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Embarrasses Inspectors.

Most federal veterinarians engaged in
meat inspection receive salaries greatly
less than in some cases not half as
much as the packing houses pay their
butchers, with whom the federal men
work the same number of hours and
under the same conditions. The low
rate of salary received by the veteri-
narians is known in trade circles and
greatly embarrasses the inspectors in
enforcing government regulations.
The present entrance salary Is
$500, and the majority of federal
veterinarians, even after long service.
rarely receive more than s1.620 an
nually. The recent $40 increase will
be a partial relief. but is offset by
the added cost of preparation for
veterinary work. OF late years the
prerequisites for appointment have
been made more exacting, including
four years training at an accredited
veterinary college instead Of three.
as formerly. This is in addition to
special personal fitness along tech
meal and executive lines and to the
qualifications required by the Civil
Service Commission.
The proposal to pay federal veteri-
narians adequately. in proportion to
their training and class of service, has
been pending ever since 1907. when
the Civil Service Commission an
nounced a schedule of salaries for
veterinarians entering the Depart
ment of Agriculture, but. through in
ability of the department to receive
the necessary appropriation, the
schedule could not be carried out.
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BRIEF IN DEBS' CASE
FILED IN HIGH COURT

Constitutionality of the espionage
act has been attacked in a brief
fled in the Supreme Court by Gilbert
e. Roe, as anxious muriae in the case
of Eugene v. Debs, socialist leader.
whose conviction under that law
will be argued in the court tomorrow.
MIR. Roe said the act tnterferes
with freedom of speech and the press.
and declared that under 1t ''all hostile
criticism of every measure even re-
motley connected with the war" has
been suppressed through punishment
Of those attempting to indulge in
ich criticism.
In passing the espionage act and
subsequently, amending it. Congress.
the brief says, has clearly yielded
to temptation under the exigencies of
war to strike down and destroy the
free speech and free press clause OF
> Constitution. In order. a. 1t WAS
believed, that the war-making covers Of
the government might be more effect
lively carried into execution.
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, January 24.-Heavy lioui-
cation broke out again today in the corn
market and smashed prices hard, not
outstanding temporary check due to
to relieve food distress in Europe. Senti-
ment against domestic high cost Of living
was the predominant bearish Influence
the close was unsettled, to 5b cents
net lower. with May lis to 1.15x and
July Lib. Oats fell " to TX and pro-
visions cents to LOO.
Some uncertainty at first as to
whether turning point had been reach
ed was shown by traders in corn. News
that the big appropriation for supplies
TO send to Europe had finally won in
Congress seemed for brief time likely
to bring about a decided reaction from
yesterdays collapse in values There
upon, leading bears took profits freely.
1t soon became evident. however, that
no other important demand was in sight.
Then the market sagged Of its own
weight and uncovered large stop-loss
selling orders except in the case of Jan
uary delivery, which tumbled values to
new low levels for the season
In oats as in corn LIQUIDATION was the
main feature. Prices touched were the
lowest since late in 1917.
:, Provisions dropped sharply owing to
the weakness Of grain.
NEW YORK. January 25.-Barley.
weak; feeding, 95a1. 90; mating, 1.07'
cost and freight. New York. Buck
wheat. easy: sound milling. 800, nomi-
nal. cost and freight, New York. Wheat.
spot, steady; No. 2 red, 2.341s, track:
Nsw York, Corn. spot. weak: No 3
freight, New York. Oats. spot, weak;
standard. 50. Lard, weak; middle west,
Other articles unchanged.
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
Liberty Bond Market.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

NEW YORK. January 25.-Beeves-
Receipts, 200 head: no trading.
Calves-Receipts, $50 head: steady;
veals, 13.00a17.0O: culls, 110oa12. 90;
little calves, 100; barnyards, 500:
no trading in westerns.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts. $50
head; no trading.
Hogs-Receipts, 1880 head; irreg-
ular; medium and heavy. 17.75a1S.O0;
light weights. 15.50a1625; little pigs,
14.o0a15.00; roughs. 1880.
CHICAGO. January 25 Omitted States
bureau of markets).-Hogs-R
$4,000 head; market slow. about
steady with yesterdays average;
many light and light mixed unsoid
Bulk of sales. 17.40a17.65; butchers,
17.50a17.70; light, 16.75a17.45; pack
ing. 16.s0a17.5o; throwouts l5.75a
1850: pigs, good to choice, 11.75a1450
Cattle-Receipts. 1000 head Com
pared with a week ago choice prime
beef steers. steady; others. Is to so
lower: most decline on 1880 to 1900
grades; fat COWS and heifers uneven
1y. SO to LOO lower: Gamers and bo-
logna bulls. so lower; beef bulls and
calves, 1-b0 lower: strong weight
feeder steers. rs lower; light stock slow
to Is lower.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000 head. Com
prod with q week ago: fat lambs
md light yearlings mostly so lower; fat
sheep Is lower
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NEW YORK COFFEE pRICEs.

NEW YORK, January 25.-There
was further decline in the market
for coffee futures today, and prices
have now lost nearly all the recent
rally. The selling again seemed to
come chiefly from houses with Wall
street and cotton exchange connec-
tions, and there was some trade buy
ing on a scale-down. The support,
however. was by no means active
while the selling seemed to find en-
enlargement in the reports of an in
creasing supply Of tonnage and talk
of recent concessions in the cost and
freight market. The market opened at
a decline OF 8 to 10 points and sold
of to 1918 for May and 1880 for De-
cember. with the close 20 to 25 points
net lower. Closing bid: May, 1918:
Julv, 1903; September, 1890: October,
1885; December, 12.7S; January, 1870
Spot coffee irregular; Rio Is, 14h;
Santos As, 21A. No fresh offers were
reported in the cost and freight mar
ket and it was said that bid of 1880
for Santos As, London credits, had been
refused.
The Official cables reported an adj
vance Of Is refs in the Rio market.
Santos spots were unchanged and fu-
lures rs to 100 refs lower. Brazilian
port receipts, 10000; Jundiahy re-
ceipts, 5000.
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CONNECTICUT TO DOCK
IN NEW YORK, SHE WIRES
Was Heading for Newport News
Movement of Other Craft With
Soldiers.

The battleship Connecticut, which
sailed from France January 20 with
900 troops, reported yesterday that she
had changed her course and was pro-
ceeding to New York instead Of New
port News. as announced Friday. The
vessel is expected to reach New York
February 3.
The transport Mongolia has sailed
from France for New York and will
arrive there January 80 with 100 Of
1cers and 5000 men, including about
1000 sick and wounded.
The transport Samarinda is due at
New York January 81 with q casual
company of Georgia troops. one casuel
company Of New York troops and thir-
teen officer casuais.
The War Department has been adj
vised that the following units in
France have been assigned for early
convoy home: Base Hospital No. AZ.
aero sQuadrons, Nos. IL, 30, 16l. 1853.
24s, 655, 656. 4S7 and 494. and air
service casual Company 8.
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As to Bank Failures.

The controller Of the currency in
his annual report. treating Of the
causes of bank failures. says that 222,
or over one-third, Of the 5Ss failures
of national banks were attributable to
criminal acts. In As of the 222 In
stances defalcation OF officers was the
cause. in 1913 fraudulent management,
and in ~ the banks were wrecked by
cashiers or subordinate officers. I'm
lawful loans-that is. loans in excess
Of the statutory limit-were the prin-
cipa1 causes of ia of the failures In
81 OF the ia instances excessive loans
were made to officers and directors
and in So to others than officers and
directors. Depreciation in the value
OF assets was the ascribed cause Of SO
of the failures. lnjudicious or care
less banking was the cause of 139. Or
nearly one-fourth of the total num-
Der, and the remaining 80 failures
were ascribed to insolvency Of large
debtors, runs" nonliquidity of as
sets, etc.
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S|MONDS ON GERMANY
Continued from Third page.)

the German-made desert OF the
Somme. And these deserts present the
problems ] have mentioned, prob
lens of restitution. reparation ana
restoration. As it stands. the German
has lost the war, but before he lost
the war he ruined half of northern
France and If he does not repay his
factories will profit, his laborers gain,
and glory will be to the victor, but
the dividends to the vanquished, who
only fought while victory seemed pos
sible and grounded his arms when the
battle approached his factories and
fields.
1t is not a. hymn of hate that I am
trying to sing. There is no longer any
room for emotion. The war is over,
the futility of the German methods
carries a final judgment, but either
the German must pay or the French
and Belgian people stagger under the
burden of his terrible destruction.
while the German. escaping the Dur
den, recuperateS for q new adventure.
was starving millions; today he OPEN
ly demands that the world feed him.
His propaganda is everywhere at
v ork. in Paris and out of it and such
a small part of the non-military part
of the worlc as thinks of the German
desert. knows il as il exists, that one
fears that the world Will forget
Today 1 talked with an American
journalist flaming with fury because
in some fashion his precious conn
ment was delayed or lost in transit.
to the great injury of the freedom of
the press. talked with British CO.
lonial. keen to erect a new Hedjaz
kingdom under the sympathetic eye
Of America The frontiers of Poland
move with the tides: a new map OF
Asia Minor is made each hour and
the islands Of Aegean change hands
every moment, but in the midst of all
this diplomatic discussion. the ming
ling of idealism and realism. inter-
national romance and hign finance,
find myself constantly thinking OF
the ruined cities, of wasted fields. and
the forlorn graves of the north. Shall
we forget them all in Paris. and If we
do shall we not invite the German to
come again, however lofty a struc.
ture We raise in the name of the
league of nations? ~
Copyright 1919. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
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NNw york SUGAR MARKFr.

NEW YORK. January 25.-The local
market for raw sugar was quieter
today, with sales Of only $1,000 bags
Of Cubas reported by the board for
February shipment. although on the
whole purchases during the past
week were Of liberal proportions.
Prices were unchanged at 1928 for
centrifugal to the refiner.
Business in refined sugar was only
moderate and Of q hand -to-mouth
character, with the result that stocks
are commencing to accumulate. al
though the export demand is expected
to Increase by the 6rst OF next month.
Prices were unchanged ats for nne
graduated.
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LOW US. SALARIES
HURT MEAT OUTPUT
Veterinarians Quit Service
for Other Jobs Because
of Living Cost.
EFFICIENCY IS HAMPERED
EFFICIENCY IS HAMPEREI

The meat supply Of the United States
and the welfare Of a n-billion-dollar
livestock industry are threatened by
constant resigna atoms of federal veterf-
'narians forced by the high cost OF liv-
ing to quit the service and enter COM
mercial work.
The National Association Of Bureau Of
Animal Industry Veterinarians. organ
lied to combat this condition, has used
every means within its power for hold
ing its members. Officers Of the asso-
citation announced yesterday. however.
that the exodus still continues. and If
not checked soon win reduce the eff
cheney of federal meat inspection, the
livestock quarantine work and many
similar branches Of public service.
Must Control Diseases.
The number Of farm animals in the
United States, excluding poultry. is now
more than twice as large as the total
number Of people, but production will
decline and meat prices rise unless the
principal animal diseases are kept under
effective control. The dreaded and
highly contagious foot-and- mouth dis
ease has never gained more than
temporary foothold in the United States.
Occasional outbreaks always have been
stamped out by veterinarians of the
bureau of animal industry or by local
men under their supervision. That dis
ease, constantly present in Europe and
South America, broke out in England
recently and owing to the present heavy
ocean traffic Is continual menace to
America. Hog cholera, tuberculosis and
many other diseases are prevalent in
the United States, but losses can be
eliminated by the control methods now
being used. though with difficulty. owing
to constant changes in the bureaus per-
sonnet Of trained and experienced veteri-
narians.
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FRENCH POTASH NOT READY.

France will be unable to ship potash
from its mines in Alsace for at least
q month. the War Trade Board has an-
nounced.
A story that the United States war
about to import 100000 tons of potash
from Alsace aroused soma protest
from the producers Of that material
In Nebraska The wisdom OF auch
Hitchcock from the hoor Of the
Senate
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\ EPORTS coming from abroad to
the effect that American SOL
Y diers were forced to the front

IN EPORTS coming from abroad to
~ the effect that American SOL
diers were forced to the front
before they were prepared by
training for the great test are so
constant and continuous that they
must be credited. The truth is that If
any other story were told it would
not be entitled to belief. There had
been no policy; there had been no
preparation: there were not trained
officers for the line and there were
not trained officers enough to train
the men before they were sent
abroad. and the wonder is that they
accomplished what they did accom-
plish under the cruel, brutal handi-
cap of government that has never
upheld any reasonable policy of train
ing the men who, if called to the de-
tense of the country. must respond.
x
The Secretary of War, Mr.. Baker,
when the makeshift Army bill was
be fore h e
Not Then Able to House commit
Formulate Policy. inpo sala "t to
formulate a policy for military ex-
pansion until it was known what
would be the attitude of the assem-
bled nations to disarmament. A holder
man. Julius Kahn, who is to be next
chairman of the House military COM
m1ttee, put the matter in another
way. England" he said, did not
hesitate to announce that it would
not give up its right to maintain a
Meet that will insure a defense of it's
shores against any enemy.
1t is the duty rather than the right
OF the United States-the most power
full nation of the western hemisphere.
charged with the exerton of its infiu-
ence to preserve harmony within the
sphere of it's influence-to adopt a
military policy that will protect it
against any possible invasion, boIshe-
vik or other. 1t is the. duty of the
United States to adopt policy which
VIII make 1t impossible for the un-
trained sons of the men who were
sent needlessly. If gloriously, to death
in this war, because the American ma
ton had in time neglected to give
them any training that would have
prepared them to meet the shock
troops they were thrown against"
Such preparation does not mean the
raising OF standing army of soc, 900
or any other number of men; but it
does mean that the government should
adopt some sane and sound method of
instruction and physical development
of the young men of the land
But the essential thing is that
American statesmen should take the
stand that the British have taken and
not give UP something essential for a
theory.
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Quiet Trading on Paris Bourse.

PARIS. January 25.-Trading on the
bourse was quiet today. Three per
cent rentes were quoted at So francs
for cash. Exchange on London, Is
francs SO confines: per cent loan, so
francs so centimes
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HNw YoRK DRY GOODS MARkEr.

NEW YORK. January 25.-Leading
brands Of brown and bleached cot
eons recently priced at low figures
haxo now been advanced or placed
sat vAlue.s Yarns today were quiet.
Wool goo68 were being revised
AA2lxa were very quiet.
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Some Remedies Proposed.

Among the recommendations for
certain remedial legislation" which
the controller of the currency makes
to Congress in his current report are
the following:
That the officers of a national bank
be prohibited from borrowing funds
Of the banks by which they are en-
ployed.
That a conservative and proper linn
itation be placed upon the aggregate
company. corporation. or firm may
obtain. from a national bank through
the discounting Of commercial paper
and bills of exchange.
That the penalty for an excessive
loan be the disqualification of the Of
the imposition of suitable fine. or
both. in addition to the civil liability
incurred by reason of making such
loan.
That the controller Of the currency
be authorized to bring proceedings
for losses sustained by the bank
through violations of the provisions
Of the national bank act or the fed
eral reserve act.
That the controller of the currency
be empowered, with the approval Of
the Secretary of the Treasury. to re-
quire the removal of a director or di-
rectors of any officer of bank guilty
Of the violation of any of the more
important provisions of the national
bank act, and to direct that suit be
brought in the name of the bank
against such director or directors.
after they cease to be connected with
the bank, for losses sustained by their
malfeasance or misfeasance in Office.
That an amendment be adopted au-
thorizing and directing the Depart
ment Of Justice to bring suit against
national banks guilty of usury upon
information furnished either through
the controller of the currency or
through other sources.
That the total deposits which q na-
tional bank may receive shall be lin
tied to eight or ten times the unim-
paired capital and surplus of the
hank
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National Guard. Of lh' ,p ps1a,iO.'
der" was the expression of Brig.
Gen. J. W. Heavey, chief of the mill
tary bureau. to the House military
committee. He was urging sufficient
appropriation to cover the needs of
the guard. if the various states sue
coed in creating them. "Only eighteen
states now have any guard organiza-
TONS and they are not large enough
to entitle them to federal aid. with
out legislation that reduces the mini
mum number to entitle them to such
support from $50 to 200 for each
member of Congress from the state.
The act of calling the guardsmen into
the federal service served to termi-
nate their contracts with the state.
and on their discharge from the
Army both officers and men will re-
turn to their civilian status, and
have no further connection with the
guard. unless they sec fit to again
enter it's service" .-
Gen. Heavey also, asked legislation
that would permit the War Depart
ment out os it's vast stock. to transfer
to the guard all the equipment NEG
ing. He argued that this was no
more than act of Justice; for all the
equipment of the guard had either
been worn out in the national serv-
ice or was in federal possession.
For the sake of the nation / want
to see some reasonable system of gen.
eral military training introduced in
this country. for it is from every
point Of view the best" he said. but
I approve of the National Guard in
limited numbers for state uses.
"The record of the National Guard
in the war entities it to considera-
ton. On August 5. 1917, it came into
the federal service $4,000 strong,
officers and men. 1t furnished the
bases for eighteen divisions, one of
which, the 26th, was the first complete
American division in France.
1.-THE bearing and conduct of their
officers have compared favorably with
that of other officers Of the Ameri-
can Army. They have we'll earned the
right to q system that will compel all
Of military age to share with them
the brunt Of the FIRST shock that comes
in war;
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Col. Dapray Relieved From Duty

Col. John A. Dapray, o. & A, Fe-
tired, has been relieved from duty At
tho Catholic University OF America
and Will proceed to hts home.
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Would Require Surety Bonds.

That all officers of a national bank
having the custody of it's funds,
money or securities, and all officers
tellers or other employees of the bank
engaged in the handling Of its money
shall furnish surety bonds. preferably
the bonds Of an established surety
company.
That no ofacer or employe Of q ma
tionAl bank shall erase or cause to
be erased or removed, either by acid
or abrasion, any entries on the
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Chairman Dent made II very plain
at q hearing before his committee
thar ha.. mould not
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Transports for
Return of Troops,

SSti1oh VI liLc
embarkation service before the House
military committee when that divi-
sion submitted an estimate of $780,
100000 for the purpose of keeping
up the transport service. The Army
In moving troops on land had re-
course to well established CONNER
cial agencies. which it found in the
railroads. but for the water trans
portation 1t was obliged to create a
service by taking ships out of COM
mercial trade. 1t had practically
nothing with which to start, and it
mad literally to beg, to borrow; and
the Dutch at one time claimed that
the embarkation went even -urther
than either Of these courses. How
Norwegian and Swede owners were
so high that their ships were re-
turned at the earliest moment. This
course leaves available to the water
transport service United States bot
toms Of 100000 tons, capable of
the British will supply tonnage for
another $4,000 a neutrality-suspicious.
more German liners. with a monthly
capacity of 10000, are to be assigned
to the United States for the use of
this service. and the Army has con-
soi lCu - oOASh Ok ItS freight
carriers into temporary transports,
giving al further capacity of 60, 600 a
month, or a total OF nearly 100000 a
month
Col. Bettfson said that the rate of
return up to the present time could
not be taken as q basis for estimat-
ing the rate Of the return of troops
now with the expeditionary force.
The collapse of the Germans was I'M
expected; the Army was not prepar-
ed to reverse its machinery at SO
short notice.
1t is the present expectation that
the embarkation service will land
200. 900 men in February and in March,
and thereafter at rate not less than
100000 month as long as it may be
required. This seems like another
big promise from the Army, and
some fear was expressed that it
might not be kept. but It must be re-
membered that Brig. Gen. Hines has
not thus far failed in any undertak-
Ing
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Chairman Dent
Gives Views.

OF 500, 900 men. I
way: Brig. Gen.