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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
Our Barrel Industry

Few persons know that the manufac-
ture of barrels in the United States is
a very extensive industry and that the
introduction of improved machinery in
their manufacture has made the cooper
age business in this country the largest
in the world The Chicago Chronicle
has been investigating this business and
furnishes figures that will excite general
surprise. 1t appears that there are up
wards of 300 DOC. 900 barrels and circular
packages manufactured in this country
annually. and the demand increases so
that this output must be steadily broad
ened in order to keep pace with the
growth of the business. The largest de-
mands for barrels is in the cement bust
ness which approximately amounts to
35,OoO,OOO year for the trade. while
flour comes next with a demand for o.
5OO,OOO; fence staples, bolts, nuts, and
nails require 15,OO0,000, and sugar 49,
100000. Roasted coffee spices cookery
and fruits and vegetables use up about
5.UoO.OOO barrels a year each, while the
glassware trade, baking powder COM
panieS, distilled liquor manufacturers and
candy, tobacco, and cheese packers are
big users of barrels. averaging in each
trade from 100000 to 100000 bar
rels. The demand for barrels for molas-
ses, OIL lard and pork is also enormous,
while dry paint, glue. snuff, oatmeal
screws, castings, and general hardware
articles annually increase the demand on
the cooperge supply.
While the amount of expenditure for
barrels can be closely estimated for a
gwen year. it is not possible to say how
many barrels are in actual use. The life of
"a barrel is put down at one year by the
trade but that is far from true. The
great majority of barrels are used many
times. They begin as sugar or -four bar
rels, and are then sold to the farmer for
shipping his produce to the market. 1t
may be that they are returned to him
several times. carrying potatoes or pick
les to market in the first trip, and then
cabbage or lettuce in the next, each car
go being lighter in weight than the pre-
vlouS one, owing to the weakened condi-
ton of the barrels. Finally, the barrel
may serve out its life work us a garbage
receptacle, and be burned in the end in
some tenement house to keep ont the
winters chill Thus it may be said THAT
n barrel follows Il more useful career
thfln almost amy other manufactured ar
tlcle, and its life is much longer than a
season.
The demand for barrels is steadily in
creasing. because modern machinery has;
made it possible to make them for the
trade cheaper than almost any other
form of package. That ii is the most
convenient form of package has long
been acknowledged. The ancient cocper's
art was skilled one. and the work of
cutting ont the slaves and then arsScmbl-
ing them required long practice and APP
premiership. To-Day machinery performs
in fraction of the time what hand labor
did 50 slowly and clumsiy.
The modern veneer machines have been
instrumental in reducing the cost of bar
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
Missionary Ridqe

Stretching for miles along the eastern
order of the city, picturesque and pleas
ing to view, is Missionary Ridge. How
well that name is known from the hem
locks of Maine to the flowers of Florida
and yet how different from it's name are
the associates one gives it when it is
pronounced!
In history it is recorded as being the
scene of one of the tiercest conflicts Of
the Civil War, but to the people who
know the origin of the name it is a monu-
ment to the memory of a band of devoted
self sacrificing Christian men, who, brav-
ing the hardships of emigration, not for
the love of gain, but to help their fellow
men. built the Brainard mission on the
picturesque heights known by the name
of Missionary Ridge.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
WOODLAND.

Rev. f. y. Moore will commence re-
vival services at Asbury NJ. E. Church
Sunday evening.
Misses Miriam and Estela Maxwell, of
Pennington. visited their cousins, the
Misses Rawlings, several days last week.
Mrs. ]. II. Brown, of Port Deposit,
visited relatives here from Saturday to
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. T. Bryde and Miss
Mildred. of Wilmington, sepnt Sunday
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward c. Williams
spent Monday in Baltimore, purchasing
furniture for their new home in Denton,
Nd.
The Aid Society met at the church last
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. +. y. Moore spent several days
this week with her brother at Drew Sem
mary.
Miss Salle McMaster has returned
from delightful visit with Washington
friends.
Mr. George Bryde, of Wilmington, was
the guest of his parents from Saturday
to Tuesday.
Mr.. Gisr'el and Master Sovereign, of
Baltimore, visited Rev. f. y. Moore this
week.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
The National Bank of
Rising Sun. Md.

The Present is the day of
opportunity. Do not wait until
you have large sum, but open an
account with us now, form the
habit of regularly saving a portion
of your income, and thus be as
sured of independence and comfort
in your later years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
Honest Wealth
nest graft" -Plunkitt.

Honest graft. -Plunkitt.
Honest poverty. Andrew Carnegie
Plunkitt believes in getting rich by DO,
lltical pull, though carefully avoiding
and "monkeying with the penal code
Mr.. Carnegie, although one of the three
or four richest men in the world, saws
that it is 'honeSt poverty and the in.
Spratlon to progress that goes with il
upon which our sound principles of de-
mocracy must stand.
There is, however one thing better
IMAM honest poverty, and it is:
Honest wealth.
Wealth that represents industry, fru-
gality, patience, skill; wealth that en-
riches the world even more than the
possesNor; wealth acquired by strict adj
herrncc to moral and economic law.
wealth that is used bcneficiently and not
displayed in laviShness and wantonnes<
of living. in utter disregard of the rights
OF others; wealth that is kept within rea
Sonable bounds and not made the object
OF suspicion and fear; it is honest wealth
that makes great nation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
The Christmas Box
For Men And Women

Wonderful saving $3.50 for shoe worth $225 Misses
Leather Shoe $3.50 breaking cracking $500
Shoes in all the styles and leather $3.50 $500 and $3.50
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
Dust Is A Friend

While dust contains many of our NOR
tai enemies. it is one of our very best
friends says the Sunday School Times
and the finer it is, the more we owe to it.
IF there were no dust the sky would not
be blue. there would be no raindrops, no
SnowtlakeS, no hailstorms, no clouds, no
gorgeous sunsets, no beautiful sunrises.
The instant the sun passed out of sight
we should be in darkness. The instant
it rose it would be sharp circle of light
in a black sky. There would be no even
ing glow to chat or think in. no lovely
dawn with bird song and cattle low at
natures awakening. The dome of the
sky would be as dark as it is on a bright
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-12-02
GOOD MORNING!

Suppose you have heard all about the
This different kind of ticket in the
MERCHANDISE Back of claim goods
It, That makes word worth its in
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plete understanding, a common pro
gram. The teachers would teach the
children, the editors would instruct
their parents. A common patriotism
would be taught in the school room
a common patriotism disseminated by
the press. True comradeship taught
In the schools-brotherly love
preached by the newspapers. Such a
union and such an understanding
would mean less prejudice. less fac
tion, less strife 1t would mean closer
unity, more harmony and a broader
patriotism. 1t would mean that reason
would be appealed 20 more and pas
sion less; justice more and selfish in
terests less; the welfare Of all, not
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the few Yes,
the press would publish the news
all the news-the works OF righteous
ness as Wen as the works of iniquity
but there would be greater effort not
to excite passion, not to engender
strife. not to arouse the devil Of class
hatred We would not fondle the ser
pent nor play above the den Of the
cockatrice
Disregard for Law Menace to Society.
But there is still greater problem
to be solved than that of class hatred
lit is the problem Of obedience to
law.
Disregard for law is the most com
mon. the most insidious and the most
dangerous Of all our national sins. It
IS so widespread and affects so many
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-09

In America we have all races. all
natioralitles all, languages, all sects.
all religions. every condition Of wealth
and poverty. all ideas Of government
and personal iberty-all these side by
side. working together. usually in har-
mony. sometimes olashing, sometimes
riot. ng, but always elements of dan
ger-the live wire passing through the
powder in the magazine. II is the
glory Of public schools to be the chief
agency in assimilating and unifying
these Heterogeneous elements, making
Americans out of all with common
ideals and common patriotism. 1t is
in the public schools that the children
OF all classes-rich and poor, white
and black. foreign and American born
all are given the same opportunities
all are taught one language, all are
taught to love, protect and defend one
country and one flag.
But how much more effectively
could this work be done # there was
closer union between the public
schools and the public press-a com
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The Public Schools
and the Public Press.

Tan address delivered before the
National Editorial association at Guth-
ne. Friday morrng. June 9, 1905, by
John W. carr, superintendent Of the
Anderson, lad, schools, and president
OF the department Of superintendent
of the National Educational associa.
toni
"Mr President: AS a member Of one
n. p. A.-the National Educational as
sociation--it affords me genuine pleas
ure to be permitted to bear greetings
to another n. e. A.--the National Edi-
torial association-and To be your
guest on this occasion. The emblem
OF the organization I represent is a
lighted lamp. typifying its purpose-
the enlightenment of men. This em-
biem would be equally appropriate for
this organization. for it. too is pri-
marily a bearer Of light-the light Of
truth. the light of lmoRledge. In
fact. enlightenment is the chief con-
Germ of both associations, and, if it
we're deemed advisable, they might
with propriety be merged into one
greater n. r. A.-the National En-
liehtenment association-without doing
violence to the Fundamental princi-
ples and purposes Of either organiza-
iton. SO. while ] do not come as
the accredited representative Of tho
National Educational association yet
I am sure i express the wishes Of all
the members of that great organiza-
tion when / bear fraternal greetings
and assure you that the sentiments
most cherished by you are dearest
also TO us. j count myself particularly
fortunate and appreciate the honor
Of being permitted to speak to you on
a subject so dear to the hearts Of the
membership Of both organization
The Public Schools and the Public
Press
This Is the Age Of Learning.
This is distinctly the age Of learn
ing. other ages have produced schol-
ars aud made splendid contributions
10 the fund of human knowledge. /
would not disparage their achieved
ments nor detract from their ronown.
But in every other age learning has
been for the few, the rich and the
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-........'....-.. '.....
highly favored while now in this
country at least. it is the heritage
Of all The marvellous development of
our country has not been due alone
TO our natural resources, but primar-
lily TO the intelligence and energy Of
our people Our rapid conquest Of the
markets Of the world Is due chiefly TO
the genius Of ire captains Of American
industry and 10 the intelligence Of
American worlgingmen. We are su-
preme Ia agriculture no. alone because
Of the fertility Of our soil but because
Of the fertility of our br,irs The
wonders Of science, the maryals Of in.
yention, the triumph Of meehan cal
and industrial arts. the substitution
II machinery =, do the worlds work
instead OF man and beast, the conquest
o. time and space by means Of steam
and electricity the improvement Of
food plants and the Invention of new
ones. the multiplication of hbrar es
and schools and books and newspapers,
the Increase Of travel and the wonder
ful interchange Of thought-these are
charaeterltic of the times and attest
the fact that this is primarily the age
Of learning
Universal Education Impossible With
out the Public SCHOOLS and the Pub
lis Press.
Now, such an age Of universal
learning would not have been possi-
BE without the public school and the
public press. The public school gives
10 all the peopl etha udiments Of
knowledge, and in these latter days.
through the agency Of the public high
school. science and literature and
some OF the culture Of the race Is be-
coming the heritage OF the common
foik-reaching an OF the people The
work Of universal education begun by
the public school is continued and ex-
tended by the public press Our
knowledge OF geography and history,
yes. even of science and art would
grow DINNER and DINNER perhaps in
many Instances entirely vanish, If it
we're not for the public press Ques-
tlons Of government and society and
-.eaenaerce and finance and education
and religion and science and ari-ia
short. an the questions Of pence and
war are discussed daily IN the pub
lc Rsss and BY that means the work
Of universal education goss dn and on.
'The public school Is she hope Of
our country; the public prsss the bull
uark of our liberties The tw6 are IN
separsble one useless without the
6fhsr They are the twin chiltren Of
democracy the embodiment on free
ton and enlightenment Each in
i a. immortal spirit. but the bot -
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are dead And it is we'll ] would
not have It otherwise. But snail the
soldiers Of peace the teachers Of the
nation-shall these men and women
who are giving the best years of their
lives to the instruction of children,
who are taking hostages Of the fu-
tu2e in order to secure the peace and
prosperity Of their country. shall they
be paid a mere pittance for their ser
vices while they can serve-shall they
be dismissed in disgrace without cause
and then be compelled to live in pow
erty in their old age? appeal to
the public press Of the nation.
But a better understanding between
the public schools and the public press
would not rebound to the benefit Of
the former alone. AS the schools inn
prove in enicienoy'the people advance
in knowledge and wealth. This ad-
vanoement has made the development
and the multiplication Of daily news
papers possible The better educated
the people are the greater is the de-
mand for newspapers and the greater
S the power and influence of editors.
a metropolitan newspaper in the Sou
dan or among the 1gorrotes would
neither be profitable nor influential
The Better the Schools, the Better the
No,.,ep.pare
Again. as the people increase in
intelligence and knowledge they de
mand better things of the press You
can Judge the intelligence and tastes
yes, even the morals, Of people by
The kind of newspapers they read Il
the news columns are filed with the
pruient and the sensational, if the Ian
guage is coarse and slangy, if there
is a desrth Of science, art, literature
and religion, if the editorials are abus
i've OF 90 not ring true, If the adver
tisements appeal 20 the ignornace, Gu
pidity, infrmities and appetites of the
people-if these things abound in the
newspapers, they are, or soon will be
indicative Of the intelligence, the teetes
and the morals Of their readers. Ii
is significant fact that even adver-
tisements are graded. not only in ref
erence TO the occupation Of people
reached, but by their intelligence, in
tegrity and cTedulty.
"As the public schools improve in ef-
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elected to office only to betray the
people they are supposed to serve.
Great labor organizations sometimes
rush into unwise and unicstifable
strikes, resulting in loss Of property.
acts Of violence and all too frequently
terminating in bloodshed and murder
Some business men and so-called good
citizens resort to bribery and all sorts
of fnesse order to obtain valuable
franchises and other public utilities
without adequate compensation to the
people. Great corporations sometimes
rise to opulence and power by resort
ing to espionage. bribery, oppression
and crimes Of various sorts. But in
whstever form, whether as riots, or
mobs. or white-oappings or lynchings,
or the evasion Of the liquor laws, or
perjury. CT rebates to shippers, or tax
odging. or vo,e buying, or the pros
titution Of official position, or the pur
chase of legislatures, it is all one
thing- disregard for law
Now, gentlemen. IL this national
disease is to be cured we must go to
the very root of the matter Children
must be taught obedience and respect
for law and constituted authority
There must he better discipline In the
home and in the public schools. !
do moi plead for the sternness. harsh-
ness and brutality of the old.time dis
cipline. but even that is preferable to
much of our soft sentimentality that
causes MS 20 be afraid % spank Johnny
for fear he Will die or win never love
us any more But Johnny will not de
and he will grow only the stronger in
character and love because his pa
rents and teachers have taught him a
wholesome regard f5r law The pub
lie schools will fail. misersbly fail, If
there is not proper discipline in them
chicago has banshed the rod from
the schools, but she has not done away
with he policeman's club and the
fixed bayonets of an armed soldiery.
THE public press can assist greatly
in the maintenance Of proper dsci-
pline in the schools If the press in
sists that there shall be proper dis
cipline. if it refrains from giving UNI
due publicity in magnifed form 70
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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every little case that arises, If It re-
fuses to champion the cause OF every
callow youth who fails to pass in his
studies cr has been spanked or sus-
pended on account OF his misconduct.
if it declines to give the use Of its
columns to Tom, Dick and Harry IN
order that they may air their griev-
ances or get even with their teachers
such a policy will aid teachers and
school officials not only in the main
tenance Of proper discipline in the
schools but in the development Of cit
izens that will respect and obey the
law after they leave the schools.
while the public press can assist
teachers greatly in training children
to respect and obey law, yet it has
still greater privilege, and a higher
duty to perform-it is to demand that
adults obey the law and that no class
be privileged to disregard il. This
duty and this responsibility can no
more be eyaded than the sentinel can
evade responsibility for the welfare
of the army while he is on picket duty
in the presence Of the enemy It would
be presumption or me to attempt tc
tell you how this duty is TO be per
formed-that is your problem But
believe this problem to be Of such
importance that the history OF our
country win be affected by the solu-
uon that IS given
CONTINUED on page 12)
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National Committeeman for Oklahoma
Of the n. E. A-The Man Who
Brought the Conventicn 20 Okla
homa
.e.........'........ ........'...'.'.s..
fciency, the newspapers viii contain
fewer misstatemeuts, fewer personaii-
ties, less sophistry less demagogy,
and more that ennobles and uplifts.
AS editors and teachers become better
acquainted they will understand each
other better and each viii have more
sympathy. more respect for the other
Teachers will not regard editors as
coarse, critical, unsympathetic and
cynical: neither will editors regard
all teachers as impractical pedantic,
sentimental and soft-ft subjects for
caricature and ridicule On the other
mand. they win understand each other
better and each will have more sympa
thy and more respect for the other
The Larger Benefits Of Closer Union
Between the School and the Press
"But the benefits to the public
schools and the public press arising
from closer union between the two
are insignificant compared to the ben
ehts to the country at large from such
union. 1t has been the dream Of
my life to see this union made eifec
tive and perpetual and to see these two
mighty agencies OF democracy, inc
spred by the highest motives, work
ing side by side to dethrone evil and
10 exalt Righteousness. ] do not min
lmize the work of either the schools or
the press Ia the past But what has
been done IS only sign of greater
things that may be accomplished IN
the future. do not expect such a
union to bring about the millennium
but do believe that it would DO much
TO AID n the solution Of some Of the
grayest problems that confront our
people problems which. Il allowed 10
remain unsolyed wiz threaten our ma.
tlonal life
The Danger Of Class Hatred.
CAS- an example take the problem
Of class hatred
In the past. class hatred has been
the cause Of the downfall Of nations
Sometimes it was the hatred between
Jew and Gentle; sometimes between
Greek ane barbarian; sometimes &c
was Guelph versus Ghi5beline Again.
II was the rich against the poor. the
pleb against the patr'cian-M3rius
against sully and sully against Marias
Sometimes Il was the military against
the ciyila an; sometimes it was one
class or race or nationality oT religion
or sect against another But 10 what.
ever form. it was always the death of
faction. the devil o. party. the enmlty
of class against class ttet proyG dis.
astrous TO their country
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let us hope that e. too is immortal
But the real purpose Of this address
is not to extoll the greatness Of either
the public schools OF the public press.
but rather to point out their limitations
and imperfections, and especially to
show how each may be helpful 70 the
other and how both may render a
greater service to their country and
to mankind.
Some Problems That Confront the Pub
lie Schools.
"Grea. as has been the work Of the
public school, yet there are many
problems TO be solved and many diff
culties TO be overcome before It. is
capable Of doing its noblest work. In
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many localities the schools are crippled
because there is not the proper .ntel-
ligent, patriotic public sentiment back
of them. Il is true fhat there are
plenty Of people willing TO extol the
glor.es Of our free public school sys-
tenn and to insist that their particular
schools are the best in the country.
Yet we often find these same patriots
CD using the schools to forward their
own selfish intrests by ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain The
best Of one generatoa should be the
teachers Of the next THIS is impos-
sble so long as teaching is regarded
as a mental task and teachers are
ground down by poverty and subject
to dismissal without cause at the
whim Of anyone who may be elevated
to power Good physical environ
ments a course of study suited to the
needs Of the people, competent teach
ers 10 instruct, wise and economic ad-
ministraton of school affairs. proper
and wholesome discipline, high ideals
not only Of scholarship but Of oharac-
ter. above all splendid teaching am
noble living in the school room and
intelligent, loyal support out of the
school room-these things are essen
tial in every community If the public