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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
woRns oE WISDOM.

In a recent address delivered by
F.. A. Vanderbilt, president OF the New
York National City Bank, he gave
utterance TO these words of wisdom:
The particular men who happen
for the moment to be occupying Off
cial positions in Washington and else
where, and who are laying unbear-
able hardships upon the proper devel-
opment of business in the United
States are not perhaps primarily TO
blame The blame lies back OF them
in an i'll informed and frequent un-
fair state Of public opinion. We have
had a period of magazines and pollti-
cal undertaking which has brought
about a condition where business sue
cess is looked upon as a crime, where
the man who has demonstrated that
he can manage his business well is
excluded from public counsel, and
where no small part of our govern
ment affairs have been put into the
hands of men who would be incom
petent successfully to manage bust
ness affairs.
1T is idle to rail at the public rep
of one party or another,
or at one administration or another.
We have got to get back to all that
and create a sounder, more intelli-
gent, and a more honest public opin-
ion. That will never be done by a
policy of silence on the part of those
who represent important business in
terests. You and other business men
must wake up to the fact that you
have a public duty in the education
of public opinion, and so long as you
refrain from exercising it, you will
not only hinder the industrial and
development of this
whole country, but you will very d.
rectly permit your own business to
be misunderstood and to be made the
subject of unfair and uneconomic at
tack"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK

AS viewed by Henry Clews, the
general business outlook Is more
promising this week. Supplies OF mer-
chandise of nearly all kinds, he finds
are unquestionably light because of
the slowing down which recent ap-
prehensions necessitated. With the
recovery of confidence and with the
promise of a good harvest, increased
activity is only a matter of a few
weeks. 1t must be remembered that
industrial production has been abb
normally restrained for several
months. The steel trade for instance
has been running for weeks on 60
per cent of capacity; largely because
|of enforced railroad retrenchment
which cannot be indefinitely prolong-
ed. The railroads will soon be com
PEELED to enter the market more free
ly, and with the assurance of good
crops and better rates will undoubt-
eddy place some liberal equipment
orders. In fact 1t would cause no sur
prise if the steel industry we're to
show one OF it's customary sharp re-
bounds before the end of the current
year. In the textile trades there is
also a better feeling. Both cotton
goods and woolens are comparatively
scarce and exceedingly strong. In
terror distributors report a good de-
mand for nearly all classes of fabrics.
Importations of foreign goods are
coming in more freely; but the per-
centage of these compared with the
nations product as a whole Is not
large enough to have any serious eff
feet. Nevertheless the new tarin has
a potential influence; inasmuch as
any advance in prices here would in
vite a rapid increase in importatiOns
under existing conditions. The crop
out look continues most gratifying
There was a slight drop during May
in the condition of wheat, but the
government report still indicates
yield OF about 900,000,000 bushels,
which is much the largest yield ever
recorded
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
GREAT coFFEE PAPERS.

During the year 1913 the United
States imported S52,529,498 pounds
of coffee, having an entry value OF
nearly sos, 100000. To the average
reader this may not appear very
startling, but a little circulation will
bring to mind the significance of
these figures. One pound of finely
ground coffee will make no less than
three gallons of a reasonably strong
beverage. Our 1913 imports there
fore made at least 1857 100000 gal
Ions. A standard gallon contains 231
cubic inches, or, putting it a little
differently, would fill cylindrical
coffee pot inches in diameter and
6 inches high. The coffee imported
in 1913 would therefore fill a cylinder
z inches in diameter and 242, lSS mil
es high. Could such a cylihdey be
erected it would be necessary to take
care not to build it in the direction
of the moons orbit around the earth
for that satellites average distance
from our planet being but 23S,S50
miles, it might knock off from the
top of our extended coffee pot, some
1888 miles. Were it flexible and
the base well anchored however, it
might topple over and wrap itself
nearly ten times around the earth
at the equator All of which is men
toned merely to show that We drink
some coffee in this country.
A natural coffee plant grows into
a tree IA to Is feet high, having a
long and slender trunk without limbs
on the lower part. The plant has
numerous thin roots growing deep
into the earth, and one central or tap
root going straight down and almost
as long as the tree is high. When
cultivated, however, the plant is gen
orally not allowed to grow beyond 6
feet in poor and s feet in rich soil,
in order to facilitate it's cultivation
and the gathering of the crop
Healthy coffee trees produce in the
aXilla of each leaf from ~ to IS
buds which in Towering have an ex-
quisite perfume These mowers be
come dark and wither and fall off in
two or three days, leaving groups of
seeds on the small stems. These in
turn grow into the coffee berries
which closely resemble dark red
cherries. Each berry contains two
seeds growing face to face and these
are the coffee beans of commerce.
The plant fiourishes best in well
watered regions, in a sub-tropical eli
mate at an elevation of 1900 to 5000
feet, and in a rich soil All these
elements are found to perfection in
Brazil, especially in the four states
of Sac Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito
Santo, and Minas Geraes, whose COM
bined areas cover about one eighth
of the vast domain of the Republic.
This section produces about four-fif-
this of the worlds supply of coffee,
and from Brazil, the United States
gets two-thirds of it's supply.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
TOO MUCH LEGISLATION,

Business men engaged in export
trade complain of an unusual condi-
ton. Almost the whole world is suf-
fering from trade depression which
seems to spring from a common cause,
too much legislation of the kind that
unsettles business.
In England business has been de-
pressed for several years by a series
of radical laws. Trade has become so
unsettled that a few months ago the
governors of the Bank of England,
for the first time in the history of
that institution, addressed a protest
to the government.
German trade has not recovered
from the staggering blow of special
war tax of $250,000,000 which was
levied last year, no one knows why.
France and other countries are de-
pressed by financial difficulties grow
ing out OF the political troubles Incl
dent to the Balkan war.
Brazil Is going through a period of
liquidation and acute business depres-
sion, paying the penalty for wild eX-
pertinent in legislation. The govern
ment tried to regulate the price of
coffee so as to make the crop more
profitable to the planters. The
scheme of "valorization" or govern
ment regulation of the price has
proved a failure and large stock of
coffee must be disposed of.
The root of the trouble in Mexico
is that the country has broken down
under the burdens of the "cientifico"
system of legislation, the futile at
tempt of former President DiaZ to
make tae country prosperous by
schemes promoted by the government.
Australia and New Zealand have their
own peculiar troubles, and even Cana.
da has growing pains" as a result of
too much government booming of the
northwest.
In our own country we have had a
tremendous output of legislation in
the past year. A tariff system which
has stood for fifty years has been
overturned, the currency system has
been revolutiOnized, and congress is
working on a large grist of new laws
to regulate business.
We are paying the penalty with
more acute depression than appears
in any other country. The railroads
are In distress through loss of reye-
nue., and half the industries of the
country are running on short time,
leaving millions of people out of en-
ployment. -.
President Cleveland forced through |
congress two revolutionary measures
In little more than a year, a money |
law and the Wilson-Gorman tariff. |
The business of tae country was par
alyZed by the shock and did not re-
cover until after Cleveland had re-
tired from office.
President Wilson has forced through I
congress far more radical revision /
Of the tariff than was attempted |
twenty years ago, and a money law
scarcely second In Importance to the
measure of 1893. In jan
iary trade seemed on the way to re-
,oyer from these necessary surgical
operations. but the Improvement did !,
lot last. and the trade depression has 1
become more acute in the past few
months, In tae face of prospects for
arge crops.
The patient has had a relapse be-
ause congress has proved a surgeon
Vho don't know when to stop. The
Instruments are being sharpened for
mother series OF operations on the
elpless business man, before he has |
ad time to get on his feet app re-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
Christian Workers' Assembly
TWENTIETH ANNUAL SESSION BEING HELD IN osKALoosA
DELIVERED.

the special objects of her compassion
and care. She must see to supply
their needs with a view of winning
them to Christ.
o. She must look to it that her
campaigns are replete with fact as
well as sentiment. This, is a scienti,
fic age when an appeal TO the feel
ings is not as effective as an appeal
to the reason. She must avoid the
zeal that is not according TO knowl-
edge.
CO. She must learn to regard suit
able recreation as part of tae daily
bread of the young people of any
community. If there is none, she
must provide it. If the amusements
are of wrong kind, she must sub
stitute those OF right kind.
CD II there is no bond of fellow
ship in the community the church
must seek to unite people in the &C
complishment of some laudable enter
prise.
Whilst in no case should tae church
neglect cases of individual need, her
chief effort must be concentrated
upon the removal of the causes from
which suffering and want proceed.
The greatest social service ever
rendered to society was when Christ
took upon Himself the seed of Abra-
ham. And the church can now rem
der no greater service to men than
by bringing tdem into touch with
Him who is still able to save. But
before she can do this she herself
must be in touch with those who need
saving. And there is no better way of
obtaining this touch than by render
ing physical aid to men in their hour
of need
Tuesdays Sessions.
Services during the day of Tuesday
were also full of great interest. The
general theme of the day was THE
Church and the Community" and
under this head, papers were present
ed by Rev. r. r. Newly, of Des
Moines, on THE Church and the Ru-
raj Community" This was followed
by round table discussion, led by
Rev. Alvin Hoskins, of Richland.
An important feature of the day
was the address of Rev. George E.
Guile, of the Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago, on The Exaltation OF
Guile are full of profit and are veri-
ldUIc Hcdil IcdoCS W all WuO hcdI
them.
In the afternoon THE Church and
the City Community" was presented
by Rev. George Deshler, of Pleasant
Plain, and was followed by a round
table discussion, led by Rev. Meade
A. Kelsey, of Oskaloosa. In this dis
cussion the fact was brought out that
only about one-half of the population
OF Oskaloosa were among the church
attendants, the balance being practl-
|cally without church influences.
Thursdays Program.
The program for tomorrow is as
follows:
800 a. m.-Devotional, James Rem
frew, Iowa Falls.
$3.50 a. m-The Church and Her
Congregation.
Men and Women, Clark Brown,
Cumming.
Round Table, Anna Smith, Honey
Creek.
HOO a. m.-Bible Hour, Rev. Geo
E. Guile; subject: The Advocacy
of Christ"
The Young People, Edith Smith.
Ackworth.
Round Table, VIM S. Kltch, Bear
Greek.
800 p. m.-Address, The Claims
of the Ministry" Samuel Haworth,
Minneapolis.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
VERY SUDDEN DEATH
Mrs. Burris Expires While Attend
ing Globe Picnic.

Mrs. Mary L. Burris, 500 east Sew.
enth avenue, suddenly dropped dead
of apopleXy about two o'clock this
afternoon while in attendance at the
annual Globe Correspondents picnic
on Penn campus. She was SO years, II
months and IL days of age. Mrs.
Burris had seemingly been in perfect
health during the day and the end
came without the slightest warnins.
The body was Immediately removed
to the Cheesman Funeral Home. The
deceased leaves a daughter Mrs. P. l..
Mathews EddyVille a son Clarence
Coffin Ottumwa, a brother in Calf.
ornia, and two sisters. Funeral ar
will be announced later
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

sistent demand for the restoration OF
the army canteen, or military post
drinking station. The canteen will
never be restored; on the contrary,
the sentiment even among military
men is growing the other way.
Now that war is largely in the trop-
les, and military. service is confined
to climates where alcohol is dead.
ly, there is an argument for absti-
nence that did not prevail before.
The soldier and sailor who is TO
spend his time in Mexico, or in the
Philippine, or about Panama, has rea-
sons of his own for signing the
pledge"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
LIQUOR ANp IHE ARMY

News comes from far-away Nor.
way that parliament hasDon0t lonly
duplicated, Secretary Daniels order
abolishing intoxicants from the Off.
GERS tables on war vessels. but has
also abolished intoxicants from the
military garrisons on land.
The enlisted men," the dispatch
reads, were already enforced abb
stainers.s
IL will only be a question OF
time. comments the Des Moines Reg
lister & Leader. when the regula-
tons OF both the army and the
navy viii enforce total abstinence in
this country. and when no man can
serve ia the navy or In any military
garrison who cannot be depended
upon TO keep the discipline s@i
There has been more or less in
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
In acknowledging his defeat al

In acknowledging his defeat at
the primaries as candidate for gov.
ernor, Mr.. Rowley compliments his
home people in the. following touching
way. Pardon us If we speak espec-
tally f.our early home locality, Cedar
township and Stockport, where our
children were born, where our little
girl and our parents are buried,
where our only sister lives, and where
our thoughts so often go In pleasant
recollections of those by gone days
when you and ! were young Maggie"
with our children in little frocks or
knee pants. Out there. primary cleo
ton day, the old home folks gave us
80 votes out OF 100 cast. Wouldn't
you love the old home people for that
dear reader, were 1t you instead OF
us?"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

in the opinion of the Clinton
Herald, one of the laws that should
be sailed by the next legislature is
the fool statute which throws the
nomination Of supreme court judges
into non-partisan primary. Not one
percent of the voters of Iowa know
anything about the qualifications of
the seven men running for office this
year, and there is no way to estab-
fish their fitness. The newspapers,
supposed TO know something about
candidates, throw up their hands
when il comes to the judgeship. The
state should lose no time in getting
back 10 the convention system.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
Wooden Bridges Washed Out.

June floods in many parts of Iowa,
especially in lowas northern coun.
ties. are making great progress wip.
ing out the old wooden bridges. In
Saturday nights rain, Chickasaw lost
five good-sized bridges. Other coun.
ties report even greater losses. 1t is
not the wooden bridge alone that is
going, for quite a number of improp-
erly constructed concrete bridges have
gone down. Franklin county will
have quite a bill to pay as a result
of the old-fashioned method of build
ing concrete structures without pro.
per engineering construction or sup.
ervision.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
LIFE INSURANCE,

Life insurance organizations of the
United States and Canada distributed
$e46, $4,000 in 1913, according to
computations by the Insurance Press.
The record of the payments for death
claims and matured endOwments last
year by the companies that had 80
per cent Of the business showed in
crease to the amount of $5,530,000
compared with $14,89OO 900 for 1912.
Interest earnings, mortality eXpeT-
fence and economy of management
are the determining factors in the
preparation of accounts of the dis
tributions of premium savings, erron-
eously termed dividends" Such dis
tributions amounted to more than
SOL, 200,0 in 1913 for all of the com
panies of the United States. COmpar-
ed with 1912, the record showed an
increase to the amount of more than
SO, 100000
The largest claim paid last year
was $3l8,3SS on the policies that had
been held by Albert F. Holden, who
died on May Is in his home on the
lake shore boulevard in Bratenahl, a
suburb of Cleveland. MI Holden was
born in Cleveland in 1866
The largest claim pal din Iowa was
$4,000 to the estate of Chas. T..
Hancock of Dubuque. Oskaloosa par
ticipated in the distributions of funds
to the amount of $45,7 200, the largest
sum of $15,l51 being paid to Major
John F. Lacey estate.
The cities of Iowa receiving $4,000
and oVar are listed &C follows.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

valued at 1923, 951 ,43O. This is an in
crease over the 1912 output of 2,327,-
ITO tons in quantity and $17,146,317 in
value. Of the 1913 production, 1885,
$50 tons was made in beehive ovens
and 12,714,700 tons or 27.4 per cent,
in retort or distillation ovens where
all the y-products-tar, gas, ammon.
ia, etc are saved
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

Lawyers all over the state are
taking a very great interest in the
announcement that the annual ad-
dress before the Iowa State Bar as
ISOLATION at it's meeting to be held
in Burlington on June % and 26, Is
to be given by Professor Roscoe
Pound of Harvard. No man in the
legal profession is more in the pub
lie eye to-day than Professor Pound.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

That the democratic party never
can succeed by putting men to the
front and honoring them who are
democrats when democracy is in the
ascendancy and who are against
democracy when it is in the minor
ity," is the opinion of the Creston
American.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

much better than having the child
rem roaming the streets, and is a
great relief from weary watching to
many worn out mother, Wouldn't
this be good idea for New Sharon
to follow? We have fine school
park, and excellent play rooms that
could be used in bad weather.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

Automobile owners should coop
crate with officials in the movement
toward safe and sane driving. There
is altogether too much hurry in this
world anyway. There is little pleas
ure in driving a car at reckless speed
but there is always danger of injury
to the occupants of the car or pc
destrians.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

Five in every ten children obserV.
ed outside of school hours in the ay-
erage city are loafing-dOing nothing
at all because, as they say, There is
nothing to do" according to Arthur
c. Moses, of the Washington Play
ground association,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

The Clinton Herald takes the po-
sition that the performance of certain
work may not be easy because 1t
looks that way when another per
forms it, There is a good deal in
knowing how.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
Commenting upon the supren

s-JUUWtnIIHE upUH Int supreme
courts action in UNFOLDING the con-
stitutionality of the teachers maxi
mum wage and the ice cream law, the
Waterloo Courier says: "A few pre-
cedents like this and those who come
under the ban of laws which society
sees fit to pass for its protection will
almost begin TO respect the state gov
arnmanf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

The printing of one speech of 365
pages by Senator La Toilette in the
Congressional Record costs Uncle
Sam 12,46S62, and yet they say that
talk is cheap.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

cover his strength. Business is par
alyzed and millions of people are suf-
fering the pinch of want in the
midst Of plenty, because the fanatical
surgeons don't know when to go home
and give nature and the nurses
chance-L. r. Ardrey
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

With home grown strawberries in
June, peaches and cream for July and
Watermelons for August, there is
nothing the matter with Iowa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

Life in Brighton is thus pictured
by the Enterprise: We swat the fly
for sanitary reasons and eat street
filth because 1t costs money to oil
the streets"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

1t is charged by the Ottumwa
Courier that when a resident of Iowa
gets so that he will not try to do any
thing, he ships himself off to Califor.
mia or Canada.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

Jack pine trees planted ten years
ago in the sand hills of Nebraska are
now large enough to produce fence
posts. Last year the first seed was
gathered from this plantation.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

The following advertisement APP
pears in the Centerville Iowegian:
For sale-Good young mann w.
Courtney"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

As a selfish proposition, provided
you do not care to look at it in a
broader way, consistent home patron.
age pays.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25
$500 Raised to Improve Road.

One of the leading. thoropghfares in.
to Monticello has always been one of
the poorest pieces roadway in
jones county. osThe Monticello I'm
proyementCclub has raised by sub
scription the sum of $500 to pave
this road and with little help. from
the county 1t will be possible to make
the improvement. The help no doubt
will be forthcoming. The sum of ST..
500 is a good deal to be raised for a
purpose of this kind in a city the
size of Monticello, but after the i'm.
provement has been made II will be
found that money was never expended
TO better advantage.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

Isn't it strange how much extra
worka man can find in his office aft
er his wife suggests that the lawn
needs moving?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-25

1t is very appropriate indeed for
free trade newspapers to give free
employment advertisement to the
jobless.