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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Against a Central Bank.

Harper's Weekly: Hon. Lyman J.
Gage, formerly secretary of the treas
ury. comes out strongly against a cen
trail bank. 1t is not, however, the fear
of political control which determines
his stand What he fears is the
STANDARD Oil crowd" also known as
the system the interests" and
the money trust" So sure is he that
the group of great capitalists thus
variously designated would manage to
control a central bank if one were
established that he declares they could
well afford to pay the national debt
as the price of law establishing 4C!
Such language may seem eXtrava
CANT, but Mr.. Gage, besides his eX-
perience as secretary of the treasury,
has had a long career as banker and
man of business. His view cannot be
disregarded The apprehension he eX-
presses is, moreover, the first one to
arise in a great many minds when the
proposal of any kind of central esta0-
lishment is made.
The politicians and the system -
the men who know too little about
practical finances and the men who
know too much-these are the two
groups feared and distrusted as like
~. one or both, to wreck or prevent
any establishment that may be set up;
and of the two "the system" Is right
~ regarded as the more dangerous,
because the more able and powerful.
It's power, indeed, is hard to over
estimate.
The World not long ago published
figures to show that at least six bill
lions of assets of various kinds are
now represented and controlled prac-
ttcally by a single head. This may be
an exaggeration; but it is generally
believed, and probably true, that
few men who represent incalculable
wealth have so far got in the habit Of
combining and cooperating when their
common interests are threatened as TO
exercise a practical supremacy over
American finance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

One summer day two maidens of
Brittany dressed in the costumes worn
by the peasant classes. walking along
country road, came upon two young
art students sketching One was seat
ed on q stool beside a bridge crossing
a brook, at work before his touring
easel, while the other was lying on
his back on the grass near by smoking
a cigarette. The two girls as they
crossed the bridge gave u sidelOng
glance at the canvas on the easel.
The artist was putting on the finishing
touches and had succeeded in making
very pretty picture. One OF the girls
stopped for Il moment and exclaimed
under her breath, How beautiful"
and was proceeding on her way when
the artist stopped her.
will you not tell me" he called.
what it is in my picture that you
like?"
Certainly. monsieur" she replied in
a very sweet voice. 1T is the sunlight
sifted through the leaves Of the trees,
dancing on the water"
These two young men were George
Atkinson of Chicago and Gilbert Wal
lace of San Francisco 1t was Allin-
son who addressed the girls. Wallace
arose and Joined the other three.
1T seems to me-" the girl added.
still regarding the painting, that there
is something wanting under the cot
tage on the bank in the background"
Allison looked up at her surprised.
You are right" he said. Il have
omitted TO put in the reflection Of the
house in the water
This was the beginning Of an &C
quaintance between the two Amer
leans and the two girls. Their CONVEX
sations were carried on in French,
which the young men spoke tolerably
well. Both the girls were comely, and
it seemed to the men that there was
something about them to render them
superior to their class. Having been
asked their names. they gave them as
Jeanne and Fanchette. Jeanne. the
one who criticised Allinson's painting,
was a brunette, Fanchette a blond.
Nothing can be more delightful than
a Irritation between two girl friends
the other. especially when there is no
clashing in preferences. Atkinson and
Jeanne paired; Wallace and Fanchette
did the same. The four met frequent
ly and walked and chatted, most of
their intercourse being in company Of
the whole. The girls, who were cir
cumspect, were not to be found by
the young men separated, though when
all met they would at times stroll in
pairs in different directions.
The time came when the two Ameri-
cans who had entered upon this asso-
citation with two peasant girls for
bit of pastime began to find that there
was a serious side to 1t. Their COM
munications grew more and more like
lovemaking, and the girls gave will
ing ear. In time the expression of
pleasure and amusement gave way to
thoughtful cast. Were they falling
in, leKA2 WASA TIA l@iSls living away
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

were the greatest criminals. They
would have pocketed the 100000
had not heir crime been discovered.
Therefore they should be punished
more severely than Splitter, who was
merely one of their tools, which they
ran away and left cold-bloodedly when
the arm of the law reached toward
them. Splitter and a few SIS a week
checkers have been torn from their
families and sent to prison, but the
men higher up have not even been
commanded to appear at the bar of
justice.
The "big men" are managing to
save their own SKINS" exactly as
Splitter said And some day the pub
lie may learn how they We're able 70
do it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Cause of Increased Prices.

< Professor ]. P. Norton of Yale uni
sversity, expert in trade statistics, has
just given out some figures relative to
the increased cost of living which he
declares knocks the props from be-
meath the assertion that the ever-ad-
yancing prices are due to the lin
creased proportiopate output of gold -
He shows that prices in this coun
try, under protection, have advanced
$50 per cent more than in England.
under free trade. In all countries
under the gold standard, the output
must operate uniformly. Therefore,
Professor Norton concludes, there
must be some special cause at work
In this country. He suspects it is the
Payne-AldTich tariff law!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
HuTnOr and
Philosophy
by DUNCAN ~. SMITH
ALL THE RAGE.

THE man without an auto now
Il Is lonely. so / hear.
/ haven't purchased one myself,
But maybe 1 am queer.
But nearly every other man
In country or in town
Has one in which 10 ride about
And to his work come down.
The makers OF the rigs cannot
One-half the trade supply.
Though running Sundays, day and night
Their orders turn up shy.
Or that is the report you hear,
Which comes from near and far.
But when you put your money down
You seem TO get a car.
The rich buy twenty at clip.
Then go and buy some more.
The poor, subdued ear-millionalre
Gets on with three or four.
The man of very modest means.
He gets a car somehow
II to secure the funds he puts
A mortgage on the COW.
The world Is surely auto mad
Its line of talk runs 70
The carburetor and the crank,
The spark plug and the screw.
So many frenzied people go
The pace well nigh insane.
There's hardly anybody left
For them to kill or mains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Timely Publicity.

Selling arguments, like food prod
ucts, are more than likely to deter
iorate when placed in cold storage.
That's one of the many reasons
why timely advertising in the daily
newspaper appeals to the reader with
tenfold greater force than embalmeC
''copy" served up to possible buyers
Through weekly or monthly publica-
tions many moons after the actua
date of its preparation.
3 News from the store, news from
the mill and the factory, gets to the
consumer through the newspaper
while it is news. The newspaper
alone is capable of conveying inspir-
alton from the seller to the buyer
before it has time to cool off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

The United States senate passed a
bill just 81 years ago appropriating
$4,000 for testing the system of
telegraphy invented by Professor
Morse. That was the measure which
the month before had been greeted
with derision in the house, but which
congress later passed. The senate's
act marked the beginning of com
merciaI telegraphy in the world. On
this anniversary it is proper to recall
that science has taken another stride
The telepost is new system of
cheap, automatic telegraphy whereby
from 1000 to 5000 words a minute
may be transmitted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
THEY ALL DEMAND IT.
Rock Island, Like Every City and
Town in the Union, Re-
CeiyeS It

lily anu
Town in the Union, Re-
Ceives 1t.
People with kidney ills want to be
cured. When one suffers the tor
lures of an aching back. relief is
eagerly sought for. There are many
remedies today that relieve but do
not cure. Here is evidence to prove
that Doan's Kidney Pills cure, and
the cure is lasting.
Mrs. C. PfanmiIler, 3O7 Third
street, Rock Island. ILL.,. says: az
can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
not only from my own experience but
from that of another member of my
family. We have both used this
remedy with the very best results.
was never very bad off with kidney
complaint, but / suffered consider
ably from backache. Recently 1 be-
gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills and
few doses removed my trouble. The
other case I spoke of was more Sc
we're but Doan's Kidney Pills acted
just as promptly and brought just
as great relief. 1 know that this
medicine is an effective one in cur
ing kidney disorders"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo, N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

overhauling 1t was the wooden sched-
ule, with rates on blankets ranging
from 107 to 165 per cent, on the
cheaper flannels 40 per cent, dropping
to 60 and 70 per cent for oriental rugs
and velvet carpets, and keeping the
main burden of taxation upon the
masses This schedule remains prac-
ucally unchanged, imposing the Ding
ley average ad valOrem of nearly so
per cent. Thus, to raise $4,000, 900 Of
revenue on $62 100000 worth of wool
en- imports, the American people are
subjected to a tax of nearly so per
cent of the $767,0OO,0OO worth of
WOODEN goods manufactured annually
in the United States.
cit is a typical republican act to
keep cottons and woolens, which are so
necessary to the comfort and life of
the masses. under as high a tax as
silks, which only the more fortunate
may wear; yea, to keep the cheaper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

tina 8 be of wonna is IF few
days, and full of trouble"-Job
Men courage-tnfs of facing death.
Of looking fearlessy into night,
Of calmly counting each fast falling breath
When strange rrists rise and Grift across the
Men count IT oourage-thougr peace
Or though holds the forefront of the
strife
But IN a moment all doubts cease
Thrice brave is he who boldly looks life
Aye, calls more bravery-tt calls
Each moment and each speeding anew
Who knows, nights sOG curtain slowly falls
What fretfAl paths tomorrow leads him
What golden chains make oF him a slave,
How each success add unto the load?
He knows ell when he to the grave
Who knows what waits for him adowr the
road?
Life pays ue-aye and rOkos when It paysI
A man, confidently stands
And the coming legiOnS Of the days.
Who knows that he must taste the bitterness
Of failure. with its couOly bitter creSs
That he deep n goblet of SUCCESS
A brave man. he. who neither fears nor bess
Men beg more pity life, indeed;
They ash more grace of 1t than death can
give
What courase then is his who does not heed
Aye this is courage this Of facing life.
OF knowing all the odds that must Tight
He n harness, neither seeks the strife
Who looks with peaceful eyes into the night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
OF Course Not.

''Would you take a mean advan-
tageT
"a mean advantage?"
eyes"
Certainly not"
81 thought you wouldn't"
you thought right When take
advantage it must be large, handsome
and of undoubted utility"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

Exposure to wet, dampness and cold
invariably results in a sudden chill,
which, if not attended to Immediately,
will cause a cold. BY mixing a tea
spoonful of Perry Davis Painkiller in
half a glass of warm water or milk, the
whole system will be heated and the
danger of cold avoided. Avoid substi-
tutes; there is but one painkiller, Per
~ Davis Price rs cents, 35 cents and
so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Saving Their Own Skins

E Il was sacrificed so that the big
men might save their own SKINS" de-
cleared Otto Splitter, the sugar trusts
dock superintendent, just after he had
received his two years sentence for
completely in the $4,000, 900 under
weight frauds.
3 Splitter deserves punishment, of
course. He was an underling in the
Job. But the owners of the trust
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

The difficulty in arranging our tar
if schedules arises out Of the barbar-
ic policy of setting up custom houses
on the common frontier to interrupt
and obstruct the natural flow OF
trade. Commercially two neighbOr
ing countries ought to be one country,
Trade should be as free across the
lines as it is between Illinois and
Missouri.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
March 5 in American
History

i77O-Boston massacre; citizens killed
by British soldiers.
1SS2-Isaac Israel Hayes, arctic ex-
plorer, born; died 1881.
1905-Judge John II. Reagan, sole sur
vivor Of Jefferson Davis Confed-
crate cabinet, died; born 1918.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

Judge George Gray Of Delaware
took occasion to say to a friendly in
quirer the other day that he was ouI
of politics altogether. None the less
to force men of his calibre and char
acter into politics is the highest wis
dom. They are needed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

Belvidere Brooks, the new manager
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, began his business career as a
messenger boy in Texas. He must
:.ave succeeded somehow in keeping
ais front name a secret until he
ceased being a messenger boy and got
out of Texas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

James A. Patten announces that he
has all the money he wants and viii
retire from business. That will come
IA a sad blow TO the people who have
been expecting Patten to follow the
usual custom of refusing to be salts
fed until it was all dropped back
where 1t came from.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

The kingdom of Prussia faces a de
felt of $4,000 600 owing to increases
of salaries of public office holders.
Prussia must be trying to adopt super
fluffy of officials, and the scale Of
prices for official salaries in vogue in
the United States. There must be
some partisan bosses in Prussia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

About the only sure thing in the
Pinchot-Ballinge investigation to date
is that somebody has been doing some
tall lying. And it appears pretty GER
tain that it is not PinChot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
DEPENDS.


"What is the sense Of humor:'
Sense of humOrY
There is no sense m it or it
wouldn't be humor."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Stubborn as Mules

are liver and bowels sometimes;
seem to balk without cause. Then
there's trouble-loss of appetite, in
digestion, nervousness, dependency.
headache. But such troubles fly be-
fore Dr. Kings New Life Pills. the
worlds best stomach and liver RENE
dy. So easy. % cents at all dPuggist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

After all, it must be said that Taft
is a fine big man to have his career
blighted by such public menaces as
Aldrich and Cannon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Curl Papers.

Things should be either useful or
ornamental"
well. some things are useful to be
ornamental, aren't theyE"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

A square deal and pull altogether
will bring to Rock Island glory enough
for all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
The Difference.

7 no IIIFCTUTINIs
'"The price of meat is stin higher,
1 see"
Eyes; there is where it differs from
the laborer."
From the laborerr
eyes"
at don't understand"
1.-THE meat isn't worth the higher"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
True.

"some women are good at breaking
bad news"
"Are they"
"Yes."
''Wen, did you ever notice that 9th
ers are bad at breaking good news"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

The boost game is the most profita
ble-and it does not cost anything to
get in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Too Bad.

1--WE simply have to struggle to ex-
Lst."
That isn't the worst OF IT,"
"What would be worse"
1--WE simply exist 10 struggle"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Unmourned.

Where ere the songs OF yesteryear
That TO the four winds scatter?
We're singing those too good TO lose;
The others do not matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
Quite True.

as there anything scarcer than hens
teeth?'
Yes"
"What?"
Farm hands to herd the hens"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
CommonpIaoe.

Commonplace. .
He wasn't very strong on work.
II there we're any labors
He'd rather sit around and scheme
To shove Il on the neighbors.
But one thing he could carry OF,
And that without much trying I
You bet he always took the bun
For plain and fancy lying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Bread is the STAFF OF life, and good
housewives should see TO it that the
kitchen is a STAFF factory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

After Wrestling With One.
"Have you a good fountain penn"
mo; there are none"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island. Ill lEn-
tered at the postofice as second-class
n1atter.I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

Being artistic is picturesque. but be
ing efficient IS desirable.
The most worthless and the most
valuable things are free things.
Being a self made man has made lots
Of people tired.
A husband is usually pretty thor
oughly trained by the time the baby is
disciplined.
A man wouldn't so much object TO
buying stylish hats for his wife II
only they would stay stylish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

A sucker is caught every minute, so
the birth rate is never too swift.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

It is hard to please ourselves, so no
wonder that disinterested people find
It difficult.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05
CONGRESS LEARNS MORE
EVERY DAY ABOUT THE
NEW TARIFF LAW

Continued from Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

TERMS-Daily. 10 cents per week
Weekly, 81 per year iflf advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
rien. No such articles viii; be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
[npz9 ss5Aras>
GTRAoEsll G ls!aH (co9NcII5 20
81 Saturday, March 5, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

You never can
tell what a fat
terer wants. but
you'll be safe in
surmising IL Is
something you
value.
The high price
Of living doesn't
seem TO especially
conduce 10 high
thinking - quite
the contrary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-05

"Man that is born of woman is Of few
days, and full of trouble. Job 1ev, l.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

first did the hypnotic play Of auto
suggestion, .'Trilby'' was reviyifed with
an all star cast in which she was the
star of stars. Now she has a roper
toire of either good plays, but used,
and not originally worthy of her. or
else, like Camille" the whipped and
cowed property of every actress with
biceps big enough to tear passion
to tatters.
Here, then. we are talking to an
actress in the height of her great pow
ers who is like a virtuoso with a
faulty violin. He plays. but the music
is not realization of the song his
soul sings.
AS I said, Virginia Harmed was 10th
to admit all this; partly because the
admission implies a higher appraise-
ment of her genius than her modesty
permits her to place upon it, and partly,
feel sure, because Virginia Harmed
has the most plaguing. impish and
tingling sense Of humor that ever a
somber emouonalist was enlivened
with.
She asked me if didn't have play
secreted on my person, and when I as
sured her that I had not, she said she
didn't know whether she was glad OF
sorry.
Everybody else writes a play and
sends it to me- she. said. Il don't see
why critic shouldn't write play,
too How on earth do you spend all
your spare time? since the eight hour
day has become an Industrial fact. the
leisure of the masses has increased
aIarmingIy. and if it keeps growing
Til be able to occupy myself every
minute in reading the manuscripts that
the mail bears to me. Seriously,
though, I read every one of them. at
least read part of every one. Some
do not require more than a moment,
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

however, IS truth which Miss Harmed
was little 10th TO admit in our con-
vsrsationsl hour at the St. Francis the
other evening.
She has had good plays and success
fuT plays and plays that the people
liked, but as yet no play that is
distinctive. unusual, truth divulging.
great; 10 play that by its worth
matches the art that would mistress
she has had a play like ~Trilby,"
the name part Of which Miss Harmed
was the first to sunuse with animation
in America If she failed to make
TTilby Z real resident and endue her
with life it was because of the artih-
cisl but picturesque sensationansm Of
the play, which suniced for season or
50. but which now is out of date or
reiegated to the rurals. Iris" the
Arthur Wing Pinero play, she appeared
in. Ave years ago. but has had nothing
bigger or better since; La Belle Mar
seilIaise.s by 'zaza's~ creator. sue
cumbed. like most plays with Napoleon
in them, TO Waterloo Of indifference,
though it is Of record that like the
little corporal Miss Harmed made a
deep personal impression which trans
cended the limits Of the disaster and
added TO her fame even in defeat
ANNA Karenina.9 which is to be
her hrst likeness to be framed in San
Francisco since Iris" was projected
on our consciousness six years ago,
is q play big with melodramatic i'm
port and was successful in New York
mainly because the actress made it so,
and not from the intrinsic capacity of
the play to thrin as did the Tolstoy
novel with its analytical scalpeI prod
6iSg around the heart Of Anna. AS
one Of the greatest emotionalists on
she stage of today Virginia Harmed.
and not the adapter Of the Russian
novel. made the play.
Last season she rested. The season
before she revivihed ANNA Karenina."
-Four years ago, or 10 years after she