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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
Politics and War


II have been in every capital in
Europe except Petrograd and on ev-
cry battle 'front.'" says w. G. Shep-
ard, the great war correspondent. ~
have seen the horrors of war and the
results of war, the mental, the moral,
the physical and material wrecks
caused by war. have seen the eff
forts of the Allies to draw the United
States into war with Germany, of
Germany to draw us into war with
England. There were times over there
when we held our breath lest the Unit
ed States be dragged into the strug-
gle, and war seemed the only way out.
But always sane, sound, steady,
the United States came through. 1t
was a magnificent thing to see from
our point of vantage in Europe. 1t
made one thrill to realize that the
United States was his own country.
"Now, when / return home, / find
an election campaign under way. !
hear men say that we have peace
without honor. We, in the European
capitals, who saw our government es-
cape the war traps, felt no loss of
honor. We were always able to look
the other fellow in the eye and be
proud. No one over there ever seri-
ously charged US with loss of honor,
and men are highly sensitive to such
things over there.
eve were proud of American sani-
ty and of American craftsmanship
and that cool, calm reckoning of the
American people which prevented
them from being stampeded.
at was a fine, thrilling thing to be
an American in European capitals
and to know that in our own capital
at Washington there were men as
shrewd and as far-sighted as any of
the statesmen of Europe; to know, al
so, that the statesmen in Washington
were steadier, saner, less influenced
by hate and bitterness and better able
to judge right and wrong than the
wisest statesmen of Europe.
"And to come home now to the U.
S. and witness the attempt to thrust
from the guidance of American af-
fairs which had led the U. S. through
this maze Of diplomacy and machina-'
ton is, to one who has witnessed af-
fairs from the European end, little
short of terrifying. 1t is like playing
with dynamite.
Certainly the steadiness of our
government is as important to us as
the steadiness of their government is
to Germans or Britishers; our dan
ger is as great, if not so imminent and
apparent as theirs. The certain grasp
of our present government on war af-
fairs is as important to us as the
grasp of Won Bethmann- Hollweg or
Asduith is to Germany or England"
From Chicago Day Book.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
BIG RAILROAD HEAD
COMES OUT FOR WILSON
President of Erie Railroad Takes Sen
sible View of Politics and
Business

| appointment of the committee on Ma
tional Defense, which, with but one
exception, could not be improved on
Eight-HOur Law Past Discussion.
When asked his opinion of the eight
hour law, Mr.. Underwood said:
What matters how | or any one
else feels? The eight-hour law is past
discussion. The Republican party, as
well as the Democratic party, advo-
cate it. Whether we like it or not,
it's here, to be lived up to so long as
it is the law of the land"
at doesn't matter so much about
causes, he continued. prosperity is
here It must depend for its continu-
ance largely on our courage, initia-
tive and enterprise, and not on poll
ticians or political parties.
There can be no honest denial of
the fact that many of the so-called
Wilson laws have established bust
ness. The Federal reserve act is one.
The rural credits is another. The
passage of the child's labor act was
a humane, intelligent thing"
IndOrses Preparedness Policy.
thS vain buIiCu W preparedness
and Mr.. Underwood expressed his
views:
"a professional pacifst is Just
about as dangerous as a professional
lingo. We would stand for peace and
work for peace. In the near future
we must become prepared fully or
take the consequences.
Possibly the consequences may not
be so far remote as some of our pa
cifist friends seem to think. AIDE
quate preparedness for national de-
Tense is the commonest kind of COM
mon sense.
81 think the President found the
safe middle ground between the
'mush' and 'militarism.'
Criticism from the Republican
side of the Wilson preparedness pro-
gram seem inconsistent. The Span
ish war of 1898 developed the weak
ness of our military system, but no.
thing to remedy it was done during
the years prior to the present admin
lstration which inherited a chaotic
state from its political ancestry"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
Labor Leader
Gives Views

No man holds the confidence and
affection of the workers in greater
measure than Clarence S. barrow, the
Chicago lawyer and writer, who has
so often championed their cause in
the courts. Mr.. Darrow has just Civ
en- the following statement Of why
the farmers and wage earners of
America should support Mr., Wilson;
President Wilson has shown a
broad and deep sympathy for his
fellow-man. He is human. He talks
less of markets than of men. Trade
and industry are not his favorite con-
Germ. With Hughes, we hear about
the tariff, about business, about the
strict rules Of law, about an inunda-
ton of foreign goods. In short, about
money and his desire to save the coun-
try by being elected President.
"If Hughes is to be elected, there
should be some reason for present
dissatisfaction and some hope in a
change. Shall My. Wilson's foreign
policy be changed? If so, how7 1t
is dishonest for Mr.. Hughes or Mr..
Roosevelt to criticise Wilson's policy
without showing what they would do.
They dare not announce a policy of
their own different from the one that
Mr.. Wilson has followed with rare
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

patience, fine Judgment an self-con-
troll.
"Would Mr.. Roosevelt use his big
stick on Germany, or England, or
Mexico, or all of these at once? Those
who are to furnish the blood and treas
ure ought to know. Has the inter-
ference with letter, or even the sink
ing of a ship, been grave enough to
make US plunge deliberately into the
red maelstrom? Do our men and wo-
men believe that they should furnish
the life and treasure for this mad car
nage2
"All who want war are against
Wilson.
SIS Mr.. Hughes against an eight
hour day? He says not. He is only
against an eight-hour law. He dare
not say he would go Blackjack to
what? The road in that direction is
long and ends in the slavery of the
working man.
"Who wants a change? Is it the
farmer, the workingman, the student,
the man of letters, the lover of his
country? or is it the great interests
with their swollen fortunes, their
bloated arrogance, their impudcnt, I'M
holy and everlasting demand for mon
ey?"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
HOW TO INSURE

A scheme is on foot to renew in our
General Court the coming winter that
proposition for compulsory insurance
for certain persons by requiring them
to contribute a portion of their earn
ings to the fund, the State to contri-
butte an equal amount, This sounds
we'll on its face. but it is another of
those chimeracal schemes which has
a colored gentleman jim the wood pile.
In fact, the News suspects it detects
the gum-shoe heels of several in this
particular pile. 1t will make another
big department with commissioners
and heads, and inspectors, and
clerks, and doctors to examine ev-
erybody Too much paternalism- We
are drifting rapidly into the shoals
of socialism under false colors. The
best insurance for any man is a saw
ings bank or cooperative bank.
There man has the money and the
income. A writer in the Pittsburg
Post estimates the cost if applied to
the entire country at billion dollars.
'of which the doctors, druggists and
makers of medical instruments would
get the lions share" Carefully SUI
pervise the regular insurance com
panies and let men and women insure
themselves and save more money,
and spend less for folderols.-Salem
J (Mass.) News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
WE KNOW LITTLE OF ALASKA

There has come to the Republics
exchange table a copy of 40-page
edition of The Alaska Daily Empire,
which is filed with informing news
and pictures showing the development
of the one remaining territory" of
the United States.
Try as one will, it is impossible for
those who never saw the country to
get rid of the notion of Alaska as a
region altogether bleak and arctic.
Any well-informed person knows that
the picture is false, yet it clings and
surprise follows the renewed dis
covery that Southeastern Alaska has
more equitable climate than that of
many parts of the United States. At
Juneau the lowest temperature since
1881 was 10 below zero, and winters
are frequently passed with no zero
weather Stock and grain raising are
successfully pursued, and a bouquet
of wild flowers gathered around June
au would contain columbine, blue belle,
buttercups and other posies well
known in Missouri.
We all know that Alaska is a great
producer of gold, copper. furs and fish.
Potentially, it is a great coal country
and the1development of tin mining has
begun, but when The Daily Empire
names blue violets and dandelions
among Alaskan products we begin to
realize that Alaska is not so far away
and not so different from the rest of
the country. Another touch that
brings Alaska closer is from soil
survey which describes a certain rich
soil as similar to that. of northern
Missouri.
Some day. perhaps not very distant,
we shall have Senators and Congress
men from Alaska, and shall think of
the State of Alaska very much as we
think Of Minnesota or Idaho. The de-
velopment edition of The Daily EN-
pire helps one to take that view now,
st. Louis Republic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

Chicago, ILL.,, Oct. 15.-In an au-
thorized interview given out here to-
day, r. D. Underwood, president of
the Erie Railroad, declared unequiv-
ecally in favor of the reelection of
President Wilson.
Mr.. Underwood said he fully in
dorsed the recent approval of the
Presidents policies by Judge Samuel
Lovett, chairman of the board of I'm
ion Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Underwood gave his reasons
for thinking "the administration of
President Wilson has, on the whole,
been successful and worthy Of a fur
Their trial"
"For many years., he said, "the
Democratic party was one of oppo-
sition, devoted to destructive attack
and barren of constructive suggestion.
Hungry for office, impatient of author
ity, it constituted force that seemed
certain to go to pieces when it tried
to go forward.
Achieved the Seemingly Impossible
with its accession to power, some
of us expected four years of futility,
in place of which its accomplishments
and actions have surprised it's adver-
saries. The President has achieved
the seemingly impossible.
GAS to the statement that Pres
ident Wilson played politics in the
railroad negotiations for an eight
hour day by the brotherhoods in
Washington, once stated, and now
reaffirm, that my opinion is that he
used his best judgment in doing as he
did.
"No one could fairly accuse him of
playing politics, and, while my views
did not correspond with his, 1 con-
cede that his motives were honest. He
did not carry the burden of the rail
roads or the claims of the brother
hoods as his load. He carried that of
the people of the United States.
"The Misrepresentation of the
brotherhoods, which he mistook for
truth, moved him to action. His en-
inent fairness is shown in the person
mel of the commission that is to study
the working of the experiment and his
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

Buy Prince Albert every
EDheTe tobacco is sold in
toPpy red bags, Sc; tidy red
fins, Zoe; handsone pound
and haif-Pound FIN humi-
dors-and-thot corIsing fine
pound crystai- glass hun,i-
dor with sponge Tnoisfener
top that keeps the tobacco
in such clever tTim-aisOGys!
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20
HOW LABOR WILL VOTE

Democrats say Wilson will get
the labor vote because of his legisla-
tive record. Republicans say labor
never votes solidly, and that it will
split up for Wilson. Hughes or Ben
son. That's one of the problems OF
the election-will labor see that or
ganized capital is back of Hughes
and then get back of Wilson? Or viii
labor split three ways while capital
is voting one way? And spending its
money one way. too. Reports from
New York say the Hughes campaigr
fund will make the Hanna-M Mckinley
fund of 1896 look ike a piker."- From
Chicago Day Book.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

Carnegie Church Peace Union. Con-
tributions in any amount-from the
price of loaf of bread upward, may
be sent to the Balkan Relief Fund,
70 Fifth avenue, New York City"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

The present campaign above all else
involves choice between the very def
mite deeds of Woodrow Wilson in the
public interest and the very indefinite
words of Candidate Hughes in his own
INTEREST
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-20

They say Billy Sunday will give
Boston 10 weeks of his time. Boston
will give Billy Sunday about $4,000
of its money.--Houston Post. Only
$4,000. Billy must be giving bargain
prices now.
The broad ax., 1916-04-08

edge or have had some technical train
ing which would fit them for service
In the navy.
"The applicants who qualify Will be
required to sign an application blank
for enrolment. In this application the
recruit Obligates himself to hold him
self during the cruise subject to the
navy regulations, obey all authorized
orders and perform such work on board
ship as regularly assigned.
"The objects of the training cruise
are to help equip properly equipped
or national emergency by giving them
q course of training on board warships
under naval officers and naval condi-
lions.
"The total expenses Of the cruise,
outside of the cost Of transportation to
the point of embarking and for return
ing home. will be about $50. Upon re-
porting on board the ship to which as
signed each recruit will deposit $50.
which will cover the cost of his sub
sistence and the necessary clothing
outfit Should the actual cost Of sub
sistence and clothing be less than this
amount the difference will be refunded.
upon reporting on board the civilian
clothing of recruits will be turned over
for storage, and they will be issued a
sufficient outfit of uniform clothing.
When all recruits are on board the
0hfn0 will laavn THAR ,ouol
districts and cruise for a period Of four
weeks, during which time the recruits
viii be given practical instruction In
the duties required on board ship
"a portion Of each day will be given
10 the study of special subjects, which
will be largely optional, so that those
who have an aptitude for or knowledge
Of such subjects as navigation, signal
ing, radio work. steam or electrical en-
Iineering, etc, may have an opportu-
nifty to specialize. Boat drill win be
given and landings made, and recruits
VIII be taught the manual Of arms and
military formations.
During the final week of the cruise
the ships will return to the naval dis
tricts whence they came, and. In addi-
ton to the courses Of instruction, re-
cruits will be given a general idea of
their own naval district and its defen-
stve problems. During the final week
also residents of the district who own
yachts or motorboats which would be
useful as auxiliaries In time Of war
win be given an opportunity to operate
h conjunction with the ships.
"Enrollments will be closed on June
I. and no application win be receiv-
Cd after that date. Application blanks
WI be furnished to all who desire
thsm by the navy recruiting ofncers
ut the various recruiting stations
throughout the country"
The broad ax., 1916-04-08
FOR SPRING WEDDINGS.
One Attractive Way to
Give the Bride a Shower.

win spring already upon IN, the
tnougnt OF spring weddings II now
m the air. This is the ripe season fol-
linen showers and other shower OF
household necessaries given b the
bride by all her friends. The giri who
ID to be married in April viii Be the
recipient Of many an entertainment
before she Is safely welded, but she
WIZ enjoy nothing more than a shower
y her friends have any novel ideas on
the subject.
The chief point in a shower must a.
ways be its surprise; otherwise II
would not be a shower. II you are
thinking Of giving such an affair for
some friend who is soon to be married
b sure that every detail is kept q BE.
cret from her. That is half the fun.
A novel idea for a linen shower can
De executed in the following way: In
vtte the bride to be to spend an even
ing at your home with a few old
friends. See that she arrives the first
and Is comfortably seated and chat
ting when the other guests begin to
arrive. OF course the latter are In the Sc.
cret or else there would be no shower.
Each guest must come in carrying an
umbrella. The bride may not notice
the first one. but she will certainly re-
mark before long that every one who
enters carries an umbrella. She VIII
probably ask before the last one ar
rfves II it is raining, in which case the
guest questioned should answer, mo.
but 1t looks like a shower"
When all the guests have arrived
each one must gain possession Of her
own umbrella in case it has been laid
aside on her entrance. At a given
dgnal, which should he some such re-
mark from the hostess as Did you say
It looked like a shower?" the guests
should all open their umbrellas with
the answer. at certainly does"
From the steel ribs of each umbrella
should be suspended by string the
parcel holding the piece of linen which
the guest intends 10 give the bride.
Any big bundles, like tablecloth, will
make the umbrella Il bit bulky when
closed, but in such case the guest
VIII have to smugG!c her umbrella in
mnoticed. But most linen pieces can
be done up in such small parcels that
they can easily he concealed in a closed
umbrella.
At the signal to open the parcels will
an hang down by their strings. The
guests must then hold their umbrellas
over the b-ide-tO-be's head. The host
ess provides her with scissors to cut
down her various bundles. and the
point of the shower is made apparent.
The broad ax., 1916-04-08
Construction of Bio Guns.

The making of big gun involves as
much intricate work as the putting to
gether of a locomotive or a giant crane.
A twelve inch gun on board a battle
ship is fifty feet in length and has an
extreme range of twenty-five miles and
an effective range of twelve miles.
There is a vast amount Of intricate
and delicate, trained workmanship
wanted In the finish Of giant cannon
For example. says a writer in the Mill
gate Monthly, the breech block has to
undergo eighteen or twenty machin-
ings. And all the medley of mechan-
ism necessary to enable the ponderous
mass of ordnance to move to the right
or left or up or down at a touch from
the naval gunners Is being built up to
gether at the same time as the work
proceeds on the gun itself. For some
Of the smaller guns no fewer than $50
machinings on $50 parts are necessary
before the weapon is ready for use.
The broad ax., 1916-04-08
-
a Shabby Royal Palace.

The Persian royal palace is q uase
unattractive place. The courts are n
ed with painted figures Of cast iron IN q
kind Of operate Romeo's costume, and
with boys Of gilt iron Offering verm1ioa
cups to gilt eagles. The tanks are stag
nant and shabby, the gardens neglect
ed The rooms are horrible even for
one Of those monuments Of bad taste
called royal palaces; the walls are cov-
cred with mirrors, and a decoratann
made Of small pieces Of mirror set tn
elaborate patterns. the effect remind-
ing one Of q wedding cake. Ths fun.
niture n without exception European.
Of poor quality and worse taste; there
u not Q single one Of those exquixite
works Of Persian art which In the col-
lections Of Europe arouse enthusiasm
not 20 much an a nne carpet. Neither
the famous peacock throne-so long En-
roneously thought to be the one built
for the great moghal and looted by
Nadir Shah-nor any Of the jewels are
now exhibited Local gossip believes
them to have been broken up and sold
m Europe by the present government
-"Erom Moscow to the Persian Gulf. !"
The broad ax., 1916-04-08
The Finest Street In the World.

"Truly. New York Is the unbelieva-
bic city. as l have called It." said Jos
eph Pencil. the famous etcher. Down
Broadway there are endless new sub
jects. Stand. for instance, at the up
per side Of City Hall square on Broad
way and look south. Now, know all
Of oldsEurope. the parts that are left
and the parts that are gone. and there
Is nothing. there was nothing, to COM
pare in grandeur and majesty with
this vista down Broadway. Were It
somewhere in Europe every one would
be staring at It, Ogllng it, patronizing
It, saying the correct things In the
guideboOk about it. Here the guide
book says nothing. Broadway. to those
who can see. is the finest street In the
world."-New York World.
The broad ax., 1916-04-08
ABOUT GARNISHING
Some of the Sprigs That Make
Food Attractive.
THEY APPEAL TO THE, EYE.

There Are Two Sorts of Trimming,
One Fer FIsvor and One For psoera-
tien-0arnishIna Often Turns Q De-
spissd Dish Into Favorits.
With spring spleeniness upon u, It Is
ven for housewives to bait appetites
very often q dish may be delicious to
tasts, but unattracttye to the eye, and
he eye judges It before the palate
does. SO make Il attractive to the eye
II you would have Il q successful dish.
There are two sorts Of garnishes-
those that add flavor as wen as decora
t5on and those that are only decorative
and do not add flavor. Mushrooms, 70.
Instance, served with q ragout Of meat,
add to both appearance and taste. A
bright green leaf under half q musk
melon adds only to appearance This
second class Of garnishes need not be
served when they are used on the
serving dish.
Parsley Is perhaps the most useful
garnish. In sprigs with cold meat,
minced with soup and vegetables and
salads, it is always fresh In color and
tempting In taste.
Mushrooms are useful because, can
ned, they always can be kept on hand.
And 30 can peas. A mound Of canned
peas served In the middle Of an Irish
stew makes it far daintier than a
mound Of plain boiled potatoes. Pota-
toes, however, can be used for garnish-
ing. Scoop raw potatoes with a round
scoop and boil them. Serve them with
melted butter and parsley for a gar
nish, or force soft, mashed potatoes
through a stiff paper cone and brown
In the oven, or fry brown small
rounds Of potatoes, or use French fried
potatoes, and potato garnish is suitable
with cold meat.
Green and red peppers, too, can be
used to garnish vegetables, meats and
salads. An egg salad Is much i'm
proved if it Is dotted with bits Of red
pepper. Minced green pepper or shred
ded green pepper adds both taste and
looks to potato and cabbage salad.
Beets and carrots can be cut In rings
or stars, cooked tender very carefully
and then used to garnish substantial
meat dishes.
Barberries are one Of the purely or.
namental garnishes. Holly, too, can
be used in season, and bits Of ever
green can often be called on to help
make q simple dish attractive.
Remember that the garnishing OF q
dish will often change 1t from some,
thing not liked to a favorite with the
family.