Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 30, 1914 Page: 5 of 6
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W e invite
your inspec-
tion of the
Mercedes Country
We will take pleasure in showing you the Largest and most Complete
Canal system in the country, the four great pumps having a capacity of
360,000 gallons per minute. The 360-acre reservoir, the immense sy-
phons and Flumes, all of concrete reinforced with steel—the beautiful
farms under the great system, the finest in all the Valley
Talk with our Progressive Farmers
AND SEE BEAUTIFUL MERCEDES, THE QUEEN CITY OF THE VALLEY
Write us for Literature
American Rio Grande
MERCEDES, TEXAS
MERCEDES TRIBUNE
BY THE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO.
L. T. HOYT..... ...............................................................Editor and Manager
SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Entered as second class mail matter at the Postotfice at Mercedes,
Texas, January 23, 1.914, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
MERCEDES, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
Twenty-three babies from
Raymondville have already been
entered in the Better Babies
Contest to be held here October
8th. That is sure going some
for a town that farms without
irrigation.
The Rural Mail Service
The post office department
has joined the economy crowd,
and as a result the increase of
salaries for employees of rural
free delivery service has not
gone into effect, and probably
will not for some time to come.
The postmaster general is ad-
vocating a new plan to put the
entire rural mail service into
the contract class, as has been
the policy with reference to the
so-called star routes. Postmast-
er General Burleson states that
by doing this the government
would save $20,000,000 a year.
The War Tax
Republicans are insisting that
there would have been a deficit
in government revenues, even
though there had been no Euro-
pean war, and while they are
willing to submit to the steam
roller process by which more
than one hundred million dol-
lars revenue is to be raised,
yet, in view of the fact that
the fall elections are but a few
weeks away, they are going to
make all the noise possible to
have it appear that the Under-
wood tariff is as much to blame
as the break in foreign com-
merce.
waive all technicalities and look
only to the main proposition of
re-establishment of normal con-
ditions in the Colorado coal
fields. When President Roose-
velt intervened to settle the
great anthracite strike in
| Pennsylvania, John Mitchell ap-
peared expressly as represent-
ing the miners. That strike
was settled in accordance with
the principle that each man,
whether a union member or not,
had a right to contract for his
labor with his employer. This
incident is urged in behalf of
the appeal being made by the
President and outsiders for mu-
tula concessions from employers
and employes alike.
Colorado Coal Strike
The President has enlisted as
a strike breaker, and is using
his efforts in an attempt to
settle the big Colorado strike,
which has been in progress for
several years. Mr. Wilson has
told the operators who visited
Washington that they should
Candidate for Light-Weight
Class
Secretary of State Bryan has
taken off twenty pounds in
avoirdupois. In doing this he
has for the first time in his
career, followed a republican as
his example. When President
Taft left the White House he
was so corpulent that one of
the White House automobiles
was hardly spacious enough to
carry him about. But the ex-
president reduced at the rate
of twenty pounds a month for
three months. In view of this
record Secretary of State Bryan
has concluded that to drop from
220 to 195 pounds by dieting
and violent exercise ought to
be an easy thing for him. Once
a week Mr. Bryan goes to the
farm of Senator Blair Lee of
Maryland, cuts down a tree, and
then cuts it into lengths suit-
able for short fire places.
the American congress—and
this was instigated by the
President—to establish some
sort of a basis for a merchant
marine. The whole affair seems
to have resulted in a fiasco, and
now comes forward Secretary
Eedfield of the department of
commerce, who opposes the pet
scheme hatched by the secre-
tary of the navy and the post-
master general, to have certain
transports that are included in
the navy used for merchant
purposes. Mr. Redfield might
have kept his peace without in-
terfering with the seemingly
patriotic performance of his as-
sociates in the capitol who were
patriotically waving the Ameri-
can flag over imaginary United
States ships had not the scheme
proved obnoxiously popular.
When Mark Hanna Was Alive
When Mark Hanna was alive,
he bent every effort to secure
ship subsidies, and most of the
country was of the opinion that
the Ohioan had simply invented
a new method by which to loot
the treasury. But years have
come and gone since Marcus
trod the floors of the senate,
and Uncle Sam still stands
stock-still on the pathways of
the high seas. Statesmen are
beginning to realize that it is
necessary that there be some
sort of government aid, if pri-
vate enterprise is to invest its
capital in steamships. The
German and British govern-
ments devised many plans to
make their shipping supreme
upon the high seas, and while
Uncle Sam looks wistfully out
across the waters, he still con-
fines his efforts to press agency
work—and this is getting to be
somewhat of a “chestnut.”
Our Merchant Marine
One of the first things that
happened when foreign com-
merce closed down, and German
ships tied up in the harbors o'i
the world, was an attempt by
Bill to Investigate National
Defenses
Washington, D. C.—Led by
Congressman O’Hair of Illinois,
a democratic member of the
committee on military affairs,
the movement to take stock of
the defenses of the United
States and to provide adequate
protection for the republic on
land and sea, is taking shape in
the house of representatives.
Congressman O’Hair has intro-
duced a resolution providing for
an investigation of the entire
question of national defense and
for a report to Congress of re-
commendations of the character
of armed forces needed by the
United States. The resolution
has been referred to the mili-
tary affairs committee, which
will give it consideration at the
December session. “I am not
one of those given to militar-
ism,” said Mr. O’Hair in dis-
cussing his resolution, “but I
believe in making the Ameri-
can array the most efficient
fighting unit of its size in the
world. This can be accom-
plished better by an investiga-
tion of the needs of our national
defenses than any other way I
know of. I believe in distribu-
ting the standing army so that
it can be mobilized quickly. I
also believe in the creation of
a strong reserve to back it up.”
Chamberlain's Liniment.
If you are ever troubled with
aches, pains, or soreness of the
muscles, you will appreciate the
good qualities of Chamberlain’s
Liniment. Many sufferers from
rhuematism and sciatica have
used it with the best results.
It is especially valuable for
lumbago and lame back. For
sale by all dealers.
Fresh oysters at the Lion
Restaurant. tf
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Marriage Fees Reduced
London.—The Archbishop of
Canterbury has sent a letter to
all the bishops urging them to
reduce marriage license fees so
that soldiers and sailors sum-
moned to active service may
wed before leaving home. Mar-
riage fees aggregate $10, which
includes $2.50 in stamp duty to
the government. The archbish-
op has requested the govern-
ment to waive the payment of
this duty in the case of re-
cruits. Many dioceses already
have lowered the license fee to
$2.50 and clergymen are waiv-
ing their right to personal fees.
The wholesale encouragement
of marriages on the part of
soldiers and sailors of Germany,
Austria and France has at-
tracted much attention in Eng-
land and probably inspired the
archbishop’s letter.
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Unique Monument for Bachelor
Myrtle Point, Ore.—“To an
independent, good looking bach-
elor, who in his younger days
preferred to live a single life
rather than get married and be
ruled by a petticoat boss
through this life and perhaps
in eternity.” A granite monu-
ment bearing this unique epi-
taph and surmounted by the
rather herioc effigy of a bache-
lor standing on one side of the
River Jordan, with three old
maids on the other beckoning
him to cross, marks the grave
of F. B. Waite, an eccentric
resident of Myrtle PoinU.^who
died recently at an advam
age after a life of single ble
edness.
Onion Seed for Sa!e4
First choice of Reid’s T<
iffe grown seed of the y<
Bermuda variety. Leave oil
at H. J. Menton’s Merc. C(
Fresh oysters at the
Restaurant.
Regular Meals and si
ders at the Lion Restal
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Hoyt, L. T. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 30, 1914, newspaper, September 30, 1914; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth634991/m1/5/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.