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The daily Gate City., 1913-12-02

nation Is the production OF its food
Our thoughts may ordinarily be con-
centrated upon the cities and the hives
Of industry. upon the cries Of the
crowded market place and the clangol
of the factory, but 1t is from the quiet
interspaces of the open valleys and the
free hillsides that we draw the sources
OF life and of prosperity. from the
farm and the ranch, from the forest
and the mine. Without these every
street would be silent. every office de.
serted, every factory fallen into disre-
pair.
And yet the farmer does not stand
upon the same footing with the fores-
ter and the miner in the market OF
credit. He is the servant of the sea
sons. Nature determines how long he
must wait for his crops and will not
be hurried in her processes. He may
give his note. but the season of its
maturity depends upon the season
when his crop natures and lies at the
gates of the market where his prod
ucts are sold. And the security he
gives Is Of a character not known In
the brokers' office or as familiarly as
1t might be OH the counter of the
banker
The agricultural department of the
government is seeking to assist as
never before to make farming an eff
cient business, of wide cooperative eff
fort. in quick touch with the markets
for foodstuffs. The farmers and the
government will henceforth work to-
gether as real partners in this field.
where we now begin to see our way
very clearly and where many intelli-
gent plans are already being put into
execution.
The treasury of the United States
has by timely and we'll considered
distribution of It's deposits facilitated
the moving of the crops in the present
season and prevented the scarcity of
available funds too often experienced
at such times. But we must not allow
ourselves to depend upon extraordi-
means by which the farmer may make
his credit constantly and easily avail.
able and command when he will the
capital by which to support and ex.
pand his business. We lag behind
many other great countries of the mod
ern world in attempting to do this
Systems of rural credit have beer
studied and developed on the othel
side of the water while we left oul
farmers to shift for themselves In the
ordinary money market. You have
but to look about you In any rural dis
trict to see the result. the handicap
and embarrassment which have beer
put upon those who produce our food.
Conscious of this backwardness ant
neglect on our part. the congress re
Gently authorized the creation of {
special commission to study the vari
Gus systems OF rural credit which hav'
been put into operation in Europe. ant
this commission is already prepared
to report Its report ought to make j
easier for us to determine what meth
DDS will. be best suited to our owl
farmers. hope and believe that tn
committees Of the senate and hous
will address themselves to this matte
with the most fruitful results, and
believe that the studies and recent,
formed plans of the department Of ag
The daily Gate City., 1913-12-02
PRESIDENTS
MI ESSAGE TO
CONGRESS :: !:

Chief Executive Discusses the
Mexican Crisis, the Currency
Bill. the Sherman Law. Nomi-
nation of President by Direct
Vote at Primaries and Other
Matters of Importance.
The daily Gate City., 1913-12-02
MESSAGE READ TO sxTY-TFlIRD CONGRESS TODAY

regard to their enterprises and invest.
ments and clear path indicated
which they can travel without anxiety.
1t is as Important that they should be
relieved of embarrassment and set
free to prosper as that private monop.
oily should be destroyed The ways OF
action should be thrown wide open.
The daily Gate City., 1913-12-02
PRESIDENT MAKES KNOWN
HIS PHILIPPINE POLICY.

President Wilson's policy to.
ward tho Philippine Islands is
made clear in his message. He
urges tho development Of the
Philippines, always keeping in
view ultimate independence of
tho islanders. While he docs not
believe they are ready for self
government today he believes
that eventually they will be. He
points out Improvement that has
recently been made by calling
attention to the fact that more
natives have been appointed on
tho Philippine commission than
was tho case previously.
The daily Gate City., 1913-12-02

establishment Of new treaty obliga-
tions and the Interpretation of those
already assumed
The daily Gate City., 1913-12-02

Uncle Ezra Says:
Bargain hunters seem bound to gil
a bag full IVY game regardless NV
how much ammernition they USE"
The daily Gate City., 1913-12-02
KUERTA MUST GO.

Predicts Downfall Of "usurper' Wha
"cast Aside Even Pretense Of Legal
Right and Declared Himself Dicta-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
CHRISTMAS is COMING.

Do you begin to realize that
Christmas is but a few weeks off,
and that those who shop early not
only secure the best of the stocks but
avoid the rush and worry of the
days just before the holiday? Then
you should remember the people in
the stores who have to stand from
morning to night and endeavor to
please exacting customers who don't
know what they want. 1t is time to
be up and doing, get your lists
ready, be they large or small, deter
mine what you want, the price you
can afford or desire to pay, and then
start out on your shopping tour and
get it off your mind before you be-
come a victim of Christmas worry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
HONESDALE CON. EXCHANGE
TO RE IMPROVED

AS part of the reorganizatio plan
under authority of the federal COURT
there has been filed in the office Of
recorder of deeds in Lackawannd
county a deed for all the property
and franchises of the Consolidated
Telephone company, of Scrantonl
The independent companies, of which
the local company was one, havd
passed to Alvin Markle, of Hazleton 4
Harry G. Trexler, of Allentown; il
Graham and Murray Gibson. Wml
B. Given, of Philadelphia, is presi1
dent. w l.. Connell and Colonel
l.. A. Watres are directors.
The Consolidated company was
promoted and managed by S. El
Wayland, of Scranton, and had AM
auspicious start. The burden of
smaller companies. in the state was
like a millstone. The reorganized
by the new capital and blood. ID
cut telephone rates in that locality
materially.
The exchanges affected by the deed
filed in Scranton last week include
those of the Lackawanna, in Scran-
ton; the Peoples, of Wilkes-Barre !;
Carbondale Telephone company;
Anthracite, of Hazleton; Lehigh, of
Allentown; Consolidated, of Read
ing; Slate Belt, of Slatington; Over
land, of Lehighton; Carbon, of
Mauch Chunk; Honesdale Telephone
company Easton company; Warren,
of Phillipsburg, N. j., and the inter-
state Telephone company, with lines
in the city of Philadelphia. There
are arrangements effected through
which long distance messages can ne
transmitted to the Keystone Tele-
phone company of Philadelphia; the
American Union company, the Inter-
state company of New Jersey, the
Pittsburg and Allegheny company
of Pittsburg and the Frontier and
Inter-Ocean companies of New
York.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
A CLASSIC.

On the seventh page of The Citi-
zen to-day we publish, along with a
picture of the Great Emancipator,
one of the classics of the English
language. The battle of Gettysburg
occurred so years ago last July End,
3rd and 4th. The address made by
President Lincoln on the 18th of the
following November when the Ma
tional Cemetery on the field of the
great battle was dedicated. 1t con-
sists of exactly 267 words, and was
hastily written by Mr.. Lincoln while
on the cars riding to the place where
he was to deliver it. Brief as it is it
will live throughout the ages of
Time, and patriotic lips will repeat
it's words with the same fervor that
lips hungering after soul food repeat
the 11S words of the Twenty-third
Psalm. 1t would be wisdom to COM
NIT both Psalm and address to mem
ory.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1s, 1918.

temporary are rogues, rascals, liars,
tax-eaters, grafters, and members of
"the gang"
1t apologies for such men as the
impeached Governor of New York,
who converted money that was con-
tributed for a special general poll
tical purpose to his own personal
uses, and really makes hero of
him. Had Governor Tener been
guilty of such an offense there
would not have been words strong
enough in our neighbor's vocabulary
to denounce him.
Among other matters that have
been criticised by such papers as
the Independent was what was de-
nounced as the extravaganza of the
Highway Department in the matter
of travelling expenses. Now, we
want it distinctly understood that
The Citizen will not stand for any
improper use of State moneys; but
it will stand for fair criticism of
every State or County official, wheth-
er they agree with us politically or
not. Along this line, if you are a
friend to the square deal, read the
following that we clip from a wide
awake exchange that has been inves-
tigating, not carping and grunbling:
Nhn cto TOW do i,, opiti inic
of the last Legislature and of the
Highway Department that SIPS, 900
is used in travelling expenses for two
years is manifestly unfair when the
truth is known. 1t was called ex-
travagance during the campaign; but
is it?
The legislature made this appro-
priation': For the payment of the
necessary travelling expenses and 9TH
er incidental expenses of the State
Highway Commissioner, the First
Deputy State Highway Commission
er, the second Deputy State Highway
Commissioner, the Chief Engineer,
the Bridge Engineer, the fifteen AS
sistant Engineers, the fifty Superin-
tendents, the two Maintenance Engi-
neers and the Paymaster and his as
sistants two. years the sum of one
hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars ($125, 5,000)."
This is $62,500 a year for about
IS men, or an average expense of
$3.50 per day, including all neces-
sary incidental expenses. That is
certainly cheap enough. Nobody
could travel for any less; nobody will
begrudge that allowance.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
WANT ARMY OF $4,000.
Plan to Increase Infantry Arm of the
Service Outlined.

Plan to Increase Infantry Arm of the
Service Outlined.
An army of 115,OOO men is what the
infantry arm of the service has asked
of the secretary of war, according to
advices from Washington. This would
permit the formation within the Unit
ed States Of mobile army of three in
fantry divisions Of twenty-seven, regi-
ments, one cavalry division Of twelve
regiments and seven regiments Of field
artillery.
This increase also contemplates in
creasing the number Of men in the in
fantry companies from 65 to 100. the
former being at present the minimum
on peace footing.
On the basis Of the proposed increase
the mobile army, exclusive of the coast
artillery and troops serving beyond the
seas, would consist of $4,000 infantry,
1900 cavalry. 5,400 field artillery,
1920 auxiliary troops, a total of $4,000
men, or an enlisted man to every LOO
population.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
ELIOT EXTOLS POVERTY.
ls a Safer Moral Condition Than In
ordinate Wealth, He Says.

Is a Safer Moral Condition Than In
ordinate Wealth, He Says.
That poverty is preferable to inor-
dinate wealth as a safe moral condi-
ton, and that low wages are not re-
sponsible for immortality, are some of
the conclusions reached by DR.. Charles
w. Eliot, President Emeritus of Har-
ward, as published in the current num-
ber of the Harvard Theological Re-
view, In his article, which is entitled
"The Churches and Social Sentiment"
Dr. Eliot says:
"One declaration as to what churches
must stand for exhibits a strong tend
ency to attribute the moral evils in the
community to poverty. One reads fire.
quently in the public prints that the
cause of prostitution is the failure of
employers to pay young women what
is called a living wage Must the
churches stand for that doctrine? 1t
seems to me a demoralizing and de-
grading doctrine in all its implications.
To my thinking, poverty is far safer
moral condition than inordinste
wealth"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PLAY.

An exchange, we believe it was the
Agitator, of Wellsboro, this State,
recently published very timely ar
ticle about the rights of hunters and
the rights of land owners.
The Agitator says that "a hunter S
license is issued under law design
ed to raise fund for the propaga-
tion of game in this state. The Ii
cense gives no privilege whatever to
its possessor to enter upon lands
which are posted with trespass signs,
and this should be remembered by
the hunters. A landowner who OBJ
jects to hunting on his premises has
the right to order off a trespasser
whether his property is posted or
not. The license gives the hunter
no privilege whatever that he did
not have before the law went into
effect No hunting is permitted on
Sunday by anybody under the law.
Some sportsmen find fault about
so many farmers putting up trespass
notices this fall, and allege that af-
ter paying for license to hunt they
find their territory much curtailed
by facing a trespass sign upon almost
every fence corner, and they charge
the farmer with selfishness. The
fact that much woodland is closed
to the hunter is due to the depreda-
tions which cause the farmers much
annoyance. 1t isn't necessary to EMU
merate these acts which make the
farmers fear the trespassing hunter;
the gunner knows himself all about
them, and the stories the farmers
tell about the damage and annoyance
they are subject to give sufficient ex-
cuse for posting their lands.
Besides all this, if the farmer
furnishes food for the game all sum-
mer, can you give any good reason
why he shouldn't have the first
chance at the rabbits and the quail
when the cunning season opens?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
UNFAIR CRITICISM.

Criticism, if just, is the milestone
that puts an edge on capability and
merit. We reckon that expression
is original with The Citizen. Any
way, we can't recollect that we have
previously heard or seen the word
Criticism" thus defined.
Our strictly independent neighbor
across the way, (and stubbornness is
often mistaken for independence), {,
is always brimful and running over
with criticism. 1t criticises every
thing and everybody not in accord
with its notions of what is right in
politics or religion, and everybody
who think differently from our con-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
COLUMBIAN REFUSES TO PAY
MORE THAN REGULAR DIVIDEND

Letter Received by F. j. Tolley Says
That Company Will Pay Only
What New York Insurance De-
partment Approves.
Replying to a letter written by
f. j. Tolley of this place as to
whether or not the Columbian Pro-
tective Association intended to pay
all insurance claims of the old Amer
ican Fraternal Association in full, F.
L. Andrews, president of the Bing-
hamton concern says that they will
only pay such amount as the Insur-
ance Department of New York COM
puted and approved in each case.
AS there are many policyholders in
Wayne county who will doubtless be
interested, we quote the letter as
follows:
''Mr. F. j. Tolley,
Honesdale, Pa.
Dear Sir
Your letter duly received. 1t
ought to be apparent to you that the
dividend mailed to you was in full
for your share of the earnings under
your contract. We of course under
stand that three or four of the men,
bers questioned the amount of the
dividend, after which we requested
the Insurance Department of New
York State to compute and approve
the amount we should disburse.
This was done and their decision was
that we were paying too much and
wherein you received $41.91, the
amount we should have disbursed
was $34.40 according to their COM
putation and this amount was dis
bursed on and after April first of last
year for all policies maturing dur
ing the first six months of the year.
"You are at liberty to write to the
New York State Insurance Depart
ment or to Mr.. Thomas B. Donald
son of Philadelphia, the receiver ap-
pointed for the American Fraternal
Association by the Pennsylvania In
surance Department. Full informa-
tion is on file with these parties and
they can advise you intelligently.
No offer has been made on the
part of our Association to pay any
individual any more than the regular
dividend computed and if any action
is commenced we shall as we have
in the past carry it to the highest
courts, if necessary to do so.
Trusting you will see our posi-
tion in the matter, am
Very truly yours,
F. L. ANDREWS,
President"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18

SOME CITIZEN COMMENT

Thanksgiving Day literature always
appeals to the minds of boys, for it
points to busy kitchen and the ap-
petizing odor of roasting Tom COB
blers, spicy pumpkin pies and all
the rest of the good things that find
, their way on the best room dining
table on that day every year. You
have to reach boys mind through
his stomach. AS to men, why,
Z" Men are only boys grown tall:
Hearts don't change much, after ALL"
AS to the form the literature takes,
that is something different. All of
us have read the typical Thanksgiv-
ing story, with its flavor of every
thing that is nice, including a dash of
rosy checked, sparkling eyed, auburn
haired maiden and the troth that was
plighted between the young man and
the maid with wishbone between
them. What the writer wants to find
out is this: How many of you, dear
readers, ever sat down and calmly
read, understood and appreciated the
annual Thanksgiving story that the
Governor of the State publishes?
There, we thought so! Well, here is
Governor Tener's Thanksgiving story
for 1918. Why not read it? Why
not enjoy it? Why not enter into it's
spirit, and why not do these things
right NOW? Here it is:
The citizens of PENNSYLVANIA have
countless reasons for rendering sincere
thanks to the Supreme Ruler of the Uni
which have been enjoyed during the past
year. The fertile genius of our people
has brought forth inventions, by the use
of which the mighty forces of nature are
utilized to tighten the physical burdens of
man and to promote comfort, health and
happiness.
mo great calamity or epidemic has
visited us to blight the peace and content
OF our people Amicable relations have
generally. existed between the employer
and employe, labor of every character
and kind has been steadily employed, and
found ready markets.
Therefore, following a venerated GUS
tom, l, John x. Tener, Governor of this
Commonwealth. do designate and set
aside Thursday, November 27, 1913 as
Thanksgiving Day, and recommend that
our usual places of worship be filled WITH
a reverent and grateful people, praying
Almighty God that the observance of the
day may find favor in His sight, to the
end that the future may know nothing
but peace, prosperity and happiness"
@-S%
Voting for jackson" seems to be
the rule with some people and some
newspapers. The day after the late
election one of our valued contem-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
THE
DELAWARE AND HUDSON
COMPANY.
Industrial Opportunities

Industrial opportunities.
The rails of The Delaware
& Hudson Company serve di-
rectly over one million people,
and through it's connections
with all the great trunk lines
of the United States and
Canada serves indirectly over
fifty million people, or over
one-half the population of the
country.
The cities reached by it's
rails are prosperous and pro-
gressive, and are abundantly
supplied with contented labor.
They have splendid schools
and churches, excellent bank
ing facilities, and all offer
excellent factory sites at rea-
sonable terms.
This Company, in maintain
ing the lowest freight rates
generally of any railroad in
America, and with its excel
lent transportation facilities,
both freight and passenger,
together with its proximity
to cheap fuel, raw materials
and ready markets, offers To-
cations along its rails of in
estimable value to all indus
tries.
More detailed information
in relation to industrial de-
velopment will be supplied
promptly upon application to
the Industrial Department.
III. B. WEATHERWAX,
Industrial Agent.
ALBANY N Y
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
VERY UNIQUE SIGNS
IN w. J. REIFrS WINDOWS

f~1EACHERS and everybody els|
last week we're very mucl
lszsTS=,SS9 interested in two of thI
kAEzSEJ most unique, automatt|
window displays ever seei
in Honesdale or any other dale Thl
display is in the window of w. j
Ref, headquarters of the famou|
Walk-Over Shoes for men and QueeI
Quality Shoes for women.
The Walk-Over display is that of
very nattily dressed gentleman, wh]
is made by some system of mechan
ism to walk step by step over sampl|
shoes of the Walk-Over make. Th|
walker takes his steps with precis
ion and care, and really looks an(
acts princely. You become fascinad
ed as you watch the grace and charm
of the automatic walker.
In the opposite window is the fig
ure of lady, daintily dressed il
silk. By mechanism as clever a
it is charming the lady raises he
skirts just high enough to show tn,
various styles of Queen Quality shoes
Every time she raises her skirt I,
different shoe is shown-bIack, rus
set, white-with hosiery to match
And as you gaze you wonder how it i
all done. There is not even a sug
gestion of boldness in the lady as sh,
shows her new shoes, and you fee
impressed, some way, that she is ;
lady, a Queen in fact, with purit.
back of every automatic action. Yol
better look at that window, study it
then you'll be led to step inside ant
see the goods the little gentleman
and the little Queen are exploiting.
Ady't.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18

destroyed all of his stock of drink
ables, refusing to sell them for
money. This was one of the results
of the Billy Sunday meetings in
Wilkes-Barre, and it did not happen
last winter in the midst of great ex-
citement. 1t is hard proposition TO
oppose Sunday in the face of such an
incident as that. In other words, it
is only another way of declaring the
truth of Josh Billings saying, "It's
hard argying ag'in a success"
z$%<@#
Uncle Sans All Right! He has
directed his postmasters to see to it
that Santa Claus is placed in the
special free delivery class, and here
after old Santa will get his mail
without any unnecessary delay or
fuss.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.

l want to help you to grow as
beautiful as God meant you. to be
when he thought of you first.-Geo.
Mcdonald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
nAtrooitiesY Pictures For Schools.

By permission of the Turkish direc-
tor of public instruction the schools of
Constantinople are to be provided with
pictures which are said to Illustrate
atrocities practieed upon the Turks in
the Balkan war.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
TOTAL CANAL COST $s75, ,OOO, 900.

Washington, D. C.-The Pacific
and Atlantic terminals of the Pana-
ma Canal will cost large part of
the remaining .$37, 900, 900 to be ap-
propriated for that water way, esti-
mates of the bulk of which already
have been submitted to the House
committee on appropriations. The
S37, 100000 will make up the total
of 1915, 100000 contemplated as
the total cost of the canal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
"a" Wins. "B" May Use "Strap"
to "Strop" His Razor, or
"Strop" to "Strap" His Razor.

Honesdale, Pa, Nov. 8, 1913.
Editor Citizen:
Dear Sir:-Kindly decide the fol-
lowing argument: A says that a.
"strop" used for sharpening razors
is identical to a "strap" or vica-
versa. B claims that the term
"strop" signifies a material or thing
to sharpen razors on, while a
STRAP" is used to fasten articles to-
gether, and that the two words can
not be used for one meaning. Kind
ly publish same and oblige B
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18
"PEDOS" CORN CURE re.

lieves pain at once and event
ually cures. IS cents.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18

Voting for jackson" seems to be
the rule with some people and some
The day after the late
election one of our valued contem-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-11-18

The Railroad Interests are agitat-
ed just now over the question of
Who pays the freight" We GER
tainly give it up. 1t used to be
JONES'" wasn't it?