Nebraska Newspapers

    The Congestion of Industry. j
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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.
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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.
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Send for free boot let on Abortion In Iowa
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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.”
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Mothers Know That
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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.
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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 __
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