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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
SPLENDID ORATOR AT
LENROOT REP. RALLY

An audience that packed the court
room listened with rapt attention to
the splendid address given by Con-
gressman Miller Of Duluth. last even
ing. on political issues. The speech
was pronounced by many as the finest
political address they had ever heard.
He spoke in behalf of Lenroot's candi-
dacy for e. S. senator and his logic was
convincing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
REMINDS HIM @ II TLADYSMITH

The f. NJ. Doyle Co. has received
M. w. Sergeant, of Sheldon, who is
with the American EXpeditionary
Forces in France, of the receipt of cal
endars and blotters. Mark says !:
Your caler dars and blotters are do
ing good service in France and are re-
minding me daily of you and of Lady
smith,"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
EASTER RED CROSS
DANCE APRIL |

The Eastern Star Lodge will hold
their annual Easter dance on Monday
evening, April l, at the gymnasium.
The music will be furnished free and
the entire proceeds are to go to the
Red Cross fund. This event deserves
and will doubtless be accorded the most
liberal patronage.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
A NEW PARTY IN
PROCESS OF CREATION

Jews, Poles and Women are the Back
bone of the German B0lshevik
NOvement.-The People Of Germany
Are Not Vet Awakened to Moral
Sense of Shame" Declares a So
cialist.-HOw the Hun Authorities
Confuse German Peace Meetings by
Organizing False peace Meetings"
Which Are i'm Reality WAR
Meetings"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
"SIX MONTHS In HE'LL AND BACK AGAIN

Found German Socialists Not
Yet Ready For an UPRISING
German Official Boasts that
as People of Old Age Die, the
Stronger Becomes the Father
land.-No Hope For RevOlu-
tiOn From the Original So
cialist Party of Germany
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29

T0WnS OF ThOrnapple and Hubbard,
Miss Jessie Sergeant, teacher, S4420.
Miss Hitchcock donated one knitted
scarf
Mrs. L. C. Streater donated one
knitted sweater and one helmet.
Thanks to the city council through
the efforts of l.. +. McGill for the con-
veniences installed in the Red Cross
rooms
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
TREASURE AND TRINKET FUND

The ladies of the various churches
have arranged to have box placed in
Lanes book store and the Rusk County
Bank for a week beginning April LIST,
for the treasure and trinket fund.
Bring III your old trinkets of gold, sill
yer or plated ware and let them be
converted into money for this war
fund
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
AUCTION SALES

]. J. Theesfield will have an auc-
tion on his farm 3 miles east and 1A
miles south of Ladysmith on Wednes-
day, April 10. The list includes
horses, mules, cattle, pigs, poultry and
farm machinery and furniture. A big
free lunch will be served at noon. See
his advertisement in this issue.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29

A broken rail caused two Pullman
coaches on No. II, north-bound Velvet
Special to leave the rails about S miles
northwest of Spencer Sunday morn
ing.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
Articles That Are Needed

Towels.
Drinking cups.
Carpet slippers or Romeos or any
good soft slipper with leather soles
that can be worn about the wards or in
the hospitals are needed.
There is an endless demand for
socks.
Plain towels or bath towels
Wash cloths, either bath toweling or
closely knitted ones.
Old linen, any size, in good condi-
ton, is wanted.
Comfort pillows, all sizes and
shapes, filled with any good material.
Bright colored bags for men to use
in hospitals for their small personal
belongings-the gayer the better.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
SAWMILL STARTS UP

The Flambeau River Lumber Co.'s
Sawmill started on its seasons cut
Monday.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
No Revolution

IlIIIl.
No Revolution
If [ had passed through Germany
and observed present day conditions
specifically, L would have come out
and published to the world the news
that Germany was reeking with rebel
lion. Judging from the surface express
Sions any casual observer could not
help coming to that conclusion. But
after closer study the investigator
must sOrrowfully admit that the pres
ent discomfort of the German people is
not of the quality that will make revO-
luton. 1t is an immoral and selfish
discomfort. and it is a discomfort not
accompanied with scientific reasoning
In the Socialist and Liberal quarters
it is true, people are curSing their rrl-
ers and their Kaiser freely, but these
are not III power or within the reach of
power. Whenever this discomfort of
the workers becomes serious. the
authorities find some way to first re-
move their leaders, and then increase
their food ration or their wages a
little. Every such incident means that
the middle class will go shorter
In the district of Munchen during the
period of 1917. the death rate between
the ages of % and % was twenty-one
per thousand. | was authoritatively
informed by Il Bavarian official that
this was nearly nine per thousand more
than the peace time average death rate
l1f hn lac CT latino fn
Munchen district population of
100000 souls. this ration Of death
rate means that during the year of
1917, 5000 more people died between
the ages of 81 and % than did in the
years before the war
Heavy Civilian Casualties
Judging from this rate. and assuring
that Germany has population of
S0.00000O souls, it must be concluded
that 100000 more people between the
ages of % and % died in the year of
1917 than died during the years be-
fore the war 1t made my heart sad
and | tried to refute it. But these
were not my own speculatiOns. These
were the finding of well-knOwn
Bavarian scientific investigator, and
the conclusions were the result of
anxious searchings after truth.
Sometime later when | brOached this
painful subject to high health Off
cial | became struck with surprise
when that dignitary smiled re-assur-
ingly and informed me that the authOri-
ties were well aware of the fact.
Then you admit. eXcellency, that
we are in the process of eXtermina-
tion?" | inquired agitatedly
What Makes Germany InyincibIe
Once more he smiled serenely. and
assured me that there was no cause
for alarm. And this was the way he
reasoned. Admitting that the 100000
abnormal death rate is correct, il
proves that every day. the German
power of resistance is increasing
Men between the ages of 80 and IS dc
not create food or any other commodi
ties. If it is true that during the yeal
OF 1917, 100000 more people died than
III the year of 1913 or 1914. it is an in
controvertible proof that in 1918 the
food reserve of the Empire will bt
Continued on Page 2
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29

The Maple Hill Dairy (the Klopfen-
stein milk station) is going out OF bus
mess and will sell their equipment at
auction tomorrow afternoon, at the
milk station. Myron Hoffman will cry
the sale, with J. o. Sinclair acting as
clerk
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
WHAT RED CROSS
HAS DONE in RUSk
Vast Amount of Needed Articles
Sent I'm To Add To The
Comfort of The
Soldiers

The following is list of articles
shipped from Rusk county to date by
the Red Cross organization.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
:. C. Crandell will have an auction

c. c. CrandeIl will have an auction
at his place on the Chippewa river, 10
miles northwest of Ladysmith, Friday,
April ), commencing at ? 100 p. m. The
list, which will be found i'll his adver-
tisement elsewhere ia this paper, in
cludes horses cattle. hogs and farm
equipment.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29

Buy your Share in VictOry--LiIr-
erty Bonds!
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-03-29
Copyright, 1913. BY international
News Bureau Inc.
Fourth InStallment)

On returning to Switzerland. the very
first question [ was asked by my Eng
liSh friends was What do the German
masses think of Americas entrance in
to the war; My answer to them was
that the German people. at least
great number of them, still think what
their rulers tell them. There are
great number of Germans. who lately.
regard their rulers with suspicion. but
the average German is still willing to
permit his Government to think for
him
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

rect SUPERVISION The corIurution
chnrges each miller I per cent Of the
value OF the wheat he grinds To cover
the costs of administering tie cur-
porntiOn: for the $40 OU. 600 cupi,uI liz
to be returned to the United States
Treasury. unimpaired.
The agreement has lis cnmpcnsa.
ton. however. for the policy Of Uncle
Sam Is to provide each mill with ali
wheat possible. To do so, every mill
signing up was required to furnish, IN
estimate of its possible milling cnImri.
ty for the scnson This nationwide
survey of milling capacities. when bal,
anced against the available supply of
wheat, enables the Grain Corporation
to equnlize supplies In way never
done before. In fact, the schedule Of
prices arranged for the primary mar.
kets had for an object this eIunliza.
ton. For instance. IL the proprietor
OF an elevator ut Maryville. Mo-. 40
miles northeast Of st. Joseph, and 458
miles from Chicago. desires to market
wheat he has available these markets:
ST. Joseph, Mo-; Kansas City. Mo. ::
St Louis. Mo-: Chicago. ILL.,. and New
York City. N. Y To ascertain the
most advantageous price for him. he
would work 1t out on the basis of the
following table:
From this table you can see what
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

About the same time our cooperative
elevator mana ar had listed shipment
with his terminal Representatives
highly reputable commission firm, also
under Grain Corporation license. This
firm caught wind of the Georgia order
and secured permission to sell the Mis-
souri, wheat. The second bushel was
among those poured into car and
hustled along to Its destination. This
shipment did not pass through any
terminal market. 1t moved straight
to Atlanta, where 1t went between the
rollers Of the mill.
Controlling the Jobber by License.
Now, the -four which came from our
second bushel of wheat was rolling
serenely along in another direction,
but the car was diverted by special or
der of the U. S. Food Administrator
and received by a large wholesale job
Der in New York City. This jobber
also does business under Food Adj
ministrntion license, but administered
by the distribution division. Under H.
cense terms the jobbers must sell at
fnir profit only. although the exact
amount of this profit is not detcrmin-
ed, the Food Administration reserving
the right in each case to call halt
when licensee has gone "the limit"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

half that of n year ago. or 10O.O00.0OO
bushels less. 1t was nothing short Of
master strategy.
The total number Of bushels pur-
chased by the Grain Corporation from
the time It commenced activities to
February l is 97.278.145.a0. Arranged
by months. the purchases IN bushels
we're: September, 7,84l. 2Oa20; Octo-
her. 19,350.64G59; November. 30.9oO,-
O74.26; December, 21,4I8.249.O0. and
January. lT.6oS. 9G8.08.
During July and August our -four
exports were about the same rs In the
same two months OF 1915: hut In Sep
temher. October, and November. no
expectation was so per cent larger
thnn year ago So the Grain Cor.
pOration hns discharged our obliga-
lions to the allies. and restored our
-four reserves. which 10 the larger ~
pect Of the question.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

the Grain Corporation was making
large purchase for the Allies and was
utilizing It's knowledge of available
stocks by having on the job trans
portatiOn strategist-Edwnrd Cham
bers, vice president of the Santa Fee.
Mr.. Chambers was assisting the Food
Administration and hns remarkable
"way with him." Even before he was
called to assist Mr.. McAdoo, the Direc
tor General. his suggestions to the rail-
roads had wonderful effect In dis
available cars and in clearing up con-
gestions that looked as though they
never could be uncongested.
How Uncle Sam Keeps the Whip
Eds. in getting the needed cars was
one of the advantages enjoyed by this
particular elevator after signing the
voluntary agreement which ceued to
the Grain Corporation the right TO con-
troll storage and direct shipments and
sales of all wheat bought by the pro-
prietor.
While voluntary, this agreement Is
almost compulsory since railroads give
priority recognition 70 Grain Corpora
ton requests for cars; and elevators
or mills outside the official fold must
rustic" for themselves. In return the
Government guarantees the elevator
proprietor against losses and protects
him in every way us to price and pays
him rentals for all storage spuce requi-
sitioned by 1t
All elevators, local and terminal,
must take out licenses or face a shut
down. What is the power of the II.
cense? It requires the operator to lay
all cards on the table as to his bust
ness dealings. For the time of the
war the elevator becomes public util-
ity and its proprietor must furnish in
formation as to his business ut any
time when required by the Grain Cor
poration Each week he must make
and mail reports showing the amount
of wheat, rye, or their derivatives. pur-
chased, stored. and shipped
Under present license terms, the H.
censee can keep on hand for only 80
days, unless he obtains special per-
NIT, any stocks of these grains or
their derivatives He Is also forbid
den to contract for the sale Of any
product which can not be delivered
within 80 days after the contract is
made.
Hsw the Wheat Was MlIled.
Away went our bushel of wheat on
its Journey to the terminal. where 1t
met other bushels of wheat from all
parts Of the territory that fed this
market There II was regarded for
special requirements, marked for IN
mediate milling and rolled On 10 q
large mil, IN niiaots. The miller
bought the wheat frsm the Grain Cor
poratisH, f0s each miller h the Unit.
ed States h under Rcsnns also. and
most oS usn haSs 1isaA eut esethsz
voluntary agreement wnanA bs,0s tAan
,eithsr - .psnaAnse ~ suslsss tnon
As dssaa 0a0sskaao e u'aAas - =
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
CHIEF GRUB SCOUT TALKS.

Hal B. Fullerton, who knows lot
about farming and who Is giving to the
boy scouts the knowledge he supplies
to a big railroad, has been designated
"Chief, Grub Scout" He says:
do a good deed every day. This
applies to plant life as well as to ami
NAL life Of the highest type. in our
POINT Of view. Weeds, grasses and
other wild growth. of course, do not ex-
list in any carefully worked scout gar
den. No real good grub scout had to
pull OF hack away with a hoe at any
weed, for the highest principle of
good agriculture and good grub scout
ing II to turn upside down, roots
In the ali. the weed babies as soon %
they appear. This upsettinx Of IA.
wunted plant fife gives the sun Q
chance to dry up the roots and KIN -
plants"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

mems Of control of the retailer by
making the jobber voluntary ,u,lice
man TO his customer. The jolber is
licensed 10 sell only to Traders who
deal fairly. and II 1t should turn out
that joI,ber persists In doing busi-
ness with retailers guilty of profi!eer-
Ing In staples under control the Food
administration has and mny exercise
the right to revoke the license of the
jobber.
The other part Of This shipment con.
tanned our second bushel of wheat and
went over to the East Side into II sn,nll
bakery. which quickly mnde II into
creamy lOaves. These loaves were
placed In groceries and delicntessens
and the next day were eaten by hum
cry little boys and girls with dark
eyes and big noses and quaint ways,
Brings Out Startling Truths.
Government control has brought out
these startling truths:
More people unnecessarily mike
their living out OF wheat distribution
than was suspected. Thousands and
thousands Of little spectators l,nve
had to turn elsewhere for livelihood.
number of commission men have
had to close shop. There are places
where elevators should be built and
other plnces where there are too many
elevators. The Government. dominnt.
ing the wheat market, carries It's own
marine insurance. Wheat handlers Mt
terminals have had their activities re-
&tricted.
But most of all 1t Is interesting to
see how the price Of flour per barrel
tumbled from the time Uncle Sam took
n positive hand in the matter. The
Food Administration has recently com
Dleted an interesting chart on the
prices of wheat and bulk flour mt Min.
neapOlis In statement of Novem-
Der &c. the Food Administration says:
The farmer received for the 1915 har-
vest between sl.45 and $3.50 per hushel
for the harvest. taking the country by
large and .. Last year he received
under 90 per cent Of the price Of the loaf.
Today he is receiving over 40 per cent Of
the money paid for the cash loaf. this
being the result OF the qualification Il
prices and the total elimination of hoard.
Ing and speculation in this industry.
The statement reports That farmers
on November 20 were receiving with
freight charges included from the ter.
rttory represented to Minneapolis, up
proximately $3.50 for Az bushels of
wheat. The price of bulk flour Mt the
Minneapolis mill is about S1O.25 per
barrel. showing that the miller is now
receiving about Is cents per barrel,
which must include both his operating
expenses and profit.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

The New York jobber took for his
own. In this case, a profit Of so cents
per barrel. He sold part of this ship
ment to retail merchant.
This merchant did small business
and was not licensed, hut even here
was another social check. For the
retail merchants OF the large cities
and those OF many small cities and
towns find each morning and after
noon In the daily papers price list
for flour and other commodities which
are considered fnir by the Federal
Food Administrator for their State.
These pricespare usually arrived at
through the machinery Of the whole
salers' and the retailers organizati tons.
The retailer also discovered that the
jobber who sold him this -four was
keenly interested in the prices paid by
the consumer. For the Food Admins
trstiou has discovered an Indirect
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

mako They also tend to correct
many abuses prevalent in the past,
such as cutthroat methods adopted by
mills to secure supplies and indiscrimi-
nate moving Of wheat to terminals.
For all practical purposes the wheat
business of the country is apportioned,
and whenever possible mills are sup
piled from wheat In the territory near
est them. This policy has for an OBJ
ject the saving Of waste In transpor-
tation. In another way saving is
made: Formerly large quantities of
undergrade wheats have been difficult
to dispose Of on account Of unco-ordi-
mated purchase Of the competing mills /;
but under Uncle Sans domination
each bushel of wheat must now go
somewhere and the poorer wheat will
move just as freely as the more de-
sirable grades.
Limiting MIllers' Profits.
The Illinois miller who received the
carlot containing our bushel of wheat
milled It promptly and shipped Its flour
to port for expectation. The miller
was permitted by the Food Admins.
tration to mako fair profit, not ex-
ceedins q maximum Of rs cents per
barrel ON the -four and maximum
profit of % cents per ton on the feed
stufs left ever. An mills, however,
must furnish at regular intervals ia
the NilSsns Division fun statements d
manufacturing costs, which are sesu.
t1nised carefully. 1he derivatives d
0sls wheat the msReY soid for domes
e. ePssunpsian. a. he policy Of ths
oovssnneet Il - fNep d ~ Unftnd
eAts m sssaaSfs Seeds16s p sPdsl
9 tlDo1sRD nss.seoA rsoARctfoa.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28


e ~ OaeS without special consent
being forbidden. the mill
operatives became curious and made
inquiries. This wheat was pnrt OF u
large supply which the Grain Corpora.
ton had brought into the United States
to aid In keeping the American mills
running.
There was another reason. Domes-
tic wheat was not moving from the
farms as freely as the millers needed
II. and shortage forced the mills to
opernte at n great disadvantage and,
according to them. at higher costs.
The last journey stage of our first
hushel. although considerably changed
In its form. was to go rs flour to port
under rush orders. It now had right
Of way over all other classes Of freight
except other munitions of war. Con-
sent of the War Trnde Board being
obtained, II was londed on ship and
passed safely through the submarine
field to France, where 1t succored the
hungry.
We started out to follow the travels
Of two bushels of wheat from the farm
to their points Of consumption under
war condition with the q. S. Food Ad-
ministratiOn In control OF the market
ing. have previously discussed the
Journeys of these two bushels from
the farm to the elevator n, the country
point. Here they parted and one Of
them passed on to terminal. and
from the terminal to mill and from
the mill to seabonrt. There 1t went to
France for consumption.
The Other BusheI of Wheat Starts
Travelling.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
Lons-Distance TaIkInss.

Eighteen miles is said to be the
longest distance on record mt which
n mans voice has been heard. This
occurred in the Grand Canyon of the
Colorado, where one man, shouting the
name Bob" Mt one end, was plainly
heard Mt the other end. which is 10
miles away. 1t is recorded that Mt Glib
raltar the human voice has been heard
at distance of ten rules.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28
Selling Wheat to Government

BOUT 20 days after the
farmer brought In his
wheat there cnme a re-
quest to this elevator for
a cnrload to be purchas-
ed by the Grain Corpora
ton. So one Of orr
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

wheat bushels was poured into car
which tremendously had appeared on
the siding at time when car shortage
was troubling the entire commercial
world. Inquiry might have shown that
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

HESE schedules arrang-
ed for the various
markets are veritable
price dams" to pre-
vent the overlooking
Of the stream Of
mhaaf nj mn ainnlo
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

period in 1915. In September. October
and November. under the supervision
Of the Food Administration, -four pro-
duction was ia per cent Of the same
period In 1916. What this means in the
great national situation. with depleted
domestic -four reserves and clnmoring
foreign buyers, can hardly be over
emphasized, when movement Of wheat
into primary markets has been hardly
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-03-28

sample on to the ST. Louis zone agent
for test which verified his judgment as
to grade. He then went about his usu-
al duties. cleaning the grain. filling his
bins, ana shipping out as regularly MS
he could In maximum carload quanti-
ties. In order to economic the use Of
cars In time OF congestion. He was
careful to keep his records cry
straight rs to dates and quantities of
wh""t purchased. on hand and shipped
out, for the Grain Corpornti2p requires
weekly reports and full details of
transactions.