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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21

portation whom railways have been de.
yeloped along the shortest and most
seryfceable lines; but they also Know
that this class Of natural monopones'
IL comparatively small and that there
IL no analogy between the reguiation
of railways and the regulation OF ar
tificial monopoly created by deiiperate
combination and agreement, based NOT
upon efficiency. but upon controi OF
particular product and particular
markets."
The Democratic party realizes that
business IN our day must be done on
large scale. but it. knows that there
is a size which 10 natural and Size
which is unnatural in business. Inc
ronono,v OF unnatural size 10 built
,non certain forms Of agreements
certain kinds OF practices. certain un-
aerstandings with regard to con'roi
which are not often aimed at either
e47cisncy or economy. The Democratic
party holds thu, prosperity Is not de-
penden. upon monopoly. and that nam
tenance of just competition and iree-
DOM Of opportunity are essential Inc
Democratic party would not condone
the evil in unnatural monopoly nut eA-
else It. The Democratic policy wouio
bs one OF wholesome constructiveness'
restoring rishtful competition instead
Of yok,ng tho government with the
trusts in questionable control Oh
monopoly
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21

contribution Of t1.ss 70 needy rsls.
tives. When It IL remembered that
the average weekly wage II about
IS, It 10 evident that women and girl
wage.earners In this class OF estab-
lishments in New York are on a bare
subsistence level. and have little, II
any, margin for amusement. recre-
alton, sickness. or for the purpose OF
carrying them over period OF cur
tailment In employment. These are
the conditions which Mayor Gaynor
considers largely responsible for the
social evil in New York.
What is the remedy? Obviously
revision Of the tariff and the elimi-
nation OF other forms OF special privi-
lege will add to the purchasing power
Of this class OF wage-earners. and 10
that extent place them farther above
their present scant means OF subsis-
tence. But as desirable as a tariff
revision is. in this connection 1t would
be merely superficial treatment. the
fundamental cause is deeper. 1t lies IN
the competition which exists between
manufacturing and mercantile estao'
lishments ana centres. SO far as the
department stores are concerned on
the special sales" and bargain days
Very few employers desire to pay low
wages. They know that cheap en-
ployes In reality are not economical,
and, furthermore. they do not wish to
exploit human necessity and weakness.
But II one employer pays high wages
his competitors will not follow his
lead. They will be able to produce
commodities or sell them at lower
cost and thus destroy the business
OF the humanitarian merchant or
manufacturer. In those forms Oh
business and industrial enterprise en-
ploying large masses OF unskilled per-
sons, the remedy suggested by a Ger
tain class of reformers consists In
State interference and the prescribing
and enforcing upon all employers OF
certain rates of payment to their en-
Moves. Such a method of procedure
has met with success abroad by the
creation Of boards or commissions
composed of prominent and impartial
persons who. after careful investiga-
ton and study, formulate minimum
rates Of payment to wage-earners In
clothing factories. stores. mines ana
other branches Of business activity.
This plan. it is argued os
its advocates. could be adopted in New
York and in other cities Of this coun-
try in a conservative form adapted 10
our conditions. The effect upon Gus
toners would be imperceptible. it Is
urged. and even if strongly felt. such
a plan of social relief would undouot-
edly meet with their full approval
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
FREE SCHOOL BOOKS.

That there should be some misur-
Outstanding OF the method used FOR
beginning the new policy OF furnish
ing free textbooks to the school chill
dren Of Richmond was perhaps In
eyitable. Yet the basis OF the new
plan is perfectly clear. The endeavor
IL to make the $4,000 appropriated
for this purpose so as far as possible
the first year. This demands that
MANY of the books previously used be
exchanged for new texts. To the child
who has completed one grade the old
books are practically useless. But TO
his successor they are OF their orig
inal value. Therefore the pupil is
saving money by exchanging his old
texts for new. In cases where the Ola
books have been lost or DESTROYED, the
narents must buy new texts in their
nlaces. All books will be furnished TO
the children entering the. first grade
OF the primary. At the end OF the
session they will be returned TO the
School Board. whose property they
are and a new set lent to the pupil.
In other words, the texts are TO De
used for the term just as are the seats
and furnishings of the schools. They
will then be passed on to the next gem
Grafton needing them. When the sys-
tenn is firmly established each year
only those books will have to be
bought that are needed to replace
worn out or disused volumes.
That the plan is very advantageous
has been shown by an Increased en-
-oln,ent. due. according to the super"
intendent largely 20 the fact that stu
dents kept from attending school by
inability to purchase the texts can
now use them free. There is absolute
" no stigma attaching to the free
school book. They merely represent
the ideal Of using taxes for the sup
port Of the schools in a new way. In
so far as every individual contributes
to the wealth Of the city. he is thereby
paying for whatever is returned to his
children in service.
The value to the community Of each
educated and eficient boy or girl pro-
duced by the public schools amply JUS
titles any expenditure the community
may make upon such preparation for
life. Richmond is lending its present
wealth with the certainty Of tenfold
return in a better class Of citizens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
FEMININE RAlMENT.

One woman there Is who describes
her sex's universal and illimitable love
Of fine. luxurious and costly raiment.
Miss Ida NJ Tarbell declares that the
complication OF woman's life by the
domination Of clothes Is extremely
serious" All too often her clothes
are a woman's vocation rather than
her avocation. If home duties inter-
fere with your clothes. cut out your
home duties, the feminine slogan seems
to be sometimes. Man has conquered
his passion for ornament. Man clothes
himself, but woman arrays herseli-
Miss Tarbell recognizes that woman is
often possessed of clothes mania.
Napoleon allowed his pleasure-lov-
ing Empress. Josephine. 100000 year
for her toilet. but Josephine was like
a great many other women-she
couldn't stay within bounds. for she
averaged $4,000 a year for her adorn-
rnent. That would seem record fig
ure. but Miss Tarbell asserts that last
summer one woman in American So
ciety bought in Europe a half-dozen
night gowns. for which she paid ST.
600 each Miss Tarbell adds:
There are women who will start
on a journey with 100 or $50 pairs of
shoes There are others who bring
back from Europe forty or fifty new
gowns for a season. What can one
think OF a bill for $500 for stockings
in one season. Of $4,000 for a seasons
gowns, coats and hats from one shop
and as much more in the aggregate Tor
the same articles in the same period
from other shops?"
One woman pays $4,000 in duties
annually on the jewelry and clothing
she brings back from Europe. That
duty represents an outlay of about
100000 1t included more than ST.
200 for hats and more than $4,000 for
other items.
But that is none Of any mans bust
ness, we are told. All this. 1t Is de-
clared, does not concern the men:
Theirs not to make reply
Theirs not to reason why"
Theirs but to pay the bills.
Patiently he must plod along ever
willing to surrender his savings for
a rag. a whalebone and hank Of
some dead Chinaman's hair.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
A HARD STRUGGLE.

1t has long been pointed out by
sociologists that the greater part OF
the social evil OF the present day
arises from the pressure OF economic
necessity. or, in other words. is caused
by the low wages and hard conditions
Of employment imposed by our in
dustrial and commercial system upon
women and girls who are struggling
TO support themselves or others de-
pendent upon them. The same inter-
probation of existing conditions in New
York City was given by Mayor Gaynor
last Tuesday in the course OF his tes-
tinony before the alderman!c inves-
tigators Of police affairs. When asked
what he had done to stop the social
evil. Mayor Gaynor replied that the
social evil could not be efectually
checked by police activity, but "by
educating our merchants and en-
ployers to pay young girls and women
living wages"
The statistics which are available
seem TO bear out Mayor Gaynor's as
sertion. A recent and complete inves-
tigation by the Federal Bureau OF
Labor OF twelve o: the largest depart
meat stores in New York. having in
the aggregate 1920 women employees,
showed that twenty-eight per cent
earned less than IS each week The
average weekly rate OF pay was only
s1.es. A further compilation Of re-
turns received from 1000 women en-
pIoyes OF department and retail stores
r.iIls and factories disclosed even more
Interesting Information. The average
age o. these women workers was be.
tween twenty and twenty-one years
their experience as wAse-eaTaeEs aver
aged over three years. and their aver
age weekly earnings were only s5.I2
Fer tbs SUE they worked af;y-eish ii
hours each week or Amos: ten hoar:
each day. In addition they gave thei:
! services Coz ter evenings during IN,
holiday season.
The great majority o. the depart
( Deni store employees are girls with az
average o: nineteen years. They u.s.
, ally are the sole or partia! support %
I their families. The average amour
! paid as board or a. a family co.tri
\ button b. these girls was ascsrtaine,
BY the Bureau q Labor TO be 353s
I \ considerable proportion 81 q,
F. women store employees. however. ~,
older aHd arc "adT.fi.~ or. 'n oths
words. are not Lying % homo. TIE,
pay on an average igss .Aca wei
for food. shelter and laundry. On
out q every eve os these homeIcs
: women also make az average ~ee.I,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
THE COST OF DISEASE.

If there be one thing that modern
science has demonstrated IT is the
staggering cost of vice. disease and
The whole tenor Of the
present m Getting Of the American Pub
lie Health Association in Washington
is an endeavor to present the economic
waste due to inefficient bodily ma
chinery. The remedy unanimously ad-
vocated is not taking care Of the DIS
eased at enormous expense. but pre-
vention with a comparatively small
outlay One lecturer stated that the
United States pay $4,000, 100000 an
nually as the cost Of vice in all forms.
DR.. Hurry, Of Indiana, who Is one
of the foremost health authorities in
the world, declared that there Is no
monsy in i'll health or sickness except
for the doctor, druggist and under
taker, and that they frequently spend
all they make from sickness in pay
ing for ills developed in their own
bodies through neglect. He continued:
Right in front Of US and always
present stands an archangel fully ac-
credited. who is ready to teach us how
to drive i'll health, disease. imbecility,
insanity. crime and pauperism from
the earth. His name is Hygiene"
The decrease in drunkenness Is a
striking example OF how the demand
for physical efficiency brings untold
benefits. More than any crusade on
moral grounds, or emotional temper
ance movements. has the demand by
railroads. big corporations and all en-
ployers for service unhamp cred by in
toxication reduced the ine.iciency due
to the overindulgence in intoxicants.
The same lesson can be drawn from
the cost Of vice. 1t saps the physical
and moral strength and takes heavy
toll each year from the very fowe!
Of the country's manhood. 1t results
In weakened bodies and wills. The
weakness and disease directly trace
able TO vice is coming TO be recognized
as an economic loss The time Is no;
far OF when employers will require
cleanliness of life from their work
men as they now require sooriety.
Morals are rot matters OF dollars
and cents. but It would be wise foG
Richmond to consider how much is
spent here every year in payment foI
the vice bill. One lesson from the re-
cent revelations OF immoral conditions
ventive hygiene as a cure for sue.
social plaques. II is tine for civiliza.
tion TO realize that social disease csF
only be fought By the same preventive
measures that are slowly cutting Gowr
the annual cost Of dis Ease
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
Our Fourth Party.

We expect to get a presidential
nomination ourself. The emblem Of
our party will be the. Mephitis Me-
phitis, otherwise Polecat, otherwise
Skunque.
In our speech Of acceptance We will
outline the following policies:
Abolition of tips to porters in par
Ter cars.
Clean roller towels.
Mattresses in country hotels must
learn to talk English instead OF Hot
tentot.
Railroad tables that can be read
and understood by others than col
lege graduates.
Abolition Of the cat-hop and bob
tailed flush in poker games.
Open season on straw hats to be
extended to October I.
Fine and Imprisonment for barten-
DER who serves cocktail with his
thumb in it
Clean coats for young gentlemen
working at soda fountains.
Equal rights for men
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
WILSON on MONOPoLIEs.

Opposition to the Roosevelt idea OF
legalized and government-controll
monopoly has so far been the most
prominent text taken by Governor
Wilson. The stock reply to his argu-
ments against such a policy as to bust
logic Of his position would force him
to propose the abandonment OF the In
ters,ate Commerce Commission as we'll
as the various several State railroad
and public service commissions. since
they are no more than governmental
agencies :or the regulation Of monopo-
lies permitted by law.
The. Democratic nominee is not
driven into any such corner. He Diff
ferentiates between natural and arti-
fetal monopolies. He Is not opposed
to rnonopol.es which are inherently
necessary; what he is opposed to Is the
establishment and the maintenance Of
monopolies that are not inevitable and
which would not exist II competition
were permitted To parallel a rail-
road o. to build a competing public
service system N a municipality al
ready adequately served is unquest:on-
ably an economic waste, and the
recognition and protection Of such ma
,ural moEopol;es Is demanded by COM
mon sense. The choice II such a case
10 between regulated monopoly and
unregulated monopoly. Governor VIII
son Is for regulation. Ct course; his
conduct il reference TO the public
utilities Of New Jersey IS evidence tina:
Evening Post puts 8. Instead OF
jumping 20 the conclusion tha, every
:h!rg that car be monopcIized. BY hook
Or crook. naUs; be Inonopclized, lie says
that the various departments OF pro.
duction ana exchange shall be KEEP,
open TO independent enterprise. Just as
far as the prevention OF unfair prsc.
tees for the thEott!!ns Q: conpeti,Io,
can keep them open"
The Democratic nominee II his Co.
lvnbus speech yesterday declared ,ha'
the Republicans are very vague about
what tie CHE: Cause @: tie presea,
high prices 10. because as q matte,
Of fac. tie cs:e. cause !. the -za.!pu
Iafion of prices by TIE tTEsts- tt.
Republicans. regular AID progressive
are tender toward the trusts. KNOWN,
that monopoly IL pTaciiccd BY "a,
trusts and Is their. object bat wSs,
the suggestion is made TIA, Tnoao7oI
may - DESTROYED. the Republicans or,
on, In horror that monopoly has cor.
90 stay. that business must ,. big a.
that raonopoiies must eoatfoI u
rsrks,s
The rsiirosds. Governor wIlsSa q,
plies. are admittedly by nstvT. Eiopog
ogatie. Every scononis; knows II
familiar proof that competition is y,
often feasible. and ~ Sometimes fnaf
csslly wssse.uI In the feld of tran.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
On the Spur Of the
Moment.


AeeerdinG - UAele Ab1eA
When a campaign orator wants to
give time for applause he stops and
takes q drink Of water. however pain.
full 1t may be.
Almost everybody likes red ha:r. on
somebody else.
Where is the old-fashioned gal who
used to make red flannel penwipers
for birthday presents
Since Hank Purdy has been In love
with the grass wilder down by the
crossroads. he has lost four fingers
at the sawmill. His mind hasn't been
on his work.
A steam laundry kin do more tricks
with a 50-cent shirt in Ave 'ntnu.es
than a monkey can with a cocnanuL
AS times goes by one Is Impressed
with the fact that wooden socks 70:
lar as they were back in the sixties.
One thing I never heard q woman
Drag about Is her age.
II every teller would git to bed at
8 o'clock at night and git UP at 6
o'clock in the morning there wouldn't
be so many sanitariums dom bust.
ness In the country.
Anse F'risby has got q new visible
typewriter. but she is never visible
when Anses wife calls.
Very few poets git arrested Ter
speeding their automobiles.
There are more varieties OF pro-
gressiyes in this country than OF
pickles.
Another who has disappeared is the
old Teller who used go into the hard
ware store and sharpen his false
teeth on a grindstone.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21

Governor Mann issued a hay proc
Ismstion some time ago. attracting
much attention. and now he issues =
ssrd-o0rn proclamation. soon some
oue'wIu Dc writing the Governor down
as . baJ-sc"d Governor the Black
stone Cogri.T says
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
The Richmond Boosters

The Richmond Booster train arrived
IN Salisbury this morning at $50
O'Clock and the Boosters had the stage
for two hours and f:ty-five minutes
The hour was early. but nevertheless
there were folks at the station The
train came over from Charlotte. where
the Boosters rad such a big time ard
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
Natural Gas.


Those campaign speeches that we
hear
Along about this time OF year
Are surely music to the ear:
We simply cannot help but cheer
The talker when he's through.
He makes US think that black IL
white.
Down at the town hall every night
He demonstrates that wrong is right
We join him in his dreamy flight
Into the azure blue.
Before we fully realized,
He has US finely hypnotized
And lulled to sleep and mesmertzed.
And put to rights and catechised.
He's nailed US to the mast.
He's got US in a state of mind
Where We are deaf and dumb and
blind
To argument not Of his kind.
To stick to him We are all signed
To stick until the last.
Another Teller comes along
Next night and sings another song.
He shows US where his rivars
wrong
And how We simply can't belong
Unless We change our views.
He's got the other skinned a mile.
He's keener than a rat-tail die.
Before he's through we simply pile
Into his wagon in great style,
And gladly spread the news.
We listen to a dozen more,
Who upset ali we've heard before,
We analyze 'em to the core
Down at the corner grocery store
When we are at our ease.
They may as well not have begun,
They've not convinced a single one.
OF course it gives us lots Of fun.
But. after all is said and done.
We vote as we dang please.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21

John l. sullivan is for the Colonel
lie IS the very man 20 help slug over
IN. ropes" the thieves who stole the
nomination.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
That's What They All Say.

My husband and never have
cross word"
Gee, Bill. your straw hat Is
classic. i had one like 1t nine years
ago"
My wife never has to ask me for
money"
When I move to New York I want
you to come and see me. I'm going
to live there when I get rich"
We live in the queerest neighbor-
hood you ever saw. It's simply splen-
did. I'd like to sell you my place.
It's just what you want
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21

When IL comes TO a chorus. give us
the John Marshall High school one
every time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21

How about thst dollar yoJ ver.
goinF % send t. the Wilson campaign
fgnd!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21

Who was william d. Mckinley. any
waye
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18

Automatic Refrigerators
are superior to all others.
Pay for themselves in ice
savings C. H. Mason, 6
and 3 w Mitchell street
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
A GREAT PHYS ICIAN
DECIDED IT

II was decided that the late pr NJ
Gardner, at that time surgeon general Of
the southern Pacific Railroad Company
should he asked to select theoretically in
durable case Of chronic Brieht'S disease He
picked out an employee in Arizona whose
case had been passed on by three s r
r. Z physicians. Case involved alhmen
casts, dropsy and patient was SO weak
he was in night sweats Or. Gardner did
NOT believe he could live so days
lie was put on Fulton's Renal Com
pound and we waited, In 80 days inn
provemcnt was reported and less than six
months later patient was recommended
for light employment. tests by the local
physicians whom we never saw reporting
disappearance of the albumen and casts
Or Gardeners faVora BILE report (our thir-
~ fourth test case) caused the closure Of
the negotiations and the determination to
announce the results tulton's Renal Com
pound is getting in kidney disease
It can be had AT Frank Fdmondson q
Bro, n South Broad and 100 North Pryor
streets
Ask for pamphlet or write to John j.
Fulton Company. San Francisco
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-18
MO e PHsN E
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Write for Free Booklet No 2 Address
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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-06-27
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