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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
TWO PLATFORMS.

If the progressive platform may be
taken to mean what it says, its princi-
pal recommendation and demands are
a remarkable, though unintentional, en-
dorsement of the work and program
of the democratic administration. The
platform demands an army OF 0,00O
men; the democrats have provided for
an army Of 206,000 regulars, subject
to enlargement to 254 900 on executive
order without congressional action. It
calls for the second strongest navy in
the world-which we shall have when
the legislation now pending is put into
effect 1t calls for merchant marine,
which the administration shipping bill
is to secure, after so years of idle talk
by preceding administrations 1t asks
for a tariff commission, which Con-
gresham Rainey's bill will give the
country. Omit the usual we de-
plores''-without which no party out
of. office could hope to make plat
form-and the progressive doctrinal
statement for 1916 makes excellent
democratic campaign matter.
The republican platform endorses
Mr.. Wilson's idea of suffrage, declar-
ing for settlement of the question by
the states. 1t absorbs another Wilson
ian idea in approving voluntary mill
tary training and service, refusing tc
swallow compulsory training. 1t de-
mands neutrality" though wisely re-
fusing to adopt an embargo plank. The
platform "deplores" at length our
handling of the Mexican question, al
though no republican member OF con-
gress and none ever ventured to intro
duce a resolution declaring war on
Mexico 1t wants a merchant marine
although we shall have begun building
one before the campaign is well under
way. Of course the platform makers
had to demand prosperity republi-
can tariff, although the country is
staggering under prosperity.
The progressive platform, from
present indications, will not cut much
figure in the campaign; voters who re-
ally endorse its principles will find the
democratic doctrine satisfactory. The
republican platform offers little op-
portunity for the party orator and edi-
tor concerned with the advocacy Of
constructive movements. The cam
paign this year, from the republican
point of view, will have to be one Of
negatiOn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14

wall. He ignores the fact that 1t is
early for shortcake and that good
shortcake Is mainly matter OF lush
and mellow strawberries.
These lamentations largely are geo
graphic and seasonal. The east. the
interior, the south and the west. &C
cording to the unripeness Of their
strawberries and the nervousness of
their shortcakes. in turn mourn that
the art of compromising this concoc-
ton has joined the lost arts. But 1t Is
not so. They Judge prematurely, from
appearances, jump at conclusions, and
condemn the culinary artists upheard
Wait a few weeks until natures own
season for straw berry shortcake has
set in. Then the strawberry will be
"a thing of beauty and a Joy for
Is minutes.
As summer grows toward, com
plant grows less and finally changes
to the great American chorus of gas
tronomic rapture and paeans Of &c
stacy over strawberry shortcake. The
herry's flavor comes to It's fullness Of
perfection. One remembers "Oll
PARIS confession: Doubtless Goo
could have made a better berry than
the strawberry; but doubtless God
never did" We make the avowal
our own way and are properly thank
full for glorious, delicious, ambrosia
shortCake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
HIDDEN SPRING.

Sympathy for the under dog" is
well-night universal The struggle of
the weakling. single-handed or other
wise handicapped against intrenched
might or tyranny Of any kind is spec
tacle that cannot be contemplated in a
spirit of strict neutrality. Our feel
ings are stirred by the unequal COM
bat. and We are elated when the seem
ingly inyincible antagonist is over
thrown. Clarence Burlington keI-
lands new novel. The Hidden
Spring" which the Harpers have just
published. makes a powerful appeal
Of this type. Not only is the spark Of
true manhood and resolute endeavo-
famed to an irresistible fame, but
here, if ever, it would seem that the
battle against great odds must newt
ably 90 to the strong.
Never did a young man face more
hopeless and even menacing future
than did Donald Keith when he re-
solved to break Quartus Hembly's
power over the town Of Owaso, Mich.
The millionaire lumberman held con-
troll with an iron hand not only over
the town and its industries, but even
over the courts. The people were su-
pine before him: they maintained a
frightened silence in regard to his CO.
erciye measures and wrong-doing Of
all sorts; they lived in dread Of him.
It was this populace that young Keith
sought to to arouse against the tyrant,
He strove to break Hembly's power
first at the polls and then to bring him
10 trial for past crimes. Evidence for
this purpose he was forced to seek
out single-handed while in constant
physical peril from Hembly's gangs OF
1um ber-iacks.
1t is a thrilling tale. splendidly told.
and very human in all its phases. 1t
rises 10 a powerful climax when Keith
discovers that Hembly's assistant in
one of his most dastardly early deeds
is the father Of the girl he has fallen
In love with, whose influence has
touched the hidden spring Of manhood
IN him and spurred him into this bat
tie against injustice. II is a bracing,
ciean-cut story of man against man.
the triumph of right and the ultimate
regeneration Of a whole community.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
SHORT BALLOT IN EAST.

The center of short ballot activity
during recent weeks has been the state
of New Hampshire, in which a consti-
tutional convention was in session.
This state, while better off than many
as regards the elective offices, affords
some excellent opportunities for re-
form, especially in the county organi-
zation.
The so-called progressives have TAX
en- to it strongly, with little or no urs-
ing. The more conservative thinkers,
while they are often less ready to give
aggressive support to the, doctrine,
have usually favored it on principle.
Such opposition as makes its appear
ance is usually due to the specific ap-
plication or the idea and is apt to come
from officeholders and officeseekers or
the rapidly diminishing group of ultra
conservatives. who still believe that
the short ballot involves loss Of pow
er by the people.
A thorough investigation was made
Of the practical value of the governor s
council Professor Updyke searched
the records OF this body and was aDle
to show that while it has been use
full and important adjunct to the gov
ernor's office. its service could be en-
HANGED if the governor were allowed
to appoint the members, instead OF
being obliged to advise with elective
officials often of an opposite party, or
Of different persuasion within his
own party. The existence of the coun-
Gil has rested, of course, upon the an
cient theory of checks and balances,
which is now all but rejected by politi-
cal scientists. An appointive council,
IL is believed, would be a distinct aid
to rather than check upon the gov
ernor. Governors councils. as elective
bodies, are peculiar TO New England.
having been discarded in all other sec
tions Of the country many years ago.
More sweeping that this recommen-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
Taking Candy Away From Baby
William Brady,n.D.

do is to take candy away from a
baby literally or figuratively.
A great many mothers who really
worship their children do worse than
that. They rob the baby of his birth
right, for social or personal reasons,
and substitute some artificial food. But
right here is where the meanness of it
comes in. The substitute food is d
cheat-food, a fake-food. Let us say 1t
is condensed milk or some other kind
of canned nourishment. For time 1t
agrees" perfectly-why, any doctor
who ventures to intimate that it is not
a suitable food for the baby only shows
his ignorance! Look at the baby-as
fat as d young shoat, And grandma
Neutrality-suspicious. ought to know. for
she raised fully so per cent of her
babies by hand-grandma can assure
the young mother that the baby is
thriving on the cheat-food and that the
young doctor will know more when he
grows older.
Well, the big, fat, flabby, white, I'M
human looking baby surely thrives on
the ear-nourishment, if mere flesh is
any criterion. He may even have his
picture published as a testimonial of
what our almOSt-foOd does for frail
babies. His misguided parents are en-
couraged in the notion that quantity
rather than quality is what counts in
baby. That is, unless they are rudely
enlightened by the matter-o f-fact ex-
perts in better baby" contest
But after a few months baby begins
to sort of grow peevish and sickly.
! Somehow, he doesn't get along as fast
as the neighbours phenomenon, who
had nothing but Old Doctor Natures
nourishment all through, or perhaps
/ just plain cows milk The doctor is
! finally consulted. Baby is found to be
anemic, has tendency to scurvy, is
much too fat, and shows signs of ap-
preaching ricketts,. Food is wrong
/ yes. it makes the baby fat, but it doesn t
make blood and muscle. Too much su-
/ gar in it. Not enough fat-none at all
/ to speak of. Also, it is sterile. or near
| " so-has lost its life in the can
| lacks the something, We know not
| what, that makes natural food essen
tial for health and life. the something
that causes scurvy and other troubles
! in babies or adults who try TO live for
! long time on preserved, canned or
any other than fresh food.
| Mothers must bear in mind that Just
/ because a certain food happens to
agree with the baby, or because he
/ likes it and grows TAT on it. is no rea-
! son for assuming the food must be
| suitable for his needs. These canned
substitutes for human milk and for
cows milk are cheats, every one of
| them, from the bahy's standpoint.
Their proper field is this: To use tenn
I porarily when necessary to tide over
an emergency. OF course, they are
! free from bacteria. and usually digest
lille, because they contain so little nu-
triment as prepared for feeding, and
! hence are useful in emergencies where
little food Is needed. But no mann
! facturar has yat produced a substitute
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
SHORTCAKE RULES.

Spokane spoHesman-Review: Al
most the gladdest days of the year are
here. June and summer approach, and
the strawberry shortcake heralds their
Coming. Hail 10 thee. queen Of Amer
Jean confectionsi We welcome thes
TO our stomachs-
To be sure, lamentations are al
ready heard over the alleged deterior-
alton of this dainty, But they are
always heard at this early date in the
season, and have been heard for gen
erations. They don't make such
shortcakes nowadays as mother used
TO make, the pessimist walls. He for
gets that then he was boy; that ne
had a boys billy-goat appetite, and
that his ostrich-lfke digestion could
get away with any culinary com
pound. He does not know that his
father befnxe- him raised tbs sama
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
WALL is ILL-TIMED

The vitality of political superstition
is amusingly shown by the wall of
Judge Gary of the republican faith
and the steel trust, who drops into
the familiar wall as to the iniquity Of
the democratic tariff at a time when
the country, under the Underwood
Simmons act, is rolling in prosperity.
The republican tariff orshippers,
with their chant of woe, move to
laughter, not to tears" says the New
York Times, in an able editorial, as
follows.
Judge Gary is an orthodox, high
tariff republican OF the straightest sect.
Protection has an almost religious
sanctity in the eyes of the old-tash-
toned republicans. The tariff plank
Of many a republican platform rings
like hymn in his ears The tariff is
the linchpin of prosperity. 1t is the
tariff that elevates wages and the
American standard of living 1t is
not tax. 1t is a benevolent miracle.
The manufacturer gets its benefits.
The consumer doesn't pay it. So to
pauper labor of Europe, it fills the
dinner pail automatically. 1t insures
good times for everybody. Whereas, a
democratic tariff means industrial
ruin. The wheels of industry revolve
no more. The factories shut up. The
protected workingman must go ossr
the hill to the poorhouse.
$50 it would have been after the
Underwood tariff, if the. war had not
interposed to remedy in some sort the
destructive work of the democratic
free traders Judge Gary tells the
mournful tale, accompanying it with
doleful prophecy:
From the time the present tariff
laws came into force, in October, 1913,
until some time after the war was
started, the effect upon our business
was very bad. 1t was almost desper-
ate with many. The prices of import
ed goods dumped into our markets,
though not large in volume as to some
items, were so low that we were COM
PEELED to put our prices down to about
cost, and in some instances below.
Many were operating at loss. We
were going from bad to worse. Except
for the war orders wages would nee
essarily have been materially reduced,
and even then many employers would
have had to suspend. We know by
sad experience that unless our tariff
laws are changed so as to protect our
business and place us on a parity with
our foreign competitors, the large ma
jority of producers will suffer, that
business will be depressed, that the
number of idle mills and cars and
men will be increased, and that wages
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14

One spring several years ago nat
urulist, a miaeraIoglst and geologist
went up into the mountains of Mon
tam for professional work, and they
took with them as guide. cook and
hunter well known character named
Tom Larsen. He had hunted grizzly
bears In old Mexico, New Mexico, Utah.
Idaho, Nevada and Montana, One
night by the campfire he told US the
following:
Down In the lowlands, where | was
taking a rest after a hard winter.
millionaire from Boston, who had come
out on some railroad business and
brought an arsenal Of guns with him
to kill game. offered me $500 for the
pelt Of grizzly bear. The victim must
be a big one, with fur in good condi-
ton and teeth and claws all right
After reaching my hunting ground
I spent two days cutting down trees
and building me a stout cabin. I
would make this cabin my headquar-
ters and hunt the country for thirty
or forty miles around.
The grizzly Is not a clean animal.
He gives out a bad odor The cave
wherein one has passed the winter out
smells a Chicago slaughtering house.
1t was the scent of q grizzly that came
to my nostrils on the evening Of the
second day Of my arrival.
II continued to scent that grizzly for
half an hour, but could not get sight
Of him. He circled around me three or
four times. and l am sure he came
within 100 feet of me. and then he
moved away SO silently that not a twig
rustled. Being tired out with my days
| work, I went to sleep at an early hour,
but along toward midnight I awoke all
Of sudden and sat up on my bed of
boughs. 1t was not so dark but that
made out an object sitting in the door
way which was not there when I turn
ed in. A Whit of the rank odor reach
ed nv nostrils, and l knew that that
object was Old Ephraim come back for
another look at me. I grabbed for my
gun, but he was off like a shot.
about 5 o'clock the next afternoon
as 1 sat smoking my pipe in the door
way that grizzly odor suddenly came
to me again. I arose to my feet and
looked carefully around me, but was
unable to see anything Of bruin. Sud
denly he growled from the depths Of a
thicket. 1t seemed to me that he want
ed me to know that he was near. 1t
was a growl full of menace, and for a
moment 1 thought it would be follow
ed by his appearance, but he did not
show himself. When he moved away
it was as silently as on previous occa-
sions.
After my morning meal I went
down to a little cove where had hob,
bled the mules and my horse that they
might browse around and not stray toe
far. I found them huddled together
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
The Daily Story
stalked by a Grizzly-By M. Quad.

and trembling In fear. They had
caught the smell of Old Ephrain, and
perhaps be had shown himself. but
why hadn't be inflicted an injury.
Here was prey, but he had passed it
By. AS l struck away from the cove.
feeling mighty uncomfortable about
the actions Of that bear, I determined
to be more than ever watchful for his
presence. There was no breeze at all.
and we stood an even chance regarding
the scent question. walked as softly
as any Indian. and every minute or
two I halted to peer about me. After
two hours I had neither seen nor heard
anything suspicious Then I took a
rest against big bowlder and figured
that my enemy had dropped me for
good.
"The next minute I was gazing into
the eyes Of that old bear. He had been
hiding behind the bowlder and walked
out of his hiding place as cool as you
please and like an old friend II was
a sudden Jolt for me, but l did not lose
my nerve My rife was leaning against
the bowlder beside me. and l reached
for 1t, but before l could bring It up the
bear uttered a growl so full OF menace
and murder that 1t gave me chill. I
desisted in my efforts and faced him
squarely. and the hard CLINT in his
eyes gradually softened. / dared not
h. So
no desire to do so himself How long
did We face each other? Well, 1t might
have been three, FIVE or ten minutes.
I did not have a watch to keep tine on
it. By and by | found myself step
ping backward and then turning and
walking away.
1T was several good miles to my
cabin. and I am telling you that Old
Ephriam followed in my footsteps all
the way. At any time during the jour-
ney he could have fastened his teeth
and claws in me, but he made no at
tack. When | reached the cabin be
turned away and was soon ont Of
sight. I sat down and called myself
a coward fifty times over. l had been
afraid of that grizzly and was still in
fear. He had acted SO queerly that
| was all unnerved.
Next day I brought up the animals
from the cove and packed my outfit
! on them and did not make camp again
until I was fifty miles away. l may
| tell you that bruin followed me a good
ten miles on my journey, and when he
turned back had his been a human
/ face I might have detected a grin Of
| satisfaction upon it.
Il had not yet pitched camp at the
new place when an old she grizzly with
! two cubs scampering beside her came
rushing down the mountain side with
mouth wide open and eyes glaring,
and I dropped the three of them with
| three shots. Oh. yes, the Boston man
got his pelt sure enough, and. though
it was off the wrong bear, he didn't
| kick about that"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14

will be lowered. We have seen these
conditions before, and there is reason
to fear that they may be worse than
ever unless our tariff laws are i'm
proved
"Gravely, with perfect sincerity,
Judge Gary, nourished on the sincere
milk of protection doctrine, utters his
lugubrious retrospect and prospect.
Yet employment is universal, wages
are high and ever mounting higher,
all branches of trade and industry are
thriving, plethoric with prosperity;
the crops have not refused themselves
the irony of being almost unexam-
pledly and indecently fat under the
wrong kind of tariff; American finance
has taken new and commanding in
ternational power; American COM
merce is establishing new relations
and winning new markets; the Amer
lean merchant marine is building itself
up apace in spite of constructive legis-
lation; the downtrodden farmer can
find no other cause Of complaint than
the price of gasoline; the pauper labor
of Europe has not been coming over
and the labor unions and the immigra-
ton bill will be keeping guard on the
shore when it does come; all varie-
ties of money-making effort are for
tunate and richly rewarded, the es-
sential sources of the general material
well-being are domestic, not to be
dried up by peace, which, however,
must continue that well-being at least
until the world at war has got here
the materials for the prodigious work
OF rehabilitation and reconstruction
To such a country, up to its neck
In prosperity, which has every reason
to expect long, fruitful years, which
| has gained confidence in its powers
and capabilities, the republican tariff
worshippers emit the ancient solemn
patter about the indispensable tariff
They could not have chosen a time
more unpropitious to their chant of
woe. They move to laughter, not to
fear. Why, the protected industries
are themselves the contradiction of
their thesis. They have reached an
unbounding success under the fatal
democratic tariff They are talking
TO nation that has found itself, that
has awakened to its energies and OPP
portunities; that has grown beyond
leading strings and stands solidly on
its feet. If men of the highest bust
ness ability, the splendid growth and
yield OF whose enterprises are famous.
still plead pitifully to be coddled by
the government, they are Influenced
by old habit and republican supersti-
ton These giant industries pretend
ing to be helpless infants are a joke
The republicans will find that harping
on the tariff is sheer futility"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
l)OUdumOrt

The distance between Douaumont
and EauX on the Nerdun front is said
to he rather less than two miles. The
German troops were more than three
months in hammering their way frorl
one 70 the other Within a few days
after the Russian offensive began along
the Austrian border they had captured
many towns, several fortified positions,
more than $4,000 prisoners, quantities
Of munitions, and had advanced IS
miles. Is everybody perfectly sure
that the war will be won on the west
ern front?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14

Since the adoption Of the direct pri-
mary system it has been found that
the expense Of running for Office in
New Hampshire has greatly increased.
In many cases it is said to be practi-
cally prohibitive. In the minds of
many OF the political leaders, some
snort ballot system must be worked
out IN order to keep this cost of cleo
tions within bounds. But the princi-
pie contention is that where the num-
Der OF officials elected at one time is
as great as it is at present in this
stale, the average voter is unable to
cast an Independent ballot. but must
allow the party organization to per-
form this duty for him by means of
the party emblem.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Asthma and Sensitizati0n to Egg
Protein.

My sister. aged So. writes a physi-
clan, suffered from almost constant
asthma for many years. We persuaded
her to submit to an operation for the
removal of a septic focus in the pelvis,
in the hope that that might relieve the
asthma, but it did not. Finally, she
was given the dermal test with egg
albumin, and showed a marked posi-
tive reaction. She eliminated eggs
from her diet, and the asthma disap-
peared permanently.
Answer-Egg protein. cat dandruf,
geese feathers, hair mattresses, milk
protein, civet furs tcau, horse dan
drutf, dog dandruff and other animal
emanations may be accou2>>ble for
asthma.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-14
Hopeless.

Don't look so blue" she said, after
she had told him that she could never
be his wife. There are plenty of
other nice girls. In year from now
you will never give me a thought"
he sadly shook his head and drew
a long, deep sigh.
Please don't be so sad" she plead
ed / can't stand it to see you suffer
so. And promise me something"
He looked up at her and hopelessly
asked:
What do you wish me to promise?7
want you to promise me that you
Will not do anything rash when you
leave here tonight. Don't go and jump
IN the lake or try TO drown your sor-
row IN a saloon. Be strong-be brave"
All right. I'll promise"
Thank you, Billy. Now try to look
cheerful again"
4 can't was doing this on bet
ana you've made me lose SIS"