The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 27, 1918, Page 4

i | SE a ae Pettis ’ parts, first thing in the morning. BISMARCK DAILY ‘TRIBUNE MONDAY, MAY. 27,: 1918: THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Entered at the Postoffice, Bismarck, N. D., as Second Class Matter GEORGE D. MANN : : : G. LOGAN PAYNE COMPANY, Special Foreign Representative NEW YORK, Fifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Bldg.; BOSTON, 3 Winter St.; DETROIT, Kresege Bldg.; MINNEAPOLIS, 810 Lumber Exchange. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- lished herein. ; All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. ce MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Daily by carrier per year. Baker «$6.00 Daily by mail per year Daily by mail per year (in state)... ae Daily by mail outside of North Dakota...... SUBSCRIPTION RATES (In North Dakota) Editor One year by mail.... Rca emo ane sacra’ | 8, |) Six months by mai oie, 2.00 Three months by mail.........-ssceseeeeeee 1.00 (Outside of North Dakota) One year .. aes $5.00 Six months 2.50 Three months . 1.25 One year «$6.00 Six mont . 3.00 ‘three mont + 1.50 One month .. «50 THE STATE'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER. 4 (Established 1878) fe ad THE MONEY WELL SPENT There is much satisfaction in studying the map showing where the Red Cross funds go. The big sums of the money thus far spent have been devoted to the peoples who most needed help. Figuring on the per capita basis, it is Belgium, Russian Poland, Serbia, Rumania’ and Armenia, that have got the bulk of the funds. True, France has received over $30,000,000 and is therefore an exception, among the big nations receiving. Red Cross: aid.. But, France once saved us, and. we must save her now, though every true American in the land go broke. We read that hereafter good 5-cent cigars will cost 6 cents. Hurray! All the good 5-cent cigars we ever saw cost a dime. ‘ i BASTING A NIGHTMARE If. there’s one amusement we like better than others it is beating up a nightmare of. standing. Here, for instance, is this shark-toothed U-boat nightmare, which we can now take by the ears. bite its riose, andkick its.shins a plenty with our copper-toed boots.) >‘) ‘ ; . “Fifty new ships ‘of major size in June! More} in July. Still more’ in, August. We're ‘going to choke the seven seas with American shipping!” Thus proclaims Bainbridge Colby, ‘United States shipping. commissioner... lis Harking’ back'to' figures,:it is discovered that Germany never has destroyed 50 major ‘ships in a month, and, with the; increasing means of put- ting down U-boats ‘so that they stay down, she never will be able'to do it; “In other words, Amer- ica alone is going to: defeat-the U-boat. More- over, what America dogs in ‘shipbuilding, dyring the next three, months, Wwill be only the begin- nings, only. the initial harvesting of a year and more of preparation and organization. It will be far from a demonstration of all she can and will do. She'll be able to “choke the seven seas,” be- fore very long. Because she’s America! Of course, there will be U-boats. There are still some rattlesnakes in Ohio and plenty to be found elsewhere, but folks don’t wake up in the night hearing them hiss and move into other The U-boat menace, considered as a fatal bar to our war aims, is'’a“dead'one; and we take pleasure’in kicking that old nightmare about the bedroom. ’ Qur sympathy always goes to a man who is a drum major. How does he ever live up to the job when he isn’t parading? GIVE OUR SLAVS A CHANCE There are in this country thousands of men of Slavic birth who ‘failed to take out naturalization napers and’ who are therefore classed as: enemy aliens because they were born, subjects of . the Austrian crown. They are the Czecho-Slovaks, Jugo-Slavs, Ruthenians and Slavonians. But if you were to search America over you could not find’ men who more bitterly hate German and Austrian rule. Their forefathers for centuries were ground under the heel of Austrian-German oppressors. Their language was forbidden. Their customs outlawed. Their rights trampled upon. Drinking of the bitter cup the Hun forced them to drain, they have never given up their steadfast dream of liberty and nationality. When we en- tered the war and these men were drafted they were glad to garb themselves in khaki and fight for Uncle Sam. It was their heaven-sent chance to even up a score written by the Hun in blood and tears. y And then last winter these men of the subject races were told they were not wanted. They were enemy aliens, because subjects of an empire their very baby lips had been taught to curse. They were told they could take their honorable discharge and go back tq their places of employ- ment. But many of them did not leave. They wanted to do something in the war against tyran- ny. So they were put upon “permanent fatigue” and given various unsoldierly jobs. Still they stuck. f Now men who display that kind of spirit, men who constitute some of the finest fighting mate- allow members of those subject races to help us do the fighting. There should be a place in the ranks for every Slav who wants to identify him- self with America and the American army. The war department should recommend and congress should pass laws that would take these men out of their impossible position. They are not enemy aliens. They are decid- edly friendly aliens born in a land which is their enemy and ours. England, Canada, France welcome them into their armies. Why should not we? Why should these men, whose work has been manifest in the ,upbuilding of so many of our industries, be forced to go elsewhere to do their fighting? If we lose these good citizens now we lose them forever. If England, Canada and France extend to them the hand of full fellowship, they will never come back here. The lands that give them a coveted opportunity to fight will be the ones in: which they will dwell when the battling is over and the victory won. Xenie and Olga Romanoff, daughters of Nick Romanoff, have been doing the family laundry work of late. The Romanoff family will eventu- ally be of some value to the world if only as an example. Veterinary surgeons are experimenting in an effort to make the army mule lose his desire to bray. If they succeed, there’s no limit to the good they might do, beginning with city council- men and going on up to United States senators. England reports a shortage of hairpins. How on earth do the poor women button thier shoes and gloves and open locks when they’ve lost the keys? And what do they use as a substitute to hold in their. mouths when they’re combing their hair or putting on a veil? | WITH THE EDITORS | FARM LABOR The weather in this section of the northwest this spring has been ideal for the starting of ‘the farm crops. Nothing more clearly approaching perfection could be imagined than the conditions which have prevailed. Not only. have the condi- tions been right for the crops, that have been planted, but the unusual. length .of ;the'.season has.made possible:the planting of a-much larger acreage: than in ordinary years: Farmers: gen- erally haye taken advantage. ‘of these conditions. The reports indicate a slightly ‘iter ised ‘acreage of wheat and.a very largely increased acreage Of the coarser. grains-and of flax. All of these grains are urgently needed locally or in the general mar- kets, and the proper. planting of additional acres is both an. important public service and a decided advantage to the individual who, with the enlarged acreage and the prevailing high prices, will rea] increased returns from their fields. Ast “This advantage to the nation‘ and to the indi- vidual, however, is conditioned: not. alone, on the proper planting of, the erop afid the right weather conditions during its period of growth, but in its successful harvesting. Grain in the field isof no service to anyone. It must be cut and shocked and threshed before the work of distributing it to the places where it is needed can be begun. And the harvesting of the crop depends on the quantity and quality of the labor that is avail- able for this work. Under ordinary conditions of growth there is not enough labor resident in the state of North Dakota to harvest the crop of North Dakota. Always we must import harvest labor, and some- times it must be imported in very large quanti- ties. This year the supply of labor available for this purpose is restricted. Military demands have taken into another field of activity some two mil- lion men within the past year, and this number will be greatly increased before the year is over. Many of these men have gone directly from the farms, and a very large number of the others are men who, under ordinary conditions, would have been available for farm work. The manufactur- ing industries which have been expended to meet the needs of the war have not drawn heavily on the farms directly for their supply of labor, but they have drawn heavily on those who would otherwise have been available for farm work. _ Under the circumstances it is imperative that CHICAGO. no time be lost in making careful and comprehen- Corn— a eee sive plans for supplying the labor needed at the| june ...... Tor 18Tig" 136%: 135% right time. _ Exact information must be obtained July + 139% 187% 187%! 137% as tothe number of men not now on the farms mae: 1 Wy THO TAM who will be required to care for this crop. Then|July .... 65% 66% 65% 65% there must be a careful investigation into the Rae i050" oar 4047 labor that can be drawn from the towns and cities} July ...... ; 40.60 40.15 40.55 within the state. This done, we will know how] }#rd— OS many men must be obtained from the outside, and 3 24.55 24.95 24.42 steps must be taken to see that these men are|;,, oB'08 21.85 21.97 : 22.50 22.30 22.45 forthcoming. In the villages and cities of the state there are many men who, if the rgiht methods are em- ployed, can be enlisted in farm work during the time when the demand is greatest. That period is the dull time in the cities. There are clerks, students and others who could spend a couple of weeks in the harvest fields with advantage to themselves and to the farmers. Arrangements are being made elsewhere for the utilization of this labor. Similar arrangments should be made here. If‘ this is done, and if the proper spirit of cooperation is shown on both sides, while this will not solve the*harvest labor problem, it will rial in the world, should not be rejected upon a technicality. We are fighting to make subject races'free. It is inconsistent to say we will not aid materially in its solution. This, should be done promptly and thoroughly.—Grand. Forks Herald. FROM C mil een | tut VOL ( MARKET SELLS OFF ON NEWS New York, Highly irreg- war price movements occurred in. the early stages of today’s stock market. Rails made: only: fractional gains. on the substantial’ ‘advances in freight and :shipping' rates,’ while industrials, notably war issues. were . distinctly heavy.’ Bulletins suggesting: a renew- al of. the German°offensive in France | Flax, 383@395. } Ribs 21.30@21.92. and announcement of President Wil sons’s intention toaddress' ‘congress on revenue legistation: accounted for the unsettlement. ' Liberty bonds were steady. pains ie Three important, and» conflicting news events distracted the stock mar- ket today and: unsettled prices. At the opening rails were firm to strong on the order of the director general fixing increased. freight and passen- ger rates. Thep came the war Dul- letins indicating’ fresh German of. fénsive on the western front, and in- dustrials and “'specialties ‘became’ heavy. ‘On announcement later of the presi- dent's intention to address congress today on war revenues the market generally. sold. off. MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. (Minneapolis, ‘Minn., May 27—Wheat receipts 213 cars, compared with 420 cars a year-ago. Corn, No. 3 yellow. 145@155. ‘Oats, No. & white 72 1-2@74 1-2. CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, May 27.—Corn—No 2 yel- low 118@N4; No. 8 do 158@(168; No. ‘Oats No. 3 white 72 1:2@74 42; standard 753-4@763-8. ‘Rye No. 2 nominal; No. 3, 190. Barley 125@146. Timothy 500@800. Clover 1800@2800. ‘Pork nominal. Lard 24.02. ‘DULUTH GRAIN. ‘Duluth, Minn., May 27.—Business in coarse grains was light. Oats closed 1 1-2 cents off and barley unchangea for the spot article. Closing: Linseed on track 3.88 12; in store 3.88; ‘arrive 3.88 1-2; May 3.88 asked; July 3.91 1-2;' October 3.58 bid. Oats o ntrack 71@74. Oats on track 71@74. GRAIN RECEIPTS. Duluth, Minn., May 27.—Elevator re- coipts of domestic grain—wheat 9,300 bushels, last year 132,600. Shipments: Wheat ,8,200 ‘bushels. last year 4,900; corn. 21,000; oats 2,- 400 bushels; barley. 17,200. Duluth car inspection: Wheat, Nos. 1 and 2 northertt, 2; ‘No. 3, 1; total wheat 3 yearg ago 113. Oats 1; year ago, 3; barley 1, year ago 5. Total of all grains 5; year, ago 134; on track 28. CORN TAKES SLUMP. Chicago, May 27—Corn prices took decided downward swings today, in- fluenced by the favorable weather. Likelihood of enlarged receipts tendea also to give the bears an advantage. ‘Opening quotations, which ranged from the same ag, Satusday’s finish to 1-2 cent lower with June 137 and July DAILY MARKET REPORT APITAL) _—o 2 slight rally and then by material de- clines. Oats sympathized with the weak- ness of corn. Trade was light. After opening a shade to 3-8 cents lower, with July 65'5-3 to 65 7-8; the mar- ket reacted somewhat, and later un-' derwent a fresh sag. : Provisions showed ates ef-, ih fects 'fronf setbacks Hogs. overng. by ir than’a complete’ offset? GENERAL IN iNew’ York, .May 27.—Confusion in the stock market became general to- day, comimissijn ‘houses contributing to the setback (by onferings for inter- ior account. "" Karly" railroad, gains were’ surrender, 'and!‘in’ eading, Can, adian' Pacifi¢, ‘St. ‘Paul ‘Baltimore ang Ohio ‘and"'New:-havén ‘a¢tual? losses ranged from 1 to 2 12! potnta’3United States stéei’ was consistelitly® heavy, reacing ‘altfidst ‘two points with related industrials. Equipments lost 1 to 3 1-2, shippings 1 to 2, and motors, oils, tobaccos and alcohol 1 to 4 points. U. S. Steel and rails led the moderate rally at noon. Liberty 4’s made a néw low on the decline from 97.44 to 97.34. The 3 12’s sold at 98.98 to 99; first 4’3 at $94.70 to 94.78 and second 4’s ar 94.60 to 94.90. FLAXSEED SLIPPERY. Duluth, Minn., May 27.-The market in flax seed was extremely nervous today. ‘At the start prices were ad- vanced on ‘the execution of accumulat- ed buying orders, but that trade filled, declines set in with considerable liqui- dation in evidence. The prospect of an increased acreage being seeded to flax was used as a,club over the market, May closed 1 1: 2cents off; July 4 cent off and October 2 cents off. $15.86 @17.10; ~ STOCK MART PURSE SEL eS LIVESTOCK | | 7 —? CHICAGO. Chicago, May 27.—Hogs—receipts, 46,000; dull; bulk 1705@1735; light; 1700@1740; mixed, 1680@1740; heavy, 1600@1725; ough, 1600@1640; pigs, 1500@1740.~ Cattle, 13,000; firm; native ‘steers, 1050@1760; stockers and feeders, 925 |@1365; cows and heifers, 725@1490; calves, 800@1460. Sheep, 13,000; firm; sheep,” 9750 | 1485; ‘lambs, 1326@1710; springs, 1490@1975. Sry ™ “CHICAGO STOCK. Chicago, May 27.—Hogs receipts 46,- 00; slow, 20-cants under Saturday's average, bulk 16.90@17.25; light $16.90 @17.30; ‘mixed 16.70@173 heavy rough ‘15.85@16.30; pigs 15.00@17.40. ‘ : $0. ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK. «| * *South ‘St. Paul, May 27.—Hogs re ceipts 7,300; 20 cents’ lower,: range $16.75@16.95; bulk: $16.90@16.95. Cattle receipts 2,000; killers steady, steers 37.50@17.00; cows and heifers $8.00@14.00;~ veal calves-steady, $7.00 @13.00; stockers and feeders slow and weak, $6.50@11.00. » ‘Sheep receipts 70; steady; lambs $10.00@19.00; wethers $7.00@18.50;, ewes $500@13.00. 4 : a MINNEAPOLIS ‘FLOUR. (Minneapolis, Minn:, May \27.—Flour unchanged. Shipments 43,954 barrels. Rye, 192@194. Barley 110@140. - Bran 28.25@33.25. Lobster’s. Shell. The shell‘of the lobster is imbued with a black or bluish pigment, se- creted. by the true skin, which also gives out the calcareous matter after each moult, so that time and pigment are blended together. This pigment becomes red in water st'the tempera- ture of 212 degrees Fahrenheit. See Douglas Fairbanks in “The ‘Americano,” tonight at,the Orpheum. Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. a RESP AG “PUTTING THE GRIN INTO THE FIGHT” Herb, trying to make camp three minutes before taps: “Say. can’t you get me out there faster than this?” 139 3-8 to 139 1-4, were followed by a Chauffeur: “Oh, yes, I could, but I’m not allowed to leave Falirost:"*“Dia‘they annul my flivver.” IDLERS MUST BE FORCED TOWORK |Vigorous Enforcement of the Vagrancy Law Is a Pub- lic Necessity. . CUT OUT THE SENTIMENT Outy of Every Citizen te” Report Neighbor or Acquaintance Who Won't Work and. Demand Sheriff Enforce Laws. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Washington.—Most communities all "lover the United States are enforcing, or preparing to enforce the vagrancy laws very vigorously. There is a na- tlon-wide sentiment of utter detesta- tion. for the man so small of spirit as tobe willing to-do nothing during the supreme hour’ of all human history. There is a general determination all over America that such men are go ing to be-forced to work, without de- lay or ceremony. However, in go vast a land there may be a few communities, here and there, where sentiment has not be’ come sufficiently aroused to echo this general demand which’ resounds ‘over the country. If there is,a place where farmers are looking for help, and, at the same time,’ loafers are hanging round the depot, the stores and the Fool rooms, those farmers themselves are soriewhat to ‘blame—unless they demand’ of the sheriff and local off. cers an absolute and unylelding ap- Plication of the vagrancy, law,, A field man ‘of. the ‘United: States wrote this from agricultural states?” “” 3 “Entirely too much labor, rural as well as city, fs slacking. The com- pulsory work law ts not belng en forced as well as it should. For sentimental reasons some persons hesitate to report a’ neighbor or ac quaintance who ts idle and won't work, . . . My idea is that the first thing to do {fs to clean up the loafing habit.” *. “For Sentimental Reason!” Maybe you feel that way. ‘Perhaps Bill Smith, whom you knéw well, and rather like in a casual, eort of fash- fon, .1s .a;,chronic loafer... He: 1s 9 harmless enough wretch,.and you just hate té make a. complaint’ against Bili—“for sentimental: reasons!” © No ‘doubt, “for sentimental reasons,” you hate'to think of your. son: being killed—but. it was the prougest day of your life when you watched him March away to fightin France... By the way, Bill Smith, the loafer, must have a different brand ‘of: sentiment from ‘your son’ and.\;yourself—the “sentimental. reasons”: that’ iuspelled your boy to rush ‘to the colors at the first call’ don’t seem’ to: have: moved Bill: very. much. For some reason— sentimental. or ,otherwise—he .ts still sticking to his old jJob—whittling io front of the post office. fs If your son dies in France—gives his life fighting for the freedom of;,Amer- \ica—fighting for the freedom of that very Bill Smith, ‘the: -loatér—how much do you think your grief will be assuaged by the reflection that even ff your boy did have to die your “sentimental reasons” have been eus- tained: and Bill is still loafing to his heart’s content. If: your soldier gon makes the supreme sacrifice how much consolation will you find in the knowledge that If Bill Smith, the loaf- er, whom you shielded “for sentimen- tal reasons” had been ' forced to work on some war job more food and supplies might have been sent to era and. your. boy might. have wed. z of the?important * Make Every ldler ‘Work. Maybe your con ‘isn't ‘at ‘the front soon, and the longer you, delay. “for sentimental, reasons” in. seeing that your friend Bill.Smith, the-Joafer, is not sent to’ the chain gang ior the farm, the longer {t will ‘take your boy and his compantons to: do their job. Maybe you have no sons. But your neighbors. have—and they ‘are over there. But don’t, allow your “senti- mental reasons” to be directed to them! Oh, no! Don't try to help the noble boys from your county who started out for hell with a smile just because they are real Americans! Don't let your. sentiment turn to them —but be sure and protect Bill Smith who {snot fighting, nor working, not doing anything except encumbering the face of \the earth with a useles care cass. Be sure.and_refrain from com- plaining to the sheriff about him— “for. sentimental _reasons!"-* Between vagabonds and heroes let your'“senti- mental reasons” flow to the first, of course! When the. casualty lists come out you won't be saddened! You can banish all grief by saying: “Oh, well, these ‘fine lads are dead, but worthless Bill. Smith is eafe! T lived up to my. sentimental reasons! I kept him from having to work, even if reat men had to die. while he loafed.” Sentimental reasons! See — that every idler in your county goes fo the rock pile or goes to work—“for senti- mental reasons!” Gave Diggers Strike. Shamokin, Pa—Grave diggers em- Dloyed in the Shamokin cemetery say that $2 a day is.too little for their work, and they have gone on strike for an increase in ‘wages. Ba pune aektal a Had a Right to Be Peeved. “Blings missed an important engage- ment the..other.day.,because of the transportation ‘Sittiation and now he thinks he’s got a good case against the train?” “No—they ran it on tim’“<Buffalo department of agriculture::recently ‘ yet—but he ts certain to be there 4) Lied —&. | | —— ¥