River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-16
Our Weekly Letter
From Washington
(By James A. Frear, NJ. CO.


en- out officially preliminary state
ment regarding contributions by
different cities and states made to
the third Liberty Loan from which
it appears that the allotted quota de-
scribed by percentage has been over
subscribed as follows: Milwaukee,
131. Minneapolis 125, and Chicago
lis. Only partial returns have thus
far been received, but sufficient. to
show that New York, ST. Louis and
manv other cities have exceeded
their quotas. st Paul is not given
in the bulletin. By states Wisconsin
is second as follows: Iowa 154, Wis
consin IA. Illinois 1856, Michigan l23
and Indiana 113. 1t should not be
forgotten that Wisconsin stood at
the head of the states in the Seventh
Federal Reserve District on the Sec
ond Liberty Loan with percentage
Of 155 compared with 1872 for Him
ois, JAP for Michigan, 122 for lndl-
ana and Ill for Iowa. AS oversub-
scriptions were held to the pledge
heavy burdens resulted in soma cases
to meet borrowed money and obllga-
tons had not been paid when the
third Loan was offered. The facts
remains, however, that Wisconsin
was first in oversubscriptions on the
second loan compared with its sur
rounding sister states, and second IN
the third Loan with which the gov
eminent is financing the war, while
Milwaukee is ahead of Minneapolis,
Chicago, ST. Louis and other north
western cities in oversubscriptions
according to the official bulletin. In
practical war service which means
furnishing of men and money to win
the war. Wisconsin continues to hold
high rank, while it's critics who once
occupied many columns of the press
with misrepresentation, are now
kept busy in holding up standards Of
their own communities and states.
AS recently suggested, it is time to
preach the doctrine of pulling to-
gether and standing united to win
the war. Wisconsin is setting a
good example for other states in
practical efforts.
A pamphlet issued by the Detroit
Bureau Of Governmental Research
April 20 on the subject of Public
Business" contains a dozen extracts
on the subject of the National Bud
get legislation. Of the twelve quo
tations from various authorities,
nine are taken from the writer S
speech made on a National Budget
at the beginning of the present ses-
sion. At the time this speech was
made on the Floor it was published
entire by the National Republican
and other papers in the country and
a newspaper clipping of two columns
from the New York Sun of May 9
Just received contains extracts from
this same speech of the writer. It's
recognition by Public Business is
of especial significance at this time
when the greatest problem of ma
tional economic legislation relates to
a government budget system. Ex-
posture of waste in public affairs I'M
dertaken by the writer in the past
was first step toward showing
necessity of the reform, and this en-
dorsement comes from those whose
business it is to make a study of
such problems. The adoption of a
budget system will take time to Sc
cure because it requires construc-
tive legislation and education of
both the public and Congress to ap-
preciate its needs, but letters of
commentator from many promi-
nent men including President Butler
of Columbia University, and sustain
ed by the Detroit Bureau of Gov
ernmental Research gives strong
support to the writer's views ex-
pressed in the speech made during
the early part of the present session.
Recently Secretary of Commerce
Redfield declared we may soon have
to eat whale meat, but he did not
say how and where to get the whale.
A possible substitute is suggested
that may be of value in the near fu-
ture. Years ago we read of horse
meat being sold in the shops of
Paris, and wondered whether re-
ports of selling and eating horse
meat were just newspaper talk"