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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05
BETTER AVOID THE RISK

There are a few persons who
sincerely believe that number of
American induslruies are seriously
hampered because the Protective
Tariff now in operation increases
the cost of the 'rsw material" es-
sential to prosperous prsecution.
Among these industries is that of
snoe manufacturing. As nearly
everybody knows, the shoe indus :
try has made wonderful advances in
this country. From the old order
of things, when boots and shoes
were turned out mainly by the vii
lag cobbler and the finer quality OF
leather goods in this line was prac-
tically unknown, we have progressed
until American shoes are made in
enormous number in great estab
Iishments scattered all over the
couatry, and the product is un.
: matched for beauty of appearance,
durability and cheapness. The ex
celleace of the American shoe is con-
ceded thesworld over.
The total output of American
shoes may not oe ascertained pre-
clsely, but there is one feature of
the business that must command
thoughtful attention American
shoe manufacturers command
thoughtful attention. American shoe
manufacturers oommsnd absolutely
the American market. No one ever
hears of the importation of foreign
st,oes, except possibly by OCCASION
al wealthy patrons of Paris ontftters
or when shoes are brought here for
special purposes. The ordinary
American invariably walks in Arer-
ican shoes. But thisis not all. The
people abroad are catching on.
This is attested by some returns
from our foreign trade. Last year
we exported shoes to the extent of
$Iso, 600, ,ooo. an increase of ever
200 per cent. IN ten years. That
certainly is marvellous advance,
and it is its own rejoinder to those
who allege that the Tariff prevents
other countries from 'patronlzlng US.
And it is more than that, as a'little
further inquiry will show.
The United States is not on'v
selling shoes, the manufacture of
which is well Protected, but it is
buying enormously of the material
of which shoes are made. The i'm
ports Of hides and skins 10 be turned
into leather from which those shoes |
are made in 1906 were S84 900, 600, |
and it is doubtful ifthey would have
been much greater had the skins
come in free. Under Protection |
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

Geo. M. Roster has had his
judgement against the metropolitan
street railway company ror $500,
confirmed by the Kansas City court
of appeals.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

They say the canal zone is about
the healthiest place on earth now
Uncle Sam knows all about this
house cleaning business.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

The Russians have been having
great riots and much bloodshed re-
suited. The government has got
things under control again.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

But four defective ballots we7e
found in the Fourth ward, besstes
TWO or three that were vo,e,. straight
without mark Of any i NJ.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

Roseism is thins to-. past in
Kansas City, .Kan. TIE tlri1.us of
that burg have decided shat il will
not do to openly advocate oppos;:-
ION TO state laws.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

The scrap between those little
South American Republics was
short, sharp and decisive.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

The great fight in Kansas-politics
next year will be between the ma
chine and anti machine crowds. In
others words, the outs against the
inns.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

Entirely too mucn personal abuse
IN the recent city campaign. Ii is
very unbecomiug aud usually works
just the opposite way from that in
which il is intended.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

The board of railroad assessment
has been doing this part of the
country,-lately.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

The people of Abilene turned out
en- mass 10 do honor to the return
ing senator Burton.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

TAFT seems to have the weight OF
the argument on his side in Ohio
politics.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

The ladies voted Tuesday. Coed
results follow.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

Basket ball is out and base bali
in
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-05

Tue Republicans won in Chicago.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11

der of some young man thus train
ed in the State University to which
Col. Switzler devoted as much of
his life and enthusiasm, may fall
the mantle of that "Nestor of Mis-
souri, HistoriansP" If in this way
the University produces an ade-
quate account of the states mag
nifcent career, by that alone it will
have gone far toward justifying
it's e%xistance. The interest and
knowledge impaired each year to
n considerable number of students
Ia @ constant tribute to the FOSTER
ing care of the state government.
"The value and Importance of
this teaching of history" said DR..
Viles, "must not be measured
alone by its influence on it's stu
dents at Columbia, for it passed on
to the younger generation when
these students go out into the
schools. This value again does
not consist altogether in stimulat-
ing a healthy, intelligent, state
pride OF an enlightened patriotism.
If the great object and justifica-
lions of public education is to
train up good citizens, then his
tory rightfully taught, OF any
country or any age is most direct
ly influenced in realizing the ideal.
The story of the struggles of those
gone before, their sufferings and
their triumphs, their mistakes and
their achievements may be and
should be the strongest incentives
not only to reverence of them and
love of country, but also to clean
living and good citizenship. And
when did this country need more
than now the self-sacrihcing and
intelligent devotions Of her sonsP"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11

the pot. The man who spreads
his laughter through his life-be-
fore late breakfast, when he MISS
es the train, when his wife goes
visiting, and he has to eat a cold
supper; a man who can laugh
when he finds a button off his shirt,
when the furnace fire goes out in
the night and both of the twins
comes down with the measles at
the same time-he's the man that's
needed.
He never tells his %neighbor to
have faith. Somehow he puts
faith into him. He delivers no
homilies the sight of his beamipg
face, the sound of his happy voice
and the sight of his BILE sed daily
life, carry convictions that words
have no power to give. The blues
fee before him as the fog before
the west wind. He comes into his
own home like a flood of sunshine
over a meadow of blooming but
tercups, and his wife and children
blossom in his presence like June
roses. His home is redolent with
sympathy and love. The neigh
borhood is better for his life, and
somebody will learn of him that
laughter is better than tears.
The world needs this man. Why
are so few like him? Can he be
created? Why is he not in every
house, turning rain into shine and
winter into summer all the year
round until life is a perpetual sea-
son.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11
HUSBAND AND WIFE.

OF the union of husband and
wife, which is the most intimate
and confidential relationship on
earth, there must be something
more than superficial admiration,
the one for the other. These two
have pledged TO one another a
lifelong conservation. Theirin
terest are to be in common. Moth
ing can affect one without equally
affecting the other. For veal OF
woe, they have joined hands, and
to the whole outside world they
present a united front.
And yet if testimony should be
taken, it would be found that many
married people have not been
perfectly happy during the years
of wedlock. There has been fric-
ton. There has been disappoint-
ment. The little rift has been suf-
fered to open the way for estrange-
ment.
"We decided" said a man whose
long life has been singularly tram
quill and satisfactory--"we de-
cided, my wife and l, when we
were married, that we should
never let the sun go down on any
lack of peace between US. We
would ask one another's pardon il
necessary, but we would never
quarrel. One or the other should
always give up a point on which
both could not agree, and what
ever else came to us, we resolved
to have no liscord."
~.
Lend a helping hand. If a man
is unfortunate, try to lift him up
The people who knew this or tina
was going to happen, the 81 told
you so" people, are a detrinient t.
the community. If they woult
always say a good word instead o
a discouraging one, how much
better things would be. Study
and know the interest Of you
home. Buy OF home merchants
Stay at home nights. Attend some
church. Look forward to goot
times and all will feel better, b.
happier and enjoy life better.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11
r OF MISSOURI.
Continued from page ~

Continued from page ~
investigate Missouri history. This
is recognized by constant inquir-
les from other states and the visits
of students from other parts of the
country. The value of both col
lections to the public will be much
EXCHANGED when the state provides
a fitting building for their pres
ervation and use.
But if the path Of research in
Missouri history is beset with
difficulties, it leads through un-
trodden lands, where the %investi-
cation in most topics has all the
joys of the ~discoverer. And more
over, there is to an unusual degree
that romantic charm so character
istic of Western history. The
Jesuit, the coueur des bois, and
the gentlemen adventures of the
Old Regime in New France, the in
dolent and paternal Spanish Gov
errors (guess what's left out of
this sentence) act of his adj
ministration one of our greatest
presidents brought Louisiana in
to the United States. The two
lines of American advance into
the western wilderness united to
make Missouri American in TACT as
we'll as in name, and the truest
and bravest of the pioneers, Dam
iel Boone, died within her boun-
diaries. Missouri's admission as a
state was the opening act in the
terrible drama of slavery. When
the climax came Missouri herself
was rent asunder. Nc more abso-
Lutte proof that truth is stranger
than fiction a be found than
General Doniphan's march to
Santa Fe and Chihuahua and
certainly no lover of the ro-
mantle can pass over the boat
men of the Mississippi and the
Missouri. Western and south
ern in population and society, this
state in her story unites the charm
of the two most romantic fields in
American history.
Such an opportunity could
hardly escape the writer's of his
torical romances, though theiI
Imagination must often be less
thrilling than the sober truth. The
civil war in Missouri, setting
brother against brother, and Sec
tions against section, has power
especially attractive to the novel.
ist. "The Crisis" by Winston
: Churchill, perhaps the most sue
cessful American historical move
of recent years, deals with thu
struggle for the control of st. Loui'
at the opening of the war, will
: Blair and Lyon and Camp Jack
son. The guerilla warfare and it
terrible effects are portrayed il
:, Mrs. Stanley's "Order No. H.
and Sosey's "Robert Dewey
For the earlier peroid thereis Mrs
:, Dillon's "Rose OF Old st. Louis.
= Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" an,
"Huckleberry Finn" bring befor
us life of the days "befo' de war,
n and elite on the Mississippi" ha
real value as historical material.
It 1t must not be assumed that be
d cause of it's richness and CHAIR
Missouri history is a PARTICULAR,
d difficult field. It is comparativel,
# simple and easy. The develop
h ment has been steady and con
y tinuous and the story divides 1t
IT self naturally into q series {
periods or epochs. In the frs
the Spaniards stumbled on tn
d Mississippi from the south an
the French from the north die
covered IL after 9 seAcn q three
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11

the ministers, lawyers,
teachers and captains of industry.
The story of the state is the story.
of their lives and stirring deeds.
Yet, after all, Missouri is not the
only unworked field in American
history. In fact, the older ideal of
history had little attraction for the
of affairs, in Missouri or else
where. The dry chronicle of dates
names and'events of battles and
of election returns, so
long regarded as history appealed
to the antiquarian and the recluse,
and Missouri did not breed these
The chatty and u~nscientifc
collections of anecdotes we're
more interesting but hardly more
satisfying. Life a too strenu-
here for men to devote them
selves to such a scratching of the
surface. But today history takes
a holder flight. 1t is still inter-
ested, first of all, in establishing
the truth and accurate knowledge
of facts must always remain the
foundation of all sound historical
work. This knowledge is now,
however, a means toward an end;
the conclusions drawn from it
con stitute the history in its mo-
dern sense-that is, the interplay
OF conflicting tendencies, the re-
lation of cause and effect, the anal
ysis of character and motives,
the development of institutions,
the economic and social life of the
people. In short, the newer ideal
is to clothe the skeleton of fact
with flesh and blood, with the most
vigorously scientific accuracy the
material permits. The older his
tories, with some notable excep-
tions, were either literary or Pc
dantic, the newer aims to be at
once accurate and alive.
Now this newer ideal of history
is a comparatively recent thing in
America, confined almost exclu-
sively to the last two generations.
It is finding its way to the people
through the works of writer's like
John Fiske and most of all through
the teachers of history in the col
leges and schools. Its representa-
tives in this profession in Missou-
ri are constantly increasing. 1t is
no more than fitting that the de-
partment of history. at the State
University is it's best representa-
tive in the state. Both Professor
| Trenholme and Professor Viles
have had the advantages OF q
sound training at Harvard Univer-
sity, broadened by study in Europe
and by experience in teaching
Both are thoroughly acclimated in
Missouri. The department takes
an especial interest in Missouri
History, offering the only courses
on Missouri history given in TIE
state, besides laying especia
emphasis on the Importance O.
the west in American history
Beside the general curse on Mis-
souri,, DIR. Viles takes advantage
of the unrivaled collections of thu
Missouri Historical Society tt
conduct an advanced class in re-
search in the sources. Here every
year several students of maturit.
and sound training are. working
on small phases of the genera
subject and embodying their re
suits in written forms. Amonl
the papers presented have bee'
The Border Troubles, The jackson
Resolutions, Missouri Politics o
Various Periods, The Convention
OF 1851, The Germans in Missouri
The History Of Schuyler County
Tho Santa Fe Trial, etc. It ia to-
much to ho2o that on the sl,ru'
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11

- ~-
quarters of a century. The latter
realized the tremendous import
ance ofthe Mississippi valley, ex-
plored it and pushed far up the
Missouri. Then came the peroid
of permanent settlement by the
French under Spanish domination
and the coming of the Americans,
eliminating in the Louisiana pur-
chase. Seventeen years later Mis-
souri, passed through the various
stages of territorial government
and after a memorable struggle
had secured admission to the
Union. The story for the next
quarter of a century is the stirring
one of the battle with the wilder
ness. from which Missouri emerged
triumphant, a well organized and
stable commonwealth. Social and
economic problems dominate this
period. The development went on
but the issue of slavery became
increasingly prominent until 1860,
being particularly acute from the
varied character of Missouri's
population and the proximity to
Kansas. Then for five long years
the state was rent asunder by Il
civil war, less extensive, indeed,
than the national conflict, but even
more destructive and rcntless.
Slowly, with suffering and bitter
ness, her people reunited, and nor
NAL conditions were restored with
the constitution of 1875. Since
then the state has resumed it's on
ward march in material develop
ment, nj longer a frontier state,
> but one of the chief contributors
TO the line of battle in the West
and Southwest. Whether the cleo
tion of 1904 marks the triumph Of
the Western over the Southern
, element, and the beginning of q
new epoch is still a matter of dis.
pute, and it should not be forgot
ten that at least four times Mis-.
souri, has played a leading role in
national history in the Louisiana
, purchase, the Missouri compro.
:, mise, the struggle for the border
states in 1861, and in the Liberia
. Republican movement of 1872.
Moreover, since Missouri's his
tory is n of struggle and achieve
8 ment, it is peculiarly rich in strik'
q ing personalities and men of &C.
ton. Not to mention the grea
: men who belong to the world
history who have been more OF lasl
closely connected with the state, /.
n list including LaSalle, Jefferson
Grant, the roll of homer of NOR,
strictly local celebrities is a lont
q one. Surely Missouri can CLAIM
ia at least an equal share with Vir
h GINA in William Clarke, governo
: or Indian agent for twenty av
"a years. Her greatest son, T. H
Benton, was a national leader, blu
- Missouri was dearest to his hear
- even after she had disowned him
q. In her senators alone Missouri
+" can mum Der statesmen enough 70
d any model state. Atchison an
re Green, Blair and Henderson
(" Brown and Schurz, Cockrell an
rs Vest, General Doniphan, vigor
Gus picturesque and Of astonish
J. ing ability when he chooses to ex
ert himself, and Sterling Price
" the Robert E. Lee of Missouri
" civil war, showed the country thu
D. Missourian's a fight Is well q
L. they can govern. But the mel
t. effort at enumeration reveals til
Of invidious comparison OF any sele'
ct ton. Who will be satisfied wit
le any roll emitting such men 9
"a Claiborne r. jackson, Hamilto
= r. Gamble John 9. Phelps, R. ]
. Bland, and 8 score more, an
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.

The man whose "ha! hal"
reaches from one end of the street
'to the other may be the same fell
low who scolded his wife and
spanked his baby before he got
his breakfast, but his laughter 10
only the crackle Of thorns under
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11
We think that with most of us

We think that with most of us
our personal surroundings WELD a
great influence in making us un-
happy or otherwise. We should
therefore strive to make them all
ways as pleasant as possible. So
far as our means permit we should
seek to adorn our homes with all
that is bright and pleasant. We
are all familiar with the boarding
house advertisements which pro-
mise "all the comforts of home"
for a few dollars per week and
though such advertisements are al
ways sadly delusive yet they are
the strongest possible tribute to
the fact that civilized mans high
est ideal of happiness is in the
life of the home.
The secret of success in life is to
keep busy, to be persevering,
patient and untiring in the persuit
or calling you are following. The
busy ones may now and then make
mistakes, but it is better to risk
these than to be idle and inactive.
Keep doing. whether it be work or
recreation. Motion is life and the
busiest are happiest. Cheerful,
active labor is a blessing. An old
philosopher says:-''the FREELY
only shines on the wing" So it
is with the mind; when once we
rest, we darken.
Ask yourself hard questions
about yourself, find out all you
can about yourself. Ascertain
from original sources if you are
really the manner of man you say
you are; if you are always honest;
if you always tell the square per-
feet truth in business deals; if
your life is as good and upright at
eleven o'clock at night as it is at
noon; if you are as good a tenn
perance man on fishing excur-
sions as you are on Sunday school
picnics; if you are as good when
you go out to the city as when
you are at home; if, in short, you
are the sort of a man your father
hopes you are and your sweet
heart believes you to be.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11
REAL HOMES.

There are husbands and wives,
whose love is so deep that each
cares only to have what will do
best for the other and for their
children. These men and women
belong to no particular class, they
are to be found among the highly
educated and luxurious classes in
the great middle classes and
among the laboring people. Such
folks are honest in their affections.
honest with each other and honest
with the world. Their homes are
notplaces for show, but what the
name implies-place of rest, hap
piness and inspiration of good
work. These homes may consist
of only two or three rooms or may
be palaces, yet the influence is al
ways good. 1t is always such
homes that makes the world sweet
er aid better, and experience
shows( us that they are common in
our coAntry.
X The chief cause of unhappiness
In life is discomfort. 1t is a pecu-
liar foible in human nature seldom
or never to be satisfied with our
own lot and to be always envying
that of someone else, entirely los
ing sight of the fact that no one
can escape trouble, no matter
what line of life he may adopt.
and that no matter how bad his
lot may seem he ear always find
many whose situation Is infinitely
worse. The farmer whose sheep
are killed by dogs, whose peach
and apple blossoms are frost bit
ten, and whose children have the
ague envies the minister who, he
thinks, has nothing to do but write
one or two sermons a week ane
enjoy himself the rest of the time
when the good man of the min
isterial cloth, with his -four bar
rel and his woodshed empty ant
his salary far in arrears, wishel
his parents had made him a far
mer.
|.|D
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-01-11
HOME CIRCLE DEPARTMENT

Pleasant Evening Reveries.-A Column
Dedicated to Tired Mothers as They
Join the Home Circle at Evening Tide.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-11-01
UNION PACIFIC
LAYS OFF MEN
Railroad Discharges Between 1000
and 5000 Employees.
PENNsY NOT TO CUT FORCE

Omaha, Neb., Oct. SO.-The Union
Pacific Railroad company discharged
between 1000 and 5000 workmen. Vice
President and General Manager. A. l..
Mohler declares there is nothing out
OF the ordinary in this reduction in
track forces.
1--WE have been doing an exceeding
ly large amount of improvement
work" explained Mr.. Mohler, land
have put our property in the best ply.
steal condition in which It has ever
been. Therefore the opportunity for
reducing forces earlier than usual has
been acted upon and on account Of
present national conditions a WRONG
motive has been applied by some few
alarmists. We are doing that which
comes from natural conditions and in |
line with the general practice of all
railroads at this season of the year.
1--WE are continuing all improve
ment work which can be done to ad.
vantage and which we can utilize but
work which cannot be carried on at
normal expense will be discontinued"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-11-01
Small Bank Closed.

Connellsville, Pa, Oct. 80. - One
hour after opening for business the
Farmers and Merchants bank, of
Mount Pleasant, a small town near
here was closed indefinitely. Unusu.
ally heavy demands for money coup.
led with inability to get ready cash,
Is given as the cause The cashier.
Charles E. Mullin, stated that: "The
securities are gilt-edged, and it is only
a question of ready cash" The bank
is capitalized at 100000.