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Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Dormant Accounts Reach Big Total

Money at four per cent interest per
.annum doubles itself in about 1S years.
and as four per cent. Is the average
rate paid by the savings banks In New
York, It will be seen that the sun
claimed" money or dormant accounts,
unless checked would pile up enor-
mously In the course of time and be-
come such q burden that the banks
might collapse under 1t. At first the
limit was fixed at 20 years. but later
was extended to % years.
Most Of these sleeping accounts
were originally sums Of only S. or
$40. fag-ends of accounts which once
were active. The owners perhaps had
left these small balances simply to
keep their accounts open and finally
perhaps forgot all about them. But
many Of the accounts represent money
deposited by some emigrant who later
probably went west or to some other
section Of the new country. and. un-
able to write. had never again got in
communication with the bank.
Several of the deposits were made
by men for the benefit Of some child
or other person. while number Of
others represent the savings Of seafar-
ing men who had sailed away and for
some reason never returned.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Wonderful Machine Now in the Mint

chutes the weighed coin shall drop. II
1t Is too light, the scale beam moves
up and the coin is dropped into the
Lights" II 1t is too heavy the scale
beam drops and the coin falls into the
"heayies." II 1t just balances the coin
drops among the coins which are Of
the proper weight. The work is very
rapid and very accurate. Thers are
eight Of these new machines in use
at the mint. and they have displaced
81 women, who each received two dol
lars day.
Another important improvement at
the mint is the automatic. self-feeding
coming pressed. The blank coins were
formerly fed in by hand. The new
attachment consists of hopper. at
the bottom Of which 10 a copper disk
perforated with holes the size OF the
coins which are being stamped. When
the machine Is In motion this disk re-
wolves slowly. and the blanks drop
through into stacking tube. whence
they are carried by little clutches and
placed under the stamp. Similar ma
chimes are In use in manufacturing es-
tablishments where small articles like
buttons have to be placed under dies,
but Uncle Sam never adopted the In
vention until now.
Under the new plan. one man feeds
seven or eight presses with the blank
coins. and when the hopper Of ma
chine is filed it runs itself.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Revolution Daughter Ill Years Old

Il TIAANTA, GA.--Mrs. Mary Tarwick
IA Proctor, aged Ill years, a real
daughter OF the American revolution,
a woman who has lived In three centu-
ries, has been found in an humble one.
room Georgia cabin. Her sole compan.
ions are her daughter, Miss Mary Proc.
tor. aged 80. and the two great-great.
grandchildren, descendants Of another
daughter, all who are left OF six gen.
erations of her family.
On bed Of straw, constituting q
mattress so thin that the rough plank
Stats can be seen, this daughter OF
the revolution lies. her form ENACT
ated. skin wrinkled. almost to skele-
ton. Her aged daughter. never tir-
ing Of her feeble efforts to give her
mother every possible comfort, admin
listers to her wants and tills the soil
in small cotton and garden patch
near by. The meager profits derived
from their labor she adds to the $12
q month pension Mrs. Proctor receives
for the services her husband rendered
In the War OF 1912.
She was born but few years after
George Washington was elected presi-
dent, and she has lived under the ad-
Ministration Of rs presidents, includ-
ing John Adams and William H. Taft.
Until year ago. when her mind be-
came so enfeebled. Mrs. Proctor would
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19

tell her Observation-Disclosures Of
the epoch-making incidents In II dec
AIDES over which her life has spanned.
Her stories were vivid Kaleidoscope
pictures, treating of her personal
knowledge of the early stages of the
history Of her own land.
The morning Of her life she spent in
the eighteenth century, when the
United States government had Just
been established; the afternoon in the
the nineteenth century. when
brother fought against brother
In the Civil war Of 1861,
and now in the twentieth she
hears Of the discussions Of worldwide
peace movements. of long journeys BY
airships. In striking contrast to, the
methods of travel when she was q
girl and the modern methods Of doing
thousand things In as many different
ways SO foreign to those employed q
hundred years ago, when she was IL
years yOld.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Some Wage statlstIe..

Statistics as to the volume OF bust.
ness that is being done, as to the
banking returns, the trade in this line
and that. the wheat crop. the stock
market and what not in the financial
and Industrial world have been show.
cred upon US. But SO seldom do we
get wage statistics that they are
somewhat Of a novelty. The steel
workers in this country. who are pro-
tected from the thrush OF pauper-made
steel by a high tariff. get. for the most
part. $1.50 day of ten hours, and are
themselves but newly arrived from
Europe. The cotton goods factories
in New England are protected by a
high tariff. yet the employees in these
factories are the poorest paid in the
country. In Massachusetts, three.
fourths OF the adult male wage-e earn
ers receive under $40 a month, and the
adult females under $35 month.
One-third OF the adult male workers
In the cotton factories earn less than
So week. Two-thirds of the people
OF the United States live by wages.
and the majority Of the wage-earners
support their families on less than $12
week. In Spite Of the fact that the
cost Of living has doubled in is years.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19

All women today have wider hori.
con. The mother studies the task OF
feeding and caring for her children
and hunts information. The matron.
whether her husbands income be large
" small, belongs to some club 10
:hurch. In the home and school league
,r in her social life. and has swarm
II organizations In which she Is inter.
ssted. An overwhelming share OF the
100000 volumes yearly circulated In
his city are read by women. probably
seven or eight out Of ten. says the
Philadelphia Press. Concerts, music
IN the home. art and the theater all
i've on the interest OF women. as the
audiences show. Novels and maya
zines grow and multiply on their sup
port Physical training. sounder hy-
giens and wiser food have greatly de-
veloped the American woman. The
daughter of today Is nearly always
taller than her mother and usually bet
ter schooled Fair as was her moth.
er. she is fairer still. az the Roman
poet noted OF mother and daughter IN
4 day Of corresponding advance. But
though fairer and physically stronger.
when the American woman thinks Of
the perfect woman" she gives the
major weight and Importance to those
things OF mind and heart which years
10 not rob. but instead enrich.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
For Trust Lawvers.


II we are to Judge from the prevail
ing voices Of lawyers and ex-presi-
tdents, neither big business nor little
business can know where It stands
under the antitrust law. The rule Of
reason may guide the courts. but how
shall 1t guide business or the legal
and political advisers of businessy s
Meantime large business, with a
fee sized by the effulgent light Of a
lawyers reason, goes into the legal
market for advice of where 1t stands
under the law as now interpreted.
Will Samuel Untermyer turn away
saying he can not answer Will John
G. johnson, Of Philadelphia, throw up
his hands? Will De Lancey Nicoll? ?
Or Richard Olney. Of Boston, or Will
lam D. Guthrie. or Francis Lynde
Stetsoni
Es any big business or the attorney
therefor incapable OF knowing when It
Is combining with the intent and ef-
feet Of monopoly? Or when 1t Is en-.
gagged In blackjacking competitors out
Of existence through local price man
ipulations. exclusive agreements. re-.
bates and otherwise!
President Taft is himself great
lawyer. He thinks business men
should be able to answer these ques-
tions without legal advice But will
our other great lawyers have It under
stood that they could not advise II
asked New York World.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
W. /. DOUGLAS TRUST PLAN
Manufactures Thinks Government
Should obtain Publicity BY
License System.

Large business organizations have
come to stay. We cannot go back to
old conditions. We must meet world
competition. Large concerns can pro-
duce goods at lower cost than small
ones. Germany favors large corpora
tions. The method of the present ma
tional administration Is to dissolve
the great organizations and make
them smaller. which is backward
step. There should be no limit to a
corporation doing large and legiti-
mate business. such as would be pos
sibls under the licensing plan which
l favor. writes w. L. Douglas. former
governor Of Massachusetts, In the
Boston Herald.
Pre1udices against corporations
merely because they are big, perhaps,
must be done away with. They give
labor better returns. They cheaper
product and thus benefit the consum-
er. They give opportunities to small
investors who get returns otherwise
unattainable. They employ able
young men who have no capital at
all, but who receive handsome sal
aries for their ability and service.
In place of the Sherman law II Is
my opinion there should be a depart
ment at Washington to grant licenses
to all manufacturers and corporations
in this country who do an Interstate
commerce business.
The law should be made so clear,
plain and definite that it could not be
misunderstood. 1t should require all
capital to be paid in full. Semiyearly
statements should be given to the
public and certified by public ac-
countaint. There should be board
of examiners In each state to look aft
er these corporations just as our ma
tional banks are watched by the ma
tional government. They should have
the right to enter the Offices and ex-
anime the records Of all the direc.
torates of these companies.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19

people and are always trying substi-
tuition Of one article for another "just
as good" will be put into class G, and
merchants who skimp on goods. give
short weight and measures, who ac-
tually show one article for sale and
substitute another In wrapping, win
be put into Class d. and the women
Of the state will be warned to keep
away from them.
Some Kansas merchants have
threatened to apply for an injunction
to prevent the publication OF the class.
ification. but the women have sent
back word that the merchants might
get into lot OF trouble right quick
because Of the deadbeat list which they
publish and exchange with each other,
SO the proposed Injunction suits have
been dropped.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Kansas Women Classifying Merchants

r. OPEKA, KAN.--Kansas club wom-
! en- are preparing a classification
OF merchants In the various towns In
the state according to service render
ed. The retail associations Of the state
have a classified list OF customers.
Those who are prompt In paying bills
are classified as class A. Those who
are slow. but sure pay. get into class
B. Those that pay finally, but are ex-
ceptionally slow, are put into class G,
and those who never pay are class d.
or "deadbeats." and not entitled to
credit.
The women are going to do the same
thing with the merchants. Those
stores which sell goods as advertised
and deliver goods of the same quality
when ordered by telephone, as when
bought personally. will get a class
A rating In each town throughout the
state. Glass B includes the merchants
who try to give their customers the
best possible treatment in every way.
but who handle some inferior lines Of
goods, or where the store management
is not the highest class.
Those merchants who are gruir and
fussy. or who employ sassy sales
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
According to a Turkish dipIoI

According to a Turkish diplomat
now In this country. the Turkish
women no longer keep their faces
covered IN public They go about as
they please. and make goo-goo eyes
and flirt Just as women do elsewhere.
This Is a great reform which Is said
to be pleasing to both sexes. but II is
not likely to create rush to Turkey
for beauty exhibition. The most
beautiful women in the world are not
to be found In Turkey--not In ex.
travagant numbers. Now that they
can show themselves. however, Il may
be expected they will take more pains
to enhance their charms.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19


- HILADELPHIA.--A most interest
! ing machine recently installed In
the United States mint In this city
IL the automatic weigher for coins Of
all denominations. Last year the gov.
ernment coined nearly 8,500,000 pieces
Of gold and 36s0Oo.0o pieces OF silver.
Formerly each piece was weighed by
hand. Seated at long tables. each
with balance In front Of her. were
from 80 to 60 women "adjusters." It
was their duty to weigh each piece.
Pieces which were too heavy were re-
duced with file. Those that we're
too light were thrown aside to be put
again into the melting pot. Gold pieces
were weighed twice, once in blank and
once In coinage.
The new weighing machines have
each ten balances which are set ac-
cording to the required weight Of
the coin which is being tested. Then
they work automatically. each machine
taking ten coins at a time. The move
ment OF the beams Of the scales de-
termines into which Of the several
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
.EvlNcE TOO MUCH INTEREST
Steel Trust Philanthropy at lts Best
10 ExempIified In Recent
Transactions.

Defenders OF the steel trust have
placed much emphasis on the asser.
tion that 1t never has used its vast
power to the disadvantage OF inde.
pendent manufacturers. who. they
declare. have been permitted to
grow and prosper.
According to these apologists. the
Steel corporation Is a model Of dis.
interested philanthropy. SO far from
seeking to monopolize the steel
trade OF the country, 1t continually
is devising some means Of assisting
It's smaller competitors to make
their business profitable.
Some recent statistics supply Ger.
tain details OF this philanthropic pol
Icy which may prove interesting.
For instance. there is In the Du-
iuth. Missabe & Northern railroad.
which runs from Duluth to the iron
ranges Of northern Minnesota In
connection with another road. which
is under the same ownership. this
line carries one-half of all the iron
ore used In the United States.
Some conception Of the rates that
are charged for this service may be
formed when II is stated that this
road paid dividends of 150 per cent
the first year after its control pass.
ed to the steel trust. as compared
with 8 per cent the year preceding.
1t paid las per cent in 1903.
This concern. consequently, is not
greatly interested in the matter OF
rates. II merely takes the money
from one pocket to put It in another.
But how about the independently 7
The rate that makes such enormous
profits possible is tax on their bus
mess which operates In favor OF the
steel trust. exactly as the tariff
operates to protect the woolen mills
OF New England
A little more such paternal inter-
est would wipe the independents on
the map
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
The Man Who Lost Al. state.

- ~ {.
What the state OF Ohio is doing to
William H. Taft and his political for
tunes is almost too shocking for repe-
tition. In 1908. because he was a IA
vorite son. II gave him a plurality Of
$4,000, but at the same time 1t elected
Judson Harmon governor by pluraii.
ty Of 10000 In 1910. after year and
a half Of Mr.. Taft in the presidency.
II reelected Mr.. Harmon by plu-
rality OF 100000. This year every i'm.
portant city In the state went Demo.
cratic by big, majorities.
Without wishing In any manner to
disturb the mourners we should like
to ask the standpatters II 1t is their
intention next year to go to Demo.
cratic state for their candidate?
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
CAUSE or oiscoNrENr.
ARIZONA

The poor man, or the man moderate
" well to do. who makes the few
good books OF small collection the
companions of his home. and who
bangs upon the wall q few pictures
having In them for him and his fam.
lly . meaning. beauty and an inspir-
alton. Is richer by far than the vulgar
captain who crowds a magnificent II
S-ary with unread books and the un-
appreciated works OF painters and
sculptors. Moreover. Il IL not easy
today to tell the rich mans child from
the poor mans child; they wear the
sazne kind Of clothes. attend the same
schools. enjoy the same harmless lux.
aries. and In all essential particulars
i've upon terms OF equality. says the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer. And 30
ar a. necessary material comforts are
soncerned. the poor mans home IL not
iiflerent from the rich mans home.
What, then. 10 the reason for the per.
vasive discomfort OF the hour! The
reason 10 to be found In false senti-
ments and false opinions made possi-
BILE because the poor have been fool
sh enough. In moment Of passion
and prejudice. to become jealous Of
The vulgar ostentation and unbridled
extravagance of the foolish rich.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19

NEW YORK.-More than $i.o00.0o0
~ is lying In the savings banks Of
New York city I'D what banking Deo-
pie call dormant accounts" that ID
accounts to which nothing has been
added and from which nothing has
been withdrawn for many years. But
the depositor In each case is liable to
appear any day and demand It. In
fact. since the beginning Of the year
i've accounts In the Emigrants' Saw
ings bank alone, which had been un-
touched for from rs to 30 years. sud
denly became active" through the
owners, who had not been seen nor
heard from In that long period. reap
pearing at the bank. Some of these
dormant accounts are more than 70
years old; none is less than %. and
what to do with such deposits has
been puzzle ever since savings banks
were first established in that city.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
TARIFF AND THE TRUSTS
High Authority Gives Voice to opln-
Ions That the Country VIII
Do Well to Heed.

John H. Davis, head of the bank
Ing house Of John H. Davis & Co..
believes that the long session Of con-
gress that will convene soon need not
be looked forward to with apprehen-
sion, for he believes that 1t will take
rational action upon big public ques.
tions. including a consideration Of
legislation to regulate trust" activi-
ties and probably a reduction OF the
tariff. In the November circular Of
his house he says:
What the country seems to be los
ing sight Of is the obvious truth that
the root of the American trust evil
Is the protective tariff law. Our trusts
are effects and not causes. They are
the direct outcome of the tariff. The
high prices by which they profit and
for which they are blamed are the re-
suits OF the prohibitive duties upon
imports, without which such prices
could not\be maintained no matter to
what extent monopoly might be prac-
ticed. II Is most unfortunate that
this basic fact Is not kept more prom
inent before the American people.
whose antitrust sentiment is only the
expression Of a revolt against high
costs.
1T 10 relief from the high cost Of
living that the country demands. and
the agitation should be, first of all.
for tariff reduction, With that accom-
plished, the trust question will take
care Of Itself. Without 1t, neither
prices nor monopoly will be con-
trolled 1t may be doubted that
cheaper tobacco will result from the
disintegration of the tobacco trust,
but 1t is certain that 1t would follow
the lowering OF tobacco duties. 1t is
unlikely that steel products will fall
much in price II the steel trust is dis.
solved, but no one will question that
they would be materially lower II the
duties on imported steel were re-,
duced. Indeed, the proposition is so
obvious that It admits Of no argu-
ment. Lower the tariff and imitation
Will cease Monopoly extortion, ex.
cessive capitalization and high costs
will disappear. Competition Of the
proper sort--that Of America with the
whole world--will be restored and the
natural development of our superior
resources and Of our commercial
ability will follow New York Times.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
PUT END TO ROBBERY
TARIFF slTuATioN SUMMED UP
IN FEW WORDS.
Figures viii Show Where "Protec-
tIon" 10 No Longer Necessary
Conditions That Call for
Prompt, Decisive Action.

With respect to the tariff It Is as
true now as 1t was when Mr.. Cleve
land first said 1t. that It is condi.
ton. not theory. that confronts us.
Whatever may be said for free
trade theoretically--and It is much.
In point Of fact we are so enmeshed
In a complexity Of protection. and
millions OF people are so dependent
on It for existence, or think they are.
that tariff reform must be handled
with care.
But that is no good excuse for dila-
tory and mincing measures in cases
where protection Is clearly unneces.
sary and serves no better purpose
than that OF shielding monopoly and
extortion.
Where It is shown that protected
American product Is continually and
increasingly sold abroad at lower
price than is exacted at home, the
proof that protection is no longer
needed is conclusive.
There Is no need OF waiting for a
board to find out the comparative cost
OF production here and elsewhere.
No wrong will be done by Withdraw
Ing all protection in any such case.
But here the condition that con-
fronts US calls for prompt and de.
cisive action. The Industries con.
cerned have become the most power
ful and arrogant Of all They infiu-
ence the greatest number Of voters
employees and others They fill party
campaign treasures. They own party
BOSSES
1t IL an inevitable condition where
protection has been too long con-
tinued, and the protected have grown
unscrupulous as well as strong. The
victims must meet II by preemptory
demand for the immediate resembling
OF all tariff privileges enjoyed by the
extortioners They must insist that
they shall no longer be robbed by
those to whose enormous wealth they
have been forced to contribute--Chi
cago Journal.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Excellent Couch Rem ,dy.

good old fashioned cough remedy
is made Of slippery elm. sugar and fax,
seed. Soak gill Of whole fiaxseed In a
half pint o: boiling water. In another
dish put cup OF broken bits Of slip.
perry elm and cover this with boiling
water. Let them stand for three hours
then strain them separately through a
thin cotton cloth into pan containing
a pound and half OF granulated sugar
Squeeze out all the liquor possible and
stir into the sugar until all is melted
Now boil 1t until 1t turns to candy
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Something New Under the sun.

This suggestion of Roosevelt and
LaFollette for the Republican ticket
next year Is most interesting. The
ex-president has the Steel trust be-
hind him and the Wisconsin senator
Is the embodiment Of the western
wrath at all trusts. Between them
they would expect to round up all the
conservatives and the progressives.
1t will indeed be diverting, though not
surprising. to see Theodore Roosevelt
running as the Wall street candi.
date.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Tho Demo Gratis, lob,

In 1908 Taft got l.270,0oO more
votes than Bryan. To win next year
the Democratic party must capture
more than six hundred thousand OF
these hostile votes
II won't be an easy Job. A candi.
date who makes merely the old par.
tisan appeal cant do It. Unless the
Democrats nominate man OF the
highest type who will get the inde.
pendent vote they will go down in
1912 as they did In. 1896. In 1900. In
1904 and in 1908,
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19

Let US hope that the baby emperor
81 China knows what he means when
when be says "the spirits Of our nine
emperors are unable to enjoy the sac
rifces." In English. at any rate. 1t 10
. bit hazy.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19

Astronomers report from the Low.
sll observatory at Flagstaff. Ariz.. that
Mars had It's first frost Of the season.
They have not been able to discover
whether Martians succeeded 10 getting
their late corn under cover before the
frost came.
Graham guardian., 1912-01-19
Ended the Dry spsIl.

Sho had voice like siren, and
when she sang. mid play sure. sand
palaces. tho heam a rome. Be II
averse oh wum bull there. snow play
sly comb" and SO on to the conciu.
sion. there wasn't dry eye In the
room. United Presbyterian.