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O" mmmimm iirfi^'f llBelicves Government Should Gen­ erally Be Leader in Con­ servation. SAD EXPERIENCE IN EAST i* gv t* ri"-. AddrMfftHI Public Meeting In Denver, ^-President Discusses Water Ppw- «r, Coal Lands, Ranges and Forests --Powerful Plea for Conservation. Denver, Colo., Aug. 29.--Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Denver from Cheyenne this morning, and after a parade in which representatives of the Btate and city, the Live Stock asso­ ciation and the Spanish War Veterans took part, was the guest of the Den­ ver Press club at a cowboy luncheon at Overland park. In the afternoon B*e delivered a public address at the Auditorium and later spoke to the Spanish War Veterans, and then he was the guest cf honor at a "round­ up" dinner at Eljebel Temple. Telks on Conservation. Mr. Roosevelt's main address was on conservation, and was as follows: This country has shown definite signs pt waking up to the absolute necessity of handling its natural resources with fore- Sight and common sense. The conserva­ tion question has three aides. In the first place, the needless waste of the natural resources must be stopped. It is rapidly becoming a wall-settled policy of this peo­ ple that we of this generation hold the land In part for the next generation, and not exclusively for our own selfish enjoy- ssent. Just as the farmer * good eitl- sen if he leaves his farm improved and not Impaired -for his children, and a bad cttl- Sen if he skins the land in his own selfish Interest, so the Nation behaves well If it treats the natural resources as assets Which it must tarn over to the next gen­ eration Increased and not Impaired In value, and behaves badly if It leaves the (and poorer to those who come after us. In the second place, the natural re­ sources must be developed promptly, Completely, and In ordtei ly fashion. It Is not conservation to leave the natural re- Sources undevslop^. r><*v*lopmpfit la an Indispensable part of the conservation plan. The forests, the mines, the water powers, and the land Itself, must all be put to use. Those who assert that con­ servation proposes to tie them up, depriv­ ing this generation of their benefits in Order to hand them on untouched to the pext, miss the whole point of the con­ servation Idea. Conservation does not CAean depriving the men of today of their fjatura! rights in the natural resources of the land. All It means is that we of this generation shall so use our rights as not to deprive those who come after us of their natural rights in their turn. In the third place, so far as possible these resources must be kept for the whole people and not handed over for exploitation to single Individuals. We do not Intend to discourage individual enter­ prise by unwisely diminishing the reward for that enterprise. On the contrary, we believe that the men of exceptional abili­ ties should have exceptional rewards up to a point where the reward becomes dis­ proportionate to the service, up to the point where the abilities are used to th« detriment of the people as a whole. We •re for the liberty of the Individual up to and not beyond the point where It be­ comes Inconsistent with the welfare of the community. Thus our consistent aim Is to favor the actual settler--the man Who takes as much of the public domain as he himself can cultivate, and there makes a permanent home for his children who cotne after him; but we are against the man, no matter what his ability, who tries to monopolise large masses of public land. State and Federal Control. Now, to preserve the general welfare, to see to It that the rights of the public •re protected, and the liberty of the indi­ vidual secured and encouraged as long as consistent with this welfare, and curbed when it becomes Inconsistent therewith, it Is necessary to invoke the aid of the government. There are points In which this governmental aid can beat be ren­ dered by the states, that is, where the exercise of slates'1 rights helps to secure popular rights; and as to these I believe In states' rights. But there are large classes of cases where only authority of the National government will secure the rights of the people: and where this Is the case T am a convinced and a thor­ ough-going believer in the rights of the National government. Big business, for Instance, is no longer an affair of any one State; big business has become national­ ized, and the only effective way of con­ trolling and directing it, and preventing abuses In connection with it, is by having thp people nationalize this control in order to prevent their being exploited by the in­ dividuals who have nationalized the busi­ ness. All commerce on a scale sufficient­ ly large to warrant any control over it by the government is nowadays Inter-state or foreign commerce, and until this fact is heartily acknowledged and acted upon by both courts and legislative bodies, Na­ tional and state alike, the Interest of the people will suffer. In the matter of conservation, J. heart­ ily approve of state action where under our form of government the state, and the state only, has the power to act. I cor­ dially join with those who desire to see the state, within Its own sphere, take the most advanced position in regard to the whole matter of Conservation. I have taken exactly this attitude In my own State of Ktw Toik. V.'bere the state alone had power to act, T have done ail I could to get it to act in the most advanced manner; and where (he Nation could act, I have done all I could to get National action In the same direction. Unfortun­ ately, in the east we have in this matter paid the penalty of not having our forest land under National control; and the pen­ alty has been severe Most of the states •--although they are old states--have not protected their forests, each failing to act by Itself, because the action was real­ ly the common concern of all; and where action is the common concern of all. ex­ perience has shown that It can only be profitably undertaken by the National government. Aii a result of the Impossibility of get­ ting such wtse action by the several state governments In the east, we are doing our best to get National legislation under which the National government, at the expense of millions of dollars, shall under- teke regards the Appalachians And "white Mountains of the east what it Is now doing In the Hock Mountains here out west. It would be both a calamity and an absurdity for the National govern­ ment now to do in the west the very thing that at a heavy pecuniary cost It is trying to undo In the east. By actual ex­ perience in the east we have found to •ur cost that the Nation, and not the sev­ eral states, can best guard the interests et the people in the matter of the forests i Would Need Lightning. I "Perhaps," remarked the college •arsman, who really wasn't fit to be on the crew, "perhaps I might Im­ prove If I should try a faster stroke." u you should get a lightning stroke," replied the disgusted trainer, "It cer­ tainly would improve the crew." and the water*, and that ff it fails to attempt this duty at the outset It will later on have to pay heavily in order to be allowed to take up the work, which because it Is done so late, oannot be so well done as If It had been begun earlier. Water Power. Take the question of the control of the water power sites. The enormous Impor­ tance of water power sites to the future industrial development of this country has only been realized within a very few years. Unfortunatly, the realisation has come too late as regards many of the power Sites; but many yet remain with Which our hands are free to deal. We should make it our duty to see that here­ after the power Bites are kept under the control of the general government, for the use of the people as a whole. The fee should remain with the people as a whole, while the use Is leased on terms which Shalt secure Jin ample reward tO the lessees, which shall encourage the de­ velopment and use of the water power, but which shall not create a permanent monopoly or permit the development to be antisocial, to be in any respect hostile to the public good. The Nation alone has the power to do this effectively, and it is for this reason that you will find those corporations which wish to gain improper advantage and to be freed from efficient control on the part of the public, doing all that they can to secure the substitu­ tion of state for National action. There is something fairly comic in the appeal made by miny of these men in favor of state control when you realise that the great corporations seeking the privileges of developing the water power in any given state are at least as apt to be owned outside that state as within it. In this country, nowadays, capital has a National and not a state us€. The great corporations which are managfJ and largely owned Sn the older states are those which are most in evidence in de- velopins and using the mines and water powers and forests of the new territories and the new states, from Alaska to Ari- sona. I have been genuinely amused du­ ring the past two months at having argu­ ments presented to me on behalf of cer­ tain rich men from New York and Ohio, for instance, as to why Colorado and oth­ er Rocky Mountain states should manage their own water power sites. Now these men may be good citizens according to their lights, but naturally enough their special interest obscures their sense of the public need: and as their object is to escape an efficient control, exercised In the interest of all the people of the coun­ try. they clamor to be put under the state Instead of under the Nation. If we are foolish enough to grant their requests, we shall have ourselves to blame when we wake up to find that we have permitted another privilege to Intrench Itself and another portion of what should be kept for the public good to be turned over to Individuals for purposes of private en­ richment. During the last session of congress bills were introduced to transfer the water power sites in the National Forests and the Public Domain to the control of the states. I cannot state too strongly my beftef that these measures are unwise, and that It would be disas­ trous to enact them into law. In sob- stance their effect would be to free these great special interests from all effective control. The passage of such t. bill would be a victory of the special interests over the general welfare, and a lot.g backward step down the hill of progress we have of late been climbing. Our people have for many years pro­ ceeded upon the assumption that the Nation should control the public land. It Is to this assumption of National outlook that we owe our wisest land legislation, from the Homestead Law to the Irrigation Law. The wise use of our public domain has always been conditioned upon Na­ tional action. The states can greatly help, but the Nation must take the lead, as re­ gards the land, as regards the forests and waters; and perhaps peculiarly in the case of the waters, because almost all streams are really inter-state streams. Coal Lands. The same principle applies with pecu­ liar force to the coal lands, and especially to the coal lands In Alaska, whose pro­ tection and ownership by the Federal government is so necessary, both for full and free industrial development In the west, and for the n,ee<ls of our fleet in the Pacific. The coal mines should be leased, not Bold, and those who mine the coal should pay back a part of the profit to the people. It is the right and duty of the people to demand the most vigilant trus­ teeship on that part of that branch of the Federal government in charge of the fuel resources of the United States. The Neutral Ground. Remember also that many of the men who protest loudly against effective rational action would be the first to turn round and protest against state action if such action in its turn became effective, and would then unhesitating­ ly invoke the law to show that the state had no constitutional power to act. Long experience has shown that it is by no means Impossible, in cases of constitutional doubt, to get one set of judicial decisions which render It difficult for the nation to act, and an­ other set which render it impossible for the state to act. In each case the privileged beneficiaries of the deciston Invoke the aid of those who treat the Constitution, not as a healthy aid to growth, but as a fetish to prevent growth; and they assail the advocates of wise and cautions progress as being opponents of the Constitution. As I have said before, I am a strong believ­ er In efficient national action, where such action offera the best hope of se­ curing and protecting the interest of the whole people as against the inter­ est of a few. But I am emphatically in favor of st^ate action, where state action will best serve this purpose; and I am no less emphatically In favor of cordial and hearty co-operation be­ tween the nation and the states where their duties are identical or overlap. If there is one thing which is more unwise than another, it is the creation by legislative, by executive, or by judicial action of a neutral ground in which neither the state nor the nation has power, and which can serve as a place of refuge for the lawless man, and especially for the lawless man of great wealth, who can hire the best legal counsel to advise him how to keep his abiding place equally distant from the uncertain frontiers of both state and national power. The Open Range. I am here at the invitation of the Colorado Livestock association, and I desire to express my appreciation of their steadfast stand for decency and progress in the handling of public lands and national forests. They have met and overcome the unrelenting op­ position of some of the most influential stockmen of the state; they have won because they have been right. I want to express also my appreciation of the work of the American National Livestock association. It has been one of the really important forces working toward ef­ fective railway regulation, while Its support of the policy of federal range control has given it a large place in national affairs. As an old-time stock­ man I realize that the present order of things on the open range cannot continue, and that the sure way to pro­ tect the range itself, prevent the in­ crease of big outfits, promote the eqult- able use of the grazing lands, and fos­ ter genuine homestead settlement. Is to extend over the open range a system of range control somewhat similar to that now In effect on the national for­ ests. Whatever system of range control may be adopted in detail, there are two things It must not do. It must not handicap or exclude the small man by requiting: him to spend more money for fence* than he can afford, and it must leave evfery acre that can be set­ tled by bona-fide homesteaders freely open to such settlement. I do not believe that • single aore of our public lands should hereafter pass into private ownership except for the single purpose of homestead settle­ ment, and I* know that the stockmen stand with me in their desire to re­ move evry obstacle from the path of the genuine homesteader, and to put every possible-obstacle in the pathway of the man who tries to get public lands by misrepresentation or fraud. This is absolutely necessary on the agricultural lands. It is at least equal­ ly necessary on the mineral lands. It would be a calamity, whose baleful ef­ fect on the average citisen we can scarcely exaggerate, if the great stores of coal and other mineral rueis still owned by the people in Alaska and elsewhere should pass into the unregu­ lated ownership of monopolistic cor­ porations. The Forest Service. Tou progressive stockmen have stood heartily by the conservation move­ ment, and with you have stood many others throughout the West, to whom large credit is due, such as the lum- i bermen in Washington and Oregon, the irrigators in California, and the sup­ porters of the country life movement ! in and around Spokane. I want to | make my acknowledgments in partic- > ular to the Colorado Forestry associa- ! tion, which has supported the forest j work of the government with such un- j selfish seal. The forest service has I enemies because.it Is effective. Some ODD FISH FROM THE DEPTHS Strange Marine Forma Brought Ufi , (r„W|$h Deep .6ea Cable $unk. for Ten Year*. Strange monsters the like of which hare seldom been seen by man were dragged from a' depth of 8,500 feet by the crew of the cable ship Burnsid# when they repaired the Alaska cable off Mt. #St. Ellas last month. The Burnside is moored at its buoy In Elliott bay after two months of re­ pairing and relaying the cables of the AS IT APPEARED tO HER Mrs. Oelrlchs Evidently Didnt Think Much of Mr. Blank'* Earning Capacity. Mrs. Herman Oelrlchs, the be*<6- drebsed woman In Newport, criticized very pertinently, at a recent dinner, the new dinner gowns of Paquin and CalloL 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 Year* Old. Wlnslow W. Fifleld of Medford, of its besJiwork has been met by the I Mass owns a metallic divining rod bitterest opposition. For example, it brought from England more than two has done a real service by blocking ; hundred years ago by one of his an­ cestors. The rod, says Mr. Fifield, 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 North Curoliuw for Iccutisji ty In quest of gold mines and other met­ als. One person who used it with par- the road against the grabbers of water power, and again by standing like a rock against the demands of bogus mining concerns to exploit the national forests. I have always done my best to help the genuine miner. I believe that one of the first duties of the gov­ ernment is to encourage honest mining on the public lands. But it is equally important to enforce the law tirmly against that particularly dangerous class which makes its living off the public through fraudulent mining schemes. Much of the opposition to the forest service, like much of the opposition to conservation, takes the form of direct misrepresentation. For example, the cry ia often heard thai the national forests Inclose great areas of agricul­ tural land which are thus put beyond the reach of settlement. This state­ ment seems plausible only till the fact? are known. In the first place, congress has specially provided that whatever agricultural land there may be in any national forest shall be open, under proper safeguards, to homestead set­ tlement. And in the second place, when the opponents of conservation are ask­ ed to point out the great stretches of Inclosed agricultural land on the ground and in the yfeseiiuts Ol cApcrts, instead of in speeches In a hall, they falL Reclamation Service. The National Irrigation Congress is to hold a session in the city of Pueblo late in September. I am keenly sorry that I could not nave accepted the invitation to be present. I must, how­ ever, be In the East at that time. But since I cannot be present then to ex­ press my keen, long-held, and deep-felt interest in the reclamation of arid lands by the federal government, I desire to do so now. There is no more effective Instrument for the making of homes than the United States Recla­ mation Service, and no government bu­ reau while I was President had reach­ ed a higher standard of efficiency, in­ tegrity and devotion to the public wel­ fare. Like the Forest Service, the Reclama­ tion Service has clashed with certain pri­ vate interests, and has had to pay the penalty of its service to the public in the form of bitter opposition from those with whose profit it has interfered. The cry has been raised against It that the gov­ ernment must not do for its citizens at a less cost what private Interests are ready to make them pay for at higher prices. Now, I believe fully in the private de­ velopment of Irrigation projects which the government cannot undertake. There is a large and legitimate field for Buch work. But the essential thing is to make homes on the lands, not to enable Individuals to profit from the necessities of the men who make those homes. There is no more U. S, army signal o^rps system. On board were a score of huge flasks filled with alcohol. In them floated strange shapes which it was hard to believe were once living creatures. Balls of red hair which looked Uke tousled human heads proved upon dissection to. ho a strange kind of deep water crab. Flesh colored round masses were found clinging to the cable by minute tentacles. One crear ture was shaped like the dlablo toy. narrow in thfe middle with big con­ cave white disks at either end by which it catches hold of any object. Another strange marine creature Is shaped like an octopus hut has at least two dozen tentacles instead of eight. Many octopuses were found clinging to the cable, but they were thought too common to preserve. While sections of the cable pullsd up for Inspection were found covered several feet deep with strange plants and animal life, seaweed, black in­ stead of green, sponges god sea urchins predominated. Probably the strangest creature found on the cable was a flesh colored Ash not more than four feet long. which was found enveloped to the tentacles of - a young octopus. When brought to the surface its body was swollen like a balloon. Dr. J. E. Mai, ney, the ship's surgeon, who exam­ ined it, said he believed the fish was choked by the hold of the octopus. The section of cable upon which all this strange life was found had been down 10 years at a depth of a mile and a half. The specimens which have been preserved are to be handed over to the. Smithsonian institution for scientific study.--Seattle Post-la- telligencer. way down to the waist line. At a gala performance in Pari* 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 Pluvlose victims--many of the beautiful Ameri­ cans In the $40 orchestra seats wore these daring gowns, and no# at New­ port they are often to be seen. Mrs. Oelrlchs 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 " rnnllnii th« llttlo mlw nr+loan- 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. Oelrlchs, her eye fixed on the gowr's terrible V, said with a smile: "'Weil, he must ut> making very lit­ tle, then." Practical Matching. • 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; tt was deeper than that, and not to The Counterfeit Southerner. Of course, there are many counter­ feits. A most amusing imitation ia one that often passes for the typical southerner In New York. This satchel- mouthed braggart infests the cafes and demands attention by his abusfhg the waiter for offending his delicate sense of honor. "I hate a nigger, auh," 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 bat, mounts the table and yells whenever the band plays a southern melody. Such a pre­ tentious caricature would 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 !ook!ag hopslsss when suddenly she darted from the shop and seized a passing gentleman by the hand. "Will you please come into this shop with me?" Bhe asked Innocently. "Certainly, my chickabiddy," he re­ plied, "if I can be of any use. What Is itr The little girl replied not, but led the wondering stranger to the counter. "There, miss!" she said, triumphant­ ly. "Mother -wants some ribbon the 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. Wasted Sarcasm. The Philadelphia milk dealers ,W8(® 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 charity. Clergymen When a small clique of men put np a scheme to harness the clergy of America and Induce the ministers to, li^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 receivers of wages or we pay to wage 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. v "Interest In Labor Sunday. •Labor Sunday--the Sunday preced- warrant for objecting to the reclamation . Labor day--will be observed gen- erally this year and in future yean, thcrflwnmd throughout the United States. This 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- iats to the churches in large numbers from Colorado. There are men and or- for the day. Ministers should say what ganizatlons in Colorado, and I mention , they think on the occasion in order Delta In particular, whose support of the 1 that their trade union hearers may conservation policies has been of the * the right estimate as to where the greatest value to the Nation It has not £ . gtanda on the question of the always been an easy thing for them to enure The more the stand for what was right, to Stand for • organizHiiuu i , ., _ ... .. the real ultimate good as against the ' subject is discussed the better 111 1 seeming temporary good; but they have 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 dav." "Ministers should say," etc., and winds up with Minion ethics 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- there would be to protest against the gov •rnment for patenting agricultural lands directly to the actual settler, instead of through a middleman, who could make a profit from the transaction. The men who assert themselves at the cost of the com­ munity Instead of by service to the com­ munity we have always had with us, and doubtless we always shall. But there Is no reason why we should yield to them. The Reclamation Service has not done so, and that Is the chief reason for the at­ tacks upon It. I don't think that there Is one among you who is a better and more thorough­ going westerner than I am. There has been no support given to the conserva­ tion policies so welcome as that which came from the west, and none in the west more welcome than that which came stood for it steadily nevertheless. From the standpoint of conservation the east has wasted much of Its own superb endowment; and as an American, as a lover of the west, I hope that th west will profit by the east's bitter les­ son, and will not repeat the mistakes of the east. The east has wasted Its re­ sources, It suffers from the effect of the waste, which now puts it at a disadvan­ tage compared to the west, and it is sorry. Most of the capital and very many of the men now attempting to monopolize your western resources are from the east. The west should learn , pers throughout the country and the the lesson of the east's mistakes, and it Typographical Union men in the news- should remember that conservation In . offices Instructed to "urge" that the west will help the west first and v._ most, and that the movement for con­ servation Is most earnest, most vigorous, and most-effective in the west and among western men. That is one strong reasoa why the conservation policy has com* to stay. it be printed. That is one of the ways of the "ma­ chine." It looks harmless so the papers print But! Let's lift the cover and look } under. Frequent Changes of Name. ) The hidden motive 1b as dangerous The political rechrlstening of streets | to the peace and liberty of tbe citi­ zens as a colled rattlesnake In the grass. in Paris is outdone by the case of the Island of Reunion, which changed it* name four times in Just over half a century. In 1793 it was Bourbon, as it had been for a century and a half, but the convention then changed it Organization by workmen to peace­ fully and, successfully present their aide is necessary and most commend­ able. to Reunion. Under the empire it -be- J Xnl™ th^W'"to"puMta came lie Bonaparte, at the restorar without strikes, dynamite tion i reverted to Bourbon, and final- killing fellow workmen. ly, in 1848, it became Reunion once (Some facts on this matter a little more. 8o the septuagenarian Island- ^farther along In this article.) ers of this last year could recall an ! We see here a demand on the min- hi Corn Fodder to Cow*. Th« feeding of the late corn fodder t» dairy cows should be continued just as long as the coi n Is at all green. It la a splendid supplementary feed with the short autumn pasture grass. Had Been Married before. A minister was reading the mar­ riage service that was to unite a negro couple, when he came to the question will you "Love, honor and obey," the dusky groom Interrupted him: "Speak dem wo'ds again, pa'son; speak dem wo'ds once mo' sose de lady gin get de full solemnity of de meaning ob d* wo'ds. I'se been married befo'." English Women In Majority. John Bull has mote daughter* than •on* in England and Wales by 1,225,- 066 unparalleled series of compulsory changes. They must have thought themselves lucky a few years later when the second empire refrained from Bonapartizing this island again. After •Merrlaga. v "He is growing colder." "Not at all, my girl. The trouble Is that before marriage you were ueed to being kissed about a thousand times every evening, whereas now he occasionally wants to smo|ce." Ae Father Wished It. "Many and many a time," *aid the leading lady, "my father implored m* not to become an actress." "And I suppose." rejoined the pre* ty aoubrette, "that'a why yon nevos did." 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 "bf 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 who recalls the countless murders done In the multitude of strikes In the past few years will sgree this is no exaggeration. Take Just one as an illustration: There were some thirty men mur­ dered and over 5000 bruised and maimed tn the Chicago teamster's striks. - eaqh morning! It's 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 'martyr­ 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." 8o we see the unequalled lnsolenos 1 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 Ss a better way to secur© 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 Bome 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 OH 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." xney are both exactly alike in purpose, which, in both cases is entirely selfish to gain power and money lor ilic 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 pver and dic­ tate to the people. Only by opposing their growth can you retain your personal liberty. ^ow 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, boycott*. In­ jured workmen or burned car* and factories. A famous divine says: "These wen may hate capitalists but their hate for other laboring men burns like a flame, eats like nitric acid, is malignant be­ yond all Jeooriptlou." Then we remember cases of acid 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 mllltla 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 Bome shrewd capitalists have secured con­ trol of some railroads and other in­ terests and are now twisting and turn­ ing them into machines for persona! profit and fame. These men cunningly plan to force workmen to Join and pay 25 to 7B 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 shown 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- forta But the managers of the American Federation bf 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 showB, 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 a* 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 ratae wage* or reduce hour*, remem- berpbut 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 bead and pay fees. , How these men as Strike leaders throwing, eyes gouged out, children lov*vi» «M ttMto nam-- k» (Is ptp«rt »urausd, attfppsd, homes de­ stroyed, men murdered and the long, long list of atrocities practised by Labor 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 finds injustice, the case is presented to properly selected arbi­ trators, testimony taken and tl\p 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 ls^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 for the members. I became so favorably impressed with tho 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 belplefes babies, sometimes made fatherless by the pistol, club or boot heel of some member of the violent "Labor Trust" Suppose you attend church Labor Sunday and hear what your minister has to say in defense of the safety and rights of the Common, everydajj man. j Let me a*k you to read again a por* tion cf one of my public article* prifcV ed a few years ago. , - "The people of the world have en me money enough to spend la these talks through the papers in trf4 lng 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, somtf from union men recounting their suf­ ferings from union domination and urging that their cases be 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 rs- sent oppression, we must help tlunof tie the hands of the oppressors. Amer­ icans must act Some of my forebears in New Enf land left comfortable homes, todk with them the old flint locks, slept on the ground In rain and frost; hungry*' footsore, and half clothed they grimly pushed on where the Eternal God of Human Liberty urged them. They wove for me and for you a mantle of freedom, woven in a loom where "Bis shuttles were cannon balls and bul­ lets and where Bwords were used to* pick out the tangles in the yarn. These old, sturdy grandads of ours stood by that loom until the mantis was finished, then, stained with their life blood it was handed down to uc. Shall I refuse to bear it on my ahoul* ders because the wearing costs ms a few dollars, and are you coward* enough to hide yours because some foreign labor union anarchist orders you to strip it off? I have faith that the blood of 17ti •till coursing in your veins will tingle and call until iron waken. Then Americans will Act" "There's a Kea- C. W. PQ0T. i