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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24

months with a raise of 21h cents.
This offer WIS made few days after
the men had voted that they wou' !
accept nothing less than an imme-
date raise of cents an hour to be
followed in each of the next two
years by raises of 21a cents an hour.
In the face of the vote on wages just
taken from the men it would GER
tainly have been folly and waste of
time to have presented the niggardly
offer of the contractors for vote.
eff the contractors assn wanted to
play fair why did it not present its
215 cent increase offer months be-
fore, instead of waiting till a week
before the old agreement expired.
The men would not have accepted it,
but they would have been given a
fair opportunity to turn it down by
referendum vote"
Some of the men in the ranks of
the carpenters profess to scent a
scheme to single out prominent
leader and make him a strike scape-
goat.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24
METZ SAYS BOSSES CAN'T SLIP
1T OVER ON MEN


The average wage Of Chicago's IS
building trades is 711a cents an hour.
Carpenters get IS cents an hour, the
lowest amount pair. The carpenters
feel they should be paid as much as
any other tradesmen, some of whom
get rs cents an hour. They viii in
sist that they this year get wage at
least approaching the average build
ing trades wage. This was the only
fact worth while brought out at the
first mediation meeting between the
contractors and carpenters yester-
day.
1--WE are entering mediation with
nothought of compromise that will
work an injustice upon any of our
men," said John Metz today. 1--WE
want 70 cents an hour this year-that
is less than the average building
trades wage-and we want the pro-
posed uniform agreement abandoned
or sheared of it's injurious clauses.
We not only want this, but we are go
ing to insist on what we want.
There has been no thought of &C
cepting the employers offer of a
three-year agreement with no in
crease for the first IL months and a
rate of 671a cents TO rthe last Is
months, along with our signature to
theu inform agreement
Contractors knew six months ago
this carpenters strike was coming
unless the demands of the men were
met. They planned from six months
ago how they could crush the strike
and at the same time paralyze the
union. A part of their plan was to
make work as slack as possible all
through the winter in the hope that
the men could be reduced to such
pitiful financial straights that they
would soon be starved into submis-
sion once the strike was declared"
Above are some strike opinions as
expressed by John Metz, president of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24
ARMED TRUCE ON IN THE T. r.
BARNES POLITICAL CAMP

SYRACUSE, N. 2, April Z4.-An
armed truce was observed today in
the political camps of William Barnes
and Colonel Roosevelt and theh libel
trial adjourned until Monday. Both
sides needed recuperation-except
possibly the colonel, who showed no
signs of fatigue after four strenuous
days on the witness stand.
Roosevelt declared yesterday that
Barnes had two characters, a DR..
Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde, and that most
of the politicians he had met had
some gold and some bad, though
some were hopelessly evil. He de-
clared he tried to get them to act
rightly.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-24
HOLD COURT ON TRAIN

Hammond, Ind.-Being in a hurry,
P. N. Cochran, auto speeder, per-
suaded City Judge Barnett to hold
court on rear platform of local train.
Cochran was fined SIS and court pro-
ceeded to Chicago.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03


ishness and force on the one part ant
Il submitted to with reluctance ant
|protest on the other2 Should not sdi'
Ivorce precede matrimony In such
case2
Let lis admit that this is a contest
between the ambition Of Dallas 0r
the one hand and the ambition oi
Oklahoma City on the other. The
IambitioD OF Dallas is unsupported
IThere Is no other weight iii the bal.
ances In her hehalf. On the othel
hand there are many weights In the
balances in behalf Of Oklahoma City
Her ambition, II yoll please, Is rein
lforced BY the united, BY the almost
1.-THE state, Her ambition Is reinfors-
ed not only BY the wish but by the
Interest. by the convenience. BY the
established customs and habits Of q
circle Of business men whose saga
city is beyond challenge. Her am
bition is seconded by thd present
warfare and by the future destiny Of
tbe entire citizenship of SOVEREIGN
state. Against these powerful con-
siderations Dallas can plead naugnt
but lust for the birthright OF her
brethren. ] neither wonder nor com
plain that Dallas should desire SO fair
and fruitful conquest. am unwill-
ing, however, that she should con-
sumate this desire--the sacrifice of
my own state and my own people.
The foregoing considerations have
been local or territorial in their
character. have been limited to the
rights and the wishes and the inter
asts or the parties directly concern
ed. There is another and higher
view which 4 would press upon the
attention Of the board The supremc
purpose Of the board must be to
guarantee the success Of the federal
-eserye system by all honorable
means. A new system at the very
minimum has difficulties enough to
encounter Needless organized con-
fidenee, OF organized goodwill, The
maximum of goodwill should be
sought as the greatest asset and the
greatest guaranty of the new system,
Why not accept the Judgment of
bankers as to their own
interest as final? Why not consult
heir convenience as they understand
Il? Why not comply with their wish
IS expressed with such earnestness
md unanimity? Why not conserve
'ather than disrupt their established
business customs and connections?
Why make them start over and start
Why make them waste
o much Of time and toll? Why make
hem an unwilling bondsman unto a
trangera Why not capitalize their
GOODWILL and make Of each and every
me OF them sureties for the success |
Il the new system?
Most respectfully submitted,
(Signed) 7. P. GORE.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03

doesn't diminish with age nearly Sc
much as is commonly supposed. the
desire and the necessity may grow
less in many instances. but ability
very often does not decrease with
them.
George f Baer was never an ADLER
or more active railroad president than
when he, was three score and ten.
His former associate, Samuel Dickson
at n, is still as keen wi;tcd, indus
trious and busy as when in his prime
he was helping to bring fame to the
legend of smart ah Philadelphia
lawyer
His ~ years do not prevent Chris
topher Stuart Patterson from presid
ing over the affairs Of one of Amer
ica's great savings banks, besides en-
gaging actively in the management
OF railroad and many other things
Some o. the most conspicuous gen
erals of The present war are SO or
more Lord Roberts died at the front
when 81 If Mistress Necessity were
to use the lash, Thomas +. Edison
could create couple of new for
tunes. s.--Oklahoman.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03

should have subscribed capital
stock of not less than $4,000, 600 II
the proposal to transfer southern Ok
lahoma from the Dallas to the KAN
sas City district would reduce the
capital of the Dallas bank below $4,-
900 900 then Oklahoma wculd have no
right to prefer this request and your
board would have no right to enter
tain such a request or to act favor
ably upon it, 1t happens, however,
that Should the proposed transfer be
made, the Dallas bank would still
have capital stock exceeding the
minimum by $I.250.00o. Your board
is. therefore. not fettered by this
provision of The act.
U respectfully Submit that there are
two considerations which should con-
troll the action of the board in the
premises--the general interest and
ultimate suecess Of the federal re-
serve system on the one hand and, on
the other hand, the vital interest
and wishes OF the Oklahoma bankers
who seek The traHgfcr.
That ii Is the deliberate wish Of the
Oklahoma bankers to be transferred
to the kansas City District is estaD-
lished by evidence that Is not only
convincing but Overwhelming That
1lO national banks cut of 1S5, rein
forced Dy IT'S state banks. should
have Joined in requesting the trans
fer leaves no room for doubt upon
this point.
That this wi<h is founded unon
their real or upon their supposed in
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
Straightforward
Testimony
Many Guthrie Citizens Have Prcfited
BY II

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kidney ailments-are endorsed By
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ers should take fresh courage in the
Straightforward testimony OF Guth-
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
Senator Gore Writes Letter la8II,| 'll'
TO Federal Reser0e Board

terest Is not open to debit pr dispute.
Who are best qualified TO pass judg-
ment upon the interest Of the bank
ers Of oklahoma? They are expert
enced, prudent, successful business
men. They cast their fortnhes I'LL d
new conntry-upon the frontier They
have triumphed over adverse tii'cnm-
stances They have succeeded by
deserving to succeed. Shall 1t he
said that interested bankers Of Dali
las are better qualified to pass judg-
ment upon the vital interest of the
bankers of Oklahoma than Oklahoma
bankers then selves? The bankers
of my state turn to the wisdom and
justice Of your hoard as to the horns
Of the altar for protection against
the rather aggressive guardianship
of their Dallas neighboIs
Interest is the controlling factor in
commerce and exchange, but custom
and habit are not without great in
fluenee. The bankers or 0klahoma
have their established connections
and CORES spondents in Kansas City
ST Louis and eastern financial cen-
ters and institutions. There is nc
reason why these connec.
tions should be put asunder Their,
Is no reason why established friend
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
LOOKING Fer WORK.

Except in towns busy supplying
material for the warning powers, tht
present winter has seen an unusual
number Of applicants for war. 1t is q
mately procession that passes undeI
the cold eye OF the man who does the
hiring. Many Of them are 7erefectlA
resnectablc fellows. often competent
men in their own line. They may
have changed employments a short
time before the war began. and are
merely thrown out as the last man
taken on.
In more cases the applicants carry
the marks OF less regular labor. u
few straws clinging to their trayea
coats suggest the kind of place III
which they spent the night. Almost
invariably they claim TO be hungry
and to have gone without breakiass,
though quite frequently their princi-
pal sufferings seem 10 be from thirst.
Ii seems hard and cruel princl-
ple. yet most of these pathetic ap-
plicants are judged by their clothes
and lack OF shave. a neat coat III
seeking work, is worth ten times what
it cost at the store. Rather inefiee-
tive advice, to be sure, as most q
tho men in the work line hsye scarce
ly the funds to ,buy linen collar,
The pathetic condition of the job
less. often sobbing at their lack d
opportunity, should be lesson to tie
Young fellow who never saves money.
The men who seek work are not nee
essarilv foolish or lazy. Citen thNs
come into the newspaper Office ann
AL. for old papers anything 10 read
showing their desire to keep pos'su
on the worlds doings. A mere pie1e
of IN lucS without fauh OF their own
msv have set them arift.
once they are out OF employment
they grow so seedy; forlorn that the
word failure is written on liieir race
rf hack In tie old savings bank there
v.sra q few dollars, with which they
could clean up, spruce up. and traS'i
about a bit like white men they would
f;rd their cnanee all right
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
the PAY AS you GO POLICY

Twenty years ago most cities and
towns, on making any large public i'm
N provement, used to pay for it IN
bonds running 20 and 80 years. A
good many people have only recently
had to reinyest seven per cent bonds
issued as far back as 1880 or 1883 Dy
many OF the latter cities. During
nnch of this leriod. these cities have
been able to borrow money for. Tour
per cent and even less. The burden
placed on the TAX payers ey local
governments that issued these bonds
was enormous.
There is today growing realiza-
tion Of the heavy burden placed on tax
payers by this policy OF making pos
terity pay. Interest rates are higher
now than they were a few years ago.
Cities that issue serial bonds for 10 10
20 years will pay two ollars for one.
Many of the old timers used 10
argue that 1t was good thing Tor q
municipality 10 have a public debt
1t tended toward economy, they said
1t checked the spendthrift clement
and led to a conservative financial
policy. There may be something in
this. But as a whole the present gem
GRAFTON is paying dearly for the ligh,
hearted and nonchalant financial pol
les Of its fathers.
Ii is a favorite politicians scheni,
to borrow money. load off the bur-
dens Of administration on future years !
provide low tax rate for the cur
rent year. and go to the people on
the issue Of economy. FrenquentE
il works. But some day debt must
be paid Then 1t is learned that noth
ing stops the growth OF town quick
er than high taxes. Authorities on
finance today all favor pay
ing for improvements in the least
possible time.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
STARTING LATE IN LIFE.

Those men VINO have reached mid
die age without achieving distinction
a1syccess SaqSll not be discouraged
6s}s sho1ld recall ~ names Of few
wizards of science and finance who
accomplished much in their later
years. Edison starting late in life u
rebuild his WORKS after a fire, finds
alenty Of parallels in history.
lay Cooke, caught in the mael-
strom Of panic. lost fortune HIS
resolution, backed by industry, gaid
every debt he owed and made another
new fortune
sir Walter Scott. in his old age
wrote some of his most famous noy-
els to pay debts for which he was
not legally responsible, and he diea
fairly wealthy.
The best money maker OF any booA
written By an American was par'ly
dictated on his death bed by General
Grant.
Mark Twain's experience was SINH
lar to SCOTS and like him he refused
10 allow burden Of years to stop
him. Twain wrote himself out OF
debt when an old man.
George Westinghouse came back
with a rush after tie 1907 panic haa
plunged his affairs into a state o.
disruption.
No, stree, one misfortune, however
biz, is not sufficient 10 drown tne
courage in men like Edison, sco'l'
Grant, Twain, Cooke, Westinghouse
and scores of others who used the
wreck Of one temple for materials
with which to build another.
The capacity to produce big things
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03

ship good will and confidence shoull
! be held for naught and the Tins
wasted during whizh they have beer
formed. There Is no.. reason way
habits and custom approved BY tins
should be reversed Why sever olt
ties which are satisfactory merely L
experiment with new ones2 The ex-
pertinent requires time and the Issue
Is uncertain Business has righ,
to insist upon certainty where II has
been once legitimately established.
Ii is undisputed that the currents
of credit and banking have hereto
fore moved from Oklahoma to tho
northward and eastward and not tt
the southwark What proof could bt
more conclusive upon this point thar
the fact that not more than i've Ok
lahoma banks carried accounts in the
Dallas banks? Ii is, indeed alleged
that Dallas Wholesale houses carr
accounts with some 5000 0klahomy
merchants. This allegation does mo-
prove itself. There are not $500
merchants In the state Of Oklahoma
Bradstreet lists some 22pJ0, and i
an hardly be in agined. much less
believed. that the wholesale merch4
ants of Dallas have secured accounts
with G.090 more business men IN Ok
lahoma than there are within the
limits Of the state
Entirely apart from the interest
and wishes Of the Oklahoma bankers
alone, the state itself and the peopls
OF the state have direct interest IN
this controversy II is highly des'r-
able that the political unit and the
financial unit should comprise one
and the same territory 1t is highly
undesirable that Oklahoma should be
cleft asunder in the middle from one
end to the other. that the veil OF her
finan ial temple should be rent in
twain. that her bankers should be
divided that her people should be di-
Yided. that confusion should be made
d necessity and that unity should be
made an impossibilltya Why pro-
ncunce such sentence against an
unoffending stale?
II has been urged that Oklahoma
City or that the bankers OF Okiahoma
City are responsible for this contest
This allegation Is disprosed by rms
practically unanimous wish OF the
entire banking fraternity of the state
But II It were true ] am prepared K
defend such ambition on the part o
Oklahoma CITY. II II were So il vert
not grievous fault and Oklahoma
CITY should not be compelled griev'
oIsly to answer H. Is not the ambi
ton OF Oklahoma CITY that the stats
should be financial as well as Do'
lliieaI unit, that the interest al - &
lahoma bankers should be fraternal
lied and united. that the f1tar'
growth and greatnesss Of her peopli
rhould lot be fcEegioscd or 'fetserrsA
is not this ambition on the part 0
oklahoma rity quite az 4 gif;Jqates a
the desire ciflBp hart Of cillss Z
kf3nap one-half the Aanker5 OF I z
iahcIha. 10 lead dne~half tie Gau
into captivity against its win and Il
enhance their own fortunes hy "a
sacrifice of that of their unwilling
neighboTs? Gould such wedlock al
dallas proposes br asnple'ous honor
able or endearing dictated by self
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03


Washington, d. G.
Sirs.
write this with your permission
lin order to bear witness to my earn
lest sympathy with the request Of the
bankers of Oklahoma that the entire
State, excluding five counties only
should be placed in the Kansas City
Reserve District. Two kinds Of pow
ers are conferred and two kinds Of
duties are imposed on your board by
the Federal Reserve Act. Certain
provisions OF that law are mandatory.
In their execution the board has no
choice no discretion. II can not
consider circumstances 1t can not
be influenced either by Its own wish
es or the wishes OF others.
The manner OF executing other pro-
visions of the Act is discretionary. In
respect of these the board can take
counsel of circumstances 1t may be
influenced BY local needs and by the
wishes of those whose vital inter-
ests are affected BY its action. Let
me illustrate my view. The Federal
leserye Act requires that each Of the
banks established under its terms
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
FOLEY CaTHARTIC TABLETS
Geep Stomach Sweet lse Active Bowels REGULAR
Tailored Neckwear.

Tailored Neckwear.
1t isn't tailory
It's to wear with tailored rigs.
And ii is built distressinely high.
But everybody is not ready to adj
opt it. d
There are ever so many ways to
get out OF it,
1t nay be high at the back, with
but strap at the front,
The novelties, however, show a
stock OF black with an oyerflowing
frill.
These awful stocks lawful with
summer in prospect( are deftly boned
Those who find the frill unbeeom7
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
rh. caurt d LAST Resort.

Around the stove of the cross roaas
oroeerv is the real court Of last re-
sort. for it finally oser-rnles an on.
ers Chamberlain Cough REMEDY
has aeen brought before this court IN IN
almost every cross roads grocery IN
ssss country and has always receis-
ed favorable verdict 1t is in the
country where man expects TO receive
f,,li value for his money that ta's
remedy Is nost appreciated. Obtain
able everywhere.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
MOP COUGHING

M Mr.. Andor Kiss, No. 31S
~ Clinton Place, Kansas City.
Mo-, writes: Il cannot
thank you enough for being cured.
For seven long years / doctored
steadily for my catarrh and cough,
which cost me hundreds Of dol
lars. But my catarrh grew worse
all the time. Even though I was
under the treatment of some Of
the most famous doctors. I still
had a terrible cough and thought
sometimes that / would choke.
could get no air. then
bought a bottle Of Peruna, and
that evening and all night my
wife gave it to me according
to the directions, and / felt bet
ter the following day already.
Three days later I felt much i'm
proved. and today. after the use
OF the fourth bottle, | feel en-
tireiy cured. can conscien-
tiously recommend this grand
medicine to every Citizen"
A Good Cough Tablet.
There are people who object
to taking fluid medicines. For
such people the Peruna Tablets
are especially valuable. They
are convenient to carry in the
pocket.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
Acute ArticuIarr
Rheumatism

The exact cause OF rheumatism fs un-
known, though 1t is generally believed to
be due to an excess OF uric acid in the blood.
1t may be also said with equal truth that no
remedy has been found which Is specific
IN all cases. In fact the literature of rheu-
matism shows that there are but few drugs
which have not been given trial. In tho
drug has been used with the utmost salts
faction; others have found the same remedy
to be o great dsappointment. All physi-
some remedy to relieve the pain and quiet
the nervous system and DIR. W. 8. 6chultze
expresses the opinion Of thousands of prac-
Tablets should be given preference over all
other remedies for the relief of the pain in
all forms of rheumatism. These tablets can
also unsurpassed IN headaches, neurnigias
and all pain : Ask foe Ak Tablets. - -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03
New Oklahoma Postmasters.

The following Oklahoma fourth
class postmasters have been named:
Cameron, Let'lore county, Charles ".
cartledge; Red Fork, Tulsa county
Daniel w. Isenhower; Jumbo, Push
mataha county, Andrew d. Chapman
Page, l.eFlore county, CASTOR White.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased TO learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
lble to cure in all its stages. ard that is
ratarrh. HILLS Catarrh Cure is the only
positive euro now known to the medical
fraternity. Catcrrh being a constitutional
Nsease, requires a constitutional treat
u1ent. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
ind mucous surfaces OF the system. there
oy destroying the foundation Of the dis
sase. and giving the patient strength by
ouildiug up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have SO much .Flth in its curative pow
srs that they offer One Hundred Dollars
Tor any. case that 1t fails to cure. Send
Tor list @of testimonials.
4 Address r.. ]. CHENEY a CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by ell Druggists, Tjc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-03-03

To solve the servant question
housewives of Maplewood. y. J., have
opened moving picture show. be-
cause the absence Of such facilities
of pleasure has caused available help
10 70 TO other cities