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;DL . THE OGDEN STANDARD: OGDEN, UTAH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1918. '
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II NO CHANGE IN TOMATO
III I CONTRACTS.
'Ill 0n Monday The Standard received
I JlPimM typewritten copy from the federal food
l ilai administrator for Utah, In which ref
I l Br erence was made to a contract for to
ll In' matoes between farmers and canners
'11b ' In MIssouri and tne closing paragraph
II I Kali ' qouted the food administration as is
l! 1119 i I suing1 a license allowing canners a re-
I JJIjJl atricted, profit-sharing margin. The
II fill! M natural inference was that the liter
j i Ijijifj ature from the Utah office had local
I i j I j application and that the food adminis-
III I I' ' tratlon, pursuing a uniform policy, was
Hi n I i' proceeding to apply the Missouri con
Ill Pi 1 i tract to Utah. But a messago from
iJ ilil W' W Armstrong, federal food admin -I
il MB jl istrator for Utah, says this is all a mis-
ill iflJB jj understanding, as the tomato contracts
lltlUlm I In this sate havo been fIxed at ?15 a
II I Knit ton and nearly all tho farmers have
jtjnjl signed up at that figure. The Stand-
ii Hill ! ' ards earns at r Armstrong cor-
liililS I ' rectly states the situation, that tho
JLIj i farmers have contracted at 15 a ton,
I 'iiUfi i f and tne canners are to be allowed a
IIIPmI' fair margin of profit In disposing of
II fill j new conditions, since the signing
III Bw B no contracts- have been imposed
illl'll i on no 0313 ners and th prospects are
JlHjJR! most encouraging and satisfactory
II I ilS 1 1 from the standpoint both of canners
llllil t armer'
II IN THE DAYS OF
jl LINCOLN.
' ' We now begin to understand the
! strain under which Lincoln labored in
1 1 the Civil war days. Many of tho in-
( fluontlal papers of New York and oth-
I j er large cities were constantly notify-
j ing the country that Lincoln was a
miserable failure. Incompetency, they
said, was everywhere, and at one time
a committee of distinguished men vis-1
ited tho White House to prevail on.
Lincoln to. dismiss Grant from the
f command of the armies.
We begjin to wonder if this Is a na
tional disease, which is inseparable
Irom a republic as liberal as is ours.
We all feel capable in a crisis of run
i nine the government, with its thou-
i sand complexities, and yet If person-
' j ally called to pass on anyone of the
: great undertakings now proceeding" un-
I! der the direction of the most skilled
workers and trained specialists, we
j would decline the task by truthfully
I remarking: "Wo are not capable of
passing judgment. Only an expert is
qualified to offer comment."
We heard a gentleman remark,
! "Root's mission to Russia was a com
plete failure. I could have acepm
pllshed more than did the New York-
There you have it a combination of
' conceit and failure to grasp tho mighty
j problems involved, which Is a part of
all this condemnation. We venture to
say that what Ellhu Root failed to do,
could not have been done, for in di-
plomacy the former senator is a past-
It master; and in intellect he is a giant
I! among men.
AN ATMOSPHERE OF
111 DISTRUST.
' 11 SI If Yesterday the sniper was Senator
'MjjjKH Chamberlain; today Senator Hitch-
'tlffpin cock is firing at the administration.
I mil ft 's a eea thinker said, in commont-
I ly jj jl ing on the attitude of the two men,
jji Hi I "Why, if they had discovered a great
I I; weakness, did they not go quietly to
JlM I! ' the secretary of war or to the presi-
j II (jl dent and outline the defects they had
if ill found and suggest a remedy?"
i Why? Because tho vory object they
if II I seek to attain is personal prominence
rill' and a m'vate conference would rob
ji II i them of their glory. They are not aini-
I I jj j Ing to cure a defect in our war propa
fl na rations. They are politicians laboring
I II 171 1 t0 lmpress e country with their own
Ilil I ! Much of this loud talk, in our opin-
I j II ion, comes from personal pique. Those
I I ' men have not been called in to the war
lltl councils or been placed at tho head of
19 a department Both undoubtedly have
I I secretly harbored the thought that tho
l j cabinet, at the opening of the war,
Hilfl should have been reconstructed, with
J Hitchcock secretary of war, and
w 1 1 I Chamberlain secretary of the navy,
til! SI I They have overestimated themselves
'IS ii aIriE thir disaPpo,nt
'Ilil Neither man has said anything 1m-
J H j pressive. Both havo indulged In "a
IS WW great stream of generalities, without
f j proving a single vital assertion.
Jl U Chamberlain found that the body of
'll'JIli a 8old'er nad Deen sent home in a
winding sheot. Hitchcock has discov-
1p j J ored there Is not shipping facilities
II ! with which to send half a million men
ffljfjfli across tho ocean, and he, thoreforo,
m M ; demandB a ministry of munitions. In
jji li other wordB, in an effort to supply
ilil ill more ships, tho Nebraska senator
HI m would manufacture more munitions I
'Jl' U' What an exhibition!
, Dut Secretary Daniels, who spfar j
has escaped criticism, replying late
yesterday to Hitchcock's charges, slat
ed emphatically that the ships arc
available: A Washington dispatch
says :
Secretary Daniels today au
thorized the statement that the
' navy is assured of enough trans
port facilities to make sure that
there will be five hundred thou
sand American troops in France
early this year, as was stated by
Secretary Baker recently before
the senate military committee. Mr.
Daniels made the statement when
informed that Secretary Baker's
forecast of the number of men to
be sent abroad had been chal
lenged in the senate today by Sen
ator Hitchcock.
Before Secretary Baker made his
disclosures to the senate committee,
one of the most persistent anti-administration
organizations. In outlining
what this cduntry should accomplish,
declared 500,000 men should bo in
France before the end of 1918. Now
It is made clear that at least 350,000
already are in France and the half mil
lion will be there before the spring
offonsive, and tho critics, made to ap
pear ridiculous, are looking around
for some other means of casting dis
trust. This whole attltudo of carping criti
cism is harmful and should be stopped.
DARK ARE THE WAR .
CLOUDS.
Direct from the east, whero he has
been in close contact with the military
leaders of tho nation, M. S. Browning
is not overflowing with optimism in
discussing war conditions iij Europe.
He says the great battles of the war
are just ahead, and tho outcome no
one can forecast. Which coincides
with our own deductions of what is
coming, as forecast by the events of
thp past six months.
Germany is concentrating every
available man and gun on the west
front, so that, when the weather per
mits, there will be a striking of mighty
blows.
The Kaiser would reach Calais, if
ho had the power. He would strike
near Ypres and drive on to the coast
for the purpose of harassing tho Eng
lish lines of communication. He also
would break through to Paris, if he
could find a weakness. He may ham
mer at Rhelms or Soisson. He failed
to take Verdun and tho chagrin of that
defeat may impel him to renew the
attack. But his greatest strategic
opening is In Italy. By first concen
trating on the Italian front, where
there are no trench defenses such as
interlace the French territory, the Ger- i
mans may be able to cave in the ribs
of the allies and inflict a staggering
blow With Italy disposed of, the cen
tral empires would be toned up to in
creased effort by reason of a higher
morale among the troops. Then would
come the attack on France.
With forces large enough and guns
and ammunition in abundance, Hinden
burg might be able to carry on a cam
paign of great Intensity from the
Piave to the dunes of the Belgian
coast.
One thing is almost certain. The
American troops on the Lorraine bor
der will be among the first defenders
of the allied lines to be brought under
heavy fire. The Germans, for moral
effect, will do their utmost to Inflict
a defeat on the men from this re
public. They will throw a million men
and their heaviest artillery on the
front facing the troops "under Per
shing. If our airplanes are ready when
the storm of shells breaks, the Ameri
cans will hold, and It is just possible
there will be a crumpled up German,
army.
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PENROSE IS MUCH
A SNOB.
.Senator Penrose is -written down a
snob in the following in tho Washing
ton Times:
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
good, simple democratic American cit
izen that he is, fears that when the
time comes to discuss peace, repre
sentatives of the United States will
not be sufficiently aristocratic for tho
job.
He says that Colonel House does
not measure up with these glorious
men chosen by England: David Lloyd
George Arthur .James Balfour Sir
Francis Bertie, Sir Eric Campbell
Geddes. first lord of tho admiralty
and others. Such glorious creatures'
he thinks, would hardly condescend to
talk wtih such plain Americans as Col
onel House and Crosby. We quote
Senator Penrose in the Congression
al Record:
"They would hardly havo sat down
to confer with mpn who were not of
ficially their peers."
It may shock Mr. Penrose to know
that if he -went to London and met all
the grand persons he names, they
would -see very little difference be
tween Senator Penrose of Pennsylva
nia and Colonel Houso of Texas, or a
good-looking street car conductor of
Washington, D. C.
It may comfort Senator Penrose to
know that behind the high-sounding
words: "Sir Eric Campbell -Geddos,
first lord of tho admiralty," there
stands n gentleman namod Geddes
who not so long ago was a day labor
?? ?,n Pennsylvania railroad In the
United States. Ho and his brother
beside him, earned a dollar and a half
a day, as Pennsylvania railroad la
borers. If the king of England can give to
a. Pennsylvania railroad day laborer
the aristocratic flavor by hitting that
day laborer on the back with a sword
and saying; "Ariso. Sir Knight,"
doosn t Senator Penrosehlnk that the
president of the United States can give
sufficient dignity to a well-educated
man like Colonel Houso, by appointing
him representative of the United
States at the peace conference?
and Lasts Until February 23rd
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j pets, Linoleums, Draperies, Lace Curtains, Blankets, Wallpapers, Pictures and numerous
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BAPTISTS GATHER II
SHUT SCHOOL
ITIfflES
The first session of the Institute of'
Religious Education was held last
night at the First Baptist church, Rev.!
D. C. Williams, of Los Angeles, mak
ing the principal address. The insti
tute is being conducted under the
auspices of the American Baptist Pub
lication society.
At the session tonight, many speak
ers of known ability will make ad
dresses. Among those on the program
are Rev. William E. Chalmers, Phila
delphia, and Rev. J. D. Springston,
Portland. The speakers for Wednes- '
day night will include Rev. M. L.
Thomas, Berkeley, Cal., and Rev.
Thomas Young, Denver.
, Tho institute, while discussing all
phases of religious work, specializes
upon Sunday schools. Among th sub
jects which will be discussed are
grading, classification, courses of
study, organization, equipment, meth-
ods of teaching,- teacher training and :
similar topics. :
no. !
John Stowell, the leading
man in "Hell Morgan's Girl,"
will be seen in "Fighting
Mad," at the Rex Theatre to-
day and tomorrow. I
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FRESH CLASS (
GIHAILCOiE
Apostle David O. McKay, president
of the Weber college board of direc
tors, made the principal address Mon
day afternoon at the formal ceremon
ials at the college building, welcoming C
the freshmen class enrolled during
the morning.
Other features of the program In
cluded an address by Prof Owen F
Beal, principal of the college, and by 1
Ernest Wilkinson, president of the W
student body. Each of the addresses fa
were thoughtful, encouraging and ap- i
propos of the occasion.
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Earle Williams in a great j
picture, "In the Balance," at 1
the Cozy, last time today. Also 1
William Duncan in "Ven- 1
geance and the Woman." I
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to thank the many friends II
and neighbors for their kind assist- M
ance, and the beautiful floral offer-
Ings tendered us during the Illness and Q
death of our beloved son and brother. I
MR. AND MRS. G. W. NEWMAN
AND FAMILY, MR. AND MRS. M
F. W. STRATFORD, JR.
I Fix
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