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the land." The sentiment Is timely. Labor and capital alike want prosperity. Let the administration openly declare that 'I hereafter its policy will be to unloosen business and to lift the heavy hand "t of the so-called department of Justice, to stop the system of spying, busting and smashing inaugurated under the

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Roosevelt administration, and con0 tinued under that of Taft. Then we shall have an end of bread lines and the wall of the jobless.

It will be. the crowning glory of the Wilson administration If it helps busii- ness to its feet once more and gives assurance to the banks, the captains of industry and to all Investors, of fullest freedom to engage in the building up of legitimate enterprises, the extension of our railroad system, the broadening of markets for our cotton, P^-rm^opper, and all other commodities.

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A NEW DAY.

One of the leading manufacturers of Detroit, an employer of 1,600 men, in addressing one of the business organisations there & few nights ago, said: "The recent reversals of the National Cash Register, the United Shoe Machinery company and the Keystone Watch company court decisions indicates that the pendulum is swinging away from unrest and unreason, toward sanity and safety, meaning more •wages and more comfort for the people of this country. Yellow journals and muck-raking newspapers which were seemingly trying to do their level best to drive the men of capital out of the country, have lost caste with the average citizen, and he has come to realize the dbnger of their frothings to the prosperous conditions to which the workmen of this country are entitled. The situation here amounted to one wherein achievement and success were penalized, and It seemed the trend of our laws to make bankrupts and paupers of those who had demonstrated an ability to develop the resources of

Give business a chance to grow big. Give the railroads a living income and let them expend millions in needed improvements and extensions. Let the bankers pool their interests to take care of the European securities that are seeking a haven here, and a epoch of confidence and prosperity will ensue to enhance public gratitude here over the nation at peace.

"COA'LS TO NEWCASTLE."

While the Indiana coal fields have hardly felt the effect of the war, it Is within t»he range of possibilities that the demand may mean a very favorable year or two years for this industry which so closely concerns this locality. According to census figures, exports h",ve shown a growing increase a within the past two months.

Certain countries of Europe have been dependent on Germany and the United Kingdom for their coal supply. Denmark and Sweden purchase almost

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all their coal from the United Kingdom, and distance and high freight rates will handicap tho American shipper In competing for this trade when conditions return to normal. But Sweden has bought some American coal during the last few months and has recently turned to Germany for coal and coke. France stands ready to purchase In the United States If prices can be arranged. Italy Is threatened with a coal famine, and It Is reported by cable from Madrid that Spain offers a market for American coal of all grades.

South American coal supplies have come chiefly from the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany but the United States had more of a foothold on the southern continent than It had In European markets, and American exporters have already begun to take advantage of present conditions to Increase their sales.

THE TAX RATE.

One of the most plausible arguments advanced for a constitutional convention for Indiana Is the theory that out of such a movement may come a revision of the tax system of the state, it being the conclusion of tax officials that the present trend of this part of our economic system being to discourage investment and even home buying, building and buying. Many people become tax-dodgers because they simply can not afford to give their property in for taxation.

The average rate In Indiana Is now In excess of S per cent. This includes the farming communities! There are small cities where the tax rate Is above 4 per cent, and one or two places where it is aboVe 5 per cent. A man owning a 7 or 8 per cent mortgage can not make anything out of It under the present laws. Ordinary securities paying 5 per cent wouldn't pay a thing if given In for taxes. Tho local, state, income and war tapces would eat up the returns of a 5 per cenr security in no time.

Men who are studying the situation say the trouble with the tax laws of Indiana Is that there are no means of classifying property. If property could be classified many say that the burden of taxation could be distributed so that It would not fall so heavily on any one.

Whether a call is Issued for a constitutional convention many thoughtful men will insist that the next legislature shall do something towards straightening out the taxation system so that it will be modern and in line with the modern laws of other states. A system that in effect discourages ordinary thrift on the part of the citizen should be eradicated at the earliest opportunity.

WEATHER SERVICE.

Casual reading of the weather reports are likely to incline one to the belief that the weather man puts in his time guessing whether it will be "fair and warmer, or cold and cooler," as one citizen remarked. However, the weather service has other functions, and an interesting and important bulletin has just been issued about the scarcity of rain and the year's crops.

Since the remarkable flood in the early spring of 1913 there has been an unusual shortage of rainfall, says Prof. A. T. Wiancko, Purdue university weather shark. In large portions of the state the growing seasons of 1913 and 1914 were excessively dry.

The weather records show that up to April 1, 1915, there is an accumulated shortage in the rainfall of nearly 15 inches in the last, fifteen months.

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Within a few weeks when the chug of the motor boats can be distinctly heard on the hlstorlo Wabash river, John Stuart Jordan, the attorney, will be seen hurrying along toward the river. Jordan is a motor boat enthusiast. His spare time In the summer, It mlight be said, is divided between his boy and his motor boat. In speaking of the way he earned his flrBt dollar, Mr. Jordan said: "Tho first dollar ever earned was paid to me for running cash, as we tailed it then. I had earned a number of smaller amounts agregatlng more than one dollar at one time sawing and chopping stove wood and doing other small jobs. However, the first dollar paid me by one person for any one job was my pay as a cash boy at the old Buckeye Cash Store conducted by Haven? Geddes at the site of the present Kleeman store. That was In 1889."

Mr. Jordan was born in Terre Haute and when he was In the sixth grade of the public schools moved to Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri for two years and later returned to Terre Haute. For six years he was a page in the Circuit Court and spent his time studying law. He afterward entered the law offices of Davis, Reynolds & Davis. He was the democratic candidate for legislature In 1904 but was defeated. In 1908 he was defeated for the nomination for prose-

state shows that the shortage of rainfall for 1914 wb-s In the northern section nearly 6 inches in the middle section nearly 10 Inches in the southern section almost SV6 inches the deficit for the state, as a whole, being over 8 1-3 inches.

As this remarkable period of dry weather still continues and the moisture shortage is piling up from week to week, experts are more and more concerned for the crops of the coming season, and belleVe that a general warning to farmers should be issud.

In view of the drought condition that prevails over large areas of the state and the uncertainty of the future, they consider It very important that the farmer should take every practical precaution to conserve the soil moisture and thus guard against further shortage as much as possible.

If carefully and intelligently heeded, the above information and advice will proive highly valuable in all sections of the slate except where there has been recent heavy rainfall. Wherever there has been much shortage of rainfall the utmost care should be exercised, they say, to conserve the depleted soil moisture by such methods of cultivating" growing crops as will reduce to the minimum soil evaporation.

Up to the present writing the unfriendly forces which directly contributed to the downfall of the dusky heavyweight Colossus were youth, age, undertraining, overtraining, confidence and despair, with several authorities that are a little slow in reporting.

"Americans are the greatest flunkeys and lackeys in the world," says Vice President Marshall. We won't believe it until we are told what we flunk and what we lack.

A fish has been discovered near Nassau which has the markings of the American flag. Some rish, say we— neutrality is a thing to preserve in those waters.

Probably it can be pro'ver] that those Bulgarians who wandered over the line into Serbia and shot up a few villagers were merely enjoying a little picnic party.

The census of Terre Haute today is 62.347. Tomorrow,—-well, as General Opdoff" would say, "That's another matter."

The new mayor of Chicago is in favor of boxing. The motion is seconded by "One Round" Riley.

According to Mr. Cade, you can plant your grass seed this week without any further hesitation.

In spring one's fancy also turns to taxes and garden tools.

TEN YEAES AGO TODAY.

April 11, 1905.

The Independent Order of foresters instituted a new court at the Y. M. C. A. building.

More than 1,000 students have been enrolled at the Indiana State Normal school for the spring term.

The Presbytery of Vincennes held its first meeting at the Central Presbyterian church of Terre Haute.

The election of W. H. Wiley as superintendent of the public schools for one year was amended and his term was made three years.

BOOKS WORTH WHILE.

A series of suggestive titles furnished to The Tribune by the Emmeline Fairbanks Memorial library.

Juvenile.

Selina G-aye—"Great World's Farm." Daniel Defoe—"Robinson Crusoe." A. B. Hart and others—"How Our Grandfathers Lived."

Lois G. Hufford—"Shakespeare in Tale and Verse." Nathaniel Hawthorne "Wonder Book."

Ernest Ingersoll—"Wild Neighbors."

:i TKEEE HAUTE TRIBUTE

STUART JORDAN.

cutor. He is a past master of the Blue lodge of Masons, High Priest in the Royal Arch Masons and Past Thrice Illustrious master of the royal select masters. He also is a past chancellor in the Knights of Pythias.

FOR COMMENCEMENTS

Ohio "University President and Chicago Educator to Speak At Rose and Indiana State Normal.

Nearly 400 graduates will receive diplomas from the institutions of higher learning in Terre Haute In June, according to authentic reports from the Rose polytechnic institute, the Indiana State Normal and the Wiley and the Garfield hgih schools. This is expeced to be a new record for these institutions and plans already have been made for the commencement exercises. Dr. C. O. Thompson, president of the Ohio university, will deliver the commencement address to the Rose polytechnic graduates and Dr. Shaler Matthews, of the University of Chicago, has been selected as the speaker for the graduation exercises of the Indiana State Normal.

The Rose polytechnic institute will graduate thirty-six seniors this year. The exercises will be held June 7. The seniors will begin work Monday upon their thesis. Shelby Roberts, of Chicago. consulting engineer of the class of '96, has been selected for the alumni address.

Although the class reports have not been completed at the Indiana State Normal the class is expected jo contain more than' 145 members. Tlie commencement! will be held June 18. The annual school festivities for the juniors and seniors already are being planned.

Wiley high school will graduate 119 on June 11. This is the largest class the school has graduated since the city has had two high schools. There will be 66 graduates at Garfield high school. Plans are under way at both of the high schools for the entertainments to be given by the junior and senior classes during commencement week.

STUDY OF FOREIGN TRADE.

Part of Spanish Lessons in Chattanooga Public Schools, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 9.— The pupils in the Chattanooga high school and in the University of Chattanooga have as a part of their Spanish lessons prepared a Spanish booklet Enumerating all of the articles made in Chattanoog'a, as well as a description of that city and its facilities and advantages as an export center.

In the Chattanooga public schools the children have outlined maps of the world with marks showing every place where Chattanooga goods arc sold. They study geography in this way, and whenever Chattanooga manufacturers desire Spanish catalogues prepared the educational authorities of the city assist them by having the pupils prepare such catalogues.

Hard Luck.

"Terrible predicament? Jones was in." "What was that"" "Got in hot water and couldn't get anybody to ball him out."—Baltimore American.

E.istcr and baptism. AVhy is tli.' Easter season the most appropriate time ffr baptism?

Is baptism in any way connected with the resurrection? To what did Christ die? See Romans 5:10. ,.

For what did Christ die. I Cor. ir:.T Where was the burial? Luke 23:53.

To what do we die in baptism. We die unto sin? Romans 6.2-3. With whom are we butied baptism Roman 6:4.

With whom do we rise. Col. To whom do we rise? To newness of life. We u.re joined to Christ in bantisn:. Roman 6:1.

Tf we then be risen with Christ, what are we tu do? Col. 3, verse, one and !o\v in sr.

Oeneial questions. Where is the record that CnriSi. conmr nded all people to be ba.ptizcd See Matt. 2S IP and Mark 2rt:to-lf.

What is the authority lor baptizing children'' Jesus blessed them and said, "Su'fe little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such i» t'ae ki.imdom of God. j* gain Jewish children were received into the old covenant when eight days •.Id. There is no reason why the Christians f.bould not have gone on rccivin^- children into the new covenant. The Bible does ct forbid it. Ir fait, we find the book of the rts that whole fin lilies w.?re bar'tizod. See Acts 2:15. it says. "And when she was baptized and her house-

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Monday, April 12, 1915.

Saturn rules so strongly lor evil in the early hours today that it is well to be cautious. Later, Neptune and Mercury are in beneflc aspect, while Mars is adverse.

It is a day auspicious to journalism and advertising. The bad effects of financial depression will diminish during the next month, it is said.

There is a sign read as indicative that motion picture conditions will change appreciably. New inventions will cause increased demands for material for films and authors will benefit gTeatly.

While the evil stars are causing strife and discord in the world, those that are believed to exercise kindly sway will bring about a great spiritual awakening, the seers predict. False prophets will arise, it is prognosticated, and sensational incidents will take place.

Women are cautioned against the danger of becoming affected by the world discords to such an extent that they will be nervous and unreasonable. It is held, that they are peculiarly susceptible to conditions produced by the war and unusual industrial changes.

Persons whose birthdabe it is have the augury of a busy year that may not be profitable. The health may be precarious.

Children born on this day may be headstrong, energetic and difficult to manage. Thty are likely to be immoderate in all things and should be guarded against habits of intemperance.

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WASHiNG-TON, D. C., April 10. It would be idle to insist that there has been no feeling of uneasiness In Washington during the week

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of the unmistakable evidence of hostility on the part of Count Von Bernsdorff, the German ambassador, whose rather peculiar methods of diplomacy has placed his country in an awkward position. At the same time it has come to realize that there is a feeling in Germany against the American people. The first evidence of something wrong came with the recall

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embassy. The common talk about the clubs here is that the military attache had been made the butt of a rather rude joke—his name having been used in wireless despatches without his knowledge or consent. No one here thinks, of course, that the responsible German authorities countenanced any such unpardonable action, but some one did it. The usual interpretation of the recall of our military observers is that they have been subjected to evidences of hostility on the part of German soldiers, which might ultimately result in personal encounters. Not a word, however, has come from the state or war department regarding either case. While both these cases are shadowy in their meaning, we have unmistakable evidence of hostility on thel part of Von Bernstorff, whose attitude toward the American president, tbe American secretary of state, and the American people has been noticed for some time. His conduct throughout has been a travesty on that of a diplomat. Aside from being entirely out of sympathy with American institutions, his associations have been entirely with the Newport smart set and certain republican politicians such as von Meyer, erstwhile secretary of the navy, and the gossips appear to think it possible that he has been made the victim of republican politicians, who are trying to organize a foreign party in this country to dictate our domestic politics.

Diplomacy or Politics.

To illustrate: The other day textile interests sent a delegation here, lead by Herman Metz, former Tammany congressman, who has been advocating a declaration of war against the allies. They came ostensibly to impress upon the president the hardships being worked upon the textile industry because of our inability to get dyes from Germany. It was not necessary to impress this situation on the president. He has, doubtless, spent more time trying to find a way out of that situation than these manufacturers themselves. It is part of the penalty that neutrals pay in war. Directly from the white house this delegation of—shall I say manufacturers or republican politicians?—went to the German embassy to see von Bernsdorff. Why to see von Bemsdorff The Germans are not preventing us from getting the dyes. It is the English. Why, then, did they

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It has improved the working conditions of the employe. It has given tbe employer an opportunity to secure ft better class of men. Tbe object of organized labor Is towards the upbuilding of the workingman, making It possible for him to earn a decent living for himself and family. The teamsters' union, of T«irre Haute, is capable of supplying your every n«ed in their line. If you intend moving or transferring of any bag-

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It is said that of all the things nost uied in the home, the one thing that is almost lndispensfble Is BREAD.

Did you know that although the majority of baking concerns in the city employ union bakers that there is not a union hread driver in the city? How, about that little home yon are. going to tmild this spring? Are you going to demand of your contractor that he has everything hauled by union drivers?

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not go to Spring Rice, the British ambassador, if they were after results andnot political capital? And von Berns-' dorff, in violation of the ordinary decencies that are supposed to be observed by diplomats gave out an interview through them to the effect that? it all depended upon the United States government compelling England to lift her blockade—an act of war. But it is not the only stunt pulled off by von Bernsdorff. In language that can scarcely be characterized as friendly he has made a vigorous protest to the state department agalnot what he appears to think outrageous conduct on our part toward the German #bip Odenwald, which was forced to return from the port of San Juan when It attempted to violate the law and leave without clearance papers.

The local papers have taken notice of .these incidents and In tonee not precisely neutral I'm afraid. That the German ambassador should assume such a tone toward the United States just now is a puzzle. We have gone the limit for the protection of the Eltel at Norfolk. That German raider had deliberately and unnecessarily sunk one of our merchant ships. It came into OUT port to escape a similar fate at the hands of English and French ships. We have treated its captain and crew with almost lordly courtesy. We have actually sent a warship there, decks cleared for action, to protect it from molestation from the, enemy, within the American zone. -31.

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We have actually stationed gtiards about it, day and night, to protect it. We have given it such unusual protection that the a*Kes have been displeased, and this, too, notwithstanding the fact that it sank at American ship deliberately, calculatingly and without cause. And now, as evidence of his appreciation, von Bernsdorff assumes an attitude that is offensively hostile. It is considered unfortunate here that Germany does not have a level-headed and clever diplomat in Washington just now. It has long been evident that in the finesse of diplomacy he is no match for Juesserand, the French, or Spring-Rice, the British ambassador. His ally, Dr. Dumba, the Austrian ambassador, has shown infinitely better judgment and more tact. No one herd, however, fears any complications with Germany. The Berlin officials have been friendly throughout and the president and secretary of state are not the kind of men to easily lose patience— even with von Bernsdorff. It is to be hoped that his tone will not become so insolent as to necessitate a reprimand.

Now for Real Warfare.

In the absence of any congressional activity or grounds for speculation, the boys of the pen and pencil have been busily employed of late in the discussion of republican presidential aspirants, and it has about been "doped out" I that Burton of Ohio, Weeks of Massachusetts and Fairbanks of Indiana

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