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The commonwealth., 1915-07-24
Superintendent Koch.

The new Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction for Baltimore is
Prof. Charles J. Koch, formerly
First Assistant Superintendent. The
choice of Professor Koch for this
high and responsible position is fit
ting and excellent. Apart from the
consideration of fitness and ability
to conduct the position, he is a
most estimable gentleman, open,
frank and affab1e. No one expert
ences embarrassment in approach
ing him. He is a sincere sym
pathizer in the difficult problems of
the race, and, upon every occasion.
when practicable, has manifested
keen interest in their solution.
The commonwealth., 1915-07-24
Politics.

Politics is to the fore. The nom1-
nation and election Of a Governor,
Attorney, Comptroller, Attorney.
General, and other State officers
must be made this fall. These elec-
tons will have an important bearing
upon the Presidential nomination in
1916. Many candidates are in the
field. The contests between the
aspirants in both parties will be
sharp and severe. The Republicans
have a magnificent chance Of sue
ceeding themselves in the Guberna-
torial chair if they would sacrl-
flee personal ambition and private
piques for the good of the party.
THE COMMONWEALTH is of the
opinion, after a careful survey of
the political horizon, that O. +.
Weller has the inside track and the
popular ear. 1t would be suicidal
for the present incumbent to seek
to succeed himself, as the history Of
the State shows that no incumbent
Of this office despite his popularity
and public virtues-has ever sue
ceeded himself within the recollec-
ton Of the past forty or fifty years.
The Republican party has a win
ming chance with Weller as its
standard bearer and The COMMON
WEALTH announces to its friends its
intention to support him for the
nomination for Governor.
The commonwealth., 1915-07-24
The States Attorney.

William F. Broening has made
a good and clever States Attorney,
and THE COMMONWEALTH is glad
to know that his fellow citizens
have thus recognized his services
and have urged him to stand for re-
election. His courteous and gentle
manly bearing, and that Of his able
and efficient corps Of deputies have
won for him and them the conf
dence and respect Of all the people,
without regard to political affilia-
tons. Mr.. Broening does not be-
long to that class Of public officials,
who not only forget but shun his
friends after election. THE COM
MoNwEALTH finds the courtesies Of
his office extended to all without
regard to race OF partisan afiliation,
and it pledges its influence to the
popular effort to have Mr.. Broen-
ing succeed himself.
The commonwealth., 1915-07-24

mo white man can work effectively
or satisfactorily among a race that he
cannot visit socially. A large part of
a Bishops influence and success comes
through social contact with his people.
How, then, can he represent race or
understand their needs unless he can
enter their homes, and come into per-
sonal contact with 7"-The Bishop
of South Carolina.
The commonwealth., 1915-07-24
NO NEGROES FIT FOR THE
POSITION OF BISHOP.

"There has been a difficulty
raised to which the Southern
Churchman wishes to refer with
more respect even than to any
that has been mentioned. 1t has
been said openly, publicly, and
with the appearance of knowledge
on the part of the men that said
it, that one great difficulty about
this Racial Episcopate is that
there are no Negroes in the
Church fit for the position of
Bishop. Now, if this be true, we
have come to the one unanswer-
able argument in favor of Racial
Jurisdiction: that is to say, that
with all the tremendous progress
made by the Negro race in the
last 40 years in this country, and.
with all of the excellent and ad-
mirable work accomplished by
members of this race in educa-
tional institutions, in the profes-
sions, in public life, and in the
ministry of other churches, this
Church has so far failed to pro-
duce one single Negro who
measures up to her own standard
of excellence. Whoever is will
ing to pass this condemnation
upon the Church's work among
the Negroes may do so on his
own responsibility, but the South
ern Churchman absolutely repu-
dates the idea and denies the JUS
tice and fairness of the statement.
The men who have been raised by
this Church and taught for her
ministry among the Negroes are
not inferior to those raised by
other Churches and for other
causes, and to say that not one
of these men would be fit for the
Episcopate is to make statement
for which the Southern Church
man has no sympathy whatso-
ever.
How can we ever find mems
capacity unless we trust them and
put responsibility upon them? We
do not wait for a white man to
prove that he is a capable and eff
cient Bishop before we elect him
Bishop, but we elect him to that
high office and then ask Gods
blessing upon his efforts in the
office, and pray God to fill him
with wisdom and judgment and a
sound mind, and trust the man
then to measure up to the high
position in which he has been
placed. Possibly when this
Church sees fit to trust her Negro
clergy as she trusts her white
clergy, she will find that her
Negro clergy are as honest and as
true and as faithful and as eff
fcient in their place and work as
their white brethren. The late
Rev. DR.. William Meade Clark.
The commonwealth., 1915-07-24
SATURDAY JULY "a. 1915,
THE COMMONWEALTH.

THE COMMONWEALTH IN ITS l1ll-
tia1 issue makes its bow to the pub
lie in general and to the people OF
MARYLAND in particular, and asks
respectfully that it be allowed to
Share their confidence in all that
tends to the Religious, Social, In
tellectual, Material and Political
welfare and development OF the
Race. THE COMMONWEALTH is not
insensible to the claims OF others,
and the magnificent work accom-
plished by them in advancing the
interest Of the Race in general, and
inspired BY these cogitations, the
promoters have come forward to
ask the privilege to share the re-
sponsibility of the task, and to aid
the advancement of the good work
50 ably begun and continued by
them.
It's part, for some time yet, must
be the minors part until it reaches
growth and strength; but it shall
strive nevertheless to make UP IN
quality Of the service rendered what
It lacks in age and experience. It
promises to be the peoples repre-
sentative-and not the instrument
Of any Individual or clique. The
reputation and character of the men
behind it are the guarantees Of its
integrity and permanency.
THE COMMONWEALTH will aim tc
be rejoicing in the virtues
and accomplishments of the Race
along all lines of human endeavors
and while it will frown upon vice
and immortality, it will in no sense
exu1t over the overt acts of the I'm
fortunate.
1t shall throw the mantle of char
ity over the erring ones, but it vii
stimulate and uphold the virtuou;
and the good. It's mission will no
be that of a scandal monger-for
scandal monger journal is just a.
despicable in the sight Of the com
munity as a scandal monger lndl
vidual. It shall aim to furnish the
news-such news as will be of al
elevating tendency-and leave 9th
ers to make their choice as betweer
these two classes of information.
In politics, THE COMMONWEALTH
is Republican. In Religion, it i
non-sectarian In Pedagogy, /
stands for the education Of tn
heart, the head and the hands. Il
Economics, it emphasizes thrift ant
material development along all lines
In social and moral uplift, it stand:
for total abstinance and the aboll
ton of the saloon.
With these professions, we bes
that you admit us to membership II
the family circle.
The commonwealth., 1915-07-24

We can not too earnestly impress
upon all persons, the real purpose for
the existence of every Parish-Splrit-
ual Growth, and the preparation for
Death. There may be other uses
made of a Parish, but none can cloud
this thought.-Selected
The commonwealth., 1915-07-24
The Commonwealth.

Published Every Saturday by
The Commonwealth Publishing
114 W. HOFFMAN STREET,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Subscription: One copy. one
year. Seventy Five Cents, in ad-
vance. Single copy, Two Cents.
The Commonwealth may be
had at any Of the branch Offices
or sub-stations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-08
SUNDAY PICTURE SHOWS.

Why not general enforcement
throughout the state of the provisions
of the state anti-Sunday labor laws
which are construed placing the
ban on the operation of theaters on
that day, including the movies.
Judge Dana of the local district court
decides that even the free Sunday
picture shows, or those where free
will Offering is accepted at the doors
come within the purview of this stat
ute. And without discussing the mer-
it's or dement's of the proposition of
Sunday movies" regardless of the
religious character of the pictures
shown or as to whether or not they
are of a free variety, it would seem
patent that what is sauce for the To-
peka goose in this particular should
also be sauce for all Kansas ganders.
This doesn't happen to be the case. In
some of the Kansas cities-Atchison
and Leavenworth are two of the con-
spicuous examples-Sunday movies
have been permitted to run unmolest-
ed this long while. They're not of the
free" variety, either. Neither do they
attempt the dodge of showing Ere
ligiouS" pictures. The regular week
day admission prices are charged and
the usual run of pictures are shown.
Furthermore, these Sunday shows are
advertised regularly in the newspa-
pers in these towns. In other words,
no effort is made to cloak their Sun
day activities. And it would seem rea-
sonable to urge that if local authority
in any community fails to apply the
state laws covering this matter, state
authority should see that it is done
and also impose penalties on all local
officials commensurate with their
La kitty.
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When spring came after Emma s
long winter indoors with her hurt
ankle the poor little girl looked white
and thin, so unlike the gay, jolly,
plump little daughter who had de-
lighted both father and mother, that
they decided to send her to the coun-
try. 49,
fine shape again." said father. 81
know just the place" added mother,
well send her to visit my sister.
There she can run and play to her
hearts content and she will be well
and strong in no time"
So letters were written, trunks and
bags were packed and before Emma
realized what was happening she was
on the train going to the country.
When she reached her Aunt Jen-
MES, she was too tired and sleepy to
do anything but eat her good hot sup
per and go to bed. But after a fine
sleep, she was up bright and early
the farm. you just wait till you've
had some breakfast. young lady" said
her uncle then will be time enough
to talk about going over the farm.
You eat a lot and fill out your thin
cheeks and / will promise to show
you all the sights"
(Which wasn't bit hard to do, let
me tell you) and then picked up her
doll to go with her uncle. Going to
twinkle in his kind eyes. mo, in
deed" exclaimed Emma, and she
hugged the doll tightly to her. Where
go my dolly goes toot" So uncle,
Emma and the dolly started out to
inspect the farm
I couldn't pretend to tell you all the
fun they had! If you have ever been
on a farm yourself, you know all about
it: if you haven't, there isn't room in
this paper to tell all the nice things
there are to do and to sect
Emma saw the cows. the pigs, the
roosters and the tiny yellow chickens
She smelled the blossoms in the
orchard; she peeked round the hives
where the bees were at work; she saw
the ducks waddling off towards the
brook and she pulled fresh lettuce in
the coIdframe.
But of everything on the farm. the
little brand new bossy cow in the barn
pleased her the most. I'D just like to
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and anything that tends to stimulate
them in this direction is regarded as
most desirable. Approximately 5000
agricultural distilleries are now in op-
Grafton in the German Empire. Many
of these are cooperative distilleries
in which it is interesting to note that
the co-operators do not hold shares
having a certain money value, but
possess the privilege of calling daily
for a certain quantity of spent mash.
To the potato crop itself an eighth of
the arabic land in the German Empire
is now devoted, and the production is
enormous In some instances crops of
more than 535 bushels per acre have
been harvested, while yields of 800 to
375 bushels are quite common. AL
though such yields are produced only
under favorable circumstances, it
seems obvious that the total yields can
be very considerably increased if new
uses for alcohol can be discovered to
create the necessary demand. At the
present time in the eastern provinces
it is the price of spirits which regu-
lates the price of potatoes.
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AND AGRICULrURE.

The importance that alcohol distil-
leries may assume in scientific agricul-
ture is pointed out in a recent pro-
fessional paper published by the
United Department of Agriculture
under the title of Agricultural Alco-
hol; Studies of Its Manufacture in
Germany" The results of the author S
study indicate that the manufacture
of alcohol for technical purposes, not
for human consumption, is not re-
garded in itself as a profitable bust
ness but as a necessary factor in gen.
eral farming. The distillerieS provide
a market for Germany's enormous
potato crop, which in turn has
made possible the profitable cultiva-
ton of large tracts of light sandy soil
in the east The spent mash again is
returned to the farmers from the dis
tilleries and used as feed for cattle
which furnish manure for the enrich
ment of the soil. On account of the
pressure of the population and the de-
sire to cultivate as large an acreage
as possible, German farmers have not
been raising much live stock as
would be good agricultural practice.
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Evening Chat
BY RUTH CAMERON,

'It is perfectly absurd for Mary not
to jump at the chance" 1 heard a
neighbor of mine saying the other day.
1 asked what chance.
why, Mrs. Martin wants to adopt
Marys youngest child. Mary is my
washerwoman, you know She is a
widow with two children and the
youngest is little dear and Mrs. Mar
tin has quite fallen in love with her
and wants to adopt her, and would
you believe it, Mary can't make up her
mind to let her And all Mary has is
that bit of house and her washing.
1 can't understand it. 1 should think
she would jump at the chance"
would you give up Louise?"
That's different" she answered
sharply.
"Different?"
I'm not a widow with only a few
dollars week to keep my family to-
gether.'
DO you think you would be willing
to give up Louise if you were?"
IT'S her duty'to do it, impatiently.
II should think you could see it, :
/ can see it, at least l can see what
my neighbor means-that little Rose
will have more comforts than her
mother can give her and that there
will be more left for the other child.
Even so, I'm not absolutely sure she
would be doing the best thing for the
child to let her go. I'm not so ON
niscient as to know that.
But what I certainly cannot under
stand is the unfeeling attitude of my
neighbor, just because the woman is
of another financial class than she.
And 1 have no patience with her SUI
perior That's different"
There are a great many people of
the middle and upper class q use
the word in a financial SenSe), who
think there is an actual difference be-
tween the people of the lower class
and themselves. Such woman
doesn't expect these people to be ac-
tuated by the same feelings, the same
pleasure, the same resentment of mo-
notony. the same physical WEAKNESS
and mental unrests as she.
Her 1aundress is sick and does not
come to wash. She is Impatient and
resentful at the inconvenience, sus-,
poets her of drinking and is cruelty
careless enough to say so without real
grounds. The next day she has a
the illness which kept the washerwo-
man home, and she goes to bed and
has the doctor.
Her maid has to leave because her
mother is ill. 1T does seem as if
these people always took the worst
times to be sick" she says. How
would she feel if anybody spoke so un-
feelingly about her mothers illness?
My own washerwoman told me the
other day that one of the women for
whom she works is very impatient be-
cause she will not do her washings on
afternoons when she has already done
a washing elsewhere Margaret has
to go out to work because her husband
is ILL., She is none too strong to do her
own work The doctor says she ought
to have a complete rest, instead of do
ing her work and other peoples. The
woman knew this. And vet "She al
ways lies down two hours in the aft
ernoon, but she thinks nothing is too
much for me-" says Margaret bitterly.
you find people with that point of
yiew2 II does me
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provided that the amending clause can
be phrased in such way that after
the pooling agreements are formed,
other manufacturers, desiring to en-
ter such an arrangement. cannot De
excluded. 1t is now pretty certain
that the members of the commission
will work out plan which should ma
terially increase American foreign
trade. Manufacturers who are now
unable to finance individually an ex-
pensive foreign selling agency would
then be able to pool their interests
and divide the expense, obtaining an
added advantage from being able to
compete on a wholesale plan with
their foreign rivals. That this con-
structive result is in sight is due
largely to the manner in which the
business men of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States have be-
come advisers of the government
That is the role they should play
more often.
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for Dan to come and save you. There s
no chance for me to be a hero!"
Alice shook his shoulder impa-
tiently.
Aren't you satisfied with being a
moral hero-without envying Dan his
purely physical courage? Don't break
down, Will. dear. Talk with me about
it-and-I'm sure can think of some
that she-that Ruth doesn't care for
your
Will sat up and stared at her.
Ruth? You mean Ruth Clark
SOM" he demanded. you think I'm
in love with her. Alice?"
Under the steady glance of those
th1ck-laShed, gray eyes, her own fell
until his face was hidden.
Yes-I thought So" she hesitated,
her heart wrenched with sudden pain.
It's not Ruth Clarkson-it's some
one I've loved since 1 was a little
lame boy and she, sturdy little angel,
dragged me around on my sled-or
pushed my wheel chair. Some one
who has so grown into my life-that
life is nothing without her. I've want
ed her all my days-but 1 cannot offer
her broken husband, can 1 And be-
sides, have no proof that she cares
With Dan for contrast-Pm a poor OBJ
ject!" He turned his head away from
her. Il wouldn't beg for her pity"
THAT would be foolish, VIII, when
yOu nave HcI"lONc, whispered <AllCC,
her eyes still hidden.
Her love-yours? Alice. darling
you can't make me believe it! he
cried, fiercely There's Dan
"Dan-who is nothing to me-" she
sobbed. LAS if anyone could look at
Dan Linscott after knowing you'll"
Then, he knew and believed, and
took her in his long arms and pressed
his thin cheeks to her round one.
why, I'm the happiest man in the
world in spite of everything" he cried
at last, even if 1 never have an OPP
portunity to show off as a hero!"
You poor. dear boy!" smiled Alice
tenderly. Don't you know you are
a great hero in spite of yourself? You
would have hidden your love from me
to save me-if I had not rushed right
in and made you say it!''
And you are something of a hero
inc yourself" laughed Will happily.
for now, with Alice, he felt that the
whole world was his, and he would
not have changed places with any
man, not even Dan.-(Copycight 1915.
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
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BUSINESS Is MORE STABLE.

Readjustment of general business
to a more stable basis is indicated by
the diminishing number of CONNER
cial failures, each succeeding month
disclosing progressive improvement in
this respect. Thus, there were 2,063
insolvencies reported to r. G. Dun &
Co. during April, as against 1850 in
March, APIS in February and 2,S4S
in January-the decrease in COMPARE
son with the opening month of the
year being 27-5 per cent. The April
record, however, shows an appreciable
increase over the same period of 1914,
when only 1886 defaults occurred,
while the aggregate liabilities, owing
to n few. suspensions of unusual size,
were next to the largest of the current
year and more than double those of
April. 1914-s43,517,S70 comparing
with $40, 549,144 at that time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-05-08
QUAKER MEDITATION

[From the Philadelphia Record.
A stitch in time is worth two needles
in a haystack.
Some people wear eyeglasses just
for the looks of the thing.
The man who feels the world owes
him living generally has to pay to
collect it.
Some people don't believe in putting
off till tomorrow the trouble they can
make today.
You never can tell. Contentment is
sometimes merely the rust of being too
lazy to kick.
It's good plan to hear both Sides
unless the thing you hear happens to
be a bass drum.
When the swindler is also a Jonah
it stands to reason that the men who
do you hOOdOO you.
Musgins-"What do you think the
best business for young man to be
in ?" Buggins-"His own"
The world is made up of COMPARE
sons. Most things seem tame to the
fellow who is sowing his wild oats.
BlobbS-"Young Dashaway's father
is some high dignity of the church.
A canon, / think" Slobbs-"I always
did think young sDashaway1 was son,
of gum" $50
Il have proposed to one girl no
less, than a. dozen times said the
cheerful Optimist. Better let it go at
that" cautioned the Pessimist '"Thir-
teen is an unlucky number, and the
next time she might accept you"
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Globe Sights
BY THE ATCEISoN GLOBE.

Your comedy may be tragedy to the
other fellow.
diet seems largely composed of
food one doesn't like.
There are enough little snobs to
keep the big snob from growing lonely.
You pay all expenses and let the
other fellow share the profits That
is life.
A foreign conversation, and good
deal of that in your native tongue is
just noise.
AS a man grows older. he finds his
desire to meet lot of nice people is
waning a good DEAL
If boy is big enough, strong
enough and willing enough a job is
always open to him.
The man who goes about armed
with dyspepsia tablets, might eat less
and conserve his supply.
There may be no judges at the de-
bate between man and his wife, but
it is easy to tell who wins.
IT you ask the boys about it, the
child labor evil isn't limited to the
factory towns and anthracite coal
fields.
II used to know an old crouch who
fused with himself when no one else
was around to quarrel with. RUFF
Hoskins.
The longest journey is that nego-
tiated by the girl who has a voice.
and starts out to prove it by placing
it in grand opera.
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IFrom the Chicago News. !

[From the Chicago News
Sp1nsters dislike to talk of old times.
Women are fond of gold, but not of
golden silence.
Many a family Bible is more orna-
mental than useful.
It's easier to win a girls hand than
it is to eat her bread.
If girl marries well her friends
will overlook her other faults
We all have money coming, but it
seldom arrives according to schedule.
Smile and the world smiles with
you-if you'll settle with the bar
tender.
It's sometimes safer to throw kisses
at a widow than it is to hand them
to her.
A good woman is usually too good
for any man-but fortunately she
doesn't know it.
When a girl tells conceited youth
that the best is none too good for her,
it's up to him to propose.
A ragtime philosopher says that
only two men were created free and
equal-and one of them was a woman.
A bride no sooner leaves the mar
riage altar than she begins to worry
for fear she will die first and her hus-
band will have to marry again