Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-24

atty announces the output of merchant
ships BY the allies and neutral nations
fQ~ the three months ending June 80
exceeded the losses from all causes by
296,696 gross tons, The American
| yards are now turning our vessels with
extraordinary rapidly, The launch
Ing Of the first one from the great gov
ernment yard at Hog island was at
tended by President and Mrs. Wilson.
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Our war departments army prograiA
was partly revealed TO the senate com
mittee on military affairs by General
March, chief Of staff, when he ap-
/ peared before 1t TO urge all possible
haste In passing the hill extending The
draft age limits to eighteen and forty
five years. Concisely stated, the pro.
gram IN as follows:
Ninety-eIght divisions S,020,0a9
men--to make UP troops obtained M
der existing law.
Eighty divisions 4, 100000 men-~to
be sent TO France.
Eighteen divIslons720,0 900 men--to
be held In reserve In the United States
while additional recruits are being
/ trained.
An army when completed Of 5000,-
900 men, minimum strength.
| Troop movement to France OF tho
rate OF 100000 men a month until cold
weather sets In, meaning over 100000
more men abroad before the first Of the
year.
An expeditlonary force Of almost q
100000 men in France by January |.
General March told the committee
the United States can end the war by
getting 100000 trained troops, fully
equipped, into France, and he intimat-
| ed that Marshal Foeh Is only await
ing the arrival Of the Americans In
! full strength TO hurl the entire united
military strength or the allies at the
| Huns ON the western front. This tre-
mendous blow, he intimated, was due
| to fall next spring. The chief of staff
said he did not believe II would be
necessary TO send the eigbteen-year.ol
class to the firing line, bat that the
government wants these young men
trained and In readiness. lie said II
would be satisfactory II the bill were
| passed Immediately after congress re-
sumes the transaction Of business on
August 90 Some Of the senators be-
lieyed quicker action would be advis-
able. Chairman Dent Of the house mil
itary affairs committee, clinging to the
anti and ante-war ideas That always
have animated his actions, shows no
desire to have the bin considered by
his committee In time for early pms
sage It was stated that the sensible
members of the committee, headed by
Representative Kahn. probably would
have to take charge Of the measure.
Why the small-minded Dent Is not
ousted from his Craftsmanship Of this
most important committee remains one
Of the mysteries. Other men connect
cd with the administration and the
government, who were paelfists and
small army md navy advocates, have
seen the error Of their ways long since
and are doing everything In their power
to help win the war, but no such Hight
Eliminates the dense mind Of Dent.
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The house ways and means commit
tee Is still busy with the next revenue
measure. Secretary Of The Treasury
McAdoo has Informed Chairman Kltch-
In that he Is strongly In favor of a fat
war profits tax of so per cent, which
he believes would render unnecessary
any Increase In the existing excess
profits tax rate, md would also be
found the only way TO reach real war
profiteering. The committee has
agreed upon a section that would call
on the president to pay a tax Of S24,
600 as his part Of the country's finan.
cial war burden and under which the
Supreme court justices, all federal
judges and all state officers would be
taxed. There Is q great sentiment all
over the country said Mr., Kitehn,
shat no one should be exempted from
taxation" In which Mr.. Kitchln
speaks the exact truth
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The federal trade commission has
recommended that the government
take control of all the principal stock.
yards. cold-storage plants and ware
houses and Of refrigerator and cattle
cars. In order TO destroy the monopoly
which II declares Is exercised hN Swift
& Co.. Armour & Co.. Morris 4 CO.. VIII
son 4 CO.. Inc, and the Cudnhy Pack
Ing company. The commission ee-
cuses these concerns Of Illegally and
oppressively controlling and manipu-
lating the meat and other food s'ippl'sa
of the nation an' y rr ftseting.