The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-02

10 hinder him from taking that action
that he would TO allow personal and
dishonest motives to affect him. II Is
easy In cases like this 10 take The
course which timidity prompts and TO
do nothing. but such course does not
inure TO the public veal
l am in full sympathy with ihe CON
cern of reasonable and patriotic men
| that the valuable resources Of Alaska
should not be turned over TO be exploit.
ed for the profit OF greedy. absorbing
and monopolistic corporations or syn
dicateS. Whatever the attempts which
have been made. no one. as a nIatler
OF fact. has secured in Alaska any un-
due privilege or franchise MOI COM
pletely under the control OF congress.
| am in full agreement with The view
that every care. both In administration
and In legislation. must bv observed 10
prevent the corrupt or unfair acquisi-
ton of undue privilege. franchise or
right from the government In that dis
trict. But every one must know that
the resources of Alaska can never be-
come available either to the people or
Alaska or TO the public of the United
States unless reasonable opportunity Is
| granted to those who would invest
their money TO secure return proper
tonate To the risk run in the invest
ment and reasonable under all the cir
cumStanceS.
On the other hand. the acrimony of
| spirit and the intense malice that have
been engendered in respect of the ad-
mlnistration OF the government in
Alaska and in the consideration Of
measures proposed for her relief and
the wanton reckleSSness and eager
ness with which attempts have been
made to besmirh the characters of
| high officials having to do with the
Alaskan government and ~Ven of per-
| sons not in public life present con-
dition that calls for condemnation and
requires that the public be warned Of
| the decentralization that has been pro-
duced by the hysterical suspicious Of
good people and the unscrupulous and
corrupt misrepresentation of the
| wicked The helpless state to which
the credulity of some and the malev-
olent scandal mongering of others
have brought the people of Alaska i'm
their struggle for its development
ought 70 give the public pause. for un-
til a juster and fairer view be taken
i'm A aSI- iOh &c
sary TO its development. will be i'm.
possible. and honest administrators
and Legislators will he embarrassed in
the advocacy aud putting into opera
ton of those policies in regard to the
territory which are necessary to it's
progress and prosperity.
WILLIAM II. TAFT.
The White House. July 20. 1911.
Evolution Of the Nursing Bottle.
The original nursing bottle was
cows horn. to the small end of which
were sewed two pieces : leather. as a
finger OF glove. and the infant drew
its nourishment between the stitches.
According TO DR.. ID. Forsyth fifteenth
! century mothers used to nurse their
babies for close upon three years. a
! duration still customary among the
/ Japanese and Greenlanders In the
time of the Stuarts 1t had declined to
| between eighteen months and two
years In the time of the Georges it
fell TO one year. and now he reckoned
the average as eight months. During
the Hanovprian period the practice of
| feeding babies artiicially became
| somewhat common Cows milk was
not then considered just the food for
baby deprived of its mothers milk.
| and the substance called pap" was
| introduced through the cows horn.
Pap was II mixture of crust soaked
water and sugar baby that thrived
Oh ii was usually one Of rare cOnstitu-
| ton The nursing bottle with a long
| rubber stem succeeded the cows
horn. and by degrees the comparative
sanitary feeding bottle of today was
introduced New York World