Canadian Valley Record (Canton, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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JUBSCiVIPTI0>| SI.M PI P YEAR
THE BATTLE OF
THEJRES
lAtrteo'tural and Commercial Prcaa Serrie«l
It is interesuag to uatch tae lorcea
of civilization battling for supremacy.
The straggle now going on between the
rubber and the iron tire promises to
be the liveliest contest of the Twen-
tieth Century.
The struggle is a silent one and
there are no ^r correspondents to j
Write vivid dlHriptioas of the con- j
fiict but the results are more far-1
reaching to present and future gea* I
eraticns than the war of Europe. •
The rubber tire fc^s bee* maneuver*
In® for point cf attack for several
years and has captured a few unim-
portant peel tions in trafoc. but it has
iiow pitched a decisive battle with
Its iron competitor by bcrling a mil- J
iioa "Jitneys" at the street railways
and the batt.'s 13 raging from oc:aa I
to ocean Upon the result of the'
strafe depe::i3 the future cf tie!
rubber tire. If it is ccmpc-iied to r->
<treat, its Cccza is :c lsd. but if itT. ics
th.2 battle it v.ill revolutionize ill.;,
transportation mct'ic^s cf this naticn
If the rubber tire conquers the I
street traff.c its ne~t struggle is with I
,tbe railrcadj of the country, and thao !
itfce greatest bait;-. b".:v.-.;en eccaeafe i
forces ever fought cut en the face {
cf this earth is cn. fr.r iron is the un-
d:3pt• '! : r in t;-".u_;.c;cn, ccJ j
Is fortiiicd behind billions c: tloilars. j
and millions of men.
Stc:.hcnica applied the steel tire j
to an iron rail in 1S14, but it v.-3s 1? ,J i
before the golden spike was driven J
at Promontory Point, which bo una
the country together with bands of
steeL It took the iron tire fifty-five
years to creep from ocean to ocean,
but the rubber tire while warm from
the creative mind of the inventive
g«.niu3 sped afcross the continent lik
•a arrow shot from the bow cf VIys-
ses. The roadbed was already pre-.
pared and therein lies the power of j
the rubber tire over that of irc-a, for
government builds aad maintains the j
public highway.
But iron is a stubborn metal and
It has mastered" every wheel that j
turas; has fought battles with every I
elemeat above and beneath the earth I
and has never tasted the wormwood 1
of defeat, and when rubber huris its I
full force against this monarch of j
the Mineral Kingdom, it may rebound
to the factory stunned beyond recov-
ery.
The rubber tire firat made its ap-;
pearance on the bicycle, but it proved ;
a frivolous servant and wa3 dismissed:
for incompetency It has always been
too much inclined to revel in luxury'
to be taken seriously as a utility m- 1
«tiia and its reputation is not one to
'Inspits confidence in heavy traffic I
■performance.
Bu t to those who care to waft Into j
dreamland, it is enchanting to note j
that there will be a marvr.I0U3 differ |
ence between a rubber and an iron'
age The rubber tire will scatter the j
;cities throughout the valleys for with ;
transportation at every man's door,
why a city? It will traverse the cob
tinent with a net work of Macadam
highways as beautiful as the boule-
vard built by Napoleon. It will par
alvze the law making bodies of thi3
nation for how could the legislatures
run without the railroads to operate,
on?
rc^o. jtiens. r*jecchcs cr c-mph!atr
containing charges and csunter-
charges.
The love for justice makes the
whole world kin. Understanding u aa
arbiter far morn powerful thta tha
mandates of government, tor there to
no authority quite 90 commanding as
an honest conscience; there is mm
cree quits so bladte« as tls« «| t*
Supreme Court of Common Sens* and
no sheriff can keep the peace quite no
perfect as Understanding.
We suppose the time will never
come when capital and labor will not
be occasionally blinded by (he light-
ning flashes of avarice or frighten*!
by the thunder peals of diiconteat.
Eut Understanding is a Prince of
Peace that ever holds o^t the •lies
branch to men who want to do right.
A man's income 1* always a sacred
thing for in it are the hope, ambition
and opportunity of hiir^lf. and fam-
ily, but there is noviins in a fcuman
heart quite so divine as Justice an?j
Understanding is its handmaiden.
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RESTLESS?
UPON CONTENTED HO«4«.
A DIVINE COVENANT.
God Almighty gave Eve to Adara
irlth the pledge that she would be his
helpmeet and with this order of com-
panionship. civilization has towered
to its greatest heights. In thU reta-
tienjhip, God has Dks^ed womaj and
man fcae homered her and after four
thousand years of progress, she now
proposes to provoke G®1 to decoy
man by asking for suffrage, thereby
by amending an r.rrcement to which
ehe v. as not a party
V.'cman, renumber that the Israelita
EeOrcgd a divlns covenant, aad as a
result wandered forty years in the
wilderness without God. Lil.c-v.ua
man should remember that it Is a
dangerous thing to debase woman oy
la~. Rome tried lowering wemrrt's
standard and aa outraged civilization
tore the clothc3 oil the back: of th3
human race and turned them out to
roam in the world naked aad an-
asaamed.
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FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL
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By Peter Radford.
The recent investigation of the
United States Commission of Indus-
trial Relations brought together the
extremes of society and has given the
'public an opportunity to view the rep-
resentatives of distinct classes, side
by side, and to study their views in
parallel columns.
Capital and labor have always been
glaring at each other over gulfs of
misunderstanding and if the Federal
Industrial Commission attempts to
bridge the chasm, it will reader the
public a distinct service.
The farmer has been sitting on the
fence watching capital and labor fight
for many years and incidentally furn-
ishing the sinews of war and it is
quite gratifying to find them taik-ing
with, instead of about, each other
Whw honest men smile and look into
iNA elfc* h it always makes
•* rartt '*•«■• .*14 far more satis-
factory to the fanner, who In the end
the bareen of cpafiict, than
By Pater Radfcrd.
This country is suffering more from
tainted politics thaa from any other
malady at the present time. There is
scarcely a campaign speech made, a
platform demand written or a mea-
sure enacted into law that doeB not
carry the taint of personal gam of
some politician or political faction
thereof.
There is more "blue sky' in cam-
paign promises of many politicians
running for office than was ever coa-
taiaed in the prospectuses of the bold-
est promoters of chimerical business
schemes. There are more secret com-
binations formed by politicians ia the
name of "My Country" than ware ever
formed under any and all other
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden in the phrase "Be it en-
acted" than were ever concealed un-
der any and all other disguises.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained pes^ion for
mastery has caused more distress in
this nation than the greed for gold,
and it ought to be regulated by law.
N'o business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentlessly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than a political party
that seeks to make junk of an in-
dustry, or cripple a business for party
success, through tariff measures, po-
litical supervision aad ofttimes de-
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring to the voter
as the story of the rainbow with its
pot of gold and their consummation
about as far-fetched. Self-gain is the
fir3t lav in politics. There are many
men in office today who, if they
could not shake plum3 off the tree o;
American liberty or cut a melon take-,
from Uncle Sam's commissary, would
have less d®.«'re to sTre the public
The country is surfeiting with patri-
ots, who will bare their breast to bul-
lets in defense of their country, but
there are few men in public life who
will bare their breast to voters or run
the gauatlet of party disfavor in de-
fense of agriculture or industry >" a
representative of the people, who wUl
permit personal prejudice to dethrone
justice, party success to disfranchise
reason or the rancor of a political
campaign to influence judgment
render capable service.
The preservation of our prosperity
depends upon wisdom, courage and
honesty in government, and the Amer-
ican voter should seek these attri-
butes as implicitly as the Wise Men
followed the Star of Eethlehem and
they win often be found to rest over
the stable; the plow or the staff cf
the Shepherd. The surest cure for
tainted politics and machine rule is
fresh air and sunshine and these im-
portant elements are most abundant
upon the farm, and when farmers,
bankers and merchants are elected to
membership In legislative bodies, much
of the trouble In government will dis-
appear.
By W O. Lew*
President Texas Farmers' Union.
Wh, is woman dlssatfcAed? Why
does she grow restless under the
crown of womnnhood? Why is she
waary of tha God-given jewel of moth-
erhood? fait not 8 sufficient political
achievement for womaa that future
rulers nurse at her breast, laugh in
her arms and kneel at her feet? Can
ambition leap to more glorious heights
than to sing lullabies to the world's
greatest geauises, chaat melodies to
master minds and rock the cradle of
human destiny?
God pity our country when the hand-
shake of the poiitician is more grati-
fying to woman's heart thaa the pat-
ter of children 9 feet
Woman Is Ruler Over All.
Why do«3 woman chafe under re-
straint of ecx* Whj revile the hand
of nature? Why discard the skirts
that civilization has clung to since
tha beginning 0? time? Why lay asida
this halloed gunxient that has wiped
the tears cf sorrow from the face cf
childhood? In its sacred embrace
every ;rc~oration has hidden its face
in shame; dinging to its motherly
folds, tottc-r'as • uiMren hare learned
to play hi-::- and s.-isk and from it
ycuth learned to reverence and re-
spcct womanhood. Can man think of
his mother without this consecrated
garment?
Why this inordinate thirst for pow-
er? Is not woman all powerful? Han'
cannot enter this world without he?
consent, he cannot remain in pea:3
without her blgs^ing and unless she
sheds tears of regret over his depar-
ture, he has lived in vain. Why this
longing for civic power when Hod has
made her ruler over all? Why crave
authority when man bows down and
worships her? Man has given woman
hi3 heart, hi3 name and his money.
What more does she want?
Can man find it in his heart to look
with pride upon the statement that his
honorable mother-in-law was one of
the most powerful political bosses in
the country, that his distinguished
grandmother was one of the ablest
filibusters in the Cenate or that his
mother was a noted warrior and her
name a terror to the enemy? Whither 1
are we drifting and where will we
land?
God Save Us From«a Hen-PecKed
Nation.
I follow the plow for a living and
my views may have in them the smell
of the soil; my hair is turning white
under the frost of many winters and
perhaps I am a little old-fashioned,
but I believe there is more moral in-
fluence in the dress of woman than in
all the statute tooks of the land. As
an agency for morality. I wouldn't
give my good old mother's home-
made gowns for all the suffragette's
constitutions and by-laws In the world.
As a power for purifying society, I
wouldn't give one prayer of my saintly
mother for all the women's votes in
Christendom. As an agency for good
government, i wouldn't give the plea
of a mother's heart for righteousness
for all the oaths of office in the land.
There is more power in the smile
of woman than in an act of congress."
There are greater possibilities for
good government in her family of
laughing children than in the cab-
inet of the president of the United
States
The destiny of this nation lies in
the home and not in the legislative
halls The hearthstone and the fam-
ily Bible will ever remain the source
of our inspiration and the Acts of the
Apostles will ever shine brighter rhaq
the acts of Congress
This country is law-mad Why add
to a statute book, already groaning
under its own weight, the hysterical
cry of woman? If we never had a
chance to vote again in a lifetime and
did not pass another law in twenty-
five years, we could survive the or-
deal, but without home civilization
would wither and die.
God save these United States
from becoming a hen-pecked nation;
help us keep sissie3 out of Congre3S
and forbid that women Oecome step-
fathers to government ia the prayer
of the farmers of this country.
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THAT'S EASY TO WORK
Saves Money
To trie builder in that ii saves time and work of
carpenters. We're extremely particular about
shingie-o as a poor roof on any building is a nuisance
We have just unloaded a carol the best red cedar
shingles, also a car of Arkansas white oak posts.
Come in and look our stock over before buying-. 4
Yours for a square deal, ■
A. H. HILL LUMBER CO. j
E. E EVURETT, Manager j
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1 Have lfcsm in Stock
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3 !:iore str tin than any
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CANTON lUCHNE AND BLACKSMITH SHOP
Wti. i-.-I.sing, Prep. Canton, Oklahoma.
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J F * • CORE. Prop.
Hauling- t . ov pari of the city. Absolute safety.
Prices reasonable. CANTON, OKLA.
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any and an
Sunday . 1
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Junior Lea^-..-
Epwortn p.
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Ladies P^frN^rtins 7 u—- 7.;Hi P.V
Prayer Mf t - WeJn^s<ij-.y 7 30 P. M
Wfuv-x. Pastor.
D. £. Shackelford
Dentist
a m. Permanently located in Cam-
a. m ton. Office on Ground floor
i'. m. of Bank of Canton Building.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Examination Free
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It ts an admitted economic fact that
there can be no pennau«at prosperity
without a permanent agriculture.
T. c. KNOOP
Attorney-at-Law
Practice in All Courts.
Office in Bank of Canton Block
canton, oklahoma.
F. R. Buchanan. M. D.
Practice of V.edicine and
j Surgery
Temporan office in
Owl Drug Store
Bert 0dell
Live Stock Auctioneer
Makes hates at .-Jagl* Oit* Baiiv
( rhone' at my expense. Prepa-ed at
Meets everv Tuesday nieht. Visitin, j a?jr t!me cr.v ssles st home *r
I RreUiroi invited. ' abroad EAGLE r.ITY. OKLA.
c. D. Haskins. Secretary. ——————————
S E. Maniprinsr. N. G. I
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Canton
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Agriculture ts recognized as the
greatest of all Industries and a pros-
perous, progressive aud enlightened
agricultural population is the surest
Mfatvard of ciTilizatlon.
Cilebr- ie at Can-
ton, July 2 nd 3
a. f. padberg
Physician and Surgeon
'rjrerr and Diseases ofChildro
a Specialty.
Office over B^nk of Canton,
alhs Attended Day or Night.
I hum* Nn Canto*. Dkit.
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