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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
ALWAYS BLAME WILSON

According to Geo. w. Perkins,
President Wilson is responsible for
the present activity Of German sub
marines.
"The attacks show clearly" Mr..
Perkins is quoted as saying, "the fu-
tility of the belief that the Splendid
isolation Of this country is a substi-
tute for preparedness and bring into
glaring relief the negligence of the
Wilson administration in failing to
provide real preparedness in the last
three years" This was said the next
day after the news of the operations
of submarines off the American coast
became known. 1t was not necessary,
however, for Mr.. Perkins to wait un-
til detailed evidence bearing on the le-
gality Of the submarine operations wa3
at hand
OF course, if they were legal we
would not have the right to stop them
if we had all the war ships in the
world in our navy, but that is neither
here nor there. Something had hap
pened which displeased Mr.. Perkins
and the one necessary comment, in mis-
view, was to charge the Wilson adj.
ministration with neglect of duty. 1t
is a simple system, but, unfortunately,
it wins votes.-St. Louis Republic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
WHAT THE MOTIVE?

Speaking of Germany's active and
destructive submarine attacks on YES
sells just outside the neutral waters OF
our shores and making her attacking
base on this side of the water, the
st. Louis Republic says:
If Germany has not been able to
check overseas commerce with the
Allies at the European end, how can
she hope to check it at the American
end? Our three-mile safety zone is
thousands of miles long. There is no
narrow throat of international waters,
corresponding to the mouth of the
English Channel, through which
American commerce on the Eastern
seaboard has to pass. Physically,
submarine blockade of our shores is
an impossibility.
What, then, is Germany's motive
Two are conceivable. The first is to
divert as many ships as possible of
the Allied navies to the Atlantic
coast of America, in order to render
easier some contemplated movement
at home. The gnawing away at COM
merce of three or four submarines
may accomplish little directly, but
furnish occupation for a feet of con-
siderable proportions just when Ger
many desires to see nearer waters
cleared of her enemies as far as pos
sible. The other object may be--for
German forecasts of public opinion
follow laws unknown on this side of
the ocean-to touch public sentiment
in particular way, for an end yet to
be disclosed. This may have to do
with internal policies purely, where
clamorous party has demanded great
er naval activity. 1t may--on the
other hand-have to do with yet dis
tant, but inevitable, end of the war.
The Germans do not always see clear
ly, but they look far.
So long as the game is played ac-
cording to international rules, we have
no legal right to interfere. But we
are watching the moves closely and
we mean to have no conversion OF i'm
ternational agreements into scraps Of
paper for the Teutonic waste basket.
Meanwhile, our admiration pays rri-
butte once more to German resource
fulness and dash.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
WHY THEY WOULD DEFEAT HIM

The Federal Lead Company paid
S24,53S in taxes in 1918, and in 1916
will pay S37,11S, or $3.50 more than
it paid in 1913-an average of $40 "a
day for every working day in the
year. The other lead companies are
paying taxes at the same ratio. This
is largely due to Assessor Wells rails
ing their assessments somewhat near
the rate at which farm and other pro-
perty was assessed. That is why the
companies and those who expect ia
vors at their hands are opposing the
reelection of Mr.. Wells. They would
like to put Mr.. Henson, one of their
confidential clerks and paymasters,
the Republican candidate for Asses
sor, in his place. Why?N Answer the
question for yourselves, voters.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

1t is well for the people of Nilsson
ri to remember that considerable
share of the shortage in the States
general revenue fund is due to the
progressive legislation of the present
administration. Laws have been
passed and aid extended to weak ru-
raj schools, high schools, the teach
ing of agriculture and training of
teachers, the construction of good
roads, etc. An important work for
the next administration will be to
find means Of carrying on this good
work and properly maintaining the
many useful and necessary institu-
tons of the State, and this can the
better be accomplished by electing a
thorough and practical business man
like Frederick D. Gardner for Gov
ernor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

The Amerika, st. Louis German
paper, started out to support Judge
Hughes, but the close political under
standing between him and Colonel
Roosevelt, the most bitter denuncia-
tor of Germany's sympathizers, has
caused it to pause and reflect. 1t came
out in strong editorial last week
voicing a very large doubt of Judge
Hughes loyalty to the German cause
and advising naturalized Germans not
to vote for President at all. If the
Amerika will take another think and
exercise a little loyalty to American
institutions, it may disabuse its mind
Of the idea that President Wilson has
manifested any prejudice against
Germany in his policy of neutrality,
and advise its readers to vote for
him. President Wilson has only done
his duty in standing out for those
American rights and privileges for
the enjoyment of which Germans have
come to this country, renowned their
allegiance to Germany and sworn to
become loyal citizens of the United
States, The German government has
conceded that President Wilson was
right in his diplomatic demands and
Interpretation of international law,
and if our naturalized German citi-
zens blame the President they must
have little regard for American in
stitutions and our national rights. If
they can't adjust themselves to Amer
lean ideas and institutions, they ought
never to have foresworn their ale
glance to their fatherland. 1t is as i'm
possible TO serve Republican institu-
tons and monarchial forms as it is
to serve God and mammon.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
"SiIk-Stocking, Poodle Dog Bri-
=, gade" Carries Doctrine of
PIutocracy to West.
SUFFRAGE PRETENSE
Many Of Party on Train de Luxe Re.
pudiated by Leaders Of Woman's
Movement - Paid Speakers
to Do Talking.

Wall street is too busy harvesting
Democratic prosperity to 20 campaign
ing-but it is sending its womenfOlk.
The greatest aggregation Of wealth and
social distinction ever represented by
fuss, feathers and femininity left New
York on Monday, Oct. ., by special
train de luxe, TO tell their sisters
Of the West how to vote. Many
Of these women, claiming to be equal
suffrage workers, are repudiated by
leaders of that movement.
Stopping at Albany, Utica and SYRIA
cuse on their first day, the itinerary
takes the women's campaign train
through the principal cities of the
north route across the continent and
brings them back through Colorado,
Nebraska, Missouri and Kentucky,
tour lasting until November T. The
expenses are paid 5y and the tour is
conducted under the auspices of the
Women's Committee of the National
Hughes Alliance.
"WOmen's Hughes Alliance" sounds
innocent and harmless enough, until
one examines the. personnel of the or
ganization and discovers that it repre-
sents the feminine side of the organ
lied and Morganized wealth of Wall
street.
The treasurer of the Women's Com
mittee is Mrs. Mary Hartman Rum
sey, daughter of the late Edward II.
Hartman, railroad magnate and ''prac-
teal man" of the days when Theodore
Roosevelt received campaign funds
from the crooked business" which
political exigency later led him to
denounce.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

William Jennings Bryan is to speak
at Cape Girardeau Oct. II, and the
Republicans of that city are trying to
persuade Mr.. Hughes to meet Bryan
there. All the kings horses and all
the kings men could not persuade
Hughes to tackle Bryan on the plat
form. About two months ago Hughes
made some remarks about Bryan, and
the manner in which the great Com
moner "came back" silenced Mr..
Hughes, and to this day he is afraid
to utter Bryan's name, even in his
sleep.---Morehouse Hustler.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

The Chicago Tribune, one of the
most rantankerous Hughes supporters
in the country, is getting cold feet,
and Reluctantly admits that Wilson
may carry Illinois. We haven't count
ed on any such good luck as that for
the Democrats, but stranger things
have happened in politics. A new
element has appeared in that State
this campaign. The women have the
right,to vote for presidential electors
and n few other offices in that State,
and they appear to have leaning to-
ward the forceful- jawed Wilson. The
railroad employees, and there are a
lot of them in Illinois, are said to be
largely for the man who was ipstrur
mental in having Congress pass the
.eight-hour law; and then the whole
some and progressive achieyementstof
his administration meet. with favor
among all unprecedented people.N IN
der the circumstances Illinois may
give its 20 electoral votes TO Wilson.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

A memorial portrait of the late
Judge James D. Fox was presented to
the Supreme Court of Missouri last
Tuesday by the Missouri Bar Asso-
citation. The portrait was painted by
Carl G. Waldeck, and the presentation
speech was made by Judge w. C. Mar
shall, for many years a colleague of
Judge Fox. Judge Fox served seven
years on the Missouri Supreme Court
bench, and was judge of this (the
27th) Judicial Circuit % years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

believe there was ever president
who had as many big questions to
decide. They have come in punches.
He hasn't always pleased me, just as
| suppose he hasn't always pleased
other people, but when You look the
record over, it's so good that criticism
comes close to being nothing more
than cheap fault finding.
"A fool or a coward would have had
the United States in all sorts of
trouble. AS 1t is, we are at peace, the
country was never more prosperous,
and we have the strength that comes
with honor and integrity Of purpose.
''Had we recognized Huerta, it
would have served notice upon the
world that the United States, while
believing in democracy for home use
was willing to stand for despotism
where other peoples were concerned.
President Wilson's Mexican policy has
been wise and just ana courageous.
Belgium? Hindsight! In the light
of two years, it's easy to say what
should have been done. But at the
time, not a single paper or a public
man even thought of anything but
keeping the United States out of the
European horror.
"As | said at the start, it has just
been one big thing after another with
Wilson. never have known so many
dangerous questions bsought up for de-
cision to any one President.
Look Mt the threatened general rail-
road strike. If carried through, such
a strike would have thrown the whole
country into confusion.
ain my opinion, Mr.. Hughes, II
President, would have found 1t difficult
to decide on the best course for the
Government to take in such matters.
His capacity for hindsight as we learn
from his speeches, is highly developed,
but as to his foresight, we are not
equally we'll informed.
"They say Wilson has blundered.
Perhaps he has. But | notice that he
usually blunders forward.
"AIr. Wilson now has had about four
years of experience, and | think that
he has earned faith and trust. do
not think it sensible thing TO change
to an inexperienced aud untried man.
Therefore. am for Woodrow
Wilson"
1t would be interesting TO know
whether Colonel Roosevelt regards
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

Japan seems disposed to make hay
while nobody is looking
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
VOTE AS AMERICANS
FOR WILSON, SAYS EDISON
No Time Now to Try an inexperienced
Man, Declares Inventor, Laud-
ing President.
BY GEORGE cREEL.

"Times are too serious to talk in
terms of Republcanism or Democracy.
Parties are all right, reckon we've
got to have them with our system of
government. But when it's America
that's Mt stake, men have got to vote
as Americans, and not as Democrats
or Republicans"
This is the message to the American
people that Thomas A. Edison gave to
me in a recent interview.
"This man Wilson has had a mighty
hard time of It," he continued. 81 don't
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13
These Provide the Funds.

These Provide the Funds.
With Mrs. Rumsey on the Finance
Committee are Mrs. Robert Bacon,
whose husband was translated from
the House of Morgan to be Roosevelts
Assistant Secretary of State. and later
Ambassador to France; Mrs. Ber-
nard Ill. Ridder, wife of one of the
proprietors of the New York Stats
Zeitung, leader of the German propa-
ganda against President Wilson; Mrs.
w. II. Crocker, widow Of the Cali
fornia mining and railroad multimil-
lionaire.
On the Train Fund Committee are
Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim, of the Smell
ter Trust; Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
representing inherited millions of rail-
road capital; Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney, daughter of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt; Miss Maude Wetmore, of
the wealthy Rhode Island family of
that name; Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth, daughter of Theodore Roose-
welt, whose husband is Nicholas Long
worth, in Congress from Ohio,
Many of the junketers who are GO
ing along to do the speaking are pro-
fessional women, who could not afford
the luxury of special trains nor the
diversion of campaigning without pay.
But back of them, with their money
and the glamour that attaches to their
gllded names, are the women standing
as financial sponsors for this greatest
society show that ever was put on
wheels.
Some of these wives and daughters
of the super-rich will go along on this
mission and with their presence, If
not with their oratory, will warn the
women of the west-who are already
voterS-Ihat their country cannot be
saved" unless the women cast their
vote for the candidate of plutocracy.
The letterhead from Republican
campaign headquarters gives only the
names of the Train Fund Committee
as above but besides them there is an
additional committee in charge of this
feature of the Hughes campaign. d
Others in on the Junket.
On this committee appear in ad-
dtlon to the foregoing members, the
following:
Mrs. L. Z. StOtesbury, whose hus-
band is Philadelphia partner of ]. p.
Morgan 4 Co.. Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer,
wife of the Sugar Trust and Standard
Oil magnate; Mrs. Phoebe Hearst,
mother of William Randolph Hearst,
owner of millions in American mines
and Mexican plantations; Mrs. O. ii.
r. Belmont, who has undertaken to
raise half million dollars to defeat
President Wilson; Mrs. Johp Hays
Hammond. wife of the mulGmillion-
aire mining man; Mrs. Mary Dreier,
New York society leader, of wealthy
German family with strong antipathy
to President Wilson.
A leading attorney of Pocatello,
Idaho. writing to the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, says:
Il read with deep interest of the
preparations OF the silk Stocking,
Poodle Dog, Feminine Brigade that is
soon to start on its million dollar spe-
cial across the continent to awaken
the enthusiasm of the mothers and
women who carry the burden oE our
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

The suffragists in convention have
voted 70 have a million dollar war
fund, although million dollars would
buy lot q hats, gowns and face
powder,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-13

It would be interesting TO know
whether Colonel Roosevelt regards
Prof. Taft's support of Mr.. Hughes u
benefit or damage.-Republic.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-09
Grieves for Dead Horse.

Her grief over dead horse which she saw in East Thirty-fourth street cost woman, who said she was Miss Mary Eliot, a trip to police station. The policeman who made the arrest thought the mourning was a menace to traffic, as it caused a crowd to col. feet.
 Miss Eliot explained she entertained a great affection for horses, and de clared she was merely trying to find the pulse of the dead horse" in the hope of finding traces of life.
 Captain Sexton, who was in charge of the desk at the police station when she was brought in. said he had a similar feeling of pity for dumb beasts but said that such sentiment could not be permitted to obstruct traffic in the streets. However, the woman was discharged.-New York Dispatch Phil adelphia North American.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-09

l For instance, one should always pruEe to a bud pointed outward, since the growth made by the branch will be in the direction of the leading bud. Again one branch should never be allowed to cross another.
 Pruning Young Trees.-For the first few years of it's life the young tree re- ceives very sever" pruning at the hands of the nurseryman. This treat ment is essential for the foundation of sturdy, fruitful tree, and it is after wards left to the fruit grower to con- tinue the good work of the nursery man. In the early stages the pruning is done primarily with the object of forming a bush or tree of the desired shape, the knife is used freely, many branches being shortened to one-half their length, otherwise struggling, un- shapely trees will result. Those trees that were planted last autumn require severer pruning than estab- lished trees.
 Apples and Pears.-1t must be borne in mind that both the apple and pear in most cases bear their fruit on short spurs or side growths of stunted ap- pearance. One object in pruning is to convert the ordinary side branches into fruit spurs, and this is accom- plished by cutting back the side shoots to within two or three buds of the main branch. This is well and clearly seen in the case of cordon trees, which should be furnished throughout their entire length with fruiting spurs, and the object in prun- ing bush, pyramid or trained tree is to make every branch resemble cordon. There is an axiom in fruit growing which runs "once a spur al ways spur" and it is generally un- derstood that fruit spurs should never be pruned. But it sometimes happens moro especially with trained pear trees-that even the fruit spurs are overcrowded, and in such unusual in stances they should, of course, be thinned.
 Pruning Plums.-Unlike apples and pears, plum trees resent severe prun- ing, and they are often best left alone. Except in very young trees, which re- quire hard pruning, simple thinning of overcrowded wood is all that is necessary; and there Is wide differ ence of opinion as to whether prun- ing is best done in the summer or winter. Where trees are subject to the disease known as cumming, win ter pruning should certainly be avoided
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-09
HAS HIS OWN PREFERENCE
Native of India Objects to the Flute, but Delights in Playing
 the Vina.

I had thought China was a queer place and that the Chinese had queer customs, but China cant entertain on the same afternoon with India, Homer Croy writes in Leslies. If someone had told me about their manners and customs before l got to India l would have laughed courteously and set him down in my little book There are some things that Hindu will do and some that he will not do; work is placed prominently on the latter list. One thing that Hindu will not do is to play the flute. He would rather go to a tlogging post than dash off a selection on flute. But he will play stringed instrument, called a vina, similar to the instrument played by David in the tent of Saul. This in- strument looks as if it had originally been intended as carpet stretcher, but had fallen into the hands of a musically inclined person who had bor- rowed couple of piano wires and was determined to lower rents After hear ing an able-bodied Hindu pick on an instrument of this kind one cant help wishing that they would put it in the same class with the flute. A Hindus idea of music is to make all the noise he can. He doesn't care anything about rhyme or rhythm; all his energy is expended in volume. Hindu musi- cians are all large, splendidly muscled fellows, who play as if they were go- ing to gymnasium regularly. When one hears them playing on a vina one cant help wondering how David ever came to make such an impression on Saul
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-09
Frinqes of the Fleet.

Recently Rudyard Kipling visited the fringes of the great battle fleet, the unitys. Claribels, Stormcocks, once humble trawlers, now "On His Ma jesty's Service" and proud of their new positions; the Els. E-2's. E-3's, hog. backed submarines, and and the long, lew destroyers, the spies of the sea and always in closest touch with the enemy.
 It is this fleet that keeps watch for submarines. sweeps channels clear of mines, patrols the coast for enemy cruisers.
 It keeps the sea in all weather, scorns "Fritz's" hidden dangers, traps his unwary U-boats. It is unheralded work, dangerous, but well done. Thanks to it, the great commerce of England goes on almost unmolested.
 In The Fringes Of the Fleet" a small volume similar to his France at War; Mir. Kipling now describes the work of this heterogeneous but pic. turesque feet
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-09
TO COMBAT SAN JOSE SCALE
mant State-Spray Before Buds Open In the Spring.

When the trees are dormant is the best time of the whole year to combat the San Jose scale, as we can apply spray materials of sufficient strength to do effective work without the trees being injured through their foliage The lime-sulphur solution is the best remedy of which I have knowledge, says writer in Greens Fruit Grower. It Is very important that the spraying be done before the buds begin to open in the spring, and especially Is this true in spraying peach trees
 Winter is good time, too, to war against borers. In this work care must be taken not to girdle the tree, and the grain should be cut across as little as possible. If a disappointed wire is used to probe the burrows 1t will not be necessary to use the knife nearly so much as would otherwise be the case.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-09
HIS HAND RESTORED
Chicago Youth Saved to Life of
 Usefulness.
Operation Performed by Celebrated Surgeon Is Considered One of the Most Remarkable of Which
 There Is Any Record.

A young man who had been severe ly burned by an explosion of gasoline went to Dr. John B. Murphy at Mercy Hospital in Chicago to see if his hands could be made useful again. So bad ly burned were they that their backs were a mass of hard scar tissue, which caused the fingers to retract and made it impossible to bend the fingers or close the hand.
 In the December number of the "Clincs of John B. Murphy is an ac- count of the extraordinary skin graft ing operation by which Doctor Murphy restored power to the right hand. First he cut away all the scar tissue from the back of the hand right down to the sheaths of the tendcns. Then he pre- pared a skin graft in the following way: He cut two deep slits in the skin
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-03-09
Seven Joys of. Reading.

In .The Seven Joys of Reading" Mary Wright Hummer, principal of the Library school, New York public library, names the joy of familiarity first of all.
 'The joy of familiarity comes not alone from novels and poems. You can turn at the right moment-apd there are mental IS well as physical settings for such enjoyments to many an essay the pages Of which show that that is where the book has been opened most often.
 Don't say that you have not, more times than one, on a cold winter Sun- day when dinner is later than usual, used The Dissertation on Roast Pig as an appetizer Or that you have not found satisfaction for an oft-recurring mood of wanting you know not what in some perfect piece of writing such as Pater's Child in the House. Or that, feeling limp and languid, you have not, time and again, breathed in Emerson's 'Self-Reliance' like a draft of salt sea air"