halls Of dawn he
went;
His lance is broken; but he lies con-
tent
With that high hour In which he lived
and died.
And falling thus he wants no recon-
pense,
Who found his battle in the last re-
sort;
Nor needs he any hearse to bear him
hence,
Who goes to join the men Of Agin
court
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
Memorial Day
youths Companion)

late years there has probably most of
us vague feeling would eventually ose
J if not its significance least its pognancy The time
remote parades, camp
fires indeed there will be longer
Civil has seemed probable that with the
sing of the last survivors
emotion vivid pictures of gallant
proud consciousness of
bravery No doubt there would
patriotic thny attended no doubt there
but more and the
years Memorial likely decline
which all pcuesqueness and symbolism had vanished
surely there possibility the
being halowed for ash by the bravery
and the gallant
dead
forever unknown and there soldiers
grateful land Lafayette to
this country there of sold
who have fallen the field battle
their will not be forgotten on Memorial day
fitting that Memorial day this
those Americans
great well those who died more than half century
the preservation of the Union is
union of the civilized
country
be compared for
mainly Begans serbians
ns enduring today The preservation of the Union was
vital the and prosperity of the world the
of the Union against Germany today
The Northern soldier the fought foe who was
to chldren whom, over at
once Wiling n enter into relations Of friendship ana
different
British cruel orurers of helpless
civilians
nothing in
laid their
plough II the triumph of our nation that the sons Of those
North
down what God shall be the last effort
of the human
For Memorial inspiring will be no
England and Italy and Bel
Serbia there will be though may
upon May and abroad what
day must bring
in the coming In village
who have the khaki will be
line will be the gallant the
There will detachments
marching with allied
Brussels Begrade will be
and Belgian Serbian detachmen young
veterans in the Memorial Brothers
from all around the world music
the Marselas
they and be
VINO WI" not see sohe OF through tears? Who will
through the soldiers and that are
not in neyoung soldiers that will
not this day wish with that
he had been able that won the
civilization?
Will Germany observe
quite possible;
unreleved
proudly through the performing for brilliant Gilt
eng kaiser There will paades Germany The
ashes Of their the wear that viii NOT
De memorial day Tor Germany, that
thought of all that it once had and flung away
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
HUGHES AND AIRCRAFT FIAsco.
(New York Times.)

New York Times.)
If the average citizen had been ask
ed who is the bravest and most skill
full investigator in the United States
for battling case in which scandal
may Turk, he would not hesitate to
say, recalling the New York insurance
exposure, Charles Evans Hughes.
Nothing that is wrong or criminal can
very we'll be hidden from his acute
intellect, No reluctant witness can
deceive him. Evildoers dread to face
his examination His mastery of de-
tail, his clearness of statement his
penetration of motives his quickpess
to detect evasion and his always I'M
uffled self possession make him
consummate trail finder in a maze like
that OF the aircraft fiasco.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30

and more conducive Il
good health. But even this small
measure of sacrifice in behalf of oul
allies has enabled this country to sup
ply England with two-thirds of hel
food staples and relieve the people o
anxiety while their sons are fighting
to free the world. This tribute t.
the American spirit is from the Lon
don Chronicle:
rs ii realized by the people of
this country that America has al
ready saved us from captivating
to the enemy
America Is sending to these
islands almost two-thirds of our
food supplies. Sixty-fve per cent
Of the essential foodstuffs eaten
by the British citizen comes to
him from the American continent.
This in itself Is something which
calls for our lively gratitude. But
there is quality in the action of
America which should intensity !.
our gratitude. For these Ameri-
can supplies, essential to our
health and safety, represent In
very large measure the personal
and voluntary self-sacrifice of the
individual American citizen. They
are not crumbs from the table of
Dives. They are not the COM
Wandered supplies of an auto
cratic government. They repre-
sent, rather. the kindly, difficult,
and entirely willing self sacrifice
of a whole nation, the vast ma
jority of whom are working peo-
pie.
'"There Is only one altar for this
act of sacrifice-it Is the table
of the American working classes.
And the rite is performed by men,
women, and children. at every
meal of the day, day after day,
week after week.
This great demonstration of
character has had no other i'm
petus than the simple declaration
of facts by Herbert Hoover, the
man who fed Belgium. Hoover
has told his countrymen how
things stand That is all. The
them. will prove to mankind
whether or not the American
nation is capable of individual
self sacrifice to save the world"
His propaganda has never des-
cended to unworthy levels. He
has appealed always to the con-
science of his countrymen, He
has spoken of personal obi
cation upon every one of us to-
who will suffer privation to the
extent of our own individual neg
ligenc.'
America has answered this APP
peal In a manner which marks
her out as one of the greatest
moral forces in the world 1t
should be known out there, in the
farm houses and cottages of the
American continent, that the peo-
pie of this country, tightening
their belts and confronting the
future with an indestructible con-
fidence, are mindful of Americas
self sacrifice, and are grateful to
her men and women and children
for their self sacrifice-self sac
rlfice which will save the world"