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FA ff. ? 1 * * - ? I In the Path of A By I ?: David starr Jardas of Leland ford University 1* a friend of all nations. He knows them. He is a friend of humanity, for he knowe it, An a student of history and sn advo cate off peace he is held In nonor the world over, ld presenting Doctor Jordan's masterful analysis outbreak ofjthe present war. vhich was that we should "guard the fanner's interest? and spell out the meaning of this C Aril, indeed, at a time like this all ol us need the guidance such minds ai Doetor Jordan's can give. Tem will also b> interested In Doc tor Jordan's latest book, "War's Af termath," published by Houghton Minta Company, Boston. In this woes Docttor Jordan shows the effect of oui own Civil Wjer on the manhood bf tbs country. The result* of the present conflict will stand as the fulfillment of the prophecy which this book ha? now become. - .'j fha two demands of tho fanner on his government are security and 'jus tice. In . war ; both are .taken from hitn . If one will start out on the road in any dime iron from anywhere itt thc United States, let a* ?SK for example from Springfield, Ohio, he will find ample evidence that the farmer hat security. H? will find honde?me, well shaded towns, good roads, neat farm houses scattered along the road, ons for each farm with ita barns and other belongings without the slightest attempt at defense from any outside foe and With no fear that danger lurks in isolation. This represents one extreme of the world. The center oi the population of the ?Teat republic is also the conter of peace. lander the flag Where hatred dies away the farmer feels absolutely cer tain to. care for his crops in security and in the evening'ot the day br thc life time to he apte to toast his toei by the fireside in perfect serenity. For .the other extreme we may gc to another land,.as richly endowed bj nature as southern Ohio, and not' un like it In physical aspects except foi Its nearness to the sea. ' This, Macedonia. It bas been civilized for more thai) two thousand years, nearly ten times as long as Ohio. It has been a Chris tian laud since the days of Saint Paul, who wrote aa epistle to'the'church' ol Its capital city, tho Thessalonian* ol hts day, now tjae people of Thsasalon ike (Sal?nica,) Aristotle was born Tn Macedonia, and so, alas, was Alexander the Great On Ita field of Phillipp! Roman freedom went down, with Brutus and C?salos, before the imperialism ol Caesar and Antony- And since the days of Alexander and Caesar, Mace donia has not known security or Jus tice. It has known the inarch and the countermarch-ot war. ' Romans; Greeks, Turks; Turks, Greeks, Posons, SclgarUns, Servians, Italians; and now, at least the Greeks. v .7 U . IT? That'sri OPPORTUNITY knocking ? your door. It's UkcYhis-I have a farm of 210 acres of good land; run dbwn sightly, but a GOOD farmer can easily and economi caUy-build il up. lt is situat ed Uiree mites this side of Sandy Spiings and eight miles iront *iv5oo down and the! balance on .yearly payments] wiU tum thc: trick-ana the price ls v?RY l MERS - _ ? * r " "? i >tfa RMER A2S rm?ea tte Producer >A VIO STARR JORI Tab .soldier and tbe "farmer, the I two cannot occupy th? name lands, i The soldier stands for ml.^ht and vlo . lenee. The farmer needs Justice snd securi ty. in the last month of May I took a : lons; trip through Macedonia. I ?cund j good, honest farmers h?re sud there, : but not many. Their lite was rory dlf I feront from farm life in Ohio. ? There.were no houses .standing ! along the road. Everybody lived la i the villages, even though the lands were ten miles away. And the villages ' were crowded hist as closely as ? houses could stand. Think of Farming at Sight! The streets paved with rough stone, edges upward, were Just wide enough , to let a camel or a cart drawn by a ; buffalo pass. A Greek army had pass? ' ed by a few nonths before, and halt the houses, sometimes all of them, in every town had bean burned. And the helpless farmers crouched where they could, and. did their farming furtive? ' ly, ' In the. night sometimes, because nights, may' be safer than the day. And [ there were more women than'men on farms. The men werte dead on the battlefield* They were drafted off [ to makb'Ubw armies, br they hr.d fled across the border. for safety in Bul garia: In one Binai! town, Blngelovo, not a man <eas left With the women " ali bread winning rested. And the farming was not very good. ; The ground was barely scratched by ; the plow., Tho Heids of wheat and rye ; and Indian corn wontd look stunted and shabby In Ohio. Often In goer? land J one would see strips covered with ; blackberries and wild flowers, : bits of virgin soil never yet ; touched with the plow, though !'the forests had been cleared 'r away before the days ot Saint Pauf. Other tracts are overgrown \ with scrubby oaks and sometimes with 1 wild lilacs, although not a big tree was left standing to make- a forest * The Turks once'held Macedonia, and lt would.seem that they hated trees. ; The Chinese have a' proverb that "where armies quarter thorns and thistles-grow," and armies have quar tered In Macedonia for twenty cen ; turfes. And for this reason there can * bo no good farms. The cattle are ' dwarfish, ??d give but little milk. They ; are used, with the primitive European : buffalo, ae beasts of barden. Horses ?1 s re few and email end mostly vicious. The sheep, the same breed they had in Judea in .Bible times, are handsome ' and active, but carrying very little ! wool, a couple of pounds a year would ; bo a big average. , .' There would be no us? lh Improving the stock when the soldiers may come 'j aar minut? And between bands ot soldiers come the bands of brigands. A brig?n din Macedonia, as in Mexl ' co.. Korea, and China, is a farmer who has quit If he can't make a living on the farm, or if someone has se h - ' ed his farm he becomes an armed ' tramp. And a million of people, Bul garians, Turks, and Greeks are re ! regeet is shd oat or Macedonia. Arm ed or unarmed, mostly helpless, they have* taken to tho road. For all the people of ono "tace or one church in these war-wasted binds drive out all the others and divide their property. The farmer who Is rich and pros perous today may have to leave the country tomorrow on two hours' not ice, by the light of his, biasing bouse, with whatever he can carry on his back. Burdens Toe Great te Bear? Europe ls today Buffering from the conditions of Macedonia, on the big* j gest possible scale. Everywhere the horrors of war. el?ughter by machin ery, siege guns. Zeppelin bombs, blood drunk and wine-drank soldiery, and fcfe fairrner has no recourse. Till the end bf July the farmers of Belgium felt as secure as the farmers of Ohio. Belgium was the most industrious, thc most prosperous, the most peace-lov ing part of Europe. Now ito farms and ? vi lagos are a blackened desolation. *?e fermier?; are crowding hy thehun ??r?d thousand, penniless, hopeless, I into the havens of Hottend and Eng ? land. Holland and England do their beat, .hut they too must live. . .' The burdens on the farmer in Eu greife,everywhere are already greater than he can bear, rife ta tated beyond } endurance to pay the interest oh th> old war debts, which for all of Eu rot? amouftted to $3b,?<M).000.000, "th? t endless caravan of ciphers''- bciore \ Wa war begin. All wars are fought on borrowed r mette?, and no war ever fought hs: ever yet leen paid 'for by any j I O?.!y Gr??. Br?iaim ?ITO inn fj'Huec 1 States, with some of tho sm*Tler mv ?F=-fl ar* itt.-? i ari Y?rhT* I i - - tr i ?WAR ?k&me? Helpless ?AN On the top of nil this comes the| burden of the costliest and most hor rible war that wee ever fought.' Even to the larmer who Uvea away from the battle Une the b?rden la crushing. His sons are called Jo the slaughter on the 'pay hf a cent or two ? day, 20 cents a month tn the Frenen army, 20 cents a month In the Greek, Ute oth ers in proportion. And if be ls near j the firing line everything else goes. He may be thankful to be even a refu gee. Only two yeera ago the Bulgar tons, with the Servians and the Groehs, rushed to the liberation of Macedonia. And when the war was over the Mace donian farmers swarmed up ia Bul garia. , The Bulgarian fanner said to hld:* "Why don't you stay in Macedonia? We went there to sot .you free. Now yon come hare to crowd our houses, to take oar Jobs, to die ht our beds. My brother died ia Macedonia. We can not support you. Oh, go back." And the-Macedonian answers: "Who told) you to come down to trample our vlnte, to destroy bur flolds, to kill our cattle and aheepi t?:1eeve our houses fer tho Greoka io burnt I dont care if your brother is dead. Mine ls dead too, and wo are all dying." Why Foci Is Cheap, la England. ' The farmer of America gains noth ing through Ute losses of the farmers! ot Europe. We are all in the same| boat, and whatever harms the pros perity of one part of the world in jures us all. For some ot his products the American farmer may get a little more. For other articles, as cotton, in wartime, he may have no market" at all. Whoever buys of bim must have money to buy with. Food ls cheap to day in England because so many go without their usual food, buying only the cheapest articles. In London month, ago the finest fruit was sold for next to nothing. No one would eat Sussex peaches or Devon grapes while the continent was buming. So lt ts everywhere. In war there is no demand for lux uries, no care for comfort, nb con tinuity of industry, no demand to buy, and am-mg millions ?f j people nothing i to buy Ai th. The interest of one na tion is the interest of all so far as, farmers and workmen are concerned: ! The farmer has no- greater enemy] than -war. *-He-*aa- ab greater -need thse peace. -And nessa I?.the missies ind the duty of a'repub?ic. A rcpub [ lie ls a form of government fitted Cor minding its own business. Ita busi ness is mainly Justice., sanitation, ed ucation and peace. With fair play, good school? and security, the farm er can do all tue rest for himself. The war of today ha J its primal motive to heep the farmer down. It is, at bottom, the fight of pride and privilege against the common man. It is the last stand of imperialism against democracy. It is the last su premo effort of those .who believe thal some men end some nations are good enough to rule other men sud nations against their will. This is not tho whole story of the war, but lt is what Ute war has come to mean. All wars have their origin in wicked passions of men, mostly in these two ar. ag ence ead greed. No nation can make money ont of any war, and no nation that begins a war caa tell how it will ead. But tn every ?var there are some few men.. . contractors, gunmakcrs, iron-plate makers, who make a good deal of money. And lo, long as the ! Krupps, the Vickers, and the Schneid ers cf Rurope, the Varmor-plate par Mots-* of. Germany,. England, and Fronce, have their way there will al ways be war, and the farmers of tho wbr(? wtty pay for lt Tho farmer ts the foundation of prosperity, and it (s bad for the whole world when lt goes 111 with the farmer. ! "Fall to each whate'er befall, [The farmer he haust pay for1 all." And Ute farmer-must help us look , Jter the politics of the world Ss well as that of his county. State, or nation. The conquests, of science have wade Gie whole werjd our neighbors. Our neighbor'? jr.?Ternmoot concerns us crassly. We must learn to walch It] rna! vigilance ls the price cf liberty." Eternal nubllcity is the only safe guard against graft. Because ^ politics ?renth ?nore secrecy and pays bigger dUvldends than tocal politico, it Is' in a.worse condition than any oth ilie emperors blay et the ape and] tiger game, using armies and ah in*, j as. recklessly sa boys playing with Wsmrlov, .,:>? , ? .-. The^oiyxyUaf^ last PRICE FIVE CENTS 98.00 PER ANNUM ir H ES nm i,. ; i i ? n n ***** A Regtik ?J1 IL- adjoining ? -? ? - -i- - throe roars had Its source in the reck lessdees of Europe. Our congress and our president had no part whatsoever in creating lt. It is part or the un certainty of all. business, in the faco Of the crimea and thc horrors which have actually come. Secsrity Is Essential to Prosperity. What the farmer wants, what every good ellison most wants, is'security. The ''armed peace,'* the truce among half-bankrupt nations armed to tho teeth, hi not peace. . It is not security. Aa security, armies and navies haye proved the ghastliest. and costliest failures In history, Tbs Balance, of Power, another form of the same Great Illusion, now breaking up In measureless disaster, has failed over And over before. Each trial and each faller? Is inore terribly ruinous. The war system? th? system of sab er rattlers, war traders, war scares, war robberies, and war corruption, has risen through our neglect. The people who pay for it must learn to put it aside, and they will. The war system?>must go. No re form Is secure while this system lasts. We must find some system of national defense less hideously dangerous to the utterest it pretend8 to protect. "Law. ta.for,the,weak; forco ls for the strong: law is a makeshift; war ls a reality." Thia dictum of the group of mea called Pan-German's ta ts the doctrine of all war. The incl j dent of Zabern, the military murders I of men who dare to speak, thc selz lure ot Belgium, slap our law In the I face. I Alt Europe is today under martial law. Martial law is the law of war. I It ls the paralysis or di civil biw. In war al laws are silent. Thus barbar ism takes its revenge. It will take I lt over abd over again so long as civ ilization rests its defense on barbar ism. Even a "holy war." if such an I anomaly ever existed, could be car ried on only by methods most unholy. I Those who rule by force and fear have their fits of madness when their power begins to wane. Dread of the loss of power is th?'mainspring of tho bloodiest follies In history. This war ls the more wicked because it ls un fair. Our cannon are as fatal to our friends as to our enemies. For bur friends are. not all ld one camp, nor our enemies in another. Courage, virtue, and patriotism are not the gifts' of any one race. All the people of Eu rope and Amfrfcan really belong to I one race-the race of men. I There can be no abiding civilization . without security of property and life. I There can be no abiding peace save in I democracy. There can bc no security in democracy while absolutism .is JU I neighbor. Absolutism tinda,., its main I interest tn some form ci robbery ol tho people lt holdsTrCltir charnsyEu? rope has no room for both. Thia, ab solutism well .knows.. "This, democra cy must realise. If the peace which shall sorod time follow leaves any of the people ot Eu rope helpless in their own affairs, il will be only a temporary truce. Thc aarne abuses will bring the same mur. derous and undiscriminating remedy I Thus lt ta that "history, repeats it I self," for In this unrememberlng world "history ls made only, to be immed iately forgotten." Here ir> the work for the statesman It is his part to see that history doe. not repeat itself, thai the old blond ors and crimes shall not blast the fu I iure. And never had Europe mon need of a statesman than today. I War is a mere wreckage, with nc power for good in itself. It destroyi far moro of good than evil. "War ere ates more scoundrels than it kills.' Militarism ta again in the saddle Tho blood of the nations ta ebbing Defeat means tho evil ferment of ran cor, tho abiding spirit of rovonge. Vic tory means vainglory, the growth ol the uncanny bubble of national egot ism. Victory and defeat of forty yeah ago have been the largest factor It tho rule of .the war system of today The "nightmare ot Europe" that ros? from Gravelotte and Sedan overspread ail the nations. Whichever side ma] win in the naming Ardennes will lint within itself ? fee more wily and mon dangerous thea any encountered ot the battlefield. If Germany ls to ta redeemed she must save herself. Nb al) the bataillons of Europe can can her ot the war poison. The other tn reefed naUons. Great Bri tl tain, Prance Russia sud the rest must likewise work out their own salvation. The hour for meditation must cern? sooner or later. The earnest men o Europe look to tl j United Elates foi tho final decisive action. Oura ta thi only great nation not sinking in th quicksands. America alone can read out the hand ot extrication. "The fina help." saya ? london publicist, "I tho mighty duty of Ame. lea. It is th' greatest opportunity to h? had ta his tory," whatever form the efforts c President Wilson may take, the domo crata of Europe will mobilise bohim him. and give him every support. Orr one ultimate hone ia that in stead of the Concert of Powers, eve oct ot wm? and tune, we may have i Concert of Peoples, a gathering no of volatera, war agents, snd.dipio mats, but an assembly of good mei devoted t? the cammoo welfare of ?,u rope. like the geed ls the H?rtest. Whether the outlook be dark o bright, the duty of all good men > the tame. "God tosses tack our tatt area that we mev begin again." fl! we may begin hare and now. we ma; hind up wounds. We may strfko ol cha?na. We may comfort tho wMoi and the fatherless. The peoples wil be weaker, ?thane ted ia money, t courage, In intelligence, in hcmgr? standards Of Ute nil! nil be-lower. Worae {kan. thia, war- relaxes tn st?mota. of nenilhg generation*. Th man who ta left determines what th futa? theil bs. Like the seed ta th harvest. The human harvest that wa must yield is that of lessened fatuta efficiency. .. . In time of pesco as in time of \? we ?hau strife for the more abundan ir Weekly Feature : Counties. Contribi Commen?ai i Financial NEW YORK, Dec. 3-Num?reos favorable developments imps*, ted 1 greater cheerfulness to the general 1 f incial situation today. Trading In 1 bonds was broader and largor In the ' aggregate than since the rocen t re- 1 sumption end greater firmness was : shown by seasoned Issues. Decline in some obscure bonds were ' again severe, rmglng from 2 1-2 to , almost 6 pointa. The more substan tial advance* Included Chicago. Rock Island io Pacific Railway 4s and fis. New Haven 67 New York Raliway ad- 1 JUBtments 5s and New York, West- 1 chester Tb Boston 4 l-2s. the latter recovering 9 1-2 points of their spec tacular dec'/ae of the mid-year. The decision to issue daily what. In effect, amounts to an official list or transactions in stocks, SIBO served to stimulate confidence. There was an increased inquiry for almost all classes of short term notes. The $5,000,00 Swedish government loan taken by a financial syndicate promised success. There were rum ors of further loans to foreign goy o?itnents hut these lacked confirma tion. Money for the short dates was ob tainable at lower rates and call loans went down to 3 1-2 per Cent The local flow of money Indicated that clearing house institutions have lost jg considerable sum tb tho sub-treas ury, largely owing to the heavy pay ments . r.t special revenue taxes and further retirement of emergency cur rency. Exchange on London was dull and slightly easier, but Relchmarks continued strong. The Bank ot Eng land made an indifferent weekly ex hibit, showingfl a loss of $4,000,000 gold. Additional railway returns for Octo ber showed further heavy losses in net earnings. New York Cotton NEW YORK, Dec. 3. -Reports of ah essler turn In Southern spot markets were accompanied by some Southern selling in the cotton merket here to day and prices broke rather sharply. The close was steady at a net loss ot 9 to 16 points. After opening steady at n declino ot 1, to 3 points in response to lower cables then due, the. market began to sag off under scattering liquidation and Southern abd Liverpool selling. There was enough Investment buy ing to help the undertone but lt waa in evidence only on a scale down, while Southern offerings became rath er more liberal during the .afternoon wi iii Hay and. later deliveries seiiing down to tho lowest prices reached since tho -reopening of the exchange. Trading in December and January was rotatively quiet but those months fully shared the decline with Decem ber, selling at 7 cents or within 15 points of the recent low level while January and March brokn to the low point of November, 18. Closing prices were steadied by covering hut at prac tically the low point of the day. Some of tho southern spot markets showed slight declines, and thero were rumors of lower offerings from the in terior, while some attributed the southern selling to hedging against Supplies helu iii tue B?Uiti. Spot cotton quiet Middling uplanos 7.50; Onir 7.75. No sales. Coton futures closed steady. Open b'#;h. low. close. January.- 7.27 7.15 7.16 March.. .7.45 7.47 7.37 7.37 May.. .. .. ..7.76 7.68 7.49 7.49 July.7.74 7.74 7.?5 7.66 October.7.96 7.97 7.90 7.90 -6 Cotton Seed Oil NEW YORK. DOC. 3.-^Uon seed ott advanced 9 to 14 points Carly on lighter offerings ot crude.' scattered local buying on the firmness in lard and supporting orders from the south. Later there was a slight setback, but the close was 6 to 10 poiota net high" er. Sales 15.800 barrels. The marketa, closed, . steady. Spot 6.6606.80; December 6.68?5.70; Jan uary 6.87?65.89; February 5.9806.04; March 6.07 06.09; April .64606.20; May 62806.29; July 6.4706.49. life, for a saner, wiser, t d more pat riotic public opinion, anc tor a pub lic eonscienee which will make sn Other great war impossible. If Eu rope shall have better days she must deserve them. In this her brothers in America most help. Kinfolk to all the nations, we have a great privi lege and a great duty. No finer word has been spoken to day than this of Professor Lowes Dickinson ot the University ot Cam bridge. "Let war be declared and every individual in a nation IS ready to lay down hie geode ?sd hts '.ifs. This is why, to some noble men, war appears as a noble thing.. But whst makes ft appear so fs thi> passion misled Into its service. That passion ls needed for the good things of Ute: for good in stead of evil, for trnth instead of iles, for jove Instead of hate. To tar 1 lt into these channels the friends ot hide. To turn lt into these channels for friends of reason are always work ing: For the moment their voice will not be heard. But as the war pursues 1U dreadful course, as Its fatal and nnforseon consequences^ unroll, the fact ot what we are doing begins to penetrate from our senses to our im agination as the dreadful awakening ftucceeds to the stunning Shock: lt will be for the friends of reason Co drive nome the lesion, first and chief cst into their ovh haart and brain, then, if the strength be given them, into Uie consciw^e of mankind. That ls mir war. t'ac et*mai and hofr war for (bose Of ts Who believe in rat ?on. In thia dari: hour b! bur d?Wat Tot j? get toryet lu" *? | ^ for the Farmers < ltions for this page und Financial Stocks and Bonds. NEW YORK, Deo. 3.-In response to I & general demand by members and their clients, tho stock exchango au thorities today published two liBts of j stock prices, tho first aa ot one ! o'clock and the other after the chfo. Both contained.minimum and bid and asked quotations, and the later list Included Anal prices. . Beginning tomorrow the ex rlum^f will publish one list embodying those various quotations 81101" tho dor. ?> of j business. Thia list will Co carried on fell the stock tickers control lu J by I he exchange. o New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 8.-The price Of cotton fell off today under selling pressue that appeared to originate In 1 the interior of the belt Tho close war at the lowest of the dey, a loss ol ll to 15 points on tho trading months It was the most active day and fluctu ations were the widest since the re sumption of future trading. Spots showed a downward tendency, J local prices losing three sixteenths of s cent while spot markets generally ? marked quotations down one-sixteenth to one-eighth. Dallas. lost one-elgtrt and quoted middling at 5 7-Sc, ta? iow est in weeks. The statistics of the day were en couraging but had no Influence cr J fluctuations. Total port receipts ftv the day Were 48,061 bales which total ed shipments. Including coastwise clearances, were 65,798 bales, causlnc a decrease In port stocks. Receipt? thus far this week were 289,854 balei against 302,319 bales up to the same time last week which was taken tr mean "that the holding movement war growing among farmers. 8pot cotton essy. Sales on the spot 325 balea; to arrive 1,085. Cotton futures closing: January 7.10; March 7.21; May 7.40; July 7.68; Octobe. 7.79. Liverpool Cotton LIVERPOOL. D'.c 3.-Cotton, spot moderate business; prices steady: American middling fair 5.37: goof middling 4.69; middling 4.40; low middling 3.94; good ordinary -8.24: ordinary 2.79. Sales 6,000 bales, in cluding 5,600 American and 600 foi speculation and export. Receipt! 21, 634 bales,. including 13,366 Ameri can. Futures closed quiet. May and Jum 4.12 1-2; July and August 4.17 1-2: October-November 4.27; January-Fob mary 4.82; ?asbreary *?d ?ere? Dry Goods NEW YORK, Dec. 3.-Dry fcoodi jobbers were buying steadily today Denims were reduced to a basis o 12 l-2c tor 9 ounce goods. It was an nounced, however, that orders could not be accepted beyond February be cause of the dyestuffs shortage. Yarm were quiet Men's wear was inactive except for foreign business in army j cloths. v -?~- "? Live Stock? CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-Hogs steady Bulk 6.6606.85; light 6.1006.86; mix? od 6.4007.00; heavy 6.3507.00; rough 6.4006.65; pigs 8.6006.50. Cattle strong. Native steers 6.700 10.50; western 6.25 08.50: cows sod heifers 3.2608.60; calves 7.000^0.00. Sheep unsettled. Sheep 6.2006.85; year, lugs 6.3007.50; lambs 6.500 9.00. -a- ? . Chicago Grain iii ' CHICAGO, Dec. 8.-Profit taking by longs In wheat today more than wip ed out an early advance one to high er cables. Closing prices wero heavy 3-8 to 3-4 Under last night Corn suffered a net loss of 3-801-2 to 1*20 6r8 and. oats of 3-8 to 5-8. Provisions advanced 2 1-2 016c Grain and provisions closing: Wheat December..;.1.14 1-2 May....1.20 3-8 Corn. December..?. .61 1-8 May.66 7?8 Oats. December...'.47 Msy... .,.51 3-4 .Cesh.g- .4n: Wheat, No. 2 red. 1.14 3-4?1.16;No. 2 hard, 1.1501.16 >f Anderson and gladly received. 1-4. Corn, No. 2 yellow, new C? 3-4? Cat?. stan?nrd. 4S l-'itpKK NEED HAVE NO FHA US * OT DREAD EPIDEMIC Foot-nnd-Mouth IHHPCNO fa Very Ua likely tc Keach Htate, Says Vcterinnrion. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Dec. 2. There ls very little danger that foot and-mouth disease will extend.to South Carolina during tho present outbreak. This statement ls made by Dr. R. O. F"ecley, state veterinarian and head of 'he veterinary division of Clemson College, in order to relieve the appre hensions' of many who havo been writ ing to Clemson College for informa tion about the disease and the prob abilities of its effects, If any, on tho Jive stock industry In South Carolina. Dr. Preeley is of the opinion that it ls safe to say now that there is a minimum of likelihood of tho dis tase reaching South Carolina during the present epidemic. He states that, owing to the excellent work of the federal bureau of animal lu I iustry,. the quarantine Unos have I been rightly drawn, old shipments of dock have beeta traced and precau tionary measure* token to the point where the men ot the department ot tcricultnre seem to have the situa tion well In hand. Owners of stock in South Carolina may therefore oe reasonably sure that they wl11 have no trouble with the dread dtseaso. . From an almost diagonally, oppo site angle, however, tho foot-and mouth disease shod ld havo ivn effect upon the live Stock industry in South karolina, say the live ?tock demon stration agents of Clemson's exten tion division. The disease and tito .ccompanying losses of stock and reneral uneasiness that ia likely to prevail in middle western live stock drclos for a time will be ono of tho muses that will contributo to a mortage ot meat products next year. The demand for meat will bo cor respondingly heavy. The time hi therefore, ideal for tho South Caro ma farmer to engage more than iver before in breeding cattlo and hogs. * 1 Clemson's advice to cotton farm 's Is to "grow" into live stock, rather than "go" into It, It ls recog ilsed that the process cannot bo a ut dd en one. At the samo timo, no 'armer will make a mistake this winter' hy raising more hogs than In any other year of his history. . In cooperation with the federal de? lartmont ot agriculture. Clemson 'ollege is now organising county Ive stock assoclatjons In tho tick reo counties of the State and ex fmilm ?l the . coiiego viii aid the nembera of these associations with heir llvo -stock problems. WHO PRODUCES WEALTH! . The people* ot Belgium aro often said lot to bo self-supporting, since they lo not produce from their own acres nore than a fraction of the food they consume. Yet up to the time when he Germans lava'- jd tho kingdom they ived in much comfort, consuming as ouch toon as most people. As a matter of fact, they wore Just ui truly self-supporting as are the , inner? oi America, -.They wore- en aged in taking coal and iron and otb r minerals from tho earth, and Vroduclhg from them and from tho aroducts of the farms and forests ?r leles just as essential to be civilized life as food. They are now reduced to poverty merely because they are not alloted to work and dispose of the fruits of their riakore. i Wo aro sending them food.In tho name ot charity instead of in the way of trade, because the Belgians.Instead of b?thg productively employed making things we need, are under the blight prophesied against another people by Isaiah when he said. "For lt shall bo that as wandering birds,, aa a scat tered nest, so shall the daughters of Moah be at Gie fords of Arnon." In this scattered nest, before the German tempest struck' lt. work went on in which we aa Americans were be ing served lu a thousand productive .ways. The tempest struck, and tho Belgians ceased to work for us and with us. This shows the intimate way in which all of us are interested in the prosperity ot each of us. This ls a war. not of thc hattons actually en gaged in It, bnt against every produc er tn the world.-Farm and Fireside OCR STRONG DEFENSE America does not need more battleship? arm a mtge staadlag army. Enough idf bom to do ordinary police duty ls needful and proper. As mili tary studies and practice cultivates manly qualities, a large "standing1' Army nf Ksticns? guard in coram ep?ab?e. ihv^-- _?rc trained soldiers who work at their trades and professions for fifty-one weeks ia a year and take a lay-off for a week sleeping under canvas as a vacation. They, do not live off the people; they are not? aechen and consumers, they are trained in ob?dience, soldierly bearing an duties, aad in an emergency they are first to sespontT to the call for recruits. We have in this country another force immeasurably greater than the hugest battleships and vastly stronger than the greatest army In the world. H ls our waving fields of golden grain and tossing tassels of corn. Am?rica ia ?he only country which produces enough food stuff tp make her own peoria uom|ortabte and Still have some left to export. A great general said: "An army travels on tts belly." Our defense in our farms, not our fortresses. Tho protectors ot our nation are edu cated st Urbana and Ames and Madison, not st West Point and An napolis. What the American people want to turn their attention ta is not more military and naval appropriations, hut to learn to establish upen American farms A perm?heut system \>t agriculture which WJ?I Insure Increasing fertility ot ?oil Instead ot Impoverishment by fo!lov ing shiftless methods and theoretical visionaries who say "Rotation ts cnongh to keep h s?t? fertile." A soil is like a bank; constant drafts without deposits mean bankruptcy, hkvtrc knowledge of soHu and KM\ smokeless powder will keen the peace of the world.-Exchange. \_;-;-: