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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
An Agricultural snas at the Start

II is easy to sit at an editors desk
ona revise the tariff-in fact, wipe 1t
our of existence, as useless. 1t mas
been done million times, and some
noliticians. and alleged to be states
men. have believed it and tried It
and we have tasted the result NO"
the law givers are about to undertake
II again. Substantial reductions
all along the line" is the Underwood
nroclamation. An enlarged free list
is promised" and radical changes IN
industrial conditions are predicted.
But that is not all. Strong OPP
position has developed in agricultural
without regard to politics.
Farmers argue that if farm products
are to be deprived of the advantages
of tariff duties altogether, the same
treatment should be accorded to
manufactures.
When the real fight begins this
spring. the farmers are likely to nc
heard from on the floor of the House,
Farm values in this country have
doubled in the last decade, under the
bene6cent workings of the Republican
tariff policy, and few farmers will le'
their Democratic sympathies make
them believe Chairman Underwood
when he tells them that they have
never received any real benefit from
protection.
1t seems likely that the first real
problem Of Democracy will be to
reconcile differences between rural
members and those who represent in
dustrial interests. The New York
Commercial presents one of the
"cullud gem'men" in the tariff tinker
ing wood pile as follows:
THE New York Evening Journal has
been demanding radical cuts in the
tariff ON wooden goods to lessen the
cost of living. 1t did not matter
! what became of the mills and the
millions of dollars invested in the in
/ dustry, but il has heard from the
| farmers and sheep men of the Mid
die and Far West and d great white
| light dawned on its vision last We'd
nesday. 1t now begs Congress to
spare the sheep and to retain a rela-
| lively high tariff on wool because free
wool means less mutton and dearer
mutton, while the tariff on wool adds
less than dollar to the cost of 4
good suit of clothes and the ultimate
| consumer would not receive the Slight
| difference in any event.
ITO prove the case for the sheep
raisers. the Journal uses the figures
which the Commercial printed several
months ago, and it takes the same
position as TO the ultimate effect of
free wool on the cost of living. But
the Journal does not tell the whole
story. If wooden goods are not pro-
| tected by substantial duties they viii
not be made in this country and the
| farmer will have no domestic market
| for his wool. Protection would be
worth nothing 10 him because be
would have TO sell abroad in COM
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
A Race That Has Stood Still.

Our first day among the Dolphin and
Union Straits Eskimos was the day of
all my life to which | had looked for
ward with the most vivid anticipations.
and to which | now look back win
equally vivid n memories. for it introdUc-
ed me, a stud ent Of mankind and or
primitive man. especially. to peopl"
of a bygonc age Mark TWI'ns Con
nneticut Yanke went to sleep in tho
nineteenth cent ury and woke mp III
King Arthur's Ii me among the knights
who rode in elm king mail to the res
che of fair ladies' we. without gong To
sleep at all. had walked out of the
twentieth century into the country OF
the intellectual ar6 culture cohteh!p2-
rarieG of far ca r Ter age thah MIG
Arthur's. These W ii not such men aS
Caesar found in Cs I'll or IN ffltHh.
they We're more n,es rly ike the sun.
earlier hunting title Of Britain an"
of Gqul living obliVio us To the buhd :
ing of the first pyramid N Egypt. Thelr
existence on the sar lC continent WIN
our pCpulous cities Y "a an ahdciron-
ism of ten thousand y. airs III lhtelH-
gonce and material de v Aiopmehl. iheS
gathered their food wiz the weapons
&C the men of the s tone Age, theE
thought their simple, pr nitive thoughts
and lived their insect T8 dhe tehse
lives Their lives were TO me the MIR
rors of the lives Of our fair ancestors,
whose homes and crude ,handiwork we
now and then discover in river sraVeis
or in prehistoric caves. sSuch arei'" =
Biological remains found in various
parts of the world, of the men VINO
antedated the knowledge of the sneit-
ing of metals, tell faseina ting story
to him whose scientific i'm aSihalloh
can piece it together and fl IN lhe
wide gaps, but far better tn an suci'
dreaming was my present opIt rtuhitS'
I had nothing to ina CINE: ] h;H d mere
ly to look and listen: for he e We're
not remains of the Stone Age, put the
Stone Age itself, men and women
very human, entirely friendly. VINO
welcomed us to their homes al u bade
us stay.-V. Stefansson, in II &rper $
Magazine for February.
Last year Canada received 1921 new
e,.@ft IA..-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
Throwing Bryan on a Screen.

Until lie hour the Nebraskan was
named we did not believe President
Wilson would have Hon William ].
Bryan so close to the success or fail
nre of mis- administration as the Of
flee of SECRETARY Of. state. We. thought
two men of such strong convictions
and divergent personal characteristics
could hardly expect to work we'll in
double yoke, because each would want
to know who should walk in the fur
row. But developments might lead one
, 10 think that President Wilson is ex-
ceedngly gifted in political foresight,
that he well understood the contrast
before The people of the man we'll
within his council, calm and sane in
the fancies and follies of his genera
ton, and the man who has formed the
talking habit, whose long suit is words.
who adores the sound of his own voice.
and whose range of vision has been
interrupted by the mirage of personal
fame.
The indianapolis News Demoeratie)
severely eriticizes recent utterances of
Secretary of State Bryan In the crit
icism we find
sac 50 Years before that Daniel
Webster. then secretary of state. IN a
letter to the representative of the Aus
tfian government denied the right of
that government 10 take any cognizanee
whatever of communications passing be-
tween the President and congress. His
argument was that they We're purely
domestic in their nature, and therefor,
could not be made the subject OF com,
ment by other governments.
1T Is precisely so with this question oil
home rule II Is not an American. hn
parties fayors it, and the other bitterly
opposes il. The issue is sharply before
the people. and is being hestediy argue0
There are Englshmen who honestly
though. In our opinion, mistakenly-be
lieye that the granting of home rule vii
be long step IN the direction of tbs
6isintegration of the British empire j
IS such question as this that the Amer
ican secretary Of state, a man whose
business IL is TO maintain the most cor.
dial relations with the British govern
fnent, as with all other governments
has discussed. We do not Imagine thal
there Will be any serious consequences
But There might be in another case oil
BRYAN to realize all al once that his
freedom OF speech Is considerably
abridged by the position that he now
holds. a secretary OF state ought mol
20 do much talking
Daniel Webster James C. Blaine,
John Hay and others did not do much
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

fill up with beer. And we are trying
to get the saloon back into the can
teen. where il will he a continual de-
grading influence to our young men
who go into the army and lavH There
are enough temptations for our young
men away from home without Uncle
Sam establishing a temptation right
under tier noses every time they go
TO the c1nteen for rest, reading, or
other recreation. Bad man are every
here. Eut it is not fair 10 judge the
army and the soldier by a few black
sheep that are found among them. IF
| should go into certain parts OF New
York after 10 p. NJ. and undertake to
judge the city by what l should see
there, I would be utterly unfair in my
judgment.
] am, sir,
w. p BOGARDUS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
Monday, March "a, 1918.
Have You Heard from Home?

Before the members of the 18th Leg
islature act again upon thet adoption
of the Massachusetts ballot, il smight
be well for them 70 consider a few
important points in relation thereto.
First. the press of the State, the lead
ing papers of all parties. favor the
Massachusetts ballot-the same sort of
a ballot in the fan elections that we
have in the primaries. The press favors
the Massachusetts ballot because ev
cry newspaper man knows that the
pepole of Maine want uniform bal
lot: that they want to select the can
didates for whom they vote; that they
are tired of Being the victims of polit-
ical by-play in the law-making body
The newspapers Of Maine know, bet
ter than any other man or group Of.
men, the desires nj the. people of the
State for it is their business la feel
The pulse of the populace.4
The sentiment expressed in commu-
nicatinns that4eome to the Kepnebec
Journal. of late. has been Of sindisna-
ton over lie possibility that ballot
reform was. 10 DC again defeated by
party selfisaness, Let us look the sit
nation sauarely in the face In 1875
and again in 1911 the playing Of poll
tics by party bosses, defeated the Will
of the people. The voters know whom
to blame and why. In their resent
ment at such a course as pursued on
this and other important measures, we
see broken party ties and a swinging
to affect their punishment upon those
who have misled them by unfuilled
promises.
Both old parties are pledged to bal
lot reform. If il is defeated in this
Legislature it will be because one par
~ does not wish the other to have the
credit for having brought it about.
The Republican party is pledged to
ballot reform. and its unseIfish leaders
are lighting for it, Let Republicans,
elected on a platform pledged TO bal
lot reform, sustain their party, or feel
the Indignation of the great mass of
voters. asia osa baR usd .saaasfte
The press Of Maine. the Grange of
Maine. the labor organizations of
Maine, the Intelligence of Maine, all are
for discarding our antiquated system
and for establishing uniform ballot
for primaries and elections
Democrats are pledged to it, and if
they choose to stand as party against
il they viii PROVE false to their pledges,
for The sake of discrediting polit
ical opponent.
Let gentlemen of the Legislature re-
member that the people of Maine are
tired OF the insistence of party bosses
in making this a party question.
All parties are pledged to it and
many of the ahlest leaders of them all
have openly advocated it. Thus no
party can afford to carry the burden of
again defeating it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

talking and when they spoke their
words commanded respect around the
world Mr. Bryan is good and great
man. but the tongue which brought
him glory and nomination at Chicago
has often since been his worst enemy
PERHAPS President Wilson took that
into consideration before making Bry-
an premier, and believing that his own
steady nerve and level head could save
the day. while eliminating Mr.. Bryan
from consideration in the next nation
! al convention,
Perhaps with the same idea in mind,
the Hartford Times CDem) says
1--WE fear that President Wilson Will
find it necessary before ms aanliniSlI a. d.
ton is a month old to take his secretary
OF state into corner and ask him to De
sist from carrying on his business OF a
public entertainer while charged VIII
the supervision OF the foreign ftialotN
of the United States. 49,.
Never before has any man holding
this very important office Nentured 70
discuss in a public speech the INTERNAL
affairs of another country as William J,
BRYAN did in his speech at the st rat
fick's DAY banquet in Washington last
SataIoaS .i ~ 1, d IS@IIowship club in
Chicago. Monday night.
The New York Times dnd't Demo
says:
at is the happy hallucination of our
Secretary of state thdt ~; ne - ~ Ia crno-
by tnInSeli' tlat HiS oPii'iol t,,,,ti, mn
tions have value anu d sa,iS nt
their OWL anu tI."' ~, - ra1taj inter
diplomacy or what may sS -
lowed TO lnlerieIe VIII ~ - tbfniss il
of them WleIe anu IL ~ = ,ccurrpd In
Will do the most Soo1 I,;t;.t ,Sficv ~ a
him to comment on ~ p u.s. - baaIted
company OF lIlSnihtu ~ T." ,E5,,3 Nv DO
hlpeihlah We " pri+ieh t1oiisa' af Lords
~ ~ ~, i,.itb .6aYinp brought to a
~ 1872 ~ ~ ord hareditv rule in the British
Empire. he would not for "A moment -, ot
g ma'IId he - Offensive 10 gentlemen With
whom he VIII nave a b ." a. a nresumDtu-
Gus Enelisiman venture in like spirit 70
heaate l that a wonId in no wise affect
lis own course Like me t99ai 4itt - and md
how Ne talks is to be decided by his de-
sifes ana interests
- -
dplges IN TINS bit'
1T was the opinion of the late Az 4edfI.
a li,nS '' over. As much cannot be said
various occasions-so often. in fact. that
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

Frederick Bacon Burns. manager of
the Mooseluemeeuntie House at Haines
landing, died from pneumonia, Wednes-
day night, at the MeGarty hospital at
Rumford. Mr.. Burns had been in Au
gusta on n business trip and While on
the way home WAS taken i'll in Lewis
ton. He went to Rumford a week ago
Wednesday, but was too ii to continue
farther and so went to the hospital, Mr.
Burns was born in Chicago about IS
years ago and had been mana ger of the
hotel al Haines landing for several
years. He leaves wife and several
children.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

six Siberian dogs have ar ,rna on ~,
the Jungfraujoch, in Switzerlahu ,.5 aaae
will be employed in drawhs Sleu l5.,s
ND the Jungfrau mountain anu AZ, ,la,,e
the Aletsch glacier. AFTER tnes ~ ne
neen trained to the work by N, 1oen u
n o polish expert The idea is to
Give visitors 10 switzerland in summer
a glimpse of life in the snow ", a l,uoa lae
land This is the first time una, uos ,,+
have mounted to 50 srea. :.
~ 600 feep in SWITZERLAND ana II -
an interesting experiment
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
The COWBOYS Emery.

There is an establishment in the
West. dealing exclusively with stock
men and cowboys. where hat costs
from Sl2 to $50 and a pair of trousers
from SIS to a figure that would stag
ger even the fastidious Fastener.
The cowboys inery is most eNran-
sive. and he can spend a sum on his
outfit that seems out Of all proportion
to his station in life.
Several Skilled workmen will spend
weeks i'm making n saddle, mounting
If with as much silver and other val
uabla metals as the purchaser may de-
mand II sometimes hapnrns that the
cowbav's saddle actually costs more
than did the horse under il. Regular
stock saddles. not n2de to order, cost
as high as SIS. If the prospective par-
chaser wishes "te go in Tor some
thing fancy" there is practically no
limit 70 tho price he may pay.
Tbere arc fifty pounds of leather III
. .,real cowboy" saddle. fifty pounds
~ leather wonderfully carved, stamp
od and befrinced. There are more
INC. efraus. holsters depcncin% from
- tban , Iavman could count without
t,,ino ia learn their various uses, 1t
~, hcen said that to u cowboy his
saddle is "a dwelling, wherein he eatS.
works. sleeps and loafs."
GOOD everyday pair OF spurs can
he had for $15; but, Of course 1t -
not contended that they represent
ANYTHING more than rouHh-ano-
raodv article for heavy road work. I'm
a silver spur, such as would set on
. stamped patent-leathcr boot With d
n,cnoararn. will come much-hlgner. IN
,o,,l,inp an estimate ON c"nplete
outfit il would be safe 10 nut 40" Il
the COW boys spur at $40
"fhaps" are the wide allalrS 'lstt gu
an rkc n pair of overalls Sometimes
they are OF leather with long 1fihsse >. :
IA Il tl,a rider Is particularly fastidi-
ons is to his appearance he VIII pro
c,,ra cbaps of goatskin with the half
unbarbered. Chaps cost anywhere
from $15 to so, ,.ordorful
A hal can be made wonderful
thing when price is not dlscour1s, :,
inc consideration. OF staiiipgo
leather and silver filigree anu o,,eraI
= non he made to weigh seVera'
a,,ds and ia cost several dollars
nonnd II has been said that no COW,
how would deem himself wen olessee'
u,ithaut ~ least five pounds OF nat
Harper's Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

Tha Kennebec Yacht club will have
two big craft in the fleet this summer.
says the Bath Times. ]. /. Merrill,
an engineer ON the Maine Central has
purchased the 40-footer Rambler from
Portland parties and viii bring her
around from South Portland the mid
Ole of next month for anchoraC sc in the
Kennebec. Nh. Jackson of Somerville,
Mass. who is a nonresident member
Of the club, will fly the kennehec flag
on his 60-footer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

Bath Times. Bath friends of Charles
Shaw formerly of this city but for
many years of Clinton. Mass. will be
interested in knowing of the great rec
ord he made during the year 1912 as
collector Of taxes in that town. The
total commitment was something like
100000 and of this amount all but $500
We're collected by Mr. Shaw and that
would have been, had it not been for
taxes due from estates which were in
course of settlement in the probate
court and which could not be paid I'M
I'll they had passed through the neces-
sary form. That is surely going some
in the way Of tax collections.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
Editor S Letter Box

The publication of letter in this
department is not to be taken as an
endorsement of it's views by the
kennebec Journal. This column is
maintained for the discussion of
matters of general public interest
when kept within bounds of reason
and not of a libelous or abusive
nature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24


Llewellyn Spencer has the only coal,
wood and ice business in Orono, says
the Enterprise. and has first class ia
cilties for handling the same; there is
no better, for the capacity, in the state.
He begun the business when a very few
tons of coal We're used III Orono and
has been at it ever since until now hc
has thousands Of dollars invested in
land and buildings aud arranged so
that the expense of hanling is reduced
to the minimum. He knows the bust
ness from a to r. as the saving is,
an is most. ably assisted by his son,
Hadlcy Spencer. He sells about $500
tons Of coal 4 year and many tons of
ice, employing six 10 eight horses and
several men. He has had the hard
wood output of F. Mansfield & Co.
for over twenty years. mir Spencer
has been road commissioner of the
town for many years. in which line of
work he has a most excellent reputa-
ton. He likes good horse and you
can always find n good stopper under
his roof. His well regulated stable,
arranged for the well heine of his
horse kind. shows his love Of the horse
TO be genuine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

The United states has eighty-eig
establishments producing gold and sill
yer leaf. which give employment to l.
ESQ workers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

People who are fond of buckwheat
cakes are reminded that something at
least equal. # not superior, To buck
wheat is -four made from sorghum
seed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

Maine Woods: Roy Atkinson, who
mas been with Maine Woods for the
past year. as editor and assistant
manager. finished his contract last
week Mr.. Atkinson left Phillips,
Tuesday and plans - return to the
staff Of the Boston Pest for the pres
er;. as he was reporter on that paper
at the time h came to Phillips.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

Mirrors at street corners nave beeh
-snastaa IA prevent automobile COLI
sions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

While +. ]. d. Barnjum was on a
business trip te Barnium and Phillips,
this week. says the Maine Woods, he
made arrangements with c. ID. Prince
woods agent of the S -. Warren Com
pany of Cumberland Mills for the cut
ting Of several thousand cords -
poplar pulp wood the coming summer
in West Dallas. The operation will call
for the employment of about fifty men,
Similar operations viii no doubt be car
ried on at that place for the next few
years. The company expect to build
offices, storehouse and other buildings
necessary to carry on the operations
at Dead River station. Mr. Barnium
had to leave more than 2000 cords of
spruce pulp in the woods in SANDY
River town near Madrid village, on
account of the scarcity of snow and it
probably win not be moved until
another winter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY

cUsHNoE CHAPTER, r. A. M, NO.
&C. Specia<eonvocation AZ Masonic Tenn
pie, Thursday evening, Mareh q Nolh
Ia p. NJ. and T. NJ degrees. All sojomn-
ing companions are cordially invited 10
attend. ,,,
ALBERT +. FOLSOM, II. i.
THOS. ii. BODICE, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24
POSE OF SHARON CHAPTER, NO.

Il. O. F.. S. Stated meetings the first
Wednesday evening of each month at
80 All members sojourning in the city
are invited 10 attend.
FRANCESE NJ TIAZLEWOOD. w. Nj.
ELIZABETH a. THOMPSON, Sec.
aug2S my f,6
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-24

Last year Canada received 1921 new
settlers from Norway.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
Ksal Gstefe Jfpr i&fnt
RENT LIST.
]. D. Carneal & Son

North Eleventh Street,
Phones Madison 299. Madison 1850.
For our Rent Man
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-29
APPROVES PLAN
FOR CITY EXHIBIT
Committee Recommends $1,4OO
to Display Municipal
Activities

The Council Committee on AdvcrSs-
ing and Enterprises adopted unani-
mously last night the recommendation
OF It's subcommittee that il appropriate
Sl.4OO for one years rental Of suit :
able space in the Manufacturers EN-
hibit to be used for the installation
OF municipal display. The subcon-
mittec recommended that the commit
tee apportion the city's space among
the various municipal departments that
Will submit material for exhibit
1t is the plan OF the committee to
School Departments and TO install them
in manner that will direct attention
to the service that these municipal
activities perform for the city. The
exhibit Will probably include also
charts showing the activities of the
city water, gas and accounting de-
partments.
The committee appropriated $500 to
assist the Richmond Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confcdcracy
in caring for the State convention of
the Daughters, which will take place
in Itichmond next October. Mrs y V.
Randolph, president Of Richmond Chan
ter. appeared before the committee in
behalf Of the appropriation
Other appropriations made by the
committee were $3.50 for the American
Gas institute. which meets in Rich :
inond October l5-l7; and 500 for the
PHOTOGRAPHERS Association of Virginia
and the Carolinas. which will hold it's
annual convention at the Richmond
Hotel about October l.