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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
ssrhe Good Old Dnx.v

How times have changed. When we
were young people, people had bad
colds, soaked their feet in hot water
and got well. Now they have grip,
take quinine and feel sick all over.
Then they had sore IL Toat. wrapped a
piece OF fat pork in an old sock, tied
II around the neck at night and went
TO work the next morning Now they
have tonsilitis, q surgical operation
and two weeks in the house. Then
they had stomach ache and took castor
oil and recovered. Now they have ap-
pendicitis, week in the hospital and
six feet due east and west and six
feet perpendicular. They worked then;
they labor now. In those days they
wore underclot hes; now they wear lin
gerie. Then they went to a restaur-
ant; now they go to cafe. Then they
broke leg; now they fracture limb.
People went crazy then: they have a
brain storm now. Politicians then paid
good hard cash for support; now they
send government garden seeds. Yes,
times have changed, and we all change
with the times That's progression
Ancil Hatten in Westphalia (Kan.)
Times
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

When the trainers of the constitution
decided that population should be the
basis of representation in the lower
house of Congress, provision for a sys-
tematic national enumeration of the
people of the country became a neces-
sity. The constitution ordered that this
enumeration should be made within
three years after the first meeting of
The first Congress and within every sub.
sequent term of ten years, in such
manner as Congress should direct. Po-
lltical necessity thus forced upon the
new republic the first national census
Of modern times.
Among the ancient peoples it is re-
corded that Moses numbered the tribes
IN the Wilderness and that Satan pro-
voked David TO number Israel. The
word CENSUS comes from Rome.
where. long before the Christian era.
citizens and their property were regis
tered for the purposes of taxation. In
England, William the Conaueror. TO
make more certain the collection of his
revenues, ordered great survey of his
new kingdom the results of which were
embodied in the "Domesday Book" But
the census of the United States.
taken in 1870. was the first of mod
ern times. The results of the enumera-
ton were transmitted to Congress by
President Washingtt q Oct. %, 1901, in
small report containing fifty-six print
ed pages. 1t showed a population of
3,929,214. 1t cost the government Sill
6fi TO learn that, with one representa-
tive for every $4,000 people. its lower
house would be composed of 1O5 legis-
Iators.
As early as 1910 an attempt to In
clude in the census information per-
tanning to the manufactures of the
country was made, though it met with
little success. The act of 1850, which
gave the census work TO the newly.
created Department OF the Interior and
a census board composed OF the Secre-
tary of State. Attorney Gener and
Postmaster General. Increased tie sub
jectS of inquiry to include mines. man.
ufactures and agriculture
With each succeeding decade. writes
ii. Il. Chamberlain in the Chicago Rec
ord-Heraid, the scope of inquiry was
enlarged until the mass of information
gathered became too large to handle
and was out Of date before it became
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

The twelfth census was taken under
the act of March 8. 1899, under which
the director of the census. w. II. Mer-
riam, was given entire control of the
work. When he took charge Of the
work all that he inherited from the
eleventh census was typewriter,
horse, a wagon, a cart and some scat
tered papers and records. His was the
first census staff to be given q building
of its own. His pleadings for the pres
ervation of the plant which his work
necessitated undoubtedly helped the
passage Of the act of 1902, establishing
the census bureau as q permanent part
of the governmental organization. \
later act. approved Feb. /, 1908, trans
ferred the census office from the De
partment of the Interior to the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor July l,
1903, by order of the secretary of the
latter department, the name Bureau
of the Census" was adopted.
The bureau of the census is charged
with the duty of taking the decennial
censuses, of collecting such special sta
tistics as Congress requires, including
the collection in 1905 of the statistics
Of manufacturing establishments con-
Quoted under the factory system, and
the annual collection of birth and death
statistics, statistics of cotton production
and cotton consumption, and statistics
of cities OF 10000 or more inhabitants
Great Britain and France were th4
first European countries to follow the
example of the United States. Each
took its first census in 1901. In many
OF the European countries they have
a one-day enumeration. In Great Brit
ain and Wales schedules are left in
each house Saturday evening and are
called for Monday morning. The coun-
try is divided into permanent districts
for the purpose of registering births
and deaths and the registrar general is
the census superintendent. In Ireland
the royal Irish constabulary and the
Dublin metropolitan police are the
agents for distributing and collecting
the schedules. In Germany the count
covers the period between sunrise and
sunset and the police are utilized as
in Ireland. In Russia the count be-
gins at midnight The British govern
ment makes provision for the cost of
the census taking. but in France and
other European countries the expense
is borne by the municipality.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

would have seen this long ago. Upon
such points the popular instinct is in
variably true. The American people
would not have rested easily these
many years with such a ghost to haunt
them. They would have laid the ghost
at once, no matter what the cost.
What the Spaniards think about it Is
a matter of complete indifference. We
did not permit the Spanish view Of
things TO regulate our course in CUBA
and that precedent will be followed in
the present instance. That cerJIin
Sraniards are thinking on the subject
at all only shows that some IF the
rancOr of the war time has unfortu-
nately survived. However, in n little
while that, too, will pass.
Nor is the fact that many visitors
t. Havana, after seeing the wreck, ex-
pressed regret or censure TO Governor
MGgoon TO be taken as a conclusive
argument. The wreck is naturally an
iafft' ting sight. 1t suggests a catIs-
trCpne in which scores of brave men
us'-iessly lost their lives. Under the
nmediate influence of their impress
siOns visitors very naturally say things
which knowledge of human nature
requires us to discount.
Governor Magoon and tae visitors
should understand that this government
has already paid the last full measure
OF affection and respect 10 our dead
sailors and the gala IT ship that er-
toml,s them. The freedoTa OF Cuba the
broken power Of Spain--these are their
tributes and their monuments Why
quarrel over lesser tributes when the
greatest has been giyen?-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
And Yet the Maine Was Remem-
hPreh

Governor MagoOn. in his report to
the War Department. urges the United
States to remove the wreck Of the
Maine from Havana harb0r.
lie says the past neglect of the gov
eminent to do this is a shame and an
international scandal. He adds that
the Spaniards think our remissness is
due to a fear that the removal would
show the fateful explosion was from
within the warship.
Governor Magoon is apparently
somewhat oyerwrought. There are, OF
course reasons why the Maine should
be raised from the bottom of Havana
harbOr, and these reasons will ultimate
ly prevail. But TO ask Americans to
believe that their country is acting
shamefully in respect 10 it and is com
promising itself before the world is
really making too large n demand.
Had the leaving of the Names wreck
where ii is been an act intrinsically
shameful and neglected the country
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
N0RQccQ AMD % @
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Gently held for six months Sir Harry
Maclean, an Englishman and drillmas-
ter of the Sultan's army.
\ bold, bad grige ad-tliat's how Raj
suli is painted abroad. At Tangier, on
the contrary, he is rated as patriot
whom the Sultan misused when he de-
posed him from the goyernorship of
The surrounding province. In any event,
il Is true, at least, that he cares moth
ing for money, but only seeks to regain
his position. Such ransoms as he has
secured have been distributed among
his followers, it is said, and as yet the
100000 given up for the release of
Maclean lies to Raisuli's credit I'M
touched in the State Bank at Tangier.
Looked at in the large. Morocco is a
wonderful country, still largely I'M
known. At this time of war and fer
ment 1t is possible only to skim the
edges. The interior, with the civiliza-
tions of Fee and Marrakesh. the life
of the mountains and plains, it is inn
possible for the dog of a Christian
to See Some day. perhaps, he may re
turn.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
The Panama Canal sale.

Most persons will think that the
government Is unwise In determining
to push the case against the New York
World in regard to the Panama tale
Tt appears, however, that the govern
ment intends to do this. United
States District Attorney Stimson is
making an investigation in order TO
find whether the World and the other
papers which told their queer tales
about the canal sale violated any fed
.erai statute in doing it.
The country has not the slightest
Interest in those yarns about the al
legged bunkoing of the American gov
ernment by Americans in the pur-
chase of the canal from the French
srompany. Not hundred persons who
are running at large in the United
States believe these wild stories, or
ever have believed them. The stories
injurc nobody except their authors,
and the government is under no OBJ
legation to save those persons from
the consequences of their own folly.
In country Of S7;000,000 of people
the courts must have more important
work to attend 10 than to aid the silly
persons who seek such an advertise
ment az they could get by being
brought up OH charge of libel
against the government The govern
ment is not harmed in any way by
anything which those persons can say
or do.
Some queer work has been assigned
10 the secret service agents of the
government at one time md another
within the memory of living men, but
seldom has anything quite 50 fan
tassic been placed before them rs the
tasS of working up the case against
the Panama Canal falsifiefs. This is
a childish proceeding on the part Of
tie government. II VIII enable the
accused rr-scas 70 get little cheap
votoriety and will tempt them to i $50
sas martyrs IN defense of what hey
VIII style the freedom Of the press.
The country has no interest in the
charges which tn. &c papers make re
garding the purchase of the canal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

did not visit public institutions, as in
these the officials Of the establishments
were required TO collect information
concerning the inmates. Special expert
agents were employed TO gather data
relating to manufacturing and mechan-
ical industries City enumerators were
given two weeks in which to make
their rounds. Those in the country
were given u longer time When emu
merators had finished their work they
delivered their portfolios to the dis
trict supervisors, who in turn sent them
to the central Office at Washington.
where clerical force of 1900, helped
by the automatic punching machine and
the electric tabulating machine, pre-
pared copy for the printing press
The four principal reports on popn-
latiOn, agriculture, manufacturing and
vital statistics, when completed, filed
ten quarto volumes, 10000 pages Of
printed matter. With the special re-
ports. which appeared later, they sus.
tanned the claim that in this matter
of census taking the United States
leads in scope Of inquiry, combination
of facts and cost incurred
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

available. The eleventh census, that Of
1890, was not published until seven
years after it was begun. The census
Of 1880 appeared In 1889. For each
enormous sums of money were spent
that of 1890 cost more than S11,OOO,OOO
thousands Of clerks were employed,
tons of literature were distributed. but
the necessity for recognizing the ma
chinery for taking II census every ten
years, as though for the first time,
caused insufferable delay. The director
of each census had to create the office
anew, secure quarters, collect and drill
an army of employees and attend to the
preparation and distribution of sched-
ules before the actual work Of enumera.
ton could be undertaken.
The work falls naturally into three
stages-the collection of material facts
by enumerators. the census takers. who
in 1900 numbered more than 5O.OOO
under the direct charge of 300 super
visOrs; the tabulation and analysis of
this material in the central Office in
Washington, and its publication.
On June /. 1900. the enumerf tors be-
gan their house-to-house canvass. They
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

Exact information is not one OF No
rocco's exports. That is no land Of
facts and figures. 1t IS a country Of
traditions and superstitions, on the one
hand; of dreams and rainbows, on the
other.
Language in Tangier forms a curious
study, not because so many tongues
are heard. but because so many of the
half dozen that are spoken are used
by the same people. The mastery Of
Arabic is a life study, but a vocabu-
ary of few hundred words is ade-
quate for discussion with the natives.
When one is a loss TO express himself.
he need only fill in the gap, ii is said,
by "Allah is the greatest" Allah. con
found the Christi u.s. or some such
pious phrase, the of which makes
his conversation me-. rather than less,
acceptable.
1t is worth while to say word
which visitor in Tangier lives. Theo-
retically he is the freest creature i'm
aginable, but actually he is marked
man the minute he is spotted on the
deck of an arriving boat. and there
after no Central office shadowing could
be more effective, more battling. BY Il
system of wireless telegraphy among
them, your comings and g0ings are fol-
lowed. and you soon discover that "a
small army Of Moors knows where you
are from. what you are there for. how
long yOu expect to stay, and more
about your life, habits and affairs than
some of your most intimate friends at
home.
One is constantly running across
oddities that Illustrate the Oriental
character of Morocco. Take the steam
boat service between Tangier ard
Gibraltar as an instance. 1t sounds
the height of progress when you hear
that there are three companies. each
with three saillngs week. but upon
further inquiry You discover that the
boats of all three go on the same three
days and at the same hour.
Morocco is a country of many Sab
| baths Friday is tie Mohammedan
Sabbath. followed by the Jewish Sab
| bath-the Hebrew element in Tangier
is considerable, AMI strict in religious
observance. Then comes the Christian
Sunday. Subsequent comparison. how
ever. revealed little difference between
any DAYS OF the week. On the Moham-
medan Sabbath Il black flag is hoisted
on the minarats ut the prayer Of dawn.
instead of the white flag that aa-
nounccs the time Of devotion OF other
days. Il remains up until the middle
of The Col uoon. by which time every
body is s.n.~osed to have found out
what day it is.
When you CAilah lensthen thine
age 20 70 Morocco, you VIII hear
about some Of the men you've read OF
In q WAY that VIII upset previous
ideas There is HaiSulu. for Instance
| whom Americans remember as captur
ing Ion Perdicaris. and who more re
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
Calls for the Best.

Tariff revision calls for the best
craftsmanship in the Republican party.
1t is no task for experimenters or
Missionaries. The sense of justice must
be exercised; good judgment, knowl-
eye of business and commerce. patience
and moderation are necessary. The
people acted wisely when they desig
mated experienced men to undertake
this work, and we do not believe these
men will be swerved from the colt
scientiOus performance of their duty
by the clamor of those who think a
reckless slashing of tariff schedules. is
the way to usher in the millennium
Genaso IN. " Republican.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
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PATHoS OF THE INDIAN.
Betrayed and Glorified in Marble by
the White Man, He Disappears.

Betrayed and GlOrihed in Marble by
the White Man, He Disappears.
We are accustomed to shed few
eminently proper crocodile tears over
the fate of the Indian, but the Indian
has never pitied himself No record
holds his plea for mercy for his race.
The negro continually expects quarter
The Indian has not asked quarter. He
has taken his medicine like a man. No
concert Of powers ever guarded his ter
ritorial rights, We call Leopold to
account in the Kongo. We district AZ
RIGA into spheres of influence, one jeal
Gus nation watching another, but here
IN America we have the work of ex-
termination all in our own hands. The
gladiators of Rome did not ask for
mercy; neither has that stark fighting
man who, If he has not given us a
holiday. has at least given us an occa-
sional bad quarter of an hour, says En-
erSon HOugh In a striking contribu.
ton to Hamptons Magazine
The fighting chance is the only one
which the red man has valued He has
never set up any red republic in inn
itatiOn Of the white mans ways Of gov
| eminent. Sacred and classic Literature
tells us of beaten generals who ten Up
on their swords There have been
scores OF warriors of the plains, brave
| as Winkefried, but hopeless, who have
gone against the machine guns, know
ing what their end must be- Beaten
at last by the upsettlng of their en-
vironment, they have gone to the res
ervations, still alOof and still distinct
Here will be their last stand. We fight
tuberculosis for the white race with
| one hand, while with the other we
spread 1t apparently deliberately among
the red race. The reservation cabin Is
| a death trap for the Indian. The old
! tepees had an air space all around the
| bottom, an air space high as the head
between the lodge lining and the lodge
! skin Good air came in from below
and bad air went out With the smoke at
/ the lodge top. OF late we are taking up
| tent life for consumptive patients, but
| very often in this our doctors do not
know as much as the Indians, and
have not learned that the wall tent IL
| the worst ventilated dwelling In the
world, although the Indian lodge was
the best. There is an idea for some
| physician who really will stop to think
in his science. have passed some hap
ny winter days and nights In a tepee
in the Blackfoot country, but out there
the cabin is supplanting the lodge. and
rs at intervals | see some of my red
| friends in that country. more and more
see the finger nails of this or that
one beginning to thicken. the sign OF
the white plague with them. The red
race cannot adjust, cam i assimilate.
| 1t Is doing, none the less. all that is
asked or expected or it, 1T is dying
Yet it raised men who could ride. walk.
shoot. hunt, eat. drink. speak. as well
rs most of us. The red man could not
adjust; he could only fight.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
GOLCONDA IN CANAL ZONE.
Indians Discovered Who Use Gold
Nuggets in Trade.

After spending fourteen months on
an investigation along the canal zone
regarding the allegations that have
been brought against certain officials in
the employ of the canal commission.
]. II. Collins returned from Colon on
the royal Snail steampacket Trent, en-
route for Washington. TO make his re
port. He declined to discuss il before
submitting it to the authorities says
the New York Times.
Mr.. Collins said last month was a
record one for the amount Of money
sent TO the United States by men EN-
pioyed along the canal. He found them
all in good spirits and fond of baseball
bowling, tennis, rowing and all kinds
of healthy outdoor sports Gambling is
not popular, nor drinking to any ex
tent, Mr. Collins found, and This mad
been so marked during the last year
that many of the saloon and gambling
house proprietors in Colon and Panams
have closed up and gone to pastures
new
The health of the employees rs o
whole was good. he said. and the labor
conditions at the present time satisfac
tory Excellent food at cost price IL
sent down by the canal commission
twice a week for the employees an6
their families.
Just before leaving Panama" said
Mr.. Collins, Il met Baron Won Tuber
He was sent out by the Smithsonian
Institution to study the conditions OF
the san Bias Indians, who live in the
interior of the Republic Of Panama
about seventy miles up the coast on the
Pacific side He told some Of the most
thrilling adventures have ever heard
His companions, two American boys
were killed by the Indians last Janu-
airy.
The baron described the San Bias
country as being very rich and the ma
tives warlike. He was certain there
is plenty of gold back in the mountains
as the Indians traded for merchandise
in gold nuggets, which had evidently
been washed down some mountain
stream. He said that the difficulties
to be encountered in the San Bias coun-
try were very great, as there We're nc
roads at all, the only means of travel
being by canoes and navigating tortu.
Gus waterways, where an exploring
party could he easily ambushed- In
addition TO the Indians there was the
malignant black-water fever TO be con
tended with.
1.-The baron is making monthly expe
ditionS into the San Bias country on
behalf of the Panama government to
teach the natives how to get rid of the
swarms Of lOcusts that destroy their
crops. He stays in as long his pro
visions last. He is accompanied by his
brother a Heidelberg student. The
baron said it would be perilous for any
white man to attempt to reach the
mountains in search OF the gold. as the
natives have never allowed any strang-
ers to penetrate into the interior. He
was only there on sufferance. and had
to be always on the alert. Their com
try is rich in coal and all kinds of
minerals"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04
EATING TOO MUCH.
Overnutrition Is Just as Harmful a.
MalnutritiOn.


1t is an acknowledged fact that al
most every soul of us eats too much.
The digestive organs are constantly
overturned and finally weakened
When wisely followed, the practice Of
fasting can be most beneficial An ex-
pert on the food question has said that
one should rise from the table with
the feeling of hunger. which is an ex-
perience known to very few Of us. On
the contrary, the majority OF people
leave the board with sense OF burCen
which only an hours siesta can allie
viate. This is not so much owing to
the fact that the food is uncommonly
rich. for the rule of the simple life OBJ
tains now in the fashionable cuisine.
but it is the quantity taken. There is
large community at the present mo-
till dinner at night. 1t is question
il il is wise to leave the stoma ch
ntirely without food during all those
hours. but there Is no question that the
be the health of the individual. BY a
light lunch" In this instance is meant
what most people would not call a
lunch at all-that Is to say. few
crackers with cheese Ga much maligned
article of dieD. few nuts and bit of
fruit or n cup of cocoa with dry toast.
such 4 feast" prevents the craving for
food and in no way taxes the digestive
organs. Overnutrition is just as harm
FIJI as malnutritiOn and is far more
frequently the cause of malad dies
With judicious fasting the system re-
covers its lost tone. and mental work
ers would find that the brain worked
with surprising lightness for the brain
IS one of the chief sufferers from over
eating.-New Work American.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-02-04

Everybody who was in position to
know the facts say the tales are I'M
true Work on the canal is being
pushed with a good deal Of vigor and
intelligence. According TO the esti-
mates of the men on the ground the
waterway will be opened for COM
merce by 1915 or 1916 This is the
only Panama Canal issue. in which the
people have any interests Louis
Globe Democrat.