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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
THE BRIGHTER OUTLOOK.

Now that the price OF meat has gone
a-soaring once more, with but the faint
est prospects that At an early date it
will settle lower ii is at least pleasant
to recall that there are some bright
spots on the comestible horizon. For
the current year the high cost Of hv-
ing has been not merely because there
is a scarcity Of meats, but in a large
degree because there has also been
shortage of vegetable products and Of
grain. But for the year 1912 the crop
prospects are most fattering and sat
isfactory. and lower prices for grain
may eventually result in reduction Of
the price Of meat products.
The August bulletin Of the United
States department Of agriculture con-
tains many facts and figures Of most
consoling nature. Compared with the
year 1911, or with a 10-year average,
practically every grain in the country
shows a condition much above the nor
NAL, the sole exception being of win
ter wheat, which was injuriously af-
fected by the unfavorable conditions
Of the autumn Of a year ago. Reckon
ed on q maximum OF 100 points, the
average condition of spring wheat on
Aug. ! was 9O.4 per cent. SOS in 1911
and SO.3 for a 10-year average On this
basis the spring wheat crop of the
country should be a half greater than
it was last year. Corn this year stands
at 500 against 69.6 in 1911; oats at
90.3, against 1913 year ago; barley
at S91, against 66.2; buckwheat at
ss.4, against s2.e; potatoes at SIS,
against 62.3, and s4.s for the 10-year
average; hay at go, against GAG, and
apples at 65.s, against $50.
Put into figures Of bushels and tons,
the above estimates are almost stag
gering. They mean that the United
States will produce 2,S11. 900, 900 bush
els of corn, 390O00,OOO bushels of win.
ter wheat, 29O,OOO,OOO bushels OF spring
wheat, 1907 100000 bushels of oats
202.O0O000 bushels Of barley, $4,000
900 bushels of rye, 100000 bushels
OF buckwheat, and $4,000, 900 bushels OF
rice; while for good measure there are
100000, 900 bushels of potatoes and
7S,OOOOOO tons of bay. Equally divid
ed among the people of the country
this would provide 55 bushels of grain
TO every person, and 1Oh bushels Of
potatoes.
With figures such as these for Aug
ust and with every prospect that the
outlook will improve. as it has since
July l, we should possess our souls
with patience, looking forward hope
fully to the lower prices which. with
the bumper crops of 1912, should Ger
tainly prevail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
(sprlngaeld RecordD


The bathroom is in danger, If dis
cussion started by the London, Lancet
should continue.
This journal which is the recognized
medical authority of the world, doubts
the efficacy of the Englishman's daily
bath.
II accounts for the habit in the fact
that these people, being islanders, have
been brought closer TO the water than
those of other nations, and have been
led into OVERRIDING their opportunities.
1T is quite obvious" says the Ian
Get, that even in England there are
people who wash too little. 1t is not
generally recognized that some wash
too much. The skin is not well adapt
ed to frequent applications of water
accompanied by even the least irri-
tating OF soaps. A tendency arises to
maceration of the superficial part of
the epidermis, which is too frequently
removed and occasions probably too
rapid a proliforation of the cells Of
the Malpighian layer. There is no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
The Argus Daily Story
A Literary Lion-By Hugh L. Trask.
Copyrighted. 1919, by Associated Literary Bureau

During The latter part OF the nine
teenth century a novel called Her
Quick Recovery" appeared under the
name of leonard harrington that ere
ated a sensation. Leonard harrington
was an assumed name. The novel 20
which 1t was appended was put forth
as a feeler by one who was destined
TO become one Of the literary magnates
of that day, for it was so unlike 9TH
er works Of its kind that its author
did not dare father 1t. He had occa-
sion to regret his timidity or, rather,
modesty. for among the many persons
who claimed to have written the story
the real author was most discredited
One day in midsummer a young man
on a train was reading Her Quick
Recovery" when another. in the seat
behind him. said to him:
Beg pardon. sir! VIII you kindly
inform me if you consider that book
worth readingT"
u don't"
why. then, do you read itT'
I'm the literary editor OF period.
cal. I'm running it over for criti-
cism."
II hear it is meeting with great IA.
vor."
"Oh, the public will swallow any,
thing nowadays. By the bye the name
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
AW0MANyOBSERWATIONS


bred, while girls in institutions make
poor mothers.
AS women become better educated
and know more of the ways of the
world, they hesitate to marry They
recognize the risks of depending up
on one individual, who is only human,
after all.
Moreover it has become Increasingly
difficult for the average man to sup
port family comfortably owing to
advancing cost of living and the STAN
dard of living set by society. There
fore a thoughtful man hesitates to
marry, feeling that he may not be
able to provide for family until his
| children are able to go out into the
world and care for themselves.
The mother of small children is the
most helpless member of society, vet
society has done nothing to protect
her in case her natural provider" as
It calls her husband, should fail.
We hear continual preachmente
about the duty to bear and raise good
citizens for the state, but the state has
entirely ignored it's own responsibility
toward those who are to do the bear
ing and rearing. Therefore it is not
surprising that more and more are re
fusing the duty" that more and
more wives are working at wage-earn
ing occupations and helping to provide
something for a future incapacitatet
by old age.
Some women have fought mothers
pensions, just as they are fighting
equal suffrage. Silly sentimentalists
and those selfish in their safety have
. declared that a pension for mother:
would create sordid spirit.
; That, of course, is simply foolish
} statement But If sordidness means
that a destitute mother will grasl
) gladly at helping hand to keep he
J little ones with her and to preserve
J the home spirit intact, then let u
| have that kind of sordidness rattle
than the misery of wan women depriv
, ed of husbands support and robbe'
: of their children, too.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

reet SIX ihches. In his letter 10 Viz
ginia, Harry says he knows there was
another in Virginia Colonel e. Wash
ington. who could clear a foot more.
II Thackeray's figures are correct
Washington must have been a wonder
full athlete. He could easily have won
any intercollegiate championship com
petition up 10 1889 aud most Of the ma
tional championships. Then. too. il
must be remembered that the future
Father Of His Country did not wear
spiked shoes Ike the athletes OF today,
nor did he have a cinder path for his
run nor a five inch plank for his
''take-off,' these improvements not hav-
ing come into general use as early as
the middle Of the eighteenth century
Washington to-day would he a record
BREAKFAST. Louis Globe Democrat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

on the title page is the same as my
own"
Indeed"
"Only / have a middle name. I'm
Leonard c. harrington"
singular coincidence, isn't itT"
Becoming interested in the subject
they were talking about, the man be-
hind arose and took seat beside the
other. Darlington. who assumed 10
know a good deal about literary laws,
as he called them, laid them down to
the other authOritatively, demonstrate
ing how his namesake defed them all
in his novel, which was consequently
from a critical standpoint worthless.
1t happened that both these young
men were going to spend their vaca-
ton at the same place at the seashore.
Darlington asked the other at what
hotel be would stop and discovered
that they would be under the same
roof. The day of their arrival there
they met on the piazza. and Barring
ton, evidently greatly amused. said to
his new found friend:
DO you know it's all over this no.
| Recovery
You don't mean it?"
| "Yes: some of these girls who have
been looking over the register have
seen my name and are sure they've
| got a real live lion in the house"
Are you going to correct them?"
81 think,IIl have a little fun out of
! 1t first"
| The two men strolIed back and forth
on the piazza for awhile. and all who
met them stared at Darlington.
by JOvew he exclaimed. Il rather
like this. I've never been u lion be-
/ FORE
| Il wonder If it makes any difference
| to a mans feelings whether he is a
real lion or is mistaken for one?"
What do you think about it your
seIf?"
"Oh. | am misanthropic, | suppose!
/ II seems to me that the one is worth
about the same as the other In other
words. I don't believe | wonld appre-
! ciate a reputation The real pleasure
/ IN artistic work conceive to he rather
/ in the work itself than in the adulatiou
OF admirers. Besides. artists must face
( the critics. and they are liable to take
away all the people give"
You're a philosopher. aren't your"
! II didn't know l was much of any
thing"
/ The philosopher that morning met q
/ lady of his acquaintance on the beach.
who said TO him: "All these girls are
| dying TO know your friend. the author
\ of Her Quick Recovery. They have
seen you with him and have been beg
( ging me TO introduce you to them"
For the purpose of knowing the
non?"
II suppose So"
Very well: I'll ask Mr. Harrington
| If he would like to know them"
Later be conferred with the supposed
author. who laughed heartily an
/ tell you what to do" be SAID. "Iu-
troduce me without mentisIing the au-
thOrship part Of it. | won't say any
thing about it myself for awhile. and
Wen see what they'll do when they
find out that they've been mistaken"
The philosopher consented to give
the introduction. leaving the persons
concerned TO work the matter out in
their own way. He took harrington
to his friend. introduced him TO her.
and straightway the ladies were put
ting themselves in the way for an in
! PRODUCTION.
There was one young lady. Miss
Edith Crane. at she place who did not
Join the thrcng seeking introductions
to the supposed literary lion. This was
because she was OF a retiring disposi-
ton. She. said sic. could as we'll look
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL

for more. If there were no tariff at
all on grain, therefore, the American
farmer would not be menaced by the
possibility of foreign competition, for
the reason that foreigners have no
grain to sell.
But the situation is vastly different
with the farmer when he comes to buy
the tools, machinery, clothing and 9TH
er necessities OF life. He finds every
crops taxed higher and higher, until,
as Governor Wilson says, "it is get
ting to be next to impossible for the
American farmer to make a legitimate
profit" The farmers implements,
their smaller tools. wagons, household
articles, clothing, lumber, and harvest
ing machinery has steadily risen in
price.
DUE TO ARTIFICIAL CAUSES.
That this rise in prices has been due
to artificial causes is proven by the
fact that the Identical articles used by
the American farmer are sold abroad
| for from % to 40 per cent less. B. D.
! Townsend, in his report to President
Roosevelt on the harvester trust, re-
ported that the same harvesting ma
/ chimes that were made by the trust in
/ Chicago and sold to the American
| farmer for $125, are sold in Russia for
| $50 and 800. Nothing but the tariS
enables the trust TO thus rob the Amer,
lean farmer, because. if it were not for
the tariff, the danger of competition
/ from Canada would force the Ameri,
/ can trust to sell its machines for one
! price to all
| Governor Wilson has shown a deep
grasp of the tariff question as it af-
fects the farmer, and it is certain that
/ before the campaign is much older he
Will have some Illuminating things TO
say to the farmer on this vital subject
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

THE STATES DUTY TO MOTHERS.
Once upon a time a woman had a
sort of blind confidence that a man
could support a family somehow or
other, anyway. 1t was his duty. So
ciety was patterned that way. So she
married and bore children, and if dis
aster came before the husband and
father had been able to provide for the
future of his family, she was thrown
upon the charity of relatives or friends
or she took in washing or possibly
went into the more genteel occupation
of seamstress At any rate, she never
made more than starvation wages and
Der family of little ones suffered &C
cordingly.
A little later on society had grand
idea. II built charitable institutions
for children and, when a wife was
bereft of her husband, society just
took the children away from her, too
Society argued that it was better for
the children, no matter how much the
separation tore the mothers heart.
But charitable institutions, we are
finding, don't give the best results
where children are concerned. Like
the incubator chickens, the children
grow up without a domestic sense. II
has been found that large percentage
Of deserving husbands were asylum
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Geina. Going!


We see the summer waning
And merging into fall.
Jack Frost outside is waiting
And threatening to call.
The melancholy moments
OF which the poets sing
When they have stomach troubles
Will soon be in, the ring.
Great Caesars ghost and others,
BY which at times we swear.
How summer does go kiting.
AS though it couldn't spare
A single half minute
To sit around and be
Our lazy boon companion
Before 1t needs must feel
We hardly cease our greeting
And saying II is great
Before II serves a notice
That finished is its date.
When II. as We had fancied.
Had settled down to stay
That 1t must pack its trappings
And soon he on its way.
Then fare you we'll. sweet summer!
You'll come again. tits true.
But meanwhile what's your hurry?
We are not sore on you.
Wed like it all the better.
Could some way but be found,
To bride old Mother Nature
To let you stick around
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

has made thus far
in the campaign
that he attach a
great deal of i'm
portance to the
question of the tar
if as it affects
farmers. The dem
ocratic candidate
put this W h o | e
question into a nut
shell when he said:
The farmerdOes
not derive any ben
Gifts from the tar
if when he goes to
market TO sell his
products, but on
everything the far.
mer buys there is
an artifcially high
price, due to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

Senator Penrose says he managed
the Roosevelt campaign in Pennsylva-
MIA and received a letter from the
colonel thanking him for the services
In the light OF the colonels present
attitude toward him, Senator Penrose
asks: rs this gratitude, mendacity, or
political aphasia?" After his securing
s15O.OO0 from the Standard Oil com.
pany for the campaign, his question
appears reasonable and fair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24


DECEPTION FOR YEARS.
High protectionists in congress have
for many years deceived the farmers
into believing that because a tariff was
kept on wheat and corn, the farmer
was necessarily benefited thereby.
That this is false logic is apparent to
any student of American import and
export statistics This country pro-
duces more wheat and corn than the
American people consume, which OBJ
viOusly makes it impossible for any
foreign country to sell wheat or corn
here. Europe, which is the great mar
ket for surplus American grain, uses
all the grain produced there for home
consumption, and in addition the Eur
opean countries have to send over here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Do You Remember

Do you Hemember-
The day when your great-great-
grandfather was born?
Who first punched a hole in an
American penny?
fried eggs?
The exact words you used in your
first tussle with a safety razor?
When the lawn mower was last
oiled?
When your wife last had birthday
Where you put that letter your wife
told you to mail year ago?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

true civic spirit than to give s. to-
ward drinking fountain.
Reform is like charity-it. should be-
gin at home. but seldom does.
Every time man feels a little out
Of health he begins to worry for fear
his wife's second husband will sQuan-
der all his life insurance.
The worst thing about baseball fe-
yer is that one attack successfully re-
covered from doesn't render the victim
immune.
There's nothing more pathetic than
to see a poor. Woodworking man enter
tanning the children Sunday morning
while his wife is gossiping with the
neighbors-nor more rare.
The high cost OF living as topic is
as great boon to the politician as the
weather is to the rest Of us.
Il may not be easier on your con-
science to compliment a man than to
tell him what you think Of him. but it
is often easier on your anatomy.
Spring chicken is mighty good, but
after you have dressed one while your
wife stood by and bossed the job you'll
! be willing to take yours in veal outlets
More men would quit the use Of to,
bacco If they were not afraid Of the
! gum chewing habit.
Lots of US aim to do right, but the
devil joys our elbows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

After 81 years Of continuous labor,
during which time he has been in the
employ OF one railroad company, Ed
ward Scanlon, IS years old and a ma
chinist Of the Wabash railroad. has
decided 10 take a vacation. He has
earned a vacation on full pay for the
remainder Of his natural life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

His Reasoning.
"Why do you
drink 2"
ITO drown my
troubles"
But drinking
makes trouble"
Then ! have
to keep drowning
it"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

Taft is being praised for the stiffness
OF his backbone. Yes. and the strength
OF his stomach. He accepted that
Chicago convention nomination from
Crane. Penrose, Guggenheim, ct al.
without batting an eye.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

A New York astronomer insists he
saw a bull moose constellation kicked
in the ribs by a donkey, and the result
was a great cloud of star dust. OBJ
viously his favorite drink is not the
bull moose cocktail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
WHY THE CHANGED ATTITUDE

Il Is a peculiar thing since Roose.
welt has become a candidate for pres
went now bad the republican party
has been from his standpoint. and how
bad he has become from the standpoint
OF the republican party And yet we
can not see that there has been any
change in either Mr.. Roosevelt or the
republican party.
A few months ago every prominent
republican was lauding Mr.. Roosevelt
as the one greatest American. On the
other hand, Mr.. Roosevelt had for
years been pictuTing the republican
party as the party which possessed all
the virtues and all the patriotism OF
a. he people Of all the states. Now
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
WASHINGTON AS A JUMPER.
The Father of His Country Was a
Champion In His Day.

The Father of His Country Was
Champion In His Day.
There is an athletic record of which
every American ought TO be proud, al
though it Is not found in any sporting
chronicle. IL was made by George
Washington Of Virginia and was a
running broad jump of twenty-five feet
three inches.
Exactly when and where Washington
made this jump is not known. but il
seems to be historical.
Thackeray refers to ii in The Vir-
ginians." where be tells OF the jumping
match between Harry Warrington and
Lord March and RuGien. Harry wins
with jump of twenty-one feet three
inches against his iordship's eighteen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
1ransparent

Transparent
81 do hate to see you men bothering
that timid little Brown girl
'Ah. see"
See what?'
That's the reason you draw US all
around you with your charming smile 4"
''Not 1 wanted to see how you'd ex-
plain It"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

Pruning wherever 1t can, congress
nevertheless voted 70 continue the
free distribution of seeds at a cost OF
S226.94O, TO say nothing OF the mail
carrying cost
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill. entered at the
postofnce as second-elass mattsr)
Rock Island Member Of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

Wonder II Roosevelt will ever learn
that the mere accusation that the 9TH
er fellow is a liar is no argument and
does not prove anything?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Things to Avoid

Things to Avoid
Being eaten by a lion.
Telling a woman exactly how she
looks.
Losing your left little toe.
Dying.
Bill collectors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
No Temotation,

No Temptation.
What is his reputation in the neigh
borhoodT'
"He never stole sheep
Then you consider him honestT
We'll, all the neighbors keep cross
dogs"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
A QUESTION of Title.

=
After another season." said Farmer
Corntossel. Il guess we'll have a
chef"
What's a cheff'' asked his wife
a chef is man with a big enough
vocabulary to give the soEp a differ
ent name every day."-Washington
STIR.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Try Rock Island First

ct am modestly suggesting that the
people break into their own house and
live there. "-Woodrow Wilson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Liked the Brand.

LINGG tflS ~ dfd
81 wish | were Il Socialist
81 am surprised"
isn't it all right to be Socialist"
''If you want to. Have you been
studying the subject?"
mo, but | have been reading about
the millionaire Socialists. 1t is one Of
that sort | want to be"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus)
Washington, Aug. Ex-Governor Will
son has indicated in the speeches he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
sY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMs-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. in Rock Island
Complaints Of delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where II is desired 10 have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises.
All communications OF arsumentative
character. politicaI or religious. mus;
have real name attached for publ:ca-
tion. No suck articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones In all departments: Cen
tr1l Union. West 145. 1lAS and 2lIs
Union Electric. s145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Hurnor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN H. snsrA

IT'S easier to preach the beauties of a
true civic spirit than to give s. to-
ward a drinking fountain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Imposed on Them.

He couldn't sing the old songs
He knew that in advance
But he had kindly neigEborx,
And so he took a chance,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24
Aug. "a IN American
History.

1S10-Theodore Parker. clergyman and
radical thinker. born in Lexington.
Mass: died 1860
1915 Washington captured by the
British. and the capitol and other
public buildings burned.
1S92-Glouces,e or. Mass. celebrated the
two hundred and fftieth anniver-
gary Of its settlement dG42l
1903-MajoT Charles II. Smith CBin
Arp wei Known southern humor-
list. died: born 1876
Care in nowise 20 make more OF
money. but care 10 make much Of Il
John kuskin-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

Reform is like charity-it. should be-
gin at home. but seldom does.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

Every time man feels a little out
Of health he begins to worry for fear
his wife's second husband will sQuan-
der all his life insurance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-24

The worst thing about baseball fe-
yer is that one attack successfully re-
covered from doesn't render the victim
immune.