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• ^ • - . • . ' •; 'V' ** <# ' «w. --, . . * " ' •URK WON. ILLINOIS ,•> :• stints ocvcauo** Jr <;S>4J*Z*7JESE, iS'S* "LLO, Henry, 1 am going to eave you today. I*re sold my •arcass again." This remark by a big sailor to i friend on the San Francisco .rater-front caused a landsman to tarn around and regard the pair curiously. It was the tenth time that he had heard that re­ mark in the course of an hour as he loitered about the wharves watching tu£ whalers prvp&rin^ for their season in northern seas. He had seen big, hard- 11sted men boarding the vessels or sitting about on boxes on the docks chatting with friends until they should be summoned on board for tlie cruise. And always, as the sailors would greet a new com­ panion. came that remark, "I've sold my carcass " It puzzled the l&ndsman. He did not under­ stand, but figured out that It was some rough pleasantry, He did not ky>.ow that every tuiti who sails out of an American port in a deep-sea vessel under the stars and stripes must literally sell his body and soul into a servitude as abject and as debasing as that of the black man on the southern plantation before the Emancipation Proclamation was Issued. For the American who sails the high seas nnder the stars and stripes is a slave. He Is a slave under the law. True, he cannot be put upon the auction block by his master and sold to the highest bidder. But he must surrender his Amer­ ican birthright--freedom of contract; he must sign away his right to his pay when it falls due. And he cannot be a sailor without signing them away. And he cannot run away from bjs bargain ana his master, if he tries it, he is arrested and taken back, no matter in what quarter of the globe his vessel is anchored. For, by the opera­ tion of treaties with all the maritime powers of the world, the United States agrees to arrest and return foreign sailor-slaves, in return for which the foreign countries have agreed to arrest and return to American ships America's chattel slaves. No man Is ever a slave under the law unless conditions are such that it is necessary for his masters to hold him legally in servitude In order to retain his services. Every land is full of Indus­ trial slaves who cannot desert their masters If they would, because there is nothing else for them to do but to submit or starve. But the occupation of a sailor carries him to foreign lands where the lure of untried conditions is forever beckoning, and It would be comparatively easy for him to desert MB master. But here the law steps in, and the fear of the foreign dungeon and the certain return to his ship in irons holds him to his con­ tract. And even with the fear of certain re-«n- •lavement st&riug him in tlie face, the sailor un­ der the stars and stripes is far too often a de­ serter. It is idle to argue that it is In the nature cf the sailor to wander, to desert one master for another, and that therefore laws are necessary to prevent the disorganization of the merchant ma­ rine. Every occupation has its devotees to whom it calls in an insistent voice, and there are thou­ sands of men who follow the 6ea from choice. The answer to the question, why is the sailor legally a slave, must be found in an Inquiry into the condi­ tions from which he seeks to run away. If he likes to follow the sea there is no reason why h« should forever try to leave it or to leave his master and his flag except that the conditions under which he Is forced to work are Intolerable. And here lies the answer. The earliest known facts about the condition of the laborer at sea take us back to the ancient laws of the Norseman and to the code that gov- criieu the 8«Jiui» of the ancient cities on the shores of the Mediterranean. In the north the laborer on land and at sea was a free man. The sailor had the same status aboard his vessel that his brother had in the Norse towns. He had the same freedom of contract and the same voice in the laws regulating the conduct of his companions and himself. The laborer of the south was a chat­ tel slave on land ayd on sea. He was usually a prisoner of war and his body and soul belonged to his master. He was chained to his seat in the gal­ ley and lashed to his task. Manual labor of all kindB was considered to be debasing and per­ formed only by slaves. The Island of Rhodes gave to the Mediter­ ranean Its maritime law, and the Roman code was patterned after that of Rhodes. When Rome con­ quered the countries of the north, she gave them her laws for the regulation of labor on the sea as well as on land. The all-pervading idea of Roman civilization was that labor is debasing, and the laborer on land was a serf and on the sea he was a slave. The maritime power of medieval Europe, which was expressed through the laws of Barce­ lona and later through the all-powerful Hanseatlc League of cities, was maintained through Roman maritime law. It gradually overpowered and ob­ literated the law of the north, and the free sailor ceased to exist. Since that day the sailor has been a chattel slave. When Bailing vessels replaced the galley, it be­ came necessary that the sailor's status as a slave be maintained by rigid laws against desertion. Freedom of action was necessary for the operation of a sailing vessel, but it was stJll necessary to keep th® sailor bound to the ship because Injury might come to the vessel through his desertion. And so his status as a slave was maintained by law on the "principle of common hazard." All the laws of the Hanseatlc League stipulate that If any barm come to a vessel while any sailor is absent from shipboard, the absent sailor shall pay the damage. The safety of the vessel and her. cargo was in the hands of every man on board while the vessel was at sea or in foreign portB. The progress of civilization has relieved U»e ship-owner and the master of the hazard of the Sea. Maritime insurance has been devised to pay for losses through acts of God. If a ship sinks at ea, no one loses but the sailor and his widow and hildren. The property Is paid for by the com­ munity, by you and by me; for insurance shifts the burden of loss from the shoulders of the in­ dividual to the shoulders of the community. Per­ fect policing of the sea has removed the dangers from piracy, and losses from state or local dis­ turbances are paid for by the states and localities responsible. And so the old principle of common hazard has been abandoned so far as the ship-owner is con­ cerned through the operation of maritime insur­ ance and modern laws. But how is It with the sailor and with you and me? It is easy to see how this has worked to Increase the hazard borne by the crew. Formerly the ship-owner would not load his vessel to the danger point; he would not risk employing unskilled men or too few sailors, because he did not want to risk his property. Now he does not care; insurance will take care of the risks, and the idea is to make all the money pos­ sible. Let us look a little more closely into the condi­ tion of the sailor's .occupation that has been evolved out of this hodge-podge of laws, ancient and modern. And then we can see very clearly how this condition affects not oniy the sailor but you and me and every other American citizen. A brief comparison of the conditions on shipboard under the American flag with those under the flags of other nations will explain why the Ameri­ can boy does not go to sea, and why it is neces­ sary to keep the American sailor a chattel slave by law of congress. To begin with, the American sailor who would Ehip over the high seas is com­ pelled to seek his employment through a "crimp." The crimp is the runner for the notorious sailor's "boarding-houses" which furnish crews for all deep-sea-going vessels. He is the absolute master of the sailor's employment. All deep-sea captains ship their crews through the crimp. The crimp is paid oat of the unearned wages of the sailor. It is called "advance money" which the law per­ mits the sailor to sign away and which the system compels him to sign away. The sailors call it "blood money." The money is paid by the captain directly to tlie crimp. In fact all the negotiations are carried on directly between the captain and the crimp. The sailor is not consulted at all. More often than not, he is taken on board after having been liberally treated to "third rail" or "doctor," a drink that robs him of all conscious­ ness. The practice smacks very much of the old practice of "shanghaing." The act of December 21, 1898, prevents the payment of this blood- money, called "allotment to original creditor" In the domestic trade (coastwise shipping and the trade t6 nearby foreign countries). But it Is per­ mitted in the deep-sea trade, and no sailor ever obtains employment on a deep-seagoing vessel without having visited the crimp. The crimp exists because the law permits him to exist, by permitting the assignment of "advance money." One*state, oregon, actually recognized the system by a statute limiting the amount of blood-money to thirty dollars. The crimp ceased to exist In the domestic trade when congress abolished the "allotment to original creditor" in 1898. When the sailor gets aboard he is compelled to live In a space 6 feet long by 6 feet high and 2 feet wide. This is the legal forecastle space (72 cubic feet) except in sailing vessels built or re­ built after June 30, 1898. The sailors call it the "dog hole," to distinguish it from the "fire hole" (firemen's quarters). and the "glory hole" (stew- ard's quarters). Here the men must live, eat, sleep and keep their clothing. It has been d«- scribed as "too large for a coffin and too small for a grave." It is unsanitary, dark, and dirty. The American sailor is compelled to sign away in the foreign trade his right to part of the wages due him at ports of call. Consular agents have de­ clared this to be the most prolific cause of deser­ tions from American ships. The aict of December 21, 1898, gives the sailor a right to half the wages that may be due him at any port of call, but add "unless the contrary be expressly stipulated in the contract" The ship-owners see to it that this stipulation is always made. The sailor must compete with the unskilled and destitute of all nations and races, because the law as to citizenship was repealed in 1864, and the operation of maritime insurance has reduced the standard of skill in Beamen. No standard of effi­ ciency has been supplied by law. The ship-owners may hire whom they please and as few men as the inspectors will let them. There is no standard to guide the inspectors. And so the sailor must do the unskilled man's work at sea because the work has to be done and there is no one else to do It. Often he must risk his life because the vessel Is undermanned and unskilfully manned. Because of this competition with the foreigner, his wages are as small as the wages of the cheapest port of call of his vessel, and he cannot get enough to marry and live a normal life. As vessels grow larger, his chances to earn a decent livelihood grow smaller. Big Business conceives ships to be for the purpose of making money, not for the purpose of carrying good9 from place to place; for the pur­ pose of piling up dividends no matter at whose expense the dividends are piled up, no matter at what cost to the sailor or to you and me. It would take away cargo space to provide decent living quarters for sailors on shipboard, and less cargo means less dividends. To load a vessel so as to minimize the danger from shifting cargo means less cargo also. Better food, more men and skilled men all cost more money, and there­ fore Big Business, which is not compelled to take risks because Its property is insured, refuses these things. In fine, it is much cheaper to run vessels with slaves; therefore Big Business employs slaves. Not only is American commerce being con­ ducted by vessels flying foreign flags, but Ameri­ can oversea commerce ii3 American ships Is being handled by foreign seamen. The astounding fact is true that not only has America fewer sailors than any other nation on the face of the globe, but the great majority of the men Jn the American merchant marine are men of other nations. And the majority of American seamen are sailing, by choice, under the flags of other nations than their own. So when we trust our lives and our goods on the high seas, we entrust them to foreign seamen, slaves on under-manned vessels, living under conditions that have driven Americans from the sea. That Is what concerns us. And it con­ cerns us vitally. Statistics published by the United States com­ missioner of navigation show that out of every hundred American seagoing steamers of over one hundred tons for the past seven years, an average of 2,24 have been lost each year, «nd that out of every hundred foreign seagoing steamers of over one hundred tons for the same period, an average of only 1.98 have been lost. Out of every hundred American seagoing vessels of over fifty tons for the past seven years an average erf 4.13 have been lost each year, and out of the same number of foreign seagoing sail vessels of over fifty tons, the loss has been only 2.97 a year. On the Pacific ocean the situation is almost in­ tolerable. The United States commissioner of navigation in his report for 1898-98, page 20, de­ clared; "The crews of our own steamships plying to China and Japan are almost wholly Chinese and Japanese shipped before American consuls at foreign ports where the vessels enter and clear."- And this condition has grown worse instead of better since that time. VERY FEW ARE CHRISTIANS Among China's Intellectual Classes Christianity Has Not Many Converts. It is much to be regretted that Chi­ nese Christians are organized into churches separated from one another •not only by denominational lines, but also by the national and sectional lines that separate the missionary or­ ganizations, writes Ernest D. Burton, member of the Oriental Educational Commission of the University of Chi­ cago. Thus, there are not only Pres­ byterians, Methodists and Baptists, but several classes of each according to the country or even the section of country from which the missionaries came. Christian missionaries have not yet learned how to impart to a non-Christian people the essential ele­ ments of their religion in their purity and simplicity, but with these have always carried along those sectarian peculiarities which are the unhappy record of the controversies of the paat Christianity has made but few con­ verts among the more intellectual and influential classes in China. In Pekin, as in Jerusalem of old, one may still inquire incredulously and scornfully. "Have any of the rulers believed In Him?" The situation in Japan Is very different. There, from the first, Christianity made its appeal to the Samurai, and today It counts position in statesmanship, education and liter­ ature and among its preachers men of ability and standing. In China there are a few such and multitudes whos« lives prove beyond doubt the sincerity of their Christianity, but in general, as in Corinth in the days of the Apos­ tle Paul, so in China today, not many wise, not many m|ghty, not many noble are numbered among the Christians. This Is not wholly inex­ plicable in view of the history of China's contact with so-called Chri» tlan nations. Flee from potatoes, peas, macaroni, olive oil, cream, alcoholic drinks, candy and pastry Chicago.--After turning on all the gas burners and gas stove burners In his home, George Christiansen, sev­ enty years old, 3031 Perry street, whose mental condition will be in­ quired into, lighted a match, and the explosion which followed blew out all of the windows and doors In the flat and stunned him and his wife. Mrs. Christiansen was fesleep when the ex­ plosion occurred. She ran to the Sheffield Avenue station, and on her request her husband was taken into custody. Christiansen was taken to the county hospital two years ago, suffering from dropsy. His mental vwuitiuii became weakened by the disease, and he was later taken to Dunning, and later removed to Oak Forest when tlie latter infirmary was completed. Danville.--A Are, which threat­ ened a part of the business dis­ trict of tlils city, started in the Wood­ bury Book company's plant. The Are spread to the store of Goldsmith, Boord & Goldsmith, and to the Peld- k&mp Candy company, causing a loss of $7,500. A crossed electric wire is believed to have been the cause of the fire. Galesburg.--V. A. Linder, president of the Illinois conference of the Swedish Augustana Lutheran Synod, in his annual report recommended the establishment of a college in Chi­ cago, the first building to cost $100,- 000. The recommendation was made In compliance with the request of the Augustana Luther league. It went to a committee, hut it is not likely that any action will be taken this year, although such a college is sure to be «Kt.itu!wuou. The rcc;-n^;csui tion that an old folks' home be built In Chicago was also discussed and many speakers urged <ts building. Danville.--Charged with the theft of fifteen smoked hams, several pairs of linen curtains, shoe polish and other merchandise from a Chicago, Indiana & Southern freight car at Gary Junction. Ind., a few nights ago, Charles Clegg, alias L. A. Butler, and John O'Brien, who are believed by the local polljee to be yeggmen, were ar­ raigned before Police Magistrate H. V. Custer in police court on the charge of grand larceny. Granite City.--An unidentified white man, about thirty years of age, was run down and killed by an interurban car, north-bound, near Phalen's cross­ ing, two and a half miles north of Granite City. There was nothing found on the dead man's person that he could be identified by. On the In­ side of the collar band of his shirt were the letters, "J. A. R.," and on the collar the letters, "H. B. M." There was no other marks of any character. Alton.--A gust of wind unroofed a freight car in a train crossing the Burlington railroad bridge at Alton. The roof was stripped from the car and deposited in a corn field. The car was loaded with a consignment of buggies, which were uninjured. Th® train was delayed until they were re­ moved to an empty car and the wreck­ ed car removed from the train. Danville.--Only released from the Chester penitentiary a short ime ago, the final discharge papers having been mailed March 1, Leslie Pyle of MAt- toon was arreted by Detectives O'Brien and Coaison at Van Buren and Jackson streets, with a pair of trousers In his possession which had been stolen from Kally Bernsohn's store, Jackson street. He was locked up at police headquarters. Chicago.--A snowstorm that hit Chi­ cago caused a number of accidents, the most serious of which was a col­ lision of two Illinois Central trains, due to slippery tracks. Two colored dining car attendants were injured and commotion caused among many pas­ sengers by the rear-end passenger ir&uu Cfttaii, wuiCu blocked tfauiO iGT more than aq hour. The wreck oc­ curred at Broadview, about fifteen miles outside of Chicago, near where the Illinois Central tracks cross the Desplalnes river. The rear end of one dining car was smashed. Peoria.--Determined to stop the epidemic of horse and cattle stealing In Peoria county and to rid thiq sec­ tion of undesirables, the Anti-Horse- thlef society was organized at Laura with 60 members. Farmers pledged their vigilance and financial aid. They will organize a plan in which the country telephone system will be used. Elgin.--Pellagra 1b given as the cause of death at tfie Elgin State Hospital for the Insane of Mrs. Frances Wensiger of Chicago. Mrs. Wensiger was the fourth victim to succumb to pellagra at the local state Institution. Three or four other patients are suspected of having the disease. Freeport.--Charles E. Washatke, employed as a fireman on the Illinois Central, was found dead in his bed at the Hotel Metropoie with a bullet through his heart. The discovery was made by a chambermaid who went to attend . to her duties Alton.--Because their power houses both at Alton and at East St. Louis are pulling their capacity the Alton Granite and St. Louis Traction com­ pany will have to ^icrease the capac­ ity of their power houses and an addi­ tion to the Alton power house may re­ sult. Freeport.--Dudley Grow, employed at the Schrader & Scheftner imple­ ment house, and Lpuls Wagner, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wagner, sustained severe scalp wounds when a heavy wheel, which was being removed frfcm pne of the machines, fell upon them. Moline.--That charges a&ainst the Geneva school for girls Bhould be in­ vestigated, but that few improvements can be made in the mode of disciplin­ ing inmates of the institution, was stated by Police Matron Mrs. Carrie O'Connor, who is well acquainted with Superintendent Amy and has paid nu­ merous visits to the school in her offi­ cial capacity. Aurora.--John Sohults, a tramp, given alms by Rev. Albert I^utz, pas­ tor of the German M. E. church, was arrested suspected by the police of stealing the minister's overcoat whlla leaving the parochial residence. To Oat ' Its Beneficial Effect^ Mmys Bqr the Ckmuim* Sw-flGS «n)o /Senna maniiactured byihe **Des TO' belieb dat Jim Johnson am really converted?" " 'Deed I does, I'M bin vlsltin' his house fo' de last free months, an' dey hasn't had a mouthful oh chlckon."* SCALES ALL OVER KER BODY "About three yeaxs ago I was af­ fected by white scales on my knee- and elbows. I consulted a doctor wh treated me for ringworm. I Baw n change and consulted a specialist an he claimed I had psoriasis. 1 coutlj ued treatments under him for abov olx months until 1 saw scales breal Ing out all over my body save m face. My scalp was affected, and my hair began to fall. I then changed doctors to no avail. I went to two hospitals and each wanted to make ; study of the case and seemed unabl to cure it or assure me of a cure, tried several patent medicines an was finally advised bv a frionii has used Cuticura on her children since their birth, to purchase the Cuticura Remedies. I purchased a cake of Soap, the Ointment and th Resolvent. After the first appllcatlo the itching was allayed. "I am still using the Soapfend Olnt ment and now feel that none other If good enough for my skin. The psoi lasis has disappeared and I ever] where feel better. My hands were s disfigured- before using the Cuticura Remedies that I had to wear gloves all the time. Now my body and hands are looking fine." (Signed) Miss Sara Burnett, 2135 Fltzwater St., Philadel­ phia, Pa., Sept. 30, 1310. Cuticura Soap ^25c) and Cuticura Ointment (50c) are sold throughout the world. Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., sole props., 135 Colum­ bus Ave., Boston, for free book on af- lections of the skin and scalp. Ijy all Drwjcpisfs <k»Stas©0si|y,5O{ © Bottle beat > M&y , Alhi fr that1** ^ Western Cassaiiiu kot iiott. i i i ' Spring Wheat 1 n 19H1-. Reports rem otherdistrietelnthat prov­ ince showed utber exoel- le-iit resu lis--scch a n 4 - P90 bus be Is of wheat troxa 120 acres. 01 £81-8 sm.perucre. 2S,80aud 40 !>ushol/lolrt3T7ere nana- erous. As high as 1S2 InisheJs of cats to the acre wore three bed from Alberta fields In 1910. Tlie Silver Cup at the recent Spokane Fair wasawardea to the Alberta >tprnn t for its e» mbi t of grains.grasses and voBetablCB. Reports of excellent yields for 1910 come also from sioskatehewan and Manitoba In Western Canada. Free homesteads of 180 ricrus, and adjoining pre­ emptions of I 6© acres(at PPI a,\-a.xj?r Cti ^ vw iiu tli© choicest districts. Schools «onventl<>nt. *1i- iMttin excellent, noil th© very bent, rallwnv* s;lose at IihihI, build 8 is® Inmber ohcap, fuel easy toget and reasonable In price, water easily procured, mixed aiucrest. Write as to best place for set- 'lomeixt, settlers' low rallwuy sates, desorlptlre itinerated ' Last Best West," (sent free on application) and other Informa­ tion, to 8up't of Immigration, sljttawa. Can. .orto the O^satflan f H>vernmentAgent. (8ti) •» '.J. Broaghtoo, 412 Rmliutt l. AT. BliJgCblMgroj W . H. Rof«r», Bd floor iKditBspouet Oro.A.Hall,tetl*8(1 Ht .MUwanket.WU. Chicken, All Right. , A Camden lawyer walked into a res­ taurant the other day, prepared to order himself a chicken dinner. The waitress approached him. He looked at her and said: "How's chicken?" "I'm all right," she answered, cheer­ ily; "how's yourself?" Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bears the /7 Signature of In Use For Over iJO Ytiirt'b. The Kind You Have Always Bought After a Big Haul. "Binks used to be daft on the sub­ ject of buried treasure. What's he ap to now?" "He's got up an expedition to Asia Minor to try to find the place where Methuselah stored his birthday pres­ ents." Household troubles; Headache, Tooth- iche. Earache. Stomach ache. Hamlins Wizard Oil cures the«»e aches and pains »o why don't you keep a bottle in the bouse. Men astonish themselves far more than they astonlBh their friends. . To restore a normal action to liver, kid­ neys, stomach and bowels, take Garfield Tea, the mild Herb laxative. All druggists. UMAMj MBTATMU. T I OYDMINBTERln the golden Basketchewmn •A-J Warmer or city dweller here 1» an Invitation to yon. Write to the Board of Trade, or better still come and see for yourselves, the famous border town, the centre of the most phenom­ enal grain raising district In Western Canada. Thirty-six prises for grain exhibits won by JLloyd- mlnister farmers in twelve months, from February 1910 to February 1811 Including the 11500 trophy lor oaUt. at Columbus, Ohio, February 1911. Klch soil' abundant water; free land for homesteading: land far sale at reasonable prices. Free education. Low taxation. Main Line Canadian Northern Ky. Saskatoon the Largest City in the World for Its Age 1901 POPULATION 70 1011 POPULATION 18.000 Centre of Canada's last west-golden real estate opportunities. Send 25 cents for maps and illustrated booklets. WilloDghby-SsmnerCa.,SaskaloontSssk.Cas. WAK IN MEXICO! American troops to the »* border of Texas. Why have they been sent there; Tell ub in a short concise letter. VVewillthen send you a souvenir which will tell you how to buy lands in Texas. 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The Discovery has 40 years of cures behind it and contains no alcohol or narcotics. Ingredi­ ents plainly printed on wrapper. Dr. Pieroe's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of wrapping and mailing only. Send 31 one-cent stamps lor the French cloth-feound book. Address: Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. ONE THOUSAND 40 El 1KK1CATED FARMS in Glorious CALIFORNIA Almost Given Away GREATEST OPPORTUNITY since'UncleSam's free land days ili the Mississippi Valley. We are different from any other irrictition organisation. Wc have a record of irrigating 400,UoO were? in the Twin Falls Country, Idaho, at a coat of upwards of ten million dollars. "We 9hall spend aa much or more in the Sacramento Valley, California, to make one of the finest rural communities in the world. You have a great advantage in buying an irrigated farm now on our ten-year payment plan. %Vith a email payment down, you can make the farm earn all the rest of the pay­ ments. It ia better than getting a Government farm for nothing, because we already have Invested in necessary Improvements an amount equal to several timea your first payment. Eighty square miles now ready. Thousands of acres alrsWdy sold. The most profitable dairy regiftn in the world. An unexcelled fruit country. The finest alfalfa country. Hogs, poultry, oranges, peaches, prunes, sugar beets, sweet potatoes, beans or any other special crop will make you lots of money with intelligent handling. Our promises are all backed by money and plenty of it. We have dealt with thousandsof settlers,and have kept faith with them all. We want you. This Is YOUR opportunity. Fill out the coupou utd mall today. H. L HOLLISTER A CO., Dept. IB SOB La Salle Street, Cblca«o, 111. Please acad free information about Sacramento Valley. Name •ddreaa.