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State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State Newt Items Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
Jackson.
MUST SELL BONDS OR BORROW.
Deficit, Large and Growing, Stares
• Mississippi in the Face.
Unless the governor can dispose of
at least a part of the $600,000 bond
Issue before November 1, there will
not be enough money in the treasury
to buy a last year’s straw hat at this
year’s bargain counter sale. But at
least $100,000 of these bonds will be
sold before that date, it is believed,
which will be enough for the state
officers to draw a part of their sal
aries, enough for one or two meal
tickets.
The state treasury contains about
$11S,000 at this time, and of this $45,
000 is for the A. & M. College, at
Starkville, and Alcorn A. & M. Col
lege, at Rodney. This money can not
be used for any other purpose, or if
it should be, the state would forfeit
the appropriation made by the federal
government for these institutions.
With about $530,000 due by the state
November 1, the financial prospects of
Mississippi are anything but pleasant
to contemplate. The governor can, if
he fails to sell the state bonds, or
enough of them to tide over till taxes
begin to come in, borrow enough
money to meet current expenses. But
in addition to the funds due the va
rious institutions of the state Novem
ber 1, current expenses of the govern
ment amount to between $75,300 and
$100,000 a month, which must be met.
The pensions diie November 1
amount to $400,000, and $105,000 will
be due the tax assessors of the 79
counties wrhen they complete their re
ports. Then interest amounting to
$16,000 must be paid to the state uni
versity, in addition to $4,500 on the
land grant. The state will owe the
Industrial Institute and College at Co
lumbus $2,300 interest on that date,
which makes a total of close to $53,
000.
As an offset to this the state has
about $83,000 available, and if last
year can be taken as a criterion, wrill
receive for September and October, on
account of privilege taxes, about $6,
000. But this will give the state only
about $105,000 with which to meet cur
rent expenses and pay these obliga
tions, which must be met.
Adds to State's Exhibit.
Dr. E. N. Lowe, state geologist, has
just secured a fine specimen of red
ochre, which will be a part of the Mis
sissippi exhibit at the Ohio Valley
Exposition at Cincinnati. This speci
men came from Lauderdale county,
and is one of the most valuable discov
eries made by the state geologist in
some time.
The exhibit will also contain speci
mens of three building stones found in
the state and lignite coal. In addition
it will include specimens of various
clays, cemeht materials, gravel of vari
our kinds, showing the mineral re
sources of Mississippi.
Many Offices Abolished.
Governor Noel has receive several
letters of inquiry as to the number
of offices that were created and the
number, if any, that were abolished
during the term. He has looked into
the matter, aud finds the following
facts:
‘Of the commissioned state, district,
county and municipal offices, addition
al to those incident to the creation of
Gteorge county, there are 90 created
by this administration and about 39t
wholly or practically abolished, a net
reduction of offices of about 308. The
90 newly created consist of two su
preme court commissioners, four cir
cuit judges, four district attorneys and
two chancellors and 78 county attor
neys.
Governor Names Montgomery.
Governor Noel has been requested
to appoint a representative from this
state to confer with the commission
in charge of the fiftieth anniversary of
the battle of Gettysburg, and has ap
pointed Col. W. A. Montgomery of Ed
wards, commanding the Mississippi di
vision. United Confederate Veterans,
to represent this state.
Premiums for Corn Yield.
Three special premiums of $50 each
have been offered by the New Orleans
Great Northern, Alabama & Vicks
burg and New Orleans Northeastern
railroads for the greatest yield of corn
per acre within five miles of these
roads. These collections of corn wiL
be shown at the state fair and may
also be entered for the prizes offered
there.
Banks to Handle Crop.
The hanking institutions of Missis
sippi are in the midst of preparations
for handling the season’s cotton crop,
.and the leading financiers of the state
take a very hopeful view of the situ
ation. According to prominent bank
er*, it is probably that the amounts
•drawn from the Eastern financial cen
ters for the purpose of handling the
cotton crop will not be as large as last
year. This is due chiefly to the /act
that the banks in Mississippi are more
liberally supplied with home money
having over $60,060,000 on deposit
% * 1 4 4^
PEANUT RAISING PROFITABLE.
Crop More Valuable in Yield Than
Cotton Growing—Average Price
Probably $1 a Bushel.
Peanut raising in Mississippi is an
established industry, according to Mr.
C. U. Dahlgren of Gloster, and is s
more valuable crop than cotton. Land
that will yield an average of $75 an
acr# in cotton will produce 25 per cent
more in peanuts, while the cost of cul
tivating and gathering the crop is 25
per cent less than -cotton.
When the boll weevil infested that
part of the state near Summit and
Gloster, the merchants and farmers
began to look around for a substitute
crop. Mr. G. H. Barney, president,
and Mr. C. U. Dahlgren, manager, oi
the Gloster cotton seed oil mill, fig
ured on a crop that would furnislj
them with raw material, with the re
suit that a large area has been plant
ed in peanuts.
While the crop has not been har
vested, experiments have been made
which show that the land will yield
from 50 to 100 bushels of peanuts to
the acre. A minimum price of 75
cents will be paid for the entire crop,
but as the demand for peanuts is
greater than the supply for eating, it
is believed the average price will be
close to $1 a bushel. At 75 cents a
bushel peanuts will bring better re
turns than cotton, as the meal can
be used for stock feed, but at $1 a
bushel the financial returns will ex
ceed cotton by a large margin. It is
estimated that the average yield tc
the acre will be close to 80 bushels,
w’hich, at 75 cents, will be $60 ar
acre,
Negroes Form Insurance Company.
Governor Noel has approved the
charter of the Union Guarantee and
Insurance company, capitalized at $50,
000. This is probably the first insur
ance company in the world to be or
ganized by negroes. The entire cap
ital stock of the company will be
subscribed by the negroes of the state
and negro officers will conduct the
business. Mississippi has eleven ne
gro banks, each of which seems to be
in a prosperous condition. Most of
these banks have a good surplus, in
addition to carrying a good line of de
posits.
Plan for Draining Delta.
Governor Noel has received a report
from Maj. T. G. Dabney, chief engin
eer of the Tallahatchie drainage com
mission, showing the modified plans
that have been adopted by the body
for the carrying out of that gigantic
enterprise to reclaim swamp and over
flowed lands in the Delta.
* The original plan of the commission
was to perfect the Coldwater diver
sion, build the Tallahatchie reservoir,
and clean out the channels of the vari
ous bayous, at a total cost of $4,295,
000. The commission has adopted as
its modified plan only two of the orig
inal items, the Coldwater diversion
and cleaning out the channels, which
Maj. Dabney estimates will cost $3,
570,000, or an average of $4.14 per
acre.
Reports on Monument Fund.
Capt. H. Clay Sharkey, treasurer of
the Confederate women’s monument
fund movement in Mississippi, reports
the following as the standing of the
fund : Bolivar county, $575; Hinds
county, $336.65 ; Coahoma county,
$126.50; Leflore county, U. C. Y. or
ganization, $50; Lauderdale county, U.
C. V. organizations, $50; Jefferson
county, $58; Yazoo county, $25; Rank
in county, Pelahatchie, 15; Sunflower
county, $$1; Chickasaw county, $20.
Total, $1,300.15; interest, $$14.65;
grand toetal, $1,314.80.
Pushing Hygiene Work.
The Mississippi state baoard of
health is gradually getting all arrange
ments in shape for carrying on the
work of directing the public health
and sanitation as mapped out early In
this year, and the men at headquar
ters, as well as in the field, are all
men of exceptional ability. Under the
direction of Dr. W. S. Leathers, the
practical work, of inspecting and re
porting is parceled out among well
qualified men, while the bacteriologic
al work, in the hands of Dr. Harold
Candidates Name Commission.
, The friends of the three candidates
for United States senator must se
lect and recommand men for election
commissioners in the seventy-nine
counties of the state. This was de
cided upon at a meeting of the state
election board Thursday afternoon,
and notice of this effect sent .out to
each of the candidates.
Corn Will Be Exported.
For the first time in the .history of
the state, Mississippi will export corn
to Europe this year. Just how much
will be shipped is not known, but the
farmers have raised enough to ship
several hundred thousand bushels. Ar
rangements, it is said, .have been per
fected for shipping the corn, which
will go through the ports of New Or
leans and Gulfport, where It will be in
spected and graded. Mississippi corn
is of high grade, so experts say, and
promises to become a regular export
AS IT APPEARED TO HER
Mrs. Oelrichs Evidently Didn’t Think
Much of Mr. Blank’s Earning
Capacity.
Mrs. Herr in Oelrichs, the best
dressed won;an in Newport, criticized
very pertinently, at a recent dinner,
the new dinner gowns of Paquin and
Callot.
These clinging and filmy gowns are
chiefly remarkable for the V-shaped
back that they possess. The V—it is
incredible, but it is true—opens all the
Divining Rod 200 Years Old.
Winslow W. Fifleld of Medford,
Mass., owns a metallic divining rod
brought from England more than two
hundred years ago by one of his an
cestors. The rod, says Mr. Fifleld, has
been used successfully all over New
England and in the western mining
districts. It is attached to whalebone
‘handles 12 inches long and weighs two
ounces. The handles have inscriptions
on them which are almost obliterated
by age\
The person who brought the rod to
America was Isaac Greenleaf, who set
tled in Massachusetts. The rod became
famous as a finder of water. After
marking the place of many springs the
rod was used in California, Colorado
and North Carolina for locating by men
in quest of gold mines and other met
als. One person who used it with par
way down to the waist line. At a gala
performance in Paris given by the
Metropolitan Opera company of New
York—the most successful perform
ance Paris ever saw, and one whereat
$40,000 was gained for the Pluviose
victims—many of the beautiful Ameri
cans in the $40 orchestra seats wore
these daring gowns, and now at New
port they are often to be seen.
Mrs. Oelrichs stared at one with as
tounded eyes at a dinner, and her
neighbor said:
“Isn't that new gown of Mrs. Blank’s
a dream? Old Mr. Blank is so de*
tlcular success was a blind man, in
whose hands the rod is said to have
done marvels.
A Strong Preacher.
The minister’s eight-year-old daugh
ter was returning with her parents
from church, where the district super
intendent had that morning occupied
the pulpit.
“Oh, father,” asked the little girl,
her face alive with enthusiasm, “don’t
you think Brother C. is a very strong
preacher? I do.”
Gratified by this evidence of un
usual intelligence on the part of his
offspring, the minister eagerly in
quired into her reasons for her state
ment.
“Oh,” replied the little miss, artless
ly, “didn’t you see how the dust rose
when he stamped his feet?”—Judge.
voted. They say that everything he
makes goes on his wife’s back.’’
Mrs. Oelrichs, her eye fixed on the
gowr’s terrible V, said with a smile:
"Well, he must be making very lit
tle, then.”
_ I
Practical Matching, 6
What the little girl with the 15 cents
in pennies wanted was some red rib
bon of a particular shade for her moth
er. She knew the shade, but she
couldn't explain it and all she could
say was, it wasn’t that, no, nor that;
it was deeper than that, and not so
The Counterfeit Southerner.
Of course, there are many counter
feits. A most amusing imitation is
one that often passes for the typical
southerner in New York. This satchel
mouthed braggart infests the cafes
and demands attention fry his abusing
the waiter for offending his delicate
sense of honor. “I hate a nigger, suh,”
he loudly proclaims, which is a senti
ment that one never hears from those
to the manner born. He haunts the
theaters and parades the streets, since
it is poor fun to practise his gentility
in private.
He wears a wide black hat, mounts
the table and yells whenever the band
plays a southern melody. Such a pre
tentious caricature* wtrnld be harmless
enough, but for the ridicule he brings
upon the south. Unfortunately, popu
lar authors seem to accept him at face
deep as that, and so on.
The mission was looking hopeless
when suddenly she darted from the
shop and seized a passing gentleman
by the hand.
“Will you please come into this shop
with me?” she asked innocently.
“Certainly, my chickabiddy,” he re
plied, "if I can be of any use. What
is it?”
The little girl replied not, but led
the wondering stranger to the counter.
“There, miss!” she said, triumphant
ly. “Mother wants some ribbon tha
color of this gentleman’s nose.”
value and exploit him in novels or
plays where a “southerner” Is a nec
essary part of the stage machinery.—
Everybody’s Magazine.
i ”
Wasted Sarcasm.
The Philadelphia milk dealers who
recently raised the price of their
product to nine cents a quart and then
lowered it again to eight appear to
have been the subjects of a great deal
of unjust censure. They announced
at the time of the raise that milk
could not be sold at eight cents with
out loss. Finding that the consumers
would not pay the new price, however,
they are continuing to sell at the old,
thereby qualifying as genuine philan
thropists. Every purchaser of milk
at eight cents a quart will doubtless
hereafter feel that he is an object of
l charity.
I
When a small cligue of men put up
a scheme to harness the 'clergy of
America and induce the ministers to,
in turn “hitch up” the members of the
churches, we should all take notice.
They couldn’t harness the preachers
in a bad cause except by deceiving
them.
Ministers of the gospel are essen
tially and fundamentally honest but,
like all men who work for the public
good, they are at times mislead by
false statements.
Trust them when they have exact
truth to speak from.
Now for the story which should in*
! terest every one for we are all either
i receivers of wages or we pay to wage
j earners and the freedom of each in
dividual is at issue.
In various papers the following
statement has been printed. Read it
carefully at least twice.
“Iinterest in Labor Sunday.
“Labor Sunday—the Sunday preced
ing Labor day—will be observed gen
| erally this year and in future years
I throughout the United States. This
I because of the American Federation
of Labor declaration for the observ
ance of that day. The numerous let
ters recently received at American
Federation of Labor headquarters
from ministers is an assurance that
interest in the idea of giving special
attention to the cause of labor from
the pulpit one day in the twelve
months is widespread. Our readers
are urged to try to bring about an un
derstanding in their respective dis
tricts with representatives of the
church so that ministers will make
addresses that may attract trade union
ists to the churches in large numbers
for the day. Ministers should say what
they think on the occasion in order
that their trade union hearers may
put the right estimate as to where the
church stands on the question of the
organization of labor. The more the
subject is discussed the better will it
be for labor. Union ethics are sound.
—American Federationist.”
Observe that “Labor Union” men
"are urged” to induce ministers to
make addresses that will attract trade
unionists to the churches “for the
day.” “Ministers should say,” etc.,
and winds up with "Union einics are
sound;” observe the hidden threat.
This is clipped from the American
Federationist the organ of Sam Gom
pers, et al.
This clipping has been sent to pa
pers throughout the country and the
TvDoeraphical Union men in the news
paper offices instructed to “urge” that
it be printed.
That is one of the ways of the “ma
chine.”
It looks harmless so the papers print
U But! Let’s lift the cover and look
under.
The hiddeo motive is as dangerous
to the peace and liberty of the citi
zens as a coiled rattlesnake in the
grass.
Organization by workmen to peace
fully and successfully present their
sT(le“ls necessary and most commend
able. _
There are such organizations now
rapidlv winning their way to public
confidence without strikes, dynamite
or killing fellov/ workmen.
(Some facts on this matter a little
further along in this article.)
Wc see here a demand on the min
isters of God, that they endorse and
help' build up the strike-producing,
boycotting and violent American Fed
eration of Labor.
Think of the man of God who
| teaches brotherly love being covertly
, ordered to praise and help get new
! members for an organization with a
record for violence, crime and murder
done by its members the like of which
the world has never seen.
Think of the thousands of women
made widows and the increasing thou
sands of children left fatherless by
the pistol, club, dynamite and boot
heel of members of this Labor Trust
Any one yrbo recalls the countless
murders done in the multitude of
strikes in the past few years will
agree this is no exaggeration.
Take just one as an illustration:
There were some thirty men mur
dered end over 5000 bruised and
maimed , in the Chicago teamster’s
strike. . ,-> ■
There Is seldom a day passes but
somewhere In our country from one to
a score of our fellow men are assault
ed or murdered by members of this
band.
Then remember the homes blown
up or burned. The families hounded,
the rioting, burning of street cars,
wrecking of trains and attempted or
successful killing of passengers.
The general disturbance of industry
and the thousands of dollars forced
from tax payers to pay extra police,
sheriffs and militia to protect, even in
a feeble way, the citizens from the
mobs of members of the American
Federation of Labor.
Then you will realize why the great
peace-loving majority of over 80 mil
lion Americans protest against the
growth of this crime-tainted organiza
tion comprising perhaps one and one
half million men, of which It is esti
mated at least seven-tenths are peace
loving citizens and are members by
coercion and . are not in sympathy with
the three-tenths who have gained con
trol and force their methods.
We find that a few designing men
have seized control of the American
Federation of Labor, just as some
shrewd capitalists have secured con
trol of some railroads and other in
terests and are now twisting and turn
ing them into machines for personal
profit and fame.
These men cunningly plan to force
workmen to join and pay 25 to 75
cents a month in fees.
Various methods are used to “in
duce” workmen to join.
First, they talk of the “tyranny of
capital” making slaves of workmen.
Then they work up enthusiasm
about the “brotherhood of man” and
other talk which experience has
showm excites the emotions of work
men and they are induced to Join and
pay fees to the leaders.
The 5000 workmen in Battle Creek
are, as a rule, free from the dictates
of the great Labor Trust and still get
the highest wages in Michigan. If
they had yielded to the smooth talk
of the agents of the trust and joined,
they would pay In fees from $1250.00
to $2000.00 a month to the big trust
and be subject to strike orders any
• time.
Now they save that and put the
money into homes and family com
forts
But the managers of the American
Federation of Labor have worked
hard and long to harness them.
The trust has sent small bales of
money and last winter 18 “organizers”
to tie up Battle Creek. They hired
halls, gave picture shows, smokers,
etc., as an investment, looking to rich
returns when they succeeded in hav
ing them tied hand and foot.
But they failed and the last of
these “organizers” left Battle Creek
on May 1st saying “it’s no use.”
The workmen knew the record of
this great trust and formed their own
association to protect their rights and
also to protect them from the big
Labor Trust.
In Philadelphia some 4000 indepen
dent street car men, who mainly had
families, had their own union and re
fused to join the big trust, preferring
to he free to work or not as they
pleased.
But the trust planned to force them
into the fee-paying ranks, so a strike
was ordered to compel the traction
company to kick out these men and
hire only Labor Trust members.
It was not a question of wages or
hours but to push the free men out of
their positions where they were earn
ing good money to support their fami
lies. The strike was ordered, not to
raise wages or reduce hours, remem
ber, but solely to throw out members
of an independent union and make
places only for Labor Trust members,
and thus show the independent men
they could not earn a living unless
they first paid fees to the trust man
agers.
Incidentally the people of Philadel
phia must submit to no car service,
rioting and bloodshed with millions
in losses while these fee-hunting, noto
riety seeking trust leaders were teach
ing the world that industry cannot be
carried on except by workmen who
first bend the knee, bow the head and
pay fees.
How these men as strike leaders
love to see their names in^BjPueP!^
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each morning! It a meat and bread
to their souls.
Then think of the lordly power, and
don’t forget the steady flow of money
squeezed from the workman’s hard
earned pay enevelope.
But when these leaders “tie up” any
industry no man can hold a job who
refuses to pay fines even on trumped
up charges, and steadily pay fees
whatever they are.
The workman is absolutely at the
mercy of this band of men who have
secured and hold control.
Many and many an honest workman
has raised his voice and appealed to
his fellows to rise and throw off the
yoke of Gompers, et al. But, as one
writes, “At every convention of the
American Federation of Labor, strong
opposition comes up but at the crit
ical moment the impassioned orator
appears and most dramatically puts
the spot light on the leader and covers
him with a mawkish film of ‘mextyr
dom’ and the emotional delegates yell
in delight, forgetting the instructions
of the peaceful workingmen at home
who desire to free themselves from
the odium of membership under the
great advocates of strike, boycott, vio
lence and hate.”
So we see the unequalled insolence
with which these trust leaders pro
pose to “induce” ministers to pull
their chestnuts from the fire by
preaching modern aggressive and vio
lent labor trust methods.
There is a better way to secure jus
tice for workers, as will appear furth
er along.
Just a little diversion here.
I am charged with having first
brought to the attention of the public
some years ago, the name “Labor
Trust.”
A trust is a combination of men or
organizations for the purpose of sell
ing their product at a profit and re
stricting production to effect it.
We will say- a large Oil Company
gathers in smaller ones and thus con
trols production.
The Labor Trust “gathers in” local
trade organizations and thus has pow
er to say how much work each man
shall do.
The Oil Company then fixes prices.
The Labor Trust does likewise.
The Oil Company may “use meth
ods” to force an unwilling dealer to
join.
The Labor Trust men go further
and slug the independent man if he
tries to sell his labor without paying
fees and “obeying orders.” They ai^
both exactly alike in purpose, which,
in both cases is entirely selfish to
gain power and money for the leaders.
Certain Labor Trust members do
not hesitate to use violence, dyna
miting of property, burning homes of
independent men and even murder to
force obedience.
The Oil Company doesn’t go so far.
Both are extremely dangerous to
the welfare of people and communi
ties, for power placed in the hands
of a few men either representing Cap
ital or Labor is almost always abused
and the public suffers.
Remember, reader, that your safety
lies in strenuous opposition to all
trusts which try to ride over and dic
tate to the people.
Only by opposing their growth can
you retain your personal liberty.
Now to ministers.
The average congregation is made
up of about 90 per cent, of free citi
zens and much less than 10 per cent,
of members of the Labor Trust.
The free citizen wants to hear words
defending the rights and independence
of the common man, free from the ar
bitrary dictates of any self-seeking
organization either of Capital or La
bor.
The merchant, lawyer, school teach
er, doctor, clerk, farmer and work
man rebels against any forcible stop
ping of trains, boats, street cars,
or factories, for the prosperity of the
community is entirely dependent on
steady continuance of these things.
Men don’t like strikes, boycotts, in
jured workmen or burned cars and
factories.
A famous divine says: “These men
may hate capitalists but their hate for
other laboring men bums like a flame,
eats like nitric acid, is malignant be
yond all description.”
Then we remember cases of acid
throwing, eyes gouged out, children
pursued, women stripped, homes de>
stroyed, men murdered and the long,
long list of atrocities practised by
“CaFor Trust members on other human
beings who cannot agree with the
trust methods.
Now for the better way.
Workingmen are now organizing in
the old fashioned trades union or
“guild” way, affiliated with the Na
tional Trades and Workers Associa
tion whose constitution provides ar
bitration of differences with agree
ment for no strikes, boycott, picket
ing or hateful coercion of any kind.
This Trade Association has evolved
from the experience of the past and
is the highest order of Trades Union
ism at the present day.
Under its laws it is not possible for
the Hod Carriers Union or the Street
Sweepers Union to order the school
teachers or locomotive engineers to
quit work in a “sympathetic strike.”
If any craft Sndslfnjustice, the case
is presented to properly selected arbi
trators, testimony taken and the case
presented to the public through the
press. Thereupon public opinion, that
greatest of all powers, makes itself
felt and curiously enough a fair settle
ment is generally the result.
There is no strike, no loss of wages,
no loss to the community and yet the
faithful workers get their just treat
ment
There are many details which have
been worked out by men skilled in
labor matters.
It will recompense any interested
man to know these details which can
be secured by a postal request for
constitution and by-laws written to
the National Trades and Workers As
sociation, Kingman Block, Battle
Creek, Mich.
Reader, look carefully into this
great question of the relations of Cap
ital and Labor and its successful so
lution. The new plan works and
brings results foy the members.
I became so favorably impressed
with the trustworthiness and practic
ability of the leaders of this new la
bor movement that I gave the Associ
ation a sanitorium at Battle' Creek
worth about $400,000 and with about
300 rooms, to be used as a home for
their old members and the helpless
babies, sometimes made fatherless by
the pistol, club or boot heel of some
member of the violent “Labor Trust”
1 Suppose you attend church Labor
Sunday and. hear what your minister
has to say in defense of the safety
and rights of the common, everyday
man.
Let me ask you to read again a por
tion of one of my public articles print
ed a few years ago.
“The people of the world have giv
en me money enough to spend in
these talks through the papers in try
ing to make better and safer condi
tions for the common people, whether
the Postum business runs or not
Scores of letters have come to me
from work-people and others, some
from union men recounting their suf
ferings from union domination and
urging that their cases b^ laid, before
the public.
It will not answer for us to only
sympathize with the poor, the op
pressed, those who haven’t power
enough to drive off tyrants and re
sent oppression, we must help them
tie the hands of the oppressors. Amen
icans must act
Some of my forebears in New Eng
land left comfortable homes, took
with them the old hint locks, slept on
the ground in rain and frost; hungry,
footsore, and half clothed they grimly
pushed on where the Bternal God of
Human Liberty urged them. They
wove for me and for you a mantle of
freedom, woven in a loom where the
shuttles were cannon balls and bul
lets and where swords were used to
pick out the tangles In the yarn.
These old, sturdy grandads of ours
stood by that loom until the mantle
was finished, then, stained with their
life blood it was handed down to us.
Shall I refuse to bear it on my shoul
ders because the wearing costs me
a few dollars, and are you cowards
enough to hide yours because some
foreign labor union anarchist orders
you to strip it off?
I have faith that the blood of 1776
still coursing In your veins will tingle
and call until you waken. Then j
Americans will Act" "There’s iHeC j
son." aw. F087&
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