Socialistic Activities of Employes of the
Federal Trade Commission
3y SENATOR WATSON of Indiana. Speech in Congress
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If my information be correct., the headquarters of
the federal trade commts>ion in Chicago during' the
time they were open were centers of sedition and
anarchy from which radiated the most baleful influence.
I trust I have mentioned enough to demonstrate that
that office was, during all that period, a center of rad- J
iculism, a nesting place for socialists, a sjuwning j
ground for sovietism, and that, while professing to in- j
vostigate business with a view to eradicating its evil i
features, they constantly plotted for the destruction j
of the business they were charged to investigate and i
for the confiscation and collective ownership of all the means for the erea- I
tion and the distribution of wealth.
Senators, if socialists and anarchi ts arc recognized in official life, 1
they will not he condemned in private life. If they are fostered and pro
tected by the government, they will flourish in business and industrial i
institutions, and we will not succeed in overcoming the bolshevistic ten
dency of the day unless we oust from office every red radical holding a
place under the government.
Men sent out by the federal trade commission should he investigators
and not persecutors; they should impartially find the facts and should
fearlessly report them. Men ought not be selected to represent the govern
ment who are against all government. We had as well choose atheists to
reform the principles of the church. Men who are opposed to our existing
institutions should never be chosen to protect, them, and no agency of the
government bent on the enforcement of the laws has a right, to select as
its representatives those who are opposed to all law and hostile to all
government. These acts arc subversive of the very foundations of govern
ment. and should the practice continue will inevitably result in its over
throw.
Good Citizenship Requires the Most
Definite Kind of 1 eaching
Ey EDWARD AMHERST OTT
Because every normal man loves the hind of his birth, tlmt does not
necessarily make him a good citizen or an eflieient one in time of need, i
The g.eat war convinced at least four million young men of the desira
bility cf getting ready and remaining prepared for national defense.
Entirely apart from the physical training and stamina that come to
thp young men of the country through physical training, we need the
loyalty and team-work that are derived most economically from such
training. Good citizenship is not an accident. It requires the most
.definite kind of teaching.
Berry voter in America should learn the spirit, the history and the
technique of our kind of government.. By setting aside a prescribed period
in a bfv’s life, say six months, when lie can touch elbows with thousands
of others and devote his entire attention to the subject of his national
duty. American spirit and team-work will leave an impression that will
last a lifetime. The blacksmith's son and the banker’s son should know
that they have, indeed, many worthwhile interests in common. It will be
healthy socially for the millionaire's son to know the viewpoint and the
hne spirit of the boy from the farm and shop. The various group? of our
citizens must mingle to insure an enduring democracy.
The educational results of universal training will be broadening. The
experience gained by the youth who is approaching manhood will pay
many times over for its cost.
No greater tribute could be given the young men who wore the
uniform for us during the great war than to establish a national and
universal system of training for citizenship and national defense. It
will be a living institution to show our appreciation of what was done
under superdiffieulties to carry forward on a world stage the principles of
our republic. It will prevent a recurrence of unpreparedness and the
resultant less of life, energy and money. And it will insure a greater
good in the fullest popular exercise of citizenship responsibilities.
If Any Man Ever Deserved the Thanks
of England, Schwab Is the Man
By ADMIRAL LORD FISHER, British Navy
In a memorandum which I had printed and circulated in -January,
1914, seven months before the war, these words may be found in large
•capital letters. “The submarine is the coming type of war vessel for s -a
fighting.'’ ! was literally persecuted for building submarines while 1 was
first sea lord. Thanks to Admiral Bacon and Admiral S. S. Hall, we are
what we are. When I left the admiralty on .January ‘-’5, l'-l 10, there were
(>1 efficient submarines and Id were building. When I returned to th-"
admiralty in October, 1014, there were only f>l, so 1 sent for Mr. Schwab
of the Bethlehem Steel works and he delivered a batch of submarines in
five mouths.
That was an unprecedented feat, as ! ! months was the record till then.
Tic'C "T! -tvpe submarines built by Schwab went unconvoyed trom Amer
ica to the Dardanelles and acted there prodigiously. Mr. Schwab should
have been made a duke. If any man ever deserved the gratitude of Eng
land. Mr. Schwab is the man, but he has not even received the Order of
the Bad Egg.
The British nation is going to make the same damned mess over the
internal combustion engine, which is as imperative for commerce as for
war. Every nation except oursch fs is pushing ahead with tins engine.
IJcrr Ba'.lin, before be suicided, decided on a fleet of 10,000-ton vessels so
fitted. We have no big ship so fitted that 1 know of—even thought of. I
really dc look forward to the day of judgment, when all these champion
liars l kn< v of and who are so highly honored at the present will be ex
posed and flagellated.
What 1 think is one of the fearful things of the late war is that we
had no admirals or general shot—we only promoted them.
Secretary of the Interior Lane—Oh, for a few days of real sanity, when
•with composed nerves and calm judgment and without bitterness or feel
ing, we could look gt our problems and meet them with our traditional
hopefulness and confidence.
AMERICAN MINE SWEEPING FLEET REVIEWED BY DANIELS
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Tlu» American mine sweeping: fleet paraded up the North river in gala attire before Secretary of tit ' Navy !' n
iels, who reviewed tho craft. Tile .">!) vessels of the fleet form the last unit of the navy to return from war service
in foreign waters. The sweepers picked up and destroyed 50(XX) mines. The work was of a most hazardous nature.
In the insert Secretary Daniels is shown pinning a Croix de Guerre on ltny Messanelli for his valorous work.
EXPERTS IN CAMP IN NEW ZION CANYON NATIONAL PARK
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Three experis, largely responsible for the creation of Zion canyon as a national park,'around a < ami' tin- at the
“Temple of Sinawava” in tIn* Utah wonderland. They are, left to right : Robert Sterling Yard executive sc-retnry
of tlie National I'arks association; W. \V. Wylie, who "pot the Yellowstone on the map." and Miss Mai. - t Yard
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!'<«• I ho guidance <>f commercial air
craft. Similar ones dot that country, j
and doubtless will soon be seen in the
United States.
Checking Advance of Sand.
Tin* distribution of son 1 on the coast
depends. In the tirst place, on marine
t orients and the topographical aspects
oj the coasts t. emselvos. Where there
is no protection in the shape of cliffs
the coasts are covered with enormous
ipiantities of sand, hot its advance i«
checked’ by plants and vegetable
growths. Sprouts, trailing vines or
dragging roots serve the purpose of
keeping the sand in place and giving
consistency to the appearance of the
average beach. Of these vegetable
growths, those are calculated to serve
I he purpose best which are most abun
dant and whose resisting power is
strongest. In the time of Kliznheth a
taw in Kngland was passed prohibiting
the destruction of such beach plants
:;s they tended to keep hack the sand
otherwise carried by wind and rain to
the detriment of crops.
Famous Boundary Line.
Iti ITdd. < n the fifteenth of Novetn
< er. Charles Mason and Jeremiah Ib\
>>n. noted Knglisli surveyors, arrived at
Philadelphia to establish tin* hound
•irv between Pennsylvjiulu and Mary
land. Th*\\ worked for four years sur
veying the boundary. The line ran
mostly through the wilderness. They
■ettinted t*> Kngland in iiSi. rite sur
,-v of the last .‘10 miles was com
lifted ny Alexander Mcl.ean of Phila
lelphhi. Cntil the Civil war the Ma
nn and Dixon line was accepted by
-fin-ral consenl as being the boundary
in i ween the North and the South
.ftwcfii uud free territory.
ONE OF THE THINGS WILHELM COVETED
This is the great terminal in <'onstantinople of the Bagdad railway which
loomed so large in the schemes of the kaiser for domination of the Mast.
SUGAR SHORTAGE HITS THEM ALSO
K'«*'1 treasury departments More n, Washington. where treasury
employcos «tm buy almost everything from edibles to automobile tires * u
advertising its lack of sugar. This store lias 17.000 possible customers’.nil
helps materially In cutting down the cost of living.
SCRAPS
Jn England at the present time there
are t.888.000 more females than there
are mates.
u’U'lnB out of rtebt the best thlnc
Women are to have an mutant
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Minute Insect !s On: cf Most Gen
erallv r 'faded Pests Fruit
Grower Has to Fight.
• 1-cJ by the Unite-! States Depart
rnent of Agriculture.)
“Tim Sun Jose Stale and Its Con
which is Farmers’ bulletin (150,
ju-t sited in revised form, eon fains
des. i .ption of t lie insect, its natural
history and habits, means of distribu
tion, f,,od plants, natural enemies and.
most important of all, ways of con
:rolling it. AttncWnc, ns it does,
practically ail deciduous fruit trees,
this minute insect is one of the most
CONTROL OF SAN JOSE SCALE
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Pears Cracked by Scale Injury.
generally dreaded jests with which
the fruit grower has to contend.
The bulletin says that the insect can
he kept well in cheek by thorough an
nual treatment during the period when
the plants tin* dormant, and full in
structions are given as to how treat
ment should be applied. '1 a various
washes are discussed and conditions
outlined under which one may he pre
ferable to the others. Full instruc
tions are given also for making the
washes at home, including the materi
als and the equipment necessary. Var
ious kinds of spraying apparatus are
also discussed.
Copies of the bulletin may be had
free by writing the division of jtubll
eations, Cnited States department of
agriculture. Washington.
CURCULIO IS SERIOUS PEST
Injurious to Pears, Apples, Peaches
and Cherries—May Be Control
led by Spraying,
The p!nm curcullo Is n small stoni
Knout-beetle, and is a serious post to
pours, npi>!• s. peaches and cherries In
i addition to plums. Tho adult bootlo
winters over an I emerges just before
the fruit buds open. and foods to some
extent on tho buds, and lator on tbo
young fruit ns soon as it is sot. Kggi
arc 1: id in tho young fruit as soon ns
! It is formed.
There are two kinds of punctures.
, “gg I'Uneftiri'S and feed punctures, the
former being made by tin* beetle In
depositing her eggs, •.nrl are surround
ed by a ere , nt dm pod slit. The food
punctur are made later in the sea
SOI>. »- ; rule, after the adults appear
in Augu. r
It v r u'd to ei.ntrol, this insect
mat he controlled by thoroughly
spraying with arsenate of lead (•’!
pennds to 40 gallons) as tlx* louf buds
nr - <■: orijng and again before and af
ter tlx* blossoms fail.
I lit in act jv a serious one in many
hs alii b in c • ,, seasons and only
the most. <ar. ful measures will suffice
I to control it.
PLAN TO PROPAGATE GRAPES
Small Pieces of Vines Planted in Well
Drained Place Are Ready in
About Two Years.
T .iko small pipoos of grapevines
nb®ut pruning time (during fall nnrt
wirUt’r) and plant them in a box of
sand or in a well-drained place*. When
they are about two years old they are
r, ady to plant in the vineyard.
in the winter, plant small pieces of
hg limtis or throw dirt up around tho
roots of the old tig trees and they will
Put out shoots. Pull up these shoots,
which should have roots ready for
planting in the orchard
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fl ORTICULT U PAL
HOTELS
Manure can be applied broadcast
over tho strawberry rows from the
middle of November on.
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Yes, tho old raspberry canes can
be pruned out now, Just ns well as in
the spring. Burn the rubbish.
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'1 he drainage of an orchard should
be goou, but steep, hilly orchards,
full of deep washes should be shunned.
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Some attention should be Elv*°
strawberry beds this winter If
lants are to bnr well next sprlcf