mHir, . i The Commoner VOL; 14, NO. 3 zO .11 HI I 111 I I I ! -I dKPKE nVratvkr'l VV Thinking men and women have made Welch's "The National Drink" OCTOBER'S ripest, richest Concord grapes yield their pure, purple juice to Welch's and make the drink that radiates good cheer, good health; that invigorates but does not stimulate. From a humble start in 1869, when Dr. T. B. Welch "put up" a dozen bottles of "unfermented wine" as it was then called, the present grape juice industry has developed. We make but the one thing and have but the one brand. Welch's is absolutely pure and unfermented. The process is clean and auick, the freshly pressed juice is immediately sterilized and hermetically sealed in glass. Nothing is added. Of course Welch's complies with all pure food laws. Do more than ask for ''Grape Juice" -say WELCH'S and GET IT! On request, and if you will mention The Commoner, we will send you a splendid book of household recipes, suggesting many uses of Welch's. If you cannot get Welch's from your dealer, we will ship a trial dozen pints, express prepaid east of Omaha for $3.00. Sample 4'ounce bottle 1 0c. The Welch Grape Juice Company, Westfield, New York .r Jl il j THE BUSINESS "BOOM" , An editorial which appeared in the Now York Herald of February 13, created much comment in Washing ton. On request of Senator Simmons of North Carolina it was read before the senate and again read in the house by Representative Hardwlck of Georgia. It was in part as follows: "In this country, in spite of croak ers, the upward movement of Ameri can securities continues steadily. This steadiness is a most encourag ing feature. The improvement in Wall street is no more flash in the pan. On the contrary, it is continu ous, irresistible and general. It is based on the increasing prosperity of our business conditions all around, to which the Horald has repeatedly called attention. "A few disappointed speculators and disgruntlod politicians have ihown a dispositon to cavil at the Herald's optimistic reports, and, as might be expected, the bears remain as active as over, and, like wolves in hard winter, are more than usually ntorprlsing in their campaigns. "But the public refuses to bo in timidated by either bear raiders or politipal croakers, and improvement in every department of American business activity continues unabated. "Workshops all over the country are returning to full time conditions. The latest monthly report of the United States Steel corporation shows that the unfilled orders on the books at the end of January amounted to i,oi4,uuu tons, an increase of 332, 000 tons as compared with the un filled orders on the books at the be ginning of the yoar. Indications that such satisfactory conditions are im proving still further is contained in the fact that while the daily average of orders booked in January amount ed to 40,000 tons the dailv average since the beginning of February has increased to 50,000 tons. "Big manufacturing concerns are assured of working to the full extent of their capacity for two and in some cases four months. The railways the country's business barometer! also show that a great development of traffic is at hand by the extensive measures they are taking to increase their supply of rolling stock. "Anqther detail of great signifi cance is the enormous trade balance .. - f fMe nmintrV that is dis closed in the official report just issued for the six months ending De cember 31. It shows an increase as compared with the same period of 1912 of $38,401,934, or a little more than 10 per cent. It is noteworthy also that this increase is not due to greater export of foodstuffs, but to greater exports of manufactured articles. This indicates not on great industrial activity at home but also " the steady development of American market abroad. "Still another indication of the business prosperity now existing in this country is the general .advance of American securities. Since the be ginning of the year this movement has been gaining strength, and al most without exception securities to day stand from 5 to 7 points higher than at the end of December. "Improvement, in. fact, reveals itself in every branch of industry and commerce, and the boom is only just beginning." Illl' I WILSON, THE TIE THAT BINDS President Wilson stated specific ally the confidence and affectionate admiration that he and others or the administration feel for Mr. Bryan. It was a gracious tribute. It was par ticularly a happy tribute because its words have been so abundantly an ticipated by the acts and the "atnio sphere" of this administration. And what the president says of the secretary of state the entire country will immediately apply to practically all of the group who, with Mr. Wil son, are giving such a notably effi cient and harmonious administration. These two adjectives go together and explain one another. The coun try is getting the benefit of efficiency that comes from harmony of purpose and of performance. Mr. Bryan will certainly not deem it ungracious that comment on the president's deserved tribute to him shbuld be turned to comment also on the remarkable personality which from the White House must exert the influence of harmony, must furnish the incentive to united efficiency. The "togetherness" of this admin istration has been its dominant char acteristic. And only a dominating personality which (at the same time that it dominates) does inspire per sonal liking and personal trust can achieve such a result. The fine serv ice the nation has received in the past year has been most distinctively an administrative service. For, aside from the definitely administrative acts that have served it, the leader ship of legislation has had admin istrative source and direction. Even jealous legislative spokesmen, even the heads of opposition groups have acknowledged by deed and often by words the tactful, masterful leader ship of the executive. Surely, in union there is strength One can use the president's felicitous expressions and sav of hi? u-bni m cial family that it seems to be bound together by ties of confidence and af fectionate admiration. And that feel ing that binds it into such an effec tive instrument of service is more and more inspiring a like feeling for it among all the people of the United States. Kansas City Star delphia and elsewhere that woolen manufacturers are having something like a' boom. They were in the most doleful of anticipatory dumps when the tariff bill was pending, but now seem to be discovering that their fears, in so. far as they were not feigned, were groundless. They even talk bravely about not only holding the domestic market, but selling manufactures of wool abroad! Free wool with lowered duties on finished goods was a monster of frightful mein a year ago, but soon we may see even the American Woolen Co. embracing it. THE MONEY BlAKKET "Two months ago," one of Iowa's most successful manufacturers said yesterday, "1 was losing sleep won dering where I was going to get money enough to meet my bills and my $11,000 weekly pay roll. "Now hardly a day passes but some banker calls me to. the phone to offer all the money I want at 4 1-2 per cent." A local banker last week was asked to take Minneapolis ware house receipts at 3.75. He took them at four. Chicago brokers are offer ing only 4 per cent for the best paper. The Iowa manufacturer, who has made a close study of it, attributes the changed situation to the currency bill. "It has," he said, "literally freed business by opening up the .channels of money. It is one of the greatest boons that ever blessed the country." Cheap money means enlarged in dustry, increased activities in every line, prosperity generally. Dubuque (la.) Telegraph-Herald. The man who can control his ap petites is the master of human destinies. not a MmAcLE . . .. Just Plain Cause and Effect. HOW FREE WOOL LOOKS NOW New York Evening Post, Ind.: Ex Congressman Hill of Connecticut was one of the leading prophets of dis- Ther li thG Ynderwood tariff. The dispatches informed us, how- SJnS t few diys ag0 that Ws own mills are now busier than they have mi? in a l0ng tlme' pbably Mr Hill has no personal objection to prosperity thus alighting upon Ufa ? uea?' splte the fact that It falsifies his predictions. But even more notable is the news from pfS There are some quite remarkable things happening every day, which seem almost miraculous. Some persons would not believe that a man could suffer from cnttpp. drinking so severely as to cause spells of unconsciousness. And to find relief in changing from coffee to Postum is well worth recording. "I used to be a great coffee drinker, so much so that it was killing me by inches. My. heart became so weak I would fall and lie unconscious for an hour at a time. "My friends, and even the doctor, told me it 7as drinking coffee that caused the trouble. I would not be lieve it, and still drank coffee until I could not leave my room. "Then my doctor, who drinks Postum himself, persuaded me to stop coffee and try Postum. After much hesitation I concluded to tiy it. That was eight months ago. Since then I have had but few of those spells, none for more than four months. "I feel better, sleep better and am better every way. I now drink noth ing but Postum and touch no coffee, and as I am seven, years of age all ray friends think the improvement quite remarkable." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Write for a copy of the famous little book, "The Road to Wellville." Postum now comes in two forms: Kogulnr Postum must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum is a soluble pow der, A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In a cup ofhot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious bever age instantly. 30o and R0r Una. The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same. "There's a Reason" for Postum. sold by Grocers. . . -tEu