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JOHN J. DILLON, COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND MARKETS OF NEW YORK

Mr Dillon's endeavors to settle the controversy between milk producers and distributers in New York, with due regard to the interests of the farmer and the consumer as well as of the great companies, have attracted Nation-wide attention. See editorial comment

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A GREAT EXHIBITION OF PRIZE CATTLE

This train of prize Jersey cattle contains 168 bulls and cows, the show herds of ten prominent exhibitors at the National Dairy Congress Show at Waterloo, Iowa. They are being transported to the National Dairy Show at Springfield, Massachusetts. The train will make three stops-at Indianapolis, Columbus, Ohio, and Utica, New York-for exhibition purposes. The cattle on the train are, it is estimated, worth $250,000

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A DRINKING FOUNTAIN OF THE Y. M. C. A. AT LAREDO, TEXAS

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SOLDIERS WRITING IN A TEMPORARY TENT OF THE Y. M. C. A. AT LEON SPRINGS, TEXAS

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FATHER HARVEY, OF THE ORDER OF THE HOLY CROSS OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, TALKING WITH A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY Y. M. C. A. AT LAREDO, TEXAS WORK OF THE ARMY AND NAVY DEPARTMENT OF THE Y. M. C. A. ON THE MEXICAN BORDER

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THE LORD BISHOP OF WORCESTER, ENGLAND, ON A VISIT TO AMERICA The Rt. Rev. Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs, Lord Bishop of Worcester, whose portrait appears above, comes to this country as one of two bishops to represent the Church of England at the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church at St. Louis. See editorial comment

THE NANTUCKET SUBMARINE WARFARE

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Herald" argues that international law permits submarines to visit American ports to take on sufficient provisions for their homeward voyage" and to reduce the number of hostile merchantmen both on their in and out voyages." It adds: "We confidently hope that in the future it will make exceedingly effective use of this right."

Among second-generation German-Americans admiration for the audacity of the feat and its success is modified by apprehension of unpleasant consequences for this country. They dislike having the war brought to our doors; they resent the seeming blockade of American commerce. They fear that some mistake or rashness may revive the whole submarine controversy in aggravated form. THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
October 10, 1916.

Admiration for the brilliancy of Germany's exploit in operating armed submarines so far from home, rather than resentment over a possible blockade of the American coast or apprehension of breaking off diplomatic relations, is the prevailing note in Middle Western comment in the two days immediately following the U-boat raids. The incident is considered as a spectacular affair that is not

likely to have any real effect in interfering with commerce.

Newspapers are pointing out that, if a submarine campaign could not be waged successfully in the North Sea, it certainly could not be waged four thousand miles from home. It is noted with relief that in the submarine operations so far reported there is evidence of an attempt to comply with the requirements of international law.

The possibilities of a blockade are hardly seriously considered, for the Middle West is so far from the ocean that it is not so keenly sensitive as the coast to the war on the sea. Undoubtedly, if the submarine operations should begin to affect the price of wheat the. country's granary would be less placid. It is recognized that there is "dynamite" in the situation, yet there is no evidence of grave apprehension.

It is not to be inferred that the Middle West is not interested. The novel development of submarine warfare is everywhere the topic of conversation. But as yet there is no indication in the comment of Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Lincoln, or Des Moines newspapers of any tense anxiety. Kansas City, Missouri, H. J. HASKELL. October 10, 1916.

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A POLL OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS

N October 8, within a radius of thirty miles of the Nantucket lightship, unarmed merchant vessels were sent to the bottom by one or more German submarines. When Americans recovered from the shock of this news, they began to inquire, "What will the Hughes papers have to say?" and "What will the Wilson papers reply?" or "What will the German-American press say?" and "What shall we hear from the foreign press?"’

THE HUGHES PAPERS

"A submarine sinking liners at our harbor mouths is very much like a thug who should stand at a store door with a bludgeon to attack all citizens who did their trading there." So remarks the Rochester "PostExpress." It adds: "Somehow it seems a little bit too personal in its invidiousness towards us."

"It is a mad act, an act of desperation.

In dire straits on land, it looks like a despairing attempt on the part of Germany to do something, goodness knows what." So declares the New York "Telegram."

These two quotations may be taken from the many expressions of disgust and resentment of the papers supporting Mr. Hughes in the present campaign. But they are not satisfied with this. Some of them see dangerous possibilities, as for instance the Syracuse "Post-Standard," which says:

If by mistake the commander should attack a liner or a freighter whose right to traverse our waters without molestation is undisputed, there would be an end to the patience of the American people.

Many Hughes papers also point out that we are, in some degree at least, responsible for the event. As to the judicial branch of the Government, the Newark "News" affirms that "such destruction as the German

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