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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
INSPIRATION OF
THE COUNTY FAIR
BY Peter RadfOrd.

When you enter the agricultural de-
partment Of the county fair, you feel
your soul uplifted and your life takes
on a new power-that is the inspira-
ton OF the soil. You are overpowered
by the grandeur and magnificence Of
the scene-that IL the spirit Of the
harvest. You can hear the voice Of
nature calling you back to the SOIL
that is opportunity knocking at your
door. It is q good chance to spend q
quiet hour in contact with the purity
and perfection OF nature and to sweet
en- your life with its fragrance, elevate
your ideals with its beauty and expand
your imagination with its power.
These products as food are At for
the gods, and as an article Of COM
merce they ought to bring tip-top
prices on any market in the world,
The products Of the soil are teachers
and preachers as well. Their beauty
gives human life its first entertain
ment, their perfection stirs the genius
in artists; their purity furnishes mod
els for growth Of character and their
marvellous achievements excite our
curiosity and we inquire into the won
derful process Of nature.
Before leaving the parlor Of agricul-
ture where nature is plrading In her
most graceful attire and science is
climbing the giddy heights Of perfec-
ton, let us pause and take q retro
spective view. How many Of you
know that after these wonderful prod.
ucts are raised, they can seldom be
marketed at a profitH Take the blush.
ing Elberta, for example-they were
fed to the hogs by the carload last
year. The onion-the nations favorite
vegetable-every year rots BY the
acre In the Southwest for want Of =
market and as a result hundreds OF
farmers have lost their homes. Cot
ton-natures capitalist-often goes
begging on the market at less than
cost of production.
1t is great to wander through the
exhibits while the band Is playing
Dixie" and boast of the marvellous
fertility OF the soil and pride ourselves
on our ability to master science, but
1t is also we'll to remember that there
is o market side to agriculture that
does not reflect It's hardships in the
exhibits at a county fair.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
POLITICAL GOSSIPS

When one class Of people has any
thing to say, It has become largely
the custom to make a political issue
out of 1t instead Of a friendly discus
sion, to print 1t In q law book instead
Of o newspaper and to argue 1t be-
fore o jury instead Of to settle It In
the higher courts Of Common Sense,
As o result, political agitators, polit'
ical lawyers, political preachers and
masculine women are powerful in
politics and dissension, selfishness, In.
tolerance and Mysteries run rampant
In public affairs, for when the low,
damp, murky atmosphere Of misun-
derstanding envelopes public thought
It breeds political reptiles, vermin.
bugs and lice which the pure air Of
truth and the sunshine of understand
ing will choke to death.
We have too many self-appointed
interpreters of industry who are in
capable OF grasping the fundamental
principles Of business and who at best
can only translate gossip and add
color to sensational stories. No bust
ness can stand upon error and might
Fples-right or wrong. No industry
can thrive upon misunderstanding,
for public opinion is more powerful
than q Kings sword.
When prejudice, suspicion and
class hatred prevail, power gravitates
Into the hands Of the weak, for dema-
g0gues thrive upon dissension and
statesmen sicken upon strife.
The remedy lies in eliminating the
middleman-the political gossip-and
this result can be accomplished by
the managers Of business sitting
around the table of industry and talk
Ing It over with the people. Inter
change Of information between indus
tries and the people is as necessary
TO success in business as interchange
n commodities, for the people can
aaly rule when the public under
stands. Away with political interpret
ers who summon evil spirits from
their prison cells and loose them to
prey upon the welfare Of the people
In the name Of MY Country"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
UNIVERSAL PEACE

This nation Is now In the midst OF
a controversy as to how best to pro-
mote universal peace. That question
we will leave for diplomats to dis
cuss, but peace within nations 10 no
less important than peace between
nations and It Is heavily laden with
prosperity for every citizen within
our commonwealth.
Many leading politicians and Outlines
political platforms have declared war
upon business and no cabinet crisis
ever resulted. Many men have stood
in high places and hurled gas bombs"
at industry; thrust hayonets into bus
mess enterprises and bombarded az
riculture with indifference. Party
leaders have many times broken dip
lomatic relations with industry; sent
political aviators spying through the
affairs Of business, and political sub
marines have sent torpedoes crushing
into the destiny Of commerce. Dur
ing the past quarter Of century We
have fought many a duel with prog
ress, permitted many politicians To-
carry on a guerrilla warfare against
civilization and point q pistol at the
heart OF honest enterprise,
No man should DO permitted to CRY
out for universal peace until his rec
ord has been searched for explosives,
for no vessel armed or laden with
munitions of war should be given 3
clearance to sail for the port Of UNI
Yersal Peace. Let US by all means
have peace. but peace, like charity,
should begin ct home.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
VII.-Hon. Elihu Root
On Woman's Sphere

The question Of Woman Suffrage is an issue before
the American people, Twelve states have adopted It,
four more states vote upon It this fall and II is strongly
urged that It become platform demand Of the national
political parties II is therefore the privilege and the
duty Of voter to study carefully this subject Hon.
Ehu Root in discussing this question before the Const
tutonal Convention Of New York. recently said in part:
Il am opposed to the granting Of suffrage to women
because believe that It would be loss to women to all
women and to every woman; and because believe It
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15


every woman in the State 1t would be useless to this the right
have the fall But there be any one thing settled the
simply and the sole question be discussed
eminent than by the suffrage Of alone
judgment. there inferoty
It is that inferior II tha Is
different from that powers capacities Of
qualities Maker has performance
functions the society,"
performance of other functions
Woman rules today by the and noble influences
conflict
which control the world and she takes into her hands, feeble
strife with which unfamiliar
WELD Woman In strife becomes hard harsh uvabe repulSve
gentle
whom confess submission the heaven removed from the
The whole science
liberty
the the right
1t with will
with the divine right Of protecting wife daughter
the
place that high duty the
In judgment this whole
conception Of the duty and the right both
The time will when the line demarcaon
functions will be broken down believe
osophy believe that attempt to backward the line
social
ward the march towards higher noh
must found not the confusion but the higher differentiation
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
PHILIP

PhllIp. the MAeedonlsp king, while
drOwsy with wine was trying q case
and the prisoner after sentence was
pronounced, exclaimed, Il appeal"
and to whom do you appeal?" In
qulred the astonished monarch. I
appeal from Philip drunk to Philip
sober" replied the prisoner, and the
king granted the request and at a re-
bearing gave the prisoner his liberty.
The people drowsy with the wine Of
discOrd ofttimes pronounce a verdict
en- public questions which they reverse
a their more calm and deliberate mo-
nents. The next best thing 70 make
ino - mistakes & 70 correct them.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
GRGSPIHG At THE SHADOW

No man--eapsOially II he II mar
ried-would deny woman any right
she demands. Take the earth and
give us peace, but why does woman
long for the ballot?
When all is said and done, 10 not
the selection Of the butcher more i'm
portant to the home than the election
Of q mayor; is not the employment OF
the dairyman a far more important
event in the life Of the children than
the appointment Of q postmaster; is
not the selection Of books for the
family library more important than
yetipG bonds for jail and court house?
Why does woman lay aside the i'm
portant things in life? Why leave the
substance and grasp at the shadow?
Be It said to the credit Of womqn'
hood that It is net. as 9 rule, the
woman who rocks the cradle that
wants 10 cast the ballot; It is not
the mother who teaches her children
to say Nov lay me down to sleep"
that harangues the populace; It Is not
the daughter who hopes @ pGlgn ~
queen over q happy Home that longs
for the uniform Of the su1ragette. Il
b, Is q rule, the woman who despises
her home, neslects her children and
scoTns motherhood that leads naTlecI
and ruoaher VinfQV
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
Eound,


Mrs. x. lost her cook and had tele'
phoned in vain for another. Dinner
guests were expected and she was des-
perate. Finally, putting on her things,
she went out, and she hadn't gone
far when she met q neat-loOkiRg COT
ored woman. She explained her
dilemma and the colored woman lis
tened in silence. then she said;
Where do yo' live, missus!"
Seeing q ray Of hope ioyfully, Mrs.
K gave her address, to be met with
the reply:
tWelI 20 jesS 60 home an look IN
70 glass en- yoH GO 70 PQak'=
|'||" |||| 50 ~
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15

spent moonlight nights hunting going
q
has the right business
business organizations
with few exceptions raised Ae farm and cOule
pitch wood milk hogs
worldwide business institution
capable
problems
financing everything from NJ
agriculture? sufficient money
local banker to lend broker
house that Jack built and about useful Neither
pee when furnished buyers to the
wants R9sy 70 hold the crop What better security is there than
cotton q
why will securities not travel government bondsf
The American farmer Capable plowman He alwaya has filed
I'll the napns
price of his the fa
this
farmer organizing for Of action ana the
|meI'r nr0 ~ N'I 1rr #Hl |.0 10.10'.'| '
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
IX-Peter Radford
On Back to the Soil With Wall Street"

On "Back to the Soil With Wall Street,
When Wall Street wants good business men she
usually goes back to the soil to get them That financial
thoroughfare is said to be honeyoembed with men who
have powed barefooted whe have drunk branch water
eaten ceFphFead and mOasses and slept the floor In
their early days is capable Of holding the
relns of business who knows how to drive team OF
mules, shear sheep put a ring In shOat's nose
is better equipped to meet the problems Of life who
in his youth has walked the log the creek get
to school, courted the girls at husking bees and
pitched horse shoes Saturday afternoon man who has
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-07-15
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
VIII.-C. E. Schaff
On Railway investments

President Wilson, recently referring to railroad
problems, said in part They are indispensable to
our whole economic life and railway securities are at
the very heart of most investments large and small public
and private by individuals and by institutions.
There other interest central to the busnesS vel
fare Of the country this No doubt in the light Of the
day. with Its understandings the problem Of the
railroads will also be met and dealt in spirit Of
candor and justice"
When the first citizen Of the land stresses the import
of understanding and dealing Justly with the rail-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
Sees Stone Age
Methods IN Zone of War
Says 400 Mile Line of Trenches Is Rampant Erected by
Man Against the Beast, Precisely as
in Prehistoric Times.


most regular. 1t is their business. YOU
see. The commissary Of police is at
the hotel de vile. II you will come
along for the little formality. Myself,
used to keep a shop in Paris. My
God, these provincial towns are desc
lating.'
lie would have loved his Paris as
we u II. Life was renewing itself
III the streets, whose drawing proper
ton one could never notice before.
Peoples eyes, and women's especially,
seemed to he set at "A longer range,
n more comprehensive gaze. one
would have said they came from the
sea or mountains, where things are
Few and simple, rather than from
houses.
Best Of all, there were no foreigners.
The beloved city for the first tim was
french throughout from end to end.
IL felt like coming back to an old
riends house for a quiet talk after
ne had got rid Of a houseful OF
VISITORS. The f~unctiunaries and the
police had dropped their masks Of
official %politeness and were just
friendly. At the hotels-so like school
TWO days before the term begins-the
iinpersonal valet and chamberrnaid OF
the set two franc smile and the UNI
bending head waiter had given place
To ones own brothers and sisters full
Of ones own anxieties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
FRENCH ROB II INCH
SHELL OF ITS TERROR
Build Underground FOrtresscs
Immune From Wreck by
German Guns.
ARTILLERY Is ACTIVE
Spsc,aI CdbIe Dsspafch fo TBr suN.

Spec,aI Cabie Despotch IN THr suN.
PARIS. Sept. 16.-Corre ~spondents at
the front we're permitted to-day to view
u most ingenious underground fortress
for the defenders OF which shells from
the Herman forty-two centlmeter guns
have no t,rrors. II is the reply OF French
engineers to German heavy artillery. as
the modern trench was the answer to
the terrible efficiency of modern machine
guns and di2h explosive shells.
The French defence lies under a
wrecked town a few hundred yards be-
hind the death belt Of hostile trenches.
The soil is chalky clay like the tufa
Of the Roman catacombs.
''This village is "a fortress" explained
the Colonel who conducted the Corte-
%spondents. "lt IL organized for detencs
on every side. Even II II werc sur
rounded. We could hold II for an IN
d efiuite time
For two months soldiers have been
cutting with pick and shovel until now
the work IL practically dorc. \ bat
talon of LOCO men can live In compara-
tive safety under eighteen feet Of solid
earth during the most violent lombard
ment. The galleries are as smooth and
regular as those of a mine Branching
th.i efrpm. even numbers to the right
and odd numbers to the left, are the
Sleeping chambers. N~cutilatiug shafts
extend to the surface in sufficient num-
Der to insure good air. Wells have
been sunk and these provide plenty OF
water. Kitchens nave been Installed
and supplies collected for any emer-
genCy. In all. there is aoOut a mile Of
galleries. permitting one to go to any
part of the village without ascending to
the surface.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17

The same logic saves them a vas
amount Of energy. They knew Ger
many in 20. when the world would
not believe in their knowledge. They
knew the German mind before the
war. They know what she has done.
They have photographs during this
war. They do not fall into spasms
Of horror and indignation over atroci-
ties that cannot he mentioned" as
the English papers say. They mention
them in full and book them to account.
They do not discuss nor consider nor
waste an emotion owe anything that
Germany says, boasts, argues i'm
plies. lntrigues after. They have the
heartsease that from all being
at work for their country, the knowl-
edge that the burden Of work Is
equally distributed among all, the GER
tainty hat the women are working
side by side with the men, the assur
anCc that when one mans task is at
the momen ended another takes his
place.
out of these things is born their
power Of reCuperation in their leisure.
their reasoned calm while at work and
their superb confidence in their arms.
Even if the France of to-day stood
alone against the worlds enemy II
would he almost i~nconceivable to
imagine her defeat now-wholly So to
imagine any surrender. The war will
go on till the enemy is finished. The
French do not know when that hour
Will come, They seldom speak Of II.
They do not amuse themselves with
dreams Of triumphs or terms. Their
business is war, and they do their
business.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
ITALIANS READY FOR
A%USTRO-GERMAN DRIVE
Expect kaiscr'S Troops to Join
His Ally'S Army Soon for
Biz Attack.
Special Cobi, D,spatch 10 Tpr sr>

ROME. Se"t ia general Austrian
offensive aglins, the italians is looked
for as the result II the arrival of con-
siderable reenforcements, The object OF
the expected attack will be TO check
the italian advance. which the Austrian
troops unaldei are unable to halt.
The correspondent of THE Sun has
reliable information to the effect that
Germany Is prepared to aid the Aus
TRANS, so tina; 4 combined supreme
effort on the part of the Teutonic al
lies is exp ,icd on the Italian front.
such an effort. II is believed, is aimed
by the central Powers at favorably in
|fiuencing the balkans.
1t Is an open ,ecrct that the Italian
General STAFF s,u.c the outbreak of hos
~tilitics with Aust. ia has expected Ger
many to aid me Nustrians. Hence, the
Italian military chiefs are prepared for
such an event. and ii Is confidently as
serted in military circles here that even
II the recnfoc,cments to the .Austrians
are stronger tnan reported they will
not alter the gitr alton on the Italian
front. now so favorable TO Italy.
The AustriAnl are accused, in the
official War Office report issued this
evening. of using prussic acid in the
~ ''hi' ~ hkhlIlNl lUt
Italians. Thu report Is as follows:
on September II Alpine contin-
gents. DESPITE grave obstacles, reached
the enemy's position or Cresta Villa
corna, which they attacked and
wrecked, returning to our lines I'M
molested,
Chemical anaivsls Of the high ex-
plosive bombs which the enemy are
throwing dlilv @gainst our positions
on the Carsp plateau has revealed
the presence of prussic acid.
Non-comhatants were ordered ycster-
day out Of Trent which is closely
threatened by the Italians and IL over
crowded with refugees from Roncegno.
l.evico and C~aldonazzO. according t.
dispatches from the front.
The evacuation of Rovcrcto. ordered
in August, Is now complete. Tn town
has been changed into a fortress and Is
powerfully defended. Reports to loca
papers say that tine Austrians are vic
tjmizlng the inhabitants. Gendarmes. II
Is said, shot II woman who was watch
ing by the bedside OF her dead daughter
\ candle was lit In the room at might
and the was accused by the
Austrian authorities of signalling &c
Italian a~croplancs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
BRITISH LOSSES AT
D~ARDANELLES 1850
Australian List Makes Total
Cost, Dead. Wounded and
Missing, 107,63O.
Special cable Despatch 10 THE su>.

LONDON. Sept. 1s.-Brtish losses in
the Dardanelles alone w to August 81
amount 10 $3.50. of whom i7.6OS were
killed. Official announcement to this
effect was made to-day.
4 despatch ron sydney says an off,
cial statement issued there to-day by
the Australian War Office gives tho
number of Australian losses in the
Dardanelles during the last four months
az more than 10000. of whom 1000 we're
killet.
This brings the total Of British and
Australian losses in the DardanellcS up
to lO7 $50. including Il SOS killed.
The British casualties are divided As
follows:
Killed-ORcers, l.l3o men, lG,i7N.
Wounded-Ofioers. 2,3Il mon. 59,2l7.
Missing-Oficers, 3I3 men. s.u2l.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
RUMANIA AND GREECE
AROUSE BULGAR ANGER
Sofia Government to Demand
Explanation of COnccntra-
ton Of Troops.

LoNpoS. Sept. ls.-The situation in
the Balkans Is becoming m~omentarily
more strained. \ sofia despatch to tho
Giorndie alfalfa OF Rome says that the
Bulgarian Foreign Minister has in
structed the representatives Of Bulga-
ria at Bucharest and Athens to request
an immediate and definite explanation
of the concentration OF Rumanlau and
Greek troop on the Bulgarian frontier.
Sofia adv!ces state that Bulgaria's re-
ply to the supplementary note from the
Entente Powers was delivered on Sep
TENDER a. having been delayed as long
as possible.
Meanwhile the carrying out Of the
Turko-Bulgarian agreement IL being
rushed. The formal transfer OF the coded
territory Will take place at Adrianople on
Saturday next. The Turkish Vail at
A~driarople has gone to ~Constantinople
for instruction. regarding the transfer
II the Bulgarian Project AT Stara
Zagora. who will represent his Govern
ment at the ceremonies. has left for
Adrianoplc.
The Turks have abandoned the bar
racks at Karagatch as a step in the
carrying out of the agreement and have
destroyed the forts on the right bank
of the Martha The guns and other
equipment of the forts have been re-
moved to the Gallipoli peninsula.
The Turkish Government will issue an
Imperial decree on September 90 ratify-
ing the treaty with Bulgaria. according
to Reuters correspondent at Athens
From the same source comes the infor-
nation hat German staff officers have
been detailed to trace the new frontier
between Turkey and Bulgaria.
A feature OF the situation which is
regarded as significant is the publication
in yesterdays German newspapers, ac-
cording TO the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany's Copenhagen correspondent, Of
sensational dispatches intimatinS that
Rumania's entry into the war on behalf
of the Allies may be expected at any
minute. The cession Of territory to Bull
garia Is not received kindly by some
Turks, A telegram received to-day from
Mytilene SAYS all Moslems have been or
dered out OF the coded territory. Some
refused to cave their homes. ana as a
result were forcibly driven out by the
Turkish military authorities.
According to a Sofia despatch received
by way OF Petrograd Bulgaria has dis
charged from the color the levies Of the
1912 class.
The situation is viewed with some
anxiety by the British press. The Man
chester Guardian voices the general feel
ing in these words: bulgarian aims
form the subject of Increasingly anxious
thought by the Entente Powers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-17
TAKE 1900
Vienna War OT.c Reports Sue
ccssfuI Attack on R~ussinos,

VIENNA, via Amsterdam, Sept. I6-
The War Office issued the following Of.
hclal report to-day
All the Russian attempts to shake
u East Galician front remain with
out result. Yesterday the enemy.
employing a large quantity of ar
tillery munitions. directed his main
attacks against our front on the mid
die Stripa River. He was repulsed
everywhere.
Our troops conpcratcd IN flank at
tacks from the Buczaoz b~ridgehead
n in the region south OF Zolucze.
The village of Zebrow. about twelve
n a half miles south of Zolocze, was
taken by storm. and eleven officers and
1900 men and three machine guns
were captured.
In Nolhynia our forces repulsed
several attacks near Nowo Alexiniec.
The Russians, In stubborn hand to
hand fighting, were repulsed from the
trenches of infantry regiment No. So.
Neal Nowo Porjajew the enemy on
September IA succeeded I'm advancing
to points on the western bank Of the
Ikwa. but vas repulsed the following
day to the east bank of the river, suf-
fering heavy losses under the ianking
fire OF our artillery.