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TILLAMOOK? HEADLIGHT, JANUARY 31, 1918. > A CZAR OF RUSSIA Eccentric Alexander II., Who Gave Freedom to the Serfs. Billy f respects Ing wo cune is plane I AND THEN CRUSHED POLAND Out of the Reform He Started by the Liberation of the Masses Grew the Nihilist Movement, Which Brought About Hie Own Death by a Bomb. The > Ì r crit dl tc Igant I both ' j liven I Even I lmpr^ ’ mail carnal the f enerf of < th<r\. num » hone i bom ' ther New J Oswt * k Pierce run th Covert ; o it. i or ot ob je sup maint the p> «apes •item, conili it Is e or in X tn*k< antic r I It Is a curious fact, says the Kansas City Star, that one of the greatest re forms that ever came to Russia—the liberation of the serfs In lfwil—came through Alexander II., a man educated Wider the Prussian military system. Boni In 1818. the son of a sternly au tocratic father, growing up In tin at mosphere in which it was looked upon ns treason to criticise the corner pollce- u.ati since he was u representative of the government, Alexander persisted in cherishing tin interest in all sorts of humble people. He came to the throne in 1855, when Russia was floundering waist deep in the Crimean war. Russia was defeated and demoralized, and it was an unusu ally auspicious time for men with re form ideas to get a hearing. Peace was made nt the end of a year and new laws passed encouraging industry ami commerce. Plans were laid for an extensive railway system partly to de velop the natural resources of the country and partly to increase Its mili tary efficiency. Then In 1858 Alexander received a jietition from certain great landowners in Lithuania praying for a more satis factory adjustment of relations be tween themselves and their serfs. The czar replied with lavish praises of their public spirit and assumed that what they wanted to do was to improve the condition of the serfs, which In point of fact was not true at all. Their peti tion had given him an opening. Without consulting his ministers the czar caused copies of bis Instructions to the governor general of Lithuania to tie forwarded to the governors of all the other Russian provinces, "suggesting" that the landowners of their provinces might also care to consider emancipa tion of the serfs. Local committees went to work on the subject. There were in Russia at this time some 23,000,000 serfs, slaves of the soil. They could not be sold away from the land on which they were born, but In all other respects their bondage was virtually complete. The czar set tlie ball rolling by freeing the 3,000,000 serfs on the imperial estates, frlii • abolition of serfdom was inevita ble, but tlie landowners tried to stave It off as far as possible. They submit ted a plan for making the serfs agri cultural laborers, entirely dependent upon them economically. The czar re fused to accept it. If the serfs were really to be free lie decided they must be able to own land. A state loan, payable annually at rt per cent for for ty nine venrs. enabled the former serfs to buy a certain share "f farm land of Russia and become peasant proprie tors. The land fl’as held by the village .Communities and by them apportioned to their members. The ukase freeing the serfs was published March 3, 1861. Hope flamed very high in Russia at Jhnt time, and men of the nunc vision ary' sort looked forward to an imme diate Utopia. They were disappointed, of course, and they found that freeing thy serfs did not cure all the Ills to which Russian flesh was heir. Out of their disappointment and their impa tience that Alexander did not make JIussia Into a Socialist community there developed the nihilist movement, whose passion for revolution Involved a passion for assassination. The czar In the meantime was en deavoring to steer a middle course. It is one of the curious contradictious of bls character that this man, who car ried through the freeing of the serfs almost single banded, should have look ed with entire coldness and disfavor u|H>u Poland's aspirations for freedom "Embrace the union with Russia," he told the Bolish delegates, ‘•and abandon nil tbollgJts of Independence, now anil forever Impossible.'' And in 18113 when revolt broke out In Poland it was relentlessly repressed under Alexander II., and thereafter every step was taken to crush the na tional spirit of Poland, destroy Its Ian gunge aud traditions and make of it an Integral part of Russia. The doctrine of Pauslavlsin took a strong hold on his Imagination. mid he went to war with Turkey In 1877. feeling himself tlio chlvalric liberator of the Chris tian peoples of the Balkan country. But Ids hopes of a confederation of Slav states under Russian rule in the Balkan peninsula were dashed by the congress of Berlin next year. The Inst years of Alexander's life were dreary ones. More and more be yielded to depression as he saw hl« high hopes for Russia fall to mate rialise. Numerous attempts were made upon Ills life, mid after the explosion in the Whiter palace in 1880 tlie eiar gave practically dictatorial power for ■lx mouths to General lairls Mellkoff. a distinguished liberal officer. Meli koff advised the granting of a const! tutlou to Russia, mid Alexander wan on the point of issuing a ukase to that effe t hml Indeed etgiwd It «hen lie was slain, March 13. 1881, hy a nihilist bomb. Vanity. Vanity isu't on the official list of vlr tues, yet unless a man has a good opin ion of himself tie will never amount to much t'hb ago News. Regard all new ways In the light of fresh experience fol you; if you «ee any honey, gather It. -Charlotte Bronte. * The TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT American Consumer Profited by $180,000.000—French Situ ation Helped. Makes Clubbing Arrangement With a HOME PRICE HELD AT 9 CENTS. This Nation’s -ugar Supply Reduced to Seventy Per Cent of Normal. Java Stocks Unavailable. MONG our large circle of readers there are a great many who are in terested directly or indirectly in fruit growing, dairying anu other branches of farming. All of lhe.->e naturally wish to keep in ck e touch with ag ricultural activities throughout the state; and to know about any fight which is being waged for the measures Oregon farmers want and against all sorts of schemes that are detrimental Io the people and agricultural interests of this state. We have, therefore, made a special clubbing arrangement with THE OREGON FAR MER whereby any farmer or fruitgrower, who is one of our regular -u! kbers and who is not now a subscriber to L’HE OREGON FARMER, will be entitled to receive THE OREGON FARMER in combination with this paper at the same rate as for this paper alone. This offer applies to all those who renew or extend their subscriptions as well as to all new subscribers. If you are interested di rectly or indirectly in Oregon agriculture, do not miss this unusual opportunity, but send your order in now. THE OREGON FARMER ii the one farm paper which is devoting itself exclusively to the farming activities and interests of Oregon. It has a big organization gath- ering the news of importance to farmers, dairymen, fruitgrowers, stsckraisers st ack raisers and poultrymen; and it has the backbone to at tack wrongful methods and combinations and bad legislation, and support honest leaders and beneficial measures. We are confident that our readers will congratulate us on our being able to make this splendid and at tractive clubbing offer. A Sugnr control has saved the Amer ican public $180,000.000, Herbert Hoov er. United States food administrator, declared the other day. He pointed out that sugar was sell ing for 11 cents a pound last August Slid that it would have advanced to 20 cents a pound. with the world short age as a stimulus, had not the food k'lmii.istrat.on secured the co-opera- t$ -n of the refiners and wholesalers rnd fixed a sugar price that today en- j allies housewives to buy sugar at from i SVa to 9 cents a jiound. I "Every 1 cent raise in sugar from September 1 to January 1 means $18,- (100,000 to the American consumer,' »» 'Numbers of gen- J>Ir. Hoover said. tiemen will tell you that 20 cent sugar would have prevailed and the public robbed of $180.000,000 this year if we had not taken these actions.” latter Mr. Hoover called attention to the fast thut uncontrolled augur advanced to 85 cents a pound during the Civil War. France Got Our Sugar. Today the American public has been allotted 70 per ceut. of its normal sup ply. Before the war the average an nual household consumption here was pounds a person. In England the annual consumption during the war Is z4 pounds, and In France each person k allotted a little over one pound a month. "In August the French government found Itself unable to maintain even this ration," Mr. Hoover declared. “An appeal wus made to America. France needed 100,000 tons. We agreed to fill this demand and up to December had shipped 85,426 tons. In the meantime an appeal was made to the American public to reduce its sug ar consumption and requests wjre made to (Ustrlnufers to supply the coniectionary and sweet drinks trade with 50 per cent, of normal supply. This has been generally followed, al though such regulations were volun tary, as ths food administration had no authority to Impose them." TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, 1 yr $1 50 OREGON FARMER, 3 years - $3.00 « $4 50 By Our Clubbing arrangement, • 3 both for ..•••••• $1.50 Domestlo Prle« Is 8i/4 to 9 Cents. Retail grocers throughout the coun try are supposed to take a profit of no more than 50 cents a hundred—half a cent a pound on sugar. By reason of food administration regulations, bind ing refiners and wholesalers, the re- tylller Is able today to buy sugar at frOifi 8 to 8Vj cents a pound. This enabled him to .*«11 tojhe housewife at 8’4) to 9 cents a pound. There have been some violations of the sugar rulings. Mr. Hoover said recently: “Rales of ' otu 16 to 20 cents per pound h reported and followed up vigorously and stop ped and Is evidence itself of the prices at which consumers would have been mulct had we not Intervened. We have forfeited wholesalers’ licenses In ag gravated cases, ami we have Issued warnings to first offenders in a great ninny instances through our local ad- mlnistrators.” Why Shortage Exists. The three great sugar producing cen ters of tlie world tire Germany, the West and East Indies. German sugar Is. of course, used nt home The East Indian sugar Is unavailable because of the ship shortage. While V boats made big Inroads on the world's shipping, France nml Italy ceased to be self sustaining In sugar manufacture. England In the mean time was cut off from Gentian sugar 1.400.000 tons a year—because of the war. The result lies been that the ill lied nations have been forced to turn to America and the West Indies for their sugar. Red Crown is not a mixture. It has a continuous chain of boiling points. Standard Oil Company (California) not a mixture STAR GARAGE TILLAMOOK GARAGE W. A. CHURCH. Room No 2 Commercial Bldg., Tillamook. a EVADE RIGID FOOD CONTROL. Nothing But Insurance Food Is Bought In Germany Surrepti tiously In Violation of Auto cratic Rulings. Fine—Life—Live stock- -Automobile Fire mid Theft Surety Bonds—Plate Glus»—Auto Lia bility— Accident. Even the autocratic food control of Germany has been powerless to pre vent surreptitious sales, according to semi-official reports reaching the Unit ed States food administration. Illegal sales of butter are being made in Ger many at prices ranging from $1.75 to $2 25 >i pound Eggs sold contrary to the German fowl regulation« are bringing 10 to 15 cents apiece, accord ing to these reports. And bacon or bum Is brtiiglng from $2.25 to $3.25 a pound. Food Administration Declares It Is an Absolute Sin to Waste Food—Food Has Becoms Sacred. BIG HERDS GONE World War Waste« Europe’« Meat Supply. Eur«i>e Is still sending an Insistent call for more foo<L We must send It American 8tock Raisers Co-operat« if tlie war Is to go on efficiently. If With Food Administration In Con we eat It all we cannot ship it, and servation Measures. the food administration lias already tried to picture how much that wheat It Is probable that Europe for many Is needed by people who will starve If they do not get It, the food administra years after the war will look to a tion states. great extent to America for its meat "For the least bit of heedlessness supply. I on your part in food conservation some Europe’s herds are dwindling under one somewhere in the world must suf fer privation.” an official statement war's demands faster than they can be declares. “The food administration replenished. has mastered the problem of Ameri When the German armies retired ca's food In such a way that every ounce of food conserved and kept In from occupied portions of France uud the currents of trade goes to an empty Belgium approximately 1,800,000 head of cattle were appropriated. This ad stomach In Europe. "It Is an absolute sin to waste food. dition virtually safeguarded Germany Food Ims become sacred. from cattle shortage other nutionsnow "Food means life: it means some- suffer. body's life, and you cannot escape re- In England some 2,400,000 acres of gponsibllity. grass lands have by compulsory mens, "There Is no waste of food among tires been forced into gruiu production, the allied nations.1 thus reducing pasturage and hay lands. A declining scale of maximum meat prices for live cattle was ordained In England, as follows: For September, $17.76 per huhdred pounds; October, $17.28; November and December, $16.08, and for January, $14.40. The Every year the British government evident Intent of this measure was to pays $200,000,000 toward the coat of drive the beef animals Into market as that nation's war bread. That 1 b the soon as possible. principal reason why English bread According to official French figures, prices are lower today to the consumer the eattle of France have decreased to- the than in America. Incidentally a total of 12,841,900 ns compared with British bread Is much poorer than the 14,807,000 In 1913, Today, due to lack American. of forage principally, France is pro Great Britain has taken over all ducing only one gallon of milk where home grown grain, bought at an arbi before the war two and one-half gal trary price, and all Imported wheat lons were produced. bought In markets of the world at pre Meantime the United States food ad vailing prices. This is turned over to the mills by the government at a price ministration has taken steps to con that allows the adulterated war bread serve our floujts and herds and to In loaf of four pounds to sell at 18 cents. crease their numbers. The stock breed The two pound loaf costs 9 cents, and ers of this country show a disposition to co-operate with the government In the one pound loaf sells for 5 cents. In milling, however, 14 per cent, this. For many years It has been a prac more flour Is extracted from the wheat than In America. And there Is a com tice among many of the dairy people pulsory adulteration of 20 per cent., of this country to kill male calves at and an allowable adulteration of 50 birth and in many Instances the fe males It' not needed to replenish their per cent. Compared with American bread, the herds rather thun go to the expense of British product is only about 65 per maturing them into veal. The high prices of meat caused the virtual dis cent, pure at Its best. In France, under conditions some continuance of this killing. Another what similar, but with a larger extrac encouraging fact Is 75 per cent, of tion, the four pound loaf sells for 16 calves killed for veal this year were males. cents. Somebody has very aptly said that the wars of the world have been won with grease, meaning that bacon and lard have been as essential to success in war as powder, which Is true. The hogs of Europe have been very greatly sacrificed to present day needs. “We have already exported the This makes the American burden all whole of the surplus of the 1917 wheat the more heavy and makes doubly es harvest, over and above the normal de sential an Increased pork production mands of our own population. It Is In this nntion. In Ituly grain is now necessary, therefore, for the food ad forbidden to be fed to hogs. In Den ministration to restrict export of wheat mark under a recent order one fourth so as to retain In the United States of the hogs were ordered to be killed. sufficient supplies to carry our own It is estimated that one-half have now people until the next harvest. been killed. "Therefore all exports of wheat from now forward are limited entlrly to volume of saving made by the Amer ican people in their consumption of wheat and wheat products. "We continued wheat shipments for December as far as our situation al lowed, but even with all the conserva tion made we were still unable to load The government has never consid several hundred thousand tons of food ered any plan of seizing foodstuffs stuffs urgently required by the allied owned hy householders. Nor is there nations during the month of December any policy of this kind suggested for alone." the future. HERBERT HOOVER. In spite of this fact, the United States food administration has been obliged repeatedly to issue official de WHEAT-CORN YEAST BREAD. nials of rumors that the government Intends commandeering preserves mid canned goods put up in American homes. These rumors were originated partly by pro-Gernian propagandists and part ly by conscienceless grafters, who sought to profit through buying from misinformed housewives. The year 1918 will see home canning and preserving practiced on greater scale than ever before In the nation s history, officials in Washington believe Wheat-corn bread is more nutritious And they are assuring all patriotic than bread baked with wheat flour housewives that foods so saved are alone. Thousands of American fam theirs, and theirs alone. ilies today are using this mixed flour bread, and In so doing are enabling NUTRITIOUS CORN BREAD America to provide more wheat flour for the allies. Here's a tested recipe for this bread: Take one and a half cups of milk, water or a mixture of the two: one-half cake compressed yeast, one and a half teaspoons salt, one tablespoon sugar, one tablespoon of fat If desired, one cup cornmeal and two cups wheat flour. Put one and a half cup« of water, the cornmeal, salt, sugar and fat (if used) Into a double boiler and cook twenty minutes. The water is suffi cient only to soften the meal a little. Allow the meal to cool to about the temperature of the room and add the flour and yeast mixed with the rest One New York hotel has arranged of the water. Knead thoroughly, Iresd make Into loaf, place In pan of stand a thoroughly patriotic com combine» cornmeal »■« It combines ard »lie, allow to rise until nearly recipe. fills the pan and bake 45 or 50 min rye flour, both of which are being utes. It Is hardly practicable to use sumed In greater quantities this a greater percentage of cornmeal than In order to release wheat flour for 1 This recipe fill» this even In emergencies, for bread so allied nations. pan—16 by 22 inches- and ><' made differs very little from baked ♦ large —i-... . i. „ iI vi irrsxl i »«11 f F* mush. Less cornmeal can be used tains the following Ingredients quart milk, four ounces butter «w* and in sum a case the general meth tute, ten ounces light syrup or *1"n od giviwi shew may be followed. It 1« poairtla to uv«ke a yeast raised three eggs, pinch salt, two P1"" ear* lasatf srte* dm coaMng the cornmeal, one pound rye flour anu - WfWSL Jl frt» 4CW IM MN that MUu es baking powder The butter and syrup are th«,r<”,|t one cupful «f meal 4nnW he used to four cupfuls of flour. In other re ly mixed. Then add the eves r™*’u spects the bread Is mixed and baked ly, pour in the milk, then add flour mixed with the cornmeal as In the above recipe. baking powder. Bake tn a hot o,e WAR BREAD COSTLY TO BRITISH ÜOVERNMENT AMERICAN SAVINGS WILL MEASURE WHEAT EXPORTS SEIZURE BF HOUSEWIVES' FOOD STOCKS IMPOSSIBLE Effect on Military Situation. American sugar stocks could he fill ed to normal very soon if ships could be sent to Java, where 250,000 tons of sugar is waiting for shipment. But the shipping situation Is so acute that the nation cannot spare the eleven ships needed to transport this sugar It would take the boats one year to haul 250,000 tons. In the same time they could be used for transporting 200,000 soldiers to France. The food administration believes that the American public will diminish Its sugar consumption by 10 or 15 per cent, when it Is made dear that such sugar saving Is a patriotic act and wlieh it Is understood that there are plenty of sweeteners available to take the place of sugar, such as honey or corn syrup. EUROPE NEEDS FOOD Chamberlain's Tablets. o— ■ ■ Chamberlain’s Tablets are intended especially for stomach trouble, bil iousness and constipation, and have met with much success in the treat ment of those diseases. People who have suffered for years with stomach trouble and have been unable to ob- tan any permanent relief, have been completely cured by the use of these tablets. Chamberlain's Tablets are also of great value for biliourve*«, Chronic constipation may be permaa- ently cured by taking Chamberlain’s Tablets and observing the plain print- ed directions with each bottle. 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