Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1904 — ROOSEVELT AND THE QUAKER. [ARTICLE]

ROOSEVELT AND THE QUAKER.

In his life of Thomas H. Benton, page 37, Theodore Roosevelt thus expresses his opinion of that quiet, peace-loving people, the Friends, who have done so much In every community in which they reside to foster sentiments of brotherly love: “A class of professional non-com-batants is as hurtful to the real healthy growth of a nation as Is a class o f fire-eaters, for a weakness or folly is ' •'turally as bad as a vice or worse, and in the long run a Quaker may be quite so a citizen as a duellist I-.'.* mao who Is not willing to bear arms a i to fight for his rights can give a gooo i -ason why he should be entitled to the privilege of living in a free community." ■ ■ ■ Statistics designed to show that wages have kept pace with prices and fer this reason the coat of living is net relatively greater than it was ten years ago may satisfy tbs theorist bet the consumer knows that the statement is false. A. te* per cent increase in wages here aid there does not balance a twenty per cent Increase In the cost of living throughout the country.