Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

The cocoa authorizations disclosed by
the microscope are said TO he even
more remarkable and more deceptive
than the coffee authorizations. BY
means of the photo-microscopic cam.
era for picturing adulterants and dis.
ease bacteria and the microtOne for cut
ting articles of food into infnitesimal
pieces II Is possible now to detect al
most any food sophistication that may
be attempted. Judging by frequent
disclosures on the part of chemists,
health bureaus and State food inspec.
tors, Secretary Wilson has great
task before him, and II Is gratifying to
note the completeness of his prepare.
lions for the work.
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1t is not generally known that John
w. Guiteau, brother of Charles J.
Guiteuu, who shot Garfield. Is IN many
respects the greatest statistician In the
world. Guiteau Is II vcritable crank OH
figures, but his crankiness is very prof
table. Just now the government Is
under contract to pay him S2J,OOO for
certain fluctuations. The big Insurance
companies are his profitable clients.
Guiteau Is the only man who has sue.
ceeded In getting inside the books of
Dun's and Bradstreet's commercial
agencies. 1t was he who gave out the
startling statement that the books Of
these companies contained but 3 per
cent of the names that were there
twenty years ago! What a pathetic
story Of the premature deaths and
business failures Of twenty years.
But here Is more OF the same
sort! Guiteau says that OF the
men of this country who live TO
Ike 20 years Of age 80 out Of every
100 are absolutely dependent upon 9th.
ers for a living. That Is an appalling
revelation. or every 1909 human
barques that with precious argosies set
buOyant sail 800 are wrecked on the
coasts Of business failure. Failure!
Eight of every ten who fight In the
business arena bite the sawdust. For
men do fight to-day as they fought In
the arena at Rome and Antioch. And
20 Of the 100 are carried out dead or
defeated. Why? Because Of competi.
ton. Because Of extravaganza. bad
habits and many other tings. But
largely. because Of speculation.
Read the list Of the victims Of the
get-rich.quick swindles at New Or.
leans and st. Louis. Men. women
and children-all were trying to get
something for nothing. And there
IL gambling on the board of trade
where the maelstrom swallows men
alive. The wheat pit Is only thirty
feet across. But II has swallowed
whole fleets Of business cargoes.
1t Is only few feet deep. but II has
let thousands of souls down to Hadcs
The man who IL doing well becomes
dissatisfied. He reasons: II work Xix,
n slave and save few dollars. 80
and SO makes dollars where I max,
cents. He runs the risk. Why should
I not ventureY" And before he knows
It he Is In deep water and unable tC
swim. We IRE Il nation of speculu
tors. The craving for wealth becomes
a disease. Men are money drunk
This IL not rhetoric. II IL fact. Gov
eminent and insurance companies pay
men like Guitcau large sums of money
for disclosing this real history. He who
runs may read II.
Once upon u time n boy drlfted away
from the teachings of good mother
ana got into bad company. 1t Is q
strange characteristic of the tanglt
that he Is not satisfied with being
tough. He wants to spread the cOnta
glon, to extend his mcanness to make
other boys as bad rs himself. And
he finds many converts. So the boy
who figures In this editorial learned tC
lie, to pilfer, to drink, to curse and nj
these things were hailed as virtues In
the small circle In which he had beer
initiated. At heart he wasn't u baC
fellow, hut he was weak. Finally, III
was caught stealing, ana was sent Il
the penitentiary for one year. He die
u lot of thinking. In his little st0n,
cell he discovered that the way Of til,
=, transgressOr IL always hard, and tn,
one mighty resolve he made was, 81
: will be good" He meant II. too. III
had n foolish notion that he could wall
out OF prison one day. begin ut the spO
. where he took the wrong road. lOOl
: the world In the face and start anew
! When the term was ended he wake,
! out into Gods sunlight ana went 4
work. The bad thoughts were gone
, the bad living was only memory. an,
he went to work almost happy. II
got job as brakeman, and did hi
duty as man who owed society moth
ing beyond what had been paid benin
v the gray walls of the great prison
, Society. as Il whole. never quite fol
!. gives human being for Il Grim,
y There Ia always u some one to Civ
. the struggling man q kick IN the fac
> when he needs helping hand. Th
anonymous letter writer got In his dead
!, ~ work. "YOu have an eX-cOnvict
: your employ" was the burden Of tn
:. missive. and It reached the mark an
!. lost the young brakeman his plac'
Men do not like to work with eX-cOi
victs. II they know 1t. There Is
y sneaking feeling that the fellow vii
:. has been In the "pen" isn't fit to al
y sOciate with free men. and nObOd
cares to go into details. Yes. they dl
charged the penitentiary brakeman
/, and In the books Of hell long fer
credit mark was set down to the cr
," who wrote the anonymous letter. III
% L 4 II.