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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21

spring company than the fellowship
of the giant intellects that constructed
this marvellous industry and q journey
along the pathway of its development.
Illuminated at every mile-post of its
progress by the lightning.hashes of
brilliant minds, will be taken al a very
early date.
A brief statistical review Of the in.
dustry brings out its growth and mag.
nitude in a most convincing and un.
f~orgetable manner.
The telephone service OF the United
States is the most popular and efficient
and its rates are the cheapest Of the
telephone systems Of the world.
We are the greatest takers on earth.
We send 60 per cent of our communi.
cations over the telephone. The world
has about 49, 900 telephones and of
this number the United States has an
proximately 9,54O,OOO. Europe 100000
and other countries 100000. Accord.
ing to the latest world telephone cen.
sus, the total telephone investment is
S1,906, 100000 and OF this amount 81.
095, 900, 900 was credited to the United
States, 1886, 0O0, 1000 in Europe ana
$175,000,0 600 in other countries The
annual telephone conversations tot.i
24,6OO0OO'0OO divided as follows: Unit.
ed States 1880. 100000; Europe $500,
100000, and other countries $4,000 GOO.
600. The total world wire telephons
mileage is SS,262,O 900 miles divided "a
follows: United States 2O,24s,O 600. Eu.
rope 1O.3S5.OO and other countries
2,6T9,0OO. About six per cent Of
the worlds population and ~sIxty.one
per cent Of the telephone wire mile.
age is in the United States.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
THE NATIONS DINNER TABLE

When the dinner bell Of this nation
rings there have been slaughtered for
the repast $4,000 beeves, q, 1000 hogs,
$500 sheep. 1000 hundredwelght Of
poultry and other meats. and there
have been 100000 bushels Of cereals
and $40, OOO, 900 pounds Of vegetables
prepared for the feast. Multiply these
quantities by one thousand, repre-
senting approximately the number Of
meals per annum, and we have the
annual contents Of the nations larder.
But with all our immense quantity.
sspe7b quality and wide range Of pro
ducts, the American housewife, like
the wife Of King Nebuchadnezzar.
longs for variety and she goes market
ing in foreign lands. She buys abroad
5000, 0O0, 900 per annum OF farm pro-
ducts that can and should be produced
IN the United States.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
'WATERED SECURITIES
BY Peter Radford,

Much has been said and more writ
ten about the evils of watered stock IN
big business concerns and the farm.
ers Of this nation believe that every
dollar written into the life Of any
business organization, should be able
to say Il know that my RedeemeI
liveth," but farming is the biggest
business on earth, and there is more
water in its financial transaction than
that Of any other industry. There is
as much water in a farmers note
drawing eight or ten per cent interest
when other lines Of industry secure
money for four or FIVE per cent pei
annum, as there is in a business pay.
ing a reasonable compensation upon
the face value Of securities repre-
senting an investment of only fifty
cents on the dollar. The only diff
ference Is, the water is in the interest
rate in one instance and in the secur
tiles in the other.
The promoter ofttimes takes chances
and his success is contingent upon
the development of the property in
volved but the usurer, as a rule, takes
no chances and his success cripples
the property involved. There may BIZ
industries that cry louder but none
that suffer more severely from finan
cial immortality In both law and Gus
tom than that of agriculture.
The farmers OF America today arr
paying 100000, 900 per annum II
usury on real estate and chatte
loans, and this interest capitalized
at Ave per cent, represents $4,000, 900,
900 of fictitious values which the farm
er is paying interest on. This sum o.
money is almost equal to the annua
value Of crops produced in the United
States.
The earning power Of the farmer.
note based upon his interest rate very
nearly divides likes the earth's sur
face-three-fourths water and one
fourth land. The largest body Of wa
ter that floats upon the financial hem
isphere now rests upon the farmi
and its waves are dashing and IT.
pillows + rolling against seven mil
lion homes threatening ruin and dis
aster to the prosperity of the nation
VIII our public servants who under
stand how to drain the liquid of in
dustrial properties turn the faucet an'
let the water on the farms?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
TAINTED POLITICS
By Peter Radford

This country is suffering more from
tainted politics than from any other
malady at the present time. There is
scarcely a campaign speech made, a
platform demand written or a mea-
sure enacted into law that does not
carry the faint of personal gain OF
some politician or political faction
thereof.
There is more blue sky in cam
paign promises of many politicians
running for office than vas ever con-
tanned in the p%rospectuses Of the bold
est promoters of chimerical business
schemes There are more secret com
binations formed by politicians in the
name of My Country" than we're ever
formed under any and all other
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden in the phrase BE it en-
acted" than we're ever concealed un-
der any and all cher DISCUSSES.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained passion for
mastery has caused more distress in
this nation than the greed for gold,
and it ought to be regulated by law
No business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentlessly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than a political party
that seeks to make junk of an in
dustry, or cripple a business for party
success, through tariff measures, po
litical supervision and Outlines de-
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring to the voter
as the story of the rainbow with its
pot of gold and their consummation
about as %far-fetched. Self-gain is the
first law in politics. There are many
men in Office today who, if they
could not shake plums off the tree OF
American liberty or cut a melon taken
from Uncle Sans commissary, would
have less desire to serve the public.
The country is surfeiting with patri-
OTIS, who will bare their breast to bull
let's in defense Of their country, but
there are few men in public life who
viii bare their breast to voters or run
the gauntlet of party disfavor in de-
Tense of agriculture or industry No
representative of the people, who will
permit personal prejudice to dethrone
justice, party success to disfranchise
reason or the rancor of a political
campaign to influence judgment can
render capable service.
The preservation of our prosperity
depends upon wisdom, courage and
honesty in government, and the Amer
lean voter should seek these attri
butes as implicitly as the Wise Men
followed the Star of Bethlehem and
they will often be found to rest over
the stable; the pillow or the STAFF OF
the Shepherd. The surest cure for
tainted politics and machine rule is
fresh air and sunshine and these i'm.
portant elements are most abundant
upon the farm, and when farmers,
bankers and merchants are elected to
membership in Legislative bodies, much
of the trouble in government will dis
appear.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
THE Battle IF
THE TIRES

horticultural and Commercial Press Servicel
II is interesting to watch the forces
Of civilization battling for supremacy.
The struggle now going on between the
rubber and the iron tire promises to
be the liyeliest contest of the Tween.
tieth Century.
The struggle is a silent n and
there are no war correspondents to
write vivid descriptions of the con
aict but the results are more far
reaching to present and future gen
erations than the war of Europe.
The rubber tire has been maneuver
ing for point of attack for several
years and has captured a few unim-
portant positions in traffic, but it has
now pitched a decisive battle with
its iron competitor by hurting a mil
lion "iitneys" at the street railways
and the battle is raging from ocean
to ocean. Upon the result of the
struggle depends the future Of the
rubber tire. If 1t is compelled to re.
treat, its doom is sealed, but If it wins
the battle it will revolutionize the
transportation methods of this nation
If the rubber tire conquers the
street traffic its next struggle is with
the railroads of the country, and then
the greatest battle between economic
forces e fought out on the face
of this earth is on, for iron is the un
disputed master in transportation, and
is fortified behind billions of dollars,
and millions of men.
Stephenson applied the steel tire
to an iron rail in 1914, but it was 1869
before the golden spike was driven
at Promontory Point, which bounL
the country together with bands OF
steel. 1t took the iron tire ffty-ive
years to creep from ocean to ocean
but the rubber tire while warm from
the c eative mind Of the inventive
genius sped across the continent like
an arrow shot from the bow of Ulys
ses. The roadbed was already pre-
pared and therein lies the power Of
the rubber tire over that of iron, 70,
government builds and maintains thu
public highway.
But iron is a stubborn metal ant
it has mastered every wheel tina
turns; has fought battles with ever,
element above and beneath the cart
and has never tasted the wormwoot
of defeat, and when rubber hurls it
full force against this monarch 0
the Mineral Kingdom, it may reboun
to the factory stunned beyond recoy
cry.
The rubber tire first made its az
pearance on the bicycle, but it prove
a frivolous servant and was dismisse
for incompetency. 1t has always bee
too much inclined to revel in luxur
to be taken seriously as a utility mi
chine and its reputation is not n /
inspire confidence in heavy trait
performance.
But to those who care to watt int
dreamland, it is enchanting to not
that there will be a marvellous difeI
ence between a rubber and an iro
age. The rubber tire will scatter tn
cities throughout the valleys for wit
transportation at every mans door
why a city? 1t will traverse the cor
tinent with a net work of Macadar
highways as beautiful as the boult
ward built by Napoleon. It will par
alyze the law making bodies of thi
nation for how could the Legislature
run without the railroads to operat
on?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21

Agriculture is recognized as tn,
greatest Of all industries and a pros
porous, progressive and enlightened
agricultural population Is the sures
safeguard OF civilization.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
IS WOMAN
RESTLESS?
DESTINY OF NATIONS DEPENDS
UPON COMMENTED HOMES.
By " D. lewis.
President Texas Farmers Union.

PreSlutht 4eAdS dlAnefS Union.
Why is woman dissatisfied? Why
does she grow restless under the
crown of womanhood? Why is she
weary of the G~od-given jewel Of moth.
erhood? is it not a sufficient political
achievement for woman that future
rulers nurse at her breast, laugh in
her arms and kneel at her feet? Can
ambition leap to more glorious heights
than to sing lullabies to the worlds
greatest genuises, chant melodies to
master minds and rock the cradle OF
human destiny?
God pity our country when the hand
shake Of the politician is more graft
flying to woman's heart than the pat
ter Of children's feet.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
MISSION Of THE
RURAL CHURCH
SHOULD BE UNIVERSITY OF RE.
LlGloUs LEARNING.
Duty of Christianity to Evanssllze the
World.
BY rev. Jno. A. Rice, D. D.
Pastor st. John M. f. Church, South,
st. Louis. Mo,

Some years ago, the question was
asked: What is a college? The at
tempt to answer it shook the educa,
tional world in America from center
to circumference. Another question is
now beginning to be asked: What is
a church? Without undertaking to
give a definition of it, let me ask, in
this initial paper, what the church
is for? The New Testament reveals
three distinct tasks to which it is
committed.
First, that of evangelization. The
church is divinely commissioned to
reach for the lowest and the least
nan in the least land and offer him
sonship to the Eternal God; offer him
a divine power, which lifts him out
of the bog and places him upon the
highest levels of human life, where
God and the soul are in fellowship.
This alone yer an immense priv
.ilege,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21

It is an admitted economic fact that
there can be no permanent prosperity
without a permanent agriculture.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21

It is an admitted economic fact tina
there can be no permanent prosperit!
without a permanent agriculture.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
Teaching the Art of Living.

The church is commissioned also
to teach and train those who are
rich with its evangelistic message.
The term, Religious Education, has
come to mean a specific thing in our
country, namely, the training Of the
people in the local church in those
deep matters which pertain to the
art Of living. l am not now speaking
Of the work of education in schools,
colleges and universities, but the work
Of education at u doors, In the con
gregation. Every agency In reach
should be employed to the utmost in
this important mission. Indeed, the
local church could be made a sort OF
university for all the people, in which
the simple, practical arts and virtues
OF everyday life should be taught and
enforced. Only recently has this
special phase of the church's work re.
ceived anything like adequate atten
ton. The New Testament word fol
1t is Publication.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
School Of Religion Needed.

OF course, the Sunday School is the
center for all this work, although the
activities of the church should extent
through the entire week and the Sun
day School should cease to be Sc
named. It should be called the Schoo
of Religion or the Church School o.
something else that indicates it to b,
an allthe-week activity. During thi
time various and sundry clubs, classes
musical organizations, culture courses
as well as distinctly religious meetings
should be held. Tricky settled neigh
borhoods, as we shall see, offer fine
opportunities for the development Of
things spiritual.
The third task to which the church
is committed is that of Christianizinf
the social order; that of infusing the
spirit Of Jesus into every nook ano
corner of our life. Nothing is foreign
to the interest of the church.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-05-21
NslshborIy Love Essential.

If religion pervades and colors the
whole life then ours is serious bust.
ness, for it win let no corner Of the
world escape its influence. The soone
we learn that Christianity is not a
thing to be practiced in a corner the
better for the world. The question OF
the eighteenth century, touching Chris
tianity, was, Can it be made to square
with the human reason? or the nine
teenth, Can it be made to square with
the results Of scientific research? OF
the twentieth, What can 1t do? We
must learn to enforce not only love of
God, whom we cannot see, but love to
our neighbors, with whom we are living
in constant contact. Neither without
the other is Christianity whatever else
1t may be. Everything that interests
his neighbors must interest him, II he
is a genuine follower Of the Christ.
II is the mission of the church-the
raral as well as the city-to evange-
lie the whole world, to train to the
highest degree Of efficiency those
whom It evangelizes and to seek to
make the spirit of Jesus the absolute
rule in all human relations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-17
READY TO ENFORCE ORDER
Allies Prepared to Cut of Germany
From Rest of World.

London, March 17.-Great Britain
ia "all set" for the first attempt to
pierce her blockade OF Germany.
Before many hours 1t is considered
certain a neutral vessel will feel the
weight of England's starvation de-
cree.
Conveyed into port by British war
ships her case will be the first test
of the strength of a neutral protest.
While the text of the order In coun-
eli studiously avoided use of the word
blockade" the fact that Germany
actually is to be cut off from the
world. II the British program Is to
succeed, was admitted by officials.
Admiralty officials unconsciously
need the word blockade" in discuss
ing the decree and asserted that
enough British and French warships
would be on duty of the German
coast TO make the order effective.
The press is convinced the neu.
trails will make strong protests to the
British government. Ii is equally
sure the government will not back
down from its position.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-17

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-17

sioux Falls, March 17.-The story
OF an army deserter who CARRIED a
dead man in his clothes and creden-
tials and left the body In a valley In
South Dakota to receive United States
army officials has come TO light
through the arrest at Lima, D., OF
Melvin Dove, the alleged deserter, ac-
cording TO the Lima News.
Dove, In an alleged confession
given United States army authorities.
declared he worked for two years in
Sioux Falls following his desertion
from the army post at Fort Meade,
South Dakota. Meantime there was
every indication that he was dead.
Dove fled from Fort Meade about
three a ago, according to a dis
patch to the News from Columbus.
o., where the alleged deserter was
taken to await trial by eourtmarual.
Immediately a hue and cry was
raised to catch the deserter. The
search was carried on vigorously in
South Dakota, but efforts to find the
fugitive were u~navailing.
Several weeks later the body OF a
man wearing a khaki suit and bear
ing Doves credentials was found In a
small canyon near Fort Meade. There
was every indication he had starved
to death.
Army authorities accepted TINS
theory of Doves disappearance and
the search was dropped. The man in
the canyon was buried as Dove and
circulars sent to police depart
ments i'm an endeavor to a~pprehend
the fugitive were ordered nullified.
Three years have elapsed. A few
weeks ago a stranger appeared at the
home of Doves mother In Lima.
Neighbors who had known Dove in
boyhood thought they recognized
him. They recalled the army deser-
tion incident and began to talk. A
few days later a police squad and an
army officer called at the Dove home.
identified the stranger as the fugitive
and arrested him. He was taken to
the barracks at Columbus, o., for
courtmartial.
According to the story from Co.
lumbus, Dove confessed that when
the hunt for him became hottest he
obtained the body of a man Ian act
for which no explanation is given),
transferred his uniform and creden-
tials to the corpse and left it in the
canyon. When the search subsidized
he came to Sioux Falls and obtained
employment as a section hand. He
worked here two years. Believing
all danger of his Identification had
passed, he returned to his home In
Ohio a few weeks & and was ar
rested.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-17
sIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, March 17.-Cattle re-
ceipts were again on the liberal or
der. estimate calling for 5000 head,
1912 the corresponding day a year
ago.
Buyers continued their pressure on
fat cattle prices and another lower
set of values were chalked up, break
figuring 25Q35c for the two days
this week. Liberal receipts together
with bearish news from outside CEN
tiers were responsible for fresh de-
cline.
Stock cattle sold on a basis little
changed with the previous day. Only
a moderate portion of the run was in
finishing grades.
Hog market was decidedly uneven
Supplies were generous. Eastern
news indicated a lower trend and
opening sales were a nickel lower,
but with urgent shipping orders at
hand there was Improvement and
the average for the day was about
the same as on Monday. Best pork
ers sold at 500 while the bulk of
the sales ranged from $3.50 a 6.65.
Live mutton received a good active
demand this morning and prices
were maintained on a firm level with
that of the previous day. Sale of
several decks of lambs out of the
feed lot of Harry Collins of CAMS
tota. s. D., that averaged 10 pounds
at 1866 was the feature OF the trade.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-17
Dreadnought Pennsylvania
Is Launched.
HAS TONNAGE OF sI,4@
Greater in Size and Power Than the
Queen elizabeth, the British Mon.
ster Now Leading the Attack on the
Forts Of the o~araaneliss.

Newport News, Va, March 1.-THE
new dreadnonght Pennsylvania was
launched here. The largest engine or
naval warfare In the world slid down
the ways while a prayer was uttered
that II might be a messenger OF peace
rather than q weapon OF destruction.
christened by Miss Elizabeth Kolb
of Germantown, Pa, rs Secretary
Daniels gave a signal, the monster
hull slid into the James river and
the swell tossed the German convert
ed cruiser Prinz Eitel Friendrich. less
than a hundred yards sway. Com
msnder Thierichens OF the sea raid
er sat In rnll uniform with the oncisl
party.
In size and power the P~ennsyslva-
mis- " greater even than the Queen
Elizabeth or the british navy. which
IL leading the terrific assault of the
allies on the forts OF the Derdsnelles.
While the British monster carries
larger guns Its main battery is only
t~wothir6s the size Of that Of the
Pennsylvania In number and the
American hattieship 10 5000 tons
greater In size.
The main battery Of the Pennsyl
vania win consist of twelve l4.inch
45-csliber rifles. set in four turrets
three guns to = turret. the plan OF
BIG gun arrangement adapted In the
sister ships which preceded 1t, the
Nevada and Oklahoms. Its tonnage
roeasursmsnt Ii 31.t00. against 1900
for the Nevada and Oklahoma and
the Queen Elizabeth. The latter, how
evsr. carries eight is-inch rifiss. as.
caliber. set two to . turret. while the
Nevada and Oklahoma have ten IA
inch rifles each In two three-gun and
two tw0-gun turrets. In all these
ships, including the Pennsylvania the
turrets are all on the center line 10
concentrate their fire on either broad
side. The Peunsylvania's speed will
be twentyooe knots.