The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-08-23

pillow or an automobile tire, you should
not be surprised or disappointed II
You do not find as great variety to
choose from as in the past. The con,
servation division of the war industries
board is responsible for this condi.
tion.
This division has reduced already
the number of sizes of automobile
tires from 2S7 to 33 and more are to
be cut from time to time. Over 1000
sizes and types of plows and tillage
implements that can be spared with
out hardship to the farmers have been
eliminated in accordance with the
plans worked out by the conservation
! division.
/ This means that the manufacturers
will be able to secure economy in pro-
| duction and the amount of materials
and capital tied up in the manufac-
turers' and dealers stocks throughout
the country will be greatly reduced
| This program of elimination. moreover,
is making it possible for the steel mills
to turn out their product more rapid.
ly and thus the production of steel for
ships and munitions is speeding up.
There will be only 80 styles of metal
| beds made hereafter. There will be
| only 80 shades Of house paint, only 10
| kinds of architectural varnish, only
one-fourth as many sizes and kinds of
stoves and furnaces. Similar plans
are being worked out for every indus
try. These plans are all based on
| the need of conservation to help sup
ply the men who are in the trenches
| and the war industries board expects
| the cooperation of merchants and the
| public generally in accepting these re-
auctions in variety. The conservation
division says we surely can get along
| during the war without all the frills
that we have INDUCED in during peace
times. The purpose Of all these plans
| Is to help win the war.
The occupation in which Mexican la
| borers may engage after being admit
| ted to the United States under the spe-
| cial provisions temporarily modifying
| the head tax, literacy test and con-
| tract labor provision have been extend
ed by Secretary of Labor Wilson.
The first order permitted Mexican
laborers coming to this country to en-
| gage in agricultural pursuits, railroad
maintenance of way and Ignite coal
| mining. To this list has been added
| mining of all kinds and comomn labor
work in connection with public con-
struction in Texas, New Mexico, Ar
| izOna and southern California.
To facilitate the admission of Next
can laborers they will be permitted to
enter the United States at all ports Of
entry along the Gulf of Mexico and
| on the Atlantic coast as far north as
Charleston, S. c., in addition to the en-
try ports along the Mexican border.
Encouraging reports are being re-
| ceived from the border states as to the
effect the influx of Mexican labor is
having in alternating local labor short
age. The demand and supply for farm
hands is about balanced, is the report,
and any shortage of labor heretofore
existing has been relieved. Many Of
these new immigrants are cutting cot
ton in the Southwestern states.
The Military Dispatch Riders or
ganization has been developed by the
American expeditionary forces in
| France as an additional method for
transmitting communications. 1t is
picturesque, and has served to knit the
army more closely together by the act
ual physical transmission of official or
ders and communications.
/ The riders, successors to the old type
| Of army couriers and brothers in spirit
of the pony express riders Of the West
ern plains, are intrusted with the work
Of keeping the corps in touch with
the divisions, the divisions with the
brigade. and the brigade with the regi-
ment for detailed orders, letters and
important packages of papers that can
not be transmitted promptly and safe
ly in other ways.
Mounted on motorcycles and burden
ed with only a pouch or knapsack in
which the papers are carried, the mil
itary riders cover distances of 100
miles in three hours over the smooth
French roads. Each rider is chosen
carefully for his experiences in driving
a motorcycle, his ability to repair his
machine under all conditions and his
coolheadedness and resourcefulness in
emergencies, as his route may take
him over shell-swept roads and the
darkness Of night may bring him near
the enemy positions. The messages
he carries must be delivered, and dis
lance, weather conditions, shellfre or
enemy raids must not stay him in the
completion Of his scheduled rounds.
Many of the riders work in pairs,
so that when route is arranged be-
two towns at distance of $50 miles
or threabouts, quarters can be estab-
lished for both at each town and each
rider alternates In occupying the
quarters that the daily schedule may
be maintained. A complete network
of dispatch riders covers the entire
military organization of the American
expeditionary forces, and is at high
point in its motorization 1t is strict
ly a product Of American readiness
and quickness in adopting all means
that will help the army to act as
fast as it thinks.
A design for the United States war
industries badge, to be worn by de-
serving civilian war workers, has been
approved by Secretary of Labor Will
son, and will be ready for distribution