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" THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914
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FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914
Rash, fruitless war, from wanton
"lory waged, is only splendid mur-dw-
James Thomson.
The Progressive Spirit
A letter received at this office from one of the
progressive leaders at Tucson, describing the ac
tivity and enthusiasm of the progressives of Pima
county, sa"s that if the same spirit prevails through
out the state. Governor Hunt will be relieved next
November of the fetters of office and will be free
to return to mercantile pursuits, in which he has
been so signally successful.
We believe there is the same progressive spirit
in every other county that there is in Pima, but in
a:i the other counties there may not be the same
manifestation of it: in -some places it may need
awakening, but we feel that in the next six weeks
it will be aroused and that by November 3 it will
be fully awake.
A majority of the voters of this state, we have
no doubt, endorse the principles of the progressive
party, which, however, does not claim to be the
originator of those principles. It Iris merely co
ordinated them and has become a rallying point for
tl.ose wiio earnestly beiieve in them and desire their
udoption. No other party has ever offered itself for
that purpose.
Principles are never new. These principles,
though they had always existed in this country, be
kan to take form in the Oregon movement, four
years before the progressive party was organized.
Smne of the essentials found expression in the Ari
zona constitution which, though it was framed by
democrats, was not regarded by the democrats of
the nation or the part' leaders in Arizona, as demo
cratic; and it is not now so regarded.
The constitution laid the foundation for popular
government upon which the progressive party in
sists, and it insists furiher that popular government
shall not merely exist, but shall act: that it shall
establish a reign of justice, social and industrial, in
which all men and women shall be equal before the
law and shall enjoy equal oportunities.
The progressive party proposes that popular gov
ernment shall make use of its power in this state
t, level the inequalities of opportunity; that it shall
see that every man shall receive what is his due
from his fellow citizens as well as frr.m public ser
vants; that inefficiency, waste and graft shall be
abolished or minimized.
We claim that these thing3 can be brought about
only through the progressive party, not because pro-K-essives
are inherently better than the people of
other parties, but because there is no other politic!!
organization pledged to the bring-ng of them about.
We believe that a majority of the people want them
brought about. Hence, our faith in the triumph
of tlfe progressive cause, not only in Pima county,
but in the state.
The Local Cotton Situation
The "Buy a Bale'' movement was started to
relieve the distressing short-cotton situation in the
southern or so-called cotton states, and it has
already proved very effective. Within a few weeks
the price of short cotton has been raised from the
ridiculous and ruinous figure of six cents a pound
to nine cents. Surely, the cotton growers needed'
relief. The larger planters were threatened with
bankruptcy and the smaller growers with starvation.
Probably the greater part of the cotton produced
in the south is grown by men who live only from
season to season. Many of them, in fact, raise cot
ton only to pay for the living they have had while
the cotton was being planted, grown, picked, ginned
and marketed. Many of the growers are carried,
from one season to . another by merchants and
bankers.
Cotton, but another kind of cotton, has become
one of the principal industries of this valley. The
situation is entirely different from that in the south.
Most of the growers here are fore-handed, growing
their cotton on their own land. While the price of
Egyptian cotton has not yet been fixed, it is cer
tain that it will not be seriously affected by the
conditions which have broken the price (of short
cotton. The market for long-staple cotton, of which
there is comparatively not a great deal produced,
will be nearly as open as if there were no war and
Ihe demand for things made of this kind of cotton
will probably be greater in consequence of the war.
The only thing that will likely interfere with
the normally early movement of the crop will be
financial conditions in Great Britain which may not
be quite adjusted at the lime of the year when the
cotton would ordinarily go to market.
But, we fcre informed that there are a few cot
ton growers in this valley who have not ready money
to care for their crops; they are unable to hire the
cotton picked. Of course, they would be in the
same position if there were no war; but, just the
same, they need relief, and we trust that it may be
afforded, either by a local "Buy a Bale" movement
or by some association that can advance money to
the growers, a part of the price of each bale, pend
ing the sale of the cotton. ,
Villa and Carranza
Pew well-informed Americans outside, adminis-'
tration circles ever believed that the troubles of
Mexico would be composed by the overthrow of
Huerta. Least of all, as the character of Carranza,
his weakness and vanity, came to be understood,
was it believed that he would be able to control all
the factions, or any faction, of considerable strength.
And wildest of all was the American dream that
Carranza or any other man on the horizon, could,
or would if he could, give to Mexico an orderly
democracy or a government even remotely approach
ing a popular government.
Carranza in the early days of the revolution
against Huerta afforded some promise. He was a
man of education; he had been a good governor
and so far as known he had led a blameless life. He
had manifested no vaulting ambition nnd the world
was ready to assume that he was a patriot the
only one visible. But there was little prospect of
his success. With no qualities of military leadership
he was unable to inspire confidence after the first
reverses suffered by the constitutionalists. His
campaign became one of flight and hiding until
after the capture of Juarez by Villa. Then his
weakness became apparent in his evident fear of
Villa, and later, when it was safe, by his small
show of jealousy of Villa whom, when he felt strong
enough, he sought to humiliate.
When once installed in power he refused to
give guaranties of agrarian reforms for which his
and Madero's revolutions had been fought. And, by
a subterfuge amounting to a violation of the Mexican
constitution he began paving his way for election to
the presidency, just as his predecessors had done,
by the absolute control through the military, of the
wretchedly crude election machinery.
Villa is the only Mexican leader developed in
the three years' war who has improved on acquain
tance. He may have been a peon and afterward a
bandit; or he may have been a fugitive U. S. negro
trooper, but he proved that he possessed military
genius. In the Vera Cruz affair he showed some
statesmanship when Carranza made it evident that
he was a petulant, blustering weakling. Under the
humiliation to which he was subjected by the foolish
Carranza, whom he could have crushed in the face
of the enemy, Villa displayed self-repression and
t'ave a hint that he was not devoid of patriotism.
Hut always there was a manifestation of strength
so that whether he is a patriot or not, his superior
strength and wisdom mark him as the fittest man
to control Mexico.
Our government must now either leave Mexico
to its own devices and its fate, or choose between
Villa and Carranza.- We think it will gain nothing
from a further bolstering up of the latter, a per
formance in which it has been engaged at great ex
pense for the last two years, with the resuit that
so far as the Mexican people are concerned, they
are precisely where they were at the beginning of
Carranza's revolution, with as vague a. prospect of
peace
jrtrin nnrmrvprv". - -
September
By WALT MASON
ivxjvvTjvinnnr-M---rr-i" - - - '
September, tne smiling, the month of delight,
entrancing, beguiling, is with us tonight. Septem
ber the pleasant, of generous fame, is answering
"Present!" when called is her name. September's
the guerdon for all we have borne, the heat and
the burden that made our hearts mourn. She pays
for the grilling we got in July;, she says, "I am
willing your teardrops to dry; come rest on my
bosom, and if you have fears, I'll see tht you lose
'em, my own stricken dears!" She pays for the
glaring of midsumtiner skies, the sweating, the
swearing, the beetles and flies; the pains and the
rigors of long August days, the fleas and the
chiggers ah, nobly she pays! Her breezes caress
ing already have cheered; no hot winds distress
ing are scorching my beard; her nights come a
creeping from some cooler clime, and man, in his
sleeping, makes up for lost time. The meadows
are golden, the heavens are blue, the year is un
folding its blessings to you. You cease to remem
ber the troubles you've known, since gentle Sep
tember comes into her own.
THE QUEEREST COINS ON EARTH
Among the strangest coins in the world are
those used in certain out-of-the-way towns and
villages in Southwest Nigeria, on the West Coast
of Africa, and called "manillas." In shape they
resemble a horseshoe with the two extremities flat
tened out like a camel's foot. Being made if
solid copper, three-eighths of an Inch thick, they
weigh over eight ounces each. In "face value,"
seven of these queer coins are equivalent to one
quarter, so that a dollar's worth would be an un
comfortably heavy load. Not only are the.e
"manillas" used among the natives, but w'a'.te
traders accept them as legal tender for goods sold
at the various stores. At one time this strangely
shaped money had quite a large circulation in cer
tain parts of the coast, but its use is now restrie ed
to a few bush towns and one or two of the smaller
seaboard places, including Bonny, Brass t.nd
Akassa. "Manillas" are now very difficult: to oj
t.'lp, and curio collectors value them not solely
by reason of their scarcity, but because of the
i.ovel serviette rings they make when silver-plated.
Wide World Magazine.
WHY NOT?
Who can tell the workings of children's minds,
or how, all unwittingly, we may make ourselves
appear unjust in our dealings towards them?
This was brought home to Mr. Hewit the other
day as he . took his young hopeful, aged 6, for a
constitutional. The youngster was evidently think
ing hard, for he was silent which was unusual.
"Daddy," he said, looking up suddenly, "I
think I want to get married."
"Do you, my son? And who to, may I ask?"
answered the proud parent, looking at him.
"I want to marry granny." - .
"Do you, indeed? And do you think I would
let you marry my mother eh?"
"Well, why shouldn't I?" retorted the tender
logician. "You married mine, didn't you"
WHAT LACKED BUTTONS
An English colonel at kit Inspection said to
Private Flanigan.
' Hal Yes, shirts, socks, flannels, all very good.
Now, can you assure me that all the articles of
your kit have buttons on them?"
No sir," said Private Flanigan, hesitatingly.
"How's that, sir?" .
' "Aren't no buttons on the towels, sir."
COTTON
W
Plan by Which Those of
This Valley Will Be Ad
vanced Money Until Their
Products II a v e Been
Sold
Through W. S. Stevens of the real
estate department of the Dwight B.
Heard office a plan is being put into
effect for the relief of the growers
of short cotton in this valley. Mr.
Stevens came here from Texas where
he was a long time engaged in rais
ing cotton. He is still the owner of
land near Houston on which he is
growing cotton. , He lately returned
from Texas and while there he made
arrangements with big cotton dealers
for the handling of the short cotton
crop of this valley. Mr. Stevens se
cured frofn them an initial sum of
$18,000, now on deposit in this city,
to be advanced to growers on their
cotton. It is proposed to advance $18
a bale to growers. That will take care
I of 1000 bales. It is estimated that
'the crop in the valley will be about
j 2000 bales and Mr. Stevens believes
that further arrangements can be
made for handling all of it in the
same manner.
At the suggestion of Mr. Stevens
the growers in the vicinity of Glen
dale in the neighborhood of which
most of the short cotton is grown,
held a meeting last Tuesday and or
ganized to take advantage of the plan
arranged by Mr. Stevens. C. H.
Barkley was elected president; H. C.
Baldwin, vice president; Delbert W.
Lewis, secretary, and James Ratcliff,
treasurer.
Under the plan an advance of $18
will be made on a bale of cotton as
soon as it is ginned. The cotton will
be shipped to Galveston, the freight,
insurance and storage charges being
advanced by the people who have
furnished Mr. Stevens the money. The
cotton will be held at Galveston un
til the market is satisfactory. The
grower will not have to refund the
money advanced him or to meet the
expense attached to the handling of
the cotton until it has been sold.
This advance means a great deal
to the growers of short cotton in this
community for otherwise they would
be at a serious disadvantage. The
gins here make advances on long
staple or Egyptian cotton but they
do not do so on short staple. The
shipment of cotton to Galveston will
begin next week. It is expected that
the price will reach nine or ten cents.
Mr. Stevens says that the cotton this
year is of fine quality and should
top the market.
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GILA MY DIVISION
WILL FAIL SAYS GREER
Vice President of Globe Bank Pre
dicts Mighty Small Vote Favor
ing Miami County
"There should be no 'aye' votes on
the division of Gila county by any
outside resident." affirmed Vice
President P. P. Greer of the Fir-t
National Bank of Globe, a Phoenix
visitor, yesterday, "and the way
things look over there now, Miami
county will not poll a quarter of the
vote that will be cast at the next
election. We, of Gila county, who
are working for its upbuilding and
opposing , the personal gain gang
which is advocating Miami county, do
not believe the people of the rest of
the state should have a vote on our
county division, and we do believe
the state at large will hold its hand,
or else vote 'no' on this proposition."
BIG CONVENTION TO BE
HELD BY FIRESTONE
The third week in October will bring
with it another of the annual sales
conventions of the Firestone Tire &
Rubber company. Over, 250 men will
be called in from the firing line, which
extends from coast to coast and into
many foreign countries. It is expected
that a number of the foreign represen
tatives will be at the convention.
Since the ,company completed the
iarge, new factory in 1910 there has
not been a time when additions were
not under construction. The visiting
representatives will be pleased to find
that tiie same is true this year; 95,000
square feet additional floor space hav
ing been added since last October. It
will be gratifying to them to know that
the expansion is due largely to their
valiant work in the field.
The convention will open' with a sea
son of general handshaking and greet
ings, during which John Smith will tell
Bill Jones all about his conquests of
the past year and Bill will come back
at John with a bigger one. " Then for
speeches from the different men of the
organization regarding plans for the
coming year, co-operative talks, ban
quets, etc.
A general spirit of good will and
fellowship will prevail, but, under it all
will be running a deep vein of deter
mination to go back to their jobs fully
equipped to make the coming year the
greatest in the history of the organi
zation. The convention, last October, was a
?rand success, which is proven by the
78 per cent increase in output this
year, but it is expected that this sea
son's conference will be the greatest
event of the kind ever held in the his
tory of the organization. As a result
the motoring public can expect better
service than ever before from the
Firestone company during the coming
year.
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FIRST SCRl OF COYOTE
FOOTBALL SQUADS TODAY
First and Second Teams to Line Up
for First Time This Season at
Sixth Street Grounds
A
MOVABLE
CONVENTION
Flying Squadron of America
Coming Here to Aid the
Cause of Nation-wide Non
political Prohibition
Great Speakers
AT
SCHOOL SHOWS INCREASE
The number of students that reg
istered yesterday in the permanent
registration is the largest in the his
tory of the Phoenix union. high school.
The first part of the third period
was used to take this registration and
the results far exceed the expectations
of the faculty. The total showed an
attendance ot 6f0 students, an increase
of 125 'over last year at this time.
The maximum registration of last
year was 674 with 525 students regis
tering at the beginning of school, while
this year it is expected that no less
than 775 will enter before the end of
the term.
The senior class is rather smaller
than that of last year but with a fresh
man class of 236 this did not effect
the total registration.
As the second week draws to a close,
it finds everything running smoothly.
The new teachers are becoming ac
quainted with the scholars and the dif
ficulties of the first few days of school
are over.
The heads of the, different depart
ments are intending to introduce sev
eral innovations that will be of great
interest. Miss McDaniels, head of the
Latin- department, will continue the
successful Dutch club she organized
last season and will feature Latin as
one of the leading subjects of the
school.
The outlook for the year of 1914-15
is brilliant, and it is hoped that it will
go down in history as the greatest in
scholarship and school activities.
Eager for the smashing of padded
shoulders and the trampling of eleat
ed boots, the Coyotes are going to
congregate at the Sixth street
grounds this afternoon for the fiust
real skirmish of the year. Under Ed
Brooks, the first team will battle for
a short space against a flock of will
ing youngsters, whose aim it- will be
to pound as much football training
into the school's representatives as
the rules allow.
Anderson, one of last year's subs,
who, it is said, had the fullback sta
tion as good as grabbed, will be out
of the game for a few days with 1
strained shoulder. Francis Geary, the
coach, is gambling on a fast heivy
icam, which will give the South Cali
fornia champions at San" Diego a
pparkling battle for the supremacy of
the southwest.
0
OUTDOOR SERVICE TONIGHT
LAST OF PRESENT WEEK
The service tonight at the corner of
13th St. and Adams, will be the last for
this week. There will be no service
Saturday night but they will be re
sumed again Sunday evening for the
following week.
Last night Dr. Deere spoke from the
text "But as many as received Him, to
them gave He power to become the
sons of God." He dealt largely with
the evidence by which one might know
that he is a son of God. He gave four
of these. First, the memory of eon
vertion when God first came into your
life. Second, the evidence of the Spirit,
or the desire to live a better life. Third,
because one loves the church of God
and his brethren in the church. And
fourth, faith in Christ that he will per
form his promises to the believer in
him.
A good audience listened to Dr.
Deere as he gave this sermon in his
usual helpful and inspiring manner. Dr.
Deere is especially gifted for evange
listic preaching and is well worth
hearing.
A considerable number responded to
the invitation given at the close of the
sermon.
At meetings between R. S. Middle
ton, advance secretary for "Flying
Squadron of America" and an ex
ecutive committee composed of W.
W. Wilkinson, J. W. Thomas, J. O.
Sexon and Mrs. E. X. Phillips, it was
arranged that on October 8th, the
greatest non-political prohibition
movement ever inaugurated, should
be given a local explanation and im
petus. Twenty speakers, singers and
musicians will occupy six meetings
during the week of October 8, in or
der to explain to the people of this
city, the ideas of the "squadron."
Principal among those speakers will
be J. Frank Hanly, former state sen
ator and governor of Indiana, and
the man who led the prohibition fight
in the republican convention that
nominated W. II. Taft. Mr. Hanly
leads the movement, and with him
are ten other great speakers.
Phoenix will hear Dr. Ira Landrith
of Tennessee and Dr. Charles M.
Sheldon of Topeka, Kansas. This
city is close to the' top of the Itiner
ary, because the speakers are hurry
ing to California, so as to get their
work done before the general prohi
bition election in November. The
party comes here from El Paso, and
from here goes to Tucson and thence
to San Bernardino and other Califor
nia towns.
The object of the Flying Squadron
is expressed in the following extract
from its announcement:
"Our object and purpose is to visit
the capitals of the several states the
national capital at Washington, D.
C, and others of the largest cities of
the nation to the approximate num
ber of one hundred and fifty, in
cluding the great university cities.
We shall hold a three days' meeting
of two sessions each day. in each of
said cities, to educate and arouse pa
triotic men and women to the im
mediate national abolition of the li
quor traffic.
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GOVERNOR MAYTORENA
BUYS PACKARD CAR
BATTLESHIPS
ARE MADE
OF STEEL.
SO
IS
Our
Safe
L Deposit
Vault
: Rent normal where safety
is concerned.
The
Valley Bank
A deal has just been closed whereby
McArthur Brothers have sold a hand
some seven-passenger Packard to Gov
ernor Maytorena of the state of So
nora, Mexico. Warren McArthur and
Charles H. McArthur will leave nexf
week to deliver the car personally to
Joflroy Levin, representative of the
governor at Nogales.
McArthur Brothers will also take
with them for demonstration purposes
the beautiful new , Jeffrey car the
Chesterfield "Six", which is making its
first appearance in the Phoenix auto
mobile circles. They will drive these
two strikingly beautiful cars them
selves. This is the fifth Packard that has
been sold by this enterprising firm
since September 1st. A rare showing
on both the prosperity and good taste
of Arizonians. '
MARRIAGE OF WELL
KNOWN PHOENICIANS
Charles Richard Dwyer and Mary A.
Grijalva Married at Catholic
Church Yesterday
Charles Richard Dwyer and Mary
A. Grijalva, well known young Phoe
nicians, were married by Rev. Father
Novatus at the Catholic church early
yesterday morning.
Miss Grijalva, an attractive young
woman, is of an old Phoenix family,
vevy well known and liked here. Mr.
Dwyer is an engineer on the Arizona
Eastern line between Phoenix and
Maricopa. He is from New York.
He is a nephew of Mrs. C. P. Blako,
of 218 East Adams street.
The young couple will make their
home at 1315 East Washington street.
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GIRL OF MYSTERY MAKES
ONE MORE VISIT TO TOWN
"Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery,"
will be at Riverside park tonight, th?
second to. last installment of the
great serial which has been runnin;
at. the park since last June. Interest
in the adventures of the little girl
who is trying so hard to save tho
l:onor of he.- father and her lover,
has been steadily growing, and her
many friends watch eagerly for tho
Friday morning Republican that th-y
may read of what has happened to
her and then go down and see her
adventures portrayed on the movie
screen. The two final chapters of iier
experiences a.'e particularly interest
ing, as will be seen from the story
printed on another page of The Re
iipblican. For Saturday and Sunday a special
feature in the form of a "young cir
cus" has been arranged young in
that it is no Barnum and Bailey
show, although the slack wire walker
has been engaged for that great show
next season. The troupe is known
as "The Mavelous Montecons," and
consists of seven men and women
who are extremely clever acrobats
and contortionists and an unusually
clever slack wire artist. The exhibi
tion will be in addition to the regul.ir
moving picture show and it will tak?
piace about 8:45 on Saturday and
Sunday evenings. On Sunday after
noon, immediately after the ball
game, there will be a slack wire ex
hibition over the big swimming pool.
No extra admission will be changed
for this unusual attraction.
o
Catcher Roger Bresnahan has been
coming through with some classy stuff
at second base for the Cubs during the
absence of Bill Sweeney.
War Necessities
The -loss .of employment and the increased cost of living
brought about by the Avar will be an incentive to the
American people to practice economy and thrift and a
good per cent, of the people will acquire the Saving habit.
The-American people have been the greatest spenders and
the most wasteful people in the world.
The Phoenix National Bank
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