The Detroit times. [volume], April 12, 1909, FIRST EDITION, Image 8

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Tb Truth. No Mutter
Whom It Holpa or Hurt*.
if y Bile lirestaeot
I Shirk Is Worse
Than a Burglar
| % » ■■■
r , Tf»# Time* Doea Not Take Hl*
1 ;•*} Money for Advertising, In This
I Roopoct Being Different Than
Other Detroit Papers.
He it itrong of arm and full of physical courage.
If he if not a shrewd thinker and a man of cool judgment, he very
Quickly pays the heavy price that society exacts from those of his trade.
If he would direct his energy, strength and cunning into channels
that society could approve, the average burglar would be among our
best citixens.
The difference between a burglar and a get-rich-quick gold mining
faker is the difference between the wily fox and the crawling snake.
There are things to admire in the fox. but the snake we can only
& loath.
The Times has just heard of a boy earning sl2 a week who recently
S aaw an advertisement in a Chicago newspaper which stated that a certain
, gold mining corporation was prepared to offer to small investors $1 shares
of stock at their par value, and absolutely promising total dividends of
f SIBO upon a $lO investment.
The advertisement said. “If you are going to get in on this you will
\ have to do it QUICK." The word “quick" was to emphasize that one
W l i * -
must hustle the $lO into the mail if he wished to take advantage of this
magnificent offer.
The sl2 a week boy had never heard of anything so fine as this
promise of 1800 per cent profit on an investment that he could make, so
he wrote in QUICKLY. He didn't inclose $lO. however, but asked for
further information. Ttuc to the spirit of the “ad" the prospective in
vestor received a quick response. We quote from the letter the boy
received:
“Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry of April 2. the reason that we
are able to offer 10 shares of stock for $lO and assure you total of divi
dends of SIBO is simply because this company owns outright 384 placer
claims, being the choice and pick and covering almost the whole of the
■ ■ ■ Basin, which has been valued in bulletin No. —of the state de
partment of (a South American republic) at over $180,000,000 in 23
carat gold dust.
“The value of this report published by said government is said to be
as worthy of credit and faith as anything published by the United States
; government by the authorities at Washington, D. C.
“Your Ten Dollars, therefore, represents a portion of this huge pile
-of gold dust contained in our property. We are the only mining company
. in the world that can state how much money a share of stock will prob-1
L ably earn, and have these statements verified and backed up by the report
1 published by the Government Department and said report approved as
correct by another Government Department.
“We give the small investor, such as yourself, exactly the same chance .
: with the big investor, getting full protection and his full share of profits.":
Big sounding talk! Talk in millions! Glittering, alluring generalities
i about precious gold! Talk intended for the ears of men and women who
! work honestly for their existence*and believe that most men are honest
l
t like themselves.
“We are the only mining company in the world that can state how
l much money a share of stock will PROBABLY earn." A burglar would
l be too honest, would be too maniy. to write that line, with the absolute
1 promise in another paragraph of the letter that $lO will earn SIBO.
Such fake gold mining concerns spend many thousands of dollars in
r advertising. They flourish just so long as the victims come bearing their
: burdens of hard-earned dollars. They pass out of sight and out of mem- j
\ cry when they cease advertising, and the victims have only pretty stork;
l certificates with which to paper the wall* of their humble homes,
f The burglar who goes out with his bag of tools in the dead of night
: and risks his life to win a dishonest dollar, is polite and decent compared
with the scamp who sat in a fine office in broad daylight and penned that
I lying letter to the boy.
The Times does not carry the* advertising of these fakes.
Ih ' *
It is the only Detroit paper that does not lend itself to these
| charlatans.
The Times protects its readers against them and it costs the paper
I thousands of dollars a year to do it.
Our conscience will not permit us to present the alluring announce-
E ments intended to draw the dollars from your pockets any more than it
| would permit us to boost.the burglar through your window.
You may rely on advertisements you see in The Times.
A Confidential Letter
Dear Madam:
You have 7.000.000 sisters. tWhat we mean la sister of th'* sis
terhood of the female rare—sorority—lsn’t that what they call it ?»
Well. you. dear madam, have 7.000.000 slaters In the United
States who are living on Incomes of less than 9500 a year.
Surprising. Isn t 11? Hut true. So the census report shows And
nobody qnarrels with the cold population statistics of the census ma
chines.
To these 7,000.000 women any Increase In the cost of living Is a
serious thing. Even the small amount of 30 per cent added to the
coat of a pair of cotton stockings Is a serious thing. Stockings the
woman must have, and something to cover her hands—mittens or
gloves. Some sort of a hat she must have, and cotton undercloth
ing—or wool in winter; and a coat of some kind, ready made. And
•he must have her tea or coffee, and her shoes, and her cake of soap,
and the oil for her kerosene lamp.
Now we suppose you know that the f’nvne tariff hill Increases
tne price of all these things—"luxuries. ’ Payne calls th»m. All
these things that the very poor simply have to have. And we sup
pose you know that the proportion of tax Increases is much higher on
the cheap cotton stocking than on the flue kid glove?
Such Is the fact. It is like ihat all through the list. The Payne-
Aldrich tariff bill is so drawn as to put 75 per cent of all the added
* tag burden on the shoulders of the persons whose incomes are less
than |SOO a year.
Do you think that Is fair? I*n you think li wise legislation, or
good statecraft? Couldn't you do letter yourself If you had a vote
, Tell your husband about It. and your brother, nnd your son. and
your father, nnd have them tell their congressmen and senators
. what they think WRITE! WHITE! WRITE NOW! YOU!
Very respectfully,
April 12, .009. THE DETROIT TIMES
■ EVOLUTION OF THE HOME.
Hr dL Admiring Caller: Your home hwt> everv modem improvement, hakn'l
Bit?
E Hoetees (proudly): Ye*. Indm i Why. it i* hardly aitvthiuu like a homo
H«ny iroro
H IT WAS TOO ANNOYING
Hkfeen kIM you.
Yea; I ran t enjoy mtraelf I have to revamp iny complexion even
i come out of the conaervatorjr.
There are some intrinsically ad"
mirable qualities in the house burg
lar that no one may gainsay.
He sneaks, but he sneaks boldly.
He violates, but at a personal
risk.
He makes no virtuous pretensions.
He operates in the dark, when
honest men sleep, and seeks no bet
ter society than those of his kind.
Editorial Page of The Detroit Times
"What can be th' reason, there should be a rule
That nothin' but th* children should be sent to
school ?
For the student who goe* abroad to
study singing the expenses are man
Ifold, says Ellen Beach Yaw In the
April Delineator. Aside from board,
there are lessons la singing, diction,
languages, and, if studying for opera,
in acting, to say nothing of an accotn
panist, piano rent and so forth. A
good accompanist rray be had for $l
an hour. Piano ren*. is not nigh. $2.50
a month.
Lessons In languages are 5o cents
each. Lessons In diction usually cost
Si each. and. In art.ng, from $lO a
month up. The price of board ranges
from S4O to S6O a month, inclusive
of light and heat. There are two kinds
of rooms, court rooms, those lacing
on an Inside terrace or court, and
.others facing on the street. No sing
or ought ever to go into oi\p of the
icourt rooms, unless by chance it
1 should he flooded with sun
light. Generally theae court
rooms are dark and damp, es
pceially In winter. Accordingly the
wise and cautious girl chooses a room
facing south Above all. one must
have good food and live a quiet, order-j
lv and regular life, retiring early and
getting always plenty of sleep Fur
the singer "sleep is tne bent doctor
In the world; it is the best medicine
on earth." and without g«K>d health,
which can not be had without good
food, plenty of sl-ep. regular hours
and an orderly life, success is almost
impossible, and the money Vpent In
study Ik absolutely wanted.
Q.# I I 1 9
HEW BOOKS IN
PUBLIC LIBRARY
— >
The following new book* have been
received in the public library.
Richard Hag well—"lreland t nder lhe
Stuart* " William If. Beveridge—-’I. n
employinenta problem of Industry.
Daniel R. Brown "The Baby; a hook
for mothers and nurses. Robert
Browning— letters to \ srlous cor
respondents.' Jennie Buell
Woman's Work for Kami Women.
,tory of Mary A. Mayo's part in rural
so<lm!' movements. Madison »aweln
Poems William If. Dawson—" Evol
ution of Modern Oermany. Charles
Db’kens--"Short Plays from Dickens
arranged by H B. * r " wr \X- t .> F'"?, -
F\ans • How to t'ompose W Ithln the
iVrtc Korin." Frederick T Hodgson
"Easv Lessons In Practical W'ood < arv-
Ing " I'haiies O Hoyt--"St udle* In the
Ulsterv of Modern Education.' Khfton
lolinson Songs Every One Should
Know ’ Waldo Vinton Lyon— Prob
lem* in Electrical Engineering" John
K Mill hell- Self-help for Nervous
W omen ' fhartes O. Pcker- "Short
(jut* In carpentry’ Eben E Rexford
"The Horn. Harden." a book on vege
table and small-fruit growing David
r Parlor- -"The Psychology of Sing
ing " Mar\ V Terhune— The House
keeper's W eek ” Jennie R White -"A
Little Journsv to South Africa and I p
the East (oast” S Paring-Gould—
"Lives of the British Saints.' Amelia
p Hart "The Hands of Compulsion .
tames J Bell—" Whither Thou Uoest ”
Edward ’ f*. Booth —"The Post-Olrl.”
Mary Cholmondelev —"The Hand on the
twitch. ’’ Jeannette Marks — Through
W fish Doorways." Ruth I. Mason—
•’The Trailers" Louis J. \ anc* —"The
Bronte Bell ”
Tbs Third Person.
In the town where the Rev. Dr.
Emmons was pastor lived a physician
tinctured with the grossest form o?
pantheism, who declared that I' ever
he met Dr. Emmons he would °n Uy j
floor him in argument. On*- day they
met at the home of a parent. The
physician asked Dr. Emmons:
"How old are you, sir?"
The doctor, astounded a: his rude
ness, quietly replied. “Sixty-two: may
I ask, sir. how long tou h-ive lived ?”
"Since the creation ” was the replr
of the pantheist.
"Ah. 1 suppose, then, you were In
the Darden of Eden, with Adam and
Eve?”
I "I was there, sir ’
i •Well,” said the wilv divine, "we all
iknow there was a third |*< rson pre*
ent ’’ Nashville Danner
A si eel company iu New York state
claims to ha\e brought out a man
gancse rail which can he la-nt. twisted
or otherwise distorted. while oold
without breaking or developing t racks
In the almost uninhabited Mnrman
district of Russia. In the extreme
north. Rlong the Norwegian frontier,
there have been discovered rich tie
posits of silver, copper and lead. J
Mr
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COST OF MUSIC STUDY
ABROAD
The Call of the Bright Outdoors
If a man owe? you money It s hard
for him to talk religion to you—at
least it's hard for him io make you
believe it.
hot of people thought St. Yves, the
waiter Marathoner, was making a
financial sacrifice when lie changed
•apron for running trunks. Bet h<
By W. G. SHEPHERD.
GLOVERBVILLE. N. Y.. April 12. —
Who will be protected if congress puts
a higher tariff on gloves?
Certainly not the consumer, for she
pays more.
Added tariff on gloves, in the past,
has not increased the wages of the
men and women who make the gloves,
and there ia no certainty 'hat tariff r
vision upward on this schedule, as
proposed in the Payne tariff bill, wiM
have any different effect.
The glove schedule in the tariff bill,
now pending in the senate, was de
signed to add more millions to th** cos
fern of the glove trust, which is til -
real object of protection.
Gloveraville is the seat of the glove
Industry. I came here to see if tariff,
which, as I say. is an added tax on
the consumer, had in any way benefit
ed the producer (the worker), or if
there was any prospect of an added
tax giving greater comfort to these
people.
A stranger in Gloveraville observes
instantly that it is unlike other towns
These people seem to be in a race. They are all pursuing gloves. Gloves are the pacemakers of the Glovers
ville life marathon.'* At left picture of ex Congressman Llttauer
Birds an - bees an' blossoms all stay at home an’
play.
Then why should not we children, jes th' same as
they?”
’MOST ANYTHING
A Word From Josh Wise.
‘•lt's a good
sign es a man
hates a rockir.
chair.**
Pmm*rr f^jy
lEsWA Jv|Kl
;< •; '
|
nevei won any $5,000 tips at auy Par
isian beaneries, though.
British papers refer to Jas. J. Jef
trb's as a near-actor. Bet they’d be
afraid to come across on ’.iis side and
gay it.
Boston protests again u Salome, but
if she were to name with a mess of
beans on the platter instead of John
the Baptist's head, the verdict might
be altered.
Also, Harriman says his conscience
is satisfied. It's nice to have a good,
general-purpose conscience without
but king spells.
He —How can i show mv love?
She—What's the trou’uh ?
he (sighing)—Words are so Inade
quate.
She (sighing) And kisses are un
sanitary. Tough, ain't it. bear?
of its size. There is no country ease
here. The air seems charged with the
excitement of bustling activity. Men.
women and children are seen rush
ing hurrying madly through the shab
by streets. Horses are driven rapidly.
There are no loungers around the post
office or the" hotel.
Nearly everyone corn *s a bundle.
These people seem to be in a race.
They are all pursuing gloves. Gloves
are the pucemakers of 'he Glovers
ville life matathon.
The stranger is struck bv the num
bers of women seen —young old wo
men. circle-eyed women, tent girls, ad
tired, seemingly hopeless and obvious
ly cheated out of the life thlugs worth
w hile.
Gloveraville is enough to make your
heart ache.
God knows it needs protection.
But not the sort of protection that
Lucius N. Littmier, head of the glove
trust, is beseeching from <otigresß.
I looked down the long rows of
fables in one of tile biggest factories.
Crouched over the flashing machines
were voting girls with fncen crazllv
racing against the clock and it seemed
to me that every line of their bodies
was crying for protection. Hollow
cheater and bent, like question marks
- the question of existence -wen?
spinsters who should be mothers,
wives who should lie making homes,
children sacrificing health and men
who seemed »o lack the dignity and
Joy that ordinarily comes from doing
the world’s work They were more
like slaves than hemps! laboring peo
ple. I tohughi. And nil surely are in
need of protection.
Bit tatter, a former congressman,
whose glove contracts with the gov
EDITORIALS BY THE PEOPLE',
This column Is maintained tor th« expression of opinion, tha cor
recting of abuses and ths supplytr g of Information. Maks your letters
short, write on one side of the paper and refrain from personal abuse.
6>l*n your full name
Women Do Want to Vots, /
To the Editor of Tho rimes: I In-
Ho«« two name* for the suffrage ref
erendum. Could secure ’he names of
nine tenths or more of ail the woman
iin this vicinity. 1 notic** ihut a fuv
i orlte objection of the autU la that the
women themselves do not want tho
privilege of voting. My reply la thnt
all sensible, thinking women, thoao
who understand the miserable condi
tions which exist today, not only In
Michigan, but In our whole country,
and those who are unselfish enough to
think or care for any one else but
their own little selves, are not
only willing but anxious to vote, be
cause we believed these conditions
would be made better and we know
for a surety they could be no worse.
I thought at first I would not be drawn
Into ihis controversy, but tuy heait
burns within me and Just this once I
feel Impelled to say a few words.
With all due deference to the opinions
find theories of John Temple Graves,
as well as all the other anils. 1 would
call their attention to the fact that
woman's suffrage Is no new untried
thing It is well known that several
states of our own country as well as
some foreign countries have tried It
end all honest, unbiased, unprejudiced
men who know of its workings there,
freely acknowledge that it Is a
ppleudid success, that the whole politi
cal atmosphere Is purer and better
men are placed at the head of affairs.
I What more or better proof would any
reasonable mind ask for Why In th*
face of these undisputed facts do the
r.ntts persist In trying to make people
believe black Is white. I do not think
women as a rule would aspire to off
ice. but we do want th'* privilege of
helping place men In positions of trust
whom we believe are true, honorable,
capable ami conscientious, if we had
been given Just laws and they had
been enforced, women would never
have thought of asking for the right
to vote, but there come times when
forbearance ceases to boa virtue.
.Many times women are the greatest
! sufferers from evil laws, or from the
i utter disregard of fairly good law-,
while at the same time she Is utterly
powerless to help herself. God speed
the day when women may vote.
Onondagit, Mich. A. E. H.
April 9 1909.
Get Out Pen, Ink and Paper
Editor of The Times: I wish to send
«n a few words on the tariff question.
REFERENDUM VOTE
ANNOUNCED TUESDAY!
The Times’ woman’s suffrage referendum closed Satur
day The votes are now being counted and the result will he
announced Tuesday. The indications are that those women
favoring a vote for themselves and for all women have car
ried tiie day by a handsome majority.
eminent some years ago created a
scandal which is not forgotten, has
been lobbying in Washington recent
ly to have the tariff on gloves in
creased 100 per cent. Littauer and
his associates have made millions
fiom gloves, tint I defy anyone to
visit Gloversville and And that the
real producers of these gloves have
gained anything more out of the in
dustry than plain physical existence.
I defy l.lttauer to show that his em
ployee are getting much pleasure out
of life and there Is no record of any
promise made bv him to his employes
that from an added protection ther-*
will be a division of the increased
profits.
Most of the glovemakors are on
piecework. The amount of the week's
wages depends upon*individual indus
try and strength. The particular part
of a glove that this girl or that man
handles becomes her or his life. They
struggle to produce numbers of that
part to their full strength and for 10
hours a day. To make n fair living
requires untiling labor ami that
harassing worry that on** feels when
Ills effort is measured by clock ticks.
To slow tip is to flatten the pay envel
ope To be sick an hour Is to have
10 or 15 cents less at the end of the
week.
Pleiework It is that has painted hard
lines on tlie* faces of th«» people of
Gloversville and bent their backs and
cheated them out of youth.
Some of the men make as high 8S
ffs month. Some of the girls make
$?, a week. There is no wage sched
ule. The minimum Is nill and th<»
maximum Is about 112 a week for the
skilled man. •
A girl who has been • mployed by
Monday. April 12,
1909
Thousands of people In the United
States can scarcely make a living
now. and If the prices are raised on
clothing and food, most of us will
have to dress quite shabbily, while it
is bad euough now. The price of tea
und such things is high enough at
present. Why not cut prices down a
little and give the poor man a chance?
I am almost afraid the people have
made a mistake in their president.
My husband Is a hard working nyin.
He does not drink and has no bad
habits. We have only two children,
and we have a hard time to make
both ends meet. We cannot some
times. We have a good farm, too. Tho
shop men in the city are worse off
than we. All they can do is to make
a living. Very few can lay up any
thing. I know: I've been there. Why
don't they introduce a bill to raise
wages? That would be the propei
,thing. What will we do if our cloth
ing is so much more high. Perhaps
the ixml will take pity and turn the
winter Into summer.
Come on, people. I am only one
frail woman, but will start the ball a
rolling Send In your letters to Presi
dent Taft until they are heaped up
around him so lie can't get out to
sign the Payne-Aldrich bill. Don't
wait and say, like my husband and
I have been doing, “What can we do
alone," but write this very minute as
I am doing and letting my work wait.
Our clothes and food nre more im
portant than work Just now.
A WOMAN SUBSCRIBER.
April 9. 1909.
Getting Him Straight.
"Neckfies!" shouted the loudly
dressed “gentleman" as he stepped
Into a shop
“These.” said the assistant, very
litelv, * are the very newest styles, and
are excellent quality at a quarter.”
“A quarter!” haughtily snapped the
customer —"a quarter! Do l look Use
a man who would wear a quarter tie?”
"Beg pardon, sir’" meekly inter
posed the assistant. “The 10-cent
counter Is on the other side,"Judge.
Aecoiding to a noted London sur
geon, who has accomplished some re
trarkable cures with radium, the se
cret of success lies In the discovery
that a little of the strange material,
spread over a wide area, Is more
powerful than a solid head composed
of It
the giove trust for 10 years told me
her fetor y. She appeared to be a good
girl, prematurely old. slek two or
three days a week, unlovely and hope
less. Her dream of having a husband
probably faded when she saw the ef
fect In her face of piece work. Her
hope of children died when disease
entered her hotly. Now all she asks
for is to be abb* to work six days a
week. To her way of thinking she is
own a privilege.
hhe said; "All the work in the sew
itu departments Is by the piece. The
operator is given a part and Is paid
by the dozen. After the glove Is cut
it goes to the ‘Mlker,’ w’ho does the
fancy stitching on the back; then to
the ‘closer,’ who joins the fingers and
thumbs; then it goes to operators
who do the banding; then to others
who close the fingers. Nearly all
gloves are finished on the wrong sld<t
and have to lie turned and ironed.
"It used to be that a girl made a
complete glove. Now each girl com
putes a little section. It Is very
monotonous and we do not learn the
trade.
"Sectional work has done much to
reduce our pay. For Instance, a girl
used to get 35 cents a dozen for do
ing the binding on a certain style of
glove. By having this work done In
sections she now gets 17 cents.
"Everywhere In the factories yon
will see alarm clocks set up before
operators. The girls buy them and
strive to ko'*p »helr averages regu
lar. They race against these clocks—
still no one knows how much she
will make at the end >f the week.
She may be given a very heavy
leather, hard to sew. or may be kept
Idle waiting for pieces.
"Some gltls do extra work at their
homes at night. Is It any wonder
that they soon break physically? f
am fHSf losing my health Each year
I earn less, because my strength Is
decreasing. Bo as to loae as little
time as possible many girls eat coldi
lunches, and bolt them. I usualivl
take only 15 minutes to eat. It Is a
hard business. I don't know what you
mean by tarifT but I do know that f
have to pAy as much for my glove* l
as any other woman. 1 buy them In
slpres "