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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-17
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sembics ever called?
First, when an emergency demands it. and
Second when the Regular Session fails to do
what was expected of it.
Thus President Cleveland called an Extra
Session of Congress to meet what he consid-
cred an emergency. The Wall Street Bankers
precipitated the Panic of 1893, in order that the
country might have an "object lesson" The
country got its "object lesson" all right
enough.
Millions of dollars were lost and thousands
of men ruined before the Gold Bugs got what
they were after. But they got it before they
quit They forced President Cleveland to
call an Extra-Session of Congress to put an end
to the Sherman Silver Law, and throw the
country on to the gold basis.
Had it not been for the providential relief
afforded the people by the influx of hundreds
what horrors would have come upon us as the
result of the single gold standard.
Thus, when Wall Street Kings of finance
want something done, an Extra-Session is Just
the thing.
Now, it's poor rule that won't work both
ways. Why shouldn't an Extra-Session be
called when the people want something done?
In Alabama, Governor Conner has already
summoned an Extra-Session of the Legisla-
ture.
Why lags Georgia behind? The regular
session of Our Legislature did not give the
people what had been promised them The
anti-Lohbving bill met an ignominious dis
aster The attempt to break TIP the illegal con-
necton between the Central and the South
ern came to grief. No effort was made to cut
down passenger rates to 2 cents per mile The
other Southern states either have the 2 cent
rate already. or are hot after it. Some Northern
states have it. Some Western states have it.
WHY shouldn't Georeia have it? 9
We are asked to believe that Terrell and his
Railroad Commission amounted to nothing,
yet Terrelps r. R Commission cut down pas
senger fares to I-2 cents and no effort has
been made to do better than that. Whv should
we paw 1-2 cents per mile when Alabama and
North Carolina only paw cents?
No effort has been made to compel the rail-
roads to provide decent accommodations at
country towns. PASSENGERS for the night
trains will soon be feeling the chilliness of
the night will soon have to brave the wind and
the rain and the snow. lust as heretofore. The
waiting rooms will not be heated. Some of
them will be kept shut all night long. City
people would not endure this treatment sim
ple day. The railroads know better than to
trv that on with Savannah and Macon and
Atlanta and Augusta. But when it comes to
the small town, the place where country peo-
pie 90 to take the night trains. there is less re-
gard paid to the comfort and the health of
human beings-our wives and children-than
is paid to mules and cows by humane owners.
II seems, however, that we must continue 70
endure this barbarous treatment. Why? Be
cause "Rome was not built In day"
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-10-17

Trust, the Manufacturer, the retail merchant,
the Capitalist, the Spectator, the laborer, the
Railroader, Many Bulls and Some Bears.
Yet in Harvies cage, owing to Harvie's
skilful manipulations, the peace which prevails
is almost somnolent. Recently, Harvie gave
grand public performance in Atlanta, and it
was glorious success Even I was asked to
go, in roundabout non-committal sort of
way, but I laughed at the very idea; and went
on with letter which was due my Uncle Sol
oman Beeswax
Still, it must be rarely entertaining to see
Jordan's Happy Family, wherein the cat lets
the mouse sit on her back, and the hawk
makes love to the dove.
The Spinner who buys bale of cotton from
the Grower for $50 and sells it back to him for
$3.50, after weaving it into 1900 yards of CAL
leo, can we'll afford, in his gorged condition,
to leave the lamb untouched. The corporation
hawk, having already made good meal, can
well abstain from further gluttony during the
brief hour of the performance. The Trust
cats have already had as many mice as they
can eat for the day-why shouldn't they irl-
NOR the trainer and escape some disagreeab1e
consequences, by letting the mouse sit on their
backs?
After the people had paid their admission
fee and had seen the Happy Family all of
the wiser visitors understood how the thing
was DONE
They knew that the lion, the tiger, the hawk,
the cat, and every other one of the predatory
animals, had been fed to complete safety,
before the lamb, and the dove and the mouse
came into the cage. The predatory animals
were in peaceful mood, because the trainer had
given them all they wanted
10 the predatory animals were fed, everv
day, just as many lambs and doves and mice as
they could eat-why, then, eat the extra lamb
and dove and mouse which were brought into
the cage?
The Spinner is gorged-Special Privilege
gives him just what he wants.
The Trusts and the National Bankers, who
are in Harvie's Association, are gorged-the
Class Legislation which they have wrung from
Congress, gives them just what they want
Why should they growl at their victims on
the day when Harvie gives performance?
Even when not trained for Happy Family
exhibitions, the cat finds entertainments cru
ell joy-in playing with the mouse which she
has caught.
The Spinner and the Grower-the cat and
the mousei The law as arranged bv the Man
ufacturer, gives his class two thousand mil
lions of dollars, each year, over and above 8
per cent clear profit on the money invested.
Under this same law, the agricultural classes
make no clear profit, whatever. They barely
make wages
And Harvie's Cotton Association is being
used by the Spinners, and other benefciariesl
of Special Privilege, to cultivate, among the
victims, spirit of profound satisfaction with
the law, as It stands.
The secret purpose 10, 10 point the farmers
IN every direction excepting the right one.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-16
THE LATEST IN TOWELS.
Recently There Has Been Distinct
Change in styles.

While a few old-fashioned folk cling
to the damask towel the great major
ity demand the huck, bleached by nat
ural processes out of doors Many of
those come in damask figures and
fancy weaves such as the fieur-de.lis
or chlysanthemum woven in. Fringed
towels are a thing of the past, The
hemstitched borders are attractive,
but not durable for everyday usage
hem and body being too apt to part
company in the laundering process.
There Is a demand for hand embroid-
cry in towels. even for everyday use.
but the plain hem answers for most
people. The marking for towels should
be clear and distinct II single let
ter is used 1t should be about two
inches in size. While family pieces
are better embroidered in white. in
diyidual towels for different members
of the family are more quickly as
sorted after the wash If each individ
ual has his own color. The mother
of two boys who are often off on camp
ing and yachting trips, where they
carry their own towels has one set oi
towels marked in blue and the Other
in red. so that it takes but moment
to separate them.
For these who do not like hucka
back for face towels, small lengths OF
diaper linen buttonholed on the ends
makes a good face cloth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-16
1he Captain of
- Industry
Nv is Entitled to
V His Reward.
By JAcoB GOULD scHURr1AN Cornell University

to the century of were
the protection Of life and property and AFTER THAT
administration of Justice But nation has now become
w complex the government has been compelled to
tend its functions If anything, think little
TOO MUCH INCLINED TO EXTEND THESE FUNCTIONS.
The laws protecting the health Of the working
people In Germany and other countries legislation has provided for
compulsory education and the setting state banks and insurance
companies No lay down which will be binding
upon succeeding The conditions and the evils
alton MUST BE MET BY THAT GENERATION So far as the
function concerned OF those that believe
that the less governed the better But emergency must be
met and settled according exgences of above ALL
must that JUSTICE done.
Public ownership still experiment, and that
experiment this country has appreaby advanced the mien
certainly opposed ownership of such u
ties as the railroads time entirely risky and first
want results in the smaller field of MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHIP The government could afford invest billions Of dol
lars buying all the railroads of the and then sink other bill
lions in mismanagemen and political corruption.
MY CONCEPTION SOCIALISM VOLUNTARY COMBINATION
LABOR AND CAPITAL
This is brand will appeal all English speak
ing people appeals because is based the old fashioned
virtues of INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRY and individual intelligence
idea of socialism confines itself
fortunes the idea being conscae these fortunes few
this country could all the millions his fingers
but all familiar with monaires and with bionaes
In the presence of much wealth likely forget the GEN
ERAL PROSPERITY people quick cry that the
few have been enriched through the mpoverhment of the
The truth is that WE ARE ALL RICHER AND BETTER OFF
because there has been such accumulation of wealth Our
rich help long they invest their money enter
which furnish employment for labor They hurt the public only
they squander wealth The danger that is not swollen
fortunes BUT IN STOLEN FORTUNES make clear
that fortune although big bad make clear that
would all be better off fortunes larger The danger
not in fortunes, but in the way in which they made
Here country of eighty millions of people aboundng with
believe that the who knows what the people
furnish them One who knows HOW tae advantage of the
conditions that and has the of reaching the market
make a million dollars and make it HONESTLY.
INDUSTRY
ORGANIZATION,
ENTITLED
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-16

Final clean up of all remaining
stocks. Plenty of bargains for
t0days clearance
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-16

Put two pounds flour into PAN;
mix in a small basin one pint of milk
slightly warmed four ounces oiled
butter, three tablespoonfuls Of yeast,
and two eggs; beat all wen together
with a fork make a well in the CEN
ter of the -four, poul in the mixture;
let it stand in a warm place for 20
minutes. then mix in the egg and milk,
and knead into a dough. Take off
pieces, lSnead into rounds. then roll
Gut fiat about one inch thick kput on
creased tins, set them by the side OF
the fire; let them rise about 20 min-
utes, aud bake in moderate oven.
Divide in the center, toast lightly
then butter; put the two pieces to
gether, cut into quarters, and serve
on hot plate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-16
BY WADE II. ELLIS. Attorney General of Ohio.

WADE II. NJ of
tell that all the reforms accomplished during the last
three four years will be UNDONE don't believe the
pendulum will swing far enough back make insurance
steals virtue aduterated foods prescription for
railway rebates sacred right OR
CORPORATE GREED AND LAWLESSNESS A PROTECTED
INSTITUTION OF SOCIETY.
But if anything going make the pendulum swing back will
be the mistaken zeal of Of those irving make swing
TOO FAR FORWARD The pendulum public opinion lust like
other penduumhe farther you shove in one direction
farther it will the other WHEN YOU LET GO saw there
fore let beware of the ultra radicals right all the
Let rather that them STAY RIGHTFD
Let BAG the game we have down before we shoot again
A GAIT FATAL TO VIRTUE AS IT IS TO
VICE. / SPEED LIMIT RESPECTED ON
COURSE OF REFORM
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-16
Mems Wages and Dividends
BY J. G. PHELPS STOKES. Millionaire New York socialist

ByJ G. PHELPS Stokes r1nionsre lew Social
INVESTMENTS not as rule made TO protect ,ronerv
ALREADY POSSESSED, but add to that property
- through appropriation of portion of the wealth PRO
DUCED BY OTHERS.
Stockholders receive dividends produced by the labor others
without much lifting finger render reciprocal service Dy
dends do not simply fall from heaven maerae
They consist every Of WEALTH CREATED BY HUMAN
LABOR and there is Justification taking them from those who
have produced them unless fair compensation given return
The position of nearly every sochoder analogous to that M
AN AUTOCRATIC SOVEREIGN who leves taxes upon his eo
pie regardless OF consideration of the relation which his income bears
o the burden sustained by his people
MANY YEARS THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF pivlnENns
OTHER uNEARNED APPRopRlArEp WITHOUT er
RECIPROCAL SERVICE APPROXIMATELY EouAiEn
THE ENTIRE WAGE PAID FOR SERVICE THE PARTlcpANTa
INDUSTRY s
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-16

Advertising In the NEWS brings
good results.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26

account of partial or total loss Of
sight, while still others are sitting
from day to day in childish i'm.
petence by their humble hearth
stone, hopeless victim of the ills
of war
The modest pension which they
have been allowed, is to be sure
sufficient for the ordinary demands
of comfort but entirely inadequate
when regard is had for the hard
ships and restrictions which their
Affections impose or their devoted
service and life of suffering would
seem to demand.
For the old pensioners of this
type, the Pension Bill which Gen.
Isaac R. Sherwood of Ohio, pro-
poses to introduce at the coming
session of the Congress, will have
a peculiar interest.
General Sherwoods Bill will
grant one dollar day to all pen
sioners who served two years OF
more in the Union Army during
the Civil War.
Such law will do much to les.
sen the hardships and injustices
which many deserving soldiers
have suffered by reason of an un.
fair or preiudiced distribution OF
the pension fund. The Nation
should do the best it possibly can
for all its brave and loyal defend.
ers, the humble poor as we'll as
the high and influential, for its
present safety and greatness is due
as much to the one as to the other
General Sherwood's Bill should
become a law without unnecessary
delay for it will then be made
certain that the means oi
comfort and partial independ.
ence will have been placed
within the reach of all who still
remain, who fought SO we'll and
nobly for Union and for Freedom.
JOHN Fl. PAINTER.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26

Okmulgee, Oct. 17.-Believi ng
that his race should be separated
from the whites and have king
dom of their own, G.. W. Washing
ton, a wealthy colored citizen
here, will go on tour to the var
ious Kingdoms in Africa to select
place to colonize the Negroes
of this country. 1t is his desire
to head a movement to take the
Negroes back to Africa where they
shall govern themselves and live
among their own people. He will
sail for Liberia Africa next month.
In addition to visiting interior
kingdoms of Africa, he will visit
number of French and English
colonies. Washington was brought
up at Houston, Texas. He is
horticulturist by trade, having
learned it at school. He believes
the Negro should be educated in
an industrial way rather than in
theory alone. He is a student of
photography and will take a kodak
with him. Washington will re-
turn to the United States next
summer and report the result of
his Investigations.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26

Prof. Mcmillan Bron, the emf.
nent ethnologist of Sydney, Au-
stralia, says Australia is de-
stined to become the home
of the Negroes. The Polynes-
ians, according to the professor
come not from America as has
been supposed, but from Asia.
They were whites, and changed
color, just as the future Australian
may do as the centuries go on at
least the tropical regions of the
North of the continent. The
northern territory is no place for
the white man. The violent rays
of the sun will turn him black in
course of time.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26

The Governor of Mississippi has
refused to sign any more charters
for banks in that State to be con-
Quoted by colored men. This is
Mr.. Vardaman, who would go to the
United States Senate for the pur-
pose of defeating the Negroes of
their electoral rights. His action
appears smallish. The real mat
ter, however, is unknown but it
seems to be at one with his notion
of making the colored people as
uncomfortable as possible.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 12.-An-
drew j. Beard, a Birmingham Ne
gro who had invented several car
couplers and other appurtenances
which are being adopted by various
railroad systems throughout the
country and which have netted
him between thirty and forty dol
lars, has just patented an improved
coupler and is about to close a deal
for the sale to Northern railroad
for $4,000. Beard is ambitious
to win the prize offered for the
Government for the most perfect
car coupler as safely device.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26
THE SOUTH AND THE.
NEGRO.

Ine following strlKlngly broad
minded and able address on Negro
education from southern stand.
point was delivered by Mr.. Leroy
Percy in Greenville, Miss, at a
dinner of the State Bar Associa-
ton last May. Mr.. Percy is one
of the foremost citizens of the
state. The address was published
in the Vicksburg Herald and a
copy of this paper was sent to the
Outlook by President Roosevelt
with recommendation that it be
published. After the Introductory
remarks Mr.. Percy said:
The statement is daily heard
that education ruins the Negro as
a laborer, and that we should not
be burdened with educating him.
| want to enter my protest against
both assertions. deny that edu-
cation impairs the usefulness of
the Negro; 1 deny the assertion
that we should not educa ate him.
1t is idle to talk about stopping
the education of the Negro; it is
"kicking against the pricks
There is no voluntary retrogress.
ion in civilization. You might as
we'll try to-stop the rising tide of
the ocean, or to turn back the
hands of time. If we should cease
to furnish the means for his edu-
cation, on the theory that it is bet
ter to keep him in ignorance, a
theme would be furnished by
which millions would be obtained
from other sections of this coun-
trysfor his education. The money
would come from remote Sec
tions of the country, and the
instruction would be given by
those hostile and alien to our
wants, our needs and our prob.
lens, and a part of that education
would be hostility to and hatred
of us.
No, this education must be Civ
en- by the southern people, and
through the instrumentalities
which they provide We taught him
what he knew in slavery; we must
teach him what he should know in
freedom. If we could stop his ed
ucation, we should not do SO. I
deny as an academic question that
the Negroes usefulness is impaired
by education. I deny that any
man is rendered worse by having
his intelligence quickened, HE
mental hosizon widened, I deny
from observation and actual exper.
ience that rudimentary educa-
ton makes Negro a more ineffi-
cient farmer. I own a place in
Washington county entirely ten
anted by Negroes. do not be.
lieve that a more desirable set of
Negro tenents can be found upon
any property in the South, and
more than so per cent of them can
read and write. The most desir-
able class of Negro farmers in the
Yazoo Delta are those who are
able, as it is expressed, to furnish
themselves" that is, those who
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26

Hattiesburg, Miss, Oct. 13.--
A resolution calling for separate
schools for Italians, Syrlans and
Russian Jewish children in Hat
tiesburg has been adopted by the
local Board of Education. 1t will
be presented to the city council to-
morrow night in an effort to OBJ
tain funds for erecting separate
school building. Recent race an
tagonism in this vicinity, especial
ly against Italians, is the cause
for the resolution.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26
Special to CoLoRADo STATESMAN.

Special to CoLoRADo STATESMAN.
The matter of pensions is sub
ject that has given as much con
oern to legislators, as any of the
questions, which in serious way
affect large numbers of the citizens
of our country.
Various pension bills have been
voted through Congress from time
to time since the Revolutionary
War having for their aim the re-
lief of men and the families of men,
who had suffered and endured dis
ability, through service in war for
their country.
Although originally designed for
the benefit of the worthy in this
class, it was to be expected that
subsequent laws might develop
many inequalities in the distribu-
ton of the benefits provided by the
Nation for it's defenders.
In great many instances the
generosity of the government has
b5en sadly abused and as a conse-
quence, there are persons won
drawing pensions who would be
more fttingly employed if they
were drawing a cart. These in an
unguarded moment will claim to
be enjoying the most perfect health
and are known to be in active
daily pursuit of their chosen occu-
pations.
There are many such cases to be
found in the Federal service,
where it is not an unusual thing
for men in the higher clerkships to
be in receipt of large pen
sions. granted on the contention
that the applicants ability and
capability for earning his living
had been seriously impaired
through his army service.
It is needless to say that many
of these for whom Uncle Sam has
so literally provided, Captains and
Majors too, could scarcely employ
their talents at SO great profit in
any private civil occupation. 1t
was truly lucky chance that in
duced some of them to enter the
soldier service of the country.
But there are the others, the
poor fellows without influence, ig-
norant oftentimes but just as de-
voted to the old flag as they were in
the COS, when they proved their
valor at the cannons mouth and in
the fevered trench.
Many of these devoted souls are
actually incapacitated for self sup
port through their army service;
some of them walking with shuff-
ling gait on stick; Others CROPPING
their way from place to place on
The Colorado statesman., 1907-10-26

Guthrie, o. T., Oct. 12.-The
Mayor of the only town perhaps,
in the world where not a white
man lives, was killed in a street
dual. The town is Boley, I. T.,
with population of about 1000.
j. R. Ringo, the Mayor. had rem
dered decision in his court against
James r. Oldham, farmer, and
when the two Negroes, met on one
of the main streets the following
day both began shooting. Ringo
was almost instantly killed, while
Oldham escaped injuries. The
farmer was placed under arrest af-
ter the several Negro police had
quelled a riot, and he is now in
jail.