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that the Democratic party must stand
for a strong internal government, able
to regulate labor and business. 1t
can't escape the proposition of extend
ing, instead Of restricting, the purposes
OF national government, and thus, In
all probability, the Republican party
will take up the old Jeffersonian man
tie Of the least government the better,
but coupled with powerful preservation
Of peace and order, Just as II has be-
came the war-lIke, strong foreign poll
cy and expansion party,
Jackson stood by a mild, scientific
Democracy. but he was a fierce person.
atty that ruled, Roosevelt, too, Is n
fierce personality and he rules while he
rules.
What may be termed Cleveland DEM
ocrats want to take the course OF let
ting business alone; enforcing existing
laws and suppressing organized labor
wherein It conflicts with present laws
but these Democrats are antl.Imperial-
lists. 1t Is thus seen that there Is great
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tSulal Correspondence Of The Desre NeUs By FRANK u Cd'pcAN|

! mutations the widest dreams OF a
Croesus. and Aladdin or a Monte Cris-
TO-. 1t is not long since the million
| aires OF the United States could be
counted on your fingers and toes. NOW
tbey are numbered by thousands, n
we have individuals worth more thar
the aggregate wealth OF some OF the
smaller European states
Take Carnegie, No one knows Just
what he has. but his three hundred
million dollars OF steel securities BRING
hin in an income OF more than nfteen
million dollars n year, or o than
thousand dollars for every
day OF the week, including holidays
and Sundays John Rockefeller scoops
in something like two thousand dollars
an hour all the year through from his
stocks. real estate aud mines, and the
V%anderbilts, Astors and Gouids nave
prop%ortionately large incomes. There
are today a number Of men in the
United State worth fifty million dollars
and upward. and the organizations OF
capital whose stock runs IN eight or
more figures are legion.
FIFTEEN BILLIONS IN TRUSTS.
We now have. In addition to the bill
lion dollar steel trust, which. by the
way. ia a little shrunken at the waist,
and I'm addition to the gigantic Penn.
s%ylvania railroad, about 800 Industrial
combinations, which command, all told,
fifteen thousand millions Of dollars, We
have 9iS industrial trusts capitalized at
seven thousand millions, aud more than
5000 other corporations, These trusts
are swallowing their smaller COM
petitors. They are branching out to
include all businesses Of proht. ana IN
many cases are binding the hands of
industry with trade regulations, III
deed. we are fast becoming a nation
OF pool-makers, rate-hxers and profit
sharers. and new questions Of enormous
importance stare us In the face.
THE HERCULES OF ORGANIZED
LABOR.
At the same time our working men
are organizing on a gigantic scale. The
trades unions are growing as never be-
fore, and they are combining into asso.
Citations Of enormous proportions. we
have more than 10000 unions I'm one fed
GRAFTON. and these unions V every
trade and hope to control every wage
Garner. John Mitchell estimates that
there are from two and one-half to
three million |workingmen in the vari-
Gus unions; and Samuel G0mpers tells
me there are more than two millions
associated together In the American
Federation OF Labor. This federation
has national, international central, state
and local unions, which 1t hopes to
WELD as one man on all great labor
questions.
Some Of the unions are very .stropgi
and some are pillng up funds In their
treasures to use in the strikes and
struggles which may arise between cap.
ital and labor, The United Mine Work.
ers, for instance. has 300. 900 workers,
and II has $1,000. 900 saved M. The CT.
gar Makers union has 10000 members.
and II annually handles. all told. more
than a million dollars, giving death hen.
eits and out-of'work payments TO It's
unfortunate members. There are many
other unions of large size. but these
viii show more or less what all are
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while Ralph NJ. Easley ia the sec,s,o..
TRUSTS AND LABOR AGAINST TIM
PUBLIC. -"
All these combinations are chlea,.
ior labor and capital. Their dIffsr.
enees are to be ~reconciled. What A.,
average man wants 10 know il whnm,
me public Is to rome In. How nho,,
the consumer who pays the bIllss
~tverybody's business is nobody's busl,
ness. and while the Representatives 80
the public In the Civic federation ayo
men OF great force. they have not tba
vital pocket book interest OF employ
and employe. The laborers want hIoh
wages, the manufacturers can saiss'
~ Thorn without personal loss by In.
creasing prices, and the public carrie
the burden.
Indeed, the combinations Of can,,,,
as TO prices are now organized as never
before. Nearly every trade has ia
association, which meets together 70
stife individual competition. There is
a wholesale druggist combinat,nn
which represents ninety per cent OF ,ha
iobbing trade Of the United ststes
The members of this meet ana dec,ds
just how much we shall pay for otr
pills, powders and bitters. and especl.
ally for our patent medicines OF all
kinds, The combination will not per.
init the dealers to undersell one an
other. II has spies on the road m
watch them. and the man who cn,s
the regular list IL furnished no mora
goods.
The book sellers and book publishers
have recently combined to force the re-.
failing Of books at net prices, and the
book stores which give discounts ara
not to be supplied.
The plumbers associations are now
providing that all sorts OF plumbers'
supplies shall be sold only to plumbers.
and the handy Yankee will no more be-
able TO stop a leak or put In a washer
or splgot for himself. He can't Net
the spigot without ordering II through
his plumber. and II he does so tho
plumber will get his percentage out NJ
the price. Indeed. II Ia not possible
for the ordinary man to buy a section
of gas pipe In many OF our cities.
POOLS TO RAISE PRICES,
In this way the consumer IL at the
mercy of the dealer and the workman
combined. Such combinations are be.
ing extended TO all branches of trade.
In many OF the cities the bakers dare
not deliver their own bread, but must
send 1t to the grocery stores, II must
be made by union hands, or It will not
be accepted. The New York confec.
toner who cuts the association price u
candy Ia fined $50. and the New York
milk dealer Ia In q combination which
fixes the amount paid to the farmers.
Indeed, the farmers themselves are
talking Of pools, and n Of them re.
Gently proposed a national organization
to raise the price of corn to a dollar
a bushel. Such a demand Is no more
ridiculous than are the actions OF many
Of the industrial pools OF today.
FRANK @, CARPENTER.
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what is the difference between a
Democrat and q Republican, Is a
question sent TO the Post. recently, by
various persons In various forms Of
language, but all meaning the same.
One query presents the old proposition
Of voting for principles or for men,
that Is to say, IL one candidate Is SUI
perior to another. may the less able
candidates party policy be more i'm
portant and vital and offset the others
personal advantages? Answering that
question involves. What is the differ
ence between the Republican and the
Democratic party policy and principles
and ultimate purposes"
Several books have been Issued lately
dealing with these questions from an
historical standpoint, chief among them
The Life and Times OF Thomas JEFF
ferson,' by Thomas II. Watson (The
Appletons). and "Jeffersonian Democra-
cy," by John Y. Dunlap Cthe Jefferson
ian society, New York;. Unfortunately
these books are full of crochets. The
authors try to prove their own present
day theories by jefferson instead OF set
ting forth what jefferson advocated and
represented In his day. 1t seems al
most impossible for u partisan mind TO
work along bipartisan lines.
The fact is that It il absurd TO try
20 prove what the Democratic party
ought to be today by Thomas jefferson,
who died IN 1926. II Is equally impos-
slblc to determine present Republican
principles by the work and words of
Abraham Lincoln. who died when the
generation now passing from the earth
was young. But history throws light
upon the origin OF things and II must
he considered in forming a conclusion,
Without exception, the queries received
by the Post asked about the difference
between the two great parties NOW.
From that standpoint, the writer viii
try to answer them,
The Republican party's original rea-
.fons for existence necessarily Involved
the proposition OF strong central gov
ernmcnt. Its main issue being TO
stamp out rebellion and secession, II
had to practise centralized government.
The Republican party came Into being
and enjoyed power, not as n matter Of
the science of government, II was not
the product OF a study Of the science
Of government. II was conceived In a
demand for the abolition Of slavery and
born through a passion to preserve
the Union. Its bright and glorious
guiding star was National Strength,
Jenerson's was 4 PEOPLES party.
Lincoln's was a NATIONS party.
The Civil war temporarily suspended,
scattered and lost to the people the
questions Of science NJ government.
Beyond It's stand for National Strength
and a protective tariff, the Republican
party was crude and undeveloped' II
replied to It's opponents with the roll
Of drums and with waving Of llags. It's
purposes Were impulsiye, rather man
studied. Their strength lay in their
c%loseness to that most powerful OF po-
lltical factors-patriotism,
The country had been shattered by
civil war. And the Republican party
sought TO build up prosperity win u
protective tariff. creating great INDUS
tries,
II was chary about foreign policy
Indeed, Il had none,
Both parties, in reality, have been un'
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tcopyrIshted by Frank c. carpenter)

(Copyrighted by Frank G. Carpenter)
~ a ARLINGTON u. CT have
V . =. ! !. !: !: 6: !. I. :: !. :: !: :: !. :. !: {. !. !. !: !" !. !.
been asked to make an in
l tcry!ew investigation OF
A some Of the great bread
and butter questions which
arc now agitating the
minds CT most Of the men
and women Of the United
States. These questions are those re-
latine TO the new conditions Of capital
and labor. the question of the big deal
or swallowing the little one, OF high
wages and high prices. Of long OF snort
hours. OF union and uOn-union, ana es-
pecially whether The consumer IL 10 De
ground between the upper and neither
mill. stones OF employer and employe.
These are problems which AFFECT every
mans p%ocketbook, his chance TO work
for whom he pleases, his wages II he
is a laborer and his profits II he Is a
capitalist. and. In fact, the comfort and
success or failure Of every one In the
country.
A FREE-FOR.ALL
The interviews will be with represcn-
tative men Of all classes, | shall have
talks with some OF our chief capital
lists. including now and then q million
aire or trust magnate, who Will give
lis the benefits Of |arganized capital,
and shall have expressions OF opinion
from the leaders Of the trade unions.
who in their mighty hands Weld the
millions Of organized labor. The nom
union mass viii be represented by other
thinkers. as will also the unorganiSed
and long suffering public. which pays
all the bills and forms the very foun-
dalton Of the existence Of laborer n
capitalist.
wish to say at the start that these
interviews are not the expression OF
my opinion or that Of this paper. In
them the man who talks may say what
he %pleases. and the more forclbly the
better. Ny only aim Is 10 give n fair
show to all sides without fear or favor,
II labor IL denounced this week, capt.
tai may have It's denunciation next.
The u"nlonlst and non-unlonlst Is here
on an equal footing, and the lndividu-
al establishment and the great trust
stand side by side, AS for me | am
only the telephone connection between
the men interviewed and my readers
a mere receiver and transmitter-my
chief ambition being to distinctly con-
vey the sound.
The present letter gives some idea of
the situation and the parties AT issue
The interviews will begin publication
next Saturday.
LAND OF GOLDEN GIANTS.
In the past the United States has
been great through It's individual cltl.
zens. II has been the land OF all
others where the single man could stand
nlone and fight his way UP through any
sphere to fame and fortune. This con-
dition Is rapidly changing, We are
doing things In the large. Men work
IN bands. and dollars in millions. The
land Is one OF golden giants, Of mighty
masses OF organized capital and her
culean armies OF organized labor.
First look at u combinations OF
capital. They surpass In their accn-
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doing and the power they may WELD in
the future.
?l.OOO TRADES UNIONS.

2A.OOO TRADES UNIONS.
These trades unions DO not by any
means include the majority or our
working men. II IL doubtful II they
have more than Is per cent Of them.
Nevertheless they are banded together
under leaders. and n l-commanded
army is stronger than 10 times as many
individuals,
have said there are $4,000 unions.
To show their variety | give you some
of those which are OF a national or in
ternational character, taking them from
a list which | have from the American
Federation Of Labor.
There are national associations OF
bakers. BARRIERS, bill posters and black
smiths. There are associations Of blast
furnacemen. boiler makers. bookbind-
ers. boot and shoe workers, broom max
ers and those who labor In breweries.
There are brotherhoods of carpenters
and joiners, Of wagon workers ana
wood carvers, car workers ana chain
makers, and also Of clerks and cigar
makers, coopers and commercial teieg-
raphers,
There are unions OF electrical work.
ers and electrical constructors, OF coal
hoisting engineers, steam engineers
and also OF fremen, flour mill men and
freight handlers,
There. are garment workers united In
a union embracing many thousands,
glass workers, glass bottle blowers and
glass snappers. Even the gold heaters
have a national union, and also me
grinders OF table knives. The hatttrs
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betn more than twice those Of their em-
ployero. They have amounted to over
$500, 900, C0C. and have caused more than
G.UtO,COU idle workmen. During the
sime time the lockouts have affected
more .hsn half a million workmen, re-
sultlng In a wage loss Of about $50, OQO,-
0)0.
OK the above strikes about one-half
succeeded some were partial successes
AL more than one-third total failures.
Tie st'lkec Of the past year have beer
more than usually successful. Times
have been good. orders plenty, n
the eml lcyers could not afford to stop
the factories. They have given In to
thu men and wages have risen, Times
nov prt mise 10 be hard. Many es-
IN .iishments are cutting down their
forces ana some are reducing wages.
wa thcr these changes win cause new
strikes rmains to be seen.
500 FACTORIES AGAINST THE
UNIONS.
At tie same time an association OF
manufacturers has been formed 10 OPP
pose what they claim are the exactions
OF thu. unions. This IL said to have a
memlpIsl ip OF 5000 factories, each of
which contributes $50 a year toward
the movement. 1t is rapidly increasing
I'm size and IL extending lts work 10
ell Larts Of the country. 1t has estab-
llshed a publication and information
bureat NJ indianapolis and, like the
trades unions, 1t is doing missionary
work in advocation OF its principles.
The head Of this association is David
NJ. Parry of Indiana, who Is also pres
ident Of the Citizens Industrial assocl-
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Wonderful Nerve.

Is displayed by many a mar endur.
ing pains OF accidental Cuts, Wounds,
Bruises, Burns, scalds, Sore feet or
stiff joints. But there's no need for Il.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve will Kill
the pain and cure the trouble. IT'S the
best Salve on earth for Piles, too. 2ic,
at z. c. NJ. I. Drug Store.
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a Land OF Golden Giants -Our 800 Industrial Combinations
And Their Fifteen Billion Dollar twenty.
-Four Thousand Trades Onions and What they Represent
Hundreds Of Millions Lost In Strikes-Whaf fhe Civic
Federation Is Doing The Industrial Associafion-FoW
Some Unions and some Trusts are Squeezing the public
The Day OF High Prices.
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~
| These people claim that the labor union
IL nothing more than a labor trust. de-
signed for the benefit Of It's WI mem
bers at the expense OF the public. They
] stand for the non-union man and for
| the individual and especially for the
rights of the employer against organ
lied labor. They are for the open shop
and against boycotts. blacklists and
strikes. claiming that all differences
between employers and employees
should be settled by an amicable meth.
cd that viii preserve the rights Of both
parties.
THE CIVIC FEDERATION,
Perhaps the most powerful force now
organized for the prevention OF labor
troubles Is the National Civic Fedora
ton. This Is composed OF prominent
employers Of labor, the heads Of the
great labor unions and a number Of
leading thinkers representing the pub
lie. These men meet together In con-
vention at certain fixed periods 10 dis
cuss the differences Of labor and capi-
tai and how they may be amicably set
tied. They have an executive commit
tee, which tries 10 bring the employers
and employees together wherever there
II trouble, and this has already settled
many strikes and prevented others. In
1902 the Civic Federation averted a
strike Of $1,000 workmen In 30 paper
mills, and il had settled II coal strikes
before the troubles In the anthracite
fields began. Its members did what
they could in the anthracite strike, but
were unable 10 succeed. During the
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$500, 900. 800 LOST IN STRIKES.

These labor unions are better organ
lied than ever before, and their lead
ers have enormous power as to the In
auguration or the prevention OF strikes.
Their demands for higher wages and
better conditions are steadily advanc-
ing and within the past few years the
strikes have materially Increased. Ac-
cordlng to the figures of the labor
bureau here at Washington there have
been involved a loss to the wage earn
ers ami their employers Of about $780,
900 600. The losses Of the workmen have
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are united. The horseshoers have a
brotherhood and so have the hodcar-
riers.
Every one knows Of the iron and
steel workers, the leather workers and
the longshoremen. The machinists
have numerous unions and 80 have the
metal workers and the mine workers.
There are national unions OF mold
ers. Of meat cutters and metal polish
ers. There are bTotherhoods OF oil and
gas men. and also Of painters and pa
perhangers. Every householder knows
OF the plumbers union, and every pub
Usher those which deal with printers
and pressmen.
There are all sorts of railway organ
izatlons. there are saw smiths and spin
ne"s, shipwrlghts and stage employees
and unions Of %tailors, timers and tin
plate men, Indeed, | might go through
the rest Of the alphabet and give num-
erous unions under every letter and In
clude only those which are national In
character and cover the whole United
States.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-02
A SONG OF PATIENCE.

Only for a little while
Sunny days consent to smile
All their charms must fade away
in the midsts of wintry gray.
Flowers must wither; leaves must
fall;
flushed must be the robins call
Summers blooms but to beguile
Only for a little while.
But the SHOWS will melt at last,
Days of storms are quickly past;
Just the same as days so gay
Sun and shadows shift and play.
Quan the pleasures while you can;
Bear the sorrows like a man.
For the tear is, like the smile,
Only for a little while.
Washington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-02
nThe School for mothers.u

"The School for Mothers" original
ed by Nine. Moll-Weiss in Bordeaux,
is being much discussed. There is
a question of starting similar educa-
tional establishments in Paris and
other large centres in France on the
same system, and thinking people are
applauding the measures taken to fur
Their the interests of humanity.
Hitherto young girls were brought
up to ignore the very things they
should be taught They had no notion
of the elementary principles of hy-
giene, of the dressing of infants, Of
the management of household ex-
penses, the price of food, etc. All this
will be taught them, and prepares
them for the position of wives and
mothers.
BY Lord Kitchener's orders soldiers
who fall victims to phthists are now
sent home from India.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1904-12-02

large, oddly Iumpy envelope before
her. AS Tekla picked it up, Mr.. Wolfe
turned suddenly to his partner.
Armstrong" said he, you remem-
Der that appointment with Johnson
at the bank?"
Thus considerably left alone, Tekla
opened her large envelope. Inside
were twenty-seven smaller envelopes,
on the outside of each of which was
printed Sill. Please count immedi-
ately." Besides this, each small en-
velope bore a date, one Tor every day
in August, the Sundays excepted.
Tekla, wondering what this meant
opened one of the envelopes, spread
the enclosed coin on her table, and
counted.
why" exclaimed Tekla, II must
have made a mistake! I'm eighteen
cents short
But the second count brought no
better result. Ninety-three cents was
all the packet contained. Laying it
aside for future consideration, Tekla
opened the next tiny envelope Some
thing was wrong with that that, too
It contained only seventy-eight cents.
Three packets contained the full
amount, one dollar and eleven cents.
These, however, were Offset by two
others, holding respectively nineteen
and fourteen cents, while third en-
closed absolutely nothing but large
Canadian penny. Telzla gasped, and.
looked at the date. 1t was August
tenth.
Now what" unused Tekla, begin,
ming to see light, was | doing on
Oh, yes, that was Elizabeth Buttons
birthday. I teIephoned Mr.. Wolfe that.
wouldn't be down because l was in
vited to- help Elizabeth celebrate"
TekIa, with a flush creeping into
her cheeks, counted her money. 1t
amounted to- fifteen dollars and sew
enty-f1ve cents. A slip of paper at
tached to- the newest of the dollar
bills caught her attention. She read
the words: An honest day deserves
an honest dollar
'"Amd honest day-an honest day"
repeated TekTa. regarding with misty
eyes the heap of silver and copper
coin. Does he mean that the other
days weren't honest?~
Am hour later, when Mr. Wolfe and
Mr. Armstrong returned, Tekla's
cheeks were red. her eyes were reso-
lutte, the machine was giving forth
short, sharp, metallic clicks, and all
round the Industrious girl were neat
ly typewriter pages, for Tekla was
doing am honest days work.
She did not have a relapse to her
old, easy-going habits Nothing was,
said, BUT when payday came again.
TellIa received two checks, Mr.. ARM.
strong's, for thirty dollars and Mr..
Wolfe's; for fourteen dollars and TWEEN
ty-fye cents Choosing a moment
when Mr.. Armstrong was absent, Tex
la laid the second check on Mr..
Wolfe's desk.
Il didn't earn it, said she, briefly.
Not last month, perhaps" said Mr..
Wolfe, pushing the slip towards Tekla
and smiling, "but you've more than
made UP for it since Mr.. Armstrong
says you're worth two Miss Dodds.
That's a good deal from Mr.. Arm
strong, you know"
ooh, I'm glad" breathed Tekla, fer
yently. That's worth all the picnics
I've missed. youths Companion.