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THE-COMMONER, Lfpcoln, Neb.
"I mn not bound to win, but I am bound to
bo true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am
bound to live up to what light I have." Lincoln.
Prosperity Item
Tho Iron Ago, of Now York, in its issue of
March 11, says: "Announcement of wage re
ductions in the iron industry are becoming more
numerous and others are about to bo made. It
Ms ovident that this phase of the readjustment
has only been fairly entered upon, and it may
bo expected that the process will be thorough,
affecting every operation from the mining of
ore to tho rolling of the finished product. The
trade is facing the probability that tho return of
real prosperity may yot lead it over some rough
ways. And in such a ronoral readjustment as
is now being discussed, it is hard to scj how
the railroad and othor important interests can
escape."
Brockton, Mass., March' 8. (Special to the
Washington, D. C. Star.) The factories of the
w. L. Douglas Shoo company resumed their cus
tomary activity today with tho return of the
425 stitchers who had T)een on strike since
March 1, causing tho enforced idleness of about
1,650 operatives. At a conference between the
strikers and their employers last Saturday a
satlsfactpry agreemont was effected', but tho
terms woro not mado public.
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M7P1Sonlxvill?l P" March 8- (Special to the
Washington, D. C, Star.) A reduction f 10
per cent in tho wages of tho employes of the
Phoenix Iron company went into effect today
About 3,000 men aro affected. All departments
oxcopt the draughtsmen and general ofllce force
aro included in the cut. The Phoenix Iron
company is one of the biggest of tho independent
concerns. Tho large plant of tho company has
been improved in the last year, but this winter
has been the dullest the town has felt for many
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rendered unconscious. Several others were hit
by missiles before they succeeded in getting
clear of their assailants. None was seriously
injured, however. The attack is said to have
grown out of a refusal of the dozen men to quit
their employment in the hat shop. When the
disturbance had been quelled tho shop was
closed for the day.
Dr. n. E. Layton of Washington, D. C, writes:
"With due regard to Mr. Taft and his party,.
I would not intentionally belittle either of
them. But in the name of their arguments put
forth last fall, how can such things come to
pass? Can you explain to your readers why we
are having strikes and reduction in wages just
now? Can some of the people be fooled all the
time or all the republicans fooled all the time
by supporting such policies?"
"PROBLEMS"
Several weeks ago Mrs. W. Cartwright of
Wilber, Neb., sent to The Commoner the fol
lowing ''problem:"
4 The number of fish Christ used in feeding the.
five thousand may bo figured thus: . Add to
tho number of letters in the name of tho
first Christian martyr the number of the, chap
ter in the book of Isaiah that tho Ethiopian
eunuch was reading when Philip went up in his
chariot; substract the number of letters in the
namo of the mountain on which Moses died;
divide by number of letters in the name of the
woman who was one of the fifteen judges of
Israel; multiply by the number of letters of
the first king of the divided kingdom of Judah;
add tho number of letters in the name of the
man who built the first temple; subtract the
number of letters in the name of the man who
led the Israelites across the Red Sea; add the
number of pieces of furniture found in the
court of the tabernacle, and subtract the num
ber of books in the Bible; this will give the
number of fishes Christ used in feeding the five
thousand.
Ella G. Meador writes: "Seeing the problem
in your last issue, I have solved it as I under
stand it. I have worked it as follows: Number
of letters in the word Stephen, 7; the Ethiopian
eunuch was reading 53rd chapter, total 60. Sub
tract 4, number of letters in Mount Nebo, equals
56; divide by 7, number of letters in the word
Deborah, leaves 8; multiply by 8, number of
letters in the name Rehoboam, equals 64; add 6,
number of letters in word David, equals 69;
subtract 5, number of letters in word Moses;
leaves 64; add 4, pieces of furniture in the
court of the tabernacle, equals 68; subtract 66,
number of books in the Bible, leaves 2, the
number of fishes Christ used in feeding the
five thousand."
tS' T Klrtloy Fredericksburg, Va., writes:
I fee by my last Commoner, under the head
of fish problem," quite a number of replies.
I am glad to seo some space in The Commoner
allowed to short questions on the Bible. I am
70 years old and thought much on Bible sub
jects, and do here beg space in The Commoner
to present a prohlem to such of its readers as
may be fond of reasoning from definite state
ments to definite conclusions. The problem is
?i 7 ST8!1 iHC?dine t0 Zeariah 9-9, Matt.
21-7, Mark 11-7, Luke 19-35, John 12-14, when
Jesus made his grand entry into Jerusalem did
He ride on only one, or two asses? Please give
the above question a place in your paper and
w?n i?, Present day commentators
y,rr dVith K- Fieen hundred years ago they
differed on it. Origien of old said Jesus rode on
tVO tlSSQS
. : Woodbine. N. J '-Mni.nl o o. '.", ..
Washington, D C. Star,) Several persons werl
'injured today in a riot growing out of the strike
at tho hat factory here when a crowd of about
400 set upon a dozen men who had continued
working in the hat shop. Stones, bricks and
other missiles were thrown. During the riot-
!S? a"ivoIvor wns flrcd and Abraham Willert
one of the men attacked, was struck by a brick
hurled by some ono in tho crowd of rioters and
A NEW VERSION
The Bible tells us of a feast that was spread
by a happy father when his prodigal son re
turned, repentant, but the Iroquois club of
Chicago has given us a now version of the storv
It gives a -aliquot to the prodigal as he leaves
his father's house, boastful and arrogant
Former Mayor E. F. Dunne, of Chicago w-m
invited to a dinner given to Jacob L Sin son
the new war secretary, by the Iroquois club a
democratic organization. Judge Dunne d
SUned to attend the dinner. In a letter a
s:rdcnt of the ?-quer,iudb,
par y and party affiliations, I would be plased
to attend as I have the highest respect for
Judge Dickinson. As the .reception and dinner
however, is tendered to him by a club which
has always claimed to be an exclusively dem
ocratic organization, at a time when he (Jud?e
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Dickinson) has publicly abandoned the demo
cratic party and entered tho ranks of the repub
lican party, I can not consistently attend, and
must respectfully protest, as a member of this
club, against tendering such an honor at such
a time and under such circumstances. If Judge
Dickinson supported Judge Tatt for the presi
dency, he abandoned the democratic party in
the late campaign -and became a republican, if
he did not support Judge Taft for the presi
dency his acceptance now of a position in the
cabinet is a public announcement of his alle
giance to and accordance with the principles of
the republican party and a repudiation and an
abandonment of the democratic party and its
principles."
Bravo, Judge Dunne! A non-partisan dinner
is one thing, but it is quite another story for a
democratic club to give a complimentary ban
quet to one of its members when he declares
that he has not been in the habit of supporting
the ticket in recent years. And to make mat
ters worse the honor is done the member just
as he signalizes his abandonment of his party
by accepting a cabinet position under a repub
lican president.
,. There is only one excuse that could bo
offered the club might thus, give evidence of
its delight to have the party relieved of the
presence of the new secretary of war. A man
whose corporate connections can draw him out
of the democratic party, is a burden, and his
open departure is a blessing even if it did re
quire a cabinet position to give publicity to a
bolting that had become chronic.
The Iroquois club has many loyal democrats
among its members but it will not strengthen
its position in the party by doing honor to one
who first pawned his political principles for a
corporate salary and then sold the redemption
check for a cabinet office.
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DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER MEN AT
TENTION The following letter explains itself:
"Marion, Kan., March 4. Tothe Ed
itor of The Commoner: I, know of a
number of openings in. Kansas for dem
ocratic weekly newspapers and I wish
you would ask democratic newspaper
men who are looking, for locations to
write me. Very truly yours,
"H. S. MARTIN.
"Chairman Kansas Democratic State
Central Committee."
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. ALWAYS ALTHOUGH
Former Mayor Dunne, of Chicago,' declined
to participate in a .banquet given by. a demo
cratic club to Jacob 1.1. Dickinsdn, the new
secretary of war, on the ground tliat Mr. Dick
inson had gone over to the republican party
and that it was "highly inconsistent if not ridic
ulous for a democratic organization to extend
its congratulations to a member who has aban
doned the party."
Associated Press dispatches say: "Judge
Dickinson flatly denied Mr. Dunne's allegation.
'I have always been a democrat and am still
one,' he said, adding after a moment, 'although
I did not vote for Bryan.' "
In other words Mr. Dickinson has "always
been a democrat" "although" he did not vote
the democratic national ticket in 1890, 1900
and 1908.
u Jt m,ay be said that the republican party is
paved with such democrats as that.
EDUCATIONAL SERIES X
(Continued from Pago 5)
of any traveling companion. -With its cotton
fields and factories, its fruit and flowers and
above all with its lofty and uncorapromisable
principles, the south ask's no favor and begs no
one for fellowship.
The people of the south are not wanting in
independence of thought. They are not terrified
into being "solid." They do not divide, simply
because they are honestly agreed. . It has not
hv Ur a Slmm soliarity, forced upon them
SLf? Q,ranCG tllat they W contended in
?mi JSi Wiar Such a view of them is shallow
5in.fi8?,11?1"5, Th0 south Is soli first and
rt aSi n tIle fiacred thmSs "wnlcn He deeper
aown m the soul than -passing policies and tran
nnnli PBdients of Py Politics, 'ffhe -southern
Sf artG .ne lueart; and-,1 anistake them
veiy much if they do not so-remain for years
t0 Come' W. A. CANDLER.
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