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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

sons seek 1t because it appears to Of
fer an opportunity of obtaining good
pay for little work. But there are
few branches of the government serv-
lice in which "a willing n capable
Iperson can obtain as good wages as are
paid by private employers. ON one
phase OF this subject A. Maurice Low
writes as follows in the North Amcri-
can Review:
I'm the ranks Of ndustrialism the
baton Of the field marshal is at the
bottom of every recruits knapsack.
although not every one has the wit
to find it. But it is there, and that
is the incentive TO hard work. to de-
cent living. tn the exercise of mans
reasoning faculties. That is the re-
ward to which every apprentice may
aspire: but what would be his reward
il he state took over all industry:
Assuming an absolutely honest civil
service where there is no favoritism,
where influence counts for naught and
merit is the sole test-an ideal state
of affairs not impossible Of realization,
hui practically almost so-the faith.
full. diligent, and intelligent govern
ment servant would slowly gain his
promotion and might hope. after long
years of service. to reach the highest
.rung in theladder-an agency or the
management of an important bakery,
let US say. But he would always re-
main a hired man. a servant of the
state. Socialism would mean implant-
ing upon western civilization the de-
hasing and injurious effects of the
caste system of the cast. \ man
would no born a baker and die a bak-
or: in all probability the son would
follow in the footsteps of the father.
and there would be a caste of bakers
in America just as there is a caste of
offal collectors in India. I take it this
phase of socialism has not been con-
sidered by the workingman. and be-
LEV" that the average American
w%orkingman is too intelligent and too
ambitious to surrender the hope Of re-
ward for the dubious benefit of be-
coming a barnacle of the state. espe-
cially as the first and most marked
effect of socialism would be to in
crease the cost of all commodities
without comforting any corresponding
benefit"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
= St u 81 & = = E = It y . /,
SOME EIGHTY YEARS AGO. /,

Daniel Webster in the Senate in 1888.
There are persons who constantly
clamor. They complain of oppression,
speculation and pernicious influence
OF accumulated wealth. They cry out
loudly against all banks and corpora.
lions and all means by which, small
capitalists become united in order to
produce important and beneficial re-
suits. They carry on mad hostility
against all established institutions.
They would choke the fountain of in
dustry' and dry all streams. In a
country OF unbounded liberty. they
.clamor against oppression. In IL
country of perfect equality. they would
move heaven and earth against pri-
vilege and monopoly. In a country
where property is more evenly divided
than anywhere else. they rcnd the air
shouting agrarian doctrines. In a
country where wages Of labor arc
nigh beyond parallel. they would
teach the lahorcr that he is but an op.
pressed slave.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
THE STATE AS An EMPLOYER.

IT is an economic axiom that every
man is Justly entitled to the fruits Of
his w industry. 1t is equally OBJ
vious that in this world not every
man receives this in full measure. To
insure the proper distribution Of the
good things of the world on this basis
has been the dream Of practically ev-
cry maj who has undertaken to de.
wise a new social system. The plan
most widely advocated, and the one
which is believed by its advocates TO
he the most nearly certain to remedy
the defects of this sort in the systems
OF today is that Of state socialism, a
system under which the state should
be the instrument of society, not mere
~ as an agency for political govern
ment, n not merely for the per-
Torrance of those duties bordering on
tho commercial in which the state
now engages, but in the whole field OF
industrtital and commercial endcavor.
The people, in other words, through
their organized government, are to
take over all the work Of producing
and distributing the commodities and
in performing the various services
which are needed for the comfort and
enjoyment Of the people, so that every
man will be tho cmploye of the state,
and will be rewarded by the state for
the service which he performs. Much
theorizing has been done on this sub
ject. The thorists believe that this
plan would insure a Just distribution
Of all the fruits Of labor. Uusually
they assume that ideal conditions will
prevail. d~isregarding the fact that
ideal conditions never do prevail in
anything over which fallible man has
control.
All countries have had some expert
cnce. greater or less. with the govern
ment as an employer. From the stand
point of the employc that experience
i. not invariably satisfactory. In our
own country the government service
is no especially desirable. Many per-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS.

Commercial West: But as TO agri-
.ultural advice. oil advice IN farmers
from a specialist or expert. there is
already Il tendency in that direction.
Some weeks ago the Commercial West
called attention To a society i'll II
county in Illinois that employs a farm
specialist I" help RI" farmers to solve
tho many problems that are continual
Is confronting them. This. We believe.
will q o be a common practice in all
the western states. Alread.. the farm
ers in several counties in western Min
nssota have united and have employed
an agricultural advisor He is de-
scrihed in the Minnesota Farmers In
s'itute Annual as being a competent
trained agrirnltnrist." Surely no ccn-
mon farmer will have the temerity
/" question anything that tha, gentle
man may say: and if he lives up TO
the IT'LL, lae will earn his salary. And.
Incidentally. We are glad that We
didn't call him that first. But 10 pro-
coed.
The Institute Annual says that at
frs, thought such an act-that of en-
plnying tho man. not of calling him
a competent trained asriculturist"-
might appear to- imply that poor
Turning methods exist. and Nigh,
seem To cast a slur upon the local
farmers" Of course we have no means
of knowing whether the write: was
trying 10 head off Professor Bolley.
hint IL 6nocr't ,,aftrr The Tpctjt,ta
Annual continues as follows:
There arc so many phases to the
farm problem that anyone at all ia
miliar with farming realizes that nc
person can know enough about farm
ing To operate Il farm up to its high
est point of efficiency. Just as the
larg" business corporation needs the
advice of an attorney in drawing UP it's
working plans, n needs the assist
ancc of competent bookkeepers and
specialists in carrying out those plans,
s" an agricultural community needs
the advice and assistance of the very
best minds trained in the various lines
of agricultural development.
when a railroad superintendent
employs an engineer to plan out a
grade. a curve or q bridge, he does
not acknowledge that the engineer
knows more about railroadins than he
does: he simply acknowledges thai
one w'h has made a study of some
special problem knows more about
that special problem than can a per-
son w'ho has distributed his attention
and study over a large number of
problems. So the progressive and
wide-awake farmer will find that he
needs the services of specialists just
as the business man needs them; and,
as the business of farming becomes
more and more intensive, and conse-
qnently moro and more complicated,
the use Of specialists az advisors to a
large number of farmers will become
general.
1.-The effort Of the agricultural COL
lego nnd the United States depart
me"t of agriculture will be to direct
this work along practical lines: to
employ competent men, and to use
tho whole force Of the college and
he United States department of agri-
culture in backing up these field men
and in helping them to work out ev-
cry farm problem hat comes up for
consideration"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

MANNERS MAKE MEN.

(Philadelphia Ledger.

philadelphia Ledger.)
n pleasing manner is an important
essential to III any business. a
gentle. courteous manner will win
recognition anywhere. Sc much de-
pends upon first Impressions, and
these are favorable or unfavorable
according to whether a man is polite
and courteous OF brusque and nerv-
GUS in bearing.
we cannot always Judge a man by
what he SAYS or does. but the way in
which he ays or does "A certain thing
Will prove the best index to his char
acter.
a pleasant, courteous bearing will
help a man to success in business
where Il hoorish, impatient manner
Will turn away customers. The brusque
man may he as Well, meaning as his
more affable rival. hut people have
not the time nor inclination to find
out what is beneath the rude exterior.
They prefer to p~atronize the man
who makes it plain that it is a pleas
ure to serve: that the world is a
mighty pleasant place, and that he is
glad to be alive.
II o are not the possessor of a
pleasant manner, start out to ac-
guire it. You will find it an immense
help in making a success of ANYTHING
YOU undertake.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

MAN IN BAD SHAPE

In an affidavit executed before q
Notary in st. Paul a travelling man
swears tn the following: Had a
scrofulous ulcer about two by three
lnches IN size on the right side of
gerous place. Was treated by many
doctors but no benefit. Aliens Ulcer.
Inc Salve cured the ulcer in six
months.
This salve is one of the oldest rem.
eedies In America and since 1869 it has
been known as the only salve power
full enough to cure chronic ulcers and
old sores Of long standing.
Aliens Ulcerine Salve acts by draw.
ing out the poisons and healing the
sore from the bottom Up. It is so
powerful that it heals new cuts and
sores IN one-third the time that COM
mon salves and liniments take. And
1t heals burns and scalds without a
scar.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
Reflections of a Bachelor
New York Press.)

Genius seems to he able to do most
anything but support itself.
What makes a love letter the best
of all to a girl is for it Ia he the in
sanest of all.
Nobody but "A woman knows what
real excitement is. and that's when
the first new hat of the season comes
into church.
The thing that scares a woman
about a burglar is what if he should
look at some of the clothes she left
around the oonl.
AS it takes all a mans money to
pay his fa,nily's bills it ought to con
sole him that II he had any more
money he'd nave that nan more
bills.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

Under tho heading Danger in Vivid
Green Vegetables DR.. Wiley notes in
Good Housekeeping that. after six
years delay. the Rumsen food hoard
has ratified his ruling that blue.
stone" (sulphate of copper>. used to
produce the unnatural bright green
color Of canned beans. peas. and
spinach. is detrimental to health and
should not he permitted in foodstuffs.
The conclusion. he says. triumphautly.
must have been a bitter pill to swal-
low. for We're they not appointed in
the hope that Wiley would be reversed
on all points,"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
MODERN RIFLE WOUNDS. /.
popular Mechanics.

Wounding an enemy in wal is bet
ter than killing him. for, unless he is
captured. it imposes ON his side the
burden Of taking rare Of him. The
Balkan war has again proved that the
bullet of the modern high.power rife
with it's terrific speed will go straight
through a man. penetrating the most
vital organs without killing him; and
1t has even been found to go through
from four to six men. one behind the
other. This puts them out Of the fight.
but at the same time 1t is "a good thing
for the fighter. for it gives him a far
better chance for his life.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
Pointed Paragraphs
(Chicaso News

The high fier doesn't always reach
the top.
Doing is much harder than wishing,
but 1t pays better.
a girl may head off a proposal by
taking to her heels.
The batter in some buckwheat
cakes V scores a hit.
hne-half the world awaits an OPP.
%portunity to do up the other half.
The one way a man car make his
money last is to make it first.
1t takes i smart man to land on his
feet when he falls in a hole.
a lot of men strive for fame be-
cause of the money hat goes with it.
Fortunately a man seldom marries
the woman he fell in low with at first
sight.
You can't judge a woman's feelings
by her laughter, her tears. or by what
she says.
Look out for explosions; the winter
blasts are blowing up the streets and
alleys everywhere.
The man who wants to put you next
to a money-making plan is usually
looking out for himself.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
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LEASING THE SKY. y
= q . = . . = q
Chicago Tribune.l

Chicago Tribune.)
What is known as the SKY lease
in Cleveland, Ohio. is one Of the most
curious building space leases ever
drawn up. Some time ago a frontage
OF $50 feet was leased for a term of
ninety-nine years, and the lessee erect
ed q six-story shop and office struc-
ture having foundations strong enough
to carry several additional stories.
After the building was completed the
owner leased the air space above the
sixth floor. and the support Of the
walls and columns of the six-story
structure to the Cleveland Athletic
club. The club then added seven sto.
ries to h six-story structure at a cost
Of more than $500, 900. The club pays
a fixed annual rental for it's "air
space" along with the entrance space
for the lifts and n space In the base
ment. Tho seven top stories are, OF
course. owned by the Athletic club,
and at the termination. of the lease,
which will ru nabout ninety years, the
owner Of the fee agrees to pay the an.
praised value of the improvements, or
extend the lease for another period
Of years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

a "Miscegenation" bill is agitatinc
the legislature Of Kansas. its oppo.
nents declaring 1t to be the Opening
wedge for Jim Crow legislation" The
democratic house put through the bill
refusing to add an amendment offered
by a republican opponent which
would prohibit intermarriage CT white.
and Indians. The anthropologists sa,
that the blends II white and Indian
blood are almost uniformly good. pro,
ducing A typ of half-brced taller thar
either parent, with excellent physica
and mental traits; the marriage O
whites and blacks, on the other hand
may produce the type of 'mottled'
mulatto of the south, who seems t,
inherit the worst characteristics Of tn,
parent stems.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

clans. then we shall have to admit
that the use of SNUFF. as nov practiced,
Is one OF the worst evils of our time.
My own observations and studies bear
out In a large measure the truth of
this assertion.
Specific illustrations.
The 8 of snuff for chewing is
said:
Can you do nothing to stop it?
MY boys health is completely broken
down. He is a nervous wreck from
Its use.'
"A states attorney writes: My at
tention has been called to one case
IN which a mar used it to such an en-
tent that his mental balances seemed
to be affected. Can nothing be done
of it?'
"A prominent physician has said:
Many boys from 8 to Is years arc adj
dicted to the vice. The terrible eff
fects will be felt most severely when
1t Is too late to help those who are
now forming the habits of life.'
|. Dealers say that the use Of snuff
is rapidly on the increase; that its
use has increased more than 100 per
cent In three to five years. and where
a Few years ago non was sold, today
1t is one Of the staple products.
SAYS a physician: 1t produces a
mild form Of i~ntoxication. Snuff is
used among chronic drinkers
Says another: 1T makes a nervous
wreck of a person; causes nervous
ness. palpitation. and trembling OF the
hands. My cases have been with boys
from 8 to 1S years and upwards.
Says another: Snuff / find most
Injurious to the mucuous membrane,
producing stomach and bowel trouble,
jaundice. catarrh. etc. The use Of
snuff by boys from 8 to 10 years Is
alarmingly on the Increase
Produces Drunken State.
Another comparing 1t with tobacco
says: 1T acts quicker and produces
la drunken state such as alcohol and
morphine. Most snuff users have
diseases of the gums which cause the
teeth to drop out and thus their d.
gestton suffers. In one case a man
to be clear mentally. became simple
and almost foolish from it's use. It's
use is exceedingly depressing. under
mining mans highest ideals and moral
nature. 1t knobs the props from un-
der self respect and honesty. leaving
the animal traits in full force. For
the past two years I have repeatedly
advised my patients who use snuff to
go back to tobacco
And another physician has said:
I think that snuff is the most vile
and damnable stuff on the market,
outside OF drug producers
Two years more of observation has
not changed my mind but strengthen
ed the belief that there is necessity
for q law to prohibit the sale Of SNUFF
for the protection of the health and
well-being of the people of our state:
and I am sure that in the near fu.
ture other states, to the east Of us,
will take similar action. for such leg
islation has been under consideration,
(Signed) -"E. +. Ladd."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
V BETTING; ON TURKEY IN 1873. =
(London Chronicle,

N|otIuOu SIIOnlCIC.b
The present position Of affairs in
Turkey gives topical interest to a bet
made in 1913. In his Notes from a
Diary" Sir Mountstuart f. Grant Dun
records that in March. 1856. he was
looking over the old betting books at
curious entry. OF these he gives the
following example: In ITS Mr..
Charles Fox gave Mr.. Shirley ten
guincas. OH the undcrsta nding that he
was to receive 500 whenever Turkey
in Europe belonged to a European
power or powers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

The spelling bee has been revived
in Chicago. The spelling bee and the
music school were great factors in the
life Of the people of half a century
ago. n V of a later date than
that. Good nay be done by reviving
one or both, but it need not be ex-
pected that the new spelling bee will
be like the old. for the conditions un-
der which it is held can never resem-
BILE those under which it fourished.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
Was $4,000 Spent by the
Snuff Men to Defeat Bill
Prof. E. F. Ladd Says That Statement Has Been Made
Joker Inserted in the Law Two Years Ago Made it
Worthless-Severe Arrangement of Drug Made

1t is evident that a bitter battle is
to be waged at Bismarck over the
passage Of house bill No. ISL. which
prohibits the sale Of snuff in North
Dakota. At the last session a law was
passed which was supposed to pro-
hibtt the sale Of this article. but wnen
an attempt was made to enforce IT., it
was found that a little joker had been
slipped in which made the law abso-
lutely valueless.
This year a bill has been drawn up
which is said to be 'iron-clad" and q
big effort is being made to ass it.
The w. c. T. U. is taking a hand In
the fight to get the bill through.
Mrs. Elizabeth Preston Anderson.
state president Of the w. G. T. u, has
ecure the following arraignment of
the snuff evil from Professor Ladd,
who was h instigator of the move.
ment:
What about the sale Of snuff in
North Dakota? It took, SO It is said.
$4,000 In the closing hours Of the last
legislature to turn the trick Of chang
ing the law from the prohibition to
the leEalizlng Of the sale and use of
snuff in North Dakota.
China had forced upon her the leg
allied use of opium that has degrad-
cd her working people and other citi-
zens to fendish brutality. and this,
that a few far away might be made
rich in the traffic.
Is Lcsalizcd Sale.
And so North Dakota has forced
upon her h sale Of SNUFF. and why?
Apparently. that a few men. accord
ing to the report OF the commissioner
OF corporations to President Taft,
might go on drawing dividends Of
from 20 to 20 per cent on water pure
n simple; stock that never cost a
cent. v represented a dollar: and
mus evi Of snuff chewing is legal
lied in North Dakota. It was bad
nough that We had the evil. far worse
mat 1t should be legalized by legisla-
present legislature may at least re-
move from he statute an act that
cannot he looked upon with credit nv
thinking people who know the effects
OF snuff upon those who are users Of
the anne
How the trick a done I do not
Know. hut can they do it again? Will
the people stand for it? Allow the
trust. which controls. it is said. 90 per
cent of the snuff business. to rear
their millions. and the health of our
Eoung men. our transient laborers and
OF our citizens to be dragged down.
for the terrible effects will be most
pronounced in future generations. No,
1t can never be. for / have the fullest
confidence in the will of the people
when they once realize what has been
done.
I'm bulletin % Of the food DEPART
ment, now out Of print. I brought to-
gether some of the facts from which,
after careful study and research, I
compiled the data and from which I
draw freely:
Roundly Condemns SNUFF.
DO YOU know what the greatest
evil or vice of our day is here in North
Dakota? Do you know what is under.
mining most seriously not only the
health but intellectual and moral
character Of those who are addicted to
habit? If We are to believe the
statements made by many parents, by
friends Of the victims and confirmed
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
q sssss Is
1T Is PARCEL POST.

(Syracuse Post standard.)
Why not the parcel post universal
ly:
1t is thus the law designatcs 1t. It
is thus the p%ostofflcc department al
ways describes it.
We never speak Of the postoffces
department.. nor of the money orders
service. @ of letters post. We use
the terms freight and express in the
singular form. and run passenger, not
passengers trains. and newspaper. not
newspapers cars on u railroads.
Let us he consistent this nee, and
call it parcel post.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
The Pujo money trust investigate

The Pujo money trust investigating
is about ready to report.
The report will contain the conclus-
ions formed in the minds of the ma
jority before the investigation began,
and there will be a minority report in
which the e Of the members will
tell what they thought about it at the
same time-and what they still think.
These Investigations are great things.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30

Don't worry. Care killed a cat
Things may not be as bad as they
seem. And if they are worrying viii
only make them worse. Work, strug.
gle, fight, but don't worry. 1t is the
most wasteful exercise there is.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
WHAT THEY SAY
Relieves in Letting George Do 1t.
(Kansas City Star.)

Woodrow Wilson makes 1t clear
that he will retain Colonel Goethals
in charge of the Panama Canal work.
Far be 1t from him TO be the man who
put the Go in GOethals.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
Ono Great Exception. anyway.

baltimore SUM-
This statement that American lem.
ons are controlled by Il powerful trust
weakens when II thinks of the free.
dom of Governor Colo Blease.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
This Is Rubbing 1t In.
est. Louis Republic.

(St. louis ReNublic.)
1t ma he assumed that a woman
was chosen to carry half Of the Taft
vote to Washington on the theory that
tho Taft vote is not heavy enough to
make a mans load.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-30
War News in a Nutshell.

columbia stated
"'Rin!!' and They Go to It," Such
is the heading The Cincinnati Enquir-
err carries over a dispatch regarding
the opening OF the Wyoming legisla-
turC.