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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Senator Kellogg, Of Minnesota, in

Senator Kellogg, Of Minnesota, In
discussing INSTRUMENTATION Of
; railroads by the Government,
said: .--.s. . s
There never was a Government
:: operation that was not Wasteful
and inefficient. 1t is inevitable I'M
: der our. organization that it. should.
!: be so. It is not the province or
the prerogative of a Democracy
like ours, Instituted for the best
Government on the face Of the
:earth, to manage the business Of
!: the country
Congressional Record, Aug. 8.
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feel certain there are many return ing soldiers who would prefer to set tie on land which has already been re claimed. Much such land is availa ble in New England where unoccupied farms are to be found in plenty. Con necticut has large number of such farms available and the same is true of other New England states"
 Senator Mclean has introduced bill whereby the United States bureau of education will be ble to provide every public library in the country with in formation concerning the current gov ernmenI activities. The plan is to have division of library service which would send to public liberaies all over the country, documents issued by de- partmentS, reports of congressional hearings and congregational deba tes. It is not proposed to throw the burden of all such documents on all libaries. but to make a judicious selection for the needs of each, by conferring with Public Library of Boston and other large cities has urged the acceptance of the plan.
 Through the grace of the senate sweet cider may still hold the place of honor on the Thanksgiving dinner tables of New England, an amendment to the prohibition enforcement bill having declared it to be s non-intoxi- eating beverage.
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cARRANzA STILL PUZZLES.

How Carranza is endeavoring to es- cape the responsibility that rests upon his government can be nb better disclosed than by his recent announce ment to the effect that hereafter all Americans going into the Tampico re- zion must sign 8 release of the Mex ican government from all responsibil- ity in connection with that visit. In other words if they insist upon going into that region. which is a part of Mexico of course, they must be re- sponsible for their own protection.
 This either indicates that Carranza admits his inability to furnish protec- tion for the subjects of other nations in that part of the country or else he doesn't intend to live up to his re- responsibilities and hopes by this method to free himself from the obligation of paying indemnities in case of injur- ies or deaths at the hands of Mexi- cans
 This latest move by the head of the Mexican republic is quite in contrast to the declaration that he made in his message to the congress of that country last week when he protested against charges that the Mexican gov ernnent was incompetent and un- willing to protect foreign lives and property and later on he said it would be well if diplomats should cause their nationals to exercise more care, and expressed his belief that with an improvement of protective mea sures, causes for complaint would decrease, since foreigners would be- come sure of the sincerity and ability of the Mexican government to fulfill qua rantees.
 Hardly before those words have
 1.ye ~x-I, rv1a sage for instead of furnishing great CT protection and getting the coopera- tion of subjects of other countries he throws those that he had to the winds and declares that everyone must look out for himself. The more Carranza says the greater puzzle he becomes.
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TRANSIT TROUBLES.

In connectio with the contest that is being waged in New York relative to the transit lines. the matter of in- creased wages and higher rates. it is interesting to note that Federal Judge Mayer has had an Investigation made of the financial condition of the transportation lines Of that city by experts with the result that one sys- tem's loss for the year will amount to s1.2s6. 900 and another s1.11S,ooh. while
 it is shown that the lines that are in charge of the courts receivers are failing by about seoo.o 900 a month to earn their operating expenses.
 The roads have recently granted an increase in wages which of course adds to the deficiency while condi- tions have changed for the worse since the investigation of the financial con- dition of the lines was started.
 The proposition that the lines be zl- lowed to increase their rates is bein $ fr. leht tooth and nail. They have been spending millions to build sub VIZ ys for the public convenience and they have like everyone else, peer feeling the pressure of increased ex- penses all along the line. From the showing that is made it is evident T a the public is not patronizing tho lines to such ar extent that they can D1afe ends meet. This is of .coul Sc Ilrt T the oil rate of fare, and WI lc it is not known how the present. in- come compares with that in the past it needs no detailed statement to make it plain that the cost of operating lines is far greater today than ever.
 In other places the experiment of raising fares has had varying results. Boston for instance in connection with the several advances on the elevated lost patronage so that the revenue was less than it was before. It is a ques tion whether a boost in fares would mean the reduction in revenue in New York but it seems perfectly plain that the roads cannot continue to operate very long while they are going into the hole at the rate they arc.
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AM ERiCAN DYE MAKING,

The announcement is now made to the effect that the chemical manu- lecturers Of this country will be able to turn out fast German coIors by The first of the year This shows what further progress is being made by the makers Of dyestuns and chemicals here who. just as soon as it became evident that we would be forced to de- pend upon ourselves for such goods gave their best efforts to the task of building up an industry which had been too long neglected.
 We have recognized the ability of the German dyemakers in the past They became the experts that they were through the giving of the closest attention to the meeting of foreign as well as domestic dema nds. They had become so proficient that it was next 10 impossible to think of com petinE herewith. in view of the fact that there would have to be such a tremendous investment made and there would be no prospect of getting any return thereon as long as the cheap German dyes were availa ble. American capital recognized the fu- rility Of trying to enter the field, much raw material being allowed to go to waSte or sent abroad only to be breugat back as a finished product. sSd theraRzs nc chance for the
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THE SUGAR SHORTAGE.

How one thing after another serves 10 bring about continuation of cer- tain prevailing conditions is pretty well disclosed n connection with the sugar shortage today. That is giving the housewives as well as hotels and restaurants no little concern just now when II is hard to get and there is lit tie prospect of immediate relief.
 The sugar shortage was primarily he result of war conditions. Europe has always been q big producer of sugar, but with the opening of the war the sugar beet industry was seri- ously affected. There was need of turning much of the attention that was gwen to the sugar business to other things. There was the struggle to op- crate the war ma chine, to keep up it's equipment and numbers and to look after Inc providing of what was con sidered greater necessities. The result was that where we were sending but a Compara lively small amount of sugar abroad ir became necessary to meet the demands of our allies. because their big source of supply was cut off and transporta ton from other fields was prohibitive.
 The result is that we are still send lng considerable sugar abroad and while Cuba has wonderful crop this year there has been trouble experi- eaced in getting sufficient transpor- tation facilities to move the supply to the refneries in this country. And right along with this handicap came the marine strike in New York which alone is said to have held up ten thousand carloads during it's dura ton of three weeks and the full eff fects of it nave not as yet been over come
 It is encouraging if incl eased sup plies are coming, but these S me re- ports conflict with others to the eff feet that it will require 9 consider able time before we get back to nor mal even though it is the canning sea- son when much mere than the usual amount is demanded in the house holds High though il is, it is fortu- nate that the prevailing shortage has not been allowed to push the price out of sight
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CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING SEPT. 6
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GOVERNMENT WAR SUPPLIES

Tn connection with the disposal of the surplus stock of goods in the hands of the government as the result of the war. nothing has caused as
 much surprise of late the an nouncement to the effect that there are I1.oo0 motor cars of different types at the Holabird camp many of which are stored in the open, many hava Eere- been uncrated and the i'm presston was gained that there were not many that were receiving the right kind of protection from the ele- ments
 These 11.0Os cars represent con- siderable investment and even though tle government has no use for them it IS time that some speed was shown in either disposing of them or getting them where they will not rust out and deteriorate to the point where they will be nothing but junk
 IL Is perfectly evident that these cars possess the greatest value they ever will right now whether they happen to be pleasure cars or trucks and every day makes it certain that The amount realized from them will he just that much less through delay.
 The investigation into the expendi- lures Of the duartermaster has brought the existing situation to light and l. is impossible 10 understand why there is not a determined effort made right now to employ these ma chimes in various branches of the gov erlment service where use with care would be preferable 10 the keeping of them where they are unused. to see that they are distributed for the help that they would be in road building operations or 10 put them on the mar ket that any and all who need them E-zr h4sT IE which stands in rhe way of using or selIins them il 4s certainly time that IL was cut away and the needed ac- ton taken.
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willowherb was parted-eggs amaz- ingly large for so inconsiderab ble fowl of a dingy white, covered with small irregular spots of drab. Now the eggs are gone, all save one. unfertile ap- parently which is lying at the bot tom of the stream; and the "mornen, as the Sussex folk call her, has led away her little brood You will never will through the dense water growth. But you can hear the mother afar off crooning to her chicks in shrill, yet strangely cautious and anxious under tone. and now and again catch the low piping clamer of the youngsters as they follow her upstream.
 Referring to Mr. Asquith's reference to Solomon Grundy, correspondent reminds that that worthy is possi- bly good deal older than Mrs. Grun- nursery rhymes whose life story is comprised in the following lines quoted. as nursery rhymes should be, from memory:
 solomon Ctrurdy. born on Monday,
 Christened Or Tuesday
 Married on Wednesday.
 Took i'll on Thursday,
 Worse on Friday,
 Died on Saturday,
 Buried on sunday
 And that's the end of Solomon Grur1- dy.
 A very serious state of affairs may ca silly arise at Liverpool. where the strike at the port includes the men who work the dredgers on the chan nels. Liverpool is not a natural port for steamers of great draught; it is the ingenuity of man that has brought it to it's high position among the ports of the world, and the dredger has been perhaps the most important factor in Liverpoors advance.
 Sand has always been the enemy of the makers of Liverpool, the river channels would silt up very rapidly If the dredgers were not constantly at work. and LiverpooI. without their use, might be overta ken by the fate of cer- tain old ports in the south.
 For many years the venerable Dr. W. L. Natkinson has enjoyed the priv ilege of being the recognized wit of the Wesleyan conference.
 At Newcastle this week he had add ed to his reputation. In one of his typical racy speeches he said: "A French writer once pronounced tha youth was an intoXication. I should like to add that age is the day after"
 "In the prevailing temper of Europe the most hopeful fact is the existence of the League of Nations writes Will liam Harbutt Dawson in the current Fortnightly. Perhaps the most UT gent question that calls for reconsid- = eration is that of the admission of Germany to the league. since the re- vision of the treaty without frse ne gotiation with the principal party to it would lead to no satisfactory re- suit. It is obvious that Germany can
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Cleaned from Foreign Ex.
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Few men achieve the dignity of Field Marshal as early as Sir Henry Wilson, who has just entered his 56th year. He is even younger than was Sir Douglas Hais, who became field marshal in 1917 at the age of 55 and six months. Lord French was 61 when he received the baton ill the year be- fore tho war. Lord Kitchener was 59, and Lord Roberts was four years old CT when he attained supreme rank.
 Sir Henry is easily the youngest of the eight field -narshals on the active list, of whom the doyen is Sir Evelyn Wood, now in his S2nd year.
 The baton given to Sir Henry Will son, it may be added, is only the sec ond conferred for service in the late war When Sir Douglas Haig was promoted to the highest possible rank two and half years ago he was the only field marshal of our time who had received the honor while actual ly in the field.
 Sir Charles Egerton the next to be appointed, did not serve during the campaign. Sir. Henry Wilson's inme- diate senior is the Emperor of Japan. Including the king. there are now ten field marshals, the Duke of Connaugft being the senior of the group. It is probable that the number will be in creased before long by the bestowal of the baton upon one or two other war leaders.
 Fourteen days was Nat Gouud's rec
 
 he confessed that it would have to remain a record, for he would never be fool enough to attempt the breaking g of it. The three-score novels he pub 1shed between 1890 and 1909 were all written with his own hand. T have never handed a publisher type script" he said, in the latter year.
 His sales have run into many n1il- lions and one of his most cherished testimonials was from a clergyman, who told him his books could safely be put into the hands of any youth or girl; their tone was such that they could do not harm but ought to do good.
 Crimson wiIowherb and soft, white, pluHly meadowsveet cover the banks of the stream; and, below these, broad green flags stand up thick and straight in the water. Where a mass of the sword like leaves juts out into the riprling current, a noorhen has built her nest. bending down and weaving together the green blades into sort of platform, upon which she has strewn {. litter of dry brown sedges.
 A week ago there were five eggs here. plainly visible from the bank when once the screening thicket of
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The young man in the natty Palm Beach suit picked up the ball of purple yarn that rolled down the porch floor to meet him on his arrival and gasped. "M'rie," he said, you're not making another sweater are you?"
 Tt looks like it. Jimmy the pret ty girl told him. desperately counting stitches. 'Why. l have only six and that's terribly poverty stricken when there are so many colors On the shelves."
 "Six." the young man echoed bit terly Why, you can't wear but one a time to save your life. Even one is too many in hot weather.
 Aren't you nice and cross. though ?'' commented the pretty girl. counting more stitches with a troubled frown. Dear me, I seem to have dropped a stitch.'
 I'm glad of it. the young man said gloomily. T wish you'd lose them all. I wish there wasn't such a thing on earth as pair of knitting needles and a hank of yarn. Then maybe you'd pay some attention to me. A man hasn't chance on earth when there is some purple or green or blue yarn what is mere man. The woods are full of 'em. Any variety simply for the picking.
 said the pretty girl. Wait till you see me in this new purple sweater and you'll be glad I made it.''
 T won't,' the young man assured her. "Why should ,? Already I have seen you in a blue sweater and pink one, a striped one and a black one and that funny green ruff1y thing and the orange one, and each time you looked prettier than in the one previous. and if yo1l imagine that made me any hap. r you are mistaken. Because eac ch time made one jump lower into despair. If fellow is sort of crazy about a girl and every time he sees her she looks prettier. thus maxim g him still crazier. you can easily fig ure out the speed with which he is going down the tobaggan into wreck age.
 'I am speaking of a young man who does not cherish any hope. If he had the slightest speck of hope he could stand it. But when a girl is always counting stitches and measuring to see if her Knitting is wide enough or
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HE WANTED ATTENTION

long enough and says 'Uh@ abstract
 edly to man after he has just reeled
 off six paragraphs about the state of
 his feelings. the feeblest intellect
 would be driven to realize that there
 was nothing doing. What you should
 be doing instead of fussinE with that stuff is swinging gently in the ham
 mock here beside me. eyes downcast, bushes mantling your cheeks, heart pit-a-pat, drinking in my words" My goedness!" said the rretty girl,
 dropping her work stare at him.
 That kind of girl went out with
 one would think I snubbed you. I like
 you .awfully well. Jimmy"
 young ana man. .1 wish you didn't. T T, 'A'
 girl never stops to think whether she likes a man or not when she falls in love with him.
 But I don't believe any girl with six or seven sweaters could fall in love with any man. If she isn't dropping stitches she is counting them or pick ing them up or changing the pattern like the one she passed on the street. Her whole soul is so engrossed in sweaters that a man is just a blot in the background for which she has no time. Why. if a girl really and act ually liked a man and he hated sweat CTS she'd throw the whole lot of 'em into the ash can and marry him, and let him buy her sealskin coats if she needed wraps. IL is impossible to drop stitches in a sealskin coat and thus she would have time to gaze into his eyes and listen to what he had been trying sixteen years to say to her. For Petes sake, put that thing away" The irfitated young man made a grab at the purple wool. tossed it into the Geranium filled flower box and, grasping the pretty girls shoulders, twisted her around facing him. For goodness sake. Jimmy" gasp ed the pretty girl rather faintly, a startled color in her cheeks her eyes averted whatever do you mean?" Huh" chortled the young man glee- fully, surveying her, that's much bet ter M rie, Very much better and truer to type and all thatt Just keep looking that way and listen to what I m going to ask you this minute.'- Exchange.
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not be admitted at a moments notice but the sooner the door is open to her the better for all parties. ..
 "Germany would certainly be q far greater danger outside the Lea que than within. it: outside she would be able, if so disposed to intrigue at con venience while inside she would in trigue at her peril. .
 Ut should and will be the object of Anglo-Saxon statcsmanship 10 see that the economic stipula tions are re- stricted to their legitimate purpose. ..
 Tn our dealings with the enemy ma lions and pre- cnlinently With Ger many. we cannot and should not for get the part; but neither should we allow the past to obsess us to the ex- cIusion of concern for the future. If we want a durable peace we must be
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American industry to be started until the war opeued.
 Since that time great strides have been made. It has been shown that we have the capital for such purposes if there is a chance to do business and it has been demonstrated that Ameri- can chemists are as capable as those abroad and have shown their prof ciency in much shorter period of time simply because the situation de- manded it and they met the situa- tion American product for American use has been provided for some time now and it should be insisted upon henceforth
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Squeeze the juice of two lemons into bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle a Id tan lotion, and complexion beauti- he. at very, very small cost.
 Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for few cents. Massage this sweetiy fragrant lotion into the face, neck. arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disappear and how clear, soft and rosy-white the skin becomes. Yes It is harmless and never irri- tater.
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prepared to pay the price, and part of the price will be conciliation, now or later. Let us, then, stretch con- clliation to every safe and lawful Tim it. not for the enemy's sake. but for our own and the worlds sake. ."--rhe London Chronicle.
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Rumania is the artfuI dodger when it refrains from complying with the directions of the peace conference by declaring it never received the or darS
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Now that Cornelius Vanderbilt is engaged in work a reporter he will probably find that there is no better way in which to study human nature
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However much the Koreans consider they have been uniustly treated by the Japanese, it did not justify the throw ing Of 3 bomb at the new governor general.
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It has been found possible to rnaks a pulp suitable for coarse paper from the fat pine chips which have under- gone the distilation process by which the rosin and turpentine are extracted
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What is going to happen to war time prohibition if predicted our soldiers will all be back from Europe and in their homes by the first Of October?
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From the conciliatory manner that Carranza is showing this season. the i'm pression grows that he is getting ready To appeal for financial assist
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The person who says that a sugar shortage is worse than little red ants hasn't had sufficient experience.
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Just as we get settled down for a delightful autumn someone will be sprinsing the discomforting katydid frost sign.
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The man on the corner says: The great trouble with a. lot of people in 3 rut is that they are perfectly sat- iSfied.
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The former kaiser has a new grand son, but he cannot of course be blamed for what his grandfather did.
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Even if it is so that there are five million Germans anxious to go to South America 1t will be some time before 1t will be possible to transport them therer
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

September is certainly doing it's ut most to make good for the miserable opening it furnished.
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The situa ton among the socialists today is much like the Balkans trying g to get along with each other.