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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1908.
A WILD PROPOSITION.

The widest dream of union labor that we have noted comes from Brockton, Mass. where the shoe labor union has started a movement to ask Congress to pass a law granting pensions to working citizens of the country. The idea, as we get 1t from labor union paper, is "that all citizens who have been such for twen- ty-one consecutive years after reaching the age of 55 years and being unable to earn an annuity of s4OO per year shall be pensioned by the United States govern ment at the rate of $20 monthly"
 There is some ambiguity in the language used but enough of it is plain to show the extreme length to which the idea of paternalism will lead some people. AL though the movement was begun by the shoemakers it will be seen from the word ing of the extract that the benefits of the projected law are to apply to "alI ciu- gems" The widest dreams of socialism never reached such an extreme as this. Whether the pension shall begin at 55 gears or 21 years after, making the age limit 76 years, is not clear. but we inter- pret it to mean that the pension shall be- sin when the citizen passes his 55th year. That any person should advocate such a ideas of government and of citizenship which are taking root in the minds of many people, and which are encouraged and fostered by labor unions. It shows how people are getting away from all the independence of true manhood, and are getting more and more into the notion that the government must take care of everybody.
 The frauds, the excesses, the irregular aties connected with our present system of pensions are in many respects a dis grace to our government, but they are nothing to what would follow such a law as this Brockton measure. The burdens imposed by our soldiers pension laws are heavy but they are a triae to what this new law would impose. The pensioners under present laws will die and the amount required to pay them will de- continuous and the amount demanded would increase each year. The facility with which frauds could be perpetrated must be apparent to any one. The num- Der of such frauds can only be conjec- tured but they would be enormous. The openings for rascality would be infinite, and to claim that they would not be taken advantage of is to display ignorance of human nature.
 It is to be regretted that such wildly paternalistic theories should obtain foot hold in the country. It is unfortunate that men should become saturated with the belief that 1t is the duty of our gov ernment to support all the people. Equal and exact justice to all is what our gov ernment owes to it's citizens. It is not the duty or province of the government to feed and clothe the people, however much they may need it. There are many who need assistance. but governments were not instituted for the purpose of coddling their citizens. The Massachusetts idea is little less than insanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

pie are just now reaching the position he occupied ten years ago, and are beRin- ming to realize that instead of making d fool of Cleveland they have made mon keys of themselves. ,S & -T-@eT v Perhaps it would be more nearly cor rect to say that MT. Cievelad remained firmly entrenched in genuine Democracy while many of the party marched off in
 the wrong direction and left him. Be that as it may they are realizing that they have been in the wrong road and are
 fast getting back to safe ground and they will find Grover where they left him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Gossip from Washington

Washington. May 1t.-tSpecial.) )-Jo. seph Nimmo. IT,. who was for some years chief of the, Bureau of Statistics of the
 Treasury Department, has prepared g pamphlet on the commercial, political and economic questions involved In the North ern Securities case, which is interesting If not wholly convincing.
 He undertakes to show by historical ev- idence which came under his immediate observation while he was in the ser vice of the Government, that the inter- state commerce act was framed upon rules of self government previously in- augurated and wrought out by the rail- road companies themselves for their own protection and for the protection of pub lie interests. He adduces copious eco- homie and commercial data to prove that restraints upon competition are imposed by the physical characteristics of the railroad and have been proved by the les- sons of experience to be absolutely rec essary to the orde4ly and beneficial con- duct of rsilway transportation.
 Attorney General Knox, Senator Hoar, Assistant Attorney General Beck and the Circuit Court of Minnesota are cited in proof of the fact that the antitrust act Of July ?. 1890. in forbidding both reas- onable and unreasonable restraints upon competition and trade. was a legislative misadventure, and that as such it vio- lates established principles of justice re- verses the fixed public policy of the country, Is subversive of the fundamental principles of liberty upon which our Gov crnment is founded, and is in open con- fict with the spirit and the commercial and economic necessities of the age
 Mir. Nimmo holds that the present anti trust movement is not only radical, but revolutionary.
 It is revolutionary" he says, 'in that It deprived the courts of the right to pass upon public questions of public policy based upon the experiences of naanKind and the Judicial principles founded upon such experiences. It Is revolutionary in the attempt to dsprive the courts of the power to pass upn questions of right and or Justice in the conduct of the com merciai affairs of the country and to re- init that power to the autocratic author ity of officers of the administrative branch of the Government. Again, this antitrust movement is revolutionary in that 1t seeks to impose upon the National Government responsibility for the com merctal and industrial prosperity of the country.
 Government regulation is of two sorts ito prescribe and to prohibit. Aim ,st ell the governmental regulation of commerce Tn this country has been of the first sort It has been protective, defensive and en- aoling. Prohibitory regulation has been comparatively infinitesiEnal. Thus the Government has avoided the two objec- tionable features of Populistic legislation, namely, interference with the freedom Of commerce and the assumption by the Government of responsibility for the pros perity of the comercial, industrial and transportation interests of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Water and Light.
CIavton Record

clayton Record.
 The City Council met and. after dis posing of routine business, took up the question of the acceptance of the artesian well. MT. Hosmore, the consulting engi- neer, reported that. in his opinion. the supply of water was inexhaustible. as he had run the pump for forty eight hours bringing out an average of twenty five gallons of water to the minute, and, at times, from forty to fifty gallons per minute. The Council were pursuaded that the water had been found in a sufficient quantity to supply the town, hence they accepted the we'll and discharged the con tractor. MT. Radford. The Mayor was authorized to advertise the sale of the bonds and the letting of the contract for the construction of a water works and electric light plant. It begins to look, therefore. as if we are to assume metro politan airs and in a short time the course of few months, take our place among the progressive small cities of the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
A Cry for Mercy.

EIit IT The Advertiser:
 When one sees a thing. one believes it." Every day upon the streets of our city, most fearful deeds of cruelty to the poor beasts of burden send forth from them cry for rescue. Although they may not. like Balaam ass, speak to their cruel masters, yet starved, and overloaded. beaten and kicked because they cannot bear the heavy burden put upon them. they make a mute appeal for mercy. And at times our Homer mods.
 tis time to waken him.
 Let the people of our city who are ever ready to support a good cause, pull to- gether and establish that most needed in- stitution, a society for the protection of animals Much smaller towas than ours have them. why should we be neglectful? Let us defend the poor brutes, who, after all. are our servants, as we are the ser wants of God. De ninimus non curet lex, :" so the law has not concerned itself but neither does 1t excuse ignorance. Let the men and women of this city organize and incorporate, under Sections 1902 and 1903 of the Code of Alabama, such an insti- tuition as will give our animals protection, for though they speak not as men. they suffer like unto them. Concord makes feeble assistancg strong. lis time now to begin our work. and see to it, that those who know it not shall be taught to lay down the cudgel and spread forth the white wings of mercy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
TWO BAD EXAMPLES.

A writer in The Saturday Evening Pos,
 tells of small American city whose two
 most prominent citizens are a very old man and a very rich one. The writer says:
 The old man is ss, though he looks nc older than man 60s and all his life he
 nas been violator of the laws of health
 The multi-millionaire to all outward ap- pearances has led an honorable life, yet from the very outset of his career he has been a persistent violator of the laws of
 morality. even those embodied in the penal code.
 Then the writer goes on to tell us that on one side of that city is a graveyard which Ifs almost wholly tenanted by men and women who were cut of in or before the prime of life through trying to follow that nonogenarian's program for long life. On the, opposite side. few miles away. there is e. penitentiary. It is filled. filled to overfowing, with men who have been sent there for trying to following that multi-miIliopaire's program for success."
 So far, so good, but there is a moral to this story. Here is man who has all most reached the century mark without any effort to follow the laws of health or right living, but it does not follow that others can initiate his example and reach his advanced age. That graveyard filled with his imitators is silent sermon against excesses and incorporate living. Because one man can violate, all health rules and laws and live to be % years old is no evidence that others may do SO. The great longevity of one man under such circumstances is one of the worst evils that can befall any community, because the example is hurtful. No one knows whether this man has always enjoyed his methods of living, but the fact that his life has been prolonged in spite of his habits is a bad example for others.
 Nor is the example of the rich man any less hurtful. According to the statement above given he has really been a crimi- nal all his life. Apparently he adopted the motto of Ben Johnson:
 Get money; still get money, boy,
 No matter by what means,
 and followed It all through life. The tenets of honesty and morality and jus tice to others have all been dead letters In his code. and to heap up wealth has been the primary object of his existence. Could the example of such man be oth- CT than bad? Nothing is more natural than that young men. noting that he has grown rich in snite of his dishopaaf l;fa and that he has not been called to ac- count for his crooked methods, should im- itate his example and fail to escape the That the penitentiary Ifs filled to overfiowing" with this rich mans imitators may be an exaggeration. but there can be no doubt of the evil results of such an example. Others will follow 1t and, instead of being prominent citi- gems, will land in prison. We hold that such men as these two are dangerous cit- izens.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17


 The esteemed Minneapolis Journal is getting sadly mixed over the many phases of the negro question. and thus epitomizes some of its troubles:
 The RAaazwith ready-made remedy for the racef @eblem is in trouble these days. It is also troublesome time for the man who thinks he understands the problem Tennessee people object to negroes as ru- ral mail carriers because of the fear white women throughout the South have of assault by negroes; the Southern press praises Booker Washington for his work at Tuskegee, and at the same time a popular subscription is made in Atlanta towards purse for the IndianapolIs chambermaid who was discharged for not attending to Washington's room.
 The only relief we can suggest for these muddled editors up North is that they come down and get acquainted with the Southern people. By that means they could learn how it is that We can fear for the safety of our women can approve and help along negro education and can ap- prove the act of white woman who re- fused to tidy up the room and bed which had been occupied by a negro. All these things are understood here but they are not understood by those who have no per- sonal acquaintance with Southern condi- tions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Better Citizenship.

Centreville Press.
 If the men of Bibb would go armed with a hoe, pick and shovel. and the wo- men with a dusting brush and broom, and lay aside the knife and pistol, there would be less crime committed and we would have a better citizenship. The knife concealed in the bosom has it's meaning as we'll as the pistol in the back pocket. Both are put there to kill if the provocation occurs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

Referring to the labored efforts of The Nashville News to uphold MT. Bryan in his attacks on MT. Cleveland The Chat tanooga Times reminds that paper that If 1t will take the pains to observe the trend of public sentiment 1t will find that Mir. Bryan has inflicted upon himself and his partisans an injury from which they cannot hope to recover, by exploiting his insane jealousy of the ex-President so persistently and defiantly."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Do Not Raise Enough.

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 The Courant has always contended that the greatest difficulty here Is that the farmers do not raise enough strawberries or any other kind of fruits and vegeta- bles. There is no danger of raising too much" There is always a demand for all that can be raised.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
It Should Succeed.

AthenS COurier
 The effort to raise a sum sufficient to advertise the great resources of Alabama at the St Louis fair should meet with the hearty response from every heart in Ala bama and a small contribution from each enterprising citizen would create fund great enough to properly place before the world our wonderful resources.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
What is the Matter.

IldTdyttte Sun.
 What is the matter with the youth of Michigan? Has it become absolutely nee essary that Prof. Trueblood should estab- fish a school for instruction in that old, yet ever new and fascinating art of court ship? Yet this Is what the papers give him credit for doing at Ann Harbor. any way, How different down here where the chief business of the pedagogue is to keep our boys and girls from practicing the hereditary art on their own hook.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
The Advertisers Circulation In
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Tne guaranteed net paid circulation of the 0alp and sunday Advertiser continues to sfow: The sworn detailed ngures for the month of April. just passed, emphasize The Aasertlsers oft-rspeafed statemant rhat its guaranteed net paid circulation is greater than the actual issue of any other two Ala Da1na morning newspapers combined Taking tnis Iaet. in connection with the high class oI the papers readers. into consideration, 1t ls no wonder The Advertiser prints . larger soiume Of advertising, local and foreign. day 0y asy, than either Of its State morning con- fenpora<zss. and at e higher rate Der inch.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
New Entrance to White House.

Cfitcism by the press of the architec- tural eccentricities lately practi:sd cn the White House premises have mad a salutary effect. A number of newspapers in behalf of the public had complained or the changes which compelled people instead of entering the Executive Man sion at the front entrance to go off the lot and around half a block. getting in on the same side that let the live stock in and out.
 Mrs. Roosevelt evidently had been read ing the newspapers, for she joined n the popular objections, notwithstanding tkat Architect McKim, specially employed for the project of experimenting and design ing the numerous and expensive improve ments of the White House end it's grounds. stoutly contended that the plans had been submitted to the Roosevelts and had their approval.
 The plan of shutting off access from the front yard to the rear of the prem- ises except by the roundabout way has been re-adjusted. new stairway will be constructed at the east end of the coping have approached the house from the Pennsylvania sidewill be permitted to en- ter the basement level by double doors The public desirous of paying respects to the Executive Mansion and it's occu- pants are not accorded so much rrivi- lege as of yore. it is true, but access is at least made more convenient, and while made 70 feel inferiority will not be sub Jccted to unnecessary annoyance by any architectural animadversion and super serviceableness. Another thing, it gives the potterers and tinkerers another chance to earn some of the lavish appro- priation made for the White House.
 Architect McKim took occasion today to state that the removal of the old steps connecting the front and rear was at the wish of tho President and Mrs. Roose- welt "I have never been at variance with them in regard to this,' he said. "and whatever was done was because the plans submitted received their approval"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Get Along Well.

Dothan Home Journal.
 Up in Chambers County there is one locality called Chggerville and another with the easy name of Chixanoxie And yet Chambers gets along about as well as any other County, except the great drouth of last summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

The Hartford Times asserts that "Grov- CT Cleveland could not get two dozen votes in Geneva County for President. /" Assuming that The Times knows what 1t is talking about. which we doubt. 1t is plain that Grover must try to dispense with Geneva's vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Would Welcome It.

Marion County News.
 The Democrats of Alabama will wei come fair and respectable opposition for they want something to fight, but we will never have decent politics as long as the negro Is a factor in the case.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
Grounds for Suspicion.

OZark Star.
 There are very strong grounds for the suspicion that exPresident Cleveland may be the next nominee of the Demo- cratic party. Certain it is that he will be very strong factor, If he should give his consent to become a candidate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
The Statue of Lee.

Southerners, and especially virginians. are rejoicing over the act of the Virginia Legislature appropriating $10,000 for the placing in Statuary Hall of the Capital a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Word from Richmond is that opposition to the step in some quarters hastened the ap- proprfation. virginia's pair in the Stat uary Hall will be George Washington and Robert F Lee, her dearest and greatest sons-the grandest rebels in any age.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

It sounds queer to hear some of our State exchanges talking about the Ire freshing showers which have fallen re- gently, while floods have visited other portions
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

The Richmond Times-Dispatch admits that wealth is not essential to success.
 but claims that it helps a man to en- joy it." But how does The I'D. know?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

The Sheffield Reaper got on spree last week and issued a n-page edition. just to show what it can do when it tries. It wasn't a dispensary spree. either. but all business. We like that sort in our con aamporaries. And the women did it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

AnnfstOn Hot Blast.
 If corsets cause consumption, as is claimed, an exchange wants to know, you know. how men contract the disease. Through too close association with the corset, of course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
The Fort Gaines CGa) Recorder says:

Grover Cleveland has been unfortunate in that he has always been in advance of the people in thoughts and ideas-the peo-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

We don't know anything about millinery, but the hats this year appear to be trimmed to look as if they were coming when they are really going.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

The Populistic attempt now being made to charge the Government with the fhnc- ton of determining rates or prices for transportation would overload tne Gov ernment with financial responsibility ard beyond all doubt create sectional s;ruz- gles which would threaten the perpcfu,ty of the Government itseif''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17

City Subscriptions should be paid to shs fol- lowing Authorised collectors onlys ]. H. But ton. City Ctrculator: T. T. Higgs Collector; z Counting Room. gf f7
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-12

and stick in the interstiees flowers that require
their whole growth to give idea Of their
beauty. Fancy a bronze vessel of this sort
holding gold and purple and white chalices of
crocuses set off by their green spears
One need not haveone of these expensive per-
forated covers or vessels to get the same effect.
A piece of the woven wire sold for chicken
yards can be cut to fit just within the mouth of
your china bowl or vase and the flowers ar
ranged in the openings to show their free full
graces. Even stout cardboard with holes cut in
it can be inserted and. if not allowed to touch
the water will last out evening
When the pyrus-japonica of the Towering al
mond boughs are to be arranged so to show
their whole beauty and there are no Japanese
vases tall and bronze. with bars across the
opening, made especially for the boughs of flow
ering shrubs, any vase sufficiently tall and
sturdy can be made to uphold the heavy
branches by fitting nicely inside the mouth
strips of bamboo.
Apple and plum and peach plucked when in
bud and placed your table to flower day after
day, will glorify dinner of herbs. Later there
will be blue flags and then glowing autumn
foliage to put into your narrow. mouth vase,
which you have fitted with the bars.
, A woman needs but little money to add these
refnements to her home. "A few coppers change
magically into scent and bloom and If she loves
bit of woods or open field she probably will
not need even these few coppers.