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The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04
MAKE VOTING y PRIVILEGE IN
STEAD OF \ REQUIREMENT.

1t is stated that at tho coming sas-
sion Of the Canadian parliament there
viii be enacted a law to making vo.-
ing compulsory If the act is passed
it will be the first time that an Eng
lish speaking nation has 80 IA. In
terfered With personal liberty. To
experiment has been tried in one or
two instances, notably in Belgium.
but was there found to be Intellectual.
as the electors who were dragged to
the polls resented the insult by casting
their ballots as a rule for fictitious
persons.
While the disregard Of the privilege
of suffrage has in some sections of
the country come to assume at times
a threatening proportion. it seems TO
US that, certainly in the United States.
the attempt TO make the casting Of !
ballot compulsory would more than
anything else defeat its own end. The
American citizen must always b" boss
ed by lndlrcctiOn or through his own
indifference, ana this is a lesson which
has been well learned by practical
politicians. The boss who throws
away his cloak Of public servant ana
stands out as Il dictator signs his poll
ucal death warrant and the execution
Is not long delayed. It would be.
through one device or the other. the
same With a compulsory ballot
Aside from this basic interference
with Independence there would be a.
deplorable change Of custom under the
new idea. No longer would any one
bescech man TO vote Maryland
farmers would no longer receive the
value of a days work TO go to the
polls; no longer would any one re-
ceiVc DAYS work to stay away from
elector have that brief season Of i'm
portance which he experiences when
carriage comes to his Office from
the voting booth and he salies forth
in state and circumstance to regis
ter his opinion. Although details of
problem. these things have their
significance.
But it seems TO us that the best way
10 insure the casting Of his ballot by
the average man Is not to make y
cncumbent upon him to do 50. but Is
attach q condition precedent. This is
admirably attaino1 by the poll tax
qualification Such requirement
tends to dignity voting. to give it a
certain distinction. The ballot is made
q privilege which all do not possess
and we doubt not that many a man
votes because he has paid his poll tax
out paying It, he would have staid
away from the ballot box whether he
had paid ii or not.
Besides. d poll tax requirement in
sures on the part of the voter an in
terest in the thing voted for, and that
Is the sine qua non Of an intelligent
ballot.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04
NONE COMES TO THIS STATE.

The Pittsbu-g papers note the pres
cnce in that city Of two Of the officers
OF the Equitable Life Assurance So
cicty who are examining certain prop
crty with the view of increasing the
Equitablc's loans in that city from ten
10 twenty million dollars.
Though North Carolina has paid the
Equitable and the other big COM
panics many hundreds of thousands
of dollars in premiums nobody has
ever heard that they were making in
VCstigati tons with Il view of investing
money in North Carolina property. A
few have bought city or county or
state bonds. but tEat does North Car
oIina no good. for its bonds and the
local bond are 50 desirable that trust
companies and private companies are
in q hurry 20 gObblc them up. No
business buildings or factories or en-
terpriscs in this State have been able
to borrow mOncy-North Carolina
money. too-from these great COM
panic&. but they send their officers to
look over the buildings and factories
of PittsDurg with a view to increasing
the loans there. That is another way
OF saying they are looking over Pitts
burg property With q view of taking
North Carolina money there for In
Ncstment that ought to be invested
right here in North Carolina.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04
REPORT OF WRECK.

The Greensboro Telegram quotes a
railroad man as saying he "never saw
q correct report Of 4 wreck in Il news
paper" one reason is that railroad
men are averse to giving reporters the
true cause Of the wreck. Un;il re
Gently railroad men were forbidden u
give the particulars and cause Of 4
wreck To d newspaper, and they DO
not volunteer information or particu-
lars now in every instance. The rail
roads, however, are learning that it IS
wisest TO give reporters opportunity to
write the facts in full. and the news
papers are printing fuller and more
accurate reports.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04
"NOMEN SHOPPERS DID IT."

"Thc trusts having raised the cost
OF living nearly 80 per cent, are now
taking great credit for raising wages
ten per cent" is the way the Green's
bpro ltccord states the whole case.
In the current issue of Harpcr'S S
HtHaar there are statements from Il
number of women showing how the
cost Of living has increased, and near
lN every one of them attributes the
Necessity for many petty economies to
the high prices put upon the articles
they buy from the trusts. In 1890
when the Republicans were over
WhclminEiy defeated after the pas
sage of the Mckinley tariff bill had
put up prices. Tom Reed, upon being
asked by q reporter how he accounted
for the Democratic victory, said "Tho
Women Shoppers Did It
Hasn't tho time come again when
the women shoppers" can arouse the
people against the practice Of eXtor-
ton?
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04

that the soun- man Vas 81 hoElsf-
stricken that hts MIND became uI3-
hinged u Na> enough - uab4l~1Nt.
tac strongest man
THE railroad authorities sud tn
Railroad Commission - Virginia
-ha1lld so - fhe bottom I-y.r1 man
4. -a travels Is directly Interested ~
ihr invest icatfon aua su securing ssf.
~ 80 tha. there mas n"t - 't'sE lih@
accidents If railroad enpio<*S as"
negligent ne question @aou.d =.
a~Ead I3oE man hours nave 'l
been on dut.- \obad& NhA ha@ tE@
sa. 3f neeu and Nemeu z t1e'- he".'-
lr- should a- permitted te oe IN aat}
long hours II is 1IEth nothing ihAr
\ railroad - est~ millions ~ safety
appliance tbs bioek system. md
splendid esuipmeut 4 men s-* care
less and negligent They shouio -.
held ta strict acgounta ailst% and re-
sron~ibiiit. ON The other haEd. no
matter how capable ana a'art he em-
ployce may ac. Il the resparS ble aue
thoritieS faE} IL provide the best equip
meut and 500 thal ID Is. kept in good
condition the travellers put their likes
Il jeopardy when they fourne, on TN
trains This accident from the facts
above stated would not nave occurred
r the draw-head ~ Lynehburg had
+ a slight break down had not af-
teI-wards detained the train near law
yeI.'s station. II would not even then
have occurred II the operator had
done his duty While the bad coad!-
tion o. the equipment. if Il was pre-
yentible. could not excuse tn" opera
tor. still if It was not in excellent con
dttion there is blame y oc attached
to those whose negligence permitted
trains not in first class condition 70
go out on the road. For the benefit
Of the public. we say Go y the bot
tom and let all the facts bc asccr-
tained.'
Ten years ago tie authorities Of the
Southern hallway knew there WAS
need to spend much money on better
road beds. new equipment and dou-
bic track. l. VIII probably he found
that MIR. Spencer who had come to
his high position from tho position o.
rodman because of his proved ability
as railroad man. had urged the
double-traclling and better equipment
long before the owners Of the road au-
thorized it, At least nine accidents out
Of ten are due to the inferior equip
ment OF TO the negligence of employees.
We are ready enough to fix the rcspon-
sibiltE upon the employees, but We
rarely fix it upon the owners. Every
rotten tie wreck. every collision due
to inferior motive power or equipment
OF bed road bed is due to the fact that
the bondho olderS and stockholders are
me n a
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04

The recent accident when the runa-
way train on the Southern ran down
the mountains was due TO the fact
that the brakes refused to work. "
Were the brakes ii first-class condi-
ton? That is Il question nobody
seems To have Investigated. An cx-
change criticizcs the employees severely
upon the suppoSition that the crew
was "criminally negligent in not cx-
amiuinS tho brakes. If the acci-
dent was solely due to their negligence.
the criticism iS deserved. but yvc ought
to know whether the cause may not
have been due L inferior or old
brakes
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04
AI|For$1.70.

There has never been offered
Ia North Carolina so much
good readlngtor so little money
as We are offering ander the
following proposition: f'r
I.7O we will send the follow
ing for one year:
The Farmer and Me-
chanic, an 8 page North Caro-
lima home and farm weekly
journal:
The North Carolinian,
al 8-page Democratic weekly
newspaper:
The Comnloner, the able
weekly journal published by
Hon. William Jennings Bryan.
Thus for One Dollar and
Seventy Cents you can get
al these papers ore ye2r.
TOR particulars, address
JOSEPHJS DANIELS,
Raleigh, n. c.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04

The Henderson Gold Leaf Is cruel.
it shows that at the home precinct Of
Thurston Typewriter liz X. where he
spent the whole d ) in an earnest ef-
fort 10 secure y ees for his ticket
there was 4 falling OF in the Ecpub-
lican vote IF two years ago. in the
county d. q Whole. too. there Was u
net Democratic gain. The new con-
sert hasn'h helped the Radicals lnuch
over in Vance
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04

Ihe investigation into tho causes of
the accident that resulted in the death
q President Spencer VIII not end with
locating the operator who forgot but
Snould bc extended IL an examination
Of the equipment and the draw heads
and couplings that broke loose. Wa~
not the equipment defcctixc2 II 50.
the responsibility for that should be
placed IS ""li As the responsibility
ilEed upon the operator who failed in
his duty.
The farmer and mechanic., 1906-12-04

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The new year Will doubtless see
work begun on the WlnSton-Salem ana
Southbound railroad that VIII ru-l
from Nlnston-Salem wa Lexington
ana the whitney Improvements III
Stanly county TO WadesbOro, traVerSlng
q rich section that is capable of
great development There are plans
that Will materialize Of joining Green's
boro and High Point and WlnSton-Sa-
lem by an electric road that would
carry freight as well as passengers ana
mail. Surveys have been made to eX-
tend the Petty road from Cameron via
Carthage and Hallison twenty-five
miles of which has been completed and
is operating successfully up Deep
River and on to High Point. 1t is be
lieved that the real purchasers of that
road are backed by the same interests
: that control the Norfolk and southern
Railway. If so,-and there is little
doubt of that fact-there will be
abundant money to build the link that
would virtually put the Seaooafd INTO
High Point Ninston-Salem 2Ha
Greensboro over the electric road. 1t
Is believed the owners would then eN-
lcnd eastward from cameron TO 6oldS-
/ bofo to connect with thelf Allahac
ana Nofth taroIlha 1tallfoad at tHat
place, thus deFelop'nS Spiehdld couil-
j Try that mas lohg neeoed rallfoadS u
! develop lts resources " orh IS now IN
piOSi COS oH INC i"iil odu oe'N cen >0e'i
image ana f4helI'ISt "hlch Il 10 %
run as part OF the Page road Ihe
completion of the new hne from Dur
nam to Bonaall, VIII virtually
give the SeaDoard Tor through ffelght
double track from Henderson, IN
To at a m
The Jewish outlook., 1906-05-11
Jews of San Francisco
Impoverished

From the latest authentic information
received in the Office of the Jewish Out
look it appears that nearly all OF the con-
gregatonal and communal institutions
Of San Francisco are burned. Nearly
all the Jewish places of worship are in ii
mass of ruin. Temple Emanuel, the
second largest temple in the country has
been totally destroyed. Nothing was
saved. not even the scrolls of the law.
The same fate has bcfallen the Ross
street synagogue. and the new Beth
Israel temple; the Shearth Israel tenn
pie is badly damaged. Temple Israel is
nOw being used as a court house. The
Geary street temple and Rabbi kaplan
synagogue have escaped ruin, but are
damaged. The charities building is IN
ruins The Young Men Hebrew AssO
citation building remained intact and IS
now used as headquarters for housing
the sick. The First Hebrew Congrega-
tion of Oakland is turned into Il lodging
house. Two hundred and fifty cots are
placed there to shelter the hundreds OF
refugees from the stricken city.
All the rabbiS are engaged in the gen
clal relief work Rabbi Jacob Voors-
anger is chairman of the food commit
tee: Rabbi Levy has charge of the dead
and dying; Rabbi Friedlander Of Oak
land is member on the general relief
committee; Rabbi Kaplan is also doing
splendid relief work.
The three Jewish newspapers, like
every other newspaper in the city, have
disappeared. Mr. A. w. Voorsanger,
proprietor of the Emanuel, also lost his
residence and valuables. The Jewish
Times and Observer, Rev. DR.. Levy pro-
prietor, lost a newly installed printing
plant. Mr.. jacob, proprietor of The
The Jewish outlook., 1906-05-11

Hebrew has disappeared and his
friends fear that he has perished with
his paper.
Many prominent Jews are missing
and many died from exhaustion and eN
citement. a young man, l.. Meyer, who
was the teacher of gymnastics at the Y.
M. H. A., and who on the morning OF
the disaster was sworn in as special
policeman, while trying to pass the line
which was under martial law, was shot
dead by one of the military. 1t was a
shocking murder The soldier claims
that he did not know Meyer had the
right to pass.
Thirty Thousand. Jews are homeless
Those who have not lost their homes
have been rendered poor by the destruc-
ton of their business or the loss of en-
ployment The loss of property is more
than 5000 900. 600 and fully one-siXth Of
that amount of losses has been sustained
Nv Jews Just to mention a few OF the
magnates who have suffered The
Davies family. Of the Emporium, who
carried three and One-half million dol
lars of stock; Prayers, one and one-half
million dollars: the Fleschakers paper;
Iellerbachs. paper; Zoos Bros, cloth
lefS: lne hapIlaclS, clotiilelS: Ihe Mag
pins. who had just built a new ware
house on Stockton street: Levi Strauss,
who carried three million dollars worth
of stock
The following letter from Rabbi
Jacob Voorsangcr throws light on the
Jewish situation in San Francisco.
l. The Jewish community is totally
disorganized The Temple Emanuel,
the new Geary Street Synagogue, the
Headquarters of the Eureka Benefit So
cietv. the Emanuel SisterhOOd building
are totally wrecked or destroyed by fire.
The district south of Market street,
where lived at least 10000 Of our poorer
ICo,t;,,od op vrbird Do 90
The Jewish outlook., 1906-05-11
Witte and krauS

The Chicago Daily News received the
following cable from it's st. Petersburg
correspondent:
ST. Petersburg-The publication of
a letter written by Adolf Kraus Of Chi
cago and Premier Whites reply
thereto have caused sensation in Rus
sia. The entire press recognizes the
ChicagOan' s communication as states
manlille and humane, but stamps Count
Whites reply as evasive. A gentleman
who is prominent in Jewish circles and
is a member-elect Of the first douma,
which is soon to assemble, said to the
Daily News correspondent to-day: "Mr.
Kraus letter was timely in that it in
duced the authorities to take measures
for saving the lives and property OF
Jews in Russia.
Jews Will Seek Equal Rights.
1--WE disapprove, however, of the
b mai B 'rith plan to cooperate in en-
couraging emigration, because the Jew
ish question must be settled here first.
Our idea is to begin by asking and OBJ
tanning equal rights and then to help
our people by the establishment of agri
cultural and technical schools. In doing
this work we invite the cooperation OF
the B mai b 'rith and enlightened men
like Mr.. Kraus For us to advocate emil
grafton is equivalent to cOnfessing our
selves to be aliens in a country where
our race had lived centuries before the
Russians came and where we are entitled
to equal rights. On the other hand, the
emigration of millions of unskilled pau
pers would only be to throw a heavy
burdpn on Olr brethren in America
Denies All Liberties Asked.
''Premier Witte published the Kraus
correspondence in order to show Ameri-
cans that the Jews trust him, hoping
Cañon City record., 1906-06-28
STRIKE AT THE U. s.
SHELTER is ENDED

The strike of the charge wheelers
and others at the plant Of the United
States Reduction & Refining company
in South Canon, has been settled and
most of the dissatisfied workmen have
been taken back at the old wage scale
About forty men went out week ago
yesterday owing to the refusal OF the
company to icrease the pay Of the
charge wheelers from $1.G5 to $500
for an eight-hour day.
Last Friday morning all but three OF
the eleven furnaces were In operation
and all OF the Austrians and most OF
the striking Mexicans were given EN-
ployment the following day. The rule
of the company that no employe
drawing his time be taken back for
thirty days was suspended In this In
stance. The management does not an
ticipate any further trouble from the
dissatisfied men. Several Of the Mexi-
cans who were taken back express the
belief that their demands will yet be
granted by the company as the work IL
hard, and the gases. which they are
compelled to breath, is Injurious.
Cañon City record., 1906-06-28

There is more catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years it was supposed to be in
curable. For a great many years doc
tors pronounced it local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J..
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the
only constitutional cure on the mar
ket 1t is taken internally in doses of
from 10 drops to teaspoonfull. 1t
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case 1t
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials. Address F. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists.
75c. Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Cañon City record., 1906-06-28
NEW YORK A COSTLY
TOWN TO LIVE IN

An Associated Press dispatch from
New York, under date of last Thurs
day, has the following in relation to
Fred Wilson. Canon City boy, now
in trouble in the metropolis owing to
a predilection for fast living:
Frederick Wilson, 80 years old, for
merly a clerk in the employ of the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
of Los Angeles, California, arrested
here on June 16. charged with embez-
element of $4,000 of the trust com
pany's money. was today given into
the custody of Chief OF Police Amble
of Los Angeles.
Il will be glad to get back to Los
Angeles and face the music" said Will
son today. my act was not impulsive.
planned 1t carefully. sent my wife
and child to stay with my relatives in
Denver and l made straight for New
York l took my fling at the races and
got badly bitten there as we'll as in
Wall street. Now that IL is all over
don't mind saying that New York is
Cañon City record., 1906-06-28

decorations were green and white.
They received many and valuable
presents.
The guests from distance were
DR.. L. A. Robson, wife and daughter,
of Canton, ILL.,, DR.. John Robson and
Mrs. F. G. Smith. son and daughter, of
Great Bend, Kansas, Mr.. c. Hurd, of
Lamar, Colo, and Miss Isabel Mills,
of Denver.
Miss Cassie McKensey caught the
brides boquet when she threw it and
Miss Bessie Magner of Florence
was lucky enough to get the ring in
the wedding cake. After pleasant
evening the guests took their depar-
ture earnestly wishing the newly mar
ried couple long life and happiness.
DR.. John Robson returned to his
home in Great Bend Monday, Mrs. F.
G. Smith will remain for longer visit.
Mr.. Davidson, recently from San
Francisco, has bought a tract of land
of McKensey and will improve it for
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hurd are nice
ly domiciled in what is known as the
Davidson house.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Robson, of Can
ton, ILL.,, and Miss Alma, left for their
home the fore part of the week.
Cañon City record., 1906-06-28
Treating Wrong Disease.

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physicians, suffering, as they imagine.
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disease, another from liver or kidney
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there, and in this way they all present
alike to themselves and their easy-going
and indifferent, or over-busy doctor, sep
arate and distinct diseases, for which he.
assuming them to be such, prescribes his
pills and potions. In reality, they are all
only symptoms caused by some uterine
disease. The physician, ignorant of the
tice until large bills are made The suf
fering patient gets no better, but probably
worse, by reason of the delay. wrong
treatment and consequent complications
A proper medicine like Dr. Pierce's Fa
vorfte Prescription, directed to the cause
would have entirely removed the disease
thereby dispelling all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort in
stead of prolonged misery. 1t has been
we'll said, that"a disease known is half
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