ID, 
REPUTATIONS MApE On Worps do not always stand 
the test, but Congressman Augustus Peabody Gardner 
made good on Wednesday by resigning his seat in Con- 
gress to take a Roar eas as a reserve officer. The rep- 
resentative from the old Essex district brought credit to 
Massachusetts by levine the fight for American prepar- 
edness and. demanding that America play its proper part 
in the world war. The pioneer champion of preparedness 
never considered his.secure seat in Congress nor the pros- 
pects of a soft job obtained through political influence 
when the call came, but immediately accepted the oppor- 
tunity for service that was offered. As previously re- 
marked by the Brerze the difficuities of the present situa- 
tion might have been avoided had the administration 
listened more kindly to the suggestions of the Massachu- 
setts congressman, back in ror4. However, Col. Gardner 
is not crying over spilled milk, but is “doing his bit” to 
remedy a bad enough situation It is a sacrifice that will 
be a worthy example for others who hesitate to abandon 
a comfortable position for one of service. 
SEBS 
RusstA Has BkEEN ENJoyinG front page honors again 
the past week. Between assurances of her loyalty to the 
cause of the Allies and pessimistic prophesies of her in- 
ability to stand the combined attack of external foe and 
the anarchistic forces within, comes’ the hint that a grow- 
ing element in the new government favors a separate 
peace. Russia is said to, be listening, not’ unkindly, to 
subtle suggestions concerning the free use of the Darden- 
elles. There ay be enough strong men in Russia to stiffen 
the national backbone in this crisis and such is the hope 
of America and the European Allies. In event of the 
Russia’s repudiation of her bond against a separate peace, 
only those who have failed to understand the character 
of the great mass of Russians need be astonished. The 
thousand tribes of the late empire are not the materia! 
of which a good republic can be made in a day. They 
need a firm hand and that a revoluntionary government 
never provides. 
A CAMPAIGN To AWAKEN the nation to the dangers 
indiscriminate saving and impractical economy is being 
urged by prominent business men all over the country. 
Hoarding of money in time of war is the real cause of 
the hardships and business depression which accompanies 
it. It is the duty of every man, woman and child to avoid 
waste of foods, fuels and clothing at this time, but it is 
not a duty to neglect to replace the exhausted supply. 
The constriction of circulation of money is the greatest 
calavity which can overtake America today, when one of 
its biggest duties will be the financing of the Entente 
cause. America does not want crippled industries and a 
ponicky financial status with consequent business depres- 
sion and unemployirent. Everyone’s duty is to forget 
there is war—as far as curtailing his expenditures goes. 
WEATHER MAN has officially announced that 
weather conditions of the summer season have arrived 
ind that “the occurrance of the summer type of pressure 
listribution” is here. The layman will be glad to have 
the “coat off” and “fan” type of thermometric indications 
of summer, 
THE 
Tue MiLk Prosiim is ever with us! It is a fund- 
amental problem that is accentuated only by the war con- 
ditions. For years the BREEzE has advocated the cause 
of the farmer in his demand for fair play and a real op- 
portunity to earn an honorable livelihood. The increas- 
ing prices charged for grain, the increased cost for every- 
thing required in the management of a farm has added to 
the expense of modern farming and has taken away from 
the profits of the industry. The cows are then sold and 
another farmer bears the draining expense of up-keep 
until he sells to the butcher. The cattle are destroyed and 
then sold for beef. The sale of the cattle means a lessen- 
ing in the amount of available fertilizer. The lessened 
amount of fertilizer means a lessening in the values of 
land for productive purposes. Farming of crops will cost 
ore and the fields will yield less and grain prices te 
go up and the vicious circle will go on and ene? Its 
form of social suicide. The up-keep of the herds in Nee 
England must be paid for by the consumers of milk. The 
increase in price for milk will automatically tend to bring 
a decrease in the price of vegetables and foodstuffs by the 
encourgement given to the keeping of cows and the in- 
creased quantity and decreased price will tend to decrease 
the cost of milk raising and then the price to the con- 
sumers. There will be a steady and necessary raising of 
the price of milk until the farmer can reestablish himself 
and the law begins to operate in a natural and normal way 
to reduce prices all along the line. The man who thinks 
he is aiding the cause by selling his herds has a short 
sight, no matter who the man is or where he sells his herd. 
SESS 
In THE WARNING of Herbert C. Hoover, formerly 
in charge of Belgian relief work and once suggested as 2 
possible national food dictator here in case the emergency 
required it, there is considerable food for thought. Al- 
though we can spare the Allies 400,000,000 bushels of 
wheat for food without great inconvenience to ourselves, 
the most careful conservation of our foodstuffs of all 
kinds will be necessary. Even with this huge export of 
grain the Allies will be some 200,000,000 bushels short of 
what they will need. With the terrible waste due to the 
submarine warfare it-may be our duty, perhaps, to share 
an even greater proportion of our food with our Allies. 
Conservation should be our watchward. 
BSS 
An Otp Bostontan, who has been to the Boston 
Common every year for the open air festivities and cele- 
brations that occasions present, says that in all his ex- 
perience, bearing in mind the events of fifty years, the 
great welcome given Bryan, the honor accorded to Ad- 
miral Dewey, he has never witnessed a more important 
event than the welcome given to Marshall Joffre. Boston 
surely accorded him the highest honors it could pay. 
S es S 
THe PropLEMS OF PRospERITY are before us. The 
war is going on and America is in it, but business must be 
continued with the old time industry. If all lines of in- 
dustry fail in the hour of need then America must fail. 
The men are needed in the line of battle and they are 
needed in the lines of business, and every man who loyally 
meets the demands of his business life is aiding the na- 
tion in the fight for freedom, Keep your business going! 
