New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1917, Page 6

w Britain Herald. " HERALD pg}a{;fi:fi: COMPANY. ed dafly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. nt., at Herald Building. Church St. {intered at tue Post Office at New Britaln § as Second Class Mail Matter. ivered by carrfer to any part of the city for 15 cents a week, 65 cents a month bscriptions for paper to be sent by mall. payable in advance, 60 cents a month, $7.00 a year. he only profitable advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press room alwavs open to advertisers. he Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling's News Stand, 42nd § f\f\d E\"Ol\fl: way, New York City: Roard Walk, AL lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TRLEPHONE Office Rooms ALLS. O usiness s Hitorial Not Our Friend. One of the things that Iserved to convince us that the [Prussian autocracy can never be jour friend is that from the very resent war it has mmuni- ties, and even our offices of gov- lernment, with spies and set crimi- al intrigues everywhere gainst our national indus nd our commerce. Indeed ow evident that its spi ] ere even before the war besgan. —WOODROW WILSON. have ries iv is ENLIST TODAY. New Britain to h another recruiting campaign— s time a campaign devoted solely the interests of the regular army. non-commissioned officer of the ited States Army, a man who n twenty-two years service, is here tell the young fellows the advan- es of enlistment over conscription. is to be hoped that the young fel- s will even go out of their way to the message which Sergeant Mc- be, U. S. A., brings to New Britain. I is a soldier. He knows the duties a soldier. He further knows the cil which confronts this country Jess the young men of this country ke aside the lethargy which has n theirs and adopt different tac. . The nation needs men. Let the 'n respond. Let them not ck and wait for others to come for- Enlist today. is now face face ha stand CHEAP ENOUGH AT THAT. IWhen assistant chief of the fire de- tment, William J. Noble, leads his -fighters to a conflagration, as he last night, therc is no time lost in ting to the istant chiet and chemical company mber one were scene of activities. The called to Berlin to art the designs of flames that were ing in residence and eatening the entire township. On ough guess the trip from New Brit- to Berlin was made in less than 2 minutes. Considering that emical engine weighs five tons, and at the distance traversed ighborhood of five al speedometer count, four miles | a half,—this was what we might I, in Pickwickian language, % Some”. ut to what did It all avail? er the fast time made from this y to the neighboring township of rlin Chief Noble and gallant w of fire-fighters found themselves Ipless so far as the saving of the rning building was concerned. With ir chemicals, of course, they could rd off the flames from other uses; but they could not hope to mpete with the raging flames that d gained headway in the burning ‘ucture. Had this same house been uated in the city of New Britain, d had Chief fed at the same time they rlin they might have, obably would have, saved the struc- Mre. They would have accomplished llis task because trere is plenty of Biter, and plenty of pr x. ter, Britain. iter for fire-fighters in there a private is in the miles,—by ac- “Go- Even his Noble and his men ar- did in and most ssure on this There no And appara- in New is RBerlin. hen fire is no water, with the exception of the chem- L\l engines which are no good unless 2 blaze is in its incipien ss the mes can be warded off other build- 3s,—fire apparatus, we rthless. The town of Berlin stood st night and watched a sidence burn to the ground. Higul, it e only thing that could be done was line,—the sate-guarding of nearby [-uctures. Never the ghtest chance of saving the burnin ilding. From the the mes were discovered repeat, are idly by very fine It was Tet, it could not be helped. was there moment until the hters of New Britain arrived on the | sne the building was doomed. \Where ere is no water pressure there is no fance of combating worst {emy,—fire. Time and time again le fire question has been brought up | its relationship to Berlin. The peo- '@ of Berlir have been warned of the man’s time, the | ————————————— danger which threatens them. They are in, to all intends and purposes, an isolated community. They are far from competent fire depart- ment. They have none of their own. very house in the town is practical- Iy o fra house. Yet there is no fire protection. There is not a fire en- gine nearer than those of New Britain. It fifty thousand dollars to run a water main from New Britain to Berlin and give the people thero away a e would cost some sufticient pressure with Of this expend- iture the people of New Britain would water which to fight flames. be forced to pay practically nil, while Berlin would be taxed a until the final "he people of Berlin, proposition was first made decided that the price was exorbitant. They would rather pay the high rate of fire insurance now prevalent than pay the city of New the ecight per cent. per an- num for the convenience of city water, for other usages but for the purpose of fighting fires. Last night's catastrophe should set them again to Given a high wind, a burn- nd no water to fight the flames, they may soon find out that all water, even at the rate of per cent., mighty cheap the people of t per hill was paid. cent. car when the to them, tritain not only thinking. ing building, after eight is a commodity. CLEAR THE MUDDLE. Something had to be done with the Food Control Bill to make it more sensible. The agreement to vote upon this bill on the twenty-first day of this month reached only after con- sent has been given by some of the Democratic Senators to a plan where- by the siringent prohibition amend- ment would be modified. This is the rider that has held up the bill all this when the nation is crying for It is the straw which broke the camel's back and made of the Food Control bill a hopeless muddle, as admitted by a prominent Senator. There are many reasons why the Food Control Bill is being held back. Every interest in the country that has something to lose by the enactment of such a law is playing the game of the'I’rollin.ionists in Washington. A concerted effort to destroy the whole scheme of legislation has been made, and is succeeding to some degree. This effort has been expended against other provisions of the hill other than that which specifies prohibition. Thus is the bill nailed to the cross coming and going. The food speculators, the pro-Germans, the anti-Allies, the ex- porters who hope to reap harvests of wealth by shipping foodstuffs out of the country, the men who are trying to bleed the American public are all as guilty as the ‘cranks” fostering the cause of Prohibition at this time when ‘the country is not prepared for a division of sentiment one way or another. This is not time for such petty dickering. The food supply of the country must be controlled while was action, the war lasts. The Senate now has more than nine days in which to debate before the | vote on the bill. When that vote is taken the Bill must as to warrant adoption hy the major- ity of the chamber. Herbert C. Hoov- er's letter to President Wilson should have some weight in this action.. The national food administrator has sol- emnly declared, and he should know, that further delay In enacting food legislation threatens serlous losses to both farmers and consumers. This may hasten action by the agricultural committee which is perfecting the Gore substitute for the Food Control bill now under consideration. This substitute is somewhat similar to the original bill with the exception that power to control other besides food and fuel has been striken out. While prohibiting the manufac- ture of distilled liquors, the substitute bill does not provide for the purchase of stocks now held in bond. The President, should this substitute be adopted, would be given the power to decide in his discretion whether pro- hibition should extend to beer an light wines. Since the President has al- ready declared himself on this subject, in his now celebrated letter to the Anti-Saloon League, there Is little doubt that light wines and beer would be allowed to be manufactured and sold. Presfdent Wilson disappoinicd at the action of Congress be so perfected commodities is undoubtedly in the matter of providing food con- trol legislation. Mr. Hoover's letter, issued from the White House without of this. Nor is he the only one disappointed. comment, is proof sufficent | The whole business has been fraught The people of avraiting the with disappointments. the nation are anxiously day when something will be done to { protect them against the price-boost- ers and extortionists who held the center of the stage ever since the began. Instead of hoping that even something might come of the | vote schefiuled to take place on July 21 the chances are now that the en- tire cfforts expended on the bill are He have five- war wasted and that sent back to both houses for consid- this measure may NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1917. eration, even for another vote in the lower house. There is no doubt that the nation is in a precarious state so far as its food condition is The high cost | manifest now for and the chances that the prices will go higher unless there Is imimnediate Congressional ac- tion. Men of small means and large families are finding it difficult to keep There and concerned. of living has hecn almost three years body and soul together. is all something stringent food situation in the complaint on sides unless is done with (1\:“ near future the to face There is in nation be with the air the clectricity of danger. The sooner Congress realizes the better. Seemingly, the men who were sent to Washington by their constituents in the various Congressional districts have lost sight of thelr mission. They were not sent there to debate and dicker on at this time. They were sent there to pro- tect the people against the crows of | war, the unscrupulous souls who ever may hrought face a social revolution. moral questions arise In moments of peril and prey on | the pocket-books of the and | unprotected. The United States of America ex- perienced the same things it is now facing in the war of 1898. When our boys were called upon to avenge the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor the people at home were made the victims of the food speculators and other artisans who wealk forced up the prices of their wares. It is being done today, and it must stop. We have had twenty years of light between the Spanish War and the World War. We must make use of this experience unless we wish to be branded as children playing while men are fighting the battles of Democ- racy. The one way to bring results is to insist upon sane action from our representatives and Senators at Wash- ington. It would seem they are cap- able of enacting a sane law for the con- servation of the nation’s foodstuffs. THE BASIEST WAY. It was to be expected that the small nations of Europe,—the neutral na- tions,—would become riled at the at- tempt of the United States to put an embargo on foodstuffs out of this na- tion. Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland are smarting under the proc- lamation of President Wilson which will prohibit the exportation of food and fuel from this country unle government and why it is going. We tions. s the knows where it is going are sorry for Yet, the embargo stuffs is nothing more than could be expected circumstances. The United States is at war with Ger- many. It has been at war with Ger- many since the sixth day of During all that time it has shipped foodstuffs,— valuable foodstuffs,— to all the smaller ncutral nations of Eu- rope. And, in return, these small na- tions, either for profit and gain or be- these small’ na- on food- under the April. cause they were afrald of Germany, have sent these American consign- ments into the Imperial empire. Thus they have aided and abetted the ene- my of the United States in waging war against the United States. And, in so doing, they have used products raised in the United States. The scheme had to end sometime. It will end on next Sunday, July 15, when the President’s proclamation goes into effect. The news the aforementioned countries Is not at all flattering to the United States of America. From the columns of the prominent journals in these countrics one gleans the opinion that America is trying to force these neutral nations into the war, and on the side of the Allies. By taking foodstuffs from them they practically brought face to face with starvation, so it is said. That may be all very true; yet we learn from the United States’ reports that these nations are thoroughly capable of tak- ing care of themselves. If they are forced into starvation it must be be- cause they are sending all their own foodstutfs into Germany. Not having the foodstuffs of the United States to send into the Imperial empire they should conserve their own. That is the easiest way out. »aper comment in away are commerce The Liberty Bonds have been bought, the Red Cross has been take the present. The only thing now that remains is to enlist— this, of course, for men only. care of for The House of Hohenzollern is com- ing in for its Spring cleaning—long | neglected. FACTS AND FANCIES. Anyhow, George Creel is not proud to fake.—Berkshire Eagle. And the Boston Journal calls him Charles Chaplin Creel.—DMeriden Rec- | ord. | too Motto of the Order of Gambrinus. | Cheer up! The thirst is yet to come! f —Life. | e As far as the time element is i cerned, China may be called a con- very limited monarch: ‘Waterbury Publican, Re- | Mr, |1y NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE | Collected poems, Davies. slected by the poet himself from work published in the last ten years. Davies has learned much from Herrick, and uses his learning well— not in the least sense plagiarizing, but by his clever choice and treatment of his subjects.—Athenaeum., *ox o by William Henry Dreamer's tales, by Lord Dunsany. “‘Sixteen short imaginative stories which were published in England in 1910."—A. L. A. Booklist P I'rench of today, by P & J. W, Cunliffe. “Selections from Irench newspa- per illustrating the different va- rieties of newspaper writing and de- signed for those ‘who wish to gain a knowledge of modern French and modern France, whether for journal- istic purposes or as a means of gen- eral culture’ Selections are untrans- lated, though a few annotations are given. TIntroduction surveys the de- velopment of the French press. L. A. Booklist. D. de Bacourt e French Windows, by John Avscough. “In a class all by itself—one of the most moving hooks-that the war has inspired.”-—America. e ox Household organizatlon for war serv- ice, by Mrs. T. Q. Franks. .. Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in England, by Joseph Pen- nell. “Reproductions of a series of draw- ings and lithographs of the munition sion and authority of the British gov- ernment with notes hy the art and an introduction by H. G. Wells. oo Mechanical equipment of buildings, by L. A. Harding and A. C. Wil- lard. “Volume 1. heating and ventilation. An cxcellent up-to-date and very complete reference work, dealing vith both the practical and tjeoret- :cal aspects of heating and ventila- tion.”—A_ L. A. Booklist. x . Mounted police life in Canada, by Richard Burton Deane. “From an experience of thirty-one vears in the mounted police service, the author gives an account of pio- neer days in the great Canadlan northwest and of the feats of daring which invested the force with the glamor of romance.”—A. L. A. Book- list. . Municipal engineering practice, by Amory Prescott Folwell. A semi-technical hook occupying new field and of Interest to city engineers and city government board Takes up details of municipal engin- cering thot are usually found scat- tered throuzhout a wide ranze of pe- riodical literature,’ L. Book- list, a 2w ox at war. by George Brandes. ays including a prophecy writ- ten in 1881. He maintains that ‘the war is the logical result of ten years' passionate amd ceaseless competition etween the Central Po and the riple Fntente. Book- World rs Lateas P Tiction. Red Planet, hy William Locke. ‘A story of wartime, but not war. of o x Read to ambition. by Elaine Sterne. | A story of a voung man who, while working in a steel factory, dis a process whereby he s wealthy. How he progresses new position and how he makes use of his wealth goes to make up an in- teresting story.”—Publisher's Note, oo v Tp the Mackay. “A pleasant village in Canada, with people who remind one of New Eng- landers, is the setting for this read- able story.”—A. L. A. Booklist PR hill and over, by M 16 (of Where vour treasure ‘A story of the sea. In search of adventure and a treasure the author takes his hero from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. The hook contains much clean humor and rollicking fun.,"—Publisher’s Note. is, by Holman The Germans are now talking about “peace with honor”, but who is going to supply them with the honor?— Boston Transcript. The college graduates have all gone out to harvest the crops, equipped with mandolins, banjos and baseball masks.—Meriden Journal. When American manufacturers be- gin taking over German patents they will find lots of ihem that sound mighty Yankeefied—3oston Transcript ion into pgohi- me $640,000,000 Our bition this national excur will cost us s ear in lost revenues, tion.—Passaic News: The submarine that turned out to be an oyster stake should offer an ‘M- spirin®@ theme to Mr. Creel.—NeV. York Evening Sun. A Massachusetts joy rider, female persuasion, stole the star from the cop who halted her. Thus does bu- colic authority suffer another jolt at the hands of progress.—Paterson Press-Guardlan. Chinese history today, with its revo- lution, abdications, revolts and count- er revolutions, can be adequately re- corded only by the motion picture camera.—New York Sun. A gentleman of alert busine: per- ceptions intorms us that he has sold his Liberty bond to buy a barrel of whiskey, which he hopes to sell for enough to enableshim to pay his sub- geription to the Red Cross—New York Sun. COMMUNICATED. OLD TIME” “Restricted When There Is No Restriction. “ANY Why Have a District” To the Hditor of the Herald: It is not at all sutprising when so many little petty laws are being made, that some of them are of so little consequence, that perhaps they are forgotten by the vigilent blue- coats, who by the way, are very efli- clent In the duties assigned them by their worthy chief,—W. J. Rawlings. In referring to the matter that fol- lows, it may be a case somewhat similar to that of the lady of the house, that gave her hubby a very important letter to mail on his way to work, as said letter failed to reach its place of destination, it was found a week later in one of hubby’'s pock- ets, he having forgotten to malil it, The curtain lecture he received from his “spouse” caused him to do a song and dance act, that surpassed any ever staged by a minstrel troupe. The article in question relates to the ‘‘re- stricted district” on Main street off from Myrtle. Signs are erected there with the following inscription, plain- visible to the naked eve: ‘“Re- d district; forty minutes stand. to owners of automobiles and other motor vehicles that often- times leave their cars a long while over the allotted time allowed them, and in the meantime, some leave their cars, far from the inside of the curb to the rails of the trolley. that, should a team come along, as is often the case, people wishing to board a car are liable to meet with accident by passing teams. If the law on the present sign is not to be enforced, why not remove it and substitute one to read, “Any old time?” £0 an GG 865 Stanley St. He Explains. (Louisville Courier-Journal.) “How did you get rid of all vour maney ? “Some of it I was touched for and | some of it I was tagged for.” But that's | the least important phase of the ques- | WAKE UP AMFERICA ! o Our Uncle Sam, dear U. S. Goes forth to war again; So volunteer, the hour is here, And Uncle Sam needs men. And women, too, of sterling worth, To watch and work and pray; Let men and women do their best, The country’s call obey. A, We honor German enterprise And German worth and thrift; But like the floating mines they sow The people are adrift. They blindly follow those who seek Ambftious selfish ends. Forsake the good, and war with those Who fain would be their friends. Our fight is with despotic power, Its claim we must resist, Worthy the cause, and ripe the hour | For frecmen to enlist. [The cause, the country needs you now, Needs strong courageous men; We have been victors in the past And shall be yet again. The thug machines called submarines That stab one unawares Must one by oneé by net or gun Be driven irom their lairs | And Uncle Sam will be at hand To help the work along, So take your stand on sea or land Ye stalwart men and strong. Strike down this menzce of the deep, The assassins of the seas; Strike down this iron fist and bring The War Lords to their knees,— They who set the world aflame Through lust for power and fame, Will find but ashes in their 8Tasp, A heritage of shame. The world is being taught today, In Europe’s blood red school, That one-man power must give 8Way And let the people rule. Autocracy has had its day, The star of hope appears To guide a true Democracy Through all the coming years. The fateful hour of stress and storm Bids freemen all unite, Put on the khaki uniform, And battle for the right; Which e'er the country needs, Let every freeman do his best To prove his worth by deeds. To champion the causes of Small nations of the world— Land of the free, thy starry flag Should not again be furled Until the day of victory dawns, And, rippling in the breeze, The flags of every land proclaim The freedom of the seas. WILLIAM GILLEN RODGERS. “Robbing the Cradic.” (Schenectady Union ¥ The most pathetic story that comes from the Kuropean front is the news of thousands of German soldiers, mere boys, lving among the slain. It is not only pathetic but intensely sig- nificant. Germany is doing what the Confederacy did in the last years of the Civil War—'robbing the cradls and the grave,” taking her boys and men too old to serve under former military law and placing them on the firing line. Boys of sixteen and seveu- teen are among the dead and prison- ers, and many men whose age entitles them to exemption have been forced to fight. Tt is the heginning of the end for Germany. If Russia “‘comes hack,” done the past week. then Germany will taste a defeat that will not end L till the Allies are on German soil and the Kaiser sues for peace. With Rus- ! lied armles reinforced with thousands of American soldiers on the western front, Germany will be slowly crushed between the jaws of a glant machine that will bring sure defeat to her forces. Or work the shop, the mine, the farm, | | houses to let | homes. or if she continues to fight as she has | sia on the eastern front, and the Al- | : ~ The Small Town Sheet. (Paducah, Ky., Sun) No daily newspaper, however well edited, can take the place of the small town weekly if the publisher knows his business. The latter has a hold on the hearts and lives of the people that cannot be loosened by any outside newspaper, daily or otherwise. The small town weekly is a personal friend of every man, woman and child in the community. Tt furnishes the first reading lesson for the toddler who has just learned the alphabet. In its columns are recorded the child's progress through school, his departure for college and the record he made there, his marriage and his business career in the distant ci Tt tells of the tragedies and comedies in the lives af those who are neighbors and ac- quaintances. Tt gives the gossip of the hour and the news of the day and dis- cusses subjects that are of interest to all who can <can its pages, Its editor is a sort of father confessor to cvery- body. The home town newspaper is as essential to a town as the retail mer- chant. The extent of the prosperity of the town depends upon how well the merchant and editor pull together, Once in a while the remark is heard that the life of the small town weekly or the life of the small town merchant is threatened by interests now central- izing in the larger cities, hut 1s not true. The community is local merchant is safe and is safe so long as we arc alert to our nelzhborhond and do the things that she to promote community welfars this afe. the the editor Whiskers in War. (Syracuse Post-Standard.) When, during the Spainsh-Ameri- can War, the Spanish officers met Americans for the first time in friend- Iy communication, at the capitulation of Santiago, thev were surprised to find that the American soldier was clean shaven. Few officers in the United States service affect either mustache or heard. As a rule they are hetter look- ing than the Continental soldier. The barbarian trims his beard and hailr to become frightful in the eyes of his enem The bearskins and shakos of Napoleonic armies were adopted to add height— and fright- fulness to the appearance of the sol- dier. All, or nearly all, of the European armies encourage the mustache. The higer the mustache the fiercer the soldier. The French soldiers call themselves ‘poilus” as a tribute to their hairiness of visage. When the British went into the war the young men composing the army were as smoothly shaven as the American private. But lack of safety razors—for razor factories are turn- ing out shrapnel—has given then the appearance of continental warriors. When we send our soldiers to France, let them have this distinction —that in the kit thre shall be a razor, and at the approach of a clean-shav- en man in uniform shall indicate that here comes an American. Tittle Surprises. (Portland Express.) “No, sir; your watch doesn't need any repairs or even cleaning. You simply forgot to wind it." “Gentlemen, the conductor has acked us to move forward in the car. Come on: there's plenty of room.” “Certainly you deserve a raise in your salary. You have been doing splendid work and we appreciate it."” Tt was all my own fault I was knocked down. T got right in the way of your automobile.” o, sir, this isn’t the genuine olive oll. That's the reason it is so cheap.” No Objection From the Objector. (Manchester Union) When it comes to a question of soaking the producer and the con- sumer and letting the speculator get away with his graft, we are a con- scientious objector and we don't care who knows it. Hard Task for Argentina. (Baltimore American) Argentina demands reparation from Germany for torpedoing of Argentine vessels. If she gets it the other na- tions will be curious to know how she did it. “Behind the Bars. (Detroit Free Press!) “How long are you in for?” asked the new convict. Six months,” was the reply. I see. Just doing your little bit, eh?" HOUSES SCARCE IN HOLDLAND. Man Seeking Rent. Is Man Without . Friends. (Correspondence of the Asso. Press). Amsterdam. Netherlands, June 26. —The house-hunter in Holland in the days of the great world-war of 1917 is assuredly an object for pity. The searcity of houses for rent at Am- sterdam, the Hague and other cen- ters has greatly increased ‘because of war's interference with the house- bullding industry and of the influx of fareign population into the Nether- Jands. At the Hague, for instance, of Belgians alone there are thousands who have temporarily settled. The Jack is particularly felt in respect of apartments—the Dutch “upper house’ or “lower house’—ranging between §200 and $300 in rent. So keen was the hunt after houses in Amsterdam recently that high rewards were offered for addresses of Races have taken place and bribing has been practiced to find If in the morning a house was to let, in the afternoon it was let. In the brief meantime thirty or forty prospective tenants had rung the hell and asked to see it. The result is that landlords have be- come more and more particular, and tneir demands have multiplied. A special law was passed by parliament to prevent the undue inflation of rents, so that the natural effect of the demand has heen artificially pre- vented. Certain classes of houses are unobtainable save by purchase, and purchase prices have risen enor- mously, certain houses changing hands rapidly at an ever-mounting price. ERZBERGER SON OF INDUSTRIOUS TAILOR Leader of Centerist Party in Reich« stag Won Fame Though S Matthias Erzberger, one of the leading personalities in the present German crisls, is a schoolmaster. He is the son of a poor tallor, and to this fact he largely owes his sudden rise to popularity from among the / members of the Clerical party in the | b of Humble Birth. MATHIAS ERZBERGER Reichstag. A brilllant speaker, Erze berger is a politician and an opportu- nist above all else. He senses eatdy coming changes in the political ate mosphere and shapes his course acs' cordingly. Born in 1875, Erzberger received his university education through the aid of a wealthy friend. His father could not afford to send him to col- lege. He studied international law ' | and political economy in Switzerland, and subsequently wrote several books . on political and economic subjects. He early identified himself with the’ Christian labor union movement, serving in 1897 as delegate to the Zurich International Labor Congress. He was elected to the Reichstag in 1903, as a member of the Center party. His constituents are Cath- olics, and mostly small farmers. A® soon as Erzberger became a memben of the Relchstag he grew appreciably conservative. As the representative of the petty land owners, he was, however, much more progressive than: the nobles and agrarian magnates who make up the majority of the Center. He therefore became one of the leaders of ihe small liberal wingd of the Center, as opposed to the large reactionary wing of this Cler- fcal party. Brzberger's recent declaration in ‘the Reichstag committee could, there= fore, never have been made on behalf of the entire Central group, as the veteran leader of the latter is Dr. Spahn. Hrzberger spoke only for himself and the several progressiva members of the Center. His speechy however, is a sure indication of a deep change of sentiment among the German people. There are about! 170,000 members in the Christian la< bor unions of the German empirey If Erzberger, their leading spokesmarn in the Reichstag, found it necessa to come out against annexations an® i indemnities, it could only be becausg \ he considered it too dangerous nof to do so. GOES INTO DISCARD) National Editorial Association to Take Up Cudgel Against En- thusiastic Press Agents. Minneapolis, July 12.—Opposition to free advertising and publicity bl newspapers of the country was voiced by speakers at the National Editorial association convention here. 8. Gy Goldthwaite of Boone, Ia., president o the Towa Press association, recomq mended the appointment of a fleld secretary to conduct a campaigy against free advertising Necessity for organization, economy and co-operation among newspapell publishers was emphasized in the res port of the executive committeey which was presented by G. E. Hosmen of Denver, chairman. His repor{ dealt with the efforts of publishers ta obtain print paper at reasonabld prices and also touched on econo- mies which should be practised by publishers. “I would estimate,”” he said, “tha® the work done by this organization and by the various other press and editorial organizations of the coun< try has saved and will save the newsa< paper publishers during 1917 at least $25,000,000 over what they would have had to pay had the fight not been taken up by us a year agos The report said the censorship question had been settled “fairly sat< isfactorily,” and that mnewspapers’ should be careful not to#misuse theif privileges. Of postage rates the report said a fair hasis would be one which tooH into account the difference between a publisher sending his paper 2,000 miles and one whose mailing limit wag two miles. Mr. Hosmer took excep< tion to the imposition of a 5 per cent/ tax on the profits of newspapers and’ said that while willing to pay thelr just share of added war burdeng newspapers should not he compelled to pay any additional tax not levied on other businesses, ) £,