Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 363, 22 March 1907 — Page 4

The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram.

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RICHMOND "PALLADIUM and Sun-Telegram.

'Palladium Printing Co., Publishers. Office North 9th and A Streets. RICHMOND, INDIANA. PRICEPer Copy, Daily ..................2c Per Copy, Sunday .......3c Per Week, Daily and Sunday. .....7c -IN ADVANCE On Year . .$3.50 Application pending in Richmond Postoffice for Second Class Mail Matter. THE FIGHT IS ON. The Palladium desires to call the attention of its readers and Richmond advertisers to the two column article on this page concerning: the mail order houses. The Palladium is trying to show that the patronizing of liome merchants will he beneficial both to the merchant and to the customer. We believe that the article appearing yesterday, the one today and subse quent ones will tend to create such an opinion. . WEST SIDE HOSE HOUSE. Admitting that the fire laddies east of the river can make a Epeedy run to the West Side, having responded'to a call from West Seventh and Main in five minutes, still it is evident that the people beyond the river should have more ample fire protection. As soon as it can reasonably be done, a hose house should be located on the West -Side and the lives and property of the residents there given as much, consideration as in any other portion' of the city. In fact, it might not be a mistake to stretch the municipal purse strings a little in order to eee that the West Siders get a square deal. The question of a West Side hose house has often been before the council and while sentiment favored it, there never seemed to be a financial condition that justified its erection. With a hose house and the West Second street improvement made, and with the completion of the sewer system that is to be located in the southern portion of the West Side, conditions beyond the river would be almost ideal. That section is growing and improving wonderfully and it should have due consideration In the matter of municipal improvements. RICHMOND THE BEST THERE IS. It's all right to go to California, Texas, Florida or some place else to spend a few months but if one is looking for the real garden spot of the world can he do any better than Richmond, Wayne county, Ind.? We think not. Testimony of, those who have left the good old "Hoosier'a Nest" for other climes goes to show that they regard not merely Indiana, but Ohio, Indiana and Illinois the best soil on which the light of Old Sol shines, everything considered. Those who reside in Richmond and who may sometimes fancy they could to advantage change location, by" an investigation of the facts will no doubt decide that after all we hae right at our doors the best that isvto be had. If the present administration can only manage to get the West Second street improvement, so long delayed and so much discussed, put through, it will establish a monument to itself in the hearts of the people of the West Side, at least, that will remain almost as long as time shall endure. Just what the situation is at this time seems to be uncertain at least the public mind is not quite clear on the point. While the mail order houses are taking thousands and thousands of dollars out of Richmond each year, many of the local business men find it difficult work to struggle along as they not only lose patronage to the concerns in Chicago and elsewhere but at the same time must pay their full quota of taxes o maintain the institutions of Richmond and Wayne county. It was pleasing to the people of Richmond to hear of the high compliment that was paid E. G. Hill, the local florist of international reputation, by President Roosevelt. Mr. Hill has achieved an enviable place in his chosen profession and it has not come about by accident but by painstaking endeavor and devotion to the work in w v w w Convalescents need a

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An Executive Who Means Business.

Governor Folk Has Called a Special Session of the Legislature Many Needed Laws In Missouri.

which his interests are centered. Mr. Hill well deserves success. Judge Converse has made a good move in his effort to reform some of the men who appear before him for intoxication and who daily rob their families of the necessities of life. If he can bring about a change for the better in one man his term in office will not have been in vain. , Revivalists who are coming to the Christian church at an errly date are firm believers, so it is announced, in the value of printers ink. There are some of the business men of Richmond who could well afford to be "converted" on this point by these revivalists, if not on the point of Christianity. The choice of Will Ferguson as secretary of the Commercial club no doubt is a happy one. Mr. Ferguson stands high in the estimation of the Richmond public as a young man of sobriety and honesty and he should be able to give the club valiant service, increasing its usefulness in behalf of the common tvealth. No one who cares for a stirring story should miss "The Plum Tree," which will start in the Palladium on Sunday morning.

News of the Railroads Local and General

555 EVIDENCE IS SUBSTANTIAL. C, C. & L. IS PLANNING FOR ITS ENTRANCE TO CHICAGO. Time Tables of the Illinois Central Placed in the Hands of C, ' C. & L. Employes. That the C, C. & L. railroad will soon enter Chicago is evidenced by the fact that the officials have placed time tables of the Illinois Central railroad in the hands of all trainmen for study. The C. C. '& L. will run into Chicago from Calumet to the Central station over the Illinois Central tracks. Maps showing signals and location, of tracks are also being distributed among the trainmen who will run into the windy city. There have been so many announcements in recent months that the C, C. & L. will soon enter Chicago, that the public has been compelled to take the most recent announcement that trains will be run between April 1 and 13, with a grain of salt. The officials, however, are doing all' within their power to hasten the construction of the connecting links. Other than the receipt of the Illinois time tables, local Jtuen have received no other intimation ttjat the through traffic will be installed soon. No official announcement of the schedule has been received in Richmond although local employes are expecting such any day. After a good running schedule between Cincinnati and Chicago is estab lished, new through trains patterned largely after the richer roads will be placed in service. There will be two trains each day, according, to reports given out by C, C. & L. railroad men. Each train will be fitted out in the finest manner, there being Pullman sleepers, buffet and dining cars and parlor cars. An attempt will be made to gain the bulk of the through traffic. STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET. Pennsylvania stockholders at, Pittsburg on April will vote to ratify a proposed modification of the Little Miami lease contract which has been in existence for the past twenty years. w 9 large amount of nourish8 and muscle without AND Sl.OO.

to Enact FROM THE EXCHANGES. Also the Attorneys. As soon as a man falls in love with a pretty girl he becomes food for the alienists. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Some Wise Laws. While the legislature has materially failed in many things to make good its promises, there have been some wise laws enacted. The private bank ing, public depositories, railroad com mission, 2-cent fare, wife desertion and anti-trust laws and many others of minor importance were needed, and the legislature has furnished them Much more was expected of the body but the situation was such that the state should be thankful for even what it has received. Lafayette Courier, Merely Put to Sleep. Let nobody believe the subsidy bill was talked to death. It was only talk ed to sleep, and will wake again on the first Monday in December, 1907. Minneapolis Journal. What's the Use. John D. Rockefeller denies that he is going to give fifty million dollars to civilize China. What would be the use of civilizing China, anyway, now that she has suppressed the opium trade? Dayton News. if! BY O.OWEN KUHN This will be followed by a $10,000,000 capital increase by the Little Miami for terminal improvements in Cincin nati. The actions toward what is now known as the Little Miami division of the "Pennsy," will be watched with interest 'in Richmond as there are sev eral local trainmen running on that division of the road. SCHEDULE OF WAGE RATES. The railroad managers and repre sentatives of the Brotherhood of Rail way trainmen running west of Chica go, will meet in conference in Chica go next Tuesday to arrange a sched ule of wage rates. The dispute which has been progressing for some time between the trainmen and officials will either result peaceably at the coming meeting, or a strike involving more than So.OOO trainmen will be de dared. It is highly probable that the officials will give in to the trainmen. All sympathy locally is with the train men. MUST CARE FOR LIVESTOCK That the Pennsylvania takes proper care of all livestock shipped along its lines, is evidenced by the recent re turn of indictments against railroad corporations for violating the twentyeight hour .law, which requires rail roads to water and feed all stock at times not exceeding twenty-eight hours apart. Not a single indictment of the twenty-nine returned, was against the Pennsylvania company, In speaking of the record, a local railroad men said that one of the most rigid rulings which the Pennsylvania has, is in reference Jo the proper care of livestock while in the care of the company. The trainmen neglecting live stock are immediately discharged DUPLICATE TARIFF SHEETS. The local Pennsylvania offices have received notice that all tariffs com piled in this city have to be duplicated, and a copy filed with the Inter state commerce commission. The or aer originated irom mat source. Heretofore only one copy of the tariffs have been compiled. The extra sheet will mean a great financial loss to the railroad. B. P. O. E. CONVENTION RATES. Both the Pennsylvania and C, C. & L. ticket offices have received bulle tins from the Central Passenger As sociation, announcing the dates and rates which are to be offered for the national convention of the B. P. O. E., which will convene in - Philadelphia from July 12 to 14. The tickets will be placed on sale for a round trip fare of $16.95 from Richmond. The limiffor, use is quoted as July 21, but time may be extended to July 31, bydepositing $1 with ticket agents. Although no announcement has been made, it is probable that a special train running out of Indianapolis, will be put on fey the Pennsylvania people, and it will pick up all Richmond Elks who are going to attend the convention. Vast amounts of advertising " material will no doubt be issued soon by the railroad companies.

More About Hail Order Houses

HOME VS. THE CITY THAT IS WHAT THE HOME-TRADE PROBLEM AMOUNTS TO. ?HICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? If You Are Sending Your Dollars to the Mail-Order Houses You Are Battling Against the Home Town. (Copyrighted, by Alfred C. Clark.) A far seeing, provident business man will not pursue a policy which is subversive of his best interests. He will not destroy his own house, neither will he jeopardize his business. He will observe the golden rule, not only in theory, but In practice, and its practical observation was never more needed than at the present time. Men dream about the "Golden Age" and yet, ofttimes pursue a policy which renders the dawn of that age an impossibility. Within the horizon of every country resident there exists an evil which is yearly assuming greater proportions. We refer to the mail order business which last year amounted in money sent to Chicago alone to $200,000,000. Two hundred million dollars diverted from its legitimate channel. Two hundred million dollars sent out to enrich those who were not needy, while those at home sorely in need of support were passed by coldly; the local trade was Impoverished Just to that extent. This golden trade reviving stream should have remained within its own channel, thus enriching its own soil, and causing desert places to bloom and blossom. Many unemployed would have been engaged at living wages, households

The batteries of the catalogue houses are carrying destruction to the smaller cities and towns. Are you helping in this work of hurling destruction at the local schools, churches and industries? Are you assisting in the distribution of mail-order literature and sending ammunition in the way of home dollars with which they will continue the campaign?

would have been cheered and hearts warmed; but no, it went to swell the dividends of surfeited, boastful city concerns. The live and let live doctrines was overlooked; its old-fashioned wholesomeness was utterly disregarded. The country merchant would have been engaged in his daily struggle, instead of battling at long odds against ostracism, adversity, big bills and meager receipts. Think of $200,000,000, ye who cause the catalogue houses to flourish as the cedars of Lebanon, and the green bay tree; remember that their prosperity i3 at the expense of your brother, the local merchant, and local progress. Then ask this pertinent question: Can we afford to play the game longer; can we longer stultify local interests? This great evil affects every farmer, teacher and work hand, ' every home, every school, every church in every country community. It also touches the interests of the physician, preacher and pedagogue. It really robs the country merchant before his eyes, in a heartless way. He sees the freight yard crowded with consignments to individuals from great catalogue houses, and sadly does be look at his country store with its stockaccumulating, for want of trade, and thus decreasing in value every day. Sadly too does he look at the refuge of bankruptcy hourly being hastened because his townsmen prefer the catalogue house with its. ubiquitous circulars. Those train loads of goods were bought with money that should have found its way into the honest hand of your local merchant, who has the good of your locality at heart, and who is expected to contribute liberally and continuously to very moral and benevolent institution in your midst. Then likewise remember this, that of all the millions thus sent to swell the coffers of houses in great cities, not one cent will ever return to bless your community; to clothe the naked, to feed the hungry or to educate the ignorant! This is certainly a misguided, illadvised policy; if self preservation i3 the first law of nature, the fact just stated should cause lovers of this country to think. Continue this policy and what follows? The value of real estate decreases, local improvements cease, material progress stops, the whole country suffers. The money of a community repre sents in a business sense just so much possibility, and every honest occupa tion is injured in proportion as that Is withfa-eld or sent elsewhere. It is iot generally known that the ashes of the famous theosophist, Mme. Helena Blavatsky, are in New York city. They are imirned in, a niche of Aryan hall, 144 Madison avenue, where the Aryan Theosophical society holds its meetings.

In a certain rural community, this official order and warning was issued: "Unless bad roads are fixed there will be no rural delivery at all. It is impossible to put roads in repair without money. This lack of means cannot be traced to poor crops, for the harvest, just gathered in has been superabundant. Men cannot support and build up business concerns in distant cities without sacrificing the local good. Is it fair to establish the city by depriving the country of its just support? Many hold forth the idea that the country is the feeder of the city. This is only partially true. That doctrine has been preached tfll the text is threadbare. It would be much wiser for men to get a new text and talk and work the country up, then allow the city. Including its mail order Octopus, to work its own problems awhile. This, instead of being selfishness, would be the finest order of common sense. A "more marked feeling of brotherhood interest is saidly needed in the country on this particular point. The rural population complain of lack of facilities and conveniences; in order to obviate this, let $200,000,000 this coming year be disbursed among country merchants, among the humbler storekeepers, then observe what will follow. The Improvements would be marked. Social conditions would be greatly ameliorated. A new order would maintain in the home and over the broad acres of the farm and best of all, the social spirit of brotherhood would be felt as never before. Listen to these thoughtful word3 from Gov. Folk, of Missouri: "We are proud of our splendid cities, and we want to increase in wealth and population, and we also want our country towns to grow. We wish the city merchants to build up. but also desire the country merchants to prosper. I do NOT BELIEVE in the mail

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order citizen. If a place is good enough for a man to live in and to make his money in, it is good enough for a man to SPEND HIS MONEY in. Patronize your own town papers, build them up, and they will build your town up in increased trade and greater opportunities." These are the words of wisdom and foresight from a prudent, patriotic man. As it is to-day, these words are expressive of the opposite of what should be in many a country district. The mail order citizen may think he is gaining; the truth is he is sawing off the limb upon which he sits. Disaster only can follow. The mall order citizen makes his money locally and scatters it abroad in a field where it is not needed; this is unfair to both the town and to its merchants. This shortsighted citizen complains of the size and character of his town paper, at the same time he pursues a policy which tend3 to destroy both. Then, publishers ought to be careful how they exploit and give publicity to the mail order houses; even if they are paid well for the space, it react3 disastrously on the town's best prospects. v Let men stand by the local merchant, let them protect his interests, for they thus further their own. The town that m de the man should be made by the man. This is fair to all. Let men ponder well this truth, that we are all Interdependent; that the vein of brotherhood underlies the entire social and commercial fabric. That together we stand or fall; that the good of the country demands loyalty and practical cooperation. ARTHUR M. FROWDEN. Fortunate Men of Prominence. . Admirers of great, rich or famous people often bestow .their wealth upon the objects of their regard. The German emperor heads the list of lucky ones so favored- His receipts in money and real estate during the last ten years would, it is said, make a millionaire envious. Following precedent, a Hamburg merchant prince left more than $1,000,000 to the emperor's chancellor, whom Kaiser William Immediately created "Prince Buelow. William Jennings Bryan recently came by wealth in the same way. In England Iord Allerton has received 5100,000 from an admirer of his public career and Dr. Jameson inherits a sum one-fifth larger under the will of Mr. Beit. Queen Victoria was very fortunate in her admirers, of whom the wealthiest was Nield, who bequeathed to her the sum of 11,250,000. x Clear white clothes are a sign that the housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue. Large 2 oz. packafo, 5 cents. If In need of a hog, sheep or cattle dipping tank, WTite before buying to the National Medical Co., Sheldon, la.

MRS- A. M. HAGERMANN

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made from simple native roots and herbs. For more than thirty years it has been helping' women to be strong, regulatingr the functions perfectly and overcoming pain. It has also proved itself invaluable in preparing for child birth and the Chang of Life. Mrs. A. M. Hagermann, of Bay Shore. L. I., writes : Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I suffered from a displacement, excessive and painful functions so that I had to lie down or sit still most of the time. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made me a well woman so that I am able to attend to hjv duties. I wish every suffering woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and see what relief it will give them." Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women Women suffering- from any form of female illness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass. for advice She is the Mrs. Pinkhaxn who has been advising sick women free of charge for more than twenty years, and before that she assisted her mother-in-law Lydia E. Piakham in advising-. Therefore she is especially well qualified to guide sick women back to health.

APPOINTED AS MARSHAL. Former Limited Conductor Charles Clark Is Knightstown's New Peace Officer. Knightstown. Ind., March 22. The city council has elected Charles Clark, formerly a conductor on the Indianapolis & Eastern railway,-.as marshal of

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