Show GERMANY EST PAY lealion nation will never bo be able to make amends for 1 damage FERTILE SOIL IS DESTROYED innumerable unexploded shells shelia will make cultivation precarious doubtful if land can bo be reclaimed by WRIGHT A PATTERSON what must germany pay tor for That Question can be adequately answered only when it is remembered that germany started the terrible conflict in europe for no ao reason other than that of conquest and loot started it only to the selfish ambitions ambitious ot of a selfish people far or world domination that is being admitted today by what whal is left of the 0 german era nation cation it la Is admitted by y those who were directly responsible for the war and it is because germany started this conflict for no reason other than that of COI conquest qUest and loot that germany owes to the world full payment tor for all the devastation which the war has brought not only in ID so far as she can pay now but in so far as sho she can pay for generations yet to come among the many many sections oto ot belgium and northern F france rance that I 1 personally covered following closely on the heels ot of the retreating run hun army was that which lies between what were the cities of ypres cypres and approximately 20 miles apart here before the comins of the invading ing boche was what was considered the tha most productive soil of the he world and tile the most intensely cultivated here in a number of farm villages lived e d th the I 1 e belgian peasant families happy thrifty people each family cultivating tiva ting the small fields which it owned no fences separated the these b fields no hedges cut them off from the roadways and the families that cultivated the fields colds lived not on the little farms but in closely built villages of from to fico people each devastation Is coat complete pt te it is hard to realize today that these villages ever existed that the land along alon this his long straight road was ever cultivated ever produced foodstuffs for a people people in tact fact it Is hard to realize today that this was ever an inhabited country of these peaceful villages the living caces of ahee lhee farm fann people there la Is no trace left there are not even plies piles of debris of broken brick and stone and lumber to mark the spots where tiey they stood there is no single thin thing by which the returning pea peasants stints wearily dragging themselves back to that spot which had been home to them and to their ancestors for almost countless generations can mark ahe 11 lalace ilace where riot not only their home but their village had stood I 1 hive have seen old men and women wearied by four long years of exile stand beside this road and gaze ion long ingay angly over the devastated landscape I 1 in an effort to locate some far familiar aillar object that would mould remilia remind them of the spot they had bad known all their lives find and then turn away with tears on their cheeka checks because they could riot not flad find even one small object that would tell them of the homes the only heinss hom hoin eg ss they bad known I 1 it was german ambition german cruelty german lust german wanton ness german brutality that were the cause of the destruction of these homes of tile the agonies of a peaceful thrifty people I what can possibly compensate these I 1 people for their loss for the misery I 1 they have suffered ond and must still suffer tor for the homes and the associations hat abt I 1 are gone forever no germany can never pay p ay in full bi brt she coln continue to pay and pay find pay until thee the e has boon beon bred out of the th k that for war fal i ial loar III lif enli 1 t 1 I 1 r t 11 II 1 n i i r i i n i i in la it ii lt a wo we 11 i p lu in all vial inai 20 miles lulles bet liet veen ireen epresi cypres ypres irid wit on 66 both 1 laes of that long straight s road I 1 am sure I 1 lid did riot not see one lie square foot bt bf soil that was not a part of a shell crater what had bad once been the richest soil of the world Is today but a waste made so hy by the shells that fell upon it because germany sought world domination tills this soil tins has been becu destroyed fly by en thousands thou gands ot of shells falling actually one upon another each digging digon on deeper into the earth until the wry subsoil has bits been turned over and tile the land made worthless for cul tiva lion tl lot i for years to come if indeed it can ever be reclaimed unexploded shells buried in soil there llo ito today on the surface of this larid land many thousands of unexploded shells and there arc hurled burled in the soil many many thousands more each oab one of them a a monaco menace to any farmer who attempts to put a plow into ialo uio the soli sell in an effort to reclaim IL and this land Is destroyed as the homes hoines were destroyed because of german ambition of german cavelty cau elty of german lut lust of german wantonness and german brutality who Is to pay for it ft who Is to risk destruction that it ft may again lip pul finto condition for cultivation that it may serve the purposes of the human illman in in rice race shall tho the peaceful belgian peasants who had no part in the starting of this conflict suffer their loss without compensation atlon shall these peasants who have endured more than four long years of homeless agonies cilito have suffered not alone the loss of homes and land but the loss of relatives and friends ns is well be the onesto risk destruction in the effort to again bring these lands back to a condition 15 where cultivation is ble 11 10 shall they be blown to bits by b Y 1 he file bursting af of these shells hidden as they hoy tire arc beneath the surface of t the he ground when the plow strikes and explodes them the if undisturbed those shells continue coAtI nue to be a menace for years to come but who are to risk their heir lives la in removing them could the american people generally and especially the american farm ers have seen me HIP I 1 have seep va 6 71 f r ar N P t b ks r t 4 IY v 1 lill I 1 e Q ii ground pulverized by bursting of big shells along this long straight road between I 1 pres and alenan they would say as I 1 say it la Is the german who must pay it is the german who must risk destruction st in the effort to put this land degain into condition for cultivation I 1 believe that one condition or of tile peace treaty should be that germany Geina any either as one nat lonor or proportionately from the several small nations that may ay he formed out oat of the german empire should call Us its military classes to the lie colors each year as it ft has done in the past but in place of putting guns into the hands of those men and training them for the purposes of war avar a war of conquest that it should put these men into the territories the has devastated to reclaim the soil and to rebuild the villages the towns and cities the huns have destroyed destro Ted let these germans under guard of belgian troops take the risk of destruction lot let thorn them guide the plow that may f triko the une unexploded exploded shell and let germany pay them the meager wager wagen of tile the german soldier while ahil e they are doing coin this should pay and pay and pay that would be the nearest thing to an all accounting that germany can render to the world but she should pay nil ill that it is humanly possible for a people to pay who have so ruthlessly despoiled the world her people should pay and pay and pay until t they hey have learned arned beyond the shadow of a doubt that hat war for the purpose of conquest for the purpose purpose of loot tor for tile the gratification fi of selfish ambitions Is the most unprofitable bui business Aness they could possibly engage in and remember that the devastation atholl to be seen seca along the road from cypres ypres to lo ilc nia is but an example of all the terrible destruction destruct ioa to bo be found throughout belgium and northern Fril rice nod find set serbia bla and other countries that have been overrun by the con quest seeking armies of the docile and at ir too tog that it Is not alone the devastation that Is to be paid for but it is the work fill and the tears and le ic economic Tollo inic loss of every nation that s called c into the struggle to defeat the purposes of a selfish people that thai the world night might lie be a decent place in which free men baca might live EU eureka tin ties shipments for week end ending ing dec 20 worth proposed tate rate raise on canned goods from utah to california would eliminate california market for Jl alis cauncil products salt luko city cily over kinds hinds ot of lubricants made in ill utah salt lake city kendall square sells balls for to be public market and produce distributing pi plant an all restrictions hindering legitimate development should not bo ba removed and let tile the work of opening new mines and industries indu go ahead or tile the west will suffer sillier severely front stagnation ol of industries provo shipped ut of the GOO cars of apples grown in utah in 1918 13 ingham may get new n national bank with capital stock or of city rig reaches here for testing out oil fields west bt bf town y i Morri M 0 issey first unit of ettah sul churs I 1 s plant working park city ore or output normal totalled To 2005 tons for week ending caidin dec th worth the wall street journal states that war hurt oil business more than was known now new development wil was 8 seri seriously bously interfered with by high costs of labor and materials ard and work in foreign fields was practically impossible because ot of embargo on exportation of drilling materials high fligh war taxes also had tho the effect or of restricting development work inasmuch as money ordinarily spent in expansion epan sion had to be used for federal payments ogden premier coal co incorporates for moab two oil cill wells being drilled icar here rella delta expects to have electric power from plant at oasis utah ranks second in the united states in sugar prod production kaysville Kays ville canning corporation to increase capital stock from to 1 I 1 1 i salt lake dig big apartment house sells hero here tor for salt lake city iron C cap ap copper to 0 enlarge plant at cost of 10 00 0 0 rile die socialist tells us properly is 19 theft find and big business a crime but all big ci had to lie be draft drafted ed to lie help ap save the war si situation tuition provo utah counties peaches sold or this year apples 1 bought four canneries if t county netted growers convict labor has accomplished excellent results on fisher section lincoln highway salt lake commercial club plans plan publicity campaign to attract eastern tourists eureka dragon COU consolidated hipping about tons daily wall street journal says oil companies planning for big increase in trade vol volumn one of most conspicuous examples of public ownership or of street gaii railways is case of boston elevated deficit in 6 months on 01 7 cents fare st george to improve water drainage and sewerage systems salt lake lockey levers want artificial till cial ice plant here american fork american leasing strikes lies rich valued in holden tunnel load lead copper gold silver ore found worth per ton call it tariff or pro protection lection or of industry or anything you litre like it if american industry is to maintain wages and hours protection from roin foreign competition in some form must be evolved provo dig big indian copper co increases capital stock droin to salt lake woodlawn li copner finds rich ore in honeycomb gulch guich tile the trade ol of the constitution tinker ahas has been generally discouraged by elections in hi western states this fall legislators take notice provo government flies files on second feet ot of water in green river section dam willbe will bo built over feet high main irrig irrigation atio n canal to be about miles long dig reducing ex expenses perles through cooperative shipping utah log 1 lion eon has been greatly stimulated salt lake utah chino chi no ray nay and nov nev con copper companies continuing current quarterly dividends deslate fact that in nine months ending sept 30 only two of companies earned dividends with fairly comfortable margins it lias has been a puzzle why the navy department anil department ol of jos jas tice lice should ho permitted permit led to div lal op on matters e entirely outside their jurai diction and block oil and na wa torpo rilo er development measures lu in the v si t salt latie utah erecting big batch street signs prevo mor biorn street paving higher in 8 salt laki lih lib aly pili po capital Sll 0 be bior abed hero here |