Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-07-24
REALIZES WHAT ARE MONIES
SENTIALS IN ONE PLACE ARE
ESSENTIALS ELSEWHERE.
FUEL CONSERVATION PROBLEM
Congressman Cox Comments on the
Changed Nature of the Decenniai
Census-Quick Work in Passing
Enormous Appropriation Bills.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

ent timO the people Of the United
States have not begun to realize the
absolute necessity for fuel cOnserva-
tion-vanous people have been to Doc
| tcr Garfield, the fuel administrator,
and suggested that he cut off the man
| ufacture and production of all non
| essentials. But Doctor Garfield has
Investigated this subject to a consid-
cradle extent and has found out that
| what Is non-essential In one cOmmu-
nifty may be very great essential In
| another community. His life in New
England has given him an opportunity
to observe industrial conditions and
has shown him how disastrous 1t
would be to cut off the production OF
what many people call nOn-essentials.
Doctor Garfield told delegation
Of people with whom he was discuss
Ing this subject that in many commu-
cities Of the United States there are
manufactured articles which have
ceen placed on the non-essential list,
and yet whole communities are de-
pendent upon the continuation Of the
stanced musical instruments, and a
number of other articles which are for
amusement and pleasure. To close up
these establishments would mean the
depriving of whole communities Of
their means of livelihood. All things
of this sort have been taken into con-
sideration In the matter Of fuel con-
servatfon, and while all manufacturing
establishments will be not only re-
quested but compelled to limit their
use of fuel to the utmost, it is not
the intention Of the fuel administrator
to cripple industry and destroy the
means of living. 1t Is his hope that
people will realize what Is necessary
and do their best to conserve fuel.
Congressman Cox Of Indiana took
occasion to show that the decenniaI
census for which there Is a constitu-
tional warrant is a much different
thing from what it was in the early
days of the country and we have gone
far afield from a mere count of the
people, which was the intention Of the
fathers Of the government In the
early years of the government the. CEN
sus consisted of a count Of the peo-
pie. Now it means a complete in
vestigation and survey of the whole
country as we'll as an enumeration of
the people. OF course the main OBJ
tect Is to ascertain the number of peo-
pie and the result of the count is the
most interesting feature Of the census.
No doubt the other facts are very val
liable, and the only fault to be found
In regard to them is that the statis-
tics are usually three or four years
old before they are finally completed
and tabulated.
Congress evidently wanted to get
through with its work and get re-
cess If possible, for there never has
been such speeding-up in passing
appropriation bills as during the past
two or three weeks. The sundry
civil appropriation bill which usually
takes some two or three weeks in the
house, was passed In two or three
days. After the senate had loaded
1t down with about billion more dol
lars it passed that body in few hours.
On the same day the senate came
very near passing the $12,OOO,O 100000
military bill. AS one senator re-
marked: eve have reached the stage
where the more billions we add to ap-
preparations, the more speed we put
on In passing the billions"
There is a fear in the mind of SEN
stor Lewis of Illinois that the United
States may be doing some fighting on
western front Of her own before the
war is over. The Illinois senator told
his colleagues recently that If Ger
many can completely overcome Russia
and form an army of Russians to fight
on the German side, this army NAV
cross Siberia and enter North Amer
lea by way Of Alaska, and then sweep
down on the Pacific Northwest. Sena-
tor Lewis suggested that the thing to
do in case of any such attempt would
be to turn Japan and China loose on
the enemy as they tried to cross ST.
IBERIA. He expressed his belief that
the Asiatic nations not only could
halt the Hun, but could drive him from
Russian soil. But Germany will be
having her hands go full in France
and Flanders that any such invasion
OF the United States is a very remote
contingency.
Complaint Is made that the United
States missed a great opportunity in
Russia, and this is followed by state
ment that this country ought to have
exerted sufficient amount of influ-
ence in Russia to have prevented that
great country from deserving the allies.