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The Meeker herald., 1908-06-13

"Be sure you are right, then go ahead"
has passed into proverb. In the matter Of
improving highways, for the last 300 years
we have been going ahead wrong, and Is
result, after all these years and the expen-
diture of hundreds of millions of dollars,
less than eight per cent of the highways of
the United States are improved. /,
Road building requires engineering skill
to understand what ought to be done, and
experience to know how to do it. In han
ding the road question the farmers have be-
lievcd that the whole job was up to them.
SO they have gone ahead and have done the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-23
A CLERGYMAN ON
THE UNION LABEL

In the course Of his remarks in A
sermon at indianapolis recently the
Rev. William Sunday, once famous
on the diamond as a great fielder.
withdrew his coat and displayed the
union label inside the pocket to the.
audience, and said: : mr.: $5.-
This is the union label, the en-
blem Of purity, and no man can sell
me g garment that does not bear the
. label. All religious people should de-,
5mand It. Il you have Visited the:
sweatshops and witnessed the condii-i
lions. as have done, you would not,
let g merchant sell You anything else
IN many instances the entire family.
are conpelled to- work 1t starvation
wages ana ~. cook ana sleep ii oneI
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movement, to enlist every possible in
fluence in behalf of the toilers, and
among these influences, few are more
powerful than the churches.
The churches need education in
labor matters, and the average crowd
OF preachers are eager Students
There are not many better opportuni-
ties for the labor leader than right
here. But the job can't be done with
a club. I'd like to feel perfectly con-
f1dent, when I recommend a labor
man to a church convention that he
will be always a gentleman, able 70
present the needs of his fellow-work-
ers, without being carried away by
personal prejudice or passion, and de-
term1ned to win by reasonable put
ting of his case.
IT he fails to win, let him remem-
Der that possibly he hasn't put up the
best kind of an argument, or maybe
his special plea could not stand the
test of keenly judicial minds. =. -,
: At any rate, let him calmly think
It all out, and study wherein he may
strengthen his arguments and bring
to the front those phases of his pro-
position concerning which there can
not possibly be a difference Of opinion
among right thinking men. And
there are many such. -@~4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-23
S0CIALIzED SOCIETY.
Trust Magnates Lead tho Way to .
Better Social Order.

Trust Magnates Lead the Way to
Better Social Order.
I'm proportion as anarchy In social
production vanishes the political au-
thority Of the state dies out"
This quotation is from the writing of
Frederick Engels In his book Social
ism, Utopian and Scientific"
John D. Rockefeller and his cohorts
in, trust1fying industry, eliminating
competition, blind laundering, waste.
useless expenditure of productive
forces, are doing for human society
what society is not intelligent enough
to do for itself. But by the time these
gentlemen have finished their task so.
ciety, the working class, the people
who produce the wealth of the world,
will have been sufficiently educated If
they continue to listen to the Socialists
to be able to take hold and democrat.
ically manage their own industries.
With democratic management Of in
dustry, all cooperating in the labor Of
producing wealth and sharing equally
IN Its distribution, every one could
have SO much for such a small ex-
pendtture Of energy that no one would
care to fitch from hts neighbor. Conse.
quently political authority would be
superfluous. a..
Are you so in love with the capital.
lists that you would continue this sys-
TEN Of starving and numbering mil.
lions Of workers in order that canital.
lists and their wives may give monkey
dinners and expensive funerals to pua
dogs ?-Indiana Socialist
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ANOTHER LESSON BY
REV. CHARLES sTELZLE
Third in Series Of Interesting Talks
BY Presbyterian Pastor,
Rv tho Raw. Charlae S<al~l.

BY the Rev.. Charles Sickle.
It was my privilege, some months
ago, to preside at church and labor
conference, under the auspices OF the
Federation of Churches in one of this
leading cities in this country. The
audience was a representative one,
consisting of men and women of con-
siderable influence. There were four
speakers. One of them was a repres-
entative Of labor. When he got tho
floor, he simply roasted everybody III
the meeting, and gave fits to the
churches as whole Now, that's all
right. The churches need It. But i
have found that no one rubs it In
harder than do the preachers and
church leaders, in their regular and
in their occasional conventions and
conferences, when they speak OF the
failings Of the church.
This speaker for labor insisted that
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8
the church never gave workingmen a
chance to tell their story, : and that
the church did not care, anyway: This
statement seemed rather" curious un-
der the circumstances, and it caused
some in, his audience to smile, be-
cause he was even then the guest OF
hundreds of churches, so: 1nat he
might speak his: mind, and it was
known to some: of the folks present
that he had for some months been
conducting labor. conferences in one
of the city churches, with the privi-
lege of saying just what he pleased,
and doing with the meeting precisely
as he thought best. .s.s
It was pitiable that my friend
wasted all Of his time IN pointing out
the faults of the. church, when he
might have employed 1T In telling
about the needs Of .eeworkingmen,: SO
that he might enlist the o-opera-
ton Of those whom he: was address,
ing. 80 '': s>.y-.75 =, Z. ~.
too common. When they do get
chance to- secure the interest of min-
listers, they fritter It; Away by indulg-
ing in bitter sareasns and sharp
thrusts at real or Imaginary neglec..
Then they, Will boast OF how they
"just skinned those preachers alive,
Well, IT, that's the eobiect Of labor.
then, they certainly have done . good
job. But I take itgfhatsit should tbe
the aim Of those Who are entrusted
with leadership II the trades union
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'ooYn. Which breeds disease and en-

room, which breeds disease and en-
dangers the lie Of the public, al for
the greed Of gold. . .,
are only Just beginning to ap-.
preciate how much we are indebted to
the man with the dinner pail. Ny
sym HES are with labor unions.
Had II not been for them men would
he WORKING Tor starvation wages to-
day Certainly they have the right 10
unite. 80 that they won't live below
the starvation line. The church must
never lose sS1npe thy With the man.
who toll e does leave slt.;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-05-23
FARMER DRIVES LONG w.
DISTANCE WITH TEAM

1sHPEMING, Mich, May 2o.-Thom-
as Richards. q former resident, has
returned to Ishpeming from Elizabeth,
n. }. He covered the entire distance
by team. The journey was started III
,stages
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.

CFrom the Chicago News.l
Man who marry for looks seldom get
good cooks.
Holidays are more pleasant in con-
templation than in fact.
A girl thinks a man is brave because
he isn't afraid to swear.
But for our sorrows we should be
unable to appreciate our joys.
A lot of men strive for fame because
Of the money that goes with 1t.
A man is always willing to confess
faults that he thinks he hasn't.
Any man who sits around and waits
for an easy job Is a CRATER at heart.
The only way a young man can make
his money last is to make it first.
Do you know of anything that il
more unfriendly than friendly critic
ism?
One of the first things an art student
should learn to draw is his own con-
illusions.
A shiftless man in a small town eth
er harbors a lot Of worthless dogs or
plays a fiddle.
A sugar-coated pill is one Of the few
things that successfully combine pleas
ure with business.
There would be less trouble in this
world If people were permitted to be
happy in their own way.
When a man argues with a woman it
seems that he doesn't know what he is
talking about-from her point Of view.
1t doesn't take much painting and up
holstering to transform the average
woman into a handsome piece of furni-
ture.
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children of the slums. And. up Il
one remark. Nellie sat very erect and
tried to look wise and not wish she
was down to Coney Island with
Michael Maloney.
After the making Of that remark.
Nellie sat rather limp, looked toward
the door, and wished she were away
almost anywhere. The great authority
had stated distinctly that ''the very
best English spoken In the world Il
that Of Dublin, Ireland"
With the dfrectness Of the Ameri-
can girl under such circumstances she
made her way boldly to the tea store
just at the time when the clerks had
gone home. and Mike was there finish-
Ing up. She invested in a can OF
corn. Then she asked Michael IL he
would accompany her home.
AS soon as they were started she
began her apology. Michael, il il my
desire to request your pardon for my
own grievous errors as to your use
OF English. I have learned today for
the city Of Dublin are the best ex-
tongue"
lis that so?' asked Michael. the
hopeful look fading, then swiftly re-
turning as he looked at her. ct nivver
worritin' me a bit more. WIN We
marry me. Nellie Morer"
Yes. Michael" She still held out
for the full name.
It was somewhere near Fort
Wadsworth that he pressed her, lit
tie hand to his lips for the twentieth
time a. they sat in a secluded corner
OF the Coney Island steamboat It
was about the same place that he
ventured to risk the truth.
Nellie, me darlfnt maybe ys won't
be takin me afther all. But OF cud-
dent be lying to ". OF n;vver saw
Dublin In all me life. Sure. OF come
from Cork"
Nellie did not withdraw her hand.
She gave the first real. hearty laugh
that had passed her lips in months.
Jaw, quit yer kiddin," she said
gayly. 1--WE got troubles Of my own
thfnkin' what q dub I've been. why,
Mike I'd love you II you was Dutch
| man."-(Copyrighted, 1908, by As
ISOLATED Literary PresS)
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QUAKER MEDITATTONs.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
The Lord also helps them that help
others.
The man who is in love with him
self need fear no rival.
Even the high flyer must come down
to earth once in a while.
Even when her sight is perfect the
freckled girl wears specks.
fellow doesn't have to be an ath-
lete to jump at conclusions.
A man may have a smoking Jacket
without having clothes to burn.
Can a fellow bring girl to time by
carrying her picture In his watch?
Long engagements demonstrate that
keeping company Is cheaper than
keeping a wife.
You can't always make the head
of the house believe that two heads
are better than one. J..
Blobbs-''The man who 10 always
talking about his achievements might
employ his time to a better advan-
tage." Slobbs-"Yes, he might be
talking about ours"
"a man deserves a great deal Of
credit for keeping his troubles to him
self" remarked the Wise Guy. Eyes,
especially when SO many people want
to borrow them" added the Simple
Mug.
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THE COMMODITY CLAUSE.

While the country awaits the decis-
ion of the courts as to the constitu
tionahty of the commodity clause of
the rate law. the lawyers for the rail-
road in the test case brought by the
government are laying out their line OF
attack. The Reading Railroad COM
pany has just filed its answer in the
suit. 1t declares that the commodity
clause is so loosely drawn that, even
If the principle is established by the
court, it cannot be intelligently en-
forced. It holds the clause unconsti-
trtional because 1t unfairly differen-
riates between classes of commodities:
that while the law prohibits railroads
from carrying, except for their own use,
any commodity OF which they are the
owners, the important exception is
made OF timber and manufactured
products. The Reading says in effect
that 1t is unfair for the government to
prohibit one company from carrying it's
own coal and permitting another to
carry its own lumber. This apparent
favoritism. the answer says, invalidates
the whole clause.
A possible reason for the exemption
of timber in the rate law is offered by
Professor w. d. Lewis in a recent ar
ticle in the Harvard Law Review. To
encourage the building of railroads
through the west, as is well known,
the government gave great tracts OF
timber land as subsidies This legal
writer holds 1t only fair to the COM
panies which still retain parts OF this
land to allow them to transport the
product of their timber tracts to mar
ket. To deprive them of this right
would in effect be violating the contract
made between the government and the
railroad companies years ago. This
view carried to it's logical conclusion
would seem to demand that II these
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-27
HU1A0R or THE Day

Binks (who ordered a pancake half an
hour eviouslyl-Er-I-say. will that
be round. Then he waited patiently an
other half hour-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Johnny-Smokin' cigarettes is dead sure
ter hurt yer. Jimmy-S'on! where did yer
git dat idee? Johnsy-From pop, Jimmy
Aw! he wuz list stripgin' yer, Johnny-No,
me. OATS how know It nurts'NPhiia-
delphia Press.
Use to be good while I'm away. Johnny"
What,ll you give me II I'll be good when
sS on 81 p DaSk arc me- give yog some
Post.
;. T 70 my. 2 rooster doesn't have
son. Tommy-Then what good does it do
him to have q comb ?-Phfladelphia Rec
ord.
Musician-what makes you think that
women are better. Dianists than men?
stpon musG arai.ph arms are not so
Tess-Mr. Dudley is very attentive to
you. I notice. I suppose congratulations
der now. Tess-Indeed7 Jess-Yes. I re-
5ected him last night.-Philadelphia Press.
Knicker-How does that church take UP
such a large collection? Bocker-was it
taken up by a waiter?-New York Sun.
Madam" said the dog catcher. you
VIII have to buy e muzzle for that dog or
III take him to the pound" I'VE have a
muzsle for him. but Willie is using It as
a. catcher's mask."-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
do you think the world is growing
worse?" Dunno as it's" responded the
old man. They're tellin' the very fish
stories I heard when I was a boy."-Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Mrs. HI hear you resigned your posi-
ton as Treasurer Of the Don't Worry
club. Mrs. C.-Yes. No one cared wheth-
er they paid their dues. so what was the
use.-Life.
Got any champagne on ice. Barkeep-
Sure. Stoodent B-Gimme nickels worth
OF ice.-Cornell Widow.
Stella-There is to be a porch campaign
Bella-Well, the Secretary will need a
mighty strong hammock.-New York Sun.
The Grocer-What Is 1t you're grumblinR
at anyhow? Dye want the earth? The
Customer-No. sir. don't; certainly not
in the sugar.-The Tattler
Whats that big building over there?'
Persons Who Have Been Mentioned for
the Vice idency."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
It's all right to marry bIind1y IL only
you can be sure OF staying blind.--Puck
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

The average self-made man needn't
worry about taking out a patent.
4
Many a courtship runs on until the
girl Is nearly frantic for a chance to
say no."
A woman has a photograph beaten
several blocks In that she can talk for
hours without any winding up.
y
If a young lad had his choice he
would probably prefer to be called q
bflly-goat rather than "a precious lit
tie lamb
A bachelor Is worse OF than a mar
ried man because the latter is afraid
of only one woman while the former Is
afraid OF all Of them.
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AYHlWKER .JOTS

A farmer living near Larned raised
a crop of wheat this year which aver
aged thirty-three bushels to the acre.
The Marshall County News declares
that Bristow was defeated by q major
ity of 1900. 1t referred, however. to
the county seat fight between Bristow
and Sapulpa. in Butter county, Okla
homa.
Stubs, Bristow and the corn crop
all made landing in one week. "That
ought to be enough for anybody"
says the Jewell County Republican
At any rate the majority Of the people
appear satisfied, is the conclusion Of
Mr.. Bristow's paper.
David Leahy. editor of the Wichita
Eagle, finds himself the Democratic
nominee for coroner of Sedgwick
county. The space was blank on the
primary ballots and q few of Mr..
Leahy's friends wrote his name In.
Some wags also nominated Sam"
Anidon for justice of the peace by the
same means.
It's the opinion Of the Wichita Eagle
that to be perfectly honest about it
Salina would prefer to be known as
the town having a pennant winning
baseball team rather than to be spok-
en- OF as the home of United States
senator. A word from the Salina Jour
nal on this subject would be interest
ing.
IN the past two years we have
new people had gotten con" the old
timers, but here it is where the old
timer has come through again: A
bunch of men who had located in the
country during the last two years were
talking when one of them turned to an
old timer and asked: Say. did you
ever see such weather as this before
and did it last SO long?" Eyes SIR" re-
piled the o. t. as he delivered about
quart of tobacco juice at a swarm of
flies feeding on a banana peeling in
the street, saw the warm breezes
months and the nit got worse."-Lib-
eral News.
Says the Spring Hill City Era: I'VE
are late again this week after having
made every effort to get our vile sheet
out on time. Our Easoline engine took
moody spell and 'nagged' all day on
press day. Don't cuss about it, for
we have attended to that part of the
business for you all. Our engine is
not an old trap of thing, but is al
most new, sa we hate to take an ak
and break in its ribs, although we
confess that that is what we feel like
doing. When Solomon said that all
was vanity and vexation of spirit he
must have looked down the lane Of
time and have had some sort of an
idea CT what a gasoline engine would
be like"
Bent Murdoch says: zone Of the
Pi,isbury flour mills in Minneapolis,
Mimi, has gone bust, while hundreds
of other business concerns which have
been kept alive by railway discrim-
ination, will close. The Minneapolis
mill had the inside on railway rates
and could ship Kansas winter wheat
to that city, mix 1t with Minnesota
spring wheat, make it into flour. ship
it back to Kansas and undersell Kan
sas made flour. But the people have
walked up and 1t being no longer pos
sible for the Minnesota trust owned
mill to secure special rates, It goes
into the hands of a receiver, while
from now on Kansas wheat will be
ground by Kansas mills and the pro-
duct sold on the market in honest
competition with other mill pro-
ducts"
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KANSAS CoAAENT
sHoRN BY THE SHEARS.

SHORN BY THE SHEARS.
In the course Of his bankruptcy pro-
ceedings. Harry Thaw made public the
amounts he had paid the lawyers who
oeIended him at his various trials and
examinations, and the figures illustrate
IN rescuing him from the electric
chair. consigned him to lunatic asy-
lum.
Half dozen lawyers have bled the
InaWs Tor enough to make them
wealthy, and lawyers are still dividing
the spoils. Had they secured the
young man his liberty, there might
have been some excuse for them; had
they remained loyal to him. after
stripping him, they might deserve re-
as bad as 1t could be. and at every
stage he has to engage new lawyers.
The old ones seem to abandon him as
soon as they receive their money.
A good many Of Thaw's creditors
will probably have to accept percent
age OF what they claim is due them,
but the lawyers will get everything
that is coming to them. The miserable
youth who wears out his existence IN
1ails and asylums is worthy of COM
passion at least; poor. discouraged,
heeced. frtendless, he has received far
more than the usual punishment ac-
corded the opulent slayer.-Emporia
Gazette.
PRAISE FOR TAX COMMISSION.
The Ottawa Herald notes that the
Kansas state tax commission Is re-
ceiving all kinds of compliments from
the taxing officials OF other states for
its work this year. A letter recently
received from William r. Lloyd. secre-
tary OF the state tax commission OF
Alabama, III particularly compliment
airy. He wants a copy of every blank
put out by the Kansas commission and
says: What the Kansas commission
has done would be miracle in this
state. 1t is wonderful and I want to
know what means were employed to
succeed in accomplishing it," With
the progress that has already been
made In establishing a fair basis for
taxation in Kansas, one can but Won
der at the hestitancy of earlier legfsia-
lures In attacking this proposition. At
more than one of these sessions COM
missions were appointed 70 make a
study OF the problem Of taxation. and
report to the next legislature, but
when these reports were submitted tne
legislators always hesitated to en-
been made, however, and the work
should be pushed until Ike have the
fairest taxation system Of any state in
the Union, task that is not impossi-
BILE. Meanwhile II is some satisfaction
to know that our efforts along this line
applauded. -Leavenw Times
INSOLENCE OF THE BREWER.
One of the neryiest exhibitions of
the i'll feeling OF brewers toward
Wichita is given by the Schuster
Brewing Co. A wichita man brought
to The Beacon office today a check re-
Gently sent by the Schuster Brewing
Co. for empty beer bottles. The COM
pany had gone to the extent of stamp
ing on one corner OF the check these
words: This is a check on prohibit
ton" This is the spirit OF insolence
which characterizes the liquor seller
when he's in power. He hates all law
and has a contemptuous regard to-
ward those who seek to curb his traf-
fic. He is the one man doing a bust
ness under license who thinks he
should run all night, all day Sunday
and sell to whom he pleases.-Wich-
ita Beacon.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

tFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Carelessness causes more wrecks
than rum.
Another thing woman always
hates: a stepfather.
Some people never get to the front,
because they stop and talk too often.
A vegetarian in town always refers
to meat market as the "morgue."
If a man occasionally escapes pun
ishment when he deserves ii. IL will
be made up to him when he does not
deserve it.
The older man grows. the earlier
he decides every day that he will DO
the thing which will make him a great
man. tomorrow.
An Atchison bride made hash the
other morning with sweet potatoes. ar
guing that the best man in the world
should have something a little extra.
Buckwheat cakes that taste good for
breakfast. and make a man feel like
committing murder the rest of the day,
will soon make their appearance.
When a girl is in love with a man,
the people say "she is just about crazy
over that fellow" but you seldom hear
about the man being crazy over the
girl
Here of late when a visiting girl
goes home. her hostess promptly ac-
companies her in order to get what il
coming to her before her guests mem-
DRY gets cold.
A boy at school learns to read in
about three weeks. After that, he
never learns a thing. Take a boy ont
of school after he learns to read. ana
ne VIII know ABOUT as much as a man
as the boy who graduated at a col
lege. I
Nearly all the lessons taught thu
young are untrue. The pleasant 6c
lions we invent to encourage the young
are too often mischievous falsehoods'
Many young people who find nothing
but DISAPPOINTMENT. become Disguised
with the world. whereas they would
have been content had they been told
the truth The world Is good enough.
and we cannot improve 1t By weak sem
ttmOutSliom.
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meetings and put the people attend
ing them to sleep until after election
day. This would certainly add to the
gayety of the campaign. This man
also might be. valuable in working out
on reluctant and hesitating contribu
tors to tho campaign funds