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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13
OVER TEN BILLION BRICKS.
Value of Clay Products in the United
States for 1911 over $162, 900. g.

The clay working industries of the
United States had in 1911 a production
valued at Sl62 ,236,lSl. according to the
United States geological survey, which
has Just issued a chart, compiled by JEFF
ferson Middleton, showing the total out
put. by states. of all the different clay
products. The total production of COM
mon bricks was S.475. 277,00. valued at
$40. ss5. 1862. OF this New York contrib
uted the largest amount, namely,
I,I43, 10000. valued at S5,9lS,2s6 Hi
nois was second in output, with 1914
4s6, 1000. but the product had the great
err value of $6l26,9ll. No other state
reached the billion mark, Pennsylvania
coming third, with 774,l220O0 bricks
The chart gives the figures of produe-
ton for other kinds of brick vitrified
brick, front brick, fire brick-ete.-as
well as for terra Gotta, draintile. sewer
pipe, stove lining, and pottery products.
The production of all kinds of bricks
was more than ten billion.
In total production of clay products
Ohio heads the list, with a value OF
$32, 663 ,sa5, or one&6fth of the total for
the United States; Pennsylvania is
second, with S20.2T0O33; New Jersey is
third, with sls.l7s,2Ss; and Illinois
fourth, with Sl4,j33Oll.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13
BULL MOOSE ATTRACTS LABOR.
Appeal to Social Discomfort Proves In
teresting to Textile Workers

Washington, Sept. l3.-Thousands of
textile workers in North Carolina viii
vote the Bull Moose ticket this fall, ac-
cording TO information brought to Wash
ington by Senator Simmons, who has
been campaigning in that state to in
sure his own reelection. This is a new
and unexpected development and has
caused some speculation in Washington as
to the extent and Importance of the
movement. Senator Simmons, who al
so is a Democrat, inclines to the belief
that the protected interests" are advis-
ing this move and preparing to get be-
hind Roosevelt But this explanation is
not altogether satisfactory, for the pro-
tectionists of Massachusetts, are evil
dencing little sympathy for the Bull
Moose and less faith in his protection
policy. 1t is believed here that the Bull
tile workers are flocking to Roosevelt
because of his appeal to social discon-
tent and the effort of the Bull Moose
workers to capture labor votes and keep
them from getting into the Socialist
party. Whatever the reason may be,
Senator Simmons is plainly worried by
his discovery, which may cost his seat in
the Senate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13

fact, that in certain lines particularly
lace making and embroidery-the prod
ucts of the Philippine schools not only
compare favorably with the work of the
famous French and Swiss experts, but
promise to compete with them success.
fully in the worlds markets.
The whole system of education in the
Philippines is based on the principle
that the children should receive train
ing that viii prepare them directly for
the life they are to live. The boys re.
ceive manual training from the very be-
ginning In the lowest grades they make
articles that they can use and sell, both
in their own localities and elsewhere.
The most important industry taught
the boys is hat-weaying. 1t is pre-
scribed exercise in the primary schools.
"The bureau of education at Manila con-
siders it one of its legitimate functions
to give such training in the making of
good hats as will afford large num-
Der of children a permanent means OF
earning a livelihood" wrote Mr.. Frank
r. White. director of Philippine educa-
ton, in 1910, after the courses had been
introduced and the development of the
work has more than justified his claim.
Chief among the products are the ia
nous "buntap hats, made from the leaf
stem of the opened bur leaf. The
schools do not attempt to replace hand
machinery with modern apparatus, for
II is recognized that there is real de-
mand for the products of careful hand
workmanship. Besides the prescribed
courses in the primary schools, there art
regular trade schools, where the boys
spend the greater part of the school day.
in actual manual labor in the shops. A
set of dining room furniture in red Rarra,
made at the Philippine School OF Arts
and Trades in Manila, sold for 5000 at
last years carnival
In the girls schools plain sewing and
housekeeping have generally formed the
prescribed courses, but recently lace
making and embroidery have been intro
duced because they are arts which, be-
sides possessing educational value, fur
nish the girls with a remunerative occu-
patton. There were already in the Phil
ippines young women who had learned
embroidery and lace making in the con-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13
Believes This will Cure
Luna Troubles"

Consumption is a hattering disease
that is one of its chief dangers. Those
who have it are rarely willing to ae-
knowledge the fact
If this trouble Is present, 1t Is no time
for triflng. Don't waste time in argu-
ment If Il so-called cold has long per-
sisted; IL a cough Is present that keeps
you anxious or any of the symptoms are
present such as fever or night sweats,
weakness and loss of appetite, and per-
haps, some raising of mucus-do the SEN
sible thing: take Eckman's Alternative, as
Mr. Bettersworth did.
Bowling Green, Ky, r. No. 4.
Gentlemen: | wish to say for your
Alternative that I believe II to be n med
icine of unequaled value for all Bronchial
and Lung trouble.
'.The Spring Of 1908, I had severe
cough for six months. ] tried all the
medicine that my friends and doctors
recommended to me, but no results came
for the better. | had night sweats, and
would cough and spit up every night
until got so weak | could hardly do any
thing. But at last, James Deeriug. Of
Glasgow Junction, insisted that l try your
medicine. which | ordered at once and
began taking the srme. In one weeks
tune there was quite an impros ement in
my condition. and after / had taken sew
eral bottles | felt as well as ever in my
life. | never wrote any firm or company
a letter recommending their medicine be-
fore. as there are so many fakes that a
medicine of genuine quality don't get
credit or even tried.
Il desire the world TO know that !
firmly believe that your Eckman's Alter
alive will cure any case of lung trouble IL
taken before the last stage. | will gladly
wf,te personally to any party wanting in
formation in regard to your wonderful
medicine" tSigned Affidavitl
A. G. BETTERSWORTH.
Eckman's Alternative is effective In Bron-
chitis. Asthma. Hay Fever; Throat and
Lung Troubles. and in upbuiding the
system. Docs not contain posons. opiates
or habit-fOrming drugs. Ask for booklet
of cured cases and write to Eckman
Laboratory, Philadelphia. Pa, for more eyf-
eence. For sale by al leading druggists and
led Cross Pharmacy Barre, vt.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13

vents under the Spanish regime. Fur
! thermore, because of their great natural
| aptitude for such work, and because OF
their patience and delicacy of execution
| the Filipino women are considered among
the most skillful workers in the world in
these arts, their products being elassed
by experts as even superior to that Of
the French and the Swiss. The schools
are therefore working ON sure ground
in teaching lace making and embroid-
cry, and they have aseertained that the
demand for the kind of work their chill
dren can turn out is practically unllmit-
ed. In en effort to increase the avail
able supply of teachers for the work,
courses in lace making and embroidery
have been offered in the Philippine Nor
nal school since 1910 and also in the
various vacation assemblies of teachers.
The first thing Filipino girl does in
the sewing class in school is to make
for herself a complete outfit OF cloth
ing. This work she usually begins in
the second grade, but sometimes in the
first or third Armed with an embroid
cry frame and other apparatus lin most
cases made by the boys in the same
schooll she advances in proficiency
through the various grades; hemming
and embroidering cotton squares, fine lin
en-, handkerchiefs, waists, and so on.
The more expert girls turn out master
pieces in French net and embroidery.
In lace they make all varieties Of pill
low lace including "torchon" Spanish
lace), Maltese, Ceylon or Indian, Irish
crochet, etc. Battenburg is also made
for local use. but it is not encouraged
for export, because the japanese caAi
make it more cheaply.
An idea of the extent of industrial edit
cation in the Philippines may be gained
from the fact that nearly 100000 school
pupils are engaged in some kind of in
dustrial work For the past four years
industrial instruction has been prescribed
If the primary course for both boys and
girls, and the work is systematically car
ried on in an advanced stage in the in
termediate schools. Twenty-six we'll
equipped schools have been established
in Manila and the various provinces
there is college of agriculture at Los
Banos, and college OF engineering has
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13
WHY NOT CURE
YOUR RHEUMATISM
Do Not Join the Ranks Of Hope
less Sufferers When There
Is a Remedy Within
Reach.

Why are there SO many failures in
the treatment of rheumatism?
Why are so many sufferers resigned to
life of pain, despairing OF per-
manent cure?
Because rheumatism defies any treat
Inent that docs not build up and purify
the blood. The poisons OF rheumatism
are in the blood and it is only through
the blood that the disease can be fought
successfully.
Unles. the blood is weak and impure,
rheumatism cannot get a foothold.
When it does the thin and impure
blood is not strong enough to overcome
the poisons alone. 1t must be strength
cned and purified DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People are the best blood
building medicine you can take.
Mrs. George Lockard, farmers wife,
OF Landenburg, Pa, found complete re-
lief from rheumatism when she built up
and purified the blood with DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. She
says:
Il suffered for years from rheuma-
tism in the left hip along the sciatic
nerve and in the shoulders and hands.
consulted two doctors and while their
medicine helped me some, | did not
get permanent relief. / suffered go
terribly that / used to wish many a
time that | was in my grave. My
fingers were bent and crippled and /
had no use of my left hand for three
years. / couldn't step out right with
either foot. My suffering took my APP
petite away and l lost in weight and
strength.
had been troubled with the rheu-
matism for over three years before be-
gan using DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. Then in less than a
months time was able to walk better.
became able to use my hand and tho
swelling of the fingers went down. !
used the pills until was cured"
A booklet, Diseases OF the Blood"
containing helpful information will be
sent free upon request.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid,
on receipt of price, 80 cents per box;
six boxes, $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13
EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINES.
Based on Principle of Preparation TO
Life to Be Lived.

Under the leadership OF American edu.
Gators, Philippine education is making
a remarkable advance. Indeed, accord
ing to recent reports received at tn,
United States bureau of education, there
are features of present-day education in
the Philippines that are well worth the
careful attention of school leaders in
the United States.
II is in the field Of industrial train.
ing and useful arts that the Filipinos,
under American teachers, are making the
most notable progress; such progress, in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13

been added to the university Of the Phil
ippines. The Filipinos take to the edu-
cational program, industrial and other
wise, quickly and proftably; and the
civil government finds its duties much
less onerous now that the military inva-
sion OF the islands has been superseded
by the educational.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-13

Swimming and life-saving will be
taught to teachers of rural schools and
pupils in normal schools in Sweden BIZ
the Swedish Life-Saving society. The
government has paid subsidy for the
work and it is the intention eventually
to make swimming compulsory in all tba
schools.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Industrial Diseases in the United States

have made less needful the rigid
legal control exercised in other coun-
tries.
Reports OF lead poisoning in New
York City and of the examination of
1.413 workers in cellar bakeries and
tailor shops are included in section
dealing with Investigations. DR.. Rich
ard c. Cabot of Boston pleads for
more work by hospitals and clinics in
the prevention of industrial diseases
and Prof G. E. A. Winslow contributes
much discussed paper on tempera
ture and humidity in factories. Prof
Baskerville proposes the use of GER
tain preventive agencies for workmen
exposed to dusts, fumes and gases.
II Industrial disease is to be ade-
quately handled in this country, infor-
nation must be had as to the extent
OF these diseases and to the particu-
lar occupations In which they occur,
points out Dr. Cressy L. Wilbur chief
statisticfan of the U. S. Census Blu
reau. A proper nomenclature of oc-
equations is the first requisite and
this. DR.. Wilbur announces, is being
prepared by the American Medical
Association.
The medical inspection of factories
in Illinois is shown to have resulted
in the reporting of Eat cases of in.
dustrial disease from 81 manufactur-
ing establishments during the first
trxl,% 80 In
One plant is cited which had Is cases
sof lead poisoning last August due to
dry sand papering of lead paint. With
the use of simple respirator for the
protection of these workers as recon-
mended by the department, the haz-
ard of this occupation has been SO far
!, reduced that there has not been a
| single case of lead poisoning in that
particular establishment in the last
/ four months. DR.. Leonard w. Hatch,
statistician of the New York Depart
ment of Labor, who has had charge OF
| the registration Of industrial diseases
i in New York State, emphasizes the
need for educating physicians as to
the intent and scope of registration
laws and testifies to the gratifying re-
suits obtained from the first few
months operation Of the act.
/ The report, which is issued by the
American Association for Labor Leg
islation, closes with photography
compiled in cooperation with the
Library Of Congress and the U. S. Blu
reau of Labor, containing in addition
/ to more important foreign works over
/ 600 American titles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
Rum and RaIlroadInn.

New York Tribune: The passenger
traffic manager of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad says
that his company expects to be criti-
cised for stiffening up its rule against
the use of intoxicants by it's train
men. Criticised by whom? Certainly
not by the public, which does not want
to ride in trains manned by drunken
crews or crews whose mental facul-
ties are dulled by the irregular habits
of dissipation. II the company Is
criticised by its employees for its
strictness it will do well to keep a
watch on the personal habits of its
critics. If they want to be free to
drink and frequent places where
drink is sold they should go into some
other employment than railroading.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07

to be had, and the schoolhouse as the
center of activities and a people in
sympathy with the new life. Take
vote of our pupils and you will find
a very small per cent who will say
they desire to leave the farm, but on
the other hand declare emphatically
for the farm home
AT Buffalo Center, an enlarged and
remodeled school building was re-
Gently dedicated; modern in every re-
spect; carefully arranged as to light
ing, heating and ventilation. There
are special rooms for industrial work
for the boys and neat, sensibly equip
ped apartments for domestic science
for the girls. In order to secure this
up-to-date building at Buffalo Center,
1t was necessary to bond the district
for the improvements. But what of it?
Before these facilities can be pro-
vided, farming communities must
change their ideas concerning taxation
for public improvements. Why not
bond the districts for period of years
and thus relieve themselves of any
special burden Of taxation by paying
for the buildings gradually
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
NO FLIES AT THE STATE FAIR.

Provision for the sanitation at the
state fair grounds this year will be
the best ever. The suggestion has
been made that too many flies are in
cluded in the annual live stock exhibit
at the fair Secretary Corey states
that he believes it would not be pos
sible to exclude them from any exhibit
which has 1850 head of horses, LOO
head of cattle, 5000 head of swine l.
600 head of sheep and $500 poultry
assembled at one place. Naturally,
these animals would attract several
flies, and it would take small army
of swatters to take care OF the bunch,
yut the state fair management has
made arrangements for keeping clean
the grounds and minimizing to the
limit the bother Of flies and other
pests. The Board OF Agriculture has
expended in the last few years over
$4,000 in arrangements for the sani-
tation OF the state fair grounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
will know this in November;
know it and approve.
The Soda Clerk.

The Soda Clerk.
/ am anxious to behold a
chap at work
the soda water clerk,
in summer, when the tenn
perature is high
And people swarm up to him and i'm
petuously cry:
Gimme a choc'lit sody-draw me a
lemon lime
Gee, but this dump Is crowded-been
here an awful time
Couple O. sassperillas -strob'ry colig
ice
Say, on the level, Lizzie, isn't vernil-
Ter nice
Got emmy maple walnut-her you are
over here
No. don't want no banana, told you
said root beer
Whadd'ly have, try coffee say, this
amt orangeade,
Don't talk to me, young feller-I know
how the drink is made
And thus they keep on coming, with
insistent, brisk demand.
The soda clerk keeps moving, as he
works with either hand.
He's fast enough in winter, but the
summer makes him fly
It's then he demonstrates the hand is
faster than the eye.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07

The failure of the national and
state governments to protect work
men from preventable diseases of In
dustry is strikingly brought out in a
report just issued of the Second Ma
tional Conference on Industrial Dis
eases. 1t is shown that in three years
the Illinois Commission found s57S
cases of lead poisoning In that state,
and that a hasty and incomplete study
disclosed 121 cases of this one dis
ease of occupation In New York City
alone. Many of these were due to the
absence of regulations requiring the
use OF simple protective devices and
practices which, it is pointed out, are
in general use In Germany and Eng
land under legislation providing for
the payment of insurance benefits In
the case of sickness directly due to
industry.
A growing appreciation, however.
of the need of regulating the condi-
tions among which the thirty million
wage earners of this country carry
on their work is shown from the re-
cent prohibition by Congress of the
manufacture or sale of "phossy jaw
matches and from the enactment in
eight states during the past year OF
the bill prepared by the Association
for Labor Legislation requiring the
compulsory reporting Of certain OF
the more evident industrial diseases.
TIE report, which is profusely Illus
trated, is divided into four parts. Dis
eases of Occupation are treated in
papers read before the American Med
ical Association, this year for the first
time giving place on its annual pro-
gram to the industrial disease prob
lem. DR.. w. Gilman Thompson pre-
sents a plan for the classification of
occupational diseases; compressed air
illness, or "caisson disease" is dis
cussed by DR.. Frederick L. Keays
from study of 1892 cases under his
observation during the construction
of the Pennsylvania East River Tun
nels, and DR.. L. M. Ryan, physician
to the Foundation Company, deals
with the same disease and the proven.
tive methods to be adopted in caissor
work. Occupational skin diseases
nervous and mental diseases, diseases
of the eye, and industrial poisons are
covered by such well-known authori
ties as DR.. John A. Fordyce, DR.. Chas
A. Dana, DR.. Ellice M. Alger, ant
David l.. Edsall whose testimony re
flutes the contention that national in
genuity and inventiveness have les
sened industrial diseases here ant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
ON SCHOOL RETIREMENT.

State Superintendent of Public In
struction A. NJ. Deyoe is busying him
self on behalf of the public schools,
and more especially the rural schools.
He has been sending out list Of
questions to many people in all parts
of the state. and there will be some
thing of interest and value after the
answers have been compiled. The
questions have been printed In these
columns and take UP various phases
of country school life and call for sug-
gestions. The state superintendent is
a firm believer in the consolidated
country school, and in his circular
No. 6 he has the following:
II wish every farmer and resident
| in small town or village in Iowa
could visit some of the best consoli-
dated schools. think much Of the
existing prejudice with respect to
this matter could be removed If the
patrons of our schools would see what
lis being done at Milford, Farathon
and Buffalo Center. The consolidated
school OF the past has partially failed
! because of simply attempting to imi-
tate the old type Of accredited city
schools. The new type of consoli-
dated school is the school of greatest
possibilities.
"On winter morning recently |
saw six bob-loads of country boys and
girls unload before the school build
ing at Marathon 1t was sight was
glad that | went miles to see They
were as happy and contented lot of
Eboys and girls as | ever saw. The
roll OF the attendance in the seventh
and eighth grades and in the high
school indicates about an equal at
Tendance of pupils from the surround
| ing country and from the town of $50
population. The attendance indicates
that the boys and girls in this com.
munity remain in school until finish
| ing the high school Manual training,
agriculture and domestic science are
among the popular classes The
teachers are either normal or college
TRAINED because of liberal salaries
paid and the requirements of the
school 1t has taken little time to
develop this kind of a school at
Marathon. The superintendent of the
/ Marathon Central school offers the
following commentators words of the
'school: 1T means the best social life
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-07
CARTHAGE, ILL.
. ~~%>>>o 1899

Geo. T. Wilson, of Omaha, is visit
ing his uncle, J. Mack Scholl, and 9TH
er relatives in this city
DR.. R. D. Denton, E. A. Wilcox, E..
g. McAnulty, Burton Cannon, and
James Black, went to Chicago Friday
evening to attend the state conyen-
ton of national progressive party,
held on Saturday.
Miss Nellie Mack spent Sunday in
Elvaston, guest of her father, VIM.
Mack
Mrs. A. T. Mcclure, and baby, Of
Warsaw, came over Tuesday evening
for a visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H, Paris. Miss Stella Paris
accompanied her home Sunday morn
ing.
Mr., and Mrs John P. Byler and
family of Durham spent Sunday in
this city. Miss Peck accompanied
them to the city.
r. H. McAnulty of Springfield
brought his son, Ralph, over Saturday