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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26

I'm better community development
should not the hour of play and recre-
alton be so planned as to afford the
student mental and emotional as well
as physical Development This was
the question o. r. Skinner of Bloom
in gton, Ill, brought up before the
gathering assembled at the recent bet
ter community conference held in Ur-
bana.
He said that too many of our young
people seek recreation and relaxation
in ways not always eleyating. Foot
ball, basketball, tennis, and other
games develop Drawn, self-control,
good physique and character. The
proper kind of music study affords
mental and emotional stimulus equal
to that afforded the physical body by
athletic sports.
I'm any study, the best results are
attained only through thoroughness
and system. In order that music
should hold its proper place in better
community development, no time
should be given to music of a super
fetal character, but emphasis should
be placed on the thorough mastery of
the voice or of one or more musical
instruments, and upon the acquire
ment Of a comprehensive knowledge
laws of musical composition. From
the age of or Z music study should
be part of the students daily program
until he is launched in his business or
profession. A strong recommends
ton for this sort of plan during the
students years of growth, is that it
nullifies the tendency to waste or dis
sipate his vacant hours
The proper study Of music devel-
ops thoughtful inquisitiveness a de-
sire to reason deeply similar to the
study of mathematics Besides afford
ing pleasure, the analytical mind Is
cultivated and the students attitude
toward his school studies is influenced
in marked manner. Serious music
study is strong antidote for mental
dissipation, and the young man who
devotes his daily spare moments to
the study of music in its higher mean
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
IMMIGRATION

While congress is worrying over a
bill restricting immigration, In antici-
patton Of a possible influx OF Euro
peans after the war, there are indica-
lions that the immigration question
may settle itself without legislative
aid. Steamship companies report that
their investigations convince them that
not less than 100000 foreigners now
residents in the United States are pre-
pairing to emigrate to Europe imme-
dlately upon a declaration of peace.
The assumption is reasonable, That
there will be an immigration from
Europe TO the United States in excess
of this figure may be doubted, Nearly
every nation at present involved in
war will probably place sharp restric-
tons on emigration, The demand for
labor will be so great in these coun-
tries during the period of reconstruc-
ton that every able-bodied man will
be wanted at home. Moreover, there
Will be less incentive for emigration
with labor plentiful and wages high.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26

On the other hand, 1t must not be
forgotten that there will be drawbacks
TO life in Europe after the war. The
scarcity OF capital, the general poverty
or the citizenship wrought by wars
devastation, the tremendous burden of
war taxes, the advanced cost OF living,
the breaking up of thousands OF homes,
the political discomfort certain to fol-
low In the wake OF war, and the strong
desire to fee from a continent beset
with perennial complications and po-
tential strife-all may play a part In
prompting a European exodus toward
this land Of peace and plenty,
The United States with it's tremen-
dous task OF supplying materials for
Europe's rehabilitation, will be able to
handle reasonable number of immi-
grants when peace returns-may. in
fact feel crying need for them. But
a wholesale increase i'll immigration
Is not to be desired and the prospect
or heavy emigration TO offset such
possibility is rather enoourag' ng than
other wise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
WAS A NOTED PRELATE.

With the death Of Archbishop John
Ian caster Spalding Of Peoria, a noble
prince OF the church of Rome, passed
TO his reward. He was one of the most
distinguished prelates in the Roman
Catholic church. He was a man OF the
most unusual literary attain.
ments. an author of numerous works
On labor topics, as well as religious
subjects. He was scholar and teacher.
as well as preacher, and an adornment
10 the church, which had so signally
recognized his great qualities and
worth. His rare and administrative
abilities were shown in the fact that
during the time he served as the &C
tive head Of the Peoria diocese. the
mum Der Of parishes in the diocese in
creased from 81 TO $50.
Bishop Spalding served on the COM
mission that adjusted the anthracite
coal strike in 1902. He was "A native
Of Kentucky, and was 76 years Of age.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
REALIZE THAT NEUTRALITY
IS FAIR.

In a dispatch from Berlin to the AS
ISOLATED Press telling of the reception
accorded Captain Koenig of the mer-
chant submarine Deutschland and the
celebration in honor Of his achieve
ment in making a round trip across
the Atlantic to American shores, it is
said:
The press gives liberal praise
to the fair and neutral conduct of
the United States government
The Cologne Gazette says:
THE American government was
thoroughly and correctly neutral.
The American fleet saw strictly
that the American boundaries
were duly respected by the Eng
fish as we'll as the French In
creased precautions were taken
after an English cruiser had sur
reptitiously entered Chesapeake
bay at night
The semi-Offi cial Norddeutsche
Allgemaine Zeitung points out
that ships of the Deutschland and
Bremen type viii render valuable
service during the war, but their
value will be slight on the return
of peace
Captain KOenig personally ex-
pressed great satisfaction at the
treatment accorded him by thu
American government
Thus it is seen that the fairness OF
American neutrality as administered
by President Wilson is recognized in
Berlin, and, If the truth were known
neither the imperial government MOI
any Of those in authority in Germany
who understood international law
hold prejudice against the United
States, despite the fact that diplomat
ic negotiations have often reached ar
acute stage. As a matter of fact, there
was no time that Germany would have
yielded to the position Of the United
States had she not recognized the
Righteousness Of the position of this
country.
Beyond all this, in the same spirit
Of justice that Germany has declared
the fairness OF the neutrality Of the
United States in the case Of the
Deutschland, she would admit It in all
cases, Il her views we're known. for
Germany, being a just and courageous
nation, would not fail to admire an
other nation that has stood resoIuO-lv
and courageously for the justice % its
own cause and convictions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26

the bubonic in which even with the
most modern methods of treatment the
mortality is about 90 per cent. It is
a disease of commerce, spreading
around the globe in the body of the
ship borne rat. 1t is estimated that
every case of human plague costs the
municipality in which it occurs at
least $500 This does not take into
account the enormous loss due to dis
astrous guarantees and the CONNER
cial paralysis which the fear of the
disease so frequently produces,
The disease is now treated by a GER
UNI discovered through the genius OF
Yersin. This is used in much the
same way as is diphtherla antitoxin.
Plague is transferred from the sick
rodent TO the well man by fieas. The
sick rat has enormous numbers of
plague bacilli in its blood The blood
IS taken by the flea which, leaving the
SICK rat, seeks refuge and sustenance
on the body Of a human being 10 whom
IL transfers the infection.
Since plague is a disease of rodents
and since 1t is carried from sick ro-
dents to well man by rodent fieag.
safety from disease lies in the exclu-
sion OF rodents, not only exclusion
from the habitation OF man but also
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
GOMPERS' REPLY.

Senator Sherman, recently, in a
speech in the senate, made an attack
on Samuel GOmpeTs, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, Mr.,
GOmpers, OF course, has replied in an
open letter 20 Senator Sherman, In
that lettaP he denies that he is a die
tator, as Senator Sherman stated he
was, and that he has no authority as
an Official OF the Federation OF Labor
other than is given him by the dele
gates Of the organization. Mr.. Comp
ers in his IstLhF also says.
1T is q necessary inference that the
portion Of your remarks Immediately
following constitute the grounds for
yoHF judgment, The natural interpre-
iaLioa Of yosF various assertions is
iaaL the political policy Of the AmeTi-
can Federation Of Labor is displeasing
10 you, aBd inevitably raises the cues
ti0H whether Of not you would have
stigHHatizsd the president Of the Ameri-
Gan Federation Of Labor as a public
nuisance Il he mad publicly Endorsed
tie members Of the United States SEN
ate, iBeiudiag yourself had you voted
ia favor Of excluding association OF
wage earHers from the application Of
antitrust Legislation.
And / an again constrained to Won
der if you wOHld have stigmatized me
as a public nuisance had you found
Ine plant and disable ia furthering
yeas political aspirations, or If you
thought nay personal influence, or the
ia6ueRcs OF my office could be secured
by Cner Of reward, whether money or
OfEce7
II aB thankful that ] was not in
dictsd either with the indianapolis
dynaIalterS or with any others.
imagine thai yOa p4ght 10 be thankful
faak you we're not iadicted with bank
defa44ters, trust Spectators, and other
buccaneers il the Industrial and com
plerciaI field; simply because you be
jLsyed - their Innocence Is 10 good
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
THE KERCHoo SEASON.

The sad hayfever brotherhood IS
with us again Their password is
"KerChoo'' and their insignia the
ragweed. Nobody is sorry for a man
with hay fever. but he is sorry enough
for himself TO make up for It. He be-
gins at 10 O'Clock on the morning of
Aug. IS and sneezes right through to
Sept. IS, and then remains cured until
the next Aug IS. To the majority of
the heartless public, hay fever is
joke, but 10 it's victim it is so real that
the months of the year when he does
not have it are mainly given over to
painful reCollections and unhappy an
tiCipations.
The ragweed crop is at its best this
year, and the weeping, red nOsed indi-
viduai who thought he was cured last
year because his attack was so light,
Is finding out that conditions in 1915
were not favorable to the propagation
Of the weeds which are supposed TO
cause the trouble. but that hot and
drOughtv 1916 is ideal for the crop.
Some advanced physicians declare
that the disease is imaginary; others
bring forth so-called remedies, but
the physician who produces real
bona fide cure will find his fortune
made over night. A change Of eli
mate is the only thing which is really
effective. and the summer resorts Of
the far north and the mountains are
crowded after the first Of August with
victims seeking relief. Some find relief
by cutting starch and sugar from the
diets. People frequently submit to an
operation on the nose in effort to find
relief.
1t is now generally agreed, however,
that the best preventive is to keep
weeds on vacant lots cut often enough
to prevent their Towering. Members
of the hay fever association, an organ
ization Of brethren in distress, devote
considerable effort on an annual cut
the-weeds" campaign.
Many American cities now have
ordinances, which they enforce, COM
peling citizens and heads Of business
houses to see that weeds are cut reg
ularly on vacant lots adjoining private
residences or places of business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26

from the ports and cities of the world
Those who dwell in rat-proof sur
roundings take no plague. Net only
should man dwell in rat-proof sur
roundings, hut he should also live in
rat-free surroundings. The day is
past when the rodent served a useful
purpose as the unpaid city scavenger
Rats will not come where there is no
food for them. Municipal cleanliness
may be regarded as a partial insur-
anco against plague. The prayer that
no plague come nigh our dwelling Is
best answered, however, by rat-proof-
Ing the habitations of man. Modern
sanitary science has evolved a simple
and efficient weapon against the pestI-
ieHce which waiketh in darkness AMI
striketh at MONDAY, and the United
States public health service has put
this knowledge into practical opera
ton and thus speedily eradicated
plague wherever il has appeared In tho
United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
The Daily Story
What Sympathy Efected-By Barbara Phipps.

, they should try for another 10 and a.
on till the bubble busts." -
What do you mean by the bubbl.
busting?" Ois
Suppose wages we're To ba &
creased till only n fair DIVIDEND =
earned; nothing ia laid up FOR a.,
plies; the machinery wears ont y
new mechanical devices must ba q.
PRODUCED TO meet "A reduced cos, :,
manufacture. Or suppose ~
breaks out and we are shut of srn-.
our foreign markets. Where ara ~
Stranded. Where are the operat,va.,
Thrown out Of employment Ana W..
know what that means. II ia starvs
ton"
Yes, papa. hut you are paying !,
per cent dividends. How can Won ~
that and add TO your surplus?" '
"All investments are liable 10 mr.
out a loss Of the capital Involvs5
Manufacturing stocks are coneidara1
especially uncertain. II Is difficult ~
get capital for them or 70 hold II wbev
you have got II. To hold our cani,aI
in the Quintard company We have her
paying out all our net earnings j.
dividends My plan has been IN A.
this till confidence is acquired ana
something more than our present
dividends earned. Then / will reduce
the dividends and place the reductios
and the additional amount earned N
surplus account. When / have prn.
vided a surplus sufficient TO keen tbe
stockholders from boiling and nv
men employed in case OF year OF loss
instead OF profit intend to pay higher
wages-that is. If see no more snaes
ahead"
why don't you explain that posi-
ton 10 the employees as you have ex-
planned It to me?"
Such a course would be impractic.
able for many reasons"
That was the end OF the dlalogua
but it was not the end OF Miss Quin.
tard's thoughts on the subject She
formed a plan TO give to the emploves
what the president could not do Of.
cially-an fnkling OF the situation. She
went to the women whom she had
helped-those she could best trust
and gave them TO understand that she
knew II to be the best interest OF the
operatives that they should let we'll
enough alone for the present, trusting
to the president to get the business Of
the Quintard company into such con-
dition that he could meet their de-
mands without injury TO them or the
stockholders. These women talked to
their husbands, and their husbands
talked to the most influential opera
tives who in the Quintard works were
the steadiest
And so it was that trouble was
averted by a girl who knew nothing
about business, simply because she
had gained a hold upon those in need
by supplying their necessities and by
her sympathy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
Cost OF Babies Increases.

London.-It is estimated that the
all-around expenditure on baby born
this year is probably from 500 to
$125 higher tnan in 1914.
Food alone adds about SIS TO the
years cost of the war-baby. Milk has
gone up four cents a quart and il IS
said that the average baby consumes
400 to 450 pints year. Baby toods
are up about ten per cent. Feeding
bottles cost a third more, and the
methylated spirit for heating tne
nights feed has advanced from ~
cents TO % cents pint.
Baby garments cost more also EV-
erything made Of wool has risen So PEI
cent in price; all the cotton and WOOL.
en- mixture materials and garments
are % per cent higher. the wholly COZ
ton ones, owing 10 the rise in raw Ma.
terials and labor, must be paid lot "
the rate of about 10 per cent more
Even a baby's bath costs about one
third more; soap is a third deareF' ny
bath thermometer is up about 20 PSI
cent, toilet powder-chietiy because -
the rise in the price OF boric aciu
contains-is 100 per cent dearer.
Nearly all medicines cost mu'N
more.
Perambulators are about one-iouin
dearer. What formerly was SOLD y.
SIS is now $40 and so on. A cot lD -
could be bought before the war LOT y
is now $3.50; the ieecy wool mattress
baby's basket and bahys high Cha
are all up proportlonately.
Nurses wages have advanced 70 y.
more and her keep Is costing at ls's.
one-third more-an increase OF SaV u
more a year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26

The anniversary Of the birthday of
Lafayette, which falls on Sept. 6, is a
day rightly celebrated by Americans.
This year an unusually large number
of patriotic organizations will hold
special exercises in honor of the young
Frenchman who served with Washing
ton At Fall River an equestrian
statue OF Lafayette will be unveiled
and NJ. Jusserand. the French am
bassadOr. will make an address. In
New Orleans a bust Of Lafayette will
be unveiled. and in Boston, Washing
ton and New York public exercises or
memorial services will be held.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
THE BLACK PLAGUE.

1t is a remarkable fact. confirmed by
many observations, that MANY Dhv,
sictans who have devoted considerable
labor 10 the study of a particular dis
ease have themselves died of that dis
ease, One OF the most interesting
examples is that OF John Daniel Mai or.
born Aug. IS. 1884 in Breslau. a phy-
stefan and naturalist of no mean abil-
ity, Bitten early by the wandeTlust.
/ he studied at Wittenburg, took courses
at many Of the schools in Germany.
and finally went to Italy where he re
celved the degree of doctor of medicine
at Padau, in 1860. Returning to his
own country, he resided for a short
time in Silesia, and in 1861 married at
WlttenbuTgf Margaret Dorothy A
daughter OF the celebrated Sennert
The following year, his young wife
was stricken with plague and died af-
ter an illness of eight DAYS. Distract
ed by his loss, Major wandered I'D and
down Europe studying plague where
ever he found it in the hope that he
might discover a cure for the disease
which had bereaved him Spain. Ger
many, France and Russia were Wis
tied by him. He settled in 1865 in
kiel, where he was made a professor
of botany and the director of the bo-
tanical gardens. He made frequent
voyages, however, always in quest of
the remedy for plague. Finally in
1893, he was called to Stockholm to
treat the queen of Charles the Eiev-
eRth, then III with plague But before
he could render her any service. he
contra cted the disease and died on the
third OF August
The bubonic plague OF today is idep-
teal with the black death Of the middle
ages. Primarily q disease of rodents
caused by a short dumb-beH SHAPED
microscopic vegetable, the pest bacil-
lus, ii occurs in man in three forms
the pneumonic which has a death
rate Of almost 100 per cent; the septi-
caeInic, which is nearly as fatal, AMI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
BIGNESS.

Speaking at Atlantic City last week,
Commissioner of Corporations Joseph
+. Davies remarked:
Within the last decade and half.
200 corporations have grown to such
an extent that they own in assets S22,-
SOC. OO0. 900.
THAT means that two hundred cor
porations, one ten-thOusandths of one
per cent of the total population of this
country, own three times as much
property as the total wealth of this
country amounted to 10 years prior to
the Civil war They own as much
property as three and one-half times
the total interest bearing debt of the
United States. One single corporation
has a gross income equal TO the total
revenue of the government from in
ternal revenues and customs. leyenty-
four corporations have three times the
gross income of the federal govern
ment. One corporation employs 218,-
600 men; which is more than the total
voting population of New Hampshire,
Vermont, Florida, North Dakota and
South Dakota. Another single corpor-
alton employs $4,000 men, more than
the total male voting population of the
state of Nevada, and still another cor
poration, an artificial person created
by law, employs more men than there
are males in the sovereign state of Ne
vada."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26
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the poisonous matter from diseased
gums, and whether the system can be
rid of the trouble after the teeth are
extracted. What is the best tonic for
anemia from Riggs disease, or
pyorrhoea? Would chronic lameness
and stiffness of the joints be result
OF this disease?
Answer-The chief danger is sept
cemia (blood poisoning), Anemia,
atrophy of the stomach, Bright's dis
ease and arthrit's defOrmans are fire.
quent results of neglected pyorrhoea
The best tonic is good dentistry and
the cooperation Of your doctor with
your dentist. Joint disease is US
ual result of the disease By the
time the teeth are extracted the sec
ondary conditions may have progress
ed too far for complete restoration OF
function and health
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-26

Papa" said Dora Quintard, what
ia this / hear about a. strike Of the
Quintard company's employees"
II think n strike will be declared"
What is the trouble between you
and the men %
"rhey want an advance Of 10 per
cent"
Now Miss Ouintard, daughter Of the
president of the Quintard Manufactur-
ing company, instead Of spending her
time in social requirements gave IL 10
the employees Of the concern OF which
her father owned a controlling inter
est She visited the sick. helped the
women put their children in proper ap-
parel, supplied needful provisions and
otherwise ministered to their wants.
While the father was absorbed in pay
ing dividends the daughter was sym
pathizing with the workers.
What dividends are you paying,
papa?" asked Dora.
Twelve per cent"
what is g. fair interest on money!"
"That depends. The government can
borrow on as low as 2 per cent inter
est good railroad per cent stock
is usually worth par. Manufacturing
stocks should pay from s per cent as a
minimum indefinitely upward"
What Is the market price of Qufn-
tard stock?"
"One hundred and seventy"
"Supposing you should add 10 per
cent to the mems wages, what divi-
dends could you pay?'
From to 9 per cent, I think"
And what would be the market
value of the stock while you were pay
ing, say 8 per cent?"
THAT would vary in different manu-
featuring concerns. In our case, where
we have a steady demand for our
goods, fair surplus and much money
invested in the plant, the stock should
sell at about $3.50"
You say that railroad stock sell
ing at par and paying per cent is a
fair investment. Isn't a manufactur-
ing stock selling at $3.50 and paying s
per cent better one?'
That's a question for the investor
I should consider them about equally
good l, knowing all about the affairs
Of the Quintard company, would prefer
cent basis TO a good railroad stock at
par paying 5 per cent"
Don't you think, papa, that you
could grant this increase of wages and
still give the capital invested in the
company a fair dividend?"
What a smart little puss!" said the
father, embracing his daughter. why
don't you set up for walking dele
gate? You would easily prove to the
operatives that they are being treated
unfairly, that capital is getting the
lions share of the profit accruing from
their labor. Having proved to them
that they are entitled to 10 per cent
advance, you could then prove that