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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
"NEIGHBoR HANs".

"Neighbor Hans" is the title of an
Illuminating article in the current
Atlantic, which disclOses, through a
little character study, the attitude of
mind of the typical German junker.
The "junker" is virtually unknown
In this part Of America at least. He
Is the university man Of the military
caste Of Germany. He is not neees-
sarily rich. In fact most men Of the
junker class are Of very moderate
means. They are trained to q
spartanlike simplicity of life, but
they are stamped out with the same
die, the die forged by the German
school, university and army.
The average German immigrant,
the kindly, home loving, honest and
industrious Teuton, so well known in
the Northwestern states is a man Of
smother type, almost Of another race.
William A. Joubert, the author of
the article in question, was the man
nger OF a large plantation in Mexico.
and one Of his neighbors was the
subject Of his article. His character
study shows why Germany is an out
law nation; why her junkers have
made it impossible for the world to
live at peace with her; why Belgium
was invaded; why the rights Of neu-
trial nations were ignored and flout-
ed. It sums up the whole case.
against the German tunker The fol-
lowing paragraph gives hint Of the
character Of Hans:
Quite satisfied 10 save himself
apm an dithculties of road
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
1.-THE BoLsHEVIK OF WALL
STREET.

New York now calls Col. William
Boyce Thompson the "Bolshevik OF
Wall Street.
Colonel Thompson was one Of the
heads of the Red Cross mission to
Russia. He is a banker, capitalist
and big manufacturer, and can
scarcely be accused of being a "radi-
CAL. Recently The Forum quoted
somo extracts from an interview
with him which was published in the
Wall Street Journal. His views were
further elaborated in an article in
The New York Sunday Times. They
are such good confederation of views
expressed in these columns during
the last few weeks, that we cannot for
bear quoting the following excerpt
from the article in The Times:
The Bolshevist program is
more deadly TO the German autoc-
TaCy than the allied bullets. The
negotiations of Lenine and
Trotzky coupled with Wilson's
message to congress, have done
more than anything else in the
war to get the idea to the Ger
man people that we are not fight
ing them, but their autocracy,
their military despOtism. II is
only by getting that idea to the
German people that peace, when
it comes, can be made stable.
But if they are not going TO
conclude peace, what are they
planning to do? Colonel Thomp-
son was asked.
Go on negotiating, he replied
Just what they are doing, don't
you see? Negotiate; break off
negotiations when the Germans
won't listen to their terms;
negotiate again; and all the time,
keep putting their ideas of self
government and democracy over
to the German people Perhaps
they will just go on negotiating
until the real German people
want peace and will accept a real
peace.
"As a matter Of fact. | very
much doubt whether the German
government wants a separate
peace with Russia, as things are
now. And l am morally certain
Austria doesn't. ] feel sure that
Austria does not want those
thousands of Austro- Hungarian
v prisoners from Russia. who have
not been living as prisoners but
as citizens OF a free country, to
get back into Austria Hungary
with the new ideas they have got
from Russial And I greatly
doubt whether Germany wants
her prisoners back, either, for
the same reason. have no mis-
Biyings about Austria Hungary
myself; feel sure that her autoc-
raey will crumble just as soon
as the iron heel Of Germany is
removed. Just as soon as the
Austrians and Hungarians and
other peoples Of the Dual Mon
archy can get out from under
autocratic rule, they will. And
do not feel that 1t is possible for
the military autocracy that now
rules Germany to make peace
with Russia.
"On the other hand. 1 am con
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
hell;
70 ho-ho and bottle Of rum.

heilss
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle Of rum!
The Minneapolis Tribune recent,
quoted some others that are lesi
familiar. Here was one:
Haul the bowline; Kitty is my
darling;
Haul the bowline, the bowline
haul"
Here was another:
eve just come down from the
wild goose nation.
= To me way-hay-e-o-yah.
I've left my wife on big plan
tation
> And sing hi-lo-my Ranzo-
weigh"
The chantey, Of course, was the
song to which the old time sailor kept
time with his rhythmic swings on the
anchor line. You can't make a
chantey song for the chug- chug of a
gasoline engine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
nv n. z. Rehrsns.)

Among the many changes brought
about by our country entering the
great war for democracy, one of the
greatest is the change in public
| opinion regarding the labor question
Heretofore, when the labor question
was mentioned the average person
thought about strikes and lockouts
Since our country has gone into the
war and President Wilson has call
ed the heads of the labor organiza-
tons into conference, so that they
could voice the sentiments of the
millions Of workers in the country,
most of us see the labor question
in a new light. Instead of seeing
only the troublesome side of this
great question, most people now
see the importance Of the great
service labor is rendering to us all.
Ships, arms, ammunition, in fact
everything needed to win the war,
is being produced by labor.
Never in the history Of the
world, has the Importance Of the
labor question been understood as
it is today. Charles NJ. Schwab. pres
ident of the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany, said in a recent speech, that
from this time forth, labor would
take an important part in the franz
ing of laws.
Two Cherished Objects.
There is little doubt that the
workers will shortly attain those
two cherished objects; the eight
hour day and the minimum wage
law, for which organized labor has
been struggling so long. The public
at last realizes that these are neces-
sary to the social and moral welfare
of the working people.
The establishment of a national
eight-hour day will be a simple mat
ter as many leading concerns have
already installed this system, but
many difficulties will confront the
commission appointed to determine
the minimum wage.
In a country Of one hundred mil
lion people, there is only one way
to determine a national question and
that is, by taking the national av-
erage. When a national minimum
wage commission gathers figures on
wages in the United States they will
find a number of concerns paying
far below the average for the class
Of work being done. These are the
big mail order houses, the factories
they own, those under contract tol
manufacture goods for them and the
cotton mills in the southeastern part
of the country They will also find
that these concerns employ very
little skilled labor and that their
employees are mostly women and
children.
Several years ago the writer was
employed as an industrial investi-
gator by a great welfare association
and one of his duties was visiting
I. w. w. headquarters in number
of large industrial centers and tot
ascertain the education and child |
hood environments of the members.
Fully IS per cent of these men had
started, at an early age, working inf
a low wage factory, as breaker boys
in a coal mine, or as cotton mill
hands.
I. w. w. Made, Not Born.
The investigation convinced theI
writer that /. w. w. are made, not
born. and that the mail order houses,
in their own plants and those con-
trolIed by them, have made more
than their share of these much del
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
ALL THAT IS LEFT TO DO.

Now that Lord Lansdowne has
aconcurred in the war aims of Premier
Lloyd George and President Wilson;
Now that Mayor Van Lear has ex-
pressed his willingness to support
ouch a program;
Now that Senator Stone is in line
with the administration;
Now that the British labor party
mas approved the whole program;
Now that American labor is in line
with the wilsonian policy;
Now that Wall street, and big
business, and the average citizen, and
the Bolshevid and most everyone
else approve Of the war aims, there
is nothing left to do but lick Ger
many to make it unanimous.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
Striking Changes Noted

Philadelphia Telegraph: Yester-
day the wristwatch was the fad Of
sissies and today it is the necessity
of soldiers going to battle.
Yesterday Uncle Sam was smash
ing the railroads into small units and
today he is preparing to operate them
as the largest trust in the world.
Yesterday it was fashionable to see
how much you could waste and then
indirectly brag about "the things one
really and truly must have to got on
with" while today multimiIlionaires
are eating corn bread.
Yesterday all the blatherskites
pointed to big business such as
Bethlehem Steel and Baldwins as a
public menace, but today we hail
them as saviOrs of our country.
Yesterday hundreds of men know
or know about were earning with
their brains tens of thousands of dol
lars for themselves every year
whereas today they are toiling for
Uncle Sam at 2 cents a week.
Yesterday ii was a crime for the
United States to own merchant
marine, today q Philadelphia ship
yard is preparing to build SO great
ships at clip, SO that we may have
a merchant marine
%~%N@AA NAS ~ WnR AAAE AMHGlOu I0E
the vast majority OF people to spend
every cent they earned, but today
100000 people own Liberty bonds
mostly paid for out of savings.
Yesterday we put more money in
alcohol twice over than we put In all
public education, as men, and a few
women, too, couldn't seem to live
without John Barleycorn, and yet to-
day our liquor bill has been cut IN
two without a major surgical opera
ton.
Yesterday we taxed ourselves
heavily to feed and maintain i'm semi
luxury or at least full comfort thou
sands OF crooks, thieves. counter
feiters and murderers, but today
some sensible communities have set
this parasite class to work.
Yesterday mtlady could scarcely
draw on her own gloves. but now
she lis knitting with nimble fingers
stout sweaters for Sammie.
Yesterday we depended upon Ger
many for a lot Of drugs and dyes
which today we are duplieating-On
making better ones
Yesterday we simply had to eat
steaks and chops three times a day,
but now we find less need for doctors
and fewer calls upon our bank ac-
counts when eating meat but once
a day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May MOI
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The Grand Forks Herald: 1t is
not strange that the kept press" OF
the state, which is that part OF the
press which Mr.. Townley holds in
the hollow of his hand, has little to
saw about the Consumers United
Stores company. Many Of the in
dependent state papers have devoted
considerable space to this enterprise.
They have published the text Of the
pledge which is signed by the farmer
when he pays his hundred dollars.
They have discussed the terms Of the
agreement, and have let a good deal
of light in upon the plans whereby
large sums of money are collected
from the farmers for something
which does not appear to be very
clearly specified. They have under
taken to point out that under the
guise of subscribing for stock the
farmers are contributing money to
n political campaign which they may
or may not be willing to finance.
All of these things are studiously
ignored by most of the papers which
have been started or acquired by
the managers Of the league. And it
is not strange, for the more closely
this enterprise is examined the worse
1T looks. The only way in which the
promoters can hope to continue the
collection of subscriptions for these
stores is by preventing a too close
inspection Of the real nature OF the
program. Naturally the subsidized
papers are keeping STILL
The st. Paul Dispatch: There has
been no considerable complaint of
any OF the conservation orders is
sued by the food administration as
there was over the Garfield order
closing factories for five days and
whacking off Mondays business in
stores and offices for ten weeks.
There is a reason for that. The
public has q firmly rooted confidence
in Mr.. Hoover which has been es-
tablished by his conservatism, eau
ton and forethought. This confidence
in DIR. Garfield is as yet lacking.
And still there's a reason. The
first sacrifice asked of the public BY
DR.. Garfield displayed lack OF con-
servatism, caution and forethought.
And while his radical order has been
complied with in nearly
every instance, compliance has been
inspired not by confidence but by a
general desire to yield the benefit of
the doubt i'm a matter which concern
ed the nations welfare.
There is little doubt but what the
public will comply with Garieid's
next order without prejudice 1t is
willing that it's confidence be cult /
waited. This leaves an opportunity
for the fuel administrator of which |
we hope he will take advantage.
There is a chance, moreover, that /
DR.. Garfield win play truer to form /
when he is not pulling Director |
McAdoo's chestnuts out of |
the fire.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
The War for the Week

The strike in Germany, the pres
ence Of more American troops in the
front trenches, and the unexpected
blow struck by the Italians, were the
outstanding features of the week,
with the Russian situation always an
important, interesting and ever
changing background.
BY far the most significant event Of
the week was the German strike.
The actual harm done to the German
military cause, probably was not
great-perhaps no greater than the
five day shutdown OF American in
dustries caused by a coal shortage.
The reports of the number Of men
idle varied greatly, ranging all the
way from 10000 to 100000.
Hope OF Revolution.
Early reports aroused hopes of a
revolution similar to the Russian up
rising. One dispatch mentioned the
formation Of workmen's council on
the Russian plan, but nothing further
/
was the beginning of a real revolu-
ton, appears to have been dissipated.
II has resolved itself into a public
demonstration, rather than an actual
attack on the government.
The chief weakness of the strike
movement appears to be the lack of
real leadership. Scheidemann,N the
Socialist majority leader, lacks the
confidence Of the more radical. He
has consistently upheld the govern
ment's war program, and his connec-
ton with the strike appears to have
been more an effort to guide it into
a backwater, where it would do no
harm, than to encourage 1t. If that
was his aim, it appears to have been
successful for the time.
Significance OF Strike.
But the real significance of the
strike cannot be overlooked. Even
though it has failed to cripple the
war machine, and has failed to bring
any direct concessions from the gov
wall for the German Junkers. 1t told
them in very plain words that Ger
many was heartily tired of the war
and demands a speedy peace. 1t
shows that the Bolshevik propaganda
is spreading much more rapidly than
was hoped. Bolshevik ideas have
permeated the army on the eastern
front, and it is doubtful if they can
be stamped out The soldiers are
carrying them back home and to the
western armies.
In all this agitation. the importance
of the Allies armies must not be
Bolshevik ideas could
gain no Roadway whatever in Ger |
many, if the German soldiers did not
see the menacing cloud in the West. |
The western front is viewed as a |
great shambles, which every man, |
who has escaped 1t temporarily, seeks |
to avoid. When the choice lies be-
tween returning to the western front |
or revolution, the German soldiers |
may choose revolution. II it were
merely choice between listening to
the BoIsheyilIi or not listening to
them. the inbred German discipline |
would prevail. With the Allies ham
mering on the west. the German peo-
pie have everything to gain and
nothing to lose by revolution. With
out the Allies, they would have much
to lose, and a very doubtful chance Of
gaining anything.
The fires are smouldering in both
Austria and Germany. The strikes
Of this week may be only flareup
which win die down, but the fire is
still there and any German setback
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02

WINGED that the propaganda OF
democracy is really getting
across in Germany. thanks to the
influence which the Russian peo-
pie are able to exert on the Ger
man people. I had already heard
echoes Of it before I left Russia,
some weeks ago. The Bolsheviki
are pretty good agents to let the
German people know that the
world is not lighting them, but
their autocracy"s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02

That Certain American port has
suddenly become the Un-C Certain
American port.
Barges can't get across the river
with the coal.
Let eliza do 10
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02

Get wise and order Flavo -Four
from the manufacturers Phone So,
s-Advf
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02

C.ne food conservator is advocat-
ing wireless weddings Well, every
little bit helps.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02

Have you read Stephen Leacock or
the art of meeting people in the cur
rent American? Bits Of it are on a
par with the best Of his Nonsense
Novels" or Sunshine Sketches"
His imaginary conversation with
somebody from his home town" to
whom he has just been introduced, IS
almost too painfully true.
It recalls to the average man too
many anguished groupings for peg
on which to hang light and facile
conversation.
Efforts to recall the chantey songs
Of American sailors, always begin
with the famous one quoted in
Stevenson's Treasure Island" One
stanza of it follows
Fifteen men on the dead mans
chest;
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for
the rest;
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!
We wrapped 'em all in a mainsail
tight
With twice ten turns Of a haws-
er's blight.
And we heayed 'em over and out
Of sight
With a yo-heave-hO and a fare
We we'll
And a sullen plunge in q sullen
swell
Ten fathoms along on the road IA
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-02
NEWS AND COMMENT

The attempt TO change the name Of
Bismarck has at least advertised our
state capital.
The New York Evening Post grows
rather facetious at the expense Of
one of the busiest little cities in the
country, as follows:
THE confidence of these west
erners Is superb" wrote Bryce in
The American Commonwealth,
and he pointed his remark by an
account of his visit to Bismarck
upon the occasion OF the laying
of the cornerstone of the capitol
Among the speeches, he noted,
was one in which it was proved
that. as Bismarck was the center
Of Dakota, Dakota was the CEN
ter of the United States, and the
United States the center of the
world, Bismarck was destined to
be the metropolitan hearth of the
worlds civilization" What
struck our British visitor most
forcibly, however, was the fact
that the spot chosen for the capt.
tol was not in the city, nor even
on the skirts of the city; it was
nearly a mile off, on the top Of
hill in the brown and dusty
prairie"
why here?" we asked. els it
because you mean to enclose the
building in a public park?" by
no means; the capitol is intended
to be in the center Of the city; it
is in this direction that the city
is to grow"
Bismarck has been a generation
in accommodating population of
5000, and can hardly yet be
termed the metropolitan hearth
of the worlds civilization, but
who will deny that it's self-con-
fidence is worthy Of the doughty
statesman whose name it bears?
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-02-22
8rut ans @alo. YrpSnffena

Nidt, Inn einen moDernen Nottebeff
bdnbelt Is Fd bier, ionoernt INN Elm
uraltea 9ilfsmittel r~otbdutiSer Hna
tirtinner, at nelAes gu erinnerm,aber
ieoenfalls onn SntereIe lit.
0as SORT : Imt Der Der. Gtu,z
ten. mdt harauf uufmerfIam hob.
ipennr iemals in Imerita Elm, erniter
9rutmansel sintreten ioIte, feline beua
ttgen 8epo6ner gut baran tun' mir
ben,. Fribere 9siipielen ron Snbnner.
itdmnen n~ad)suabmen. BON nausn e
aud etlide peiBe. pioniere Isiner3sit
getsmnt bahen io1en, ndmlid: pilbe
,5riirbte bes Waloes aur 9erifelluna
BON redt l9madz unb n%a9rbaftem
9t.t mit5unerpenben.
Gerabe bic amsritlniIAea WGIper
bitaen pietfad nod cine szHaunlide
MannisfaltteAit DON Sriit,ten, Gle
aim 8rotma9eu~ iebr seeisnet itno.
Dabin ssb0reu g., 9. 8udniiRe (Bii=
Dep, 8utterniKe, WalniiHe, Raftaz
1ien, Reeans. gbinquapins unb. 5az
jelniHe. Ollie bieie 5riiette Iinp in,
bobem @rabey aabrunesbaltis uni.
t0nnteR, nebenbei bemertt, einen gana
anftdnbiaenp Gtdab fir 5leiid liefern.
8eioabers beutsar abs iinb lie fir,
bic, 8ereitunal sebiesensn, 8rotes, in,
9erbinuns md Wais.
Die Snbianer miltten u. a. &o.
itanien, tpeh1e, leibeS- aiemli9 ieltea.
seporben ifnh. aber bamals, in. mon.
DIN gegeaaen oubeTorbentIih reidlib
pudien. NIT. Maia Sdrptmebl rmo
madten an 9rot. bas iis, in Waiss
5iilien badten. insefdbr ipie- SamaT
les. Na@, itelltse lie elm, sutes 8rOt
aus Gtteln, fet6if o6ne, BeimiIaAune
ber. Sic aeritieBen emit bic 9ideln
anb befreitenl bic Mafe pas, benz
@erhfoff (Sannin) bard 8ehnnoluna.
nit. beiBem Dafer;: mas iibsis blieb..
paa Elm sat.r una pobliAmedenber
grotfOff.
gu benz 8rot Hnn mon AUDI Dse-
lerlei 8esiasep aas benz Dalbe boaen,
ober felsit 9auptipeiien> gs lei nar
nod bin5ueefiiet. baB bic Snmen pnn
5ihteasupfen. nilbe Duttelpflonmen,
piloe 9olsdpftl (~etab applss), bic
SaMet : Sdoten Der pi(hen Mtos
sie (~boaep focuf") unb 8solen bes
Iosenanntsn Sabasbaumes aud
Robl : Balmette. Mesquite unb Sofz
iafros porsiielihen griab fir Sc
miiis unb SbIt bes 8artsns abseben
tDnnen. Nur muB man Elm bisden
bon ibrer sfpsdmdbtsen 8ereituns
uerTteben, nos fid aber lei9t aus Der
Grfabruns lernt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-02-22
Sic Stitch.
Gin NIT Ser SadJier eng pertuansir
Sotfsftdtfm.

Gin NIT ber saaier eng pertuantir
gottsfatfm.
Der fsftlGnbHAe Sell pes a0nigs
rei6s SGnemarf, Der ben Namen
Sitlanb Ebrt. fat ieinen Namsn
BON benz @pltsitamm Der Siitsn. Die
Siten gelten unS als elm banii9er
Stamm unD ibr 9ialett OLE cine bds
niide Wunbart. @erabs burd einen
tinsebenben @ersleih bes Sitiiten
nit benz Sdnifden fiHbsn mir I'M
Siitif4en manhc Giscntumlidte:ten
i'm WortidaB unb I'M srammatifhen
8au, bic i'm Odnifden ai9t pcr<
tommen, tpobl aber decentralization i'm
aItid&ff4en aeisen. 60 tpe1ben mir
bic Siiten als einen nit ben Sa9feu
en- ensiten bertpanbtsn 0oIsstamm
oaaufpre&en baben. Oamit fimmt
IS sufammen, baB neben, ia pr ben
Iugdu unb Sa@ien bic Siiten aIs
BeiiebIer bon Britannien senaunt
tuerheu. @eotas, b. 3. Siiten,. isarsu
gum Sell fdon in Sii5oFsnslauh an
fGiiig, als bic Inselfa4fen aniamen.
Men, lie INNER Siiten, ME aber Dd>
nen. seaannt !perben. 10. finb iiemobl
eu4j ME 0Gnen sepefen. Die liz
beimat Der DGnen 1T IN" Siibidtpe=
ben urb auf Der Snfel Seelanh gu
fu4en.. 9ie 81ltergrenae apiiden
ben gum itanbinabifden 3peis, bsr
@ermaren gu rednenben 9dnenl urh
ben gum fd9iiiden Stamm 81 red,z
nenben Siten lit Der sroBe Belt se~
ipefen. rsber bieien bintpes iinb bic
9dmn' 5uerit nod Siinen, bann nuds
Sfiiitlanb s%eorunsen, pc bic iiitiz
ide 8enDfferung sana bdniiiert tpors
ben. aut Weiiitlanb unb Worbz
f9lespig betamen cine itarte bdnis
fde 8oltsbeimiiduns. bic aber bofr
mands: iiitif4e @igenart b%eitebeniieb,
Die bdnif9e ueberlieferung rennt Ell
men &Dnia @orm ben Qlten, benz lie
cine fait Aunpertjdbrise Regierung
unb Der bic oGniihen
&leinitaaten gu sinem Reid seeinigt
baben foi1. @orm 1T iider. .pie TO
oisle SeIbea, nm bic iid I'M amuf
Der 3eit elm Snsentreis sebiloet but.
cine biitoriSte peri0nlidfeit unh, elm
3eitgsnoife Seinrids bes @oglers.
Was aber bon ibm eradblt nirb.
oas iinh mift bic Saten zines Manr
mes. Iuf @orm 1T alles Suiammens
setrasen, mus in Der 3eit seIheben
1T, ,ba bic Sdnen bon Seelanb aus
o%orbranser unb 5iinen, Sitlanoo uno
Rorbi6lespia ibrer '6errfdoft2 UNI
terparfhn.