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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
The White Slave Traffic.

There is no longer a question as tc
the existence of such traffic, but We
can hardly believe that in our own So
called Christian land there are hundreds
of men and women engaged in a sys
tematic, organized business of ruinine
girls-buying and selling them as hogs,
cattle and sheep are sold; and that this
infamous traffic is CARED on in every
state in the Union, every day of the
year.
The Chicago Tribune pictures the
traffic as a huge devil fish catching girls
in its tenacles, in stores, in schools, rail-
way stations, factories, theatrical agen-
cies and homes.
o. s. District Attorney Edwin A.
Sims says that the things that are done
every day in our large cities would by
contrast make the Congo slave traders
of the old days appear like good Smart
tans.
The evidence goes to show that in
1907 not less than $4,000 girls were i'm
ported as white slaves, and that this
is but fraction of those recruited from
towns, villages and country homes in
our own land.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
The Presidents Courage.

Those who have been disposed to
think of President Taft as an agree
able, wellmeaning man, who might,
however, some time or other, be found
lacking in individuality and moral
courage, ought to be greatly comforted
by his frankness and positiveness IN
discussing the deep.waterways prob
lens in his speeches at St. Louis and
New Orleans. He was in attendance
Mt the deep waterways convention at
New Orleans in the capacity of guest,
and it required courage of no ordinary
sort to disappoint the hundreds of dele
gates from every state in the Missis-
sippi valley, representing enormous
political power. He told them plainly
that he was not at all convinced of the
the wisdom or practicability of four
teen-foot channel, such as every man
who heard him was committed to, and
he knew that in what he felt it his
duty to say he was disappointing every
one of the delegates as we'll as the
great territory and population that
they represented.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19

MIR. JOSEPH F. DISCH, asa w. JET.
AVA ferson ST., Louisville, KY, writes :
81 take great pleasure in recommending
your valuable Peruna as catarrh
remedy.
81 have been suffering for the past
three years with catarrh, and had used
almost everything in the market until
l read of your wonderful Peruna rem
ody. After using two bottles OF Peru.
ma can cheerfully recommend it to
any one having the same disease.
81 was almost compelled to give u9
my business, until I used your remedy,
and have never been bothered with
catarrh SINCE"
Hon. G. Slemp, Congressman from
Virginia, writes: 81 can cheerfuily
say that have used your valuable rem
edy, Peruna, with beneficial results,
and can unhesitatingly recommend
your remedy to my friends as an invig-
Grating tonic and an effective and per.
manent cure for catarrh."
People who object to liquid medicines
can now secure Peruna Tablets. Sold
by druggists, and manufactured by The
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
Cost of Taking Chances.

Startling as is the statement of Pro
fessor jeremiah w. jerks, the Cornell
economist, that the cost of sickness
every year in the United States is more
than a billion dollars, it is said to be
based on the testimoney of some of the
best authorities. Professor jerks esti-
mate that minor ailments, which do
not require the services of physicians,
cost quarter of the sum mentioned, is
probably reasonable, aud his expressed
opinion that nine-tenths of this loss
could be saved is impressive. Illness
sometimes comes in spite of conscien-
hous and persistent endeavors to avoid
ID, but it comes vastly more often as
bhe result of laxity in or deliberate
neglect of such endeavors. The ma
jority of us, who have experienced
more or less of it, can, if we will be
honest with ourselves, recall risks we
have taken unnecessarily, or precau-
aonary measures we have neglected to
take, to the end that we have, in effect,
invited illness instead of repelling it.
No little significance attaches to
Professor jerks statement that 1.-The
loss that comes from over-fatigue or a
lowering of ones surplus vitality or
power of endurance is, from the ecc-
nomic point of view. even greater,
probably, than that due to illness. Z"
He ventures the suggestion that this
feeling of fatigue, coming often from
the excessive use of alcohol or of
tobacco, or from carelessness in diet,
or unnecessary loss Of sleep, or undue
length Of the working day, amounts to
very much more than the direct loss
from illness. Certainly these alleged
causes, or some of them, can be elimin-
sted in majority of cases. The TAX
ing of chances generally is regarded
sskance, and the taking of unnecessary
chances with ones health is especially
10 ba deprecated
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
The Great White Plague.

In one day the readers of the news.
papers have the account of the opening
of the Royal Edward institute in Mon
sreal aud synopsis of a bulletin by
Chief Statistician Wilbur of the divi-
sion of vital statistics of the United
States census bureau The fight in Mon
treal against tuberculosis will be direct
ed from the institute which was opened
in that city recently, and its influence
will reach far beyond the limits
of the city, or of the province. King
Edward pushed the button which sent
an electric spark across the Atlantic
and opened the doors of theainstitute
DIR. Philip of Edinburgh, the origina-
tor of tuberculosis dispensaries, had
come from Scotland on purpose to be
present at the opening. At the same
time. the bulletin issued by Chief Stat
istician Wilbur shows a marked de-
crease in the number of deaths from
tuberculosis during the year 1908 as
compared with the year preceding.
Consumption is still far ahead of all 9TH
or causes of death in the United States,
bnt decrease in a single year from
1888 6 persons in hundred thousand of
population to 1879 is good reason for
congratulation and encouragement.
The fight against the dread disease is
steadily and surely being won. The
rapid increase in the number of socie-
ties devoted to prevention through edu-
cation of the public, the precautions
taken against its communication to 9th
en, and the widely extended knowledge
of the disease, both as to prevention and
rs TO cure, are evidently making an i'm
preston which is felt in the statistics of
the registration area of the United
Ststes. Account is to be taken also, of
The fact that with the extension of the
registration area there has undoubtedly
been a relative increase in the number
Of cases reported, so that in reality the
Enforcement is considerably greater
tbsu is Indicated by the number of
deaths in n hundred thousand OF popu-
lai;on. Nevertheless while the i'm
movement is encouraging, there is still
\ vast amount of work to be done be-
ere the disease will be eradicated or re-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
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PUSH AND PULL,


1t is the pessimist who is always wait
ing. He waited for the election to be
over; he waited for the first of the year
he has waited until after the Inaugural
ton, and then he waited for the tariff
question TO be settled, and meantime
the other fellow was scooping in the
business. Quit waiting and push
Eyes, said the merchant who doesn t
believe in advertising, the country
going to the devil"
Il thought as much when read that
placard in your window" answered the
traveller.
Which placard?'
'The one which says, We lead, 9TH
ers follow.
The art of Selling opportunities and
turning even accidents to account,
bending them to some purpose, is a
great secret of success. Dr. johnson has
defined genius to be "a mind. of large
general powers accidentally determined
in some particular direction" Men who
are resolved to find way for them
selves will always find opportunities
enough; and if they do not lie ready to
their hand, they will make them.
Prodigies have never set the world
afre. All progress has come through
the plodders. The only reason most men
don't succeed is that they get tired too
easily.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19

The Royal Arch degree was conferred
on class of three by the local Chapter,
R. A. M. Friday evening.
We want your butter and eggs at the
highest market price. G. M. Miller.
Both Phones, AZ.
Mrs. G. E. Burnett of Hillsdale has
returned to her home in that ethyl after
pleasant visit with her daughter,
Miss Vera Burnett of this city.
George B. Symes, the genial landlord
at Symes Tavern, entertained his
brother, F. G. Symes, and wife of
McBain Sunday. The latter left Mon
day morning for Sanford, Fla, where
he has large truck garden.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
Riverside Farmers Club.

The Riverside Farmers club met,
Thursday, Nov. 4, 1909, with Mr..
and Mrs. D. j. Gerow and daughter,
Miss Ada. The day being a bright,
beautiful November day, the club
members and invited guests to the
number of one hundred gathered in
the spacious home.
There was an hour spent in social
Intercourse, after which our hostess
announced dinner. One often hears
the remark made by the city friends
chow good a dinner in the country
tastes" but it is plainly evident by
the way they took hold and helped
dispose of the bountiful dinner pre-
pared by our hostess that the farmer
and his family just as thoroughly
enjoy a dinner in the city.
At 2 p. m, the meeting was called
to order by the president, d. j. Ge-
row. The club joined in singing No
Is from Rural Songster. Rev. C. II.
Hanks took charge Of the devotional
exercises. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved
Roll call was responded to by four
teen families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Chandler
were elected delegates to attend the
state associational meeting to be
held at Lansing, December rs. Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Case were chosen
just as many of the members go as
possibly could, as there was so much
benefit to be derived.
Mrs. Gerow read a most excellent
paper on the subject: "Our Girls
What are we Doing for Them Mrs.
Gerow said she thought more was
being done for the average girl of
today than was ever done before.
Her paper was filled to Overlooking
with good thoughts
Hired Help on the Farm" was
the topic assigned Elmer Black, who
said he had nothing to say on the
subject. That is was a problem he
had not solved. Mr.. Case recon-
mended the married man and his
wife taken into the home. Thought
the man more contented and apt to
stay If they were used well.
A. B. Cook spoke strongly in fav-
or of the married man but suggested
the Tenant house.
We then listened to music by Miss
Smith, which was very much enjoy
ed.
'Two-Year-Old Hens. Does it
Pay to Keep Them" Mr.. Grove be-
ing absent his wife gave a talk on
the subject. Mrs. Crow had the fig
ures to prove that their two year old
hens laid more eggs than the year
lings. She also said that they were
going to keep some three year olds
as an experiment another year.
Mr.Stevens sang "Our Own United
States" and responded to an encore,
which was certainly appreciated by
the club
Sunshine in the Home" was the
subject of an excellent paper by
Mrs. Henry Henspeter, which was
over with good thoughts
and suggestions.
Miss Edith Ruebekan very
sweetly sang Beautiful Garden of
Roses" responding to an encore,
this concluding the program.
The question box was taken up in
charge of Elmer Black. 1t con-
tanned many very interesting ques-
tons and brought out some lively
The program for December was
then read.
c. II. Hanks moved a rising vote
Of thanks to our host and hostess. |
after which club adjourned to meet |
Dec. 2 with Mr.. and Mrs. Linus
Leffingwell.
Itch Itch! Itchl-Scratchl Scratch |
scratch! The more you scratch the |
worse the itch. Try Doans Ointment. |
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
No false pretense has marked II

No false pretense has marked the
career of Ely's Cream Balm. Being
entirely harmless, it is not responsible
like the catarrh snuffs and powders, for
minds shattered by cocaine. The great
virtue of Ely's Cream Balm is that IL
speedily and completely overcomes
nasal catarrh and hay fever. Back OF
this statement is the testimony of thous-
ands and q reputation Of manv years
success All druggists, SIC, or mailed
by Ely Bros, So Warren Street, New
York
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
This n An Easv Test

Sprinkle Aliens Foot Ease in one
shoe and none in the other, and notice
the difference Jusr the thing to use
when rubbers or overshoes become
necessary. and your shoes seem to pinch
Sold everywhere, CSC. Don't accept
any substitute.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
Stiff Sentence.

Alma, Nov 12.-Fred Kemp of St.
Louis, well known liveryman of that
city, yesterday before Circuit Judge
Scarf at Ithaca, pleaded guilty to a vio-
lation of the local option law. The
Judge imposed the following sentence:
That he be tined $l75 and costs, amount
ing to $3.50. and to be confined in the
county Jail for a period of 80 days. If
the fine and costs are not paid the Jail
sentence to be six months.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19

Itch Itch! Itchl-Scratchl Scratch
Scratch The more you scratch the
worse the itch. Try Doans Ointment.
1t cures piles, eczema, any skin itching
All druggists sell it.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19

The state of New York will receive
an inheritance tax of from million to
a million and half from the estate of
the late John s. Kennedy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19

To feel strong, have good appetite
and digestion, sleep soundly and enjoy
life, use Burdock Blood Bitters, the
great system tonic I'D builder
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-11-19
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders TO
Children.

Successfully used by Mother Gray,
nurse In the ChIldren's Home in New
York, cure feverishness. bad stomach
teething disorders, move and regulate
the bowels and DESTROY worms. Over
10000 testimonials They never fail
At all druggists, Csc. Sample FREE,
Address, Allen s. Olmstead, Leroy, N.
Y.
The Washington times., 1909-03-13
Capital Tales
MANN'S SHORT MEMORY.

How quickly Washington forgets me
means by which its former great men
earn their living. Great statesmen
come and go and are forgotten. IN
this particular instance the field which
has been opened 70 former President
Roosevelt as molder Of public opin-
ion n the capacity Of associate editor
Of the Outlook had been forgotten.
Only rules revision and the possibil-
ity OF defeating the insurgents are the
subjects under consideration in the
Office of Speaker Cannon these DAYS.
Today one of the less important mem
bers of the House burst into the Speak
eT' s room in the midst OF a conference
and announced that the Outlook haa
come out i'm support OF Victor MURDOCH
and his band of rebels
Thu Outlook murmured Representa-
tive Mann Of illinois, thought MY
Whats the Outlook"
why, the New York magazine we've
all heard about returned the ener-
getiC member rcproachfully
But there are lots Of New y or x
magazines, remarked AIR Mann.
Why should YOU be excited about
this one.
President Roosevelt is associate ed
itor."
"Oh, pshaw," rctorted Nlr, Mann
Don't forget that he IS an eX-Presi-
dent now. An eX-PTesident- HIS IN
fuence doesn't count any more. Ieu US
something exciting.
The Washington times., 1909-03-13
BILL" POPULAR NOW.

Some one with 2 lot OF patience has
been inouiring what will be the most
popular given name in the SiSty-hrst
Congress. He hes plowed through the
list OF the House members and of the
Senators He mas discovered that there
are more men named BIZ than any
thing else. He says the moral OF il all
is that IL fond parents want their sOns
to land in the White House or in Con-
gress, there IS just one course 10 take
and that is TO name them Bill" or
course, the Congressional Directory puts
the name down as William. But with q
man named Bill in the White House,
William viii be used less than ever. The
Oldest and most venerated Of the men
OF the name IN Congress is Senator Frye
u Maine. whose full name is William
Pierce Frye and who is one or the best
fishermen who ever trod Pennsylvania
avenue One ~ tie most popular 81 the
lot on the Senate side is FIJI BOrab
OF Idaho Stii new Senator, out one
or the most promising OF the younger
statesmen.
The Washington times., 1909-03-13
A NEW MOVE TO BUILD UP
RURAL COMMUNITIES.

There won't be any abandoned"
farms in the sweet by-snd-by. There
won't be room for them. The people
who are hocking to this country all
haven't the urban fever; good many
of them prefer to make their living
out Of the soil = and handsome living
some OF them are making even now.
Many of the most successful farmers
in every section of the country are i'm
migrants from Europe.
But besides this particular tendency
TO revive abandoned or neglected home
crofts. there is another movement to
ward rural development. 1t is called
the Little Land League. Some OF its
leading friends and benefactors are
Kate Ssnborn. whose own abandoned
farm story is most romantic; William
LLOYD Garrison, j. PierpOnt Morgan,
Hamlin Garland, Booker T. Washing
ton. Albert Shaw. and Bolton Hall The
league wants people to realize That
with $50 days work in the year. two
acres will support an ordinary sized
family. and produce enough readily
marketable surplus to provide money
for clothing and to keep the roof over
their heads in good repair; that these
two acres can be bought near 10 civil
cation" for 5000 or $3.50; that if more
people will try this sort of life there
Will be less misery. Here is an ex-
tract from the prospectus:
The Little Land League VIII check,
TO q considerable extent, the drift TO
the larger cities. and secure wider
distri bution of the population over
the land by encoura ging manulac-
turers to remove their works from
con gested Centers out into the coun-
try: by fostering the commercial and
industrial upbuildiug Of the smaller
cities. towns and country villages,
and developing and establishing IN
dustries in such communities; by
building good roads. by improving
the rural home and its environment
by broadening the practical efficiency
of rural schools, and by the enlarge
ment of home opportunities.
The country needs some such pub
Lefty agents The city speaks for
itself, and the speech of the city Is
apt to be deceptive. Many hear the
call, but comparatively few find sue
cess and contentment. The Little
Land League has large field TO work
/ in and it is bound to do good.
The Washington times., 1909-03-13
DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF
RAISING REVENUE.

The Government needs revenues. and
reeds them right away There are GER
tain methods by which it is certain to
ret them Namely by increasing the
present internal revenue duties. and
adding new ones, stamp taxes. etc.
These are not especially unpopular
processes of getting revenue in ordi-
nary circumstances. But these sources
will not produce enough To make up
the deficit, and so it is suggested that
taxes be imposed on coffee and tea
These are most decidedly unpopular
measures. Moreover. the amount of
revenue which would be produced bv
coffee tax is doubtful. In time. Of
course. 1t would bring in a steady and
sure income. But it l. considered
doubtful whether. if imposed this year,
1t would much help the depleted Treas-
ury before 1911. for the reason that
tremendous amounts of coffee have
been and are being hurried into the
country In anticipation OF imposition
of such tax So the coffee tax is OF
doubtful immediate effectiveness.
There remain the inheritance and in
come taxes; and these, while much
more popular than some other imposts,
are none the less in the same class
with the coffee duty as to uncertainty
about immediate production Of revenue.
For each Of these involves an uncer-
tain legal proposition. and the posi-
bility Of an adverse decision, and of
the necessity, perhaps, of paying back
n great sum after it had been collected.
is not 10 be overlooked. What the
Government needs right now is money,
rot experiments in constitutional con
struction. The internal revenues
naturally suggest themselves as the
resource on which to fall back
This is IN accordance with the broad
principle laid down by Henry Carter
Adams. who has shown conclusively
that every nation ought to maintain at
eli times the complete, perfect, and
working machinery of a comprehensive
internal revenue system. when small
amounts OF money are needed, small
taxes can be imposed; when more
money is needed. the lcvies can be in
creased indefinitely. The point is al
ways TO have the system in operation
and ready 80 assume new burdens. BY
this plan Government may be guarded
against financial shocks. deficits. and
even may be insured the capacity TO
The Washington times., 1909-03-13
NO WONDER OUR SCHOOL
BUILDINGS MAKE TROUBLE!

Now it is the Bryant School of which
the Board of Education disapproves.
The fault found is not critical. but it is
not unimportant. either. Chiefly it is
matter of plumbing, and the Engineer
Commissioner has promised to remedy
it.
This is about all that could be hoped
for. As long as one official draws the
plans for our school buildings, another
determines the plumbing equipment
and still others do the repairing, while
a distinct branch of the government
puts the structure to use, there is sure
TO be confusion and dissatisfaction
The new municipal architect provided
in the appropriation act for the next
fiscal year viii give some order to the
planning But the disagreement is
bound 10 go on as long as one branch
Of TIE government does the building
and another the using of the schools.
The Washington times., 1909-03-13
ALLOWING THE UNION PACI-
FIG TO OPEN THE GATE.

A Westerner now in Washington Is
full of fight because the Government
las allowed some Union Pacific law
breakers to slip through its fingers.
Among the other cases caught in Sec
rotary Garfeld's drag-net was that of
these railroaders, acting for their en-
ployer.
They had paid dummy entrymen to
buy the ground at the Government
price, snd then, the patent being issued,
had merely taken possession for the
good of the railroad. Thousands of
tons of coal were taken from the tract
before the Interior Department came
ON the scene. Then the railroad re
stored the land and entered into an
agreement abundantly secured to pay
Tor all the coal mined.
Had these offenders been unknown
claimants, argues the visitor from Ari-
IONA, they would not have escaped so
easily. The critic should go slow. His
fault finding reaches beyond the Gen
eral Land Office. Every district at
torney has the same problem to solve
Shall | accept a plea of guilty and the
return of the stolen goods. or shall |
spend days of time and many dollars
ON the risk of an ultimately ,msatis-
factory verdict" How often he
answers with Take the confession OF
guilt" we all know.
But there is here a special reason for
getting all the confession possible
They help along the panic among the
thieves. The West is pretty well
scared now, partly as a result of this
open acknowledgment of guilt by the
Union Pacific. Every man frightened
enough to confess helps uncover other
cases like his own, if only by show
ing the route adopted and identifying
the officials who were false to their
trust And as the Government al
ready has on hand more than $4,000
of such cases TO prove, prepare fol
trial, and press to convictions, every
item OF help II can get has TAR
reaching value.
The campaign against the Lane
thieves is ON. The Interior Depart
ment has its sleeves rolled up. Bette
yet, it has tools in It's hands Secre
tary Garfield it was who brought Con
gress to see the advantage of allottinj
m a ~
worth of lands. and now that none,
is available for his successor to use
There will probably be enough eOnvic
tons 10 satisfy everybody including
this critic from Arizona, before tn
hunt Is done
The Washington times., 1909-03-13
White House Callers

Senators Root OF New York.
Burrows or Michigan.
Representatives Olcott of New York.
BrownlOw of Ten
neSSee-
Livingstone OF Geor-
gia.
Former Representative James F. Wat
son OF Indiana.
John Barrett. director Of the Intarna-
tiouaI Bureau of American RepUb-
lies.
Franklin MacNcagh. Secretary Of the
Treasury,