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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
HONESTY THE BEST POLICY.

Whatever its relative Importance,
much space is given In the press to
the illness Of Hartman. The report
today is that eminent specialists have
studied his case and decide that an
operation should be performed. Also
that surgical appliances and tanks OF
oxygen are being transported to the
mountain retreat of Arden. 1t seems
to be assured that there is always
danger in these operations as anaes-
theiics must be used and functional
weakness may develop. A weak
heart may interpose a barrier to sue
cess. Cancer is hinted at and there
is no telling how many fatal diseas-
e. great builder and wrecker like
Hartman may be afflicted with. But
il is rather bed system that permits
SO much power to be reposed in one
u.an and It is time that no such per-
sonal power can be exercised and the
properties OF stockholders placed at
the mercy of financial buccaneers
President Taft is at work, now, try
ing to devise ways and means to
make such careers as Harriman's i'm
possible and it is to be hoped he will
succeed. OF course the giddy and
the unthinking and those who have
no more sense of moral right than
Hartman has will laud ana magni-
fy his name but 1t is hardly doubt
ful that the evil exceeds the good in
lis career. OF course, with those
people who say get money, no diff
ference how" Hartman would stand
al! right. But that class does not
fix public opinion in America-not at
least public opinion of the common
universal heart OF mankind No
robber prince can be embaimed In
the hearts OF humanity any more
than the operations of a pirate chief
can become enthroned in the worlds
brain. Every man goeth to his own
place" That is each nan is releg-
ated to his own category. And what
our country needs Is TO make the
conditions such, both moral and f.
nancial, that one man can not reach
out and grab and confscate the prop
erty of his neighbor. 1t doesn't pay
him and 1t doesn't pay them. Men
like Hartman and Jay Gould and
Pierpont Morgan and John w. Gates
could have accumulated respectable
fortunes had they never wrecked and
leached the property of their cowork-
ers. partners and victims but had
cen honest in their operations, Hence
the old axiom, Honesty Is the best
policy" seems to hold In the world
of "frenzied finance" as well as in
that OF the ordinary affairs of life
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
FOWLER's ATTACK.

The Conclusion II should force up
on In the Springfield (Mass) Republi.
can, commenting Mr.. Fowler's at
tack on Speaker Cannon, Is as fol-
lows:
THE conclusion it should force up
on the whole country, Is that a reyo
ton In the present order OF the ma
tional house OF representatives Is
needed. and must come II anything
resembling parliamentary or represen-
tatiye government Is to be retained
OF the government were stamped out
represented by "Cannonism" Is
shameful to the country, If 1t cannot
be made so TO the men who directly
and daily feel the cut OF its coarse
lash upon their bended backs"
That Is to say, the country Is dis
gusted with the lower house OF con-
gress because OF the selfish and ar
rogant methods Of the speaker which
IL has tolerated for four years.
1t looks as II the manliness and inde.
pendence OF that representative body
OF the goyernment was stamped out
and the people themselves subjected
TO the whims OF one man, who claims
a sort OF political infalibility. Observ
the last sentence OF our contempor-
ary's article--it Is q sad comment on
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Sept. 2 in American History.

1852 Battle at Chantilly. Va. and
tragic death between the lines Of
General Philip Kearny. one of the
picturesque heroes of the early
days of the war.
1Se4-The towns Of Hinckley, Poke
gama and Mission Greek. Mich,
destroyed by forest fires; over 450
lives lost
190S-EStensive forest fires wrought
destruction to numerous towns and
villages In Minnesota and Wiscon.
sin.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
THE PRIMARIES.

Considering the fact that the prim-
aries are but few days distant.
lottics is about the deadest 1t has
been since Marion was Village.
There apparently is no interest being
taken In the contests which will be
decided next Tuesday, when, for the
first time, the new primary law is
put to test. For a number OF years,
the voters have been clamoriug for
a primary Their cry has been that
politics in both parties has been run
Z BY gang and that the nominees
were in some instances not the choise
Of the people. They have asked for
the opportunity to name their candi-
dates by direct primary and now the
wish has been granted.
SO far the new law has proven a
: ''hzzel." The superabundance OF red
tape which has been necessary for a
man to get his name on the ballot at
the primary has deferred many good
man from getting into the race and
the result is that some OF the
villages and townships are without
candidates for some of the most i'm
portant Offices. The cry of machine
pilitlcs has been heard and the
primary has been given as a remedy,
yet some have awakened to the fact
that machine politics is made even
more easy under this system than
than under the convention plan. In
some OF the villages and townships in
Marion county II Is known that three
four or five men were gotten to-
CATER and the whole ticket for a
party was framed up. the petition
signed by the same men and filed
with the board of elections. In this
instance such action does not argue
that machine politics has been op-
Grating. II was merely a case OF
this kind Of action OF allow the
election 10 so without a candidate
IN their party. AT the last moment
II was found that men were not will
Ing TO circulate the petitions which
were required by law, taking the bull
by the horns, the public spirited men
OF the town or township have taken
the initiative and provided a set OF
candidates.
Now II remains for the voters to
sc to the polls on next Tuesday and
cast their ballots in the primary for
the men whom they desire to repre-
sent their party in the election. In
some sections there is no choice pre-
sented. but in others there are many
candidates. In Marion this latter con-
dition exists and 1t becomes the duty
Of every voter TO prepare himself 10
cast his ballot in the primaries which
will be held at the regular precinct
voting places next Tuesday, the polls
open at $3.50 in the moning and re-
manning open until $3.50 in the even
ing.
With the registration In effect in
the city, each voter must be register
% In the precinct In which he Is TO |
vote. With great majority OF the |
voters nothing is necessary. the re-
glstration OF last fall sufficient for the |
primary. But where man has NOV
Cd from one precinct to another, he |
must get certificate OF transfer !,
before he will be allowed to vote. |
This securing transfer will be nee /
essary before the day of the fall |
election 80 II may as well be attend
I'd 20 for the primaries. This transfer
can be made by calling at the ofiices
i the board OF election in the rooms
. a4he Marion National Bank build
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
SAFETY AT SEA

In safety the modern ocean steam.
ship is great advance upon the best
Of even twenty years ago. The multi
piled bulkheads, the duplicate and
even quadruplicate engines, electrical
control, the submarine telephone and
wireless telegraph and the splendid
discipline of crews which recent
emergencies have shown make life at
sea not a danger. but a holiday
New York World.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
THE PRICE OF A KISS

A Philadelphia man has sued an
other individual for $4,000 for steal
just one kiss from the formers
wife. We are not so ungallent in
Georgia as to reduce osculation to
cold tatistics-Atiantic Constitution.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

II is a singular fact that so far
the Rheims trials OF skill at flying
tive met with no serious accidents
while six persons were killed In the
auto races, at Indianapolis last week
posent this tend " prove that II is
safer to go by aeropiane?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
THE REAL TROUBLE

A Los Angeles society woman COM
mitted suicide and, gave as the rea
son that the game is not worth the
candle" The game itself is all
right, however. The trouble is that
some light the candle at both ends
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
ONE GUESS ALLOWED

A discussion is raging in the news.
papers of certain city over the
question: what is the best warm
weather drink?" To date nobody
has suggested water Guess the name
of the city. II is Wisconsin and
begins with M.--Pittsburg Gazette
Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
A suRPRISE For HIM

A disappointing surprise awaits
the East Indian anarchist who went
cheerfully to the gallows In England
expecting reincarnation and caste
promotion as reward for having
murdered Briton-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Sun sets 6:27, rises 5:24; moon rises
S:20 y. M; 11:25 p. m, moon In con-
junction with Saturn. passing from
west to east Of the planet, ~ degrees
south thereof.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

1t sounds stfansq to hear that
Idaho and Canyon counties In the
state of IdahoA have voted dry. One
would think they would need the wet
system out there to encourage trade
and business,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

An ArkanaNa man wants a Carne-
gle medal because he is the father OF
Ia children; burt what he needs is a
car laod of side tneat--Memphis Com.
mercial-Appeal
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
MAY EXPLAIN NUMBER OF HUs-
BANDS

Lillian Russell has returned from
Paris with 16 hats. Lillian seems to
be as strong in hats as she is in
ands.--Houston Post. ...t.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
DOWN no WORK AGAIN

Tomorrow according to a Beverly
dispatch, Mr.. Taft's business cares
will be resumed. Senator Aldrich is
to acknowledgements News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Chicago Letter

Chicago, Sept. desperate ef-
forts to effectually bowl over Pres
ident Taft's postal savings bank pro.
gram will be made In Chicago during
the meeting of the American Bank
erS Association, the Savings Bank
section OF which has been arrayed
against the pledge of the adminis-
tration to create postal banks. The
plausible plea will be reiterated that
the fulhllnfent of the pledge 20 the
people should be referred to the Mon
etary Commission. The real hope OF
the hostile banking interest Is based
on Senator Aldrieh's well known at
titude on this and other questions.
What the Monetary Commission as
now constituted would do to the post
al bank bill Is easy to foresee. Pres
ident Taft has reiterated his deter
mination to accept no sophistry and
permit no further delay---the OBJ
structive tactics of Speaker Cannon
and others, having been successful
for IA years in preventing the enact
ment of measures to create postal
banks Notwithstanding the favorable
reports of Senate and House COM
mittees and commissions Chairman
George II. Currier OF the Postal
Savings Bank Leagues executive
committee has said in Everyday
Life" in which Chicago magazine he
has vigorously championed the meas
ure: THE merits of the measure
long since were conceded, The peo-
pie of the United states are arrayed
against a handful of Cannons and
Aldriches and Weekscs and bankers
those bankers who ereTtoo narrow
TO see that such a measure to pro-
mote savings and thrift Is a'measure'
that inevitably will increase. COM
mercial bank deposits and the ma
TONS financial soundness and 'stabll-
ity.a In Austria the banks gained
when the people were given such a
system and the people gained tre-
mendously. This also is true in IT.
ally, in France, in Canada and in
Great Britain.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

towns 1854. The average weekly
wage in Is skilled trades In the cap
itol towns of Germany. under protec-
ton is s5.76, and in other towns,
s5.2S.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
LOST THREE RS.

While proficiency in othography
does not necessarily mean success in
engineering, It does seem that 1t
would be well for our educators to
ray little more attention to primary
studies.-Iron Trade Review.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
ABOUT $4,000 A MONTH

At the rate the African trophies
are coming In, Mr.. Roosevelt would
make big money at dollar a hide
Atlanta Constitution.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

Nothing would please the people
half SO much as for President Tart
to let Mr., Aldrich take rest.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

COULDN'T WITHOUT A TEDDY
That dignified community, Beverly
Mass, is not trying to make an oy.
ster Bay of itself.--Chicago News.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

practically 30 per cent, as against an
increase OF tho corn crop in the Unit
cd states of per cent which Is re-
garded as phenomenal,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
THE G. o. p. ELEPHANT SURvIv-
ED HIM

Mr.. Roosevelt has killed an eleph-
ant.Let not his enemies call this
treason to the Republican party-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

Manchester, England, Sept. g.
proatction or tariff for revenue?
Which benefits the worbngman the
most?
This question has been answered
by tho British Board of Trade, which
has very recently made extensive in
vestigations OF conditions in Eng
land and Germany. Although gener-
ally spoken of as a free trade nation,
England imposes low duties on some
articles that are not necessities. In
Germany the tariff system is very
similar to that of the United states
There Ia an almost universal pro-
tective tariff on all the necessaries
of life. m
That comparison of conditions In
free trade" England and hlgh-pro-
lection Germany is a much fairer
test of the policy of tariff for rev.
revenue than comparison of con-
ditions in England and the United
States. is patent. Money values run
higher in the United States than they
do in England or any other Euro
pean country for the same reason
wages and the cost OF living are
greater in Alaska than the United
States.
The natural resources of the Uni
ted States are unbounded The Uni
ted States produced s94.000,000 worth
of gold last year; only n nominal
amount was produced in all Europe
The United States produced s3S, ,000-
900 worth of silver; Europe did not
produce on million The United
States has over half the worlds sup
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Board of Trades omcial fig
ures show that the average weekly
wage in Is skilled trades in the cap
itol towns of Great Britain, under
free trade, is $1,000. and in Other
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
TARIFF FIGURES COLL ECTED In FREE TRADE
ENGLAND AND PRO TECTED GERMANY s
by clyde H. Trnvcnncr.

ply of copper, SO far as is known
Europe has none to speak of. The
United states has 10000 square
miles of coal lands; England has 81
600, Germany, $500, France. 1,800.
The United States las as much corn
producing land as all the rest OF
the world. and more contemporaries
land than all the rest of the world,
furnihing the greater part of ho
furnishing the greater part OF the
worlds cotton.
Great Britain has neither gold nor
silver nor copper. except in minute
quantities. 1t has no corn siand. no
cotton land, no tropicai-fruit land.
no turpentinc, rice. sugar cane, or
tobacco land. against Americas very
abundant supply of all these.
Great Britain's density of ponula-
tion Is over thirteen times thato OF
the United States. The United States
has 25.6 persons to the square mile;
France, 1870; Italy 293.5; Belgium,
5SS.
In making comparisons of the con-
ditions of the working men of Eng
land and Germany the Board of
Trade used the official lgures of the
governments when recently takei
| statistics were available. In sem
tnece, 1t was found that the work.
Ling men of Great Britain not only
received higher wages in all trades
| and professions than those OF Ger
many, but that the cost of food
ytuffs, wearing apparel and rents are
much cheaper.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
TRYING TO RIVAL BASEBALL

Denouncing Uncle Joe Cannon is
getting to be popular sport in the
West.-Baltimore Sun.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
HOPE 1T APPLIES TO THAT KIM

HOPE TT APPLIES TO THAT KIND
The department of agriculture rec-
7cmmends the construction of rat
proof buildings. Will the Ladies please
change the styles of their hirsutc
adornments to comply with the
iecommendation.--St. Paul Dispatch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

War between dairymen and the
milk dealers of Chicago, which
threatens an advance of milk to 8
cents a quart and which already has
shaken the city chemist out of his
health department job. now Is spread
ing to half a dozen states outside of
the normal zone of the CITY, The big
milk dealers are searching Iowa,
Minnesota and South Dakota for milk
supplies and the milk producers pro-
tective association Is setting about or
ganizlng the counties not already or
ganized In the membership OF $500.
Meanwhile the prospect of goats but
ting into the warfare as the one
thing needful to save the consumers.
has backed out again all because of
q report started I'm Salt Lake City
and which broke out in New York
the goats were subject to an infec- :
tious fever that goes by the name
OF microeocus militeasis for short.
This is said to be the smallest germ
known to materia medica, 1t also is
said that 10 per cent of goat milk
contains a pure culture of the dimin.
utive germs and Heath Commission
er Evans has declared that II he finds
this germ he will get its goat. Mean.
while the use of goats milg contin-
use for 1t is prescribed for infants
and invallds. 1t is estimated at the
stock yards. where g'sts are sold.
that there are about 200 OF them In
Chicago. and that goats milk is ex-
tensively used, much of II being
brought from outside places.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

FUNNIEST THING OF THE AGE.
Recent rumor: A friend of the
People. BY Senator Aldrlch--Charles-
ton News and Courier. tt.<t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

congressional experience and It cuts
to the quick--Ohio State Journal.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

comprise both factory and storage
house and would involve an initial
expenditure ranging from $50, 900 to
100000. The ice would be sold and
delivered at a. price under tho same
conditions as the 170.455, 800, 900
gallons Of. water is how supplied
annually to the city. tile users to pay.
at rate or price, that would en-.
able the city TO maintain such a
manufactory. chicago's annual out
put of manufactured ice averages In
value. nearly three /. quarters OF a
million dollars and has been sold at
a rare profit. For. between the ad-
vances in Ice and milk 10 the ex-
tent of approximating menace, and
the unprecedented heat this summer
the 59.63S babies under year old
and the 22S.673 from one to four
years of age have .fClt the fierces.
tattle for existence ever fought by
Chicago's baby brigade. Health.
Commissioner W. A. Evans and the
Infants Welfare Committee, con-
Quoted under his direct supervision
have labored INCREASINGLY to provide
the infants with sweet. clean milk.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Why DOESN'T aE TRY OYSTE
BAY?

1t appears that Mr.. Hartman is
seeking quiet. as well as rest--Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

Among Chicago's 2.462.600 men,
women and childrer--according to
the directory list of 7GS,000 names
there are II Angels, Demons, 1
Hades and Hells. The solemn task
OF the Chicago directory company in
compiling the annual directory was
cnlivened also by the refreshing dis
covery of / Ale, Beers. s Bitters, 2
Champagnes. IL Settlers, 1 Punch, 3
Wines, Is Ports. SO Sherrys, Clar-
etts. Gallons. 4 Pints, 311 stems, 2
Goblets and go Glasses. Moreover
there are provided, as for barbe-
cue. IA Hogs. 81 Bulls, 2 Calves,
Chickens, IL Chicks, 92 Lambs, 5.
Redheffers, l Turkey, Hams, 125.
brakes and Ducks. Under such
circumstances the fact must be noted
that there are In the directory 81
Farmers, 3 Threshers and 3 Hay
makers mixed in with s15 Kings, 101,
Princes, ITS. knights, rs Lords, 46
Parons. 1 Gear, 8 SultaDs, 80 Dukes,
~ Earls, 80 Keisers, 3 Queens. The
Johnsons have the Smiths effectual-
ly beaten, 1857 to 5.153. The short
est names IN the directory are four
Of two letters each-Ax, Elk, Elk and
Re. The first name is Aaberg, tho
last Zyzik. Then there are Joseph
Buttinski, John Fit, John Soun. Peter
Ladder, n fireman; Anton Had and
William Hadnot. Emma Kindling and
T. +. Full, the latter u saloon-keep-
er.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

The state totals for fire waste that
make up the huge aggregate of ST.
zoe, 100000 for the United States dur
ing the last five years, according to
compilation which has been made In
Chicago, put Tennessee in the lead
with the unenviablo fire record for
the same period of $20,000,000., The
losses in that state per $1,000 OF In
surance have increased during the
five year period from $10.10 to $10.48
Notwithstanding the decrease In many
ether states, in Connecticut from
81, ,4O. to s3.77 and in Illinois, from
1910 to s5.65. The failure OF Of
ficials In the United states to take
steps to prevent fires although
spending millions OF dollars In try
ing to put them out--in Chicago the
fire department costs s2,977,107 per
year---is given as the biggest reason
for the enormous fire waste Which
becomes a tax upon every property
owner in the country. That the
methods OF European cities, where
the maxim, "an ounce of prevention
is worth a pound OF cure" is the one
followed is found in the per capita
fire loss OF 33 cents compared to
oa,,,a ,n tho United states. There
aap ahout 4 arcs ner 900 of popu-
,a,,o, IN tho Irnited states as COM
nared IN loss than one in Europe.
ra,,su,ont,ng m Tho conclusions re-
,,ara,ns Tenpessee and underwrit-
s,s. s a,,stor, said. .If the people of
,rnn .s nassae had never lost a dollar by
ara. ir No one had been rendered
~, o,ass and bouseless IL no lives
IA hean lost. az none had been ru-
t,Sa ~ bis Iifetime savings swept
aav IN n single hour. Il would yet
a"aS -. ,ha inst,nrts ~ common
,,,',ranitu ana the dictates OF a broad
a,'a.ie ,o,id nro!nnt every IN
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02

Another blow ut New York's
dwindled exports of grain as a re-
fult of Csnada's new independence OF
the ports and shipping OF the United
States and Is prodigious annual in-
crease of crop, Is soon I'm he prepar-
tions of tho Chicago Board of Trade
to entertain for the first time the
grain merchants and brokers Of west
crn Canada with those of the Unit
ed States. September II and IS. New
York, In Its desperation at it's loss OF
grain exports, which has left whole
fleets of freighters idle while ship
ping brokers of Montreal on the At
lantic an dVancouvers on the Pacific
are overwhelmed with business at
double the rates TO Liverpool that are
offered in New York, talk of taking
their plight to the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Even tho big
crop In the United States now has
less importance In thu export pros
poets than that Of Western Canada
which this year will reach the enor-
nous total OF 140. 900. 900 bushels, ac-
cording TO estimates OF the Canadian
Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific.
A large part OF this will be exported
as the domestic consumption Is rela-|
lively less than In the United States
where consumption and production
are now running an even race. The
acreage and crop increase OF Canad-
ian provinces amount this year to