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Rome, Alaska, February 14, 1910.
Tho memory of Lincoln serves
more than anything else to remind
America how fortunato was this
country in having a man like him at
a critical moment of its history.
During that time American insti
tutions and American men wore put
to one of the severest tests that it
is possible that nations should ex
perience, and that the country Bur
vived the ordeal so well was doubt
less due in no small way to Lin
coln's greatness.
That it would have survived the
ordeal whether such as he existed
or not is very certain. With abund
ant resources and determined man
and woman, tho result could not bo
doubted. That all the best did sui
vivo may well be questioned; that
so much of it did was due in a
groat way to Lincoln. But after all
what does the survival of the attest
signify but that those that did so
wore best fitted to p-olong existence
l oth as men and as things. To con
elude therefore that survival is f.
test of value, or ci real eiticlcncv
is nonsense. We lose much that is
invaluable which historical circum
stances destroy, and which is ine
vitable even in the journey towards
better tilings.
Conditions working slowly in the
process of evolution eliminate many
things which can ill be spared, ana
from time to time it has been a
historical fact that many splendid
institutions and many unexcelled
ideas had to fall by tho wayside
because unsuited to the times and
for that reason unable to prolong
an ephemeral existence.
But no man can teii what might
have been the result had the bitter
question involved In the struggle
between the northern and southern
states been amicably or peaceably
solved. We do not Know even if
they could have been peaceably
solved. Men and great men tried to
solve the questions peacefully aim
they lost both name and fame in do
ing so.
Withal wre can safely say that tho
loss of so many strong and active
ir.on on both sides, men so mentally
:.lert and so perfectly adapted to t'n •
reproduction of si ari<1
intelligent posterity is a loss that
not a nation can endure without
somewhat dire consequences, and
we can further feel satisfied that
even the ideal which they leave be
hind to cheer men of later ages in
their struggles, to embolden them in
their efforts, is no compensation for
the extinction of that human factoi
in a nation’s story that has perish d
upon the battlefield.
The abolition of chattel slavery
and the increased power of the fed
eral government are the very dis
tiuct Results above all others which
the Civil War has left behind. About
the former there Is an almost un
animous opinion, but about the lat
ter there is still considerable dispute
even if mostly of an academic na
ture.
The real struggle for abolition of
chattel slavery began long before
the Civil War. In fact tho Civil
War was merely tho admission by
history that it had become inevit
able.
It began when the er.rly aboil
tionints wore the voices of the few
and who insisted that they be
heard.
It began, the very reality of the
struggle, tho uphill and toilsome
and thankless struggle, when the
early abilitionists were mobbed in
Boston and lynched in Illinois; when
the north was as bitterly opposed to
those agitators as was the south,
and the churches in every sectiou
denounced them ns seditious dis
turbers of the public peaco, treason
able agitators against tho public se
curity. It began when the abolition
ist was scoffed at and bated by
every one, regarded as a montai
pariah and one to bo suppressed at
all costs much as the members n|
teh Industrial Workers of the Worll
are regarded by society today when
advocating the industrial emancipa
tion of the masses.
The work that these men did was
above all the most difficult. It re
quired enormous self sacrifice, tre
mendous moral courage and a vigor
ous persistency. It Is very doubtful
whether their agitation would, have
borne fruit at all wore it not that
economic questions of considerable
importance left tho northern ann
southern states in direct antagonism
as to governmental policies and gov
ernment ideals. The struggle was
not the struggle of idealists against
materialists In the civil war by any
means, as after its conclusion and
during the reconstruction period is
clearly shown, and the north,
supreme In its economic and politi
cal supremacy, treated the sopth
with all the severity of the tri
umphant over the conquered.
The great tragedy that overtook
the country was the assassination of
Lincoln. After the Civil War his
presence waS more essential to the
restoration of normal conditions
than ever, and the blow tiiat was
struck in the theater with the as
sassin's bullet, penetrated tlu
heart of the south even when it
laid Lincoln low.
Without his extraordinarily strong
and simple but unbending force ot
character to curb the rapacity of the
multitudious powers that during the
war he had in no small way re
pressed, these were let loose to
plague and harrass a country al
ready exceedingly stricken, and to
bleed a country already white with
bloodless exhaustion.
Without a Lincoln the war had
.been probably pressed to just as suc
cessful a conclusion, but the real
loss to the country and especially
to the south was the lack of a Lin
coln in the presidential chair during
the reconstruction period.
In the north the forces which
since have ruled the economic and
financial world with unchallenged
control had then arisen with all
their unchallenged might. The pa
rasitic servants that had helped
such forces to predominance were
now turned upon the south, and like
vultures upon the battlefield had
swooped down to devour where a
more merciful and a mort decent
soldiery had spared. The cruelties
of war do not begin nor do they end
on the battlefield.
The ferocity of the rapacious non
combatant who sees in war merely
the neans of replenishing his own
sateless maw is the real embodi
ment of cruelty that is to be dread
ed
Supported by no ideals, nerved
by no sentiment, but as ruthless and
as pitiless, as cold blooded and in
different to suffering as a bird
of prey pouncing upon Its victim,
these are the elements in our social
lile who have made war the he.il u
is and the aftermath of war ’lit
abomination that it has ever been to
the conquered.
When the soldier's sworl Is
sheathed and the war’s alarum pas
ses away, then are the furies un
loosed and the vultures gorge upon
the rtricken that are left behind
It is thon that a man is needed 01
a nation with united purpose tc
heal and be healed, to withstanc
the predatory ones that care for nr
fine purposes and possess no ’ogarc
for anything other than their owi
profit.
In an open letter to his employee
John D. Rockefeller Junior sal'
that success In life consisted In do
ing the common things uncommon 1;
well.
It la all right to put ever a pla
tltude like that providing thoae wh<
rdcelve it will accept it wlthou
thinking.
Success in life, and there's non
knows it better than the family o
John D’s, consists in doing the com
mon or uncommon things of lift
profitably.
The man who does things woll ii
not the successful man. Not oi
your tin type. The successful mar
in life is the man who makes pro
fits. No common laborer in thi
plants of The Colorado Fuel anr
Iron Co. is going to take John D i
place do he his tasks never so well
But there is nothing to be lost lr
persuading the men who work foi
him that everyone of them maj
some day be managers. That’s thi
way to thlike permanent underlings
Napoleon persuaded every pool
soldier that he carried in his knap
sack a marshal's baton, and the po
liticians when in a particular^
rough section of the campaign roac
scatter promises of marshal’s stari
promiscuously.
But that’s an old gag long since
played out. We all know the Sun
day school boy that never did any
thing wrong that becomes rich anc
opulent. John D. has been teach
ing so much Sunday school tha
doubtless he believes this line o
con himself.
It’s speaks well for the brains o
the workers that he can put on<
over like that and get away with
It’s con pure and simple, and iU
because they listen to so much coi
that the workers are where they ar
today.
Our fault is in the fact that wi
are underlings. Not In our stare
We believe that success comes fron
doing one’s work for another mai
uncommonly well and we. make th<
other fellow uncommonly well ol
while we end our .days in th
pogie.
That’s the ideal that captivate
the youth however. * Each youni
American will be president som
day. That that is an impossibilit;
cuts no manner of figure. Possibl
or impossible is the same thing t
the man who will not think, and—
let the thinking people rule.
The real preparedness which non
seem to think about is the questio
of getting the commoi people c
this land ready and willing to figh
for the country.
The willingness of the munitlo
makers to supply the Unite
States Government with a
the arms and apimunitio
needed is very apparent. Their pr
triotism at so mush per cent cannc
be denied. But there is^Lhe man b<
hind the gun that \)r^uits anotlif
I problem.
In the United States, industrit
! conditions have become such tlu
unemployment affects millions froi
time to time; that with such ur
employment there goes hand i
hand a condition of poverty that i
very real. In no place In the worla
has the employer arrived at such
a perfect system of exploitative • ef
ficiency or so well succeeded In re
ducing his employees to well speed
ed up machines.'
Such material makes poor soldi
ers. Such material certainly makes
poor patriots. And beyond any man
ner of question, unless the people
who have to fight are well satisfied
that the country has done well by
them, and that there is no cause for
complaint, they will not fight evid
ently. .» ^ *
Now the material from which
armies will be built up in the United
States is only to be obtained from
the masses; the very same masses
that are exploited speeded up ana
driven at so much higher a degree
of exploitative efficiency than any
where else in the world.
Such material is not in any mood
to fight. They do not see wha: they
have to fight for. Freedom for the
most of them Is only “words’ words,
words”. They understand too well
tlior economic subejctlon.
And that’s where the prepara
tionlsts would wisely begin, but
where they will not wisely begin at
They could take tho Industrial Re
lations Commission’s report that the
kept press because it couldn’t stHe
has transfixed with sarcastic shafts
They could begin with that docu
ment, and overhauling every .tern
discovered by these investigators as
a cause of discontent, begin their
removal and abolition one after an
other. Then would they build the
solid foundation for preparedne&s
Talk all you want to the slaves of
Ihe trusts in the hell holes of the
industrial chiefs about freedom and
countiy and duty, and they will
listen and st.il hear understandlng
ly never a word. But let every
workingman understand that this is
the land of real economic and social
justice, and the people themselves
will not only readily but zealously
defy the tyrants of all the world.
HAVE A HEART.
The proper thing for your affinity
on Valentines day, Heart boxes 111
, led with choice Chocolates.
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STATIONERY
THE BEST IS NONE TO GOOD.
Box Paper aiul Envelopes, 25c. per box and upward.
Writing Tablets, 5c. and 10c. and upward.
Envelopes, linen, 15c. for pkg. of 25.
Plain white Envelopes, 10c. per pkg. of 25.
Envelopes per box of 23U $1.00.
FREE! FREE!
A Beutiful Cut Glass
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PUNCH BOWL
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for the
Dodge Automobile
The popular, fully-equipped, J;
pleasure car that satisfies all
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FLANNEL SHIRTS WE HAVE A LARGE VAKISCT TO
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HtPPERS, EURECA AND V. 8. RUBBERS ft SHOE PACKS.
WE CARRY THE SIWASH SOCKS.
SHE CHEAP JOHNS STORE BEFORE BUYING. OUR
PRICES ARE ALWAYS THE LOWEST IN TOWN.
Kent Transfer Co.
General Transfer & Freighting
Qoa! & qh
Phone Main 139.
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Shirts, Mid/icott and Stady (Jn=
derwear and Sox, the best ever
sold for the money.
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Prompt delivery— Blizzard or i j
Shine at usual Rates id
Buckets $1.00. BOc. a Barrel.
A. D. POTEET.
Phone Red 120.
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MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
in Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal,
Ham, Bacon Poultry and Flak
Game in Season. All trash
Stock. No old or damaged.
W. H. Webb prop. Phene M.15
A FEW SPECIALS
ON OUR BARGAIN COUNTER THIS WEEK.
PEERLESS BORAX COAP, '.bars for.as.-.
TEA GARDEN DRIPS, per cab.BOc.
YAKIMA DRIED PEACHES, per pkgs.10c.
CAULIFLOWER, per can.26c.
UNEEDA BISCUITS, 4 pkgs. for.25c.
SODA CRACKERS, family size per pkgs.35c.
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