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I GOODWIN'S WEEKLY. 3 8H direction that the Teutons hope to begin recuper ation when the war closes. The tension is terrible all around, and it is because of that tension that the hope comes that it cannot much longer endure. It is to men al. most as it is to the physical world when there comes one of those cataclysms called "a geolog ical period." ' Our Part IIE enlistments for the army seem slow. It W- is because? the masses of the people are not impressed with its importance. To them the war is something remote a conflict between foreign ers for conquest and the extension of trade. They take little or no personal interest in the affair and feel no urgent cause for interfering. The necessity for active patricipation must bo brought closer home to them. Were Mexico to make such a demonstration on our border at I would require 50,000 men to secure this country j from invasion, 500,000 men would enlist in threo days. When our republic numbered less than one-third of its present inhabitants there was no trouble found in raising four millions of men to defend it. Were the present danger to be mado apparent, there would be no difficulty encoun tered in raising three times four millions to go to the front. But there is a feeling that Europe should settle its own differences and not seek to involve the United States in the controversy. That is the chief reason why men do not rush to enlist. They do not realize that our's is at last a world power, and cannot longer afford to be indifferent to what happens abroad. Still much that concerns the United States depends upon how the present war shall end; whether militarism shall triumph or whether the inherent rights of men shall have a new vindl cation in the peace that shall finally be con sumated; whether, after the war, the world shall be subject to Imperial edicts or whether all na tions shall stand upon an equal footing. The solution of this momentous question is being worked out now and if, in the solution, the United States must give up its treasures in un counted sums and its best blood in rivers, the country will be equal to the sacrifice. For, look ing back over its history, it is clear that the crea tion and advancement of this nation were duly ordered, and that its ultimate objective must be attained, no matter what the cost in blood and treasure and suffering. The Price Of Wheat iirHAT a shame it is that now, only two months vly before harvesting will begin, wheat is quoted in Chicago at more than $3 per bushel. We are not) exporting half as much wheat as we would be, were there no war. We do not be lieve that there is any appreciable scarcity now and even, if the forecast for a less than normal yield this year is correct, that does not imply that there will bo a scarcity at home. It simply means that we will have less wheat for export. The conclusion is irresistible that the country is being bled unmercifully by a combine of spec ulators who would take advantage of the present period of excitement to rob their fellow Amer icans. It would be a good thing to stand a few of them against a wall at sunrise, there to face a firing squad; for in our lu..J, men .who accu mulate money by making little children hungry are not fit to live. The regulation of food prices should not be left to the federal government. Each individual state should assert its sovereignty and deal di rectly with the problem. Citizens in this com munity have during the past winter paid double values for native food products. There has been no real food scarcity. A gang of thieves have j been bleeding producers and consumers alike, and this should not bo allowed to happen again. The governor should appoint agonts to koop tab of tho coming harvest, tho approximate amount of each food product raised, tho prices paid tho producer and the prices charged tho consumer. A census should also be taken of tho men who aro engaged in tho business of fleecing the people. When such information is compiled, then, if it is found that he does not have sufficient authority, ho should summon a special session of tho legis lature and demand that ample power bo granted him to tako tho situation in hand, in order that tho people as a whole might enjoy tho protection they deserve. It is an everlasting shame to charge famine prices for food anywhere in the United States. Press Censor Needed At Washington iirE read a month ago that the board of con MS trol of the navy had planned to build a thousand small wooden ships with which to fight submarines. " WA Y FOR MR. ATKINS" By Kendall Harrison. "Roarin' rain ahead o' me, an' miles o' mud behind Mud that plucks an' sucks the boots off o' your bloomln' feet Mud that's in the marrow o' my bones an' strike me blindl Army corps o' Fritzes yonder, livln' snug an' neat. "Drivin' rain on top o' me, an' crawlin' mud below Out in front the tangled wires, like vines upon a hill, Broke an' sagged with Bosches that we stopped a week ago; An' thousands hidin' back of 'em, for us to go an' kill." Washing rain to cleanse him, and the torn earth to hide What arose from Earth one day, and now is Earth again; And Fritz to sleep the long, long nights earth-covered by his side, Who bought that bed, as Tommy his, with blood and tears and pain. Now it seems that the plan called for a certain class of engine, and that a thousand of those engines could not be supplied inside of two years. Wo fear that there was as much partisanship as practical sense employed in naming the members of that board. That sort of business should be done away with. The present war is a call to the whole country; Republicans are responding as eagerly as Democrats, and party politics should have no place in tho plans of the administration. Then some horse sense should be shown. A naval board should have some members that know something about ships and what is re quired in their construction. Above all things, the sending of buncombe dispatches concerning its activities should be stopped. That press gang in Washington should, half of them, be put in a chain gang. In their an xiety to laud the administration and everything connected therewith they not only disgust people, but disgrace the country and make us look like a nation of braggarts and incompetents. There are plenty of level-headed men in tho country to direct the practical operations of tho government in this critical period and they should H bo employed without regard to politics. Then JH what they aro doing should bo kept secret until jH something really tangible Is accomplished. If H this were done, then tho dispatches telling of jH any real achievement would bo most acceptable; 11 but an end ought to bo put to the practice of send- H ing out unreliable and absurd dispatches, and H it ought to bo done at once. 11 Joffre's Tribute To Grant jIIE great Marshall Joffro of Franco laid a 11 KJ wreath on the steel casket that holds tho 11 remains of General Grant. It was most fitting. 11 It was a hero's silent 3alute to tho memory of another hero. We wish that on his westorn tour M Marshall Joffro could havo gono down to Vicksburg M and looked upon tho scene of Grant's greatest military triumph; as splendid as anything that Julius Caesar ever accomplished. il But if there is a wireless through which mor- M tals cannot communicate, but which carries mes-' sages between tho two worlds, it was working M when Joffro laid that wreath upon tho sarcophagus of Grant. And tho message brought through it M to tho French Marshall must havo kept his hoart ' warm, all that day, for it was liko receiving a re- sponso to an S. O. S. call on an imperiled ship. M Many mon look upon death as the end; our bo- M lief is that it will be revealing to us how little wo M know in the environment that hedge us around M on this sido. M A Rare Spectacle H XT was an impressive spectacle on Capitol Hill Sunday when the "Creation was sung. The H thronging thousands in holiday attire, the parked automobiles, the opening spring in every direction, M tho great structure, the goldea sunshine and tho M lofty music filling tho air all mado a picture not H often seen, and gave an enjoyment not often folt. M Indeed, not many states could present such a M spectacle. In most states tho surroundings would all bo lacking; tho listening mountains framed in M sunlight; the distant lake aglow under the sun- M beams; tho far off valley in its spring garments H there was not only the music of tho "Creation, but H a reproduction of some of its real features; oven as it was when tho vapors were rolled away and M the command rang out: "Let there bo light; and H there was light." M And wo might add: "And God looked upon it H and it was good." M Farm Crops H JJHE farmers should plant plenty or potatoes M y this spring but they should not neglect M other crops. There was in the fifties a scarcity H of potatoes one spring and they soared to five cents a pound. That spring so many potatoes M were planted that when autumn came they were 31 piled by thousands of tons in- ricks in the fields, H and they rotted there (because they were not IH worth enough to pay for tho sacks necessary to EH carry them to market. IH Do not neglect to plant enough potatoes, but do IH not neglect tho other crops. Beans havo a largo IH area to cover; so has Utah colory; and so with XI Utah oats and barley, and cabbages and tomatoes, t and chickens, eggs, turkeys, young pigs and every- H thing else that the Utah farmer can raise. H If a colt Is to be raised, aim to havo the horso H suitable for cavalry or artillery purposes. The H field for the farmer this season is as wide as the H wants of mankind are numerous. H JvHia spring has been slow in coming, but its IH V presence is giving the' city a beautiful as- IH pect at last. The lawns are lovely and the trees IH in their new spring robes have grown most os- RH tentatious in their loveliness. RH