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If Mr.. Ford did his business as
other big employers do their bust
ness, his firm would be capitalized
for about S600,000,0OO, and he
would starve his employees, shoot
them if necessary, and say that he
could not raise wages, as he was
earning only 4 per cent on his
stock.
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Germ that deals in what only a few can
have. A great railroad system should
be much more prosperous than an
automobile plant. The beef trust
should be more prosperous than an
automobile plant. The wooden trust
should be more prosperous than an
automobile plant. The steel trust
should be more prosperous than an
automobile plant. Yet not one of
these trusts declared a dividend in
1913 Of 1900 per cent Not one of
these trusts has since established
minimum wage of S. a day and re-
duced daily hours from nine to eight
Not one Of these trusts pays anything
but the lowest wages upon which its
employees will consent to exist. They
are all doing misunderstanding, trans
porting and otherwise serving the
American people, but they are all pay
ing wages that Ford's employees would
not look at, and calling upon the po-
lice, if necessary, to prevent their en-
ployes from using force to get more.
The American people are being
fooled-that's all, The business buc-
cancers of this country are concealing
their profits behind watered stock.
What Ford is doing all the great bust
ness interests of the United States
could do if they would
The railroads could decrease freight
and passenger rates and increase
wages.
The beef trust could increase wages
and reduce the price of meat.
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necessary to life. Most people do not
have them. Most people never will
have them. Concerns that make and
sell what everybody must have should
be much more prosperous than a con-
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Ford if we were to require him to
pull us through the crack. Ford has
done enough for us. We should now
do something for ourselves. He has
shown US that half of his profits are
enough to enable him to reduce daily
hours from nine to eight and increase
the pay of all men more than % years
old to S. a day. We should be able
to do the rest of the problem our
selves. 1t is nothing but a problem in
mental arithmetic. We have only to
divide the remainder of Ford's annual
profits by the number of his employees
to ascertain how much more Social
ism will increase wages.
The remainder of Ford's profits are
s12,OOO,OOO.
The number of his employees is 25,-
900.
Enough profits are left to increase
by $500 a year the wages of each man,
woman and child who works for Ford.
That would be a little more than
$4,000 a year for floor sweepers and
still more for others.
If Ford should say to his employees
that he would give each of them $500
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Every great industry in the
United States can afford to do as
Mr. Ford has done. Many con-
Germs earn as much as his concern.
Many concerns can afford to pay
their workers as he pays his work
ers. Why they do not is told on
these pages.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-05-01

The wooden trust and the steel trust
could sell their products for less and
pay their employees more.
Ford wages can be duplicated by
any trust that is willing to retire its
watered stock and return to its en-
ployes half or more of the profits.
But there comes the rub. To get
the desired result both Of the forego-
ing conditions must be brought about.
Capitalization must be brought down
to an honest basis and capitalists
must be found who will give half of
their profits back to their employees
The fulfillment of either Of the condi-
tons without the other will not be
enough. 1t is theoretically possible,
though highly improbable, chat the
trusts will be forced to an honest CAPT
talization But what if the trusts
were to be forced to an honest CAPT
talization tomorrow? What good
would that do the men and women
who work for the trusts? That is
question that is not answered by gen.
tlemen who would settle everything
by squeezing the water out of stock.
Squeezing water out of stock, while a
highly meritorious proceeding, does
not necessarily amount to anything to
the employees of stockholders. SQueez-
ing the water out of stock merely pre-
vents rich men from sold-bricking
small investors. 1t does not compel
stockholders to pay wageworkers more
wages Ford's honest capitalization
did not amount to anything to his en-
ployes until he coupled with it a de-
termination to return to his employees
half of his enormous profits Without
undermining the very foundations of
the capitalist system, what law can be
passed to compel capitalists to return
half or more of their profits to their
employees? No such law can be passed.
Therefore, the squeezing out of water
from stock is no remedy for INSULT
eient wages 1t is a remedy only for
a certain class of bad investments
The only remedy for the miserable
conditions under which labor exists is
Socialism. Fords plan, splendid as it
is in comparison with the policies of
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You hear this cry all the time;
the railroads must reduce wages
or increase rates, they do not care
much which; the mines and de-
partment stores cannot afford to
pay living wages; Mr.. Ford seems
to be the only employer who can
pay fair wages.
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The fact that Mr.. Ford has
chosen to return money to his EN-
ployes, shows that he knows to
whom it belongs; he does not give
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money to found Ford" libraries
or to endow churches; he knows
what it means to work and get
little of what he earns.
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This great automobile manufac-
turer is giving away money by the
million-not as Rockefeller money,
to universities and churches; not
as Carnegie gives money, to found
libraries in his own honor-he is
giving money back to the men
who made it.
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30

MIN the life ne mad lived there, ana
the old court should be once more
closed and deserted. Uncle Jefferson
and Aunt Daphne might live on in the
cabin back OF the kitchens. There
was pasturage for the horse and the
cows and for old Sukey, and some
acres had already been cleared for
planting. And there would be the
swans, the ducks and chickens, the
peafowl and the fish.
A letter had come to him that morn.
ing. The corporation had resumed
business with credit unimpaired. Pub
lie opinion was more than friendly
now. A place waited for him there,
and one OF added honor, in a concern
that had vigorously cleansed itself and
already looked forward to new ca.
reer OF prosperity. But he thought OF
this now with no thrill. The old life
no longer called. There were still
wide unpeopled spaces somewhere
where mans hand and brain were no
less needed, and there was work there
that would help him to bear, II not for.
get.
He paced up and down the porch un'
der the great gray columns, his steps
spiritless and tagging. The Virginia
creeper, trailing over its end, waved
to and fro with a sound like a sigh
How long would II be before the lawn
was once more unkempt and draggled
Before burdock and thistle, MULLEN
and Spanish-needle would return to
smother the clover? Before Damory
court, on which he had spent such
that afternoon when he had ratified
thither on Uncle Jefferson's crazy
hack? Before there would be for him,
in some far-away corner of the world,
only Wishing House and the Never.
Never Land?
In the hall he stood a moment be.
fore the fireplace, his eyes on its
carven motto, II clinge:" the phrase
was like a spear-thrust He began to
wander restlessly through the house,
up and down, like a prowling animal.
The dining-rOom looked austere and
chill-only the little lady in hoops and
love-curls who had been his great
grandmother smiled wistfully down
from her gilt frame above the console
and In the library a melancholy
deeper than that of yesterdays trag-
edy seemed to hang. through which
Devil-John, drawing closer the leash
OF his leaping hound, glared sardon.
ically at him from his one cold eye.
The shutters of the parlor were
closed, but he threw them open and
let the rich light pierce the yellow
gloom. elinting from the figures In
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30

and Miss Matte Sue had sat through
half the night in fearful anxiety. 1t
was Valiant who had solved the riddle.
In her first wild conjunction, Hickey
had gasped out the story OF her meet
ing with Greet King, his threat and
her own terrorized silence, and when
he heard OF this he had guessed her
whereabouts. He had found her at
the Dome, in the deserted cabin from
which on a snowy night six years ago,
Shirley had rescued her. She had fed
there in her shabbiest dress, her toys
and trinkets left behind. taking with
her only a string of blue glass beads
that had been Shirley's last Christmas
present.
Let me stay!" she had walled. I'm
not At to live down therel It's all my
fault that 1t happened. was coward.
/ ought to stay here I'm IIell's-Half-Acre
forever and everl" Valiant had car
ried her back I'm his arms down the
mountain-she had been too spent TO
walk.
He thought of this now as he saw
that arm about the child IN that pro-
tective, almost motherly gesture. II
made his own heartache more unbear-
able. Such little time ago he had
felt that arm about him!
He leaned his hot head against the
cool plastered wall, trying to keep his
mind on the solemn reading. But shir-
ley's voice and laugh seemed to be
running eerily through the chanting
lines, and her face shut out pulpit and
lectern. II swept over him suddenly
that each abominable hour could but
make the situation more impossible
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30

the cabinet and weaving q thousand
tiny rainbows in the prisms OF the
great chandelier.
He went upstairs, into the bedrooms
one by one, now and then passing his
hand over a polished chair-back or
touching an ornament or frame on
the wall into The Hilarium with its
records OF childish study and play.
The dolls stood now on dress-parade
in glass cases, and prints in bright
colors, dear to little people, were on
the walls. He opened the shutters
here, too, and stood some time on the
threshold before he turned and went
heavily downstairs.
Through the rear door he could see
the kitchens, and Aunt Daphne sitting
under the trumpet-vine piecing a nine
patch calico quilt with little squares
of orange and red and green cloth
Two diminutive darkies were sprawled
on the ground looking up at her with
round serious eyes, while wary ban
tam pecked industriously about their
bare legs.
EN- den whut de roostah say
Aunt Daph?"
"OP roostah he hollah to all he
wifes, Oo-ooo! Oo-oool Young
Mars come!-Young Mars come
Young Mars comet En- dey all mighty
skeered, case Mars John he cert'n'y
fond OBJ fried chick'n. But de big tub
key gobbler he don b'leeve ct tall.
Doubtful-doubtful- he say,
lax dat. Den de drake he peep eroun'
de cornah. en- he say, Hash! Hash!
Haish!' Fo' he done seed Mars John
comm, sho' nuff. But ct too late by
den, TO Aunt Daph she done grab
Mis- Pullet, en- Mars John he gwine-
ter eat huh dis berry evenin' TO he
suppah. Now you chillun runs erlong
home ter yo' mammies, en- dom yo'
pick none oh dem green apples on de
way, neidah."
IL was not till after dark had come
that Valiant said goodby to the gar.
den. He loved IL best under the star
light. He sat a long hour under the
pergola overlooking the lake, where
he could dimly see the green rocks,
and the white froth of the water bub-
bling and chuckling down over their
rounded outlines to the shrouded level
below. The moon lifted finally and
scared through the sky, blowing out
the little lamps of stars. Under it's
light gossamer mist robed the land.
scape In a shimmering opalescence,
In which tree and shrub altered their
values and became transmitted to ell.
yer sentinels. watching over a de
mesne OF violet-velvet shadows filed
with sleepy twitterings and steal<hy
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30
Mrs. TwaddIes Wonders.

II have always wondered" philoso-
phized Mrs. Twaddles, how horse
feels. Now don't interrupt with some
silly remark; am in earnest. A horse
hasn't any idea what is going to hap
pen to him when he is hitched up. He
doesn't know how far he is going. or
what he Is going for. To be driven
hither and thither. blindly, seemingly
without purpose. with no idea what
It's all about or when II will be over
how must the poor creature feel-what
must he think about II all?"
Il suppose" answered Mr.. Twaddles,
YEARLY, that he must feel just as I
do when you take me on a shopping
trip with you"
But Mrs. Twaddles merely shifted.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30
dor or wild money

rustlings dor or wild money
suckle.
At the last he stood before the old
sun-dial rearing its column from its
pearly clusters of blossoms. II count
no hours but the happy ones" he read
the inscription with an indrawn
breath. Then, cropping at it's base, he
lifted the ivy that had once rambled
there and drew up the tangle again
over the stone disk. His Bride's-Gar-
den!
In the library, an hour later, sitting
at the big black pigeonholed desk, he
wrote to Shi. icy;
Il am leaving tonight on the mid
night train. Uncle Jefferson will give
you this note in the morning. | will
not stay at Damory court to bl e
more pain into your life. l am going
very far away. l understand all you
are feeling-and so, goodby, goodby.
God keep you! / love you and / shall
love you always, always!"
(To Be Continuei.)
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30
"No," He Said, In Answer to Her Look,
4 "He Won't Rouse Again"

couch and laid her lips on the pallid
forehead.
Tit was Sassoon, Monty" she
said, and her voice broke on the first
lie she had ever told.
Thank Cod" he gasped. He strug-
Ned to raise himself on his elbow,
Zen suddenly the strength faded out
aud he settled back.
Her cry brought the doctor, but this
time the restorative seemed of no
avail, and after time he came and
touched her shoulder. With a last
long look at the ash-pale face on the
eettee she followed him from the room
In the yellow parlor he put her into a
chair.
a NO" he said, in answer to her look,
f'he won't rouse again"
II viii watt" she told him, and he
- n her, shutting the door with care
| softness.
But the slight figure with its silver
hair, sitting there, was not alone.
sGhosts we're walking up and down.
mot the misty wraiths John Valiant
sad at times imagined went fitting
along the empty corridors, but faces
very clear in the sunlight, that came
and went with the memories so long
woven over by the shuttle OF time
evoked now by the touch of key that
her hand still clenched tightly In It's
pa}p.
There welled over her in tide those
Es OF puzzle, the weeks OF waiting
silence, the slow memorable months of
! heartache, the long years that had
deepened the mystery OF Beauty Vail
ants exile. In the first shock OF the
news that Sassoon had fallen by his
hand, she had thought she could not
forgive him that broken faith. She
and his promise to her had not weighed
in the balance against the idea OF
manly "honori" But this bitterness
had at length slipped away. He will
WRITE" she had told herself. and en-
!. nlain." But no word had come. Wits
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30
|TheValiants|
|efVirginia|
BY
Halle Erninie
Rives
Nirs- Post Wheeler,
Illustrated BY Lauren Stout
Copyright. iOis. By Bobbs-Merrin %

Continued from last week
Il loved you, Judith" he STAN
mered In anguished appeal. From
the time we were boy and girl togeth-
err j loved you. You never cared for
me-Sassoon and Valiant had the in
side track. You might have loved me;
but ! had no chance with either of
them. Then came the duel. There was
only Valiant then. l overheard his
promise to you that night, Judith. He
had broken thatl If you cared more
for him than for Sassoon, you might
have forgiven him, and l should have
lost you! / didn't want you to call
him back, Judith! wanted my
chance! And SOL took it. That's
the reason, dear. lists bad one.
int it,"
A SILVER went over her set face
Nike breath of wind over tall grass,
an1she seemed to come back from an
Infinite distance to place and moment
Between the curtains a white butter
ny lowered an instant, and In the yard
she heard the sound Of some winged
thing fiuttering. The thought darted
to her that IL was the sound of her
own dead heart awaking. She looked
~ the key and all at once put hand
her mouth as though to still words
SRoring there.
4ndith." he said TREMENDOUSLY, be-
short struggles for breath, "all
snese years, after I found there was
no chance for me. reckon I've
prayed only one prayer. God, let it
be Sassoon that she loved!' And I've
prayed that mighty near every day
The thought that maybe 1t was Valiant
has haunted me like a ghost. You
never told-and never dared ask you.
Judith"
Her face was still averted, and when
"-e did not speak he turned his head
IN her on the pillow, with a breath
at was almost a moan. She started,
king at him an instant in piteous
sltation. then swiftly kissed the lit
key and closed her hand tight upon
.. Truth? She saw only the pillow
and the CRAVING face upon It! She
rew herself on her knees by the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30

That II is expected of some very
plain women to have money in their
own right, and some very unattractfve
men to possess motor cars in order 10
maintain their popularity, was shown
the other day in a conversation be-
tween two young women on a street
car. They were speaking of a man
they had just met who supposedly
bad accumulated quite bit OF wealth.
Said the first one. eagerly: Has
he a motor carr
Replied the second: NO. I think
not"
And the first one looked up IN an
evident manner Of surprise.
Whati' she exclaimed, that face
and no motor carr
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30
CHAPTER XXI.
Reconciliation.


The grim posse that gathered In
haste that afternoon did not ride far
It's work had been singulariy we'll
done. 1t brought back to Damory
court. however, a white bulldog whose
broken leg made his would-be joyful
bark trail into a sad whimper as his
owner took him into welcoming arms.
Next day the major was carried to
his final rest In the myrtled shadow OF
st. Andrews. At the service the old
church was crowded to its doors.
Valiant occupied a humble place at
older friends than he. The light OF the
late afternoon came dimly In through
the stained-glass windows and seemed
to clothe with subtle colors the voice
Of the rector as he read the solemn
service. The responses came broken
ly, and their we're tears on many faces.
Valiant could see the side-face Of
the doctor, It's saturnine grimness
strangely moved, and beyond him,
Shirley and her mother. Many glanced
at them, for the majors will had been
opened that morning and few there
had been surprised to learn that, save
for a life-annuity for old Jereboam.
he had left everything he possessed
to Shirley. Miss Matte Sue was be-
side them. and between, wan with
weeping, sat Hickey Snyder. Shirley's
arm lay shelteringly about the small
shoulders as II 1t would stay the pas
sion Of grief that from time to time
shook them.
The evening before had been further
darkened by the child's disappearance
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-30
A GOOD MOTTO.

Get ahead by ALL means-but NOT
by any means.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-06-05

or Observation-Disclosures a little snot on
the map, but from now ON q reality
Ihese strange cities afford a wonder.
1ul opportunity for shopping but tho
pest and most successful shopping ex-
peoltlon was that of lady who. want.
ing some pure CASTLE soap. decided
10 wait until she could get it in Spain.
SO at Gibraltar she set forth to get the
real article made right on Spanish
territory. The merchant assured her
SO volubly that it was just the best
ever that she bought three boxes. and
IN her cabin aboard the Cleveland she
TOOK out her purchases to gloat over
their purity and cheapness, and found
In small letters the words, MADE in
America"
We visited the old English Cathe.
dral. 1t is built after a Moorish STYLE
of architecture, but is not so very
grand, according to my ideas. We
Numbered in at the wrong door, and
saw the power that furnishes the air
for the organ in the shape of a frail
little woman in black, who was work
ing a sort of pump-handle affair.
while out in front a man was making
fine music. At twelve we were all
aboard our tender and bound back to
the ship.
The harbor of Algeciras presented
a bustling appearance, two P. & o
steamers bound for Egypt, were in,
and an Italian steamer was taking on
immigrants which she will probably
dump in America; also a French lin
er, besides our own noble ship-pre
senting splendid appearance, with a
whole clothes line of remnants of diff
feret countries, and floating our twill
sail today" flag. This is certainly a
trip to be long remembered.
DAVID H. KIRKLAND.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-06-05

Friends of Miss Isabelle Burton of
Spar have received word of her sail
ing from Boston, Mass, on the 10th
of this month, on her way home. Miss
Burton has just completed the regular
course and graduated with honors
from the Emerson College of Oratori-
cal Expression at Boston, Mass. Her
work there and at various recitals
throughout Massachusetts give prom
Use of rare ability. After brief rest,
during which she plans to visit
friends who mshe has not seen for
some time, she expects to take up ly-
ceum work in this state. Miss Bur-
tons work at the Massachusetts
school reflects much credit on this
county, and was specially commended
by the president and dean of Emerson,
who singled her out from the many
students OF the college for their spe-
cial interest.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-06-05

Mr.. c. C. Stevens of Berlin and his
guest, Mr.. ]. w. Collins of South Car
DINA, were pleasant callers at our
sanctum last week, being in from
Berlin for the day. Mr.. Collins came
down to attend the reunion at Jack
sonville and then on to Marion county
to visit his two sons, one of whom
resides at Evinston, and the other
near Lowell, and to visit Mr. Stevens
and family at Berlin. Both Mr.. Ste
vens and Mr.. Collins attended the re-
union and had big time. -.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-06-05
BOARD OF TRADE MEETING

An interesting meeting of the board
of trade was held Friday night, which
was largely attended.
Sewerage, plant for the softening
OF the water, summer excursion
rates, the progress of the Oklawaha
river improvement, having Secretary
Rooney attend the Real Estate
Agents meeting at Pittsburgh, Pa. at
the expense of the Jacksonville Real
Estate agents, were among that en-
gagged the attention of the body.
The board was in session for sever
al hours.