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and social . reform, as In the case of
no many platforms j of progressive
parties In this country. It is the re
sult of an exhaustive criticism, of
the whole English experience in so
cial legislation during the past four
generation. It ;is the result of a
careful discrimination between what
the state can and must do Jn order
to bring about socllal improvement
andz; what the contribution must b
of the-workers themselves.'
"If the American people are too
limited or too blind to admit a pro
gram of this kind into serious polit
ical discussion, thejy-will only pro.
Yoke and even justify a far more
drastic and dangerous kind of agita
tion. The social reconstruction pro
posed in this program is not put
forth by some llttl& group of social
reformers or an anti-social revolu
tionist. It is proposed as the plat
form of one of the most powerful
parties in Great jBritain a party
which will contest almost every con
stituency in the coming general elec
tion and which, unless It Is opposed
by a coalition, may elect a majority
to the house of commons.
"Its; proposed prbferam cannot be
, applied to this country without many
modifications, but it will go ill with
-us unless a party is jformed In Ameri
ca which will formulate and fight
for a program of American recon
struction which, hr.wever, different
from the following document, will at
least not fall below it In courageous
scientific and thorough-going radi
calism." j
. And now comes the most difficult
part of my story-j-the condensing
of this great program into the space
necessary to the limits of this article
I Will do mv best but urge the reader
to secure the entire document from
'bis nearest library br from the pub
lishers direct at bis earliest conven
ience if he would be fully posted on
the greatest development to date in
the world war for democracy.
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"It behooves Jhej Labor party, In
formulating its owij program for re
construction after jthe war, and In
criticising the various preparations
and plans that, are: being made bv
the present government, to look at
the program a a Whole. We have
to make clear what it is we wish to
construct. It is Important to empha
size the fact that whatever may be
the ci with regard to other polit
ical parties. our detailed practical
proposals , proceed from . definitely
held principles. -
The End of a Civilization.
We need to beware of patchwork
The view of the Labor party is that
what has to be reconstructed after
the war Is not this or that govern
ment department, or this or that
piece of .social machinery; but. o
far as Britain Is concerned, society
Itself. Count Oku ma. one of
ablest of the statesmen of Japan,
watching the conflict from the other
side of the globe, declares It to be
rothlng less than the-death of Eu
ropean civilization. Just as In the
past J the civilization of, Babylon,
Egypt. Greece, Carthage "and the
' great Roman empire have been suc
cessively destroyed, so. In the Judg-
' ment of this detached observer, the
civilization of. all Europe, is even
now receiving Its death blow. ' We
of the Labor party can so far agree
In this estimate as to recognize. In
the present world catastrophe. If not
the death In Europe of civilization
itself, st any rate the culmination
and colHps of a distinctive Indus-
; trial civilization which the workers
will not seek to reconstruct. At such
times of crisis It is easier to silo
Into-rnln than to progress to higher
forms of organization. That Is the
' problem as it presents itself to the
Labor party.
- "What the "war Is consuming la
not merely the security, the home,
the livlihood and the lives of Inno
cent families, and an enormous pro
portion of all the accumulated
wealth o the , world, but also the
very basis of the peculalr eocial
order In which it has arisen? The
Individualist system of capitalist
' production, based on the private
ownership and competitive adminis
tration of land and capital, with Its
reckless 'profiteering' and wage
slavery; with its glorification of the
unhampered struggle for" the means
of life and its hypocritical pretense
of the 'survival of the fittest;' with
the monstrous' Inequality of circum
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story of two men and a
beautiful adventuress in
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stances which it produces and the
uegradation and brutalization, both
moral and spiritual, resulting there
from, may, we hope, indeed have re
ceived a death blow. With It must
go the political system and ideas in
which It naturally found expression.
We of the Labor party, whether Jn
opposition or in due time called up
on to form an administration, will
certainly lend no hand to Its revival.
On the contrary, we shall do our flit
most to see that It is burled with the
millions It has done to death.
We do not. of, course, pretend that
it is possible, even after the drastic
clearing away that Is now going on.
to build society anew in a year or
two of feverish 'reconstroction.'
What the Labor party Intends to sat
isfy Itself about Is that each brick
that it helps to lay shall go to erect
the structure that it intends, and no
other.
The Pillar of the House.
"We need not here recapitulate,
one by one, the different items In
the Labor party's program which
successive party -conferences ha7e
adopted. The four pillars of the
house that we, propose, to erect, rest
ing upon the mmon foundation of
the democratic control of society in
all its activities, may be termed:
(a) The f, universal enforcement
of the national minimum;
(b) The democratic control of
industry:
(c) The' revolution in national
finance; and
(d) The surplus wealth for the
common good.
Vniversal Knforeement of the Na
A tlonal Minimum.
"The first principle of the Labor,
party Is the securing to every
member of the community in good
times and bad alike (and not only
to the strong and able, the well born
or the fortunate), of all the requl
sitesof healthy life and worthy citi
zenship. This i In no sense a
class proposal, if We are mem
bers one of another. No man liveth
to himself alone. If any, even the
hnmblest. is made to suffer. tho
whole community is Injured thereby.
Generation -after , generation this ha
been the cornerstone of the faith of
labor. It will, be the guiding prin
ciple of asr Labor rovernment.
(Here follows a discussion of leg
islative regulation, of r employment
embodying amendment and modlfl
eitlon of. existing laws ostensibly for
the protection of labor also the prob
lem of providing employment of the
large numbers of soldiers after the
war and social Insurance against un
employments. Democratic Control of Industry
"The fl.st condition pf democracy
is effective personal freedom. This
has suffered so many encroachments
daring the war that It, Is necessary
to state wit clearness that the com
plete removal of all the "war tlme e
structlons on freedom of speech,
freedom of publication, freedom of
press, freedom of travel and freedom
of choice of nlace of residence and
kind' of employment must take place
the day after .wace la declared. .Tne
labor party declares against tne con
tinuance of the military service acts
a moment longer than the Imperative
reaulrements of the war excuse.
"The party stands as heretofore
for complete adult suffrage .... ao
solutely equal rlf hts for both sexes,
for the same . freedom to exercise
civic rights for the common soldier
as for the-officer,- for shorter parlia
ments, for the omplete abolition of
the house of lords and for a most
strenuous opposition to any new sec
ond chamber, whether elected or not,
having in It any element of heredity
or privilege, or of the control of the
house of commons by any party or
class.
) ". . . . the Labor party insists ok
democracy In Industry as we" a ln
government. It demands the pro
gressive elimination from the con
trol of industry of the private capi
talist, Individual or joint stock; and
the setting free of all who work,
either by band or brain, for the ser
vice) of the community and of the
community only. And the Labor
party refuses' absolutely to believe
that the British people will perman
ently tolerate any reconstruction or
perpetuation of the disorganization,
waste and inefficiency Involved in
the abandonment of British industry
to a Jostling crowd of separate prl
vate employers, with their minds
bent, not on the service of the com
munity but by the very law of
their being only on the utmost pos
sible profiteering. .... The Labor
party stands not merely for the prin-
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ciple of the common ownership of
i the nation's land, to be applied as
suitable opportunities occur, but al
so specifically for the Immediate na
tionalization of railways, mines aud
the production of electrical power,
. . . . national ownership and admin
istration of the railways and canals,
t.nd their "union, along with harbors
i nd roads, and the posts and tele
graphs not to say! also the great
fines of steamers which could at
ence be owned, i not immediately
directly managed In detail, by the
,Tvernment In a united national
B'TvIce of transport and communica
tion. . : '
"We shall never succeed ln put
tlig the gigantic system ! of health
insurance on a proper footing . . .
until the nation appropriates the
pi of it-making industrial insurance
companies which now so tyrannously
exploit the people with their waste
ful house-to-house industrial life in
surance. .... Only by this means can
the great staff of Insurance agents
find their proper place as civil ser
vants with equitable conditions of
employment, compensation and se
curity of tenure, in a nationally or
ganlzed public service for the dis
charge of the 3 steadily Increasing
functions of the government in vital
stltistlcs and social insurance
"The people will be extremely fool
ish if they ever allow their indis
pensable industries to slip back into
th unfettered control of private cap-
jltalists, who are, actually at the in
stance of the government itseir. now
rapidly combining, trade by trade,
into monopolist trusts which may
on-sently become as ruthless ln their
exlortlon as the worst American
am pies.
Revolution in National Finance.
; "Too long has our naUonal finance
ben regulated, contrary to the
teaching of political ; economy, ac
cording to the wishes of the pos
sessing classes and the profits of
tbs financiers. The collossSl expen
diture Involved in the present war
(of which, against the protest of the
Labor party, only a quarter has been
raised by taxation, whilst three quar
ters have been borrowed at onerous
rates of Interest to be a burden on
ths nation's future) brings things to
a crisis .... Meanwhile innumerable
new private fortunes are being heap
ed up by those who have taken ad
vantage of the nation's needs; and
one-tenth of the population which
owns nine-tenths of the riches of the
United Kingdom, far from being
made poorer, will find itself in the
aggregate as a result of the war,
drawing ln rent and Interest and
dividends, a larger' nominal Income
than ever before. Such a position
demands a revolution In finance. . . .
"The Labor !arty stands for such
a sjstem of taxation as will yield
all the necessary revenue to the gov
ernment without encroaching on the
prescribed national minimum stan
dard of life of any family whatso
ever; without hampering production
or discouraging any useful personal
effort and with the nearest possible
approximation to equality of sacrl
flee. We definitely repudiate all
proposals for a protective tariff In
whatever specious guise they may
be cloaked We shall strenuous
ly oppose any taxation of whatever
kind which will increase the price of
food or any other necessary of life. . .
"For the rasing of the greater
part of the revenue now required
the Labor party looks to the direct
taxation of Incomes above the neces
sary cost of family maintenance;
and. for the requisite effort to pay
off the naitonal .debt, to the direct
taxation of private fortunes both
during life and at death....
"Over this Issue of how the finan
cial burden of the war is to be
borne, and how the necessary "reve
nue Is to be raised, the greatest po
litical battles will be fought. In
this matter the Labor party claims
the support of four-f ifths of the
whole nation, for the Interests of
the clerk, the teacher, the doctor,
the minister of religion, the average
retail shopkeeper and trader, and
all the mass of those; living on small
Incomes are Identical with those of
the artisan. . . . Every pos
sible effort will be made to juggle
with the taxes so as to place upon
the shoulders of the mass of labor
ing, folk and upon the struggling
households of the professional men
and small traders (as was done after
every previous war) whether by
customs or excise duties, by indus
trial monopolies, by unnecessarily
high rates of posti ge and railway
fares, or by a the usand and one
other Ingenious deices an unfair
share; of the naMonal burden.
Against these efforts the Labor party
will take tile firmest stand.
Tfie uriIut for the Common Good.
"In the disposal of the surplus
above the standard of life, society
has hitherto gone as lar wrong1, as in
its neglect to secure the necessary
bails of any genuine industrial effi
ciency or decent social order. We
have allowed the riches of our mines,
the rental value of our lands su
perior to the margin of cultivation,
the extra profits of tbe fortunate
capivalists, even the material out
come of scientific discoveries
whlcY ought by now to have made
this Britain of ours immune from
ctaqi poverty or from sany rwlde
spread destitution to be absorbed
by Individual proprietors; and then
devoted very largely to tbe senseless
luxury of an Idle rich class. Against
this misappropriation of the wealth
of the community, the Labor party
-i speaking' In the interest not of the
wage arners alone, but of every
grade nnd section of -producers by
hand 'or ' by brain, not to mentloa
also those of the generations that
are to aucceed us. and of the per
manent welfare of the community r
eniphatiially protests. One main
pillar of the house that the Labor
party Intends to build is the future
appropriation of the surplus, not to
the enlaigement of any individual
fortune b it to the common good. It
is from this constantly arising sur
plus (to te secured on the one band
by nationalization and municipaliza
tion, and on the other by steeply
graduated taxation of 4ivate income
and richet ) that will have to be
found the new capital which the
community, day by day, needs for
the perpetual improvement and in
crease of its various enterprises, for
which we shall declire to be depend
ent on the usury of exacting finan
ciers, it it from the same source
that has to be defiayed the public
provision for the sick and infirm of
all kinds (including that for mater-
nity and inlancy) which is still so
scandalously insufficient; for the
aged and those permanently inca
pacitated by uccident or disease, now
ln so many ways Imperfectly
cared for; for the tducation alike of
children, of adolescents and of
adults, in which the Labor party de
mands a genuine quality of oppor
tunity, overcoming all differences of
material circumstances; and for the
organization of public improve
ments of all kinds. Including the
brightening of the lives of those now
condemned to almost ceaseless toil,
and a great development of the
means of recreation.
''From the s.ime source must come
the greatly lnci eased public provision
that the Labor party will insist on
being made for scientific Investiga
tion and original research in every
branch of knowledge, not to say also
for the promotion of music, literature
and fine art, which have been under
capitalism so greatly neglected, and
upon which, so tho Labor party holds,
any real development of civilization
fundamentally impends.
"Society, like the Individual, does
not live by brad alone does not ex
ist onlyior piepetual wealth pro-
duction.rlt is ln the proposal for
this appropriation of every surplus
for the common -good that the Labor
party most distinctively marks Itself
off from the older political parties,
standing, as thy db. essentially for
ex-ithe maintenance of the
perpetual
: private mortgage upon the annual
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prouua oi me nauou mat is invol
ved In the ,'invidual ownership of
land and capital.
"We desire t maintain the most
Intimate relations with the Labor
party overr-eas. "Like them we have
no sympathy with the projects of
Imperial Federation Insofar as these
imply the subjection to a common Im
perial legislature wielding coercive
power (including dangerous facili
ties for coercive imperial taxation
and for enforced military service) . .
"As regards our relations to fore
ign countries, we disavow and dis.
claim any desire or Intention to dis
possess or to impoverish any other
state or nation. We seek no Increase
of territory.: We disclaim all idea of
'economic war!'
We stand for the immediate es
tablishment, actually as a part of the
treaty of peace with which the pres
ent war will end, of a universal
league or society of nations, a sup
ernatural authority with an interna
tional high court to try all Justiciable
lss'ies between nations; an Interna
tional legislature to enact such
common laws as can be mutually
agreed upon, and an international
council of mediation to endeaver to
settle without ultimate conflict even
those disputes which are not justi
ciable. We wonld have all the na
tions ef the world most solemnly
undertake and promise to make com
mon caue against any one of them
that brokrt away from this fundamen
tal agreement. The world bas Buf
fered too much from war for the
Labor party to have any other policy
than that or lasting peace.
Morw Light Tint AIo More Warmth.
"The Labor party fs fr from as
suming that anv po'ley which It
can formulate will solve all the prob
lems that best us. but we deem It
Important to make quite clear our
alms and purposes. On tbe other
hand, the Labor narty has no belief
'n any of the problems of. the world
being solved br good will alone.
Good will without knowledge Is
warmth without light. The labor
orty stand for increased study, for
the scientific Investigation of each
succeeding problem, for the deliber
ate organization of research and for
a much more rapid dissemination
among the whol people' of all the
science that exists.
"A plutocratic oartv mav choose to
Ignore science if It Is heedless wheth
er its pretended solutions of sval
problems, thst mv win political
triumphs, ultimately secceed or fail.
"If law is the mother of freedom,
science, to th T.a hrr party, must
he the parent of law."
WAR FORCED UPON
FRANCE BY GERMANY
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been dispossessed by French usur
pation" Word by Frederick Quoted.
The foreign minister pointed out
that Prince von Rismark, In subse
quent conversations with the Mar
quis de Rabralc, the French charge
d'affaires at Berlin, confirmed what
his sovereign had written in his ow-
hand. , M. iohon then cited th
words Jot Frederick II when entering
Silesia: "I take possession first. I
shall always find pedants to prove
my right," and M. Plchon added:
"But the rights of the German over
cur provinces have never been prov
ed by anv pedant because it cannot
be done."
M. Plchon recalled that from the
time of Louis XIV, Alsace-Lorraine
had been known generally as French
and he quoted the words of General
Maxlmlllen Foy. 150 years lat3r,
when be said:
" 'If ever the lore or all that Is
great and generous weakens in tbe
hearts of the inhabitants, of old
France It will be necessary that they
cross the Yosges, come to Alsace and
temper again their patriotism -and
their energy. '
"What was true under the restor
ation," added M. Plcbon, "Is noon
the less true now."
A SHORT HIT STHOXG
STATKSIKXT.
Women with backache, rheumatic
pains, sore muscles, stiff joints or
other symptoms of kidney . trouble
should read this statement from Mrs.
S. C. Small. Clayton, N. M.: "Foley
Kidney Pills have done me more
good than all other medicines."
They strengthen weak kidneys and
banish sleep-disturbing bladder ail
ments. lJ. C. Perry.
JAPANESE TO ACT
IN SIBERIA ALONE
(Continued from page 1)
entente powers generally or America
to embark on a campaign in Siberia,
although It make an exception of
Great Britain because of the close
alliance between Japan and that
country. exnresSlv coverfnr tholr
) joint interests on the Asiatic mafn-
land.
The point has been made by some
of the allies during the negotiations
that an Insistence by them on joln-
ig vanpan n the proposed move
would Imply a jack of confidence in
the motives an1 ultimate designs of
the Japanese when it came to the
final disposition of any occupied ter
ritory.
Knglaml Helled on.
Lord Reading, the British ambas
sador, and Mr. Tanakt. the Japanese
charge, had conferences today sep
arately with Secretary Lansing. The
Japanese government is understood
to rely upon Its ally by a special
treaty. Great Britain, to support anv
course Japan may adopt ln Asia and
to assist in framing such a defini
tion of purposes as she may feel In
clined to submit to the other allies
and to America before taking final
action.
In the meantime, Vologda, a city
of 80.000 people. 375 miles east of
Petrograd, apparently Is to be ths
American diplomatic headquarters ln
Russia until the situation In that
country clears. The committee on
public information was advised by
its representatives in Petrograd to-
eay that Ambassador Francis and
his staff, the American consulate,
the military mission and the Re1
Cross representatives left the capi
tal for Vologda February 27. No
word from the ambassador has reach
ed the state department since h's
message saying he was preparing to
leave. .
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For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bear
the
Signature of.
LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
TO START ON APRIL 6
(Continued from page 1)
sldered and determined In ample
time to begin the campaign on the
date suggested. April 6 will for
ever be consecrated In' American his
tory and It seems peculiarly appro
priate that the opening of the second,
year of our participation in this var
for the honor and rights of America
and the freedom of tbe world should
be celebrated w(itb a. naponrwice
drive for another liberty loan."
Million a Month Is Coat.
WASHINGTON, March 1. The
money cost of the war to the United
States still is rnnninar near a biillon
dollars a month. Despite official
forecasts of steadily Increasing ex
penditures from month to month,
the government' outliy In February
according to a treasury statement Is
sued today, was s'ightly less than In
either January or December, and
would have been approximately the
same If the month had been as long
is other months.
Expenditures amounted to $1,
002.878.60S, of which two-thirds, or
1665,400.000, was for ordinary war
expenses and $325,000,000 was in
loans to allied governments.
The net balance In the general
rnnd was swelled today to $1,073,
000,000. above the billion mark for
he first time since the middle of
December, by the Inflow of $252,
000.000 from the ale certifi
cates of indebtedness of tbe current
$500,000,000 block which will close
next Tuesday. More than four
fifths of this huge government work
'ng fund was distributed throughout
the country in depositary banks.
The total cash assets of the' rov
rnment today were $4,027,919,548.
which Included $2,401,135,506 gold.
$491,673,559 silver and the balance
of the general fund.
For revenue the government still
s relvin? malnlv nn Knrmi..
through the liberty loans and certifi
cates of indebtedness, as war tax
dollars have not yet begun to roll tn.
I ayments of these areIue June 15.
U. S. BOYS REPULSE
GERMAN ASSAULT
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young American s.Mdler when he
showed fight after capture.
Americans Ki-ffer Casualties.
From the prisoners the American
officers have seemed much valuable
Information. One said:
"I did not have a chance to do
anything before an American jump
ed ont me and grabbed me by the
throat."
The Germans have leen prepar
ing for the rail for three weeks and
nd belonged to the 7Sh reserve di
vision of Hanover. The prisoners
had Russian coins in their posses
ion and came into the trenches op
"poslte Just before the American
took over this sector.
The Americans lost many klllei
and wounded. Including officers
Tbe Americans displayed the great-
st personal courage, bravery and
energy throughout the engagement
and out-fought the surprised enemy
from the Instant contact was estab
lished. ' .
During the bombardment, a town
behind the American lines wn
heavily shelled and there were sam 3
casualties.
PARIS, March I - German troops
especially trained for raiding oer.t
tions. attacked the American salient
last night and thsi morning, but the
Americans maintained their entire
line everywhere, and in addit'on
caused heavy casualties among the
enemy. The Americans also took
prisoners on both positions attacked.
The foregoing Is contained In the
French official communication made
public tonight.
PEACE IN THREE
DAYS IS DEMANDED
(Conflnued from page 1)
various threatened points may be
reached. The tioops are pioceeding
to the front prepared to resist any
further attempt on the part of the
Germans to advance.
The Germans t some points, par
ticularly at Rosenovsky. are already
rebuilding bridges and roadi.
Another dispatch from rct.-ograa
says th advance en Orsha continues
and a battle is xpectea mere do
tween the Germans and thousands
of armed workmen who have arrived
In the city.
Peace Xotfollatton Off. Report.
LONDON, Marcn 2. A message
received by thj Bolshevik govern
ment nPetrociaa from Brest
Lltovs, dated Friday, crderlng a train
under military guard to meet tho
Russian delegates at Toroshaets. was
considered by the government as
probably signifying that the peace
negotiations have been, broken off.
according to a wireless communica
tion received here , TErom Pettograd
tonight.
The wireless communication ; fol
lows:
v
'To all the councils: The followIniknltting pins, like the sample I am
message was received Friday fromTlaklng the liberty of sending you. I
Brest-Litovsk:
" 'The council of commissaries,
Petrograd: Send us a tral nto Toro
shaets, near Pskov, escorted by suf
fleiently large forcos. Communicate
with Krylenko concerning' the body
guard.
(Signed) 'Karaban.
"This message most probably sig
nifies that the peace negotiations
have been broken off by the Germans
We must be ready for an Immediate
uerman advance on retrograa ana
on all fronts. It is necessary that all
the people arise and strengthen the
measures for defense.
(Signed) 'Lenlhe."
Vologda I New Onter.
VOLOGDA. Russia ' March 1.
Tbe American and Japanese ambat-
adors arrived here today on a spe
cial tral.
The Chinese and Siamese minis
ters, the Brazilian charge d'affaires.
nnd the American Red Cross repre-
entatives have also arrived here,
rhe ambassadors nre remaining in
Vologda pending developments.
Another train which left retro
grade with portions of the embassy
staffs bas arrived at Vlatka (350
miles east of Vologda). According
to advices received here today by
4mbasdor Francis from the Smol-
ny Inst lute at Petrograd, peace had
toti been signed between the Bol
shevik government and the Germans
up to a late hour this afternoon. Al-
hii'gh the Germans are still advanc
ing eastward, the official advices
say they are now being resisted by
the Russians and are makinz much
flower progress.
Kit tuition Is Grave.
The Bolshevik government at
Petrograd reports there is greater
enthusiasm at Petrograd for defense
of the capital and in recruiting.
? The Russian peace delegates are
going to Brest-Lltovsk. According to
a report made by M. Zlnovleff. one
of the members of the new peace
delegation, made to the Petrograd
council of workmen's and soldiers'
delegates last night, the general sit
uation nr.: st be considered extremely
grave as the Germans are trying to
take fas much territory as possible
oerore signing a peace treaty.
Roger C. Tredwell. the American
consul at Petrograd. who arrived at
Vologda with the ambassadorial
party. Is opening a consulate here.
The American Red Cross represent
atives who came here are headed by
Colonel Raymond Robins of Chicago.
CONVICT WOULD
MAKE NEEDLES
Chairman Meyers Has Letter
From Man in Pennsylvania
Penitentiary
Chairman Henry W. Meyers of
Willamette chapter. Red Cross, rai
yesterday in receipt of a communi
cation from a convict In the- Penn
cylvania penitentiary, bearing the
signature of "Inmate 11-83 61.' and
stating that be and bis fellow pris
oners are engeged In the making of
fool llMilUa mnA nli.. T? a A r m
I necessities. He says that the needles
are furnished to tbe Red Crosa at
the minimum of 5 cents each, for
any size needel. which only pays
the actual cost of materials and
leaves a small margin of profit
which goes to tbe benefit of himself
and co-laborers. He also states that
,the eonvfets of the I?nnsylvania
prison are constantly knitting, mak
ing bandages and other Red Crosi
necessities duing their spare hours
and moments and gives an aggre
gate list of the results of their la
bors. The letter has the ring of patriot
ism In It and the writer disclaims
any mercernary motives in his offer
to tbe chapter. The matter will be
referred to the committee on pur
chasing of supplies of which E. -V.
Maris Is chairman for considera
tion. The text of tbe letter fol
lows: "I am a prirsoner In tbe above
FOU
BIG ACTS
TODAY
THE
HAWTHORNES
Comedy Sinking and 1
Talking
WHIRLWIND
XI AG AN S
Fashion Plate Steppers
Whirlwind and Soft Shoe
- Dancing
'LLOYD NEVADA
COMPANY
Comedy Novelty
THE
PELMAES
"Going to The Rink" j
sBsaMsBBiiaBjk.
f NEW PICTURE !
PROGRAM 1
ELIGE
THEATRE
named place, and,! though bad!
handicapped by the situation, am
i not the less trying to do my little
pit ror my country. To this end I
am using all my spare time, with
(.others of my fellows. In makinr of
have supplied a number of chapters
of all parts of the country, alwayi
with entire satisfaction.
"The needles are sold at the bare
cost of materials and manufacture,
plus the smallest of profit for the
benefit of myself and my co-laborers.
I have sizes 1, 2 and 3, Red
Cross needles In stock and can snp-'
ply any special size at short notice.
I have any size needel, Columbia
guage. In stock. Please give length?
when ordering. A uniform chargo
of five cents is made.
"More, than 100 of the inmates
of this-Institution are at present do
ing Red Cross work, absolutely with
out cost, and so far they have made
up more than 200,000 bandages,
knitted some 500 'dozens pairs of
socks, cut out over 700 bath robes,
t-nd picked In excess of 300 bales of
oakum. We have done this work
willingly, gladly, without hope or
expectation of reward, and we wou'd
like to do more. If you have any
material' you would like to. hav4
made up Into bandages. w wonld
like you to ship them to our warden.
Mr., Robert J. McKentyf. for Inmate
B-8361 and It will be done at once,
and returned? within i twenty-foir
hours, up to 15,000 bandages, or
any work that we might do- will be
done. i J
"I do not make1 this offer In anv
mercernary spirit, expecting to sell
needles thereby, but am sincerely
desirous of being of service, as are '
all my fellows. We would all, be
glad to have vou take advantage or
this offer, i The needle business is
n side issue, they being made after
hours. In-our cells, only to provide
pin money for ourselves and our rani
Hies. I can also furnish you witq,
stocking boards at $2.40 per dozen.
INMATE B-8361.
PRAYER CALL
JS SENT OUT
Rev.H.N,AIdnchUurgesPe.
titiom for Laymen's
Convention
The Christian people of Salem
who believe in the oower of prsy
have been called together by Rev. H.
N. Aldrlch. chairman of the prayer
committee for the Laymen's Mission
ary convention. Mr. Atdcich is nuk
ing every effort to organize tne
prayer committee which Is compose
of nersons who usually attend the
midweek prayer services of the sev
eral chnrr,hes of the city into on
Troup prayingffor the success of the
convention. 1
Following Is a copv of m
age which Mr. Aldrlch has sent to
-sons Interested In the conven-
lont
"Bec'use ' vou believe In prayer.
nd because vou pray this card i
1ven vou. Will von Iota the com
pany of men, who, both In their pa1-
le -snd private devotions are earn-
estlv praying God's blessing upon
he Larmen s Missionary convention
o b hed In Salem, March 17, J
19, 1918.
"Pray,, for those who are maxips
the preparations: for those wc
take any part in the programs, ana
for all the churches ln any
Mnt(ffH with th mnvemcnt. to1
the Holy Spirit may lead in all that
may be done
"N'othlne- Has outside the TWa
of prayer except that which lies out
side the will of God.' '
It costs the Canadian j government j
1000 a year for each soldier pot l j
tbe field, i ! - 1
VOX' (UX CtnK THAT BACKACHE
K I k...Lr litnal h83
ch and general languor. Jt
- pi Mother Cnr'l A ROM AT H"
I.UAV. th pleasant Medical Tea.
It at first sign of a -oll. When
feel all run down, tired, wealr
without enera-r u thla rems''
combination of naturea herba and root"
Aa a tonic laxativa It haa no 1
Mother Srajr Araatle-Lef Yls ,
by Drurglata or sent by mail V
rtnla. Kmpl sent FUEE. ddr. 1
Mother Gray Co, Le Itoy. K. Y.