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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07

are the additions necessary to render
the army adequate for its present du-
ties. duties which it has to perform
not only upon our own continental
coasts and borders and at our interior
army posts, but also in the Philippines,
In the Hawaiian Islands. at the 18TH
mus and in Porto Rico.
BY way of making the country ready
to assert some part Of its real power
promptly and upon larger scale
should occasion arise the plan also
contemplates supplementing the army
by force of 100000 disciplined citi-
zens, raised in increments OF $4,000 a
year throughout period OF three
years. This it is proposed 10 do by Il
process of enlistment under which the
serviceable men Of the country would
be asked TO bind themselves 10 serve
with the colors for purposes OF train
ing for short periods throughout three
years and TO come to the colors at call
at any time throughout an additional
"furlough" period Of three years. This
force OF 100000 men would be pro
vided with personal accouterments as
East as enlisted and their equipment
for the field made ready TO be supplied
at any time. They would be assem-
bled for training at stated intervals at
convenient places in association with
suitable units of the regular army.
Their period Of annual training would
not necessarily exceed two months In
the year.
The president says IL is up TO the
patriotic young men of the country 10
respond TO this call.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07
SHOULD AGREE ON POLICY
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Recommends Early Adoption of Meas
ures Giving Thorn Fuller Justice.

The president recommends the early
adoption OF bills for the alteration and
reform of the government of the Phil
ippines and for rendering fuller polit-
ical justice to the people OF Porto Rico,
which were submitted to the Sixty
third congress. The president refers
TO the increased cost OF carrying out
the plans for the armed forces Of the
nation and tells of the fiscal problems
confronting the government.
On the 30th Of June last there was
an available balance In the general
fund Of the treasury Of $104, ITO, los. 7S
The total estimated receipts for the
year 1916, on the assumption that the
emergency revenue measure passed by
the last congress will not be extended
beyond its present limit, the 31st of
December 1915. and that the present
duty Of ! cent per pound on sugar will
be discontinued after the LIST Of May,
1916. will be S670, 1865, 500. The balance
Of June last and these estimated rev.
enues come therefore to a grand total
Of $774.535, COSTS. The total estimated
disbursements for the present fiscal
year. including twenty-five millions for
the Panama canal twelve millions for
probable deficiency appropriations and
$4,000 for miscellaneous debt redemp
tions, will be $753. .S91 900, and the bal
ance In the general fund Of the treas
The emergency revenue act II contin-
ued beyond its present time limitation
would produce during the half year
then remaining about forty-one mil
lions. The duty Of cent per pound
on sugar II continued would produce
during the two months Of the fiscal
year remaining after the 1st OF May
about fifteen millions. These two sums,
amounting together to fifty-six mil
lions, IL added to the revenues of the
second half OF the fiscal year would
yield the treasury at the end OF the
year an available balance OF S76,644. :
6O5.7S.
The additional revenues required to
carry out the program Of military and
naval preparation of which / have
spoken would. as at present estimated.
be for the fiscal year 1917 500. 800. 600
Those figures. taken with the figures
for the present fiscal year which
have already given. disclose our finan-
clal problem for the year 1917. As
suming that the taxes imposed by the
emergency revenue act and the pres
ent duty on sugar are to be discontin-
ned and thar thp balance at the closo
OF the present fiscal year will be only
S20.644.605.7S that the disbursements
for the Panama canal will again be
about $25.O00.OOO and that the addi-
tional expenditures for the army and
navy are authorized by the congress.
the deficit In the general fund Of the
treasury on the Both of June. 1917.
will be nearly $235. 100000. To this
sum at least $50OOo.OOO should be add
ed to represent safe working balance
for the treasury and sl2.ooo.ooO to n.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07
"HOW DRY | AM!'
With Piano IL Makes Trouble For Scot
ty In "Dry Town."

Des Moines, Ia.--When A. III. Day,
chief OF the booze hunting brigade"
accompanied by Night Captain Weaver
and two officers, visited the home or
Scotty Mcclure in search for liquor
for a time he imagined that he had
been misinformed. All searched high
and low, but found no booze.
Scotty insisted that he was a law
abiding citizen. The raiders were
about to leave when some one thought
Of the piano.
Has the instrument been tuned late
ly, Scotty?" inquired one of the officers.
"Why-er--yes. oh, yes, it's all right.
Plays fine,' Scotty replied.
Dye ever play How Dry I Am on
it?' inquired Weaver, as he pressed his
foot against the pedals.
Before Scotty replied a panel be-
meath the keyboard was pushed open,
revealing twenty-one pints Of whisky.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07
SUGGESTS BROAD PLAN
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.
increase Standing Regular Forcs--Four
Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.

But war has never been mere mat.
ter of men and guns. Ii is thing
OF disciplined might. IL our citizens
are ever TO fight effectively upon a
sudden summons, they must know
how modern fighting Is done, and what
to do when the summons comes TO
render themselves Immediately avail
the government must be their servant
In this matter, must supply them with
the training they need to take care Of
themselves and OF IT, The military
arm Of their government. which they
Will not allow to direct them, they may
their independence secure, and not
their own independence merely. but
the rights also OF those with whom
they have made common cause. should
they also be put In jeopardy. They
must be fitted to play the great role
In the world. and particularly In this
hemisphere, for which they are quail
fed by principle and by chastened am
bition to play.
Ii Is with these ideals in mind thar
;he plans OF the department OF war for
more adequate national defense were
conceived which will be laid before
you. and which / urge you to sanction
and put into effect as soon as they can
be properly scrutinized and discussed.
They seem to me the essential first
steps. and they seem to me for the
present sufficient.
They contemplate an increase OF the
standing force Of the regular army
from its present strength OF 5.O23 off,
GERS and lO2.9S5 enlisted men OF all
services 10 a strength OF 7.136 officers
and l34707 enlisted men. or l41 ,S43
all told. all services. rank and file. by
the addition Of fifty-two companies OF
eonst artillery. fifteen companies Of en-
gineers. ten regiments OF infantry, four
regiments OF field artillery and four
aero squadrons. besides $50 officers re-
quired for a great variety OF extra
service. especially the all important
duty OF training the citizen force Of
which shall presently speak. 1872 non
commissioned officers for service in
drill. recruiting and the like and the
necessary quota Of enlisted men for
the quartermaster corps, the hospital
corps. the ordnance department and
other similar auxiliary services. These
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07

Martins Ferry. GA valuable Guern-
sey cow owned by NJ s. Donner. after
an illness of two years. is dead. An
autopsy showed that a nail caused
death. The point of the nail was pro
ttuding through the central valve OF
the heart, and the tissue around about
1t showed little irritation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07

into conspiracies against the neutrality
OF the government, they have sought
to pry into every confidential trans
action OF the government in order TO
serve interests alien to our own. 1t is
possible to deal with these things very
effectually. | need not suggest the
terms in which they may be dealt with.
| wish that 1t could be said that only
few men, misled by mistaken senti-
ments OF allegiance to the governments
under which they were born, had been
guilty Of disturbing the self possession
and misrepresenting the temper and
principles of the country during these
days of terrible war, when 1t would
seem that every man who was truly an
American would instinctively make ii
his duty and his pride TO keep the
scales of judgment even and prove him
self a partisan OF no nation but his
own. But 1t cannot. There are some
men among us and many resident
abroad who, though born and bred in
the United States and calling them
selves Americans. have so forgotten
themselves and their honor as citizens
as to put their passionate sympathy
with one or the other side in the great
European conflict above their regard
for the peace and dignity of the United
States. They also preach and practice
dlsloyalty. No laws, | suppose. can
reach corruptions of the mind and
heart, but | should not speak of others
without also speaking of these and ex-
pressing the even deeper humiliation
and scorn which every self possessed
and thoughtfully patriotic American
must feel when he thinks of them and
OF the discredit they are daily bringing
upon us.
What Is more important Is that the
industries and resources of the country
should be available and ready for
mobilization. 1t is the more impera-
lively necessary, therefore, that we
should promptly devise means for do
ing what we have not yet done--that
we should give intelligent federal aid
and stimulation to industrial and voca-
tional education. as we have long done
industry; that at the same time that
we safeguard and conserve the natural
resources of the country we should
put them at the disposal OF those who
viii use them promptly and intelli-
gently, as was sought 10 be done In
the admirable bills submitted to the
last congress from its committees on
the public lands, bills which | earnest
ly recommend In principle to your con-
sideration; that we should put into
rural credits which will add to the ex-
tensive borrowing facilities already
afforded the farmer by the reserve
bank act adequate instrumentalities
by which long credits may be obtained
on land mortgages and that we should
study more carefully than they have
/ hitherto been studied the right adapta-
/ ton of our economic arrangements to
/ changing conditions.
! Many conditions about which we
! have repeatedly legtslated are being
! altered from decade 70 decade, II is
evident, under our very eyes and are
I likely TO change even more rapidly
and more radically In the days imme-
dlately ahead of us when peace has
returned to the world and the nations
OF Europe once more take up their
tasks OF commerce and industry with
the energy of those who must bestir
themselves TO build anew
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07
LA TOILETTE ON WARPATH
Wisconsin Senator Opens Campaign
Against Governor Philip.

Richland Center Wis, Dec. In
opening a weeks speaking campaign
in Southern Wisconsin, United States
Senator Robert M. La Toilette attack.
ed the administration OF Governor +
l.. Philip.
The senator declared that never In
the history of the state government
has there been such a Juggling OF
state finances SO that reduction
might be made to appear ip the state
taxes In the face of increased gov
ernment expenditures and decreased
revenues.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07
-AMERICANISM HAS
ONE OF EMPIRES SPIRIT,
omic Adjustments Inevitable With
in tho Next Generation.

in tho Next Generation.
moral is that the states Of Amer
ire not hostile rivals, but coop
ng friends, and that their grow
sense OF community of interest,
in matters political and In mat
economic. is likely TO give them a
significance as factors In interna-
4 affairs and in the political his
of the world. 1t presents them as
very deep and true sense a unit
world affairs. spiritual partners,
ding together because thinking to-
er, quick with common sympathies
common ideals. Separated, they
subject to all the cross currents OF
confused politics OF world OF hos
rivalries: united in spirit and pur.
!. they cannot be disappointed of
peaceful destiny.
Ms Is pan-Americanism. 1t has none
he spirit OF empire in it. 1t is the
,odiment. the effectual embodiment.
he spirit OF law and independence
liberty and mutual service.
1e president calls attention TO the
ting i'm Washington recently Of
.esentatives Of the PAN American
lblics and says that economic ad-
ment Is inevitable I'm the next gen
tion.
o one who really coinprehends the
III OF the great people for whom we
appointed to speak can fail to per
- that their passion is for peace.
Ir genius best displayed In the prac-
Of the arts of peace. Great democ-
ics are not belligerent. They do not
!. mr. desire wnr. Their thought n
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07
| OLLOWING is the message ot

iOLLOWING is the message ot
President Wilson delivered at n
joint session of the senate and
house at the beginning ot the
fourth congress.
ltlemen or the Congress Since /
had the privilege Of addressing
III the state of the Union the war
tions on the other side Of the sea.
4 had then only begun To disclose
,rtentous proportions, has extend
) threatening and sinister scope
ii has swept within it's flame
portion of every quarter Of the
not excepting our own hemi-
c, has altered the whole face of
lational affairs, and now presents
aspect of reorganization and re
ruction such as statesmen and
es have never been called upon
tempt before.
president tells how this country
iced neutrality and declares that
opes that when the. time comes
adjustment and recuperation this
try will be of infinite service. Re
az to Central and South American
ems, the president declares that
hould retain unapated the spirit
h has inspired us throughout the
q life of our government and
b was so frankly put into words
resident Monroe.
have been put 10 the test IN the
OF Mexico, and we have stood the
Whether we have benefited Mex
Y the course we have pursued re
to be seen. Her fortunes are IN
,wn hands. But we have at least
ID that we will not take advan-
OF her in her distress and under.
TO impose upon her an order and
'nment OF our own choosing. Lib.
is often fierce and tntractable
/, TO which no bounds can be set
TO which no bounds of few
choosing ought ever to be set.
American who has drunk at
rue fountains OF principle and ira
1 must subscribe without reserva
10 the high doctrine of the Vir.
bill OF rights. which In the great
in which our government was set
,as everywhere among us accept
the creed Of free men. That doc.
is. THAT government Is or ought
instituted for the common bene
rejection and security OF the peo.
nation or community" that 'of
he various modes and forms of
.nment. that Is the best which is
Die of producing the greatest de
OF happiness and safety and is
effectually secured against the
er of maladministration, aLl that
any government shall be found
,quate or contrary to these pur-
! a majority Of the community
an indubitable, inalienable and
eaSlble right TO REFORM, after or
sh 1t in such manner as shall be
I'd most conducive to the public
!" We have unhesitatingly ap-
that heroic principle to the case
lexico and now hopefully await
rebirth Of the troubled republic,
b had so much of which to purge
and so little sympathy from any
de quarter in the radical but nee
" process. We will aid and be-
d Mexico, but we will not coerce
and our course with regard 70 her
{ to be sufficient proof to all Amer
1at we seek no political suzerainty
fish cnnfrnI
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07
MESSAGE

Declares That if Full Navy Pro-
gram Is Carried Out We viii
Have a Fleet For Defense That
Will Be Fitted to Our Needs
and Worthy of Our Traditions" I"
Greatest Danger to Country
Comes From Within Our Bor-
ders.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07

Hold out. Don't yield, and you
will triumph" said Crown Prince
Pupprecht of Bavaria. commander OF
an army on the Western front, a.
quoted by a Hungarian correspond
ent whose dispatch was given out by
the Overseas News agency.
"The last offensive OF the enemy
was unsuccessful, Notwithstanding un-
heard of prodigality In the use of am
munition against inferior German
forces"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-07

NAL Preparedness Main
eme of Head Of Nation.
Ibmits Definite Plan to In
ease Present Standing Force
Regulars and For -Four Hun
ed Thousand Citizen Soldiers
llSed In !ncrements of One
inbred and Thirty-three
lousand.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-31
SAFETY FIRST-AND LAST

The Central Savings Bank & Trust
company of Orleans, VT, has always
practiced the only bank policy which
insures safety first, last and always
for depositors. 1t is policy which
demands that every investment out
side the routine affairs of the bank
shall be based upon the collective
Judgment of its board of directors,
consisting of seven prudent successful
men.
The safety of bank does not depend
upon the amount of deposits nor upon
the amount of surplus and profits
appearing in the annual statement.
Immense deposits and large surplus
and profits offer no security to q
depositor unles the combined assets of
the bank are we'll invested.
The Central Bank takes pride in the
amount of it's deposits and its steady
accumulation of surplus and profits
but its appeal to the depositor is basec
entirely upon its safety first policy OF
having a board of directors who il
fact direct. It's funds are not at the
disposal of the whims, likes or dislikes
of any one man. We aspire to a still
higher place in the esteem of the
banking public as our policy of safety
first. last and always becomes more
thoroughly understood.
Central Savings Bank & Trust Co.
ladv) Orleans, VT.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-31
HAVE YOU CATARRH?
It's a Dangerous Disease-Hyomei is
the Effective Remedy.

Catarrh, which is indicated by
Fn]11 ~, fr' quant colds and crusts in
the nose is serious disease and if
not checked surely spreads to the
delicate lining OF the air passages.
and frequently destroys the hearing
10 cure catarrh you must have
something that will quickly reach the
diseased tissues, Kill the germs, and
drive out the poison.
Hyomei is just such remedy. Be-
lnS mixture of antiseptic oils that
you breathe through a small inhaler
its health restoring medication can
not help going direct to the raw and
infiamed lining of the nose and throat.
quickly relieving that cnoked-up feel
ing, stopping the unclean discharges,
and healing the sore spots-you
breathe freely. Even the worst
cases respond at once.
There is nothing for the treatment
Of catarrh ills that is easier, more
pleasant or SO satisfying as Fl yomei.
f. d. Pierce sells it on the mo cure
no-pay'' plan.
Sold and guaranteed in Orleans by
F. j. Kinney.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-31

Probably no other place in this
country has such a maze of railroads
leading into it as Chicago. 1t just
seems like cobweb of rails for miles
before getting in, and speaking of
railroads, here I got my round trip
ticket extended. 1t was three feet
long before. but here actually another
foot or two was added. A fellow who
stood by when it was passed through
the ticket window. exclaimed, "My
God where are you going?" didn't
tell him. but in figuring it out find the
mileage is about 10000 miles. Of
course it takes long ticket to travel
that far.
Really. think you better buy
book on Chicago if you desire to read
anything about the place.
Omaha, Neb.
You see, [ am trying to get &C
quainted as l go along and am spend
ing day here
Omaha is given 1z4, 900 population by
the 1910 census of the United State
but characteristic advertising ltera-
ture refers to it's 10000 souls" Of
course. some folks here may have more
than one soul. but l doubt it. Refer
ring again to Omaha advertising
literature. we learn that this city is
"the geographical center of the United
States" ''on the Lincoln highway, !"
the tgate city of the West" etc.
How much of this is true I can't say
but being near William Jennings
Bryan's home [ anticipate the truth
is always told.
| One thing [ do know is that this is
one of the dirtiest places l was ever in.
There is considerable manufacturing
here and it is a railroad center of some
Importance. Every locomotive and
chimney seems to vie with it's neigh
bors to see which can emit most soft
coal smoke. Omaha is a place of con.
siderable Importance because of it's
location. Denver is 500 miles west and
Chicago 500 miles east, so it serves a
large CUuHCIy DIS d WIlOIOSdi0 anu mar
ket center.
Just before entering the city from
the east we crossed the Missouri river,
the stream which l remember as boy
in geography class. as so muddy that il
colored the Mississippi below its
entrance into that river and it's sedi
ment caused the delta at the outlet Of
the Mississippi in the Gulf of Mexico
I wonder now if l have really remem
bered all this correctly and who is the
teacher that taught me this grea
truth. The Missouri is muddy, any
way.
Well, l don't know just where
shall write another chapter of my
letter story, but it will come from ;
point several "sleepers' further west
Until then wish you all we'll.
Wallace H. Gilpin.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-31
Easy to Destroy Tent Caterpillar.

The suggestion of Harold L. Bailey.
assistant in charge of insect suppress
sion of the state department of agri-
culture, that steps to kill the tent
caterpillar pest should be taken at
once is referred to the general public
of Vermont, with the earnest plea that
the advice be taken up with. Mr..
Bailey asserts that the eggs. in the
shape of ring-like masses. are to be
found on apple and wild cherry trees
at the present time and that the
destruction of each one of the masses
means the wiping out of 200 caterpil-
lars. When the pest is so easily elm
mated, there ought to be no surcease
from the labor until all the egg accu:nu.
lations within ones sphere of activity
have been destroyed. If we desire to
be free from real scourge the coming
summer, there is no time to delay
operations. The experience of the
past summer with this Instructor of
tree life all through Vermont and
other parts of New England should
prompt us to prosecute this work most
vigorously. Barre Times.