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Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21
(By Carl Beck.)

America has shared her wealth and
has given the lives of her sons, along
with the infinitely greater sacrifices of
brother peoples abroad, in order that
the lives of these people might be
made better and freer and more Sc
cure for self-development.
1t is unthinkable that those who re-
turn from abroad glorified by the ac-
complishments of triumphant democ-
racy shall find their home land less
benefited, for example, than that of
their English comrades by whose side
they fought and sacrificed.
In our home land of America condi-
tions must be made better, free insti-
tutions" must be made to serve as
they never served before those who by
brain or by Drawn toll and produce.
Work of British Ministry.
The British government is doing
one thing so significant that it cannot
fail to convince our returning soldiers
that the government itself is setting
the example Of how to get the people
to think about conditions so that they
themselves can come to intelligent,
definite conclusions as to what kind
of reconstruction they want.
We are indebted to Winston Church
i'll for graphic picture of the English
method. 1t ought to be widely known
among the rank and file of the Ameri-
can public. In his latest book, "a
Traveller in War Times" Churchill
gives glimpse of the British recon-
struction ministry at work among the
people.
From "A Traveller in War Time"
"'A lecturer is coming down from
London to talk to The wounded in the
amusement hall of the hospital our
hostess informed us. And you both
must come and speak, too The lee
turer has not arrived. But the lady
of the manor seated herself at the
speakers table, singing out Scotch
wits in the audience-for whom she
was more than a match-while the
sculptor and | looked on and grinned.
when at last the lecturer came,
he sat down informally on the table
with one foot hanging in the air and
grinned, too, at the bantering but
complimentary introduction. 1t was
then that l discovered for the first
time that he was one of the best edu-
cational experts in that interesting
branch of the British government, the
department of reconstruction, whose
business it is to teach the GONZALES
cents the elements of social and po-
liticaf science.
"This was not to be lecture, he
told them, but debate in which every
man must take part. And his first
startling question was this: Why
should Mr.. Lloyd George, instead of
getting $4,000 year for his services
as prime minister, receive any more
than a common laborer?'
"The question was a poser. The
speaker folded his hands and beamed
down at them. Now we mustn't be
afraid of him just because he seems
to be intelligent declared the hostess
This sally was greeted with spasmodic
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21
RECONSTRUCTION AND THE PEOPLE
Example the English Reconstruction
Ministry, in Inauguratng Open Forum Education
Among Adults?

laughter. The prolonged silence did
not seem in the least painful to the
lecturer, who thrust his hands into his
pocket and continued to beam. He
had learned how to wait, and at last
his patience was rewarded. A middle
aged soldier with a very serious man.
ner arose kesitatingly, with encourag-
ing noises from his comrades.
It's not Mr.. Lloyd George Pm
worrying about, SIR he said, 'all /
wants is enough for the missus and
me. l had trouble to get that before
the war; Cries of hear, hear
"'Why did you have trouble?' in
quired the lecturer mildly.
"'The wages was too low
"'And why were the wages too
low?'
"'You've got me there. l hadn't
thought
But isn't it your business as a
voter to think?' asked the lecturer.
That's why tn. government is send
ing me here, to start you thinking, to
remind you that it is you soldiers
who will have to take charge of this
country and run it after the war is
over And you won't be able to do
that unless you think and think
straight
we've never DeeH Taught 10
think was the Illuminating reply.
"'And if we do think we've never
been educated to express ourselves,
same as you'll shouted another man.
"I'm here to help you educate
yourselves said the lecturer, but first
let's hear any ideas you may have on
the question l asked you There
turned out to be plenty of ideas after
ALL
Gas we walked homeward thru the
fog" continues Winston Churchill, 81
talked to him of Professor Dewey's
work and its results, while he ex-
planned to me the methods of the re-
construction department. Out of
every audience like that we get a
group and form a class he said
We have a great many classes already
started, and we see to it that they
are provided with text books and
teachers oh, it's not propaganda, ,
he added in answer to my inquiry.
All we do is to give them facts in
such a way as to make them able to
draw their own conclusions and join
any political party they choose-just
so they join one intelligentlym
Could there be a more thrilling illus
tration of the forum and reconstruc-
ton of making free institution"
serve toward bettering the life and
conditions of the soldiers of the battle
field and of industry? England is
making the education of adults the
cornerstone of reconstruction. 1t is
in recognition of the fact that such
education is preparation for intelli-
gent citizenship. In the last analy-
sis, the stability of reconstruction
work in any country rests first on the
understanding and then on the salts
faction of the great majority Of citi-
zens who will ultimately cast their
vote, in approval or disapproval of
any reconstruction program.
Let me quote something very peril
nent here, from "The New Freedom"
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21
ILLINOIS FEDERATION MEETS.

The Illinois State Federation of La
Dor held it's thirty-sixth annual state
convention in Bloomington, ILL.,, last
week.
John H. Walker, president, in his
report, shows the Illinois Federation
has grown in five years from a men,
bership of $4,000 to an enrolment of
100000 with a total of $4,000 affil-
lated indirectly thru sixty central
bodies.
The report approves the calling of
the proposed constitutional convention
to revise the basic law of the state
and urges the necessity of electing
delegates friendly to labor.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21

ample of getting before the citizens
assembled, with reconstruction facts
and programs, America will invite this
danger: Reconstruction will be d pro-
gram of politicians" and not Of the
people. If we do follow the English
example Of reconstruction open for
ums, there will be an intelligent, un-
derstanding citizenship that will de-
mand craftsmanship instead of parti-
san politics, and which will support
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21
WOOD FOR FUEL URGED.

To increase the use of wood as
substitute for coal for domestic use
this winter, the fuel administration
has urged all state administrations to
organize Burn wood campaigns.
The plan is for city or county fuel
deputies, particularly in the Eastern
states, to arrange for wood at reason
able prices thru the operation of wood
yards and by taking orders from con-
sumers and then arranginw with farm
ers to supply it at fair prices. Wood
cutting clubs as medium thru which
the price can be kept at low level
also is suggested.
Send the Rulletin to distant friends.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21
MEAT MEN ORGANIZE.

Butcher workmen and meat cut
ters of San Antonia, Texas, have each
organized union and affiliated with
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-21

and inspire leaders broad and big
enough to meet the demands of the
times.
The record., 1918-04-25
CAUSE OF MUDDY HIGHWAYS
Water Which Flows From Fields to
Roads Is Expensive to Public
Forbidden by Statute.

Muddy roads due to water which
flows over the surface of land along
a highway into the side bitches are
expensive to the public. No railroad
will tolerate Il wet roadbed longer
than is necessary to carry out the
drainage work to dry the earth. But
persons whose convenience depends in
no small measure on the roads passing
by their property rarely do anything
to check the injury they are working
to themselves and their neighbOrs in
the manner mentioned.
The Colorado highway commission
has called attention to statute which
makes ii q miSdGmeanor in that state
to allow water to flow Oh q road and
has issued the following notice on the
subject: "F'rom the fields along a high
way the waste or excess water is al
lowed to run directly to the road
ditch, and if, as is often the case, the
road ditch is obstructed, this water
gets over the road, making muddy
road, which under the traffic soon be-
comes impossible. This can be pre-
vented by running ditch, Ca single
furrow may answer,) along the fence
line and discharging the water into a
road culvert at a point where il will
phasizes the necessity of keeping all
the road culverts open and ready to
carry water"
The record., 1918-04-25
POULTRY
"F.ASL7S>
MORE CHICKENS ARE WANTED
Farmers Are Urged by Department of
Agriculture to Stock Their Farms
With More Poultry.

CFrom the United States Department of
Agriculture)
The United States department Of ag-
riculture urges rs many as possible of
the farmers who have not raised chick
ems to stock their farms this year with
fowls, enough at least to supply the
needs of their own households. This
will be big factor in the nationwide
campaign which will endeavor to dou-
BILE this year the chicken and egg pro-
duction of the United. States. Accord
ing to the last census, of the 6,371 ,5O2
farms in the United States, 1927, ,743
reported no egg production. The more
chicken-and-more-egg campaign is eX-
pected to diSplace millions of pounds
of beef and pork in American menus
and send the released product across
the ocean to our soldiers, the allies,
and the hungry people of the lands
devastated by the Prussian war torch.
The department does not advise that
the general farmer embark in extern
sive raising of poultry, but warns
against such ventures. But it sees
no reason why every farm should not
produce enough chickens and eggs for
its own use, and why there should not
be enough surplus to make chickens
and eggs available to the general pub
lie at reasonable prices and in such
quantities that there will be markedly
less domestic demand for the meats
that are needed abroad and that can
be transported there.
The record., 1918-04-25
MANY GOOD ROADS SURFACED
Massachusetts Leads With Percentage
of 47.6-oklahoma Brings Up
in the Rear.

Massachusetts has the greatest per-
centage, 47.6, of her roads surfaced.
Then come Indiana with 42.5 per cent,
New Jersey with 4O.5, Ohio with 365,
Rhode Island with 34.5, Kentucky with
32.2, New York with 22.7, Connecticut
with 23.2 and California with 20.2. In
diana and Kentucky hold their promi-
nent positions on account of extensive
use of gravel, and it is misleading to
class gravel roads suitable for light
travel with the expensive types of con-
struction used for surfacing in Con-
necticut. The figures refer to all kinds
of surfacing and are not restricted to
what are called permanent pavemonts.
The smallest percentage of surfacing
The record., 1918-04-25
FOWLS EAT WASTE MATERIAL
On Some Farms Chickens Pay for
Themselves by Destruction of In
furious Insects.

CFrom the United States Department OF
Agriculture.)
Chickens as a by-product of general
farming find much of their feed in the
waste materials that otherwise would
serve no useful purpose. The atten-
ton and labor they require can be CIV
en- largely even by children, and should
not require the employment of addi'
tional hired workers. On some farms
the chickens practically pay for them
selves by their destruction of orchard
and vegetable insects. On others they
help to pay for themselves by their
production of manure, which when
properly used largely increases the
value of the land. Fifty fowls will an
nually produce at least ton of ma
nure that can be made as valuable as
commercial fertilizer.
The record., 1918-04-25
PRESS Of AMERICA IS
MOST POTENT AID
All Newspapers Prove Loyal and Aid
Government.

1t has been said that the biggest
agency, outside the mem who go to
the front, in rendering the government
aid is the loyal press of the United
States.
Not only has the metropolitan daily
given of it's news and editorial space
10 help i'll the great struggle being
waged on the Western front, but the
Hometown" paper has gone direct TO
the hearts Of it's readers il telling the
story OF the war.
Every country paper throughout the
Eighth Federal Reserve District has
pledged itself to assist the Third Lib
erty Loan, which will be started IN
April. 1t is good fer the country that
we have united and loyal press. And
it has been thus from the beginning.
Even when public opknlor was waver-
ing and doubtful, at the time Of the
declaration OF war, the American press
stood by the government with a fine,
fearless and splendid loyalty.
Popular opinion is made up largely
of what the people read-the facts
@htNJ AStsb. hAo icS teAiN ASssA- N~'>'
publicity has maue plain 10 all tha
atrocious conduct OF Gefnany in bring
ing this frightful calamity upon the
world and the terrible denominations
she has committed in the course Of
Our progress toward victory. The
press is one of the most potent forces
to hold our people steadfast to the
winning OF the War
But If the Third LIbsr+y Loan ana
the other war measures Z. the Uniceu
States government are defeated, I'll IN
the press will be forced O tell Il dif-
ferenL story.
1t will then be forced to tell about
the murder OF American women ana
children by the Gerll&n6. Che murders
that the enemy wa Co.. ant IN order
nat we might be ensla ed If the
treasury fails or finds Itself unable 10
respond to every call made upon ii
the war is lost. Your son and all Of the
nations sons are relying ol the United
States Treasury to furnish things with
which they may fight.
Erect the home deferses against
Butcher Bill" Buy d Liberty Bond.
The record., 1918-04-25
LIMBER NECK IN CHICKENS
Affiction Caused by Ptomains Poison
ing From Eating Decayng Flesh
Try to Prevent.

Timber neck in chickens is caused by
ptomaine poisoning from eating de-
caying flesh. Where fowls run at
large they frequently pick up dead
rats, mice or other animals and in
this way become affected with the
germs, which quickly cause death.
Whole flocks are sometimes wiped out
in tine course II few weeks.
Prevention is the best remedy. #
you are losing chickens from this
cause smut up She flock and feed them
on sound, sweet grain and feed. a
simple effective treatment is to use
permanganate Of potash. Put an
The record., 1918-04-25
ST. LOUIS TO OPEN
LOAN CAM PA|GN
On GRAND SCALE
MONSTER OUTDOOR INsPiRA-
TIONAL MEETING PLANNED
FOR SATURDAY,, APRIL 6.
10000 CROWD EXPECTED
Vice-Prcsident Marshall to Speak
Gov. Gardner and Other Nota-
bleS Will Review I'M
nenSc Parade.

The Third Liberty Bo-d Campaign
will bo launched in Ct I,ouis Anril G
with monster n.r.Je. and inspira.
fiona, moeting
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'auui eSS " aA auulS1-oe l. ID e o''Ao'e"
VIII Hul-iDcr lo0'ooV'
Gov. Gafu1ier III introduce the Wee
President. ScatcI u2On the reviewing
stand VIII be t. .-~'. Dr. --~yor
Nlel, E--->~-y -.-.- -e-'e-
of all CT tAo allied 2&t4C4l- l---A .--:'-4J
other Prominent p--Son6 li-iuaed III
the guests CT k5lu- CpOn tie platform
will be the parents Ci St. Louis men
who are at the front or il training
camps. The fathers and mothers CT
these soldiers viii carry service flaSj
as mark OF p4t@lo'ic Distinction
"A n service li.5 pee>r-nS star
for c st. LOT S.s-'i2g II the
army - fly from tAe mast ABOVE the
reviewing stand. Ihe largest Amerl-
can flag in the world will be suspend
ed upon the side Of the hill above the
reviewing stand. The flag is Is feet
wide and 156 feet long and was pre-
sented to st. Louis by the Million Pop
ulation Club.
Following Vice-President Marshalls
address a dozen bands led by Sousa' 5
band from TIE Great Lakes Training
Station, playing in concert, will render
the "Star Spangled Banner" as an
American flag is lowered at retreat.
Lieut.. Commander Philip Sousa has
been invited to personally lead his
band.
While the parade is moving through
Forest Park a squadron Of aviators
from Scott Field, ILL.,, will lombard ST
Louis with Liberty Bond literature.
The airmen will drop from the sky ap-
peals to the people to invest in bonds
and thereby back the brave men who
are making the supreme sacrifice upon
the blcod-stained battlefields of
Europe, that America and the world
may be freed from the menace of Ger
man domination.
Daylight fireworks will be an attrac-
tive feature of the celebration. The
pyrotechnics will be symbolical Of the
occasion. Rockets shot into the Sky
will burst and flash in colors Ameri-
can flags, Uncle Sans, the Statue of
Liberty and other patriotic symbols.
April 6, the anniversary of Amer
ica's entry into the war, was selected
by Secretary McAdoo as the most fit
ting cate 10 Iaunch the Liberty bono
hpaish. Masor hlel VIII pfoclailli
d AolIuay III o.. LouIS dAo IL Is eApec'-
eu 'hat business houses VIII close ana
every pouy Ill 'he cry VINO Cali pos0i.
piS |o eo @''0nu 'Ao in'pli '1oii''i
inee'i'lS.
rive 'houSanu Sotuiel0 iioiii JULIET
SUI D"ilaChs' naval soou'S lloin Liz
81. Louis recruiting statloh' lIlciuulhg
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The record., 1918-04-25
WATER CARRIED TO DITCHES
This Can Be Done by Giving Proper
Crown or Cross Slope to Road
Soils Differ.

Water falling on the road should be
carried to the side bitches by giving
a proper crown or cross slope to the
road. Make your road to shed water
The slope should vary with different
soils. For a loamy soil a crown Of
about one inch per foot is considered
proper; on q clay soil an inch and a
half to two inches. The side slopes Of
bitches should be much greater. The
longitudinal slope or grade will also
somewhat determine the crown. On
d steep grade it is necessary to give
q greater crown to keep the water
from running down the travelled road
way and washing gullics.
The record., 1918-04-25
Bond County Pledges Itself.

Advices from Bond County, Ill, re-
ceived at Headquarters; state that at
il meeting in GfeenviHe bankers and
business men pledged thehiselges-rto
underwrite theEquota assigned. to Bond
County, Ttateief lt+i1night be, for tas
Third Liberty Loan >bbnd issue Guy
R. HOLES. president Of the State Baak
of HOLES & Son, IS county chairman.
Bond Countys subscription to the seq
crd Liberty Loan was s209,ioQ.
The record., 1918-04-25
BUTCHER WEYLEH'S DEEDS
SURPASSED BY WILHELM
Devastation and Cruelty IN Cuba Out
done in Belgium and France

All America shuddered with shame
and contempt when a heartless Span
lard drove 100000 peaceful inhabi-
tants of Cuba from their homes ano
forced them into reconcentrado camps
TO suffer, to starve and to die.
But 10 one ever accused the Madrid
government of such brutality as
marks the cruelty inflicted upon chill
dren, or the unmentionable barbarity
shown to women by the heartless Ger
mans in invaded lands.
What the Prussian has done in Bel
GUM, Il Russia, in Eoumania and the
other European countries he would
do in America if the Kaiser wins the
war.
Buy a Liberty Bond and register a
protest against the saber-rattling,
bloodthirsty Prussian war lord.
America must win the war or civil
lization is doomed. Uncle Sam can
and he will win, but he must have the
loyal support of the men who stay at
home as well as the soldier who goes
to France
Billions must be raised to supply
the guns, the food, the thousand-and-
one things that are necessary to sup
port the army.
The free citizens CT the United
States must supply the money with
which to feed, clothe and munition
the army. The best way to do this is
to buy Liberty Bond-the safest in
vestment in the world.
The record., 1918-04-25

has been done in Oklahoma, where 99.3
per cent of the roads are dirt. Other
states with low percentages of surfac-
ing are South Dakota with per cent,
Iowa with 1, Kansas with 1.3, North
Dakota with 1.6 and Nebraska with II.
The excellent maintenance of many of
the dirt roads Of Iowa makes riding
and hauling over them easy, except
during the spring or after continuous
rains.-Nashville Tennesseean.
The record., 1918-04-25
WILL NOT LET WOMEN
PAY THE KAISER S PRICE
Americans viii Support Liberty Loan
to Protect Their Homes
and Country.

1t has been often said that the wom-
an always pays. Do you, Mr.. Farmer,
Mr. Town Man and Mr.. City Man, want
your wife to pay the price Of Prussian
barbarism and martyrdom?
Since the war started the Prussian
has blushed at nothing. To a type of
man capable of making a joke of the
most horrible crimes, such acts as q
baby crucified on a barn door. muir
dering mothers and outraging young
girls is a mere matter of amusement
The United States government IS
about to launch its Third Liberty
Loan. Does this mean ANYTHING to
you? 1t means everything to the men,
women and children of America Your
son and all the nations sons are re,v-
ing on the United States Treasury TO
furnish the sineWs of war. Their lives
are lost if the Treasury fails.
The American farmer Will not Lot
the. cruel. piratical and ruthless noljcv
OF Teutonic militarisu reign in this
land OF: .:the free and the home of tha
braFas , We. will hot yield ~ yur bir,h
saishf as Americans,
r. Tbs Third:Libalty Loan Wiz be.ovor.
suhscribsd..,
The record., 1918-04-25

ounce of the crystals in a quart bot
tie and fill it with water. Add enough
of this to the drinking water to give
it a rich purple color, and allow the
fowls no other water to drink. Fowls
which show symptoms of the disease
should be given dose night and morn
ing.
The record., 1918-04-25
WHY HATCH EARLY.

(Prepared by the United StateS De-
partment of Agricultural
Chickens hatched early IL: the
spring are large in the summer,
mature carly in the fall, anG lay
eggs in the winter. They will
sit early the following spring,
produce earlier chickens and
the process will be repeated by
the offspring.
But the chickens hatched late
in the spring will not mature I'M
til late in the fall-s0 late that
they VIII not lay in the winter.
They VIII not sit until late in
the following spring-and again
the process will be repeated.
The jury finds that the arsu-
ment is al in favor ct early
hatching-7especialiy this year.
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The record., 1918-04-25

Wide tires for the benefit of the
public highways are being indorsed
quite generally by both vehicle users
and the manufacturers of farm wag-
ons and implements.
The record., 1918-04-25
Enemy Of Earth Roads.

Wafer is the natural enemy of earth
roads and must be kept out OF them,
off of them, and away from them.
The record., 1918-04-25
To Prevent Erodipn

The outlet ends of the culvert should
be riprapped to prevent eroding away
on the road on the lower side of the
grade.
The record., 1918-04-25
Road Drau Is Encuan,

If dirt road is properly built, the
! road drag will EceD it in good condi-
ton
The record., 1918-04-25

Liberty Bonds is the best invest.
ment on the face of the earth.
The record., 1918-04-25

Strike Ff9gt a Blow ,far ffo.so,, 30n
humanity. Buy 4 Liberty Bond and
'rcIu win the W.
The record., 1918-04-25

Erect the home deters against
Butcher Bill" Buy Liberty Bond.