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FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOnru 9
THE FTREMEN'K PARADE
THE State firemen and those who
engineered yesterday's gigantic
parade are to be congratulated
not only upon its size, but upon
Its success from every standpoint.
Not only was It the biggest thing
of its kind this city has ever had, but
It was one of the most pleasing. Tho
paraders formed a picturesque and
dignified assemblage. Some of the
companies marched with all the mili
tary precision of carefully trained sol
diers and there was a gratifying ab
sence of roistering and objectionable
hilarity.
Considering the length of the pro
cession it was handled with surpris
ing precision and promptness. All
told it was a display of which the I
city and the visiting firemen may both
be proud.
One of the best known clergymen of
Pennsylvania writes the Telegraph that
the "Anti-Saloon League of Pennsylva
nia has seriously injured its influence
with many staunch temperance people"
by the course of its leaders in dragging
the organization into the support of
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
He believes the result will be wide
spread reaction against the candidate
the bosses of the league conspired to
elect.
A POLITICAL EGOTIST
THOSE thousands of good men
and women of this city who
participated in the main Im
provement campaign of 1901 and
In the several public Improvements
since that time will be surprised to
learn that they had nothing whatever
to do with these improvements. All
the credit for the great advanco of
H&rrisburg since 1901 is claimed by a
single Individual —Vance C. McCor
mlck. In the literature which he is
sending out he modestly claims in his
usual shrinking way to have done the
whole thing; all the rest of the peo
ple were simply part of his decorative
scheme.
In a campaign handbook issued by
the Democratic State machine, the
candidate for Governor, chosen by
himself and two others and hand
■tamped by President Wilson, refer
ence is made to McCormick's election
as Mayor of this city In 1902, in which
he Is alleged to have "converted a nor
mal Republican majority of 600 into
the amazing majority of 2,200." Not a
word is said about the outrageous
boodling of the voters in that cam
paign, but the handbook says McCor
mick "discarded practically all the ac
cepted methods of campaigning."
The people of Harrisburg have not
forgotten that campaign nor have
they overlooked the colossal expendi
tures of thp recent primary in which
McCormick barely defeated a Demo
cratic rival for the gubernatorial
nomination. He will have a fine time
convincing some thousands of voters
of Pennsylvania that he Is the virtu
ois and righteous individual he so
brazenly paints himself in his own
newspaper and the literature with
which he Is flooding the State.
This shrinking and self-effacing
candidate doesn't take the people in
to his confidence and tell them that
he was a mere incident in the im
provement campaign of this city nor
that he instructed those who befriend
ed him in the newspapers to refrain
from mentioning him as in. favor of
the great improvement program of
1901 for fear he might lose the votes
of thousands who were opposed to the
Improvement plans. Now he takes all
the credit and pats himself on the
back at every opportunity.
He doesn't tell the people how he
rewarded those who had a prominent
part in the corruption. of the voters
by appointment to places in his ad
ministration, nor how he endeavored
to convict his predecessor in office
of malfeasance so that any statement
by this same predecessor regarding
ths enormous and corrupt use of
money for his election might be dis
credited In advance.
It is manifestly the purpose of the
Democratic candidate for Governor to
throw dust in the eyes of the people
wherever It' is possible to do so, trust
ing that they will not learn the truth
FRIDAY EVENING,
until after election day. Unfortunately]
for him, perhaps, the preachers and
the forces of righteousness within the
Commonwealth are alicady resenting
the prostitution of temperance and
religion to base partisan uses.
But of all his amazing performances
nothing has so disgusted the people of
llarrisburg as his vainglorious claim
of credit for the parks, the play
grounds, the filter plant, the paved
streets, the improved sewerage facili
ties and all the other good things
, which Harrisburg now er.Joys, which
were obtained not by this egotist, but
by the people themselves co-operating
in every part of the community. He
has gone one step too far in this per
sonal campaign eulogy of himself and
the voters of this city will place their
seal of disapproval upon the candidate
and the kind of a canvass which he
has been making since the microbe of
ambition and the greed for power
took possession of htm.
Probably no Incident of the big dem
onstration yesterday caused more of a
sensation than the destruction of the
banners carried by boys in the employ of
the Democratic machine. Some outraged
firemen and their friends in Second
street ran umbrellas through the ban
ners and 'drove the boys from the
street. It was of a piece with the tac
tics of tho Democratic gang under its
present leadership.
OUR PAVED STREETS
IN no other city of anything like Its
size in the State could the firemen
have paraded over nearly ten miles
of paved streets, past almost every
fire house in the department, as-they
did in Harrisburg yesterday. The fast
was commended upon by thousands of
the visitors. It was a tribute to the
systematic and comprehensive scheme
of public improvements the city has
been following for years.
Another feature of the parade was
the. fact that everywhere the asphalt
was as clean as brooms and water
could make It. The marchers did not
require so much as a brushing at the
end of the long walk, for there was no
dust. Superintendent William H.
Lynch was on his Job as usual and had
the highways of the city looking as
though they had just come from the
laundry.
The audacity of Palmer and McCor
mick talking about primary campaign
expenses. We should like to have a
thorough investigation of the way in
which that portion of McCormlck's
$33,000 nomination purchase money al
lotted to Harrisburg was spent. The
man with the million has been so long
accustomed to buy what he wants that
he has come to believe that any way
he chooses to spend his money Is all
right. But living In a glass house, why
throw stones?
IjEWIS AND MeCORMICK
WILLIAM DRAPER LEWI S,
who sold out the Washington
party and seems to glory in
his performance, thus speaks
of Dr. Brumbaugh, the splendid Re
publican candidate:
The man nominated by Penrose
and backed by the liquor interests,
the exploiters of child labor, and
the slums and tenderloins of every
large and small city in the State
cannot give this State what it
needs.
This is on a par with the cant and
sniveling hypocrisy of the Democratic
candidate whose personal newspaper
organ In this city refers to him as
Vance C. McCormick, Washing
ton and Democratic candidate for
Governor and supported by the de
cent elements of all parties.
Strange how all the decency In a
great Commonwealth has been mono
polized by the hand-picked aristocrat
and millionaire, whose shameless ex
penditures In his ambition and greed
for power have become a nation-wide
scandal.
Over -250,000 citizens of Pennsyl
vania voted for Dr. Brumbaugh in the
primary election, and these and thou
sands upon thousands more will re
sent the outrageous Insult of Lewis
in November.
The magnanimous and patriotic
action of the Washington party
has without question of doubt made
certain my election as the next
Governor of Pennsylvania. I realize
the great responsibility and trust
Imposed upon me and my hope and
prayer Is that I may be worthy
of It.
The foregoing from a speech of Vance
C. McCormick, In Philadelphia, Indicates
the confidence and modesty of the
Shrinking One. That Flinn gold brick
was nicely polished.
THE CHAMBER'S WORK
JUST what the Harrisburg Cham
ber of Commerce has done dur
ing the first nine months of its
existence is concisely stated in the
annual report of Its retiring president.
George B. Tripp. And the recital of
those results show more than any
other statement could that the Cham
ber is indeed made up of "live wire"
men, alive to present day needs of the
city and anxious to take the initiative
in things pertaining to its develop
ment and business interests.
Perhaps the greatest achievement
of the year was the procuring of the
passage of the "Hardscrabble" ordi
nance which means the wiping out of
the last encumbered section of the
city's river front. But little less Im
portant was the organization of a
traffic committee to look after the
city's shipping interests on the Penn
sylvania and Reading railroad lines.
It is as a distributing center that Har
risburg stands out on the map of the
State and country and any move to
make Its distributing facilities better
Is for the good of the entire commun
ity.
The blasting of the river rocks, the
Fourth of July oelebratlon, the aid
given the Wharton school, the elimi
nation of the nuisance of soliciting—
all show that the Chamber of Com
merce is made up of the stuff that
counts for a bigger, hetter Harris
burg.
Secretary McAdoo might help out the
man who is holding the dough bag for
the Pemocratlc machine In Pennsylva
nia and "is not stuck on the job." He
gave Tennessee a lift by depositing
$400,000 in gold In a New York bank
so that his native State could raise the
wind for October Interest, and the Wil
son hand-picked candidates need as
sistance,'
1 EVENING CHAT 1
Harrisburg certainly does like to
cut up and last night it Joined its
thousands pf visitors in having a good
time regardless of police prohibitions
of various actions which are com
monly classed as annoyances but
which in carnival spirit are over
looked. The city had been having a
pretty good time in the evenings this
week because of the presence of the
firemen, but last evening it started out
to have fun and not since Old Home
• Week have the streets in the business
section of the city been so thronged or
the fun so free. The fun began about
the time the weary marchers finished
the parade and the youngsters had
bought up all of the nuisances offered
by the fakirs. Then confetti began to
be thrown and pounds of it were scat
tered over everyone. Young and old
appeared to be having a good time
and Harrisburg and Steelton folks and
people from nearby towns were hav
ing Just as much fun as the visitors.
Toward the late hours men belonging
to bands began to give Impromptu
concerts and some of them loaned
their instruments to worse perform
ers and the latest popular airs were
mangled in a laughable way. It all
goes to show that Harrisburg likes to
cut loose and that the idea of having
some event every year at which the
spirits of the young and old can be
free and a good time had is rather
strong here. The firemen's convention
coming after a lapse of so many years
offered a good occasion.
I No one in Harrisburg seems to be
able to find anything to compare with
the firemen's parade which was held
here yesterday and the Old Home
Week processions which were as much
record breakers in their way as the
parades of the centennial in 1885 wore
in their line have been surpassed. The
length and variety of the parade and
above all the number of bands and
drum corps made people sit up and
take notice. In fact, it rather aston
ished the men who had planned the
demonstration. No one here ever
heard of a parade line eight miles
long and it was called too extended,
but when the last company had
reached Locust street on Its march
down Second the head of the line was
at State and Second on its way to the
river and firemen were strung all the
way out on tjie Hill, back again and
up into Camp Curtin. So the critics
of the parade route, were silenced.
Next to the length of line the splendid
order maintained attracted tho atten
tion of everyone and expressions of
admiration for the deportment of the
firemen were general. The parade
simply broke records in every direc
tion.
Another thing that won comment in
the line was the fact that so many of
the smaller towns displayed motor'fire
apparatus and when tt comes down to
dots Harrisburg did not oomrfare so
favorably in that line. The city is
well provided with fire apparatus "and
has spent lots of money in that direc
tion. but we like to be up to date, and
when Lebanon, Carlisle, Huntingdon
and other towns show up with motor
apparatus as good as that we have
just bought and York shows three or
four times as many pieces as we have
and Ardmore displays the same as we
have, it furnishes food for contem
plation. Horse-drawn apparatus can
put out fires as well as motor, no
doubt, but the motor apparatus gets
there quicker and we like to be a little
ahead of our neighbors.
Some of the railroads entering Har
risburg might provide passenger ears
for rush days that are more comfort
able than those in which folks went
to the centennial in 1876. Yesterday
the railroads entering the city were
taxed to haul the excursionists and
they probably did not realize what
they were up against. If they did,
some of the cars that brought poopie
here could have been improved upon.
There were some comments that could
hardly be classed as gentle made about
the cars used to bring people here.
Some of the letters being delivered
at the post offices of Harrisburg and
Steelton indicate more plainly than
by stamps or post marks that they
come from abroad. They show evi
dences of having been opened. The
other day a man from somewhere be
yond Breslau received a letter at the
Harrisburg office that was a sight.
This man, like a good many other
foreigners, had his own post office
box, and when he got out the letter
he wanted to fight. It had been
opened and was written over and
stamped over and then tied with a
piece of thread. He showed It to a
companion and they jawed over it.
Finally another foreigner who wore
a velvet hat came along and the
trouble was told to him. He looked
at the letter, fished one with simiiar
injuries from his pocket and the three
proceeded to consign 'censors to the
first Tophet elevator, going down.
Apparently, the censors in some of
the countries fear that the United
States may be a clearing house for
information and want to be sure that
none leaks out in the form of mis
sives to ,Tan or Ivan or some other
man asking when work will boom in
America and he can send some morn
money because the baby has begun to
walk or his father is too old to work
any longer. •
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "]
—Frank W. Conner, well-known
Pittsburgh railroad man, has gone to
the Pacific coast on a trip.
—George M. Cohan, »the actor, is a
strong baseball fan and is taking in
the world's series at Philadelphia.
—Charlemagne Tower will publish
his addresses in book form.
—F. M. Tenoate will preside at the
banquet of the Pittsburgh city em
ployes. Prominent men will be
speakers.
—John Farrell has been elected
president of the Unlontown University
Club.
—Colonel P. C. Boyle, the Oil City
editor, is seriously ill.
1 DO YOU KNOW'?"]
That Harrisburg engines are used
In southern .sugar cane mills?
PENNYPACKER AMD WILSON
"Can anyone conceive that under anv
circumstances William Howard Taft
would announce to the American people
that the American army, or part of It,
was sent to Vera Cruz In order to com
pel lluerta to salute the Hug In the
right manner? Can anyone Imagine
William Howard Taft asking in his
middle life Andrew Carnegie for a pen
sion? Is there any Republican Gover
nor of a Commonwealth who, during his
Incumbency of the office, would have
entertained the thought of abandoning
his duties and going away to a foreign
country? Is there anyone of hll the
Republican Presidents who after hav
ing announced to the people the bene
fits -to result to them from the tolls
through the Panama Cnnal, would have
surrendered the sovereignty of the
American people over that canal?
"These queries are put In no spirit
of criticism, since there are alwavs
limitations on the usefulness of everv
individual, but to Indicate the different
outcome of two opposing lines of politi
cal thought In the most exalted places.
And It must be remembered that Mr.
Wilson alone of all the Presidents, has
snnounced that while head of the na
tion he is also the leader of a political
party making provision for Its contests
in the future."—From an interview with
ex-Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker.
AX KVEXING THOUGHT
A Christian Is one who does for
Christ's sake what he would not
do otherwise. —Alexander Mack
enzie.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
The "Come Back" Store
I And there's a good reason You 11 find this store will give
whv - You know how it is in you real service in every depart
some stores--the salesmen don't ment Salesmen & re attentive, the
seem to care whether you are f j L j L
pleased or not. All they care j " C ° m f
about is making sales. Maybe and ° Ur chie [ a ' m 15 f° have 5™
you'll get a shirt with sleeves too awa y the feeling that you
long or too short. Or perhaps you have been squarely treated,
can't find a hat to suit you. r> .. 11 wr i
n uL»fu . . . Better on us - We have
Do you go back to that store? i . r , .
a lot or new things just now.
Our store may not be perfect, Among these are some of the
but we are trying to make it so, finest suits and overcoats you ever
and if a customer can suggest an saw at $lB to S3O. They're
improvement we act upon it at
lonceI once - Hart Schaffner and Marx
We want the "come back" , and that means all-wool and
trade, and we are getting it by satisfactory wearing qualities every
catering to the individual buyer. time.
"Cloth craft" Guaranteed All-Wool
coats $lO to S2O I
Famous "Truly TJ TVT-wl/./- r "Balmacaan" Overcoats
Warner', Hats O . JYL 3XKS 001 l Scotch Tweeds
N*» York Scyl es
V
WAR TAX IS MAKING
DEMOCRATS WEARY
Senator Penrose Says That the Im
position Is Causing Many to
Renounce Their Party
LYBARGER'S CAR BAD BREAK
Ryan Men Pass Up the Dinner Held
in Philadelphia to Gather
Shekels For Vance
Senator Boles Penrose, who spent
last night here on his way from Wash
ington to Blairsville to keep a speak
ing engagement, declared that
the war tax proposed by the Wil
son administration to overcome''the
deficiencies of the tariff was making
even the Democrats weary and that
it would cause Republican majorities
to be rolled up not only In Pennsyl
vania but In other States.
The Senator left this morning for
Blairsville and before leaving said
that he intended to get back to Wash
ington for Monday and would fight
the tax as unnecessary and that he
found the people all over the State
against it. Between the war tax and
the tariff, he said, there is nothing but
trouble ahead for the Democrats.
To-night Senator Penrose will be
in Indiana and Westmoreland coun
ties and to-morrow will bo in Arm
strong speaking to-morrow night in
Kittaning. He will be in a section
of the State which ha*, been hard hit
by the Democratic tariff tinkering.
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh also
spent the night here, arriving late
from Lititz, where he spoke to a big
audience. He left early this morning
for Blairsville where he is to speak
this afternoon.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
says all Philadelphia is laughing over
a break' Wednesday night in Scottish
Rite Hall, when Vance
McCormick, Demo-
McCormick cratlc and Washing-
Tramps on ton party guberna
"Vic's" Toes torial nominee, ad
dressed a gathering of
• Washington party
workers. Among those seated on the
stage WHS "Vic" Hamilton, Washing
ton party leader, who helped swing
the McCormick endorsement by the
Bull Moosers. Near him were Dr.
William Draper Lewis and Mr. Mc-
Cormick. When Mr. McCormick arose
to speak he denounced, for one thing,
the liquor traffic. Mr. Hamilton con
ducts a saloon. Another Washington
party leader thereupon asked, "Is he
treading on your toes?"
Michael J. Ryan, late candidate for
Governor, and all of his supporters
on the Philadelphia Democratic State
committe.e ignored invi
tations to a dinner given
last night at P'.iiladel- Ryanttes
phia, at which A. Mit- Pass Up
chell Palmer and Vance TalkfpHt
C. McCormick, Demo
cratic nominees for Sen
ator and Governor, respectively, were
the most conspicuous figures.
It was a State-wide gathering 6t
Democrat! under the auspices of a
Committee of One Hundred, of which
Colonel Thomas J. Keenan, of Pitts
burgh, -is chairman. It is reported
that the primary purpose was to raise
funds for the campaign.
There were some present from the
interior of the State who backed Mr.
Ryan at the primaries, but they rep-
resented a very small minority.
Messrs. Palmer and McCormlck, State
Chairman Morris, H. C. Niles and
Russell Duane were among others who
made speeches. A letter was read
from Director of Wharves, Docks and
Ferries George W. Norris, of the Blan
kenburg administration, in which he
contended that many who have en
rolled as Republicans in this city will
not vote the Republican ticket this
Fall. "The Republican ticket," he
wrote, "will be lucky to get any sub
stantial majority in Philadelphia."
The Democratic gangsters who
hired a lot of boys to carry banners
through the crowds last night and
kept them up until
hours when they
Lybarjrei' Is as should have been
Inconsistent sound asleep, were
as His Boss condemned right and
left among the tire-
men and visitors to
the big convention, and there was no
end of criticism of the violation of
the nonpartisan spirit, in behalf of
Jesse J. Lybarger, the gang candidate
for the House in the city district. The
Patriot said this morning that firemen
are not going to allow themselves to
be made political tools and has been
cackling about the nonpartisanship of
the association. In view of this posi
tion the use of an advertising automo
bile for Lybarger, which gave the
jonly political note to the parade, fur
! nishes an example of Vance McCor-
Imick machine inconsistency only
j counted by the publication of a child
11 "r cartoon this morning within a
few hours after boys were kept up
!until all hours of the night carrying
around political banners on a non
partisan occasion.
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I
—Jesse J. Lybarger's display of
nonpartisanship in the firemen's pa
rade will cost him many a vote.
-—The Patriot ought not to publish
child labor cartoons the morning after
the Democratic gangsters have kept
boys out of bed to carry banners.
—Candidate McCormick had better
get his lines straight on occupations
of Philadelphia BUU Moosers.
—Certain wealthy Democratic can
didates are getting a lot of lip service
these days.
—S. F. Houston, member of the fa
mous Democratic family of Philadel
phia, says he will vote Republican
this year. Can't stand the tariff.
—One by one the thinking men are
repudiating the snap meeting, held
here by certain temperance workers.
—Boss E. J. Moore, of the Anti-
Saloon League, has probably a very
good idea of the weight of Dr. Brum
baugh's pen now. He is said-to have
recently come from Missouri. And he
certainly was "shown."
—lt is not hard to get up a big non
partisan registration when a Demo
cratic watcher asks "Do you want to
declare your politics." That is not
the way the law requires the question
to be put. "
—John Wanamaker is certainly out
strong for Brumbaugh.
—Everyone seemed to size up to
the nonpartisan character of the fire
men's celebration except the Demo
cratic gangsters. They took in their
bannei, but they played every other
trick they could.
—The Pa-Mc League took in its
banner, but Lybarge-'s men Bent out
the automobile plastered with political
ads and kept it at the tail of the
parade.
—But the tall end is where Jesse
usually lands.
IK HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of Oct. 9, 1864.]
VrKotahlea Free
Soldier*' wives can obtatn vegetables
free of charge by calling on Mr. Mlsh
at his stand In the lower end of the
markethouse.
Coal Reduced
The price of coal has been reduced by I
our dealers.
To Sell Hotel
G. J. Bolton, Oie present occupant, i
hajf purchased the Buehler Hou&e for |
OCTOBER 9,1914.
1
[From the Telegraph of Oct. 9, 1864.]
Heavy Firing Heard
Washington, Oct. 8. i assengers by
the mail boat to-day report that when
they left Cit.v Point, yesterday morning,
at 10 o'clock, heavy cannonading had
been heard for four or live hours in
General Butler's department on the
James river. The rebels made an at
tack, taking our troops somewhat by
surprise.
Blue Conta Take Stand
Headquarters Virginia and North
Carolina, Oct. 7. General Birney has
regained General Kautz's old position,
and holds the enemy In the Inner lines
of entrenchments around Richmond.
One thousand of the enemy's forces
were flilled and wounded and several
hundred taken prisoners.
| EDITORIAL COMMENT]
Bill Flinn has done nothing contrary
to The Colonel's decision that he will
not encourage fusion. Bill simply
ordered the Progressive votes for Gov
ernor handed over to the Democrats.
The fact that ho won't be able to deliver
the goods is another matter and en
tirely beside the question.—Philadel
phii Inquirer.
Economy in business that stops leaks
and saves waste must be encouraged.
But economy that makes business crawl
into its shell and timidly lie down Is
not economy, but destruction.—Phila
delphia Public Ledger.
Democrats are very glad to have
their ticket supported by Progressives,
but it is the very worst taste for a Pro
gressive to go upon the platform with
a Democratic candidate and attack the
President.—Philadelphia Record.
M. G. AT CARLISLE!
At Carlisle a story was told In the
crowd of a recent meeting at the little
Church of the Bvethren. When a woman
who had Doctor Brumbaugh
since boyhood asked the men what they
would do at the polls. "If we don't
elect 'M. G." we might as well quit pray
ing," one of the leaders replied.
BRUMBAUGH FOR PRESIDENT
.(From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Dr. Brumbaugh is a man who is a
natural leader of men. There Is no
guesswork about his makeup. His
career has been notable. He has de
voted his life to the public. Pennsyl
vania has been made the great battle
ground by the choice of President Wil
son. He has chosen Palmer as the can
didate for Senator and McCormick for
Governor. The attention of the whole
United States Is centered upon Penn
sylvania. Dr. Brumbaugh has become
a national figure.
Dr. Brumbaugh, In spite of all that
the combination between the forces of
free trade and of William Flinn can
do to the contrary, is about to be elect
ed Governor of Pennsylvania. It Is not
merely a local, but a national cam
paign In which he is engaged and In
which he will be successful If the tre
mendous Republican registration means
anything at all. The Presidential cam
paign is two years distant, It is true,
but is there any Republican wno Is
looming up any more conspicuously
for the Presidential nomination to-day
than Martin G. Brumbaugh?
Dare to be true, nothing can need
a lie;
A fault which needs it most,
grows two thereby.
—Herbert.
DEMOCRATIC FOLLY
[Philadelphia Ledger]
In the first place, the removal of the
duty on wool deprived the government
of $20,000,000 revenue, without bene
fiting the consumed in any way.
Woolen clothes are selling at the same
price that they brought before the
tariff was removed. Clothing Is no
cheaper and dress goods cost as much.
The revenue loss must be supplied by
extraordinary war taxes.
In the second place, the long con
tinued agitation for free wool has been
accompanied by a progressive decline
in the number of sheep pastured. In
1912 there were 38,481,000 sheep in the
oonntry. In 1913 there were only 34,-
319,000 and according to the estimates
of the Department of Agriculture, the :
number has again fallen this year 1
There has been a loss of nearly 4,000,-'
000 sheep since it became certain that
the Democrats would remove the pro-1
tective duty on wool. This has re
duced the wool clip by 65,000,000
pounds, and ft has decreased the sup
ply of mean by 150,000,000 or 200,.
000,000 pounds. Meat cost more be
cause of It. American workmen have
been deprived of employment because
of the Increased import of woolen
goods, and the country finds Itself less
able to supply Its own needs In thia
European crisis when Great Britain
discovers that it must use all the avail
able wool for its armies in the field.
But what rights have the wooi
growers in comparison with the sab
red privileges of the cotton growers?
And when did a President ever buy a
bale of wool to keep up the price and
prevent the producers from losing hall
the value of their crop? The em
bargo which Congress has put on
American wool production is of much
greater significance than the action ol
the British Government.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
QUESTIONS
fFREE.
Caller But .
you said you
wouldn't charge
me anything for
the little legal
questions I asked
Lawyer 1
haven't. What
I've charged you
for Is the an
swer.
_ AWFUL. R
The Desperado: ' ' I
Gee, dls life of 'jrts
crime la klllln.' »
Yesterday I al
mos' killed a
chlcken an' to- *'" j
day I busted two
winders!
WHAT'S THE BCO REIT
By Wlag Dinger
I know you were busy as sin all the
day.
And In order to finish your work
You felt that you couldn't grant on*
Interview
To book agent, acquaintance or clerk.
Tou knew that you had just so mucb
work to be done.
That you had so much time, and no
more.
But how many times did you find tiras
to ask
Of some clerk, or by 'phone, "What'i
the score?"
But, gee, you're no different than many
more folks,
Who adore the American game.
It makes little difference how busy thej
are
At World' 3 Series time they're all th«
same.
And, I think It's a good thing, for ty
we all thought
Of just work, life would sure be a
bore;
And you'll find that the chap who
works best Is the one
Who takes time to ask. "What 1s th«
jecore?
i ! - -sgggaa
——— '
HBADdI'ARTERS FOR
SHIRTS
SIDES & SIDES