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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 191
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An exchange thinks there It nothing
oft about Mayor Candler If ho does
make soft drinks.
It Is said to be a fact for apprecia
tion that the Russians In this country
litre not yet made peace.
Indiana whisky men consider fro
eminent by injunction just as good as
Hoy other kind If It works.
Gradually It seems to be coming
home to the allies (hat the treat
"drive" Is not up to specifications.
The writer hss had ocular proof
that Jowl Is still obtainable, but tur
nip greens seem lo have become ex
tinct. A recent decision of the supreme
court discloses the fact that there is
no federal law against the purchnse of
votes.
George Creel contends that the names
of Americans In casualty lists without
addresses Is not news. There are
Others.
Secretary Houston prefers defeat to
dishonor. In case of defeat, the dls
. honor would probably be able to take
care Of itself. -
The shortage 6f workers on the
farms and everywhere else has given
new Impetus to the enforcement of va
grancy laws.
XV e hear that ths boya are respond
ing readily to the call for volunteer re
cruits) to work on the farm and
wherever else reeded.
At that. Trottky gets off better than
Kerensky. The latter has disappeared,
but the former seems to be holding
the fort at Tetrogrsd.
Plenty of time Is being allowed llol
land to make up her mind about that
shipping, but the. skips are held In
leaslf In thn meantime.
The number of Japanese killed st
that Siberian town has already dimin
ished from 180 to six, and the returns
are probably not all In.
Von Hertllng Is absolutely unable to
Understand why anybody should object
to so Innocent an Instrument as tho
German pchco with Russia.
Nashville Is much mono leisurely
about her ouster trials than Is Chatta
nooga. But perhaps the Capital City
hasn't many other diversions.
Oov. rieHsanta, of Louisiana, seems
also to find sonic Impediment In tho
law against bis Intervention to prevent
lynching and to punish lynchers.
Congress needs steering council.
Headline, l'erhops so, but It had been
1 our Impression thnt there was no
,, dearth of pilots nbout the capital.
Alabama's agricultural commissioner
says lie will nut ask furiners to plant
less cotton, but lie plainly Intimates
that food crops are of most Importance.
An investigation shows that only a
small portion of the $13,000,000 flic
losses which have been credited to en
emy agents were actually due to that
cause.
Newt that fifty -persons were killed
In an air raid over I'oblenx, w ith other
material damagee, was probably re
ceived in London with Christian resig
nation. I
A malicious exchange wants all the
( spring poets Included In the next
draft. Really, however, not many ol
them now seem Inclined to commit
overt acts.
The lladley Bend powder plant Is to
exemplify patriotism In name as well
as In nature. It la to be i-nlled. Jack
sonville, awhile, and then changed to
Hermitage. .
Perhaps Von Hertllng includes
Sweden among the "hypocrites." since
the latter Is a trifle slow to properly
appreciate the benevoh nt assimilation
of the Baltic.
Votes cast for John I'unoy Mltchel
last full cost on an averuse f 10 apiece.
But the New York World consoles It
self with the reflection that It made
him an aviator.
Archie's wound Is more recent than
that of bis distinguished father. But
the latter can reflect that the son win
probably still be too young to be put
Ident when the war is on r.
Washington rumors now Indie ate
that an Investigation of the 'delay
In the aircraft program will i held
Only a week or two ago the dis
patches announced that shipment of
airplanes bad begun ahead of tin e.
We shall presently want an Inniliy
to ascertain where we are "at,"
TOO MUCH TALK ABOUT THAT OFFENSIVE.
Since Von Hindcnburg accused us Americans of being dis
posed to advertise, he has done
elf.
If the Germans mean business in their announcements of the
western drive it Is probably the
will have been delivered after
It may be remembered by our readers that we have expressed
some skepticism' as to the sincerity of these notices. We observe
-that the war department at Washington now also is suspicious 0
the statements coming in such
Ilindenburg and Ludendorff ars
in Belgium, and they are said
dents to aecomnanv them in the
f
is somewhat unlike the German
From the point of view of the
attack In tht west? They are almost certain to lose "from a half
to three-quarters of a million men. Judging by Verdun and other
bitterly fought offensives i nit it. ted
of success are small.
The junker military strategy
lines of least resistance. They
commission, leading up to that
bia, of Rumania, of the Gallipoli
the Italians.
There is still opportunity
tories on the east. An invasion
cut the line of supplies across Sabania and Macedonia and render
the garrison dependent on sea transport alone. In addition, King
Constantino, might be restored to
a political and moral effect in the
An expedition against India
lirht be counted on to rive much uneasiness in England. The
m
route through Persia and Afghanistan is now comparatively open
There is the far east and
cept aid and become, in effect, allies of Germany, if a blow against
Japan's influence could be delivered.
Then there is northern Italy.
though it might be, would offer
live resistance than in France or
the summits of the Doric Alps.
plains. If they could take Bassano, the whole Piare line of the
Italians, French and English would have to be withdrawn, and such
would be most difficult. There is a greater possibility in a stra
tegic way' on the Venetian plains than elsewhere.
So, with all these possibilities elsewhere, we are still some
what doubtful of the sincerity of the announcements made from
Berlin. The central powers might fail on any one or all of these
minor campaigns outlined above and even then not be seriously In
jured strategically. On the other
and fail, they would have behind
a successful termination of the war. The question would come
simply to be at what date the Americans could concentrate such a
force as would be able to drive the invaders back of the Rhine.
It is much more likely that the enemy will repose his depend
ence on the submarine, while undertaking campaigns involving lit
tle loss of life. Our job right now is to secure transport. A de
cision in tiie war may be forced within a year, not so much by the
number of men any country can enlist, but by the number it can
maintain on the firing line.
WAR ON A STATUE.
A movement Is crystallizing In con
gress to destroy or remove from our
capital rty tho bronr.o statuo of Fred
erick tho (J re at, which was presented
by the present knlser, one of his lineal
descendants, to this country several
years ago, and which was accepted
and given a place of honor by the
colonel, who was then president, and
was at the time on much better terms
with the kaiser than at present.
Senator Thomas, of Colorado, pro-
poaes that It be torn down and made
Into bullets. This was the fate of a
statue to Uoorge 111. In the thno of the
revolution, but tho Nashville Tlanner
remarks that bullets nre not made of
bronse, hence the statue of the great
Hohentollern will have to be devoted
to making shrapnel or some other uso-
f nt purpose.
Waging war In this way may look
somewhat like a hysterical proceeding,
and It Is, but flic, erection of such a
monument even In a time of peace
waa a matter of questionable taste.
There Is little In common between the
Ideals of America and those of Fred
erick the (ircnt. The removal of this
memorial even before the war might
have been properly considered. Not as
a means of showing potty resentment,
but hs Illustrating anew the country's
conception and appreciation of democ
racy, tho statue should bo removed, Its
metal utilized, or It should be sent
bnek through tho lines to Ilerlln.
Congress will probably provide the
necessary authority. It will be easy to
manifest patriotism In this way, and
there will doubtless be a bandwagon
rush. A body which debated allowing
the erection of a memorial to an Amer
ican president at the capital will surely
not hesitate to obliterate this flaunting
symbol of tho world's most' despotic
autociacy.
One almost shudders when thinking
of the fact that the demand In France
for cereals for food resulted In forbid
ding grain being fed to stock. This
canned moNt of the catUe to be slaugh
tered and a reduction In the number
of horses by half. Meatless d)s were
suspended for a while, but what shall
the future bring?
New York's fumbling; does not halt
the rallflcation procession, which goes
merrily J.nwatd. We suggest, for the
benefit of the Kmpue state, the epi
gram of a great adtcittscr: "Kvent
uaily, hy not now?"
It 1 daiiiied that Uctjnsny will
soon icnch a limit In selling American
piopcrly In that country as a reprisal
for a similar course by this country,
hhe will run ml of 'iop.rl to sell
long l.etore eti h Is the caup in tint
count i y.
Some one Itas lallcJ attention to the
suggestion that the Inte fuel order dors
ii"t limit the purihsse of wood to one.
half f Hie amount needed. The supply
available may be limited, however.
a good deal of publicity work him
first time in history that an attack
such announcement.
nuubcr from Hun headquarters
nupposed to be at a watering place
to have Invited neutral correspon
forthcoming campaign. That also
military war-lord.
central poweis, why'shoulu they
by either cdmbatant, the chances
heretofore has been to follow the
put several Russian armies out of
final debacle; they disposed of Ser
expedition, and finally repulsed
for some comparatively easy vic
of Greece would isolate Saloniki,
his throne, and this would have
Levant.
would a spectacular affair, and
China. The bolshevik! might ac
An offensive there, difficult
much less opportunities of effee
Belgium. The invaders occupy
The ground slopes down to the
hand, if they strike in the west
triem a population in despair of
SOUTHERN PROSPERITY.
Not long sines the Nashville Ban
ner Indited a plaint that its town was
dropping behind Its neighbor in the
race for prosperity and progress, that
it was manifesting a lack of tang, or
words to that effect. But that was
before ' the government considerately
located a' powder mill nearby, Now
every prospect pleases and only man
Is vile. The Banner's visions are tak
ing on a decidedly more rosy tint. It
can see prosperity looming up on ev
ery side, all over the south. But ao
can others, for that matter. In-one of
its exuberant periods the Banner re
marked:. "The south has attracted the na
tion's attention for Its marvelous re
sources In tlnio of war. When peace
comes It will be onerwhelmed with
the prosperity that comes from the
location of great manufacturing en
terprises. Our waterpower alone
should be a compelling lodettone,"
While some of us had never become
so disconsolate as was our contempo
rary, we are, nevertheless, constrained
lo agree with the general correctness
of Its present outlook. It seems to us
that there Is every reason why the
south should develop and prosper, and
none why It should not. It has every
facility that any other section has,
and many that none oilier possesses.
For two or three seasons men have
come out of other sections and urged
(ho south to prepare to feed herself.
And, while there was certain sug
gestion of humor In this advice, the
south Is acting upon It. Tho south
can readily feed herself ami clothe
herself, and likewise manufacture
most of what she needs. Can any
of the other sections of the country
do this? The south needs the other
parts of the country end wants their
co-operation, but she could probably
get along without them much better
than they could without her.
As Intimated In the above para
graph from the Banner, the south's
resources are largely undeveloped.
She is just getting Into her stride.
"Our waterpower should be a com
pelling lodestone" sure enough. It is
somewhat trying on the public pa
tience, however, to wait upon con
gress to make suitable provision for
Its limitation. The south needs that
this great conservation and develop
ment campaign be entered upon with
out further delay. The balance of the
country needs it more. Will the gov
ernment Itself, as In the Hadley Bend
and Muscle Shoals eiprlsts, bae
to provide the cspltnl and Initiate the
work ?
We still hope that when, congri s
recovers from the ennui consequent
upon the exhausting consideration if
the da) lutlit-sulnns bill It will ad
dress itself to tho completion of sin h
waterpower legislation as will induce
yi" early harnessing of the streams
and upon terms equitable aliko to
capital and power consumer
COL. PAGE'S GREAT PLAN.
Col. Henry Page outlined before cit
izens of Chattanooga last night at the
chamber of commerce his plan for a
great medical college here. It should
be the outgrowth of the medical offf-
cers training camp, which under Col.
Page has expanded from Its. small be
glnnlngs until now it is the greatest
Institution of Its . kind In the world.
CoL Page hopes that this will be the
location of 'a permanent medical uni
versity. He Indicated that a sum es
timated at $500,000 would be necessary
to establish such an Institution. Chat
tanooga would be frrtunate to secure
such an Institution. The Ideas of Col.
Page were evolved after a long con
sulfation wit.. MaJ. Chas. Mayo, whose
position at the head of American- sur
peons would give the university a
start that nothing else could.
CoL Page indicated that the medical
officers' school would be expanded
during the war even more than we
had known. The examining board of
surgeons would be established here,
He made a pica for the erection of a
small hotel near the camp at Chlcka-
mauga. It Is to be hoped that private
capital will soon be Interested In such
a venture. There should be a com
fortable hotel near the camp so that
the. wives and families of officers and
instructors may he conveniently lo
cated.
1nlfl fa a nrtKiam tita V n IIamaam
... - i-.v..,,.. vk t.ii.uuuu,.
is raced witn. The demand for rooms
In the city now Is great The Increased
number of officers not only In the
medical but in all the camp, at Cmck-
amauga have made a demand on the
city to which it was scarcely equal.
Gen. Birmingham. th new Mmn,n.
der at Camp Greenlcaf, was also an
honored guest of the chamber. Me
haa been In Chattanoosra. several
times, his first service here being as a
surgeon in the regular army in 1898,
He sees a vast difference in the health
conditions In the camp this year and
that. Gen. Birmingham has risen to
...... inn in ins meaicai department
of the army and is held in highest re-
spect by . all who know his splendid
record. Chattanooga la pleased to have
such men assigned hire.
POOR PROPERTY OWNERS!
In the same mall that Informs us of I
"aur-char" rt in m.
sur-cnarge r 10 per cent, on in-
surance policies comes notice that the It were not for tho extraordinary clr
tax assessor of Hamilton county Is I cumstanccs of this war. Even as it is
roing to insist on a full assessment of
personal property. These are hard
days for the owner of property. Last
year both the county and city tax
rates were Increased. . The tax rate
for Hamilton county is now up over
the high-water mark. No econnm
levee was built to hold it within th
channel. " I
perlpd for real estate. Of all classes
of property that waa Inactive tho im-
proved real estate has for the past
five years been less actlvo than any. I
With taxes boosted, how a 10 per
een ir ,
cent. Increase put on insurance pre-
mlums, and with repairs also costing
more, along with stupendous coal bills
for office buildings, flats, etc.; with
he rates for electric lights boosted
hrouph Bomo sort of a system andl
the water company taking also Its
Huvanoe, meio are groanings among
property owners here and there.
The assessor, however, is doing his
duty. We wouldn't criticise him. But,
If there were nlncty-flve others who
were doing likewise, the step would be
more generally approved. The trouble,
however, Is that In the urban counties
of Tennessee property already la as
sessed much higher than in rural
counties, and there Is no likelihood of I
ny relief from this Inequality until
there Is a tax commission In Tennes-
see. As yet we have no candidate for I
governor who really has the grit to
advocate real tax reform.
As to the Increase In insurance
rates, we presume that along with
other classes of business there has
been an Increase in the cost. The In-
suranee people can easily raise the
. .. . , .
inie urvaui mey uviuug, v - jtary stores. There are large numners
derwiiters' association. They work of Australian and New Zealand fnm
ln combination. If thev want to nut Hies here. The whole empire has kith
on the screws, they can do It. This
the second Increase Chattanooga
With so many marking up prices,
ilia hnhit heemne nirfemic. Yet there I
are people who wonder that the work-
Ingnian asks more for his labor, which
is all ho has to sell.
The truth Is there has been a great
expansion of our circulating medium,
money, and a greater extension of
credit This, with the war demand
for many goods, has foroed the In
crease In prloes. me government
may attempt to regulate prices, but.
nless it Is done for all arUclea it will
be a failure. Kverybody is trying to
get more, and everybody Is having to
pay more. The net result to lndlid-
als Is not a great deal of difference.
An exchange declares that In Eng
land they have what they call "bully
beef." That may be better than no
heef. but the name Is too significant
to be popular In this country.
The statement Is going the rounds
that Secretary Baker was concealed In
a wine cellar for safety while the air
raid over rarls was In progress. At
this distance. It seems that one ought
to feel safe while thus situated.
lViiin has not vouchsafed to Inform
us on what pretext the invasion of
KinMa. continues.
"That beats the Hutch" may be an
appropriate exclamation these dis.
SPRING HAS COME
Now is the season when cheap
orange substitute" for Whistle are
put on the market. Look for the
Whistle label for your health's sake.
(.va.
THE JARR FAMILY
By Roy L.
(Copyright. 191i, by the Press Publishing
"But why do you say you had no ex
cuse to run in to see the children and
me until now?" asked Mrs. Jarr. "Sure
ly you did not have to wait till your son
Sent VOU his nhn,
tograph in unl
form from some
where la France T"
Well." said Mrs.
Dusenberry, the
little old lady
from Indiana,
"ever sense we've
been neighbors till
this last winter I
could put my
shawl over my
head and run In
to see you or
anybody else I liked, with a cup In my
hand, and say .'I Just dropped In to borry
a cup of sugar till I can run out to the
store and get some for myself."
"Why, yes. of course." Mrs. Jarr re
plied. "One doesn't mind a naurhhnr
dolng that. We all have to do those
things at times."
Yes," the old lady went on. "on tn
this winter I had the excuse" of coming
V Drry sojnatwna; and the excuse of
orODmnar In inn in tw If K-.w r..
" , - f J " v. . UU
can't Jost. go dropping In on people for
noming. wny, when I Was lonesome in
my little dark fiat on the around floor.
I've known myself to have almost every
cup and saucer I own filled with sugar
I'd borrowed, or butter. Then, after
waning a oecent length of time, I'd re
turn it, Just as I borrowed it. Bless vou
f . m . ' w
IKra or wnatever it waa: I Jest ntt
an excuse to drop in to see folks I liked.
"Of course, It's not fashionable to borry
"'"" nd 1 suppose only poor people
f0
I ask: how, tho heel can be turned on a
oir-ocK mey are knitting, or to come
"u,.'y a D." "no 10 - " back.
But, as I know bow to knit even fln.
rered mittens, and as my pore eyes
won't let me read them love novels, I
hadn't them excuses."
"But you could have come tn to borrow
a cup of sugar or some butter recently
If you needed It," said Mrs. Jarr.
"No, dearie, you know I dassent done
It," replied the old lady from Indiana.
ATTnfimTAT nAr
MUiLOHUIX UJT r JJU
(London Daily Mail of Feb. IS.)
The new session of parliament prom-
,HCB to b0 Bn anxious and thrilling ono.
may do ine last session oi mis par-
n-mBn.. ,. w.,iri ..ertoiniv v.. if
Ina!?y .P""""" are Inclined to
v m j n iuu ilia ui viiu )rit:n.Tifa fsaiiiti-
nient in weeks. A new electorate has
been established under tho reform act,
and the new electorate, eight millions
in number, will naturally ask that It
should be consulted on its choice Of
representatives.
The, RTeat new factor In politics to-
day is tho attempt of Mr. Arthur Hen
derson, the recognized leader of the la-
Inor party, to esianiisn ms.pany on a,
different basis. Mr Henderson is am-
bu,,u"' "P."" i Jnc ,
b01., and to make it not a class but a
national party. He even anticipates
among" the lanor candidates at tne next
elffPt,on P0""" T lwo' v
The new labor party hopes to have
from 300 t0 m candidates, and it Is
aiminjr at nothing less than to secure
control of the government macliinery
SJ nlTL fwV,? .Co
jn Kngland some day Is as certain as
anything can be, and those, of us who
know the experience of other parts of
the empire with labor cabinets contem-
plate tho prospect witnout aiarm.
But whether a labor cabinet will come
yet, and whether in particular Mr.
Henderson and his supporters are the
men who will b. chosen to represent
labor, Is Quite Another shatter.
Moving Towards Rations. '
If T devote much space. In this letter
each week Just now to tho great food
question it Is because I know it Is of
the greatest interest to most of my
readers. People In every part or tne
world where this paper circulates have
flonda and rciativea at noma, ana i
dorlng what is happening to them,
There are 23.000 wives ahd families of
Canadian soldiers in Kngland, wives
who have come over here to be near,
their husbands and, if possible, to help
in war work. There were originally
no fewer than 35,000, but the author
ities contrived to get many of them
bock before the real crisis began. These
Canadian women, I may say, are pro-
hided lor by the Canadian larmy .which
is allowing them to draw from the mll-
.,,mftrtf .hA .i(,ln
here is a rendition of what I said
last week. There la Inconvenience anu
t rertnin supplies, but
...,.. 110 rPnJ want Meat was more
ni.nn.tii nt In London at the week-end,
and many V;;.sehoid8 In the VSest M
fQr one wore able t0 ODlain the first
V rr
Y - t
22 MilKoiii Families
im the United States
4 CUPS OF WHEAT FLOUR TO THE POUND
If each family used 4 cups of flour less per week, the saving
would be 22 million pounds or 112,244 barrels motry wetk.
The greatest help housekeepers can give to win the war is to
make this saving and it can be done by using this recipe in
place of white flour bread.
Corn Meal Biscuit
cap seeldesl milk
1 nswniBMl
2 tabltspsssjt thortealng
V cap of the measured floor for board. Poor mfflt o corn meal, add short.nl ng and salt Wheal
cold, add mrtvd floor and baking powdar. Roll oat hgbUy on floured board. Cut with biscuit cotter and
bake in greased pan fifteen to twenty erinutet.
Oar ntw Rd, Whits and Blue bookUt, "Best Wmr Tims Recipes" cuUinir mauvettur
retipn for making dtlidout and whoUsom wheat tsving foods, mailed freaddrets
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO, De?L H. 135 William Street, Nw York
FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR
McCardell
Co. The New Torts Evening World.)
"Why, to come around to borry sugar
this winter, or butter, but especially
sugar, would have been like coming and
asking to borry a woman's best Sunday
silk dress, or her planny, or her husband,
or anything she set her greatest store
on."
"Well, sugar was very scarce, - and
butter has been very dear," Mrs. Jarr
admitted, "but you could have come in
and asked for tea or coffee; they
haven't been much dearer."
"I was In the habit of borrying sugar
or butter," said the old lady from In
diana. "So long as I didn't really need
it, but bad plenty of my own In my
sugar canister, I never felt ashamed to
make It an excuse and pretended I had
run out of It. But when I hadn't any.
when I couldn't get any, wny, I was
ashamed to go and ax for It. So I Jest
stayed home and used long sweetening
in my coffee1. We could always git plen
ty of long sweetening."
"What do you mean by long sweeten
ing?" asked Mrs. Jarr.
"Molasses, or as some stylish people
calls it, sirup," replied the old lady. "In
some parts of Indianny It's called aor
ghum, but If people wants to put on airs
when the preacher was to dinner they'd
say, 'Pass the minister them sirup and
those cheese.' Of course, the preacher
wasn't ecpected to use the sirup as long
sweetening In his coffee. Coffee was
very dear when I was a little- gal In
Taylor Township, and we used coffee
essence, which was made from burnt
molasses. Sugar, white sugar, was very
dear them days before the Civil war. It
used to come in big loafs, like the hats
them Mexican bandits wears in the mov
ing pictures. And It Was wranned In
blue paper, and rich people bought it by
the ten-pound loaf, but poor people only
JluVu.i1 hK th.9 pounI or. H-Pwwd.
which the storekeeper would crack off
irom me loaf with a hatchet."
"Just the same, during all the recent
scarcity of sugar, I noticed the candy
stores and, all eandy Is made of sugars-
ran tun t,blast," remarked Mrs. Jarr.
"Not that anybody- brought me any
candy," she added. Icily, for Mr. Jarr
had entered at this .point, ''but I believe
there was no scarcity whatsoever."
Mr. Jarr pretended not to hear, but
the shot went home Just the same.
tiit
.NUVV
UPPERMOST, IN LONDON
Joint of fresh meat they had had for
a rrfonth. The supply of margarine was
also better, and there was even a littlo
butter. Most people miss fats, such as
butter Or margalne, much more than
they miss meat. Now that sugar is ra
tioned we all manage quite easily with
our sugar supplies. We have adapted
ourselves to the regulation amount
half a pound each a week and we
nnd that It Is really sufficient Our
coal Supply is also adequate, thanks to
rationing.
Tht Queue Habit.
The queues are the great bane of
the life of the poor. They are very
largely an unnecessary evil. They do
not secure a fair distribution of goods
and they mean an excessive waste of
time for people who have to stand in
them. Some folks get the queue habit
They go from queuo to queue-waiting
their turn, obtaining a certain supply
at each place and ao accumulating
much more than they ever ought to
have. Others, hard-working: wives
wjth families at 'homo and possibly
with babies in their arms have In con
sequence sometimes to watt for hours
to obtain the little they want. Every
one Is supposing that queues Will end
the moment rationing starts. I hope
that it mny be ao, but the experience
of Germany does not lead us to be
lieve that this will be the case. And,
of course, It does not follow that be
cause our lood tickets entitle us to
certain amounts of food we will al
ways be ablo to obtain this allowance.
. Lord Rhondda's meat rationing1
scheme haa been generally approved.
It is exceedingly ingenious and over
comes many obvious difficulties." All
meat is to be boned; your coupon en
titles you to boneless fresh meat of a
certain value or to the equivalent in
other similar articles. The price of
cuch cut of meat Is fixed. If you like
you can can have rump steak, only
you will obtain a very much smaller
quantity of rump steak than you would
of shin of beef. Tho task of rationing
is an enormous one. One criticism
passed on the government scheme Is
that, complex as It Is, It Is not com
plex enough. It does not allow snf
sufTtclently for the variation of the re
quirements between people engaged in
hard manual labor and others doing
little or no work. This, no doubt, will
come.
Hoarders' Surrender Week,
This Is hoarders' surrender week.
People who have hoards of food are
being given this final opportunity to
hand over the hoards to the public au
thorities. Their excessive supplies will
be sold, and one-half of what Is real
ised will be paid back to them.. "Those
found with hoards after this, week will
be prosecuted and their heavy punish
ment demanded. Already a number of
people have been prosecuted and heav-
I y fined. The food controller ssks
that they should be Imprisoned.
The danger at this moment is mat
let
1 csbs white ftsssr
4 testatsat Royal Baldag PewsW
Lord Pvhondda. should move in this
matter beyond public opinion. Hoard
ing f6r the purpose of excessive per
sonal consumption is-one thing, but
prosecution that makes the ordinary
store cupboard of the careful house
wife a crime Is another. What is
hoarding? According to one magistrate)
you may be allowed to hold a month's
supplies; according to another you
ought not to have more than a week'.
Lord Rhondda admits that we may
have a fortnight's supply.' Nervous
people who have three or four pounds
of tea or twelve pounds of oatmeal
are asking their friends to take some
of their stocks off their hands lest they
be sent to prison, This, of course, is
absurd.
TO THE EDITOR
i . . .
(Commsjnlcatlena la this tfesjartmeiel
repress the vsmvs r the writer. A
matters of subtle Interest may fee) die
cussed orlefly.) .
A Greater Chattanooga.
Editor The News:
1 It is a mistake for apy person t
think that matters of vital Importance
to tho steady Improvement of Ameri-i
can cities should be delayed until
after the present war is concluded.
Of course, the wlnnln of the w. r.
should have Indisputable first place,
butN yet no person would say that
takes all our time. Even la the rav
aged citiea of France and Belgium,
the local authorities are making and
executing plans for making thosa
cities more beautiful, more healthful
and more attractive educationally
commercially and religiously than
ever before. They realize that after
this war Is settled, assuming tlmt tho
righteous cause of the allies will win,
new and higher standards ihan ever .
before will at once be demanded in
every phase of both private and pub
lic affairs. The cities which will be
built up the most attractively, no
matter whether they have experienced,
any material destruction or not from
the war, will be tho cities that will b9
preferred both for residence and busi
ness purposes. That is the argument
advanced by the local authorities of
those cities, and they are wasting no
time, but are at work, like hives of
bees, rebuilding and imr roving their
cities on far more elaborate scales
than ever before.
Therefore, it behooves American
cities to profit by what those Euro
pean cities are doing. There is a
preparedness for conditions we will
face when peace is declared. Just as
wo have learned to our great regret
that there was -a preparedness for
war, which latter preparedness we did
not have, and many are now sayins
that because of our unnreparednoHH
for, this war, its duration is to be
much longer and far more disastrous
than if we could have entered it, if
necessary, much sooner on a well
prepared basis. Shall we not, there
fore, assiduously make our American
cities more nearly Ideal, In every
phase that affects our true happlncs3
and welfare?
Applying this to Chattanooga, let
us, at the earliest opportunity, ex
tend our city corporate limits to in
clude the immediate suburbs, such of
I those suburbs as are now separately
incorporated surrendering their char
ters so our city can grow as one in
corporated municipality under . ono
management, one system of public af
fairs. Additional territory within
the corporate limits will give us more
bonding ability in case it is thought
wise to utilise it at any time, .and
that means has proven lndlspenslble
In the making of cities. It would
enable us to build a creditable city
auditorium, have additional parks of
various sires in sections where there
are none now and where, before long,
it will be too late to have creditable
parks because of tho rapid building of
homes all around Chattanooga. Of
course the people usually look to tho
present city authorities at any time
to exercise foresight in the progress
of a city. They are the paid servants
of the city, seriously charged with Its
welfare, future, as well as present,
as far as the present affects tho fu
ture. One means of making Chattanooga
the great and unusually attractive
city which it ought to be, would be
for our wealthy people to -'ve the
money for parks,' playgrounds, librar
ies, an art Institute, a museum, public
school buildings, high grade lecture
and concert courses, .series of band
concerts In. the parks in the summer
time and in the public auditorium in
the winter ime, etc., all these to be
perpetual memorials bearing the
names of the donors as philanthropic
pifts to tho city. Ilfe insurance
could be carried for such specific pur
poses by many Chattanooga men of
recognlied large wealth, at compara
tively small cost which .ould not be
missed as annual premiums. Private
wills could provide for such provi
sions ao. Is It not far greater credit
to do something unselfish for our city
in which k kind Providence is per
mitting us 'to live prosperously, than
to die without doing such things for
our fellow men? While we are giv
ing lives and money to our j overn
ment during this War, why not do
everything within our power to make
conditions more ideal In the Improve
ment of our cities, physically, intel
lectually, socially and religiously, ao
as to forestall as far as possible any
strikes, contentions and wars in the
future. Chattanooga affords an un
usually conspicuous opportunity to
set a great example.
P. A. M ANKER.