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New-York tribune., 1912-04-07

all around the circuits 1t is not SURPRISING
then. that tho owners arc willing I" spend
their thousands to get winning team
which tickle public demands if IT turn out
in all its magnitude. At the end Of a pros
porous season there is in sight ss we'll the
worlds series prize with little nest egg
Of s9O.coo. such rs John T. Brush. OF the
Giants. and Ben Shibe. OF the Athletics. an
nexed from the total receipts last fall, with
a hard winter I'm store.
In preparing for the coming pennai races
the club owners OF the two big lcaGdo5
have already spent $4,000. exclusive ot
equipment and new ba -eball parks. Acccr"-
ing 10 the official figures compiled by the
National Commission the sixteen clubs pad
Sa6i. .7lS % in cash 20 the minor leagues for
new PLAYERS last fall. Certain men were
sold with the understanding that an adj
Gitional fixed sum should be paid II they
were retained in the big lee CUES This sum
reaches $12ssI6 S. making the total outlay
for now Y1en equal to 1880. ON top of
this has come the expense Of the southern
training trips to try out the youngsters
and determine whether they are worth any
thing The cost of the training trips Tor
the sixteen clubs is somewhere In H."
teichborhood Of $4,000 Each club. on All
average, will have paid $1,000 to get ltS
men in fighting trim for the pennant race
when the season opens on Thursday. The
long tourney 10 Texas taken by the Giants
and Athletics for FIVE or six weeks mas
probablv cost much more than this. The
travelling expenses Of at least hfty men
have been charged to the account or ever!
hig league club owner. As result. the
cost of new players for the coming pen
uant race in the two leagues. added TO tht
price paid to try them out reaches nearly
500 900 All of this amount has been eA-
pended merely In preparation for the sea-
son. with none of the expenses lncidehtai
TO the campaigns included.
Some of the money spent Will, however
find its way back to the Golfers OF the
clubs little is picked up from the ex-
hibition games played by the teams nut
not enough to begin TO pay the expenses
Of the trip The minor league cities rarely
furnish a crowd Of more than two Thousand
spectators for a game. So many OF the DIX
Ieaguers appear in the Southern towns our
ing the spring that the games are not the
attraction or novelty that they were some
Years AGO. The Southern fans" too, are
beeinning 10 realize that the teams they
see in action are not the ones Whlch sur
the baseball world when the pennant race
gets warm in midsummer so that the
crowds which attend the exhibition games
are easily accommodated in the Small parAS
% he cir
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
JOHN M'GRAW, THE "PEERLeSS
LEADER" OF THE GIANTS.

get back in selling players To th" minor
leagues one-half the cost price they VIII
consider themselves lucky. II is rare for
voungster TO bring more than 500. al
though he originally may have cost much
more than this and many Of them are sold
for as low as S3OD The Pittsburgh Pirates
alone expended more than $1,000 FOR new
material last year This amount OF course.
includes the record breaking price OF $22,Joo
paid for Marty O'Toole. the American AS
sociation pitcher The Brooklyn Superbas
were heavy buyers. Spending over S0,0o.
while the Cincinnati Reds paid out 5000.
McGraw, of the Giants gave only $1,000
for new talent. The Chicago White SoX'
In the American League, invested heavily
paying over 10000 for new men, none OF
whom may be good enough To stick with
the team and yet who will not bring $1,000
when sold back to the minors. The Cleve-
land Maps expended around s29,WD while
the New York Yankees gave up trite
over s25. 600
Speculation in ball players is undoubtedly
one Of the widest forms OF gambling.
Whether or not the owners Will get their
moneys worth I'm material after spending
such vast sums is an open question. Every
wear more cash is laid down for new tai
ent. and rare is IT that the clubs get an
adequate return. But baseball is now CON
trolled by business men VINO nave great
sums invested in the game. ana they are
loath TO throw away money. Ihey 'reanze
the value of one star player ana every
year the country is combed FOR second
Cobb. Wagner or Mathewson. Such men
are welInigh priceless. 1t is a sad rehection'
however. that the players VINO cost the
most rarely turn zoutV as expected while
those recruited from the sand lots and col
leees for a song develop into the pearls OF
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
THREE. BROWN" IN
ACTION.

players have had such good fortune for 50
long that it has become one of the SUPER
stitions of the game that they are in1mune
from injury in railroad wrecks. Within the
last year however, two teams have been In
trouble Last summer the st. Louis Cardi-
nails were in wreck between New York
and Boston. but escaped without harm, al
though their playing was affected Tor
week or so right when the pennant race
was hottest Soon after they made dis
astrous slump. A few weeks ago the De-
troit Tigers were shaken up In a wreck In
the South but no one seriously injured.
So few players have ever been put out or
the game by injuries received off the ball
field that this contingency IL almost never
taken into consideration by the prophets Of
the game in picking the possible pennant
winners.
After taking into consideration all the ex-
penses of equipment. purchase of players.
training trips travelling expenses, salaries
and incidentals 1t is found that tho total IL
small when compared TO the amount OF
money invested in baseball parks through
out the country. New ones are being con-
structed every year and before many sea-
sons have passed every club in the TWO
circuits will have plant worth anywhere
from 100000 to 100000. which is the estl-
mated value Of Forbes Field. at Pittsburgh
The burning OF the stands at the Polo
Grounds and at the home of the Washing
ton Senate last year resulted i'm adding
two new big plants which equal. If not
surpass. the costly steel and concrete
structures erected by Shibe, OF the Atli-
letics: Comiskey, of the White Sox. and
Dreyfuss, of the Pirates. few seasons be-
fore This year four new parks Will he
opened since the Boston Red Sox. the en-
cinnati Reds. the Detroit Tigers and the
Brooklyn Superbas are all TO have new
homes BY another sea son the New York
Yankees will move further up Broadway.
When all the new parks are constructed
they will represent an investment of ap-
proxima tely slo,0Oo,00. .t
But the owners are not worrying. The
nine million or so fans who will see the
games in the big leagues this year will turn
in around s.OoO0O0. at the very lowest esti-
mate. so there will be tidy little profit at
the end OF the year FOR many of the mag
mates" after all expenses have been paid
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
THE NEW SKIRT.

Miss Elsie de Wolfe, Americas best
dressed woman was talking about the
draped skirts Of the hew spring fashions
81 heard an Easter anecdote the other
dav about these new skirts" she said
"a young wife. at the Marlborough blen-
helm Al Atlantic City. appeared before her
husband m a draped suit of cream colored
cloth ready for the boardwalks Easter
parade
...How do | look, George" she said.
:. Fine.
".But tell me. George. does my skirt
hang even all around
Yes said George, after close look.
Yes, quite even.
..Ob. dear" said she, then Ill have TO
90 upstairs again. These new draped
skirts. YOU know, don't hang right II tney
hang even.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
LOGICAL MILLINERY.

People say there Is no reason, no losic'
I'm Easter millinery What A, falsehood'
The sneaker was George Ade. He con-
,inuad nhe occasion was an after-theatre
supper IN Chicago;
Hats. whether Easter or otnerwise' arc
full of logic, full OF reason "a 'i''e wy
said TO his father one day;
whats "A wide-awake hat. pa
That father logically and reasonably re-
piled:
ga wide-awake hat. my son, Is, OF course'
one without a nap.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07

work-with the washing of clothes, the
scrubbing of front steps.
Mr. Rockefeller smiled and added:
Il once said to little boy:
What do you know about Good friday
lie was the feler what done Robinson
Crusoes housework the little boy replied"
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
IF MARTY o'TooLE MAKES GOOD.

IL Marty O'Toole, who cost the Pittsburgh
club so much last summer. Is able TO pitch
the Pirates TO pennant he VIII De worth
all and more than he cost the cluo. There
is chance that he will prove a tailure
and not live up to expectations. In that
case Barney Dreyfuss, owner OF the team
will have practically thrown away >--'oo'
II Is more often true than not that man
who is a star in the minor leagues faiis 10
make good In fast company. so that iahs
are awaiting the coming season with much
interest to see whether some OF the eApen-
sive baseball bric-a-brac purchased last
fall comes up TO the mark. II took huoe
Marouard. who cost the Giants Nl'""'
three years TO blossom out In all his glory
while Lefty Russell. for whom connie
Mack. of the Athletics. paid sl2,oo has yet
TO make his mark.
How much that great trio Of trios' Nas-
ner. Cobb and Mathewson, have been worth
10 the Pittsburgh. Detroit and New fo'h
clubs cannot be told. Considering their years
Of service, their value would probably run
Id into hundreds OF thousands Of dollars
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
A PROMOTER.

what is a promoter" said. in recent
lecture in Duluth, the sociologfst and mill
ionaire. Jerome s. McWade
Mr.. Mcwade then smiled ana answered
his own question thus:
"A promoter is man who WIN supply
the ocean il you agree to furnish 81 the
snips."
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
GOOD FRIDAY.

John n. Rockefeller. jr.. discussing with
his Bible class the folly of marrying on Al
inadequate Income, told an Easter stor!'
NO young wife, he said. can be truly
happy II she 10 overwhelmed with house.
New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
CONNIE MACK. WHO MADE PHlLA-
DElPHIA FAMOUS.

'Fans" will 90 to see such men play wheh
there is no pennant in sight for the team.
and they form "A constant drawing caro-
exclusive of their ability to keep nine IN
the rae. for the flag year after year. The
owners Of the club realize the worth oi
such men keeny.. and for this reason they
are willing to spend hundreds of thousands
wear after year in the effort TO obtain
thcir like
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06
WHO FUNK is

nounced himself as a candidate for
the state senate and was elected by
two to one vote. At Springfield, in
1909, under the leadership of Governor
Deneen, he became one OF the fore
most and most influential members of
the young blood element. which sue
ceeded in overthrowing the old senate
combine. and since that time has been
one Of the progressive leaders of the
senate
While a member Of the senate he
was known as one Of Governor Den
Gems lieutenants and supported all the
governors reform measures. Governor
Deneen can wish for no higher praise
than Senator Funk always and IN
grudgingly gave him.
He Is a member Of the Modern
WoOdmen OF America. the Elks and
Of the Masonic bodies at Blooming
ton and of the Shrine at Peoria. He
is also member Of the Hamilton Club
Of Chicago, the Yale Club Of Chicago,
and is director Of the Bloomington
Country club. He is now engaged III
running and operating a farm of 2.I40
acres in Mclean county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06
Appearances.

A man can grow a head Of hair,
Look wise and call himself a doc
And advertise that he can cure.
And people to his door will flock.
And they will state their case to him
And listen to his droned advice
And go way thinking they are cured,
And pay him cheerfully his price.
A single drug he may not know
Or how it will or will not act,
About the structure of man
He may not know the barest fact,
But if he let's his whiskers grow
And doesn't cut his hair at ALL
But let's it straggle down his back,
The people for his game will fall.
He doesn't have to carry weight
That comes from drinking at the foun
OF knowledge in a doctor school,
For he has other things that count
His assets are his whiskers and
His long and flowing head Of hair.
In these he looks so fatherly
That people think he's on the suqare.
And so he goes from town to town,
And people come to him in fOCks
Until he has a wealth Of lands
And mortgages and business blocks.
The lame, the halt and cen the blind
In streams of profit round him flow,
Not for his skill but Just because
He lets his hair and whiskers grow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06

Frank H. Funk. the nominee Of the
progressive for governor, was born in
Bloomington. April ., 1869 Many mem
Ders Of the family have held oonspic-
nous places in Illinois affairs since
1924, when Isaac Funk, grandfather
Of the senator, settled in this state
Senator Funk was educated at the
state normal university at Normal.
graduated from Lawrenceville Acao-
envy. New Jersey, in 1883. and from
Yale in 1881. In 1890 he was left
tackle on Heffelfnger's celebrated foot
ball team at Yale Returning to
Bloomin gton he followed the Funk
precedent and entered upon q career
Of farming and feeding and raisin g
live stock. In 1902 he organized the
Funk Brothers Seed company. the
largest growers of seed corn in the
world
His entrance into active politics
dates back but seven years. He was
elected 70 the board OF supervisors of
Mclean county IN 1905, made & mem
Der Of the republican state central
committee in 1906 In 1905 he an.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06

basis for this belief. the story has
been industriously circulated.
In the fiscal year just closed AmeTi-
can exports amounted 20 more than
one billion dollars. Forty per
cent Of goods manufactured in this
country last year were exported.
These figures show that American
manufacturers have the ability to meet
foreigners i'm competition. Il shows
that American ingenuity and genius
can conquer over the Anticipated meth
eds still in vogue in many foreign
lands. Moreover, it shows that if
Americans are so abundantiy able to
meet foreigners at their own market
places. there is no excuse for the out,
rageous tariff that was put up Ostensi-
bly, to keep foreign goods out of our
ports. but in reality to give American
manufacturers an opportunity 10 gouge
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06

William Howard Tart is either the
worlds greatest example Of a genuine
optimist or he has learned the diplo-
matte art OF using words 70 conceal
his thoughts The following are open
ing sentences OF his speech OF accep-
lance OF the republican nomination Tor
president OF the United States:
Il accept the nomination which you
tender. ! do so with profound graft
tude 20 the republican party. which
has thus honored me twice accept
II as an approval Of what ! have done
under its mandate, and MS an EXPIRES
sion Of confidence that In a second ad.
ministration ! Will serve the public
well"
The approval" OF which he speaks
was probably hat registered hoy the
great republican states of California,
Illinois, Massachusetts. Maryland Ne.
braska. North Dakota. Ohio. Oregon.
Pennsylvania, South Dakota. Wiscon.
sin and New Jersey. These are the
states In which primaries were held
The approval" Of which he boasts
was registered by the following anti
Taft majorities. California. 1904;
Illinois. ISLES, Maryland. 3.o25: Ne
braska, 80 .22g. North Dakota. 55.9l3.
Ohio. 62.O15; Oregon, 3U.s79: Pennsyl
vanla. l05.S99. South Dakota. 1855
Wisconsin Sass. New Jersey ap
proximstely $1,000 In Massachusetts
alone the majority was for Taft. the
hare majority Of 1855. In these states
Tafts administration was approved
hy adverse majoritles % over mil
lion and a half
Mr.. Taft blithely tolls the peopl,
Of the United States that he accepts
the nomination as an approval o
what he has done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06
COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL
TARIFF IS TOO HIGH.

extra profits out of their own country
men.
TARIFF IS TOO HIGH.
While there is no doubt among dem
ocrats that the tariff is too high, it is
realized that American business has
become. adjusted to the present sched-
ules, and further realized that to
snatch away the high tariff at one
that might not be survived easily.
The tariff board and hundreds of in
diVidual manufacturers have admit
ted that the rates are too high. Gus
toms reports and commercial Stats
tics have revealed that the tariff on
many articles brought to this country
exceed the entire cost of production.
and it is plain that such tariff rates
amount to a wholly unnecessary and
burdensome taxation.
Governor Wilson recently had a con-
ference with Congressman Redfield,
who has made some of the most sensi-
BILE tariff speeches ever made in con
A
that the proper and safe thing to do
with regard 10 the tariff is TO cut it
down gradually until the proper level
/ is reached. In that way II will be easy
to ascertain just what. effect each sue
. cessive cut has on price conditions.
Thus by easy stages the tariff for pri-
vate profit can be turned into tariff
for revenue, and in time this process
IS sure to result in big reduction in
the cost of living
WILSON'S SOUND POSITION.
Governor Wilson is not anxious to
injure any mans business. He will
insist. in the event of his election,
that all business be legitimate, and
that the false foundation be taken
from under the tariff trusts But he
win make it a gradual process, and
one that will not disturb either b.
ness or the country in general.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06

tain convention in June as the repub-
lican nominee for the presidency The
Taft people in Kansas say that the
convention is supreme and that the
Roosevelt men have no right 10 have
their names on the ballot in view
OF their declaration of intention Of
voting for Theodore Roosevelt. The
Kansas Taft men-there are a few
left--ask the courts 10 prevent these
Roosevelt men from putting their
names on the republican ticket.
The supreme court will look into
the matter some time in October but
meanwhile the primary will De held
and the voters will have a chance 10
vote for the Roosevelt men if they de-
sire II the Roosevelt electors are
chosen there will be a situation which
is unique in the political history of
I the country The court will then de-
termine whether the people OF the
state have the right 10 choose their
own electors or whether the national
convention-an extra legal body-is
supreme.
In the hrst place, the Iaft lacJlor
OF Kansas is put in the ridiculous
position OF not being willing to allow
the people 20 choose their OWE cleo
tors
In the second place the Roosevelt
faction Of Kansas is put in the ride
ulous position Of attempting TO stea
the weapons OF the republican party
though having for its platform the
motto, Thou shalt not steal" II
most states the Roosevelt party
claims 10 be wholly separate from thu
republican party. Yet the party /!
willing 10 choose electors on the re
publican ticket.
All around. Kansas has contributed
an exceptional case TO the politica
history of the grandest Of jumble
Of the grand old party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06
AW1MANyOBSEPWATIONs


thinks to work off on her husband"
Il don't want my new wife TO get
acquainted with the neighbors." said
a middle-aged man who married again
a short while ago.
I'VE are happy now" he went on,
and contented with each other. She
doesn't expect the impossible of me,
and l don't expect the impossible of
her. She makes me Happy just as she
is, and if she got mixed up with those
gossiping neighbors she might end
up like my first wife.
My first wife and were happy at
frst-as long as the neighbors let us
attend to our own business
But they began calling and get
ting we'll acquainted. Then they be-
gan asking my wife if I didn't do this
for her and why | didn't do that. And
what did / do when l went down town
and didn't l tell her everything I did
anyway?
Then they'd tell her how good
their husbands we're to them, and
strung on to those poor men all the
virtues of an angel Though l knew
these men pretty we'll myself. IT
comparison I was black as the devil
We'll, ! began to hear of it from
my wife.
Now, no man likes to have another
man held up to him for a pattern.
guess maybe I was mean about it
F. Who wouldn't be? Then she got sus
picious and l got meaner. And frs
thing l knew we We're at dagger ends
and she was threatening divorce.
told her to go ahead.
"She did, and she got one on the
grounds OF extreme cruesy. And al
the neighbors wagged their heads
knowingly.
ut pretty near broke my heart.
guess she felt the same way abou
it, too, for she died soon after.
so I'm not going to let my neigh
bors interfere this time, if l know ii
Maybe they'll say = keep my wifi
shut up like a prisoner. Well, let 'en
talk, as long as they don't talk to heI
They can talk about me all they lik
/ among themselves. We're happy a
r we are and please the Lord we'll sta
happy in our own little way"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06

IDLE WIFE GETS SUSPICION BUG.
1T isn't the busy wives that want
divorces" said the woman who keeps
a large boarding house The woman
that's busy hasn't time to find fault
eternaIiy and to imagine all KINDS Of
wrongs.
Now take those couples that come
here. The man goes away in the
morning and is gone ali day. After
the wife has Strengthened out her
room-and some don't even do that
and finished her toilet, she has moth
ing 20 do. The result is she gossips
TOO much, or she sits and thinks too
much or reads stuff that isn't good for
her. The result is that she gets a
wrong perspective Of things. She gets
the suspicion bug. She thinks over
what her husband says and does and
a good deal that he never thinks OF
saying and doing Pretty soon she
imagines that he meant something en-
tirely different from what he said and
did and next thing she actually &C
cuses him in her mind of doing and
saying that which he shouldn't.
The only happy married couple II
my boarding house now" she con
cluded, "is the busiest one. The wife
has a position that keeps her busy
all day. The husband is busy all day
too When they come together in the
evening they are glad TO see eacf
don
OF idleness to hatch up all kinds o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06
KANSAS HAS PRIZE TANGLE.

Kansas may be counted upon to
bring forth political peoulisrities In
this year Of many mixtures. II has
produced the most miNed.up o. all the
cases OF the year and one which will
call upon the services and the wis
dom Of the supreme court before it Is
solved
Republicans IN Kansas are divided
into factions. one OF them made up
OF the followers OF Theodore Roose-
Welt and one made up OF the adher-
ents OF William Howard Taft In this
respect there Is no claim made for
peculiarly in the Kansas situation.
However. Kansas IS also 10 have an
other primary today. Here IS where
the clouds begin 10 gather. At this
primary the republican electors are
10 be chosen. Eight OF the 20 cleo
tors Of the republican ticket have an.
nounced their intention. II they are
put upon the republican ticket, 10 vote
for Theodore Roosevelt for president
Now, g may he known. that one VII
liam Howard Taft was named in Ger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06

al progressive party viii enter the field
on their Own feet. Let's see who they
are and what they offer: what are the
promises.
In the meantime we'd suggest TO
Charles S. Deneen that. inasmuch as
he has chosen TO continue as the re-
publican candidate for governor. he
confne himself strictly 20 that candi.
dacy.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-06
Aug. 8 in American
History.

l7S0-Generai Thomas Sumter sur
prised the British at Hanging Rock.
s. c.; Andrew Jackson. then a boy.
participated.
1S94-Austin Blair. Michigan's last
war governor" died: born 1919.
1866 General Roy Stone. noted civil
war veteran who commanded the
Pennsylvania 'Bucktaif' brigade
and distinguished engineer on
public works. died: born 1886