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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-28
THE WAY TO PEACE

New York Evening Post All re-
strictive legislation proposed or ac-
tually enacted in so many
states is simply the flaming
of long smoldering hatred
of corporations and particularly
of railways retaliation for series
of vexations and injuries. The greed,
the duplicity and the unfairness Of
men like Hartman have stung the
population of whole states to fury.
MI. Bryan voiced that anger when in
Boston yesterday he spoke of the
railways which prefer to effect tn ,ir
purpose through terrorizing legisla-
ton" The pat7 out of this thicket in
which the railways are entangled is
not easy, but it is possible. w. G.
Brown. senior vice president of the
New York Central lines, points it out
in mis- demand "for restoration of
public confidence, based upon the
widest publicity of corporation affairs
and absolute fairness equality and
stability of rates" In the columns Of
talk in which our railway managers
have recently INDUCED, no utterance
has been sounder or more pertinent.
President Roosevelt cannot, If he
would, call Off the legislatures and
governors. If the rebates, the dis
ordinations and the injustices con
tinue, Mr. Bryan, Mr.. Hearst OF
some other man will lead an anti-rail.
way agitation, compared with which
the present campaign is friendly
demonstration. But If Mr.. Brown and
mis- friends get together in a gentle.
mans agreement"-not of the old kind
but of the new-to carry out in let
ter and spirit the policy of fair deal
ing which he urges, they will disarDl
the agitator and the demagogue. On
no other terms can the railways Sc
cure peace.
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lowing day and in the next thrse
months we sold between 10000 and
$4,000 of these belts-at good profit.
1t also gave our salesgirls an oppor-
tunity of making quite little pin
money after hours. This was accom-
plished just through newspaper adver-
Using"
Most shoe dealers now handle some
make of arch supports. Mr.. Simmons
said his attention was first called %
arch supports through an advertise
ment in trade journal He odered
a few pairs, had one of his clerks
familiarize himself with their virtues,
proper fitting, etc., and advertis cd
them. The ads. Of course were written
in way to appeal to person suffer-
ing from fallen fnsteps, broken arches,
etc. 1t was only day or two before
inquiries began to be made regarding
them, and before long he was selling
scores of instep supporters. In many
cases, also, instep support was the
cause Of selling pair Of shoes-where
the customer was convinced that the
kind Of shoe he or she was wearing
was not the proper sort to obtain the
best results This all came through
newspaper advertising, without which
no retail business can be made the
greatest success-The Keokuk Gate
City.
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A HISTORIC MULE.

Pueblo Chieftain. -The report that
the original cause of dispute between
Nicaragua and Honduras was a mule
bears strong color of probability. 1t
is for just such trivial causes as this
that nations have sought to extermin-
ate each other in the past, and such
trivial matters will continue to be the
immediate excuses for future conflicts
SO long as nations engage in the fool
ish practice of venting international
hatred in hostile acts.
Nevertheless it is true that no mod
ern nation ever went to war about
such small matters. When the spirit
of international hatred has been arous-
ed, any excuse, however small, may
serve as the immediate reason for
the outbreak of war. But when inter
national friendship is the prevailing
sentiment in both nations, is in
deed a very grave offense That can
operate to provoke hostilities.
"A good illustration of this is to be
found in the recent foolish action Of
Governor Swettenham Of JaznAioa.
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w. G. BROWN ON PERlLs OF THE
RAILROAD WAR.

Harper's Weekly.-W. G. Brown, the
senior vice president Of the New York
Central lines, has written letter to
some one who is described as "a
friend in Washington" that commands
attention. The letter deals strongly
and lucidly with the present condition
aspect this war is like physical con-
tests between nations; 1T may have
been begun from righteous motives,
but it has, incidentally it appears. its
attendant evils Mr.. Brown states,
what all well-informed persons know,
that one of these attendant evils Is
the unsettling of confidence in the fu-
ture Of railroads. Investors-and Mr..
Brown, Notwithstanding his official po-
sition In the Central lines, is one of
these-are parting with their railroad
shares. The falling price of such
shares-some six per cent stocks now
selling at the price which they brought
when they were five per cent stocks
tells the reason why. The spirit OF
distrust, according to this authority,
is growing rapidly. This spirit. bred
by constant war against the corpo-
rations,has been fostered by an I'M
restrained war which knows no
bounds, and which, consciously or un-
consciously recognizes no good in rail-
road corporations, whatever its lead
ers and inspirers to the contrary
This, with the threats of future and
more radical assaults on the roads
mush have it's effects, and one OF
these will naturally be to prevent the
great extension of mileage which Mr.
Hill has said is demanded by reason
of the present inadequacy Of existing
roads to meet the growing demands
of business, or, indeed, any extension
whatever The present roads will be
maintained, but it is possible that i'm
provements will stop until there Is a
cessation of the general and indiscrim
mate war upon them which is now car
ritd on. Mr.. Browns letter is disoour
aging. and must awaken apprehension
for there are many facts which sus
tain both his statement Of facts and
his fears.
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IS. S.
PURELY VEGETABLE

lies convalescent on his sick bed at
Macuto, and this government has now
been notified that Venezuela will be
pleased to send delegate.
The American delegation, as select
ed for the conference, in anticipation
that 1t would be held last summer was
as follows: Joseph H. Cl.oate, former
ambassador to Great Britain, chair
man; Gen. Horace Porter, former am
bassador to France; U. B. Rose, a
prominent jurist of Arkansas; Brig.
Gen. George B. Davis, judge advocate
general of the army; Rear Admiral
Charles s. Sperry, president of the
Naval War college.
1t is understood that these mem
bers will be reappointed for the com.
ing conference. 1t is not made
clear, however, as to whether the
delegation snail be limited to five in
number, but II it is, Mr.. Buchanan
will likely succeed Judge Rose on the
commission.
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HuMoR IN WASHINGTON.

Washington Post-Representative
Gardner, of Massachusetts, and a
friend were entering the White House
grounds on Thursday when they were
saluted with two short, sharp claps Of
thunder.
Gracious" exclaimed Gardeners
companion, what was that?"
Nothing" said Gardner, cody light.
ing a cigarette. "The President Is
only shooting another railroad presi-
dent out in the White Lot"
Later, Mr. Gardner related the in
cident to the President The latter
laughed heartily. and seemed to enjoy
the joke.
The story was telegraphed to New
York, which may or may not account
1t was stated at the White House last
night, for the decision of the four rail
road presidents, who had been seized.
uled to appear before Mr.. Roosevelt
as per appointment made by Mr. Nor
gan, to keep away from Washington
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THE BRYAN BAROMETER.

New York Globe.-After subsi-
dence Of some months sine he de-
livered his ill-received speech for gov
eminent ownership of railroads, Mr..
Bryan Is again in the news, He thinks
he sees an opening to promote his
political chances. He Is out again
ovation" hunting, is again lifting up
that unrivalled voice.
The temperance at this time is
most significant. 1t shows that Bryan
ism still has its old meaning. It iden-
titles Bryan again as a panic bird
whose wings are unfolded as soon as
his nostrils have noted that perhaps
there is a carcass to be picked. Times
good and confidence general-Bryan
is singularly quite; disturbance and
anxiety comes-Bryan energies. Pub
lie distress works his gain-at least
this sees his theory. Thus in his re-
marks at Boston yesterday he made
little attempt to suppress the tone OF
gloat. Bryan chances, he intimates,
are looking up. Why? Because the
Wall street panic of blue Thursday
seemed to mark the possible begin.
ming of hard times. Great must be his
disappointment at the markets rapid
recovery-heartfelt his dissatisfaction
over the fact that there were no fail
ures and that business machinery con
tinues profitably to revolve.
The sinister meaning Of Organism is
thus reproclaimed. Do men want less
regular employment and wages lower
Make it appear Bryan has chance
to win. His happiness implies the
common misery; his despair the gen
eral welfare. His feelings provide 6
barometer whose fluctuations can In
structively be watched. Are they up
is his liking for panic and calamit.
being gratified? It is bad with the
country Are ley down? 1t is goot
with the country.
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MEN TO BE AVOIDED.

Henry Clews.-Avoid the man who
when he drinks habitually drinks
alone; who talks religion down town
in connection with his daily business
affairs; who deceives his wife and
boasts of 1t to others; who partakes of
hospitality and talks behind his enter
tainer's back; who chews tobacco in
a public conveyance; who gets intox-
icated in public places; who borrows
money from a friend and then black
guards the lender; who runs in debt
with no apparent intention of paying.
or who boasts of the superiority of his
family.
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when 1t Is not at all conducive to tenn
perate morality of expression, but that
is another thing.
One of the questions asked by some
grave critic in the discussion is why
do men laugh more than women"
and at once we think of the question
propounded by Franklin to the Paris
savants," Why can living flsh be i'm
mersed in tub brimming full Of
water without causing 1t to overflow?"
After much grave discussion the sa-
wants replied that they could find no
reason and Franklin replied: "Nor 1.
The thing cannot be DONE"
It does not need investigation to an
swer why men laugh more than
woman" They do not They may
laugh louder, but they do not laugh
any more. 1t proves nothing that the
great laugh promoters, Sh lkespeare
and Rabelais and others, were men.
So were Bach and Beethoven and
Wagner and Verdi and all other great
musicians, men, yet the women Of the
world make, In their executant sense,
far more music than men do
The fantastic humor of the discus
sion crops out In the solemn .declara
| ton that If man had been always
laughing he would have made no pro
gress. Possibly not, but neither would
he if he had been always crying mol
If he had always been going fishing OF
always playing golf.
Laughing is one of tired natures
restorers." 1t is in the nature of what
the doctors call an Alternative; 1t sets
the various functions of the man OF
the woman into relations different
from those some time prevailing anG
thereby acts like a periodical unbend
ing of the bow. 1t is antiseptic ant
burns out humors and testers and most
of all, though essentially a bodily sen
sation, perhaps, 1t seems to act direct
ly on both body and mind and mo-
merely on the one through the other
1t Is the greatest and most poten
tonic known to mankind, building
mind and body out of depression ant
lassitude, but like all other tonics i
must be used as tonic health pro
moter and not as a beverage or food
and If the London critics would lool
at this side of it and then read some
Of the things they seem to have sail
they would laugh at themselves.
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NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

1t has come to be a recognized
fact that the merchant who does the
best business and enjoys the most
prosperity is the one who does the
best newspaper advertising. AS prov
ing that such advertising pays Mr.. w.
G. Simmons, Hartford, Conn, she,
dealer, related couple of incidents
in his experience In an address before
the Association Retail Shoe Dealers of
New England, In session in Boston.
About three years ago one of his
salesgirls made belt of shoestrings.
The belt was a novelty and quite at
tractive, and Mr.. Simmons had her
make up dozen or so with an idea CT
selling them. He put line or two in
his ads. calling attention to them, with
what result ne told in the following
words.
The first dozen was sold the fol
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Mr.. PlcKETT's ADDRESS

y Hon. Charles Pickett of Waterloo
in his address before the Grant club,
made it plain that we are face to
face with the necessity of amending
the constitution of the United States
or of coming to the English System
of unwritten laws, making the consti-
tuition matter of judicial interpre-
tation.
The interstate commerce section
ito regulate commerce between the
states" has already been stretched
to cover mass CT legislation the
trainers Of the constitution never con
telnplated, and thu courts are likely
% IL asked in the case of child la .,o-
laws and other similar import to
go even further t5ap they have al
ready gone.
Mr.. Pickett would go as far as the
President in the way Of Strengthening
the national hand in matters of ma.
tional Importance. But he believes
it should be done by formal amend
ment and not by judicial construc-
ton. He belives the law should be
written, and that the courts should
construe it's provisions literally The
people should not shrink from the
duty Of occasionally amending the
law to fit the conditions of national
growth.
United States senators should be
chosen by the people. Interstate
commerce should be under national
regulation to the extent even Of ma
tional licensing Of corporations. Many
things now left to the states should
be turned over to national authority.
| We have become nation in the past
hundred years, and have ceased to be
a confederation Of independent states.
All of these things involve a change
in the organic law either direct or
through court Interpretation.
Mr.. Pickett would face the situation
and frankly admits that the time has
come for constitutional convention.
The Des Moines Register and
| Leader.
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PANIC TALK a MYTH.

With the exception of few calam-
ity howlers. who may always be found
in high places as well as among the
demagogues, the big men of the coun-
try see no check in prosperity. and no
grounds for the cry of panic in the re-
cent stock markets collapse. Presi-
dent B. L. Winchell of the Rock
Island system is emphatic in decrying
statement at meeting of the Rock
Island officials in Omaha recently:
Il take no stock in the talk of a
panic. l do not think the current OF
prosperity has been checked. While
other men, many of them men whose
opinions must be respected, have ex-
pressed the belief that present agita-
ton and legislation bearing upon rail-
roads, will inevitably lead to strin-
gency, if not panic, do not endorse
their view.
ct is a mistake, though to ascribe
the actions or conduct of railroad
managers at this time to determine
ton or desire at retaliation. 1t Is
nothing of the sort. The same good
faith which the people ask for their
motives must in turn be ascribed by
the people to the motives of the corpo-
rations."
Henry Clews, the New York banker
and authority on market conditions,
shares Mr.. Winchells views. He says
that if the reaction is too sudden it
may be check to enterprise, but if
moderate, will have greatly beneficial
results. Mr.. Clews says:
"It is too early to calculate the eff
feet upon general business of the
stock market decline. Our railroads
are already starting a policy of re
trenchment which must react upon the
iron trade and upon labor. Many OF
our rich men, also, who are accustom
ed to take the initiative, either through
necessity or caution, follow on the
same lines. With a check TO enter
prise generally and lessened demand
for labor, it is inevitable that business
will in time feel these movements
They may not show themselves i'm
mediately. for much of the work pro
| jected must be finished, but later on
| it need cause no surprise if there
should be a moderate slackening in
the headlong pace at which business
has been going for the past few years
! If such reaction can be kept within
moderate bounds and the country
brough back gradually from abnorma
conditions to those which are more
normal, the result would really be ben
eficial. inasmuch as our situation vii
! be stronger and sounder.'
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which caused scarcely more than q
ripple OF amusement because the re-
lations between the people of England
and the people of the United States
were friendly. Under other conditions
and an American admiral might easily
nave been the first act Of an inter
national tragedy of immense proper
tions
So too with the Japanese school in
cident at San Francisco. Had the
two peoples concerned been seeking
conflict this incident might easily
have furnished the occasion for mar
tial strife instead of good natured
diplomacy and friendly adjustment.
All Of which goes to show the i'm.
portance of friendly relations and
friendly sentiments among the nations.
1t should be the constant policy of the
United States to cultivate friendliness
WITH all nations and to avoid the de-
velopment of international hatreds
The people of this country can always
be trusted to rise in defence Of our
national interests whenever those IN
terests are seriously attacked, and 1t
Is not necessary for us to imagine
hereditary enmities in order to secure
reasonable preparations for defence.
If we are really and genuinely at
peace with Great Britain and with
Germany and with Japan, we may
reasonably expect that whatever con
troversies may arise will be settled
peacefully. But If the spirit of hatred
is aroused and persisted in we car
never tell at. what moment some I'm
lucky mule may precipitate conflict
to the Unreasonable loss and suffering
of both nations.
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LIBRARIAN SHOULD BE RAISED


Iowa newspapers have taken the
stand that the state librarian is not
sufficiently paid and the Courier en-
dorses this view. State Librarian
Brigham has increased the efficiency
of the Iowa library to an extent that
has made it model for many of the
other states. He has been recognized
outside the state by his selection as
president of the National Association
Of State Librarians and by seat in
the council of the American Library
association.
An investigation shows that the
average salary paid the state librar-
ian in forty-fve states of the union is
$3.50. This incluoes states whose
libraries have no standing. Iowa pays
its librarian but $4,000.
New York pays it librarian salary
of $4,000, another pays $1,000, two pay
SO 1000, three pay $4,000. Of the two
that pay $4,000, one is little New
Hampshire, the other is Massachu-
sets, which has little more than a law
document library.
The Des Moines Register and Lead
er in supporting the bill pending in
the legislature providing for an in
crease in the librarians salary says:
There is this to be said for the pro-
posed increase in the salary of the
state librarian from $4,000 to $2,400 a
year, that 1t has much more to REC
ommend it than the increase Of the
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HAzINa Jus1lElEp

The practice of hazing Is one that is
universally condemned, but after all
there are cases where it is justifiable
when not carried to the extent Of in
juring the victim bodily. A case
that seems to have some justification
was that in which Michigan fresh
man was the victim and fifty upper
classmen were the hazers. 1t follow
ed a visit of William Jennings Bryan,
the peerless one, to Ann Arbor. Bryan
came to Ann Arbor Friday night to
lecture before the Students Lecture
Association. A banquet had been
planned for him by Ann Arbor Demo
Gratis and Professors Bunker and
Boyle of the law department were
chosen to attend him to the banquet
hall.
Although he was in no way official
ly connected with the affair, Mar
chand rushed up at the close of the
lecture and, proffering his arm, es-
corted Bryan to the waiting carriage
and drove to the banquet hall, while
the professors, left in the lurcn, fol
lowed in. a street car
Arrived at the Armory Merchant in
troduced Bryan to Ann Arbor's leading
Democrats while the upper class men
who had charge of the affair looked
on in amaZement.
Then the seniors sought out the Of
Tending freshman. One of the stunts
which he was called upon to endure
was having spoiled eggs showed, one
at time, down his back. In this way
half a case of eggs was consumed.
He was also given cold baths
The faculty has called no investi-
cation. They seem inclined to believe
that the hazing was justifiable.
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IOWA MAN GOES TO THE HAGUE

Washington, D. c., Times.-In pur-
suance Of the policy of Secretary of
State Root to bring the Latin Amer
lean republics to the front in affairs
of the world and in the important dis
cussions concerning the worlds peace,
this government will send William T..
Buchanan as member of the Ameri-
can delegation to The Hague peace
conference to be held during the COM
ing summer. The appointment of Mr.
Buchanan as a member of the dele
cation will be officially announced
within the next few days.
AS a result of the efforts Of Score
tary Root, the agreement was only
recently reached on the part of the
powers signatory to the Berlin agree
ment that the Latin-American repub.
lies should be given a representation
and vote at the coming conference.
Mexico was the only country on the
western hemisphere, except the Unit
ed States, that was signatory to the
original agreement, and this means
the addition of Brazil, as well as the
smallest of the Central and South
American nations, to The Hague con-
ference.
Last week, Venezuela announced
that she would not participate. This
was in line with the policy of Presi.
dent Castro In obstinately refusing
to have his country represented at
the Pan-American congress at, Rio
last summer Since then, hovever,
Castro apparently has given the sub.
iect no further consideration as he
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ALDRlcH's LAST POEM

what was probably the last verse
written by Thomas Bailey Aldrich ap-
pears in the Atlantic Monthly for
March, and is tribute to the mem
DRY of Longfellow.-
Above his grave the grass and snow
Their soft antiphonal strophes write;
Moonrise and daybreak come and go;
Summer by summer on the height
The thrushes find melodious breath.
Here let no vagrant winds that blow
Across the spaces of the night
Whisper of death.
They do not die who leave their
thought
Imprinted on some deathless page.
Themselves may pass; the spell they
wrought
Endures on earth from age to age.
And thou, whose voice but yesterday
Fell upon charmed listening ears.
Thou shalt not know the touch of
years;
Thou holdest time and chance at bay.
Thou Invest in thy living word
AS when It's cadence first was heard
o gracious poet and benign,
Beloved presence! now as then
Thou standest by the earths of
men,
Their fireside joys and griefs are
thine;
Thou speakest to them Of their dead
They listen and are comforted
They break the bread and pour the
wine
OF life with thee, as in those days
Men saw thee passing on the street
Beneath the elms-O reverend feet
That walk in far celestial ways!