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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

the AK and laid II on his shelf and
told the wood chopper that he could
get 1t in about ten days, as that is
what he would have to do II he had
ordered IT, Both parties readily un-
derstood the situation and the wood
chopper is now loyal patron OF the
home concerns and sweais he will
never look at another foreign catalog.
The plan OF Snyder merchants is to
save you money come to Snyder and
be convinced that you will benefit by
buying from the dealer who is fam
illar with every phase Of merchandise
besides you will have the satisfaction
of knowing your money is stlll in
Texa. ready for you when you want
II again Give them your cash trade
who carry your credit.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

this great west both in size and in
business.
What of the business now?
The merchant has to consider In
his business the freight facilities and
in this he is helped by the fact that
two railroads enter the town bring
Ing from all over the United States
the goods which enables him TO bring
within reach OF his customers the
best In quality and design at prices
which makes 1t worth while for the
people to visit Snyder in preference
to going to other towns.
on visiting the stores, and soon II
is discovered that there is not sec
ond rate store In the city the would
be purchased is shown line of goods
which surprises him or her and for
which In former times orders have
been sent to Chicago. New York, St
Louis and Dallas, and ether large
cities. Snyder merchants are compel
ing with the larger establishments in
the larger cities and today anyone
can secure In this city goods at
better prices than he can order
through mail or express
but II is not only place Of bust
ness that Snyder is developing. In
fact II II was all business and no So
cial and religious surroundings the
town would sull be undesirable.
Some day our readers may turn
from the farm to good school cen
ter where the young people
can receive the best school adyan-
taget Added to this the church a.
cilitlel viii also be considered Our
schools % which there are three have
over seven hundred In attendance
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
SOME FIGURESFOR
ALL,CORN FEEDER

The following 1rc % few expert
mental results FOO show thnt 20 doe.
mot pay TO feed corn alone to hogs.
but 10 does pay TO provide some feed
rIch ln protein to balance the corn.
g. The average of 90 experiment.
with 226 hogs showed 90 cost f125
q hundred to- produce gains with corn
alone. raugIng from s'l2 90 $1,000
2 with 2 pounds of skimmilk 20
one pound of corn 20 cost fi.O2 o.
hundred pounds of gain. and with
corn alone SS3s
with corn aud shorts 10 cost $6.'N
per hundred pounds of gain. and
with corn and shorts and sNmmiik
added % rostfi7i
o. with corn alone 10 cost t7lg To-
produce 100 pounds OF gain. and
.l,b corn and fankare ioro of tank
are IN nine OF eornI IL cost g5IS On
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
GRAINS TO Be QUO
TED IN MARKETS

snyder. Texas There Is a concert
cd effort being made to put maize,
kanir and teterita on the Board Of
Trade. the same az any other grains
so that there will be q stable value
for these products. the same as wheat
corn and oats.
a careful investigation has shown
that gS per cent OF all the sorghum
grains In the United States are grown
in Texas. Oklahoma and Kansas and
that 3-5 or 5S per cent Of all these
grains are grown In SO counties Of
the State Of Texas scurry and sur
rounding counties stand In the front
rank OF sorghum grain production
It IL well known fact that the
area for the production Of maize and
10, kindred grains Is very limited,
the sphere OF usoiuIneis though Il
unlimited and the people u the north
nd the east are just commencing to
realize what O wonderful product u
Is. Even our own home people fail to
fully comprehend what boon and
savior II has ben 10 us. u is the
backbone OF our agricultural activity
without a feed crop cotton would be
out OF the question in scurry county
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
PRAIRIE DOGS, RABBITs, RATS,
RAVENS AND wOOLLY
WORMS

Snyder, Tezas-The Advisory
Committee Of the Snyder Chamber
Of Commerce appeared before the
Commissioners Court relative to
the active cooperation Of the County
with the Department Of Agriculture
OF the State Of Texas to destroy the
prairie dofl, rabbits, rats, ravens and
woody worms and grass hoppars.
This is a matter Of vital impor-
lance and as the law for the poison
ing Of prairie dogs Ia soon effective
our farmers and ranchmen should
join In this matter with hearty CO.
operation
Mr. Nenl submitted the following
article.
The State Department Of Afrioul-
ture is now launching q movement In
this and other counties to destroy the
prairie dogs. ravens. rabbits and
r,,. 3.r,,. r,. Gan and .,t,t.r ana
t.,.- D.. ,r. .orlrr ,,, .r,s.h.,nors
and yoofty .orms ur Nou ro-
n-,sc,,,ti,c ot ,bo 5oo,rtmer, vas
'.,., fl, sc,pr. connection NJ bc
.,,,,.,.stor,r. ,o,r, hnsi,.ss maj,
,,..,to- ...u. u. ,,r,no,. to ,o, ,ho
.i,, nj, t,o, ana nror,,s.s t,,.r ,o
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r.. ......,. BE-, .-.,,i.. Oh. ..o,t,
o., ...-. s,-,,.- d.. to -,,5fr.ss D.,
Il, tr. ,,-,,s, ,.ui -c,,,,-. ,on,o,t.
.s ..,..r q, srr,c,d Mr. N.ui says
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.,..t.....g.,.. .I.,,o..,-,tio,- BOB p,i,
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
CATALOG HOUSE VS..
HOME MERCHANT

........ . rr... O.. .l.... Gal. ola. b.. ...
''''"' ''''' 10
''''''" q ''O'' Ut '"' ''H ''''' "''''
products ana the Buy u MADE j"
Texas motto is tue oy-"oru OF every
patriotic rillhen. headers are 'h'Te-
fore urged 90 Train 'he'r minus TO
dwell upon ID. j. NJ. ]. ]. "heh you
buy anything Tor "hl'h you pan"
down your hard earned 'ash.
Local merchants make o. study OF
the ne essilies OF life ana carry o
stock Of goods that VIII supply the
demand lhey pay Guy ana county
taNes ana donate 10 worthy enter
prlses lr an extent lhal 'hef are
Justly entitled 10 your patronage. II
IS essential that every citizen who
has the welfare OF DTS locality at
hear. or the least Dit Of pride To- the
Interest Of bis local merchan' exert
every enori TO advance the progress
of the man who labors haTd 10 supply
the needs Of the public. So
True. on the face Of caialog price
lists. mail order houses put up fas-
cinaung appeal to buyers that catch
the eye and pocket book OF lott Of
unsuspccting men and women, who
hope to save a few dimes By buying
from Montgomery-ward. Sears. Roe
buck, a Co. l.arkin and ether like
concerns. but when you finally figure
up the cost and the worry OF waiting
your savings are soon exhausted. As
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
SNYDER, METROPOLIS Of THE GOLDEN
WEST---THE GREAT TRADING CENTER

presided over by one OF the hest fac
ulties in the whole OF the Western
part Of the State, and the churches
are well attended and harmonious I'M
their desire for the moral and spirit
ual uplift OF the town. II a town res
ldence fer the school and church adj
yantages Is hein 4 considered visit
Snyder before deciding on your loca-
lion.
What other Inducements can Sny-
der offer? WATER! 1t is the best
purest. frcest from undesirable In
gradients Of any water in any town
In the West CLIP? Not an atom sny-
der is unquestionably one Of the best
waterod towns In the State.
a lighting system that Is new and
up-tc-date. having recently had ex-
pended upon 1t over 100000 to
modcrnize It In every particular The
service is a twenty-four hour a day
service. In connection with It Is also
am ice manufacturing plant
Four gins meet the cotton ginning
needs and the sample turned out Is
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

~. - ,.o t.,t,tng vou IN trade
r
~ 7n'uer'
In the first place we ask you 10
perure the pages of this Commercial
Trade Edition and see the very at
tr.e,,ve cffers made by the leading
busincs smen of the city. The various
lines will appeal to YOU and you will
sec many articles that during the
coming festive season you desire to
supply from family and friends.
rberc T., M, n town in west Texas
ths, con make more attractive offers
Than SNYDER ia making at this time.
The county has had two very pros
MARQUIS years The pecple have made
rood and the bank account is ample
al tho neod Debts are paid. and now
nc morcban,s are determined to put
,ho,r ,oods at nrlce that will defy
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
FARMERS BUYING
NOTES AND STOCK

snyder. Texas--Many farmers OF
seurry and adjoining counties are
buylng livestock and vendors lien
note with their surplus funds This
shows splendid Judgment and de-
sire to prepare for the rainy day
This class Of investment forms the
best security possible for the farmer
10 finance himself at his local bank
The thing that has made France
the richest nation In the World is the
fact that her farmers have Invested In
the bonds and stocks Of her various
industries. these investments pay on
the average per cent. per annum
but even at this low rate OF interest
the farmers OF that nation have IL
naneed the government and all of It's
industries.
Our local Industries are our live
stock and land tillage and pay a far
better revenue than the stocks Of the
warrIng nations Of Europe. Livestock
is almost certain to pay better than
10 per cent. Vendors lien notes will
do 30.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

That vas q splendid shoving made
ty the Girls oannnr clubs Of the
state Of Texas under Miss Carriers
supervision There was hardly fruit
90 vegetable that can grow either
rlncd or preserved. and In a form
that can be- Kept Indefinitely u 60
doesn't mean anything else. this
work means a vastly better living and
a mere economical one Tor a large
number Of the people N this state
next year, and or al. future years
Then iust think how much better
Riyus these -girll-ssal1oiHg to make
for these boys pho showed their corn
just across thAvay.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

Snyder, Texas Several reports OF
Boil Weevil have been made In the
counties adjoining scurry county and
a general movement fostered by the
farmers and business interests Of
Scurry County is now on foot to place
a quarantine on all cotton seed from
infested districts to be used for
planting. Let MS all combine in this
great effort
IIoll Wecvil Dispersion
Washington. d. C.. -The
unusual storAs OF early fall and the
very rapid multiplication OF the boil
woevil in Texas have resulted In a
tremendous movement into north
western Texas. This movement is
probably not yen completed, nor has
II been entirely mapped ou;. The en-
dlcations are that over half Of the
State Of Oklahoma was infested, 10
October Information has just been
received that the boil weeyil Is at
Vernon In Wllbarrer County Tcxas,
and at Cache In Comanche County
and Miaco IN the cstreme northern
part Of Grady County, Oklahoma Tn
fs. iHI.H
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
GRAIN ELEVATOR
PROJECT ON FOOT

Snyder, Texas There Is consider
able tall among our local people fer
the erection Of grain elevator to
store the maize crops from year to
year This elevator Is planned to re-
sist the attacks Of weeyl and keep
the grain In FIRST class condition until
tho farmer is ready to market the
same
Until this is done there will be no
Incentive to take the care Of the maize
crop that IL expended ON the wheat
and other grain crops In the regu-
lar grain growing sections the farmer
stores his grain In the elevator OBJ
tans warehouse receipt and goes
TO bis local banker with this receipt,
II be- needs money. and uses ii as
collateral until he & ready TO dispose
OF his grain. However uudar the
present way of handling the farmer
lets his rain spoil In the field m-
90 be- haas to borrow money from bis
local banker 10 buy feed 10 make the
nest crop co, boz then bias TO- attach
DIS nolghhors signature as 0olIcieral
instead OF hs own warehouse re-
ccipt
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
FARMERS BUYING TRACTORS.

snyder. Texas-uncle Miles VIII
llams. east OF Snyder Is tearing up the
earth with a new gasoline Tractor
plouEhing. narrowing and doing the
whole thing at one operation.
Men, see the handwriting on the
wall; the tractor never gets sick.
kicks or gets tired. In the great
northwest i works twcnty-tour hours
a day In the big grain fields and does
everything but the thinking for the
farmer. Go see this machine work.
Don't take our word for IT.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

Saving money and home ownetshlp
of course. are not all OF life But
they are a mighty big part Of IL, Ger
ainly we d, not believe In saving
money merely to hoard IT,. but us a
dne thing to save for the purpose .of
owning q home. educating the 'ehil-
dreu. or making ne farm better and
more attractive bet ns have more
thrift. more self-donial. more do
ing-without' things uniil We Are bet
ter able TO afford thUn'i Such. seh''
sacrifice VIII leaYs ug all he sirens-
er for having praeticed a.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
FARMERS ARE SAY,
ING THEIR GRAIN

snyder. Texas Reports from this
entire section point to the fact that
The Farmers arc using every effort
To- save their grain crops Grain Ia
the crib is The equivalent OF o bank
account Remember the dry years
when one year Of wasted Erain would
have more than run the county
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
GOOD ROADS MAKE .
TRAVELLING EASY

Snyder. Texas One Ira farmer
brought iu five bales Of cotton with
a two horse team and made thc
statement TO o. Chamber Of Commerce
representative that before this time
when the Ira road had not been work
ed q vas big load for tao hor.cs
To pull three bales
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
WINTER QUARTERS
FOR IMPLEMENTS

with the exception Of the lmple-
ments necessary to put the grain IN
most farm implements are done with
for the year. Nothing will pay better
than to go over them carefully clean
them thoroughly and grese all
bright parts so they will not rust and
then put them under shelter for the
winter. The provorbiai Texas imple-
ment shed is a splendid one during
good weather. but leaks most too
badly when IL is raining to do much
,owards PRESERVING either wood or
lhe,al'1.ei's start saving on .pexi
1lafe expresses by taking care Of
iiesc impfsuenlf,this winter. =.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

Plough deep. Turn up the insect
that winters IN the ground and bury
thee WHO prefer the surface
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12
SNYDER AND SCURRY COUNTY PLAN
ERADICATION Of DESTRUCTIVE PESTS;
ISSUE WARNING AGAINST BOIL WEEV|I

immediate measures to destroy the
cotton stalks and. prepare the fields
for winter cover crops.
In Georgia and Alabama whether In
infested counties or not, should take
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

Join the ,poisoning campalgn, est
rid o6tke rabbit. prairie dog. rat and
raven.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-11-12

q an up. Burn all rubbish. Don't
give the bell ueevil a chance.
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06
THE JOBLESS
 WORKERS.

In Indiana, Ind, as well as ln other cities the Capitalist papers are telling the story that big fac tories and workshops are opening up and employing thousands ot workers. This is not true in any case, The newspapers told the workers recently that the New York Central shops at Beech Grove linear Indianapo]is) would employ 2,400 men. Five thou sand paid fares on Big Four trains to get the jobs, but not a man was hired and the Officers of the shops said there was no work to be had. In the evening the same papers said 1900 men had been put to work. But not a man was hired. A car load of men iobless returning on electric lines to Indianapolis refused to pay fares. Two were arrested and placed in jeil over night. One man was realeased but the other is still in jail and will likely be
 fined and sent to the works. Big business has admitted shat S5 per cent of the workers are out of employment. They continue to say mills are opening when there is not word of truth in the stories. Big business must be afraid the workers will rebel and the stories of opening of shops they hope will cause the workers to ]i,e quiet on hope.
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06
WARRING
 NATIONS
 PLAY BALL

The higher ups in Europe wont agree to any truces. But the news dispatches claim at least that soms of the German IAnd British soldiers had a truce all their own. The report says:
 Hrhe German army authorities have issued a general order pro- hibiting in the future troops in the field from fraternizing with forces of the enemy as they did at several points in the western theater of the war at Christmas.
 To such an extent was this fraternizing carried out that at one place where the Germans and British played footba'l Christmas day they agreed to suspend hos- tilities for two days more.' '
 The ruling class has always tried to prevent the exploited class from enjoying a truce. Peace means an opportunity for the workers to organize and to challenge the power of the ex- ploiters. While Europe was at peace the workers won new strength. This was one of the big reasons why the ruling class brought on the present war. It is the big req son why they do not want 2 truce now.
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06
 ~ GLOOMY
 FUTURE:

We read and listen to the mo- ral flambuoyancies of those who tel, us that this is the last war, that from it is to date the over throw of the military castes of Europe, that from the destruc- ltion of the Berlin War Office the Peace Temple of the Hague is to come into real being. It. is al moonshine. Far more likely is it that this war is the beginning of a new military despotism in Flu rope: of new alarms, new hatreds and oppositions, new Im2enaces and alliances: the beginning of 8 dark epoch, dangerous, not mere ly to democracy, but to civiliza- tion itself.
 To prevent this we must work with might and main, and our success will be measured by our c'earness of sight and courage in explaining to our people now how this war has come, what it really means, and how it is to be ended,
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06
Organized Capital Seeks Control
By GEORGE w. DOWNING, CALIFORNIA STATE ttEG1sa.AroR

Perhaps the boldest recent act of organized capital is the sending ou5 of marked copies of come of their most subseryient sheets.
 The reason offered is that to vote for labor legislation would mean defeat at tie next election.
 To prove their point they cited the defeat of labor candidates at the last e.ec- tion and even went so far as to boast of the election of Penrose in Pennsylvania. Again and again in the three-column articles did they repeat that labor legis- latiop was unpopular, and that all who favored such measures were doomed to defeat.
 Let us see how unpopular labor laws are. Twenty-Five years ago there was no]
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06
BEEF TRUST SURPRISES
 JUNGLE"

The Famous P Payers Film Co. has gone 10 tremendous eS" pense to produce The Jungle
 written by Upton Sinclair: For some unknown but suspicious reason the company is refusing to exhibit the film in Chicago al- though this is the best .paylnF center for the 'movies.'
 Chicago socialists have nn"de repeated offers to the company to allow the production ot Sin clair's novel but the company 'S s,id to be sanding pat. It IS charged that the beef trust@ssic ic : ceeded in squelcning the prodnc- ton of the play in 1906 and 1t ap- pears to have repeated the 'o1 now. Fy,,p aa.
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06

democratic aeas4re2 aHe laws inaugurated by organ ized labor, that when such measures are gained, the parties vie ith each other in claiming the credit of securing them.
 Legislators need have no fear of popular approval on this acore. election is not the highest motive for determining ones votes, It may be the only ground knoWA to some papers and to organized capital, but legislator should have the public good as his test.
 To test the measures of org an- ized labor and organized capital we have to but compare;
 1. Labor asks for safety ap- pliances in the work because it would save life and limb.
 Capital opposes safety appli- ances because it takes from the profits.
 ?. Labor asks for the abolition of child-labor; it saves the child ren of the poor and leaves the
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06

labor legislation worthy Of the name in the United States. Today Ve find labor laws on every statute book. Backward nations have no such measures. The mark ot rank in nations is the amount and quality of labor legislation.
 Practically all the laws that make for a wider dem- ocracy were first advocated by the forces of labor. For instance, workers had a de- mand for the initiative, ref erendum andrecall when the forces of organized capital thought the ipi,iative was something that grew in the garden. A we'll known cap italist paper today calls the initiative and referendum the ''banper with the strange device"
 So popular are all great
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06

Some Of the noblest spirits in the modern world would have given themselves hearts end souls to the cause of socialism. Che of these was Frances E. Willard, for many years the president of the Woman's s Christian Temper ance Union. At the national con vention of the organization, held at Buffalo in 1897, she declared herself a socialist. The following is part of her address on that oc-. casion dealing with the subject of socialism The quotation is ta- ken from the official record of the proceedings of the conven- tion of 1897, as we found them at the Nahona! Headquarters of the w. :. T. U.
 Look about you, the products of flabor are on every hand; you could not for a moment maintain a welLordered life without them; every object in your room has in it, for discerning eyes: the mark of ingenious tools and the pres sure of iabor's hand. But is 1t not the cruelest injustice for the wealthy, whose lives are surroun Ided and embellished by @abor's work, to have 2 .soperabuadanee
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06
The Purpose Of Socialism
Written for The Socialist Press by Carl D. Thompson
Article 13.

cal, indeed, that any other me thod is simply a re'ic of barbar- ism.
 believe that competition is doomed. Ihe trust whose single object is to abolish competition, has proved that we are better without it than with it and the moment that corporations control the supply of any product, they combine.
 What the Socialist desires is that the corporation of humanity should control the supply of all production. Beloved comrades, this is the frictionless way; it is the higher way; it eliminates the motives for a selfish life; it en- acts into our everyday living the ethics of Christ's gospel. Noth- ing else will do it; nothing e'se can bring the glad day of univer- sal brotherhood.
 "Oh, that I were young again, and it would have my life! It is Gods way out of the wilder ness and into the promised land. It is the very marrow of Christ's s gospel. It is Christianity ap- piled"
The Socialist press., 1915-02-06

of the money which represents the aggregate of labor in any country, while the laborer him. self is kept so steady at work that he has no time to acquire the education and refnements of life that would make him and his family agreeable companions to the rich and cultured.
 The reason why 1 am a social ist comes in just here.
 l would take, not by force. but by the slow process of lawful ac- quisition, through better legisla- tion, as the outcome of a wiser ballot in the hands of men and wemen. the entire plant that we call civilization, al! that has been achieved on this continent in the 400 years since Columbus wend- ed his way hither, and make it the common property of all the people, requiring ali to work C. nough with their hands to give them the finest physical develop ment, but not to become burden some in any case, and permitting all to share alike the advantages of education and refinement. l be lieve this to be perfectly practi-