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mi TO UPSEI
Ml ECONOMIC m
•OMK C0NORE88MEN THINK
•UPFLY AND DEMAND CAN BE
REGULATED BY STATUTE.
Ko CROSS sni i
NEED OF SUfUES
WHY THE WORKMEN COMPLAIN
Peal That Certain Tew Are Getting BIfl Money Out of Government Work, but Revenue l.a«v Will Take C«r* of That
By ARTHUR W, DUNN.
Washington.--*'ongrcss Is looking fo^ tln' gctiliiR who will find fow niethr»»l fo iip.HPf f liojnw nf .«<npply nnrl demand: some Aladdin wh«»«p innglr lamp will keep h Inw level on prices when wnr iniikPB ronitnodltles scarce and the g()vprniii«'nt Is In such need of them ns to make If hirl IiIkIi for nil It buys. We hnve congrcH-'^mpn who believe fhnf IPKl^lnfion will remedy the evil of high prlcoH. csperlnlly If derrees , are passed forhldrling the pnynient of more than such prices ns nrt» fixed by law.
At the bottom of the liilxir froiible.i Is found the (IlssiillsfHctJon of work¬ men becnuse they do not receive In pri¬ vate employment the wngc"? which nre paid by confrnrtors who get, the ten per cont rointMlMsloii on government work. Some of the worklnKincn also complnln fhnt "big iiioiu'y" In going Info the hnnds of a few who nre get- tlnc rich out of tli<> wnr nnd thiit the laborers are not g<'fflng anywhere near their share. i
Complaints about "profltoers" and the criticisms hejinl in the ccmgres- slonnl debates nre n part of the un- | fortunate conditions which happen I when a peaceful people go to war. i Peaceful people .such as ours never I ihave a war problem. The demand j :for war materials nnd supplies hns 'Created unprecedehtcd conditions. Men who have the commodities which the , {goverament needs take advantage of Ithe situation nnd make money. That Is why so much money hns to be ap- ^ jpropriated by congress.
But those who nre making these 'complaints should remember that all 'the war profits will not remain with 'the "profiteers." The revenue law jwlth Its excess proflta tai and Its In- - come tax will get sorae of the money [ back Into the treasury.
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In the effort to raise more crops the agricultural department hns been giv¬ ing a great deal of attention to farm \ labor. One thing It Is doing In this line Is to show the farmer how to keep men on the farm. Investigation has ^proved that life Is not very attractive ; to the average farm laborer. The work • Is quite hard, and when his day's work j Is done his position Is that of a stranger on the farm. He Is not a part , of the farmer's family and he lacks the social existence that Is neces.sary to mankind. Several farmers have writ¬ ten the agricultural department that the way they keep their farmhands Is to build a small house on a plat of ground which Is suitable for gardcu purposes, and allow the farmhand to have a home life with hl.s wife nnd children, his garden, his chickens iind pigs; In other words, to "root him to the soil." A good fnrnilmnd tliu.s lo¬ cated la not likely to be druvvn away, even by the most alluring storle.v of high wages lu other industries iinil other walks of life.
Good work Is being done by the com¬ mission on training camp activities in an effort to Improve the conditions of the soldiers. Ju.st now this organlzii tion Is doing n great denl In what It calls the "smiloage book campaign," little books with coupons which admit soldiers to the various entertainments that are provided, nnd which have to be paid for. The big thing about this 'movement Is the fact thnt It tends to 'keep the soldiers amused, happy nnd contented. Discontent In the cniiips I would be the very worst thing thnt could happen, und there Is nothing like entertainment nnd nniuscment to add to the contentment of the men. LonK ago the nnvy found thut It was neoe.s- 'sary to entertain the sailors und for lyears every battleship bus hud enter- tnlnments of various kinds. Including; the best moving picture shows. The commission Is reuc-hlng out Into every (section of the country, and with de¬ served success.
It is interesting to note the ludlf- fen>nce of mnny Amerlcnn citizens qualified to vote for their lawinukers, who apparently do not cure who giies to congress us their representative. Tbe small number of nctuul voters in proportion to the i>opulution of u dis¬ trict Is very noticeable la the eastern part of the country, und particularly In the SoutheustiTii siutes. In oue district In tJeorijIa wluTe tlu» populu tion Is In excess of 24.'),(KX) only 1.3,801 votes were cast tlurlug the last con¬ gressional election. In a VIruriniu dls trict the vote totaltnl WKM «jut of a population of nearly -Hkt.OOO.
Half B«throb«a Two women were skopplos In a Washinvton street department store. One stopped In front of a price card which read, "Half—Bathrobes."
"Wtell. what do you think of thst." she said to ber conpanloa. "UnU ^ hathrolHH I WMid«r if they cut them ! in twor' '
; "Walk. U they do I doo't wast Oum. ' , A wbol« one fur m« every time," r«-1 « piled tha other woiuau.
Impossible for American Women
to Oversupply Hospitals
With Surgical Dressings.
startling as It mny seem the asser¬ tion Is true thnt French snrgeons at times wore forced to operate upon wounded soldiers without the use of annesthetlrs or surgical dressings.
This Informntlon was given by Mrs. nenjnmln O. linthrop, director of the Paris depot of the American Fund for French Wounded, In answer to a ques¬ tion RH to whether her organization nnd the Red Cross were not being over- supplied with hospital mRterlals.
"It Is Impossible for Amerlcnn wom¬ en to oversupply the Red Cross with surglrnl dressings whon there are 4,000 military ho.spltals In Frnnce which need our h»'lp nnd In addition the civil¬ ian relief stations and last, but not b'UHf. the new American army hos¬ pitals."
Mrs. Lathrop worked to supply French hospltnls with annesthetirs nnd bandages before tho United States en¬ tered the war and before the lied Cross becume n big factor In the situation. She pxplnlned the shortage of nnaes- thetlrs nnd other supplies ns follows:
"When the Germans Invaded France In 1914 they occupied, and still hold, the m'nin manufacturing dl.strlcts of the country. With most of their fac¬ tories lost the French had to turn to the United Stntes for hospital supplies. The enormous number of wounded ex¬ ceeded their fnrllltlcs and It Is true thnt sorae operations were performed without anaesthetics or surgical dress¬ ings.
"Rubber goods especially were scarce. .Gloves mnde of French rub¬ ber split as noon ns the surgeons tried them on. Hot wnter bottles broke at the flrst filling. In time we got enough rubber goods from the United States to Improve the situation, but there Is still acute need for all that possibly can be sent over there."
TWO THillGS m FOR WnO WM!
LABOR AND AGRICULTURE ARE
DEPENDED ON ALMOST MORE
THAN THE ARMIES.
SEAFORD
FIGHTERS MUST HAVE FOOD
DIAMONDS IN TEXAS
Finding of Qemi on a Ranch CauMS Much Excitement
Much axcltement has been caused among the people of central western Texas over the discovery of gems, be¬ lieved to be diamonds, npon a ranch 18 miles southwest of Sterling City. An account of the discovery Is given by F. Kellls, county surveyor of Ster¬ ling county. He writes ns follows :
"About thirty-two years ago a well driller encountered a substance that cut his drill bit The well was fin¬ ished and the driller drifted away. One day a cowboy picked out of the borings of the well some pretty rocks nnd showed thera to a Jeweler, who paid him $800 for one of them, a blnck stone. The cowboy some years later met the driller In Seattle. Wnsh.
"They related to each other the fncts about the find. The driller told the slory to Chicago parties, who cnme here with the driller last wlntor ond started a prospect shaft, following the bore of the well. The shaft is now 8.? feet deep. At the start the fornin- tlcn was conglomernte^gnAt nbout 80 foet a blue clay 'dope^'WiB s^fuck.., In this fonnntlon they Hrre -taking out sf^me boautlfnl pebbles. Sorae nre black translucent, while others are white trnnspurcnt niul very hard."
HUNTS FOR BURIED CITY
Scientist Seeking It on the Dolores River.
In search of a burled city on the Dolores river, In southwestern Colora¬ do, Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes, ethnolo¬ gist of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, hns left for the "Big Bend" district and plans to spend sev¬ eral weeks In his efforts to uneartb the Pueblo ruins.
From governraent archives In Wash¬ ington Doctor Fewkes learned that two Spanish explorers who pnssed through southwestern Colorado more than 200 yeurs ago told of communal houses lo¬ cated along the Dolores, and ns there Is no trace of these dwellings now, It Is believed they hnve been covered by sand drift. The urcheologlcal quest may result In the flndlng of a prehis¬ toric city, Doctor Fewkes believes.
HE'S OLDEST RAILROADER
James Frewf Has Been In the Busi neu for Sixty-Five Years.
James Frew of Fort Madison, la., Re¬ cently retired as a Santa Fe employee, lays claim to being tbe oldest railroad man In the United States lu ptjlnt of service. He has worked for 65 years On the railroads of Kngland and Amer¬ ica.
Frew Is seventy-eight years old and begun work ns a laborer ou the Eng¬ lish roads when thirteen yeurs old. Coming to this country as a young man, he continued us general foreman, master mechanic and division super¬ intendent.
Aa he grew older he was forced to Klve up these resixmslble positions, but he cOntlDued railroading, as that was before the day of pensions for worthy employees retiring on account of age.
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F«th«r **Hoovtrlxed* to Cxoeaa. Excessive Hooverlalng from which patriotic sentiment was ftbsent brought fl year's sentence in Bridewell priawu lu New York city for Fred LexO#lr. He wan charged with counting the bite* mt meat eaten by his two sons Id spite Vf fbi fact tliat their mother paid the grocery bills. He alao was found guilty of tr«atluK the boys crueUjr.
America Also Must Supply the Allies in Europe—Conoressman Sumnera of Texas Sums Up the Critical Situ¬ ation.
By ARTHUR W. DUNN.
Wnshington.—Two vllul clcfnont.^ jirc neccs.snry to win tlio wnr—Inhor iukI ngrlciilfuro. No niiillcr how fine ut) Ain«'rlcnii nrmy wh inii.v Imve In Kiir<>|)(', no mnttt-r liow well It nmy be (¦(]iilppc(l with HrniH iiikI iiiiinltlon.s, un- l<-;s It Is woll fed It lunnot fight, niul If It cniiiiot flght 11 will be ii fnlliirf. und :i Inllure of llio Atnorlj-nn nrmy will lose the wur for i-|vilizutloii. So it I.s vlinlly important that Aincrlcu raise (Tops enough not only to food her own people, but t<» fred her own nrmy und ulso furnlsli fotid for tli«' ullles.
To get tbe food to the Aincrtrnn uriiiy in l'^ur<»pe Inhor Is csscntlul. It l)i>>riiis to look ns If the most patriotic duty u mun run perform Is to help luilbl tho slili')s, to nils*' the crops nnd lo help lu every other iiiuiiner t(» fur- iil.sh supplies for the Aiiiorlcnti nrmy nbroud. The groutest upprchcnsloii that hus been felt In Wiishlngton for some time hns been over the possible failure of these two importunt ele- m«>nts In sustaining n war, ngrlculture and labor. At the same time It must be asserted that the more dlfllcultles that beset the pathway of the Ameri¬ can people, the more determined nnd united are the men who know thut the war must be curried ou to a successful conclusion.
Congressman Suinners of Texas, speaking of agriculture und the war, summed up the situation under four heads. First, the demand upon agri¬ cultural energy In the country this year will be the greatest In Its history ; sec¬ ond, the agricultural populntlon and farm labor power has been grently de¬ creased by military service; thiril. In regard to competition In labor, agricul¬ ture hns not been able to hold Its own. He then added :
"The fourth slgnlflcant fnct connect¬ ed with this situation Is that we have reached the period of spring planting in this, the most crucial year of tha war with no practicable, workable plan, and none In prospect of Immedi¬ ate adoption under which It may be hoped that agriculture will be able to meet Its responsibilities. This Is true, notwithstanding that It Is agreed by ¦ill thut If American agriculture falls this yenr substantially to meet Its re¬ sponsibilities our troops on the other side piuy fnll, the morale of our people ittid of our ullles will be Imperiled, and our cuu-se will be in danger."
Senator Thomas of Colorado has been for economy ever since he has betMi u member of the senate. At varl- oii.s times he ventures crlticl.snis of In- creasi's whlcli huve been made In ap- proprlutlons. Not long iigo he raised an t)l)je<'tlon to liuTcnsIng uu appro¬ priation In the ugrlculturul bill from .'j;-jr.»>,(KIO to $r»<.>0.(KX). Senator Wurreu of Wyoming told lilin that he (Wurren) while the bill wus in coinnilttoe moved to uiuke the appropdutlou $1,000,000 insfeud of $'jr>O,0(K).
¦•I'l'rhaps my objection will result In un increase of the upproprlutlon," was the reply of Thomas that caused laughter iu the senate.
"I think the senator had better be careful," reumrked Senator Kenyon of Iowa, "becnuse the committee ut one time Increased this approprlutlon to .tiTI^O.OOO." Senator Thoiuus jissured the senate that he feared^l^opposl- tlon would Increuse the appropriation und suld he would turn his attention to unother feuture of the bill.
Congress has been In uo rush to give the food ndmliiistrutor additional pow¬ er which he has nsked In order that he might control productiou und cou- suiuptlou us woll us the distribution of food. Administrator Hoover contlii ues to issue appeals, although they do not always accomplish results. Wher¬ ever he cnn enforce his decrees he Is going to do It iu the Interests of food suving. This is to be dt>ne In regartl to the lessening of the sule ot fo«)d products, lluiidlcrs of meuts und ifour huve ulready been put under cer¬ luin restricllous and now Mr. Hoover intends to stop the sale *t( heus uud pullets In order that they may be al¬ low e<l tuprodu<'e more egys. No doubt uu appeal to farmers throughout the country not ti> kill hens uud pullets will have a good ellect, for the farmers ure believed to be stuuding loyally be¬ hind the guverumeut uad aiding in every way they can In the prosecution of the war.
Great preparations are being made to make the third Liberty louu a suc¬ cess. Oue of the feutu/ea will be the dhttributluu of cartoons of all kinds, made by the best cartoonists of the country, nearly all of whom have vol- unteered their aervlcefl to help the gov¬ erument. Scarcely a cartoonist uf note, from the AtUutlc to the Pacific, has been overlooked ia this effort to get good ploCvrea to Uliutrate tbe ueeda of the govenuuent at the prea¬ ent tluia.
A colonial party for the members of the Eastern Star and their hus¬ bands was held on Friday evening, Washington's Birthday, at the home of Mr. and Mra, .1. W. Soulhar.1. The party assembled at about 8 pm. and there were many Martha Washing¬ ton and George Washington styles exhtt)rted Five hundred and bridge were played and a number of pri7.es awarded. After the games were over the hostess servefl a very tasty lunch. Those present were: Mr. and .Mrs. John W. Southard, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. (ieorge A. II. Smith, Mr and Mrs. Ferguson, Mr. snd Mrs Noble, Dr. and Mrs. Small- wood, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, Mr. and Mrs. H. Pearsall, Mr. and Mrs. Mas¬ ters, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Christie, Mr. and Mrs Forest Dunbar, Mrs. Fred Howell, Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Al¬ bert Hutton, Mrs. Esmond Stiles, Mrs. Edward Rogers Mrs. Bertha Randall, Miss Cecile Payne, Miss Kd- na Hutton, Miss Mildred Stifes, .Miss Noble.
Miss Mzzie R. Mills is again con- Ifined to her home.
Everett Southard and William Var- cnce were called for physical exam¬ ination for the draft on Tuesday last
An automobile accident occurred on Merrick Road in front of .1. W. Southard's home on Friday evening last. The car was going along Mer¬ rick Road when it skidded and ran into a pole both pccupants being thrown out and receiving many cuts and bruises. One of the gentlemen in the car was William Stevens of Freeport and the other gentleman was from New York. Ur. Newton of Free- port and Dr. Skow of Bellmore dress¬ ed the wounds.
Miss Clara Walters conducted the Epworth League service last Sunday evening. Leslie Raynor will lead the meetinj: Sunday evening, March P..
The Ladies' .'^id Society met wilh Mrs. Smith Van Nostrand on Thurs¬ day afternoon.
There will be a big sing in the Roosevelt Methodist Church Friday evening, March lst, conduted by Mis3 Bertha Rich of Freeport. Epworth LeagU'ers and their friends from Se.i- ford, Bellmore, Baldwin, Freeport and Roosevelt are invited to attend.
The Guild of St Michael and All Angels' Church will meet at the home of Mrs Edward A. Hanna on Thurs¬ day afternoon, March 7_
Mr. and ivlrs. Charles E. '^ills spent the week-end with relatives in Union Course, L. I.
Miss S. E. Vooris spent Thurs<l'iy evening in Brrcklyn with relatives.
Prices Sugrgested by the Federal Food Administration of Nassau County.
Prices on a basis of cash and carry.
The range in price depends upon the cost of transporting the article from the wholesaler to the retailer, and the purchase by the retailer in original or broken packnges. This i> published with the iden of giving a suggested price applicable as near¬ ly as possible to all parts of the county. Tipon the complete organization of the Food Council in the county, each locality will suggest its own prices,
• Retail, pays Cons, should
Article Crade cts. lb. pay cts. lb
Lima, domestic l.'V 16 18 19
Beans Small, white domestic 14 1|2 161(2 17 1[2iai|2
Pea or medium domestic .. .15 16 18 19
Kidney, red, domestic .15 1|2 16 1|2 18 1|2 19 1|2
Rice Hulk, wholehead 9.3|4 103|4 113'4 12.3|4
Bulk, broken 7 1|4 8 9 1'4 10
Orfts Bulk, Blue Rose 83[4 9314 103|4 113|4
Bulk, rolled 6 1|4 6 314 8 1|4 9
C:ornmeal Yellow, granulated 6 1|4 63 4 8 1|4 9
White, southern, fine 5 3J4 6l|4 7 3J4 8 314
Raisins Seeded 15 oz. package fancy .12 121|2 141|2 16 1|2
Choice, 15 oz. package 11 12 112 13 1|2 14 1|2
Prunes California, (40-50) 14 14112 18 19
Oregon (.W-40) ]51|2 16 191|2 201|2
Flour. Wheat Spring patent 6 114 6112 7 114 7 112
Winter wheat 6ll4 6l!2 7l|4 7 l|2
Sugar Granulated 7.7 83|4 9 3|4
Bread Factory wrapped, 16 oz 7 1-2 8 1|2 9 1-2
Store wrapped, 16 oz 7 8 9
Butter Storage, best 49 54 57
Cheese American whole milk 27 30 33 36
Potatoes White U. S. No. 1 2 1|2 4 6
Onions Red, fancy 3 4 4
EAGLE
Electrical Shoe Repairing
Rubbers and Shoes Repaired while you wait. All work guaranteed. Reasona¬ ble Prices. JAMES PISCIOTTA, Prop. 35 Railroad Are., Freeport, L. I.
Hardware and Supplies
COMPLETE LINE OF THE BEST
ARTHUR WHITEHOUSE
91 South Main Street
Freeport, N. Y.
WE HAVE NEW and USED FORDS
TouriiiK, Runabout, Coupelet, Town and BuHineMH Cars
For Sale or Exchange
ChaMlH, $400: Kunaboutn, $4:^5; Touriuit, «4r>0; Coupelet,S5»<>; Town, 8«45; Sedan, $«1>5; Truck, $tt<>«.
We carry and constantly have on hand a larp'e stock of all FORD parts
TOOLS and MAN Malce the World's Greatness
WE KMPLOY THK MOST CAPABLE AND KKLIABl.E MACH1M8TS
We maintain a michine shop equipped with modern and up-to-date machinery, and having; a capacity to do any and all work on or about an automobile
SURPLIES OF ALL KINDS
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