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New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
A Woman Sets an Example

We think that Mrs. Maud M. Merrill.
of Stamford, Conn.,, has made such an
excellent departure in the way of selling
produce that it deserves to be widely
known. The owner of a large truck
farm, finding help almost impossible to
obtain, she conceived the idea of adver
tlslng in the local paper that she would
sell her garden truck to all who came to
the farm at 20 per cent discount from
market prices, and at 80 per cent dis
count II they did the picking themselves.
Ihe returns were quite surprising. No
end of excellent housewives snapned at
1he chance for an excursion into the
country, where they could find fine vege-
tables and fruits at "one-third off," This
seems an admirable extension of the po-
TO the market-and- -take-the
idea.
We hope it will also go some wav
toward dispelling the age-old idea that
1T is the middleman's profits, and not the
cost OF labor, which creates the wide diff
terence between the garden or factory
and store prices Of food and goods.
WITHIN twenty miles of New York we
have seen whole apple orchards with
tnelr produce rotting on the ground, sim
ply for the lack of labor, when annles
were selling at dollar a peck And n,o
also hear of blueberries selling at rs
cents a quart in the heart of the blue-
Derry fields of Pennsylvania for q like
reason though the berries are to be had
Tor the picking. The war has shown that
tnere IS an enormous amount Of loose
time or leisure, even in our strenuous
modern life. This extension of the back
eo-the-farm idea is one way of taking un
some of it.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
u. S. A

To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: Why do our papers waste good space
discussing any peace terms? The only peace
terms possible for US Is unconditional sur-
render by Germany.
Our Civil War was won by Unconditional
Surrender Grant. All our war eouin-
ment is stamped U. S. Our boys "go over
the top" with U. S. on their collars.
Let US in America, inspire US abroad.
with the one thought that US stands for
Unconditional Surrender.
whenever you see the initials u S. A.
'nink OF its double meaning: First our
DeloVed country; second, Unconditional
Surrender Alone, as our peace terms.
WILSON D. LYON,
New York, July 26 1913
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
Why Is Hearst {?
"HE exhibition of "The New York Even
ing Mail" as a .German-bought paper
From Life

THE exhibition of "The New York Even
ing Mail" as a German bought paper
has been interesting, and has helped
us to understand how far we have come, and
by what stages, to the condition of being
united nation. "The Mail" as it was, with
the German government as it's owner, was
dong no particular harm that we know Of
because it could not but support the national
attitude toward the war. 1t has read like
loyal paper for months. All the same, "The
Mall exposure was interesting, as has been
its restoration to American ownership.
The Tribune, which attends lavishly to
the Hearst press, has been at pains to print
side by side comparisons of the political
positions of "The Mail" while it was Ger
man owned, but chiefly before we got into
the war, and of "The New York (Hearst)
American" during the same period The
two papers seem to have worked along on
almost exactly the same lines, working
hard to get US into trouble with the British
opposing the draft, agitating with energy
against the transportation Of American
troops overseas, doing everything possible
to help the German cause without quite
coming out fatfooted for Germany
We know now why "The Mail" was work
ing as it did, but why was Hearst doing it {?
Why did Hearst work so persistently for
Germany as long as it was possible to do go
without danger of going to jail? "The
Mail" was bought. Was Hearst bought too :?
1t has never seemed likely Hearst has al
ways been accounted man who could COM
mand money enough to do what he liked.
There was a story that some great adver-
Users had influenced the policy of his papers
early In tho war, but no credible basis for
that tale has been furnished The like]ier
hypothesis is that Hearst, like the German
government, has been spending his own
money to get the kind of political effects
that he wanted.
Heaven knows whether he cared ANYTHING
for Germany, but he has seemed heartily
disposed to wreck the British EmDjre. and
ready to take any chance or use any tool
that would forward him in that disposition.
Hearst is very strange person. Why do
not our leading psychologists, who from
time to time have expounded To us +he
Kaiser and the Colonel and even the presi-
dent employ their abilities in an effort to
make him more comprehensive to his Oh
servant and wondering fellow creatures .
Wnat does ne want, and why does he want
IL! II any one knows, he does not speak
Tor publication. There is no theory of hu
man improvement or destruction with which
Hearst can be definitely connected So far
as known, he Is not Democrat, nor a Re-
publican nor Tammany man, nor a Roose-
velt man, nor an l. W. w., nor a Socialist
nor for anything or anybody but lust
Hearst. Why he should be for Hearst. whv
Hearst should interest him so much. what
ne sees in that man for good or bad, is lust
mystery. Why don't the psychologists get
after him and explain why he insists SO OBJ
stlnately In being bad smell in suffer
ing worldl
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
To One Dead

r WALKED upon a hill
And the wind made solemnly drunk b1
your presence
Keeled against me.
l stopped to question a flower
And you f1oated between my fingers and the
petals
Tying them together
l severed leaf from its tree
And water-drop in the green hagon
Held sunken CLINT of your smile.
All things were touched by YOUR remer.
brance
And shivering they tried to tell me ~ y
MAXWELL BODENHEIM
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
Jofre Avenue

1t Is best to go slow in celebrating
a hero IN anything SO permanent and
difficult to take back as street mama.
How many poor humans named after in
conspicuous and contemned Presidents
Will rise to second our protest!
But there Is one exception in the pres
ent war, and that is Jofre, Marshal Of
France, hero Of the Marne and the world
others are swiftly climbing to secure
heights, others remain in doubt, great
names OF the hour, surely, yet still await
ing tho cau Of Immortality. There is no
nnnatat1on ON the glory Of JofYre. There
II no event which can dim the magnifi-
oeaaca Of his feat at the Marne in 1914.
1seee v2s euG Of the great combats Of all
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
Taking Time

1t is better to plan ahead than to- live
from hand to mouth. Secretary Baker
doesn't always think so. Congress was
in mood month ago to raise the age
limit for conscription. 1t didn't know
anything about the Foch offensive, but
it wanted to be on the safe side in case
the emergency demand for American
troops in Europe continued. Secretary
Baker also didn't know about the Foch
offensive But he poured cold water on
the age limit extension project and told
Congress that the rate Of troop ship
ments to France probably would decline
after August 1 and that the supply of
conscripts now available would last un-
til after January / next.
Now it seems that many states have
already exhausted their Glass lists and
that there will be no Glass l men left
anywhere after October l. This means,
says a Washington dispatch, that Con
gress will have to get quick action on
the new man power bill after it reas-
sembles on August 49," 1t also means
that two or three months have been
wasted hesitating about doing thing
whose military necessity has long been
obvious.
The War Department has strangely
opposed from the first a conscription
sufficiently broad in scope. 1t may have
been governed by the idea that it was
concerned solely in getting men into the
fighting line But modern wars are
fought both on the front line and behind
it. 1t is as essential for us to mobilize
man power for war work at home as for
combatant or non-combatant service in
Europe or Asia.
The whole scheme of conscription
which the War Department is applying
is logically dependent on broad exten-
sion of age limits. Conscription is Sc
lective. That means that only mod
crate proportion Of those called are sent
into the army. If there is any merit in
the selective principle men best fitted to
fight should be used for fighting, whether
they are between twenty-one and thirty
one or between twenty-one and forty
the more fairly the principle works.
Again, we have the departments
work OF fight" order for deferred class
conscripts between twenty-one and
thirty-one. If there is any merit in this
ruling (and everybody must see that it
is eminently sound) it ought to be ex-
tended to cover all men up to forty-ive
1t helps to utilize for national service
the waste man power of the nation by
giving the government control Of that
man power. It puts us in a far better
position to win the war quickly.
The House of Representatives had
CLEAN Of provision when it attempted at
the beginning of the war to fix the maxi
mum draft age at forty. 1t was months
ahead of the War Department, which
wanted to fix the maximum at twenty
eight. Now the soundness of it's position
IS being demonstrated. The department
will eventually yield to the inevitable.
But why should it not lead in these
matters instead of trailing behind? Had
it not been for Secretary Bakers dis
couraging letter to the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs Congress would have
done in early July what he may earnest
ly urge it to do late in August, and which
1t may not be able to do until late in Sep
tember. IN military policy forethought
always pays better than afterthought.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30

In yesterdays news Of further disclos-
ures IN Germany's campaign of propa-
ganda reference was made to the fact
that Senator Hitchcock's newspaper. The
Omaha World-Herald, printed gratis, a.
humane and service to humanity" the
notorious Hammerling advertisement
signed by the editors of large number
OF foreign'language papers appealing to
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30

You purchase merchandss advertised In ThE
TRIBUNE with absolute safctyfor II dissatisfaction re-
suits 10 any THE TRIBUNE guarantees 10 pay your
money back upon request. No red tape No aulbbilns
We mako good prom pity II the advertiser docs not
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30
Our Place

tFrom The st. Louis Starr
How different we are from Wilhelm-we
are we'll content with a modest placa IN
the,shade.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-30

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
LABOR AND FREEDOM

The hope of labor lies in the op-
portunities for freedom; military
domination, supervision. checks,
bondage, lie in Prussian rule. So de-
clares the executive committee of
the American Federation of Labor.
This is a right and clear concep-
ton of the issues involved in this
war for the working man. 1t is not
through German regime but
through democracy that labor is to
receive adequate recognition and it's
realization of its rightful place in
the world.
All Americans are supremely and
vitality interested in the war agains.
German autocracy and none more
than the working man of America.
To him freedom means everything
The test is on whether the auto
cratic regime of Germany has bred
better men than the free institutions
of this country has-whether the in
dependent men of America can fight
so well, can manufacture such guns
and aeroplanes and other instru-
ments and munitions of war and put
them into effective use as can the
human product of German rule.
There is no doubt of the result.
but it depends upon the whole Amer
lean people and not alone upon our
fighting men. We who remain in
safety at home must do our part.
work. economiZe, save and support
the finances of the government. In
dustry, saving, ind lending to the
government are now national needs
and national duties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26

friends among the laboring element
of the State, and it would have been
strange if labor leaders searching
for a representative on the ticket
had overlooked the Senator from
this district, whose record as
champion of their legislation in
House and Senate is we'll known. He
has been conspicuously prominent as
an advocate of advanced regulations
for the safety of miners and the inn
provement of working conditions in
the mines, has been an attorney for
some of the Railroad Brotherhoods
and a champion of the Full Crew
law. 1t is reasonable to expect that
he will get a large vote in that quar-
ter.
Mr.. Beidleman is experienced in
legislative matters, and as an as
pirant for the Lieutenant Governor
ship brings to his campaign the
prestige of having been for one ses-
sion president pro tenn. of the SEN
ate. Senator Beidleman is personally
popular throughout the State and
his vote in Central Pennsylvania. no
doubt, will be further increased by
the fact that he is the only candi-
date for State office from this Sec
ton before the Republican voters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
CAN VENIZELOS SAVE GREECE?

TOR centuries the Greek people
have suffered at the hands of
friends and of foes. To-day
they are poisoned with German lies
and suffering from the treatment of
their friends. Will Venizelos be able
to fire them once more as he used
to of old, or are the odds too great
even for a man like him? My own
opinion is that the odds are too
great, and that the Allies will have
to help him to free his country from
the German propaganda and to
purge the poison from their system.
They can help him if they will, and
If they can only realize that by do
ing so they will be undoing some of
the mistakes they have made. We
are fighting to-day war which in
intensity and in sincerity surpasses
the wars of the CrusadeS. We are
fighting, not only to free the world
from autocracy and from militarism,
but to free it from all the aggres-
sions and wrongs which sprang from
the old political and diplomatic ira
ditions.
Let us then face facts squarely in
the face. Let not the year 1918
, bring about still another catastrophe
| on our side. Let the year 1918 be
a year of redemption rather than
the continuation of our blunders in
the Near East thus far.
Through blundering and hest
tating policy, 1915 was signalized by
the destruction of Serbia and the
failure to take Constantinople.
1916 saw the defeat of Rumania,
and put into the hands of Germany
the wheat-fields and the oil-wells of
! that country.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26

1917 will remain memorable for
the disintegration of the Russian
Empire. and for Italy's debacle.
America is now in the war, and
we are entering a new year, year
which must be a winning year for
us, and not another laundering, los
ing one. Let America at least pre-
vent the destruction of Greece. Let
the American people never forget
that two weeks after the war began,
Greece Internationally and unre-
serVedly offered her all to the cause
for which America stands. And,
above all, let us remember that in
spite of German gold and German
intrigues, in spite of the colossal mis-
takes of the Allies and the fiasco of
the Dardanelles, the Greek people, in
June, 1915, voted for VeniZelos and
for war when the issue was pre-
sented to them in the most clear-cut
manner-voted for war on the side
of the Allies even after the Entente
had refused to guarantee their ter
ritorial integrity. And had their
leader been adequately supported by
the Powers which had guaranteed
the Greek Constitution, Serbia need
never have been destroyed.
We have stood aside and seen Ser
bia perish. We have lost the chance
of taking Constantinople. We have
lost Rumania. We have lost Rus
sia. We have seen the semi-de-
moralization of Italy. Let us not
abandon Greece because certain
monarchistic influences have worked
harder to save rotten little dynasty
in Athens than to win the war
From In the Heart of German In
trigue, by Demetra Vaka (Houghton
Mif1ip Col
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
THEY ALSO SERVE!

They also serve, who save, and save,
For food must help to win.
They fight who live on hardy fare
AS we'll as they who face the glare
OF battle and the din.
They also serve who toll, and toll,
And bravely meet the foe!
They fight who work in field, on
farm
Some fight with cannon-some with
arm
And some with plow and hoe.
They also serve who make men
smile
Well lose except we laugh
They fight who keep brave men in
trim
The Y. M. hut, the games, the gym
In war q smile is half!
They also serve-aye, you and L
We're traitors If we fail.
While brave men sing and strong
men smile,
And walk with joy their dreary mile,
And face grim death, nor quail.
Marshall Louis Mertins.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
PRAYER FOR OUR MEN

Father, the hour has come! Thou
art glorifying America by permitting
her to go up the Calvary road, bear
ing her cross of sacrifice. These men
of ours. who march to the wars, are
marching in step with Thee on that
road toaa worlds redemption. If
they fall under the weight of the
cross, as Thou didst fall. show them
how we at home are near to lift the
heavy wood and bear it with them
to the crest of the hill where victory
is,-the victory of sacrifice for right
eousness' sake.
Father, glorify every soldier with
this vision. May they know the
nearness of Thy presence by the
rustic of Thy garments and see Thy
calm, confident face, (as with them
Thou dost march. We love them;
we love Thee. In that love we live.
In that love we leave our men, re-
peating to them Thine own great
words of assurance Fear thou
not, for am with thee. Il will up
hold thee with the right hand of my
righteousness. salem ID. Towne,
sopyright
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Representative Ananias David
Miller, of Westmoreland. who has
filed a petition for denomination.
now signs it A. David Miller.
The Archbishop of York; who,
spoke here Saturday, will speak in
Pittsburgh on April =.
General c. T. O'Neil, who re-
tires from the Army, was formerly
head of the state arsenal here.
Julian HUFF, well-known Green's.
burg man, has been appointed fuel
administrator for Westmoreland.
The Rev. DR.. c. +. Swift, former
legislator and now active in the
Anti-Saloon league, made a series of
addresses in Western counties scor-
ing the political zeal. of the Ger
man-American Alliance.
Senator w. C. Mcconnell, OF
Sham mokin, is home from a trip to
Florida.
w. J. Richards. the Reading
coal chief. is lending land for war
gardens at Pottsville.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
Over tie 1oks
aM Pemn@.

She spends all her husband S
salary on her back" informed the
critical woman at a fashionable
gathering. "Umph." said the esti-
mating male companion. HE must
"a lost his job"
a white-haired G.. A. r. veteran
who had fought with Grant in the
early days of the war was contend
ing that the American soldier would
give a mighty good account of him
self even before he was thoroughly
trained. He illustrated with an an
ecdote telling how Grant had asked
a colonel of some raw backwoods
troops to stand at attention, then
march with shouldered arms in close
column to the left flank. Boys"
yelled the colonel, who was just as
raw as his men, look wild thar!
Make ready to thicken and go left
endways. Tote your guns. Git!"
This unit developed into one of the
bravest and cleverest.
A suspicious looking stranger went
and stood while by the we'll ON the
Hicks farm north of Altoona the
other day and after explaining his
presence by asking for drink, re-
fused to drink after the water was
drawn from the we'll. His actions,
the Altoona Tribune says, caused
the family to suspect he=had dropped
something into the we'll. Nobody
knows what it was he might have
dropped, but the Tribune says when
the fellow was examined. his right
arm was missing and all but two
fingers were missing from his left
hand"
Be good to NOM, as you have al
ways been, and try not to let her
worry until 1 get home" These were
last written words of an American
boy, Private George A. Adkins, kill
ed at the front the other day. Will
this tender hearted boy have his
reward? You know he will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
INCENDIARY FIRES

~ ECENT report of. the National
X Board of Fire Underwriters
reveals what many conserva-
tive thinkers have long suspected
that the number of incendiary fires
throughout the country due to the
activities of prof. German agents has
been greatly exaggerated.
The report shows that of seventy
five large fires, six were of unknown
but suspicious origin, twenty-three
were of unknown origin, but not in
cendiary, forty-two were known not
to be of incendiary origin, while only
four were known to have been caus-
ed by incendiaries.
AS the report says, it will thus be
noted that in nearly 50 per cent. of
the fires cited there is no proof of
an incendiary origin, and in nearly
90 per cent. there is no reason even
membered that much incendiarism
cannot be classed as part of a Ger
man propaganda. There were many
incendiary fires during every year
preceding the outbreak of the war
and doubtless there will be in the
years which shall follow it's close,
the underwriters believe.
But the board would not have
anybody relax Interpretation pre-
cautions because of these facts and
it points out that -watchfulness
in such a matter is better than un-
der-alertness; and there is degree
of value in the tendency to view
with suspicion every fire causing de-
struction of munitions or supplies,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-26
MOOSE FOR PRO-GERMANS

rTPON all sides there is a demand
for prompt and energetic treat
- ment of the pro-German SYM
pathizers who are engaged in
squawking peace at every turn and
bemoaning the awful fate in store
for the United States because of our
entrance into the war. 1t is clearly
the duty of the government to cease
temporizing with this class of in
dividuals. Unless the strong hand of
Uncle Sam himself reaches out for
these undesirables. communities
throughout the country will prob
ably do a little elimination on their
own account.