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'-CT" wj"'J,"lCKri lwMvavwHiPvlfVi9)BP9MIHMnMllPWHnMWlMmilPVimOTHiH I. ri J iyJM4WtiiiVi i liiliSiffiViii ffhmfiriiiTr'-i"''-''"-' v? N , H II I E I 14 The Commoner ' VOL. 18, NO, 3 Third Liberty Loan Sccrotary McAdoo authorizes tho following: Tho campaign for tho third Lib orty loan will bo opened on tho Gth of April, 1018, tho first anniversary of tho declaration of a state of war botween tho United States and Ger many. Tho amount, terms, and conditions of tho loan havo not yot boon de cldod because thoso features aro de pondont upon furthor legislation. I cxpoct to ask tho congress at an oarly date to grant tho necessary ad ditional authority. Of courso, tho oponing dato of tho campaign is somowhat dopondont upon tho now legislation, but It is hoped and be llovod that tho matter can bo con sidered and determined in ample tlmo to begin tho campaign on tho dato suggested. Day Consecrated In History. April 6 will forovor bo a conse cratod day in Amorlcan history and it scorns peculiarly appropriate that tho oponing of tho second year of our participation in this war for tho honor and rights of Amorlca and tho froodom of tho world should bo cel obratod with a nation-wide drive for another Llbortv loan. Tho campaign should bogfti with grout demonstrations of patriotism In ovory city, town, and hamlet in tho country that will truly express tho spirit of aroused Amorlca. On Paint Without Oil IlciunrknMc Discovery That Cutn Down the Cont of Vnlut Sevcnty-flvc Per Cent A Free Trlnl Packngc Ih Mailed io Mvcryone Who "Vrltcn A. Ii.Ttlce, a promlnont manufacturer of Adams, N. Y has discovered a proc obb of making a now kind of paint with out tho uso of oil. Ho calls it Towdr palnt. It comoo In tho form of a dry powdor and all that Is required Is cold water to mako a paint weathor proof, ,flra proof, sanitary and durable for outsldo or Inside painting. It is tho cement prlnclplo applied to paint. 'It adheres to any surfaco, wood, stone or hrlclc, spreads and IooIcb llko oil paint and costs about ono-fourth as much. "Wrlto to Mr. A. L. Rico, Manufacturer. 22M North Stroot, Adams, N. Y and ho will send you a freo trial paclcago, also color card and full information allowing you how you can savo a gooa ' many dollars. Wrlto today. this date every American should pledge anew his government tho run measure of his resources and resolve to mako every- required sacrifice in tho same fervent spirit that impels our gallant sons in tho trenches of Franco and on the waters of tho At lantic to shed thoir blood in Amer ica's sacred cause. Dato Considered a Fitting Ono. To carry forward America's essen tial part in this war for righteous ness and justice, every man and wo man in tho country must lend thoir available means to the government, and I know of no more fitting time for such a patriotic response to the call of duty than tho beginning of tho second year of the war. Tho campaign in all probability will last three or four weeks and an nouncement of the opening date is made at this time in accordance with my promlso to make public all mat tors connected with the loan as soon as determined and in order that am nio tlmo mav bo triven overv com munity to prepare for the event. I earnestly hone that narades and patriotic meetings will be held in all parts of the country. The treasury department will endeavor to make tho observance of the anniversary of tho declaration of war as memorable as was tho patriotic observance 'dur ing the second Liberty loan campaign of Liberty Day on the 24th of Oc tober, 1917. .$1)7,000,000,000 FOR WAR SPENT BY FIVE NATIONS A Paris cablegram to the New York American, dated Feb. 16, says: Investigations by French economists havo elicited some remarkable de tails of war expenditures in the va rious belligerent countries. The latest figures show the cost of the war to France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany and Austria - Hungary amounts to something like $97,600, 000,000. Tabulations based on the state ments issued by the various" govern ments show that the amounts ex pended in the larger allied countries from August, 1914, to January 1, 1918, are approximately as follows: Nation. Amount. France $15,040,000,000 Britain 32,800,000,000 Italy 6,000,000,000 . i- i.t. ..nnrnnnrnd nnnntry into mvoivu uiu u"ii' - - much greater expenditures, added to by loans to equally unprepared col5- Worked out per head of' population of the United Kingdom, tho War has cost each inhabitant $713, com pared with $490 a head in France and $172 each in Italy, which entered the war mucn later man. wo umoi two nations. These are amazing fig ures when it is recollected that the nnniilaHnn of each country is formed chiefly of people who earn no more than a bare living wage, ahd they have had to meet vastly increased living costs besides, although the purchasing value of their money has been reduced by half. While it is fairly easy to estimate the war costs of the Allies, it is very difficult to approximate clearly and definitely those of Germany and Aus-trln-Hnnearv. Flnan'ce is as imnort- ant in the great struggle as victories in the field, and the central empires have adopted what the Allies admit to be a legitimate ruse of war in making their published financial statements as baffling as possible. Sq far as it is possible to judge, how ever," the figures being given with re serve, the cost of the war to Ger many and Austria to the first of this year was: Germany $26,600,000,000 Austria-Hungary . . 16,800,000,000 en- communities than they were to force it. The record in -Sioux Falls, the largest city of the state, is one which would show a duplication in every city and town in possibly the same degree according to population. Tho Sioux Falls record of arrests, for a series of seven months in 1916 and 1917, the jfirst showing the work of peace officers under the saloon license law, and tho latter under prohibition, speaks for itself. The record: Arrests 1916 July . ... 164 August . . 215 September. 172 October . . 142 November. 165 December. 119 January ... 56 ? (19X7) 1917 16 2 ' 11 "7 8 (1918) Totals .2923 58 Total $43,400,000,000 These figures share out $398 per capita in Germany and $330 in Austria-Hungary. Gil A Y JJCAIR How io Dnrkcn It Successfully A book lms linnn nnhllciirwi rvntiM.i "Porfoctiralr." Wlllnll ovnlnlna lmiv -r.rl.tf . or Bray hair may bo gradually darkoned to a natural shade. No quick action dyo ing or othor such makeshifts that aro vlBlblo to all, but an eminently satisfac tory, reliable safe mothod, easily applied at homo. You gradually appear younger and moro attractlvo: can maintain dark hair through llfo. Book will bo mailed t roe In plain wrapper by Koskott Labor atory 1823 A, Station F, Now York City. No matter what you havo tried in tho past, read this free book) It also tolls about crrowlncr now. luxuriant fmtr vnr. .ishlng dandruff and stopping tho falling- uue vi nun RHEUMATISM Recipe. I will gladly send any Rhoumatlsm suf ferer a Simple Horb Roclpo Absolutely roo that Complotoly Cured mo of a terrible- attack of muscular and Inllamma- y.ui uiiuiunuuom ui lung sianuing after ovorythlng olso I tried had failed mo I havo given it to many sufferors who bo lloved their cases hopeless, yet they found relief from thoir suffering by taking these felmplo herbs. It also relieves Sciatica promptly, as well as Neuralgia, and is a wondorful blood purliloi. You aro most WQlcomo to this Herb Kcclpc if you will aond for it at once. I beliovo you will consider it a God-sond aftor you havo put it to tho test. There is nothing in jurious contained In it, and you can see for yourself exactly what you aro taklne- C will gladly sond this Recipe absolutely i Frftr t-n nnv HufYnrrn nlm -...m -.... . -v"J' and address. W. a. SUTTON. 2050 MhkhoIIh Ave., Los Augcles, California. Total . .; $54,200,000,000 In regard to Russia the published information is so confusing as to render it practically impossible to arrive at any satisfactory total. In studying the above tables it is necessary to keep in mind that the interest on tho loans contracted dur ing the war is also included, and as this reaches a very appreciable fig ure, the staggering character of the totals is more easily understood. When one attempts to examine in detail these various totals, it is necessary to exnlain the fmmfman v. riatlons by the leading facts which nave uictatea them. While France put all her men into the field at the beginning of the war with the ex ception, of course, of the boys who have been absorbed by the army year by year as they reached tho nrnna age, Great Britain has had to create everything, from the divisions which navo laicen tnoir places In the "line," to tho factories which have supplied them with ammunition. Franco was organized and equipped to provide for an army of several millions of men. Britain, however had little more reserve stores than were necessary to provide adequately the first seven divisions the "con tempt! me little army," as the kaiser called it which took tho field at once. Tho result naturally has been to A LONG MEMORY At a little dinner the statement was made that the colored race has longer memories than white folk. Mark Twain, who was present, agreed with the remark, and to prove it told the following: "Some years ago, when south, I met an old colored man who claimed to have known George Washington. f asked him if he was in the boat when Gen. Washington crossed the Delaware, and he instantly replied, 'Lor, Massa, I steered dat boat.' " 'Well,' I said, 'do you remember when George took the hack at the cherry tree?' "He looked worried for a minute, and with a beaming smUo said: 'why, suah, Massa, I dun drove dat hack myself.' " New York Times. RECORD JUSTIFIES PROHIBITION LAW A Pierre S. D., special to the Chris tian Science Monitor, Boston, says: Governor Norbeck stands today on the platform that prohibition n nnr- ried out in South Dakota is a success in every way, and one of the best moves ever made in the state. That the attempt to bring prohibi tion to South Dakota at tho t.fmn'nf statehood nearly 30 years ago was a failure, is admitted by the governor and by all who know the conditions of those days. But there has been' a decided change in sentiment all over the country since those days, and in ooum uaKota tne movement at this time has been made a praptical pe through the enforcement provisions which were placed in thf lnw carried o.ut by a state sheriff who is not affected or swayed by local senti ment when he goes after liquor law violators along with other, offenders. This is DUt forwnrri lw n, Norbeck as among the main reasons, ""' wummuuu in soutn Dakota, is a success in this day, . instead of the failure which it nrovrt n n,f ; century ago, when the local sentiment in many communities winked at any violation of the law of that time, and officers were more inclined to asst in violations of this law in.iqany These figures can be duplicated nn a smaller- scale in every town in tho state, and even Deadwood, which held out against prohibition longer than any other town in the state, has come into line. Aside from' the records of arrests as an indication of the difference be tween the old days of the saloon and the days of prohibition rigidly en forced, is the difference the merchant finds in collecting his bills, and the manner of dress and mode of living MR. BRYAN AND GOVERNMENT OWNERSHD? OP RAILROADS New Haven, Conn,, Union. You probably remember, and we certainly can recall only too well, the grand old howl that went up all over this land in 1907 when Mr. William J. Bryan, returning from a trip around the world, suggested that in his judgment the ultimate solution of the railroad problem in our .coun try would be some form .of gov ernment ownership and operation. This Bryan pronunciamento was mado at Madison Square Garden, New York city over ten years ago, and tne march of events has proven, as usual, that Mr. Brya,n then, as al ways, was just about ten years ahead of his time. War or no war, it has become more and" more obvious that the only ultimate, proper solution of our so-called railroad problem in America is the one which Mr. Bryan was roundly abused for even sug gesting over a decade ago. All of which is an indication that the old world does move some after all. No man of his own generation in America has advocated so many pol icies that have finally been adopted in one form or another as Mr. Bryan. In 1896 the underlying nrincinle of his whole campaign for bi-metalism was the desire for a government in stead of a privately controlled bank ing system, a demand for a medium of exchange based upon the quan titative rather than, the ouaiitative ,theory of money. Fundamentally Mr. JBryan was right, as the wholo history of currenc and banking re form in this nation for the nast ,twenty years conclusively proves. In deed our much esteemed federal re serve system is the concrete, practical -result of the basic abstract theories .Of currency and hanlrini? .rftfnfm ad- jvocated by Mr. Bryan in 1896. The present war is nrlmoiilv one to make the world safe against im perialism, and nothing is more stim sUlating in these days than to turn joacK ana read the anti-imperialistic arguments made by Mr. Bryan in the uuiuijuiu oi. j.yuu. tie iixea tnen t international ideals that today are being offered by this nation as its Jreason for entering the European wuuivi.. xu xryu,n auvocauy ui popular election of U. S. senators, of publicity of- campaign contributions, :of the income tax and a host of other; m i Mam .i ":Trci',aaita