Muskogee Cimeter

The Muskogee Cimeter. Vol.18 NO.22 Reasons Why Hughes Should Be Elected BECAUSE he stands for Protection, Prosperity, Preparedness and Patriotism. BECAUSE he will not permit partisanship to triumph over Patriotism. BECAUSE his speech of acceptance expresses his desire to co-operate with labor for its advantage, not to exploit it for his own. BECAUSE he will command the respect of Europe and Asia and win the friendship of Latin-America. BECAUSE he will never by proclamation deny the right of Americans to pursue their business in other lands under the protection of the American flag. BECAUSE, as Theodore Roosevelt well says, he has high sentiments of justice and dignity, is upright and straightforward, is an incontestable master of judicial matters, and always translates his words into deeds. BECAUSE he is a strong, sure, courageous man, with a clear-cut program before him and with the courage, intelligence and determination to carry it out and bring to our country self-respecting peace and world-wide respect. BECAUSE as Governor of New York he has already proved that he dared to do the right thing, and is prepared to further do and dare when called into a wider field. BECAUSE he is not a dreamer and not a quitter. BECAUSE he is a firm friend of preparedness for the United States and not for preparedness through political expediency. BECAUSE he will not burden us with war taxes in time of peace. BECAUSE we need a tariff not founded upon free trade, nor for "revenue only," but to protect American labor and American industry from the deadly competition of the foreigner. BECAUSE he is a red blended American. His policy will be "Americe BECAUSE he is a red-blooded American. His policy will be "America first. America efficient." BECAUSE he is the chosen head of a party which has long fathered all great constructive legislation which experience has proved to be wise and which has invariably been opposed by the Democratic party. BECAUSE a business man is going to be especially needed in the next few years. In consequence of the European war a tremendous readjustment of the world's business is ahead. The United States must be economically prepared. It must not, as now, be left defenseless. It must not have a President with an untrained business mind, ever changing. Mr. Hughes made a remarkable record as a business Governor of New York. He has extraordinary ability to see all sides of a question. Not from him, as from Wilson, will be heard any declaration that he will hang business men "high as Haman" if they do not agree with him. BECAUSE he is a man of forward vision, of practicability and firmness, not a mere rhetorician and theorist. BECAUSE he stands for the protection of American lives and property abroad as well as at home. BECAUSE through him the whole nation will be in the Government. It will not be ruled by one section, nor by one man. BECAUSE he is for an effective, not an unsound and sham system of rural credits to help the farmer and for a wise conservation of natural resources. BECAUSE he is for a Federal workingmen's compensation law suitable for the employees of the Government, and those employees engaged in interstate commerce and subject to the hazard of injury. Reasons Why Wilson Should Be Defeated ECAUSE, to cite Representative Fitzgerald, Democratic Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House, during his administration the Democratic Congress has been the most extravagant that has ever met in the capital. ECAUSE he insists on his shipping bill—an indefensible piece of folly which would destroy such merchant marine as we now have. ECAUSE, although he says "he kept us out of war," the story of Mexico, San Domingo and Hayti refutes him. ECAUSE he runs anti-climaxes. He marches in only to march out again. ECAUSE he signed the seamen's bill, which practically has wiped out shipping on the Pacific Coast. ECAUSE he attempted to scuttle from the Philippines and was defeated only by twenty patriotic Democrats who voted with the Republicans of the House. ECAUSE he appointed as Secretary of State William J. Bryan after denouncing him as a pest who should be "knocked into a cocked hat." ECAUSE he made possible Villa, murderer of men and despoiler of women, and Carranza, the fatuous and futile "First Chief." ECAUSE Wilson's text book statesmanship and grape-juice diplomacy have made the United States an international laughing stock. ECAUSE he appointed "deserving Democrats" to the diplomatic corps, displacing experienced men at a time when it was essential to the foreign trade and honor of the United States to retain competent, experienced men. ECAUSE he is incompetent to lead, and veers like a weather vane whenever a zephyr of public opinion seems to blow against him. ECAUSE his "one-track mind" has too many turn-tables. CAUSE he lifted the embargo of arms so that the Mexican desperadoes have used American ammunition to murder American soldiers and civilians. CAUSE the promised "pitiless publicity" has been replaced by private, special, secret negotiations by personal agents and representatives, appointed by President Wilson without "the advice and consent of the Senate." CAUSE he reverses himself so rapidly that the entire country is seasick from the motion. CAUSE he is for free trade, direct taxes and an empty treasury—the same old Democratic trinity. CAUSE if the Payne-Aldrich law had been in operation in the last nine months of 1915 we would have collected $91,656,161 more than we did under the Underwood law. It would have met the treasury deficits and have avoided war taxes. The foreigner selling in our market got the entire benefit of the $91,656,161. MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA. SATURDAY OCT. 28. 1916. BECAUSE during the first ten months of the Wilson-Underwood law there were more unemployed being fed by charity than during any ten months in our history, excepting under the Wilson-Gorman act. BECAUSE of his inconsistency on the immigration bill. In his "History of the American People," vol. 5, p. 213, he wrote: "The Chinese were more to be desired as workmen, if not as citizens, than most of the coarse crew that came crowding in every year at the Eastern ports." BECAUSE he has not reduced, as he promised, the high cost of living, but has actually made it higher. BECAUSE he was pledged to a single term by the Baltimore convention, but before the type was cold he was building up his fences for another. BECAUSE, although posing as an advocate of civil service, every act of his as President in connection with civil service has been adverse to its principles, obstructive and destructive of its bonafide practice. WHO IS THE REAL FRIEND OF LABOR? WHO IS THE REAL FRIEND OF LABOR? What Wilsen Said About Unions and Workmen When He Did not Want Their Votes. I am a fierce partisan of the open shop and of everything that makes for individual liberty.—Speech at open shop banquet, Jan. 12, 1909. The labor unions reward the shysters and incompetent at the expense of the able and industrious.—Speech of the able and industrious.—Speech at dedication of Tuberculosis Pavilion, Albany, New York, Aug. 29, 1908. There are some who regard organized labor as a source of strife and menace of difficulty. I regard it as a fine opportunity for the amelioration of the condition of men working with no other purpose than to make the most of themselves and to achieve something for their families.—Speech at dedication of Tuberculosis Pavilion, Albany, New York, Aug. 29, 1908. I am a fierce partisan of the open shop and of everything that makes for individual liberty.—Speech at open shop banquet, Jan. 12, 1900. The labor unions reward the shysters and incompetent at the expense of the able and industrious.—Speech People's Forum, New Rochelle, Feb. 25, 1905. The mission of labor organizations is one of the finest that any association of men could guard. Today we have a realization of what can be accomplished.—Speech at Dedication of Tuberculosis Pavilion Aug. 29, 1908. We speak too exclusively of the capitalistic class. There is another as formidable an enemy to equality and freedom of opportunity as it is and that is the class formed by the labor organizations and leaders of this country.—Speech, Waldorf Hotel, New York, March 10, 1907. It is a shocking thought that the wage earners of the country, who by their daily toll make possible the industrial prestige of which we boast, should be subjected through ignorance or indifference to unnecessary peril. The interests of labor are the interests of all the people, and the protection of the wage earner in the security of his life and health by every practical means is one of the most sacred trusts of society.-Speech, Exposition of Safety Devices and Industrial Hygiene, Jan. 28, 1907. You know what the usual standard of the employee is in our day. It is to give as little as he may for his wages. Labor is standardized by the trade unions, and this is the standard to which it is made to conform. No one is suffered to do more than the average workman can do—Address to graduating class, Princeton University, June 3, 1909. The objections I have to labor unions is that they drag the highest man to the level of the lowest. I must demur with the labor unions when they say "you must award the full the same as you award those with special gifts."—Speech in People's Forum, New Rochelle, Feb. 25, 1905. I believe in a six-day working week. So do you. But do you know that the men who are making a six-day week a possibility and an eventual fixture, are these men (labor representatives) and their associates? I long ago came to the conclusion that the labor unions are going to solve the Sunday labor question to the best interest of the country. Join hands with them and you will double your results, while halving your labor.—Address to preachers and labor representatives in Executive Chamber, Albany, 1908. The Chinese were more to be desired as workmen, if not as citizens, than the course crew that came crowding in every year at Eastern ports. History of American People. National President Interested. "The defendants further represented to Mrs. Showers that the national president of the Anti-Saloon League was interested in the company and that they, because of their official position and connection with the Anti-Saloon League in Colorado, were in a very strong position to interest a good many and raise sufficient funds through the Anti-Saloon League and its officers and especially Baptist ministers of the gospel who were interested in the league. NEWSBOY ARRESTED FOR SELLING "WET" PAPERS The extremes to which prohibition may go is illustrated by the following from the Cincinnati Enquirer, dated Atlanta, Ga.: Matthew Mindy, a newsboy, was held under $500 bond here today charged with selling New York, Jacksonville and Cincinnati newspapers containing liquor advertisements. The case, which will be heard Friday, is the first of its kind to be brought here under Georgia's new prohibition law. They also called to the attention of Mrs. Showers and her husband, the complaint states, the various ministers of the gospel who were interested in their company and stated that Dr. H. H. Russell, founder of the Anti-Saloon League, was made an officer of the company. Notice By Publication In the District Court of Muskogee County, State of Oklahoma: No. 5267 Hughes says the country can't be saved by letting it drift. That's where he and W. Wilson differ. Fr. d Allen Defendant. Washington reports that a new apology has been sent to First Chief Carranza. Looks like a habit. The defendant, Fred Allen, will take notice that he has been sued in the above named court by the plaintiff, Maud Allen, for Divorce, for desertion, and that unless he answer the petition of the plaintiff, Maud Allen on or before the 19th day of November 1916, the allegations set forth in said petition will be taken as confessed and judgment rendered accordingly. Mr. Bryan is mistaken when he says Hughes is "vitriolic." The candidate is merely applying the acid test. A messenger of President Wilson found out that Colorado women were for the administration. No messenger, of course, can be blamed for making good. Political opponents are beginning to find that why Mr. Hughes kept silence so long wasn't because he had lost his tongue. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of asid District Court this the 6th day of Oct 1916. Another encouraging feature about our new navy is that when it is completed, Mr. Daniels will not be Secretary of it. C. H. Shaffer Court Clerk Tom L. Fuller, Deputy Clerk Geo. W. Parker, Attorney for Claintiff. Having discovered that the Democrats don't like what he is saying, Mr. Hughes doubtless is convinced that he is on the right track. PRICE $1.00 A YEAR Negroes will go in the Federal Courts No Begging for assistance of any political party in this fight With a determination to never cease and to fight on until every election official in Oklahoma is jailed who denies black men their liberty and free access to the voting privilege, the Negroes of Oklahoma have risen up in arms to, with their dollars, slam these scoundrels and rascals into the Federal courts. In most of the counties of this state the Negroes have in large numbers registered unmolested but in McIntosh, Muskogee, Wagoner and Okluskee counties, the real black belt of Oklahoma, there has been a disgrant violation of the recent Supreme Court decision and Negroes have been intimidated and abused by the minions of Gov. Williams. For instance, at Rentiesville, a Negro town in McIntosh county, where there are 180 electors, four Negroes are registered. At Eufaula, with about 400 black electors, six have been permitted to qualify, in the city of Muskogee, with about 12,000 odd Negroes, their rights have been curtailed and denied with a viciousness unheard in this state. At Boley, which is situated in Paden District No. 2, 15,000 old electors, not a single Negro is registered save and exe- three or four who affiliate with the Democratic party. Wagoner unty registrars were equally as ruthless in their disregard for the citizenship rights of black men and the time is ripe for a fearless and determined stand against the outrageous encroachment of southern prejudice. There will be no begging for the assistance of my political party in this fight. It is a problem that belongs solely to black men and they propose to shoulder their own burden and ace the enemy with black initiative and intelligence. In the supplemental registration, which begins the 18th and continues for ten days, the Negroes of the various counties who have not been permitted to register intend to peaceably and lawfully present themselves before the registrar. They propose to have present with them witnesses. On election morning these same Negroes, registered or unregistered, propose to present themselves to vote and have witnesses in this instance. Also, with this record made, they propose to file suits for damages in the Federal courts against every election official who denies black men their Constitutional rights. Backing this move are all of the Negro newspapers of the state, who have started already a campaign for funds. Lawyers will be employed and a vigorous and forceful fight be made to prosecute every cowardly attempt to confiscate the liberty that is ustly the right of black men. A citizens committee has been formed to hold the many dollars that are pouring into this fund, the members of which are Dr. A. B. Whitby, president of the Oklahoma City branch of the Nation-Suillory, president of the Muskogee Negro Business Men's League Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Hon. E. N. and Hon. O. W. Gurley, a heavy taxpayer and property owner of Culsa. Every loyal member of the race is asked to contribute to this fund, the time is short and the finance is very much needed. Every dollar contributed will be accounted for each week through the columns of the Negro Journals of this state. The move is non-partisan entirely, the guiding spirits of the movement are actuated by but one purpose and that is the desire to effectualize the black man's right to do anything in Oklahoma, that, under the law, any other man may do. If you love your race—if your race pride is worth a lime or a dollar—cash it now by sending your financial assistance to any of the members of the Finance committee whose addresses follow: Dr. A. B. Whitby, 31514 E. Second St., Oklahoma City. Hon. E. N. Guillory, 207 So, Second St., Muskogee, Okla. Hon. O. W. Gurley, 114 North Greenwood, Tulsa, Okla. T. Millers 212 N. 2nd Money to Loan Opposit of Kress Midland Valley R. R. "ARKANSAS RIVER ROUTE" NEW TIME CARD EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, MARCH 5th, 1916 2-TRAINS DAILY-2 between Muskogee & Tulsa. Okla. Between Muskegee, & Ft. Smith EASTBOUND No. 4 [Motor Train] For Ft. Smith and points beyond 7:45 a.m. No. 2 For Ft Smith and points beyond 6:20 p.m. No. 6 From Pswhu-ka and Tulsa 10; 40 a.m. No.2 Wichita, Ark City and Tulsa 6:15 p.m. WESTBOUND No. 1 For Tulsa, Ark City and Wicinta 8:00 a.m. No. 5 For Tulsa and Pawhuska 5; 0 p.m. No. 7 From Ft. Smith and point beyond 11:45 p.m. No. 3 (Motor Train) From Ft. Smith and points beyond 7:30 p.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Phone 1308 or 495 Muskogee, Okla. Phone 3741 Open Evening Until Sunday 10 to 4 MOVED Dr. J. C. PUTNAM, Chicago Dentist Moved to Fite Rowsey uilding Cor. Okemulgee and Secoud Sts. Suites 20-207 Muskogee, Oklahoma can Ui aKnkR CliMGTER THE MUSKOGEE CIMETER. ~ P. R. Price. Associate Editor FE. D, Nickens Associate Editor W. H. ‘Twine. Jr. -oManager EB. H. Twine “Collector THE NAL C We [nsvionalctbat NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION racmmnpisneiecnsmemmnreeneacice sammie! The Citnetar is the only Republican paper in the City of Muskogee. The daily Phosnix is sometimes Republi gp a gometines independent but at 6 present time it claims to be inde- te font, such a changing is not worth ree whoops in hI to any political party and yet Bixby, its editor, got Geb ah the Repubiican pie eranter het base ingratitude. The Republican party is the ship and all else the sea, The Oklahoma Negro is sure ef that from bitter experience. REPUBLICAN COUNTY CANDIDATES. For Congress Second Distrlet Harry Ward. For Sheriff—!". J. Bays. Vor County Attorney—H. ©. Whipperman, For County Judge—Myron White. For County Treasurer—A .A. Coupland. For County Assessor—J. W. Hubbard. For County Clerk—W. S. Har- sha, Yor Court Clerk—Dr. J. M Coon, For County Superintendent — Miss Alice M. Robertson. War County Surveyor——M. / Earl. Vor County Weigher—I, T. Swift. Commissioners. No. 1.—John L. Cooper, 't. Gib- son, No, 2—J. C. Rhodes, Webber: Yalls, No, 8—Irvin Blanchard, Has kell. State Reprpesentatives. John Licher. O, E. Cramer. Geo. Leopold. i Editorial Comments If you bad two dollars to invest would you trust ft to the business sagacity of Josephus Daulets? ‘Then, Why let him handle the tiliions that fre to be Font on the uew navy? Judging by the signs of War Depart. ment activity the Administration ts cunningly arranging te bring the militthimen home Just in tue to enable them to vow for Mr, Hughes, A train of thought on a one-track mind has to be composed of shuttle ore ‘Three years ago Woodrow Wilson was explaining that Lard times were psychological, but he isn't trying to squirm’ out of responsibility for the Seen oon The disaster to the Memphis enused very lite excitement, Americans be ing ened nova to ecing the D7 This Domocratic Congress has pase ed tute bistury—profune history. President Wilson's speech of accep: tance could have been phrased even more suectieily In the graphle words of Boss Tweed, “What are you golug to do about It? We see by the titerstews vith the Moxtean comalysiouers that the ean Palgn stogea tits year ta the Sonora Landit belt is “tank God for Wood: row Wilson. Mr. Wilson's eulogy of Lincoln at Hodgenville was more iterary but Jess sinecre Umin the one he pros Bounced pou biuself wt Shadow Lawn, ‘The new half dollars will have an olive brauch ow one side and on the other an eagle, im full Might. Wilsou mones! “1 AM VERY PLEASED TO MEET YOU.” ey Eee Sp ; ae 14 i : eh ey ee Me ; me Sacra * Bs 7 i 6k Ex ; ahve a, S ae tf gm. Pi , on Na £ ea = shee a . ra > «het # : f Eo ras . a Psd) : ae ei ee j oo BOR Rot a ck. TR mae a > : "ene i A aa Pek ba ie oe ih So Ly ‘ ro ‘ A og PES eed te buig paparenanle fi Oe emer an te NRE § pee Sa CEU A dog . eee EN, prea saee a eee aoe fee aio a G Bete eae ™ Pa ot REE eee Les a PAP Teach ee Pear Ml: >. Roe G ‘J as “curistopher Horrocks, machinist, and for 47 veure In the employ of the Westinghouse Company,” shaking hanes with Republican Presidential Nominee Chartes Evans Hughes at the Alrbrake plant, Wilmerding, Penne The voloran employe conducted Mr, Hughes on a trip through the works and later tntroduced him to the as ke sharma wey RIS RESAMENTS AFTER BAT?,LE Wai peewee gues an Pager EE Fe aay tf re Pag te LH et PY teal Sea i “ty ' ’ wie A WA ti oe : 1 ae eG Coat poe es pee hate 77 rs ; * * € The above Io a group of German soldiers In France. One can tell by thelr faces whether they have been victorious. a EUROPE'S WAR PROVES PROTECTION 16 fg Elihu Root shows That the Re- publican Party's Cardinal Principle Has Won the Only Desisive Battie © of ihe Contest. WE PROSPER BECAUSE THE HOME MARKET IS OUR OWN When Peace ae and Hania mercial Confederations Look Hun- grily Toward America, We Shall Deserve What Happens to Us If Provision Is Not Made Against Dis. aster by a Tariff Quite Different From the Underweed Folly. There Is one particular subject with whieh the United States must deal iy order to meet the revulsion in pro duetion and trade whieh wilt aecon: pony the lose of the great war, That fs the Tar, LP think there tx very eener) agreement upen that When he deamnd for xuppiies to the ariiios Jn the felt has ented great numbers of mien Will return to produetive em ployment In Europe and: great mun: hors of operatives will be thrawn out Y employment here und will have to Had other work, Europe will have Nitle money vad be heavily in debt. She will he under »iroag compulsion to pay her dehts by making and sell ing goods, She will be oa a baste of strict eeonemy ond high ergantgation sud she ean wale and sell cheaply, The United Suites will have an abun: dunce of money nad vast purchasing power, Our market has always been aUractive to European producers, It WIN be far more attractive after phe war, It te highly probable that even England wilt resort to @ protective {arif?, so that our production will meet protcetive barriers in «il foreign mare kets, What are we golng to do then? We nist do something, We must pros tect ourselves oe we shall become the damping ground of the world and our Work mien will beg in the streets, Ever @he Democrats haye seen that something must be done, for they have provided 4 Grill byard to ascer, tain and report the twe facts to which a tart law In to be applied. In Mr, ‘Patt’s Aditulstration the epublicuns provided fo s tariff board to report pate ye ee be ops: ence by refusing eppropriations, Ta the last session of the 61st Congress the Republicans passed through both Houses a new bill for a tariff board to report to Congress, There were some sight differences of detail in the two Houses which were agreed upon in conference, but the Democrats fillbuse tered against the final conference ree port and so killed the HiNl® So. the tariff board was dend—slaln by the Democratic purty, It has now been resurreeted by that party because Whey seegubat something must be done nbout the tartff when the war closes, Now, we can all understand that tf the country wants a tariff for revenue only they may put the making of it In the hands of the Democratic party. But, can any sane man contemplate that party making a protective tari? In tho first place they ean't do it honestly, They don't believe in it, They were born and bred ty @ different faith, ‘They have been erying so long that protection is an abuse of power and an abomination that they ean’t reconcile themselves fo a pretective tariff, and they regard the Underwood tariff as a model, That is what we are to have if the Democrats go back, The Under wood tariff still, with perhaps here and there a slight modificntion regard: ing dye stuffs and some other articles which can be shown to gentlemen from Missourt and elsewhere, Well, if there ever was a clumsy, I concelys ed smisfit law, It te the tari whieh bears Mr, Underwood's name, We had already discovered what its effect was when the war In Europe began, Many mills and fuctories were closed or running but @ part of the time, Great numbers of laborers were thrown out of employment and the market for American products wai sll further reduced by the destruc tion of thelr purchasing power. Ey terprise halted, discouraged and appre hensive of the future, New enter prises were no longer attempted. Ol plants were no longer enlarged. Th Underwood tariff had already | fuiles when the war in Burope began Tha war furnished and continues to fur nish to American production the mos absolute protection because tt has to great a degree stopped production J Europe, So long as the war lasts ou producers have practically no compe ‘ution Iu our home market, for Europ does not make the goods to sell here At the same time, while the war last our producers have an enormous mal ket in Europe for the things that Et Tope qza't preduoe in sufialent qua tithes. When the war is over that co dition will cease, and we shall desery what happens to us If we do not pr vide aguinst that time by @ tariff quit different from the Underwood tart and made by men who do not consid aw tari for revenue only an artio a - With Mr. Roosevelt likening his “neutrelity” to that of President Wil- son and the Houston Post coupling his most famous act with that of a Deno- cratic Congress, the late Mr. Pontius Pilate must be having an uncomfort- able time in his grave, if he has @ grave. Co a Mr, Wilson used four pens to aMix his signature to the Adamvon bill, a souvenir for each of the brotherhood’s chiefs, The public's souvenir will be in the form of an added tax amount: ing, say, to fifty million dollars a year, or Ofty cents a head for every man, woman and child, In a specch to 2,000 negroes at Nash: vile, Tenn, Mr, Hughes said: "Woe want honesty with respect to the bal- Jot. T want cn honest and a pure ballet, I say to you, that T stand, if T stand for anything, for equal and ex: act Justice to all, I stand for the maintenance of the rights of all Atnerican citizens regardless of race or color.” The saddest and sorest people in the land are the negroes whe voted for Wilson four years ago, And there were a lot of them, Election of Hughes Means Peace With Honor—Not War, Not Peace With Infamy. “We have heard in recent days that the alternative of the polley of the present Administration ts war, I think the alternative of the present administration ts peace with honor, am a man devoted to the pursuits of peace, We cherish the Idenls of peace, We entertain no thoughts of ag gression; we are not covetous, we are not exploiters, but we are Americans, and American rights must be — maintained “throughout the world, ‘That is "the cornerstone of our security ; that 8 the essential basis of peace, We are not courting | struggle, but Fido say tn all serl- | ousness that we have been living In a pertod of national humtlia- Non. * @-Our citizens Lave been mur- dered, thelr property destroyed and Our commerce interrupted, ‘The alternative of a weak and vacillating polley 18 not war; It 14 n firm tysistence on known rights tn # world where all na- tions desire our friendship and we desire the friendship of all, and where only inexcusable blun- dering could drag us into strife,” mentee E, Hughes at Union Club reveption in New WINE, WINE, EVERYWHERE ; e ee ee ae rae aaRe HSB AIR EI Sivan ieee vas shite y, EON mae eee ny ra . GRige sem TA Cael TRE oan a ER hs Sa iecctlicen acy jepviedly > So easy ated Seen ard pee Bee (Rhy ate co Hs SR I Nigh Ce") Ai Palit a eee? a 1 es dipaariae Some se te “jae 0 ie bs fk ost ieee” cok ag a A mmr RSE Og A Be In td “OZ h at a bad 6 ae 5 ae ON eR DE A ec ca Beat amie tt (a er Ms 283 Saat u oes OR > ee 2 oe rere - Meath Sa Te ait by Pel ‘Thombboni, New YSHW CHG: But all of this wine is to .cink. It is for the French warviore at the extreme battlefront, and ls but a porticn of the immense supply tit com stantly belng furnished the soldiers, ‘This wine, direct from ti @ rameus French vineyards, is renowned the world over. AFTER THE VICTORY ‘ ee Shs sek FG CO wets vesn Tastee RM Fegag yes Hh 1 Berti ya Coe cae ee NS ae PUT pA SWE ER 8! ta uy Bett Uae Fa eae a i i gee: ey) oy ae Be Wk tale oy ok San Die Nergee nya <a a es ages tae (gee RE <a NES EE | ie Mh — oe eee Ly mete ean ie Y "eA | oh seers Car eT Css ite Bie \ gg ee wed i i ea Geotee Seleeigatt§ EA vg eae } ne ‘oe we HON AE eee 4 Oe be Die ne Me Meeps ewok Tsai a ae eae tag Ee a ~ “Photo by Poul ‘Thompson, New York City. Following a successful attack on the enemy, these officers Ire the Somme district are drinking their wine as a toast to Dame Fortune. CITIZEN DRINKS “JICK” IN TOPEKA (KAN.) ANB DIES The Kansas City (Mo.) Post, In ti following story {ror ‘Topeka, illus trates one of the o%ects of prohivuition: They'll bury Ed Bennet in the pot: ters’ field today, ‘Tho funcral wii! be in the poiice sation, Ed Bennet died a drowkard’s deat, But he never tacted ordinary Liquor. He was a friead of “dich.” “Jick” is the police vernacular fe7 Jamaica ginger, There are many trfends of “Jick” In Kansas, When the cortege starts to the field, six men Will shutlio slong besi¢o the pinobox co."in. ‘They, the palibearers algo are friends of “dich.” ‘They wiil not wear white gloves and carry themselves with pride ‘They are broken and bent “It will be an example for others to ace thoze broken icen, all victim: of ‘Jick,’ burying mother victim,” ANOTHER “DRY” TOWN “WET” Nditor Oxto State Journal: The probivitionists aro trying to ote the saloons out, thinking thoreby o make people stop drinking by force, In viow of this let us eo what prohibition 13, Does it mean temper ance? ‘The answer to that question can bo found in Highland county and in the city of Greenfeld, Q., which had prolt bition forcod on it, Inspectors of tho state liquor license commission have mado an investigation there and they were astounded at tho scale on which bootlegg:ng is carried on In that little city of 5,000 souls, When these in- ‘spectors departed from the city, they carried with them more than 100 afl davita charging Mega! sales of liquor against 38 residents, “ Prohibition in Greenfield has not ‘brought temperance; but on the other jhand the vicious practice of bootleg- sing, secret drinking with excorses [that go beyond those of public drink ng and a great mass of law violators. | Hvery one of these conditions is worse than the open and reguiated saloon, Our prohibition friends cannot deny my assertions, for the daily news: papors make the announcement that the members of the state Uquor Hcense commission are making reacy to certify the 38 peoplo and the 33 pieces of property where they gre ta business to the state auditor fer the meen oe $1,000 Row, Maver wi & 80) ee a wry day should aid Harvey Parsons, ebtet of police, The eupyroae court has held that Jamaica piuer is an “old fashioned remedy,” and may be sold in Kansas, ‘The police tay it contains 90 per cont alechcl, Drug stores keep gal lons of 4 on hand in 15-cent bottles, ‘A US-coat botUe vill insure a drunk. "Nek" and horses were all Ed Ben- net loved. Once he was a raliroad twitehman, Me quit the, railroad for the circus. He caved for and drove 1) horees in a team, ‘Then he began to drink ick." Since, he hasn't worked. Ho slept fn the bara and ate with police pre Sundey im a ¢runken stupor’ he climbed on a table to sleep. He tossed restlessly under the Influence cf the “Jick” and rolled to the floor. His head struck eu the concrete and his shull was fractured, “MODEL DRY COUNTRY” “ays the Houston (Texas) Free man Poe tmany years prohibition tpeakers throughout the country have pointed to White county, Ihe linols, ae a “model prohibition coum try." White county was held up ae 4A example for other countles to emulate. Now comes the Mingle state board of health with a report on conditions in White county that has shocked all of the drysin the Middle West. Complaints reached the board of health that tuberculosis hed reached the proportion of am epidemic in White county and an officer Wea seat to that sectfon to investigate e ‘The report of the representative -of the bosrd of health shows that not only i serevlosts alarmingly Prevalent in White county, but there are ober contagious and tm fectiovs diseases; that the moral tone of the county Is at a low ebb; that the inhobitants are defictent im education; that many familles re lated by blood have Intermarried; that the crop of tabeciles and erly ples ts largo; thet blind tigers are numerous; that the health of many of the women has Leen wrecked by indiscriminate Keo of pateat medt- eines god other nostruma; and that Tadleal otops are necessary by the health authorities to reform condl- tons. White county has lost the “white ribbon” and Uaere ta grief in FINNEGAN'S PHILOSOPHY Purging the Heart. "Yes sir. He's like the patriarchs. Which iv them? All iv them. He spites the Civil Service Rock and refreshin' jobs gushes fourth for thursty but dishurvin' Dimyrats. He blows on a horn an' ivyrathin' falls for ut. If the people call him liver so soft, Little Samuel had no quicker ear. An' for sacrylein' what's dear to his heart, Abraham had nawthin' on him. Sure he is Dimocricy's shield an' exceedin' great reward. "T's his Presbytaryan bringin' up. I'm thinkin', Furst he adopts a policy; thin he thries to justify it, thin he sanctifies it wid a phrase, while a choir iv Dishurvin' Dimyrats sings a hymn. An' there ye are. Justification, Adoption an' Sankty-ficshun. "The choir med great harmony whin Jim Smith, George Harvey an' Bill Brine was all in ut. But win be wan their vices cracked an' tiy passed out iv the life iv the great Idylwalt. "Harvey went back to editin' an' Bill Brine whint in search iv the Howly Kale. McCombs was canned, because him an' Billy McAdoo cuddent sing a duet, an' Oscar Underwood was weak on Tariff ragtime. But Wudthrow decorated thim all. Wid fwhat say ye? Wid the Order iv the Double Cross. O—ho. I mind well the time at the Manhattan Club, whin he kissed Brine an' kicked Harvey wid wan motion. Now the choir has what Wudthrow culls 'the vital stuff' by life. Stone an' McAdoo; Danylis an' Jim Ham Lewis, wid Redfield for the high falsetto, Wudthrow sits wid his hands crossed while the stuffs sings songs iv praise, an' Col. House winds the Vtchrola. "Wudthrow is fond iv music, but Colonel House himself is the quiet man. Faith av he danced a Clog on a Washbiler ye'd niver hear a sound. "Well, wan night in August the Colonel come tiptoein' in through the basement dure. "How's the game, Colonel?' says Wudthrow. "So-so,' the Colonel says. 'Te might round up a few more votes,' says he, scratchin' his ear wid an' absent air. "Aint I got the full dinner-pall's? axes Wudthrow, anxious like. 'Alnt that's forgot the first two year and a half, says House pleasantly. 'Aint I kep' em out o' war? axes Wudthrow, 'Part o' th' time, says House rubbin' his left skin wid the felt-slipper on his right foot. 'Aint my voice our greatest liquid asset? axes Wilson earnestly. 'It's some voice, says House, but a lot iv suckers can't tell a asset frm an' liability, the Colonel says. "F'what are ye drivein' at, says Wilson, four flushing a little. "Arre ye watchin' the strike? says House. 'Half a millyun votes must be useful, says House, tiptoein' out through the dure, an' closin' ut behind him. "Well, Sir, he left Wudthrow sunk in profound midtashun. At last he spakes. 'I hear,' he says, in a low sweet tone 'that vice iv the people, which is to me as the vice of a Carnegie Penshun.' 'Oh,' he says thrillin' in ivry nerve, 'must I indade sacryce fwan more idol,' says he, 'on the altar iv me Counthry!' says Wudthrow. "'Was not the Wan Turn Plank,' he says; 'an' the Sugar Tax,' he says; 'an' the Tariff for Rev'noo,' he says; 'an' all me friends, beside,' says he; 'sixteen per'fly good Mexican Policies—was not all thim enough?' he axes in agony. 'But I will purge me Heart iv ivry pers'nalought,' says he, startin' for bed. An' before he retires, he takes a Heart Purge iv his own invinshun the way it'll wurk while he sleeps. I dinnaw'f what the purge is. 'Tis a secret. "In the morn he was puzzled. He wanted a gr-reat sacryfise of a purrinciple, dear to his heart, but he'd used most iv thim already, an' he felt that this was no time for second hand or slightly damaged sacryfases. So he sends for House. 'Colonel,' says he, 'F'what purrinciple dyr think wud be an' acceptable sacryfise in this gr-reat morel imargincy?' he axes anxiously. "Whisper,' says the Colonel. And he said wan wurd in Wudthrow's car, and faded silently away through the dure. "For wan instant Wudthrow stud spellbound. Thin he burst into a whoop; "The 'Ram in the Bushes,' cries he wid tears iv jy. "Twas an' impressive ceremony whin the sacryfise was solemny-ised at the Capitol. "The proclimation started from the White House wid the Pristidint walkin' ahead carryin' the Ram in wan hand an' a box iv Safety-First matches in th' other. He was followed by a coon bearin' four gold pans, and behind came four Union Chiefs ridin' on milk white steeds followed be a group iv Railroad Pristidints, Stock Holders, Farmers, Shippers and Consumers, loaded wid chains. After a short sermon to Congress on 'Turgin' the Heart,' the Pristidint laid the Ram on th' altur, an' imprissively stabbed it wid the four gold pens while the choir sang Holy, Holy, Holy. The Pristidint handed the gold pens to the four chiefs wid a bow; Jim Ham lit the wood an' wiped up the blood, an' the acryfise was complete. "What was the Ram? say ye. 'Twas a pet baste Wudhthrow used to graze in the White House lawn. Twas th' Idol is his heart. He named it Arbitecram. It was the Ram, an' all the NOT ON YOUR LIFE! THIS OLD HOSS HAS A BIGGER LOAD NOW, THAN HE CAN HAUL! HEY CABBY! DRIVE ME UP TO THE NATIONAL CAPITOL PROHIBITION TAX PAYEIT 325,000,000 LOSS OF LIQUOR REVENUE SAVE THE GIRL!—THE GIRL OUT IN "DRY" DECATUR, ILL. Labor Paper Points to Immorality Among Kiddies In That City Adding: "We Had Better Formulate Some Plans to Send All Our Boys and Girls to the 'Wet' Towns" USE OF LIQUOR STILL INCREASES Internal Revenue Report Shows Gain of $10,000,000 In Tax Receipts From Nation The latest figures showing enormous increases in the internal revenue on whiskey, beer and tobacco in the United States are certain to make the Anti-Saloon League and the prohibition exhorters unhappy. These official figures show tremendous increases receipts from spirits during August, 1916, and an increase of practically $10,000,000.00 in internal revenue receipts for the first two months of the present fiscal year over the same period in 1915. The figures for September have not yet been sent out from Washington. This is only one more official proof of the fact that prohibition has not diminished the output of spirits in the United States, as is constantly being claimed by the Anti-Saloon League. The following is a special dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer from Washington, D.C. Treasury Department officials are surpiled over the enormous increases in internal revenue on whiskey, beer and tobacco. The receipts from spirits during August, 1916, were $12,644, 555.49, as against $9,927,613.97 during August, 1915. Receipts from tobacco were $8,902, 232.61, as against $7,237,409.26 for August, 1915. Receipts from fermented liquors were $10,748,262.40 during August, 1916, as against $8,639,712.30 during August, 1915. Although the fiscal year is yet young, having begun on July 1, the internal revenue receipts since the fiscal year started already show an increase of $9,929,659.19 over the receipts for the same period last year. SAVE THE GIRL OUT IN "DRY" Labor Paper Points to Immoralists Adding: "We Had Better Form Our Boys and Girls The following is from the Decatur (ii.) Labor World: Regardless of the protests of some local reformers, the Labor World condemns that the morals of the young people of Decatur are worse than they are in other communities of the state, and we are able to produce figures to move our contention. That the morals of young people in Decatur are of a standard below those of Springfield, Ill., are proven by the police records of the two cities. Springfield with its 216 legalized saloons and 20,000 more people than Decatur, have us backed off the boards according to the police records. During July the total number of all arrests in that city was ninety-five. Of that number four were under age. In Decatur, which is without legalized saloons, during July there was a total of 126 arrests made and 21 of them wore boys and girls under legal age. In commenting on the recent joy ride to Springfield which terminated in the girls impounded being sent to Georgia, Saturn's Review said: "It is said Decatur is no worse than other towns. The same conditions are said to prevail in about every city in the state. It is said there should be FULL UP. NOT ON YOUR LIFE! THIS OLD HOSS HAS A BIGGER LOAD NOW, THAN HE CAN HAUL! THE FUNNY SIDE OF PROHIBITION EVE WOULDN'T HAVE CARED. [Louisville (Courier-Journal) ] Red flannel underwear is doomed because of the cost of dyestuffs. Too bad, when the quality of the dry territory whisky is bad and the cost of camphor is high and the season for rheumatism is near. ALEX WAS "SOME" TANK. Still, the military "tank" is no new thing. Read what Plattarch has to say about Alexander's capacity for wines. GIVE HIM TEN YEARS. "Billy Sunday will give Boston ten weeks of his time." And Boston will naturally be anxious to do something handsome for Billy in return for such a munificent gift. wow! [New York Telegraph.] It is said that William J. Bryan has no talent for music and never could master any instrument. How about the mouth organ? A PROHIBITION STATE. Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona relates that an eastern tourist was traveling in the southwest and stopped in a particularly dry section of Arizona. "This place is the limit," he remarked, addressing a native. "I don't think there is another locality on the face of the earth that is quite so dry. Doesn't it ever rain in this section?" "Rain!" exclaimed the native. "Say, stranger, we've got bullfrogs around here over eight years old that hain't learned to swim yet." GRL!—THE GIRL DECATUR, ILL. City Among Kiddies In That City, simulate Some Plans to Send All to the 'Wet' Towns" some new laws on the statute books, some that will prevent young men taking young girls from a dry town to a wet town and ruining them." Police court records show that Decatur is worse than other towns. Regardies of what the Review says the total number of arrests in Decatur and the number of children arrested is so much greater than Springfield that it behooves us to stop long enough to look into the matter and ascertain the cause if possible. Decatur with its large corps of moral reformers; with its multitude of fine churches, aggregating more than a value of a million dollars; with its high salaried ministers; with twenty thousand less people and without a saloon, shows more than four times as many juvenile criminals as does the city of Springfield. Instead of doing as the Review says, "pass a law to prevent young men taking girls from a dry town to a wet town and ruining them," we had better formulate some plan to send all our boys and girls to wet towns. Records show them to be much safer in wet towns than they are in Decatur which is now under the regime and control of hypocritical ministers and AntiSaloon League reformers. IN THE MARNE DISTRICT. 4 "DOO-CONE IT ALL!" Another stray! why DO they hang around here? "EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDICT" WANTED BY UNC Political economists believe that we have more taxes imposed upon the people tha- due to meet our national requirements. It is estimated that a bond issue of more Take away the $325,000,000 received from theue, and the country will face a shortage tax on every citizen to make up the re- lative liquor interests? way! hang ? —CARTOON BY BIT ADDED TO W TAXES D BY UNCLE SAM— believe that we have reached the on the people this year than e requirements. ond issue of more than $200,000 0,000 received from liquor—over face a shortage of more than $ make up the revenue formerly Another stray! why DO they hang around here? ARDITRATION Y (MISS. COO) HERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE DARLING I WANT YOU TO ADOPT! 335,000,000 LOSS OF REVENUE MR. TAX PAYER PROHIBITION WANTED BY UNCLE SAM-$200,000,000 Political economists believe that we have reached the very limit of internal revenue taxation. With more taxes imposed upon the people this year than ever before there is still insufficient revenue to meet our national requirements. It is estimated that a bond issue of more than $200,000,000 will have to be issued. Take away the $325,000,000 received from liquor—over one-third of the government's entire revenue, and the country will face a shortage of more than $500,000,000. Would the result be a direct tax on every citizen to make up the revenue formerly paid state and federal governments by the liquor interests? Has prohibition ever proved practical? Are you willing to greatly increase your own taxes by trying out an experiment that has never fulfilled its extravagant promises during the past sixty or seventy years? tly increase your own taxes by promises during the past sixt Are you willing to greatly increase your own taxes by trying out an experiment that has never fulfilled its extravagant promises during the past sixty or seventy years? CARTOON BY BRADLEY IN CHICAGO DAILY NEWS TAFT EXCORIATES HIS SUCCESSOR Asserts the Democratic Party and Its Candidate Are Seeking a Vote to Power by Disingenuous and Unsound Pleas. LEFT CLEAN SLATE FOR WRITING MEXICAN POLICY Former President Declares That the Passage Under Duress of the Adamson Bill Was One of the Greatest National Humiliations to Which Our Country Has Even Been Subjected. Declaring that the campaign of 1916 is as important as the campaign of 1896 and resembles that campaign in that the Democratic party and its candidate are seeking a vote of power for disingenuous, unsound, but alluring reason, William H. Taft, former President of the United States, delivered the opening address of the New Jersey Republican state campaign at Trenton. Mr. Taft said, in part: "The great public advantage in organization and combination of capital and of wage-earners we all recognize. The power they acquire may, however, become so great as to tempt to serious abuse and public injury, and they have done so. Hence, we have had the anti-trust law and the interstate commerce law, directed chiefly against combinations of capital but effecting in some measure combinations of labor. Labor leaders have sought exemption from such laws as a privileged class, and in some cases they have been successful. While Mr. Wilson in one of his memorandums attached to an appropriation bill avowed his opposition to such class legislation, he united with the Democratic Congress in passing, at the demand of the unions, the Clayton Act, which, the labor leaders claim, takes unions out of the limitations of the Trust Act. "Unwise subservience to the demands of leaders of organized labor finds its crowning instance, however, in Mr. Wilson's dealing with the threatened strike of the Railway Orders of conductors, engineers, trainmen and switchmen. The orders claim to control 400,000 men, who run the freight and passenger trains of the country, which constitute the arterial circulation of commerce, and are necessary not only to the business but to the health and life of the people. Were these men able to tie up the railways of the country, as they said they could and would, it would mean enormous loss in business, and great deprivation and suffering to the public. It would mean that many millions of other workmen would be thrown out of employment, and lose the high wages they are now receiving, because without commerce local industries cannot proceed. The Railway unions said to the railway president "We wish an eight-hour day, with ten hours' pay, and if we work more than eight hours, we demand 50 per cent more an hour for the extra hours. If you do not give us this, we will not only injure you, but we will bring disaster to the country." The railway managers refused the demand, but offered to submit it to arbitration. They said it would increase their cost of operation $20,000,000, and that this would have to come out of the pockets of the railway stockholders, by a reduction of profits, or out of the shipping public by an increase of rates. The labor lenders said they had had arbitration in the past and that it was not satisfactory that now unless their demands were fully granted, no power under heaven could prevent the strike, with its disastrous consequences. Under the duress of the threat, the President of the United States and Congress of the United States succumbed. It was one of the greatest national humiliations to which the people of this country have ever been subjected. It struck most a blow at the principle of arbitration for the settlement of industrial disputes. "Mr. Wilson as a publicist, attacked the enactment of a federal child labor law as an absurd extravagance, and a departure from constitutional limitations, and now within the last sixty days he has personally visited Congress to urge the adoption of exactly such a measure. "For the purpose of evading responsibility for present conditions, it is advanced in behalf of Mr. Wilson and the Democratic Administration that the conditions in Mexico were an inheritance from the last Administration. The last Administration did nothing to complicate Mr. Wilson's problems. Huerta had been twelve days in power when Mr. Wilson came in. Up to that time nothing had been done committing the government to one policy or another. Had the Republican administration been continued, Huerta would have been recognized, but with only twelve days before the coming in of a new Administration, it would have been entirely improper and inconsiderate for the outgoing Administration to commit the incoming to any policy on the subject. Mr. Wilson cannot shift the blame for his blunders in Mexico. He had a clean slate to write to THOUSANDS THROUGH OUT OF ENERGY YOUR JOB THERE'S A JOB, GO FIGHT FOR IT! PROHIBITION News Note—"In addition to one million and a half persons directly engaged in the liquor industry, who would be thrown out of jobs if national prohibition prevailed, many million others in allied trades would lose their means of livelihood and would try to get the jobs of men in other walks of life." COBB AND PROHIBITION Irving B. Cobb, the great humorist, writes in the Saturday Evening Post, of his experiences during a hunting trip out west. In his story, "The Battle Hien of the Republic," he describes Colorado's prohibition law in the following words: "Every now and then, in the cool of the day, you see a small group of the native yeomanry going home, stepping high upon the heaving and tossing sidewalk, and pausing occasionally, with arms intartwined and heads inclined toward a common center, to give three rousing hiccups for the resident constabulary. It is the closet of a perilous day." MANY DIVORCES IN DRY KANSAS Twenty-Five Hundred Separations Are Granted During the Past Year Under a Topeka, Kansas, date line, the St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press carried the following story of increased crime and divorces in "dry" Kansas: There were 6,058 prisoners in Kansas jails in the fiscal year from July ' 1915, to July 1, 1919, and 2,505 divorces granted in the state, according to a report compiled by J. W. Howe, secretary of the state board of control, from statements of clerks of district courts in the state. This shows an increase of 186 prisoners in jail, and 185 divorces over a year ago. The report states that there were 925 liquor convictions, of which 147 were in Cherokee county, 101 in Shawnee county, 90 in Reno county and 61 in Sedwick county. The number of prisoners in jail was largest in Shawnee county, where 628 were confined, according to the report Sedgwick showed 561, Wyandotte 445, and Montgomery 414. Some of the smaller western counties report a large number of prisoners, probably due to I. W. W. trouble, the report shows. In the number of divorces granted Sedgwick county leads with 292; Wyandotte, second with 278; Shawnee 180; Crawford, 137, and Cherokee, 103. The report shows there were 169 boys under sixteen, and 39 girls under sixteen, in jail during the year. This shows an increase of sixteen boys and fourteen girls for the year. PROHIBITION AND LIQUOR REVENUES A correspondent of the New York Sun calls attention to the fact that while internal revenue returns for the year ended June 30, 1915, showed a falling off in taxes on intoxicating liquors, they show an increase for 1916. The falling off was attributed to the growth of prohibition sentiment. The report of the commissioner for the fiscal year 1916 shows that although state-wide prohibition laws went into effect in January 1, 1916, in the states of Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Oregon, South Carolina and Washington, with a total population of 9,000,000, there has been an increase of $23,000,000 in the taxes paid on distilled and fermented liquors. If prohibition was the cause of this decline in the receipts from liquor taxes in 1915, was the addition of 9,000,000 population to prohibition territory the cause of the increase in 1916? the spondent inquires. Possibly industrial depression caused the calling off for 1915, and industrial prosperity brought about the increase for 1916. Whose "The prohibition problem is a question for every man to decide for himself. It is not a question to be passed on by legislators. Intemperance is as old as civilization and the individual who expects to wipe it out by the mere writing of a law is deluded," said Dr. W. R. Wasson of New York in a forceful address delivered at All Saints' Church Sunday morning. Derating the "Billy" Sunday methods of conversion of sinners, attacking systems suggested by so-called leaders of legislating the drunkest In a speech to 2,000 negroes at Nashville, Tenn., Mr. Hughes said: "We want honesty with respect to the ballot. I want an honest and a pure ballot. I say to you, that I stand, if I stand for anything, for equal and exact justice to all. I stand for the maintenance of the rights of all American citizens regardless of race or color." The saddest and sorest people in the land are the negroes who voted for Wilson four years ago. And there were a lot of them. FLAYS DRYS AND SUNDAY CHURCH ORATOR SAYS LAWS CAN NOT ELIMINATE INTEMPERANCE HITS EVANGELIST Dr. W. R. Wasson in Address Warns Hearers Against the Man Who Goes About the Country With a Patented Cure for All Human Ills The following appeared in the Omaha (Neb.) Bee: In attempting too much the law accomplishes nothing. If the American citizen can not be trusted to handle his own tastes and desires, then citizenship has deteriorated. Preachers who turn their churches over to political agitators are crippling the power of the gospel. Beware of the type of reformer who goes barking about the country with a patent remedy up his sleeve guaranteed to cure all human fills. Temperance is a matter of individual decision. Every man must work out his own salvation. "The prohibition problem is a question for every man to decide for himself. It is not a question to be passed on by legislators. Intemperance is as old as civilization and the individual who expects to wipe it out by the mere writing of a law is deluded." said Dr. W. R. Wasson of New York in a forceful address delivered at All Saints' Church Sunday morning. Derating the "Billy" Sunday methods of conversion of sinners, attacking systems suggested by so-called reformers of legislating the drink evil out of existence and impressing his audience with the truths of self-control, will power and determination. Dr. Wasson concluded his address with the remark: "The law goes far enough when it suppresses vice and crime. We require the services of the police and other officers of the law, but the big struggle lies with the individual." Beware of Reformer. "Salvation is often confounded and confused with conversion. Conversion is the first step for the man turned in the right direction. A man is not finally saved until he is perfect in holiness. These bombastic 'conversions' may be likened to get-rich quick schemes. No man can be a devil one minutes and an angel of light the next. We must work out our own salvation. Beware of the long-haired reformer who goes about the land declaring that he has a pat. ent device up his sleeve that will give you salvation at a moment's notice. the church and the minister can not save you from sin. It is up to you Knowledge, desire and power are demanded in the settlement of salvation as well as the temperance problems Conscience plays a prominent part Revelation is the voice and conscience the ear. Salvation is impossible with out conscience. Trouble comes when men do not act on the knowledge they have assimilated. Their conscience are hardened. "There is no such thing as total de pravity. There is a spark of goodness in every man if you can but reach it Again I say, we must work out our Editorial Comments If you had two dollars to invest would you trust it to the business agacity of Josephus Daniels? Then, why let him handle the millions that are to be spent on the new navy? Judging by the signs of War Department activity the Administration is cunningly arranging to bring the militiamen home just in time to enable them to vote for Mr. Hughes. A train of thought on a one-track mind has to be composed of shuttle cars. Three years ago Woodrow Wilson was explaining that hard times were psychological, but he isn't trying to squirm out of responsibility for the present prosperity. The disaster to the Memphis caused very little excitement, Americans being used nowadays to seeing the navy on the rocks. This Democratic Congress has passed into history—profane history. President Wilson's speech of acceptance could have been phrased even more succinctly in the graphic words of Boss Tweed, "What are you going to do about it?" We see by the interviews with the Mexican commissioners that the campaign slogan this year in the Sonora bandit belt is "Thank God for Woodrow Wilson." Mr. Wilson's eulogy of Lincoln at Hodgenville was more literary but less sincere than the one he pronounced upon himself at Shadow Lawn. The new half dollars will have an olive branch on one side and on the other an eagle, in full flight. Wilson money. Motto of the McAdoo shipping law: "The sun never rises on the American flag." A Democrat's idea of an ideal watchdog of the Treasury is a Pommeranian. Mr. Wilson is now busily engaged working the other side of the suffrage street. The campaign agents who two years ago were busily engaged thanking God for Woodrow Wilson seem to be taking their vacations just now. With Mr. Roosevelt Ikening his "neutrality" to that of President Wilson and the Houston Post coupling his most famous act with that of a Democratic Congress, the late Mr. Pontius Pilate must be having an uncomfortable time in his grave, if he has a grave. Mr. Wilson used four pens to affix his signature to the Adamson bill, a souvenir for each of the brotherhood's chiefs. The public's souvenir will be in the form of an added tax amounting, say, to fifty million dollars a year, or fifty cents a head for every man, woman and child. In a speech to 2,000 negroes at Nashville, Tenn., Mr. Hughes said: "We want honesty with respect to the ball lot. I want an honest and a pure ballot. I say to you, that I stand, if I stand for anything, for equal and exact justice to all. I stand for the maintenance of the rights of all American citizens regardless of race or color." The saddest and sorhest people in the land are the negroes who voted for Wilson four years ago. And there were a lot of them. ```markdown ``` Election of Hughes Means Peace With Honor—Not War, Not Peace With Infamy. "We have heard in recent days that the alternative of the policy of the present Administration is war. I think the alternative of the present administration is peace with honor. I am a man devoted to the pursuits of peace. We cherish the ideals of peace. We entertain no thoughts of aggression; we are not covetous, we are not exploiters, but we are Americans, and American rights must be maintained throughout the world. That is the cornerstone of our security; that is the essential basis of peace. We are not courting struggle, but I do say in all seriousness that we have been living in a period of national humiliation. "Our citizens have been murdered, their property destroyed and our commerce interrupted. The alternative of a weak and vacillating policy is not war; it is a firm insistence on known rights in a world where all nations desire our friendship and we desire the friendship of all, and where only inexcusable blundering could drag us into strife."—Charles E. Hughes at Union League Club reception in New York City, October 3. THE FIELD But all of this wine is to drink. it is for the French warriors at the extreme battle-front, and is but a portion of the immense supply that is constantly being furnished the soldiers. This wine, direct from the famous French vineyards, is renowned the world over. GREAT QUANTITIES OF LIQUOR CONSUMED IN "DRY" DENVER FARCE OF PROHIDITION LAW IS SHOWN BY CONSTANTLY INCREASING SUPPLY F "WET GOODS" IMPORTED BY THE COLORADO METROPOLIS 45,555 SHIPMENTS IN EIGHT MONTHS Citizens' Thirst Crows - Bootlegging Causes Slump in Near Deer Sales - Entire State Follows Example of the Big Town and Gets Unrestricted Amounts Denver (Col.) is pointed to as an instance of the failure of prohibition 10 is claimed that citizens of Colorado are disgusted with the dry law which went into effect only last January 1 The Denver Times says: From January 1 to August 1, the first seven months of the operation of the prohibition law in Colorado, 114, 133 shipments of intoxicating liquors were received in the state under provision of the statute allowing the importation of liquor by an individual for personal use. A shipment may range from a bottle to a barrel, or even a larger container if any in use for this purpose. Beginning with January, up to and including July, the shipments show a steady monthly increase. Reports from county clerks to the secretary of state are not complete for August, although of the eighteen counties which have reported eight ship increases and ten decreases in number of shipments. The records of the secretary of state take no note of the quantity of each shipment. Fair Supply Left Over. When the state went "dry" on January 1 last there apparently was a fair sized supply lost over from the "wet" year. This was indicated in the fact that during the month of January only 3,507 shipments of intoxicating liquors came into the state. The increase began with February. In number of shipments they were: February ..... 8,891 March ..... 11,608 April ..... 13,170 May ..... 19,927 June ..... 24,004 July ..... 25,025 Total ..... 114,123 Manufacturers of near-beer and other beer substitutes claim that their business was reasonably good up to August, but during that month it fell off materially. They charge this to an increase of bootlegging. The records in the office of the secretary of state neither bear out nor disprove this claim, since the counties which have reported for the month of August are almost evenly divided between those showing increases and those showing decreases in liquor shipments, while in no case are the increases or decreases marked. ... 33 Per Cent of the Liquor. Denver has about 25 per cent of the population of the state, but, figured on the number of liquor "packages" handled by railroads and other carriers, it has received within a fraction of 33 per cent of all the liquor shipped into the state. Shipments into Denver for the first seven months of the year aggregated 37.411 out of the 114.132 for the whole state during the same period. The Denver liquor shipments have been compiled for August, and show a slight increase over the preceding month. For the first eight months of the year the Denver shipments were: January ..... February ..... March ..... April ..... May ..... June ..... July ..... August ..... A Proportionate Increase. It is interesting to note that, with the exception of the first two months of prohibition liquor shipments received in Denver and those in other counties of the state show a proportionate increase month by month. Thus in April shipments into Denver approximated about one-third of the shipments into the whole state, and the ratio continues as the totals for the city and state mount month after month. Viewed broadly, no section of the state may make claim of abstinence to the disadvantage of any other. Every county, whether it be given to mining or agricultural or other pursuits, appears to have its share of citizens with a thirst that grows larger monthly. Some of the mining counties may be shown to be "wetter" than some agricultural counties, as in the case of Lake, which started in January with only twenty-eight shipments and increased to 844 in June and 753 in July, or a total of 3,659 for the seven months, and Larkin, which had 151 in January and 446 in July, or a seven months total of 1,946. On the other hand, there is Clear Creek, a mining county, with a total of 884 shipments, and Prowers, an agricultural and stock raising county, with 1,366 for the seven months. Same Rate of Increase. With few exceptions the same rate of monthly increase to be found in the figures for the whole state and for Denver separately is also found to apply to all individual counties. Pueblo county started the "dry" year with 148 liquor shipments for January, 644 for February, 1,355 for March, 1,809 for February, 1,721 for May, 2,156 for June and 2,309 for July. Weld started stronger, with 276 for January, 492 for February, 671 for March, 767 for April, 837 for May, 1,109 for June and 1,438 for July. El Paso had 176 in January, 481 in February, 658 in March, 841 in April, 924 in May, 1,0... in June and 1,228 in July. The records of some of the other larger counties are: Boulder—January, 145; February, 295; March, 497; April, 718; May, 763; June, 845; July, 934. Delta—January, 64; February, 72; March, 105; April, 124; May, 131; June, 147; July, 182. Fremont—January, 39; February, 141; March, 222; April, 268; May, 286; June, 396; July, 417. Husserloh—January, 45; February, 184; March, 285; April, 351; May, 184; June, 507; July, 509. Jefferson—January, 28; February, 35; March, 94; April, 94; May, 115; June, 143; July, 223. Las Animas—January, 59; February, 204; March, 517; April, 887; May, 1,170; June, 1,566; July, no report. Logan—January, 119; February, 165; March, 196; April, 230; May, 240; June, 328; July, 398. Mesa—January, 92; February, 156; March, 175; April, 222; May, 220; June, 339; July, 369. Montrose—January, 36; February, 56; March, 77; April, 139; May, 115; June, 157; July, 158. Morgan—January, 154; February, 220; March, 219; April, 299; May, 722; June, 383; July, 444. Otero—January, 106; February, 214; March, 264; April, 107; May, 824; June, 370; July, 459. Teller—January, 82; February, 287; March, 522; April, 583; May, 694; June, 835; July, 695. Police and state authorities move cooperated since the first of the year to stem the stem of illegal liquor sales, and thirty-two cases will be prosecuted. hs