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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
Lefters To the Editer.
OUR PUBLIC snRvANrs.

Thoughtfnz Writer Pays Tribute te
 Neglected Ciass.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 VIII you allow space In your svalua- ssrasd fo ,Ss psoSis fss nfS s years. for an article in defense of the servants of our public carriers; of both street on th. ear and railrcads who are eyer nl fare of passengers My experienee for ntty years has been that when passen. gers comply with the laws. rules and looked after with kind eohsiderstion. Why. then, go much grumbling of these good thoughtfai. hardworked men 70 whom preise and thanks stss,ld De 1t Is iEnorance.s Generally because peo- pie whQ are the recipients of so many. many favors are not willing to be 5SfSs s Sy as SGSsH sR. rn h o unto unto you Tell me. please. who will? Who has. beard of one having an article to sell did demand highest market price? svsn So '1 in 0s sssaaS s te Sfiss these mIs1 pabs seryants. Grant us double service for which we pay. Not all ask this. but
 Years aga. while while in in a western city, we. or I. desiying to go on the road running to Galveston. being strangers your train has gone out. My friend 'phoned the agent and finding 1t had not. then phoned the conductor that SS SSu hsS sSd pss 1 Tor can his rsss rSss ya @ Wili as long as ! can or until ordered out When comfortably seated. the whistle blew and south we went. Con: him more money than 5 required for my I asked for change hs WSiii ii" buy as you RSs~ slshSs TSss,ns ws H r irfiSs insisted at upeS GlsSusR ss giving me the change. saying I had traveled before. He replied: T was never on train until three weeks be- ore sor you @ sd passed @ n to neas ys ear nsy Many were listening at my contention. One man facing me giving especial atten- tion; and knowing sc many heard the ductor casts great reflection on the of- dcials Of this road to put man in care of so many lives so inexperienced, said also walked out. Presently the conductor came and gave me all my money until st Clebprh. Then secured z SSss in Ys ens the nogssf .Esn s5 for as s accommodation and my lack of conn., dence> in him. how deeply mortified I was! Yes, in dust of humility. If all golden rule would we not soon have a paradise of this dear home of the body which is only mans duty. to man? That ago I read of an owner of fine stock having . coH killed by railroad cars. himself reported to officials. she was Check for S100 was sent him by the officials. saying this ls Arst report to our office Of stock being killed, that it was not my finest and Best. Also ask cd for his picture to be hung in their office. Were all willing to be governed by Gods law of justice and love do you not think more pictures would be ask ed for? Let us all do our duty to our- selvea to the world and to our God and Father. and Instead of complain ing as we pass this way only once, scatter smiles. flowers of good cheer. The perfume of such flowers will live and llmger long after we have answered the last roll call where each for him- self will have to give an account of the deeds done in the body.
 A Friend to Suffering Humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
TARIFF REVISION.
And Wherein and Wherefore the Rail-
 roads are Interested.

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 And Wherein and Wherefore the Rail-
 roads are Interested.
 Railway World.
 A special session of Congress will be called immediately after the inauguara- ton to consider the question of the re- vision of the tartff. For several weeks past hearings have been in progress before a comittee of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Rep resentatives at which the different in- terests to be affected by a. revision have been given an opportunity to pre- sent their several cases. On the basis of this testim ony, which is as yet, far from complete, bill is to be drafted which the Republican party Is pledged to enact into law.
 The tariff question considered as a whole Is too large for any one mans compreh ension. Its correct solution in- wolves the study of comparative costs of production of every commodity upon which a protective duty is levied. This is a work which should be entrusted to a permanent tariff commission. and all those who wish for stability in busi- ness conditions and for the elimination of business questions from political campaigns. should use their influence in establishing such a comission. There is, however, one aspect of the tariff controversy upon which, in our opinion, there should be no disagreement. It is absurd and rlduculous for the United States to continue longer the system of taxing the raw materials of manufac- ture. At the present time duties are levied upon coal. iron ore, lumber, hides, wool and variety of other raw materials which are consumed in en- ormous amounts by our domestic man ufacturers. Many of these duties re- suit in rasing the cost of production to. the American manufacturer and in decreasing his profits for the benefit of the producers of raw materials. In are offset by compensatory duties as in the case of woolen goods, and are, therefore. passed on to the consumer, and in other cases the manufacturer must bear the burden.
 No defense can be made for these duties upon raw materials. Some of them such as the duty on lumber and wood pulp, are hastening the exhaus- tion of our natural resources. No one of them is necessary to the develop ment of any local industry. Taken as a whole they constitute a serious bur. den upon the American manufacturer and the American consumer, and the public interest demands that as soon as possible they should be removed.
 The concern or the rallFoauS Tn lnls matter is evident. Their interests will be served by a reduction and removal of duties on raw materials. Such ac- ton will undoubtedly have the effect of largely increasing the foreign trade of the United States. both export and im- port It will greatly increase the amount of long haul trafic. It will re- duce the cost of some important ma- terials largely consumed by the rail- roads. and will. in time, materially add ti their. earnings. In the decision of this question, as In the decision of eveEy other question affecting the wei fare of the entire community, the in- terests to the railroad and the inter ests to the public closely coincide.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
WHAT IS THE MArrERR

Is this old world of ours losing its balance, or have tho planets set them selves to work against us? As the Bible tells us that the stars in their courses fought against Sisera." SO per- haps they are fighting against the peace. order and welfare of our earth, especially the portion of it embraced within the confines of the United States. though 1t may be that our bet ter knowledge of what is happening in our own country causes us to be- lieve that matters are worse with us than with the rest of the world.
 Whatever the cause may be there seems to be something wrong with humanity. and with all that concerns humanity at large The news col umns of every daily paper are almost loaded with accounts of crimes and disasters on every hand. Murders, as- sassinationsOand crimes of every kind stare at us from the despatches and along with them we find sickening accounts Of accidents. disasters and misfortunes in horrible profusIon. If there are such things ss crime waves our country seems in the grasp of one. If there is such a thing as an era of misfortune We are enduring its horrors.
 The unusual criminality so evident all over the country is a fact and a condition that may we'll cause a feel ing of apprehension. if not of actual Encouragement in the hearts of all good citizens. Crimes in all parts of the country are committed by single individuals. by armed bands and by organized societies; they are commit ted by men and by women, and even by boys who have hardly passed from childhood. Let any one take up his morning newspapers and 1t will be very strange indeed if he does not find in its columns accounts of mur- dsFa assasSinations lynehings, individ. ual killings and almost every other crime in the category of criminality. The time seems to be fast approach ing when all disputes and differences of oplnon will be settled by gun or knife; when all who presume to think and act for themselves must be dis eiplined" by force. and when all, old and young alike, will become a law unto themselves without regard to consequence.
 And it is almost sickening to read in the public prints about the acci- dents and disasters in all parts of the
 world. Great ships as well as small ones so down beneath the waters and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
Senex Sets Forth Some Things
 He Remembers From A Long Life

Editor The Advertiser:
 remember when farmers In South Alabama hauled their cotton forty and fifty niles to market and loaded their wagons with their years supplies for the return trip. when they raised plen- ty of corn, peas. potatoes. rice. and cane for syrup; and some few raised wheat and made sugar; when they killed their had plenty of milk and fresh butter In their dairies, chickens and eggs for the table. and did not care a snap about Western marksts; when they made collars and backbands. made Gheir own blow lines and sharpened their plows--- and they all became rich.
 This was before they went to the convenient stores for everything nsces- to . lynch pin, from . pipe to . pipe stem (cans at that) from a false tooth to a tooth pick. from a pin to a
 I remember when the, Alabama River ing in the eddy holes, waiting for the anglers hook and bait as he leisureiy sat on the rocks on the bank of the stream and was rewarded by . catch when the cypress pends were alive with large trout tand grinnels too which were not appetizing.) rsss
 This was before the large side. wheel steamerB destroyed thetf hatchertsss many by ptomaine poisoning.
 I remember when the twin wheel gtgs were in constant use for neighboF' hood travel: when many carriages had doors at the back and seats on the side like an omnibus; when large cumber- some closed carriages with a box seat for the driver, q seat behind for ths footman add door with folding steps on the side, were in use by the wealthier class. and were often utilized North and South carollne for visits and otherwise. They would now be called coaches.
 This was before the high seated, two to life and limb, and before drivers of Automobiles killed themselves and pas- sengerg by reckless. racing. land no tears shed.l sf4 +f I remember when postage on letters
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
| MORNING THOUGHT
BY ,. MARVIN NICHOLS.

U=esaseae=s EngIand has a
 Worth tradition that in the faraway age of chivairy, when iish soldier boy went forth to rescue the savior's tomb: Years afterward he returned, without gold without jewels. clothed in raEa, eInactated. wounded. and dying. But from tns wallet, he brought . few seeds which he had taken from a MAming flower: 'srt is all that I have brought back, whispered the dying soldier boy 70 his mother. Hiding her tears, nis mS'Ssh mo Ssn soS but % oaiS ynIS pride S ana 5cs when she buried her soldier boy sne planted the seeds upon his Erave springing up, the little seeds bnrst Into scarlet bloom. and. spreading flowers % W trsvejed over Devonshire, and SO were carried Into all tile gardens of the British Isles and came with tns Pilgrims to this faf-ofe land o bsauc' fua story--the story of the seranien and the rosel
 Senator Bevsridgs's book. The Young Man and the World" has very much in 1t that will do to pass on. TTh The world is hungry for faith.
 Get in the habit of happinesA
 Utilise your enthusiasrns.
 The young man Is. the future incar- nate. 'nf fuSiic i'' confidence Is the young
 Get down to earth; that is where the people live .--.. is busy. that Is all,
 A man who won't get up when ne ia knocked down is of no use.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

by mail was 6 i-4. 12 1-2, and IS s-A, cents cash. according Go the distance' sent. Six and one-fourtk was called a the letter sheets we're folded. in fancy styles, especially the love letters be- tween the youthful sexes This was before envelopes were in- d for cash--''Postsge paid if tns thing sticke.s
 This was before all the preachers were D. D's.; all the country school iio men were LIA D.'s. Thsse were for meTiy deemed titles of distinctiofAI and eminent in respective professional. hut have become too common since there are professors In every calling-chir- D. D's--too common to have signih-
 This was before we had President l to lecture the people on every subject, conceivable and inconceiyahle. beneath the sun and above the waters of ths sea--tell farmers how to raise wheat and corn; mothers how to raise their children (how much soothing syrup to give the baby): the preachers how to conduct their church service; the doc- tors how to administer their medicine, and the undertakers how to bury the dead.
 and ufiappreciative of his advice. con, ys generations of vspers! May his tongue. grow shorter. if his shadoN grows no less" This was before nigh schools and col- Ieges substituted baseball and foot-. pail in their curriculum in place Of, mathematics and English Literature: before boys aspired to be leaders of a. baseball team rather than President of the United States,
 This was before women learned to 'sgo through rifle their husbandss. pockets while they slept; and before a two-ounee mouse could frighten women to death. ..
 This was before the Railroad Com mission thought the. Alabama River carried frieght and passengers on boats by their permission, and had tram chise from the State Instead of Natures lavish gift, and assumed to regulate its trafic.
 senex. | Selma, Nov. 90. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

Iy in hand. More Democrats are for him than are for any other eandiaate;;
 Mir Bryan can have the party eaH him again. if he wants 1t to call him.
 In the meantime he can use the party as a business asset for four years, because he is the dictator of the Democratic party. with the con That setties 1t. He cannot be dis- placed unless he gets out of the way voluntarily.
 There is no reason to doubt that Mir Bryan has taken his place et the head of the party and even this Tar ahead. makes announcement that no other candidate need apply. Really there will be no other aspirant if MT Taft makes a success of his admins. trstion. Only in the event of fefus- al of the Republicans to keep Mr. Tafts tariff pledge, would any Demo crat have q. ehowingy even so good as Mfr Bryan had this time.
 Mir. Bryan uId not make his re- mark careiessiy, but after mature thought, and we may take it ae his announcement of his next candidacy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER as. 1908.
ARIZONA AND STATEHOOD.

1t is now announced that the Pres ident win recommend to the next ses- sion of Congress that Arizona be ad- mitted into the Union as q separate state. This pleases the Kansas City fJournal for several reasons. For one 4hing." t remarks, it means an end so the aateeratio assumption that was made in Mir. Roossvelt's former re- recommendation to Congress. and in CongressionaI-caucuses on the subject. that the Federal administration. or any power outside of the territory, had the right to dictate the terms upon which Arizona Is to be admitted into the Union. That right belongs exclusively to the people of Arizona, after they have compiled with the eonditions prescribed by the Federal statutes as to the qualifications neces- eary to admit 1 territory to state hood. The attempt that was made by the Federal administration. and ap- proved by Congressional leaders. to force Arizona Into joint statehood with New Mexico was not only viola five of fundameptal principles of self government. but it was also contrary Co the custom which has universally prevailed regarding the admission of territories to the family Of States in the Union. It would have been a gross injustice to the people of Ari- soma. who are almost wholly Ameri- cans. to yoke them with New Mexico. which is Mexican in it's population in the ratio of seven to four.'
 There was never any excuse or de- fense for the attempt to force a union between the two territories; an at tempt for which Roosevelt was more fh&n any one else to blame. and in which he exerted all his powers. but f4aied as was right and proper. New 1szSieo. with it's population largely e@Dosed of Nexle&ns and mixed bsse1s. may soma day become one of xss States Of tAe Union, but 1t was ss oansgs to try to force it on AFizons.
 The latter territory itself has as yet c eOnpsratiysiy small population. The kind of government that some of the 1 territories have been forced to live under has not been of character to encourage 6 good class of immigrants, but 1t has more inhabitants than some of the other territories had when they were given statehood. Let it be ad- mittsd into the Union and form stable State government and we have no doubt but that settlers would flock to 1t as they have to other new States. It Is rich in natural resources and would offer inducements that would bring desirable settlers to 1t fast enough. It should be a State. and 1t is to be hoped that not again will there be any discreditable effort to force 1t into the Union with New Mexico.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29

carry with them their precious freight of human beings. Other vessels take Are end the hapiess crew and pAssen- gers perish h the scorching flames. and other vessels collide with each other or so to pisces on the rocks and the same tale of sufrering and death Is told.
 On, land it Is the same story. in more extended form. There are coilis- ions from automobiles; there are dis asters caused by faIling buildings; there are cruel. heartrsnding suffer- inss and deaths from burning build inss and from forest ires. Tn short on land and sea. from fire and water and from numerous other causes the great harvest of death is being feaped and the sum of human suffer- ing being added to in almost every imaginable way.
 Is not all this really disoouraginx and alarming to all lovers of human ity, and to all who believe in peace and order and obedience to both hu- man and divine iawsf Is there not remedy for the many crimes, acci- dents and disasters that appeal and discourage good people on evaxy hand? The churches and the newspapers, the lecturers and the teachers Aarnestiy and continually preach obedience to law and the practice of the higher and better life. but crime goes on just the same. The scientists and the in- ventors are all the time search ing for and proclaming inventions and improvements to make hu- man life more secure and safe but the disasters do not cease or sbate. What can be donef Is there a rem- edy for these woes. or Is there some- thing wrong in the scheme of nature?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
THE BAPTIST oENrEsxrAL.


 The gathering of prominent Baptists in Montgeusry from various portions of Alabama to celebrate the centennial of the entrance of that faith Into what Ia now Alabama is an occasion of Statewide consequence. The history of Che church has been one of com tinuous growth The pioneers who first brought the faith to Alabama could not look ahead a hundred years in the future and forecast the mag nincept harvest which would come of their sowing. This vison, if 1t could have been vouchsafed them. would have lesssned their labors and given devotion to duty the highest reward that could have been paid it.
 The church. in It's representatives today. may well feel pride in the men who lived within its teachings and whose fife in the outer world was for the upbuiiding of their State and people. The Baptists may justly lay claims to many names fIiustrious in the governmental history of Alabama.
 Thefchurch may well feel pride in the place 1t hIis in the lifs of Aia- barna- It's strength and influence has gone marching on, without halt or hindrance. Tbs hundred years has been rich In accomplishment.
 The whole people of Alabama can view with satisfaction the centennial celebration and be glad that 1t is pos sible. And they can unite in the wish that the next hundred years shall be as full in proportion of blessings as the century which is closing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
Can't Something Be Done to Protect
 the Children.

Editor The Advertiser:
 The other day. in company with q friend. took my three boys for an outing to Pickett Springs. While walking about the grounds. one of the little fellows came running to me with a bit of waste paper he had picked up. as children will do.. attract ed by the illustrations. On examining this choice bit of literature, I found it to be an advertising pamphlet extoll ing the virtues of a beverage called '"The Cream of Kentucky" Inter spersed among humorous anecdotes, not of high order. were pictures of nude women in the vilest and most sugges- tive attitudes. In fact. anything more calculated to inflame the passions of the Ignorant and corrupt the minds of the innocent, could not well be imag- ined. The most damaging charges made by Golfers Weekly In It's cru sads against the whiskey dealers had not prepared my mind to believe In the possibility, of such, an infamous docu-
 Now. since matters have come to such a pass that we cannot take our children taattfe pubffeA parks and pleas ure grounds without running me risk of having such infamous sheets thrust under their eyes is 1t not time TOT ev. cry mother and fath er--yss. and for every decent citizen of Montgomery not to proeest merely. but to actI
 The Mother of Three Boys
 Montgomery. Ala, Nov. 2f' lSOs'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-29
PROHIBITION IN BIRMINGHAM.
Correspondent Takes Issue With Bix.
 ninghnrm Reports.

Correspondent Takes Issue With BiK~
 Hntmghnm Reports.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 read an article in Fridays issue of The Advertiser under this headline: Birmingham Tired. Prohibition There Seems to Be Failure" Now want to say, that while believe this to be the verdict of one who from some sel- ash motive is opposed to prohibition, yet believe, too, there are those who agree with him. At the same time. let those who oppose prohibition not forget also, that there are those who know that Birmingham is not tired of H.
 The liquor forces have held the reins a long, long ttrnes now let the prohtbi- ton forces hold them awhile Give us a fair showing, and see the results be- fore saying it is a failure. I regret that the person who wrote the article was not present at our State Conven- ton of the Alabama W. c. T. U in Mobile. to hear the grand report that came from Birmingham in regard to the decrease of drunkenness and crime under the prohibition law, in compari- son with what 1t had been before pro- hibition went into effect, and see if 1t could be counted failure. I am/sure 1t could not.
 This statement Is also made: That reports come to the city that many blind tigers are in existence in mining regions, and that labor at the mines, In the vicinity of the furnaces and mills are suffering from the want of drink" He possibly forgot, when he said they were suffering from the want of drink. that he had just said above, that blind tigers were so numerous. It doesn't seem that they are really suf- fering a great deal.
 How narFow-minded and selfish person must be who would consider the sufferings of a few for the want of drink when compared to the suRerIngs of countless women and children from the result of drink, who every day of their miserable, saddened lives, lift up their fearful eyes and breaking hearts to God, and exclaim: How long, oh, how long. shall mine enemies triumph over mel"
 Which do you think is the most tired? Perhaps few are tired of pro- hibition. but Birmingham as a whole is prosperins under the law, there can be no doubt. and In conclusion let me say to the author of this article re- ferred to. that our numbers, and our influence are constantly increasing, greater victories are in the future, and we are in the light to stay. and with God as our Captain. we expect to march onward until We claim the whole na- give this author such long protracted spell of prohibition. as will. perh aps,
 Prohibition.