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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
The Marquis of LansdosOne
The Great Wing Statesman

George budget in toto, and will there
by force the administration to dissolve
Parliament, and to make an appeal to
the country in the form OF q general
election.
The Lords. so the Marquis states. are
ready to try conclusions with the Com
mons at the polls in the matter Of the
new budget. and adds by way Of con-
clusion that ''the Lords will accept the
verdict OF the people" This means
that IL the popular verdict. as shown
by a general election. 10 in favor OF
the Lloyd-George schemes, the upper
House of Parliament will give way
and abandon all further opposition.
This is a fair enough proposal. The
House of Lords In England. like the
Senate at Washington, has always been
regarded as q sort OF check and tenn,
porary resident upon impulsive and
iil-considered legislation, Of some
times sociaIistic order, enacted by the
lower chamber Of the national 1egisla-
ture. The Senate and Lords are not
an obstacle to progress. az has been
so often alleged, but merely a sort Of
steadying rein upon reckless meas
ures.
TIL Lords will not permit the Asouith
Government budget. which involves a
radical REORGANIZATION of the financial
system of State revenue to 20 through
until the people at large have had an
opportunity to express their views
about the matter. The present House
of Commons, dating from 1905. was
not elected on the Lloyd-GeorRe nnan-
ciai platform, of which no one but him
self had at that time any conception.
Lord Lansdowne 10. therefore. justified
in asserting that the present House OF
Commons cannot be regarded as repre-
sentinE the views OF the masses about
the matter.
These views cannot be ascertained
save by an appeal to the country in the
form OF q general election--a sort Of
popular referendum-and according to
Impartial observers and to careful
students OF English affairs. II by no
means follows that the verdict will be
in favor Of the Government. For. ar
rayed against the socialist projects to
which the Chancellor OF the Excheduer
has committed the Asquith administra-
ton, are all the great bankers. manu-
facturers and merchants. the" employ
ers of labor. and to a great extent the
people in their employ, the liquor and
brewing interests, the church. the
small capitalists and property owners.
az we'll as the big ones.
It is claimed, not without reason.
that the Lloyd-George scheme will
drive capital abroad, destroy Engiand's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

AS soon as It's plans can be COM
pleted says The London Daily Mail.
probably early next year, the Society
of Antiquaries will undertake the
systematic excavation OF the side OF
Verulamium. the first Roman city built
in Britain, which fiourished for four
centuries. The Earl OF Verulam. who
owns the land. has generously placed It
at the disposal OF the society. The site
Is now occupied by fields. except the
short space from st, Michaers Church.
which stands near the centre of old
Verulam-to the bridge over the Yer.
The area to be explored is roughly
about IE0 acres, and as the examination
of somewhat similar remains at Sill
chester which extend to 100 acres, oc-
cupied the best part of twenty years.
It will be some time before the secrets
OF what has been called the English
Pompeii are laid bare.
According to Charles H Ashdown,
well-known Archaeological. the shape OF
the city was an irregular oval, the
greatest axis being formed by the Wat
ling street and the smallest by the
Camlet way. the two interesting near
the Church of ST. Michael. which Is
about half a mile to the west Of st.
Auban's Cathedral. II Is a coincidence
that Verulamium and Pompen re-
semble each other as regards shape.
dimensions, arrangement Of streets and
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classed with the dead ones"
In the case Of my half discouraged
employer friend. I should say that there
are comparatively few positions In his
ONCE not threatened with vacancies
In favor of the young man who can
show initiative and go In him. I'D
rather be jumped on for doing some-
thing than be jumped on for doing no.
thing" has come to- be an accepted
aphorism among up to date employees
At the same time thousands of work
srs who hold by the philosophy. weaken
when the opportunity for doing some
thing presents itself.
what II should fall down on thatT'
the employe asks himself.
But every day his employer may be
taking chances q hundred times greater
and losing out on a considerable per-
centage OF these chances. The trouble
Is that the young man In taking the
initiative prompting him to no more
than volunteering q suggestion as to
ways and means and ends In his work
discovers that his own recognized lack
OF experience In the world tends to
righten him. He feels that IL the. rip
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

Most employers of young men have
occasion to hnd fault In the fact that
the young man Is likely to sit back.
prepared to do only those things given
him to do. This young man. In what
ever line Of work. Is too much disposed
to arrange his duties to conform to
once working hours" and within the
hours seek to accomplish his stunts
In such a manner as to spare him
calling down. II he succeeds he IL
likely to be quite satisfied with him
seif--and his Job.
i've done everything know to do
TO stimulate little original initiative
into my young men," complained an
employer Of several hundred workers.
most of whom are young. 'but ma
It's the hardest thing connected with
my business. In my line of work there
isn't an employe in the once who.
with his eyes open, wouldn't stumble
over an occasional tip that Is valuable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

France of America. and France 10 the
Kansas of Europe. France Is volatile,
as we are. but always progressive.
France is emotional. az we are, but
always sincere. France In gay, as we
are, but never to be fooled or cheated
long. France 10 q land OF ideals, as
we are. but always too shrewd to
dream of the impossible. France f.
brave. as we are, and always willing
to sacrifice the material for the spirit
ual. though she does not grasp the
shadow and let the substance go. She
and we are practical idsalists. We
have visions that will work. and ara
willing to whip the man who doubts
their practicability. In many things
France Is leading Europe The same
sky and wind and temperate climate
that makes men nervous ana hopeful
and happy and directive in the old
world Is making the same kind OF
men. tempered by a steadier blood, in
the new world. go we have France
and Kansas--always ready for what
ever revolution Providence may have
In store; always cheerful. always at
work. always enjoying the VISIONS of
youth, always fighting to make her
dreams come true, s. sef ti ElF "hi
Which recalls remark made by Miss
Ida Tarbell. the magazine writer. when
at the State University last year. AZ
she stood on Mount Dread and looked
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didate who would make the required
pledge.
A. the RESIGNATION Of the nominee
was q thing not to be thought OF. he
was then asked IL he would meet some
0f the Tammany leaders sreiinner. Mr..
Cleveland replied that he would meet
any persons that the committee
thought Il desirable to mset. He there
upon came. to New York and met at
tables his leading committeeman. with
Mr.. Croker and members of the Demo-
cratic machine. The next day one of
the papers announced that at that din
ner he had given entirely satisfactory
assurances tn Tammany Hall.
As II happened / was walking down
Broadway that evening with q friend.
the Kentucky poet Robert Burns
Wilson. and thought I would drop In
and Introduce him to the ex-Prestdsnt.
Seeing his private secretarv Mr.. Ro-
bert Lincoln o'Brien. In the hall at
the top of the stairway. told him my
errand. and. asked him what was going
on. When he informed me who were in
the council said was sure was not
wanted. but no insisted upon announce
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
Rockefeller Will Be First
Man To Be A Billionaire

New York special says:
II John d. Rockefeller lives till his
eightieth birthday-and he has saij
he will reach 1oo--he win become the
first Millionaire in history. In the last
two years Standard Oil, the wonderful
automatic money-making machine of
his creation, has increased his fortune
by $50, 900. This is the increment
OF the rise In value of the stock alone.
Standard OIL stock sold at 712 yes
terday, the highest II has reached since
the panic Of 1907. The stock has risen
322 points from the low ebb OF 800, at
which 1t sold on November 4. 1907.
Like q SNOWFALL rolling downhill,
ing and growing, and he Is as power
less to stop 1t. even II he had the de-
sire, as he would be to check the
revolution OF the planets.
Gives Away e13O, 100000.
The enormous. inconceivable accumu-
lation of wealth of the mild-mannered
inscrutible sphinx Of millions has
a short time ago an estimate of his
public charities placed them at the
stupendous total OF $3.50 100000.
With all his recent outburst of APP
parent candor regarding his wealth,
winding UP with his published resolve
never more to take the public into his
confidence, Rockefeller has never made
a direct statement of the value OF his
fortune. Some years ago he was
quoted as saying that IL was more
than $500. o0O. 000."
Those who know Rockefeller as we'll
as he allows himself to be known said
at that time that his assumed careless
ness in ascertaining the exact amount
of his holdings was merely in keeping
with the secretiveness of his character.
Governs His Own Career.
Nothing in Rockefeller's life except
his birth has been q thing that he
himself has not controlled. Such q
calculating machine as he has shown
himself to be. would hardly. they
argue, be unable TO gauge - at any
moment the exact amount of his
wealth.
The latest approximately accurate
estimates available place his fortune
in 1905 at least $550.O00. 900. In 1900
1t was $500. 100000. This Is an In
crease for the five years of $3.50. 0O0.-
900. At this ratio the Rockefeller for
tune is today about $700. 000. 900. In
1914, still at the same rate Of increase,
II will be about $3.50, 200. 900. and in
1919. when the oil king reaches his
eLghtieth year. it viii have reached
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This criticism 10 all the more serious
from the fact that my employer friend
always has favored the college man In
general. Not that he turns down the
high school youpgster who puts up
bright, widea wake front and looks the
part Of promise. He insists that wide
awakeness Is so comparatively rare
that no employer can afford TO slight
that quality In any young man.
From my experience Of men who
accomplish things know that this one
business mans criticism Of his own
working force applies in wide measure
everywhere that salaried men are en-
ploysd. I know further that In many
cases Of marked success in individual
men they have made much of that sue
cess through wisdom enough to en-
courage suggestions from once work
ers who have had suggestions to make.
This type Of man, knowing an idea
when he saw or heard IT, and proft-
Il in embryo developed II, and profit
cd by IL to the full.
3 As q key to hts position. every young
man beginning his life work needs
to consider the individuality Of the man
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

pre-eminence as the greatest money
mart Of the universe, arrest industrial
and commercial enterprise, for which
capital is needed, and discourage all
property owners from developing their
property.
True. by sxpropriating the terrific
rial magnate, II may create new
class OF petty land owners, and small
very small-farmers, whose holdings
will be Of the peasant order. But 1t Is
q question whether this will be as ad-
vantageous to the nation as the pres
emit system of large landowners, whose
estates have been in their possession
for centuries, whose tenants, some OF
them farmers in a large way, are oc-
cupying property that has been held
by their families not merely for gem
erations, but for 400 ana 500 years
without interruption.
It Is a system where the lord Of the
soil considers himself responsible not
only for the moral, but also for the
material welfare OF every man, woman
and child born on his property, remit
ting their rent in years of bad har-
vests, and assisting them in every way
to such an extent that whereas here in
America when a reputed millionaire
can boast of 100000 a year he has
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

to the establishment. One year Of
fered $1,000 In cash prizes for the best
suggestions brought In by employees.
dividing the sum into hrst. second.
and third prizes. with lessor prizes SO
distributed that at least dozen en-
ployes must profit during the course
Of the year. But do you think they
rose to- the chancef
Every little while we have q sort
Of cabinet meeting Of the force here In
which we smoke. talk, and discuss
ways and means, with an idea Of bring
ing out and awakening interest among
employees, but some are hopelessly dull
and trying. Sometimes II seems to me
as IL the young man Of today gets
salary bound to the extent that he
can't work for anything more than he
10 getting every week In his envelope.
I wont admit that ] am at fault In the
attempt to awaken interest Any man
in the place knows that he Is free to
come to me in my once at any time
and tell me anything. But most of
them continue to sit outside at desks
until send for them. What can DO
about IT."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

Lord Lansdowne, having In his
speech at Caine. in wiltshire, week
ago. definitely thrown down the gaunt-
let to the Government in connection
with its revolutionary budget. may
be of timely interest to give here q
few brief notes of the British states
man, who to a far greater degree than
ex-Prenier Arthur Baifour Is the lead
er of His Majesty's Opposition" and
who Is directing the night against the
extremely radical financial proposals
of the Liberal administration. While
the latter 10 able to boast OF a large
ma iorfty in the Commons. it's numeri-
cal inferiority in the Lords Is so pro-
nounced as to be beyond repair by
the creation of q few peerages, at the
instance of Prime Minister Asquith.
The upper house has always been
so reluctant to interfere with the
financial measures of the Commons
which by usage rather than law pos
aesa the monopoly Of determining the
question of supplies, that IT has been
hone6 that the Lords would give way.
"a thew aid in the case OF the so-calieo
death duties, and submit to the pro-
3ects of the Chancellor OF the Ex-
cheauer, Lloyd-George, rather tnan
embark upon connlct WIN .he io"e'
chamber on the subject OF money.
These hopes have been disappointed.
The measures proposed by the Asquith
Cabinet are, however. OF such social
istic and spoliatory character that.
confronted with something equivalent
20 ruin, the peers have determined 70
night. or. rather. I should say. Lore
Iansdowne has resolved upon war. TOT
the decision has rested not with Arthur
Baifour, but with him. He has pro-
claimed that the Unionist majority IN
the House Of Lords will refuse 70 rat
ify the budget proposals of the Chan-
oeIlor of the Exchequer, enaoted py
the Commons. on tvs ground that tne
latter, in the opinion of the upper
chamber, no longer represent the VIII
He declares that while increase OF
revenue Is imperative the masses wouIo
prefer the introduction Of customs
fariff to financial measures that are
equivalent to the spoliation OF cepitai
and the appropriation of landed prop
erty. He admits that "the will OF the
people must prevail in the end, but
demands in behalf of the great Union
list majority in the Lords subject to ms
leadership that the people Of the Unit
ed Kingdom be given "full and sum-
cient opportunity 70 express that Will
full ana suficient knowledge OF the
eubiect," That Is to say. he tntimetes
that the Lords win reject the Lloyd
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
Asserting Initiative Real Capital OVERWHELMING
BY JOHN A. ROWLAND

ened judgment Of his employer prompts
the employer to turn It down without
a second thought. that employer will
put q black mark down against him.
while II he doesn't venture the sugRes-
ton he is safe.
With the wise business man, however.
this fear is Ill founded He Is quite
prepared to subject the ideas OF the
young. inexperienced man to a close
inspection in the light Of his own
Judgment and experience. II he finds
the Suggestion unwise or impossible.
he Is prepared to charge the fact to
Jones' inexperfence. II Jones might
make irrefutable suggestions on every
thing appertaining to the business the
employer would put Jones In the posi-
tion of general manager within twenty
four hours.
As It is the employer under which the
young man OF initiative may hope to de-
veiop will say no more than to himself.
We'll. that chap Jones Is interested
anyhow: he isn't q dead one.' He'll
do something II he Just keeps on"
In such an action Of Jones' the wise
employer reads only that Jones 10 in
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many places where q little bit Of mo-
new. like O small portion Of clothing.
will go a long way toward satisfying
the needs of the Inhabitants. The sum
of $4,000 would bring peace and plenty
to an entire village for many days;
or 1t would enable the Gospel light 10
Sierce deeply the stysian depths Of
heatheniehn. p, ~ e%I4
Coming nearer home. the girls of
Montgomery, by denying themselves Of
the pleasure, of the powder pun. might
enable a portion of their number
say ten or twelve, to pursue higher
education, thus enhancing their value
to Montgomery as well as to mankind.
Where is the pastor who would not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

Little puffs Of powder.
Little daubs Of paint
Make the ladies' faces
Look like what they aint."-Anon.
Merry Widow hats. peach basket
CONNECTIONS and even Mary James may
come and go In Montgomery. but drug
store compilations go on forever.
investigation Of this habit which
seems to be rooted among the fair ones
Of the Capital City shows a startling
state of AFFAIRS and II It were not for
the fact that the law makers have laid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29

the Victoria, when he was reported -
have placed the New York appoints
msnts at the disposal OF Tammapy
Hall. -
As knew better, I did not hesifafo
to remark: II will tell you what said
to a friend of mine today: told him
that rather than know that Mr.. C1eye~
land had done what was charged 7
should prefer to be told tina. he was
deadf' Quick as fash, That II right
came Mr.. Cleveland's response. what
10 leader to u.s." went on, II he ceases
to lead those who. In the cause OF good
government, have chosen him az their
Champion You are right" again he
exclaimed with warm sympathy ana
approval. =
Then he added that no person had
the right to give the details OF that
dinner. but IL they could be fully told.
no one would have reason To disapprovo
his part In the affair. He said. further-
more. that not to any person had ex-
PLANTATION OF the occurrence been made
except to a certain prominent Repub1f-
can. whom he named. one who had come
out In his favor ct the time OF his de-
feat four years before.
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terested in something more than hi
set task of the day. Quite likely th<
Jones suggestion Is Of nature indfeat<
ing that he has been studying the re-
iation Of his work to the purpose Of the
whole organization. This In itself u
encouraging to an employer. Jones
isn't accepting the idea that merely
going through the motions Of . days
work allotted to him absolves him Of
all further obligation and interest In
the establishment He has been Kst-
ting at the meaning of his indlvidual
task.
Although It appears obvious that the
young man entering business must ana
capital. not liabilities. In asserting
whatever initiative he may have In get
ting a line on his organizations work
and lending his best Judgment freely
to It's end. He need not be afraid or
exposing his ignorance in keeping
silence. A man may sit through one
dinner in dignified silence and keep
reputation for wisdom; he can't dc n
at boarding house table for SIX
months. however. and expect such re-
suits.
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ing my name. when out came Mr..
Cleveland TO spend soma time In genial
talk with the young Ksntuckian. so.
when. next morning. read the news OF
his surrender to Tammany Hall. ]
could not bolieve It. not only because
II would be out Of character. but be-
cause he was. whsn I saw him. far
from having the air of q man who was
doing something against his will and
judgment
Mr.. Cleveland never told me just
what happened: but I was told by one
who was there that when q certain
politician made the demand Of a writ
ten pledge. Mr.. 1Csvsland famed up.
and bringing his fist down on the table
with a crash. declared that rather than
do what was asked OF him he would
suffer ydamnation! At this one Of Mr..
Clevelands leading supporters turned
pale" thinking that II was ''all up
After this unmistakable declartion OF
Independence, Mr.. Cleveland Gained
down somewhat. and subsequently said
that IL he ever were President again
he would not divide the party into per-
sonal friends and personal enemies, but
would regard all alik6and without par
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and they might easily have fallen into
soma sort Of friendly rslauons-
Incidents connected with the famous
dinner at the Victoria which Mr.. Whit
neg urged him 20 attend during the
campaign of 1892 were dramatically
characteristics. / was told At the time
BY prominent member Of the Nation
al Committee that Mr.. whitney be-
came alarmed at Temmany's lack OF
interest in the Canvass Mr.. Cleveland
was shrewdly clinging to the protective
isolation Of his summer homo at Gray
Gables, when Mr.. whitney let him
know that II was important that he
should put something Into writing by
way OF q peace proportion. or pledge
which would 80 far satisfy the Tam
many leaders as to get them to work
for the candidate.
To-this--so was informed--Mr.
Cfeveiand's reply was that II the Ma
tional Committee regarded such q writ
ten pledge from the candidate as y ne.
cessIty. they. being well acquainted
with the cfrcum.tanosa. must Be- right:
aside 80 that they could obtain can
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-29
Grover Cleveland as A Party Man

tiality. 1t was this last statement to
which the Tammany representatives
chung, getting what comfort out OF IL
they could. The courss OF events. In
the ensuing administration. II may be
added, showed that ne embarrassing
compact whatever was entered Into by
'he candidate.
Mr.. Cleveland's second election. / won
der 10 II ever happened with o candi-
date before, In our time. that such an
evening should be passed without the
presence of n single political associate,
in the undisturbed privacy OF home!
DR.. Joseph ID. Bryant. his devoted
friend and physician. and myself were
alone with him In his home on Fifty
irst Street. We sat a while chatting
in Mr.. Cieveland's library, till DIR. Bry-
ant moved to go. when Mr.. Cleveland
suggested that we walk down to the
doctors house. then on Thirty-sixth
Street, with him. On the way down Mr.:
Cleveland said little. When we turned
to walk back to Ffity.first Street.
found him in q very solemn mood /
do not know how IL happened. but we
fell to talking about that dinner at
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Ing expedition, he ZEN In, with an old
time Democratic farmer. especially one
who was faithful to what the. Presi-
dent considered Sound Democratic doc
trins." he warmed up to the old fell
/ DO not 6siisys he ever voted for .
candidate outside OF his party. He
might havs bean willing 70 do 50 In
certain campaigns In his later years.
possibly-owing 70 what be looked up.
on az un-DemocrAtfc platforms and
candidates--if he had not possessed an
ever-present sense OF obligation be-
cause Of the great honor aud RESPONSE
bilfties his party had bSstowed upon
him. He doubtlsss voted At times for
DemocrAts not on the regular ticket"
but . feeling OF propriety kept him
from vshsmsntiy opposinG . candidate
OF his party, even IL such . candidates
in his opinion. might be leading the
party into strange and unfortunate
paths.
manifested always Q singular tnde-
pendencs and. at times. even detaSh,
nonchaIance he held the Tammany
leaders ct . distance at . time when he