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tear Right V .- I every Saturday and We invite yourat- of Dry Goods, No- ice .' with the RENTED TUNED REPAJRED STORED Am inf! lint at W Price of thus within reach of the most can afford itâ€"frou‘: the labor- : c0310! elegricity is noImorc Slfirtélaists, Men’s locéttd on day of our lines-~- f 3:11!wa audio: km of your own ion!!! lo: two yea”, AND PARK ELECTRIC . W park. u the law to” lines not!!! ha Imitation hum Mm pain“. »t~ Cash Tel GIPP lRIES Undcrwcar. No- Mfmmucc‘x: WAUKEGAN. ILL.‘ COMPANY . Phone 172 TODAY a; Ii fioli 'ired Ami-I I ‘ Thirteenth Year We do not stand for these netball. nor hove we ever tried to defend them. We deplore the feet that such olenoo m given. We ask you now to (mp-the [and that is cloud in acknowledgment of the m committed by the founder of this movement, md also that you will not turn a deaf on to our con-1 W0 hove never hsd an opportunity bolero this to not oune‘lves right on this minor. but wejre too honest and too olort to the fmportlnce of the hour to let this occasion pus without making our confession and our melon. We believe thnt there were wrongs on both sides, but we have to do only with our side of It. We believe that If the pm: had beenrvtmted fairly tad courteonsly. it would have been I grant blessing to Zion instead of n hlndmco. , > ‘ We believe there is only one way out of sin; 3nd that is. through re- pentnnce. confession and restitution. We feel now, and~nnny of us felt at the time it was done. that Dr. Dowié nude himself nnnecemrily offensive to the press. He would 'brook no op- position. nnd replied to every un- fl'onbie criticism in most unworthy term. and with a spirit that has of-: ten nude no weep tenn- of sorrow. We think it mu vdinpourteous. un-" chriltian, and.dnmaging to his own Juice mo in: the liberty '0! free speech. Only tyrants prefer a can- lorIMp o! the press. We recognize “get our knowledge of .11 these things' has been obtained through the public press. V.We "re- Our Chnritnble institutions are many nnd 'w’eil sustained by the lib- onl contributions of agenerous peo- ple. while our colleges and scientinc lnntitutions are so well endowed-8nd patronized an to make us glad that we share 'a glorious heritage. About nil we know of the places ad the people from which you come we [know through the public press. We rejoice with patriotiq pride over the great achievements of the people or the greatest republic oh earth, and; take on a feeling or selffimportance thq't its wealth and resources arevlsr in hdnnce of any other nation .and country. We rejoice also with hum- ble mtitude at the way in which our‘ nstion responds to the needs of others i'n any great calamity which humans to befall them. '10 THE PRESS CLIJB OF LAKE COUNTY, , , . We welcome you here. We recog: also thu you are not only'the rep- resenutives. but in a very large de- me, the moulden of public thought and public sentiment in this great country of ours, We cannot do better tha furnish our readers with a reprint of Dr. Romingeds address. whic was read by him at the banquet and which may be accepted as a sto of, the men who desire to make a city which shall be built on the high ideals of a clean and virtuous people. purged from the leadership of a man whose lan'» Image is vile and whose spirit is contempt iblc. The gathering ofi'nearly 300 progressive cititens of the future Zion was itself significant of .the spirite‘which. now .dominatcs‘ the better half Of the population and when to this is added the presence. by invitation. of the press and of ' representatives of, Christian- churches it‘augurs much for\the coming city., ‘ O The policy of Alexander Dowie and Voliva has been; not only to close in {hit city witlLa kind ofChinese wall. ’but to stand behind that wall and pour out volleys of invhctive and villification upon all the test of the world who chose to think and act On lines which dificrfifrom .t-hemselves- 4 Certainly the most hopeful évent in the hisgory of Zion Citvlwés the open hand that was held ,out to the World at the banquét Of Thursday. January 21. in John Aléx Bowie, invested ln'the various stocks sold by him. more than $5,000,000. By unwise and criminsl armament the business collapsed. and Immense losses were sustained; sud thousands of people were wrecked snd ruined. unless the They, togather with many outside who were Interested In bundfing up such a city. and who had confidence In the brief period of two years such a city wu built containing a population of over _ 8.000 souls: Three main object: brought this peo-‘ ple together from almdst all nations of the’eufth. .First. christian tel- lowahip; lecond a 'cienn city; and third, promising and clean inveatf meats. It was to be an industrial city. made up 01' Christian people who loved righteousness and purity. a place kept free from the public evils that curse almost every other city in the world. In order to show you the sincerity of our feelings I want. to make some liberal quotations "from o manifesto which was unanimously edopted by the Municipal league and published in the Zion City News last October. Through the Leaves of Healing edited by John Alex Davie from 1901 to 1905 the attention of the world Was directed to Zion City.- There has been and It"! is fanat- lcism among our people. but that is the exception and not the' rule. We want you to vknow that, with low exceptions. the population of Zion City is composed of men and women who have hearts and brains that feel and think. We are ,willing to be ex- amined that we have neither boots nor horns. ‘ For instance; when a couple were arrested in this city 'by our own 01’- ilcers and imprisoned for fl‘ee love teachings aild practice it goes out to 'the World that that is a sample of the character and prabtice of the whole populace of Zion City. Where as it is'only a parasite, ot'which we rid oursélvee~aa quickly I: possible. The fact is, we believe; that there is lead of that kind! of; thing here than in any other e yin/the world.‘ This is distinctly _ righteous people. On account of these things our city and Its people have suflered misrep- mutations and much opproblum. We do not come with” blame on our: line. nor heap maledlctlonu upon the press for the unfavorable lmpres sions that prevail throughout the world. ngalnst us. It Is a known fact that the good things of this con» munity have had slight mention, while ,the nnftvonble have been apreed broadcast. under great head- fines". ‘ tension. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1 909 Oludly ud wholeheartedly do we say to our chi-lotion brothron. and friends throughout the whole known world. come Ind live amount us, build your churches and wonhlp God This city wu minded to be a re- ligious center. um notwltlnundlng 1the facts of m Iln'nnclnl failure 3nd its present factionu‘ dlflsreneea ye still cherish the hope thlt It will yet be (great center of influence. and n cm: of, retuge for the oppressed of every land But It: fellow-hip must be much brouder thin wu [Int 1n- tended. Wb stand for that. braid "Chi-mun fellow-hip which maniac. everyone whoiovea he Lord Jesus Christ, tad who lives a clan pare life, up our brother 'of whntnoever name or‘ de- nomination he mny be. Religion: tolerance in one of the foundation stone: upon which‘we' ahuil build our New Zion. the Zion City of the future. The nerrowneu. exclusivenoee, bigotry and tyranny which were rife here we denounce end deplore. But 1In justice to some of the people we are compelled to say. it he: been with them- 8! it Inn with the Irish- man who said when he wee nick he took so much medicine the! he was sick for two months utter he got well. The tmnny end bigotry still remelu with name of our people. Probably nbout one-half of the cit- izens of Zion today “end for freedom and independence in busineu and religion. The institutional idea in u back number; end the city is now open, to independent hn‘lineee which does not deprnve its motels. ‘ It is due to-the people of this city and to the world at large to my that we deplore the conditions whlch hue led to the failure of the business feature of this city. and thst we de~ nounce the dishonesty in terms an emphatic ss sny outsider does." We do not stand for those methods, nor do we try to defend them. We be- jlieve in the established banned: principles snd methods which ere the outgrowth of centuries of the best ‘thought or the wisest and best busi- ness glen of the world. The great truths preached by'John Alex Dowlq In in: best mlnlstry'wlll never dle, the); llve today. and will live on and on However. this did not change the character at the people who had as- ‘aemhled here. The greet majority of the people are today houest,‘ pure. clean. and .God-fenrlng men end Women, the best from every land; In such a crash as came to us here, It ‘13 hardly tobe expected that fectlonl should not arise. At least they eroee here and we deplore the net that they still exist; but notwitheundlng this fact. this I: the cluneet end best city In the world todey. I my ll! thet all of the actions in the city todey love the truths of Zion :- much “they ever did. , ‘ It is almost needless to say and ‘ the thousands of good people who had assembled here were deceived and disappointed. They were in no way responsible for the foilure snd losses sustained. The inside .msn- agement of the ilnsnces and the resl‘ condition of the city were muted by the haves of Healing and the Zion 'Bnnneif which boomed these stocks. . ' . “Phone is no dust reason why the Lace Fnctory ’with the $8,000,000 paid in tor‘thst purpose should not have succeeded and paid its divi- dends.’ But when [tell you thnt less than $500,000 of the “$000,000 was ever invested In it. you'wlll see thnt failure was inovitsble: The Bank with $600,000 of clean cosh psld in for stock could have been 3 grand success had it been honestly msn- aged. ' ' Instead of the freedom prowl-ed us in a city of richoousneu. u‘tymnuy moat calling reigned In the city under‘ the religious'iystem tint woo foisted upon u'I. eatnte should yet uppfechte ‘ln «hue and the stocks be redeemed. -Klu almanac-u. xammthemuderdm at. Iowan branchpoutoflcopnlda beautiful yam girl huh from the wilduorDonmlthelnountother order,_but on the margin m writ- tangle-augmwhlchhemmm neadtotheyoungwonn. Itmthll‘ â€"Isq1dyoutorcshnflnaudndol- In conclusion let me repent, we are [led you ere here. our welcome in hearty and eponteneous; end we be- lieve you feel tint. end thet you will like u. “better when you ore better maimed with no; and know more ot'the intrinsic worth of our people end the odventngee our city he to ofler. ' c. A. aonmom. w [sen their liberty end thmw ‘ol the 1yoke of their thnlldom. They no good veoplo. but llke the prodlgnl Ion, while feeding thne. they hove not yet come to them-elven. We ole: no word of censure. but on the col» tnry we say to them. come with no PM we will do you good. True there ere some of our people who ere not yet free, but you know as well a we. that the time in not fer dtetent when they. too. will u- Tell the world thst notwithstsnd- in; the wreck snd ruin of our for- tunes thst we sre not limping, nor nursing our hoes. but thst we hsves determinstion to build on Most lib- Tersl sud righteous principles commer- cislly sad religiously. Let the world know; thst there is no city where the poor no better and for. and where there; is so little suilerlng from soy «use as in Zion City. We hope to see in the New, Zion thehroed none on the hie from lined with factorie- who-e mechlncn wm- haul the tune- ot comfort at completion that will nuke the great- e-t local- in the old Zion tied the; he exchnubd stock- pf clan-in greed. bigotry. tyranny end elelu iveneu for the liberty. manhood. tei~ low-hip. honesty. tolennoe end the charity of the New. Now gentlemen of the pm. we need the help which only you an give. Help an to wipe out the appro- bium of the put and to write upon our eecutcheon I motto of which our children mny be proud. Located a we are within the Cl cago freight belt. and with such e oeilent tranaportatlon iacilitiea aa a aflorded by the N. W. and C. t i Electric railway. together with o! broad and apacione Lake iront.-at the poutbilltlea of a deeli vim a. hor, we believe lt‘ia poaaihle to hall a New Zion City from the ruins c the old. Our 'iooea Ire toward ti future; we are not looking hackwan We ban a large city aite with an clone parka and natural beautiee' tht only need the touch of art and its language of money to make it a pa) adiae In appearance. ita natun dreinage. and the admimble anrve at its streets. avenuea and boulevard make it ponlble to .he one of th moot unitary cltiea in the oountn We: have always believed that it moral purity was ita greatest aaaei and thla we mean to maintain with out ianaticiim. bigotry aor intoler once. ' ' the same personal llberty'nd' tol- unce which we ask for oumlvu. To Inch u would like to co: hero Ind 0311;, the rounds of how mu and active bnln. we ”and hearty welcome Ind I helping In! 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