The Congestion of Industry. j — --—-——-—..... The Public Using Too Much the Government Needs. From th« National City Bank Bulletin. The testimony before the Senate committee shows that the delay In securing clothing for the army has been due to difficulty in obtain ing materials, and the consumptive demands of the public have been the chief factor in that. The congestion upon the railways is due to the enormous business the country is doing. The country is literally enjoying an extraordinary state of prosperity. The farmers have gathered a crop estimated by the department of agriculture to be worth $21,000,000,000, which is double the value of any crop ever raised prior to the war. Disbursements for wages are far above those of any previous time, the numbers of workers employed being greater, the time more nearly full and the wages higher. The expenditure of these widely distributed sums creates a vast volume of trade and traf fic, and has put a burden upon the railways which in connection with the war business has been more than they could bear. An attempt has been made to give the government certain prior rights, but it is impracticable to shut off private business generally and the activity of trade everywhere shows that it has not. been shut off. It has been going on, it lias been taking up room on the railways, and played a part in cutting down the production of iron and steel to about 75 per cent of the capacity of the works. This is direct interference with the ivnrlf nf m-enarinfi' the country for war. The demands created by the war plus ordinary consumption are far beyond the industrial capacity of the country, but owing to the unusual flow of money in circulation, passing through many hands, private consumption in many lines is probably greater than ever before. It would be so naturally, and will be so unless restricted either arbitrarily or voluntarily. But if it is greater than usual how Is the government to get its work done? The appropriations author ized for expenditure this year foot up $19,000,000,000, which, as we have previously pointed out, compares with $24,000,000,000 as the total value of the output of all manufacturing establishments in this country, according to census figures, for the year 1914. These figures are more significant when it is known that they include the products of the great meat packing industry, and other establishments where the manufacturing process is comparatively slight. All inclusive the value of the total product in 1914 was $24,000,000,000. This sheds some light upon the industrial significance of the government’s plans to expend $19,000,000,000 in one year. Allowance must be made for higher prices, and for expansion in capacity since 1914, but in any event the comparison is startling. ~ SOLDIERS VS. CRITICS. j From Land and Water. j There are certain first principles running ill through military history which it is the business of soldiers to study and practice. Tt Is the business also of mere itudents to master these elementary prin ciples. for if they do not th y cannot fol low military history and understand 1 . either in the past or in the present. Those principles are simple enough. It is their execution in detail and In practice which is difficult. And the man of genius In this is not the man who sees obvious things, still less the man who contrives Ingenious ones. It is the man who com bines the power to make a good plan rapidly with the powrer to execute it with j the material with which he has to deal. It is all summed up in Napoleon’s maxim that any fool can draw up a strategical plan, and that the test of military power is in its execution. There has been quite recently in the press and on the platform a perfect orgv Df amateur advice upon the war, which had for its main character—almost for its pnly character—a perfectly amazing ignor fcnce of these elementary principles. There ire by tbiB time, without exaggeration, fens of thousands of men wrho have been taught such elementary things since 1914. These thousands are in uniform anti ; neither write nor speak. It would do no > harm If a few of them w’ere spared to j give some simple lectures to civilians who j attempt to set the soldiers right in their | trade. There is hardly anyone upon serv- i Ice, for example, who does not know at | teast what Is meant by “supply;” and yet our amateur strategists leave out that factor In strategv as airily as though movement upon the globe were like the jnoving of a pencil upon a map. By way of a counter offensive against this deluge, which always comes after an unexpected reverse, and which was let loose by certain journalists and politi cians during what may be called “the Italian fortnight,” a few weighty and sober articles have appeared, most of them from the pens of soldiers. The first leading principle Is this: No one can Judge of a military situation un less he is possessed of four kinds of knowl edge relating to It: The nature of the ground. The numerical disposition of his own and the enemy’s forces. The conditions of supply for his own and the enemy’s forces. The moral of his own and the enemy’s forces. INOW grounu uoea umy in«--on ** , knowledge of the map—and yet a knowl- , edge of the map, even In its largest lines | Is not a thing which most people easily | acquire—it means also an appreciation of the state of the soil in various weathers; a good guess at the rate at which it will dry; of the effect snow will have upon it; of what will happen to watercourses after a thaw or exceptional rain; ami, in gen eral, a whole volume of knowledge which men concentrated upon their profession can, when they are exceptional men, ac quire w’ith a certain degree of rapidity, but which most men do not attempt to acquire; and which most men, if they tried to acquire it, would fail to acquire. If it is difficult to master ground, it is In a sense, even more difficult to mas ter numbers and disposition. The politi cian may be told in the way of business, the journalist may be told by an indiscre tion the numbers and tho order of forces upon either side in any part of the field. That either will remember these under the strain of public advertisement and forced excitement is doubtful, but at any rate, that kind of knowledge is at least available. When it comes to the meaning of such numbers and of ouch dispositions neither of these two kinds of critics has any standing whatsoever. Why, it is the test of excellence in a commander that he should be able to read even partially the riddle presented by concentration and dispersion of force*-, Tf he has an excel lent chief of staff, and therefore an ex cellent bureau piecing together intelligence and reporting accurately what there is in front of him and how It changes—even oo he has to interpret the will that is behind feuch grouping, what part of It may be Intended to deceive, what part may be used, and why. The greatest masters of war have, if you will read their memoirs, particularly remembered what they did not grasp in the enemy’s plan. That is their Interest in the whole affair. They know that there will always be a very large margin of error; their interest is to •ee how far it can be reduced. Hut your finmllltary critic works on quite another principle. He always knows—after the event—what the enemy waa intending, and why such and such a concentration was made in one place, and such and mich a withdrawal of forces from another; how this disposition would bo used, and with what effect. He always knows, after the ♦vent, what these things mean, but he Tp-111 also, unfortunately, presume to know beforehand what should be done, although toe eliminates in his forecast any knowl edge of the enemy’s dispositions or of the counter dispositions on our own sude. In the matter of supply the corwrast is more striking still. Supply is the great material preoccupation of all commanders. It is the one great material factor which governs everything. A man can rest upon his oars and forget movement for many days at a time; he can forget for some hours disposition and ground; but supply occupies his thought in every waking moment of the day; it conditions every thing. That Is what supply Is to the soldier. The other person, who wants to tell the soldier what to do. has a very simple way of treating supply—he leaver it out altogether. He will propose the reinforcement of the Russian front with 2,000.000 Americans, or the moving in a day or two of a score of divisions over 700 or 800 miles of railway. He vagueiy thinks of the rolling stock as infinite; he vaguely attaches the same miraculous quality to the condition of rails, the num ber of sidings, or of tracks, the stores of coal and of petrol, spare parts, repair shops, and the hundred other things ol which he has not so much as heard. Lastly, in the fourth element, that of moral, you have yet another kind of dis aster. The soldier judges It with diffi culty and as a highly complex, sometime?, slightly changing, sometimes rapidly changing thing, peculiarly difficult tc estimate in the enemy’s case; difficult enough to estimate in his own, needing daily observation and care, daily rein forcement, correction and change. It is for the soldier a large complex field of many factors, upon the whole stable, but only stable because every point is care fully watched and supported. The Russians Did Much. Nicholas Goldenwelser, in the Outlook. Russia holds at present more than 2.000, €00 Austro-German prisoners. If every one of the great allied belligerents (the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan) will do as much, and each of the minor allied belligerents only one-tenth as much, the central empires will lose in war prisoners alone about 12,000,000 men. Plainly the wheels of their war machine will be ground off and will crash in ruin. The participation of the Russia boar In the war has not only caused Germany and her allies an enormous loss of man power in prisoners and in soldiers killed and permanently disabled, but also has cost them billions of money, untold quan tities of war material, an immense amount of energy and vitality, and great tension upon their means of communication brought about by the wide new area which the central empires now have to hold on the north and the east. On the western or French front tho Germans have fought at a huge expense of steel and explosives. On the eastern or Russian front they were forced to fight hand to hand and to lavishly spend their man power, for the Russians fought with bayonets against cannon, and they dearly sold every mile of Russian soil. So much for Russia’s balance In the ac counts of the transaction of the allies. This balance still stands to her credit and in justice ought never to be lost sight of. La Politesse. From the New York Evening Post. Over on the other side where they have been at war somewhat longer than we have here, and where a coneiderable n um ber of persons are Intimately acquainted with the grim realities of that state, there prevails a disposition on the part of the men who serve at the front to look with disfavor upon those who stay comfortably at home. Nobody denies that some of those whose work lies back of the firing line are doing their country as good serv ice as those who go out to fight. But this disfavor Is not unnaturally distrib uted on the principle that any stay-at home Is guilty unless he can prove him self Innocent. On a French railway train not long ago there sat a wounded soldier In a stained and battered uniform. Somewhere along the line came aboard a young and mag nificent officer obvlmislv attached to some polite service near Paris. He was buttoned up in an Immaculate tunic and wore a fine shiny pair of leggings. Upon tho sight of him the wounded man rose to his feet and In a tone of the most ex quisite politeness spoke. "Do not my gallant friend." he Bold, "remain standing. Take my seat.” Royal Nickname. From the Youngstown Telegram. “Edgar?” “Yes, mother.” "What ai-e you children doing?" "Playing royalty. I am a Knight of the Garter, and Edwin Is Saturday.” “That Is an odd name for royalty.” "Oh, It Is just a nickname on account of his title." "What Is his title?” “Night of the Bath!" GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER has been a household remedy all over i the civilized world l'or more than half a century for constipation, intestinal troubles, torpid liver and the generally depressed feeling that accompanies such disorders. It is a most valuable remedy for indigestion or nervous dys pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on headache, coming up of food, palpita tion of heart and many other symp toms. A few doses of August Flower will Immediately relieve you. It Is a gentle laxative. Ask your druggist. Sold in all civilized countries. Adv. Or Tries To. The schoolteacher was giving the boys a lecture on thrift, and pointed out that even animals exercised that quality, instancing how squirrels al- j ways stored up nuts for the winter. I Then he asked for another illustration i of thrift In animals, and one boy cried ! out: “A dog.” “A dog! In what way does a dog practice economy?” “Please, sir, when he runs after his tail he makes both ends meet." “Cold In the Head” Is Bn acute attacK of Nasal Catarrh. Per sons who are subject to frequent "'colds In the head” will And that the use of 1 H ALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will 1 build up the System, cleanse the Blood and render them less liable to colds. Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may lead to Chronic Catarrh. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is tak en internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of tno System. A11 Druggl3ts 75c. Testimonials free. JIW.OO for anv case of catarrh that HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will not cure. F. J. Cheney &. Co., Toledo, Ohio. Relics Near Cambrai. Round about where Fir Julian Byng’s heroes are lighting are hurled some of the earliest records of the working and battling of mankind. In his last hook, the late Lord Avebury re fers to the scene. Deep in the Somme gravel drifts were found Hint imple ments, incalculably old, the rough, rude weapons with which paleolithic man made war. It is more than like ly that the guns which arc plowing deep and bringing the past to life will reveal more buried history. RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small hox of Barbo Compound, and Vi oz. of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. Full directions for mak ing and use come in e; h hox of Barbo Compound. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy, and docs not rub off. Adv. Slippery Retort Tho messenger boy was :ed-hended, cheeky and dilatory. "C'mon ! C’mori!” said the elevator man in the chamber of commerce us ho started to close the door. “Don’t get icy.” said the boy, ns lie wiggled into the car. “Don’t get icy or I'll slide on yuli.”—Buffalo Express. Fiery Red Pimples. A hot bath with Cuticura Soap followed by an application of Cuticura Oint ment to distressing eczemas, etc., proves their wonderful properties. For free samples address “Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston.” At druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv. Another Advantage of Corn Bread. Corn bread Is good for the complex ion. Use corn bread and become beau tiful as well us win the war. To Cure ■ Cold in One Day I'afce LAXATIVH BK0MO yuiulne Tablets. It steps tho Cough and Headuebe and work.s off the Cold. H. W. UKOVifi’B signature on each box. BUo. The best fighter doesn’t waste valu able ttiue spitting upon his hands. Red Cross Ball Blue, made in America, therefore the best, delights the housewife. All good grocers. Adv. There are a lot of worse things tliau a wet day in a dry town. A Carbon Remover. Acetol, a liquid applied by Injection through the spark plug opening, is be ing used for quickly removing car bon from the cylinders of gasoline en gines. _ Where one man lias been ruined by his enemies, hundreds have bee» ruined by their friends. The allies are mnrehing against Ger many's worst enemy. ' i mu ii WASH THE KIDNEYS! All tlie blood In the body passes thru the kidneys every few minutes. This is why the kidneys play such an Important role in health or disease. By some mys terious process the kidney selects what ought to come out of the blood aud tnkes it out. If the kidneys are not good-workmen and become congested— poisons accumulate and we suffer from backache, headache, lumbago, rheu matism or gout. The urine is often cloudy, full of sediment; channels often get sore and sleep is disturbed at night. So it is that Dr. Fierce, of the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. N. Y„ advises “Washing the Kidneys,” by drinking six to eight glasses of water between meals and then if you want to take a harmless medicine'that will clear the channels and cure the annoy ing symptoms, go to your druggist and g"t Anurlc (double strength), for tlOc. This “Anurlc,” which is so many times more potent than lithln—will drive out the uric acid poisons and bathe the kid neys and channels in a soothing liquid. If you desire, write for free medical advice and send sample of water for free examination. Experience has taught Doctor Pierce that “Anurlc” Is a most powerful agent in dissolving uric acid, as hot water melts sugar. Send Dr. Fierce 10c for trial package. MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK TONIC The necessary medicinal Ingred ients, barks, roots, borbs, etc. are contained in Dr. David Roberts’ STOKVIOOR Price 81 When added to oil cake meal orothef good ground teed it makes a stock tonic that, cannot ho excelled. ► Reed the Practical Home Veterinarian Send for free boot let on Abortion In Iowa If no dealer in your town, write *«■ vei. uu., iuj o;anu Avenue MiiuKesni, hi*. SIOUX CITY PTC. CO., NO. 7-1918. LESS FOOD, BETTER HEALTH Assertion That German People Art Physically Stronger Because of Strict Rationing of Supplies. At the beginning of the war the Ger man nation was the most overfed na tion in the world; they surfeited on beer and sausage and the world thought that by a food embargo the well-fed Teutons could lie quickly brought to terms. But Germany ration ed Iter people, reduced their waistlines, and increased their figting powers. For throe years now they have waged, war on short rations, and have tuna zed the world by their fighting strength. Tt 1s a poor hunter who would not rath er tackle it fat and surfeited lion titan a lean and hungry one; and a Germany with unrestricted beer and sausages might have been more easily vanquish ed than tite hungry-rationed Germany which has defied the world these three years past. Starving out the enemy, to be effec tive must be real starvation, and not merely a cutting off of surplus food. The efficient nation and the efficient individual is the one fed just enough to maintain hard muscular fighting trim. Tt moans a food consumption of front 10 to 25 per cent less than the food quantity eaten when the human animal is allowed to help himself after , the manner of hopper-fed hogs.—Mile Hastings, in Physical Culture. Biblical Recipe for Bread. Here Is a war-time recipe for bread, taken from the Bible. In the ninth verse of the fourth chapter of Ezekiel it states: “Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and len tils. and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, "and make thee bread thereof.” \^urcomfortable, healthy well-to-do neighbor uses IMSTAMT POSTUM instead of coffee. Ever ask him the m reason ? night be worth while -especially if you are one of I those with whom coffee doesrit agree “1 here's a Reasoa" n m i ... -'Ket. Contents 15 Fluid Dracimj it*.~ v j ALCOh6T^3 PER cBn|t| N$0: j AVe^elablcrreparalionftirAS j | similatingthcFood Ip C® tind tltcSlomacksand Row** orj pH| jg'pggsffglfpll MjMvi TherebyPromoilnS Di4e*Jg U~t Cheerfulness and RestConta®* neither Opium,Morphine n 4b l>Imeral. Not Narcotic I??*: iJ ^.,_-7n^'i:iWZZ/372S® •* -- Jhmp/mSttA \ jUxSntta I Adi'U'Salh 0 AiumS"4’ I itecSr** / jWnri fW I OarifodStg*? J&tfinynrn fti vor_' A hoi pful Remedy for Constipationand Dtarrtioc . „«.( iwerishncss ana Exact Copy of Wrapper. wmmiasBWiSTOiK* CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Thirty Years COLT DISTEMPER You can prevent this loathsome disease from running through your stable and cure all the colts suffering wlt| it wh'-n you begin the treatment. No matter how youns spoils'!) is safe to use on any colt. It is wonderful host it prevents all distempers, no matter how colts or horaaL at anv ago are "exposed." All good druggists and turf goods houses and manufacturers sell SPOHK'S at 50 cents and $1 a bottle; $5 and $10 a dozen. SI'OIlA MEDICAL, CO., Mfm., Goahen, Ind., U. S. A. Win the War fey Preparing the Land Sawing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops Work in Joint Effort the Soil of the United States and Canada CO-OPERATIVE FARMING IN MAN POWER NECESSARY TO WIN THE BATTLE FOR LIBERTY The Food Controllers of the United States and Canada are asking for greater food production. Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wheat are avail able to be sent to the allies overseas before the crop harvest. Upon the efforts of the United States and Canada rests the burden of supply. Every Available Tillage Acre Musi Contribute; Every Available Farmer and Farm Hand Must Assist Western Canada has an enormous acreage to be seeded, but man power is short, and an appeal to the United States allies is for more men for seed ing operation. Canada’s Wheat Production Last Year was 225,000,000 Bushels; the Demand From Canada Alone Sot 1918 is 400,000,000 Bushals To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs the men. The Government of the United States wants every man who ca« effectively help, to do farm work this year. It wants the land in the United States developed first of course; but it also wants to help Canada. When ever we find a son we can spare to Canada’s fields after ours are supplied, we want to direct him there. Apply to our Employment Service, and we will tell you where you cad best serve the combined interest. Western Canada’s help will he required not later than April 5th. Wagei to competent help, 550.00 a month and u’p, board and lodging. Those who respond to this appeal will get a warm welcome, good wage*, good board and find comfortable homes. They will get a rate of one cent a mile from Canadian boundary points to destination and return. For particulars as to routes and places where employment may be had ' apply to: U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. DEPARTMENT OF UBOB __ L tZutZZ Kau&hfTtu-. w