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SUNDAY ...-.i:;.,V, D4 6, 1908.
1 MOltXING toxic "
j ! ' (Jam Bnckham.lE
-TPwfll deep! Jfhe iltlfr thtns:s that
(l. chafe aiSd, fret, -k 7- :
5 1 Oh waste not golden houfs ,to fciye
fi them heed!. ; 'r : t
The sllKht, the" thoughtless -fvrong.do
thou forget; . . ?
tljpeJf forget In serving other
ThouA faith In (3od ythrough love for
! man snjyt keep. . 1 s
pwelt. ileep, my aoul, dwell peep!
The Payne -tariff bill' wllj give no
pain to any triat- "p.
Good : mornii? be sure t0 remem
ber" the text you hear at cpurch'to-
!Th? corn crop this year li anf aver
age' of thirty bdshels to the Individual.
i North Caroling will make more of it
into , brjsad and less in . sowpaw than
ever before. KM - ,
Mr. Biran; iias been eliminated as
a candidate, fofiir years henfe, but, he
$taneis i head and shoulders fibove the
men' of his generation in arpr party
ays Webater'sj Weekly."
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This editor' can Drove aij alibi, on
1 th transfer of Surry county Into the
Fifth district The distric as fixed
after the., tent .years cental period
! ought not to be changed. I -
J Every county In lIorth Carolina ex
cept seven report, a tendency to small
er farm , Thftt : means godd things,
for it means1 more farmers; will own
their ' homes hb condition dlyoutly, to
be.. wished, if, . ; r. ,
j 'ji ,'J . i "a j ,
), An Alabama, exchange say a good
; ; forgetter' is worth his weight In gold."
rl Archbol'd and. Rockefeller have shown
t that they . have the besti forgetter-
;, les.Mr Are they therefore wbrth their
i weight. Jn -gold r. " I .
Mr. . Grosyenor , Is frank. I He-says
that ''to me tariff revision? does not
ijnean ! much anything eptcept ; the
retention of th duty on wol.M 7 Then
why dld Taft and the Hepublicart plat
tform demandrevisiont ,
I : j. 1 mu i ji'ii.b I 7: tor v. J
w A writer in?? the' Outlook! saVs one
of the best ways to improve farm life
would; be the introduction o more au
tomobiles. The- tobacco triist C should
send orie as -a Christmas present to
th tobacco farmers It has systematic
ally .robbed.. VV;''-I:;V;V ;
P .-' 'V' 1' ' ' ' - - - ....... . ,. .'
Th Pubsidbed News "expk;ts Dem
ocrats In GreerisbbVO"to;3p" I" With
doodle, bugs. to, put up vmoney to. run a
1 doodle organ that doe Greensboro- no
good land that - makes a' business - of
I ifraduclng 'Democrats and! misrepre
senting Democratic 'principles. "
l - , .1, h, .. 1 ; ,
i The Greensboro " Record t sa"S tlie
newspaper'.trujst shows it hM io fear
7 Oftarinrevision:and Is putting "up
j t'he: pricey of aper. : Ot course " they
Jhave top, fear.; .The -trusts Iwrote the'
McKinley blii and the Dfngley bill
" and they will Iwrlte the .Paf-ne bill. .
1- , .- t .fi . 1 1 g
I Almost every day there la new evi
dence that th$ men .who fut.up the
money to wire a : Republican - .victory
are going to' "get;-what -thiy-bought.
Ioran .has' put hl son-in-law in a
l)lg place; Tafts brother l to, go to
ijhe Senate;, traitorous labor leaders
"aro being pensioned ; ' and ihe nd is
not. yet. 1
Answering ! ihe - demand iSf thi bar
for more courts," tJie-GreenToro Rec
ord pertlneritly Inquires: MVould the
ivil docket ;bjfe cleared If tere "were
1wo more districts?" ,, lecprder's
ourts will clear off the smaller cases
and : any rearrangement of . districts
should wai until-the next census re
quires redistrletin. "
- .T "if Taft -will turn his back on the
! old political office-holding, frowd-and
r appoint', progressive . bueineis men - to
places of. trust, "he will ' bjulld; ' up a
victorious Republican party in the
t ' South," said ap business manwho voted
for .Taft. ; .1
trade? nol
; 1 the gentleman" to ' whotn: ha -was talk-
wuf ced." u . sr- - 1 '
(' Some of the, pilgrims '.'who .go to
Washington "to, ask . for . ft. subsidy
through the tariff come back'' lfot in
-the collar , because .-members, of the
Committee ask searching questions. Of
course they are . madJ'vWhlnever any
nvn vis tryingt to getjoethhag; f or
-nothing he 'doeent - li ke-1 have . his
purpose pubtishedL - particularly -tfblle
ie Mj. posing ? "s a patriot" forking' for
the tollers,.
. f-'S'fom - the : Republican "barty ."the
"people of the South have:, 'received
nothing but wl.l. and from that, party
,ttey can. hope for; nothing or good,"
declared , the,:, late v Senator! Carmack.
South, Carolinians see a present appll
Vation of thia fact in thatUhe Presl
,dent, agalnstUheir protest,! has ?a
'jep pointed the negro Crum. mong Re
publicans th ,1wor of Boolce? Vaah
Ingtpn. patronage : dlspensejr, , Is raora
powerful than all South Ca;lin. And
;bet self-respftctlng Boutherr. 3nsa rra
nsked to affiliate with the jrirpi"vli?nn
ng why he had done nothing looking
to a-, reduction of the tariff tax dur
ing villa" 8Yvei years in the Wblte
IIoubs. mA. Roosevelt declared that
no public- question interested hini un
less it was a noral auestlon. and(hat
he had noVybeen interested either 1 in
tariff' or currency1 'because no moral
qusstlon wlnvolved In either. I The
true reasonrSvhy he has done nothing
to revise the tariff, even If the Presi
dent '.does- tiW" understand ihe motive
that controls- hfijn. Is that ,Jllie inter
ests','1 wbuldtiot desert him for a few
trust prosecutions , that , dSd nothing
but fine them .'or 'for 'railroad legisla
tion; that h(g secured no reduction of
rates, so' long as the sacred tarin
schedutes emainad , untouched. "The
interests" have not.likeu his interfer
ence in . several ' matters, but r Wall
street has fVund that ' it ' was I mostly
bark and veify little bite. They will,
however, ' stftnd for some bnconveni-
' ences as long' as they, are , allowed to
tax the pubHc' for their private .bene
fit, . and this ' Mr. . Rposevelt has per
mitted thenhto. do. and Jhereby, made
unto iilmsel and party "friends of
the . , inammn of nTightebusnes9.,
while "talking, of reform . that didn't
reform on . the. ; house tops.' It has
been left for .Mr. Taft to' struggle
wlh - the real auestion that touches
the very heitrts of "the interests" a
legacy: thatviirembroil him i in con- (
filet with.; the men who furnish the
campaign funds if he really Intends
to secure any: such reductions of the
tariff as wi benefit the consumer.
In the tariff a moral question?
Mr. I Roosevelt says, that It is not. The
thoughtful Americans have generally
accepted,- the r statement that "the
tariff - is the mother, .'of jTusts.'. It' is
equally true1 that granting the right
toj private corporations to tax all the
people forr their enrichment is the
parent of nost of the political cor
ruption thai has sprung' up' iln our
country. .The first bribery on;a large
scale was in' the "fat frying" campaign
and most of It has come from, the
same sourcev If there is no moral
question .: Involved In selling ' the ! tax
ing power . to large campaign contri
butors, wher? can there be any moral
question in .government?. The way
schedules xare made and the methods
employed' by beneficiaries , constitute!
tti chief blot upon legislation and
politics.' Te beneficiaries buy or
bulldoze, and r they write the tralff
laws. . Is there -no moral "question In
this scandal?: - ,
The - Indianapolis News, the fore
most paper in Indiana, independent
in politics 'Jbvit generally Republican,
referring tot a: statement I that Mr. Taft
is anxious to ? "reorganize , the party
In Indiana .for victory" discusses the
reason whyIndiana elected a Demo-,
cratic Governor, and a Democratic
Legislature and ; attributes Republi
can losses ;m Indiana , to stealing by
local officials and their whitewashing,
the " attempt"f President. Roosevelt to
jramSvhls. jBUCcpsoraind his use of his
position tolvnomlnate. And elect Taft.
From the very able discussion the 101
lowing extract; touching.: upon the
moral, element-In tartnT,;lagive?i?;;-
. "Mor ueht 'the . retnibllitator's to
forket' thav. Indiana Is and . for years
has bean a' tariff "xefjDjhm- SUte."; This
issue was.' fortsome Jlime.'obscured ,by
the financial issue, but It as not, thus
obscured ; tnw ; year,-. inere was no
feai' he're of free silvers 'On thVcon-i
trary; the, r pfeople , fettrsTr ; to-..ypte
theii' honest .convictions. : As a result
seven Republican Congressmen; some
of them able xnen were retired; " giv
ing place .'r to -seven new -Democratic
Representatives: The .'.President' Is
credited With : saying that he has
iiever ;been able" to see any moral
quality, in '.the. tarm question. ,rne
people of this: State are able to see;
little, else.' To'them It' seems intoler-;
able that the-great and powerful in
dustries should 'have the ' : power to
Impose -taxes on. the people; intoler
able that - tows , should, be made the
subject of bargain and. sale: .There
Is no more X'ltatly mpral Issue before
the country at the.' present- moment
than this1 same tariff cuestion. The
civil service reform Issue docs not be
gin to; compare-: with -it-in 'real im
portance. iFor years the Republican
party nas trmea wiur it. . Tn peopie
have 'asked for a reduction of taxes.
and a withdrawal of jthe taxing power
from the trusts.-The 'answer has been
an increase ?of duties; and the threat
of a ship suhsidy which "latter has
been favored by Mr. Hoopevelt. Our
people were tired of the whole busi
ness, tired or seeing large.: campaign
funds contributed - by the protected
interests w(th the understanding;, ex
press ot ; implied, tnax tney were to
write our tariff laws after the, elec
tlon. v So they 'revolted. : There is no
mystery about it; v-Closely connected
With this Tasy the campaign .fund
Issue on, whfbn our people believed
that the Democrats had far the bet
ter of- the; argument.". ' . j ,
, Upon this same line the Springfield
Republican of'", last -Friday had the
following illuminating editorial: '
"Political Morals Under the Tariff,
"It appears , from testimony before
the Ways: and Means Committee that
a hired representative ' of, the na
tional association of wool manufac
turers (Mri North, ..now ; director of
tne united states -census) omciatca
as a clerk to the Senate finance com
mittee during the framing of the
Dlngley tariff act: that this represen
tative of the woolen.- men. played no
inconsiderable a part in the shaping
of the woolens schedule and received
1 5,000 from the association of man
ufacturers 'as .compensation for- his
service additional " to the sa'ary of
clerkl and ;, that Senator AWrlch,
chairman', of the,: finance: 'committee,
waslooked Upon more, or less unjust
ly, as a faithful' representative of
these manufacturing interests in their
pursuit: of special favors at the hands
of . the government. 1 ' :-
"This -matter-Is referred to neither
as , startling nor . scanda !ou. . To -be
stlartlng a fact pr development mu&t
be unexpected or Out of the ordinary
course ot ' experience, - and everybody
well . knows that high tariff legisla
tion in our "day $ shaped! - by the
beneficiaries'-of the same; and to be
scandalous an act must run against
the general sentiment of what is right
or proper, and can tit be said that a
general sentiment exists which is out
raged by this' species of trafficking in
the special-"favors of the government
between the " represntati ves of the
people. and the- Interests to be. fa
vored? v:' v . . ' - , ".
"Of" bourse such a sentiment ought
,to exist, but long familiarity ,wlth this
particular 'vice in bur politics has so
dulled the moral sense' of the people
in respect, to ' it that we - are almost
ready -to embrace. Jt as a normal and
the .- Senate committee in charge of
the Dlngley-tariff, bill, had at. his el
bow, in 'the character of a clerk em
ployed by ;the, government, the paid
representative ; of .the woolen manu
facturers? Was thia very muchworse
than as if the7 committee wrote out
the woolen schedule at the direct sug
gestion of the: manufacturers? Or
was it- worse , than . for members of
Congress' Interested , In 'certain pro
tected industries to use their power
as representatives of the public In
terest to .bring about tariff ; legisla
tion helpful rather to themselves?.
"Yet this- is . all a o.uite -ommbn
spectacle' In times " of ' tariff revlsi6n.
Thus on - November "11.. according ! to
a . statement 'from Secretary- Orton .of.;
the N.w Tork reform club; ex-Con
gressmanl Rhodes of -Missouri ap
peared tefore- - tht Ways and : Means
Committee on -behalf of an.t increase
in the duty: Drt. crude -barytes from 75
cents to $5 a ton. He ls. interested in
the mining of that product and stated
that when . in -Congress he Introduced
a bill to raise the duty to $5. Con-i
gressman . D- S. Alexander has ap
peared in advocacy of -higher duties
on , aniline., .-dyes, and repeatedlysre
ferred to "our plant," "our product.
"give us," -Indicating, a pecuniary
interest of his .own to. be favored by
the government of which he Is a law
maker, v". Representative-- Fordne'y of
Michigan ia a' member 'of the com
mittee which' Is to frame the hew
tariff bill, and said t during the hear
ing on the lumber schedule, that he
was engaged in that business In" the
South, in Missouri and on the Paciiic
coast.- -- ; :? :
"It is recalled-that the offense of
the disgraced Senator. Burton of Kan
sas was that he violated the statute
forbidding members of Congress to
act as attorneys for private interests
before . government 'departments at
Washington. - But here we have cases
of members acting as1 representatives
of their - own-, private interests before
the very tribunal upon which "they
hold official place. And-we have other
cases of Senators and Representatives
appearing at these hearings Ion behalf
of special, private interests! in their
respective States which are seeking
the special favor "of the government.
Can it be fairly said that Burton is a
worse offender under any tolerable
law of political morals than these
specially Interested tariff congress
men? Yet we hurry Burton off to
prison and think nothing of the per
formance of the latter. So greatly
has long , indulgence in the govern
mental distribution of special business
favors debased themoral judgment
iii and putM of Congress along this
whole broad line of political activity'
NO BACK DOOR.
v Journalism in the East lost a bright
and a: shining light When Mr. Charles
H. Grasty. sold the Baltimore Newsto
Munsey. He had built it up. .from
small beginnings 1 and accepted ; from
Munsey - what -was regarded as th
highest price, relatively that had ever
been paid for a' newspaper' property
Now Mr. Grasty has purchased from
Mr. George Thompson , a one-hal in
terest in the St. Paul Dispatch, one of
the most successful papers In' Amerrca;
In - making thev announcement of th4
change; the Dispatch says:
"The News grew to be an institution
in Baltimore, The very people who
had misunderstood and res-nted -its
aggressive independence cam, tc trust
it and lean on It because in time they
learned that Tit' had no frlcnd.i othr
than , the - friends of 1114 tublic,"a nd
ho interests - to serve' other than- ttu'
public. Interests." ; "I. L ,
r . In - that ' las; sentence is embodied
the. essentiar principle of journallsm
"no frcinds, other than thc public?. and
no interests to erve other than' public
InteiBts.; ' The ' newspaper of whic h
that; canpbt be . truthfully said' is a
positive force, for, evil, ; "just as the
newspaper, that serves the public ini
tercet; and no-' other, lathemost vital
izing power for' good in any commu
nity, ,; No newspaper has "yet succeeded
long, in serving nly the public inter
ests" unless there , Is a man "behind
the gun" known itd be responsible for
Its utterances and zealous to preserve
Its reputation for probity as he would
that of his wife and sister.
. '. Ve hear much talk of the need of
"impersonal journalism." There Is no
such thing. All newspapers that are
worth a-fig are the -emanations of men
who impress their personality 1 upon
the columns of the paper. The edi
tor ' may; think he Is writing merely
essays upon public topics and Is un
known.': it. is unfortunately true that
the man who furnishes the brains Is
not always, known, but the man
who reads a paper day after -day uiit
derstands 'the real character of the
master mind that shapes its policy
better than his closest personal friends.
No man who discusses public questions
from day to day fails to pour hlmseir
into' the . articles. If he Is serious and
honest, . that: flavor will go Into the
manner of ?hla writings. If heis flipi
pant1 or.'. writes without regard to con
viction, ,these elements .will come out
I A.1 - i. "a a . M a J i
ui in? ntri irena 01 me wrilin
though -character might .not bedis
clDsedin a .single article
' V hy hav the 1 Ig n?wspaprs in the
greatrHtl- iosr thir 'mflunce? -Of
coutPC'thls, qfustion. ofterf asked, does
not mean tnaiv iney nave lost ail in
fluence, fot; any pa
news and has a Jarge circulation has
a measure of Infljjiencei but the ques
tion is why f re : they no longer as In
fluential .aVformerly.-Of course there
are manyanawers, . One. reason is that
the people, are 'better; educated . tharr
formerly -and therefore are noi guid
ed so much by thas paper or the-orator
as formerly,.. but that: is not theVreal
reason. V The chief, reason ii because
mosjt: oif the great' papers.: kre .caring
more' about ; .making- money - and ad
vancing1 some, special interest 'or pro
moting, somebody's political ' fortunes
than'Jn'having
no friends other than
the - pubjc. and;no' interests ' to serVe
Other than the public interests', That
Is, 'Inthe''maih;'therchief 'reason Some
months ago" Mrl Jeromes Prosecuting
Attorney! of ;New York City,, declared
that' the , papers in that city had ' lost
their; influence because "they" were
"governed from the counting house;
meaning that their policy on - public
questions ..was governed by considerd
yons of income to thepaper, that big
advertisers and -.big . Interests ' ould
largely dictate the policy of the paper.
In : too "many, Instances that. Is -' - the
truth and it applies to ' some.llttie as
to some big papers. - This influence
v
T7T
is,; seen more "directly n- suppression
than , In., advocacy. i The greatest ser
vice a newspaper can 'perform ia to
uncover wrongs against- the public by
public service- corporations, - officials
and men who have some pet graft at
the. expense of- the -public ! If th
Standard Oil owns a paper,. would Miss
Ida Tarbell's true story of Its corrupt
tion reach the readers?; , If the Harri
man' roads dominate a paper will . it
"expose .the methods 1 adopted? .If a
street ! car' "own -a pajer, how 'will Its
readers know of wrongs practised by
It? The Archbold letters showed that
it 'was a regular Jjnsipess of the St,ahdr
ard bll 1 Compan o subsidlzejan buy
newspapers, and.: that a not the"only
concern, tn ... that . .nefarloys business.
Street car companies, , gas" . companies,
electric light c.ompanies,. railroads, and
other ' Interests .needing to, make or
stifle ntihlta . fipntimenrLl have been
gradually strengthening their holdings'
in newspaper property,; always through
some! shrewd ; men mot , supposed i to be
In the employ of such interests, t Such
ownership lulls to sleep Inquiries! look
ing 'to the public good, ildicule and
attempts to destroy men who try to
serve the people, : and in a thousand
Indirect ways seek' to serve, the Inter
ests that have stock in the papers. A
few such papers do not seek to hide
the source of , the! ownership. They
are much more to be commended than
the more numerous subsidised papers
that masquerade as owned and con
ducted for the ; public good. These
subsidized papers are zealous to hide
their special interest by serving good
causes that do not conflict with their
owner's plains andi by roasting minor
evils that are along a different line
from the elvlls they gloss over 1 or
ignore. By this means they deceive
a large portion of the public and
thereby acquire Influence they could
not pssess if the secret of the owner
ship was disclosed. - : ' i
. The paper that is conducted to ad
vance some ambitious man's fortunes
is, a sorry sort of journalism, but if
the thing is done i in' the openthere
Is no sin in the prostitution of a public
journal to such ends. When known
that a paper is conducted to put the
editor or : owner in office the people
treat all! Its utterances as inspired . byJ
desire ! to boost the editor Into office
and t loses 'influence and Is not re
garded as a public journal but as a
vehicle for getting place for an Indi
vidual. Such a paper may and often
does much good, but it Is not a public
journal and Is not so regarded. In
stead of being a public blessing it Is "a
private snap" and is not useful in the
real sense of the mission of a news
paper. " -. ' .. '4. y ::,;c : : '
Some .subsidizedi papers boast', that
they are "independent", and seek to
show It by. roasting. all parties and all
party 1 platforms. H Some' claim to be
pary. jpapers axi& seek. to secure nomi
nations favorable J to 'A their - owners.
Each is dishonest and a reproach - to
honorable Journallsnif.'i.-The -touchstone
of a true and honest paper Is that
It has 'no interests to)BerVe" other than,
the public interesU:' 'ndT'that , there is
nolbaclt-door? to the sanctum-.??
American " "Journalism has . made
jfapid pace 'and mbstpapers "are, hoxi,
est" and ; published I by honorable men;
with no interests; to serve than . the
public. Interests. .
there are: journals
But' the fact that
of big circulation,'
owned to subserve.. -private, Jnteresta
that do inot" disclose the ownership
and theprivate interept injures the
profession lust ias one! shyster, lawyer
hurts the reputation,' the whole, ban
The press owes it io' itself to draw, the
line vbetween. the free journal' and; fhaf
hired newspaper, . .
If Mr. Bryan were ' to. move to
Texas, the biggest State In the South,
would have in its borders the biggest
man in the Republic . . , ; J ' ;
Mrt- Roosevelt says he favors wo4
man suffrage, . "but' Is .'."lukewarm.".
Just r Imagine Tedd-s being luke
warm. He will gethot'when It gain:
sufficient momentum so he can ,seeit
will win. .
The wish is father to thethough
of those who predict war to the knife
between Democrats ;lnhe Fifth dis
trict There will 'be contestsof
course, ' but a lessbrhaa ' been learned
that will preventauture squabbles."-A
united ' Democracy : Will be found -in
every district in 19l0. . 1 .
The Winston Journal i is much
im
Mr. provedXunder its -new editors.
S. IIFarabee. who. went to the Jour
nar from, the Raleigh Times, is editor,
and Mr. H. B.; Gunter, who went to
It . from The and Observer, is
local . editor." i.Theyj make a strong
team of young," capable ; and "progres
sive newspaper men. ' - j
. ... "Quit your . -laughing," jeomments
the Indianapolis News ftfter publish
ing the; Hot .Springs, special that fthe
tender. .oL the'i Jreasury. portfolio to
Burton has nothJng:.;Whatever;to! do
with the senatorial contest in Ohio,.'
Do the Hot Springs t oiks think-the
American people are ' Idiots ? ': v jy 1
i 'Go it 1 boys; , yoiir.'daddy's rich." "is
the motto of the. Federal admlnl8tra-:
tibh Eccnabmy Jsla term of reproach
in Washington ' "s and "the ; man; who
Jalka.retrenchmWt ,1s' called Rube.
The deficit Un- Novemberalone was
ten million dollars. The' receipts from
all sources' were $48,000,000 as -com.
pared with '.$4 ;52?.000 ; for "the'same
mc-n,th ' last, yc ar, .'jwhile thef- disburses
mentvwre457l38.000 as against
442,320aor fdt November.- -l07.4
There was an increase- of $3,000,000
in . mUceManebus-expenditure's, .of . 4.'
700,000 in ; war -expenditures, of $1,.
1500,000 ln; navy expenditures, of near
ly $2,000,000 in 'pensions and of $3-
400,000 on account of the Panama
canal. There. - were slight increases
In ail the s receipts "except those de
Tived . f rom: miscellaneous , ' sources.
The deficit for the month Is $l0.000,r
000. and for the! first seven mcnths
of the fiscal year lit was $54.000.p00.
At this rate the deficit for the year
WlU be in the neighborhood of $11$,-
OOO.OOO: .
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'That is an admirable suggestion by
Dr. Richard H. Lewis : that " arrange
mentt be made In the coming yea? for
a public! health- day Inj the ;piibU?
schools, jwhen the teachers and ' chil
dren J shall make special study of nan
itaildn and the things' that: make for
health. Too little attention is ald by .
people everywhere to hygiene and pre"
ventibn of contagloun .and to 'sanita
tioni " Grown ip people afe pjrone to
go . along in. the old - wayL and the
Chief1 hope tor - Improvement , in all
things in the coming 'generatloni
They 'enjoy better adysLntages! . - than
their! fathers dltllnd. when they get Jn
ieresked iin way of, Improving the pub
jic, health' their parent will "also - be
come ln.tereste4l.'and.yhjere:, will vcome.
improvement . ..A prealcher. aked
how he manageil to get sucti a "strong
hojd'on his" people replied that' In -hfe
sermons he always, aimed, at. the hearH
of trie children and the shot always
took j effect , in the 'heads' of' his "con-
gregation; ; The - Board of -Health- -is
wisely adopting this method in trying
to Improve the public nealth. e -
Ini this connection it s announced
that iDr. Charles W. Styjes. Shief ; of
the 'division of Zoology jat Washing
ton, Will make Raleigh his headquar
ters and make aspedal (study! of. the
disease' to which he has given the
name" of hookworm.? Working r inco
operation with the' State . Board of
Health theywill send out to, th a . pub
lic T methods : for the prevention , of
the disease: that Dr. Styles believes is
the cause of most of the physical
trouble In parts of North Carolna and
othet Southern State. , The. " recent
agitation about this question" will serve
to c4ll the; -matter sharply 0 1 the at
tention of the doctors and the! people,
"who twill use the precaution suggested
to lessen the spread of the disease.
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- And Lynchburg, votedi dry I yester-,
day. -Governor Glenn made one of his
most eloquent speeches itherej - Old
Booze must go. The handwriting Is
on' toe wall. , V i' - ,
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"As ' the; Southern- Warned Mr.
Kltchjn for the discontinuance of No.
97; ihe ' officials can ' now have it re
stored," says the Reidsville Review..
Yes, j Morehead will stand . for the
swag. I '. " p - '
-Mr. . Roosevelt - and : Mr. ; Taft have
already .appointed- Mr. Root , senator
from! New York. In some States aen
atora are i elected by the people; fin
some the Legislature elects; . in , New
York and Ohio, the appointment ; is
made1 by the'President and the President-elect'
V - We' are going some!. " 4
SPiniT OF TIIE PRESS
' ; 'I ; ' . " In" ndary; - ' -f v
Greensboro Recordr-; '. '"v v:
. The- stockholders, - of the -Industrial
Kew seeni td be Irt a.ctiandary about
the property." They tappear tot fear If
it. is put up: and sold Butler1 will eith'er
buy It or run it up on. them; -if they
pay- its debts and take it out of the
bankrupt court, which is Tthe rproper
course to pursue," they fear the paper
will '(drift .into-dept -again: . k There - is"
something in this. but the thing to
dots ito. cAt" their trousers: by. the cloth
In ; hand, n It- is much easier to. crawl
than! to walk i when ,'lorie is quits
young.. It is also difficult-for a sick
man; to walk after he has been near
death's door.- I ' j-j
j Vhat Kind r'of .Revision?. - '
Indianapolis - News,' , - 1 i
So it. will be seen that the question
of - definition, is important. The people
would, like to know what the Speaker
means byi ''anhonestV revision!. or . the
tariff." uch a . revision cannot issue
f rorn , protracted bargaining " among
the protected interests; or between
those interests -and . the politicians.
The result of such - dickering will be
merely a' distribution' of special' privi
leges! among government pets, out of
which, the people ' will4 get nothing.
We . fear that this Is the sort, -of- re
vision that, the! Speaker has in mind.'
He is . famous as a s standpatter, . and
we hjave seen no evidence of any con
version. Mr. Cannon; has never 'had
much-u doi with the business of re-formL-
norj have his-associations been
with I reformers. His -tribute L to the
Dingley bUU as. outrageous a tax )aw
as w&s .ever enacted, shows -that- lie
doesf not! even, yet is appreciate the
strength of the demand for a. revis
ion of the "tariff downward;
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Rockefeller and Matthew Arnold. '
Indianapolis News ; ' - ' ' -
We doubt whethen thoughtful' men
win-tbe . greatly "impressed I by the
ramersmug counsel Whtcjh Mr;i Rocke
feller gives as to the conduct I of life.
Of course,! all that he says about busi.
n ess! is murkerT hvhlt iimioi DhMwi.
nessi and jir a -man1 is' looking simply
ipr success ne couia- nardiv choose a
safer guide than John Dl Rockefeller.
For t instance, the wise- man Iwill bo
careful "to avoid In his investments of
time! and ffort and money" any 'un
neeefcsary t du plication . of . existing In
dustries." hl:He would," as Mr. Rocke
feller savs. "resrard -tl - mAnM .ononi
in increasing : needless - competition as
wasiea, oir worse.- .to -put up a' fac
tory,! when the factory already In ex
istence is supplying the public demand
adequately- and cheaply, is to waste
the national 'wealth.' Frbm thl it - is,
of eaursejuhut a short step to crushing
out competition and to destroying the
business fof other men who compete,
vr try to -compete, with- you. 1 Never
theless; as a business maxim, the prin
ciple laid-d6wn by theigreatoil man
is 'Sound. . Men who . go Into 'business
ought to endeavor, as far as they can.
to supply 1 a" need that is not already
supplied,, br that is inadequately sup
plied; ItLis true., too, that the best
charity Is. that which gives men em-ployment-'the
investment of effort or
time j or- money carefully considered
with j relation: to the;' power of -employing,
people at a remunerative
wage, to expand and develop' resources
at, hand. - and !-to give opportunity for
progress and; healthful labor where It
did not exist before..",. r,,': ,
; : But. this' is not charity, or "phllan
thronv." as Mr. MmVpfoUe-r. nll if
It-Ms t business, pure, and simpfe. The
idea ;is vvaluable, ., not .because, it. is
philanthropic.v but v because its .-application
would- make: philanthropy un
neccssary.j If all- wealth were wisely
and properly invested, and carefully
administered, -there could be little
need if or-philanthropy, and this is no
doubt what Mr. Rockefeller means.
Tn this country we have rather lost
hold on the greatreconomlc principle
that it Is a good thing for all io have
weaUh-multiply as long ! as it is pro
ductively employed.. .But such- Is ihe'
Te. 1 linger freedom and. equality
there would. e little difficulty. Wealth
end j industrial efficiency are god
thinrs for all -for rich and poor alike.
If- all' business .was managed as it !
should .be! there - would be Tcompara-1
tiy?ly; little J forour relief, societies , to
do.' But. and this. 4s reauy the inter
esting thing In - the Rockefeller dis
cussion, the great man actually soars
to poetic lights in one of, his remarks.
We tjuote: . -. . -. .
Probably the most . generous -.
people In the -world are the very
- poor, who assume each others'-
i burdens lit the crises which come
so often to the hard pressed. ..The1; :
-mother in the tenement -falls ill,'-A
-" and the neighbor in the next room -"-assumes
her burden.' The "father '
'-.loses -his work,- and neighbors ;
1 isu pply food . for Jils children f rpm ,
their own scanty, store . 1
That Is. true; The poor people would
rather be helped by; their own "class
than be dependents on . the bounty of
the, .rich, except, indeed, Twhen they
are so bitter as to desireto mke '.re
prisals., We do not suppose, that Mr,
Rockefeller . ever rad . Matthew ' Ar
nbld's beautiful sonnet' entitled' ."West
Iondon." ,.If he had, he would" have
sen the same thought -hrbught .'out
as t that - which he ., gives us. Here. -1?
the sJtory as told in the" poem !7 "1:
Crbuch'd "o'nthe ' pavement, close By'
. . . Belgrave Square,. " :v. ; :
A tramp I saw, ill, 1 moody" and ton-
-' gue-tled.' rr.Vt - - v
A ba.be was.ln her arms,' arid at her
' " side ' , 1 '1 ' -- i
A girl;' thMr clothes were rags, their
! feet were bare.
Some laboring mehj whose wortk" lay
"somewhere there,' - . -'
Passed opposite; she touched her girl.
who hled . t
Across, and begged, . and ; came 1 back
satisfied. . r... r. . ,
The rich, she had let pass with fro-
zen stare. z..
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Thought I: "Above her state this spirit
j towers; j," 4 1 . ; - l--' ;
She will ,not ask!- of aliens but, of
, friends, ' ! .
Or shares in a common. human fate.
She turns from that cold succor, which
attends . - -
The unknown little from the unknow-
ing great ' -:(-,
And points us to a better time than
ours." - - ' J 1 ' 1 ' "
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Quite in the Rockefeller vein, to
be sure, only the -Arnold "statement
of the case came first It seems , that
the poor are not simply willing to re
lieve the pooT. but that the poor are
finding it easier and more natural to
appeal for relief to the poor man than
to the rich. vThe oil. king and the poet
both say so,v and : they must be right'
Such- an agreement between two such
dissimilar men must be taken as. prov
ing, the "case, .
Is the Shouting Premature? ,
Louisville Courier-Journal. ; 4 t
First with midst and midst with last
May cotton and agree.-' --.
The net results of the:.tarifl! legisla
tion of ; the extraordinary session of
Congress will write, the. sentimentTof
the. responsible political i)arty,lrito the
statute books. There is tall talk from
Washington just now: that Mr. Cannon
has seen the-light of reform radiating
from " the eye-, of -.- the President-elect
and and that the. .House will., cotton
with the White -House. -''.v,
'.! Taking it tor t- granted -"that the
House Machine has gone -oven bag and
baggage to: the White House that will,
be,, and taking it for. granted that Mr.
Taft is heart and soul lor . a material
reduction of the existing:; schedules,
some of the. advocates of tariff reform"
are shouting. ' , But the shouting' is
somewhat - premature. - Mr.-. Aldrich
might conceivably; knock, the stuffing
Out 'of tariff "reform-to use the . Attic;
Idiom by killing the Payne bill in thatljeijislatlon may take . to Indicate the
blood-splashed slaughter house..;, thei
Senate Committee on, -cFmaceBut
Mr--- Aldrich . would -not -.dojwin .the
face of -the serious opposition fOf the
united leadership -ojhls party,, and if
it should come to pass that a righteous
tariff bill should be passed - by - the
House and the White House allied,
its death would, mean that the Repub
lican party is. not a tariff reformer.
although . an opera Mbouff e war-'upon
the present .- system . carried-, to . the
point of , putting . 'the- House -upon
record might . serve, the end.' of polit
ical exigency. As matters stand there's
many a sPs- 'twixt the cup ot -4uai
privileges ana ine lip oi me consum
er, and it is. by ho -means certain that
the. shouts of the hilarious today win
be followed - by 1 the, -howl -of ' the 4 hit
dog from the same throats before the
robins nest again. , . ."" .
a- Let us pray Int a,n abundance of
optimism let us even hope rthat the
threatened illness rf of . -the Devil have
made him. a monk and : that the Re
publican party is really to reform the
tariff, to a certain extent 'and withtn
certain; conservative.' limits. . ' Let us:
hope that the' eurrent definition of an
optimist. -"a mas who believed that the
tariff will , be revised for, the, benefit
of the consumer," represents the com-
age of a pessimist , But Inasmuch, as
the. scriptural injunction.: '.'watch.. and
pray, is appropriate to thfe, occasion,
let us ! watch while - we' pray: and in
the meantime let . hope tlat springs
eternal ia the human-breast not ride
so high that its unhorsing, in .March
would mean Unconsolable sorrow.- .....
The Courier-Journal being an Amer
ican and a humanitarian as well as a
Democrat and having a philosophy of
life that rises somewhat above the bit
terness and narrowness ot partnership
that regards as disaster 'any refbrm
not worked by its own political party,
would be glad to -see the -tariff reform
ed, by; its friends, not merely becjiuse
It would , be .agreeable to ' know ' hat
the age of miracles is not past but
because, the results ,of a r.eductlbn ot
the scheduled would be. along sttp and
a -strong step, .in the direction of" a
real ' reform 'of :" an f economic-! system
which ;has bred - and fattened an aris
tocracy of money intrenched behind
the ramparts of special privilege. But
being a student1 of history which has
the habit of repetition, as: well as ta
student -of politics and.; a" stndentT of
human nature, "the proper atudy of
mankind,'! the Courier-Journal- Is as
yet not fully convinced . that a ' tidal
wave of virtue within the Republican
party 'is Iswee'ping reslstlesaly yin -the
direction 1 of i reform, and- that this 1
the psychological momenf for all "good
Americans to send np in the direction
of . 'Washington" halleujahs to the
Grand Old Party,- and in the. 'direction
of the emyprean hosannaha ' to the
Highest, jn celebration of the..yJctory
of thevlctlms of the. present tariff
system over the bumptious ;ieneflcla
rlea . : , - r ' ? l,ir?r. :
v Speaker Cannon -we :are informed
by the1 gentlemen at the , Washington
fhd of the telegraph wies-has -sent
a belt of wampwrn, and a-pipe oj-peace
down td Hot Springs together-with
the message that the War Chief of the
Incorlglbiea; Old - Man-Not-Af raid-of
the-Eevil. has decided, to capitulate '.
and stands ready , to carry,ou. in .the
House tthe policies of the President
elect But up to. now the' public does
hot:- know, exactly 'what those, policies
are; If they, go -no further than' tne
promulgations of the ' platform they
are, not the policies, of -jreform. 1 11
they are to go further It will-be neces
sary to learn how far before classify
ing them. as progressive. And before
having real grounds .for v shouting '.It'
will be necessary to know whether the
Payne bill.' if drafted along - reform
lines, is to be blocked by. Mr. Aldrich
end whether if It 4s. Mr. Aldrich, as
the. Rock of - Gibraltar r between the
people and-the privileged class ia a
traitor to his party or "a ttusted'-serv"
sntL dfilmr - iYim dntv that rwm.illH.'
eharfced three years ago ; by Mr. .Catx-H
non nd- President- RoosevcltHit Mtit s ,
Cannon's- word r Is to. be relied upon,
while -the "public: was left to believe
that Mr.. Cannon, - in the .attitude of r
A Jaar defying. tha lightning, balked a , ,
slncere' deslre of the President to re--1 1
Write. the. schedules : , , ?.
vifW early now to-celebrate .lie- '.1
suits must be awaited. In the moan- "
time, a health to-Mr Taft-r a stirrup T .
cup -to:the said-to-be: champion of re- '
f oym.-- May' he ride: hard, ride 'rough- "
Shod.; over .the sentries and drive hls--c
lance through the. shield -of Special .
.Privilege and deep' Into his breast ; S
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'' ELECTIONS AND PRHfARIFS. ,
The Tmnhlp a Vnlt of fjovcrn- -zi--t
: meiit I ' " -4 . , . ';
To"the' Editor: i suppose. It is Aoo .-'
soon": to ".write" the obituary of th.H.
Wakr cointy primary system,' "but. If
jiof dead It ought . to be.: It is exceed
ingly, unsatisfactory, full of unspoken"
Ills; for the late . tragedy ' at Cary," if..
traceable . in - whole or :inpart to the ,
workings of"fit;"la merely a cuimlna-'"
tion 'of, dissatisfaction. - . . - . -
- JL.haye a twin remedy to suggest:
Let the people in separate mass meet--
inga of. party, constituents determine 1 4
who shall be ' the " pOll holders and V.
guards of fair elections;. let the elec- ,
tion precincts or ihe -township in which ;
are such precincts be made corporate, ..
and then make it liable in damages for,
any 'unfair, .or dishonest primary or I
election , held - therein, and. liable be- ;
sides to a penalty also, if, need be the
tax-payer" will' then assert his convic- t
tlons and see- that electrons areJioheHt'
In his' township. His Interests will be
on -the -side of his "duty- even in this '
world. Unfair and doubtful primaries-,
and -elections ; are at the .root, of all ;
civic righteousness. ,.t r n" -1 .. ,
No election can: be fair or represent; .
the best sentiment .or .the people in
which . larger pecuniary. - Inducements '
have to be ' used to ' persuade .meh Ho
do their, dutr or to beguile men lritoi ,
preferring public-to private interests, s
" By the way, speaking of the" town- .
ship, it WHl be a fine thing for the4'
next Legislature -to make it the unit .
of ' government; The' county is too
large as the smallest unit for conven
ience and facility Jn working . out .
some of the details of, its government.
There. are many matters -which ought
to be left, to the townships and which ,
they, could,. better do, It; would en
courage the assembling, of Jthe people
together j-in small governmental, units ...
and .give them; township public meet- : ';
ings for the training of citizenship: AU
governments need the vitalizing hon- -L
esty of the citizens In-touch with the
soil.-- , -'- ' ,' , ,, ' ! . x
Township courts could be constitut
ed, : .'-.which,. after some - years of such
training of the citizens, could dispose
of four-fifths -of the -small civil . and'
criminal business to '"the-great , relief
of-.thetax-payer and the litigants and
witnesses and to thd promotion of sub
stantial Justice: : among; the people;
theyarefit to administer their own af
fairs when they, are allowed to do so
arfitter- than, higher courts to ad-minister-smal
affairs certainly;: Then;
too, the "higher courts' would be vastly
more efficient if they were relieved of
the multltdlnOus small business.' ; '"
- -Thc'Superior courts could ultimate
ly by constitutional amendment have
flnal furisdlctlon' of the cases appeal
ed to them' from the township courts---certainly
- the", civil, cases, and such
of the criminal as did not involve pun
jBhment by Imprisonment 1 .1 "
-Thee-matters of iltlmate detail are
given: to "show: the .trend which . such
tremendous -possibility, for good which-"
For the.- present .the. .Legislature may.
beginr by enacting a law which Will en- 7
courage ,and facilitate the formation
of -township "government. ' the ' forma-
yon. of townships as .corporate1 units. .
' A "generar-" act may . be passed by
which. the. majority of the citizens in
any givers township may by vote create
Ihe -township, into a. corporation with-
powers prescribed by-tne act.. A law
with general .provisions of this sort -wOu
Id avoid .the -expense of .special I
acts or charters, -and at the same -time,"
-provide: for- reasonable ; uniformity in
local -government:," The man . who is
the--father -of' this-law will make for.
himself a place' in, the "history of "North
Carolina ! and -what is more, will -.he . :
worthy of It
-w. j pelle;
. ...Work-on: the "new -buildings ot the ,
colored Insane asyluSn near this clty.T'
Is being pi Jsled ; rapidly.- The ew j
buildings'-are four In numbCr of brick,' !
two ofwhich will- be ;f6r-the" care of ,
tubiircuTbsls patient, and two' for epileptic-
patients. '" male and female,
Goldsboro Headlight '-.:. '
; ' SALE OP3TT PROPERTY.
bnder and by virtue' of an order of1
the Sueprior Court of. Wake county,
N.'C, made in the special proceedings ,
entitled J. M. Brqughton, adminlstra-
tor Ida J3. Finch,.eceaaed, vs. J, W.
Barnes, et at, the same belng'No. 143S
upon the-special proceeding docket of,
said Court, the undersigned commls!
gioner will on Monday the 7th day of
December 1909 at lz o'clock 'm., at
the-court house door In Raleigh North
Caro'Ina,1 offer for sale at public auction-
tb. the highest .bidder for cash
those -certain lots in .the. city of Raleigh,-N.
C, particularly describedas .
follows: "S:-J- - "." l Tl-"
- First "lot Begins at a ' stake on
North West street In the city of Ral- c
elgh. E. :M. ; Vass' . (formerly James
Wlllinghley'JJT icorner runs 1 thence '.
northerly with the illne of North Wes. .
streeU.fl. feet .to the line of the Ral
eflV& Gaston (S. A. L.),R. R.; thence
with the.' lipe, of said railroad ini a
southerly, direction 98 -feet to EL M. .
Vass', line; " thence easterly " with the
line 4 'fe'ef.to the west boundary : of
said.. West street - :. -'-'- . ' 1 -v
- ,- Secopd lot Begins at the jnorthwest-;
wmerotthe fntwrsectlon fof -. Davie -street
as-extended, and a new street. .
knbwn as Cotton street extending; into
the lands Of the old fair grounds; runa. '
thence east B2l-2"fet, w.th the north v
ine of Davie,street ttfra stake; thence.'
north at right angles to Davie street 42
feet to :a; stake;- thc.ice west '.'with -a
line' parallel. with the said Davie street
62 1-2 feet to the line of-the said new
street;--thence south" "with; the: line of
the said new street - 4i-fiet' to " the
oolrtt of. beginhing.on Davie street . -
-Third lot Beginr at a stake on, thel
west side : of . Smith - street1 Charles
Bryant's northeast corner; runs thence
north 43 feet and 2 Inches to a stake, ;
Wm. Long's corner; 'thence west 'on - i :
tine . parallel with Davie street Hi r,
'eet to the iBet?yCrok -.line; thence-
south 4 feet and X inches to a stake;
then c - east 182 fee t to Smith str ee t
th point bf beginning. - ' S"
Fourth ' lot Begins et aspolnt on
the eastJine. of. Manly street, 528 feet 1
southwesterly from a po'nt In the cen'-j-ter
of the track of the, North Carolina1
Railroad; runs thence south 8 1-4 de- -.
rreea. east 45 feet to a stake. Jim S
Hi gga northwest corner :. thence south- .
m n ji .. m . - a ...
o ,a-s aegrees west .04 xeei 10 a stake,
B..T...Brasfard'e corner:. thence north '
8i. 14., decree west. E feet to said
Manly-street; thence with' said street
norjh!20 l-2-flegree east 7lfeet to
the' point! .of :. beginning," containing ;
3,2X6 square feet or. therea bm t
J.M..BROUQHTON. "- : .
... .. Commissioner
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