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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-10

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
COOPERATION IN IOWA.

Traer Star-Clipper: Iowa is giving
all whom it may concern some con-
sistent examples of cooperation these
busy days. The real meaning of the
word is being demonstrated. In scores
of towns and cities the merchants
and professional men are closing
their offices and places of business
a portion Of the time and going into
the fields to help the farmers who
have from one to four crops clamor-
ing for attention. 1t is an inspiring
sight and it will go long way to
counterbalance the pernicious influ-
ence of agitators of |. w. W., Boil
shevik and Nonpartisan league stripe
who are everlastingly bellyaching
about cooperation, but never practice
it. Iowa is an agricultural state.
There are no great cities such as are
found in certain neighboring states.
Such cities as there are, also the
smaller towns and villages, are very
necessary to the social and industrial
scheme of the state and moral and
financial welfare of the people of the
state. The broadminded farmer
realizes that the town is of
benefit to him as well as he is of
benefit to the town. He realizes that
there is need for middle men, and
that local markets and conveniences
could not be possible without middle
men. He knows that the people of
town and country are dependent upon
each other. The interests of the
farmer and the town dweller are
iNterlocHsSg and inseparable, and the
man or mSvement that seeks to
weaken the bond of union is a traitor
GUS mischief Maker. The word CO.
operation has been sadly overworked
and abused, but the spirit of cooper
alton in it's truest sense and noblest
meaning is strictly on the job these
days in Iowa. That the aid of town
people offered to the farmers in this
harvest was not for pay is illustrated
in the case of Garwin people. About
fifty business and professional men
and other residents of the town or
ganized to work in the fields a few
hours in the day as needed. They
allowed the farmers to pay them the
regular prices, but every dollar was
turned into the treasury of the Red
Cross. We believe the action of city
people in coming to the rescue of
needy farmers will result in closer
feeling of friendship and mutual in
terest.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
GAMBLING WITH NATURE.

The president has placed at the disposal OF
the treasury department and the department
of agriculture five million dollars to aid wheat
growers in certain sections Of the west who
have lost two successive crops by drought,
have exhausted their resources and may be
compelled to forego fall planting, and in many
instances to abandon their homes unless gov
eminent assistance is given them
Most of these so-called farmers on the arid
lands of the mountain states are victims OF a
situation of their own choosing. Some, per
haps, were beguiled into buying their rainless
belt farms by spectators. But every one OF
them knows that when he attempts to grow
grain ''above the ditch" in Montana and the
other states with scanty rainfall, he is gambling
with nature with the chances against him three
years out of four. This government aid will
enanble him to take another chance and the
probability is that he will lose again, and then
ask for more government aid. IF he fails to
get it he will move to another farming
eel Dorado that is being promoted by real
estate spectators, backed by the unproven
claims of visionary professional theorists, some
of them in government employ, who are under
taking to prove by few exceptional cases
here and there that crops can be grown in an
arid region by this or that system of dry land
farming.
While these unfortunate "dry landers' with
the gambling instinct largely developed, who
have failed to grow crops without water, are
entitled to some sympathy and help, it is safe
to say that the five million dollars of govern
ment money invested in rrigation projects
would result in the production Of more wheat
than will ever be grown in consequence of
carrying along farm operations on land where
crop failures are the rule and good Land the
exception.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
TAXATION OF OFFICIAL SALARIES.

The people will watch with interest the action
of their public servants on the proposition, now
before the ways and means committee of the
house of representatives to make all salaries
of federal and state officials subject to the in
come tax. IF this amendment to the revenue
bill is carried, all persons public payrolls
from the president down, whose incomes ex-
coed the exemptions will be in the tax paying
class. A decision of the courts few years ago
held this to be unconstitutional and in effect
diminution of salaries fixed by law. But this
may not be the opinion of the present high fed
eral tribunal, and it is suggested that the court
be asked to pass upon the question at an early
date.
On general principles it seems entirely proper
that all incomes should contribute their due
proportion towards winning the war. The crisis
calls for sacrifices on the part of everybody,
and the fact that the government pays the sal
aries of a certain class of citizens, who have
voluntarily put themselves into that class,
would seem to be added reason why they
should pay their tax. They find it even easier
than the mass of their countrymen to make fin
ancial ends meet, and they are doing no more
earnest and useful work than hosts Of citizens
in private life
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19

I New York Times: Facing a steady
decline in the purchasing power of it's
paper credit abroad, the German gov
eminent is making desperate efforts
to get hold of the jewels owned by it's
subjects in order to sell them in the
neutral countries with which it is still
doing a limited business, and thus
strengthen the position OF the mark.
! This plan was discussed more than
two years ago, but at that time the OPP
position of the German jewelry trade.
which was making huge profits out
| OF selling diamonds ETC., to war profit
ters, was effective, and the scheme
was held up. During the last few
months, however, the exchange prob
lem has become so acute that the gov
eminent has come out openly and an
nounced its intention Of selling as
many jewels to neutrals as possible.
German newspapers received in
New York show that during the big
drive made in the week of June 1922
ments still in the hands of Germans
enough to induce them to turn
over their valuables to the Reichs-
bank. special emphasis was laid upon
the great benefit that would accrue
to the empire through the acquisition
of diamonds and other costly gems.
Part of the almost frantic appeal
printed in the German papers as an
advertisement over the signature of
Rudolf Havenstein, president Of the
Reichsbank, read:
The world war is hurrying to a de-
cision. Everyone of us knows the OBJ
ject for which we are fighting. The
purchase Of gold by the Reichbank and
the sale of jewels in neutral countries
by the diamond administration are
for this OBJECT This action strengthens
the gold held by the empire. 1t in
creases our economic powers. 1t will
contribute toward insuring us an hon
orable peace and the reconstruction
of peace-time industry. The sacrifice
of gold and jewels called for by the
counts among
the necessary works Of preparation
with which we intend to oppose the
enemy and to make sure that the final
victory perches upon our banners"
An article in the vossische Zeit-
ung of June 49, explaining the need
for jewels and telling how their sale
abroad was effected, read in part:
THE Jewel and Gold Purchase
Week that began on the 10th inst. has
the object Of not only providing the
Reichsbank with gold, which it needs |
for the Strengthening of its reserve |
and the improvement of the conditions !
connected with the covering of its I
notes, but also with jewels. The fact |
that the collection just opened aims !
also at the purchase Of jewels has !
caused considerable surprise among |
the public. Many persons have wonder
ed what our banking institution
could do6with jewels.
Those asking such question over
look the fact that Germany, now as
formerly, must attach value to the inn
portation Of certain articles from neu-
trail countries, and is dependent upon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
Who are the czeeho.sIoxaks,

Christian Herald: But doubtless
you will want to know, as that man
at Field wanted to know, why the
Czecho-Slovaks are fighting the
soviets in the Urals. When they came
over to the Russians. the Czechs, be.
cause of German influence under the
old regime, were denied their dream
of fighting with Russia against their
old oppressors. Instead, they were
sent to malarial districts in Turke.
stan and to cold Siberia. But when
the revolution came, banners bearing
Bohemian insignia appeared as If by
magic; Czech regiments formed in
moment and the Czecho- Slovaks took
a distinguished part in the Intellectual
Russian offensive and retreat of July.
1917. Under General Selivatchef,
who succeeded General Belkovitch,
the Czechs pierced six enemy lines
and then covered the enforced retreat
near Zborov. In that sector they bore
the brunt of the fighting Had the
entire seventh army been made up Of
Czechs, the leaders said they would
have taken Lernberg But neither
Cossacks, Siberians nor the British
armored car division surpassed the
Czechs in bravery, discipline or
morale.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
Germany Begging for Gold and Gems

the maintenance of a balance in the
! exchange of the neutral lands that is
available there at any time. To recon
stitute permanently these balances,
/ which are constantly diminishing, in
! proportion to the amount of our inn
ports from these countries. and to
make them larger than before, If pos
sible, is and will remain the task OF
! the administration of our imperial
bank The systematic carrying out OF
this policy is naturally only possible il
| the necessary means for obtaining the
proper legal tender are always at
hand. AS such means jewels, next to
gold, come into consideration.
The jewels bought UP by the dia-
mond administration are sold by 1t to
purchasers from the neutral countries.
An established principle insists that
the jewels sold to the buyers abroad
must be delivered only upon payment.
AS mater of principle no credit is al
lowed to the neutral buyers"
The Reichsbank, according to the
explanation in the Vossiche Zeitung.
doesn't make any profit on the sale OF
jewels abroad, as, in case the mini
mum price fixed by the original owner
is exceeded, the full amount paid by
the foreigner goes to the seller, for
whom the diamond administration ap-
pears to act as an agent. or course the
German seller is paid in deprecated
German currency, while the Reichs-
bank has the benefit Of strengthening
its credit abroad. The vossische Zeit-
ung remarks that, although thus far
the principle markets for German jew
els have been in Switzerland, Holland,
and the Scandinavian countries, the
events in the east have increased the
number OF neutral countries, and that
in eastern Europe there was likely to
be better demand for the big, yellow
diamonds that existed in the west
Asin case of the eighth German
war loan campaign the aid Of the
military twins, Hindenburg and Luden-
dorff, was sought in the gold and jewel
roundup and the signatures of these
personages under brief pleas to the
public were prominently displayed in
all the newspapers of the empire. Hin
denburg declared that "In war our
gold belongs to the fatherland,"
while Ludendorff opined that "He who
retains gold fails to appreciate the
gravity Of the hour"
The Frankfurter Zeitung remarked,
in its issue OF June 10, that it was a
bad sign for the spirit of the times
when after four years of such terrible
war. it was still necessary to carry on
special campaigns to induce the people
possessing gold and jewels to turn
them over to the Reichsbank for the
good of the fatherland and went on
to say that, according to Treitschke, |
in the days following 1913, it was re-
garded as the deepest disgrace to pos
sess gold or gems.
Early reports Of the result Of the
weeks campaign showed that s450.00O !
in gold and jewels had been collected !
in Hamburg, 100000 in Breslau, and |
large sums in other cities, including |
Berlin, from which complete data were |
not yet available.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
DISTORTION SOMEWHERE

In the latter part of July Secretary McAdoo
issued an announcement that the threatened
fuel famine had been averted and that cars are
going to the mines as fast as they can be loaded.
On August seventh Administrator Garfield issu-
ed a statement declaring that RAILROAD car
shortage still remains disturbing element in
some coal production fields.'' In this contl O.
versy between two members of the administra-
tion may be in order to suggest to each of the
disputants the elegant but forceful expression
coined by the president: astonishing and I'M
justifable distortion of the truth - People
not in possession of the facts cannot, of course,
know what the truth of the matter is, but there
can be no doubt that there is distortion some
where.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
Humane Fighters.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
On August 10 Italian aviators
bombed the city of Vienna with
manifest or circular addressed to
citizens of Vienna. The aviators
travelled a distance OF 1000 miles to
do this and droped the manifest from
a height of about 2,40O feet. They
wese so close to the ground that the
flyers could see the people walking
on the streets of Vienna. The Cour
rier Des Etats Unis, published in the
French language in New York City,
prints copy of the circular and ii
is translated by a reader of The Gate
City. 1t reads as follows:
We could drop tons and tons OF
bombs, but we Italians are not max.
Ing war on women, children and old
men. We are making war only
against your government, blind, OBJ
stinate and cruel, which can give you
neither peace nor bread, but are feed.
ing you on hate and delusion You
Vienna people have reputation for
Why do you wear the
Prussian uniform and keep up the
war? 1t is suicide The victorious
decision promised you by the Prus.
slams is like the bread they promised
you from Ukraine. You will die
while waiting for It.
People of Vienna. think OF your
selves and wake up,"
CHARLES F. BUSS.
Keokuk, Iowa, Aug. II, 1918.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
OUR MEN LIKE OPEN FIGHTING

Americans are efficient trench fighters but
they prefer open fighting. correspondent
with the armies in France recently wrote: "To-
day i saw a line of American soldiers ten miles
long as it moved off to the front. I asked a
husky Minnesota lad if he was worried at the
prospect of entering the battle. No. he said.
Fit is-easy now, fighting in the open. We will
lick the Germans anyway, and it will be easier
20 do If we can continue to fight them m the
open We've been fighting in the trenches,
which I don't like. [ prefer to fight where I
can see the enemy, who will soon have plenty
coming to him from the Americans - This
game from western farmer boy, but it prob
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
TWO LETTERS.
LinccIn,s Letter

Dear Madam: I have been shown
in the files of the war department a
statement of the adjutant general of
Massachusetts that you are the
mother of five sons who have died
glorfously on the field of battle. L
feel how weak and fruitless must be
any words of mine which should
attempt to beguile you from the
grief Of a loss SO Overwhelming. But
cannot refrain from rendering to
you the consolation that may be
found in the thanks of the republic
they died to save. / pray that our
Heavenly Father may assuage the
anguish of your bereavement and
leave you only the cherished MEM
ory of the loved and lost, and the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Council Bluffs NonpareiI: The Huns
had their super-cannon and their
super-men and their super-egotism
when the war started. We went into
the game with plain men raised in a
common mans country and armed
with sawed off shotguns and we are
going to get the "supers."
Sibley Tribune: Talking about sac
rifice, northwes tern Iowa has grown
richer every day since we braced up
to the kaiser.
Denison Review: We can all decide
who to vote for this fall, without any
necessity for the candidates to stop
their automobiles and make speech
whenever five voters and dog are
gathered under a guideboard.
Webster City Freeman-Journal: IL
is unfair to say any community in
Iowa is disloyaI merely because some
of the residents may not be loyal. In
some communities in this state dis
loyalty has reared its ugly head, but
there is always enough loyalty in
such communities to knock that head
out of sight.
Manson Democrat: One of the best
and simplest reasons why we are to
win this war is that the German who
can lick an American has not yet
been sborn and never will be.
Carroll Herald: OF course we shall
need educated men after the war is
over" and it may be remarked the
army needs soldiers now The many
young men who have left their school
studies to enter the army are doing
quite as much for the country as the
fewer number who are Solicitous
about our need of educated men after
the war is over"
Burlington Hawk-Eye: This is not
a good season for the common brand
of politics. Just now all Americans
are Americans
Algona Upper Des Moines-Republi-
can: Funny, how rapidly some of the
fellows who were about As a few
months ago have aged.
Boone News-Republican: Governor
Harding has written a letter explain
ing his language proclamation. We
took the trouble to read the procla-
nation over again and find that it
was not severe in any sense of the
word The people of Iowa should be
glad to comply with the instructions
in this proclamation. 1t will save
trouble and misunderstanding to use
the English language.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
No particularly good reason has yet
been advanced why a congressman
shouldn't pay income tax on his
salary-or the president either for
the matter of that.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
ToDAYs BIT OF VERSE
RHEIMS CATHEDRAL.


God fashioned it-a
To stand for aye.
For five centuries valantly
1t had vithstood
The elements Of time defed decay
And traced its shadow from the setting sun,
Unbroken and complete withal
AS the day twas DONE
Then hell let loose Its fury
A fury to be spent in worldwide strife;
fury vested in one maddened monarch,
Possessed, it seems, of satiated life,
OF wantoIness and lust and greed.
1t by their selfstyed god decreed
That he'd wage
This the oath he
Then with his seething host of Huns
He came to Rheims, and there
He trained his mighty guns
Upon this sanity edifce.
Through day day and night night
He hurls his tons OF steel and molten fires.
And wonders at the ailressting might
Which within her walls and still
Holds high, dehantly, her lofty spires,
High upon her ramparts, facing to the Hun and east
Projects a gargoyle. Grim, hideous and dumb
1t But now, it seems, this carved beast,
Mocking the hungry cannons call,
Takes voice in answer to the gun and sword
And cries, Fair Rheims shall never fall;
It is Gods Will and World"
j w. Farnhan, in New York Herald.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19

to write long story based wholly
on the awful assault of the German
armies on the womanhood OF. Europe,
This is going to be the hardest
part of the readjustment when the
time for readjus .nea, CONES. The
money indemnities can be arranged
but how is the world to forget or
forgive the wanton savagery or Ger
man militarism? What exaction Is
the world going to demand of Ger
many for the crimes of the war?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19

lably voices the sentiment of our overseas army.
AT the rate the Germans are being driven back
toward Berlin just now it is evident that they
will not have time to dig trenches, and the
Americans will have plenty of open fighting,
the kind they like best.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-19
The kaiser's Letter.

His majesty the kaiser hears that
you have sacrificed nine sons in de-
Tense of the fatherland in the pres
ent war. His majesty is immensely
sratified at the fact, and in recog-
milton is pleased to send you his
photograph. with frame and auto
graph signature"
The woman to whom the above
letter was sent has since become
beggar for food on the streets of
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