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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
An OUTLET FOR LABOR.

Though a certain newspaper humor-
list is of the opinion that the sight of
a real job would drive the unemploy-
ed out OF the large cities it is doubtless
true that there are at this season
thousands of men who are involun-
tarily idle. 1t is this certainty that
has impelled the national Industrial
commission 10 make an investigation.
The questions TO be determined are
as 20 whether the present lack Of en-
ployment Is due 10 an unusual slack
ness in the demand for labor as to
what extent unemployment is an an
nually recurring public problem in
large cities during the winter months,
and as to the causes of widespread
unemployment and in what means it
could be decreased by cooperation be-
tween employers OF migratory labor.
The bogy Of the workingman is not
SO much a matter Of wages as of un-
certainty OF employment. Except in
the comparatively few instances, such
as miners, steelworkers, etc, where
employees work under contracts cover
ing a term OF years workingmen are
certain OF employment only from day
10 day. They are subject TO fuctua-
tiOns in the market, TO weather con-
ditions and various other influences
which make il impossible for them to
know from one day to another or
from one week 10 another whether
they are going 10 be able TO hold their
Jobs.
The effort Is demoralizing. 1t makes
loafers and tramps and irresponsibles
OF thousands of men who in the begin
ming are industrious and ambitious. II
undeTmines their moral characters
and makes criminals. The trouble is
there is no outlet for the workingman
once shop hand or a mechanic he
must always remain such. except in
the few instances where under favor
ing conditions he breaks away and
engages in some new occupation or
reverts 10 the soil
A remedy could be provided by
making q possible for every man so
disposed 10 get possession OF few
acres OF land where he could raise
enough produce 20 SUPPORT himself
and family and 10 lay up a sinking
fund against age and debility by dis
posing OF the surplus on the market.
such an outlet would give renewed
courage and optimism 10 the ran
down and out. IL could be provided
as easily as the government is pro-
posing 10 aid farmers 10y giving them
cheap farm loans. And the labor
thus drawn from the open market
would give the surplus its chance
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
GIRLS CLOTHING.

We should not poke fun at the dow
heeled, slouchy looking shoes the
young girls are wearing, girls of the
high school age and younger. who find
them convenient and comfortable.
They are cultivating a habit which
will have its effect in defeating the
tendency OF fashion TO dictate high
heels.
1t has taken some class and school
spirit, considerable homogeneity with
the boys OF their school association to
induce the girls 10 take this step
away from the traditional customs of
their sex. but IT seems well established
in most places and has extended to
other articles of clothing. such as
school sweaters and caps or hats. At
a distance it is not always easy to dis
tinguish the girls from the boys.
The result is greater freedom Of the
limbs and body. greater comfort and
avoidance OF physical evils resulting
from tight shoes. high heels and
lacing The department OF physical
culture in the university of California
announces ti4dl hNe out o. every SIN
women students in that institution are
afflicted with fat feet and broken
arches. the result OF wearing high
heels. and last year tight lacing is re-
ported 10 have started an epidemic of
deranged internal organs
These Affections the school girls
who have adopted sensible wearing
apparel experimenting that OF the
boys are escaping. They are and Will
be as free from fat feet and broken
arches. internal arrangements and
other us as the boys and they will
develop naturally into healthy, strong.
capable women ut in every way 10 dis
charge their responsibilities To So
cfctv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

WE are convinced that capital pun
ishment violates the best impulses Of
the human heart as we'll as "a crime
against the most high" as quoted by
John Henry from John Bright.
FOR example. an offending mouse
took refuge in an unused stove and the
housewife closed the door, intending
to keep the erring animal there until
IL persisted by starvation. That was
revenge But when her husband ar
rived she beseeched him 10 release the
prisoner That was humane.
Grandpa's Knife.
My grandpa he carried a jackknife
that-gee!
Looked long as the blade OF a sickle.
TO me.
It's handle was buckhorn; each blade
had a CLINT
As bright as coin newly brought
from the mint.
When one Of us tads was in trouble
with what
We were trying to make, we would
tearfully trOt
To grandpa. who always was some
where about
He'd dig up his jackknife and whit
tie it out.
A wheel for the water to turn by the
dam
We'd builded together-me. Charley
and Sam:
A popgun, a squirtgun; a sassafras
bow
A thing that came every springtime
you know.
A dart for orr 'thrower;" an arrow
or top
old grandpa could finish it up, every
pop!
We never lived long in the darkness
of doubt
He dug up his jackknife and Whitfield
it out.
Since then I've been bothered by nu-
merous things
The puzzles and tangles that grown
upness brings.
I've had to sit down by my poor little
self
And figure the source of my next
There's been no old oracle sauntering
round
In whom a solution could always be
found.
And I've fervently wished that grand
pa was about
To dig UP his jackknife and whittle
ii out.
strickland Gillian in Indianapo-
lis Star.
WITH his customary courtesy and
attention to detail old Wilbur GOrsuch
has favored us with a picture card
from Daytona, Fla, showing the en-
trance to the south bridge and the
city hall. Each is numbered so that
we may not fall into the error of mis-
taking one for the other and listed on
the message side. In the distance IS
the city lookup. also numbered. From
force Of habit, contracted while chief
of police Of South Bend, we presume
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
THE GLAMOR or DISTANCE.


Distance lends enchantment' No
proverb is truer in real life than this
sententious saying which packs into
three words a whole philosophy of
business.
To some people the fact that an ar
ticle of goods was made in England,
Paris or elsewhere. is prima facie evil
dence that it is better. If they stop
ped to think about it they ought to
know that the United States. whatever
its political and social faults, is &C
knowledged as supreme in material
achievement.
our compatriots build the best
bridges provide the most convenient
railroad travel. and the most COM
Portable homes. The chances are at
least more than even that the output
of their mills is better adapted TO
meet home needs than those of some
distant foreign producer.
Similarly. there are good many
people who feel an instructive preju-
dice against articles bought in their
home town Something secured in
some distant store looks better to
them-until they actually test its
qualities.
Yet if this feeling is analyzed it is
seen 80 be about as we'll founded as
the fancied superiority of foreign
goods. The home store does smaller
business than some distant depart
ment emporium. 1T loses fraction
of costs there. But il more than
makes up by cheaper rents. Then
there is the fact that the larger
business center is, the more it costs TO
run a store there. Almost every item
in the expense account Is at higher
rate. All this is charged TO the Gus
toner.
For such reasons a well-advertised
home store is about as efficient a ma
chine for serving the public as you
can get. The buyer for stores the size
of ours is close enough to the counter
so that ne makes very few mistakes
Fort Wayne JOurnal-Gazette.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
TAF,PS POOR OPINION OF SELF.
GOVERNMENT.

The total depravity of human aSpi-
ration and the hopeless irresponsible
ity of the aggregate of American citi-
Taft's discussion of 1.-The Future of
the Republican Party, in the current
Saturday Evening Post. 1t is an ar
ticle in Mr.. Tafts best vein; cold and
shrewdly intellectual in its mood;
lacking warm sympathy and patron
izingly judicial; sternly uncompronis-
ing-and founded on the doctrine of
trusteeship for the people as dis
tinguished from the peoples direct
participation in their government.
Mr. Taft classifies himself among
those who believe Mr.. ROOseVeltS
new theories of government will Sc
riously impair that which we hold
essential to the maintenance of liberty
regulated by law" 1t is natural that
he should seek TO discredit progressive
leaders and the progressive doctrine,
and il is even eXcuSable that he should
consider the Chicago nomination
legally made. The nominee of the
republican party in 1912 deserves
what solace he can gain from these
views and from his own speculation
on the realignment of parties that
gave Mr.. Roosevelt more votes than
he received. \ survey of split milk
carries a singular comfort TO the
spiller despite the fact that he blind
~ refuses to detect his own culpa-
bility.
1t is necessary to cite only a few OF
the typically Taftian views to have a
birdseye glimpse of his present reas-
oning:
The new forms of government pro-
pOsed-Or, rather, the old forms, for
they are forms that have proved I'M
successful in history-are not any
more likely TO prevent abuses. be-
cause they require three times as
much political activity from the peo-
pie as does the representative sys-
tenn
Now. speaking OF the recall of
judges and of judicial decisions, he
betrays the spirit of PROFESSIONALISM
rulerShip, the distrust OF the people
OF the republic that has brought his
party from high estate:
1T would leave TO an irresponsible
and necessarily uniformed majority,
or in most cases a minority plurality
of the electorate. a question that IT
would be prone 10 decide in accord
ance with its own interest and to
crafty its own desires"
u would be irritating TO those who
maintain the guardianship theory OF
government in this republic 10 see
tivity from the people. Mr.. Taft and
his associates have left no doubt OF
their attitude toward the frrespon-
sible and necessarily uninfOrmed ma
jority" This TO be sure. is the re
dictionary attitude on all questions OF
popular participation IN government;
IL is not a statement that ought to be
confined 10 the judiciary question
alone The Taft administration sufh-
GENTLY proved It's contempt for the
mandate OF the people.
Mr.. Taft comedies the impossibility
OF a union between progressives and
republicans on any save a conserva-
tive basis. He draws the differentia-
ton even more acutely when he ban
ishes with a broad sweep the whole
industrial and social program that
gives vitality 10 the progressive faith.
With one stroke OF the pen he de-
clares that '0fiice Is not essential 10
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

ANOTHER POLITICAL TRAGEDY.
There have been many tragedies in
New York politics. the theater OF
events which frequently have a ma
tion-wide significance. but none has
been more thrilling or pathetic than
that which cost State Treas John J.
Kennedy his life It reveals with
startling distinctness the dishonesty
and moral degradation 20 which men
descend TO accomplish their sordid
ends.
A. treasurer or the state OF New
York Kennedy had large sums OF
money at his disposal. and the dis
tribution OF these funds was a part Of
the patronage controlled By his Of
fee. 1t supplied a means OF com
pensatiEg those 20 whom he was pO-
liticany indebted The distributions
we're therefore made not with a spe-
cial view to convenience, safety and
fairness but for the benefit of those
IN control OF state politics.
The money paid into the treasury
by the taxpayers OF the state was vir-
tually appropriated and used by indi-
viduals for their private purposes.
New York politicians and the financial
interests behind them were the bene-
nciaries. The graft inquiry started by
Dist. Atty. Whitman developed this
fact. and 1t was contrary to state
ments made by State Treas. Kennedy
before the grand jury.
The perjured treasurer faced the
exposure Of his duplicity and the ne
cessity Of naming the men he had
favored. My GOd"' he cried "do
they want a mans very sCul?" They
did. They insisted that Kennedy
should turn his soul inside out and ex-
pose it's blackness. He did not have
the courage to face the ordeal. He
killed himself
This does not prevent the whole
truth coming out. 1t merely adds
one more name to the list of those
whose honor and lives have paid the
penalty OF their corruption. Ken
nedy's accounts were correct He
probably considered himself an honest
man. but he consented or was forced
10 conform 10 a system OF politics
which has become a stencil in the nos
frfls OF the Dublic
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

Commissioner General Camnetu OF
the bureau OF immigration calls atten-
ton in his frs- annual report 10 an
iusidious custom which threatens in a
large measure To defeat the govern
ment's precautions against Asiatic
immigration
The custom referred 10 is that OF
marriage by proxy and the injection
into the labor problem OF the United
States OF new and dangerous ele-
IS recognized as legal The arrange
msnts are conducted by agents who
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
BRALEYS ROHM TODM
JUSTICE.

q Fabie)
The Bandit ravaged through the land
And left his mark on every hand
For desolation lined the path
Which he had made in greed and wrath;
He looted pilaged. far and wide.
The sweet and smiling countryside:
lie spoiled and wasted like a flame
And people trembled at his name;
His glutton cravings TO allay
He did not hesitate 10 Stay,
Not bravely. in fair open fight
But meanly, foully in the night,
At last the people rose in ire
And traied him through muck and nlIre
BY stream anG co pse- BY Hill and dale.
They followed gri mly on his trail
Until that final IN oment when
They had him cor nered in mis- den
They brought him forth with choking smoke
Yet, as he stumbl ed out he spoke
And said. by all the rules / swear
This sort of treatment isn't fair,
You show no just respect for me
Nor Tor this cave, my property;
You are not acting as YOU should
But some one shot him where he stood.
he may be right the men agreed;
Perhaps we did not give due heed
To all the rules and all the laws
But he'd no right to howl, because
He plundered a ruthless plan
And broke each law of God and man:
Ills hands with blood and gore were red:
We reckon he is better dead"
G wonder If the trusts and such
Which have us strongly in their clutch
Might, by some distant chance. be able
TO see the moral of this fable)
-BERTON BRALEN-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
SOUTH BEND. INDIANA. FEBRUARY IL. 1914

are given "A fee for their services and
the Jap in America is made acquaint-
ed with his bride by photograph. This
picture also serves TO identify her
when she arrives.
BY this means a large number OF
women OF the working class are
brought into the United States and
thrown into competition with Ameri-
can working women. But that is not
the most Objectionable feature Of these
marriages by proxy. The offspring OF
these unions are American citizens by
virtue Of being horn On American
soil. although their parents are not
eligible to naturalization.
II permitted TO continue the prac-
tice a large population of native citi-
zens OF Asiatic descent will be bull:
up and what is regarded as the vel
low peril" will gain foothold on
American soil which cannot be denied
all the rights Of citizenship and yet
cannot be relied upon to be Loyalty
American.
Commissioner Caminetti does not
believe that such marriages are
binding upon the United States nor
that this country is bound by any
treaty agreement to recognize them,
and urges that action be taken to
abolish the practice. Doubtless il
would result in another "misunder-
standing" with Japan, but that is of
trifiing Importance with the possible
consequences OF permitting the i'm
portation of Japanese wives to con-
finun
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

That master of dope. John Callan
O'Laughlin. declares there is serious
opposition in the senate to Pres. Will
sons free tolls policy. but makes the
mistake of trying TO prove it by
poll. His figures show So for repeal,
81 against repeal and doubtful IA. In
these IA doubtful ones the dopester
falls down. When they get the mes
sages from home they are waiting for
there Will be nothing TO il.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

our party's existence, and in an
other, unhappily, he recants all that
magnanimous virtue with his sugges-
ton that the new tariff and the new
currency measure may bring hard
times.
Then. incidentally. he says-and
this is about Mr.. Wilson, whom he
surveys with mingled respect and
skepticism-that when a policy has
been pledged the party should carry
it out" Truly so; but not on a shut
ter, as in recent memory.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

san Francisco theater manager
objects TO the Chicago opera company
coming 10 his city with a depleted
chorus and ballet. His contract calls
Ter the whole thing 'and he proposes
TO have it or get Campanini's scalp.
The original company" gag does not
go down with him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
THE MELTING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US
K POTLUCK WITH US.

our correspondent spends mosV of his
time there.
How Those Fishermen Love Work.
LAKE WAWASEE, Ind, Feb. 10.-
Wawasee lake. like the grounding, is
sleeping peacefully under the blanket
of snow and ice. Would that we poor
mortals shivering along the shore and
having 10 rustic coal and wood this
zero weather might do likewise:
RAGNAR OMFUELDT. whose
name sounds like the runners OF a
sleigh cutting through to the gravel.
is holder OF the champion ski title
this year.
FINDING the links snow lined and
ice bound old II. W. +. has returned
from New York.
February Musings
Lafayette Journal.l
The old fashioned bucket is much in
disfavor
Since science has found all its mi
crObes and germs;
Its undiscovered beauty is viewed
with suspicion
But many a new fashioned drinker
affirms
That gladly he'd trudge through the
SleeL and the SnOW-tOIm
To quench at the old-fashioned
bucket his thirst
He'd rather risk microbes and germs
and bacilh
Than swim for his life when the
N. P. Jones.
IT is barely possible. of course, that
in establishing the custom of marry
ing by proxy the Japs in America had
conceived the idea that we are not
sticklers for matrimonial form.
THE coal scuttIe shuttle" isn't a
bad description Of the Milo SLOUGH, "
but the roller skate glide is little
clearer
YeaTning For Place
(Antwerp, O.. Cor. TT. Wayne Jour
nal-GaZette.)
The government engineers, who
have the survey of the barge canal
from Toledo to Chicago in hand, have
been through THIS place. This canal
passes furnist our little burg, and we
may yet live to see and hear the toot
of the steam tugs that will scurry
along it's bosom. towing merchandise
to and fro. If we do, won't we swell
up? AS it will put US on the map for
sure.
WE are not impressed with the ad-
visibility of investing in corporation
to insure men against the loss of their
Jobs We would be afraid too many
policy holders might lie down on 1t.
GIRLS Of today are not a bit sillier
than the girls who lived in years long
gone by.-Toledo Blade.
No. the limit was reached long ago.
RECURRING to the recent fire in
ST. Joe which burned a block for lack
of water to eXtinguish it with, we
were wondering why they didn't use
the lake, when it occurred 10 US they
are saving that for the summer eXcur-
sion business.
WHAT has become of the old fash
Toned coal we saved in December and
January?
VOICE from the rear seat: You
ought 10 know.
you shoveled it."
c. y. F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
THROUGH THE YEAR WITH
IONGE'EIIOW

What we call miracles and Won
ders OF art are not so To- him who
created them: for they were Gre
ated by the natural movements Of
his own great soul. Statues. paint
iESs, churches, poems, are but
shadows OF himself: shadows in
marble. cOiors, stone, words.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
OBVIOUS.

Miss Caustic-Your friend Smythe,
brags that he is self-made man.
You never hear a self-made woman
boasting about it.
Mr. Critic-No. They like every
one 70 think it's natural.-Judge.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
ONE EXCEPTION.

Harold-A man with winning ways
is always an agreeable companion.
Jerald-Yes. until you get in q
poker game with him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
STA ESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
BY FRED @. KELLY.

WASHINGTON. - Rep. Percy Ed
wards Quin, Of Mississippi, once spent
summer distributing copies of q
child's edition of the Bible
But he was not prompted To do this
through religious fervor-even though
he sets forth in his official biography
that he is a Baptist son of a Baptist
minister.
Quin frankly needed the money and
he exchanged child's Bibles for pieces
OF silver. The consequences of those
sales were far reaching. but he visit
not OF that at the time. Little did he
know that those Bibles would place
him in the halls of congress. All he
thought OF them was merely the sor-
did dollars involved. He had been
trying to get through college on a
basis distressingly free from vulgar
wealth. Throughout his first two
years he was obliged to wash his own
clothes and hadn't even a jeweler fra
ternity pin to call his own. 1t was no
fun-or at least not much fun-and
when the representative OF a publish
ing house came along talking of the
great riches to be derived from selling
books, Quin hardened unto the siren
call Of money.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

The Chinese government has gone
into partnership with the Standard
oil company in the oil business. The
company is 10 have concessions for
railroads and pipelines and the gov
eminent Is to own forty-fiye per cent
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
ALL OLD ONES.

There is nothing new under the
sun. All the good excuses have already
been made.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

Of the stock. The arrangement will
result in revolutionizing more than
the oil business in China
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17
NOT ALWAYS

Some people seem 10 have an idea
that happiness, success and dollars
are synonymous terms
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-17

LO\DO\-Babies here are being
supplied with milk sterilized by cleo
tvicity. the microbes being killed by
electric shocks.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-04-10
PRINTING
LOOKS FOR ADJOURNMENT.
The Governor Believes the Legislature
Will Complete its Work Before
the End of the Week.

AS the result of his meeting with
the members Of his Legislature James
F. Fielder, the Governor said he felt
confident the Legislature would adj
journ sine die. The Governor said: Il
am informed that the appropriations
committee has it's work so far ad-
Vanced that there will be nothing to
prevent the dissolution Of the Legisla-
ture this week. The appropriations
committee of the Legislature finished
its work with the exception Of a few
minor details after an all nights ses-
sion. The task of arranging the ap-
preparation measures, in view of the
deficit which the State faces, has been
a ~stupendous one. The committee
since the first day Of the session has
been working almost continuously on
the bills. Senator Hennessey, the
chairman, said that the regular appro-
priation bill would be slightly in ex-
cess of that last year, which the On
mittee expected, even with tne pairing
in appropriations. The supplemental
bill will be much smaller, and it is on
this bill that a large saving is expect
ed. When questioned about the ap-
pointment Of the former Errors Judge
John j. Treacy, of Jersey City, to the
Public Utilities Commission to sue
coed Winthrop Moore Daniels, who
has been appointed Interstate Com
merce Commissioner, Governor Field
er said: Il would not be surprised
to find Mr.. Daniels resignation on
my desk. AS soo as l get that
resignation Nj. Treacey's name will
be sent to the Senate for confrma-
ton.