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The Job department of the PRKSS Is complete and affords facilities for doing the best class of work. pARTICL'LAH ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW PRINTING. No paper will te discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the optiou of the pub» Usher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid (or In advance. Why "Quakers." Members of the Society of Friends are frequently designated by outsiders as "Quakers," but few people probably have any idea that Quakers is a nick name given in scorn. George Fox, the founder of the sect, gives the origin of the name in his journal. "Justice Ben net of Derby was the first to call us 'Quakers,' because 1 bade him quake and tremble at the Word of the Lord." This occurred in 1650. Hard Tasks in Life. It is always easier not to feel, than always to feel rightly; and easier not to act than always to act well. For he that is determined to admire only that which is beautiful, imposes a much harder task upon himself than he who, determined not to see that which is contrary, shuts his eyes.— Colton. For the Year Ahead. Do not lose your red blood! What ever you are, wherever or however you are situated, keep your heart warm and your humanity at par. Push for ward! He of good cheer. Believe in our people, in our methods, in our country, in your neighbor and in your self.—Appleton's Magazine. Jamaica Ginger Output. The ginger grown in Jamaica com mands more than double the price of any other. Under favorable conditions an acre will produce as much as 4,000 pounds. During the last fiscal year about 1,400,000 pounds was exported from that island. A Hero. John Toomey of Rhodt* Island, who left a hot bath, ran to the shore of a pond, plunged in and saved two child ren from drowning, and then "licked" two young men who had declined to lend assistance, should lie covered with medals from head to heels. Dealing with Trouble. There is no life that is empty of care. There is no existence that is ab solutely free from heart pangs. You must take your troubles as they come, shake 'em up if you can, and throw them out of your mind quickly. The Drawback. " 'Some acquire fame,' " quoted the Philosopher of Folly, " 'some achieve it, and some have it thrust upon them.' Hut those that have it thrust upon them seldom know what to do with it." Furnishings. The average woman doesn't think the house is furnished unless she has a card receiver in the parlor and hand-painted salt and pepper shakers jn the dining room. Where They Saw It. An exchange which is very punctilio otis about giving fell credit for clip pings, credits "The Hrook" to "A. Ten nyson. in the New York Tribune."— Kansas City Journal. Monetary. When we hear a girl refer to her dresses and shoes as frocks and boots, we know her father is making more money than he used to. —Ohio State Jonrnal. Uncle Allen. 'Tve noticed," remarked Uncle Allen Sparks, "that the fellow who really swears off from his bad habits doesn't go around advertising it beforehand." Father's Rights. If a man thinks he has any rights about his home, let him disapprove of the young man his daughter has dragged in.—Atchison Globe. First Woolen Cloth. The first woolen cloth made in Eng land was manufactured about 1330, though cloth was not dyed and dressed by Englishmen until 1607. As You Make Your Bed, Etc. Who hangs himself in the chimney should not complain of smoke. —Ger- man proverb. Cultivate Friendship. Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke up the unused path.— Scandinavian Edda. Japan's Fishing Industry. Japan's fishermen represent a huge Industry. Last year the total value of the catch was estimated at $43,932,128, TIE PROFESSIONS AND GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT . ELECT TAFT TALKS OF INFLUENCES THEY MAY EXERT. SHCWS DUTY OF THE CITIZEN Address Before the University of Penn sylvania on the Present Relation of the Learned Professions to Political Government Coupled with a Eulogy of the Life and Works of George Washington—The First President'# High Character as a Man. Philadelphia, Feb. 22.—Hon. William 11. Taft, president-elect of the United States, was the principal speaker at the exercises in the University of Pennsylvania, commemorative of the birth of Washington. He chose for the subject of his ad dress the "Present Relations of the Learned Professions to Political Gov ernment." He discussed at consider able length the influence which the learned professions, in this day, have upon national and municipal govern ment. He outlined luminously the part each of the important professions plays in a government by the people and compared their influence, one with another. In brief part, he said: "it is the duty of every citizen to give as much attention as he can to the public weal, and to take as much interest as he can in political matters. Americans generally have recognized these duties, and we find active in po litical life, men representing all pro fessions, all branches of business and all trades. I propose to-day to invite your attention to the present relation of each of the learned professions to politics and government. Ministry Placed First. "The first profesison is that of the ministry. Time was in New England, and in every other part of the coun try under the influence of its tradi tions, when the minister of the Con gregational church, in addition to that of his sacred office, exercised a most powerful influence, which was of a dis tinctly political character. His views on the issues of the day were consid ered of the greatest weight in the com munity in which he lived, and he ranked everyone as its first citizen. This was in the days when New Eng lar.d might almost be called a 'theoc racy;' when it was deemed wise and politically proper to regulate by law. to the minutest defarl, the manner of life of men, and as these laws were un derstood to be framed in accord with moral ar.d religion:; requirements, the minister of the community was the highest authority as to what the law should be and how it ought to be on forced. Great changes have come over our methods of life since that day. Then the ministry, because of the re wards in the way of influence, power and prominence, attracted the ablest of educated minds, and the ability and force of character were where power and influence resided. But the spread of education and independent think ing, the wide diffusion of knowledge and news by the press, the enormous material development of the country, the vast increase in wealth, the in crease in rewards and influence of other vocations, the disappearance of the simple village life, have all con tributed to change radically the posi tion and influence of the ministry in the community. To-day it is not true that that profession attracts the ablest young men, and this,l think, is a dis tinct loss to our society, for it is of the utmost importance that the profes sion whose peculiar duty it is to main tain high moral standards and to arouse the best that there is in man, to stir him to higher aspirations, should have th« genius and brilliancy with which successfully to carry out this function. Of course, the profes sion of ministry is supposed to have to do largely with the kingdom of the next world rather than with this, and many people expect to find in the rep resentatives of the profession only an other worldiiness and no thought of this. This, of course, is the nar rowest view of the profession. What ever the next world, we are certainly under the highest obligation to make the best of this, and the ministers Rhould be the chief instruments in ma king this world morally and religious ly better. It is utterly impossible to separate politics from the lives of the community, and there cannot be gen eral personal and social business mor ality and political immorality at the game time. The latter will ultimately debauch the whole community. Has Made Improvement. "During the administration of Mr. Roosevelt, and under the influence of certain revelations of business immor ality, the conscience of the whole country was shocked and then nerved to the point of demanding that a bet ter order of affairs be introduced. In this movement the ministers of the various churches have recognized the sal! upon them to assist, and they have been heard In accents much more effective than ever before in half a century. The greatest agency to-day in keeping us advised of the condi tions among oriental races is the es tablishment of foreign missions. The leaders of these missionary branchee of the churches are becoming some of our most learned statesmen in respect of our proper oriental policies." Judge TaJt, discussing: teachers, (raid that "their relation to politics and gov ernment is of the utmost importance, though indirect." lie went on: CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1909. "The next profession fs that of the teacher. Of course, the great num ber of teachers are engaged in pri mary and secondary instruction and in industrial or vocational work. Their relation to politics and government is of the utmost importance though in direct. It. is, and ought to be, their highest duty to instill in the minds of the young girls and hoys the patriot ism and love of country, because>the boy is father to the man and the pa triotism of the extreme youth of the country may well determine that of the grown men. The effect of an in tense patriotism which thrills through the nerves of the boys of a country is illustrated in the immense strength which Japan derives frona it. No one who visits that interesting country or comes into contact with the Japanese can avoid seeing its patriotism. The term 'Hushido,' is a kind of apotheosis of patriotism. The joy with which Japanese give up their lives in defense of their country has its foundation in a real religious feeling, and is most in spiring to all who come to know it. It should be full of significance to those of the teaching profession who become responsible for the thoughts and ideals of the young." To the writer, in whatever capacity he may labor, Judge Taft attributed great influence, either for good or for bad. Judge Taft pairl a high tribute to the profession oC medicine, because it had contributed to the preservation of the health of all the people. He pointed out that the profession had been exalted by its great discoveries and by its assistance in the expansion of our government in the tropics and in the construction of the Panama canal. He said: Medical Profession Eulogized. "The triumph which has been reached in the name of the medical profession in the discovery as to the real cause of yellow fever and malaria and the suppression of those diseases by killing or preventing the propaga tion of, or the infection of the mos quito, is one of the wonders of human progress. It has made the construc tion of the Panama canal possible. It has rendered life in the tropics for im migrants from the temperate zone con sistent with health and reasonable length of life, and it has opened pos sibilities in the improvement of the health and strength of tropical races themselves under governmental teach ing, assistance and supervision that were unthought of two decades ago. Sanitary engineering with its proper treatment of water, making it whole some and harmless with its removal of the filth and sewage and its con version of what was noxious into most useful agencies, all confirm the gov ernmental importance of the profes sion of medicine and the kindred tech nical profession of chemistry, engin eering and all branches of physical re search. So marked has been this in crease in the importance of the med ical profession in governmental agen cies, that the doctors themselves have organized a movement for the unifiea (ion of all agencies in the federal gov ernment used to promote the public health, in one bureau or department, at the head of which they wish to put a man of their own or kindred branch of science. How near this movement will come in accomplishing the com plete purpose of its promoters, only the national legislature can tell. Cer tainly the economy of the union of all health agencies of the national gov ernment in one bureau or department Is wise. Whether at the head of that department should be put a doctor of medicine or some other person must depend on the individual and not on his technical professional learning or skill. It is the wpaeity to organize, co-ordinate and execute that is need ed at the head of a department, and not so much deep technical and pro fessional skill. It is the ability to judge whether others have such tech nical or professional skill that the head of the department who makes the selection of the members of his department should be endowed with. However this may be, it is becoming more and more clear that the extend ing of governmental duties into a ter ritory covered by the profession of medicine is bringing physicians more and more into political and govern mental relation, and we may expect that in the next decade they will play a far greater part than they have here tofore; and it is proper that they should." Washington's Greatness. After mentioning the great good, in actual results, accomplished by many technical professions, Judge Taft con sidered in extent the profession of the law, which, he said, "is in a wide sense the profession of government." He said that lawyers often were se lected to carry on governmental work, because the executive faculty was a very marked attribute of the modern lawyer. While he realized that there were defects and weaknesses in the profession of the law, he regarded it as the most important in its relation to political government. In conclu sion, he said: "National exigency seems to call forth the men peculiarly fitted to meet the requirements of the situation. Such were Lincoln and Grant during the great civil war. Such was Washington in the revolution, the anniversary of whose birthday this university appropriately makes itsCom rnencement Day. He was not a law yei or a doctor, or a minister. He was a leader of men. His pure, disinterest ed patriotism, his freedom from small jealousies, his marvelous common sense, his indomitable perseverance and patience, and his serenity and calm under the most trying circum stances, gave him the victory—a vic tory which could be traced not to bril liant genius or professional training but to that which, of all things, is tta' mojft to be pursued and desired —*> his high character aa a man." WORK FOR MR. TAFT PROEABLE RESULT OF VISIT TO THE CANAL ZONE. Matters of Political Administration Rather Than Engineering .Prob lems Are Likely to Have Interested Him There. Mr. Taft's visit to the Isthmus of Panama is likely to be more fruitful as regards the general administration ! there than with reference to the engi neerlng problems of the canal. Dis- ■ patches inform us that he has made a I "personal inspection" of the Gatun darn, but the country has been mis- j taken in Mr. Taft if he is one of those 1 who profess expert knowledge upon j every subject, and are ready to pass judgment, by intuition, upon matters 1 on which professional judgment hesi- ! fates. It is well worth while for Mr. Taft , to familiarize himself with the general j conditions surrounding this great work ! and with the activities of the men eon- j ducting it, hut that he can learn any thing of value about the stability of t the Gatun dam by looking at it Is 1 scarcely conceivable. The real import- I ance of his present expedition will de- | pend upon the use which the engi- i neers accompanying him shall make of their opportunities for close ob servation. Even with them, the prob lems involved are matters of calcula tion, based upon scientific reports, j and not upon superficial view. The most that the country hopes for | at this time is that the engineers' con- \ elusions shall be complete, convincing I and final, and that they shall then be I adopted and acted upon. In matters j of political administration on the 1 canal zone there is evidently need of ' much adjustment, for which Mr. Taft ' himself is peculiarly qualified. The construction of the canal is one of the j many large responsibilities to which j he is shortly to succeed, and his pa- ! tienee and tact and his recognition of j the value of sound counsel have much j to do with the general confidence in i his success. If these qualities had j been brought to bear earlier, it is j possible that the work would now be | on a firmer basis. Preparedness for War. It is unfortunate but true that boasts i of our ability to whip any other nation ! and sneers at naval and military pre- j paredness have never put an army to ! flight or stink art enemy's battleship j when war wa- actually upon us. The answer to requestg lor adequate or- j j sanitation and eouipnient is that war scares are manufactured aud that no- , body \\i?J ever wa:;t to figl't lis. These | objections at< childish, j by history and cannot be believed in ; many cases to be sincere. Whoever ! knows anything at all is aware th;\t ! Japan is just now a very chesty pow- ; er; that she could take the Philippines j and Hawaii in four weeks and that ; with our present resisting power on j the Pacific coast immense damage j might be inflicted or tribute exacted j before we could repel her forces of in vasion. The only wise course is for us | to complete as soon as possible our I fortification scheme in the Philippines, Hawaii :.nd along our Pacific coast; to increase our present paltry 14.000 military strength in the Philippines; | to keep the navy at its present j strength or greater, replacing contin uously old ships by new; to encourage an auxiliary and convertible merchant fleet and to perfect a reserve army of militia capable of instant enlistment j and amalgamation with the regular army. Experience shows positively that sooner or later unpreparedness means heavy penalty in blood and treasure. —Indianapolis Star, Fining Corporatiors. It has often been remarked when fines were assessed against. l large com mercial institutions for \vh(vt were for merly regarded as "conventional" vio lations of the law that the'-' meant no particular hardship to th< objects of such penalties. "What," it has been the custom to inquire, "d<J even very large fines against a eorroration like the Standard Oil Company signify to a corporation of its vast wealth?" Well, they signify a very great deal, and quite as much to an institution with a lust for money, such as the Standard possesses, as to corporations of much less magnitude. Every fine that is made to hold against a corporation that sets at defiance the requirements of the law augments the i ithority of the community, the state or the gov ernment; and no portent of the regen eration of business o.i the lines of de cency and morality is so cheering and satisfying as the style which the high est courts are finding for making finis for rebating and for practices in re straint of competition stick against corporations that formerly pursued these policies with none to molest or to make afraid. —Kansas City Times. Taft on the Canal Job. If the adverse criticism of the plans and construction of the Panama canal has made any headway, it ought to be jffoet ually answered by the prelimin ary report of Mr. Taft and the expert engineers who have accompanied him n the present tour of investigation. This report already confirms all that has been claimed as to the feasibility uid cost of the lock system, the effi ciency of the construction so far ear ned forward, and the competence of hose in immediate charge of the en *rprifie. It is especially significant. Mat while it is admitted that, the ori inal estimate of the cost may have to • raissd, the alarming figures given .it by the opponents cf the canal are ..repostero*'" LIE WAS PROMPTLY NAILED. Representative Rainey's Charges Dis proved by Charles P. Taft. Mr. Charles P. Taft, meets Repre sentative Rainey's charges in connec tion with the Panama transaction by telegraphing from Havana thai he has "never had any business association of any kind, past, present or prospective, with William Nelson Cromwell, or with anyone else, past, pr< .sent or prospective, on the Isthmus of Pana ma." Mr. Itain '.v disclaims the "desire to controvert in any way the statement of Mr. Taft." He thereupon fail:; back in pursuing his attack on Cromwell, against whom the evidence which Mr. Rainey cites is of the same hearsay character as that, against Taft. Hut that is a minor matter. The only fea ture of any moment in Mr. Rainey's speech was the attempt, to fix on '.t? president-elect's brother connection with the grant of a railroad and tim ber voneesion in Panama. The ques tion of such a concession granted by the legislature of a foreign country to ordinary American citizens depends on a large number of considerations, evidence on which is not before the public, lint the only thing in Mr. Rainey's blast that would have weight, if true, was the imputation that close family connection with the then sec retary of war and now president-elect was used to advance Enterprises of that character. Mr. Kainev's previous disposition and the tenor of his speech contribut ed to the impresion that this charge was the product of a lively imagina tion. His prompt acceptance of Mr. Taft's denial places that conclusion be yond dispute. Though he makes an attempt to claim that there is some thing left of his charges, they are really reduced to the status of a burst gas balloon which makes a loud noise and leaves nothing but a bad smell. TvJo New Battleships. Two new battleships were ordered by the naval appropriation bill passed by the house. This very reasonable, moderate and necessary addition to the navy was opposed, of course, by the professional peace advocates. Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri, for exam ple, declared there never was a time when to build more warships was as "unwise and unnecessary" as now. "We are at peace with all the world," he said, "and we have wisely managed to safeguard our peace as it has never been before." And Mr. Slayden of Texas wanted more battleships refused as "a declaration to the world that the t T nited States neither desires nor ex pects war." What would he the us: j ? No civil ized nation desires war. The days of war for direct profit—like some of the wars pf the, so-called Human republic and at leasl one of the Crusades —have long since passed. •But so Ions; as men are men, and na tions are composed of men and not of angels, and national rivalries for con trol of the earth and of use of its fruits exist, all nations must expect war— unless willing or compelled to play the part of a Switzerland or a Belgium. And as the strong man armed is least likely to be attacked, the nation pre pared for war is surest of peace. There was another aspect of the passing of this bill that calls for pub lic attention. The Washington di» patches assume and assert that fear of war with Japan in the near future was a potent argument for the retention of the battleship item. If so, that item was a singularly futile way of meeting the alleged danger. The new ships could not be ready under two or three years. We doubt that, fear of war with Japan had anything to do with the ap propriation. Getting the Truth. One result of the visit of Mr. Taft. to the Panama canal zone is an ampli tude of disproof of recent sensational reports. The Gatun dam is not. a fail ure; it is not even in the doubtful class. The Culebra cut is being cut at a rate that insures completion before 1915. There is no thought of aban doning thf lock canal at the level de cided upon. Yet we may expect many more sen sational reports of failure during the sir. years estimated for finishing the waterway. It is the chief amusement of some writers to find imaginary ob stacles in the way of every great work. De Lesseps failed in Panama. The whole American people are inter ested in the present project. There is constant temptation to the pessimist to give the people a few disagreeable thrills. Again and again have these reports been denied cn the highest authority. They are raked up and sprung again. So they will be after this visit of Mr. *4ft. Rut. the majority in this coun try will not believe the tales of dis aster. Too many have confidence in American engineering ability; too many have confidence in the next president. Onlv a few who think they are friends of the transcontinental railroads believe the canal will fail. A Possible Commission. "The American Protective Tariff league wants no tariff commission. President-elect Taft thinks one would bo a good idea. The differentiation of his position from that of the extreme protectionists is daily becoming more and more manifest." —Boston Trans cript. Taft favors a permanent tariff commission to assist rate fixing, not to fix rates or to encroach on the consti tutional powers of congress. However, President Roosevelt was lighting "privilege" long before Sena tor Tillman, Representative Perkins and Willett arose to a question ol privilege. INDICTMENTS FOR ÜBEL THEY ARE RETURNED AGAINST NEWSPAPER MEN. Proprietors and Editors of New York World and the Indianapolis News are Indicted. Washington, D. C. Bench war rants were issued late yesterday for the arrest of Joseph Pul:t/,»r, ('ale!; >l. Van Hsiiiim and Robert H. Lyman of New York, proprietor and editor; of the New York World; and for Delavan Smith and Charles H. V\"il liams, owners of the Indianapolis News, for criminal libel in connection with the publication in those news papers of charges of irregularities in the purchase by the United States government of the Panama canal property from the French owners. The indictments on which the war rants were based were returned by the United States grand jury sitting in this city and the warrants were is sued later by the clerk of criminal court No. 1. The warrants are di rected against all five of the natural defendants of the two newspapers. The summons requires the corporate defendant (the Press Publishing Com pany of New York) to appear in court forthwith to answer the indict ment. Famous Men Named as Villified. Theodore Roosevelt, William If. Taft, Elihu Root, J. Pierpont Morgan, Charles P. Taft, IJougias Robinson and William Nelson Cromwell are named in the indictments as the per sons alleged to have been villified by the stories appearing in the two newspapers. NEW HONOR FOR JUDGE TAFT He Is Made a Mason "at Sight," Be cause of Great Achievements. Cincinnati, O.—President-elect Wil liam Howard Taft was made a Mason "at sight" in the Scottish Rite cathedral this afternoon, when a large and distinguished body of lead ers of the order crowded that build ing. Grand Master Charles S. Hos kinson, who alone under the consti tution of the Ohio grand lodge has the authority, conferred the honor, which is likened to the ancient honor of knighthood on the field of battle, being an honor conferred for great achievements. Masons of High Degree Attend. Col. William B. Melish. Past Grand Master Levi C. Ooodell and Grand Lodge Secretary .Jacob 11. Bromwell. the committee in charge of the ar rangements, completed all the details before the arrival of the grand mas ter, who formally put his approval on their acts. Among the prominent Ma sons who accepted the invitation to be present were Grand High Priest of the United States Joseph Dyas of the Royal Arch Masons of Illinois, Grand Master Herbert Montague of Michi gan. Grand Master Joseph L. Daven port of South Dakota <*md Past Mas ter A. B. McGaffey of Colorado, rep resenting the grand lodge of that state. The formal ceremony was followed by the exemplification of the Master's degree by Kilwinning lodge, of which Judge Taft's father and brother were members, and with which he will affiliate. A grand ball and reception was given by the Hanselman Coin mandery. Knights Templar, at which the president-elect was the guest of honor and was received under an arch of steel, an honor only conferred on high dignitaries of the state and nation. DEATH OF A NOTED REDSKIN Geronimo. the Apache Chief, Passes Away at Fort Sill, Okla.—Was 86 Years of Age. T,awton, Okla. Geronimo, (tic noted Indian chief, died yester day at Fort Sill, where he had been a prisoner of war for a number of years. He was 86 years old. It is a rurious coincidence that news of Geronimo's death was sent out from Lawton, which was named after the late Maj. Gen. Henry F. L,awton, who. as a lieutenant in Gen. Miles' command, led the 3,000-mile chase that resulted in the Apache chief's surrender. The chase was be gun in January, 1885, but the capture of Geronimo and his band was not made until nearly two years later. It was declared at the time of his capture that he had more •murders to his credit than any living Indian. Me volunteered to head a band of Apache scouts during the Spanish American ■war, but his offer was declined. How ever, he was allowed to attend the St. Louis exposition, and his last public appearance was at President Roose velt's inauguration, when he rode in the parade with five other Indian chiefs. Congress. Washington.—On the 17th the sen ate passed tiie naval appropriation bill, carrying $136,000,000. The house debated the penal code bill. Song Writer Suicided. New York City.—Just after hav ing finished two verses of a song he was writing, Edward Gardenier. 47 years of age, a song writer, killed himself at his home in Brooklyn by cutting 4iis throat. Extra Session to Convene March ,15. Washington. D. C. The extra session of congress will be convened on March 15. This date was definite ly settled yesterday and President elect Taft authorized the annouv la ment.
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