The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 19, 1917 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ARGUS, FLATONIA, TEXAS
WILSON MAKES PLEA
PRESIDENT ASKS MANUFAC-
TURERS AND MINE OWNERS
TO BACK U. S. IN WAR.
TOLD TO FORGET PRICES
President Declares Victory or Defeat
Depends on Prices—Denounces
Dollar Patriots—Everyone
Must Make Sacrifices.
Washington.— 1'rcxideut Wilson up-
pouit*] to the country's business in-
lerosts Wednesday to put aside every
selfish consideration and to give their
iud to tlie nation as freely as those
who go to offer their lives on the Imt-
tMieM.
tu a statement addressed to the coal
oporauirs and manufacturers he gave
i*k»uranee that Just prices will he paid
bj tlu- government and the public dur-
ing' the war, but warned that no at-
tempt to extort unusual profits will be
tolerated.
The president's statement follows:
"The government is about to attempt
to determine the prices at which it
will ask you henceforth to furnish va-
rious supplies which are necessary for
five prosecution of the war, and vari-
ous materials which will be needed in
the industries by which the war must
be sustained. We shall, of course, try
to determine them Justly and to the
best Advantage of the nation as a
whole; but Justice Is easier to speak
of tbHn to arrive at. and there are
some considerations which 1 hope we
shall keep steadily in mind while this
particular problem of justice is being
worked out.
Promises Just Price.
"Therefore I take tiie liberty of
stating very candidly ray own view of
the situation and of the principles
which should guide both the govern-
ment and the mine owners and tnun-
nfaeturors of the country In this dif-
ficult matter.
“A just price must, of course, lie
miid for everything the government
buys. By a Just price 1 mean a price
which will sustain the industries con-
cerned in u high state of efficiency,
provide a living for those who con-
duct them, enable them to pay good
wages, and make possible the ex-
pansions of tlielr enterprises which
will from time to time become neces-
sary as the stupendous undertakings
<»f this great war develop.
Must Face the Facts.
"We could not wisely or reasonably
do less than pay such prices. They
are necessary for the maintenance
und development of industry, and the
maintenance and development of in-
dustry are necessary for the great task
we have in hand.
"But I trust that we shall not sur-
ronnd the matter with a mist of sen-
timent. Facts are our masters now.
We ought not to put the acceptance
of such prices on the ground of patri-
otism.”
“Patriotism has nothing to do with
profits In a ease like this. Patriotism
and profits ought never in the preseut
circumstance* he mentioned together.
“It is perfectly proper to discuss
profits ns a matter of business, with h
view to uralntninlng the integrity of
capital und the efficiency of labor in
these tragical months, when the llli-
erty of free men everywhere and of
Industry itself trembles in the bal-
ance; bnt It would lie absurd to dis-
cuss them ns n motive for helping to
serve and save our country.
“Patriotism leaves profits out of the
question. In these days of our su-
preme trial, when we are sending hun-
dreds of thousands of our young men
across the seas to serve a great cause,
rib true man who stays behind to
work for them and sustain them by
his lalHir will ask himself what in* is
liersonally going to make out of that
labor.
"No true patriot will permit himself
to take toll of their heroism in money
or seek to grow rich by the shedding
of their blood. He will give as freely
and with as unstinted self-sacrifice
a* they. When they are giving their
live*, will he not at least give his
looney ?
Assails "Bribery."
”1 hear it insisted that more than
a just price, more than a price that
will sustain our Industries, must be
[mid; that it is necessary to pny very
liberal and unusual profits In order to
‘stimulate’ production; that nothing
but pecuniary rewards will do—re-
wards paid in money, not in the mere
liberation of the world.
“1 take It for granted that those
who argue thus do not stop to think
what that means.
“On they mean that you must he
paid, must he bribed, to make your
contribution, a contribution that costs
you neither a drop of Mood nor a tear,
when the whole world is in travail and
men everywhere depend upon and cull
to you to bring them out of bondage
mid make (he world a fit place to live
In again, amidst peace and Justice?
"Do they mean that you Will exact
Asphalt Found by Accident.
Aspnalt. with which so many roads
are paved, was found by accident.
Many years ago, in Switzerland, nnt-
aral rock asphalt was discovered, and
for more thnn a century it was used
for the purpose of extracting the rich
■tores of bltnmen It coutufned.
Expected to, at Least
It le In pert because we have to pay
for It that we value the advice of a
physician more than the advice of a
Vrtead.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
a price, drive a bargain, with the men
who are enduring the agony of this
war ou the battlefields. In the trenches,
amidst the lurking dangers of the sen,
or with Ihe bereaved women and piti-
ful children, before you will come for
ward to do your duty und give some
part of your life-, in easy, peaceful
fashion, for Ihe things we are fight-
ing for. the tldngs we have pledged
our fortunes, our lives, our sacred hon-
or to vindicate and defend liberty
and Justice and fair dealing and the
peace of nations?-*
"Of course you will not. It is In
conceivable. Your patriotism is of the
same self-denying stuff as the pa-
triotism of Hie men dead or maimed
tin the fields of France, or else it ts
not patriotism at all.
Full Dollar's Worth.
“Let us never Speak, then, of profits
and of patriotism in the same sen-
tence, but face facts ami meet them.
Let us do sound business, but not In
the midst of a mist.
"Many a grievous burden of taxa-
tion will lie laid on this nation, in this
generation and In the next, to pay for
this war; let us see to it that for
every dollar that is taken from the
people’s pockets it shall be possible to
obtain a dollar's worth of tlx- sound
stuff they need.
"Let tile turn for a moment to the
ship owners of the United States and
the other ocean carriers whose ex-
ample they have followed, uml ask
them if they realize wlmt obstacles,
what almost Insuperable obstacles,
they have been putting in the.wav of
tlie successful prosecution of tills war
liy tlie ocean freight rates they have
I been exacting.
Making War a Failure.
'■They are doing everything that
j high freight charges can do to make
i the war a failure, to make It Impos-
sible.
“1 do not say that they realize this
or intetyd it. Tlie tiling lias happened
naturally enough because the eomtner-
ciaj processes which we are content to
see operate In ordinary times have
without sufficient thought been con-
tinued Into a period where they have
no proper place.
"I am not questioning motives. I
am nu-rely stating a fact, and stating
It in ordef that attention tuny tic fixed
upon If. V
"The fact Is that those who have
fixed war freight rates have taken the
most effective means in their power to
defeat the armies engaged againstTier-
many. When they realize this we may,
I take it for granted, count upon them
to reconsider tlie whole matter. It is
high time. Their extra hazards are
covered hv war risk insurance,
Warning Is Sounded.
“I know. and you know, wlmt re-
sponse to this great challenge of duty
and of opportunity tlie nation will ex
pect of you; and I know what re-
sponse you will make.
‘‘Those wild do not respond, who
do not respond in tin1 spirit of those
who hitve gone to give their lives for
us on bloody fields far away, may
safely be left to be -dealt with by
opinion and tlie law—for (lie law must,
of course, command those things/ .
“I am dealing with tlie matter thus
publicly and. frankly. not because I have
any doubt or fear as to the result but
only In order that in all our thinking
und In all pur dealings with- one an-
other we may move in a perfectly clear
j air of mutual understanding.
Must Have Same Prices.
“And there is something more tlhaf
i we must add to otir thinking. Tlie
j public is now as much a part of tlie
!• government as are the army and navy
! themselves; the whole people in all
| their activities are now mobilized and
j In service for the accomplishment of
j the nation's task In this war; it is
in such circumstances impossible Just-
ly to distinguish between industrial
purchases made by the government
and Industrial purchases made by the
I managers of industries, and it is just
' as milch our duty to sustain the indtls-
| trials of tile country with all tlie In
| dustrles that contribute to lls life ns
it is to sustain our forces in tin* field
and on the sea.
Think Not of Self.
“We must make prices to tlie ptib-
; lie the same us the prices to the gov-
! eminent. Prices mean Hie same thing
everywhere now. They mean the efll-
j clency or tlie Inefficiency of the na-
tion, whether it is the government flint'
| pays them or not. They mean victory
j or defeat. They mean that America
j will win tier place once for all iitnong
! tlie foremost free nations of the world
| or that she will sink to defeat and bu-
j come a second-rate power alike in
; thought and In action. This Is a day
i of her reckoning and every limn among
i us must personally face that reckoning
along with her
“The case needs no arguing. I as-
sume that I am only expressing your
I own thoughts—wlmt must be in the
mind of every true man when he faces
the tragedy and the solemn glory of
the present war, for the emancipation
of mankind.
“I summon you to n great ilnty, a
great privilege, a shining dignity and
distinction. I shall expect every man
who Is not a slacker to lie at my side
throughout tills great enterprise. In
it no tnnn can win honor who thinks of
himself.”
A Matter of Intereet.
The Hick Doctor—When I am dead
I want n careful autopsy mnde. Ob-
serve tlie liver especially—It will Inter-
est me greatly to know what reuliy la
the matter with It.
Selfishness.
The word selfishness Is said to be
only IKK) years old, but the thing It-
self dates hack to the Garden of lOden.
when Adam tried to hide behind the
skirts of Eve' before she had any.-
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UNIVERSITY REGENTS NEW RECORD SET
DISMISS SEVERAL TEACHERS
Professors Keaabey, Mather, Edit. Over Three Billion Bushels, Largest
Mayes, Cofer, Butte, Teachers, and Except One Ever Grown, Now
J. A. Lomax, Secretary, Removed. In Bight,
Galveston, Tex -Seven members of
(lie faculty of the main university ut
Austin were dismissed by tlie board
of resents at Thursday's meeting.
Those dismissed are as follows
W. li. Mayes, head of the school of
journalism; W T Mather, professor
of physics; it. E. Cofer and G C.
Butte, associate professors of law; A
Cuswcll Kills, professor of education;
John A Lomax, secretary of the facul-
ty, and Professor L. M. Keasbey. pro-
fessor df institutional history. There
was an informal discussion us to tlie
Washington.- -A billion bushels in
crease over last year's production ill
the principal food crops is the re
spouse Anieitcan farmers have made
to President Wilson's mid-April ap-
peal. saying that upon them “rests the
fate of the war and the fate of na
tlons "
The extent of thf farmers' response
Was disclosed Tuesday w hen a produc
tion.'of 6,098,000,000 bushels of prin
cipal food crops was forecast in the
department of agriculture's July crop
report it show s this year s corn crop
will lie the largest in history except
stsk: rs 'szrzzz I
at this time.
In practically every instance the
vote was four to three for dismissal,
though Chairman Alien did rise on one
or two occasions and made the count
fite to three. It was generally accept-
ed that he favored dismissal in each
instance and thus a majority of the
entire board of nine members was re-
garded as favoring the dismissals
Those who opposed dismissal in every
instance w here it occurred were
Messrs, ltrents. Cook and Jones Tlie
other five members present were
Chairman Allen and Messrs. Little
other crops’ Will make new high rec-
ords.
The corn crop which, with favorable
weather from now on. may equal the
pumper yield of 1012, shows an in
crease of at 1.000,000 bushels over last
year, with a total of 3,124,001),OOti
bushels. The acreage is 14 per cent
larger than last year. The combined
winter and spring wheat crop will be
38,000.000 bushels more than last year,
with a total of 678,000,000 bushels.
Barley, with prospects for the third
largest crop ever grown, will exceed
last year’s production by 33,000,000
bushels with an output of 214,000,000
field. Love. .Kelly and Mathis. ; bushels.
Dr. J. K Thompson, professor of sur- ! Oats promise to exceed last year s
gery in the medical college at Galves-1 crop by 201,000,000 busheljSj tire lota!
ton, around whom tlie storm lias also 1 production being forecast Vat 1.453.
laged, was not disturbed, nor was any o00,00.0 bushels. That is slightly tin
member of tlie medical faculty Dr 1 der the record. Improvement between
Thompson's retention seemed to be us | now and harvest, however, may result
sured when the hoard, witli one dis m a record crop
sentinu vote, reconsidered its anti ! While potato production on a 22Vi
alien resolution and . made it apply | per cent'increase in acreage will be a
only to enemy aliens and subject to
the legislative requirements. Dr
record crop with 4f)2.QOO.U(iO bushels,
or 167.000.uo0 bushels more than last
Thompson .is an Englishman by birth ; year, not taking Into account the home
garden production which this year is
estimated to be much larger than ever
before,
live, another record crop tills year,
will amount to 56,100,000 bushels.
and now a naturalized American olti
zen.
Dr. Vinson was retained as presi
dent of the Texas University,
Dr. A, W, Fly was reappointed c
regent, He was enjoined from acting { 8-700-0o° bush,*ls more ">“» >'wr.
as a; regent because he had accepted P»’‘Uoes Will register a new
a position on the Galveston exemption “"al wlth S2.200.000 bushels, or
board, the law forbidding the holding n’"''b’u00 bushels more than hist year
of two public offices ut the same time
Itiee production will be 34,400.000
lie resigned from tlie exemption board , »>M*he|s. the second largest crop ever
Thursday night and the governor j Produced,
thereupon recommissioned him as
member of the board of regents Dr
Fly was present
vote was seated.
The regents adjourned their meeting
Friday to meet in Austin on the fourth
Tuesday of next October.
Product loll of tobacco will cover an
other record with a crop of 1,215,000,
and by unanimous i 000 P°»nds. which is M.OOO.nou pounds
more than was grown last year.
Dr. Jones to Remain on Board.
Austin. Tex.—By a sweeping ittjune
(ion issued Wednesday by Judge In-
land Graves of the twenty-sixth dis-
trict court, Dr.'S. J. Jones of Saludo,
whom Governor Ferguson had at
tempted to unseat as a member of the
board of fegents of the University of
Texas, is recognized, until rurther or-
ders of the court, as a member of tlie
board with full authority to take part
and east his vote in anv meeting of j tmrbors committee rhuraday accepted
the board. Under the writ of Injunc : 'he invitation of the Freeport ( ommer
Editors Ask Congress to Act.
Minneapolis, Minn, A resolution
urging congress to enact legislation
requiring the federal trade; commis-
sion to lake over tlie operation of
American paper mills and to Import
and distribute Canadian print paper
as a war measure, was forwarded to
Washington Thursday by the National
Editorial Association in International
convention ut Minneapolis
House Committee Will Visit Texas.
Washington.—Tlie house livers and
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR VON
BETKMANN HOLLWEG OUT
May Be Beginning of Far Reaching
Developments as to Future of
German Empire.
London I he political VuniiuJI which
has been convulsing Germany ever
since Russia's first startling success
on the resumption of her offensive
has culminated for th» present in the
resignation of the Imperial chancellor,
Dr. von Hethmann Hollweg, but all In
dleatioiih serve to show that Ills resig-
nation, far from being the last act in
the drama. Is but the beginning of
far reaching developments which are
I bound to affect ttie fabric of the tier
| man empire and have momentous con-
I sequences on the progress of the Ku-
| ropean struggle.
The resignation of the chancellor
came in the end quite 'unexpectedly,
i for Dr. von Bethmann-llollweg In tlie
prolonged party discussions and heat-
ed deputes of the main committee of
I the relghstag which proceeded all
through lust week seemed to hava
triumphed over his opponents, who
' had been clamoring for his head by
mukltig concessions which were tanta-
mount to the formation of a kind of
Imperinl coalition ministry.
At the same time the chancellor, by
[ the declaration that Germany was de-
fensively fighting for tlie freedom of
her territorial possessions, evolved a
formula that seemed satisfactory to
both those who clamored for peace
by agreement and those who demand-
ed repudiation of the formula “no an
nexatlons and no Indemnities."
In all this Dr. von Hethmann-IIoll-
w eg was strongly backed by tlie em-
peror The advent of the crown prince
upon tlie scene—summoned by his im-
perial father to share the delibera-
tions affecting the futurb of tin* dynas-
ty seems to have changed entirely
the position with regard to tile im
perial chancellor. The crown prime
at once took a leading part in the dis.
cussi-ons with the party leaders, and
liis ancient hostility toward Dr voti
Bethimmn-Hollweg, coupled with his
notorious dislike for political reform,
undoubtedly precipitated tlie chancel-
lors resignation.
The fact that Field Marshal von liin
deiihurg. chief of stuff, and General
von Lwlendorff, first quartermaster
general, have been most prominent
throughout these discussions and that
a section of tiie press has been clamor
: lug tor a joint dictatorship bv them,
hardly augurs well for the realization
of the Prussian franchise reform which
tin- emperor lias just decreed <ir for
tli» movement toward a diminution of
Germany s war aims, and there,fore to
ward peace on which the Austrian em-
peror has been doing Ills utmost to per-
suitde tlie German emperor to embark.
In volt Bethmunn-Hollweg'* succes-
sor. Di George Michuelis. Is a bureau
iiut of tlie old style, whose appoint-
ment can scarcely be regarded as
promising timcfi in the direction of
tin- parllUnu-nturlzation or Germany.
Entering the I'nissian civil service in
IS7!< at tin- age of ^2. lie follow ed tle.'
customary placid v'nreiq- of I’russian
officials, holding various minor posts
st different provincial places until he
was appointed undersecretary in the
finance ministry in limit in February.
1S17. lie received the additional ap-
pointment of I’russian food commis-
sion! r, a special post authorized by
the I’russian cabinet.
Russians Drive Still On.
Again tin- Teutonic allies have suf-
fered reverses, in tin- iocs to tlie Bus
sinus of a part of tlie village of Lod
ziany, in tiie Lomnico river region of
Galicia: in tiie repulse of an attack by
tin- Russians northeast of Kalitsz and
in the Champagne region of France.
! w here the French drove them from po-
sitions they had recaptured, inflicting
heavy casualties on them. The Rus-
sian official communications says 36.-
j 643 officers and men of the Teutonic
1 allied armies have been made prison-
; er by General Itrussiloff's forces, and
| P3 heavy and light guns, 28 trench
| mortars. 403 machine guns and 01
guns of other descriptions have been
taken.
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Moulton Chapter
No. 134
Stated convocations Thurs-
day on or before full moon
_ each month. Sojourning
companions cordially invited.
J. M. Cad well, IL P.
F. It. Cowdin. Secretary.
FLATONIA LODGE
No. 208 K. of P.
Meets Every 1st and 3rd
Tuesday in their Castle
Hail. S. L. Sullivmu, C. G.
Henry Miller, K. of R. & S.
FLATONIA LODGE NO. 436
A. F. & A. M.
GJtp Meets Saturday on or before
full moon. Brethren in good
■tanding are invited to attend.
C. P. Johnson, W. M.
W. D. Johnson, Secretary.
Ireland Camp
No. 340
W. O. W.
meets 1st. and 3rd. Monday nights each
month. Visiting Sovereigns invited.
A. M. Gosch, CC H. R- Thulemeyet
Secretary
O. D. H. S.
Germania Loge, No. 15
Meets first Sunday of every month
at 2 p. m. Visiting brethren invited
to attend. C. D. Osterloh, Pres.
H. R. Thuletneyer, Ser’y.
Church Directory
Catholic Church Service*
Every other Sunday at 10:30
A. M.
Sunday School at 3 P. M.
Every Thursday morning ser-
vices at 8 A. M.
Night services on same day
at 8 P. M.
tion granted by Judge Graves. Dr.
Jones will be clothed with legal au-
thority to occupy his seat and partici
pate in the proceedings.
cial League of Freeport, Texas, to
visit Texas ports and waterways, In
November, the schedule for which is
being worked out by Homer Wade of
Stanford, representative of the league
| iu Washington.
Insurance Companies Restrained.__
Washington.—President Wilson Sat- j Two American Ships Sunk by U Boats,
urday issued a proclamation prohibit- j Washington —Official dispatches on
Ing German Insurance companies from ] Friday announced the sinking by sub
tnarineB of the American barkentine
Hlldegaard, 595 tons, of New Orleans
on July 10, and of the American
schooner Mary W. Ilowen, 1907 tons,
of Fall River, on July 8. All members
of both crews were rescued and land-
ed.
doing further business in marine or
war risk insurance in the United
States and forbidding American insur-
ance companies from reinsuring with
them. I’aytnent on existing contracts
is suspended during the war except in
case of vessels now al sea.
Few States Now Delinquent.
Washington.—Texas. Oklahoma, Ar-
kansas and Louisiana are among the
states that have notified tlie provost
marshal general this week that the
numbered lists of registrations have
been received at the state capitals,
which completes them for operation
of the selective draft machinery.
Kleven states are still unreported and
the failure of one district to complete
its work in proper time will be the
means of delaying the drawing.
Mobilization of Guard Is Started.
Washington.—Mobilization of the
j national guard for war service bejan
| Monday. While no orders for embar-
kation of state troopB for France will
be given until after August 6. when
tlie entire force will be formally draft-
ed Into the United States army, there
i are indications that some divisions
1 will be regarded as reHdy to board
I transports soon after that date.
Methodist Church Service*
Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
Preaching Service, 11 & 7:30
Mid-week Prayer Meeting,
Thursday, 7:30 P. M.
J. E. Buck, Pastor. Phone 76
Baptist Church Service*
SUNDAY
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preaching at morning and
night on the second and fourth
Sunday of each month.
Praver meeting. Wednesday
7:15 P. M.
Camps Will Have “Dry" Zor.e.
Washington—A "dry” zone five
miles wide, unless there is a city or
town within that limit, is to be thrown
around all camps for the mobilization
or training of troops under new regu-
lations mnde public Friday at the war
department.
Wool Clip Sold to England.
Melbourne. Australia. — The new
Australian wool clip has been sold to
the British government on the same
terms as last year.
45,000 Bad Eggs Were Destroyed,
Austin, Tex.—I’ure Food t’ommis-
sioner R H. Hoffman, Jr, announced
Friday that inspectors of his depart-
ment during the present week have
seized and destroyed 45,000 bad egga
that were classified as rotten and un-
fit for human consumption. .
Fix Maximum Price on Corn.
Chicago, 111.—Directors of the Chi-
cago Board of Trade Thursday fixed
a maximum price of $1.28 for Decem-
ber and May (INIS) deliveries of corn.
To Guard Cotton Exports.
Washington.—That cotton will be
placed on the embargo list within a
short time against exportation to neu-
tral countries, save under official su-
pervision. is the prevailing opinion In
Washington among government, of-
ficials and members of the advisory
board of the council of national de-
fense Millions of pounds of cotton,
tlie main ingredient in the manufac
tore of explosives, have been going to
the central power* ever since tlie war
began.
If you are a business man,
did you ever think of the field
of opportunity that advertis-
ing opens to you? There i*
almost no limit to the possi-
bilities of your business if you
study how to turn trade into
your store. If you are not get-
ting your share of the business
of your community there's a
reason. People go where they
are attracted — where they
know what they can get and
how much it is sold for. If
you make direct statements in
your advertising see to it that
you are able to fulfill every
promise you make. You will
add to your business reputa-
tion and hold your customers.
It will not cost as much to run
your ad in this paper as you
think. It is the persistent ad-
vertiser who gets there. Have
something in the paper every
issue, no matter how small.
We will be pleased to quote
you our advertising rates, par-
ticularly on the year** busi-
ness.
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