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Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

presidential; year just naturally eau I
and mustn't be a good business year,
says the Washington Times.
1t is an interesting old fallacy, that
presidential year is Of necessity bad
business year. The notion is based on
utter misunderstanding of the facts
Experience shows that presidential
years have commonly been excellent
business seasons. Nature commonly
blesses them with good crops-which
of course has been mere coincidence
and other things move along with
the crop development. All the plat
forms and speeches and factions and
schims that the politicians can pro-
vide, can avail little as against pro-
per distribution of rain and sunshine
and due reticence on the part Of the
frost in the early autumn.
Industry, agriculture, transportation,
all are looking up as they have not
done at this midsummer season in
years past. The railroads face car
shortages and are tumbling over each
other to get cars and motive power.
The steel industry is crowded with or
ders for more railroad and construction
work. Merchandise of all kinds is in a
most satisfactory condition, with buy
ing on such proportions that an au-
tumn, winter, and spring boom is anti
cipated very widely. The foreign de-
mand for all the things we have to sell
is good and getting better and we are
going to have plenty Of it to sell, at
good prices.
Prosperity simply can't be kept out
of a place like this when conditions
insist on forcing it in, and that's what
they are doing this present summer
Fargo Courier-News.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

ent time. These various new lines
win open up millions Of acres Of new
and fertile land and make more acces.
sible to market, millions more already
under cultivation. Out Of this maze
Of rails Devils Lake and Ramsey
county have already secured one new
road, the 500, and with little ener-
getic work on the part Of our business
men, may easily secure another and
even more important one, the Min
neapolis & st. Louis, which is plan
ming to build north and south through
the state, starting at point on the
southern boundary in Sargent county,
with the evident intention Of ulti-
mately tapping the great wheat fields
OF northwestern Canada. Roads now
building will undoubtedly settle for
all time the question Of which will
be the best and largest cities in the
state. Where the rails go there will
business 60. Are Devils Lake bust
ness men alive to their opportunitys
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16


In his speech on the steel trust and
how to curb it, representative Stan
ley, Of Kentucky, who was chairman
Of the committee which had the in
vestigation Of the steel trust in charge,
told his auditors, the national house
Of representatives., that one way to
cure the evils worked by the trust
on the industries Of the United States
was to absolutely divorce the steel in.
dustry from the railroads. His speech
was bitter arraignment of John D.
Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan an dthe 9th.
er men who have made the steel in
dustry the arbiter of commerce and
industry in the United States. But
now that Mr.. Stanley and his colleag-
ues have told us what Is the matter
will they 60 sstep' farther and tell
US what we are going to do about it,
and, that being done, how we are go.
ing to do iti -, =.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

A Lacrosse, Wis, disciple of Isak
Walton, becoming impatient because
the fish would not bite, proceeded, as
he put it, to wake them up by letting
big charge of dynamite in the Mis-.
sissippi. The resulting explosion
awoke some Of the fish and put others
to sleep permanently. It also awoke
some Of the authorities and the dyna.
inter was nabbed and jailed, and he
now declares that the next time he
fires a charge of high explosive that
he will put Maxim silencer on it.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

The. Sultan Of Morocco has voluntar.
lily given up his job. Voluntarily,
that is, if you don t take into consid.
Grafton the fact that the French gov.
eminent threatened to shoot him SO
full Of holes that he wouldn't hold
wheat straw if he didn' It. This king
business is not SO popular as it was
in the olden days, in fact there are
certain evidences that it is about to
ploy lot Of extra help at large ex-
least that is what happened to the jvn
OF Mulai Hafd, erstwhile Sultan Of
Morocco.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

One Of the inconsistencies of modern
journalism appeared in the Fargo Eve.
ming Telegram, day or two this week.
Up in one corner, near the heading,
appeared the announcement "fastest
growing paper in the northwest. y
Right under the heading appears the
announcement Of A. Y. More, the pub.
Usher, to the effect that the paper
will cease to exist this evening and
that only the Courier-News will be is.
sued hereafter. Probably the con.
founded Telegram grew too fast-died
from overgrowth as it were.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

The democrats "and other progress
ives" are to have d banquet at Bis
marck September g.. The "other pro.
gressives" mentioned are probably
some republicans who were defeated
for nomination at the late primary
election. We have always observed
that defeat for Office has tendency
to make imam .lprogressive"-he
usually progressed" over into some
other party where : chance to grab
an official teat was better. The only
other thing wrong chat we noticed
in the call for the banquet is that it
ranks the democrats as progressive
backwards OF sidewisei
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.

North Dakota has a floating harvest
population each year. The United
States is getting the came way-a.
far as the laboring immigrants are con
cerned. The situation is peculiar. L
indicates that hundreds of thousand.
OF foreigners come to this country
not to. become citizens-not to max,
this land their permanent home-bu,
for temporary employment.
This was demonstrated a few wear!
ago during the business depression
Thousands Of aliens gathered .thei,
boarded savings, packed their belong
ings and returned to their native land
At times the number Of the returning
foreigners exceeded those seeking en-
trance.
The conditions are now reversed
With bounteous harvests-with til,
furnaces relighted and the mills ant
factories running full blast-vast ar
mics Of immigrants are again comm,
to the United. States. During June
there were $4,000 and the July rusl
was high. =.
This class is mere floating labor
not the kind that will seek permanent
homes in this country-and assimilat,
themselves with the present popula
ton. The coming and going of thi
transient class forms a barometer /,
business conditions. Incidentally thi
is. one Of the most pulling phases O.
the immigration question.
One Of the effects is to greatly dis
turb. labor conditions. It keeps mem
bers Of organized labor in more or les
confusion and in some classes causes .
depression in wages. Another featur,
is the radical conflicts that arise AMI
cause large percentage of the Grim
inal court business.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16
THE rsYsrEM'' IN OUR CITIES.

Thanks to the System, high officials
of New York City sleep on volcano
which may 80 into eruption at any
moment. When the confding Police
Commissioner Waldo was in Montreal
last month he told his fellow police
chiefs tnat his great work for the New
York police had been the elimination
Of politics.
Poor fellow! At the very moment
he was speaking, the plot to murder
Rosenthal was Matching. His remarks
reached New York by wire, about the
time Rosenthal made his first visit to
District Attorney Whitman. He had
scarcely gotten his official chair warm
again when he was forced to face the
tremendous scandal Of the Rosenthal
killing.
Eliminate politics! If politics had
been eliminated from the police, there
would hav been no Rosenthal, no
Becker-and no Waldo, for that mat
ter. He and they are product of pol.
itics. Tammany makes him the head
because he advertises we'll, but Becker
was nearer the center. He knew things
that Waldo didn't. He was part of
the System. Waldo was in it, but not
of it.
The System wins and loses, but new
er gives up. It lost when Samuel j..
Tilden and George Jones put Tweed
out Of business. 1t lost again when
stripes were put on John Y. McKane.
It lost again when the Lexow Com
mittee forced the removal of various
police captains who had amassed great
fortunes on salary Of three thous-
and year. But in between these
events, the System has won.
It has fattened on the gamblers, the
thugs, three women, even the children
Of the town. It has taken toll every
where.
The System is too strong for the
transient public official. Spasmodic
reform movements scorch but never
kill it. Everlasting vigilance is the
only effective weapon against forces
that are forever striving to make our
cities a>hell on earth.-Minneapolis
Journal. -.>-.-.. :.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16
THE COMMON NAN,

He toiled and still was glad
Because the air was free,
Because he loved, and she
That claimed his love and he
Shared all the joys they hadl
Because the grasses grew
Because the sweet winds blew,
Because that he could hew
And hammer, he was glad.
Because he lived he smiled,
And did not look. ahead
With bitterness or dread,
But nightly sought his bed
As calmly as a child.
And people called him mad
For being always glad
With such things as he had,
And shook their heads and smiled.
Anon.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

They electrocuted seven men at Sing
Sing prison, New York, yesterday, le-
gally murdered them, as matter Of
fact, probably under the theory that
two wrongs make one right. Capital
punishment is relic, Of the old No.
siac law, "an eye for an eye. and a
tooth for tooth" No good end was
served by killing these men. They
were all murderers, it is true, but their
taking off did not bring back to life
any Of their victims. The state had
no more right, morally, to kill these
men than did the men to kill those
for whose murder they were shocked to
death. Capital punishment is relic
Of barbarism and it's abolition is but
a matter Of a few years.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

Rev. Golightly Morrill, Of Minneap.
oils pulpit orator, baseball bug, gentle.
man and good fellow, is said to be
seriously considering the proposition Of
becoming a candidate for mayor Of
Minneapolis. By Heck if Golightly gets
into that game there will be something
doing in New Sweden, and the Going
won t be very Light (ly) for some of
the cheap grafters, either. y. T.. @
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

It has been estimated that the cost
Of moving a ton Of produce one mile
over q good road is about ten cents,
over the roads Of the United States,
about % cents. If the roads Of this
country were put in such shape that
a ton Of produce could be moved for
10 cents it would effect saving Of
more than $4oo,ooo,ooo each year, en-
ough, as the statstician put it, to build
the Panama Canal and to fortify it.
We are wasteful people, and no mis-
take.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

A ION was born to.k1sss John Jacob
Aston yesterday morning. The boy
is reported lively; and healthy, with
two eyes, two hands, couple Of feet
and three million dollars to start with
Otherwise he is no more remarkable
than the son that was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ole Olson of North Dakota, about
the same hour. And our money j. or
Young Olson, TO- best ont the scion Of
the American "Aeistocracy" in the
race Of life.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

1t is generally understood among
men who follow political affairs at all
closely, that movement is on foot
to resurrect the vote Of the last pri.
mary election, with the ultimate view
of having Buchanan declared tht re-
publican nominee for governor. Just
how this is to be brought about, in
view Of the fact that Hanna received
the most vo.es, OF what it is hoped to
accomplish if, by any hook or crook,
the deal is put through, has not been
explained. We understand tina: the
men behind the movement are Roose.
welt men and interested in the newly
organized third party. If this is true
then they cannot afford to leave Ian.
ma out Of all consideration, as Hanna
wac one of the original Roosevelt. men
vt the state, and was foremost "a the
effort to further Teddy's interests,
prior to the holding Of the national
republican convention. That Roose.
welt lost the delegates from this state
was no fault Of Hanna's. The crux
Of the whole matter is that the men
who are most anxious to see Buchaa.
an a candidate for governor are the
very men most anxious to see Hanna
defeated at all costs, and are cloaking
that desire under the specious plea
that inasmuch as the progressive par
ty is totally distinct party and there.
fore must have complete state tick
ct. If these men are really DESTROYS
of Roosevelt's success, they will han
die that third party state ticket with
asbestos gloves. They may be able te
fool themselves in the belief that they
are earnest, honest and conscientious
but they. are going 10 have q hard job
convincing the voters Of the state that
they are anything more than meddlers
seeking their own selfish advancement,
under cover Of great reform move
ment.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

The fact that Gronna has declared
for the whole republican ticket has
caused several squeals to be emitted
by the democrats in different parts Of
the state, some Of the democratic pa.
pers even going 50 far as to publish
fake interviews to the effect that
Gronna is for Wilson. Wath the re.
publican party in North Dakota work.
ing in harmony, the democratic finish
is in plain view.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

= II is said that 10000 freight (, cars
have been assembled at different
points in the northwest, to be ready
for the crop shipment, soon to be.
gin. It is estimated that each Of these
cars will be obliged to make at least
half dozen round trips before the
crop is all moved into the terminals
This will be a busy season for the
roads, and freight blockade is pre-.
dicted by many.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

It begins to look as though the men
composing that brewery investigation
committee, over there n Minnesota,
mean business. Already they have
the breweries and their agents jump
ing sidewise, leavingttown and holler.
ing "perseeution,'' and the fire works
haven't really begun rs yet. This
movement is not persee lion, it is re-
tribution, and if the brewers are pun.
ished for all their sins, Minnesota will
be a prohibition state when that com.
mittee gets through
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

Pettigrew, Of South Dakota, is
Peeved. Pettigrew was Champ
CLARK striker land if you remembe,
Bryan put the "kibosh" on Clark q
chances for the democratic presidsn,
tial nomination. Now Pettigrew is
trying to &c even with Bryan by say.
ing that the Peerless One is q reform.
er for revenue only. Not very many
will take Petty's word for this, how.
ever.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

FaiAre to pass the pension appro.
priation- bin has left thousands Of
Civil war veterans in precarious con.
dition, and some Of them on the verge
Of. starvation. It would seem, to the
average man, that Congress might take
time enough from the engrossins game
Of politics to do Justice to the men
who fought that we might have a
country. "a, 60. ,.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

Statistical sharks are now busy
showing just how and why Taft, Roo
sevelt nor Wilson will be able to Sc.
cure majority Of the vites in the Gle.
ctoral college. Figures won It lie, but
liars will figure, and us common people
had better bide our time until after
ne vote 10 ssfsly harvested and
threehed out. The some Of the figuring
liars will be COMPOUNDED and the rest
Of them can put their thumbs in theil
vests and strut around, saying, 81
told you 500
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

Mayor Sweet, Of Fargo; is strong
for the death penalty, according to in.
terviews with him recently publish
ed. 1nasmuch as there have been one
or two atrocious murders committed
in Fargo during his administration,
the worthy mayor is probably peeved,
and this may account for the blood.
thirsty sentiments enunciated by him
in the aforesaid interviews.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

In circular letter addressed to al
traffic managers OF railways and te
managers OF all commercial organiza
tions, Chairman w. 4. Garrett, Of the
Association Of Western Railways, calls
attention to the probable car short
age which the west and northwest will
face this fall and early winter. Aft
er showing that comparative figures Of
former years indicate car shortage
which will run IS high as 10000 cars
by October LIST, Mr.. Garrett makes
the following suggestions as to how
the shortage may be averted, or at
least much reduced. It is state
ment well worth reading, bordering ov-
er and acting upon:
l. By moving all the lumber, coal,
cement and other freight that they
can within the next few weeks, in
stead Of delaying and th-o
on the railways when they are stagger.
ing under the crop movement. Mr..
Frank T. Bentley, Traffic Manager of
the Illinois Steel company and the In.
diana Steel Company, anticipating a
car shortage this fall, recently issued
an appeal and warning to all patrons
of these companies to place their or.
ders for cement and other commodities
early. Much might be gained if the
traffic managers of all the large in.
drstrial concerns Of the country would
follow Mr.. Bentley's example and
their patrons would act on the advice
given. The commercial organizations
of the cities and town can help great.
~ by urging their members move all
goods as early as possible.
2. Shippers and. consignees can
greatly help themselves, the railways
and all other shippers and consignees
by loading and unloading all cars de.
livered to them as expcditiously as
practicable. Every time the loading
or unloading Of car is nedlessly de-
layed the available supply of cars is
needlessly reduced; and no shipper
has any right to complain that he is
not furnished enough cars if he is by
his own acts needlessly and wrong
fqllE: reducing the available supply Of
cars. Commercial organizations can
not render "a better service to- thei,
members than by urging on them the
need for prompt: loading and unload
ing. Cars are. furnished for transpor
tation, not for storage; and every one
used for storage reduces the numbe,
available, for transportation.
8. Shippers chn help greatly by
loading all cars to as near their ca
paeity as practicable. The more
freight there is loaded in each ca,
: the less cars will be required to move
all Of the freight.
There has been great deal of tall
in late years about the need for bet
ter cooperation between railways ani
shippers. Here is a matter regardins
which they can heartily and energti
cally cooperate to the very great gair
Of both.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

# some Of the 1eformers who are at
present making so much noise would
keep still and set an example Of
"doing" rather than Of preaching,
the average man would take more in
terest in the;f and his own welfare.
Any yawp can and fault.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

The advent Of the 500 line marks an
epoch in the business and industrial
life Of the city Of Devils Lake. It
means, in addition to giving the town
new impetus and greater growth, a
complete independence in the matter
of freight rates. The 500 is more
nearly an independent road than pro.
badly any other one traversing the
northwest. It is controlled by no
Community Of interest" and bows to
no overload among American railway
magnates. It is wealthy. progressive
and fair, and the prosperity Of the
nor hwest spells prosperity for the
road and its stockholders. It can take
a carload Of Ramsey county produce
and deliver it to either the Atlantic
or the Pacific seaboard, practically ov.
er it's own rails and. without the in.
PREVENTION Of any other line. It is
asking for business on a business basis
and every dollar of its net earnings
is being put into road betterment and
extension and this means a furthe,
development Of the country which il
traverses or proposes to traverse. The
World is playing no favorite amons
railroads. It is willing to concede thai
the older roads have done a grea,
work in the development Of North
Dakota and the northwest generally
but it believes healthy competition
between railroad lines is as beneficial
to country as is competition in an,
other line Of human endeavor. and
for that reason it feels like welcoming
enthusiastically, The Minneapolis, St
Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway in
to Devils Lake. May its arrival b,
a. beneficial to the city as we nov
hope, and may the road reap a fai,
return on the money invested.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

Be F. A. -umpa,tsad; Of Chicago, who;
some years ago organized steel com.
pany with . capital Of $50, 100000, to
fight the steel rust, has just fled a
petition in bankruptcy, giving his liza
bilities at s1,5sl,seo, and his assets
at $21o, all in household furniture.
Moral: Don't fight the trusts: Sell
out to them, and live happy (and veal
thy ever after.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

President Taft yesterday vetoed the
steel schedule, giving as a reason that
it was q measure for revenue, and not
for the protection Of American in
dustries. And Andrew Carnegie and
his partners made more than bill.
lion dollars out Of steel and the prote,
tive tariff. But then steel is still an
sinfant industry" we suppose
Huh!
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16
WESTERN Will
Be REM0DEL[..ED
Continued from page ~

The Western hotel g only drawback
has been Us rear entrance and the pro.
posed changes will be great asset to-
the building making far more comfor--
table quarters for hotel purposes. No
time will be lost in making the neces-
sary improvements. Mr.. Shultz' who
now occupies the front store has not
decided on location.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

If some Of the so-called progessives
in North Dakota were one-half as
Jealous in their honesty as they are
in their knavery and desire to dis.
rupt existing political conditions, the
state would lead the Union in clean
politics.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

+ Governor Stubs, of Kansas, has ap-
parently been chosen as United States
senator from his state. In the primary
election held this week, Senator Cur
tis, the present incumbent, received
the greatest popular vote, but Stubs
carried 80 out Of 165 legislative dis
tricts, and as the election is made by
the legislature, Stubs is ''it.'' - e
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

Here is some more good news for
the bloated householder: Eggs are to
advance sharply in price, in the near
future, and are expected to touch a
higher mark than at any time in re.
cent years. Cheer up, BERTHE, worse is
yet to come. Start hen farm Of
your own and be independent Of the
hated trusts. ,s,
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

81. II. Aaker has resigned as q re-.
publican presidential elector, giving
as his reason that he can't stand 70,
the, steam roller tactics Of the men
in control Of the party, Thus another
load is removed from the grand old
party in this state. After awhile il
will be able to sit up again and look
the world in the face.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-08-16

The city Of Ottawa, Canada, has 9
typhoid fever epidemic and more than
1000 cases have. already developed.
A contaminated water supply has been
found to be the cause Of the disease,
and vigorous measures have been in
stituted to bring about better condi:
tions. ..