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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

In the general opportunity the Eu-
ropean war has brought the United
States TO increase its South American
trade and. az the same time. 10 knit
bonds Of interest between itself and
the 20 South American republics.
the countries OF the Caribbean form n
vitality interesting phase. Il IS pecu-
LARRY desirable that the Panama canal,
a most important national investment,
shall be surrounded by prosperous
countries. possessing stable and
friendly governments. William JOS
eph Showalter. in a survey made for
the National Geographic society,
points out that Central America is OF
great potential richness that II de-
serves much from the war-awakened
determination on the part of United
States business 10 expand in Latin
America. and that good government
alone Is needful 10 turn this region
into one OF the earth'5 most favored
He writes;
Guatemala. Honduras. Salvador.
Nicaragua. Costa Rica. Panama, Cuba
and the neighboring islands are rich
In natural resources almost beyond i'm
arinatiou. Nowhere else in the world
has nature been more bountiful in her
blessings than in the caribbean reg
ion. Everything that her treasure
house holds has been bestowed here
with lavish hand. As someone has
said. II you tickle the ground with a
hoe. e. smiles back with a yam. Some
OF these lands are filled with a Won
derful plenty. Others are in wretched
poverty. In travelling through them
one IS impressed with the fact that
prosperity abides with good rule and
poverty dweils with misrule-
Honduras. poor. badly administe--
ed. and undeveloped. is. nevertheless.
blessed beyond measure in natural re-
sources. u has vast deposits OF min
erals. untold Z ousands of acres of the
finest tropical fruit and vegetable
lands OF the world. and great areas OF
magnificent coffee and grazing lands.
With a stable government. ii must be
come a land OF plenty. Salvador.
across the border. IS prosperous. Al
though containing only 1925 square
miles. IL supports nearly two million
people in comfort and returns bal
ance OF trade OF about S3.5O0.OOO a
year. Nicaragua. like Honduras, is a
poor land t,eming with resources and I
undeyelOped, unsettled
and hopeless
"In COST Rics. Cuba, Panama and
Dominican Republic. all possessing .
productive orchard and /
farm lands. wealthy I'm their outputs .
OF sugar. tropical fruits. coffee and va I
rious cabinet woods. every prepare /
ton Is being made 10 take advantage /
Of the trade opportunities that these f.
countries expect TO derive from the f.
Panama canal. Everywhere in the
Caribbean countries there is anticipa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
LATIN-AMERICA PROSPERS AS 1T
IS GOVERNED, WELL OR POORLY

ton that the canal is going to bring in
IA great stream of capital for develop
ment purposes. and that an era OF IN
precedented growth and expansion
will result In aiding these countries
! to realize their expectations. the Unit
ed States viii not only open up rich
, field for its own produce but. also.
will strengthen the community inter
est with the neighbors at its gate.
whose lands surround the vitality i'm
portant canal
United States business has already
large and growing share of the trade
OF the Caribbean lands In Guatemala
Honduras. Nicaragua, Costa RIGA, Pan
ANA. Cuba. the Dominion Republic and
Haiti. the imports from the United
States represent more than one-half
of all the imports into the countries.
The greater part OF the export OF these
countries Is sent to the United States.
The great trade competitors of this
country in the markets of South Amer
ica have been Great Britain and Ger
many. but their competition was never
as effective in Caribbean lands as II
was further TO the south.
The total foreign trade OF South
America in 1918 was valued at s2,s64,-
s76.2f4 While this is not large IN
proportion to population, and on the
other hand IS decidedly small In COM
parison with the volume of foreign
trade OF many other countries, tbeing
but little larger than that of Holland)
the possibilities are shown by the
statement that when South America
becomes as large per capita buyer in
the markets OF the world as Cuba is
today. II will demand imports worth
81. 900. 600. 900 annually, and when II
has as much TO sell per capita as Cuba
has today II Wall have an export bust
ness worth $3.50, 5000 annually.
But backward as South America is
in its foreign trade, it is by no means
as backward as Central America. The
volume OF the exports of the six coun-
tries which constitute Central Amer
lea IS smaller in proportion 10 area
than those of any other region OF like
size and resources in the New World.
How small IL actually is may be Illus
trated by another comparison with
Cuba's foreign trade. Having pop
ulation five times as great as that OF
Cuba. the six Central American states
buy only a third as much in the mar
kets OF the world as the Island Repub-
lie: and they sell only one-fourth as
much as Cuba Their per capita i'm
ports. therefore. are only about one
as large as those OF Cuba,
and their per capita exports only one
twentieth as large. Yet no one thinks
that Cuba has reached the fullness of
its possibilities. and no one believes /
that Central America, once it becomes /
fully developed, viii fail TO show a /
larger foreign trade per capita than I
Cuba shows today
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
PARoLING THE DRUNKARD

Locking up a druukard doesn't seen
20 cure him And yet what else Is "a
be done with those who become riot
Gus and insulting under the influence
90 HquoTE Il a. one % the oldest. com.
moucst and most diGcuit problems Of
police courts
\ New York magistrate the other
day adopted a method OF procedure
whine seems 20 De- new and tinctured
vith common sense.
The druukard 10 this case was the
family's dependence for subsistence
and tn the main vas reliable. but he
has his periodicals" and then he be
comes not only useless but brutally
insolent and beiifEereut. abusing mem
bers OF his family and anybody else
he encounters and smashing up things
generally
Sober and sick. he pleaded pitifully
with the court. as such offenders gem
orally do. for another chance. A
young son added 20 his pieadings. The
drunkard weepingiy declared that ne
would never touch liquor again. just
as millions like him have declared
millions OF times before.
-But do you really want 20 let liquor
aioueg~ the magistrate asked. The
man responded that he certainly did
want to-
Then leave the punishment en-
tirely IN your own hands" the magis-
trate returned. You are sentenced
to SIX months in the workhouse. The
sentence Is suspended as long as you
keep sober I'll put you in charge OF
this boy OF yours. II you take one
drink he Is TO report you 10 me. and
you 20 TO the workhouse
Il believe that will hold him." said I
the magistrate after the man had gone |
out.
That's putting Il up 20 ne about 4
right. I guess" said the man 20 a re 4
porter. land II there's any stun in me
~ all that viii hold me-
Maybe II will But II that viii not.
What Will
Certainly the fear Of a workhouse
erm will have more force OF restraint
han would the memory OF one. J.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
THE COMMON MAN.

Gezius was kicked from its pedes
tai by William n MeReever. professor
Of child welfare at the University OF
Kansas. IN n lecture before the Kan
sas City school OF social service In.
stead OF bowling down IN hero worship,
Professor Mckeever would put a halo
around the common man
We have gone on talking and writ.
Ing about the two-ffths Of humanity
that are insists. until We have come
to believe that there Is no Eood az ali
IN the human race said Mr.. Nc
Keever. We have emphasized great
ness until IL has engendered a fierce
and inhuman struggle for the few
places OF greatness. Greatness strives
for n place for itself. Goodness strives.
too. but not for itself alone. Goodness
say: Come on. there's room for all
The new Interpretation OF human life
IL a matter OF q good and rightly de
veloped character. It's a place attain
able TO all and fun OF durable salts
factiol-
The old definition OF human life
says that land. houses and money
make n man wealthy" continued the.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

two. the captain agreeing 70 take tno
lean man and his cotton 90 Fnc,ora
for 20 per cent of fits value In Iiror
pool provided the blockade could ha
run safely. The twenty bales yera
taken TO the wharf and rolled aboo-a
The owner remained ashore TN n No.,
Gy night should enable the shin 10 oS,
to sea, there being I've chances 80
success to one of capture
Finally an east wind brourbt &.
murky weather. and the captain ,old
his passenger that there was n nro,
pect of her getting out early the Dey,
morning. The latter went aboard with
his baggage, a hair trunk, a bandbox
and a leather case evidently contain.
Ing musical instrument But the
captain. who was busy experimenting
getting the ship of, had no time TO
inspect the passengers baggage.
Steaming down on to the broader
waters the ship cast anchor between
two Confederate forts on either shore
TO wait for an opportunity. There were
considerable wind and rain during the
night, but nothing to conceal a shin
About 7 O'clock in the morning the
wind lulied and a dense fog settled
down. The captain concluded TO try TO
slip out between the sunboats outside
the harbor. just before the fog shut
everything from view he took his bear.
ings from his compass and, with speed
only sufficient for steerage way, aided
by an outgoing tide. drifted to the bar.
boris mouth.
On passing out a dim hulk appeared
on mis- port quarter. He knew that fl
was a blockader. but he had the adj
vantage of his ships being the color Of
the mist, and he passed safely. Half
an hour passed, and he YVES congratu.
lating himself on having cleared the
blockading ships. when from below
there arose the resonant sound Of a bu-
gle. Dashing down the companion.
way, he followed the sound, which led
him to his passengers stateroom. The
man was practicing on a cornet. The
captain with a blow sent it scurrying
on the floor.
You idiotg' he exclaimed. what
do you mean?"
what do yo' mean yo'self? I al
ways practice at this time o the morn
in"
"Fooll Do you want to lose your
cotton7"
Through a portfolio they heard "Ship
ahoyw then "Heaye tor and the
captain knew It was all over. They
were in possession of a Yankee gun
boat
The lean man was a Connecticut
Yankee. and his prize money for his
amounted TO 100000. He had
obtained a commission from Washing
ton TO prevent blockade running and
had been furnished with means that
enabled him to carry out his purpose
In his own way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
The Daily Story
Running the Rlockade-By Donald chamberlin.
Copyrighted. Associated Literary Bureau.

Port Royal, South Carolina. is fine
harbor IN that region are many is
lands lying between the mainland and
the ocean on which IS produced what
is called sea island cotton, an article Of
very superior grade. When the war be
tween the states opened and the south
ern ports were blockaded this was g.
favorite point for running the blockade
with cargoes of this valuable cotton.
Where it was grown it was worthless;
beyond the Yankee blockading squad
ron 1t was often worth more than a
dollar a pound
The United States government sent
a naval and military force TO Port Roy
al to occupy the harbor. and adjoining
the islands, some fifteen or twenty
miles from the mouth OF the harbor. is
the town of Beaufort, and one day
during the early part of the war
steamer lay at the wharf taking on cot
ton A man on the deck was watching
a gang of negroes rolling the bales
aboard a long, thin man with lean
cheeks and a tuft of beard on his chin
and wearing a butternut suit came
sauntering along and stood looking at
the loading.
Are yo' the cap'n o. this hyer ship?"
be said TO the man on deck
IT am
I'm lookfn' fur transportation.
want to git out o. this dod rotted.
Yankee ridden country. I've sold out
my little plantation and put the money
into cotton. I got twenty bales"
Don't you know that the Lincoln
government won't let any cotton leave
the Confederacy?
You don't say sou
Yes I'll take your cotton for you.
but there's a big chance of its being
captured by a Yankee gunboat lying
Off the mouth of the harbor. If so it
viii be confscated."
'WaaI. now, reckon that's inter
FERN with a mans material rights"
But if you git It through, if it's
sea island cotton, you'n make small
fortune out of It"
"Weu?'
"If yo' want to take the risk I'll
carry it for you for 20 per cent of what
20 sell it for
''Yo' goin' to carry over this what
20 takin' aboa'df"
I'm goin' to try"
I'm afeard l mought lose my cot
ton"
In that case yo' bette not risk IT,"
But yo' say yo' goin' to risk it with |
20 cotton"
81 am
What yo' paintin' 20 ship that colo |
fo'T'
That's the color Of a fog. 7 shall /
not go to sea till I can git a misty /
night That gray paint is exactly the |
shade of a misty mO'ning Just befo' !
lay"
a bargain was struck between the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

The Germans give IL out a. their In
formation that the French losses in
the war thus far amount 10 1905 900
men. and those % the Russians 20
s.0oG.O0O. the figures including the
prisoners taken That Etves line on
the appalling cost % the war. Part Of
the loss - due 20 inva1idism. doubtless.
which Is larger than that % the killed
and Wounded IN most wars. The Ger
mans also own up % losing few
themselves. althoueh they cannot be
accused of Advertising that fact. 70
would probably be far below the truth
90 say that the Austrian and German
reflections from the same causes
amount 20 much more than another
1000. 900. The wipinE out Of 1000 600
msn In Eve months sets limits 20 var
whether ether plans are ready or not
Green troops have appeared IN the bat
tie lines on both sides.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

professor. Tho new definition says
personality IS wealth This old world
OF ours furnishes enough TO feed
and cIothe the whole world. IL Is
only q question OF distribution The
human race g. after all one We
are all practically thirty-second
cousins There is no such thing
a. caste. or rank. or race We are
all OF one k.n and blood
II humanity e 10 be unified In
thought and purpose as II now Is In
nature. -hss uuifYfng process must
come through the Development Or
child life u is a. 70 = little child
shall lead fier1-' When we come
10 love our ckEdreu--aot Just your
ovu-but aEytodys. -as. tag and
all. ne vii have discovered the uni
Tying process % humanity.
We must have a larger under
standing and devout sympathy FOR
the man who - down. Professor
sfcKeever went on We have been
too prone 20 speak q him as None
o. mine He e. one % yours Your
common people are your wealth
-Whensver 30 20 o strange city
there are those % the citizens who
VIII always Toiut out the skyscrap-
ers. the baaks. the blk stores and
town 'soaIc-So grew up here
Isn't that hne-' they viii say
pEoufiy
But what about your common PEG
piez- ] ask. Didn't they grow up
herse How about Tiniy Dink' VINO
Eas sent % the peuiteutiary7 Didn't
he grow up heree- ooh. hos none o.
mine win come the answer. he is
one % ours. though. n be had had the
proper environment and sympathy he
might never have become a criminal"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
SideIights on the European War

Panama, Correspondence of the As
ISOLATED Press So much red tape
has been eliminated by the canal off
( Gals that a ships captain may now
/ take his vessel through without hav
ing to sign a single paper, and with
out any waste of time. Heretofore the
! formalities We're so numerous that it
/ sometimes required "A hours for a
/ ship to complete her passage.
Shipping companies have been no.
/ tilted that hereafter it Will not be nee
essary for them to appoint a shipping
agent on the isthmus. for the reason
that the Panama canal is prepared to
undertake all work in connection with
the payment OF tolls, purchase Of coal,
water and other supplies. They have
been informed that all that is needed
is TO cable 10 Panama the probable
arrival of ship. the deposit at the
Office of the nearest assistant treas
urer of the United States Of the esti-
mated amount of tolls, the probable
supplies the vessel will need and 9th
er data and the officials of the canal
viii see that the ship safely passes
through with the least possible delay
fees by the owner.
A few days ago a ship arrived at
Cristobal. her owners having appris-
ed the canal officials of her coming.
The deposit had been made and she
was ready TO pass through the canal
when the master appeared at the port
captains office for his papers. He
was given his clearance papers, re-
ceipt for tolls, permit to pass through
all the locks, health certificate, and
other necessary papers and was told
to proceed into the canal He was
astonished at not having 10 obtain
from various officials all these docu- !
ments and further at the fact that not I
a single signature was required of /
him. His stay in the port of Cristohai /
was exactly one hour while at Balboa (
there was no stop required beyond /
slowing up 10 drop the pilot in the
outer harbor.
It is pointed out by canal officials
that many papers at first in use prov
ed to complicate matters and occa-
sion delay The bulky copies of the
ships manifest have been abolished,
and the boarding officer of the termi-
lai port now obtains only short alb
;tract.
For a time it was necessary for
ships master to have the signature of
lot less than five canal officials before
lis vessel was permitted TO enter the
anal This number has now been re- ]
Iuced to two. the captain OF the port
f entry and the health officer. These.
owever, the captain does not himself
z
curse OF the regular routine OF the
ort captains Office.
London, Correspondence OF the AS
ociated Press) The war has be
ONE merely part of the daily rou-
ne of our l:ve= here" writes an Eng
sh school teacher from Dresden,
ermany. She has been a resident of
resden many years. and has had no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

thing seems loose inside. I have used
tobacco for about nine years.
Reply.
. You should not smoke. Or chew.
/ Try chewing gum instead Have the
Z doctor fix you up a 1 per cent silver
nitrate solution, and use this to swab
the throat once day. IL viii help to
/ break the tobacco habit.
The Enema Habit: Why are injec-
tons more Objectionable than physic?
asks Grateful Reader.
Reply.
Enemas or injections are not obiec-
uonable FOR occasional use. II used
regularly they produce a habit which
IS harder to break than any pill habit
Emptying the rectum does not neces-
sarily relieve stats of the upper ali
mentary canal. Laxatives are more
natural in effect than injections.
Growing lair: l. Has ANYTHING
been discovered or invented which
viii make hair grow where there Is
no hair? ?. What is the cause of
goitre, and is it more prevalent among
women?
Reply.
l. No. 2. Some goitres are simpIe
cysts or thickening OF non-slandular
tissue. Some are increase of
the secreting tissue-these are called
'exophthalmic" gotire. meaning prom
inent eyeballs. and are ACCOMPANIED
with nervous and circulatory excite |
ment caused by over function of the
thyroid. Infection is now known In !
be frequent cause of goitre. Goitre
Is Father more frequently observed in
women.
Blackheads Not From Dirt: I am a
young man OF Is and have blackheads
on the face. Friends tell me thew are
caused by dirt and grease, but try TO
keep clean.
Reply.
External factors like dirt and grease
have nothing whatever TO do with
olackheads. Letter of advice has
been mailed you.
Interpreting Our Russian: Please
explain what you meant by "anti-
uetc' treatment in your article upon ,
ocomotor ataxia
Reply Z
Lues Is a specific infectious disease
'hich causes most cases of locomotor
taxa Anti-luetic treatment is anti I
Total treatment for that infection. ,
Which your physician can give you If /
GU need it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
Jan. IL in American
History.

11T-General Hugh Mercer. one OF
Washington officers. died near the
battlefield at Princeton. where De
was MORALLY wounded on Jan. .
1S6l-DeTnand for the surrender q
Fort Pickens. Fla, to tile Confed'
eracy refused by the commandanL
Lieutenant 4. J. Slommer q. ;. a,
1s65-General Robert =. Lee was urge'
10 assume the role Of dictator ~
the ConfederacJ.
lST5-Thomas L. BramieJJe. war 90,
ernor OF kentucky, died; born M
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
Lies MYSTERIES.

The poultry editor OF a country
paper received this letter from a poet
ical summer cottager:
Dear Editor-What shall do2
Each morn when visit my henhouse
I find two o. three fowls on their
backs. their feet sticking up and their
souls wandering through fields Elys-
ian. What is the matter?
The prosaic editor replied by return
mail:
Dear Friend The principal trou-
BILE with your hens seems TO be that
they are dead. There isn't much that
you can do. as they viii probably be
that way for some time. Yours re
specially.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

Because Of the fact that gasoline
trucks are useful for service in the
European war zone, and since nearly
ali such trucks in England have been
requislioned by the government. cleo
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12
4EALTHTALKS''
%illism Brady.M.D
Breaking Up to Fever.

There are sim many people. and
here and there perhaps a doctor. who
Ike 90 believe IL IS possible 10 break
up typhoid fever or pneumonia. The
notion came about in this way:
Thirty OF forty years ago. before
the bacterioiogic test for typhoid
fever was known. several kinds OF
disease accompanied by continued
elevation OF body temperature were
mistaken for typhoid. For instance.
malaria. tuberculosis. septicemia (un-
recognized blood poisonlngj and in
testinaI Infections Of various kinds
we're commonly called typhoid"
And az these ailments were apt 70
show a decline OF fever and tempo
rary Improvement within a week or
two. 90 was not strange that even
the doctors imagined they had "brok-
en- up" the fever with their treat
ment. whatever 10 may have been.
Al present the diagnosis OF ty-
phoid fever Is made. or at least con-
trolled. by laboratory tests OF the
patients blood in the great majority
OF cases. even ia the country. And
once the typhoid infection is posi-
lively established by bacteriologic
test there is no known method
whereby the attack may be cut short
or abOrted.
The Patient Breaks Il Up.
IL Is true that certain cases OF
typhoid infection are
mild. and run a course OF scarcely
two weeks. But these cases run
their course whether or not the doc
tor tries TO break them up" II is
perfectly reasonable TO think that
proper medical treatment OF the pa
iient will conserve his energy and
support his resisting power. and thus
tend 10 shorten the duration of the I
attack somewhat But We may be I
sure the outcome depends on the pa
tient's lighting ability-and not on .
he drugs prescribed by the physi- !
,ian.
The treatment Of typhoid fever is
Tot question OF drugs. but of in
.elligent conservation of strength
or the long fight OF the patient
.gainst the germs And that is not
o say that a good nurse is more es-
entail than q good doctor Nurses
now nothing whatever of the art
{ diagnosis. and are therefore in
TO recognize possible seri-
us complications which the doc
DTS skilled eye viii promptly de-
sct. I,
Questions and Answers Z
Youngsters Should Not: ! am Is. {
-hen I lie down my jaw feels big and ,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

Tho facts that oaIy Eve per cent
% meat consumed IN the Tnitcd
States e. from absolutely healthy ami
mails and that only 50 per cent Of 70
passes q federal inspection doubtless
Will prove food for thought hy those
who eat meat and food for argument
BY those who don't.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-12

Statistics Just Published showing
that la Illinois alone there are 10000
foreign residents who can neither
read nor write in any language makes
10 clear thai there a. need elsewhere
for nizht schools such as are now be-
ing conducted Ia Moline and East
Moline