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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
Real Greatness.

Christ has given us a measure of
greatness which eliminates conflicts.
When his disciples disputed among
themselves as to which should be the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven, He
rebuked them and said: LET him
who shall be chiefest among you be
the servant of ALL" Service is the
measure OF greatness; it always has
been true, it is true today, and it al
ways will be true, that he is by far
the greatest who does the most good
And yet, what a revolution it will
work in this old world when this stan
dard becomes the standard of every
life. Nearly all of the controversies
and combats arise from the fact that
we are trying to get something from
each other. Our enmities and animos-
tiles arise from our efforts to get as
much as we possibly can
out of the world-there will be peace
when our endeavor is to put as much
as possible into the world Society
will have taken an unreasonable step
toward peace when it estimates citi-
zen by his output rather than by his
income and gives the crown of its ap-
prevail to the one who makes the lar
gest contribution to the welfare of all
Extract from w. J. Bryan's lecture,
THE Prince of Peace"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
Is Advertising Expensive?

Advertising that is regarded by the
advertiser as expensive is just that
There is something wrong with it,
Nine times out of ten the copy has a
charley-hOrse. It's so weak it could
not move itself, let alone move 9TH
ers. And whose fault is that? Ad-
vertising? Not on your life 1t is the
fault of the man who is paying for the
advertising. Go to his store, and the
chances are that you will find it slow
ly expiring from dry rot The goods
will be dirty and unkept The shelves
will be dusty and neglected. Even the
boss will have crouch, end the
crouch never attracts buyers. Life is
too short to waste with the wooden
faces. 1t isn't the advertising that's
expensive, it's the lack of push that's
behind the failures. This is a fact
that has been amply demonstrated in
Watertown during the past few
months. The live advertisers are yet
doing business at the old standard
they're going to stay
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
The Shame of the Age.

The shame and disgrace of the age,
that the sO-called christian nations
could not refrain from slaughtering
each other long enough to prevent the
horrible massacre Of the poor Armen-
ians by the displicable Turks, who
have destroyed them by the hundreds
of thousands and put the young girls
and women into their harems. The
devil must smoker when the names of
such christians are mentioned and
when ministers approve of war in
stead of preaching love and peace as
Christ Jesus taught. The only mo-
tive for the present war is greed, sell
fishness and gain, and million of lives
have been sacrificed and millions of
dollars wasted
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
Editing a Newspaper.

Editing newspaper is a pleasing
business if you can stand it.
If subscribers want to bawl out any
body-the editors the goat
If the town is tagging behind and
people won't get out and make things
hunts because the town papers are
on the bum.
If business is bad-it's because the
editors want too much money for their
advertising space
Ii business is good-advertising
hasn't anything to do with it, but con-
ditions are right
If the editors print what Dleases
people-that is their duty and they
deserve no credit
If they print what is displeasing-
they are crouch and crepe-hanger,
and don't deserve the patronage of the
public
Ii they print the news as it is ac-
tually-people will call the editors
over the phone and tell them to
stop their paper.
If they garble it-they tell us we
are subsidized by the corporate inter-
ests.
Editing newspaper is a pleasing
businesS-it is not!
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
The Limit I'm Prohibition.

Oregon has a new intention to make
prohibition of the liquor traffic stron-
ger than . steel-and-concrete trench
defended by gattling guns, says the
Abilene, Kansas, Chronicle. Ii liquor
is imported from another state, woe
to the man who dares drink it, He is
Obliged on receiving the liquor to sign
an affidavit stating that it is to be used
only for sacramento purposes. An
Eastern Anti-SaIoon league man, COM
menting on this situation, says:
please take note that the slips
bearing the signed oaths of liquor re-
ceivers must be filed with the county
clerk and that he must treat them as
public records, allowing access to
them at any time. Now, what Anti
Salooners propose TO do Is TO keep
consulting those records, follow them
up and see what each receiver OF l1q-
uor has done with it Git will not be
hard to find out whether he has used
it for sacramento purposes) and, in
case he has violated his own oath by
drinking the liquor as beverage,
prosecute him for perjury to the limit
of the law and let him rot for a few
years in Jail. Do you think that will
hold them?" In contrast with this
statement by Mr.. Trent, comes the
Benton County (Ore) Courier, which
claims that the prohibition law of that
state contains little joker. 1t seems
that each family has been limited to
"a gallons of beer and 2 gallons of
whiskey per month 1.-THE family
could get along with this much water"
says the Courier, 'if it would use the
beer to battle in"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Government funds have been vast
ed, and large proportion of this big
waste is due to carelessness by the
Democratic Congress in handling APP
fore appeared giving a few typical ex-
amples of how this waste has occur
red. These articles might be contin-
ued indefinitely. Enough has been
SAID, however, to illustrate the waste
ful, inefficient principle that has vi
tiated the entire Democratic regime.
A recapitulation of the later arti-
Giles, from is to "a, is given herewith
They will be followed later by addi-
tional descriptions of Democratic mis-
takes:
Is. Millions of dollars worth of the
nations timber supply jeopardized.
II. The integrity of the law taxing
cotton future" sales is in doubt, and
must be tested in court
Is. AS business managers the
Democrats have been utter failures,
their methods of enacting appropria-
ton bills causing enormous waste To
illustrate:
10. The rural free delivery service
has been shamefully crippled.
20. The construction of good roads
by government aid was delayed a
year, and much of the appropriation
absolutely lost.
Fl. Important surveys of Alaska
mineral resources were prevented for
two successive years.
%. Prevention of epidemics of tu-
berculosis and trachoma among In
dian tribes and adjacent communi-
ties delayed a year.
%. Civil war veterans died in want
through needless errors in special
pension laws.
"a. Over ten million dollars lost in
one appropriation bill alone through
needless delay in it's enactment; en-
ough lost in four years of similar
Democratic delays to more than cover
the present treasury deficit
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

The nepotism practiced by the Fed
eral Administration seems to be con-
tagious SO far as Democratic State Ad-
ministrativeS are concerned In Mis-
souri, a careful census is being pre-
pared of the number of relatives of
State officers that have been put on
the pay roll. The governor has nam
ed his son, his brother, his cousin and
a niece of his wife to public positions
The Secretary of State has taken care
of two daughters and a sister-in-law.
The Auditor has decided that the pub
lie good imperatively requires that his
wife, his son, his daughter in-law and
brotherin-law of his son be given Of
fetal positions. The list is still in it's
infancy, with other departments to be
investigated.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
Washington Correspondence.

Washington, d. c., October 10
Democratic laws have been tried and
found wanting.
AS the time for Congress to reas-
semble approaches, this fact is being
gradually disclosed by the admins
tration itself. In nearly every de-
partment in Washington, government
officials are preparing amendments to
patch up defects in statutes These
defects exist because the methods fol-
lowed in the enactment of the stat
utes were slovenly and careless to the
last degree.
Another problem facing the admin
lstratlOn, even more serious than the
defective laws, is that of the govern
ments finances. There has been a
growing discrepancy between receipts
and expenditures, creating deficit in
the treasury that must be provided
for.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Whether Richard Henry Calling is
descendant of the inventor of famous
guns, we do not know. But we do
know that Richard Henry can shoot
straight to the bulls eye, as is evil
denced by these words from a letter
which he wrote to the New York Trib
une: IF it is the subtle purpose of
our present Washington Administra-
ton to avoid war at any cost by liy-
ing in maze of optimism, the fallacy
OF 1t all will not destroy the vision of
-IpeN SO pony ueM Sc ST puouuorg
deed, that Mr.. Wilson is not possessed
OF greater capacity. His mind seems
to be perplexed by sophistries, but
that is peculiar to his character and
unless his policies change his feeble
and lnsidiOus methods will ruin the
stamina of this government. His is
the caution which does not see, be-
cause it will not look forward"
An average ad va,orem rate OF du-
ty Of 10.11 per cent for the week end
ing September Is, 1915, sets the low
duty record under the Democratic tar
iff law. Imports to the value of 500
S26,149 entered the 13 principal Gus
toms districts of the United States
for that week, on which customs du-
ties to the amount of S3,O4O.3 1868 were
realized. The average annual ad va
loren rate of duty under the Republi-
can tariff law for 1913 was 17.6 per
cent, which provided ample revenue
for the government, and enabled the
Democratic administration to start i'm
with handsome surplus. For the
month of August, 1915, 20 per cent of
our imports came in without paying a
cent of revenue to the government
the foreign producers reaped the ben
efit and the retail price of commodi-
ties did not decline
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

ic reports inform us, is soon to marry
a Mrs. Gait, widow, much his Jun
ior in years. Mrs Wilson passed out
of this mortal dream of life about
fourteen months ago, and the bride-to-
be, has just discarded mourning. The
President no doubt believes in the
biblical admonition, that it is not good
for man to live alone, and as both of
the interested parties are mortal, it is
probably for the best and may they be
happy.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Despairing of any merchant marine
relief from the Democratic party, and
with the evils of the seamen's bill in
contemplation, several American
bankers have joined with Chinese
banks in the financing of the $4,000,
900 Chinese-American Trans-Pacific
Steamship Company, and negotiations
for the purchase of ships are now un-
der way, according to DR.. V. K Koo,
China's first Minister to Mexico. DR..
Koo says that these steamships will
fly Chinese flags and that this is the
first fruit of the visit of the Chinese
industrial commissioners to this coun-
try several months ago. Thus, due to
the seamen's law, the Chinese dragon
chases the Stars and Stripes from the
high seas.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

There are papers in the state, of the
reactionary progressive backward
character which are endeavoring by
the use of diarrhea of words and alb
sence of truthfulness to convince their
readers that there has been no in
crease in state expenditures during
the extravagant reform regime. I'm
der the conservative rule, it cost
a trifie over 100000 per annum I'M
der the last progressive administra-
ton it cost $16,000,000 The books
show it and they are open to every
body
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Secretary Redfeld is not to resign
He says so himself. Furthermore, he
is reported to have received the un-
qualified commentator of the Presi-
dent for his conduct of the "Eastland'
whiskers and his other idiosyncracies
will remain with us for another year
and half. On the whole, this is well.
The President has shown repeatedly
that he has no liking to have posi-
BILE rival near him, and Mr.. Redfield is
so impossible that he quite fills the
bill for cabinet officer on these
terms.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

At recent public meeting in Rhode
Island, Ex-Governor Pothier called at
tention to the dominant element in the
Democratic party, and said; at is a
remarkable fact that when the lead
ing industries of New England were
assaulted during the framing Of the
present tariff not a Democrats repre-
sentative in Congress from the east
err states, SO far as | can learn, stood
up to demand that these industries be
given at least sufficient protection to
enable them to continue doing bust
ness. The South seemed to be in the
saddle, indeed, and our Democratic
representatives from the East were
found holding on to the tail of the
steed." New England did not fail to
take notice of this in the COMPRESSION
al elections of 1914. Two years be-
fore New England sent twenty Demo
cratic Congressman to Washington,
and only twelve Republicans. Last
fall New England broke the grip of
her representatives from the tail of
the steed," as Governor Pothier puts
it, and elected twenty-ssix Republican
Congressman to only six Democrats.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

When John Shelton Williams loses
his job as Comptroller of the Curren-
cy-the date being somewhere in the
first six months of 1917-he ought to
be able to get elected mayor of Rich
mond Va, without the slightest diff
ficulty. John Shelton went to Wash
ington with the idea of doing some
thing for Richmond, and he did it.
First of all he made Richmond a Fed
eral Reserve City, for which, geogra-
phically and in every other manner
III '6lId 81 II 'sIdoed ueoIIsWV eql
cine Hat is. And now Richmond
leads all other Federal Reserve cities
in the amount OF it's rediscount bust
ness. In July. out of thirteen mil
lions of Federal Reserve discounts,
Richmond bagged 1923 per cent-or
more than twelve times as much as
New York and more than six times as
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
After the War.

Edward F. McSweeney of Boston,
chairman of the directors of the port
presented a report at the convention
of port authorities which has just
been in session at Los Angeles, in
which he deals with some features of
our export business which have hith-
erto escaped attention. He regards
our present export trade as proceed
ing under an artificial stimulation;
and points out that of the present bill
hon-dollar trade balance in our favor
over 00000,000 are exports solely
for war munitionS-ammunit hor-
ses, auto trucks, army shoes, food
stuffS, etc.-trade which will cease
the instant the war comes to a close.
600 OF exports of what might be term
ed regular merchandise" export
smaller than that of any other year
since 1909, and almost $500, 900 900
less than in the year before the war
Comparing the present year of ex-
ports from the United States with that
of the year before the war, we find we
have exported only 80 per cent as
much agricultural implements, So per
cent as much sewing machines and
33 per cent as much steel rails. The
most lamentable fact in connection
with these figures is that we are los
ing as much, if not more, to the coun-
tries which are not at war as to those
which have given up domestic pur-
suits to take up armed conflict" says
the report
The report continues to say that
last years figures show that our sew
ing machine expart trade in 1915 was
only "a per cent of the 1914 figures, to
South America but 20 per cent and to
all of Africa, Asia and the Pacific Is
lands it was but 35 per cent of the
previous year.
Our exports of the staple merchan-
disc which we hope to sell under nor
mai conditions after war are smaller
by a large percentage in practically
everything except war orders, and we
are losing our export trade much fas-
ter to the neutral countries than to
the billigerent ones.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

With charming naivete the Treas
ury Department confesses that the in
come tax from individuals was but
$42, 100000 below that estimated by
the trainers of the income-tax law.
The trainers estimated $4,000, 900 for
1915, from this source, and $41,OOO,
900 was collected. A difference of on
ly fifty per cent between estimate and
return is pretty close figuring for fl
nanciers of the Democratic brand, and
Of course the loss is blamed to the war
in Europe.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

injure Germany more if she were per-
mitted to spend her money abroad,
thus depicting her own monetary re-
sources. So far as the relative in
terests of Great Britain and Germany
are concerned the discussion is of no
consequence to us, but it serves to
ciple of protection Shutting out for
eign goods and keeping money at
home to pay home labor, is the secret
of national prosperity A protection
wall accomplishes that end whether
the wall be established by war or by
protective tariff. Any ten year old
boy ought to be able to understand an
economic principle as clear as this.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
SHORT SNAP SHOTS.

Senator Lewis of Illinois, journey
ed to New Jersey the other day to ad-
dress mass meeting of Democrats.
His subject, according to the news
papers, was a defense of the Presi-
dents foreign policies. But no news
paper that we have seen records the
Senator as having said what those
policies are.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

The balance in the fund of the fed
eral treasury September 81, was SAL,
870,422 On the same date in 1913,
when revenue laws and appropria-
lions enacted by Republicans were
still in effect, the balance was 1927,
O91 ,17S Since July /, 1915, the ad-
ministratiOn has spent $37,914,719
more than it's revenues.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

much as Chicago. John Shelton is
certainly doing something for Rich
mond and if the folks back home don't
do something for him when he finds
himself out of Government job-as
he soon Will-they will be mighty un-
grateful.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

If you are going away, entertaining
company or should. you know of any
news of interest to the public, bring
or telephone it to the Leader office.
We are now in a position to handle
all we can get
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Because of decreased traffic, the
railroads were compelled to cut ex-
penses to the amount of $137, 921 900
during the last fiscal year. This re-
duction meant nearly $13S,000,000 less
paid out for labor and material pro-
duced by labor. General business de-
preston forced the reduced expendi-
ture. Every farmer who has butter,
eggs, meat, vegetables and other food
products to sell, suffered his share of
the loss because workmen had $138,
100000 less money with which to buy.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

The Commissioner of Pensions is
insistent on having the pension exam
lining boards made up of two Demo-
Gratis and one Republican. The Port
land Oregonian reminds him,s how
ever, that the pensioners are not made
up in this proportion.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

1t remains to be seen whether the
Democrats are going into the next
years canvass with the war cry, "He
kept us out Of war" But it is very
certain that the Republicans will as
sert: He kept us out of work"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

BY maintaining a blockade, Great
Britain has compelled Germany to
supply her own needs and has pre-
vented her from spending money
abroad Now British statesmen are
beginning to question the wisdom OF
that policy and argue that it would
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Doubtless Col Roosevelt can always
run fast enough to catch up with the
Republican party when he has the
presidential nomination in view
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

one solution of the Mexican prob
lem might be for the administration
to promise recognition to the first lea
der to deliver at the border all the ri
walls, bound and gagged.
Bryan does not want prohibition
made an issue next year. Why, Will
liam j.? What has changed your
mind?
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

All that William Jennings Bryan
needs to make his peace plans practi-
cable is the millennium.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

There is no country on the globe
more able to pay more taxes than the
United Statesf says Secretary Nc
Adoo, and before the Democrats are
retired from control perhaps no other
country in the world will pay as much.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

What fine opportunity the old pi-
rates who sailed the Atlantic missed
in not waiting for the modern gold la
den ships.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Secretary Redfield urges restraint
of speech and soberness of thought"
at the recent Governors conference
in Boston. The disciplining he re-
celved for his outburst following the
Eastland disaster evidently had some
effect
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12
Believe as / Believe.


Believe as | believe, no more, no less;
That | am right, no one else confess.
Feel as | feel think as I think;
Eat what l eat and drink but what
l drink;
Look as | look, do always as / do,
And then, and only then, I'll fellow
ship with you.
That | am right, and always right,
| know,
Because my own convictions tel,
And to be right is simply this, to be
Entirely and in all respects like me
To diviate hairs breadth, or begin
To question, doubt, or hesitate, is
| reverence the Bible if it be
Translated first and then explained
to me;
By churchly laws and customs
| abide;
Ii they with my opinions coincide,
All creeds and doctrines l admit
divine,
Excepting those which disagree
with mine
Let sink the drowning if he will not
swim
Upon the plank that | throw out
to him.;
Let starve the hungry if he will
not eat
My kind and quality of bread and
meat;
Let freeze the naked if he will not be
Clothed in such garments as are
made for me.
'Twere better that the sick should die
than live,
Unless they take the medicine I
give;
Twere better sinners perish than
refuse
To be conformed to my peculiar
views;
'Twere better that the world stand
still than move
In any other way than that which
| approve
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-10-12

Elgin Butter Market.
Elgin, ILL.,, Oct 9-The butter mar
ket was quoted higher at 28c, COM
pared with &c, last weeks quotations.