The Citizen. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1909 Page: 4 of 8
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THE CITIZEN.
A NON PARTISAN POJ.ITICAI, NKWS'l'AI'KK
WITH A PURPOSE.
Entered as second class matter, June .1. Kmj9
at the pi>st office at Cashion, Oklahoma, under
the Act of March !i InT'.t.
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The Fool-Killer.
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Hv Uyitrii Killpi||.
I%e PuriiDM' of tliiii pa|M*r is m iii:tkr tl.t- I *. i t i * t i \ < - id i ! ♦* K«-f-
trend um actual wonting parts of tlit* iti* inakinK-m:u !r.ni r\ . and
iot uterelr ornamental Mppc midge* tor iht* or.tt. >it•• tuik Hbcit.
1 ho Dan is, !•>* Iuitiiitivo l'< -tition. to amend the ronsntution L >
rrpealinff Hit* authority ot the t« ^i>latur" to rr; « ;• I is. • nan :i: -i.tts
ot iha people: bO tliat the pal a nt work ol a ; « t c i atl.ui ( f Libert >
iorltif people may not l c *v.« pt awry in imo Inmr 1«\ h u • bought,
buU*doacd or buTlalood loRi.slatu?*'. And 1 urtln r ; in: ; i our uo\
nramcnt *'repul>liet n in Iona utmI fi«ct, h> > i\inir« vrry i ownslilp
rpprfMiitatiouon tho board that 1«'\wen and expends its i ♦
Ail thin to enable the pi op It ► i Oklahoma to hiatitut- a uoiifinteni
>tato policy.
published wkkkly at cashion, oklahoma.
!>, g, \voodwoutji editor.
Tobacco and Revenue.
If President Taft succeeds in (jetting Con-
H'ivss to impose the war taxes on tobacco and
siufT, without increasing the cost or reducing
'lie siz ■ of the packages, lie may establish an
mportant precedent in the regulation of trust
prices.
The tobacco, brought 111^ government many
millions of dollars in war revenue. lfut She
reduction in the sizes of packages, allowed by
the (ioveriiment when the tax was itnposi-dris-
still in force, although the war tax has been
repealed for some years Since that repeal,
therefore, the tobacco trust has been collect
iny the revenue in form of additional profits
that formerly went to the Government.
Sincc these conditons were exposed a few
i iy.s atfo by Senator it-veridge there has been
demand that the tax Ik- restored on the pack-
ages as they are now made up. Hut if the
Government can. compel the trust to pay the
tax, to adhere to. the present size of the pack
ages and to maintain present prices, 't will
accomplish something of far greater import-
ance than appears in this concrete instance
of trust regulations. Ftsr it will demostrate
that the Government can protect the consum-
er against exortion if government so wills.
—Kansas City Star.
There is another thing our great and
good government might do if it so
wills, It might take over the whole
tobacco manufacturing business, and
turn the whole enormous pn tits of the
business into the general treasury.
The government of Japan realizes a-
bout l5iuilliou a year out of the tobacco
manufacturing, and growers get about
the same and the consumers pay about
he same as in the United Slates. Our
government could realize twice as
much, Our tobacce manufactures get
so rich they get rotton. The elimina-
tion of the Dukes arid Lorillards would
be as 11 Mic h ben elk to the moral atoms
phere as tiie permitted reduction of
tiaritt taxes would !;e to the people in
general
The VVest rn Advocate of Mail ten to Kansas
Hoards Senator Aldrich as the greatest friend
saviS benefactor th IV-ncv.-ratie party ever had
This- view of the cas 1 would carry with it
more co-gc: cy i :i were not fortiie regretabh
fact that the Democratic party has turned dut
to be t"!v ati'st frierd and ben -iactor Sen
a tor Aldrich h;>s. Kansas City Sta
part t.
New Eng'ar.d lias Ic.-'-s area tium
Oklahoma, les; natural resources and.
were it i:ot lY.r her political mastery,
would in a 1 u years have less popu-
lation. Okhdioma ha- "J Senators and
New l;nglrnd has l'J, and they rule
the nation. Too many Western con-
gongressiuen bow down and serve the
East.
Tiik [>Kvn, sat in the gathering gloom.
A planning the sinner's awful doom,
And the work he should do to-morrow;
Yet he missed no measure of trouble or care.
Il<* had troubles enough of his own to bear.
And his mind was weighed down with sorrow.
For there was a woman, a Peacherine
He had lately installed on his throne to shine
And to give to his court variety.
And she gave it all right. In mortal life
She'd been an American, millionaire's wife,
And a leader in high society
She had wallowed in wealth like a hog in mire-.
And now she'd attained to her heart's desire.
(Tlve stayers are apt to be winners.)
Siie's a queen at last, this Jezebel,
The ruling female fiend in hell,
And the boss of the realm ot sinners.
She overturned hell's ancient rules,
And developed ai> appetite for fools,
And the broth of fools for her dinners
Now hell could furnish a good supply,
Hut she liked 'em fresh, and that was why
For a moment the devil was frightened.
He must have a supply to meet the demand,
So he made a deal with a spirit damned.
This spirit should roam through earthly land,
And pluck the fools on every hand,
The fools just as fast ;ls they ripened-.
If'he served with zeal lie should have at last-
After a thousand years had passed,
A pass to the realms of glory,
An I a hundred years in this vale of tears
Would lift him to purgatory.
And if ever he caught the Prince of Foals,
The fool that exceeded all bounds and rules
Of every tribe, people or nation,
The fool of superlative degree,
The cussedest fool that ever might be
0" ever had been, and brought him in.
Why then he had won salvation.
The- fool killer roamed' thru th' haunts of irfen,.
And gathered his harvest in now and again.
In jeans, and in broadcloth and silk in;
He captured the fellow that rocked the boat,
And the man that milked the billy-goat
And had him a seive to milk in.
All those who purchased bricks of golu
And those who believed the stories told.
In their metropolitan journal:
The man who bought mail order supplies-,
And the merchant who would, n't advertise
He took to the uealms infernal
Hut one of the haunts of 1113:1 he passed,
And scarcely a glance at the place he cast,
For that was the den of an editor.
He knew full well, this imp of hell,
That the pickin' was thin and poor therein.
And it. luhi, in a sense, a co.n >_>titor.
Tho the editor's visage was sour and stern.
And the editor's raiment was frayed and worn.
And his maun -r most mclancholly,
And his" look was a grim and a grusoine sight,
Yet the fool-killer knew that his chief delight
\\ .is not killing of fools but 1 1' folly.
So th3 fool killer went on hi-3 weary v/ay,
And he dreamed by niq^it and thought by d:<\
Of that fool of the highest order.
And he wandered far, 011 his weary quest
To the states of the wide and boundless West
Where the-nation'* growing frontier pressed
On the trackless desert's border;
Where the pioneer's fearless and willing hand
Wrung from the heart of the untam ■ cl l;md
Hread t'o sustain the nations.
And harrowed a horn • in the hillside's breast
To shelter his brood from the cyclone's quest,
Himself, and his wife's relations.
Tho their harvest ripened in gleaming gold,
And tli dr cotton bloom, like an ii lea old,
Gave promise of plenteous p ivuient.
The lires of ambition are not dead,
And the life of Lbe spirit is not bread
N-or that of the body, raiment.
These freemen sought in those wide stat
To own. the goods their toil creates,
And the aukee s right to trade them.
And trouble was due to the traitorous crew
That double crossed and bstraved them.
Wa^es of
W001 en
in
New York
By L. C. ODENCRANTZ
Hero hti' some records of girl teorkM
in NVw York City, showing the difficulty
thev have in )ir hlin;, jobs for any leiijrth of
tiii!". It's 0011K1 and go. according to the
employer's needs. One sjirf. now V! yean
old, has the following record: G arner.
perfumery (probably filling bottles'), ore
year, $•'{ to •$(> a week; left ! ause work-
was slack; packer six nicmt.hs. $1.50 n
week; left becftu.-v work was slack: opera-
tor 011 a switchboard one year and three
months, $0 a week: left ''to advance,''
which she did by entering a tile factory to
paste paper on tiles, at $S a week.
At the end of a y< ar dull business sent her out to look for work again.
Pur iijj a working period of sis years she wotkciI scarcely 11101, than four,
sa\> L. ('. fMencrantz in the Survey.
Rose, trained in millinery in a trade school, began her career at $1 a
week in a position v.hich lasted six weeks, when the season ended. Sbe
found another po-ition in railliiiery, which lasted two weeks. She was idle
a month.
When the season began ngiiin in January she found another place at
a week, but two week- later was sent for by In r previou- eniplover, with
whom she stayed until .May, when again the sea.--.in was over. In August
ehe returned to work, but in November secured oilier work, to fill m slnrrk.
time.
There is M illie, who took off rucliin-gs from a machine for a venr and
a half.
She earned $.">.50 11 week, but left because nigh!work made her ill.
She became assistant forewoman, sewing curtains for . • year at $4 a
week, but left because there was tin chance for advancement. She was'
operator on children's coats six mouths in one place and- i\ weeks in an-
other. She was operator 011 skirts one month in one place and three
months in another. She earned $0 a week, but each ti^nc left becatlse
busino ■- was slack.
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The Citizen Expects
knocks and Jeers and Sirks v>r.4 Cuffs.
The world always
stoned its Prophets.
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Lei us -quit bellyaching
A bout Leg i si at I on ~
We are the Legislature,
|Tn,Ir rtnnn i
HnS M
B ii! 1 UV\
Tlie CajiiiiilisK who ciinliol (Vmeiit
are working for <!l.Mends. A tltiilar
litokx Jiistax gitotl ift (hem wlK'diii'
R>iide from one liunvl or (liree. HOW
Ui K-s iT mk TO 1 VTilKli?
Okliilioiii;! ims ;•!! abundance o!
lualeriai an;i people wiliina; (o work;
m 1^1111111)
AM0.\fi NO i-'iUt mm\ UELF.UiE
Join THE (TJ'!/,0 (o lielp
Murk i( out
Somehiue said 1Y>! ij j.. not I!k>
iHisinfss of private men (o niedtili
with government a bold and dis-
Ifoneil saying, uiiieli is lit to com;)
m;:t! no niouih bat lii :1 of ;■ (yr.mt
or a slave. To say tha! ^ra\:te men
Is'Hn nothing to do v i' ;. . ,vrniae!i'
is to sav that private have no
to do wi!!i ilieirowiitppincs i
or misery: (liai ji 'iiji! c-i v'm Sinj j,
coatern tSiemselves «-.:•! «er (liey be
naked or clolhed, ft*! or starve'!,
deceived or instructed, protected or
destroyed. Cato the Ukw
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Woodworth, D. G. The Citizen. (Cashion, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1909, newspaper, July 9, 1909; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc98609/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.