The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 23, 1916, Page 4

r FOUR BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE THE TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffic ! — D. as Second Cl: ISSUED EVERY DAY EXCEPT SUNDAY GUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCB ties 400 Daily, by carrier, per month. Daily, -by mail, per year.. Weekly, by mall, per year. “Member Audit Bureau of Circulation THE STATE'S OLDEST 3 NEWSPAPER LOCAL WEATHER BULLETIN. For the 24 hours ending at 12 noon, December 23, 1916: Temperature at 7 a.m. . Temperature at 12 noon .. Highest temperature yesterday 15 3 Lowest last night +15] Precipitation ..... None Highest wind velocity + 22W Forecast: For Bismarck and vicinity: In creasing cloudiness tonight and Sun- day; probably snow; continued cold. | Temperature Calgary ed Chicago 12 Galveston 42 | Havre . -18 Helena . 6 j Kansas City 16 Moorhead . Pierre .. Prince Albert St. Paul Williston. Winnipeg . Swift Current ORRIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. SHHH MI ISSHSESSE ESS @ All they that take the @ sword shall © perish with the ¢ & sword—Jesus‘of Nazareth. ¢ SPSS AMSE GOSS SHOTS NOT ENCOURAGING. Bitter comments. from the British press merely confirm the fact that the way of the peacemaker is hard. President Wilson, through Secretary | Lansing, has entered a vigorous dis-| claimer that he intends to place him- self, as the head of the most power- ful neutral, in the position of an ar- bitrator. The language of the note unfor- tunately stirs up resentment in the hearts of the Britons when, probably, ,the only intent of the president was to emphasize that in his judgment the time ‘hi ad come for the warring na- tions 0! Y europe to raise the voice of reason above the din of arms. President. Wilson is in possession “of faete" necessarily in times as these denied the public. Unless he has suf- ficient grounds upon _ which to base these words, of his” ‘note, President Wilson has swept aside atl tradi- tions and proposes that the: United States shall no longer maintain a traditional isolation: . “In the measures to be taken to secire the future peace of the ‘world, the people and. the govern ment of the United States are as vitally and as directly interested as the governments now at war. Their interest, moreover, in the means to be adopted to relieve the smaller and weaker peoples of the world of the perils of wrong and violence is as quick and ardent as that of any other people or government.” —This is“a sweeping statement and lifts us completely out of the sphere in which our forefathers insisted our guarantees of peace and happiness alone were secure—removed from en- tangling European alliances. Contrast the words of President Wilson with these from Washington’s farewell address: “Our detached and distant situa- tion fnvites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take an attitude as will cause the neutrality, we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected; when bel- lgerent nations, under the impossi- Dility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us Provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice shall counsel. “Why forego. the advantages of so Peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, en- tangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rival- ship, humor and caprice?” If President Wilson's message is to insist that our rights as a neutral be more scrupulously obeyed as the war continues, the nation can but say | amen. But on the other hand, if the object of the note is to force media- tion upon nations not inviting arbi- tration, then are we not departing from a traditional policy that tends to interweave our destiny with that of Europe? The note unfortunately leaves the nation in the dark. Until the mirage lifts, and President Wilson puts the entire situation before the nation our Patriotism demands that the verdict| be withheld. The move is one of tremendous importance to the nation. It cannot be dismissed lightly or cor. rectly estimated, in view of the mea-| choicest. ger facts given to the public upon which the rather astounding note was predicated. Days grow longer from now on. ‘That's nature's Christmas gift. Bismarck, N. | | other kingdoms. 3| tongue, called Love. ; which is eternal; {and forbid them not, to come unto jenters its portals to the accompani- ‘CAPITAL OF HEAVEN. The Kingdom of Heaven is here on Earth. It is the widest of earth’s empires, and the most beautiful. It has 52 states, which are weeks of the year. It has 365 glorious cities. ‘And Christmas is its capital! eee . From the capital of Heaven no on frown; no bastions bulwark its gold-! paved streets against the armies or | the The gates are open ever, and in its spacious parliament all languages are} spoken, which the necromaiicy of the edifice transforms into a common The avenues of this capital are lin- ed with evergreen, emblem of ‘tha’ | and silver stars sparkle from the shining towers that pierce the gentle sky, 1 In these towers dwell those happy mortals for whom the capital of Heav- en was builded—the rulers of the kingdom's capital—they of whom Jesus said: “Suffer little children, me; for such is the Kingdom of Heav- en.” ese So brilliant are the stars in the tow- ers of the capital of Heaven that their gleams illumine the most dis- tant states of the kingdom; so that every dweller therein, if he but look sharply, may distinguish the capi- tal's beauties from afar. And through all the states and cit- jes of the kingdom the best used roads lead ever toward the capital. As the ways approach they grow more beautiful and wider; they are inlaid with pearls which were tears of joy and they echo with youthfu' laughter. At the doors of the capital, sweet |music is heard, and every traveler ; ment of children's carols. see The roads from the capital are noted for kindly deeds and are filled with travelers sharing their means, and helping one another. These roads are suffused with a gentle glow, and in the heart of each wayfarer abides the desire to help bear another's burden. ‘The glories of retrospect are slow to fade, and often the good-will im- planted by a sojourn in the shining city remains with the traveler inthe farthest regions of the kingdom, un- til it is again time to make the pil- &rimage to the capital. ye ale, te The Kingdom of Heaven is here on Earth. And Christmas is its capital. OUR CHRISTMAS TREE, It is improbable that the Christmas tree’s valuable fruit is really half’ so interesting as the tree itself. - .The balsam fir, the species com: monly sold in mid-winter markets, is one of 250 members of that famdus tree family known as the pines. | This whole evergreen tribe is of aristocratic lineage; its ancestors liv- ed in the ancient forests which made the earth’s coal measures, and its most distinguished modern represent- ative is the gigantic sequoia, or Cali- fornia redwood. The white pine, which has made millions of dollars for lumber kings, is a cousin of the little Christmas tree, while the tiny club mosses and common cat tails be- long to the same ancient stock. Oth- ers of its kin grow deep in southern swamps, or climb up mountain heights, or creep along sand dunes, or hide beneath the Arctic snows. The use of the pine family for pro- viding the special kind of living green required for festival decorations ante. dates the birth of the Christ child. In Isaiah LX:13 it is written: “The glory of Lebanon shall - come unto thee, the fir tree, the Pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanc- tuary.” The Greeks burned the wood of the arbor vitae in sacrificial fires, be- cause of its agreeable odor. In oriental art the pine tree appears as the symbol of everlasting life. It is for this reason that the Japanese develop those choice specimens of horticulture, dwarf pines a hundred years old and a few inches high. Lately in America, every variety of the family has been used as gar- den garnishments. But even fashion cannot vulgarize the evergreens. Who. ever cherishes one of this family fs serving humanity. Although we treat our Christmas tree. as an honored .guest, we are, all unwittingly, its enemy. It belongs to a dying -race, and we are hastening its destruction. It cannot be grown from the roots nor from cuttings. It must spring from the seed which is weak in vitality and when borne by the wind is often flung on sterile soil. Lovers of pine trees who can af- for it buy potted Christmas trees and set them in their gardens in the spring. It is a pretty custom, part of man’s new and great joy in con- serving all earth’s beauties, of which | the evergreen trees are among the —— =—_—_ Be sure your heart -is on your Christmas tree. ee A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! anil \ a a zs “A a Mh HI i i Hi | Somewhere in =m PA) Hi it i } i Le He i) | } if it Ih Ay 4) i a“ i ji IA) ri a wi iq i oh i i AS \ i i in ui a ec ‘‘ Twas the. night before Christmas And all-through the house Not a creature was stirring— Not even a mouse.’’ YOUMANS CLAIMS UNSEEMLY TASTE; ASKS REHEARING Alleging, that .the hearing of his appeal in supreme court was “improv- idently and unfairly advanced on ac- tion of the défendants,” that the al- leged stipulation to advance never was authorized by the plaintiff; that the affidavit of Carlton B. Davis, of counsel for the defense, questioning his own authority, destroyed its ef- fect; that the motion to advance was made by the defendants in bad faith, and that the unseemly haste with which the supreme court ‘arrived at its opinion was a denial of justice to the plaintiff, Representative James S. Manahan of Minnesota, represent- ing Grant S. Youmans of Minot, this morning filed a petition for rehearing in the supreme ‘court: Youmans “sotight: to recover ‘'dam- ages aggregating $250,000 from Gov- ernor Hanna°and other members: of a former state banknig board for the alleged wrecking of Youmans’ state bank at Minot. The Ward county dis- trict court returned a judgment for the. defendants; Youmans appealed, and the last unquestioned official act of the “old” supreme court of ‘North Dakota was to affirm the decision of the lower court and dismiss this case. If the petition for rehearing re- ceives favorable attention, the You- mans case will come up before the new supreme court, where Manahan and Arthur LeSueur, attorneys for the former Minot banker, want it. FLOUR INDUSTRY OF STATE PLACED IN REAL DANGER Less than two weeks distant and scheduled for a point 700 miles from North Dakota will be held at Kansas City, Mo., on January 4, 1917, a rate hearing of the most vital importance to the milling and cereal manufactur- ing industries of North Dakota. No- received ty the North Dakota railroad commission, giving it very little op- portua‘ty to prepare an adequate de- fense, but the commission has made arrangements to be represented by Rate Expert Jas. A. Little and a peti- may have an opportunity to be heard. It is important, however, that the mill- ing interests of the state be repre- sented at Kansas City, as no further able that several associations or groups of independent send delegates. Want Common Minimum. Because of its comparatively small cities and its thinly distributed popu- lation, North Dakota milling interests have long enjoyed rates based on a minimum carload of 24,000 pounds. These rates were voluntarily inaugur- ated by the railroad companies, know- ing the situation and realizing the necessity. Now a number of powerful milling organizations in the south and central west have filed with the inter-state commerce commission, an allegation that they are being discriminated against in that their rates on grain products shipments are assessed on a 40,000-pound minimum carload_ basis, while the northwestern states enjoy intra-state rates based on a 24,000- pound minimum. They ask, therefore, millers will basis be established, presumably at 40,000 pounds. The effect in North Dakota of the establishment of this basts would be to compel our small manufacturers and shippers to ship! 16,000 pounds more to a car, if they are to enjoy carload rates. And, with the generally small population of our cities, a 40,000-pound minimum is en- tirely impracticable, it is claimed. To save the milling industry of North Dakota, or to prevent what must at the very-best result in a ser- ious handicap, it is said to be highly important that the inter-state com- merce commission’ be impressed with the injustice of asking small millers in this state with their comparatively scattered: sources of consumption to compete onthe ‘same ‘basis:-with the |” large millets whose distribution is. in densely ‘settled regions»of the coun- try. An effort to‘do this:will be made at the Kansas City hearing on Janu- ary 4, when it is‘hoped that the North | Dakota mills wilt be generally repre- sented. tice of the hearing has only now been | LET HUBBY: LEISLATE WEEMONNS BUT HANTS. HOME. ON: SUNDAYS Wives of Prospective Statesmen Bombard Secretary of State for Information “Wives of gréat men all remind us, we may make our wives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, widows worthy of our time,” as one of our Near-great poets paraphrased in blankety-blank verse. Wives of North Dakota’s coming greats want to know what it’s all about, and they are bombarding Sec- retary of State Thomas Hall for in- formation. “Can I have my husband home with me Sundays, or will-he have to stay, at, the capital?” asks a representa- tive’s wife, very apparently not long a bride. “Are they going to inaugurate my husband? If they are, I want to see it done,” writes another, who evi- dently. regards an inauguration as somewhat similar to an operation for appendicitis or having one’s kimona cut out. “Why doesn’t the state see to it that there are homes for its legis- lature?” asks another. “I have been told there are only two houses.” The Knitting Circle. It becomes evident that the knitting circle, composed of wives and other lady connections of the legislators, jand which always establishes itself jon the side lines and in the galleries tion will be filed for'a second hearing! to be held at Bismarck, where all of; the interests involved in this state, hearings may be held; and it is prob-| that a uniform inter-state minimum , during the session, will be unusually large. The ladies knit and knit and ; knit, and crochet and tat and tattle, | perfectly oblivious to the weighty {matters with which their better halves are wrestling, until some cer- tain dame hears the voice of her own Jord and master raised in debate. Then she is all attention. Members will very generally be ac- companied by their helpmeets and the! demand for furnished apartments and for rooms in private homes is already \large. It is suggested as a means of facilitating the accommodation of the legislators that Bismarck folk with apartments or rooms to let ad- vise the Commercial club, giving full details as to location, character and price of accommodation offered. DR. LADD WILL TASTE MANY COFFEE SAMPLES If Dr. E. F. Ladd, state pure food commissioner, appears a trifle yellow and jaundiced during the next few days, his friends need feel no alarm. *Twill simply be the result of the doc- tor’s annual analysis of some dozens of samples of coffee submitted to the state board of control in response to its call for bids for a few tons of this beverage with which to supply the state penal and charitable institu- tions. The selection of coffee, upon which the state spends several thousand dol- lars per annum, is made ‘strictly on a ber, and this sample goes to Dr. Ladd. The original bears the same identifi- cation. Dr. Ladd, after analyzing all the samples, each of which is sub- mitted on a basis of 20 cents the pound, f. o. b. institution, indicates the best to the’board of control, which awards the contract accordingly. REITERATES ‘CLAIM THAT WINTER WILL BE “OPEN” “No, 1 will not recede one jot from my, original contention,” aserted Dr. Beede of the Standirig Rock reserva- tion today when, “kidded”’ on his pre- diction that North Dakota would em|: joy_an “open winter.” “We have had our cold snap,” said the “thisslonary, “and from, now. on we are igoing to have nice weather. I have read the signs, and the signs never lie. I pre- dicted ‘last winter that the past sea- son would be a poor one for wheat but excellent for flax, corn and forage crops, On the strength of. this pre diction “Dr, Stackhouse broke a quar- ter and sowed it, to, flax, and he in- tends to make me‘'a nt¢e Christmas present fromthe proceeds. I cannot tell until March’ what "the next season PRESS GOSSIP Bowman Citizen:. The election of Santa Claus on December 25 will be will be, but I’ will‘kndéw' then.” ibaa sy ELECTION IS IUNANIMOUS, unanimous in spite of his whiskers, see > “LET (LLOYD) GEORGE DO IT.” Bowman Citizen: They all have to come to it! In England they've decid ed to “let (Lloyd) George do it.” eee WE WOULD FALL FOR HER. Valley City Times-Record: The hired girl who can cook without eggs can ask. for a raise with fair prospects of. success. ef GETTING RATHER EXTRAVAGANT Lidgerwood Broadaxe: Showing how a story grows we note that two weeks ago the papers said it cost Fraz- ier $518.80 to be elected. Last week they said it was $518.90. Maybe, he bought a couple more stogies since the first report. * * GLORY, LET US ALL SING. Hillsboro Banner: With everything going up and nothing coming down, we may soon all be angels. + NOT SILENT AFTER ALL. Hatton Free Press: Out west they call it the “silent vote” yet 4,000,000 women had a BAY: A ‘A REAL WILD. WEST. Hatton Free Press: The people of the east are inclined to think that this part of the country is teh real “Wild West” since election. se 8 STATE 1S APT TO BUCK. Hatton Free Press: North Dakota is a Republican state, but like the |broncho one can never tell when she is going to buck. [Sar a] o——_—___- ST. PAUL. HOGS—Receipts 1,400; steady; range $9,.25@$9.75; bulk $9.65@$9.70. CATTLE—Receipts 200; killers, steady; steers »4.25@$10.25; cows and heifers $4.75@$7.50; calves, steady, $4.25@$10.75; stockers and feeders, quiet and steady, $3.50@$7.75. SHEEP—Receipts 100; steady; lambs $7.00@$12.50; wethers $6.00@ $9.00; ewes $5.50@$8.50. CHICAGO HOGS—Receipts 22,000; slow at yesterday’s average, a shade lower; bulk 59.90@$10.30;. light $9.50@$10.15; mixed $9.80@$10.404 heavy $9.90@ $10.40; rough $9.95@$10.10; pigs $7.50 @$9.45. - CATTLE—Receipts | 1,000; steady; native beef steers $7.00@§11.75; west- ern steers $7.00@$10.00; stockers and feeders $5.00@$8.10; cows and heif- merit basis. Samples when received from the jobber are broken open; half of the contents are poured into a plain :Teteptacle, idemtified<omly.:by- a num-: ers: $4.00@$10.00; calves $8.00@$11.75. SHEEP—Receipts 40,000; , steady; wethers $7.00@$10.00; lambs. $11.25@ $13.45, JUDGE OF FUTURE WIL BE AANY-SIDED EXPERT THINKS. JE, ROBINSON Justice-Elect Predicts Jurist Will Be Alienist and Philan- thropist “The judge of the fuiure will be an alienist,» a practical philanthropist, a man with a’ ‘keen’ knowledge of all the sciences and above all a humani- tarian,”’ declared Justive-elect James E. Robinson yesterday. There was:under discussion the general increase throughout the coun- try of insanity and degeneracy, and there was advanced the need of. some legal means of preventing the repro- duction of defectives. “L have always believed that a remedy for insanity will be found in time,” .said, the , justice-elect. “We have made. great strides in our treat- ment. of those mentally defective. We still permit them to ‘remain too much of.a burden upon the state. The av- erage..patient would be better off if some : profitable occupation could. be found for him, and I believe there is some one thing which every insane person can do, and do well. Perhaps we shall in the future devote more time to a study of the peculiarities of the insane, with a view to developing some particular useful bent which we are almost. certain to find in every victim, of dementia. Jurists Are Ignorant, “The average jurist is, after all, a very ignorant man. He knows the law, or pretends to, or honestly be- lieves that he does. But he doesn’t know enough of his fellow man; he is not familiar enough with the arts and the sciences; with the practical trades; he doesn’t know enough, as a rule, of the average man and woman; of their aspirations; their point of view. Hemmed. in at every side by the written law, we are too much inclined to ignore the higher law— the rights of every man and woman. Sometimes, we even go to the point where we place written law and pre- cedent above sound, common sense. But, we are progressing. We are, at least, not standing still. And per- haps the time is not far distant when we will find'the key to simple justice, which is, after all, that thing in whose interests all laws are, presumably, written.” eee _CHRISTMAS WITH MOTHER. J. P. Tucker of the state board of regents’ ' office will spend Christmas with his mother at Devils’ Lake.” eve ST. PAUL FOR CHRISTMAS. Miss” Mabel ‘Amiot, of the secre- ‘tary of state! '8 office will spend Christ- mas in St. “Paul, w: with her mother. GOES TO NORWAY. L. J. Siljan, editor of the Normand- en, is in the Capital City., It is re- ported that Mr,, Siljan ‘soon js to leavé Grand Forks for Norway, where he has accepted the editorship of a famous political Journal. . ° ‘| SPECIAL FOR BRANCHES. Owing to a.complete disregard for schedules uponl the part of Northern Pacific trains Nos. 7 and 8, a special has ‘run, from “Mandan to Bismarck and return for the accommodation of patrons of the branch lines, * oe “BILLY” KRAFT HERE. ,“Billy” Kraft, one of the Northern has been in‘the Capital City for 1 few days, spying out the land. Mr. Kraft is about to move. from Fargo to Jamestown, which will be {his headquarters in the future. eee (MUSIC BY CORRESPONDENCE. .Music by, mail is to be taught by the ‘North ‘American School of.-Mu- ‘sic, incorporated ‘in the secretary: of | state’s Office this week. Williston is the home office, and Sydney L. Parry. Severin M. Severson and Fred. Smith‘the ineofporators. $ : NEW WHOLESALE BRANCH. An important new member of Bis- marck’s fast ‘growing agricultural im- plement jobbing family is a branch -house ‘of; Dauch, Manufacturing compasy of Sandusky, O., featuring the Sandusky farm tractor, C. W. Wambaugh, ‘agent for the southwe: ern quarter of North Dakota, is now seeking stiitable : salesrooms, 2 ee GET ACQUAINTED MEETING. Secretary of State Thomas Hall, President Lewis ‘Crawford:of the state board of regents and some 20 mem- bers of the state legislature from the northwestern ‘quarter of the state par- ticipated in.a “get acquaginted” meet- ing at. the Minot Normal this weex. Hall,,..Crawford and pretty much everyone .else, had something compli- mentary. to Say of the Normal, and a good time was had by all. BIGGEST ‘séeiNESs vert. B. E. Jones, Bismarck agent for the New -York Life Insurance company, is in receipt of a statement to the ef- fect that the company’s paid up busi- ness for the present year, $2,000,100) in round numbers, is the greatest in the ‘history of its operations in North Dakota. The. North Dakota branch office was established at Grand Forks eight years ago. The company has found North Dakota an exczlient field for investment, and during the last year jt returned to this state in death claims loans to policy holde city and farm loans, $76,00) in excess of the premiums collected. eee AN ALL-AROUND MAN. There is a general impression at the capitol that Governor-elect Fra- tier has picked a winner in his pri- vate secretary, N. A. Mason of Wim- bledon. Mr. Mason speaks five lan- guages, Norwegian, German, Ohioan, Towan, Dakotan and plain American. He has had a thorough business train- ing, is accustomed to meeting folks, and has an easy, friendly style of ap- proach, which is calculated to make visitors at the executive offices feel at home. Mr. Mason was born at Cleveland, O., where he spent seven years before taking his parents to Towa, where he was reared. He came to North Dakota 12 years ago. He is a good furniture man and a good insurance. agent, and it is predicted Absolutely Pure Made from Cream of Tarts. tht he will become just-as good a private secretary. s8 FAVORS HIGHWAY COMMISSION. One thing in favor of which Gover- nor-elect Frazier declared during his visit at the capitol this week is the establishment of a state highway com- mission, to which all fees derived from the sale of automobile licenses shall ‘be turned over. Good’ roads ‘are one of the new ‘éxecutive’s hobbies, and it is almost certain that strong recommendations looking toward the betterment of North Dakota highways will be embodied in his jnaneurel ad- dress, eee (MUCH VALUABLE’ INFORMATION. Railroad Commissioner’ ‘Anderson writes from Duluth ‘thatthe’ and his associates of the North’ Dakota com- mission. procyred® much valuable in- formation re; irding ‘tepming! ‘elevat- ors during their stay’ in’ Manitoba’and Ontario, where they found the domin- ion officials anxious to be of the ut- most assistance. The commission ex- pected to devote a couple of days to Duluth and Superior and then to pro- ceed to the Twin Cities, which are the last points included in the ter- minal elevator quiz itinerary. ee HEARING DECEMBER 27. A hearing on the Hettinger county commission’s petition for an injunc- tion restraining the enforcement of ; Governor Hanna’s ouster order will be held next Wednesday before Judge Crawford in the ‘Tenth district court at Dickinson.’ Should a permanent injunction be ‘granted, ‘it will have ‘but three days: to run, s6 far as are concerned two of the commissioners, who were defeated for re-election ‘No- vember 7. Such an order wonld, how- ever, serve as a vindication’ ‘bt ‘the county commissioners, who* tontend the charges of malfeasance “brought against them have ot, ‘been ‘substan- tiated. o——_—______—_—_-» | READERS’ COLUMN ( Aaa Ra Fi reerONelBILITY OF PRESS. ditor Bismarck Tribune. sev Dear Sir: soy The following article is..worth the consideration of your readers, en- titled, “Peace Delayed by Bad Press.” “Students of the ruling press have in recent years frequently pointed out that not a few modern wars were due im great measure to press conspira- cies. Many of our readers may recall the fierce anti-Spanish agitation car- Tied by most of our leading dailies previous to the Spanish-American war. The famous General von Moltke de- clared in his memoirs that most mod- ern wars were precipitated by un- scrupulous, publicists. Premier Koer- ber of Austria in an interview given on December 6, to Carl H. von Wie- gand, correspondent of the, jew York World, expressed‘ the opinién that a Certain sectiomét'thé prews> fas much too with bringingbon: the terrible ‘grapple of nations: -"~~>~ “Upon it,” hévaatd, “‘résts a tremen- dous responsibility, which’ “ft seems neither to feel -por’terealize. That same preas’is largely ‘responsible for the continuation of the’ war and the prevention of peace. Through its false Teports, distortions, and suppressions it distills,-and circulates ‘tneldious mental poisons and. Heeps the, fire of hatred burning. {Y,i.7.." “The tature peace in no small de- Gree lies in an unfettered, independ- ent, but responsible press directed by men who have the good of their coun- try and the world at large at heart.’ “Premier Koetber * considers ex- tremely dangerous to peace and inter- national amity the tendency in some countries to concentrate the owner- ship of a large number of important Newspapers into the hands of one man, perhaps ambitious, even unscru- pulous, who thereby could bring about something like a monopolization of Public opinion. ‘Without the slightest Tesponsibility of answering to the people or to the government,’ said Premier Koerber, ‘such men are more Powerful and exert a greater influ- ence for war of peace than any head of a nation. I believe in an unfetter- ed, independent but responsible press.’ “It is an open secret that the string of newspapers controlled by Lord Northcliffe in England was greatly in- strumental in overthrowing the As- quith cabinet, and tnat it can make and break governments almost at will. In the United States Hearst with his ‘yellow’ dailies does not exercise the same monopolistic opposition among publicists, Nevertheless he wields a tremendous nation-wide influence which, in the event of an international crisis, could swing the balance in fav- or of unjustice and disaster. In the matter of creating a depraved taste, a hankering for prurient sensational- ism, his ‘yellow kids’ have done incal- ulable injury to our country. Still the majority of readers are blind to this terrible calamity in the mental and spiritual life of our people, because they imbibe the poison in daily small doses until it permeates their system and weakens their vision—A. B.” (From Catholic Tribune, ae | Yours truly, VINCENT WEHRLE, " Bishop of Bismarck. B14 @ ’ %? Od