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**&¥?**** ma BANKERS URGED TO OUR PUBLIC FORUM COW ■ HRKiw •OUL M A TER IA L HAS E N T E R E D T H E BANK V A U L T S OF T H E NATION. T h « Bank a Financial Powsr House to th« Community. By Peter Radford. P0LITJC IA N8 WHO CAP ITALIZE S TR IFE A MENACE TO GOVERNMENT. Neglect of Agricultural and Industrial Opportunists a National Crlma. By Peter Radford. One of the gruatest opportunities In Thore never was a time In the his the buelueea life of the nation lies tory of this nation whan we needed In practical co-operation of the coun statesmen more or agitators less than try banka with the farmer In building agrlrulturo and the adventure la laden at the protent moment. The oppor with greater possibilities than uny tunities now afforded us on lund and forward movement now before the tea demand the best there is In state craft and the possibilities thut are con American public. A few bankers have loaned money fronting us call for national Issues to farmer» at u low rale of IntercaL that unite the people, build Industry and ofttlmea without compensation, to and expand trade. The agricultural buy blooded livestock, build silos, und Industrial development uf tills fertilize the land, secure better seed, nation has suffered severely at tho hold their products for a betvir mar hands of agitators who have sent ket price, etc. The banker lu con- torpedoes crashing Into the port sldo trtbutliiK toward Improving the crude of buslnuss and whose neglect of tho of livestock; the quality of the seed Interests of the fanner makes them and the fertility of the soil, planta in little less than political criminals. We the acrtcultural life of the community want no moro of these evil spirits to a fountain of protlt, that, like Tcnny- prcdomlnato-ln government. Too long son's brook, runs on end on forever. their hysterical cry has sent a shiver Community Progress a Bank Asset. down the spinal column of Industry. The time was when money loaned Too long have the political agitator» on such a basis would severely test capitalized strife, pillaged progress the sanity of the banker; such trans und murdered opportunity. An Indus actions would pain the directora like trial corps« Is not a deslrgblo thing, a blow In the face. A cashier who a crippled business an achievement or would dare to caat bread upon waters uogluct an accomplishment about that did not return buttered aldo up which any representative of the gov In timo for annual dlvldsnda would ernment has a right to boast. have to k I vo way to n more capuhle Issues that Breed Agitators Should be man. This docs not necessarily mean Eliminated. that the bankera are getting any hotter Tho political agitator must be elim or that the milk of human klndneass la inated from public life before thought being Imbibed more freely by our finan ful consideration con be given to a ciers. It Indicates that tbe bankers are constructive program In government. getting wlaer, becoming moro ublo fin Tho liquor question Is the most pro anciera and the banking Induatry moro lific breeding ground for agitators and competent. Tbe vision of the builder Is whether pro or anti, the hatch Is crowding out the spirit of tbe pawn equally as undesirable. This article broker. A light has been turned on la In no sense a discussion of the li a new world of Investment and no quor question but duals solely and by usurer ever received as large returns way of Illustration with the political on tbe Investment us theso progres products of that Issue. Other sub sive bankers, who made leans to jects will be dealt with in the order uplift Industry. The bankers have of their Importance. always been liberal city builders, but In the history of our government they are now building agriculture. tho liquor Issue has never produced A Dollar With a Soul. a constructive statesman worth men It la refreshing In this strenuous tioning and It never will. It has sent commercial life to find so muny dol more freaks to Congress, Lilliputians lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap to tho Senate and Incompetents to proached to perform a task that does office than any other political Issuo not directly yield the highest rate of under tbo sun. Interest, we usually hear the rustle Tho recent experience of tho Eng of the eagle's wings as It soars up lish Parliament which lashed Itself ward; when a dollar Is requested to into a fury over the liquor question return at the option of the borrower. has a lesson that It is well for the It usually appeals to tbo Goddess of farmers of this nation to observe; for Liberty for Its rontraclural rights; the subject In some form or other Is when a dollar Is asked to expand In constantly before the public for solu volume to suit tho requirements of tion and oftllmcs to tho exclusion of Industry, It usually talks solemnly of more Important problems to the Amer Its redeemer, but soul material has ican plowmen. entered Into the vaults of our banks Too Many Political Drunkards. and rate, time and volume have a new basis of reckoning In so far as Lloyd-George, the Prohibition leader tho ability of some of the bankers | of Europe who led tbo prohibition fight permit them to co-operate In promot- 1 In England, has declared that he will never again take a drink politically Ing tbe business of farming. and there arn many American politi God Almighty's Noblemen. These bankers are God Almighty's cians—pro and anti—who would render noblemen. Heaven lent earth tbe . their country a service by climbing spirit of these men and the angels I on the w ater wagon or signing a pledge Too often will help them roll In placo the j of political temperauce. cornerstones of empires. They are our legislative halls are turned into not philanthropists; ihoy are wise political bar-rooms and many of the bankers. The spirit of the builder members become Intoxicated on liquor has given them a new vision, and discussions. Wo have too many polit wisdom has visited upon them bust- | ical drunkards—pro and anti—In our public affairs. No one who Is a slave ness foresight. The cackle of the hen, the low [ to the political liquor habit Is quite of klne and the rustle of growing j so capable of dealing with the busi crops echo In every bank vault In tho 1 ness affairs of government as the nation and tho shrewd banker knows sober and industrious. We have few- that he can more effectively Increase public men In this day who are strong hts deposits by putting blue blood In enough to resist the temptation of tho veins of livestock; quality In strong drink politically and when tho the yield of tho soil and value Into den on Itum once becomes firmly en agricultural products, than by busi trenched in the mind of a politician, ness handshakes, overdrafts and he Is less capable of meeting the de mands for constructive statesmanship gaudy calendars. Taking tho community Into part- j now confronting this nation. nership with the bank, opening up a j Wo have in this country too many ledger account with progress, making red-nosed politicians—both pro and thrift and enterprise stockholders and , anti A candidate with political deli the prosperity of tho country nn ' rium tremens, a preacher with politi asset to tho bank, put behind It cal snakes In his boots aiul anjigltator stability far more desirable than a drunk on the liquor question are the letterhead bearing the names of all saddest sights in civilization and they the distinguished citizens of the com- i should all he forced to take the polit munlty. Tho bank la the financial ical Keeley Cure. power houae of tho community and It Is far more Important In govern blesaed Is the locality that has an ment to make it easier for those who toil to eat than to make it more dif up-to-date banker. ficult for a few topers to drink. There Is not one person In one hundred of our rural population that ever touches liquor but we nil eat three times a It Is a sad day for Christianity when day. the church bolls call the communicants together for a political prayer meet r H E LAYMAN'S DUTY ing. Such gatherings mark the high tide of religious political fanaticism, There never wss a time when put bitterness Into the lives of men; fan tho flames of class hatred and de preachers ard politicians formed an stroy Christian Influence In the com unholy nllinnco thnt civilization did munity. The spirit actuating such not shriek out and Christianity cry Since the beginning of gov meetings Is anarchistic, un-Christllke aloud. and dangerous to both church and ernment. politician!) have sought to decoy the ministry into the meshes of state. politics and make them carry banners The success of the nation is In the In • political proceaslons. They have taken the ministry to the mountatn- hands of the farmer. top of power and offered to make them Work for the best and the best will monarrh of all they surveyed, and while most of them have said, “Get rise up and reward von. Uiee behind me Satan,” a few have Tenant -arming Is just one thing fallen with a crash that has sh ovary pulpit In Christendom. after another without a pay day. POLITICAL PRAYER MEETINGS WOM l N VOTE? I— Introductory Through the Press Her vice of Agri culture and Commerce, the master minds of this nation will bo Invited to the public forurn and nuked to d«* *- llvur a message to civilization. Mun who achieve seldom talk, and men who talk seldom aclileva. There Is no such thing as a noisy thinker, and brevity Is ulways a close companion to truth. It will bo a great privilege to stand by tbo sldo of m> n who can roll In place the cornerstone of Industry; to associate with men who can look -at the world and sen to the bottom of It; to commune with men who can bear tho roar of clvlllzatlou a few centuries away. Too often wo listen to the rabble element of our day thut cries out against every man who achieves. I "Crucify him.” Mankind never has and probably never will produce a generation that appreciates the genius ¡of lu day. There never will be a crown without a cm:;*, progress with o u t sncrllico or an achievement with out a challenge. This Is an ago of service, and that man 1« greatest who serves tho larg est number. The p r ent generation has done more to Improve the con dition of mankind than any civiliza tion since human motives began their upward flight. Tho Greeks gave human life Inspiration, but while her orators wore speaking with the tongues of angels, her farmers were plowing with forked sticks; while her phil osophers were emancipating human thought from bondage, her traffic moved on two-wheeled carts driven, and ofttlmes drawn, by slavoa; while h«r artlsU were painting divine dreams on canvas, the streets of WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE FROM T H E proud Athens were lighted by fire VIEW POINT OF LEADING brands dipped In tallow, FARMERS. Tbe genius of past ages sought to urouss the Intellect and stir tho soul but the master minds of today are seeking to serve. Civilization has as Why should women vote’ That Is signed to America tho greatest task the question that Is ringing from of the greatest age, and tbe greatest ocean to ocean and reverberating from men that ever trod the greatest planet tho Canadian boundary to the Mexl- are solving 1L Their achlevemenU ! can border. It is the mission of a have astounded the whole world and nev.paper to give the n v-i ai.d the we challenge every ago and nation action of the Texas Farmers’ Union to name men or products that can In opposing woman» suffrage when approach In creative genius or mas that question v as recently before tho lc .-i.dr.i jji ; is -".CKi.t as terful skill In organization, the mar T< velous achievements of the tremend repre . ntlng the sttituce of the or- We reproduce In ous men of the present day. Edison gonl-.ed plow u rn - t «rerout'd by Hon. can press a button and turn a light part l.i- j ar on multiplied millions of homes; Vail W. I) lew:*, i,-«:.;:«n- cf the Texas can Uke down tbe receiver and talk i Farm«" Uni'll tc op;e.:rg the bill; with fifty millions of people, Mc “It is gratifying to note that It is ho is clars'-i tg Cormick’s reaper con harvest the | not th' 'armcr's . : world's crop, and Eulton's steam en : for the ballot. She Is too busy gine moves the commerce of land trying to make hs1 ; ier homes, mold and tea. ing the mind:» of future citizens and The greatest thing a human being sharing with her htubsnd the cares can do is to serve his fellow men; of life to Indulge ¡a political gossip. Christ did It; Kings decree It, and The ballet will give her no relief from wise men teach 1L It Is the glory of d r u d r y , glvo no f-d iU o co In cloth- this practical age that Edison could ; 1 ng the children or bri;ig to tl e name find no higher calling than to become addiricn.il comfort*. conveniences or the janitor to civilization; Vail the o p i. ' n’.tle !., I!*:*. It is a# a rule, messenger to mankind; McCormick the city wotr a t promoted to Idleness the hired hand to agriculture, and tv r r - t - r ! ' • ’•ho U lending the suf- Fulton the teamster to Industry, and , f.t st‘e -re-, exeat. blesaed Is tbe age that baa such ‘‘From many s* a.4point*, perhaps masters for Its servants. j a woman has as uuch right to vote as a man So has she as much right - to plow as a man; he has aa much ! right to work In a factory as a man; she has as much right to shoulder a musket as a man. but we would rather she would not do so from choice and we regret thet necessity ofttlmes compels h«r to earn a living by en gaging In gainful occupations. We do not consider misfortune a qualifica tion for suffrage or a business acci dent a reason for granting franchise We are opposed to woman at the ballot box the same as we are op posed to woman in the field. In the factory or In the army and for the self-same reasons. We had rather see her plant flowers than sow wheat; gather bouquets than pick cotton and rear children than raise political Is sues, although she may have as much right to do one as the other. List That Property That you have wished so many times that you could sell, with the MAIL for the Stayton Sales Day Opposed to Unsexing Humanity. The first one of which will be held in Stayton, Ore. on if* Saturday, Aug. 28 II— Railroads In discussing tho commercial the accepted distance from the earth achievements of this great age. wo to the moon. We had In 1911, the shnll approach the subject as the last year in which figures for all historian chronicling events. This se countries are available, on the ries will endeavor to record In writ earth's surface. C39.9S1 miles of rail ing the supremacy of American men way divided r.s follows; United States 241,199. Europa 207.432 and other and industries In the world’s affairs countries 191,3:0. The United States and perptuate an appreciation of our has 38 per cent of the world’s mileage, marvelous industrial achievements by seven per cent of the estimated pop- presenting simple facts, figures and -. latton and about five per cent of the comparisons tl...t nr.- overpowering in area. Tho total capital invested In the their convictions. railways of tho world is f 50.000.000,- America holds her prmvl place • divided is folic- s: United States among the nations of the earth today 3.000.000,000 Europe $25.650.000,000 on account of her sut r, nuu-y in trails -’id other countries $11.350,000,000. port at Ion facilities. The mighty minds :i- duecd to a mileage basts the cap- of the ago are engaged in vho prob tallzatlon ¡a as follows: The world lems of transportation, and llio gr?at- $78,000, United States $54.000, Europe est men lr. tho history of the world', ‘124,000. and ether countries $59.000. commerce are at the heed of the A comparison of rates Is equally as transportation systems of the United interesting and the United States States. takes tho lend In economy and serv In tho discussion of transportation, ice. The average rr.ro per ton per let us consider separately our Rail-1 hundred mile haul is as follows: ways. Telegraph and Telephones. Ex United States 76c. Great Britain $2.53, press, I’ubSic Highways, Steamships. | ranee $1.44. Germany $1.44, Russia Street Railways, Interurban and other 3c, Austrla-llnn -.rry $1.30. Italy $2.30 forms of transportation, and this nr- - and Switzerland $2.82. tide will deal with railways. Tho average ycarlv pay of all rail- Tho United States has the largest ’ road employes In the principal coun mileage, the best service, the cheap 1 tie s is ns follows: United States est rates, pays labor the highest ! -737, Germany $392. Italy $345. Aus- wages, and we have the most efficient- i ria $322. Great Britain $279. France ly managed of the railways of the •260 and Russia $201. world. They stand as a monument to About 30 per cent, or 188,000 miles, the native genius of our marvelou f the railways of the world are builders, and most of tho rat;roads I; overnment owned. About half the foreign countries have t e n buil ilway mileage of Europe Is govern- , under American orders. • lent owned. The railroads represent a larger in- ■ A comparison of the economy, In vestment of capital than rny other , i line and money nr.d the convenience branch of human activity. The mile- 1 « travel, will bo made In a later age In tho United States exceeds ! article. N ote-The Editor of The Mail is not responsible for the sentiments ex pressed on t ms page—Read them and believe wb t y »r. wi ;h, for we do be lieve in everve■ c. having* the right to, his own opinion -Editor, “Sex qualification for suffrage may have its apparent Inconsistencies. No general rule adjusts itself perfectly to all conditions. It Is a favorite ar gument advanced by the proponents of woman’s suffrage that many cultivated and noble women are far more capa ble of Intelligently exercising sov ereignty than a worthless negro, but the South never was anxious for negro suffrage, and while culture and refinement, and even morality, are desirable virtues, they are not the only qualifications for franchise. ‘‘The primary. Inherent and Insep arable fitness for suffrage Is support ing a family. The plow handle, th e ! forge and the struggle for bread af-1 ford experience necessary to properly ' mark the ballot. Government is a great big business and civilization i from the very beginning assigned woman tho home and man the busi ness affairs of life. ’There has been much freakish leg islation enacted during the past de cade that no doubt appeals to woman’s love for the ridiculous, but to under take to unsex the human race by law Is the height of legislative folly and a tragedy to mankind. “We are opposed to the equal rights of woman—we want her to ever re main our superior. We consider woman’s desire to seek man's level the yellow peril of Twentieth Century civilization. “Woman Is th6 medium through which angels whisper their messages to mankind; It is her hand that plants thoughts In the intellectual vineyard: It Is through her heart that hope, love and sympathy overflow and bless man kind. Christ—the liberator of woman kind— was satisfied to teach the lessons of life and He was a man He chose to rule over human hearts and re fused worldly power and men followed after Him, women washed His feet, little children climbed upon His knees and the Ruler of the universe 3 aid 1 that In Him He was well pleased. Can womaa fiad a higher calling?“ __ __ __ FREE PORTS CONGRESS SHOULD GIVE THEM PREFERENCE IN APPRO PRIATIONS. By Pstsr Radford. This nation Is now entering upon an era of marine development. The wreckage of European commerce has drifted to oar shores and the world war la making unprecedented de mands for the products of farm and factory. In transportation facilities on land we lead the world but our pert facilities are Inadequate, and oar flag la seldom seen In foreign ports. It our government would only divert the energy we have displayed in conquer ing the railroads to mastering the commerce of the sea, a foreign bot tom would be unknown on the o-’-'-iui’s highways. This article will be confined to a discussion of our ports for the pro ducts of the farm must pass <iver our wharfs before reaching tbe wai'cr. We have In this nation 51 ports, of which 41 are on the Atlantic and 10 are on the Pacific Coast The Slxty-si tend Congress appropriated over $51.900,* 000 for Improving our Rivers »md Harbors and private enterprise levl.ts a toll of approximately I50.000.00ct annually in wharfage and charges for which no tangible service is rendered. The latter item should be lifted off the bocks of the farmer of this na tion and this can be done by Congress directing its appropriations to ports that are free where vessels can tie up to a wharf and discharge her cargo free of any fee or charge. A free port is progress. It takes oat the unnecessary link in the chain of transactions in commerce which has for centuries laid a heavy hand upon commerce. No movement is so heavily laden with results or will more widely and equally distribute its benefits os that of a free port and none can be more easily and ef fectively secured. I E (IW PROBLEM 01 Ito By Peter Radford. There Is no escaping the market ’problem and the highest development of agriculture will not be attained until it Is solved, for a market Is as necessary for the producei as land on which to grow his crop Governmental and educational insti tutions have spent $180,000,000 in the United States during the past ten years for improving soli production and improving seeds and plants, bu| very little attention and less money has been given to th e marketing sldg of agriculture. The problem Is a monumental onq and one which will never be solved until It gets within the grasp of g gigantic organization where mastei minds can concentrate the combined experience and wisdom of the ags upon 1L It Is a problem which th« farmers, merchants, bankers, editor! and statesmen must unite In solving. Tbe Farmers' Union stands for all there is In farmlc g from the most scientific methods of seed selection to the most systema'tlc and profitable plans of marketing, but does not bw lleve In promoting one to the neglect of the other. We consider the work of farm demonstrators valuable and we ask that governmental and com mercial agencies seeking to help us, continue to give us their assistance and advice, but we believe that theli influence should be extended to the marketing side of our farm problems also. We cannot hope to develop manu facturing by over-production of th« factory; we cannot build up mercan tile enterprises by the merchants load ing their shelves with surplus good! and no more can. we develop agricul ture by glutting the m ark et'w ith a surplus of products. i p ir t iK M I S T O C L E j ] . The neigh of a horse made Darius Whin ThomlatoUes was asked by 1 King of Persia, the six contending his host at a dinner party to enter powers for tho throne agreeing among tain the guests by playing the lute, no themselves th at the ono whose horss replied thnt ho could not play the should neigh first should possess ths This ancient method ol Addle, but that he could mak 9 a small kingdom. town a greet city. Wo have in this settling disputes among politicians nation many politicians who are good could be revived with profit today. “fiddlers,” but they cannot make a If our partisan factions and petty pol small town a great city. We are over iticians could only settle their dis run with orators who can play upon putes by the neigh of a horse, ths the pnssions of the people, but they bark of a dog or the bray of a donkey, can't put brick and mortar together. it would be a great blessing and would give our citizens a better opportunity We need builders Let those who hanger and thirst for to pursue the vocations of Industry power understand that the highest frt-e from political strife. Let those who pick political plums glory of a statesman la to construct by raising rows ana who flash sworda and that It Is better r.'.r a man that h. should build a public highway than dripping In the blood of Industry un that he should become Governor of a derstand that they cannot turn tha state, and that ho atari a plow than public forum into a political arena and that he become the author of a la-.:. by a clash of personal aspirations Tho true test of salesm anship is the still the hammer and stop the plow plow and tho hammer, so let those and that thedr quarrels must be settled In the back, alleys ,ot civilization. who would govern, last build.