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Show ROOSEVELT OPENS 1914 CAMPAIGN Attacks Wilson Administration Administra-tion and the Political 'Bosses' and Outlines Principles. TARIFF LAW A FAILURE Anti-trust Program an Economic Eco-nomic Absurdity, Foreign Policy Wretched, Farmers Farm-ers Welfare Sacrificed. Pittsburg, June 30. Former President Pres-ident Roosevelt made here tonight his firBt speech of the 1914 campaign He spent five hours in Pittsburg and was welcomed enthusiastically. In his address before the Pennsylvania Progressive league he criticised the policies of the Wilson administration, attacked Senator Boise Penrose and appealed for support of the Progressive Progres-sive ticket. It was apparent as soon as Colonel Roosevelt began to speak that he did not possess his former strength and vigor. There was n noticeable change in his manner as compared with that of two year? ago, when he w-as engaged en-gaged in his previous campaign. Colonel Roosevelt made the trip to Pittsburg against the advice of his physician and it was felt that the result would go far toward Indicating to what extent he would be able to take part in the Progressive party s battle of the next four months Voice is Husky. He spoke tonight with comparative ease, after the first few sentences, but there was a husklness in his voice which showed that his throat was still troubling him. Persons in the rear of the building at times found it difficult to hear him. His gestures were less rapid and vigorous vigor-ous than of old and as he neared the end of his speech he was plainly weary. Colonel Roosevelt coined new a phrase in tonight's speech. It was what he called "government by convulsion." con-vulsion." By this he said he meant the passing back and forth of power between the Republican and Democratic Demo-cratic parties which he said would happen unless the people intrusted the power to the Progressive party No Olive Branch. The former president's speech was regarded by Progressive leaders here as an indication of the line of attack at-tack which the party would follow in this year's campaign. It was an uncompromising speech. Before he made it the report had gone out that he would hold out the olive branch to the Republican party, but there was no hint of such a thing in his remarks. He appealed to Individual Republicans to support tbe Progressive Progres-sive ticket, but suggested no dealings with the Republican party as an or ganizatlon. He denounced the Republican Re-publican leaders, who, he said, had misrepresented the people. He attacked at-tacked Senator Penrose unsparingly. "Let him go In sackcloth and ashes,'' ash-es,'' he said, "because it was owing to him and his associates that the Democratic party now has power to do wrong. No more scandalous ap peal could be made than to return him to power to right the wrongs for which he is primarily responsible " The Wilson administration'3 policies. poli-cies. Colonel Roosevelt said, were responsible for backward business and unemployment. No progress had been made he 6ald. toward solution of the trust question and on this point he went into what he later said was the most comprehensive statement of his position he had ever made. Greeted bv Crowds. Judging from appearances it migh" have been thought that the campaign was in full swing and that it was October Oc-tober instead of June. On the all day ride from New York, Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt was greeted by crowds of varying size at the stations. On his arrival here he was greeted by several thousand thous-and persons, who blocked the streets ! near the station and cheered him He dr.e directly to a department store-dining store-dining hall, where 1700 Progressives were having dinner. The colonel made a brief speech there and hurried on to Exposition hall, where lie delivered his principal address. It was a severe se-vere test of his voice. All of the 4.-000 4.-000 seats in the hall were crowded and every foot of standing room space which the police did not hold clear was crowded. On the way from the department store to the hall, half a mile through the beart of the city, the streets were roped off to keep bark the crowds, j Most of the way tbe sidewalks were lined. When Colonel Roosevelt entered enter-ed the hall he was cheered for several minutes. Bandana handkerchiefs, relics rel-ics of the 1912 campaign, were waved in the air, and the weird "bull moose call" again sounded The band blare.l away a tune often heard In the first Progressive campaign and Colonel Roosevelt looked entirely happy as he stood on the center of the platform, waving his hand at the crowd and smiling his broadest smile Overflow Meeting. After he had finished his speech, Colonel Roosevelt was told that a crowd at an overflow meeting in Exhibition Ex-hibition hall adjoining was waiting for him. He did not feel like making another an-other extended speech and stopped mereh long enough for a word of greeting. He did not forget, however, to pay his respect to the "bosses." "They hope." he said, "that while your hearts won't harden, your heads will become soft." Gifford Plncbot, candidate for United Uni-ted States senator, and William Draper Drap-er Lewis of Philadelphia, candidate for governor, also made speeches. ' This is the year," said Mr. Pinchot, "when the curtain rings down on the Penrose play " Mr. Lewis said that "Penroseism" was the main issue and outlined his position. At the dinner Henry Allen, PiOKres-slve PiOKres-slve candidate for governor of Kansas Kan-sas delivered an address. Later Col-! Col-! onel Roosevelt talked for five minutes j and said he wished to send back to I Kansas through Mr. Allen to Victor Murdock and his associates his thanks for their "gallant fight." Colonel Roosevelt came here to speak in support of the candidacy of S. pean Lewis for governor and of j Gifford Pinchot for United Slates sen- upon at the opening of his speech. Thereafter he confined himself to the national issues outlined. Attacks Administration. "The present national administration." administra-tion." he said, "is pursuing a course that prevents the existence of prosperity, pros-perity, and that does not offer a single sin-gle serious or intelligible plan for passing prosperity round, should prosperity pros-perity in spite of the administration's efforts at some future time return to our people. ' This is true both as regards the trust question and the tariff question. As regards both the only wise course to follow is that set forth in the National Na-tional Progressive platform. The na-tion na-tion should deal with both by contln-uuing contln-uuing executive action through administrative admin-istrative commissions of ample pow er. One commission should shape our tariff policies so as, with thorough knowledge disinterestedly acquired, to give proper encouragement to our merchants while also giving proper protection to our wage workers, our farmers and our business men. The other commission should exercise strict supervision and control over big business We should treat it with entire justice, drawing the line not on size, but on misconduct. We should encourage the big business man who does well and who regards his great abilities as a trust to be exercised as much in the interest of the public as in his own interests. But we should check and punish him effectually and promptly when he exercises ex-ercises those abilities to the detrl ment either of the smaller business man with whom he competes or the wage workers who should share with him the benefits of his aud their common efforts or of the general public pub-lic whom he serves. Wilson Tariff Promises. "As regards the tariff, I wish especially espe-cially to call your attention to the promises made by President Wilson ?nd his supporters two years ago. They asserted that their method of tariff reduction would reduce the cost of living, and would thus solve the trust question because, as they said, the trusts were the creatures of the tariff We then answered that their promises were empty words, that no such results as they stated could or would follow from the course they advocated, ad-vocated, and that only by the method we proposed could either the trust or the tariff question be dealt with so as to abate the existing evils and at the same time increase the general gen-eral well being. Two short years have proved us to be right. Their promises have not been kept. Their performance has brought distress upon the nation. The cost of living has not been reduced. But the abil ity of the average man to earn a living has been greatly reduced. Not the slightest progress has been made toward solving the trust question. But the business community has been harassed har-assed and harried to no purpose and the prosperity of the business man has been checked, exactly as the prosperity of the farmer and the wage worker has been checked Farmer's Welfare Sacrificed. As for the farmer, the present tar iff, the administration's tariff, was so framed as to result in the sacrifice sacri-fice of his interests. He nad no spokesman, no friend In high quarters quar-ters and his welfare was contemptuously contemptu-ously sacrificed. At every point where his interest was concerned, he was made to suffer As for the wage worker, the result of the tariff was that he suffered even more than his employer, for he was thrown out of employment and lost the means to earn his livelihood. "As for the employer, sometimes he has been able to struggle on with the loss of profits, sometimes he has had to close his shop. In business and In which any of the big trusts were concerned, it was the small competitors com-petitors of the trusts who were injured in-jured and in many cases ruined. The tariff reduction as put into practice by the present administration has chiefly benefited foreign rivals and competitors. It has done grave Injury In-jury to the business community and the farming community, and has caused caus-ed suffering to the wage workers and the whole policy of the administra tion ha6 been one to cause our people peo-ple in business, our people on the farms, our people with dinner palls, to look toward the future with grave concern and apprehension. Leaders Need Rebuke. "It is of course essential to rebuk'-those rebuk'-those leaders, who by their action helped to put the present administration administra-tion iu power, and, moreover, it is of vital consequence to the future well being of our people to drive from public life all men whose political activities ac-tivities in state and nation alike have been such as those of Senator Penrose. Pen-rose. This is not only a political but a moral Issue. I mention the name of Senator Penrose merely because be-cause he typifies a class. I am not concerned with him as an Individual; Indi-vidual; I am concerned with him as a type. Mr Penrose stands in Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania as Mr. Barnes stands in New York. When we fight these men and their activities, we are fighting the battle of all decent men and In particular we are fighting the battle bat-tle of the honest Republican rank and file, whom these men have misrepresented misrepre-sented and betrayed. Wretched Foreign Policy. "It Is well to keep in mind that wo now have Mr. Wilson's administration, administra-tion, that Wfl now suffer from a wretched foreign policy and from home policies in national affairs which have seriously impaired the well being of our people, primarily because of the action of Senator Penrose Pen-rose in associating with men of the game type like Mr. Barnes. Messrs. Penrose, Barnes and their associates at Chicago, taking advantage of 'he fact that national nominating conven tious are not protected by law, followed fol-lowed n course of conduct morally ev ery whit as bad as that which at elections result In wrongdoers of humbler rank being put in stripes. They stole from the rank and file of the Republican party the right to govern gov-ern themselves, to nominate their own candidates and promulgate their own platform. They took this action ac-tion with the deliberate purpose of electing a Democratic president, because be-cause they infinitely preferred the triumphs of their nominal party foes to seeing the control of their own organization or-ganization wrested from their hands by the rank and file of their own party. par-ty. They are foes of decent citizenship. citizen-ship. Their political lives depend upon their keeping politics In 6uch condition that decent men cannot succeed suc-ceed them, and that the ordinary citizens citi-zens cannot get control of their own government. "Rather than see this control bro-keu. bro-keu. Messrs Penrose. Barnes and their associates deliberately put the Democratic organization and Mr. Wi! i son into power at Washington Bosses Must Go. "Of course, our contest must al ways be primarily one for principles It must always be a contest to enact Into law and reduce to the domain of executive action those principles. But it is impossible to do this effectively until we drive from political leader ship the boss whose very existence In politics is the negation of these principles. There is no use in endeavoring en-deavoring to put into effect our platform plat-form for social and Industrial justice if the legislative and executive of fi cers of government are mere suboffi cers of a boss, whether this boss be Mr. Penrose. Mr. Barnes or Mr. Mur phy. "Much of our effort Is to secure laws protecting the labor of women and prohibiting the labor of children in mines and factories, providing for workmen's compensation and the like This effort Is bound to come to naught If, in its actual working, the forces of government are admin istercd by men whose whole theory ot action Is based on tbe alliance of crooked politics with crooked wealth "Much of our effort Is to help the men who live on farms This effort will fall if the government of state and nation is controlled by men who treat with derision the very Idea of seriously studying the conditions in the open country that need remedying reme-dying "Much of our effort is to help industry. indus-try. We propose to make the conditions condi-tions such that honest men can earn a fair living for themselves and their families without the haunting fear of being prosecuted for violations of law which they did not and could not know were such and which were not violations of sound public policy. Men and Women Workers. "Much of our effort is to help men and women workers. Just as we believe In co-operation among the farmers and the business men so we believe in co-operation among the wage workers. And we further believe be-lieve that the wage workers and the business men must co-operate to gether and work closer together fot their mutual advantage It has been the cut-throat competition of the past the competition that Mr. Wllaop determined to preserve-by bB which has not only bud lnesB prevented the busiriiou8jv nan 'lH working moflt effect men good, but working man tq fl small wages. We propose to substitute substi-tute the era of co-operation for the era of competition among the busi ness men and farmers and wage workers; work-ers; and as a necessary corollary we believe that the government must in thorough going fashion supervise and regulate this movement toward co-operation "But tills effort will come to naught if honest business men support sinister sin-ister politicians whose interested endeavors en-deavors are chiefly to help the crooked crook-ed business man whose success is achieved by swindling his fellows. In their resentment at the national administration because of its part In bringing them to sore need, many business men and working men and farmers threaten to vote even for such politicians as Mr. Penrose In hope of securing relief. Those who do will invite a worse disaster than that from which they now suffer It was the politicians like Mr. Penrose who are responsible for the existence of the present national administra tion To put them In power would merely ensure in a short time another an-other violent swing of the pendulum against them and a continuation of L-overnment by convulsion, of a governmental gov-ernmental see-saw between two setb of policies, both inimical to the general gen-eral welfare and two sets of politicians, politi-cians, neither of them responsive to tbe public needs." Should Repudiate Penrose. To meet such a situation, Colonel Roosevelt argued that the voters of, Pennsylvania should repudiate Pjr ro.e and his nominees an4. follovvTrs and further should opu -ae "lVsup-porters "lVsup-porters of the present arlministnitioti. Concluding his Indictmjent of . the bosses." he outlined what he styled the "specific performances" of the , Progressive party in the matter of j I state iind H again took ufl "We ProgrH mediate crH propose jfl schedule fl case on its .'. ' H and thefl The prrfl by M . A tiCS fl metboS eral M makiapH (Continued! L ROOSEVELT OPENS I UlTCAMPAlflN (Continued From Page H making the Payne-Aidrich law which H it superseded Our proposed methods H would never disorganize business by H a complete change in all the tariff H schedules at one time. This is the H Progressive tariff program. H "I ask all honest believers in a protective tariff, and especially all working men, to consider the fact that this is the only program offer-H offer-H lnj: hope of permanent well-being; whereas the alternative program is one of violent oscillation between such tariffs as the Payne-Aldrlch bill made by Senator Penrose and his as-1 eoclates and the present tariff bill, made by President Wilson and hl3 followers, such as the gentleman now running for the senate In Pennsyl- vania on the Democratic ticket." I m "Of the Progressive anti-trust pro- Sram," be said: "We believe in co-J co-J operation among thft business men, WC. yV, J n i o i&JjMj;jvaie amd among wage I jiIm-s. 1TT;k eident that the prob I fern of all anti-trust legislation is ef-I ef-I lectively to determine on the one I kend what trade practices are unfair, I and on the other to prevent the ex-I ex-I elusive control of any factor essen-I essen-I Ual to production by any person or I torporatlon or group operated as a I init. U li primarly an administrative I roblem To meet it., wc must have I idequate idministrative machinery. I Trade Commission Needed. "The Progressive therefore advo-I advo-I cate the creation of a strong inter-I inter-I Btate trade commission and would I give such commission. primarily, I Ihrec powen I "First, the power of investigation I The commiislon should be able to I ascertain on complaint or on its own tnotlen 'hetier a monopoly in fact cxlajp and it it does exist, the basis of its monopolistic power "Second, thi power directly to prohibit pro-hibit all unfal- trade practices within with-in it? jurisdlcjon. This power would enable the commission to stop all monopole6 based on unfair and oppressor op-pressor trade practices. Whatever monopoly is b$pd on such practices. hat is newie is not the right to n-coruraend tlu suits be brought by J lh attorney jieral, or by anj one j x r plse. What ib needed is the direct f Power in the ommission itself to atop tin- wrong "Third, the pWer to ent1 the ex- 1 w' mil. elusive control of a factor necessary to production by an order adapted to the circumstances of the particular ase. The order may involve changes in organization, in management or in the conduct of the business. Where exclusive possession of a natural resource re-source 15 the basis of the monopoly, it may be necessary to subject its possession to the obligation of public service, that is, the obligation to sell to others a reasonable amount at reasonable rea-sonable rates. No Quarrel With Big Business. "Our constructive program of antitrust anti-trust legislation has no quarrel with large business organizations as such. On the contrary, we recognize that business efficiency in production can be attained only through business organization. or-ganization. But we demand that the government be clothed with all the necessary power to crush monopoly with its attendant evils. "Contrasted with this program we have the Democratic anti-trust program pro-gram now under discussion in the senate of the United States. That program proves the inadequacy of the Democratic party for the present and the future of the nation. H is, and always will be. the states' rights party, the party opposed to strong federal action, the 'party-afraid-of-power.' "We cannot control our great national na-tional business without power, national na-tional power. But the Democrats dare not use power themselves, nor let anyone else have it. Their trust program, as it stands today, is made futile by this fear. Their official administration bills propose a weak federal trust commission, with no power except to investigate and report. re-port. They fear to give the government govern-ment the strength to cope with cor. porate abuses. They fear to give the commission power to prevent unfair un-fair trade practices Indeed, their measure would hardly give the commission com-mission power really to investigate much less to destroy by proper administrative ad-ministrative order, monopolies based on the exclusive possession of a factor fac-tor essential to production. To the powers of investigation and recommendation recom-mendation which the bill proposes to give to the commission, so far as they go, we have no objection. It is the inadequacy of the commission's power to destroy monopoly which we condemn. Progressive congressmen voted for the bill, not because it represents rep-resents an adequate attempt to deal with a great problem but In the hopo that a day will arrive when the so-called so-called trade commission will be given sufficient power to make It a real trade commission, such as our national na-tional platform promises, and such as the bills we have Introduced would provide. I "The houae of representatives has also passed a bill supplemental to the Sherman anti-trust act. Many of the provisions of this bill deserve commendation, especially those which prohibit certain forms of unfair trade competition which the courts have not as yet clearly condemned, but which upright business men everywhere every-where recognize as wrong and tending tend-ing to monopoly Similar provisions will be found in the progressive antitrust anti-trust bills. Clayton Bill Hopelessly Wrong. "But the Clayton bill goes hopelessly hope-lessly wrong in that it forbids specifically spe-cifically any combination or agreement agree-ment in interstate commerce, between be-tween any two or more corporations, firms or even individuals, which in any way lessens or restricts the competition com-petition between them. This is the hub of their whole position. They propose that two farmers selling milk across a state line can not co-operate; and that two men doing any business across a state line cannot form a partnership or a corporation. They insist that there must be no big business power, concentrated power, or large enterprise anywhere, and that our business must go back to the period of not merely 1850, but 1650; to the cobbler s bench, the grist mill and the blacksmith forge "This is economic absurdity. Unlimited Un-limited competition has proved one of the greatest curses of jnodern civilization It was unlimited competition com-petition which created the great trusts, exactly as it created the sweat shop and is chiefly responsible for child labor. The new freedom is merely the exceedingly old freedom which permits each man to cut his neighbor's throat. "The Progressive plan, on the other hand," said Colonel Roosevelt, "will allow business concentration, insofar a; such concentration gives social and economic efficiency and good service But it will also give the government full pow-er to see that business concentration does serve these necessary ends, and that it is not used for unfair competition or for monopoly or for the unfair treatment treat-ment of labor or for any other antisocial anti-social end "This is the only tenable position on the trust problem, for it faced the facts and does not try to turn back the hands of the clock By long and disappointing experience, we have had several cardinal facts hammered ham-mered into U6. "First, we cannot and do not want to destroy all corporations, we must have large units to do our work "Second, we cannot make every j man compete with every other man; we cannot go back to 1850, still less to 1650. j "Third, ye. Ctnnot destroy mono-1 J poly by attacking all forms of concentration, con-centration, whether monopolistic or not "Fourth, we cannot destroy real monopoly by attacking its legal form. We must find out and take away the real economic basis of monopoly, which is a very different thing. "Fifth, we can get no effective results re-sults through the courts, with their slow and restricted procedure "Si.Mh we must encourage honest business and allow that business concentration con-centration which will give the power necessary to serve us. This policy of the encouragement of decent business busi-ness is as important to the welfare of people as is our other policy of effective ef-fective warfare against corrupt and unfair business. "Seventh, there must be co-operation among business men, among wage workers and among farmers. Business Regulation by Destruction. "We have had now 24 years experience experi-ence with trying to regulate business bv destruction," the colonel concluded. conclud-ed. "The result has been nearly flat failure. The administration propo ses a policy of further destruction, even more unintelligent in conception and certain to be more futile in performance per-formance than the existing policy which It amends. Progressive Plan. "The only alternative is the Progressive Pro-gressive plan. From all of this it follows fol-lows that we have a right to nsk good citizens to join against the present pres-ent administration The policies of the administration should be re buked by the people and senators and congressmen returned to Washington who will strive to end these policies." poli-cies." oo PANAMA CANAL AND AMERICAN TRADE The situation, then, on the eve of the opening of the Panama canal, is somewhat some-what as follows: The markets of the Pacific ocean basin arc. as a result of developments going on within the countries concerned, rapidly increasing increas-ing theii demand for industrial and structural materials, especially the numerous products of Iron and steel; and arc decreasing, relatively, their demands for clothing materials and foodstuffs. The United States, under existing conditions of competition, has on the whole more than held her own against her chief European rivals In regard to the chief class of goods which Is in increasing demand. Wo are also purchasing increasing quan titles of the egetable and animal ruw materials which are assuming a more Important place among the products pro-ducts that the Pacific countries have to sell, and we have Just passed a tariff act which will facilitate their purchase. The trade routes bv which this commerce has been carried on have been such that for dealing with many of the most important Pacific countries the European trader has had considerably greater facilities in delivering de-livering hiB goods than the merican The new canal will so alter routes that m those markets where the American Am-erican trader has already had a certain cer-tain advantage in facilities, his posi Mod will he greatlv strengthened, while In several important ones where he has had less favorable facilities he will now have a distinct advantage advan-tage over his competitors. If he will seize this moment of opportunity and heed the repeated warnings of our consuls as to the necessity for a sys tematic study of the markets and the j requirements of packing, invoicing, credits and numerous other technical details, there is every reason to expect, ex-pect, in the next decad or two, an enormous en-ormous expansion of our commerce with the entire west coast of Xorth and South America, with the Pacific islands, with apan and all of Northern China, and possibly also with w Zealand and parts of Australia Lin coin Hutchinson In Yale Review. IN PRAISE OF SKYSCRAPERS. We anchored in the harbor of Fayal, and from the ship considered the beautiful beau-tiful city. One has only to glance at such a picture to realize the unsight-liness unsight-liness of the average American city of the same size, the cheap tawdri-ness tawdri-ness of much of our residential achi tecture. due to the continual striving after something new and fancy, rani; Ing through the periods of queens and presidents, who could be remembered in better and more enduring ways. We have no national home architecture architec-ture and we never shall have until cease trailing after this fashion and that, instead of building a house th one idea of which is suitably to O'lr needs and conditions. We have done this In our business architecture, ntul the steel-framed sky-scraping structure struc-ture that has resulted is one of thf most praiseworthy and beautiful works of man Our great cities nro becoming cities of wonderful towers, ompaniles which nothing In the older nations can surpass. Manhattan, approached ap-proached from the sea, presents a vl sion of supreme magnificence. Albert Al-bert Bigelow Paine, In Century. f oo IMPEDING ALASKAN DEVELOPMENT. DEVELOP-MENT. It is pretty well Known that the Inhabitants In-habitants of Alaska, with uric unanimous unani-mous voice, utterly condemn the manner man-ner in which the settlement of Alaska and the development of Its natural re sources is at present throttled by gov ernmental red tape. Secretary Lane urges a plan for the government M Alaska under which a commission .f throe appointed by the president would take over all the multifarious ) L it 1 JWgt duties now scattered among a score of goernmenl departments at W ashington. ash-ington. Any one who will read the detailed de-tailed story given in Secretary Lane's report of the method by which Alaskan Alas-kan deelopment is hampered by governmental gov-ernmental methods must feel very dubious dub-ious indeed concerning the proposition proposi-tion that the United States should assume further responsibilities for carrying on government outside its own borders It Is of interest to note that we have succeeded much better in governing the Panama canal zone and the Philippines than in governing govern-ing Alaska. In both Panama and the Philippines, however, we succeeded because the plan adopted placed responsibility re-sponsibility in the hands of a resident commission and we did not attempt to carry on the government by bureaus bur-eaus at Washington It may he added add-ed that In the early days of United States control at Panama, when It was actually attempted to run affairs on the Isthmus from a Washington headquarters head-quarters the result was chaos Engineering Engi-neering News. oo LAND DEVELOPMENTS IN EGYPT Canal gossip has a real interest in Washington since the Punama project draws near to completion A group of congressmen the other day were discussing dis-cussing the visit of a Britisn commis sion, including Lord Kitchener. Sir Arthur Webb and other prominent gentlemen and irrigation experts, to the Qezlreb district, lying south of Khartoum and inclosed by the conjunction con-junction of the White and Blue branches of the Nile With an area ; of about 5 000,000 acres, this land is j nearls level, having only one very gentle slope from the Bluf Nile I to the White river. A dam on the Blue Xile near Sneaar and a lanaifH I miles long will irrigate 500,000 to 000.000 acres "f the best cotton-grow-ing lands in Egypt. Five million dollars has hecn RS: H I signed for the beginning of the work. V which, when fully completed, will cost $25.(100. nun. The White Nile dam is to JLA be built aoout forty miles south o . Khartoum, and is estimated to co! $3,200,000. Over 1,000,000 bales pearly E of the finest Egyptian cotton is the p estimated annual yield of this iani. '.jfl now a desert, when thus vitalized. E A Southern congressman, who Hs- & tened intently to th is information, r-marked r-marked in passirig""irhat this might ! ' JL feW a good opening for VAfro-A mericR, who wish to use their "iTiVweirl'f 1 fw cotton growing and plantation man- v agement to the best advantage Na- wi tional Magazine. & oo p THE VILLAGE FIRE. ffi "How was it you allowed the fire to jE get such a hold on the place? You've !k j got a fire encine, haven't you?" ' es, but it's the first fin- ince it I I came and the hose was go wrapped UP ! Jin wreaths from being used to decor- mMM ate the streets that we uldn t rret fo the water through.'' Flicger.de Blaet- H I ter. W I oo SCRIPTURE LESSON. fl Sunday school Teacher Wiien thp prodigal sun returned, whj did his k& father order the tatted calf to be killed? K. Muddled Youth Because. .Miss, all the pigs had run down int the sea Ht and got drowned Boston Transcript. oo H Read the Classified Ads. Read the ('lasslf.'j.lJ |