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Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
WHEN HE GETS HOME.

President Wilson is on his way
home. He has been the leader in the
accomplishment Of a great work at
the peace conference. Whether the
work shall prove a success or fail
ure, it is great in purpose, great in
the plans outlined, great in the eff
feet it must have for good or evil on
the world.
The president has been greatly
liOniZed in Europe Crowned heads
have honored him and the rabble
have shouted his praises in every city
visited by him. When he returns
home he will be welcomed back by all
the people, regardless Of party, except
the Bolshevists whose agitations he
has taken means to suppress, to some
degree, at least.
But the president will be confront
ed by grave problems at home. He
will find business everywhere tagging,
the army of the unemployed growing
in every part of the country. That is
the information sent out from the de-
partment of labor at Washington in a
bulletin just received.
The railroad situation has not
cleared up, and cannot clear up until
the roads are returned to their owners
to be operated under laws that do not
lend themselves to confiscation. Not
only was there the gratest mileage
ever known in the hands of receivers
when the war began. but more miles
of roads have been wrecked, during
the past two years than have been
built. More than eleven hundred
miles of road that was in operation
two years ago are not in operation
now, because the roads, like the colo
RADIO Midland. could neither get the
money to extend and operation with
out extension could not be continued
except at such loss as to make bank
ruptcy inevitable.
The copper mining situation is so
demoralized that shut-downs are prob
able, unless something can be done to
stimulate demand. The mine owners
have on hand more than a billion
pounds of copper for which there Is
no market. Worst of all, there is no
market in sight this year.
As q rule, owners of the railroads
and owners of the mines could stand
to have their properties idle. if there
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
MONDAY FEBRUARY II, 1919
THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

The city commissioners made the
mistake of refusing to take the public
into their confidence. The report of
the city manager has in it much for
commentator. 1t shows work done
of which the average citizen knew
nothing While the looping off of
certain employees came late, and while
it is not the desire of the Journa. to
see any man separated from his sal
ary at a time when there are not
onough jobs to go around. the move
for economy will meet with the COM
mendation of the taxpayers. There
is absolutely no excuse for Keeping
any man on the city's payroll when his
services can be dispensed with with
out injury to the citys business
We are further informed that plans
are about completed for going before
the legislature for authorization to
submit to the voters new charter, or
the old charter so amended that 1t
will be in harmony with the state
constitution.
The Journal never has opposed a
commission form of government, But
from the first It contended that the
present charter was not constitutional,
that it was so crudely drawn as to he
unworkable, that it was likely--at
least that it was possible-to leave the
city without government at some
critical moment.
The supreme court has held that
the constitution of the state and the
charter are in conflict. From the
time Justice Roberts made his an
nouncement. the commissioners have
been working out plan for correct
ing the mistakes of the present char
ter and of adding some things found
necessary to an effective admin.stra-
ton Of the city's affairs.
With the disclosure of these facts
which it would have been much wiser
to have allowed the public to know
some months agO-we can see where
Albuquerque's affairs may be greatly
improved, even if there should be no
return to the aldermanic plan of gov
ernment.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
Tennessee Postmaster Tells Why
He Finds 1t Necessary to Resign

81 am made to cogitate on the flu
tility of so conducting the office that
the pstrons do not complain, of pro-
perly keeping the records and pune
tiliously accounting for every dollar
of Uncle Sans money. made to un-
derstand that I, in the midst of the
fighting must be on the spot eight
hours a day and every day, regard
less, nothing else sufficing.
Il would gently inform you, my
dear General Rooms, that what you
need is a man as postmaster here who
can support a family of eight on two
dollars a day. | frankly confess that
I do not know how to do it. Do YOU =?
Realizing this, it is with a comfort
ing sense of resignation that
F'I resign some more.
"And, now, in my grand finale of
resignation, | avail myself of the op-
portunity of cOngratulating the Unit
ed states of America on having so
efficient an assistant postmaster gen.
eral as your honored self. | am con-
WINGED that nothing escapes your vigil
liant eyes ! am made to shudder T,'hen
] contemplate what may happen to
this great country of ours when the
fateful dav comes when you, even
you. will be summarily and uncere-
moniously kicked from office (tho
public welfare recurring IT'D, as you
now, without feeling or justice, de-
prive me of mine.
Grape is on the postoffice door
and the town is in mourning. God
save the Republic!
Respectfully and deiectedly yours
"a M Riggs"
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
Literary Digest

l4llti al liStot
DR.. a. NJ. Riggs, described as "a
prominent business man and postmas-
ter here" in a special dispatch from
La Toilette, Tenn, to the New York
Herald, has followed the example re-
Gently set 10y Mr.. McAdoo and contin
ued by several other governmental
officials. In brief DR.. Riggs has Civ
en up his government work because
there isn't money enough in it. Goad-
ed into action by a letter from the
posuoffice department asking that he
resign unless he could devote all of h S
time to the business of the office, eX-
Postmaster Riggs wrote and forward
ed Sthe following firm epistle to John
G. Koons, First Assistant Postmaster
General at Washington:
Sir
Your kind favor of the 4th inst.
received, informing me that now the
war is over and consequently less de-
manded of its loyal citizens, the gov
ernment can now manage to wag
along without my services as post
master at La Toilette, Tenn, unless
devote my entire time to the office.
Therefore,
II resign.
"It pains me to do this and | shall
ever LOOK BACK Win regret 10 IniS
rude separation from this ideal posi-
ton requiring twelve hours a day
service with the munificent compen-
sation fafter paying all eXpenses) of
two dollars a dav. | have neglected
my personal affairs to serve the gov
ernment; doing any and everything
reuuired selling Liberty Bonds and
War Saving Stamps galore, carrying
water and sweeping the floor. as
Uncle Sam has studiously avoided
making any allowance for incidental
expenses.
Selling War Stamps and immedi-
ately cashing the same has been one
! T my pet diversions. When | real.
| ize / am no longer compelled to DO
all these things, and a host of
others equally edifying. such as
explaining why the fnail-carrier
! took the flu, and the postmaster on
| a certain occasion Gas reported by
| an inspector) sent an employee to
the office for his mail instead of GO
ing for it himself and why Rockepel.
J ter & Co., were not deprived of mai
| hov the moment thev failed tn paw
when due; why the flies were allowed
! to speck certain lobby. notices re-
quired to be kept posted there--when
/, / say. I contemplate all these things
! Il again resign.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
CONGRESS WILL
TAKE UP SUPPLY
BILLS RAPIDLY
Night Sessions Ordered in Both
House and Senate in At
tempt to Relieve Congestion
of Legislation,
ley MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED w,eEl

ley MORNING. JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WiREl
Washington, Feb 16.-The sixty
fifth congress enters tomorrow upon
the final fortnight of its existence
with hope of passing all of the mass
of pending legislation virtually aban-
doned by most leaders. Night sessions
of the senate and house until Marcn
4 have been ordered, but the belief
is growing that an early extra session
of the new congress will be neces-
sary.
Pressure this week will be concen-
trated on money bills. ConSestin of
legislation now is centered in the SEN
ate, which has two-thirds of the ap-
preparation bills passed by the house,
House leaders hope to have passed all
urgent measures within ten days.
Work on the rivers and harbOrs
bill will be resumed tomorrow by the
senate while committees are prepar-
ing the naval, agriculture, Indian and
other money measures. Hearings on
the naval bill will be started tomor-
row by the senate naval committee
and later this, week the senate mill
tary committee plans to take up the
army measure. Predictions are gem
eral, however, that both of these bills
will fail of enactment at this session.
The treasury department bill au-
thorizing about $5, 900, 600 addi
tonal bonds is to be brought out of
the house this week. with cooperation
in the senate assured.
Final action is expected during the
week on the measures validating in
formal war contracts and for devel
opment of Oil, coal and gas lands
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
THE MEDICOS KEPT UP.

During the rapid advance of the al
lies before the armistice was signed
it was the business of the medical
units to maintain touch with the front
lines, so that the wounded should re-
ceive prompt attention. This meant
constant movement. The tent hospital
units were used alternately leap
frogging" forward on the heels of the
advancing armies. Hardly had a fresh
advance been made than in the new
area the tent hospital sprung up for
the reception of cases. and directly
the flow of wounded had been divert
ed to this, the previous tent hospital
farther back prepared to fold its flaps
and move to a still more advanced
position, the patients, having received
treatment fo rthe journey being sent
to the stationary hospitals.
In the meantime, the medical trans
port maintained a perfect touch with
the advanced dressing stations and the
regimental aid posts, which latter
were usually in or just behind sup
ports. Light ambulance cars were
pushed up, in many cases, right to the
regimental aid posts. In some in
stances the cars were rushed right on
to what had been, but an hour before
the scene of conflict Prompt assist
ance of this nature meant a consid-
erab bic lessening of fatal results in the
lists of casualties. Ahead of the regi-
mental aid posts the work, however
usually fell upon splendidly organ
lied bearer parties, who. going for
ward practically wit hthe advancing
troops, were already bringing back the
wounded by the time the man had ar
rived to establish the new forward
regimental aid post. =
ANY hitch in the arrangement would
have meant an accumulation of agony
~ q so dler just returned home tells
me of his amazement at the swiftness
with which he was treated "Knock'
ed'' in an early advance, he had only
Just begun to contemplate the horror OF
the time he must spend with the agon,
of his wounds before he received at
tention, when the bearers arrived. Th'
nearness of the regimental aid pos
was his next surprise; and before sun
set he was on his way to England.
The whole business was triumph
of organization.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
Copyright, 1919, by Press Publishin
After w. $. Gilbcrt--About Two
Kilometres.

Oh, this is a magic and wonderful age!
And life is a glorious riddle
When demagoguos squabble, while
Bolshevists rage,
And live on Il red hot griddle!
But, however the pcssimists shudder
and quake,
You cannot deny that this world is
AWAKE!
Today we may topple Il king from his
throne,
With a cheer and jest and jeer--
Tomorrow our laughter has changed
to a groan,
For were robbed of our "skittles
and beer!"
But whether it's royalty. riots or rum,
You've got to admit that we're go
ing it SOME!"
In Washington-m militants lashing the
air!
In Jersey you can't paint your face!
In Europe they're talking of PEACE
everywhere
And fighting all over the place!
But whatever they're doing, from
minute to minute,
oh, isn't it GREAT to be living
and "in it?"
Each morning you cry as you open
your eyes,
Il wonder what happened last
night"
And you scan every line for the latest
"surprse"--
A love-feast, a strike, or n fight
And you can't say who's right, and
you can't say who's wrong
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
LEARN TO Fly.


The rapidity with which the novice
can now learn to flv Is apparently due
principally to two things-the system
of dual control" hY which pupil and
instructor can navigate the same air.
plane, the instructor correcting any
of the pupils mistakes before they
prove dangerous. and the aero tele-
phone" or Speaking tube, h. which
instructor and pupil can converse at
any time without regard to the noise
Of engine or propeller
People who expect some time to
learn to flv will find announcement
in this remarkable statement in a
book called "Aerobatics,' by Horatio
Barber: Under present conditions
the average young man can learn to
handle an airplane and put It through
all the known tricks OF looping, roll
ing, nose dive spins side slips. ETC..
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
TRUSTEES OF CIVILIZATION.

In his address accepting the chair
manship Of the peace coference, Pre-
mier Clemenceau, who has all the
positiveness and skepticism of his race,
said that Success is not possible un-
less we remain firmly united"
This counsel of practical wisdom
and idealstic aspiration has been fol-
lowed in the most critical moment Of
the worlds history since the down
fall of the Roman empire.
Fortunately the auspices are favor
able for the continuance of the friend
ship between the United States. Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
Notwithstanding the formation of n
new super-government,,the Society Of
Nations-unless this friendship can
continue one might despair of civiliza-
tons future, and because the five
great powers are aware of the dire
possibilities of discord, they are taking
exceeding care to avoid it,
As long as these nations hold to-
gether, work together, determine To-
gether, the world will be kept stable.
And the necessity of each as of all
dictates that these nations shall stalI
together against all efforts which may
be made to disrupt them. These ma
tions have assumed guardianship ot
the rest Of the world, as we'll as Of
each other, in all international rcla-
tions.
OF these five great powers there Is
not one, not even the United states,
that can safely afford to "go it alone
The peril nocessitates coordination
cooperation is the term used in the
preamble to the new constitutional
the preservation of peace. The world
is both too small and too great-too
small to permit any nation to live in
isolation, and too great to be over
awed and policed bv any one power,
not even America or Britain.
There are and there will be con-
fliCts of interests among tlr!ie great
powers. These differences viii have
to be adjusted as are differences be-
tween other sorts of disputants. How
ever sharp the differences may be-
come, they will have to be suhofdjn-
ated to the higher interests of civili-
zation.
In this country. most of us would
like, since we have administered a
dose of the right sort of medicine to
Germany, to return to our regular
American practice of attending to our
own business and having other nations
mind theirs
But that has become impossible. An
era that for us opened with Apo
mattox in 1865 closed forever in April
1917. There is a new world of the
twentieth century to be dealt with.
Our national boyhood and youth are
over with. Our national manhood is
upon us, The responsibility must be
shouldered.
The United States must quit itself
henceforth as one of the five great
trustees of civilization.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17

could be such thing as an idle rail-
road. But labor cannot stand it. 1t
has got to have employment. Busi-
ness cannot stand it. 1t must have
trade.
Secretary Lane has bill before
congress for drainage of lands on
which it is hoped to settle returned
soldiers. But the bill has not been
reported from the committee, much
less has it been debated by the de-
baters in either house.
While the president is taking to
himself the plaudits of his party, let
him consider the plight in which he
left the country when he embarked
for France without recommending
any measure for relief of business and
labor from the strain of demObiliza-
ton of both soldiers and war-workers.
The blame for the condition of the
railroads rests. directly on the presi-
dent of the United States. The blame
for the worse than mismanagemento of
the telephone and telegraph service
rests upon the president. He put
them in the hands of Burleson. The
blame for unemployment rests upon
the president. because he has not lift
ed the war bans from the chief
sources of employment and has not
asked congress to pass any measure
designed to give useful employment
to the unemployed.
We should all be glad when the
president gets home. Because he will
have his attention called directly to
grave domestic problems with which
his party has refused even to attempt
to grapple.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
LABORATORY TO TEST
SEED ESTABLISHED AT
TEXAS STATE COLLEGE

ESPECIAL coRResPoNDENcE TO MORNING JOURNAL
College Station, Tex, Feb. ia
new seed testing laboratory to serve
entirely free of charge the farmers Of
Alaska, Mississippi, Florida, Louisi-
ana, Texas and New Mexico, has been
established at the Agricultural and
Mechanical Art college of Texas, at
College Station, Texas, in cooperation
with the United States department Of
agriculture. The laboratory formerly
maintained at the University of Lou
isana has been removed here and all
seed testing for the states named will
be done at this place.
The department of agriculture con-
siders it of the greatest Importance
that the farmers have information of
the quality of planting seed, and has
equipped the laboratory here with
every modern appliance and invites
the farmers of the states named
abovo to send their sample here to be
tested for mechanical purity, for ger
mnation or for Identification. Tho
work is in charge of an experienced
seed analyst and is done under the
supervision of the Texas experiment
station. 1t is the purpose of those in
charge to serve the entire territory as
outlined above, and all farmers and
planters ore urged to make use of the
facilities here
The following instructions for the
guidance of those wishing to take
advantaee of the work done here are
given out by the management of the
seed laboratory.
Care should be used in taking sam
pies of seed to see that fair average
is sent. Portions should be taken
from the top, bottom and middle of
the container and mixed together. For
the larger grains such as corn and
cowpeas one pint should be sent. For
smaller seeds such as grasses ono-half
pint will be sufficient. The sample
should he mailed in a strong bag,
Each sample should bear the name
ard address of the sender tho name
of the seed, and the kind of test de-
sired, whether for purity or germina-
ton, or both If two samples of the
same seed are sent, mark to dis
tinnuish one from the other should be
on each.
All SAMPLES should he addressed to
the Seed Laboratory College Station,
Tex.
Pats when cooked taste like young
rabbits.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
SO, THIS is PEACE
Copyright, 1919
NY the Press Publishing Oe.
New York Evening World.
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

20. emo New ofk Evening World)
But you've got to acknowledge we're
going it strong,'
And just as you fancy we've found a
Bang goes your bubble-o dreams.
For some ore hos started a NEW rev.
Olution
And smashed all our beautiful
schemes.
But whatever may fall, and whatever
You've got to admit that this world is
ALIVE!
You're thinking, perhaps, that the
kaiser feels blue.
Well, he may-and again he may
not
FOR, no doubt. he's preparing to spring
Something new,
Or Matching a royalist plot!
But though he will never wear halo
or wings,
You cannot deny that His Nibs
STARTED things!"
And perhaps YOU'D prefer to have
lived in that day
When people went yawnlng through
life,
And got by" somehow, in sort of
q way,
Without all this scrapping ant
strife.
! But / thank the Fates-howe'e bitter
the cup
That | lived in an age when the old
world WOKE UP!
| For / know, though at times | may
struggle for breath,
| That at least | shall never be BORED
TO DEATH!
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
TODAY s EVENTS

One hundred years ago today the
house of representatives passed the
bill for the admission of Missouri.
Leaders in the agricultural life of
Manitoba will gather at Winnipeg to-
day for the annual celebration of
Farmers week."
Simultaneous conventions of metal
trade councils are to be held today
in leading cities of the United States
to discuss new wage agreements to
supplant the Macy scale for shipyard
workers.
international cooperation IN min
ing in North America is to be dis
cussed at joint meeting to be opened
in New York City, today by the Amer
lean Institute of Mining Engineers
and the Canadian Mining Institute.
Armour & Co., packers, have been
cited to appear before the Federal
Trade commission in Washington to-
day to answer a formal complaint that
the company has for the past three
years concealed its affiliation with
and control of the Farmers Co-opera-
tive Fertilizer company of Richmond,
Va -
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
THE HEALTH BOARD.

Let us have public health board,
but let it's powers be modest There
should be the fullest authority in
dealing with contagious diseases. We
need not balk at authority for the
protection of the public from certain
infectious diseases. We mean those
diseases which owe their spread to
vice.
Also public health board should
have authority to prevent the sale of
diseased milk and meats. But with
these powers it should be content.
We have in New Mexico a large
number of physicians who are capa-
Bile and honest. Their first concern
is the welfare of the public. They
are as nearly masters of their profes-
sion as can be found in any state. But
ers the public should be protected.
Furthermore, the physicians should
not be solely intrusted with the duty
| of defining what their qualifications
shall be-
The demand for a public health
| board, with extraordinary powers, has
| been carefully promoted for two years
| The influenza epidemic is now mad,
! the excuse for insstence upon the bill
! before the legislature 1t is ever
| claimed that flu would have been O.
| small consequence had New Mexico
| been blessed with a public healtl
! board.
All the answer required to that i
merely to point to the ravages of fiji
in such states as Illinois, New Jersey
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, wher
| health boa rds rule
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
"IN THE DAYS NEWS"

Viscount Miner, who substitutes
for Premier Lloyd George in the sit
/, tings of the peace conference during
the absence of his chief in England, is
known as one of the most forceful
British statesmen of the present day
He was one of the first to receive ap-
pointment to the British war cabinet
Later he succeeded xord Derby as
war minister, and in the new govern
ment he holds the nost of colonial
secretary Born in Germany of an
English father born there of a Ger
man mother, educated in Germany
and imbued with German ideas and
practice, Viscount Miner is neverthe-
less one of the most loyal of English
men. His career has been one OF
brilliant successes in the service of the
British public. His first public service
of importance was in connection with
the reorganization of Egyptian finan-
ces. In later years he added to his
reputation by abilities displayed as
governor of Cape Colony,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-02-17
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