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The Washington herald., 1910-11-22

Here It is again. poor, ereaturel Just
look II over:
Ever hear OF a. ball game being de-
cided in favor OF another team by the
score Of 2Ia 20 .? This actually happened
in the Texas League. and Umpire Van
Haltren stands sponsor for the tale CAL
weston was playing game in the Texas
League one day when in the last Of the
ninth tse batter drove a long fly TO left
The ball was hit with terrific force and
gained pressure as It assembled. Finally,
in view of all, the ball burst In two, one
piece flying over the fence and the left
fielder catching the other half The UNI
pire, after a minutes reflection, decid-
ed that Galveston won. 2Is TO 3
A bunch of stuff has been smeared
broadcast throughout the land about
this d. A. Fletcher person OF Toledo,
Ohio, who threatens 70 invade the inner
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07
The Fate Of Dissatisfied Lily.

and declared: II wish someone would
come and carry me Of"
Then her companions, seeing that ad-
vice and friendly council made no i'm.
! preston on her turned their attention
to other things and left her to her own
thoughts. The ants and bees and other
! Insects were coming to make short calls,
and although the lily had always loved
them, she ignored them on this morning
and stood head erect and face frowning,
while the others about her chatted in a
friendly way with the visitors.
! One Of the honey bees brought news to
the meadow. There Is II band Of chill
dren coming along the road. Just outside
the meadow" he explained. land they
have basket. IN which they are putting
wild blossoms who were foolish enough
to grow close beside the road. II you are
wise. my friends, you win hold your
heads down In the grass till the children
have passed on their way"
All save the lily took the warning and
bent themselves low into the heavy
green meadow grass, entirely hiding
themselves from the eye Of chance
passer-by. But Lily stood more erect
than ever, trying to catch the attention
Of the children. "Ah. yonder is a white
blossom-away over in the high grass!'
cried Boy. wait for me; I'll run
and gather It," So saying, the Boy hur-
ried through the grass Of the meadow
and reached the tall, fair lily. She did
not try to hide her head as her CON-
panions did, but stood straight up as if
reckoning to the great giant who was
advancing to pull of her head.
But the moment she felt her lovely
head severed from her tall body she
realized what foolish thing she had
done, And there in the grass. carefully
hiding themselves, were her wiser COM
rades. All, they knew what was well
for them! And not a glimpse Of one Of
them did the Boy get. He gathered the
lily and ran to the road with her poor
aching head in his hot hand. And then
she was placed in the basket along with
other severed blossoms. And as she lay
there, suffering great pain, she said to
another suffering flower: "Oh, how fool
ish to long for the great wicked world.
1t means torture and, later, death. Alb,
to be once more in the meadow where
my friends are SO happy and peaceful!
But I wanted this experience, and, 10! /
have It,"
Yes, that's the way with u.s." replied
the other blossom. II was 80 eager to
show my beauty that I grew close beside
the big road, and now I am paying for
the glory I received from being ad-
mired." .-- 49,.
Just then the children reached their
home, and the blossoms were taken
from the basket and placed In a tall
vase Of water. And then they were put
on dining table where they dropped,
dying, dying. And the next morning
they were all wilted and ugly, and were
tossed into the back yard, where the sun
finished their ruin, for while the sun
loves, live flowers, and gives them life,
he is merciless with dying or dead ones,
for be burns them up.
!. And IN the meadow the story Of poor,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07

opposition we can overcome. but ]
warn you especially against the men
who come to congresses such as this.
ostensibly as disinterested citizens.
but actually as the paid agents OF the
special interests.
heartily approve the attitude OF any
CORPORATION. interested in the deliber'
atoms Of n meeting such as this. which
comes hither to advocate by its openly
accredited agents views which 1t pc
lieves the meeting should have IN
mind. But l condemn with equal read
mess the appearance Of a corporate
agent before any convention who does
not declare himself frankly as such.
This congress is direct appeal to
the patriotism Of our whole people.
The nation wisely looks to such gath
erings for counsel and leadership. Let
that leadership be sound. definite.
practical and on the side Of all the
people. It would be no small misfor-
ture II q meeting such as this should
ever fall into the hands of the open
enemies or false friends of the great
movement which 1t represents.
What this country needs IS what ev'
cry free country must set before 1t as
the great goal toward which 1t works
an equal opportunity for life. lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness for
every one Of its citizens. To achieve
this end we must put stop to the
improper political dominion no less
than the improper economic dominion
Of the great special interests.
This country. its natural resources
it's natural advantages. It's opportuni-
ties and it's institutions belong to all
its citizens
They cannot he enjoyed fully and
freely under any government in which
the special interests as such have a
voice The supreme political task Of
our day. the indispensable condition Of
national efficiency and national vel
fare Is IT, drive the special interests
out of our public life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07
LETTER ENIGMA,

Ny first is In pen, but not In write;
My second is in blue, but not in white:
Ny third Is In zero, but not in coldj
My fourth Is the same as my third. you
are told:
Ny nth Is In lake, but not in pond;
My sixth Is In love, but not in fond.
My whole spells a word
That. with me you'll agree.
When you have guessed 1t,
Wi. mean mystery.
CONUNDRUMs.
When is 1t easy to read in the woods3
When Dame Autumn t1ras the le0pcs.
Which Ii the largest room in the
sporld1
. Room for Improvement. &,
Why are the Western praifies dat1
Becosse the ss~ sets Q. tAsm scery
eceNtS0.
Why IL q washerwoman TIE greatest
traveller in the Worldl p,
e Because she crossss tAe Nss esd 0oebs
from pole to pole.
Why are the laws like the ocean?
kost trouble u coused BY the breakers. -,
When are stories like our nearest
friends7
A;When related.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07
LOOK OUT FOR
TRUST INFLUENCE T;
This Is Roose'e|t's Warning u
Speech at St. Paul. !lI
We ARE RECKLESS SPEHOERS

Deals With State and Federal Control
Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS How Great
Conservation Fight Has Been Won.
Special Interests Must Be Controlled.
st. Paul, Sept. G.-America's reputa-
ton for efficiency stands descrvedly
high throughout the world. We are
efficient probably to the full limit that
any nation can attain by the methods
hitherto used There is great reason to
be proud of our achievements and yet
no reason to believe that we cannot
excel our past. Through practically
lnrestrained individualism we have
reached q pitch of literally unexam-
pied material prosperity. although the
distribution Of this prosperity leaves
much to be desired from the standpoint
of justice and fair dealing
But we have not only allowed the in
diyidual free hand, which was In the
main right; we have also allowed great
corporations to act as though they
were individuals and to exercise the
rights of individuals, in addition to
using the vast combined power Of
high organization and enormous
wealth for their own advantage.
This development of corporate ac-
ton, it is true, is doubtless in large
part responsible for the gigantic de-
velopment Of our natural resources.
but it is not less responsible for waste,
destruction and monopoly on an equal
~ gigantic scale.
The method of reckless and uncou-
trolled private use and waste has done
for us all the good 1t ever can and 1t
Is time to put an end to 1t before It
does all the evil it easily may. We
have passed the time when needless
waste and destruction and arrogant
monopoly are any longer permissible.
Hencef0rth we must seek national
efficiency by new and better way,
by the way of the orderly development
and use, coupled with the preserva-
ton of our natural resources. by max
ing the most of what we have for the
benefit Of all of us, instead Of leaving
the sources of material prosperity open
to indiscriminate exploitation.
These are some Of the reasons why
It Is wise that we should abandon the
old point Of view and why conserva-
ton has become patriotic duty.
Waterways.
One Of the greatest Of our conserva-
ton prQhlemS is the wise and prompt
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07

mere trutSm to say that luxury Ant
extravaganza are not good for ma
ton. So far as they affect character
the loss they cause may be beyond
computation. But In the materta
sense there Is a loss greater than Ii
caused by both extravaganza and lux
ury put together.
mean the needless. useless and ex
cessive loss to our people from prema
ture death and avoidable diseases
| Wholly apart from the grief. the SUI
! fering and the wretchedness which
they cause. the material loss each yea'
| has been calculated at nearly twice
what 1t costs to run the federal gov
! eminent.
| In addition to the state and city
health officers and organizations. there
is urgently needed a federal bureau o1
health. to act. so far as the nationa
government properly may. to relieve
our people from this dreadful burden.
Tho National Conservation Commits
sion.
One Of the most important meetings
in our recent history was that Of the
governors in the White House In May,
1908. to consider the conservation
question. BY the advice OF the gov
errors the meeting was followed by
the appointment Of national cons"r'
walton commission. The meeting OF
the governors directed the attention OF
the country to conservation as nothing
else could have done. while the work
Of the commits sion gave the movement
definiteness and supplied 1t with a
practical program. But ut the moment
when the commission was ready to be-
gin the campaign for putting its pro
gram into effect an amendment to the
sundry civil service bill was introduced
by q congressman from Minnesota
with the purpose Of putting stop to
the work so admirably begun. Con-
gress passed the amendment.
1t deserves the confidence and sup
port of every citizen interested In the
wise development and preservation OF
our natural resources and in prevent
ing them from passing into the hands
of uncontrolled monopolies. 1t joins
with the national conservation con-
gress in holding this meeting. l am
here by the Joint invitation of both.
State and Federal Control.
But, while we Of the United States
are anxious as | believe we are able
to be of assistance to others, there are
problems Of our own which we must
not overlook. One Of the most i'm
portant conservation questions Of the
moment relates to the control Of wa
ter power monopoly in the public In
terest.
There is apparent to the judicious
observer a distinct tendency on the
part of our opponents to cloud the is
sue by raising the question Of state as
against federal Jurisdiction. We are
ready to meet that issue it if Is forced
upon us. But there is no hope for the
plain people in such conflicts of juris-
diction.
The essential question Is not one of
hair splitting legal technicalities. It is
simply this: Who can best regulate
the special interests for the public
good?
Most of the predatory corporations
are interstate or have interstate af1li-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07

lII0lIs: tEelc70Te they are largely out
Of reach of effective state control and
fall of necessity within the federal 5u'
risdiction. One Of the prime objects
of those among them that are grasp.
ing and greedy is to avoid any effec-
tive control either by state or nation.
and they advocate at this time state
control simply because they believe 1t
to be the least effective.
In the great fight Of the people to
drive the special interests from the
domination of our government the ma
ton is stronger and its Jurisdiction is
more effective than that Of any state.
The most ef4ive weapon against
these great N.porations. most Of
which are financed and owned on the
Atlantic coast. will be federal laws
and the federal executive.
That is why so strongly oppose
the demand to turn these matters over
to the states. 1t Is fundamentally a
demand against the interest Of the
plain people. Of the people Of small
means. against the interest Of our chill
dren and our children's children, and
it is primarily in the interest Of the
great corporations, which desire to es-
cape all government control.
Tho Conservation Fight.
One Of the difficulties in putting into
practice the conservation idea Is that
the field to which 1t applies is con.
stantly growing in the public mind.
1t has been no slight task to bring be-
fore 1OO,OOO,OO0 people a great con-
ception like that Of conservation and
convince them that it is right
This much we have accomplished.
But there remain much to be cleared
up and many misunderstanding to be
removed These Misunderstanding are
due in part at least to direct misrepre-
sentation by the men to whose interest
it Is that conservation should not pros
per.
For example. we find 1t constantly
said by men who should know better
that temporary Withdrawals. such as
the Withdrawals Of coal lands, will per-
manently check development.
Yet the fact is that these withdraw
ais have no purpose except to prevent
the coal lands from passing into pri-
vate ownership until congress can pass
laws to open them to development un-
der conditions just alike to the public
and to the men who will do the de-
veloping.
II there is delay the responsibility
for it rests not on the men who made
the Withdrawals to protect the pub
lie interest, but on those who prevent
congress from passing wise legislation
and so putting an end to the need for
withdrawals.
We have a right to congratulate our
selves on this marvellous progress. But
there is no reason for believing that
the fight is won. In the beginning the
special interests. who are our chief op-
ponents in the conservation fight, paid
little heed to the movement. because
they neither understood it nor saw
that if it won they might lose. But
with the progress Of conservation IN
the minds Of our people the fight is
getting sharper.
The nearer we approach to victory
the btterer the opposition that we
must meet and the greater the need
for. caution -MatchfulneSs. -Qpen
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07
STORY FLOWER WEE ONES BY

- HERE were many. many lovely
blossoms growing at the edge Of
the forest right Ia the depths Of
~a green meadow, where the sun
shone brightly and the rain fen 10
freshingly, and where the nightly dews
came to the blossoms az sweetest nectar.
Ana all the flowers In the meadow
wcre happy. save one little lily. And she
was dissatdsd because she wanted TO
see the great turbulent world. BE hap
py In your own sphere. my child" ad-
vised old Mrs. Sunhower, turning hsf
bright golden petals toward tho sun and
smiling into his Mfe.giving face. I'VE afe
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07

placed in the meadow. where everything
necessary to our happiness IL iavishei
upon US. What more do you want?'
Il want to go into the world" cried
the lily, and her pale face wore an un-
happy look II want to visit other mead
ows and get acquainted with other flow
era l am tired of this meadow and Of
my companions"
For shame!" declared Il beautiful
fuil-blown rose. 'You do not know when
you are well of. Here is peace and con-
tentment BE satisfied with your lot
But the pale little lily would not stop
her complaining, and threw up her head
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07

vain. dissatisfied Lily was told to nil
the younger blossoms as warning
against their wishing to 60 into the big
wicked world. And all Lly's former
friends mourned over her loss, knowing
that she had met a most sad fate.
And whenever the bees or the ants. or
other insects, possibly the butterflies.
come to the meadow with the news that
children are coming along the big
road" the blossoms. one and all, hide
themselves in the deep grass, and are
safe from the hands Of the enemy. And
the story Of the foolish lily's sad ex-
perlence has kept many another lily
from going the same way.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07

Without either it would have been
vastly greater
But the forest service does more
than protect the national forests
against fire. 1t makes them practically
and increasingly useful as well. Dur
ing the last year for which have the
figures the national forests were used
by $4,000 cattlemen with their herds
5000 sheepmen with their flocks. 5000
timbermen with their crews and 45.'
600 miners. More than 5000 persons
used them for other special industries
Nearly $4,000 settlers had the free use
Of wood.
The total resident population Of the
national forests is about quarter OF
a million, which is larger than the pop
ulation Of certain states.
More than 100000 acres Of agricul'
tural land have been patented or list
, ed for patent within the forests. ana
the reports of the forest officers show
that more than 100000 people year
use the forests for recreation. camping,
hunting, fishing and similar purposes.
All this is done, of course, without In
jury to the timber, which has n value
of at least $1,000. 100000.
Moreover. the national forests pro-
tect the water supply Of a thousand
cities and towns, about 800 irrigation
projects and more than 300 power
projects. not counting the use Of water
for these and other purposes by indf-
vidual settlers.
think that hereafter we may safe
~ disregard any statements that the
national forests are withdrawn from
settlement and USE
A Country Life institute.
The investigations Of the country
life commission have led the farmers
of this country to realize that they
have not been getting their fair share
of progress and all that it brings.
Some Of our farming communities in
the Mississippi valley and in the mid
die west have made marvellous prog
ress, yet even the best Of them, like
communities Of every other kind, are
not beyond improvement, while much
needs to be done in some other Sec
tons to improve country life.
AS yet we know comparatively lit.
tie Of the basic facts Of rural civilian
ton. The means for better farming
we have studied with care, but to
better living on the farm and to better
business on the farm the farmers
themselves have given scant attention.
Last spring while visiting the cap
ital of Hungary. Budapest. l was i'm
mensely impressed by the Museum OF
Country Life, containing an extraordi'
nary series Of studies in agriculture, In
stock raising, in forestry. in mining.
The exhibits were Of the utmost prac'
teal Importance and were also intense
" interesting and instructive.
greatly wish we had such a mu'
scum in Washington, and some Of your
farmer congressman ought to get full
and detailed report Of this Budapest
museum to be printed for distribution
in a public document
Human Efficiency.
As people we have not yet learned
to economic. One Of the virtues we
Americans most need is thrift. 1t Is q
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07
Whx She Was Silent.

A very silent old woman was once
asked why it was she had so little to
say. She replied that when she was
a young girl she was very i'll and could
not talk for long time, whereupon
she made VOW that If speech were
given her once more she would never
again say anything unkind OF any
body. And thus she was as they found
her.-EXchapge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-07
When Buttons Were
First Invented.

~ He following is the story Of the but
ton and buttcnhole, which shows that
~ not many centuries ago people either
had to pin or tie their garments to-
gether:
1.-The Eiizabethan era gave vogue to
the button AMI buttonhole. two inven-
lions which may fairly be regarded as
important. siaee they did much to revo-
lutionize dress. The original button was
wholly a product Of needlework. which
was soon improved BY the use Of wood
en- mold. The brass button is said to
have been introduced by a Birmingham
merchant In 1850. It took 200 years to
improve on the method Of sewing the
cloth upon the covered button. Then an
ingenious Dane hit upon the idea OF
making the button In two parts and
clamping them together with the cloth
between. The most important branch Of
the button industry In the United States
IL the making Of pearl buttons, the ma
terial for which IL obtained from shells
gathered along the Mississippi River. The
industry has grown up within the last Is
years. Its Introduction was due to a
native Of Germany, who learned the trade
abroad. He saw that millions Of dollars
were going to waste In the shells known
a. ''nigger-heads'' Of which tons were
piled up on the banks Of the river. Thou
sands of people are now employed In
turning these shells into buttons, the
small manufactures being found ah the
way from Minnesota to Missouri"
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