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Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-11

agent who boasted of his ability
to influence the Speaker of Re-
publican House of Representa-
tives and the presiding officer of
a Republican Senate stopped to
bribe a page to ransack the waste
paper baskets in Congressmen's
offices ic the hope of securing
valuable information.
These facts might have never
come to light if the potentates of
the high finance had not broken
with one of their tools. What
ever the source of the informa-
ton, however. It's value to the
American people cannot be
questioned.
The duty of Congress in the
premises is plain. There must
be searching investigation. No
guilty man must be permitted to
escape. Corrupt Democrats must
share the same fate as corrupt
Republicans.
At the risk of suffering the
fate of most political prophets, |
want to predict that Invisible
Government" will be one of the
paramount issues in the Congress
sional campaign of 1914, and that
if the Democratic party's position
on this question is in harmony
with popular opinion our triumph
in that election will be even more
complete than was our victory in
1912.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-11
PARCEL POST RATES
TO BE CUT. .a

WASHINGTON. July spec
ial Postmaster General Burleson
has proposed radical changes in
the parcel post system, to be-
come effective August l, provi-
ded the interstate commerce COM
mission sanctions them. These
changes are expected to revolu-
tionize the parcel post business.
They are confined to what is
now known as the local, first and
second zones. 1t is proposed to
consolidate all these into a single
zone, having a radious of l5O
miles. In this new first zone it
is proposed to raise the weight
limit to twenty pounds and tore
duce the rate to five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each
additional two pounds. This
would make the rate for twenty
pounds fifteen cents.
The radical nature Of this
change will be readily understood
when it is remembered that the
present rate for a 150-mile haul
of two ten-pound packages by
parcel post is eighty four cents.
The reduction of the rate in this
case brings it to Just one cent
above one-sixth of the present
rate.
It is the belief Of Postmaster
General Burleson that this new
first zone, with the reduced rat, S
will take care of ninety per cent
of the business that will move by
parcel post. While it is his in
tention to reduce the rates for
greater distances as soon as prac-
ticable he desires to put the re-
ductions for the first zone into
effect at once, so that the expec-
ted movement of business be-
tween the farmer and the city
consumer on the one hand, and
between the merchant and his
country consumer on the other,
may begin at once.
This is one of the plans of the
democratic administration for re-
ducing the cost of living. 1t is
the theory of the postmaster gen.
eral and his advisers that these
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-11

with the essentials, such as thAepaa1DH
of the twelve regional bana1 the
method of issuing new money, better
system of credit, keeping of reserves
and the elimination of stock specula-
ton from the sphere of legitimate
banking. But he pledged himself to
play his part in any way the congress
might desire in what he properly
characterized as "this great enterprise
of exigent reform"
With some of the big bankers it is
not so much the fear of politics as 1t
is that the new financial reform bill
will put an end to their reign OF auto
cracy. The time loans and calls of
the past and the recurrence OF the
monstrous 100 per cent interest rates
which have been imposed from time to
time by reason of the power given to
the monopolists of Wall street can
not, under the new measure, again be
conscripted. For it is for this very
purpose of manipulation that the
money loans of the financial centers
need the reserves, and it is only nat
ural to ha re them oppose the bill when
they find this fat source of revenue
and authority taken from them.
The unqualified Endorsement OF the
bill by Secretary Bryan gives it
powerful support. He takes the same
stand as the president on general
principles and clearly and unequivo-
cally voices the popular feeling in
these words on the question of elosti.
city:
''The notes are to be treasury notes,
issued by the government and loaned
to the regional reserve banks. This
is in harmony with the democratic
contention. There is no surrender OF
the government right to issue money.
The board of control is appointed by
the president. Thus the people, act
ing through the government, are in
entire control"
1t can be assumed that these positive
declarations OF the president and his
premier will not satisfy the money
brokers of Wall Street. That to- be
expected. But that it will have y
magnetic effect on industry and trade
can not he gainsaid. The very ex-
istence of business depends on the
facility with which it can secure credit
at the needed time to carry on opera
tions successfully. No longer will 1t
be nesessary to wait for q supply OF
government bonds, which might not
be available because Of their pro-
hibitive prices, to get money for in
vestm ent and enterprise. Sound
commercial paper can now take the
place of value-inhatcd government
bonds Us securities for loans, and
through this method an elastic cur
rency he established which will sup
plant the rigid and Objectionable
system that crept into the national
banking law in it's fifty years of oper'
alton.
After all, the promotion and pros
perity of industry and enterprise is a
paramount function of government.
To the financial shackling of greedy
money loaners in the great centers
must he credited much of the depres-
sion which periodically swept through
the country. With this removed and
a sane and sensible supervision of
reserves and note issues directed
through satisfactory and scientific
law, panics of the future can be said :
to be far removed from the pathway of
American progress. Denver News.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-11
CAPTURE OF ANTS
Is Denvers New Enterprise.

Denver has added a new indus
try to it's list of resources.
It has become a market center
for ants.
By the enterprise of its boys
it has obtained a practical mo-
nopoly of the business which is
growing by leaps and bounds.
The first weeks shipments
amounted to approximately 1O,-
600 ants. The supply during the
past week was double that guam
tity.
A Los Algeles man recently
patented a powder which deals
death to ants by a new method.
The powder contains no poison
and kills the insects by dissolving
the shells upon their backs which
cause them to smother to death.
One ant becoming affected will
inoculate all others with..which it
comes in contact before it dies.
The Los Angeles man sold the
rights to the powder for the, en-
tire United States, outside of
California, to two Eastern men.
These men at once put out de.
monstrators to show the efficacy
of the new remedy. Two pans
are used. A quantity of ants are
placed in each. Those in one are
inoculated with the powder and
one or two of their number then
taken out and put with those in
the other pan. In a few minutes
all the ants begin to fight, to fall
on their backs and struggle
against the death which comes in
about fifteen minutes. Then the
agent sells his powder by the
hundreds of cans to the interes-
ted crowd of spectators.
1t was soon found that good
supply of ants for these demon
strators could be obtained III
Colorado. The result is steady
employment for a number of
boys. They find big hills, dig
small holes in the center of them
and then stir up the nest. The
result is that hundreds of ants
fall into the prepared holes.
These are scooped up, packed in
tin cans and shipped to various
parts of the country by parcel
post. Denver Times.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-11
Washington Letter,
BY Edward Keating,
Congressman-at-Large
From Colorado.

Twist Of American political life.
However much it may benefit
from special legislation it will
always be found with its plate
out shouting for more.
It is this never-ceasipg demand
for governmental pap" which
causes lobbies to be organized and
maintained at the national cap
ital. The scandal will not be
abated until we strike at the
root of the evil, until we declare
a war to the death on all forms
of special privilege. Through
the tariff the government has
been saying to favored individ.
uals and corporations You may
tax all the people Of this country
for the benefit of your own pocket
books" When the people pro-
test against the iniquity. it was
natural that the beneficiaries OF
the robbery should band together
to safeguard their graft.
So they formed lobbies and
employed men like Col. Mulhall
ard "The Wolf" Lamar to set up
in Washington an Invisible Gov
ernment" which should control
the government which you and l
believe was established by the
fathers for the benefit of all the
people.
But the representatives of the
tariff interests could not main
tain the Invisible Government
without assistance. so they form
ed combinations with the banking
lobby, the ship building lobby,
the railroad lobby. and the hum
dred and one little lobbies which
are always operating in this city.
This condition. according to the
confessions of,its hired men, un-
dertook to control legislation
pending before Congress and
which affected the interests re-
presented by the combination.
It seems to have held the leaders
of the Republican organization in
the hollow of its hands and it was
not without its friends on the
Democratic side of the chamber
1t was enabled to dictate the
makeup of committees and wher
it feared test Of strength OH the
floor of the H>use it had oonox-
ious legislation chloroformed be-
hind the locked doors of commit
tee rooms.
It rewarded the Congressman
who favored its schemes, and it
punished those who dlred to Of
fend its representatives. Champ
Clark clamored for tariff reform
and the country listened. The
Invisible l. government" decreed
his political death and Mulhall
was sent into his district in 1908
to conduct a "gumshoe" cam
paign against the Democratic
leader. The latter was overcon-
fident. He left his own district
and campaigned in the ''enemy's
country. He did not know that
the enemy" was at his doorstep.
The Speaker escaped the high
binders but it was by a narrow
margin. Two years later, Nut
hall again invaded Missouri, but
Clark had learned his lesson and
sounded the alarm in time to
rally 4iz siends.
TIL. lobby which was headed
by Malaall vas financed by the
Nation rlanufactures' Associa-
t;on. made up of men who con-
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-11

duu clupIOyeu dII army VI AAaAAOAAo
of men. He confesses to have
expended 5000, 600 with his own
hands, but this did not represent
the one-hundredth part of the
corrupt expenditures of the or
ganization.
1t must also be remembered
that the National Association of
Manufactures was only one divi-
sion of the army Of graft main
tained by the tariff interests.
The Sugar lobby, the Wollen lob
by the Steel lobby ahd the Cot
ton lobby maintained their own
headquarters and employed their
own corruptionists. Selfish in
terests compelled them to cooper
ate but each had its own slush
fund and each boasted of it's
group Of owned Senators and
Representatives.
What a tale would be unfolded
if a Mulhall from each of these
lobbies were to suddenly decide
to turn states evidence and give
the inside story" of the work he
did for his master? OF course,
Special Privilege will endeavor to
discredit Mulhall and his story.
We will be told that heis a crook
and a "squealer" and that ac-
cording to his own confession he
should be in the penitentiary.
All of which is true, but we must
remember that Mulhall was paid
a handsome salary and given an
unlimited expense account be-
cause he was crook. An honest
man could have never given the
country the information contain
ed in Mulhall's confession. Hon.
est men are never employed to
perform the duties assigned to
him by those who availed them
selves of his services.
Fortunately. we are not COM
PEELED to rely on Mulhall's un-
supported word. He preserved
20, 900 letters and kilograms
which passed between himself
and the men higher up. These
will be placed in the hands of the
Investigating Committees of both
Houses of Congress and through
them will be laid before the peo-
pie of the country.
This mass of evidence was
scrutinized and verified by the
editors of the New York World
and the Chicago Tribune, the
foremost Democratic and the
foremost Republican paper in the
country, before it was given to
the public. 1t is said that they
paid Mulhall a small fortune for
his story and by doing so they
rendered the American people a
most important service. We
must fight the devil with fire oc-
casionally.
When the President made his
famous demand for the appoint
ment of a Congressional C Commit
tee to inquire into the activities
Of the various lobbies. it is ques-
tionable if he realized where the
trail would lead. He only knew
that powerful interests were en-
deavoring to prevent the redemp-
ton of Democratic platform
pledges on the tariff and currency
questions by a Democratic Con-
gress. He knew something of
the work of the Sugsr lobby. fer
these gentry operated openly and
brazenly, and he was in possess
sion of some information con-
corn;nr the other lOhhies. Rut
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25
FOR THE COMMON GOOD
Purpose of the Statewide Conference
to be Held in Columbia.
t,orrespondepce The Yorkyille ENQUIRER

Purpose of the Statewide Conference
to be Held in Columbia.
Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer
Columbia, July 19.-The first meet
ing of the Conference for the Common
Good will be held in Columbia, Au-
gust 9th and 7th. For this meeting
the railroads entering Columbia have
granted special rates and a large at
tendance is expected. The purpose of
this conference is to offer an opportu-
nifty for men and women who have at
heart the best interests of the state to
come together and discuss vital signi-
ficant things and endeavor to arrive
at a remedy for the evils which exist,
and to assist each other in all efforts
for the common good. The movement
is non political and the conference
will discuss principles and not person
alities. 1t Is hoped that its conclusions
may deserve the support of all lovers
of the state regardless of political af-
fliations. The conference is intended
to be merely n preliminary to county
conferences to be held later in the
summer or in connection with the
county fairs in the fall. 1t will be en-
acted by reading the programme that
it is not made up Of long papers. Men
have been asked to state in a few
minutes their conclusions, and then
the subject will be open to general dis
cussion. The committee extends a cor
dial invitation to everybody to attend
this conference and to unite in a re-
solve to think and talk about the
things that are worth while.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25

The Sense in cursins.-Two men
entered a train at small station out
west and took seats facing an elderly
man. They fell to telling hunting
stories with great animation and
many oaths. -.
Noticing that the old man was an
interested listener, one Of the men
spoke to him and asked whether he,
too, were not a hunter, with a story
or two worth hearing.
The old man thought he could tell
one and this Is what he said:
"One day thought would go hunt
ing; so took my tin pan tinder box
gun and went up into tin pan tinder
box woods on the side Of tin pan
tinder box mountain, and I waited a
tin pan tinder box long time; and then
I saw a tin pan tinder box fine buck
coming toward me, so put my old tin
pan tinder box gun to my shoulder
and fired. And that tin pan tinder box
buck fell right in its tin pan tinder
box tracks; and 1t was the finest tin
pan tinder box buck ever killed. At
ter a pause he said, How do you like
my story?"
"Oh, the story Is all right, but
don't see what all that tin pan tinder
box has to do with It."
WELL" replied the old man, that is
just my way Of swearing"
Il don't see much sense in swearing
that way" said the other, with mani
fest disgust.
There is as much sense in my way of
swearing as there is in yours, young
man."-Youth's Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25

-Georgia's next spring crop OF
brides and bridegrooms, says an At
lanta dispatch, may be eugenically
mated, II a bill now being cussed and
discussed in the general assembly be-
comes law. II this does happen Geor-
gia will have the distinction Of being
the first southern state to take fly In
the new science of eugenics. Under
the proposed marriage contract law,
which has been recommended favor
ably by the senate committee on hy-
giene, all -be-weds would have
to make out medical certificates be-
fore the state would permit them to
wed. Under this arrangement mere
old fashioned true love, coupled with
the consent Of the brides parents,
would not be sufficient. The delicate
flush which John admired so In Doro-
thy's cheek might turn out to be the
hectic glow Of tuberculosis, in which
event the state would step in and for
bid the bans Also the state would re-
serve the right to say to Dorothy:
mo, dear, your manly John may be
handsome fellow, but we have learned
that he drinks too much whisky; we
hope II won't break your heart, but
we can't let you marry him." Such
system, II is contended, may break
few true and loving hearts In this gen.
Grafton, but would insure a much
healthier and happier crop OF babies
for the next. ....s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25
less outrage just committed on the sol

less outrage just committed on the sol
Of France"
The reply of Queen Christina Is one
of the finest examples Of pure inso-
lence in all the archives Of history. II
Is too long to be reproduced here. but
the following paragraph indicates Its
sentiments:
Understand, all of you, servants
and masters. little people and great
that 1t was my sovereign pleasure tO
act as 1 did. I neither owe mol render
an account of my actions to any one
least of all to bully like you."
But she left France in a hurry just
the same. Three years later the cousin
In whose favor she had abdicated died
and she returned to Sweden with the
intention Of wearing the crown again
But the brave and honest people of
Sweden refused to be governed by a
murderess, and she was told that she
would be deprived Of her revenues II
she remained In Sweden. So she be-
came a wanderer on the face Of the
earth, and died at Rome, a bitter and
lonely old woman. She wrote her own
epitah, which is unsurpassed for stern
brevity: .. .
Christina lived 70 years"-Kansas
City Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25

Observation-Disclosures or mercury
is a mineral used for centuries In many
ways and sought after all over the
world. The people Of ancient days got
all their mercury from deposit Of ore
known as cinnabar at place called
Almaden in Spain. This mine had
monopoly of the market Of the world
for ages. With the discovery Of Amer
lea came the uncovering Of vein Of
cinnabar of great riches just south Of
San Jose. There were two mines
opened there, one at New Almade and
the other at Guadalupe. These mines,
with the old one in Spain, still divide
the market Of the world in supplying 1t
with mercury. After all these years
comes the discovery Of new ledge
near the old one known as the Guada-
lupe mine.-Los Angles Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25
CHAPTERS v, VI AND VII.
Archibald Stanish journeys among
three friends. each Of whom cashed

Sf1<AI LGxbo W VI AIND VII
Archibald Stanish journeys among
three friends, each Of whom cashed
his check for $500. a -.
CHAPTER VIII. s
Archibald Stanish was totally ex-
hausted, but strangely elated. His
numerous trips from the bank to his
friends had taken his energy, but safe
ly in his pocket was his precious
handbook. The original entry OF
5000 had been supplemented with
four deposits Of 5000 each.
"Aha," five times 200 makes 1,o00,"
stanish cred joyfully. "That makes
the desired amount" = ~ zl.t.-
take her, my boy" cried Alex
ander Van Millyn, when stanish show
ed the handbook to the great finan-
cier. you have fairly won the prize"
"oh. Archie, I have great news for
you," sighed the beautiful Doanna
Van Millyn, as Stanish EMBODIED her.
Father says he is going to supple
ment your bank account with 5000"
Los Angeles Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25
GREAT HAZARD IN. ART
Many Artists Of Skill Who Scarcely
Make a livinq.

Mako Living.
In art, as in most other profess
sions. the "plums" fall into the hands.
Of the few. The Sargent or Herk-
omer may make his $4,000 In twelve
months by his brushes: Mr.. "Dauber.",.
who started his career with equal
promise. may barely earn the check
that pays his frame makers bill
Jean Francois sMillet lived and
died a peasant, though he could
wear the ribbon Of the Legion of
Honor. It was the proudest day of
his life when he received $3.50 for
the "Angelus," which a generation
later was sold for s116.130 at the
Secretan sale. John Crome was
glad to pocket dollar apiece for
pictures. any one Of which would be
snapped up today for hundreds OF
dollars. George Morland parted with
many masterpieces for the price OF
an evenings carouse; and Rem
brandt's canvases are valued today at
twenty million dollars-yet he left
nothing to his heirs beyond his
clothes and his paint brushes. q
| And who will say that these magi-
clans Of the palette were less skilful
than the Orchardsons and Alma
Tademas Of later years. whose can
vases with the paint scarcely dry on
them were exchanged for $4,000 or
$4,000 each; than Frank HoIl, who
painted 100000 worth Of portraits
In single year; OF Landseer, whose
estate was sworn at $500, ,o00? ~
Today the painting OF pictures, for
nineteen artists out Of twenty, Is a
costly hobby, which leaves little MARI
gin for even such modest luxury as
marmaIade. For every score Of cam
vases that are fit to adorn the walls
Of Burlington house there is barely
one purchaser, and he has keen
eye to a bargain. 5p4
Take two typical cases known to
the writer. Both men are highly
trained artists, whose acadamy pic
lures are seldom branded with the ia
tai "R." One Of these men confess
ed that he had barely $500 to show
as the net result Of two thousand
hours of industry last year. The 9TH
er, who had canvas ION the line"
before he saw his twenty first birth
day. was glad to sell his latest pic
ture, the fruits Of six months work
for less than its frame cost. s,,,s,
The picture buyer Of today has
very decided views as to what he
wants. Give him bright landscape,
seascape or garden scene. with plen-
ty Of color and he is willing to pay
for this own price. Problem pic
lures, historical canvases, he won't
look at ~ -7;is
But, sold or unsold, the pictures
are equally costly to produce, There
may be little change out Of the dollar
for one days paints and models
alone. Many canvas, on which
months of work has been lavished,
and which may go-if at all-in ex-
change for $25 note, has cost from
$3.50 to ESQ for materials. ro.5 J5
One able artist told the writer: II
pay just under $500 a year for my
studio. A years models, costumes,
etc., costs me quite another $500; I
pay from ss5 to $50 for frame. One
way or another, spend $1,250 in the
twelve months, and thus earn net
income at which many clerks would
turn up their noses" 81
And this man Is one of the lucky
ones, outside the pale Of the special
ly favored few.