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Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
MIX. BRYAN AND THE CURRENCY
BILL.

The provision of the administra-
tons banking and currency bills op-
Grating eventually TO strip national
banks of power 70 issue currency
notes based on government bonds
must be pleasing TO Mr. Bryan. One
OF his historic Jeffer-
sons and Jackson's before it became
his-is that the federal government
should be the sole moneyissuing
power. because power to issue money
is attended with SO great possibilities
of danger in private hands that it
should never be resigned TO them.
In a speech delivered in 1896 Mr..
Bryan thus elaborated his views on
bank issuance of money:
They say that We are opposing ma
ional bank currency; il is true. II
you will read what Thomas Benton
said, you will find that he said that
in searching history he could find but
one parallel TO Andrew Jackson; that
was Cicero, who destroyed the cos
spiracy Of Cataline and saved Rome
Benton said that Cicero only did for
Rome what jackson did for US when
he destroyed the bank conspiracy and
saved America
''We say in our platform that we be-
lieve that the right 70 coin and issue
money is a function of government.
We believe IT, We believe that 1t is
part Of sovereignty. and can no more
be delegated TO private individuals
than We could AFFORD to delegate TO pri-
vGte individuals the power TO make
penal statutes or levy taxes. Mr.. JEFF
ferson, who was once regarded as
good democratic authority, seems TO
have differed in opinion from the
gentleman who has addressed US on
the part of the minority. Those who
are opposed TO this proposition tell uS
that the issue OF paper money is a
function of the bank. and that the
government ought 10 go out of the
banking business. ] stand with JEFF
ferson rather than With them and tell
them, as he did. that the issue Of
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

! er as it ever was in the preparation
of commercial foods and drugs. All
| classes suffer from adulterated food
products, but the swindle in adulter-
ated clothing and shoes falls almost
entirely on the poor.
/ The more expensive shoes are almost
invariably made OF pure leather, but
the cheaper grades of these necessi-
ties are highly adulterated. Inyesti-
CATION has shown tha: rs per cent
of the clothing and shoes worn by
American working men are made of
goods which are not what they are
represented to be. OF fabrics bought
by the r:ch. only silk suffers from
adulteratioa to any extent.
There is just as great need for a
pure fabric and leather law in this
county today as there is for the law
protecting the purchaser Of food pro-
ducts. The shoe manufacturer should
be punished juss as severely for sell
ing paper as pure lH:.ther, as the food
manufacturer for Li:tt;ng turnips in
orange marmalade, or cranberries into
preserved strawberries.
Congressman LindQuist is a retailer
: of clothing, and came intimately to
know the gigantic frauds which are
being put UPON the wcrkingmen of this
. country. Las: fall he ran on a pure
. fabric platform and was elected to
congress.
I Lindquist's investigations have
brought out many interesting facts.
He has shown that frauds in shoes are
very extensive. A pure leather law
would practically put out of sale more
than one widely advertised brand OF
, cheap shoes. Lindquist has recently
been buying many shoes and cutting
} them up, and exhibiting the pieces to
} his fellow congressman. In this dis
seCted footwear it is surprising to see
hoy little leather a manufactures can
, put into shoe and still make it look
genuine.
: Many soles and heels are little more
, than thin veneer of real leather
covering pads of pasteboard and arti
! fetal leather. The latter is made
: from old shoes mangled into a paste
: and then rolled into sheets impreg
mated with glue. This is a better pro
: duct than thick pasteboard, of which
t many shoes are made, but either will
: collapse when thoroughly soaked with
: water.
: 1t is not the intent of Lindquist's bill
to prevent the sale of inferior goods
? but merely to require honest label
ing, so that the public will know what
1 it is getting when it pays out its
: money.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

ture at the University of Porto Rico,
Jose c. Rosario will have a free trip
TO New York and Washington in the
near future. Mr.. Rosario was one of
seven whose work was deemed speci-
ally noteworthy by the faculty, and
he was selected for the prize trip by
vote of his fellow-teachers.
Typical of the American zeal for
attractive and well equipped public
high school buildings is the splendid
plant of the New Trier county high
school at Kenilworth, Ill. a number
Of notable guests were present at the
dedication exercises, including DIR. P.
P. Claxton, United States commits
sioner of education. The buildings at
Kenilworth are constructed on the
group plan. The auditorium, dining
and dance hall, gymnasium, natatori-
um, and shop are all one story in
height and consequently, it is believ-
ed, panic proof" The buildings were
planned with the idea that they
should serve as community centers as
well as schools. The school grounds
cover 16 acres.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
PROTECTING THE EMIGRANT GIRL

in two, three or sometimes five years
with the dover that is to purchase do
mestic happiness. The sad thing
about their. sojourn is that the life of
privation and hard work takes their
health and good looks-a girl will age
10 years in one year of such a life,
and often develops the germs of tub
erculosis.
To protect and safeguard these girls
is the purpose of a branch of the Itai-
ian woman's council, of which the
Countess DanieM Camozzi is president
The countess, who is the mother of
seven children and a grandmother as
well, devotes her entire time to the
work of the society. She has, with
her daughter, made a personal inves-
tigation of the conditions in Germany
and Switzerland. The worst feature
of the German factory is that the
girls are not housed, but live where
they can, the usual arrangement being
for a girl to pay six francs a month
for half a bed, which she shares with
a companion in a room where there
are usually four other girls as well.
| The society has commissioned Signor-
ina Bonis, who has spent years study
ing the conditions of the Italian peas
ants in the south of Italy, from which
emigration is greatest, to go to Amer
lea to investigate the conditions of
the life of the Italian girl in New York
city.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

form of artificial" leather, instead of
real leather as he supposes.
That there should be pure shoe
law and pure cloth law, just as there
is a pure food law, is the belief of
many members of congress.
Various bills are being introduced
to require that all goods be labeled
to show exactly what they are.
You go to the store to buy a suit
of clothes. The dealer gives you his
guarantee that it is wool, yet you are
surprised at its cheapness. The dealer
is telling you the truth, for the
chances are he doesn't know that the
wool was taken from rags and old
clothing gathered by the junk man,
bleached, and then rewoven into fabric
and clothing.
This short fibre fabric, already weak
ened by wear and rotted by strong
chemicals. fails to give satisfaction,
and you blame the dealer. But the
manufacturer who turned out this dis.
honest product is the real perpetrator
of the swindle.
Silk is soaked in solutions O. zinc
and other metals to give it weight
and luster. Some of it is even adv.
terated with blown glass. Thin cot.
tons and linens are "sized" with vari.
Gus chemicals to give them body
but the adulterants are likely to come
out in the first washing.
In short fraud is as prevalent in
the manufacture of fabrics and Ieath
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
AUTOMOBILES AND RESPoNsI.
BlLITY.

The largely increased and rapidly
increasing number Of automobiles not
only justifles police regulation Of traffic
but increases the responsibility OF
those who act as engineers and con-
ductors.
For, after al, while automobiles are
great comfort, pleasure and conven-
fence to those who use them, they are
machines built On the plan of interur-
ban and passenger locomotives, only
they are not confined in their routes
20 street rails and trolley wires. The
automobiles travel where the driver
and conductor pleases. Any thorough
fare in a city is their track over which
they have a certain right Of way" OF
course their right of way is no more
! than that Of horse vehicle, or of a
pedestrian for that matter, at cross
ings. But there is far more responsi-
bility and necessity for care resting
upon an automobile conductor and en-
gineer than upon the driver of a one
horse chaise. The machine has no
intelligence while the o.d family horse
has a great deal of horse-sense. 1t
I really requires the exercise Of more
care and intelligence to conduct an
automobile than TO run a street car
or for that matter a passenger train,
! because the latter is confined to a
/ track and other trains and people who
! pass over the track are expected to ex-
ercise great care and caution in do
ing so.
The right thinking man believes that
the automobile age is an age of prog
ress. 1t is an age of activity and OF
| prosperity. We all believe in people
| having and using automobiles and in
enjoying them. The more of them the
merrier.
But we cannot too strongly impress
upon the owners and drivers of auto
mobiles the increasing necessity OF
care in their use. The machine itself
is irresponsible. The owner and driv-
er must be cautious and use his ma
chine intellisently with a purpose OF
securing perfect safety TO passengers
and.public.
Automobile factories are straining
themselves to meet the demand for
machines. 1t will not be long before
the number of machines is doubled,
and still be increasing rapidly, so that
increasing caution will be necessary.
Most of the users of automobiles ap.
preciate the necessity for great care
and moderate speed, but there are
some who do not realize what is due
to the public as well as 20 themselves
No one who drives a machine should
be Indifferent TO the growing necessity
for care. Under no circumstances
should any driver OF a machine be
reckless.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
EDUCATIONAL NOTES

London will be the meeting place
Of the 9th International Congress of
Medicine in August.
The Eighth Exposition of Fine Arts
now going on in Florence, Italy, will
continue until Oct 81.
More than 80 per cent Of the high
school now reporting to the United
States bureau of education have full
four year courses.
OF Frances 227,000 recruits in 1912,
S.46 per cent were illiterates, and 22.5
per cent had no education beyond the
mere ability to read and write.
Wisconsin reports a revival Of in.
terest in penmanship. Writing need
not be lost art" says State Superin.
tendent Cary in recording the efforts
Of several counties to improve pen.
manship instruction.
Selected as the most meritorious Of
LOO Porto Ricsn teachers who took
a correspondence course in agricIl'
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

Once the chorus ladies hailsd him with
delight that was sincere,
Once he was a rare good fellow. never
seated at the rear;
Once there were a lot of mothers who
were glad TO give him praise;
Billy was a handsome fellow and had
money in those days.
Once his mama was in the papers always
every day or two;
Once the friends he had were many and
his enemies were few;
Once his tailor gave him greeting that
was hearty when they met;
Billy was q handsome fellow in those
days, and out of debt.
Once he kept a polo pony and possessed
high-wheeled cart;
Once he dined out every evening and
sometimes encouraged art;
Once he patronized the opera and was
welcomed everywhere;
Billy was a splendid fellow. and almost
a millionaire.
Once he helped to lead the german at
each fashionable ball;
Once the chorus ladies called him the best
Johnny of them all;
Now no happy mother ever hands him ou
now no happy mother ever hands him
out compliment:
Billy has a bulging stomach and mis-
money has been spent.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
No Chance for II.

you can't expect anybody to under
take to exploit such a stoSy as this"
said the publisher.
What's the matter with it?" asked
the novelist. Don't you find it we'll
.written?"
"Oh, yes, it's we'll written, but it
will never be one of the best sellers"
Il have, 1 think, been fairly success
ful in developing the characters intro
duced."
THE character development is very
good"
las for philosophy, l think / have
injected a good deal of it into this
work"
Plenty of it."
Then what's the matter?"
you haven't put either a lord or a
princess into it,"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

At NightfaIl on the Farm.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting
day, q
The lowing herds wind slowly Ger
the lea,
The plowman hcmeward rides, and on
the way
He gayly toots his auto horn at
ME.
Now fades the glimmering landscape
on the sight,
And all the cir a solemn stiffness
holds,
Save where the phonograph imparts
delight
That browns the drowsy tinklings
in the folds.
Beneath that rugged elm, that yew
trees shade
Electric lights begin 10 brightly
glow;
The farmer figures up what he has
made;
His glad wife makes the pianola go.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
THE L. S. COMMISSIONER OF ED.
UCATION,

Chapters on Roman Catholic
Schools" Typical Health Teaching
Agencies of the United States" and
"Parent-Teacher Associations" are
special features of the annual report
Of the United States commissioner of
education, just issued. In addition to
these the report contains substantial
chapters on the following subjects:
General sr-vey of the year; educa.
tional legislation during 1912; higher
education; city school systems: rural
education; recent movements in me-
gro education; a review of agricul-
tural education; progress in vocation
al education; library development;
education in Alaska, the Philippines,
Hawaii, Porto Rico and other depen-
dencies; Indian education; education
al activities in Canada, Latin-America,
Great Britain, northern Europe,
France, and Switzerland, Germany,
southern Europe and Russia; togeth-
er with a general view of conditions
in Asia, Africa, Australia and New
Zealand.
In his introduction to the report the
commissioner discusses the wide dis
crepancy between the increase in the
number of children of schoo! age and
the actual enrolment; an apparent re-
ductiCn in teachers salaries during
the year; the remarkable increase in
the number of children of school age
and the actual enrolment; the remark
/ a i'm IN L.
school enrolment throughout the
country; the decrease in professional
schools, due to the enforcement of
| higher standards; lack of preparation
/ OF teachers, which DR.. Claxton char
acterizes as 'One of the greatest evils
/ OF our school systems" the shortness
I of the school term in the United
States as compared with other civil
tied nations; and the abnormally
large percentage of illiteracy in the
rural districts. In noting signs of real
advancement during the year, DR..
| ClaXton lays special emphasis upon
I the growing realization of the unity
of all educational effort. THAT edu-
cation. however differentiated and
complex, is one thing, not many,
seems TO be better understood than
it has been for many years" he de-
clares. This is probably the most
/ important symptom of all"
Vocational education occupies a
prominent place in several chapters
of the report. The progress of the
year. the clash of opinions that has
developed over certain phases OF in
dustrial training, new vocational ex-
periments in many cities and states,
new legislation on the subject-these
and other matters are impartially re-
corded. Current criticism Of the pub
lie school is summarized and discuss.
ed in the report, and the point is
made that most of this criticism is
bearing fruit in actual constructive
programs, several of which are given.
school inquiries are considered pro
and con, particularly IN the chapter
on city school systems. Agricultural
education and the rural advance are
treated Interestingly and In detail in
several important chapters. The for
eigu field is covered with unusual
comprehensiveEess and breadth of
view. The chapter on higher educa-
tion contains interesting discussions
of the attempt to combine higher in
stitutions in some of the states, stan
dard colleges and junior colleges" "
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

training for Journalism, and other live
issues Of the universities, colleges,
and professional schools.
These represent but q few Of the
subjects treated in the 700 pages Of
the first volume of the commission
er's annual report, Unlike some gov
ernment documents, this report has
been edited with the idea that the IN
formation in IL is TO be read by the
general public, or that very large part
OF the general public which Is inter
osted IN education. Special efforts
have been made TO have the material
concise and readable as well as ac-
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

pe required on Ger
tain grades of the
cheaper shoes, if
the pure shoe bill,
introduced by Con-
gressman F. o.
Lindquist OF Mich
igan becomes a
law.
Mr.. Lindquist,
who has been in
vestigating the sub
-ject for years, ard
impresses one as
knowing what he
is talking about.
contends that the
chances are three
to one that the
shoes being worn
by the average
working man are
made Of paper OF
of some Other
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

Chicago, according to one Of the
newspapers of that city, is enjoying
the greatest building activity in its
history why does Chicago profess
Indifference to the protected de
structive" tariff? Is it suddenly gone
democratic with the rest of the coun-
try on the prosperity issue?
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, D. c., June 22.-"This
pair of shoes is made Of one-third
leather and two-thirds paper"
This is the kind of label that would
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

Power TO govern the canal zone is
vested in the president and one of
Mr. Wilson's first official acts is to
establish, in conjunction with Secre-
tary Garrison and Colonel Goethals,
trial by jury There will be no des-
potism under the flag away from home,
no more than at home, If the presi-
dent can prevent.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

why do you put your finger on that
paint? Don't you see the sign Fresh
Paint:'"
Yes" replied the man with eccen-
tric ideas. But 1 can't keep from
testing it and thinking what "a con-
verience it would be If fresh eggs
could be tested tbs same HIy."-
Washington SlaE
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
June "a in american
History.

1497-The mainland of North America
discovered by John Cabot. who
sighted Newfoundland.
1753-General William Hull. soldier,
born; died 1895: surrendered De-
troit to the British I'm 1872
1Sl3-Henry Ward Beecher born at
LitchfieId. Conn; died 1887. The
British attacked and captured the
American post at Beaver Dams, up
per Canada.
1S23-John Randolph "of Roanoke"
noted and eccentric Virginia states
mun, died: born 1773.
All the news all the ume-The ArEua.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

Why He Quit.
We'll, sea old Banks has finally
quit smoking. l heard his doctor tell
him over a year ago that unless he
stopped it would kill him, and his
wife has been at him about it ever
since"
But that wasn't what made him
swear of. His typewriter girl object
ed to his breath"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

curste. It is also carefully indexed
Both volume one and volume two
(statistics) are available for free dis
triDutioH. For those who do not
need the large volumes, reprints of
the separate chapters are available
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
His Tax Rate,

IT'S aN Hate.
Tommie-Ive got eight dollars IN
my bank.
Mr.. Freshman-Indeed? Where did
you get it all?
Tonmie-EVery time Sister LII gets
a new beau he gives me ten cents 20
stay out of the parlor
Now Tomnis has $50 in his bank.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

San Francisco-George Maggi, said
to be a relative of the Swiss bankrupt
Of the same name, who recently, with
his wife, fulfilled death pact when
he learned that his fortune of s1000o,-
600 had vanished. attempted suicide by
poison at his mothers home at San
Mate0, suburb. He was resuseitated.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

George W. Perkins admitted he
formed the harvester trust and he also
admits he did 1t for the good of others.
What a dear good man George is.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

money is a function of government,
and that the banks ought to go out of
the governing business"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
4 SunnosLSEon.

What makes that fruit vender SO
shortwinded?"
'T guess he uses up all his b-aath
IN polishing his apples"
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
His Own Responsibility,

The man who expects to win by bor.
rowing Rnother's ideas must be pre-.
pared to bear the blame himself q
C fails.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

called the Kuo Mung Tang. Sounds
like a Roosevelt speech.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

TERMs-Ten ceats per week by car
rier. in Rock Island.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made 10 the circulation department
which should also be notified in every
instance where II IS desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments: Cen
trail Union. West 1a5. 1145 and PAS.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24
THE ARGUS.

Published daily ct 1924 Second ave-
nue.. Rock Island. III. entered at the
pcstofHco as second-class matter.)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
Rf THE ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus., 1913-06-24

AL the news all the nme-The ArEuA.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-10
MIKE MURPHY Is
BURIED WITH HONORS
Six University of Pennsylvania Star
Athletes Act as Pallbearers-Serv-
ices in St. James Church.

Philadelphia, June a-The last rites
over the body of Michael c. Murphy,
trainer of athletes and maker of men,
took place this morning in ST. James
Catholic Church, Thirty-eighth and
Chestnut Streets. Solemn mass Of
requiem was celebrated there, and to-
morrow the body will be taken on 4
special car to Hopkinton. Mass, where
the interment will be.
Six athletes of the University of Penn
sylvania, where Mike spent the last
years Of his life as coach and trainer.
carried the casket. They were Capt.
Mercer, of this years track team: Capt.
McCurdy. Louis Madeira. Don Lippin-
colt, Jimmy" Patterson. all point win
ners at the recent collegiates: Ted"
Meredith. the fast freshman and Olympic
hero, and W. W. Frazier. third. the track
teams manager.
The honorary pallbearers were men who
were associated with mike" in the past.
Among them were Frank Butterworth.
Alec. Coke. Henry Jewett. Detroit Ath-
letic Club; T. Truxtun Hare. Henry Laus-
sat Geyelin. president of the University
of Pennsylvania Athletic Association:
Frank Thorn, of Yale; DR.. Robert G.
Torrey. Keene Fitzpatrick. Michael F.
Sweeney, Thomas o. Haydock, jr., DR..
Alvin c. Kraenzlein. DR.. Joseph c. Nc
Cracker. James E Foster, James +. Sui
livan, George Pierce. and Julian Curtis.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-10
BOOSTERS DAY PLANNED
BY LOYAL RIOTERS
Date for the Gala Affair Has Not Been
Set, but June IL Is
Spoken OF.

Chief Booster Bill Hoover, OF the
Boosters Club, is again in the limelight,
this time backing the boosters day"
at National Park, when all the good
boosters will be out in force, with a
brass band and other means of making
the Nationals feel that the fans are with
them.
While the date for this gala day has
not been set officially as yet, the Boost
ers' Cub would like to pull 1t June II,
the first day the Cleveland Maps play
our Climbers at the Florida Avenue ball
yard.
While the Boosters Club is still in its
infancy. quite a number OF fans have
enrolled, and by Saturday Chief Booster
Hoover is confident that all the real fans
will be among those present.
A small button will soon be issued the
members. while on boosters day the
members OF the club will wear hat bands
with Boosters Club in big letters on
them. This club seems sure to be a big
one, and all good fans are urged to get
in line.
Now is the time. Get busy. you fans.
The Washington herald., 1913-06-10

sBatted for Cicotte in sixth.
tBatted for LANCE in seventh
.Batted for White in ninth.