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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
Tuesday July %, 1918.
weunkr and What of II?

Among the letters Colonel Mulhall. tn.
lobbyist, identified and submitted to ,'is
Senate Committee is one from iron 9; Lang as
ers, who writes he believes ne story OF
Mulhan with the exception of his de
claration that he was making it public
for THE benefit of humanity
This bunk for the good of hu-
maniy,'" wrote Crockett, lis being
oyer~played / hope you are setting
sood thing out Of this: for you
hope you are putting the knife into
some of the pirates that did not
like you. You and | know they We're
an ungrateful bunch. l don't
csts II you sold my letters, but IL you
lust gave them away 1t is mean OF
YOU. II YOU get enough out of it and
need the price. why all right. Any
way, we will not quarrel.
One cannot quarrel with Mr.. Crockett
on the score of lack of frankness, but
his positive intimation that movements
for the good of humanity are bunk Is
q horrible knock at the upiift and world
betferment we continually harp on.
Is the challenge to go unrefuted?-N.
Y. Evening Telegram.
Our New York contemporary reads
earelessly and without proper apprecia-
tion Of the context of synonym, that be-
trays itself, ever, in the flowing prose of
our unique Maine product DR. G. Lang
trgtfy Crockett--poet, philosopher, phy-
sictan of body and soul, Voice and then
Some
No one who knows him will for mo-
ment make such an error as the hasty
Telegram has done. Nowhere does DIR.
Crockett say that for the good of hui
tnanity' is bunk" but he does say that
bunk for the good of humanity IS
and the meanings clear.
All bunk" is played out-or Is play
ing out bunk primary caucuses of the
bosses; bunk political platforms de-
ing INF Cnn In no
bunk candidates for office who when
elected turn back to their idols: bunk
nce-riding committee who turn
abont-face when they have attained
who have fooled the people while in col
fusion with the tenderlon; bunk"
statesmen who are politicians and moth
ing else; bunk anti-monopoly laws
pfrverted into tools of the system-all
fakedom Is getting what's coming to it,
Progress Is the watchword and the
Square Deal the emblem.-Lewiston
Journal
Our readers may be a little puzzled
as to the application of the word
bunk We hope they will not attempt
full Interpretation of this lingo of
the underworld-leave 1t to DIR. Crockett
and to Dingley! Presumably 1t is a
word of striking force in the Pidgin
English of the Androscoggin. Obvious
~ neither of the above quoted referred
to the steamer bunk" the bunk" on
q. woodsman's sled. or the bilge of d
ship.
There's something subtle in connec-
ton with the word. apparently. and
understood only by those in close touch
with such as the MulhaIl and Crockett
self bedraggled bunk We are glad
1t is playing out anyway. 1t is plain,
too, from the above. that someone has
snapped bunk" for ''the Square Dead
as an emblem" BY that we presume
that Square Deal now means the
same thing as bunk" in the Doc.
Crockett Dingley political vernacular.
We are only surprised that Dingley
should so promptly proclaim sympathy
and fellowship with Doc Crockett and
his confessions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
THE PRICE OF A LIFE
May Be Your Gift to Help Rebuild
the Fairfield Sanatoriun.

The patients of the Central Maine
Sanatorium at Fairfield. which was
destroyed by fire on Monday, July IA,
will soon be occupying the temporary
quarters now being prepared by the
Association. Since the fire, in which
some of the patients lost all their
wearing apparel, they have been occu
plying quarters in the Atwood house
on Elm street, Fairfield; some have
been housed in the residences of
friends. The temporary quarters now
being prepared will consist of num-
Der of substantial tents supplied by
the State and dining pavilion and
kitchen. Such quarters are far from
IDEAL but they will enable the patients
to continue to receive the treatment
which they need until such time as
the sanatorum can be rebuilt.
The aim of the Central Maine Sana-
torium was to provide treatment for
tuberculous patients who could not
afford to go elsewhere, and the Asso-
citation purposes to pursue the same
policy in the future. 1t is really the
work of the State to build these sana-
toria and to provide hospitals for adj
vanced cases 0he most crying need.
but until public opinion can be stirred
to such a depth that it will impera-
lively demand such reforms, we must
depend upon the initiative and the
enlightened sympathy of individual
citizens to carry on the fight in this
phase of pubic health work.
If the citizens of this State could
realize the enormous number of peo-
pie who unnecessarily die prema
ture death, not to speak of the untold
misery caused during life, simply be-
cause of our neglect to provide ready
means of treatment--such means as
should be available to the great mass
of peopie-there would come from ev-
cry community such demand fol-
action as would force our Legislators
to more serious consideration of the
subject
An appeal is soon to be made to al
citizens. firms, corporations, CONNER
cial and charitable societies, for con-
tributions toward the rebuilding of the
sanatorium. This appeal will take the
form Of personal letter to every cit
izen. to be accompanied by a small
book which you will be asked to re.
turn at once with any contribution
you NAV feel able to make. WILL
YOU HELP.
Any sum. from 10 cents to $1,000, will
be gratefully received and may be
sent in cash. stamps by check or In
any form that may be most conven-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
Editorial Comment
Gov. Foss Opposed to Party.

l
| Democrats argue that threats of wage
reductions or the closing of mills can
! be due only to desire to embarrass the
| administration in a political way, or to
| frighten or coerce employees into opposi-
ton to the Democratic tariff programme.
Moreover. the Democrats contend, these
| threats are feature of that ''insidious
lobby which the senate is now investi-
eating.
1 For the sake of argument, let's admit
for a moment that this is all true Then
! what of the Foss ease2 Eugene \. Foss.
] now Democratic governor of Massachu-
sets. was once Republican but he left
that party because he believed that In
the Democratic party he could find wider
| play for his fundamental political belief
in reciprocity as basis of tariff making
! He is, or has been fer several years, the
| Democratic leader in Massachusetts, and
3, lie was one of the candidates for presi-
! dent at the Democratic national conven-
! ton in Baltimore Il little more than Il
year ago. Yet in his statement aunounc-
ing his plans for removal of his manu-
| featuring plant to Canada he says:
! Instead of making tartf concessions
I only to those countries which would join
| us in such trade agreements, the Demo-
cratic policy would tear down the pro-
| tecting wall of our tariff on all sides and
surrender indiscriminately to foreign
competition the American market. with
its hundred million huyers-by far the
most valuable market in the world.
| AS Foss is Democrat, his motives
cannot be ascribed to IA desire to play
politics: to embarrass the Democratic
administration by thus plainly defylng its
warning. He has not only ascribed wage
| conditions in his factories to the Demo-
cratic programme. but he has declared
| that he will be unable to do business here
under the provisions of the Wilson-U I'm
derwood bill. Governor Foss, as a Demo-
crat, does not stand for protection for
protectors sake. but he does stand for
protection against those countries which
discriminate against our trade, or refuse
| it reasonable treatment From the out
side 1t looks as though the Foss case pro-
vided good material for test of the adj
ministrations threat to investigate those
| manufacturers who had the temerity to
imagine they could not do business at a
profit without the help of a protective
tariff.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
10 There a Reason?

In the meantime the Argus will con-
tinue along in its unwavering campaign
for sensible regulation of the LIQUOR
traffic, and incidentally keep its readers
posted regarding the imperfections of
Prohibition as shown by actual results.
And in this justifiable insistence that our
good state join the rest OF New England
In discarding sumptuary law which is
a notorious failure, the Argus is repre-
senting the very large and steadily in-
creasing army of intelligent citizens who
do not relish having otherwise incom-
parable Maine universally referred to in
disparagement because of this peculiar
shortsightedness.-- Argus.
or course the Argus will continue
it's talk about regulation" And 1t
will go on eursing prohibitory law to
its readers. but it will. by no possible
chance tell them Of the ''imperfec-
tions" of these rum trust laws of
regulation. In some of the pape, )
printed where regulation" by the
rum trust and its lobby made laws
hold full sway we find frequent ref
erence to the disgusting conditions
and the woefui disregard Of even rum
trust laws
Regulation" does not, never for one
moment has, and never in all eternity
will, regulate"
The evils complained of by rum
trust tools as existing only under pro-
hibition. are the same under 'regula-
tion,' and worse, because the source
of supply for pocket pedders. dives,
and BOOKING. white-slave hell-holes is
at hand all the time.
The brazen, wide open law viola
tions in Massachusetts, are everywhere
In evidence, whether II be in license
or dry" towns under the. local OPP
ton system of "REG-U-LA-TION.'
dry ones, and in the wet towns Their
are just as many Illicit dealers ans
more than possible under any prohi.
bition regime, even the Pattangall'
PIaisted Iaw-never- works administra
ton.
But of course the Argus will q
right on with its determined abuse o
the Maine law. The rum press can
not sell its space to advertise liquors
in this State, but it can constantly re
peat the rum trust sophistry agains
law which the liquor interests hat'
BECAUSE ii reduces their revenue Tn,
Argus cannot tell its readers abou
the beauties Of the rum trust produc
but n can abuse the law that preycnt'
Il from advertising booze.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

The editor of the Kennebec Journal
has taken to talking of the rum trust
again. Does he have reference to GER
tain whiskey wholesalers and retailers
who helped to finance the campaign for
the "drys" in 19ll?-Biddeford Record
PRE-ciselyi But we never expected
rum trust admit that the "drysn (who
were so dry" that they were willing
to resort to any trickery to get assur-
anee of continuous drinks) were
financed by the liquor wholesalers. But
Gus; If you will in future denominatt
them "thirsties" you may save much
confusion in your local option rot.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
Facts Justified the Press.

cortland PreSS.)
Mention rum and there is an immediate
elevation of the long ears of the Demo-
cratic editors of Maine In their zeal to
diSefedit Prohibition, to promote the in
terest of the rum trust and Ia bring
back the god old days when little Coter-
les of politicians all over the state
scooped in the graft resulting from the
r*titticatiou of law these long-eared
Democratic editors froth at the mouth.
indulge in verbal gymnastics and scat
ter ink with generous and lavish disre-
gard of either truth or reason. Just now
the Long cared Ones are agitated be-
cause the PRESS took to task Port
land newspaper which has persistentIy
and wilfully been distorting facts. print
Ing sensational stories and long editorials
the effects of which were to make people
who do not know much about Portland
believe that the streets of this city are
filled with drunkards crazed by imbibing
prohibition whiskey.1 One of the Long
cared Ones goes back into the past. to
1911 so he fixes the date, to claim that at
that time the PRESS WAS Itself guilty
of doing the very thing it now accuses
another paper of doing. No doubt in 1911
the PRESS did call attention to the con-
dition which prevailed in this city under
democratic sheriff, not a Democratic
sheriff of the type who is now enforcing
the law in Portland, but of altogether a
different type. Whatever the PRESS
may have said in 1911 was justified by
the conditions What the Democratic
paper says about conditions in Portland
today is untrue and everyone knows 1t is
untrue. In 1911 there was an open sa-
loon on every corner. Beer was being
rolled into doorways not only on the
side streets but even upon Congress
street and in Monument Square itself.
not under the cover of darkness but in
the broad light of day and in the bright
glare of the MONDAY sun. In 1911 there
We're sections of this city which a decent
man woman did not dare to visit aft
ter dark and could not go without be-
ing insulted or being confronted with
sights unpleasant to see and being
obliged to hear ribald earousing and OBJ
scene language unfit to hear. Today
there is such condition existing in
Portland and everyone knows it, even
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
BELGRADE.

NORTH-Miss Hazel Rollins picked
an apple blossom, the seventeenth of
this month.
Miss Marguerite Leavitt and Miss
Marion Thompson of the Adams
school. Horse Point, of the 70 scholars
taking the examinations for entering
the Belgrade High school. received tire
highest ranks. All four from North
Belgrade successfully passed the ex-
amina ton, however, and will, no doubt.
enter the High school for the fall
term.
Mrs. Lillian Small of Pittsfield and
Mr. and Mrs. William Sibley of West
Mount Vernon have been visiting their
brother and son and family, +. A.
Cook.
The well drillers have enlarged a
well for Jacob Turbush and are now
drilling for Asa Stevens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
WEEKS, MILLS.

Mr.. and Hrs Henry Risley of New
York are visiting Mrs. Risley's faith.
er, Arion Sproule.
Mrs Viola Allen visited, this week
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w
Hathaway.
Mrs. Ray Clifford and Mrs. Henry
Risley visited, Thursday, at Augustus
Mosher's
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivory Mari of Rhode
Island are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
George Mari.
Miss Elizabeth Valentine of Augusta
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Florence
Bragg.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Miller is visiting friend.
and relatives in Massachusetts.
VIM. Treworgy is working for Harry
Reed
The Busy Bee Society will meet witt
Mrs. Harriet Seekins, July 30, beinf
postponed, week later than usual.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
Far be it from an American to take

Far be it from an American to take
sides ON purely insular issue. Over
here one would probably beg to be fur
Their enlightened before proceeding to
get uQerheated on the subject. For
Instance. we should have to be assured
that there Is such Il thing as really
civilized man or woman, that IL such
Il creature does exist. ii is not~a mere
freak or sport of nature; that men
are not reverting to savagery in cat
ardmouse" tactics, or women in mill
fancy; and other considerations
On the other side. however, the pro-
nosai Of 1he question set thousands of
hnbbling pots and kettles to calling
each other black. Men are pointing to
the fact that women still adorn them
selves with skins of wild beasts and
gaudy feathers of harmless birds. No
gdudy feathers of Harmless birds Wom-
en- are retorting that men indulge i'm
prize tights and eat rare beef and like
TO go fishing. suffragsts adduce that
men are still trying to exercise the
tyranny of the cave man; ants argue
that hunger is the primitive
sullenness of the trapped tigress. Each
side has Il tn quoquc. and though they
pife iefioft Oh osSd, neither size Will
ever get anywhere. Which is perhaps
the purpose of the riddle
And anyhow. civilization and saw
Geery are matters of local custom
largely. and therefore require detni-
ten. We consider it barbarism to have
four wives. while 4 Mohammedan
thinks that only barbarfans drink
whisky. What little progress the Iace
has made toward higher things has
been made by men and women
hand in hand and working together
Fer the home is the birthplace of cul-
ture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
Maine Gossip
I'M M & N SiTY.


Now. Science, clear-eyed as the day,
Gods great familiar. with her Key
OF mighty messages, declares
The fine mists of the nebulae--
The gauZy films that hang ike dreams
Woven of glimmering glooms and
CLEANS
Are uniVerSeS rolling free
Beyond the utmost bounds that be
OF outer dark the awful phares.
Beyond our stars and all our play
OF planet, sun. and Milky Way.
And at that vision into space
With such tremendous splendors
wrought.
Where sovereign orbits interlace
Writing great script on nights dark face.
The heart shakes with threatening
thought
That we, SO something less less than
Taught,
In tue creative care and grace.
Come, then, o Faith, come lightning
shod
TO meet great Science AS a dove
Flashes her wing upon the blue.
Seeking for heights forever new.
The answering thought bring, like the
That broke in bloom, that heavens wide
love
is constant as the sky above.
That near at hand or far abroad
Before the great the small unawed-
Heaven painted In the drop of dew
Thrilling with life in soul or sod.
East atom feels the living God!
Harriet Prescott Spofford.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22
What Worries London.
cleveland Plain Dealer.)

ICIeVeI8nd PIdIfI 5tditf.1
The Daily Mirror. a newspaper. has
the silly season by pro-
posing a eouuadrum which all ef Lon
don is worrying itself into more or
less gentle perspiration over. List to
subject of debate:
us the civilized man further from
the savage than the civilized woman
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

BY those who have been sitting on
taeks for months the report that more
than 1i.0o0 Democratic postmasters,
chunks.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

lent to Rev. Il. l.. Lewis, Falrneid'
Maine.
The kennebec Journal Will pupllsh
from day to day list of the contrlpu-
tons received.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

The record for longevity of ships was
until few years ago held by the Ital-
ian vessel Anita. Built in Genoa in
15fS she made her last voyage from
Teneriffe to Naples. She was thus
more than $50 years old.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

After reading the official statistics we
believe the honest Col. Condor of the
Manchester Union must pull down that
slogan, Come TO New Hampshire
and admit that the Pine tree has the
call" These figures show that Maine
hotels have a capacity of 69,07S while
those of New Hampshire can aocommo-
date but 1853. Come on up!
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

Since Warden Ham took charge of
the State prison, the sale of brooms has
amounted to $7719 The Rockland Cur
rier-Gazette tells how he has done 1t,
as follows: When Warden Ham was
appointed the broom shop was one of
the largest problems he had to face.
There was no work for the men, a
storehouse full of brooms for which
there was no market, and the problem
oe IA shop full of men idle. Today the
broom shop is like bee hive, with
more orders than he can fill. The first
step in this transformation, was to
dispose of the large number of brooms
on hand. Difficult as that problem was
1t has been solved and that large
surplus of unstable stock" has been
sold. The next step was to manufac-
ture brooms that jobbers would handle.
To do this several changes were neces-
sary, First an expert broom maker was
| employed to teach the men IN the
broom shop how to make brooms. The
| machines used for sewing the brooms
| were purchased. second hand, a quarter
of century ago. and, being worthless,
| have been discarded and two new ma
chimes installed with capacity suffic-
| lent for present needs. Then there were
tons of broom corn on hand stacked
| away. that everyone seemed afraid to
| tackle This has beer cleaned dp, stor-
ed and used, and three carloads of corn
| have been bought in addition to the
supply that was on hand when this
change began. Then as orders fol
brooms began to come in it has become
necessary to increase the number OF
men working in the broom shop, anC
| some were taken from other shops to
meet that need Every winding ma
chine in the shop is in constant use
and 1t will be necessary to purchase
another at once. And still with the in.
crease in the output they are unable t.
catch up with the orders already taken
there being on hand orders sufficient
| to take the entire output for severa
weeks. All this has been done in les,
than four months.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

Sweden in 1910 produced agricultural
machinery valued at s6,77o.91S VIZ
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

The Odd Fellows of Eastport are
making arrangements for their annual
summer outing. which this year will
take the form of an excursion to Digby
and visit the Evangeline valley. The
large motor boat belonging to the fleet
of the Canadian Sardine Co. at Cham
cook. will leave Eastport early Wednes-
day morning. July %. for Digby. where
the exeursionists are to spend the night
and expect to return to PASSPORT
Thursday evening. This promises to
be one of the most enjoyable outings
of t." season as Digby is noted for it's
abunuant crop of cherries. which just
now are ripe and prove one of the
strong attractions for the visitors to
this Canadian resort.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

Says the happy Deacon NORWOOD
of the Riddeferd Journal:
'Aroostook potato shippers are kick
ing over the advance in freight rates.
This may be unwise, for the railroads
undoubtedly need the money. and 1t
hasn't yet been proved that consumers
will not stand for another squeeze of
three or four cents a bushel.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

Eight seals shipped from Bcothbay
Harbor recently by express furnished
considerable amusement for those who
saw them en- route to Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia. Supt. Sydleman of the
American Express had quite job to
keep some of the women at the Bath
depot away from the crates One wo-
man was determined to pat one of the
seals or the head, and came near be-
ing bitten as the seal made grab for
her hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-22

Ellsworth will celebrate it's 150th an
niversary the last week in August, pro-
badly on the 9th and 2Sth. According
to the present plan the program of tho
first day will include games and other
athletic sports, with a reception and
ball at night. On the second day a fire.
mans muster and parades will he held.
and again ball will be on the program
al night.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-29
Cash M essaqe.

Minneapolis, July 29.-Cash market
unchanged. Good local milling demand.
l Northern blue stem ~ @2c over
September. Velvet chaff II ole over
September. Find fair flour sales but
millers are making very low quotations
to attract buyers. Little export bust
ness.
Chas.s r. Lewis e. On.