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TP The Commoner. JULY 27, 1908 15 "T 1?i?,', Editorials By Commoner Readers Mrs. H. M. Prince, Pattison, Miss. As a reader of The Commoner and knowing the interest you take in the common people, I would be glad to see something in your paper about tho shoo trust. We know you asa "trust breaker." The shoe trust is more far reaching than any other trust because it takes-in all classes, it hits more people. They make such shoddy shoes. They are responsible for more sickness than all other things combined. In Qur latitude, the southern states, where we have such changeable weather, freez ing one day and very warm, maybe, the next, and always damp, with the shoes we can buy, we have wet feet all the time, consequently we are the greatest sufferers from pneumonia, colds, grippe and, in fact, everything that can be caused by cold, wet feet. Some might ask, "Why buy such shoes?" But how are the people to help it, when no good shoes are put on tho market? A pom laboring man will give the last two c.r threo dollars he has got, going to the banker to get 'the money, thereby placing hill? in the hands of the banking trust, for a pair of shoes for his wife, or daughter, or for himself to work in. They are gone in no time, in one or two months at most, and they did not keep tho feet dry while worn. Therefore he has sick ness in his family; maybe his life is . lost on -acount of shoddy shoes. Then he suffers lost time, medicine and doc tor bills, maybe death. That places him in the hands of "the coffin trust." He 'must bury his dead, or his family must bury him, as the case may be. They must buy a coffin. Therefore, as I see it, the shoe trust is the worst of any, for all others come in its wake. 'Then,, another thing: the shoe trust so controls things that It has squeezed out all the little-tanners in the country, who-used to make agood livjng. tan ning skins one-half "for the otheY, mak ing good leather, - and making good shoes, shoes that would keep the feet dry . for months before they ever "leaked." These men in our part of the country 'have been forced into the cotton field, therefore we make more cotton than we can sell at a profit, and spoiling a4good tanner who made an honest shoe. It seems to me there is no trust as bad, as hard to avoid, as the shoe trust. We must have shoes. They are a necessity. We cannot get around it. Our public utilities should be forced to conduct themselves so as- not to harm other people. The con stitution of the country says we shall be free to enjoy the fruits of our labor and in the pursuit of happi ness, but we are not free if we are forced' by such a corporation or trust to buy such necessary things of such worthless quality. If they make any good quality shoes they are shipped away to other countries. They are not put on our home market. You'll Know when you get the grip, but you won't know how it happened no one does. You won't care. You will be too miserable. But you will be intensely interested in how to get rid of it. How to stop those cold chills Irom chasing up and down the spine, tho incessant pains in the limbs and back, nausea, couching fits, sneezing, discharge from the eyes and nose, muscular pains, and that brain -wracking head ache. The best treatment known for this dreadful affliction is Dr. Miles' Nervine Dr. Miles' Nervine cures by building up the nervous system, and destroying the germs which poison tho blood. If taken when first symptoms appear is almost a sure preventive. 'I suffered several weeks with Grip, and nothing I took seemed to benefit me. I suffer ed almost death, until I tried Dr. Miles' Kestor atlve JNervlne, From the first day I felt better. It relieved my misery and pain, and gave mo an appetite, and in a few days I bad fully re-covered."-MRS. GEO. B. HALL, 149 Lee St., Jackson. Tenn. - l t .. . The first bottle will benefit, if not, the drug gist will return your money. B. M., Oleana, Champlain, N. Y. Like a majority of the readers of The Commoner, I have taken much interest in The Commoner's success and the principles it advocates. While I have not been able myself to do a great deal to assist its circulation, I rejo.ico in what has been acomplished by others and especially what was accomplished under General Weaver's plan. It proves what may be done by united ac tion. I would like to make another suggestion if it is not out of place. It is this: Why can't one or more true democrats in each ward or voting precinct in the United States send in to The Commoner office a list of twelve or more names of voters who are not subscribers or readers of Tho Commoner and who they honestly be lieve would be interested in the prin ciples it advocates, said list to be kept on file in The Commoner office and say one copy of The Commoner per month be sent to each name so listed. The names so listed oan be divided into four sections so that only one quarter of the names in each voting precinct or ward would be getting papers in any one week. If preferable the names can be sent in by the democratic coun ty, town or city committee. As to the expense of. printing and sending out such a large number of extra copies of The Commoner I expect The Com nioner management would be more than glad to meet us half way and as The Commoner is fighting the people's battles, they must do their part. Let's put, fellow democrats, our shoulders to the wheel and see if we cannot get The Commoner before the people in time to open their eyes before the next election. I think also, it would be a good plan whenever The Commoner readers are through with their papers that they mail or hand them to some one of their neighbors. If this were done by all The Commoner readers, it would do a world of good. W. M. Hunter, Zanesville, Ohio. It gives me new lease on life to see the sentiment of the people turning toward democracy. I have always insisted that their eyes would yet be opened, but have been repeatedly told that I was a subject fit for the insane asylum. Now, I want to give a helping hand from now until 1908 and know of no better way than to get more people to read The Commoner,- THE REFRESHMENT OF CHANGE A charming old lady who was so cially inclined, but who was kept rather closely at home by the pressure of many cares, used sometimes to ex claim, "I do just love to drink out of somebody else's teacups!" A fitting pendant to this agreeable anecdote is another of a little girl whose supper invariably consisted of bread and butter, milk and apple sauce a monotonous diet, of which she frequently complained. One day she was asked out to sup per at a neighbor's. At a late hour the hostess found that no apple sauce had been prepared for the little guest, so she sent one ofthe maids to the child's home for a supply. The little girl, on returning to her mother, was enthusiastic about the delightful visit, and particularly about the "beautiful supper," when she had been allowed to pour milk and cream for herself from the daintiest little pitchers. "And, oh, such good apple sauce, mamma, the best I ever tasted." Youth's Companion. THE OLD-FASHIONED PICNIC It Is of the essence of a regular old fashioned picnic that the variegated feast should he spread on the turf, and that all hands should taboo chairs and all other conveniences of civiliza tion. Disguise it as we may, tho cli max of picnic enjoyment Is In tho "feed," and when tho raid on tho lunch baskets is over interest In tho picnic begins to ooze away and the day is done. It l8 said that tho rol licking primitive games which once made the picnic a rod-letter occasion for youths and the old boys and girls are disappearing, and that the home made pics and cakes are being dis placed by tho mysterious creations of tho professional caterer. This Is not picnicking. It is merely dining in the woods. In searching Into tho antiquity of tho picnic it is discovered that It first came Into fouhlon in England In 1802. Tho word Is traceable, howovcr, far beyond this dato to Franco and Italy. A dolver In antique lore nays that on gravings of tho Italians of tho Middlo Ages Indicate tho frequoncy of all fresco banquets, and wo are taught that such amusements In France wero called "plquo-nlquoB," and It Is fair to Infer that the oxpresslon is a Gal licized one from an Italian phrase of tho samo signification. The picnic is probably an inheritance from date less antiquity from Eden. Public Ledger. be Omaha WorldfitrM ABLY EDITED. NEWSY. DEMOCRATIC. OUR SPECIAL OFFER The Commoner and OftTU M OK World Herald (Semi-wiekly) DUIIl OliZJ Send Subscriptions NOW to THE COMMONER LINCOLN, 9 NEBRASKA JUST WHAT YOU WANT THE PLATFORM TEXT BOOK Brimpul of Political Information Brouout "Down to Datk." 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