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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

flesh is the most dependable of the
farmers staple products. If its prices
move at all they move upwards. They
are apparently unaffected by the sub
stitution of machinery. There has
been no perceptible reduction since
motors were introduced.
With the reports that buyers IRE
coming from all directions for the
purpose of equipping the European
cavalry regiments. comes the reason
able expectation that the recent in
crease of profit for farmers who have
been breeding will continue These
reports. indeed are so frequent that
the military authorities in Washing
ton are expressing alarm at the prob
ability of a scarcity of horses f' their
own military purposes. But the agri
cultural communities probably will be
the last to share in any feelings of
alarm, because they will De the first
TO profit from them. The incident
adds one more reason to support the
philosophy of the old farmer who
watched the antics of a baking auto
mobile: Thank Heaven" he said,
that / hitched my property to a bit
of good horse flesh, rather than to a
row of cylinders. There's less back
fire. Albany TimeS-U Union.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
BE CAREFUL WHOM YOU BLAME

With the development Of vast ex-
panse in the territory covered by the
foot and mouth disease, that has be-
come epidemic. the rise in the price Of
meats in many sections was to be ex-
pected. and in quite as many sections,
the expected has happened. 1t has
happened too, Notwithstanding the
positive assurance given out by the
packers in Chicago, Kansas City, De-
troit and other centers, that there
would be no call for it. and that so far
as they were concerned, it would not
result.
Still it has resulted and the same
old question arises. Are We always
justified in blaming the sO-called
trusts for the high cost of living. or
is the fault nearer home. Investiga-
tions in a number Of localities. Detroit,
for instance, has brought out that it
is not the packers but the retailers
that are responsible for the rise in the
price OF meat on this occasion at
least. Advantage has been taken of
an existing misfortune. providing an
apparent excuse, and one for which
the public is expected to fall as a mat
ter Of course-without murmur
Maybe there is such a thing as COM
mercial conscience. We think there
really is. We have doubts however.
as To its having attained the highest
standard of posi- bility. There is still
opportunity for Improvement and it
isn't necessary always to imagine that
improvement needed only in people at
distance-with whom We never
come in contact. Frankly, il is safe
at times TO prophesy honor among
trust magnates as we'll as among those
who occasionally employ them as a
blanket behind which TO hide. Evil
IDENTITY there are retailers of trust
made goods that are still awaiting the
sprouting of wings.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
THE TEMPLE OF DEMOCRACY.

quite a small thing" YOU may say
OF that ceremony il q Wisconsin viii
lage the other d0. which celebrated
putting the ballot box into the public
school. under the eye of the school
principal as the community's secre-
tary.
But think twice use your magma
tion
suppose that i'm every community in
the country the people met regularly
i'm their school houses 10 study public
questions together. 10 sing and play
together. Co iron out preju6ices and
Observation-Disclosures; and then. having
come 10 a public opinion. went. still
10 the school house. To vote their will
would you call that a small thing
II would knock down the many par
utions which now keep us separated;
would advance Fellowship. brother
hood democracy.
Perhaps that IS too much 10 expect
a dream fantastic Maybe We don't
want 10 much Of this thing which
men call democracy.
Well. then. II least we want tho
ballot kept clean. And where else
can IL be kept. cleaner than in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
CHILD LABOR OFFICIALLY
MEASURED.

A pamphlet. The Extent of Child
Labor Officially Measured" based on
the new volume Of the last United
states census, has just been published
by the National Child Labor commit
tee TO show the amount OF child labor
in this country. The census gives fig
ures for children 10 TO 10 only, omit
ting all figures for children under II.
and the committee states that since
many children under 10 are known 10
be at work, the number OF child
laborers, given in the census as
1.s9O,225, would undoubtedly be D.
100000 were the children under 10
included.
But the results Of the work OF the
committee and its affiliated Organiza-
tons are shown in the reduction OF
the number OF children under IA en-
gagged in non-agricultural pursuits.
from 1s6.35s in 1900. TO $3.50 in
1910.
Tho pamphlet calls particular at
tention. however, 20 the need OF pro-
lection for the children working at
agriculture who are often thought 10
DO employed under better conditions
than mill hands. Children employed
In the Maryland. Delaware and New
Jersey berry and vegetable fields, and
In the Texas cotton fields. are cited as
examples OF agricultural laborers who
work under unfavorable conditions
and who. according 20 the testimony
of school authorities are receiving
little or no education or Industrial
training
of the S95.976 children under IL at
work. 5S2,SS1, or 50 per cent. are
employed in the eight states where
there Is no l4-year age limit for work
IN factories. or in the 10 other states
where the 14-year limit is weakened
by exemption. The passage OF the
Palmer-Owen bill. now before con-
gress. 20 prohibit interstate commerce
IN the products OF child labor. would
greatly reduce the number of children
under IA at work i'm factories in these
states and is therefore eagerly sought
b. the opponents OF child labor
Other children who would be af-
fected by the passage OF the Palmer
owen bill are those between IA and
Is who are allowed 10 work at night
In l3 states. who work eight hours a
day In IS states. and who may be en-
ployed IN mines IN "a mining states.
There are only nine states ID the
linton which have al the provisions
az the Palmer-OV bill. so that It's
passage would greatly reduce the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
THE MEL TING POT
Me- TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

! amount TO anything We admit now
il does Here's the story.
\ press notice reached our desk the
other night II spoke of Maude
Adams and her visit TO South Bend.
it described her play like this.
Maude' Adams comes in the Leg
end Of Leonora. etc.
II took us some time TO get IL.
MURRAY.
THE height of efficiency in street
sweeping" writes r. d. B., has been
attained on our street When / had
succeeded in coaxing the leaves to-
gether into a pile ready 10 burn the
street sweeper came along and re-
stored them TO the lawn. The street
was left perfectly clean"
WE are going TO open suggestion
box for the benefit of the police and
other social workers. A vide limit will
be permitted, and yet we reserve the
right TO delete whatever may not meet
our approval. We make this reserva-
ton not because of confidence in our
own opinions but that We would like
10 be the court Of last resort in some
thing.
Everything About Them Suggests 1t.
(The open Window. London Chron-
icle.)
How many English soldiers, one
wonders, have read Paradise Lost?
Mr. Maurice Barring. when in Russia.
found that nearly every soldier he
met knew it we'll when two years
aso a schoolmaster in the Tambor
government told me that Paradise
Lost" was the most popular book in
the village library" he writes, Il was
astOnished and thought il an isolated
instance"
WE take il that the new Cross baby
down at Providence, r. L., will be
christeneu Frederick Louis, in honor
of its venerable ancestor. Grandpa
Stedman.
Everybody Is Crazy About Him.
(Harrison, O.. JournaI)
w. NJ. Slete, the popular funeral di-
rector. is improving under the care
of DR.. BOwles.
When press associations
Display their inclinatiOns
To slam each other on their war re-
ports,
1t reminds us Of the nettle
That pricked the pot and kettle,
And the way in which the two eX-
changed retorts.
c. N.F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
MORE WARS

The future holds other wars. grow
ing out OF the present wholesale kill
ing over seas. according 10 the Berlin
I.okal Anzeiger. Woe TO you. Nip
pom" this journal is quoted as say
ing. in referring 10 the capture of
Tsing-TaO.
TIE score cannot be settled now.
the Anzeiger continues, but in the
years 10 come the attention Of Ger
many will De turned toward the yell
low allies Then q shout OF joy viii
resound through Germany
But will those who gave their lives
in the defense OF the kinsers hold
ings in the east DC restored By the
lives OF the next generation? Detroit
NeKaS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

The mathematical systems employed
by the republican press Of Indiana in
calculating the results OF the election
on the third Of November. are mar
velous things
These newspapers have been almost
unanimous in telling us that in Indi-
ana the republicans won a great VIC
tory. Just how a victory for the re-
publican tick { can be figured out Of
a democratic plurality of over so. 300
is entirely new. but it may be con-
soling and so il would be rude and
cruel 10 awaken them from pleasant
dreams.
Some of our editorial friends also
tell US that while the republicans won
big victory in Indiana. the democrats
were victorious in the national cleo
ton. That is still more marvellous.
since Indiana elected more democratic
congressman proportiOnately than any
other state. And it is on the number
OF congressman and senators elected
that these editors calculate the victo-
ries and defeats.
The record Of the incoming 1915 leg
islature. and the two years OF demo-
cratic rule in all the state offices just
commencing, are going to be such that
the democratic plurality which is now
the cause Of so much worry to repub-
leans will be charged to a democratic
majority in 1916
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
HIGHER STANDARDS.

With a frequency that is itself sig
nificant, il happens these days that
men occupying public office suddenly
find themselves censured for doing
precisely what their predecessors did.
Brought unexpectedly to account, the
first-and generally the laSt-eXCuse
such officials present is that their pre-
deceSsOrS did the same thing and met
with no disapprOval. The incumbent
points to precedent and custom, and.
apparently in some perpleXity, asks
why procedure sanctioned or con-
dOned in the past is now viewed in
the light of an Offense The answer
is that the public attitude toward pub
lie office has changed. Predetermined
observers of public affairs are aware
of this But the politician seems to
find it difficult TO adjust his mind 10
the new order He does not believe
because he does not want TO believe.
Recently, the warden o. Sing Sing
prison was discharged. Investigation
has developed the fact that his Of
Tense lay in employing a prisoner to
act as his private chauffeur. The pre-
ferment in this instance happened to
fall upon a convict whose prominence
before conviction served 10 focus pub
lie attention on the matter But, even
of his dismissal did the warden feel
the slightest insecurity in MS position.
He had merely followed precedent:
he had done only what his predeces-
sOrs had done. Why. he asks, should
he be punished for procedure that
heretofore has caused no criticism
whatever? And the reply is that the
offending warden is merely subject to
the new morality that has at last
penetrated politics as il has business.
The election here in Marion county
was only another demonstration Of
| the same change in the public atti-
! tude. II is a rebuke, in one aspect at
| least, for those who practice methods
| that belong TO the past, however,
close at hand the past may be. II is
an expression of the public's change
( of heart and mind. And II is q no
I tice. too, for those who are wise
/ enough TO read its message Alright,
/ that the public viii tolerate no reCurn
I 10 those old methods. il has adopted
! the new standard and il means TO in
| sist on its observance Indianapolis
! News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
SIX MONTHS WITH POETS AND
PHILOSOPHERS

There stands "a lonely pine-tree
In the north, on barren height;
He sleeps while the ice and snow
Takes
Swathe him i'm folds of white.
He drcameth of a paIm-tree
Far i'm the sunrise land,
Lonely and silent longing
On her burning bank of sand.
-Heine.
During a prolonged study of the
lives of various men both great and
small, / came upon this thought:
In the web OF the world the one
may Wei be regarded as the warp,
the other as the wool. IL is the
little men, after all, who give
breadth To the web, and the great
men firmness and solidity: per-
haps also the addition of some sort
OF pattern. But the scissors OF the
Iatcs determine its length, and 10
that all the rest must join in sub
uniting itself.-GOethe.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
CERTAINTY AND CONFIDENCE
PREVAILS

The remnants of the old guard of
standpatism who have been elected TO
the 64th congress are full of boasts
and menaces. but they never were
more deluded in their lives.
They are not going TO wipe out the
laws passed by the Esd congress. for
they have not votes enough. They are
not going TO revise the tariff upward
in the interest of the trusts or put the
injunction shackles again upon lawful
organized labor, or restore financial
supremacy to Wall St, or nulify the
Sherman law, or hand Alaska over
again to the lOoters, or call back the
lobby. because they cannot.
With ample democratic majorities
in both houses of the next congress.
everything thus far done by the Will
son administration will be safe
guarded; the uncompleted democratic
legislative program will be carried out,
and reaction will be impossible. Even
more TO the point is the fact that the
important democratic gains in the
senate this fall probably assure con-
troll Of that body for four years to
come. Nothing but a sweeping politi-
cal revolution in 1916 could restore re-
publicauism TO power in that quarter
before 1918.
AS showing how unlikely such an
upheaVal must be regarded, there is
another monumental fact which the
elder statesmen have overlooked. The
democratic party in 1912, as they
have truly said. was a minority party.
IL gained place through the division
OF its opponents. This year il retains
Office in the face of d republicanlsm
that in most places was practically
united. If the democrats are not in
an actual majority on national issues
today, a representative system that
far.rs.t
the senate and , or 80 in the house
is woefully at fault.
Tho Wilson reforms, then. are here
TO stay. They have been effected un-
der very trying conditions at home
and abroad. On a straight issue as
10 them, they have beer sustained.
In force two years longer. the country
will be no more inclined TO go back
TO privilege. plutoCracy and plumber
than to slavery and secession.
VI is this prospect of peace and
progress that is giving confidence TO
legitimate enterprise all over the
land. II is the knowledge that threats
OF political upheavalS in the interest
Of selfish cliques of repudiated doc
trines are futile that supplies honest
men everywhere with the one inspira-
I ton that recently they have lacked.
There IS certainty and not uncer-
tainty ahead, and the certainty is OF
equal rights and opportunities, OF
Just laws and their impartial enforce
ment, and of government not for tht
+ few but for the many. all strongly
upheld by "a president and congress
who believe in them.
+ Business is treasured, not because
a few irreclaimable old reacuOnarie'
have come 10 life. but because the po
HticaI situation is such as 70 render
them harmless. Their fangs ar'
drawn
The survivors Of Hannaism who are
10 appear in the new congress vii
not be terrOrs. They will not be lead
ers. they viii be warnings.-New Norl
World.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

FOR several weeks past we have
made a careful computation daily Of
the number of men killed and wound
ed in the European war and the total
IS already greater than the combined
armies of England, Germany and
France. II we had started earlier we
could have had the Russian armies
wiped out.
NE&T door TO our house there is a
beautiful mansion. 1t is high. ever SO
high, almost reaching to the sky. and
its walls are built of the autumn leaves
and 1t is carpeted with grass as green
and soft as velvet The strange ching
about this mansion is that unless you
live in IL you cannot see the tall
graceful building, nor the windows
with their rich drapings, nor the sump-
tuOus furniture, the works of art that
adOrn its walls nor the many other
evidences Of luxury on every hand.
All YOU can see, unless YOU live there
is a tracing of leaves on the ground,
the green grass, a few bricks and a
box. and a few fragments of dishes.
This beautiful mansion is not built
in your wOrkaday world. il exists only
in the world of imagination
We Didn't Think liz of MaudC.
We now agree with the proofreader.
He always harped on the proper di-
vision of words. We said il didn't
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
,-OT COMPULSORY.

one the best hostelries IN the
west B )tel Skirvin. me property e
the father oil Marguerite Skirvin.
leading woman. who last year MADE
an extended trip with Julian Etinge
II was or this trim taat she addressed
the proprietor OF a small hotel. feel
ing a SORT OF kindred spirit. IS il We're
We'll. she smilngly inquired at
breakfast, addressing the grOuchy
proprietor. what hsNe we TO eat this
morning"
The Doniface gave q grunt
You don't have To- eat nothin' ID
YOU don't want 20, was his reply
Green Book.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

school house. where we train our
young
SO it is clear that what this Wis
consin village is doing is an expert
ment worthy of our interest. our sym
patty.
If ever the hearts of the people
become touched with a real passion
for fellowship and common under
standing. the beginning at Sank City
will be looked backward upon as an
occurrence of eventful Importance.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
South
Bend
uSiCal
and
Lyceum
Series

Lincoln Mcconnell, who appears Jan. rs as the fifth
number on the South Bend Redpath Musical and Ly
ceum Course.
The Course opens at the First Methodist Church
Nov with lecture by Senator Robt. E. Owens. Ten
other numbers will follow all of The very highest class
consisting of music readings and imperSonaGonS and
the best forms of entertainment.
Membership tickets are sale by representatives
of the various church organizations interested in The
enterprise and at the Y M. c. A. and Y w. c A. The
membership ticket costs dollar 1t entities the hold
er to reserve seat at additional cost of fifteen cents
or ten cents for each number according to location
This makes a total cost including the membership
ticket of only s. 20 and $3.50 for the entire course OF
u numbers, if reservation and payment is made in ad
vance Single admissions to those holding membership
tickets twenty cents per night. A membership ticket
must be presented in order to reverse seat either for
one night or the season
Season reservations will begin at the y. IA. {. A. at
A. NJ, Friday Nov. 20
South Bend Musical and LyCeum Association
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Reminders From the Columns
of The Daily Times.

\ daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
William Winkler
Mr. and Mrs c. II. Defrees are i'll
with grip.
Moses Livingston and Miss Lena
Meyer won the favors at the Mamre
club pedro party.
The old 81. James Episcopal church
was moved today from :. Lafayette
St TO Scott and Lindsey SITS. where
il will De used by the Westminster
Sunday school.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES

Encouraged undoubtedly by the
election returns, the hats of quite a
number of republicans nave been cast
toward the presidential ring.
GOV.-elect Whitman of New York is
being mentioned, as is Gov.-elect Will
lis OF Ohio. Should the choice fall on
either of the gentlemen, it would not
be without precedent.
In the enthusiasm, however, two
potential figures must not be over
looked, Pres't Wilson and Theodore
Roosevelt. The recent vote is no pos
tive indication as TO the strength of
either.-Detroit News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

among other things it would be in
tel esting 10 know if our old friend
Boni de Castelaine is in any way iden-
titled with the French army which is
now at the front
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

Perhaps the worst case Of municipal
carelessness on record was recently
discovered in New York city. a TO-
000-dollar job has been without an in
cumbent for four years
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

Talk about financial problems. We
Know nothing about them. If we were
Mexico and had to finance a continu-
Gus revolution that would be "A finan-
cial problem worth puzzling over.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
THE PRICE THAT NEVER DROPS

Whom The prico Of moss taIls, INC
farmers stop raising them and regret
il some months later when scarcity
81 the stock increases IFS market
value. When The price OF cattle falls.
the farmers put another acre or tNo
into crop and raise supreme over that
difficulty. as they have o way OF rising
over most others. But whom the
price - horses falls 10 seems - If the
WorlG viii bc close 10 its end. Horse
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

The melancholy days have come. If
you haven't paid your gas bill look out
for the collector and dig up the dis
count
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

Huerta says he does not want to re-
turn to Mexico, but he need not have
been so outspoken about il. Nobody
suspected he would want TO return.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

About the only consolation England
and the allies can get out of the de-
struction of the Emden is the assur-
ance that she has been finally destroy
a1
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13
~ sEcONp THOUGHT.

The Simp-Didnt 1 meet YOU IT
Atlantic ity last summer
The Girl-Ask my brother here
The Simp-Er- l don think
did.-Puck.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

To relieve the misery OF Oyster Bay
there is SOn-in-Law Nick To repre-
sent the family in Washington any
how
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

Who knows but that Vesuvius has
undertaken an eruption just as mat
ter of European fashion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

No. Teresa, those corner loafers
chewing tobacco are not necessarily
afflicted with the foot and mouth dis
ease.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

THE republican party" as the Co
lumbia (S. c. State views it, has
broken the solid east.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

number Of child workers given in the
next census much less than 1000, 900.