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. HENDERSONVILLE.. NORTH CAROLINA, i FRIDAY, ; APRIL 2S, 1919.
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ISIIB'illlAS:
CflAl!!LiD IIAIJDS
L-vfi.B..Wooten proprietor ol the
Kentucky -Home, has, purchased the
Carolina Terrace.' The consideration
:xZi- is said to have been $50,000. The
;.'4eH was made through the real estate
-3 . agency oi btaton a Hector.
. & iCTKe Carolina - Terrace, ' originally
I. known as the .Wheeler,, was . built
.-. - - about twenty years ago and was com
pletely, remodeled and very greatly
' - a.new building.. It has accommoda
: tions for 216 guests.;' AH rooms have
. : hot and cold running water, steam
' V 'Jieat, electric .lights and telephones.
.It is ideallr located amid beautiful
surroundings 'on. a high hill in the
best residential part of the city.
; . The ' hotel; will be fun under the
' :; v - ' same 'management as the Kentucky
,' ' Home, with the ';; same unsurpassed
cuisine, the same general line of
v'"" prices, the same style of service with
personal attention to:; the individual
v 4 wants or each guest, These tmngs
have built up an enviable reputation
- for the Kentucky Home: and Hender-
-sonville is to be congratulated upon
i- i having another hotel where the same
" high standard of excellence will pre
; vail- .'-c r- - 'V.v
- Nr. Wooten is a hotel man of long
X:' .experience and great ability,, and "he
has been conspicuously successful.
. His hotels always, receive a very
large patronage, and his purchase of
the Carolina Terrace means that this
'xofel, Jike the others which he has
operated, will be well filled .
v The hotel will open for the season
about June l.
NEARLY STOLE KAISER
In an effort to seize and carrv off
the former German Kaiser. CoL Luke
Lea. commander of the 114th field
artillery and former United States
Senator from Tennessee, led a narty
of American ofilcers - into Holland
late in December, and entered the
castle where the Hohenzollem family
had taken refuse, according to stories
related by officersnnd men of the
reeiment who took part in a parade
in Knoxville, Tenn. The Americans
had planned to kidnap the former
emneror. take him to Paris and pre
sent him to President Wilson rs a
Christmas gift,, one of the officers
' As a result of the escapade. CoL
Lea was away from his.: regipeni tot
a month and came near nein eonrj
martialed. the'soldiers decWifed.r Thte
affair, however, was .finally adjusted
and the colonel resumed -command of
the unit and returned to America
with the men. . i
DISOBEDIENCE WON MEDAL
Sergt. Joseph Hubowitz, of Sacra
mento, Cal., has . returned from
France with a distinguished service
cros- and the eroix de . guerre for
deeds -committed in defiance of his
commanding officer. v-
In the Toul sector German machine
gunners, were annoying the sergeant's
company, Hubowitr. told his major
he was going out after the gunners,
but wa forbidden.
"I toW the major I waa going over
whether he liked it or not," the ser-
veant sava. "and he told me if I did
he would have me shot. So my buddy
and I got over the top and turning
around, told the major to, -Shoot and
be darned, we're going over.' - We
hopped from shell hole to shell hole
and finally killed four Germans. Then
. we took 14 prisoners, and compelled
them to carry their guns to our
lines." .
INDIANS MURDERED AGENT
The two murderers of Charles Hubf
t bell, the government Indian station
agent; 45 miles : north of Winslow,
. Ariz., have been discovered hiding in
a cave BO miles norm oi winsiow.
The assassins were two 'Navajos, who
admitted the murder and defied the
officer, saying they would never be
taken alive. '
A posse has been organized and an
effort will be made to capture the
murderers.
BRITISH RELEASE DUTCH LINER
The Dutch steamer Nieuw Amster
day with the former German minister,
to Mexico, Von Eckhardt on board,
has been allowed to -sail for Rotter
dam, after being detained at JPly
mouth, England, for a short time by
' the British authorities.
MOONSHINING INCREASED IN
h : - Marked increase in illicit dtstillmg
!', lit A. V . 4. . J
in -in Appaiacniaa mountain tern-
tnnr lim hum VAnnrtui ftfc KnoxvilI.
Mm school workers' organizationrat their
V annual conference, mfpiis-
i VOICES TO GIRDLE GLOBE ;
-r-- Plans for a world-wide ' wireless
telephone system are Jbeing conslder
d Vy the General Electric Company,
.'-of i , ew - York city, according to a
"atet?jnpnt made by Ernest F-' N.
v i Aloxnn Jcrson; consulting engineer of
iyls r""--!iny. ' ;
(r . I'r. A -xmdenon Mated that two
i i vented by - himself, vthe
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MY 10AII
; The Victory Loan must be sub
scribed either by the banks and
similar concerns, or by the people.
If the people won't buy. then tne
banks must, and will. Think for .a
moment what that will mean."
Deduct $180,000 from the liquid
assets of the Hehdersonville banks;
and. where wiir you go if you want
to borrow money?' The banks cant
loan you the money they spend in the
purchase of Victory Bonds.
x Perhaps you don't expect to need
to borrow money this year. , -But
your employer may; and if he. can't
borrow, lie may; have -to shut down
hid business.; ' The farmers may need
to borrow, or else curtail their work,
in which, case; ood will be scarce..,
.Under modern conditions, no com
munity can nrosner without the o im
portunity to borrow money - in ani
emergency. it is tne business ox tne
banks to furnish this opportunity. But
they cannot do it if they have to tie
up their money in government securi
ties. .
Think it over.
LIVING COST TO STAY UP ;
The cost of living is going to stay
up. Thins the opinion of u. v Aus
tin,, statistician of the national uty
Bank of New York city. He gave
some of his reasons in an address he
made a few days ago before the New
York Business Publishers' Associa
tion. ' i
Mr. Austin found three principal
causes for tne rapid increase , in
prices: Abnormal demand for raw
and finished food and other products,
to keep in the held the vast armies
of the world; the advance in wages.
due to the increased cost of living;
the enormous inflation of the world s
currency by-issue of paper money by
the warring nations.
. Meat Prices Advanced .
In support of the first point, the
meat situation may De instanced,
Since the food administration re
moved the regulation guaranteeing a
minimum price for meats, on the
hoof and slaughtered, meat prices
have advanced. The American Meat
Packers' Association has reported
that while livestock in the United
States at the opening of this year
exceeded the supply by 1,036,000 cat
tle. 4.213,000 hoes and 963.000
sheep, the increased demand for ex
port would mueh more than absorb
this, increase, because war has re
duced .'the stocks of the European
belligerents to a point far below the
normal, and the end of active hos
tilities had increased by 200.000.000
thjumbT' wfc :.f Jre.ignnipitb:lurt
looked for food to the United States.
' - Mr. Austin emphasized, in sup
port of his belief in the continuance
of high prices for commodities andj
services generally, the monetary situ
ation. The warring countries, he
said, had issued paper money with a
face value, of $36,000,000,000, or
more than the value of all the gold
and silver mined in the world since
the discovery of America.' This does
not include" the $80,000,000,000 is
sued by the Russian Bolsheviki. Dur
ing the four years of war, the na
tional debts of the world have risen
from $40,000,000,000 in 1913 to
1220,000,000,000 in 1819. He saw
no promise of immediate reduction
in this inflation, as present indica
tions are "that the governments of
the world ' will be compelled to col
lect in taxes about $50,000,000,000 a
year, as against $12,500,000,000 in
1913, or $1,000,000,000 a week, as
against $1,000,000,000 a month be
fore the. war.".:'
BELGIAN CAPTAIN JAILED
Capt Jean L. F. Van Hoegaerden,
who said he had been wounded at
Liege and that his father is president
of tie National Bank of Belgium, is
in jail in Chicago, charged with work
ing a-confidence game. . The com
plainant is a former friend, Raymond
de Cayles, who alleged that he ad
vanced the captain $40,000 on an oil
scheme Van-- Hoegaerden proposed
and that he lost the entire sum.
The captain declared he was well
able to meet the obligations, as his
father has loaned the Belgian govern
ment $14,000,000.
BIG INCREASE NOTED.
IN ENGLAND'S NAVY
More than 2,000,000 tons of ship
ping were added to the British navy
during the war. ' The new vessels
cost between $1,250,000)00 and $1,-
000,000,000,.' according to a state
ment by the director of naval con -
struction.
REBEL BANDS IN MEXICO
. . Mexican . rebels, operating under
the leadership of General Felix Diaz,
recently reinforced by General Anre
liano Blanquet, have committed
numerous robberies on . the ' railroad
running between,. Mexico XJity .. and
Vera Cruz- in several Instances they
have dynamited trains and -robbed
and killed passengers, carrying away
large sums of government money. In
the state of Vera Cruz and near Tam
pico the situation is said to be very
bad.'A':v:'
v"StatB Pepartmeht officials Have or
dered in investigation of the reported
killing of an American, J. P. Mennet.
who was slain in a passenger train 80
miles from Tamplco, the oil center of
llexico. . ..'' -r ,
CANADIANS WILL QUIT SIBERIA
The evacuation of the Canadian
t'o-i in C'vrU is exTrtej to lngin
i tla i"?-- t t mt-
1 f 1 f r C x wi'i 70
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AT THE PEACE
CONFERENCE
A compromise has beep-effected at
the peace conference, -by" which the
French will get ft part, at least, of
the protection which they have been
demanding. . Britain agrees to . enter
into a treaty to - go to the aid of
France in case of another German in
vasion, and President Wilson prom
ises to urge and implore; the Senate
to agree to a treaty pledging the Uni
ted States to follow suit.
- Meanwhile, another explosion has
occurred. .? Italy wants Fiume ; Wil
son objects. The litalian delegates
announce their determination to quit
the "conference and go home this
week. . - - -
SOUTH WELCOMES TROOPS
Old Hickory warriors, brave sons of
North and South Carolina and Ten
nessee, who fought, in, Europe as the
30th division and helped break the
impregnable ' Hmdenburg line, were
tendered a great ovation in their na
tive states during the past week. The
entire division of seasoned warriors
was greeted by thousands of people
in Charleston, S. C. Later sections
paraded in Knoxville and Nashville,
Tenn., before going to Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., to . be mustered out of
service.
4,765 YANKEES CAPTURED
BY GERMANS DURING WAR
, Official records of prisoners of war
captured by the central cowers from
the American forces, the War Depart
ment has announced, show that there
are 156 prisoners, whose status was
still doubtful on -March 20.
The War - Department records
show a total loss by the American
army of 4,765 military prisoners, and
281 civilians. Of the military pris
oners, 4,376 have been reported offi
cially as released, and 233 died in
German prison camps.
Only one American officer of as
-high rank as lieutenant-colonel wasi
captured during the war. Four
majors. 27 captains and 4b 6 lieu-lea
tenants were taken prisoner.
AIR POLICE SWORN IN
Plans of the New York city police
department for an aviation section
materialized when 26 American, Brit
ish and French aviators were sworn
in as member sof the police reserves,
CoL .-Jefferson de Mount. Thompson.
twhojffmmapd the police avi'a
ftfojr' squadron, has announced' that
uniforms- had been ordered and that
aeroplanes would be contracted for
in May at a meeting of aeroplane
manufacturers in Atlantic City. The.
squadron will take the air by June,
he said.
According to Col. Thompson, the
squadron when completed will, com
prise 150 men, including flyers,
mechanicians, supply officers, medi
cal officers, a chaplain and cooks. The
organization will be under control
of the police department.
TO REVIVE BULL FIGHTS
A revival of bull fighting has been
planned . by some of the Mexican
states along the border. Matamoras
has arranged to reconstruct the fam
ous bull ring there and has applied
to the governnor of Tamaulipas for
authority to proceed. Bull fizhting
at Matamoras was forbidden six years
agi by Carranza's adherents.
Bull fights .were abolished in the
republic by a decree of Gen. Car
ranza as soon as he became presi
dent. Later the governors of the re
spective states were permitted to al
low or prohibit the fights.
NOSTRIKE FOR MOONEY
The United Mine Workers of Amer
ica will hot participate in any gen
eral strike on July 4, in behalf of
Thomas Mooney, convicted of com
plicity in a bomb explosion in San
Francisco in a preparedness day pa
rade.; ;--; . . " : . :l
. The executive board of the United
Miners takes the position that the In
ternational Workers' Defense league,
of San Francisco, which issued the
strike call, is not . authorized by the
American labor movement
SUPERDREADNAUGHT
SEE READY
TENNES-
The superdreadnought Tennessee,
under construction at the New York
1 navy yard, is ready for launching and
may take to the water late in April
or May.; The ship is of such tremen
dous size that there is only one. tide
a month high enough to put her over
board. The Tennessee, will be the
heaviest ship ever, launched, the
actual weieht being -1B.50& dead-
weight 'tons . . ; r j-, ;
tjNO NEED FOR SERVANTS
A reaf community kitchen has been
opened in Chicago for the purpose of
reducing the high cost of living in
one section of that city. Miss Ethel
Landrura has charge of the work. She
is the home adviser, of. the State's
relation service of the Department of
Agriculture if Illinois. .- f: :rii
" Assisted by . a cook in one Ismail
kitchen, dinners are prepared for" 20
families at 25 cents a meaL The menu
consists of meat, potatoes, one vege
table and a dessert. The method of
distribution-has been solved. - The
children tt families leave the dinner
basic t wLh Miss Landrum on the way
to p -kI EetTnhT?fron their
s y i.:i for Ce Iz. et, now
t : - . i f J9d racked to insulated
SIIR1NERS
i. Ofisis Temple of Shrtners at Char
lotte will hold its summer ceremonial
oa July 4 in Hendersonville. The
Shriners are said to be .planning to
haw a big time in this city, and, it
isTtteiieved that the approaching cer
monjal will be one of the largest
thatnhas been held by the temple. In
several years. " It is-, expected that
considerable numbers of Shriners will
motor from the piedmont and east
rn 'Sections of the State.
MR$. GOVER TO BUILD HOTEL
Tne Times learns that Mrs. A. M
Cover has arranged to build a 50'
rooml hotel on her lot at the north-
. A. 4 . . .f. 1 . i 1
eaaijivuriiHr oi vnurcn gireei anu
Fiftttj avenue. The hotel will be of
brick substantial in construction,
modern in design and complete in its
itments. . Kverv room will enn-
ith a private bath, and the hotel
ater to a high class of trade
ction will begin in the fall.
e building will be completed by
spring. It has already been
for the season of 1920. Mrs.
Govei expects to take charge of it
heraejf in 1921. , The site is attrac
tive :nd well located, being within
a block of the business portion of
Main 'street. Hendersonville 's rapid
growth in popularity amply justifies
the- vrection of a new hotel of this
knid.
ALLIES COST GERMANY
HUGE MONTHLY
SUM
The imperial treasury of Germany
will pay an average of $21,000,000
monthly for the maintenance of the
allied- armies of occupation, accord
ing jto an announcement made in Ber-lin.i-A;
ABOUT 1,800,000 IN ARMY
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i The'j American army is now about
I 1 tnA Ann tu ii. r:i
x ,uuivu aviviig, j-iic last univiat ic-
port ifsued by Gen. March, at Wash
ington, shows that the army is being
reduced rapidly. Since November
11.- the renort states. 686.114 men
sailed for home, and 605,772 had
been landed. There have been restor-
to
Civil life 1,701,469 officers and
'men;
bf whom half the officers and
4ov$e;
cent of the men were in the
rhen the armistice was signed.
rge orders totaled 1,925,000,
alth conditions in the expedi-
lorces were remarkable,
(arch states. Conditions in the
estates were described as good.
V V.-'YiT -i ,n .
JVAIN WORTH MILLIONS ?i
; The gQVsrnment will pay farmers
millions of dollars to keep up the
guaranteed price of $2.25 a bushel on
the winter and spring wheat crops,
according to reports from Washing
ton. Announcement that the winter
crop will reach 837,000,000 bushels
has started speculation on the cost to
the government. The winter crop wi1'
be worth $1,891,620,000.
Government officials believe there
will be a big foreign demand to take
care of the country's surplus.
THE. NEXT GREAT DUTY
(By Will H. Hays, chairman of the
Republican national committee.)
To the Republicans of the nation
Again the call for the charge has
sounded.
This is not for the fightinjr men at
. the fiirhtinsr front. For them the war
is over. Their part is accomplished
to their own everlasting honor and
the glory of the nation, and no ad
ditional burden should be theirs.
But to the rest the real test has
come.
To those whose privilege it has
been to form the second line, and to
whose credit it is recorded that they,
too, attained every objective ; to those
from every class, creed and political
faith, who acted in that unselfish co
operation which brought to the fight
ing men the support that made so
much for the complete vindication of
our institutions; to the men and
women of America, who do not fail,
has this call come.
Let us show to these fighting men
who have -je turned how commands
have been obeyed here. Let us send
to the fighting men still abroad the
message of no weakening. Let us
show to the world that our patriot
ism is not that born onlv of extrem-
J ities and stirred only by martial
music, but the devotion which meets
a duty in the firm determination of
consecrated service, and performs it.
And let us demonstrate to ourselves
that we are worthy of the name
American 'and the privileges of our
citizenship.,:
Our first duty as Republicans to
day is that duty which we have never
failed and never will fail to antici
pate' and - discharge our duty as
Americans. - Just as during the recent
war we determined our every act by
how we could do most effective action,
so now we will measure our every
step by "how we can contribute most
to the nation's, welfare.
To that end we will abandon all
other activities to aid in the Victory
Loan until its success has been ac
complished..;' .,r.";, - ;
For this purpose let the Republican
press and-every member of the Re
publican organization enlist ; in the
Victory : Loan drive. The national
state, county, city and precinct or
ganization of loyal working Republi
cans will enroll -to a man in . this
serviced - - .
This' is the nation's - next I great
duty. It is our privilege to exhaust
the possibilities in our same splendid
support, with the - ' knowledge that
those l.o may oppose us in. political
strife r-a joining fully with us in
FARMS, AND
SOLDIERS
Secretary Lane's plan to locate re
turning soldiers on homesteads in dif
ferent sections of the country, in
cludes a scheme to use the soldier
farmers in the work of cleaning and
raining the lands and other work
necessary to put them iiKshape for
settlement. Many people think well,80'1-. A,nd the Iand around Wash-
of the secretary
ary's plan, many others
do not think any thing of it at all.
Editor Mitchell published in the
last issue of his Pathfinder a very
readable and interesting article, which
we believe will- be of interest to our
readers. We, therefore,
print the
same in full as follows:
One of the biggest crimes commit
ted by the 65th Congress was its re
fusal to pass any bill providing for
the settlement of returning dough
boys, sailors and marines, on farms.
That Congress was so completely
under the mesmeric domination of
President Wilson that when he was
absent in Europe it had no will or
power to do anything except of
course play politics
Secretary of the Interior Lane, who j
is generally regarded as the ablest
man in the cabinet, had long ago
formulated plans for this undertak
ing and had submitted the matter to
Congress with a urgent appeal for
its acceptance. Time and again he
told Congress all the things that the
other countries were doing for their
returning soldiers and gave warning
of the serious consequences if this
matter was not attended to. But the
appeal was in -vain.
In a statement just issued to the
press, he says that he is going ahead
as well as he can, without special
authority, to lay the foundations for
a system for supplying reclaimed
lands to the boys who want them.
He says that a number of states have
already passed laws or taken other
action toward co-operation with the
federal government.
Representative Taylor of Colorado,
who introduced the soldier's-land bill
in the last House, says: "Many thou
sands of our splendid boys will be
sorely disappointed by this failure of
Congress to act on the subject"; but
he expresses confidence that the new
Congress, which will be more rep
resentative of the people, will do bet
ter.
Many Soldiers Inquiring
Nearly 30,000 soldiers have so far
made inquiries of the interior depart
ment as to, the prospects for getting
farms, and. the number of applicants
is nniidlv mcrB&ain5?Tha" bill as first
ptepafed 'cant j? for an'apfropriaU6h
of $lUD,uuo,wu and this would have
been enough to finance 25,000 farms.
Representative Taylor says the appro
priation really ought to be five times
as big in order to accomplish what is
desired.
One of the things that made this
country so prosperous in the period
following the Civil War was that the
government encouraged the soldiers
to take up farms in the West. At that
time there was an unlimited amount
of good public land open for settle
ment. The settlers experienced some
hard years, but those that stuck and
were patient and thrifty became rich
or -.veil-to-do. Large sections which
had been put down in the geographies
as "deserts" were found to be fertile
and these sections are now support
in glarge populations.
On paper, there are still some 225,
000,000 acres of public lands unoccu
pied. But almost none of these lands
are ready for the plow. Many of them
are "cut-over" land that is timber
land which has had the marketable
timber cut off. As one naive maga
zine writer says, "all that remains is
to remove the stumps from this land
and it will be as valuable for farms
as any other land in the country."
Which . shows what a very small
amount of practical knowledge may
serve as the basis for magazine
articles.
The fact is that in many cases it
costs more to clear up these lands
than they are worth when they are
cleared, and that is just why they
haven't been brought into use before.
Often also roads must be built, stores,
houses, etc., provided before these
lands can be made accessible and
suitable for people to live on.
Last year about 350,000,000 acres
of land were under cultivation. This
is really only one-third of the tillable
land in this country. In other words
two acres are already going to waste
for every acre that is being worked.
And in addition, three-fourths of the
land that is under cultivation is so
poorly worked that it doesn't produce
anything like what it might if better
methods were used.
Much Idle Land
There is a great deal of swamp land
that can be made tillable by drainage.
Also there is a lot of arid land, that
could be made fertile .by irrigation.
But this reclamation work would take
a long time. And as a practical mat
ter, what is the use of going to all the
trouble and expense of reclaiming
such lands, when there is already so
much land going to waste?
Nobody realizes how much land in
this country is wasted unless he has
had occasion to study the matter.
Our boys in France have had their
eyes opened as to the possibilities
there are in thorough and intensive
cultivation of the land. England is
a little place, we are apt to think,
but the war made her realize that
even she had a great deal of land
that she could put into cultivation,
thereby giving employment to her
people and making them self -support-
Nevada has more' public lands onen
than any other State. But the federal
land-ofUce cites the significant , fact
that thort is more waste, land within
a 60-mile radius of the national capi-
KEDRON LODGE
A special Communication of Ked
ron Lodge, No. 387 A. F. & A, M.,
is called for Tuesday night, April 29
at 8:30 o'clock.
Work in the Second Degree.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
comed. P. S. RAMSEY. Master. .
tal than there is in the State of
KT 1 A . m .
m3?on, 18 cwse-to nrst-ciass markets
and other facilities, whereas that in
the West is at a great disadvantage
in this respect.
-In many of the Southern States
the'e, j8 any amount of land which
could be put into cultivation profit
ably. North Carolina took the lead
among those States in planning for
co-operation with the government on
this soldier's-land question. That
State has about , the same area as
Pennsylvania and Ohio, but she has
only 40 people to the square-mile,
while Ohio has 102 and Pennsylvania
has 140. '
North Carolina has a wide varietv
of soil and climatip conditions, and all
the "makings" of a great and prosper
ous State. But "makings" are not
the same as actualities. All these
backward States need to adopt poli
cies which will attract enterprise and
capital and insure good government
and progressive institutions generally.
Work Contemplated
Secretary Lane's plan contemplates
using the soldier-farmers in the work
of clearing and draining the lands and
putting them in shape for settlement.
For this work they would be paid tha
prevailing wages. Then they would
have a chance to buy some of the
land for themselves, paying for it in
easy annual instalments. The govern
ment also would advance money to
them to provide for improvements.
In other words all the soldiers will
have to do will be to supply the
brawn and sinew and Uncle Sam will
do the rest. Secretary Lane in a
statement remarks: "The world was
crying aloud for bread and we sud
denly realized that the farm popula
tion of the United States was grad
ually declining in proportion to city
population, that less than 50 per cent
of our people are on the land. This
points toward work that should be
done."
However, it is observable that all of
those who are so anxious to have the
soldiers go out on the land will not go
out there themselves. Like Secretary
Lane, they "point toward work that
should.be done," but they don't go
there themselves v they:, prefer highly
paid jobs in cities. -The soldier boys
who- came frofib the firms fo go into
the army are fed up on farm life,
with all its drawbacks. They say "it's
a long lane that has no turning;"
they want a change and they are not
greatly inclined to follow this Lane,
which "points toward" a reclaimed
farm, a long way from nowhere.
Gifford Pinchot, who usually has a
contribution on all subjects of this
sort, issues an enocomium on the
partriotism that the farmers exhibit
ed during the war and urges the need
that still exists for developing farm
ing as the basic industry. But Gif
ford also belongs to the "pointing"
class ; he is wealthy and he can speak
jauntily of the attractions and the
noble patriotism of life on the farm.
A Western paper says, in quoting
him : "We wish some of these writers
would make it plain just how many
hours they would require the farmer
to put in in a day 18, or 20, or the
entire 24. Will you not also tell us,
Mr. Pinchot, or somebody else, why
it has never been suggested that
union labor could shine in a patriotic
light by working longer hours, and
thereby cheapen production and re
duce the cost of living and also of
tools and supplies which the farmers
and other ordinary people have to
have? The farmer will do his share,
but he is engaged in one of the most
hazardous businesses in the world ; he
is at the mercy of the elements; he
is the plaything of nature and a child
of chance. Quit nagging."
Another paper which puts the
farmers' side of the matter asks:
"What would happen if the farmer
paid city wages?" It points out that
Ford pays his workers $6 a day and
that city workers are getting a dollar
an hour in many cases. If our farms
were run on such a basis the city
people would have to pay several
times what they do now for milk,
butter and all other foodstuffs, it is
declared.
"Why wish it on the poor soldiers?"
asks another protester. It is pointed
out that everybody has been asked
what the returning soldier is to do,
except the soldier himself. Dr.
Woods Hutchinson, speaking at a
Red Lross mass meeting in New
York, said: "When I hear wealthy,
well-meaning citizens planning what
they are going to do for the boys
when they get back, I always, tell
them not to worry about that, but to
lie awake nights preparing for what
the boys are going to do to them."
A high Canadian official who is as
sisting our government to get plans
started for the rehabilitation of the
soldiers stated in an address before
the American Hospital Association
that "it is a widely prevalent mis
conception" that the soldiers, after
living a life in the open, will flock
back to the farms rather than think
of working in cities. . He gives warn
ing that they will not be content to
be given the Jhardest work and poor
est returns out that they want their
full share in all that is going.: And.
this is nerfectlv natural. - -
ihe can . Francisco Argonaut says -. -there
is .nothing to show that the tmh?&j(&
turning soldier is coming back 'Nrith v Vi
a yearning for the pastoral life." s' It ; ;
adds ."He may have something to
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