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Preparedness and Peace and the Engineer
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-irw wkaad SUM aearaa paaca, bum oa fume and wawtaamd
I wita koaoe. Bat at mm tha kind ol peace American auM
uaw ntai aanoa an aaw oetaooao aoi aloe oy agntaif awa,
bat by M Wuatriai.
Tkt Eaiiaeaci et tkit country, traiaed a oal AeMrieu) Ea
tineera are traeMti, koU ikal buth lob at bjadaawnul at the law of gnrtjr.
With the atfhorily ef tke Uailad StatM Gavtiameat Bora lhaa 30,000 Ea.
iaaeri aad Qiaaatt, ataUi ai eaiaeal Aawiicaa ecirntiac txxlm,
lot cm ant tune tba batory ai the Cjovcmmenl a amuta.
arrtr af aSe iaduatna aacurcei ol Aaterica. They will to lo
Iba lactone aad bum ai the bad aad wtfa then toit Method, efbeiene.
aad their aola mo6r patnabtm, fens a ao laibW orgaaiiaiioa, men m
lb world ua btwr kaowa,
Tbeir work wil b Iba baa, lot aoatint la Ida country a but Co ol
defoBta ia bin al war tha ability to product twiltly, abundantly and with
uitainad powar aB iba tbomaad and ooa (temcntt ol atodeia wariaia.
Wrthoat Mtcb productioa ikoio caa ba ao efficient army and airy.
Military Prepaiadoaai wint tbt battle. But Industrial Prtftridntti
win the WAR I ' Industrial Preparednea, involvs aa huge eipcatea. Only
the KNOWLEDGE of what Americaa Indutfr caa do. To KNOW
lha extent ol each plant, the aquipmcat ol each tltop, lh capacity ol each
Machine, the ability ol each maa. THAT a ihteHence ol Induitrial l'ie
pandnaaa. TVat it tbt tuk to which thirty thouuod Engineer art pledged.
The Eaoinatr' work will lay lor all bme the shoal ol the "munitKnu
truat" by nukaaj it petaible to have, munitions made ia thouianda ol plant.
Tha vital work oi the Fiiaran will aupply the military authontiet ia
Waahinrloa with ktomatioa aever before collected, and m carried for
ward without a dolar't coat to the Government, And thii advertiaemeat it
not paid for. The Aatockted Advertiung Club ol the World have pre
pared the copy aad the publisher luva patriotically letpooded and printed
a without pay lor th take oi National Defeat and International Peace.
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COMMITTEE' ON INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS OT THE
NAVAL CONSULTING BOARD OT THE UNITED STATES
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Hi'!
As the Editor Sees It.
What are we doinc for this
town? What are we dointr to push
it along: to mike it something
more than just a dot on the map?
Ak yourself the puestton first,
and then ask others, and keep on
asking until we locate the cause
of our backwardness and take
steps to remedy the defects. This
is not a drifting: age, and the
town that is content to just drift
along; will soon learn that there
is no place left in which to even
drift. It is not a lack of
brains, because our people are
blessed with an abundance. It
may be, however, that we lack
the initiative that is necessary
to keep pace with the more thriving-
and prosperous communities
of the country. If so, we should
at once correct our fault and move
forward. We should rasp every
opportunity for improvement and
expansion that presents itself,
and when there are none in sight
we should go out and bunt them.
Drifting will accomplish nothing
but to bury itself beneath the en
thusiasm and prosperity of our
neighbors. Now who wants to
drift? Not you, we hope.
Do you own a car? If so, pick
up some of your neighbors and
drive out into the country and
use your eyes and native intelli
gence. Just take note of the
prosperous condition of the far
mers everywhere you go. Are
they making tbeir money and
building beautiful homes and buy
ing cars by simply drifting? Not
much! They work, and they use
their brains and their ingenuity
as well as their hands. No drift
ing with them. If they see an
opportunity to improve conditions
by the purchase of a piece of new
machinery, they buy it in a hurry
and start it to earning more dol
lar for them. If they think they
are not getting the proper returns
from their acreage they dig down
and unearth the cause and go to
work promptly to remedy it.
"Good enough" does not appeal
to them. They want something
better, and they get it simply be
cause they have the will and de
termination to go after it. They
are climbing the ladder every
day, and they have already
worked their way far toward the
They never drift
top.
Why is it that there is so much
wealth among the farmers and
yet so little of it finds its way in
to this town? There is a reason
and a very potent one. If we aik
our farmer friends they perhaps
will tell us. But we should have
brains enough to solve this prob
lem ourselves. We shouldn't
adopt the kindergarten method
of asking; someone who knows
more than we do. It is up to the
commercial interests of this town 1
to get together and find a way to
bring this great wealth into this
town. We can not justly blame
:he farmer, because if we were
n bis place we would undoubted
y be doing just as be is doing.
It is his monev and he has a right i
to do as be pleases with it, and
it is a safe bet that he will exer
cise that right to the limit when
ever he spends a dollar.
It will not be difficult to keep
the farmer trade in this town if
our business men go after it in
the right way. But waiting and
drifting will not do it. The far
mer must be convinced by cold
facts that it is to his interest to
do all of his trading in this town,
but it will take something beside
empty words to do it. He is a
man of facts, and nothing but
facts will have any weight with
him. Hence, we repeat, it is our
duty to get together and remedy
the defects in our commercial
system that now exist and make
conditions such that the farmer
will turn to this town instinctive
ly as the most logical and profit
able place to trade.
Now who will make the start
. . m m a
in this kind ot a torwara move
ment? If each one waits for the
other we will simply keep on
drifting until we all drift under
the sod. Let a leader step for
ward, and this paper will be right
behind him and pushing and shov
ing to the limit, for we want to
see our home town move forward
and keep right on moving and
climbing. If you know of a man
who would make an ideal leader
go and tell him so punch him,
wake him up, start him to doing
something right now. Then do
your share to encourage him and
help him along. If you are the
one for a leader, step out and let
us see you, and hear you, and per
haps in the end we will be able
to do something besides just
drift, drift, drift.
Take a look at your neighbor's
yard. It may look better than
vours. Your neighbor may even
be cleaning it up while you are
looking, when as a matter of fact
you ought to be cleaning up your
self in order to make your yard
look better than bis. That's the
way to make strangers look twice
at a town as tbey pass tnrougn.
FOR EXCHANGE.
Good custom mill; 100-feet
ground and barn; clear; owner
wants Baxter Springs property;
will put in some cash. What
have you to offer? This office.
We Have It.
After so long: a time, we have
been able to get colored card
board, and have it in stock.
Get on the News list
HORSE SENSE IN TRACTOH
BUYING
Something ol Interett to Every Fara
ia tbia Community
That the lUrht tractor may teniae
the horse In the heavy grind of farm
work. Just aa the automobile hu re
lieved him from pounding over the
roada to town to keep the family In
groceries, ia a proportion to which
most farmers In this vicinity will
agree, but when It cornea to replac
ing their bones with a tractor, many
obstacles appear, as was shown at a
recent tractor plowing demonstration
where all sorts of tractors were going
through their paces.
A salesman had shown an Inter
ested farmer all the good points his
tractor possessed, lie had plowed for
him, shown htm how easy It was to
control the tractor, and somewhat
against the farmer's will, had got him
Into the seat and let him start It,
steer It. and stop It. lie then began
to tell hlui how much better It was
than horses for farm work. "Thatfe
Just It." broke in the farmer, "If it
was a horse I'd know what you art
talking alwut, but this thing might
be wind broken and spavined In both
hind legs and 1 probably wouldn't find
it out until It was paid for and I had
taken it home ana used it a while.
"So, I'm not in the market today. I've
got to look around before I buy.'
In this plain statement Is shown the
frame of mind of the majority ofpro
spectlve light tractor buyers. They
all know how to lurlge horses, because
thev have raised them, broken them
to work, and studied them. During
a new horse is simply measuring him
up to standard specifications.
Hut how is a farmer to know he ia
ppttlngsomewhere near value received
when he buvsa tractor with no "stand
ard specifications" on which to relyf
Or. putting it as it really is. how Is ha
to know what are "standard specifica
tions" when all tractor manufacturers
claim theirs as standard? How Is he.
in other words, to detect spavined and
weak lunged conditions in a tractor?
From the results of experiments
and testa upon all types of tractors, a
general summary can be made show
ing the points of merit necessary for
a good, serviceable light tractor to
have. For the average farm, the
amount of power should range in the
neighborhood of eight horse on the
drawbar and sixteen on the belt On
the average 100-acre farm, according
to census reports, there are six work
horses and a colt. The tractor with
an eight-horse drawbar pull gives a
tittle more power than the average
farmer has in horse-flesh and is, there
fore, a practical size. A tractor for
use in all sizes of fields should be
low and short counled. This makes
short turns possible and gives avail
able power wnere orcnaras are w
be cultivated. Select one with two
drive wheels. A single dilve wheel
cuts the tractor's chances at the load
in half. Would you buy an automo
bile with a single rear wheel f Two
drive wheels with a differential art
absolutely necessary to meet all trac
tion conditions. Be sure, also, that
the wheels, both front and rear, art
high enough to give clearance In soft
or uneven ground. This height, also,
gives a better leverage on the load.
The cower plant of the tractor
should be a motor of the simplest
possible construction with low speed
and the fewest possible number of
cvllnderstodeliver the required power.
The high-speed motor wears faster,
uses more fuel, and relies too much
upon its speed for power. Conse
quently a low-speea tractor reduces
possible repair costs and gives a maxi
mum of service with a minimum ot
trouble.
If a light tractor is to mean economy
on the farm, It must use kerosene as
fuel. The Increased consumption of
gasoline Is greatly raising the price,
and experts predict a shortage in the
supply for the near future. On the
other hand, kerosene is not of ao
general use and consequently is far
cheaper. In selecting a Kerosene trac
tor great care Is needed, for many of
the so-caiiea Kerosene-Durning trac
tors are not able to live up to their
claims under actual tests. Be sure to
select a tractor that can burn kero
sene as evenly, smoothly, and with as
much power as gasoline. Test tha
contents of the fuel tanks yourself.
Finally, when you go to market ior
a tractor, select the product of a rep
utable com Dan v who have had years
of experience in making successful
kerosene tractors, iney win not, do
experimenting at your expense in time
and money,for their product will be
standard. They alone, in the tractor
field, can realize that their best inter
ests are to serve your interests and
give you your money's worth in trac
tor power.
Cent a Word..
The cent a word advertising,
which you can get in the News,
is very effective. If you have a
cow to sell, or a hog, or a horse,
or anything else, or if you want
to buy something, just use a
short local in this paper. The
price is a cent a word. Can yon
beat it?
A band of 54 ewes on the farm
of G. S. Lundquist, of Saline
County, Kansas, is raising 50
lambs this season. These ewes
sheared about 8 pounds of wool
to the head, which Mr. Lundquist
sold for 30 cents per pound, or
$122.40 for the lot.
With a band of fal ewes lamb
ing in the first half of April; N.
C. Andrews, of Polk County, Mo.,
reports 64 lambs saved and doing
welL Mr. Andrews lays he has
done even better than that in for
mer seasons. He has been rait
ing sneep n years, ana never
failed to raise a good lamb crop.
For Sale 7-foot Acme binder,
tongue trucks, all complete, $60. ,
Gregory Trading Co. tf
bulletin No. 1
A Mistake in the Policy of
the Bethlehem Steel Company
To the People:
The Senate of the Unitod States has passed a bill to spend 111,000,000 of the People's money
to build government armor plant The measure is now before the House of Representatives.
It U said that manufacturers of armor have "gouged" the country In the put, aad that a govenaMat
plant is neoeaaary to secure armor more cheaply.
The mistake of the Bethlehem Steel Company' has been that It has kept quiet.
We have allowed irreeponiible aaaertlons to be made for so lone without denial, that aaay people
Hf believe them to be proven facts.
We shall maka the mis take of alienee no longer.
Henceforth we shall pursue a policy of publicity. . Misinformation vQl not he pemlttol te go
uncorrected.
It Is and has been the policy of our Company to Ideal with the American Govern mnt fairly
and squarely.
We ahall henceforth place the details of our relations with the Governmeat heore
the American People.
The United States has for twenty years obtained the highest grade of armor and haa paid a level
price for it than hat any other great naval power.
flraaae eMail? amplUd far tba Srnata CoraaalttM aa Naval Alalia Abaa tha Kaval Taa Baah akaw that
a4av aaaaitlaaa prawlUa Just Safa tat Eauaiaa war, thm abiaa aaraj ama af thai
England, 1503 per ton France, 460 Germany, 490 Japan, 4W UNITED STATES, MtS
A government plant cannot make armor any cheaper than we can do it; and
We are prepared to manufacture armor at any price which the Corerament Itself
ahall name as fair. . THAT BEING SO, SHOULD $11,000,000 OF THE PEOPLE'S
MONEY BE WASTED TO BUILD A GOVERNMENT PLANT? '
flfSSS Bethlehem Sled Company
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FRIDAY, Ml 26
PIE DAY
I. H. C. Mogul Tractor
In the Field on the Frank Hartley
Farm One Mile West of Baxter
Morning Plowing 9:50 to 11:30
Afternoon 2:00 to 5:00
Free Transportation to Field
Call at Store
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Baxter Springs, Kansas.
J. H. BOSWELL, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Daniels Buildings.
Off. phone 269. Res. 274.
GRANT WAGGONER,
LAWYER.
Office Baxter State Bank Bldg.
The Ntwi ii $1 a year.
W. T. HOPE, DENTIST.
Corner Military and Neosho.
The old Thompson stand.
R. E. ROSENSTEIN
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law
Office with A. L. Jones.
1 Baxter Springs, Kansas.
CIIAS. STEPHENS,
LAWYER
Offices: Columbus, and Baxter
Springs at office of A. L. Jones
DR. M. L NICHOLS
Dental Surgeon.
Upstairs ia Orpenaaa BalUlaa.
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