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tory of one Of the largest construc-
tive factors in the annals OF
United States agriculture and the In
huence' 1T has exercised in making
this country what 1t is.
The officers are. President. DR..
Rodney H. True. bureau OF plant In
dustry, Washington. D. c.; vice pres
/ ident, William ]. Trimble, Agricul-
tLrai College. North Dakota; secre-
itary-treasurer, Lyman Carrier. bureau
of plant industry, Washington. D. c.
Members of the executive committee:
are: Prof. r. W. Kelsey, Hayerford. Pa.
and O. c. Slime, Office of farm man
agement WASHINGTON D. C.
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The number Of men on the other
side is now so small that the main
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PLUMB PLAN TO BUY ROADS
OPPOSED BY NATIONAL GRANGE
Statement to |. G.. C.. Calls on All Farmers
to Unite in Averting Proposition
Offered by Workmen.

The Plumb plan to have the gov
eminent buy the railroads and give
the workmen a voice. in their opera
ton was attacked by Thomas c.
Atkeson. local representative of the
National Grange, in a statement SUBJ
mitted yesterday to the interstate
- commerce committee Of the House.
The statement calls upon all farmers
and farm organizations to unite in
project. which Mr.. Atkeson charac-
terized as an unreasonable demand
Mr.. Atkeson stated that the wave Of
protest against the high cost Of liv-
Ing came at a suspiciously opportune
time to influence Congress in favor of
the proposal to purchase the railroads
and give the employees representation
in their operation.
Opposed to o. s. Ownership.
The statement follows:
The National Grange is opposed to
government ownership Of the rail-
roads. especially opposed to this plan,
the so-called Plumb plan, which seeks
not only to have the government ac-
quire the railroads, but then to turn
them over to be operated by man.
agement in which the men who draw
wages will name two-thirds of the
directors. If the railroad wage and
salary workers can force this bill
through Congress- they can control
the appointment of the other third of
the management, and thus control 1T
all. The government, or the public,
will then pay the interest, the mainte-
nance charges and whatever wages
and rates are asked. as we'll as any
deficit which may result. :.
1T is unthinkab1e that the basic
functions Of government should again
be surrendered to this Unreasonable
demand.
"This matter Is Of such fundamental
Importance as q question of. orderly
government that ] trust all farmers
and farmer organizations, as well ,as
all good citizens who respect and ap-
preciate our democratic form OF gov
this or any similar plan.
Came at "opportune" Time.
THE hysterical wave of protest
against high cost of living which
broke out this week came at sus-
piciously opportune time to influence
Congress in favor of the so-called
Plumb plan. and no .denials from in
terested sources can hide this sus-
picious timeliness.
''The thinly yelled attacks on the
producers Of foodstuffs involved in
the widely repeated assertion that the
government guarantee on wheat Is
the chief cause Of high prices under
lies this demand for more wages, or
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TO PROMOTE RESEARCHES.
Society Formed Here for Agricult'
ural History Study..

ITO promote the study and facili-
tate publication of researches in ag-
ricultural history" is the object of the
Agricultural Society which has been
organized in Washington.
The plan of this worthy effort on the
part of the Agricultural Scientists is
to present in permanent form the his
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ExposIr1oH CLOSES.
Exhibit Of South American Decu
merts at Smithsonian Ends.

The exposition Of historical South
American documents held at thy
Smithsonian Institution by Congress-
man Corbacho, OF Peru. closed yester;
day after being viewed by Vice Press
dent Marshall. members Of the cabiae,
and many foreign diplomatic repro
sentatives.. ).
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STAYS TO AID SOLDIERS.
Red Cross Home Service in Italy
Distributes Allotment Checks.

Because Of the large number of al
lotment checks sent each month to de-
pendents in Italy of Italian-American
soldiers. the home service work of the
american Red Cross in Italy will con-
tinue until late fall. at beast, it was
announced yesterday nv Red Cross
headquarters. The Ped Cross assists
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in the distribution Of these checks
which number 10000 monthly.
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"Say 1t With Flowers
and leave the selection and arrange
raent of the floral token to GUIDE, 1914 F.
|-Adyertisement.
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Strengthening Army
Supply Service Here.

for important positions in the adj
| ministrative branches Of the Army
organization: ands the supply d.
vision of the general stan is not slow
in taking into its fold the officers
who maintained the how. Of sup
plies between American ports In
| France and the troops in. the front
lines.
On the other side, the s.. O. 8. had
| no precedent to follow ! for the near
| est real war Of the American Army
was the civil war; and records 1all
| to show the methods OF that time or
to describe in detail the organization
the fighting area. A coincidence not
at all remarkable resulted, Maj. Gen.
Harboard. the director of supplies on
the other side. and Maj. Gen. Geo
thals, on this side. created organiza-
lions very similar In all their. work.
| full in meeting the ends for which
they came into being. Consequently
officers returning from foreign serv-
ice to the home organization are
eady to assert that differences of
| organization and method In supervise
| ing the supply services in France and
here are very slight On the other
| hand officers supervising supply here
assert that great assistance comes
| from free intercourse with the men
| who met the Anal part of their prob
| lem-that Of carrying supplies for
1 ward and delivering them TO the men
| in the fighting areas.
Thus far Brig. Gen. George v. H.
Moseley, who was on Gen. Pershing's
stan Is a director of supply; Col.
Henry c. Smither, who served on the
(, stan Of Maj. Gen. Harboard as q d.
rector of supply: Col Bruce Palmer.
general stan. G. H. O., in France. dep
uty director of transportation; Col.
| Lorenzo Gasser, general stan. A. E.
| F.; Col. George P. Tyner, q. 8. supply
| officer. Sd Army; Col. Frank C. Boggs
| of the Engineer Corps: Lieut.. Col A.
D. Chaffin. G. s. supply service. I'd
Army. and Col F. L. Dewitt. former
| ly in supply LIST Army, are among the
| officers who have returned from
abroad or who are coming to desks
| in the several branches of the supply
! division. They are filling the places
| left vacant by civilians who helped
| in the creation and supervision Of the
| supply service In the United States.
| In making these assignments 1t
| was the object of the chfef-of-staff to
| do more than secure tho service of
| able and experienced men. He re-
allied the value of their experience
and judgment in working out Q -syss
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New Problem Over
Army transportation.

the transportation service is nearly
finished. Now comes the question OF
disposing of the enormous fleet which
it employed to take across and back
the rapidly disappearing armies and
their supplies.
Nearly half of the vessels used in
taking the armies over were British;
and the transportation service re-
turned the majority of those vessels
as soon after the signing of the ar
mistice an circumstances permitted
although the British government kept
its agreement to assist in the return
Of American troops. AS American
vessels became available. IT was pos
sible to release British and other
ships taken BY the United States gov
eminent during the stress of war
With the small army of men now on
the other side, the transportation
service has been cutting down the
Eunber of passenger vessels in It's
service at rapid rate.
This service no longer retains cargo
carriers. since the shipping board can
operate them to better advantage
That service has facilities for sending
cargoes to Europe an well as fol-
bringing them from that country to
the United states; whereas the Army
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Assignment for Col. Maish.
Col. Alexander w. Maish, ordnance
in this city has been
ordered to Governors Island, n. y. .
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Army and Navy News.

transportation, which was not au-
thorized to carry on q general ship
. ping business. was obliged on the
eastern passage to send Its vessels in
ballast. Accordingly. the Transports
ton service Is not holding on to Its
cargo carriers, and when It. brings the
Army back it's passenger carrier fleet
will soon be a thing Of the. past.
The effort now Is to return the yes
sells to the owners at the least cost to
the government. The method taken
to secure this on the release of the
vessel Is to appoint q board to make
a. survey Of the ships condition and
a full report thereon with recon-
mendations to the director Of Army
transportation. The members of this
board are composed Of, an. Army on
Ger, a Navy officer, a representative Of
the shipping board and civilian. It
Is their duty to estimate q fair al
lowance to the owners to cover re-
pairs. II the director approves the
estimate, he offers to return the. ves-
to him the cash In lieu Of damage.
If the owners do not. accept this
amount, the director may have the
repairs made at government expense
before returning the ship. to the own
ers. As the board always tries to
the advantage of both parties to ac-
cept the cash payment. In such case
the government ceases at once to pay
the charter money; and. as repair ia
cilfties are scarce on the eastern coast,
the government saves a considerable
sum by getting rid of the vessel On
the other hand, the owners gain. be-
cause they can usually get higher
charter rates than the government Is
paying for their vessel; and they ac-
tually either make many OF the re-
pairs while the ship is in service or
they postpone laying up the ship un-
| til the heavy weather OF winter makes
1t desirable thing I'm any event.
II 1t had been possible for tho Army
to gather to the French ports and
send it's men home at full capacity.
| the transportation service would have
them all here in the United States be-
fore the middle Of the, present month.
*k< -
With the rapidly decimated Army
| in France many offfcers of experience
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ONGRESS now has before it
two bills involving the princi-
pie Of universal training; one
%~.~,, sxyx. uy~~ no~o pkynapt and

pie O universal lIdlHAu6s OiC
from the War Department and
the other known as the Kahn Chamber
lain bill. The details Of these measures
are comparatively Of little Importance;
but the fact that each recommends brief
periods Of, general military instruction
II the first step towards the adoption Of
. sound military policy for the United,
States.
1t makes little difference in principle
that the War Department bill provides
for an army Of $4,000 men to be en-
listed regularly and for training
period OF but three months for youths
of nineteen years as against q much
smaller standing army and q training
period Of six. months for youths at
eighteen years. The important thing
Is the recognition Of the need OF thus
preparing the man-power of the coun-
try for use In an emergency and OF
the justice OF preparing the young
tary service for the service they are
70 render.
Each bill contemplates many radi-
cal changes in the methods OF in
structing and training the men In
camps. The congressional bill would
clude vocational training in appro-
pirate trades which may. be necessary
in time Of war and useful In time OF
peace. to such an extent as may be
practicable" It is intended. Secre-
tary Baker states. that the principles
which he expressed in a recent num-
Der Of the Saturday Evening Post
shall be applied to the proposed regu-
lar army of $4,000 men for thsir
training and education.
The advocates Of both bills insist
upon radical changes in the policy
which has prevailed in regard to the
army. The old idea Of armies goes
back to feudal days when the king
summoned his barons to bring their
became then the "kings army" and
he assumed the power Of life or death
over his vassals. His word was the
law. The war in Europe put an end
to any such idea and IT now lies
right Of kings never to rise to earth.
In this country the army became the
army OF the nation; it's commander
in-chief was the President; but he had
no right to use that army for any pur-
pose whatever without the consent
and direction Of Congress. But singu-
1arly enough in this democracy had
sprung up an army run largely on the
old feudal system. 1t was a profess
,sfonal army with many Of the pecu-
liarities Of that system: but it is about
to go.
Upon the action of the present Con-
gress in great measure will depend
the policy of the future. Two ways
are open. One is the easy way Of the
pre-war days with a small old-time
regular army and large body of
national guardsmen more or less well
trained The other way is not easy;
but the results are better.
The willing acceptance Of the Sc
1ective draft act shows the American
ready response to the principle Of fair
play: and the same principle will
make acceptance Of universal service
. natural and easy process for the
American nation.
T. 4 y \
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Gen. Sample On Recruiting Duty.

Brig. Gen.. william r. Sample has
been assigned to. duty, as. recruiting
officer at Syracuse. N. 7.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-01

|The Victory loan will soon be here, and people should pre-
III meet it loyalty and periodically,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-01
BUILDING AND POPULATION

Inc TACT tat l,UO new houses are needed IN Memphis has
ceen commented upon recently IN the news columns. The ques-
non asked by real estate dealers and rental agents is, when will
those new houses be erected?
The growing cost OF labor and building material before the
United States entered the war, and the restrictions upon the
shipment Of heavy building material of all kinds. and upon the
erection OF any save the most necessary buildings throughout
last year, has created a condition which threatens a serious halt
in the growth OF the city's population unless the people who
want homes can be provided with them.
Government agencies have investigated these conditions
throughout the country, and find them about the same every
where. 1t has been stated that the shortage in building extend
ing over a two-year period is close to two billion dollars.
The country is prosperous. People have money with which
TO pay reasonable rents for comfortable homes. They have
money with which to buy new homes, il the real estate men are
in a position to supply them. The cause which now prevents
the investment OF capital in new buildings is largely a matter
Of lack Of confidence in the stable values OF labor and building
materials OF all kinds.
Men in touch with the situation, architects, contractors and
building material dealers, agree that there is no probability that
there VIII be any decrease in the cost OF labor this year. possibly
not for many years to come. They also agree that the reduc-
ton in the cost Of some building materials, already made, is
about as far as the decrease in prices of such materials will go
this year,
Men who contemplate the erection of a number of big build
ings in Memphis, the municipal auditorium. to cost three
quarters of a million dollars; the Methodist hospital, to cost
half a million when completed; the extensions to the Baptist
hospital, which will cost about a quarter Of a million, and a
number Of lesser projects, have proved that their judgment as
good business men comedies with that of the builders and
material men, for they are letting contracts for the work to be
done this summer, or are preparing to open bids for the work,
The timidity OF the owners OF real estate who expect to
build on a smaller scale, cottages or bungalows, or more pre-
tentious residences, has tended to retard building operations
! Rich are generally we'll under way in Memphis by April II
tcomparison of prevailing prices Tor building material with
use in effect. say two years ago, is made, it will be found that
increased cost OF building at present is not so much higher
knany property owners have supposed,
Such comparison, material men in every line say, should
Mnce prospective builders to 60 ahead with their plans and
the benefit OF the speedy rental OF their houses, placing
ir vacant property in shape to bring in revenue, instead Of
eping i vacant and paying taxes upon it without return,
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OKfW5PaT
II Qbu K:NoaNm:
FIRST AIDS AFTER JULY i.

~@ 4NDN
Join the cologne drinkers. Cologne contains S8 per cent alcohol
You will doubtless leave a large circle of relatives and friends and the
offerings will be profuse.
Dropping a prune in a glass of root beer makes a very satsfac-
ogdgs The effects begin to appear in one week SO you have to
A good plan is to soak a clothes line in a barrel of whisky now,
OF, In fact, several common white clothes lines, not wire clothes lines.
Clothes lines retain this frumenti flavor for nine years after being
thus soaked and can be cut up into lengths for chewing.
Why should the Bolsheviki look for trouble in this country when
they can go to Russia and find coolies of it without looking?
Regardless OF his new status with the allied powers, we ae never
going to hang a picture of Leon Trotzky over the player-piano in our
parlor unless it becomes a mandatory government order.
Consumers in other parts OF the country will be pleased to learn
in Colorado, at least, official steps are being taken to curb the
retail bandits who are running wild. A Denver paper says:
Denver butchers who have been in the habit of selling
their hands with every order that passed over their scales, gro
sugar or beans for the last generation, vegetable men who
have thrown in a foot or two and part of a leg with every sack
bill just passed by the legislature of Colorado.
THE NEGLIGIBLE BRIDE.
Philip Lafond wishes to announce his wedding on Tuesday at the
Cleaners hall at Beavervile. Everybody invited, Burners orchestra.
-Iroquos County IN, " Times-Democrat.
TRY SOME OF THE ALSO.
Oysters,
Crabs,
Fish,
And
CLANS.
Also.
Seen in a Cafe.
military training, because the next war will be conducted by scientists,
with germs as the destructive agency. As it looks now, the next war
will be conducted with fountain pens and typewriters, Stenographers
attention! Guide right Forward, march
WHY A COLUMN CONDUCTORS FRIEND WIFE GETS GRAY.
is he always that way at homer"
u should think you'd have lots of fun playing cards alone!'
DO any of the children take after him."
Your courship must-a been awfuny funny"
"A wife can help a man a lot on his kind of work, can't she?'
Don't you get mad at some of the things he writes?"
COLLECTED from the Diary of Callers by the Buffalo News Column
Mans Wife,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-01
RMENIA

The Armenians have every reason to believe that the Mills
the gods grind slowly. After centuries of suffering they are
i'll in hourly terror of the Turk, An industrious, intelligent
hristian people, who have saved western civilization and
christianity from being overrun and blotted out by Turkish
lnaticism, they are receiving no relief and no assured protec-
on. The treaty OF Berlin was thought by them TO be a mode
4 salvation for the Armenians. 1t proved to be only one more
etrayal and disappointment. European countries bound them.
lives to protect the Armenians, but it was another case of
serybodys business being ~nobodys business, Abdul Hamid
AIRED the Arnenians would continue insubordinate and be a
mrce Of weakness to his empire, He concluded that the surest
ay to remove the menace was by doing away with the people.
ence orders were issued for the determination by massacre
100000 Armenians, men, women and children, and the
oody work was carried on until 100000 corpses were strewn
the ground TO make food for carrion devourerS. Besides
csc 10000 took flight and escaped from the country. Among
e number were many Greeks and Jews, who fell helpless vic
rs to Turkish atrocity. The remnant Of these people remain
I are looking to the west for relief and protection, and thu.
Est is frittering away valuable time in Paris in academic dis
ssions of ethical questions,
The bloody Turk should be driven out Of Europe, bag and
ggage. He should be driven out OF the small countries on
Balkan peninsula. Contact with western civilization should
/ be permitted him. He is unfit for il. His only idea of gov
Il lmsnt is to kll-exterminate everyone who does not servilely
n to him, Great is Allah, and the unbeleving dogs must die,
ere is no use temporizing with these savages, The Turk
81 90, and the sooner the better, The Turk is depending on
n Arnany, and it would seem that he is making no mistake.
rnany is toying with the peace conference, and il r%etribution
"a be her portion it is time she was getting a taste of it. A
Z speed is most necessary, Armenia at least should be suc-
ed, A people who have lived and fought and suffered tor
No years deserve better from civilization.
Germany can no longer protect the Turk in his infamies,
ii would be interesting to know what the allies are afraid Of
are they halting2 Give Mangin or Petain an army and let
60 after the Turk and drive him out.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-01
WHAT HE WANTED.

Private Eph Johnson had never seen
a larger body of water than the creek
at home. The first day on his trip
across was Interesting, The mex day
he was tired; the third day he was
still more tired OF the monotony OF the
ocean and he refused to look at II after
the fourth day.
Suddenly he was called by a friend.
What do ycu want?" he answered
duly from his berth,
"bar's q sailin' ship goin' by. Come
an see IA sailin' ship"
Look a here, niger" came the
sharp retort, I'm done sick of yoah
sailin' boats and whales. III done sail
into you II you don't remember what
| told you before, Call me when you
see u tree, and foah nothin' else