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Marshal Your Forces. #
No mind, no intellect Is powerful or
great enough to attract wealth while
the mental attitude is turned away
from it, facing in the other direction.
One of the greatest problems of mod
ern science is to discover means by
which the great energies of forces
which are going to waste all about us
may be utilized, says Orison Swett
Warden in Success Magazine. It is a
well-known fact that the finest loco
motive yet made has succeeded in
utilizing only about fifteen per cent, of
the energy of its fuel. Eighty-five per
cent, of the sun's force stored up in
the coal is lost. Great forces of na
ture are everywhere going to waste
because man does not know how to
control them, to marshal them, to har
ness them to his uses. On every hand
we see great human ability doing the
worn of mediocrity or running to
waste: splendid possibilities in rags
and hovels; men of quality and talent
living shiftlessly in narrowness and
squalor; thousands of men and wo
men, who have reached their gray-hair
period, having still 75, 80 or 90 per
cent, of their ability undeveloped, un
touched. They are small, mean and
pinched, when, had they discovered
tUeinselves and demanded the best of
themselves, they might have been
large, broad, full and complete.
Santo Domingo is finding American
supervision of the finances an excel
lent and profitable thing. A letter from
W. E. Pulliam, United States receiver
of customs at Santo Domingo, to the
bureau of insular affairs at Washing
ton, gives interestng information as to
the changed condition of affairs. An
immense improvement in the finan
cial condition of the republic is seen.
Mr. Pulliam states that the income
for the present fiscal year is estimated
at $.'{,948,000, the largest in the his
tory of the country. After deducting
the $1,200,000 which according to the
terms of the agreement will be set
aside this year to apply to the foreign
bond payments, a handsome sum will
be left for home use. One of the best
results of the honest and effective
collection and application of the reve
nue under American supervision is
the toning up imparted to the public
service generally. The United States
of course has nothing to do with the
interior administration of Santo Do
mingo, but appreciative native officials
are looking on and learning how.
Here is a new sort of infant prodigy.
A little girl of five years, the daugh
ter ol respectable working people in
one cf the most populous quarters of
Paiis, seems to have established a rec
ord in juvenile crime. Some time ago
she tried to cut out her little brother's
tongue with a knife. She has tried to
burn tho house down, having taken
care to soak bods and furniture with
petroleum. Such a terror did she be
come in the neighborhood that she
was commonly called the "baby devil."
The public institutions, where she was
sent, considered her an abnormality
and refused to keep her. She has
tried to stab a man. Her perform
ances so disturbed the neighbors that
her unfortunate parents were ordered
from their poor lodgings by a bailiff.
Now the authorities have taken
charge of this terrible little creature,
who seems to be the kind of degen
erate recently described by Prof. Lorn
broeo, an inheritor of the sins of
many forbears.
Recent occurrences in Canada and
In some western states emphasize the
necessity for better protection against
forest fires, in addition to the fatali
ties trees worth millions of dollars
have been destroyed, and in many re
spects the damage is irreparable
There is much to learn in the way of
averting such disasters. I n the na
tionul and state reservations, as a
rule, the forests are guarded with a
fair degree of efficiency, but in other
areas it seems easy to start and diffi
cult to check a forest fire, it might
be well to emulate the example
■hown in the scientific forestry of
Europe, where the cutting of timber is
carefully regulated. Dead trees and
underbrush are removed and every
precaution against a conflagration is
enforced.
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE? MR. BRYAN'S VERSION.
Acr we «,r ■ ■ — —
BRYAN'S PET THEORY
BANK GUARANTEE SCHEME
SHOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE.
Institutions Would Be Unable to Rea
lize on Assets in Times of Panic—
Latest of Commoner's Hob
bies Proven Impractical.
During his extended career as a
statesman of presidential aspirations
Mr. Bryan has shown a remarkable
facility for taking tip with theories in
statescraft, the crudeness and imprac
ticability of which have been easily
demonstrable. And concerning his
free coinage of silver and his govern
ment ownership of railroads hobbies
the demonstrations seem to have
been plain enough to convince even
himself of their erroneous assump
tions, as there is not a word in the
latest 'Bryan platform advocating
either of these aforetime Bryan doc
trines. But in the Oklahoma scheme
to have the state create and maintain
a special fund for the guarantee of de
posits in banks Mr. Bryan felt so sure
that he had at last come across some
thing of high political value and a
scheme, moreover, that would stand
the severest scrutiny that he adopted
it and had it incorporated in the Den
ver platform.
In less than two months following '
the formal adoption by the Democratic ,
presidential candidate of this new !
scheme of finance it has been reduced !
to an absurdity by more than one
method of analysis. In Oklahoma,
where the plan is now operative and
applicable to all state banks, the fol
lowing facts indicative of its defective- j
ness have become apparent: The Ok
lahoma law provides that the fund
created for the protection of bank de- 1
positors shall be invested in staie se
curities known as state warrants,
which bear three per cent, interest an
nually. Now it has developed with a i
clearness which is apparent to the 1
most casual observer that the state, in '
time of panic, when it would be abso- |
lutely necessary to have the guaran
tee fund ready and available, will find
itself loaded up with a form of securi
ty which would find no sale whatever
on the market during panicky times
except at a ruinous discount. Banks
fail generally because they are unable i
to realize upon their assets, and Okla- :
homa, loaded up with its own prom
ises to pay, would not in a panic sea
son be able to turn those promises into i
cash.
As a national system, instead of a
state system, the bank guarantee
scheme is equally defective, though
for other reasons. The palpable fact !
that it would tax the conservatively j
managed savings banks and conserva- !
tive institutions generally to make i
good the losses sustained by depos- '
itors in banks associated with specu
lative interests is alone sufficient to
condemn the latest of Mr. Bryan's po
litical hobbies.
The Verdict of Business.
The business world is for Taft with
intelligible unanimity. South and
north the inrush of business judg
ment is that Taft is sane and safe — ;
progressive but not radical, modern
but not reactionary. The mail that
pours into Judge Taft's hopper is big
with Democratic assurances that
south and north the men who first do
things with their minds irrespective !
of party, will vote for Taft as they '
have twice voted for Roosevelt. !
Maryland will surely sidestep Bryan, j
There is one contested section —the j
middle west. Bryan's defeat next '
November will be more overwhelming ]
than it was in November, 1900. !
Lewiston Journal.
Taft as People's Proxy.
"Shall the people rule?" thunders J
Mr. Bryan. They shall, Peerless Lead- 1
er: they shall. And in the opinion of
the gentlemen who hypothecate large i
sums of money on election proposi
tions a considerable plurality of them
will vote for Taft as their proxy.
The Rude Awakening.
A Missouri man is winning notice
by dreaming that Mr. Bryan will land |
In the White House this time. How ■
remarkably like Mr. Bryan this man
is, and the similarity is carried to the j
point where they both wake up, also. ;
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY SEPTRMBER 17, 1908.
BRYAN AND THE FARMERS.
Prospect of "Free Wool" Not Allurin£
to Western Rancher.
The Democratic plank promising "s
reduction of the tariff upon the neces
saiies of life" seems to us harmless
even admirable, but it is loaded and
aimed at the heart which beats for the
poor fanner. The above simple phrase
being translated into a shorter and
uglier form spells "free wool," and
that means the enmity of that class
for whose pennies Mr. Bryan made
such a heart to heart appeal the othei
day. It is all right in the east to crusf
the wicked combination of wool buy
ers who are keeping down the price ol
the farmers' wool, and keeping up the
price of the people's clothes. But ir
the west this means the annulment ol
the sacred clause putting up the price
of the farmers' sheep.
Did not the census of sheep show 112
fa'ling off of ten millions during the
last Democratic administration, anc
has the poor farmer yet recovered
from that massacre of the innocent
sheep, like that now prepared for him
self to make a Bryan holiday? Has
not the price of "Territory, best fine
staple, clean," risen from 30 cents tc
(>0 cents under Republican administra
'ion, and shall the hands af the clock
be turned backward? In other words
will the farmer chip in for Bryan and
free wool? We trow not. Bryan and
, ruin look alike to the western
rancher, and he would rather vote foi
j the Old Boy himself.
Bryan's Sweet Singer.
While the treasurer of the Demo
cratic party listens to the jingle ol
the dimes and dollars he composes
I lyrics. It is said that he is depended
upon by the candidate to supply hira
with plaintive melodies guaranteed tc
, reach and to teach the masses. Wher
the dollars are not running in such a
stream as to distract the treasurer he
gets en rapport with the muse of mel
ody and then from his quarters come
| enchanting strains. Those about his
i locality are caught with the sweet
i pleas for the support of the twice
' tried and three-times-willing Willie.
The newspaper men have their souls
tuned to the enchanting strains, as
they are the "dog" on which the songs
of the inspired minstrel of there
doubtable nominee are tried. Mr
Bryan has the full paraphernalia of a
touring candidate in search of a job
His one-night stands will be enlivened
by the dulcet strains of the song that
tells of his weariless wandering to
ward the White Mouse. There is nc
doubt about Mr. Bryan's ability to so
cure cheap attractions from dollar
dinners to dime ditties.
Mr. Bryan and Radicalism.
Owing to the pernicious activity ol
President Roosevelt* radicalism has
gained a stronghold in the ranks oi
the Republican party, and as Mr,
Taft has declared unqualified adher
ence to the doctrines and policies ct
Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Bryan finds him
self on common ground with his op
ponent. Instead of being called upon
to defend his views, he now makes ci
tations from the statements and ut
terances of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Taft in support of Ills contentions.
And this he does in the cleverest
and most adroit manner, using the
remarks of his opponent and the pres
ent occupant of the presidential
chair as a basis for a sweeping ar
raignment and indictment of the party
in power. In thus training the guns
of his political opponents on them
selves he shows that he is a dialec
tician of the highest order. Despite
the nature of his logic, however, we
doubt that intelligent voters are any
more ready to accept him for the
presidency than they were eight and
12 years ago.—New York Financial
Chronicle.
When Parker Ran.
Alton B. Parker assures a Cali
fornia reporter that the "Democrats
are alive and very much alive." Mr.
Parker could make it interesting by
explaining the moribund condition ol
the party when he ran for president.
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Before proclaiming that there will
be no "big stick" in evidence In the
event of his election Mr. Bryan should
have consulted the people. Many of
them seem to like the big gtjck idea.
IfIFT DELIVERS
MANY SPEECHES
IN A SHORT TOUR THAT BEGAN
AT SANDUSKY AND ENDED
AT CINCINNATI.
THE POLICIES OF ROOSEVELT
Will be Sustained by Him If He la
Elected President Is a Promise
Made—Talks on Tariff
Revision and Labor.
Cincinnati. O. That William H.
Taft will make an extensive tour of
the United States before the Novem
ber election is announced as the de
termination of the candidate. Mr.
Taft will rely on the record made by
himself Tuesday as proof of his abil
ity to make good in a campaign of
travel.
He said in his first speech of the
day at Sandusky that if elected presi
dent he would devote his best energies
to constructive recommendations to
congress for legislation which would
clinch the Roosevelt policies of busi
ness honesty. At the same time he
made it clear that the regulation by
the government of interstate business
should be not only sound in legal prin
ciple, but that the interpretation and
enforcement of the law should be both
clear and speedy, to the end that le
gitimate aggregations of .-.apital should
not be prevented and that confidence
in the commercial ability of the coun
try should be on the firmest possible
basis. Rlr. Taft also pledged 1 himself
to further the policy of government
supervision of the issue of stocks and
bonds of interstate railways.
Mr. Taft began the day with an ad
dress to the veterans at the Soldiers'
home at Sandusky. He talked patriot
ism and politics and was cordially re
ceived'.
Then came the principal speech of
the day to an audience which filled the
Sandusky opera house. At 1:40 o'clock
the start was made for Cincinnati.
Ten minutes later at Castalia the
candidate received not only the cheers
of the populace, but a huge bouquet
of garden flowers tossed to him on
the rear of his car by a bevy of chil
dren. At York an instant's stop al
lowed but few words antl a cheer. It
was at Clyde, s>/ter an introduction to
a large crowd by Representative
Mouser, that the candidate talked tar
iff revision along protection lines. The
Republican party, he said, had not
abandoned this principle.
Tiffin was next on the map and Mr.
Taft and Mrs. Taft left the train and
mounted a stand near the station,
which was decorated with flowers and
crowded with a bevy of "Old Glory
girls" in blue. Here Mr. Taft gave his
views on labor. He opposed class leg
islation, but favored such enactments
as would place labor on an equal foot
ing with capital in making contracts
for service. The Tiffin crowd num
bered a thousand.
Springfield and Dayton vied with
each other for the biggest crowds ol
the day and each was expressive of en
thusiasm. Red fire and torches helped
the crowd's at Middletown and Frank
lin and the speaking time was lim
ited.
TELLS OF A SUICIDE PACT.
Woman Relates Sensational Story in
Connection With the Death of
an Omaha Doctor.
Omaha, Neb. The coroner's in
quest into the death of Dr. Fred
erick H. Rustin, who was found
fatally shot at the door of his home
in this city last week, developed sev
eral sensations Tuesday. Mrs. Abbie
Rice, the woman who was last known
to be in Dr. Rustin's company on the
night of his death, declared that Rus
tin had been talking of committing
suicide, but that he wished' to disguise
the act so as to protect his life insur
ance for the benefit of his family.
After much importunity he induced
her to promise to kill him ami then
take her own life. Arrangements tc
this end were made for Friday night,
August 28, but her nerve failed. On
Tuesday night following, Dr. Rustin
pointed out to her on the street car
a man who, he said, had promised to
do the deed, saying it would be done
that night.
She identified Charles E. Davis, a
clerk in a local bank and a member
of a prominent family, as the man re
ferred to by Dr. Rustin.
Davis was placed on the stand and
testified that he attempted to commit
suicide on the night in question, by
taking drugs furnished by Dr. Rustin,
but denied' that he promised to kill
the doctor, or that he had anything
to do with the latter's death. He said
the drugs taken made him sick and
he vomited, thus saving his life. He
gave no special reason for wishing to
end his life except that he had no de
sire to live. He said he had made
previous attempts at suicide.
A Gift to the Nation.
Oyster Buy, N. Y. Constitution
Island, in the Hudson river, criT
West Point, has been presented to the
United States government by Mar
garet Sage, wife of the late Russell
Sage, and Miss Anna Warner.
Legislature Is Deadlocked.
Des Moines, la. True to their
pledge to each other, 42 stand pat
Republicans in the legislature Tues
day prevented the election of Gov.
Cummins to the United States son
ate.
A WOEFUL WASTE OF WEALTH
YEAR 1908 IS A RECORD BREAKER
FOR FOREST FIRES.
Value of Timber Burned This Year It
Enough to Provide a Big Navy
of Battleships.
Washington, D. C. The foresl
fires which have just, laid waste whole
counties in Minnesota and Mich I gar
and extended intot Wisconsin, destroy
ing many towns and making thousands
of persons homeless, have focused tin
attention of government officials hen
as well as state forest officers on th<
enormous losses of forest wealtl
which will be on record for the veai
1908.
In the whole northern half of the
United States from coast to coast i
is likely that the year will go dowi
as one of the worst in the last quar
ter century. The latest disasters ii
Minnesota, Michigan and Wlsconsii
are the worst of the many that hav<
visited the lake states this year. Thi
Pacific coast, the Rocky Mountain am
the New England states and Canadi
have had a thorough and in som<
cases a continuous experience in fire
Forest service officials say it is doubt
ful If this year's actual losses fron
forest fires in all parts of the coun
try will ever be known, but it is cer
tain that they will run up so high li
the millions that the country will b<
startled when a compilation of statia
tics at the end of the season make:
it possible to give even the most con
servative figures.
They point out that were all th<
timber burned up this year in all parti
of the country converted into cash, i
could provide for a good sized nav;
of first class battleships. The firei
have started a widespread movemen
in many states to check them b;
adopting rational systems of fire pro
tection.
BRYAN TALKS IN OHIO.
Makes a Number of Speeches Whili
on a Trip from Columbus to
Wheeling.
Wheeling, W. Va. William Jen
nings Bryan was West Virginia'!
guest Friday afternoon and night
A royal welcome was accorde<
him as his private car, containing
himself and party and a big receptio:
committee crossed the Ohio river ant
entered this city. The river front was
a mass of humanity and as Democ
racy's leader stepped on the West Vir
ginia soil he was cheered to the echo
His car was stopped directly in from
of the hotel, but so great was the
crowd that even combined efforts o;
the police could not prevent him fron
being forced to struggle his waj
through.
The visit to Wheeling was the cli
max of an eventful day In Ohio. Fron
the time the Democratic candidate ar
rlved at Columbus, early in the morn
ing, until he crossed the Ohio rivei
into West Virginia, the crowds whicl
gathered along the line of travel made
insistent demands for his appearance
and to "talk to us a little.''
SMALL GAINS ARE NOTED.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review 01
Finance and Trade.
New York City—R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Small gains are the rule in trade
reports, although changes are often in
significant and it is only in the ag
gregate that any tangible progress car
be discerned. Interruption of a holi
day made comparisons with the same
week last year unusually adverse, bul
Industrial reports indicate that much
machinery that has been idle for manj
months resumed after Labor flay.
Production of pig iron is now at a
higher rate than at any previous time
this year and many hands have re
turned to work at textile mills, while
shipping departments in all wearing
apparel houses are beginning to feel
the pressure of demand for fall and
winter trade. Depleted stocks in the
hands of country merchants and confi
dence in steady improvement in busi
ness encourage producers.
MARINES WIN DRYDEN TROPHY
Ohio Militiamen Took Second Prize in
the Shooting at Sea Girt.
Sea Girt, N. J. The United
States marine corps, winner of
[ the majority of the victories during
the present shooting tournament, Is
the proud possessor of the Dr.vden
trophy. A team of eight riflemen from
Ohio took the lead at the opening of
the match Friday and' maintained it
at 600 yards, but at the final stage,
1,000 yards, the marines forged to the
front, winning handily from two other
regular service teams and five state
teams. The trophy is valued at $4,-
000. In addition to the trophy, tho
winning team receives $l5O. Second
prize, SIOO, was won by Ohio and
third prize, SSO, by the United States
Infantry.
Wright Sets a New Mark.
Washington, D. C. —In a flight
lasting one hour, ten minutes and 2G
seconds, Orvilje Wright on Friday sur
passed all his previous exploits for a
time and distance flight for a heavier
than air machine.
Taft and Bryan to Meet in Chicago.
Chicago, 111. Judge Taft and
William J. Bryan are to be tho guesti
of honor at the annual banquet of tho
Chicago Association of Commerce at
the Auditorium on the evening of Oo
tober 7.
RAILROADS WIN
VICTORY 111 COURT
COMMODITIES CLAUSE OF HEP
BURN LAW IS DECLARED
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
TWO FEDERAL COURT JUDGES,
Gray and Dallas Agree That Law to
Prohibit Railroads Carrying Any
Article Mined or Produced
by Them Is Invalid.
Philadelphia, Pa. Declaring it
to be drastic, harsh and unreasonable
and' an invasion of the rights of the
states and therefore repugnant to the
constitution, the United States cir
cuit court for the Eastern district of
Pennsylvania on Thursday dismissed
the suits of the federal government
to enforce the commodities clause
of the Hepburn railroad act against
the anthracite coal carrying rail
roads of this state. Judge George
Gray and George M. Dallas filed opin
ions dismissing the suits and Judge
Joseph Bufflngton dissented, but did
not file an opinion. The commodities
clause prohibits railroad companies to
transport in interstate commerce any
article or commodity manufactured,
mined or produced by them or under
their authority.
The case was argued in June, At
torney General Bonaparte delivering
the principal argument for the gov
ernment. The effect of the commodi
ties clause if constitutional would be
to confine the mining of anthracite
coal by the railroads for use in Penn
sylvania only, or compel the railroads
to sell all the mining property they
are interested in.
The decision of the court did' not
come as a great surprise. It is almost
certain that the case will be appealed
directly to the United States supreme
court.
Judge Gray in his opinion discussed'
at great length the limitations put up
on congress by the constitution and'
concluded as follows:
"From every point of view which,
we have been able to .approach the
question, the unreasonableness and
consequent invalidity of this so-called:
'commodities clause' is apparent."
BRYAN ASSAILS CANNON.
Nebraskan Denies That He Is Worth
a Million, as Stated by Speaker
of the House.
Evansville, Ind. Pensonal on*
slaughts on Speaker Joseph G. Can
non of the national house of represen
tatives were made Thursday by Will
iam J. Bryan in the course of his trav
els through lilinois. The Democratic
candidate attacked Mr. Cannon from,
all sides. He charged the speaker
with being a favorite with predatory
corporations, with having strangled re
form legislation and with having fal
sified the facts with regard to Mr-
Brvan's wealth.
Mr. Bryan bided his time before giv
ing vent to his utterances until he
had reached Speaker Cannon's con
gressional district, when a short stay
was made at Toledo, 111. A great
crowd had assembled to hear him
and the Nebraskan immediately
launched into his philippic against the
speaker. Moving on from Toledo, Mr-
Bryan repeated his remarks at New
ton, 111.
In great detail Mr. Bryan gave fig
ures showing how his money had
been acquired from the day he en
tered congress until the present time.
He denied emphatically that he was:
worth $1,000,000 and fixed the amount
of his "earthly possessions" at $150,-
000 as the extreme limit,
BULLETS FOR FIVE.
One Man Is Killed and Four Otherft
are Wounded During a Shoot
ing Affray.
Richwood, W. Va. One man
was shot and' killed, another per
haps fatally wounded and three others
hurt in a shooting affray here late
Wednesday night, said to have been
the outgrowth of bad feeling between
local police authorities and the dep
uty United States marshal.
The dead:
Deputy Marshal William Rutherford.
Officer Craft and Chief Bryant had
arrested two men for drunkenness
and were taking them to the police
station when Deputy Marshal Ruther
ford appeared and, it is' said, de
manded their release. When this
was refused Rutherford began firing
at the officers. Bryant was shot in
the right arm, but with his left hand
he fired a bullet which struck Ruther
ford above the right eye, killing him.
Elliott and the unknown man were
wounded during the exchange of
shots.
Davis Is Charged With Murder.
Omaha, Neb. County Attorney-
English filed a complaint Thurs
day against Charles E. Davis,
charging him with murder in the first
degree in connection with the shoot
ing of Dr. Frederick Rustin. The
time of the hearing was not set.
Receivership for a Fish Firm.
Chicago, 111.—The fish and oyster
Ann of A. Booth & Co. was
placed in the hand's of a receiver by
Judge Bethea in the federal district
court Thursday. _