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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13

Good citizenship, in this Republic,
at this hour, implies graver RESPONSE
billties than are realized by the aver
age voter. In this nation every citi-
zen is an uncroWned political king
and the use he makes of his ballot in
wolves the veal or woe of himself, his
family, and his fellows.
No citizen of this nation can escape
the responsibility which rests upon
him for social and economic condi-
tons which here obtain.
We. the citizens of America, are
responsible for the system which con-
signs millions of the useful workers
of this nation to a life of unreqHited
toll.
We are responsible for the system
which denies more than two million
of our brothers the privilege of work
ing at all.
We are responsible for the condi-
tons which take more than five mil
lions of our sisters from their homes
into the factories and workshops in
forced competition with men to earn
their livelihood as wage-workers.
We are responsible for the system
which finds it profitable to exploit the
bodies and souls of more than two
million child slaves in the industries
of this nation.
: We are responsible for the system
which consigns six hundred thousand
Of the wives, sisters and daughters
Of the working class to the brothels
of our American cities.
We are responsible for the system
which spells the unspeakable civic
vice and corruption OF our municipal
tiles, the arrogance OF our courts, the
brutal rapacity of our corporations
and for all the industrial wrongs o
this age.
These are some of the responsible
tiles which rest upon the citizenship
of this nation and i undertake to say
that it is not a sign Of good citizen
= ship" that such an indictment of oul
civilization can be truthfully drawn.
We have it in our power to put al
end forever to industrial poverty
prostitution, and nine-tenths of al
the crimes of modern civilization.
We have it in our power to maxi
war impossible and to make the ex
ploitation of the workers Of the work
an unthinkable crime.
We cannot do this and uphold tn,
system of capitalism with our votes
for capitalism is the system whicl
spawns poverty, prostitution, crim'
and war.
Good citizenship is the synonym
for right living. brotherly love, de
cency and 3 proper consideration 70
the progress and happiness ct b.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
A Naturcd II uSt

The steel trust announces that it
will raise the wages of itS lowest
paid employees.
The gentlemen whom Coz in His
infinite wisdom has given control of
the steel industry have been taking
lessons in handwriting on the wall.
They are sorely troubled.
The steel trust has been rapaei
Gus in coming the life blood of the
workers into dividends. From many Il
isipterested sources have come con
firmatory evidencey-of it's merciless,
greed and brutality.
.Dantes Inferno, with all the ing
enuity that genius could conceive for
human torture, contained no deyXices
more. devilish than have been invent
ed in perfecting the efficiency" of
the workers in the mills and furnaces
OF the steel trust, where 175,00O men
have been worked ~ hours a day,
seven days a. week. year in and year
out, to be thrown aside as useless
rubbish when they have been exhaux
ted.
1t has reduced its workers to alb
ject serVitude. No organization has
been permitted which would enable
them to protect their interests. Fol.
lowing the policy inaugurated by G
arnegie, the trust has destroyed ev-
cry labor union in the steel industry,
Enjoying the benefits of tariff
ostensi'bly to protect American labor.
it has driven American workers from
its mills and has replaced them with
the cheapest labor to be had in Eur
ope, which it has exploited without
mercy.
Capitalism is typified by the ma
chine.
The machine has, neither heart n
or conscience.
1t operates automatically.
1t Fends and grinds and brushes
OF shears and cuts as smoothly as a
razor.
IT clangs and pounds and hammer
S or moves as silently as the angel OF
death
In the steel trust the existing m
ethod of production has reached its
highest expression. ~
1t is as ,beneficent as the genirof
Aladdin's lamp and as renorseless
as the tooth of time ~
1t is ready to pick.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13

parlor organ. But it was especially in
the popular exercise of charity where
the new man differed mostly from his
neighbors.
One night there happened one of
those sad accidents caused by the
mysterious ways of Providence. Old
Deacon Hawly was picking his way
along the high spots on the road lead
ing to his home. The good man was
returning from a prayer meeting
where he had fought furious battle
against demon Rum" From the 9th
er direction came wagon, bound for
"Boozytown" 1t was loaded with nu-
merous beer kegs, but the largest bar
rel on top contained Deacon Hawly's
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
It's Class.

Il hear that old sailor is going to
sue for the shock he got riding in the
electric runabout. l wonder under
what head such suit will come 2"
Il suppose it will be considered a
case of a salt and battery "-Balti-
more American.
Indispensable.
Mrs Gigthor n-Do you mean to say
you smoke the nasty little things in
your own house?
Mrs. Leeder- Only when we are do
ing amateur theatricals. You can't
present a society drama, you know,
without them. Chicago Tribune.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
CsS.SORED
| sE.OTeYE 81
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Insist Upon tt
= The late r. T. Barnum truthfully
said: The American people love to
be humbugged." He could have said
with equal truth: The American
workman INSISTS upon being
humbugged.' AS proof of this, one
needs only to cite the simple manner
in which the Labor vote is divided on
EVERY election day. Year in and
year out the workers go to the polls
and vote for everybody EXCEPT
THEMSELVES. No doubt this is ex-
actly what a vast majority Of them
did at the last election. And this
they will continue to do until they
LEARN TO THINK.-tSan Francisco
Organized Labor.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
How Horsesense Put
Charity On The Hog
(sy Oscar AmerInger.)

Goodfolks township, the scene of
this sad tale, lays on the side of a
sleepy creek straight down from the
sky. No better people ever lived than
the inhabitants of this locality. They
were neighborly, honest, generous,
hospitable and pious in ordinary times
and lost only the major portion of
their virtues during hard times. For
to their credit it must be stated that
they remained pious under the most
trying circumstances.
On Sunday morning the whole pop
.ulation Eocked towards the gayly
painted house of worship. There the la
dies would pleasantly chat about the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
You came Corner knowIedae-

Men can get corner" on gold,
wheat cotton, pork, beef, etc. but it
is an utter impossibility for any man
or set of men to get a corner on
knowledge. SO it is up to US all to
get in and. study the various phases
Of life and we will then not be led
by the ornate phrases of sleek fell
lows who prey upon the uniformed.
We heard an old professor say, "a
fellows head is not like. a jug; you
can fill jug with water and it will
run over. but you can always pour
more into your head" So, during the
winter evening, let US put in a little
time studying the various phases of
human existence, economically, poll
tically. spiritually and otherwise. 1t
will pay a hundred fold or more
Rochester Labor Journal.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
Bryan's Chance

Upon the authority Of no less 4 per-
son than William Randolph Hearst,
we are informed that William Jen-
nings Bryan is to be the first born of
the. Wilson administration and hold
the highest place in the presidents
cabinet.
Let us hope that Mr.. Hearst is not
mistaken.
Progressive" policies are to be
tried. The more they are tried. the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-02-13
%

Mother-You want another doll?
Gracious Why, my dear child, you
already have more than a dozen Of all
kinds, shapes and colors,
Little Bessie-But I'd 4ike a left
handed dolly, mama, SO could cor
rect her Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30

water was being pumped into the
mains IN a number of cities and these
cities were instructed to clean up at
once The college towns were named
in this list and the board of admins
tration has Joined in the campaign in
these cities.
At the meeting the board summoned
the officials of the water company ana
Representatives of the city administra-
ton to attend and an explanation was
asked regarding what had been done
to better conditions here. The board
seemed satisfied with the progress made
here.
One of the direct results of this
conference on Monday was change
in the method of treating the water
ar the plant here. The hypochloride
treatment is to be applied nearer to
the point where the water enters the
city mains. 1t is hoped that in this
way it will be possible to reduce the
bacteria count in the water and in
sure purity at all times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
KIDNAPPED WILLINGLY.
Hutchinson Girl Took Bundle of
Clothes With Her

Hutchinson. Kan. Aug. Coli May
Goss, the 11-year-old girl, who told the
authorities that she was seized on the
street, chloroformed and kidnapped. was
really the victim of. an abduction, she
was apparently all ready for it.
1t has developed that the girl took
with her n bundle containing her
clothing, when she left home August
3. She claims she was kidnapped while
on the way to visit a neighbor.
\ man living at Newton brought to
County Attorney +. T. Foote bundle
OF clothing which he said he believed
belonged to the girl. This was identi-
fled by the father of Miss Goss as be
longing to her.
There seems to be no question. how
ever, that the girl was enticed away
from home and was ut Wichita, New
ton and Florence in company with men.
But the county authorities have drop
ped the theory of there being any
truth in yer story that she was seized
on the street. drugged and forcibIy car
ried Off
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
FINISH DEBATES.
Henry Allen and Charles +.
Scott Complete Contract.
Talked to 100000 People in
Six States.

Jewell City. Aug. 30.-It is all over
now. The Scott-Allen debate. which
was staged before sixty audiences in
six states and heard by upwards of
600 people, is but a memory of hot
summers work for which the two COM
batants are said to have received $1,000
each. The gavel fell on the last bout
at Jewell City. Then Henry Allen went
east to meet his family on their return
from a tour of Europe, and Charley
Scott hied to the west, as he says. Ito
join some folks who are waiting for me
in q little cabin on the side of Eagle
Cliff
1t probably was worth all the money
these two bright Kansans received to
put on this big Chautauqua show I'm
der normal weather conditions the ply
steal strain would not be very great.
But for forty consecutive days in the
territory covered the mercury passed
the 100 mark. ITO travel day after day
in hot, dusty trains, to sleep in swell
tering rooms and to speak, as We often
did, under tent in temperature of
105 to no degrees. is a pretty hard pull
on ones store of strength Mr.. Scott
says
1T has been a rather lively intellec-
tual exercise Also" Mr.. Scott writes to
his lola Register. When the debate
began Mr.. Allen and I had a sort of
notion that after a few meetings we
NodAH SClbAS hONI lHIO WIldI NOulu
practically be set speeches. But it
hasn't happened that way. The
speeches have followed the same gen
eral line of argument, of course. but
they have been far from set and the
people who came to hear them cynical
ly expecting to note evidence of Il
frame-up' have been obliged to admit
that it was a real debate
And it has been interesting to note
the way in which it has been received
by different audiences. In some towns
party lines evidently have been close
ly drawn and the partisans have been
keen in manifesting their approval of
the points made for their side. But in
most places the audience seemed to
come with open minds, applauding i'm
partially the hits made by either
speaker And. everywhere, so far as
We have learned, the debate left
pleasant impression-tlue doubtless to
the belief on the part of the Progress
sfves that Mr.. Allen had wiped the
earth with me. and to the conviction
on the part of the Republicans that 1
had not left enough of him to be
worth sweeping up! One thing at least
has been demonstrated-thatt two men
who differ radically on public ques-
lions can spend a whole summer very
earnestly debating those questions,
travelling on the same trains, stopping
at the same hotels, in daily, almost
hourly contact, and part better friends
than when they began"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
JUST A TOUCH OF ROMANCE.
Chase County Girl Runs Away to Get
Married.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, Aug. 60
Quietly packing her suit case and leav-
ing her home in Strong City at o'clock
in the morning while the rest of the
family still slept, Miss Mildred Draw
baugh, n pretty 17-year-old girl, sur
prised her parents by boarding an early
passenger train for Concordia. where
she met and was married to Charles
Owens a young Santa Fe operator, the
same day. Unaware of the where
abouts of their daughter, over whose
disappearance they were greatly wor-
ried, a phone message from the daugh-
ter reached the parents the following
morning telling of her marriage to
young Owens and stating they would
be home for a visit soon. Miss Draw
baugh's early marriage was not unex-
pected, and it is said she explained
the object of her secret and sudden
flight to Concordia simply for the pur-
pose of giving the event a touch of
romance" Her father is Santa Fe
engineer, running between Strong City
and Manchester.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
MARYSVILIIE HAS WATER.
Will Increase Supply in Making Large
Improvements.

Marysville. Kan, Aug. 3O.-Marys-
vile is to have one of the finest water
supplies in the state in the very near
future. There is a scheme at present
under consideration by the water COM
pany.
The new improvements at the plant
are to consist of filtra ton plant
and settling basins and will cost be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Superin-
tendent c. NJ. Belknap received word
the first of this week from S. w. Hen
derson at Excelsior Springs, Mo-, gen
eral mana ger of the DR.. Bell interests,
stating that he had engaged the ser
vices of Kansas City engineers who are
working in conjunction with state En-
gineer Grandville r. Jones of Law
renee in formulating the plans for the
hltering plant and settling basins and
that as soon as such should be COM
pleted the work of installing them
would begin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
ROCKS COUNTY FAIR.
Stockton All Set for Annual Exhibit
ton of Products and Live Stock.

Stockton. Kan. Aug. 30.-The
Rocks County Fair association Will
hold it's twenty-third consecutive fair
at Stockton September 2, 5, 4 and 5.
At the expense of $500 the manage
ment has secured Ciricillo's Italian
band TO furnish the music. This same
band gave two concerts here during
the chautauqua course last year and
were so well liked that they were Sc
cured again. There will be a base
ball tournament. two games every
day, running and harness races, and
other like attractions. The state aS-
ricultural exhibit will help to make
up for any shortage in displays due
to the long continued drOuth.
Rocks county had about three
quarters of a wheat crop. some al
falfa, and will have a fair crop of
kafffr corn. Most of the farmers in
this section of the state have cut their
corn and are pre- pared to winter their
stock Many farmers have built silos,
especially pit silos, and are expecting
great things from them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
SEPTEMBER MORN
Pittsburg Women Object to
Work OF Art on Exhibition.
Appeal to Mayor and Police,
but Latter Appreciate Art.

Pittsburg. Kan. Aug. 3O.-Chicago,
Ill. has nothing on Pittsburg, Kan
Mrs. William higgins. matron of
the city rest room. backed by other
women, has commenced a fight against
public exhibition of september
Morn,' a famous painting of a pretty
girl wading shoe-top deep in pud-
die of water.
No. Miss Morn doesn't wear a bath
ing suit and the objection to her pres
ence is that the artist didn't make the
water deep enough. Hundreds of her
pictures on postcards were exhibited IN
- Broadway store window, gazed at
by hundreds of persons, mostly men,
Many women complained of the
pictures and asked me to have them
barred from public exhibition" says
Mrs. higgins. lone NeodeSha woman
who was here. saw the pictures and
was shocked, she informed me- 1t
will be nice. won't il. to have out of
town women go home and tell of the
shocking things they saw in PittsburS
shop windows
Mayor Skourup believes that there
is nothing immoral about the pictures
lie had a conference with Chief Rit-
ter and they decided not to interfere
in the matter.
Il believe Chief Ritter will think it
funny" Mrs. higgins said this morn
ing.
Mrs higgins appealed to the FEEDER
alton of Womens Clubs about Miss
Morn but Mrs. Margaret Grandle, pres
ident is away o"d without the presi-
dent the federi.>-on is unable to do
anything.
The pictures SIRE selling like frank
fOrters at a county fair. Not content
with one. men buy them by the half
dozen. one man opened a package be-
fore his friends and before he could
escape had given some of them away.
Men are buying most of them"
Mrs. higgins said. THAT is why many
complaints were made to me and L
was urged to protest. Women passing
ny the window heard many young
men and boys remarking about the
prints"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30

exploited with facility. l saw tracts
CT virgin forest where moro than
10000 cubic feet of magnificent TIM
Der per acre was standing; trees $50
feet in height, with trunks clear OF
branches for so feet. There are many
millions of cubic feet of timber in
these forests that should be cut in or
der to properly thin out the dense
growth: for instance, where there are
three or four trees growing on a
space required for one, that one SO
freed would put on more good wood
each year than the four together
1t is safe to state that the number
OF native tree species found win be
nearer 500 than $50, a great majority
of these ndoubtedIy being hard
Gods. The edges of the great for
ests have been scarcely cut away and
SO valuable hard woods given to the
world, the fun value of which species
has not been demonstrated as vet.
e65 native tree species are now listed
Some idea Of the present and no.
tential value of the islands in hard
wood alone may be gained from the
bare statement that there is enough
hard wood standing in the virgin for
ests of the islands several times over
to pay for their original cost to the
United states even If sold at onIv a
nominal price per acre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30

woods for exterior work but they dc
not furnish anything superior for in
terror decoration or furniture. The
wood of nara is moderately heavy,
moderately hard, very durable. and is
seldom, if ever, attacked by the anay
(white anti. 1t seasons well when
properly treated and takes fine fin
ish The heartwood of nara is white,
yellow or red, and the sapwood nearly
white The grain is rather fine, but
Irregular, and very beautiful when
quarter sawn. Nara is used princi-
pally for furniture. cabinet making and
interior house trim. The provinces OF
Cagayan, Mindora, Tayabas, Albany,
Isabella, and Sorsogon lead in the pro-
duction of nara
Nara is divided commercially into
two varieties, called red and yellow.
So far as is known, this division is
due to the habitat in which the tree
grows Both species have the red and
Yellow varieties. The red grows In
the hilly country, near the streams
generally, and the yellow is found in
the flats near the sea coast
Slabs are obtained from the but
tresses of nara, from which large
cne-piece table tops are made These
are sometimes six feet and over in
diameter. Nara wood is often finish
ed in its natural color and sometimes
stained brown or dark red
Nara Wood Is Valuable.
This class of wood. formerly very
popular for pianos and high grade
furniture, is becoming very scarce on
this side of the world and is much
initiated by stains o. veneers. 1t is
not generally known thai there is al
most an inexhaustible supply under
the jurisdiction of this government on
" hicfl no import duty need be paid.
1t has been estimated that there are
a. high as 100000 900 acres of t5utiic
forest lands in the Philippine Islands.
The director of forestry says in a re-
pert:
In a recent visit 70 the southern
islands of this group l was impressed
with the amount of timber standing
ON the smaller islands; frequently the
topography was such that it could be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
DEMAND BETTER WATER.
State Board of Administration Starts
Investigation at Colleges.

of administration is making cam
paign for better water in all of the
college towns of the state of Kansas.
The board opened this campaign last
Monday at n session at the university
but the action is not to be limited to
Lawrence, the cities of Manhattan and
Emporia are to be called upon to bet
ter conditions.
In this campaign the board of adj
rainistration has Joined forces with
the state board of health which re-
Gently ordered 4 number of cities to
take some steps toward securing bet
ter water for drinking purposes. 1t
was found by the board that impure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-30
SANTA FE WON SUIT.
Built Dam for Own Water supply
Miller Objected.

Newton, Aug. SO.-After keeping
an armed guard for two weeks over
it's temporary dam of SAND bags III
Doyle creek, near Florence; Marion
miller, and his friends from tearing
it out. the Santa Fe railroad was
granted n permanent lnJunctloh
against Schriver in the district court
of Marion county on Wednesday, "A
temporary injunction had been grant
ed the railroad several days ago.
Doyle creek empties into the Cot
tonWood river east of Florence Sit
uated upon its banks IS mlil owned
by T. d. Schriver. The mill Is run
by power secured from water OF the
creek rushing through very snort
millrace. To secure sufflclent no"
of water Schriver has built Il dam
across the river to back the water up.
He then made arrangements with the
Santa Fe railroad to supply water
for its shops and engines
The agreement between the miller
and railroad came to an end several
weeks ago and the railroad declded
to secure water by building dam
across the creek. AS preliminary
step a dam of sandbags was built a
short distance below the millers dam.
Whea the space above the railroad
dam had filled with water, it backed
up and partially destroyed the power
by lessening the waterfall to be Sc
cured from the miller's dam.
The miller asked the railroad to
take the dam out and when 1t re-
fused, he with the aid of number
of friends, tried to tear it out. Rail
road employees prevented the act and
a guard was then established over the
dam. The temporary injunction
against Schriver was then secured
and later the permanent injunction.
Supt. H. w. Sharp was in Wichita
yesterday afternoon and while there
he secured notice of the granting of
the permanent injunction. 1t is now
probable that the railroad will build
a permanent dam across the creek.