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orders from all parts of the United
States. According to figures com
piled by the different railways, the
movements of eggs out of Chicago
was never so great. If the 'move
ments from other cities are as large
in comparison and the demand" con
tinues as great, there will be no eggs
left in storage by the first of Febru
ary. These facts, should prove that
prices were made wholly by the sup
ply and demand. This talk of manip
ulation by one man or a combine of
men is all rot
Should there 1je a law passed to
prohibit the storing of eggs as pro
posed by some, there would be but
two conditions existing, a feast and
a famine. During the heavy produc
tion they would be so cheap that
farmers would not gather them, dur
ing the winter so high that only the
wealthy could obtain them. The cold
storages prevent these conditions.
This year- cannot be compared with
any other year, as all food products,
as well as everything else, including
wages, have advanced to a height far
beyQnd the expectations of man.
There are no egg kings in the bus
iness, "but there is many a man in
the business who is a prince." J." W.
Fuller.
VILLA, THE MAN. It is a pity
that Francisco Villa, the great Mex
ican liberator of the peons, a mili
tary genius, a man of courage .and
uncompromising principle, should be
branded, by even people of advanced
ideas, as a bandit, an outlaw. Villa's
cause, the cause of human rights, in
my opinion, is a thousand times
greater than that of European ruling
classes now at war.
No intelligent person can satisfac
torily justify the present disastrous
conflict of Europe, save that it is a
dynastic and capitalistic game of
selfish gain. As to Villa, his motives
his principles, he stands above all the
selfish rulers, risking his life every
moment just because he is humane.
Whatever was ascribed to him as
criminal acts, I, for one, do not be
lieve it, for I am aware of the fact
that the plutocratic press is grossly
exaggerating alarming news. Presi
dent Wilson will some time greatly
regret his attitude toward Villa,
banding him as a bandit and send
ing a military expedition to punish
that "outlaw."
Villa may lack letters, but he is ed-
ucated, if we should comprehend by .
the term "education" that he knows
people, their ideas, their striving for
justice and economical freedom.
Why, why is it that wherever he ap
pears he is being almost worshipped?
Certainly it is not because they
the people fear him, but because he
responds to their wants and needs.
Why not be fair and ask him what
he is fighting for? Francisco Villa
fights- the battle of the oppressed,
and the history of the future will
erect him a monument even if he
proves to be a failure. Or why not
inform the world that Mexico is the
private property of capitalists, who
have no humane feelings,' have no
principle, except gold, and, finally,
who know no national integrity, or
people's rights to live. Their country,-
their religion, their principles,
their law spells gold, oppression, ex
ploitation. And Villa fights this triple mon
ster. Godhelp him. Damon L. Or-lowsky.
AFTER WAR, WHAT? The edi
torial debaters in the public press are
trying to instill into our minds their
own short-sighted notions on the
question of preparing ourselves for -conditions
as they will be, or are sup
posed to be, after the war.
They insist that only two things
are necessary: First, ample military
and naval preparation (a question
untouched here); and, second, the
acquisition of foreign markets, so
that we can keep our miUs and in
dustries going, without which our
workers would have nb jobs, and,
consequently, will languish in idle-
