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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Sang Peace Hymn
mHospital- Church
By Wilbur Forrest

w cup iliT a@A ok Clark Asng OF Foe &C
Nov. 70 BY MaiD.-sonoo =. .'Oi1
best stories of the war have been told =. "s
hostilities ceased. Here is one tbo. s'"se
with the day Of the armistice. Il ban..T
in village on the Mouse. A cbnrat S@4sa
been converted into an army snrn. "''
dressing station. The surgeon had s n.~.
toned Of small corner Of the edsc. ~.
Whit muslin for MS operating room @ -
remainder Of floor space vas covered ~
stretchers, on which lay wounded mon '''-
Haif an hour before II O'Clock s.-r..
cane staggering in under the yoad -
badly wounded man. The sergeant
hurt, and depositing his burden on tba
Grating table he walked to the oio =,
organ and bumped the keys. 1t was b,. r'-
The sergeant. whose face was covoroa -'-
FOUR days Of black beard and whose cio.s''
was mud from mead to foot. and ,rs.
hands searched his body occasiona,,-
case himself o. the vermn he carried :.
soon working in the vitais Of the D;r'
organ. He summoned a doucbbo0 "F'
dIsheYelied and dirty as himself, and ~.
him 70 work at the air pump.
A few minutes after II O'Clock some o..
rushed in, shouting:
The armistice has been signed. II.
wars overt"
Wounded moved on every stretcher so,..
raised themselves on thcir elbows. And :.
that moment the strains Of the broke, ~.
organ began 70 flood the church with aIo~
be unto the world, for peace has come
The sergeant was at TIE Keys and :,
doughboy was pumping with all his forc.
clear voice carried on the hymn as the broI..
organ began to fail Tho voice va. +s..,.
Chaplain Jason Pearce, Of Baltimore. A.,
the organlst, It was learned, used to nl,.
tor fashionable congregations at the G.
thedral Of St. John the Divine, Of New yo..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Needed---A Business Court

he facts appear to be these: The
international Marine Company has been
closely tied down by British wartime
regulations and the earnings of its ships
have been withheld in London until the
shareholders and directors have become
very weary. The amount withheld now
totals around $50, 100000 SO when a
British syndicate, at The instance Of the
British government. offered TO buy the
subsidiary companies. the American
owners, with the prospect Of getting
the money due to them and getting rid
Of host of troubles, agreed. The deal
involves very closely 100000 tons.
Tonnage of this character is now easily
worth we'll above $175,00O.O00. The
price offered by the British syndicate
was little under $l35,O0O,00O. This
was considered a very low price, but in
view Of the conditions and perplexities
Of the situation the owners concluded
TO accept
At this point the American govern
ment, through the Shipping Board.
stepped in and forbade the sale. at the
same time declaring it's Willingness
to take over the ships itself. Pre-
clsely what the American government,
with 100000 tons of shipping under
way and several million tons completed.
wanted of another million tons, unless
1t was going in for monopoly of Amer
lean owned ocean going tonnage, was
not clear it is not going into the bust
ness of bargain hunting Before the
war $40 a ton for shipping of this
character would have seemed very
good price. But that was when steel
was worth around $50 ton, wages In
the great shipbuilding countries were
low and the cost of construction was cor
respondngly light. Now ali over the
world wages have risen enormously. On
an average the cost of living. from
Japan TO Stockholm, has risen~ 900 per
cent or more. The average price Of steel
here is now around $40. and The cost Of
the 100000 tons Of new shipping
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Ration RaW Materials

Should not the United States lead in
proposing a plan for rationing basic
materials and stablizing their cost so
that the temptation to profit seliishly BY
tho original ownership and control shall
be replaced during the period of recon-
structlon by 4 broad recognition of the
needs Of ali nations to reestablish their
productive power under as little re-
stralnt and as rapidly as the circum-
stances may permit?
Such q plan of rationing is not a
function of the government exclusive of
the aid and counsel of those eXDert in
handling these commodities Making the
plan and carrying it into effect should
be left to those who best know the
processes Of production and distrjbu
ton, with only such government par
tclpatlon as may give official sanction
to the plan and provide the regulation
that will assure fair dealing and rca-
sonablc prices.
The principle of economic boycott. Of
ten advanced as punishment to those
"e''ioi'9 SV'lIS VI ulaluiDllg INC world S
peace, is neither politically nor econom-
lcally sound, nor is the principle of
Favored nation" in commercial treaties.
These would tend only to drive the ma
tons further apart and increase the un-
rest in the industrial world.
May not the United States lead here,
also, in declaration of principles pro
vlding for such adjustments as will Ill
tlmately assure live and -let-live policy
for the whole world?
The fourth and last of the interna-
t'onal problems of reconstruction of
which shall speak is the use of the
remaining ocean tonnage and of the
new fleets as they leave their ways, in
the common service of all nations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Pool the Works Shipping

Reconstruction cannot proceed under
principles of just consideration for the
needs Of all nations except as those
countries having ships available shall
SO far pool their tonnage as to make it
of universal service Happily, the
United States, with its ocean fleet in
creasing daily, is in a fair way to set
an example in this as in other matters
involving international problems CT re
construction, and American business
may we'll consider a memorial to oul.
own government, and through it to the
peace conference, for the adoption of
such plans during the period Of recon-
struction as will assure joint control
and distribution Of overseas shippine TO
provide all nations with their immediate
needs Of foods and with raw materials
and transport for their products.
Coming now to the problems of in
ternal readjustment, they are many and
varied, some of general interest, while
others are singular to specific indus
tries.
The principle of price fixing is
problem that should have the considcra-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

action as invading The editorial sanctum
with eighteen machine guns. Consistency
is still jewel, and it remains true that
orthodoxy is my doxy and hctcrodoXy is
somebody else's doxy The Bolshcvki of
Russia and Germany look upon free
speech as the palladium of liberty when
it is their lips that arc scaled, but once
they are in the ascendancy all opinions
antagonistic to their own are prescribed
fully as ruthlessly as was done by the
agents of absolutism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

ton Of business, especially with re-
spect to the dcsrability Of having price
fixing machinery maintained Temporal
rily in some form in the effort to stabilize
values, to provide against too rapid
price fluctuation seriously affecting in
ventory values, which, in part at least,
must underie commercial credit, and to
cushion the recession which must follow
a period Of excessively high prices in a
manner that will bring about gradual
adjustment with as little loss and I'M
certainty as may reasonably be expected
in the return to normal conditions.
Another problem of internal readjust-
ment has to do with the treatment that
will be accorded to our new industries
largely developed to supply commodities
formerly imported from Central Europe.
None of these would now be classcd as
major industries. Their annual pro
duction is comparatively small, even
where they are now supplying all our
domestic needs, but unless some means
is found for protecting them for fur
Their period against the renewed compe-
tition Of the countries from which these
products were formerly imported they
will be overwhelmed and we will again
be dependent upon others for these i'm
pOrtant SUPPLIES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Let Justice Be Done

VIoH Ihc record 10 Nan
We gladly make the correction. Two
weeks ago we stated that one Of Eric's
war work slackers had never given anv-
thing but 500 peach seeds to any Of the
war causes. The man from whom this
Stacker buys his daily plug Of tobacco tells
us that he gave the tnfol each dav to
the local salvage company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28


a great war convention and
pledged it's every resource to bring the
war to a successful conclusion. To-day
the same forces, multiplied in numbers,
are studying the problems involved in
what we call reconstruction, and are
ready to offer to the government their
best counsel and effort in accomplishing
the necessary readjustmcnts with the
minimum Of loss and inconvenience.
Reconstruction is difficult to define and
even more difficult to interpret, because
the problems arc Worldwide
There are two distinct phases Of re-
construction or REIMBURSEMENT, one deal
ing with our international relationships
and the other bearing upon our internal
affairs, for an endeavor to adjust the
latter without taking into account the
former would be to invite certain failure
The footing or foundation stone of
political and economic reconstruction
will be laid in the peace treaty.
Men of business may not be regarded
as competent advisers in matters of
diplomacy and statecraft as affecting
political reconstruction, but, as a corol-
larry to this assumption, the diplomat OF
statesman may not be regarded as
wholly competent adviser in matters of
economic rcconetruction.
We may assume that commerce viii
play an important role in all the world
establishments, and it becomes impcra-
tive that in the peace terms which
presently will come under discussion
certain fundamental considerations af-
fectlng commerce shall not be over
looked. Furthermore, in the counses
which shall determine the international
political and economic relations of the
future American business. in common
with like interests of other nations,
should be consulted in framing the peace
conditions.
Failure to deal generously in the dis
trlbuton of raw materials will serious
ly impede the industrial restoration of
nations not fortunate enough to possess
basic materials of their own in surplus
fer trading purposes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Now They Know How 1t Is

fffop The Dallas Ncusi
Mrs. Vincent Aston tells how American
women in France worked all DAY for the
bows and then danced with them half the
night. Perhaps when they get back they
will feel trife sympathetic with the tired
business man whose wife drags him forth
on frequent evenings after weary days at
the Office.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Have a Care!

TFT001 NC Aan9a8 co Star0
WELL there's just one thing I'll say
about President Wilson, determinedlv
declared citizen Of Petunia.
"heerful!" warned Constable Sam T.
slackputter "Keerful, Adrain, or I'lI have
TO pull You for lazy majesty You know
how strict The law is these days"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
he Biggest News Beat"

from The Philadelphia North AmercaaJ
The report that Mr. Wilson discussed
the freedom Of the seas in the fullest
manner with reporter from "The London
Tines IS said to have resulted over night
IN a subscription list for "The Tines
which includes every member of the Amer
lean Congress-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
NetU PocUers for Old

In our own country control of our
national destinies is sure to be invested
IN something else than the power OF
wealth or The Intimidation Of possession
OF great resources. In short, the less
fortunate in birth or possessions, being
numerically superior, will not permit a
reYersion to some of the methods of the
past, nor is there any reason to believe
that those who occupy the position Of
the more fortunate in material things
will be less anxious to assist in develop-
ing programme that will embody the
best provisions for cooperation and will
eliminate class and caste in our internal
personal relationships
These are the problems How shall
we find the solutions?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
The Club Grows

These qualified yesterday for member
ship in Mayor IIylan's club Of profit
GERS" human hyneas" and "scoundrels,"
by refusing to serve on the Welcoming
committee with William Randolph Hearst.
BERTON. S READING.
KINE. FRANCIS J..
PATTON. THOMAS =
VALENTINE. DAVID
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

We are determined to lose no steep
'ehatccey orer the fnaI disposition Of
the German bottleships, but ne hare a
prcfpdice IN Juror Of Sinking all the
surrendered submorircs-7cu THEN. en-
tire crc7cs aboard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
'|Where DO We Go From
Here?'' Big Business Asks

Commercial reconstruction following the dis
csed By leading business IN the congress Of the
Chamber Of the United States Atlantic CITY,
AS the best ouinng the questions to be answered,
number of the speeches to be quoted here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
With Peace Not Yet Signed

But no country could land
a hostile force upon the shores Of the
United States if the United States con-
trolls the greatest navy in the world"
The american
Get Men For Army, Is Urged by
Baker, "-The World.
Next War Will Be a Color Line
Fight, says Yul1io Ozak.-Thc Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

The elephants arc SO immense,
They make me think Of circus tents;
But when they try to kiss or play,
They find their noses in the way.
ISOULT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

After aoorhing long and unsuccoss-
fully to iubuo orr Christmas Day spasm
acjth d Yulotjde faror, acc can't Miuk
Of oaything that 1couJd maize us feel
more the cray zoe do than to get. rs aoe
did to-dan several bnIly contributions
tbot 'front.' be good nom until DcccUdcy
-, 19I9.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
Just to finnish off the week

Just to finish off the week with the
consciousness of duty we'll done, We'll
announce that r. NJ. Snyder wishes TO
tcll the world that Godfrey Nurse is in
the Hospital Corps, Mr. Mcsck is an
ambulance driver in Albany and DR..
Paine cures en- in Suilcrn, while II. T.
II. won't be content until he has spread
the glad tidings that Mr.. Sansouci is an
undertaken in Adams, Mass
DO yop'' Christmas spoppjng coyly!
f. T. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
oreign Exchange Note

tFroa. The Colombia Record
As we understand the Russian stustlo''
the difference between Bolshevik and
bourgeois is about so rubles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

THE SOLDIER DEAD IN FRANCE
II AR, far from their homes they
4 died
Where they fought and fell shall we
let them bide
Or bring them back from the other side?
To France they are dear, for they died
on her breast.
With her own gallant dead she will
guard their rest,
The men who came, at her need, from
the West.
When the Poppy blows and The white,
white Rose
In France It's fair in the Spring;
We will let them lie meath the blue,
blue sky,
And the winds their requiem sing.
Their dreams will be sweet in place
so meet,
And Glory viii smile on their grave;
And Fame will linn till the stars grow
dim
The daring and deeds of the Brave.
SAMUEL MINTURN PECK.
As Noau Years Day approaches zee
cnuY the Germans more and more. They
1cW be able to maize and keep so many
good resolutions and stU remain COM
porotivcly 'lvegcneyatc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28


products were formerly imported they
will be overwhelmed and we will again
be dependent upon others for these i'm
portant supplies.
The Right to Combine
An important problem of readjust-
ment is the question of whether the
right to combine, permitted in foreign
trade under the Webb-Pomerene bill,
should, by amendment Of our trust legis-
lation, be extended to domestic opera
lions.
One Of the by-products of the war has
been the demonstration that combna-
tons. under proper Federal supervision
may be safely and advantageously per
mitted. Is it not fair, therefore, that
we should seek answers to the following
questions:
Have not the agencies Of the govern
mcnt controlling combinations of indus
trial units during the period of the war
been constructive rather than rcprcssive
during TIC war period?
Have the combinations during this pc
Rod been detrimental to public interest
Should devices making for economy. and
possibly only where freedom to co0Derate
is extended, be continued into the period
Of reimbursement in order that their bene-
iiclal effect may be felt upon the cost Of
living and upon the greater ability to
meet competition in the worlds markets?
Must 4 Federal agency or commission
controlling cooperative relationship be re-
presslYe in its very nature, or can It be
constructive without inviting abuse Of its
constructive effort?
DO not the period Of REIMBURSEMENT
and the experiences of the war make OBJ
portunity for this conference properly to
suggest consideration by Congress of all
statutes constituting our antitrust leg
islaton?
There is still another subject believed
by some to be the one of greatest i'm
portance, namely, the relation Of labor
to the period Of reimbursement.
[ would not personally give it first
place through any thought OF the dan
ger of serious differences between the
parties IN interest, but | would gladly
give II the place of honor as bearing
upon vital human relationships, and
without harmony and confidence here
the period Of REIMBURSEMENT will be long
and difficult to negotiate.
We are facing many vital changes in
the controlling power of the political
and economic machinery of the world
power which, if unrcstrained, viii bring
much grief before it settles down to a
sober and intelligent recognition Of it's
ability to impose harm as we'll as good.
NetU Powers for Old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28
GUARANTE

You purchase mccchandisc advertised In TIE
Ts6UNE With sbscuts satctfor dissatisfaction re-
u'ss In any TIVE TRIBUNE guarantees 10 pay your
p neS back request. No red tape. No ouhb'nq.
We maize good promptly 1t tho advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

A ' s":::.' "s s:: '::. :: 5::' az ::
great war convention and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-28

Owned and published daily by Now York Tribune Inc.
New York Corporation. Ogden Reid President: =
Neroor Rogers Vice Presidents Richard II lee Secretary
r A. Suter. Treasurer Address 1fihune Hufdms lSi
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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-12
VARIOUS MATERIALS USED
TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT
FOR FIGHTING MEN

Raw materials of many kinds are
needed for the equipment of United
States troops. Jute, silk, fur, and lin
en-, all find their way into the uniform
of an infantryman, IN addition to the
wool and cotton which are used in
greater quantities.
A half ounce Of silk is used in the
standard yellow gloves and slightly
larger quantity in the riding gloves
Silk is also found in the service hat
and undershirt. Linen enters the equip
ment list in only one article, the shell
ter tent. Jute is used in breeches,
coat, and overcoat; fur in the service
hat.
Mussel pearl, ivory nut, and bone
form buttons on different articles of
the uniform. aluminium is used il
the bayonet scabbard, canteen, cup,
knife, and meat can. In the slickeI
are nine and half ounces of rubbe:
Horsehide and leather, wood, iron
steel, bronze brass, zinc, copper, tin,
and lead are used in various articles
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-12
CORPS OF ARMY NURSES
MUST BE INCREASED NEARLY
1000 PER CENT IN YEAR

According to estimates based on an
Army of 100000 men, 1880 nurses
will be needed. The present strength
of the Army Nurse Corps of the Medi-
cal Department is about $500. To in
crease this number by nearly 1000 per
cent in a year is the task faced by the
corps.
Hospitals at Army camps and canton
mnts still need nurses to bring the
quota for each up to the minimum of
60 considered necessary, although since
tle urgent need for nurses was made
public in December nearly 1000 re-
quests for application blanks have been
received.
In order to get the enrolment up to
the needed number of the re Iuire-
ments heretofore, imposed haze been
waived, According to estimates there
are between $4,000 and 10000 regis
tered nurses in the country and about
100000 other graduate and practical
nurses.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-12
WAR DEMANDS BROADEN
WORK IN CHEMISTRY, SAYS
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR

From the annual report of the Secre-
tary of the Interior:
In this department we have during
the past year had glimpse of the ex
banding romance Of chemical study.
We have found adventure in the search
for the hidden secrets of petroleum,
natural gas, and coal tar, of coal smoke,
and the refuse from a hundred furnaces
and smokestacks. We appear to have
suddenly driven into chemical age
or perhaps we have suddenly realized
that we are in such an age. New ex-
Plosives, new fertilizers, new sources
Of power, of food, new materials for
construction and destruction, new pre-
servatives of life, and new agencies for
the sweetening and wholesoming of
life-these are to the credit of the
modern chemist, and as a by-produet
of this war we are to have a higher
appreciation Of this branch of science,
and our genius for discovery which
has so greatly been applied to prob
lens Of mechanics will find In analytic
and synthetic chemistry field of op.
portunity subject to almost infinite ex.
pansion.'
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-12
THE CANE CROP.

A freeze of exceptional severity Wis
tied the Louisiana sugar district dur
ing the past week, the thermometer
descending to 10 degrees F., or even
lower in the upper parts of the sugar
belt, RdmOrs of injury to stubble are
heard but no definite reports are yet
It hand. So far as the current grind
ing is concerned, it is so nearly fin
shed that the effect on its results from
any meteorological factors may be
considered negligible.
The government preliminary re-
port published in our last issue indi.
eating a total output in Louisiana
this year of $4,000 short tons of SUI
gar or its equivalent 20s,o00 long tons,
has occasioned considerable comment,
the general impression being hitherto
that -aa0, 900 long tons would be reach
ed. Later both the government and the
'.ouisisna Sugar Planters Associa-
Ia will Issue final figures based on
mrlete returns. The spirit Of opti-
mism existing in the Louisiana sugar
district is evidenced by the prepare
tions being made for a large crop in
1919. La. Planter.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-01-12
FEDERAL LOANS TO
FARMERS REACH
NEARLY $4,000, 900

Up to December !, 500, 1924 $50 had
been paid out to farmers on per cent
long time loans, according to a report
covering the operations of the II Fed.
eral land banks. The total of loans
approved, including these closed and
these awaiting verifcation of title
and other formalities, is $105,l36,5 29
The interest rate under the farm
loan system has been increased from
5 to 512 per cent, to apply to all appli-
cations which have not yet been ap-
proved.
Borrowing Is done through, cocpera=
tive farm loan associations organized
by farmers, each association being com
posed of 10 or more farmer borrowers
and each group borrowing at least
100000. Up to December l the farm
loan board had chartered 1889 such
cooperative associations.