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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
Cut Them All Out.

Chicago officials say the woman
on the town shall not vote, but Chi
cago officials are mum as to the
franchise rights of the man on the
town" They say that women who
practice immortality ought not to
vote and most of us will agree with
them; but If an immoral woman
shall be denied certain rights of citi-
zenship because of her immortality
what excuse shall We give for the in
justice that protects her male con-
temporary. If immoral life is bar
to franchise, why fix it firmly against
the woman and leave a cat hole for
the male immoralist? Why not
clean out the whole rotten bunch
asks the Marshalltown Times-Repub-
lican.
Getting away from Chicago and
back home, why do we drive the
scarlet woman from the streets while
we greet the scarlet man smilingly?
Why should we smile and sneer if
we are men and glare stonily if we
are women at the woman whose re-
putation is lost and whose character
is blown upon as she passes us on
the street when we stop to shake
hands and chat with men whom we
know to be no better than the wo-
man? What's the matter with us?
The cadet who prowls for the
white SLAYER, the owner OF the build.
ing rented at enormous profit for i'm
moral purposes, the proprietor who
deals in human lives, the patrons OF
the place, who aggregate 100 times
the number of the lost women, all
these lost men are to vote in Chica-
go. What right has vice and immor-
ality to a vote and what difference
does it make as to the sex of the vi
cious? How much better is the man
than the woman, in Chicago or in
Iowa? And what would be the re-
suit in politics and in elections were
iN4iiN"f'' NSh'Nu 'otc iiicSpcC-
tive OF sex or condition? Why should
the cadet, the musician" in a bag
nio, all the varied list from the coke
fiend who runs errands, to the mil.
lionaire who builds and leases and
defends as an investment immoral
traffic of any kind balance the vote
of decent man who has used his
life sincerely and whose franchise IL
exercised with honest purpose? Why?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
DECLINING BIRTH RATES.
Today the Man With Half Dozen
Healthy Growing Children is
Phenomenon.

The opinion was expressed at the
conference for race betterment just
held at Battle Creek, Mich, that
three great nations, England, Ger
many, and France, are facing race
extinction as the result of declining
birth rates. DR.. j. NJ. Gattell said
at this meeting that if these races
are to remain powerful a century
hence there must be provision for Sc
lection of healthy mothers, and for
the cost of bearing and rearing child
rem.
Today the man with a half dozen
healthy and growing children is a
phenomenon. He may not shine in
society, but he is counted a pillar of
the state. Yet the higher up in the
social scale his neighbors may be,
the less they follow his example and
gain their similar share of public
approval.
A college professor, writing in the
Independent recently, showed how
of the 20 members of his faculty,
only one had had a child in nine
Years. The more a neighbUrhood
advances in wealth, culture, and ed
ucation, the less it's stately homes
are disturbed by the laughter of
children. AS the servant comes in,
the child goes out.
Perhaps the true cause is sug-
gested by the fact that the sharpest
decline in birth rate is shown among
the French, the nation is preeminent
for thrift.
1t costs at least a third more to
feed and clothe a child now than it
did 20 years ago, the provision be-
ing the same. But standards are
higher Probably 95 per cent of
men 40 years old wore patched
pants" to school as boys. What
mother dares to send her boy to
school with patch today?
Formerly when your child had
sore throat and cough, you paid the
ramily aoctort $i60 for alpre.icrip- d
ton, and trusted to time to out grow
the trouble. Now people go to a
throat specialist, and have the ade-
noids taken out, costing from $40
to $50. It's that way all along the
line.
Every one believes in large fami-
lies except for himself. No wonder
the birth rates look sick.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
The Great American Hen.

The great American hen has al
ways been great bird. Neverthe-
less she is growing fast. Twenty
years ago, says the Inter Ocean, she
required assistance from the hens OF
the world in order to meet the Amer
lean demand for hen products. Today
she not only supplies almost the en-,
tire American market, but is a big
factor in supplying the world.
Figures just published by the de-
partment of commerce show that
during the fiscal year 1913 the Unit
ed States exported over 81 100000
dozen of eggs, against 1900 ,00(
dozen ten years ago and 5000
dozen fifteen years ago. The 191;
exports included 20,409,39'0 dozen
Of whole eggs valued at Si,391 653
and of $67 ,S54 worth of yolks anC
canned eggs, making total of over
quarter of billion eggs exported
during the year.
The great American hen still re
ceives little assistance from the ou
side. but comparatively little. W.
imported during the fiscal year 1913
whole eggs, 1.271,765 dozen; yolks
227,457 pounds, and dried eggs, 20,
2S4 pounds. The imports of 1SS:
were 100000 dozen eggs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
UNCLE SAM HAS
5000 ISLANDS
Over 100000 Persons Live on
Them, More Than Entire L. 5.
Century Ago.
COMMERCE. S3OO,OOO,OOO.
CAPITAL $4OO, 900, 900
Porto Rico and Hawaii Have Deyel.
oped Rapidly Under American
Possession.

Uncle Sam now has under his
possession exactly 5000 islands
supporting population of 10000.
600, or more than the entire United
States century ago, according to a
report just received by the National
Geographic Society. 1t tells the
story of the remarkable develop.
ment of those islands since the
American flag was unfurled over
them.
The report shows that their com.
merce exceeds s3,O00,OOO, or more
than that of the United States in any
year prior to 1850; American capi.
tai invested in them aggregate ap.
proximately $400,O0O,000. They
ship to the United States 100000.
600 of their products every year, and
take in exchange products of about
equal value.
The feature of the report is the
development of Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Alaskan Islands. 1t shows
that when Porto Rico came under
American poss ession fifteen years
ago there was but one building in
the island erected for school pur-
poses, while today there are 1900
such buildings. There were $4,000
pupils enrolled in the public schools
in the first year of American admin
istration; now there are 1000
Then there was but one good road
ef forty miles now there 9Fs toO(
miles of good roads.
Production of sugar has grown
from 5000 tons a year to $50, 900
The foreign commerce was about
$40, 100000 a year; now it is nearly
S1p0, 100000. Then the islands
bohght about $2,5O0.000 worth Of
American products a year; now
nearly 40,000,000.
According to the report, Hawai-
has been extremely prosperous since
it came permanently under the
American flag in 1900. The assess
ed value of property increased one
half, the value of the sugar croI
more than doubled deposits in bank:
trebled and in savings banks quad
rupled. Hawaii's irrigation sys
TEN is the marvel of the engineer
world, and the quantity of sugar
produced per acre far exceeds tha
of any other spot on the globe.
The Alaskan Islands and main
land" says the report, cost us 81,
500, 900, an expenditure that man.
believed to be quite unjustiiable
l. yet for many years the annual valu
of the seal skins alone approximate
/ the cost of the entire area while a
present the value of the canned sal
mon sent us from Alaska in singl
year is twice as much as the entir
possession cost"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
ITEMS OF INTEREST
AT NATIONS CAPITAL
Special Representative VIII Keep
Public Opinion Readers Posted.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVFS
TO NEWS OF IOWA PEOPLE
Interesting Developments of Ma
tiOn's Affairs Tersely Described
by Former IOwan for Iowa
Readers.
Public Opinion Bureau
Washington, d. c., Jan. 26, 1914

Washington, ID. C., Jan. 70, 1914.
The Problems of Mexico.
The characteristic Mr.. Dooley once
related that Napoleon had an ar
my of ten thousand men; he march
ed them to the top of the hill; but
who marched them back again?'
Naturally, lit was Mr.. Dooley." And
just about in the same illogical man
ner the armies of the United States
have been moved to the Mexican bor-
der, only to be marched back
again" 1t has happened many,
many times since that eventful day
more than two years ago when Presi-
dent Taft made it clear that he
was getting ready to do something" !"
Army posts have been deserted, and
the soldiers after few weeks on
the border have been marched back
again, and then some more!
These events speak for the patience
of the American people. In the Con-
gress discussion of Mexico is almost
taboo, and even the critics of the Ad-
ministration policy bride their ut
terances. But now legislation affect
ing the Mexican situation is continu-
ally coming up. A short time ago
Senator Ashurst proposed barb
wire fence along the Mexican border.
One has but to recall San Juan Hill
to find the reason. Now Senator
Sheppard has bill for a government
highway along the Rio Grande, and
of course the object is to facilitate
the movement of troops. Still anoth-
er measure before Congress provided
for means to increase the army to a
war basis. Uncle Sam is gradually
pulling at his foot straps, but looks
troubled, and those at Washington
who can best observe how he chews
at the straw between his teeth, know
that he is hoping that he will escape
the unpleasant task of intervening
in Mexico.
Simplifying POstofiice Burglaries.
| When the postmaster's safe is
robbed, and the mail is scattered
helter-skelter about the premises,
the first thing to be done is to notify
the Department, which dispatches an
inspector to the scene, and in the
course of time the robber is likely
to be caught. Sometimes this pro-
cess takes a number of years. In
the meantime the postmaster and his
bondsmen are debited at Washington
for the few hundred, or thousands
of dollars that may have been stolen
heretofore it has taken special act
of Congress to move the burden oi
responsibility for the loss from the
postmaster and his surieties. Finally
it has come to pass in this year oi
1914 that the Senate of the United
States has provided means by
which the Postoffice Department
may reimburse the postmasters; anC
should the House concur the period
OF worry as to what will be done
about it at Washington" will be
!, abbreviated.
j Unanimous Consent Agreements.
! Last fall the Senate, in order tC
Continued on page 81
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

An Ohio game warden suggests
that the poor may help out their ta-
bic with sparrow potpie. He says it
is good for he has eaten it. Over
at Sterling, H., many years ago Pap
Seeley, at the railroad lunch counter
used to make potpies from English
sparrows killed at live bird shoots
and the reputation of sparrow pot
pie still lives in that section. It's
good all right, but the poor man
who attempted to supply his table
with meat by catching sparrows
could eat soup with table fork.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

Notice that when the Detroit
manufacturer cut lemon for labor
that labor gathered about ii in very
evidences of satisfaction that a
board of express company directors
meet a so per cent dividend? There
is but one startling difference; ev-
cry one approves the workingman' s
melon and nobody the monopolist's
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

James E. Sullivan says that if the
proposed 100000 fund for British
athletics were to be used to hire
amateur" athletes Americans would
withdraw. AS the fund would new
er be so used and as it is an utter
failure, bitterly denounced by Brit
ish sportsmen, we need not worry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

News Snapshots @ J d to e ~ % siege in farmhouse
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

The National Suffrage association
will take part In the Maryland cleo
tions, and this is no longer the joke
which the politicians used to hold
it, The women have made them
selves force 10 be reckoned with
Everywhere.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

New York is spending far more
money than any city on earth and
yet this year it has 100000 more
children than it can accommodate in
its schools. But the supply of sa-
looms and similar places is equal to
all demands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

The death of the last of the John
Brown captors having been follow
ed by the passing of the last of the
Lincoln bodyguard, it's hard to tell
whether the next turn belongs to the
last Of George Washington slaves
or the last of the Trenton girls who
kissed Lafayette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

A sister ship 10 the Imperator is
now on the ways. The mammoth Ii
ner is apparently here to stay" un-
til yet larger boats challenge it's SUI
premacy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
oAPPER DENIES 1T

Replying to the statement OF w.
A. White that "Bristow and capper
proposed 10 Gov. Stubs" plan for
delivering the Republican party
over to the Progressives Mr.. Capper
says:
THE story Is not true as far as
/ am concerned. ] have made no
propositions directly or indirectly to
Mr.. White or anyone else. l have
not entered into any political deals.
have not attempted any trades with
any one. and do not intend to make
any in the future"
This clears Capper unless White
can make good on his statement by
proof. White now puts II up TO
Stubs and dares everybody to let
loose the business transacted on Sun
day, January 4 by Brlstow, Stubs
ct al. Sunday! and such good peo-
pie tool Well, let's have 1t all or
else the Emporia boss is left out on
n limb,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
REFUSES TO SERVE AS
BULL MOOSE CHAIRMAN

Concordia, Jan. 2S.-Charles /.
Goose, secretary of the Republican
central committee of Cloud county
was also elected chairman of the
Bull Moose committee and has re-
fused to serve. He says he is a Re-
publican, would stand by that party,
and did not believe there was any
demand for a third party in this
county nor in Kansas.
The Bull Moose organization of
this county also received another
blow yesterday when ex-Representa-
tive and Banker John B. Wood of
Aurora, refused to permit his name
to appear on the calf for a Bull
Moose meeting. In an effort to Sc
cure enough signers for the call
Woods name was used. He says
there was no need for third party
as the Republican party was good
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
CURTIS FOR SENATOR

The people OF Kansas will be es'
pecially pleased at the announce
ment OF Charles Curtis that he IL
a candidate for the Republican nom
nation. No Kansas senator or rep
resentative ever made q finer rec
ord in congress than Curtis. He was
always on the Job, always working
insteiligently for progressive legis'
lation-and always for Kansas and
his Kansas constituents.
In common with many other Re-
pubncans, he supported bills pro
viding for the eight-hour system
workmen's compensation, regulation
Of child labor, the children bureau
strengthening the interstate COM
merce act, conserving our public re-
sources. prohibiting the white slave
traffic, and numerous other meas
ures in the interest Of all OF the
people, as we'll as some in which
Kansas was more directly interested
including the grant OF the Fort
Hays military reservation to the
state of Kansas, the appropriation
to assist in developing the under
flow in western Kansas proposed by
him, which passed the senate, but
failed OF action in the house. He
also supported the income tax
amendment and the amendment
providing for the election Of sena-
tors by a vote of the people. And
during all of his term of office he
did what he could for the veterans
of the Civil and Spanish wars, their
widows and orphans. The women
who we're attempting to secure their
rights received his support, includ-
ing the printing and distributing Of
public documents, In their interest
and such like service, because in his
Judgment their exercise of the right
OF suffrage will be beneficial to the
best interest Of all the people.
There never was any doubt about
Curtis; he did not jump from side
to side or play double in politics.
He is a gentleman and worker
everywhere you put him. Kansas
Republicans gave him "a majority
for denomination but he was defeat
ed because of a technical advantage
in the vote by districts. This year
he will have an overwhelming ma
jority and be elected.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
THE NEW COMPTROLLER

The appointment of Assistant
Treasurer James S. Williams as
comptroller was an especially good
selection by President Wilson and
is meeting with general approval
Williams was opposed bitterly by a
few Wall street bankers who were
evidently convinced they could not
control him but when his confirma-
ton came up in the senate every
senator, except Bristow, voted to
confirm him. 1t suits Kansas bank
ers to have a comptroller who is
for all the nation and Wall street
has no superior claims on that inn
portant official. The fact that it
could secure only one vote against
Williams shows the senate's good
sense.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
"PRoOF" AND BILL WHITE

An Indignant subscriber writes:
81 read the Reflector critically ev-
cry day. am amazed at an editorial
statement In a recent issue. Speak
ing of Bill White and proof you
say: Usually he does not make
statements unless he has the facts.
| cant overlook this matter OF Bill
White and his adherence TO facts.
It's the limit. for you. and you must
not do II any more. You must not
deliberately lie about a man. My
surprise is made all the more pain
full because you have forgotten
about the indictment Bill found
against the legislature only a few
years ago. in which he charged them
all with being boodlers and graft
ers. Then when summoned to Tho
stand he gigged back on the whole
business"
We are waiting for Whites proof
If It does not come, we'll plead
guilty.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
Obituary

Grandmother Jackson died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. l.. Teet.
ers, Jan. %, 1914, aged 95 years
81 days. She was born in Beaver
county, Pa, Dec. 20, 1918, moved
to Crawford county, Ohio, in 1923,
and was married to William Jack
son in 1889. George, the Oldest
child, died in the army. The other
children living are Mrs. L. Teeters
and Mrs. l.. Geaque of Abilene; Mrs.
Alma Johnson of Hugo, Okla; Mrs.
Addie Mcmillan of Morris, CAL; j..
w. Jackson of Bellingham, Wash;
Edward Jackson of Kansas City, and
o. d. Jackson Of st. Louis.
Grandma and Grandpa Jackson
were among the Oldest settlers of
Buckeye township, having come to
Kansas with the original Buckeye
colony in 1870. Grandma Jackson
was the mother of twelve children.
She was also the head of five gen.
erations, there being 38 grand chill
iren, SO great grand children and
great great grand children.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
THE COUNTY ROADS

The Harrington Sun makes
somewhat heated attack on the
board of county commissioners be
cause the Golden Belt road was the
first road to be designated as 6
county road. The Sun has the
wrong understanding OF the county
road matter. The commissioners
have for two years been assisting
every township In the county with
its roads. About one hundred miles
OF roads were named, connecting all
principal towns and half the ex'
pense OF maintaining these was met
by the county. The automobile tar
received last year has all been dis
tributed among the counties and
cities for road purposes. Harrington
is receiving half. the cost of drag
ging the streets, as Is Abilene.
The attorney general has ruled,
however, that there must be desig-
mated county" roads and there
must be named q county engineer
before this money can be used. So
the commissioners named a county
engineer. (Since then the state en-
gineer has stated that the county
engineer in counties OF this size ia
poor proportion and does not get re-
suits at reasonable price,
To make a start on the county
roads the board named the Golden
Belt, intending to add other roads
at future meetings. There is no
automobile money due until July
except as here and there a new car
is bought and pays half years tax,
$3.50. 1t Is probable that all the
roads previously designated will be
named as county roads but the COM
missioners wanted to investigate 1t
closely as this will be a permanent
designation and perhaps some
change could be made to benefit
more persons. This has been the
course in most counties-start with
one accepted road that would nat
urally go In and add others to the
best advantage.
The entire county will be served,
as 1t should be, and Herington will
have its share when the work is
Probably more roads will
be named at the February meeting
and long before the automobile
money comes in the entire system
viii be colhpleteds' 4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
spirit" ONLY A FAKE MEDIUM
Detective Breaks Up q Circle In
Wichita Seance

Wichita, Jan. 27.-W. w. Aber,
a Spiritualist medium who came
here two months ago from Kansas
City, was exposed Saturday night
while in the midst of seance. A
dozen persons composed the "cir-
Gle" in the dark room and witnessed
the undoing of Aber.
A Pinkerton detective and a
newspaper reporter who had attend
ed the seances three nights made
the exposure. The detective asked
to talk with the spirit of his mother.
When the spirit" came out Of the
cabinet, the detective seized it by
the neck. A terrific struggle fol-
lowed. and when the spirit" was
stripped Of its white shrond and
gray wig it proved to be Aber.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29

Garden City Telegram: Two men
are candidates for the Republican
senatorial nomination in Kansas.
Charles Curtis asks for the Republi-
can nomination because he is a Re.
publican and believes in the theories
of government outlined in the Re-
publican platform. ]. L. Bristow
asks for the Republican nomination
because, as he says, it will swing
the votes of the ignorant and those
who cannot throw off the influence
of Republican inheritance. He ack-
nowledges that he is "ss ardent a
progressive as ever" Men who have
no reason for being Republicans may
debate between the two but men
who are Republicans for principle
will vote for Mr.. Curtis without dis
cussion.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-01-29
enough for him. Victor Murdoch has
promised to speak here next week.
AGENT BUYS UP SEED
FOR FARMERS, SAVES MONEY

Manhattan, Jan. 28.-The Mont
gomery county farm agent, E. J..
Macy, is saving money to farmers
In that county by cooperative buy
ing of seed. Forty-one bushels of
sweet clover seed was bought by the
farm bureau, recently, and a saw
ing of $1.2O bushel ON the pur-
chase price made and excellent seed
obtained. Another shipment of
several hundred pounds is expected
in few days from Wyoming, which
is shipped directly from the grow
ers to the farm bureau of Montgom-
cry county. The bureau also is very
active in supplying good breeding
stock to those who wish to secure it
in the county.