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Evening journal., 1915-09-01
AMERIcAN cApITAL I'M CHINA.

TITLE Amos Bird Company a Connecticut concern
with head Offices at Boston, Mass has discov-
cred that under the Democratic tariff law, the esab-
iishment Of driecegg plant in Shanghai, China, is
good inves.mont
The Department Of Commerce reports that the COM
pany has about completed the construction Of huge
cold-storago warehouse containing the most modern
ovaporatng and refrgerlny apparatus. All arrange
ments have bocn completed for getting supplies Of
material converting it into the product and trans
porting TO this country for the OF restaurants
and bnkcrics It will come into active competition
with American eggs
This adds another to the long list of industries
which are beng organized abroad with American cap
ita reap the double advantage OF cheap labor and
free or nrr-or-rovenuo-on American market The
duty dried esga cut s3 IA per cent by tho Tn
dorwood tariff law since the enactment OF which
NOUS quantities OF ths product have been coming u
from China
recent report issued by the Department Of Com
states that conegnmonts Of preeerved from
Nankine China amounted 20 100000 pounds for New
York City and c56000 for Seattle These eggs nur-
chased in China for preseryns at 40 to Al cents a
gross
How do American farmers and their wives like the
news and the outlook2
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
NATIONAL DEMOCRACY Am PUBLIC RoAps.

rEsHE Democratic Congress responsible for heavy
loss, both of money and efficiency in the work
OF the ohice OF Public Roads
Three important phases OF good road development
practically had to be abandoned for year because the
Democrats failed to pass before the Of the fiscal
year Of 1913 the Agricultural Appropriation bill which
provides money for good roads
The first loss fell upon the experimental road work
portion OF each years appropriation is devoted to
experimental road building in and near Washington
IN order to make scientific and discover improved
methods In road construction. The officials could not
carry out these tests properly. The delay in securing
their appropriations estimated loss Of about
one-tenth Of the FUND.- with greater loss in ef
cheney because many of the experiments could not be
made at all
Ihe second loss occurred because officials we're un-
able to contract for work until the money was ac-
tualy appropriated 1t Is maxim in good road bnlid
iag that all work undertaken must b completed in the
same summer. Congress failed TO appropriate tho
money until nearly the middle Of August Before bids
could be secured and contracts let fan was approach
ing and the roads would not be completed Machincrr
eitner had 10 be moved TO warmer localities or remain
Idle, all Of which entered into the amount of the bids
xhe roads cost more and their construction was
delayed for an entire season
The third loss occurred in connection with furnish
Ing government road engineers to local communities
to give advice in local building Scores Of these
experts in Washington al the time ready 10 star
for local points Congress passed tho bill
There nothing they could do here. and no none,
30 send them to the field
When the appropriation bill was finally passed II wa
toe late for Of them report to the local com
munities to which they had been assigned Their em
cheney destroyed and their salaries and enpense
ASere total loss during the weeks they we're delayed
y the inacon Of the Democratic Congress.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
WILSON FLOUTED nv CARRANzA.

GENERAL cARRANzA has thus far turned a deaf ear
~ to the mild and spineless representations of the
United States and the Pan-American republics al
though considerable number of his bandit associates
to whom the protest conveyed, emphatically re-
fused 10 heed II.
According to the American Red Cross which no one
Of being partisan. not less than twenty-five
people are starving TO death each day in Mexico City
while the Red Cross suggests that there is no way OF
determining how many starving daily in the lesser
cities and rural districts
But carranza and villa and all the lesser bandit
chiefs growing rich by their socaled warfare They
are seizine supplies all hands and exporting them
causing the proceeds TO be deposited to their several
credits in American banks. For this reason there Is
little hope in the OF peace from these men They
find continuation Of their kind of warfare so much
profitable.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
DLENESS AND Low
PEACH PRICES


From the Dover State Sentinel
The low price of peaches is not
due altogether to the excessive sun
ply, for as a matter Of fact there are
not enough peaches to give the peo-
pie in the cities half as many as they
consume. Notwithstanding the fact
that the European war has started
up some Of our idle mills and fac
tories and has given the powder and
gun works a big boom, the great mass
OF American laboring people are not
fully employed. In addition to this
they have been unemployed since the
last election. with the assurance that
a Democratic administration would
make fearful attacks upon the busi-
ness Of the country. The laboring
people have not recovered from their
sufferings caused by the deplorabIe
state of things that has existed for
the past two years When labor suf-
fer it is a serious suffering and re-
covery Is long delayed Necessities
before luxuries must be provided and
1t appears that peaches are sonsid-
cred a luxury rather than a neces-
sity. In ordinarily prosperous times
a season like this would be an ideal
one for the city housewife to put up
fruits for this year and the coming
years, but even with the low prices
prevailing. the people are too poor TO
avail themselves of hits unusual op-
pcrtunity to provide wholesome food
for their families. Many thousands
of baskets of delicious fruits will go
to waste on the farms and in the cit
les, due in a measure TO the Vicious
attacks of the government upon husi-
ness. The people have opened their
eyes now and will remedy this con-
dition at the first opportunity.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
SPIRIT OF THE
DELMARVIA PRESS
RUNNING THE STREETS,


From the Lewes Pilot
One of the most pitiful sights in
this town is the way some of our
young girls run the streets at night
without their parents or an escort.
Their ages range all the way from
l6 TO 20 years, and in some cases
these girls act more disorderly than
the average boy. This fault cannot
be laid directly at toh parents door
as they ofttimes are permitted to go
out under the pretense of some err
rand. II is a common sight to see
crowd Of girls standing on some cor
ner or other conspicuous place jolly
ing some boys or otherwise acting un-
ladylike. and any young man, be he
a gentleman, will Immediately UNDER
estimate who does 1t. A town that
does not groom good mothers will in
the next generation become rougher
and so on until its standing as per-
feet village will be doubted What
man who desires a woman to raise
his children to a degree of efficiency
will marry a woman he has, in his
younger days. seen act in such a way
that he would not have his offsDrines
act? We have one girl in mind who,
when surrounded by her pals" was
asked a civil question and gave SUCH
a retort that her sense was to be
doubted. This is one instance OF
many 1t is doubtful if these girls
know the price they will pay in later
life for this frivolity When they
grow to he aged women they will look
back on their younger days with dis
gust, while the average woman Will
look back upon them with pleasure.
To look back on her young life is
one Of the chief enjoyments of the
aged woman, and should the matter
be neglected now. sorrow will follow
later The majority of the girls II
this town are what they should be,
but there are some who consider
themselves Of the town who are the
most guilty Of offences referred to.
The girl who says she never deceived
her mother is the nations making
and most of all who say it mean IT,,
for the girl with a weak character
is ashamed to tell It to others for
fear that they might know the truth:
Now is the time for parents to look
into these matters and remedy the
things referred to which will mean
so much to them later on.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01

toward capacity. They will not per-
manently affect the actual market
prices, since they are able 10 offer
only a fraction of the supply. They
WILL almost as a matter of compul-
sion and certainly as matter Of SELF
interest. pocket the saving in lreights
and increase their profits to CORES
pond There seems 10 be little rea-
son to expect from the coal rates de-
cision any immediate effect on coal
prices. The ultimate results no one
can forecast but there is at present
nothing in them that definitely prom
ises help TO the consumer, so far as
chn be foreseen.
This situation under the coal rates
decision is characteristic of many
that have arisen within recent years.
There has been much talk about the
hardship worked by high railroad
rates to the people" but when the
real issue has been drawn it has ap-
peared that the parties in interest
were two producers or two groups Of
middlemen, neither anxious to go
further than necessity in cutting his
prices to the public and neither com
PEELED by any obvious necessity TO
make much change therein, no mat
ter what the freight rate decision
might be. Precisely what part In
cost OF production Of commodities IS
played by freight rates is doubtful,
but in all except the most bulky
goods. il is frequently the case that
the conditions Of production or the
mechanism Of competition are af such
nature as effectually to intercept
the influence of proposed reductions
Of freights
A perception of the inadequacy of
freight rate regulation. as now ap-
! piled by the commission to amelior
ate the real condition of the consul
mer has been rapidly growing during
recent years, and today the public
looks rather alphabetically upon the
much advertised struggles between
groups Of producers. each eudeavor-
/ ing to get the advantage OF the other
Knowing that s Is not likely itself to
+ be a party in interest. II is inclined
/ to take the railroad view Of the rate
problem 10 the extent of desiring 10
see rates fairly and honestly remun-
crate for service rendered. The per-
/ iod OF unreasoning hatred of rail-
ways is fortunately passing.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
Editorial Opinion
sOLDIER,s sWAGGER CANE.

From The Dundee Advertiser.
II Is one Of the regulations of the
British arm that every soldier when
walking out must carry in his hand
a stick. in order to preserve a sol
dierly appearance and prevent any
thing like slOughing In his gait This
rule applies to all ranks, and should
any one seek to evade It he would
find his progress barred by the sem
try at the barrack gate or entrance
to camp Privates generally carry
light canes or "swagger sticks non
commissioned officers fairly stout
sticks. and officers invariably go ia
for the more expensive kind. Il is
a question that has often been ask
ed-Who first suggested the idea? But
nobody seems 10 know. From the
earliest times drill sergeants and
drum majors have carried sticks. and
the fashion may have come from that
fact Soldiers as a rule buy their
own sticks. but in one or two regi-
ments a recruit is presented with
one when he gets his uniform. II this
gets lost, however, he has 10 buy
the next and subsequent ones. There
is a story told of a soldier one day
who couldn't find his cane and know
ing he would be challenged If he
didn't have something in his hand,
quietly picked up a poker. and pass
ed through the gate all right with
it in his fist.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
With The Paragraphers
He who is everywhere is nowhere-seneca.

He who is everywhere is nowhere.-seneca.
;-.-:-:
Remorse goes TO sleep during a prosperous period
and wakes up in adversity-Rousseau
.-.-.-.
The opportunity 70 do mischief is found a hunded
times day. and that OF doing good year.-Vol-
taire
.-.-.-.
The golden moments in the OF life rush past
us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to
visit and only know them when they are gone--
George Eliot.
t-:-.--.
The advantage Of rattlesnake hunting over mushroom
hunting seems TO be that you know the snake poison
AS be made out there seems 10 be one
way of telling the character OF your find and that
described by foreigner who was asked n gather
ing mushrooms not risky; "Al right most every
day. Bimeby somebody die then we not eat for a
week."-Ne York Sun
Evening journal., 1915-09-01

Much Of the discussion and contro-
versy about anthracite coal freight
rates has been based upon the as
sertion that the price of coal to the
consumer was unfairly high The
facts in the case appear to warrant
this belief, and to show that the ad-
vance In the charge for coal within
recent years was entirely without
just basis. The cost Of higher wages
resulting from strikes and other in
cidents of the mining business has
nevertheless been laid upon the con-
sumer In the shape of higher tom
mage prices. A good many apoiosists
have alleged that the trouble lay IN
the freight rate on anthracite NOV
ing to the seaboard, hence the de-
mand for a reduction. Now a cut In
rates has been announced by the In
terstate Commerce Commission. VIII
the consumer get his coal cheaper
during the coming winter?
This question is indirectly answer
ed by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission itself in the coal rates de-
cision. It notes-what is already
known-that the railroads through
coal mining companies closely afil-
lated with them control the produc-
ton of about so per cent of the an
thracite supply. This leaves not over
20 per cent IN tho hands of so-called
Independent producers" AS mat
ter of fact, however, (although tho
commission does not make a point
Of Il in this decisionl. a good part
cf this 90 per cent is marketed eN-
actly as the 80 per cent. is sold and
through the same agencies on a bas-
is OF payment uniformly determined
for all Even If that were not the
case the fact that 20 per cent. of tho
entire supply was in independent
hands would hardly influence the
situation. II is the producers Of the
so per cent. who control. The min
ority producers might theoretically
give to consumers the benefit Of the
lower RAILROAD rates. or a part of IL
by reducing their prices. but there Is
no evident inducement to lead then
TO do So Why should they cut theil
prices when they can dispose Of theiI
whole output at n rate fixed by The
majority producers? They viii no
enlarge their sales materially. since
most Of them are producing well NJ
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
GEMS OF THOUGHT

He makes no friend who never made foe-ren-
nyson.
.--.-.-.
There is no worse robber than bad book-Itaan
Proverb.
.-.-.-:
The or being tiresome in telling everything
-votaire.
.-:-.--.
When clouds are seen wise put on their cloaks
Shakespeare.
:-:-.--.l
The greatest difficulties lie where We are not look.
ing for them.-Gocthe
.-.--.-.
Trust that in nothing who has not a conscience
in eyerythine.-Sten
.-.-.-.
u is easier to know mankind in general than man in
diyiduay.-La Rocheioucaud.
Notle blood Is an accident OF fortune; noble 40
tions characterize the great--GodonL
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
THE coon OLD SHIP "sTCAMORE

THE GOOD OLD SHIP SYCAMORE
I'll bet you when our neighhor boy
grows up TO be a man
He'll run of to the ocean just as
early as he can.
Cause even now, still wearin' pants
ats up around his knees
He's captain OF the Sycamore" that
sails th airy seas.
TIL sycamore, you understand, 1t
amt no reg'lar ship.
But just tree he climbs up when he
wants 10 take a trip.
Yes, just a worn, old sycamore that
stands there By the road,
A good-ier-nothin' thing except as lit
tie Buds abode.
An, funny thing about Bud, too, is
that he seems to be
The only one that ever sails the
Sycamore" TO sea-
He climbs IN there among tn boughs,
the hollers to his pa
To look for him bout Christmas COM
ing back from Panama.
He talks Of ocean jogafy in such
KNOWN way
That he can tell you every port from
Bath to Baffin Bay.
He calls that great big tree O. his tn
mainmast on the ship
That's boln rocked by winds an
waves an liable to dip.
But, like 2 reglar mariner, he climbs
aloft an stands
Among tn wind-rocked riggin' sing
in out his bold commands.
He tends tn leaves are all his crew
an ordors them around
Just like a reglar skipper when his
bark Is ocean bound
An sometimes Bud plays pirate, too.
a-sittin' up that tree,
Which same was how he come TO
make a prisoner OF me.
He bound me TO tn Sycamore" with
memory's chain. an then
Went sailin with me down the Bay
Of Royhood Years again.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
Give Us More Ships
(From the Washington Postl

showing of the United States upon
tie sea are many and varied. and
most of them have been proved
wrong Perhaps the most satisfac-
tory explanation is that Americans
have found such soft snaps" at
home that they did not relish com
petition with foreigners. Their re-
luetance 10 compete with foreigners
has been proved at least in other
fields. notably IN the trade of South
America and the Orient II there Is
any other good reason why Ameri-
cans make such a poor showing in
Evening journal., 1915-09-01

The United States is rapidly fors-
ing ahead of Haiti and Abyssinia in
the growth Of its merchant marine.
and Is running a close second 70 Nor
way. I'm another century or 20, at
the present rate OF progress. the
ally beyond the S-mlle limit. The in
crease in tonnage during the last
year has brought the United states
up 10 the place IL held in 1868. A few
more such years and the country may
begin 20 aspire TO the proud place II
held under King George Ill
The reasons assigned for the pitiful
Evening journal., 1915-09-01

In the presence Of this hurdensome war tax" we
recall with interest the words Of Representative Cox
OF Indiana February 21 1914 Speaking tse5ir Fltz-
gerald. OF New York he asked "If this extravaganza
these enormous appropriations are not
stopped in some way does the gentleman believe
that in the course Of short time the government viii
have to a system Of direct taxation such as it
had in 1861 to carry on the war?" Democracy surely
received timely warming
Evening journal., 1915-09-01

TWO years ago recall tho A. 3. c nations
forred Mexican affairs The Niagara conference af
forded lot OF correspondents an excellent oppor-
tunity 10 visit the Falls But did anything helpful
practical come out Of the conference? This years A.
b. c. conference held at Washington and the coun-
try hopes ts suggestions viii be fruitful But there
arc doubts Mexico is be pacihed only by a strong
policy and "waichiul waiting has weakened American
confidence in anything emanating from the present
administration
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
New News Of Yesterday
The Signing of the. Kan
SaS-Nebraska Bill
q, Holland

One of my most highly appreciated
friendships was established yearc
ago with George w, Morrison. who
was a distinguished lawyer of Man
chester. and a very close personal
friend Of Franklin Pierce. Morrison
was associated with Pierce in some
important law cases and after Pierce
became President of the United
States, Morrison went to Washington
as his private secretary" With these
words Judge William FoEson. a lead
ing citizen of Henniker n. H., began
narration to me of the most trying
moment Of Pierce's life in the White
House at Washington.
George Morrison told me the anec-
dote which | am now about to relate
to you. There could be no better au-
thority, since Morrison was an eye
witness of that dramatic and exciting
night n the Cabinet room at the
White House when Presidet Pierce,
after long deliberation. signed the now
historic kansas-Nebraska bill.
"Of course all students Of American
| history know that the Kansas -Nebras-
ka bill represented Tho compromise Of
which stephen A. Douglas was the or
! iginator 1t repealed the Missouri
! Compromise Of 1920, which admitted
Missouri as a slave State and at the
same time Maine as a free state Its
principal feature was the giving of au-
thority to those who lived in the Ter
riiories Kansas and Nebraska being
then great Territories-to decide for
themselves whether slavery be per
mitted or not II was the issue upon
which, six years later. Lincoln ana
Douglas were opposition candidates
for the Presidency.
Mr.. Morrison said to me that Presi-
dent Pierce called the Cabinet to-
gether one evening after Congress had
passed the Kansas Nebraska bill.
Pierce. himself, Morrison said, was
disposed to doubt the expediency of
the measure but his mind was open. He
had in his Cabinet such men as GOV.
Marcy. then Secretary of State, and
Jefferson Davis, who was Secretary OF
War. His Cabinet was a very strong
one Pierce was so intensely con-
cerned about the measure that he
paced back and forth in the Cabinet
room, being, in fact, on his feet almost
all Of the time when the matter was
under discussion. At last, between
and 3 o'clock in the morning, the
President said to his Cabinet, i want
each one of you to tell me whether he
thinks this bill is right. Every mem
Der of the Cabinet declared that while
the question of expediency might be
doubtful the principle involved in the
bill was right. but they all said, Mr.
President, if you sign this bill youl
political career will be ruined. TC
this the President replied, 4 give ne
thought TO my political career and a.
YOU all say this bill is right in princi
ple whatever may be thought of IT.
expediency, ! now say to you that
will sign it,
AT nearly o'clock in the morning
the President signed the Kansas-Ne
braska bill"
Evening journal., 1915-09-01

The gross earnings thirty railroads for the year
ended June S0 1915 amounted TO sli542Ss,4O6
pared with 1886 2Si534 for the preceding year Gross
earnings the amount Of business done The
Democratic enthusiast who any great degree Of
prosperity in these figures certainly has fertile inn
aainaton a nexihle veracliy
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
Copyright. 1915. by E. j. Edwards
All rights reseryed)

Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell of
THE Last Days Of An American
President.
Evening journal., 1915-09-01
Coal Rates and The Consumer

tFrom the N. Y. Jou rnal of commerce)
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1915-05-28

Jake Rudnicki. the Morris shoe
man, who last week received news of
his sisters sad plight in the Austrian
war zone, is In receipt of another let
ter this week stating that the money
which was sent from Morris and lost
in transit had arrived thru the state
officials at Prague. The letter tells of
the misery and restitution of the peo-
pie but Notwithstanding this feature
all are eager for the war to proceed
and all are confident of Austrian and
German victory. The hundred crowns
Mr.. Rudnicki sent was extracted by
some censor but finally arrived and
was used Immediately in the purchase
Of food and clothing. Twenty crowns
was charged for pair of shoes.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1915-05-28
PEPPERTON

Mrs. Vim. Me. er arrived home last
Monday from trip to Iowa where
she has been visiting relatives.
The Epworth League held their
semi annual election of officers last
Sunday evening resulting in Caroline
Schlattman as president and Edward
Gausman as secretary. A program was
also given, one especially interesting
and instructive number of which
was a speech by L. j. Schlattman en-
titled "The True Value of Things"
There will be a picnic at the VIM.
Gausman grove on Thursday after
noon and evening, June 3rd, under the
auspices of the Cheerful Helpers
Club. Everyone is invited to come
and those who are unable to come
IN the afternoon may bring their sup
pers and eat them at the picnic grounds
and remain for the evening. Hot
coffee, sandwiches and cake will be
sold at reasonable prices. There will
also be ice cream and candy. There
Will be a small display of articles
made by the members of the club
which will be for sale. A committee
has arranged for games and other
amusements so everyone is assured of
good time. ...