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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
Native Forest Resources
and the War

y A. STIRLING. in the November
LIE issue of "American Forestry"
(Washington), shows the capital impor-
lance of lumber as one of the many fac
tors in the final victory of the Allies. He
writes:
ITO say two or three billion board feet Of
lumber are being produced in the shortest
possible time to meet the most urgent war
needs the country has ever known convev.
very little. Even to say that single billion
feet would make a boardwalk ten feet wide
from New York to Petrograd, via Vladi-
vostok, really does not convey the full i'm
preston. AS a matter of fact, no one really
knows just how much lumber is being used
just now in our war preparations. The only
important thing, for the time being is to
know that forest resources are fully able
to meet the unprecedented demands upon
them, and this without materially reducing
our reserve timber supply
ut should be remembered that while the
military needs are being taken care of. lum-
Der for the everyday needs of the country
is being produced we'll This alone, even
with the decrease in building operations.
will not fall far below 10000, 900 900 feet per
year Then, although their Importance
transcends everything else, the war require
Wents are but a comparatively small per
centage of our total output"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

The New York Evening Sun" was in
cllned to be bit skeptical as to the fuel
saving, arguing that
III VIII DC difficult matter to convince the
average Janltor Ito whom the problem an.
pears one Of interest) that much conserva-
ton of fuel is going to result from shutting
down the furnace an hour earlier at night if
he has to fire up an hour earlier in the morn
ing"
But there seems little doubt in the
minds Of most commentators that the saw
ing would be real, as it would affect the
urban population-everybody in fact. ex-
cept the farmer, who has always effectu-
ally had to practise it during the growing
season, when Of necessity the sun is his
clock. The plan, it is argued, has also an
important value as inducing the back to-
simplicity tendency-a tendency which is
one of the inevitable consequences Of the
war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

any other source have been received of con-
ditions charged. These arc wholesale
charges. stating no facts giving names
or places. and | cannot enter into a contro-
versy with an anonymous and an indefinite
thing"
Vice Admiral Sims said there never was
a time in American history when there
was so little drunkenness among the
American fighting forces
An American army officer at Washing
ton informed on all courts-martia:
"Thc American army in France has been
sngularly free from intcmpcrance 1t has
enjoyed higher rate FOR sobriety than the
forces at home. There have not been more
than six reports of courts martial of officers
in Pershng's command on the charge Of in
toXication. The trials Of enlisted men for
intoxcation have been even less than this
There has been no wholesale ntoxicaton
among the overseas armies such as would
justify the statement published by the Meth
odst Temperance Board"
These denials pay high tribute to the
American forces. American soldiers in
France arc facing conditions quite radi-
caly different from those at home Water
is used very slightly as Il beverage there.
its place being taken largely by light in
digenous wines and beer. 1t would be diff
ficult to enforce the same sort of liquor
rules for soldiers in France as arc being
enforced in the United States.
Even in England, according to c. V.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
Cotton

\ RADICAL slump in cotton is looked for
"a byMarch or April if the war continues
Government regulation is not looked for az
long as the price holds reasonably high, or
as long as there is possibility of the war
ending and still higher prices Price regu-
latlon is expected in the spring if the war
continues. This policy will be adopted to
protect the cotton grower. The price will
not be established until time when the
bottom is ready to drop out of the cotton
market. If the price of cotton does not
mold up, certainly goods prices will not.
Unless some very large crops of cotton are
raised for number of years, there is
likely to be big shortage both in goods
and in cotton when conditions become more
settled.-The american Wool and Cotton
Reporter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
How Big Is Americas Railroad
Plant?
Scientific American

ISL how big the American railroad
plant really is one may learn from
the following statistics given in the cur
rent issue of 1.-The Scientific Americana:
Not many people are aware that tho rail.
roads of the United States have a total length
approximately equal 10 those Of Europe and
Asia combined. As q matter of fact. the rail-
road tracks. if strung out in a continuous
line. would be sufficient to run a cirdle of
steel eleven times around this earth at the
Equator
"lf we take the average length of a loco.
motive as being 125 feet, we ind that the
$4,000 locomotives which are possessed bv all
the railroads, if they We're placed end to end.
would fill four railroad tracks each ss5 miles
in length
THE freight car statistics give US some
remarkable figures. If the cars on all
our railroads were placed end to end, they
would stretch continuously for 10000 miles.
which means that there sufficient cars in
the United States to-day, if strung out, to
make complete circle of the earth along
the latitude of Philadelphia.
The amount of freight that Is carried
every year is stupendous. The tonnage last
year was l,S02,018,117 tons That is a big
TOTAL. For measure we viii take
Madison Square, New York CITY. which ex
tends $40 feet by $40 feet from building to
building. Assuming that the average con.
tents Tor each ton of FIRE ght is 30 cubic feet
we ind that on the basis of nearly . aOo ooo
ooo tons OF freight per year we would have
TO MI Madison Squarc every twelve hours of
'he year to depth OF 279 feet"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
Daylight Saving to Conserve Coal

100000 to 100000 tons annually here in
America.
Before the war England was never an
carly-rsing nation. London did not
''come alive" generally, until a much
later morning hour than New York is ac-
customed to. This was true of industry
in general as we'll as of Office workers.
Putting the clock forward in Great Britain
occasioned no one any real inconvenience,
and is said to have materially increased
production. The same is said to be true,
though perhaps to a somewhat less degree,
in other countries.
The opinion Of the press of America is
almost unanimously in favor of trying the
plan as presented in the pending BILL "Thc
country" said "The Chicago Herald"
Twill use more daylight and less artificial
Illumination Every argument supports
it,"
1t is also generally heralded as wise
and perhaps necessary war measure 1.-THE
coal shortage" said "The Chicago Trib-
une," ''empl1asizes the argument for set
ting the clock forward. The country is
now observing lightless nights, but there
is no reason, when the days grow longer.
why we should not take advantage Of an
extra hour Of daylight-which can be had
without expense and without hardship"
"Give US daylight saving" urged "The
Boston Herald" instead of closing the the
aires arbitrarily at the present 10 o'clock
hour. THE Boston Transcript" also
heartily favored it, as "the most profit
able exchange ever heard Of it is an act
ual case of something for nothing" 1.-THE
Richmond Times-Dispatch" found in it a
very practicable and very appealing pro-
posal."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
It Was Originally Proposed by
/ Asquith and Grey

1t is worth while to reproduce here an
utterance by George Harvey in the current
North American Review" which refers.
not to the referendum, but to the Presi-
dents words. After saying that he was
far more surprised at the presidents
thinly yelled threat of economic ostracism"
than at his call for war against Austria,
Colonel Harvey writes:
"When the fact became known, some two
years ago, that a similar programme had
been adopted at a secret conference of the
British and French in Paris, the outcry
against it unduly and unwisey vindictive
was strongly intensified by the marked
disapproval of the American government that
Mr.. Asquith and Sir Edward Grey hastily
abandoned the idea, and it has never since
been heard Of We can picture the amaze
ment of the original sponsors at the revival
of the proposition by the President himself
in foreseeing 'untoward circumstances which
might render impossible the admission Of
Germany to the free economic intercourse
which must inevitably spring out of the other
partnerships of real peace"
Nevertheless, it is clear that the idea of
boycotting German goods, with or without
an organized plan, has strong support in
the country. Thus, Senator William S.
Kenyon, of Iowa, received loud applause
when, in addressing the New York Repub-
lican Club recently, he said:
! "Who wants to handle the goods made by
hands that perpetrated the atrocities in Bel
GUM? Let them keep their goods, and to
hell with them!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
digestion That Pro-Germanism
~ May Be Back Of the CHARGES

n Backing up the denials and explanations
are many demands for some sort of retri-
button for the ISLANDER" cast on the army.
1.-The Providence journal" thinks there
is something pro-German back of the
charges, while "The Baltimore American"
calls for an apology. "The New York
World" classes such charges along with
lies that arc reasonable" and resents the
idea that the American forces in France
need anything in the nature of "Com-
stockian vice censorship" Representative
Cary, of Wisconsin, wants Congress to in
vcstigate the charges.
On the other hand, the so-called "prohi-
Eition propagandists" have few defend
ers. Bishop Quayle, of st. Louis, thinks
that the report "is not to be pooh poohed
by authorities either civil or military" Dr.
Joseph Fort Newton, Of Iowa, preaching at
the London City Temple, is reported to
have said: "When / see American boys
staggering in the street, drunk. l hate
London" Bishop Hughes, of Boston, said
he had no first-hand information from
France, "but men who have been there
have reported that the situation is dis
quieting." The "clpsheet" is also defend
ed by Methodist minister, the Rev. Lin
coin II. CaswelI, Of Flushing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
It's Hard to Get Hot Coffee in
l the Front Line Trenches

Further light on the problem of some
thing to take the place of water is given by
?. w. Wilson, of "The London Daily
News" Writing to The New York Trib-
une, Mr.. Wilson said Of the thirst prob
lem:
"Thcre are two problems to be solved. The
first is thirst in the trenches. The second is
thirst when on leave.
Now, it is easy enough to say that SOL
diers should fight this war on cold water.
have preached sermons, bat never prepared
them on cold water. I am writing this opin-
ion. | hope vivaciousiybut not on cold
water. 1t is coffee that is doing it--hot
coffee.
"rhe question is how to get hot coffee
into the trenches. Behind the lines the
guild manages it, to some extent But the
trc1'e.cs are front line, not behind the li.e,
and to boil coffee in the trenches takes trou-
BILE. is out of gear with military traditions
and may be actually impossible. hate the
idea Of serving rum ration to our British
lads. | agree with Grenfcl, OF Labrador,
that even in the Arctic Circle there is no
real warmth in rum ration--quite the con-
trary. But the rum ration is convenient to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

THE so-called daylight saving" bill
is likely to be passed by Congress
before long. introduced by Sena-
tor Calder, it was unanimously adopted by
the Senate, and is now under considera-
ton by the House Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce. There APP
pears to be practically no opposition to it,
criticism emanating mainly from the few
who think it unnecessary, if not futile,
and call it mere fad.
Daylight saving has been tried with
great success in England, France, Italy,
Germany, Norway, Denmark and other
countries, where it has been found that a
mere rcsetting of the clock results in the
saving of fuel and the speeding up of pro-
duction. 1t was tried in several cities of
the United States last summer and aban-
doned as unsatisfactory, but its advocates
argue that the test was not adequate, and
that a nationwide change will be quite
"a different matter from sporadic expert
ments in single towns.
The plan is to put forward the clock
one hour, beginning April 90, until the
end of September. Some advocate max
ing the scheme apply all year around. The
essence of it is really get up earlier"
movement; an attempt to prove the value
of the old adage about "early to bed and
early to rise" The chief gain, it is claimed
will be in fuel saving. 1t is argued that
if, for instance, theatres close at 10, in
stead of II, there should be a saving of
one hours fuel as expended in lighting
the homes of theatregoers who would
thus retire earlier. Bedtime. according to
the clock, would move ahead one hour to
keep pace with the expected morning riot
of the alarm clock. 1t is variously esti-
mated that the coal saving would be from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
Is 1t Morally Right for a Hungry
Man to Steal?
The Sunset Md00zi0e

DOSE WILDER LANE is simplifying
IN in "The Sunset Magazine" the out
line of Jack London's life, which is known
to most of the lovers of "The Call of the
Wild" In the current issue she tells how
London came to seek an education. A
characteristic extract is that telling of
London's trip East with General Kelev's
Industrial Army of protest, headed for
Washington. Around a campfire one
night London listened to an impassioned
argument as to whether it was right. not
legally but morally right. for a hungry
man to steal a shack's (brakeman's) lunch
pail:
1T was vital topic. The commissary had
been separated from the army; all the men
were hungry. filled lunch pail showed
temptingly in the magnations But their
ethical scruples We're strong 1t was right
to steal shacks lunch because he had
job. He could get another meal No, it was
wrong to steal shack's lunch because II
was his property, he was a poor man, and it
was wrong to steal But if it is right for the
boss to take mans job away from him.
why isn't it right for that man to take
shack's lunch?
HS VAIN HOUTS wore away, and still the
men argued From time to time Jack threw
another stick of wood on the diving fire. and
the fare of light showed their faces, alert
keen, interested. against the background of
the night. The camp lay silent around them.
litter OF scattered shapes under the stars.
AT last compromise was reached If
man was very hungry, starving and there
vas no nope OF his getting food anywhere
else. 1T was right for him to take a part of
the shack's lunch, but he should leave a por-
ton Of it, and also the lunch pail And un.
less in dire extremity, it was wrong for him
TO take any of the shack's food. This deci-
sion being unanimously accepted, the con-
versation would have ended, but one ardentA
orator propounded another question. Was it
right to kill a scab?
"However, the problem aroused no discuss
sion. No one would take the negative OF
course IL was right to kill scab The men
rolled in their blankets and went TO sleep"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
.AWeek of American
Labor News

ME tWentyslXth consecutive an(
third biennial convention of the
United Mine Workers of America
opened January 10, at indianapolis, with
1890 delegates representing 100000 or
gaaized men in the industry. The con.
vention, it is stated will ratify the btu
minous and anthracite wage scales agreed
on in conference in Washington several
months ago. Samuel Gompers and DR.
Harry A. Garfield are expected to address
the meeting. A letter from President
Wilson was read by Frank J. Hayes
president of the miners, in which Mr.
Wilson declared that the country's safety
hes in the miners hands
Six men and one woman were named
by Secretary Wilson to form the advisory
council that will assist in the administers
ton OF war labor programme intrustcd
TO the Department of Labor by the Presi-
dent. John Lind, former Governor of
minnesota is chairman of the council and
representative Of the public.
officials Of the United Mine Workers of
America were ordered by the Supreme
Court to show cause why they should not
be declared in contempt of court for VIC
!atng injunctions restraining representa-
lives of the organization from attempting
10 organize employees of the Hitchman
GOAL and Coke Company of Wheeling,
W. Va.
The Washington State Supreme Court
eaS ruled that the Portland anti-con-
Splracy or ti-picketing ordinance is UNI
constitutional.
Fifteen thousand cgarmakers and to-
inc nineteen factories of the Porto Rican-
Amerlcan Tobacco Company. This ends
me longest and most general cigar strike
nc island has ever had.
City officials of Duluth, Mimi, have
'a'sed wages of common laborers from 81
% 4o cents an hour and skilled laborers
rom 80 to AZ cents an hour.
Telephone girls have received increases
u wages in the last few months in the
following cities: Boston, Fort Smith,
Afk' San Francisco, Aberdeen, Tacoma,
seattle, Olympia, Fresno, Los Angeles,
bakersfield and Santa Rosa.
All miners who are not subjects of a
country which is at war with the United
e'ates, and who are unnaturalized, must
become citizens of the United States or
'orieu their membership in the union-a
resolution covering this was unanimously
adopted by the United Mine Workers of
Ohio recently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

TOW woman loyal to the Entente
and yet believing in ex-King Con-
stantine went with her American
husband to Greece to secure and publish
the truth about Greece, only to uncover
the trail of the German bureau of intrigue,
is interestingly told by the woman herself.
Demetra Vaka Brown, in the current issue
OF Golfers" No one believed she could
reach the then king, though Lloyd George
assisted her; but she did, only to learn
many disquieting things in an interview
during which she heard a door crest
slightly behind a screen. Constantine was
ready to listen, and even seemed eager for
a secret meeting with Venizelos. But, he
declared
4 must stand by my friends. l must con-
slider them, and must not sacrifice Them
There will have to be mutual conces.
SION my husband said with emphasis.
"The King turned to him, America is
with me, isn't she?' he inquired
Kenneth Brown is of New England stock
on both sides of his family, and rather down.
right at times.
"'Who told you that? He answered with
another question, Yankee fashion
Greeks in America sent me a telegram
to that effect
They have msled you. There are few
people, like my wife, who with you, but
the bulk Of the American people-and espe-
claliy the press-are against you; and had
not the blockade kept out all newspapers you
would have seen that for YOURSELF
Here. 10 show the King that, in spite Of
what Greece had done, France was still her
friend, put in:
We were told in Paris, by some one in
the Cabinet of NJ. BRAND, that on the day
when, in reparation for the events of De-
cember ], the Greek army was forced to
salute the Allied flags, there was great con-
sternatlon among the French. They felt that
this humiliation ought not to have been put
on your flag
My flag was not humiliaJed' the King
exclaimed quickly. 1T Victorious Seven
hundred of my men beat two thousand Allied
marines There jubilance in his tone
as he made this assertion.
For second l was aghast; then cried
out:
your Majesty! Your Majesty. There
were twenty thousand Greeks against two
thousand Allies
What thoughts were his at this moment
shall never know, but it seemed to me that
the shadow of a fearful doubt passed over
his countenance."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20
Shall American Trade Boycott GERMANY?
ME- lntimation of President Wilson.
in his Dncor,hor -

\nE animation of President Wilson.
IN his December message to Con-
gress that the United States might
oe' under certain circumstances. con-
s'ralned to take part in an economic bow
colt OF Germany after the war has begun
10 take practical shape in an unexpected
way. The Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States, with headquarters at Wash
lngton, has this week decided at the in
stance OF the Boston Chamber of Com
MERGE to take referendum vote of the
business men of the country OH the cues
ton whether this national organization
should convey to the German business peo-
pie formal notice that boycott would be
put into force against Germany after the
war unless in the meantime the German
people shall have taken control of their
government to an extent which shall be
provocative of Irresponsible rulers"
In order to bring the proposed movement
INTO its proper setting it is we'll here to
reproduce the passage from the Presidents
message touching upon the subject. He
said:
"The worst that happen to the detri-
ment of the German people is this, that if
they should still, after the war is over, con-
tlnue to be obliged to live under ambitious
and intriguing masters, interested to disturb
the peace of the world, men or classes Of
men whom the other peoples of the world
could not trust, it might be impossible to
admit them to the partnership of nations
which must henceforth guarantee the worlds
peace That partnership must be partner
ship of peoples. not mere partnership of
governments.
at might be impossible, also, in such un-
toward circumstances, to admit Germany to
the free economic intercourse which must in
evitably spring out of the other partnerships
Of a real peace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-20

the greatness of the armament forced on all
nations; and,
whereas, careful analysis of economic
conditions shows that the size of Germany's
future armament will fundamentally depend
on her aftcr-war receipts of raw materials
and profits from her foreign trade; and,
Whereas, in our opinion the American
people for the purpose Of preventing an ex-
cessive armament will assuredly enter an
economic combination against Germany il
governmental conditions in Germany make it
necessary for sef-dcfence; and,
whereas, we believe the American people
will not join in discrimination against Ger
man goods after the war if the danger of ex-
cessive armament has been removed by the
fact that the German government has in real
ty become responsible instrument con-
trolled by the German people; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the Chamber of Commerce
OF the United States of America earnestly
calls the attention of the business men of
Germany to these conditions and urges them
also to study this situation and to cooperate
to the end that disastrous economic war
may be averted and that lasting peace may
be made moro certain"