AMERICANS GROW
RICH IN CANADA
Testimony Proves Falseness of
Statements as to Onerous
Taxation and Conscriptioi.
m
"The attempt to check emigrate®
from the United States to our prairie
provinces by publishing alarming state
ments about the enormous war taxes
that are being paid here—$500 on a
quarter section yearly—about forcing
young men to enlist for the war;
about the cold, no crops and any old
atory that by their extravagant bold
ness might influence men and women
from venturing north to Canada, is real
ly In the list of curios to our people
Knowing the country, we can hardly
take It seriously. Our governments,
however, dominion and provincial, arc
taking steps to expose the false state
ments that are being made, and there
by keep the channel open for continu
lng the stream of settlers tnat has
been flowing to us for the past decade.
We have thought to assist in this
work, and to do so purpose giving,
from time to time, actual experiences
of Americans who have come to
Saskatchewan during late years. We
give the statements of two farmers in
this Issue as follows: -
STATEMENT OF M. I’. TYSDAL
I lived near Lee, Illinois, for 46
years. I came to Saskatchewan in the
spring of 1912 and bought land near
Briercrest. I have farmed this land.
1,680 acres, ever since. I have had
grand crops In 1914 1 had 100 acres
of wheat that yielded 40 bushels to
the acre. I sold this wheat at $1.50
per bushel.
1 like the country and my neighbors.
My taxes on each quarter section (160
acres) are about $32 a year. This cov
ers municipal tax, school tax, hall In
surance tax—everything. There is nn
war tax, so-called. I like the laws In
force hero. There Is no compulsion to
me In any way. I am Just as independ
ent here as I was In Illinois, and 1 feel
that my family and I are just as well
protected by the laws of the province
as we were In our old home In Illinois
What 1 earn here is my own. 1 have
leven children and they take th<f
hi aces at school. In sports and It $ ,
public gatherings the same Mi tt
Canadian born
(Signed) M. I’. TYSOL.
February 9th, 1916.
STATEMENT OF STEVE SCHWE1TZ
BERGER
1 waa bom In Wisconsin, but moved
with my parents when a boy to
Stephen Co., Iowa. I was there farm
lng for 60 years. I sold my land then
for over $200 an acre. I moved to
Saskatchewan, and located near Brier
crest In the spring of 1912. I bought
a half section of land. 1 liavo good
neighbors. 1 feel quite at home here
the same as in Iowa. We have per
fect safety and no trouble in living up
to the laws in force. My taxes are
about $66 a year, on the half section
for everything.
I have had splendid crops. Wheat
In 1916 yielded me over 50 bushels to
the acre. That is more than I ever
had In Iowa and yet the land there
costs four times as much as it docs
here. The man who comes hero now
and bnya land at $50 an acre or less
gets a bargain.
(Signed) S. SCHWEITZBERGER.
February 9th, 1916."
—Saskatchewan Farmer, February,
1918.—Advertisement.
A recently Invented electric fan for
use on tables has horizontal blades
and a dlah on top for (lowers or fruit.
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
“California Syrup of Figs” can’t
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.
Every mother realizes, after giving
her children "California Syrup of
Figs” that this Is their ideal laxative,
because they love Us pleasant taste
and It thoroughly cleanses the tend?
little stomach, liver and
out griping.
When cross, irritable, Mg
breath is bad, stomach OM&uTtH
the tongue, mother! If coai&t VJf
tearaoonful of this harmless "fruit
laxative,’’ and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic—remem
ber, a good "inside cleaning" should
always he the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep “California
Syrup of Figs” handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50
cent bottle of “California Syrup ol
Figs,” which has directions for babies
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Brazil produced sugar commercially
ns early as the sixteenth century.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet fo;
a laxative—three for a cathartic.—Adv.
A new electrical process make
charcoal from sawmill waste.
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THE THOUGHTLESS BOY.
(Copyright, 101(1, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
James’ father was dead and his
mother had to work very hard to sup
port herself and James. Hut James
Jid not think of his mother and how
hard she worked; he thought only of
himself anil his pleasure.
"I want some new skates this win
ter." he said, one morning. “Can’t you
give me the money today, mother?”
So his mother gave him the money
and James had his skates, but he did
not know that his mother sewed with
out a fire every day that week until
it was time for him to come from
school, and then she had it only while
he was at home.
“James." said his mother one night
when he came in from play, “I wish
you would eat your supper arid take
that bundle of sewing home; my head
aches and I have some work that
must be finished before I go to bed. It
will help me if you will take the fin
ished work home.”
"Oh, I don't want to carry bundles,”
said James. ‘‘None of the other boys
at school has to carry bundles. They
make fun of me and call me bundle
boy. Can't you take if. tomorrow?”
Of course James’ mother should
have talked to him and told him how
wrong ills ideas were, but she loved
him so much she could not bear that
he should be unhappy, and when ho
told her the boys made fun of him
she said no more.
After supper she cleared the table
(mil then put on her bonnet and took
the work home. James sat by the table
reading when she returned, but he
did not notice how pale she was when
she sat down beside him and began to
sew.
By and by James finished his story
and went to bed and It was a long tlmo
after when he awoke and saw that
l he light was still burning in the little
sitting room.
“1 guess mother has gone to bed
and forgot to put out the light,"
thought James, so he Jumped out of
bed and looked out Into the sitting
room.
What he saw made his heart jump,
for Ills mother was lying on the floor
beside the table, her face very whito
and still.
James ran to her and lifted her up.
but she did not open her eyes. James
was frightened. He called to the
woman who lived on the other side of
the house and then 'hastily dressing,
he ran for the doctor.
“She is worn out with hard work
and going without food,” said the doc
tor; “she has a cold on her lungs, too.”
While his mother was sick the doc
tor told James what a thoughtless boy
I
he hud been and how all the people in
the village were blaming him because
he did so little to help his mother,
j James stood with hanging head and
j downcast eyes while the doctor was
talking. He thought of the night his
mother had asked him to take home
the work and he had refused, and
many other things for, while his
mother had been so ill he had seen
what a good mother she had been to
him and how ungrateful he had been
for all sho had done for his comfort
and happiness.
The storekeepers in the village were
kind and let them have food and fuel
through the winter, and James left
. school and went to work, promising
I to pay all they owed if they would
give him time. When his mother was
well she wanted him to go back to
school, but he told her ho was big
enough to help support tho homo
and he was going to keep on work
ing.
“1 can study nights,” he told her
and he did, and from that time on
James never again let his mother
work for him, and before many years
she did not need to work at all out
side of their own little home, for
James was able to support both of
them, but he had never been able
, to think of the winter his mother was
| so ill without a feeling of shame fo.
' his thoughtlessness.
CARE OF THE THROAT.
ii j uu iiivve causeu u. uariv une
pear about your throat becauso of the
new high collars, your first treatment
must be toward eliminating it. Cold
water will stand you in little stead; the
neck should be washed with warm
water, into which a few drops of
benzoin have been added. This done,
you should exercise the neck until a
free perspiration appears, then again
bathe It in warm water, and apply tho
following lotion, letting it dry on the
neck;
Boric acid, one drachm; distilled
witchhazel, two ounces; rosewater, two
ounces.
To keep tho neck in good condition
it should he exercised in this way:
Bend the head back and forward and
from side to side, and you will soon
, tiring on a perspiration, if you have
urat opened the pores by a warm bath.
am take a small Turkish towel
tSlS CU Beck freely with it. The
W| it iB Bpeu the pores so that the
biaBMSJiBB lotion will give quicker re
sults.nis treatment should be given
every night until the streak disap
iears.
The work of keeping the skin soft
and white should be done at night. II
ou have been out in the air, with sun
and wind beating against your throat
■ ill day, then apply cold cream before
ou wash the neck. This loosens the
lust, when the neck should be wiped
iff with a bit cf old linen. If you arc
iverse to using cold cream, a very
ood emollient can be made at home
Take tho white of one raw egg and
beat it to a very stiff froth—so stifl
rhat it can he turned upside down on
he platter and not fall. Then put il
nto a bowl and add an equal quantity
f pure, sweet almond oil. ltub the
mixture on tho neck with old linen
Wipe off with a clean cloth, and ther
wash with soap and water.
If the neck is tanned and discolored
all over—by this 1 mean has no distinci
streak, but is simply a muddy color al
over—I advise the following bleach:
Five grams of powdered borax, iiv<
grains of tincture of benzoin, 10 gram:
of pure rosewater. Shake the in
gredients well until thoroughly mixed
and mop the neck with the lotion, let
' ing It dry on.
’ This lotion can he used twice a day
at night and after the morning bath
Vfter the morning hath, apply the lo
l tlon and then dust the throat with i
oure powder.
j Irish Dragoons Annihilated at j
; Kevis Crest, Saved Day j
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From the Boston Post.
The Inniskiillngs saved the British army
in Serbia not long ago and added another
badge of honor to their record so that it
may read:
Waterloo. :
Balaklava :
Sebastapol. :
•' Kevis Crest.
The spirit characteristic of the Celt—au
laoitv, unflagging courage, a genius for
>attle— has Inspired his regiment from the
x ginning of its history.
There were two companies of them at
CevJs Crest and they held the ridge and
'ept bark the Bulgarians the whole morn
tig. although supported only by rifle fire,
bus giving Tommy Atkins the much
lecded time to complete the defensive dis
positions In the third line. It was this line
hat finally held the Bulgars back for
bur day8.
Scarcely a man of the two Irish com
panies survived that desperate resistance,
but the day was saved.
The official name of the Tnniskiliing
regiment is the Sixth Dragoons. They
bear as rt badge the castle of Inniskilling
(the more familiar spelling of the Irish
name, Enniskillen), the castle in which
William and Mary of Orange were pro
claimed king anti queen on March 11, 1689.
Waterloo and Crimea.
The history of the Innlskiillngs has in it
two Incidents of most stirring and ro
mantic Interest— Waterloo and Crimea.
When the English forces were sent to
the continent to check Napoleon’s victori
ous campaign after his return from Elba,
the Innlskiillngs went in six troops, mus
tering 4.')0 men, to re-enforce the Duke of
Wellington’s army in the Netherlands.
Brigaded with the First Royal Dragoons
and Scotch Grays, they formed the fa
mous Union Brigade, representing three
lportions of the United Kingdom—England,
Scotland and Ireland.
“About noon,” writes W. II. Davenport
Adams, in “Famous Regiments of the
British Army,” “Napoleon delivered his
first grand uttack upon the British left
and placed, under Count 1’Erlon, four col
umns of Infantry. 18,000 strong, supported
by a superb body of cuirassiers, under
Kellerman. These advanced, covered by
the unceasing tiro of 74 pieces of artillery,
against the left center of the allied army,
and as their stately array ascended ♦he
slope and their skirmishers opened a scat
tering musketry, a Belgian brigade posed
on the ridge lost heart and took to flight.
A Charge That Won.
“Picton brought forward his two bri
gades—they were scarce 3,000 strong—side
by side, In thin two-deep line. As the
French halted on the crest of the hill a; d
began to deploy into line not more than
30 yards from the scanty force of British,
Picton shouted to Kemp’s brigade, ‘A vol
ley, and then charge!”
"The musketry blazed along the whole
line, and straightway the foremost sec
tion of the French section bit the dust.
A wild cheer—a ringing British cheer—
and with leveled steel Pictori’s heroes
rushed forward to the charge.
“Their leader, ns he advances, is shot
dead through the left temple, the ball
crashing into the brain. Woo to the
French! The loss of their well beloved
general embitters the fury of the British.
They charge the devoted column and huri
it down the blood wet slope in terrible
disarray. Pack’s brigade, in like manner,
has repulsed the other three columns, and
as they stugger and reel, all broken and
disordered in among the mass glitter the
i sabers of Ponsonby’s brigade of heavy
cavalry—the famous Union Brigade—the
gallant English Royals, the ‘terrible' Scots
Grays, the fiery Irish Enniskillens; and
whole battalions are mowed down by their
avenging swords, while the remainder fall
back on the hill utterly and Irretrievably
broken up.”
Valor at Balaklava.
Less spectacular, but scarcely less im
portant and serviceable, was the work of
the lnnlskillings In the battle of Bala
klava, during the Crimean war. Its glory
has been somewhat shadowed by the fa
mous “Charge of the Light Brigade.” the
most thrilling moment of that great bat
tle. Yet the charge sung by Tennyson
was a mistake; it was the hard fighting
of the* Intiiskillings and other “heavy”
regiments which made possible the vic
tory.
The battle crisis is thus described by
W. H. Russell, the special correspondent,
of the London Times:
“The Russians advanced down the hill.
Their first line was at least double the
length of ours—it was three times as deep.
Behind them was a similar line, equally
strong and compact. They evidently de
spised their insignificant looking enemy,
but their time had come.
“The trumpets rang out again through
the valley, and the Grays and Enniskillen
ers went right at the center of the Rus
sian cavalry
“The shock was but for a moment.
There was a clash of steel and a light
play of sword blades In the air. and then
the Grays and the redcoats disappeared
in the midst of the shaken and quivering
columns. In another moment we saw them
emerging with diminished numbers and in
broken order, charging against the second
line. It was a terrible moment.
Put Enemy to Rout.
“By sheer steel and sheer courage En
niskillener and Scot were winning their .
desperate way through the enemy’s squad- j
rons, and already gray horses and red ,
coats had appeared right at the rear of
the second mass, when, with visible force, j
like one bolt from a bow, the Fourth
Dragoon Guards, riding straight at the
right flank of the Russians, and the Fifth j
Dragoon Guards, following close after j
the Enniskilleners, rushed at the rem- •
nants of the first line of the enemy, w’ent
through it as though it were made of
pasteboard, and put them to utter rout.” |
“Had it not been for a daring rush of
Scots and Enniskilleners,” writes Mr.
Adams, “scarce one man could have re
turned to receive the pity and the praise
of wondering, tearful England!’’
The Innlskilling regiment was organized
after the battle of Newton Butler, in July,
1689. Sir Albert Conyngham was author
ized to embody 600 men in a regiment of
dragoons of 12 troops, of which he was
i appointed first colonel. This regiment has
j taken part—more or less prominently—in
I almost every war that England has
I fought since that date.
“SETTING-UP EXERCISES.”
i'jacilidc j.-iaiu aim. vv iiuc ucvimj'
inhaling (through the nose) slowly
raise tho arms to a horizontal position
straight out from the sides; let the
arms fall slowly to the sides while ex
haling.
ii—Arm stretching. While inhaling
raise the arms with a wide sweep un
til tho palms of hands meet straight
above the head; sweep the arms back
to the sides while exhaling. These
movements should be performed at the
rate of 10 a minute.
3— Tree swaying. While in the stand
ing position, thrust the arms straight
above the head, then sway from side
to side, moving from the hips upward,
the arms loosely waving like the
branches of a tree.
4— Leg lifting. Assume the standing
position, hut with hands resting on the
hips. Raise the right thigh until at
right angles with the body, leg at right
angles with thigh; thrust tho
leg straight forward to a horizontal po
sition, then sweep the leg back to
standing position. Repeat with the left
leg.
I 5—Signal station. Assume the stand
ing posture with hands on hips. Thrust
the right arm straight upward while
lifting the left leg outward and up
ward and rigidly extended. Lower the
limb and repeat on other side.
PUTTING ALL ON THE GIRLS.
(Copyright, 1916. by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.)
‘‘The wijid came blowing out of the
west
As Jimmy mowed the hay.
Milly came with her bucket by.
With sunburnt cheok and laughing eye.
Rain came pattering down amain.
Seeking shelter, ran the twain.
When the sun came laughing out
Milly had ceased to frown and pout.
Twittering birds began to shout.
As if for a wedding day."
If you ask a free lance, a jolly bach
elor, why lie does not marry, do you
think you'll get the truth in his quick
wltted answer? Not a lilt of it. He is
sure to put it all on the girls.
He'll tell you that he doesn't seem
to take with them, declaring ho no
| sooner begins to pay court to a sweet
girl than somo luckier man is sure to
come along and win her from him. The
truth is more likely to be that he grew
weary of dancing attendance on one
and introduced his fascinating chum
to her. The result was understood.
Another eligible bachelor will give
you the story of young women's ex
travagance nowadays, adding that his
mother never had a feather in her
bonnet In all of her life. She wore
the same velvet cloak and silk dress for
years and years, and they were made
by her own hands at that. It was due
to her rigid economy that the family
got a start.
He Is careful not to mention the fact
that lie spends more for cigars at the
cafe bar. for cab hire and flowers for
chorus girls in a month than would
support the average wife for many a
.lay. One will make out that he is still
searching for his Ideal mate to wed.
while, in fact, he is frittering away his
precious years on married belles, ac
complished coquettes and flirts, with
healthy husbands who have no inten
tion of making them widows in their
time.
Then there’s the single man of mid
dle age who dodges the situation by
' that threadbare excuse of having the
old folks and his younger brothers and
sisters to support. Such a home is
like an omnibus; there’s always room
. for one more. He does not intend to
, have the inmates crowded or his own
! selfish comfort interfered with. He
secretly wants those who do not want
him, looking at the maids with their
1 hair braided down their backs instead
of the sensible woman of more mature
years He tells you the givls are un
’ appreciative have no love in theii
hearts, that he’ll have none «f them.
Kvery unmarried man hs*s his glib
1 exruse ready «s to why he’s single.
Not one man in t (100 will tell the naked
u—viuwmiK pusmun. urai on nanus
and knees, thighs and arms at right
angles to body, spine straight. Reach
forward with arm and follow with
thigh and leg of same side; repeat on
other side. Knee protectors can be
worn during this exercise.
7—Body bending. Raise arms straight
above the head and sweep them down
to the floor without bending the knees.
The above is taken from monthly
health letter No. 20 of the Life Ex
tension Institute. At this season of the
year the office man and woman must
do something to keep fit. The weather
forces them to stay indoors. The day
1? 'it hours are few. Almost irresistibly
ttie tendency is toward flabby mus
cles and sluggishness. A skilled labor
er is no better off. He may be hard
enough in one or two groups of mus
cles, but taking his muscular system
as a whole he, too, is on the toboggan
and will be for three months.
To carry out the above exercise will
not require much time or cause much
trouble. If you are not willing to do
that much, at least go as far as holding
the body erect or taking a few deep
breaths before an open window. Per
haps you would be willing to contract
the muscles of your arms, legs, and
abdomen a few times each day as you
sit at your desk.
truth about the matter, but will clothe
his reasons in some way that puts it
all on the girls.
The Colonel’s Phrases Stick.
From the Philadelphia North American
How few things which any of our 27
presidents said can anybody recall off
offhand!
Washington's most frequently quoted
phrase is: “In time of peace prepare for
war.”
John Adams talked all day and wrote
diaries all night, but perhaps “Independ
ence forever”—his toast for the very
Fourth of July on which he died—is more
widely known than any other one thought.
“Few die and none resign,” heads Jef
ferson's list of deathless sentences, al
j though parts of the Declaration of Inde
pendence are known to millions.
The Monroe doctrine keeps Monroe's
name forever to the front, but his state
papers, speeches and letters, like those of
Madison, John Quincy Adams, McKinley.
Taft and many other men long and hon
orably in public life, are devoid of handles.
Nothing to take hold of.
Rutherford B. Hayes gave us one good
thought: “He serves his party best who ,
serves the country best."
Jackson was forever saying, “By the !
eternal,’’ but what else?
“With malice toward none” and “a gov
ernment of the people, etc," are Lincoln’s
master strokes. However, his letters and
papers are full of unique thoughts and
would afford a present day cartoonist
enormous opportunities.
Grant used one phrase which will live
forever: “Let us have peace." It came
at a time when that was the thing every
body needed, and so it stuck.
Harrison’s “A cheap coat makes a cheap
man," cost him a lot of votes. Cleve
land, like Roosevelt, was fond of working
out odd expressions. “Innocuous deseu
tude" and “public office is a public trust,”
captured the popular fancy. Can anv
btxly recall one of Mr. Taft’s phrases,
good as all his papers and messages were?
As a coiner of keynotes, President Wilson
has been without exalted success.
But the Colonel 1 Think how many are
his output—“Big stick,’’ “The Ananias
Club.” A spear that knows no brother,”
'malefactors of great wealth" and Arma
geddon, where he was to battle for tho
1 ord.
Gone, But Not Forgotten.
From the Youngstown Telegram.
Rankin—“What did you ever do with
ihe $10,000 you got from the railroad com
pany when an engine ran into your auto
mobile. ”
Phyle—“I Invested it In mining stock.”
“Was it a good buy?”
“Good-by Is right."
Daughter's Hearing Was Good.
From the Grand Rapids Press.
“I hear you ea-a-ahng me," warbled
daughter from the parlor.”.
“Yes," sang mother from the kitchen.
I “I want you to help me with the
dls-s-hes.”
And then a profound silence reigned.
From the Tipton (Ind.) Times.
Over in Akron, Ohio. 400 bright, young
misses of the class rooms are waging war
on snobbery. They are giving “the other
girl” a chance.
Four hundred strong, they have voted
unanimously to adopt a school uniform,
and incidentally, they have tabooed the
smart designs of fashion, which a select
few had exhibited at the expense of pride
of that “other girl”—that girl whose
widowed mother, perhaps, was pinching
the family Income to give her the best ed
ucation the city had to offer.
And the uniform they have adopted
costs no more than $3 if the garments are
sewed at home, it consists of a middy
blouse and a plain, blue skirt.
A middy blouse and a plain blue skirt!
Rather sounds like those Akron, Ohio,
school girls are really going to school to
learn something, doesn't it? And it ap
pears that already they have learned a
good deal, doesn’t It?
But it is an extraordinary lesson those
400 girls are preaching to the world.
It all came about after the occurrence
of one of the incidents which happen ever
so often In any school attended by girls
who have reached the age of between 15
and 20 years.
One of those Akron, Ohio, high school
girls slipped into a class room, by mis
take, and found a crumpled little piece of
humanity, huddled up in a class room
chair, her head buried In her hands, sob
bing.
She was one of the “other girls.”
Day after day she had come to school
wearing peculiarly out of style and much
worn frocks. A fellow school girl had no
ticed it, as, perhaps, had many others,
but this particular school girl, possibly
not with any intentions of wounding the
feelings of this certain “other girl,” had
spoken of the condition and the word
bad finally come around to the little piece
of humanity, who now sobbingly told her
story to her who had found her.
And it just happened that the one to
whom the story was told, although not
one of the “other girls” and not pe rhaps
the best dressed girl in the school, saw
tile situation in Its true light and began
11 light to secure the uniform which now
ha s been adopted.
Now. in that school building, the one
who sobbed out her story is on an even
basis with the girl to whom she told it.
Now those girls who formerly wore such
pretty frocks and wasted many moments
admiring the dresses of one another, are
Intent upon their books. Now. in that
school building, there is greater fellow
ship and there is real democracy.
It must be repeated that this is an ex
traordinary lesson those girls are preach
ing to the world.
And will the world see thd value in that
lesson ?
At least it’s something for school girls
to think about; it’s something for parents
to consider, and it’s something that should
be discussed at parent-teacher club meet
ings.
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ilium me Milwaukee journal.
Knowing them well and intimately, and I
believing In them, the Journal feels that 1
American citizens of German blood, as a i
class, have been placed in a position that
Is as deplorable from the standpoint of the
general body politics as it Is from their
own. In their case the many are suffer
ing from suspicion and Injustice because
of the words and acts of the few. Sym
pathy for their ancestral land they rightly
and naturally feel, but there is no rea
son for thinking that because of this feel
ing they are any the less the patriotic
citizens of America that they should be.
Vet there Is no use blinking the fact that
In the eyes of too many of their fellow
citizens, they have come to be regarded as
more German than American in their
views and sentiments.
This Is deplorable. It is cruellv and pal
pably unjust Yet for this there Is a rea
son upon which It is not difficult to put
one's linger.
Narrow, selfish leadership, leadership of
I he self-constituted kind, is responsible
for this great wrong to a great body of
citizens that for usefulness and worthi
ness. for all that makes for civic virtue,
is second to no other class of Americans!
Those, individuals and newspapers alike!
who assume to speak for these citizens of
German blood, have done incalculable I
harm both to the cause of Germany,
which they have espoused so vehemently
and vociferously, and to Americans of
German blood whom they have tried to
mislead and whom they have certainly !
misrepresented.
The case against these self-constituted
leaders and spokesmen may he stated in a i
nutshell. It is this: Since the world war
began, they have fiercely and bitterly at- I
tacked and condemned the American gov- I
ernment's every word and act in every
controversy that has arisen between !
America and Germany, and just as
strongly they have upheld or condoned !
every word and act of Germany's regard
ing or affecting America. They have I
boldly and openly taken the ground that
in tUcir dealings with each other Germany I
lias invariably been right and America
has invariably been wrong.
Is it any wonder that these exhibitions
of passion, prejudice and partisanship
have aroused a feeling of resentment
throughout the country? This feeling, we
lielleve, is just and proper so far as the
firebrands of press and platform are con
cerned. but it is blind and mistaken, so
far as the great body of American citi
zens of German blood are concerned. They
have been continually misrepresented. Ex
cept for a very few men like Dr. Kuno
Francke, men whose voices have virtual
ly been drowned by the noisy clamor of
unwise and unworthy men who seek to be
come leaders and even guardians, the hon
esty, good sense anil loyalty of the ranke
and file of our German-blood citizens has
had no genuine spokesmen. Thes^e citi
zens, knowing themselves sturdy of faith
and patriotic in purpose, as we know them
to be. naturally may not realize to the full
i he false position In which they have been
placed by those who misrepresent them
and would mislead them If they could. We
believe that when they fully comprehend
that these narrow, selfish, unpartiotie
leaders have not only done everything
possible to estrange America and Ger
many ami to weaken America in dealing
with assaults upon American rights, but
have done things that tend to set German
blood citizens apart by themselves, lead
ers will arise worthy to express both their
sympathy for Germany and their loyalty
to America in terms that can not be mis
understood. _ _
Birds In Winter.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Severe weather may be disastrous to
birds but it Is not weather that dismays
them'. It is lack of food. Ground feeding
birds have more troubles than the climb
ers and consequently are less met with in
winter. Where there arc trees and people
Interested in keeping feathered bits of
cheerfulness about then them are birds,
no matter how much snow is on the
ground.
Wherever birds are in summer, birds ran
be kept in the winter, not the same lards
or tile same kinds of birds, but neverthe
less busv. singing, seemingly happy and
Indubitably valuable birds. A piece ot
suet best placed in a metal barred con
tainer, will attract and keep nuthatches,
downy and hairy woodpeckers, sapsuek
ers and chickadees. Juncoes need grain.
Hluejavs will appear fitfully. And it may
he the good fortune of the provider of food
to sc-' even a cardinal, exotic in bril
liance. against the snow, appear timidly
:n the underbrush.
The chickadee alone is worth the littb
attention that is needed to kn p him as a
neighbor. A winter morning that has two,
three or four chickadees singing again:-;
a winter landscape can not tie dreai. Tic
notes of cheerfulness are itI'csiSilbio. Tic
chickadee is indomitable. He will sine
against a temperature of zero or in a
whirl of snow. All tie needs is food, an
his favorite warming focal is sue.
The downy woodpecker is finally:
hairy woodpecker is shy, but hi Hi will
i pond to the invitation of hum!. '! !:c : a !
do not happen in the laud. .a. T .
:he consequence ot i m . a :.u he
They will be any'., to re ’ . ana < ..a .
to have then. The/ a a1 a. ... a i
vocal, lively and 'act;
CANADA’S PLANS ,
FOR WAR REVENUE
So Wisely Distributed That Tax
ation Will Affect Farmers to f
a Degree Practically ,
llnnoticeable. I
*
oo many rumors have been circu- 'I
lated regarding war taxation in
Canada that the statement made by
Sir Thomas White, Canadian Minister
ot Finance, of the Government s plans
for raising war revenue should be giv
en the widest circulation. Sir Thomas
made it clear that the revenue will be
raised by taxing the profits of incor
porated companies whenever those
profits exceed seven per cent, and ihe
profits of unincorporated firms or part
nerships when the profits exceed fen
per cent. On all such excess profits
these companies or firms will have to
contribute one-quarter to the Govern
ment. Transportation companies,
banks, mining, milling, and other com
panies will be subject to this taxation,
but life insurance companies, and com
panies with less than fifty thousand
dollars capitalization, and companies,
firms, or individuals engaged in agri
culture or stock raising, are exempt,
and pay no part of this taxation. The
only other additional taxation pro
posed is an increase of fifty cents a v
barrel in the customs duty on apples. '
and one-half cent a gallon in customs
duty on certain kinds of oils.
It will be noticed that this taxation
is being applied in such a way that it
does not affect farmers in the slight
est degree, except, perhaps, through a
small increase in cost of apples and
oil. The war revenue is to be paid out
of the profits of the big firms and com
panies with capital of over fifty thou
sand dollars, and even these are al
lowed seven per cent in some cases,
and ten per cent in others, of clear
profits before they have to pay any
part of this taxation. It will be seen
that the whole policy is to place the
war expenditure taxation on those who
have been making big profits and are
able to pay it, and to encourage farm
ing and stockraising by exempting
farmers and stock-raisers from the tax
ation. This ought to set at rest every
rumor that the farmer or the farmer’s
land is being taxed to pay the cost of
the war.—Advertisement. ^
STRAIN ON THE IMAGINATION
Company Was Willing to Believe a
Lot, Eut Longbow's Story Was
Too Much for Them.
Mr. Stretcher—Yes, it’s cold, but
nothing like what it was at Christmas
three years ago, when the steam from
the engines froze hard and fell on the
line in sheets.
Mr. Cuffer—And yet that wasn't so
cold as in ’87, when it froze the elec
tricity in the telephone wires, and
when the thaw came all the machines
were talking as hard as they could
for upwards of five hours.
"Well, gentlemen,” said Mr. Ixing
bow, “the coldest year that I can re
member was in the Christmas week
in ’84, when the very policemen had to
run to keep themselves warm.”
But - that was too much, and with
silent looks of indignation the other J
two left to his own reflections the
man who treated the truth so slightly.
Rough on the Water.
The hobo had Just been forced to
have a bath before being allowed to
lodge at the municipal lodging house.
“Well, what have you to say now?”
inquired the attendant as the previ
ously unkempt individual emerged
much disgusted.
The hobo glared.
"Water,” he remarked solemnly, "is
the curse of bathtuls.”
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Boy.
If parents realized the fact that cof
lee contains a drug—caffeine—which
is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
them coffee to drink.
“When I was a child in my mother’s
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips of coffee. And so I contracted
the coffee habit early.
“I continued to uso coffee until I was
27, and when I got into office work I
began to have nervous spells. Espe
cially after breakfast I was so nerv
ous I could scarcely attend to my cor
respondence.
“At night, after having had coffee i
for supper, I could hardly sleep, and J
on rising in the morning would feel
weak and nervous.
"A friend persuaded me to try Pos
tum.
“I can now get good sleep, am free
from nervousness and headaches. I j
recommend Postum to all coffee drink- 4
ers.”
Xame given by Po3tum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum comes in two forms:
Postum Cereal—the original form—
must bo well boiled, 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Postum—a soluble powder—
dissolves quickly In a cup of hot wa
ter, and, with cream and sugar, makes
a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and ;
5Cc tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
"There’s a Reason” for Postum.
—sold by Grocers.
