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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-14
FRIDAY, AUG. II, 1914.
THE HARVESTER TRUST.

Things move slowly sometimes. Sew
.4ral years ago U. S. Senator Hans
thorough of this state in~augurated a
movement to have the International
Harvester trust dissolved. His
activities along this line are popularity
supposed to have caused his defeat for
,~re-election. 1t is claimed hat thou
sands of dollars were spent in the
campaign and the representatives of
the company devoted a great deal OF
time to bring about his defeat.
From the nature Of things it can't
we'll be expected that the former
flckertail senator will weep very
~copiousIy over the recent order of the
federal circuit court that the trust
must be dissolved. North Dakota, more
than many other states, is intensely
interested in this great organization.
1t has a practical monopoly On many
of the leading agricultural implements.
A larger percentage of the people Of
this state are engaged in agriculture
than elsewhere in the United States,
the great interest.
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Daddy: sBedtime
~ How Dreams
NOW - Are Made to
Come True.
"WouIdn't the man In
the moon laugh to
see US coEninqW

"@WNEACHER told US today" said Jack a he and Evelyn came to daddy
for the evening story, that by thinking hard enough you can do
most anything you wan to. But 1 don't believe it"
"Why notT asked daddy.
because there are toe many other fellows trying it, and they beat you IT,
R I know cause Billy West and Tommy Sloane beat me at marbles, and l
thought and thought and almost prayed that they wouldn't"
Daddy laughed at Jacks rueful face. Keep at it and you'll win after
awhile 1 think tonight, kddes, that I'll tell you a lot o. little stories which
Jacks remark made me think about because, Riddles, your teacher was quite
right Every great thing that has been done vas first an idea in some
ones brain, just like a little seed planted in the ground, which, when it Is
watGed and the sun shines upon it, springs up and grows into a tree or a
vine O. grass as the cas- may be-
$50 this idea in somebody's brain is watered and summed, you might say,
by thought, and very 500 something great is done, and then we wonder
about it and excaim at the power Of the human mind. ~.
MANY years ago a French writer, Jules Verne wrote about a big ship
that sailed under the SEE instead Of upon it. He called it the Nautilus. Ev-
cry n poohpoohed the notion and called him a silly dreamer But now we
have boats called submarines that sail right down under the water with mn
inside them, and they have good air to breathe, and no water can get in, and
they are used in modern warfare.
Maybe, too, one day we will take a trip to the moon Wouldn't that be
great to climb into n o. the airshtps that are made now and live Jules
venes story2 He wrote "A Trip to the Moon you know. Wouldn't the
he would tell us what he has been laughing about for 81 many years."
Daddy, I would like % know what he is laughing about all the time
Maybe what W q do looks funny to him." said Evelyn graveEy.
II shouldn't wonder" Daddy laughed right out loud at Evefyns widely
opened eyes.
"Then there is the wireless telegraphy. Marconi thought and dreamed
and experimental, and low when ships are away out in the middle of the
they can send messages to the people o the shore. Just think, Riddles
II a great big ocean steamship was carrying mamma and m over the ocean
we could say good night to you, and that is just what we must say now. So
run along and let mamma tuck you in"
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Forum B~rainStOrET1

4 good many Of the hunters who
that about the only thing they will be
able to bag will be their trousers.
A person can't get a fair lame SIM
ply by keeping in the shade.
A Fellows appearance is often not as
important as his disappearance.
Money makes the mare go or the
mayor come across.
1t is easy enough to keep a stiff up
per lip If one has a bill.
The fellow with a sheepish look
isn't very often a lamb.
A convicted person often thinks that
his sentence Is a whole paragraph.
Most anyone could get a media for
meddling.
undertaken from OVertaking.
If a fellow could connect some people
with the gas mains there would be no
lack Of light.
A committee is a body of men that
don't commit much.
The size of a swelled head is in in
verse proportion to the amount of
brains it contains.
A simple person is often very COM
pick.
Temptation is the banana peeling on
the road to fame.
1t is hard to hear that wee, small
voice about the noises of the battle of
life.
A fellow often wonders If an elastic
currency system would max it poss-
ible to stretch his salary until both
ends would meet.
The knocking Of some men do is
about as effective as a tack hammer in
a boiler shop.
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War Secretary's Report on
Harper's Ferry Was Bitter

orable for the contamination of the
~diaboliCal designs of the conspirators.
Having cut the telegraph wires,
they entered, under I'VE of night, I'M
molested n unobserved, into the viii
lage, seized upon the solitary watch
man placed at the arsenal as pro-
lection against fire only, and possessed
themselves speedily Of all the buildings
containing arms suitable for defense.
The next movement was to seize the
principal men of the place, with whom
their long residence near there had
made them acquainted and confine
them securely under their own control.
These arrests were made singly, and,
in every instance, by several perfectly
armed men, who conveyed their
prisoners to the, place of confinement.
This process was carried on through
out the night. and extended not only
to the village, but to the country
around.
when the morning came, and the
state of things was partly discovered,
the people of the village gathered to
the scene of confusion about the
arsenal. The conspirators now COM
menced a fire upon the citizens. Then,
for the first time, did the a%trocious de-
sign Of these men fully appear, and,
strange as it may seem, it was only
then discovered that the citizens of
the place were almost wholly without
arms and ammunition of any sort.
Presently some arms and ammunition
not In possession of the plunderers
were found, and the men of the village,
and those who had assembled from
the neighborhood, armed themselves,
Immediately returned the fire Of the
assailants with such effect that in the
course of a few hours they were driven
from their positions, and all either
killed or wounded, with the exception
of the leader and half a dozen of his
party, who were driven into an engine
house, whittier they fed for security.
They carried along with them ten or
twelve Of the prisoners they had taken
the night before, who were to be used
as hostages, as the robbers alleged, to
prevent the fire Of the citizens out
side from being directed towards
themselves in the house in which they
had taken shelter.
Throughout the whole day on
Monday, from IL o'clock, at which
time the intelligence of the outbreak
reached this city (Washington), the
most aggregated accounts were re-
ceived Of the state OF things at
Harper's Ferry, and the number of
persons engaged in 1t. Prompt
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war is being fought out on the old
principles of brute force. Al tillery, in
fantry and immense battleships are do
ing the work. There has been no ad-
vance of importance in war as a
science since Caesars day.
H. c. Wells, the British student of
all things, in a recent work put forth
the belief that the invention of the
'atomic bomb, a shell filed with a
substance which would, like radium,
throw off particles of itself, and 60 on
exploding indefinitely, would make war
too dreadful a thing to be continued.
The formation Of all the world into
the war problem. Jack London, the
American novelist, also favored the
bomb dropped from airships as the
thing which would wipe out war. He
would fill the shell with the germs of
a quickly contagious and horrible dis
ease. and in the end would be peace
with the two h~emispheres represent
ing the two republics of tho world.
The airship, the submarine, the auto
mobile, in all the forecasts were held
up as the big factors in the next great
war, Yet the automobile cavalry" of
Germany. was driven back in shreds
by the Belgian artillery, ard though
France and England warns with avi-
atOrs, aviation has played no serious
part in the conflict. Nor ave the dread
ed submarines proved a whit more i'm
rortant, while bombs are figuring to a
slighter extent than in other conflicts
Of history. Even the lineup Of the OPP
posing pwers is contrary to every ex-
peCtatiOn.
This war bids fair to be decided, not
by genius, sh~rewdness, or science. but
by the bulk of human bodies and the
strength Of big guns.
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In 1859, the year of John Browns at
tempt upon Harper's Ferry, mems
feellngs ran high, and were expressed
without restraint. Even official re-
ports achieved a harshneSs and vio-
lence of style that would now be re-
garded as out of place in a heavy,
matter-of-faCt official volume.
The Harper's Ferry episode was one
which aroused h passions of the PEG
pie, n this excitement was reflected
In the report of the secretary of war,
john B. Floyd, for the year 1859.
The recent conspiracy and effort at
instruction attempted at Harper's
Ferry" ms the report, constitute
altogether one of the most surprising
of u country. A fanatical man, slim
ulated to recklessness and desperation
by the constant teachings and intern
perate appeals of wild and reasonable
enthusiasts, unrestrained by the con-
stltut1on n laws of the land, by the
precepts of religion, by the appeals Of
humanity or mercy, formed a con-
sptraCy to make a sudden descent upon
the people at Harper's Ferry, to rob
the arsenal, plumber the public prop
erty n stir up servile instruction.
The plan devised and the mode of
executing it were such as to promise
SNCA9 iIOpC VI SuICSSSs y l COuSplId-
tors rented a farm in Maryland with
in a few miles of Harper's Ferry,
where they remained for some months,
apparently following peaceful, prob
ably useful pursuits; during which
time they took effectual means to con-
ciliate the kind feelings of the ad-
Jacent country, and particularly
those Of the village of Harper's Ferry.
They became perfectly familiar
with all the localities of the place,
streets, houses, arsenals and work
shops, SO that its contemplated seizure
might be effected at any hour Of the
night without confusion or any I'M
usual movement calculated to attract
attention or arouse suspicion. They
knew, perfectly, the universal and I'M
suspecting security Of the entire popu-
lation. Up to the night Of the attack
there never was a man, within the
commonwealth of Virginia, who went
to his bed with the slightest appre-
hension of danger from attack by citi-
Gems Of the United States In any num-
bers, from any regions, or for any pur-
pose whatever. The sense Of pro-
found security was perfect and abso-
lutte. Having also no apprehension
whatever of the slave population (and
this assurance was fully justified by
the EVENT. nothing could be more fav-
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THE MARSEILLAIsE HYMN.

Ye son of France awake to glory!
Hark! Hank! What myriads bid you
rise!
Your children, wives and g~randsires
hoary;
Behold their tears and hear their
Shall hateful tyrants. mischief breed.
ing.
with hireling hoses. a ruffian band,
Alright and desolate the land.
While peace and liberty lie bleeding!
To arms, to arms, ye brave!
The hero's sword u~nsheath!
March on, march on, all hearts resolv-
ed!
On victory or death!
With luxury and pride surrounded,
The vile insat!ate despots dare.
Their thirst for gold and power I'M
bounded,
To smite and bind the light and air,
Like beasts of burden they would load
us,
Like gods would bid their slaves
But man is man and who is more?
Then shall they longer lash and goad
us?
Oh, Liberty! can man resign thee.
Once having felt thy generous flame?
Can dungeons, bolts and bars confine
thee?
Or whips thy noble spirit tame?
Too long the world has wept, bewail-
ing,
That falsehood's dagger tyrants
But freedom is our sword and shield,
And all their arts are unavailIng!
To arms, to arms, We brave!
The avenging sword unsheath!
March on march on, all hearts re-
solved,
On victory or death!
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TRADE

The Minneapolis Tribune takes the
kthe United States to capture South
lAmerican trade:
"Our export trade to Germany
amounts to 81, 900, 900 a day. Our i'm
lport trade from Germany amounts to
labout half as much.
"Our export trade to the United
FKingdom mounts to almost 81 1000, 900
Ia day. Our import trade from the
kUnited Kingdom to about a quarter as
snuch.
THE total is about a third Of our
kexport trade and a fifth of our import
ktrade. This is, of course, of enormous
importance to us. But the effect OF
Ethe war between these countries is
Emuch less to US han to our n~eighbors
Yin South America. AS Director Bar
rett of the Pan-American union points
Eout, nearly all South American COM
tmerce is carried in German and Eng
klish bottoms.
Brazil is already changing the reg
kistry Of her merchant ships in order to
free them from war danger. Their
krouting hereafter will be from Rio to
NEW York, rather than from Rio to
SAondon or Hamburg. There is a dou-
kble advantage in this for the United
Estates. 1t provides, first, a new direct
Eroute from America to Brazil, instead
Iof the old letter A." route from
EAmsrica to Europe to Brazil. 1t pro-
hvides, second, an immediate channel
Ewhereby we can meet Brazirs urgent
Ineed for wares once obtained from
Europe but now altogether shut off.
mere statement of this situation
lis enough to indicate the urgency for
prompt action by the United States.
We have opportunity not only to es-
tablish q merchant marine but to
make OF it a means of pre-empting a
major share of South American trade
We are spurred by our loss of 1873 per
cent of our export trade and 17.8 per
cent of our import trade with these
two European countries. South Amer
fica is spurred by the loss of practically
all her foreign commerce. No such
trade opportunity can ever come to us
FAagin.S Il
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Good THmen AheadI

Springfield Republicans: 4 notable
survey of business conditions in all
parts of the country, conducted in COL
laboration by the Philadelphia Public
Ledger and the New York Times, leads
to optimistic conclusions concerning
the future. The first thing in the sum-
mary to impress one is the admission
that during the past six months bust
ness has been better than the calamity
hoWlerS have represented. Some of the
salient points about trade that follow
are quoted from the Public Ledger:
1t (depression) is not as general as
has been supposed and is confined to
certain localities and lines Of goods.
Indeed, in many sections trade for the
last six months has been as good as in
the corresponding period of last year.
With a grain crop valued by the gov
eminent at $3,41S,0 0 900, and with cot
ton showing rapid Improvement, the
those in mercantile and manufacturing
lines, foresee a big ~expension in trade
this fall, which in some lines has al
ready begun.
most marked among the business men,
who will first feel the effects Of these
expenditures (by farmers in the west
and SOUTH. Except in spots, they re-
port no falling off in the business Of
this year from. that OF 1913, and in
some cases they report an improve
.ment.
The automobile manufacturers report
business booming. Some of them have
already sold out their output for the
coming season. Others are erecting
new factory buildings. The introduce
ton of lighter and less expensive cars
have given the business an added slim
illus.
The tariff figures very little in the
reports from industrial centers. Vir-
tually no one complains OF Its effects SC
far.
statement concerning the tariff, that
the Philadelphia Public Ledger is "a
strong advocate OF protective duties
and has been a sharp critic OF the I'm.
Iderwood-Simmons law.
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Curious Facts,

The principal orphan asylum of Mos
cow is supported chiefly by the tax on
playing cards.
With practically no tools, a man in
the Bridgewater (Mass.) state farm
has made a perfect teapot out of a
cent.
A railroad sixty miles In length is to
be built In iceland. At present there Is
not a mile Of railroad in the whole of
tha: iSlaI,d. =
A beautiful new flower has bees
evciVed by a resident of California who
has succeeded in budding a rose To a
blackberry bush.
S. G. Brinkley of Magnet City. N. C
asserts he has the longest beard In the
United States; it trails on the ground
when put on display.
The salt contained in the oceans Is
estimated at more than 1890, 900 cubic
miles, or enough to cover the United
States with a layer 1.6 miles deep.
M. Raghboom, a newly-elected de-
putty OF France, who has been a news
yender for many years, still continues
to. sell newspapers in the streets of
Paris.
Fifty Hungarian servant girls went
on q silence strike In Budapest, VOW
ing not to speak a word until their EN- !.
ployers allowed them two calling
nights weekly.
According to the division Of educa-
ton Of the Russell Sage Foundation
only n state in the union has good
laws for h protection of sc~hoolholsea
from fire.
Because of the shifting of he trade
routes owing to the opening Of the
Panama canal. the possibility of s visit
from the yellow fever mosquito is an
ticipated. -
According to an italian physician
Hove cause an i~ntoxication on .g'ths
nervous centers. producing a disease
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UNION FARM ERS.

There is a great deal of interest at
tracted to the organizations Of the
farmers of the United States. From
the very natur of things it is obvious
ly impractical to include the farmers
of all states in one big organization,
FThe interests of many of them are too
directly opposed. There are, however,
; some large groups. The farmers OF
the northwest have had many organi-
cations that prospered and grew until
ed them. The Equity had a great
in this state for many years and
the organization is still alive but it
thas lost much of it's membership and
more attention is being paid to the
EEquity Cooperative exchange, a sub
! sidiary organization, than to the
original association.
That the American farmer is no
to- be, when he submitted to the
schemes of everybody, from organized
middle men to CONSUMERS leagues
and similar organizations, is indicated
by. an item which comes from Fort
Worth, Tex, where the annual onven
ton of the Farmers Educational and
Cooperative Union of America will
be held next month.
The influence upon American prod
Eucts, as a result of the European war.
will be one of the topics for discussion.
lit is announced, and the delegates ana
practical farmers in attendance at the
k~convention will consider plans fol
Etheir own protection.
incidentally, there are said to be
! twenty-si:; states which have farmers
unions, and the convention at Fort
EWorth is expected to attract as many
Ses 1000 members.
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RESINOL CURED
ECZEMA IN ITS
WORST FORM

Feb, %, 1914: IT had eczema IN
the worst form all over my race II
started with a rash like hives; and
itched and burned so that / could not
keep my hands off of it.. / could marc
Iy sleep. The more I rubbed 1t the
worse it itched, and the more ~
spread. Blisters formed, and When
opened had pus in them. l looked
terrible. I would not let myseit oe
seen. This lasted for about three
months, and during that time l tired
prescriptions, cold creams,
etc. But 1t still kept getting worse,
until at last 1 tried Resinol ointment
and Resinol Soap. THE FIRST AZ
PLICATION RELIEVED THE ITCH
ING AND BURNING. I purchased a
jar Of Resinol Ointment n a CAKE
Of Resinol Soap, and by the time they
were gone my face was entirely Wen
my skin is as smooth and lear as
ever" (Signed) Mrs. Phebe Cole'
1909 N. Walnut St, West Bay CITY
Mich.
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap
are sold by all druggists. Trial free'
write to Dept. 29-R, Resinol' Baltl-
more.-Advt.
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measures were taken, and Rev. Col.
Robert E.. Lee was at once summoned
to take command of a detachment OF
marines, and two companies of Volun-
teers. The troops left the city by the
afternoon train and reached the scene
of action during the night.
"The next morning, at an early hour,
Colonel Lee gave orders to the marines
to attack n carry the house where
the conspirators were strongly barri-
caded, which was very promptly and
calamity done, with the loss of one
mar killed, another wounded"
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GERMAN cENsORS.

Whatever may be ones opinion of
the Germans and the war into which
the kaiser has precipitated so much of
Europe one must admit that the Ger
man censors are doing an effective job.
Very little matter is sitting through
from hat country. The other nations
are kept in doubt as TO the activities
Of both the German army and the
German navy and the whole country
the outside world knows of what is
lranspiring.
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FICTION AND FACT,

What the next great war would be
like was a question that afforded a
fruitful field for speculation until the
beginning of this week. Scientists.
.novelists, theorists, and soldiers VEN
tured forecasts, all with a degree of
plausibility at the time, but all have
been proved utterly false now. This
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that, il not cured, may lead to neuras-
thenia and even insanity.
C~oliapsible towers, adopted by the
German army for searchlights and
wireless teiegraphy, are SO light and
tower that extends to $50 feet.
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In the case shown in the photo
graph, the recruit is stabbing a
dummy figure with a bayonet, under
officers. He is taught the vital places
in the human body that he, may waste
no strength. Every Russian soldier
who withstands a charge of German
or Austrian infantry will know where
to place his bayonet to end as quick
ly as possible the earthly career of his
foe.
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The black rust is a missionary for
live stock raising. 1t doesn't even
show up on a full FLOODED Polled An
gus, in fact not even on a Shorthorn or
a Holstein. and there lis rarely a trace
q. PoLand-C China.
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The thirty miles of new road to be
constructed between Golden Valley and
Center by the Northern Pacific
will be hurried. Everything will soon
be ready for laying the steel.