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country for miles and miles, are propelled 

 by the power of that same Niagara. And, 

 to go a little further, this very automobile 

 that has carried you about through the 

 country to-day, and through these beauti- 

 ful streets to-night, is also impelled by the 

 power of Niagara, for my storage battery is 

 filled from the Niagara current." 



Once more may the Lord be praised for 

 what he has done and is doing for his un- 

 tiring, hard-working children whom he 

 loves. 



' ' SKYROCKET ' ' PERIODICALS, ' ' PROFIT- 

 SHARING," ETC. 



We clip the following from a recent issue 

 of the Ohio Farmer: 



There are two or three " skyrocket " publishers of 

 agricultural papers, with an outrageously inflated 

 capitalization, working farmers to take stock in 

 their enterprises. We deem it our duty to say to 

 our subscribers that they will surely be very sorry 

 if they are misled into any of these investments. 

 No standard reliable publications are resorting to 

 such nefarious methods to maintain their business. 



We are glad to see that the Ohio Farmer 

 gives place to the above warning. When 

 an agricultural paper or any other periodi- 

 cal publicly invites a subscriber to purchase 

 stock in his enterprise, give him a wide 

 berth. A gold-mining enterprise that in- 

 vites you to go in with it and "get rich," 

 does not, at the present day, get many 

 suckers to bite — or at least I hope not; but 

 when the editor of a respectable magazine, 

 or one that has been considered respectable, 

 talks about the great fortunes to be made in 

 the publishing business, and wants you to 

 go in with him, and share the profits, it is 

 time that such parties be let severely alone 

 by every man and woman of common sense. 



Lookout for the "gentry" who are after 

 your money; and I would warn you especial- 

 ly to be on the lookout for the institution 

 that has something to sell, and, if yovt do 

 not answer after, say, ten days or two weeks, 

 will keep making further offers and coming 

 down in their prices. What brought the 

 matter to mind just now is that I answered 

 an advertisement of a " memory " school. 

 As the amount of money they wanted was 

 more than 1 felt like paying I dro])ped the 

 matter; but in a few days I had a very pleas- 

 ant letter (typewritten, of course) saying 

 they felt anxious because they had not heard 

 from me further, and they offered to come 

 down in their price a little. As I gave this 

 second letter no reply, a third letter came a 

 little later, making a still greater reduction 

 in tuition, and saying at the same time, 

 "This will be your last chance to enroll at 

 the old rate before I raise the tuition again." 

 Now, there are a lot of advertisers who are 

 doing business in just this way. They first 

 want about $25.00, finally they come down 

 to $10.00, or may be 15.00; but it does not 

 seem to occur to them that, by their own 

 admission, they are getting a big lot of 

 "other people's money," if they happen to 

 get any kind of " bite." Svippose some one 

 should be so innocent and unsusjiecting as 

 to take up with the first offer of $25.00 when 

 he could have had the same course of lessons 



for only $5.00 if he had hung back properly 

 and acted indilTerent about the matter. 

 What do you think of that way of doing 

 business? Here is a single sentence from 

 the letter which I hold in my hand: "A few 

 minutes' jjiactice daily will enable you to 

 accomi)lish more in a week than a hard- 

 working man can do in a month." _ That is 

 a bigofTer, sure; but I think I shall continue 

 saying, "No, thank you." 



THE "BREVl^ERS' INDUSTRY (?) " "OFFI- 

 CIALLY recognized" by THE DEPART- 

 MENT OF AGRICJLTURE AT WASHINGTON. 



From the American Advance, published 

 at Chicago, we learn that the brewers of the 

 United States are to hold an international 

 brewers' congress in Chicago, October 12 to 

 22; and inasmuch as the brewers from foreign 

 nations are invited to be present, the Hoyi. 

 James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, is 

 not only invited, but has accex)ted an invi- 

 tation to act as honorary president for the 

 Congress. Now, we have been told by the 

 papers that Secretary Wilson was back of 

 the movement to oust Dr. Wiley; and it has 

 leaked out in several directions'that the liq- 

 uor people of the United States are back of 

 this attempt toget our United States Chem- 

 ist out of the way. In view of the above, 

 who is it that should be asked to "step 

 down and out"? Ts it possible that Secre- 

 tary Wilson is so blind or indifferent to what 

 is going on in the way of banishing intoxi- 

 cants, especially the brewers' product, that 

 he would consent to stand up in the lime- 

 light before our great nation as an advocate 

 of the brewing industry? The circular that 

 I refer to as being sent out is dated .fune 16, 

 1911. Below is a quotation: 



The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, 

 the Hon. James Wilson, has accepted an Invitation 

 to act as honorary president of this Congress, and 

 the United States Department of Agriculture will 

 be represented at tlie International barley and hop 

 exhibition by a suitable exhibit. 



I will also quote from the last page of the 

 Advance: 



In the .luly loth issue of the Brewer and Maltster, 

 an official organ of the United States Brewers' As- 

 sociation, is a full-page story entitled "Officially 

 Recognized," and illustrated with a portrait of Sec- 

 retary Wilson. 



We have it from pretty good authority, 

 the forthcoming "President's Message" 

 will once more fail even to touch on the 

 greatest menace to the health and morals of 

 our great nation. 



.lust now there is a lot of speculation as 

 to who will be our next President; and I for 

 one feel a good deal inclined to say that I 

 will vote for the man Mho has the grace and 

 courage and principle to come out boldly 

 and declare himself unalterably opposed to 

 the liquor-trafTic, even if it does seem to 

 kill his chiince for ever becoming President. 

 And if the people of our land — the good 

 hard-working i)eople — could have a chance 

 to vote fairly, I think there is no question 

 but that they would stand with me and de- 

 mand some one who would do as Lincoln 

 did, and issue an "emancipation proclama- 

 tion " from the whisky ring. 



