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New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

"lhe w:r has cost Germany third OF her
total wealth." writes Dr. Paul Michaeis in
the "Bcrlincr Tageblatt' in an article III
which he discusses the financial difficulties
confronting Germany. Mchaels, prominent
writer and historian, is trying to accustom
the Germans to the inevitable thought that
there is 10 hope for indemnites from their
opponents. and that consequently the entire
burden of their war will fall upon themselves.
He outlines the methods Germany is follow
.g in solving her financial problem.
"In his short but significant Speech de-
clares Mr.. Michaels, "Count Roedern touched
upon very important matters at the last
Count Roedern is inspired with the hope that,
among other good things, peace will bring
at least q partial relief from the burdens of
the war But Count Rocdern does not expect
that the good will come to us by itself with
out our efforts; and least OF all does he
fail to think of war indemnites. Neverthe-
less VIC must not be SO unwisc to believe
that it would be the financial ruin of the Ger
man Empire if we issued from the war with
OUT indemntics. 1t must be made evident
that VIC shall be able, even without any as
sistance from outside, to overcome the iinan-
clal effects Of the war.
"It is just as necessary to have no delu-
sions as to the burdens which will have to be
carried by after the With the fifteen
billion marks recently voted for by the
Reich stag, the German debt has reached
the immense sum of 100 billion marks. On~
can realize it better when one recalls that
before the war we thought with anxiety OF
our national debt of five billions. We can see
the significance of this figure if we remember
that even the financial political optmists
place the total wealth of the German people
at not more than 400 billion mark. Now, if
we take into consideration the fact that dur
ing the war the wealth Of the nation has de-
clned, we shall by no means eXaggeratc that
the up to the present has cost Germany
third of her total wealth.
1--WE may assume that after the conclusion
If peace, with some of the debts paid back,
there will be left a debt of at least seventy
three billions. And if, in the most favorable
case, we should make only one additional
war loan, after the will be over we shall
have a national debt of eighty billions at )
per cent. In addition, must take into ac-
count the sums which we shall have to spend
in rcconstructing all destroyed property, in
providing for those affected by the war, in
procuring the necessary supplies, in purchas-
ing the war materials in which we are lack
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Foiling the American Invasion

Whatever the number of Americans
across the Atlantic, they have not been n,.-
merous enough to teach "Punch" how to
write Americanese. Having listened to
countless American actors trying to talk
like Englshmen, we are inclined to be
lenent But limits there are. And they
are broken clear through, we think, in the
current punch" when Il Sammy with
his arm in a sling, facing an American
officer who exclaims "Say, you're wound
cd already replies in his native idicm:
"That's so. Teddy Roosevelt shook hands
with me on the quay
There are any number of words that the
Sammy" might have used--pier, wharf,
dock or even levec (if he came from Mis-
souri). But quay" never. That is one
Of a rather long list of words With which
American tongues have refused to become
familiar. 1t is essentially an cye-word for
us. AS school children We were taught
how to spell it, and what it meant, and
childish wrath is piled high against it's
ridiculous pronunciation. But it has re-
mained outside our speech, it takes dis
tinct effort to remember to pronounce it
correctly and it is as alien to American
ears as Gift" or "luggage.'
Nobody expects literal transcription in
dialect talk. But one does expect little
more from "Punch" than the construction
of Americanese by the inexpensive device
of prefacing straight British idiom Will.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Progress in New York
Crron, The Hartford courunD

Fools sh competition and the race for "cil
cuation' led the metropolitan journals" to
cut their prices to cent years ago and
there they have been ever since. Now every
thing has gone up in price and at last their
managers have combined in an agreement TO
Put up the price TO two cents, which, we beg
10 remark; is less than it ought to be. 1t may
pass. owing to their very large advertising
business, but nothing else sold in New York
compares with newspaper for cheapness
aud it cheapcns itself in public esteem BY
the very low price charged for it. South uno
West newspapers have large crculations ana
sell at nickel each issue. The one-cent
paper was fad and it is we'll out OF the way
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
In Flanders ields
Of The Tribune.

o the Editor OF Inc Tribune.
SIR Again referring to my recent letter
to The Tribune regarding the poem, "In
Flanders Fields" by Colonel McCrac, the
following dispatch, which appeared in "The
New York Evening Post" of January 80, is
the last phase and requiem of this very
beautiful poem:
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN u. NCRAE
GUELPH Ont, Jan. so (by A. PD-News
OF the death in France, from pneumonia, of
Lieutenant Colonel John u. McCrae chief
medical officer in Brgadicr General Morri-
sons command and author of the war poem
In Flanders Fields was received at his
home here yesterday. Colonel McCrae was
assistant physician at the Alexandria Hospi-
tai, Montreal, when he enlisted in the Cana
dian overseas forces. He was u veteran OF
the South African War. and was decorated
for gallantry. brother, Thomas McCrac,
is president of Jefferson College, Philadel-
phia. A. PARKER NENlN
New York. Jan. 81, 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
The Kaiser S Investments

y -U7- i7.7 " Tc-!ITH-5-17 Tc'--7-!1
The closing Of the kaiscr's ma ajoIica works
through lack Of coal will annoy him much,
for he made them his special hobby, and
incidentally, made money out of them, for
they were conducted on strictly business
lines. Even his close friends had to pay
for the "privlcgc' of possessing some OF
his ware. lie has lost heavily IN other WAYS
during the war. lie large shareholder
in the Hamburg -Amerika Line. In 1872 he
had some SGoo.0O0 in the concern, and his
holding has probably doubled since then. Op
this he has received little interest lately; but
set off there are the heavy dividends
which he must have received from his large
investments in Ksgpp's
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
A Gentle Reminder for the Mayor

The decision to abolish the bureaus of
Personal Service and Contract Super
vision, as they have existed, and to rcor-
yanizc them under the supervision of
Secretary Haag of the Board Of Estimate
and Apportionment represents defeat
for Mayor Hylan in sort OF tentative
contest between him and the other mem
hers of the Board Of Estimate. In the
campaign fire was directed against these
bureaus, and the Democrats were pledged
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Lynching a Reputation


The business man who goes to serve
his government at Washington should
have at least three rcputations- to
leave i'll the keeping of friends, ono to
wear and one to hang on The barbcd wire
entanglcments Of Capitol Hill.
A. month ago the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs in it's probing about
touched an d-clothes-and-rags contract,
on which large profits had accrued, or
might accrue, to the Base Sorting Com
pany. Military members of the Quarter
masters Department denounced the in
strument in terms and its author by
name. He was Charles Eisenman, civilian
and merchant, "one dollar man." vice
chairman of the Rosenwald Committee
on Supplies Of the Advisory Commission
Of the Council Of National Defence
Nobody knew anything about the shod-
dy and rag sorting business. Nobody
knew anything about Charles Eisenman,
except that his friends had names that
sounded like profitccring and that on the
witness stand he was impatient with
United States Senators. But rag Ring
Scandal uncovered by Senate commit
tee was something every one could under
stand, The allteration alone was ire
sistiblc. AS 'privilegcd," front page. big
line news, it went all over the country
Eisenman was responsible. He admitted
it. He claimed the role Of goat. He
talked Of patriotism and of his country's
welfare and Of rags and shoddy all in one
breath, and it was a "Rag Ring Scandal"
still SO it ended
MIR. Eiscnman WAS not directly accused
Of anything. There was no suggestion
that he be removed, or penalized, or repri-
inanded, OF reduced in his government sal
airy Of a dollar q year. Merely, there had
been public lynching of his private repu-
tation.
And that was news.
\ month passed. The incident was al
ready half forgotten. Late Saturday
night, in time to miss both the first and
second editions of all the Sunday papers,
there was received in Eastern newspaper
Offices an Associated Press dispatch Of
two paragraphs saying that Major Cen
SIei NOctllttlS, lllCIl etClIltS tcl
general, after having made a personal
investigation, unrescrvedly vindicated
Charles Eisenman, wholly indorsed the
defunct old-c clothcs-and- rags contract and
eXoncrateL all concerned. Two para
graphs in the third editions! The formal
restoration of Mr.. Eisenman's reputation
had the worst piece of luck that any piece
Of news could have. Besides, it was not
exciting.
Vindcation is seldom dramatic There
is more interest always in the scandal.
Many complain Of this, as showing that
we love scandal and are indifferent to
virtue But that is not it. Virtue is
taken for granted; scandal is exceptional.
An Eisenman dishonest is news; an Eisen-
man honest is nothing This is comfort
ing to all, except an Eisenman vindicated.
What shall! be done for him? And how
shall the application of lynch law to pri-
vate regulations be prevented?
Perhaps it cannot be prevented entire
]y, but at least the government might
give those who volunteer to serve it the
presumption that runs in common law to
every man, namely, that he is honest un-
til proved dishonest.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
LEST We FORGET TO DO OUR PART

They say, who have come back from
Over There, that at night the troubled
earth between the lines is carpeted
with pain. Then say that Death rides
whistling in every wind, and that the
very mists are charged with awful
torment They say that of all things
spent and squandered there, young
human life is held least dear. It is
not the pleasantest prospect for
those of us who yet can feel upon
our lips the pressure of mothers
good bye kiss. But, please God, our
love of life is not so priced as love
of right. In this renaissance of our
country's valor, we who will edge the
wedge of her assault make calm &C
ceptance of It's hazards For us the
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
There are no large sections north of
Virginia, Kentucky Arkansas and
Oklahoma where the corn crop ma
tured and dried well enough to supply
any large quantity Of seed which can
be planted with safety without ear
testing. There is very little seed of
he 1915 crop available. AS result
each section must depend largely upon
is own 1917 crop for seed. Germina-
ion tests show that much of the sup
2osedly good seed put up last fall is
lot terminating well. In this crisis
here is only one way to make sure Of
high terminating, adapted seed, which
will guarantee a good stand of vigor-
BUS growing plants necessary for
digh yield. This way is to earliest
he available supply in the locality,
and it is the opinion of corn special
SITS of the department of agriculture
hat all local seed supplies should be
tested before outside sources are re-
sorted to.
Most Practical Tester.
The obviously unfit ears can be
eliminated by inspection but many Of
hose left, which to all appearances
ire well matured and fit for seed, will
,e shown by the tester to be weak or
lead, while the remainder can be re-
led upon to give good results when
planted There are many testers in
Use, but the most practical and eco
lomical of them all Is the rag doll"
Bleached muslin is q satisfactory ma
:erial for making the doll. Cut into
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
TO REPLACE FARM MACHINES
Farmer should Make Use Of Improved
implements to Overcome seri-
Gus Labor Problem.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture-)
Make every possible use Of improved
machinery and implements. 1t is, of
course, poor farm management to in
vest In too much or needless farm
equipment, but 1t is always economy
to purchase well selected implements
and machines.
The use Of the largest and most
improved farm machinery, always de-
sirable, is Of special Importance
Where large acreages are farmed the
largest machinery is the most econom-
zeal. Many Of the latest machines en-
body Improvements which will often
justify their purchase where obtainable
from the standpoint of economy even
though the old outfit is still serviceable.
When new machines are bought on
large farms to replace others still
capable Of service, 1t is suggested that
the owners afford an opportunity to
other farmers who operate on q
smaller scale to purchase this replaced
machinery at reasonable price. This
plan should benefit both parties.
All WORKOUT machinery should be
sold for junk at the first opportunity,
first removing all bolts or other parts
which might be useful In repairing
other equipment. 1t is usually false
economy to attempt to use worn
out machine, as the time wasted with
hrQakapaS and ofhar daIavS and tho
extra power required for It's operation
usually more than Offset the saving
effected by continuing It in use.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16

strips 16 inches wide and three
to five feet long. BY a line drawn
down the center, and cross lines every
four inches, the doll is divided into
sections, each of which Is to be filled
with a six to ten kernel sample from
an ear to be tested. Select these kerr
nels from different parts of the ear.
Number the ears to correspond with
the number of the section in which the
kernels are to be placed. Fold the
outer edges of the tester toward the
center so that they meet, roll the doll
about corn cob or other cylindrical
object and tie. Soak the doll for a
few hours, drain off the excess mois-
ture. and place 1t where 1t will not dry
out and will be subjected to q good
growing temperature. At the end of
about five days the tests should be
ready for reading (The accompany
ing Illustration shows a tester ready
for reading) Ears terminating so
per cent or more should be saved for
seed. This year it is well to retain
all ears showing a termination of 60
per cent or over, keeping these poorer
terminating ears separate. These
may have to be used if the supply of
seed terminating so per cent or bet
ter is not sufficient If used they
should be planted thicker than the
good seed.
Farmers Bulletin 94S of the United
States department Of agriculture, en-
titled "The Rag Doll Seed Tester"
describes fully this method Of testing
seed corn.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
AND THE HUNS SANG

In war book written about the
engagements around Malines and
Campenhout appears this incident:
A child of two came into the street
as eight drunken soldiers were march
ing Dy A man in the second file stem
ped aside and drove his bayonet into
Inc chlld's stomach. He lifted the
child into the air on his bayonet and
carried it away, he and his compan-
ions still singing. The child screamed
when the soldier struck it with his
bayonet, but not afterwards
Commenting upon the incident
Bruce Barton, editor of Every Week.
writes:
Il do not often ask you to read IN
pleasant paragraphs. do it now be-
cause, when it comes to writing about
Liberty Bonds, I feel like throwing
aside all the fine words and telling
you the whole truth as it appeals to
me.
"And the truth is that I am not
buying nickePs worth of bonds to
give Trieste to Italy or one single add
ed colony to England or Alsace-Lor-
raine to France
Il buy Liberty Bonds because there
is a twoyear-old boy in my home
as there was in that nameless home
in Malines.
"And because-so small has the
world become-MaIines is only inst
across the street from where | live
Prices are high. It is hard these
days for man with even a good in
come to buy food and clothes for his
family.
But ask myself over and over
again, what good to my youngsters
are food and clothes, If the spirit that
fired Malines comes out of this war
unrebuked?
what sort of parents are you and
If we take care of the minor matters
such as food and clothes, and send our
children out into a world where chill
dren may still be bayoneted and wo-
men ruthlessly slain?
$50 long as they who bayoneted
the child of MaIines go singing
through the streets of Belgium. there
must be Liberty Bonds.
so long as the terror that stalked
through campenhout continues to
hang over my house, there must be
Liberty Bonds.
i do not know how 1t may be with
you; but, with me- this third Liberty
Loan cuts down through the Injuries
into what we used to think were ne
cessities in our household.
And we make the sacrifice gladly.
for the sake of the great necessity.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
RED CROSS ASKS AID o
49, FOR BELGIAN SUFFERERS

destitute people OF occupied BEL
leather in Belgium viz
tuay do to buy shoes there fsy Iooe
them oes as
hoard and scarcely exorant prices some OF
them being a i the average
OF collecting
lotbino French people inside the
throughout the United states nave Deen
of
collection clothing which will be sent abroad at once 10
photograph of Belgian RELIEF helpers song SHOES
abroad that OF Dady
worn shoes are repairing making durable set
needed
pansakng fashion by hundreds OF
modified trained
noan Hcientor for this work
collection stations for surplus snoes ana ots
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
ANTI-SPY SLOGANS

The following are culIed from a 60.
ries of slogans submitted by the As.
ISOLATED Advertising Clubs of the
World:
If you know anything GERMANY
would like to know. let this be wont
speeches. day.
Keep your eyes peeled, your heart
steeled, your lips sealed-don't talk,
Your idle prattle may lose a battle
Don't tell all you know.
One German army has already oc.
cupied America-the invisible host NJ
spies is everywhere. Don't TALK
Swat the fly! Spot the SPY, spies
feed upon little crumbs of conversa-
ton, little glances Of observation
Starve them out!
Don't tell all you know to people
you don't!
Keep your eyes open. Report sus-
picious persons who ask curious oues.
tons. Three cowboys caught the spv
whose papers exposed Benedict Ar
mold. Keep sharp lookout
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
Traits Of Bird Lovers.

Years ago, during a winters visit
In London, l used to watch the per-
sons who regularly fed the birds in
Hyde park. l noticed that most of
them were people of apparently hum
Bile circumstances, few pretty close
to underfeeding themselves. 1t was
delightful TO see how much pleasure
they all took in keeping these birds
from hunger
Two that saw each day for a
week or so, evidently husband and
wife, / ventured to speak to. Eagerly
they talked about the birds as they
might have talked about children,
noting and relishing individual char
aoteristics.
1--WE have become so fond of Them"
said the wife. "They recognize us
now, many of them, and a few come
to us quite fearlessly. We should
feel quite uncomfortable if we should
miss a day. They are like members
of the family that have to be cared
for. Exchange.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
Deadly Encounter.

Tolstoy and Turgenev, famous Rus
sian novelists, were contemporaries
and friends, but on. one occasion they
had serious falling out. AS gathered
from a recent biography, this is the
story of their quarrel: The two ia
mouse novelists met at friends house.
Turgeney spoke enthusiastically of
his young daughters new English gov
erness, mentioning that she required
the child to mend old, ragged clothes
10 give to the poor. do you consider
that good?" demanded Tolstoy. 81 GER
tainly do replied Turgenev sit makes
the charity workers realize everyday
needs" "And I think that a we'll
dressed girl with filthy, malodorous
rags in her hands is acting an insincere
farce" commented Tolstoy. Il ask
you not to say that" exclaimed Tur-
genev, holly. "Why should l not say
what am convinced is true?" retorted
Tolstoy. IF you say that again 1 will
box your ears - Turgenev cried, white
with rage, and rushed from the room.
A duel was narrowly averted. After
ward these famous men became rec
onciled, and on his deathbed Turgenev
wrote an affecting note to Tolstoy, ad-
dressing him as "the great writer Of
our Russian land."-Outlook.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16

To judge from the passages Matthew
II "A, 46; 10 :55, So; Luke 7:19; st.
John 7:3, 5, 10, Christ undoubtedly had
brothers and sisters. These passages,
are, however, contradicted by others,
from which we learn that the pretend
ed brothers of Christ were only his
cousins. Thus, according to Luke
6:15, and John 10 rs, James was the
son of one Alpheus, or Cleophas, and
Mary, the Virgins sister. From Mat
thew 81 :55, and Mark Is 40, we learn
that Joses, or Joseph, was James
brother, and 81, according to Luke
6:16, was also Jude. In other pas
sages the fourth pretended brother of
Christ is designated by the Jews as
the brother of James, Jude and Joses.
1t is also claimed, in explanation of
this theological puzzle, that the Jews
were wont to apply the term brother
to cousins, to relatives in collateral
line, end even to mere friends Gene
sis 12:14-29). The view that the
aforementioned personages were but
Christ's cousins, and not his brothers,
is held by Tertullian, Origen. Ambrosi-
us, Irenaeus and, in fact, by all the
Catholic church; also prominent
protestants tGrotius, Calvin, etc.
share in 1t.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16

steel-swept trench, the stiffening cold,
WEAKNESS, hardship, worse. For you
for whom we go, you millions safe at
home-what for you? We shall need
food. We shall need care. We shall
need clothes for our bodies and weap-
ons for our hands. We shall need ter
ribly and without failure supplies and
equipment in a stream that is con-
slant and never ending. From you
who are our resource and reliance,
who are the heart and hope of that
humanity for which we smite and
strive, must come these things.
Signed, CITIZEN SOLDIER N. 25S.
til District, National Draft Army.
The above stirring sentiments were
written by Samuel Gompers, President
Of the American Federation of Labor
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-16
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEW 5
TUESDAY, APRIL Ie, 1918
No Rest
No Peace

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