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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

many times the same day without be-
ing transferred or examined or even
seen by any of the participants. The
transactions are purely imaginary, even
more so than betting on a horse race
or game of cards or any other
chance.
Transactions on the stock exchange
this imaginary buying and selling of
shares in railway companies and other
corporations-often in n single day
represents more values than the entire
earnings of the 100000 people in the
United States for that day. There is
not money enough in the world to pay
for what is bought and sold in a few
hours of great excitement; yet thou
sands OF serious men are engaged in
those fictitious transactions and imag-
inc that the country is going to ruin
because the President or congress or
some official OF the government has
done or proposes to DO something that
is likely to affect the value of the
shares of some particular corporation.
And what is stranger still. the prices
of the shares of other corporations
which are not involved in any way
whatever are affected by sympathy. so
that when one of the popular shares
goes up or goes down the prices OF
other Shares follow.
Nobody stops to think OF the absur.
dity of such transactions; nobody
seems to realize that 1J per cent OF
them are fictitious and are engaged in
by men who are not able to deliver the
goods they have sold and would not
be able to pay for the goods they have
bought II asked to do so. 1t is just
plain gambling and thousands of me1
have made fortunes out of it, and thou.
sands have been ruined and made
wretched for life Thousands of men
have bought stocks at low prices and
have held them until they have adj
vanced SO that they could sell out AT
| high figures, and the difference has
made them rich-and yet they have
never seen single certificate of the
stock represented In the transaction
they have never paid single share
and have simply deposited 10 per cent
of the nominal value with broker to
protect him from any loss by their de-
probation and so the business of spec.
| Ilation goes on.
The gamblers produce nothing; they
add nothing to the wealth of the world
and their expenses are enormous. Ey-
| cry dollar's worth of shares that
changes hands. that is bought or sold
pays n commission TO broker He
gets $3.50 for every 100 shares he
buys or sells for his customers.
And where does the money come from
that pays these commissions and the
rents and salaries and profits? II
comes from the farmers, merchants and
other people throughout the country
who speculate. They are the lambs
that are shorn, and the millions of dol
lars that have enriched the successful
spectators and the brokers Of New
York represent the wool.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
OLD TIME THEATERS.
The Way House and Stage Wer
LIGHTED I'm (.arricIs,s NINA

The Way House and Stage Were
Lighted I'm GarriclS's Time.
1t must have often struck people
when reading of the performances in
the eighteenth century how it was
that the lighting was contrived. The
power of oil lamps was limited enough.
Theaters like Drury Lane and Covent
Garden We're of enormous size There
were no footlights, at least until about
the middle of the eighteenth century.
and they were the humble floats" dim
enough. Yet there was ample light to
observe expression ana play of feat
ures. so necessary in interpreting the
fine old comedies of character. Now
adays the stage is one blaze. 1t is liz
orally bathed and suffused i'm light.
There are no shadows. and as yet il
might be said the amount of necessary
light is no more than there used to pa
and is not nearly as satisfactory. How
was it then?
IL the theaterS of Garrick and ear
lier days the stage was really lit bv
four great chandeliers, which hung di-
rectly over the heads of the actors
from the arch of the proscenium and
just outside the curtain. When the
play was over. these were lowered
slowly, n signal for the audience to de-
part. These chandeliers furnished q
goodly amount of light ON a circular
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

More Interesting than the hasty
BODYBUILDING along the line of rail-
way extension is the planning of new
city on barren shore of Lake AIichi-
gan. A year ago there was an i'm
mense tract of land. studded with q
few sparse trees and some rank under
growth. in the northwest of Indiana,
just where Lake Michigan touches the
Hoosier State. At present 1900 men
are working over this desert, and in
three years ii will be not only a place
on the map, but the thriving city OF
Gary. an infant phenomenon, a baby
western rival to Iittsburg, with pop
ulation not far from 100000.
The story of the building of Gary is
one of the romances of Industry. and
Is fl to inspire the writing of an epic
on he age of steel. For Gary Is To
be n steel city That is what it is
being built for.
As it is the United States Steel Cor
poration which is performing this won
derful feat Of raising city from a
prairie. and as it stands ready to de-
vote sI5,0O0,0O0 to the work. it is no
mere gossip to say Gary will be a model
municipality and a beehive of indus
try. AS the steel company is not per-
mitted by it's charter to engage in, the
real estate business. n separate COM
Dany Las been formed for the purpose
OF building the town, laying it out
and disposing of real estate Merely
as venture in real estate Gary will
be q profitable investment.
About G,0O0 acres have already been
acquired by the corporation at a cost
Of about 100000. Large tracts of
land are being added to this nucleus,
and it is expected that eventually TO-
900 se-es Will pass into the hands of
these new city builders. The land lies
along the shore of the lake from Clark
Junction on the west almost to the
mouth of Grand Calumet River on the
east The depth of the tract averages
about two and half miles, the south
ern limits skirting the town of Tolles-
ton, Ind.
In the elaborate plans for the crea-
y,
preparation is 100000, there is con-
templated the deepening and straight
ening of the Grand Calumet River, the
removal of the town of Clark June
tion to make way for railroad yards,
the building Of great harbor and
docks, the connection of the lake with
the Grand Calumet by means of a
canal, the leveling of n wide expanse
of sand dunes, the establishment of a
comprehensive sewerage system, re-
routing the river so that it may be
navigable for barges as far west as
Hammond, Ind. The town Of Clark
Junction Is to De lifted bodily and car
ried mile and half to the other
side OF the river
Gary, which is designed to be the
greatest steel plant in the world, is
about twenty-six miles from Chicago.
Chicago is Il center of skilled and I'M
skilled labor. Upon it the Steel Cor
poration will be able to draw for men
IN emergencies. Gary will have the
benefit of the superior railroad con-
nection of the Western metropolis.
That is vital consideration in a bus.-
ness age that makes every minute,
every inch and every cent count. Out
weighing every other argument in favor
of the site which Gary is TO occupy
IA the location of the wonderful iron
ore ranges froE; which the rew ma
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
POLYGAMY ON THE DECLINE.
Plural Marriages Discouraged at q
Recent Mormon Catherine

Plural Marriages Discouraged at a
Recent Mormon Gathering.
Perhaps the long agitation over the
case of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah
had something to do with it. but at
all events Il is interesting to note that
the attitude of the Mormon Church to-
ward polygamy was formally declared
at the recent annual conference of the
MormOns in Salt Lake City. This was
not q gathering of the ReOrganiZed
Church of Latter-Day Saints, which is
minor body of about 10000 members
but of the original Utah Mormons. who
number more than 100000 and of whom
Senator Smoot is one. Therefore, the
address setting forth the Mormon dec
laration of principles. which was sign
ed by the first presidency of the Nor
mon Church, read to the conference by
Apostle Orson +. Whitney of Salt Lake
and adopted by rising vote, may be
assumed t. be, in SO far as it refers to
the subject. an authoritative assertion
of the attitude of Mormonsm to-day
toward polyganous marriages.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

After referring to the fact that po-
lygamy was published to the world as
a doctrine of the Mormon Church in
1852 and forbidden by act of Congress
ten years later the address says:
The Mormon people bow in submits
sion to the laws enacted against plural
marriages. When statehood for Utah
became a possibility on condition that
her constitution provide by ordinance.
irrevocable without the consent of the
United States, that plural marriages
should be forever prohibited. the Nor
mon people accepted the condition by
voting for adoption of the constitu-
ton. Since that time the church has
been true 10 its pledge respecting the
abandonment of the practice of plural
marriages. If it be urged that there
have been Instances of violation of the
antipolygamy laws the answer Is that
in every state and nation there are in
dividuals who violate laws in spite of
all the vigilance that can be exercised.
but it does not follow that the integ
rity of a community or state is de-
stroyed because OF such individual
transgreSsions."
Figures are then onered to show the
iaw-abiding disposition of the Mormon
Church. 1t is said to be matter of
record that when the antipolgamy man.
ifesto was issued in 1890 there were
2,451 plural families among the Nor
mons. BY 1899 this number had been
reduced to -.543 and by 1908 to S97.
Although no later figures are given. it
is asserted that there has been fur
Their material reduction in the number
of plural families. The suspicious may
wonder at the omission of definite sta
tistics of recent date but, accepting as
authentic the figures given and the
facts stated it seems that if the Nor
mon Church is still teaching and prac-
ticing polygamy as was alleged in the
Smoot inquiry. the propaganda is max
ing poor Roadway without open sane
ton and, indeed, against official dis
approval publicly expressed. Senator
Smoot, by the way. is referred to in
accounts of the conference as among
the dignitaries present" at the OPEN
ing session.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
A Powerful Machine.

1t is said that there are more than
10000 persons on the New York City
pay roll. This is one of the things
that make it difficult to change the
administration when it is once in
trenched. These beneficiaries cOnsti-
tute powerful machine which is
invariably used to perpetuate the
power of the party in control of the
city. Now if to these We're added the
tens of thousands employed in the
street railroads, the light plants and
other public utilities the task of over
throwing the party or clique once In
office. which even now is very difficult,
would then be well night impossible.
And this Is exactly what the condi-
ton would be if municipal ownership
were to prevail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
ADDRESS
Little About Everythfng.

Little About Everythfng.
The first knives were used in Eng
land IN 1853.
The first newspaper was published in
England in 1888.
The first watches were made In NJ
remberg in 1477.
Strong, unsweetened black coffee is
recommended cure for alcoholism
The queen of Norway's favorite poet
is "Owen Meredith" the late Lord
Lytton.
The portfolios of steamships are Of
polished plate glass more than an inch
thick.
When the rats leave a mine the min
crs know there is something seriously
wrong.
Bright red spectacles, accompanied
by internal doses Of calomel, form
new German specific against seasick-
ness.
For selling beer brewed in Amster-
dam as Munich beer. London saloon
keeper was fined $50 and costs the 9th
er day.
At the Buck farm, in East Mans
field. 100 ducks laid 2,237 eggs during
the month of February
The people of England receive $780,
100000 yearly in interest on the money
which they have invested abroad
The annual production Of coke has
quadrupled in the last twenty five years
and is now about thirty-three million
tons. Nine-tenths of all, the Scientific
American says, is yet made in beehive
| ovens. Coke is mainly used for smelt-
ing iron ore, in total production for
the United States of ,yfenty-three mill
ism tons Of pig iron last year.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
TIE BUCKET SHOP MUST GO.

NITH the possible exceptions OF drink and
I ideness the bucket shop is responsible for
\ wv ! the downfall of more young men than any
other vice. The bucket shop is legazed
UC[NEySy form of gambling, and il goal to that
vSA<&l it is being attacked both by the courts and
by the legislatures of various States. Among
the States that have recently passed acts practically
closing up these Maine Indiana Missouri
and Iowa. Similar bills pending in Massachusetts,,
Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The Maine act-typical of the Others-prohibits the
sale of securities Il margin, providing fine not TO
exceed $1,000 Imprisonment Commission merchants
brokers required furnish customers written
statements showing from whom property bought or
sod the and the consideration.
evidence that the trading illegitimate.
The United Circuit Court Appeals IN the State
of Washington recently gave the bucket shops a black
eye ordering repayment $4,000 funds the
holder having lost it in the stock market To the plea
that the bucket shop did not know the money part
tie money had been gained in pure gambling transac-
ton that value had been given, and that the sum
must be repaid to the person defrauded The finding
applies In any case bank clerk other person
holding fiduciary position who betrays his trust.
This finding and others, together with the activity
growing public sentiment have
already exerted wholesome restraining Influence. The
step be the adjustment of the entire system
eysrywhere-St- Louis Chronicle.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
MOST ALLURING TIME OF YEAR.
Ii Is When the Season Of Germina-
Rer

ton begins.
No 0tiIer time of the year, on our
Northern Atlantic seaboard, is so al
Turing, 90 delicate and subtle in its
charm, rs that which follows the fad
ing of the bright blue lupins in the
meadows and along the banks of the
open streams, and precedes the rosy
the half-wooded hillsides and in the
forest glades and under the lofty shad-
ow of the groves of yellow pine. Then,
for little while, the spring delays to
bourgeon into summer; the woodland
maid fingers at the garden gate of wom-
anhO0d, reluctant to enter and leave
behind the wild sweetness of freedom
and uncertainty, says Henry Van Dyke
in Scribner's
Winter is gone for good and all.
There is no fear that he will come
sneaking back with cold hands to fetch
something that he has forgotten. Ma
ture Is secure of another season of love,
Of mating, of termination, of growth,
which the joyful spirit of life may
have its way and work It's will. The
brown eirth seems to thrill and quicken
everything with new impulses which
transform it into springing grass and
overlooking flowers. The rivers are at
their best: strong and clear and mu-
steal, the turbulence of early foods de-
parted, the languOr of later droughts
not yet appearing. The shrunken woods
expand; the stringent, sparkling wintry
stars grow mild and lucid, shining with
a tremulous and tender light the whole
world seems larger, happier, more full
of untold, untried possibilities. The air
vibrates with worthless promises, calls,
messages, beckonings; and fairy tales
are told by all the whispering leaves.
Yet, though the open season is now
secure, it is not yet settled. No chance
of Il relapse into the winters death,
but plenty of change in the unfolding
of the summers life. There are still
caprices and hayward turns in natures
moods cold nights, when the frost elves
are lowering I'm the upper air; windy
mornings which shake and buffet the
tree tassels and light embroidered
| leaves: sudden heats of tranquil noon
| through which the breath of sunlight
pours like a flood of eager love. press
| ing to create new life.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

We are indebted to John Adams for
our national motto, "E Pluribus
Unum." While he was minister to En-
gland Sir John Prestwick suggested it
TO Mr.. Adams as good motto to indi-
cate the union of the colonies. 1t was
submitted to Congress and adopted by
act of Congress June, 1852. The eagle
in its beak bears a ribbon on which is
the motto. In the early days of its
use the eagle bore also in its talons a
bundle of thirteen arrows. but when,
in 1S41, new seal was made to take
the place of the old one, which had be-
come worn, only six arrows were
placed in the talons. Whether this
change was ordered by law or not is
not known. The old, Latin motto was
in use in England as far back as 1870
on the Gentleman's Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
POIIC0| Comment.
What the Tariff is Doing.


Do you remember how English
statesmen favored the Southern Con-
federacy when those States were in re-
bellion against the government TO break
land felt so much sympathy for the
Confederacy?
The Northern States were for a pro-
tective tariff and for building up Amer
were for free trade. All they wished
was to develop their agricultural re-
sources by means of slave labor, sell
the surplus abroad, and import their
manufactures. There is where Eng
lands sympathy found such deep root.
The cotton industry OF England de-
pended largely on the success of the
American rebellion.
When the rebellion broke out the cot
ton crop amounted to from 3,00O.OO0
to 100000 bales. 1t now amounts 10
from 100000 to 13,5O0,00O bales. In
1860 we were spinning very little OF
this cotton in America, none in the
South.
Year by year since the close Of the
war. under Republican tariff politics
cotton spinning has increased more rap
idly than the size of the crop. A year
ago there were 6,350,O00 spindles in
England. During the past year the en-
largement of English cotton factories
has been very great. By the end OF
this decade the increase in the decade
will equal that in thirty years before
In spite of the growth in English
cotton spinning there has been great
expansion in America. The South
which when the war broke out had
no cotton factories, now has many
We are using very large portion OF
our raw product and importing increas
Ing quantities of raw cotton. The in
crease in value in the year 19OG
amounted to S14.5O0,OOO and the. ex
ports decreased $13,500,O00.
Cotton manufacturers are worth
more than twice as much as the raw
material Think of that. We kept at
home $13,5OO,OOO worth of our crop
more than in the previous year. and
gave this a value of about S30.O00,0 600
We sent abroad the money this made
and bought raw cotton with il, which
again was worth $3OOOO,OOO. That
is what the Dingley tariff act added to
our wealth in one year in one industry
Under free-trade policy we would
probably be growing nearly as much
cotton as we do now, but it would near
ly all 20 abroad to be made into cot
ton goods. and for each dollar we re
ceived for the raw stuff we would have
TO send out two dollars to pay for the
goods made Of our own material. II
we were all free-traders and sold al
our raw cotton TO go abroad we would
get at the prices noW ruling 100000,
eco. But to get back the goods made
if we needed them, we would pay 81,
OOO,OOO.OC0.
Which policy is the best for The
American people?
This is the policy which the grea
and good Mr.. Bryan calls the ''robbel
tariff" If it robs any people it is til,
foreigners whom it deprives of tn,
chance TO do work we should do our
selves.-Los Angeles Times
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
"nIamma's" Wisdom.

A beautiful girl and her mother were
discussing the eternal marriage qpes
ton.
well, there's Charles Adams" muir.
INJURED the mother, thoughtfully, after
a long pause.
Charles Adams!' sneered the girl
"He Is old, he is ugly, he is mean, he
is a coward. Charles Adams. Why
he has nothing, nothing in the world
to recommend him except his wealth.
You forget his heart disease" said
the mother y.-Washington Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

This is equivalent confession that they
cheating the consumers before, alleged by health
authorities who analysed they were imposing
the public The price of canned chicken ha gone up
from % cents for dozen quarter pound S1T5
and corned beef in halfpound cans 81 -
dozen to S9O dozen. There has been 10 rise in the
price of chickens and beef warrant such adj
vances-Boston Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

machines taken without their knowledge
sent and put of which they disapprOve absolutely.
This be done frequently without detection, and a
record of the violations of the law that have
traced attention would show that in a large majority
of them the owners not present failing the law
violating chaufeurs will make the unauthorized OF
cars more dangerous and should contribute materially
to the safety of the streets-New York Sun.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

zone Immediately below them. The
actors faces and figures were lit in the
natural way, as the sun would light
them. but the rest of the stage was
comparatively dark or gloOmy.-Black-
woods.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
Romance and Reality.

"Read that romantic story froEa
France of marriage broken up by
suspicion that the bride had a cloven
hoof?"
NO. But | know some unromantic
stories of marriages broken up by the
certainty that the man had a cloven
breath. ''-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
The Nebraska Prophet.

The Nebraska prophet is very hope
full concerning Democratic prospects
the next election, says recent dis
patch. He bases his hopes upon fac
tional strife in the Republican party.
If the Republicans are foolish enough
to furnish him the premises, then they
Justify his conclusions. There Is alb.
soluteIy nothing SO deadly in an or
ganizatiOn as factionallsm and certain
IL there can be nothing else more fool
ISL.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
Chnnce to Prove Himself.

She-I would never marry a man
who was q coward.
He-About how brave would it be
necessary for him to be in order to win
your approval?
She-Well, he'd have to have courage
enough tO-er-DropoSe
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
NOrNOO~~~c~
A simple Negligee.

This is certainly getting down to
first principles" in simplicity. in the
line Of negligees, for this little garment
is cut in one piece. the only seams be-
ing those under the arms and in the
sleeves, and when these are closed the
Jacket is practically completed. Band
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11

The smoke from the bowl of ones
pipe is blue because, coming directly
from the redhot tobacco, it is very
highly oxidized; but the smoke from
ones lips is gray, because it is highly
watered and hydrocarbonized.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-07-11
The Gny Old "Troad.o

With gay old boys he'd been abroad
And. reaching home, was overload
At sight of wifey on the stair.
She barred his way and held him THAR
The while she joad and joad and joai.
-Philadelphia Press.