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PLAN EXEMPTIONS
FOR RECRUITING
America to Guard Against Crip
pling Factories Needed in
Conduct of War.
EXAMPLE IN ENGLAND SEEN
National Consumers' Leaguo Warns
Against Abolishing the Labor Reg
ulatlon of Hours Watch Labor
Situation Carefully.
WuMlilngton. IJoforo t lie greater
American nrmy Ih raised the council of
national dofotiHo Ih expected to jiubllHli
u llHt of those tradoH that can host
wpuro men for the army, or a llHt of
UiOHo willed should not deplete their
Industrial forces. The lahor committee
of the ndvlxory committee of the coun
cil of national defense held a confer
ence In Washington with lahor leaders
and manufacturers at which plans
wcro formulated for taking stock of
tho labor resource.') of the country.
The- United States expects to profit
by the experience of Kngland and
Ifrance, where In the rush of raising
the first hlg armies men were taken
from trades upon which tho efllclent
conduct of the war depended, and It
was found that the nation would have
been better off If some of the trained
and skilled artisans had remained In
their factories. Also In England there
was a letting down of Inbor regulations
which resulted In such Impairment of
output that tho elghMiour day for
women and the universal day of rest
were restored.
In connection with tho ascertain
ment of what trades can best spare
men for war, President Italph Peters
of tho Long Island railroad recently Is
sued a statement to his employees In
which he said that trulued railroad
workers would bo of moro service to
tho country In keeping tho roads In ef
llclent operation than they would be
In tho army or navy.
Tho first call for r.00,000 men will
make a severe drain upon some Indus
tries, and In tho early stage of pre
paredness of tho country those in au
thority In Washington wish to muko
sure that tho Industries the country
needs to conduct tho war most vigor
ously will not bo crippled.
English War Induotrles.
In this connection there Is Interest In
Knglnnd's list of "war Industries' fixed
upon after tho experience of the crip
pling of Industries at the start of tho
war. Tho lines of work which the Hrlt
lsh government maintained as neces
sary follow:
Ilnttcrleii
Illrnelilnp; and dyeing
nrcworlcn
Iirlckynrd.i
IlniBlnnaldntr
Button Industry
Candles, Kremc.tullow
Coincnt, lima
Charcoal
Chemical Industry
Coko
Cooporngo
Knuincerlng
Kooil
Foundries
Furnlturo
Olnnn
Hats
Iron and steel
Jewelry (cheap)
Ieathor
Linoleum
Lumber
Mai tin if
MnttroB-cs
MM ills
Military Insignia
Miss Maude Wefworo, president cf tie
National League for Woman's ftvrv-
Ice: Mrs. I'hlllp N. Moore, head of ih"
Nntfonal Council of Women; hT'v i work even for women employed In war
Alice Carpenter, c l elrman of tho wov
fin's section of tin Women's National
Service school, and Mrs. J. Willis
Merlin, chairman of the board of dl
lec'ors of tho Natlcnnl Leaguo for
Women's Service, the league called at
tention to those dangers.
"The Impulse to service," tho letter
Mild, "prompts eager men and women
to give their all sons, fortunes,
strength, homes, efforts of every kind
to the country In war time. In their
zeal and haste there Is danger that tho
safeguards of tho life, health and
vigor of working people will ho lost,
and upon them success depends. In
the whole Industrial history of the
country we have never faced so criti
cal a moment. The United States Is
beginning preparedness on a colossal
scale, and the wage-earners are called
on to exert their fullest working ca
pacity. They will respond to the call.
It Is of supreme Importance for the
elliclency of the nation as a whole that
the energies of the army should be
kept at their highest pitch.
The league's warning wild that at
he beginning of the war ICngland had
Mispendcd laws llfiltlng the hours of
siioDlIes factories: that tlic impair-
nitifit of output in a few months led to
an olllclal Investigation which In turn
brought radical recommendations re-
iMirdlnir the limitation of emergency
measures, as n result of which the
weekly day of rest was restored and
the eight-hour shift for women went
Into effect In all government munU
lion works, and overtime was curtailed
In all establishments. The leaguo made
these recommendations :
1. Preserve short working hours,
wherever they exist.
2. Maintain the present minimum
of sanitation and safety.
a. Keep the children In school, by,
means of scholarships where neces
sity. ' , .
-I. Uphold tho standard of living for
the family, whether the chief wage
earner Is a soldier at the front or
working on untlonal supplies at homo.
The appeal was signed by Mrs.
norence Kelley. general secretary of
tho league, and Miss Paulino Gold
mark, research secretary.
Juniors of Washington Society Doing Their Bit
WASHINGTON. In tho broad and ever Increasing work of organizing move
mcntH for preparedness at home without bumpering work for relief
abroad, tho fact has been lost to sight that tho Juniors of society aro "doing
their bit." Parents nnd older broth
ers and sisters have, per force, occu
pied the foreground In this Incessant
demand upon tlmo nnd means, but
through tho winter younger brothers
mid sisters, particularly tho Httlo
iwomen, many of whom will remain
In the social background for several
years, have not lost an opportunity to
laid in bringing Into various fund!)
dollars for tho help of unfortunate
(children of tho war.
Chief among these children's or-
vwwnvn- . taanlzatlons Is the Junior Society of Colonlnl Dames, composed of youn;
daughters of Colonial Dumes, who stimulate the spirit of practical phll
PRESIDENT POINTS OUT HOW ALL W HtLM
TO FARMERS Increase tho production of your land and co-operate
In the sale and distribution of your products.
TO MEN AND BOYS Turn In hosts to the farms to help cultivate and
harvest tho vast crops Imperatively needed.
TO MIDDLEMEN Forego' unusual proflto and "organize and expedite
shipments of supplies."
TO RAILWAY MEN See to It that there shall be no "obstruction of
any kind, no Inefficiency or slackened power" of the "arteries of
the nation's life."
TO MERCHANT8 Take for your motto, "Small profits and quick serv
Ice." TO SHIPBUILDERS Speed construction of ships, for "the life of
the war depends upon" you.
TO MINERS If you "slacken or fall, armlen and statesmen are help
less." TO MANUFACTURING MEN "Speed and perfect every process," for
your "service is absolutely Indispensable" to the nation.
TO GARDENERS By creating and cultivating gardens you can help
"greatly to solve the problem of feeding the nations."
TO HOUSEWIVES Eliminate wastefulness and extravagance.
TO EDITORS AND ADVERTISING AGENCIES Glvo widespread
circulation and repetition to this appeal.
or
un-
thropy In many ways while increasing' among themselves and their young
friends knowledge of what their forbears did In laying the foundations of the
United States.
The boys of this largo group of society nlrcady are responding to the
Inpneal of tho Junior Patriots of America, Just organized by Mr. Hamilton
(Fish, Jr., Mrs. Oliver Harrlman, Mr. J. Beaumont Spencer and Mr. Robert
Ingersoll Brown. There are several military organizations, such as the
(Knickerbocker Grays, in and near this city, which for many years have In
stilled the spirit of mllltury discipline into the rising generations of boys,
:flttlng many of them for service In tho National Guard, In which they have
risen to high rank.
But tho girls also have their won: to do in this emergency, and what they
have accomplished Is only a suggestion of what daughters of leading families,
still in their teens, Intended to do.
Ono of tho chief organizers of this work was Miss Marlon K. Hoffman,
dnughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Iloffninn, and she, herself, sold nearly 100 tickets
at $2 each. One of her chief aids was Miss Cathlccn Vanderbllt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbllt.
Flags Very Much in Evidence at the Capital
lif ASIIINGTON this last two or three weeks would stir the patriotism of
f tho most phlegmatic. Never not even at Inauguration time has the
city been so beflagged as It Is right now. Old Glory Is waving from fully half
the houses In the residence parts, and
STEEL MILLS BUSY ON FEDERAL WORK I
Domestic and Foreign Inquiries
Turned Down in Rush to
Supply Government.
Motorcars
Munitions
NoedluH
Oil mills
Pncklnir Industry
Paint
Paper
Petroloum
Pianos
Pottery
Powder
Prlntlnc
nutihar
Band bans
8nw mills
ShlpbiilldlnK
Soup Industry
Slono
Rurtlcal d renins
RurKloat appliances
Textiles
Tolmcco
Toyiwildni:
Waters (aerated)
Wlro
Woodworkers
PRICES ARE NOT CONSIDERED
Disposes of Report That Financiers
With Investments In These Prop
crtlea' Wanted War May Sup
ply Alllco With Ammunition.
This list does not mean that tho Brit
Isli found that all of tho articles rep
resented wero needed In the conduct of
tho war, but that thoso employed In
the manufacture of tho named articles
wcro generally skilled men, whose ex
perlenco adapted them for work In
other lines of Industry, If needed. Tho
United StateB, because of the differ
ence lu some basic Industries between
this country nnd IOnglnnd, may strike
some Items from the list and add oth
ers. Because of the size of America's
population and tho diversity of her lit
dustrles, coupled with tho opportunity
of profiting by tho experience of Kng
land and France, those who hnvo stud
led tho situation believe that the Unit
ed States can ralso an army of 1,000,-
000 men without crippling tho Indus
tries needed In tho conduct of tho war.
This Is especially true of tho muni
tlon Industry, at present highly organ
Ized In the United States. But because
It may bo necessary to raise largor ar
mies, tho authorities see the Impor
tance of mapping out a comprehensive
program, It Is said by those who have
co-operated with the labor committee,
Tho labor committee will have
branches In every state lu order to en
ablo It to have at all times accurate re
views of the labor situation. With the
labor committee tire co-operating some
experts who have studied the labor sit
uatlon In Europe. Tho problem of lmv
log women replace men in factories Is
one of tho things being considered.
Warn Against Ovcrzeal.
Labor leaders have generally slgnl
fled their willingness to forego for tho
tlmo tho benefit of labor regulations,
with tho understanding that they bo re
stored after tho war. In this connec
tion the National Consumers' leaguo
has sent out u wurnlng against relax
ing lilbor regulations, on tho ground
Pittsburgh. The vast difference at
which government agencies are en
abled to buy iron and steel as com
pared to that charged other consum
ers Is startling.
During tho week the government re
ceived the option of paying $58 a ton
for platen and $50 for steel bars and
structural shapes. Deliveries aro to
be made Immediately upon receipt of
specifications at mill. This, lu some
Instances, will bo overnight. This Il
lustrates how well prepared the mills
aro and mw rapidly they can turn out
work lu emergencies.
Tho great discrepancy between uuo-
atlons given tho government and prl
voto consumers cannot bo made clear
In simple figures. During the past
month Japanese buyers hesitated to
pay 8c, or $100 a ton for ship plates.
Last week they decided to place tho
order when tho price was advanced to
10c, or $200 a ton, and producers re
fused to take tho order. The govern
ment Is being favored at the rate of
$22 a ton lu building material at tho
lowest possible quotation made by
any steel maker. On steel bars tho
government will receive an advantage
of $27 n ton. While tho money con
slderatlon Is large prompt deliveries
Is far more Important. The report
that financiers having their money In
vested in manufacturing properties
favored war for the purpose of reaping
n llnuuclal harvest, Is disposed of. The
facts are they will suffer great llnnii
clal loss.
May Supply Allies With Ammunition
Only tho most favored and fortunate
patrons of steel producers luivo been
ablo to havo orders accepted tor ru
ture delivery since war was declared.
Until government work Is disposed of
or scheduled, domestic and foreign or
ders will not bo nccepted. It would
not be surprising, If after the confer
ence with Balfour and representatives
of tho entente allies this government
does not take over the handling of I
munition contractu for its allies.
Should this bo done Kuropean coun
tries will bo amazed :t tho rapidity of
manufacture lu thin country. Foreign
governments will also save millions of
dollars by having this country handle
nil contracts for war supplies, and tho
day of vast fortunes made In a few
mouths from this source scorns to bo
approaching an end.
Refusal o.f mllU to accept orders
for ulates have been numerous. Ono
ress on government work. One of tho
requirements of the government will
be thousands of steel ranges lor Held
use. These nre mnde of heavy sheets
and can be turned out by hundreds'
each day. Steel Is going forward to
finishing plants for millions of small'
shells. It Is doubtful If this govern
ment will call for many large shells
as they can be made more rapidly than
guns to use them. Quotations of ship
plates range from O.riOc, Pittsburgh,
for delivery at convenience of mill, to
10c.
Inquiries from foreign sources for
largo tonnages of steel bars havo been
turned down by mills.
9 WltU I M M 1 II III I I I .
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Canners Busy on Government Work.
Tin plate nuikers have received pref
crence In deliveries of tin plate and
sheet bars at request of government
olllclals. Canners will be ntded In pro
duclng tliu largest number of cans
over made In the world. Foodstuff
will bo ono of the nrmy and navy's
tlrst requirements, and canners have
been put on their mettle to supply
It. Without an adequnto supply
of bars they would be unable to meet
the demand. Billets and bars arc noiu
Inally quoted at $70 to $75 a ton. Mu
nition makers aro Inquiring for seven
Inch billets lu large lots. One com
pany la seeking to place an order for
10,000 tons of slabs.
High prices have had n tendency to
check structural work. With the dls
appearance ot tne prospect of large
profits from government contracts,
manufacturers will not be so anxious,
to make extensions. Government steely
will be given first consideration, and
It will be up to government olllclals If
there Is any lagging lu placing speclll
cations with mills. Wire manufactur
ers have withdrawn from tho market
The American Steel and Wire com
puny Is turning out u large quantity
of wlro rope to bo mado Into nets fon
harbor protection against submarines,
It Is expected that considerable wire
rope will soon be made for tho use of
mine sweepers, us tho Atlantic ocean
will undoubtedly be sown with a vast,
profusion of mines to wreck ship
Plug.
from all the windows In the business
district. It has been Interesting to
watch the wuvo of patriotism grow
nnd sweep over the city to see who
succumbed and who did not.
It was rather curious to uoto that
as tno rover spread, tne cabinet re
mained singularly aloof and Immune
Until quite recently th Lanes were
tho only members of the circle of ud
ministration's olllclal ndvlsers who had
put out their flag. Then the Lun
sings and tho Danielscs, tho Iloustons nnd the Wilsons hung theirs out. Tho
,McAdoos had not up to that time unfurled their flag.
I Thorn worn oortnln nnnnln wlm. lllro tlir T.nnps. linil linil thrlrs nut- fnr
weeks the Boardmans, for Instance everyone knows that Miss Boardman
Is "strong for tho flng." But that was about the only one of tho great man
sions on Dupont circle that was showing its colors. The Lelters were not
nnd Joe Lelter just recently elected head of the Army league! the William
R. Illtt house and tho Robert Patterson house and the Edson Bradley house
wero all undagged.
With Hags wuvlng from the windows all around them, Senntor Lodge and
Jills neighbor, General Crozler neither man whose patriotism wns open to
iqucstlon left their houses unadorned until recently. On the other hand, tho
entire Plnchot connection Gilford In tho old PInchot mnnslon on Scott circle,
his nunt, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, In her big Rhode Island avenue
residence next door, and his uncle William Phelps Eno, a block away on N
street have all had dandy big flags waving "ever since the break." So lias
Mrs. Dewey, widow of the great admiral, and opposite her Mrs. Eugeno Ilule,
widow of ono senator and mother of another,
Ml
won
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieves ,
Suffering.
Brideoton.N.J. "I cannct speak too
highly of Lydla E. Pinkham'u Vegeta
ble Compound for
inflammation and
other weaknesses. I
was very irregular
and would havo ter
rible pains go that I
could hardly tako a
step. Sometimes I
would bo so misera
ble that I could not
sweep a room. I
doctored part of tho
timo but folt no
chancre. I later took Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable: Compound and soon
felt a change for tho better. I took it
until I was in good healthy condition.
I recommend tho Pinkham remedies to
all women as I have used them with such
good results." Mrs. MilfoudT. Cum
MING9, 322 Harmony St, Penn's Grove,
N. J.
Such testimony should be accepted by
all women as convincing evidence of
the excellence of Lydia E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound as a remedy for
tho distressing ills of women such aa
displacements.inflammation, ulceration,
backache, painful periods, nervousness
and kindred ailments.
Another Paradox.
"What Is the greatest spur to your
ambition?" she asked of the young
nrtlst.
"The checks I get for my sales," ho
nnswered, without a quiver.
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Lively Old Tune Recalled His Days of Youth
HE WAS at the dubious riRo when rt mun's friends chaff him about getting
younger every day, and the thickness of his neck made you know that ho
hud u doctor who warned hlni not to get excited and bring on old appy. But
his pigeon-wing was fine I Ho cut It
with boyish abandon as he skipped
tho curb from asnhalt to naveniont
tho other twilight, and as It Isn't tho
usual thing to bo expected from a
somewhat oldish nnd portly gentleman,
ho felt called upon to chuckle an ex
planation to his companion, whoso
dignity matched his gray hairs. Also,
being n man, ho naturally blamed the
woman a shriveled leaf of something
that may once havo had Its blooming
In tho poet's gnrden of girls who was
scraping out a tuno on a fiddle. It wns a squeaky flddlo and the bow called
for moro resin, but memory helps a whole lot when the tune hnnnens to be
"Turkey In tho Straw." It helped such a lot that as tho tiddler sawed tho
(strings tho ancient air seemed to carry with It tho unstudied melody of a
ivolco thut will cull no more: "Swing yo' purtnalisl All ban's sash-shay."
"Old reels like that nlwnys go to my toes hold on, I must stake the little
domo to n dime for reminding mo of my dnnclng days. Here's where you
don't havo to shell out I don't bellevo you ever had a dauclug day lu your
Hfo, you old stick, you!"
"Oh, I might as well chip In. Tho poor old soul doesn't look as If she ever
had n dancing day, either."
And tho old stick slipped something Into the llddler-womun's open-
mouthed bag.
i
BEST BUYERSSELLERS or cattle
HoosmsHEEP STOCK YARDS-OMAHA
Ill IIUM IM1MMIIMMIB111IMIIII1
that In the long run It will bo costly to offqr of 18,000 tons of ship plates. 2,
mitSeuul defense. Tho leaguo paid ca
pclal referenco to thu danger of re
laxing labor limitations for woman
workers. In a letter to Mrs. Norman
doIt, Wliltcliouxe, head of thu Now
York Stuto Womnn SufTriiKo party;
000stons of boiler platus. 0,000 tons
of ship plates, plates for 2f0 locomo-
tlvoH for export and a vast amount or
tnlscollanooiiB material has boon turn,
ed down. Mills are cloailng plants of
everything which might linpeilu prog-
REJECTED MAN PUTS
ON WEIGHT; ACCEPTED
Chicago. Harold Hvnns of
Davenport, la., who was reject
ed because he was 151 pounds
below the required weight for
navy recruits, was accepted a
few days later when ho tipped
the scale at 110 pounds. Kvans
said an exclusive; diet of beef
steak anil water gave him tho
necessary Increase :n weight.
Paints American Flag on House.
Now Hrunswlck, N. J. To show that
ho Is a loyal citizen although bom
In Germany, Kdward Aruireln of Now
Hrunswlck, N. J has painted an Amer
ican flag on tho front of his hoiiyfc.
Someone stole a ling tluit ho hung out
so he resorted to paint. Aruireln wl'l
soon got, his final naturalization pa.
pers.
Washington Mansion Devoted to Red Cross Work
THERE Is n handsomo yellow-gray house on Massachusetts avenue whoso
urncefully roundlntr windows nleasnntlv m-orinnk nnnnnt Pimi
recent weeks this western bay window has taken upon Itself the Insunln of
tho American Red Cross, which tells
n story.
The house was until recently tho
Washington residence of Herbert
Wadswortlt ; today It is the headquar
ters of tho District of Columbia chap
ter of the American Red Cross, and In
Its transformation It has the distinc
tion of being tho tlrst private residence
In tho United States to have been
turned over by Its owner to n city for
use In Red Cross work.
Two months ago the Wadsworth
house was n beautiful homo filled with the appointments which bespeak
luxury and ease; today the great chambers nnd halls are stacked with hos
pltnl supplies and long tnbles are surrounded by women cutting out and
basting hospital garments and rolling bandages, while tho former llbrury
overlooking tlie circle now re-echoes the sound of clicking typewriters, for
It Is tho olllco headqunrtors of tho chapter.
Nearly every woman's club In Washington has becomo a wur-roHof organ
ization and Is working for the cause. This relief work Is practically all con
nected with the Red Cross, the arm of national rollef authorized by congress
nnd that on which the army and navy rely In tlmo of war, Tho Wadsworth
houso Is tho headquarters for all local Red Cross activity.
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