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The Commoner.
JULY 27, 1908
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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
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