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The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
Join the Thru Society?


Author os ION Board the Good Ship
Earth" ">Nhen Glory Ceased" etc.
A great Chicago millionaire has or
sanised National Society 10. Thrift.
II viii teach the nation 20 be moro
saving. It's patron saint will probably
be Poor Richard.
Americans are not az thrifty a. they
once were. We are wasteflil people.
American garbage carries on good
food enough to keep the Japanese
people alive, and the japanese could
live fat on what we add In the ruin
OF bad cookery.
We eat much meat To be sure. the
strike surveys of recent years show
that millions OF our workers do not
seem to eat much Of Il. but the Amer.
lean workingman does often have
meat on his table. He likes It.
Cereals In packages are dearor than
that In bulk, even X cleaner. Our
fathers walked to work. while We ride
In street cars. We DO not patch our
clothes % we might. nor our boots.
Cornmeal., fortified with beams. make
up pretty fairly balanced ration. We
might live on them. There are thou
sands OF ways Ia which we might
save more than we do, and II the
American Society for Thrift can popu.
:arixe thrift, and show N that mort Of
our unthrift not only makes 40 poor
or. but also tails utterly to give 40
any more pleasant life. II will do much
good. ~
But those words from ! single tsxsr
In Cincinnati must have shocked the
well.mesning society:
I'VE alTroAlixe that Il II we'll 70 be
thrifty. Hut We are not going 10 In
crease general prosperity through II.
Al long - nen out OF work arc seek
Ing to st Jobs from those 1t work.
anything which enables people to live
moro cheaply win show them how to
get along On less wages. IN compe-
titi0n for Jobs. WIDESPREAD thrift must
consequently cause reduction Of
wages. @ that the eoonomy would be-
come compulsory lnstead Of voluntary.
Thrift u11or IN unjust social syetem
Will prove = blessing 70 the one prac-
ticing II oniy a kong a he n Al ex-
ceptt0n to the general rule. Let the
practice become general and Il WIN
cease to be an advantage:
Can you think OF . people universal
~ thrifty who arc not almost uni
versally poor and working for almost
universally low waSes? II any white
man thrifty enough 70 compete with .
population OF Chinese or Jspaneser
And II ne become % universally
thrifty Is these peoples would not the
benefits 60 to those who ret the sur
plus left out Of our production. over
and above the cost of living?
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

Indeed the whsie sean1Ey y h1sF<
estsd IN the attempt By eoesg1e Of
United States senators Oveeman.
Fletcher, Burton. Nelson, HooA T6W0'
send and some othefU-to oo0oue t1o
DfUduct Of our Washingtoa eog50oDen'
doaA ellison Gardner.
What the servants Of privilege q
Washington most noed, = power q
supDeoos oogrespouAents q The -,
donal capital like Gardner. Il card
ner wero not analytic, q 10 woro
merely the reporter Of dry nnctD -
oeoolblo 70 anybody. he'd suit the
Root-B Nelson crowd. hut Gard
nsr tslls the why Of things, disclosss
the motives actuaking the leglslatees
end enables the people 70 finally nst
their servants with the sheep q The
goats The legislator who plays
traitor or hypocrits ak Washlngton
returns to his constituents 70 leaSn
that Gardner has posted them 90 70
what their rsprossntat4vs really =,
and this cuts.
Gibson Gardner 10 one Of ne ~.
lows who has punctursd the game q
feeling MI the people, or part a. the
people al the time, and made g
mighty hard for false Representative
70 fool any Of the people any Of H.
time. That the boss reacticnAries e
the senate are after his scalp = .
great compliment 20 Mr.. Gardner, but
Il shows TO what infamous means the
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
The Way To Live
and the Way To Die

When you have . trining ache or
pain. do you 70 around grumolins
about Il and bidding tor sympathy
When you are stightly. III do you make
those around you uncomfortable By
exagEsrating It and imagining you are
going 10 dief
Then listen to this:
The other day there passed away
near Los Angeles, one Of natures mo-
blemen. For years Charles d. VII
lard had been . busy. useful leader
tn progressive activities In California
A writer and publicist 10 battled
bravely for the public welfare.
Four years ago tuberculosis caught
him. Toward the last he was 90 en-
feebled that he could not leave his
room. But on what was soon to prove
his death bed he sent to friends .
Christmas greeting In which he said
1T II my good fortune to have a.
most the only profession In which q
man can earn q fair living and be
sickA-bed at the same time. have
. comfortable home In beautiful sur
roundinys, and lack for nothing that
could help toward my recovery. How
many OF the hundreds OF thousands
Who are afflicted with this disease are
% ,fortunatsf But after al, who are
they n this world that really deserve
pityf The unlucky? No. The sick?
No. The pOorf No. Who thenf The
unhappy-they and they only. And
en- not unhappy. On the contrary.
but for my knowledge that those who
ere dear to me- arc often troubled with
fnaru m nv aAenvsuA eos1lA tPvsth.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
~ e. 20, I s. -
Parcels Post ASSasSinS
WOrki,aQ Same Old Game

James M. Curiey Representatives =
congress from the Twelfth diaHr31t oe
Massachusetts. would lpes : snno1
thing" For be Il known that ~
Hon. Curley II also mayor Of DoGem.
FURTHER than that. the Hon. CpSl6y
70 holding both Jobs ct once and draw
Ing both salaries Not only that, Ut
the Hon. Cprisy he's moved his o0eo
force and his hjes up 10 the 1aSott6
once II Boston town. and h conduct
Ing his congressional cofrespondonc
from the mayors ONCE. This q 81 "a
means . now thing for the Hon. JGmoo
n. He has worked the same 9amo -
fore. He was elected 70 the ca con
grss b 1909. AZ that time = was
serving % the Boston board or alder
men. DID he choose ono fob ana n
sign the otherr Not % you could no.
tice Il. He camc down 20 Waahlngtpn
- Z congressman ana 'c0ntinu1o TO
hold his Job On the Bostca heard Of
aldermen. Hls autobiography "a ne
congressional directors witnesses ne
fact. a
The Hon. Jim has another unieue
distinction attaching 70 HE name. He
is the only congressman, - far . tAe
record shows. who was ever put IN
fail for An offanse against the OWL
service laws. he served ( tern 50
jan for taking a civil service exami,
nation for . friend; Els bsosrsphy
does not mention this.
The Mnny part Of e n that tAe9a
seems to be no member Of oongfeaa
with sufIicient nerve TO rise n he
place In the house and demand the en-
forcement Of the rule against aoeep'
tee members. Tho house rules so:.
EMMY declare that no member shall
be absent from the house unless On &C
count Of illness Of himself or family.
or unless specially excused By the
house. This rsa@e, however. n not On.
forced. n Il were. half the members
would be jailed about half the time fos
contempt OF the house. So the Hon
Jim Curley continues serenely TO serve
the people Of Boston ~ mayor while
he also represents" them IN the
house both salarieA The
people OF Boston seem to nke e, and
the house doesn't object
A perfectly CHARACTERISTIC interview
With Hon. 8. M. Sparkman. chairman
of the rivers and hArbOrD committee
OF the house. has, inst been quoted ~
the bureau Of publicity u tho naticnAI
rivers and harbors congre0o--the o.
aanisatiou which boosts for the m
nual .pnrk barrel rivers and hAfoo{a
bill. "The bin was agreed to-" .sAys
Mr.. Sparkman, after exhaustive hear.
lngs and the most careful coaddera'
ton. In fact" be continues; We
spent seven weeks IN hearing parties
interested IN var1ous projoct& That
exactly explains the situatioa. i aSoc
explains why there d oppQool1oa 20
the Newiands river regulet1oo I'll.
which would do awsy with ne pro
jects In which private parties ase m
terested."
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

-Mss u please NE sesst."

a New York real sstass dealr who
told purchaser q lots that thsy were
only is minutes' walk from . car l@e.
when IN reality they were eight miles
away. wss convicted Of larceny. LAT
csny. We presume. because no stole
Z march on 'em.
Told b. the Judge 20 sentence her
husband. Mrs. Mary Van Sicklen hand
cd her better half three m<atho on
"the island." then hssed him---<Nsw
York news item.)
Kissed who; the judGef
Hlectrically steri1ised milk. In
which the bacteria are shocked %
death, ID being tried In Liverpool with
success. Much more humane TOO
than hanging. X
A laborer In Cumberland. Nd. was
helping load scrap iron, Woe1 =.
formed he haA fallen heir % $500. 90.
Here's hoping Il dropped on nobodys
foot.
flies : dsy. Sut 5000 fiiss doa:t nsi.s
. summer either.
immigration Note
The United States. although havina
moro cattle than any other country.
II thu worlds greatest importee o6
skins.
Experiments are being made n Ger
many with q view TO making use Of
papyrus. Watch out In your hash.
According u . statistical note. the
average head contains about $1,000
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

eel post; but still L wae something
II had an eight-p0und weight Limit
and the rate was one cent an ounce
dat. and the classification included all
kinds Of merchandise. II Immediately
aroused the opposition OF the express
companies. and Po6tmAster-0 General
JEWELS annual report for that year
rather discredited the service, taking
the position that the. service was
"trenching upon private business" So
on March 3, ls75-the last day of the
session Of that congress--the patriot
from Maine. Hon. Hannibal Hamlin.
proposed an amendment to the post
once appropriation bill which chang
ed the rate to one cent IN ounce In
place OF zone cent for each two
ounces" thus adding 100 per cent TO
the cost Of the service at ono fell
swoop. The amendment slipped
through without debate and without .
DISSENTING vote The parcel post was
dead and buried. Afterwards the book
publishers got through special bill
exempting printed matter nom this
classification, and the seed men Sc
cured . special rate for "seers, bulbs.
shoots, plants, sciona, etc." But the
people never rot back their parcel
post, until Dave Lewis. got busy two
years ago.
Now Messrs. BF1stow and Smith. aid
ed and abetted BY the Baukhead com.
mittes. arc trying 70 WORK the same
old game. IN tho ilrst case the service
had not bean IA operation long enough
for the people to realiSe what Il meant
to them: In this case Il II different
Messrs. Bristow. Smith. ct al. are due
to be awaited good and hsrd.
It Il . mighty good thing that the
law which prevents civil service en-
ploye from holding two Jobs and draw.
ing two salaries at once does not ap
ply to congressman. II Il did, the Hon.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
MADAME HousswiFE.
~ jim. MANgg
4 4ood cak0-poud0tiu

0v JtWs M6W88
She bakes good cako-soMetimes she
does
And other times Il falls.
She sweeps the house and dusts
around
And answers al the calls.
She raises youngsters-keeps them
And sees TO school they're sent
She II the good wife Of the man
Who pays the monthly rent
r. ss-"Say. m. gimme . cookie.
WIN yaf"
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

"IAstsn," said the superintsnAsnt 70
the class Of boyv and Girls (which
ono Of you can ten me whAt Sim q
omission arer'
4 can. Sir" sssd : Wy smar sirl
wen. let's have Il, sadis.-
ought 70 have "a and didn't sir..
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

pax~W post ~
s Q n ators Bank.
head. Bryan. Bris
tow, Hoks Smith
ct NJ. 10 only q
repetition Of his
tory. The same
kind Of deal wat
slipped over back
In 1875. The
sleight-of-hsnd ar
tist IN that case
was the Hon Han.
nibal HNnhn. u. 8.
. Q q ator fro N
Maine. In that
case the trick
worked - In this
case the people are
awake In time.
In the summer OF
c o q 3 80 .
adopted . weak
lame. and haltins
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
From Another Point of View

believe parties who
aroad sh: Ds..on started something
Dsuoss bon needed you s:s Vas tree ancns
There Yesterday By Of Rabbit
keeD the ~
from being busy ~. 90 o'os no ~"''"e' A~
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
Bl2N;L E.SPLE rs NOW PURSUING
2E ,STREST AND THE EASIEST WA y

& ~ tsadsrsoin are calling Inspector John Downey in
sItss Lanai squad police headquarters and are pro&
H nsezst
iIf ~ ~ ssurs iar helping.
eesnkss haye convinced thst they cannot operate
|k = 1ka azs ssing sat Il business Voluntarily
A rssult Il four from among hundreds of handbook man
s tksa svss 70 hsaaquatsrs - far
8 reay free 9 4s fron fare ayouts crap ahles
Il operation the raid & three gaming houses
~ sanbasss that tn police businssA
~ 70 prove how easy for police commissioners
Ea y Nv 60 he makes up he mind 70 do o.
nt n strsit has undsgone change SINCE few dsSs
s.sr Gillespie advanced excuse for the presence n
3ssks ryan an the existence u glded sanbling hel
1e ~ Eks Il 1yaA md hi place.
IL later there never wss any sentiment any
-. saushf ihizsing his duty, that il al
w srry Doua hs dnty ana wsuA b willing to leave
rssssaias according 70 the law isn't the 1AsLsT
w casal duty es Tor ~ abi for and for no
w eoal = snd his eutsnaa about their days actvi
S1N uneunlt1sa command: 40 your DUTY."
y ~ = Tn pisk ana Harry and everybody else
nn ~ sYpn4sa him should there Be occasion for it,
% ,sual ~Aiaa i doing soA elective work. oras
-; = sas nsbody; Say the Job until vios has
r a - tAa y vin y intssasa with in particular
la = aI1xus rsalh
- 0laurisb a1mnistation win st rssllh IN al
VI T. $3.50 10y \ Ut inse sasst b IL dspaztnsah and
u s - = - sunnas and the red light districts i'll
q ~ 49, rpmh
~ 1nad q - gwakmtng u tho pe1ios tAsre Aasl
= ~ 1smb& Z Asa6sIA bszslazis and crime ri
~ qnis ~ ~ ~ azntvl II @ims n DstsGt thsl
s - ~ - - ~ - tAs moaas TO, Aari tasl
xm - ~ eNi1sSpa hwA
1t - ~ eo1it3sns that draw and bgssl 1iss.
~ asSA ~ ~ sanhHas den, wAiah stszasls
y 81 = < - gss - ( conditions that anw and
Hp ~ pon1DsA
Nv ~ e y assln ~ Id q conditions hat attract
S1o sasn D - ~.
oGnospie Vim keep hs "1kss Ianoe" squad the jeh
nlst ain = spare nobody, and Win take fssn i nsas
Ne ana property win ~ safer in Dstzot the oenias
- wm u safsr md HAl1IR
r - rs aoivty Just 8 tbs time Ns6 n what II
4n1 naag hene-I0 WIvIe AD OHuD1M
~ lnSG1na m father who Lest thousands and finally
~ result = IL Wpsnsno q the gaming table tss1ss
which many Ds1gft Arsnide has BEEN spared throusA
- blev q tie ssrpnts had
11o Cenmi1Bienw Gillespie having foand bic courage
~ Interpretation Of pubie sentiment . working
~ 12n<Gtuoo14.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
By GIBSON GARDNDR.

WASHINGTON. Fob. 20.--The pfes-
mt attempted assassination oe the
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

"Ua! mar sobbsd Wl1lie. "d0 my
temporising reply.
'Well. you told Mary 70 wash my
face, and she's washing my ears,
tool"
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20
Just The oar,e.

He-You have made . sfool Of me.
She-Well, II We didn't. some other
Girl would.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

Small ooyo Notion.
Little Johnnie and just - little
Tonmie were on the eve Of making
up after . whole weeks quarrel,
which started whom, johnnie announc.
Cd he was going to have birthday
party to which Tommis was not com.
Ing.
Jaw. cay. you didn't have any good
time ct that party Yesterday" sang
out Tommie from . neishboring tree
bough.
Il bet y'u I ala, too answesed
Johnnie.
.Ah. 80 on. Thsn Why amt Jon sick
today?"
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

$50 Washington corrsspordents. and
some SO.000,0O Of otheI, people who
back an unshsckled. unmuxzled press.
The Detroit times., 1914-02-20

Freddie-Are you the trained nurse
mamma said was commit
NURSERIES, dear. I'm the trained
nurse.
Freddis-Lets SO some Of your
tricks. then!
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-23
Dumb Driven Congressman

The reactionary press is now criti-
cising President Wilson for forcing
the antitrust bills through the house.
1t is charged that the President used
all his influence and compelled the
house to vote for the measures, al
though the members did so very re-
luctantly, even sullenly
Let us see. There wasn't single
vote again the trade commission bill,
there were only twelve votes against
the railway securities regulation bill.
and only fifty-four against the Clay
ton anti-monopoly measure. In other
words, not only was there no opposi-
ton in the majority party to these
measures, but only an insignificant
handful of Republicans and Progress
sives dared to 60 on record as oppos-
ing them. This can hardly mean other
than one of two things: either the
measures are so inherently reason
able that even the politicians in hos
tile parties feel that they could not
justify a vote against them, or public
opinion is so strongly for these bills
that they are afraid to place them
selves in opposition to 1t.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-23
Colonel Rooseveit's Opportunity

The Philadelphia Public Ledger, a
paper that has become
nauseated with Penrose
and other reactionaries of the old
school, wants a Progressive Republi-
can party organized to oppose the
Democrats in 1916, but is not ready to
support Colonel Roosevelt. The Pub
lie Ledger believes that if Colonel
Roosevelt will practice self-effacement
instead of self-expression, the Repub-
licans can get together and win. 1t
says:
If the friends and followers of
Colonel Roosevelt wish him to
have a stable place in history,
they will urge him to rest on his
laurels, and cease to be the stormy
petrol of our politics. If they in
sist upon giving full range to his
and their egotism, two centuries
from now their hero will be the
center of partisan and personal
wrangling, with hung up" jury
of historical opinion unable to de-
eide whether he was a demagogue,
statesman, schemer, or what not.
But the question remains whether
there would be a progressive reor
ganization Of the Republican party. i
Colonel Roosevelt were to retire tt
private life. Whether he leaders or re
mains in the ranks, his presence Il
about the best assurance now offeret
that the reactionaries will not be abl'
to get control of any organization tina
can become a formidable opponent o
the Democratic party.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-23
Social Assimilation Of Races Can Proceed
independently Of Their Intemarfiage
BY Professor SIDNEY L. CUCK Late Lecturer al Imperial
University. Kyoto. Japan

the adoption of py that provides for the gradual admission
of A, with provision for their education assimilation and
naturalization. America avoid both Scyla and Charybds
DEVITAI.ZE BOTH THE YELLOW AND WHITE PERILS and
the ncmae advantages Of the mutual exchange by east and
of their best u will proclaim that Aaics.
and ESPECIALLY THE JAPANESE ARE NOT ASSIMLABLE.
If indeed japanese and assmabe
any plan for their admission is out Of the question.
SOCIAL ASSIMILATION OF RACES HOWEVER, CAN PROCEED
INDEPENDENTLY OF THEIR INTERMARRiAoE
POINT CAPACITY LEARN LANGUAGE ACQUIRE OUR
ENTER INTO OUR CORPORATE DEMOCRATIC
YOUNG JAPANESE AND CHINESE ARE AsslMlLAeLE
ITALIANS RUSSIANS IF WE GIVE THEM oPPoR.
SAME WELCOME
We need commission Of biologists socologs and psyhoo
gss collect and cote the facts already available that really
know biological nermarage
sonaly / DEPRECATE STRONGLY THE MARRIAGE OF
WHITES WITH JAPANESE The differences of ideals the
specve rights and duties husband and wife great that the
termarag of Americans and Japanese highly hazardous venture
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-23
One Of the Tribe.

Under the caption, "The News
papers and Taxes" the Washington
Standard of Olympia has the follow
ing, which strikes bout the right
place:
"One of that tribe of gentlemen in
habiting this universe whose liveli.
hood depends on their having and u.s.
ing "a good line of talk'-'beautiful
sunshine, as one newspaper express
ed it-took occasion to criticize the
newspapers of this state during a
talk at the recent immigration con-
gress in this city for publishing the
facts about the high taxes current
here, declaring it had been the biggest
factor in reducign immigration to this
state SO per cent during the last few
years.
What the newspapers should have
done was have told the truth about
taxation 10, Is, 20 or 80 years ago, If
it was necessary then, instead of wait
ing until within the last few years.
Then the people would have known
the situation, would have more clearly
realized what they themselves and
their state had to contend with, would
have put the screws down on uni
warranted expenditures and whole
sale extravaganza and have put this
state in a healthy condition financial
ly. We have lied to ourselves long
enough about our state-it is high
time we began to tell the truth.
Washington would be far better
off today, than it is If it had had
fewer of this tribe Of false boosters
within it's borders, far better off If
it had expelled them from the state
years ago. For the man who is afraid
to face the truth, the man who is
afraid to tell the truth or to have
others tell it. is not the kind of a
man we need in the state of Wash
ington. We would be doing ourselves
q kindness If we would kick all OF
his kind out"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-23
The Herald Covers Chehalis County
Like a Blanket
OLD WORLD BARRIERS.

Thsir Prices Are Low and Methods IN
Some Cases Are Crude.
The barber shops OF the United
States and Canada are the finest In
the world and charge the highest
prices. Comparatively few cities OF
Europe use American chairs. and many
Of these run their barber shops in con
nection with mems furnishing stores.
In most European cities hair cut
and shampoo cost 6 cents. and In
parts Of London q shave costs cents
In some Italian cities I cent is charged
for shave and 2 cents for hair cut,
and in Turkey BARRIERS take their en-.
tire pay in tips.
Many German BARRIERS make wigs
and switches while waiting for GUS
toners. and many French BARRIERS do
ladies' hairdressing. Austrian BARRIERS
are compelled to serve apprenticeship
Of four years on pay beginning at Al
cents a week and ending at $l.O2 a
week before they can own their shops
Syrian BARRIERS seat their customers
in straight backed chairs before tiny
wall mirrors and Ok queer shaped pans
about their threats. Then they rub on
with their fingers lather made from
cheap soap.
In India your barber calls at your
house and shaves you every morning
for 81 q month.
In China the BARRIERS carry stools.
small tubs. razors and scissors about
the streets. stopping on the sidewalks
to perform their work. just as scissors
grinders do in America. - New York
Sun.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-06-23

The Herald the oldest paper Grays Harbor and has
larger circulation than other paper in Cha county Adver
ing based this claim Of circulation and all
money executed under this will be for
teted if the statement be not absolutely true.