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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-03-31

Twenty-Five firemen and nine engi-
neers on the Southern Railway have
been furlonghed, owing to lack of
work
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-03-31
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT
STUBBORN AS MULES
March. 1910.

Light shower night of 10th. Fog till
10 a. m. on oath.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-03-31
HOW GOOD NEWS SPREADS

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of the time" writes B. F. ToIson of
Elizabethtown, KY. Everywhere / 90
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time. " They never fail to tone the
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the nerves and purify the blood. They
work wonders for weak, rundown men
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and health that's a daily joy. Try them.
Only 5Oc. Satisfaction is positively
guaranteed by NJ. M. Lewis.
West Point is to have a new weekly
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issue will appear April 2. The editor is
T. c. Hitchcock, of New York.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-03-31
zELL'S FERTILIZERS.

Special Preparations for Po-
tatoes, Cabbage, Tomatoes,
Pickles. Tobacco, and all
other crops. Original Peru
Wan Guano, guaranteed an
alysis 1852.
Farm seeds of all kinds. Agents I,
Bissen Wagons and Friek Machinery
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1910-12-03
Una pequeDo voz
en- un gran an pQiis,.

traras toda la perdida ale.
gria, y todo 10 que es eauvio
de la vida caera suavemente
a tu derredor como una ne
vada de rosas. Sufres?.
No te rebelas? Tienes ham
bre, tienes frio?. He aqui
ell fuego de Ia esperanza.
Calientate ell alma -.
Aquf, es 10 mismo. Ell pa
raiso ha bajado a la TERRA.
iSe Hama :"riqueza". No hay
mas. Cualquier angulo del
alma de la civilization anne
Iricana suena terriblemente
vacio., ..at. .3.gsisei,
No hay mas que 81 enorme
reflejo del orc en- ell horizon.
te. Mil, cien mil, un million,
cien millones, cada uno llega
q estrechar su fantasma de
ocre y de sol, la bandera i'm.
perial de la victoria, para
caer sobre ella casi moribun-
do. Los otros son aplasta-
dos en- el camino, y todo ell
ejercito en- marcha pasa So
bre sus ensangrentados cuer-
pos. Los duenos de la ri
queza han hecho un fdolo
para la -plebe, comp una enor
me Virgen Guadalupana.
Esta vision de la riqueza y
la posibilidad te6rica de al.
canzarla, el ejemplo de las
victorias vertiginosamente
rapidas, determination un in
dividualismo feroz. En- la
calle y en- el hogar, Ell hom-
bre que tiene premura hurta
y derrumba cuanto Sc lie opo.
ne en- su camino; no hay pie.
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1910-12-03
gene cangada, cue Ilene

genie cansada, que Jl8ne
slempre premura, y para la
que el "tiempo es dinero";
necesita, como dice Lucatelli,
Imentalidad va hecha, pildo-
ras de cultura, que Sc tomen
de un solo golpe, como un
vase de wiskey. El ameri-
cano es maravillosamente
|ignorante de 10 que pasa fue
"a de 81 casa. Por este, ha
sido possible crear su patrio-
tismo hiperb6lico, su inge-
nuo desprecio para todo 10
que no es americana, SUI ia
cilidad para tomar determi-
naclones perentorlas y hacer
leyes puerilmente restricti-
vas, como todas Jas disposi-
clones moralistas de ciertos
Estados, que de un solo gol-
pc, prohiben ell amor libre 8
ell alcohol, y consideran su
propia,fuerza como inagota-
BILE e invencible.
Este estado de cosas tiene
sus ventajas, como coefcier-
te del magnifico atrevimien-
to americana; pero tiene
tambien sus inconvenientes.
81 un. .dia, por ejemplo, los
EE. UU. tienen que empe-
larse en- una guerra con el
Japon, no seran ciertamente
conducidos a ella por.. sus
hombres de EStado, Sino por
alguna explosion .irrefrenable
de este hipertr6fieo orgullo
nacional, que aumenta dia-
riamente ante eI alma j6ven
e inculta del pueblo, las faci-
les victorias obtenidas con-
ira Mexico y Bspana.
81 Sc llegara a esta guerra,
los Estados Unidos princi-
.piarian con muchos dolores
y con mucha sangre el curse
de su experiencia.'
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70 siento un pals enorme-
mente lejos. del mio. " de
Ia cultura.
s. En- efecto, en- los Estados
unidos del Norte, el estado
de extasis de los sentidos v
de la mente, cue nosotros LA
, msmoS "descanso", no exis-
te.
Aqui la marcha es contf-
nua. Los millares de ofici-
has tlenen un rumor de ma
: qulnas y un silvido de sire
mas continue. Parece Ell
Yankee doodle, un ejer.
c'to titanico en- Marcia. 99s
m.rYe lmnllllones de hombres, de
todas las feligiones y de to-
dos DOS los eredos, caminan a
tempo, con los ojos clavados
en- ana luz amarillenta, que
quema el horizonte.
81 70 fuera uno de tantos
enIIermos, que cantan segun
el pltlmo "cliche' del lltimo
pOeta a la moda, las "alaban
zas %. De Ia fuerza cruel", po- D..
ufia hacer ell elogio de este
Pals de victimas y de victo-
rias.
hOrfor. :"
Aqul' como en- otras parties,
ray IN gran pueblo de escla-
:, Los !, de la vieja raza, dicen
"a uesheredado de la fortu-
ma, al emigrante: Gamma.
sure sutl y llora: ala es I'm pa
ts.sO' tr.s.5 IN pequeho paraiso
u,sO msnqullO, dcnde no tendras
D'S' nambre, donde encon-
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1910-12-03

Tai vez, cuando este pue-
bro haya sufrido mucho, ma
cera en- su alma aqaena ac-
tittid especalativa cue es Ia
corona poetica deuha naci6n,
eF aentido profundo y suave
de alguna cosa que existe
fuera de la vida Immediate.
que vive mas aliadel tempo
y del espacio.
Porque, en- Ell mas misera-
bic de los latines, es como un
recuerdo de millares de otras
vidas que han vivido en- la
infinidad del tempo, ell SEN
lido de un dolor 6 de un pla-
Ger que no emanan de su
misma carne, sino que fue'
ron sufridos por su estirpe,
y que determinan gentilezas
innatas de sentimiento y de
pensamiento. Fio
Solo IN pueblo que ha
enormemente padecido pue
da expresar con 81 propio
coraZon ciertas !. canciones
francesas, .italianas y espa-
ilolas, desesperadamente pa
sionales, y solo un pueblo
que haya por siglos procedi-
do s6lidamente hacia su. pro-
.pio destierro, puede crear las
armenias poderosas de ia
mdsica alemana, Y no geille-
ga a la conception de una
virgen- de Rafael. e;no GUAM
do IN milenio de arte, de eg-
plendor y de dolOr han idea
lizado, de, ,,realidad de Ia be-,
Ileza femenil, recogienQo
en- ella todo 10 que sonrie,
espsra'6 llOra.
Esta gigantesca naci6n es
aun j6yen.
Tiene descuidos de. adoles-
y violencias de mia.
Algln dia, tai V 2, tam
bien los Estados Unidos ten
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1910-12-03

y ,l ae la frutas. ".El esplritu
lte 7pfcano todo esta alimen-
'll 20 de violencias, acostum-
'uffado a juegos casi salyajes,
ncapaz de gustar las sensa-
clones intermedias, las for
mas dedioadas del arte.
En- el teatro, esta' gente
quiere reirse, luego, sin pen
sar, 9 quiere escenas que la
impresionen brutalmente; co
mo en- ell ''bar" no considera
el vase como un cumplimien-
to de Ia conversation, sino
como un medic Immediate J
directo para 1legar a la bo-
rrachera. =
Esto crea una clase media
eXtranamente diferente de
la eurOpea. 81 n
Un individuo de la peque-
ma burguesia americana ten
ara una casa mas moderna,
con -mayores comodidades;
IN respeto ,aparente de Ia
propia persona, mas grande
que EN- Europa; pero ciertas
formas imprevistas de inte-
iectualidad lie faltan compile
5amente. La cultura en- el
americana no existe. Este
yigante del dollar no cree
mo. en- el dinero, y 10 de-
n5e, para el, son cosas in1-
siies, suterhuas: hacer dine
% y mas dinero, es su lema,
para gastarlo despues tan
brutalmente como 10 hizo, y
en- muchos casos, con graves
perjuicios de la mispla fami'
liza, porque faltandole la cul
tura, no puede inculcar en-
sus hijos los principles de
sana moralidad y buena edu-
caci6n, que en- el curso de la
vida sirven mas que ell orc,
para alcanzar la felicidad.
En- una palabra, es una
El Democrata fronterizo. [volume] (Laredo, Tex.) 1896-1920, 1910-12-03

OOlllO ClClltCllCO OC OCSCIIT
ciaci6n para las associations
proletarias, vale mas esta
febre que los anatemas de
la Iglesia, 8 las oposiciones
del Estado en- los pafses la
tinos. La enorme reserva
constitufda por los desespe-
radios de todo ell mundo, ofre
ce cada dia millones de
"Kruminos";; la division del
trabajo y el empleo de las
maquinas, llevadas alas Ill
timas aplicaciones, hacen
casi que las mestranzas de
cada arte puedan formarse
con gentes inexpertas,. con
la primera, falange que de-
sembarca de Ellis Island, lie
vando aun sobre las espaldas
lbs harapos de Ia patria de
origen.
Los millOnariOs america.
nos, cpmo'los agfotistas de
todos los paises, que Sc han
enriquecido ere an 10 los
trusts" suicidiales, matandc
a los concurrentes con me.
todos brigantescos, hacer
muchas '1obras buenas" 7
son muy religiosos. Eriger
iglesias, biblio5ecas, escue
las, universidades, hospita-
les, etc. Diriase cue sien.
ten Ia nscesidad de justif.
car Ia enotme acum ;l5r
de ORC, perpetrada con VI
verdadero eXterminio de los
debiles.
Pero el NAL mas grande
no es la destruction de las
fortuna5 secundarias; es L
destruction de las alnas.
Y esta'forma de barbaris.
mo civil, es 10 que mata in
finidadeJ de gentilezas de-
espiritu, corta> fariosamente
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
RUNNING ANIUCK.

Senator Cummins Of Iowa at large
upon the prairies Of Kansas at the
preseEt time endeavoring 70 stir up
strife in the Republican party. flew
off at a tangent again Saturday night
while discussing the railroad bill
passed by the Republican majority in
Congress.
Claiming that the measure as
drafted by Attorney General wicker
sham was a distinct reputation Of
the Republican platform. Senator
Cummins went on to say that the in
sUrgent senator's should be given
credit for the good features I'm the
bin az IL was finally passed. Nothing
could be further from the truth.
The regular Republicans at all
times had a majority OF the votes in
the Senate. despite the detection Of
the handful Of Insurgents. and the
law as It stands upon the statutes is
an everlasting monument TO their
wisdom in legislating upon matters
Of this kind.
Take the long and short haul
clause. for instance. II our memory
serves us correctly, senator's smoot Of
Utah and Dixon Of Montana. both
regulars. fired the heavy guns during
the debate and were largely instru-
mental IN securing its adoption.
The truth Is the railroad bin was
enacted into law after fun. free and
fair discussion by Republican Con-.
grcss upon the recommendation Of
the Republican President OF the
United States.
The original bill drafted by Attor-
Eey General Wickersham. was merely
intended 70 serve as a basis. to give
the senator's and Representatives
something to work upon. and served
its purpose admirably. Many Of It's
features were retained as written by
the attorney general and he is en-
titled TO no small share Of the credit.
The insurgent senators are making
wild and absurd claims. The railroad
hin would have been enacted II none
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25

August Ropke, assistant secretary
OF the Fidelity Trust c)nipaay OF
Louisville. Ky. is in Jail and the sur
plus Of the concern, some S1.140.OOO
has been scattered to the winds.
Ropke labored under the deIusion
that he could ski" the Wall street
fellows at their own game. He was
no piker. the large amount embes-
zled showing that rruch. When he
couldn't make a turn with $4,000 he
doubled his bets and took another
whirl at it.
ROpke also imagined that he could
teach the members OF the Chicago
Board Of Trade some new tricks. His
experience in the Windy city shows
that he was poor guesser in wheat.
corn and provisions as well as in
stocks
Now he's locked up. with the pros
pect Of a long term in prison ahea
Of him 1t is perhaps useless to
preach. a sermon upon the temBtati IN
and fall OF Ropke. Every day the
dispatches tell of some other fellow
who embezzles money 20 play the
market and winds up in Jail.
Everybody Is in haste to get rich
and the stock and grain exchanges
are the places 60 pile up wealth Il
the suckers can only guess right. Why.
it's just as easy as falling off a log.
So many people who haven't sure
things OF their own to work tockle
he markets
The most surprising thing in con-
nection with the case Of Ropke is
that he should have been allowed TO
embezzie s1.I4O.OOO before being
found OFT. and then only by the
mcrest accident. The president. the
board OF directors, the secretary OF
the company were certainly unfit to
De trusted with other peoples money
when they allowed Ropl1e fun swing
and failed to check up his accounts
The stockholders Of the Fidelity
company have been called upon to
put up $1,000 900 70 put the concern
upon its feet again. Hereafter it is
to be presumed that a close watch
viii be kept upon the man who han
dies the cash, but It is too late to
bring back the money Rople squan-
dered in Wall street and on the Chi
cagO Board OF Trade.
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sTEED SMARTER THAN SOLDIER.

Trooper Brown OF the British terri
tOrials was green" His horse. like
wise unaccustOmed TO war. Seemed
from its appearance and general struc-
ture TO have been not very long ago
n dray horse. But 70 was wise AMI
NAL and had learned through expert
ence that to keep ones mouth shut is
20 avoid many troubles. Much prac-
tice had enabled IL TO keep its mouth
shut very successfully-and very tight.
on the first morning parade in
Trooper Browns first camp. the lieu
tenant rode down the lines OF his COM
Dany.
All the men turned out. sergeant
majOr?' he queried.
Yes. sir" said the sergeant major
AL except Trooper Brown. He's wait
ing for his horse to yawn SOS he can
clip the bit in, but the worst Of IL is.
sir, the brute doesn't seem a bit tired
Dundee Advertiser
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
IN THE EAST Also.

Not long ago the bankers Of KAN
sas resolved that they wouldn't lend
money with which to buy automobiles.
holding to the view that the Kansas
people when once started on craze.
political or otherwise. never knew
when to stop. SO the bankers pro-
posed to exercise a sort Of censorship
over the motor-buying proclivities Of
the Kansans.
a story Of a somewhat similar ma
ture comes from New York. the
Financial World telling OF zone OF the
largest motor car manufacturing COM
panies I'm the country going from bank
TO bank in New York City and asking
in vain for loan OF S65O.OOO on
three-quarter million dollar real es-
tate mortgages as collateral"
Investigation showed that these
mortgages. representing property va
ued at one million dollars or more.
had been put on originally by the
buyers Of cars who had mortgaged
their homes to satisfy their speed
mania. To emphasize the unsound-
ness Of the situation. the Financial
World went on to say that a Wall
street investment house. which took
the trouble TO look into the real es-
tate mortgages filed in the registers
office in New York City. ascertained
that I'm one day IS per cent OF the
mortgages were in favor Of motor
car dealers or manufacturers.
So the Kansas people who banker
after the latest models are not the
only ones who need looking after
Ordinarily it is easy enough to Dor
row money on good real estate 60
curity, but the bankers seem deter
mined TO put the lid on so far as in
vesting IN mortgages given TO pur-
chase automobiles are concerned
Somehow their attitude has a rather
peculiar look.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
MADE HIS PILE

james a. Patten. declaring that he
will ever again enter the speculative
arena, has closed Up his long and
snort contracts and sailed for Europe
70 enjoy his millions. Pattcn mas
enough 10 keep the wolf from The
door during the remainder Of his
Gays and was in cheerful frame Of
mind when the Krooniand steamed
out or New York harbor.
There's an indictment against him
IN connection with the manipulation
OF the cotton market. but what's an
indictment when one has money TO
Durn7 Besides he's going to reform.
OF has reformed. and will never en-
ter a cotton pool or attempt TO corner
the wheat market again.
ratten has had a more or less
moteoric career. being generally on
the top side or the cotton aid wheat
deals. He guessed EN- day in and
day. out and almost in no time be-
came an expert at rigging the mar
ket" Now he's rich and respectable.
It would be interesting 20 know
how many lambs contributed their
wool since Patten began shearing. As
he didn't grow either wheat or cot
ton, his millions were all derived
from s<illfuI manipulation OF prices
after these two staples left the hands
OF the farmers and planters. How
many thousands OF people lost their
little all in order that Patten might
retire from business a multi-miilion-
aire7
Ropke, in Jail at Louisville. was a
heavy contributor Of money not his
own, and there are several men in
BANKERS row. Of the federal prison
at Leavenw0rth and behind stone
walls in other states who Clipped in
AL they could steal But outside of
these fellows who got caught there
are myriads or other people who are
not content with honest toll or leeiti-
mate profits and take a chance with
the bulls and bears.
Patten has made his pile. The
suckers. such OF them as are free. are
still busy hUstling for money for his
SUCCESSORS. ''The ace wins ana the
trey loses around she goes
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25
ALMOST A DEMOCRGT.

They are telling a story here of a
conversation said 20 nave taken place
not long ago between Representative
Burlson Of Texas and former Repre-
sentative J. Adam Bede of Minnesota
Judge Burleson is a member OF the
committee on appropriations. and IS.
therefore, closely associated with
Chairman James a Tawney OF tnaf
committee.
The Texan IS exceptionally fond Of
Mr.. Tawney. and he was asking Mr.
Bede's opinion as to the effect OF Prcs-
ident Tafts Winona speech upon the
prospects Of Tawney's reelection prSe
was somewhat IN doubt. and Burlson
explained.
Il like Jim Tawney; he f. all right
he is FOR the reduction OF the taffff
in the interest Of the people: he T. for
economy in public expenditure, and he
IS an honest man"
'Geet remarked NJ. Eeds. clio is
almost Democrat.'--Nash Ellington
Times
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25


The attack upon the lead schedule
Of the tariff bill by Senator Bristow
Of Kansas is additional proof OF what
The erald-Republfcan has constantly
claimed. that the two great industries
Of Utah, lead and wool. would be the
first TO suffer n the Democrats and
insurgents are permitted to revise the
tariff law.
or course the people Of this section
Of the country know that both wool
ard lead need all the protection they
set The people of Utah know that
under free trade or a low tariff the
sheep now feeding on the ranges
would be sold for mutton and the
wool industry. now bringing hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars into the state.
would be annihilated.
With lead on the free list. the
silver-lead mines Of Utah and the
other mountain states would be closed
down and thousands OF miners forced
into idleness and this great industry
ruined. We cannot mine lead as
cheapiy as it is taken from the ground
i'm other countries.
During the debate upon the tariff
bill Senator Hepburn or Idaho. in
defending the lead schedule and one
Of the great industries Of the Gem
state, stated the case I'm a nutshell
when he said:
beas ore can be mined in Mexico for
one-third Of what IL costs TO mine
~ at any point in the United
states The machinery for the
purpose Of converting II from ore
70 bullion can be constructed for
one-thtrd OF what 70 can be con-
structed for in the United
States.
The wage paid I'm the stage Of trans
formation Of ore I'm the ground 70
bullion on the. floor is three tines
as much in this country as IL is
IN Mexico or in Germany. It
costs here a third more in wages
either to mine or TO mill or to
In Germany they take the ore from
foreign countries; they ship "a
from Australia TO Germany; they
convert II into bullion there. and
they viii send 70 70 this country
either as lead bullion or as white
lead or as some other manufac-
tured product OF that bullion.
They have at all times 80 Id cents
the best over MS after paying the
expenses OF bringing n from
Australia 20 the Rhine. and from
there TO the seabOard OF the
United States. Those are the
figures. They are not theories.
The speeches made by the insurgeut
senators and representatives in the
Kansas primary campaign ought 20
open the eyes Of the voters Of Utah 10
the feet that II those people have their
way II will mean an end OF prosperity
so far as this state is concerned. Let
it not be said that we are blind TO
our own interests.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-25

ing figure for the previous year was
1.532.9S1.7so. the increase being
23.577.951 tons
The average receipts per passenger
per mile. as computed for the year
ended June 80. 1903. were 1.92s
cents. the average receipts per ton
per mile ores cent. The passenger
vas S1-s6.95S; the freight revenue per
train mile was s2.76.45O. The average
operating revenues per train mile
were S2.16.7Ss. The average operat-
ing expenses per train mile were
s1-4S.37O. The ratio Of operating ex-
Denses 70 operating revenues was
6s16 per cent.
The operating revenues Of the rail-
ways in the United States were
S2.41s.s77,53s; their operating ex-
penses were SI.599. 4S3.s1O. The cor
responding returns for 1903 were.
Operating revenues. S2.293.S05,sss;
operating expenses, 9.547.S76.
Operating expenses averaged $685.
per mile Of line.
In some countries the government
owns and operates the railroads and
at times the question OF government
CCntrU: is raised in this country. with
1.502,S23 persons on the payroIls AZ
present. most Of them voters. what
percentage the party in power would
have in the political game under