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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
MESSAGE

To the ST. Francois County Voters
On the 4th Of next month you are
given your first opportunity to select
n United States Senator by direct
vote, and |, unfortunately being un-
able to see you personally, take this
means of asking for your support in
my race for the nomination.
| am native of Missouri, as years
Of age, and served as assistant to the
Attorney General during the entire
term of your present Governor in that
Office. ! am from a section of the
state which has not had senatorial
representation for over half a CEN
tury, east and north Missouri not be-
ing represented in the upper house
since the days of the great James S.
Green. If elected, | shall endeavor
to hold Missouri representation in
Congress to that high level which has
been maintained by its past and pres
ent members, and shall at all times
guard closely and carefully the inter-
ests of our state.
My two opponents, Judge William
Wallace and Senator William J. Stone
are both old men living on borrowed
time. Their Biblical allotment Of
"three score years and ten" has long
since been passed. During the past
winter the ravages of disease neces-
STATED the absence of Missouri's sem
ior Senator from important sessions
for weeks at time, and he totters
about Washington today a physical
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31

wreck. We would not for moment
employ such old men to represent us
in our most grave affairs, and by the
same measure we should not select
them to represent us in our public
affairs of even greater Importance.
Both my opponents are men whose
financial fortunes, as well as politi-
cal, have been made. Senator Stone
has drawn over S15O.0OO in official
salary, and in company with Judge
Wallace, is considered to be among the
wealthiest of Western Missourians.
They have had the honors of Office,
they do not need the salary.
Yours most sincerely,
Adv. JOHN NJ. DAWSON
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
JUDGE Il. +. SWINK
FOR ST. FRANCOIS TOWN.
SHIP COMMITTEEMAN \

In voting for township committee.
man Democrats will have to write
the name Of their preference on the
ballot in proper place. just as the
Times forms were about ready to
close yesterday evening, a prominent
Democrat called, suggesting that
Judge +. f. Swink be cho.cn St.
Francois County Committeeman. II
Is certain no more capable man could
be found tc fill the place. Democrats
of st. Francois Township will there
fore write in the name Of +. T.. Swinh
under head. For Township Ccmmittco-
man, at the primary next Tuesday.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
ENTERTAINS

Mrs. John Swink very delightfully."-
entertained Wednesday evening in
honor of her guests, Misses Gene
We've Gibson, Chessie Long and Har-
riett Meek, of DeSoto, Mo. Those
invited were: Misses Edna Bailey
Helen Byington, May Cover, and Dor
is Swink; Mcssrs. Warden Moothart,
Gilbert Antoine, Emmett Swink Law
renee Smith and Homer Clay.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
BOY ACCIDENTLY SHOT
WHILE PLAYING

On Tuesday of this week little Joe
Kennedy received a flesh wound in
the left arm from a twenty-five cali
her rifle He was playing robber
with Lehman Branning and the gun
was thought to be loaded with a
blank cartridge. The robber was
raiding "A store, and on seeing Leh-
man, started to run, and on refusing
to stop at Lehman's command, the
gun was fired at the intruder, which
resulted disastrously for Joe.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. o. Watson OF st
Louis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II
M. Murphy Of Pennington. are nov
spending their annual vacation in the
West. They will first stop at Colo
RADIO Springs to enjoy the air and
splendid scenery. While away they
will also visit various other places in
scenic Colo. After continued persua-
sion Mr.. Watson has accepted n po-
sition as president of an art depart
ment, where he will remain to make
his home in the sunny West.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
W. c. T. L. CONVENTION

The W. c. r. u. held their third
annual convention of St. Francois dis
triet at the Christian Church at Flat
River Tuesday of this week, where
the following program was rendered:
300 a. m-Convention called to or
der by Mrs. Sallie Tucker, Vice
President.
Hymn, "Blcst BE the Tie that
Binds"
Scripture Reading, First Psalm and
Prayer by Mrs. Emma Bryan of
Desloge.
Address of Welcome, Mrs. Nellie
Tetley of Flat River.
Response, Mrs. Harry Denman of
Pennington.
$3.50 a. m.--Roll Call and Appoint
ment of Committees on Credentials
Press and Courtcsies.
9:45 a. m-Reports of Local Unions
Pennington, Mrs. Bette Tetley;
Elvins, Mrs. Geo. Howell; Desloge,
Mrs. Connie B. Upchurch; Lead
wood. Mrs. Hester Upchurch; Flat
River, Mrs. II, II. Hoy; Bonnc Terre
Mrs. Laura McElfrish; Report of
District President; Report of Dis
trict Treasurer.
Solo, Mrs. Ana Norwine.
Duties of Officers and Department
Superintendent discusses with Mrs.
Emma Hammond as leader.
Noontide Prayer with special refer
ence to our workers in the field and
states now in prohibition cam
paigns. Miss Lucretia Henry,
leader.
Adjournment.
Afternoon Session
80 p. m.-Song Service.
Prayer by Miss Mary Steel of Flat
River.
Election of officers and taking
pledges for State and District Worl.
Paper, Triumph of 1914, by Mrs.
Charlotte Huff of Pennington.
Music, Mrs. L. A. Baer of River
mines.
2.30 p. m.-Address, Mrs. Nell Bur
ger, State President Missouri w.
c. T. u.
Music, l. T. l.. Prohibition Chorus.
Miscellaneous Business.
Adjournment.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
DEATH OF MRS. HOLLAND

Mrs. Mary O'Brien Holland, the
wife of John Holland, departed this
life on Monday, July 81, 1914, at the
age Of sixty-seyen years. The fune-
raj services took place in the Farm
ington Catholic Church at s o'clock
Mass Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Holland spent the early days
of her life at her birthplace, Potosi
Washington county. She was mar.
ried to John Holland in the year 1883
and then took up her residence on the
Holland farm in Perry county at Sill.
ycr Lake, where they remained unit
coming to Pennington and assuming
charge Of the Dalton House.
Surviving her, are her husband
John Holland; and her daughter Mis-!
Mary Catherine, at the Dalton House
and a married daughter, Mrs. Ann:
Hudson, with seven grandchildren
living on the Holland place at SilveI
Lake.
Wearied in the long journey to hea
ven, with siXty-seven fruitful vea1q
of Christian works, she rests from
the burden of life, confidently trust
ing that her Savior will place upol
her brow the crown of glory-havin,
fought the good fght-having KEEP
the faith.
Eternal rest grant to her, o Lord
Let perpetual light shine upon he,
May she rest in peace. X,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
RUNAWAY WEDNESDAY

Last Wednesday afternoon a team
which was hauling a large iron pipe
for G. W. Cunningham, became fright
ened by the noise of two box cars
humping together, before the driver
secured his reigns, running down
Columbia Street and were stop
ped in frobt + Pete Schmidt r barber
shop. Some damage was done to the
Wagon, but luckily no one was njur-
ed in the runaway.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE

Pennington and vicinity was visit,
ed by quite an electrical storm Mon,
day evening, after day Of intense
heat. Not much damage has beer
reported, except the burning of ar
old barn on the Orell farm. We un,
derstand the barn was practically
empty. The new structure was un.
damaged by the fire.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
OLD SWORD

7. p. Reese Of Desloge brought an
old gold plated sword, an heirloom in
their family, to our office last Friday.
The same was presented to Col. b..
L. Johnson, Supt Of Western Military
Institute session of '5S and 80. 1t
bore the following inscription:
Presented as a token of appreciation
Of his talents and gentlcmanly bear
ing as Superintendent"
This sword is said to have been
worn by Col. johnson during the Civ
il war and is very valuable.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
REV. TALBERT TO PREACH
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH

The many friends of Rev. Talbert
will be glad to have the opportunity
to again hear him speak, at the Chris
tian Church next Sunday morning at
II o'clock.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-07-31
Evening Session
Hymn, Coronation.
Prayer, Rev. Mr.. Steel.
Music. Male Quartette.

'"uSiN, "die NSudTltLlc.
Address, Mrs. nellie G. Burger.
Collection.
Behediction.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs
Mabel Rhea; Cor. Ses., f. Griffin;
Rec. Sec, Miss Alice kirkpatrick
Treas, Mrs. Tidwell.
Those in attendance from Farm.
ington were: Mesdames S. ]. Tetley
o. L. Halle, R. C. Tucker, 7. J. Hol.
man, Ed Henderson, J. S. Clay Char
lotte Huff and Harry Denman.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08
An Absurd Situation.

There was another amusing incident i'll CON-
nection with the passage of the bill. All the
wise friends of the effort to secure governmental
control of corporations know that this govern
mental control must be exercised through adj
ministrative and. not judicial officers if it is to
be effective. Everything possible should be done
to minimize the chance of appealing from the
decisions of the administrative officer to the
courts. But it is not possible constitutionally,
and probably would not be desirable anyhow,
completely to abolish the appeal. Unwise zealots
wished to make the effort totally to abolish the
appeal in connection with the Hepburn bill. Rep
resentatives Of the special interests wished to
extend the appeal to include what it ought not
to include. Between stood number of men
whose votes would mean the passage of Or the
failure to pass the bill, and who were not in
clined toward either side. Three or four sub
stantially identical amendments were proposed,
and We then suddenly found ourselves face to
face with an absurd situation The good men
who were willing TO go with us, but had con-
sentative miSgivings about the ultra-radicals
would not accept good amendment If one Of
the latter proposed it; and the radicals would
not accept their own amendment if one of tho
conservatives proposed it. Each side got so
wrought up as to be utterly unable to get mat
tiers into proper perspective; each prepared to
stand on unimportant trihes; each announced
with historical emphasis-the reformers Just as
Historically as the reactionaries- the deci-
sion as regards each unimportant trihe deter
mined the worth or worthlessness of the meas.
ure. Gradually we secured measurable return
to sane appreciation of the essentials Finally,
both sides reluctantly agreed to accept the So
called Allison amendment, which did not as q
matter of fact work any change in the bill at
all. The amendment was drawn by Attorney
General Moody after consultation with the In
terstate Commerce Commission, and was for
warded by me to Senator Dolliver; it was ac-
cepted, and the bill became law.
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wrong and what was right both to big man and
little man.
Railway Rebates.

Although under the decision of the courts
the national government had power over the rail-
ways, | found, when l became President, that
this power was either not exercised at all or
exercised with utter ineficiency. The law
against rebates was dead letter. All the I'm
scrupulous railway men had been allowed to vio-
late it with impunity; and because of this, as
was inevitable, the scrupulous and decent rail-
way men had been forced to violate it them
selves under penalty of being beaten by their
less scrupulous rivals. 1t was not the fault OF
these decent railway men, 1t was the fault of
the government
Thanks to .frst-class railway man, Paul
Morton, OF the Santa Fe, son OF Mr.. Cleveland's
Secretary OF Agriculture, l was able completely
to stop the practice. Mr. Morton volunteered
to aid the government in abolishing rebates. He
frankly stated that he, like every one else, had
been guilty in the matter: but he insisted that he
uttered the sentiments of the decent railway men
of the country when he said that he hoped the
practice would be stopped, and that if | would
really stop it, and not merely make believe to
stop it, he would give the testimony which would
put into the hands of the government the power
to put complete check to the practice. Accorl-
ingly he testified, and on the information which
he gave us we were able to take such action
through the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Department of Justice, supplemented
by the necessary additional legislation. He thus
rendered, of his own accord, at his own per-
sonal risk, and from purely dsinterested motives,
an invaluable service to the people, a service
which no other man who was able to render
was willing to render.
AS an immediate sequel, the world-old al
lance between Blifl and Black George was i'm
mediately revived against Paul Morton In Civ
ing rebates he had done only what every honest
railway man in the country had been obliged to
do because of the failure of the government to
enforce the prohibition as regards dishonest rail-
way men. But unlike his fellows he had then
shown the courage and sense of obligation to the
public which made him come forward and with
out evasion or concealment state what he had
done, in order that we might successfully put
an end to the practice; and put an end to the
practice we did, and we did it because of the
courage and patriotism he had shown. The I'M
scrupulous railway men, whose dishonest prac-
tees were thereby put stop to, and the I'M
scrupulous demagogues who were either under
the influence of these men or DESTROYS of gain
ing credit with thoughtless and ignorant people
:
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ing production, while scrupulously respecting the
rights of others (including its rivals, its EN-
ployes, its customers, and the general public),
and strictly obeying the law, then, no matter how
large its capital or how great the volume of its
business, it would be encouraged TO still more
abundant production, or better service, by the
fullest protection that the government could al
ford it On the other hand, if corporation
were found seeking profit through injury or op-
preston OF the community, by restricting pro-
duction through trick or device. by plot or con-
spiracy against competitors, or by oppression OF
wage workers, and then extorting high prices
for the commodity it had made artihciay scarce,
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08
Control Resisted.

Here 1 was able to accomplish only small
part of what l desired to accomplish. 1 was
opposed both by the foolish radicals who de-
sired to break up all big business, with the inn
possible ideal of returning to mid-nineteenth CEN
fury industrial conditions; and also by the great
privileged interests themselves, who used these
ordinarily-but sometimes not entirely-well-
meaning stool pigeon progressives" to- further
their own cause. The worst representatives of
big business encouraged the outcry for the total
abolition of big business, because they knew that
they could not be hurt in this way, and that such
an outcry distracted the attention of the public
from the really efficient method of controlling
and supervising them, in just but mastery fash
ion, which was advocated by the sane representa-
tives of reform. However, we succeeded in
making good beginning by securing the pass
age of a law creating the Department of Com
merce and Labor, and with it the erection of the
Bureau of Corporations. The first head of the
Department of Commerce and Labor was Mr..
Cortelyou, later Secretary of the Treasury He
was succeeded by Mr.. Oscar Straus. The first
head of the Bureau OF Corporations WIS Mr.
Garfield, who was succeeded by Mr.. Herbert
Knox Smith. No four better public servants
from the standpoint of the people as whole
sould have been found.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

it would be prevented from organizing if its ne
farious purpose could be discovered in time, or
pursued and suppressed by all the power of gov
eminent whenever found in actual operation.
Such commission, with the power l advocate,
would put a stop to abuses of big corporations
and small corporations alike; it would draw the
line on conduct and not on size; it would de-
stroy monopoly, and make the biggest business
man in the country conform squarely to the prin-
ciples laid down by the American people, while
at the same fine giving fair play to the little
man and certainty of knowledge as to what was
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08
The True Way: A Federal Commission.

The true way of dealing with monopoly is
TO prevent it by administrative action before it
grows SO powerful that even when courts coll
denim it they shrink from destroying it. The
Supreme Court in the Tobacco and Standard Oil
cases, for instance, used very vigorous language
in condenning these trusts; but the net result of
the decision was of positive advantage to the
wrong-doers, and this has tended to bring the
whole body of our law into disrepute in quarters
where it is of the very highest Importance that
the law be held in respect and even in reverence.
My effort was to secure the creation of Fed
raj commission which should neither excuse nor
tolerate monopoly, but prevent it when possible
and uproot it when discovered; and which should
in addition effectively control and regulate all
big combinations, and should give honest bust
ness certainty as to what the law was and Sc
curity as long as the law was obeyed. Such
commission would furnish steady expert con-
troll, control adapted to the problem; and dis
solution is neither control nor regulation, but is
purely negative; and negative remedies are of
little permanent avail. Such a commission
would have complete power to examine into
every big corporation engaged or proposing to
engage in business between the States. 1t would
have the power to discriminate sharply between
corporations that are doing well and those that
are doing i'll; and the distinction between those
who do well and those who do i'll would be
defined in terms so clear and uninistakable that
no one could misapprehend them.
Where company is found seeking its prof
its through serving the community BY stimulate
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

Published by special arrangement with the Out.
look which Theodore Roosevelt Is the
editor: through the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Copyright, 1918. by the Outlook Company. All rights
reserved. including rights Of translation.
Tho next installment will appear in The washs
inGten Herald February Ia
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08
The Suits Against
American
Tobacco
Company and
Standard OIL
Company.
knight Case
Overthrow.
Knox, Moody,
Bonaparte, and
What They Did
m The
Attorney
Generals
Office.
Importance Of
the Northern
Securities
Decision.
Dissolution
and Regulation.
q q

The Standard Oil Company took the lead in
opposing all this legislation. This was natural,
for it had been the worst offender in the amass-
ing of enormous fortunes by improper methods
of all kinds, at the expense OF business rivals and
of the public, including the corruption OF public
servants. II any man thinks this condemnation
extreme, l refer him to the language officially
used by the Supreme Court of the nation in its
decision against the Standard Oil Company.
Through their counsel, and by direct kilograms
and letters to Senators and Congressman from
various heads of the Standard Oil organization,
they did their best to kill the bill providing for
the Bureau of Corporations. got hold of one
or two of these kilograms and letters, however,
and promptly published them; and, as generally
happens in such a case, the men who were all
powerful as long as they could work in secret
and behind closed doors became powerless as
soon as they were forced into the open. The bill
went through without further difficulty.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-08

~ FTER this later decision was rendered,
~ suits were brought by my direction
against the American Tobacco Com
pany and the Standard Oil Company. Both were
adjudged criminal conspiracies and their disso-
luton ordered. The Knight case was finally
overthrow. The vicious doctrine it embodied
no longer remains as an obstacle to obstruct the
pathway of justice when it assails monopoly.
Messrs. Knox, Moody, and Bonaparte, who sue
cessively occupied the position of Attorney
General under me, were profound lawyers and
fearless and able men; and they completely es-
tablished the newer and more wholesome doc
trine under which the Federal government may
now deal with monopolistic combinations and
conspiracies.
The decisions rendered in these various
cases brought under my direction constitute the
entire authority upon which any action must
rest that seeks through the exercise of national
power to curb monopolistic control. The men
who organized and directed the Northern Sc
curities Company were also the controlling
forces in the Steel Corporation, which has since
been prosecuted under the act. The proceedings
against the sugar trust for corruption in con-
nection with the New York Custom House are
sufficiently interesting to be considered sepa-
rately.
Power to Destroy, but Not to Regulate.
From the standpoint of giving complete
control to the national government over big cor
porations engaged in interstate business, it would
be impossible to overestinlate the importance of
the Northern Securities decision and of the de-
cision5 afterward rendered in line with it in con-
nection with the other trusts whose dissolution
was ordered. The success of the Northern Securi-
ties case definitely established the power of the
government to deal with all great corporations.
Without this success the national government
must have remained in the impotence to which
it had been reduced by the Knight decision as
regards the most important of its internal func-
tons. But Our success in establishing the power
of the national government to curb monopolies
did not establish the right method of exercising
that power We had gained the power. We
had not devised the proper method of exercis-
ing it.
Monopolcs can, although in rather cum-
brous fashion, be broken up by lawsuits Great
business combinations, however, cannot possibly
be made useful instead of noxious industrial
agencies merely by lawsuits, and especially by
lawsuits supposed to be carried on for their de-
struction and not for their control and regula-
ton. / at once began to urge upon Congress
the need of laws supplementing the antitrust
law-for this law struck at all big business, good
and bad alike, and, as the event proved, was
wholly inefficient in checking bad big business,
and yet was a constant threat against decent
business men. l strongly urged the Inauguration
of system of thoroughgoing and drastic gov
ernnental regulation and control over all big
business combinations engaged in interstate in
dustry.
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