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PAGE TWO
THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE
Em inent G erm an Scientist Claims Discovery of Serum
T h a t Will C ure D readed Disease
The world looked up in wonder and
b reath ed a sigh of relief when it was
announced some tim e ago th a t an e f ­
fe ctiv e serum , secured from th e tu rtle ,
w hich would cure all cases of tu b ercu ­
losis except those in the last stages,
had been discovered by l)r. F rederick
F ra n z F riedm ann, a Germ an scientist.
M r. F riedm ann announced th a t he had
clearly dem o n strated th e effectiveness
of th e serum in a large num ber of
cases and th a t he could supply it to
th e world a t a com paratively nom inal
fee. He said also th a t the supply %of
th e serum w as unlim ited and could be
fu rn ish ed to ev ery physician of the
w orld in a n y q u a n titie s desired. T ele­
g ram s and cables began pouring in on
D r. F riedm ann, b u t he has as y e t r e ­
fused to give th e serum out to the
world. H e gives as his reason th e fe a r
th a t it m ay come into th e hands of
im proper p a rtie s an d th a t if he a n ­
nounces its dispensation quacks and
fa k e rs will arise and announce, as th ey
h av e done in m any a form er case, th a t
th e y possess th e coveted rem edy. He
fe a rs th e m edical profession will suffer
from such a re su lt and is undecided
w h at course to pursue.
The fig h t a g a in s t tuberculosis has
been age-long. I t will continue ju s t as
long as the sw eatshop, the coal mine
Convict Leasing
System Given
a Hard Jolt
SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST LAW IN OPERATION
S u p re m e C o u rt M akes Im p o rta n t D ecision in P a tte n C ase a n d
R e tu rn e d A g a in st H e ad s of R ailroads
In d ictm en ts
held by men of w ealth, -was th e e n te r­
( C ontinued from page o n e )
The re< en t decision of th e U nited w ithdrew th e com m odity from the nor
ing into an ag reem en t w h ereb y New
u n d er th e guise of accom plishing a uni S ta te s Suprem e C ourt, a ffirm in g the mal c u rre n t o f trad e, enhanced prices
E ngland was sliced up und diveded
versal good. The S outh was sick from in d ictm en t in th e New York F ederal an d produced p ractically th e same evils
am ong th e railro ad s involved, w ith th e
as
th
e
suppression
of
com
petition.
As
its long period of dep riv atio n s. Crime C ourt o f Jam es F a tte n and h is associates
u n d erstan d in g th a t each com pany was
w as increasing, for th e c ra fty were fo r co rn erin g th e cotto n m ark et in to th e la tte r arg u m en t, th e co u rt said
to keep out o f th e field of th e oth ers
quick to ta k e a d v a n ta g e of conditions. 1910, is in line w ith an aw akened te n ­ it m ade no d ifferen ce th a t th e re was
and all operatio n s an d co n stru ctio n s
T he new problem of the negro sta re d dency th ro u g h o u t th e co u n try to hold no alleg atio n of a specific in te n t to
u nder way were to be abandoned. So
them in th e face, ignorance, su p e rsti­ responsible m asters of high finance, re stra in in te rs ta te trad e, for “ th e con­
it happened th a t bridges, c u ts and
tio n , h a tre d of th e w hites and a mis who carry on th e ir m onopolistic opera­ sp ira to rs m ust be held to have in ­
g rad es were le ft in a h alf-fin ish ed con­
guided notion of his new position hav tio n s w ith im p u n ity a t th e expense of ten d ed th e necessary and d irect con­
sequences of th e ir acts and cannot be ditio n . Needless to say, New E ngland
in g s ta rte d the erstw h ile slave on s th e ir less fo rtu n a te neighbors.
Mr.
w as th oroughly aroused.
P rovidence
series of crim es a n d m isdem eanors th a t P a tte n und his asso ciates will h av e to heard to say to th e c o n tra ry .”
The m an ip u latio n of necessities such was torn up to m ake a place fo r the
th re a te n e d a n o th er g re a t w ar—one in sta n d tria l fo r v io latio n of th e S h er­
tra c k s of th e G rand T ru n k , co n stru c­
which th e pent-up passions of race h a ­ man a n ti-tru s t law, fo r th e decision as clo th in g and fo o d stu ffs is th e most
tion being well u n d er w ay. B ut th e
tre d would find full sway. The South re fe rre d to d eclares th a t to corner in­ far-reach in g an d b an efu l of all the
The public railro ad suddenly announced th a t it
w as b a n k ru p t and crim e w as never be­ te r s ta te com m odities, such as clo thing stock-gam bling devices.
pays
th
e
bill
in
an
y
ev
en
t,
b u t it can had w ith d raw n from th e field and
fo re so ram p an t. So when th e sugges­ an d food, is, in effe c t, a re s tr a in t of
sta
n
d
a
raise
in
th
e
price
of
steel far would not com plete its line. E xpected
tion of a new se rv itu d e for th e crim ­ tra d e . C hief J u s tic e W h ite and J u s ­
railro ad developm ent brin g s ex ten siv e
inal negro w as presented, th e S outh tices L u rto n and Holmes dissen ted b e tte r th a n a raise in cotton, wool or
wheat.* An in crease of a cen t a pound b uilding along all lines and th e in
seized upon it and th e convict-leasing from th e m ajo rity opinion.
in th e price of cotton does not b rin g ju ry w rought by th e sudden w ith d raw al
system was established.
•
The ease is sig n ific a n t, in th a t it is
of th e G rand T ru n k was fa r reaching.
T he condition th u s imposed upon th e one of a chain of ev en ts th a t herald a g re a t burden upon th e in d ividual
The e ffe c t of th e whole arra n g e m e n t
negro w as, in m any respects, w orse th e doom of th e stock exchange. D ur­ who buys a sh irt m ade from th is co t­
w as a corner of tr a ff ic to th e e x te n t
th a n slavery. H is m aster was, as a rule, in g th e p ast ten y ears an ev er-in creas­ ton, b u t w hen it happens in a dozen
th a t com petition was p ractically killed.
of th e ty p e who represented th e w orst ing cry has gone up from th e Ameri- d iffe re n t com m odities, an d keeps on
H ence th e in d ictm en t, w hich is m eet­
o f th e form er slave owners. He looked an people fo r relief from th e condi­ hap p en in g , h is pocketbook very soon
ing w ith approval in N ew E ngland.
to th e business end of th e tran sactio n . tio n s a risin g out of our fin an cial pol­ feels th e d rain upon it. F u rth erm o re,
A nother in cident in connection w ith
I t w as cheap labor he secured fo r th e icy. A few men h av e am assed en o r­ th e m a tte r of a cen t a pound looks like
th e New Haven road is th e announce­
p la n ta tio n s and tu rp e n tin e cam ps. He mous sum s o f m oney b y th e sk illfu l a sm all p ro fit to th e man who m akes
m ent b y P re sid e n t Mollen th a t th e road
p a id th e. s ta te from $100 to $ 3 0 0 .p er operation of which on th e stock ex­ th e raise in price, b u t when it is con­
would sell its steam ship lines in 1914.
sidered
th
a
t
th
is
increase
is
upon
every
y e a r fo r each prisoner and th e s ta te change th ey are ab le to control the
The P an am a a ct is responsible fo r th is
pound
in
th
e
co
u
n
try
,
an
idea
of
the
cared little w hat becam e of him. The price of com m odities. T hey do th is
announcem ent. In th is bill is a pro­
p riso n er w as ta k e n f a r in to th e w il­ b y b u y in g up th e e n tire supply of a p ro fit can be had. T his is th e p rin ci­
vision p ro h ib itin g railro ad s from ow n­
derness, w as chained to his fellow , given com m odity and w ith h o ld in g it ple of stock-gam bledom and th is is the
ing and o p eratin g co astin g steam sh ip
m ade to w ork from fourteen to tw e n ty from th e public fo r a sh o rt tim e, th u s th in g th e A m erican people have set
lines unless th ey can ju s tif y such ow n­
hours a day and th e n p repare his own g iving th e law of supply an d dem and them selves to re c tify .
M ost conspicuous am ong th e railroad ersh ip before th e I n te rs ta te Commerce
su p p er a t n ig h t. D octors w ere exp en ­ a chance to w ork, w ith th e re su lt th a t
Commission. M r. L u th e r C onant, J r.,
sive an d convicts w ere cheap. So it th e price of th e com m odity begins to p rosecutions o f th e p ast fiv e y ears is
com m issioner of corporations, in a re ­
w as ch eap er to le t th e sick convict die soar. T hen th e y unload th e goods a t th e in d ictm en t o f C harles S. Mellon,
cen t rep o rt, gives fig u res to show th a t
th a n to secure m edical a ssista n ce and th e increased price and pocket th e sur p resid en t of th e New Y ork, New Haven
& H a rtfo rd , and Boston & M aine Hail th e New H aven R ailroad sta n d s firs t
N ot everyone realizes th e exact sig ­ sav e him . I t w as cheaper to m ake plus. T he consum er p ay s th e bill.
am ong th e several roads c o n tro llin g th e
nificance of th e P an am a Canal from him sleep in his chains in a s tu ffy
B riefly , th is is th e sto ry of M r. P a t ­ roads, and Edson J . C ham berlin, p re si­ coast and riv e r n av ig atio n o f th e coun­
th e sta n d p o in t of sh o rten ed distance room w ith o u t w indow s th an to h ire a t e n ’s m an ip u latio n . The Sherm an a n ti­ d en t of th e G rand T ru n k R ailw ay of
try . The rep o rt says:
betw een A tlan tic and P acific ports. I t g u a rd to keep him from ru n n in g aw ay tr u s t law has been b ro u g h t to b ear C anada. The a c t of w hich these gen­
“ In acq u irin g th e ir ex ten siv e con­
ta k e s considerable tim e for the. heavy a t n ight. I t w as cheaper to m ake him ag ain st him and he will h av e to stan d tlem en are accused is th a t of un law ­
tro l over dom estic w ater-carriers, r a il­
fu
lly
ag
reein
g
“
to
p
rev
en
t
th
e
con­
f re ig h t steam ers to go from New York f ry h is own sc an t piece of bacon over tria l.
T he action of th e co u rt will
roads h av e had in general th re e p u r­
to th e Oregon and W ashington ports a sm ouldering log in th e chill n ig h t have th e ap p ro v al of th e m asses of stru ctio n and com pletion of an y of the
poses: F irst, to elim in ate th e com pe­
around th e H orn, a d istan c e of over w ind th a n to provide a cook and a A m erican people and th e outcom e of G rand T ru n k New E ngland extensions,
titio n o f w a te r c a rrie rs; second, to ob­
14,000 miles. W hen th e P anam a Canal co m fo rtab le shelter.
th e tria l will be w atched w ith in terest. to p re v e n t th e o p eratio n of th e Grand-
tain an en tran ce into te rrito ry n o t open
is com pleted th is d istan c e will have
As tim e w ent on and th e system w as [ The d efense m ade th e co n ten tio n th a t T ru n k steam sh ip lin e ” betw een New
to th e ir rail lines; an d , th ird , to secure
been c u t down to ap p ro x im ately 6000 p erfe cted , sh e riffs, ju stices an d ju rie s a control of th e supply o f co tton would York an d P rovidence, “ and to p rev en t
m iles, th u s a ffo rd in g a sa v in g in tim e becam e p a r t and parcel of it. W hen h av e a stim u la tin g e ffe c t upon th e th e tra n sp o rta tio n of persons and prop­ v alu ab le feeders, m ainly local lines.
“ In th e ease of th e New 1 raven sys­
alone of fo u r sevenths o f the form er th e fiv e-y ea r c o n tract w as m ade in m ark et. T hey claim ed also th a t th ere e rty in in te r s ta te and foreign com­
tim e. W hen the v a s t sa v in g in ex­ G eorgia in 1904, by th e term s of which w as no in te n t to re s tra in in te rs ta te m erce o v er said lines of railro ad s and tem all those purposes are a p p a re n t.
Mr. A. W . Sm ithers, F o r some tim e past th e N ew H aven
pense of tra n sp o rta tio n is considered, h u n d red s of p risoners w ere tu rn e d over tra d e , [n rep ly in g to th e fo rm ed con­ ste am sh ip s.”
th e full m eaning of th is g re a t v enture to co n tracto rs, th e new spapers flared ten tio n , J u s tic e V an d ev a n te r said th a t, chairm an o f th e board of d irecto rs o£, system has pursued a determ in ed policy
of U ncle Sam can be realized and the befo re th e public eye the intelligence while th is m ight be tru e fo r a while, th e G rand T ru n k , is also nam ed in th e of suppressing any e ffe c tiv e co m p eti­
public should b e n e fit by th a t saving. th a t th e s ta te would be th e ric h e r by th e co rn er w as fo rbidden by th e a c t ind ictm en t.
tion on Long Islan d S ound; sev eral, a t
In fact, it is free ly p red icted th a t the a n e t p ro fit of $225,000. V ain hope! because it th w a rte d th e usual op era­
The th in g th a t a c tu a lly happened and least, of its recen t acq u isitio n s m ust
e ffe c t of th e reduction of carry in g A review of th e h isto ry of th e system tio n of th e laws of supply and dem and, th a t shows ag ain th e immense prestige be reg ard ed as due to th is p o licy .”
ra te s th a t will resu lt from th e opening show s th a t in la te r y ears th e s ta te r e ­
up of th e canal will g re a tly a ffe c t th e ceived v ery little of the am ount paid
high cost of liv in g a g a in s t which th e re b y th e co n tracto r. The county got no
is so g re a t an o utcry all over th e coun­ m oney u n til the sh e riff, d ep u ty sh e r­
try .
if f , co u n ty solicitor, b a iliff, co u rt clerk,
/
ju stic e , constable and o ther o fficers
H is N am e M eant B usiness Too.
h ad each received his share. All th e
I t w as ju s t before election, and he political m achinery stood in w ith the
w andered into th e h ead q u arters of his co n tracto rs, who w ere, in some eases,
p o litical p a rty in th e th riv in g Long m em bers of th e legislature. And th is
Islan d tow n. He w as w arm ly welcomed w ith th e know ledge th a t the montfy
by th e local leader, who grasped his w as n o th in g less th a n blood m oney ex ­
hand and said:
to rte d a t th e expense of th e helpless
“ M ake yourself rig h t a t home, sir. convict.
Sorry fate!
Out of those
Do you know all these gentlem en T his leased to co n tracto rs for fiv e years
is M r. Scales, inspector of w eights and m any n ev er cam e back. In some of
m easures; and th is is M r. G raves, our th e cam ps one out of every fo u r p e r­
local u n d e rta k e r; an d th is is Mr. Key, ished—killed by th e heav y to il, by th e
th e lo ck sm ith ; and th is is Mr. House, fe v e r of th e sw am p or by th e cru elty
th e b u ild e r; an d M r. W all, the con­ of h e a rtle ss m asters. The death rate
tr a c tin g stone m ason; and Mr. C utler, in p riv a te cam ps w as double th a t in the
th e h a rd w a re m erchant. A nd now, sir, cou n ty gangs.
And in th e face of
In the Varnish W orld the
if you please, w hat m ay your nam e th ese fa c ts, th e p e rp e tra to rs were
M urphy nam e is a G uarantee
be?”
shielded and saved from ind ictm en t by
“ W ho, me? W hy, I ’m Schm ell, the a m achinery th a t knew no th in g of ju s ­
sk unk farm er. J u s t sta rte d a place tice b u t to p e rv e rt it.
fo u r m iles east of h e r e ! ”
In some of th e counties of th e South
ern sta te s, ju stic e s could sentence men
W h a t H e Got for B oasting.
“ Murphy Varnish Company,” on the can or on the label of
con v icted of a m isdem eanor to hard
“ F a th e r ,” boasted th e f a rm e r ’s son, labor fo r a period not exceeding tw elve
any
Finishing Material, settles the question of Value.
home from college for over th e h o li­ m onths. In m any of these courts the
days, “ I ’m the stro n g est man in our ch arg e w as never proven.
P oor, il­
It means that the Varnish, Color, Stain, Enamel, Konkreto,
college th is y e a r .”
lite ra te , w dthut know ledge of th e work
“ You d o n ’t m ean to toll m e !”
ings of th e courts, w ithout th e m eans
or whatever else, is the Most Reliable Product of the kind.
“ Yes; thPy teste d me w ith d if fe r ­ to em ploy counsel, the u n fo rtu n a te n e­
e n t k in d s of stre n g th te s tin g m achines gro w as at. th e m ercy of th e system .
This Reputation has been Secured at Great Cost, through
in th e gym nasium , and my record shows He w en t out to a f a te w orse th an
many
years of persistence in the realizing of an Ideal.
th a t I ’m th e strongest stu d e n t enrolled d e a th , fo r, in all p ro b ab ility , there
th e re th is y ear. The physical d irecto r would be no end to his sentence. Such
You needn’t be at all afraid that the Murphy Standar d will
says I ’m a ‘ modern H ercu les.’ ”
w as th e o u trag e of ju stic e com m itted
“ My son, I ’m glad to hear th e good in th ese courts t h a t th e o ffen d er m ight
ever he lowered. It is worth all it has cost.
news. Instead of going back to col­ well im agine th e sign above th e door:
lege you can sta y hom e here and help “ All hope abandon, ye who e n ter
This Quality Reputation must be lived up to. Any Ques­
me li f t th e m ortgage o ff the fa rm .”
h e re . 99 H e le ft th e court bound for
tioning
of it would sacrifice the Biggest Asset in the Murphy
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¡ a place beside w hich D a n te ’s In fe rn o
Business.
‘ ‘H ee H a w .”
| w as p arad ise. W hen his tim e of pun*
A le c tu re r w as annoyed by a man in j iahm ent Was up, h is em ployer provoked
th e audience who in sisted on rising and a f ig h t betw een him and a b ro th er con
a sk in g questions.
j y ic t and both w ere im m ediately hauled
“ S it down, you a s s ! ” said a second befo re th e ju stic e and m eted out a new
m an, ju m p in g up.
tw elve-m onth sentence. T hus th e law
“ S it down you. to o ! ” cried a th ird I w as sa tis fie d , th e public p ro tected , th e
m an; “ you are both a s se s .”
c o n tra c to r an d th e s ta te enriched.
FRANKLIN MURPHY. President
“ T here seems to he p le n ty of asses
A gain, p la n te rs needed help. I t w as
A ssociated w ith D ousali V a rn is h C om pany, L im ited, M ontreal, C anada
about to n ig h t,” p u t in the l e c t u r e r |a sim ple m a tte r to go out and cap tu re
calm ly; “ but for h e a v e n ’s sake let us a p a ir of burly negroes, haul them be
h ear one a t a time,
fore th e ju stice and reg ister th e charge
CHICAGO. ILLS.
NEWARK. N. J.
“ W ell, you go on th e n ,” said the of d e b t a g a in st them . W hat chauee
firs t m an, resum ing his seat.— Boston had th e negro? T he p ractice w as com­
T ra n sc rip t.
mon am ong p la n te rs and it w as a sim ­
T he V a rnish th a t L asts L o n g est
ple m a tte r to retain the services of th e
N othing Doing.
cap tiv e, for as soon as his fin e had
“ My n ex t im m u tta sh u n ,” said the been w orked o ut a new charge was
vaudeville to p lin er, “ will be an iin- b ro u g h t a g ain st him , w itnesses were
m u ttash u n of the S en ate C om m ittee a t produced to prove his gu ilt, th e sen­
W ashington en lig ten in g th e public on ten ce w as rep eated and the u n fo rtu n a te
the resu lt of its in v estig atio n of cam ­ negro ex p iated his im aginary crim e to
paign fu n d s .”
th e p ro fit of th e p lan ter. A fin e of
The sta g e w as then le ft for tw o m in­ $50 w as o ften im posed for a triv ia l of
utes iu to ta l dark n ess.—C hicago Rec­ fense. T he p la n te r paid th e fin e and
Run yo u r farm on a business basis and it will pay big
Mr. E. J. N ovak. F irs t N ational Bank Bldg., Chicago,
ord.
ca rrie d o ff the o ffen d e r to w ork it out
dividends.
who op erates a farm in th e South, w rote me on A ugust
a t th e r a te of fifte e n cents a day.
L et me help you to weed o u t u n p ro fita b le crops and 19th, 1912: “ Some tim e ago I purchased one of vour P arm ­
Oh, Prunes.
W ith in th e last few years, public
v en tu res__to so plan yo u r w ork as to m ake y o u r farm e r ’s Sim plex Records and consider th a t th e t e s t in v est
“ Are you any good a t d a te s ? ” asked se n tim en t has become so b itte r ag ain st
m ore p ro fitab le.
m ent I have ev er m ade. I d o n ’t see how anv b o d y can
the m an w ith the poor m emory.
th e system th a t its abuses have been
I have p erfected an easy-to-keep Record Book which g e t alo n g w ith o u t i t . ”
B u t th e re is still
“ N o,” replied th e man w ith the g re a tly reduced.
will show you at a g lance—
As an owner of my Sim plex Record, vou m av w rite to
W hat your p ro fits are on liv e stock and in d iv id u al li e as often as von wish about th e K eeping Track o f Y our
uoor digestion, “ b ut th a n k s to my enough of e v ?] in it to compel a whole
crops___
th
e
cost
of
labor
and
m
iscellaneous
expenses—
hoarding house experiences. I ’m very sale p ard o n in g of prisoners by th e o u t­
Business problem s which co n fro n t vou. And in an sw e r­
which cost is too g reat fo r w h at it produces— acreag e
well a t t a i n t e d w ith p ru n e s.”
going governor of A rkansas. H is act
ing I will give vnu th e benefit o f v e a r s d ev o ted to th e
yield s— m onthly and y early gain or loss— how much you so lving of th e F a rm e rs ’ business d iffic u ltie s.
will p re c ip ita te action on the p a rt of
owe nd other? owe you, etc., etc.
Mrs. C aw ker (se v e re ly )—M arie, did th e leg islatu re looking to w ard th e
W rite me to d ay . You ob lig ate yo u rself in no w ay and
T his Record is the B est, E asiest and S im plest ev er d e ­
you accept a kiss from Mr. S m ith last aban d o n m en t of th e practice. The end
vised fo r th e G rain, T ruck and F ru it F arm er, Stock I will giv e you in fo rm atio n th a t will be o f m uch valno
to you.
night ?
will doubtless ju s tif y th e m eans, fo r
B reeder. D airy and P o u ltry Mnn. I t costs b u t little and
M srie C aw ker (h e s ita tin g ly )—Yes, th e knell of th e convict-leasing sys
will be worth h u n d red s of do llars to you each season.
A. C. RE IC H . D ept. I. S., R iverdale, Chicago, 111.
m am m a, but it was pressed upon me.j tern h as sounded.
and th e dust-laden fa c to ry rem ain.
P rim arily , it is the child of neglect, ig­
norance, alcoholism , but, deeper than
th a t, th e seat of th e trouble lies in
“ m a n ’s in h u m an ity to m a n .”
Vacu­
um devices are being invented th a t
c a rry o ff th e »lust of facto ries, legis­
lation will soon compel b e tte r condi­
tio n s in th e coal m ines, an d it is hoped
the “ back-to-the f a r m ’ ’ cry will soon
relieve th e crow ded condition of the
ten em en ts of th e large cities. B ut un­
til these conditions are relieved, th e
g re a t w h ite plague will continue to ex-
c t its toll from the ra n k s of the wnge-
earn er, whose g erm -infected body ex­
udes th e seed of f u rth e r destruction.
G ra tify in g as a re the resu lts of re­
cen t sc ien tific m ethods of tre a tm e n t
of the disease, it is still sig n ifican t
th a t th e death r a te am ong consum p­
tiv e s is about one in eight. T his im ­
proved ratio is due to th e g re a te r a t ­
ten tio n to fresh a ir b re a th in g , b e tte r
v e n tilatio n in houses an d th e realiza­
tion on the p a rt of w eak-lunged peo­
ple th a t the n ig h t air, fa r from being
in ju rio u s, is the best a ir to be had a t
n ig h t and th a t cold a ir is not neces­
sa rily injurious. W ithin a few m onths
the d eath rate has been reduced from
one in seven to one in eight. I t is
hoped th e discovery of an effe ctiv e
serum will prove indeed a reality.
IS THERE A LIMIT ? WILL LOWER LIVING
T he achievem ents of w ireless d u rin g
th e sh o rt tim e since its discovery have
fu rn ish ed th e m ost sta rtlin g evidences
of th e advance in m odern science. U n­
less it be the science of av iatio n , w ire­
less has made th e m ost signal success.
F o r th e firs t tim e in history C hristm as
g reetin g s w ere se n t from M are Islan d
a t San Francisco to th e U n ited S ta te s
cap ito l a t W ashington, Decem ber 25
last.
T he m essage w as from C aptain Mayo,
com m andant of th e Mare Island N avy
Y ard, and was received by th e g ia n t
rad io sta tio n a t A rlington.
It conveyed th e w ishes of C aptain
M ayo and o th er o fficers a t th e navy
y ard to th e se c re ta ry of th e navy and
th e o fficers of the navy and m arine
corps fo r a “ m erry C hristm as and a
hap p y New Y e a r .”
S k ep tics th e world over hooted a t
w ireless before it was a re a lity . T hey
hooted a t a v ia tio n before th e W rig h t
b ro th e rs m ade them selves fam ous and
estab lish ed a new mode of tra v e l bv
th e ir experim ents. So th e y hooted a t
th e steam railw ay in days p ast and a t
th e telephone, teleg rap h , p rin tin g press
and every o th er th in g th a t has made
th e m odern specialized system of labor
a n d prom otion a possibility. And th ey
will con tinue to hoot, a few of them ,
as long as th e y live.
Is th ere a lim it to th e achievem ents
o f w ireless? M en who have follow ed
its success alm ost un iv ersally agree
t h a t th ere is not. Y ear a f te r y e a r it
h as passed th e hopes of its prom oters.
A lready it has paid for its discovery a
th o u san d tim es over in th e num ber of
liv es it has saved on th e ocean. W hen
th e fa te d Titanic, san k w ireless did its
w ork, an d, had th e ships th a t heard
th e m essage heeded th e call, all m ight
h a v e been saved.
S carcely a w eek
p asses th a t som e new achievem ent is
n o t recorded.
H isto ry re p e a ts itself
am i th ere will be no lim it to the
ach iev em ents o f w ireless. Indeed, the
m ost sanguino would p red ict t h e ev en ­
tu al lin k in g of th e e arth w ith M ars
b y w ireless. C e rta in ly on th is e arth
th e re is no lim it.
Quality IS
Economy
Murphy Varnish Company
Make the Farm Pay More Money
W ith the w ork of the Red Cross So
e ie ty as an in cen tiv e. Mine. Hi.jaat
P ash a , C h ristian w ife of a M ohs in me
d an re p re se n tin g T u rk ey a t th e B ritish
co u rt, has founded a T urkish o rgani'.a
tio n very sim ilar in purpose. D uring
th e B alkan tro u b le s th e society h*'s
been of m aterial a s s is tm r e in ren d er
in g aid to sick am i wounded.
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