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SOLDIERS IN HARVEST FIELD.
(Omaha Bee.)
The Canadian government proposes
trying a novel experiment in the ari
of war, that of setting its recruits to
woik gathering home the wheat har
vest, now ripening in the fields of the
northwest. This is the most sensi
ble proposal heard recently in connec
tion with the war. No better use could
possibly be made of soldiers than to
give them such employment as will
lie of service to the world. The ordi
nary service of the soldier is to de
stroy, his occupation, being such that
death and desolation follow in his
path, but here he may sot at the works
of peace and his labors be crowned
with a benlson of plenty, it may be
a little odd to think of Bucephalus, or
oven Kosinante, hitched to a self-bind
er, but it wouldn't hurt him any, save
perhaps ids pride, and so it will not
hurt tile soldier boys to do a little
.stunt in the harvest fields. In fact,
they'll be all the better fob U, Just as
good soldiers us before, and better
farmers than ever. And at this mo
ment the world is more imminently' in
need of farmers than of warriors.
SEEING AMERICA.
Providence Bulletin.)
in the first week of July, 1914, 6,087
first-class passengers sailed for Eu
rope from American ports. This year,
in the corresponding week, 278 sailed.
In the other classes of passengers the
falling off was also great. The total
of all classes of steamship travelers
bound from this country for Europe
in l lie week mentioned of last year was
:‘M34. and tills year 4.677.
The first class comprises the busi
ness and well-to-do tourists travel
There is a decreased necessity felt for
business visits to Europe, but not to
the extent that the comparison Indi- :
cates. Mail and cable communica
tion were never so unsatisfactory, but j
they must answer in most cases. 1
What remains of the first class travel
is principally of a business nature.
Tourist travel may be said virtually |
to have ceased.
There would in any event be some ,
(inning of summer tourists towards
our own Pncillc coast, due to the two
expositions being held in California. !
Perhaps the new lines by way of the .
l’apama canal naturally would take
some travel from the European routes. '
But except for the war the "See Am
erica First” slogan would not seri
ously affect the Atlantic liners’ pa
tronage. As to first class travel, many
Europeans would come to our fair in
normal circumstances, thus compen
sating the steamship companies for
the number who remained in America
fer the summer. "See America" was'
an opportune appeal, and no doubt
ttiose who cater to the tourists' wants
in this country are materially bene
fited.
' COTTON AND JAPAN.
(New York Times.) i
Considerable anxiety exists among
Japanese Importers of American cot
ton over the possibility of the Pacific
Mail steamship line being withdrawn
from tlie Pacific after November 4, as
reported. According to a translation
from a Japanese newspaper that has .
been received from Kobe by the bureau 1
of foreign and domestic commerce, it is
feared that the withdrawal of the ships !
of this company from the Pacific will
become a serious handicap to the con
tinuance of the Japanese cotton spin- j
ning industry. 46; j
It is pointed out in the translated
article that the Pacific Mail line has
for some time been handling fully 60
per cent of American shipments of cot
ton to Japan. Thirty per cent of the
remainder has been handled by the
three Japanese steamship lines, and the
remaining 10 per cent by th ships of
the Great Northern railroads. With
American cotton exports to Japan to
taling about 400,000 bales annually, the
Japanese interested in the subject are
wondering who is going to carry the \
approximately 240,000 bales that are
now carried by the Pacific Mall line.
u is shown that hi Increasing the
number ol' steamers and other boats
j operated, the Japanese lines can take
L care of part of tins amount, but it is
> not thought tiiat ail of it could be
handled, even with the resources of
’ tl,e Japanese lines taxed to their
limit.
As a Iasi resort, it is pointed out
lluu a certain amount of aid may be
obtained from the I'anurna and Suez
vauai boa! s, but, in view of the condi
tions in Europe and the present high'
rates charged on ocean freights, it is j
said that not much aid can be expected !
from that source.
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THE WEATHER WENT WRONG.
I New York Sun.)
li.v main disappointed visitors to the
country this will be remembered as the j
summer of lost vacations. How many j
I hundreds who left New York with the I
u nail enthusiasm for the pleasures j
A hat depend on sunshine and good j
j weather returned to lament their dif- I
fgerent experiences. But their lot was !
at leust more fortunate than that of the
city’s workers who had only their Sun
days for recreation, and found so few
ji.f them favorable for the out-of-door
’ uMtires that make for health.
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LOOKS INCONSISTENT.
(Seattle Star.)
We begin to have serious doubts as ;
to Encle Sam’s being on the Lord’s I
business in his Interference in Haiti.
I nder the fundamental declarations
nf our own republic, it Is wise, just
and moral for a people to change their
fi i m of government when they please,
.iiid it appears that the Haitian revo
lutionists desire to so revise their con
stitution that their president shall be
chosen by themselves Instead of by a
national assembly.
To secure this change, the Haitians
have the same right to make bloody
disturbances that we claimed In the
affair with George III. Moreover we
are ourselves trying to get rid of choos
ing our president through representa
tive bodies, in our movement for pres
i Icntial primaries. Were our electoral
college to act in defiance of the popu
lar will ns expressed at the polls, we
probably would become quite as revo
lutionary and riotous as those Haitians.
WAR TAKES WELL-FED MEN.
(.London World.)
When we come to make up the profit
and loss account on the war it is to be
1 oped that people will not forget to
ii,< lude the very valuable social les
sons that we have learned, lessons
which, if we can profit from them in
peace time, will be of incalculable
benefit. There is one which may be
overlooked, and which even now is only
initially appreciated, so it is perhaps
bcsiiable to lay stress on it—it is the
proper feeding of the working classes.
This is no recommendation of so
cialism. It is merely the obvious tru
ism that it pays the manufacturer to
see that his workmen are well fed,
since thereby even In peace times he
gets regularity of attendance and ef
fective discharge of duties. When the
best men of the country went to the
war there were many people who were
surprised at tile inefficiency of much
of the labor which was left. They
denounced Its irregularity, its drinking
habits, and its Indifferent output. They
forgot that you cannot take an under
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minister of thrift.
(Detroit Free Fress.)
J ropusala are being discussed in Eu
giaud having fur their object the addi
tion ot a "minister of thrift" to the
British cabinet. lt u argued that such
a minister could effect savings in the
civil service administration alone of
:<u(j,00u,0UU a year. This is, of course,
.more or less of an admission of a fact
J generally known in most countries that
i governmental dollars are nnually
v/asted. President Taft several years
ago called attention to this wasteful
policy or habit in United States gov
ernment affairs and suggested remedies
for specific defects—which were suc
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ences inimical to Mr. Taft and the
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i'resident Wilson has recognized the
same state of things. On one occasion
"itie scrub women were given holi
1 ays without pay as a remedial pro
cess And now rural free mail delivery
routes are being Juggled to the an
oyance of the general public,
lt needs no argument to show that a
minister of thrift could. If given suf
ient powers, do an important work
in Britain and In every other country
in Europe as well, especially In those
involved In war. He might devise
ways for the economical conduct of
public business and for ridding the
nubile service of persons holding sin
ecures through political pull or general
indifference. And lie might do a great
work for the world by compiling ex- 1
haustive statistics showing the waste
fulness of war.
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