VIRTUE IK HARMONY
HOW COOPERATION OF THE PEO
PLE OF A COMMUNITY WINS.
STICKING TOGETHER COUNTS
Illustration of Some of the Good
Things in Clannishness as Found
in Some Agricultural Dis
tricts.
Often is heard protest against what
1s called clannishness among foreign
ers who become citizens of the United
States. It is claimed that they carry
old-country ideas with them to the
new land, and refuse to mingle with
other than their own nationality. In
defense of these foreigners who are
thus charged, it is but fair to say that
many of them labor under the misap
prehension that they are not looked
upon by the older American citizens
as companionable. Often their lack
of a knowledge of the English lan
guage makes their own class desir
able associates. It will be observed
that in one or two generations condi
tion changes and the children of these
foreigners become thoroughly Amer
icanized.
It would be well if some of the
traits of clannishness that are manifest
in foreign colonies be generally prac
ticed throughout the United States. In
1848 an effort was made to colonize
land in Missouri with a progressive
•class of German citizens. The events
immediately following this effort, the
ioss of one shipload of immigrants
and the subsequent sufferings of the
newcomers, is a matter of history.
But undaunted hundreds of those who
at that time sought homes in the new
■country, gained for themselves envi
able places in the annals of American
history, and they founded commu
nities that may well be held up as
models worthy to be copied. In Gas
conade county, Missouri, a large colony
■of these people sought homes. There
they tilled the soil and cultivated vine
yards. They were of one tongue aud
•of one religious belief, a highly moral,
hard working people, and their aim
was to found homes for themselves
and their progeny. To-day in Gas
conade county there is more evidence
of wealth, of culture and harmony
among the people than can be found
in any like area of the United States.
From the founding of the colony it
was recognized that if progress be
made that the wealth produced by
members should be retained. Mills
were gradually built for the conver
sion of the grain iuto flour, wine
presses were found on almost every
homestead, and towns were built.
Among the first institutions establish
ed wsre schools and churches, and
these to-day are prominent factors in
the molding of the character of the
jpeople.
It was one of the rules of the col
ony to assist one another. Each one
while working for himself and his
family, realized that it was to his ad
vantage to patronize his neighbor.
Thus when the towns were started
.-and stores opened, it was made a
rule that these stores be patronized
and that the store-keeper be allowed
a fair profit for the goods he sold.
Tailor shops, boot and shoe makers,
soap makers, and even the brewers
of beer found their customers solely
among the members of the colony.
Although St. Louis was within a few
hours' ride, the members of the colony
considered that the dollars kept in
the little town Instead of being spei t
in St. Louis meant much for the ad
vancement of the place. As years
passed by members of the colony be
■came prosperous. Families were
roared and children married, addition
al homesteads were secured and there
wus a thorough cooperation among
all towards making Life agrcpable and
giving each member of the commu
nity a means of acquiring a compe
tency. One of the early undertak
ings was the building of macadamized
roads. These roads to-day are kept
in the best of condition and have
-proved a matter of economy to the
■county. Schools and churches, which
at first were roughly built, have been
replaced with magnificent edifices
which are sources of pride to the resi
dents of the community. Some of
the small business places of 40 or iSO
years ago have grown to be of almost
national importance. In fact all res
idents of the community are inde
pendent, and a few of them posses
sors of great wealth. How success
ful they have been is shown by the
absence of paupers in thb county.
There are no public charges, neither
is there any gfeat expense as to main
taining a county jail.
This community is but one of many
in the Mississippi valley and through
out the west. Such communities have
been built up solely by the simple ad
herence to cooperation among mem
bers and a following out of the home
trade principle. Members realized
that every dollar earned in the com
munity and sent to some other place
robbed the community of so much
wealth, and that this dollar ceased to
be a factor in increasing the impor
tance and progress of the place. In
these communities are generally lo
cated flouring mills. The output of
these mills finds local sale and the sur
plus Is sent to the markets to bring
in money from the outside. It ap
pears that if the simple economical
methods of many classes of citizens
of foreign birth were to be practiced
more generally by people residing in
various agricultural communities of
the United States, it would be whole
some and that these communities
would make greater progress. The
practice thai has grown up of pat
ronizing other than home institutions
has elements of e<?Il that are well
worthy of careful study. In these
years of progress the Inclination to
economize in small things and to save
a penny by sending dollars to the
largo cities often results in heavy
losses to the people. Yet there is an
tinder-current at work, an awakening
to the Importance of the people of
every community more closely coop
erating for the advancement of the
interests of all.
OPPORTUNITIES NEAR HOME.
Progressive Towns Offer Excellent
Advantages for Young Men.
Students in sociology have recent
ly expressed pessimistic views as to
chances for the success of young men
of country districts. There has been
110 denying of the fact that the farm
affords a splendid opportunity for
those inclined towards a pastoral life,
but it is maintained that of recent
years conditions preclude any great
chances for the average young man
to succeed in the average business
vocation. That is that the channels
for his development are being made
more narrow year after year through
the formation of corporations and
trusts for the control of various in
dustries. In other words, the cen
tralization of business is considered
detrimental to the pursuing of busi
ness In mercantile lines on a small
scale.
This subject is open to wide discus
sion. Cities and towns of the United
Stales are rapidly building up. The
population of the country is Increas
ing wonderfully. With this increase
in population new opportunities pro
sent themselves for the exercise of
intelligent endeavor. The towns, par
ticularly of the west, are embryo cit
ies, and the little village of to-day
will be the large city a quarter cen
tury hence. Almost every town af
fords the progressive young man a
chance for business success. Oppor
tunities are plentiful for those who
have the foresight to discover them.
Towns are built up where are certain
natural advantages and their growth
is dependent upon the* territory that
they can draw support from, or upon
some particular advantage that they
may possess favorable to manufactur
ing along certain lines. The oppor
tunities for young men are to some
extent guaged by the life and prog
ress of the towns. Heads of families
look forward to the time when their
sons may enter into business or pro
fessional life. Ties of kinship are
strong and few parents care to have
grown sons and daughters far away
from them. In this is discovered a
reason why residents of a rural dis
trict should take more than ordinary
interest in the home town. The more
important the local town the greater
are the opportunities for the young
men of the neighborhood engaging in
business in it. In thousands of cities
and towns of the United States the
leading business men to-day are the
boys who were farmers' sons a quar
ter or a half century ago. In modest
ways they started in business In the
home town, and with the progress of
the town developed as business men.
The opportunities that were opened
to those youths are still open to the
youths of to-day, but remember that
many of these men would not have
been the great business men they are
to-day only for the fact the town 3
where they located were progressive
places which gave the opportunity to
succeed.
COMMON SENSE ECONOMICS.
Simple Principles for Application in
Everyday Affairs.
He who aims to be fair toward his
neighbor will not deny him the oppor
tunity to make an honest living. The
day laborer should be as well reward
ed, according to his work, as is the
merchant or the banker.
Merchants are shortsighted when
they will order potatoes or other
vegetables by the carload from an
other town when right in their neigh
borhood farmers have just as good po
tatoes to sell, and perhaps at a lower
price. No use in paying the commis
sion man a percentage in a case like
this.
From fruit-growing sections year
after year reports come as to the rot
ting of the crops on accouunt of the
poor transportation facilities, or re
fusal of buyers in the large cities to
pay prices sufficient to pay for gath
ering. Here is an opportunity for the
marflfestation of local enterprise.
Why not start small drying and can
ning establishments to use up the sur
plus fruit? Such establishments could
be profitably conducted, and operated
with benefit to all the people of the
community.
There is little economy for the
storekeepers to keep on their shelves
goods that are likely to grow out of
date, or deteriorate in value. Better
sell all such goods at actual cost, and
give the people of the neighborhood
the benefit of lowest prices.
People are interested in prices of
goods. The wise merchants fully ap
preciate the value of the home paper
as a medium of intercourse with their
customers. Well-written advertise
ments and the naming of prices at
tract attention, for the average per
son when his attention is called to an
article always wants to know the
cost.
One dollar circulated in a commun
ity is worth to it SSO circulated in
some other place. A district is made
wealthy only by retaining in it the
dollars that are earned within it, or
which may be brought to it through
commerce.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST i, 1907.
HIGH COURT
Of Guatemala Confirms
Death Sentences.
ALLEGED PLOTTERS
Against the Life of President Cabrera
are to be Executed, in Spite of
Protests by Diplomats.
Guatemala City. The supreme
court of Guatemala has con
tinned the death penalty on all those
sentenced in connection with the re
cent attempt to assassinate President
Cabrera and who had appealed their
cases to the highest court.
On July 1 a dispatch from Guate
mala stated that lCu citizens of that
republic had been arrested on the
charge of complicity in an attempt to
assassinate Cabrera. All were thrown
into prison and subsequently many of
the accused were sentenced to death.
Among the men in ptison were some
of the most wealthy and prominent in
Guatemala.
Immediately upon the arrestj be
coming known the diplomatic corps at
Guatemala, with the exception of
Philip ,\I. Brown, the United States
charge, protested. No attention be
ing paid to these protests the British
minister was charged with drawing
up a note in which the trial of those
arrested were characterized as a
farce. This note was sent to the vari
ous governments having representa
tives at Guatemala.
On July 2:! a dispatch from Guate
mala stated that many of the minor
political offenders recently sentenced
by the courts had been pardoned and
that those under sentence of death
would aiso probably be released
shortly. It was also stated that Ger
many, Italy, Spain and Mexico had
sent lutes to tiie Guatemalan govern
ment pointing (;lit that prisoners un
der aires? for complicity in the at
tempted assassination were still held,
and that neither the civil nor military
courts had taken any action in the
c.'.'e, in spite of the fact that the
time allowed by law had long since
expired.
SPIES HIRED BY TURKS.
They Are Alleged to be Engagsd in
the Work of Discrediting Arme
nians in This Country.
New York.—Rev. Levont Mar
toogessan, once treasurer of the
Hunchakist, the Armenian society
which outsiders say has fallen from
its high estate of patriotism to the
practice of blackmail, on Friday gave
a new twist to the district attorney's
investigation of the organization.
The priest had been subpenaed to
tell what he knew. This was to the
effect that the present agitation, os
tensibly directed by reputable Ar
menians against a band of assassins,
was in fact inspired by the Turkish
government, whose hired spies sought
to discredit the patriotic Armenians
in this country.
The pastor of the Armenian Apos
tles' church had, he admitted,
formerly been a member and the
treasurer of the Hunchakist, but some
time ago withdrew. He knew nothing
of the murder of the rug merchant
Tavehanjian, who had refused to pay
SIO,OOO for his life, and if extortion
had been practiced he knew nothing
of it. On the contrary, he told the
district attorney that ho himself was
the object of persecution 011 the part
of the Turkish government. Pressed
to throw light 011 the work of the con
spirators the priest replied:
•'You are a rich and powerful nation
and you can find out more than 1
can."
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Dun's Review Says There Is Little
Complaint of Midsummer Dullness.
New York. —R. G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
It is noteworthy thrt there is prac
tically none of the customary com
plaint of midsummer dullness in com
mercial or industrial channels. On
the contrary, reports from many
cities announce that all the backward
ness of the early season in light
weight fabrics has been made up,
and the liberal distribution of mer
chandise is accompanied by steady
improvement 111 mercantile colle
ctions. Preparations for fall and
winter proceed with evident confi
dence and lines that usually report
frequent cancellations at this season
are holding their business nearly in
tact.
In the leading industries there Is
little idle machinery, steel and cotton
mills reporting orders further into
the future than other branches, and
the only menac° to more new records
of pig iron production is the interrup
tion to ore movement by the strike
that has reduced' shipments about
2,000,000 tons in three weeks.
Engineer and Fireman Killed.
St. Thomas, Ont.—A locomotive
attached to a Wabash freight
train blew up one mile cast, of Slmcoe
ia.;t night. Engineer Pen Patterson
and Fireman .lames Calvert were
killed. A brakeman was scalded and
a conductor badly injured.
Nino Men Drowned.
Toronto, Ont.—During a heavy
thunder storm Thursday night
a gasoline launch with ten men on
board capsized in Lake Ontario and
only one micceeded in reaching th<
nearby shore.
MADE A NEW RECORD.
SONOMA GIRL WON THE MER
CHANTS AND MANUFACTUR
ERS' STAKE AT DETROIT.
Second Heat Was Trotted in 2:06!4,
a World's Record for a Green
Mare.
Detroit, Mich.—Thursday's sun
set on the greatest renewal of the
Merchants and Manufacturers' stake
ever trotted. The most remarkable
exhibition of speed ever known 011 the
light harness turf was won by So
noma Girl on her courage and speed
and stamped herself the fleetest of
her sex in parts of the journey, if not
for a whole mile, when the supreme
test comes later in the season.
The track was lightning fast, the
water under the surface serving as a
cushion to send the flying feet aloug
in their Journey.
Sonoma Girl had closed a favorite
at SSO, Highball $44 and the field $26,
and in some pooling she ranked $-"<0 to
$35 over the field. When they scored
the first time Sonoma Girl was 011 the
run, jumping as though mad. Time
and again she acted badly and there
was a wild scramble among the bet
ters. Driver Springer changed sulkys
and she went level, then back-jumped
and finally when the word was given
on the ninth score she was ten
lengths behind the rest, though on a
trot. Highball, from the outside, shot
to the pole and the quarter in 30
seconds, being ten lengths ahead at
the half. Springer got Sonoma Girl
going on the first turn and she rattled
off a middle half in 59 Vi seconds, land
ing in second place, but being unable
to catch Highball, who went the mile
in 2:07V2, a new record for the stake.
Next time they got away on the
third score and rushed to the half in
1:00%, where Highball had an open
length 011 the mare. At the three
quarters Springer set her going and
she marched up to and by Highball as
though he was tied to a post. Such a
flight of speed had never been seen
and when Sonoma Girl got down the
stretch Springer pulled her until she
was jogging in 2:06*4, a second new
record for the stake and the world's
record for a green mare.
The third heat was a plain work
mile for Sonoma Girl, as she won at
every part of it.
The rest of the racing was clever
and fast.
JEWISH WOMEN LED RIOTERS.
Butcher Shops in Philadelphia Were
Sacked by Yiddish Mobs.
Philadelphia, Pa. The Jewish
quarter in the southern section of the
city was- the scene of many disturb
ances and incipient riots Thursday
following the efforts of Yiddish wo
men to boycott kosher butchers who
have increased the price of meats. All
through the Ghetto there were fierce
outbreaks in which persons who at
tempted to patronize the stores were
roughly handled. In several instances
the stores were sacked and the meat
destroyed.
The women gathered in front of the
stores and seized every person who
entered. The meat the customers
had purchased was taken away from
them and tossed in the streets after
coal oil or acid had been poured over
it. In three shops oil was poured
over every piece of meat, the chop
ping blocks and counters were over
turned and the windows in the stores
were demolished.
The police of three districts were
kept on the run answering riot calls
and reserve squads had to be sent to
their assistance.
As a result of the outbreaks 2S men
and women were either sent to prison
or held in bail for court to answer
charges of assault and inciting to riot
and as many more were arrested
and locked up for hearings on minor
charges.
Because most of the disturbers
were women the police at first hesi
tated to use force in trying to dis
perse the mobs in front of the stores,
but- the situation became serious and
they were finally compelled to use se
vere measures and a number of men
and women were sent to the hospitals
suffering from injuries received in re
sisting the officers. None was seri
ously hurt, however, and the authori
ties have the situation well in hand.
The kosher butchers at a meeting
last night decided to close their stores
until the wholesalers shall reduce the
price on meats to a scale that will en
able the retailers to sell to their cus
tomers at prices within their means.
Is Accused of Cruelty.
San Francisco, Cal. —Third Of
ficer Hawes, of the wrecked steamer
Columbia, whose sworn report of the
disaster charged Capt. Hansen, of the
San Pedro, with refusing to aid in the
rescue of the passengers, is now
charged by survivors who occupied
the same boat with him, with conduct
more cruel than that specified by him
in his report. • The charges against
Hawse are: Refusing to give his coat
to an unconscious woman rescued
from the water in a freezing condi
tion. Ordering a sailor to strike a
crippled man who he believed occu
pied too much space in the boat. Re
fusing to assist in dragging men and
women from the water.
Sisters Guard Their Ancestors' Graves
Kansas City, Kan. —Helena, Ida
and Lida Coniey, Wyandot Indians,
began an armed guard Thursday over
the graves of their ancestors in
Huron cemetery in Kansas City, Kan.,
recently ordered sold by the govern
ment.
Explosion Killed Three People.
Otter Lake, Mich. —Three and
possibly four persona lost their
lives last evening when lightrj, .
struck the hardware store of
Hemingway, exploding a quantity 1
dynamite.
I Balcom & Lloyd, I
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prices, we are ready to serve
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makes. We invite you to visit
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II pets, Linoleums and
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" X^ fo "ci ny " COMFORTABLE LODGING
Art Squares and of fine books In a choice library
El Rugs of all sizes and select the Ideal pattern of Globe- I?*
Ml kind, from the cheap- Wernicke "Elastic" Bookcase. trfl
nest to the best. I Furnished with bevel French I M
plate or leaded glass doors. *
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