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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

a cause has been the beacon light for many and
will continue to be. 1t is an example which
should animate the people Of this country today.
and those in whose hands they have placed gov.
ernnental powers. Then all will be well with
State and nation. And it is for this country TO
rejoice today that ii has as It's Chief Executive
Woodrow Wilson, whose patriotism and whose
devotion to the cause of the people is being shown
each dav. that it has as its President a man
worthy to occupy position as head OF this nation
which was once held by George Washington, 10
whom we pay tribute on this day which marks
the anniversary of his birth.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24
A JOLT AHEAD.

II may be unconstitutional but believing so
won't prevent prohibition, should the enabling
ACT carry by several thousand majority" the
H1cAlhohd Journal remarks in respect to the
hght tor Statewide prohibition now under wav
IN the Old Dominion.
1t Is oifncrit to see how anything unco,sti-
'"''ohai could remain permanently in effect br,t
our information is that Virginia's enaha;np act
was 7ouched Tor; as to its onsttutonalitv NV
S'nie hfstrate lawyers, and VETS" who are ex-
"aeulng comfort from the threadba,e a,p,,ment
VI aIconst'tut.onality" are due To receive . 90
'i we matter IS finally passed on.
IN inventors are working out all I1nds
oi devices tor increasing the facilities and con,,e-
III passenger trains, they could with profit
ano me umel1ness evolve an automatic on+;.
o"i'olt cohtI1vance. The country. e,nnosed,u :
se'Hns more and more civilized. but there i M
pefceptibie diminishing of the number of tr.;.
holdupS. ~ " oeh
Inc pr1nc1pie Of arbitration as an ,n+srn.at
r won out decisively in the Senate
rrday, the vote being on ar amando
posed treaties which would have u;thdrsar
~ number OF subjects from arbitration
IL result was no surprise. for + raaoctoa
Poolc sentiment the burden of ,,,;ob
"as id'ohs can settle their differences Nth.
v0' gong 10 war over
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

Over in Virginia during the progress OF the
ca,nna;pr which resulted IN the passage OF the Ell
abling act bv which the Virginians will have the
right to vote intoxicating liquors out OF that
State. the matter Of prohibition in North oaro-
Ina was cited. and statements more or less
highly colored were made about affairs III me
State in enforcing the prohibition law.
In North Carolina, in Virginia. and III oti1er
States there float to the surface every hsue
while distortions as 10 conditions IN Kansas,
which has long had prohibition. Such statements
are not borne out BY the facts and THESE gwen
in the official ans1ual report as to conditions III
Kansas show that it has been q sane ana wen
behaved State during the year 1913. that hquof
has not crowded the asylums and IalIs IN tnas
State.
According TO 7. W. Howe, Secretary OF the
State Board OF Control of Kansas, only fifteen
patients were admitted to the insane aSyiuI1s OF
the State to be treated for insanity caused by
alcohol during 1913. Six additional cases were
due to the combined effect of alcohol, tobacco
and drugs. This is a percentage OF 23 per cent
and is a decrease. In New York 3l4 per cent
of the insane patients are said to have been re-
ceived into the asvlurns as a result Of using alco.
hol. and in Massachusetts the percentage is 06
per cent.
The entire number of inmates OF the State IN
s~titutions Of Kansas for the insane was 1914.
which is about ,224 to the hundred thousand OF
population. In California there are 8,5O5 insane,
which is an average Of 3A to each hundred thou
sand of the population Another notable feature
OF the Kansas report is the fact that only twenty
applicants were refused. Many liquor license
| States are forced to turn away hundreds whose
condition is pitiable.
Mr.. Howe has also issued figures in regard to
the crime Of the State of Kansas during 1913.
| Less than three per cent Of the men and women
confined in Kansas iails during the year were
under twenty-one years Of age. Six Kansas couil-
tieS-Cheyenne, Grant, Haskell, Morton, Staun-
ton and Wichita-had no prisoners in their
county jails during 1913. Scores of other coun-
ties have jails that are frequently empty. In
Trego county there was but one prisoner in the
Jail in 1913, and he was a tramp picked up as a
vagrant. Hodgeman County reports that there
has been but one prisoner confined | in her county
: Jail in the last twelve years.
Much Of the insanity and criminal tendencies
we have to deal with in Kansas today says
Mr.. Howe, ARE the inherited results of Kansas
saloon days" That is q state Of affairs which
may well cause the deepest concern. Drinking
of liquor is not alone a curse to the generation
which drinks, but to the succeeding generation
North Carolina has been wise to vote prohibition
Virginia will show unwisdom if it does not deliye1
itself from the control of an evil which is sap
ping its best life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24
STAND BY THE PARCEL POST.

tt there has been any one thing lately which
has Given dissatisfaction to the American pee.
ole it is the parcel post system and the improve
nents which have been made in it under the di.
rect;on of Postmaster General BurleSon, who BY
the way, is making that department OF increased
usefulness for the people.
The extension of the parcel post system. the
reduction in rates and the increased weight OF
packages allowed, while hailed with delight by
the people. has been viewed with antagolsn by
the express companies which have seen a shrinh
age in dividends. The express copaIies, having
hitherto had a monopoly III handling parcels,
are ready to fight any further encroachment upon
what has been to them a special privilege" tn
charge people just as they pleased, to put on all
that the transportation could bear-and then
some.
This much is said right at this time because Of
a letter received yesterday from Representative
y. +. Lewis, of Maryland, chairman OF the Conn.,
n,ittee on Labor Of the House. the Father Of the
parcel posts bill, who gives warning that an
attempt is on to cripple the parcel post. Mr..
Lewis declaring that what Is on hand, II accom-,
plished, will ruin that great system. His letter.
dated Washington, D.. c., February 20, to which
all citizens should give heed, which should cause
them to Stop, Look, Listen" and then to Act. IS
as follows:
Unless every citizen moves at once, the
parcel post may be ruined. A Joker has
been inserted in the PoStofice Appropriation
bill, by the Committee on ~Postof6ces and
Postroads of the Senate. It is now pending
before the Senate; and il adopted there can
be no improvements in the existing weight
limits, rates of postage. clasSifcations or xone<
of fourth class matter unless authorised by
law, specifically.
II we are not to lose the fruits of forty
years work, and see the peoples express
company destroyed to profit private mo-
nopoly, it is time to speak out. Let every
farmer and every consumer telegraph and
wnte his Senators and Representatives that
he will not stand for any tinkering with the
Parcel Post law. The General is
dong his duty. He has a right to be given
a chance.
The call OF Representative Lewis for action, for
acton night now, should be needed. The Amer
can people want no tinkering with the parcel
post bill, unless it be to improve it, they wan,
nothing done which will cripple it. Such action
would be a monumental mistake. The people,
call tor paIo post extension. not parcel DOS,
restriction.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24
Nxcee MaH mancn

THE suffrage danes who play their games
a just like the whisksred fellers, who bravely
stand and make demand for votes, are city dwell.
ers. The squawky ones behind the guns have
homes that need attention; they run outdoors,
neglecting chores too numerous to mention. The
city wife an idle life Of ease
SUFFRAGISTS. And sloth is leading; no more
she makes the ginger cakes,
no more the dough she's kneading she pulls with
vim her husbands limb for rhino for her spend.
ing; and spends her days in useless ways, in foo..
ish schemes amending. The farmers fraus have
hens and cows to keep them sane and busy; they
hx the coops nor give three whoops for move
ments vain and dizzy. They sell their ducks and
earn some bucks to buy ten yards of gingham :
they henfruit sell and husband we'll the money
it will bring 'em. The farmers wives lead useful
lives, and not an hour is wasted; the city ways,
the slothful days, they have not learned or
tasted. They drive to town in modest gown
behind old Prince and Polly, with cash to spare,
and do not care for votes or other folly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

The prediction is, SAYS the Kinston Free Press,
that the Institution for the Feeble Minded will
open about June l. w hope it will, AYERS the
Free Press in a way which indicates that it has
its fears. We hope it will too. We believe the
institution will be s. great blessing to the State
and, in view of the length Of the time it has been
In process of getting started, it is getting time for
The State to begin to feel its benefits.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24
NJ orning Tonic

How the sunlight seems to watch for a
chance to get through the smallest opening
IN the clouds? Love which forgives because it is
love, and which waits for every opportunity to
manifest kindness, is not going to wait to be asked
to forgive. Ignore the wrongs YOU receive and
think over the good that has been or yet may be
and the evils will dwindle into nothingness.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

Sir William Ramsey, noted English scientist.
doubts the wisdom of trying to keep the unfit
alive. 1t is likely that, if the truth were known.
it would be found that with Sir William much
depends on whose unfit.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

A day hike yesterday is calculated to remove
ones fears OF the ground hos. We observe, toe,
that when the year gets comfortably beyond the
middle of February. severe weather is about at
All end. That is, in our wonderful North Caro-
lima climate.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

But the FL Paso view of the needs in Mexico
is liable TO be s~onewhat distorted. Ell Paso sees
the question at such short range as not to have
the necessary perspective.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

The railroad business is bualy engaged in a
little tariff discussion of its own" Yes. and it
misses the temper of the times by seeking to re-
wise its tariff upward instead of downward.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24

Now the voters Of Oklahoma will Try Senator
Gore" No doubt about their acquitting hin,
either.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-24
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered in North Carolina
40 much good reading for so little money as VI
are Offering under the following proposition: For
$40 we will send the following for one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eightpage
weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able monthly journal, pub
hshed by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page North
Carolina homo and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
'. c. MOORE, Manager.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25
PHOENIX CITIZEN
 WHO HAS MADE GOOD Harry Troops, Progressive Candidate for Constable, West Phoenix
 Precinct

Harry Troops, progressive candidate for constable in West Phoenix precinct is and old timers though he is still comnaratiyelN young man. He has
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25
LAST SHOWING IF
 TEMPERANCE FILM

Already viewed by over 5000 people, the five-reel temperance drama, Ten Nights in a Bar Room," will be shown for the last time at the Y. NJ. c. A. stadium tonight. The eX- hibition this evening will take place after the church services, beginning at $50 o'clock.
 No admission fee has been charged the crowds that flocked nightly to witness the production, the expense of it's exhibition being partially de frayed by silver offering each eve ming A similar opportunity to help send the film out over the state will be given this evening.
 The picture goes to Prescott for a l tWo-night run beginning tomorrow night, then comes back to the val Hey for the rest of the week. It will be shown at Mesa Wednesday night at Glendale Thursday and at Chand- Ter Saturday evening.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25
The Public Welfare" Bill

The Republican has never thought it worth while and hardly thinks now, to devote time and space to discussion of Initiative Bill, No 324 An Act Promote the Welfare of the People of Arizona and Provide for the Development of the Resources of the State etc. It seemed absolutely unlikely that any considerable number voters would support that bill, notwithstanding it's rather fetching title We do not suppose that the framers of the bill had any idea that it would be adopted, but rather that they placed it before the voters an instrument of agitation to turn the popular mind the mill lennium which we all agree is approaching however much we may disagree as to the distance it is now from us.
 The bill, briefly, would permit the board of con- trol to plunge the into almost any enterprise in which private person associa ton of pri- vate persons may engage No limit is placed upon the board of control upon the amount of it's ex- penditure under this bill The general fund IS thrown wide open, and, in the language of the bill Should the general fund be impoverished then the people of the state may vote bonds to carry out the provisions of this act" Before proceeding further. we will make this pathological observation that "impOverished' is the right word in the right place.
 The board may undertake enterprises involving the expenditure of million, five million or d bil- lion dollars, The tax rate might be fixed at any amount necessary to raise the needed capital This rate could be made high enough to amount to con- flscatlon of all private property. or the board might submit to the people proposition to issue bonds in any amount, far beyond the actual value of all the property in the state beyond any value that property would attain within the next hun dred years
 As there is no limit placed upon the amount of the funds to be raised, there is the slightest saiesuard or their expenditure proposed in the bill II 'hls Dill should be adopted by majority of the Noters' the minority should at once busy under 1t and petition the board control to issue bonds Tn any amount necessary for the construction of a luiiauc asylum of sufficient capacity house all of the majority.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25
LET V [. MESSENGER
 LOOK 0N THE INSIDE
The Kind Of Man to Have Charge ot
 County's Business

i The political situation in this county defies analysis. It's anybody's fight. i When V. E. Messinger announced his i candidacy for county supervisor. some of his friends-old stagers in the po- i litical game-told him he had no show. And this seemed sound advice be-
 cause a new man of the minority party
 starts with a big handicap in striving { for a seat so securely held by trium- :, phant democracy.
 i But this man Messinger has rather shaken the serene somnolence of the old office holders and surprised his
 friends. He is making an independent
 campaign, on lines planned by himself
 and somewhat unusual.
 i He has the solid support of progres- sives as well as old line republicans, ; and many democrats all over the coun- ty are active in his interest because
 they knew his record and consider it good business to elect him.
 And he is making marked headWaY. i Some of his friends wonder why he
 allowed himself to be drawn into the contest at all. None believe that he is
 attracted by pride of place. and from
 a dollar standpoint there would be no
 gain in leaving his own successful busi-
 ness for the supervisors chair Probably the very odds against him
 at the start appealed to his love of a
 fair fight. But more than all else was
 probably the desire to protect his own
 interests.
 I,
 he is beginning to wonder, in common
 with other taxpayers if it pays to
 own any property in Maricopa county. | Taxes have reached point where they have become nearly confiscatory and Messinger is asking whether the busi-
 ness of the county can't possibly be run | as well or better on less money. Anyway he is hankering for a look on the inside, and men who know him
 say that. given the chance, he would find the leaks if any existed and would see that every dollar expended did a | dollars worth of necessary work. Ever l as a minority member he would be apt | to make it mighty interesting for a | board. in any way inclined to extra | Vagance or carelesSneSs mana cement. | Anl ii would be a welcome change for | those who have business at the court | house to find a supervisor who counts | public business his main affair and not
 a side-line, and on the job every week day
 | It is matter of frequent comment
 that really competent ment are unWil- ling to stand for public office. One
 reason is that such men do not always
 receive the support which is their due
 Taxpayers of every shade of politica
 belief should be glad of the chance tC , support a man of the right stamp, and thereby protect their own interests.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25

been a resident of Phoenix for thirty five years, all but three years of his life. He grew to manhood and as he grew the respect of the old timers for him grew.
 He was educated in the schools of this city and when he quit school, though a boy he took up mans work and has been following it ever since. He was elected constable of Phoenix precinct in 1903 and served acceptablE for two years. The office was then under the fee system but those who know MT. Troops know that he will give just as good service under the salary system. He has never lain down on job
 During the Spanish American war ic enlisted in the First Volunteer Infantry and when he was mustered out and re turned home he engaged in doing well whatever came to his hand. For seN- eral years he has been engaged Tn cc- ment working and in taking only such an interest in politics as every good citizen ought to take.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25
The Governor and His Taxes

We presume that in the course of the literary Expectations" and has accepted the advice of the attorney"s clerk to Pip" and his convict benefac- At any rate, it has developed that the governors holdings though of large volume exceedingly mobile They have always side-stepped the tax gatherer
 It was brought to the knowledge of The Repub- taxpayer. and that his for years had not ap- peared the roll of his county of Gila or any other county; that he had for years contributed a penny to the support of the govern rent of which he has been the head for three years
 The absence of the name of the governor from all tax rolls, though it reprehensible seemed to be such a personal matter that The Republican trained from alludng it. There other tax dodgers in Arizona, that the exigencies of the campaign did seem warrant the singling out of the governor from among many His fail ure to pay taxes could not, therefore, be given place among his official sins of commission omis- sion.
 But some of the state papers have lately given publicity to the studious and continued absence of the name of the governor from 4he rolls, and a public declaration that the governor was an evader
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25
"PAUPERr IS PASSING AWAY

WASHlNGTON-The census bureau reports the passing or the word 'pauper' and more charitable attitude on the part of states and municipalities toward the poor.
 Drector Harris, in summary of the laws for uependent classes, declares that the specific term pauper' IS not now heard often as heretofore that less harsh terms applied to the unfortunate in this worlds goods and that the time honored poorhouse' is giving way to hospitals, asyums and nfrmaries.
 The summary of the census bureau also reports gratifying public sentiment in favor more liberal treatment of the poverty stricken.
 Tn the place of the specific term 'pauper' says the report of the bureau there are now used the general term poor indigent and dependent ap- plicable to a great variety of persons the 'pauper asylum and -poorhouse' giving place to -infirm- aries, hospitals and homes for the aged and nfirm"
 Insane asylums are called state hospitals state charity with it's almost inevitable stigma is gradu- ally giving place to state aid and it is coming be recognized that the fact of inability support oneself does not involve necessarily any disgrace.
 Thus the laws of the different states affecting dependents, neglected and delinquent children al- most invariably contain the caution and the injunc tion that they should be interpreted beraly to the extent that the childs best interests may be sub served.-New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25

temperance organization is sending cards in the candidates of the various parties asking them to pledge themselves to the support of tho dr,, amendment One of these cards has come to tb. PiosiesSNe heaoquarters addressed to Hon. George l.. Young. It has been forwarded to him but may be some days before it will reach him RlIt MT Young is pledged by his public declarations to the support of the dry amendment as is every can
 date on the progressive state ticket and every can dIdate on the progressive ticket of this county
Arizona republican., 1914-10-25

What self-ndictment is here! We have re- Cepts- amounting to S321,5S0.61. And it cost s112 IlS5 59 to collect them The cost of collection more than 33 per cent. What private business could long maintain itself with such expensive machinery?
 The Gazette seems pleasantly surprised to learn that the corporation commission is self-supporting. It. therefore, appears be a peculiarly meritorious achievement the part of the commission to add something to the states revenues Perhaps also, the Gazette believes it meritorious the part of the state and county treasurers have something left of the public funds after meeting the of handling them; that it is matter for appreciation that the assessors the county boards of equalization the state board and the tax commission do not con sume all the in the process of collection.
 Bless you, child, the corporation commission was expected to be of revenue to the state not an object of expense, but it was not expected that it would retain one dollar ol every three that it might collect
 Now we come to another matter. The state ment of the tax commission issued official campaign document, admits that the taxes to be collected this year will amount to s1S150OO To this will be added to the above figures s1250Oo less the expense collection. Then there will be the con- ributon of the office of the secretary of state n- cluding the automobile tax There are many other contemplated of revenue, so that the total will amount to well $2,OO0,O00. How much of this will be expended in a business like manner for the relief of taxpayers and for the benefit of citi zens at large, and how much will be consumed in the expense of administration, is matter of great concern to the voters.
 But it is now clear that the money wrung from taxpayers is not nearly all that the administration has been spending.