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The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
WHAT WILL RULE THE WORLD?

If the Deutschland gets across it will be a remarkable
achievement, but if they think to settle the blockade by
sailing ships under the waves, the Germans may find that
they have put their hope in another delusion-their great
est delusion has been that the world can be dominated by
a military power. The world must be and will be domi-
mated by another kind of power. the right to lead because
of superior intellect and morals is going to be more than
the might to lead with big cannon and poisonous gases.
Germany has been ~pre-eminent in both kinds of leader
ship, but when this war broke out they permitted the men
with the cannon to assume the leadership, and the men
with the morals and the intellect were pushed into the
background and converted for the nonce into the lackeys
of the military autocracy.
What Germany still needs to do is to submerge the
war lords, get rid of them altogether and permit the
descendants of Kant and Goethe to resume the leadership.
The military caste is the worst that can be inflicted upon
any people, and it is worst of all when it is an hereditary
caste, revolving around the throne of a ruler who thinks
that he belongs to the supermen and who has the MEDIEVAL
imagination that God has both appointed and Amounted
certain men to rule over others.
When Germany has purgd itself of these errors, that
is, when the German people have learned to assert them
selves, to be their own rulers and not to be ruled blindly,
they will need no submarines, but they will carry their
commerce on the top of the water, and it will be the fore
most commerce in the world, as it was before the war
lords spoiled the broth.
Germany can be foremost in thought and industries,
but its military power cannot withstand the present on
slaught. AM. in time it will again seek the higher leader
ship, and along such lines it can challenge the world.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
OF RUBBER

From beleaguered Germany comes a StoiY ma. .e
wonder-working chemists of the kaiser have practlcaly
produced synthetic rubber, to be made as cheaply as 9I5o
per pound. This price will sound a little h1gh' even " liz
man who is buving at war prices shoes for his Dig auto
mobile. but to the Germans, who have needed rubber U
sorely for uses in the war, the figure will seem reasonable
The romance of rubber has in it some chapters thdt LIZ
not especially creditable to the white man. Inc taleS ol
the Congo shocked the enlightened world, and later these
were duplicated bv accounts from the Orinoco and the
Amazon. 1t is curious to note at this time that IL was
in connection with the atrocities of the rubber trade IN
South America that Roger Easement first began to clint
to knighthood. His toilsome Investigations broke up the
practice, and won for him such notice as brought him to
high honor, lately forfeited because of his devotion to an
ideal.
England has one chapter of the story to It's credit.
While other countries were vainly seeking for the artificial
substance that would serve instead of rubber, the Brit
ish took the far more practical course of planting rubber
plantations around the Straits Settlements. Within ten
years the production of rubber there has risen from moth
ing to more than 90 per cent of the worlds supply. lh1s
has given Great Britain almost control of the rubber mar
ket of the world, and has proved a wonderful source OF
profit. The Dutch followed suit, and from the plantations
in the East Indies and around Singapore now comes three
fourths of all the rubber used. Millions of pounds still
come down from those steaming jungles OF South Amer
lea at the foot of the Andes, but this supply, like that OF
the Congo, no longer dominates, and soon may be actually
neglected as a factor.
The United States has a share in the romance OF rub
Der, too, for it uses more of the material IN process OF
manufacture than any other nation, but it must buy It's
supply abroad. Therefore, the German discovery is of
interest here.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
SOME RAILROAD AND OTHER

One thing that the railroads fear is that after the
S1ooooooo has been added to their pay rolls to meet the
present demands of the trainmen that as much more, or
four times as much more will be added by the demands OF
other employees. The men of the four big orders that are
now demanding consideration constitute, SO they say, only
twenty per cent of the total employees of the roads. The
other 80 per cent, it is anticipated, will come with similar
demands in due time. The men who are now demanding
the eight-hour day, with existing pay for ten hours, are
the higher priced among railroad men, some engineers
getting as high as $1,000 a year, while the section man IS
still struggling along with about two dollars a day, more
or less.
1t can readily be seen under present wage tendencies,
that the railroads have some problems before them, prob
lens that will not be solved by reducing the freight or the
force in many states, one can see the country returning to
nearer three-cent fares, tor, OF course, the railroads. must
take in more than they pay out.
We also hear a great deal about government owner
ship. how the government ought to do it. Yes, how the
government would do it. 1t does everything else so well,
does it not? And so economically? And we would have
no strikes. they say. But they did have strikes on gov
eminent owned and operated roads IN France a few years
AGO. There they called out the soldiers to compel the
operation of the roads. There will be no strikes II the
government. every time a demand IS made, does one OF
two things, grants the demands or puts them down with
armed force. And it may not always be advisable to 90
either one of these things.
It's a big problem, this of adjusting the wages OF all
Workmen and the earnings of all men with capital, and
while private corporations and private individuals have
not ALWAYS succeeded, we have but little more faith IN the
politicians doing it, unless the rest of us are willing to be
taxed to death, in order that the office holders may mann
tain themselves in their offices.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

Among the ]. P. Morgan stocks and bonds they found
a par value of SSOOO,OOO that were no better than SO much
old paper. The conclusion has been drawn that even the
shrewdest investors get bitten on such worthless goods.
But it may be that these stocks were given to the late 7.
p. Morgan. There have been corporations which would
have given Mr.. Morgan a million dollars worth of their
stocks in order to be able to say that he was one of their
stockholders.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

The horrors of war are bound to be frightened if the
of restricted speech-making in congress is real
lied. Besides conserving the supply of print paper it will
relieve the congestion of canned wind in the cellars of
the capitol.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

And now Doc Cook is proposing to fly to the north
pole in an airship. There is a wel-defined impression that
it was a ship of a certain variety of air that he EMPLOYED
on the occasion of his other %purported trip to that defect
able spot.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

Missouri's primary vote shows large gains. But the
most significant straw in the political current is the an
nouncement that $50 democrats, the entire voting popula-
ton of Zapata county. Texas, will support the republican
presidential ticket. Zapata democrats are close enough to
the border correctly to weigh Mexican laundering and
foreshadow national condemnation for that spineless
policy.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

Henry Ford is credited with a "coldneSs' toward
Nine. Schwimmer, the Austrian woman who got him eN-
cited about peace and who evolved the idea of the peace
ship. Has Mr.. Ford come to the conclusion that the
woman "stung" him? But let Henry be of good cheer.
There was also Adam who met his Eve.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

General Carranza's continued good behavior is doubly
suggestive of the saintliness of the devil during a fit otrll-
ness.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

To those who know its power and limitations the au-
tomobile is an obedient and SURPRISING servant. Those
who abuse it nav the penalty either in the ditch. the hos
Dital or the cemetery.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

Colonel Bryan stopped off in St. Louis between Cha
tauqua jumps long enough to tell reporters that the rip
ping speeches of Candidate Hughes are most wicked and
unfair to President Wilson. He thinks 'Roosevelt's
speeches are mild in comparison AS a critic of critics
the colonel speaks as an expert. His experience in driving
the Bryan dirk under democratic ribs in Washington and
Nebraska gives his diagnosis of the hurt the weight of
authority.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19
WHEAT YIELD AND PRICES

The sensational upward bound in the price of wheat,
following the publication of the August crop estimate
from the department of agriculture, deserves at least part
of the attention it is sure to get. To begin with, it does
not presage a famine. The United States has wheat in
plenty to feed its people, and it may have some left over.
Last years wheat crop throughout the world was above
any known record. In the United States it amounted to
a billion bushels, for the first time in history. The export
demand was not so large as had been looked for, because
the European countries also harvested bumper crops. The
English crop was the greatest in many years, owing to the
increased acreage, and this despite the war. Canada,
Italy, Russia and France showed similar totals, while from
India, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and Chill yields
exceeding any former figures were reported. What was
raised in Germany and Austria is not known, but the gov
ernments of those countries insist that agricultural opera
tons had not then been seriously interrupted by the war.
This left the world at the beginning of 1916 with the larg-
est surplus of wheat it had ever known.
this year, for the reason the farmers did not feel encour-
aged to increase the surplus. With the present estimated
Weld of wheat, all the normal requirements of the United
States will be met, and about 100000 bushels left for
export. How much of last years crop is left in the coun-
try is not exactly known, but it is a considerable quantity,
and means that all anticipated demands for wheat and
flour can readily be met.
No one need go hungry in the United States because
of scarcity of wheat from which to make flour. The
rampant bulls may hoist the price even higher than it is,
but sooner or later the presence of the actual wheat will
be felt, and the market will respond to the law it cannot
always evade, that of supply and demand.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-08-19

The deaths from infantile paralysis average nearly
one-fourth of the victims of the disease. Up to last Sun
dav there were 1870 cases in New York, OF which 1925
proved fatal. lust what permanent injuries are lett
among those who recovered was not stated. The death
toll is exceedingly large. and the worst OF 1t IS that there
seems to be no abatement in the spread of the malady.
Cooler weather. it is thought, will be some advantage IN
the fight against the conta9iOn. Cleanliness was at one
time urged as the great desideratum, but 1t has been
found that children in the flthiest part OF the city are not
more apt to get the disease than those in the Immediately
clean parts. This, however, is not an argument against
cleanliness, which still remains next to Goodness.
The Chicago papers are still hunting for the present
whereabouts of that prig, Orpet, whose trial they exploited
so extensively recently. What possible difference can it
make where the insignificant fellow is lettering. His
only achievement in the world was the running OF a few
school girls and probably the murder of one of them, or
at least the cause of her death, which in morals amounts
to the same thing as murder. WHY should there be any
anxiety about keeping such a vile thing before the public?
under all nations at war, that only bare mention can be
made of them in the war reports, and not ALWAYS even that
much. The amount of fighting that has been done IN
the air is astonishingly large. And the accidents, except
from gun fire of the enemies, seem to have been teW"r
than those that attend ordinary exhibition flights. After
the war we will have a clear appreciation OF travelling by
ar.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-17
TRACE EAR TROUBLE TO LAKE
Local Experts Find Many People Suf-
fering from Ear Trouble as a
Result Of Too Much Bathing.

Bathers who took their dips daily in
Lake Michigan during the hot weather
are now paying penalty, many of
them suffering with small boils which
start in the ear and if allowed to go
without treatment spread until there
are as many as three or four. Some
suffer with boils in both ears but the
majority of the sufferers get off with
but one ear affected. Boils in the ear
have really been epidemic in Kenosha
the past few weeks, according to q
local expert on ear disease who says he
has treated no less than fifty persons
for that complaint within the past
three or four weeks. Some, he said,
had one boil while others who had neg
lected the first one came to his Office
with two or more. While he is unable
to say just what causes the boils he
is of the opinion, that they are due to
impurities in the lake water. Bathers
in Chicago have suffered more or less
from similar complaint and noted
physician Of that city recommended
that medicated wool be placed in the
ear before entering the lake so as to
exclude all water from the ear pas
sages. Cotton is not advisable as it
soon becomes water soaked and thus
loses its protective feature. The ply
stefan in speaking Of the complaint
this morning, said that he had never
before treated so many cases as dur
ing the past four weeks. He said that
in other seasons he had treated case
or two every week or ten days but this
year there had been as many as twenty
cases come to him in single week.
Some of the boils have been very pain
full and grow quite large, closing up
the ear opening and interfering with
the hearing The doctor cited a case
to prove that the water Of the lake was
the real cause. A young man who had
bathed in one Of the inland lakes all
summer came to the city a-d went in
to the lake only twice when boil APP
peared in his ear. The non-bathers
are. not affected all of the patients
coming to his office for treatment be-
ing frequenters of the beach. "The
real water dogs seem to be the persons
who suffer most said the physician.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-17
KENosHA GOLFERS SHOW"
Local Players Get Good Scores in Four.
some at Opening of Western
Open in Milwaukee.

While none of the Kenosha golfers
finished in first place in the foursome
contest marking the opening of the
annual Western Open golf tourney at
the Blue Mound Club in Milwaukee on
Tuesday afternoon, they shot lot of
good golf. The high place was taken
by j. Hutchinson of Pittsburg and W.
Langford Of Glen Oak, with score Of
SO, and H. D. Plymptoon, Blue Mound
and Otto Hackbarth of Cincinnati,
with the same score. S. G. Anderson
was the first of the Kenosha golfers
in the list. Playing with Frank Adams
of French Lick he had a score Of TO-
James R. Anderson and Harry Turpie
of New Orleans had a 70; former State
Champion R. P. Cavanagh and George
Turnbull Of Midlothian had a II; G..
D. Barnes and K. d. Rover, Chicago,
rs; G. H. Allen and George Fothering-
ham, Indian Hill, 80. Other interest
inc scores were Ned Allis, Milwaukee
and Walter Hagen, rs, and Miss Fran
ces Hadfeld, Blue Mound, and R. B.
Mcdonald, Buffalo, rs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-17
McGovERN COMING TOMORROW
to Spend Thursday in Kenosha
County Making Speeches.

We will have with US tomorrow
former Governor Francis E. McGov-
ern of Milwaukee, who is seeking a
return trip to the executive mansion
at Madison. The former governor will
spend all day Thursday in Kenosha
county speaking at Somers in the
morning at Salem and Wilmot in the
afternoon and at Kenosha in the even
ing. The announcement of the place
for the Kenosha meeting has not been
made but it is expected that Mr.. Nc
Govrn will follow the lead of Mr..
Hatton and speak on one of the street
corners. The coming of Mr.. McGovern
is of considerable interest. R. v.
Baker, who is a member of his state
compaign committee, is expected to
have charge of the meeting in Keno
sha. This campaign is making unusual
bed fellows and many of the men who
were lined up with Mr.. McGovern in
Kenosha county in other years are now
in the Hatton camp. As the former
governor is an excellent speaker it is
expected that he will get a respectful
hearing in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-17
IN CHARGE OF DUTIES TODAY
Flag of Collector of the Port Strays
from the Perkins Store After Hanging
There for Nearly Four Years-Ap-
pointment Sought BY Many.

The flag of the collector of United
States customs for Kenosha, which has
waved gayly in front of the store of
Perkins Brothers on Church street,
moved this morning, for announcement
was made on Tuesday night that John
+. Langan had been named as collector
Of the port at Kenosha to succeed John
4. Perkins. Mr.. Perkins did not resign,
but he was one of the few relicts Of
the Republican administration left in
Wisconsin. He had expected for some
time that the "blue ticket would
appear in his envelope and it came on
Wednesday in the nature of letter
from Collector of Customs Mcclure in
Milwaukee. AS soon as Mr.. Perkins
received the letter giving notice of the
new appointment, he got in touch with
Mr.. Langan and turned over all the
books and records of the Office.
In his announcement to Mr.. Perkins
that Mr.. Langan had been named to
the office, Collector Mcclure said: "In
this connection permit me to express
my high appreciation of your faith
full performance of the duties Of
deputy collector of customs"
Nj. PersFirgs had been denltv col
lector of 5;s port at 8enog1a SINE
October /, 1919.
Mr.. Langan, the new collector, has
been very active in the ranks Of De-
mocracy for the past four or five years
and he has been prominently mem
toned" for several federal appoint
ments. He was one of the candidates
for the office Of postmaster and later
was suggested as q candidate for
deputy United Sites marshal. The
Office of deputy collector of the port is
the only federal office in Kenosha out
side Of thas of postmaster
In past years the office has been
sought largely by men in the retail
grocery trade ON account Of the fact
that it was believed that consider
able business went to the store which
flew the customs flag. The fees Of the
office are not large as the clearance of
vessels from the Kenosha harbor are
few and far between and most Of the
work has been limited to the clear
ing of few coal boats and clear
ing the regular boats of the Hill
Steamboat Company.
The office Of the port in the future
will be at the Meyers Harness Shop on
Park street. Mr.. Langan began his
duties as collector of the port this
morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-17
PUT LEAKS into REAL ROADS
Milwaukee Booster for State Association
Declares Movement Is Gaining Ground
In All Parts Of the State
Senators Backing Plans.

Francis A. Cannon Of Milwaukee,
the prophet of good roads for Wiscon-
sin, came to Kenosha on Tuesday at
ternoon and held conference with
County Clerk Russell Ell. Jones, county
vice president of the Good Roads AS
ISOLATION of Wisconsin, relative to the
organization of the county. Mr.. Can
non and Mr.. Jones worked out several
plans which are expected to line up
Kenosha on the side of the big move
ment and secure many members for the
state association in this city. Mr..
Cannon insisted that the work of or
ganization was going forward in all
Of the counties of the state and that
the new association was being liberal
ly supported by the rank and file of
the people of the state.
eff the money loss in the state Of
Wisconsin from bad roads every year
were utilized in the building of good
roads," said Mr. Cannon, sat the end
Of ten years we would have state
trunk line system reaching to all parts
of the state, touching every county,
and this trunk line system could be
built of hard surface roads, such as
concrete. This statement is made in
no tone of exaggeration, but can be
statistically demonstrated by figuring
on the agricultural tonnage carried to
market, and other losses resulting
from bad roads.
The dominant fact in the good roads
problem today to which the people Of
Wisconsin are awakening, is this:
Under the present law, we have built
four thousand miles of highway, but
this is in three thousand pieces, aver
aging less than two miles each. That
is the situation. The pieces of roads
have acted as good road educators in
every part of Wisconsin and the de-
mand now is for through highways, for
state trunk lines. While the Good
Roads Association of Wisconsin will
assist in all efforts looking to good
roads, it's dominant purpose is state
trunk lines, to remedey the vital evil
of the present law. We are working
especially for legislation, as this is the
only way to solve the problem. 1t is
too big for local effort. The universal
experience is that the larger the unit
of effort in planning and supervision Of
road work, the better the results.
A significant fact is that both Unit
ed senators and all of the candidates
for governor, have committed them
selves to the trunk line system advo-
Gated by the Good Roads Association
of Wisconsin in statements published
in the first issue Of the magazine got
ten out by that association. This
means that the next governor of Wis
consin will stand back of legislation
looking to the development of state
trunk lines, and that the leaders of all
the parties and all the factions are
with US on this question: