Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 312, 17 September 1911 — Page 4

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THE RICHMOND PAX LABIUM AND StJX TELEGR AM, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 1911.

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.Edit SUBSCRIPTION TERMS la - Richmond 15.00 per year (in advance or 10c per week RUHAL ROUTES On year. In advance $J. Six months, In advance 1 One month. In advance Address changed as often as desired; both new and old addresses must Is Tlven. Subscribers will please remit with order, which should be given for a specified term: name will not be entered until payment is received. MAIL. SUBSCRIPTIONS One year. In advance ....If .00 Six months, In advance 2 One month. In advance Kntered at Richmond. Indiana, post 'Of flea as second class mail matter. New York Representatives Payne ft Youna. J0-34 Went 33rd street, and 29SS West Snd street. New York. N. Y. Chicago Representative Payne ft Your:. 747-748 Marquette Building, Chicago. I1L A "Lumbering" Threat The New York Press aayg concerning Senator La Follette's chances of being the next Republican nominee for president: "William Lorlmer himself has a better chance of being nominated for president next year than Robert M. La Follctt has." Well, with President Taft and Lorlmer both busy denouncing the insurgents and insurgency; with the Tart signature affixed to the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill, the exorbitant lumber schedules of which were ably looked after by Lorlmer, the "safe" man sent, by the grace of HlneB, to the United States Senate from Illinois, it does look as though the lumber trust is pretty confident of what it will be able to do In the next Republican convention. President Taft and Dr. Wiley President Taft has handled with tact and justice the case of the food poisoners against Dr. Wiley. His action in exonerating Dr. Wiley stands in welcome contrast to his unfortunate and futile attempts to shield and retain the notorious Ballinger, by sacrificing Olavis and Plnchot. The country will wish the president well In his now obvious duty of appointing a capable and efficient man as successor to the present secretary of agriculture, Mr. Wilson. As for Mr. Wilson, he had better hare retired years ago than to have desired to establish the record of holding a cabinet office longer than any other man, only, at the end of that time, of being to the department of agriculture and its faithful employe, Dr. Wiley, what Ballinger was to the department of interior and to its patriotic and loyal employe, Olavis. Principal Neff, of the High School, Is going to ask the co-operation of the parents of those of his pupils who are Indifferent in their studies, to bring about a different and better state of affairs. . May we suggest the efficacy of strap oil via the woodshed route? Still-on the Job the water worjej, 4T. H., I. and E., and the high coBt of UTlng. FORUMOFTHE PEOPLE Articles Contributed for This Column Must Not Be in Excess of 400 Words. The Identity of All Contributors Must Be Known to the Editor. , Articles Will Be Printed in the Order Received. Editor of Palladium: Dear Sir: Mr. Carr, in the Sunday morning Palladium, asserts that the "high cost of living" Is due to the number of "profit takers" between the producer and consumer, that It can be eliminated by a more central and sys tematic method of distribution. In that I fully agree with Mr. Carr, not because It would knock a few men out of their "jobs" and allay the uplift lng tendencies against the material Interests of the others, but because it is in the line of natural evolution. But I would like to ask a question: Is it right for one man or set of men to take a "profit" and wrong for an other or others? What late dispensation of Providence has laid a hand on one set of men and said: "It is divine and right for you but wrong for oth ers?" Is it right for the American 8eeding Company, but wrong for C. B Hunt and others? Is it right for the corporation, but wrong for the Individ ual? Te gods! our conception of the In dlvidualistlc philosophy is blasted by its very advocates! And if. by the natural, law of evolution, C. B. Hunt and others must go today, by the same , law, the assumed rights and privileges of the individual members of the corporation must go tomorrow. Why ask about the "high cost of liv lng" at a time when millions are idle, and vast resources and land areas lay waste, which might be cultivated for use, bat not for profit? The profit system has come to its day of judg ment, that is whit you are consider ing though you call it the "high cost fit living." Respectfully yours, -R. r. Van VoorhU.

XlTV Tko Association of Abwc i f ffiin ieaa Advertisers has I V"VfaMd ad crtifil to i X the esrcoUtJea of tab pab- i Uaatiaa. The figarM of circoUboa i oonUiasd fa taa Associatioa's re i port only ara guaranteed. AssxfeSa if teaton Wvcrbscrs No. 169. WhitdwH Mss, H. T. City

Regeneration and Reconstruction The position of Commissioner Beeson is the soft. of one that people like to see In public officers. V , Beeson has taken down one of the long two by three books In his office lying on the table just outside the railing and read the ornate writing in which is inscribed these w,orda: Section Six In crossing or passing cross roads or intersecting roads and private lanes and driveways and such roads, lanes and driveways shall be brought to the same grade as the track i and from the track shall be graded to such reasonable distance as may be directed by the county Surveyor of said County in order to make proper crossings and approaches thereto, all by and at the expense of the said grantees, their successors and assigns. At all such crossings whether public or private, the said railway shall be paved between the rails and for a dis- ' tance of two feet on the outside of each rail with plank or oth1 er suitable material, to the full width of said roadway, lane or driveway, in no case for a le3s distance than twenty feet. Every man who has ever been along the National Road knows that the T. II. I. & E. has never lived up to its franchise and apparently never intended to. The company considers this clause a joke: Section Fourteen This franchise and the rights and privi lege herein granted shall be in force and effect for a period of

60 years from and after the adoption of this resolution by said Board of County Commissioners and the acceptance in writing of all the terms thereof and the giving of the Board hereinafter

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provided for by the grantees within ten days of the date of such adoption: Provided, that the failure of the grantees, their successors or assigns, to keep any one or all of the above obligations shall work a forfeiture of all tha rights and privileges herein granted. Here in plain language is written what the T. H. I. & E. is supposed to do and what the county can do to it if it does not live up to the terms of the franchise. It is reasonable to suppose that any time the company fails to life up to its side of the contract that the county is free from obligation. The franchise is dated 1900 and this we believe is the year of Our Lord 1911. If the company ever bad any Intention of living up to its agreement it has had plenty of time. But they tell us the company will urge that the county has so long disregarded this that there may be a question as to whether the county has any rights any more! Whatever The Palladium may say abou this Will not affect the action of the court it ought not to the courts are for the settlement of such things. But The Palladium expresses the sentiments of the majority of the citizens hereabouts we hope, when we say that it is high time to bring action against the T. II. I. & E. to find out whether the citizens have any rights or control over their affairs. This thing is going pretty far when the laws of the state can be held by a judge to abrogate the right of the citizens to control their own highways. If the court shall go still farther and hold that because a public service corporation has defied public sentiment and has not lived up to its franchise that therefore the corporation can hold the county and the county can not hold the company it is very nearly time that the citizens are finding it out. Why? Wrhat good will it do? We have our opinions about some of the decisions in corporation cases which have been made in this state and about the personell of some of the judiciary. These coincide with the opinions of many good attorneys and reputable business men. But these opinions do not enter into what we wish to point out. If the courts shall hold that the people have no rights or power over the public service corporations of this state and hold It in real construction of the law as it stands then it is the duty "of the people to get busy. We hope there are no public officials and no citizens who will not be alarmed by such a condition. Other, states have wakened up to the fact that they were powerless in the hands of the public service corporations because the laws bad all been made for the benefit of the interested parties. Such cases as have recently arisen in Richmond and Wayne county are the cases which will Bhow whether there is health in the law as it stands or whether these laws are farces of justice. To say that a thing is the law is not to say that it is just. It should be so. The time is here when people are taking an interest in these things. Public officials who are representative of the people are reflecting these things. The question brought-up in the Water Works the question brought up in the T. H. I. & E. here are things worthy of the solid attention of the best men and women in the county. The period of constructive regeneration is here the council of the city of Richmond, the county council, the mayor, the board of works and the county commissioners the whole government of the people seem Intent on settling matters in the interest of the people and the people are intent on having them settled. In praising .Mr. Beeson we also praise the whole community, for another instance of what can be done by taking up bo simple a question as the enforcement of all laws and franchises in the interest of the community, and in drawing ' up all laws and all franchises and contracts in the interest of the community and staying with them until the end. It was thus the people of Massachusetts got their public utilities commission it was so the people of Wisconsin got their public service commission It was ih this manner California threw off the domination of the railroads and it was so that New Hampshire ceased to be owned by the Boston and Maine in like fashion we see signs that this spirit of constructive rebirth in Indiana is bearing fruit not only in Richmond but in other places. Richmond and Wayne county stand we are proud to say, at the head of the list. " In war times this county was the leader it has remained the leader and today in taking up these questions and staying with them things are accomplished. . We can say therefore to all the county commissioners that they are truly representing their fellow citizens in all parts of the county what better thing could we say to any public officials? The Hay Scarcity and Corn In this day of the high cost of living it is apparent to the reading public that while the "middleman" has been receiving the largest share of the blame for the extraordinary conditions existing today throughout our country, Dame Nature has not been held as strictly accountable for a share in it as she should be. A comparison of this year's crops estimates with the crops raised last year will give one an idea of Just how derelict Nature has been this season. The drought and high temperatures during May and early June and the same conditions in July and August meant far more than mere physical Inconvenience to the city dwellers. It meant that their food supply, which was being raised by the farmers, was being seriously damaged by the Very unfavorable weather. Considering this' fact, therefore, it is not surprising to learn that the 1911 corn crop, which will approximate 2,500,000,000 bushels, is 600,000,000 bushels below the amount raised last year. With as many or more consumers to feed this year as last, and with corn the great basic ration from which our pork and beef products come, it is not hard to understand why those articles for some time to come will command a higher price. 200,000,000 bushels leas oats will be garnered this year than last and 50.000,000 bushels less wheat than last year's short crop. This year's hay crop is still shorter than last year's short crop and yet here is one crop for which farmers easily can obtain a substitute.

"The corn crop as a source of hay is the subject of the following article reprinted from the Breeder Gasette:

Farmers are the least affected by the hay market. Those who have no hay to sell cannot be benefitted by the high price, and those who can get along without buying will not suffer. For self-protection it will be necessary for every farmer in this country who has much live stock to make the utmost provision for winter roughage to take the place of bay, so as to escape at least the exorbitant price. The corn crop offers the best hope of salvation. Ordinarily it does not serve us nearly up to its full capacity. It IS a great crop, this giant grass, and so profuse is its production of feeding materials that we scarcely comprehend the magniture of its sustaining possibilities. Every fall we are accustomed to hasten along the rows of corn, skimming off only the cream of the crop, the ears, and demolishing the reBt. That is an economically sound policy only when the labor required to save the fodder costs more than the market price of other feed. This year there Is scarcely a nook in this land where cornfodder cannot be saved at a distinct profit. Shredded fodder sold around Chicago last year at $8 to $9 per ton. The yield per acre is ordinarily from 1H to 2 tons. A ton of fodder will take the place of half a ton of hay for feeding. If shredded the refuse will also replace half a ton of straw for bedding. It does not take detailed figures on the cost of saving the crop to show the wisdom of doing so. No cornbelfe farmer should need to buy hay this year unless he has more stock than his farm will ordinarily carry without outside aid. In any season such as we have ever had, he can be independent of the hay crop. Over the Central West, where the cornfields are most numerous and live stock most plentiful, the corn crop is generally able to furnish all the winter roughage for farm" stock without any hay or straw whatever. Take Illinois, for example, with 2,438,146 cattle, 1,450,406 horses, 147,714 mules and 1,059,072 sheep and ten million acres of corn. This makes an average of two and a half head of cattle, one and one-half head of horses and mules, and one sheep for every ten acres. Allowing two acres per head for the large stock and one-fourth of an acre for each sheep, which is a common allowance for the six months of dry feeding, there would be fodder enough for winter and some to spare: But this count of stock includes colts, calves and lambs, which would eat less than the allowance, so that there is an easy margin above all possible needs. Putting it another way, the average hay crop of Illlonos is around 3,500,000 to 4,000,000 tons. The ten million acres of corn would yield 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 1 tons of husked fodder 'or stover. Each ton of it cut and shocked would take the place of half a ton of timothy hay in feeding, making the entire crop of fodder which could be saved in the state equal to three or four times the hay crop. The corn crop is not yet altogether made, but the yield of fodder is far more independent of the weather than is the grain. The plant makes its main growth of stalk and leaves first, for this is its machinery for gathering and storing the substance of the grain. Then if the weather continues propitious the grain is formed; if not, there is at least a fair amount of fodder unless the drouth is calamitous. The worst corn failure ever known occurred in 1901, when the hot dry winds of July and August prevented the formation of ears, yet most fields made plenty of fodder that fall. We can bank on a yield of fodder this year. We can save it if we will. In order to get any thing like the full feeding value out of fodder it must be cut. Standing stalks make poor feed and little of it. With such a corn crop that an acre of standing stalks will pasture a cow for a month, the same acre cut and shocked would feed her three months; if run through the shredder it would feed her nearly four months and bed her besides. If put in the silo with the ears on, the acre would feed two cows for six months and have them in better condition at the end of that time than they would.be on husked fodder. The first step in the practice of economy in the use of the corn crop is from the stalkfield to the shock. ' That makes it possible to feed three head of stock where one was fed before. The first and most important thing is to cut the corn. Thousands of farmers all over the cornbelt have planned their work so as to cut as large an acreage of corn as possible this fall. Many of them never cut an acre before, but it takes no persuasion to bring them to it when they percieve that every acre of husked fodder in the shock may save them a $10 or $20 bill for hay. The supply of winter roughage must be subjected to a closer invoice this fall than has ever before been necessary. If the haymow is only half full, or ithe stacks are small and far between, we must cut corn to fill the gap. It w ill pay to cut corn this year 'as a commercial proposition. Corn-fodder shredded and baled will doubtless have a market Value. And where there is hay enough for home feeding, it will pay to cut corn to feed instead, and to sell a considerable amount of the high-priced hay.

Here, then is a way in which Wayne county farmers can combat their serious shortage of hay. By more generally making use of shredded corn fodder they can make more profit on each acre that was in corn this year, and at the same time counteract the other wise inevitable tendency towards higher prices for meat products from animals usually dependent upon hay for an important part of their fattening rations.

Abnormal Depreciation and Murderous Carelessness If the Main street bridge belonged to the interurban company, great care would have been taken to prevent the havoc and ruin that has been wrought this structure that belongs to the citizens of Wayne county. As a part of the plant which bolsters up the watered securities of the T. H. I. & E., it would have been the part of wisdom to have kept it in the best of repair and exposed it to as little wear and tear as possible, in order to keep down the depreciation charge. As it is, however, the bridge being the property of the people of Wayne county, who are allowing the T. H. I. & E. to use it, whatever depreciation there is apparently must be borne by the citizens and not . the company. Consequently the company put such a poor grade under its tracks on the bridge that water after a rain, is not properly drained, but collects and leaks thrcfugh the flooring of the bridge to the great detriment of the iron work beneath, This has become so rusted that years of its usefulness have been cut off and wasted as well as rendering the bridge positively dangerous. Again, so much has the company appreciated its gift of a right of way across the citizens bridge that it allows Its return current to pass through the bridge. In this way further serious damage through electrolysis has been done. Furthermore, as if to make more significant the saying "the gratitude of a public service corporation passeth all understanding," the interurban company is responsible for carrying its defectively insulated, 13,000 volts, high tension wireB within two feet of the walkway across the bridge right where any of the hundreds of people who daily cross can unwittingly reach out and touch instantaneous death.

This latter condition is a piece of murderous carelessness on the part of the officials of the T. H. I. & E., and they should be forced at once to order the replacement of the high tension wires, so that the lives of those who daily use the bridge shall no longer be endangered." As to the extraordinary wear and tear to which the bridge has been subjected on account of the indifference of the company, that probably will have to be borne by the taxpayers of the county. And in having to pay for a new bridge in just about one half the time that should have elapsed before such a necessity, they can put their thumbs on one reason for a portion of their high cost of living insufficient handling of important franchises. Meantime, the proper county officials seem to be alive to their duty, and the citizens can reasonably expect that the interurban company will be stopped from further contributing to so large an extent in the careless destruction of public property.

Sabbath Keeping. Sabbath keeping appears in history soon after the Babel confusion amon; all the scattered nations, and when Israel left Egypt there were Ave known methods of Sabbath counting. The ancient Hebrew calendar was the nearest approach to a scientific calen dar of any of which we have any record.

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Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1911 Richmond lodge No. 196, P. & A. M. Called meeting. ! Work in Fellowcraft degree. Wednesday, Sept 20, 1911 Webb lodge No. 21, F. V A. M. Stated meet-

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FOLLOWING THE BAND. Pageantry Appeal to the Negro's Tropical Imagination. Once upon a time a Philadelphia lawyer came south. He had a pair of big spectacles, an inquisitive mind, and he wanted to know, says Harris Dickson in Success Magazine. With his southern friend be was Lurrying to the courthouse. A negro parade blocked the streetnegroes in carriages, on horseback, on foot; negroes with swords and axes, stumpy negroes with Masonic banners, lean negroes with Pythian devices, fat negroes with Odd Fellows' insignia, miscellaneous negroes with miscellaneous emblems. The rhiladelphlan pushed through the crowd asd ran back ia great excitement. "What's it all about? What are they doing?" The southerner couldn't explain, but beckoned to a very intelligent young negro who, by the way, was a prominent politician and asked, "Tom. what's the occasion for all this parade?" The young negro laughed. "Now, jedge. you ought to know dat a nlsrgef don't need no Yasion for a parade." Tom had fpoken a mouthful. Pageantry appeals to the negro's tropical imagination. Churches and lodges furnish most of tb social Hfo t';at he knows. He does not ask why the brass band is playing. He keeps step with the fellow that beats the drum and is harmr.

, UisJs My 49th Birthday THOMAS E. CRAMBLET. Dr. Thomas E. Cramblet, president of Bethany (West Virginia) College, was born at Tappan, Ohio, September 17, 1862. His education was received at Sciota Colege and Ohio State university. Later he took a theological course at Kentucky university. After graduating from the last-named institution in 1887 he entered the ministry of the Christian church. His first pastorate was that of President Garfield's church at Mentor, Ohio. Later he occupied pulpits in Omaha and Pittsburg. He resigned the pastorate of the East End Christian Church in Pittsburg in 1901 and spent the folowing year In travel In Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land. Upon his return home he was appointed to his present position as president of Bethany col lege. CHICHESTER S PILI THE BtlAMONB BKANBX. lostasl , If II. IB Mm Hi I boics. Mated witk Blus MXmonr) SHINS imkHiM Bat. Smtmu Ahmn WuUHkm SOI ft BY DRUGGISTS EYEWttffl

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Por the Information and Convenience of Students and Parents. Give Below the Names and Prices of Books In Our Schools for Next term, beginning Monday, September 18th

High School Books Plane Geometry 75c New Solid Geometry 75c Trigonometry 80c Foundation of Latin .......90c Walker'B Wallic WTar ....$1.00 Latin Grammar ...... ....80c Latin Composition .........50c Latin Comp. part 2 and 3... 60c Cicero $1.25 Vergil, Knapp .....$1.40 MacMillan Classics ....25c Other Classics ..... .30 and 35c Rhetoric, Thomas . $1.20 American Literature $1.00 Manly's Eng. Poetry ......$1.50 Moody's Eng. ' Literature . . $ 1.10 Spanhoofd's German $1.00 Gluck Auf .65c Paints ........75c Joynes German Grammar. .$1.20 In Vaterland, Bacon .....$1.25 Pope's Composition 90c Immensee .35c Die Blinden Hayse 40c Wm. Tell German 65c Salisbury Physiography ,.$1.50 Modern History, Myers. . .$1.50 Government in State and Nation $1.00 Gorton's Physics .........$1.25 Coulter's Plant Studies.... $1.25 Ne well's Chemistry ......$ L25 Physics' Tablets 40c Botany Tablets ....50c Laurel Music Reader ......60c Earhart's Art Songs SOc Brief English Grammar, Scott ...60c Shop Problems, Breckenridge .......$1.00 Apgar's Trees .......... . .$1.00 Platus Captives and Triunmus ...$1.25

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What West Point Does Per He C lata. What West Point does for Its cadet Is precisely this: It takes Its youth M the critical period of growth; tt Isolates them completely for nearly four years from the vicious Influences that corrupt young manhood and from the atmosphere of commercialism; it provide absorbing employment for both mental and physical activities; It surrounds them with exacting responsibilities, blgb standards and exalted traditions of boa or and integrity, and it demands a rigid accountability for every moment of their rime and for every voluntary action. It off ore them the inducements of an honorable career and a sufficient competence as a reward of success, and it baa imperative authority for the enforcement of its conditions and restraints. Colonel Charles W. Lamed in National Magazine.

Why Actresses Never Grow Old (Theatrical World) Nothing concerning the profession seems more puzzling to the dear old public than the perpetual youth of our feminine members. How often we hear remarks like, "Why, I saw her as Juliet forty years ago and she doesn't look a year older now! Of course allowance is made for make-up, but when they see us off the stage at close . range, they need another explanation. How strange women generally haven't learned the secret of keeping the face young! How simple a matter to get an ounce of mercolized wax at the drug store, apply it like cold cream and in the morning wash it off! We know how this gradually, imperceptibly absorbs old cuticle, keeping the complexion new and fresh, free from fine lines, sallowness or over-redness. We know, too, that this mercolized wax is the reason actresses don't wear moth patches, liver spots, pimples and the like. Why don't our sisters on the other side of the footlights learn the reason, and profit by it? NOTICE Our annual sale of South Bend Malleable Ranges, Sept. 18-23. Anyone in need of a range cannot afford to miss this. Souvenirs and cook books for everyone. $7.50 SET OP COOKING WARE WITH EACH RANGE SOLD DURING THE WEEK. SEANEV & BROWN 916 MAIN ST. BOOK Roman History, Morey $1.00 Greek History, Morey ....$1.00 American History, Hart ..$1.50 School Composition, Maxwell ....50c Mod. Book-keeping ..... . .$1.00 Vouchers, Forms and Blank sets $1.35 Commission Outfit ......... 70c Dry Goods Outfit .80c Grocery Outfit . . .....40c National Speller, Daly 25c Commercial Law ....,....$1.00 Commercial Arithmetic, Moore .$1.00 Phonographic Amanuensis, $1.00 Garfield Boohs Spanhoofd's German $1.00 Elson Fourth Reader 60c Paints 25c Bennett's Foundation Latin. .90c Joyne's Ger. Grammar . . .$1.20 Wells' Algebra ...... . . . .$1.25 Gluck Auf 65c Laurel Music Reader 60c Graded Schools Grammer Schools Paints 25c Drawing Books Nos. 3 & 4..10C Drawing Books Nos. 5 & 6.. 15c Music Book No. 1 ...25c Music Book No. 2 ..30c Music Book No. 3 40c Riverside Classics ..15e Nix's German 40c

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