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NOVEMBER, 1915
treatment of the sailor under tho
navigation laws of most of the na
' tions of the earth are, so far as I
havo been ablo to study them, has
always made me wonder why as many
men choose a seafaring life as do;
second, the question of a trained
naval reserve. It is just as essential,
as I said before, if we are to have a
naval reserve, that wo shall have
trained American seamen as it is to
have the vessels themselves.
If we lower the standards for the
American, seamen by changing our
navigation laws as private capital de
mands, or, at least, as I understand
it demands, and put the American
seamen on a parity with Asiatic and
European seamen, then it will be im
possible to induce Americans to adopt
a seafaring life. Our merchant ma
rine would in that event be manned
by Asiatics and a heterogeneous col
lection of all the races of the world.
They would have no American na
tional spirit and could rtot be depend
ed upon to "fight for our flag in case
of war. '
But even if the navigation laws'
are changed to? suit private capital,
and even if subsidies Tor subventions
are granted, where can you get the
The Commoner
guarantee or aHRnrnnnn , ,... .
M Zl! .u1,rS!
---... u,uui immediately to do the
Job so imperatively dfimnn?i7i S!
SALE OF UNAMiOTTED LANDS
and Surface of Segregated Coal and'
Asphalt Xrnnd Area Belonging to
the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Tribes', Eastern Oklahoma
,' By the
UNITED ' STATES. GOVERNMENT
Thoro will be sold, at pifbllc auction to tho hlghes
bidder ntdllTorcut' railroad points In Iho Choctaw1
and Chickasaw jjaiioifs in eastern Oklahoma, from
January 3, 1910, ;to Joauary 31. J9IG. inclusive. 31,700
nerwofijnnlloHedlandsahdlM.EOfiftcrcsofthesurracQ
of tho segregated conl and asphalt lauds boloiipinfrto
tne unociaw ana unicKfl,miw tribes or Indians, at not
less thnn tho appraised value, No person can viir-
chase moro than lO acres of agricultural Iaud.urof
iuoro tbajj.fvlftapresi.olraplpL' Jnpd,,:UesJrtqnc,qnj
land not required,. Bids can. bo submitted in person
or by mail. accompantcU by a certified check or
bank draft for ?5 por cput of tho amount nf tho bjd.
Terms on sale qf surface of coal and asphalt lands 25
per cont cash, 25 percent within one year, and bal
ance within two years from dato of salo; and terms
of silo orunaIlottodlan.di'25 per cont In cash atUmo
oriln and balance in threo equal annual Install-'
incuts of 2 per pontcacb, payable In ono, two and
three years from dato or sale: all deferred payments
the surfaco ol tho segregated coal and asphalt land
aicu will bo sold, the .coal and asphalt underlying
bela,' reserved, oxcept whero tho descnptlvo clrcu
lar states that tho coal and asphalt underlying will
be sold with tho surface. Tho entire estate In the
unallotted lands will Uosold without reservation;.
Where houses or othor valuablo improvements, not
including fencing nnd tlllayoi are located on tla
suraco ol tho coal nnd asphalt lands, tho samo will
bo sold with tho land at pot loss than tho corabluod.
appraised value, improvements to "bopald for fix'
fullattlino-ofsaln'. Tho right Is reserved to reject)
any and all bids. For maps and full printed Inform
ation, comlnunlcato with tho Suporlntondent for
?m,-i'e Civilized Tribes, Mpskngco, Oklahoma,
OATO SELLS. Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
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OP THE MOST PRACTICAL
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, PRINT TOAYj
Goffo's "Problems in Eetail
Celling Analyzed,' f
Holman's "Ginger Talks." ,. ;
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Tho "Art of Selling,' carries. 50 spd
ciaiizea lesBons .for ?non and wpmen
?angascd Jn Specralty Salesmanship. ,Jt
la written in Mr. Sheldon's best vein. It
touches upon the application of tho Scl
?"eB of Salesmanship, Business Build
?.' and ot Service. Price, post-paid
any address, $2.08. brder from Tl$
DiNillesM pi,iIoB6iherr AJrca, Lake Ho.',
Illinois. lP
Holman's "Ginger Talks," wore writ
Wnii y ,a2 Associate. OVtanaffer of Tho
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fna rkle and inspire. They HELP sell
r,4,ieooda on the road." Price, post
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A,?,anQ'M!ProhJini RctnH ScIlUs
ami e,1 aPPealq to -retail .proprietors
a m,nanage,rs especially. It is used as
book .ln h,ousi.cla9Se$. I s a text"
contLf0r,sa?es-forcea'fen masse. Tho
cniiTPi"",?0' 89 evary day problems
thov m?,?fL- ANALYZED o that
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t y,Lrlce' 'npst-aia any addreBa,
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" ColffiS,?" Pkllo"Pke Area,
naval preparednp n,i r- .," ..or
HS?". ourcommorVr No S
0"l""ulc,; ur assurance can bo ro
cured. I think it will be agreed that
even after such changes were nude
Private capital in this country would
have to he educated to them; that it
would come slowly to realize that the
rL7Gu ?ufflciently advantageous
to suit it; that even then shipping
ventures would bo entered upon in a
small and hesitating way for a long
time, and that the ultimate develop
ment of a merchant marine, through
the medium of private capital, would
he slow and timorous at best.
We are confronted by a situation
which, because of its very necessities,
demands prompt and vigorous treat
ment by some agency strong enough,
financially, and otherwise, to he ef
fective. Think of our present onnnr-
tunity, even disregarding necessities.
anaii we or npt grasp tho mar
velous -opportunity we now have
to extend our trade throughout the
world? This opportunity will not
watt. Already we have lost invalu
able .time; we have lost ground we
can never recover. We must, move
swiftly if we are going to take the
place in, , the, World's, .markets which
(aome pf, our' leading 'industrial com
petitors have been forced to abandon.
If we do Jt now, we can establish our
selves so firmly that we can not be
dislodged upon the return of peace.
... Opportunity is never worth any
thing to tho timid or the hesitating.
It is to the strong 'and courageous
and, swift that opportunity counts.
Shalf we.' sleep while the opportunity
tp be the d6mfnant financial and In
dustrial power of the world, with all
t off fts 'great p' moral' potentialities,' Is
! trying" to) 'force- itself Into oiir indif
ferent grasn, or shall we, with the
courage, decision, enterprise and vi
sion which characterized our ances
tors, seize this, marvelous opportunity
and make Anierica, a permanent, vi
tal and irresistible force for the wel
fare of humanity and' the progress of
civilization?
This is what i'wjn mean to the fu
ture of our countryj.and to the part it'
must play in the.wofld'd history, if we
haye the vision, Ithq courage and the
j imagination to gq qhead.
an. Alabama is for peace and for a
Policy of peaco distinctly and unmis
takably. The Birmingham (Ala)
Ledger.
ONE OF
THK FOUR
GREATEST
OF OUR
America has four very great cit
izens in priv'e life. Two of them
have sserved in high positions and
have reaped the presidency and re
tired.. Another has done great work
as a railroad b.ujlder and developer,
becoming Immensely rich by bene
fiting thousands.,' The fourth has
filled as rge replace in the public
mind as either nd has sat in con
gress, has commanded a regiment and
has directed fhe foreign policy of the
nation at the cabinet table. Mr.
Brrin will drr.W 'an immense audi
ence, as one of ttie great American
citizens', aSeader and instructor. Bir
mingham has heird r- Brya;n sev"
eral times and always crowds any
hall to hear his words.
There is no 'antagonism between
Mr.' Bryan and tti$ president. There
is no antacronisra'between him and
any Teat number '6f people, for both
the great politicaf.riarties have adopt-,
efl-ny of the. icle&s promulgated 1
Mr'rtBry'rfn during his long and re-mafka-blo
political' career.
7. timr mfin have become great
by 'pre ntlns ideas to the public. He.
,'-,', -u haawi n an advocate or;
peace because peace is best for Amer-
IC Is an Honor "to' Have one of the
.riVnk men of the. age, with ud and.
Fo hear his words of advice, 'i Here
to Birmingham welcomes Mr. Bry-
The Giant Stirs
From the Johnstown (Pa.) Demo
crat. Thus far 'there has boon little ac
tivity on tho part of the antl-millr
tarists in combating the preparedness
program. Apparently they bad ac
cepted the declarations of President
Wilson in his Inst annual messugo aa
an assuranco that Jingo oxcltemont
was not to sway tho administration
in its attitude toward militaristic ag
grandizement. But recent developments show
that what was (Jonaidorud an fan! iihMp
when Mr. Hobson was advocating it
aim was dismissed with a smile, hatr
become a serious factor In tho affairs
of tho day. Unless checked by a pop
ular uprising in ddtermincd protest
It will dominato congress at tho com
ing session and forco It into an ac
tion which would havo been deemed
impossible less than twclvo months
ago.
While the anti-militarists have been
inactlvo and apparently unsuspect
ing, the proponents of preparedness
havo been thoroughly alive and enor
mously busy. They havo organized
with care and with amazing celerity.
Ip a hundred or perhaps a thousand
ways they havo wrought upon tho
imagination of the people until thou
sands have com,e to believe that tho
United States stands face to face with
some, unnamed foe The demand for
"preparedness" has therefore found
a response in many quarters whero It
would havo been rejected with scorn
and derision wheu this sinister cam
paign was begun.
Whether this demand is to prevail
or not depends upon what the sober
conscience of the country shall do
during the next few months toward
clarifying tho air and revealing tho
truo inwardness of an agitation
which has strangely brought to its
support practically every great In
terest in tho United States immedi
ately or indirectly concerned in the
profits which "preparedness" Is cer-
tain to pour into private coffers. If
the anti-militarists shall do no moro
than they have been doing in tho way
of a. counter agitation the "prepared
ness" program will go through like
a hot knife through (butter.
Happily, however, the antimill
tarists seem to lo arousing them
selves to the gravity of the situation
and to the obligation -which rests up
on them to interverie In behalf of
sanity and the higher patriotism
which fears less the imaginary foe
without who is represented as covet
ing our territory than the very real
foo within who makes no conceal
ment of his purpose to subvert the
principles of the republic and to com
mit it to a policy that would under
mine our most cherished Institutions
and threaten tho liberties we hold
most dear.
, All over the country the anti-militarist
forces are shaking off the leth
argy which has held them and their
plans are taking form. The friends
of peace are bestirring themselves
with a full sense 6f what is before
them and with a determination that
"nrmviredness" must at least sub
mit specifications before it shall be
lent the endorsement It is demand
ing. These specifications have thus
far been carefully withheld. But
before hundreds of millions are
handed over to tho munitions makers
more definite information regarding
the dangers confronting the country
will bo demanded Ty the people who
are to foot the bills.
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SuDscrlbcr' JWtril$i8 Depf.
Thin department In for tho honoflt of
Commoner uubkcrtbcr. nnd a npcclal
rnto of lx cuntn a word pr Insertion
-tho lowont ruto ha hott) made fop
tncm. Address nil communications to
Tho Commoner. Lincoln. Npbrrtwka
'.RCZUMA Sl'JSCIPJC Will abnolutely
euro oexoma, nait rlioum, barbrrw
Itch nnd other uhlh dlnritHrii. Bent by'
mnll. $1.60. Send for recommendation.
Almlclov'n Pharmacy. Coopcmtown.,
North Dakota.
3HA Aero ranch, coat $15,00. will rI
-,uv fOP $10. OOn- 30 nnri.u nt .pntmr.1
and borrlen; plonty of wntvr. Uox 141.
uuiumoin, jnj.
AQJ5NTS ANYWIIBHIS IN U. ft. wrlto
r7 , ,t,od,iy fo our prollt-HharlnK plan.
JUIddlc-nKfM Mien preferred, exporlenco
unneocjiMary. Illir money maklnk Opportunity.--
Pacific KurHory Co., Dept.
A.. iltnlPrt-KfLrrmit mlt? DnrMnml
Oroflron.
1720 Colorado
IIoufoVArd
Denver, Colo.
WAftTlsn to hear from awnoi"of farm
or fruit ranch for Hale. O. O. MattMon,
135 Andrun Uldtf., Minneapolis Minn.
rihEGlMIK.
SMITH,
W.SMTH Grubber .Co
ttALOGFHEE-DM. o LA CRESCENT. tmC
I tie Uniform I3lrc(rlc Itn ANorllnn
, pa'i.,'cd. to "B'tto for rates for
PUlilto borvlco current bawed on th
principle of "Cont of tho Service."
Icchnlcnl pamphlotfl JncludlpK K'Rftl
opinion of U D. UrandolB will bo nent
froo on requoat. Hor 8W, T4ivA, OhlH.
RHEUMATISM
CURED
au,T. ia,!!,r ..ei,a n,,y KboumnlMm ftifffrer i
ri!?il,.,ilArb ,,,;l' Abnoliitcly ytt-a that will
hSSStl ,1,5,l"n" to a ikmIUvo !i;laltity. l
ESSV.i "W'lf". rrt Hiry found relioi iroto. ibdr
miTOrm by inkinir IIjcm timult herbs. It eiirM
i?J ?,ft,0V0"Jtflclrr mru-ciilnr nnl lnflrttomft'
2l?jyTmnVtu. u 8,, imlwliiwi HrJatlcn nnd'
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ciiMlilpritarjod-Saiiilaltoryou liavoput ft t tfl
lent, ihcri Jji nothing inlurlous contnliii'il lolt
arai you ran mjo lor yonroirxfwlly wliatyotinr
Inkinir. I will cladly nciici till Itcdx aliwliituly
fii" ".,"y:n"rrrMbowlll jiond nauieri(loU-.
orcv. if convfijiUmt, fnriooo a iwoctmlilamf),
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