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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

NEW REPUBLICAN MEMBER.

There will not be much lament over
the passing Of Jesse - ince as the
congressman from the First Maryland
district There will be rejoicing OYER
the type of man who will take his seat
W \ Andrews. the new Republican
member, is yirlle and balanced type
of Republican, and be has a record
that commends hlm to the confidence
OF the people lis legal abilities are
of IA high order As member Of the
Maryland Senate where he has served
a hall term, the people have had chance
to gam some of the flavor OF his abilities
His constituency evidently approve and
like him, and the people OF Maryland
generally Will grow to like hin As he
enters into the wider environment OF
congress.
The Republicans of tie state and of
the country give greeting 10 Mr. An
dreWs, and be Is a subject of congratu-
lation that he will be a part of a major
Ity representation of his party III the
lower house He will, first of all be 4
patriot and in 50 acting he will most
creditably represent his party rs we'll
The genius of the Republican party
Is different from that Of the Democratic
Republicans will approach the great
questions OF the future in the light Of
their matchless record OF service 10
the nation in the past MIR Andrews
will have an enviahlc field of serv-
ice to his fellowcountryinen, which he
will doubtless aim to fill III the best
manner Baltimore American.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
Wanted
More Farmers
THE CALIFORNIA PLAN
BY Frederic j. Hnskin

II yoti wnnt To be farmer. you should
be able to obtain "a farm 1T Il price that
will allow YOU To make a fair return on
your investment You should hc able 20
get longtime credit in making the pur-
chase 50 hat YOU will not have to own large
capital IN order 10 get land The best
scientific assistance md advice should br
given you in your effort to max g a living,
and help feed the nation You 3 hOud be
issurcd Of the labor that you will need in
Your enterprise. and you should be en-
ailcd to market the product Of your farm
ut fair price.
These conditions arc esscntlal If the
greater United States which will be after
the war is to feed itself, If food shortage
and high living cost are to be avoided.
The colonies of the California Land
Settlement BOARD, which have boon
put in successful operation within the paat
year. represent mn effort 10 place farming
upon this sound basls The plan IS one
which hae proved successful IN Australia
II forms basis of n national plan of band
settlement, now being worked out by the
Department of the interior, which = in
tended 10 provide farms for soldiers,
and to begin n system Of ordered rural
development ~ the nited States
WnRNfNG OFT DETAILS.
Dr EIwood Meade who is chalr1nan Of
the California Board has been called 10
Washington by the Secretary Of he Inter
ior and IS working ont the details Of his
plan. which will be Ind before ongrrss rs
one of the most important measures f
reconstruction Ills reporton he aIiforpla
Settlement, which has Just tceu laid be
fore the governor Of that state, begins
with the, following paragraph
he California Land Settlement act
provides for n dcmonsi ration IN planned
rnraI development Instead If leaving
things to happen and then correcting CON
ditions when they happen badly thIs
state seeks. through this act to creatc
organized rural noigbborhoods ~ ac-
enrdnnee with carefully thouGht-out plans
Its first idea. therefore. is educational -
show what Democracy in action can
accomplish
In other words California deliberately
ect ont IL show tho nation how THIS ura
lem Of getting the Innd crllfirafod tnof-
nughly md we'll might be solved IT. taking
thought and evnrcisnQ justice linus mirf i
It's settlement ~ Durham Il i recognized
success. and slnilar settlements are being
pan cd, il caiHs 10 have accomplished
this The present administration ro-
engnizes the sncccss to the extent ri
calling the chairman If the California
Board INTO consultation with view to
adapting thus Gailforula-Australa plan ~
the needs III the nation
SOME pErtfEs.
In brrf thus ~ what tho California
Land Settlement Board dll II purchased
tract 81 land between 1000 and 5000
acres snbdIvlded if into farms and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
A Compliment From China.

Writing 10 Allllard Review, puhlIca-
ion Of international standing, Mr.
Holington Lung. Chinaman. makes
"a most important suggestion MIR
Lung Is an intelligent Chlnanan who was
educated in tins country ard who has a
ciear estimate of how this country is
bound to figure hereafter in international
affairs.
Mr. Lung in his contribution 70 Mil
lard's Review, strongly urges that the
question Of a reorganization of the
Chinese government be turned over 10 a
board Of control composed Of rcprcseI ta-
tiyes Of Great Britain, France ard other
foreign countries interested but with our
President Wilson to be the manager and
director lie earnestly presents President
Wilson as the very best man 10 get the
best results for China and for the world
He refers to the fact that some of the
returning Chinese students from this
country incline to Roosevelt as the best
man for the purpose, but his choice is
MIR Wilson
And iii view Of his standing and general
character, his judgment is entitled 10 high
respect IN this country
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
VELVET.

MIR II l.. Clcland of New York, re-
Gently made an address before the Is
sociated Business Papers Convention
from which we cut the following paragraph
because it IS we'll worth thinking over.
Not long ago | heard man high III the
counsel of the Proctor X Gamble Company
say that If the insurance policies Of that
concerned lapsed at noon, and 1T night
every plant were destroyed and every
vestige of tangible assets we're wiped ouf
there would still remain the greatest
asset Of all consisting OF just Two words.
And, said he within one month
those two words, Ivory Soup. could ke
capitalized for fifty million dollars
Now, that fifty-million asset is velvet
The advertising which made It cost
something, but the advertising pald for
itself IN current profits
When you employ The Record To m
crease your business. you compensate
The Record out Of immediate returns
and YOU build Il tremendous asset that
practically costs you nothing for the
future,
Goodwill IS the most valuable ond tte
least costly possession a substantial bust
ness can acquire Philadelphia Record
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

board ~ able tooiier considerable evidence
that ~ % success There wera tv,ice a
many applicants FOR nllotnents AZ there
were allotment All ~ the farm hbr,t
ullptmenie were taken The poayd ~.
complied detailed statement ~ tI.
operations Of each of its applicant sb,.,,
Ing that nearly all ~ them are ure,st,er,,,,.
md are fulfilling thc conditions VI tb.,r
occupancy
The method BY which this aystern eof,,l
be- applied ~ the farm lands ~ The uai;,,,.
n- Z whole has not been worked gH y, Ill.
tail, bat cp-oprTaiiOn bciNrcn state tUd
national governments, I'aying The great
cst possible freedom - each local cpmrpilf,
lty. ~ ~ bc the keynote of az Thus. il ha.
becu suggested that the states might con.
tribute the iands, and The national govern
ficut reclaim thcn and prepare ihcm lpr
settlement n has splendid machinery
Tor DOING thls In The Reclamation Scrvcc
and the Department of ARTc;lltufn
Administration would be- Iu he h8nde T..
state boards, at IA tailipTnia. with suTfI-
ylsory natiunal board m Washington +
seems % be- the itra ~ those framing ttn
bin jhat 10 succeed 1T must be based upro
co-opcratiou. not cOrnpulsion, and upon
clear recognition ~ differing local rOndI'ior
lhus 10 Some states having rch ar
wcIl-euItiyaicd farm bands. there might ~
no demand among The rural population
for such "a sYafcm. In ihst casc, uch
state could STAY out Other states would
probabiy bc glad 70 have their arid land
swamp lands pr cut-0ver timber lands im-
proved BY The government upon The
terms, while leaving alone lands npw ind
cultivation. lu still other states IL secrt
probable that The purchase ~ sgriclilfur,
lands hy thc flfc for thc purpose n
eol'lcment under Hich p systeu HOuld ~
desirable Ever whore tho effort would
bc f. meet thc real needs of thr coumunj'y
bT intelligent cg-opcroti0n Wth it.
The PROJECT derives great present in.
port1uoc from he fact that II would enable
returning eodicrs Rho desired % -
farmcr to obtain farms on favorable
terms r. ls also pointed ont that tha
traat reclamation works which would
accompany ihc establishment II ttr
y@tcrn pn . national scale would aff0r
employment for uca+ numbers of thee
mon and would give he thrifty 9ncs 81
Immediate opportunity ~ 7"c up io
sfuali amount ofcapltal neressary for the
first payment pu 9 'arn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
A Verdict by q Light Vote.

Tie vote nj the "ol-ycar elections
throughout the country generally is much
lighter than the vote at Presidential
elections The contest for the choicc of
d President q the United states seems TO
Stir the voters to greater energy than any
of tic Intermediate elections can a.
Tins feature Of popular voting was
evidenced At the voting Of last Tuesday,
throughout the country notWIthstand-
ing Tho addition of votes Of women in
The state ol New York and especially
III the State at Delaware CUR electorate
was surprisingly citIcrcut
At the Presidential election 81 1916,
President NI'son. though the expression Of
choice ou the Electoral car didatcs. re
ceived 2f.755 votes Mir Hughes re
ccivcd 260ll votes The Prohibition
tIckct poilcd 56G votes AND the Socialist
ticket $50. a total 81 1870
Tie complete ofFiclal returns of Tues
DAYS yo;irg ii Delaware are not vet
available. but enough is in evidence e
indicate that the total poll viii not 60
beyond Al 600. if il should equal this
figure Herc is q falling Of oi at least
10000 votes That number Of Delaware
citizens did not think i worth while
to qualify for voting II tins years tlcc-
tion, or TO exercise the privilege Of fran
chisc had They become qualified by regis
tration
But DO not forget that these ten thou
sand or more nou-votu 2 citizens Of Del
aware are here in the State, and may
exercise their privilege Of cinzenship at
the more important Presidential election
Of 1920 And their votes may swing the
states verdict, one way or the Other
II will not do for iubiIant parti~anS 70
crow too jubilantly over the result Of
tuesdays voting
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
JUST FOL Ks
BY Edgar A. Guest
FAITH.

C,ref IS the loss ot a precious love,
And trouble Is hope IN danger
let tears shall fall like tie ram above
And care 10 no man is stranger
Times clock Is checked with its hours of
doubt.
With trouble and grief they re- blended
But failure comes when The faith runs out,
Ere the strength Of a man Is ended
Ii is faith that bridges the land OF breath
To the realms OF the souls departed;
That comforts the living in days Of death
And strengthens the heayy-hearted
Ii rs faith in has dreams that keeps man
Face-front 10 the odds about him.
And he shall conquer who thinks he can
In spite OF the throng, who doubt him
Each must stand in the court Of life
And pass through his hours Of trial;
He shall tested be by the rules OF strife,
And tried for his sclf-denial
Time shall brulse his soul with the loss Of
friends.
And frighten him with disaster,
But he shall find when the anguish ends
That OF all thlng- faith IS ma ter.
SO keep your faith IN the God above
And faith in the righteous truth.
Il shall bring you back to the absent love
And the joys Of vanished youth
\ ou shall smile once more when Your
tears are dried,
Meet trouble and swiftly rout il
For faith is the strength of the soul inside
And lost is the man without 1t.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

no man in the State of Delaware who ever
| acted as clerk MT an election will give APP
proval to the dot system of recording the
votes. Ii is nuisance Many men who
act as clerks find it difficult TO avoid max
ing blots instead of dots. 1t requires cx-
per. penmen--and hey arc not available
at all times-t successfully manipulate
the dot procedure. The old-iashiorcd
tallies posts and n gate would
answer the purpose equally well, and
would not stump any man who is even
ordinarily accustomed to the use Of pen
and ink
So here we have two important respects
in which the Election law of our State
calls for material amendment. Certainly
the drastic provisions Of the law III re-
spect of the individual counting of the
ballots and their return To the envelopes,
should be changed If rigldIy observed
there are districts in this State that would
not be through the canvass until the
afternoon of the day after election. And
there is no real need OF such clrcum-
spcction in the counting. The plan fol-
lowed by election boards throughout the
State, although illegal, is manllcstly the
best Solt the straight party ballots and
count them in bulk, and then count the
splits in detail. is the better plar And
it is as safe and honest as the procedure
set forth in be law.
Also. the clerks should be relieved OF
The irritating and risky nuisance OF the
system of recording the ballots. Moth
ing has ever been devised that can better
the old tally system Of four straight
marks, with diagonal mark across them
to Indicate tally" And every tally
means five votes There is no room for
msconstruction in such system.
II is not we'll to conduct an election
IN positive violation Of the language and
II tent of the law in respect of the count
ing of the ballots Yet this Is what was
done on Tuesday last, and has been done,
almost completely, AT every election
since the present Election law was enact
IA The law should be amended TO con
form to the regulation practice
Now. who viii bc the member Of the
nczt legislature. especially from the city
If Wilmington, 70 offer q bill for the
amendment Of tho Election 'aw IN these
two important respects? Fvcry Evening
Mil offer reward of wears subscrp-
tlon. or It's equivalent in other forms Of
value, for the mcmisr who thus gains this
distinction
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
NO MORE CATARRH

Guaranteed Treatment That Has a'ooa
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and roiish MS disgusting symptoms rhrr-
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III og breathe u. 0rncl daily 3s direrf ~
It will rd s0tI- Catarrh. .r FL ron'' ~r-t
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if ,ou 1ava = hard ruhne- Hvor1ei .g-
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if nut ana start II all once "a t0-evrr -a
Yourself af catarrh
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efarf tp breathe N ard n0f cn hOw guict
lf clears pUf me 4ir passages and makrs
~. sutire hoaG .tfi foc
III ruFuri ,-rd regularly Win rnd rafarrh.
coughs colds bronchitis 9r asthma
ccnl pIete .gfrt uc.nNia0 4 hard -lhNe-
rfrkef nHatFr and l0tfie of ityowri costs
aUt tttr Np stomach dosing .-t
t-eathr If till- h. .r-rns -oothrs ana
heals tho .-fauo1 nrr0h---e
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
BACK TO THE LAND IN FRANCE

France already has taken steps to cn=
courage her people to return 10 the land
II IS interesting to note that she ha-
made provision for the permanencv OF The
movement by requiring from each hene
flciary Of the premium system winch Il !.
proposed 10 inauguratc pledge tha I hc
will remain upon his iann at least ten
Years.
To those who agree 70 the condition
Of tenure, thousand francs. worth Of
agricultural machinery oi the latest
model will he given, which will not he
refunded In addition. loan Of 500
francs, in the form Of implements, for
each - acres. with provision for repay
ment IN Is years But as measure 70
encourage repopulation, parts OF the
loan will I've cancelled according TO the
number OF children born after the farms
has taken possession of his allotment
Portland OregonIan
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
Depend on the Associated Press.

Yesterday afternoon the entire coun-
try was thrilled and enthused over news
report that Germany bad consented to
unconditional surrender The people ac-
cepted this announcement as fact, and
there were universal manifestations of
jubiation Wild with the belief that this
cruel war had been brought to a righteous
end, men and women enthusiastically
gave vent TO their joyous feelings and made
the wclkin ring with their plaudits.
But it must be admitted, in plain terms,
that the people had been fooled by n
false report circulated by n news gathering
organization. II may be needless to say
that this news gathering organization
was not the Associated Press, from which
Every Evening receives its daily tele-
graphic service,
The one thing that The people may de-
pend upon is the news service of the As
sociated Press 1t docs not give circ,l-
lation to linconfirmcd rumors. 1t goes
after the facts. When the Associated
Press announces that Germany has sur
rendered, readers of Every Evening may
depend upon it that the news is correct
All of our people are now earnestly
dcsirous of peace The terrible war has
accumulated its dread toll of fatalities
and awful destruction But it is cruel
to feed the people with false reports of
peace that has not been arrived at
In time, peace will come Germany
stands today defeated and demoralized.
But the Juker element that directs
her affairs may hold out, in desperate
resistance. To the bitter end She is
doomed to defeat and the end is now
merely question of time. When she
surrcnders, as she must, the Associated
Press Will announce the news 10 the world
right at tho moment But until the As
sociatcd Press makes this announcement,
the people will be justified IN giving due
discount 70 reports from other and un-
reliable news organizations II YOU get
the news from the Associated Press, II
II dependable You can accept it rs
rchahlc and cnnclnsIvc
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
Falls in Fiji on the Street.

Samuel S. Caskey, aged 45 years.
moved to the Red Cross headquarters
by number of. f.soldicrs and later taken
to the hospital where he revived and
was sent home.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

How encouraging is the war news from
Europe Notwithstanding the triumph
o. the friends Of Germany here at home,
our soldiers abroad and the alled forces
continue. unintcrruptedly, to knock the
spots out Of the German enemy. They
are bent or going right through 10 Berlin,
and no vote Of friendship here At home
for Germany can stop them
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

Probably Speaker Clark, as well as
some other Democratic members Of the
House, now realize that they would have
come out Of the election much better
had they have been more patriotic
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

And we rise to remark, after the ex-
preston Of a poet Of the past: "Of all
sad words Of tongue or pen, the saddest
are these: 1T might have been
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

WHY should VIC bother ~ this time
about the Presidential election two Years
hence Let us leave All that 70 Roosevelt
and has liz The rest az Us can better
attend 10 real business
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08

Time was when the carrying Of the
ilouSc Of Representative 1T tho off-vcar
election bespoke victory for the wionlng
party AZ the Presidential election two
years hence But that prediction has
been shattered IN recent years. and will
not affect the decisive election Of 1920
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-08
RIPPLING RHYMES.
BY Walt Mason.
DISORGANIZED

b The worlds upset and out OF
1 plumb, all system has been shiver-
Il ed the goods we ordered do not
Il come. and c'er will be delivered;
4 but it no use to paw the ground,
Il 10 rcnd your hair and tear it; until a
i remedy is found, just simply grin
Il and bear il The price of every
4 thing is high, the outlook is dis
i tressing; the hens wont lay, the
i COWS 90 dry, and all our needs are
i pressing Perhaps your neighbor has
t a crouch but You should never
i share it; rise wbistling from your
/ downy couch, and simply grin and
bear il The stores are full Of
/ awkward clerks, and all their stunts
j arc botchcs; the horny-handed far
/ mcr works repairing clocks and
] watches; the girls are al their
/ brothers Jobs statistics all de
! clare IT. but don't replne and
i hand out sobs; just wink and grin
] and bear it. We all are doing what
I we can tc keep the home fires burn
I ing, and grandpa washes pot and
/ pan, and uncle does the chMning;
/ unwonted tasks upon us tossed, We !
i take the yoke and wear it, and if
/ our efforts seem frost, why, com !
/ rade, grin and bear it.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-21
CURRENT COMMENT
Our Allies Purchasers Here.

Most OF the money advanced by the
United States to the nations in Europe
engaged in war with Germany is spent IN
this country for the products OF our
farms. mines and factories.
Under the arrangement made by the
secretary Of the treasury and approved
BY the president, these allied govern
ments communicate their requirements
for materials and supplies TO United
States commission through their own
designated purchasing agents in this
country, and the commission then rem
ders its best efforts to obtain adsan
tageous terms. which are submitted to
the purchasing agents
BY these means competitive bidding
against the other allies and against the
United States is avoided and the same
terms and the same treatment our own
government receives is accorded to our
allies
II il expressly stipulated that no obi
CATION or liability upon the United States
shall be created by this arrangement.
Our government is simply lending its
assistance To our allies in the spending
here of the money we loaned them The
protection thus granted them is deserved,
for they are doing the work which, if
they do not do, must be done by Ameri-
ca at the expense Of American lyess
and American money.-From {. s. Off
GERS Bulletin
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-21
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Complaint About Sugar Distribution.

| Editor Barre Times: As good either
| ask: Is sugar really scarce in the city
| There would be more sugar than needed
were il conscientiously and equally dis
tributed to the people according to THEN
need. 1t is my opinion that there comes
in enough sugar for everybody, but a
distinct class OF people are having more
than what they use; therefore, piling up
and concealing evidently the share OF
sugar the other less distinct class ought
to have.
Before this sugar famine was made
public. | had never heard anyone speak
or brag about having sugar at home, as
occasionally do now. For instance, |
heard woman say the other day that
she had fifty pounds of il at home and
that she was making seventy-fve.
On Friday last was an eyewitness Of
scene which | shall never forget: a
woman clerk at a Barre store denying
one pound of sugar to woman who
knew had not had grain of sugar the
whole week, while giving two pounds TO
another woman who was next and whose
husband had a few days before Dragged
of having fifty pounds Of sugar in the
house,
1t is certainly provoking how clerks
distribute sugar nowadays; if you are a
good friend Of one OF them You will be
given your share of it every time YOU
make your appearance before the coun
ter; but it YOU are not fortunate enough
TO be one Of them it will be just like
this: II you go and beg for pound Of
sugar in the forenoon ii will be given out
IN the afternoon and if You 20 in the
afternoon of the same day it has been
given out In the forenoon, just because
you are not to have any
Now, If all those who have more sugar
than they use abstained from buying
more we all would have enough sugar for
the daily need,
Very truly yours,
John Spnro