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GREEN^Oéi). MISS. AUGUST 18, 1917.
HIGHER-PRICED LABOR AND ITS RESULTS.
The result is going to be that we are going
to have to materially increase the wages of South
farm labor. And if crop prices have so ad
vanced as to justify it, we ought to do it. We
even question the morality and Christianity of
trying to keep the poor man who has only the
muscle God gave him for support from getting
the most the world's market will give him for it.
We ought to face the competition of other sec
tions jiot , by taxing and mobbing "labor agents"
but by treating our own labor so fairly that it will
be willing to stay with us.
We ought also to recognize the fact that the
scarcity of labor is going to force us into using
much'improved machinery heretofore neglected.
Moreover, if ^thfe labor td'piake the cotton crop
leaves or steeùrés higher pay, this will mean high
" Paces' for the, fcqttpn, thus repaying in greater
IctS degrée the man who hires high-priced
labor; while the man who has labor in his own,
family will get all the advantages of higher-priced
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labor without any of the disadvantages of paying
out money for it. In fact, if we had not had a
cheap labor race in the South in other words, if (
we had to pay the wages in Northern and Wes-,
tern stâtes-cotton would probably have sold for
at least a fourth more every year we have made a
crop. So if labor now advances in prices, the man
who hires labor will probably find compensation
in increased cotton prices, while the farmer who
works^tvith his own hands will naturally fare bet
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ter than ever before. 1
This does not mean of course that it pays any
class of employees to advance wages arbitrarily
without rhyme or reason. It does mean that
if the law of supply and demand brings about in -1
creased wages there will be compensation in the '
form of increased crop prices. It is also interest
ing to find that the profit-sharing idea is begin
ning to win approval among farm employers as
well às jfcnong city employers.—The Progressive
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4 Pacific Fort, August 13—A Japanese mission,
to the United States arrived here today and pro
claimed that its members came officially as "com-j
rades irt a gigantic struggle which involves the
liberties and the sacred rights of mankind.'
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ÀNÔTHER KAISER DELUSION.
'We
are here" declared Viscount K. Ishli, ambassador
extraordinary aB<J plenipotentiary, responding to (
an address of jwhlcome from the mayor, "as the
n, on a mission of friend
ship hikr good will. We come as allies in a com
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termined President Wilsons attitude during the
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war." The Vossische Zeitung, in similar mood,
concIWM'with . MM it will pay Germany to cater
to Japan."
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PROMPT PAYMENT.
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mon cause.
Contemporary with the despatch of this Jap
anese délégation of "friendship and good will in
a common cause," the following instance of Kai
ser gpnius for,keeping up the war optimism of the
German people appeared:
"The Berlin Morgenpost says: "England sees
itself threatened in India and America is trembling
at the prospect of Japan's mastery of the Pacific.
England's and America's joint opposition against
Japan was not the least of the factors that de
Two insurance agents—a Yankee and an Eng
lishman—were bragging about their rival meth
ods. The Britisher was holding forth on the sys
tem of prompt payment carried out by his people
—no trouble, no fuss, no attempt to wriggle out
of settlement. "If the man died tonight," he con
tinued, "his widow would receive her money by
the first post tomorrow morning."
"¥diti don't say?" drawled the Yankee "See
here,'now, you talk of prompt payment. Waal,
ofjlce is on the third story of a building 49
stories high. One of our clients lived in that 49th
story, and he fell out of the window. We handed
him his$h?ck as,he passed."
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/ UN CE® SAM'S THRIFT THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Spread, the Mept Flavor. Spread the meat
flavor and so economze on the amount of meat con
sumed, says the United States Department of Ag
riculture. •'Hfereis one tvay to utilize left-over
meat 1 by spreading its flavor.
Meat and Bread-Crumb Cakes. To four parts
of chôfipçd or ground meat, add one part soaked
bread cyuHlUr « «Hiatt quantity of chopped onion,
and sail mid pepper to taste. Mix and form into
small round cakes. Brown the cakes in butter
or other fat) turning them.
Rkw^ftirbund méat may he, used. If so the pan
should^ covered so, that .greater heat will be ap
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KNOCKOUT BLOW NEEDED.
Opinions about conditions in Germany are as
various as their holders.
One hears Germany has plenty of men and
munitions, but on the verge of starvation. The
next day one hears it is impossible to starve Ger
many, but she is coming to the end of her man
power. And so on. Perhaps the nearest thing to
the truth ia ^hç saying of a Swiss merchant:
"Germany b on her last legs ,but her feet
are firmly jBÀittéd on the earth."
It stand« to reason that Germany must be
greatly weakened.
Financially she has been shut in and her sys
tem of paying for the war has resulted in an in
inverted pyramid that must crash some day.
Commercially; slfe is bankrupt, because her
great seaborne traffic, which had made her rich,
was automatically stopped by Britain's navy.
She is on short food rations, and has been.
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Soon things will be worse because of our embargo ■
to neutrals.
In man-power, there must be perceptible
shrinkage. The allies' known losses are large.
And German troops have battled on all fronts ex
cept the Italian. The German wastage in trem- (
endous battles like those for Verdun, and in great
campaigns like those on the Somme, is bound to
be very large. j
Also the quality as well as the number of the
men has woefully depreciated. The magnificently ;
trained troops of the early months, the veterans
of the first two years, must in considerable num
bers either be dead or incapacitated. Their places
have been taken by older and younger men, com
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I bings from those previously deemed unfit. |
j But as the Swiss put it, Germany stands firmly
on her feet. She faces the foe as defiantly as be
fore.
war-depleted, on her last legs, convincing the world
jjy an elaborate bluff that she was invincible,
history. Russian power appeared definitely shat
tered. We know now thatJapan was war-weary,
Many will thinks of her as in the same case
with Japan in the war with Russia. The Japan
ese had won battle after battle—the greatest in
So it may be with Germany. All the pompous
speeches may be intended not only to bolster up
wan j n g courage at home, but to feed the enemy
a b roa( j.
( At this stage the most important job falls to
j.j, e United States. We come into the conflict
fresh and strong . It becomes .therefore, our task
and our privilege to deliver the knockout blow to
t j, e g r0 ggy Teutonic powers,
As a brave people we must do our own fight-!
ing. As a people hating militarism, having girded
,, n ft1ir i n î n „ an A arniP H nnrselve« wp must walk I
U P our 10ins ana armea ourselves, we must wane j
1 in boldly and smash this Teuton military machine
for good and all( pertinently remarks our young i
friendi Frank Cashman> editor of the esteemed
Vicksburg Post,
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A GAME OF GRAFT.
Tom Watson, the despicable and unspeakable,
is behind the movement in Mississippi to resist the
selective draft.
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It is to Tom Watson that money is being sent
for the alleged fund that will be used to "test the
constitutionality" of the conscription law.
Already some ignorant and deluded persons in
Webster, Montgomery, Pontotoc, and adjoining
counties have been induced by S. S. Gore, and
other leaders of the slackers, to subscribe several
hundred dollars to the fund,
And already Tom Watson has received three
times the amount needed to carry a test of the
( conscription law to the United States Supreme
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Court.
Somebody will "go South" with the surplus, of
course. It's a nice little game devised to coax dol
lars out of the pockets of cowards and ignorant
persons.
The party who picked the pennies from a dead
negro's eyes was a gentleman indeed when com-*
pared with these grafters.—Jackson News.
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GROW CROPS THAT WILL KEEP.
From the beginning of the more food cam
paign, The Progressive Farmer has been empha
sizing the advice, "Grow non-perishable products."
More city people have gardens than ever before,
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.and the market for perishable vegetabes this year I
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trUC ° f & non 'P eri8ha " e Products next fall and
winter. Whatever can be carried over for sale
after frost—all kinds of dried beans and peas ;
potatoes, both sweet and Irish; canned goods,
dried fruits, winter vegetables, etc.,—will bring
good prices. Let's be sure to raise an abundant
variety of the perishable vegetables for our own
families and then raise several times enough of
the foods that can be kept in cold weather so as
to have a surplus to sell next winter.—The Pro
gressive Farmer.
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There is another subject about which there is •
greatest need for more general education, and that 1
is concerning the ruinous effects of the diseases of
immorality, It is not practicable to have this
subject taught in the common schools as the sub
ject of alcohol may be and for this reason parents
and older friends of boys—especially of those who
may go off to war camps-should interest them
selves in seeing that the truth is known. The
American Social Hygiene Association, 105 West
'Fortieth St., New York City, issues authoritive
pamphlets on this subject, based on expert medical
Opinion, at a cost of a few cents each, and a postal
card request will bring any reader a free list of its
publications —The Progressive Farmer, j
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. Military 1 glory outcaljg that of legislation—
Congressmen Helvering, of Kansas, and Haskell, ,.
bt New York, will enter officers training camps
Mid try to quAltfy tor » commission. |
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Those brave little garçons are calling
THE ROOKIE'S LOVE SONG.
Oh it's khaki for mine; Unde Sam
needs our bit,
Old Glory's proud name to enhance,
It's you for the farm and the shop
It's me for the trenches of France,
Oh, it's khaki for mine, and drive af
My sweetheart, the great longed
for help
Out there in the trenches of France.
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the Hun,
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To help valiant sons of our brave I.a
fayette,
To march with the heroes of France.
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That Freedom and Justice advance,,
That peace may enwrap the snug nest
Cross for you,
W hen ours is the victory in France,
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and sid * 8 - ,eft 8ide was hurting me
awful*** me " Themise rywas8omething
I could not do anything, not even sleep
at night. It kept me awake most of the
night... I took different medicines, but
nothing did me any good or relieved me
i wasno t able to do any of my work
for one year and 1 got worse all the time,
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w as confined to my bed off and on. I got
so bad with my back that when I stooped
down 1 was not able to straighten up
again ... I decided 1 would try Cardui
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1 w . as feelin 2 pretty good and could
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