Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1909 — Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

t Country Is Sound and Conditions Are Bettering. By EDWARD H. HARRIMAN, Railroad Financier. ;;♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ HE farmers of the country were NEVER SO RICH < > jMBHF «» as they are today. The farmers have money, they o have paid their debts, they are past the promotion ; • t • era; in fact, the promoter has no part to' play just J J •’ now in the affairs of the country. ’ ********* + THE people have emerged from a period OF EXTRAVAGANCE AND ARE LIVING RIGHTEOUSLY IN POINT OF ECONOMICS. EIGHTY MILLION PEOPLE HAVE STOPPED SPENDING AND ARE NOW AT WORK MAKING MONEY. » This state of affairs is LARGELY DUE TO THE GOOD CONDITION OF THE RAILWAYS and the extended capacities of transportation lines. This past time of depression is the only one in the history of the nation when important railway lines have not gone bankrupt and been placed in the hands of receivers. This is because most of them had been PUT INTO PROPER CONDITION. Those lines which had given proper attention to the constructive side of their business and had given the care to details that was needed escaped with the minimum of financial suffering. Those which failed to do these things are the ones which are suffering, or, rather, which did suffer? As it is, no line of importance has got into trouble. THE COUNTRY IS GETTING ALONG NICELY AND IS SOON TO GET ALONG BETTER. Less Politics and More Business Would Improve Our Cities and Towns. By Governor SIMEON S. PENNEWILL of Delaware. I BELIEVE that political parties are necessary, and I also believe that all good citizens should take some interest and part in political affairs, but I am as strongly of the opinion that conditions in our cities and towns would be very much improved if there could be LESS POLITICS AND MORE BUSINESS IN LOCAL AFFAIRS. IF REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTIES, INCLUDING PARTY LEADERS, COULD MEET AND AGREE • UPON SUCH MEASURES AND THINGS AS WOULD BEST PROMOTE THE TRUE INTEREST AND WELFARE OF THE CITY, IT WOULD BE EXCEEDINGLY HELPFUL AS WELL AS SURPRISING. The thing that the careful and conscientious legislator is most anxious to know and the most difficult to ascertain is WHAT THE PEOPLE DESIRE AND WHAT THEY NEED. When there is a practical consensus of opinion his duty is plain. Otherwise he is often at sea and thinks it better to do little or nothing at all. I know our legislatures are composed of good, honest and capable men, reasonable men, favorably disposed to the enactment of such laws as are best for the state and every part of the state. WHAT THEY WANT IS RELIABLE, DEFINITE AND SATISFACTORY INFORMATION, AND THIS CAN ONLY 'BE FURNISHED BY THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES. THE IDEAL WOMAN By the Rev. Dr. LYMAN ABBOTT of New York. CHE ideal woman must discard all shoes the size of which makes walking well nigh impossible. She must not consider her hands when it comes to a question of work. She must TAKE EXERCISE AND LET PAINT AND POWDER GO IF SHE DESIRES RED CHEEKS. She must not be the servant of the milliner and dressmaker. She must not change her styles at the dictation of men in Paris. HER HOME MUST BE HER PALACE, and she must be industrious, sympathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, motherly and a true friend. A woman’s idea of modern industry is playing bridge whist morning and night. Her idea of modern life is to be supported by some one else. - THE IDEAL WOMAN DOES NOT CONSIDER WORK UNWOMANLY. BHE BELIEVES THAT WHATEVER CONCERNS HER HUSBAND CONCERNS HER. IF THE IDEAL WOMAN’S FAMILY FINDS FAULT WITH HER COOKING, SHE DOES NOT BLAME THE COOKING, BHE BLAMES THE FOOD AND CHANGES IT. WOMAN WAS MEANT TO BE MAN'S COMPANION, AND IF THE IDEA WERE PROPERLY CARRIED OUT THERE WOULD BE NO AF* FINITIEB. Unless Railroad Accidents Diminish Government Must Intervene. By W. L PARK. Genera! Superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad. RAILROAD men must admit that the long list of appalling accidents, accompanied with fatalities and personal injuries to passengers and employees, many of which were avoidable, is a blot on their escutcheon WHICH MUST BE WIPED OUT before they can return to the full confidence of the greatest of earthly judges, public sentiment.’. It is a fact that not a few railroad accidents are whitewashed in the investigation to the extent that the officials even deceive themselves. Unless railroad men are willing to let the politicians take from their hands the reins and govern the railroads with inexperience and theory they must ANALYZE THE PRESENT CONDITIONS and shape the future policy in this respect. UNLESS ACCIDENTS ARE PREVENTED TO A GREATER DEGREE THAN NOW OBTAINS THE STRONG ARM OF THE GOVERNMENT MUST INTERVENE, BE THE CONSEQUENCES WHAT THEY MAY. I