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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Indiana is fortunate IN its Senators. But ior
the influence of Messrs. Shively and Kern the
Statewide primary would probably have been
rejected By the platform committee Of the Demo
cratic State Convention just closed. Everything
looks good tor another Democratic victory in the
Hoosier State this fall.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

There is every indication that the investment oi
Torreon will add to General Villas military pres
tige. He seems TO be a man OF many faults, but
in a military way he looms far larger than any
other figure shat has appeared IN the Mexican wa-.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Woodrow Wilson confesses that he uses Dor
rowed brains. How different from a certain pre-
deceseor VINO could not be told anything at al,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

The Zion College man who won over seven COM
petitors at Greensboro Friday night il the detate
preliminary to the Peace Congress, was named
William Jennings Bryan Truitt, and a man With
a name like that was under special Co1npuls'on .
make good.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Yesterday was the first day of spring. But the
season slipped a cog somewhere on the way and
few bleaker days were seen during the winter.
The winter Of 1913 1914 will have a place IN me
neurological history.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Charlotte is now cndeavoring TO gather i'll Pass
fern Institute. The Charlotte spirit keeps Char
lotte always i'll the acquisitive mood, and that IS
one OF the things that makes a city grow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

1t has been ascertained that as far back as 1927,
she German poet, Goethe, predicted that the
United States would build the Panama Canal.
Goethe was a wise man. He recognized the ma
ton that could deliver the goods.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Marion Butler ard Vic Murdoch are against
repeai OF tolls exemption. and that is SOME more
reason for believing that the exemption ought
to be repealed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Twelve hundred and thirty counties Ill th.
United States have outstanding highway bonds
to the amount OF a quarter Of a billion dollars
1hs shows how strong a hold the realiza ton q
the need for good roads has taken upon the minds
OF the people. North Carolina is one of the most
progressive OF the States in good roads work,
but 1t should not weary in well-doing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24
ALL FOR S1.7O

There has never been offered in North Carolina
SO much good reading for 50 little money as we
are Offering under the following proposition: For
$1.70 we will send the following for one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eightpage
weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able monthly journal, pub
iished by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen page North
Carolina homo and farm weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seve6ty Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
v. c. MOORE, Manager.
TTECnAv March % 1914
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Sampson county and the State lost a good cit.
zen when MIR, A. F. Howard, Of Salennburg passed
away Friday night. 4 successful farmer, a trend
OF schools, a loyal worker for the political pin
cpies that nc believed to he right, faithful to his
church' KIND IL his home and thoughtful OF his
nelghbo7s, he was indeed a good citizen and !.
shining example oil d life wei! lived.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

vi. Nlafies y. Evans, president OF the Aflaou,
lfus' and Banking Company, OF Wilmington. GOES
~ n'it1nore as assistant to the president Of the
Equitable Mortgage and Trust Company. This i,
" pFoIfotlon 1or MIR. Evans and one we'll earned
= framed bank man, with energy and the habit Of
apphcauon' ne has gone steadily forward in his
Nocauon and set an example Of how to win sue.
cess b. deserving it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

In appointing Robert Lansing, OF New lorAt 70
succeed John Bassett Moore as Chief Couns3llof
OF the State Department and Cone johnson, Of
Texas, to succeed Joseph w. Folk as solicitor u
the department., President Wilson seems to have
used his customary good judgment. Both are
men with records for achievement.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

We know so much at sixty says former Pres
dent Taft, we think we ought to rush in and AID
the young men and women to avoid the same
pitfalls" But, unhappily, you never can tell how
bad a pitfal is until you have struck its bottom.
There are some things that can be learned only
by experience.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

Exchange remarks that the ST. Louis brewer
who died and left 8 fortune OF forty million dot
lars contributed some contradiction to the popu
lar idea that all the money of the country COWS
into Wall Street, Perhaps, still it does not follow
that because money flows into Wall Street II
must stay there.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Bryan for Suffrage.

Secretary Bryan makes strong state
ment Of the suffrage case in his declara-
ton of advocacy of that cause, and it
cannot be doubted that his accession to
the ranks will strengthen them, particu-
iariy in Nebraska, where an amendment
Is to be voted on at the next election 1t
will have an effect. however, elsewhere
than in Nebraska, doubtless in Missouri,
where an amendment is also to be voted
on in November. If the suffragists can
carry these two states they will have
made notable addition to the list of
equal rights commonwealth.
There is nothing inconsistent betw cen
the position of Mr.. Bryan, as now avow-
ed. and that of the President as lately
stated in the course of the White House
interview with delegation of suffra-
sists The President, it Is true has never
declared himself in favor of suffrage. oc-
cupyins merely negative position with
reference to federal action. His first
statement was that inasmuch as the
Baltimore platform was silent on the
subject of suffrage. he did not feel war
ranted in taking a positively approving
attitude. and his second statement was
that this is a matter for the states and
not properly the subject of constitutional
amendment Mr.. Bryan addresses his
argument strictly to the merits of the
ease. without reference to the method
whereby suffrage is to be obtained, and
treats it as subject now before the
people OF Nebraska. His letter will un-
doubtedly prove a powerful weapon in
the hands of the suffragists in their pres
cnt campaign.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Care of City's Shade Trees.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
Too much credit cannot be given the
street tree committee of the park COM
mission for the energy and Intelligence
with which it has entered upon it's task
of caring for the shade trees in the city
streets. The story OF what has been ac-
complished with little money is told not
alone in the statistics of trees sprayed
and protected, but in the actual condition
Of the trees in all parts of the city and
in the conspicuous reduction in the num-
Der and ravages Of the caterpillars This
Is form of Improvement in actual civic
conditions, material and esthetic, that
cannot be measured In figures, yet IL SO
distinct an addition to the beauty and
comfort of the city streets that the fullest
cooperation should be afforded the COM
mittee both by city councils and by the
individual property owners, and especially
by the owners Of trees on the sidewalks.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
The South and Protection.

There are bull mooSers Of the belief that
in other southern states besides Louisiana
q revolt against the democracy in their
favor is impending and that they have
only te bestir themselves to reap a ich
harvest in November. Hence the sugges-
ton that Mr.. Roosevelt broaden and
lengthen his projected southern tour. and
speak In Nashville, Birmingham. Atlanta,
Raleigh and Richmond rs well as in New
Orleans.
Undoubtedly, the leading business men
Of the south. manufacturers and planters.
are. and long have been, protectienists.
They have felt, and seen their whole sec
ton show. the benefits of the application
of the protection policy. And yet their
senators and representatives in Congress.
with only few exceptions. have CO.
operated with, and at times led, the free
trade faction Of the democracy.
The same is true as respects the money
issue. Leading business men of the
south - manufacturers, planters, mer-
chants, bankers-were always opposed to
free silver. They objected as strongly to
Mr.. Bryan's propaganda as the business
men of other sections. But the southern
senators and representatives, with but
few exceptions. voted for all silver meas
ures presented in Congress, and the south
ern states, with but few exceptions, voted
for Mr.. Bryan in his three campaigns
for the presidency.
And here is another inconsistency. The
revolt in Louisiana is against the Under
wood tariff revision. and based entirely
on the sugar schedule, which, II it stands,
will destroy the cane sugar industry Of
the state. And yet the sugar schedule
of the new law is by no means the only
one bearing against American interests.
There are interests of other sections COM
planning almost as bitterly as the sugar
interests of Louisiana.
But Louisiana considers only her own
interests If sugar had been left pro-
tected by the Underwood revision there
would have been no complaint from her,
and ne desertions from the democratic to
the bull moose party. The complaints Of
other sections about schedules of the new
law bearing heavily against their inter-
ests would have fallen on deaf ears.
This makes of the tariff. in the phrase
of Gen. Hancock, a local issue. AS q
matter of fact. protection is national
issue. and requires for its fruitful appii-
cation appraisement on national lines
Louisiana must concede to the deserving
interests Of other sections the protection
she asks for her own deserving interests.
and In Congress cooperate for national
ends with those seeking national ends.
and not maneGver on the principle OF
every fellow for himself and devil take
the hindmost
Her manifest self1shness in this matter
robs her Of much sympathy. Her in
dustry. marked for slaughter. is impor-
tant and deserving, but not more SO than
the industries Of other sections hard hit
by the Underwood law and greatly de-
pressed.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Plutocrats and Plain People.

Charles Summer Bird of Massachu-
setts. one of the angels Of longest
spread of wing of the bull moose party
declines to head that party's state ticket
again this year He has made two races
for governor. and last year led the re-
publican candidate at the polls but this
year his party's candidate he cannot be.
He has not jumped the reservation He
has not closed his fat walleteto the cause
He is still a bull mooser. and still dis
posed to contribute properly of his
abundant store to the propagation of bull
moose ideas.
Mr.. Bird has found, however, that a
plutoerat at the head of a party warning
on plutocracy subjects that party to sus-
picion and even censure- The plain peo-
pie are not favorably impressed. They
seem to fear that the movement is load
ed" AS Mr.. Bird believes. the party
would be stronger if plutocrats were less
In evidence in its directorates. and less
conspicuous in its financing.
Has not this national as well as local
application.
George W. Perkins is an able man, and
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Niagara's Level.
From the New York Times.

Secretary of War Garrison does we'll in
recommending to the House committee on
foreign affairs that the power companies
at Niagara be limited, as in the present
regulations, to withdrawing but 1900
cubic feet of water per second from the
great cataract on the American side. He
does III, We think. in urging that the re-
strictions upon importing electric power
from the Canadian side be removed.
Water seeks its level, it knows no ma
tienal boundaries. The American falls
would be depleted, their grandeur and
scenic beauty would be impaired if more
Of Niagaras waters were sucked away on
Canada's side. The companies care little
on which bank of the river their plants
are built provided they may sell their
electricity in the United States.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
The Army Worm.

A little more than fifty years AGO
Washington was attacked and nearly
captured by an invader from the south.
Today, as though in anniversary cele-
bration. the capital Is beset by another
army and the call has been sounded
for all reserves to fight this conmon
enemy.
The army worm must he attacked
vigorously and relentiessly 1t can he
conquered if every Washinstonian will
fight it hard during the next few days.
1t must be stepped on. prodded. swept
and scraped into receptacles. sprayed
and fed with poison. By merely direct
walk through an infested part of the
city hundreds of these can be lilled by
a single individual. A judicious use of
poisonous mixtures, such as the De-
partment of Agriculture prescribes,
will slay these pestiferous little black
worms by wholesale. but the use must
be very careful indeed. as all the poi
sons that will put the army worm out
of business will be equally discourag-
ing to human life.
The army. worm has one popularity
that makes it especially an object OF
vindietive persecution. Like the bull
dog of the famous advertisement, PRO-
claimed as very fond of children. it will
eat anything. 1t will take grass or
the leaves of any tree or plant. but il
is especially fond of grass. and in the
course of a few minutes will make a
well kept lawn look like a much used
parade ground.
1t is every citizens duty to night this
| invader. The army worm moves so
quickly that although some part. OF
| the city may not he now infected they
are likely TO be attacked within q few
Evening star., 1914-07-17
On Parade,

When Jimmyboy stands forth attired
In Sunday garb SO trim,
No artwork by the crowd admired
Could be compared to him.
A jaunty hat of straw he wears,
With ribbons gayly decked.
His clothes are free from stains and tear,
His manners are correct.
Beneath the hat appears face
That shares the general change.
OF laughter there is not a trace;
His gaze is fixed and strange.
He nurses with resentful pride
The scars he can't reveal
A finger cut all neatly tied,
A stone bruise on his heel.
The butterfly drifts gayly by,
Umfearfui Of pursuit.
The ball and bat neglected lie
Where he stands grimly mute.
The cat enjoys placid lot;
Bewildered stands the pup,
And gloom pervades the tranquil spot
When Jimmy's all dressed up.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

has had extraordinary success in the
business world. He understands Big
Business. and represents it. He is a dis
tinguished captain of industry. His large
possessions have grown out of his activi-
ties in the trust line.
Mr.. Perkins makes neither conceal
ments nor apologies about the matter.
What he is now proposing relates to
curbing the trusts. He would curtail the
opportunities he enjoyed and improved
when active in the trust field. He de-
ciares that the country would benefit
from the adoption of his present sugges-
tions. His aim. as he asserts. is such
a distribution of good things as would
largely increase the number of shares.
Mr.. Perkins proposition, while con-
denlning the old trust style of accumula-
ton. does not include restitution on the
part Of those who have employed that
style to their profit. They are to hold on
to all that good fortune and their good
management have given them.
When the late Tom l. Johnson of Ohio
was in Congress he was a sturdy advo-
cate of free trade. At that time he was
reputed to be very rich. and it was as
serted his wealth had grown out of indus
tries that had long enjoyed the benefits
Of a protective tariff. In a debate in the
House on one occasion he was interro-
gated pleasantly about the matter. He
as pleasantly replied. and frankly con-
fessed judgment. He was then asked II
in view of his tariff opinions he should
not return money which according to
his own argument had been unjustly and
unconstitutionally wrung from the peo-
pie. And he replied, smiling: That would
not be business"
Naturally. the plain people fear trust
magnates and other wealthy men berat-
ing trusts and denouncing business
morals in general.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Mr.. Croker's Visit.

Richard Croker as q visitor to New
York next fall may not add to the glory
of reform campaign. but If the humor
seizes him he will be able to point out to
Charles F. Murphy the error the latter
made as Tammany leader in 1912 after
his return from Baltimore.
1t is not generally remembered that
Tammany was quite as unpopular at Chi
cago in 1892 as at Baltimore twenty years
later. David B. Hill was its choice for
President at that time, and 1t doomed him
at Chicago as one who could carry New
York, and 1t opposed Mr.. Cleveland as one
who could not. Bourke Cockran's speech
which was a striking oratorical per-
formance. and the hit of the convention
was an elaboration of that proposition.
Tammany was denounced by the Cleve-
land cohorts. up and down.
When Tammany returned home there
was much anxious curiosity as to how
much interest it would take in the cam
paign. There was no threat Of bolt.
but 1t was regarded as all-important that
the organization should bestir itself in
Mr.. Cleveland's behalf.
Mr.. Croker brought the Clevelandites to
terms, and had little trouble in doing so.
Through their aid he frightened his hold
on the big town. and after election re-
ceived recognition from the new admin
istrati0n in the distribution Of the fed
eral patronage. He did not embarrass
Mr.. Cleveland by visits to the White
House. but there were "hand-outs' for
Tammany through the back door and over
the alley gate. Tammany kept faith with
the Clevelandites. and the Clevelandites.
through Mr.. Whitney, kept faith with
Tammany.
Mr.. Murphy did not improve his oportu-
nifty two years ago. Upon returning home
from Baltimore he promptly forgave those
who had despitefully used him at the con-
vention, and went to work for the ticket
without any selfish understanding as to
what Tammany's share should be in case
Of victory. He might have made a bar
gain. for at that time New York seemed
necessary to democratic success. How
far the split in the republican party
would go had not been made manifest.
That New York and other states, and, in
fact. the country. would go democratic as
the result of republican divisions was not
then in the general calculation.
On that occasion the Murphy leader
ship lacked the Crokerian foresight and
sagacity; and small wonder Mr.. Croker
values at low rate Mr.. Murphy as the
head Of an organization expected to be
practical at all times. and to get re
suits"
Yet it Is true that, In the main, Mr..
Murphy as leader of Tammany has fol-
lowed old established and we'll recognized
Tammany lines. and shepherded his flock
with regard to rich pastures. He can
show Mr.. Croker on that point from
the undisputed record.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
The Continuing Crisis in Mexico.

After Huerta peace and constitutional
government in Mexico, or intrigue and
chaos? No one can tell what a day will
bring forth, but it is of good omen that
the people of the City Of Mexico accept
calmly the transfer of the provisional
government to DIR. Francisco Carbajal.
lately chief justice of the supreme court.
There can be no question Of further re-
sistance to the victorious armies of Gov.
Carranza. The sooner strong force OF
constitutionalsts makes its entry into
the capital upon the invitation of Pres-
dent Carbajal the better for with both
Huerta and Gen. Blanquet gone the fed
eral troops have no leader who can con-
troll thenS.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Equipping an Agriculturist.

'How's your boy Josh doing?"
WELL replied Farmer Corntossel,
Josh is a smart boy and mighty willin
but I'm goin' to have to send him to
school some more before 1 can depend on
him for help on the farm
why, he is well educated young
man.
Yes, but he's got to specialize. I'm
goin' to keep him studyin geology. until
he kin recognize a rock before he hits
it with a plow."
Evening star., 1914-07-17

days. So each Washingtonian in the
course of his travels about town should
take pains to step on every one OF these
creatures he meets, regardless OF his
sensitive feelings and Indifferent to the
smearing of the sidewalk. For every
dead army worm represents a heavy
gain, inasmuch as the reproductive
power of one of these insects Is tre-
mendous.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Temporary Hesitation.

"How's business"
Business is all right" replied Mr.. Dus-
tin Stax.
Il thought you were complaining"
Not about business But with q new
tariff and new banking arrangements and
new income tax 1 was obliged to go
q little slow for q short time in order to
study the rules of the game"
Sometimes a man conveys the impress
sion that he is aggressively impudent
because he is trying to conceal the fact
that he is in a timorous frame of mind.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Not a 0ne-Man Party.
rom the Boston Advertiser.

From the Boston Advertiser.
1t is foolish to call the progressive
party a one-man party. 1t was never
that. Members of the organization
know, and the great boss recently ad-
mitted, that the angel who supplies the
funds to keep the ship together Is as
important as the man who furnishes the
wind to bulge the sails.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

number of democrats are beginning
to suspect that protection for infant
industries in their own section Of the
country would be a worthy feature of
any tariff.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

No doubt the Senate has enabled Mr.
Warburg to understand the feelings of
a man who has to hustle around and
be identified before he can do business
with a bank.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

Mexico City has suffered a great deal
in business way by the fact that it
is the capital of restless and often
impulSive nation
Evening star., 1914-07-17

Go~ernment ownership would be a
simpler proposition if an out-of-date
railroad could be sold off like a super
animated battleship.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

The trainers of the Baltimore platform
managed to give it so much interest that
a number of citizens refuse to allow 1t to
meet the customary fate Of forgetfulness.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

In studying Jspans probable SYM
pathies IN an international way, it
seems necessary also to study her pos-
sible indignations.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

Having achieved all the notoriety
that print can supply, it is difficult to
guess what some of the militant suf-
ffsSettes expect to attain in England.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

Even if it should prove impossible to
curb the trusts, it is the recognized duty
Of every administration to give them an
occasional scare.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

well refereed exploration match in
South America between Roosevelt and
Savage Landor might be interesting.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Always in Order.

From the Utica Observer.
One item of news that may be ex-
pectsd from China with regularity and
frequency Is that she Is about to seek a
new loan,
Evening star., 1914-07-17

Present fashions are described as pos
sessing Grecian characteristics. The
Greeks are in no position to resent the
assertion.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

1t will be a relief il the New Haven
can proceed by means OF the dissolution
instead of the smash-up.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

About the most remarkable thing
about some umpires Is the fact that
they still live.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

The interests of the ultimate consum-
err have become so obscure that he is
no longer mentioned in the discussion.
Evening star., 1914-07-17
Present Day Poetry.

We have no poets nowadays,
No gentle warblers whom We praise
For their Imagination.
Yet Truth and Fancy. hand in hand,
Are found abroad in our great land
In many fine oration.
Evening star., 1914-07-17

The dictograph has promoted even
to a scientific basis.