TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT AUGUST 15, 1918. j WHAT THE EDITORS SAY. I deprived of the second spoonful for quirements of war industry. Only in­ Strenuous Time for Newspapers. his coffee One look should be enough dustry essential to the war and the — o health and morale of the people can I Now that the government has tak- —Itemizer. Newspapers managers have been be continued if the man power is Bi over the telephone lines it will notified that they must stop sending Taxing Automobiles and Gasoline. drained for soldiers as rapidly as It ■ robably compel idle gossipers to in- should be. Other industry must be out free exchanges as a means of B.ilge in “work or fight” conversa­ saving print paper. This is one of the The proposed tax of 2 cents a gal- suspended. ron.—Umpqua Valley News. biggest pieces of bunk that has been (Ion on gasoline production, agreed to Just what industry is essential to ■ ------- o------- last week by the ways and means be continued and what is not need­ thrust upon the most valuable indus­ I If the government sees the need of committee of the house of represen­ try in the country for the carrying I iving paper, it should start in tatives, would in reality fall upon ed will be a hard line to draw so far on of the war. as some industries are concerned. I Washington, where more than twen- the consumer instead of the produc­ What would the government have ? publicity bureaus, attempting to ers, for the producers would immed­ Take the publishing business, for in­ done it the papers would have refus­ stance. It is typical of many. ut out material intended for small iately add it to the price of the pro­ The magazine, periodical, trade and ed to donate free hundreds of thou­ apera, is spoiling several tons of duct. newspaper press of the country are sands of dollars worth ot space dur­ erfectly good print each day to This proposed war tax on gasnl'ne ing the bond drives, Y. M. C. A., K. take fodder for the waste basket in is both meritorious and unmeritor- great factors in war work. They ed­ ot C. drives, Red Cross drives, which ucate the public and also educate i j Juntry print shops.—Telephone ious. In so far as it applies to pleas­ business to what has to be done to has cost the department nothing? I .egister. ure riding it is meritorious. In so far win the war. Conscription, the liber­ Whatever advertising that was paid ------- o------- as it taxes business and Industry it is ty loans, the Red C. oss and other for was through the patriotism of | We must feed 120,000,000 allies objectionable. 1 war work is carried on because the individuals. The government would nd our own big army at the front, In an amazing and revolutionizing press sets forth what Is needed and have fallen flat if it had not been ood must go across the waters and way the automobile is perlor.uing in­ sets it forth so clearly that the coun­ for the press. re must make it possible for that dustrial service formerly renddred by try responds. Business is educated as Yet tons ot papea-is sent through x>d to go. We can save in many ln- the horse. It is the farmer's errand to what essential or non-essential by the mails free to newspapers which enlous ways, besides denying our- runner, the machinists delivery as­ what is promulgated in the trade they are expected to print free and jslves the foods most needed over- sistant, the physician's carrier on his and news press. Undoubtedly the for doing this they have the postage ifeas. Let us Bave till It hurts, and be daily rounds, the contractors inspec­ publishing business as a whole may Jlad of the chance to suffer a little ting agency. A tax on gascPne con­ be regarded as essential to the con­ raised on them. The greater part of this literature inconvenience for the sake of those sumed in such ways would be com duct of the war. sent the papers is absolutely worth­ »ho are giving their lives.—Itemlz- parable to a lax on oats or hay. Yet may not the publishing busi- less to the people at large, as most of ________ Ht. I If there were a clear line of de- J ( ness ness be cut down without sacrificing | marcation between the c mmmption ' efficiency? Steps in that direction it comes through the press dispatch­ With five es and the publishers get It ahead of escapes from the state of gasoline in pleasure riding and its ' haVe been taken so far as the great the numerous letters. enltentiary last week Governor use in industry and commerce the ' daily papers are concerned by direct­ If the government would use a lit­ Vlthycombe very naturally reaches tax problem would be easy. But the ing reduction in size. This end is tle conservation along the line of ■ he conclusion that there is no "hon- two uses blend into cnoll other. A I reached by reducing the supply of ________ I r • thieves” and the honor farmer fills his tank in the morning, j paper to a less amount than was us­ print paper, they would not have to t among De asking these same papers that [ystem is a failure, and he says it runs to town in the forenoon to buy . ed during the 6-months period end­ I/ill be abandoned, Incidentally the supplies or have a broken machinery I ing July 31 of this year. This is a have done so much for the war to cut lame conclusion was reached long part repaired, scurries over the coun­ step in the right direction and will otf a source of information that can­ not be secured any other way.' What I go by those whose business have try in the afternoon in search of har­ accomplish much. difference does it make whether brought them in contact with the vest hands, and in the evening takes But cannot there be some consoli­ they exchange free or whether they Irlminal class and whose observa- the family out for a pleasure run. dation? Is there not a great duplica­ say you eend me a check for my pa- lions have caused the dlagonis that So the ways and meant ermmittee, tion of Journals, periodicals and ma­ per and I will send you a check for In the majortiy of cases crime is a realizing that not even a Solomon _______ _ ___ _______ _________ gazines of all classes? Doubtless I isease, and that while treatment of could find a feasable dividing line, i much can be worked out tow'ard this yours. There may be consistency in this I Unease varies according to the pa­ has decided to lay on a blanket tax 1 end, and by working it out much order but we fail to see It.—Benton tient there can be no greater folly that will reacn all gasoline, m hctLer J man power may be released for miii- County Courier. * . - . . _ _ . _ -J <_ tary Qr more e8gen ti a i industrial uru- I hen to adopt one cure all and apply burned in a tractor or consumed in And to add to the above assumed It to all alike.—Independent. poses. I — I Joy riding. authority the war industries board We cite the publishing business has prepared drastic economy meas­ merely as an example of many. I The county press is sharpening Extends Age Limit. ures prohibiting the establishment The retail store business is another I he meat ax and getting in readiness ------- o of any new newspaper during the I o swat C. 8. Jackson's Initiative bills line in which man power may be The Wgr Department comes before saved by consolidation. Two stores war, and requiring a reduction from I vhlch are the only ones which will 5 to 60 per cent in reading matter in I >e on the ballot this year. The boys Congress with its proposal to extend can Berve a small community with as weekly newspapers already establish­ the draft age limit to Include all men great efficiency as can four, and ire already taking cracks at the Port­ ed and from 10 to 60 per cent reduc­ , ,1. .from 18 to 45 years old. land publisher,* and some c* OI tuo • __ . save man _ power thereby. The same tion of reading matter in daily pa­ hinge they are Baying are to say the 11118 lueana that all the active man applies to«the wholesale business, pers.—Sheridan Sun. will — be --------- inobo- , ' «.uv.. Much can uv be <.uvu thought out <. upon this east unkind. However, It is well to P°wer of our country -------- • ..... S»<. vuv •member (hat scolding seldom wind ■ I“10*11* to Put an end 10 lhe llne- Undoubtedly the War ■ Indus- (tries Board or other national author­ ’Un-Made in Germany. flit, Itiid if anything counts in de-' I In hulking war, speed is the main ity will do some of this thinking. I 'eating these bills it will be sound trgument. So far as both bills are factor. The more speed with which Many matters affecting our dally The blatant claim Is often made, xtneerned, both are as full ot holes we train and mobolizeour men paw life may be ordered differently. If with brazen arrogance. er and transport our masses of sol ­ the result releases man power it is is a caliendar, and less scolding and That German wisdom and research nore calling attention to the holes diery to llie battle front, the quicker well that a new order be established have made the world advance; for the waf. —Oregon Voter. nay do the trick, $ven If it doesn’t the war will be won and ended. But when we start to itemize the For a lime It looked as though our relieve the feeling ot the newspaper things of greatest worth, pacifist secretary of war would did- >oys.—Independent, The Call For Nurses. i 1 dle-daddle along on the Instalment That benefit and comfort bring to people of the earth, plan of taking men. But all must It the administration wants to save admit that whenever Secretary I An urgent call has been issued for We do not find them emanating from Kaper why wouldn't it be a good Baker is Teutonic brains. finally convinced of more nurses, not only for war service :beme to suspend the franking priv­ the necessity ot proceeding In a big but to take the place of those who go Although the Hun yill utalize ilege each member of congress has way he has the faculty of getting to the front. It is planned to estab­ what'er another gains. I, Mid which is abused lo beul the band quick action. Now tiiat he has been lish what will be known as the Unit­ B while loading up the mulls in truns- converted to the idea ot assembling ed States Student Nurse Reserve, to The telegraph, the telephone, the engine run by steam; ■ ' portation. A congressmun will get the total man power of fighting age, be composed of young women who B permission to print a speech in the he will undoubtedly get the fit men are ready to volunteer for training Acetylene and kerosene, electric lights that gleam; B songresslonal record. He then has out of unessential occupations and in the work of nursing. The govern­ I thousands of copies of it printed free into training al an early date. ment asks for 25,000 volunteers of The ocean cable, the wireless, and e’en the phonograph; — I to him of course, and sent through The speed with which our War De­ this class, of which Polk county 1 h The motion picture, and, in fact, the I lhe malls on his frank. He never de­ partment works will be the big fea­ expected to furnish ten. common photdgraph; — ll livers these speeches, but leads his ture in bringing the war to a right­ Here is a golden opportunity for I constituency to think he has made a eous conclusion without unnecessary young women who possess the neces­ All these would still be hidden from the races of mankind I great spread-eagle effort. In contrast sacrifice of precious life. Our ship­ sary qualifications for this kind of I to this Is the new order that ex- ping program, our airplane program service and who are fired by a pa­ If their disclosure had depended on the German mind. | change of papers be discontinued, and our munitions program will all triotic ambition to “do their bit” for ■ unless checks ure exchanged between have to be enlarged to match the in-»their country. The American women The telescope, the microscope, the ■ publishers, which in no way saves creased man power, but it will be —God bless them!—are doing their antiseptic gauze-; ■ ' paper. How fertile are the fields of done and can be done by the cupable duty nobly in various kinds of war The anaesthetic for relief of pain I refoini!—Telephone Register. men who are in charge of the ac­ work, but only a comparative few from any cause; will have the opportunity to engage The principle of vaccination to pre- tivities. I ------ •------ More heart will be put into the na- in the self-sacrificing and highly im­ vent disease; I Two elements uppeur to dictate to service of nursing, a service The decimal and metric systems I the county courts and officials of tion by the extention of the age lim­ portant that is as essential and as Important I municipalities the maintaining of it and the speedy calling of 1 these as that rendered by the soldiers which we use with ease; — All these were given to the world by I mounted police to enforce the traffic men into service than anything that themselves. What is wanted is young nations now at war i laws— danger and road deterlora- baa happened since the original con- j women who are intelligent and re- Against Teutonic doctrines, which ' tion. The latter is the main motive, scription. sponsible, with the further require- To me between 40 and 46, this con- we heartily adhor. i for where mecadaui or gravel roads ment of good education and good , are the main traveled highways, tbe scription will be a source of intense I fast moving automobile acts as a satisfaction. Each will feel that he health, and the very fact that a girl Our aniline for dyeing, and our rub­ can meet these specifications will be ber valcanized; vacuum cleaner and Bucks the rock will be registered, listed and classi­ a mark of lasting credit, aside from Our automobiles and pianos, both so j particles out of the road as tt& fied. It it is for his country's Inter­ whatever service ahe renders. To be highly prized; | wheels revolve at a tremendous speed ests that he be left in his present oc­ enrolled in the student nurse reserve, Electric cars and air-brakes, and the cupation he will be left there. If he forming depressions and ruts on tbe in fact, will be both a distinction soft pneumatic tire; if surface of the road. However, the is more needed as a soldier, he will and an honor, and in all likelihood The plate glass in our windows, and > work of the highway police to be ef­ be called to the colors. His destiny 18 so many applicants will seek this our fences of barbed wire; — i ficient must have someth!ug beyond talden out of his own hands. Many men of 40 and 4 5 have felt honor that It will be necessary to All these were ne'r discovered in the mere application of fines upon vio­ make selections from the beBt quali­ land of braggart Hun, lators of the traffic laws. "To Jump the burden heavily, the burden of In­ fied and most promising of those Although they try to fool us as to [ in to fine automobile drivers Just decision as to what to do. They have who will Join the honor list. what they’ve really done. to get money will accomplish noth- felt the duty towurds wife and chil­ The plan provides for an optional dren should restrain them from try ­ ing tor Just us soon us the cop Is re­ choice by applicants, between actual Machines for reaping harvests and moved the speeders will get busy ing to enlist unless they were need­ war service and service at home, or machines for threshing grain; ed. They have also felt that they had | again.” remarks the News-Times. The cotton-gin, the submarine, the the applicant can leave it to the fed ­ no right to enlist in spite of family bird-like aeroplane; — o------ claims unless they were called. Dur eral authorities to designate her field Machines for sewing clothes, and Some dissatisfaction hue been government has solved this problem of labor, after she has received the machines to count our cash; caused by the latest orders concern­ for them. If they are called to mili­ necessary training and is qualified ing the consumption of sugar, but tary service they will tear themselves to take up the work of nursing. That Machines to write our letters,'all so neatly, in a flash; tbe discontented must 1 remember away from families and go chee -f'llly fighting disease at home is quite as that the Food Administration is not knowing that they ure doing their Important as war service Itself is These also might have never come to bless the human race to blame. They should direct their duty. If they are not called, they can readily apparent, and the nurses who criticism ut the Uerinun Junkers and remain with their families, and in stay in the home field will be doing If other folks had waited for the Hun to set the pace. not ut the administration, 'lhe thelr occupations knowing that the their “bit” Just as truly as t hose for sick and sent to care wounded shortage of sugar has been largely I government prefers to leave them E'en implement ot warfare are not caused by the U-boats. There is there rather than take them as sol­ soldiers. The romance and adventure born ot Prussian hands. appeal to of the latter work will plenty of sugar in the world but the diers. But they employ inventions that will be no less a work luck of shipping and the sinking ot It will be a happy lot of men, those many, but it have come from other lands; — augur cargoes have caused all the of lo »5 especially, who will go to of real patriotism to give service in Percussion caps, torpedoes, smoke­ the field of home nursing. And while trouble. Then it should be remem- register rcg|a,er on the appointed day. They less powder, dynamite. bered that while the government is w((1 fecl tbal by tbe act of reglstra- a girl can give patriotic service in And nitroglycerine or sharpnel, all asklng individuals to use 25 per cent non they have placed their fate in many other ways and directions, the so deadly in a fight; less for the next gix months, they |be hands of their country's service, girl who takes up nursing as a pa­ The rifle or revolver, or the quick triotic duty unquestionably will en ­ •re still allowed double the amount no ,natter what the call may be. breach-loading gun. joy distinction that will be the envy our allies receive. It is a small sac­ Doubtless the single men who are While w idly used, were non of them for various reasons, of others who. rifice that has been asked the people. f(t wl|| be ca||e)j first. Then will invented by a Hun. and there is no doubt it will be com- conl,> the married men without chil- may be unable to get into this par­ line of war work.- Observer. The Germans are mechanics, and are ticular plled with, although the married men ____ _ there will be dren. After that ___ skillful in that line; aoine grumblers. It may be before the wttb children. The more men there They copy work of someone else, and six months has expired enough sub- are called and trained, the quicker Ask Anyone Who hai Used It. often do it fine; — marines will be destroyed to make tbp war wl(| be ended. Better call There are families who always aim But when it comes to doing things the navigation of the sea safe tbenl all at the earliest possible mo- enough to secure sugar from the nient and end the war that much to keep a bottle of Chamberlain's . that never had been done, more distant sources of supply. mmner than to refrain from calling Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy in the They simply are not in it, and no ■laurels have they won; Meanwhile let the grumbler think of tbem and thereby delay victory and house for use tn case it is needed, the boys who are giving all for their have to call them anyway when the and find that it is not only a good They talk of German "kultur", and they boast and strut about. country, who are .enduring cheerful- price of blood that must be paid is investment but saves them no end Jy the sunt of all hardships and dang- far higher than If they had been call­ of suffering. 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