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ifti' i^-pM^u1 Si }1'^ Vf^ ., PAGE FOUR. A h\ •:. rU Qi^r flatty Jteraft. (£ftOorporst#d) fevk PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. Entered at Grand Forks, North Da kota postofllcft as second-class matter. Published cverv mornin«r except Mon day morning &u<l every evening except Sunday evening. All papers arc continued until an ex plicit order to discontinue Is received and until arrearages are paid. Subscribers desirlnc address changed must send former address as well as new one. Subscription Bates: Morning or Evening Edition— One year by mail or carrier $4.00 Six months by mail or carrier.... 2.00 Morning, Evening And Mr. Paulson's retirement from The Herald's force is repretted both by the management and by his office asso ciates. but in his removal to another field he carries with him the hearty good wishes anr! the cordial friend ship of those whose relations with him havo been so close and so pleas ant in the past. With Mr. Paul son sues another for mar member of Tin Herald force in the person of his wife, who. beforo' her marriage was society editor first, Of The Times, and later of The Her ald, and who brought to that work a rare degree of energy, skill and tact, and who. by her newspaper work and by means of her fine personal quali ties .made many warm and sincere friends who will refrrct her dc- I parture. To these departing friends those who have known them here will say. In the immortal words of Rip Van Winkle: "Here's to yottr good health and your family's. May you live long and prosper:" I A SAl) SPECTACLE. It is not pleasant to see, in the chief lawmaking body of a. nation, an element, however small, devoting Its energies to the creation of new polic ies whose effect will be not only to transgress the rig-Ms of the people of that country, but to restrict, the law ful liberties of peaceful people throughout the world. And yet that Is exactly the spectacle presented in Washington in the activities of a small group of men who seek at every turn to accommodate belligerent Europe by sacrificing first one and then an other of the rights of peaceful na tions. Wlien Germany, deprived by the fortunes of war of the opportunity to obtain from this country military applies of which sthe was in need, sought to induce this country to de prive her enemies also of that oppor tunity. which the fortune of war had given them, these statesmen were ready to yield at once, either because THS BEST INVEST ME ITT ros rora MTorcw i» Grand Forks Building & Loan Stock JOt.h series stock now open for sub scription. For particulars call at Secretary's office 414 SiMna Ave. J. LAVBBB, Secretary. 4- IT f. I Sunday Editions: One year by mail or carrier $8.00 Sis months by mail or carrier... 3.00 foreign Beprssentatlvas: Ipecia Carpantsr rth Seheersr Special Agency. Ttfth Atwu Bid*., Hew Terk Peoples Qaa Miittw, Chicago. SATURDAY EVENING. FEB. 26. MAY GOOl) I'DliTIMi ATTEND HIM. In accordance with announcement previously made. H. I. Paulson has now retired from the service of The Grand Forks Herald to take up his •work as news editor of the Fargo Forum. Mr. Paulson liesan his news paper work as a boy just out of school, on the old Grand Forks Press, later he entered the service of the Evening Times, and when The Times and The Herald were consolidated he became a member of the staff of this paper. He has served 8» reporter, city editor, news editor and special correspondent, filling acceptably every position which he has held, bringing to his work both tireless industry and the natural aptitude which mark t*he born newspaper man. 1 Duplicate Sale Books We can furnish all styles of Duplicate and Tri plicate Sale Books, printed to order. When Germany again declares it to be her purpose to ignore ail accept ed regulations with reference to the defensive armament of merchant ves sels. from the same quarters again comes assent, and members of the American congress actually propose to force the executive branch of our government to yield everything In or der that one of the belligerents may have a free hand. President Wilson, in his letter to Chairman Stone the other day said that there was no reason to doubt the good faith of Germany in the promis es and proposals which she made. That is the sort of Action which is considered necessary, and which may be so, in diplomatic circles. Negotia tions which have for their object the maintenance of friendly relations pro ceed necessarily on the assumption that there is good faith on both sides. Any other assumption formally ac cepted would block the negotiations at the start. But as a matter of fact, there in every reason to question Germany's good faith. Her policy of lawless frightfulness on the high seas was deliberately chosen, and her pol icy of evasion and procrastination in her dealings with this country has been deliberately pursued. The facts which gave rise to the controversy were of her own making, and she cre ated the conditions with her eyes open. Time after time she has gone through the form of yielding, but al ways there has been another issue in the background. That is not tlhe pol icy of frankness and good faith, and the administration at Washington knows it, and it is perfectly plain to the American people. The situation between this country and Germany is more threatening now than it! was months ago. Then it seemed possible that there might be an early adjustment, and a com plete understanding of the course to he followed in the future. Now, not only has no such understanding been reached, but the attitude of Germany in the meantime has been such that it is doubtful if a proper adjustment can ever be reached. Because of the shifty tactics of the German govern* ment any promises that she might make now would be regarded here with suspicion, because there would always be the feeling that behind the apparent assent to our demands there was a secret reservation which would make her compliance nugatory. EFFICIENCY IMPERATIVE. Tn the brief statement made for publication on evening Frank Stockdale. editor of spoke of the encroachments which is going to be able to hold his own against outside competition depends on the manner in which he can con- \KI\ of their own intense "partisanship, or because they were too dense to see that such an act would have been tantamount to participation in the war as an ally of the central powers. When Germany hilled our people at sea, when they were traveling as peaceful citizens in the manner in which they had an unquestioned right to travel, unharmed and unimperill ed, these same people proposed that we should yield this right, both on our own account and, in so far as our influence went, on behalf of all neu tral nations, now and for all time. Their policy was to yield the freedom of the seas, without question and without struggle, and to assent to the doctrine that the nation which goes to war thereby acquires the right to suspend the ordinary activities of the entire world by compelling non-com batants to stay at home, or to sail the seas at their peril. which he duct his business, and on the kind of'11 service which he can give to his cus tomers. Various efforts have been made to eliminate mail order compe tition. In some cases there have been attempts to legislate against it. In every case these have been futile. They will always fall, for the simple reason that there is nothing illegal in selling goods by mail. To attempt to interfere with the business by im posing legal obstacles is to attempt lo restrict the constitutional right of the citizen to buy and sell when and where and how he will. How's your stock of books —today? Don't wait until they are gone. Mail us a sample sheet today and get our price before ordering. Note Our Prices on Books for McCaskey Register 250 Books $7.50 500 Books .$11.50 1000 Books $t$.5t 2000 Books, 917.00 per M. Tikes Herald Pub. Co. Stationery Department GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA as against business otntucM in any other manner, and It goes without •aying that there should be rigid and reasonable laws on this subject, and that they should be impartially and vigorously enforced. But the mail order house can neither be legislated, ridiculed nor argued out of existence. It is a fact whose existence must be recognised, and if we are to aot intelligently in the matter we must reoognise the fact that whatever is happening to the local merohant, the mall order business is growing at a tremendous rate. A few years ago there was but one great general mail order house whose name was generally familiar to the public. Today the country Is flooded with catalogues from at least half a dozen simitar ooncerns, to say nothing of the multitude of smaller houses, and of houses dealing in spe cial lines. That is a condition which we must face. There is just one way in which the local merchant can meet this compe tition. That is by making himsnlf so necessary to his customers that they will feel that he is indispensable, not to the community at large, but to each man and woman in that com munity. Prices are important, of course. No one likes to pay too much for his purchases. But more than the mere matter of price is involved. The most important thing in the business of merchandising is that of service. Service includes price, and it goes without saying that prices must be reasonable. But service also includes a score of other things. In includes styles, lit, quality. It involves atten tion to the needs and desires of pa trons, and often anticipation of these needs and desires. And it includes the creation of such intimate relations between merchant and customer that there will be a full and complete un derstanding of each by the other. This involves publicity, not in the way of stereotyped announcements which soon become shop worn, but in the presentation of real and pertinent facts which will appeal to the intelli gence of the reader, and which will leave him with the desire for more. All of these things are included in the word "efficiency." There must be proper system in accounting, and in the making of records of various kinds, but the heart and soul of a business is real service to the com munity, and without it no business can succeed. LEGISLATIVE AND COMMISSION RATES. New Tork Times: The popular vote of Missouri favorable to railways was the first sign given that they might hope to get some of the gold in the pot at the end of the rainbow. The Missouri public service commission was quick to see the significance of the vote and fixed higher rates. The benefit to the railways, however, still lies at the end of litigation which potentially will control all advances of rates by other public bodies than legislatures. The shippers promptly opposed the vote of the state, and the action of the commission, in a suit to annul any rates above the two-cent fare law. The ground of the suit is that the constitution prevents the fixing of I rates except by the legislature, be cause a railway rate is a law and only legislatures can pass laws. The word- ins of the Thursday "System" emphasised the importance!'1 ,l,p 531116 the Missouri constitution is not a* that In other states, but Principle is the same. Heretofore has been te the local merchant of efficiency in Iture8 could delegate such powers. Both the management of his business jf state and federal rates have been he is to remain in the field, and he "xe(l are being made by the mail order! •^^'•ting bodies could not lower houses. Mr. Stock dale is right, rates- Whether or not the local merchant1 fiue8t|0n .. .a business man one day. against misrepresentation and fraud -Rut Griffiths is over 70, of every character are operative, of friend. course, against the mail order house! "Exactly," was the reply. just my point!" 1 thought that the legisla on ,hat never or rate8, twice- Statutes theory. Certainly it ^as suggested that rate- Pass countless laws affecting although not naming them, by requirinpr. deductions Tlle from them, M!ssou'"i courts have taken the so seriously that they evaded ,n the third case evasion was impossible, and the case was thought of such importance that it was advanced for an early decision. P-y stipulation only the constitutional question is to be considered by the court. From the Pen of the Humor Writer PROVED IT. Whenever I see Griffiths I am re- that tl,e good die young." said said his "That is A RKMIXftER. Dealer—This is the best parrot we have, but 1 wouldn't sell hirn without letting you know his one fault he'll grumble terribly if his food doesn't suit him. Miss Fitz—I'll take him it Will seem quite like having a man in the house. COULDN'T STAND MORE. A well-known ship owner tells the following story "Whenever Bee a toothpick I think of a dinner that was given in Rome In honor of two Turkish noblemen. I sat near the younger of the nobie men. He glittered with gold embroid ery snd great diamonds, but nrvpr theless I pitied him sincerely, for he was strange to our tabli manners, and some of his errors were both ludicrous and painful, "Toward the end of the dinner a servant brought to the young man a plate of toothpicks. He. waved the plate away. 'No, thank you,' he said. '1 have already eaten two of the awful things. I want no more!" WHAT SHE NEEDED. Mistress—What do we need for din ner? Servant—Sure, ma'am, and I've tripped over the rug an' we need a new set of dishes. CAUSE AND EFFECT. Grayce and Mayme, ladies of the chorus, were on a day car, making the Wheeling-to-Cleveland Jump, somewhat surrounded by a mass of Sunday papers with colored feature sections. Presently Grayce abstained from frolicking with her gum for a few seconds and said: '%ook hers, girlie, s. guy—professor. I guess—says that In a thousand years there won't be any blondes In the world." "Hum," said Mayme, and went on reading a story of a man in DogArt, Neb., who has a house built out of land turtle shells. "Yes—what do you think of it?" rejoined Grayce. "Why, how does he know there won't be any drug stores a thousand years from now?" l1':!"':si!-",'i!!tWS r')f i,s t,h'.f:-^-)i., v' vv" 4 4 1 fa ^1* THE GRAND FORKS DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 26, 1916. In the practice of economy there must be reason and due regard to rel ative values, for in the saving of a little there may be the wasting of much. For instance, a certain bank president drawing a goodly salary, spends a great deal of time cutting envelopes for use as scratch paper. He Is wasting his time, for if he is worthy of being president of a bank, his brain value is of so much greater worth than the paper value he is trying to save, that he Is penny wise and pound foolish. He should be thinking out the problems of his bank, not trying to save a few sheets of paper. Qn the other hand, it -would be good economy for a large department store, burning hundreds of lights daily, to pay a man ten dollars a week to watch for need less waste of light and turn out those not in use. A certain man dropped a nickel at a railroad station. In his endeavor to find It, he lost his train, lost his tem per, missed his business engagement that held up four other men, and caused confusion all round, and had to spend a quarter for a telegram to hold the engagement for his late ar rival. That was poor economy. The point to be emphasized in all such endeavors Is to impress upon the individual who wastes that if all were to do. as he does, the loss would be enormous and if all were to do as he should, the saving would be great. We are both careless and thoughtless. We leave our lights burning when they do no one any good. We leave the water running, forgetting that the me ter is on the Job all the time, and ev ery turn of the wheel means money to some one, if not to us. It is all very well to say: "It's Included in the rent." —yes, but the landlord has probably figured out when he fixed his rental. WINSLOW SAYS SCHEME WRONG Recommends Great Changes in Navy—Would Base Promotion on Merits. Washington, Feb. 26.KThe United States navy's whole system of govern ment and operation from education of officers to questions of ship and gun construction was'Bharply criticised be fore. the house naval committee yes terday by Admiral Cameron McR. J0f From the day boys entered the academy, he said, a system of selec tion should be applied to govern pro motions, eliminating men unfitted for TALKS ON THRIFT No. 3.—WASTING A SHEET OF PAPER. Winslow, commander-in-chief of the and student body, polled by the uni Pacific fleet. Without radical changes, the ad miral declared a fully efficient fight ing force comparable to the British navy could not j)be produced in 50 years. Restore Midshipmen. Admiral Winslow told the commit tee the establishment of a general staff composed of active line officers, was a vital necessity. Yesterday he amplified his views, declaring the system of education at the Annapolis navy academy was wrong. He urged restoration the old "grade of mid shipmen in the fleet. Boys should en ter the service at from 14 to 16 years of age, he said, spend two years in preliminary schooling ashore, then go STo "commit hi'm^l?' to sea to acquire the "sea habit" from AMBASSADOR MORGENTHAU HOME, SAYS U. S. FLAG WAS UMBRELLA FOR ALIENS Mr. and Mrs. Morgenthau, photographed since his return from Europe. New Tork. Feb. 26,—When Henry Morgenthau, ambassador to Turkey, arrived in New Tork on a sixty-day leave of absence from his post, he was met at the pier by a special mes senger from the state department who carried a request that the envoy be "most guarded" in what he might say. The request was quite superfluous for no diplomat could have talked more, and said less than he should not, than Mr. Morgenthau did when newspaper, men gathered about him. Denying with sharp fmphaslg that any basis existed for a report that he might succeed to the war portfolio, the ambassador (saidv "I have'been at. my post for two years and four -months, and I am home now on a sixty-day leave, which I hope to extend to May 1. All that I can say now is that I have had an unusual opportunity to render service to my country, 4nd I hfve gloried In the doing. "When I arrived. In Turkey I had 6hly the Aihericans and .the mission ary interests .to after. I sodn ttsamaiTtts brella of the American f!*g and jfath .the__E$2tie_2 .jaefl*. JBfc III I You pay, not he, for every hour you burn a useless light, or let the water run to waste. A certain school, teacher, wide awake to impress these things upon her pupils, got her great chance one day. A little girl made a few figures on a sheet of paper and threw it away. The teacher asked why she wasted that sheet of paper, and the pupil re plied that "it was only a sheet of pa per, and besides, it was furnished by the board of education free." Calling the class to order, she asked them to take out their pads and count the number of sheets. Then she told them what the pad coat and asked them to calculate the cost of one sheet—a fraction of a fraction of a cent. She then told them how many pupils at tended the schools of the city on an average of 180 days a year and asked them to figure the cost if each pupil wasted but one sheet a day. The total was a surprise. It's not the cost of a single sheet of paper, a single hour of useless light, a match, a cent or two, that counts— it's the cumulative totals that make the astonishing losses. There is such a thing as being mean and niggardly with yourself, eating only enough to keep body and soul to gether, wearing clothes until they are a mass of patches, and living a life of strict denial to all the bodily comforts. That is not the point you ought to live well, dress decently, and have wholesome pleasures, but be careful in your wasting, lest you be one of a great army, wasting it may be but a match a day, but if a million are do ing the same thing, we burn up a lot of wood to no useful purpose. Light your pipe with one match! (Similar articles Vrtll appear each Saturday evening and Sunday morn ing.) the daring nerve racking tasks that would be theirs In war. EXPORT TRADE TOOK BIG SLUMP Washington, Feb. 2(.—The coun try's export trade declined during January, though the month's total was far above that for the same mcnth of last year. Figures made public last night by the commerce de partment show the value of exports was $335,536,303, compared with 1352,800,000 for December. The in crease over January, 1915, was nearly ¥68,000,000. Imports still are increasing, the to tal for January being $184,192,299, a gain of more than $12,000,000 over December. STUDENTS FAVOR U. S. PREPAREDNESS Minneapolis, Feb. 26.—Leaders in the University of Minnesota faculty versity daily, came out unqualifiedly for national preparedness yesterday. The poll was taken at the instance of L. 3. Hood, professor of journal ism. He selected as leaders of uni versity thought A. E. Jenks, profes sor of sociology and anthropology Dean William R. Vance of the law school: E. B. Pierce, registrar of the university Dr. Richard Burton, pro fessor of English Dean J. B. John ston of the Sffademic college Oeorge K. Bowden, junior academic student, who is president of the Forensic league, snd Dr. Geo. E. Vincent, president of the university. Everyone save Vincent responded with a statement of his views on pre paredness. The university head re- ruse1 10 commu aeual contact with things of the sea Bill The Chinese must before completing their education ashore. ymsclr- be glad when the shortest days of the yea* come. Jill--Why so? Bill—I understand it takes half a day to sing China's national hymn— Yonkers Statesman. tlAns. But was careful to see that none took too much of the shelter for himself. "If I have succeeded in my work in Turkey, it is largely due to the re spect the United States enjoys every where and to the character of the support I received from the presi dent and the secretary of state. I had too the most loyal co-operation from W. W. Peet, treasurer of the board of foreign missions, who often worked with me full fifteen hours a day. "r can say this to you who are in terested in Turkish affairs and Amer ican institutions in Turkey—I see the presidents of two colleges here.—that before I left Constantinople I exacted a definite guay*ntM from' both the minister of the Interior and the min ister of war-that nothing would hap pen to my 'children,' It was given unconditionally, so felt Justified la taking a little additional strength, be ctuse a man does need moral backing. "It was the letters received from sditie of my friends that gave: me en couragement. I absolutely b«1l4ve the tM right and not be afraid at any time." ,v-- I DEMAND REPEAL OF PART OF TARIFF Minneapolis, Minn.. Feb. 26.—Re peal of the reciprocal provision In the Underwood tariff law permitting free entry of Canadian wheat into this country in case the United should suspend its duty, is asked In a resolu tion which came up for consideration by the convention of the Farmers' Grain Dealers' association of Minne sota here. General belief was that the resolu tion would be approved. It is unfair, the resolution cites, to put wheat of Canada in competition with wheat of the United States where land values and taxes are higher. ATTEMPT TO LASSO TEACHER IN MEXICO Brownsville, Tex., Feb. 26.—An at tempt by three Mexicans to lasso Miss Gertrude McClelland, a young school teacher, on the border road in Hidal go county, 50 miles west of here Thursday, nearley led to a lynching Friday night. American soldiers arrested one of the party before a posse of citizens could reach him. The Americans de manded possession of the Mexicans, but wore refused. VESSEL STUCK IN GREAT MUD BANK Boston. Feb. 26.—The Eastern Steamship company'* liner North Star pushed her nose into the mud off cas tle Island in a heavy fog last night, while working her way into the har bor with passengers and freight from St. John, New Brunswick, East Port land, Me. Although it was said the steamer was in no danger, Captain Mitchell at once transferred the thirty passengers in tugs in a pelting rain, and they were brought to this city. It was hop ed to release the North Star this morning. PROBING OF PAST IS NOT PERMITTED Chicago, Feb. 26.—Attempts to at tack the personal character of Mrs. Page Waller Baton, the central figure in the "split-salary" charges against Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe, head of the city department of public welfare, were thwarted in the investigation to day before the civil service commis sion. At one stage of the hearing Mrs. Rowt'a attorney, in examinihg Mrs. Eaton, touched on her appointments with the late Dwight M. Sabin. once United States senator from Minnesota, and insisted that he be permitted to question the witness at length. "Keep the Feet Warm And the Head Cool" It's an old maxim but a good one to observe. But even with the best of heating systems there are often cold, drafty corners—like as not just the spot where your easy chair stands. A Little Gas Heater Will Remove the Chill in a Jiffy These little heaters, consum ing very little gas—but giving out volumes of warmth, are really quite cheery, too. One will cost you little but will give you many comfortable hours. Red River Power Co. South Third St. Both Phones 376 Seymour Ktedmftn, Mi's. Eaton's at- :1 '."I't-.-yJ A^y. '-ja. torney, protested that the incident* were not germane to the investiga tion and forcefully declared that if the past was to be delved into, hn would insist on a complete A stranger to the place had been watching him for some time. At last he went up to the old man and asked casually: "How are the ilsh in these parts?" The old fisherman rebated his hook, threw It back into the water, and then turned calmly to the ques tioner. "Well," he replied, grimly, "I real ly can't say. I've dropped them a line every day for nearly a week now, and I've had no reply yet."—Detroit Freo Press. ECONOMIC WINEGROWERS. There is an old, but very good, story told of apeasant congregation in the south of France which decided to present its wellbeloved pastor with a cask of wine. The wine of that section is good, and the peasant winegrowers are very economical. The wine is likewise very uniform in quality, and to facilitate the dona tion it was decided that each contrib utor should bring in a flagon and empty it into the cask of the good old cure. The venerable priest was much de lighted at this exhibition of generosi ty. Howover, when he came to bottle the cask for winter use only clear spring water ran from the faucet. Bach thlrfty contributor had figur ed that his flagon of water would not 'be noticed in that cask of generous donations. CHARITY. Bishop Penhurst was talking in Boston about charity. "Some charities," he said, "remind me of the old, proud, beautiful lady who, glittering with diamonds, swept forth from a charity ball at dawn, crossed the frosty sidewalk and enter ., «er hu«re limousine. A beggar woman whined, at the window: 'Could ye give me a trifle for a cup of coffee, lady?' "The lady looked at the beggar re proachfully. 'Good gracious!' she said. 'Hern you have the nerve to ask me for money when I've been tangoing for you the whole night through! Home. James.' snapped the window shut '"Jne beggar's face indignantly."— (Philadelphia Bulletin.) Bumper Grain Crops Quality and pries. Markets High Prions to No I— Important rtiM. Hi. Canada's grains, ta tba awSSnei of the cattlefed and ssrzhfirsi ft:: I I 4 inquiry which would Include others besides his client. Mrs. 8abin, who had been sum moned as a witness, did not take the stand. She said she knew nothing about either Mrs. Baton or Mrs. Rowe. WATCTNG AND WATCHING. For some hours the angler had sat on the river bank, patiently waiting, always watching. "SS"® llnL Nria, Ik I. .. ri.-.'-v.' f, qi»wpsil4fisi