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VOL. XXVIII.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. G, THURSDAY JUNE 7, 1917.
NO. 37.
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RUSSIA
FACING
ECONOMIC ill
INDUSTRIAL CRISIS 18 80
ACUTE
CAN
THAT ONLY MIRACLE
SAVE COUNTRY.
BT BRING WAR TO H CLOSE
Dsmands of Workmen 80 Enormoui It
Stoma Impouiblo to Keep Industrial
Whoala Turning. Minister of Ft
. nanoa 8paaka.
Patrograd, Tla London. The Indus
trail oriels la Russia is so acute that,
according to a recent utterance of the
Minister of Finance, M. ShlngaroJI,
only a miracle can save the country
from economic ruin. The demands ot
the workmen were so enormous, he
declared, that it seemed impossible to
keep the industrial wheels going for
any great length ot time.
The Socialist ministers at a recent
ministerial council said that the only
possibility they saw ot settling the
difficulty was to bring the war to a
dote.
Neither the coalition Cabinet nor
the newly appointed Commission to
regulate the difficulties between capi
tal and labor haa yet found a way to
settle the Industrial crisis. The Com
mission is composed of the- Ministers
of Finance, trade and industry and
labor, bat since there is a wide diver
gence of rlewa between the Minister
of Finance and the new Socialistic
Minister of Labor, it aaema probable
that this Commission will be confront'
od with the same difficulties that at
tended previous efforts at reconcilia
tion. An investigation of the factory con
dltioas in Petrograd' leads to the
alarming, but inevitable, conclusion
that unless the Government soon finds
a means of adjusting the present dif
ficulties, most of the industrial enter
prises working for , National defense
will be compelled to close within a few
months. An Investigation shows that
virtually the same difficulties prevail
In all 4he big iactories in Petrograd
and apparently authenticated reports
from the Moscow, Donets and Ural dis
tricts Indicate general disorganization.
In many of the factories, the demands
by the wworkmen for Increased wages
are actually greater than the entire
profits of the factories under the best
conditions of production.
HOUSE PAS8E8 FIRST OF
FOOD CONTROL BILLS.
Provides For Survey of Food Supply,
- - Appropriates $14,770,000.
Washlngton.'-The Administration'
food survey bill, first of the food con
trol measures, was passed by the
House without 4' record vote. It ap
propriate i,T70,000 for an immediate
Investigation of. the country's food re
sources and for measures to stimulate
production. A similar bill is under da
bate in the Senate. -,
The Agriculture Department expect
to present a fairly accurate estimate
of food resources within three weeks
after the bilf is signed by the Presi
dent, Secretary Houston aald. As
aeon as the measure becomes A law,
the Department will start Its 17,000
employee and the 150,000 Voluntary
crop reporters to work on the Invest!
gallon. The MftUminary report to be
made wlthfpl the. Jhjeei, weeks will be
(supplemented, with monthly reports
, and probably by a further complete
report within sU-months If necessary.
Material gathered will be turned
. over to Herbert, C Hoover,-; who was
named as bead- ot the food adminis
tration, ae.aoon as the pending regu
latory food measures becomes law.
In thejefrvey MIL pasted virtually
as It caste-, (rem the committee, Miss
Rankin, "thej1 woman representative
from MoUnaJ inserted an amend
ment which would require the Depart
ment ot Agriculture to ftse women tn
the survey . work whenever practica
ble. An-amendment by Representa
tive McKenzle of Illinois would make
all persons employed under the bill
liable to military service, and another
would permit clUxens to refuse to go
pore than 100 miles from their homes
or places" of business to testify ft a
food inquiry. ;) - ; '
Beet ReniedKPor Whooping
Cough. -
"Last winter when my little
boy bad the whooping cough 1
pave bim Chamberlains Cough
4 Romemy," writer Mrs. J.'B. Rob
ert. East St. Louis, III. "Ii
'kept bis cough loose and relieved
bim of those dreadful rouging
upellR. Hp only cough med
Hoe I keep i the fcouae becauw
I hays the moat confidence in it."
' This remedy' irf also good ' lor
wWMdcrooy,;(
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WE SACRIFICE AKD SEIVE.
Wt Must Fifbt ta Protect Our Cimtrj
Fran lomioi.
Manufacturer's Record. .
The world's future, as well as
that of this country, hangs upon
the war upon which we have en
tered. The finite mind mind can
not grasp the full meaning of the
situation. We are moved by for
ces beyond our power toe Dm pre
hend, but we know that the most
desperate barbarism which has
cursed civilization since mank ind
emerged from the Dark Ages,
when the Huns of old drank from
the skulls of their murdered cap
tives, makes it impossible for the
human mind to conceive any
thing equal to the situation we
are .confronting.
Let us not minaroize the situa
tion. Let us not for a moment
imagine thattho task upon which
we have entered will not be vast
enough to call forth every latent
power of the nation.
We must produce in food stuffs
and manufactures, we must
transport by rail and river, we
must finance, we must tight, be
yond all that has ever entered
into the heart of man to con
ceive. Upon our doing this de
pends not alone our existence ac
a nation, but the future of the
whole word. In this mighty con
test all the lorces of civilization
of every country on earth are in-
yolved, and we fight against the
power of Evil which finds expres
sion in a roifthty fighting ma
chine, the outcomee not alone of
50 years of special preparation,
but of a century or more of pre
liminary work was the producer
of the last half year of specific
war-machiue-creating activities.
It would be a vain delusion to
imagine that our enemies cannot
continue t he contest. They are
relatively stronger today to meet
the situation than they were a
year ago to meet the battles
they were then fighting.' Stead
ily, from tlje day they overrun
Belgium and Northern France
and captured the iron and steel
interests of thoce counties, to the
time when they spread their for
ces westward and became t h e
dominant power in great mineral
and oil regions, with an efficien
cy in the production and the us
ing of food stuffs matching that
of their fighting machines, they
base gone oh until until they
have probably made defeat, ex
cept by theTJnited States.an im
possibility." England and France and Italy
and Belgium have been pouring
out their life blood in the most
heroic contest known in the
world's history. Their fight has
been our salvation. Their na
vies have been the shield which
saved us from destruction by our
enemy. Behind their navies we
have lived in safety, and but for
their navies the vandals who
have wrecked and ruined and
outraged so much of Europe
would have firmly planted their
feet on American coil. Our sal
vation is in fighting them on Eu
rope's battle ground. If we
would n6t be overcome or have
for years on our own shores such
ruthless, frightful horrors as
have marked the work of Ger
many and its unholy Turkish al
ly in Europe, Germany must be
defeated in France and that he
roic country and prostrate Bel
gium must be saved. .
It is well that President Wilson
has moved with all the celerity
which he could command in a de
mocracy such as ours, hampered
as any administration mtfst be
by the smallness of many petty
politicians who are in office, and
is preparing 10 send abroad the
first contingent ot an American
army.'' i ' :' '
American so criers will go to
THE SOLDIERS' HOKE.
EnfiroDieit' of Army Camps. Must Be
Frit from Liquor ui Pristitutes.
Reports reaching the War De
partment. says a Washington
dispatch, indicate that the -act
prohibiting the sale of liquor a
bout military camps or to enlis
ted men and officers in uniform
is boing observed rigidly. Even
hotels and restaurants have re
fused to serve liquor to guestTof
array officers wearing the uniform
on the ground that such sale
would be to the officer, and would
make the management liable to
a fine of not more than $1,000
or not more than one year's im
prisonment, or both, which the
act provides as penalty for vio
lations. The law forbids not on
ly sale but even possession of li
quor at any kind of military club
or camps. A bill applying simi
lar restrictions to the navy is
pending.
It should give much satisfac
tion to the families and friends
of young men going to the war
to know that the government is
making strenuous efforts to keep
the army camps clean and free
from immoral influences. Secre
tary of War Baker has appealed
to Governors of States for co-operation
in. this matter, and he
makes it clear that unless the
State and local officers assist the
authorities of the army in remo
ving improper influences from
the camp surroundings, he will
remove the camps from the State
where these conditions prevail
and this applies, says the Secre
tary not only to the camps es
tablished under Federal author
ity, but to the more or less tern
porary mobilization points of
the Notional Guard units. It
relates, too, to the large centers
through which soldiers will con
stantly be passing. In asking
for this co-operation, the Secre
tary soys:
"Our responsibility in this mat
ter is not open to question, Wp
cannot allow the young men,
most of whom will have been
drafted to service, to be surrouu
ded by a vicious and demoraliz
ing environment, nor can we
leave anything undone which will
protect them from unhealthy in
fluences and crude forms of tempt
ation. 'The greater proportion of this
force probably will be made up
of young men who have not yet
become accustomed to contact
with either the saloon or the pros
titute, and who will be at that
plastic and generous period of
life when questionable modes of
indulgence easily serve as out
lets for exuberant physical vital
ity. 'Not only have we an inescap
able responsibly in this matter
to the families and communities
from which these young men are
selected, but from theetandpoint
hold aloft the torch that lights
the world to human liberty.
They -will go in a holier cause
than that, of the Crusaders of
old. '
They will battle for the world's
civilization.
Thi ir struggle is not simply to
save human liberty and democ
racy to mankind, but it Is to
save all that makes life endura
ble and existence worth while.
Their fight will ba to save this
country and protect the women
and children here and save them
from the awful, the unspeakable
horrors of the conquered por
tions of Belgium and France,
and from the' depravity which
has made the streams of Arme
nia red with the blood of Chris
tians, whos-i lives have been Chris
tian and because Mohammedan
ism is an eternal fight against
the gospel of Christ,
of our duty and our determina
tion to create an efficient army,
we are bound, as a military ue
cessity, to do everything in our
power to promote the health and
conservo the vitality of the men
in the training camps. I am de
termined that our new training
camps, as well as the surround
ing zones within an effective ra
dius, shall not be places of temp
tation and peril.
Rice Riots At The North.
The migration of tens of thou
sands of negroes from the South
to the country north of the Ma
son and Dixon Line has caused
and is causing some serious race
riots in thatcountry. Those who
in time past have observed the
attitude of the white working
man of the north toward thecol
ored workingman are not much
surprised at the news.
There have been riots in New
York and other cities, the latest
to be reported having occurred
at St. Louis. Ai cording to the
Associated Press story of this ii
ot, a mob estimated at three
thousand perso'ns, shouted their
determination to rid the city of
negroes imported to woik in fac
tories' and munitions plants,
swept throug the streets, attack
ing and beating negroes wherev
er found. Several negroes are
said to have been injured ' so se
verely that they probably will
die "The mob stopped streetcars
and interurbancarsin its search"
continues the story, "and threa
tened to storm the jail where at
least a Bcore of negroes had been
taken for safekeeping. Ambulan
ccs mado the rounds of the
streets where the mob had trav
eled to pick up unconscious and
injured blacks and take them to
hospitals and temporary shel
ters. The police was helpless a
gainst the mob."
For months Northern agents
have been scouring the South for
negro laborers and have induced
tens of thousands of them to
leave their employment and go
ta different partof the North.
These agents have claimed that
there was a scarcity of labor in
those partsand haverepresnted
to the negroes that they would
receive high wages, that their
hours of labor would be short,
aud that their living conditions
would be excellent. But the ne
groes have been deceived, and
they have been mobbed at sever
al placet, either because they bad
been imported to work for lower
wages than the whites demanded
or received, or because of the an
tipathy of the Northern white for
the negro. In either case, the ne
gro would do well to avoid the
North.
There are many people at the
North who feel that theyarecall
ed upon to grieve over the alleg
ed unhappy condition of the ne
gro in the South. Their sympa
thy flowsjout to him in Unstint
ed manner eo long as he does
not venture to invade the North.
These people are not the negroe's
real friend, and be allows them
to mislead him. He becomes dis
satisfied with his condition and
goes North, only to find that he
has not bettertd himself and that
he has not bettered himself at
all. He does not undersand that
his Northern sympathizers are
less interested in his welfare than
in finding s6rae excuse to criti
cise and slur the Soul If.
Unfortunately, ? down South
they lincli.au occasional negro
for committing a heinous crime.
Up North .they not only lynch
him when he commits such a
crime, but they mob him because
he wants to work for a living.
Herald-Courier, '-j ,
The Pissief of The Tramp.
Charlotte Observer
With the wmdiog up of themil
tary registiafion on the night
of June 5, one great American in
stitution the tramp will auto
matically cease to exist. The ho
bo will be a man without an oc
cupation, for the Government is
going to take his occupation a-
way. For tho period of the war,
at least, the tramp will be un
known to the country. Perhaps
in later years he may make his
reappearace slowly and by de
grees, but it is uulikely that "the
profession will ever regaiu its old
time prestige. The process by
which the elimination of the
elimination of the tramp will be
brought about is of the simplest
sort. On the day after tho regis
tration every man in the coun
try must have an occupation.
The hobos uso the railroads as
their channels of navigation.
They may make short detour
through the country roads, but
they always get back to the rails.
Phese kuights of the road w i 1 1
find conditions wonderfully chan
ged, so far as their liberties and
privileges are concerned, as soon
ub the registration shall have
been completed, the first a waken
ing eomiug when they encounter
tho guards at tho railroad bridg
es and tunnels. The tramp will
be required to give an account of
himself. Should he fail to make
satisfactory statement of occu
pation, destination, and things
of that kind, he will be invited to
accompany the guard to head
quarters whence he will shortly
be escorted by the sheriff or dep
uty. He will find himself no lon
ger a .trump but a prisoner of
the Government, which will pro
vide employment for him. The
ojieration of the law by which
the tramp finds himself relieved
of his liberties will work , to the
inclusion of all other rovers out
of employment. The tourist a
foot through the country must
have credentials of the proper
sort, or he will find his vacation
abruptly Hided. The loafer iu
town will also be caught. In fact,
the w hole people will wake to the
fact that the entire country i
under military rule. It will be a
new experience for the American
people, but one' mado necessary
by the rules of war.
But will the tramp, once find
ing himself out of a job by being
given work, ever have a desire
to revert to their former condi
tion? Having felt the uplifting in
fluence of honest toil will there
be a return of the roving dispo
sition when the privilege is once
more opened to him? These are
questions win'cn remain to be an
swered by the tramp himself.
But we are of the opinion that
once having abolish"d the hobo
uf the United States Government
should take steps 'to insure the
permanent suppression of this
individual. The opportunity will
be at hand with the conclusion of
the war aud the settling down by
(he country to new conditions to
make the ban agaiust the idler
of permanent enforcement. The
Charlotte Observer. ,
Proper Food 'or Weak Stom
ach The proper food for one man
innjr be all wronjr' for. another.
Every one should apopt ft diet
suited tn his ageaudoct upMtion.
Tnose who have eak stomachs
need to he especially cart ful and
should. eat slowly aud masticate
ttieir food thoroughly. It id also
important that ttie.v kep thur
bowel tegular. When they . be
Ciiiiiefoueiiiiatttii r wlien thev
hv dull xnd etupi'l slier eatimr.
t tiny snouid tnkH 1 batnherlaiD h
Tablet to strengthen tbe e'om
hcIi Mild move ibn bowels. Tbey
htm pony to take and pleasant in
effect. ,,:'.:,;r,,,,'. f
Reidsvile Review: Mr. T.J. Rob
erts, a'proniinent merchant far
nier of noar Wentworth, was in
town Saturday and gave us a
call.' He says the largest corn
crop ever before known has Been
planted in his section this year.
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