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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
GIVING FREELY

T f the number of men who have
gone into the regular army, the
navy or the marine corps, either
by enlistment or through the Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania or the
Naval Reserve, were to be added to
the S3,716 stated by State draft head
quarters to have been furnished for
national defense under the selective
service law it would show that the
keystone State has given about 200,-
600 of its choicest manhood to the
cause of Liberty. 1t stands ready to
furnish thousands more. 1t may
happen that before the year is out
Pennsylvania may have in the armed
service more than the total of the
whole American force in the seven
long years of the struggle for inde-
pendence. 1t now has as many men
as were in the combined armies of
Meade and Lee at Gettysburg.
However, it is no more than due
that Pennsylvania, ever faithful, ever
generous, should be given credit for
me voluntary enlistments which
have been so marked a part of the
contribution of its youth since the
United States entered the world war.
If there are to be credits under the
second draft let them be worked out.
Harrisburg is proud of its record of
volunteers who saved the city from
contribution to the first draft call.
1t has no desire to shirk any more
than has any of the other districts
of Pennsylvania whose enlistments
entitled them to the starry record
of exemption. This city, Lancaster
and other districts which were not
summoned under the first draft are
ready to send in their sons beside
the men from Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh and other communities. But
if there are to be credits there
should be announced upon what
basis. If there are to be none, let us
know so that we can get our young
men ready and readjust business and
occupations which will have to give
them up, because we want TO win this
war with as few distractions as
possible while We are lighting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
KEEP 1T UP

THE Liberty Loan drive will con-
tinue in the Harrisburg district
all of the coming week. 1t is not
a question of having subscribed the
minimum asked of us; we must dc
more. We must do the maximum
Lat other loans take care of them
selves; we must pile up such an
over-subscription this time as will
leave the Kaiser in no doubt as to
where the American people stand on
the war question. He is watching us,
hoping that we will weaken. The
more we over-subscribe the more he
will be discouraged. Let's give him
the sickening knowledge that Amer
lea is in this war both to the last
man and the last dollar. If you
have not bought bond go to any
bank and make a subscription. And
If you want to do your paying on the
instalment plan the bank will be
glad to help you. Only don't fail to
be the possessor of Liberty Loan
button next Saturday evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
SPROUTS SANE ATTITUDE

n his Lancaster speech, which
again demonstrated his grasp
- and appreciation of the larger
issues of the campaign in Pennsyl-
vania, Senator Sproul made no per-
sonal appeal in his own behalf, but
in a direct and forceful way en-
phasized the Importance of patriotic
devotion to the things which are vi
tai in the present great national
crisis. "The people of Pennsylvania, &"
he said, "are too much engaged now
with the patriotic duties of the hour
to pay any serious attention to those
who would endeavor to divert them
by parading up and down the State
airing their petty factional griev-
ances and trying to win sympathy
for miserable political squabbles."
Senator Sproul referred to the
great usefulness of the Republican
party and rejoiced in the fact that
many former Progressives are once
more aligned with it in giving force
and expression to the principles for
which the party has stood through
out it's history and which have been
largely instrumental in the develop
ment and prosperity of the country.
He declared that no political party
in any country at any time in the
worlds history has thrown aside
partisanship so readily and unreserv-
edly and has supported ruling op-
position party so periodically and
devotedly as has the Republican
party in this great crisis"
Those who criticize the uniform
primary and refuse to abide by its
results were also given attention in
the course of the Senator's remarks.
On this point he said:
The candidate who. when de-
feated by the votes of the people
attempts to defeat his successful
opponent and defeat his party,
may only be compared with
boxer who. having been knocked
out in a fair fight and according
TO the rules. gets up and plunges
a knife in the winners back. We
cannot have party success on de-
serve success unless we can play
the game fairly.
AS the campaign progresses mer
of all parties are expressing their ap.
proval of Senator Sprouts sane at.
titude and his strength with the peo-
pie is increasing in all parts of the
State.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
THE OLEO LICENSE

IN ARK and Food Commissioner
James Foust is right, perhaps,
in his opposition TO the move
- reduce the 500 license fee for
the sale of oleomargerine in Penn
sylvania, but it is eminently proper
10 inquire whether the time is not
coming when the dairy cow will no
longer be entitled to protection from
ether animals and the tropical nut
trees as producer of Spread"
Mr.. Foust says that the oleomarge-
rine business is now well regulated
and that the scandals which attend
ed it for years have now been
stamped out and that the product is
handled by responsible firms, in a
sanitary manner and satisfactorily to
the supervisory officials and the pub
lie. He contends that if the license
were to be lowered it would mean
hat the business would get into the
hands of people who would not
grasp responsibility under the law,
who might not be cleanly, who might
cheat and who might make trouble
for the police.
At the risk of being considered
revolutionary and disloyal to an
; 1895 propaganda. we might rise to
inquire why oleomargerine should be
licensed at all. There are a lot of
people who can not tell it from but
ter and a lot who do not care. 1t
is an established business. Imita-
ton or substitute butter is now sold
as legitimately and as openly as the
best Elgin product; but oh. what a
difference in the price. The laws of
Pennsylvania contain some statutes
put on to meet. conditions which
have passed. Oleomargerine threat
ened the butter making industry and
was hobbled with a license. Now
butter is threatening our pocket
3 books The demand for oleomarge-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Postal Service Decentralization

! 1t is doubtful IL there ever was q
time in recent years when complaints
against the postal service were as
general as they are to-day. And ap-
parently there is less excuse for bad
conditions than there ever was be-
fore. The government now has a
wider control, complete control, OF
all the agencies of distribution. Yet
delays in delivering mail matter are
so great that the condition has
been described as terrible" by SO
conservative an authority as the Di-,
rector of Research of the Merchants
Association of New York, who made
an investigation. Not only second
class mail, but first class, letters. has
become altogether uncertain as to
delivery. Public confidence in the
Postoffice Department is badly shak-
en-. What is at the bottom of the
condition it is idle for the citizen to
inquire. But it is important that
the causes be discovered and re-
moved.
A congressional investigation of
delays in handling mail for the
American Expeditionary Forces is
contemplated. 1t should be thorough
and expeditiously made. But the
investigation should not be limited.
country. 1t is harmful. "The en-
tire Postoffice Department is disor-
ganiZed and demoralized," is the
declaration of the Merchants Asso-
cations investigator. 1t would seem
that such a state could arise only II
the evil begins at the fountain head
of the organization. For long there
have been complaints in Congress
against the activities of the Post
master General outside his office. If
Mr.. Burleson could be put Ito
work at the country's business, to
conduct which he was appointed,
there might be a speedy clearing
away of the congestion all along
the line of mail distribution. Con-
gress should give attention to this
matter. If the trouble is not cured
business, war business, included,
will become as demoralized as is the
Postoffice Department.-Pitt
GaZette-Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
FARMERS BUY BONDS

1t is hoped that records in the
present Liberty Loan drive will be
kept in such a way as to show ap-
proximately, at least, the proportion
of bonds taken by farmers. There
is much loose talk on how this or
that class of citizens is responding
to the calls of the government.
Most of this is without foundation,
and in the absence of reliable figures
cannot be contradicted. Occasion
ally the statement of some irrespon-
sible individual gets into the public
prints making ugly assertions to the
effect that farmers are not doing
their full share. These assertions
are passed along because they can
not be disproved, and are finally
accepted by people whose opinions
and influence are worth while. Let
ters coming to us. from farmers in
dicate that they are taking Liberty
Bonds as freely as any other class
of citizens. Their financial condi-
ton may not permit them to show
as large aggregate subscriptions, but
we are convinced that they are buy
ing to a point of personal sacrifice
that is exceeded by none and equaled
by few.-Pennsylvania Farmer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

fiercer than those who marched un-
der Attila and of Vandals more bent
on destruction than those who fol-
/ lowed Genseric.
such possibility was not detected
by Adam Smith and Gibbon, or 9TH
er historians and statesmen, but how
far easier the projection of what
came in that time than the realiza-
ton in our day that the kultur of
Germany would produce what we
have seen and are seeing. Macaulay
rooted the peril of his time in vice
and ignorance; we have found it in
perverted education and arrogance
that is not of Christ. The disorders
whereat Macaulay stood aghast are
less revolving and more in the ma
tural order of things than the brutal
eXcesses and ordered cruelty that ac-
company and mark with savagery
and slaughter unsurpassed the
scheme of conquest in which EN-
peror William glories and for which
he seeks partnership with his God.
whence were to come the Huns
and the Nandals who should again
destroy civilization" They have
come to us out of Germany and
threaten to reach the United States.
What staggering chapter of his
tory is being made before our eyes!
I-Again the challenging question has
come. Is civilization to be saved :?
"A war between Odin and Christ"
| Elihu Root says this is, and as "by
their works ye shall know them" +"
so it is. TT is a struggle for the
overthrow of the maintenance of all
the progress that the civilization of
a century has made toward Chris
tianity." In the light of what has
happened in this war, there is pos
sible to the fair-minded no other
conclusion than that. In this situa-
ton, infinitely more disturbing than
that which Macaulay reviewed, the
United States has taken its place
| with Christ for the downfall of Odin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Aint 1t Fine TOddy?

What's the use of always weepin'.
Maxim trouble last?
What's the use of always keepin'
Thinkin' of the past?
Each must have his tribulation.
Water with his wine.
Life it amt no celebration
Trouble? I've had mine
But to-day is fine.
Sure, this world Is full trouble
l amt said 1t amt.
Lord; I've had enough, and double
Reason for complaint
Rain an storm have come to fret me
Skies were often gray;
Thorns and brambles have beset m,
On the road-but, say,
Amt it fine to-day!
It's to-day that am livin'
Not a month ago.
Havin' losin', tallSin', givin',
AS time wills it so
Yesterday a cloud of sorrow
Fell across the way
1t may rain again tomorrow,
IL may rain-but, say,
Amt it fine to-day!
Douglas Malloch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
For the Downfall OfOdir1
From the Springfield (Mass) Republican

n T suggestive interest in the
midst of the prosecution of the
German purpose of rule the
world are passages in a speech by
Lord Macaulay, delivered at Edin-
burgh in 1852, on his return to Par
lament after an absence of five
years. That period had covered the
French Revolution of 1848 and all
that it involved of European over
turn, and to those turbulent happen
ings he did not fail to refer Here
is striking passage in Macaulays s
references:
For myself, 1 stood again; and
though naturally of a sanguine dis
position, [ did not for one moment
doubt whether the progress of So
ciety was not about to be arrested
nay, whether we were not doomed
to pass in one generation from the
civilization of the Nineteenth Cen
tury to the barbarism of the Fifth
1 remembered that Adam Smith and
Gibbon had told us that the Dark
Ages were gone, nevermore to return,
that modern Europe was in no dan
ger of the fate which had befallen
the Roman empire. The flood, they
said, would return no more to cover
the earth, and they seemed to rea-
son justly. for they compared the
immense strength of the enlightened
part of the world with the weakness
of the part which remained savage
and they asked whence would come
the Huns and Vandals who should
again destroy civilization?
''It had not occurred to them that
civilization itself might engender the
barbarians who should destroy it. 1t
had not occurred to them that in the
very heart of great capitals, in the
neighborhood of splendid palaces
and churches and theaters and Ii
braries and museums, vice and ignor-
ance might produce a race of Huns
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
In the Manner of Nelson

The attack on Zeebrugge has a
suggestion of romance about it. 1t
recalls the. cutting out expeditions,
with muffled oars and all the thrills
of dead-of-the-night surprises, in
which the old naval historians and
novelists revelled. 1t will thrill
Britain because Britain is still essen
TALLY a seafaring nation. It's pride
lis in the greatest fleet which guards
it's shores and which has carried war
into every nook and corner of the
Seven Oceans. When the navy is in
action Britons never think that they
are fighting with their backs to the
wall.-From the New York Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
TAKE COURAGE

m AXE courage from the letters
from the soldiers in France.
- Their messages home breathe
good cheer and confidence. They are
having lot of good, wholesome fun
out of even the serious business in
which they are engaged. They are
happy, hopeful and intensely alive
to the strange experiences that are
falling to their lot.
1t is our business here at home to
write the kind of letters to them
they write to us. They are smiling,
smiling, smiling over there, and their
smiles do not always conceal a
lonesome heart, at that. They are,
all told, having pretty good time of
it, even though they know there is
mighty serious business ahead. And
in that mood they would not like
to think of the folks they left as
morose. sad-faced or fearful.
They want more than anything
else to hear the news of home, but
they do not want their letters soak
ed in tears or filled with sighs.
Be of as good cheer at home as
the boys are in France and we shall
not have to worry concerning the
morale either of our soldiers or of
the second line of defense on this
side of the Atlantic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

rine has grown tremendously in
spite of the license and Still butter
goes up in price.
Farmers say it does not pay to
keep cattle with feed selling for
what it is noyadays. Perhaps that
is why butter is~high. But that is
no reason for keeping oleomargerine
licensed. We could put the amount
we really pay for license for oleo-
margerine into Thrift Stamps very
handily, just as the dairymen could
put some of the profits made on but
ter into Liberty Bonds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

on the side of the President-per-
haps because he is also the Com
mander-in-chief and as such might
utilize military force to maintain his
prerogatives; but Senator Cummins
has opportunely shown that Con-
gress has some rights, also.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Walter George Smith, pres
of the American Bar Associa
was speaker at the big Fou
Day celebration at Carnegie
tute, Pittsburgh.
Lieutenant Colonel Lloy,
Crum, head of the manufact
plants at Rock Island. is "
town man.
Mayor Louis FRANKIE, OF J
town, has taken personal char
alien registration in his city.
DIR. Joseph p. HutchinsPn
Philadelphia, has been decorate
the French government for ser
in France.
The Rev. DIR. John r. Da
Presbyterian pastor of PhilafelI
has returned from Florida.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Proud of Our Troops

The American people, who know
that our men overseas are not all
coming out of the war unscathed,
have a right to be proud of the
bearing of the Yankees in this. their
first terrific action. They have also
a right to be curious as to the rea-
sons why the official report of the
battle-a document which is neither
discouraging nor depressing-wa
held overnight in the War Depart
ment while Wolff's Bureau was send
ing outSthe semi-off1ciaI and mislead-
ing German version of the fight
From the New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
WHO IS ABOVE CRITICISM

T T remained for Senator CummiHs,
of Iowa. to say the clinching word
in behalf of Congress as a CO.
ordinate branch of the government.
Speaking on the overman bill, he
declared that it is no more disloyal
for Congress to criticize the Presl-
dent than it is Cor the President and
his supporters to criticise Congress
for the manner in which it performs
it's duties.
Here is the case in a nutshell.
The attempt has been made to show
that all the privilege of criticism is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Hollands Difficult Position

Hollands position is most danger
Gus and difficult. She may be fore
ed to take up arms against any at
tempt to enforce Germany's de-
mands. That would expose her to
conquest and subjugation, for the
time being. In view of the certainty
of her deliverance when Germany is
overthrown, that would be hers
should she be persuaded or by any
means induced to join Germany in
the war. Then the vast and rich
Dutch colonies would become prizes
of the powers that control the seas.
From the New York Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Stains Hard to Wash

GFrom the Brooklyn Eagle.
In Manhattan a woman arrested
for hanging a German flag in her
Lexington avenue front window
pleaded that she had washed it and
hung it out to dry. She goes to
prison, as is proper. Nobody can
wash the German flag until a free
Germany goes into the laundry busi-
ness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Allies Status Is Ours

IF the British Army is at bay, so
are We. If the men to whom Haig
addressed his eloquent appeal have
their backs to the wall, so have we.
1t is our battle they are flghting.-
Savannah News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
No Body For Absorption

Mr.. Hoover does not approve of
doughnuts because they soak up so
much fat. So far as has been OBJ
served here, the very large hole of
the contemporary doughnut is not
taking uD much fat.-Newark Ad-
yocate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

A Northumberland man who pulled
a Liberty Loan button from a COM
panion's coat and insulted the Ameri-
can flag, was ducked in the river and
taken to jail. which goes to show how
lenient a PENNSYLVANIA mob can be.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

Girl pupils of the Cleveland schools
will be taught the same trades as the
boys in the trade and technical
schools if they desire.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
EDITORIAL COMr1ENT

Germany rejects Mr.. Wilson's
League of Peace proposition as
Fantastic" 1t certainly would be
fantastic, if Germany were to be ad-
united in her present governmental
garb. But that was not Mr.. Wilson's
color scheme.-Kansas City Star.
The enemies of the Germans in
this country knew that the Germans
would be given the credit for the dis
loyal Socialist votes in Wisconsin and
elsewhere, so they went and voted
the Socialist ticket, and thus brought
dishonor on the thoroughly loyal
Germans.-Chicago Abendpost.
Any person who ever tried to cross
an American street in the rush hour
will know Immediately how useless it
will be to attempt to operate German
submarines on ' the sea after Mr..
Ford's destroyers are there in force.
Kansas City Star.
Our mathematical artist has fig
ured out that every discharge of that
seVenty-five-m gun, at a cost of
$4,000, kills on an average one
French mother and child by she'll
fire and a dozen German mothers
and children by starvation. - New
York Evening Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
MONDAY, APRIL %, 1918

toould hare you be like a fire
qoeH kindled, tOhich catches at every
thing you throw in, and turns it into
flame and Observation-Disclosures AZURE
LIUs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
Jugs Empty in Maine

1t is said that there are no new
tin cans for the new maple syrup.
Well, there are quite a lot Of jugs
in this state which aren't working
just pow.-Portland Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

In 1909 of the 47,231 employees in
the cotton industry in North Caro-
lima over eighteen per cent. were
under IS years of age.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

present, but the Kaiser's six sons are
yet hale and hearty.-EXchange
We laughed at. Henry Ford's peace
ship and his getting the boys out OF
the trenches by Christmas" But by
the time the Kaiser has to call quits
we may yet give Henry credit fol
being instrumental in getting the
Boys out of the trenches-by the far
better peace propaganda of building
airplane motors and subdestroyers on
the same scale that he built his little
omobile.-Lebanon Daily News.
The time for leniency with German
spies is past. II have the honor to
inform you that L have caught one
of your command within the Amer
lean lines" wrote Israel Putnam to a
British commander. "He was ar
rested as a spy, he will be tried as q
spy. and, if convicted, he will be
hanged as a spy" p. S.-"He was
hanged at o'clock to-day" We
need Putnam on the job.-Amster-
dam IN. Y.) Recorder.
OF course, the German fleet may
come out, but what bothers the ALI
Highest, alias Gyp the Blood, is the
thought 1t may never come back in
again.-Macon Telegraph.
One of the German hopes regard.
ing the submarines was that they
wpuld scare America out of sendins
troops to France, and il we ventur.
ed to send them, the transport would
be sunk. We are pouring men into
France at a great rate, and not G
transport eastwardbouHd has beer
sunk. One of the deputies say:
mournfully: America is not show
ing the least inclination. to yield.
That is one of the comparatively few
true things that have come out of
Germany. The submarine is having
no effect whatever upon the course
of the war.-Phidadelphia Record
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg's newer resi-
Dental sections are giving much
attention TO trees, while the
older ones arc letting them die?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29

More small towns in Norway use
electricity than in any other country,
owing to the abundance of water
power.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-29
HTsTORTC HARRIsBURG

Many Harrisburg firms used to
have their own cars to haul mer-
chandise from Philadelphia and
New York in the early days of the
two railroads.