jatiom. |
rerman
rial at
sed of
1 on al-
g been
on Igel
{ OF
sh and
acuated
ed. The
born.
1 Ruyal-
ins, be-
on the
the offi
sadquar
British
irjenval,
ith loss.
1ville-St.
night by
ed casu-
Asturias
ning, it
irty-one
plve are
Asturias,
vigating
tinguish-
luminat-
rning on
amount-
thus far
om war
rs, Lord
lords.
the opin-
rines by
quivalent
Germans
the Ger-
ore food
England.
had too
, to the
losses of
ssels for
d to 281
nnage of
JWN
r Coward
zed down
a Boston
resulted
Senator
ument on
ed by the
) is sixty-
ly hurt.
, name as
)n, accom-
gave her
eabody of
> Senator
d that he
ition. An
Bannwart
A fight
was being
erk, David
the fray
tal police,
asted the
the couple
s in their
art struck
JRGH
al Guards:
Duty.
ional guard
er part of
urgh to do
unt of ma-
ure of War
out of this
it is seid,
op adopt the
stationing
al bridges,
his district
ible hostile
lan sympa-
nber of the
in the dis
| in makin
anufactared
one sll)
MEET Bh
THE MEYERSDALE COMMERC..
~YERSDALE, PA.
NEW BANE (025
SENS CERTAL
Fifieen Acts ta [E3 Codifid
Info Gne Lew,
IMPOSE KEW RESTRICTIONS
Effort Belng Made by Committees to
$traighten Out a Few Protests and
it Ils Probable the Code Will Go
Through Both Branches Without a
Fight.
Marrisburg, Pa., April 8.—As a re-
sult of much hard work on the part
of the senate and house game ocom-
mittees, a new game code will in all
likelihood be placed upon the statute
books at this session of the legis a ure.
The changes and additional restric-
tions are of much interest to hunters
and agriculturists. *
Though the code has not yet passed
either branch, it is safe to predict that
it will have, little difficulty, as the
eommittee is spending considarable
time in ironing out certain protests
that were urged against provisions im
the code as orizinally presented.
REP. RICHARD POWELL.
Chairman of House Game Committee.
The code was introduced by Repre-
sentative Milliron, of Armstrong coun-
ty, and he and Representative Powell,
ef Luzerne, chairman of the game
committee, have it in charge. Mr.
Mliliron is much interested in the sub-
ject of hunting, but he is also inter-
ested in the rights of agriculturists
and does not believe in putting through
a law for hunters that\ will not con-
serve fully the interests of the large
property owners who till the soil. Mr.
Powell is an authority on game and
game laws of all the states and as
chairman of the committee is desirous
that Pennsylvania should have the
best possible act regulating the sport.
Main Provisions of Code.
As the code stands it ecodifies the
fifteen game laws of the state into one
act. The code will in all probability
go through with the following restric.
‘tions imposed: 3
It will.be unlawful to kill, or to sell,
or offer for sale, any wild bird, or to
ship the body or plumage of any such
.®ird to or from this state for any pur-
pose, excepting that of the blue-jay, the
Bnglish sparrow, the European star-
ling, the Goshawk, sharp shinned
‘hawk, Cooper's hawk, red-tailed hawk,
- in fact all our hawks, excepting the
night hawk, may be killed at any time
and in any way as may also: the owls,
the ravens, the crows and the herons.
There shall be no hunting or shoot-
‘dng at or chasing of game on Sunday;
and the open seasons for game birds
and animals are as follows: For ruffed
grouse, commonly called pheasant, for
Virginia and Hungarian quail, wood-
cock, ring neck pheasants, gray, black
and fox squirrels and rabbits and
Mares, from October 20 to November
$0, inclusive; for raccoon, from Sep-
tember 1 to January 31; for bear, from
Ooteber 15 to December 15;. for deer,
from December 1 to December 15 (only
‘male deer with horns extending not
Jess than two inches above the, hair
, may be killed); for rails, foots, mud-
hens, snipe and shore birds, except
woodcock, from September: 1 to No-
_ ;vember: 30; wild water fowl, Septem-
per 15_to January 31; upland or grass
plover and blackbirds, August 1 to No--
vember - 80.
Other. Provisions.
The, bag limits, provided are as fol-
lows: Deer, one male deer, with horns
as ‘above, in one season; bear, one in
_ one: season; wild turkey, one in one
season; ruffed, grouse, five in one day,
twenty in one season; quail, eight in
ene day, twenty-five in one season;
. woodcock, ten in one-day, twenty-five
is one season; ring neck pheasants and
Hungarian quail, four in one day, ten in
one season; seqirrrel, six in one day
{combined kinds), twenty in one sea-
son; rabbits, twelve in one day, sixty
fn ome season; hares, three in one day,
fifteen in one season.
The game commission is given au-
thority to pay for damage actually
done by deer or bear to crops or live
@#tock; and the property owner is per-
mitted to kill a bear which is dam-
aging his property at any time, or to
pursue and kill it within forty-eight
kours of the damaging of said prop-
erty.
The old laws regarding the chasing
of game by dogs and the open seasen
for training dogs are re-enacted.
MAY ABANDON
~ KEW REVENUES
War Crisis Upscis Movemae
For Funds.
m——
MUST NOT BURDEN PEOPLE
New Revenue-Raising Measures Would
Have Included Tax on Real Estate,
Direct Inheritance, Oil and Natural
Gas, Capital Stock of Manufacturing
Concerns and Other Things.
Harrisburg, Pa. April 3.—Despite
increased demands for more appropri-
ations by state departments, state hos-
pitals and semi-state institutions of all
kinds, it is unlikely that the legisla-
ture will go very far in raising new
revenues. The plan for additional
funds has not been abandoned alto-
gether, though at this writing it must
be admitted that the program framed
gome time ago to raise many million
dollars annually is much nearer to
abandonment than consummaticn.
Republican organization leaders say
it is probable that the movement ior
largely increasing the state’s inccme
will be abandoned, and that additional
taxes will not be imposed for peace
time projects.
Organization leaders in the senate
and house, while not yet certain of
their ground, say it would not bs wise
to commit the state to larger outlays
for projects that have for several
years been regarded as urgent, but
which might well wait if the legisla-
ture is to be confronted by the neces-
sity of appropriating sums that may
mount into the millions for war pur-
poses, even though it is recognized it
would be up to congress to authorize
and finance the war program. The
atate could not wholly escape unusual
and extraordinary outlays should war
come.
It is probable, in the face of threat-
ening conditions, that the drift will be
toward paring state appropriations for
educational, charitable and other in-
stitutions that make big demands upon
the state treasury. The drift in the
direction of more strict economy will
also take in state departments.
What Might Have Been.
New revenue raising measures,
which have been under consideration,
but most of which it is now said will
likely be shelved, include the follow-
ing: One mill tax on real estate, two
per cent tax on direct imheritances,
two pér cent tax on ofl and natural
gas at the well, tax of one per cent
on prepared coal and coke, tax of one
per cent on capital stock ef manufac-
turing concerns, a tax on all tickets
sold by places of amusement. ?
Senator Sproul has intreduced in
the senate a concurrent resolution
calling on the economy and efficiency
commission to make an immediate re-
port as to its findings in the matter of
appropriations. The resolution pass-
ed. It is intended to hurry the com-
mission in its work of informing the
two branches of the assembly in the
matter of appropriations. There has
been talk that thé report of the com-
mission will contain recommendations
cutting appropriations all over the
state.
Municipal Court for Cities.
A municipal court bill for cities of
the third class is being fathered by
Senator Nason, of Erie. There is to
be one judge learned in the law, who
is to be elected for four years at a
‘salary of $3000 per year. There is to
be a clerk at $1200 per year. The
bill defines the duties of the court and
gets forth matters that are to come
before it. It would not decide title
to property and would not have juris-
diction in highly important litigation.
Senator Leiby, of Perry, introduced
a bill providing that pending appeals
in cases of appeal from summary con-
viction the fine imposed by magis-
trates, justices of the peace and alder-
men need not be paid if a bond in
double the amount of fine is filed until
the appeal is determined.
For Third Class Cities.
Following a héaring which was at
tended by representatives of Pennsyl:
vania’s League of Third Class Cities,
the municipal corporations committee
of the house of representatives. has
reported favorably upon the league's
bill, containing many amendments to
the Clarke act regulating government
of third class municipalities.
Attorney Gardner, of New Castle,
explained certain amendments which
fron out the initiative and referendum
features of the Clarke act. With re:
gard to. the former, it is made very
| elear that all petitions. to eompel the
council to pass an ordinance must be
‘signed in the city clerk’s office and in
the presénce of all officials.
Among other important amendments
are those providing that the terms of
the mayor and councilmen shall all
be for four years. The term of tke
mayor is now four years, and those
of the councilmen two years. The new
act requires that at the first election
following the expiration of the coun:
cllmen’s present terms the two men
receiving the highest number of votes
shall be chosen for four years and the
other two men for two years, but
thereafter all will be elected for four
years. Under this arrangement effiei-
ency in the government will be main-
tained as there will always be at
least two experienced councilmen In
office, as only two men will be elected
at any one time.
FUSSY AUNT SALLY.
8he Is One cf Those Who Always Fund
a Task Undone.
Our Aunt Sally always has one or
two more things to do at night before
she can go to bed. We were at her
home a few weeks ago, and all of
us sat up until late. ‘At about 11
o'clock Uncle Buckram gave a yawn,
and in thirty minutes everybody was
under the cover listening to the rain—
everybody except Aunt Sally. She de-
cided that while everything was quiet
she would sew 'the buttons on the new
trousers she was making for Buckram,
When this was finished she started to
bed, but she remembered that she
hadn't set her yeast. She went back
into the kitchen and worked for about
twenty minutes, and then it seemed
that she was through with everything
for the night. -
We were almost asleep when she
brought in another quilt. She said it
might turn cold during the night and
that we could pull it up if we needed.
it. She went back to her room and
stood ‘perfectly still for a few seconds.
Evidently she was trying to think of
something else to do before going to
bed, and she thought of it. She’ decid:
ed she had best sprinkle down hei
clothes so they would iron/better next
day. When this was finished she fold
ed the rough dried pieces and put them
away. : = 4
At last the house was dark. The
rain was pouring down, and we turned
over for a good sleep.
we were facing the barn, and Wwe saw
Aunt Sally out there with a lamp. She
managed to keep the lamp dry, but in
a few minutes it went out. A little
later we heard her enter the house,
and while feeling for a place to set the
lamp she said: “I declare that fool
hen hasn’t any sense. I put her up in
a dry place and she wouldn't stay
there. She scoms determined to drown,
and I ought to let her do it, but I
guess I'd better go back and see about
her.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
VISITORS TO NEW YORK.
They Crowd the Natives Off Broadway
and Into the Side Streets.
It has often been remarked by vis
itors from Denver and other scientific
investigators that New York's Broad-
way is apparently patronized by peo-
ple from all over the world except the
native resident of New York. And it
is probably true that Seattle knows
its way about the Rialto at least
as well as does East Seventy-second
street, and the cabarets along the great
white way see more money from Des
Moines than from Amsterdam avenue.
The fact of the matter is that the
out of town visitor, descending upon
the metrépolis trained to the minute,
with the express intention and deter-
mination of taking in Broadway, suc-
ceeds largely in crowding the native
off the walk.
Hence it has come about that other
New York streets which never attain
more than a local fame have become
pleasure grounds for the real New
Yorker, who leaves the streets and the
restaurants of world reputation to the
horées of the invader. Such a street,
for instance, is One Hundred and
Twenty-fifth street, often called by its
frequenters .he “uptown Broadway.”
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street
lies in the apartment house section,
about in the middle of the long, nar-
row city that is modern New York.
From here to the Battery is a long
ride on the express trains, and from
here to the limits of New York, up be-
yond the Bronx, is a longer ride by
local. The dweller in this section rare-
ly takes either of these rides. He
goes down to the office in the morning
and in the evening returns to his own
little side street. If he craves amuse-
ment he strolls down One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street.—New York
Letter in Cleveland Plain Dealer. |
Large Power Easily Controlled.
In some cases a 1,000 ton or 1,600 ton
press may be controlled by one finger
upon the clutch lever, so that the ram
will rise one-eighth of an inch or so
at a time. More often, however, a
press is set so that the ram will always,
stop at the top of its stroke, and the
control of this condition is usually
made by a foot treadle, although some-
times with a handle also or with a
handle alone. Generally such presses
are arranged for continuous running.
This is often practicable with long.
slow strokes.—Oberlin Smith in Engi
neering Magazine.
Sad Proof.
“Yes, said the young wife proudly,
“father always gives something expen:
sive when he makes presents.”
“So 1 discovered when he gave you
away.” rejoined the young husband.
And, with a large, open faced sigh.
he continued tc audit the monthly bills
of his better half.—Stray Stories.
In_an Emergency.
Tripplets— What did your chauffeur
do when your wife fainted? Abbells—
He didn’t do anything till some one in
the crowd hollered, “Give her air!’
Then he got his pump.—Town Topics.
Keen Sense of Smell.
The aborigines of Peru can in the
darkest night and in the thickest woods
distinguish respectively a white man,
a negro and one of their own race by
the sense of smell.
Men and Women.
Men ought to be mighty good to wo-
men, for nature gave them the big end |
of the log to lift and mighty little
strength to do it with.—Lincoln.
Well Trained.
“Your daughter did well to land that
young millionaire.”
“1 gave her a good business educa-
ll,” —E"%
CROOKED, BUT FAMOUS. WRITING
FOR THE STAGE.
Washington Street, Boston, One of the | gir W. 8S. G.ibart Vaz Not Overproud
World's Great Thoroughfares.
Washington street in Boston is ome
of the great thoroughfares of Amer-
ica, worthy to rank with Broadway In
New York and Michigan avenue in
Chicago. Like nearly everything else
in Boston, it has a history of almost
incredible length and respectability,
making other streets seem painfully
young and callow and crude.
Moreover, Washington street is one
of the longest in the world, running
all the way through Boston and on to
another town without a stop or a break.
This is not accomplished without many
After we turned |
a bend and meander, however, for
Washington street is amazingly crook-
ed, as are nearly all the thoroughfares
of Puritan origin. It seems that the
Mayflower party did not realize how
big ‘Boston was going to be, and so
they carelessly let the cows lay out
the streets as they wandered home-
‘ward. ro
Washington street today does not
look like an aristocrat of ancient lin-
eage, however. On the contrary, it ap
pears decidedly democratic, swarming
with all sorts of people who jostle
and push each otlier on the narrow,
overflowing sidewalks in the brilliant
glare of numerous electric signs that
flash the rival merits of ‘moving pic-
ture shows, bars and cafes.—Exchange.
CURIOUS CLUBS.
The Man Killers, Their Cheerful Talk
and Fitting Fate.
One of the oldest purely social clubs
was the Everlasting club, limited in
membership to a hundred people, who
divided the day among them in such a
way that some of them were always
on the premises. Solely for the pur-
pose of keeping up the fire from which
members lighted their pipes an old
woman was kept, and during the fifty
years of existence the club members
smoked fifty tons of tobacco.
No one who had not killed an op-
ponent in a duel was allowed to be
a member of the Man Killing club,
where tw. conversation was confined
to wounds, bullets and slaughter. Curi-
ously enough, most of the members
were executed.
Very different in character was the
six o’Clock club, whose members, num-
bering six only, met at 6 in the even-
ing and separated at 6 in the morning.
Meeting early in the evening and
sitting smoking until midnight, the
-curious people forming the Humdrum
club observed the strictest silence.
But perhaps the most curious club
of all was the No Nose club, which
was founded by an unwilling follower
of the Egyptian fashion of flat faces.
—London Telegraph.
Persia’s Great Superstition.
The greatest superstition in Persia is
what is known as the “evil eye.” You
must not say to some one whom you
meet, “How well you are looking!” for
if you do and that person is taken ill
it will be because you gave him the
evil eye. You must not say to a moth-
er, “What a pretty baby!” “What a
bright child!" for if you do and any-
thing unfortunate happens to the child
* you will be considered responsible.
Many mothees ict tue « ili. en 80 airty
and poorly clothed in order that ther
may not attract fivorable attentiot
The sign which is tho ht to have some
power to avert tice vil eve consists in
holding the seccnd and third fingers of
both hands ¢iose to the palms with the
thumbs. whije the (ther tingers are ex-
tended straight out. Then. with tha
hands behind you. you make a down
ward movement three times.
Struggle of the Rivers.
The discovery that there is a kind of
struggle for existence and survival otf
the fittest among rivers is one of the
most interesting results of the modern
study of physiography. A notable ex-
ample of this contest is exhibited by
England’s two biggest rivers, the
Thames and the Severn. Between
their valleys lie the Cotswold hills, and
exploration shows that the Severn by
eating backward among these hills
where softer strata underlie them has
diverted to itself some of the headwa-
ters which formerly flowed into the
Thames.
Breaking It Gently.
“] have called, sir, to see the photo
of the lady with $25.000 who wants 2
husband.
“Can you keep your face straight?”
“Of course I can.”
“Very well.
with the $5.000 applicants, and then
gradually, as you grow stronger. we
will work you up to the big prize.
This war, please, and don’t get fright-
ened.”—Exchange.
Boss at Home.
“How can you tell that the conductor
is the boss in his house?" asked the re-
cruit.
“Simple,” boasted the great detec
tive. “That woman asked him where
she got off, and be said, ‘I'll tel you
where you get off.” ”"—Buffalo Express.
Desperation.
“Is dis high cost of livin’ worryin'
you?” asked Meandering Mike.
«I¢s drivin’ me desperate,” replied
Plodding Pete. “I'm almost tempted
to go to work.”—Washington Star.
Nothing Lost.
“] hear Sne doesg't like me with a
mustache.”
“Going to shave it off, I s’peseY’
“Oh, no! She never liked me.”—Kan-
sas City Journal.
| Difficulty is only a word indicating
the degree of strength requisite for ac
i esmplishing a particular object.
i
i
|
oS
We'll break you in first ;
of His Own Work.
“No man,” writes Mrs. Alec- Tweedie
in her reminiscences, “My Tablecloibs.
“had stranger admirers or Keene:
haters than W. S. Gilbert. Successiuk
people always have, but then, added to
his success, he had a pompous manne!
and a sarcastic tongue.
“He was in excellent form one Maj
night in 1898 when he dined with me.
We were talking about ‘Lysianne,’
Sarah Bernhardt’s new play, which 1
had just seen in Paris, and I said it
was a poor play splendidly acted.
“2 it’s a poor play it's sure to suc-
ceed, he retorted. ‘No good play is
ever a success. Fine writing and high
morals ate hopeless on the stage.’
“ “That is severe.’
“Not any too severe. 1 have been
scribbling twaddle for thirty-five years
to suit the public taste and ought to
know. And, after all, look at the the-
ater. It contains some 1,500 persons.
Now, if you serve up tripe and onions
for the gallery it offends the stalls; if
you dish up sweetbreads and trufiles
for the stalls it disgusts the pit. There
fore plain leg of mutton and boiled po-
tato is the most suitable fare for all.
Light flippery and amusing nonsense
are what I have endeavored to write.
But I can tell you that after thirty-five
years of that sort of thing. which I am
glad to say has brought grist to the
mill, I am about sick of it, and I
shouldn’t mind if I never wrote anoth-
er word.” ”
FADS OF LITERARY MEN.
A Letter From His Wife Always Made
Hawthorne Wash His Hands.
Keats liked red penper on his toast.
Dickens was fond o” wearing jewelry.
Joaquin Miller nailed all his chairs
to the wall.
Edgar Allan Poe slept with his ca‘
and was inordinately proud of Lis fee!
Daudet wore his eyeglasses wher
asleep.
Thackeray used to lift bis hat when
ever he passed the house in which he
wrote “Vanity Fair.”
Alexandre Dumas the younger bought
a new painting every time he had a
new book published.
Robert Louis Stevenson's favorite
recreation was playing the flute, in or-
der, as he said, to tune his ideas.
Robert Browning could not sit still.
With the constant shuffling of ‘his feet
holes were worn in the carpet.
Longfellow enjoyed walking only at
sunrise or sunset, as he said his sub-
limest moods came upon him at these
times.
Hawthorne always washed his hands
before reading a letter from his wife.
He delighted in poring over old adver-
tisements in the newspaper files.
Oliver Wendell Holmes used to carry
a horse chestnut in one po¢ket and a
potato in another to ward off rheuma-
tism.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Horrors of Thirst.
There is no horror like the horror of
thirst—no physical suffering compara-
ble to it. A traveler over the desert
In Egypt describes a man who had lost
nis wav. wandering about for days
without water, and finally came stag-
gering into his camp. The man’s eyes
were bloodshot, his lirs swollen fo
twice their natural size. Ilis tongue.
blue, parched and swollen, bukg oul
of bis wouth. To allow such a an
to drink water at will wold be like
pumping dll. woter lito a redhot
ston Ladle It wonte B30 Lim. This
pai renaied to te held forcibly by
Jot nish nr his eazeruess to get at
Irian ine water, while a fifth man al-
lowed a Iw drops w wickle down the
¢hroat of the : wicrer at long intervals.
He had to Le cooled off little by little.
like an overheated boiler.
An Unanswerable Argument.
The poor relation had not been invit-
ed to the formal function at the great
house, but he went to the door in spite
of that oversight.
“Where's your card?” inquired the
first gentleman in waiting.
“Haven't got any.” responded the
poor relation meekly.
“Nobody can get in without a card.”
“Well, I'm nobody,” murmured the
poor relation, but the first gentleman
in waiting could not grasp the delicate
humor of it, and the poor relation was
turned away from the inhospitable
door.— Exchange.
Where Men Wear Combes.
The traveler in India is surprised to
see that men wear combs in their hair
much more than women do. A Cinga
lese gentleman wears what we know
‘as the circular comb and a very orna-
‘mental back comb of tortoise shell to
gather his curly locks together. He
wears a full beard also, but his servant
must trim 'his ‘own beard and is al-
lowed to wear the circular comb only.
—HBExchange.
Bad Color Scheme.
«The man I am engaged to has been
terribly wild, buts going to turn over
‘a'mew leaf.”
| “Don’t put your trust in such a bad
color scheme. Rosy futures seldom
grow on a purple past.” — Baltimore
American.
Sure Thing!
Mrs. Bxe—Dear, what does i mean
when you get a notice from the bank
that your account is overdrawn? Exe
—In the case of a man it means thai
he is married.—Boston Transcript.
His Tender Spot.
Hokus—That fellow Closefist doesn’t
know what it means to be sensitive.
You can’t hurt his feelings. Pokus—
Did you ever try pinching him im the
pocketbook ?>Town Topica.
GET TOGETHER FOR
PERMANEN DoANNENITY
Every man and wowan eugaged im
American factories, milis and mines,
whether they know English or speak
it, are naturalized or intend to be-
come citizens, have a direct interest
in maintaining industrial prosperity.
When times are good, all workers
should not only be thrifty in habit and
lay up a little something for possible
rainy days, but they should do all they:
can to keep the good times with us.
Simply because your language is dif-
ferent from that of the foreman, over-—
seer, superintendent, manager or owner
of the plant in which you earn a living,
is no excuse for misunderstanding your
own common interest in prosperity by
hating your partner in your own in-
dustry or listening to and following
the gospel of dissension and violence
which selfish agitators so often preach.
Do not blindly follow the man who
tells you how hard your lot is. Oftem
he is doing so untruthfully and for the
purpose of getting you to contribute
membership money for his own support
in idleness. Agitators get rich by prey=
ing on the men in American industry.
whom they urge into unlawful or harm-
ful acts by misrepresenting conditions
or holding out foolish and false prom-
ises of better things if they follow
their orders. You know conditions
yourself, and you know or ought to
know that the man or men whom the
agitator who pictures your employer as
on inhuman driving machine is actual-
ly a partner with you, interested im
having the plant or industry successful.
The more successful your plant or
industry becomes, the more room for
you to grow with it there will be. It
should be your feeling, then, that you
will not do as little as you may find it
convenient to do, but to do just as
much as you possibly ¢ .
reasonably expect to share in the re-
wards that always come to the efficient
worker.
Do not be a clock watcher in the fac-
tory. Those who wait for hours to
strike or whistles to blow and “soldier”
at the bench, machine or in the office,
never get ahead in the ranks of in-
dustry. They never get any more pay
because they are not worth any more,
and often are worth less than they get.
Remember the old adage that a mam
who never does any more or as much
as he gets paid for, never gets paid
for any more than he does.—Indusirial.
Conservation, N. Y.
PUTTING BUSINESS RIGHT
WITH THE PUBLIC.
A few years ago some big industrial
organizations and certain railroads em-
ployed business tactics which, accord-
ing to the popular idea, would make
the financial adventures of Pizarro,
Morgan or Captain Kidd look as ama-
teurish as the verbal exploits of Bobby
Make-Believe.
All are more or less acquainted with
the details. We will concede that there
were some glaring abuses, but the pub-
lic when it came to apply a remedy. ig-
nored the fact that these were peculiar
to comparatively few institutions and
instead of tackling the trouble where
it lay furiously assailed everything
classifiable as business—the trust mag-
nate, the independent manufacturer
ready and anxious to obey the law, the
small retailer, a law abiding and use-
ful citizen—the innocent and the guiltw
suffering alike. Seemingly the law was
invoked not to regulate. but to perse-
cute.
There could be but enc tv... wuni-
ness was demoralized, and the whole
country has felt the evil effects. Now
the public is beginning to realize its
error and in a rather grudging way is
making some concessions,
Business is being permitted to speak
for itself, and a movement has been in-
stituted by the leading business mem
of the country under the title of the
National Industrial Conservation Move-
ment for the purpose of repairing the
damage that bas been done. Nothing
revolutionary is contemplated. The
plan is simpiy to educate the public by
taking it into the business man's confi
dence. Meetings will be held in vari-
ous trade and isdustrial centers All
classes of citizens will be invited. The
pnrpose of these meetings is to give the
jaublic a nev and correct viewpoint as
to the effects of drastic legislation and
restriction of business ou the prosper-
ity of the country Every effort wilk
i.» made to give the public a clear view
of the probiems and difficulties which
veer business.
Special favors are not sought throughs
these meetings, only fair play. ' It is
believed that once the citizen grasps
the situation his whole attitude toward
business will change and that be will
readily co-operate toward bringing
about better conditions. :
Commercial and other civic organiza-
tions and the local press are already
showing great interest in this move-
ment, and it is reasonable to believe
that much good will come from it.—
Industrial Conservation, N. Y.
Common Capitalists.
Every man or woman who possesses
a dollar or owns a set of tools is a
capitalist. People generally make the
mistake of thinking that the only form
of capital in existence is tha matinnal
currency—the dollar, ian Cate ith.
mark, lire or pound sterling. Yet every-
body knows that many a successful
business man’s only original capital
was brains, knowledge, ability, deter-
mination or ingenuity. It would be
well for more people to recognize this
truism before abetting, either by ac-
tion or afcitade, ceaseless efforts on the
part of some political or other seif
seekers, to hobble business men and in-
. dustrial development. Such is the spirit
i of industrial patriotism ~rhich is necd-
{ed in America.—Indusirial Conserva-
#en, New York.