Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 July 1908 — Page 2

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■ ^K. >_>' 7*^ TURTZ^ IlMilN&'''^^ OUTFITS AF KINGSTON N Q ^"Qll/lll^ KINGSTON, Jamaica, once a veritable heaven of tropical villas and southern industry, now bids fair to pass into archives of history and within a few years this gem of the south ■will probably be only a memory in American minds. It is nearly 18 months since the earthquake which rivaled that at San Francisco tore down the beautiful bungalows and public buildings and desecrated the plazas of Kingston, but there has been hardly a move to rebuild the city. As a consequence the place to-day looks much as it did the

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morning after the terrible rumblings of the *.arth announced to the residents of Kingston that they were experiencing one of the worst earthquakes which ever befell the western hemisphere. The streets of Kingston are still strewn with sbroken brick, stone and mortar. Only where absolute necessity demanded has the debris of a year and a half ago been cleared away and to-day one may walk the streets of this historic city and be compelled to take the middle of the read in order to avoid the great piles of shattered buildings which blockade the sidewalks and most of the thoroughfares. This condition to the minds of Americans is perhaps an enjoyable contrast to that which took place in San Francisco shortly after the Golden Gate city was desolated by the quake of a few years ago. 'The Pacific coast metropolis awoke the morning fallowing the earthquake and literally went to work then and there to place a new city on the site of the one destroyed. Workmen were paid wages which drew laborers, mechanics, engineers from every section of the world to take advantage of the high price put upon services. To-day the tourist would scarcely know there had been a disturbance -of seismic conditions. But in Kingston some of the residents made homeless by the earthquake are still inhabiting tents, others have departed, while still others have moved away from the stricken city. Little has been done. And what is the reason? tourists ask. Is it the traditional “tired feeling,” attributed to southern peoples, is it lack of activity on the part of the government or lack of facilities? Those are the ■questions which experts in building and organizing are trying to solve to-day, many months after this condition was brought about. One reason is that the English insurance companies have evaded payment of losses in the fire which followed the earthquake. The cases are in the courts for • adjustment, but the progress is slow. In many cases where the property was destroyed the owners are unable to rebuild without assistance and that is hard to obtain while the insurance cases are pending. Others are disheartened and would rather sell their land than to rebuild and improvq it. The scene is almost as desolate as it was the week following the earthquake. In some sections, notably on Harbor and Orange streets, the rubbish Ihas been cleared away and small one-story frame buildings have been erected in which stores and business places were quickly opened; at another point the government is clearing an entire city square for the erection of new federal buildings. Aside from these minor matters the city has made little progress toward rebuilding, and business is generally carried on in temporary structures or in old buildings which were unaffected by the earthquake and which likewise escaped the flames. And yet, Kingston still shows much evidence of its former beauty. The stately palm trees are to be seen along many highways and in private grounds; the cocoanut palm flourishes in almost every door yard; the rank growth of tropical foliage is quickly covering much of the unsightly ruins .and giving an air of life in which the hand of man does not co-operate. Before the earthquake the city had many magnificent churches, representing most of the prominent denominations. Every one of them was either destroyed or put out of commission, and services have not been held in a single church of the city since the earthquake. All public worship is either conducted in small buildings near the parent churches or in the streets. The street meetings predominate, and many of these are fervid almost to the point of fanaticism. The horrors of the earthquake, which resulted in several hundred deaths, made such an impression upon the minds of the native Jamaicans as to leave many of them hysterically religious. A sight that impresses one in the Kingston streets is the prevalence of women laborers. Much of the heavy work is done by the native black wom-

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en; they work on the streets, with pick and shovel; they help to break the stones for ma cadamizing the streets, and they are to be found in the working gangs in all private and public building operations. It is said that the stone for the macadamized highway which runs entirely across the island of Jamaica from Kingston to Port Ontario was all crushed by native women. One thing can be said that cannot be claimed for the states, however, they receive

equal wages with the men for similar work. But to drop the distressing features of life in Kingston for the more delightful ones of the rest of the Island of Jamaica, which is truly a tropical gem of the first water. Vegetation! Its luxuriance can hardly be conceived of by a northerner without a personal visit. Its productiveness is almost beyond conception; fruits grow in Tare abundance with only the slightest effort on the part ol the ranchmen or native farmers. A trip across the island either by rail or automobile is a revelation of beauty on every hand. At every turn new beauties and new delights are thrust upon you; the fertility of the soil both on the hills and lowlands is almost beyond belief; vegetable growth, rank but perfect, at every point. So far as one can see, the term “bare land” does not apply in Jamaica; vegetation, either wild or under cultivation, a mass of greenery and bloom. Here a hedge, a grove, a hillside, covered with the ever-bearing cocoanut trees in full fruitage; there, long rows of banana trees, with great green bunches hanging from the thrifty stalks. Sometimes they were in scattered patches and at others they were cultivated with skill and precision, and covering wide ranges of land as far as the eye could reach, while here and there were orange groves or isolated trees, all laden with the rich, yellow' fruit. The little English railroad which crosses the island from north to south winds for some distance from Port Arthur along the southern coast. Then it turns abruptly to the interior, plowing its way over the hills, through tunnels, across ravines and down inclines. But at every point, on the hillsides, by the seashore, in the valleys, even in the swamps, the prolific growth of all manner of vegetation is everywhere present. Nature has apparently done so much for the little island that the people have had no proper incentive for effort or development. Why live the strenuous life when it is so much easier to exist with little physical or mental labor? Why strive for a competence when the means of subsistence are at hand without such strife? Why lay up something for a “rainy day” when it is the actual rainy days which come so frequently and refreshing-like to this island that absolve one from the absolute necessity for such saving? And such seems to be the thought of the natives of Jamaica. The English language is almost the only one heard on the island. The natives, even in the interior, who seldom get down to the coast, use the English tongue in a corrupted form, but easily understood. They are all proud of the fact, that they are English, whether black, bronze, mahogany or white —and you find all shades of color, the black predominating to a very large degree. In excess of 90 per cent, of the population of Jamaica is black. While there appear to be no minerals of value o- the island—except, possibly, a little copper—j ica is certainly one of the richest of Engla great family of islands. Imagine what this

off glove fingers. They have got into the habit of saving up old gloves for just such purposes of home surgery, ! and the habit sticks pertinaciously. Most of ’hem don't know that you ■ can get rubber fingers of all sizes. They are made to fit the baby who in 5 his first adventures is pretty sure to ' find a knife somewhere and to acquire the knowledge that it cuts, and grownups, too, no matter how big the hand

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And they are mighty convenient, for you know a glove finger has to be tied on by strings passing over the hand and around the wrist. o New devices to save time and bother r are put on the market daily, but it ’. takes some folks a long time to find out about them. a .. World Is Improving. n The world was never so truth-telling o as it is to-day. Nothing like it ever exe isted in the past. The commercial i- life of the world compels truth as 1. i nothing has, nothing else can, for it

prZSTFUD OFNNUST HARBOR : -dot in the great sea nature-blessed, fertile-soih \ns o f intense agrieul-: would produce under corn 3Ce under the very best । tural cultivation! Appare "bout the only effort ■ of the present-day cultlva ai the most abundant ? that is put forth to pro * et h you don't want in crops is to tear away tha t o that which you ‘ order to give a little adv; tti j want to grow. ’t^oduce their crops all The fruit trees and farm > re is a natural harvest I Iho year 'round. While th« I BL I

time for the various prod can be changed tc suit that with little effort it the producer, jubt as the convenience of ‘oduce June roses in Dethe skilled florist can pi hothouses. Here about cember in his northern plant your seed in anall that is required is to >u wish to gather your tieipation of the time yc e seed sends forth its harvest; in due time th svelop fruit that ripens shoots, which blossom, d* ?ther it be October, May and may be harvested, wh< or December. ’ for the island and to What wealth this mean; In the years to con.e, the mother country when, nse cultivation and ad the land is put under inte at nature has done for vantage is taken of all th L Jamaica, time only can tel alleys of this little islThe hillsides and the v ig crops under the best and are capable of product: pport a large nation, conditions that would su ssary here; the real Mineral wealth is unnece; and inexhaustible, is wealth, which is perpetua. and the climate condiin the fertility of the soil such fertility. tions which have produced *f, no frost, here. The There is no ice, no snov I' and extends over a rainy season is less sever I in any other portion greater period of time the] to be rainfall in some of the world. Thore is sai t I ->nth in the year, and part of the island every i, at any season would the condition of the crops lenient. It would be prove the truth of this st^ lore beautiful scenery hard to find a place with r its. There are many or more appealing prospet ?r the horse and autocharming driveways, both f< mobile. a that must come to The feeling of depressio. । gives way to one of one in the city of Kingstor the seacoast or inoptimism as he gets out ale ry, where everything to the mountainous count fl restful in Jamaica; is pleasing. It is quiet anr’s in a hurry; the clipeople here do not do thin. hustle of a northern mate is not conducive to th J buzzards that abound community. Even the turkejW ay over the city or everywhere, soar slowly ax thought of being late the hills as if they had no give out be ‘ for dinner or that the surL the little fore they reached the dinin> from brown boys who dive for pier at Kingston go the decks of steamers or g and remain under so into the water so leisure! kik they are going to long that you begin to th. Bs come up with the stay down; but they alwayß, and stow one piece coin clasped in their fingersßious mouths for safeafter another into their spac«r. keeping until the sport is ovj| ■mile. Vai le of aSB one's fortune. Few . A pretty smile may makeß smile. Most smiles women realize the value of » counts is one that are useless. The smile thajecure favors here and charms men, and that will sB as far as a tip or a > service there, and go twiceßradiance, is produced command. This smile has B- lips, and, above all, by the eyes as well as by til Magazine. i is never mechanical. —Stramß

Vid truthfulness that I is on its credit great commerce ' the fabric of c pt assured tuat then rests. You may r % truth in the world never was so mt land there never was ! ? ; there is to-day ?pr truths as there is such a real care Savage. to-day.—Rev. M. Mummy. Pnarao— ay has been discovPharaoh’s mud A. and the eyes of ered and unfoldetWges can rest on the readers of these pa which the eyes ot very features on« 00 years and more Moses looked 3,08 ago. I

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Denver, Colo. —The following is a synopsis of the platform adopted by the Democratic national convention: Preamble—We, the representatives of the Democracy of the United States 1 in delegate convention assembled, re- 1 affirm our faith in and pledge our loyalty to the principles of our party. We rejoice at the increasing signs of awakening in the United States. The various investigations have traced graft and political corruption to the representatives of predatory wealth and laid bare the unscrupulous methods by which they have debauched elections and preyed upon a defenseless public through the subservient officials whom they have raised to place and power. The conscience of the nation is now । aroused and will, if honestly appealed | to, free the government from the grip i of those who have .made it a business | asset of the favor-seeking corporation. ' It must become again “a government | of the people, by the people and for [ the people,” and be administered in । its departments according to the Jeffersonian maxim: "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none.” This is the overshadowing issue nt I this time; it manifests itself in all the questions now under discussion and demands immediate consideration. Publicity for Funds—We heartily approve of the laws prohibiting the pass and the rebate and insist upon further legislation, state and national, making it unlawful for any corporation to contribute to campaign funds and providing for publication before the election of all the individual contributions above a reasonable minimjum. State’s Rights—Believing with Jefferson in "the support of the state governments in all their rights as the i most competent administrations for ■ our domestic concerns and the surest bnlwalk against anti republican tendencies." and in “the preservation of ' the general government in its whole ‘ constitutional vigor, as the sheet an- । chor of our peace at home and safety abroad," we are opposed to the centralization implied in the suggestions, | now frequently made, that the powers of general government should be ex- ! tended by judicial construction. Senators by Direct Vote—We favor the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people and regard this reform as the gateway to all other national reforms. Trusts and Monopolies—A private monopoly is indefensible and Intolerable; we therefore favor the vigorous enforcement of the criminal law against trusts and trust magnates, and demand the enactment of such additional legislation as may be necessary to make it impossible for a private monopoly to exist in the United States. Among the additional remedies we specify three: First, a law preventing the duplication of directors among

competing corporations; second, a license system which will, without abridging the right of each state to create corporations, or its right to reg- । ulate as it will foreign corporations do--1 tng Justness wifTTln its TTmits. make it necessary lor a manufacturing or trading corporation engaged in interstate commerce to take out a federal license before it shall be permitted to control as much as 25 per cent, of the product in which it deals, the license to protect the public from watered stock and to prohibit the control by such corporation of more than 50 per cent, of the total of any product consumed in thV United States; and third, a law compelling such licensed corporations to sell to all purchasers, in all parts of the country, on the same terms after making due allowance for cost of transportation. i Tariff Revision—We welcome the belated promise of tariff reform, now' of- ' sered by a part of the Republican par- ! ty, as a tardy recognition of the right- • eousness of the Democratic position on this question, but the people cannot safely intrust the execution of this important work to a party which is so obligated to the highly protected interests that it postpones relief until after the election. And we call ati tention to the significant fact that the I promise now made by those Republi- ; cans who favor tariff revision is wholly vitiated by the use of the very qualifying words under which the present tariff iniquities have grown up. We favor an immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of import duties. Articles entering into competition with articles controlled by trusts should be placed upon the free list; material reductions should be made in the tariff upon the necessaries of life, and reductions should be made in such other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tariff to a revenue basis. Income and Inheritance Tax—We favor an income tax as part of our revenue system, and we urge the submission of a constitutional amendment specifically authorizing congress to levy and collect a tax upon individual and corporate incomes, to the end that wealth may bear its proportionate share of the burdens of the federal government. We favor a national inheritance tax to reach the “swollen fortunes” already in existence, but we believe that it is better to permanently prevent “swollen fortunes” by abolishing privileges and favoritism upon which they are based. Railroad Regulation—We assert the right of congress to exercise complete control over interstate commerce, and we assert the right of each state to exercise just as complete control over commerce within its borders. We demand such an enlargement of the powers of national and state railway THE CONFERENCE. I ‘This is a grave matter,” began the 1 undertaker. “Consequently we want, more light . thrown upon it,” remarked the lamp i I manufacturer. “I hope our views will all be in harmony with the occasion,” put in the ■ pianomaker. । “No pipe dreams,” admonished the i plumber. j “I hope whatever is said, none will take it ill.” said the doctor.

commissions as may be necessary to ' give full protection to persons and ' places from discrimination and extor- I tion. We believe that both the nation ‘ and the various states should, first, as- ' certain the present value of railroads measured by the cost of reproduc- : tion; second, prohibit the issue of any ! more watered stock on fictitious capi- ‘ talization; third, prohibit the railroads • from engaging in any business which ■ brings them into competition with ■ their shippers, and. fourth, reduce I transportation rates until they reach a । point where they will yield only area- > sonable return on the present value of i the roads, such reasonable return being defined as return sufficient to keep the stock of the roads at par when such roads are honestly capitalized. Postal Savings Banks—We favor I the postal savings bank, and, in addition thereto, insist upon the passage of laws, state and national, for the better regulation of banks and for the protection of bank deposits. The government demands security when it deposits public money in a bank, and we believe that the securing of the individual depositor who intrusts his earnings to a bank should be as perfect as the government security. Currency—We believe that, in so far as the needs of commerce require an emergency currency, such currency should he issued and controlled by the federal government, and that it should be loaned upon adequate security and at a rate of interest which will compel its retirement when the emergency is past. We demand, further, that favoritism in the deposit of treasury ; funds shall be abolished and that surplus revenues shall be deposited at competitive rates upon sufficient se- ; curity and fairly distributed through- , out the country. Labor and Arbitration—We favor the eight-hour day. We believe in the { conciliation of capital and labor and favor every legitimate moans for the ' adjustment of disputes between corporate employers and their employes i to the end that justice may be done to । those who toil and that society may be j relieved from the embarrassment occasioned by prolonged strikes and lockouts. Injunctions—We favor such a modi- ; fication of the law relating to injunc- j tions as will, first, prevent the issuing i of the writ in industrial disputes, except after notice to defendants; second, permit trial before a judge other than the one who issued the writ, and, third, allow a jury to be summoned in. all cases where the alleged contempt is committed outside the presence of the court. Employers’ Liability—We favor an employers’ liability law, applicable to ' both private and public employers. Immigration—We favor full protection by both national and state governments within their respective

spheres of all foreigners residing in the United States under treaty, but we are opposed to the admission of Asiatic TmrnTgYa'nts -who -cannot be amalgamated with our population or whose presence among us would raise a race issue and involve us in diplomatic controversies with oriental powers, and we demand a stricter enforcement of the immigration laws against any immigrant who advocates assassination as a means of reforming our govern ment. Irrigation and Forests—We sympathize with the efforts put forth for the reclamation of the arid lands of the west and urge the largest possible use of irrigation in the development of the country. We also favor the reclamation of swamp lands upon the same principle. We favor the preservation of the forests still remaining and the re-planting of the denuded districts in all our mountain ranges, as well as the reforestation of the western plains. Canal and Water Ways—We believe that the Panama canal will prove of great value to our country and favor its speedy completion. We urge liberal appropriations for the improvement and development of interior water ways, believing that such expenditures will return a large dividend in lessened cost of transportation. Pensions—We favor a generous pension policy, both as a matter of justice to the surviving veterans and their dependents and because it relieves the country of the necessity of maintaining a large standing army.. Philippines—We condemn the experiment in imperialism as an inexcusable blunder which has involved us in an enormous expense, brought us weakness instead of strength and laid our nation open to the charge of abandoning the fundamental doctrine of self-government. We favor an immediate declaration of the nation’s purpose to recognize the independence of the Philippines as soon as a stable government can be established, such independence to be guaranteed by us as we guarantee he independence of Cuba until the neutralization of the islands can be secured by treaty with other powers. In recognizing the independence of the Philippines our government could retain such land as may be necessary for coaling stations and naval bases. Foreign Policy—Desiring the .prevention of war. wherever possibl >, we believe that our nation should announce its determination not to nour navy for the collection of privar debts and its willingness to enter into agreements with other nations providing for the investigation by an impartial international tribunal, before any declaration of war or commencement of hostilities, of every dispute which defies diplomatic settlement. “Then we’ll all be good-natured and not ask cross questions,” supplemented the lawyer. But it was the remark of the baker which broke up the meeting. “What I want to know first of all,” I he declared, “is who is expected to sup- : plv the dough.”—Baltimore American. ■ Get disti A n i e quicki ly causes life to lose its savor than ’ deadly monotony It manors not ■ whether this monotony s that cf not

NOT EVE'S FAULT THAT TIME. Childish Realism Instilled Into Story of Garden of Eden. — । Realism rules the nursery. Acer- : tain Philadelphia matron, who had । taken pains to inculcate Bibocal , stories as well as ethical tru’l.s in In r I three children, heard, the other day. , long drawn howls of rage and griot , filtering down from the playroom. Up ! two flights she hurried, to find on ‘he . floor Jack and Ethel, voices uplifted. ; Thomas, aged nine, sat perched upon the table, his mouth full and his eyes ; guilty. i "Whatever is the matter?” asked i mamma. | “80-o-o!” came from Ethel; “we . were playing Garden of Eden. 80-o-o!" “But what is there to cry about?" I Then Jack, with furious finger pointi ing at Tom, ejaculated through his tears: "God s eat the apple!"—Bohemian Magazine. Lucky Future Generations. There is a saying of Carlyle that the greatest hope of our world lies in the certainty of heroes being born into it. That is. indeed, a glorious certainty. but the reference r.Jeht be enlarged. Birth itself, we venture to say, not of heroes only, but of he generations in their succession, is ’be infinitely hopeful thing. It is the guarantee that the world will never grow old; that it will never stand still; that no halt is to be called in its eternal progress.—Christian \\ oriet^ He Could Still Lie. “Madam, we found your husband lying unconscious and ” “Well, he's such an accomplished liar that I don’t think a little thing like being unconscious would make any difference." Try Murine Eye Remedy For Red. Weak, Weary. Wateiy Eyes. Murine Doesn't Smart —Soothes Eye Pain. All Druggists Sell Murine at sOct~. The 48 . Page Book, in each Pkg. is worth Dollars ; in every home. Ask your Druggist. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. At the age of 40 a man gets busy and looks for some of the money he I threw away at the age of 21. . FITS. Sr. Vitus Dance and Nervous Diseases p«>rI manently cured by Dr Kline s Great Nerve Rej.t4 r«r I Send for FRKB 83.00 trial bottle an 1 tr itis K. 11. Kline. Ld., 931 Arch Street. Philadelphia. Px I Many a man is out of work because there is no work in him. —. Lewis’ Single Binder straight sc. You I pay 10c for cigars not so good. Your deali er or Lewis’ Factor}-, Peoria, 111. Music isn't necessarily fragmentary because it comes in pieces. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces InflammarloQ. allays pain, cures* wind colic. 25c a butUd' One way to buy experience is to speculate in futures, Use Allen’s Foot-Ease , Curestired.aching.sweatingfeet. 2ac. Trialpackaja : tree. A. S. Olmsted, LeKoy, N. Y. The romance of a spinster is apt to be one sided.

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