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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Financial Reform

Those who expect that Congress will
enact the financial reform Legislation
that is demanded will probably be
doomed to disappointment. Some kind
of a financial measure will perhaps be
agreed to, but it will fall far short
of meeting the unfortunate conditions
that Republican policies have produced.
In any event, only a compromise meas
ure may be expected. for even the
bankers are divided into two schools
of finance. One school believes infa-
ton through asset currency win in
sure prosperity and the other school is
anxious for central bank through
which all financial blessings should
flow. Those who believe in more cur
rency are also divided in opinion upon
what iI shall be based, whether on
the assets Of the banks or upon bonds
ard stocks There Is also a serious diff
ference of opinion about the rate of
interest the banl1errs shall pay on this
new currency. The bankers propose 3
per cent and those who are intent on
a flexible currency that will be retired
as soon as its, purpose is accomplished
think that not less than per cent
should be paid, or it would continue
in circulation.
Bank currency based on the assets"
Of the banks, without any other securi-
ty, is return to the State bank sys-
TEN that existed before the creation of
national banks to force a market for
United States bonds. Put the people
viii never consent 10 again use curreu-
cy that Is not good anywhere, and that
has nos the faith and credit Of the
United Staecs behind IT. and can be
used in all Business transactions with.
out question:
The most able naanciers are con-
WINGED that the Initiation Of the cur
rency has gone far enough. and that
it is not imitation that is needed, for
imitation Of the currency has been per-
sistent and is still going on The vol
une of money IN circulation is now
about 80 per cent more per capita than
It was ten years ago, and is progress
Ing at the rate of nearly per ceEe a
year. As the Democrats are not
charges with the responsibility OF leg
islation, and VIII be prevented by the
autocratic rules OF the House Of Rep
resentatives from having any voice In
formulating the bill that may event
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

The fact that within the past twenty
years two-thirds of the unevenness IN
railroad tracks has been done away
with on certain lines was discussed at
a recent meeting of the American
Academy OF Sciences.
The improvement has been brought
about principally through new designs
and methods OF manufacture of rails.
A track Indicator car, travelling
twenty or thirty miles an hour, sums
up the inequalities, the ups and
downs In the rails for each mile ira
versed- Formerly the total tnequali-
"" per mile amounted to six or seven
feet. even for the best roads: now it
mas been reduced TO only eighteen or
twenty inches. aud this remnant Is ss;o
co be due to dents In the rails
It has been pointed out that the I'M
prOyenent which may be carrie, Ear.
ther. brings with It heavier loca-,o-
dives and cars. longer trains and higher
speed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Poverty Pnrfx

For a Marcel wave there was a fine
OF cent, and like sun was levied on
the wearer of crimps rats. pompadours.
bracelets, necklaces or beads at .pov-
erty party given recently at the Oak
land Presbyterian Church, Bouquet
street. near wilmot. Pfttsburg. under
the auspices OF the Christian Endeavor
Society. The party throughout was
unique In Its arrangements, but 1t
caused no end Of fun and was also
profitable
The girl who was brave enough 10
sport A diamond ring was fined 8 cents.
and a bouquet was paiS for at the rate
OF cents Men were asked 10 come
In old clothes and flannel shirts
billed" shirts and seand-up collars
were liable to fine Of cents. and
creases in trousers we're paid for at 2
cents per crease
Extras in the matter OF love-making.
wearing perfume. flirting, spooning
chewing gum. telling secrets or being
wall-fowe-s were paii for at the rate
of . cents for each ofense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

The tariff that protects the trusts
Is the chief cause of the present fnan-
cial panic 1t has fostered combina-
lions In restraint of trade, has induced
a bogus prosperity by constrained arti-
fetal high prices, and thus the money
of the people has been diverted from le
Ultimate business into Wall street spec
ulative channels. OF course the trusts
and corporations in their mad race for
wealth have had to expand wages and
50 allow a percentage of their prosperi-
ty to filter through to the workingman,
but the increased cost of living brought
about by trust high prices has kept the
prosperity of the people from approach
ing the prosperity of the tarif-protect-
ed monopolists.
Vast capital has been employed by
the trusts and corporations to keep up
the pace that monopoly has produced.
and the effort to pay dividends on enor-
mously overcapitalized corporations has
led to a great volume of speculation.
Every bank and trust company In the
big cities has been loaning large per-
centage of their depositors money on
watered stocks, and when the collapse
came their efforts to protect these spec
ulative investments proved their I'M
doing. Advances to legitimate bust
ness men have been refused, and If 1t
had not been for the small country
banks buying commercial paper" the
crash would have come months before
it did
If the tariff had been reformed so
that the trusts could not have raised
prices to such an enormous extent for
fear of competition from abroad, the
financial panic could have been avoided,
in spite of Republican financial legis-
lation which was enacted to aid the
bankers, as trust-protecting tariff laws
were passed to help the monopolies
called trusts.
Who but a Republican Congress
would have ever dared to provide by
law that all the available cash III the
United States treasury could be loaned
to the banks, without paying cent
of interest? Who but Republican
Congress would tax the people to pro-
tect the trusts and collect an enormous
surplus, to be so loaned to the banks?
Who but a Republican President and
Republican Secretary of the Treas
ury would hand over to the banks the
last dollar of available cash, instead
of reserying enough money to protect
the interests of the United States gov
eminent?
Now we see the Republican leaders
clamoring for a currency law to pro
tect the banks, and standing pat Oh the
tariff which protects the trusts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
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The News ~

| If you happen 20 be short of cash, just
issue clearinghouse certificates.
Better get your coffin now. All the ium-
Der will be gone in twenty years
The spool-cotton trust certainly spins
lot of money in the course of year.
"There is need Of more currency" de-
clares the New York Times Indisputa-
bly,
Those big speculative corporations
could stand a good many more 'resigna-
tons.
New York is paying Is cents dozen
fol eggs. How, about eggs for national
currency?
The old stocking and the tin box are
mighty poor places for people to keep
their money.
Everybody stop worrying; the New
York health officer says there is no dis
ease in money.
There are lots of things more com
Portable than being a Wall street finan-
cier these days.
Whatever the exact amount the James
town Exposition owes. there is little dam
ger Of it being paid.
Considering that it has cost us $780,
100000, the Panama canal is not such a
bic hole in the ground
So many .Napoleons of Finance have
gone down that Wall street must have
large collection of Waterloos.
The ayeiage man could stand panic
better If the price Of bread and meat
would fall 10 points at sbe time.
St. Gaudens woman on the new gold
coin is clad in a war bonnet. Well, wom-
en- do most Of the lighting, anyway.
John d. Rockefeller, Jr.. says that
some people have gift for acquiring. lie
ought to know. He has an example close
at home.
When viii an automobiles learn that
when he begins 10 dash along through the
dark at a mise-a-Ininrte clip a man takes
his life in bis hands?
The European powers seem to have an
idea that China is piece Of pie which
somebody will eventually have TO serve
around among the nations.
\ sTassachrsetts Tni5;isrer has resigned
his Vassorafe TO devote his entire time TO
eolf. Probably BIS church duties kept
him fro1a playing sunday
After years Of work, the government
invest gators are finding Out what every
body knows-fhat the Standard Oil Com
uany is practical monopoly.
The Massachusetts judge who has de-
cided that a woman who rummages in her
husbands pockets IS guilty OF cruelty
could he elected to the presidency.
A southern astronomer is pulled UP
with pride because he has found foair new
stars. 4 New York theatrical manager
finds that many almost every season.
Horace Fletcher, the foodisz-r ecom-
mends spaghetti and onions NJ steady
diet. Ii might be ell rigt* II man
didn't mind losing his sazn sas friends
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
BRIDEGROOM NOT FOUND.
No Trace Discovered of Frnnk E..
Mnine. Who Disannenred Nov. 10.

No Trace Discovered of Frank f.
Mime, Who Disappeared Nov. 10.
Leaving his home and bride of Few
weeks on Nov. 10. Frank L. Maine has
disappeared and no trace of
him can be found The fear is expressed
chat he has met with foul play or been
killed in some accident. His wife is on
the verge OF nervous collapse and in the
care of physicians at the nome of his
relatives in North Freedom He was not
known to have an enemy and was of
steady habits. lie is smooth shaven,
weight 1876 pounds, blue eyes. slim built.
height ) feet ~ inches wore derby hat
and black serge suit He carried
small size gold watch and a pair of gold
rim eye glasses, but wore the glasses only
occasionally.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
PROFIT IN MUNICIPAL WATER.

Low Rates for Consumers and High
Earnings shown I'm kenosha.
The annual report of the municipal
water company in Kenosha shows that
notwithstanding water is being supplied
to patrons cheaper than in any other city
on the lake shore, the profits for the year
amount to more than $4,000. Besides
meeting all demands for the year, $4,000
was spent for the erection of a standpipe,
$4,000 for extensions of the mains end
$1,000 for other payment improvements,
Ten years ago the plant was purchased
bv the city, and the total cost has been
$247, 600. OF this amount all but $4,000
has been paid by the profits. The bonds
are being retired as fast as they fall due.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

Are Returning from Woods in Large
Numbers Is Report

Are Returning from Woods in Large
Numbers, Is Report.
According to reports from the Wiscon-
sin Free Employment bureau. located in
Oshkosh, there are more men in the woods
at the present time than thee are places
open for them. 1t is stated thct com
Isanies which last year employed several
camps. are this year operating only one
or two camps. Sawmills in the northern
part of the State have discharged one
half of their regular crew and are operat-
ing on an eight-day basis. Wage; have
been reduced and men. who last year re-
ceived $50 month and more, are getting
but SIS and $50 this year. The lumber
men claim that the lumber business has
been Improbable for the last year or two,
and they are going to curtail the produc-
tfou
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
A cnrious Propositions.

The President no doubt had In mind
the collection by Cortelyou Of the large
sums for the Roosevelt campaign from
the life insurance companies from ma
tionaI banks. from tariff beneicfaries.
from Hartman and other indicators
Of great wealth. for he informs Con
sress that the need for such corruption
Mould vanish If an appropriation was
made for the expenses Of each OF the
t<.o great natfonal parties That would
be tough on the ProhibitionIsts, the
populists. the Socialists and other par
ties 10 be taxed to defeat themselves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

A poet had a wife and the wife had
little to eat After several weeks Of
allure to set money wherewith 10 prlr-
chase food she ran away with cab
diver who owned his outfit and acted
as though he owned the city
The blow VIII kill him." cried PEG
pie. "She has ruined his career"
II didn't kill him. for be turned his
sorrow into a sonnet that he sold for
IS. and reviewers said that the font OF
Inspiration had at last been opened to
him
A mans wife deserted him, and the
neighbors were more interested than
be was.
Poor fellow" they said, at win drive
him to drink"
1t did. for he was one who never lost
an opportunity, and his wife was 1
strict ts<totalsr.-N.w York Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

1t cleaner end healthier 1t has better class of peo
pie The average of intelligence and of character Is
higher II the small town is without saloons 1t has that
distinct advantage others, large and small which
have and the larger usually have the saloon
the evils which congregate about it The small town
has no considerable vicious element, whereas that
ment rules many of the larger towns. The air of the
small town is clear and pure that Of the big town
times is loaded with smoke and SCOT and burdened with
the bad odors of dirty streets The small town has
schools good churches. good teachers
good preachers and recognition in the home and society
does not depend much upon money. There is less
snobbery and dissipation. There is juster recogni-
ton OF personal worth. At the same time the
yeniences and Of life be enjoyed and lv
Eng is cheaper.
The word that is to be spoken to the people Of the
small the word of appeal to make the best of
natural advantage If they te Into manufactures
economy dictates what they must be. If abundant
materials exist and If there is practically unlimited local
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
HELD A CoUNTERFEITER.

Arthur j. Leighton, ShebOygan
Falls, Is Arrested In Illinois.
Arthur j. leighton of Sheboygan Falls
was taken into custody at Streator, H.,
Oh a charge of counterfeiting. He was
observed playing slot machines with mon
ey that did not ring properly and Chief
of Police Doyle arrested him. In va
lise were found ten dies with the observe
side of a quarter of a dollar, together
with other equipment. 1t is declared that
he purchased old type from a newspaper
Office to secure metal for his purpose. \
number of letters written his mother from
Sheboygan Falls established the identity
of the prisoner. He was sent to Chicago
for a hearing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
FARMING PAYp SURELY.

Heavy Shipments of Stock from
Little Village Brings Big Prices.
That the farmers in that section of the
state We're not will not be affected by
the recent stringency in the money market
was demonstrated the other day when
fourteen cars of cattle and hogs were
shipped from Blanchardyille. The ship
ment brought big prices. Four more cars
were shipped the following day. John
livered ninety-three head of cattle to this
market, receiving SHIPS in cash for the
same.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
IN. cammon nnnx.r

We have been used to hear that
while the fear Of dangerous negroes
made II hard for white children in the
South to get 10 school, the negro chill
dren were not In danger. and going to
school without fear or risk had on
that account an educational advantage
over the white children- A Southern
woman who writes to the American
Magazine about race relations In the
South touches on this point to say that
ths dangerous negroes ara dangerous
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
FIVE HURT AS TRAINS CRASH.


Freight and Passenger i'm Collision
on Northwestern Near Belcit.
Two persons were seriously hurt and
three others injured in minor degrees in
a collision on Tie Northwestern railroad
a mile south of Beloit. The collision was
between a freight and a passenger train.
Homer Pitt, fireman on the passenger
train, was hurt in jumping from his en-
CINE, and W. Flanagan. engineer of the
freight train, vas scalded by escaping
steam from the engine. Both are in the
Emergency hospital in Beloit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
MAKING BUSINESS OF BENEvoLENcE.
By John D. RockefeIIer.

1t takes practical mind to make
a fortune. Men have often said in
my hearing, ooh, how I wish l were
rich! II had money should do this
great work or that" Now, those men
will never be rich They haven't got
the purpose and practical bent OF
mind for it. They think OF the fruits
Of victory without the struggle. 1t
is necessary to fix the mind pretty
firmly upon the making of money be-
fore it is possible to plan its spending.
1 remember clearly when the financial
plan-If | may call it so-of my life
was formed. l was In Ohio, under the
ministration of q dear old minister
who preached, Get money; get 1t hon.
estly, and then give 1t wisely" wrote
that down in a little book. 1 have
the little book yet, with that writing
In It. have tried ever since to get
,,,oVav, Honoev41xv ar.I 70 rvfva ft lx-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

worldghoss of dead creeds dead passions dead con-
vctions. Ibsen than morbid breaker of COL
victions-he master and knew life He perceived
truth that mems minds controlled not by
so much by the long gray Of vanished reasons
by living, intelligent convictions much by the
crysazed power of dead convictions not by voluntary
WILL but by automatic institutions.
We born into nag-rdden world. We find all the
prizes CT life mortgaged by fathers fears We
hidden conform die To revolt wildly at all of this
Is folly for the ghosts too strong for us, and
fight they who beat the air. only to make ourselves
ridiculous But the way to freedom Is to find the truth
and sell not to cling to it. follow it unwaveringy,
better find love and follow that strong Son of God,
who truths self. Following Him into
wider chambers and last to freedom
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

ually be reported by the committee
and that will be given the right OF way
by the all-powerful Committee on Rules
the minority can but criticlse ard pro-
pose such amendments as they deter
mine are necessary for the protection
of the public. Thus the Republicans
must assume the full responsibility and
be answerable for the consequences.
The present financial system has been
built up by the Republican party for
the special advantage of the national
banks, and to further tinker with Il
will eventually produce more disaster
for the people than they are now suf-
fering from The whole system is
wrong in principle, and in practice is
an adjunct of the frenzied fnanciering
of Wall street, for there has never
been Republican Secretary of the
Treasury that has not been the willing
tool of the Wall street bankers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

The Case PIow Company has announc-
ed that it viii start up the plant in Ra-
cine. employing 400 men, and running
ten hours day The plan has been
closed for four weeks. The SIitchell-Lessis
Wagon Company viii start its plant a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Haa Matrimonial Look.

First Hobo treadlng advertisement
Man wanted to chop wood, bring up
coal, tend furnace. take care of garden,
mind chickens and children"
His Pal { grooming Gee. dem mat
rlmonlal advertisements make me
tired
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

the selfsacce that they vanity fryolity
and sensual delights they would exhibit zeal that would
give them place In the book of martyrs.
The time has when speak Of the big, SPLEEN
did virtues of former generation odfashoned vir-
Well, the old-fashoned flowers in mothers gar
den the flowers that grew. We never
will outrow the virtues of fathers that were rooted
faith courage illustrated in struggle for
liberty, and compacted In the laws and Institutions OF
the land. These poor, silly, restless folk that want to
off the yoke and faith of their fathers choose yokes
o. They want easy yoke But when it is too
late they find the yoke is iron and that the shoulders
are raw, cut, and the heart Is
broken, and that hope Is dead.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

There is great deal Of folly shown in the distri-
button of benevolence If substance Is trust then it
very business of dispensing It One
can't simply get rid Of II and have free conscience.
responsibility attaches to the distribution have an
idea that point, to this effect: Let have benevo-
lent corporations to manage the business Of be-
Deyolence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
NO WOOD NO FACTORY.
Head of Big Beloit shop Says Coun-
try Must BE Reforested.

O. b. Osborne. of the Berlin Machine
Works, the second largest manufacturing
concern in Beloit, states that the com
pany will pass out of existence at the
end of twenty years unless the country
can be successfully reforeSted The con
Germ manufactures wood working ma
chimes Mr.. Osborne says similar manu-
featuring companies all over the country
will also be driven out of business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Corks Clog Up a Sewer.

The main sewer of Chippewa Falls was
found to be clogged up and for long
time trouble could not be located. Final
ly it was found that about six bushels of
corks and caps of beer bottles had acted
as a dam in the sewer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

While their father was in Merrill the
children of Edward Saun of the town of
Texas, Marathon County. played with
kerosene with the result that a little s
year-old girls clothes caught and she was
burned 50 badly that she died few hours
afterward.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

demand for the product 1t clear case If there Is
great local demand while transportation fig
ure in the cost of the product it may pay Those things
settle themselves when men of weaned of
speculation abroad and satisfied with modest returns
Of money invested home
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
Draw RevoIvrrs on Woman.

Two unknown men robbed the Siebert
family hotel in Kenosha at midnight
after drawing revolvers on Mrs 2 o.
Griggs. the prcprietress Of the place The
robbers laid the fainting woman on bed
while they completed the work of rob
berry
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
TO DYNAMITE MILL.

Waterman mt Pound Discovers Man
Trying TO Set or Explosive.
On hearing a noise behind the store the
other night, the Waterman at the mill of
E E. Bodies & Co. in Pound went to see
what was the matter and found a man
running from the place. He had placed
ten pounds of dynamite under the store
and office and was about to light fuse.
1t is supposed that he was an employee
who had recently had his wages cut and
was seeking revenge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24

About Re best luck that happens to
any town is that all Of those who look
at an artSnn scene and wish thsy
cOEld pa.at II can't
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
GHOSTS DOMINATE THE WORLD.
By Rev. DR.. Frank Crane.

In Ibsen's play Ghosts" Mrs. Alving
claims, upon discovering the evil bent Of her
son. and realizing that it is traceable to the
father that she seems to hear ghosts. Ex-
tending her thought, she adds that she feels
that her so-called principles are but
ghosts. Ghosts, she cries. fill the earth, thick
as the sands of the sea she sees them between
the lines of the newspaper, they dominate the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-24
PLEASURE IMPOSES YOKE OF IRON.
BY Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight

Consider that all schemes of living
based on pleasure, sensual delights
or worldliness impose on men yoke
of iron. If the biography Of cpl
cureans tells US anything, if the lamp
Of experience throws any light on the
path Of life, then the way of worldly
pleasure is a thorny way, a steep
path. and pleasures yoke is yoke
OF iron. Strangely enough, if many
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