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' 4 .S'I. 7 1 1 7317\-r Memea, \.( MONTANA SUNLIGHT. W. L. RICKARD, Pub. WHITEHALL. • MONTANA. NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Other Matters In Ergot Form for All Classes of Readers. Washington. Gifford Pinchot, former head of the government forest service said that the loss of property and life in the re- cent and present forest fires was un- necessary. J. H. Miner. of PhiIlipson, Mass.. and Frank C. Magruder of Webb City, Mo., have been appointd engineers OD the Grand Valley project in Colorado and the Belle Fourche project, South Dakota respectively. Honduras officially has Iovited Dr. Matrix, the deposed president of the Nicaraguan government at Managua, etr move on. This Information was re- . , estree the etsto-deyerrtment from Its diplomatic representative:4. As a final chapter to the story ol the murder of William R. Boggs. Jr.. son of General William R. Boggs of Winston-Salem, N. C., in Durango, Mex.. In November, 1907, the state department has just been advised by Iii consular representative at Duran- go. that Jesus Monarres had been sentenced to death and Emilio Monte- negro to imprisonment for ten years for the murder of Boggs. Fel:luting the cost of the experi. ment at about $100,000, the war de- partment officials haie declined re- quests to order a bombardment of the skies by all its guns on Puget Sound and at the mouth of the Columbia river in an effort to bring on rain in the burning forest district of the Northwest. In addition to the objec- tion of cost, the army officials regard- ed the proposal as certain to prove futile. Foreign. • The workmen's federation. of Bil- bao, Spain, proclaimed ter general strike throughout Spain. Dr. Hawley H. Crippen, jointly ac - cooed with Ethel Clare Lanese of the murder of his wife, has suffered a nervous collapse and was removed to the hospital ward of Brixton jail. The newspapers in Berlin deny, ap- parently with authority, a story print- ed in a French paper La Vie Nouvelle. dist Emperor William has written a letter to Pope Plus regarding the re- cent congress of religions. The Associated press Is permitted to state Korean sovereignit7 has ceased and that Mutsubito, emperor of Japan, will become absolute ruler of Korea. when the agreement be- tween Emperor Yi Syek of Korea and Mutsubito takes place. Perfect order prevailed at the Portugal parliamentary elections throughout the country. The repel). Beans secured a majority of the seats at Lisbon and Oporto, but it is Mt. trait at the present time to estimate' the results elsewhere. It is believed, however, that the full returns will show a great majority for the mon- archists. General. Colorado has just broten all rec- ords for cold weather in Auust. Roosevelt declares the old guard will get all the fighting they want. The Black Hills forest fires, threatening great damage, are under mntrol. Opposition has developed In Nica ragua to the presidential claim of Estrada. President Ripley of the Santa Fe defended the propoeed increase in railroad rates. Mr. Roosevelt discussed state and national authority before members of the Colorado legislature. A presidential boom for \Sunny Jim\ Sherman was launched by an ad. wirer at Marshfield, Mo. A reyised tabulation of deaths in , the forest fires of the northwest places the number at 203. One New York county instructed for Roosevelt for temporary chair- man of the state convention. Many postmasters throughout the country are making requests for privilege of opening postal banks. Three masked men held up an in- terurban street car at the San Matoe (California) county line, lined up the passengers and crew and robbed them of their money. One boy was killed and three others were seriously injured in Philadelphia when they attempted to imitate the Swiss family Robinson and build a cabin In a tree forty feet above the ground Governor Deneen opened the cam- paign against the jackpot legislators In Illinois. Official announcement was made at Beverly of the appointment of George E. Roberta of Chicago as director of the mint, succeeding A. Platt An- drews, recently named as assistant secretary of the treasury. Isaac W. Hallam, probably the old- est telegraph operator in the country in point of continuous service, died at Wilmington, Del., aged 81 years. He was an employe of the Western Union Telegraph company for fifty-two years. Crippen, the alleged wife murderer, Is threatened with a nervous break- down. Lewis Barret. one of the wealthiest and best known men in Louisville, Ky., died as a result of Injuries from an automobile. At the age of 99, Walter T. Carpen- ter. formai' superintendent of Earl- ham ' . college and a renowned educe, tor, died at Richmond, Ind. Miss Katherine Elkins left for Paris. where it is reported she will meet her father. Senator Elkins, att. smartie returning to rejoin Mrs. El- I4DEPENDENCE ON THE FARM 1PLENDID RESULTS FOLLOW FARMING IN THE CANADIAN WEST. Americans in Canada Not Asked to Forget That They Were Born Americans. Farm produce today Is remunera- tive, and this helps to make farm life agreeable. Those who are studying the economics of the day tell us that the strength of the nation lies in the cultivation of the soil. Farming is no longer • hand-to-mouth existence. It means Independence, often affluence, but certainly independence. Calling at a farm house, near one of the numerous thriving towns of Al- berta, in Western Canada, the writer was given a definition of \indepen- dence\ that was accepted as quite loriginal. The broad acres of the farm- er's land had a crop—and a splendid one, too, by the way—ripening for the reapers' work. The evenness of the crop, covering field after field, attract- ed attention, as did also the neatness of the surroundings, the well-built sub- stantial story -and -a-half log house, and the well-rounded sides of the cattle. His broken English—he was a French ConedhilliJek:.;;;' melerveloitablitt and pleasant to listen to. He had come there from Montreal a year ego, had paid $20 an acre for the 820 -acre farm, with the little improvement it had. lie bad never farmed before, yet his crop was excellent, giving evi- dence as to the quality of the soil, and the good judgment that bad been used In its preparation. And brains count in farming as well as \brew.\ Asked how he liked it there, he straightened his broad shoulders, and with hand outstretched towards the waving fields of grain, this young French Canadian, model of symmetrical build, replied: \Be gosh, yea, we like him—the farmin'—well, don't we, Jeannette?\ as he smilingly turned to the young Wife standing near. She had accom- panied him from Montreal to his far - west home, to assist him by her wifely help and companionship, in making • new home in this new land. \Yes we come here wan year ago, and we never farm before. Near Montreal, me father, be kep de grits' mill, an' de viral' mill, an' be ffeelVtiMlediOI\ cheese factoi•loe. He work, an' me work, an' us work tarn bar', be gosh! Us work for de farmer; well 'den, sometin' go not always w'at you call RANG THE BELL, ALL RIGHT . ft I • , I I ) ' - 1. 0 , • , • Itsommes el Mill of Wiest is Wiser. Cameo We 1910 lien This One live/kW Mahe. ileebsie de' right, an' de farmer he say de' mean Villa, be goah! and tell us ff0 to —well, anyway he tarn mad. Now,\ and then he waved his hand again towards the fields, \I 'eve no bodder. no cardin' mill, no grim' mill, no cheese factor'. I am now de farmer man an' when me want to, me can say to de oder fellow! you go -1 Well, we like him—the fartnin'.\ And that was good definition of independence. Throughout a trip of several hun- dred miles in the agricultural district of Western Canada, the writer found the farmers in excellent spirits, an optimistic feeling being prevalent everywhere. It will be Interesting to the thousands on the American side of the line to know that their rela- tives and friends are doing well there, that they have made their home in a country that stands up so splendidly under what has been trying conditions In most of the northwestern part of the farming districts of the continent. With the exception of some portions of Southern Alberta, and also a por- tion of Manitoba and Southern ges- tate wan the grata crops could be descrthi1 as fair, good and excellent The sam drought that affected North and South Dakota, Montana, Minne- sota, Wla,nsin and other of the northern central states extended over Into a portion of Canada just men- tioned. But in these portions the crops for the past four or five years Were splendid and the yields good. The great province of Saskatchewan has suffered less from drought in pro- portion to her area under cultivation than either of the other provinces. On the other hand, instead of the drought being confined very largely to the south of the main line of the C. P. R. it Is to be found in patches right through the center of northern Sas- katchewan also. In spite of this, how- ever,. Saskatchewan has a splendid crop. A careful checking of the aver- ages of yield, with the acreages in the different districts, gives an average yield of 115% bushels to the acre. In Southern Alberta one -fifth of the winter wheat will not be cut, or has been re -sown to feed. There are is dividual crops which will run as high as 45 bushels on acres of 600 and 1,000 acres, but there are others which will drop as low as 15. A safe average for winter wheat will be 19 bushels. The sample is exceptionally fine, excepting in a few cases where It has been wrin- kled by extreme heat. The northern section of Alberta has been naturally anxious to impress the world with the fact that it has not suffered from drought, and this Is quite true. Wheat crops run from 20 to 30 bushels to an acre, but In a report such as this it Is really only possible to deal with the province as a whole and while the estimate may seem very low to the people of Alberta, it is fair to the province throughout. When the very light rainfall and other eccentricities of the past season are taken into account, it seems noth- ing short of a miracle that the Cana- dian West should have produced 102 million bushels of wheat, which Is less than 18 million bushels short of the crop of 1909. It is for the West generally a paying crop and perhaps the best advertisement the country has ever had, as it shows that no mat- ter how dry the year, with thorough tillage, good seed and proper methods of conserving the moisture, a crop can always be produced. As some evidence of the feeling of the farmers, are submitted letters written by farmers but a few days ago, and they offer the best proof that can be given. Maidstone, Sask., Aug. 4, '10. I came to Maidstone from Menomt .12041, ,Wee, (one -years uscc• - •roKte' .eof parents and two brothers. We all cated homesteads at that time and now have our patents. The soil is a rich black loam as good as I have ever seen. We have had good crops each' year and in 1909 they were exceeding- ly good. Wheat yielding from 22 to 40 bushels per acre and oats from 40 to 80. We are well pleased with the country and do not care to return to our native state. I certainly believe that Saskatchewan is just the place for a hustler to get a start and make himself • home. Wages here for farm labor range from $96 to $45 per month. 7 Lee Dow. Tofield, Alberta, July 10, 1910. I am a native of Texas, the largest and one of the very best states of the Union. I have been here three years and have not one desire to return to the States to live. There Is no place I know of that offers such splendid inducements for capital, brain and brawn. I would like to say to all who are not satisfied where you are, make • trip to Western CatInds; If you do not 4/1. -ell tee. edit4ettlew4jrosPeld for your trip. Take this from one who's on the ground. We enjoy splen- did government, laws, school, railway fealties, health, and last, but not Mast, an ideal climate, and this from a Texan. 0. L.. Pughs, James Normur of Porter, Wisconsin, after visiting Dauphin, Manitoba, says: \I have been in Wisconsin 25 years, coming out from Norway. Never have I seen better land and the crops in East Dauphin are better than I have ever seen, especially the oat& There le more straw and It has heav- ier heads than ours in Wisconsin. \This is just the kind of land we are looking for. We are all used to mixed farming and the land we have seen is finely adapted In that sort of work. Cattle, hogs, horses and grain will be my products, and for the live stock, prospects could not be better. I have never seen such cattle as are raised here on the wild prairie grasses and the retch that stands three or four feet high in the groves and on the open prairie. Sir Wilfred Laurier Talks to Amen leans. Sir Wilfred Laurter, Premier of Canada, is now making a tour of Western Canada and in the course of his tour he has visited many of the districts in which Americans have set- tled. He expresses himself Cs highly pleased with them. At Craig, Sas- katchewan, the American settlers Joined with the others in an address of welcome. In replying Sir Wilfred said In part: \I understand that many of you have come from the great Republic to the south of us—a land which is akin to us by blood and tradition, hope that in coming from a free cram - try you realize that you come also to another free country, and that al. though you came from a republic you have come to what is a crowned democracy. The King, our sovereign, has perhaps not so many powers as the Prestifent of The United States, but whether we are on the one aide of the line or the other, we are all brothers by blood, by kinship, by ties of relationship. In coming here as you have come and becoming natural- fzed citizens of this country no one de sires you to forget the land of your ancestors. It would be a poor man who would not always have in _his heart a fond affection for the land which be came from. The two gteatest countries today are ce ly the United Kingdom of Great Wain and Ireland and the Republic ,4t the Unit- ed States. Let them united to- getber and the peaejV of the world will be forever assur \I hope that in coming here as you have, you have found liberty, Justice and equality of rights. In this coun- try, as in your own, you know nothing of separation of creed and race, for you are all Canadians here. And if I may express a wish It is that ,,you would become as good -Canadians as you have been good Americans and that you may yet remain good Amer- icans. We do not want you to forget what you have been; bet we want f011 to look 1110Te to the future than to the past. Let me, before we part, tender you the sincere expression of my warmest gratitude for your reception.\ Serving Two Masters. \Can a man serve two masters?\ exclaimed John M. Callahan, candi- date for the Democratic nomination for secretary of state, at a meeting In Eagles' hall the other night. \I My he cannot, and that reminds me of the answer I got from an Irish friend Of mine when I asked him the same \Kin a man serve two masters, is et,\ says my Irish friend \01 only 'mowed wan man that could do ut, and In the. Ind they sent biro to jail ter Ishunny I \—Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Right Way. 1 William Muldoon, the noted trainer, was Main, apropos of the Jeffriee Johnson fight, of training \In training,\ he said, \the strictest obedience is required. Whenever I think of the theory of training I think of Dash, who, after 18 years of mar , fled life, is one of the best and hap- piest husbands in the world. \'Dash.' I once said to him, 'well. Dash, old man, how do you take mar- ried life?' \'According to directions,' he pa Plied.\ LABOR PROBLEMS ARE TOPIC FOR ROOSEVELT He Tells Big Labor Day Audience at Fargo His Views on Trades Unions, Legislation for Wage -Earners and Other Allied Matters. Fargo, N. D., Sept. 5.—After spend- ing the night in Fargo, Col. Theodore Roosevelt appeared today before a big audience of union laborers and other citizens of all classes and delivered a Labor Day address that was very pleasing to his hearers. Following is the text of his speech: Today -on Labor Day -I speak in One sense especially to those personally and vitally interested in the labor struggle; and yet I speak of this primarily as one aspect of the larger social struggle grow- ing out Of the attempts to readjust social conditions and make them more equitabld The nineteenth century was distinctly one of economic triumphs -triumphs in the domain of production, including trans- portation and the mechanics of exchange. The marvelous progress made In these respects multiplied man's productive power to an almost Inconceivable degree. In the matter of the production of wealth, II much progress was made during the nineteenth century as doping all previous Periods Since Meow, daelesed. that is, the changes brought in le, single century taptballeraer.telawitereentlebleeithelibmelit\ greater than the sum total of the changes of the preceding thousands of years; and thee* very changes and this material progress have thrust upon us social and political problems of the first magnitude. The triumph of the physical sciences In the nineteenth century represented prog- ress primarily in the material elements of civilization. The most pressing problems that confront the present century are not concerned with the material production St wealth, but with its distribution. The 'emends of progress now deal not cm much with the material as 'with the moral and ethical factors of civilisation. Our basic problem Is to see that the mar- velously augmented powers of productlon bequeathed to us by the nineteenth cen- tury shall in the twentieth be made to ad- minister to the needs of the many rather than be exploited for the profit of the few. The American wags -earner faces this larger social problem in a dual capacity' first, as a citizen of the Republic charged with the full duly of eitisonship; and next as a wage -earner -se • wage -worker - who, together with Ms fellow -workers, is Malty concerned in the question of warm and I conditions of employment, which affect not only his well-being and that of his wife and children, but the opportunities of all workers for a higher Sevelopment. Must Depend on Our Own Efforts. It is true. of wage -workers, as of all other citiseem alluatewliqweertfteetrepregreerir must depend upon their own initiative and their own efforts. Nevertheless. there Ire three different factors In this pros- res.. There is, first, the shore which the man's own individual qualities must de- termine. This is the most Important of ell, for nothing can supply the place of Individual capacity. Yet there are two other factors also of prime importance; namely, 'what can be done by -the wage - workers in co-operation with one another; and what can be done by government - that is. by the Instrument 'through which all the people work collect!' ely. Wages end other most important conditions of employment must remain largely outside Of government control; must be left for adjustment by free contract between em- ployers and wage-earners. But to attempt to leave this merely to individual action means the absolute eestructIon of indivi- dualism; for where the individual Is so weak that he, perforce, has to accept whatever • - strongly organised body chooses to IriVe him. Ns Individual liberty becomes a mere sham and mockery it Is Indispensably necessary. In order to preserve to the largest degree our sys- tem of individualism, that there should be effective and organised collective ac - tion. The wage-earners must act 10int- ly, through the process of collective bar- gaining. In great industrial enterprises Only thus can they be put upon a plane of economic equality with their corporate employers. Only thus is freedom of con- tract made • reel thing and not a mere legal action. There are occasional occu- pations where this is rent necessary; but, speaking breadly. It is necessary through- out the great world of organised Indus- try. I believe this practise of collective bargaining, effective only the -cog' euch organisations as the trades union., to have been one of the most potent factors In the paid Century in promoting the progress of the wage-earners and in se- curing larger social progress for human- ity. I believe in the principle of began- Ised labor and in the practise of collec- tive bargaining, not merely as a desir- sble thing for the wage-earners, but as something which has been demonstratell to be essential In the long run to their permanent progress. This dose not mean that I unequive- rally Indorse any or ail practises that labor organization' may happen to adopt. or any or all principles that they may choose to enunciate. Labor organization. have the weaknesses and defects common to all other forma of human organiza- tions. Sometimes they act very well, and sometimes they set very badly: and I am for them when they act well. and I arn against them when they act badly. I believe that their existence Is a neceseity; I believe that their aims and purposes are generally gerel; and I believe that all of them have occasionally made mistakes. and that some of them hate been guilty of wrong -doing. Just In so far AO they are strong and effective they tempt de- signing men who seek to control them for their own Interests. and stimulate the desires of ambitious leaders who may be clever, crooked men, or who may be hon- est but vleionary and foolish. In other words, in treating of labor unions, as in treating of corporations, or of humanity generally, we will do well in remember Abraham Lincoln's saying that \there is a deal of human nature in mankind.\ Whether In a man or in an organized body of men, the power to do good , meanis that such power may be twisted into evil: and in proportion as the power grows, eo it becomes steadily more important that it should be handled aright Just in pro- portion R. In its proper function power is important to social pro g so -.en its improper function it become. fraught with social disaster Wise Course For Original Labor. Outside critics should appreciate the necessity of organised labor, and under stand and eympathise with what le good In It, instead of condemning it indiscrim- inately. On the other hand. those within its ranks should fearlessly analyze the criticisms directed against it and ruthlese- ly eliminate from the practises of its or- eanizetien those things which justify such criticism and attack. This is the path, not only of right, but of wisdom and safety robec opinion in the United States I. daily becoming more alert and more intelligent and more forceful; and no organization whether trades union on corporation, whether industrial or non -in- dustrial, can endure or permanently amount to • social force if it does not harmonize with a wise and enlightened public opinion. Hitherto we Americans have been over -occupied with material [hinge, and have neglected to watch the play of the social forces about us. But now we are awakening from that indif- ference; and every form of organization representing an important economic, polit- ical, or social force must undergo a closer scrutiny than ever before. I think that the next quarter of a century will be Important politically in many ways, and in none more so than in the labor movement. Not only are the benefits of labor organizations more clear- ly understood than ever before, but any shortcoming or vice displayed In connec- tion therewith is also more clearly under- stood and more quickly resented. The public is growing more and more to un- derstand that. In • contest between em- ployer and employee -a corporation and a trades union -not only the Interests of the contestants, but the interests of the third party -the public -must be consid- ered. Anything like levity be provoking a strike, on the one hand or on the other, is certain more and more is 4.0-iseeerited 4. 0 1114401100.7.11.1\:r‘..evereemottmee nee e isary and proper; eometimes they rep- resent the only way in which, after all other methods have been exhausted,' it is possible for the laboring man to stand for his rights; but It must be clearly under- stood that a strike is a matter of last re- sort. Our social organisation is too com- plex for us to fall quickly to condemn those who, with levity or in a spirit of wanton brutality, bring about tar -reach! Int and disastrous interference with its normal proceeses. The public sympathizes cordially with any movement for • good standard of living and for moderate hours of employnoent. II personally. reet In- stance, cordially believe In an eight -hour day, and lo one day in seven for com- plete rest) 'Where men and women are worked up_der harsh and Intolerable con- ditions, aW8 can secure no relief without a strike, or, Indeed. whereOhe @trace is clearly undertaken for things Which are vitally necessary -and then only as a last resort -the public sympathy will favor the wage -workers, Wit it will not favoe them unless such conditions as therm are ful- filled. Therefore It is becoming more than ever important that the labor 'move- ment should combine steady, far-seeing leadership with discipline and control is Its ranks. Dishonest leadership is a curse anywhere in American life. and nowhere Is it a greater curse than in the labor movement. If there is one lesson which I would rather teach to my fellow-Ameri- Shwa any oteero tees ewbound down the dishonest man-no matter what his condition -and to brush aside with im- patient contempt the creature who only denounces dishonesty when ft is found In Some special social stratum. There are dishonest capitalists, dishonest labor lead- ers, dishonest lawyers, and dishonest business men; dishonest men of great wealth and dishonest poor men; and the man who is A genuine reformer will de- cline to single out 'any one type for ex- clusive denunciation. but will fearlessly attack the dishoneet man as such, when- ever and wherever he Is to be found. Worthy Leaders Available. For many years I have been more or less closely associated with representative leaders of labor unions. Some of these men are among my close friends, whom I respect and admire as heartily as I do any men in America. There are some of them to whom I go be freely for assist- ance and guidance, for aid and help, In making up my mind how to deal with our social problema, as I go to the leaders of any business or profession. I cannot pay too high • tribute to the worth and integ- rity of these men -to their sincerity and good judgment as leaders. But no move- ment -no leadership-;lowever cc meet and honest, can endure unless the rank and file live up to their duties, and search for such leadership, and support it when they find it. If the best men in a labor union leave its management and control to men of • poorer tree, the effect will he just as disastrous as when good citizens in a city follow the IMMO course as re - garde city government. The stay-at-home man in a unlon is just as, much responsi- ble for the sins of omission and commis- sion of Ills organization as the stay-at- home man in a city Is for the civic con- ditions under which he suffers and about which he complains. All that can properly be done should be done by all of us to help upward the standard of living end to Impetive the ability of the av man to reach that standard. There are still In the United States great masses of skilled and unor- ganized labor, whose eondltions of work and living are harsh and pitiable it is a shocking indietment of our Industrial con- dition to be told in a matter -of -course way in a government report that 'hone - ends of workers In this country are com- pelled to toll everyday in the week, with- out one day rest, for a wage of US • month. Such a condition is bad for them. and, In the end, bad for all of us. Our con,merclal development should be hear- tily encouraged; but it must not be al- lowed to commercialize our morals. - It Is not merely the duty of the wage- earner, but it Is also the duty of the gen- eral public, to see that he has safe and healthy conditions under which to carry on his work. No worker should be com- pelled, as a condition of earning his daily bread, to risk his life and limb, or he deprived of his health, or have to work under daneerous and bad surroundings. Society owes the worker this because It owes as much to Itself. He should not be compelled to make this a matter of contract; he ought not to be left to fight alone for decent conditions in this respect. His protection In the place where he works should be guaranteed by the law of the land. In other words, he should be protected during Ills working hours against greed and earelemenese on the part of unscrupulous and thoughtless employ - era, just am outside of those working hours both he and his employer are pro- tected In their liver' rind property against the murderer and thief, Far Behind Other Nations. This opens a vitally Important field of legislation to the National government and to the state alike. It is humiliating to thlnk how far we of this country are behind most of the other countries in such matters. Practically all civilised countries have, for more than a decade. prohibited by the strictest regulations the poisonous mat industry; yet we had not done anything at all until very re- cently -to protect the- laborers against this horrible danger. The National govern- ment made an investigation • year ego into this industry, which showed a condi- tion of things unspeakably shocking and revolting. Legislation to prevent these abuses was introduced in congress, which was not passed. Since then the com- panies In faull have ostentatIouely an- nounced that (fie: have done' away With the objectionable conditions. I hope so; but whether they have or not, • law should be passel fn stringent form to pre. vent any pounds backsliding. So It is in the matter of injuries to em- ployees. In what is called \employer's liability\ legislation other industrial coun- tries have accepted the principle that the Industry must bear the monetary burden of it, human sacrifices, and that the OM- ployee who is injured shall have a fixed and definite sum. The United States stiU proceeds on an outworn and curiously im- proper principle, in accordance with which It has too often been held by the courts that the frightful burden of the accident shall be borne In its entirety by the very person least able to bear it. Fortunately, in a number of states -in Wisconsin and In New York, for instance -these defects In our industrial life are either being remedied or else are being made a apbject of intelligent study with a view to their remedy. in New York a bill embodying moderate compensation for accidents has already been passed. Other states will undoubtedly follow In the same path. The Federal government haa, so far as its own employees are concerned, been the first to recognize and put into shape this principle. However, this pioneer law was not made comprehensive enough; it does not cover all the employees of the Fed- eral government that ought to come with- in Its provisions, and the amount paid for permanent disability or death is entirely inadequate. Nevertheless, it was a great step in eelvance to nave this principle of workingmen's compensation accepted and embodied in the Federal statutes, and the recent action of congress in providing for a commission to study and report upon the stubject gives promise that the same principle will soon be applied to private firms that come within the jurisdiction of the Federal government. Federation Planks Approved. Women and children should, beyond all question, be protected; and In their cases there can he lio question that the states should act. They should be par- ticular objects of our solicitude; and they should be guarded in an effective fashion m ag agetais alnst t in he .. de on men n ts y o zscala r a too_g wa reedy in co a rn- ik , - zsiatiterease of esiseptenzAted--wilkele , beers every one I spoke to agreed as to the Immense improvement that had been wrought by the effective enforcement of the laws prohibiting children under the age of fourteen years from working, and prohibiting women from working more than ten hours a day. Personally, I think ten Flours too long: but, be this as it may. ten hours a day was a great advance. Among the planks in the platform of the American Federation of Labor there are some to which I very strongly sub- scribe They are: 1. Free schools; free text -books; and compulsory education. 2. A work -day of not more than eight hours. seven. 4, from employment one day In .. 4. The abolition of the sweat -shop sys- tem, uheo.p.flamniintaery. and home. of factory, work - Liability of employers for injury to body or loss of life. (I regard the demand In thle form as In adequate. What we need Is an automati- cally need compensation for all injuries reef/teed by the employee in the course of hie duty. this being infinitely better for the employee and more just to the em- ployer, Tte only sufferers will be law- yers of oltifbndealrable class which exists chiefly by carrying on lawsuits of this \ *Mi t Tie. -ci ld Paisair9 labor a la n w d s \ w fo h rc ic e irw n i t il of ,e ri ov ff e id r every portion of this country 8. Suitable and plentiful playgrounds for children in all the cities. Inasmuch as prevention is alway• best especial attention should be paid to the prevention of industrial accidents be Pass- ing laws requiring the use of safety de- vices. At present the loss of life and limb among the industrial workers of the United States is simply appalling, and every year equals in magnitude the killed and wounded In a tale -sized war Most of these casualties are preventable; and our legislative policy should be shaped accordingly. it would be • good idea to establish in every city • museum of safety devices, from which the workers eee sd u l..1 get drawings of them and Informa- tion as to how they cculd be obtained and u The matter of compensation for in. juries to employees le, perhaps, more im- mediately vital than any other The im- port of the commission which Nag be- gun to look into this matter on behalf of the New York legislature Is well worth reading. The bill presented by the Fed- eration of Labor in Wieconsin on this subject seems excellent. In all dangerous trades the employer shout.' be forced to share the burden of the accident. so that the shock may be horns by the commu- nity as a whole. This would be a meas- ure of justice in itself, and would dn away with a fruitful source of antagon- ism between employer and employed. Our ideal should tie a rate of wages sufficiently high to enable workmen to live In • manner conformable to American Ideals and standards, to educate their children, and to provide for sickness and old age; the abolition of child labor: safety device legislation to prevent In- dustrial accidents; and automatic com- pensation for losses caused by those in- dustrial accidents. Have Faith In Yourself. There is • tremendobs power In the habit of expectancy, the conviction that we shall realize our ambition, that our dreams shall come true. There is no uplifting habit like that attitude of expecting that our heart yearnings will be matched with realities; that things are going to turn out well and not ill; that we are going to succeed: that no matter what may or may not happen, we are going to be happy, says Success. There Is nothing else so helpful as the carrying of this optimistic, expect- ant attitude—the attitude which al- ways looks for and expects the best, the highest, the happiest—and never allowing oneself to get Into the peasi. mistic, discouraged mood. Beiteve with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never tot an instant harbor a doubt of this. Drive it out of your mind if It seeks entrance. Entertain only the friendly thoughts or Ideate of the thing you are bound to achieve: Reject all thought enemies, all discouraging moods -everything which would even suggest failure or unhappiness. All Satisfied. Slap -,What beeame of your son, the one who never could get up in the morning? Thud—Oh, he's got • job delivering milk. Slap—Well, how about the one who never could get any sleep? Thud—Oh, be* all right now; he's • policeman. Slap—What about the one whe never was able to make any money? Is he bdtter off now? Thud—Why, yes—he started to make some, but they wouldn't let him finish it and now he's where be doesn't need any. The Yawn 6ure. There Is nothing that will rest you so quickly as to sit on a straight -back chair and, lifting the feet rfom the floor, push them out in front of you as far as possible, stretch the arms, put the head back, open the mouth wide, and make yourself yawn—Fain- tly Doctor. Not Knocking Her. Mts. Goodsole fat the party) — What a lovely girl! And still in her teem', isn't she? Miss Tartun--Yes; her velveteens. Worse Yet. Mant▪ le: That horrid old cat told Clautle that I was 40 years old! Mamie: The mean thing But she might hive done worse, Maudie: How? Mamie: Well, she might have told some lie about you. A Sign, When a man is referred to as being \a diamond in the rs.e44,\ It Is gener- ally a sign that . furilireitildn't be toler- ated in decent society if he didn't have a lot of money.—Chicago Record Herald. One Thing Certain. A cat's eyes ire said to be largest at midnight. We never made an ex- amination, but we are positive that its voice is about 17 times larger at that hour than at say other period during the 24. Suiting' Personality, Agent—Did you find a suitable house for the customer who seemed so chesty? Assistant—T did my best, sir. I recommended him one with a swell Snap t -4\ - ffitinyon's a5oap is more moth* than Cold Cream; more healing than any lotion, liniment or salve; more beautifying than any cosmetic. Owes doodled mad steps hair free Wee set Ip Y 1111111111E EYE REED er Red, Week Wary, Warty Los sied GRANULATED EYELIDS IlmineDoesn'tElmart—Soothes Are Pak% Dassits Emir If\ Iterde. L, s. des, *Mao Lye Sake. is Assyria Tubes, Us, Dial EYD 11001.8 AND ADVICE FRED Br MAIL blurhseEyeRansedyCo..Chleaso ritT.E.SEMWEIZEI , FISHING TIME IN THE PASIG Swimming In Myriads Near Surface They Are Snared and Speared by Filipinos. Friday morning Filipinos snaring eels and other fish in the Pasig near the captain of the port building by largest eel ever seen on the water front. It was fully ten feet in length. front. It was fully ten feet in length. • Both betake of the Pesti and all the shins and Mutters mower( An the stream were thronged with hundreds of Filipinos with snares and spears trying to catch the Ash that in myri- ads were swimming near the surface of the stream. Natives when asked in regard to the phenomenon were almost unanimous In their statement to the effect that at this time of the year the bottom of the river gets hot and that the fish have to leave the depths of the stream and flash back and forth ' on or near the surface. Another theory that seemed to have a great many adherents was to the ef- fect that at this time etery year there was a change in the character of the water. This change acting on the fish as a stimulant. This theory was advanced by an old pilot who has witnessed the phenome- non for many years.—Manila Times. Opportunity of Suffragist. Baroness Aletts Korff tells in one of the maga-sines how the women of Finland came to vote. The fact is that women had to show that they could meet an emergency before the vote came to them. They have not had many opportunities to take the initiative in the world's history and they have not always responded when the opportunity came, but wheal • crisis, such as that of j904, when the strike and the revoluteemary outbreak in Russia took place.atIthe same time, occurred, they proved they could make peace by doing it. Not until England and the United States Sad the women helping them to bear some great trouble will they give them the right to vote. Where Size Count*. Edna thoughtfully considered • cow chat was calmly grazing In • meadow across the way. \Mamma how old Is that cow?\ she finally Inquired. \She Is four years old,\ answered Edna's mother. Edna considered the answer and from time to time appeared to be comparing herself with the cow. \Well was her parting comment on the question, \I'm live and that cow Is big enough to be fifty.\ Scandal. Mrs. Simmonde glanced at the scare eestiline: \Bank Robbed! Police at Bea!\ and laid down the sheet. \Naow look at that, Es!\ she ciao slated, repeating the headline aloud 'Here's a big city bank broke into by burglars, and th' city police force all off !Ishii: . somewhere! What • scan Ml! \—Judge. A Summer Resort. Noah disembarked. \A combination of the monntalat gad seashore!\ he cried. Herewith he resolved to advertise the tour. If a men speaks of auburn locks when a girl has red hair she knows be has poetry in his soul. And lots of men would never think of falling if somebody didn't tempt them. \NO FRILLS\ Just Sensible Food Cured Him. Sometimes a good, healthy confiner Mal traveler suffers from poorly se lected food and is lucky If he learns that Grape -Nuts food will put him right A Cincinnati traveler sari: \About • year ago my stomach got in • bad way. I had a headache most of the time and suffered misery. For several months I ran down until I lost aboul 70 pounds in weight and finally had to give up a good position and go home. tiny food that I might use seemed to nauseate me. \My wife, hardly knowing what to do, one day brought home a package of Grape -Nuts food and coaxed Ma to try it. I told her It was no use but finally to humor her I tried a little, and they just struck my taste. It was the first food I had eaten in near- ly a year that did not cause any suffer tag. \Well to make a long story short,) began to improve and stuck to Grape. Nuts. I went up from 185 pounds in December to 194 pounds the following Oetober. \My brain is clear, blood all right and appetite too much for any man's pocketbook. In fact, I am thor- oughly made over, and owe it all to Grape -Nuts. I talk so much about what Grape -Nuts will do that some of the men on the road have nicknamed the 'Grape -Nuts,' but I stand today a healthy, rosy-cheeked man—a pretty good example of what the right kind of food will do. , ''You can publish this if you want to. It Is a true statement without WO frills\ Read the little book. \The Road to Wellville,\ in pkgs. \There's a Reason.\ Meer read the elm letter? • as.. see appears trews time to thaw They are gestate% tins, tad tall St pima. interest. ••••
