mm THE FIELD J.IAKING GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR SONS OF FARMERS. BUILDING UP THE HOME TOWN Some Causes for Complaint Which Can Be Obl'terated by the United Efforts of the People. llow often do we hear it said that the young man has not the opportun ity that the young man of a score of years ago had. How great is the corn plaint of trusts antf combinations ■which control industries to the detri ment of the smaller ones in business, and how often is reference made to business concentration in the large cities at the cost of the smaller towns. Innovations in business methods have been many. It may be said that this is an era of economical methods; that evolution is going on continually broadening the field for individual ■effort and making possible the opera tion of mammoth enterprises. There can be no doubt as to the detrimental • effects upon small towns of this busi ness concentration in the larger cities. Pessimists deplore the lack of oppor tunity for the young men of to-day. At the same time the large corpora tions put forth the cry that there is a scarcity of the right kind of material for important places of trust. How ever this may be, there is one thing •evident, and that is, small towns being kept from advancing narrows the field for the young men who would •otherwise enjoy an opportunity to en gage in business. Traveling to the large city for em ployment, the youth, perhaps, seeks a clerkship at moderate wages. There arc thousands of others that he must compete with in the race for success. His field is narrowed. It is not often that he has fair competition, and fa voritism he finds is one or the obstruc tions in his way. One of the cures for this condition is to devise means of enlarging the scope and importance of the so-called country towns. There is no economical reason why the large city should have the busi ness that rightfully belongs to the small town. There is no saving in buying goods at a distant point even thougli a small percentage may be saved directly. Whenever a resident ..>f a community sends his money to some other community for the neces sities that he requires, he robs his own home town of a certain amount of business. Employment is given to the people of the large city instead of the people of the local community. *t has been estimated that more than GO per cent, of the trtfde goes from some communities to larger -.cities. If this trade were given to the homo town, it would immediately dou ble its business importance and give a corresponding increase in employment for the people. This means that the population of the town would be in creased and the opportunity for en gaging in business would be greater. Not only this, but it is an established principle that values of farm lands to a great extent are dependent upon the activity of the town near which the farms may be located. Thus it is plain that if the son 3of farmers would have greater opportunities open to them for engaging in business, it can be increased by closely adhering vo the home trade and home protec tion principle, which widens the local field for individual effort in a business .way. HELPS FOR TOWN BUILDERS. Strangers to a town form their opinions as to its people by the ap pearance of the business places and the residences. In a town where the buildings are ding}' and dirty, and the show windows of the stores are care lessly arranged, it is evidence that there is a lack of enterprise. It pays the business men of a town to be care ful as to the exterior appearances of their places of business. • • • Small towns usually contain but few expensive residences. It matters little how inexpensively built residences are if the buildings are kept well painted and the yards neat and clean. This is evidence of the good taste of the people. • • » In many towns in country districts there are hitching posts placed here .and there before the stores. It is gen erally the case that where the hitch ing post is found, unless the street is well paved, there is a mud hole. Every town that is incorporated should have regulations as to the .placing or hitching posts indiscrimin ately in the streets. There should be set aside some side street that is con venient to the business portion of the town, wliero the farmers and others ■can hitch their teams instead of in •front of the stores. « * » Good sidewalks give the strangers •to a town a favorable impression of the place, and also they are an advan <age in many ways and may prove a matter of economy through the pre vention of accidents that might give cause for damage against the town •corporation. ♦ • * Nearly every small town has its ■public park. It is often noticed that these parks are little cared for. They are public pastures and serve 110 good purpose as piaces where the people of the town can mwet evenings for social intercourse. People of towns should take pride in keeping the pub 4ic parks in good condition. They can be made beauty spots with but little •effort and expense. OPPRESSION IN FOREIG.-l LANDS. Laborers Reduced to Slavery Through Systems of Land Holding. Americans should be thankful for the liberty that their form of govern ment allows. It. is only necessary to study into conditions as they obtain in many of the European countries, to learn how enslaved are the common classes of the people of those coun tries. The holding of vast estates by the nobility has reduced the peasant classes to a condition of serfdom. In these countries it is also notice able that the artisans, and the work ers in the mills, receive wages that are barely sufficient to buy them food and clothing. In many of the conti nental countries of Europe the farm laborer receives as compensation from $1 to $1.50 a week. In Silesa, where there are large cotton factories, export weavers receive from $2.28 to $3 per week, and women employed at like work earn less than $2 per week. Even in Old England, where labor is paid the best of any European coun try, in the cotton factories the scale for labor runs from $4.86 to $10.20 a week. Where wages are so low it is impossible for the people to save money, and it is necessary that they live upon the plainest and cheapest food in order to make ends meet. In comparison with these countries how grand are the opportunities for the laborer in Lie United States! In America there are homes for all who would build them. In no part of- the earth is there such reward for indi vidual effort. It is said by some that there is a tendency even in this free country toward oligarchy. That the tendency towards the concentration of financial power and business in the densely populated districts is a men ace that is too lightly estimated. The preventive remedy for this evil lies in the hands of the masses. There is great need of the people in general studying more deeply into economic subjects. The simple principles upon which business rests appear to be lit tle understood by the average citizens. The remedy for the prevention nf the building up of one section of the United States at the cost of another section is readily at hand, and each and every citizen can do his part in administering this remedy. For many years great insurance companies have maintained their headquarters in large eastern cities. Millions upon millions of dollars annu ally were contributed to them by the people in all parts of the United States. The vast funds built up for the protection of policyholders had to seek profitable investment. The great captains of finance evolved means for the employment of this capital. A dozen small industries independently conducted would be combined into one company, capitalized far up in the millions and the money contributed to the funds maintained by the insur ance companies utilized in carrying out the plans of the great combina tions. Thus it can be seen how trusts have been built up and the money of the people used for this pur pose, and too often to oppress the very classes that contributed the funds which made it possible for bringing into existence these combina tions. It can be understood how essential it is that industries of this kind La es tablished in the different states, and how the money contributed by the people of a state to a company in some other state works directly against the contributors. What holds good in the insurance business applies equally to other industries. IJy keep ing the earnings of a people in the community where these earnings are produced, is to the best interests cf the people. If it is necessary that they be sent from the community, as far as possible keep the earnings within the limits of the state, for what assists a state to greatness makes lighter the burden of taxation upon all the people within it and materially helps every community within the state. The student can plainly understand how the concentration of business and of money can be prevented by a sim ple rule which involves the patronage of local institutions and the retaining in each community as far as possible all the wealth produced within that community. If this principle be close ly adhered to it will be impossible for any acquirement of such vast power as will oppress the American people as the common classes of many of the European countries are oppressed. Need a Good Bank. A good bank is a valuable asset for the small town. During these days of prosperity people of almost every community have a surplus amount of money to deposit in tlie bank, or to invest in a way that will bring a fair margin of interest. Lately a sys tem has grown up of doing a banking business by mail. Alleged savings banks and investment companies in large cities advertise widely offering six to seven per cent, interest on de posits. Many who have little knowl edge of financial affairs make depos its in these banks. The Lincoln bank at Oak Hark, 111., was one of these in stitutions that made great offers to the people of agricultural districts in order to secure deposits. More than $1,000,000 were deposited by farmers and others in lhl:j concern. Within a year it was declared unsound by the l nited States authorities, the pro moter of it placed under arrest and charged with fraud. The poor de luded depositors are not. likely to re ceive five per cent, of their deposits. Remember that when you send your money from your local community it ceases to be any factor in developing home resources or in adding to th«* wealth of the place. It is better al ways to patronize home banks thau banks far away. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907. HOI SESSION Of Republican Conven tion ai Tjlsa, I. T. WILD EXCITEMENT Was Created by an Orator's Effort to Stampede the Convention, but He was Unsuccessful. Tulsa, I. T. —Gov. Frank Frantz was Thursday night nominated by acclamation for governor of the pro posed aJate of Oklahoma by the re publican state convention. During the afternoon session of the convention a clash that was followed by a wild demonstration came when J. S. McCowan, of Snyder, Okla.. in a speech argued against the naming of a ticket and for the rejection of the constitution. He captured the con vention with his eloquence and finally declared that the party could not af ford to name a ticket under the new constitution. The delegates were swept off their feet for a moment, but the friends of Gov. Frantz soon realized what they believed was a trap laid to stampede the convention against Frantz. Then disorder ruled the gathering. Dele gates hissed and yelled for McGowan to sit down. The speaker attempted to stick it out, but the convention was against it. Chairman Hamon tried to quiet the convention, but without avail. Mc- Gowan's voice was lost in the cheers for Frantz that followed. Then dele gates rushed to the platform and threatened the speaker, but he held his ground. Delegates and party leaders urged Hamon to stop Mc- Gowan. At this point Frank Rush, of lilack burn, carried a Pawnee county Frantz banner to the platform and Jumped to the top of a press table. The wildly excited delegates sprang to their feet shouting for Frantz and a state ticket. Shouting men in every part of the convention tore loose their coun ty standards and rushed forward. Delegates left their seats and joined in the rush while Hamon gazed upon the tumult In astonishment. Police men went to the stage to prevent trouble, but their presence was not needed. D. L. Sleeper, of Tulsa, standing on a table, ultimately suc ceeded ia restoring order. A EIENDISH CRIME. An 8-Year-Old Girl Is Assaulted, Mur dered and Mutilated by Some Person Unknown. New York. The " graveyard," as the foreign populated neigh borhood on First avenue between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets is known locally, on Thursday gave up a fresh crime, rivaling in atrocity the mysterious butcheries of last week. The latest discovered victim was -an 8-year-old girl and like the two young women murdered, she had been shockingly mistreated before death and the body mutilated when life was extinct. The three murders are strikingly similar. Last Thursday night a wo man was mangled in a boarding house; the noxt morning the body of a woman who had been choked to death was found in an 'areaway in East Ninetieth street. Katie Pritsch ler, daughter of a restaurant waiter, disappeared a week ago yesterday and was killed that night. A ribbon placed about the throat and drawn so tightly that it cut the flesh showed how she died. Her body was found yesterday. At the coroner's direction, Gaetano Rlppolano, whose cobbler shop ad joins the girl's home, was arrested and asked to explain his absence from his shop on last Friday. He estab lished the fact that he had spent the day at Bristol, Conn. The girl is said to have frequented Rippolano's place, and a search of the shop brought to light a man's shirt which bore red stains. The cobbler was arraigned and remanded to the coroner. WILLIAMS WON EASILY. Mississippi Democrats Held a State Primary and Gov. Vardaman Was Defeated in the Race for Senator. Memphis, Tenn. Dispatches on the Mississippi democratic primary election received by the News-Scime tar indicate a victory for John Sharp Williams for United States senator, alt hough Gov. Vardanian made gains in the southern counties. Scattered returns to the Commer cial Appeal from the delta ntid east ern section of Mississippi show John Sharp Williams leading Vardanian in the senatorial race by a percentage of about two to one. In the contest for governor. Charles Scot I and IS. S. Noel are leading th'lr four competi tors, with the vote very closa. The oount is progressing slowly. Four Men Killed. Ran Pedro, Cat. —Four men lost their lives Thursday when 400 feet of the tr.v.tle leading from the wharf of the Pacific Wharf and Stor age Co. collapsed. The dead men were crushed by carloads of rock or drowned In lli • harbor. Billik !r Sentenced to Hrtnq. Chicago, ill.— Merman Milllk, re cently eo:ivict»d of the murder of Mary Vz a! by poisoning, was on Thursday to hang on Octo ber 11. Defo-e sentence was passed Billik broke down and cried. NEW INDICTMENTS ARE RETURNED AGAINST AN AR MENIAN PRIEST AT NEW YORK CITY. Evidence Accumulates Against tha Leader of a Society Accused of Extortion and Murder. New York. Four indictments now lie against Father Martoo gessian, the Armenian who, it is al leged, sometimes laid aside liis priest ly robes to practice extortion and blackmail. The priest is just now the central figure in the conspiracy which the district attorney seeks to prove had for its object the robbery of wealthy Armenians and led to the murder of the rug merchant, Tavshan jian, and others who refused to be financially bled. From the slayer of Tavshanjian, Bedros Hampartzoomian as he is known here, the police hope to secure a confession establishing that the youth unwittingly was the agent of blackmailing Terrorists. A trunk which Hampartzcomian had in Low ell, Mass., lias been brought here and its contents may throw light on the investigation. Of the three additional indictments against Martoogessian brought in by the grand jury Wednesday two charge attempted robbery, as did the original indictment, and one alleges extortion. The latter charges that the priest was responsible for at least one of the blackmailing letters which followed the death of the rug merchant. The letter was mailed in New York on July 21!, the day that Tavshanjian \ was shot. It was written in the Ar- I menian language. In red ink, and was signed by the symbol of the Terror ists three hands with daggers uplift ed, poised above a red heart. The let- : ter was sent to Gulabi Gulbenkian & Co., of this city, and was as follows: "Death Warrant.—The executives i of the Constantinople Armenian revo-! lutionary Terrorists' organization con demn to death Haroutlan Gulbenkian. ; Gulabi Gulbenkian and Patrick Gul- j benkian, the three brothers who have deaf ears to all appeals for national i freedom. Our executive board, hav- j ing givsn its decision to Haroutian I and Gulabi Gulbenkian, in America,! gives them -4 hours to decide be- j tween duty and death. "Constantinople Armenian revolu-1 tionary Terrorists' organization." j Hefore this letter came Haroutian | Gulbenkian, who is the accusing wit-! ness against the priest, had received ■ a blackmailing letter demanding $25,- ; 000, but had not complied with the de- [ mand. The sense of the indictment is that j the priest either sent the quoted let- j ter or caused it to be sent. Further, it is charged that Martoo gessian represented or caused to bo j represented to Miran G. Karagensian.! an Armenian, that he would meet ! death unless he gave SIOO,OOO to the I Armenian revolutionary fund. A STRIKE Of MINERS PROBABLE. Fourteen Thousand Employes of the Pittsburg Coal Co. Are Liable to be Called Out. Pittsburg, Pa. —The possibility of a strike, participated in by all the ; miners in the Pittsburg district, num- j bering over 14,000 men, became ap- ' parent last night when the following | statement was issued .by Francis | Keehan, president of District No. H, | United Mine Workers of America: "The district executive board of the I United Mine Workers of Pittsburg | has instructed me to stop all miners I working who are employed by the j Pittsburg Coal Co., in event of the j company not Immediately fully com plying with all the provisions of the wage scale agreement." President Feehan's authorization I came after an all day meeting of the i executive board. Feehan said the j strike had been ordered because the j Pittsburg Coal Co. had persistently | violated the agreement with the min-1 ers and the union, and that officials j of the Miners' union had become tired of the delay In rectifying the wrongs. The situation looks serious. Should the order to strike be given, 50 mines will be closed immediately. Ore Handlers' Strike Is Ended. Duluth, Minn. —Ore dock work- | ers, who have been on a strike I for more than two weeks for recogni- : tiou of the union and an increase in ; pay, on Wednesday voted to return to work to-day. Neither of there- | quests of the men was granted by the j Duluth, Miasabe & railroad j and the men will return to work oil i the same conditions that, existed j when they struck. All employes will ! be taken back without, prejudice. Powers' Trial It; Postponed. Georgetown, Ky. The fourth | trial of Caleb Powers on the i charge of complicity in the murder or i Senator Goebel was indefinitely post- I poin d Wednesday. Following the ac- i tion of Judga Robbins in vacating tiie j bench because of charges ol' bias, at- | torneys could not agree on a suitable ! man to try the case and Robbins ad- ) journed court. The trial will not pro- ; ceed until Gov. lieckham appoints a new judge. A Doubly Fati'l Accident. Pittsburg, Pa. —G. N. Grubbs, r. j Baltiin re & Ohio railroad clerk, and ! an unknown woman were killed and one passenger v..• slightly injured ' Wednesday when !?. & O. train No. 2 ran into an open -vil .:h at the Sheri- I dan stre l c.ossltv; in McKeesport. A Multi-Millionaire Dies. Menominee, Mich. —S. 11. Ste- J phenson, < x ■ iigre.;snian aud nuiltl- j millionaire lumberman, died at hi ; homa here Wednesday, lie was a brother of United States Senator- : sleet Isaac Stephenson, of Wisconsin. | Balcom & Lloyd. 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