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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-24
THE CATTLEMEN'S ORGANIZATION

The Appeal is in receipt OF a communication from the secretary
Of the Nevada Cattle Owners, association, in answer to an editorial
recently published in these columns Due acknowledgement vas given
the communication by reproducing it in the Appeal of Saturday last
Cattle Owners association, while not denying. intimate, that his
organization is not in the political gam, and makes a strong point
when he claims that the association should not be held responsible
for the remarks, of individual members OF the organization.
When the Appeals editorial was written it was based mainly on
the remarks Of one individual, but it was the expression OF no less
became affiliated with the Cattle Owners association at Reno on the
l4h inst. So it i evident that many members OF the se'Uatt'm, ii
they had their sway, would commit the organization % politics and
have a ticket in the field at the coming elections, and do everything
in their power to abolish the existing state commissions.
But ON the other hand. asccrtaned by 4 careful canvass OF the ser
timcnt. and CLEANED from those who know whereof they speak, there
arc many members. and big ncs. too, OF the Catlcmen> uganiNa-
ton who are not only III favor OF retaining the various commissions
now existing in the state but have promised to help them III in every
honest cndcavor.
And there j. a splendid opportunity for them to do st. In 1913
the returns of the assessors OF the various counties OF the state
showed that there were approximately lS6Nn head OF cattle on the
assessment roll. ON these a tax Of SIS and $50 "a paid, on milk
cows, $5. On the floor OF the convention o N the day when the cat
temcn organized n Of the members asserted that there were 4NIEO
head OF cattle in Nevada. Government statistics, made up to january
1914, place the number OF cattle i'll the state, including milk cows, at
over 46SOm. So between the estimated number. carefully compiled
and the return, as actually given to the assessor, there i a differ
cnce Of $4,000 the number OF cattle OF which there is IL record ON
the assessment rolls, and on which no taxes have been paid.
If, as the secretary OF the Cattle Owners association says, the
organization "iccl, that with proper management and with proper
the public in general, it will prove to be a benefit to OF the great
est industries in the state OF Nevada and will accomplish an ineNi
mabe amount Of good to the state" and will combine with this decIa-
ration OF principle a disposition to assist the state and county officials
in their effort, to arrive at an honest count OF the stock in the stMc,
and to let the commissions alone, Tor they have come to stay, it will
1audallc work. Following this plan it will have the earnest support
OF everyone in the state.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-24

REGAN'S-Opposite the depot. cat
ers to the trade Of the general pub
lie and has on hand the bet Of all
lines of wines, liquor and cigars.
Excellent service and courteous
treatment. A fair share of public
patronage solicited.
PAXTON'S-For everything Of the
best in wines, liquors and cigars.
An excellent box ball alley for
sport and recreation. Drop i'll n
time and roll a game. Courteous
treatment and good service.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-24
WOOD-COAL

Coal and dry wood, also iirst-claS'
feed of all kinds for sale at to
II. c. Katleman Hay and fee'
Yard. All orders promptly dellV
cred. Phone l-5-l-l.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-24
USE HOME SUGAR

When you order sugar scc that you get Nevada made ugar, man
ufacturcd at the Falon sugar factory Ask your grocer for it and
scc that you get it. 1t keeps your money in the state instead Of
sending it out to the Hawaiian Islands or Cuba. Many housewives,
because they think the grain is a little finer in cane sugar, think they
are getting a better article than the beet sugar, but as a matter OF
fact there is 10 difference whatever in the quality of the sugar. The
only difference is that your money is kept at home in one instance.
in another it goes abroad. Exercise a little common sense and assist
in building up Nevada industries.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-24

Iowa hens lay more than a billion eggs a year. To be exact, they
lay ne egg and a hall for each person in the state every day in the
year. The estimatcd value of the poultry and eggs produced by that
state IN a year is $3SN0MO This is NOR than the annual gold
output Of any state in the Union.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-24

The Jurys conclusions i'll the case where ar attempt was made
to besmirch Senator Gore will be endorsed by the whole country. 1t
was a pure and simple blackmal and Gore refused to fall to it. The
senator is stone blind and the jury probably thought that a woman
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-02-24

who could OF protect herself from a blind man either lacked agility
or character
Evening journal., 1914-12-05

rectors are financially interested in the
property of which they are directors a
way soon will be found to throw the
burden of the present conditions where
it belongs, that is on the shoulders OF
those who use the railroads.
Americans have read with interest
Mr.. Mudge's report of conditions causing
the falling of in earnings OF the Chi
cagn, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
Among the items listed was claws and
commission orders requiring absolutely
unremunerative daily train service" No
court in the country has shown by pre-
vious decision that it will compel rail-
road to run its service at loss, and as
Mr.. Van Anwerp further on in his adj
dress so clearly states;
Railway managers will no longer sub
init to raids on their properties under
the thin veneer of state regulation.
Henceforth they will fight back At
last weeks election in Missouri, a hot
bed of anti-corporation sentiment, the
railroads boldly went before the people
under the referendum asking that the
Full Crew Law of 1912 be annulled. Il
took courage thus to beard the lion in q
state that has long rocked with anti-cor.
poration influence, and nothing was more
unlikely than victory. But the rail-
roads won in walk, and they always
will win if they fight in the open for a
worthy cause with clean hands,"
The railroad managers will not only
win with the people, but they win win
in our courts.
Evening journal., 1914-12-05

paid Sl42, 10000, representing 1859 per
cent. of their income, this being a higher
tax levy than that paid by any other
form OF private property in America
devoted to a public use.
From these considerations we are en-
abled to state first, that our railway
service costs less than that of any other
country; second that our RAILWAYS ex-
Gel all others in the compensation maid
to- employees; third, that American rail-
ways do more work per mile of line than
any others; fourth, that they are cant
talized on a far lower level than any
others; and fifth, that they paw more
than a lair share in taxes. If. there
lore, any form of private property is
entitled to earn a fair return on its
invested capital, our American RAILWAYS
arc pre-eminently in that class. It
seems to me we should be proud of
them"
MIR. Van Anwerp then showed most
graphically to what a serious condition
the railroads have been brought bv the
restrictions and interference of our nu-
merous state legislatures and the Inter
state Commerce Commission. With his
plea for a fairer treatment of the rail.
roads, all reasonable persons will thor.
oughly agree. II is believed. however.
that If the railroads are not given fairer
treatment the seriousness of the situa.
tion will fan most heavily on the conn
try itself and ON those who use the
railroads. If the stockholders of rail-
roads generally will see that their di-
Evening journal., 1914-12-05

futile would be the Federal reserve
or any other banking system to breed
buyers for shares and bonds the re-
turn on which rested in the quick
sands of precariousnessi How can
healthy life be kept in the business
body when SO large a part of the
country's investment funds is mem
aced with atrophy or paralysis? E Yes.
It is true that the final buyer of sac
rificed securities might cap future
profit, but no amount of argument
can make the sheriff's red flag a lur-
ing leader to the primrose paths of
prosperity.
Tle public in general is lament
ably blind TO the seriousness Of the
railroad crisis 1t matters not what
sins have been committed by railroad
bankers in the past, were they black
er thans the most bigOted populist
could paint them. It is profitless to
use hydrometers upon railroad CAPT
talization or to try to bail it out with
physical valuation processes. A con-
dition, not a theory. .confronts us.
The question, pressing with more in
sistence daily upon Government and
people, is this: Are you going to give
the railroads rates that will restore
their prosperity, or allow the pre-
sent situation TO drift to the rocks
that will destroy railroad credit ut
terly and leave a wreck against which
the craft of the entire countFy's
prosperity will so down in ruin and
panic?
President Wilson apparently ap-
preciatts, at least measurably, the
vital sigl ificance of prevailing rail-
road conditions and prospects. Has
he the courage to turn Congress to
measures of relief, regardless of the
impotent course of the Interstate
Commerce Commission? If he neg
lects the opportunity the entire ques-
tion inevitably will become a politi-
cal one. And, freed from the incubus
of Rooseveltism, the Republican par
ty may add TO its laurels as savior
of the country from the heresles Of
greenbackism, populism and free
silver tne new achievement in 1916
of rehabilitation of the industry
whose well being is as. essential as
that of agriculture to general pros
perity ard progress.
But, alas. i'm that case Il may be
only through such stress as that Of
1898, the business crucifxion which
was precedent to McKinley's victory
in 1896, that we shall attain to sane
railroad regulation and investment
safety. An awakening Of the people
now to the memorable facts and the
necessities of action can spare us
disaster.
James S. II. Umsted.
New York. December 3.
Evening journal., 1914-12-05

1913 was actually more than the total wage payment
of 1900
The Pennsylvania railroad paid to its 10000 share
holders last year about S29OOoOoO in dividends and
the annual rate of dividend precisely what it
in 1900
Wages to employees were S5 per cent higher. but
holders Of Pennsylvania railroad stock enjoyed
higher wages for the use OF their money than they
did fourteen years ago Many stockholders bought
their shares at substantial premium above par, and
many paid into the company 1920 for 800 par value
of Sock, And for holders Of Pennsylvania stock the
price of living has gone up exactly for the in
the shops or on the road
The wage-earner has very great incentive to pro-
ect the Pennsylvania dividend The Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company has always paid the highest rates of
wages in the territory through which It moves and
employees of other railroads have sought to get their
adapted to the Pennsylvania standard.
They have been successful IN accomplishing that
for the that the public Judges Of arbitration
and others said IF the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany pay these and its dividend other
railroads should be able TO do the same" It IS be-
Of the integrity Of the Pennsylvania dividends
that the company has been able to maintain the scale
OF wages which it has paid and the employees Of other
railroads have been able TO get their wages raised to
a scale approximating that Of the Pennsylvania
The safety of the Peinsylvana's dividend must be
secured If the company is to enjoy the confidence and
support Of those to whom the public look to oh
tam money 70 supply iuture needs. Ninety thousand
people, among whom nearly forty five thousand wo-
have had such faith in the fact that the manage
ment and the employees would protect the integrity OF
that dividend that they have invested in the stock
More have intrused their money the officers
and employees Of this company enable the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to pay the wages it does and
give the service it does, than to any other railroad
the world
The above facts, set forth so clearly by Mr. Lee
should make strong appeal not only to the railroad
employees, but also to the public which has such
direct and profound interest in the welfare Americas
transportation system. from both investment and
service point of view.
Evening journal., 1914-12-05
The Senussyeh and The Khedivate
Iron the New York Press.

In these days Of strange happen
ings nothing can be much queerer
than the prospect of the Pan Islamic
order of the Senussi or Senussyeh, as
seems TO be the more accurate spell
ing. becoming the ally and instru-
ment of the Christian Powers which
are gradually over-running and an
neXing the Mohammedan world. This
body has heretofore been a brooding
menace OF North African politics. It's
rapid spread among the Arabs of
Morocco and Tripoli and its stin
more amazing extension among the
negroes of the southern Sudan has
kept the colonial officials of France
and Italy anxious for years past and
the Egyptian Government in no small
uneasiness.
If the present Grand Master Of the
order, ST el-Mahdi ben-Si-M ohammad
ben Si-Ali ben Si-Snoussa, called by
Europeans the Sheykh-Senussyeh but
known to Moslems as the Sheykh ell
Mahdi. can be induced to accept the
post Of Khedive of Egypt and to pro-
claim himself Khalif, assuredly the
problem of the Allies and of Italy
viii be greatly simplifed for the mo-
ment. The coup will render Turkey
impotent so far as Africa is con-
cerned. But it may not be lmpossi-
BILE that serious future trouble and
unrest may be the result The true
aims of the Senussyeh are the un-
fathomed mystery of its existence.
The secret information bureaus of
France and England have long tried
to find out whether II is merely de-
won't or devout and militant to boot.
They have always failed in their eff
forts. SO there will remain much
doubt. if the projected revolution be
accomplished. whether England will
not be creating a new force in Egypt
which later may be turned against
her.
The present -senussyeh
succeeded his father, Si-Abdallah ell
Touati. in 1851, as favorite pupil and
chosen heir of Si-Mohammad ben-Se-
nussyeh el-Khettabi el-Hassain cl-
Idrissi el-Madjahari. who founded
the order in 1895; he became Grand
Master when the founder died in 1853.
As a scion of a family of the Arab
tribe of Ouled Sid Abd-Allah he
claims descent from the prophet
through Fatima's son, Hassan. Thus
he is qualified for the Khalifate.
The order has az present sixty-four
affiliated lodges and Pearly two hum
dred zaonias or conN ents and seats
Of instruction. It's headquarters are
at Diar-Berb. FIVE days march across
the desert from the oasis Of Siouah'
Evening journal., 1914-12-05

Our exchange table has been enriched by the arrival
of the New Castle Journal. II is a new weekly news
paper founded in our neighboring town by Franklin
W. De Crox, until recently member Of THE EVEN
ING JOURNAL stan. lie is its publisher and editor
in-chief George T. Maxwell another former member
OF our stan, is its associate editor We congratulate
them upon the editorial news and mechanical get-up
Of the publication. It is a paper of which they
and the people of New Castle have reason to be proud
We wish il unbounded success. Heretofore that town
has been the only of size in State without
weekly newspaper. Newark has two Middetown
two Clayton and Smyrna each; Dover, four;
Harrington, one; Milford, one; Georgetown three;
Lewes, one; Milton one; Laurel two; seaford one
and Delmar There unquestionably is room in
New Castle for such paper as the one Just
published II Mr. De Crox will conduct it along pres
ent lines and maintain its initial high standards it
soon should become Of the most popular and use
full OF the towns institutions
Evening journal., 1914-12-05
JusfA Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Quinius,
(The Sunshine Mani

Ye are bought with a price; be not
We the servants of men, Cor. vii. %.
Jesus Christ has bought US with His
blood, but alas He has not had His
moneys worth. He paid for all. and
He has had but a fragment Of our en-
ergy, time. and earnings. OF old the
mighty men Of Israel were willing to
swim the rivers at their flood to come
to David, their uncrowned but God
appointed king. And when they met
him they cried, Thine are we, David.
and on thy side. thou son of jesse"
They we're his because God had given
them to him, but they could not rest
content till they were his also by
their glad choice. Why, then, should
we not say the same to Jesus Christ?
IF. B. Meyer
One may use that which has been
dedicated and belongs to God. but in
doing so he robs God. Ye are not your
own. We have been bought with a
price, and the price is the precious
blood of Christ; and ye were sealed
with a seal, which is the Spirit of God.
j. Wilbur Chapman.
II is the hardest thing in the gram
mar of life to learn to put mime" and
thine" in just the right place. That
is life's lesson. Paul had learned 1t
when he said, eye are not your own"
and when he stood on that deck in the
storm and said. God. whose am and
whom l serve" The Christian man is
the man who has found to whom he be-
longs. The world wants men who
know where they belong and to whom
they belong.--W. w. Moire.
DAYTON. Ohio.
Evening journal., 1914-12-05

w. C. Van Anwerp, governor of the
New York Stock Exchange delivered an
interesting address recently before The
City Club in Rochester, n. Y. II was a
broad and forceful appeal for justice for
American railroads. Among other things,
he said
eve are agreed, ] am sure, that for
the sake of the general welfare OF the
United States. it is necessary that rail
way revenues must be at all times suili-
cicnt 10 meet expenses, operation includ-
ing liberal wages, adequate repairs, ree
ncwals and taxes, and that there must
be a fair return 10 investors with a
safeguard in the shape of marginal sur
plus. We may have our own opinions
as TO the selfshness of railway EN-
ployes, the capacity of railway credi-
tors. and the mistakes of railway mana
gers, but we are agreed that the rail
ways must earn living wage. That
much conceded. let rs see whether our
American railway properties, as msas-
Evening journal., 1914-12-05

where a splendid mausoleum has
been erected to the first Sheylzh-
Senussyeh. Missionaries are sent
out by it to all parts of the Moham-
medan world and its initiates are
innumerable. They are of four de-
grees. of which the highest is the
mendjtehed or savants or theolo-
gians. There is no military degree;
all promotion is based on some ex-
tent of knowledge of the Koran, sci
ence and law. Among themselves
the members call the order Trikat-el-
Mohammedia and they hail each other
as brothers. There are no poor
among them nor do trey admit her
mits, would be saints on fakirs. They
love simple pleasures and humor,
dress well and are even a trihe fop-
pish; they abjure alcohol and tobac-
CO, but revel in tea and perfumes.
They have neither -arsenals nor
armies. and they have refused all APP
peals frLm Europeans or Moslem
princes to declare war on the French,
English or Italians. Yet Pan-Islam-
ism is the chief of their three de-
mands. the Imamet, the other two
being a return to the teachings Of
the Koran and early Spfsm. Pan
Islam is "their gigantic. splendid
ambition" according to a recent
magazine article by Achmed Abdul
lah. who proclaims himself a mem
Der Of the order and assumes to cor
rect old errors regarding its history
and character But he gives no light
as to how the result is TO be achieved
unless it be by the spiritual regenera-
ton of Islam. Everything, he says,
has a religious object with them; AL
lah is alone their master. They hold
themselves aloof from politics. yet
are the cost dangerous political fac
tor in the Near East. They are err
roneously described as Moslem Pres
byterians, like the Wahabis OF Ara
bia. They are neither innovators
nor reformers. They preach the
primitive contract" freed from mod
erh heresies.
Such is the organization which
England. according to reports may
call in to disarm the Sultan OF his
power to stir up revolt in Egypt. It's
reconciliation with a Christian over
lordship in that country and the
other States Of North Africa would
seem on its surface strange. II
might not be unthinkable If the ideals
of the order touch only spiritual pro-
gress. But IL would at least be a
complete revolution from the old
ideals Of Islam, which always con-
templated extension by the sword
and armed supremacy over all other
cults.
Evening journal., 1914-12-05
THE RAILROADS. CRISIS
Past Sins of Management Do Not Count With Coun-
hY's Prosperity 1t Stake
lFrom The New York SUM

To the Editor of The Sun-Sir: In
any discussion of the reopening of
the New York Stock Exchange the
unavoidable premise is that railroad
securities are attractive to neither
foreign nor home investors. To re-
open the exchange in present condi-
IONS would be to invite sellers from
europe TO a market barren of Ameri-
can buyers. The consequence, whe-
ther immediate or deferred for a
short time. would be disastrous.
The railroads have been commits
sion regulated, taxed and labor
unionized to the point of poverty.
They are at the halfway house to
bankruptcy. The companies which
are earning a surplus that gives a
stakeholder a sense of security in
his dividends can be counted on the
fingers of ones hands There are
more than a few that will not be
able TO pass through another such
fiscal year as that of 1914 without
default on some part OF their interest
payments. It would be inyidious and
contributory to no good to specify
these roads. II requires no expert
skill with merely q glance into any
OF the statistical manuals to deter
mine for yourself the margin of pro-
lection fer bondholder or stockhold-
er. The shred left of the surplus
which is fundamental to an invitation
to investment or speculative pur-
chases is maintained only at the cost
of tens Of thousands of idle en-
ployees and by keeping buying of
rails, cars, locomotives, bridge ma
terials, fuel, &C, down to an amount
which barely supplies enough TO
cover railroad max adness.
And this absolutely necessary parsi-
mony extends the paralysis of idle
ness and unproftableness directly to
a large part of the iron and steel rail-
way equipment. railway supplies and
collateral industries. and indirectly
TO the other business interests.
The transportation industry is re-
preached by men of the Brandeis-
Thorne type with having "econo-
mized' in everything but dividends. It
Is too pr )bable that this economy"
cannot be STAYED off long. But when
IL is adopted, not to permit expansion
of facilities but to prolong solvency
and the ability to operate, what be-
comes of the marketable value Of
railroad securities in bank loans, in
trust funds, and in the portfolios Of
private and corporate investors?
OF what avail would IL be that war
in the next six months should bring
the United States a favorable mer-
chandise trade balance of half a bill
lion If Europe should seek to cancel
il with sales of securities that lacked
magnetism to the home investor? How