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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
A WRITER in the National Municipal

A WRITER IN the NatlOnal Munlclpal
Review calls attention to the9t danger
in multitude of organizations" and
gives an astonishing list of leagues,
societies, associations, organizations
and declarations. This multiplication of
organizations is direct result of the
initiative and referendum and other
popular government ideas. We have
distrusted the state and taken things
into our own hands, with the result
that organization in the effort to have
our ideas adopted into laws has become
a baneful influence The chief evil of
such organizations, however, is to be
found in the multiplicity of statutes
which express the zeal of petty groups
and small minorities, and not the con-
sidered judgment of the mass of the
community Such laws are largely un-
enforced or unenforceable, and they
themselves create an evil far outweigh
ing the good they were intended to ac-
complish, even if that good were in
reality attained. 1t is a pity that so
much civic feeling is dissipated by it's
diversion into so many petty channels.
Laws should express the main stream
of community thought and feeling and
no more.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
WITH many we'll known Wisconsin

WITH many we'll known Wisconsin
people as the actors and with Wiscon-
sin sanatoria for tuberculosis, open air
schools and other institutions furnish
ing the locations in which many of the
scenes are enacted, two-act photoplay
telling of the state fight against tuber-
culosis is now being staged for the
Wisconsin Tuberculosis Associa-
ton. 1t is called "The Power of the
Penny and is beng produced for the
association by the Essanay company of
Chicago from a scenario written by
Mrs. Louise F. Brand, one of the staff
members of the association and for
several years dramatic editor of the
Milwaukee Sentinel. 1.-The Power of
the Penny" is designed to show in pic
ture form the educational work that is
done by the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculo-
sis Association and its relation to the
various public health agencies, such as
the sanatoria, the open air schools, and
the school and visiting nurses. With
the exception of the principals in the
little romantic story which is used to
weave the institutional work together,
all parts in the play are taken by the
people who actually fill them in real
life. All the examinations and tests
are done by we'll known physicians, the
work of the public health nurses is
shown by those actually engaged in it,
and the greatest care has been taken
to have every detail accurate. 1t is
the first time that photoblay of this
kind has ever been produced and the
venture is attracting great deal of
attention I'M other states as well as in
this one.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05

Stop, look, listenl Those European
guns are deaf to prayers, deaf to the
appeals of widows and orphans. insen-
sible to charity, pity, remorse. They
blow their deadly missiles into the
hearts Of fathers and sons as indiffer-
emily as the gunman shoots a wooden
target. We pray for peace, and it is
well we do, for thereby we set an eX-
ample to the world of religious devo-
ton. All, but seven times our number
.areSpraylng that their bombs and bull
lets hit the mark, and that mark is
mani And they tell US that out of all
this blood and agony there will come a
prolonged peace; that nations need
not prepare for war for there will be
no more war, and that the recollection
of wars horrors will for centuries act
as an admonition against indulgence in
such grewsome things. If recollection
had the spower to refresh itself daily
s,nd its vividness intensified with age,
*here might be some reason for pre-
dieting that wars end when the guns of
europe are silenced by peace; but mem
ory, like the receding candle, grows
DINNER as time lengthens the space
between the occurrence and the at
tempt to recall it, so that what is an
inspiring motive today may be buried
in forgetfulness tomorrow. Bloody as
this war is; frightful as its lessons may
be, there will come a time in the not
far distant future when nations will
rise against nations, even as they are
doing now, and the horrors we now
shrink from will be repeated with en-
phasis. So long as man aspires to
wealth, power and glory there will be
war, for his aspirations can be curbed
in no other way. When human nature
loses its greed, and ambition leads to-
ward the three graces, war will end.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05

The jackscrews of expert assessing
have been. put under property valua-
'tions III Wisconsin and given few up
ward twists by the experts CD with the
result that property valuations have
been elevated $126, 1000, 900 in single
year. Why should we be poor when
all that it is necessary to do in order to
be rich is to put fire under the boiler
of our expert assessors, generate suf-
ficient steam to work their guessing
machines, and then wait a few minutes
for the things to work. With these
progressive contraptions, the task of
becoming a Croesus is easy.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
DURING the last national politica

DURING the last national political
campaign the dem ,cratic party made
an issue of retrenchment in expenses.
Their speakers all said that if the dem
ocrats were put in power the admins
tration would be one of economy. Three
years passing of President Wilson's adj
ministration and the expenses of oper-
ating the government have exceeded
all previous administrations by several
millions. The associated press says the
years total expense will be 81, 240, 000,
900, leaving deficit of $135, 900, 900.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
Dreadful Transformation.

Roy was working with his father in
the garden. His father found worm
and holding it out said to Roy: Here,
take this back and give it to the chick
ems" Drawing back Roy said: 20
no can't / think I'm turning into a
girl"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
Bills presented and allowed:

Bill of F. F. Burgy for s725 for Lord
street sewer presented.
Aid. Dickinson moved that an order
for $500 be drawn in favor of Burgy as
partial payment.
Roll call-Ayes 5. F
Aid. Jensen moved that Hahn, Livick
& Arthur be paid $40 balance due on
Ridgeway and Crescent streets water
main.
Roll call-Ayes 5.
Aid. Jensen moved that street COM
mittee have light placed at intersection
of Doty and Swift streets as asked for
in petition.
Motion carried.
On motion council adjourned.
FL. B. KNAPP, City Clerk.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
Jones little pig sausage at Conn 5

-JoneS HtCle pig sausage at conn s.
Gold Bond coffee now 30c at Conn's.
LosT-On the road between Cam
bridge and Edgerton, a black winter
overcoat. Finder please notify Jos.
Leary's cigar store.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
Common Council Proceedings.
EDGERToN, WIS.,, Nov. /, 1915

Regular meeting of the common
council, Mayor Skinner presiding. AL
dermen present: Arthur, Dickinson,
Jensen, Stark, Dallman.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
Pills rnrocnntnd and ollnrund.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-11-05
Free Until 1916.

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Buy your canned goods at Conn's.
-Salome winter apples 75c per bu.,
S2.25 per Dbl. Keeping qualities unex-
celled. Phone evenings. Morris Hart
zell.
LOST-On Front street in Edgerton,
Sunday, an oval brooch, turquoise ma
trix with IL settings. Finder please
notify John Dickerson.
Gold Medal flour 81. 40 per sack at
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n.ighborhood. Mrs. Cslkins remem-
bered the story that they used 70 tell
the children years ago, about the bar
rel Of good apples with the single rot
ten apple, and the sad fate Of all those
good apples And she feared that Mar
garet would "catch" all the faults OF
her friend. That is why she made
heroic efforts TO discredit that young
lady in Msrgaret's estimation. That
is why she said things about her
daughters friend that she would not
hermit any one 70 say about her own
friends-true or not true. And that
il why she failed to wesn Margaret
from her friend
For the child Of normal sentiments
well resent bitterly any sspersions on
those he likes. He will not have any
one tell him Of his mothers faults,
nor will he listen to adverse criticism
81 his friends. He is not concerned
with the truthfulness Of your oriu-
eism nor with your good intention
in telling him. Every attack upon
those he likes is challeng' to ms
LOYALTY. And the more YOU rail against
his chum the closer grows .he attach
ment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-17

A four year old boy, recently moved
into a new neighborhood, made the
acquaintance Of lad OF his own age
but Of very different set Of manners.
The mother OF the first boy seriously
warned him not TO associate with boO'
because he would be sure TO spoil MS
speech ard his manners. Bob useu
such language! And from time 70 time
he would even spit, Hector listened
rehectively, very much impressed Al
last he caught the idea. Well
mother" he said, that will be all
right I won't let him make me bad
and III make him good instead"
While We all know that one cnild
can spoil" another, we must admi'
that there was some reason in Hector
reply. Children do influence one an
other, and the influence for good y
Just as real and just as eoectlNe
the influence for evil. II We fear thH'
on the whole the evil Influences pr
vail. our remedy must not be soub
in the isolation OF the child, Tor suoh
isolation is a. least as bad as an!
thing that can be acquired from
lected companions. The feme"s
m Two directions. On the ono A"''
the child with an undesirable irieAH
must be encouraged 10 extend ms or
cls Of scquaintances; on the 0'"0'
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, one 10 furnish them with counsel. 1
they are sent up ne they sometime
arc for FIVE or ten days they are PAID
their regular rate for each day they
are IN jail"
But who is the gunwomsn = asked
the Commissioner. you speak as II
she were not a member OF the union
Who is she' How and where does the
union get hold Of her"
Gunwomsn Part OF the Cadet System.
"She is woman Of the streets" an
swered the Commissioner. "And she
Is supplied By cadet. OF course. II is
just another way he has Of making her
earn money for him. He will know
when there is 2 strike on where VIC
lence is wished and he will make the
arrangements. If ne has three or four
women under his control he makes q
good sum Of money. Of course.
Sometimes the violence is not done
near the factory or shop where the
strike is on. II there are too many
police about. so detection Is easy,
oftentimes the woman viii follow one
of the workers home. She may not
assault her until she is inside the
vestibule OF her home. She may even
wait for her to come out the next day
1--WE have proof that women are
taken 70 other cities when there are
strikes on. We have names and dates,
but Just now we cannot give these out
because it might prejudice the cases
when they came UP in court. We don't
want 10 run the risk Of these women
being paid to get out Of town rather
than give their testimony. Because It
IS our Intention 70 make IL impossible
for the gunwoman 70 do violence, just
as we'll as for the gunman. One is as
bad as the other Both have 70 60"
Miss Rose Young. who is well known
as magazine writer and suffrage
worker. was arrested during the shirt
waist strike about two years ago for
pcketing. When che was told that the
Commissioner had said that there were
eunwomen in that strike. she said: "lf
there was anybody who could be called
gunwomsn In that strike certainly
did not see her. What violence was
done was the other way around.
"Why. the day We we're arrested
what do YOU suppose the charge made
against the girls was? That they had
SLAPPED anybody even. let alone in
turing anybody? Not at all. Il was
that thew had called 'scabs' at the
strike breakers. was impressed all
the time with the self-control which
the girls showed and with the instruc-
tons given them constantly TO be care
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street corner waiting for favorable
opportunity 20 cross, being admitted
10 school on the Same day, OF being
fascinated by a gap in snother's row
Of teeth. But after the beginning is
made almost any two children can
learn 20 Ike each other fairly
we'll. and the longer they associate
the better they come TO understand
each other, the more accustomed they
become 10 each others ways, the
harder will it be for them TO give
each other up. Children's friendships
are not deliberate, calculated selec-
tions; they are hsphazard growths.
They can therefore not be reasoned
about TO any purpose by the parents
and much less by the children them
selves.
If they are accidental in their be
ginnings and habitual in their CON
tinuance. these childhood friendships
are nevertheless source OF grave
concern TO many parents. Margaret 8
mother could see in the girls friend
many things that Margaret herself
could not see. and many OF them were
o. q hind that she would rather not
have NJ her daughters immediate
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ful, lest there should be violence which
would hurt their cause.
at seems q strange thing that II
these gunwomen have been operating II
is Just being discovered. OF course, #
the Commissioner says he has the proof
can scarcely say he hasn't. But II l
were asked ofhand what | thought Of a
statement that gunwomen were hired In
strikes and il were not told who said
Il | would say that II sounded TO me
very much like a trumped-up story and
a part Of ths general scheme to dis
credit labor"
II there are desperate characters
mixed up in strikes-and she IS Of the
opinion there sre-thsy are not on the
side OF the strikers, according to Mrs.
Inez Milholland Boi,seyain.
1--WE seen rufians In strikes she
said, when asked what she thought in
regard to gunwomsn, "but they were
not women and they were not working
for the union. They were working for
the employers. Once visited a strike
breaking agency and talked to a couple
Of men. who were brothers. They told
me that they didn't like the work, but
they had 10 make a living some way,
and they could make good one az
strike-breakers. They said they worked
with riff-raff, the scum Of the earth.
"Of course. I won't contradict the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-17
Introducing the Gunrpomdn!

Commissioner IN his statements. How
can I? | don't know what he knows.
only know what I know. And that Is
that I have always been impressed with
the control shown by women when on
strike. have wondered sometimes how
they could show so much restraint
when they saw women 'scabbing' on
them. | wouldn't have blamed them II
they had shown violence, but would
have deprecated it, because | do not be-
.ieye that violence svsils anything.
A Question for Commissioner Woods.
There is one thing I'd like to ask
the Police Commissioner. Leaving aside
the fact that it is matter of common
belief that employers use violence when
there Is labor trouble on, it has been
proved that gunner were taken to Col
orado and to Roosevelt, n. j., TO do vio-
lence TO the union men. SO even If there
are Gunwomen who are employed by the
unions. why talk about it and not say
ANYTHING at all about the gangsters who
beat up the union men? Why is 1t
worse for one side to use violence than
the other? Granting, which | don't. that
there are gunwomen, | would like to
ask that question"
And II is here, and many women
an sure, would be glad to have the
question answered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-17
CHELSEA AIDS FUND
Plans Strawberry Festival to
Paw for New Clock.

Residents Of Chelsea will have a
strawberry festival on Wednesday
evening to help pay FOR the new clock
lust mounted in the belfry % s..
Peters Episcopal Church. az 342 West
Twentieth Street For more than sew
entv years s.. Peters clock has been
nart OF the ne Of Chelsea. The last
sleet storm OF the winter was the
deathblow Of the time mellowed chimes.
Amid the protests Of the neighbor-
hood the old tmepiece that had seen
Chels.a's meadows built up with gen
teel brownstone house was taken
down. Or. Olin Scott Roche, rector Of
the parish, received many letters from
old residents while the workmen were
playing the vandal Many Of the let
tiers contained money. and the new
clock will thus have a personal interest
from the outset for many OF its neigh
bors.
The festival will be held in 81.
Peters Hall, adjoining the church.
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rhe Mystery Of Childrens Friendships

hand, the influence Of the home must
be STRENGTHENED in the hope Of counter
acting any evil influences that may
csnanate from the bad" friend. one
need not be on the lookout for
trouble; but if the language used at
home is above reprosch the careless
speech on the outside may extend the
vocabulary without much danger OF
permanent harm.
There are extreme cases in which It
seems desirable 20 separate a boy or
girl from an undesirable companion.
In such cases the surest way OF
strengthening the affinity is usually 20
make some show Of opposing II. Every
attempt 10 arouse antsgonisms only
.'imuates the mutual interest These
facts must not be taken 20 Indicate
that the proper course lies in series
Of eulogies in honor of the undesirable
one. The first step is TO- ignore the
friendship as completely "a possible.
Then an effort must be made 70 sub
stitute new interests for the old
friendship and TO reduce the occasions
for intercourse as much as clrcum-
stances will permit II the parents
will ind or make opportunity 70 take
the child out OF his usual surround,
ings in their own company they Will
generally md that the new interests
will develop simultaneously with the
fading OF the attachment for the per-
son TO be divorced.
The other side Of the problem IS
the announcement OF young people
that you consider worthy companions
for YOUR children 70 come into more
frequent association with the members
Of me household. But there is danger
in OVERRIDING this also, unless we have
exceptional tact and insight. We med
die with fate in any case al our own
-
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Used Back In 1910.

"a. far back az the strike Of the
garment and cloak workers, IN 1910
there were women who were hired 10
assault non-union workers" said Com
missioner Woods, when asked TO elabo-
rate the statement he had made before
the Industrial Relations Commission.
ain 1918, during the shirtwaist strike,
thew were active again. These women
Of course, work if you would call it
working-only when there lie strike
on Of women. Naturally, they sre not
used when it is mans union on
strike.
when Il comes TO a matter Of money
II isn't a bad business for the women
that is, II you would call It bust
ness. A woman receives not less than
IS a dag and sometimes as much a.
$3.50, and the working hours are short
also. They so the eight-hour day one
better. Usually the gunwomsn Is on
duty only in the morning and in the
evening. when the strike breakers are
going 20 and from work.
These women are protected in every
way. They are given picket cards, so
they cannot be distinguished from the
girls who are really members Of the
union who are on the picket line. II
they should get into trouble and be
taken to court. there is always some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-17
nv LUCY HUFFAKER.

TTIE gunwoman. according 70 Police
\ Commissioner Woods, Is in ouI
midst. Not for hatred, not for
revenge nor for any personal motive
does she commit violence, but for
money. And the money comes, still
according 70 the Police Commissioner,
from trade unions. For the gunwoman
works" when there is a strike on.
This startling statement, which
would seem 70 indicate that women are
initiating men In every way in the
matter Of making living, was first
made by Commissioner Woods the last
Of the week at the hearing in Wash
ington Of the Industrial Relations
Commission. Coming al time when
there has been so much discussion OF
the case Of Dopey Benny Fein, it
caused sensation. Also it has
brought out denials from women who
have taken part in labor affairs.
If there is such thing as gun
woman. who sells her services TO do
violence to non-union workers, Miss
Rose Young and Mrs. Inez Milholland
Boissevain don't know 1t. Yet they
have picketed in the very strikes where
the Police Commissioner says the gun
women have been used.
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WOMAN INVENTOR HERE
Skaters Montclair Tradition
with Patent Panlifter.

Montcla!r, \. J., May i6-Montclsir
has long maintained the reputation Of
being the most inventive town in the
United States In proportion 70 populs-
ton. But In the number Of those who
were granted patents the name OF s
woman never appeared
This tradition has a. last been broken
by Mrs. Ella D. Schmitt, o. 1913 Lor-
raine Avenue, who has applied her in
ventive genius 20 tightening tho bur
dens Of the housewife. She has de-
vised a pan and plate litter which is
almost human IN its adaptability.
The litter opens the oven door, lift'
the pie pan or cake pan out q the
oven, carries the pan to the desired
place and then closes the oven door.
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Nv sIDoNIE MATzNER GUTENBERG.

1SXy Margaret sees in that
Wv girl can't understand
Mrs Calkins was saying
when the talk was Of the difficulty Of
getting suitable companions for the
children And Mrs. Calkins WAS quite
right. Nobody can understsnd--exact-
ly. It's just as great mystery as
the one that keeps your friends guess
ing why you married your husband,
or wife. rs the case may be.
Johnny and his friend were chums
for many years because they had the
same birthday; and Grace and Ger
trude found each other through writ
ing the initial in the same way.
But another little girl with faxen
hair and pale eyes selected her friend
because the latter had such nice dark
hair and skin and eyes. You may not
be so sensitive 10 color; yet IT was the
wearing Of red apron that gave
Mabel Henderson a lifelong friend.
Not that she wore the red apron all
her life that only started the friend
ship. The fact Is that Margaret her
self could not have told why she was
so attached 20 her friend.
1t takes only & trihe TO start an
association casual meeting on the