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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
BYI. A. FLEMING.
Financial Editor of The Star.

HE steel industry of the United
States is at the crest of its pros
i perity, under the stimulus OF over
Four wears of warfare that called Tor the
.nost intensive production. first for the
cations of Europe in the entente ana
then for the United States. largely un.
Srepared for efforts of destructlon' put
resdy to push without stint, and with
billions at its command to manufacture
.enunitiops and war materials.
The bell has struck on the great war.
IT is now a matter of history. Can the
Industries Of peace absorb the capacity
PRODUCTION of the steel mills OF tne
United States-something like s0,0O0,0O0
Tons annually?
In time they should, but for the imne-
Mate future business will fall OF unless
ertificially sustained by orders from the
government.
In time construction work. buildings.
bridges, railroad extensions and repairs,
bodybuilding and a participation in the
rehabilitation of Europe will create an
active demand for steel and iron.
France and Italy have offered large
orders to their manufacturers that will
prevent any immediate reacuonary treno
In their steel industry.
The appropriation by France Is for
$3.50, 200, 900 for railways. bridges. road
CONSTRUCTION, etc. while Italy will ex-
pend $3.50, ZOO, 900. of which $4,000. 900
!. gin be for adjustment of unemployed
q Great Britain viii do likewise. Lloyd
Sa5eoexe going on record that he hoped to
Il able to avoid any drastic change in
z. a. compared with the resources Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

TN THE race for world trade which al
ready is under way, American business
has no wish or purpose to take any
i unfair advantage of any other nation.
And American business is determined
that it shall not be made the victim of I'M
fair advantages taken by others.
From high official sources have come
intimations that American exporters
should stand aside until other nations late
1y at war against Germany have helped
themselves to the fatter pickings in for
eign markets. From any such super-al-
truistic policy American industry enters
an emphatic dissent. 1t is too thin diet
for the sustaining of strong men.
ITO GO to the assistance of a friend
when his life is in danger or to help
him rebuild his destroyed home is
fine and noble, and your friend will re-
spect and love you; to let him selhshly
carry away your goods would be naudlin
foolishness, and he would depise you.
A THE owner of the only considerable
~ lendable capital in the world, as the
holder of essential raw materials and
as the source from which must be supplied
90 per cent of the worlds food deficit,
America is in position to enforce. the
square deal-square dealing to herself and
square dealing among other nations. And
the square deal is all that America asks
except that that which is. charity shall
be rendered as charity, but that that
which is business shall be conducted in a
business way.
The friendships among nations which
have grown out of the war are among the
most precious of the fruits of victory and
should be cherished for all time. But that
does not mean that the nations which over
came Germany are not, now that the peril
has been removed, again rivals in trade.
While the war lasted all sacrificed unset
fshly. With the war ended, it is natural
and right that each should think first of
its own material affairs.
A MERICA will continue to make loans
~ of capital to friendly and solvent
nations, because it is good business
as we'll as the part of friendship to do so.
She will continue to supply raw materials
TO nations which behave themse1yes. be-
cause that, too, is sound economic policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
BY j. II. HILDEBRAND
OF The Star stan.

= ECRETARY BAKER once COM
planned that running war 5000
miles away had its fandicaps;
but President Wilson holds that
being President of a nation 5000 miles
away is neither an impossible nor an
especially difficult task.
Having satisfied himself that no legal
obstacles existed to his going abroad to
attend the peace conference. the Pres
ident turned his attention to working
out a technique by which the precedent
breaking course might be followed.
Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the
President. who had been expected to ac-
company Mr.. Wilson abroad. was desig-
mated as the man who should remain in
Washington as the fundamentally
through which the executive should
maintain his connection with domestic
affairs.
OF course, that does not mean that
Mr.. Tumulty, in any sense. will act for
the President. That would not be con-
stitutional. But Mr.. Tumulty will be
the t'eyes and ears for the executive, as
one official expressed it, and he will
transmit to the proper persons and to
Congress documents, papers and verbal
communications sent by President Will
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
America and the Square Deal

England paid for the wheat she owns IN
India and Australia. This artificial stlmu-
lation of production was not because there
was danger of famine in America. but be-
cause there was danger of famine in Eng
land, in France and Italy. A proportionate
amount of the exportable surplus OF that
wheat belongs to England. The American
government merely went surety on the
contract of the British government to pur-
chase it at the agreed-upon price, without
this government deriving even the legltl-
mate profit of bondsman. The compact
covers not only the recent harvest, but
extends to the crop of the coming year,
some of which has not even yet been
planted In order that England might be
assured of bread at ALL the American peo-
pie cheerfully consented to pay an arti-
ficially high price for their own bread.
America does not ask to share in the
cheap wheat from India and Australia.
She asks merely that England shall place
her cheap Indian and Australian wheat in
a common pool with the high-priced
wheat from the United States and the
medium priced wheat from South America
and that out of this common stock the re-
quirements of the wheat-defcit nations
shall be met, with equality as to quantity
and as to price.
TNGLAND will do this if the United
States insists upon it. She will do it
because nowhere else than from this
country can she get the meat products and
the fats which she absolutely mnst have.
England will do it not only because she
must, but because the British sense of fair
ness will recognize that refusal would be
unjust economically to America and I'M
just economically and in humanitarian
way to France and Italy and other nations
which are her friends.
And when she has yielded, England
will have larger respect and no smaller
friendship for America.
THE SAME is true of an outstanding,
manly rivalry for trade. If America
stood weakly aside and invited Eng
land to help herself, England would not,
of course, refuse; but she would have
scant respect for US. Such has not been
England's policy in trade, and she would
not understand it in another. =
Neither nations nor men sTow great
on pap. r. .-=,. - - :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
Naval officers as Couriers.

For the six weeks that the President
is abroad the executive authority will
be transmitted, for the first time in
the history of the country, largely by
cable and by wireless. Largely. because
when documents must be sent to the
President. or brought to Washington
These probably will be officers of the
Navy Department. They are expected
to use transatlantic liners. No arrange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
Better Equipped Than Before.

Then, too, the training which they
underwent has been of great benefit
to them, mentally and physically, and
positions that they could not hold
before they entered the service they
viii be well qualified to fill. This is
were in the technical branches of the
service.
Young men who before the war
were driving automobiles were, in
many cases, selected for the motor
mechanic regiments. In this line
of an automobile than they would
have learned in several years in civil
ian life. The reason for this was
that they did not have the opportu-
nifty to clay Off whenever. they felt
like it, and that while they were
three, four" No loaflng. The Signal
Corps training, the Engineer Corps.
the Ouartermaster Corps. the Medical
Corps and many other branches Of the
service which sprang into being with
the entrance Of the United States
into the war. also put young men
through q course Of training that
after they are mustered out
One Of the most frequent remarks
made by the men in the service while
lollinR around the barracks or In the
.sY'' after the days work was that
they would not go back to the Job
thew had when they entered the
Army. There were many reasons for
this. They met men in the Army
who. truthfully or untruthfully, told
wonderful tales of big salaries made
in this section or that section Of the
country; what a man could do in a
certain state II he had a few hun
flrefi dollars capital and enough push
and energy: Of the big money earned
by men who had taken up a small
tract Of land in the west or middle
west as farmers. and as many other
schemes as one could think Of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

A favorite pastime In the evenings
was the planning Of the men who
said that after they got out Of the
Army they were going IN for farm.
nImber who had ambitious to be,
farmers. OF course, there vas ais
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

A nation without industry can never be
permanent paying customer.
But until the food equilibrium of the
world is restored America has an ob1iga-
ton higher than economic policy, higher
even than the claims of friendship. The
fact that out of her own storehouse must
come the foodstuffs to make up 60 per
cent of the worlds deficit gives her the
right and imposes upon her the duty, to
say how all the surplus foodstuffs in the
world shall be handled and apportioned
Until there is bread enough for all,
America has no right to permit that one
importing nation shall have cheap and
abundant loaf if in consequence the loaf
in other nations is dear and insufficient.
The fact that America has it in her power
to prevent this makes the prevention of it
a sacred duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
Vigorous Creature, Not Docile.

Another mistaken idea of the return
ing soldier that has crept into the
minds Of the average citizen who has
been forced to remain at home.is that
the soldier upon his being mustered
out of the service will be a very docile
creaturs, who at the slightest word
will bow, scrape and salute. Nothing
could be farther from the truth. In
stead Of the docile creature he will
md. strong. healthy, respectful
young man with new ideas and vigor
enough to put them across. ....'
For the buck private In the American
Army gets q whole lot better treatment
from his officers than docs tho buck pri-
xate in any other army in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08

A N ILLUSTRATION. of how this OBJ
~ legation runs is found in the fact
that the British government is the
owner of about three hundred million
bushels of wheat in India and Australia.
This wheat was bought and paid for by
the imperial British treasury at price
approximating dollar bushel 1t was
placed in storage because the ships were
not available to transport it to England
Now that shipping is becoming available
the British people are clamoring for their
wheat, to the end that they may have
more and cheaper bread. 1t would increase
their bodily content and give them big
economic advantage over nations which
had an insufficient or a high-priced loaf.
The demand is perfectly human and a
perfectly natural one. 1t is their wheat,
and under normal conditions their right
to use it for their own advantage would
be unquestionable.
But conditions are not normal, and
England has not the right to help herself
selfshly to the wheat she owns. 1t is I'M
fair to the United States and it is unfair
to France and Italy, to say nothing of
the stricken peoples of Belgium and Po-
land and Serbia and other devastated
lands.
IT is unfair to the United States because
in order that the war might be won
this government guaranteed to the
American farmer an artif1cia1lv high rrice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
Avoid Old Occupations.

In furtherance of the intention of
many young men not intending to re-
turn to the occupations they held be-
fore they entered the service was
the fact that many tried to get out of
work which they were best suited for.
and it was only upon discovery of
their officers that they were specially
fitted for some sort of work that they
were forced to do work along those
lines.
In one of the southern training
camps where several thousand young
men were being fitted for special work
it was only by the most forcible talk
upon the part of the officers that they
were made to see that they would be
Of more benefit to the winning of the
war by keeping on with the work
they had been doing in civil life than
choosing another trade which was
being taught at the camp.
In the outfit there were nearly 100
men who had been plumbers in civil
life. Fully Is per cent Of them signed
up with their officers for motor me-
chanic work and the others chose
wireless biography. Out Of about
twenty-five wireless telegraphers only
one signifed that occupation as his
choice Of the many trades which were
being taught. This same condition
prevailed in nearly. all branches of the
service, officers say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08
BY DAN E. o'coNNELL
OF The Star Staff.

r N. all the preparation and talk
concerning what, is to be done
for the returning soldier to best
place him in job, when he has
been mustered out, one Of the funda-
mental points in the arrangements
seems to have been overlooked-that
is, what is the soldiers idea Of the
plan?
The average American has a pretty
fair idea of what he wants to do, and
no amount of planning on the part'of
any one else is likely to make him
change his mind. In the first place,
he has been under the strict restraint
of military discipline for several
months, and when he is released the
sudden change is likely to make him
feel. his, Importance. This is espe-
cially so after he has listened to the
praise of admiring relatives and
friends who were either unable or
unwilling to be among the more than
1000, 900 young men who were in the
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-08


Both of these, proposed solutions
contemplate an unprecedented condi-
ton in railroad affairs-doing away
with costly duplication of '-lines be-
tween termini, possibly the opera
ton Of the railroads as unified
system, the reduction of operating
costs to an economic and efficient
minimum and federal control over
issuance Of Stocks and bonds. thereby
stopping payment of dividends on
"watered stock"
They contemplate, and Congress
seems determined to insist upon. re-
tanning the advantages that have
been gained under federal control:
az Retaining the open terminals.
(2) Insisting upon interchangeable
ity Of equipment. 60 as to make liquid
all the rolling stock in the United
States.
CD Doing away with useless OFF,
|clals and reduction Of high salaries.
80 Adoption Of . more scientific
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-23
STATE POLICE WILL
GUARD THE HIGHWAY

Motorcycle cop Mcdonald who has
been serving on the Pacific highway
to regulate the speed OF autos be-
tween Ashland and Medford, says the
Ashland Tidings. has resigned and
plans to enlist in the aviation SER
vice. According to a statement made
by County Prosecutor Roberts no
other motorcycle cop will be employ
ed to replace Mcdonald. but that the
matter OF looking after speed yIo-
lators will be done BY two or more
state policemen who will be assign
ed to this section with Medford as
their headuarters.
He said these men will be on duty
shortly and that they will also keep
watch for bootleggers and smugglers
OF liquor over the mountains. as we'll
as perform other general duties per-
tanning to the enforcement OF state
laws.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-23
SAlvATONARMYnCN|c
At RIVERSIDE PARK

Thursday the comrades and
friends OF the salvation Army spent
a very enjoyable day at the city park
Luncheon was provided by the ladies'
after which the children romped and
engaged In all kinds OF games and
amusements. Among those present
were some OF our old comrades;
Brother and Sister Philips from Sc
attle. also our old faithful soldiers
Brother and Sister Atkins. who fol
over 20 years have been faithful
warriors In the Grants Pass corps
At the close OF the day the national
anthem was sunk and prayer was Of
fered for our country and our boys
our president and our allies.
The Salvation Army Is a patriotic
organization. We stand for liberty
and freedom In all things. In behalf
OF our general and the Salvation
Army. Lieutenant Jury and his com
rades wish to thank all the kind
friends OF Grants Pass for the way
in which they have supported Out
local work and trust you will con-
tinue with the good work.
SALVATION ARMY
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-23

w. Y. Gilmore was In from kerby
today on business.
r. c. Crowell Is In the city today
from the Queen Of Bronze mine.
John Daley, Of Selma. Is In the
city today.
Ed Jones arrived here from cres-
cent City last night.
NJ. Sullivan. of Reno. New, Ia In
the city.
Mrs. q. Soule and Mrs. A. C. Coul-
ter. OF Dole. Ore. were In the city
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Dahlberg left
this morning ON a trip to San Fran
cisco.
Fairy Soap--Sabin has Il. 45
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T, Sullivan. OF
Portland. are In the city. Mr.. Salli-
van will remain here for some time
to look after business interests.
Judge and Mrs. W. ID. Barnes. OF
Bend. Ore. we're In the city today.
They are making tour OF Oregon
and California.
Mr.. and Mrss ]. W. Tamplin, OF
Tekamah. Neb.. arrived In the city
today. They are making tour OF
the west by automobile.
Second Lieutenant Hal Selby. for
mer foreman at the River Banks
farm was a southbound passenger
this afternoon en- route from Belllng-
ham to a California aviation camp.
Jess Powers. who has been living
with his grandfather. Jack wisecar-
yer, OF Kerby, left this morning for
Maricopa. Ariz.. to be with his
grandmother. Mrs. Powers.
Mrs. Bert Clark. who came here
to attend the funeral OF her father
the late Jacob Hanseth. and her two
children. left this morning return
ing to their home In Portland.
Mrs. L. W. Benedict. OF Deadwood.
s. d.. arrived this morning to visit
her sister. Mrs. Robert Leslie. who
is III. Mrs Benedict stopped off In
Portland to attend the w. r. c. con-
vention.
Mrs. Ida veatch. and her daugh-
ter. Marie, who visited relatives at
Takllma for several weeks returned
this morning to their home at Cot
tage Grove. They were accompanied
by Miss Wink Adams. OF Kerby. who
will visit at Cottage Grove.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-23
Killed a Doe-Fined s2S-

Deputy Game Warden Patrick II.
Daily who has just returned from
looking after the enforcement OF the
game laws In various sections ap-
peared in Justice Taylor's court to-
day, says the Ashland Tidings, en-
tered a plea Of guilty for Earl Err
win Of Merrill, Ore, and paid over
the latter's fine Of $25 and costs.
Last Thursday, the opening day OF
the deer hunting season, Deputy Dali
ly caught irwin just after the latter
had shot doe and brought 1t into
his camp. at Huckelberry Gap up on
the Umpqua divide near Persist,
about 10 miles from Medford, and to
gain time for both and avoid travel
ing the long distance to this city Ir-
win paid over the money for the fine
and costs to Daily together with his
plea Of guilty.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-23
BUSTER BROWN ANDH|S
DOG T|GE At THE Joy

Hundreds OF kids we're at the JOY
theatre this afternoon to see Buster
Brown and his dog Tige, as was ad-
yertised by the Golden Rule Store.
The building was packed and stand
ing room was at premium. Buster
Brown in his bobbed hair and red
flannel suit was there and so was
Tige. Buster gave a shoe lecture
and Tige smoked cigarettes. A mum.
Der of pictures were also shown, and
at the close Of the performance Bus
ter handed out noise making toys.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-23
THE FAMOUS SOCkEYE HAS
NOT APPEARED IN NUMBERS

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 23.-Sockeye
salmon, 1t now Is definitely establish
ed by fishermen and packers, are to
be added to the list Of foodstuffs Of
short production this season. Ordi-
narily the fish should have started
running July to Is and increase in
volume until August 10. bat there
has been no appearance of the fish
in numbers to date and the operators
are discontinuing production en- Pu-
Igst Sound.