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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-22

deodoriZed.
 The most important investigation from the point of view of political economy every carried on was the Pujo money trust investigation. That showed the public how complete the United States is owned by hand full of men through interlocking di- rectorates and a real ownership at that The very name of Pujo is forgotten and if the average man was asked who he was it is likely as not he would answer a Japanese Admiral or an island in the Phillip pine archipelago. That was done in the stone age of profiteering and when those interesting essays on the New Freedom were ungnawed by the tooth of time. But it can be said emphatically that it will be ut terly impossible to understand United States history and the con- ditions of the people today unless this investigation is familiar in the mind as household words.
 It is wearisome and tedious in the extreme to note the manner in which the old time middleman is ac- cused of causing all this havoc in the increase in prices. Such as re- peat this easy and superficial gossip must be unaware of the extent to which the middleman has been eli minated by the great industrial con- cerns called the trusts for the past few years. Do they think that the fact that in 1915 alone, and it was very favorable year, not less than twenty thousand such concerns went out of business, has no significance in the scheme of economic distribu- button? Do they imagine that their places were just obliterated and the functions they filled are no longer performed?
 The fact is that this process has been proceeding with merciless se- verity and production and distrlbu- tion are now in the same controll- ing hands. More over it is to be observed that not alone is the pro duction and distribution in one in- dustry controlled but it is controlled in all and by approximately the same great and very few financial interests which control everything that the people use and consume
 It will be very interesting to watch the process of control which the Federal Trade Commission pro- poses in the matter of the coal in- dustry. It will be relatively easy to control the food industry. The farmers were through cooperation beginning to shake loose the rail- road control and it is much easier to control the farmers than the coal men who are the railroad men, who are the steel men, who are the power men, who are the lumber men, the intuition men, the money trust men,
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-22

milltsone, the public, quite the re- verse of the usual experience, for it was an unusually profitable one.
 That condition, although econom- ists and politicians and officials ap- pear to think in terms of it, has dis appeared for ever.
 A few men control the coal in- dustry, just as the same few men control the railroad and the power industry. There is an entente cor diale between them all that makes the political entente between na tions as an abode brick is compared with a solid rock.
 The railroad company makes pro- fit from the coal industry in which it is interested; the coal company which contracts it's eighty per cent of coal to power and steel and other great industrial corporations is all most ceratin to be a subsidiary of those industries also. And they point gratefully that little discrimi- nation is given the big fellows any more than the little fellows, because they know the public overlooks the fact that they themselves and the said big fellows are one and the same
 It is not without some amuse- Ahc readily the public falls for the bun combe when the coal company planes the railroad for not supply ing cars, knowing well that the pub lie will not imagine that the coal and the railroad company are con- trolled by the same money power, making a practically identical own ership for all intents of profits.
 Time was indeed when this com plaint from the smaller companies in the coal business was not withou it's tragic note, for it is too true that it was thereby that the big coal companies controlled by the rail- roads aslo were enabled to swallow the smaller independents whose business failed because of no mar kct facilities, failing to get cars.
 That time is gone Today the con soldation and the unification of in- terests gre complete. But the pub lie still thinks of industry in the thoughts of a past age, and the le> gislators just as might be expected, legislate for present day conditions in the light of the economic facts of past epoch. Today in America there is a complete inter-connection in the control of all industries. The copper magnate will elsewhere be coal magnate; the steel magnate will be a copper, coal, and a rail- road magnate and all will be united in certain financial alliances of tre- mendous forces in the controlling factor the money trust.
 If the people could get away from thinking that this and that industry is distinct from these others, they would make considerable progress in making ready to meet the situa- tion.
 But care is taken that they will not know and if there should leak out some facts as to the truth of the economic situation they are hurried ly hidden from sight and quickly
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-08-22
WE CAN DO IT.

For Grst class wOrR ana prOn Pt delivery pin me Main 1nt and the Peoples Steam Laundry ~.l C. L and get your laundry.
 ". J. WILLIAMSOT Pros
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Think and Know

In Natural History mans scientific name
is 'homosapiens' "Man who knows
knowledge is the achievement of fruitful
thought. Only man can know, because,
only man can think.
Every man who has through one offense
or another made himself liable to mprison-
ment, deserves his durance, not only
because he has committed breach of the
law as accepted by his fellow-men, but
also because he has failed to put his most
precious gift of Heaven, thought, to its
proper use. In our era of enlightenment,
ignorance has lost its value as an excuse for
for the wrongdoer.
The least an inmate can do under these
circumstances is to exert his mental reSour-
ces in the most earnest endeavor to min
imze the self-inAicted harm. He should
think of means to find firm foothold in
life after his release, he should make use
of every opportunity offered him to improve
his earning capacity, he should never let
that knowledge slip from his memory that
he acquired through suffering-that "sinnerS
must suffer. SD
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Theory and Practice

In Emanuel Rants Theory and Edu-
cation we find the sentence: "Moral
culture must be based upon maxims, not
upon discipline. Kant leaves the discern
.ment between good and 'bad'' entirely
to the intellect of the Individual A most
wonderful theory, but still, alas theory!
Were all men gifted with Rants intel
lectual powers, did all men possess his
ideal;stic conception of the duties of the
individual, then, and only then discipline"
would be superhuous. Our world would be
Garden of Eden again; laws, forcing the
single being to conform with the exigen-
cies of the common welfare, would not be
needed. Everyone would be wise enough
to see the right and good enough to do the
right.
But, since the Millennium has not yet ar
rived, since men will err and sin against the
common good, we need rules of life, need
rule in life-and that is law.
If our laws, based upon mankind limit
less experience, adapted for our needs by
master-minds, are not by any means perfect,
what would be the result if Rants theory
would be tried out in the school of practi-
cal life, if every Jack and Dick would act
as they saw fit and right. -Ee.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
The Brain Which Thinks

A Sea captain observes that collisions
impending between his vessel and another.
He stands on the bridge with speaking
tubes and signal bells at his command.
The passengers, engineers and stokers
below must depend upon his orders to save
them from wreck. He acts quickly, and
slowly but surely his ship draws away from
the danger.
the brain which thinks. Such is the brain
which counts in every affair of life. The
great things of human existence come out
of the orderly, disciplined, self-controlled
action of the brain which thinks. yelling
ton, at Waterloo, saw just where the
Guards of France could not overcome the
map of Europe.
In the quivering of a sensitive film,
Bell OWNED the first successful principles
of telephony. The alterations of sound
on tin plate suggested to Morse the
telegraph. Westin ghouse's conception that
one curved surface applied to another with
force would end motion, grew into the
modern airbrake.
Idle brains decay. They grow torpid
and in time will not act. Scientists who
study the brain explain that brain which
is not used or which is only slightly de-
veloped steadily diminishes in power.
The brain is only at its best when given
full activity along lines of pure, helpful
thought.
If we allow an arm to hang idle by our
side, give it no exercise, the blood will
flow sluggishly and in certain length of
time the flesh will wither. Unceasing,
useful activity is all that gives the arm its
great power, and this law applies with
equal force to the brain. The careful
study of the best books, the eager desire to
know how to do things in the right way
having steady companionship with bright
and hopeful thoughts, are all food for the
brain.
Upon these it thrives from babyhood to
boyhood, thence to manhood and the prime
of life, when body and mind should be
giving their best to home, country and
God .-E1.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Evil Gossip

Listen to the conversation of your
friends. Before your hear one word OF
praise for somebody you will hear scores of
sighting remarks, biting comments, sar-
castle hints about others. 1t is very sad
trait of the human character that we are
much more inclined to condemn than to
laud. Partly it may be an indlstinct de-
sire to boost our own virtue by yoicing our
disapproval of the errors of our brethren,
partly over-bearing pride that forbids us to
acknowledge in others the goood qualities
which we may not possess ourselves, partly
at last the fact that evil comment makes
brisk, spicy, talk and, sad to say-always
finds interested listeners while praise of our
neighbors offers by no means a lively topic
of conversation.-Sma wonder it is then
that evil tales spread so quickly and widely,
while good and kind words, somehow, do
not seem to take root and bear fruit.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Writings

1t is all right to build air castles, but
you can not create them with ''hot air.
The fellow who refuses to get up steam
under any circumstance is usually an expert
in the ice water business.
Uncle Rastus says: "When you see
dee dee a taggin' aftah fellah's name it
means ''diggin' and doin' - or "done
dead according to the man.
Crows are able to see a man afar off, but
sitting under the juniper tree is the surest
way for the twentieth century prophet to be
overlooked by the ravens of today.
Blessed is the man who can use his STUN
bling stones as paving stones in the way to
success.
Not every bald head is sign of brains.
Recently man married two women and
now he is quite bald
When a mans liver is out on strike he
is positive the whole wide world is going
straight to the devil.
When the other fellow is leading you by
a lap in the race, it takes grace to say, 600
on instead of, ''Hold on!'
ri Some men will boast loudly of this land
of the free and prove their patriotism by
prolonged spree.-Rer. L. r. Akers, IN
Evangelical Messenger.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Days of all Kinds

Carlyle tells US: every day that is
born into the world comes like burst of
music, and rings itself all the day through,
and thou shalt make of it dance dirge
or life march, as thou wilt
Gruff Thomas is one of our favorite phil
osophers, says the Dayton Journal, bu,
some times he says things that we take
little stock in. Philosophy evolved under
easy conditions isn't always workable.
When Thomas wrote the above he certainly
had no personal Experience of spring NOV
ing and cleaning up. Perhaps Jane
attended to al, that.
Moving days come not into the world
like bursts of music-they come with a
discordant slap and bang that leaves us for
days not only all mussed up in the
physical sense, but tangled and awry in the
mental sense. 1t takes time to adjust
oneself to even this annual domestic change,
and when it comes to moving ones work
shop, then the psychological and physio-
logical lines get crossed and tangled indeed.
Still, as the old Scotchman said, we may
make of any day dirge, a dance or a
splendid life march, if we will. If the
pictures are awry on the walls, if we cannot
lay our hands on familiar necessary tools,
if the inspiration of fixed customs fails us
for a time, all we have to do is cock our
mental ears and listen for the music which
of right belongs TO the day; to evolve order
out of our little chaoses, and be happy.
If we do not dance to the music of the new
born days (even moving days. we shall be
miserable
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
The Cry of the Women

They tell US of wars and rumors of wars,
And the orders of kings to men,
And little they heed to the sorrow decreed
By the stroke of rulers pen.
And little they care of child and for wife,
When the wife and the child make moan,
While nations fight for their rulers greed
And the fighter dies alone.
The woman with hair like sunset gold,
The woman with hair like coal,
Each of them loses the love of their life,
The man that is half of her roul.
Aye! you that Aatter rulers greed,
And you that fawn at his power,
And you that fight when there is no need
You, too, shall come to your hour!
When in woe and wretchedness; comes that
hour,
Your guilt shall your soul betray,
And you shall utter your cry for peace
AS we cry for peace this day.
CLARA II. Davidson.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Three Things

Be thoughtful of three things-temper,
tongue, and conduct. When angry. count
ten and when very angry count hundred. -
is a bit of advice often given. A boy came
in showing evidence of having been in a
fight. He admitted that he had cheat up
on neighbor boy. "Why didn't you
count one hundred when you got angryf'
asked his mother. 81 did, he replied;
81 sat on him until l counted one hundred,
and then pounded him" Counting one
hundred before beginning the pounding
was a~good thing, for he still was under the
impression that the other fellow needed it.
By thinking before giving way to temper,
or before speaking the unkind or angry
word, one contributes greatly to his own
peace of mind and good Characteristic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
The First Day Off to School
By Lee Shippey

His mother gave his hair pat and put his
hat on straight,
And tucked his satchel in his arm and
said to hold on tight;
Then, when the other children waited for
him at the gate,
She kissed him. and we let him go, our
eyes with pride alight-
Away to school, away to school! Our lit
tie baby boy,
That's never been away from us three
hours before, to school!
We stood and watched him out of sight,
and smiled, but not with Joy;
His mother cried little bit-and l grim
ned like fool.
For oh, there is so much to learn, so much
we grieve mast be,
So much of sweet and sorrow, and so
much of right and wrong;
We yearn to keep him sheltered, but we
sadly know that he
Must learn to vie with others or he never
can grow strong
Must learn the thousand lessons which the
teachers never teach,
Must earn the elemental laws the ele-
mental way;
All, yes! we know its best for him, yet
aching arms we reach
And wish we had our baby back, the one
we lost today.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Conversation

Conversation is said to be gradually be-
coming a lost art, but it is one which may
be acquired with little effort. The first
requisite is ssknow' and "think''. The
second is to converse In other words,
have something to say and then practice
saying it. Select some theme of general
interest and importance, inform yourself
concerning it, then train your mind to hand
lie it methodically. Think it over in col
Ioquial form, and when it comes to express
ing it in conversation use common language,
short words which will not sound bookish
1t may safely be said that the best CONVEX
sationalist is the one who says little by
himself, but can draw others out to free ex-
preston of their oughts.-Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
inns Coats

When Jim has got new coat,
1t makes his Sunday wear;
But for his home or Office
The old coat answers there.
When Jim ''put on the new man,
Twas Sunday wear for him;
The other days fthe old man"
Was good enough for Jim.
When Jim has got new coat,
Who ever could believe
To-day he'd wear the collar,
Tomorrow wear the sleeve?
But when Jim wears ''the new man.
He thinks it is no crime
To cut that coat and wear it
A little at time.
Now Jim's old coat is crooked,
And crooked, too, is Jim;
For Jim, he twists mis- garments,
His garments, they twist him.
If lin would wear ''the new man"
That coat cut straight and true,
On Sundays and on week days,
think he'd straighten, too!
Amos r. Wells.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
To Youth

Before portal, outward opening wide,
A yelled angel stands on either side.
One offers freely from her outstretched
hand
The garnered wealth from many distant
lands.
The other angel, with an aspect stern.
Extends a rule and compass in his turn.
Within are sheltered cloisters, quiet halls,
While strife and turmoil wait without the
walls.
And he who passes thru that open door
May wander long but may return no more,
These are thine angels, \ outh, and this
thy gate.
Where Opportunity and Duty wait;
lnseparable ever, hand in hand,
One to bestow, the other to demand
And may life show thee, ere thy race is run,
The sterner angel, still the kinder one.
SELECTED
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
If All who Hate Would
Love us

If all who hate would love US,
And all our loves were true,
The stars that swing above US
Would brighten in the blue;
If cruel words were kisses,
And every scowl smile,
A better world than this is
Would hardly be worth while;
If purses would not tighten
To meet a brothers need,
The load we bear would Tighten
Above the grave of greed.
If those who whine would whistle,
And those who languish laugh,
The rose would rout the thistle,
The grain outrun the chaff;
If hearts were only jolly,
If grieving were forgot,
And tears of melancholy
Where things that now are not,
Then love would kneel to duty,
Then all the world would seem
A bridal bower of beauty,
A dream within dream.
If men would cease SO worry,
And women cease to sigh,
And all be glad to bury
Whatever has to die;
If neighbor spake to neighbor,
As love demands of all,
The rust would eat the saber,
The spear stay on the wall;
Then every day would glisten,
And every eye would shine,
And God would pause and listen,
And life would be divine.
Washington Star.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
MIRO R E TIES
By Uncle John

Silent rivers are not always deep.
To gain friends you must be one.
-Self-control is the first step towards
controlling others.
Don't give up after failure; even the
best gunner only finds the target by first
missing it.
Mass was held in the Auditorium last
Sunday morning, Father Barry officiating.
Six days cold weather, and on Sunday
snow-that's what we had for the last 3
Sundays.
The easiest thing to find at the present
time, or any other time for that matter, is
an argument.
Several loads of beans were received for
the Stewards Dept. the other day, which
cost seven dollars a bushel.
They say that "misery loves COM
pany," but what about happiness? Real
happiness loves company, too.
"A good word is an easy obligation, but
not to speak ill, requires only silence, which
costs us nothing. -Tillotson.
Habit is habit, and not to be flung
out of the window by any man, but to be
coaxed down. stairs step at time.
Several hundred Binder wheels have
been piled into shop P. 1t sure is heavy
load, but the floor proves to be very solid.
The moving picture show on Wash
ington's Birthday was very good indeed.
"A good many of us never do our best
fighting until we are down-but you know
the old proverb: cit is never too late to
mend.''
1T looks as if the whole United States
was going dry in few years. Good. AT
least the boys don't need to promise not to
drink any more.
If the majority of the men who so out
from here would say: "No,'' as soons
they get out and not wait till next time,
very few would come back.
-"Preparedness' is a good thing and
seems to be the motto of the machine shop.
There is enough material in the basement
to keep that industry busy for long time
to come.
Women are the natural protectors of
children. Children, the poor and the sick
have always been women's time-honored
concern and special care. With the greater
complication of modern life, society has
taken over more and more control of the
conditions of life. Housing. sanitation,
school ventilation and tood-supply are now
controlled by the government. The indi-
vidual woman can no longer do what we all
expect her to do-take good and proper
care of her children unless she can compel
the government to give her efficient public
servants. She can do this best and most
directly through the ballot. If there were
no other reason for enfranchising women,
this reason would be suhicient.-Frances
Hand.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01

Leaues From Our Poets
A Sonnet
Bu Mr.. J. b.


l can not think that the last parting breath
That stills the bosom in its earthly frame,
Ends all; nor find, in that but given name,
Harsh sounds to brood upon, which we
call death
The soul, by some eternal given law,
Has its belief; soul-willed it lives the
Which satisfies and fills that starving need,
Nor none mould perfect, none without
some flaw.
Than as this hour holds thoughts of lives
sublime,
Departed hence and left their tasks we'll
done,
O'erwhelm'd by strife, yet left the battle
l can but think, that in some unseen
cline
Their spirits wake, like the great sun at
dawn,
To tasks anew, where souls live on and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
A Day

An endless procession is passing by,
The winding procession of days;
To some they pass slowly, to others they fly,
And before you some gift each one lays.
A gift may be bonny, and happiness bring
Perchance twill be gloomy and sad;
But happy is he who can cheerily sing
Whatever the day for him had.
What matter if sometimes an unpleasant gift
The day for you has in store3
Be brave! Night will come-a new sunrise
will lift
Up your clouds-'tis a new day once
more!
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01
Discomfort
j. W. Foley, IN Farm and Real Estate
Journal

The mail is full of letters,
And the soup is full of peas,
There's sugar in the coffee,
And the yard is full of trees;
The fields are full of stubble,
And there's grass upon the ground
But the world is full of trouble
If we only look around.
The corn is full of kernels,
There are lilies in the brooks;
The towns are full of people,
There are stories in the books;
The orchards full of apples
And the meadow full of hay
But what troubles we discover
If we're only built that way.
The lilac's full of blossoms,
And the trees are full of leaves.
The meadow is full of clover,
And the fields are full of sheaves,
The bread is full of -four,
And the rain is damp and wet
But how much there is to fret US,
If we really want to fret.
The bees are full of honey,
And the apples full of juice,
The banks are full of money,
But-be happy? What's the use?
The beach is full of pebbles,
There's water in the creek
But nothing really suits us,
If we really want to kick.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-03-01

Enthusiasm is the thing which makes
the world 60 round. Without its driving
power nothing worth doing has ever been
done. Love, friendship, religion, altruism,
devotion to'career or hobby-all these, and
most of the other good things in life, are
forms of enthusiasm.-R. II. Schau67er,