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The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
NEW york STOCK EXCHANGE

The .io~. saxxink movement of
the last fru dsys soatiausd d.fihx
tho ssosaisx. Transactions In the
first hour barely exceeded 1890"
.has-.s The fluctuations In oaly .
fe~ .ss~. -ssap-d fractional loanis
ii-afs .srixhs Ia make capital fson,
r-tasts af backward business tondi-
,ions aad extensive rrsrcuehmeal BY
railroads o.-A.ioasi sosesias stead.
led the list. si,hus,sh the tread ~s.
aa~a~asd. ~ aooa tho ieaa~fs
~-sc fructisasiiy uaars the oprnius
figures.
Honda ~~fv ss~sdy.
Prices srasi'asrd further d"~a'
GARD In the late stssssoos. --''
The market closrd heavy.
ih-sui'ory s~iiiaE affected sp~ciai
.iorks all through the finsi hour.
~ith .oH- ia.rvas~ "f pressure
toward the rad On iicadins and
Southern Pacific. i.ch,sh VALLEY met
with .om- .up.,oT; but It's r-.o,-ry
failed to check the downward trend
Of the balance Of the iisi.
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Mitchell. Mofsan ot i>piisiaaas Murs
say Of Mas1aohasss's. Mafray. osia-
b.usa. oi.-ary. O'shaaska-s@,. i'ai-
ten .. S-~ YORK. i'h-ian. Hasssial-.
iisi-g. sh-f-"s.i. H,.h-. Tsy'"f II
Arkansas. Ts3 t.r Of Colorado Th"as.
a.. Ind-s uai. Williams. winE" and
Fp-as - Ciarh-i.,ai So
Republicans -h. voted ior ,as ere,
Nials Iu.s'i"n ani 'h. aitiinissraa
,ian .-t-
I,srshoii,. iiso~n- Of Wisconsin,: :
Gardner os Massarhcus-sss. Mek-e'
ale. Madden. s,-sneEssa. stsS.s. 81
M~n-.s,a: :iss-u ut Massachusetts
total y.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

HOGS: Receipts 10000; market
dull. mostly &c under yesterdays av-
cragc: bulk OF sales SIS to s.6a.
light S.l5 to s.61,: mixed $40 TO
s.'o: heavy S.:j to s.s7,. rough
s.:a to $40: pigs 1.25 to $50.
Cattle: Receipts 1000. market
7.e5 to $50: western steers : TO s.
20: stockers and feeders $50 to s.
10: cows and hcifcrs $40 to $50:
calves q to 2.
Sheep: Receipts 10000: mlrkc,
steady: native 5.15 to ESQ; western
5.25 to go: ycariing~ s.i5 To 7.35:
lambs. native 7.1O so' SIS: western
Z to S.?5.
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KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK

Hogs Receipts S.iO". market
lower: bulk Of sai~s sac To $50
heavy $50 to SIS: packers aud
butcher. $50 to S.::. iishi s.:i t.
S.t.. pigs $50 To Sis.
Cattle. Receipts coo. market
steady: prime fed steers $50 to s.:a
drcs scd beef steers :.:a tn $50.
western steer. '.:a to so. southern
steers $50 to =. cows $50 10 $50
hciTcrs G..5 to SIS. siockcrs and
feeders $50 to S: bulls 81. to 80.
caivc. $50 to $50.
sheep: Receipts 5000. market
higher: lambs 80. to y: yc,r!ings
&. 80 to ..:o: ~-thcrs SIS to e..
eve. $50 To &.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
DENVER LIVESTOCK

Cattle: Receipts 25O. market
steady; beef steers 6 to $40: cows
and hcifcrs 5.25 to 1.S0: stockcrs
and feeders 6 to $50: calves to
II.
Hogs: Receipts $50: market weak;
top S.i5; bulk OF sales $40 TO $50.
Sheep: Receipts 400: market high
err. ycariings 9 to q. IS: wcthcrs 5.25
$50 to $50
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
10 TIE HOUSEWIFE

Madam. II yoar su.Sssd 10 like
most men h- experts sou To look at
ter ihs health of yourself saa CHI.
dr-a. Coughs asd cold. are the
moss common Of the minor aiimeals
aad arc most likely To lead to serious
diseases. \ child i. much more like.
~ Io contract dipshssiA or sasiss
fever when IL has . cold. II yoa will
inquiro inso the mssiss of the various
remedies ths. sfe recommended fot
e"ashs aud colds. ,oa ~iii fiad tasl
chambesisia's co-,sh Wrm.dy siaads
hish ia tho estimation OF pcupi~ Who
usr II. II IL pfoaps and efs~stuai.
pleasant aad safe To take. uhich arc
qualities especially to b. desired
~hes . medtciac l. ialrad-d for chill.
dfea. For sais By all d~aiers.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
NEW YORK METAL

i.-sd auie', 5,>s ,o s,,S. -
SS,~lles STEADY. s,.s Ia s.ss.
Copper s,saiF. standard. SPOT aud
MsY is:'s to is,ss,
Tih sl-saY sp1, ss,::. To ss...
May 1856 u $3.50.
Iron quiet, unrhsas-d
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
NEW YORK STOCK LIST

Last Sale: Amalgamated copper
752: American Sugar Refining s9s;
Atchison 96s; Reading 1864: South
ern Pacific "a: Union Pacific 1854:
u. S. Steel 63i: u. 8. Steel preferred
1924.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
BEST TREATMENT FOR COnyTI.
PATTON

My daughter used chamberlain =
Tablet. TOT constipation nth -sooi
results and Z can r.rumtarni them
hishiy. writes Paul u isahin. urI'sh-
~. Ia. For sale by all dealers.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
THE MONEY MARKET

N~~ York, March .s.-Csil iash-s
steady. ~ Z" Is-r e.h,.
Tim- loans --aA-f; 8" das = TO
>: >" ds5. g. to J. sis n,oaths J to
J! per .ra,,
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
RATES OF EXCHANGE

Nes foa5l. March :.s-Si"s-:
Prime m~s.sa,ss- paper y! 4. Z, p-r
.ras.
tar silver ~
Neatcsn dollars isl,
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
CHICAGO PROVISIONS

ia pro, i.iss. ih- iniia-as- of lib
.fAi receipts Of koss ~as ",-ss"ns
By the s,r-assh of grain, The mar
k-t after an -sss start b~ssm- hfn.
Cio~r: rpsk. May :.,si: July a.
s:.
Lard. May is.s:s July ics::.
Rii,s. Mar li.i.. July Ii.a:.
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THE MARKET
~ vvLL AssoclArED PREss "a
W DAILY RePoRTs "
ST. LOUIS METAL

~, Louis, NO-. March ...-i.-ad
lower. AT. to $50.
Speilrr duII. 5.i:s.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
NEW YORK COTTON

Coitoa3 sias quiet mis.iiiax Ia
80: gulf is5s- sales i.,:s bs!..g
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27


Wa.hinstoa. u. a.. Narvh 81
s's~~,d-as Nilsna ~o ssh1 first bat.
tic al hts fishs ,s s-I-si the i'aaa'
tina sanai tsii. .s-mpsioa soisy when
the house by . vote u go; io i's
s-fu,-,i tn -palisuS discussion ou
shc rule 10 limit In t~raS hour dis.
cu.sion debate ON the trirsi hill.
When the Panama tolls tixht va.
resumed In the house to-day the hat
tie lines ~rr- drawn is this man
n~rs
fifly-tis- minutes f-main-d for
debate oa the .S~iai rui. tn limit
discussion To t~cnly hours on the
sims bill lo REPEAL tn. exemption for
eoat.~isc .hip..
Chairman Henry Of the rules .u'n-
miiic-. leading that phss~ OF the
ttxh, for the administration forces.
va. ready al the conclusion of tn"
finy.fiy. minutes tn move the pre-
vious auc.tion. A parliamentary
n,an.u,sr To shut off debate on the
rule and for-c a vote. the first real
icst Of strength.
Opponents Of tho administration
prosram. strengthened by Speaker
Ciark's vigorous dcnunciation Of tn"
attempt at cioiiurc and renewed by
his declaration that he would vote
agsins, limiting debate. were pre-
pared to bring every resource Into
play To beat the previous question
and thus throw down the bars for
unlimited debate. not only on the
rule. but on the repeal bill itself
On thi. first tcst vote not only
tn. question of pressing the admin =
istra,ion measure through but also
the greater one Of opening u, to
amendment. for the rule proposed
that only one amendment may he
permitted to intervene.
The house dis,sscsi Of routine
business in less than ten minutes
and the rule to limit the Panama
tolls repeal debate to twenty hours
WAS taken nm.
Speaker Clark warned the floor
and galleries that IAN acrimon ious
and cxcitins- debate like this" would
call for pcrfssi order. He had some
difficulty in quicting the house. "
Representative Sherwood. Dcmoa
cra,. of Ohio,ss~as the first speaker.
Tic urged an. smcndmcnt TO disinnn-
tie the fortifScations OF the canal
and absolutely neutraliz. II.
The administration forces opened
their fight in twclvc-minutc
speech by Representative Adanison.
lie referred to the arguments In fav-
or OF the tolls exemption as "clap
trap. poppy cock and dclusion." The
Democratic platform pledge favoring
exemption. Representative Adam
son said, was written into the plat
form by "one Of the leading friends
of exemption"
The chairman of the revolutions
committee. he said, was busy watch-
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
Rssnasisahls Cafas.A Curs
That Csss Right into de
Affected Pa1ts and
Seops Caehesinss.

t' 10 assnit-iy kn.ss 'hs, ,siss.k eaa
b. sut-.e ~ ih. si-P1~ pss--ss .f ts.ss.
Istiaa ~ tle-i stih sstiss.tAi f~s.-at>s
that .ssS' iaasmnssssy .~-a.ii,i.ss skfpaxs.
ust tho sasc-1. iielsxs -s sil ,h- ~<sass
af Tho h--iy This ls d-as ~iSh th~ ssa,.-ss
ssifts saf~ Hfryto~s - &c " ts Utdrsy
ksoss. - \. II ,s tsAea ia'" she h,sra
lssi ss. aa,nr,ii, =. %. r,.-; sss'isAiae
fa--d u .p-sds i;s iaGp~es- owe ~tvry
es2na In The t-siy. thrcaHh all the wins
and ss'-st~s. ard ~oahlrs ali muss,ss srf.
fas~s Z" ~s,hsns- ihastatast"r, acid. sad
other Irritating snt,.iss,-> Zoe atsetsai ~i.a
;nen's this, .F-yfualiy .i.ses- The s,.iess
sud thus r,ii an .rd Z" all es'srrhss eoIiu
ttaa. \. y. r sIsAns cat the stssssash OF
mnc-as Accommodations. -nail-s "niy pure.
blood makirrx ms,~tisi. Z" -o'-r The in'~sl
tiuc>. combines With ,h~.- ford elements Ia
-u'~v the -irrpistins. sad In l~s. than an
hour is 81 .rt ihrcasa"u' the b-iy 10
tbs pVpsy>s Of pr'tncsti.u.
You .ill .r-on r-sits~ u. ~rnarrfui Ia:
aaeeee BY tho at.s-er- of h-sda,h- and
steadily impruv~y Rsssi ev,adiiboa.
ror special advie~ on any blood di~ass
write to th~ s~lfi ss~rtae Co. ga suift
R'dr:. Atlanta. Gs. IT, not d.lsy to xrt
= hc,'i- Of = frrm your drnsHi.i.
Ai~ay. insi.' that y"n saut =. =.
sud nothing -'s~ 1t~Ssrc Of all attrmpts
to sill ypu a .ubiitutc.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27
FIGHT ON CANAL
TOLLS IS RESUMED

sc.sssss.A ss.o ses, ~
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27

Wspss.~asstis- Fitzgerald aud ether
t~norssli. isadrs~ sol~d against the
n.sioa 10 su, oft debate. with the
adoption Of the resolution 'o siap de-.
bate o. III. rule. the srs' Iu-siinn
90. oa tho adoption "t the rule it,
ssas. and stasrssioa supporters
a~s- sssv of lss pssnakr.
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27

Oiri for general homework. Call
3i1 South Maple st. n
The chronicle=news., 1914-03-27

bright boy. willing to learn. as
apprentice In the printing trade.
Must have fair education. Call at
Chronicle y sws composing room.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11
NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS

Persons owning dogs in the city of
Pennington are hereby notified that
they must pay taxes on same on or
before October %, 1914, for all dogs
within the city upon which taxes have
not been paid by that date will be
taken up and placed in the city dog
pound and their owners will have to
pay extra charges upon them to get
them out, as provided for in ordi-
nance governing same.
VIM. MEYER, Marshal.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11
EIGHT FULL DAYS
And Four Nights Of Fun at the Mis-
souri, State Fair.

Recognizing the justice Of the de-
mand that the people be given more
time to see the Missouri State Fair,
the Directors have decided to keep
the gates open eight full days
this year beginning Saturday, Sep
TENDER &c, and ending Saturday, Octo-
Der 3. Four nights the grounds will
he open and the great pavilion alight,
and the kings and queens OF the
equine world will he seen at their
best
Friday, which, heretofore, has been
getaway day, will be the great Sad
die Horse Day--as full Of events
as Big Thursday.
Racing at the Fair this year will be
better than ever. And there will he
greater competition For instance,
in the 2:4O trot there are fifty en-
trants; in the 2.l7 trot forty-two;
in the 2:l4 trot twenty-five; in the
2:24 pace forty-nine; in the 2:09 pace
twenty-nine. and SO on. OF course
not all the entrants will start, but
there will be field full of every
race and excitement enough for any
body.
These racing events are well distri-
buted through the week, and not one
of the days will be Il dull day-even
Sunday being dedicated to great
musical feast by that greatest of pres
ent day bands, named for and directed
by Sgnor Ernesto NaLicllo.
Railroads have been kind to the
fair management and train service
into Sedalia and into the grounds
will be ample.
Hotels and private homes will take
care of all corners, and there will
be no excessive charges, no "goug-
ing"
For those who care to come TO
spend week, seeing the fair from
every angle at minimum expense,
camping grounds will be provided
within the Fair grounds enclosure
and no charge will be made.
Every indication points TO the
greatest of all Missouri Fairs and ev-
cry step will be taken to secure for
every visitor just what he or she
wants in the way of accommodations.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11
WISE

A man who lives in our town
Thought he was wondrous wise;
He jumped into a business,
But wouldn't advertise.
And when he found his business gone,
He tried a method sane;
He started in to advertise,
And got ii back again.
Salt Lake Herald Republican.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11
RHYMES ALONG THE ROAD
By Robertus Love
Unto the Least of These"

Unto the Least of These"
Ito James Kelley, publisher of the
Chicago Herald and author of the ad-
dress "To the Children of America"
urging them to prepare and send
Christmas gifts to tn children Of Eu-
rope orphaned and impoverished by
the war;
The Christ is risen! Lo, the Prince Of
Peace
Appears with olive garlands in His
Hands!
Enhaloed with irradiant love He
stands,
Weeping Gethsemanes for Wars sur
cease.
His "Inasmuch" He saith, to release
White doves of pity skimming seas
and sands,
Bearing compassion to the murdered
lands
Where Mars red dragon stains the
Golden Fleece.
AS We have done unto the least of
these,
So have We done to Me! All,
World, take heart!
Love is not dead, though stricken to
his knees!
Faith is not fallen, though by Moloch's
dart
Pierced; for in this our league of
Galilees,
Columbia, we upbear the Christlike
part.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11
DIARRHOEA QUICKLY CURED

"My attention was first called to
Chamberlain's Collie, Colera and Diarr-
hoea Remedy as much as twelve years
ago. At that time l seriously ill
with summer complaint. One dose of
this remedy checked the trouble"
writes Mrs. C. w. Florence, Rock
field, Ind. For sale by all dealers.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

You know Mrs Ernest c. Dodge
was a Layton, and her mother a
Pratte, daughter of the original
Pratte, one of the earliest settlers of
Ste. Genevieve, an old French town
down in Southeast Missouri. So you
see, the girls love and devotion for
France, imbued them with the laudi-
bic desire to visit the workroom of
the Red Cross Society in Paris, and
there from morn till night stitch away
as did that other woman in the sad
"song of the shirt"
The work was not very difficult,
the girls tell me, for each garment
was cut out and ali pieces properly
put together All Odil and PHYLLIS
did was to run up the seams. The
finished garment did not even boast
Of collar, the neck being finished
by straight neck band.
Not that Odi would have expert
cnccd any trouble putting on a pcsky
collar. Let me tell you she is one
good needle woman, her mother saw
to that, and the good ladies of Mary
vile, where Odil was graduated last
June, demand that every girl who
goes forth from the convent walls be
past master Of the art of making a
buttonholc and darning credible
hole in the heel Of stocking.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

In America there are said to be
two persons outside the church for
every member in the church. In
heather lands there are $4,000 times
rs many who are not Christians. The
Christian churches of America are
responsible for six hundred million.
Statistics show that one out of cv-
cry 500 churches in America goes as
foreign missionary. If every con-
gregation would send one missionary
the number would be greatly increas-
ed The average membership OF all
the churches in America is far less
than 800.
In many an African Christian house
hold it is now the custom, when the
food for the day is being prepared,
to set aside a handful as the Offering
for the day to God. In due time
this is turned into money and used
for Gods work, But first, on an APP
pointed Sunday, it is brought to
church in prayer room and offered
with prayer during the service. There
are now two districts IN British and
five in German East Africa where
teachers and their houses are supplied
and maintained by this fund, and the
movement is spreading.
A missionary in India tells Of a
visit he made to the sacred river
Ganges. There he saw the people
throwing out tiny lights on the wa
ter-little boats of straw, each with
bit of taper on it. These little
boats went floating away over the
dark waters, presenting a beautiful
appearance. He asked one of the
Hindu priests to tell him the meaning
of the strange but picturesque ccre-
mony.
The priest replied: "Thsc lights
are for the souls going out into n
dark country some day. They have
no light and we are hoping that these
lights we are sending away will help
to dispel the darkness" The priest
was himself attending a little light,
and he thus explained his reason for
doing so: 81 hope that by giving at
tention to this light now when my
turn comes to go out into the dark
country too may have some light"
To us has been given the knowledge
of Him who is the light of the world.
Are we not called by Him to share
that knowledge with the people who
sit in darkness, but who are reaching
out feebiy and blindly for the Light?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11
FROM MANY LANDS
(By Jennie lIunD

From the Baptist Missionary train
ing school in Chicago, the first of its
kind in the world have gone out more
than 200 graduates into mary lands
of Christian activity, until in their
respective stations they, like Puck
put a girdlc round ;he world"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

A well-known missionary says that
in all Japan there are more than TO-
600 people to every Christian worker,
including every Sunday school teacher.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

Bet your life time does fly" says
Johnny Jones, "why it seems but yes
terday to me that Ernest c. Dodge
broke up a congenial little euchrc
club ! belonged to down in the class
ic swamps Of Carondelet and got all
the feminine members as mad as wet
hens with him.
I'VE had been having n royal good
time all winter meeting around at the
girls houses and playing social
game followed by eats. Along to-
ward spring Earnest ups and hands
in his resignation, remarking soto
voice, time for me to get out; have
won the first prize
Every blessed daughter of Eve
picked up her ears to make sure she
heard Alright, and being satisfied her
ears did not deceive her, simply glared
at Earnst. For every member knew
full well Earnest referred to Odil lay
ton, who soon afterwards was priv
LEGGED by authority of law and min
lister to sign her name Mrs. Earnest
c. Dodge.-Betty Boyd, in st. Louis
Republic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

For prompt and neat job work,
call the Times.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

Mr.. Morgcnthau, the American
ambassador to Turkey. has lately
made Sky weeks tour of inspection
of mission stations and colleges in
Turkey No other ambassador to that
country. it is said, has ever made this
study Of missionary work in Turkey.
Mr. Morgcnthau is a jew.
Rev. Otto Lcibner, a converted jew.
sailed recently from New York for
Peru. Burma, where he goes as a mis-
sionary under the Methodist Epis-
pal board OF foreign missions. He is
graduate Of the Bible teachers
training school Of New York Ten
years ago he was converted in Hadley
Rescue hall, and he is the first con-
vert Of that famous mission to go TO
the foreign field.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

Though the pubic schools in the
Philippines" says Rev. NJ, A. Reader
Of a mission at Manila, "wcre start
cd under the American plan, they
have been completely changed. Each
boy or girl pupil is now required to
learn n trade" One father asked per-
mission to send servant to the
school to do the manual work required
declaring that his son could learn
equally well by observation. This re-
quest, of course, was not granted.
The boy son joined his mates at their
manual tasks and became an cnthusi-
astic workman. american baseball"
added Mr.. RAIDER, "has also had a
marked influence for good upon the
Filipino boys"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-09-11

Two hundred missionaries from
home and foreign fields are expected
to attend the sixth annual medical
missionary conference to he held at
Battle Creek, Mich, November 1920
Bishop +. r. Hendrix will preside at
this conference.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-04
ALL PAY TRIBUTE. Z, r
EFii'lI5llIGlSL.. sGolE:' Eff THA.Ls K
Awarded Medal at Annual yBah.
auet of N. C. S. So.
!. ciety.
t,sr5-----
, (By Associated Press.)

Washington, Mar. Washington
tonight paid tribute to Col. George
Washington GoethaIs. builder OF the
Panama canal. The occasion was the
annual banquet or the National Geo
graphic Society. with Colonel Goe-
thals present as the geust OF honor
and to receive from the hani of the
president a special gold medal awar1-
ed him by the society in recognition
or his wonderful achievement. io,-t
Senratary Bryan was toastmaster.
Gathered around the banquet table
distinguisheds scientists of the. society
We're PreBiG Gsnt Wilson and his. cabi-
net J1ha4aticesi J1a4a o! the supreme court,
members OF the diplomatic corps, high
ofiiserS ibfi the army and navy, leaders
IN both A0uees of congresst AMI; other
npthble figufes in the life of the ma
tionRi capttFl. ~ X s,.@4 ,'''yi4n9s
fnscribedI Jon the medal we're the
This medal of the National Geo
praphie Society Is awarded to George
Washington Goethals, to whose abili-
ty and patriotism the world owes the
construction Of the Panama canal,
March 8, 1914"
The medal WAS awarded by Presi-
dent Wilson. who, recitlng In detail
ina merits OF the canal and the man
who carried 1t to Q successful compile
tion, concluded thus:
Il esteem It q real privilege, acting
on behalf OF this society, to present
to you, Col. Goethals, this very benefit
cial medal. II Ia made of mere gold
and gold is OF no consequence In this
connection, but it speaks, ,cip the most
precious metal we know, The, graft.
tiae standardization of the worldfabfa,
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-04
THE QUESTION IN MEXICO

As one reads further into the Mex
lean problem, the more startling ap-
pear the lights and shades OF the un-
happy people. On one hand you find
class possessing education and cul-
ture and comparable to the finest pol.
ish OF America or Europe Under
meath the thin upper crust composed
first Of cultivated and educated peo-
pie. second of the feudal owners Of
the land. are the millions OF "peons'r
who are practically serfs. bad eco
nomic system keeps them always In
debt and ignorance. rs
The situation is really about 300
years behind theage. sIThe feudaI hi
archy OF land ownership is like what
existed in Europe number OF centu-
ries ago. 1t Is no wonder that the
peon, hopeless inssiEslsfe OF low wages
or heavy taxes, frequently quits the
despairing task OF agriculture, which
seems only TO ehrfch@the proprietor,
under such circumstances he feels
thai he has nothing to lose by bri-
gandage. or by espOusing the cause
of some demagogue. and he might
possibly gain something.
Observers OF the problem incline to
one or two alternatives. Does the
country need another / DiaE, some
strong man who will restore order,
establish a benevolent despotism, with
the end in Eiew saGa gradual enlieft-
eminent of the working classes, un-
I'll some fptnre}day when they under
take some. share I'm ael4 government? :?
Or Is the time ripe now for a more
democratic movement, in which the
attempt shall he made to establish n
real republican government in this
land Of darkness2a ~ -
Whichever attitude one may take,
this one shing seems clear, that what
ever power shall rule at Mexico City,
1t must take determined measures to
encourage private holdings in land.
The small farther must be protected.
There must be courts that will de-
fend his rights to enjoy the fruits Of
his land in peace,