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Ardmore, Thursday, Mrth 17, 1910
PAGE FOUR
THE DAILY ARDMOREITE
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JuJflUy iillOlllOlCllC.
AonMnoriTP DiInLiHlNG CO
ARDMOREITE PUBLISHING CO.
S1DNFY SUGGS.
. . President
int. a nt tho i'ostofflnt ArdiiioTe"
as Second Class Matter. .
OFFICIAL ImPER CARTER CO. !
AND THE CITY OF ARDMORE ,
If It Is In tho Ardtnoieltp, It Is leftiil.
TERMS OF GUDSCRIPTION 1
The Dally Ardmorelte.
One Your .J0
uno Month
One Week If'
The Weekly Ardmorelte.
Per Year by Mall $1.00
Sir Months SO
Throo Months
'! '
Phonet.
fliislness Manager' Offlco S3S
City Editor's Office f
IOiiR Distance MS
..... ...n.tln. .... t Vtn
character. Ktai.dhiB or ropntatlmi 0f
mv nnrsnn. firm or eoriioratloll
which may appear In tho coliiiima of, Oklahoma In ao nnolly domocratlo
Tho Ardniorolto will ho (?ladly cor- t lint giooinlnx a ronih1lP'in rr rov
rictp.l upon Its IipIiir hrotmht to th(.nor ,s ,,IW prtK-pss.
ttontion of tho niaiingeiiiPiit. 0
Eastern Representatives. ,.u,ry t1(1 rt.p,Wpnn aaya "l(HiX
Will. II. aru, luiiuim iiiiniiiiiB,
New York.
Ardmore, Thursday, March 17, 1910
POLITICAL CAMPAICNS AND DUSI- How much l o inn R rfpttlilU-an can
NESS INACTIVITY. ndato runnlnu on an nntl-prohlhltlon
I'oMoal t-.iinp.iiiins aiwn.xH loud to.tlpfcpt put In Oklnhoma noxt Nuvmif
t ill tmsliiiss. I'aitii-uliirlv Is this j hot V What's th; answer?
'mo when a kIiiIp aiupalun Is IioIiir I O
and .piPstlous of w,t l.niHirt ! "htahunm noods Is loss poll
, .,r,.mi the pi. for oo.i.ldora'lo.i " "r" (' "r
.n uhlch nro to ho dool I upon !,v ,' " "" "' " ' h,H
.., , xprcl f his s..ffrao. Ok- ' "' "ilnm
..u In I.. f.ir.mHU.i ,.,.rl.Ml. I ''" ""' '"" ,f ,l,"lr ayalOlllS, hill
ti -t.ito hit Just omotKod fiom i
Hrritc lal foriu of Kovorutiu nt, tho Ini
,iii o: which will be long MvimI and
'i.i'it to orHHo. While many wood,
a i .Ic-uiiM' htWH hate l cu eiiactod
du I 'k' the first two enrs of stuto
huod some indlcal loKlslatlnu has also
been Kiven blith. Constitutional pro
hi il'lon has been saddled upon lis
tin- daiiittini; Influences of which
i.ne bo( n wltiipssod in overy nook
i ul i .ii nor of the state; this
will be an Issue in the campaign.
1 hero nre constltiitliiual umcudineiitH
to ho conshleted and voted on. and
taken nil in all Oklahoinaiis will this
vt ,ir witmsrt a most spectiicutar iind
a bitter conflict bitweim the domn
i rats and republicans.
Tho republicans are now and wilt
lontiinio to use the high ta "war
! tmt this little bit of (i. O. I.
iirgnmeiit won't hold water, for by a
i in. ill iimouut of 'inostlgatlou the tav
p.O r tluds that ho has not .boon ovor
iitili in ,1 with toH and that ho ha
utteii full and I'Mict alue for oery
mil lie has boon taxed. That
(a luihlile U easily burstod.
'high
Ilui
Lit - turn Oklahoma loose
Uti.i' Oklnhoma needs more than
in k else - and what Oklahoma
inn-.t 'i no - U mntcriul growth nnit do
i ' i;i:iM iit. A busliioHH nilmlniatr.i
Mon ie Hie state's affairs Is what tho
ii o.ile aio c'ntuoiiiig for and that's
w i. iiio are Kolug to demand. 1
I i 'ipht and bro.idest liusluess iuoii I
i.'tlci . they hhouhl bo Induced to
c in the running and thou thpy
io i d In elected and the democrats
. ih iionile-ii upon and opiK-toit to
bi.. rn, condltlou hImui. With Leo, N,Uc 8, 8illr ol (enl K,inlo.by
C i- In the governor'a phulr nnd . Gunrdi.in.
i muled by h sit of oxporieticsl i n, the Couiity Court of (!art in Couii
. i-ii-. - una the douund will hawi j ,Vi rftll,t. 0,. oKmbomn.
'J ' 1 ""' In tht matter of the guiii'dlauHhlp
T ii etes of tho wor'd were focuasetl : ..r 11...1..1 '.,i. 1 1-.... n-, 1
t
111 It' 11 O.l tlfltS lt I I Ik ySalVa Ail. !
'"uuiwaru prior to mo states ail-1 noieneo Hell Wntu, minors. No
u Into the union; p nk who , Uctt uf u,e of w,
( -iliiv foresaw puilleiu opportunl ; N,,.(( , ,Miri.,,, ,, , MJp.
MC- 'in llltpstllK'tlt hoif. he'll bm-k ,. f ,111 ,ir.l(.r nf anl.. i.e..!. hv
- ul ..ti'ed tu woe what kind ol 11 eon
1 .itioit inir folk would frame
" (' i' 11 would lie t.ieiidlt 01 un
' . 1 , : -1 1 t.t fen !, 1 eapli.il and for
1 .1 , 'i , Mirations and whether tiw'o
ill any fp nuns thai would
, .m nuostuunt hero hna.rdous.
11'. do no- mean to attack our I
. .1-1 Hon a. a whoh. yot wo can
. ..ml .very man who has the wet-
' ie ... the state at heart see them
m w , . 8,.mo bad- v( ry bad- ladnta '
it no, u. bad Imkmu,.. they pie-,
t .t 1 ... settling up an I .Unclopuu ut '
. t stau ; capital Is timid and In
"ing lo eomu liwe knowing that
t 11 uM for littestun nt Is not profit-
n'n lei.cl, more untnMtlng.
tr .i!i..ii must be turned Imo--i
mi 1 iat wo do not mean that vh
t..,. itst ho mrucd looae lltorally ;
01: . 'ii.ilil.ms tuns' bo elwitgod ao i
t t..t . id al .-nn come hole anfoly '.. '
mild ."d make rulltoad ostenalons,
l. Ml... .air vast resouicos ami op-
e ,v t.. torles. Wi. must nmko tho ,
tiell ...win 1 gnnrantoelng to tho 1
11 1 who would cotuo here, tho prlv-
lie-., of working unhamjiorod and an
a.ti.iad of piotoctlon and co-opera-
tl""
Ok i' :a:t must have uutalde help In ,
i.- i- to expand and ever- legitimate ,
li d ie .i.i nt at tbo contuiftnd of our
':' - uoiid be evt. n.led uP who
wtd' ' ' m!'
I li 1 iU' 1 t , ..I i 1
Hit 1 1 1 t 1 . ,11.1, .
vi 1 "
inatitro her will niiliirally await tho
imtpont" of IV e'eetlon before .
lug. Why? Ito. au.o titey are nrr.ri
,,f h,,mv of ,h wiiiHtloiw horn-thov !
ministration will Ik a btialneM one
"; h'
In toganl to the ponding constitution-
niiiPlidmPtita.
If Oklahoman show the nullity and
Msnoslilon to ronilitet tho stato'a nf-
fl,, " l"'',, th wno
Imti in on waiting to soe u gel right,
will rush In and oaatat In the up-
puHtllng of tho fomntrniwofllih.
In tln meantlmo
Lot okhboma Brow!
If Onior K. Honodlrl don't look out
hft'l! choke to drain nn th.it high tax"
xUiirat.
.. 0
IJuoitlon: Will t!io pwpit of Okla
homa take thr medicine that tho i-
"u,,,"'m" ",!,t
at your tax rwulnt and thoii vote'
imImp him In tho fatr nlth a t.trwv
nit plipp.
-O-
tot s don't foi net tin Interesta of tho
stn'e tiom an liidiiHtrlii! Hlandpolnt.
O
Mister Flynn Is Irish, Uut
Ias Angolos. March 17. Mister .lltu
Flynn of I'uoblo. Colo., formerly a
llii'inan but now an exponent of th
manly art of self defense. Is Irian -And
thl Ih St. Patrick's l.iy
ltllt
yo, there's the but--
Whother Krln's patron saint will
aid Flynn In administering defeat
to Sam l.iitiKford, when the pair of
them meet In n flntli' encounter in
Mister Tom MoCnrey's spacious and
bountiful arena Just out of town,
where the cops can't Interfere, the
fight being scheduled for forty-flvo
rounds, which Hhouhl bo plenty long
enough to furnish the material for
a flrstchiKS funeral - :il1hotlgh, for
once, the mourners nro not likely
to say. "Don't ho look natural?" -whether
the fact that thU is St.
I'ittrlck's Hay will have anything In
do with the result, Flynn being an
Iriithiiiiwi, as pei-vlously st.ited, depo
iient say nix. Nevertheless, It may
wifely be proKtnwt looted that 'twill
be a brnw fight If tt lasts Innn
uough.
b'ome of the fans are betting their
plh k nit ,11m, who In n regular hIiiiiu-r.-.n
nan from tho Comity Corker
ith, with th( nssttranco that no yel
low innn- although Uingfto-d rnn't
fairly be culled that, being several
shudi s darker than yellow with the
nvtiirttiee thnt no man who hu the
slighted Hugo of yellow, or near
orHlue, hi his make up, couM nisI
bl win n fight on Si. Patrick's day.
aim 1 nit"i iiriii"(i 11 (ill nt t ii 1
h .. ... .
I tht- Judge of the county court of Ciar
'tin count), ttklahouut, 011 tho asth
day of He mil her. IIHIH. Ul" under
signed guardian of tho estate uf Dan
iel Watts, He n I i 111 Wrnit mid Flor
mit ,. m. SVhU w, , -h ,. ,
w, UdUtT ri,lJw., l.onUl.malou by
galu rtn ,bf, ,ulh ,u. of Mttrli.
,u,t at th(. nou,. of 8 oVUu.k , thl)
af,rl(0n a, ,c ,ourt ,,OUHO of (ar.
Ull t.uty. Oklahoma, nil the right.
,m0 aIU (mereM of said Daniel Wntt.
iumiUoi, Wait, and Flown. hVh
W)llu , ua tu llt, fi.0lug ot.,ol.U
,,u rwt, 1 in tiartln au.l
VnvWr t.,mnt,,t. state of Oklahotna.
0-wlt:
Und of l)r.Ul Watts The s of
,,. gw of the of 0i
-p.,, t 8outb( JUnge ., Wwtt
Un-H , wUlrh tWfU of MU wanli.
hUp Watts. llei.Uoii Wait, and
piorouco Hell WatU owu ait umUvldod
0He-ixt)i Interest oaoh. after tfie
life e.tat,. of Ithoda Wis and (!eore
w. wtu, to-wit: Th Nh of th
8Wy, 0t .K'tlon 30. Twp. I North,
itango 2 inut.
Suld roal estate will be sold for
0tt-h uoject to confirmation by tbo
county court of Oarvln county-. Okla-
bomR.
nat(Hl thl, 2Ut lUy of Klirunry.
iq,
1UIODA WATTS, (lunrdlan.
THOMPSON' A. JON'KS, Attorneys.
Vi,:;
- 1 ds arc the belt
: :i tt tt a tt it .J
ST. PATRICK'S DAY. it
tt
j n j J Jf M K Jf J
St. Patill.'-. Day'
If v ii had any doubt uliout I:,
nil -)U lind to do was to take n
walk up anl down Main treet b.
hind a rim- old Irish gentleman with
a green stave-pip" hat and y.mU
of urot n ribbon and a shninro"k""ir
big ne your hand on tiu iii.'l of
hi coat. It w Fttclc llorryhlli
the robin nntiouncea V .wmim of
the spring, 0oa I'iipI! Merry a't
n th harhlnoor of thi day tho Irish
celebrate. Thin morning I 'nolo Hp''
was abroad parly A-it i n flnr phi I
amllo rn his iaco and lookln as ;
If ho was humming over In his hoart
tho "Wparlng of tho Oireen."
"Tho lop o' tho mornln' to yon,'"
said t npl terry to the ronoiter.
"Where's your shamnck?"
Tho ri'imrtor i(lnttl to a no it
.Ittie tri r Unto thnt his wife had
pinned o:i his pat a ho loft th
hntisp In tho iiuirnlng.
' "rttirp- I didn't sop It," wall! rn.-lo
lk'ri. hMIi a giln. " "I'wa no amnll
atf i.liaint d of or color? IUto,
sths this In your button !n:." and
hp pill led out ii nil of gippii rllihon
thai tt u'd lute miiilo a fine sash j
f.ir an lil.-'t o'. eii at a lair.
' -Hur... i i.i, times are gone, .tnitl
t'id l
I i'lide Iteiiy. ! mind the day wlin
St. Patrick's was a blggei' day tiiin
Wlishlilgt ll's blrtllilay. Ail the tinilie
Incut cltlieiw would turn u.r from
tho mayor down to the city aeiviot
ger and sure, ihoy were nil Irish
I mi way, back In liijianny. Well, well,
how times do change. We really
ought l: hae a god p.irado t nlav,
mid what a fine wiin I could ar
range, even bore lit Ardmore, where
we nr.' so lar removed from the
Irish National pouters. In the first
place, I'd make Huek thirrett griiud
uiurHhiil of the day. And then In
chnrge of tho First Dlvllnn Id put
I 011 Friiine "
"Li. n Frame?" said thi
roporte
"Why. LonV not Irish."
"What? What? L:n Frame not
Irlfh? Do yon menu to tell 1110, my
lad. that the O'Fratnes of Tullemue
clescrag are not Irish? 'Gtvim! Ye'r."
klddln' nie. Why, I mind tho day
well when Paddy O'Framo came over
to tliU country and lauded at Castle
Harden - "
"Well, liefer lllllld go oil with
tho organization."
"Then, Mike Ooriiinn I'd put him
III 1 barge of the second division. Ve'l'
11 t bo denyln' he's nn Irishman.
Then there's Snyder, .luilgo MnsonV
major donio "
"Why, Snyder's a Dutchman.
"Whit an t-te ve htvo for color,'
snld I'iipIp I Wry. "Did ye over ee
ilint brand of hair and thnt good
fpllowfhlp grin on the fate of any
but n true born Irishman? Wbat'j
In a iiiime, anyway? Hp has th-
map of Ireland all iver his faco.
Then In command of the third ill
Mslon, I'd put doe IIpii Champion "
"Now look here. Fncle." ald the
rps.iter. "you kn that .toe lb 11
la n IContucklan."
"Av coorso--ho adopted Kentucky
for his blrthpl ice, hut I know the
Mae m million' of (inlwny as wo 11
ns I know yon, nt boy. They drop
ped tho Mac In tho ocean com in' over,
bill the '.11111111.1011 nr. all Irish. Thou
I'd line tip 1 hp llainlltoim, tho put
tor, the Dings, nio Itutnseys they
say their S.-ucli, but their forobonrs
wen- from LlnierL'k- the Pinning-
I tons, the Whittlngtons. the Hus,oi:s,
lite (illls, tho nildnjs and tho Clill
hiinn -sure thoro'i no denyln' them's
Irish, mid I'd put little Jlutmlo M nth
era on a big horo caparisoned In
reen -.llmmie's a Catan man- I re
menibi r his grandfather well hi.,
name was Patrick Saafleld O'.Matherv
but ye know hutv them name git
chuiuod, an 1 then there'
Daubo "
Dave
"Now, look hi'te. I'nclo. jjii know
Dave I is iiIh- n't an Irishman. "
"Dauhc? Dtvo Dnuho? A Irish as
ye niako 'em. Look at hU fa. Ho
cornea of tho O'IMrby's of Dnrbyvlllo,
Iu the North, olt.se by Donegal Hay.
Suto an' lit-' Irish. Then would come
CommUsliu). r .lone ami li.irultt
"Well, Hurnlit Is Irish, I wl'I grant
you ho wrltiw poetry. Hit' how about
Jone?"
"Well, stir, the .lones's are from all
nationalities, and I've known lots of
Irish, .tones lot him deny it, If ho
will. Then wou'd como Krueger, tho
shoe man
' Now, look hori, Fnclo liorry you
know that jqu etn't make an Irish -
maa opt of Krupgor It sounds too
much llko oom Paul
' Krueger? If ho Isn't Irish today
1' I cat my shamrock."
' Vo;i, how do you make It out?"
"Well, Union, mo boy," said the old
.ii.ti as he tipped ills green hat on ono
i' a I snrcnj his grcn ribbon our
to wid r vlev 'Wp'jo :dl Irish on
t l'j.t'i, ks l)av
ti tt tt tt it ttti :
::
IS
III URGES CONSERVATION
CONDEMNS WASTE: HIGH PRICES
S' I'aill, Mar h 17 .11:1 .1 Hill
dolhoiod an nililrt'i-. tt t'io Mitm xota
Coiti'orviitloii ('otip:itlc! t'lil'iy, III
whloh ho urKi'd tin ooiisorvatlott of
onpl'iil, poii loniliod otranmniro, nv
tho piuhis of tho Inrroaso In pricoa,
mid told how tho ultuati.Hi diacrli)od
hy him iiiIkIiI bo rotnudlcd.
Croat Intorost was tnkon In tho
afHPoh of Mr. Hill, who dwlurod thnt
" HvIiik In an hr of world-wide
llnanplnl dtdlrnun": thai "noM nltpr j
tin (onsotvutloii of tho Intnl. Its aroii, ;
nso and fertility, must poiiip tho run- oNppinlltiiro has nlriady prodmpd a
soruitlott of national capital In tho plentiful prop of public Ills. It Is ono
shape or ensli iind eredlt. j of tho causes of the Inctenst In prlos
Mr. Hill fnld In pnrt: Tito I tit- now dlst'iiblnjc the people. ThK In
rnenso Inpronso of wealth nil over tho 'ipnse follows In a unostlvo way ti)
world has urojitly .inainontod the. so;)- j lullatlou of naMotinl and local bud-r
ply of capital. Tho mobility of this
j capital, tho ease lit which thtough
tornnllnuul oxplmnge It cntt ho made
to Hiitlsfy a need now In one country
nnd now in anotliei. streimtluus Cr
Impn hsIoii that It Is inexhaustible. id lilting of the price let id. Food
The addition of nmoutited billions to stuffs cost fioui lb to 7 per cent
the aggregate wuilth of the
world !
hnM .(mi,,lltl.(1 tI, s,,lt.u of ,nnkln.l . !
f ntnllahlllty hns lulled to s!ci p ti.it-!
,,., ,,.,. .,, .,llt..t...t tbo nlarm
tIl! M,(M.t. nmi nlotod tho alarm
. lltom ., f sll!,tv tho spend- t
...... x ......
tlulffs Hie. The Inctenso oi appar- j
out rosounos by an easy ro"tt lo
hnnowliig, the mortgaging of a patri-
mony not our own to obtain material j
for pro, ut extravagiinco, the diver- j
slon of wealth front proilu:'tlto to nn-, tnl gold pinductlon of tho world;
protliictlte tisps,-all those Imvo gone 1 which ro from .?1 IS.siS.uOu In IS'.nl
fntthor thun mos: iicop'e ronllc. i to ovor $ IH7.iHin.oon In ll'OS, has boon
"The people of tho United States J made tin basis for ono form 'and an
inherited front Its founder a whole- other of credit Wsues aui-'ro'-'atlng m
sunn; tr.iillilon ngnlust debt, whl.-h Is i vast sum.
nnl now disappearing from the con-
duct of national affairs." Mr. 11111 said
tho national debt now tends to rise,
I'ouceuled under the pollto fiction of
eortlllcates or Indebtedness to cot or
treasury detlclts. "It," ho continued,
"tho advocutes of large bond Issues
for all miinnor of Internal Improto
nieiits should carry their point, If that
resource Is not definitely restricted to
the emergency of war, wo will bo In
the condition of F.uropo, where the
motto of every chancellory now seems
to be, "After tho deluge.'
"Ill our cities, modern extravagance
tlnds its most 11ntran11iK1l.il oxpies
slon. The total debt of tho states, In
cluding all minor civil divisions In
croused $13,!t2t.ll3, or l.'jr. per rent
between IPSO nnd 1S!H). Hot wet it IM0
and llo.:' It Increased ?727.77S,W:!. or
it por cent. Nearly three-quartern of
a billion in tw.-ho years, an average
of $i'i0,0ou,iMiii a year !n th. amount
borrowed by the people, ought to
make and countrv stop and think.
Moi-t of 'Jie actual material levelop
niont Is prlvat.ly financed and carries
its own bonded Indebtedness, which I said Mr. Hill. "This must be credit. vl
the public limine, s cannot take into ' to the lavish expenditure which has
nccouut. Tho ilgures down to P.ilO. I now grown to bo a national trait
outside of and In addition to tlu nut- ' "Waste. Idleness and rising wines,
lonnl debt, would probably show an t all Inter-related to 0110 another, now
liiPtoaM. of a billion and a iprirt'-r I ns cause 1111 1 now as effect, are. next
to a billion and a half dollars for the ! to an over-Issue of irredeemable pap
last twenty t Hrs. and a gruiul total 'if er, the threo most powerful forces In
oti-r two and a quart. r bl'llon dollars; , tlfe worl 1 to raise prices.
about louble Writ It was in tV.'O.
"Debt Ilgures, however, do not be
gin to tell tho story of our national
oxtrnt.ignuce. Only a small part of
our 1 xp ndlture Is represented by debt
tables. The vest is raised by Increas
ed taxation. I know of nothing bear
ing more directly or forcibly upon tlto
subject of national waste ami the con
tort alien of ti'itlounl resources t!i"
tho pi..fllgac dlsc'osid by our pub
lic t xp.niso loiUers.
"Although the great business expan
sion of this country began right utter
tho Civil War. tho expenses tor IVI0
wild but four million dollars gr.u'or
than thoie of twenty years beforo.
Since isdiO, these expenditures have
gtowu hy lsO,O00,flO0 and each nine
jears on tho utonuo, or IliO.tioo.uoo
a year, until now Uipv are 131. 1 per
cent more than they wore olghtoen
years ago. Expressed in term of p.-.'
capita outgo. theo charges, which are
only part of the cost of innlutiilulnt:
the fe Jural government, rose ftom $.
75 in ImUO to '!.;!: In I'.'OO and to
$7.1!i'i In 1000.
"It Is nlttay asserted, when tho
truth Is told and a. drinatul for econ
omy is made, that tho development if
tho country and Its Increase of wea'th
have been so great as both to require
and Justify enlarged outlay. The
answer to the charge ol a billion dol-
lar eloti of congress Is that this much of It to tho unproductive, ptii
has become a billion dollar country. , jioses that tho state represents when
1 The npo!oy Is neither relevant nor
1 true. It Is rut necessary that expense
Lhould lucteaso iu the anio rat H
;n growth. Hut the growth of ov-
peudltuto has so far outrun tho
growth, of the country tli tt the uctqV
figures nro nbnost Incredlb'e.
The fol'otting Utile table, txhlb't-
(ng the whole sltu.ttloii ml-'lit lo
.printed nt the top of every lc erhead
uid by. any man In. public offlco nnv-
wbnro In tho I'n'tcJ States
Increases,
Wp illh. I.S70 to I Sim. II'. if
i p it.
1S!H) to I'.iPl, r.." ppr (Ptit.
I'oiolun Trail. IS7 to l.sl. i, !0 por
rout, '."i to 1!ius, s.vi por '.ollt.
Vnlup MiiuiifiK'turod products. 17
to isno. ii'i por ppnt, iMMi to iiior., &s
p! colli.
Not Ordlnnty Hp. f. S. liovt., ISM
to lyn, l.i por cnt, istm to r.ms,
ll'l. I por ti'iit.
Ilxpptidltuiot', U states, isiio to Kit",
2 S, iu.r wnt.
"Tito piionoinonnl linre.ino of pub'lj
Tho nuiiige cost of the supp'len tint
must lie- bought for pructlcally every
household has Incensed about ib per
rent hetwuti lfb'. and l!"M). HurliiR
tho past jear. theie has been a mark-
more than ten years ngn.
Soniothlng Is d
tency Inflation. 'I
due to enormous cur-
I'ho total per capita
i.. tin. tT.iitoi State In ism! was J'Jl
In the Fulled Stat
.....
II. nml in I'.uMi It was $:!.V00.
Al
Ciou-ili populntlon had grown by ninny
millions in tins:- thirteen tears, the
amount of money to each Individual
had Incased by l!l.r.ii. or nu.ro than
i;n per cent. The Inctoaso In the to-
i "The tnrlff Ih another cotitribuiing
ouitfo. It Is trpe that it ran lurnlsii
j j,ut u partial explanation. For to on:y
u limited extent can tho rWe In fo.nl
prices b. affected by or traced to tin'
tarlll. As to conitnodltlt s that te ex
pott, tho tariff Is inoperative. It gen-1
orally affects prices dfrectly as te
become importers. Novertlioh ss. tho
ntrlff must hoar its hump of respotisl
blllty for rising prices.
"Combinations which are actually n
restraint of trade, which liavo mon-
opollzcd their Hold and nro either con-,
trolled by a common secret manage
ment or 11 secret agreement to main
tain exorbitant charges are part'y
sponsible.
"Still moro of tho rise of prices is
duo to tho decline of agticttltnr 1 1
products as compared with the in
crease of population." Decrease Sn the
number of cattle and swine was also
given as a reason.
"When due allowance has been
mado for the effoct of thesn forces that
make for dearer living, there still
ronmlns a large unexplained balance,'
"Perhaps the greatest factor of .1'!
In the price pre' 'in is the wage rat .
Everybody knows that labor cost s
the principal Item in a'l form of li -.lastly.
The wage rule has been its
Ing steadily in this country. Power
ful forces aio back of this iii'.tentoiit
It has public sympathy. To resist it.
is difficult nml may bo dang 'tons. -.
cost of production is chiefly labor
cost, the price of the finished artlc.o
must go up If Hip price of labor Is
lain I. This Is Just as true of the
farm as of the factory.
"Tho effect of national waste of ("','
ital Is f. It Immediately In the add 1
weight of taxation. Tho taxes colli t
oil annually from tiie railroads of tic
count 1. v hnte luenitsed more than - 0
; por cent since l.SSH. They Increa. .1
by forty million dollars and by ui "
thnn lo 1 por nitlo of trntk between
11100 and lHOs." Franchlso taxot, ,n-
hotltauco taxes, taxes 011 corpnrui'ot
and Incoino taxes nre leferred to w 1 1
neither approval or disapproval,
"The modern theory that you e.i 1
hiifoly tax tho wealthy Is Just as ih
noxious as tho medieval theory tii.it
you can safely oppress or kl'. h-1
poor. It is obnoxious not br Mi. s
wealth deserves special conslde '.I'lou,
but because eapltnl Is tho mali.s.uvi ;
. of all industry nnd material '.levhj.v
1 niont ; and, nfter you have devo'e I 1
it transcends its primary funrt.ri s
, keeper of tho peace and adinlni.tr,i''.
! of Justice, there will be Just so tun .1
less left to pay out Iu wages anl (
.vote to tile creation of other wea'tn
' "The saving featuro of our s't .
tlon is Hint it is not complex, nnd h ''
the reiuoJy is not obscure. The Lb. .1
of Intelligent economy must bo 'e-
stored. Let tho ru'o bo that ever
doll.tr unprolltably spent marks a
, crime ngninst posterity Just as tn a
its does tho dissipation of material re
fouives. Ilxpendlttiro tntist !) cut
down all nloin; tho lino.
' 'ledlt oxorywhero shotlhr bo p lit
sorvi 1 by a sharp scrutiny of now
bond Issues. Tin; nation should re
sorxc them for the crisis :f war; no
state need nw hortow ukuIu If It !s
wisely and lionostly Koverm'd.
"Htop urnftlue, the ofTsprlni: of pu
)lc o.stinviiKaiiee and llto pnront of civ
ic decay, lu lhlduiil and public econ
omy; a Just distinction between it ItlKh t
standard of coinfort on one sldo anil '
vulBiir ostentation or criminal was'o
on the other; a check on income wait
ing, debt creation mid credit Inflation
thou; are tho essentials of the now
and hotter consonntlon. The toforiii
Is yo K'ont, mo Indlspptisnblp, so link
...I ,.i ..ill iti.irut fiu it ..11 nj ,1111 unit. '
erlal pionress that It would (cin to
appeal to the hoart and mind of overy
Atnorlcan and win his ontlnislas:lc do-.
oil(lll ll li li nn iimi iiiiiiii- niiiiu nn v
, ....
tit.cn won. Patriotism and self-lnter-
est Mrlko hauls hert for tho i.totc
Hon of our hollies nnd li.ipplnestt ftom
.....i ii i... t...i.i.. ..i. ..ii t
,i .i ..r ,.ii ......, i. w
1 1 1 1 1 n l - IIHI1 illlllMJIHiin wi .ill i mi-...,. -.. j
the foes within our own borders."
How Good News Spreads.
"fMtn 70 years old and travel
most of tho tltuo," writes II. F. Tol -
son, of Kllzabethtown, Ky. ICvery -
wnoro 1 go i reconiinomi cieciric
lliuerti, iiecini-ie I ono iny e.i-i...eii- i
health and vitality to them. They!
etfoct a euro every time." They nov-1
or fall to tone tho stomach, regit- j
Into tho Mdncy and bowels, atlnt
"Into the liver, invigorate tho nerves
rt. ......l... ,l..i lilni.l T-lwii. t',,1-1.'
illlll flllllj lliu uniuvi. i.ij
wonders for wonlc, run-down men
W()mt,( restoring strength, vigor I
, nnd health thnt'a n dally Joy. Try!
them. Only f.Oe. Satisfaction is pos-
'"ey. -"iiuioro ,
' ' .
WANTICD- Wagon driver at once.
Apply .1. Y. I.jikIoii Sto.un Hyo
lloii-e, next to Citlmor Hotel. Phono
301. 17-.1
Don't miss "Tin College Widow-' o-
night,
-
KINKADE
, REALTY-
COMPANY
Till: .IKI'FJOHSON TUFST
COMPANY JIAS MON BY TO
LOAN ON COUNTRY AND
CITY PROPERTY, AND WE
REPRESENT THEM HERE.
WE INSPECT THE LOANS
AND PASS ON TITLE AND
YOU C.BT THE MONEY WHEN
WE ACCEPT THE LOAN.
THAT'S LL,
120 ACRES OIL I. N1) FOR
SALE
WE WANT TO SELL LOT
NO. 2 IN UI.OCK NO 2. Mc
LISII ADDITION TO ARD
MORE. THIS IS ONE OF TIIE
REST BUYS IN ARDMORE
TODAY. LOT 60x110. HOOD
STONE FOUNDATION FOR
HOUSE. CHEAP AT $.r.:.0.
COME AND SEE US. WE
II AYE THE REST HWIOAIN IN
CITY AND COUNTRY PROP
ERTY TO HE FOUND IN OK
LAHOMA TODAY.
WE HAVE SOME EXCELLENT
TILXOKAOB PROPERTY ON
THE ROCK ISLAND-FRISCO
AND ON THE SANTA FE FOR
SALE OR TRADE. WE HAVE
SOME OF T1I13. REST FRM
LANDS IN CARTER COUNTY
TO TRADE FOR CITY PROP
ERTY NND SOME OF THE
REST CITY PROPERTY IN
ARDMORE TO TRADE FOR
FIt.l LANDS,
IF YOU FAIL TO LIST YOUR
STUFF WITH US YOU MISS
THE CHANCE OF A LIFE
TIME. WE WANT YOUR
IIl'SINESS. THAT'S AVI IAT
WE ARE PAYINC. OFFICE
RENT FOR. YOU WNT TO
UUY, OR SELL THE STUFF.
LET'S C.ET TOUEHER. WE
HAVE A 11UYER FOR WHAT
YOU WANT TO SELL, AND
WE HAVE A. SELLKR. FOR
WHAT YOU WNT TO RUY.
KINKADE
REALTY .
COMPANY
ARDMORE SECRET AND
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
Ardiiioro Lodge No. CS7
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
Moots every Wcdm sday night at
K. of 1'. Hall.
JOHN C W HOFFMAN.
Worthy l'ronldcnt
J k011T
' v '
-ccrctar),
Washitn Tribe No. 33
IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN
fleets every Wednesday night in
ltod Men's Hall, HotHh Washington
Stteot.
II. A. KH.MIILH, Sachotn.
1). T. NIS1IKTT, C. of H.
uacuita u avmak-cdc ACff....
.riw..,.n ,iri,i,imiMnu nddUwIn-
,T,nM
I ATION NO Z3'2.
Mcotjj , Hci, UM ibQ
. Thllrstiay ,,, PV
1 ,, n ..., ,, .,
w.
T NISlliri'T, V. of H.
Canton Ardmoro, No. -I
PATRIARCHS MILITANT, I, O. O. F,
1 Mcot every Friday In Odd FoHowb'
' Hall. . jj WALKlCIt,
, ! 'p NIS11ETT,
Captain.
Ulorlt.
Indlanaol.t Hncarajimeia No. 10
I. O. O. F.
iMceU In Odd Fellow-j' Hall every
Vlday night nt S o'clock.
T. L13U HOPSON, C V
11. T. N1SJJHTT, Scribe.
Ardmoro Lodge No, 9
I. O. O. F.
Meets In Odd Fellows Hail every
Tuesday night nt S o'clock.
J. F. CAllTEil, N. G.
W. W. TALJAFKUKO, Sec.
Ardmo'e Rebokali Lodge, No, 20,
I. O. O. F.
'Meets every Thursday night In Odd
Fellows' Hall.
.MISS JENNIE HARVIOY, N. 0.
L J. HERNDON, Sec.
Cump C3.t
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
Meets nt K. P. Hall first, second
and third Fridays in each month.
Y. IJ. LYNN, C. U.
J T .lONES. floik.
WOODMEN CIRCLE.
Moots at K. P. Hall every first
Mandoy afternoon and third Friday
evening. MRS. ED. SANiDLIN,
Guardian.
MRS. N. i:. MARTIN, Cleric.
Myrtlo I)dgo No. 107
KNIGHTS PYTHIAS.
' M'eetH every Thursday night
at
I Castle Hall.
I A. LOWENSTE1N, C. O.
' W. T. SAL1SI1URY. K.of R. and S
PYTHIAN SISTERS, No. 29.
Meets second and fourth Tuesdays
Iu each month at Cast la Hall.
JESSIE DAWSON, M. K. C.
GRACE RERRY, M. R. of a
Ardmoro Ix)dgo No. CI8.
B. P. O. E.
Meets second and fourth Tuesday
nights at Elks' Home.
ARTHUR WALCOTT, Ex. Rul.
JODIE ADAMS, Sec.
Ardmoro Chapter No. 11
R. A. M.
Meets ocond Tuesday In eacn
month at Masonic Hall.
GEO HI3NRY IJRUCE. High Priest.
JNO. L. GAIT, Secretary.
Ardmoro Cotninanacry No. 3
K. T.
Meets first Tuesday in each month
at Masonic Hull.
HODERT 11. HENttV,
EM. Com'd'r.
GEO. HENRY itRUCE, Recorder.
Ardmoro Council No. 11
R. and S. M.
Meets tlrat Thursday in each month
ut Masonic Hnll.
A. II. PALMER, T. I. Master.
GEO. HENRY 15RUCE, Recorder.
Aidinoro Lodge No. 31
A. F. and A. M.
.Meets second Saturday night
In
eacn month nt Masonic Hall.
W. M. GRIFFITH.
Worshipful Master.
GEO. HENRY IIRU1CE, Secretary.
ORDER EASTERN STAR NO. 70.
Meets fourth Monday in each
j month at Masonic Hall,
i MISS RESSIE PALMER.
I Worthy Matron.
I MRS, IRENE RRYAN, Secretary.
I KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF
' SECURITY. NO. 1457.
Moots overy Monday night In Odd
' Follows hall at 8:30.
It. L. SCOTT, President.
MRS. T1LLIE CIIADDICK, Sec
Modern Woodmen of America.
, Chickasaw Camp No. 7205, M. W.
1 of A., meets every Monday night Iti
1 K. ol V Hall.
' R. D. KNIGHT, V r
1 S. F. IIAYNIE, Clerk.