Canadian Valley News. (Canadian, Oklahoma), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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FINANCES ARE
IN GOOD SHAPE
Economies Have Effected Cut
in Expenses of Various
Departments.
MONETARY REFORM IMPORTVT
president Hope It W'H No* Mado
Subject of Party P' *lt c«— 8ur-
plus In Po«t«l Dep tmant—
Attention Called to Canal
Matters—Postal Saving*.
^ Washington. Hnancee fid cur*
remy reform lire the subject of a up#
c.al message to rongresa. which reads
Itt part an follows:
Th* flnnn< Inl condition of the fov*'rn
HH • >"*.> Ht tho close of the la.l
flu,-Ml y.nr . un« * . I 11, *"* v«ry eatl
factory The ordinary receipts Into the
1 fund. ©jnludlnf iwetal revenues.
amounted to $7t.MTa.ST4W. end the die
buret nx>iits front the funeral fund for
«urr«-nt e*i eiis«i end capital outlays, ei-
olmltitK (Kistal end Panama ('anal dls
In.rsements. Including the Interest on the
puI,.!, debt, amounted to I6M.177.I07 .
leevtriK s surplus of $47,234,177.10.
The postal revenue receipts amounted
to WS7 KI.KHi 60. while ths payments made
for the poBtal service from the postal
revenuee amounted to f237.060.T06.4li. which
left * nut plus of poatnl receipts over die
bursements of UI9.I1H 12. the first time In
r years In which « >urp..« occurred
The Inlerent bearlnir debt of the United
fttatee June MM!, amounted to 1914.
:< I'.Ht Tcli debt on which Interest had
ceue*'d amounted to $I.I70.R80.W, and the
dflit bearing no InterfSt. Including green
backs, national hank notes to he redeem-
ed, end fractional currency, amounted to
fSM 61,917 43. or a lots! of Interest and
non Interest bearing dvht amounting to
|1 JUtt.iN4.H37 69.
The actual disbursements, eacluslve of
thnnc fur tlie Panama Canal and for the
postal service for the year ending June
RO mil were ftlM.1ll7.IV7 W The actual
dlsbursentetita for th« year ending June
lyid exclusive of the Panama Canal
and t h" postal service disbursements,
were |6f.S).70ft,S91.0*. making a decrer.s of
lft.W7.8VS 19 In yearly expenditures In :l e
year 1911 under that of 1910. For the year
ending June an. 1912. the estimated re
celpts exclusive of the postal revenues,
arc fiiOS.OiNi.OOO while the total estimates,
exclusive of those for tho Panama pay
abl« from the postal revenues, smounte.l
to 9CM.M2.799 34 This In a decrease In the
1912 estlmales of 9l.634.3C7.2I.
For the vear ending June 80. 1913. the
estimated receipts eicluelve of U
la! revenues. «tre VCfi7.000.000, while the
total estimated appropriations, exclusive
of the Panama Canal and postal dls-
buseinents payable from postal revenues
will amount to 8*37.980,808 St. This Is a
decrease In the 1913 estimates from that
•f the 1912 estimates of 97.921.996 99
% An to the postal revenues, the expan
•ton of the business In that department,
the normal Increase In the post office
and the extension of the service, will In
crease the outlay to the si
4CS hut h the department
tattling this year the
ts asstired that next
will at least equal th
f tSCO.931
self-sue
tmaster general
the receipts
ndltures. end
probably exceed them by more than the
surplus of this year It Is fair and eqult
sble. therefore. In determining the ec. v
onn with which the government has been
run to exclude the transactions of a d-
purt ment like the post oflh e department.
Which itlles for It* support upon Its r
celpts In calculations heretofore made
for comparison of economy In each y* at
It has been the proper custom only to
Include In the statement the deflclt In C •
post office department which was paid out
of the treasury
A calculation of the actual Increase
In the expense# of government arlslt
from the Increase In the population And
the general expansion of government *
functions except those of ths post off\
foi a number of years shows a normal
Increase of about 4 pej cen' a yenr IIv
directing the exercise of great care to
ke. p down the expenses and the eattmet'
we ha\ <- succeeded In reducing the total
disbursements each year
Efficiency and Economy In the Treas-
ury Department.
In the treasury department the efflclen
cy and economy work has been kept
steadily up Provision la mad.- for the
elimination of 1S4 positions during the
comtiis >ear Two hundred and sixty
■even statutory positions were eliminated
during the last vear In the office of t! •
treasury in Washington, and 141 posltl n«
tn the yent 1910. making an elimination
t>f M? statutory positions since March 4
1V0S and this has been done without the
discharge of any bod), because tho nor
mal resignations and deaths have been
equal t the elimination of the places a
system of transfers having taken care
of the persons whose |K sltlons were
dropped out In the Held service of the
department, too 1.269 positions have been
eliminated down to the present time, ma
ktn« a total net reduction of all treasury
positions to the number of 1.801. Mean
tin . the efficiency of the work of the
department has Increased
Monetary Reform.
A matter of first Importance that will
come before congress for action at this
■« sston la monetary reform. The con-
gress has Itself at ranged an early Intro-
duction of this gte.it question through
th. report of Ita monetary commission.
This commission was appointed to rec-
ommend a solution of the banking and
■ nre* n v problems so long confronting
slonal opinion of ths country, ars likely
to meet equal approval In congress
With the present prospects of this long-
awaited reform encouraging us, it would
be Hlngulaily unfortunate If this mone-
tary question should by any chunre be-
« nme a party Issue. And I sincerely
hope It will not The exceeding amount
,,f « onslderatlon It has received from the
people of the nation has boen wholly non-
partisan. and the congress set its non-
partlenn seal upon It when the monetary
i ommlsslon waa appointed. In commend-
ing the questloif* to the favorable con-
sideration of congress. I speak for. and In
the spirit of. the great number of my
fellow dtlsens. who without any thought
of party or partlssnshlp feel with re-
markable earneatneas that this reform Is
necessary to the Interests of all ths peo
pis.
The War Department.
There Is now before oongrsss a bill,
the purpose of which Is to Increase the
"f!V-ier ~«- and decrease the expense of
the army. It contains four principal fea
tursa First, a consolidation of the g"n
eral staff with the adjutant general's
and the Inspector general's department,
second, a consolidation of the quarter-
master's department with the subsistence
and pay department; third, tho creation
of an arm) service corps, and fourth, an
extension of the enlistment period from
three to five years
With the establishment of sn srmy
service corps, aa proposed In the bill.
1 am thoroughly I ti accord and am con-
vinced that the establishment of such
a corps will result In a material econ-
omy and s very great Increase of elh
Olency in the army It has repeatedly
been recommended by me and my
predecessors. I also believe that a
consolidation of the staff corps can be
made with a resulting increase in ef-
ficiency ami economy, but not along
the lines provided In the bill under
consideration
The army of the United States Is In
good condition. It showed itself able
to meet an emergency In the success
ful mobilisation of an srmy division of
from I ft 000 to 20.000 men which took
place along the bonier of Mexico dur-
ing the recent disturbances In that
country The marvefms freedom from
the ordinary camp diseases of typhoid
fever and measles Is referred to In
the report of the secretary of war. and
shows such an effectiveness In the
sanitary regulations &nd treatment of
the medical corps, and In the disci-
pline of the srmy Itself >«s to Invoke
the highest commendation
The Panama Canal.
The very satisfactory progress made
on the Panama canal last year has
continued, ami there ts every reaaon
to believe that t>>« canal will be com-
pleted as early as the lat c? July. 1913.
unless something unforeseen occurs.
This Is about 18 months before the
time promised by the engineers
We are now near enough the com-
pletion of the canal to make It Im-
peratively necessary that legislation
Should be enacted to fix the method by
which the canal shall be maintained
and controlled and the tone governed,
the fact Is that today there Is no atat-
utory law by authority of which the
president is maintaining the govern-
ment of the sone. The Implied author-
ity of the president to maintain a civil
government In the sone may be de-
rived from the mandatory direction
given him in the original Hpooner act.
by which he was commanded to build
the canal, but certainly, now that the
canal I" about to be completed and to
bo put under a permanent manage
ment. there ought to be specific statu-
tory authority for Its regulation and
control and for the government or the
tone, which we hold for the chief and
main purpose of operating the canal.
1 fully concur with the secretary of
war that the problem Is simply the
management of a great public work
and not the government of a local re-
public that every provision must be
directed toward the successful main-
tenance of the canal as an avenue of
commerce, and that all provisions for
the government of those who live
within the xone should be subordlnant
to the main purpose.
1 renew my recommendation with re-
spect to the tolls of the canal that wlth-
master to his servant for persona! in-
juries to such as are occasioned by big
fault haa been abandoned In most civ-
ilised countries and provision made
whereby the employe Injured In the
crurse of his employment Is compen-
sated for his loss of working ability
Irrespective of negligence. Tho prin-
ciple upon which such provision pro-
ceeds Is that accidental Injuries to
workmen In modern Industr** with its
vast ''•*** • alty and InVr^nt dangers
nr1-'/. • from •' irnnlleated machli
and ti>s use of the grent forces .
aleam anil electricity, should be r -
gsrded ss* risks of the Industry and
the loas borne in rnme equitable pro-
portion by those who for their own
profit engage therein In recognition
of tills the lsst congress authorised
mmlsslon to
With
Vs
the World's Workers
REVIEW PROGRESS THAT IS BEING
MADE ALONG ALL LINES jf ENDEAVOR
KEEPING AT WORK
AVOIDANCE OF WORRY
the appointment of h commission \o " ,
Perseverance Will Bring Results GOOD DRESSING AS AN ART Remedy Worth Considering Is
a„<i in r^nrt th._r.Mii "' 'h^r jnv..- j „„„ A-kt D„,„in — "Do Something Else.
Mentions through th* president. to
congress This commission was ap- j
pointed an<1 haa been at work. holding
hearlnitB pothering data and conslder-
tMat the subject and It la • xpscted will I
t>« a hi* to report by th* (lr.t ol th.
v.-ar In accordant, with th* provl- j
slons of the Isw
Measures to PrdVent Delay and Ur*
necesaary Cost of Lltlgstlon.
In promotion of the movement for ;
the prevention of delay snd unneces- j
*sry cost. In lltlgstlon. I am glad to j
say that the Supreme court hss taken |
steps to reform the present equity
rules of the Federal courts, and that
we may In the near future expert a
revision of them whl^h will be a long
Step In the right dlreetlon
Postal Savings System.
On January 8. 1911. postal savings
depositories were established .isperl-
mentally In 48 states and territories.
After three months successful opera-
tion the system wss extended as rap-
idly «s feasible to the 7.500 postofflceS
of the first second and third classes
'(instituting the presidential grade.
My the end of the year practically all
of these will have been designated snd
then the system will be estended to
nil fourth-class postofBces doing a
money-order business
The deposits have kept pace with
the extension of the system Amount-
ing to only SA0.AK2 at the end of the
first month's operation In the experi-
ments' offices, they Increased to IITH.-
310 by July, and now after 11 months
of operation have reached a total of
111.000.000 This sum Is distributed
among 2.710 banks and protected un-
it, r the law by bonds deposited with
" ~ l*s
if One Will Only Retain
His Confidence.
Incident In * Chlcaflo Office Which
May Prove of Value to Those
Able to See the Point.
SUCCESS FOLLOWS FAILURE
Hl.tory Full of Inatances of World
Leader. Who Refu.ed to Be Dla-
couraged When Their Flrat
Effort. Did Not Meet
Approval.
The romance centering about per-
noverance la the moat fascinating In
history; It Is the statesman's brain,
the warrior's sword, the lawyer's
~,r'a « cr *l. the schol-
;to driving force
'•p h'tman engine to
I'Utln of S'-o-
the tr«f aur
In limit
shall seem ^ ise to con
of fixing tolls be given
In order to arrive at a
thet
mu
nentlng. and this cannot h
ts does not delegate the
to can a<-t expeditiously
i very confident that th
has the power
yment of tolls any
f the t'nlted Rtat
Parcel Post.
Steps should be taken immediately
for the establishment of a rural parcel
post. In the estimates of appropria-
tions needed for tho maintenance of
the poatal service for the ensuing Hs
cnl year an Item of J1&0.000 has been
Inserted to cover the preliminary ex
pense of establishing a parcel post on
rural mall routes as well as to cover
an Investigation having for Its object
the final establishment of a general
parcel post on all railway and steam
boat transportation routes The de^
partment believes that after the Initial
xpenses of establishing the system
are defrayed and the parcel post Is In
full operation on the rural routes It
will not only bring In sufficient rev-
enue to me. i its cost, but also a sur-
plus that can be utilised In paying the
expensea of a parcel pc>St in th*
dellvery service
The suggestion that we have a gen-
ernl parcel post has awakened great
opposition on the part of some who
think that It will have the effect to
de-troy the business of the country
store keeper Instead of dolr.g this. I
think the change will greatly increase
business for the benefit of all. The re-
duction In the cost of living It
brlnsr about ought to make Its coming
certain.
The Navy Department.
On the 2d of November last I re-
viewed the fighting
and other vessels assembled
York harbor, consisting of 24 battle-
ships. 2 armored cruisers. 2 cruisers,
21! destroyers, 1" torpedo boats. 8 sub-
marined and other attendant vessels,
making '. H vers-i* of sll classes, of a
tonnige of 676.634 tons.
The
..f to
f oi
ping that
ngn
ss deem*
\V
and In c
battleship
coming n
Dim
that built
It We have the right to charge tolls
for Its us Those tolls muat be the aano
to everyone, but when we are dealing
with our own ships the practice of many
governments of subsidising their own
merchant \e* els Is s<> well established In
general that a subsidy equal to th«« tolls,
an equl\alent remission of tolls, cannot
be held to be a discrimination In the
use of the cansl The practice In the
Sues canal makes this clear
Ths Philippine Islands.
In respect to the Philippine-* l
urgently Join In the recommendation
of the secretary of war that the act of
Kebruar> 6 1S 0S. limiting the Indebt
ednes thst may be Incurred by the
rhillppine government for the con-
struction of public works be ln-
creased from 000.000 to tl5.oo0.000
The finances of that government are
In excellent condition The maximum
sum mentioned la quite low as com
pared with the amount of Indebted
9 ,s ,)>.r |OV#m ment a with elm
liar resources, snd the success wiiicl
has attended the expenditure of th
000.000 In the useful Improvements
of the harbors and other pieces in th
Islands Justifies and requires addi-
tional expenditures for like purposes
Rivers and Harbors
The estimates for the rh • r and har-
bor improvements reach 931.000.000 for
the conung year I wish to urge that
whenever project has been adopted
by 'congress s one to i>e completed,
the more money which can be eco-
nomically expended In its construction
nation and t<
ct lo
the
datii in
to take
In order to
ness and pr
taken some t
country i <
prompt actio
wnlenees of
furnish the
it enable the
and
cotigr
toga, tho 1'lV
ar's open
which e
reach
cesg.
Dental •
defendf-r \ expo
cen constitution, in his flrbt effort at
declemetlon In Kxt'er academy was a
failure. KmbarraHK«H! he burst luto
tears.
Rlckard Brlnsley Sheridan, one of
hngland's foremost orators, in his
maiden speech, hopelessly broke
down, but muttered: "It's In me, and
will come out." It did come out.
Disraeli, in his first attempt to speak
in the house of commons, broke down,
and when he was lgnominlousiy hoot-
ed he shouted. "The day will come
when you will hear me." The day
came, and for 30 years he was one of
the controlling powers in European
politics.
Thiers, the great French statesman
and orator, said: "1 have been beaten,
but not cast down," after making a
complete failure of his first speech in
the chamber of deputies. He de-
clared, " a defeat is as useful aa a
victory."
Darwin spent 44 years collecting his
facts on the action of the earth worm
In the formation of the mold.
Catiyle went 20 times over the con-
fused records of "The Battle of Nase-
by" to be quite sure as to the topo-
graphy.
Gibbon rewrote the first chapter of
"The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire" ten times and spent 20 years
on ihe whole work.
George Eliot said of her work upon
! "Romola," 1 began It a young worn-
of battleships an, I finished it an old woman."
nbled in New Tjlere jB no royai road to success.
Perseverance Is the old and sure
route. Howe lived on beans he cook-
ei* himself while completing his first
Bewing machine in London. He bor-
flctent in the num* rowed money to send his wife to
trovers, in cruisers, America. He sold his first machine
i" h ! ; for Ave Bounds and 'hen pawned his
letters .atent to pay his expense
home
No man ever lost In the battle of
life, until he lost faith In hlmselt
Columbus. In his Journey day after
day, wrote: "This day we sailed west-
ward, which was out of course." No
matter what happened, he constantly
steered for the west—through sun-
shine and shower, with leaky vessels
and a mutinous crew, he stuck, until
the glad cry of "Land ahead!" rang
In his delighted ears.
Every great truth, every great man
has bad to fight the way to public
recognition in the face of detraction,
calumny and persecution, even against
the opposition of the most progressive i
men. Helue says: "Everywhere that '
a great soul gives utterance to its
thoughts these is also Golgotha."—Dr
Madison C. Peters.
There are two fellows In our o!flce
who present a sort of moral in
clothes. One of them. Billy Wil-
liams, manages his clothing appropria-
tion In a business way, while the oth-
er, called "Bubble." spends more
money and gets results that make him
look like a side show spieler. William
bought a suit five months ago. He
paid $35 for It, and selected a high
grade, ready mad" serge suit He has
worn the suit every day for the five
months except Saturday afternoons,
when he has It cleaned and pressed.
It looks about as well today as It did
the day he bought It.
"Bubble" bought a suit the same
diy Billy did. He picked out a nov-
j elty attair witn a oheck that could be
thu r..05t eloquent | „een 'or eight blocks. It fitted well
- of the Auiert- enough them, but was too flimsy o
hold il shape. "Bubble" paid $22 50
Tor It. He wore It a month, then threw
it away, looking all out of shape and
color.
Since then "Bubble" has had two
other suits, making three In the five
months. And notwithstanding this he
has never looked well dressed and
well groomed for a day, as does Billy
with his two suits a year. Billy Is al-
ways freshly shaved each morning, his
shoes are neat, and his hair Is brush-
ed and trimmed. Ho may have no-
ticed th the boss doesn't like peg
top trousers and "Willy-boy" hats.
Anyhow he doesn't wear them.
He Illustrates the moral of good
business dressing. He buys his clothes
and shoes and hats of good material,
but of conservative nattern and de-
sign He keeps his suit young by
pressing it often. His linen, Includ-
ing his handkerchief. Is fresh. It lsn t
so much what a man wears, as the
way he wears It that counts—Chi-
cago Tribune.
Change of Occupation, Howevi
Slight, Will Have a Most Benefi-
cial Effect on the Mind.
• now be-
eature of
British,
do Its work elth thorough
•Islon this commission has
me to III ike Its report The
mloubtedly hoping for as
, on the repot aa the « >m
the congress can p rmlt.
eater the ultimate
has eapeelaI appilca-
provemenl of the Mia-
mi its large branches,
that an increase In the
mount of money now being annutlly
'xp nd«d tn the nnpr
l;lo river which has
I opted by c«
in each ye
oconotm
tlon to th
siaalppl rl
It
Inte
The recognition of the «n es Imperfec-
tions and marked Inadequacy of our
banking and current-> system even in our
most quiet financial periods Is of long
standing and later tlu re has .matured a
recognition of the fact that our system
Is responsible for tho extraordinary .c
vaetatton. *aste and business paralysis
of our recurring perlt ds of panic Though
the methods «'f the monetary v*ommi*slon
have for a considerable time been work
tns In the ope ti and while large numbers
of the people have been openly Working
with them, and while the preaa haa large
|y noted and discussed thia work as It
ba proceeded so thst the report of the
commission promises to represent a nn
tlonal movement, the details of the re
hi 111 being considered
port
more at this time
Immense importance
urge protlittt
not therefor* do
than commend ti
of monetary refoi w .
eratlon and action when the c ommissi
report is rcceiv.il. and expresg my aitls
faction ti at the plan to b«t proposed
promises to en,brace main features that,
bs\lng met th« approval of a great pre-
pvndi ranee ot tin pruvtl al and profes
been foitnally
uld be tn the
of the public A el ml la r
change ought to he made during the
prtsint congress. In the amount to be
appropriated for the Missouri river.
Waterway From Lakea to tne Gulf.
The project for a navigable water-
way from l-ake Mlchlg in to the mouth
of the Illinois river and thence via
the Mississippi to the tiulf of Mexico.
Is one of national Importance In view
of the work already accomplished by
the *anltar\ district of rhtcago. an
agency of the state of lllln ds. which
has conetructed the most difficult and
costly stretch of this waterway and
made it sn asset of the nation, and
In view of the fact that the people of
Ullnou have authorised the, expendi-
ture of $.0,000.000 to carrx this water-
wax miles farther to t tiea. I feel
that It ts fitting thst this work should
he supplemented by the government.
*nd that the expenditure^ recommend-
ed hy the special bond of englncern on
the waterwax from I'ttci to the mouth
of Ihe Illinois river e made upon lines
which while providing a waterway for
the nation should otherwise benefit
that state to the fullest extent
The limitation of the liability of the
•s w hich a
Important
notably t)
German and Japanese
The building plan for this year con-
templates two battleships snd two
col lie rm. This is beeauaa the other
and smaller vessels can be built much
more rapidly In <-ase of emergency
than the battleships snd we certainly
ought to continue the policy of two
battleships a vear until after the
Panama Canal is finished and until In
our tlrst line and In our reserve line
we can number 40 available vessels of
proper armament and slse.
I.Ike the Treasury I «.partment snd
the War Department, the Navy De-
partment has given much attention to
economy In administration, and haa
cut down * nuiab* r of unnecessary ex-
penses and redu ed Its estimates ex-
cept for construction and the Increase
that that Involves
1 urge upon congress the necessity
for an Immediate Increase of 2,000
men In the enlisted strength of the
nav> provided for In the estlmatee
Knur; thousand more are now needed
to man all* the available vessels
Departmenta of Agriculture and Com-
merce and Labor.
For the consideration of mstters
which are pending or have y>enn dis-
posed of in the acri-ultural depart-
ment and In the department of com-
merce and labor 1 refer to the %ery
excellent reports of the secretaries of
those departments I shall not he able
to submit to congress until after the
Christmas holidays the question of
conservation of our resources srlsing
In Alaska and the west snd the ques-
tion of the rate for second-class mall
matter in the postofflce department
Elimination of All Local Offices From
Politics.
1 wish to renew again my recom-
mendatlon that nil the local nf!W
ilirmiKhoiit tlir .'imntrv. Including col-
li, torn of Internal wentie collectors
of cimtoms. postmasters of sll four
rlnssi" Immigration commissioners
and marshals should he by Isw cov-
,. r,nt Int.) tlie classified service ths
necessity for eon ti turn tlon by the sen
at* he rrmoved. am', the president
i.nit the others, whose time Is linn tsk
,n vii> In distributing this pslronsge
under the custom that hss prevailed
since the beginning of the government
In accordance with the recommenda-
tion of the senators and congressmen
of the majority party should be re-
lieved from this burden I sm confi-
dent thut such a change would greatly
reduce the cost of administering ths
government, snd thst It would sdd
greatly to lis elUclincy It would take
*w*> the power to use the pstronsgs
Wages in the United States.
A recent searching Investigation in-
dicates that the claims made for the
average high wages paid in this coun
try are not well founded on Tact. In
a book just published, "Wages 'n the
Tnited States." the author, Dr. Scott
Nearing. the economic writer of the
University of Pennsylvania, who has
made a long and systematic study of
the subject, says that a large propor-
tion of American workmen are unable
to maintain an efficient standard of
living. Three-fourths of the adult men
and nlneteen-twentieths of the adult
women, he says, actually earn less
than $600 a year, or to give his con-
clusions more in detail, one-half of
the men are earning less than $500 a
year, three-fourths less than $600,
nine-tenths less than $S00, while less
than ten per cent receive more than
that figure. Of the women, one-fifth
earn less than $200 annually, and
three-fifths, less than $250. while only
one-twentieth earn more than $600.
Worry has become almost univer-
sal, and for this reasoL the common-
place, exagperating .idvice to "Don t
worry" Is frequently heard In the be-
lief that the remedy lies therein,
writes a Detroit physician. Those
who are slaves to this poisonous habit
appreciate the worthlessness of this
advice. It Ib another case of putting
the cart before the horse—the result
is prescribed Instead of the remedy.
The man who makes a direct mental
effort to quit worrying Is almost cer-
tain to be disappointed, because the
more he thinks about himself and hla
shortcomings In thiB respect the more
he Is going to worry. The remedy
does not lie In changing the current
of the same lines of thought, but In
producing a new channel for a strong-
er current of entirely different
thought.
The advice, therefore, should not
be the tiresome, "Don't worry, but
the progressive "Do something else.
For instance, get a box of tools and
learn to tinker; keep a few chickens
or pheasants In the back yard, cult
vate an Interest In gardening or or-
nithology, etc. If It appears, as It
may in some cases, that social diver-
sion alone Is Indicated, then join a
progressive fraternal organization arm
mix freely and charitably with other
men, or endeavor to Inculcate Na re-
ligious, church-going tendency. In
this connection there is perhaps no-
greater sedative on earth, to the tired,
worried man, even though he may be
a blasphemer or unbeliever, than the
peaceful psychological atmosphere
surrounding a church service.
In a very short space of time the
wholesome outdoor pastime, coupled
with other diversions, will have in-
duced a keener appetite, better diges
tlon and sounder sleep and the result
is bound to be more energy, a higher
resistance to disease and above all a
greater degree of self-confidence,
which Is the most effective remedy
for the man who worries.
H'dden Powers of Man.
It is quite certain that most of us
are whilfng away our days in occupy-
ing positions far below ou# possibili-
ties. We are making use of only part
of our existing mental and physical
powers and are not taxing them be-
yond their strength. Increased ac
compllshments and heightened effi-
ciency would cultivate and develop
them, would waken the latent powers
and tap hidden stores of eftergy with
In us, would widen the fields in which
we labor and would open up to us
new and wider horizons of honorable
and profitable activity.—W. D. Scott,
in increasing Human Efficiency in
Uusiness."
Old Age Provisions
* ___
Some System of Pensioning Has
Become Imperative.
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Cigars are a part of the dally ration
of an It all' n soldier.
Pneumatic hammers have been de-
signed for cutting asphalt pavements,
Australia and Argentina -ogether
pasture one-third of the world s sheep, jest tollers that old age will not be a
The application or horseradish to j time of constant fighting to keep the
the temples Is said to relieve neu- i wolf from the door, writes Col. M. A.
ralgta. Aldrich in the Chicago Journal.
Oklahoma's oil and gas fields are j The go)dler and sailor, leaving the
expected to be productive tor at least i government service after years of
a century. j faithful devotion to duty, are given
of the measure who Is out of work
because of any labor dispute directly-
affecting him.
Again, the Influence of the medical
men of the kingdom appears to be
solid against the measure—they claim-
ing that adequate provision Is not
made for their recompense for profes
slohal services and medicine.
Even the most earnest supporters
of the whole plan are forced to admit
If any practical plan can be devised I that the provisions In regard to the
and carried Into execution for pension- j "unemployed" and to the "health In-
ing aged poor and infirm working- j surance" are complicated
men without Injustice to any class, a j It does not appear like'r that par-
condition of affairs will be established liament will agree to the measure
that can not fail to result in blessed j without Important compromises. But
Political Economists Allow Question
Is a Hard One, Though a Fegin-
ning Has Been Made.
alleviation of sufferings and In pleas-
ant anticipations on the part of hon-
government for pMltlcsl pur
poses When officers ere recommenced
bv senators snd con*re«smen from po-
litical motives snd for political serv.
tcs rendered. It Is Imp .«slhl to e*-
|.e,'t thst while In oitlc, the sppolntees
will not re* r<1 their tenvire ss mors
or less dependent upon continued po*
litlcnl service for their pstrons and
no resolutions. ho«<ver st'tt or rl*ld.
Ill prevent this because suoli re*uls-
tl..;is 'n view of ths metho.1 snil mo-
for selection sre plstnlv Incon-
sistent snil deemed hardly worthy of
Uruguay's meteorological service la
being reorganised by the minister of
public Instruction of that country.
In the very fact of the Introduction of
such a bill Is an element of hope for
the wurkingmen.
Handling Brick by Machinery.
The Idea of handling brick by ma
chlnery originated In New Kngland.
In 1909 a system of handling from 600
to 1.000 bricks on a somewhat differ-
ent plan was put Into successful op-
erattou. and Is now being used In Chi-
cago Hy this system It Is possible
for tike brick to be carried from the
molding machine to the drier, from
the drier to the kiln, and lroni the
pensions. In some of our states the
admirable system of pensioning aged
school teachers is Incorporated In
The I'nlted States produced 30.at>&.-1 jaWB what general principle applies
6M barrels of salt last year, according ,0 (he deserving Boldler, sailor or j
to recently Issued official figure. teacher thai doea not bear with equal delivery
A solution of 10 per cent bora* and i just|C€ aml force 0n the case of the k,ln 10 ,"® "?C.K yfr^ ,or , *
5 per cent resin Is driven Into wood Vr.,,. car or cart without being touched by
by electricity in France to pre.err. I maJ ^ denoml-' hand ^ach of these machines 1. sa.o
K Knglneers have figured «« o.. ^ ^
waterfall In Iceland can be Made to
Jeet to It.
... ilt as something even worse than that,
yield 60.000 horse power and another NevertheU,89 „ „loohl| goo,r l0 lhe
60,000
If two nuts are run on a bolt o
that Ihe square sides lace each other
they will serve as
emergency.
a wrench in an
hot
Ha* to Pay Their Rates-
Howell—What Is Kowell doing
now *
Powell—Hairing money for
pita!
Howell—That ao?
Powell Yes: be has been a patient iiloyinent," th# provision that no work
at one for six months.
laborer
In the coining session of the British
parliament, eltorta will be made to
secure favorable action on the labor
Insurance bill Introduced last May by
l.loyd Oeorge Success In such ef-
forta la not assured Although a ma-
jority of the labor party will support
the measure, a strong and seemingly
determined minority will oppose It.
This opposition Is directed against Ihe
feature of the bill henrlng on "unem-
to do the work of forty men.
Wood From Sawdust and Shavings.
Cordwood made from sawdust and
shavings Is the outcome of an Idea
of a planing mill man In a western
city. The material U eou.?r ssed by
steel plungers Into dies A presstlre
of thirty tons forces the particles to-
gether Into a solid mass The machine
turns out five tons of fuel a day,
which sells readily at J9 a ton, re-
turning an average net profit of ll.5«,
all of which was formerly thrown
away.
Value of Diffieultiea.
There Is nothing like dlfllcultlea for
Ingman shall profit from the workings 1 bringing out real unity and strength.
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