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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
BY BYRON w. Holt.

Chairman of Tariff Reform Com.
mittee of Reform Club
There are In the United States
about 5000, 900 farmers and near.
lily 100000 more farm laborers
Most of them are voters. Many
of them have voted for high tariff
walls at every election.
Why? For protection, they
say.
Whom does 1t protect? The
farmers? Let's see.
For his Gale triple gang pillow
made at Albion, Mich, the Ameri-
can farmer pays $3.50 (25 per
cent? more thanathe price to franz
ers abroad.
For his boy Blue" hand pillow
Tand his Gale, steel beam pillow, he
also pays 25 per cent more than is
charged his Canadian competitor
His Lean twenty-disk harrow
made at Mansfield, o., comes
1871 higher than the same arti-
Gle costs for export.
His Gale drop planter; his Uni
versal cultivator and seed drill
and his Universal garden plow No,
216, made at South Framinghain,
Mass, and his New Century four
shovel cultivator, also each cost
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01

property of vested rights Ihey should De caueu
divided rights"
'Where there were no laws to interpret the
courts made Them
'.The first thing that is sacred in this country is
business
''Workingmen may play with the ballot, but he
can't get anything of value"
''Most every law against the poor has been made
by the courts and not by the legislatures
''Human beings are about the cheapest commo-
dty in the world
''While the few people who control the earth don
own the ocean, they own the edges so that we have
to trespass to get drink out OF it, When we get
airships they will own the landing places"
s'Moving Mt. Baker into Lake Washington is an
easier job than changing the constitution"
Everybody is patriotic when he is satisfied"
awe say that thing is constitutional today if
John Hancock gave the right to pass certain laws
125 years ago."
ssThe supreme court is composed OF middle old,
more or less wise gentlemen, who wear dresses, out
of compliment to women no doubt, indicating good
judgment. They are nice old people, about 100
years DID,
.sThe king of England is sort of floor manager
for charity ball. They have no written constitu-
tion there, you know"
eff the toilers so completely organized that they
would say to the employers, unless we get our just
products, we won't work. then they would get their
right
s"The standing armies to protect the people
who own the earth to keep it.. What are the armies
for to kill off the Japs and the Chnese2 No, they
are for direct action against organized labor. Is
1t doesn't hurt the poor man to be shot In two.
It is too mussy for the rich."'
ssWorloingmen don t need old-age pensions. They
never get DID," -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Makes Frog
From Chemicals

One Of the most startling de-
velopments in the way of Great
ing life artificial is the produc-
ton of a "fatherless frog" by
Prof. jacques Loeb, * the Rookie
Teller institute. Prof. Loeb told
OF his experiment the other day
at the international congress Of
hygiene and demography, at
washington. He took Sn infer
tilted frogs egg, and by treating
It with a certain chemical solu-
ton, was allie to hatch the egg
and produce mature frog.
The life of this frog would
have made a fascinating study;
but, unluckily for science, the
learned professor forgot that
frogs cannot live entirely in
water and the poor creature
drowned.
This achievement, while 1t Is
but half the act of creation, is
marvellous none the less, and it
opens up limitless possibilities in
the way of producing life iude-
pendently of sex.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
The Times Daily Short Story

led. Lashing the levers SO that
they could not move, Smiley ven-
tured out on the framework.
Quick work was needed. The
flames snatched at him, and as he
bent down to grasp the burning
woodwork he felt his arms, hands
and face scared and scorched. But
the fire was extinguished.
Back in his seat again, despite
the intense pain, Smiley made
plans for repairing the damage.
"Fasten more cloth to this
rope!" he yelled down to the tor
pedoboat, which was now imme-
diately below him. 81
Though every move wrencked
his soul with the agony, Smiley
threw over the rope and secured
the necessary articles for repair
ing the damage. When this was
done, he got under way once more
and sought to make up the lost
time. Beads of pain crept out ON
his brow. He wrethed in his
seat with the soul-searing torture
but still he kept doggedly on.
America must win. And now the
land came into sight, and again
he saw the Frenchman's airship a
little ahead of him. Again Smit-
ley threw every ounce of his en-
ergy into the effort to drive his
ship faster. At last, at last, he
overhauled the Frenchman, drew
ahead of him, and sailed over
New York, the first to cross the
sea.
Down In the heart of the crowd
he sank. Kind hands lifted him
from his seat, and then. just be-
fore he lost consciousness, Bertha
came to him, the light of love
shining in her eyes, and his soul
was possessed of a great content.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01

cessful farming on even small
)scale.
The average value per acre of
all farms in the United States In
1910 was only $31.26. The farm
er can calculate that he would
rather have an extra ten acres of
land than make a forced contri-
button of even $500 in excessive
prices to protect manufacturers.
Agricultural implements to the
value of nearly $50, 100000 were
exported in 1911 to North Amer
lea alone, a large part of these at
prices from quarter to a third
cheaper than the price charged
the American farmer,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Not the Financial World"

Correction--This newspaper, recently published
an editorial calling attention to the defense of Will
Liam Wood, head Of hewoolen trust, by certain east
ern publications. In this editorial a quotation was
credited to the New York Financial World. 1t was
an error There is such publication as the New
iished in New York CITY was not the publication D ti
from which this quotation was taken. This explana4
ton is made in justice to the Financial World, as
the publishers Of that paper say that the New York
Financial World which we refer to may be mistaken
for their paper. :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Had Crows.

Merchant-Arent you the
boy who was In here a week
ago?
Applicant-Yes sir.
Merchant thought so.
And didn't 1 tell you then
that 1 wanted an older boy?
Applicant-Yes, sir; that's
why I'm here now.-Boston
Transcript.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Trutl.l

Bill-eWhy are. you, so GER
tain that Jones is a truthful
man?
Willie had a black eye
one day, and when l asked
him how he got 1t he told
me that a man hit him.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Love Talk.

Mrs. Youngbride-My hus-
band vows that his love Is
more enduring than the ever
lasting granite.
q Mrs. Longwed - Huh!
Mine said the same thing;
but 1t didn't last as long
as a wood pavement. -
Boston Transcript.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Not Necessary.

Teacher - Now, Tommy,
suppose you had two apples
and you gave another boy his
choice of them. You should
tell him to take the bigger
one, wouldn't you?
Tommy-No.
Teacher-Why?
Tommy-'Cos 'twouldn't
be Observation-Disclosures.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Landslide.

Are you expecting land
slide this year?" asked one
campaigner.
NO." replied the other.
There has been SO much
mud throwing that there
won't be any looses land
left. Washington Star.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01

The burglarin the story book
Is really quite a noble crook.
He's sure to be a gentleman
Upon, whose high-bred face. you
scaH
A goodness that seems to shine
With every motive pure and fine.
His clothes are always very
smart,
And, myi he has tender heart.
A baby always snakes, him quit
His burgling m the midst of Il.
And If a lady, young and slim,
Should meet him in the hallway
dim. $.
He tells her all about his life
A bitter struggle. full OF strife
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01

before mr.. hayes could gel
around to see the real family
dockter of the briggses he found
the storeys about his wife was a
lot of dope
all that fitting for nuthing
that's what comes of jellusy
johnny
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01

al
Of
from
and become
service nspoftsare greater thai is
e
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01

SETTLING A DISTURBANCE"

which
breakers
that would
Of in
otfo shall
induded Investment OF about $1,000
t the people
sanyw
gtowaIds etmen oone of hegrett
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01

that If he won this great honor for
his country that Bertha would re-
ward him with Eyes"
For two days, though buffeted
by the wind, the flyers went we'll.
Then suddenly the gasoline engine
missed fire, there was a sudden
burst of flame and Smiley saw
that fire had attacked the frame.
Unless he made an immediate de-
scent to the torpedo boat, death
seemed imminent, but Smiley set
his teeth and vowed never to de-
scend until New York was reach
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Darrowisms---By Clarence barrow

eff the workingmen thought more
and worked less, they would have a
great deal more property to show
for it."
"The people do not make any laws.
They just vote for Them
"The rich know more than the
poor. You can prove that because
the poor work. No one got rich that
way"
II don't care who makes the laws
if you let me tell what they mean"
sHThe courts are the bulwarks of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Real Art.

as that picture a genuine
work of art " asked the un-
instructed observer.
Nor" replied Mr.. Cum
rox, frankly, 'but the story
the dealer gave me along
with 1t is" - Washington
Star.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
Observations

IT'S only question of time when American
troops will be rushed into Mexico. Madero regards
his cause as helpless and the rebels are not quite
strong enough to GUST Diaz' successor. Now what
do on think win happen?
HARVARD students are starving. Even stu
dents are human enough to know how to strfve.
THE West End Improvement club is going to
talk about taxes tonight. That neighborhood is
made up of the small home owner and small bust
ness man and clerk. What you viii say tonight will
be voiced by practically every neighborhood in Ia
coma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
rARhERS FRIEND SpRGXEp
DUTY 45%

made In Plymouth, O., costs him
a third more than the price at
which the manufacturers offer it
for export. =
He has to pay a fifth more than
the export price for Stewards
hand horse clippers.
The farmers wife has to pay
for an Ames four-gallon cylinder
churn, made in South Framing
ham, Mass. 81 per cent more
than the price at which the COM
pany sells this churn for export.
This Is the lure" protection Of,
fers the farmers, On seventeen
purchases that would be neces-
sary on a well-equipped. farm the
American has to pay total of
sos. 6 9 more than the same arti-
.cles can be bought for IL they are
for use anywhere outside Of the
United States.
The protectionist graft compels
several hundred dollars extra In
excess prices to get started In sue
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-10-01
o. 1oeronSeAlss

And leaves the house, his bosom
warm,
With brave endeavor to reform.
All, yes, he is a pleasing crook,
The burglar in the story book.
Alas, for story-book repute, as
The real-life burglar is brute.
He is not cultured, swell OF
smart;
He has hard and ruthless heart
For sentiment he has no time, i
There Is no glamor to Ills crime,
And IL he meets you in the hall
He'll doubtless murder &you.
that's all.
He's pretty tough and bad and
low, (
The burglar that policemen know.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE

Soaking in a weak solution of pot
ash for several days and then polish.
ing 1t with rotten stone and olive oil
will restore the surface of old pew.
ter.
The municipal authorities of Ber.
lin have forbidden men to smoke
while driving automobiles, ruling
that many accidents have been due
to the practice.
Safety pins for horse blankets
patented by Pennsylvania are
provided with wire hooks that en-
gage harness on horst and prevent
a blanket falling of.
The horsepower, as used as a unit
OF measurement on the continent of
Europe. differs from the English and
American horsepower by more than
one per cent.
Within 20 years government en-
perts expect there will be more than
100000 reindeer in Alaska, form.
ing a valuable addition to the food
supply Of North America.
For several months a Norwegian
company has been successfully ex-
tracing copper from crude ore by an
e'ectrolytic process invented by an
engineer in that country.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
A GREAT EDITORIAL ON A
VITAL ISSUE OF THESE TIMES.

Editor Frank Harris could hav'
given his readers no better Christ
mas gift than his recent simirabl,
deliverance Oh the editorial page o
the Ocala Banner entitled, us thu
World Growing Better or Wcrse?'
He asserts that it is growing better
and he proves it with such an over
whelming array of authentic evi.
dences that there is nothing left to
be said on the other side of the ques-
ton. And it is characteristic OF
the editor of the Banner that he
makes out his case in calm, tenn
rcrctc, lucid way that almost dis
arms opposition and gives him a
clear field from the start.
Beyond question this is tie best
of all ages in the worlds log and
tragic history. and the very people
who traverse this conclusion would
shrink with dismay from living amid
the conditions of even gener" ton
ako. The mind of man dwells much
in the past. Memory invests it with
it's mellow tints and s0ftening hucs,
and the good old days" have been
the lament, the refrain and the SOL
ace of man from Job to this good
hour; and yet, marshall the facts of
the past-the recent past. ii you
the present, in honest
and no man Of average
intelligence would hesitate moment
where to make his choice.
Life, mind, matter, the purpose of
creation, are all inscrutible mys-
eries. but we find ourselves here,
endowed with the capacities to think
md to do by the light of the reason
!'ven us, and. looking backward over
he long history of mankind, We
zee that-despite all the lapses
the tendency has been ever up
ward and onward to better things
Trough unreasonable travail. And
his tendency is sufficiently marked
and attested to prove the law that
he principle of good is inherently
stronger than the principle of evil.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24

Keep Col. j. ID. Calhoun in your
minds eye when you are guessing at
the name of the next collector OF the
port of Tampa. That friendship OF
the Colonel for w. j. B. is not OF the
ordinary MISUNDERSTANDING
Bill kind. 1t was rooted deep In
mutual esteem many years ago when
Bryan was obscure up in Nebraska
and it's going to count when Presi-
dent Wilson appoints the Tampa col
lectOr.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
A LITTLE NONSENSE
NOW AND THIN

An After Dirge.
Broke, broke, broke,
OF my hard earned "bones," oh
gee!
Eut it brings some relief to utter
The thoughts that occur to me.
Oh, well for the beautiful gifts
As they rest in fair array!
oh, well for the haunting thought
That intrudes, Does the whole
thing pay?
And the giving still goes on
AS it has in the years gone BY.
But the last of the merry holidays
Brings again the same old cry:
Broke, broke, broke!
Not q single cent, oh, gee!
And the dough that l spent for the
Christmas gifts
Will never come back to me.
Judge.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24

In judge Rockers recent article in
the Pensacola Journal on the reform
OF our court procedure he closed
with these significant words:
One word more. 1t must not he
forgotten that we cannot slavish,v
copy the English or any other ava.
TEN. Parliament in England ia su-
preme. There is no written con.,;-
tuition hedging about the jurisdiction
Of the courts such as We have II
would be therefore. impossible 70,
the Legislature to give our court,
some Of the powers which are con.
ferred on the English courts I'm,
much can be done to simplify on,
system"
Probably without intending il
Judge Hooker gives us in that nara
graph one of the very best reason
for a new constitution for the peopl
OF Florida. It is intolerable that tn
efficiency of our courts or needed re-
forms in our court procedure shou,
be made impossible by the terms q
q constitution which is no more in
spired nor infallible than any act .
the Legislature. and which wa
created to meet conditions now larp.
1y obsolete. II would be worth a,
the cost of a constitutional conven
ton just to get new organic la,
which would enable the Legislator
tc reform our court procedure all tn
way through without encounterin
constitutional obstructions at ever,
step in the road.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24

The Lakeland Telegram. which is
the best daily paper for a town the
size of Lakeland on our exchange
list, came out Wednesday with fine
Christmas edition, well printed and
full of interesting reading. -Ocala
Star.
When we can get such a cOmpli
ment as the above from a paper
which never slops over nor wastes a
word in undeserved praise and is it.
self a model of excellence among the
email dailies of the State, we feel
ttat Christmas does not come in
vain. Thanks, Bro. BENJAMIN, and
then some.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24

Come to think of it, is there any
reason in the world why the Christ
mas spirit shouldn't prevail all the
year long. That spirit is simply mu.
tual concession, thoughtful consid
GRAFTON for others and a determina-
ton to make at least one day in the
year pleasant for those around us
We could keep this up every day in
the year, and it would improve con =.
ditiOns nightly in this world. There
Is nV good reason why we shouldn't.
The Divins Master whose birthday
we celebrate, wanted it just that
%Sway Why nots
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
YULETIDE IN SOUTH FLORIDA

Should man from the north
make his first visit to South Florida
today it would be hard for him t.
realize that this was the Yuletide
Instead of snow and sleet and ice
he would find sunny weather, coat.
less men and barefoot children.
The writer sits with open doors
and windows. BY looking out of one
window he can see grapefruit trees
loaded down with luscious fruit; by
turning his head and looking out
Of another window he sees orange
trees laden with golden globes OF
nectar" A few steps would bring
him to lemon tree in fruit and tan
gerine trees with the pretty reddish
yellow loose skinned globes. Near
by Is a rose garden with the bushes
In full bloom, the good old Louis
Philippe having not less than half
hundred perfect red blossoms; a
little further on the bougainvillea
is assuming purple hue and the
Orchid-like blossoms of the mountain
ebony are bursting forth; the acacia
is sending out it's little round balls
Ct yellow flowers, while the crimson
bloom of the hibiscus makes bright
SPOT; in a pool in the yard gold fish
sport around water lilies ard the
song of the mocking bird invites you
tc the cool shade of the bamboo.
The local markets are stocked
with homegrown ripe strawberries
end watermelons, cucumbers, peas,
beans. squashes, turnip greens, egg
Ilants. radishes, lettuce and celery.
instead of sitting around roaring
fires as in the north, our farmers
are busy in their fields sowing and
reaping. The depot platform il
filled each evening with vegetables
for northern markets and the or
anges leave by the half train load
Picnic and fishing parties will be
amusements for the holiday seasons
and fortunate indeed is he who has
the opportunity of spending a few
days camping in the pine woods Of
Florida in mid-winter when the
shooting and fishing are at their
best.
The Yuletide weather of South
Florida beckons the young and the
cid out Of doors. The young car
frolic to their hearts content Will
no danger of Group and cold. ant
the bright sunshine and balm.
hreezes entice the old to outdoor
exercises and fresh air and they fint
renewed strngth, vigor and you'll
unknown to the aged of the nortl
that hug a stove six months of tn,
year Wauchula Advocate.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24

Taft will go into history as the
manly president-nOt because any of
his predecessors were lacking in that
Indispensable quality. but because it
has come out in him with such splen-
did distinctness since his defeat, The
following from his speech at st. Au-
gustine the other day when he was
passing through en- route to Panama,
was not original. brilliant or pro-
found. but il had the unmistak-
able ring of manliness in il which
made it fall most pleasantly on
Southern ears:
Il congratulate you, my friends, on
the prospect that in this administra-
ton to come the South and the North
may be brought more closely togeth-
er, and the South may, naturally
have wider influence because of the
success Of the Democratic party"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
Crenzied Arithmetic

Three-year-old Amy. who had a
very lively little brother, was bein z
tut through lesson in arithmetic
by her uncle. She had successfully
added one and one, but stuck at two
and one.
"YOur Mammal" said her uncle.
has two children. II she had one
more, what would that maker"
oh" cried Amy, that would
make mamma crazy"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
From the same ONCE Ia issued
THE LAKELAND NEWS
/. weekly newspaper giving . 70
sume Of local matters, crop condi'
ions, county Affairs, etc. Sent
anywhere for 800 per year.

We don't know what Frank Mayes
Of the Pensacola Journal wants un-
der the Wilson administration. out
we suspect that he is highly liable
10 get it If he goes after it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
EASY AND SURE
WAY TO CURE COLDS
Don't Neglect q Cold, Elys Cream
aim WBill Stop It in the Sneez.
ing Stage.

A cold generally attacks the weak.
est part, affecting the eyes and ears
in some and producing nasal catarrh
and throat thoubles in others. A cold
10 due to an Inflammation Of the
membrane lining the air passages
and may be promptly cured with a
little Ely's Cream Balm which i'm.
nediately relieves the Inflammation
and all the distressing symptoms
such as sneezing, coughing, running
at the nose and eyes, hoarseness. sore
throat, fever and headache. One rea.
son why this pure, antiseptic Balm
acts so quickly is because il is an.
piled directly to the tender. sore sur
faces.
Even in severe, chronic cases NJ
oatarrh. Ely's Cream Balm never
fails to quickly and effectuallv cbect
the poisonous discharge which clou.
the head and throat, causing tho dis.
gusting hawking. splitting and blow
ing OF the nose. This remedy NOT
opiy drives out the disease, but heals
and strengthens the weakened mem.
branes. thus ending catarrh.
Catarrh is filthy, disgusting dis
ease. Don't put up with It anothe.
Gay. Get a so cent bottle of E,v.s
Cream Balm from your druggist and
see how quickly you will be relieved
1t is perfectly harmless
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
Christmas Maxims.

Christmas Maxims.
Look not on the wine when It IL
red, but little pale brandy helps
the pudding amazingly.
It's foolish girl who gives her
beau the mitten before Christmas.
The small boy cannot be judged by
lis conduct on Christmas eve.
A sealskin sack makes a deyout
Christmas churchgOer.-Ex.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-12-24
Matter of Aentalitx.

DO you think fishing is a con.
genial recreation for really brainy
men," Undoubtedly. 1t takes a pret,
ty smart person to think uD any new
stories to tell when he gets home"