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Seventh Democrat to Occupy White House as President Is Woodrow Wilson
RESIDENT WILSON was
born in Staunton, Vir­
ginia, Decomber 28, 1856.
the of Rev. Joseph R.
Wilson and Jessie Woodrow Wil­
son. He was christened Thomas
Woodrow Wilson, but dropped the
Thomas before entering college.
He studied at a private school
in Columbia, South Carolina, at
Davidson college, in North Caro­
lina, at I’rinceton college, now
Princeton university, and in the
law school of the University of
Virginia.
He practiced law in Atlanta,
Georgia, in 1882 and 1883. He
returned to his studies, attending
Johns Hopkins university 1883-5.
He was married June 24, 1885,
to Miss Helen Louise Axson of
Savannah, Georgia. There are
three daughters, Margaret, Jessie
and Eleanor.
He became associate professor
of history and political economy
in Bryn Mawr college in 1885 and
served there until 1888. As pro­
fessor of history and political
economy, he went to Princeton
university in 1890. Two years
later he was elected president of
Princeton university. This posi­
tion he held until 1910, when his
political career really started.
In 1911 he began his term as
governor of New Jersey, which
title be resigned shortly before
being inaugurated as president of
the United States of America.
lie was nominated by the dem­
ocratic national convention at
Baltimore July 2. 1912, for the
officq of president and w'as
elected November 5, 1912.
Woodrow Wilson is the seventh
democrat to hold the highest
place in the trust of the American
people. The first was Andrew
Jackson, who took office in 1828.
After him came Martin Van
Buren, who was inaugurated in Essex Troop of New Jersey, Inauguration Escort, and President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
1836. James K. Polk swore to
uphold the constitution of the United States in 1844, as did Franklin Pierce, in 1852. James Buchanan. 1856. came next. There is
a long wait before American history tells of another democrat’s being in the White House. Grover Cleveland’s presidential career
extends from 1884 to 1892.
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Things You Have Forgotten
There Are Plenty of Interesting Stories in History of W hich
the Books Say Little
(This is the first of a series of
brief sketches of historical incidents
that are half forgotten, featuring
reminiscent m atter. The series is to
deal with things th at everybody
might know, but are not p art of gen
oral information. For instance, every­
body knows how America was named.
(W tainlv, but just how? Read w h a t’s
to come.—Editor.)
name. In his “ Shipp of Fools,” he
first spoke of Am erica in English.
More than likely, he alluded to us sar
castically, as English w riters still do.
H err W altzem uller was alluding to
Am ericus Vespucci, of course, when he
said, “ having been discovered by
A m ericus.” His geography is now out
of p rint, on account of triflin g inac­
curacies in general detail. He thought
it was about 17 miles from Boston,
OUR hundred and six years ago, Mass., to Tonopah, Nev., and th at any
in 1507, this continent received non-paralytic could throw a dog from
its name, America. I t was a San Francisco, Cal., to Pekin, China.
German scholar who decided Subsequent exploration disproved these
ideas.
T1IORXII 11.1.
that the vast, newly found land across
the seas was old enough to be named.
He was the one man in the world with
the w it to see the possibilities of a
If I Should Die
continent named America and the only
one with such a sense of sym pathy th at
If I should die tonight,
it made his heart ache to see a half-
grown country—alm ost big enough for And you should come to my cold corpse
and say,
long trousers—running around unclas
sified. The name of this unknown W eeping and heartsick o ’er mv lifeless
clay—
great was Fr. M artin W altzem uller,
Tf I should die tonight,
who hailed from Freiburg in Breisgau,
and was a professor at St. Die in the And you should come in deepest grief
and woe—
Lorraine. Despite the fact th a t he gave
us a name th at is now a m atter of na And say: “ H ere’s th a t ten dollars that
I owe,”
tional pride and is liked by everybody
I m ight arise in my large white
but those who come here from lands
cravat
of oppression to make over our rules
And say, “ W h a t’s th a t? ”
of liberty into regulations for unregu­
lated license, you see no monuments to
If I should die tonight,
H err W altzemuller. His classic fea­
tures are not shaped in Parian stone, And you should come to my cold corpse
and kneel,
nor does his intellectual and earnest
visago adorn the label of even a mod­ Clasping my bier to show the grief
you feel,
erately good brand of cigars. M artin
I say, if I should die tonight,
W altzem uller has been sadly neglected
and something should be done in the And you should come to me, and there
and then
way of presenting a substantial mark
hint ’bout paying me that
of esteem to him, or, at least, to his Ju st even
ten,
widow, if she has been left in w ant, as
I m ight arise the while,
is more than often the case with the
B ut I ’d drop dead again.
relicts of literary gentlemen.
—Ben King.
In nam ing America, M artin went at
it in the regulation way. He wrote a
UNDER THE MISTLETOE.
book, which he called a geography, and
“ I like your cheek,” he said, kissing
in it he placed a cute pink smudge and
labeled this America. In his introduc­ her.
tion, he said: “ And the fourth part “ D on’t be facetious,” she responded
of the world h a v ii^ been discovered coldly.—Life.
by Amerigo or Americus, we may call
it A m erica.” T hat was all, but the F irst Hen—W hat a ridiculusly giddy
name stuck like a burr and now, more creature th at young Miss D orking is!
than 400 years later, seems as fresh as Second Hen—Oh, she’s young yet.
ever. M artin certainly picked out a W ait till she has known the sorrow of
name th at wore well.
sittin g for three weeks on a china egg
W ithin the rem arkably brief tim e of and tw o door-knobs—sh e ’ll sober down
two years, the English had heard of then.—T it Bits.
the new name, America, of which they
were destined to take a more defined
A woman is more or less backward
interest afterw ard. Sebastian B rant from a literary point of view when she
waR the first Briton to use the new reads the last chapter of a novel first.
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Sopn,bi!™ >. Better Living-More Money
of a 1
For ALL on the Coast
For years, the cry has been, here on the coast, ‘ BUY A FARM OB ACBEAGE, AND YOU‘LX. MAKE A GOOD, EASY LIVING.”
In a measure, this is true. But the fact remains, that to get the most out of a farm or piece of land, or out of a store, or whatever other profession or business we may be in, THEBE MUST BE SOMEONE WHO WILL BUY
THOSE THINGS WE HAVE TO SELL.
The man who buys these things is practically always the man who cannot produce them himself.
Here In the West, we need more men who are engaged in manufacturing enterprisee—men who work in mills and shops. These men and their families need all such things as are now produced on the coast and must buy them
of those nearby who produce them.
It Is plain, therefore, that to reap the greatest amount of good from the business in which we are engaged, THIS BIO WESTERN COUNTRY MUST BE MOBE PERFECTLY BALANCED IN THE LINES OF BUSINESS IN
WHICH ITS INHABITANTS ABE ENGAGED.
Did you ever stop to think
Prosperity Problem Solved
T hat only a very small p art of the m anufactured goods th a t we buy every day
of our lives are made here on the coast?
,
The people who should be using those things which we produce are not living
near us. Ju st think w hat it would mean to the small farm owners alone if most
of the furniture, cereal foods, clothes, etc., which they buy were made right
here a t home by men who, in turn, were buying their vegetables, bu tter, eggs, etc?
Think of the advantage to every man, woman and child who now lives here if,
w ith mills and factories located along our rivers and in our cities, large and
small, thousands upon thousands of fam ilies were living here—employed in these
mills! The result would not only be a b etter m arket for w hat is now produced,
but a b etter price on those m anufactured articles which we are buying every day.
Instead of paying for high transportation rates from the E ast, the raw m ate­
rials would be m anufactured into the finished product and sold right here a t home.
I t is plain th a t w hat we need is more and larger m anufacturing institutions.
The result in increased prices for w hat we produce and cheaper prices on the
m anufactured goods we have to buy is sure to follow.
The question is, “ How can we get to th at sta te ? ”
The answ er is simple.
We, ourselves, are responsible for the present condition—for the shortage in
mills and factories.
We are to blame because there are not right now thousands upon thousands of
fam ilies draw ing good weekly pay envelopes, enabling them to put a large amount
of money into circulation among us It is our own fault, th at we have to pay
excessive prices for many articles. It is our own fau lt th a t we send our raw
products East to be made up, then bring them back here and pay Eastern fa c ­
tories and Eastern cities to make what we ought to have made right here.
The factories on the coast are anxious to go ahead—to enlarge, to employ thou­
sands more of men. But the territory in which they can sell their output is
lim ited to this coast alone, in alm ost every case. They cannot compete with
big Eastern m anufacturers. They cannot sell in the Eastern m arkets. In many
cases, they have not the large amount of capital to advertise extensively, even
in this, their home territory. They cannot go into the papers and m agazines and
convince you th at the goods they make are as good if not better, as cheap if
not cheaper for you to buy, as E astern made goods.
We know it is the desire $f alm ost every fam ily on the coast to boost for coast made goods, because it helps every fam ily living here. Tt means b etter times, more money for everyone, b etter property values and increased
prosperity if we can m ake our own m anufactured articles from our own raw products and keep the money circulating among ourselves.
In the past, however, it has been impossible for us to know the Pacific Coast made products. We could not ordinarily tell w hether w hat we wanted w as made on the coast. To let everyone know plainly, in advance, w hether a
product is made on the coast, m anufacturers are now uniting and using the stam p which is shown here to designate a coast made article. W hatever you wish to purchase, ask for such an article bearing this stam p. Almost
everything you can think of th a t you may need is made on the coast and made well. If you boost for it, the result will be th at such factories m aking such products can grow, can give work to more people; can help YOU to
hotter times.
Better Living Conditions for A n
Show this article to your friends. Tell them whst tt means to everyone on the coast. Explain to them how
It means money In their pockets If they will Demand this stamp on every article they buy.
Ask your dealer to show yon this stamp on the goods he wante to sell yon. Bemember, every time yon
Insist on an article bearing this stamp, yon are helping several Pacific Coast fam ilies—Yonr Own, and all
those interested In that product.
DEALERS: Ask yonr jobbers to supply you with goods bearing the Pacific Coast Products Stamp. Your
customers will be asking for them.
Special Prize Contest
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Write a story of not to exceed 500 words on the following subject: “ HOY/ THE PACIFIC COAST Id
PROFITED BY BOOSTING FOB COAST MADE GOODS.” Send in yonr story not later than tha 86th
of the month, together with two stamps ent from coast made goods. The stamps will be like the one shown
herewith, though they will be of different sixes. Prises will be awarded and annonneed the first of the next
month. First prize, 85; second prize, 83; third prize, 82.
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