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FRIDAY, MARCH a, 1917 Is Germany the Offender? Since the sinking of the Lusitania two years ago, the Times has carefully tefrained from any expression on the conflict in Europe, or the position k in which the actions of the Teutonic powers was placing America. Since that time there have been offenses, imaginary or real; much note writing; a great deal of war talk on the part of newspapers, whose editors would be the last to \olunteerfor service in case of war; the severing of diplomatic relations with Germany; and lastly the drclaiation by President Wilson that the sinking of the Laconia on February 24th would be considered an “overt” act, a deliberate and open insult to America in this particular case, by the much maligned Gennany. Of course every metropolitan newspaper is pictming Germany as the real offender, as the aggressor, as the selfish, blood-thirsty nation without regard for human life, combatant or noncombatant, neutral or belligerent, as the violator of every treaty with this anti other countries, and as the nation against whom we should at once, and without further consideration declare war! That is perfectly natural, for practically every large city newspaper is controlled in one way or another by Wall street, and Wall street has invested too heavily in Allied war bonds to take a chance of having Germany win. The surest way to protect their investments is to bring about America's entry in the war with the Allies, against the Teutonic poweis. The agitation by the newspapers * is causing the feeling of American people to run high .against Germany aiu’ her allies, and it is blinding their sense of rig.. 1 - ami wrong and their natural sense of fair play. Every day there appear in press embellished accounts of new German outrages; on the other hand, let England do what it will and little, if anything, is said. Every submarine attack made is laid to (leimany, al1 though England has a fleet of submarines, ail fully capable of sinking a few ships ou their own account We hear on all sides of the unfair blockade of Germany on England, and the crippling of American shipping. A corporation ro.. ^-lled newspaper in Philadelphia even goes so far as to blame the shortage aud present high price of food in this section to Germany! How much have we heard iu the Americau press of England's starvation blockade on Germany, which has been going ou since the start of the war? How much has been said of the absolute aud positive declaration that neutral ships that would venture in this blockaded zone would do so at their own risk? How much has l»eeu said of the injury this has worked on American commerce? When Germany agreed to stop its submarine warfare it called attention to this English blockade, and made its agreement contingent on America opening the blockade to neutral shipping, as ahe w.t.' insisting must be iu the case of England. Months went on, and still Gennary starved. Then came the announcement by Germany of the blockaded zone, closed to all shipping, to the Allies. Then also came the shout of wa;, and the diplomatic break. Why? Is a nation that deaK out the sauce to the goose, but te5\ise> ;t to the gander, neutral? On the whole it is very questionable whether or not Germany is the real offender. While Representative Hertrand H. Snell, of New York, is a true conseiv..lionist he believes iu the development of our resources, and holds that a water power, for instance, is not worth a dollar of actual value as long as it is allowed to run idly to the sea. Mv Snell says, "I am one of those who believe that the present generation should have the op]«ortuuity to take advantage of the natural resouices w ith which we have been to abundantly provided."

Unwarranted Antagonism

President S. P. teeds, of the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, at the meeting of. the Cape May County Chamber, last Tuesday, stated that Mr. Bnckalew, Superintendent of the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, had advised him that the newspaper articles which appeared setae months ago in the Philr.delphia papers to the effect that the Cape May County Chamber favored the building of an electric trolley system ferni Ocean City co Cape May, was merely newspyer talk, given out by “certain real estate promoters south of Sea Isle City,” for a purpose. What'the purpose may have been, who the promoters Are,

he does not say.

For Mr. Buckalew’s information it might be stated that this matter of electrification was up

before the County Chamber, not once, but a great number of times, and that the articles whicW«ppeared in the Philadelphia newspapers were accurate reports (as accurate as could be exp ettd in Philadelphia newspapers) of the actual proceedings of the meetings of that organizatiotv It so happened that the particular meeting, at which this matter was first actively brought before the Chamber, was at Stone Harbor. It also so happens that Stone Harbor has three real, get-there live-wires, in the Risley Brothers, who are "real estate promoters.” Mr. Bnckalew has never forgotten that when his railroad refused to give Stone Harbor proper train service, and after every effort to bring about a betterment bad been made, those “certain teal estate promoters” built a raiLoad of their own from Cape May Court House to Stone Harboc, to connect with the Reading from Philadelphia. And the ever increasing travel over the Reading into Stone Harbor, ani the ever decreasing (even ue of the Stone Harbor branch of the West Jersey, serves as a constant reminder to the Superintendent that “certain rgal estate proinotew” were on the job. Tnis matter ot placing the talk of an eletiric road to Cape May to the Risleys is a case of giving vent to misdirected spleen. This matter was act rally discussed on the floor of the Chamber in every' municipality in the County, and there is yet to lie heard a dissenting voice to the quick cousumation of the project. What if a ceitain group of men, or any one municipality, is more anxious than another to see the road a reality? Isn’t that merely positive proof that they are alive to the need of such a road, aud would fully appreciate it, if built? In railroading, as in newspaper publishing, or anything else, the projection of personalities into any discussion with which one dots not entirely agree is a nasty and dangerous practice. Mr. Buckalew, has been an avowed opponent of this electrification from the start, as was shown ,bv his remarks in the office of Vice-President Atterbury of the West Jersey, when a committee of the Chamber, together with a committee of the Board of Freeholders and the County Engineer waited on Mr. Atterbury to discuss this very tiling. Mr. Atterbury was heartily in favor of the project, while Mr. Bnckalew openly opposed it. It is a pretty small kind of a man, and an uncommonly narrow kind of a brain, that will fix personal spite as a reason for opposing such . an undertaking, and from Mr. Buckalew’s statement to Mr. Leeds that is exactly what he is

doing.

Message of industrial America to Washington “We are at the Nation’s service! ’’ Reply: “Then accept free trade as your portion, and come acrosg with a profits' tax !"

Andrew Carnegie recently paid $2,000,000 for a lot adjoining his home iu New York iu order to keep away undesirable neighbors. But the appropriation of a few million dollars of Federal money to construct battleships for the same purpose does uot meet the approval of the Laird of Skibo, despite the money he made in armor plate. According to press reports, the Federal Reserve Board has advocated an amendmeut to the Reserve law which will permit the Federal Reserve tanks “to issue notes against gold aud then count that gold as part of the reserve required against new note issues." When this has been successfully accomplished, we shall be able to lift ourselves by our bootstraps. One of the President’s endeavors to solidify the sentiment of the natiou behind him ic the war crisis was to nominate a Tammany man to be postmaster of New York. The post-office in tliat city lias been 1 bone of contention for a .ong lime. Mr. Wilson once named one Tammany man, who promptly refused the job. He has now taken another from the Wigwam, a lame-duck Congressman, who has no scruples about attaching himself to the pay roll. The Jesuit, of course, is 'peace without victory" for the President.

Communications

Ed. Note.—The publication of a communication in the Cape May County Times most not be construed as an endorsement ot the sentiments expressed therein. The columns of the Tunes are always ope* for the publication of any signed communication.

Oamdex, N. J., Feb. 28,1017. Editor Times Will you kindly publish in your paper J! the assessor's list of property at Sea lale City can be examined by a property owner and a citirenT If this cannot be dons, will you kindly publish bow to go about getting a copy of the property assessel, and oblige A StTBSCRIBKK AND PBOPESTT OwNXB. (Certainly this list can be examined at any time from the assessor's duplicate in the office of the Tax Collector, Lewis Bieiumeyer.—Editor.)

WALL STREET AND STOCKS. Hew -Short Sellars*' May Win by Buying on a Falling Markot. There are two kinds of stock speculators. One buys In the hope that be may later aell at a profit. If a man buys a share of Steel at 100 and later sells it at 115 be baa made (15, lees the broker's small commission. It la clear bow money Is made In a rising market Row money ts made In a falling market requires explanation. The process of capitalising disaster la known as “selling short" A speculator who is sure, either because of some Inside knowledge or because of hla own reasoning, that stocks will tumble, gives an order to bis broker to aell a block oi stock for him. Let us use Central Leather as an example. He has none of the stock. The broker awls word to bis rvpresentaUve ou tbe floor of the exchange, and the sale Is made. Central Leather Is sold at tbe market price, say, 93. In tbe course cf a few hours tbe stock which the seller did not have Is delivered to the purchaser. The broker has borrowed It from some owner of tbe stock. A small fee is paid to tbe owner of tbe loaned share*. The man who has sold short then watches for tbe Influences which he expects will drive tbe stock down. One or two days later be reads that some great International figure has made a move for peace. Tbe stock drops on the news. No one Is willing to pay (83 a share for it A few are willing to imy (90. Onr hero who baa aold short directs hla broker to buy enough shares to pay him In kind for the shares borrowed. The broker buys at (9a After tbe broker a fee la paid and tbe charge fur the borrowed stock U settled tbe speculator receives a little Ism than (3 a share aa a result of his short selling. Re merely sold at 93 what be later bought for 9a He has no stock. He never bad any stock. He aold It before be

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Tha “short" seller Is never an Inveetor. He never buys to keep. He never buys except to eusble him to return what he has borrowed.—Unda Dudley. In the Hoston Globe.

Sunday Spurnsd tbs Offer. George Sunday, eldest sou of BUly Sunday, said hi New Yoik a short time ago: "My fathers Uuauc** are alwaya talked about when lie comes to a city. 1 handle his accounts. He gets only what la offered him for Uls services on the last day of his > amimlgn. aud this lan’t as big s> It luoka, for much of It goes to charity and to the inslntenauc* of hla organisation. •This very day 1 declined on my father's behalf an offer of (lAWO.OOU from a moving picture concern: be refused (350,000 for five days' work In the movies; be bat refused countless offers from finns who make talking records. My father has always and sincerely refused to commerdaUse

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