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SCOTT COUNTY KICKER
Vol. XIV
BENTON, MO., FEBRUARY 27, 1915.
No. 5.
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IN THE SOUTHEAST.
'What the People are Doing in Other
Counties that are Near.
The social unrest that has here
tofore been confined to the Indus
trial centers Is now developing In
the rural district. But the bone
of contention Is always the same.
The producers want a greater
share of what they produce. In
New Madrid county, as elsewhere
In this end of the state, the land
is owned by a very few men who
take all they can In rent. The
county has a large colored popu
lation which can live cheaper
than the whites. The contracts
between land-owners and tenants
are made at the first of each year
Lnst December the white renters
demanded a reduction in the rent
from $0 to $3 an acre. Tlie ne
groes were satisfied to keep on
paying $0, and the result was
that in the rentals made early In
January, more negroes than ever
wore placed .on the farms. This
caused discontent among the poor
white tenant, and caused person
al threats, the posting of annony
mous warnings, and, finally, to
night-rldlng raids. Last week .the
situation became so threatening
that the sheriff wired the gov
ernor to Bend troopu, and General
OMcra was sent down to inves
tigate. The landlords, who rule
there as elsewhere, are on the
side of the negroes not because
thev love them more, but because
they can get more profit out of
them more rent. Hence for once
the negro has the protection or
the law,' and the army is called
to see that his "constitutional
rights' arc not interfered with.
It would bo a nice spec tacle to
tCC the state troops chasing those
poor, white farmers. They are all
good Democrats and are Kicking
pecftUM they are getting exactly
what they voted for. Foolish frl
!ows, foolish fellows!
New Madrid, Mo., Feb. 21 -The
.ught riders bhot into several o.
. iw finnaaa and ncrro cabins along
the Mississippi river, bellow Point
DUtMiitMrn today. No out wl
-njurcd, but several had narrow
-- ih.- nhnotlnir is believed
to be a warning from the night
riders that they still intenu to
run the negroes out.
t.iit finn rvMftnrn called a meet-
Ine this afternoon of citltens and
farmers wno naa appeaieu iuv.u..
fn r.rw-,ttlon. Ho Said he
believed the situation could be
bandied by county officials and
advteed Sheriff Klmes to deputise
about fifteen residents
"We will know tomorrow what
action we will take to preserve
order In the county," said Sheriff
Kimes tonight. "If we are not
given aid by the state's militia.
III .1,, Kn Vuvcrf U.-P ejWl witll
WV III UV -i- "
additional deputies . ft seems to
tie the general opinion tuuv im
hooting last night was a warn
ing of the night riders to show
that they wore not frightened by
our attempt to get soldiers to
defend the negroes."
It must have been just a little
embarrassing to Judge Kelley to
imve the farmers and laborers or
the unterrified Democratic county
of rernlscot to meet in. the court
yard to tell their troubles and
demand relief at a time when the
Democrats are In control of the
whole works from president to
rcmstable. But Kelly turned the
usual trick. He shifted responsi
bility and told the hungry crowd
to make their complaint to Wash
ington or Jefferson City. There
the responslbtllity would again
toe shifted, and the farmers would
toe told to address their grievan
ces to God. The Pemiscot Argus
relates: "A large number of men.
chiefly farmers, met In the court
yard Monday afternoon. While
the court-room upstairs was
crowded to hear an address by C.
O. Rains of Canton, Mo., upon, the
Rural Credits bill, those outside
were addressed by S. D. Bray,
Vance Smith, Wm. Tucker anu
others, the talks being chiefly a
Jong Socialistic lines and intend
ing to embody a demand for im
mediate relief and assistance dur
ing the coming crop season. Later
Judge Kelly of the circuit court
made a short talk In which, he
told them that he was unable to
afford any relief, and that their
petition should be addressed to
Washington or Jefferson City.'
Ironton Register. A bill asking
$3,000 for a survey of the feeble
minded of Missouri by the State
Board of Charities and Correction,
m now before the General Assem
bly. I am heartily for It, provid
ed the City of Jefferson, between
January and April of every odd
numbered year, be given the
-Board's special attention. After
that, the editors at large may be
considered.
Iron top Register. Some federal
fudge a few years ago held that
the use of the malls by the people
who own them and pay for their
cost, was a "privilege- that the
postal department could grant or
wlth-hold, In Its good Judgment.
Has our Democratic Congress
challenged this heresy? If so,, It
has escaped my observation.
Dexter Messenger. The county
court of Dunklin county has gone
on record refusing to pay for
any more pauper coffins. Just
what Is to take the place of the
cheap, poplar box Is not stated,
possibly the winding sheet.
Bead the uncounted Kicker.
Cape Tribune. Residents of the
neighborhood of Good Hope and
Fountain streets have recently
been arounsed to a condition or
restlessness bordering on to
alarm, over the mysterious ap
pearance of a silhoutte outline or
a human form, which marks with
distinctness tlie position In which
Ira Stout was lying on the cinder
walk Immediately after his mur
der a few months ago. The sur
face of tlie walk on which the
body rested, has been turned al
most completely white, and at
this time presents the appearance
of a marble slab carved into a
human shape and packed In a bed
of cinders. The outline is pro
nounced a perfect reproduction In
every particular of the position in
which the victim of the tragedy
wap found, and the material upon
which the body rested appears to
have been bleached and turned to
stone. Where a stream of blood
had flowed from tlie head of the
murdered man and formed In a
pool a short distance away, the
same transformation has occurr
ed, and the same petrified condi
tion exists. The spectacle has
been observed by a large number
of people, none of whom has been
able to offer a satisfactory ex
planation of the strange phenone
na. Cape Tribune. Herman Sauer
land, who left Cape Girardeau in
May to go to Germany to sell
property, owned by him In the
ratherland. and to brims home
with him his only daughter, his
been pressed into service and is
now at tlie front. A letter reach
mi his wire in Cane Girardeau
i stating that he had been order
ed to the rront, mit ne dra am
know whether he would enter the
service against the French or the
Russians. Sauerland's wife form
erly was Miss Mary Lnfarth, a
niece of Wm. Wellecke, the retir
ed cooper. Sauerland had been in
Cape Girardeau four years, but
had never taken out naturaliza
tion papers.
Having adopted township orga
nisation in Dunklin county the
people are busy preparing to elect
township officers March 80. In
Union township, in which Camp
bell is located, the voters held a
mass meeting and decided to keep
politics out of It. Somehow, tlie
great mass of people have a dim
Idea that present day politics is a
very rotten article and avoid it
when possible. When it comes
down to school and local matters
that the people understand, they
are quick to shut out partyism.
But in the larger affairs they oV
not understand, they let political
prejudice control them.
Jackson Items. Frances M. Wil
liams, one of the oldest and best
known citizens of Jackson and the
iiniint v dil Mnndav nitrht. sud
denly, death coming while he was
asleep. Mr. V tlliams naa eaten t
goose berry pie and drank a glasn
of milk at dinner, and afterwards
complained of feeling not well.
Dr. Atkins, nin eon-in-iaw, pre
scribed some medicine and, on
wkinir after him at bed-time.
found him sleeping peacefully. A-
bout l.ao o'clocK Mrs. v imams a
woke and found her husband dead
Deceased was born in Wayne Co.,
Mo., In 1882.
Oniv the "better class" ride in
sleeping earn. The Kennett Dem
nrrmt anvs: "Commatnts are oe
Inn- made of the conduct of some
of the passengers on sleeping cars
between tms piace anu t. i,ouis.
We are Informed that parties un
der the Influence of liquor are in
the habit of making themselves
very obnoxious to 6ome of the fe
male passengers, and an appeal
tr tin norter. the only one In
charge of the car, brings little
relief. Recently, in an aggrava
ted case, the woman was compell
ed to move her oertn.
How their toes do turn up! It
is a dull week when some busi
ness concern In this section does
not file a petition In bankruptcy
in the federal court at Cape. Last
week there were two a drug es
tablishment at Kennet and a gen
eral merchant at Canalou. Thes
"psycologlcal conditions,' as the
president calls our troubles, seem
to hang on well. So that the av
erage reader may understand the
president's language, it means,
"in your mind' not real.
Portageville Missourian. A
written contract has been enter
ed Into between J. C. McCrate,
the home market man, and H. A.
Klllion, In which the latter binds
himself to deliver next October
22Knnn nnumW of Sunflower seed
at a stipulated price of $2.25 per
luu pounds to oe paia mm ay nr.
McCrate. This future deal assur
es Mr. Klllion of something as
good as So cotton, ready money
and a safe market for at least
one of his crops.
Ma Man Mttrttj Nnw nrunea a
scientific professor who says the
day is near when there will be no
more need of school houses. His
theory is that colldren can re
main at home and at certain per
iods receive educational instruct
ions from a point of knowledge
through mental telegraphy.
What is this world coining to?
Read the unmuzzled Kicker.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
They who do not read the radi
cal press of today don't know
what is going on in this country
or any other. They are as com
pletely In the dark as If they
read nothing at all. The little
they do read is so twisted and
emasculated as to leave the
w rong Impression.
Things arc happening these
Ha vp And mtthinir is more noti-
cable than the number of minis
ter, doctors, college men ami
university heads who are crossing
the line and stepping in rank
with the working class.
I have before me a Baltimore
paper Public Ownership. On the
front page is advertised ' Two Big
Lectures' for February 20 by
New York ministers. One of these
mini.tnm Hf.v nouck White, has
IIIIIIITH I "I " - - ' .
Just served six months in Jail for
dariiur to enter bwwhiwi
church und asking Rockefeller's
preacher a question.
It seems that In the Rockefeller
Joss House there is a time set
apart w ben the minister answers
questions Rev. White had sent
the minister a note that h"
would be there and ask something
about Colorado. This was s oon
after the burning of the Ludlow
tent colony in which two women
and eleven children were crema
ted On the Sunday that Rev. hite
was to appear the church was
honey-combed with thugs and de
tectives. Rev. White came and
reverently took a seat and
awaited the proper time, when he
put his question.
Immediately the thugs and de
tectives pounced upon him. drag
ged him to the door, clubbing and
beating him as they went, and
then pitched him head-foremost
into the street his face striking
first.
He was horribly mangled and
bruised. Not satisfied with this,
the Rockefeller angels dragged
him into court and gave him six
months.
i.. i, , c.,i nannr i noticed a
All UK r 1 -
loTiirthv announcement or the
Christian Socialist Fellowship to
io. KsH Tnotdav." Among the
delegates to attend I noticed the
mmi of Rev. . U. 1. Bliss anu
Rev. Bouck White of New York
Rev. and Edward Ellis Carr, Rev
Irvln Tucker, oX Chicago; Rev
i nmivnp of Lancaster
Pa. : Rev. Charles G. Girelius of
New Jersey and Rev. Geo. w
aiorfiii. n cniored minister.
in ikl anma nn ner I find the
AU MV 1 -
fniinrinT il.w ! n ra t inn DV KCV
lUllvn iup mm -
Stitt Wilson, ex-mayor of Berke
ley, California : "1 impeacn c-iv
ir,c. na the B'.mreme anti
ivaiioni mm m .
Christ of modern Umee. I take
my stand on the life and spirit
anil teachings of Jesus and de
clare that capitalism Is a menace
to every purpose and program of
the Christ. Any man ur vuiu-vw
which professes to orfer the worn
nf cod to the souls of men and
what arrangements are neeessa-
cy in the saddle on tne uacNs 01
the people is deluding the people.
lm ,. i, in this city or any
other city which at this late date
is still at peace witn capitalism
is a moral and spiritual tomb."
REV."" BILLY SUNDAY.
Ti,!i iviunor of the National
Ripsaw, and Henry M. Tichener of
the Melting Pot, St. Louis, have
been arrested by Federal authori
ties. When Mrs. Hafner asked me
What for?" My reply was, "tor
publishing the truth, of course."
"What about'.'" She Insisted.
"Billy Sunday."
Rev. Billy Sunday Is one of
these hell-fire and damnation
..v.in.ni uiv who aa about tne
countrv in regular circus fashion
hitting only the big cities. Just
what arransrements arc necfS6a
ry to get Billy to save soulds in a
certain community I do not know
but my understanding is tho gen
eral terms c.r these fellows is that
they have to be guaranteed a cer
tain amount by the "best citi
zens" of the community and ex
penses. Billy is not cheap and has been
holding forth 'n Philadelphia. In
that city is also the Unlversity
of Pennsylvania, at the head or
which Is Prof. Scott Nearlng.
Prof. Nearing attended Rev. Sun
day's show a few times, and ad
dressed to him the following let
ter: "You are preaching in a winter
almost without parallel for the
frightful amount of distress and
anffoHno- Anions; the poor : j'et
you have directed your Invective
mainly against the cnurcnes.
Why? Are the churches the chiel
culprits? Is not the world begin
ning to realize tnat touay un
meet sinister crimes against the
ifer. la nf Hhrisfs relicrlon are com
mitted by the system of INDUS
TRY FOR PROFIT a system
u. iiu ti rvivM wn ires so hideously
inni tim- If tho nnnr were made
spiritually and morally perfect,
they would still oe aDjecuy poor.
"intAronet vnur doctrine of sal
vation In terms of modern life I
Would not Jesus, If be were race
in f aoa with a multitude of hun
gry men, feed their bodies before
he attempted to save tneir souis:
"Yon have declared vour inter
est In the salvation of Philadel
phia. Look around you and ask
yourself what salvation means
ham The cltv is filled with un
employment and poverty; multi
tudes are literally starving;
thousands of little children toil
in- tho Mtva factories and stores :
its workers, a third of a million
strong, have no workmen's com
pensation law for their protect
ion; meanwhile the railroad in
terests which control the hard
coal fields are reaping exhorbl
tant profits; the traction compa
ny exacts the highest fares paid
by the people of any American
city ; the manufacturers, en
trenched at Harrisburg are fight
Ing tooth and claw to prevent
tlie passage of up-to-date labor
laws; an d the vested Interests
are placing property rights above
men's souls.
"These monxtrou orrenses
against humanity this defiance
of the spirit of Christ's gospel
exists today in the city which
hears your message.
"And further! The well-fed
people, whose eiise and luxury are
built upon this poverty, child la
bor, and exploitation, sit in your
congregation, contribute to your
campaign funds, entertain you so
cially, invite you to hold prayer
meetings in their homes. Thes?
are they that bind grievous bur
dens on men's shoulders, that
make clean the outside of the cup
and the platter, the devourers of
widows homes, against whom
Christ hurled his curses. Here is
Dives; yonder is Laznrus, and It
is the Dives' who have made your
campaign financially possible.
"Make no mistake! The thief
priests, scribes ami Pharisees of
Philadelphia will never crucify
you while you deal in theological
pleasantries. Has it occurred to
you that their kindness is a re
turn for your services in helping
them to rivet the schnckles of
economic servitude upon the bo
dies of those who do their bid
ding? "Tlie employers of labor have
always welcomed any one who
could divert men's minds from
worldly Injustice to heavenly bliss
Turn your oratorical brilliancy
for a moment against low wages,
overwork, unemployment, monop
olar, special privileges and the
other fortes that grind the faces
of the poor' and watch them
show their fangs.
"Before you leave Philadelphia,
will you stieak these truths.'
Will you speak these truths? Dare
you preach them from your pul
pit? Will you champion the cause
of the poverty-stricken, the un
derpaid and the exploited? Dare
you tell the masters of industry
and the takers of profit that they
have no right to enjoy ease and
luxury while their fellow men
suffer the pangs of hell on
earth?"
Of course the Philadelphia news
paper reporters went right after
Sunday to see what he had to say
about It. And Sunday did the
only thing he could do, and hold
hie Job. He dodged. Here is
what he got off :
"I am here to preach religion,"
he said. "I am familiar with so
cial conditions, but I hold that
these problems will solve them
selves, If capital and labor come
to God and accept Jesu6 Christ as
their savior from sin. That's
what I am here for, to preach
the ntonine blood of Jesus. And
I won't permit any one to get
me oD' that purpose."
ENFORCING THE LAW.
Constable Crawford arrested
and carried before Squire Bray.
Sunday, exactly one dozen iportl
charged with crap-shooting. This
party of sports was iouiiu at xuc
fair grounds One flew the coop,
one made bond, three were re
leased, and seven pled guilty and
were fined $25 each which, with
the trimmings added, amouunted
to 34 30. None of those who
pled guilty had the money ami
were unable to miue Dono, so
were sent to the Kennett jail
Campbell Citizen.
Could a more insane system oe
devised? Who will get anything
out of this except the officers,
and who will 6ufrer more than
the tax-payers who must foot
the bill?
Some young fellows plead guilty
to shooting craps and their com
bined fines amount to $240.10.
They have no money and must
board it out. The stakes were.
perhaps, pennies or nickels.
In the newspapers we read of a
Mr. Patton or a Mr. Leiter, clear-
ine ud a million on a grain deal
But they don' t put these in Jail.
No eir-ee!
Yet the principle is exactly the
same. The one nets nis money ou
the turn of the dice. The other
bets his money on the turn of the
grain market. In either case the
element of chance is the same.
The difference in "the eyes of the
law is that one bets a penny
and the other bets a million.
In fact, tho same element of
chance is in all speculative busi
ness. If you buy a town or city
lot, or a farm on speculation, you
are betting that the price will in
crease, ii it does not, you lose.
If you buy bank stock, railroad,
sugar, oil or other stock, you do
It with exactly the same motive
that prompted the fellows in
Kennett Jail to roll the bones.
You hope to win. All is a gamble
Then why put the harmless pen
ny gambler In Jail while we send
the parasitic dollar gamblers to
congress?
If the penny gamblers were
powerful enough to have their
operations quoted In the daily pa
pers, perhaps It would be differ
ent. But, being poor, they must
keep under cover. And when the
"guardians of the law" need a
little "coffee money" the cover
Is lifted.
Mrs, Cbaa E. Graham is a can
didate for superintendent of pub
lic schools of Mississippi county,
and Mrs. C. E. Smith Is a candi
date for that office In Stoddard
county.
THE HARVEST IS RIPE.
The home for feeble minded at
Marshal has a waiting list or
over 800 feeble-minded people
that It cannot provide for be
cause funds are not available to
Increase the capacity of the hous
es there. The state society of
public charities is making a strong
effort to get tlie legislature to
appropriate enough money to
complete the home as originally
planned so that hundred! of feeble-minded
boys and girls who
have no idea or what is l ight and
wrong can bo taken care or prop
erly. Cape Republican.
Poor nouses crowded, bread
lines crowded, prison crowded,
houses or correction crowded. In
sane asylum Jammed, and eight
hundred on the waiting list to en
ter a home for feeble-minded!
Great God! And tlie bishops,
priests and preacheiw tell us that
to substitute co-operation for
this competitive hell would be
against religion. What a slain on
religion !
But some of the bone-heads nre
waking up. I am in receipt of a
circular letter from the Missouri
Conference for Social Welfare.
901, Carr St. St. Louis, concern
irtg the feeble-minded which
reads :
"We of Missouri are just waking
up to the fact that thes" people
are clogging up our schools, De
priving norma! children of the
care and attention they should
receive, because the teacher must
spend all her time with them.
Because they have not the men
tal capacity, they become cbarg
es upon the public end drift into
crime, poverty and disease."
You see, you can never reach a
bone-head until you touch h;s
own Interest. He io an "llidtvld-
I uallet." Tlierefore. when these
I feeble-minded children take up
I the time of teachers at the ex-
pense of their children, then the
'thing oomee right home and o
Welfare Conference' is set tu
work to stop it.
But those people never think of
putting the axe at the r ot. Their
remedy is always more asylums,
more prisons, more law, It never
occura to them that feeble-mln-dedness
is the result of unnatural
and unwholesome surroundings
rruits of our "higher civilization."
And the higher the so-called civil
ization, the more feeble-minded.
You don't find the wild tritx-s
thus afflicted. There are yet a
great many Indians in this coun
try on their different reserva
tions. Can you find one in an in
sane asylum? I have never heard
of one. and if there be one found,
he has absorbed too much of cur
"civilization."
But the concluding sentence ta
ken from the St. Louis letter indi
cates that the author does not
understand what he La writing a
bout. He says, "Because they
have not the mental capacity
they become charges upon the
public and drift into crime, pov
erty and disease.' '
That is all wrom:. The over
whelming majority do not drift
into crime, poverty and disease.
THEY ARE BORN IN IT.
Change that, and we Wont need
to have any homes for the feeble
minded. FRANK JAMES DEAD.
Frank James, the former out
law, died at his home near Excel
sior Springs. Mo., last week, aged
74 years. His body was taken to
St. Louis for cremation and the
ashes are to be kept in a safe de
posit vault. As requested by the
deteased, there was no religious
services at the funeral. Former
Federal Judge John F. Phillips
delivered the funeral oration.
Prank James did not explain
why he preferred to have his ash
es kept in a safety deposit box
instead of the cemetery at Kear
ney, Mo., beside the bodies of his
mother and his brother Jesse, but
relatives said he wished to ao:d
the constant procession of morbid
persons who visit the grave or
Jesse James. Jesse James was
buried in the dooryard of the old
homestead near Excelsior Bprings
until thirteen year ugo, when it
was removed to the cemetery at
Kearney. Thousands of persons
have visited the grave every year
Cole Younger, the last surviving
member of the James band, who
is a farmer near Lee's Summit,
Mo., sent word that he would be
unable to attend the funeral, as
he is confined to his bed with a
severe cold.
INCONSISTENCY.
The inconsistencies of the vari
ous laws and their application are
puzzling. Last week Phillip Stra
bler of near Oran came over to
pay his taxes, and was charged
two per cent Interest. That is
the law one per cent a month.
Then there Is another law that
makes it unlawful to charge more
than eight per cent. This last
mentioned law is the latest. Yet
the state violates Its own law
every time It collects one per
cent a month on delinquent taxes.
But the state, being more pow
erful than a citizen, can do much
especially under a civilization
where might makes right.
THEY NEVER BLUSH.
Gloom in the Republican editor
ial factory! Business Is wakino;
up, prosperity la coming, and the
people know It. Squib from Dem
ocratic Editorial Factory.
Gosh, but It must require un
fathomable Ignorance or else
mountains of gall to get off such
aa that. Certainly the cross
roads editors never read the stuff
that is furnished them for "editorials."
ABOl.'T HENRY FORD.
It was about a year ago that
Henry Ford, the automobile man
uracturer, startled the Industrial
world by fixing a minimum wage
of $5 a day for his employes and
letting them share in the profits
of his business. The great cap
tains of industry who spend a
lai-ge share of their earnings on
expensive lawyers and lobbyists
to corrupt elections, legislatures
and courts said Ford was crazy
Is he? Have aay of the kept
newspapers told you of the re
sult? Fords plan w a plain bus
iness proposition and lie wan far
sighted enough to see the result.
He realized that his employe,
were as much a part of his plant
as the engines and other machine
ry, and deserved as much care
and cone! deration.
The Ford plant is capitalized at
two million dollars and tlie prof
its were twenty million in 1918
Think of that I An industrial
plant pays for itself ten times
over in a single year In clear
profits.
Well, it was too much foi Mi
rord. He is not a pious KOCKeiei-
ler and decided to let the men
who created this wealth share It.
He decided that for 1914 ten
thousand dollars or the earnings
should be taken from the stock-
holders and given to the employ-
es. Even floor sweepers were t
receive per day for eight hours
work, and skilled workers mure.
In addition they were to share In
any increase in profits.
What happened? You who rend
the Globe-Democrat, Republic and
other plute papers ought to know
in a horn. Well, here is what
happened, according to Alien L.
Benson In Pearson's Magislne:
Mr. Ford distributed among his
employee in 1!U4 r.ot ten mil
lion, but twelve million do'lnis
j In August be began taking each!
I month a m that in twelve
I months w in amount to eighteen
, million dollars. This .ru is to
prorated and banded back to buj
jers of Ford machines at the end demanding that American ship
I of the year. imcnts or contraband of war abut
In spite of the two million ex-1 be allowed to go to their destine
tra distributed among employes tlons in Europe without Interfer
and the eighteen million that Isjenee from British sbip of war.
Ue;ng set aside to be returned to j We did not say so. but thes,
patrons, the Ford plant paid its;eargoee consisted chiefly of cop
stock-holders Just w hat it did be-1 ner.
lore twenty million nonars-
with the aame w orking force.
Imipossible. yoj say? Well, lets
see. With the Increase in pay
came better housing, better food
and better living. The min were
contented and took an interest in
their work. Consequently they
produced 812,9Stl, or about half as
ma'ny more cars as the year
before.
Nor is that all. Mr. Ford reduc
ed the price of his cars last ycai
about ten per cent. And when
tne re Date iunu mat no cegan to
; set asiue in August (ustnouteo, you can't make war without
It may brim: the price of cars I copper. Shut off the copper sup
down to where we may all huvc py 0f any warring nation and it
I llti1- must seeic terms or pence, Copper
There are people of ol national- furnishes all the cartridges, most
ItleS working at the Ford plant of tho sheds, and many other es-
: just such men as you find in any Isentlals of warfare.
'Jig industrial plant. j Qermany m ist have copper.
I Every day is pay-day at the The chief copper Interest In this
Ford plant except Sunday This country is a subsidiary of the
means that the employes are i grv.at Oil Group,
formed into twelve groups, and a i The great Oil Group has been
group is paid every two weeks, for years the most powerful sin
As Mr. Benson was passing the gie influence in the affairs of the
paymasters office Just before the American government, it irets
envelopes were handed out. he
was United in and tells this
story :
"At the upper end of each en
velope was tlie employe s number
and the amount of money due
him for two weeks work. I was
asked to look oer the envelopes
I did not look at everyone, of
Course, but I looked at a good
many pernaps luu. i aid not
rind one that contained less than
$G0 for two weeks work. Most
or them contained sums ranging
. around $uT to jj7r. and some con
, tained uuwe.'
I What a wonderful lesson in So-
cialized industry Mr. Ford is
teaching. No wonder the
papers wont tell about it.
"
WHO GETS IT.
From Pearson's Magazine.
Wheat at $2 a bushel before the
summer comes, is the prediction
of many experts.
The American farmer, says one
editorial ninny, is coming Into his
own.
Is he? On January 1, according
to the Agricultural Departun ut
there was scarcely any wheat in
the hands of the farmer.
Where was it all ?
in the bands of the speculators dates, Representative Rogert, or
and elevator gouge num. They Massachusetts, demanded his' re
had bought It for $1 or less, and slgnatlon on the floor of the
w ere holding to sell at twice the i House. He denounced Bryan for
purchase price. having worked only eight days
Meantime, eight cent bread was u of forty-six.
in sight, and had arrived in some '
P'oV4- . , , w The Miuri legislature killed
Give thanks for every abundant the bill to nrovids shoes
harvest. It means Just that much
more for the poor and deserving
speculators that reap the proHis
of the farmers toil and the good
ness of God.
The Jitney bus is getting right
after the dividends of the street
railway monopolies, and of course,
the railway monopolists are get
ting right behind "the bulwark of
our liberties'' the courts and
want the Jitney outlawed. Jit
neys started up In the Cape last
week.
Bver notice how much more con
siderate of widows and orphans
the bosses are when it is proposed
to reduce the plucklngs of some
pirate corporation than when
they order out the militia to kill
workingmen on strike for more
bread?
MORE COLORADO JUSTICE.
From the Milwaukee leader.
After the world, or such ortloii
Of It as is not watching Europe
had just finished reading of the
final official proof of the horrors
perpetrated by the mine owners
in Colorado the "machinery if
justice in that st:tte begun to
move.
Tlie commission on Industrial
I relations had brought out the evi-
denes and i supposed to be look
ing for the remedy. While U is
looking the Colorado grant! Jury
was getting busy,
The evidence before the ccmm's
sion showed that miners and
their Wlwa and children had been
shot Clubbed and burned to dcaht
Proofs of "a t rod t lea" had ieen
produced equal to ticmc imagined
by the worst prfs agent of the
warring nations.
For these deeds th evidence be.
fore the commission had shown
that the owners Of the mines and
their agents were responsible
T!k- inijiortMion of mine guards
rrom the ranks of professional
Murderers, the purchase of ma-
u-limc guns for prnatc killing and
I final devilish use to which these
I Instruments were put, ail were
proven by aworn testimony,
n,,w- the grand jury has met
and done its work. But there are
I no indictments for the Rockefel-
lers. There are none for thf mine
superintendents, the thugs the
machine cun operators, the mur
derous militia, nor for anyone else
who helped to make Colorado run
red w ith the blood o' those who
had created the wealth of the
state.
But 160 of the victims of these
were indicted at single session
of a grand jury. Nearly every
officer of the United Mine Work
ers, and ail oi it.-, members who
! be identified ere threatened
with Imprisonment or deatl
'
Id PLOMACY A IT KEALL IS.
Fn m Pearson's Magazine.
We las le a note to Great Brltaii
. that time Germany's suppl:
of Copper was almost exhaustc
In the German cities, and th
Belgium cities under German con
trol, men were engaged in strir
ping on door fronts and takin,
I down business s'gns to get cot
per.
The American cargoes of coppe
about which we protested t
Qreat Britain were intended fo
derm any by way of neutral porn
Qeraian? was afterlna afi-?r, ,
ton for copper-more than twice
i the normal prie.
what it wants.
Glory be to peace. It is thus we
make It. Also h story.
Who governs the United .States?
Sweet spectacle, The world
looks upon it with astonishment,
and may well be astonished, Was
this what we meant when, eolem-
i au.i witn iere;it remarks '
bout the De't
v. we set
apart a
saoDatn day r r national prayers
for the restoration or peace? Is
this a sample of that neutrality
so piously commended u us by
tne Chief Exec tlve? Neutral a
tiiut everything, except when it
comes to the nroflta nf the on
Grouol Neutral t lv,t ttu h.inrf
plute I except when it comes to furnish
ing, at km ier cent advance, the
materials by which war may be
j uroiomrcd ! With hands imiiMwi
i ami eyes rolled to hea . en. we de-
: plore the horror s of w ar, and
j with the next breath Insist that
j we snail have some more horrors
I because they are good for the
dividend account.
GETS $15,000 A YEAR,
i Washington, Feb. 21. Declar
ing that Secretary of state Hrv
lan does not allow his official d'u
ities to interfere with his lecture
ing for poor children of St. Louis
so they might go to school. But
they reported favorably the bill
to increase railroad rates. And
the state institutions have auto
mobiles bought with stute funds.
But the children who have no
school clothing because of no
fault of their own, can grow op
In ignorance and become criminals.
And now we are told that the
real fight in Europe will not be
gin until along about May 1.
By that time, it Is reported, more
than twice as many as now will
be engaged. Capitalism, with Its
competition and struggle for
markets Is such a holy thinr
that It would "break up the
home" to destroy It.
Read the unmuxcled Kicker,
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