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MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1»1«
BILLIONS FOR THE THRIFTY.
Nearly $2,000,000,000 is on de
posit in the 140 savings banks of New
York State. Of this sum $18,000,
000 was added during 1915. This
vast amount, running into the bil
lions, is owned by people of moderate
means, many of them classed as poor.
The aggregate deposits in the sav
ing banks of New York outstrip the
combined fortunes of all the conspic
uous men of wealth in the United
States. Why the demagogic outcry
against those who have accumulated
riches?
Some have a genius for accumulat
ing wealth. Some have a genius for
invention and others for scientific
research. There are conspicuous stars
jn every orbit—in literature, science
and business, as well as in astronomy.
If all men were created alike, am
bition would be as dead as a grave
yard. Those whose talent, industry,
and assiduity win their due reward
shouiu be commended, not rebuked.
The wealthy are those who began
early to save, keeping their funds
employed, adding to them yearly and
seeking new opportunities for invest
ment. Thus by their genius for busi
ness they developed their fortunes.
Every man of wealth is a conser
vator, a builder and a constructive
force. He must seek the mainten
ance of good government, of law and
order, for he has most at stake. Con
serving his own interests, he helps
to conserve those of every other man
—rich or poor.
No railroad can be built, no In
dustry established, no public utility
created, excepting through the init
iative of those who command the nec
essary capital for enterprises. These
enterprises are no longer monopolies
uelonging to one man or a few. The
shares of all great corporations can
be purchased by any one who believes
they offer opportunities for invest
ment.
Many with little savings own one
or more shares in the Standard Oil
properties, the Vanderbilt railroads,
the transcontinental lines, the Steel
Corporation and the prosperous com
panies engaged in the manufacture
of war munitions. These corporations
are all owned by thousands of share
holders, and in the case of the Steel
Corporation by hundreds of thous
ands, many of them the company’s
own employees.
Nor should it be forgotten that in
the securities of these great organi
sations, savings banks find their
test opportunities for conserat’.ve
investment of the bank’s deposits, so
that indirectly every savings bank
depositor has an interest in the wel
fare of the railways, the industrial
corporations and public utility enter
prises.
Cripple these, destroy their earning
power, regulate them to death, put
them in the hands of receivers (as
one-sixth of the railroads in the
country now are) and the savings
hank depositor, the worker In every
shop, the keeper of every store, all
suffer alike.
These impressive facts are begin
ning to be felt' by the people of the
country. This explains the growing
demand for constructive legislation
and fair play for the railroads and
the industrial corporations.—Leslie’s.
FUSS AND FEATHERS.
There is a strong desire in army
circles to cut out the “fuss and
feathers,” and in the states wherein
the national guard approaches the
regular army standards the same de
sire is now being expressed. Gen.
Mills has suggested that the wear
ing of dress uniforms be abolished
in the regular army, and he finds
the leading guardsmen in all parts
of the country sharing his view.
The service uniform is preferred
by officers and men. The dress uni
form is utterly out of place in war
times and it always disappears then."
There is not the slightest reason,
save an outworn tradition, for con
tinuing its use in peace times. The
gaudy irappillgo Ul 1UU uicbb luigin
well be abandoned and left to be
taken up by the secret societies.
If for no other reason, the use of
dress uniform might well be dropped
as a measure of justice to the young
er officers of the service, who are ser
iously burdened by the cost of such
expensive and unnecessary equip
ment It takes a couple of months’
pay to fully equip a subaltern officer
with a complete gaudy equipment of
full dress uniform so that he can
make a glittering show of himself
with gold lace, dress sword and
swordknot and, In the instance of
navy officers, the chapeau or cocked
hat. Few of them desire to make
holy shows of themselves in this man
ner, but tradition and service rules
require it.
The case is much the same in the
national guard since it has gone on a
business basis. The officer of the
national guard makes a considerable
sacrifice of his time. If he is a man
without independent means, and
most of them are, the cost of his uni
forms is a serious matter with himJ
As a rule, he would be perfectly wil
ling to content himself with the
simple service uniform and would
cheerfully part with the trappings of
full dress. Why should he not be per
mitted to do so?—Post Intelligencer.
THE SPECTKE OF PAUPERISM.
Do you know that in the United
States 66 out of every 100 people
that die leave no estate whatever. Do
you know that out of the remaining
34 only 9 leave estates larger than
$5,000, and that the average of the
balance of 25 is a little less than
$1300. Do you know that at the age
of sixty-five, 97 out of every 100 in
America are partly or wholly depen
dent upon relatives, friends or the
public for their daily bread, for their
clothing, and a roof under which to
sleep? We all know that the one
safeguard against pauperism by the
countries of Europe has been thrift.
France, Germany, Belgium, Holland
and Switzerland have been the lead
ers in thrift. Do you realize that
according to recent Government sta
tistics 98 per cent of the American
people are living from day to day on
their wages, and that a loss of em
ployment would mean pauperism for
all but 2 per cent of us?—S. W.
Strauss, of Chicago, President of the
American Society for Thrift.
United we stand—for a whole lot.
—Columbia State.
In time of Bryan prepare for
Krupp.—Columbia State.
The ground hog will not see his
shadow, but we’ll gambol that he
stays in his hole longer than six
weeks yet.
One paper speaks of Roosevelt as
1 “passive” candidate. Wonder what
hey would consider an active candi
date.—Lumberman.
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Paramount Feature next Thursday:
"THE RING AND THE MAN.”
Beach parties shou.il remember
that Valdez has an ordinance prohib
iting bathing au natural.
Looks like England realizes that
If she avoids a draft she will lose
her grip.—North American.
How we pity those poor people in
Los Angeles who are suffering from
the intense cold.
When you grumble about 'these
nice sunshiny days, stop and think of
the poor people who live in Mnn
tnana, where it is sixty below zero.
Rumors of a gold strike somewhere
to the westward have agitated the
placid surface of our municipal pond
the past week, but we would advise
pur citizens to hold on to their jobs
until something definite is heard. In
these dull times a bird in the hand
Is worth forty thousand in the tree.
WORKERS MEET
TO ORGANIZE
Efforts will be made to Increase
Wages in all Lines on Railroad
Work at Anchorage.
ANCHORAGE: That the wages in
in this camp and particularly on work
jonnected with the railroad might
be maintained at a fair scale the re
presentatives of the building t/sdes
met here last night to effect an or
ganization. Steps were taken to affili
ate with the American Federation of
Labor and temporary officers were
selected. John Mercer was elected
temporary president J. J. Ross was
elected temporary secretary and A.
C. Craig was elected temporary treas
urer. The conservative element if to
be kept in control and will use no
thing but friendly methods to secure
an idcrease in wages, such increase
to be asked in all lines of railroad
work. At the meeting one hundred
men were present and the remarks
showed the intention to be to k-ep
up wages by meeting the employers
on amicable terms. The discussion
showed that the organizers have
special reference to railroad work
SLIDE UNCOVERS
VALUABLE MINE
Lead of Tungsten Ore Found by Col
orado Miners After It Had Been
Uncovered by Avalanche.
SXLVERTON, Col., Jan. 21.—A gi
gantic snowslide which occurred in
the mountains near here last week
has started a stampede which has
brought hundreds of miners from all
parts of the state as it uncovered a
lead of tungsten ore which is more
than six feet wide and of the highest
grado ever found in Colorado.
The snowfall this winter in the
mountains is the heaviest ever known
and with the return of milder weth
er tremendous slides have occurred.
The avalanche which uncovered ti e
lead took place at a point where tn.'
ground was covered by soil and had
been free from slides for years and
possibly for centuries.
The fortunate discoverers of the
valuable tungsten deposit found do it
ore in the slide and determined to
prosecute a search for the lead from
which the slide had broken the float.
Their search was rewarded and they
have been offered fortunes for their
location rights.
NORTHLAND BACKED WHILE
a GOING FULL SPEED AHEAD
SEATTLE: The freighter North
land, Capt. A. Malmsten, of the Bor
der Line had a curious experience in
Frederick sound in a recent gale. At
8 o’clock in the morning the North
land passed Turnabout island on her
way to Petersburg. The gale broke
about that time accompanied by a
heavy fall of driving snow. At 11
o'clock Capt. Falmsten discovered
that hts vessel was behiud Turnabout
island. It developed that although
the Northland’s engines were steam
ing eight miles ah hour ahead the
force of the gale had carried her back
ward for miles at the rate of four
miles an hour. The Northland was
light at the time and rode high in the
water. Capt. Malmsten held the
freighter behind the island until the
gale had subsided. The wind blew
ithe glass out of the vessel's pilothouse
[windows.
SITE CF THE CAPITAL
Washington In the Days When John
Adamo Was Proaidont.
When Adams came Into the presi
dency the stately observances of
Washington's day were not allowed to
lapse. Even transplanting the scat of
government from Philadelphia to the
iintluished town on the Potomac had
served only to Jolt and rather humor
ously distort them. With the chill of
new plaster pervading the executive
residence, Mrs. Adams despaired of
getting sufficient wood out either for
love or money from the growing trees
surrounding it to (ill its yawning fire
places and dispel the dampness. She
put the great audience room to the
only use its uuffiiishcd condition per
mitted—drying the presidential liuen.
booking from Its unglazed windows
over the small and scattered groups of
bouses, ull that had yet materialized
of L'Eufant’s imposing plan, she re
flected that their inhabitants must
subsist like fishes, by eating each oth
er. But she played her role of presi
dent's lady with spirit, maintained her
hours for levees and answered the
usnes wnen tney cante to can tnat
she thought the new capital had a
beautiful situation.
It had indeed. Half way between
Maine and Georgia, at that time our
northern and southern boundaries; in
land. but at the bead of tide water
on a noble stream; planned along gen
erous lines to cover a succession of
hills upon which a city once built could
not lie hid, it was and seemed likely to
remain fairly central. Even the most
optimistic patriot could not foresee
how far that mythical reality, the cen
ter of population, was to travel west
ward decade by decade during the next
century, unimpeded by war or misfor
tune. until' the city on the Potomac
was left upon the edge of our great
country.—Helen Nlcolay in Century.
THE BIBLE IN AFRICA.
It Is Read There In 148 Languages and
Dialects.
On the continent of Africa alone the
New Testament or parts of it have
been translated into 14S languages and
dialects. The two latest additions are
Dabida. a language of British East
Africa, and Limba, the language of a
tribe in the hinterland of Sierra I.eone.
Parts of the New Testament have
actually been translated into pidgin
English, that strange lingo, half buby
talk and half slang, which is the chief
means of communication through all
the east.
The difficulties presented in translat
ing the New Testament into this bar
barous hotch-potch must have been
tremendous, but they have been sur
mounted.
Another language of the same sort
is Chinook. This consists of about
two-fifths Chinook, two-fifths red In
dian tongues and the rest English and
Canadian French. It is the tongue of
barter on the Pacific coast of Alaska
and the Dominion. At least 50.000 In
dians speak it, and lately St. John’s
gospel has been issued in this jargon
for their special benefit.
There is also a version of the Scrip
tures translated into the primitive lan
guage of the head hunters of Borneo.
It was made by German mlsslonn
ties, printed in South Africa, paid for
with British money and circulated in
Papua.—London Answers.
Difference In Woode.
Timber Is classed as bard or soft,
and tbe main point of difference be
tween the trees that produce these
classes Is that the soft wqoded tree
has "needle leaves,” slim, narrow and
almost uniform in breadth, while the
hard wood trees have broad leaves
of various shapes. Again, some,soft
wood trees carry cones, such trees be
ing termed conifers. Itesln, too. Is
more characteristic of soft than of
hard wood. To the class of soft woods
belong the pines, spruces and firs, and
tbe most common examples of these
are yellow pine, white fir, pitch pine
and spruce or red flr. In the common
er hard woods are oak, beech, mahog
any, ash. walnut, plane, elm. birch and
ebony.
He Proved It.
“My dear child,” said the fond moth
er, "if you marry Henry, do you think
he will have the force to lift himself
above his fellow men to a level with
you?”
“Why, of course I do, mamma. Don’t
you remember how he climbed the
eight stories to our apartment tbe other
night when the elevator was broken?"
—8t Louis Post-Dispatch.
Puszlod Him,
Dncle Ben, a very careful old darky,
i was a witness in a shooting case.
“Were, the shots simultaneous, uncle?”
inquired tbe prosecuting attorney.
“Well. boss, you see. bit wuz dls
way.” replied the witness, with great
deliberation. “Dem shots come so close
togedder dat 1 can’t be sho’ ef dey wuz
or nob”—Argonaub
Fixed.
Super — No, sir, the ghost hasn’t
walked for two weeks. Crlttick—1
saw the leading man Vltb a wad to
day. He must have got his salary.
Super—Oh. yes: he's the star, Crlt
tick—What you might eall a “fixed"
star, eh?—Philadelphia,Ledger.
Practical Way.
Gladys—I wonder wjdcb is the
lest way to acquire a ■ flue sweeping
gait? Mother—Just go over there and
take that broom.—Baltimore American.
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boor taker. ‘ .it
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