The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-22
Trade After the War to Be
On Large Scale
HELP FOR men IN RANKS
Political Touches Are Given Fin
ishing of Conflict; New
York Notes
Especial to Free Press.l

New YORK, november lS.-W aKlng
to full realization of the wars end
New Workers are today predicting
that peace will bring back to them
better times than this city has seen
in all its history. Already capitalists
business men and labor tenders are
projecting plans for huge industrial
rebuilding at home and abroad that
will occupy for years every man and
every dollar that this country can
throw into action. AS army and navy
demobiliZe, it seems assured that
every man from ranks may at once
take a prominent place in this new
peace time enterprise that looms
larger than any prospect before the
war.
The Political Policy
Wearing Wilson badges and pro-
claiming the armistice as an accom- :
plishment due directly to the war
work of the present administration
the people of this town now appear to
give a democratic color to the future
political policies. of the nation. In
republican headquarters however, the
opposition leaders are declaring that
the reconstruction period following
the close of the fighting must place
their party in a position to control
again the government at Washington
along more conservative lines. To
the man of the street however, the
present soul stirring situation con
tains no smack of politics, but only a
great American triumph following
Americans greatest trial.
Sustain the Service.
With over a third of all the men
in the land or sea service represent
ing their ranks, the war workers OF
the National Catholic War council are
this week plunging ahead with their
plans to take a prominent part in
helping the government during the
rehabilitation period. Following their
active assistance in pushing over the
United War Work campaign, the mil
lions of Catholic men and women
whose activities toward winning the
war are directed by this organization
are ready to redouble their efforts
along lines first calculated to help
bring the boys home, healthy in mind
and body, and inspired to take uI
with renewed vigor the work of re-
building the world. Not until the
last lad in khaki or blue is home, will
they cease their various labors tC
help our fighting forces, these wal
workers declare.
Some Strange Sights.
Sights never seen before in all time
on this island have marked the great
popular pageant that proclaimed the
war. That this metropolis has never
run riot to such an extent before is
admitted, while no one ever expects
again to witness a similar demonstra.
ton of general joy. Now that thou.
sands of tons of paper flung about have
finally been cleared away and every
body at last brought back to work
again while whistles, horns and 81
Irens are hushed, New Workers are
realizing that they have seen and
heard more in the last week than will
ever be forced on eye and ear il
these parts again.
The Press Points
Waiting to hear the real inside ac-
count of the covering of the worlds
biggest news story, the newspaper
workers Of Park Row are now con
tinuing to speculate On all the angles
of all the true and false flashes from
the press association men at the
front. Before the matter is al
cleared up, friends of the variou:
correspondents who sent the peac,
bulletins believe that an interesting
drama of news competition will b.
presented. 1t will be many years be
fore all the men who handle new.
here agree upon the many knott!
points involved in the reporting O
the most important bit of news eve
shot over the wire.