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Evening journal., 1915-04-14
In Seif-DefenCe
(From the Boston Remonstrance.)

When women who are opposed to
woman suffrage organize to make
their opposition effective. and hold
meetings and engage in other activi-
ties in order to influence public opin-
ion. they are met with the familiar
suffrage taunt that they are doing the
very things which they condemn in
suffragists.
The suftragists say You profess
TO believe that women should keep
out OF politics, that they have no pro-
per place in public life, and that they
should be content with functions and
duties that are distinctly womanly.
Yet, here you arc, leaving your homes
and your children TO appear before
legislators and to speak from public
platforms Where is your consist
ency?"
The answer is easy. Il is in self
defence that anti-suifragists are act
ing. Public activities OF the sort in
which they find themselves temporar-
lily compelled TO engage are distaste-
ful to them; but they think il better
TO undertake them for a time if, by so
doing. they can avert action which
they believe would be disastrous both
to women and 10 the State. They
known that. # they do not make their
feelings known, their silence will be
made political capital for the suffra-
gists. who will claim that they are
in sympathy with them. The altern-
ative before them is plain and sim
pic. II is either to divert their ac-
tivities for a time for congenial and
useful work. or to take the risk of
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goods that hitherto have come from
Europe.
Our jobbers and merchants are
ready TO lend hand-to stock up
with American goods made by Ameri-
can workmen.
II is now uD TO the consumer TO
spend his American dollars for Ameri-
can goods.
It IS a small thing to ask. for why
should goods with an imported" la
bel be preferred to equally good goods
-of domestic manufacture?
Even Mrs. Jones, who has been the
victim Of am minimizing prejudice-
to whom Paris and vienna and Lon
don have been the last word in fab
ric. in make and style-will see that
she can very we'll afford 10 patronize
the home article if II is just as de-
sirable. And she has learned of late
that the resources of the American
factory and the skill of American
designers are perfectly equal to the
task of supplying her with hats and
gowns rs chic as any that Europe
can produce.
One thing should be perfectly clear.
Mrs. Jones cannot be expected TO
continue buying American made goods
that are inferior TO foreign.
But the American manufacturer
and retailer asks no favors. They
know that under the clear light of
intelligent patriotism the Illusion will
be dispclled: they know that Mrs.
Jones will be dressed as smartly in
the creations OF American looms and
American dressmakers as she ever
has been in those of Europe All they
ask is a clear field and no favor
And if sense of fair play is not
1 sufficient TO combat tho prejudice for
imported goods. the knowledge that II
is in everybody's interest to buy goods
Made in L. S. A. should win the
battle for the American producer.
Tnis brand Of patriotism demands
no self-sacriiice. Every dollar spent
on American made goods means moro
work for American workmen. more
profit for American capital-means
more share of the general prosperity
which your patronage helps to secure.
Tho Daily News is heartily in ac-
cord with the business movement in
favor of goods Made in L. S. A." II
urges its readers to give the subject
their best attention and TO regard
preference for American made goods
as patriotic duty. II will seek 10 ad-
vance the movement by word and deed
! on every available occasion.
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attempts of his political foes 10 mo-
lest. harm or annoy him while he re-
mains in the United States, obedient
to its laws.
While in power in Mexico he pro-
tectd the citizens of the United states
as far as his lines extended. and in
the twelve months that have passed
since he left Mexico the contrast be-
tween his views Of laws and order and
of those who succeeded him has all
been TO the credit of Gen. Huerta.
An exile from his country through
the policies Of our own administration
which preferred his antagonists as
rulers of the destinies of the Mexican
people, and conferred upon Carranza.
villa and Zapata the power to rule, if
not TO govern, any lack of protection
afforded Gen. Huerta any failure TO
accord him the freedom to which
every political refugee Is entitled.
would SAVIOR OF persecution and be a
stain upon the good name of our re-
public.
He is but a private citizen: made
such by decree of our administra-
tion, but he is no longer an enemy of
our government. and upon numerous
occasions he proved a friend TO our
citizens and our representatives in
Mexico. The Stars and Stripes must al
ways carry a certainty of freedom
and security 10 political exiles abiding
under its folds and who are obedient
to our laws.
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COLONrL JONATHAN W. AYDON.

~ OLoNEL JONATHAN W. AYDON. whose death oc-
~ CURED Monday, in his day concededy
one of tho best train dspatchers in the East. After
had impaired his efficiency in that respect he did
good publicity and educational work for tho Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, which he had long
and faithfully in the other and nerve-trying
capacity
In recent years Colonel Aydon performed especially
fine service for his company and the public by making
arguments and disseminating literature in furtherance
Of the company's campaign against trespassng upon
railroad property. His activity in the public schools
pointing out to boys and girls the hazards attending
uespass upon railroad tracks, especially marked
In politics. Colonel Aydon a Democrat There
time when he exceedingly active in partisan
affairs In later years however, he devoted his time
almost exclusively to publicity and educational work
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company leaving the
political work to younger and more active men To
the last he retained large circle Of friends only
in this city but in the territory served by the Mary
land and the Delaware divisions of that great trans
portation system
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olR ,NrrNpINe MrNIcIpAL cLnAN.ur.

u VERY public official State county and city. resi-
= dent in this city. should give active and open
support to the cleanup and paint-up campaign that
is in progress here and that will reach the climax
it's efficiency the last week in this month. The
pasn has two prime objects in view One is to make
Wilmington cleaner and healthful; the other.
to make It brighter and attractive
It is admitted all sides that the fly is of the
greatest of menaces to public health The local
paign aims TO eliminate, far 1t may be possible,
the breeding and feeding places of such pests which
are referred follows by the American Civic Asso-
citation.
"Flios kill greater number OF human beings than
all of prey with all the poisonous serpents
added They spread diseases which slay thousands,
while big, powerful beasts kill single victims.
"Ail germs-a imaginable abominabc disease
laden microbos-fasen themselves on the spongy feet
of the ny. Born and bred in dirt and filth, the fly
goes nonchaantly from the rottcnest manure pile,
nlthiest cesspool garbage to the most delicate,
oothsome dessert or perhaps gallivants over the
protected lips sleeping child leaving it's poisonous
excreta it goes.
"Tho fly is responsible for the presence of the fol-
lowing diseases Typhoid fever. cholera diphtheria,
dysentery nfante diarrhoea orysipelas measles
let fever smallpox tuberculosis tropical sores eprosy.
parasitic worms, sleeping sickness. acute nfanue
paralysis, etc.
1T has been estimated by experts that ay
ries from $50 to 66OOOOO germs the outside of its
body and anywhere from 10000 to 2SOOOOOO in its in
testnal tract.
when it canes to reproduction the famed rabbits
and guinea pigs not in IL at all It esti
mated that allowing only for crop of eggs from
each female female fly will at the end Of four
months become the progenitor of 672OO0OOO,-
O00,000.' So you see the Importance Of swattng Ma
Fly in time. II is easy method preventing the
existence Of some sextillions of flies
elimination of the resultant evils Of the presence
of flies and mosquitoes should begin where the fly and
mosquito start-the manure pile the garbage the
slop bucket, the stagnant pools OF water and all
cumulations of organic refuse.
with the abolishment of all these breeding places
and a swat in time ideal conditions would result
This IS too much to expect in year in de-
cade for the education the along such lines
is necessarily slow In the meantime let everyone do
his OF her part in this Cleanup Crusade Cleanliness
like charity, believe, should begin at home"
We urge all, Wilmingonians men and women to
consider the facts and figures set forth above They
show what penalty community pays for lack
of cleanliness and what benefits derives through
cleanup campaigns like tho that has been inau-
gurated here by tho Delaware Paint Club and that has
been received with such favor in ali parts of the
city.
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Grasping Mar Opportunities
From Lhe Iron mad Revlewl

tain refined products of benzol such
as the high explosives tuluol, picric
acid. etc. have given the steelmakers
in this country the opportunity to
develop a new branch OF their busi-
ness. Such prices as 80 TO 80 cents
pound for carbolic acid, compared
with and Z 1-2 cents before the
war. 81 a pound for tuluol and similar
market values for other derivatives
Of benzol explain the haste with
which these manufacturers now are
pushing the completion of their new
nlants. Large profits are the prom
ised reward of early operation
These high prices are purely war
values and are not likely to continue
for long. They do not alter the fact.
however. that there always has been
good market for benzol products
in this country, which Germany
has enjoyed in large measure.
The great dependence of the United
States upo- that country for aniline
dycs ~ from benzol illustrates
enc of this trade. u is a
comm ated trade fact that spor-
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Enforced breaking Of commercial
ties with certain foreign countries.
especially Germany. as the result of
war conditions. has brought incon-
venience and loss to certain lines of
manufacture in the United States. but
there also have been compensating
effects in which the steel industry
manifestly is sharing. The launching
in recent months of no less than a
half dozen benzol recovery plants in
connection with by-product coke works
with an estimated output of 15,000.-
000 to 20,000.000 gallons of benzol
annually and Of other enterprises of
similar or connected character, now
taking form, demonstrates one i'm
portant line of new industry i'm this
country that clearly is the product OF
these conditions.
BY reason OF her many years of by
product development. Germany has
been the acknowledged leader i'm the
making OF honzol ana IFS distillates.
Her crippled position as an exporter
to this country at present. together
with a direct war demand ior Ger
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America Dollars for American Goods
(From the Chicago Daily Nowsl

Jones is loyal citizen of the
United States. He pays his taxes with
a reasonably small amount of remon-
STRANGE. outward or inward. He be-
lieyes and occasionally is heard to
say with convincing solemnity that
this is the greatest country on earth
Gods country"
His patriotic feeling is deep. his
reverence for the flag unbounded
His heart heats respOnsively when
the stars and stripes wave and the
band strikes up Hail, Columbia"
And yet Jones has no conscientious
scruples about failing to vote II was
with his entire approval that Mrs
Jones on her visits to Europe, used
to buy all the French gowns and mill
linery and dress accessories that Mr.
Jones purse would allow And in his
personal purchases Jones prefers
goods with the imported label.
In short as with many other Amer
leans, patriotism is with Jones a
sentiment and not principle
pleasing emotion. not a motive force.
But tho real thing in patriotism is
active and practical. Il seeks a
line OF conduct which sometimes is
not altogether that of personal con-
venience or preference. Moreover il
is distinguishahlc as intelligence
rather than as sentiment
One lesson Of the European war
has been that patriotism is still an
incalculably powerful force in human
nature-a motive for splendidly un-
selfish devotion. We may regret the
occasion which has given the world
such spectacle of willing self-sac-
rifce on behalf OF country. but we
cannot fail 10 admire tho devotion to
home and native land
And let us profit by it, Surely no
country in the world is more entitled
to the genuine patriotism of its citi-
zens than the United States. The old
proverb. "Jibi be1e. ibi patlia"-
where you arc well Off there is
your country" applies with peculiar
significance TO this most favored of
lands.
Recent events. the upheaval in Eu-
rope and tho consequent disturbance
i'm business conditions all over the
world have developed new outlet for
our patriotism real patriotism
We have all before us the plain duty
of encouraging the movement in favor
of goods MADE in 4. s. A."
Our factories under stress Of now
and unexpected conditions have heen
called on to produce many lines OF
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OUR cITY,s AppRnACHrs

I \ the street paving plan before City Council
the chief approaches to our city should not be
heeected Tor the sake of making patchwork dstri-
mutton oil the 100000 fund among the several wards
city with poor approaches makes a bad impres
sion upon tourists and leads them TO spread far and
vide harmful reports relative to the community as
whole At such time this, when we are bidding
for the favorable tourists and endeavorng
to induce them TO make Wilmington a favorte stop-
png-on place it should be one Of the great efforts
OF our officials to have citys approaches nut
in fine condition and made attractive as possible
One OF those approaches that seems to have been
overlooked by those who made up the street improve
ment plan is Pennsylvania avenue II should be paved
from Rodney street to the b. and O. railroad No time
should be lost in doing IT, The tourist season soon
VIII be in full swing Much Of that traffic passes over
that avenue In its present condition between the
points Indicated. il creates bad impression and one
that our officials should take pleasure in removing by
Intelligent paving work
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SWAT THE ELY.
From the clayton Can.

From the Clayton Call
Now is the time to begin war on
your enemy-the house fly. The in
vader is now intronched around your
home II there is rubbish to be found
in which TO hide The breeding sea-
son of the fly begins early in March
and continues throughout the spring
and summer months. All dirt should
be removed from the premises. stables
and all out-houses cleaned and rub
bish destroyed. The fly has rightly
been called the undertakers travelling
salesman. and IN addition 10 his regu-
lar line Of typhoid bugs he carries
a side line OF tuberculosis, Asiatic
cholera etc. etc.
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THE NEW CLUB HOUSE.
nm The Middlotown Transcript.

From the Middletown Transcript.
Thanks to their own Industry, to
their large faith in themselves and
TO their belief in their organizations
mission as already demonstrated in
the past ten years of It's history. tho
women of the New Century Club of
Middletown feel warranted in build
ing on North Broad street their great
ly needed home.
1t is TO be a handsome structure
costing $4,000. and fitted with cyory
modern appointment designed to min
lister TO comfort and utility.
The site for tho clubs building is
very liberal donation from Mrs. G. +.
Brady and consists of lot fronting
IS feet on North Broad and extending
eastward to a depth of l5O feet
which will afford ample room for all
future additions and enlargements.
Their superb record in many fields
of private and public service justly
entities the New Century Club, of
Middletown to receive the apprecia-
tive support and cooperation of all
the citizens.
The fact that this Club House is
DlONlQtu WIN oil ohAA'RhAN
500 people: a large stage with the
usual theatrical accessories, which
may be used by the general public
for lectures. addresses. home ana
other plays: and that moreover, It's
membership, which is already rep
resentative one quite devoid OF any
class distinctions. Is TO be greatly
enlarged by appealing TO the scores
of intelligent women in the town and
around it who have as yet not real
lied that their help also was needed;
In word, the fact that it is to be IN
some respects a real community
building"-all these things arc fac
tors which should raise up for 1t car
nest advocates among all classes IN
our town society. the old not less
than the young. Therefore every man
woman and child in Middletown that
takes a proper pride in everything
promoting civic usefulness and re-
bounding to the honor of the town,
should heartily rally to the financial
support of so moritorious an instl-
tuition.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

My friend is one before whom may be sincere Be
fore him l may think aloud.-Emerson.
s-.-.-.
Though the people support the government the gov
ernment should not support the people-Cleveland
--.--.--.
make the most of my enjoyments and pack away
my troubles in small compass as l can.-southey
.--.--.--.
The practical and great consideration is not how
much can do, bu how much viii do OF what can
w. c. Gannot.
DO the right and your ideal OF il grows and porfects
itself DO The wrong. and your ideal of it breaks up
and ranshes.Jamcs Martincau
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NEGRO CHILDREN's coon WORK.

From the fredericksburg Courier.
An interesting exhibit of the indus
trial work done by the colored school
children of the county held at Denton
last week. discloses the fact that these
children arc being taught many very
useful and practical things in addi-
ton 10 the prescribed studies. The
display of sewing and embroidery by
the girls was surprisingly good while
the boys have proved themselves
adept at handling tools as evidenced
by some of their handiwork. To ac-
quirc a knowledge of sewing is in
deed valuable 10 the colored girl
whose opportunities for learning are
exceedingly limited and TO the boy
craftsmanship might open an avenue
for advancement along the line Of
mechanics. The introduction OF
these arts in the colored schools is
a move in the right direction and
should be productive of much good.
Evening journal., 1915-04-14
ARRANGE CLEANUP AND
PAINT-UP WEEK

From the Harrington Journal.
Why not organize a Cleanup and
Paint-up" campaign. and make our
town a better home town. now? Here
a brief plan of action. Hold a meeting
to discuss the matter and to organ
ize for an effective and thorough CAM
paign. Elect or appoint:
One man and ono woman as direct
ing heads of the general movement.
A committee on public buildings
stores and factory buildings. A COM
mittee on residences and outbuildings.
A committee on painting and repair
work. A committee to interest the
school children. A committee 10 sup
ply teams for removal of rubbish.
Captains and lieutcnants Of working
crews for each day of the campaign.
Here are some of the things TO be
done during "Clean up and Paint-up'
week, and to be continued thereafter;
Clean up lawns cutters, back yards
and alleys. Burn or haul away all
garbage and rubbish. Prune shade
trees; plant trees on lawns and park
ings Fill up dangerous and insight
ly holes in vacant lots. Repairs fences,
gates. porches. screens. windows, etc.
Tear down old. worthless and un-
slightly signs Make children's gar
dens in vacant lots.
Tear down those old. worn out
awnings and put up new ones. Plant
flower gardens and shrubs on lawns.
Spread disinfectants in germ-brced-
ing holes and buildings. Whitowash
cellars, barns and sheds. Paint store
fronts, porches, window sills, screens,
etc.
We arc willing 10 do our part Arc
You? Let's make the week of April 26
Clean up Week."
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Few persons Will censurc and most persons will
praise Governor Whitman, Of New York, for having
commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence inn
posed upon Antonio Africano murderer. who twice
had been declared insane by commissions of lunacy
ports who had examined him. Il announced re-
Gently that Africano had reganed his sanity and that
undor the New York law he must suffer the death
penalty his capital There Immediately arose
a storm protest against olectrocution under such
circumstances and the exercise of executive clomency
followed
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If there be restoration of prosperity in this conn
try before President Wilson rctires from Office il win
be because the American business men know that a
Republican landslide is the way and not because
they have any more faith in the Democratic admins
raon and its policies than they have had heretofore
In other words. prosperity viii come not because Of
-ihe Wilson administration but in spite of it,
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Large maiortes for the Republican state ticket are
shown by the election in Michigan. The understand
ing is that the Democratic managers there are greatly
discouraged by the weakness their party showed Quite
reasonably, however. they take blame upon them
selves, but place it upon the Wilson administration
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adic efforts to make snilino dyes in
this country in the past always have
Dceh s'iiled by German competition
througn cut prices in which costs
were disregarded That this condi-
tlon must and will be radically
changed goes without saying. Plants
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STOP ~KNOCkING-

From the Snow Hill Messenger.
Tho suggestion of Mr.. Afford to the
Board OF Trace meeting here last
Friday night that everybody put up
their hammers and stop knocking was
the right kind Of talk. If We eXag-
crate and misrepresent the citizens of
our town and county for political rea-
sons or for Spite, it will have the
effect Of keeping away good people
who otherwise might care to live with
US. In his address Mr.. Afford said a
Town should strive to be popular and
we'll thought of, just as an individual
would do. This cannot be accomplish
ed if the citizens of town or county
get out their hammers and for pure
cussedness knock" everyone who
does not agree with them.
Snow Hill is a good town-well
governed-law abiding-and attractive
in many ways. Worcester county is
one of the best counties in Mary
land. It's affairs are honestly admin
istered and The Messenger takes pride
ia bringing these facts TO the attention
of the numerous VirginiaBs and 9TH
ors who are induced TO come here,
buy our lands and cast in their lot
with us.
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now are under construction in this
country for the manufacture of ami
line dyes and others are projected.
The use OF commercial benzol for au-
tomobiles in this country undoubtedly
offers large field which has been
scarcely touched.
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Hos. wILLIAM y. IAcks0N.

From the Snow Hill People.
Salisbury has lost its greatest
benofactor and the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland its most prominent citizen.
The growth and prosperity Of Sails
bury is due more to the benevolence
and great puulic-spiritedness that
characterized the life OF w. II. Jack
son than 70 any other one man or
group of men.
Starting as a poor farmer boy with
only energy, ambition and ability as
capital, he in connection with his
brothers rapidly forged to the front
as one of the biggest lumber opera
tors in the country. having mills