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SENATE REPUBLICANS
CONFER ON WAR BILLS
Promise Support of Legislation,
Though Looking with Favor on
New Wilson Measure,

WASHINGTON. Feb e--senate Re-
publicans to-day held their nrst confer
eneo since the United States entered the
war and discussed various Adminlstra-
tian measures. especially the bill TO
clothe tic President with broad powers
70 coordinate Government departments.
After the conference adjourned Re-
publican Leader GalllnEcr issued state
nent promising support OF Republicans
20 necessary war legislation. Tho War
Cabinet Bill was not taken up. The bill
TO give more power TO the President was
regarded with dlsfavor. but Senators
afrccd TO study the measure and defe
decisions.
Although no formal agreement was
reached, the general sentiment regarding
the railroad bill was said TO favor in
s'stenco upon clause limiting Govern
mcnt operations 10 some certain period
c'ter tho war.
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ASSAILS coLER IN BUCK CASE
Howe says Charities Commissioner
oyerIooks Good Work.

Stanley II. Howe, eN-peputy Com
missioner Of Charities. to-day gave
nut statement concerning the
charges assigned by Charities Com
missioner coler for the removal OF
William B. Buck. director OF the
Sea View Farm on staten Island.
Tho statement SAYS
The humane service performed in
this institution by Mr.. Buck and his
assistants Is forgotten. There Is not
word in the charges about the
Improvement smonG the tubercu-
sNtcnslon of medical service 10 the
Ola people, not a word Abou the food
Tor The inmate workers, not a word
about the economies brought about
by consolidating the garage, laundry
and storchouses OF the colonies
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RIDGEWOoD GIRL, 7, MISSING.
Nsnishes After Leaving Home, Os-
tenstbiy for school.

The Bureau OF Missing Persons at
Police Headquarters to-day was noti-
fled by tho Glendale Police station that
Dorothy Gerby. seven and helf years
old Of No. 1877 Madison Street. Ridge
wood Brooklyn. had been missing from
her homo since noon yesterday.
Her foster mother, Mrs. Dora Otter
mann, reported the sirl as missing. She
said Dorothy left for Public School No
90 I'm Ridgewood at y A, NJ yesterday
and returned for dinner. After dinner
he went back TO school but never re-
turned
Dorothy is about four feet IN height
weighs so pounds. has blue eyes and
blond hair She has a scar on the riaht
side OF the forehead. She wore a brown
cloth oVercoat brown, white and
red dress with red trimmings, brown
button shoes and a red cloth hat.
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l42 U. S. SOLDIERS ARE
MAROONED ON THE COAST;
HIGH PRAISE FOR COURAGE
Men Landed on Barren Coast Re.
fuse to Leave on Ships With
out Lifehoats.

DUBLIN, Feb. 9.-Survivors OF the
Tusoanla disaster who have reached
here speak In terms OF tho hlgnost
admiration Of the cool bearing and
behavior OF the American troops and
the British crew. The men sang lus-
tily while the vessel gradually listed
over on its side sinking.
A small fishing trawlor returned
here yesterday without tho 142
Americans II SGT out from here TO
take off from tho barren northerly
shore, which the Americans had
reached In three lifeboats fourteen
hours after the Tuscania was sunk
by a German submarine.
The skipper OF the trawler told the
British Commodore here that tho
American Captain In charge OF the
party refused to embark nj men on
the trawler because the little vessel
did not carry lifeboats sufficient to
hold all Of tho troops IN case tho
trawler was torpedoed
This party. according TO the Captain
OF the trawler. consists Of two Cap
tains and 40 men, who reached the
shore a short distance from the point
where tho bodies of forty-four Ameri-
cans were washed up Thursday. The
trawler had made a perilous journey
TO reach the Americans. The sea was
choppy, but the trnwler kept her
course until the point where tho
Americana are marooned.
On the arrival of the trawler the
British authorities sent a larger
steamer TO bring the Americans 10
Glasgow. This vessel has sufficient
lifeboats 10 take care Of the men IN
case II should run afoul an under
water boat
Throughout their stay on shore
here American officers displayed a
fne spirit by giving up their rooms
In the hotels to poorly clad privates.
The behavior OF the men here has
been exemplary. One or the first acts
by the anthorities after consulting
| with the American officers was 10
close all saloons during the stay ot
the Americans. IL was thought hest
TO remove temptation from the tired,
dazed men. The Town Council FRO
vided amusement for the men in spe-
oial moving picture shows, and last
night gave a concert In the Town
Hall.
A remarkable experience In the dis
aster was had by n Georgia private
who was confined In bed with pneu-
monia whom tho torpedo struck the
Tuscania. The Georgian rushed on
deck clad only In a Union suit, An
other soldier gave up his coat TO cover
the sick man, who was lowered into
a lifeboat and soon found himself on
A tTAwler where he sat on a wind
swept deck for hours. When he was
| landed here he felt so fully recovered
! from his Illness that no could not be
induced 20 GO 20 me hospital.
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MALlTZ AND ENGlER JAILED.
Hail OF Enemy Aliens In Rubber Case
Increased TO $4,000.

Under lndictment charged with trying
20 send rubber 10 Germany through
pursers on neutral steamships without
declaring the same on the ships mani
fest, Felix Malt and Gustav Engler.
enemy aliens, appeared before Federal
Judge Chatncld IN Brooklyn to-day and
their BAN was increased from $4,000 to
$1,000.
Assistant United states Attorney Beer
told Judge Hatfield the men had beer
spreading German propaganda in the
United States and that Malitz has the
exclusive rights to moving picture
entitled Battles OF the Nation" which, #,
the prosecutor declared. is strongly pro-
German.
In default Of te increased bail both
men were taken TO the Raymond Street
jail.
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Martin r. Evenson. Manawa, W

William +. Furman, No. 81 West
18th Street. whitostone. l.. l.. n. Y.
Frederick FIux. No. lo5 Clinton
Avenue Brooklyn. ~ Y.
Hiding Fngerdahl Clnionvl.lc.
wis.
Charles Foley. all shiocton street,
New London. Wis.
oliver l.. Flood. No. 81 Poningo
Street. Portchoster. n. Y.
Charles J. Fisher, oakdale, Jeddo,
Pa.
Edmund Fink No. $50 East o3d
Street. New York.
Charles -. Feather. Lyndell, Pa.
Charles r. Fnsco. No. 100 Newell
Street, Pittsneld. Mass.
George Faber. Far Rockaway Turn
pike. Lawrence. l.. 7. N. Y.
Lawrence Garglns No. 6it Market
Street. Kenosha, Wis.
Lloyd c. Garthwaite, wnutomn.
Wiz
Henry Gethers. ColomO. Wis
George Louis Gilmore. No Sl3
Campbell Avenue. Portsmouth. o.
Bruce Sheldon Goulder. ingalls,,
Mich.
Alvin w. Grambsch. Bloomfield,
Wis.
Ernest William Gresens. r. r. D.,
BOX 81. New Meadows. Idaho
Ray Sam Grosnier. No. b7oS State
Street. Chicago.
George L. Gunderson. wautoma,
Wis
Tracey g Greene. Colby, Wis
Paul Grinth, No. sle East Vernon
street. Nevada. Mo.
Eugene Claison Hart, No. 40 Col
lego Avenue, Racine, wis.
William Lee Garner. Ai6 East state
Street, Rockford, Ill.
n
Earl Milo Harding. Prior Lake.
MINI.
Everett herbert Hale. Spring VAL
ley, MINI.
Harry Hrnsun, s67 Mason Street,
Rhinelander. WIS.
william ID. y. Horne, Red Granite,
Wis,
[, Arthur J. Hantschel. go Soutn Dl-
vision stree, Appleton, Wis.
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ARABS STILL ADVANCING.
Capture Another Turkish Town
and May Join AiIenby.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.--Arab Tribes
men under the sheik OF Mecca. operat-
ing In Arabia In the region southeast
Of the Dead Sea. are continuing their sd-
vance northward. official war reports
stated to-day.
Following closely upon the victory
over the Turks between Kerak anc
Tahlc, the Sheik's forces captured FL
Mazraa an important Turkish town or
the shores OF the Dead Sea.
Thousands OF Arab tribesmen have
flockcd to tho Sheik OF Mecca's stan
dard. and advancing along the Heja1
railroad toward Naan. probably Will form
a juncturc with Gen. Allenby's forces
when the British succeed IN offectlng n
crossing Of the Jordan above Jericho
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CROzIER IN LONDON;
CONFERS WITH BLISS
Departure Of Chief of Ordnance of
the United States Army Had
Not Been Announced.
Been Announced.
Copyright. 1918 By The rgs Publishing Co.

Copyright. 1918 ty The pres Publishing Co.
tThe New York World.
Special Gable Despatch 70 The Evening world,l
LONDON. Feb. 9-When Gen. Crozier,
Chief OF Ordnance OF the American
Army and a member OF the American
War Council. reached the American :
Embassy yesterday. he was met by
Ambassador Page and Gen. Bliss, Chief
OF staff OF the American Army and
American representative on the Inter =.
Allied War Council.
They we're Immediately engaged IN af
long conference, which is supposed TO
have had for its subject the additional
safeguarding of American troops
through the war zone. ..
The departure Of Gen. Crozier had not =
been announced in Washington. A
cable despatch from London yesterday
said a number OF important person.
ages" were aboard one of the ships
accompanying the Tuscania-
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SOLDIER LEAPS TO SEA
FROM TUSCANlA, But
CLINGS TO CIGARETTE
Michigan Captain Draws Trey Of
Clubs and Fills Hand as
TORPEDO Strikes.

Survivors stories. wired from Bel
fast. to-day continued 20 emphasize
the sand frold Of the American sol
dlers while facing death.
AFTER the torpedo hit US there was
a dead silence over the ship" declared
an American officer. Then some
groups OF soldiers started singing, All
lighted up cigarettes and smoked
furiously. saw one boy jump over
board with a lifebelt. A big wave
cast him up momentarlly as high as
the decks He was swearing and
cussing tho Germans-6tlll clinEing 10
his cigarette"
Cspt, smith OF q Michigan regiment
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LEAVES 100000 ESTATE.
Ferdinand DIumenthsi Beauenths
$4,000 to his widow.

While leaving no real properly, Ferdi-
nand Blumenthal OF No. sl5 West Goth
Street left an estate Of personal prop
erty valued at more than slOO,OOO ac-
cording TO his will filed In the Surro-
gates Office to-day, The document was
signed by the teststor Sept q. 1917, and
he died Jan. Z Of this year
To his widow. Rosa, he gives $4,000
outright and his residuary estate. To
his two sons, Ralph b. and Milton NJ.
he leaves his interest In the business OF
7. Blumenthal & Co. estimated az over
$40 900 for each, after directing that they
pay over 10 the widow and mother from
her ns a specific bequest
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Belfast Troops Pay Honor
American Soldiers.

BELFAST, Feb. 9.-Irish troops
auartercd in this city gave Ameri-
can soldiers from the torpedoed Tus.
cania typ.cdlly martial reception.
About 100 survivors arriving at the
railway station from irish ports were
met by a battalion ~ the Royal Irish
Rifles headed by a band.
The Americans, many OF them clad
IN nondescript garments, were led by
the citizens They were offered the
hospitality Of private homes and en-
tertainmeni5 were organized in their
honor.
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The Sunday Edition Of All New York City News-
papers May Be Obtained at the Following Stations
of the United Newspaper Delivery Company:
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LIBERAL WHIP HINTS
At END OF PARTY TRUCE
Gulland CriticHes Alliance" of
Lloyd George and Northcli1e in
Attacking Coalition Government.

LONDON. Feb. John william
Gulland. Liberal Party whip, presages
possible end Of the party truce IN
Great Britain. in letter published in
Alfred @. GARDENERS weekly article m
the London News to-day
Gullsnd. in connection with the OPEN
ing Of Parliament Tuesday. urged
grave consideration OF public affairs"
and strongly attacked the coalition
Government. lie criticised the "alli-
ance" OF Premier Lloyd George and
Viscount Northclife and the Govern
ments relations toward Arthur Hen
derson and British labor.
Regarding tho Supreme War Coun-
ellis failure to compel the Allies to
make a joint statement OF war aims,
Gulland asks. Are you members OF the
Liberal Party going 10 remain silent
longer while Tie game Of pitch and toss
with the empire continues?"
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Mrs. Martha Evans Martin Heads
Defense Council Branch.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.--Mrs. Mar
tina Evans Martin Of New York City
has been elected executive chairman
Of the educational propaganda de-
partment OF the Woman's Committee
assisting Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait.
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DIED. .

BIxBEY.-FRASR BIXBEY.
THE FUNERAL CHURCH. iern,i
Broadway. Monday, II A. N. Auspices 4
Actors Fund.
sULLIvAN,-JoHN l.. SULLIVAN.
Memorial services at THE FUNERAL
CHURCH, 1910 Broadway (Camp bsilD.
Sunday. 3 p. M, Athlete Clubs, trisnds,
admirers. welcome,
WEIsNIASN--sudden Feb. 8, az 3iB
EaAt I0Tth st., FANNIE CORNELL
wife OF Augustus W. weismann ana
daughter Of tho late VIM. c. and Char
lotto L. Bradley. In her seventy -flrst
year
Funeral private.
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NOTARY HELD IN DRAFT CASE,
Lculs Epstein Charged with HeceiV-
ing More Than Legal Fee

Louis Epstein. a notary public OF No
l724 Forsythe Street, was held in $500
bail to-day by Justice Freschh slthns
as committing magistrate in the Bronx
Samuel Rothman of No, siS East
l67th street testified that on Dec, -
Epstein charged more than the legal fee
fJr acknowledging the signatures on Bis
1Tett Questionnaire. Epstein sa!a Ne
.can, The complainant denied this.
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MANY STATES REPRESENTED IN LIST OF TUSCAlVIA


Ter Road westchester, n. /.
Frank H. Carroll, Norf0,., v.
George Chaves. san Jose. cal.
Frederick Chellbors. Prospect Ave
nue.. Sea Gin, N. Y.
Mayor Cigsl 425 Madison street
Brooklyn. y. y.
Frank Clark, Tompieton. Cal
Charles w. Collins, san jose, CAL
Harold Conklin. Post Avenue.
westbury n. Y.
Albert Cornell. Nassau Road,
Roosevelt. n. Y.
Newell Craig. owen. Wis.
clinton Ia Courier. Corso. Milan,
Italy.
Arthur \. CautUcll, Shawano Wis.
Walter J. Callahan, Mautoma, Wis.
Byron Il. Christian. Ncv London.
wis.
dewitt J. Cohn, 2SS Ocean Avenue.
patchogue, n. "
Harry II. Collar Hortorvllle, wis.
Laurel J. Conat. New London. WIS.
Nathan +. Carhart, Trempoa. eau.
wis.
Thomas NJ. Clanton. Tyronza, Ark
Max Collins. Elroy. Wis.
Otto K Cady No. ia North Larch
street. Lansing. Mich
vernon Allen Caflisch, II, +. d. No.
s. Baraboo. wis.
Earl \. Campbell. Wild Rosc, wis.
Louis Chaltraw No. Ili Monroe
Street, Bay City. Mich.
James Dillon Chilson, Dunbar Ave
nue.. waukesha Wis.
william c. Clive. No. 1ie North state
street, Salt Lake City.
Kari Irwin Cook. Cumberland. Wis.
Warren J.. Cotton, Colomn, WIS
Asa B. Couse, Tomahawk, Wis.
Edward Wcldenkopf Coughlin, :
South Centre Street. Baraboo WIS
Paul J. Czrenahowski. Dorr. Mich.
D.
Frank 7. Davis, New London. Wis.
George Il Doman. New London.
Wis.
Edward J. Duffy. No. so Linden
Avenue, Flushing, n. Y.
Lawrence '. Doyle. No. rs Taylor
Avenue. Flushing. ~ Y.
George c. Donnolly, 30 Grace
Church Street. Portchester. n. Y.
Chaunoey /. De Long, Beech Creek.
Pa
Arthur Dew. 50 Hamilton Place,
New York
Raymond l.. Davis. Port Jefferson.
M.
Alfred NJ Davis Miller Place. y. Y.
Washington @. Davies IS North
oxford street, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Alva Dart, Cataw'ba, N. Y.
Roland Il. Duncan. - Sprague
street. wilnerding, Pu.
Edward Dillon. i0iO 25th Avenue,
South Minneapolis, Minn.
Jones T.. Degan. Reescville. Wis.
Martin J. De oBer. II. y. d. No. !.
Martin, J. De Boer. II. +. d. No. I,
George Dale Danley. lola, Was.
Anthony j. DeNroy No. Ii5 North
Ashland Avenue. Green Bay. wis.
Clyde z. Diggles. Hancock, Wis.
Hilton Alfred Doege. II. +. d. No.
4. Stanley, wis.
Donald Martin Duncan, No. 22i
Fourth Street, Baraboo. Wis.
Kirkwood Durrant. Waupaca, Wis
Fred Arthur Duxbury, Hlxton, Wis
John +. Eberhard, 3i7 81, Nicholas
Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y.
william f. Esan. No. 400 East Mair
Street. Mount Kisco. n Y.
John +. G. Equl. No. 2255 Twenty
fourth Street san Francisco
Russell t. Eikonberry. No. III
North Anderson Street. Ellwood. Ind
Earl II. Eatop, No. 81 South MAR
Street. Pittsford. N. Y.
Thomas E. Evans, Red Grant,,
Wis
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fifth
cIUenue
Bus
FREE GRAPE VINES

You cRD receive free three Best Gran.
vines-red. white and blue. n YOU have
. backward anywhere. lust send your ad-
dress TO The fruits aud flowers Assocla-
tion. 30 Cortiandt ST., New York. and
learn how they are encouraging the Diant-
ing Of bearing fruit In the backyards
of the nation.
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THE easiest way to re-
i member the meaning
OF the Bus Service numbers is
TO remember only those which
concern you.
Number / means FIFTH AvenuA
Nuniber mtans firth seventh and
Edgecombe Avenues.
Number ncafa tiILh and et.
Nicholas Avcuuos.
Number 4 means nm Avenue
Cathedral Parkway Riverside Drive
snd Broadway
Number s means Fifth Arenre. STth
Street Ritersids Drive aud Broad
vav 10 and from Washington
square
Number means Eas, 12nd Stree,
from Flrst Avenue 10 Fifth Ave-
nue. 70 5Ith Street 20 Broadway.
20 Wet 7gnd street 10 CeatFL
Para Wet
Number means Fifth Avenue bTth
street Riverside. Broadwsy and 81.
Ni-lolas Avenue 10 and from Penn.
tylvania station
Memorize the ones you use
the nost-and disregard all
the others-and you will still
be able to tell, two blocks in
advance. whether it is, or 10
not, your
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Welstesd, Matawan,

Thomas G. Welstesd, Matawan,
n. J.
Y.
John Joseph Yung. Kcnosha, Wis.
z.
Hugh Iollcr Delaware. Ohio.
August Zura, Konosha, Wis
Adam J. Zlelke. Red Granite. wis.
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possesses the trey Of clubs as a SOU

Venir.
81 drew II 20 two pairs. giving mo
full house just as the ship was
torpcdoed,' he explained. AS
picked 1t up the Bocho opened the
betting with "A torpedo. There was
no use buchlng against that. so
threw down my hHEd and went on
deck. keeping the trey as mascot"
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MEMORIAL NOTICES.

:, - - -->-@>--,-----
HARTIGAN. - MARY (nee Ryan). In
loving memory OF our mother. who de.
parted this world Feb G, 1914.
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Richard r. Outcault st., 245 Madi.
son Avenue, New York
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Carl r. overstree' acsfordv,ne
Ky,
Arthur II. Otto. Beaver Dam. Wis
James j, O'Brien, Washington. d. c
James !, o'conncN 40 West 4stl
street, Now York.
Joseph D. oddo, Sh6s wsshin gtor
Avenue, New York
John OItourks, 81 Mott Avenpe
Far Rookawsy, y, Y,
Francis J, OToolo, ~ vestehaste,
street. Port Chester, y y.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13
"LET,s CO...

Every state fair, like every circus IS, OF
course, "bigger and better than ever.
But a solemn, veracious secretary OF the
fair association, with but partly repressed
enthusiasm, assures The Forum that the
statement is more than the mere perfume
tory exaggeration of professionally
optimistic promoter.
He was looking for tent to accommo-
date the overflow from the livestock pa
viions.
"Let's CO." is good motto to adopt in
respect to the fair this year.
There will be more livestock than ever
before: more elaborate fireworks, better
automobile and horse races, and better ex-
hibits of every kind, unless that secretary
is a past master in the art of dissimula~
ton.
The fair provides instruction sugar
coated with entertainment; keeps one
abreast of the times on new appliances for
the farm; gives a vivid picture Of the
growth in North Dakota s greatest indus
try; makes one forget for time that war
is in progress; entertains, thrills, amuses,
instructs, enlightens, enhvens, inspires
and invigorates. ,>-s..
"Let's CO.. ~
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CHANCE FOR CIVILIANS.

Civilians, it appears, are to be given one
more chance to get commissions in the
American army.
Under the new plan adopted by the war
department, limited number Of men from
civilian life, who are over the draft age
and under 40 years Of age, may be accept
ed for the officers training camps, which
will be permanent institutions until the
war ends, and which will receive new
classes every few weeks.
Civilians must have a high school edu-
cation or its equivalent, be Of good moral
character and be physically fit. Their ap-
plicatiOns are not received by the war de-
partment, but they must be sent to the
army officer on duty as military instructor
at the educational institution nearest the
applicants residence His recommends
ton is necessary before admission is Sc
cured.
The provision is a wise one, and it will
make available some valuable material for
officers. There are many men above the
draft age, who have exceptional Qua1ifica-
lions for executive positions, and but who
have dependents. On private's pay they
would not be able to support these de-
pendents, but with an officers income,
even that of a second lieutenant, they
would be able to consider entering the
service. The men turned out by the first
training camps proved their worth, and
there is no reason to believe that the
graduates of later camps taken from ci-
villain life. would not acn17it themselves
just as creditabIy.
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ON SEEING BEYOND ONES NOSE.

One Of the most valid reasons for at
lacking the Nonpartisan league is the al
most uniform ineptitude for leadership Of
the men chosen to represent it.
The men who are high in the councils Of
the league are, in the main, those who have
made failure or at least have not made
success of their personal affairs.
This ineptitude for leadership and lack
of clear thinking is revealed in much of
the legislation proposed by the league. It
seems based on emotion and vindictiveness
rather than reasoning
The case of the attempt to prevent fore
closures on farm machinery is a case in
point. During wartime especially, nobody
will quarrel with the idea that it should be
made as easy as possible for farmers to get
farm machinery and retain it, but the pro-
posed plan of the council of defense would
make it more difficult instead Of less diff
ficult. The farm machinery business prob
ably would go on a cash basis. Credit to
farmers would be tighter instead Of more
liberal, and the very object of the bill
would be defeated.
It is but another case of not being liable
to see beyond the end Of one s nose.
Law-making, like almost any other line
of endeavor, requires other qualifications
than meaning Weu".