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?FORTH! Outlined in Proclamation Issued f by Von Hindenburg?Houses and Lands For AIL HUN-SOLDIERS ARS GIV EN MORE PROMISES Dwellings Erected on Land Are Purchased With Money That Was "Loaned to Germany at a - Low Rate. Amsterdam, Dec. 4.?The Berlin igs Leitung of Monday said that -Id Marshal Hindenburg addresse d t6 following proclamation to his >ps: "The preliminary work for a land settlement on a big scale is in progress and-will be pushed forward as rapidly as the shoitage of coal and of build ing materials will permit. The return ^'ing warriors will first receive the " thanks of the country for more than -'V-fc-ur years' work in a thousand*batt 1 es . in which they wore unbeaten. "?Hundreds- of thousands of build ings will be erected on cheaply , ac quired land, with public money loaned at low rates to farmers, gardeners and ?country artisans. Houses will be built for workers, employes and oificials be longing to sedentary occupations and r<.-T?f!?sferred to' them on the payment of a moderate portion of the actual costs. * Only have - patience a little while. _ Kelp the wounded fatherland ? ? through ' its hardest ' time. *Save it again '"by manly 'discipline and order, u"d this make your own future und your own happiness." Fair Manufacturing Profits. New York, Nov. 6. ISIS. Editor American. Wool & dotton Re porter: I would appreciate it if you wouk give me your opinion as to what cot ton manufacturers consider a fan profit during the present times on such fabrics as drills, sheetings, osnaburgs. and light ducks. Also what the commissioner's profit is on such fab rics. (We give you what we consider a fair statement of the conditions which have, existed. It must be realized that the profits have varied rather widely, depending upon the various manufac turers' conditions. Some have haa Cotton on hand at what might be con sidered low prices, while others have been favorably situated in regard to labor .cost, or in regard to their me chanical equipment. Admitting that such conditions : 1st. we should say that a fair total v/ould*'be about as follows: 34 cents tor'cotton, with a 15 per cent loss in waste, which would add 6 cents per pound*. The total labor cost, w 1th overhead, etc., would not be over 18 certs per pound for anything like an i average plant and probably is less in most of the concerns which consider themselves efficient. Thus the total per pound would be 58 cents. On a 5.35 yard fabric, the government price is 15 1-2 cents per yard, or S3 cents per pound. The difference between the government price and the cost of production is 25 cents per pound, am' for a 5.35'yard fabric, G4x60. this would-give a profit per yard of 4.67 cents, Some have obtained higher profits}/than this amount and a few^ have .obtained less. Probably the arnoun/t would be, somewhat larger per yard for an average among good manufacturers. Wh^l L.ight be considered a fa1', profit.? we would assume to be about as foliojws: On a mill cost of abou. $750 pVr loom, a 10 per cent profit net wou:d;?e $75 per loom per year. Thi. wouldv-.be a profit for 52 weeks of $1.44 per week. We assume that the fabrics..mentioned would be produced at a rate of 225 yards ger week, and thus S|fe44 divided by 22> yards wouic - give a|fprofit of 64 cents net per yaro as a s$*t"':e*ent profit to pay a dividend tf&r cent ner. on the investment. Of co?|se*. men concerns have wr : ten oijkju part of their capitalization , and a&ccrdlng'y a smaller profit" per yard tjstin that mentioned will be suf ficient'^::; return a net profit of It* . per cent. It will therefore be notec that the actual profit being obtain* <3 ts at a: rate of about 70 per cent on a mill quilt somewhat before the war started'.; We do not believe there have been to any good concerns obtaining less ;han "0 per cent profit and we are quire certain that many have actual ly obtained more than 100 per cent on their investment at the government prices.'^ Tho..>rcfit of" the commission house e will vary somewhet. It is seldom mon than * ? per cent of the se'ling price of the goods and we understand that some h'av^ accepted new accounts re certly at not over 2 1-2 per cent of th< selling price. Of" eours<-. a part of this p^rc- nt^rre is doe *o the carryin' Hot-Foot. Kaiser?"What account are my brave ifroops giving of themselves?" Hindenburg?"A running account ?vour 3^aipstv."?BoUimore American g-L_ ? I Th ? ? '"v n il Hour; 7h>' -"Mgr. re eleven has assumed nlace Zfr history that, will n<.t soon be formten. It will will be remem !>ered SSiat the fighting in the war was popped at the elevenh hour of - the^ieievenh day of the ele\.th month*" Some one was courious enought'i" look up the eleventh verse the e'ev^nth chaptfif of in eieV?,t-^| !>ook in the Bible i> ? ";:--;\ r-'ei"--.^;. ? es- :ucb as i hi ? is ?' n tq rh'*c? and thou best not kept m ee.v-n.-ket and my statutes, which 1 have ?maa tded thee, f will surely rend kingdom from thee, and will giS&jt to thy serva The <P$Lation is from the book of i Kmks, ? '.-lev^th. chapter ajj/U h ev< nth verse. ' Retains Restrictions Food Administration to Prevent Profiteering. Columbia, Dec 5.?In order that no misunderstanding mky arise among licenses with regard to the effect .of the armistice upon the regulations of the food administration, it is stated by the food administration, and made perfectly clear, that the regu lations are not annulled by the armis tice. Modifications have been made by the food administration, but the specific regulations limiting margins! of profits and. preventing hoarding have not been removed, and there is J no present intention on the part of the food administration of dropping these rectrictions, which will be rig idly enforced, it is said. The world needs at the present time are perhaps for a larger amount of food -than before the signing of the j armistice brought the fighing to an \ end. This comprehends food of all kinds, with the possible exception of j wheat, of which there is reported to be plenty. The people of many coun tries are looking to America for .food, and the food administration has designated this week as "'Conserva tion Week for World Relief," the idea being to impress upon the public mind in every possible way the vital neces sity of continued food saving in or der that hundreds of millions of peo I pie may not have been liberated to 'be allowed to perish for lack of food. The Living Monument. (By George Barr McCutcheon of The Vigilantes.) In the little Connecticut town of Norfolk there is a; triangular piece of ground belonging to the people. For years it stood useless, almost aban doned, and to a certain extent unnot iced. Norfolk sent to France early in 191* a score and a half of her boys to figh't with the American armies. Other boys followed and still more in due course were called from the small but hardy class representing the fighting quota. ' A few months after the first con tingent marched out of the town on its way to the training camp and thence to the line of battle, Norfolk began to receive its share of tidings from the front. Names of boys known to every one in the town were found in the lists of those "killed in action." Boys whose faces were bright and shining and whose voices 1 were strong and cheery were never to return. They were lying in the fields of France, covered with the earth of France, and over the graves of each stood the small but noble cross of wood bearing a name and a date. The return' of these names to Nor-' rolk instead of flesh and blood that went away, gave Norfolk its inspira tion. The little green triangle be ! came a tract of glory. No more will it be looked upon as a waste, no more will the people of Norfolk call it a worthless bit of ground. For some j one thought of a way to make it rich; some one thought of a way to? make it the most cherished spot in Norfolk. On Flag Day in the year that the war made heroes of these lads from Norfolk the people of that place dedicated the point of this triangle to the memory cf those who were not to come back from France. At that time four of Norfolk's boys were lying in France under the cheap little cross of wood, and on this day four little crosses of wood similar to those in ' "ranee, with a name and a date on each, were driven in the ground at the point of the triangle, and there they winistay until they are perhaps replaced by more enduring and im pressive marks of tribute. But the little crosses of wood- are not all that the people of Norfolk placed in the village traingle in memory of the boys who will not come back. Some thing that will live and thrive and beautify the barren triangle was placed there for each boy. and it is named for him. For each hero a tree was planted, and it will always be known as his tree, by his no me: and long after the great-grandchil dren of those who now live in Norfolk ?ire dead and gone, these trees will still be standing a/id they will be known through all the sunshine and storm of the ages to come by the names they received at the christen ing. They wil grow to be tall and mighty and they will spread their branches, winter and summer, over the cross that was won on the batte fields of France?the simple cross of honor that every man wins when he ^gives up his life for his country. The thought is a beautiful one. That little triangle in Norfolk will have many trees and crosses before the wer is over: the boys who die ir France will live and grow to an ng' far beyond the years of the oldest of men. The "John Perkins Elm,*' or the "Hesrv Smith Oak" as the ce.se may be. will be living in Norfolk two hundred years after the day on which they wore so lovingly named by a forgotten generation. And how simple, how easy this way of commemorating the deeds ane the spirit of the boys who go forth to the war today, never to come home : gain. A little cross of wood for the present, a towering tree for the fu 1 tu re. and the name of a hero pre served for an age to come. What l etter example could be set for the rest of the country than this beautiful .-ict of the people of Xor Colk? Why not .in every commun ity, a plot of hallowed ground with its trees bearing the names of the oys who w< nt out and did not com? back? A living monument, green '! spreading with the years, to stand as a guardian over the memory of him who fell in battle; not the ar tificial product of main, but th<- incom prehensible handiwork of Him win first put life into the body of the boy whose death dignifies the community thatjlost him. Made Him Blush. Magistrat??"You certainly com mitted this burglary in a remarkably ingenious,way* in fact, with quite ex ceptional ?cunning.'* Prisoner?"Now, vor Honor, no :::;--ry. if you please-; if *hese!s one , thing I *ates, it's flattery."?Tit-Bils. \ Governor's Loss Many Expressions of Sympathy for Death of Son. Columbia, Dec. 3.?"Many telegrams of condolence have been received by Gov. Manning and Mrs. Manning in this hour of grief for the lost son. Major William Sinkler Manning, kill ed in- battle in France. November-6. One was received from Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, who is a close personal friend of Gov. Manning's. He said: "Mrs. Lane and I join in sympathy for your loss and in the great pride that such noble men so gallantly went." Another, equally sympathetic came from Gen. E. H. Crowder, provost marshal, in charge of the selective service regulations of the country. He said: "It was not until "my return from New York this morning that I learned of the death of your son in battle. You have made the great sacrifice and the sympathy of the State and nation will be with you. Because of the in timate personal and official relations we have sustained toward each other during the past eighteen months of unflagging effort in the conduct of the selective service administration, I share your great grief in a very per sonal way." Major Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, of the department of the Southeast, Charleston, wrote: "The wish to assure you and Mrs. Manning of Mrs. Sharpe's and my heartfelt sympathy is my excuse for intruding upon you at this hour of your deep sorrow. t "I am sure that the assurances of human sympathy are a comfort, for they remind us of the divine sym pathy which shares our griefs and carries our sorrows. "While sorrow's crown of sorrow ing is remembering happier days, and the heart cries in anguish for the I touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still, yet the knowledge of the great blessing gained for humanity by the sacrifice of a pure and noble life will in a measure assuage the bitterness of your grief and lighten the present deep gloom of your sorrow." Before volunteering his services to nis country at the outbreak of the war between the United States and Germany, Major Manning was em ployed on the Washington bureau, of the New York Times. Carr V. Van Anda. managing editor of The Times, sent the following telegram: "I can not adequately express the grief of his associates of The Times over the fate of your son, whose character and abilities had established him in their affection and admiration. They share not only your sorrow, but also the pride you must feel in the distinction won by him in the ser vice of his country." Richard V. Oulahan, manager of the Washington bureau, with whom Major Manning was associated, sent the following telegram: "I have just heard of Sinkler's death. With the deep sympathy I feel for you is coupled the knowledge that it is a glory to have had such a son. W"e knew his courage, and among all his friends it was a common saying that he would be found in the fore front of the battle and that he was not afraid to die;": You and Sinkler's wife have made the great sacrifice, but without such ".mothers, and wives and fathers, we should not have come successfully and honorably out of the world conflict in which this splendid officer and gentleman laid down his life." Hellish to the Last. Hun Deviltry Knew No Bounds in Last Days of Fighting. With the British-American Armies, Nov. 20 (Correspondence of The As sociated Press)?German deviltry seemed to know no bounds in the last days cf the fighting on the British front after the Hindenburg line had been shattered. They attached gren ades to the bodies of dead Huns left behind in the German retreat, so that when the bodies were lifted the grenades exploded, killing or wound-1 ing the bearers. Near the town of Le Cateau. a num ber of Australian stretcher-bearers were killed by these grenades in at tempting to remove some German dead from the- Held in front of an American machine-gun position. Thereafter no Australian would put baud on a dead German. In some cases the bodies were dragged to their burial places by means of a long rope which allowed the stretcher bearers to keep out of range of any exploding hand grenades. The Americans, on the other hand, hit upon the plan of making the Ger man prisoners bury their own dead. In one instance a Boche prisoner we? summarily shot because he refused to remove the body cf one of his dead companions. An examination of the body later led to the discovery that ?t was mined. The (German was own re of this fact and refused to touch it. In one small town evacuated by the Germans, many of the beds were found to be mined. An American of ficer, tired and worn by a long and hard fisrhtin?: sou.srht rest on a lounge in a room previously occupied by a German officer. The lounge blew up and he was instantly killed. Another officer picked up a pair of field glasses left by the Germans am1 was adjusting the focus when the glasses exploded in bis hands and blew away a part of his face. The Huns had become adept in the nefarious business cf making infernal machines, mines and time fuses, and there was scarcely an area where the electrical and engineering experts o1" the allies did not find some new form ^f their fiendish ingenuity. Looks Like a S!oW-up. F.rigprs?"Well, the world seems to move faster and faster all the time." Griggs-?"Nonsense! During the Rev olution we bad minuto-men. Nov tve have four-minute men."?Life. Cotton Crop Statistics Jay & Co., New York Cotton Merchants Issue Estimate of 1918 Crop. New York, Dec. 4.?We hand you herewith our final report of the sea son of 1918-19, which is an estimate as to the probable yield of lint cotton in tales, linters excluded; lint yield pe acre and percentage ginned. The details as shown by States are the compiled results cf reports received from our correspondents throughout the cotton growing States as of No vember ISth, 1918: Estimated Lint pc ginned yield in bales yield to States per acre Nov. 14 Virginia . .. 20,000 187 52 N. Carolina 850,000 253 62 S. Carolina . 1,350,000 215 81 Georgia . 2,000,000 176 81 Florida .... 28,000 80 70 Alabama . . 800,000 146 78 Mississippi . 1,150,000 16S 6S Louisiana. . 525,000 162 78 Texas . . . 2,720,000 109 83 Arkansas . . 900,000 147 70 Tennessee . 290,000 149 65 Oklahoma .. 650,000 98 66 Missouri . . 58,000 176 58 California . 85,000 209 30 Arizona and all others 50,000 219 31 United States 11,476,000 148 76 By reason of the prevailing high price and the three preceding small crops, farmers this year made every effort to obtain a large yield. The acreage planted to cotton being 37, 073,000, close to the largest on rec ord. Conditions on June 25th were most promising, and- the . indicated yield was 14,750.000 bales. Adverse weath er thereafter cut this promising pros pect to the estimate of 11,476,000 bales as shown in this report. The quality of the lint is good and in grade averages from middling to strict middling of good body and staple. No account of linters is tak en in the foregoing figures. Ap proximately 4,360,000 tons of seed will be released for oil; mill purposes, and as the mills prepared for an exceed ingly close cut due to the heavy de mand for explosive purposes prior to the signing of the armistice, the pros pect is that the close cut will be con tinued and that 1,150,000 bales of linters will result. With the war practically over, and mills swinging over from government to civilian business, the many prob lems of machinery replacement, finance, labor and stable government in foreign countries, the question- of transportation, etc, estimates regard ing consumption are nothing but a guess. It is however quite clear, that, had the war continued throughout this season, the consumption of Amer ican cotton, linters included, would have fallen well below 12,000,000 bales. The question to be answered therefore is, how rapidly can the world1 change from a war to a peace basis, can this be done-within the re maining eight months of the .cotton season? In our opinion consumption can-hardly exceed that of last year and we put it at 12,200,000, feeling, that the increase in foreign will about off set the loss of war orders and. Unter j powder consumption, not offset by the civilian demand upon American mills. The indicated carry-over at the end of the season July 31st, 1919, is there .foi^ 4,$84,000 bales (all sources). Ordinarily an indicated carry-over of this "cfiiantity of cotton would result in materially lower prices than- now prevail. It is, however, well recogniz ed that the whole world is practically ly naked and that everywhere there exists an enormous need for cotton goods of all kinds. At what price and I under what conditions this enormous jmeed. will be translated into heavy I buying cannot be determined, until i the reconstruction period in foreign mill centers and transportation from America has reached a point where it can . begin to oe supplied. It there fore seems quite clear that our mill friends are in for a considerable pe riod of great prosperity and it also seems quite clear that our southern friends will perforce of circumstances, be compelled to carry the surplus un til the world is ready for it, and again it is quite clear that the circum stances justify them in expecting a price much higher than would ordi narily obtain in view of the indicated carry over. Our advice to them therefore is, to recognize these conditions and to mar ket their product gradually at price, that will return them a fair profit above the cost of production and the cost of carrying. As world conditions are restored to normal the burden will gradually lessen. The probable season's supply and consumption is as follows: Visible Supply?July 31st, 1918: In America . 1,535,000 In Great Britain 1S3.000 On Continent 164,000 1,932,000 Mill Stocks?July 31st, 19IS: In America .. 1.151,000 Foreign .. .. 250,000 - 1,401,000 Uncounted towns and on plantations 925.000 Total visible and invisible, July 31, (Hester) 4,258,000 To which add the probable yield indicated in this report of.. 11,476.000 Linters . . . . 1,150,000 12,026.000 Making 191S 19 season's sup ply. 16,884,000 Against which we estimate cor. sumption (lint ers included): American mills 7,000.000 Foreign mills.. 5.200,000 - 12,200,000 Leaving an indi cated carry over fvisible and in risible). July M. 1919, of . . . . 4.6S4.000 Yours very truly, jr. W. JAY & CO. Don't Slop Over. (?Manufacturers Record, Nov. 21.) Through neurotic sympathy toward the vilest criminals in the world's history we are in danger of losing the victory won on the battlefield. Every tear shed by the hypocritical liars and looters and outragers of Germany in pleading for an easier armistice and for foodstuffs is merely a coward's effort to reach the maudlin sentiment of a nation, many of whose people have often been inclined to yield to wrong in preference to standing for the right, thus permit ting a cotton string to represent their backbone. The future of civilization would be endangered if we should give any heed to these appeals to the neurotic sentiments of flabby minded people. Generosity to a beaten foe is an ap peal which touches the sympathy of men and women who foolishly think of this war in terms of the wars Of other (lays. But this was merely a plan to murder in order to rob. The frightfulness which made the hell of Belgium and France and other over run lands, violating every law of map and God, was merely the fulfilment of the long-time teachings of the whole German people. The women of Germany appealed for easier peace terms and for an ar mistice on the hypocritical plea of their sufferings, and thus caught a few American men and women of that neurotic temperament which be decks che cells of the rapist with flowers and fills It with scented notes. We should remind the German women of the dying babies of Belgium and France, of the women outraged through the long four years of war, of the poisoned wells and of all the other horrible atrocities which have marked the accursed work of a nation of fiends against which German wo men never protested. The manf or woman in this country who is not willing to stand firmly for eternal justice in the punishment of the mur derer or the rapist is morally and mentally weak and is without a character worthy of the respect of decent, honest people. America, sentimentally inclined and easily misled by agitators in pub lic as well as in private life, is al ways in danger of slopping over. This fact is often seen when some atrocious criminal, having been sentenced to death, immediately evokes the maud lin sympathy of neurotics, who; en tirely forget the sufferings of the vic tim. ; In thinking of Germany we must think of that nation as of a whole people definitely for years commit ted to the criminality of the last four years. If we should count as of no avail the deaths of millions, of sol diers who have been murdered by Germany, if we should shut our ears to the wails of the women and babies who died on the Lusitania, if we should close our eyes and our hearts to the sufferings of the mangled chil dren and of the women of France, Belgium, Italy and elsewhere dishon ored by and with the approval of the German government and the Germar people, we would still be bound ir duty to all the civilization of the ages to come to stand firm and un flinchingly for the punishment of Ger many. A Baltimore business man o* Ger man descent, knowing Germany anc the German people for many years has within the last few days said thai the whole German people are laugh ing in their sleeves as they see the ef fect which their appeals for mercj are having in this country. H? knows the German people. He say* Americans do not. He is of Germar descent and intimately in touch witr. German life, and he voices the views of intelligent men and women every where who. knowing Germany, know that the entire German race upheld the war, gloated in it so long as suc cess seemed certain, rejoiced in the hope of looting the world, cared not that the women and children of Bel gium and France and oher invaded countries were treated as never were women and children treated before in human history. Now these cringing hypocritical liars, these looters and robbers and highwaymen, these deep-dyed villain ous murderers are rolling their eyes to heaven and asking for sympathy, and yet not one single word of peni tence has come out of Germany. Not a single word has been uttered by German men or women which indi cates any sense of sin or shame, nor j have German women expressed any 1 regret for the horrors inflicted upon the people of France and Belgium and Italy and Serbia and Poland by their fathers and. husbands And sons. ? These unrepentant criminals appeal for sympathy?sympathy for them-; selves, but not for their victims. Such is the appeal of the German wo men who so long.as Germany was vic torious on the battlefield made no ef fort to stop the war in order to re lieve their suffering, but now that they have been forced to stop by the allied police of civilizaton, and are to be brought before the bar of justice, they are like hypocrites pleading for sympathy and mercy. Sympathy for such a nation would be on a par with sympathy for the Devil himself. The devil could net possibly surpass Ger many in seeking to use the livery of heaven for the purpose of doing the work of hell. America should not slop over. Let it not waste any neurotic sympathy upon a nation which now seeks by hypocrisy and by lying to win through maudlin sympathy the victory which it lost on the battlefield. Looking to the civilization of the future and to the standard of morality through the years to come, the world is today in greater danger than it was when the onrush of barbarism was stopped at the Marne in 1914, or when from the Marne the German army was driven back in 1918. The whole German race joyously adopted the teachings of their leaders and joyously entered upon the war, and'has upheld in every way possible every crime committed. Some Ger- : mans and people of German descent ; living in America, and even some dishonoring the name of Christ as his ; professed followers, blatantly boast ed of Germany's achievements when < t fed to the sharks the bodies of the lying women and children on the < Lusitania. Shall we have a maudlin sympa- 1 thy for Pilate, for Judas; torW&ot Compared with their opportunity;' their crimes were as nothing com pared with the crimes of the whole German people. Christ said: "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the dam nation of Hell?" Shall we presume to be greater lov ers of humanity than Christ Him self? THE MAN WITH THE HOE (From the Houston Post) While Mr. Gompers is making his stand of "not a cent or minute leab" for the cigar makers, the barbers, the soda fountain operators, the bellhops, the elevator operators, the restaurant waiters, the bartenders' union, the train butchers, the pants pressers, the cash register thumpers, and many other people who have been helping to win the war in town, let us tuna our attention to the man with the hoe. The incessant appeal of the world now is for more food and clothing. Only the armies have been getting really enough to eat for some four years back. The 420,000,000 people of Europa * are not the only hungry people in the world. There are hungry people in the 1 aited States, many of them. There is no such thing as "plenty to eat1* when food commands such' prices a* it does in the United States. The shortage of clothing is likewise marked. All Europe is shivering for want of warm clothing, and thefre is shivering in the United States, too. The man with the hoe is the only person who can relieve this painful situation. He must bend to the task and produce more food, more cotton, more wool, more of everything that will sustain life and give mankind those comforts which are usually call ed "the necessaries of'llfeV'" And another thing the man with' the hoe must remember, f In putting forth extraordinary exertions to fted and clothe the world, he must exact less money for it. He must take leas for his abundance than he might get for much smaller production. So far as money is concerned, the ; man with the hoe need have no doubt about it?he could get far more m?z^ ey by reducing production 60 per cent. He could organize his unions, confine his work to eight hours a dSJS* and, by reducing his cotton, corn* wheat and vegetables and fruits by 50 per cent, make the rest of the world hand over its money. But that [ plan would not make him happy. It would starve millions of people to death and ruin the world. So the man with .the hoe must , realize his responsibility and the great ! vital place he occupies in the world's ' affairs. He must put forth his max ' imum effort to feed the world and accept smaller money pay for It. The various toilers do not expedt Kf [ pay the man with the hoe any more ? money, but they want the man witb ' the hoe to give them more bread, , more meat, more eggs, more butter, ? more shirts, more of everything of ' that kind for less money than they are paying now, and the man with'th? hoe must rise to the world's emer gency and do it, as he has always j done when a hungry world appealed to him. I Now it may be that these people who are appealing to the man witli the hoe are not in a reciprocal frame . of mind. It may be that they vfBpt ; to get all this good from the maa 5 with the hoe and not jgive him a. Bin* j gle reciprocal advantage. The barber now requires the mall j with the hoe to exchange the equiva* . lent of six eggs for a shave, but tin r der a dispensation of plenty the bar I ber will demand the equivalent of two dozen eggs for a shave, according, td , Mr. Gompers' idea. This is a trivial instance. All along the line, there is a humanity call for the man with the hce to produce more and reduce the price so that the world's hunger may be appeased. That's what the people mean when they talk about "reconstruction" and "readjustment." They mean that there must be more food for less money. They are talking right at the man with the hoe. Perhaps the man with the hoe thinks there ought to be reciprocity. Perhaps he thinks that he endures some hardships that ought to be miti gated if he consents to supply the world's tables and wardrobes. If he gives the added quantity that is asked, then he thinks that those who serve him might likewise give him added quantity, either in service or finished products. The man with the hoe may be right about this; indeed, he may in sist upon it. It is all well enough for us town boys to hold the offices, to organize our little unions and fraternities, to have our luxuries and I dictate to presidents, congresses and j States, but the man with the hoe. ie ! not apt to meet all our demands and exact none in return. There are more of him and those immediately dependent upon him than of all other forces in the coun try put together. It is a matter of policy as well as of justice for all the rest of us to "tote fair" wi\h the man with the hoe. If we bluster too much about him and think because he is scattered over a wide area he is not dangerous, we shall ascertain our mistake. It is not good sense to issue ulti matums to the man with the txoe. He may arise some day and spank some body if he should happen to be in a bad humor. And he gets in a bad humor at times. Disliked Absent Treatment.' "Even the field hospitals close up to the firing line in France find tims for an occasional laugh," writes Malcolm Adams, of the Red Cross. A party of wounded marines wers being taken to a base hospital on a much overcrowded motor truck. The nurse accompanying them became anxious about their wounds. "I hope I am not hurting any of you," she said. "You're hurting me a lot,'* replied one of the soldiers. "But I am nowhere near you,** ex claimed the nurse indignantly. "That's what's, hurting . ma/' was. Ihe calm reply.?Washington Star.