The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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Therefore, to stop anywhere is not merely unnecessary, but it is positively dangerous.
ge of an excuse for it.
i pressure, made necessary not only by the withdrawal of
from productive industry for mil-
whose population have stopped producing and are engaged in fighting.
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if they could treble
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John
Stars and Stripes on
acceler-
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quoted at that figure, which.
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From Tuesday * Dally.
and industry to a better relation to the changing neds of the country.
'oil. Texas sulphur, Texas wheat. Texas corn. Texas cattle. Texas hides. Texas hogs. Texas wool.
t• tui» of rii imu*.
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Work a littl- harder, but go and buy what you and
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»a is a
Satur-
. upon which the sinews of war depend nor add t
lectively.
But money can't move by itself,
must co-operate.
Everybody knows there is a food shortage in
where to conserve the food supply by eliminating
That will come about gradually so as not to upset anything.
One thing is certain, nothing is going to upset Texas cotton, Texas coton seed products, Texas
before in the history of the
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Produce still more, if possible, and we will
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early naval 12-star
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daughter.
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Don’t think fora moment that w. ir about to arrive at a si... H,,
! hasn’t really l»egun to fight, and will spend billions, in addition to what the
potato fikmers
WILL RAISE PEAS.
There
now
broke, either,
can
therwise,
of people are thrown out of employm ;
affected and eventually there will be stoppage an
disaster would strike us internally without the Vc-.-
i from
»:out by
- a new thing for this
.ir internal economies
<r- pr<par :-t it. as the current
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There is no lack of money. It is abundant, more so than ever I
world. Money is always abundant when it is active, and scarce when it is dormant,
money at hand to move all that all the people of the country can produce, even i
their production in a year.
orld, and the people have been urged every-
aste in every possible way.
fhi* was good advice and it ought to be heeded, because food wasted under present conditions
must not only operate to increase prices, but to intensify the problem of feeding the civilian pop-
ulations and armies of the allied countries, and possibly render difficult the supreme task of win-
ning the war.
Let us take Texas, for example, and see if there be any reason why there should be any slow-
down of business here.
Last year, the money value of the farm products and manufactures were the greatest of the
“ ~*7 vvas not at war.
How does the situation look today, with the war 40 days old?
Il'e find cotton worth about §100 a bale, and October futures are
Sunk went so far as to withdraw tneir ...tun ; ;• .>m their banks; others radically reversed
their entire living customs; while others sin p/. - >«. everything to await a more definite view
of me situation.
Rev. Quinn, an 1
jof Houston, delivered the commence-
ment sermon to the graduates of the
Hay City High School before an au-
dience that packed the Episcopal
Church of this city to its utmost ca-
pacity yesterday morning.
Ttic sermon was one of the best
of it* kind ever heard in the city.
The Rev Mr Quinn is an exception-
ally well qualified minister, is an
finest pea* in the world can be grown
here. It require* about two t
time for a crop of pea* to mature and
be ready for thiesh.ng Eagle I-ake
Headlight
than last year's production. Hogs and meat products, cattle, hides, wool, sulphur--indeed, every-
thing that Texas grows or makes are at top notch prices and the demand is for all we can supply.
It is safe to say that Texas will market agricultural, mineral and manufactured products of
this years’ production valued in the aggregate at not less than §1.250,000.000 and it would not be
extravagant to fix the estimate at this time at §1,500,000.000.
Wherefore, then, the alarm which appears to have seised upon sonic people, as if pestilence or
famine or business stagnation were at hand?
Why, this State never saw a May with such prospects of business and production!
even in the face of all this, the world calls out to us, =♦••11------ ,
pay big money for it.’
Get in the game. R- an optimist. Uncle Sam is going to win this war, and is not going
American business, American industry. American dollars, American labor. Ameri-
patriotism and above all American common sense are going to be equal to the emergency.
We are not going to have any breakdown anywhere on the line.
In the event the war is prolonged, it may become necessary to adjust some lines of business
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and stated that the cattle are its f n» I
h? with the rang*. * improving rap-j
since th? recent ra.ns.
eun Henry and Al rarrtrfrton
today on their return to Tampico,
loo, where both are associated
with the oil con. panic* operatint
If through panic, false economy or
thousand
The strength of the country at this juncture will be the entire population at work under high
j.. ............ _„i.. 1... .._i men lrom profjuctjve industry for miL
itary service, but by general conditions throughout a war-riven world, some 25,000,000 men of
Ray mod Reed of New Orleans
1 »i»it t" h'" *is-
J B. Armindinger, for »ev-
succee* and drew a large crowd.
.Mr. il M. Seerden and son. of Wadfe-
1 worth, spent today in the city on busi-
jne*». Mr. Seerden to receive inntruc-
°f;and
ity quickly to retrieve losses, the
conflict it has waged never has been’
'equaled in the history of the world
But here must come the end. '
is no doubt that Germany is
sendinr to the front men wholly un-
fit for battle, .the old and the ex- '.
It*
ability to do and with Italy renew-
ing Its attack* upon the Austrians. it
is dlfk-ult to see how Germany may
hope to be the victor
A country of people indomitable will
wonderful resources, with abil- '
It M-etas to us tl.at a
and chojiw mill nogt.it pt >>e
thing for '-10 ne if j.-.t in ■ er u n
here this fall.
I*. O B.imon of Brownsville
in the _ _ . . ____ r___________ ______
twenty-three to thirty-five in <ge in pea* and nr otto Roger*, who fated industry, rather than from the savings of the past or from the earnings of the next generation.
the Civil War. forty-five in the Span- j is at the presnt time digging his po-
The tato acreage of 1700 acres, will plant 1 ing
.Vl_ ' PAA ..rv.uwa in
It must move in conection with labor, and labor and money
’ i
Ftench force*
he has lost is too great ot
mated Yet reinforcement* continue
to arrive on the Hindenburg line an t
fresh troop* are being slaughtered as
were those who came before, and
* ,...d.ng <• -mt.v tjjg battle goes on.
During all these last week* of se-
vere fighting, it tnu-t e concluded,
judging from dispatches from all
sources t! at the allies have had far
rhe best of the long list of engage-
ments. In fart, it has been one en-
eagetnent. continuous, trying to the
last ounce the strength and ability
of the men on both sides.
If the contest shall not be decided
an American array shall have
and Russia, rehabil-
to
now Hindenburg has
crowded by the Britsh and the | An 1. naturally enough there '. . < n t con .<
The number of men the country and ail its activities to i..-. r<-q lirem ;.t-
be eet.-! we do not yet know what all the requirements ar
!the people.
At 1
seemed t
tright took several forms.
slow mg down point. The country
IFrcroeUoiW'-mj ,.R..v ..... I-.... .......,..0, B -uuiuvii Lu what tin people ordinarly
Affection- spend, and all who work will able to share m the prosperity and through their labor and
I their earnings finance the war and keep the country strong.
s&rrti 7Y estrtf I Don’t be a slacker in business or living. Live a bjg strong life as becomes an American.
_
. < a> a> r-. g.-.r - what will best adjust
1.ar, du-, iargt.. • t.ic circumstance that
they apply t ■ the ordinary living of
War—such a war as that upon
generation of Americans. *' •- '* ;
Jwiis n no sense prepared,
in congress attest.
the declaration of a state of war m . many people panicky. That is to say, they
at the United Sti So their
Not only food waste is something to be avoided, but it i> vital to conserve all our natural re-
sources that must play a part in the complex and multiplex task of winning the war.
But there is nothing in the siauation now. n r will there be short of the invasion of the United
states, which is well nigh out of the question, to justify turning the whole American household
topsy turvy, or changing from normal living to abnormal rules and customs of life, wnich
" neither strengthens government for its task, su-tain the business and industry of the country
the efficiency of the nation, individually or col-
If all the farmers were to stop wearing shots, the shoe factories would close and there would
be te ns of thousands of people out of employment. These would be unable to buy food and clothing
and that would mean idl» garment-makers, who would likewise be unable to buy food or clothing,
and the textile mills with smaller demand would buy less cotton and wool, so ultimately there
would be business stagnation. It would be chaos, bankruptcy and defeat, inevitably.
Therefore, if all the people work at their maximum capacity, live their normal lives, buy the
i clothes, the shoes, the homes and everything they need out of the constantly swelling incomes that
'will result from a constantly swelling tide of war expenditures, why the country will fight the
| war through without destroying the machinery and the industry which create the national wealth
[and fix the unprecedented standard of American living.
And the greater part of the war expense will be paid out of the current profits of an
probably several millions
American flags are waving Be-
lly in the varied breezes ol <
jland, wignifieant of the patriotism
capacity by admiring [ American people.
friend* of practically every denomin-
ation.
Ye*, old *cout. it's a glorious thine
your newspaper
I
President Washing-
ton. .TaDiiry 13. 1794
For i <t >ears the army did not . ej,x)U(.nt atl(j fluent speaker and fer-
arry th" St-.r- and Stripes in battle. v(.nt jn h|g every utterance, as was
though it had been In general use aU demonstrated yesterday In the splen-
a garrison flag From it* adoption^ manner in which he advised the
n 1777. 1. «ev. • naval ve-sel* uni young graduate* on their life's fu-
versaliy displayed the national flag ture.
that the 1 >p|ie occasion was one of the most
, brilliant events in the history of the
1 school.
FJ.tt.w II 1.1. Illi IHMUin
Ol 1 HF. (Ml El> Ml I F.b.
We have a prospect, acreage considered, of at least 500,000 bales more, and no one can say
— Apparently, the crop of 1917, cotton and seed,
the food supply and work as hard as you can.
rcr.xsarily means a vast creative
1 hat must necessarily be so
I
1
ti>>ns < .nceralng the registration
soldier* at Wadsworth and in that
| have
.their opponent.
There are many who profess
believe that here will be a decisive
battle and the war ended before the
[ I'nited State* gets fairly into L
| These argue without consideration
inf what Germany I*, what it has
done and what it may do. but it ap-
1 pears that the limit of losses on its
her. and the whit. ”art rnUft be nrar ,he end of p0”
down to posterity IB,b,e ,onRer ««hting.-Au*tin Amerl-
can.
Texas lumN-r or any of the numerous things that make up Texas industry and production.
The world has simply got to have what Texas produces and all that Texas can produce
with the present population, and Texas will produce from $1,250,000,000 to $1,500,000,000 this
year.
K< • p busi) going. Work a littl- hard -. b ‘ y, ,uid buy what you and your family
• ’ ust .»i. d t > buy. -dko-
You will be more comfortable, and you will be doing your part toward keeping somebody
rise's business operating, while others are helping to keep yours in operation
Keep all the wheels moving. Speed up business in every possible way. In a few months
when all the war business gets in full swing, it may be necessary for most of us to work two shifts
for battle. ,the old and the
trumely voung. This shows th*t
resources in this direction must
nearly exhausted.
The rate at which its loss of men
's being dally recorded is greater than
.hat with which it can assemble and
send non to the front. It is not to
be imagined that all this loss has
' < en inflicted on the Germans without
■ corresponding loss on the other side-
’rat if the reports be true, the allie-*
escaped far better than have
From WodneadaV* Daily
The writer atnd family
with our simeit l appreciat on an in-
Mr* J L. O Bunion of Brownsville % Ration to attend the graduating ex-
it In the city for a few day* vutit'g ere.see of the lx»ckbm high school
Veraer She 4- %'oruian 1 Porter the affable
reprwaentative of lurnhart Brother*
A Sjondler. tyi* and msr hiuery con-
cern of Dallas- a?e:>t yesterday in the
city on business with The Tribune
Judze It It. Dew
court thl* week.
Rev L. E -ielfridge and family left
today for their new home
Mr. H A. Clapp and
Douise, t:eut today in the city on
which the United States has entene •.—
Also it is something ■' ’ .'..:-m t.’ e machines o;
Neither was 0- po-
one great industry- be paralyzed and multiplied
nt. then other industries and business will be
-.low.ng down everywhere, with the result that
The ”R mancers ’ g ven at the Op-
era
htr daughter, Mr* F A Veraar She
I* <n her nay to Au*tih to attend the
marriage of another daughter
Prof Roy Hunt ot Huckaye
buhine** visitor to Bay City
day.
Measra George Sargent and
GottMbalk of .Matagorda spent
urday in the city on bu*ine**.
Johnni Gottschalk of Matagorda
pM»ed through the city Saturday on
hi* way to Houston, where he will
Bpend a tew day*
Mr*. E. W. Gile* of Eagle Dake ar-
rived in the city Saturday and *pent viartoi to the city yesterday.
Sunday with Mrs W. M Holland Sueeea* from bu*ine.»s blue* is
Thousand* of dollar* worth of sweet wrought * out by H erally advertie- until
potat'>e* will be ra.-*-J in tbi* coud- ing. reached France
ty tbi* year and sweet potatves arc The "R msneem ' g ven at the Op- uated. «< nd* its army back
a* near a perfect »ub»titute for bread , era Hou «• last n r. t for the benefit fighting a» it has at time* shown the
The price of flour, f trie ar.r ia! ixiensc-. was a decided
therefore, should not worry our sec-
tion tnucli. for »e can do lots of
thing* if necessity forces us.
Now that the famous old National
Rice Growers Band has been reorgan-
ized. we can expect concert* to begin
st once and therefore livelier times vicinity
There are several other thing* that
would do well by emulating the [
public spirit exercised by the band.
The churches of the city gave way
last night to permit their congrega-
tion to bear Rev. L. E Selfridge of
the Presbyterian Church preach hisj"f
farewell sermon to a Bay City con-
gregation The church was crowded
to it* fullest
Live « normal life, save and conserve t’
Living a normal life slightly speeded up in the way ot work
j power in operation in the United States—a vast earning power,
.w'hen one considers price levels.
it Work creates the material wealth which sustains armies and industries and vast sums of
money negotiate all the exchanges that involve the transmutation and transportation of these vast
quantiies of products.
um in Washington, the national dc-
Mdtory of American relic*, will re-
veal much of the flag
There were many fon. * ot earl)
ags, especially type* used by the in-
dividual colonie*, and militia regi-
ment*, befoie the flag of the I'nited’
States was established by the Con-
tinental Congress on July 14, 1777.
At that time. Washington is said to I
. , have 01 served ‘ We take the star
»at- ,
from Flexven. the -ed from our moth- ,
. . er country, teparat ng/it by white'
are optimistic and still have
stripe*, thus showing that »« hav*
separated from her, and the white
stripe* shall go
representing Liberty.”
The first display of the "Stars and
-tripes'' is believed to have been on
tugust 6, 1777. when the new flag 1
was hoist " J over the troop* at Fort 1
'. huyler, Rome. N Y. The National I
Museum ha* an early naval 12-star E. gle Dake. Texas. .May 20.—Many
I flag said to have been flown by John ; ‘f the potato farmers of this section
Paul Jone*, who in 1777 first hoisted 1 will plant black-eyed
the Stars and Stripes on the high'and other feed and food crop*
seas. • their potato land just
Collegeport { History of onr flag indirat
bust-1 Stars and Stripes was not • arried by
and favored The Tribune with
People in the Col-
legeport section are busy with their
crops, paying particular attention ju«t
at thl* time to the dec crop.
Mr. J. B Hawkins of Matagorda is
In the city for a few day* on business
County commissioners arc in ses-
sion this week aa a board of equali-
sation.
Mr.
I* In the city on a
ter Mr*, i- -
er’1 days.
Mr. Fred ».
from a trip of inspection ot hia cattle
Iness.
Mr H- Scott, traveling freight agent
of the St. i- B * M . wa* a business
ish War. and forty-eight today.
[■tripe* were changed first from tblr- t'Ob acres in peas
ten to fifteen then back to thirteen [ Dr. Rogers has
Our national flag is among the old-.threshing outfit,
est flags of the nations, being older j
than the presnt British Union Jack, i
t‘-.a French Tricolor and the flag of ] most of the potato land, alter the j We have a prospect, acreage considered, of at least 500,000 bales more, and
Spain, and many vear* older than th< [crop is dug. has been planted In cot- now that the crop will not be considerably larger. Apparently, the crop of 1917,
t c* of Germany and Italy, some of j ton and corn Pea* are in strong de-1 will bring the producers at least b 100,000.0(/'»more than the last crop brought,
which are either personal flag* or mand now and are bringing the fancy
those of the reigning fam tile* ■•’rice of 15 cent* a pound.
The flag of the highest historic and , --------0—0---------
sentimen ’ value to the whole coun ||O( STO\ PASTOR PRF M'HES
try i* th" National Museum collec-
Ition* It i* the original "Star Span-'
I gird Panner." which flew over Fort
” ••• —- ----- iDVic man H1C7 irtet liup UIVUXHU
The wheat crop will bring at least twice what the last crop brought. If we have an average
corn year, the production will not fall short of 170,000,000 bushels, and with the 18 per cent
acreage increase and a good crop year it may reach 200,000,000 bushels. The price is certain to
be twice that of last year.
foMMFNCEWFAT SERMON. Th<? petroleum trade is flourishing, so is lumber. Both these products are feeling the im-
pulse of war times and eager and high markets. They will bring to the State manj millions more
Episcopal minister than last year's production. Hogs and meat products, cattle, hides, wool, sulphur—-indeed, every-
. thinv that Texas ffTOWs or makes are at ton notch nrices and the demand i< all .. ..
Don’t Be
| "The Germans have piled higlu..
their dead before the British hues
:t have failed to stop the Briti-h
advance," read* a d.apatch When
will the slaughter end?
Tht- fierce fighting on the
front must have its limitation*.
it ba* endured so Inna 1* the wonder i., „ „
.n ri'
of the axe. ({jebat
For week* —----- ■—
And yet what do we know about its
origin, its meaning and its history. A
trip to the United States National Mu-
to have your n> wspuper work day j *
and night to keep business going for
a lot of busines* house* that you
can't dynamite an advertisement out
of Non-adverti*er* never fail t"
make a real ilve town- you know.
Mis* Emma Lee Sweeney iefi yes-
terday for h<*r homi in Houston Sh-
will attend the auminer *'hool at
Sam Houston Normal. Hunt vjlle.
We failed to receive any f -h
urday from the various fishing part,
but we
high hope*, for what the future mis' ’
bring forth.
('apt. John Reinhart, of Velasco mo-
tored to the city ye-terday and spent
the day with hi* sister. .Mr*
Hill
Mr Pan* Smith has returned from
the State druggists' convention hel J
in San Anton.» last week.
Mr* John F Perry ha* been called
to the b'-uaide of her mother in Ok-
lahoma.
Dr. Otto Roger*, of the fitm of"
Roger* A- Johnson, the most exten-
sive potato grower* in Texas, or any
other State a* for tb*t matter, ha*
■hipped out S3 cars up to last night
Tbi* 1* the firm that ha* a small back
yard patch of spuds of 1700 a -res Dr |
Roger* is this week digging out some
potatoes that in size are simply im- ;
mense And they are (tie prettiest
pinkest 't iters and they are going to I
be in demand in th- Ea«t<-rn markets
The doctor ha* purchased a pea j
threshing outfit, complete, and will 1
plant blacl.-eved peas after the po-
tato crop i* off. and like he doe* all
other thinus. he is Just going to plant
another little buck yard :>atcb of *1 "
acre* In black eyed peas Pea* are
now bringing the fancy price of 15
cents a ixiunl. The growing ot pea*
after the potatoes are off will be a
new venture here, and it is going to
prove another big money crop, for
the demand for.pea* is strong .nd th- [^i.,
3 j the bombardment on September 13
m0Dt ’ and 14 1814. and was the inspiration
of Fratiei- Scott Key's immortal poem,
now r ;ng as our National Anthem
ThU flag Is of the fifteen star and
stripe t):v adopted after the admis-
sion of Vermont and Kentucky by an
Messrs. J. W S Rupe of Gaine*-; wt a: roved
we and Omar C Rupe of Cedar Lake ‘ ~ *
*; ent today in the city on business.
Hon. John W Gaine* left this after-
noon for San Antonio and Austin on
legal business.
Mr. C. G Hamill left ye-t. rday for
Houston on business.
Mr. J. D Shuey of
spent yesterday in the clt. on
ness
a pleasant visit
I will conduct a summer school at
the high school building during the
summer, expressly for the students
who wish to improve upon their work [
or to make up grades or any defi-
ciencies of the session just completed
The opening day for these special
.-school services will be announced a*
fo/uulii, han fftwroad «zv>n m fully decided upon
R. K. Scott
I take thir method of conveying m”
heartfelt appreciation to our noble
friends, neighbors and acquaintances
for their manifold kindnesses and as-
sistance during the Illness and at the J
death of my Itelowed husband vs-tir-
ing each and all of them that whatj« day, so tr< inendous will be the requirements.
[they have done for my comfort and
to alleviate his suffering will ever be
treasured in my memory.
ately yours,
sir*.
The armies in the field and the navies on the -ea- mu.^t have behind them a nation organized
at its highest capacity and going at full speed in production.
It is work as well as fighting that will lx required to win the war—everybody working and
creating the things that are essential to the equipment, provisioning and munitioning of the
armies, and likewise to the sustenance, clothing, doctoring, transportation and general well-being
of the 100,000,000 people who will remain at home, to -ay nothing of the other millions in various
parts of the world whom we are accustomed to supply and serve.
purchased a pea: State’s history. That was when the country
complete. The' J1— ‘—s*i.
planting of peas here for market will [ li> find coiion werriii aboui iibb a baie, an
[be a new venture, as in former years , is much higher than last year's crop was sold for.
our troop* in battle until th, period
of the Mexican war, 1M6-47
peas, peanuts
on
' their potato land just as soon a.« ,
In the ir.u»eum there are displayed ■ they are through with the potato dig-
thirty historic tmerican flag*. icing Terrell brothers, besides plant-
There were thirteen star* during ing other crop*, will plot 50 acre*)
th* Revolution, fifteen in the War of n black-eyed peas; J W. Burns &
1812, twenty-nine in the Mexican Son* will put in about the same acre-
j. | » 1-. «•* *» . •* icro ; o rwAu a . n cl I fit Er* Dnr»ti?a **.- Vi fi I
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