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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
THE SURPLUS
= By DIR. FRANK cRAEE-

growth among the minds of the people. And
have a terrific mass of medieval nonsense, vener-
able prejudice and respectable ignorance to out
grow.
Labor unions pointed right, but the only
labor union we would have, if truly realized the
interlocking solidarity of the nation and the folly
and waste of class contention, would be the con-
gress of the United States. For we are all la
borers.
This country, and every other, is huge, mis-
managed business concern, wherein one set OF
hands is continually impeding another.
We spend so much energy in getting in each
others way that might better be spent in learning
to coordinate.
Confusion disorder is the curse of humanity,
It's not so much the ethical beauty of univer-
sal brotherhood need to know, as its practical
advantages
If we understood team work could have
most of our time for play, all of us. Transfers
and stokers might have the work hours a.
bankers.
The Malthusian theory has frightened some of
u.s. and we wonder what shall do when there
gets to be too many people. If we had sense
enough, if we understood the secret of organiza-
tion a thousand could flourish where ten starve to
day.
once asked a shrewd farmer how much land
a man needed in order to make good living. He
answered:
HE only needs room enough to stand on
if he's got gumption enough
Copyright, 1916, by Frank Crane.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
~ FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

Standards were before jamestown was
founded Mayfower cast her lines over Plyouth
Rock As a. result all of these irrigabe lands were
included Spanish land grants made with free hand
by the king Spain to his gallant gentlemen When
the territory came into American possession tnese
land titles we're still recognized valid. While the
lands have changed hands many scores OF times they
have gotten out of private ownership ana all Oh
them that will be irrigated by the project are in
private ownership today with the insignificant excep-
ton of some 1000 5000 that were so dry IN
the past that nobody thought it worth while to take
them up These latter become desirable land now that
available but they are only small traction
of the whole.
At first blink, it might seem that Uncle Sam has
.nent s. 900 900 on his chiefly for the benefit
of few big private owners. But not So Your Uncle
Samuel to the rights of the nation at large
Before the dam built the big owners whose
lands will be benefited carefully canvassed, and
the work was undertaken until large majority of
pledged themselves to cut their lands up INTO
small holdings sell these holdings at reasonable
prices. there is rule that no one man can
get water for more than 100 acres IL ne owns haI
county he only irrigate quarter-section In IT.
and thereby is forced to sell the rest Strenuous
efforts are being made, only by the reclamation
service but by the land owners themselves to make
sure that none the land goes TO spectators, and
that the new settler shall not be overcharged- The
land owner the proposition somewhat in this
large amount of land for sale; II he
sells high prices the buyer will have so
little money left that the chances he will fail
Thus project acquires bad name, and the owner
can't sell the of his land at all.
This condition as we'll as the pledges secured by
the reclamation operate to keep prices at fair
level In order prevent the holding Of land for
some years valley is settled and prices
correspondngy higher the reclamation service has
the right sell under the project at public
auction IL does dispose of them within
given length of time Thus, while there is little land
to be had free under the DAM there many
thousands which will be sold to settlers
at fair prices. The productiveness OF the valley will
be increased enormously: the will support many
thousand additional people its surface, and the
crops they will give food to many thousand
more The Elephant Butte dam stands for and
permanent national asset
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
Vote for This Amendment.

In the election November the seventh the
voters of Georgia can effect a much-needed reform
by ratifying the proposed Constitutional amend
ment to abolish the fee system applied to solicit
tors general. The interests of taxpayers well
as the ends of justice should impel every thought
full citizen to support this amendment.
Official records show that in one circuit of the
State a solicitor general collected in fees during
the past three years the of fifty-fve thousand
and eighty-six dollars Though that particular Of
fee may be an uncommonly lucrative one, its rec
ord is typical of the entire system. Every solicit
tor general ought to be paid fair and reasonable
salary, but any surplus of fees above that amount
should go to the public treasury, not to swell an
individual purse.
If the salary system is substituted for the fee
system, hundreds of thousands of dollars will be
added to the funds for building and maintaining
good roads for other constructive purposes. The
proposed Constitutional amendment authorizes the
Legislature to fix salary for the office of solicitor
general and to provide for an equitable apportion-
ment of the residue of fees among the various
counties of the judicial circuit. That plan means
economy to paxpayers and efficiency in public af-
fairs. It means, ALSO more seemly and cred
liable administration of justice.
The bill for this amendment, introduced at the
last session of the Legislature, by Mr.. Neill, of
Muscogee, passed the House by vote of one hun
dred and f1fty-nine to ten, and the Senate by
vote of thirty-hve to one 1t is to be hoped that
the people will give it an equally overwhelming
Endorsement in the forthcoming election
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
Political Snipeling.

However opinions may differ concerning the
merits of the Adamson Eight-Hour law il is plain
that the Republicans decriaI of that measure is
the cheapest sort of political sniveng. They pre-
tend to be indignant over what they call "the
Governments surrender" but in reality they are
disappointed because the Administration, by avert
ing calamitous strike, eliminated their only
chance for vital issue.
Mr.. RooseveIt's disappointment in the matter
is so binding that he loses his hindsght as well
as foresight and denounces the Democrats for hav-
ing done the very thing which he urged his own
party to do when he was President. In his mes
sage to Congress, December 3, 1906, Mr. Roosevelt
said
Il call your attention to the need of pass
ing the bill limiting the number of hours of
employment of railroad employees. The
measure is very moderate one, and l can
conceive of no serious objection to it. Indeed
so far as it lies in our power. it should be
our aim steadily TO reduce the number of
hours OF labor, with, as a goal, the general
introduction of the eight-hour day"
In recent TRADE against the Wilson administra-
ton, Mr. Roosevelt declared
I'VE have in this country few things
more discredtable 10 our representatives and
more ominous to the future of the nation
than the passage OF the Adamson eighJ-hour
law for railway trainmen."
No doubt if Congress had failed TO pass the Adam
bill when the strike threatened, Mr..
Roosevelt would have denounced the Admnstra-
ton just unsparingly and would have referred
with great gusto to his own recommendation of an
eight-hour law in 1906.
Mr.. Hughes position is equally inconsistent
While the issue pending in Congress and was
at its crucial stage, he conspicuousy silent
and noncOmmittal. If the Eight-HOur law is the
affront to AmeTicanism and the crime against the
Constitution, which Mr.. Hughes now says il is
why did not he as the Republican national leader
sy~-S crit against lbs enactment? He knew the
problem which the Government faced. He knew
the crisis which hung the nation He knew
the solution which the Democrats proposed. If
he had a more expedient more honorable plan
was it not his duty give the country the benefit
OF that plan, at least to it upon his fellow
Republicans in Congress? Where Mr. Hughes
conscience and patriotism when he stood smugly
aIoof while this legislative outrage, as he now
describes it, being perpetrated?
Had he felt half deeply the matter as he
now processes to feel, he would not have looked
silently while great wrong being done. He
would have spoken out with frankness and vigor
He would have eXerted his influence to array the
Republican members of the House and the Senate
against tn bill which he now denOunces ma
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
OuipS and QuidditieS

Colonel South was under the painful necessity Of
administering a sound thrashing to his son Samuel,
After he had completed labors he said sternly to
his suffering victim:
Now tell why 1 punished you
That's it," sobbed Sammy. you nearly pounded
the life out me, and you don't even know why
you did it,
He had calling the Widow Srnithers for
some time and could not be said that he had made
an impression although ha had failed to realize the
fact She decided speed him his at the first
opportunity, and that night He heaved
sigh and said, Il only friend earth-my
dog
WELL" she answered calmly. that isn't enough.
why don't you get another dog?'
The lecturer had been describing some of the sights
he had abroad.
There are some spectacIes" he said that
forgets."
81 wish you would tell where could get pair,
You haven't any serious organic trouble" said
the young physician, cheerfully You're little
nervous and down, that's ALL Take more exercise,
eat less and forget your troubles"
The hypochondriac snorted. Young man" he de-
manded, '1how long have been doctor?" Il took
my degree three years ago." answered the medico.
"And am invalid of twenty-five years experience
Who you disagree with me?'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
A Unmarried Plot.

Secretary Bakers exposure of the plot for a
Mexican bandit raid upon the American border
a plot apparently contrived for political effect
does not rest on vague rumors. 1t rests, his
official statement says, on definite information"
received by the War Department and confirmed
from other sources" to the effect that:
Enemies of the Administrations policy
toward Mexico in cooperation with Villa
other bandits in Mexico, have arranged spec
tacular attack to be made either upon
part of the American forces upon some
American community on the border between
now and the date of the election, for the pur-
pose of turning the tide of sentiment against
the policy which the Administration has
adopted for the protection of the border
There are two distinct groups of interests and
persons that have strven persistenty to defeat the
Administrators Mexican policy and force hostile
Intervention. One group is composed of Villa
outlaws who want war with the United States as
a means of repairing their broken fortunes and
power. The other is composed of Americans who
own mines or hold concessions in Mexico and who
are eager for annexation as means of protecting
and enhancing their investments Both these
groups realize that as long Mr.. Wilson is Presi-
dent there will be no war against Mexico if it
can be honorably avoided. Both accordingly, are
extremely DESTROYS of his defeat.
The fact that the bandits in northern Mexico
have received considerable supply of ammunition
and of silver money, Struggled over the border
from the United States, is very significant. Silver
coin is now a rarity in Mexico; the Carranza SOL
diers all paid in paper money. From what
sources and for what purpose the bandits be-
ing furnished this treasure? The Department of
Justice at Washington is pressing investigation
TO determine that question if possible, and to fix
the responsibility.
Meanwhile General Pershings forces and also
the troops guarding the border forewarned
and prepared. The probability is that the plot
for a bandit raid designed to influence the Presi-
Dental election will be abandoned. The most
Reckless of all the contributors to campaign Of
anything TO beat Wilson have spent their pieces
of silver in vain.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31

Not long ago. reading scientific book came
across a curious statement. Briefly, 1t was to
the effect that the autumn coloring of the leaves
seems an exception to the rule that everything in
nature serves some useful purpose.
When leaves lose their vitality, the writer point
ed out, it is inevitable that they fade. But just
why they should fade in vivid reds and browns and
yeows he found it impossible to say.
| read this statement, then stepped outdoors TO
look at the glorious sweeps of color on the White
mountains foothills. l forgot the scientists petty
riddle in my enjoyment of the scene.
A few days later l stood on the veranda OF a
friends home in the heart of the Berkshires
From the veranda 1 looked down upon a noun
tain cascade, leaping torrentially over massive
bouders.
And, looking upward, my gaze rested on sky
line of primeval forest deep green spruces, Ham
ing naples. Again, enchanted by the beauty Oh
October, | forgot the question the scientist had
raised.
Once more, too, l forgot when the next day.
l journeyed the famous Mohawk trail, and
from the highest point of this wonderful road
mile upon mile of autumn foliage.
In the delight of that moment there was no
room for thought of the scientist his queryng
phrase.
But now, at my desk, L am reminded of the
doubt that he expressed And with the reminder
there rises within certainty that it is fool
ish, baseless doubt.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31

From July 81 1914, to July 81, 1915, the
South used S,O65,259 bales of foreign and do
nestle cotton, not counting lnters; New Eng
land used 2,149, 39S bales, and all other States
3S2,705 bales. For the year ended July 81,
1916, the South consumed 3,57S.2 bales.
New England 2.SSS.726 bales and all other
States 4S5,62S bales. There was an increase
in the South's cotton consumption over the
previous cotton year of 166 per cent, compar-
ed with a gain of 1913 per cent for the whole
country and Ill per cent for New England
and 1S.1 per cent for the mills other than
those located in New England and the prin-
cipal Southern cotton States"
These figures from the current issue of the
Manufacturers Record bear striking witness to
the growth of the South's textile industry. Capt.
tai is recognizing and clearly that the South
as the great American center of cotton production
is the logical American center for cotton manufac-
turing. Sixty-ive per cent of the spindles in
stalled in the United States between 1890 and
1914 were placed in Southern cotton mills; and
for the past two years the rate of increase has been
still more remarkable
Georgia has 2,259,S55 active cotton spindIes
in 1916, compared with 2,14S,133 in 1915. In
the same period the number of active spindIes in
Alabama increased from 1,O2S,O36 to LII, $50;
those in South Carolina from 4,6S3,57S to Abs
1913; and those in North Carolina from 1888, 29S
to 3,sSS,O9s. The eleven Southern States which
manufacture cotton have 13,459,442 active spin
dies a scompared with 1854 in the New Eng
land States and 1,s72,177 in all other States
Thus the South has approximately forty-one per
cent of the total active spindles in the United
States, and, what is equally more remarkable
it consumes almost ffty-six per cent of all the
cotton consumed by American mills
The South's industrial development in other
fields is indicated by the fact that of the two hun
dred and sixty-two important lines of manufacture
ing conducted in the United States, two hundred
and sfxty-three are conducted in the South.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31

Each generation of men makes enough surplus
wealth to keep the next five generations free from
carkng care. But we waste it all in competitive
individualism. We do not know how to conserve II
by organization, cooperation.
If we knew how to work we wouldn't have to
work so much.
The surplus is amazing. The European ma
TONS in their present debauch of war, are surprs'
ing themselves and the world by their reserve re-
sources.
Till the war came Germany and England and
France did not realize that they had millions or
dollars day to throw away and burn up III You
had told England for instance before the war that
she could afford a million day for improving her
schools or hospitals she would have denied IT.
When war entails such colossal waste OF wealth.,
although the populace still has enough to eat ana
wear, we realize the wastage in folly tnat must
have gone during peace.
The laborers are following a deep and right in
stnct in contending for shorter hours The worlds
work could easily be done without stunting labor
on the part of anyone-if we knew how to go
about it, For while many have TO work too long
and too hard, many others work very little or not
at all the fortunate because they do not have to,
somebody having stored up surplus for them,
and the unfortunate because they cannot get a
job.
If somebody would come along and manage the
nation as capably as Henry Ford runs his auto
mobile factory every man in the United states
would be busy prosperous and happy. But un-
fortunately such wisdom comes only oy $40"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31

tional shame The twenty-eight Republican Sen
ators could have fibustered TO the last ditch but
Interestingly enough they let the measure pass
without a fight. The Republican members of the
House could have offered prolonged resistance but
seventy-four of them, including ex-Speaker Cannon
himself, voted for the Adamson bill Therefore,
when Mr. Hughes condemns the Eight-Hour law
he condemns the Republicans of Congress
no less than the Democrats and he condemns him
self as we'll
This aspect of the issue tersely phrased
by Senator Hoke Smith when he said in his recent
address in Atlanta:
while the country trembled the verge
of a nationwide railroad strike, which would
have been second only to civil in its dis
astrous consequences Mr.. Hughes said moth
ing He waited until after the Eight-Hour
law was passed. and then he viciousy attack
ed the president. But he couldn't get around
the fact that a majority of the Republican
members of the house voted for the bill, even
down to Joe Cannon. And the more he ham
mered on the subject the more he embarrassed
himself, and now he has about stopped talk
ing of the Eight-Hour law. His policy all
along has been to hammer Wilson until the
country understood the question thoroughly
and decided that Wilson right, and then
he was compelled to drop that hammer and
pick up another"
Mr. Hughes has been asked repeatedly whether
or not he would undertake to have the 'Adamson
act repealed if he should be elected President But
he has never answered that question. He
lacks the courage to advocate its repeal just he
lacked the courage to oppose its enactment. On
this as on all issues, he merely criticise and
complain without offering word of constructive
counsel Unable to deny that the Wilson admins
tration prevented national disaster, he churlishly
protests that the wrong methods were employed.
Unable to deny that the Wilson administration has
preserved the country's peace in the midst Of
world war, he grumbles at the diplomatic details
by which this great blessing has been vouchsafed.
Unable to deny that under the Wilson administra-
ton the United States has attained the richest
measure of prosperity it has ever known, he
gloomily declares that this wonderful prosperity
is only transient. From the outset of his cam
paign it evident that Mr.. Hughes had no issue,
and now it is evident that he has conviction
cept that Republicans have divine right to Office.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
RAILWAY SNOW FENCE.

An apparatus to keep snow from drifting on the
railroad track has been invented by a Minnesota
physician who lost patient last year because his
train was bound. 1t is a form of
fence consisting of number of transverse planks
arranged defect air currents close to the ground
thus causing the wind to sweep low through the rail-
cut cleaning the track of instead of piling
it in a drift the track. few sections OF this
erected at points where drifts would cost
far less the delay of a single snow-bound train
and a number of demonstrations have proven the
practicabity of the invention.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-31
The Search1ight

Because of increasing demand for fish to stock
ponds and the United States bureau has been
compelled devise machine to facilitate Matching.
Tt is an Matching jar of cylindrical shape
and round bottom supported glass knobs. 1t con-
tains two outlets into which glass tubes are fitted.
Fresh water in through tube and waste water
ont through the other. Two quarts of water passes
through tubes each minute at pressure of eight
mounds to square inch. In high temperature
may Matched in three days, although eight is the
usual time The Matching jar hold 100000 fish at
a
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28
RHEURATGsW FOLLOWS Ex-
p5SuRE

III the rain AL aay Sc generally tol-
lowed by painful tzlnges Of rAeur1a-
tsm 81 neuralgia. Sloan's Linlment
sglM give yo1 quick rslief ard prevent
the tw.nges from bsc0mlng torture
FOR sore. stiff. exhausted muscles
thar ache ard throb from oVeFwqrk
Sloan's Lsnimenf affords quick relief
Bruises. spFains. strains and other mt
nor injuries 70 children are quickly
soothed by Sloan's LAnimelt. Get q
bottle today At Toar druggists, Z5c.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28
elNE.rAR RELIEVES 4 coLp

Or. Bells a-gue- - -a-4ney contains
All the soothing elements Of the pine
forest II heals the irritated mrna
brane. ard b. is aHtiseptic properties
.l00sens the phlegm. you breathe easier
and what promised to be a severe cold
has been broken up- For that stuffed
up feeling. tight chest or sore throat
take 4 dose Of DF. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey and prevent wearing hacking
cough dragging through the winter
At your druggist. 25c-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28

Nem YORK nov 2T.-Attsr making
asm high retords al the opening to-
ay tire cotton narket broke severely
aassr general legislation and z renew
II 0f local pressure Aay contracts
old or from zls5c 10 ~llc. ard
closed It 11a5c with the general lizt
asa+ng EASY Il nes decline q 1g 70
ss points.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28
4 cLoGcE7 SYSTEM MUST BE
CLEARED

CLEARED
You viii find Dr Kings New Life
PlGls . gentle yet effective laxative for
removing Impurities from the system.
Accumulated waste po.sons tbs bloods
dizziness. bili0usEsss and psmply. mad
ar e5mplsn0n are the distressing eE-
fscts. A dose Of DR.. Kings Naw Life
Pills tonight viii assure you free
sum bowel movement ii the morning.
i your druggist &c
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28
THANKSGIVING FLowERs

A fine assortment OF choice cut
flowers and blooming plants for
Thanksgiving at Chickasha Green
House. The florists Of quality. Rea-
sonable prices. 62s S. 9Th St Phone
is. 1I-27-st
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28

The highest spos czsi. prices viii b
paid for some clean cotton rags deliY.
cred at once At tbs Daily Express Of
ncs s-sltf
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28

e ~. Harper st0elmar ana real es-
tate dealer q ERsA Sprlngs. was herz
scaay 1n lis retAva home after . visit
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28

Mrs EH Harbour Is taking a few
aavs vacatioa from her duties Al The
Peoples sore