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Show THE CITIZEN curring a debt he does not Intend to NO CANCELLATION . pay. He is paying France a high compliment in treating her as an honorable nation. The tariff: The protective tariff means to us whi. the dyke meaj.8 to thej Hollander. The tariff, and costs, and wages: Does it mean anything, if things to eat and wear are as cheap as dirt if you dont have even the dirt to pay for them? The duty to vote: Some people think politics is like a circus, that comes to town once a year. There is but one action Again: that expresses ' patriotism in peace time as enlistment does in war times, and that is the ballot. Edison may have invented Again: the electric light, but it is of no value to you unless you turn on the local switch. We do not need more laws, we need more character; we do not need more government, we need more religion; we do not need more of things that are seen, we need more of things that ore unseen. of New- t The recent pronouncement D. Baker, former Secretary of the cancellation of the debts tfar, to the owed by the European-nationUnited States, does not seem to get anywhere, in official circles at least. The rei irn of two prominent United States Senators from Europe, both of them o Mr. Bakers political faith, have r; suited in statements by the two sol ns to the effect that the debts ought t be paid, and that Uncle Sam nsist that they be paid. The Should Senatoi . mentioned are Harrison of Mississippi and Caraway, of Arkansf'-- r s as. after senator declares that of propaganda an act! e campaign against America is being carried on in Europe by the debtor nations and that thi3 campaign has for its purpose, the forcing of America to forgThe ive the debts. But a new senator has raised his voice too and has given some convincing reasons why we should pay no attention to this latest European This is Senator David propaganda. W. Stewart, of Iowa, whp succeeded the late Senator Cummins. In an address at an American Legion Post, Senator Stewart declared: As active citizens there has come GAME TO THE LAST There are few more interesting stories than that of Robert Morris, the financier of the American Revolution and close friend of George Washington, who after rising to great wealth and providing the money which attention recently, propagthe most subtle and insidious sort, with the end in view of having the United States cancel the war our anda of to of our allies. These manoeuvres to my mind a phrase we hear used debts call as the national baseball season often championship-game- s approach, namely play, because, in my mind, the greatest squeeze play that has ever been attempted on the diamond of international diplomacy is now being framed on Uncle Sam. Diplomats of Europe by this insidious propaganda are replacing the gratitude toward America that has 'been in the hearts of their people with hatred. They are picturing the United States as a shylock, one who grew rich out of their sufferings, hoping by this propaganda to arouse in their people such a universal sentiment against the repayment of these loans as will enable them to say to the United States, We (cannot pay Squeeze you. We that if entered many know, and the world knows, the United States had not the war when she did Gerwould running rampant the street of Paris. Evidently the American cancella-tionis- ts are advancing backward so r as public sentiment is concerned. through . be i her idea Alice Puttison Merritt, State sena-- r from Connecticut, has blossomed 0dt as a speaker. From now on it is a air prt diction she will have plenty 01 deman is for her abilities. She does decliiim, orate, exnori, denounce mplov.j she just talks and Inter-er audience. Here are a few or Dhra. s with which she er "ssachusetts listeners: nn tJlp foretgn debts: Calvin Cool- tags cainot conceive of anybody in 8 t U ; J came reconciled to his fate and even wrote a verse of poetry; and jokingly invited a friend to dine with him at the hotel with the grated woors. His wife and daughter visited him daily, and, and their distress greatly affected him. Washington visited him in prison and offered words of consolation. General and Mrs. Washington extended a warm invitation to Mrs. Morris to vsit them at Mount Vernon. THT FAILURE. To meet the heedless cruel spurn; So now Intelligence revolts, Against such bigotry and faults. i Millions of people getting mad, Are disappointed, sore and sod; Go slow, McDuff, these injured souls, Will take thy measure' at the polls. American Patriot. CHINAS USE OF PROVERBS Chinese proverbs are literally in the mouths of everyone in China: the e royalty, the men in power in todays Republic, even the beggars in the streets. All classes are accustomed to use Chinese proverbs. A stitch in times saves nine, we hear in America. Here in China the little Celestial hears, If a little hole is not repaired it will increase to a foot and a half. As a child I used to hear my playmates say, Two heads are better than one, if one is a sheeps head. But in China they say is more dignified manner, The knowledge of one man is not equal to that of two. I have said Easier said than done when referring to something difficult to accomplish, and so perhaps have you; but if you were born Chinese you would say, To behold a task is easier than to do it. An old Quaker grandmother, used to say to me What I say goesi into one of thy ears, and out of the other. The Chinese would say, Enter by the east ear, exit by the west. What is everybodys business is nobodys business is one of the most repeated proverbs I remember. In China: When one priest carries water there is some to drink, and when two priests together carrying water there is drink; to drink, but when three priests carry water together there is none to drink. Another Celestial saying is: If you follow the good you will learn the good, if you follow the beggar you will beg for food. Twenty words it takes to say it the Chinese way, while we use five words: Evil companions corrupt good manners. All within the four seas are brothers is one of the shortest of the Chinese proverbs, while we say, All men are brothers. We say Lock the stable door after the horse is stolen and the Chinese says, When the quest comes we sweep the floor; when the thief goes we close one-tim- He kept his soul unspotted, And he went upon his way, And he tried to do some service For the people day by day; He had time to cheer the doubter Who complained that hope was dead; He had time to help the cripple When the way was rough ahead; He had time to guard the orphan, and one day, well satisfied With the talents that were given him, he closed his eyes and died. He had time to see the beauty That the earth spread all around; He had time to hear the music In the shells the children found; He had time to keep repeating As he bravely worked away: It is splendid to be living In the splendid world today! But the crowds the crowds that made posible a successful fight for independence, became a bankrupt and hurry spent years in a debtors prison. After golden prizes said Under the title The Financier of That he never had succeeded, the Revolution, Mr. H. 0. Bishop When the clods lay. er his head writes in the National Republic of Mr. Morris and says concerning the reHe was a failure, He had dreamed versal of his fortune, due to unwise they compassionately sighed, speculation: For the man had little money in his Morris made the mistake of his pockets when he died. life when he embarked in an orgy of Exchange. to furnish A contract speculation. French merchants with 60,000 hogsCOMING. heads of tabacco in 1785, 1786 and 1787, proved unfortunate. He sent a vessel to China, by way of Australia, From eastern coast to western shore, which failed to bring him wealth. He To every voter rich and poor; Are you successfully traded in wild land in Comes soon tjie question: wet, western New York for a time, and then decided to conduct similar opera- Or are you dry, my honored vet. tions on a large scale. In 1795 and Dynamic bonds of our own make, 1796 he bought large acreages in variWhich now seem strong, must shortly ous states, and, with his asociates, break; formed the North American Land Reformers? too will cry alas, Company. Their holdings, six million The thing we feared has come to pass. in located in were Pennsylall, ajeres vania, Virginia, North Carolina, South No thought was theirs of One who Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky. spent, remonstrated with A Washington jovial hour on pleasure bent; him against going into these enormous Who freely and with thought divine advanchis at speculative enterprises Converted water into wine. could he that he ed age, but replied Not mere grape juice, for doncher must I small not deal with things, know, either be a man or a mouse, he de'Twas good, the good old Book says clared. so; and crash the came, poor Two brands of wine put to the test, Finally, old Robert Morris, in accordance with The brand last served was termed the the law of that time, was obliged to best. enter a debtors prison on February Lay on, McDuff, fanatics cry, Dont let the yarn, light wines get 16, 1798, and remained until August 26, 1801. It was a trying ordeal for a by; of sixty-foionce wealthy man years Though every right perforce be sold, Prohibition must retain its hold. age. To a friend he wrote: Starvation stares me in the face; I have not money enough to buy bread for Tis said that worms will sometimes turn, my family. After a few weeks he beir 11 the door. Like teacher, like pupil, we say and in China they, say, The illustrious teacher produces a good disciple. Self-praiis no recommendation. How often did I hear that proverb when I was a child, which some way shows that I must have been vain of my own abilities. The little Chinese girl is told: A quack doctor has no efficacious medicine, which is a very strange saying in a land where native trained doctors too often use dried centipedes, dried tigers eyes and dragons teeth, all powdered up, for their medicines. By L. W. Cramer in Dearborn se |