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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

record for sixteen years, passed its
dividend on October LIST, for the first
time since 1896.
Concerning this corporation, with
over $5.OO0,0OO capital and practically
no bonded debt, it is stated that por-
ton of each of the last two dividends
paid, namely, on April 1st and July 1st,
was taken in each case fro mthe sur.
plus of the corporation, that these div
idends we're not entirely earned, that
not entirely eanred. that no dividend
was earned during the quarter from
July 1st to October LIST, and that the
prospect for future dividends Is most
uncertain.
On May 1st the La Belle Iron 6 Steel
Company passed the dividend on its
common, and this great corporation
with capital of 100000, is now
having difficulty to earn the dividend
on its preferred.
The Fostoria Glass Company of
Moundsville, one OF the largest glass
companies in the Ohio Valley, with
steady dividend record since 1897,
passed its dividend on April, and has
no dividend IN 1914.
Wheeling Mold & Foundry Compa-
ny, a corporation of nearly$ 100000
capital, which has had remarkable
season OF prosperity, previous to 1913,
passed its dividend on January LIST. and
has paid no dividends in 1914.
The Bowers Pottery at Warrington,
one OF the largest sanitary potteries in
the United States, has passed its dfvi-
dends and closed down about October
1st,. indefinitely.
These are some of the prices that
the business concerns in the United
States and the employers Of labor are
paying for the privilege of maintaining
theorist in the white house and a
bunch Of demagogues in congress.
They come high.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
THE SECOND DISTRICT CAM
PAIGN.

Recently we took occasion in our
editorial columns to congratulate
the Republicans of the Second dis
trict in having so fine type Of man
as George NJ. Bowers as their candi-
date for Congress. The West Vir-
ginian reaches many homes in the
Second district, and we feel it is not
amiss to renew our congratulations.
Every red-blooded voter should read
the vigorous statement Of his attt-
tude on public questions published III
this issue. 1t stamps him indelibly
as man progressive in thought and
temperament, one who will make his
lmarK in Congress, and Of whom the
whole state will feel proud.
No congressional district in the
United States is more interested in
restoration of sound Republicans
policies than is the Second district.
On account Of our past affiliations
with this district, and because We
love is as a neighbor, we urge the
voters to send Mr.. Borwes to Con-
gress.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
FEW NOTES.

According to the American Review
OF Reviews, October number, page 400,
in the past twenty months no fewer
than lis large corporations with capt.
tails aggregating over $1,500,0 100000,
have passed their dividends. That is,
they have been unable to pay any re-
turns TO their stockholders and own
ers.
Tie dividends thus assessed amount
ed to $5,0O0,O00 per year.
It is safe to say that the hundreds
ana thousands OF smaller corporations
who are not reported to the financial
centers and who have been unable to
pay any dividends will bring the total
dividend loss under the Democratic
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
APoLlIIcAL PRIMER.

The subject OF our lesson today is
Pit-i.less Publicity.
Who advocated pitiless publicity?
Woodrow Wilson.
When did he do this?
When he was candidate.
What did he mean?
Carrying on the government in the
open.
Who said they were going to let in
THE light?
The Democrats.
What have they done?
Turned out the light.
Where have they done this?
In the government departments.
Have the people demanded to know
the facts?
Yes, and Republican congressman
have asked for them.
= What has been done with their re-
quests
The Democratic committees have
squelched them.
What did Woodrow Wilson say III
his New Frecdom?'
There is no air so wholesome as
the air of utter publicity"
Was this hot air?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
REPUBLICAN POSITIONS;
WHAT REPUBLICAN,
PARTY PROMISES

What does the Republican party
Propose TO the people to do If the peo.
pile vote it back in control of this gov
eminent?
1t proposes to do this: III the peo'
Pile will restore the Republican party
to majority in the house we promise
the country that we will keep the OK
penditures OF this government down,
avoid extravagant appropriations and
do away with the necessity for lncreas-
ed internal revenue taxes"
1--WE will decrease the importations
OF articles which might better be made
iii this country and increase the eXpor-
tation OF manufactured articles made
here.
"We will start up the mills, give la
Dor employment, give capital proper
rewards, give people confidence to go
into business, give banks confidence
to loan money, restore financial credit
and add to the prosperity, and all with
out levying the unnecessary and ex'
asperating stamp taxes" = Extract
from speech ofMinority Leader Mann
Could our party creed be more brief
ly and impressiyely stated? There you
have in few lines all the principles oil
tthc greatest political organization in
the history of the world, the party
which directed the destinies of this
great nation through the period OF its
greatest growth and development.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
up to over s2oo, OoO,o

administration up to over 5000, 100000
per year.
In the month OF August alone, 81
large corporations discontinued their
dividends, and several reduced them,
entailing in the aggregate amount a
loss OF more than $2O,O00,0OO.
In the iron and steel business, the
International Harvester Corporation,
the Crucible Steel Company, the Re
public Iron G. Steel Company all with
total capital OF over $200.OOO,0OO'
have passed their dividends since July
1st.
In the First Congressional district
the Wheeling Iron & Steel Company, a
corporation with a regular dividend
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
-Four Facts To Remember
On The Deficit Tax

to the special deficit
Demo ratc congrc to levy on
by the Dem
failure the
derwo produce income
plunged the coun-
an special
the necessity OF
economy in Of
of either
or the which would have made the
unnecessary.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
NorYET.

The Democratic Office houiders trust
has not explained why they all signed
a telegram to Senator Hatfield protest..
ing against the non.partisan charter
on the ground that It was too expenl;.
sfvc and asking for the bipartisan
farce, when the former only provided
for three commissioners and they
made the tax payers take four CONF
missioners. I. 5,, u
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

Until tie present Republican state
administration, public service corpor-
ations doing business in West Virginia
have submitted to no regulation. The
Public Service Commission. while fair
to them, sees that the people get a
suare deal. Will you, Mr.. Voter..place
these corporations in control by elect
ing q emocratic legislaturc?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
The commercial world. A shutting
down of tens OF thousands of factories.


the commercial world. A shutting
down OF tens OF thousands of factories.
Farm Products:
Large reductions in the price of
farm products up to the time Of the be-
aiming of the European war.
Loss to the Treasury:
Increase in appropriations by this
Democratic congress for the present
year $1OO,OOO,00O over the high tide OF
Republican appropriations.
Loss to Sovereignty:
Exclusive right to control the Pana-
ma Canal yielded at the behest OF for
eign powers.
Question::
Has the Democratic Administration
been worth it?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

The Republican party and the Re.
publican administration Of West Vir-.
ginia have been faithful to the people
in the enforcement of OF the prohfbf-
ton law. Following the ratification
tof the prohibition amendment, q Re.
publican legislature enacted the strict.
est prohibition law in the United
States. A Republican administration
is seeing that that law is enforced.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

The Workmcn's Compensation law,
a Republican achievement, extends
the strong arm of protection to fam
lilies of unfortunate working men who
are injured or killed in course OF their
employment. In the. past year 16,50O
claims have ben handled and the adj
ministration of the law Is costing only
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
A PROGRESSIVE LANDMARK.

A recent national lay, the Clay
ton anti-trust act, declares the SPLEEN
did sentiment, That the labor of a
human being is not commodity or
article of commerce. 1t reads like
new emancipation act and as q
declared principle ofilaW it is fine
X. G. Star.
ut is. It was put into the act as
an amendment, by the way by senaS
tor Cummins, OF lowe, q Republic
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.

Is increasing the salary and wage
budget $4,000 in one year what is
termed Democratic economy? That
is what we got in Fairmont under the
pldeges of efficiency and economy. Do
you want to continue this? If not,
change thee harter.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

The Republicn state administration
has established. in connection with
the department of archives and his
tory, a legislative reference bureau,
for the purpose OF gathering data for
the members of the legislature in or
der that they can better inform thcm-
selves in matters Of progressive legis-
lation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
THEFouR HOUR SYSTEM.

If a. city commissioner gets $4,000 u
year for working for the city and gets
So 500 for working for corporation at
the same time, in which he holds an
investment, which is going to get the
best OF the deal, the city or the private
That is what gave rise
TO the four hour per day system at the
city hall.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

ONE hundred and cighty-two mon
lost their lives i'll the recent mine cx..
plosion at Ecces, Raleigh county.
Those dependent upon their daily toll
arc being cared for out OF the Work
mems Compensation fund. This fund
is solvent under Republican admin
istration.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

The Public Service Commission, APP
pointed by Governor Hatfield. refused
to permit the gas companies in tho
Northern Panhandle to increase their
rates and saved about 100000 a year
to the consumers there. Will you give
the gas companies control by electing
a Democratic legislature?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
GUM sHoElNe.

The Democratic candidates for the
Legislature are still gumshoeing over
the question of whether they favor
paying the sheriff OF Marion county
the sum OF S25, 265.71 year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
pEnpIE ExpEcrl1.

1t may be bad politics to state your
position on public questions when you
are candidate for Office, but some
how or other the people seem to ex-
pcct it.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

There are on the monthly payroll of
the Workmen's Compensation fund ia
widows, 2SS dependent children, IS de-
pendent parents and 6S permanent
disabilities. All,thcsc arc being cared
for and arc not subjects OF charity
thanks 10 the Republican administra-
ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

can. a fine illustration OF the worth
OF the Stars proposition, that the
Republicans arc given over to ire
actionism!' and that there is no hope
for the nation except from tho well
meaning but iiminutive Progressive
party.-Topeka Capital.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

It's $1,000 idle coke ovens now,
The majority against the Democratic
ticket is growing.-ConnclIsviflo
Courier.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
Beat the Bosses.
Change the charter.
wILL1AEw. CT Id. HELP?

Will not the w. C. Il. U. smoke the
Democratic candidates for the legisla-
ture out on the enforcement OF the
Yost law and tell the public where
these gentlemen stand?
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
3R II,I!;I d & TICKET

NJ ~ m, NNH
Congressional
G0r.i Cdngressman-at-Larse
howard SUTHERLAND
Of Elkins.
Dor Congress, First District
! GKx1. 3. WHITE
II e6 Weston.
ls Dor state Senate
n L. n. DAVIS
CoR uty Ticket.
Dor @ ounty Clerk
LEE N. slATTERFIELD
Dor Circuit Clerk
HARRY e. ENGLH
FOR sul,t. Schools
y JAMES O.. LANHAM
Der House of Delegates
AL. HlGFFNER
DIR. O.. r. MILLER
HOMER N. CAMPBELL
Vory County Commissioners
ALLEN n Fed
PREs1DENTaI7. OF e.
p. S. Amos.
MEMBER B. OF E..
Rollo ]. Conley:
CONSTABLE
Chas. Bartho1ow.
Fairmont District.
PRESIDENT B. OF e.
John w. King.
MEMBER B. OF Z.
w. T. Billingslea.
CONSTABLE
Chas. Bartholow.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

5 per cent OF the premiums collected.
No other state III the union can boast
such record.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

Put big cross mark in the circle
under the eagle and save the country
from industrial and business ruin.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26

II you want steady work, higher
wages and good times, vote for protec-
ton and prosperity-put cross in
the circle under the eagle and you
have done your duty.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
.JOLN THE ART CLASS

Again we call attention to the Art Glass, It will
begin November 2nd Miss FRASER who was in charge
last year will be hand to conduct class and give
instruction in all branches of art embroidery.
Christmas is approaching. Many Of your gifts may
possibly be bit Of fancy work so, new ideas i'll this
to join the class.
Miss FRASER has promised new and clever ideas in
this line of art and you are urged to join at once
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
HIGH COST OF DEMOCRACY,

Loss to Wage Farmers:
100000 idle workmen for 300 days
$3.50, 100000.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
Loss to RorroWers:

Loss to Borrowers:
Increase Of interest on all new loans
Of from one to two per cent per annum.
That is an average increased inter-
est rate of 10 per thousand loan. While
the exact amount is unascertainablc,
it is certainly staggering in its proper
lions.
Railroads:
Decreased passenger receipts. More
than 100000 idle freight cars and all
which that entails.
Business Failures:
IN AZ large increase in ban kruptcies in
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-10-26
Railroads:

su A'laFse increase h in bankruptcies in
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
ISLAND OF TENEDos.

Tenedos, which certain powers
have taken away from Greece, has
become well known by name from
having the good luck to get men,
toned in the first book of Homer's
"Iliad" instead of the last, as well
as in the beginning of Virgil's
"Aeneid." Ever since Homer's day
this fertile islet lying at the entrance
to the Dardanelles has been consid-
cred of great strategic Importance.
During classical times the laws and
civil institutions of Tenedos were
celebrated for their wisdom, and
were discussed with approval in a
lost treatise of Aristotle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24

Writer Calls Attention to the Neoes.
atty for Movement for conser-
walton Of Children.

Twenty-Five per cent. of the deaths
occurring in Chicago for the week
ended December 6 were of children
under ten years Of age. That is not
an abnormal proportion. It is a
proportion far too high, however.
More than one-sixth were of chill
dren under one year--a tragic infant
mortality. Preventable diseases we're
responsible for by far the larger
number.
Not long ago the American Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention
Of Infant Mortality held its fourth
annual meeting in Washington.
About three hundred people attend
ed. When the fifth national conser-
walton congress was in session it at
tracted from three to four times as
many interested auditors. 1t was
discussing the saving of trees and
soil.
Both were conservation congresses,
but that directly concerned with con-
serving human life weighed least in
human interest. We have yet to
develop the vision that will lift the
baby to like importance with for
ests, minerals and water courses.
The nation that wastes its human
raw material, if the child may be so
called, is guilty of a criminal in
difference to its own welfare, both
social and economic.-Chicago Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
NEW ioO-sToRY BUILDING.

Hundred-story buildings are not
only possible but probable, according
to Henry W. Hodge, consulting en-
gineer. He points out that recent
advances in design have called for
great improvement in the quality of
building materials. The modern
trend is from plain steel to its al
loys-nickel, vanadium and other
metals-which have been found to
increase strength in greater proper
ton than cost.-Engineering Record
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24

Combination Of Small BOY and Goat
Made Much Trouble for
Great sculptor.

Among other stories in the charm
ing "reminiscences of Augustus
Saint Gaudens" by father and son is
confession by the son. When he
was a boy in Cornish, he had a pet
goat, which he had trained to play
butting game. The goat would
butt, Homer would dodge, and then,
to his great glee, the goat would butt
the wrong thing or the air. One day
at dinner time, when the studio barn
was deserted, Homer was playing
this game. Beyond che open barn
door stood the wax model of the Lo-
gan horse, waiting to be cast in
plaster" This time, when Homer
lodged, the goat butted the back Of
the horse. But since it did not fall
or break, the relieved child thought
II wasn't hurt, and didn't tell. Be-
fore anyone noticed that "the rear
of the animal was strangely askew,"
the horse had been cast in plaster
and the enlargement begun. This
meant the loss of a whole summers
work-just one more of the acct
dents and errors that increased the
''toughness of the sculptor's life."--
From 'More Than Conquerors: The
Magic Touch," by Ariadne Gilbert,
in st. Nicholas.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
HAD coAcHMAN IN CORNER
Old Gentleman's Neat Solution Of
Question Which Affected His House
hold Arrangements.

A dispute had long existed in a
gentleman's family between the cook
and the coachman, about bringing
the cream from the farm for break
fast. Their master one morning
called them both before him that he
might hear what they had to say.
The cook pleaded that the coach
man was lounging about the kitchen
the best part Of the morning, yet
he was 30 ill-natured that he would
not fetch the cream for her, though
he saw she had not moment to
spare. The coachman said it was
not his business. M ~ raN ig
every well, /" said the master; sfbut
what do you call your business p
'To take care. of the horses and
clean and drive the carriage" re-
piled the coachman. 'rlmhlGi
"You say right" answered the
master, "and do not expect you to
do more than that for which l pay
you; but this I insist upon-that
every morning before breakfast you
get the carriage ready and drive the
cook to the farmers for cream; and
l hope that you will allow that to
be part of your business" London
Tit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
QUITE DIFFERENT.

Bill-They say a merciful man is
merciful to his beast.
Jill-That's right.
"Then your brother is not merci-
full. l saw him kick his dog"
ooh, that wasn't his dog. 1t was
his wife's."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
UNDOUBTEDLY.

"What did the Indian squaw call
her dog%
81 didn't hear, but I know what
he is"
'He's a cur"
Sure, a squaw-cur."
"Then a saloon dog is bar-cur."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
SOMETIMES.

Teacher-Tommie, this great man
about whom we have been reading
is called an unconscious humorist.
What is an unconscious humorist?
Small Boy-A joker that's tainted
away.-Life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
sTUMPs AND sTUMPs.

Bacon-This paper says that a
western railroad lends stump-pullers
to farmers at a nominal rental as one
way of encouraging business.
Egbert-Encouraging business ? I
should think it would hurt the
dentists business.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
KNOWLEDGE OF BUSINESS.

"Then it is this evening that you
are giving the ring to your fianceeP
And if the engagement is broken
OFF,"
"Oh, don't worryl 1 shall demand
a receipt"-Le Sourire (Paris).
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
YES, SOME WE KNOW.

Don't believe all you hear. Many
man who never used tobacco in
this world will need a smoking jacket
in the next. isl
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
THE LAST WORD.

"Pa had the last word in an argu-
ment with ma, as usual, last night"
"1he last word, as usual?'
eyes. He apologized again"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
SAME EFFECT.

A pessimist may be either a man
who has been disappointed in love
or one who has been disappointed in
marriage.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
WHILE HE TAKES A TABLET.

Alice-Does your husband talk
about his mothers cooking?
Kate (wearily)-Some but not
as much as he does about mine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
THAT'S DIFFERENT.

We admire come men for the enc
mics they have made unless we hap
pen 10 be numbered among their
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24
WHERE SHE GOT OFF.

"Father says mothers an old cat
and mother says fathers silly owl"
swell, that ami nothing to cry
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-24

Agent-The house and barn go to-
gether, l can't let either of them
alone.
Uptowne-Well,' as / don't want
them together, I'll have to let them
alone, too.