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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
That 'BiLiion-Dollar Loss" IN Wheat

Il sensational stories, with wild cal.
culations, in The rumee, the staid and
usually reliable Journal Of Commerce.
and others, aided apparently by some Of
ticials OF the governments Grain Cor
poratiol1, can Go the trick, we shall have
panic in the wheat market; and q loss
TO the government, according to these
careful calculations, OF zone billion dol
lars" Il may be worth while TO consider
the facts.
y ycar ago last summer cash wheat
was selling in the Chicseo market TO-.
1926 81 bughcl. III other Western MAJ
lIets % high as 1915. The governments
stepped IL GIG fixed a price Of $3.50. CA;-
cago base, subsequently raised, for the
neXt years crop, 70 1926. Partly owing
20 this guarantee, partly from a trernen-
dots patriotic appeal and partly from,
very favorable weather, the wheat grow
ers have planted an unusually large wiz
ter wheat area--t9, 100000 acres. On
december it WIS in wonderful coud;
ton, and the estimated yield would be
around 7G0 ,000,o 600 bushels. Nut this is 8
long Way from next July. II Tie spripe.
wheat crop IS Of equal volume and the
present promise holds out, this might
mean a total yield of 10000 10000 bush
els, or about 10 per cent over the high
yield Of 1915.
AS is well known, there is "a consider
able surplus in the Argentine and Aug
tralia, owing 10 the difficulties OF getting
ships Tor its transport. This does not
amount to. 10 per cent Of the worlds
yearly crop. And this would scarcely
more than supply England's reed alone.
Meanwhile, the largest normally export
ing nation, Russia, is completely out Of
The market and is itself pleading Tor
food. Germany is begging Mr.. Hoover
Tor our wheat. Mr. Hoover is demand
ing more tonnage to get an ADEQUATE
supply to Belgium and France. and seri-
Gus prospects Of starvation are reported
III Armenia and other lands.
On these facts and these prospects our
neighbors are shouting panic, and some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31


officials have asked Congress to prepare
for possible "billion dollar loss" TIE
Journal Of Commences expert goes SO far
as to figure next years total wheat acre
age at 100000, with Il crop OF zoe
10000 bushels, and adds:
Cur immediate wheat surplus vii, have
TO be unloedcd On Europe On the Euro
pean basis OF prices. which is said to be
about dollar IA bushol below the Amoli-
can price
England is at present 80 shillngs a
quarter, or about 81 g., a buslol, and The
latest fixed spot price is 80 shilings
or about $40 bushel The British
government has likewise made guaran-
tees for the next years British crop.
The Times Washington correspond
ent is equally explicit, He says:
by June it is estimated wheat prices
will have fallen to Sl~SO bushel in the
United States. In Che opinion OF experts.
the United States, in order to dispose OF
its surplus. must sell the wheat it buys
IN 1919 at loss Of 81 or more bushel,
which means that the government stands
TO lose a billion dollars o. more
Any human being who could foretell
what will be the price Of wheat or amy
other commodity by next June could
make fabulous sums by that knowledge.
The utmost surplus which this country
could have would be possibly half a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Without Honor

$50 everything is lost, including
honor
That is the bitter comment of the
Cologne Gazette upon the action Of
the German sailors who, for the sake
OF the bonus. took the U-9 to England
along with thN rest OF tie submarines.
The u-9 vas Commander Weddingcn's
ooat- distinguished above the others by
The honorable record OF having sunl,
Warships only. Admiral Beatty, with
that chivally Of The sea which none but
Germans nave ever disregarded, was
willing for this reason TO forego hex
surrender. But the prospect Of earning
500 marks apiece was too much for the
creatures who drown women and chill
dren, SO ths u-9 Went along with the
rest
No wonder that there are even Ger
mans who understand the deep damna-
ton Of Jhe sordid episode.
We cannot sink lower in the estima-
ton of the world" says the Gazette;
1t Is impossble.'
That this truth should at last pene-
crate the German mind is well. A
sense of guilt is The first step toward
repentance. And vet seainen the world
over will feel little sense Of shame
that seanen should sink so low They
know, Of course, what the German sea-
man is; they remember how he has
Dr9lsn all the kindly laws Of the sea.
Nevertheless, this last instance Of the
total debasoment Of men wearing the
unitorn Of their country promotes mel
ancholy rather than revengeful re-
Elections.
Tie revenge, Of course, will not be
fo1egone. Already the British mor-
chant seanen have imposed {. seven
year penalty upon their false brethren.
They will not in al that time sail to a
German port or carry German goods.
II Is just punishment for the murder
of $1,000 OF their fellows. 1t will be
strange if American seamen are more
forgiving. They, too, have seen the
savagery Of the Hun; they can recall
sMpynatAs who have been victims of it.
WHAT else can the German flag be but
the symbol Of dishonor FOR years 70
come?
The Germans have not been merely
mu~dsrers-pirates risking their own
lives IN attack. They have been SIS
sassins, sta55ing the unprotected in the
dark. AND now they reveal themselves
IS mean and greedy assassns, deliver
ing the one memorial Of German honor
and bravery at seq to the enemy who
'nagnaninoualy sought to spare H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31

public aud avowed publicity campaign.
The peril lies in the secret propaganda
That German cunning brought to a
nigh state of efficiency. Whether or not
the Bolshevik forces are now using SINH
larry secret weapons, the need for action,
FOR legislation. is urgent The future
cannot be provided aeainat too soon.
In the consideration Of this whole cues
lon there will arise first Of all the matter
OF deporting every Naturalized American
WHO has played an active part in such
enemy propaganda. The system must be
ended for all time. 10 get rid Of the in
'eroed aliens alone will not begin TO meet
the evil. Many OF the most vicious Ger
man propag andists took out their citi-
2enship papers as a precaution against
just such contingency. Deportation
mast be the universal punishment of
every secret propagandist and it must be
applied against those whose false Ameri-
canism has been already revealed.
Therefore. the present move of the De
partment OF Justice, sound and needful
IS 1t is, must be regarded as only the first
OF a series of precautions Secret propa-
ganda must go the way of secret diplo-
macy. The latter fosters war through
the trickery Of 4 few The former works
not less effectively through the subtle
poisoning OF The MANY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
The War Against Propaganda

~ II is good newa that the Department oY
Justice purposes to ask Congress to de-
port the three or four thousand overt
minded enemy aliens now internel in this
country. They should be deported and
their reentry prohibited. That is the first
OF the steps needed in the coming battle
against propaganda.
The broader problem is replete with
difficulties, and it will be the part of the
Indifferent. and the pacifstic to oppose
each and every measure proposed. But
if nations are to live equally and hon
estly, as do upright neighbors. that most
subtle and snakelike of all German
weapons, propaganda, must be fought TO
it's lair ard ended.
New Legislation is unquestionably
needed Of d novel and broadly conceived
character. The virus of alien propaganda
must be analysed, defined and prohibited
BY the strictest of laws, with severe pen
alties for their breach. The essence Of
the evil is its underhandedness The
parallel with advertising matter carried
in a newspaper or magazine as reading
matter at once suggests itself There is
small objection to nations conducting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Labor Must Have Its Share
BY William B. Dickson
ce-presden Of the MdvaJe Steel and Ordnance Company

poses, plays upon the ignorance, prejudice
and credulity of his fellows and attempts
to ignore economic laws.
The fact that, after ALL the real measure
or wages is not the sum received but the
purchasing power OF that sum ought to be
platitldc which any public speaker should
be ashamed to utter in the presence Of in
telligent men. The fact remains, however,
that this fundamental truth is not generally
appreciated either by wage carriers or wage
payers
There should be no attempt at arbitrary
reduction Of wages. # prices OF commodi-
ties are too high, they must be reduced to
the point where manufacturers or consu-
mers VIII be encouraged 10 buy, and then
wages, regardless OF the fulminarions of
any man or any organization, under the ir-
revocabIe law Of supply and demand, will
seek and find their natural level ANY at
tempta or The part of labor demagogues TO
sweep back this wave of natural adjustment
viii he about effective as thai OF tho IA
nous Mrs. Darlington 20 sweep back the
Atlantic Ocean.
Wage earners, under such conditions,
would quickly find that high wage rates
Nhile very pleasant sounding 20 the car
arc effective only when translated BY actual
work into wage payments. Employers. on
The o-hcr hand should realize that while
the wages which they are paying may seem
very high as compared With previous levels,
there may not be very much Of All advance
when these wages are translated Into terms
Of purchasing powo1.
These problems gAoald Re epuroacbed
not IN spirt Of class prejudice, but i.
that Of the loviag-iiearted Lincoln, "v:sh
malice toward none, with charity Tor all"
Many years ago a noted steel man was
asked which vas the most important factor
in his business fabor, capital OF mirage
ment. Ills reply vas IN The form G. cues
ton: (which is the most important leg on
three-leggcd stool?"' While the above
conclusion as to the equality and in4erde-
rcndence OF these three factors has been
generally accepted . theory, in very few
instances has it been given practical eject
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31

II is time TO retire that old joke about
unacceptable newspaper pictures, since
. critic calls attention to the fact that
IN collection of 287 portraits of
Whistler it is hard TO realize that they
are all intended to represent the same
man. Yet thirty of the portraits were
made by Whistler himself and The re-
nalnder by artists OF note, all of whom
painted their subject as they saw him
Inc Romans gave Janus two faces. but
It seems that 4 man may have at least
2S1. So The next cine you hear man
'Nmos'n'n@ that his picture does not lool,
like him ask him which self" he REGARDS
as his true portrait.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
The Christmas Vecktse

Let it be understood at once That it
IS not intended in what follows to cast
The usual casual aspcrsions On the
feminine taste in masculine nccl1wear.
That belongs in the realm Of the hu-
morist, not the psychologist. All those
Who bestow necllties at Christmas time,
men and women alike, are to come I'M
der The scope of this analysis If any
distinction is made it will be that
more searching scrutiny viii be directed
toward the masculine qivor Of necEtios
than the feminine.
One, sitting alone on Christmas morn
with the colorful tokens Of many lovi0g
friends and relatives spread out before
him. was led to muse upon the innu-
merable deductions Of which the dis
nlay might be the source 1t was not
SO much that the sartorial taste Of the
recipient Of the siken scarfs was called
into question. though there might be
confessed an inner trcmor * fho
thought that this radiant exhibition
dlmming Joseph's coat and even rival
ling Solomon in all his glory. WAS the
aggregate conception OF disassociated
minds Of what he would choose for
himself should be make Il personal ,isit
to the haberd&sher. Rathor, the snusine
led 70 the conclusion that here Was ~,
e2empliiication Of that theory OF SUP
pressed desires. The ford father re-
soves that his son shall have ADVANTAGES
that were withheld from him. the LOVING
mother makes willing SACRIFICES that her
daughter may ha attired in a stvlo no,
possible to her own girlhood; the mill
lonaire POUNDS u school that shall onen
TO boys that bool Of knowledge that
was sealed to him. Each and al of them
are seeking to crafty, BY giving to
others, a suppressed desire IF their own
lives.
80 with the purchaser of q Christmas
necktie. If it be man, when he pur-
cnaseS III his own behalf his ewes arc
orawn to the lines where axe DISPLAYED
The puppies, The lavenders, the Grim
sons aiad the Persian ,lixturcs; but con-
Vcnclonallty grips him, and II goes at
tired, az 10 his cravat. in deoorous f,]uez
CT solemn blacl..
sus always the latent love Of barbaric
display remains innate, and unconscious
" he slips its leash at the moment OF
buying tie which some other man
must wear. Not because he believes,
necessarily, the other man would like
It does he buy It, but because, II he
dared brave the aibes Of family and
friends, he would wear it himself.
And the man who receives = or
Christmas morning would, in his secret
heart, like lust as much to wear it. bue
he's coward TOO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Huns Still a Menac e

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; While the greatest statesmen OF the
world are deciding whether the vanoushed
Germany should be admitted into a .league
OF nations short excerpt from LIE Bon'g
psychology OF the war" might interest
your discerning public:
Whatevsr success Europe may win in
ene end over Germany, there is no hope that
1t VIII De lasting, for the ideal Of domination
IS one OF those mystic beliefs whose dura-
t'on IS never brief. A nation which has
been chosen by COD to conquer and repen-
crate the world does not readily abandon
sven mission, and Germany will not re-
hnqulsh it until she haa been defeated manv
tines
This was written two years ago, and SURELY
Is ominous. REGINALD COODr
New York, Dec. so, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
The Tongue Tied
Crowd
tAe Edition OF INC Trinunn-

. Ing !-Ultoc o. 1 ne JItrGnc.
Sir: Something should he done quickly n
provide 1or . more enthusiastic de1aonstra-
ton lrom She crowds that line Fifth avenue
when OK veceian soldiers, sailors and ma
lines parade on their return from ebroa5
Any one who ho- paladed knows what hand
claQpin& ana cheering mean to the men in
the ranks.
Sailors ano marines marched Thursday
through eslenco that, had 1t been in Berlin
instead q New York, could have been DO.
seEibed as saiien. The boys must have gelt
the seeming cooiress Of the crowds-a cool
ness tAat was emphasized by she weak. occa-
sional applause and few cheers.
would suggest 70 the college men or
New York and 10 the younger college alumni
irving here tina: they organize immediately,
ana IN future ravades scatter alone n.
entire line e raareil, (. dozen TO block and
tina each one act % q cheer leade.. The
crows viii respond il II has leaders. All
women eoald be asked to wave tae;r hand
i'erch'efs il tie Chautauqua salute. Let the
men applaud. ain p vigorous way with .be;,.
lands. sons leaders could also s,e. the mon
and women singing.
Tbs crowds should be organized and co,
lego men with their energy could do il
For N'oa j sake cheer the boys, now that
they have won the war for us, Let then,
know how much we appreciate what the,
have done. EDMUND G. cpvcc
New York. Dec. q, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
THOSE WE'RE THE DAYS
Tho Candy Store

Dear Fin Lyons: You and are so old
If you are still adding years to your
ago-that can remember when Butter
fields first opened.
1t was in little one-room shack then.
Later it grew into whole building just
around the corner from school, with a no.
ton counter and ice cream parlor with
wre-lcgged tables and chairs of surprising
shinyness, and beautiful colored pictures
of "Tho Love Letter" and "Playmates" on
the wall.
The day that we didn't visit ButterGelds
deserves to remain unrecorded, Tim.
Usually wo started out to school with E
dime-our salary for having behaved our
self during the previous twenty-four hours
determined TO keep il for an latter
school' orgy We never remember its
lasting in tangible form after noon recess.
There were wonderful confcctons Of
marshmaIlow and dye, made in the shapes
OF animals; there were prize packages"
thai contained candy and whistle or
lcWeIed ring; there were lico-ice Trigger
babies and butter scotch and alluring
AlacE-coated, egeshaped CORRECTIONS that
possessed the maximum resistance against
earnest sucking and the marvellous quality
of turning different hue every moment
or so. These demanded so much nspec-
ton, however, that one got sticky 10 the
elbow almost at once
Remember the popcorn balls that We
bought in the winter? They were red,
white and brown, and when you bit ;ncau-
'iousiy into them you sprayed Che sur
rounding landscape with precious norseis
And do YOU remember the day they id
stalled Tic SODA fountain? They had paid
YOU a quarter FOR moving TIE lav-rl--a
tvo-day iol-and wo ahool. another ous
Of our bank By dint OF great persistence
Then we each drank five soelas OF dlversi
lied laVors and vent out and played bal!
All afternoon in The July sun.
We wonder IL the things a. 8utternelo's
taste the same and # our capacity has
shrunh with age We never shall know.
even when we go back. for dyspepsia roosta
Ike care behind the horseman, and we'll
never, never dast try!
TAo foot o,snouascee ks Nsgy Years
'eaolutao1e ond 8t'utghtsgay bs.sts il.
Ike acise nsofs Keeps 1t to himself oud
6usts II q little sooner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
"Quitfing Busiin e s."
From TIE clrist,a,l Science Monitor


Many persons are wondering what the
United States is going 70 do with all the
material accumulated and all the va
plants established on the necessary work
ing theory that the war might continue n
definitely. This is larec-scale business
proposition, and Mr.. Crowcli, Assistant
Secretary OF War, who IS now IN charge O
it, becomes in effect a merchant with an
amazing lot of things such. for example,
as $500 1000 worth OF machine tools and
about 100000 motor trucks, 70 be disposed
Of. The machine tools may reach the;r
ultimate buyers through the Association
OF Machine Tool Makers II is believed
that the French and Belgian government
Will buy many of the motor trucks. An2
private corporations viii, it IS to be hoped.
purchase the war plants and Turn them 20
other kinds % productivity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31

N~1NDING way by which labor can
II be given the full recognition to
4 which, as an equal partner, it is
entitled is the big problem that
confronts American employers. ! am OPP
tmistic about the future business outlook
and sec the possibility of serious compl;ca
tons only in these two classes:
First-The reactonory cmnloyer, who
.sees red at the mere mention Of anything
pertaining to Tho rights Of the laborins
man, and who should adopt az his trade
mark an ostrich in lis proverbial attitude.
Willis ! am rot able to follow Mr. Com
pcrs in ali Of his conclusions, do agree
with him most cmphaticaly in his state
mont that in our free America the day OF
the autocratc employer has passed, never
hope, to return. AS Mr. Gonpers recently
stated, the Boshevifi are no. al TO be
found IN the ranks of labor
When 4 man or q number Il men for
tncir own ends create u great industrial
Unit, they assume an obligation toward the
human elements in that unit, and through
ITEM 10 society in general, which cannot be
cancelled OK suspended arbitrarily. sub
scribe to the doctrine that human labor is
rot commodity in tho ordinary sense o.
the term
II a completely natural society every
man, by reason of c!oae and continuous CON
tact with land and other natural resources.
would be an Independent, self-sustainine:
unit. Vixen man has left this natural
condition, whether voluntarily or otherwise.
and has become the servant OF another man
OF other men lie has given up natural
riellt and his employer has assumed an
equivalent obligation. The fact that neither
5i4e employer nor the employee has been
conscious Of this exchange, and that both
may have acted from purely selfish motives,
does not alSer the elemental fact which, in
tac vast national aggregation, constitutes
Che great unanswered problem OF modern
1iAaoa, the elemental fact that is at the base
Of all social unrest.
The other menace IS the demsgogic H.
Dor leader who for his own selfish pur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31

Of business, his .nalevolent activities
brought to an END
INDIGNANT AaEpfcAE.
Now York Dee %, 1918
To the Editor q The Tribune.
Sir; Ii Mayor Hylan is inviting only
'protiteera' and "scoundrels" to welcome
our returning heroes he is unfit to ACT as
Mayor OF New Yor.s. Il &c is accusing, good
citizens OF being 'proateersn and "sccun-
aFeisN he should not he permitted to act as
Mayor OF New York. T.
Brook -, Dec. g. 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
SHOES & SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
/ TRINITY CHURCnYARD

TRINITY CHURCHYARD
Here lcderc al ia1mult 10 G 1ohisper
dViag
Nores not one leaf nor eng blade of
grass,
Mere wherc the toilers of old time arc
lyi"g,
Cold|y regardless Of Tie crooude that
puss;;
Nerc 'chero oU sorroro haze an uttor
ending
IN that pure peace no living mar mag
lno1o;
Here arhere oil discords into teauty
blending,
Token q land that ksosOs nor "f,-icnd"
nor "foe";
Here, stripped at last Of circumstance
oad povor,
YAey lie, mnto and motley compc,lr.
Who 6artcred al Of tics bricf, Leaute
ous hoalr
For aohot duai{s mo- IN otoynjty.
WALTEE EDWIN PECK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31


tlemenCeau, the French Premier, mas
.,sollor,ad t}o roo1;ties -, .h;s ,nev~
.r;o..
- ,ea the balance Of power. 1t seems to
te condemned nowadays, but If such
%"es ma" 'Fsee"Su '.'e war 49,, 49, r.-'s
sad agreoa saw. tha. o,a,oerar attacked
one Of them attacked the whole world.
ne war w0uid no. nave @'c0'1Su. I Ms
,annce viii he NV .~n,djn, thought at
the peace conference if Your confidence
sen0s me We're
lie was addressing the OhahOer o.
Deputies. 1hat BODY responded with an
Overwhelming vote o. confidence. france
as spoken.
Yesterday at Manchester England
resident Wilson said:
II the future had nothing for us but
" new astsm7t to Keep the "0Tld az
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Neither Does He Dictate ~ Her

F'0a' The Topeha ccpitaN
before a nam hires q stenographer he
ASKS 10 see her letters Of Recommendation.
but ne seldom is so particular with tho
woman he marries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-31
Where Do We Go From
Here?" Big Business Asks

Commercial reconstruction folowmg the dis
cussed by leading BUSINESS the congress of
Chamber OF Commerce the United States Atlantic City,
As the best Of outlining the questions be
NM.abey Of the speeches to be QAoted here.