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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05
HOW WORKERS live
BACK OF THE YARDS
HIS HONOR GOES AND SEES,
AND FINDS CONDITIONS IN
THEIR TRUE LIGHT.

CHICAGO-First hand informa-
ton of living conditions of stock
yard employees in the district "back
of the yards" was obtained today by
Federal Judge Samuel Alschuler, ar
bitrator in the dispute between pack
ers and their employees over wages
and working conditions when he Wis
tied the section and inspected homes
of workers.
Representatives of the packers and
of the employees accompanied Judge
Alschuler, and tonight Carl Meyer,
counsel for the workers, and Frank
Walsh, representing the employees,
declared that the buildings housing
the workers are practically uninhab-
table. They said fire danger was so
great remedial action should be TAX
en- at once.
Mr.. Meyer was inclined to blame
the condition on the city, declaring
that it should force the landlords to
tear down the old buildings, while
Mr.. Walsh seemed to think the fault
lay with the packers.
Twelve homes were visited, five of
them selected by the packers, four
by the employees and three at random
by Judge Alschuler.
We found one home where an g.
year-old boy took care of seven
brothers and sisters while his mother
and father worked" said Mr.. Walsh.
THE place was filthy and all the
children had contracted skin diseas-
es, In the kitchen were the remains
of the midday meal-boiled cab
bage, coffee and bread. The boy said
that was all they ever had at noon
and there was no other food on the
place except a half head of cabbage.
cone place, which from the out
side looked like a nice little cottage,
was found to house three families.
One IN the basement, one on the first
floor and one in the attic
Generally speaking, the lighting
and ventilation conditions are of the
worst possible kind The buildings
should be torn down and the packers
should see that safe and sanitary
buildings are erected"
"The families living in filth and dirt
are the kind that would live the same
way if wages were quadrupled, said
Mr.. Meyer.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05

That is the Goodrich idea of
tire. Therefore, Goodrich Test Car
Fleets, six of them, for a year ham
mered Goodrich Tires from state to
state, putting them to the road test
of rock, sand, and gravel. The tires
emerged tested warriors of the
road, from a grand mileage of
4,178,744 tire miles.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05
SOLDIERS AT CAMP WHEELER
CONVICTED OF RUNNING STILL
Four Men Are Sentenced to Serve
One Year in Prison.

MACON, Ga.-Convicted of oper-
ating still at Camp Wheeler, three
non-commissioned officers and a pri-
vate of Bakery Company No. 312
have been sentenced to serve one
year each at hard labor. The general
court martial recommended that they
serve twelve years each, but the terms
were reduced by Brigadier General
John L. Hayden, acting commander
of the division.
The soldiers are Corporal Charles
j. Pedkins, Sergeants George W. ia
cob and James R. Schmidt and Pri-
vate Larkin B Welsh.
According to the evidence, the still
was in full operation about one-half
mile from the camp of the bakery
company when a raid was made at
10 O'Clock on the night of December
%, and the four men arrested.
Coming, March 18th: Cheating
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-03-05
LARGE SHIPMENT

Red Top and Early Amber Sor-
ghum Seed received. Get your re-
quirements now.
LOWREY & DAVIDSON.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26

countrys business? Could not the
labor force and the administrative
force Of the mines, the labor force and
the administrative force of the rail-
roads. have been called upon for more
work, for longer hours? The public
would have helped, it would have re-
sponded instantly to an appeal for the
utmost economy in the use of coal. for
aid to the governments efforts to
meet the cNigencies of shortage. The
men who direct great business estab-
tishments are often confronted by such
conditions, they meet them coura-
geous.y, with quick resourcefuiness,
they do not shut down. The country
has a feeling that such a man in Mr.
Garfield's place would never have
taken to the president for his approval
an order like that published yesterday.
There are many men of that quality In
the Tuited States, why WAS not one
chosen as fuel administrator instead
Of MIR. Garfield who has SO conspicu-
ously failed?
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
GARFiELO'S FAILURE.
From the Chicago Tribune.

That such Il condition could arise is
the best possible proof of theI incfti-
cheney of the coal administration.
Since last summer br Garfield has
been at worh. If he has accomplished
anything, the fact is not apparent,
There have been conflicting orders,
and a constant shifting of policy. Coal
Was withheld from one part OF the
country III order that another, part
might be supplied. And now in the
middle of winter all sections of the
country are suffering from a terrible
shortage of coal. Finally, it is found
that the government can not even
coal its own ships without stopping
production. There is, Of course, only
one thing for the people to do, and
that is make the best Of the situation.
The order will be obcyed, and we
shall all hope that the effects will
he much less disastrous than many
fear they will be.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
GARFIELD IS IN A PANIC.


The fuel administration has lost its
head DR. Garfield is in a panic and
acts In headlong manner. Having
failed to restore the natural rhythm OF
a colossal and wonderful Industrial
mechanism by pokins priority orders
into it. he proposed to make 1t run by
beating it on the curbstone. The alb
CREATIONS of the mechanism We're
caused in the first place by the gov
ernment's running amuck with orders
every department for itself, until all
the avenues of production and distrl-
button were congested.
The mechanism viii somehow sur
Sive. but fancy the effect that will be
produced in the minds Of our partners
in war and upon the enemy
The country in the whole world rich
est in natural resources. In skill OF
organization and in mechanical !nge-
nuity. has to clean up its factories, in
Guiding munition plants. not for lack
of coal, OF which the potential supply
is for all purposes unlimited. but be-
cause it cannot coordinate the proc
ess of production and distribution.
Anchors have been delivered at east
ern seaboards for ships yet unbuilt.
They are symbolic. Every anchor
represents a premature and. therefore,
a wasteful consumption OF both coal
and transportation. So does each one
|of more than a million tons Of finished
products lying In heaps at every
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
ONE OF MANY FAILURES.
New York. Times.

The order of the fuel administrator
is but one instance. it is a confession
Of failure. There has been failure in
other high posts, notably in the supply
ing OF munitions. clothing and equip
ment to the troops here and abroad. OF
the speech of men in this country to-
day these things are the chief theme.
They are the cause of public appre-
hension. there is fear that we may fail
to meet the just expectation of our
allies. that the aid we have promised
will be deferred. will fall far below
what they have right to ask, what
this powerful nation should give. And
now. before we have become an active
participant i'll the war; we arc called
upon to put up with privations COM
parable to those borne by peoples who
were called TO arms three and one -half
years ago. The American people know
where the fault lies. They expect the
PRESIDENT to find the remedy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
BLOW BETWEEN THE EYES.


1t is impossible to escape the conNic-
.tiun that somebody at Washington has
hungled badly in the handling of the
fuel problem. The order of the fuel
administrator is 4 blow between the
eyes of business. There would seem
40 probability that the program pro-
mulgated yesterday has had the APP
prevail OF amy person with knowledge of
the needs OF business, else its crudities
would have been corrected. Certainly
amy man with Knowledge of conditions
in the business world would have ad-
vised against suddenly plunginE the
whole industry of the country into con-
fusion which easily could have been
uNerted.
The people OF the United States will
submit willingly to any necessary
hardship which win contribute to the
winning of this war. II, therefore. this
order of the fuel administration evokes
general and vigorous criticism, II viii
he only because the people believe hat
which is decreed is needless and strikes
them unnecessarily hard.
1t is hoped that there will be 81 rious
reconsideration Of the whole o. this
order OF decree or edict, whichever it
may be called. There still is time to
prevent the disturbance of the whole
business life Of the nation which it in
wolves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
LEST THE DOUBT GROW.
From the New York Evening World

From the New York Evening World
Besides it's appalling effect upon in
dustry, the wholesale shut down order
issued by Fuel Administrator Garfield
threatens graver damage.
II threatens to shake the confidence
Of the American people in the compe-
tence of their government to deal with
economic problems forced upon it by
state of war.
Besides cutting off their wages, this
desperate action of fuel administra-
tration that has made a failure of its
Job Is calculated to fill the minds Of
millions of workers with apprehension,
instead of with the courage the country
needs there.
From the first. those to whom the
nation looks for leadership in the
prosecution of the war have urged un-
interrupted. thrice multiplied produc-
ton. Industry was to be stimulated
and encouraged; confidence and pros
perity in all directions conserved.
Yet in the presence of difficulty, the
first cry of dismay. the first move to
surrender. come from those in COM
mand.
When it is a choice between making
a supreme effort to move the country's
abundant supplies of coal or starving
industry, the official word goes forth:
industry must staryei
Eett.r, IA thousand times, the losses
and discomforts of dempralized yet
steadily improving coal distribution
than the dismaying conviction forced
upon the American people that admin
iistrators to whom they have delegated
the highest powers are shufflins m
lcumpetents. who find it easier to pub
fish official DEGREES of privation than
| to bcstir themselves to insure plenty
This is what comes of putting col
llegc presidents. bankers, lawyers ana
Isilyersmiths on "a job beyond the range
| of their capacity or experience
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
SENATOR CHAMRERLAiN'S
SPEECH.
From the Butte Miner.

One thing, however. the present ad-
iministration should understand, and
that is the citizens of this nation. while
patient are in deadly earnest in this
crisis. and they will not brook ineffi-
cheney, which costs the lives of its
patriotic young men. even though out
| of a mistaken feeling of loyalty Presi-
| dent Wilson himself attempts to defend
such inefficiency.
Party ties and party leaders will be
brushed aside II il is necessary TO do
so In order that this war may be prose-
cuted with all the vigor and intelli-
gence that this nation is capable OF
bringing to bear upon the great task
before il.
Senator Chamberlain may have made
some statements upon hearsaS without
sufficient notification, and this may
be the case in reference to the letter
he read from the alleged father Of
dead soldier. ard. in fact, everyone Will
hope that he has exaggerated actual
conditions instead of minimizing them.
However this may be. his charges OF
'incompetency must be met by the war
department clearly and satisfactorily
TO the people or they will insist upon
and obtain changes in the management
OF this nations part in this great
struggle.
In the meantime before definitely
making up their minds in this matter
the citizens of this nation will wait
until the secretary of war has ample
opportunity to NEE, the charges levied
against his administration q! the eoun-
'try's military affairs.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
NEWSPAPERS ND THE WAR.

One Of our friends writes in
part: "We know we'll HAT The
Muscular has rendered splendid
service for every kind of war
work and that its strong stand
for Kidding the state Of all forms
OF disloyalty has been highly
commended. \ good many peo-
pie are reading The Missoulian
carefully when heretofore they
did not pay mnch attention TO it.
While all this is true. think you
50 too far III criticising the adj
nlinistration in war time and | do
nbt think you will find that the
j starn. papers are in agreement
= th XNn on your last stand. As
3 n6oeevelt, the, country will
3 wise to him. Senator
3 e 1nded il to him right. No
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
CApiTALiZiNG THE CALAMITY.
Boston Transcript.

1t Is an cpochal week that ends to-
day--epochal alike In its retributions
and revelations. Its events have added
TO the hardships Of many homes and
Inundated the whole country. The
military edict under whose operation
the wheels of industry, with compare :
lively few exceptions, have been
stopped for five days from the At
antic seaboard to the Mississippi river
IL in fun effect and Is receiving i'm
plicit obedience. Its operation, how
ever. has opened the eyes OF the people
to the infirmities OF their poor. old
paralytic government. The assurance
OF Mr. Wilson that DIR. Garfield acted
under his orders and with his approval
In issuing the edict will surprise nc
one outside the bounds of cuckoodom
1t IL proper assumption of response =
bility by the head OF the government,
and requires a reciprocal assumption
OF responsibility by the whole of the
pcoplo--tho unpleasant but patriotic
task of giving to the government that
full. fair and fearless criticism which
Is the death of autocracy andsthe life
blood of democracy.
If the Wilson Garfield cdiet of idle
ness had been unnecessary. its issu-
ancc would have been at The worst an
error of Judgment capable of quick
correction. The assurance of both Mr.
Wilson and DR.. Garfield that the cdic,
VAS necessary to save our soldiers
overseas and the armies OF our allies
from suffering, turns the cdict into q
confession of failure and makes 1t all
the more damning in its Indictment uf
the incompetcncy on the part of those
entrusted with the conduct of the wal
which has made 1t necessary for the
nation I" shut up shop for five days
and declare a psychological holiday FOR
the next nine Mondays. The cNnlana-
tons OF the president and his fuel ad
minisiator are circumlocutions that
fail TO excuse.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
How Eastern Press Views Fuel Administrators Order
Shutting Down Nations Industry

greatest disaster that has befalien the
United States in this war. Unless 1t is
revoked forthwith by President Wilson
II means the loss of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars in wages and in prod
ucts. and a decentralization of industry
that can be nothing short of calam-
itous. And this apart from the actual
suffering that must ensuc among great
armies of wage earncrs who depend on
their days wages for their daily
bread and who are arbitrarily con-
demned to idleness by the fiat OF n
federal bureaucrat.
Mr.. Ciariield's plan to increase tho
supply of coal by shutting up the
United States Is an act of folly aud
panic for which there is no precedent.
was thinking of when he issued th.s
order. nor can we understand why
President Wilson permitted him to is
sue it. The order in itself Is a confess
sion of incompctency. There can be
no more damning Indictment of fuel
administration than the wholesale sus-
pension of industry ON account % a
temporary shortage of coal in IA coun-
try that has more coal than any other
The Garfield order would be bad
enough II II applied TO industries that
could be described as non essential
bat practically every productive in
dustry that contributes to the winning
of the war is included. President Will
son should not lose an hour in nullify
ing the Garfield order. That done, his
next duty IS To remove DIR. Garfield
aud find n fuel administrator who
measures up to the job.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
GROSS LAUNDERING.
From the New York Evening Post

1t hardly needed blow on the head
to make the country believe that the
government at Washington was not the
best of possible governments But the
startling order Of the federal fuel ad-
ministrator is like a surgical opera
ton to force that conviction into all
brains. II uncovers long series of
governmental blunders. The order
dates from yesterday. but the mischief
dates from months back. The talk
now is of the blizzard having deranged
all plans. But the real blizzard struck
the ADMINISTRATION last summer and
buried it under ignorance. compla-
eencc. and short sightedness. Unusual
cold weather is now offered as the eX-
ense. But the official mind of Wash
ington was frozen up first of all. Think
of the bare facts, Ten million tons
more anthracite were mined in 1917
than the year before. The 1917 pro-
duction of bituminous coal was A.
600. 900 tons above that of 1916. OF
this vast amount. this adequate sup
ply. we had an all-wise fuel admins
TRAITOR to regulate the distribution. but
now he makes open and abject con-
fesslon of flat failure.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
TIME FOR CHANGE.
indianapoiis News.

The time has arrived for doing big
things in big way toward winning
the war. Everybody in authority here
lis aware that the people generally are
not satisfied with the way the BUSH
ness of waging war has been going.
Persons who recently have travelled
extensively over the eastern half of the
country say the temper of the people
is not what it should be: that they
are expressing disapproyai of the de-
lay in equipping the army, and are not
inclined 10 have full confidence In the
conduct OF the war activities In gem
eral. To say the least. the industrial
suspension order has divided public
sentiment. and the effect has not been
TO add "a whatever confidence people
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
POOR BUStN ESS.
From the New York Tribune.

Chloroformins a nation 10 spare il
the pangs of hunger is not good thera =
peuties. it is malpractice. The cou-
rageons, resourcfuA American way TO
meet coal shortage is to provide
more coal, better distribution through
quicker transportation. That would de :
mand an expenditure of energy, pri-
maris. of brain power in devising the
methods. II there is a lack OF energy
and OF inventive resource in the fuel
administration. was II not the duty OF
the administration to remedy that de.
feet before. II closed the doors OF tbs
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
TdM Of The ToiCn


1T Is the most interesting work I
ever did" b the report given by Miss
Mary Hanson Of her duties as deputy
sheriff for Cascade county. Miss Han
son took prisoner from Great Falls
to Deer Lodge yesterday and made a
quick trip to MissouIa to see her fam
lily and other friends for day. Miss
Hanson graduated from the University
of Montana in 1911. She took a course
Of training for Young Women's Chris
tian association work at Portland. and
spent some time in association service
and protective work in that city and al
Great Falls. 1t was three years ago
that Miss Hanson was appointed to be
deputy sheriff. The work has to do
with women prisoners. with sanity
cases of women and with relief of the
county poor Frequent trips are made
to Warm Springs and to Deer Lodge,
and the opportunity to know huma n
nature in Its various manifestations is
counted valuable by Miss Hanson.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26
Other Side of War

You wouldn't think that men would
go to war to learn how to be kind,
but they do. is the observation of a
Canadian soldier. who writes for Good
Housekeeping. There's no kinder erea-
ture in the whole wide world than the
average Tommy. He makes friend
Of any stray animal he can find. He
shares his last franc with 4 chap who
isn't his pal. He risks his own life
quite incooseauently to rescue anyone
who's wounded. When he's gone over
the top with bomb and bayonet for the
express purpose of doing in the Hun.
he makes comrade of the Fritzie he
captures. You'll see him coming down
the battered trenches with some scared
lad of a German at his side. He's
gambling away making throat noises
and signs, smiling and doing his in
articulate best to be ineligible. He
pats the Hun on the back, hands him
chocolate and cigarettes, exchanges
souvenirs and shares with him his last
luxury. If anyone interfcres with his
fritzie he's willing to fight. When
they come TO the cage where the pris-
oner has to be handed over, the fare
wells of these companions whose ac-
quaintances have been made at the
bayonet- point are often as absurd as
| they are affecting. ! suppose one only
! learns the value of kindness when he
feels the need of it himself. The men
out. there have said Goodbye" to ev-
! erything they loved, but they've got
| to love someone, so they give their
| AFFECTIONS to captured FritZieS stray
| dogs, fellows who've collected a piece
of a shell---in fact. to anyone who's a
| little worse off than themselves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-26

had in the management of the war be-
fore that order was issued. -
Seemingly, public confidence must be
restored before the war loan is offered.
How is this to be done? Public men
who have given much thought to the
subject during the last few weeks are
convinced that. first of all, President
Wilson must show more inclination to
cooperate with the congress in an eff
fort to work out a plan whereby the
existing inefficient war machinery
here may be supplanted by something
better. The relationship between the
president and the congress is strained