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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Of its stock, q bare majority; con-
trolled by the Atlantic Coast Line
company, the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad In turn controls the Louis
lille & Nashville railroad by owner
ship or bare majority OF its stock.
The stocks and bonds Of the sew
eral concerns represent s470,000,-
600, SO that with a mere IA mil
lions the Atlantic Coast Line COM
pany 10 able to control this vast
amount.
When Senator La Toilette charged
that the money of this nation is con-
trolled by the Morgan, Rockefeller
financial groups, he had carefully
traced the organization of the many
holding companies in existence, and
had found the leading strings
of these companies in the Morgan or
the Rockefeller Offices. In these
groups he listed 100 men as able
to dictate the banking and indus
trial conditions In the nation.
Whoever thinks it is a good thing
to permit this Capitalization of fnan-
cial power in the hands of two
groups of men numbering 100
will disagree with Mr.. Inter.
meyer that the holding company pre-
sents a menace. But who agree with
him will unite in the demand that
one corporation be forbidden to hold
stock in another.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

was coming-in fact, was on the way.
There are no other women in my fam
fly TO send her to. and have no friends
70 call upon in such an emergency"
THAT comes of being an arrant wo-
man hater," said Hudson heartlessly.
What are you going TO do about the
matter?"
wait till she comes and send her to
the Young Women's Christian associa-
ton. / guess. I've cabled to her par
ents telling them of the situation and
asking for Instructions
Mr.. Hudson howled joyfully. Did
you tell them you were young and
handsome and a rich bachelor to boot %
he chuckled
Scarcely room for all that in q ca
bic, you know" returned Ramsey mod
estIy- Joking aside. Jim. don't know
what to do. You see, the girl was to
wire Cousin Mary when she reached
San Francisco saying what train she
would take for New York I've got to
meet that train"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Kicking ne q Trade.

What's the use of aimless Kicking
without method. without plan.
Faults and haws forever picking
From Beersheba up TO Dan:
Chewing as a steady habit
On the tough and time worn rag.
In a very verbal riot
And a regular language Jagf
Kicking VIII not pay expenses
On trip to TimbuiStu:
Kicking will not build up fences
That the hogs cannot push through
Neither will IL make the neighbors
Bring in bread to feed your face,
Lessening in part tho labors
That accrue about the place
Kicking will not cause the weather
To be chary with its frown.
Neither will IL lift a feather
From the weight that bears you down
Kicking will not purchase pickles.
Prunes. potatoes. pumpkin pies,
Nor the other grub that ticlSles
When IL comes as a surprise
Give your Crouch a long vacation.
Do not try to show the way
To improve upon creation;
It's thing that does not pay.
Chuck this most unlovely acting
That can never raise your grade.
Kicking isn't worth contracting
AS a habit or trade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
COUNTRY DISTRICTS LOSE
New Hampshire's Gain i'm Population
Furnished by Larger Cities.

Washington Jan. u. - New
Hampshire was one of the few states
whose rural population during the
last ten years decreased in number.
Statistics of the 18th census issued
yesterday indicate that the rural dis
tricts of that state lost over $500.
That states total increase in popu
lation, 1S,94S, during the decade,
was contributed entirely by the mu-
inequalities having population in
excess of 5000. The average per-
centage of increase was SIS per cent
OF the states 1900 population. This
aggregate Increase was reduced to
as per cent increase for the entire
state by the loss of y per cent of
the states 1900 population in the
rural districts. Names municipali
ties having a population in excess of
5000 furnished almost half of that
states total increase in population
of 47,905 in the last decade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Getting at the Source.

The holding company was a great
needs of j. Pierpont Morgan and
other great hnanciers seeking con-
troll OF the wealth OF the nation. II
was invented by a great lawyer of
Infinite legal cunning, and no doubt
he was handsomely rewarded for il
The capstone OF financial pyramidins
up TO that time was the trust; but
the holding company added trust up
on trust. and carried the pyramid
higher still.
The holding company, in the opin-
ion of Samuel Untermeyer, a New
York lawyer OF considerable celeb
rity, and well-informed in corpora
ton law, is the most serious OF the
corporate evils of the day. He ar
CUES that for the sake OF the minor
ity stockholders. IL for no other rea-
son. it should be done away with,
since its Capitalization of power
leaves the minority stockholders
powerless. This sense of the inves-
tors helplessness. Mr.. Untermeyer
insists. is at the bottom the cause
OF the lack of confidence in security
values. His remedy is to forbid alb
solutely one corporation holding
stock in another. This done. the
holding company would be legislat-
ed out OF existence.
What is the holding company?
Take the Atlantic Coast Line COM
pany for illustration. With little
five and one-ouarter millions OF its
capital IL is able to do this: Con-
troll the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
road by ownership of 52,501 shares
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Jim Hudson laughed uproariously
when Ramsey told him about it. My
dear Peter" exclaimed the light heart
ed youth when he had caught his
breath, you of all men TO be appoint
ed guardian pro TEN. of young and
lovely girl! She is young and lovely,
1 suppose? Why didn't they pick out
some woman to send her to, eh?''
They did," said Ramsey, reddening.
"They wrote to my cousin, Mrs. Fer
ris, whom they knew for years before
they went to China, that they were
sending the girl to her for a years
visit. 1t seems she needed a change
of air, and Cousin Mary had invited
her. Then after the girl sailed my
cousin, as you know, died suddenly,
and it was only while 1 was looking
into her papers that I learned the girl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Life Lines
BIZ BASnEUs.
COURAGE.
Copyright, 1910.

1t is an outrage to your mind to al
low courage TO lag behind and not
have any dare to do in you; cour-
age must be your courier on your
course 10 your success.
Keep a stiff upper lip, have cour-
age and hope, add the sweat of your
brow and you have the right dope"
for success.
Courage never calls for help; it's
your yelping for help that puts you
out OF the ring-and you're whip
ped when you whine.
Courage never cringes and 1t
makes a man fight In the front
ranks; without courage to back him
man will never come back" after
the first crack of the enemy's gun.
Set-backs may check but do not
destroy your chance: courage calls
you to renewed action and the les
sons learned lead you to a better
light.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Loans and Cost of Living.

Special dispatches are being sent
take to explain the high cost of Iiv-
ing by calling attention to the recent
reports of the great insurance COM
panies showing that the immense
sums Of money represented by loans
on policies are being l argely dis
sipated in the purchase of luxuries.
Now it doesn't appear readily to
man up a tree that the fact that
John Smith borrows $4,000 on his
life insurance policy wherewith to
buy an automobile or an airship
should send the price of eggs and
butter up.
The high cost of living" as used
in this connection does not mean the
price which an extravagant man is
willing to pay for the Injuries, but
what the prudent and economical
man Is obliged to pay for the neces-
saries, and while the insurance COM
panies may make out fairly good
case of extravaganza against their
policy holders, it is not true that
all of the millions loaned on this
kind of security are frittered away
in vanities.
The man who needs money to i'm
prove his property or start in bust
ness can obtain that money from the
insurance company at a low rate of
interest and still keep his protec-
tion intact. On the other hand
there are many who are simply TAX
ing advantage of the terms of their
policy in order to crafty their love
of ease and display. 1t is shown
that the New York Life had on its
books policy loans at the close of
1910 the immense sum of 500, 000,-
600. The Mutual Life and the
Equitable have not finished their
compilation, but the total of the three
big companies will run near to $780,
100000.
That much of the money secured
went for the purchase of automobiles
and other Injuries was shown by
the fact that the applicants often
asked that the "details be kept Sc
cret," and that the checks covering
the advances should not be stamned
loan division" Some intin y d
plainly that they were borrowing TO
ihSli W III
1910 the scale of living practiced in
1903
II is a fact generally known TO in
surance men that loans made public
on policies are seldom paid until the
maturity of the contract or the lapse
of the policy makes it collectabIe.
However, the high cost of living
depends upon many things and some
OF the conditions existing are fairly
anomalous. Some times local condi-
lions make such things as eggs and
butter climb to the top notch of
price. Sometimes it is a combination
Of caitai to control the market and
storing the surplus products where
they cease to come into competition
with the trust controlled commodi-
ties which are doled out on the mar
ket. Some times the plain laws of
supply and demand are defeated in
their action through unjust tariff
laws. All OF these and other causes
will continue to operate whether
Smith borrows money on his life in
surance policy TO buy an automobile
or not.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
What He Needed.

''Where is the old fashioned man."
asked the reminiscent person. ''who
used TO eat his soup out loud. with
the sound of running water escaping
through an opening into hollow
cave?"
'He was taken aside. If you care to
know" said the village historian, "by
the old fashioned woman and given
talking to on the subject OF table man
ners that curled the fringe on his
trousers leg. That broke him OF the
habit"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Jan. IL in American
History

1737-John Hancock, a daring and re.
sourceful leader Of the Revolution
airy colonists and a signer OF the
Declaration Of Independence. born
In Quincy, Mass; died 1893.
1S61-Demand for the surrender Of
Fort Pickens. Fla, TO the COnfed-
eracy refused by the commandment,
Lieutenant A. j. Slemmer. U. s. A.
1ST5-Thomas r. Bramlette. war gov
ernor Of Kentucky, died; born 1917.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

II the Lorimer bribery investiga-
ton in the United States senate
should lead to the expulsion Of every
member OF that august body who has
gained his seat by questionable
means, it might indeed prove worth
while.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

adoption of a resolution opposing free
passes for the state fair. When the
suggestion of the president was pre-
scented to the board members all refer
ences to free passes was stricken out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

A great deal of stress has been
laid on the fact that Andrew Car
negie had nothing to do with the
Carnegie Trust company Maybe
that was the misfortune rather than
the advantage of the concern.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
OF Course She Couldn't.

"Did you say you no longer love
Jack, Ethel?'
yes, / did" ..5Jg,..s, -...g,
you cruel girl"' 'ftpTItfes
"Well. / don't carer
"But why don't you love him noww
Because l just won't care anything
about a man that will go and fall I'm
love with a silly girl like Mabel"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Springfield Register. Do you
notice those who opposed the adop-
ton of the commission form OF gov
eminent law because, as they al
legged, the law was faulty. leading
in the fight for amendments TO
strengthen it by reducing the recall
TO 25 per cent? Not much
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

The Lorimer inquiry has resulted
in the talk of throwing Senator
Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin out,
too. Now they are talking. Carry
the good work into New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Colorado, while
they are about it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Governor Marshall of Indiana is
writing some great state papers. In
his last message to the Legislature
he lays down the fundamentally
democratic doctrine that the unit of
reform is the individual man and
that regeneration to be permanent
must be accomplished through a
higher law than any state can
enact
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Congressman Mann would put the
explosive parlor match out OF bust
ness by forbidding their transporta-
ton in interstate commerce. They
are responsible for a large share of
the annual fire loss. Nevertheless
the lover vote will be arrayed against
any attack upon the parlor match.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
A Good THING.

"If i should work long and dillEent-
~ at my job do you think It would do
any goodT'
do any goodT'
ayes. What do you think I would
becomeT
"a source OF profit TO your EN-
ployer"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Have you a weak throat? II s,
you cannot be too careful You car
not begin treatment too early. EacL
cold makes you mare liable to anoth-
er and the last Is always the harder
to cure. II you will take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy at the outset
you will be saved much trouble. Sold
By all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Junk In the Back Yard.

"What Is bobby bowling aboutf"
"He hasn't got anything 10 play
with"
Nothing TO play with"
NO"
land so soon after Christmas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Fashionable women in the ma
tional capital climb the Washington
monument to reduce their flesh.
Thus does the upIift reach society.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Knew His Ways.

''These chocolates are from Jack.
aren't they. dearr'
How do you know
"Oh. he generally sends this kind
when he is in hurry"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

The trees have shed their summer leaves
I cannot understand Il all.
They put on oveTcoatB IN spring
But TO remove them In the fall
Was ever anything so siliy2
IL serves them right ~ they get chilly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

A st. Louis woman, asked why she
shot her husband. said she did it
just for fun" And yet they say
women have no sense of humor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

"Is he a successful Attorney"
Hardly. He has never been fined
for contempt OF court"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
FISH COMMISSIONER QUITS
Colonel Nat HI. Cohen Sends Resig-
nation to Governor Deneen.

Champaign, Ill, Jan. 12.-Colonel
Nat H Cohen, head OF the Illinois
state fish commission. has sent his
resignation to Governor Deneen,
after IA years in the service. The
governor has not vet accepted the
resignation, but the fish commission
err declares he is done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
PASSES TO FAIR ARE KEPT

State Board of Agriculture Declines
TO Act on Presidents Suggestion.
Springfield. Ill, Jan. 1.-THE mem
bers of the new state board of agricul-
ture yesterday disregarded President
Anthony's recommendation for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Expensive Sarcasm.

what is that dog WORTH"
Fifty dollars"
"Tll give you 30 cents for him"
Hes yours"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

We have heard OF people living on
hope. but II is dollars to doughnuts
that they didn't need anti-fat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

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Theodore Ra Franklin ghW
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Harmon NJ
NJ Ingalls,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
HurnOr and
-. Philosophy
= ]!
~ DUNCAN ~. .SAITB
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

THE political heller can not only serve
two masters for a certain consid-
GRAFTON. but has even been known to
daily with a third.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Cheer up. II you had all you want
nobody would take the slightest inter
est in you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

You can't judge a mans income by
the clothes his wife wears. She may
earn them herself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

There are men who think a woman
is extravagant IL she buys a saucepan
when she has a perfectly good skillet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

A woman may take husband on
faith, but she requires a guarantee
with a watch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12

Isn't it queer that getting into hot
water generally makes a man have
cold feet?
II we had everything we want we
should then want something TO want,
so what's the user
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-12
Tue ARGUS.

BY THE ). w. POTTER CO.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-16

Another prophet of evil has arisen.
This time 1t is physician who essays
the role of seer, and from the death
rate OF the negroes OF Richmond pre-
diets the early extinction of the Amer
lean negro. 1t is asserted by this ply
siclan that negro deaths constitute SO
per cent of the total for Richmond
during the last year. The figures are
sufficiently alarming and cannot but
be viewed with concern by all thought
full people. The fact as 1t appears,
however, does not seem to justify 1t.
self. 1t would be difficult to convince
anyone that the negroes, who consti'
tute but two-fifths of the population Of
Richmond, at the same time have SO
of their number die while only four
others live. 1t is admitted that negro
mortality is in excess of that of the
white people, but it does appear that
this rating is far in excess of the or.
dinarily accepted fact.
1t is, however, with the prediction
that the negro race will be extinct by
or during the twenty-first century that
we have to deal 1t is to be noted that
ever since the census of 1880 some one
has occasionally arisen who predicted
the early extinction of the negro race
The facts in their broader aspects do
not appear to bear out their predic-
tions. The negro race has steadily in.
creased for the last thirty years and
there is little logic in the position OF
early extinction. While unsanitary
and other conditions cause a temper
airy setback in one locality, there are
many others which show remarkable
fecundity 1t is also to be remem.
bered that all races die rapidly when
brought for the first time in contact
with modern civilization. The masses
of the negroes are just experiencing
the shock of this first contact and the
results are most alarming in our large
cities. 1t is believed that when the
negro shall have had two centuries of
such contact that they will be the
most prolific and vital race factor on
the continent.
There is another fact which is sci.
dom mentioned, but is nevertheless
potent In the negro's favor, and that is
the original race stocks are not in
numerical ascendency in this country.
In fact, had 1t been left to the original
settlers of America to fill this CONT.
nent the population of the country
would have been stationary since 1880,
If not actually decreasing.
No, the negro is not going to be.
come extinct, but is going to become
one of the most dependable numerical
element of our population-Durham
Reformer.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-16
AUs,UL rod CAr..."L iimE
Getting Ready 10 the Most important
Thlna-Best Of Fruits Should
Be Used.

In the operation OF canning and
preserving, as in almost every other
function OF housekeeping. the get
ting ready" is the most important
thing and begins far in advance of
the actual canning day. Some notes
made last season will give knowledge
as to when fruits and vegetables are
to be expected. so that time and pro
vision may be made 1or them. AS the
various cans and glasses have been
emptied, II they have been washed
and covers carefully fitted before put
ting away, much annoyance and eX.
pense will be spared. If the appetites
of the family have been observed 1t
will not be advisable to put up much
of the unpopular varieties.
Kettles-which have never been
used for any other purpose than pre-
serving-spoons. forks, knives. skim
mers, dippers, tunnels, jelly bags,
fruit press, strainers, scales, meas
ures are all necessary implements
tothers will be individually required)
and should be in a state of perfect
order and cleanliness. Have enough
suildDle Jars, CANS, BldSSeS, ct CeteIa,
with rubbers, tops and covers at hand;
plenty of paraffin. labels. cloths for
wiping and handling utensils. and the
labors of the preserving season will
not plunge you into nervous prostra-
ton.
Procure the best fruits and vegeta-
bles, each at the crest of Its season.
Prices are lowest then and there is
less waste. Overripe fruits never
make good preserves or jellies.
A wise cook never tries a strange
recipe If she has one which she has
tested and found satisfactory. Tastes
differ and an untried recipe may prove
disastrous.
Use granulated sugar for all pre-
serves, jellies and jams; light brown
sugar for spiced fruits.
Heat the sugar for jellies in the
oven before adding to the fruit juice
Do not cover while cooking unless
you want trouble.
Have receptacles standing in hot
water when the hot mixtures are put
into them.
Seal perfectly.
Leave standing where you can OBJ
serve them for a few days.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-16

Incidents are constantly occurring
which show how inextricably the man
and brother is standing up in the af-
fairs of this country. Some weeks ago
business in the nited States senate
had to be suspended on his account
A resolution abolishing n couple OF
petty jobs had been introduced. One
of these Jobs was held by Jim" Jones,
the body servant of Jefferson Davis.
The Congressional Record sets forth
the matter as follows:
The Vice President-Is there fur
ther morning business?
Mr.. Martin of Virginia-In connec-
tlon with the resolution just adopted,
| ask If it has any relation to the col
ored man who is employed in the sta
tionery room.
Mr.. Lodge-It covers his case and
one other.
MIR. Martin of Virginia. ask that
the vote by which the resolution was
adopted be reconsidered. The senator
from Mississippi desires to be pres
ent when It is considered.
Mr.. Lodge put it over several
think 1t ought not be put over
again. It has been pending three or
four weeks
Mr. Martin of Virginia-It will do
no harm to let it go over until to-
morrow l am sure the senator from
Mississippi is interested 1t is of no
great Importance that it should be
disposed of this morning.
The senator from Mississippi was
no other than Hon. John Sharp VIII
liams. When he did arrive he in
sisted on having Jim" Jones retained
on the senate payroll as laborer at
$720 a year. The senate sustain
ed Senator Williams, and Mr.. Jim"
Jones will continue to draw his pay
from the government 1t thus appears
that DIR. Booker T. Washington was
right when he said that the worst
negro-hating white man in the coun-
try always knows some one negro
whom he loves and in whom he has
the utmost confidence.
The Colorado statesman., 1911-09-16
Apples and Red Jelly.

Take six good-sized apples and core
them. Put two cloves into each ap-
pie and as much granulated sugar as
1t will hold. Place them in a baking
pan, without touching, and add cup
of water or more. as you think fit
Look at them often and try to KEEP
them whole. When done, take out
carefully and place in dish. Strain the
sirup they were cooked in and put in
another saucepan, with little gela-
tine (dissolvedl and few drops of
red colorirg. Boil till quite clear and
then put around apples. Set away to
cool till supper time.