Star-Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 November 1907 — Page 4

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J.AHOR \M* CAIMTAL. The u tion of the Federation of Labor in beginning an attack upon the Manufacturers Association, exhibits unusual bravery ami an equal lack of Judgment. It reveals a lack of knowledge of financial conditions on the part of the labor leaders that is remarkable. As a matter of fact we are. in America, very near the point of being over stocked with labor, only the exceptional, and, to a degree, inflated prosperity has kept this from becoming apparent, rnusuat activity in railroad building, and in general construction, the San Francisco disaster and the resulting actlvijty in building there, have combined to make it appear that latwr is scarce. Building upon this assumption labor has, in many localities, become unjust, arrogant and overbearing. These leaders should realize thaf only a slight tremble in the financial world will overturn this prosperity, at least that part of it that employs the millions of unskilled and semi-skill-ed laborers. Already the “flurry” In Wall street has led to the discharge o! thousands of workmen. Should the tight money continue and the rate of interest advance, other corporations depending upon borrowed capital for improvements, will desist It is no time to war on capital, which only asks an excuse to be idle in the face of lowering markets. In the last five years Europe has poured nt'arly seven million workers into this -ountry, and in the struggle for jobs incident to even slightly less prosperous times, labor organizations can not rely upon rules to hold these men in the face of want. The time is critical, and needs calm and deliberate thinking, not firebrand oratory and reckless and unjust attack.

\vtn:i:i not>skvki.t fails. We have at times been compelled to find fault with the peanut politics that sees nothing but evil in the administ atlon of President Koosevell We believe it to he only just, in politics aV elsewhere, to give credit where it is due. and some things that Roosevelt has done are valuable Rut lie has failed in many thing.-, a.id chief, we think, in playing to t i ■ grand stand. His attacks on the nsis ave either born of this desire to play o the grand stand, or of a wilful inability to associate cause and eff.ct. As some of th<* New Engl md railroad presidents put it, lie ha- talked a great deal but accomplishcd nothing in controlling the trusts or the railroads. The much talk has unsettled business, and this linsetlle.l business has not been the price paid for reform, for no reform lias followed If he had associated mse and efft I instead of attacking the tins direct, where, with the trust contrail of courts, success was always doubtful, he wouid have spent alt his energy upon tariff reform Without tariff, with our markets op >n to the trade of the world, trusts would lie impossible. With dosed doors upon which the world’s trade knocks in vain, trusts are bound to flourish. A number of manufacturers have only to decide what shall he paid, and the consumer must pay, for he can get the goods from no other place. To us Itooseyelt appears lo fail in that he attacks the problem from the v oug i.te and with too much noise. The problem exists. There are “weilihy malef.ic ors,” and “swollen fortunes" and “evil trusts” all of which should be controlled. No one can find fault with the President for attempting this control. The fault lies in the method, Hie noise, tiie grandstand play. OKLAHOMA HITTER. The inauguration of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma Saturday took place under peculiar circumstances. The pe uliarity lay in the speech of i he new governor, who took occasion puliMctiily to criticise the Roosevelttian administration. The governor voiced the feeling of a majority of the people of the new state. They feel that they have been misused by t!q> Republicans at Washington. They claim that the Republicans with their trust friends In senate uml cabinet, have feared the coming

tn of a state to be governed solely by the people by initiative and referendum. Governor Haskell said: “In its course through the day the sun will have lighted the pathway of a million and a half people emerging from the disorder and the discontent of bureaucratic government, restricted to the point of helplessness and neglected, to liberty and self-government; we are not assemb* led here to worship the public officer who conceded us oar rights, particulirly when we reflect that long ago, from every standpoint of population, wealth and intelligence of this era we were entitled to all the blessings and privileges of statehood, and now to thank the public officers in gracious terms who have finally performed a long and unjustly deferred duty would be in the nature of hugging the feet of a dilatory debtor who Anally pays his just indebtedness.” Seldom has such a criticism been publlcally made. It shows the torn per of Oklahoma, the spirit of the west that refuses to be tampered with unjustly. The Republicans will do well to learn wisdom from Oklahoma.

FADS AND EDI CATION. Education, at the present time, in both its elementary and secondary stages, is suffering from a severe attack of fadism. Perhaps it would be better to say, is suffering from too mdeh theory. From all over the country come methods of teaching, anjl conceptions of child psychology that are alike contradictory and inane. One man holds the development thhory, and insists in teaching history in the order of making, because, in his mind, the child passes through the various stages of racial development; Another claims that the child is only an animal, devoid of soul, and that it is imposible to do aught but treat the child as an animal. Some hold that all work should be made play, and there is much wise? talk of real interest, and stimulated interest, and stimulated interest. Eech school of pedagogy has its own idea of the end of education, and the method of reaching that end. In many instances these theorists seemingly have lost sight of the fact that, stripped of pedagogical terms, educations means learning things, and developing mind and character, that the chief element in this education is the character of the teacher, especially in the lower work. Children are developing human beings, embryo citizens, not subjects for experimentation, but to be treated with sanity and judgment. We need for the teachers of the children not persons crammed with method and theory and child psychology, but persons well educated, well balanced and equipped, with ‘horse sense.’

SHOUT SHiHTKDNFSS. The Express companies have beaten the state law compelling them to deliver packages more than a mile from their office. From the stand point of policy they had better have lost the suit a hundred times. Each time such a company defeats the will of the people, each time they show their arrogance and lack of desire to serve the public, they bring that much nearer the parcels post and the extinction of the express company. Like the railroads, they fail to read the hand writing on the wall. Those who pay will have service, and that at no exhorbitant price. Let these companies listen with ear to the ground, and grow wise.

When a police officer arrests a citizen on an imaginary charge of intoxication, and then, after arresting him, proceeds to curse and abuse him, it is full time that the city officials take action. That the police department of the town is a disgrace is no longer denied, even by members of the city administration. It is time that some action should be taken. Will the Republican administration stand by and see its citizens Insulted by incompetent officers or will it after so long a time do something is a question that the people would like to have answered.

CHAT I A MIL KOCI.FFFLLFIL .Mr. Rockefeller has been interviewed, and the reporter states that he was in a “chatty mood.” Rockefeller is noted for this. Give him half a chance, before a reporter or r Sunday school, and he will, without effort which perhaps shows the result of long practice, deliver himself of most astounding misrepresentations of fact. Mr. Rockefeller is optimistic. He believes that the reading public forgets all facts and remembers only ids vaporings. Thus ho says: “The conduct of th> Standard Oil Company has been in the hands of high minded, honorable gentlemen. No brighter, better men, animated with a finer spirit were ever brought together.” And this after the "History of Standard Oil''

NOW LETS TALK ABOUT

Women’s Clothing Ready-to-wear

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i)ame fas' ion has been more than generous to the women in the variety of styles in Winter Wraps, Tailored Skirts and Dress Skirts shown this season.

$1000 is the Popular Pric * for a Woman’s Cloak And vAe’ve made more than ample provision in Coats at this price Here’s something like a hundred newest style, long cloaks —in a big variety of designs—some of them full lined throughout with satin—handsomely trimmed with braids

and embroidery—

They are the best values avc have ever shown in coats at the

p pular price of » 10.00.

Should you care to pay more or less money fo r your new Avinter cloak—our shoAving of higher priced cloaks at <12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00, $22.50 and $25.00 is so !a r ge a< <1 the stvles and colors are so varied that it’s a rare case when we can not the most particular customer. And while the showing of coats for less than $10.00 is not so larg** yet the values at $7.50 and $S.oo are more than usually good tor the prices.

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Dress Skirts for Women and Girls One of the largest items in our women's readA-to-Avear department—if not the largest—is the Dress Skirt stock. They have no special season but, all ihe year round—we are busy showing and fittting satisfied Avonien and girls in skirts made in the prevailing modes—.nd at prices but liitle if any more than the tmre cost uf the materials. Misses’ Skir s—in lengths from 28 to 37 inches, a'c shown in novelty cloth and Panama in blue, black and brown at $4 00, $4 50 and $5.00. Ladies’ Dress Skirts—are shoAvn in a big, variety of styles and materials—lengths are here up to 44 inches—waists up to 36 band—the prices range from $4.00 up to $ro.oo, $12.00 and $15 00. The large volume cf Skirt business is done on Skirts at $6 00 to $7.5 ). handsomely Embroidered Chiffon Panama Skirts—black, blue and brown are $10.00 and $12 00. Voile SSvirts—beautiful garments, black only, silk band and ernbioidery trimming are $10.00 to $13.50.

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For a Number of Years The e has been a demand for Winter Wraps that would he warmer than the cloth cloaks— and this y« ar Cloak Makers have made cloaks of hroad Itil .Curacul and Velvet, .30 inches long made idler the Models of Fur Jackets.

These warm Jackets are handsomely lined with best quality of satin—and interlined so that they ; re exceptionally desirable Wraps—the prices too are exiremely moe'erate hr sostyli-h a Avrap and $10.00, $12.00 and $15 00 will buy values that

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Other 30 ii ch Coats are worth up to $25.1 o. These beautiful Jackets (in 1; ack and colors) are made form fitting and half fitting. handson ely trimmed Avith Braids and colored Embroidery and are the swellest garments

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The New labored Suits Ar\? s ! ,: ng beyond our expectations. 'I E re's hardly a day that we dn not sell several Tailored Suits — and the present stock is more than ordinarily desirable. We received quite a number of Sails lately that are the best values we have shown this season <13 00 will buy Suits that ear'ier in he season we could not have shown you for less than $1800 or $20.00. And the higher priced Suits are equally as good values. Styles are the very latest and there’s a style for every ia>te. The Suits are shown in black, plain colors a» d novelty checks and stripes. Jackets are short, medium and long in fitted and semi-fitted design-;.

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Cloaks for Little Ones and School Girls It's easy picking among the cloaKs for school girls, of the ages of 6 to 14 years. Here’s a big variety of extra good n« \'elty cloaks that you can buy for $298, $3.98 and $4.98 for cloaks that ordinarily would sell from <5.00 to $10.00. THE BEAR $KIN COAT FOR THE B \BIES From 1 to 5 years old are $2.50, $3.50 and up. and are shoAvn in white and ail colors. Hoods of same colors and material to match coats are to he found at the notion counter, main door. BEAR 5KIN COATS FOR SCHOOL GIRLS 6 to 14 years of age, are shown in broAvn, grey, tan and bluemade extra full — trimmed arourd the collars with fancy braids— and are $6 00 to-$10 00. SHORT COATS FOR Ml SLS $9.00 and $10.00. \ neAv novelty in warm Coats is a b x garment—for g't s 12 ro 16 yeais old — 30 inches long—made of heavy melton, flannel lined and chinchilla -both velvet collais. These coats are extremely suitable for girls Avho have to walk to school.

THURSDAY, NOV. 28, THANKSGIVING DAY Our Stores Will 3e Closed All Day.

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by Miss Tarbell, and what wc know' of Rogers and his gas deals from tlu writings of Lawson. The opinion that “great captains of industry" hold of the people at large should 1 use us to blush. AA’e are looked upon as fools, ready to believe an.\ thing a “captain” says, in spite of proof. And yet we can not blame the financiers —only ourselves. The many years the “captains” have beared the lambs has led to this low idea of the people’s Intellectual ability. Even yet you will hear people defending Standard Oil, and quoting Rockefeller. Verily our schools and colleges are not strengthening the intellect.

IsPK AKEU AND FACT. Last night a large audience heard Newell Dwight Ilillts in one of his brilliant addresses In Meharry hall. All persons with whom we have spoken in regard tm the lecture were much pleased with it. Dr. Hlllis is an orator. He has the charm oi word and personality that sways his audience. Like many an orator, however lie is more Interested in the impression he makes than the truth | of the statements he presents. Dr. mills had a point to make and he ; made it, as many an orator does, i But the point was not quite true, and the impression of Cromwell he left -with his audience was a one-

sided and warped impression. Most of the audience left believing that • he age of Cromwell was a great age of great men. In fact the reverse was true. It was a little age, an age of narrow minded bigotry and insignificant accomplishment. Allowing that Cromwell was the great1 ' of his time, except Mfl’ton, he is 1 PI far below the pinnacle where Dr. Hillis placed him. one has only to view 1 he ruined cathedrals of | England, the devastated libraries, land spoiled works of art, ruin due to him, to see written plainly enough ! across the character of Cromwell j and his followers the word bigot, j Plain history repeats the story. Not

only this, but many of the iilustraj lions were not correct, it was the same when he spoke here in 189-' He declared in that lecture that tt* lancet window of Gothic architecture took its form from an attempt to perpetuate in stone the pointed fi B ‘ gera of hands uplifted in prayer. A» a matter of fact the history irehiteeture shows that the lancet spiings from the lack of skill of th 6 gothic mason, who found great die j Acuity iu building a round arch, hut could make a pointed arch standTiie development from this was * 1 * matter of fad and architectural '»■ price. Illustrations to prove * truth should be true.