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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
Listen at this Man Lament.

There are now" says the Jewell
County Republican, Z million girls
in their teens in the United States.
If all these should suddenly be
transported to some distant cline,
the candy store would be shut up,
the gum factories would shut down.
millinery stores would 90 broke.
boarding schools suspend, women
would weep, men despair. Gone
would be the voice of eladness,, the
voice of the bridegroom the sound
of singing, the joy of music, the
light of beauty. The big round
moon would food empty hammock
and deserted front pOrches, song
and laughter would flee away, the
land would mourn, the stones cry
out. the sky drop down tears and
the whole world would agree that
life isn't worth livine."-Kirksville
Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
Longitude and Dinner Time.

About eleven o'clock one morning
Aunt Dinah was peeIing pototoes
for dinner Now l reckon that all
ober dis big worl' everybody what's
got anything to git a meal with is
a-gittin' ready for dinner" she
placidly remarked.
oh, no, AuntDinah," said Miss
Nina. In New York it's just about
dinner time now, and out by the
Rocky mountains it won't be dinner
time for three hour yet"
oh. my Miss Nina You plumb
sure o that?"
Plumb sure, Aunt Dinah."
Well. Is mighty glad lives in a
Christian land, whar when it's 'leben
o'clock it's leben o'clock, and we
can't nebber GIT mixed up on the
dinner time"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
Pompeiian Fortified Woman

Workmen, digging for the found
alton of a new building just out
side the area of the buried city of
Pompeii have uncovered the petri-
fled body of a woman with both
hands clasping her jewels which
she evidently picked up in her
flight. The jewels .are we'll preservS
ed and consists of bracelets, neck
laces, rings, amulets and so on.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
Primitive Paper-Makine.

In Madagascar kind of writing
paper used by some of the native
notableS and the fetish priests is
made from the bark of a shrub
named hahOva. The bark fibre is
boiled and macerated until a thin
paste is obtained. Then a leaf of
the plant called ravinia, or travel
erS tea, is coated with pulp, formed
from a particular kind of rice, and
over this is spread the hahova
paste, on both sides of the leaf.
After the coating has thoroughly
dried and adhered. il is polished
with a smooth shell and the paper
is ready for use in writing. The
manufacture of the ink employed,
like that of the paper itself, is a
monopoly of the notable priests
who use it. This paper may be
bought by travellers at about a cent
and a haHper sheet, but only few
hundred sheets are produced in a
month.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
Q. And how?

A. By putting on the free list
those articles which compete with
articles controlled by the trusts;
second, by the reduction of the
tariff on the necessaries of life, and
third, by such other changes in the
tariff schedules as will put "protec-
ion for projections sake in the
process of ultimate extinction"
with a view of restoring the tariff
to a revenue basis"
William j. Bryan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
BY Way OF Comment.

y. How little the lady that wears
willow plume knows of the trouble
there was in the making of it, for
possibly that one plume that she
wears finished making blind some
child, whose eyesight began to be
ruined when she first took up the
work. The Child Welfare Committee
in New York has been investigat-
ing the work of the willow plume
makers in that city and finds that
t. most that any child can earn
working all day long is So a week.
One three knot willow plume was
found to have 1871 flues with 1918
knots in it, an average of 348 knots
to the inch. A child gets So for
making the 348 knots in one inch.
The knot is a sort of double sailor
knot that is extremely hard to
make, but little children become
expert with their hands while they
are running their eyes. One conSo-
latiOn is that the willow plume like
everything else that woman wears,
will have its day, and then the ex-
peTtness of the child will be of no
avail for that particular purpose,
and it is to be hoped that the next
vagary of fashion will bring work
that is less trying to the poor, eyes
of the little willow plume makers.
However, we are all in sympathy
with the poor children when we
know about them, and yet some of
us let our own children run needles
in and out of closely placed holes
i'll cardboard and don't seem to
realize that that is very bad for the
eyes. We also let them work on
white embroidery in a bad light,
and then we blame the lessons for
the ruined eyesight. Charity should
begin at home although it need not
end there, and ones own children
should be looked after much more
carefully than some of them are.
This idea of the home department
in clubs is good one. Mothers
should exchange views on many
subjects and should know just what
the schools are doing for their chill
dren in the way of improving or
injuring them. And then maybe
there will come a day when women
will not wear willow plumes that
children have made, lest their
blindness be upon their con ciences
Elk.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12


Q. What about the home market
argument?
A. The friends of protection claim
that the farmer can afford to pay
more when he buys because the
manufacturers furnish him a home
market, but this is a fallacy. The
staples of the farm are exported
and the price received for the sur
plus exported fixes the price receiv-
ed for the part sold at home. AS
the farmer sells in the unprotected
markets of the world and buys in a
protected market he is constantly
drained of his earnings for the bene-
fit of the manufacturer and the
manufacturer now shows his ingra-
titude by selling abroad cheaper
than at home
Q. How mas the tariff been main
tanned so long when il is wrong in
principle, unwise in policy and I'M
necessary?
A. The protected interests have
contributed literally to support lit
erary bureaus and to campaign
funds and have coerced their en-
ployes by the threat of shutting
down. Advocates of protection
have been able to organize, distrbi-
ute literature and get out the VOTE
while advocates of tariff reform, as
they could promise no special pc
cuniary benefits, have had to make
their campaigns without funds. The
advocates of protection have done
much to corrupt public opinion by
boldly teaching that the voter
should use the ballot to advocate
his pecuniary interests. The manu-
facturer has been invited to vote
dividends into his pocket, the wool
grower has been solicited to vote
himself higher price for wool and
the laboring man has been, warned
that vote against protection would
lower his wages.
Q. Is it true as often asserted by
advocates of a high tariff that a
high tariff always brings good times
and that tariff reform always brings
a panic?
A. No. Prosperity followed the
low tariff of 1916, and the panic of
1873 occurred under high tariff.
The panic of 1873 not only occurred
under a high tariff but twelve years
after the republican party came In
to power and eleven years before
Mr.. Cleveland'S first election. The
panic of 1898 occurred while the
Mckinley law Vas in force-a year
before the Wilson bill was passed,
and really began while the republi-
can party was in force.
Q. Is there any evidence of
growth in tariff reform sentiment.
A. Yes. The farmers are no long
er deceived by the home market
the employees no longer
regard their wages as dependent
upon the tariff and many manufac- !
turers find the tariff more of an en-
barrassment than a benefit. Our
too, are discovering that |
our tariff determinations excite re-
taliation in other countries.
Q. When will the. benefciaries of
protection consent to tariff reduc-
ton?
A. Never. A child gets so old
that it is ashamed to nurse; a calf
gets so big that it will wean itself, |
but no beneficiary of protection
ever voluntarily lets 90 of the pub
lie teat.
Q. When will the tariff be reform
~ h,,gsk. E.s.-J-S
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12

2. Miss Fanny Randol, Of Clarence.
spent part Of the past week With
Monroe relatives.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12

Mrs D. H. Stoddart, visited with
the family Of John M. Hays, in
Hannibal, part of the past week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
Alphabets for Men and Women.

bet for women. 1t lays down the
rules for true womanhood, in the
following manner:
| will be:
. Amiable always.
Beautiful as possible.
Charitable to everybody
Dutiful to myself.
Earnest in the right things.
Friendly in disposition.
Generous to all in need
Hopeful in spite of everything.
Intelligent but not pedantiC.
Joyful as a bird.
Kind even in thought.
Long suffering with the stupid.
Merry for the sake of others.
Necessary to a few.
Optimistic, though the skies fall.
Prudent in my pleasures.
QuiXOtic, rather than hard.
Ready to own up.
Self-respecting in the right limit.
Trust to my best.
Unselfsh short of martyrdom. o.
Valiant for the absent.
Willing to believe the best.
Xemplary in conduct.
Young and fresh in heart.
Jealous to make the best of life.
The woman who lives up to all
preceptS Of this alphabet would
need very exemplary man for a
mate.
So here is an alphabet for men
to learn, that they may be fitting
themselves to be suitable compan-
ions for the woman who has learn
ed her alphabet.
A Mans Alphabet;
| will be:
Ambitious to live up to the best
in me.
Brave in adversely.
Consistent in theory and practice.
Determined and daring in doing
right.
Eager to correct my faults
Faithful to my convictions.
Good to everyone, foe or friend.
Happy to do my share of the
worlds work.
Intense in my efforts at self-de-
Yelopment.
Just in my dealings with Others.
Kind to all created things: and
kind accordingly.
Loving and lOvable to those near
me.
Mighty in faith.
Notable for my optimism.
Open-hearted.
Patient.
Quiet in the midst of confusion
and turmoil.
Righteous as | can be.
Strong in my principles.
Trusting God like little child.
answering in efforts at i'm
DrOVement.
Versatile in my methods of being
entertaining.
Watchful of my own actions.
X-asperatine never.
Yielding in small things.
Jealous in great things.
Primitive Paper-MakinG.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12
Tariff Catechism.
q. What is a tariff

I0r the AID OF nome factories pro-
ducing competing articles
O. What is a revenue tariff?
A. A revenue tariff is tariff
levied for the purpose of raising
revenue.
Q. What is the difference between
the two kinds of tariff?
A. A revenue tariff is collected
for the benefit of the whole public,
and the government stops when it
gets enough. A protective tariff is
imposed for private benefit, may be
so levied as to impose a heavy bur-
den without raising much revenue
and there is no limit to Its exact
ions except the greed of the pro-
tected interests and the patience of
the people,
Q. Who pays the tariff?
A. The consumer.
Q. How can this fact be establish
ed?
A. By reason, by observation and
by experience. Ii a tariff were
paid by the foreigern it would be
no protection to the home industry.
Only when the consumer must pay
more than the foreign price for an
imported article can the home pro-
Queer charge more than the foreign
price for the domestic article. A
tariff paid by the foreigner would
give no protection to an American
manufacturer. Then, too, the gov
eminent gives a rebate on raw mat
erial when the finished product is
exported. Why does the govern
ment pay the rebate to the domes-
tic manufacturer if the foreigner
pays the tariff? But experience is
the best test. Go abroad, buy in
the open market, and when you re-
turn you will pay the duty and you
can not find any foreigner to reim-
burse you.
Q. Is such a tax constitutional?
A. 1t violates the spirit of the
constitution for it collects from the
many and gives to the few, but as
the protective features are conceal
ed in a revenue law it is difficult to
get a decision on the principle in
Volved.
Q. Can the wisdom of such a tax
be defended?
A. No;a policy of favoritism is
never wise in a republic. A gov
eminent of the people, by the peo-
pie and for the people should be
administered according to the Max
i'm: Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.
O. Is the present protective tariff
necessary?
A. No; it is about twice as high
as would be necessary to cover the
entire labor cost of protected manu-
features. The fact that we are ex-
porting an increasing amount of
manufactures is proof that our in
dustries do not need the present
protection. And it must be remem-
bered that our manufactures have
the benefit of the freight when the
foreigner brings his goods here, !
while the foreign competitor has
the benefit of the freight when we1
export. And it must also be re-
membered that the tariff on all |
kinds of material, on machinery
and on food and clothing increases
the cost of articles manufactured
here. If we can now export in
spite Of these burdens we could ex-
port more if the tariff were reduced.
Q. Dees a high tariff make good !
wagesH
A. No. If it is said that we pay
HIGHER Wades than they do in End
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12

Mrs. Golvia Krapf and children,
of Dwight, Kans., have been visit
ing her parents, j. w. Berry and
wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12

Miss Fanny Branch. has been the
guest of relatives in Clearance.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-01-12

Mrs. A. W. Cassidy of Ely, was
a Monroe visitor Thursday.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09

pay $5 for the best letter, $3.50
each for the three next best and
81 each for all others we can use.
Don't write us any essays on the
benefits of cooperation, or any
thing OF this kind. All are fully
convinced now that cooperation
among farmers will pay. and what
we are asking for is the proof
the actual experience Of men who
have tried it. We expect to have
for this issue an a. ticle or two
by recognized author ti,s on the
subject, but these we consider Of
far less value than the actual ex-
periences OF the men who have
turned the trick"
Write us to-day what your COM
munity has done, or what you
and your neighbors are doing
along any line of work. Surely
you have worked together some
time and found ii profitable.
The union of the farmers for
practical ends is bound to be one
Of the great factors in the re-
making Of the rural South. Every
story Of successful cooperation
will help to bring about the day
when it will be general Tell your
story and help.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09

T mers won't stick They learning The Farmers
% oay one OF the great forces to be reckoned with the
ort ender continued wise leadership it will become
& lorce reach farmers and be of service to
u% % reaches Its work has just begun and those farmers
@ are st outside it to themselves and to their fellow
10 join and TO help carry farward the great work has
ay such organizations the cooperative creamery
pro~ we od about few weeks ago, the sweet otato
G ASSOCIATION Mr. W. Shuford proposes for his county,
Year rult and produce exchanges becoming each
ton tbt NUMEROUS and useful We can't help believing
men b ne smaller co operative societies. the little of
an % unite Tor some specific pup increasing We have
most If Us think O' ~ DN . " " 0 '0' 'A"
tive sf Wsh 10 know right ia tn opinion if coopera
nni becoming neral among the farmers and if it
Soec; good thi G. Therefore, in addition to the four
Oob m3nounced m last week going to make issue Of
ng n Cooperative Experience Special We are 60
M every reader who of any farmers organization
group OF farmers which has done any such work to let
hood aoon It, If three farmers of your neghbor
s worked together business basis to buy SELL to
So OF work. your local Union has engaged in any busi
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09
FEATURES OF rfaxss aSSUl

ALL TOGETHER FOR THE PARCELS We DO Not Get
This Needed II Own Fault. 10
BEAUTlFY YOUR
BUY THE BEST SEEDS-Poor Seeds
2
GIRLS TOMATO CIIBS-What =
HOW TO GET THOSE tile Tai Some
HOW TO SELECT SEED CORN AND COTTON he
Most Profitable Work You
MORE ABOUT PANTIN(-Detaled From a
MORE BATHROOMS NEEDED-Have You EyerTh
Difference a BatfRoom Makes? Observation-Disclosures.
PATENT MEDICINES FOR LIVE STOCk-Let
and "Heave Cures" Go With Cures 10
PROGRESSIVE BOYS-The of IA Series Of Talks
ROosIS FOR YOUR CHICKENS-Hiow hem 16
SHEEP AND DOGS AGAIN-Three OurR
TENANTS AND THE TENANT Breezy Jetters
a
VARIETIES OF PECANS-How a Variety
ule best ones.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09
Volume XVEs NO. &c.

WE great believers in cooperation among farmers By
w joining to buy farm machinery, live stock fertii
izers seeds and possibly household supplies; by com
stead of each taking his product and selling for
what offered him; by uniting for such community work as
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09

ness requiring the cooperative efforts OF its members your
community has taa united on along line of practical
bettermen let US hear from it. We hope for humid
red short letters telling of experiences OF this kind and
trus ing you to tell US of any you know.
MAIZE letter short long you shorter
the better thought send October 18Th We shall
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-09

all these ways and many more,
we have pointed out that they
could make cooperation paythem
handsomely. We have urged the
cooperation Of farmers as a class
ia the great organizations like the
Farmers Union, and we have also
insisted that they need to CO.
operate with each other locally---
three or four or a dozen neigh
bors joini0g to2ether in a purely
bus ness organization---a co-part-
ne'ship---to do Thugs NJ one OF
them would eel like doing alone.
Wehave believed that this sort OF
small business associations must
prtcede any great business Or
ganlzatiOn of farmers as a class;
that before they can expect to
march together in an army of
thousands or millions they must
learn to keep step together in
bands of three or four or a Gozen.
When farm ers once realize
What It will be worth to them to
organize as do the men of other
5 |radeS and professions, they will
look back with wonder to the
t time when y they valued organiza-
aOn ! 50 llttle---to the time when
i, u was the common saying that
The Washington times., 1911-11-26
Nebraska Plays Tie
With Michigan Team

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 26.-Supporters
of Nebraska's giant football eleven are
celebrating today the tie game with
Michigan. conquerors of Pennsylvania,
played here yesterday before one OF the
largest crowds ever seen in this Sec
ton, Each eleven made a touchdown
from tumble, the final score being
6 TO 6,
FROM first to last Nebraska outplayed
the Wolverines In rushing, punting.
running the ends and defensive work,
Yost's great eleven met its match, and.
but for the breaks in luck, the Ann Ar
bor eleven would have been defeated.
II Michigan commenced by plowing
through Nebraska's line. This was
soon found to be useless and the VOL
yerines resorted to kicking game, hop
ing for a tumble. They were successful
in this, managing to score from kick
that got away from Nebraska's back
field.
! Nebraska's backs tore great holes in
Michigans line and would have scored
mt least three times but for poor head
work on the part of its quarterback.
The Washington times., 1911-11-26
LEH|GH'S WORK TO
Be LIGHT BEFORE
THURSDAYS GAME
Lafayette Wins From South
Bethlehem Team by
IL to o.
FIRST TOUCHDOWN
WAS WELL EARNED
Losers Attempt Two Field Goals,
But Pigskin Goes
Wild.

SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, Nov. 26.
-Lehigh is today recovering from its
N-to-0 defeat at the hands Of Lafayette.
and during the remainder of the week
the eleven will be given only the lightest
kind of work preparatory to meeting
Georgetown at washington next Thurs
day.
The first period of yesterdays game
was played for the most part in Lafay-
cites territory, Lehigh taking the lead
in the beginning of the game and giving
the winners hard struggle. The 25-yard
line, however, was the nearest Lehigh
could get to Lafayette's goal. After the
frst period Lafayette took decided
brace, and for the remainder of tho
game Lehigh was kept busy defending
its goal line.
Lafayette's first touchdown was well
earned, the ball having been carried
across after series Of line attacks
augmented by occasional punts. The
second touchdown was effected after
Kelly recovered the ball from a tumble
and ran nearly half the length of the
field for the five points.
Field goals were attempted twice by
Lehigh in the initial period when the
ball was near Lafayette's goal. Paz-
zetti attempted one goal from placement
at the 40-yard line, and one drop kick.
Both went wild. Dannehower also at
tempted a field goal for Lafayette when
the ball was on Lehigh's 35-yard line.
but his effort also failed. In the fourth
quarter Lehigh threatened to score when
Flick intercepted forward pass by
Kelly, and ran to Lafayette's 25-yard
line, where he was downed by Dame
hover.
Much punting was done after the first
period by both sides. Lafayette suffered
the most from penalties, Lehigh making
the most number of fumbles.
The Washington times., 1911-11-26
Washington ThrOngs
Witness Big Battle
On Franklin Field

While Franklin Field has long been
the Mecca of official and social WASH
ington whenever an Army-Navy foot
ball game has been staged there, 1t Is
doubtful II there was ever before a
greater representation than yesterday
watched the midshipmen win from their
rivals from the shores OF the Hudson.
Early yesterday morning four special
trains left Union Station. and when
this throng from Washington augmented
the crowds that had gone the night be-
fore and the ones that made the trip by
the regular trains, 1t swelled the Capt.
tai contingent to far greater numbers
than was ever before known.
Among the many persons from Wash
irgton seen in the stands were Senator
Ouyeenhein. William Reyburn, Capt.
Frpnk Beatty. Walter Boyd, Harold
Fox, Rear Admiral Wainwright. Secre-
tary Meyer. Congressman Roberts. Con-
g..ssman slemp. Senator Tiliman, Rear
day. J. X Stoddard. General wother-
spoon, General Toney. General Aims
worth. Postmaster General Hitchcock,
General Wood. ccmmissionsr is; Johnston;
Bixby, Richard Bell, Thomas Wilson,
Charles Howe, Roswell Snow. Leroy
Gait. Thomas Morgan, Dan Clsarv. Ed
DaN1s InolHaS lSntr, SldTeNce- l1ecOS,
Baker Robinson. Chester Fathers. Joe
Shriver, Warntck Herman, James
Sprinsman, Horace Johnson. Mike Cum
Mfr, G. w. McCambridge. G. r. Rawlings.
=. T. Graf. w: c. Webb. Ed Dreop;
King, Ernest Guard. D. w. Baker. Jo-
seph Abbott, Ed Fitzgerald, Arthur
Plant, Pete Herring. Basil Boykin.
William Hodges, Congressman Hobson,
Rear Admiral Gene. Rear Admiral
Chief Paymaster Cowie. Beekman
Winthrop, Secretary Stimson, Surgeon
General Torney. Sam Boyle, former
Senator Dick, Mr.. Justice Lurton, Ma
jor Gillette, Captain Butt, Commander
Andrews, Joseph Bailey, jr., John
Hemphill, General Ainsworth, Captain
Mccoy. Attorney General Wickersham,
j! III. Earle, Baron yon Preuschen,
Lieutenant Commander Timmons, Lieu
tenant COMMANDER Courtney, Rear Ad-
Biddle, Major Williamse. Captain Hall,
Captain Fay, General Weaver, Major
Hagood. Captain Rhodes, ]. NJ Stod-
dard, Major Graves, Captain Hanna,
Captain Bishop, Captain Embick, Ma
jor Smith. General Sharpe, George
lODonnell. Rear Admiral Adams, Cap
tain Caperton, Captain Capeheart Col
onel Thompson, Rear Admiral Brown
son, c. III. Davis, Lieutenant Turpin,
Lieutenant Commander Henderson. DIR.
Spear. Captain White, Lieutenant Com
mander McCauley, John Hemphill Reg
inald Huidekoper A. Il. Graham, Joseph
Thompson, and Joseph Letter.