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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
Will SON AND SULLIVAN.

President Wilson's statement yes
terday that Postmaster General Burle-
son, in his recent speech at Peoria.
voiced the executives views when he
said that Mr.. Wilson desired the cleo
ton OF Roger Sullivan as senator from
Illinois should set at rest all doubts
as to the administration attitude on
this head. Mr.. Sullivan obtained HIS
nomination through the voice of the
people as expressed at the primaries,
standing then as he stands now. on
his pledge TO support President Wilson
in all his undertakings. Therefore, IL
is only reasonable to expect that all
voters who wish to show approval of
the great work the president has done
and to uphold his program for the
future will support Mr.. Sullivan as
the only Illinois senatorial candidate
who is pledged to stand back of the
policies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
IT'S UP TO YOU.

Voters VINO are in doubt as to wheth-
er TO support the bond issue for a new
county jail next Tuesday have this to
consider:
Nobody who ever made an inspec-
ton OF the present structure has had
the nerve to assert afterward that It
was a fit place for swine to live, let
alone human beings
Everybody who has visited the Jail
in the last 20 years or more has de-
clared that IL was a shame and a dis
grace that the county tolerated such
a habitation for the involuntary occu-
pancy OF the weak and unfortunate be-
ings who happened TO wander across
the line laid down by the law. II en-
courages the spread OF crime and dis
case. defeating the very purpose for
which jails are supposed to be erected.
II the old jail continues to exist
more than a year from the date OF the
coming election Il will be YOUR fault,
Nr. Voter. and no ones else.
You cannot plead financial reasons.
for the cost will be insignificant to
each Individual taxpayer.
You can only plead perverseness or
neglect and are you willing to do
that?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
TAvENNER GETS RESULTS.

Congressman Tavenner's way OF do
ing things for his constituents was
well illustrated by the results he OBJ
tanned in securing permission for en-
ployes OF Rock Island arsenal to have
sufficient time TO cast their votes next
Tuesday. The matter was brought up
nrst a week ago in a democratic COM
mittee meeting by ]. W. Cavanaugh
and yesterday afternoon a message
was received from Washington stating
that a reasonable period would be
granted all employees without loss of
pay OF time being taken from their
annual vacation period This Is the
hrst time that this has been done.
When Mr.. Tavenner arrived in the
city Wednesday he was acquainted
with the situation and at once wired to
the secretary of war in regard to the
matter. He pointed out that the laws
Of Illinois and Iowa gave employees of
all private concerns time TO vote and
urged that the government respect
theze enactmenfs. Yesterday after
1ooa a message came from Actizg Sec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
Tavenner's Tribute to Labor

(From the Congressional Record.)
MR.. TAVENNER. Mr.. Speaker,
am one of the youngest members Of
congress, but there is one matter in
which do not yield to the oldest mem
Der, or to any member, and that is in
my respect for the man who labors and
| by the sweat of his brow supports the
old mother who loves him or the wife
and children who are dependent upon
/ him for their bread.
| With the single exception of life it.
quisite to civilization, for without labor
there could be no civilization. Without
labor the earth would be so barren it
would be uninhabitable.
But, Notwithstanding the fact that
all the progress of the human race and
all the grandeur of civilization have
been due to labor, labor in every cline
and in every age has been the poorest
paid and the least respected.
When the curtain rose on the first
dawn of civilization it revealed labor
in the chains of slavery. Historians
tell us that practically all the ancient
governments practiced slavery in some
form, and it was declared that its origin
was divine, the classes usurping to
themselves the right to exploit labor
to the end that the few might live in
idleness and luxury at the expense of
the toiling masses. For countless
years labor was held subjected, with
out even the rights of marriage and
property and without legal and politi-
cal rights. For centuries the laborer
slaves were told they were on a level
with the beasts of burden, and should
be content to serve their lords and
without complaint.
Beginning in this condition, labor
has been working it's way up, up. up, !!
toward the mountain tops of equality. |
for 5000 years and more. The cause !
Of labor received its greatest stimulus |
with the proclamation that man was !
made in the image of God, which |
blasted forever the blasphemous teach
ing of those who were exploiting man
that he was on a level with the beast
Of the field and had no soul.
Labor has ever made Roadway on
is oppressors, though for centuries its
progress was so slow as to be almost
of PERCEPTION. In the last
century labor has come faster and
made more progress than in any 1000 {
ears of history. 1t is going to keep
IN climbing the mountain until II j
caches the very summit.
/ will not say. because it simply is |
lot true. that labor has enough friends
n the American congress today to :
btain for IL all the reforms that 1t
eserves and that are some day COM
ng to it. II is absolutely true. how
yer. that the present congress has
iore sincere friends of labor enrolled
mong its membership than any pre-
eding congress in the history of the ,
ati~l has ever had; and the tribe is
lcreasing. Labor has received ar
lie hands of the present congress Leg !
lation which 10 years ago would have
cen. and was. absolutely impossible.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
THE CoNVCTs PROBLEM

The current issue of the joliet
Prison Post, which is printed by the
men serving in the state penitentiary
opens a discussion of the question as
to whether a discharged prisoner
can make an honest living and invites
discussion by prisoners, holding that,
since the world at large has failed
to solve the problem the ones most
directly affected are entitled to have
their views considered.
This question. says the Post, is of
vital importance to the man who has
served time. but it is also of great in
terest to the community in which he
is TO take up his abode. We do not
pretend that all men who leave prison
would acquire a living by honest labor
II they could do so. but we insist that
the safety of life and property will
be greatly enhanced when those men
who leave prisons determined to live
within the law shall have a better OPP
portunity than they now have.
II IS frequently found hard by men
who have no prison record to earn
an honest living; how then about men
who have to lie about their past
lives in order to get an opening or
who go to work. under the handicap
OF having II known that they have
served time?
We do not invite sentimentality to
enter into the consideration OF this
question. We submit # on the ground
OF expediency, pure and simple. We
are not dealing with a theory. It is
q fact that every state turns loose each
year thousands of prisoners who have
finished their terms. These men were
sent TO prison because they had failed
TO comply with the requirements of
present day civilization and they are
being returned to society
to comply with its demands.
The right of initiative has been TAX
en- from the prisoner during the per
Tod OF his Incarceration; the state
has taken upon itself his guardianship
FOR the time being Does the state |
during this period OF guardianship use
It's opportunity to the full extent to |
NJ the man for his reentry into So
,iety? Does society protect itself as |
fully as II can, by present day prison /
methods?
We are not urging sympathy for
prisoners or ex-prisoners; we are not
excuses or urging any advan-
age for them
We are submitting the matter only
rom a point of socicty's protection
of itself. knowing that this includes
he interests OF all prisoners who in
tend TO become good citizens
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
PAYING FARM AGENT.

1t turns out that the work of the
county farm agent, prosecuted so sue
cessfully in Clinton county. Iowa, has
been paid for almost entirely by the
Clinton Chamber of Commerce, which
has now served notice that If the farm
ers do not come forward with at least
so per cent of the outlay support will
be withdrawn.
Perhaps we might have an agent in
Rock Island county If the Rock Island,
Moline and East Moline commercial
organizations would pay the bills.
And perhaps. also, 1t would be a
good investment. at least till the work
is well under way, when the farmers,
it is reasonable to suppose. will be
willing to take the main part Of the
burden upon their own shoulders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
The Daily Story
A Good Hearted Many Samuel E. Brant
Copyrighted 1914. by Literary Bureau

| debts against him had vro.u
large, a very pretty. nfceI, vefy
young woman came into the s,o.s s'Aea
asked If | had young man ~, sad
Tor me named Samuel Tolive, r.lns
her that had, but he mad fus, 'oid
dinner. Then she asked a n, y sVue %
tons about Sam, how he was eS ~. qOes-
all that Sam had Just stuck NJ a =
an additional amount of upco,I Ias lo'
debts, and was mad. told he s, y
he would get on well enonoS ., Hi4'
would obey orders, and ern,... ae
what he was doing for me. A7a
The young woman listened t,u,
finished, then asked me the ar,, asa
charged up against Sam. Ioo,.-, -As
the amount in the ledger and o.. =
to her. 1t was $3,47249. Wb.. j., =
she do but take out a pocke+ oh' VIC
book and write me a check for 4.
amount and accept an assignmen, =, !.
my claim against Sam!
You're to say nothing to Sam ss,..
this" she said, handing me the era. ,s'
Thank you, ma'am," | renl,ss
NUNS the word"
When Sam came back from d,rr..
the lady was gone. The next rnorn,,.
he didn't show up. I then Wonders
what the young lady wanted n hrr
my claim for and was very sorrv :,
had sold 1t to her without KNOWN.
Then it occurred to me that she m!gbt
be some one that Sam had fitted .,
something like that, and / fancied sbs
had come down on him for paymen,
and driven him out of town.
Just as l was shutting up Sam cana
in in fine spirits, saying that he had re.
ceived letter from the east notifying
him that somebody had died and lett
him some money. He asked me what
was the amount of the bad debts that
were charged up against him and. when
1 told him, gave me a draft on the at.
torneys for the amount Before |
thought Of my promise to the young
woman 1 told him that the indebted.
ness had been paid that morning.
1 expected him to look pleased, but
instead he looked puzzled. He asked
me to show him the check / had re-
ceived, and when he saw the signature
he looked up at me like schoolboy
whose sweetheart had done his sums
for him unknown to him.
All Sam told me then was that the
young woman was an old fame of his;
hen he went out to find her. The next
lay he came into the store with her
md told me they had been married. It
vas the girl who had come into for.
une, and, since she couldn't enjoy It
Without Sam, she had hunted him up.
was obliged to part with my tender
hearted clerk, having, after all. been
tuck only with the baskets he had
,ought. I saved money by his going.
tut all the shiftless and unfortunate
,ersons in town have lost their best
riend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30

the necessity OF paying excessive
prices to the armor ring. the ammuni-
ton ring and the powder and ship
building trusts. BY not following out
the recommendations OF the secretary
or the navy the committee left the
government at the mercy OF these pri-
vate manufacturers. just as II has been
for a quarter OF a century.
Here is the policy recommended by
the secretary OF the navy as contain
ed In his annual report, which the COM
mittee ignored:
Made by the Department.
THE time has come when the de-
partment should be freed from excess
sive prices charged by private manu-
facturers OF armor plate, guns and gun
forgings. powder. torpedoes, and other
supplies and munitions. Most of these
necessaries for the navy are made by
a very few manufacturers, and the
prices charged are SO much too high
that l earnestly recommend that APP
preparations be made for an armor
plate factory and an increase in the
gun factory. the powder factory. and
AAt lOlptuO "
make part of the powder used has eff
fected some reduction, but the de-
partment is forced to buy too large
a quantity from the powder trust at
an eXorbitant price. 1t has been DEM
onstrated that the department can
save money by making it's powder,
guns and torpedoes. 1t is not open to
doubt that it can save larger sums
when It can make its own armor plate
and gun forgings.'
Evidence That Secretary Daniels is
Not Dominated by Armor Ring.
1 desire particularly to call atten- !
ton to the strong arguments of Sec !
rotary of Navy Daniels in support of /
his recommendation for a government !
armor plant, as set forth in his annual |
report dated Dec. 1, 1913:
Importance of Armor Plate Factory. !
81 desire to recommend the passage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30

The very atmosphere in the halls OF
congress, with respect to labor legis-
lation, has undergone a most remark
able change, and it is going to change
still more. AS late as few years ago
member of congress could not ap
proach the dignity of being considered
statesman unless he spoke for capf
tai only; to plead the cause OF labor
was to relegate himself to the class OF
only a second or third degree states
man. Indeed, this feeling has not yeI
completely passed from these national
legislative chambers, but it is passing.
1t is inevitable that the feeling tnaI
property rights are superior to human
rights must pass, and the passing Is
merely an incident in the march OF
human progress.
The curtain is descending on the era
of greed, and in arising is revealing the
beginning of an era of humanity anu
the brotherhood of man. The Gay
when a member of congress need apoF
ogize for espousing the cause OF LABOR
is gone, and gone forever. Let IL pe
realized, once and for all, that the
men who toll and their families are
not slaves, as the ancient slave mas
ters pretended, but that they are dh
Gods children, made in His image
and if one would be blessed IN tiii'
world let him use his abilities anu W,
portunities, however small they NC.
be, for the uplift of the masses Oh the
people.
Any representative in congress ~nV
msgines he may degrade his states
by rising in his place 10 cas-
a vote in the interest of labor, even
though he may stand alone, is WY
fully mistaken, because the man WY
espouses the cause OF iaoo.'
in however humble capacity
serving the noblest cause IN wiz
nan can invest his energy. The eduss
IF labor is the cause of men, wonls
md children, and if there is any eaus
IN earth more noble. more worthy -
more divine than that of men, "oHnS-
md children, pause for those ""0
disagree to tell us what it is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
Copyrighted. 1914. D

When Sam Toliver came out west
he was much run down. / took him
into my store more from sympathy
than anything else. paid him small
salary. He was a good enough work
err, a popular salesman and always
attentive to business. But II wasn't
long before / saw that Sam wouldn't
get on in my service any more than
in his own. He had a failing-a heart
that was altogether too tender.
He didn't spend any more on him.
self than he should. but ne spent a
good deal more on other persons. All
any one had to do was to tell him a
tale of woe, and down would go his
hand into his pocket, and out would
come any funds there might be at the
bottom of it. One day on returning
from an absence 1 found several dozens
of baskets on the floor Of the store. 1
asked Sam where they had come from,
and he said that peddler had come
along and offered him the lot so cheap
that he didn't dare to refuse to buy
them for fear l would turn him away
for a fool.
He had paid more than they were
worth, and 1 knew l was stuck with
them. 1 wouldn't have minded the
transaction if 1 had had room for the
bulky baskets. / learned afterward
and bull story about a sick wife and
seven small children with nothing to
eat in the house.
/ suppose l must be a trif1e weak
kneed myself in such matters for not
getting rid of Sam at once. Fact is he
was such a good natured, lovable chap
l couldn't. But the basket purchase
was not the worst of it. ! would shut
off such persons as couldn't pay for
their goods, but 1 couldn't shut off
Sam when they came in with pitiful
tales of needing a pound of sugar or
coffee, dozen candles and many other
articles from trusting them for the
goods. Finally l made list of persons
on no account to be trusted and hung
it up in the office, telling Sam that if
he gave any one of them credit the |
should be charged up against |
him and deducted from his salary.
Nevertheless, despite the list and the
% those on the blacklist. When a wo-
nan couldn't move him in any other
way she would bring in a hungry look
ng child or two. This was sure to
,reak the thin shell about his heart.
t wasn't long before these accounts
amounted to more than would pay my
Jerks salary for a year. At the end
# the first month his salary was bal
need by bad debts he had made.
old him on his promise to do better
hat would let him off for 80 days
more, when, if he hadn't reformed, I
would surely deduct all outstanding
mounts from his pay. d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30
HEALTH TALK
William Brady,M.D.
Plain or Garden Itch.

Our grandparents had way OF call
/ ing things by their simple names. Our
modern climex lectularius, which has
/ not wings at all, was known in those
days as the bedbug. PuleX penetrans
went by the name of jigger.
Scabies, often dignified with the IT,
tie Cuban Itch, and sometimes com
placently ascribed TO impure blood or
uric acid, was generally yclept the
seven year itch in those days, because
of the scarcity of bath tubs.
The itch mite is barely visible to
the naked eye. but easily visible I'M
der a lens. He is about $50 of an
inch wide from claw to claw. has eight
legs, and bristles on his back. His
wife does all the homework. Having
settled in a new country, she stirs
about, finds a good place for home,
braces her hind feet, humps her back,
pierces the skin and bores hole. into
which she forces herself. She lays
some fifty eggs-each destined to be
a fine young parasite. The eggs hatch,
the young itch mites reach the sur
face of the skin-greatly aided by the
fnger-nails of the worried host-and.
after a brief period of courtship, set
W new DuiEOMS AOA NhthSSAfcS- Ahuo
liz the propagation of the race is not
ruthlessly interrupted. quite colony
will develop in the course of seven
years, more or less.
The itch OF The Itch is a cross be-
tween a scratchy sensation and a SEN
sation and a sensation of burning. II
IS always worse at night after you get |
nice and warm in bed. Favorite seats |
of operation are the front and insides |
of the wrists. between the fingers, the |
arm pits. the groin, and wherever one
is shy of soap and water.
The characteristic sign OF scabies
Is the little white line of the burrow,
wayy or curved, one-half inch or less
in length. more or less plowed up by
scratch marks and disguised by pos
tules or eszematous eruptions due to
The Treatment
The disease is conveyed by clothing,
towels. bedding, personal or toilet ar
-icles and direct contact. One case is
enough TO keep any family busy. Pre- 1
Eention consists in baking or boiling
every possible article which has been
n contact with the affected individual.
Parasiticides for application TO the
PATIENTS skin are best used in oint-
nents. Plain sulphur ointment Is one I
II the most effective remedies, pro- 7
Tided IL IA thoroughly rubbed into ev- I
Try bit OF involved skin after a COM q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30

Expatriated Americans who have
succeeded in getting back to the Unit
ed States from the Canadian north
west. driven by fear OF being pressed
into the army. are finding that Uncle
Sam expects them to go through the
same formula as other foreigners" in
renewing their citizenship. They are
entitled. at least, to a greater share OF
sympathy than the rich Americans who
have gone TO England to live and who
are having a great deal OF trouble ex-
planning their reluctance 10 do military
service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30

rotary OF War Henry S. Breckenridge
covering the ground as stated.
IL Is probable that this will be
permanent order. affecting all cleo
tons and primaries. Heretofore ar
senal employees have been "docked"
an hour IL FIVE minutes late and the
fact that they left early for their work
and did not return till after the polls
closed made it practically impossible
for many OF them to make use OF the
franchise
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-30

plete and vigorous hot soap and water
scrubbing. The scrubbing is esl
| sential TO soften the harden
! ed cuticle over the burrows
The parasiticide should be rubbed in
at night. and the patient should re-
tire well creased. Repeat the opera
tons, bath and all, for three nights.
Then another bath, complete change
of clothes and bed clothing, and rest.
If the applications have been thorough
ly made, the seven year itch ceases
right there in three days time.
Questions and Answers.
Miss III writes: ! am one of that
numerous class of unfortunates who
blush on no provocation. suffer tor
lures from this tendency. Is there any
way to overcome it? What causes
blushing?
Reply.
In very young persons self-consci-
BUSINESS is common cause of blush
ing. After we become older and hard
ened we forget how to blush But IL
we have unstable ductless glands. of if
we habitually endeavor to warehouse
excessive loads of toxins of any kind
we are liable to retain the ability to
blush. Blushing is a fault of your
vascomotor nervous system, and there
are many things which may disturb
vasomotor functions. Perhaps your in
take OF energy does not balance prop
erly with your expenditure of energy. |
Mrs. w. II. w. writes: Can Won
tell me where I can obtain authorita- |
tive data in support of animal expert |
as a benefit to the human |
race l desire this information for use
in a debate.
Reply.
send cents to American Medical
Association, $50 North Dearborn
street, Chicago. Ill, and request copies
Of pamphlets by DR.. w. w. Keen of
philadelphia (What vivisection Has
Done for the Human Race, and DIR.
w. b. Cannon of Boston (Animal Ex-
Fermentation and its Benefits to Man.
kind).
j. r. l.. inquiries: Is there any,
hing in worm medicine that will af-
ect the eyesight?
Reply
Male fern (aspidium felix mas) and ;
anotin, both frequently used I'm sec
ct worm medicines. are capable of ,
lnecting the sight. The former some.
lines causes blindness which may be
permanent. The latter makes every I
hing look yellow and in some cases {
lso causes blindness.