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m TAINTED POLETIGS ! Dy Peter Radford. This country Is suffering moro from tainted politics than from any other malady at tho prcsont tlmo. Thero is scarcely a campaign spoech mado, a platform demand wrlttou or a mca euro enacted Into law that docs not carry tho taint of personal gain of somo politician or political faction thorcof. Thoro Is moro "hluo sky" In cam' palgn promlscB of many politicians running for omco than was over con' talncd In tho prospectuses of the bold' est promoters of chimerical business schomcs. Thoro aro moro secret com' blnntlons formed by politicians In tho namo of "My Country" than wore ovor formed undor any and all other aliases. Thcro aro moro political ro bates hidden In tho phraso "Uo It en acted" than woro over concealed un dcr any and all other disguises. Tho lnordlnata thirst for political power nnd unrestrained passlou for mastery has causod moro distress in this nation than tho greed for gold, and It ought to ho regulated by law- No business combination ovor pursued their competitors ns relentlessly or visited moro honrtlcss cruelty upon their customors than a political party that nooks to mnko Junk of an In' dustry, or crlpplo a business for party success, through tariff measures, po litical supervision and ofttlmcs do- structlvo legislation, Many political platforms aro ns alluring to tho votor ns tho story of thu rainbow with Its pot of gold and tholr consummation about as far-fotchod. Self-gain Is tho first law In politics, Thcro aro many men In offlco today who, If thoy could not shako plums off tho troo of American llborty or cut n melon taken from Undo Rom's commlsHary, would havn less dostro to sorvo tho public Tho country Is nurfoltlng with put rl ots, who will baro their breast to bul' lots In dofenso of tholr country, but thoro aro faw inon In public llfo who will baro tholr broast to voters or run tho gauntlot of party disfavor In do fenso of ngrlculturn or Industry. No ruprcscntntlvi) of tho people, who will pormlt personal projudlco to dethronn Justlco, party success to disfranchise reason or tho rancor of a political campaign to Influunco judgment can render cnpnblo survlco. Tho preservation of our prosperity depends upon wisdom, courago and honesty In government, and tho Amer ican voter should seek thosa attri butes nH Implicitly an tho Wlso Men followed tho Btor of Ilothlohem nnd thoy will often bo found to rest over tho stnblo; tho plow or tho staff or tho Bhophord. Tho surest euro for tainted politics and imichlno rule Is fresh nlr nnd sunshlno nnd these Im ortnnt olemcntH nro most nbundant upon tho farm, nnd whon farmers, bankorH nnd merchants nro elected to membership In Icgtslatlvo bodies, much of tho troublo In govornmont will dls appear. WATERED SECURITIES Dy Peter Radford. Much hns boon said and moro wrlt tou about tho uvIIb of watered stock In big business concerns und tho forw orn at this nation bollovo that overy dollar written into tho llfo of any buslnoss organization, should bo ublu to any "I know that my Itudceuiur llveth," but farming Is tho blggeut business on earth, and thoro Is moro wnter In Its financial transaction than that of auy other Industry. There Is us much wnter In n farmer's nolo drawing clRht or ten por cent Interest when other linos of Industry sucuru money for four or llvo per cent per milium, us thoro Is In a business pay. lng a reasonablo compensation upon tho fuco vuluo of uocurltlos ropro sontlng an investment of only fifty couts on tho dollar, Tho only dlf- furonco Is, tho water la In tho Intercut rato iu ouo InBtanco und in tho Becur itles in tho othor, Tho promoter ofttlmcs takoa chances and his succoss la contingent upon tho dovelopmont of tho property in volved but tho usurer, as a rule, takoa no chances nnd his success cripples thu property involved. Thoro may bo Industries that cry louder but nouu that suffer moro severely from finan cial Immorality In both law and cus tom than that of agriculture. Tho farmers of America today uro paying ISOO.000,000 por annum In usury on real estato and chattel loans, and this interest capitalized at flvo per cent, represents 14,000,000,- 000 of fictitious values which tho farm er Is paying Interest on. This sum of money is almost equal to tho annual vnluo of crops produced In tho United States. Tho earning powor of tho farmer's noto basod upon Ills Interest rato very nearly divides likes tho earth's sur faco throo-fourtha water and ono fourth land. Thu largest body of wa ter that Hoots upon tho financial hem isphere now rests upon tho farms and Its wuve aro dashing and its billows aro rolling against seven mil lion homwi threatening ruin nnd dls. uster to tho prosperity of tho nation. Will our public sorvants who under, stand how to drain tho liquid off In dustrlal properties turn tho faucet and lot tha water oft tho farms! It is an admitted oconomlo fact that thoro ran be no permanent prosperity without a pormanont agriculture. Agrlculturo Is recognized as tho greatest of all Industries and a pros porous, progressive and enlightened agricultural population is tho surest Bafoguard of civilization. THE PENALTY OF All By 8. W. Ingllih, lire Prevantlon Expert Erory tlmo you hear tho cry of "Flro!" you can bo almost absolutely nafo In thinking that someono has boon careless. Fires don't happen. Thoy aro tho Inevitable result ofi combinations of proventablo things. When analyzed to tho last equation it will bo found that carelessness is tho root wbenco spring nearly all tires, What a penalty Industry pays to carolosBnoss! Flro Is tho great de stroyer. Tho wealth of a generation can bo wiped out in but a brief hour. Why not fight flros before thoy otart? Why not so conduct your habits and ao keep your promises that when tho flro domon wants to offer your savings as a sacrifice ho will pass you by, just as thoso of Egypt of old were passed over whon tho Blgn thoy had boon told to placo ovor tholr doors, wero seen? Too ofton when thoso who aro responsible from flro cry out thoy nro tho victims of bad luck, thoy aro but paying tho natural penalty for tholr own carelessness. If you want to keep down your flro Insuranco rates, wago otorual war faro ngalnst thoso things that ovor breed fires. RURAL SGROOL TERM SHOULD BE EXTENDED Dy P. P. Claxton, U. B. Commlinloiier of Education. In most States school days for country chlldron aro fowor than for city chlldron. Tho avcrngo length of school term In cltlos of tho Unltod Htntes Is ono hundred and eighty' flvo days; In rural communities ono hundred nnd thirty-eight days, a dif ference of forty-sovon days. In soma Stolen tho dlfforonco Is much grcator than this nvorago. In many countlos tho nvoniRO longth of tho rural school term Is loss than ono hun drud dnys, nnd in somo districts It Is less. On tho othor hand, In tho Htntes of California, Now York nnd Connecticut, tho country schools aro in bossIoii ono hundred nnd eighty dnys In a year, nnd In sovoral othor Slates utmost ns long. Tho country schools of Khodo Island nro In bob hIoii ono hundred and ninety days in n year. If nil children nro to hnvo an equal opportunity for education wo must oven un tho school tortus of tho country and glvo to all country chll dreu nt least an many dnys as aro now elvon to city chlldron. Ono liundrod and olghty-llvo dnys of schooling n yoar for all chlldron will not bo too much. Thoro aro caun tries In which tho schools, both for city and country, nro In bossIoii from two hundred und twenty to two hun dred and fifty days or moro in tho year. Amorlcan chlldron noed as much education as thoso of any oth or country, nnd this applies to tho rural ns well as urban districts. AN AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL Dy T. N, Carver. I'roftMOr of Heonomlci, Harvard Unlr.nltjr, Every city has Its chamber of com morcu or Its Hoard of Trado. Tho purposo of such an organization is to study economic nnd business op portunities of tho city and promoto mitorprlsos which will help to build tho city. Docs nny ono know of good und sulUclont reason why ov cry rural neighborhood ougut noi have a similar organiritlon? In normally they already havo bucii oruntiUatlous. Thoy aro gonorally called tho "landwlrthschnttsrath" or agricultural council. Somo students of tho problem of rural organization nro strongly of tho opinion that Buch un agricultural council Is nocossary before much can bo done for tho bot taring of rural credit or tho markot lng of farm produce Thoro Is no objoct, for example, U having moro capital In a farming neighborhood unless tho farmers know without any guess-work Just how to use that capi tal so ns to luoroaso tho production nnd tho profit of their farms. If all tho leading farmers of a neighbor hood would lay their heads together nnd talk ovor tho situation and study tho opportunities for new Investment they would bo loss likely to make mistakes than If thoy work secretly. ns scpitrato individuals. CIVILIZATION'S QREATE8T TRAGEDY. Kxtract from artlelo by W. D. Lewis, president Texas Farmers' Union, op posing woman s suffrage: "Wo aro willing to join in every of ten to elevuto womuu but will assist In none to drag her down. Tho do- scont of womanhood Is tho most awful tragedy in civilization As she sinks sho may, llko tho sotting sun, tint tho horizon wtlh the rays of her nopart- lng glory. Sho may tonderly kiss the mountain tops of her achievement farewell; sho may, llko tho sinking sun, allure tho populace with her beauty us sho disappears for the night but when sho stops dowuward, tho earth Is as certain to tremble and plunge Into darkness as death la to follow llfo." Deafness Cannot Do Cured by local application, they capital roach tho illMaittl pardon ol tho ar. Th.ru a onlr on way la euro ilcatrwu. anil that la .... i i - .1.. tu.fti... la IVf vuiiiiiiuiivu, I I'll,.!. ' caun'.l by an IniUin.tl roudltlon of Ibo m- coin lining or ino i.uiutniuii iu. ' th la tuba la InAamrU you hav a rumbling aound or lmir(cl hrailn. anil whan It la anurciy ciotu, i;aiuaa ia in. ruu. , ana Ihla lula rratorcd to Ita normal condi tion. Itrarlna- will t dralroyad for.v.r; nlna caaia oul of ten ara cauatd ty Catarrh. ot tha inucoua aurfacta. n a win giva una iiunur.u ivuiiara iur .11 cat, of lfn. (cauaed by catarrh! that rannol ba currd by Haifa Catarrh Cure. tnd lor clrculara. fraa. r. j. uiiENKr uu, Tuiaao, unio. THE BATTLE OF THE TIRES fAnlcultural and Commercial Prria Scrvlca) It Is Interesting to watch tho forces ot civilization battling for supremacy. The strugglo now going on between the rubber and tho Iron tiro promises to bo tho liveliest contest of tho Twcn tleth Century. Tho strugglo Is a silent ono and thcro aro no war correspondents to wrtto vivid descriptions of tho con fllct but tho results nro moro far- reaching to present and future gun orations than tho war of Europe. Tho rubber tiro hns been maneuver ing for point ot attack for sovoral years and has captured a few unlm portant positions In traffic, but It has now pitched n declslvo battlo with its iron competitor by hurling a mil Hon "Jitneys" at tho street railways and tho battlo Is raging from ocean to ocean. Upon tho result ot tho strugglo deponds tho future of the rubber tire. It It Is compelled to re treat, its doom 1b scaled, but If It wins tho battlo It will revolutionize tho transportation methods ot this nation It tho rubber tiro conquers tho street traffic Its next strugglo Is with tho railroads ot tho country, and then tho greatest battlo between economic forces ever fought out on tho faco of this earth Is on, for iron Is tho un disputed master in transportation, and Is fortified behind billions of dollars, and millions of men. Stcphonson applied tho stool tiro to an Iron rail In 1814, but It was 18C9 beforo tho golden splku was driven nt Promontory Point, which bound tho country together with bands ot steel. It took tha Iron tiro llfty-Ilte years to creep from ocean to ocean, but tho rubbor tiro while warm from tho crcatlvo mind of tho inventive genius sped across tho continent llko an arrow shot from tho bow ot UlyB hob. Tho roadbed was already pro pared nnd therein lies tho power of tho rubber tiro over that of Iron, for government builds and maintains tho public highway. Hut Iron Is n stubborn metal and It hns mastered every wheel that turns; has fought battles with ovory clement nbovo nnd boncnth tho earth and lias never tastod thu wormwood of detent, nnd whon rubber hurls its full forco ngnlnst this monarch of tho Mineral Kingdom, It may robound to tho factory stunned beyond recov ory. Tha rubber tiro first mado Its np- ponranco on tho blcyclo, but it proved a frivolous sorvanl and was dismissed for Incompetency. It has always boon too much inclined to revel In luxury to bo token seriously ns n utility ma clilno and Its reputation 14 not ono to liwplro confidence In heavy traffic performance. Hut to thoso who enro to waft Into dreamland, It Is enchanting to note that thoro will ba r. marvelous differ onco betwoon a rubbor and mi Iron ago, Tho rubber tiro will scatter the cities throughout tho valleys for with transportation nt overy man's door, why a cltyT It will travcrso tho con tlncnt with a not work ot Macadam highways as beautiful as tho boulo vnrd built by Napoleon. It will pap nlyzo tho law making bodies ot this nation for how could tho legislatures run without tho railroads to operate onT FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL i i THE STRAW HATS MUST GO The Straw Hat season has been backward. , It is not good business to carry them over. SPECIAL PRICES $5.00 Panamas, special $4.00 3 00 Fancy Straw, special...: 2.25 . 2.50 Fancy Straw, special 1.75 2.00 Fancy Straw, special 1.25 1.50 Fancy Straw, special , 1.00 These are all this season styles and shapes. The hot weather will surely come in August. Now is the time to buy you a bargain in comfort. Those all wool Boys' Suits at $5.00 are making us friends. The values are unusually good. The Men's Toggery L. E. ROSE, Manager BONHAM & CURRIER, Owners s eO e0 r0 e0 cvQ e0 cO e5D c53 e53 c0 c0 e3 e 2 2 ? 2 2 2 2 2 t- LESS MONEY FOR BETTER GOODS LOOK AT THE CHANGE - YOU GET Friday and Saturday SPECIAL A Large Assortment of Ripplette Regular 15c quality, special 10c per yard. Any quantity you want. Children's Dresses, Ladles' House Dresses At one half regular price. This is less than the material cost. Ladies' Tailored Dress Skirts f Of new material, new styles. Many of them are being f. worn now by our patrons. The sizes are still unbroken. Now is your opportunity. The prices are moderate. In another two weeks what remains of the Gro cery Stock will be carried in our ware house and will be continued to be closed out at wholesale prices. In normal times the stock would have been gone weeks ago. BONHAM & CURRIER Dy Peter Radford. Tho recent Investigation of tho United States Commission of Indus. trial notations brought together tho extremes ot society and has given tho public nn opportunity to view tho rep resentatives of distinct classes, side by side, and to study their views iu purullel columns. Cupltul uud lubor havo always been glaring at each other over gulfs ot misunderstanding nnd If tho Federal Industrial Commission attempts to brldgo tho chasm, It will render tho public n distinct service Tho farmer has been sitting on the fonco watching capital and labor tight for many years nnd Incidentally furn ishing tho sinews ot war and It Is qulto gratifying to find them talking with, Instead of about, each other. Whon honest men smllo and look into earh other's souls, It always makes (ho world better und far mora satis factory to tho farmer, who In tho end, bears the burden ot conflict, than resolutions, speeches or pamphlets containing charges nnd counter. charges, Tho love for Justice makes tho wholo world kin. Understanding Is an arbiter far more powerful than the mandates ot government, for there Is no authority Quito so commanding ns an honest conscience; there Is uo do creo Quito so bludlng as that of the Supremo Court of Common Sense aud no sheriff can keep the peace Quito so perfect as Understanding. wo suppose uio (lino win never co mo when capital and labor will not bo occasionally blinded by the light ning flashes of avarice or lightened by the thunder peals of discontent. Out Understanding Is n Prince ot Venco that ever holds out the olive branch to men who want to do right. 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