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The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
THERE MUST BE MERIT.
Drawing the Line in the Matter Of
Patronage of Homo institutions

While it is the duty Of every home
loving and patriotic citizen to encour-
age and support home enterprise, 1t
should be part of the principle that the
nome enterprises should be such as to
merit support. The matter of service
and of competition are important. 1t
must be public spirited citizen, in
deed, who will willingly pay home mer-
chants exorbltant prices for what is
needed. when the same goods can be
purchased in some nearby town, at
lower prices. The local bank should
be patronized, If well conducted, and
those in charge of 1t men of Integrity
and enterprise. But ofttimes there
are illustrations of local industries be-
ing conducted in such unbusinesslike
ways as to not win the confidence of
the people in the community. Under
such circumstances little censdfe can
be given those who will seek foreign
institution when they have money to
deposit
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKETS.
How Agricultural Towns Can Assist Il,
Preventing Corners" In Produce.


Now and then complaint Is heard Of
how the large packing houses and
handlers of produce manipulate prices
of eggs and poultry. These concerns
are enabled to do this through their
facilities for extensively handling
goods and preserving them In their
mammoth cold storage plants. Their
system is to buy in the lowest market
and hold the produce until the demand
is such that prices reach the top notch.
1t is evident that were the business
men of small towns to follow out to
some extent the plans of these large
houses, the home market would be ma
terially improved. In the agricultural
towns merchants are the most extern
sive handlers of farmers produce.
This business Is incidental to the mer-
camille business, and few merchants
have proper facilities for the storing
and proper care of perishable goods,
therefore, Immediately upon receiving
supplies from the farmer, copsign
ments are made to the commission
houses in the large cities, and thus arc
the large commission men enabled to
obtain control of the markets and to
manipulate prices.
Each agricultural community pro.
duces enough poultry and eggs and
miscellaneous dairy products to sup.
port prosperous exclusive produce
house. But when the articles that the
farmers have for sale are distributed
among dozen or more stores, each
acting independently, 1t is evident that
highest market prices cannot be paid.
The plan proposed for the organiza.
tion of cooperative produce companies
in each town has many desirable
points in its favor. At small expense
coldstorage plant Of adequate capac.
ity to handle all perishable products
OF the community can be put in order.
A plant of this kind, il rightly man
aged, would greatly improve the con.
ditions of the local markets and higher
prices could be paid for produce than
the merchants could afford to pay for
the same.
A number of towns in the middle
west have adopted this system, and
with success. Not alone have the
home markets been greatly improved,
but greater volume of trade has
been brought to the merchants. Should
this plan be universally followed, in
agricultural districts, it would lessen
the opportunity for the manipulation
of prices of produce, and the Corner
ing of the market by the large COM
mission and packing houses.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03

While it may be true that the small.
er towns and cities do not afford un.
principled schemers the chance to con.
duct business, illustrations sufficient,
now and then, present themselves to
the people to make them cautious and
perhaps prejudice them against pat
ronizing some home institutions.
Too often 1t is found that insurance
companies, investment concerns, banks
and mercantile establishments put
forth the plea ofsbeing home institu.
'tions and thus should be patronized,
while in fact their methods of conduct
are such as to not win the confidence
of the people. Merit is an Important
factor in the home trade matter, and
no argument can be made that will
justify the people of a community Civ.
ing suppbrt to. o.institutlons that are nn.
sound, or which are managed In q way
as to impose upon the residentslof tae
community.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03

those, relentless voices IN the dark
ness.
,"Do you want my money or my
life?" inquired tremblingly.
I'VE desire to bite our autograph
on your wish.bone," one voice replied
pleasantly.
Great Scott!" / shouted, why do
you wish to bite one who is stranger
to your
You have d wife who Is passing
few weeks at the Jersey seashHe,
is 1t not so?' inquired the hoarsest
voice. Z +
Heaven help me, have.s answer.
ed. manfully.
She is at heesehurst-by-th y-the-Sea?"
that awful voice went on.
"She is," / admitted 1t.
well, yesterday evening she slap.
ped her forehead suddenly and killed
the breadwinner of this family the
voice shrieked, "and we are here for
'revenge!"
What is your name, please?" +
whispered.
MY name Is Clementina Stinger,
and with me is my son, little Willie
Stinger, formerly of Cheesehurst-on-
the-Sea." the voice answered
sat there and listened, while my
knees shook for the drinks,
we looked up your wife's homo ad-
dress and came hither to board with
you, because she upset our bread-win-
ner's apple cart" the voice went on
threateningly.
Willie, my son, get light. lunch
con from the gentleman's medulla OBJ.
longata and will eat small steak
from his solar plexus- -ping-ding-a-zing
a-boom!"
Have you no pity?" l said, plead
ingly.
"Pity!" said Clementina-"pityi
You ask for pity, when my forefathers
were the first to land on the only
Plymouth rock in the meadows of
Hackensack! ! wish you to know
that the. proud blood OF many victims
rushes through the veins OF the Sting
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
Divorce Statistics.

The census Office is busy gathering
divorce statistics, and when they ar
compiled and tabulated, and printed,
some very interesting conclusions can
be figured out from them. We have
always admired the type of mind
which attempts to tabulate human
emotions. there is such fine audacity
about an effort like that, such splen-
did refusal to recognize the limita
tions of mathematics. And we admire
that kind of statistics for their own
sake; they are so accommodating, so
willing, so good-natured; they let you
work out of them any conclusion
which you are minded to put into
them; they exist for the convenience
of the man who has a case to prove,
and they are so liberal and catholic
that they would just as soon help him
prove one case as another. There
are few other things on earth that
have so lovely disposition as a scut-
tleful of statistics, says Uncle Remus'
Magazine. These particular statistics
will probably enuMerate the number
of cases of inidelity, the number OF
cases OF cruelty, and the instances
where desertior, drunkenness, and so
forth, led to divorce; and the optim-
lists will take them and be optimistic,
the pessimsts will take them and be
pessimistic; the advocates of laxer di-
vorce laws will prove their case, and
the advocates of sitter divorce laws
will prove theirs, and everybody will
be happy.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
Commercial Opportunities Abroad.

Commercial Opportunities Abroad.
More suggestions to American man.
ufacturers and dealers that IL they
will get busy there is a chance to ex-
tend their trade abroad. They are to
be found, where many similar hints
have been given, in the consular re-
ports. A sample is the statement by
Consul Dunlap of Cologne, Germany,
who has been to the farmers fair at
Dusseldorf and evidently kept his eyes
open while there. Consul Dunlap took
particular note of the agricultural ma
chinery on exhibition and which was
put to test at the fair. He noted that
the only American machines on exhibit
ton were Of minor Importance, and
adds "An Amsrican-made harvester
with self-binding attachment sells
endless variety of plows, but no
American-made ones were noticed.
The Flows look heavy, awkward and
poorly made. If American manufac-
turers want German trade, they will
have to make plows to conform to
German ideas of size, shape and style"
Here is much the same advice that
has come from other consuls, all
given with earnest desire to help
American interests. American farm
Ing implements and machinery are
Justly famed for superiority in the
qualities needed for effective and eco:
nomcal work, and when properly
pushed they invariably find customers
abroad At the same time, remarks
the Troy Times, due attention must
be given to local tastes and prefer
ences, a matter which is too much
neglected by American manufactur-
ers. Old-world manufacturers sue
ceed in such markets. very largely be-
cause they are careful to ascertain
what is wanted and then to cater to
the demand.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
John Henry
on
Mosquitoes
By
George ". Hobarf
lCopyrIeht lpOO, By q. w. DIIInsham Coz


Copyright, 1906, by q. w. Dillingham; Coz
When Peaches and were married
we were sentenced to live in one Of
{ of those eight by nine Harlem people
9coops, where they have running gas
on every floor and hot and cold land
lords and self-folding doors and jan
itors with folding arms and all that
sort of thing.
Immense!
When we moved into the half-por-
tion dwelling house last spring said
to the janitor: Have you any mosqui-
toes In the summer?' T
The janitor was so insulted he didn't
feel like taking a drink for ten min.
utes.
"Mosquitoes!% he shouted; such
birds of prey were never known in
these apartments. We have piano
beaters and gas meters, but never
such criminals as mosquitoes"
With these kind words / was salts
fed.
For weeks l Dragged about my Har-
lem fiat for which no mosquitoes could
carry latch-key The janitor said
SO, and his word was law.
locked forward TO summer with
out pennyroyal on the mantelpiece or
witch hazel on the shin bone, and was
content.
But one night in the early summer
got all that was coming to me and
got II good
In the middle of the night l thought
l heard voices in the room and / sat
up in bed.
II wonder If it's second-story men,"
/ whispered to myself, because my
wife was away at the seashore.
She had gone off to the simmer
ing sands and left me chained to the
post of duty, and tell you, boys, it's
an awful thing when your wife quits
you that way and you have to drag
the post of duty all over town in Or
der to find cool place.
Wives may rush away to the sum-
mer resorts where all is gayety, and
where every guess they make at the
bill of fare means a setback in the
bank account; but the husbands must
labor on through the scorching days
and in the evenings climb the, weary
steps to the roof gardens.
"Ping-ding-a-zing-a-boom!" exclaim.
ed the voices on the other side of the
bed.
IF they are after my diamonds" I
moaned, they will lose money" and
then ] reached under the pillow for
the revolver l never owned.
"Ping-ding-a-zing-a-boom!" went the
conversation on the other side of the
bed.
There is something doing here"
remarked to myself. while wished for
daylight with both hands.
ing-a-zing-a-boom!" went the
conversation on the other side of the
bed.
who is it?" | whispered, waiting
for reply, but hoping no one would
answer me. y
Observation-Disclosures" said the
same mysterious voice.
Then suddenly 1t struck me--the
janitor was liar.
These voices in the night emanated
from convention of mosquitoes.
In that nerve-destroying moment
recollected my parting admonition to
my wife when she went away: Oar
ling. remember, money is not every
thing in this world, and don't write
4.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
THE JASPER NEWS
ROLAND B. GRIFFITH, Editor

JASPER. '...'.,'....... MISSOURI
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03

Speaking about the navy jack tar's
uniform, the New York Sun says:
Jack cannot wear his pancake cap
when he is squirting through the
telescope sight of six-inch rapid.fire
gun" Those who have had experience
on the warships know that when Jack
Is engaged In lighting, or oven In tar.
get practice. he doesat 90 rule wear
ppach Of anything.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
Already supplied.

5"But SIR" insisted the persistent
agent. 4 want to sell you the most
wonderful cash register on the mar.
ket. 1t will keep account Of what yoiS
take in, what you pay out, what yoli
spend. how you spend 1t. and---''
MY dear man. Interrupted Mr..
Meeker, with q wan smile. II already
have cash register that does all
that" =
"Indeedi And may ask the name p
Eyes, my wite,"strsy Stories !
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03

er family, We dc not belong to the
pity push. Willie. II the gentleman
kicks bore a tunnel through his cere-
bellum, near the medusa, and I will
jump in his alimentary canal and take
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
Then, just as these two ferocious
members of the Stinger family rushed
at me awoke with cry for help
There was not mosquito in the
room.
Thank heaven. it was only a
dream!
At the door, however, was a mes.
senger with a special-delivery letter
from my wife.
The letter read; Dear John: I
only want to say that Cheesehurst.by.
the-Sea would be a nice place II a
person could wear armor plate to
avoid the mosquitoes. / have rubbed
my complexion with peppermint, and
/ have worn smoke-sticks In my hair
TIL | burned my pompadour, but the
mosquitoes still look upon me as their
meal ticket. expect to insult every,
body present and leave for home to-
morrow Lovingly, thy wife,
My dream was out.
Copyright, 1906, by g. w. Dillingham; Coz
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
Wise Parson.

"Parson, somebody dared us to get
married, and we never take dare.
Here we are"
well, my young friends. l dare
you to go home and endeavor to cult.
vate some common sense"
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
Rock saIt Pre..rves lce.

"A cheap mixture TO put around an
Ice chest TO keep Il. cold Is pounded
rock salt In the PROPORTION Of oue part
70 two parts Of pouaded Ice.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-03
Here Is a Novelty.

Here is Novelty.
A street hawker recently intro
duced a novelty In keyholes.
He said: Here you are. gentle,
men; the greatest invention of the
age.
Passer (stopping to listen) What
is it2
Hawker-A megnetized keyhole-
plate for front doors. 1t Will attract
an ordinary latch key from a distance
of two feet. All you have to do to
find the keyhole is to take out your
key and hang on to it.
Three men are reported to have
been injured in the crowd which
gathered to buy the novelty The
Royal. y
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-12-21
The Clubs, Social and Otherwise.

Ladies' Sunlight Social, meets every
Wednesday at the residences of its
members, discusses art, culinary, and
home circle questions.
st. Paul Sewing Circle meets every
Thursday at Lecture room of St. Paul
church, discusses all important home
circle questions.
Mothers Literary, meets every
month, auxiliary to st. Paul Sewing
Circle.
The Woman's Club, meets every
week, is the Oldest club-has been and
is a rescue club for the fallen, .
philanthropic agency, this club has
social and juvenile section, Mrs. c.
H. Morgan is president, Mrs. Higgin-
botham is chairman, of the social Sec
ton; Miss Clara Blackwell is press
reporter for this club.
The None-Such, is a social club
among the younger society folk
meets every Thursday.
The Don't Worry, is club composed
of the elderly married ladies-meets
weekly.
Lodges and their meeting nights
and place of meeting will be carried
for Csc the month. We have all man
ner of lodges here.
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THE FORUM

suit of this road s establishment
has been great asset to Spring.
fields progression. The manage
ment of the system is one of the
most nearly perfect to be found
in the country, The president of
this system is Congressman w.
B. Mckinley of Champaign.
To the systematic conduct of
this company here in Springfield
and in radii of sixty miles, is
due Mr.. B. R. Stephens and his
subordlnates. Mr.. Stephens is a
very grateful man and under
stands his business so we'll that
he is almost an indispensable
factor.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-12-21
illinois Traction System
Its Progress and Management

The Illinois Traction System
since its inception, has made
phenomenal progress. The en-
tire system now extends from
St. Louis on the south to Dan.
vile on the east. The passen-
ger traffic is enormous and is
continually increasing. This
promises to be one of the great
est interurban systems in the
world. They now do consider
able freight business. The re.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-12-21

"Oh, Douglas! Thou hast passed BE-
yond the shore,
But still thy voice is ringing Ger the
gale
Thou'st taught thy race how high her
hope may soar,
And bid them seek the heights, nor
faint nor fall"
Paul Laurence Dunbar on Free
Douglass
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CONSOLIDATED STREET CAR
ROUTE.
Points of Interest
Springfield's Attractions and How to

Reach Them.
Lincoln home-Corner Eighth and
Jackson streets-take South Eighth
car
Lincoln Monument, Oak Ridge Gem
etery-take North Fifth street cars at
Fifth and Monroe streets.
Parks and Pleasure Resorts.
Washington Park, southwest of city
take South Second or Lawrence ave-
nue. cars. Reservoir Park, northeast
of city-take North Seventh cars.
Camp Lincoln. The permanent
camp grounds of the Illinois National
Guards. Take Rutledge or Camp
Lincoln cars. State Fair grounds,
north of city. Take North Seventh
cars. White City Park east of the
city. Take East Capitol avenue cars
at Fifth and Monroe.
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The Forums staff.

The Forums staff.
e. L. Rogers, Editor-in-Chief and
Business Mgr.
Will H. Barbour, Asst. Editor.
Proof Reader and Stenographer.
~ Office Clerk, Book
keeper and Collector.
Springfield.
Mrs. E. L. White, Contributor.
Miss Mamie Davis, Petersburg.
H. A. Donegon, Lincoln.
MISS BLANCHE HOAGLAND,
Bloomington Agent and Correspondent.
MISS JESSIE M. WATKINS,
Villa Ridge.
Address matter for the paper to The
Forum, 3051s So. Sixth st.
Matters of business or information
to e. L. Rogers, Mgr.
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ITO be continued.

Rev. J. w. Proud of South AT.
RIGA spent several days in the
capital city, also on Sunday
preached at Zion and Union Bap.
fist churches.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-12-21

Don't walt to hear what the public
thinks before you express your opin-
ion. Say what you think If you believe
you are right
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Breaking the
Color Line.

In fact there is no such thing
as a material line; all lines are
proved in geometry, to be mag
mary. For instance, 80 degrees
of latitude or longitude are not
lines material. but imaginery. So
is, in fact, the color line The
whole thing called color line,
race hatred, and so on may
an iguis fatuus, unreal, deceiv-
ing phantoms). But we will as
sumo there is a color line drawn
on he account OF race, color or
previous condition of servitude.
What are you going to do about
it. How are you to prevent
man or class of men from hating
you or drawing the color line?
That is the question. Colored
people are too easily insulted by
inf IL ior men Of other races. If a
wnits, red or brown man say you
are not his equal tell hun you
ire, is not your word as good as
his? Certainly provided you
prove it. If a man tells you you
cannot compose a. good an arti
Gle, grammatically and rhetori-
cAlly as he. because of your race
decent, and you fail to do SO,
who knows but what he is right.
II he says you are not decent
and not capable of deporting
yourself like a white man of
your environm ent. and you do
not prove the reverse. who
knows but that he is right If
they say colored people are not
capable of conducting intelligent
ly, the affairs Of state, and color
ed people fail to prove the con-
trary when opportunities present
themselves, who knows but that
that is correct. The manage
ment of churches, lodges. schools
and colleges, are excellent me-
diums through which this can be
demons trated-the management
of small businesses tells how we
can or may conduct corporations.
Breaking this line though
how? 1t is very simple. very
easily broken, if really there is
one. There are men here in
Springfield who know this to be
true Educate your children IN
in what? Languages, not nee
essarily-in work? You
are not insulted. Yes work, if
you ever amount TO anything you
must have working sense. When
person says work, that is not to
be co. strued as meaning cooking,
washing or sewing altogether,
but how many know how 10 cook
economically, or wash and sew
advantageously? How many can
make decent garment. But
work, however, means to do
sometbing-work is the opposite
to inertia, IN a sense.
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Senatorial Obstruction mis- 70.

AAc ucHlOCTdCS III the OnlLoQ
States senate should see in the
currency question an opportuni-
ty to CO. Operate in the enactment
OF much needed remedial legisla.
ton. Having no craftsmanship
and apparently no patriotism,
they see only an opportunity to
make political capital out of the
steps taken by the treasury de-
partment to relieve the banking
world and restore confidence to
an alarmed people.
Unminuful of the defects in the
currency system which necessi.
tated the relief measure of the
treasury department, they de-
nounce those measures as illegal.
Ii any of them were illegal, they
were only technically so. A good
defense of their legality can be
made, and at the worst they were
only extra legal They we're un.
usual measures demanded by an
extraordinary crisis Similarly
the governors of the Bank of
England, with the consent of the
ministry and the approval of
public opinion, have restored to
extra legal measures three times
in fifty years.
When bietherskites like Ben
Tillman are allowed to wrangle
over the issuance of clearing
house certitic aLes and checks and
the right to issue per cent. gov
eminent certificates. the real
Question Of reforming the cur
rency will be befogged. Con.
gress ought not to fool away its
time with such as he, ano the vi
cious Bacon and the invincible
jeff Davis,
Ii the situation were not so Sc
rious it would be diverting to
witness the cavortings of the
democrats and to listen to their
m g j q lent vituI Grafton. But
the situation is serlous-the chr
rency question ought to be con-
sidered carefully and dlspasion-
ately. 1t is NOT partisans Or a
sectional question. It is one
which interests ali Americans
alike.
L. is sad to think that among
all the southern senators in this
congress there is scarcely one
who Can be relied upon to assist
in any obstructive work. They
choose TO be oDstructlonists, fan
cying that some petty party ad-
vantage may b. gained thereby
But the people always have
desplsed, aud always will despise
The obstruclionist who has not
intellect enough to legislate wise
~ himself and devotes himself
to putting obstacles in the way of
better men-Chlcago Tribune.
Now you have it, as Beecher
would say. ''The sentiment Of
the North is reason, the senti-
ment of the South is radicalism
and obstruction. "Nothine
goes over the DEVILS back but
that it comes under his belly"
We told you the Southern men
are born in sin and shapen in in.
iquity.i
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