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The Washington times., 1916-01-20
OUR COUNTRY-DO WE LOVE IT?

! Twas talking recently with distinguished
tourist from abroad 1t was at the conclusion
of his visit, and he was commenting after the
manner Of foreign visitors upon our nSttu-
tons and our national outlook. He seemed
particularly impressed by the great tide of i'm
migration pouring through our gateways and
its effect upon our citizenship. "These new
comers," said he, with few exceptions do not
love America. They love its body, not its soul.
They appreciate the relative ease of making
living, and the higher plane of comfort upon
which existence is possible, but they know
nothing of your history, of the genius of your
Institutions, of the true meaning of America"
This was said with the cocksureness which
a brief sojourn and rapid survey of America
seem to inspire in foreign visitors. But true
words are often spoken not only in jest, but in
hurried observation.
If the charge is true in degree, of our nat
uralized citizenship, is it wholly untrue of our
native CitiZenSo
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
GEORGE WASHlNGTON-WHEN THIS
WAS A LITTLE COUNTRY

There was time when this was little
country, and grt about with foes. But we did
not finch. When the oppressive laws of the
mother country left no doubt of England's re-
solve to break the spirit and the fortunes of the
colonists George Washington quietly appeared
in the Continental Congress, clothed in the
blue and buff uniform of Virginia colonel,
and he wore it from that day until finally called
to the command of the army before Boston.
Here spoke our country. In unmiStakable ac-
cents by the simple example of the calmeSt and
braveSt of her sons, she stated her belief that
the time for action had come, and that no more
time should be wasted on humble petitions for
the redress of grievances, to Parliament re-
solved on war
The Washington times., 1916-01-20

You do me too much honor, Mr.. Chairman,
in asking me to speak tonight to the august
sentiment, "Our Country" and you also my
friends, in permitting me, with my insufficient
powers, to try to find expression for the
thought and feeling of the hour.
Never did "Country" speak to Americans
more appealingly, and never has it been so i'm
peratively the duty of our statesmen to hearken
unto the true voice of America, sounding clear
and vibrant amidst the stridencieS of ignor
ance and sOphistrY and cant.
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
DANIEL WEBSTER

This expression from an American PreSi-
dent called forth from Webster his immortal
to the struggling Greeks. His Grafton
was not neutral according to a later standard,
but it was American, and in every line and
word of it Our Country spoke. He had no
doubt of our right to speak, no doubt that we
were vitality interested in the outcome of the
struggle, no doubt that it was our duty to make
known our attitude.
1--WE stand" said Webster, "as an equal among
nations, claiming the full benefit of the estab-
lished international law; and it is duty to op-
pose, from the earliest to the latest moment, any
innovation upon that code which shall bring into
doubt or question our own equal and Independent
rights"
Continuing, he said:
"The asserted right of forcible intervention in
the affairs of other nations is in open violation of
the public law of the world. What is it to us, it
may be asked, upon what principles, what pre-
lenses the European governments assert right of
interfering in the affairs Of their neighbors The
thunder, it may be said rolls at distance. The
wide Atlantic is between and danger; and how
Others may suffer shall remain safe. |
think it is a sufficient to this to say, that
WE ARE ONE OF THE NATIONS OF THE
EARTH; THAT WE HAVE AN INTEREST
THEREFORE IN THE PRESERVATION OF
THAT SYSTEM OF NATIONAL LAW AND MA
TIONAL INTERCOURSE WHICH HAS HERE
TOFORE SUBSlSTED, so benehcially to all
eve have as clear an interest in international
law individuals have in the laws of society,
But apart from the soundness of the policy,
the ground of direct interest, have, Sir, duty
connected with this subject, which trust
willing to perform. WHAT DO WE NOT OWE
TO THE CAUSE OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS
LIBERTY? TO THE PRINCIPLE OF LAWFUL
RESISTANCE? TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT
SOCIETY HAS A RIGHT TO PARTAKE IN ITS
OWN GOVERNMENTS"
He continues:
Does it not become us then, is 1T NOT A
DUTY IMPOSED ON US, to give word to
the side of liberty and justice, to let mankind
know that not tired of own institu
tons, and TO PROTEST AGAINST THE AS
SERTED POWER OF ALTERING AT PLEAS
URE THE LAW OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD?"
Thus spoke Our Country through the voice
of one of her greatest sons, and thus she has
ever spoken, even when 'the thunder did not
roll at such a distance"
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
MONROE

1t was not always thus that our country has
stood mute at such iunCture When Greece
in the last century was struggling for her in
dependence against the hateful yoke of Turkish
oppression, President Monroe in his message
TO Congress said without indrection or con-
Cealment of his feelings:
"A strong hope has been long entertained,
founded on the heroic struggle of the Creeks that
they would succeed in their contest and resume
their equal station among the nations of the earth
It believed that the whole civilized world takes
deep interest in their welfare"
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
CALHOUN

1t was for Our Country that Calhoun spoke
in 1911, when, after a recital of the extent,
duration and character of the injuries received
by us at England'S hands, the failure of peace
able means for redresSing those in juries, the
laws passed profesSedly to regulate our trade
with other natiOnS negotiations reSOrted to
time after time until they became hopeless, he
said:
(WHICH SHALL WE DO, ABANDON OR
DEFEND OUR OWN COMMERCIAL AND
MARITIME RIGHTS, AND THE PERSONAL
LIBERTIES OF OUR CITIZENS IN EXERCIS-
ING THEM? & Sir, which alternative
this House ought to sustain is not for me to say.
| hope the decision is made already by higher
authority than the voice of any 1t is not
for the human tongue to instill THE SENSE OF
INDEPENDENCE AND HONOR. This is the
work of nature-a generous nature THAT DIS
DAMS TAME SUBMISSION TO WRONGS"
HENRY CLAY
In the same crisis Henry Clay of Kentucky,
spoke the true voice of Our Country when he
declared:
"The colors that float from the masthead
should be the credentials of our seamen."
Again, said he
'sWHEN DID SUBMISSION TO ONE
WRONG INDUCE AN ADVERSARY TO CEASE
HIS ENCROACHMENTS ON THE PARTY
SUBMITTING?"
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
THOMAS JEFFERSON

Thomas Jefferson spoke the voice of Our
Country, when a little later he said
"IT is NOT TO THE MODERATION AND
JUSTICE OF OTHERS we are to trust for fair
and equal access to market with productions,
or for our due share in the transportation of them
BUT TO OUR OWN MEANS OF INDEPEND-
ENCE AND THE FIRM WILL TO USE THEM"
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
JOHN ADAMS

No less did President John Adams voice the
true America when, in his message of 1893, he
said:
"In demonstrating by conduct that do
not fear war in the necessary protection of our
rights and honor, shall give no room to infer
GIsMT ina! we pREPARATIoM !TG H % VAR one
SECURE PEACE"
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
millions for defense, but
not one cent for tribute"

The men who founded our liberties with
mailed hand deteSed war as the most futile of
follieS. "My first wiSh," said Washington, "iS
to see this plague of mankind baniShed from
the earth." But they abhorred dishonor more.
An affront to our dignity, violation of Our
CountryS rights they would discuss, indeed,
with certain grave but limited patience, has
tening unmistakahly to the demand for un-
qualified diSavOWal and prompt satisfaction.
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
JOSEPH STORY

When France, during the Napoeonc strug-
gle, was violating our ports, seizing our ships
and despoiling our citizens, it was Joseph
Story, the jurist and expounder of the Con-
stitution, then student in Harvard, who COM
posed a patriotic ode, still treasured by Har
ward men as one of the university's contrbu-
tons to the history of Our Country:
"Shall Galiias clan our coast invade,
With hellish outrage scourge the main,
Insult our nations neutral trade,
And we not dare our rights maintain?"
PINCKNEY'S HISTORIC PHRASE
And in more laconic phrase, but with equal
vigor, the celebrated Pinckney uttered those
words which will never die:
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
WHAT IS "OUR COUNTRY?

Other lands are as fair to look upon Ma
ture has not reserved her bounty for us alone
Other nations can boast domain larger than
ours, and many have longer history.
What is Our Country? What vision does
it call up? IS it certain that we see more than
its material form and outlines-itS thriving
commerce, its bulging store-houses, its teen1-
ing populaton' Have we caught the true sig
nificance of Country? Do we love it in spirit
and in trltho
The Washington times., 1916-01-20

taken aboard an Austrian ship of war. Captain
lngraham, of the American Sloop st. Louis,
cleared his ship for action and demanded the
immediate release of Koszta, and he was deiv-
cred up. In the course of the diplomatic cor
respondence that ensued Marcy, Secretary or
State, said:
whenever by the operation of the law of
tons, an individual becomes clothed with our
tonal character, be he a native-born or natural
lied citizen, exile driven from his early home
by political oppression, emigrant enticed
from it by the hopes of better fortune for HIM
self and his posterity, he claim the protection
OF this government and it may respond to that
claim without being obliged to explain its conduct
to any foreign power; FOR 1T is ITS DUTY TO
MAKE ITS NATIONALITY RESPECTED BY
OTHER NATIONS, AND RESPECTABLE IN
EVERY QUARTER OF THE GLOBE"
1t has been said recently in this country
and on high authority that it is the duty of
Americans to be neutral in word and deed, aye,
even in thought; to fight down any generous
response which the significance of the mmeas-
urable struggle, now being waged may evoke
within u.s.
The principle of democracy may be
battling for its life We must sit still
The cause Of civil liberty may be
graveIy lmperiled! We must not cry
out, much less lift up our hands,!
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
OUR COUNTRY
IS by BAINBRIDGE COLBY, of New York
January 10th, 1916


al lfoa edndA Patriotism
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
AMERICAS PAST IS GLORIOUS BECAUSE
OF THE GLORIOUS DEEDS OF HER SONS

The voice of America is heard in their ut
teranceS. The aspirations of Our Country are
seen in their lives. Search their lives and
words, and you shall find the authentic note of
America
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
OLNEY CAUGHT THE TRUE NOTE

: Secretary of State Oney caught the true note of
Our Country, in his discussion with Great Britain of
the Venezuelan boundary, when he said:
THAT there circumstances under which a
nation may justly interpose in a controversy to
which two other nations the direct
and immediate parties is admitted canon Of in
ternatonal law. If any such right and duty exist,
their due exercise and discharge will not permit of
any action that shall not be Efficient and that if
the power of the United States is adequate, shall
not result in the accomplishment of the end in
view"
SO has Our Country spoken in the crises of the
past. From the beginning of its political existence it
has been the champion of the most advanced ideas
of natural right and justice. Our Country has al
ways been the recognized upholder of the principles
of humanity over tyranny and force We have stood
for the greater reign of reason.
The past is secure. 1t is characteristic. 1t is hon
orahle 1t fixes standard and imposes duty in the
present, from which we should not Has
that duty been performed? wish it were possible
10 think So
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
GRANT

Better than third fourth or fifth note
from State Department, each excelling its pre-
deCeSSOr in rhetorical finish and diaectcal refine
mcn arc, it to me, such rugged words as were
spoken Nv Grant at Fort DOnclSOn:
'No terms except unconditional and inmedi-
ate surrender can be accepted propose to move
upon your works immediately.
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
SEWARD NOT APPALLED,

In one of the darkest hours of the Civi!
War, our Minister at London sent word to our
Secretary of State that he had reason to believe
that proposals would be addressed to him by
the English ministry looking to intervention.
Stewards letter in reply will always be shining
page in the history of Our Country. Although
we were engaged in struggle for the preser
vation of our national. existence, which taxed
our strength, and, although the menace pro-
ceeded from the greatest power in the world
the voice of Our Country did not falter Our
Minister was told to decline all debate of the
question of intervention. If the subject was
persisted in, he was told to announce his mis-
sion at an end, and to leave England. Said
Seward, speaking of this step, which was rec
ognized as involving a rupture with England:
'Its possible consequences have been weighed
and its solemnity is therefore felt and freely
acknowledged. = You will perceive that
have approached the contemplation of that
crisis with the caution which great reluctance has
inspired. BUT l TRUST THAT YOU WILL
ALSO HAVE PERCEIVED THAT THE CRISIS
HAS NOT APPALLED, U.s."
Right we'll and high did Seward carry the stan
RI jOfb md wifi firm, ban
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
DOES OUR COUNTRY SPEAK TODAY
AS SHE HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO
SPEAK IN THE GLORIOUS PAST?

Can we regard ourselves as the champions Of
civil liberty and of the oppressed Do security and
dignity dwell under the shadow of flag? Is
American citizenship all that it has been in the past
and all that it should he now Has the true voice
of Our Country yet been heard as to the unWarned
sinking Of defenSeeSS merchantmen, the wanton
Staying of women and children at sea. the trampng
down of national life the interruption of legiti-
mate neutral commerce, the violation of solemn
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
HAY.ROOSEVELT
1--WE want
Raisuli dead"

In these days OF StOrm and Stress, Of Trial
and doubt it is well to Coniure up these figures
from our mighty past Let us lift up our eyes
unto them as to the hills whence cOmeth our
strength!
The Washington times., 1916-01-20
DIX

Better than long waiting for the corroboration Of
what is known, for the CertitiCatOn Of the obvious
and proof of the conceded, in matters where the
lives Of Americans are involved and in which our
power and disposition to avengc insults to our Ma
tionalitv are openly derded better, | say, in tone
and substance is the policy reflected in the famous
message sent from the Treasury Department on jan
uary 10Th, 1901, signed by John A. Dix, Secretary
of the Treasury of the United States:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-20
REDUCE FIRE INSURANCE RATE.
a Competing Fire Insurance Rating
Bureau Has Been Established.

The Property Owners Fedora ton,
Inc, state headquarters at Mason
City, Iowa, has filed it's declaration
with the state Insurance Department
to establish an independent rating
bureau covering the smaller towns Of
this state. There are number of
fire insurance rating bureaus in Iowa
which as rule, are conducted by
mutual insurance companies that
handles special lines of insurance,
but the Property Owners Federation
Rating Bureau is the first organized
movement in the direction of estab-
fishing lower rates on the various
classes of mercantile and business
risks
The Property Owners Federation is
"a Minnesota corporation and has been
legally admitted to transact business
in Iowa. 1t is not an insurance COM
pany; but service corporation
working in the interest of economy in
fire insurance costs. Local governing
committees of prominent business
men are appointed in the associated
towns to cooperate with the fedora
ton and the state fire marshal for
the reduction of the fire waste and
reducing the cost of fire insurance.
The federation offers $500 cash re-
ward for the arrest and conviction Of
any incendiary in any of the associ-
ated towns
This organization has operated a
number of years in Minnesota and
under the influence Of their cam
paign, the fire losses Of their associ-
ated towns have been very material
ly reduced. The federation is con-
Quoting similar rating bureau in
Minnesota, under an anti-discrimina-
ton law similar to the Iowa statute,
and is cooperating with insurance
companies, both stock and mutual,
that adopt the lower rates of the fed
GRAFTON bureau.
There is, in many substantial quar-
ters, a prevalent idea that the fire in
surance rates of Iowa are in the
hands of one arbitrary bureau, but
the fact is that our anti-discrimina-
ton law does not fix any arbitrary
rate whatever. Any one company, or
set of companies, may file variations
from the published rates, or any Or
ganization may proceed to make indie
pendent rates, but the law does pro-
vide, however, that all risks of
similar character shall be rated alike
and that is absolutely just and prop
er.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-20
Bad Farm Fire.

The big barn on the old Mac Cor
such place west of Lamont burned to
the ground Monday afternoon and
with it twelve head of horses, grain,
etc., belonging to l. G. Hightshoe,
who is farming the place. Among
the horses burned up were three reg
istered stations and one registered
jack, there were also 1900 bushels
of corn, three tons of hay and har-
ness for % head of horses burned.
The loss to Mr.. Hightshoe will
amount to $4,000, partially covered
by insurance. The barn was fully
insured. Mr.. Hightshoe's brother
and one of the hired men were work
ing close to the b; IN and when they
discovered the fire the roof was all
ablaze. The origin of the fire is I'M
known as no one was in the barn
when the fire was discovered and no
one who smoked had been in there
at all.
This comes as serious loss to Mr..
Hightshoe, just at this season of the
year.-Lamoni chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-20
DISTINGUISHING.

DISTINGUISHING is SAD, penltentlal
rite which occurs three times day
until death do us part. This includes
sunday which is day of resi- unuer
our laws, but which calls for the
most strenuous and perpetual brand
of dish-washing extant.
No good reason has ever been adj
vanced why dish-washing should al
ways be done by the women, unless it
is that they are more nimble than
men and change dish-cloths oftener
than men. There is considerable
pathos in the sight of a club-tingered
husband in a feverish attempt to re-
move the foot steps of soft boiled
egg and the BURBERRY pie from set
of Haviland dishes. Men who are
left alone for any length of time
usually surround themselves with all
of the dishes that have been used
since the first of the month and Sc
cure enough dish-washing to last
them for the remainde" of their
natural lives.
Dish washing is caused by human
pride and vanity. 1t is a modern in
vention, and is wholly unnecessary.
There was no dish-Washing in the
Garden of Eden ana there is none
whatever in Turkey or Mexico. "A
certain amount of refinement is a
good thing, but it can be carried to
excess The man who invented the
individual bread plate and the but
ter pad struck deadly blow at the
American housewife. Millions of
small, slippery butter pads are being
scraped, washed, rinsed, dried and
polished three times a day as re-
suit of this cruel innovation, which
has bowed an equal number of brok-
en- hearted brides in grease and woe.
At the present time dish-Washing
is made more arduous than ever be-
fore by the cold blooded social edict
which forbids> the guests from stack
ing their dishes on their plates. One
of the most heart burning epochs in
life is when an absent minded guest
carefully stacks ten or twelve entree
dishes on his plate in a tottering
heap, and then meets the severe, re-
proachful gaze of hostess who is a
stickler for etiquette. This has caus-
ed many a man to retire from the
social arena and allow the odOrOus
moth ball to roost in a new swallow
tailed coat.
The amount of dish-washing per-
petrated daily in this country shows
to what extent a woman will go for
Ram.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-20
Study the Tax Receipts.

When we pay our taxes, we get a
tax receipt. This receipt shows
where the tax money goes. II every
citizen would study this tax receipt,
would sit down some evening and
figure out just how many dollars are
used for each thing indicated on the
receipt, it would help us great deal
when we consider the matter of tax
alton.
On general principles, we complain
of the money we pay for taxes. We
notice that the amount grows almost
every year. We can not see a great
/ deal of Improvements in our condi-
lions. We see the number Of officers
of various sorts increasing, and we
get cross about it.
Not many citizens of Iowa object
to paying their money to the support
of our public work and institutions,
if they feel sure they are getting
their moneys worth. We complain
because we have sort of feeling
that be are not getting it. The way
to be sure about this is to just fol-
low the money and see where it goes.
Then we can kick at something def
mite.
The tax receipt will tell the story
in part at least. That is why we sug-
gest that each citizen take his tax
receipt and figure out how many dol
lars go for this thing and how many
for that, and then make study OF
these various things and consider
whether he is getting his moneys
worth. How many of your dollars go
for schools? Multiply the valuation
by the mills indicated for schools,
and you will know. How many for
the township? How many for the
county? How many for state insti-
tutions? Let us get down to bust
ness and study this long enough to
get some definite notions. Then we
can approach the matter of taxation
with a good deal more intelligence
than we have shown in approaching
it in the past.-W allaces' Farmer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-20
An Ideal Spring Laxative.

A good and timely tried remedy is
Dr. Kings New Life Pills. The first
dose will move the sluggish bowels,
stimulate the liver an clear the sys-
TEN of waste and blood impurities.
You owe it to yourself to clear the
system of body poisons, accumulated
during the winter. DIR. Kings New
Life Pills will do it.. 25c 1t your
druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-20

Swift's tahkage for sale by the Bid
olson Coal and Grain Co.