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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
CURRENCY BILL TO PASS.

When the currency bill was intro
ducoG in congress 1t was generally op-
posed by the financial interests Of the
country. The president stated at the
time tina; the measure was not con.
sldered perfect and asked for sugges-
t'oag AS now shaped II is generally
considered a wiser, measure than the
Aldrich hill which was approved by
the American Bankers association.
The president has again asked for
suggestions.
II is in this broad spirit that the bill
Is being considered. When the presi-
dent gives 1t his final approval the
measure will meet with general favor.
Further the president has urged con.
gress not to take a recess but remain
In session until the tariff bill is passed
and the currency bill becomes a law.
The president considers the cur.
rency bin too big a measure TO permit
delay. Business interests require &C,
, ton so that changed conditions can
!, be met.
. II is reasonably certain that this bill
Nill be passed by the present session
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
GIVE LOCAL CONTRACTORS A
CHANCE

Rock Island contractors have called
the attention Of The Argus 20 the ap-
parent indifference Of the Central
Union Telephone company to the
claims OF Rock Island for consider
Ation In the awarding of the contract
FOR its new building on Eighteenth
street and Seventh avenue. They hold
that the company should have given
the home contractors a chance at
least, before awarding the contract to
outsiders. The company undoubtedly
has valid reasons for favoring the con-
tractor who is to erect the building, F"
said O Rock Island contractor IN con-
versation with an Argus representa-
tive yesterday. but feel that with
so many contractors as there are IN
Rock Island capable Of big undertak-
ings and successful building oper-
atoms, contractors who 90 all over
the country and bid on work IN COM
petition with the best, we should have
been given an opportunity. 10 compete
with outsiders AZ the hands Of q cor.
Joration that has been favored By tie
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
BY MARY AQUIN.

81 am fully persuaded that we should
hear Of none of these infantine airs if
girls were allowed to take sufficient
exercise and not confined in close
rooms till their muscles are relaxed
and their powers of digestion destroy
ed To carry the remark still further
if fear in girls, instead of being cher
ished, perhaps created, was treated in
the same manner as cowardice in boys,
we should quickly see women with
more dignifed aspects. 1t is true that
they could not then with equal pro-
priety be termed the sweet flowers
that smile in the walk of man; but
they would be more dignified members
Of society, and discharge the import
ant duties of life by the light of their
own reasons. Educate women like
men,, says Rousseau, and the more
they resemble our sex. the less power
they will have over us This is the
very point l aim at. l do not wish
them to have power over men, but over
! thems selves"
To those who~may think the agita-
! ton to give to woman civil and polit-
| zeal freedom a new and very green
desire, it is interesting to learn that
these words were written by woman
! born in 1859, published in book, Vim
dication of the Rights of Women" and
| that its author, Mary Wollstonecraft,
suffered very much for her temerity.
! Power over men. 1t is a dancing
will O. tn wisp and of short duration,
as short as the time 'twixt bud and
blossom. Even in our present day ad
vance, 300 years from Mary Wollstone'
craft, this power over men that Rous-
seau feared women would lose. in the
middle aged women degenerates into
a strangle hold or becomes weight
That gentlemanly toast, ITO women
once our superiors, now our equals,
is a misnomer when brought into the
courts of the land, where 1t is speedily
found that women possess very little
OF equality and not at all of superiority
Many a deserted woman has found
that the power she possessed wouldn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

The world is full of people,
Red and brown and black and white;
There are foolish men and wiso men.
Busy men and men Of might;
There are good men. there are bad ones,
There are men of every sort.
And the most of them forever
Are ''regretting to report"
Here and there is one who bravely
Does the work he has to do;
Here and there is one with courage
To be manly through and through;
Here and there IS one who nobiy
Keep the flag on Virtues fort,
Bur so many, many always
Are "regretting to report"
1t may be that there shall some day,
Far away On other shores,
Be a reckoning, a summing
Up of all mems earthly scores:
Oh. If such a scene is waiting
In that high, celestial court.
Pity them that go there trembling
And 'regretting to report"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
SENATOR LEWIS, PRINCE OF DEBA-
TIERS.

SENATOR LEWIS, PRINCE OF DEBA-
TIERS.
Receiving applause from both sides
Of the chamber, winning the plaudits
of the gallery, easily besting his OF
ponents in debate, Senator James
Hamilton Lewis has in a very. short
time come to be recognized as one Of
the most forceful men of the upper
house of congress. The Argus has
just received a verbatim copy of the
debate on the Bristow resolution cen
surfing Secretary Bryan for delivering
lectures for recompense including the
speech of Senator Townsend of Mich
igan, remarks by Senator Roo: and the
reply of Senator Lewis.
The Ilinoisan completely annihil.
ated his opponents, exposing the hy-
pocrisy of those who can see only
wrong in Secretary Bryan's chautauqua
lectures, but who saw no wrong when
republican pcstoffice department Of
fetal devoted his time to playing
machine politics, when a republican
president spent much of his time tour
ing the country a. public expense,
when a republican secretary of state
! (MT. Knox spent much of his time on
his farm at Valley Forge, and when
one of the senators engaged in this
very debate prac;iced law for personal
gain while drawing salary as a mem.
TO, of the senate.
Seeking to squirm away from in
terrogatories propounded by Senator
Lewis relative to his law practice,
| Senator Townsend said the Jniy cases
Re had tried since his election we're
! those of ca Its W." had CIR q 10 him
4 prior to his election ard which TIC
courts had postponed until ADJOURN
ment of congress.
Here's a very brief excerpt from tie
debate: lt
Mr.. Lewis. Then I will ask the
senator, during the time which hc
calls vacation" was he not botf
drawing his salary from the govern
ment and likewise charging legitimat 4
or proper compensation TO his clients
for his valuable services?
Mr.. Townsend. / was.
Mr.. Lewis. OF course. There 4
such a difference when it is a demo
orat. Oaughter) So legitimate for
Republican senator-so criminal whel
done by a democratic secretary o
state.
Thus did Senator Lewis corner hi
opponents on every point. His ca
posture OF their hypocrisy was mos
conclusive, and his address in its er
tirety Of such e,oquence, logic, fore
and brilliancy as to at once Civ
place to the new senator from Illino.
as one OF the most potential member
Of that highest Of legislative bodies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
rHE sH1PMF,NT OF FRuIr,

In all the discussion about impure
food and the necessity of pure food
laws, 1t has remained for the Chris
tian Science Monitor TO call attention
to the shipment Of green fruit in
these days of refrigerator cars when
ripe fruit would be practical. The
banana and some other tropical fruits
may be safely picked unripe and rip
ened on shipboard or in warehouses,
though these, when so treated, lose to
an appreciate extent their natural
flavor. But not so with the fruits of
the temperate zone. Such fruits,
when subjected to artificial ripening
processes are rendered insipid, un-
wholesome and really unfit for use.
Self-interest, as the Bloomington
Bulletin says, 1t would seem, would
of itself move the fruit-growers to put
an end to the practice of picking their
products before they are ripe. The
result of this practice is naturally and
inevitably 10 decrease the demand and
so to lessen the prices of their output.
But that failing, the. public authori-
ties should step in and enforce the
necessary regulation. Florida has,
through a recent act of its legislature,
undertaken to do this.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
POWER OVER MEN

enable her to buy shoes for the baby,
though society would have of her a
non-producer in the economic world
Taking marriage as a profession she
has no court of redress and assumes
all liabilities.
The illuminating articles appearing
IL a current magazine on states laws
as applied to woman's safety shows
that she possesses less of actual con-
Germ than the hog that is fattened on
the land. A special bureau at Wash
ington looks after hoggie's needs.
That individual capacity for which
Napoleon saw but one use, to produce
soldiers, is given scant courtesy in
court. Only in case of illegitimacy
is the mother recognized by law and
given the complete custody of her
child. Ground in the mill of divorce
the father may claim in entirety this
| being in whose actuality he had but
little share and no inconvenience.
The divine partnership brought be-
wherein she is getting superior treat
ment to say nothing of equality.
! 4 wellknown manufacturer decided
to set aside his "old" wife, same age
as himself, and found a new order
He had quiet talk with mother"
and assured her he would give her as
much money as he cared to. Which
he did. But in a partnership, man and
man, where may one of the contract
! ing parties, at his own terms, set aside
such partnerships? 1t is done every
day in the sacred superior" firm of
Marriage & Co.
From the economic standpoint it is
criminal to make no preparation for
the education of girls to a wage-earn-
ing capacity and leave-the false po-
sition that marriage is a profession.
A man does not lose his job or become
an accessory to relatives if he obtain
divorce or his wife dies
For their safety, the health of chill
dren, the well-being of man, himself,
women should be taught to possess
power over Themselves
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

city Of Rock Island. We,are not COM
planning because an outsider got the
contract, but only that the home men
we're ignored"
The Argus, while MOI. presuming to
discuss the motive of the Central
Union Telephone company IN award
ing the contract for its new building to
suit itself, is nevertheless in full &C.
cord with the position Of local col
tractors who maintain that they
should have been given chance on
the general contract Notwithstanding
that the company has placed the speci-
fjcations for the steam fitting and
ether subcontracts in the hands CT
Rock Island firms in order that they
may have an opportunity TO bid
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
Not as Bad as He Feared.

well, sir" demanded the dignified-
looking gentleman who met Mr.. Dali
lington in the hall, what are you do
ing here?"
'I-I-that isl beg your pardon,
sir. 1t may seem strange to you to
see me here alone, but IL, that is,
sir, l assure you l am"
Come, come. You may as we'll
confess the truth. l will summon the
servants and have you searched. /
want to know what you are doing in
my house at this time"
''Oh, you are Miss Rockingham s
father? l beg your pardon. It's all
right. l have Just had a slight mis-
understanding with your daughter, and
she refused to come out to bid me
goodnight. You see, l was rather
awed when l met you here. l thought
you were the butler"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE n. TAvENNER
Congressman frsm the Fourteenth District.

people is crystelized in the form OF
petitions and memorials presented by
members, or there is the unconscious
echo of il in the speeches of the men,
bers. But it is there.
One interested in national life can
not fail to find enjoyment in reading
the Record. Here and there are str<y
bits of eloquence, high in tone and
thought, a rebuke to those who con-
tend that American oratory is dead.
A consistent reader of the pages of
this publication can form an accurate
idea of the characters of famous pub
lie men. He finds in it the suave dir
ectness of Underwood, the homely SEN
fences of Champ Clark, rich in histor-
cal Illusion, the unparalleled ingenious
ness Of Minority Leader James R.
Mann, the red-bloodedness of Victor
Murdoch of Kansas. the two-fsted-
and polish of Senator j. Hamilton
Lewis, the blunt attack of Senator
Ollie NJ. James, as though his
! phrases gain momentum from issuing
/ from such physical massiveness, the
dry sarcasm and irony of Senator
Stone, the rackng earnestness of La
Toilette. The Record reader does not
need to see these men to know them.
ReceLt issues of the Record have
been full of interest Senator Ken
yon of Iowa has made a brilliant ad-
dress with the ALUMINIUM trust as h:s
theme. AS assistant to the attorney
general, Kenyon worked up the trust
prosecution of this monopoly, he pre-
sented the vital evidence of this case
in his speech, which is worth reading
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

Judge Barrett of the Philadelphia
Juvenile court says some thrifty i'm.
migrants now coming in from the Bal
kans and farther south are trying to
use HIS court as a pawnshop. Ac-
cording 20 the judge, when immi-
grants come here with boy and
learn that we have a Juvenile law, they
go to a magistrate and say. Here is
a very bad boy. We would like to have
him placed in some institution" And
in this way they get out Of supporting
the child, and when he becomes old
enough to be an asset to the family
bis release is sought and he is sent
out TO work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

publication tn a n
the much m a l.
igned COMPRESSION
al Record. That
staid old document
has been unjustly
accused of being
the driest and
dustie;t. periodi-
cal in existence.
Much in it, of
course, is unin-
teresting and dull.
But read with
ID elimination, II
is one of the most
interesting of jour.
nails.
Under the CAPT.
tol dome are mer
representing ev-
cry square foot Of
territory in this
great land. There
is no village 81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
NO SENSE IN EITHER.
Two Ways Of Telling a Story, One Of
Which Pointed a Moral,

Two Ways Of Telling a Story. One of
Which Pointed a Moral,
Two men entered a train at a small
STATEN out west and took seats facing
an elderly gentleIpan. They fell TO tell
ing hunting stories with great ANNA
ton aud many, many oaths.
Noticing that the old gentleman was
an interested listener, one OF the men
spoke to him and asked whether be,
toe, was not hunter, with a story or
two worth hearing
The told gentleman thought he could
tell one, and this is what he said:
zone day ! thought would go hunt.
ing, so took my tin pan finder box
gun and went up. into tin pan finder
box woods on the side Of tin pan tin
der box mountain, and I waited a tin
pan finder box long time: and then I
saw a tin pan finder box nne buck
coming toward me, so put my tin
pan finder box gun 20 my shoulder and
fred. And that Tin pan finder box
buck fell right in its tin pan finder box
tracks. and it was the finest tin pad
finder box buck ever killed" After
q pause he said. "How do you like my
storyy">
'0h, the story Is all right, but I
don't see what all that tin pan finder
box has 70 do with 1t"
WELL" replied the old gentleman.
that is Just my way Of swearing"
II don't see much sense in-swearing
that way" said the other, with mani
fest disgust.
To which the old gentleman respond
ed, There is as much sense in my way
OF swearing as there is in yours, young
man-"-Youth's Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
Why Il Appealed to Him.

why" she asked, do you always
bring me to this place when you In
vite me out 10 dinner? II seems to
me- that they give much better serv-
ice IN some OF the other restaurants
without charging any more"
Il know they do" he admitted, "but
you $50, they give me a pencil and a
pad Of paper here. so that l can write
out ny order. instead of trying to
pro-ouaee the French names Of these
dishes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

President Wilson charged the exist
ence OF an insidious lobby in Wash
ington to>infiuence tariff legislation
and the fact was proven to the salts
faction of the entire country. Now he
claims that a plot has been formed to
precipitate a panic in order to arouse
prejudice against currency reform.
And President Wilson will prove that
20 the satisfaction OF the entire coun-
try.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

obscure, no country crossroads too
unimportant but what you can find
under the capital dome some man who
knows about it, who knows by name
some of the human beings living there,
who nine chances to one has been
there. The things that the scattered
1O0,O00,000 people are thinking about
eventually find their way into the Con-
gressional Record. The voice of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
Aug. 10 in American
History.

Nicholas Herkimer. here
Of the battle Of Oriskany. died;
born about 1715. New Hampshire
militia under General John Stark
defeated British and German regai.
lars at Bennington, Vt
la25-Charies Cotesworth Pincknek
AHsvscaA sastssR and statesman.
author n the Immortal phrase.
"diilions for defense, but not one
cent for tribute" died in Charles
ton; born 174G.
1907. W. A. Macdonald, known as
Americas Oldest sculptor. died sat
Yonkers, n. Y; born 1924
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

The newspapers OF New York state
pre- deep in the Sulzer matter Martin
vi. Glynn, the lieutenant governor,
whom Tammany wants to have in the
chair in place of Sulzer is publisher
81 the Albany Times-UnioR while
Judge Lyman J. Arnold, publisher of
the Albany Knickerbocker Press. is
one OF the leading counsel Of Cover
nor Sulzer. This makes it a sort of a
Greek.meet-Greek affair.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
More Trouble for HEM

81 see" said Mrs Henpeck, that a
Chicago man refused to give his wife
up after she had secured a divorce
from him"
We'll, WELL" he answered, for the
moment forgetting himself, Il thought
woman couldn't, get divorce from
a crazy man"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

A parish organist in a small Ohio
town is about to celebrate his 12sth
birthday and is still able to play regu-
larry. He says he has smoked and
drank regularly for more than 100
years. He is a native of Austria where
he spent most of his life and became
fixed in his ways. Had he. been born
in America and been exposed to the
treating habit his longevity would
have been discounted about 60 per
cent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
Genius.

J.
The fair hill on whose even slopes
Are fiocks and herds may not appear
Sublime to them who. have their hopes
Set on some distant steep and drear.
Far off. beneath some rocky peak
Where dangers lie on every side
Men may have found yellow streak,
And thlther sets the human tide.
II.
The finely balanced man goes through
Tho world respectfully and dies
And few care what he did. or who
He CHANGED 10 be or where he lies.
The one who has "a yellow streak"
And does queer things may, when ne
dies,
Have lavish praise while pilgrims seek
'"The sacred place" IN which he lies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
sMy son." said Harker as he pcsutet

"My son." said Harker as he pcfutet
30 the ivy in front of the cottage, cal
ways be ike the vine-eiimb."
The little boy was thoughtful
81 don't think I'd want to be ike that
vine" he responded seriously.
"And why not. Tommy"
"'Cause If I was I'D be a porch
climber" -Chicego News
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
HIS RELIGION.

$50 you attrib-
ute your success
in business to
your religion"
Yes, sir"
What is your
religion, may l
ask"
an A%E -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

An editorial in the Kansas Farmer
urges the women TO learn to swim.
But the Kansas City Star asks,
wherein Kansas, can thew"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

II you think you are afflicted with
too much tropical weather, consider
the experience others are undergoing
further west
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
Taking Ie PhIIosephIealIx.

Don't you feel at all nervous about
having your soN play football. Mrs.
SDroggins?"
mo. would rather see him dead
than married to tie girl hes engaged
20"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

Especial Correspondence Of The Argus.)
Washington, Aug. E4.-To one who
would keep in touch with the spirit
and opinion of the country there is no
more illuminating
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

There is general impression that
the members of congress are really
earning their salaries this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
Saturday, Aug. 10, 1918.

The senate wants to take a recess
and the president says business first,
rest afterward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

best end of the bargain or having
nothing to do with It"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. Ill Entered at the
Eostofiice as second-class matter.)
Rock Island Member OF the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

TERMs-Ten cents per week by ear
rler. in ROsk leland.
Complaints CT delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where 81 Is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IA the premises.
All communications CT argumentative
character. political or religious. must
Fave real name attached FOR DublIca-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatureB.
Telephones IN all departments: Cen
trnl Union. fvest 14s. Ii45 and 2145.
Ns3 es1lstD>
GRAoEsl Isslf COUNCIL 10
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Saturday, Aug. 16, 1918.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-16

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-23

We're engaged in ehaffering over con-
tract is to me. abhorrent. I don't like it
at all. I think it ought not to be the
spirit in which Congress comes to the
aid of the District of Columbia. 1t be-
longs to all of Us. and IL we could have
referendum on the subject SO as to
get down to all the people OF the nation
there would not be any doubt about the
expenditure of money on this subject.
There is now feared a charge of waste
fulness in larger appropriations for the
District of Columbia. But general fig
ures are most misleading with reference
to economy. 1t is what you are spending
the money for, and what that which you
are spending it for is worth. that de-
termines whether YOU are economical and
buSineSSlike in YOUR eXpenditures