Morris tribune., 1918-12-20

going take and to make into farms
The job has not proved attractive to people
will attractive to the soldier On the other
hand large number Of the returning soldiers
skilled in interested in farming, and it would be
mistake attract to farms whose real interest
is elsewhere.
However, there remain the young who ex-
perienced in and who have desire to in farming
and to whom the government is under special obligation
for their service and the government well under
discharge this obligation by assisting these
in getting started with farms of their wherever
they may settle without compelling them to
go to the outskirts of civilization to take land which
it will take twenty to make into farm. Possibly
the end could be obtained by certain iberalizing of
the provisions of the farm loan law having special app
cation to returned soldiers -
Postmaster General Burleson has announced new
basis for long distance telephone rates with minimum
five minute charge the effect of which will be to mat
eray raise long distance rates instead of to reduce them
at first announced There should be little prospect
of control of the railroads and telephone lines
blossoming into government ownership after the
rates have been raised by the government. Passenger
and freight greatly increased by the
ment and now phone rates to be tilted up.
Actually one wonders what the people devastated
and disorganized countries of the world do to make
living Take portions of Russia Armenia, Poland and
the Balkan states that been devastated by where
all industry is dsorganzed where food supplies do not
industry in which money be earned, where families
scattered and broken the conditions must just
be beyond our power to comprehend Of condi-
tons must be bad in certain parts of France and
Belgium but there at least there is organized
men and the orderly of organized society
being reestablished the dsorgarized there
must be places where the conditions beggar description
The world looks to America to be fed, and the oppor
tunites which remain to people and nation
are most glorious privilege.
The sharpers preparing for rich harvest and
the federal Capital committee reports that it
discovered schools of salesmanshp' where the
fine points how to avoid the blue sky taught
There millions of dollars worth of United States
curies in the hands of people who before
bond and the game of the sharpers will be to offer all
kinds of al1uring promises people
of these bonds Remember that these bonds selling
the great stock exchanges of the country practically
par and that in short time they will be selling above
Remember also that the price made the stock
exchange represents the combined opinion of the best
business of the country and that the average sales
mans stock has standing at all with these bust
Whenever stock salesman offers to 'take
Liberty bonds it offers pretty good evidence that his
proposition is fraudulent at least .scaly."
is matter of universal that the military
training which the young of the nation have
ceived during the past and half has given them
manly bearing and by taking them out of their
environment has made them bigger and better mentally
and physically. All these things adduced argu-
ment for universal military training. far so good
But it is we'll not to overlook the most important element
of au-and that is the spiritual upft which the
brought to these Training has done wonders
but the conscious knowledge that he play part
in bringing security to the nation and freedom the
world and vndicate the of justice right has
had to do with lifting the eyes straghten-
ing the spnes of the young than just the military
training itself The beneficial effect of the physical
training should not be deserted but neither
special element which has into military training
at this time be overlooked.
The worst foes of freedom not the personal
Gratis from whom nothing but tyranny is to be expected
but the boodthirsy greedy envious ntoerant leaders
of mobs who, with mouth-iliing phrases about the
liberty they demand for themselves but Others
waste the opportunities for public which
responsibility brings and dscredt to that extent the
whole cause of popular government The bolshevik
venturers are here and everywhere throughout the
world Not all of them preaching their hateful doc
rnes from the store boxes and the barrel heads
of them the college rostrum and in high places
public responsibility Some in and
dishonest; the effect in both the
ling about democracyevery advance agent of tyranny
has professed love of the peopehey prepare the way
this affection upon the presumption that THEY they
alone, the people.-National Republican.
An Appalling Death Toll
The American people stand aghast at the announce
ment that in but little than two months time
appalling toll of 100000 lives has been taken by the