Part 2. MAGAZINE SECTION. BELLEFONTE, PA, THUR em SDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 19065. Farm Notes, Chorce Fiction, - I< Current Topics. HOME OF WASHINGTON. FORRESTORATION OF MT.VERNON | historic Place is Now Exactly as it Looked During the Lifetime of Great Statesman-General - Thous« ands Visit it Annually. The bell is tolling, the band playing “Nearer My God to Thee” and the passengers know, even before they raise their eyes to the fair sweep of Virgihia's shore line, that the steamer is passing Mount Vernon. A pretty custom—the tolling of the bell and the playing of the fine old hymn. A hush falls on the crowded decks, and one WASHINGTON AND LAFAYETTE. From a Painting at Mount Vernon, feels the thrill of patriotism stirring the hearts of the people, But do sail stately home know due the restoration and i of the beautiful int Vernon of to-day? Away ba 53 this home was in a rapidly de tion. John Augustine Washin of G eral Washington's nephew, was owner of the he of Washington evidently di the clear business iH trious ancestor, for in General Wash ington's time the farm yielded a hand some income. Now the fields were ly- the thousands who annually the Potomac of George a wom aown nreservatio pr rva i 1 not in! sense of their il for future generations this home of General George Washington, In this connection it is interesting { meet of the Board of Regents in the month of May a banquet is given to the Governor of Virginia. After the feast is ended and the toasts are drunk, the entire association conduct the Gov. ernor about the house and grounds, that he may know, by personal observa. tion, that the pact entered into so long ago i8 being faithfully kept. It is the custom of the ladles of the association to live al Mount Vernon during the yearly session. At this time the old home wears an air of un wonted galety, The kitchen gives out the most appetizing odors, and, stimun- lated to unusual activity by tales of the old days, the corp of Virginia servants are anxious to show their fitness for the honor of “servin’ de Ia Even the brick oven, a relic of colonial days, is called into the beautifully browned bread, ples and cakes attest. ing its superiority. les.” use, Thirty States Represented. The Mount Vernén Ladies’ Associa- tion a most exclusive body. It is composed of a regent, who is president of association, and a regent from each of the States of the Union Thirty States are now represented The women are justly proud of the work that has been and Is being accom plished, and so value in the that it us tom for the office of fr mother near is Lhe vice places nas be vice-regent to daughter or When a vacanc i Governor council ome a to de se nd Ma otner iominate should favorable the consid maae § proposed ped I jury. This was inly due to the heroism of M Tracy, the secretary of the association who took up her abode at Mount Ver vind i House in which Washington Lived The Kitech'n a it was a Hundred Years Ago, house Signs ing untilled and useless, and the and outbuildings were wing of the passing of the ye The glory of that splendid was departing A Woman's Work. To the great credit of John Augus- tine Washington it is related that he refused absolutely to consider proposi- tions advanced by private companies and individuals to purchase the estate to be converted later into a pleasure resort. Think of the desecration-—-—a vaudeville performance on that magni ficent stretch of lawn, waiters bearing their burdens of food and drink through those stately halls, the dally uproar of irreverent crowds, And then came Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, of South Carolina. She visited Mount Vernon in 1853 and was shocked and grieved at the fate In store for the historic spot. Bhe con ceived the plan of rousing the women of her beloved southland to the true state of affairs and enlisting their eo operation in the raising of a fund of $200,000, the price asked for the house, outhulldings, wharfage, garden and some two hundred acres of farmlands 80 she went to work, and it must be remembered that fifty years ago it took no small amount of bravery for a woman to inaugurate and carry on an undertaking of such magnitude, But after five years of effort the whole of the 3200000 was In hand, It was found impracticable to confine the propaganda to the Southern States, so the North was invited to assist, which she did in generous measure, At the close of 1858 the Moimt Ver non estate was purchased and the title passed to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Unlon, Freed from Taxation, A charter was secured from the State of Virginia, granting exemption from taxation, the association In return binding itself to the task of restoring to its original condition and preserving ~- ul Ars nome to hnow that during the ten-day annual | | hon, accompanied by only a few serv nis. Miss Cunningham, regent was prohibited from crossing the mill tary lines and could not join her. For four long years Miss Tracy remained at the lonely home, managing the estate and guarding toe buildings The plan of the rehabilitation of Mount Vernon, by returning to the { of its | rooms the original furnishings, or arti-} all lines STEM INDUSTRIAL CRASH. STANDARD OIl, MAGNATE PRE- DICTS CRISIS AND SUGGESTS PALLATIVE MEASURES. Would Have Nation Begin Work of Vast Internal Improvements, Ex Premier Meline of France Also Sounds Warning. J. H, SHANNON, That the land is the source of all real wealth, has been sald by philoso phers time out of mind, and now with the urban districts draining from the lmpends will be precipitated by over- production of manufactured goods. He says “Consumption must have its bounds, and so with the consumption of manufactured articles. When a man has filled all his requirements in clothes and furniture a mere lowering of prices, which 5 all that mechanical improve ente generally mean nowa- days, ca. no longer attract him. Therefore, when the output is not re strained the market necessarily be- comes choked.” Mr. Rockefeller ig gpecific as to the time when the crash is to occur. It is likely that he errs in this, because pre | fir pression fulfilled dictions as to periods and readjustment as to dates, CX of ure seldom Crises as a rule come un- 18 country much of the flower of its man- hood the ery is going up from the lips of legions of wise men, “Back to the Land!” All manner of colonization projects are being devised and tried for the purpose of diverting foreign immigration from the to flelds and to relieve the pressure of conges- | tion in the over-grown centers. me | Cities ted and the Immediate reason is most apt to be due to over-expantion of credit, and overproduction of secur- ities goods: but when to the enuse of over expanded eredits Is added overprodue ton of manufactures and a lopsided industrial system, recovering from the more difficult, crash Is Day of Distress Near. The richest man in America is pos! tive, however, that the crash will come about 1907-year after next-—and sure | he that we trouble is on mt he is already provide work for thrown of the win its weaving a those who employment, panic. He of who th way, plan \ ont thus ameliorate that the is number men I need he Ip will be about 7.006), 006. | added ! men the der total is ap- Rocke * thinks this unemploy hould be the goverm t on in- of Ones, is numer of de pe pal Mr vist irmy of by improvements, 8¢t to wot ternal new roads dredging et He say ullding id irrigating land, Vast Plan of Construction. labor to my needed voy all enough the drals * great pub . occupying , Kiate ted and Now J.D. ROCKEFELLER AND HIS NEW WIG. feature of the ominous flow of peopl to the cities Is the phenomenal develop. | ment of manufactures. There may come a time when manufactures wil overbalance agriculture that ther will not be enough basic wen duced to afford a for the factory -n the Industrial situa “0 0H unbalanced stupendous un As Helpless Babes. Then the ined men know not he Oo make bread the } city tr who out of soil i the onomiec dd ! i the ork Cure period the © frie ind the m Gradually ! the land and k r living with the plow tisfactory fure te on arn to and equilibrium and manufactures reached. Before attained there will suffering Families that are in comfort circumstance know the meaning of mi families now affluent will beggary All this not Men of clearest vision see the iper and a = wiweon ke agTmIcn Il once more Iw 1s result in intense t hile dream coming is n it Rockefeller's Prophecy of Panic. It is what Mr. John D. Rockefeller sees when he predicts, as he did In a recent interview “an Industrial world-wide extent and unprece dented severity.” Mr. Rockefeller says the erisis will brought on by overproduction hr The Standard Oll magnate orisin he cles similar In design and construction, is generally understood. But every woman should know and remember that to tne loyal, patriotic women of the land belongs the credit of saving from ruin and obliteration the fine old home of the Father of his country, OLD FASHIONED GARDEN AT MOUNT VERNON, | JULES MELING It makes no difference wh. ther Mr. Rockefeller be right or wrong in forecast of a gathering storm, his plan for the Aa practioanl his ont and riv. and on of ro profitable d hniid ng. erat | ’ : Ler improvement, irrigation, forest pres. as the ervation and swamp drah truly Ng. great national problems is phil- work needd to be done, ind eventually 1t must be done, If the United States is to progress. Waste % national loss—waste by flood drought as well as waste by fire. Every acre of iand should be made to pay. The government promotes re. search and experimentation in agri nltere, with a view to increasing the effectiveness of tillage: there Is no reasor why It should not give counte- nance and support to reclamation of land ard the enchancement of the fer. tility oo. land already under culture, It Is the land the farm, which is the pedestal of the republic, There 1honld be no ~ fort to mink mize the worth ut hie ’ wo hile I'he | Processes at work up the raw prod- ucts of the earth into serviceable forms. The ores from which are ob ined the metals of commerce are as much a product of the land as corn, wheat andgcotton-not as primarily important, but quite as necessary to man in his present highly organized social state, It is dificult to draw the line between some of the basie manufactures and agriculture, for the iron furnaces and steel mills bulld the railroads and bridges which give farmers a short-cut to markets, i ve -— does not stand alone as a prophet of impending evil, Essentially the same prediction Is made by Senator Jules Meline, once premier of France, and a man of keen perception, penetration and of broad understanding. 'This French Statesman Also Predicts Panic. But the point is, that where mann. factures develop out of proportion to the growth of agriculture, the world Is being turned wrong side up. Mr, Meline In declaring that the overpro- duction of manufactures will lead to an Industrial erash, says; “There is room for everyone under the sun, but on condition of sharing up the good things of the earth, Instead of concen trating upon one department of activ. stateman says that the crisis which ty” than to actual overproduction of | | ought to be revised, | danger to business interests would be | 80 great that they fear undertaking it | wool and « his | employment of surplus labor | and | manufactures | over the revision of the tariff, He de- clared that it would be an easy job. THE TARIFF PROBLEM. REVISION AND ANTI-REVISION SENTIMENTS IN WASHINGTON, As Simple as Can Be. “What would you do with the tariff 7” Le was asked “Why,” he replied, “it's as simple as ean be, All you have to do 18 to lower the tariff on woolen goods and to make a big reduction in the shoe schedules Practically that would satisfy every one, and If vou did no more the coun try would be pleased.” The Illinois representative was in Speaker Cannon between Two Fires Question to be a Live One During the Next Session of Congress, It i8 rather amusing to those who are on the inside of the political arena in Washington to observe the manner | formed that he had been preceded by in which discussions of the tariff area member from Massachusetts who conducted throughout the country, In thought that all that would be neces an academic way the theories of the | sary would ‘be to pul €ois, hiaes and tariff are talked over. But w tne men | wool on the free list on whom the real work of revising the “Hides on the free list!” exclaimed tariff wonld devolve there are very dif- | the Illinois speaker. “Not while 1 ferent considerations to influence them, | have the strength to stay here to fight They openly declare that the tariff |r” but they say the “Now you see what an easy thing it ; is to revise the tariff,” said spenker, They Insist that a struggle over “1f 1 was God,” again remarked the schedules would last six months, and | speaker in his quaint style, “I would that during that time the business in- |] ma changes in the tariff i terests would suffering stagnation | would put them into effect before any that would afflict the country very]body knew what they were to be made. sorely. Then there would be no unsettling of This view Is scouted by the re and least people ists as one that ha would be happy.” men who | claim that to prevall there never could be ¢ vision of the tariff. the the pe some he business at some £8 Do standing wlieve in doing things, Th : 3S ral AY Question an Absorbing One. consideration What alarms JOnists if such BO TDENDY what they the prominent ciaim is unsettling business ry. The the. tment of the tariff a es of protection 2 r " _ danger of So Easy To Revise. f the count Not long agreeing difficulties Dingle vice rding to th principl upon From the Wasl rdinarily my experience ngton Post’ if bears were nol greatly we Theodore Roosewell in ur. | cribe | effect them. de not even ase of the ques » tariff with the mply lower the ould have the the country that they low an attack on ples by the freetrad- m that merchants would wis when lower tariff mates still further reduce the price would have to pay. That condi lasting six months they fear upset all business conditions. it might mean panic. they are likely to have their ews very forcibly contested by the ariff revsionists next winter. The re vis and the men who believe in the principles of reciprocity are band- | ing together to give battle in the halls of Congress. The citadel is now dis. tinctly in the control of the stand pat. vise the tariff. He started in the same | ters and it is to be seen what power as his predecessor. He tho there | the revisionists will develop in contest. was altogether too much fuss made | ing their ascendancy. on sis wo buy g¢ We would only ght wal on the 1 , | nag the Ley country would be practics ; We might do but really be enough. 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