Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1915 Page: 4 of 16
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Thursday, January 7, 19^^
JACKSBORO GAZETTE
and ministrations will be concentrat
fioney ed upon the upbuilding of busi-
■icult- ness, and that every effort will be
raised made to co-operate with the busi-
,h f.he ness men of the country in reviv-
being, ing our business interests and in
at is restoring general prosperity. —
opean Manufacturers Record.
The way to succeed is to pre-
pare for success says a great, bus-
This being true it
WKSBORO GAZETTE
THIS IS THE BEST FLOUB,
There isn’t a better judge of
flour on earth than my mother.
She uses the Jacksboro flour.
Merit commands recognition.
Consumers , of this flour ars
steadily growing in number. All
are pleased and none dissatis-
fied with the result of its use.
Be sure to always ask for a
sack of Jacksboro Flour.
JACKSBORO MILL &
ELEVATOR COMPANY.
mess concern
will be a good new year’s resolu-
tion to begin now to prepare for
the success each one hopes for
and desires.
pahlished every Thursday by
J, N. ROGERS-& COMPANY
'Entered at the Postoffice at
Jgaeksboro, Texas, as second-class
asail matter.
FLOUR
FLOUR’
iusines office on northeast cor-
ner of Public Square, Jacksboro,
■l®exas.
leinit cash by Postoffice Money
#rder, or Bank Check at our risk,
erwise at risk of sender.
Governor Colquitt’s Last Attack
on the President.
Dallas News: It is an old say-
ing that they who are least able
to do are most ready tofind fault
with others do. The competent
always incurs the envious enmi-
ty of the incompetent.
Those outside of Texas who
[have read the fourth revised edi-
tion of Governor Colquitt’s ti-
|rade against the President will
be less able to appreciate the
point of this observation than
those of us in Texas. For out-
side of Texas there are few—and
it is happily so—who know that,
of all the Governors this State
has had in recent years, Govern-
or Colquitt has proved himself
pre-eminently the unfittest. The
affairs of Texas were never so
grosssly mismanaged as they have
Practical Education,
we are selling as much to Europe Dallas News: There are over
as in other years, andif we are a million farms in Germany con-
are not importing as much, it'sisting of less than five acres,
merely leaves a larger market at j and each one of these farms sup-
home for our own manufactured ports a family. In Texas a farm-
produets. So far as our foreign er needs about five acres for his
trade, therefore, is concerner house and barn, while he has a
there is no foundation whatever hard time, if we are to believe
for inactivity in trade, except as current talk, in supporting his
to cotton, and this will be offset family on a quarter section. The
in the total volume by other ex- German Government and the sev-
Goveramentsr have
Subscription: $1.00 a year.
forward with or without Eng-
land’s consent,’ and if necessary
he would have sent American
ironclads to England’s door t
enforec that notice.”’
“Our country is to be congrat-
ulated that men of a type who
would be overly handy with iron-
clads and battleships, and
through whose feverish imagina-
tions there float visions of swords
and guns, caparisoned horses an-
engines of war and knockings at
the doors of foreign capitals by
ship commanders with curt capi-
tals by ship commanders with cur
demands, are allowed neither to
influence or direct our foreign af-
fairs.
“Governor Colquitt has long
been gnawing a file and his teeth
are about worn out.”
Telephone 71
>rts. eraj. State
We have just as many people as spent a great deal of money giv-
e have ever had, and their num- ing instruction to th German far-
3r is increasing at the rate of, mer in scientific farming. It has
3out 1,500,000 a year, making cost a deal of money, but the Ger-
Lore mouths to feed and more man Empire has profited a hun-
odies to be clothed. dredfold from the investment
The war has not in any way les- made in a system off better far-
ming.—Cleburne Review.
The Germans are scientific far-
mers. They have not the lofty
scorn for book farming that char-
acterizes the agriculturists of
some countries. ' The German
Government has for years requir-
ed the teaching of agriculture in
German public schools. And not-
withstanding the German univer-
sities are of such excellence that
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carrying goods from one port in
the United States tq another port
in the United States. Ssips fly
ing a foreign flag were not and
are not permitted to engage in
this coastwise trade. |No one but
Colquitt himself, if he can under-
stand the logic
administration. It would hardly i nor any of the other vast resourc-
exaggerate to say that the eleva- es which give us an unmatched
tion of Mr. Colquitt to the Gov- combination as compared with oth
emorship of this Statp has shak- er equal area in the world,
en the faith of thousands in the Europe is not buying heavily of
ability of the people to choose our securities, but, on the other
their servants wisely. Indeed, if; hand, we are keeping at home the
one were to rank the misfortunes j several hundred million dollars ^
which Governor Colquitt’s admin- that our tourists have annually
istration has brought on Texas, j spent abroad, more than offset-
it is probable that the weakened 1 ting the decline in Europe’s an-
faith in the feasibility of demoe- nual investment in our bonds and
racy, resulting from his inepti-1 stocks.
Itudes, his intellectual limitatoinsj What, therefore, is the matter
^and his infatuation of himself, with US? j |^| J |W| | j
We know that for the last ten
years there has been a relentless
war upon business, big and little.
We know that the .railroads have
been very nearly throttled to
death by adverse legislation, State
and national
gone on the theory that
of his position
when he says that, if the exemp-
tion from payment of tolls by
American ships engaged in coast-
wise trade had not been repealed
many American-owned ships, fly-
ing foreign flags engaged in car-
commerce would
Wheat Goes Still Higher—Price
rying foreign
have abandoned that business and $1.26
would have come under the Amer-
ican flag to engage in our coast- Chicago, Jan. 5.—On the very
wise trade in order to get the ben- first trades today, the wheat mar-
efit of the exemption from pay- ket jumped as much as 2% cents
ment of the canal tolls and there higher than at the close of last
fore, we would have had more night, making an advance of 5
American ships to carry our for- cents a bushel since yesterday
eign commerce to the markets of morning. May wheat touched
more American $1.36 at the!* opening today,
ships taken out of foreign com- whereas the price last night was
are taught jmerce and put to carrying our do- $1.34%. At the wind up Satur-
day it was $1.31.
Sharply higher quotations from
Liverpool and a big falling off in
the European visible supply were
chiefly influential, in causing the
fresh upturn in the wheat market
here.
What the situation implied to
people in the United States, not
to mention foreign countries, was
emphasized by announcement to
day that leading brands of flour
bad been advanced 40 cents a
barrel over night. Good flour
was quoted at $7 a barrel.
Although profit taking by hold-
ers cf wheat today wiped out
much of the advance recorded at
the outset of trading, the market
gave uo sign of going back to
osieraajs prices. One of the rea
sons v as that farmers and coun-
try dealt rs were said to b i selling
uo wb.eat even at the advance and
that the exporters, especially
British, were still eagerly contin-
wild over the higher education.
They have, in fact, paramounted
primary education, the education
that fits rather than unfits most
youths for the station of life they
are best suited for. That is to
say, farmers’ sons are not only;the world—the
taught reading and ’riting and:
’rithmetic, but they i " _____________ ____
how to farm. So well, indeed, mestic commerce, the more Amer-
The country has have they been instructed in that iean ships we would have for ear-
branch of learning they know rying foreign commerce,
how to make good livings on five- “The Governor’s views on ca-
aere farms. The country boy in nal tolls can not well be reconcil-
roads even though they might! Germany is not, unless he and his ed with seal in behalf of the cot-
have no voice in the management parents wish it so,, given an edu- ton farmer. No little of Texas
of these roads or in the fixing of [ cation to fit him for city life. Nor cotton goes to Japan and the Far
the rates for passenger and is the city boy educated for the East. A ship loaded with cotton
freight business. It is difficult to country life, unless he wills it so. at Galveston or New Orleans for
imagine anything much more ab- How is it in this country? Do we Japan, if it passes through the ea-
surd than this theory. One of its train the farmer boys for the nal to save the long trip around
dire results is seen in the figures farm or for the town? Do we Cape Horn, must pay canal tolls,
would be counted a graver and
more condign consequence than
brought our governmental affairs.
If it may not be said that the
President is fortunate in having
incurred the political enmity of ;
Governor Colquitt, it is solely be-- j
cause it is only Texas people who j
are in a position to know-how in-|
finitely preferable to his approv-
al is his disapproval. The coun-
I £
try seems to have been pretty
[ thoroughly * ‘ circularized ’ ’ with
'Governor Colquitt’s opinions of
the President. The press bureaus
and Republican papers have at-
tended to that. That fact offers
opportunity.
tliy every ag-jThey have only to give equal cir-
raised in any ; culation to a political biography j
country and,! of Governor Colquitt to make eer-1
• part of. the tain that the country’s admira-
mber of prod- tion of the President will be rais-
ilf as far as ed and intensified.
*fw year the manufacturers Rec-
*td says: “No ether area of,
,4****1 extent on the face of the
gglobc has lik« equipment. Mate-j
tfial welfare means plenty to eat
a*»nl drink, plenty to wear and
plenty of shelter. The South’s
varied soil and climatic condi- |
linns make possible the raising the Democrats
store National Prosperity. railroads and constantly
fighting them could not be
The total value of the agricult- tempted to invest their money in
ural, manufacturing, mineral and railroad securities under such eon-
forestry products of this country i ditions
exceeds $40,000,000,000 a year Jmerce Commission in its
Of recent years we have export-1 decision has given some
But the Interstate Corn-
recent
indica-
new year Jacksboro [ ed about 5 to 6 per eent. of this, tion that it is beginning to see a
for a broader and; °r from $2,000,000,000 to $2,400,-1 new light and beginning to rec-
fch on every line 000,000 annually. Thus less than j ognize that it is not a wise policy
r'tterment of the one sixteenth of the total value of to destroy the railroads. There is
we only undertake °nr products has gone abroad. : much of hope in that reversal of
we will, always re- While this $40,000,000,000 of all its former policies. It indi-
If we nnder- value represents the output of the j cates that the members of the
kings we will grow country, it does not, of course, commission are not so absolutely
»rt although we mayI begin to represent the volume of bound by precedent as not to be
ideal that stands for;trade. These products are sold willing to reverse themselves to
fe things, yet the e£- j and profit to millions of people, save the railroads of the country
m growth. We need ‘ They are transported back and from ruin.
a large increase in1 forth, furnishing freight to the This change of position by the ington are listed with the correct until Huerta, whose hand the Ad-
iines. In fact we railroads and employment to oth- Interstate Commerce Commission address given for applying for the! ministration refused to take in
e and growth in ev-, millions. They are the basis and the opening of the new year same. j recognition of his right of sucees-
all this will not come °f all of our business life. But might be used as an opportune oc| With this list of over 3,000 pub-! sion to Madero, had fled Mexico
rt. Let us begin the oven in their primary state the casion for all in authority in lications a farmer, or anyone in- and was not in position to give
?ht by putting more output is $40,000,000,000, while we Washington and in State govern- terested, may obtain absolutely official salute to any flag. Gov-
se, and a more pro- have exported only 5 to 6 perjments to be willing, if necessary, free of charge a valuable library emor Colquitt’s trouble making
it generally into ev- cent of it. , to reverse former policies and to on any agricultural subject. Sug- ni the Mexican situation began
the good of the We are now exporting, partly set forth the view that it is time gestions are also made for filing under the administration of Pres-
• j by reason of the heavy demand for the ten-year war upon bnsi- and indexing these publications ident Taft He has transferred
in Europe for war munitions, ness, from which we have been properly, so that they may be pre his resentment against President
========“ | probably quite as much as during j suffering, to cease. It should be served and readily accessible for Taft for stepping in to head off
s Industrial Congress years of peace. Indeed, it is proclaimed everywhere that our reference. This is the first ex- his threatened invasion to Mexi-
i great campaign for quite possible that the total ex- j condition is not due to the Eu- haustive bibliography of its kind'eo, to the present Administration
ever prepared for free distribu- as easily as a flirt transfers her
tion, and it will doubtless be muel attachments,
in demand by farmers, stock- “Colquitt says if he had been
raisers, truck growers and teach- President he would have served
ers of agriculture in Texas. An notice on England’s Premier that
edition of fifteen thousand will our foreign trade in cotton and
quired to pay tolls. Governor - 1 1 •—■«
Colquitt is entitled to the full hou Galveston, Tex., Dec. 31.—To-
ors of a discoverer, for of all the day Galveston completed a re-
champions of discrimination in markable year as a port. The tu-
fa vor of the shipping trust he is tal exports for the twelve months
the first to sight this ‘no man’s amounted to $188,030,538 and the
land.’ ” total imports $11,626,119.
Passing on to Huerta and the _T‘ ,
flag: __
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>f gardens in Texas
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■ize amounts to $1500,
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Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1915, newspaper, January 7, 1915; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth730999/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.