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DECEMBXR. 1, IfH
monthi later had nothing except a
chance to walk from New York to
Duluth on the ties' the steel com
mittee held an executive session.
Previously Chairman Stanley had an
nounced that Mr. Rockefeller and
Mr. Gates would he given an op
portunity to bo heard.
The democratic national com
mittee hag been called to meet in
Washington January 8th. It will
then fix the time and place for hold
ing the national convention.
u.?g2, ,Carpenter' In the federal
court, Chicago, granted the packers
delay until December 6th, In order
that they might get their case be
fore the supreme court
Friends of Banker Morse, now in
the Atlanta penitentiary, are trying
to have him paroled.
A fifty per cent decrease in deser
tions from the army is reported by
the adjutant general.
Chief Justice White refused to
grant a stay in the trial of the Chi
cago beef packers, but referred the
application to the entire bench. The
attorneys for the packers expressed
the opinion that rhA 1nwr nnrf
would now, on its own motion, grant
the postponement.
The Commoner.
the committee. He expressed confi
dence that he will bo sustained and
has planned to continue the inquiry,
despite the government suit. The
argument will bo made on behalf of
the committee that the mere bring
ing of a suit by the executive branch
of the government will not assure a
remedy for alleged evils of the steel
trust and the American Tobacco com
pany dissolution suits and its re
sults will be cited as an example.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
An open fight in the house of repre
sentatives between Representative A.
.'Stanley of Kentucky, chairman of
the "house special committee of in
quiry into the United States Steel
corporation, and Representative Mar
tin W. Littleton of New York, a
democratic member of the committee,
was assured "when Chairman Stan
ley declared he would appeal to the
house V6 force Littleton's resigna
tion from the committee. The fight,
certain to be precipitated soon after
the house convenes, will determine
the future course of the steel com
mittee. ., The committee adjourned indefi
nitely, following the sensational tes
timony of the Merritt brothers of
, Duluth regarding their loss of mil
lions Jn ore land and railroad proper
ties" to John D. Rockefeller. This was
done because Chairman Stanley was
powerless to enforce a continuance
of the hearings under objections filed
by attorneys for the United States
Steel corporation that that corpora
tion is now a defendant in a federal
suit for violation of the Sherman
anti-trust law.
In considering the point raised by
these counsel, Representative Little
ton took the position that nothing
further should be done by the com
mittee until the house had been con
sulted. Voting against Mr. Littleton
were Chairman Stanley and Repre
sentatives McGIllicuddy of Maine and
Beall of Texas, the only other demo
crats present. The republican mem
bers present Gardner of Massachu
setts and Danforth of New York
voted with Littleton. Representative
Bartlett, the fifth democratic mem
ber, is ill at his home in Georgia,
and probably will be unable to ap
pear next month. Representatives
Young of Michigan and Sterling of
Illinois, the absent republican mem
bers, are not expected here until
later. .
Mr. Littleton, who left the sessions
of the committee, has broken openly
with Chairman Stanley and will
carry the question as to the future
of the committee to the house. Mr.
Stanley, after a conference with
"Messrs. Beall and McGIllicuddy, de
cided to make the question a party
faaiiA n-nfl hfi Will Call Upon the
democratic 'majority to sustain him I
'ih - opposition to Littleton and to .
force the latter's resignation from
AN ANCIENT "MUCK-RAKER"
The International Sunday School
lesson for Aug. 6 was "Jcreiniah
Tried and Acquitted." Jer. 26.
An Old Testament "muck-raker"
so his enemies might have termed
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. The
red blood of the brave coursed
through Jeremiah's veins. He daTed
all dangers for his country's sake.
All the scorn that has been heaped
upon the head of the modern "muck
raker," as some have chosen to call
the men and women who tell the
hard and unlovely truth about their
own times, waB first endured by this
ancient prophet.
The pendulum of Judah's history
had swung the other way after the
death of the godly King Josiah. He
himself had been guilty of a grave
political blunder in espousing the
cause of Assyria, in the conflict be
tween that power and Egypt. In the
ripeness of his powers, Josiah was
slain fn battle. The result was that
an Egyptian puppet was placed upon
the throne. King Jeholakim, who
naturally turned to the fashions of
the powerful neighbor to whom he
owed his position. Thus the old, old
curse of Idolatry came back into the
lan'd, and the reforms of Josiah were
largely undone.
This ability to appraise aright' the
conditions of his own time is what
makes the prophet. It was Jere
miah's characteristic. Self-analysis
is necessary to self-cleansing. We
must know our own day ere we can
better it. That is why the need is
great and ever greater for more pro
phets with patriotic eyes. We need
a new race of poets, filled with na
tional spirit. The lack of poems,
paintings and sculptures, and of mu
sic also, truly embodying the spirit of
this new western democracy, and its
providential place in the economy of
nations, Is really remarkable. Where
are our cheerful Jeremiahs?
The lesson is a story of plots
and enemies. The prophet's foes
were athirst for his life. They did
not like his tidings, and so they
thought to silence his voice. That
is an old fashion which has not yet
gone out of vogue. To crush the
man whose message makes you
squirm to drive him from his pul
pit if he is a preacher, to buy out
his paper or magazine if he is an
editor, to defeat him at election if
he holds public office this Is a
modern method which Is as old as
Jeremiah's time. Only the rare per
son can refrain from regarding as
an enemy the man who speaks a
truth which touches him uncomfort
ably. One strange fact about enemies
which every reformer needs to bear
always in mind Is that good men
may oppose the good. Sometimes a
righteous man's foes will be they of
his own household of faith. Noblemen
will, from motives which appear in
scrutable, espouse the side which is
opposed to light and progress. The
priests were among Jefemiah's ene
mies. To be progressive and un
conventional is to be misunderstood.
Not only the children of darkness,
but also the dwellers in the twilight,
will oppose the heralds of the bet
ter day.
The men whose ears have been
open to any great word of God cares
as little for men's praise as for their
blame. Jeremiah feared not the
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face of man, because ho had looked
Into tho face of God. His mosungcB
wcro not sweet and soft tickling hia
hearor's ears. He spoke of dread
judgment to come upon tho apostate
nation. Becauao he foretold tho
destruction of Jerusalem tho blind
and erring leaders of his day, pur
veyors to and profltcrs from the na
tion's sin, thought to destroy him.
Silencing tho bell buoy docs not re
move tho rocks; but that fatuous
error is one common to nil enemies
of tho truth. So they set about tho
death of tho fearless Jeremiah.
As if ho cared! William T. Bills.
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this afternoon? My grandfather Ib
dead."
Mr. Quinn "I don't see how with
your small salary you can afford to go
to see so many ball games."
Boy "That's right. I can't either.
I ought to have moro salary." Now
York Evening Mail.
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A Mart-clour llookleti latent Hcluntlfl
fnctH about oartliquakcn, tho hereafter
and many Ufa problonm. 81, poMtpnld.
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Jtcim no nutl nirrn to tny. Wiiitk Now Toia.t.
Dr. CAKHADAY, 17 Park Square, Stdalla, Me.
PROSPERITY AWAITS YOU!
WHERE?
SEE REMARKS OF MEN OF NATIONAL IMPUTATION:
Speaker Chump CJurk says: "Go South Young Man! Go South
and Grow up with the Country." He should have added, "Tho
Opportunity Of your Fathers was in tho West, but Your Opportunity
is in the Gulf Coast Country of Texas."
Commissioner of Agriculture of Texas, Hon. E. It. Kone, says of it:
"There Is no other area of similar slzo on Earth where conditions
are so favorable for general farming and stork raising. A Proven
Field that Needs Only to be Worked to YiMd Those Who May Labor
in it the Highest and Richest Rewards of Effort."
FOR LESS THAN HALF VALUE
Choice Lands are being offered by our Company for less than half
their productive value less than half the price of lands in the
Middle West less than half the price they should command today t
For the larger farmer, or thoso having money to invest for operat
ing in a larger way, our general farming lands near SUBURBAN
GARDENS, within easy driving distance of The Great Market City
of Houston, or our Famous Black Land medium sized farms in the
ROSBOROUGII and DcLEON RANCHES, afford your best oppor
tunity for securing rich farm land which will make you a splendid
home, the production of which should soon swell your hank account,
and the rise in value should make you rich. If you have only a
little cash, buy on onr monthly savings plan BUY SUBURBAN
GARDENS near Houston, tho "Chicago of tho South."
LOCATION AND CLIMATE
The geographical location and delightful climate excels California;
near railroads, splendid schools and churches, rapidly growing
towns, with rural telephones and mail delivery.
SOIL PRODUCTION
Tho soil production Is wonderful two or three crop combinations
per year being possible. Our soil produces all Northern crops In addi
tion to many more valuable crops native to the South. Our lands raise:
CORN and OATS equal to Iowa or Illinois.
ALFALFA more cuttings per year than Kansas or Nebraska.
TWO CROPS OF POTATOES and all kinds of Vegetables at all
times of the year.
COTTON, SUGAR CANE, RICE, ORANGES, FIGS and other wealth
producers impossible to the North.
"SEEING IS BELIEVING"
We Invite Cloert Inspection SmSSwrouiTSinni
DENCE, tho INVESTMENT OF YOUR SAVINGS, and a VALUE OF
DOUBLE THE PRESENT PRICE.
Write immediately for full information. BETTER STILL:
Join onr HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSION from tho North,
leaving Kansas City and St. Louis the first and third Tuesdays
of each month.
Allison-Rjchey
Land Company
CARTER BLDG.,
Houston, Texas
WAINWRIGHT BLDG.,
St. Louis, Mo,
UNION DEPOT,
Kansas City, Mo.
AIIison-Rfchey Land Co.
Houston, Texas.
1911
Please send me, without obliga
tion on my part, your Gulf Coast
Farm Land Booklet advertised in
The Commoner. Signed:
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