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When the day with its freah. beginning comes we should
enter upon it without fears or forebodings. These wiM in
evitably cripple our energies, and thereby cripple or even
defeat our day.*—Ralph Waldo Trine.
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
KINDRED.
Mm one atnlght in «ng"i«ii, who smiles on her eWld at
morn,
t-£o oat of the pang and potn of war shall certain truth be
bora.
The miner and the merchant
Are both, brave men.
See them both, in khaki,
They do-not differ Jhen—
One 'mid death and danger.
In deed and daring one.
And these shall still be comrades
When the course of -war is rtm.
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IFkir ttis dbaO be the great reward when o'er a worfd tn
strife,
ift» son Unnita throat thunder, the great Peace
lifts to life.
The statesman and the awjuiwn
Ads tooth. tniB men.
See- them wtth ooe povon,
They do not differ then—
One who guides a nation.
One who mafcee a gm
And these shall stfll be kindred
Wtaen the new day greets the sun.
(Rte world Is torn with its tartare, with pain that knows
no rest,
tUs e£all be the glory at morning on her breast
The statesman and the workman
Shall be of one estate
The miner and the merchant
gh«n be as mate to mate
The-eham of caste has crumbled,
Man knows his brother's worth,
AnA these shall be of one blood
Wben tfae new dawn sneets the eatrh.
•-/Theodosia Garrison, in Good Housekeeping.
To my inward vision things are achieved
when they are well begem.—George Elliot.
1" A NATIONAL SCANDAL.
A Chicago Tribune staff correspondent at
Washington reports to his newspaper that
**mothing short of a full and frank explanation
of the reasons for the failure of the aircraft
production progam will satisfy the American
^people, in the opinion of leaders in congress—
democrats as well as republicans. The addi
:tional disclosures from day to day are strength
ening the demand that the administration give
(the people an accounting on this vital phase of
war preparations. So far the administration
has contented itself with promises of an in
iveetigatiom to determine whether there has been
any criminality in the management of the
.great undertaking which has collapsed with
such a shock to the American people and their
allies in this war.''
The aircraft production board which is
now "under fire for glaring inefficiency or worse,
is an agency of the war department entirely re
sponsible to and deriving all its powers there
from. Secretary Baker is its fountain source of
authority. It cannot take any important step
•without his assent, and its misleading state
ments hitherto issued were given with his ap
proval or over his signature to the country. We
anay assume that they were prepared by oth
zers and that he was deceived as to the facts.
he has no right to be misled or to be used
&o mislead the public. He was the official in
jdharge, responsible for the work, and it was his
vduty-to know the truth.
Nfr one asperses the patriotism and excellent
{intentions of Secretary Baker, He was loaded
With responsibilities he could not carry, if any
pnan could. It was physically impossible for
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Daily, exoapt Sunday.
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him to do the work devolving on him. Wie
days were too short. Pull authority for air
craft manufacture should hove been focused in
a competent bureau head in whose capabilities
the people trusted and who stood before them
responsible for failure to perform his work. He
should have been invested with adequate pow
ers and results demanded of him. Had the
government placed ^he work in the hands of
such a man would six hundred and forty mil
lions have been spent and four hundred millions
more been asked for with almost nothing to
show for it? Would the country now be
shocked by the suggestion that instead of a
mighty fleet of airplanes when they are so
much needed it could not look for them with
confidence even in the coming year?
The report of the Aeronautical Society of
America supports in a general way the charges
that there has been graft, conspiracy and mal
feasance if not treason in the administration of
the aircraft program. Evidently shameful in
capacity and colossal frauds have been uncov
ered and the most disgraceful scandal since our
entrance into the war. For the report declares
that not five per cent, of the facilities for build
ing aircraft have been utilized and all hope of
a great fleet of planes in 1919 has been given
up. The matter demands instant, thorough in
vestigation and indictments and drastic pun
ishments, if the case is a tenth part as bad as it
seems to be. $:y:0 /•:-It '•':M
HORSES AND TRACTORS.
horse does not play as important apart
either in warfare or in agriculture as he former
ly did but he still is and pobablv will always
x'^main an essential, and the government must
conserve' the better breeds if we find it desir
able to mwiinfaftin a standing army in the years
to come. English, French and Italian agents
combed our country for army horses before we
entered the war, and so nearly stripped it of
oureiw w-io ""*, x-j. Bethany where services were also
the best mounts that it is said to be almost un-
possible to obtain ho*** for cavalry or •artillery
in numbers equal to our present needs.
Happily in view of the hundreds of thousands
of horses killed already in the conflict and yet ...
to be killed, the farm tractor is helping to oar- ^«C' o,
ry on. agricultural work in regions where it can
be used to advantage. In one plant small trac-
tore are being turned out at the rate of a hun
dred a day. The first six thousand went to
Rngrlttnd where the state retains the ownership
and operates them for the farmers at a fixed
k*w rate per acre and it is estimated that they
as curiosities.
J\7TT XWVV CLAAV^ NJ AW AV7 VWW*1 VUTMICD VOO IMV
will this year bfing a million acres of grass
land under the plow. Canada, Great Britain's
granary, was also allotted a thousand of them,
and then in order Michigan, Ohio, Kansas and
Iowa took one thousand each. The conditions
made are aiways the same. The states must
turn them ewer without profit to farmers who
will pledge themselves to keep them busy at a
reasonable hire. The little iron mules easily
turn up ten acres a day with their twr-furrowed
plows, and at a trial in England ten of the trac
tors plowed, harrowed and rolled six hundred
and forty-eight acres in a week at a cost of
about one dollar and eighty cents and three
gallons of coal oil per acre.
And yet though each of these machines does
the work of six horses while costing only half
as much, no time will be foreseen when horses
will not be in demand and our country with its
million acres of grazing land might raise
enough of them to supply the world. We
might also, and very easily, raise sheep enough
to meet ail our wool needs. Iowa and a few
other states could do it and relieve us of our pre
carious dependence on imported wool. Perhaps
we shall see reason for fostering the industry
if the prices of woolen textiles continue to soar
as they have of late.
American authorities deny the report that
they have been shooting German spies. When
American authorities are unable to deny such
reports there wHl be less trouble here at home
with enemy aliens and greater safety on the
sea for our transports. The spy has been a fac
tor in war for thousands of years, and so fair
there has ben discovered only one effective way
of dealing with him. When the lives of thou
sands are at stake it is nothing more than
sickly sentimentality not to deal out stern and
ruthless punishment to the secret agents of the
Prussian government.
The coronation mantle of the king of Bo
hemia, which long ago mysteriously disap*
peared, has just been found. It should be care
fully guarded. After the war coronation man
ties of kings are going to be worth something j^^cSijornia™*1
Pacifists are of three kinds: those who are
born pacifists, those who become socialists, and
ceived by the kaiser in Berlin.
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,, at Camp Dodge.
American college professors who have been re- Miss
Just as if we didn't have tremble enough al- ^th
ready, a Chicago scientific expedition has gone
out and discovered three unknown tribes of In-
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Cedar Rapids Gasette: If the sand
and gravel that Holland lets. Germany
have is not camouflaged pork and
beans, we're not going to throw a
fit
Sioux City Journal: The attempt to
roll up the American line at Toul
was a failure. You see, it is not that
kind of a Tool.
Cedar Rapids Republican: They
are still singing Annie Laurie and
that in the battle fronts. The British
soldiers seem to like it best of all
their songs—and it was sung a hun
dred years ago, too, when their an
cestors were fighting on the conti
nent.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
The"kaiser can't be all bad. See what
good care he takes of his sons. Such
parental solicitude and filial obed
ience to orders to hang their clothes
on a hickory limb, but not go near
the water, is unexampled in the his
tory of the wars.
Des Moines Register: The pessi
mist who feared that the third Lib
erty loan would not be oversub
scribed can now look up something
new to worry about .•/
West Bend Journal. In accordance
with an old saying, an apple a day
will keep the doctor away, a writer
wonders if anyone has ever tried an
onion a day to keep pneumonia away.
Forest City Conrant: Men may for
get those who violate some law of
the land, but never will they cease to
remember the names of those who
are traitorous to this country, in this
the greatest of all conflicts for jus
tice and humanity.
SALEM.
Mrs. Hannaih H. S. Lyle departed
this life at her home Thursday morn
ing. Short services were condncted
by Attorney R. S. Galer of Mt. Pleas
ant at the residence at 2 o'clock Sun
day afternoon, following which the
funeral cortege wended its way to
conducted by Wr. Galer and the body
Lowell, her former home. She is sur
vived by her devoted husband.
Miss Florence Baker, pastor of the
Friends church, conducted the funeral
services over the remains of the in-
saiem at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon
T~*
Interment was made in South ceme
tery.
The funeral and burial of Mrs. H.
A. Eggleson, who passed away at her
home east of Salem, was held at Den
mark Satnrday morning. Rev. B. G.
Hawkins of Winfield conducted the
services.
Charles Fbss motored to Keokuk
liam Weeks, who have returned from
a two week's visit wftfa thetr»widler
sons, Glenn Foss and Max Weeks at
camp at Jacksonville, Florida The
two boys accompanied tUteir parents
home for a abort stay after which
they will proceed on their retnrn trip
to at San Francisco, where tfeey
have been the greater part of the time
since they enlisted for the army more
than a year ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Len Barton, Mrs. E. J.
Keller and Mrs. J. A. Rice motored to
Iowa City Tuesday. Mr. Barton went
for medical aid. while he and his
wife were with the doctor, MYs. Keller
and Mrs. Rice called on the W. H.
Bliss family, former residents of
Salem.
Mrs. Sarah Van Winkle Is home
from Sterling. Kansas, where she
spent the winter with her daughter,
Mrs. Flora Rauschelbach.
Rev. T. S. Pool of Mt. Pleasant, de
livered the baccalanreat sermon for
Salem high school graduating class
at the Congregational church Sunday
evening.
A good program will be rendered
at the southwest district Sunday
school convention to be held at the
E. church Sunday afternoon. May
12.
Peter Knight and daughter Laura
returned Wednesday from a week's
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knight
in Jackson township.
Mr. and Mrs. John Craig and Mrs.
SaUie Black came from Oakland and
spent Sunday with Mr. Craig's sister,
Mrs. George Wilmeth. and family.
The service fla^ will be dedicated
Wednesday evening. May 15. The
address will be made by J. L. Brook
hart of Washington.
Mrs. ESdora Rook Douglas of Mt
Pleasant, attended the funeral of her
friend, Mrs. Hanaix Lyle Sunday after
noon.
Robert Knight and his friend, Miss
Coudebeh of Veile, were Sunday
guests at .the Frank Knight home.
Zetta and Benny Lightner have
gone to their new tome near Cham
bers, Nebraska. Their father and
sister Gladys preceded them to their
new location.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee came from Bur
lington and spent a few days of last
week with Win Wilmeth and wife.
Mrs. C. H. Cook and daughter Mir
iam went to Burlington Thursday tor
a few day's visit with friends.
Rev. N. Osborn of Burlington will
deliver the address at commencement
exercises to be held at the M. EX
church Tuesday evening.
George Hods on has for his guest
Hod8m
Kansas,
win
of San
Mr. and Mrs. Greely Frary are tfce
parents of twin daughters, born April
25.
v^mrora tiamiwn ana ivoy uarmoe
Clifford Harmison and Roy Garmoe
to 10,11
"iny
Bstber
1,078
watts
cf Yates Center,
attend commencement
Kansas,'Will attend commencement
and visit relatives.
Miss Marie Purdy of Primrose is
Miss Marie Purdy of Primrose is
her sister, Mrs.
r. w.
B. R.
Fobs and
puiien and two sons of
Rockford. Illinois, Mrs. Albert PoRge
of West Point., are euests of their n»-
of West Point, are guests of their pa
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Foss.
We have had some good rains,
which was badly needed. With some
warm weather, crops of all kinds
would make a rajpid growth.
Miss Alma Marriott of Oskaloosa,
is visiting old friends here, this be
ing her former home.
Mrs. Archie Bell of Nebraska, was
brought back here and buried in the
V^-non cemetery, this being her
former home. She was living with
one of her daughters. She was.
eighty-eight years old. Her husband
died several years ago. She was the
mother of eleven children, all ac
companying her remains back to the
last resting place.
The Ladles* Aid and Red Cross
people had a social to raise money
for a service flag. Proceeds amount-,
ed to $20.00. The evening was bad,
but there was a good tarn out, con
sidering the night and bad roads, but
every one contxfltwrtea freely, and did
their part in honor of the boys who
feave gone tx the front and show
their loyalty for our country!
Otto Marriott's family has been
having the measles, but' in a light
form, also Btorace Murphy's children
have them.
Mrs. ESmer Walter, who has been
spending a terw weeks at the George
Walter's home, returned to her home.
Saturday, at Ames, Iowa.
I. F. Scott is doing some can»enter
work for Ottv«er Sargent.
Ira Pickerd and wife spent a few
days with Ira's parents In the country.
Many hate their corn planted the
ground works tip nice and they are
getting it in in good shape.
Len ESiatt and wife, Miss Anna
Gas ten and Miss Nlellle Walters, had
a narrow escape with their car, while
going home from town. Going up a
hill south of town, the car got un
controlable and racked down the hill,
went into a ditch and the ladies walk
ed home and Len got a team and poll
ed it out
Marion Cachran and family spent
Sunday at the Byron MeCoIlom home,
A good many are ^preparing to put
out a pickle patch. Most everyone is
trying to raise aU they can and doing
their bit towards meeting the high
price of food staff and beating the
kaiser.
Flag services win be held at the
Vernon church next Sunday evening.
1
STRING PRAIA*E.
Mr. »."H Mrs. Lwwls Fett and daugh
ters, Hazel and Nellie, motored to
Keokuk Wednesday.
Mijta Laura iLingenfelter dosed a
successful term of school at 'Har
mony school house, and gave a .picnic
Saturday in W«n. Shephard's pasture.
Dinner -a-Twi ice cream were secved
there, a large attendance, and
everybody had a fine time.
Gladys Sturena and Clarence Fett
are able to be out again, after having
tiie Liberty measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haffner and
son, R&iph, and Mrs. Y. J. Borke
autoed to Keokuk Saturday. They
were accompanied home by Mrs.
Haffner'c mottier, Mrs. A. J. Lang
with, for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Bergthold and
daughters autoed to DonnaQsoa re
cently.
Clarence Fett took dinner Sunday
with his uncle, Lewis Fett and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cbn FhUTner and
daughter, lUbal, of near Aaron,
RELIEVED
7^'
Gtnee the introduction of "Neutrone
Prescription 99" 'Rbeomatie sufferers
no longer tear the changeable winter
weather. This new oombinatioa has
many heretofore incurables on its re
lieved list.
"Neutrone Prescription 98" is dif
ferent from others in that it treats
rheumatism as a disease of the blood
tni by its general action, eflminatlng
rheumatic conditions. Its effect is
immediate as well as lasting without
any depressing after effects.
The whole system la benefited—
lame, stiff and inflamed joints disap
pear where other remedies have fail
ed.
It helps Nature restore the blood to
its natural, healthy condition in its
positive action, re-«ipplying what Na
ture fails to supply faet enough. Mail
orders filled. 60c and $1.00 the bot
tle. MoGrath Bros. Drug Co, Keokuk,
Iowa, and leading druggists every
where.
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LProducer and Consumer*)
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tZhe Packer)
The consumer wants to pay a low price for meat
The farmer wants to get a high price for cattle.
The packer stands between these conflicting
demands, and finds it impossible to completely
satisfy both,
j'
The packer has no control over the prices 6fHve
stook or meat, and the most that can be expected
of him is that he keep the difference between the
two as low as possible. He does this successfully
by converting animals into meat and distributing
the meat at a minimum of expense, and at a^profit
too small to be noticeable in the farmer's returns
for live stock or in the meat bill of the consumer.
Swift Sl Company's 1917 transactions in
Cattle were as follows:
Average Per Head
$68.97
Sold meat to Retailer for
Sold By-products for
Total Receipts
Paid to Cattle Raiser
Balance (not paid to Cattle Raiser)
Paid for labor and expenses at
Packing House, Freight on Meat,
and Cost of operating Branch
distributing houses
Remaining in Packers' hands as
returns on investment
The net profit was $1.29 per head, or about
one-fourth of a cent per pound of beet
By what other method can the difference be
tween cattle prices and beef prices be made smaller,
and how can the conflicting demands of producer
and consumer be better satisfied?
TOESDAT, MAY 7,1918
-visited Sunday at Che Albert Ha
home.
Mr. mad Mm. Henry Fett as
to the Oliver Belt* home, near
er, Mo., Sunday.
•Some of the tanners in tbdo
ity are plahttaig earn.
Misses Olara and Jftrvma Beieui
and Alice Horsey visited Sunday
ernoon with Hazel and Nellie FetU
Miss Stella Kinkeade visited a
days recently with Jlay Derr,
Charleston.
Before the advent of footlights
Japan it was customary for each'i
to have a boy with a candle
ate hie face during the entire
iance.
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instructive frets sent on request.
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