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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-07

Britain is now fully organized and
will open it's campaign in the second
week of October with Redmond, Dillon.
Devlin, myself and others attending
private conferences and public DEM
onstrations from Lands End to John
o'GrOatS.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-10-07
Will Be Confirmed By Pope.

Signor Angelo Sarto. brother of His
Holiness Plus x, is at present in Rome
with his little nephew, who is to re-
ceive confirmation from the Holy
Father.
The evening times., 1911-04-12
THE FEAR OF DEATH.

When Morris Glatz, "The Twink
ler," shut the door of his home in
Long Island city, lay down on the
bed, and shot himself through the
head with a revolver. he lifted the
strain of years and met the fear that
he was no longer able to await.
Glatz had been a pickpocket, but
afterward reformed. In his new life
the once hunted joined the hunters.
The exigencies Of his new calling
made him the instrument of the law
that brought former companion in
crime to arrest, conviction, and i'm
prlsonment. This victim of his de-
tective efforts vowed vengeance. "Tell
The Twinkler' for me that when l
serve me bit he'll get his" The tell
ing at first produced only a laugh.
But it came again and again at un-
expected times and through various
The evening times., 1911-04-12

official paper sf the city Of Grand
Fks.
The evening times., 1911-04-12
WEDNESDAY, APRIL u, 1911.
BLACKJACK JOURNALISM.

The morning reciprocity organ Of
April II contained the following
highly indignant editorial:
Our old friend, the American Eco
nomist, the organ of the highly pro-
tected interests, which has consist
emily and insistently opposed all tar
if revision except revision upward,
grows more emphatic in every issue
against Canadian reciprocity. Just
now it Is devoting practically all its
space to fighting reciprocity. This is
very natural, for It understands that
the passage of the reciprocity bill will
mean the downfall of the whole sys-
TEN of excessive duties masquerade
ing under the name Of protection to
American industries.
That is about the most dastardly
stab in the back that has been given
the farmers of this state for several
years. On it's face the editorial para
graph seems fair. But when the rea-
sons which called it forth are known
reasons that the majority Of the
farmers of the state do not have the
means of knowing-the malignity OF
the article becomes apparent.
In the April z issue of the Econom-
list, the one which reached this city
the day before the quoted editorial
appeared in the reciprocity organ
there were four articles on the great
anti-reciprocity convention in this
city, all credited to the Times. One
of these four articles was the pub
lished statement of Hon. ]. N. De-
vine which appeared in the Times of
March %. In addition to these artic-
les there are two news stories sent
cut to the eastern press from the
Times Office setting forth what the
farmers Of North Dakota proposed to
do.
Commenting on the announcement
ct the convention which appeared in
the New York Sun of March 29, the
Economist says:
This is movement along right
lines. 1t is swift answer to the ig-
norant and utterly false assumption
that American farmers have nothing
to fear from the unrestricted compe-
titton of cheap farm products from
Canada. North Dakota borders on
Canada. Her farms and the farms
over the line grow precisely the same
sort of crops. Heretofore. under a
tariff on wheat. barley, faxseed, ETC.,
the North Dakota farmer has received
from ten to twenty-five cents a bushel
more than the price received by the
Canadian farmer a mile or two away.
Wherefrom the North Dakota farmer
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mouthpieces, until at last Glatz weak
ened. Bit by bit the ffber of his cour-
age was worn away. And in the end
he killed himself.
"The fear Of death IL moro to be
dreaded than death ITSELF" Thus
wrote Publius Syrus half . century
before Christ. When the witch Of the
mountain pleaded with Arbaces, the
Egyptian, for the elixir of Immortality
he wondered that one 50 wretched
should wish to prolong existence. "lt
is not the love Of life, o mighty
Arbaces," she replied, "but the fear
of DEATH" Yet there is that which
is more to be dreaded than death. 1t
is the sense of impending doom, in
exorable, neither to be hastened nor
delayed. The unseen things, the cre-
ations of the mind, are more fearful
than the most monstrous reality.
Abraham experienced this when he
fell into deep sleep and horror of
great darkness came upon him. Jacob
pillowed his head upon the stones at
Bethel and dreamed Of the ladder up
on which the Elohim ascended aud
descended, and when he arose he ex-
claimed, "How dreadful is this
place!" Even the gate of heaven
meant death. 1t was in the visions of
the night that Job met unspeakable
terrors. Poe in his tale of the "Pit
and the Pendulum" described the
agony of descending doom more un-
endurable than the swift mercy of
execution. Eugene Sue told of the
man who followed the tiger tanner
over the country, always sitting in
the front seat, patiently waiting to
win his wager that the beast would
kill its keeper, until the iron nerve
Of the tanner broke down.
Thus. doubtless, did "The Twink
Ter" finally succumb to the terrors of
his imagination, driven forward by
the fearful reaction of his own alarms
to embrace that which he most great
ly dreaded.
The evening times., 1911-04-12

Thomas G. Bruyere who has been
growing wheat in North Dakota for
thirty years, makes the following un.
answerable reply to the sophistries
of Senator Reveridge in the Saturday
Evening Post.
The evening times., 1911-04-12
Thomas g. Bruyere
Assures Beveridge

Thomas G. Bruyere who has been
growing wheat in North Dakota for
thirty years. makes the following un.
answerable reply to the sophistries
OF Senator Reveridge in the Saturday
Evening Post.
betng-a farmer engaged in the pro-
duction Of wheat in North Dakota
during the past thirty years, l am
moved to say a few words in reply
to what Mr.. Beveridge tells us about
reciprocity In the Saturday Evening
Post.
He assigns as the prime reason for
reciprocity the high cost of living
ana says that the treaty now under
discussion will operate 80 as to put
an immediate check upon any further
advance along that line. He does not
show how this will occur, however,
but goes on to say what good thing
1t Will be for us to act like brothers
with our neighbors who are of the
same blood as ourselves. We do not
believe that sentiment Of this kind
Will have any weight on either side
of the line because this is a matter
OF business and not sentiment.
We believe that reciprocity will
add very largely to the business of
the railroads and millers of the north
west, but. we fail to see how It will
cause sufficient reduction in the
price of bread stuff for the consumer
to have any share Id the profit. We
have no complaint of any pauper la
Dor. We know the people of Canada
are IN circumstances similar to our
own. Their advantage over us will
lie in the fact. that they are farming
virgin soil that produces from thir-
ty to fifty bushels of wheat per acre,
while our own produces from four
to twenty. We are now under the
necessity Of purchasing fertilizers,
reducing our acreage Of grain and ar
ranging for a more intensive system
of farming than we have heretofore
followed. Consequently, we cannot
compete with the wheat growers of
Canada.
Having paid the price of protection
for the manufacturers during many
years, we feel that we ought to have
protection, for ourselves now. It is
reciprocity with the men at home
whom We have helped that we look
for and expect, not with the Canadian
that owes us nothing.
Will reciprocity have any effect on
the price Of wheat? We do not know
but we believe that it will reduce it
several cents a bushel. When
statesman like Mr.. Beveridge tells us
that reciprocity is salvation for the
laboring man, perhaps the laboring
man ought to believe him even IL
some farmers do not. He inquiries,
How can the free Interchange of
wheat hurt our farmers?" Some of
us would like to inquire at this point
how it can be that If reciprocity will
not hurt us by lowering the price of
wheat, then how is it to be of any
benefit to the man whose children
are crying for bread?
Ten cents on a bushel of wheat be-
comes small thing when the bushel
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necessarily concludes that the tariff
has helped him and that the removal

necessarily concludes that the tariff
has helped him and that the removal
of that tariff will hurt him.
Now, who knows best about this
the farmer on the American side, who
at any time can tell you to fraction
Of cent what the current price of
wheat is on both sides Of the boun-
Diary line, or some free-trade or Re-
publican theorist in Washington who
thinks that Liverpool fixes the price
of wheat all over the world. and who.
in the face of daily market quotations
which tell different story, insists
that the tariff has never in any way
enabled the American farmer to get
a higher price than the Canadian
farmer was getting? Why, the farm
er, of course, knows best. He knows
that on the very day he sold his
wheat at the elevator in Pembina, on
the North Dakota side, for eighty
seven cents a bushel, the farmer In
Emerson, less than a mile away. on
the Manitoba side, and on the same
railroad line, with freight rates ex-
actlv the same, sold his wheat for
seventy-seven cents a bushel. This
is the answer, If you want to know
why the farmers of North Dakota
held state convention to choose del
egates to go to Washington and op-
pose the free-trade folly embodied in
the pending Canadian tariff agree
ment
1t is rather conclusive answer, is
it not? The stupidest fool that ever
took whirl at politics. ought to be
able to see the meaning Of this big
demonstration by North Dakota farm
ers. This example of statewide ac-
ton and protest should be very gen.
orally followed by American farmers.
If it is followed, even a bunch of be-
nighted free-trade Democrats might
we'll hesitate to pass the Canadian
agreement bill.
It not that exactly what that great
gathering of intelligent farmers who
met in convention in this city said?
The American Economist has a cir
culstion of more than half million.
For several weeks it has been car
rying to that great army Of readers
the truth about what the North Da-
kOLd 1dTlllSIS Culuh oUOuI IA0 ASSA
procity agreement 1t has not gotten
Its information from the morning re-
ciprocity organ. 1t has done more
than any other journal to rouse the
farmers all over the country to the
danger of Canadian reciprocity. That
information is working to the advant-
age of North Dakota now and is car
rying the report Of the great work
against this governmental outrage to
new fields and winning new adher-
ents by the thousands. Which of the
two journals quoted above are doing
the greatest good to the North Dako-
ia farmer? The one is striking the
hand that feeds it.; the Economist has
no commercial interest in the pros
perity of North Dakota farmers. Yet
the sin which the Economist has COM
mitted is in giving publicity to what
the farmers were doing to save them
selves from ruin. 1t was covert
way OF striking at the farmers and
in the interests of the railroads that
the reciprocity organ dared not make
openly.
The evening times., 1911-04-12
Benner, Begg & Garvin

is reduced into loaves of bread, SO
small that the consumer will not no.
tice any difference. There will, in
fact, be no difference. The miller
who buys his wheat in car lots will
save from 500 to $50 per. car while
the wheat grower on our side of the
line will have to sell his car for just
that much less than he ought to re-
ceive.
If protection continues to be the
policy Of our government why not in
clude all industry under its shield
Why leave the farmer to be destroyed
by his competitor in Canada? Why
tear down the wall now just as it is
becoming possible for the farmer to
realize something on his investment
in protection?
The evening times., 1911-04-12
THE SENATE RULES.

Some Of the most conservative SEN
ators are beginning to reach the con-
viction that the rules of the senate
must be amended in order to facili-
tate the dispatch Of business. "Sena-
torial courtesy has gone by the
board" said one of them recently.
THE theory that no senator would
step beyond the bounds of decency
in monopolizing debate is no longer
tenable. Under the new regime It is
unable to rely upon the courtesy of
senator's"
1t is true that within the last three
years the country has witnessed re-
markable violations OF orderly pro.
cedure. Members Of minority, sup
ported by few colleagues, have not
hesitated to seize the opportunity af-
forded them by the rules of courtesy
to defeat the will of the majority.
Recently this was done by a single
senator, as we'll as of the opposition.
Such spectacles have been rare. but.
unfortunately, they seem to be a part
OF the new progressive philosophy.
Two mild remedies have been sug-
gested, one by Senator Root and the
other by Senator Curtis. Mr.. Root
asks that the committee on rules be
Instructed to devise a plan whereby
conference reports shall have the
right OF way in the closing days of a
session. Mr.. Curtis has offered a res
olution providing that after a meas
ure has been considered on five sep-
arate calendar days or been debated
for ten consecutive hours the pre-
vious question may be called for. tn
be ordered three hours later in case
the motion is carried by q two-thfrds
vote. This surely is a conservative
application Of closure, and probably
1T would meet the approval of sena.
tors who incline toward any change
of the rules.
Closure has been opposed in the
past not only on account of the un-
written rule of senatorial courtesy
but for the more important reason
that absolute freedom Of speech was
deemed to be more desirable than the
saving of a little time in debate. It
was argued that no step should be
taken which might prevent any SEN
ator, at any time, from bringing be-
fore the country, any facts in his
possession. The senate was to be the
place where. in spite Of any opposing
influence. the truth might be uttered
to the American people.
But the situation has changed since
senator's have destroyed the value of
the courtesy rule. The senate is now
place where any senator. at any
time, may block the will Of congress
for any purpose of his own. even
that of advertising himself as the sole
guardian of the peoples rights and
the only honest man in congress-.
Since the popular election of senators
promises to place such men in the
senate. it is evident that tho rules
must be changed. The senate must
keep up a semblance Of self-respect,
at any rate. r
-; " -
The evening times., 1911-04-12

A lawyer is. in many cases. a man
who drags his client to the shore,
and then leaves him half naked on
the beach. :.
The evening times., 1911-04-12

A boys idea of good time differs
good deal from the notion Of an old
man about similar matters. And the
old man has way of seeming Won
derfully virtuous because he doesn't
indulge in lot of foolishness which
no longer appeals to him.
The evening times., 1911-04-12

There is a dog and a cat at the
home Of w. F.. Donald that are very
chummy. The cat, after killing a
mouse, will often lay it before the dog
with the hope that he will eat it. but
he never will.
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WITTY WILLIEsS WITTICISMS

.Leander Wise is terribly opposed to
the pure food law. He has q subur-
ban grocery, and spends so much time
saving the. country that he doesn't
have time to scrub the floor and clean
the flyspecks off the showcase.
The evening times., 1911-04-12

Sim Norris should be investigated
by the legislature. Yesterday he
bought horse of Carter & Sewer for
$40, then sold 1t to a grocer for $125,
then bought it back for $40, and sold
it back to Carter & Sewer for $50.
The evening times., 1911-04-12

Although the jury decided that
Banker Robin. who wrecked several
New York financial institutions, is not
crazy, there is some curiosity to know
what he did with the money.
Cohceit is running two Atchison
young men, who used to be very pop
ular. Conceit, which usually comes
along on the first wave Of success,
ruins as many young men as booze.
An Atchison man said this morning
that there was only one way to use
whisky. Buy a barrel and put 1t in
the cellar and never use it. After
you are dead it will be fine-for the
other fellows.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-06-22
Getting Fruit Statistics Tabulated
for West Va.

The committee on Markets and Trans
portation of the West Virginia Horti-
cultural Society, of which N. T. Frame
is secretary and G. p Miller, of Rom
ney. and William Campbell, of Charles
Town, are members, is securing data
from the various fruit growers of the
State relative to compiling data upon
which conservative estimate of the
coming fruit crop can be based. A
similar bulletin was issued last year
and circulated among some 500 or more
of the leading buyers of the country
with the result that many were brought
here who had not bought West Vir-
ginia' fruit before and better prices
were secured. Also the fact that the
West Virginia Society uses an official
label adds to the value of fruit shipped
by growers. A label costs the grower
but five cents and guarantees the fruit.
The sum thus derived is used in an adj
vertising campaign, and while the
farmer is q hard man to convert to the
belief that advertising pays, ne is
gradually realizing that he must adj
vertise as well as the merchant. Ber-
kelley county will have as good crop as
last year, when the total production
was about $50, 600 barrels. : Mdrtins-
burg Journal
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-06-22
A Distinguished Orchardist.

Mr. Reginald H. Parsons, a fellow
director of the North American Fruit
Exchange with Hon. William Campbell,
was the guest of the latter recently
and made the acquaintance Of many Of
our leading orchardists, who were
charmed by his personality and in
structed by his knowledge of fruit
growing. Mr.. Parsons is one the larg-
est apple growers in the United States,
being President of the Hill Crest Or
chard Company. located in the famous
Rogue River Valley Of Oregon, and is
also President of the Northwestern
Fruit Exchange of Portland, Oregon,
which is one Of the largest fruit mark
citing agencies in this country. Mr..
Parsons has the United States record
for high prices for deciduous fruits.
Last year he sold solid carload of
Comice pears in the London, England,
market at ten dollars per bushel box.
During his stay Mr.. Parsons accom-
panied by some of our local growers,
made tour Of the Northern Shenan-
doah Valley fruit belt. En- route home
Mr.. Parsons writes Of our country:
'sYou are so rich in the past with all
its memories Of self-sacrifce, you have
SO much in the present to delight and
so much in the future to inspire. From
a material standpoint it seems to me
that while difficult, in it is absolutely
necessary for your fruit growers to
stand together and cooperate in all es-
sential ways. With a strong local Ex-
change, supported by all for the inter-
ests Of all, your problems will be
solved to a great extent The scien-
tiic handling and selling of our fruit
with the correct distribution is an essen
tial lequsite to successful fruit grow
ing. A control, rightly and fairly
managed, Of the whole fruit crop of
the country would be boon to the
grower and consumer alike"
This is sound business sense. It is
estimated that the difference in the
price realized by the grower and the
price paid by the ultimate consumer for
fruit is enormous, being variorsly es-
timated at from ten to twenty to one,
depending on the perishable nature of
the fruit.
There is something wrong when such
"a condition exists. Too many cooks
spoil the broth, . and too many middle
men cut out the growers profit and
exact extortionate toll from the consum-
er. By cooperative marketing only can
the producer and the buyer get closer
together.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-06-22

The Laws DELAY.

The interminable length to which the
West Virginia two.cent fare case is
dragging. furnishes reason for that
popular impotence with courts about
which President Taft so often complains.
The case was started in the Kanawha
Circuit Court in 1907, with verdict in
favor Of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
road Company. After the lapse of a
year or two the attorney general took
an appeal of the State Supreme Court
of Appeals, which reversed the lower
court and sustained the law Last fall
the railroad company goes into the
United States Supreme Court and now
that body has adjourned for its summer
vacation without reaching the case.
This means that the matter cannot be
taken up until next October, when the
court reconvenes. Meanwhile trav-
elers on the Chesapeake and Ohio and
the Norfolk and Western must pay
their little three-cents mile as they
have been doing since the passage of
the law. True rebate coupons are given,
but if the case is finally settled in favor
of West Virginia very small fraction
of this money will find its way back to
the people who own it. 1t is unfortunate
that four years can be consumed over
a law suit financially affecting more
than million people with no end in
sight. Seminal.
And now the Baltimore & Ohio is said
to be contemplating increasing its rates
to three cents a mile. Perhaps such
action will hasten the day of Public
Service Commission. EDITOR.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-06-22
$3.50. Per Acre For An Orchard.

Miss Julia L. TerriII, of this county,
sold her apple orchard last week, three
and half miles northeast of Charles
Town, to number of Pittsburg and
Waynesboro, Pa, men for $3.50 an
acre. The orchard contains 65 acres,
and the trees are about ten years old.
The sale was made to Mr.. Howard C.
Anderson. as trustee for the PenDsyl-
vania interests. The same men were
given an option on 65 acres of unplant-
ed land adjoining the Terrill orchard,
for about $1,000. The option expires
the first Of October.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-06-22

Senator Cuunrnir,s. Ia his impressive
exhortatiou 70 4 class Of law graduates,
says the highest function Of the legal
profession today Il not the practice Of
law. but the making and unfolding Of
laws to avert the threatened revolution
a0a;nst condition. gr,oy,;ns, ont of laws
now il force The senator notea the
fact that there baa l,een No adjustment
Of 1 ainoiIsr stste ~ affs;ratbro,,ob the
god ofF;ce. ~ tl,s l.vverz u,;tl;n tbs
last . flfl,yearu Int enterra;ns no do,,ht
about their ab;I;tv ~ rice .unar;or n
their nast; and q human axner;ence and
IN rav,ae tho svatsro ~ laws +bev have
bunOlinOlv u,ade for the naonle that
we shall eacane the ;nneendino revolu-
ton of violence and terror and blood
shed. y
But is it not true that if the lawyers
are at fault-lf it was suicidal policy
to have them shape legislation--it
would be merely perpetuating the err
ror if the people intrusted in their
hands the performance of something
the senator admits they never have
brought about in the history of the
world ? What could come from the
work of such men but confusion worse
COMPOUNDED?
Inc vital error as we now see 1t, and
as the senator tacitly acKnoWleoges,
was in putting the framing Of laws
into the hands of lawyers instead of
representatives Of all classes, as is done
in other countries. Nowhere else in
the world is it thought wise or polite to
give the whip hand IN lawmaking to the
lawyers themselves. Their function is
the practice OF law. What good could
come out of system which permits
the participation in legislation in com