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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13
The Progressive Platform
The Trusts

It Is pretty generally realized nova,
days that It Is better for tho citizens
TO have monopoly control of such city
utilities as telephone, gas, etectric
light, water, and street cars rather
than competition.
Two telephones on one desk are a
great nuisance, two gas or electric
companies tearing up one set OF
streets ditto. AS a matter Of fact, the
competing public utility companies al
most invariably merge before many
years go by, which is pretty good proof
that there Is an economic law at work
beneath the surface which compels
them to consolidate.
But OF course the cities couldn't put
themselves entirely at the mercy Of
those utility companies which are
natural monopolies. So cities are com
ing more and more to reserve for
themselves a rigid control Of the mo-
nopolies, fixing prices, etc. In fact, il
might be said that it is the modern
rule for city and the public utility cor
poration to go into partnership to-
street car system In Chicago.
The Democratic trust plank Of 1917
is but regurgitation Of the Populis
tic planks of Mr.. Bryan's boy orator
days. He advocates now, as he did
then, the busting of the trusts-the
restoration of competition by force OF
law, which is impossible. Is all the
years the peerless leader has appar.
emily learned nothing and forgotten
nothing concerning the underlying
causes Of our Industrial development
Mr.. Bryan's heart was ever stronger
than his head.
The trusts were not made by the
genius of Rockefeller, Morgan, Carne.
gle, nor can they be unmade by the
efforts of Wickersham, Bryan, Will
son. The trusts arose because in this
great nation it is more economical to
do certain kinds of business on q ma
tion-wide scale than in any other way.
AS long as this remains true the
trusts will remain here.
The trusts cannot and should not
be busted; but they can and should
be regulated by the nation as q whole
for the nation as whole.
The Republican plank on trusts is
purposely vague, meaningless, and
futile.
1t was shown that the Democrats
propose to solve the trust question by
busting the trusts, and that this is an
unscientific and impossible remedy
because 1t is contrary to economic law.
When economic law and statute law
come into conflict, statute law goes
under, every time.
Suppose 1t were possible to bust. let
Us say, the steel trust Does Mr..
Bryan, who wrote the trust busting
plank in the Democratic platform,
think that If the steel trust were re-
solved back again into the Carnegie
Steel company, the Federal Steel COM
pany, the American Steel and Wire
company, the American Bridge COM
pany. and Its other components any of
the men working in the steel mills
would get more pay? Or does he
think that the product to the consum-
er wouid be cheaperi As matter OF
tact tho steel workers have got more
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13
"SOme'' Festival.

City herself fall festival would
chicken style
jewellers
with
City New
to her
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13
CELEBRATE MASS
National News Association

VIENNA, Sept ia pontifical
high mass was celebrated in ST.
Stephens cathedral yesterday morning
while communion masses were being
said in all the other Roman Catholic
churches of the city and suburbs for
the 10000 delegates and visitors here
for the Eucharistic congress Sec
tional meetings for the discussion of
questions affecting the progress of the
church in the various countries follow.
ed throughout the afternoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13

Articles Contributed for This Column
Must Not Be in Excess OF 400
Words. The Identity of All Con-
irfbutors Must Be Known TO he
Editor. Articles VIII Be Printed in
the Order Received.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13
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That Tonic Did It
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Back from a vacation ?Not on your
life. No vacation could have put my
nerves in the fine condition they're
in now. I stayed home and took that
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13

find that this corporation acquired 9
perpetual franchise in Just that way.
Yours truly,
A. BAVIS.
all y. 18th.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13

Windsor's Royal Palace.
Windsor. Berkshire. has been the
home OF England's soyereigns for more
than eight centuries.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-13

New York Represen tatave s-Payne q
- West 39nd street. New York, u. Y.
l..icAgo Reprssentatives--sP ayne 8
66ouAg. 7A7-5ls Marquette Building.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
MONTANA MINES.

A merry crowd gathered at the
home of Mr. Bert Kinkald, on the
Amos farm near here. Saturday even
Ing, and were very pleasantly enter,
tanned. Games Of various kinds we're
played. All Joined in the fun, and the
occasion was much enjoyed BY all.
Delicious refreshments We're served,
The crowd departed in merry mood,
leaving the jolly host some pleasant
memories to cheer his life Of single
blessadness. Those presnt were:
Misses Minnie Morgan, Grace, J Hill,
Fannie Harris, Jessie Harri$.f Georgia
Kirk, Villa Gaskill, Mamie Malone.
Madeline Flemlng. Marsuerietc Prick.
cit, Edna Devault, Sinda prlcketl,
Nesdames Bertha Malone. Nellie sni-
Ncr, Lillian Fleming and Ada FrlckeIt,
AIessrs. John Hartley, Lloyd Brown.
Clayte Merriheld, Fay Kirk, Jadiow
bowman, Wayne Parker, Erwin
Pickett, Herschel Hill; Lake Malone,
I'D. Bowman, Lawrence Malone, Carl
Zadpc Pickett and. Bert Kin
kald. oNERHo was THEFEl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
]. RINQRGAN Nl.RBEg.
ITALIANS THOUGHT HE WAS GET.
TING AWAY WtTHa MORE PIC
TuREs. 7

FLORENCE, Italy. April 15.-J.
Pierpont Morgan was forced to fight
lis way out of Florence last night.
The American financier and his sis.
.er, Mrs. Mary Lyman Burns, We're
mobbed BY hundreds of dngry Floren-
ines at the railroad station when they
sought to leave, and not until the king
II Wall Street had furiously forced
i passage through the crowd by striK-
ing aboutihhn with his heavy cane
were they able to get to their train.
Fhe crowd believed a picture bought
here by Morgan might be the famous
Mona Lisa stolen from the Paris
louvre sometime ago.
For several days secret!seryice men
have been logging Morgan, prompted
by newspaper articles which declared
The American millionaire was bar
yaining with secret emissaries for the
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16


mainly 10 rinse nan I'll ~ ~ ords Qnl d
Inc mouths 81 amell boys b. whom 4
sWas On Iiered reat delieacx.
There is GOOD dsal 81 soft SOAP stu
ii dse NOS of tWaicIi pam fof II
regular adgeFtislng rates and IS used
3:int me manufacture 81 political, social.
and eeclesia stIcal halps: AllneRsba,
Tor men are agents for this Kind 81.
soap, which contains q new brand Of.
i've. The hard soap era was asheFedl
10 about the time the porcelain bath
Tub was discovered. This was In the;
fall of 1869, when the cisternsof a pa
;triotic people we're choked with soft
maple leaves, and q great many clti-
Gems found 1t hard to distinguish be-
tween a rich quality Of cistern water
and the soft soap then in use. Since,
a, became fashionable to battle every
few weeks the demand for soap has
Increased amazingly. until now IL can
be found in Almost every home. AZ
cake OF sea green soap in a lavender
wrapper, breathing the breath of vic.
lets and cottonseed oil, adds a touch
Of refinement 10 the humblest abode.
Some people buy soap for ornamental
purposes and are careful not to over
work 1t, while others are reckless in
its use and emerge from the morning
scrub with the pink and white com
plexlon ola barber pole. The Ameri-
can Indian seldom buys any soap for
his own use, but the EsquImau con-
sllmes large quantities Of 1t as a sub
stltute for dessert. On the whole. 1T
may be safely said that more soap
could be used to considerable adyan-
tage> without hurting ,anybody's feel
ings.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
WALT MASON
The Poet Philosopher.
rlnE nnnsrER

wonder Why the rooster throws
such ielEor in his toOting?. AT down
he breaks up my reDose and send&
sleep callyhooting. ! lie and lister
to his noise. and wonder, while I'm
waiting, what sort Of weird ecstatic
joys the ROSTERS celebrating. To MT
his humble journey seems not worth
prune or prism; what hope inspires
him as he screams? Why all his op
timism? Oh, can understand a dog
that howls his hideouS dirges througl
all the midnight murk and fog; like
me, lie Just insurges. He sees sc
much of i'll and wrong, SO much Of
woe and sorrow, I,e must uplift bis
grewsome song, and hope he'll die 10
morrow. | sympatEi2e with those who
howl, With all things sad and brood
ing. the dog, the raven and the owl,
penned in a world lelnding. But ah,
I cannot understand the ROSTERS Joy
Gus carol, an anthem in sombre lant
that has grief by the barrel! He lives
I III dark and gloomy pens, where bid.
dy cucks and matches; his life is
spent with silly hens for whom he
digs and scratches, To earn biz
harems daily bread he's busy as a
weaver; and then at Inst his silly head
| is whaslied of with a cleayer. The
rooster should q cavern seek, her
nit life pursuing; why give a loud
triumphant shrek when there is moth
ing doing?
"A: !; y, i, L. l1a4kn'...4s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
THE
4 H
Dali r
CHIT
. Cha

During a recent big strike one Of
the fayorlte coments of the bystand'
ers was a criticism. of the policy OF
the labor leaders. They lash on the
workmen," said the critics; "they talk
10 them about their wrongs and work
them all up until they get unreasona'
ble and hurt their own cause"
How much of that accusation is
true, ! don't know. l hope very little
for II there could be any meaner act
THAN to misgulde and mislead These
poor folks in their struggle for better
mcnt, and 10 exploit them for per
sonal gain. | cannot conceive of It
IiBut this is not talk on strikes or la
Dor leaders. What want TO bring
home to you is this-how often you
and treat ourselves, as the labor
leaders are said to treat the working
men.
Suppose that your good friend has
said something 10 you which, seemed
unjust, and your friendly feeling fol
her has gone on strike, what does
your reason, tho leader, as 1t were
of your whole being, do? Does 1t tel
Ithe part OF you which feels aggrleved
and. resentful that perhaps your
friend did not mean that remark In
uuite the sense you are inclined tC
take It; that she had some good
grounds for speaking as she did; that
you have often criticised her as harsh
"; that probably she. spoke hastily
and is sorry now, Just as you have
often been; and that she has Shown
lorbearance towards you a great many
times? 3D.
Or, does your reason lash you on?
Does it remind you that your friend is
very ready oefind fault with you late
y? Does It suggest to you that since
she has been so intimate with those
rich neighbors OF hers, she does not
seem to care SO much about you?
Does it distort her speech into Its
worst possible meaning? In short,
does 1t altogether encourage you in
your determination to get back at
her" in some way or other?
If 1t does, are you any better than
the labor leaders who lash on their
followers by magnifying their wrongs
and ignoring their rights?
The man who promulgated the ia
nous Bromide and Sulphide theory
says that everybody has some CLASH
Acation OF the people in the world.
There is the lovers division of all
women into two classes-"Daisy, and
the Other Kind"-and the fastidtous
pcrson's classification = There are
two kinds OF persons-thosc who like
olives and those who don't" J think
my ravorite classification is-thc PEG
Die who reason With themselves and
the people who never do.
Which kind are You?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

A towel a yard loug aud a foot
wide, with a rcd border. Was accident
ally sewed up inside Mrs. MolIie
Myers when she was operated on IN
ST. Vincent's hospital, New York, IN
November, 1905. Mrs. Myers holds
DIR. Fl. ]. Bolt. responsible and has
sued him for damages. DIR. Benjamin
Friedman, who removed the towel
after It had remained five, weeks In
side Mrs. Myers, says that it bore. the
label, "St. Vincents hospital"
The entire population of Woodland
Delaware, was thrown into, great e%'
citement and twenty-three persons
were arrested on April !, as the out
come of a riot over the color OF a
.haby's hair. 1t seems that a golden
haired baby arrived ~ a home where
only black.laired children had been
born. The mother.in.law. Mrs. John
Pardee, quarreled with the baOys
mother Mrs. William Prettyman
over the color OF the infants hair and
ewes Both their husbands took sides
in the quarrel and called in thell
friends. "A pitched battle ensued' III
which a score of prominent citizens
took part. Arrests were made and
the prisoners taken before MaEis
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

PasQuae ana .nar:e Maroni. OF Chi
cage, offer their youngest baby for
sale. at $4,000. 1t never cries. never
wakes in the middle Of the night, de
mands only plain baby food and new
err has collie. These people came ia
this country ten months ago. The
husband met with an accident and is
unable to work. His wife is taking in
boarders, but they are nearly PENN
less and cannot support their baby
properly. They intend, however. to
keep their four.year-old daughter,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

u =
One hundred and sixty.nine years
ago there came to this planet one 81
the greatest statesman the world has
known He was not only great as q
statesman but profoundly great as .
clear reasoner. His ideas were keen
incistye and logical. Bigotry and fan
atheism, were the twin yultures which
aroused his fighting spirit. His books
were his sweet companions OF each
lonely hour" He did not read only
those that upheld his own opinions
he heard all sides and then decided
Alas, how few initiate him in that re
spect Let US notice. a few of the
sublime sentiments that came from
his tlreless brain. Here. is one that
should adorn the walls OF every pub
lie building in the world. 1t should
be impressed on every mind: 81 hay
psworn upon the altar OF God eternaS
hostility against every form OF tyranny,
over the mind OF man." When ont
considers the fact that powerful or
CARNATIONS adroltly use every con
celyable means to prevent the free.
dom OF thought by frowns, threats and
foundations, endeavoring by meth
dds fierce and foul to enforce obeGl'
ence to decayed dogmas. then that
sentiment appears snperlatiyelS
grand. Here is ianother that should
claim our attention. Where thu
press Is free and every man able td
read, al asssafesS Generally; gpeaklne
Is the fpreSs nov free? "alEory,iS
the dlseRse 81 Ignorance, orr morbid
mndsa saSetH the Sage OF NMoAtieel5
10. Do we hear any one dispute IL
Here Is a gem that Teddy and his al
lies might ponder over: Should c
President consent to be a candidate
for a Third election, trust he would
be rejected on this demonstration
ambitious views 0u prediction Is
|,iGat Ne will be. The following sounds
somewhat radical and yet can 1t DC
shown that It really is? Were u
left 10 me to decide whether VI
should have government without
newspapers. or newspapers without
d government. should not hesitate q
moment to prefer thelatter." That Is
perhaps the greatest compliment ever
passed on newspapers Here is some
thing as true to-day us 1t was wher
he wrote it: 81 think, myself, that
weHhave more machinery Of govern
ment than Is necessary-too many
parasites living on the labor OF the
industrious" His views on foreign al.
fairs are given in these few words:
eve owe gratitude to France, justice
to England, good will to all, subser.
vience to none" He considered edl'
cation OF vital importance as the fol:
lowing shows: Educate and inform
the whole mass Of the people. Enable
them to see that it is their interest to
preserve peace and order, and they
will preserve them. An honest heart
is the first blessing a knowing hesa yf.
the. second The accomplishment;
Of Jefferson were numerous and q,
far reaching results, yet only three
statements did he desire inscribed on
his tomb stone. as follows: Here
was buried Thomas Jefferson, authol
of the Declaration Of American hide
pendence, of the statute OF Virginia
for religious freedom and father oil.
the University OF Virginia
S. c. MUSGRAVE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
SIDEWALK 1 SKETCHES
soNP. I'M
BY H. /. RAM.

Soap is an article which is rubbed
'on the human frame so that people
can tell each other from the tree.
climbing chimpanzee. There are two
kinds OF soap-hard and soft. In the
carly days of the republic everybody
used soft soap made ont Of wood
ashes. This was the most prehensile
soap ever invented, and was used
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
Tho Woman's Specially Store of Fdirn10nt

;Fate stengel, followed by the entire
population. Just before the trial be-
gan, Rev. DR.. Bunsten appeared in
court and after consulting with the
prisoners announced that there would
be no more fighting, whereupon Mag
istrate Stengel discharged all the de-
PENDANTS and wiped the case off the
docket, while the crowd sang Praise
God from Whom All Blessings Flow"
Adolph Goldman, recently released
from San Quentin prison, was killed
by R. w. Snow in d'dGel fought in the
assembly room of the Congregational
church in Oakland, Cal. Snow was
desperately wounded. The duel was
the outcome of an enmity dating back
to the time Snow was elected mayor
of Oakland in 1880. Previously the
men had been the best Of friends.
Some years ago Goldman shot Snow,
during quarrel in San Francisco, and
was sentenced to Gve years In the
penitentiary
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

A jury in the circuit court at Ma
.rion, Ind, held that If a man calls n
woman "a red.headed woodpecker"
she must not become provoked TO the
extent Of striking him with broom
'sfick. Mrs. Estella Lang vas charE'
al with assault and battery on Har'
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
OBJ F,lz. AND. STRANGE

vey Buzbee. She testified that as
Ruzbee rode past her on bicycle ne
called her a "red.headed woodpeskeF
referring to her auburn hair where
upon she hit him with a broom han.
die real hard. Mrs. Lang %as lined
81.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

Miss Lucille Push, q young woman
lawyer of New York, has been assign
ed by Judge Swami to defend Leroy
Poindexter, negro charged with
murder. The accused prisoner comes
from the same part OF North Carolina
that she does, and he appealed to her
for aid. She waived the state fee OF
$500 which is paid to counsel assign
ed 10 defend persons accused of muir
der
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

AZ san Diego, CAL, last week. BERT
Mason married Miss Helena Lux ~
hours after the death OF his first wife
and ~ hours before the funeral &C.
Cured. A justice OF the peace ofticiat'
ed at the marriage. Mason and MS
new wife attended the funeral. 1t is
said that the marriage was to carry
out a promise made by Mason as his
wife was dying. There were three
small children and on their account
the dying woman asked Mason TO
marry Miss Lux.
sAits. r. B. Gillles, OF Seattle, WASH
recently advertised for a man to
thrash d Whitewater, promising $40 re-
ward and an easy task. There were
eight applicants, and she chose nus
Ky young fellow who said he would
do the work with pleasure for 3d.
Her instructions were that the wife
beaten. her husband, must not be dis
abled but merely slapped, choked'
knocked down aud rolled on the floor.
When Robert B. Gillies returned
home late in the afternoon, the young
man was waiting for him, and the job
was SO excellently done that Mrs. Gil
lies compelled the young man 10 take
'the SO fee.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

! It cost $t.5o to see "Excuse Ne"
fromNa good seat last night, but the
readers Of the West Virginlah can
read the story without cost.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16
he Human Heart

The heart Is a wonderful double pump, through the
action Of which the blood stream is kept sweeping
round and round through the body ct the rate OF seven
miles an hour, Remember this, that our bodies
will nor stand the strain of oyer.work without good
pure blood any more than the engine can run smooth
K iySwfthout oil After many years OF study in the
active practice Of medicine DR.. X. v. Pierce found
sthRt when the stomach out OF order, the blood
/; impure and there symptoms o! general break
dotys q tonic made of the ticerc extract Of certain
Z rnnts was the best corrective. This he called
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-16

~ he Dr. PeTCe,S Golden lledIcal DlScC0YeTV
made without alcohol this Medical Discovery helps
thereby dyspepsia tits especially diseases
nubyn
and those who always catching cold
Sense Of 81
2 mp or the French cloth. 1908 pages; Adde'S Dr..
SlS III Piercs, b63 Main rset. Buffalo. Nl:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-10-11
NO MIRRORS IN ELEVATORS
Reasons for Their Removal in Public
Buildings and Hotels In
Philadelphia

Mirrors in Philadelphia elevators
are doomed says New York World
correspondent. The order for their
removal from elevators at city hall
went out recently, and will be follow
ed by similar orders in the leading ho-
tells and Office buildings, notably the
Bellevue, Stratford and the Land
Title.
The mirrors are being done away
with as the result of numerous COM
plants made. Conductors in the city
hall elevators assert that nearly every
girl who rides becomes so engrossed
in ''primping' before the silvered
glasses in the elevators that they for
get what floor they want and cause
delay.
In the hotels and Office buildings the
conductors of the elevators, who
are Instructed not to speak to the oc-
cupants, utilize the mirrors to firt
with fair passengers. with the result
that they pass the floors while ogling
the girl. Another reason why the no.
tells will eliminate mirrors is that &C.
casionally a passenger from the roof
gardens becomes too boisterous and
puts his fist through the glass, cutting
ais hand and afterward suing the no.
lei company.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-10-11
SUPPLIED FOR MANY YEARS
Philadelphia Man Has No Need t.
Worry About Getting Suitable
Office Boy,

Talk about luck in having office
boys" said a we'll known Philadelphia
business man. 81 have hit it great
Back in 1887 I took on my first boy,
and he was all that could be desired
After he had been with me for over
three years and began to get nearly as
tall as l was, he decided that he
should learn a trade. Before he left
he told me he had younger brother
who would like to take up the job.
If he does as well as you did, he
will do all right I said
The second brother came, and aft.
er four years service he decided on a
trade. But before he left he brought
his younger brother, who took UP
the work. He proved as good as the
first two, and then he grew too large
for a $3.50 a week job and passed
it along to the next in the family
Well, the fourth brother went to a
trade and two more after him I be,
IN to think that it was going to be
perpetual. Then I learned some
thing. The boys were all used up
There were no more to come
While I was wondering where tc
get another good boy, he spoke for
his nephew. Who is your nephew ]
said. Johns boy said he. It was
the son of the first boy that I had
started in 25 years before, and he
had grown up to the same age as his
five uncles and his father when they
began. Send him along I said. He
has been with me for several months
and is as good as any of his uncles.
From last reports l understand I am
good for a supply of good boys for
the next 25 years.