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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
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Plan Thanksgiving Drive.

r. f. Jones. county chairman of the
War Savings Stamp campaign. held a
meeting of organizers Thursday even
ing and completed his arrangements
for the Thanksgiving Day drive. The
plan cOntemplates house house
canvass of the city Oh that day. Every
person who has made pledge will be
asked to buy Is per cent additional and
every person who has pledged nothing
will be asked to buy wha tever amount
he feels he crn afford.
II. l.. Hampton is chairman for
Webster City. He has named the fol-
lowing ward chairmen:
First-H. l.. Mason.
Second-W. h. Rood.
Third--B. +. Paine.
FOURTH. A. Boeye.
Fifth--E. j. Meller.t
For the big Thanksgiving Day drive
it is planned to name someone in each
block in the city, whose duty it will
he to make complete canvass of the
block. Iowa is behind on her War
Savings Stamp sale and Hamilton
county is still $4,000 behind her quotu.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

Instead of making un-American
Germans defile the American flag by
carrying it and kissing its folds. why
not make them drag an imperial Ger
man flag in the dirt and spit OH its
folds?- Sioux City Journal. ea
Why not cut out such nonsense en-
tirely? 1t does no good and serves no
Just purpose. If an American citizen
is not loyal to his country now it
doesn't improve his loyalty to force
him to do something against his will.
That merely makes him more resentful
and might prompt him to do something
really harmful. If he needs punish
ishment let the law take its course
and restrain him, putting him where
he will do no harm. A little common
sense ought to be exercised in dealing
with these classes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
EXTRA SESSION.

Des Moines Capital: An extra SEES
sion of congress after March is in
evitable. By that time there will be
SUCH an accumulation Of re-c '
ton legislation dema nding prompt at
tention that it will be necessary to con-
vene the Sixty-sixth congress at once.
The present congress will have its
hands full in disposing Of the reve-
nue. bill and the annual appropriations.
Predictions are made that the revenue
bill will not be finally passed before
Feb. !. III 49,. u
The congress which will convene af-
ter March will be republican, al
though in the senate. there will be but
40 republicans to Al democrats and
one of the republicans will he Senator
LaFollette of Wisconsin. The election
has placed him in position of advan-
tage. Neither party can count Oh him
very much. He has seldom stood
hitched' with his republican colleagues.
1t cannot he said that he has voted
with the democrats during the last two
years.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

The republican United States sena-
tors who are determined to knock out
the indefensible seniority policy of
selecting committee chairnen ought
to stand by their guns to the end.
This is reform that must come and
the sooner it comes the better. Better
let the democrats organize the senate
and accept the responsibility than TO
surrender TO the reactionary element
that would continue this and other
foolish and useless customs Chairmen
of the various committees should be
selected by the majority and the selec-
ton should be made with due cOnsid-
grafton of fitness The fact that a man
has been in the senate longer than
some other man Is no reason why he
should. be given the craftsmanship OF
important committees. Let the Unit
ed States senate adopt business princi-
pies in the transaction of public busi-
ness, The seniority nonsense put Kit
chin mt the head of the ways and
means committee and Dent at the head
of the military committee and contri-
buted largely TO. the defeat of the
party at the recent election.
The reactionary methods of these
together with the presidents
partisan appeal TO the country, gave
the republicans the only hone they had
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
of success and they made the most of
the ammunition thus thrown to them.

Secretary Lansing did well in in
forming the German minister of for
eign affairs to hereafter address all
appeals for alterations in armistice
agreements to all the allies instead of
to President Wilson or the United
States government. The Germans no
doubt think they can work President
Wilson, hence address him when they
want favors. There has been some
fear expressed by the public that they
might succeed, hence everybody is re-
lieved by Secretary Lansing's note in
forming the German government to di-
rect it's appeals to Great Britain,
France and Italy as well as to the
United States. There is no danger OF
Clemenceau and Lloyd George splitting
the beans.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

counsel for the. brewers of the country
and the recognized lobbyist of the
liquor interests in this state, but never
theless the appointee of Mr.. McAdoo OH
that Thrift Board to, go out and ask
the children of the state to save their
pennies, had conference with Mr..
Vanderlip. He said that he would
gladly do anything that he could to
help me, and thought that my point
was well taken. He said, however.
that Mr.. Grain was appointed and duly
commissioned by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and that his appointment
was brought about by Mr. Burleson."
That old saying that birds Of feath7
er flock together" has lost none of its
force, Robert Grain is the attorney OF
the United States Brewers Association.
Mr.. Burleson likely does more lobbying
with Congressman in the interests OF
the brewers and liquor dealers than
any public official at Washington., And
that is the sort of Postmaster Cen
eral we have. No wonder that we do
not have a better mail service. A
mighty protest should 60 up to WASH
ington to separate our Postal Depart
ment from the liquor traffic. 1t would
not be a bad idea to vote Mr.. Burleson
an extended vacation, to be spent in re-
tirement at his far-away western home.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

"It is a foregone conclusion that
Governor Harding is out of Iowa poll
teal affairs for good. No man can re-
ceive such drubbing at the hands OF
the electorate he SO rebuked by the
very party and people who put him into
power, and stage a comeback In this
progressive day and age. The copy
for the political epitaph of William l..
Harding is already in the hands of the
tombstone chiselers. Iowa Home
stead.
And the finest epitaph that can he
placed upon that monument is as fol-
lows: HE SO lived and wrought as to
incur the displeasure and hatred OF
the /. w. w. and of James NJ. Pierce"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

notwithstanding the fact that Ger.
many has sunk enough foodstuffs to-
feed her people for many months and
notwithstanding she refused only a
month aga to permit Holland to carry
food from South America to Holland in
Dutch ships, the United States and the
allies are not going to let Germany
starve. If they now withheld food
from Germany. and Germany needs it.,
they would practice the very things
which has made the Hun despised
throughout the world The temptation
to deal in revenge is great, but the
allies must show the world that they
are civilized and humane. They can
not do that unless they treat Germany
better than Germany treated enemy
countries under her control. Fair
treatment to Germany means exact
Justice aud exact justice means she
shall pay for the damage wrought and
give guarantees Of safety and peace in
the future.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
WHY THE EAGERNESS.

Pittsburg Christian Advocate: A
few weeks ago we all were busy won
dering why our Postmaster General
was so eager ard hot in opposing prohi-
bition before committee of the United
States Senators who were looking to-
ward an increased output and greater
efficiency in our shipyarls. Indeed, we
could but wonder what business 1t. was
of the Postmaster General anyway.
His department is in such a wretchedly
bad condition that one would naturally
think that he would need to spend all
of his time in his Office straining the
harness to improve the mail service of
the country and better conditions in
our army mail service over the big wa
ter. He was the only man before the
committee who used language that
was, to say the least, i'm bad taste.
He spoke of the prohibitionists as
fanatics, and declared that we had no
time to fool with them. or words to
that effect. He displayed great heat
and zeal in defending the brewers.
Now we have the key to the situa-
ton and all is clear. In THE Wash
ington HeraldY of August II this news
item appears: THE Postmaster Gen
eral and Mrs. BurlesOn are occupying
for the month of August the cOmmOdi-
Gus bungalow of Colonel and Mrs.
Robert Grain, delightfully."- situated at
Morgantown, on the Potomac, Mr..
Burleson coming and going as the de-
mands of his Office require"
The light grows brighter as we read
this letter from Mr., George w. Crabbe,
Anti-Saloon Observation-Disclosures for
Marysland. to Attorney Wayne B.
Wheeler: while IN Washington the
other day to protes rssinst the APP
pointment of Robe - Isl
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
THAT $4,000, 100000 DEBT.

The protest of the Washington ID.
ca Post against canceling the indebt-
edness of the war allies because 1t
would be equivalent to giving $12O per
capita for the American people, is not
worth considering. The American peo-
pie had made clean profit out of the
war before we entered it equal at
least to the $4,000. 600, 600 we have since
loaned. --Des Moines Register.
Some groups of American people had
no doubt made, clean profits aggregat-
ing more than $s,OOO,OOOOOO prior to
the entrance of this country into the
war. but the people as a people had
made little. or nothing. Just how much
the ,DM Points made, what were the
exact profits of United States steel, to
ttAats extent the Iaillstsafyst gained, ,etc.,
is not definitely known, but the big pro
fits pulled down by those and kindred
interests did not inure to the benefit
of everybody in this country. A very
large portion of the people Of the Unit
ed States made nothing during the war.
In fact, they are poorer, at the end than
at the beginning of the conflict, due to
the increased cost of living and taxa
ton. Just what proportion this class
is compared to the whole cannot be de-
termined, but as a financial PROPOSE
ton they should not be required to do
nate $12O per capita merely because
some other interests made excessive
profits out of the war before the Unit
ed States. became involved.
However, if this country wants to do
the, magnanimous thing and wants to
aid our allies who did so much more to
win the war than we did, because they
deserve it, decides to cancel the none
tary debt they owe us, that is a horse
Of another color, but such cancellation
should not be upon the theory that we
made more than that out of the war,
because the profits made thus were not
equally distributed among the people,
even according to their wealth. The
few got the. bulk of the profits.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
SECRETARY McADOO RESIGNS.

Secretary of the Treasury and Dlrec-
tor General of Railroads McAdOO has
rendered his resignation to President
Wilson, which has been accepted to
take effect on January list. This
announcement, which was carried in
Saturdays papers, created general
surprise throughout the country. Mr..
McAdoo gives as his reasons for retir-
ing from the cabinet his financial and
physical condition. While his health is
not broken he feels that he must have
rest from the strenuous activities re-
quired in the positions he now holds.
Living expenses in Washington have
made heavy drafts on his private for
tune and he feels that he owes his fam
lily legitimate efforts to retrieve his
business and increase his worldly pos
sessions. W
Secretary McAdoo is one of the
really strong men of the nation and is
an organizer of more than ordinary
skill. He will be missed by the presi-
dent and by the country. 1t has been
generally believed that he was booked
as the next democratic nominee for
president and it may be that fact has
had some influence on the action he has
just taken. It may be he has retired
partly for the reasons suggested in his
note to the president and partly be-
cause he believes he can further his
political interests best while not
hampered by exacting and important
official duties. He will be free to push
his candidacy after he retires from
office. Moreover, he may be wise in
stepping down and out while he can
do SO with credit to himself thus re-
firing with fine record Of public
service. There is no telling what might
happen in the next two years. The adj
ministration may grow in popular
favor or it may lose in public estima-
ton. 1t is largely a game OF chance
and Mr.. McAdOo has eliminated him
self at propitious time and goes into
retiracy with the respect and good will
of all the people. az
OF course. many will think that he
has injured his chances for the presi-
dency by retiring at this time, but
whether he has or not depends on
future Developments which no man can
foresee 1t is certain that he is III
great favor now and will not be handi-
capped by any adverse circumstances
that may overtake the administration
before the presidential election OF
1920.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
SHUT THE. GATES.

A few days ago Victor Berger and a
lot of other foreign born citizens of his
calibre met in Chicago and voiced their
sympathy with bolshevikism aud kin
dred anti-American, movements. Ter
haps there is no effective way 70 de;,l
with these malcontents, now thai they
have gained citizenship. But mcn of
their state of mind are menace to free
institutions of law and order and If
permitted to add to their numbers
through acquisitions from their kind
from Europe they will some day cause
serious trouble. Heretofore the people
of this country have welcomed the OPP
pressed from all lands, but in the fu-
ture different policy must be pur-
sued. There is still room here for mil
lions of immigrants of the right sort.
Men and women of good character. in
dustrious, honest and deserving, who
wish to make home in this country
for their own benefit and improvement,
will find welcome, but ways must be
devised by which the wildeyed, unsafe,
anar chistic agitators are kept from our
shores. The gates of Castle Garden
should be slammed i'm their faces and
they should be made to understand
that they cannot come to this country
and sow the seeds of disunion and dis
order which they bring with them from
Europe.
Now would be good time to make a
house cleaning to some extent. The
men now detained i'm internment camps
and federal prison camps charged witN
.disloyalty ought never to be released
as free men in this country. If the
evidence is sufficient to establish guilt,
they should be kicked out Of the .coun-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
SPEAKING OF LUCK.

Waterloo Courier: Speaking Of luck
After the destruction of the supposedly
Belgian forts at Antwerp
Liege and Namur by the Germans ii
1914, they were completely rebuilt
more massively than before by the Ger
mans. This proves that originally the
Teuts had no notion Of giving Belgium
her freedom again, but expected tc
hold Belgium and incorporate it into
the German empire, and the forts were
rebuilt to be occupied by German garri
sons. Now the Prussian is racing out
of Belgium and her forts are said to be
stronger than before the war.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

Charlie Rawson. chairman of the
republican state central committee,
with full returns from every county
in the state, except the soldier vote, in
his possession. sayss Gov. Harding's
majority at the recent election is near
1900. without the soldier vote the
governor has lead of 14,127., 1t is
expected the soldier vote will increase
this to near the. 1900 mark. The
state executive council will meet at
the state house on the 25th inst. to
officially canvass the vote.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
Candy for Kids.

IElrrah for the kids and their Christ
mas candy! Hoover says that if the
demand for sugar abroad is not in
creased, and he thinks it is not likely
to be, this country will he able to main
tain its normal consumption within a
short time. And J. #. Deems, q. s.
food administrator for Iowa, says that
if the candy is available, it will be per-
Missile to distribute it among Sunday
school children.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
The Marshalltown Times-Republican

The Marshalltown Times-Republican
would like to know how Samuel
Gompers is going to keep the wage
level in time of peace up to the war
time altitude. If Mr.. Gompers can do
that he can do something that nobody
has ever yet been able to do in the his
tory of the world. In due time, every
commodity, including labor. must get
back to ante-war levels, or neasAy so.
All the resolutions and preambles and
whereases possible to conjure up can
not overthrow the natural and legiti-
ment course of events.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

One thing the war has proven beyond
doubt is that the young men of Ameri-
can today are just as good fighters as
their forefathers were In 1916, 1872.
1861 and 1898. K The stock has not
deteriorated, as some had thought. The
men of America are still red blooded
and brave. They know their privileges
and their duties and are ready to
assert the former and perform the
latter.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
VERY CONVENIENT.

Waterloo Courier: We venture to
prophesy that, abhorrent as it is to
some-for political purposes only-a
reasonable tariff will be found a very
convenient agency for revenue produc-
ing as well as to maintain living wages
for working people. 1t would go long
way toward paying the net interest
charges on Liberty bonds, which will
be a neat item in itself.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

IF the condition upon which the
Germans We're to be supplied with food
was that the deposed emperor sur
render to the British authorities, he
would let the last German die OF
starvation before he would comply. =
Sioux City Journal
Hardly that bad, because the kaiser
himself would be the last to check-in
from starvation.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

try and sent to the land from whence
they came. The time for being soft
and easy with this class of criminals
has passed and the day is here when
drastic measures should be taken to
rid the nation of their presence.
No high sounding notes and clatter-
ing typewriters will suffice. The occa-
sion requires action of serious and
vigorous Sort
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
to be of presidential size. There is no
telling where lighting may strike,

If the kaiser at large is such a
menace to the safety of Europe and the
world why not execute him? He has
certainly committed crimes enough to
justify it. He should not be shot down
like Jesse James was, but should be
given a fair trial and, if convicted. put
to death according to law, or exiled.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

Judge Spencer. elected senator OF
Missouri on the republican ticket at
the recent election by about 36OOO
majority. is one of the big men Of his
state. 1t might be well to keep AN
re on Judge Spencer, He appears
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

The allies are diverting Il quarter Of
a. million bushels of wheat to Holland
and it is likely william Hohenzollern
will be able to get u bushel or so Of
this supply if he has the cash to pay
for it. 1t is hardly likely that his
, credit is good in Holland
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

DR.. Solf ought to know that in time
persistent letter writer maybe class
ed as pest.--Des Moines Register.
Perhaps DR.. S0lf has been more or
less influenced by the silly partisan
twadle about notes and typewriters
winning the war, hence has an exag-
gerated idea of the efficacy of persist
ent correspondence.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

The people of the United States
will pray that President Wilson may
have safe journey to and from the
peace conference. 1t is enough to
give the country the delerium tremens
to think of Tom Marshall as president.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

Has Mr.. Ford found out yet which
he wishes to be, republican or demo-
crat kansas City Star. r... ,-;.r
Not for certain. Two things Henry
does know. however, is that the people
of Michigan do not want him for sena-
tor and that he didn't raise his son to
be soldier.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25
The purm of the Thanksgiving Day
lrive is make up this deficiency.
Raise in Salary.

Miss I'm Shafcr, daughter of Geo.
w. Shs>, north of town, employed
as stem Hapher and typist on the Wal
trade >eau at Washington, ID. c., has
been NOTED to the bureau of wal
board lXtelligence.in the same capacity
with ,A increase of salary from $1,000
to $3.50, effective the 10th of the
preset month.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

The German government. according
to dispatch from Basel. has notified
the Russian bolsheviki government
that representatives must not be sent
TO Germany. Germany was very anxi-
Gus TO use bolsheyism in Russia and
other countries, but she doesn't want
1t to contaminate Germany.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

After stealing nearly all the food
supplies in Roumania and southeastern
Russia. Germany. with what she pro-
duced this summer, ought not to be in
1 q bad way for food. However. the al
lies will not let her starye if she is
really In the condition she says she is
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

There was pro-German in Webster
City during the early days of the war,
d it was reported, who declared that
the kaiser could not be whipped be-
cause he was. next to God and had
God on his side. Wonder what this
pro-German now thinks?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

'.Nation Wholly Unprepared for
Peace" says q Washington headline.
That word ''unprepared" has fami-
liar sound. Great Britain and France
prepared for the problems of peace. but
our government. as usual. left the mat
Ter to be looked after when the emer-
gency was upon the country.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

Now that Europe is going republican,
the republicans in the United States
congress ought to celebrate the event
by choking to death the idiotic senior
ity custom. 1t is time to send all
such junk to the dealer
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

Democracy has its responsibilities as
well as its privileges and cannot be
maintained without intelligent adher-
ence to both
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-25

It seems hardly necessary for Presi-
dent Wilson to go to Europe while that
eminent Texan, Colonel House, is over
there. Besides, the colonel may take
offense at the seeming intrusion of the
president. a.