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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

German society is based on abso-
lutism and militarism. The ambition of
the house of HOhenZollern is to dom
mate the world; it's preteXt is to
spread Germanism. German culture
we have hitherto warmly Welcomed
and we shall do so again. But the
Kaiser's brand of Germanism we do
not want. We prefer our own civiliZa-
ton which is based on liberty, not on
despotism.
The Kaiser says: "The soldier
should have no will of his own; you
should all have but one will, and that
is my will. There is but one law for
you, and that is nine
He says to his recruits: Should
the necessity arise, you must even
shoot down your fathers and mothers
at my order"
He says again: only one is mas
ter in the land. That am /! Whoever
opposes me l will smash in pieces!"
He refers here to Social Democrats,
the only important party in Germany
that stands for democratic liberty and
for the rights of the common man.
He calls them "a gang unworthy of
the name of Germans, traitors to
their country!"
The Kaiser and the government are
intensely militaristic. Wilhelm's first
speech as Kaiser was to the army and
navy. These are his idols German
militarism is the best thing we have
achieved in the course of our develop
ment as a state and a people, says
Chancellor Won Buelow. A chorus of
professors and politicians joins in.
Professor Sombart proclaims war "the
hottest thing on earth, and all re-echo
Moltke's words that perpetual peace is
only a dream and not even a beautiful
dream
Under such government there is
little liberty, and much oppression.
1--WE Germans in Prussia, says Karl
Liebknecht, have three cardinal
rights: to be soldiers, to pay taxes,
and to hold our tongues between our
teeth" In Prussia they are not very
Iconsiderate Of the common man.
In the first place, is he educated for
his own good? Of the common-school
teacher and of the university professor
alike the Kaiser says: According to
his rights and duties he is, in the first
place, state OHC1al. III InlS pOSlL1On
he should do what is demanded Of him.
He should teach the young and pre-
pare them for resisting all revolu-
:tionary ii. e. democratic) aims"
The German boy not only learns at
school that he must not be a Social
Democrat he learns that he is to be
soldier,-not a very pleasant business.
His drill-masters do not treat him very
,humanely. In 1902 the ReichStag pro-
tested, and 600 officers were condemn
led for cruelty to soldiers-One lieuten-
ant for 500 cases of mal-treatment, and
one commissioned officer for 1920.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

The existence of the Reichstag in
system like this makes necessary
factory Of public opinion. Among the
most effective pieces of machinery in
this factory are the school, the church,
and the press All teachers and cler-
gymen are government employees, de-
pendent for promotion, in the end,
upon the crown. AS for the press, an
all-poWerful government with anti
quated press law in one hand, and
favors which mean the difference be-
tween success and failure in the 9th
er, can Systematically feed the "COm-
mon herd" just the information which
the higher classes" think proper.
The system works perfectly, as is
shown by the fact that when the gov
eminent dissOlVes the ReiChstag be-
cause it refuses to be good, the cleo
tons always return tame and Obedi-
ent majority
The perfection of German aristOc.
racy is seen in the fact that this
scheme of organization is not confined
to governmental matters, but is extend.
ed to the industrial system and to the
social system as well. The big indus
tries are organized in "cartels" or
trusts, wherein the strong tend to rule
the weak as in feudal state. The
nobility and even royalty are heavily
interested in Big Business. The
Reichsbank, the great Imperial Bank,
stands as a sort Of Bundesrat over the
whole industrial system, just as the
political Bundesrat controls the polit-
ical destiny of Germany. The State
Railways and the. great steamship
companies fit into the scheme like
cogs in a wheel, a sort of military in
dustrialism which is feeding on the
working classes and on the middle
classes of Germany.
The German social system is as
much a "caste" system and is as full
Of feudalism as the political system.
The working man, it is true, is well
cared for by the State. He is pro-
ected in life and limb and well
housed. The State sees that he has
music and entertainment, and it gives
financial backing to insurance and
pensions. Nevertheless, the working
classes are in a class by themselves.
The common schools provided for the
children Of the workingman lead no
where, except to a life like the chill
dren's parents Beyond the public
elementary school there is no high
school leading to the University and
to the professions. The children Of
the middle and upper classes are
schooled in the Gymnasium, where
tuition is charged, and which leads to
the University and to the professions.
The higher government officials also
come from this class. This means
that all positions requiring more than
an elementary school education are
practically closed to the common peo-
pie.
The German workingman is not a.
slave as in olden days, but there is left
enough of the caste system to make
him think at times that perhaps he
should be classed with the chattels Of
The realm and not with its free citi-'
gems.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
THE MARKETS.

FLOUR-The United States administra-
ton flour standards are as follows: Per
bbl., in jute, IS ID. sack basis, barley flour
5000; corn flour, $11-20; white rye, $11-3Q;
dark rye, SLIGO; spring wheat, $10.60910-SO;
special brands, 70: hard winter, $10.60Q
1880; soft winter, SO 6Q010S0.
HAY-Choice timothy, $23.00G24N; No.
timothy, $21.00Q22-00; standard, $19.00G20-O0;
No timothy and clover mixed, $1S-0GG
1900; No. 3, $12.00q16.00; clover. $S-00G14-00;
thrashed timothy, $6.00GS.00.
POTATOES-W Wisconsin and Minnesota,
white, $1-00Q1-15 per 100 lbs.
CATTLE-Choice to fancy steers, SIS. Is
Q1775; good to choice steers, $15-50G116. 70
plain to good steers, S1L 5OG15-50; year
and feeders, $9.00G1275; good to choice
COWS, $e.5oQ13.oo; good to choice heifers,
$10.O0Q14.00; fair to good COWS, S-5aGs- 80;
Gamers, $7.0oQ7.65; cutters, $.N6S-a5; bo-
logna bulls, S9.75Q10.50; butcher bulls,
s11O0G13.50; heavy calves, So. 00G110o; veal
calves, $11. 00914.00.
HOGS-Prime light butchers, $176aG17.s0,
fair to good light, $17.5oG17.S5; medium
weight butchers, 2256250 lbs, $7-55G17.so:
heavy weight butchers, 26o4400 lbs, ST.
Q17.75; choice heavy packing, $17.3G1l.W;
rough heavy packing, $17.O0111-35; pigs,
fair to good, $15.50@17.35; stays, S15.0G
1926.
SHEEP-Shorn yearlings, S1400G15.00;
western lambs, good to choice, S1S.O0Gls. 70;
Colorado lambs, s19-50d20.50; native lambs,
good TO choice S1S00d19.50; shorn lambs,
$15000 1913; shorn vethers, s13.O0Q14S0;
shorn ewes. st1.00T1450: shOrn eve breed
ag lambs S16C3(I-.13
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
FORMS NEW u. S. AIR BODY
President Splits Aviation and Signal
Corps-Organization Headed by
John D. Ryan.

Washington, May 21.-As his first
act under the new law permitting
executive management and consoli-
dation of departments, President Will
son on Monday took production Of air
craft from the army signal corps and
established as a separate organization
the air-production board, headed by
John D. Ryan Of New York. This
leaves the signal corps Of the army a
separate organization,
Coils. s. y. Walden, r. L. Mont
gomery and Edward A. Deeds, signal
corps, c. s. A, have been detached
from their present duties and ordered
to report to the attorney general for
co-operation and assistance in the air
plane investigation now being ocn-
Quoted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

The best name for the German idea
jof government is that applied by for
amer Chancellor Won BuelOW in his
book Imperial Germany" He calls
Germany a military State" There is
mo more descriptive name than this.
Germany has a Parliament or RelchS-
tag, to be sure, but the Reichstag has
mo real control over the Army. Sup
iplies are voted years in advance, and
takes once levied continue to be col
Elected without the consent Of Parlla-
lment-its consent is only necessary
flor new taxes. The Chancellor is not
Irresponsible to the Reichstag, but is
appointed by the Emperor, and the
Emperor appoints whom he pleases
The Foreign Minister and the other
, officers that in this country would be
|cabinet officers, are not responsible 10
parliament but are responsible to the
Chancellor But the Army is not re-
,sponsible to the Chancellor-it is the
IstrSng right arm Of the Emperor alone.
Tho General Staff is the Staff Of the
EMPEROR. 1t is the most powerful
group of men in Germany. Their plans
{are secret and they cover years-eYen
scores of years-ahead. No wonder
that Won BueloW calls Germany
military State"
! Besides the Emperor and Parlia-
,ment Germany is governed by the
Bundesrat, or Council of the Empire,
tof which we in America hear very lit
tile This body is far more powerful
than the Reichstag, of which we hear
Ia great deal. 1t represents the vari-
ious States of the Empire-that is, it
represents the rulers of the twenty
five states which constitute Germany.
THE delegates are diplomats, the. per
!sonal representatives of the numerous
monarchs, great and small, Of Ger
many. The representation Of the states
lis as follows. Prussia has seventeen
!delegates, Bavaria has six, and there
are seventeen states with only one
apiece. The states vote as unit as
their respective rulers order The
!one-delegate states are, in practice,
completely under the control Of the
Emperor. All of the deliberations Of
the Bundesrat are secret. 1t is re
{sponsible to nothing on earth = not
ieven to public judgment upon the logic
and motives back of it's secret discus
sions. Most Legislation for Germany
ibegins in this body and it's consent is
necessary for all legislation. Thus
the Princes of Germany, and in the
Hast resort the Emperor, have the
power of absolute veto on all 'popu-
lar" reforms and legislation.
But even the Reichstag is not a gen
timely representative body. The cleo
toral districts of the Reichstag were
laid out in 1871. Since that date there
has been practically no change. The
growth of population has been in the
cities, so that members elected in the
Liberal or Social Democrat centers
|are elected by hundreds of thousands
Iof voters, and those in the other dis
itricts by few thousand. A Berlin
deputy represents 125,000 voters, and
"a Junker of East Prussia is elected
by an average of $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
BOILS
From the Extension Division Of the
University of Wisconsin.
n. z. DEARHoLT.. M D., DIRECTOR

n. z. DEARHoLT.. M D., DIRECTOR
In the small village in which I was
born there came a doctor of the old
school (silk hat, Prince Albert coat
and all that) who used to have a stock
of sayings which are still quoted by the
grandmothers and even grandchildren
of today. Some Of these. sayings were
very wise and some were utter nonsense
in the light of our present knowledge.
One of the latter was his statement
that every boil is worth twenty dol
lar gold piece as a blood purifier.
Now the truth is that a boil is not a
blood purifier at all, but may be blood
poisoner. And yet this notion that in
ternal impurities are discharged through
boils persists, and is not confined by
any means to the patients of the fine
old gentleman referred to.
BOils are always due to infection by
germs, which, most commonly, find
their way to the deeper layers of the
skin by travelling along a hair to the
sack at its root. Sometimes they enter
the tiny outlets of the oil glands. FIRE.
quently, boils follow one another in the
same general location. This is because
the germ laden pus or "matter" pol
lutes adjoining tissue precisely as the
seeds Of noxious weeds travel from one
garden to another.
Frequent soap and hot water bathing
Of the region most commonly affected
will usually prevent boils of this nature.
skin had been badly SCARED and pitted
by a succession Of such infections as [
have described. He had taken dozens
Of bottles Of so called blood purifiers
without relief. Finally, he was entirely
and speedily cured by nothing more
mysterious than frequent and prolonged
bathing with steaming hot water and a
mildly antiseptic soap.
Rarely, the source Of boils may be
deeper seated. Iney may De part OF
blood poisoning, but if so, they do not
help to purify the blood, but rather
pollute it still more. Persons in a run
down condition do not resist infections
Of any kind so we'll as robust people
Sometimes, therefore, the general con-
ditiOn of the patient needs to be built
up. When boils are complication of
serious disease like diabetes, obviously,
skillful medical attention is required.
Carbuncles are aggregations of boils
which burrow underneath the skin
They are serious inasmuch as they may
be followed by general blood poisoning
Death not infrequently has occurred as
result Of poor treatment, and some
times in spite of the very best.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Sergt. Herbert Ulrich Of KawkawIin,
Mich, was killed by shot from
across the Mexican line near HiIdalgo,
Tex. Four Mexicans were killed In the
return fire.
Porto Rfcan laborers are to be trans
ported to the United States within a
month for farms in the southern
states and shipyards and other war
industries along the Atlantic coast.
The seism0graph at st. Louis uni
versity recorded an earthquake, the
tremors continuing for five minutes.
The location is given as approximately
1000 miles south, probably in Peru.
While on an air patrol trip above the
German lines in France, Lieut.. Frank
K. Knapp, an American with the Brit
ish Royal air forces, disappeared on
April Is and his fate is not known.
In response to request from the
United States, the commonwealth de-
cided to charter American vessels to
carry wheat to the United States, says
a dispatch from Melbourne, Australia.
President Wilson's autographs on
numerous articles sold at auction are
swelling the funds Of the Red Cross.
The president has been signing daily
copies OF his speeches and other arti-
cles.
General Pershing's request that
American soldiers and sailors be per-
mitted to accept and wear foreign dec
OratiOns given by our allies was grant
ed by the senate in a resolution
adopted
Freezing temperatures occurred in
many sections Of North Dakota, the
mercury dropping to 80 degrees at Dew
IFS Lake and Bismarck. The extent
OF the damage done cannot yet be es-
timated.
The strike Of conductors and motor
men of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company, which operates all Of the
street car systems of Philadelphia, is
more serious, from 1900 to 1000 men
being out.
An agreement has been reached at
Berne, Switzerland between German
and Italian commissioners in regard
to the exchange Of sick and crippled
prisoners Of war and the management
of prison camps.
A report issued in London, based on
information from German sources,
shows a fall in the birth rate in Ger
many during the three years, 191o-17,
inclusive, equivalent to the loss OF
100000 infants.
The German submarine U-39, says
an official dispatch from Cartagena,
entered that port in q damaged condl-.
ton, according to q dispatch from
Madrid, Spain. The U-39 is in serl-
ously damaged condition as the re-
suit of battle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
100 Hun Planes Shot Down.

London, May 17.-Terrific combats
in the air marked Wednesday and
Thursday on the west front. The al
lied flyers decidedly had the upper
hand. One hundred German airplanes
were shot down Wednesday and
Thursday by the French and British
fifty-seven by the former and forty
three by the latter. The British ac-
counted for fifty-seven on Wednesday,
destroying twenty-five.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
CANDIES you SHOULD EAT

The Food Administration says it is
possible to eat candy andy satisfy your
sweet tooth, and still be a patriot il
you use care in selecting the kinds OF
candy that contain a minimum rather
than maximum amount Of sugar
There. are at least four groups of can
dy that contain a minimum instead OF
It maximum amount Of sugar and
which also contain other pure and
wholesome ingredients, which are
plentiful
The first group includes chocolate
coated candies with nut and fruit cen
terS, especially the old-fashioned
chocolate creams with the bitter,
sweet coating, and uncoated candies
such as nougatines, Turkish pastes,
and similar varieties. There is an
abundance of chocolate; it is pure
and wholesome and has high food
value.
The second group includes hard.
boiled candies" such as lemon drops,
stick candy, fruit tablets, peanut bars,
like. In this group may also be placed
mOlaSseS candies, such as taffies and
kisses.
MarshmalloWs and similar candy
comprises the third group. They may
be eaten plain, toasted, dipped in
chocolate, rolled in cocoanut and in
many other palatable forms, also pop
corn cOnfectiors.
In the fourth group are included
gumdrops, jellies, jelly beans and the
like, giving a wide variety of candy
made from pure and wholesome ingre-
dents and containing a minimum
amount Of sugar.
In eating candy in any Of these four
groups the consuming public is doing
two definite things to aid c0nserva-
ton. First, it is saving sugar without
neglecting the great American sweet
tooth; second, it is enabling the con-
fectiOners to continue their industry
and employ their labor as usual
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

One ounce less of meat each day for
meat animals 4 year. Save your
ounce The sacrifice is small but the
result for your country is large.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

Let meatless and wheatess be kickless
and Whineless
Lest all days to come be Soulless and
spineleSs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
PLANT A WAR GARDEN.

In city and country more war gar
dens are needed this year than ever
before. Patriotism prompted 100000
Americans to plant gardens last year.
according to estimates of the United
States Department of Agriculture
Transportation facilities Of the nation
will be strained this year hauling mu
nitions Of war and foods for the Allies
The surplus food created by home gar
dens will help in the railroad problem.
Every boy and girl that helps with the
garden is helping win the war.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

attitude that amounts almost to re-
ligious exaltation, the woman or
France bears the burden.
Now, conditions being as they are
does it lie within the heart OF the
American people to preserve and hold
to every convenience Of our life at the
expense of adding an additional bur-
den to the womanhood of France!
This is the exact question that is IN
volved in our substitution OF other
cereals in place Of wheat.
The woman Of France must be en-
abled to hold up the morale OF the
French soldier until next spring. The
morale of the house decides the NOR
ale Of the soldier in the fighting line.
We can do this by giving to them the
greatest possible freedom in their food
supply, and Of this, wheat is the CHIEF
factOr.-Dr. Alonzo Taylor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

Eat a baked potato instead Of the
other slice of bread when potatoes are
plentiful.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

If we are selfish or even careless,
we are disloyal; we are the enemy at
home!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23
DON'T "RiDE THE BUMPS" IN THE
DAILY WAR NEWS.

Do you ride ali the bumps of the
war news from day to day? Many
good patriots do. Each morning
brings its passing changes in the war
situation; now gloom in the form OF
setback on the Western front, or fur
thCr di8integration in Russia, or ru-
mors Of delay in our own war prepa-
rations. Next morning, like rs not,
there will be something Of hopeful
nature, such as the checking Of the
Huns drive il Italy, or raid by the
British or French, Or good news here
at home
To follow and feel all these glees
and glOoms from day to day is human
and exciting
But it involves much useless wear
and tear Of the spirit.
There is another vieWpOint-that OF
disregarding the daily shifts ana
changes in the war situation, keeping
ones attention concentrated on the
long haul Of war and the final result
That haul is still long one. For
Germany is not beaten yet, but
the results are sure, because we have
right on our side, and also the largest
battaliOns. If you grow warm and then
cold. and alternate between enthuSi
aSm and a depression with the daily
news changes, you not only waste
your energy, but are likely to fiuctuatC
in your policy as 4 business man and
your determination as a patriot. Th1
good resolution to save food, support
Uncle Sam financially and cheerfuily
adjust your business and habits t.
The war program will be stiffened OF
1le morning that you read about some
llun atr0City against our own soldiers
III France Bot in a week there MAJ
be news OF different character.
which leads YOU TO let down a little,
on the assumption that Germany has
begun to crack and that the war is
about over.
1t is GO0d business. good patriotism
and good conservation to forget most
Of the headlines in the morning paper
and concentrate strictly upon the lOn@,
hard grind between today and the
final result That viii save your
enable YOU 10 do your utmost in win.
ming the war.
Moreover. il will enable you to get
out Of the war. rs n business man and
patriot. the utmost benefit from wa"
adjustments Those adjustments
make for wiser and more economical
personal habits. as we'll as business
grounded in sound economy.
Even should peace come tomorrow
YOU can never so back to the old heed.
less wasteful days either in business
or livelihood
Don't ride the bumps of the war
news
Settle down III harness for the long
Grim haul that coW1ts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

The stomach is a greater cause of
poverty than the sword.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

The man who laghs at you today for
saving, may envy you tomorrow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

One million one hundred and eighty
five thousand tons of sugar will be
saved the first year if each Of us uses
one ounce less each day. This will
keep sugar plentiful and cheap.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

Go back TO the simple life. be con
tented with simple food, simple pleas
ures. simple clothes. Work hard. pray
hard, play hard Work, eat. rccreate,
sleep Do it all couraGeously. We
have victory 10 win
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

My words are not powerful enough
to do even scanty justice to the most
heroic figure in the modern world, and
of ages past-the woman Of France.
Of the healthy men who are engaged
in the military service in France
practically ali are engaged either III
transportation or in the manufacture
of munitions, leaving the agriculture
absolutely to the women. Not only
this, but they have stepped into the
place of work animals; you can go
into any section Of France today ana
see women of magnificent, noble Wom-
anbood hitched to the plough and Gull
tivating the soil. All Of this agrlcui-
turc rests upon their shoulders The
home, always an extremely efficient
home, maintains a few old men, the
wounded, and the tubercular. Uncom-
planning, with high devotion, with an
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

Over $4,000 tons would be saved in
America in year if everyone used
one-third of an ounce less Of fats from
meats a day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-05-23

When meat packers and hotel men
boast Of tons of meat saved on Meat
less Tuesday it is time for every pri-
vate citizen to tally his pounds.