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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-19

hand Mrs. Lee Harknas,. slo sra Third avenue. left yesterday for s8ov where they will reside Tn ngfe!i Mf. Harness, is travelling eelf for the Cotton Belt and his quarters will be at Elmo,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-19

|rs. Sam W. Trimble leaves today Louisville, Ky, where she will during the period her husband is
 Ramp Taylor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-19

;as Pauline Wilson of Bearden, (he euest of Miss Elizabeth Lyle, Walnut street,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-19

E. Ernest steward, who has been guest of Mrs. ;GeorgessW. Adams the past week, returned to her
 at Dallas, Tex, yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-19

krs. W. T. Woodbridge spent yes
 1ay in Little Rock with friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-19

E NEWS |r and Mrs. J. c. Woodmansee } received a card announcing the arrival of their son Clyde R. |dmansee,s in France.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-25
LOS ESCELTNS RRENES

FL literature no son dc oscn"la les
tres p~rop:cdades cemeteries. Ia lon
gitud Y latitud. s. no van acompa@a-
das dc Ia rrofundidad, o al meros dc
la emoci6n. no son c~ualidades roco-
mendabies.
Tn pensamiento de Pascal o De Ia
brouyere. vale Glen vcnes mas qua una
nove!a chavacana.
Ash ono una mujcr peque9a ) b.en
tornado es harto mas bella Qac una
alta Y a~ngu!osa IN articulo bueno =
credita mas talento : ayte que una no.
vela sin ;nteras nj oricinalidad.
LARA vivira en- Ia memoria de ,os
hombres mas que todos los novclisJas
pornograficos.
les que censuran los pensamieatos,
los Jrabajos bre"es, las maximas '
~parabolas, no podr&n leer con gusto
e. Evaugel;o. pero lecn sin dificuitad
a Trigo Y hasta 10 ~entienden, que 10
eS POGO.
Pascua: SANTACRTZ.
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= 2surto es Sific;l.

Probab'emente q gobierno no ad-
;tir& tai proposition, por cuanto
ne ESQ nevaria al pueblo a una
-uava dificrltad, : a n larga no ha-
= sino aumen;ar h miseria Y lie
a. 4 los concentrates = mayores
7trdjd2s.
\ nadie Sc escapa e desortcn
'~coNoraico que hGbria CT @! pais =
:a1a 5stado, para saliva. SUP COM
. omisos, Sc pUsiese = hacer ami
Zones de papel moncd&.
Esto, de toGos modos. pirta 4 ms
e'aras Ia gravedad de n sl.Iaci6n
en- ca:i todos los estadoS de la Re-
pUblica.
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Il SifHaci0n en- Ia cOsta..,
Viene de Ia 7a.)

ladD que azota las carnes, mujeres
Cue carucen va del vieor que han me-
nesle~ para aiimenlar = sus hijos.
Fl mismo cuadro en- tCdas parties.
y Ell mismO cuadro Sc We an Man
zanillo. ell puerto colimente. En- MI
nero crecido. lleean hasta los viaje-
res muieres ha-aposas, nihos desnu-
dos. hombres famalicos Y enfermos;
L:reciendo e. genta JrabajCs manUa-
les, deshiladcs y bordados cue en- los
Estados Unidos Sc reaiiZan en- diez y
vejnta d6lares. y Por cscs trabajos
piden aQuellas pobres gentes cincuea-
ia centavos.
lei trabajo de varios dias de
paciente labor ve2dido por una can
tidad insiqnificante, que Ia mayor
parte de ms veces 10 basta nj para
camprar e! maiz n~ecesario para Ia ali
mentacj6n de Ia familia numerosa y
necesit2da.
Pcro no es este 10 peor. sino el ejGr
cito de menGigos, cue "a que an
dar. Sc arrast-an. ofreciendo a los
trauaseantes SUI sombrero De petate
sucio ' agujereado, pidiendo, "por e!
amor lie Dios," IN ccntavo.
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CuanGo nccesite iibr0s en- espaHoI
i~irijase 3 gGNACI0 {. LOZANO lls
Y Sts. Rosa Ave. san Antonio. Tex
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G5az nil GaTTanCistas,..
(Viecc de Ia 1a.)

rios. a = en- Michoacan ' en- las
Eaastecas "a otra.
Auaaue ambas campahas Sc inicia-
ron race mucho tempo, puede asegu-
-r-e exc 10 han Gaiv los resu.tado5
cue SC espe-a5ar dc ella. 20. IA poco
,smpetencia de los horabres cue las
svieron . 81 cargo : por Ia fa}ta de
~cler,ertcs lie guerra en- cantidad So
ficisatc. Por clio. las t-opas del &C
bierno no han rod;do a~rroja- q tos
re5eldez de sos an-!guas posiciones.
nj en- Ia huasSeca nj en- Micho&c&a-
dorae Pel&ez y Chavez Garcia sisnen
Gue7os DC Il situacion.
Sin embargo. una circunstaacia es-
7ea.al Ia ob!ig2do nj gooierno a po-
rer -oao 81 ea:peno en- accivar nasta
fonde le sen possible, esa dos cam
raHas.
FL ia Rerlbl.ca hay m tremenda
escasezz 90 maiz. Nj sc consigue en-
Interior. sino en- peluehas can't
dades = vencieado g-aHdes obstacu-
los. pues las autoridades mismas Sc
eripeIaH en- c~onservarlo para el con
sumo local de los lugares que 10 pre-
Queen. nj puede adquirirse en- ell eX-
..anjero.
En- les lugares dominates por Pc
en- los que DONNA CHAVEZ
rarc... nay maiz eE abundanlia, pues
las cose.has han siGo baeHas Y So es-
-era e1e las p-5ximqs sean mejores.
Isl u 70 - NJ dejado ahi sentir Ia
escasez de csc cereal como Ell otrcs
,uaa~cs 1e IL Repdbiica.
Las fuerzas de Pelaez, cue cuentan
con una numerosa c~aballada, han ts-
.~iao maj en- cant;dad sufjciente para
aln,e2-a-la sin ~dificultad ninguna.
An-iguamente, de n region cercara
I Tlxpam salian en- &pocas de cose-
cha. de cuatro q seis mil sacos por
sen.ua. cue ayuC2oan Il consume ue
"a RepdbEca.
En- cuanto 4 Michoacan, he siGo
considerable siempre como 81 primer
estado productor de maiz entire todos
los de Ia R~epu5lica.
Asi pues. al gobierno le interesa.
solo nor este concepto. ~recuperar 4 Ia
mavor brevedad estos luga7es, pues
enc Ia miseria pGhlica por Ia falta Dc
maiz. "a tomando todos los dias mas
a,araantes manifestations
In campana. segdn Sc dice, Sc lie
vara q cabo en- el mes de febrero.
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EN- LUGAR nE SERFICIO OF
CIAL, NEGOCIO PARTICULAR
Viene de Ia la. Pag)

Ger que 10 que hu0iera debido ser IN
s~erv;cio. IN ~esfueyzo ~desinteresadc
que 81 gohierno hac:a CT b;cn &c ID
agricultural lagunata, de ia que ;antc
recibe ' que ase"ura e. bieneztar de
una inmensa region. Ia sido nct;vo
de negocio.
Pareee que algunas personals ami
gas del gob!erno,-gecerales hay en-
ire ellas-har hecho este negocio de
las maquinas agricolas. no para el
biea de los labTadorcs, sino para su
prCvecho personal.
Sc esPera que nuevas maQuinas
llegucn a Torre@n para los trabajos
en- La Laguna. peyo su venta sera
tambien mas que IN seTvicio Official,
IN negocio particular.
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Varies ~refBgiaiOs.,:
iYiene de Ia La. Pag)
Iicia de los consUlaGos carTancistaS.
jaz hab;i maniobra-

JHS he6i man'o0sa-
u,ro
L "',.-N'u1o 4~0 AL
fAasS' ne - ~ :;
genoa Sl D' - dai Srr.
oe."%a'7 TX - roIi,i-mo
- a,+,,oda
@I- Al G;:,,.,+o ~
We l'7 10 J,,.,a ,,,,.,-
90, F.7;.i.-o
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Los Det1oIeros dc h6zIG0,,,
(Viene % ls La

cesivamente hasta que todo veaga q
1uedar en- possession del gobierno.
Como nc siempre son los prcp!eta-
r;3s los que explotan el p~etr6leo, 81
nc arrendatarios, entire ambos habra
de repartirse el per ciento que les
toque, quedando de hccho anulados TO-
dos los compromises particulars en-
ire ambos.
En- algunos casos, Sc ma pagado a
proDietario de los terrenOs, una sume
annual. por acre de terra, en- calidad
de renCa, mientras Sc han llevado a ca
DO las p~erforacioneS Y Sc ma obtenido
Ell p~etroleo.
Durante el termino de production,
Sc ha cedido al propietario I'm por
ciento del valor de ella, a 10 que Sc
ha dado el nombre de royalty"
Pues bien, todos esos arreglos, Sc
ran imposib!es de ~llevarse al acos-
tumbrado cumplimiento, en- case dc
que Ia dicha ley Sc ponga en- vigor.
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IA 2iz ENTIRE Los UCRAENOs.
Ciene dc la la. Pag.>

ma q las ~potencias centrales. estas
podran s~olucionar las crisis ecoa6n.i-
ca Que esta a punto de ~resoiyerse en-
hi crisis politica ' hacer cue los
gobiernos de esos paises dirijan toda
81 atenci6n 4 las ~operaciones militia
res contra los aiiados.
La condici6n puesta por los impe-
rios c~entrales para eyacuar los te-
rritorios dc Ia Ucraina. fu6 Ia de que
lie esta lie suninistre los where's que
~necesita, q 10 cual, sagdin Sc sabe, ac-
cedi6 aqualla.
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OtrO 2buRdaRtiSin0.,.
(Viene de la 1a.)

cuantO haya acordado Ia resolution
cue debe darle NJ asunto, al darse Z
cCnocer al publico Gsta, Sc hara CO.
nccer EualnleTte. aGucl.
Nendra n comisi6u De limites Z este
pals.
Sc anuncia que muy en- 5reye de-
bera salir para este pals, Ia comisiGn
especial que ha sido designada Ell
cooperation con ell personal ~nombradc
al efecto por los Estados Unidos pa
RI proceder 9 Ia rectificaci6n de Ia Il
nea divisoria entire ambos paisez.
tanto en- las c~ercanias de Nogaleg
como al Oeste de Ciudad Juarez.
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Dudan de Su aprobaci0n.

Segun parece, los petroleros dudan
de que la m~encionada ley pueda ser
aprobada, pues que produciria. como
oueda dicho. una verdadera catastro-
fe en- la industrial ~petrolera, y aEA
~acarrearia graves complicaciones al
gobierno.
Tanto las companies n~acionales CO
mo las extranjeras, han protestado
energicamente contra la sofa posibili-
dad de que Ia ley pueda ser aplicada
en- 81 forma actual, Y al efeeto, han
eaviado comisiones a Mexico, con el
lin de que hagan presente al gobierno
So protesta.
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Quiaren %ezpedII..,
tYiene de Ia la. Pag.)

h 'legado en- los 6ltimoS meseS 4
IN grade tai, que va reclama inme-
diato remedio para evitar mayores
consecuencias.
Las t~esore.ias de los dichos esta-
dos. estan en- Ia imposibilidad de pa
gar sus sueidos a los empleados, aun
7artes p~e2lenisimas Y a pesar de
cue son muchos los que Sc han deja-
10 cesantes. Y naturaImente, 81 des-
| aouilibrio producido entire Ia gran
poblaci6n que no tenia otro medic
de vida que 81 trabaio a gohierno,
"a sido grandiSimo.
En- cuanto q las clases medals. Y
5aias. con ell cierre de muchos Ia
Her1s. 81 paro de trabajos en- mu-
nos mi.:sases. V Ia impoS!bilidad de
revar a cato los trabaios agricoias,
| or faita de ~lIuvias Y falta de segp-
idades, aJraviesan tambian por una
-ituaci6n cada dia mas angustiosa.
Todos los servicios publicos Sc
eeierten de esta miseria Y ellos
'uzgan qle es llegada Ia nora &e
-esolver Ia situacion de alguaa ma
nera.
Una de elias. seria Ia de que 81
.oJ:erao LEGAL pu&iese em!tir bonos,
.a!cs. billetes. cualquiera c!&se de
opel r1cneda que Ia teso.eria del
'etado pudiese garantizar mas tar
10. V hacsr u circulation en- cjerto
mode oa~!igatoria. para que eli &c
;ocac pueda hacer con csc panel
r'oa,da sus pages ' los empleados
~neio~ar en- algo Su lamentable ST.
-u2c.6n.
En- algunos estados, como en- q
'e Trcacaa, ha eStado circJlanHo
m cspecie de pape! moneda. expe-
lido por Ia comisi5n r~eguladora.
cya circulation sc ha cbHgaGo,
,or mas que Ell pueblo Sc haya ne
yado commandments = admitn'
a?ei.
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Y deiadnos nuestra ley,
Que en- tocando Z Dios Y al Rey
Y nueStros patrios hogaTes,
Tcdos somos mil;tares
Y formamos una grey.
CuanGo menos, 81 no es esta Ia dec'
ma 4 que listed Sc refiere, fue una
de las que mas entusiasmaban 81 pue-
bio espanol durante Ia lucha por su
iadependencia. listed debs saher!o
nceior cue nosotros.
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SECCION De C~oNSULTAS
0iene de IA 6a-1

que pcr fortuna -geG-daICS:
Nuest-a es9a6ola arrog2ncia
Siempre No tenido por punto,
Acordarse de SasuEJo
Y no oIvidar a Numancia.
FranceseS, idos q EraEcia,
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Cuando necesite lihros en- espanoi
diriiase = ignacfa E. Lozano.-Il8
\. Sta Rosa Ave San Antonio, Tex.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22
Easy TO Make This
Pine Cough Remedy
Thousands Of families swear By Zee
pr0mp6 results. inexpensive
and saves about So.

You know that pine is used in nearly
all prescriptions and remedies for
coughs. The reason is that pine con-
tains several peculiar elements that
have q remarkable effect IN soothing
and healing the membranes of the
throat and chest.
Pine cough syrups are combinations Of
pine and syrup. The syrup" is usually
plain granulated sugar syrup. Moth
ing better, but why buy it? You can
easily make it yourself in five minutes.
To make the best pine cough remedy
that money can buy, put q ounces
of Pinex (60 cents WORTH in a pint
bottle, and fill up with homemade
sugar syrup. This gives you a full
pint-mOre that you can buy ready
made for $3.50. 1t is pure, good and
very pleasant-children take it eagerly.
You can feel this take hold of q cough
or cold in a way that means business.
The cough may be dry, hoarBe and tight,
or may be persistently loose from the
formation of phlegm. The cause is the
same-infiamed membranes-and this
Pinex and Syrup combination will stop
it-usuallY in "a hours or less. Splen-
did, too, for bronchial asthma, hOarse-
ness, or any ordinary throat ailment.
Pinex is a highly concentrated com
pound of Norway pine extract, famous
the world over for its prompt results.
Beware Of substitutes. Ask your
druggist for 1914 ounces Of Pinex"
with directions, and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed to give abso-
lutte satisfaction or money refunded.
The Pinex Co., TT. Wayne Ind.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22
BEAUTIFUL HAIR
THICK, WAVY,FREE
FROM DANDRUFF
Draw a Moist Cloth Thru
The Hair and Double It's
Beauty At Once
Save Your Hair! Dandruff
Disappears And Hair
Stops Coming Out

Tmmediate?-Yes! Certain?-that's
the joy of it. Your hair becomes
light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and ap-
pears as soft. lustrous and beautiful
as a young girls after an applica-
ton Of Danderine Also try this
moisten a cloth with a little DAN
derine and carefully draw IL through
your hair, taking one small strand
at time. This will cleanse the hair
OF dust, dirt or excessive oil. and in
Just few moments YOU have dou-
bled the beauty Of your hair. A de-
lightful surprise awaits those whose
hair has been neglected or is scrag-
gy, faded, dry. brittle or thin: Be
sides identifying the hair, Danderine
dissolves every particle of dandruff;
cleanses, purifies and invigorates the
scalp. forever stopping itching and
falling hair, but what will please you
most will be after a few weeks use,
when you see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yet-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp.
Danderine is to the hair what
fresh showers OF rain and sunshine
are to vegetation. 1t goes right to the
roots, invigorates and strengthens
them. Its exhilarating. stimulating
and life producing properties cause
the hair to grow long, strong and
beautiful.
You can surely have pretty, charm4
ing lustrOus hair. and lots of ii, III
you viii spend a few cents for bot
tie of KnOwlton's Danderine from
any drug store or toilet counter and
try il as directed. -Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22
BECOMING TEST OF MORALE.

This war is going to be won by the
nations with the superior morale.
Germany is facing famine at home.
The Allies are beginning to feel the
same pinch of want.
Earl Kitchener said that the side
with the last million men and the
last hundred million dollars to throw
into the struggle would win it.
But it takes morale to risk this last
stake.
Morale to a nation is what courage
IS to the individual. The man who
mas lost his grip" has lost every
,4lfing. He may retain his physical
health unimpaired. His mind may he
las keen as ever. He has lost none Of
Ethe knowledge or training he pos
lsessed, but without courage, he is
like a motor without gasoline.
The morale Of nation corresponds
No courage in an individual.
4 The supreme test of the war is APP
tproaching. in February, March or
April Germany may be expected to
make her last desperate onslaught in
khe west.
Unfortunately for the Allies.
EAmerfca will be able to give them
comparatively little assistance when
ahe potential strength Of the nation
Is considered.
If that onslaught wins, America
Aand Great Britain will be left to fight
the Central Powers alone. If 1t fails
sGermany is hopelessly beaten.
II we can't give the Allies as many
Irained and equipped soldiers as we
would like, we can give them money,
food and surgical supplies. If we fail
TO make any sacrifice needed to do
that, we have lost our grip" before
we have begun to fight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22
QUICK relief FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
DIR. Edwards, a practicing physician
for II years and calomels old-time
enemy, discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients TOR
chronic constipation and torpid livers.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but ahealings soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping Is the "keynOte" of these
little sugar coated, olive-colored tab
lets. They cause the bowels and liver to
act normally. They never force them
TO unnatural action.
Ifyou have dark brown mouth
bad breath-a dull, tired feeling-sick
headache torpid liver and are consti.
pated, you'll find quick, sure and only
pleasant results from one or two little
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every
night just to keep right = Try them.
l0c and 25c per box. All druggists.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22

r. Jefferson Weber in The North
American Review: One class or
Americanisms include those English
words which are used in America
in a different sense than In Eng
land. Maize or Indian corn, through
out the United States is called simp-
Iv corn" in England the term
corn" is applied genericauy TO
wheat, barley and other small
grains. For this the Americans use
the term grain"
Biscuit" is, another word when
is. AIFSerently used in the two coun-
tries in England biscuit is kind
~ IInraised bread, formed into fiat
cakes and baked hard; this is called
a cracker in the United States
word which may have come from
Yorkshire. Biscuit" in the American
sense means a small cake OF bread,
raised and shortened, or made light
and fluffy with soda or baking pow
A .bfllion" in America means a
thousand millions; in England
million millions Fixed" to an
american, usually means repaired ;"
to an Englishman, Fastened or at
tached."
The list of this class of Ameri-
Can1au1S W0uLu DC a lung oAAGs AAGA
are a great number OF common
words, such as punt" smart,
CLEVER" cunning" track, ''gey-
ser" stud" shop" chemist" ice, ;"
'.public school," etc, which have diff
ferent meanings On two sides of the
ocean. Some OF these are the result
Of gradual development; the slow
accretion of secondary meanings
finally produces a word OF quite diff
ferent sense from that with which I'll
began. The natural tendency Of set
tiers in a strange country to apply
already familiar names and terms to-
new objects in nature, to new phen-
ornena, etc, leads to a confusion in
the meaning Of such names; the OUT
come OF this practice is that the
same word il used in America and
Great Britain for different things
different trees, plants, animals,
fruits, etc.
In like manner the names of many
domestic articles have become con-
fused. Whenever a new object need
ed a name, the American OF the early
days usually tried to find a genuine
Eng Ssh word to serve the purpose
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22
ATS A LIE" SAYS BILLY"

Every day in the week a Wash
Engton paper comes to the office con-
tanning some two or three pages OF
BILLY Sundays sermons.
The habit of reading these ser
41nons is easily contracted. 1t grows
on the reader. For example, you 60
ezimming along and run slap up
} against something like this:
He denounced the I. W. WIS
in strong language as agitatOrs
who puTposely spread the idea
that America is a rich mans
country"
ITS a lie" Billy shouted.
They're a bunch Of calamity
howlers. 1t isn't a rich mans
country or the country of any
class. It's eYerybody's country.
No worse lie ever crawled out Of
the pit of perditiOn."
''Everybody's sacrificing in this
war You can see it every day
right here in Washington. We're
all together going TO put it over
IN great shape and believe me,
we're going to do it in quick
order. That dirty gang on the
- other side has spit in our faces
long enough"
And then before you know it,
you're a Billy Sunday booster, and
forget that he is undignifed in the
pulpit.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22
like ELECTRIC
BUTTON ON TOES
Tells Why a Corn Is So
Painful and Says Cutting
Makes Them Grow

Press an electric button and you
form a contact with live wire which
rings the bell. When your shoes press
against your corn it pushes it's sharp
roots down upon a sensitive nerve and
you get a shock of pain.
Instead of trimming your corns,
which merely makes them grow, just
step into any dag store and ask for
a quarter of an ounce of freezone.
This will cost very little but is suf-
ficient to remove every hard and soft
corn or calIus from ones feet. A few
drops applied directly upon a tender,
aching corn stops the soreness in
stantly, and soon the corn shriveis up
so. 1t lifts right out, root and all,
without pain, This drug is harm
less and never infiames or even irri-
tates the surrounding tissue or skim
Adv.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-22
NOT so BAD AS FEARED.

The situation that brought about
che shutdown Of the industries Of the
East for five days, can best be illus
trated by comparing 1t to the clog
ging of a water main.
The water main is the railroad
system. The reservoir represents the
factories of the country. 1t was
necessary to shut off the reservoir
connection until the main could be
cleared.
As the country digests the order of
N7uel Administrator Garfield, it els
evident that no shortage of fuel eX-
listed. But coal laden cars were
ktanding in terminals, hopelessly
Rtaned behind miles and miles Of
other freight cars, while the mines
Were calling for moro "empties' and
Nvere running at half capacity be-
hause they had no cars to load.
The snowstorms further increas-
nj The congestion. Instead Of being
Improved, the condition was becom-
hnE steadily worse, because the pro-
auction of the country far out
Ngtripped the transportation.
The order Of Mr., Garfield was so
modified by exemptions that it he
rame little more than a very sweep
Ang priority order. Instead of
general shutdown of all industry, it
became simply an order denying coal
10 certain inessentiaI industries for
Naye DAYS. and for ten holidays, one
zach week for ten weeks.
II the order had been announced asI
such; If a little more time had been
aaken in preparing it; and if the pub
lIc had been given a few days warm
snr there would have been little fault
10 find with it in its modified form.
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outvoted it, whereupon the Bolshe-
Wiki ordered the assembly to adj
journ, and it has since been dis
solved.
The Bolshevik leaders took the only
step possible If they were to retain
their power but a Reign Of Terror
seems imminent Already two Of the
former Kerensky ministers have been
murdered in their beds, and this will
arouse intense resentment against
the Bolshevik leaders. The assem-
bly,, moreover. represents Russia's
new constitution. 1t is the democra-
tic ideal; the nucleus Of the new form
of government. 1t has been ruth
Iessly overridden, and the dictators
cannot escape the odium that must
attach to them for this act.
Viewed entirely from the stand
point of the Allies, the best thing
that could happen would be for the
Bolsheviki to remain in power. They
alone have showed a firm hand, and
u desire to put down disorder. II
their negotiations for peace should
fail, they might make some pretense
of waging war. None of the other
parties could achieve this for months
to come.
Meanwhile famine stalks through
the land. Bands Of lawless soldiers
ARE looting the farms, stores and
factories. The only cheap thing in
Russia today is human life.