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The Book Agents Deserve
Sympathy—Theirs Is an
Ungrateful Business
r » y
They Are as a Rule More Honest Than Their Employers—They
Should Find Other and Better Occupations.
Do not buy books of book .'-ig.nts. '
Buy books for what they are worth, not with tin* salary of a
book agent added.
When a man tells you that a pocitil edition is sold for sl9
because a page was acridentall} printed upsid- down. HE IS
FOLLOWIXG HIS EMPLOYER'S INSTRUCTIONS TtnllEAT
THE PUBLIC.
The book supposed to be cheap at sl9 did not cost s•> to
make. You pay sl9 or more for what you might buy for $3 or
$4 or s■"> because you are paying for the TIME of the book
agent who thinks lie makes you want the hook, and you are
paying for the EXPENSIVE INSTALMENT plan system of book
buying.
There was a time when Hie people were more ignorant than
they are now. when many could hardly read, when big. fat
books with i’aney covers were bought “Io look respectable on
the table." In those days the book agent used to point out the
pictures, toil > osterous yarns about the value of the books,
and by misrepresenting the cost of the books, and urging the
easy payment system, books were sold at a tremendous profit -
often books of inferior kinds, and the buying of good books was
discouraged.
The hook agents, as a class -men and women -are worthy
of sympathy, hard working ami honest. Unfortunately, they are
employed and sent out too often by dishonest concerns, that
send them daily instructions as to swindling and deceiving the
public. They are compelled by the nature of their business to
annoy the public.
They are bound to make the book pay for its cost, for the
publisher's prolit. for the loss when the instalments are not paid
by the others, and also for tlu ir own time.
If you buy a book in a book store, you get what xon want
at a fair price.
When you buy a book of a book agent, you pay for his time
—which does you no good yon pay for the bad debts of others
that do not meet their instalments.
When you want to buy books, make up your mind WHAT
you want, write or go to a first-class store,-and get the goods at
a fair price.
The day of the book agent has gone by.
And that particular nuisance and interference with rho
rights of citizens should be .suppressed.
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' Dawn of a New “Era of
Good Feeling”
The West has taken Woodrow Wilson to its heart.
The scenes that have accompanied his recent progress—in Den
ver. in Kansas City, in St Louis, in Chicago have hardly a parallel
in American history. He has seemed not to be the candidate of a
party, but of a people.
In these great cities Mr. \\ ilson has bm'n received m a spirit of
holiday rejoicing- as if the electoral debate had been closed. The
throngs—unprecedented in multitude—have not eared for speech
making. because they have not needed to be convinced.
Such signs of gathering social concord suggest that the country
is standing on the threshold of a “new era of good feeling.”
There has been more than enough of rancor and bitterness in
the convulsion that has shattered the Republican party. But the
temper of the nation has recoiled from all that The Democratic
standard-bearer has gone abroad through the land, without a word
of malice on his tongue—preaching a gospel of political repentence
and recovery, of conciliation and construction, of contagious good
humor and good cheer
Woodrow Wilson is bringing the nation within sight of a fair
land of peace ami prosperity. With the passing of election day we
may expect to enter upon a new and spacious time—a time in which
we shall he freer than this generation has even been from the wastes
and losses of parly strife and class-struggle, and shall have room
and breadth to build the cities and subdue the earth.
The felicitous period that is known in history as the “era of
good feeling" was ushered in by the eleelion of .lames Monroe to
the prusidtyjcy in ISlti. It was preceded by the break-up of the
Federalist parly—even as the Republican party has now broken up.
Monroe iiad lrw! votes in the electoral college, while his Fed
eralist onoenent, Rufus King, had only 34. Four yea-s lat Monroe
was chosen again by national acclamation in an electoral college
that lacked only one vote of unanimity. The eight \ ears of his ad
ministration were all years ot healing and mending partv lines
were utterly < fl'nced. The people united in \asi works of internal
improvement, in the stale-making migrations to the new West, and
m the laving <>i the foundations ot that stupendous structure of in
dustry and commerce which was the world-wonder of the nine
teenth century. ,
We have come to the beginning of such another time. Not
since the days of .lames Monroe has any man approached a presi
dential election with such omens of universal approval as those that
now attend the steps of Woodrow Wilson
The Atlanta Georgian
Mountaineering in Italy—Exploring the Pennine Alps
t *|' HE attractions which cause
. I men, often al l lie risk of their
lives, to negotiate mountains
i j which to the inexperienced and l< -s
< eouiageous would seem almost in-
< accessible are very composite,
i'■ The mere healthiness of the pm -
' S suit no doubt attic, is many. Again,
1 there js always p|. i-ur.. in over*
[J coming natural difli'-ull les by ac-
I < ouired skill, and the 1- < ling that by
i doing a thing in the right way real
; risks can be greatly minimized is
■ ; in itself illuring. Um there are
, i real dangers wlpch can not be v.hol
|s ly eliminat'd even by the most
! < skillful ( limber. Cnexpected dif
i j (lenities- ar apt to occur—a storm
or gale of wind may get up. ava-
■ lunches are prone to fall, especially
I in spring and winter; falling rocks
"’■l stoli':- ;rc .'noth' r source of
danger, while the cause of many
ae-idi-nts has been due tc the in
i su ifici"ue . of ] ra< lived guides.
IBut. broadly speaking, the experi
enced mountaineer who is eflj
< etitly '■mii| i"'ii a ■ to boots, al pen
and guides lor his expedition,
and who exercises proper judgment
.'lid precaution, is not in much
( gr.-ater danger than we who dodge
j I l ', tr.’liiic itl the stivets
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J A CRITICAL MOMENT—CLIMBERS NEGOTIATING THE PRECIPITOUS CLIFFS OF THE PENNINE ALPS.
t>§ Beware the Tempting Oyster
HE OFTEN CARRIES TYPHOID AND DEATH IN HIS PEARLY SHELL AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR,
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
NOW that the months with an
"it" in them have come back
eveiybody should pay heed
to what Dr. Wiley says in the Sep
tember number of Good House
keeping Magazine about the peril
in eating raw oysters at this time
of year.
An oyster in its uncooked state
probably approaches nearer in ap
pearance to pure protoplasm than
any other popular food—proto
plasm, you will remember, is that
peculiar substance which Huxley
called "the physical basis of life."
Whatever its nutritive elements
may be. the o\ ster is certainly as
nutritious as it is toothsome, but.
unfortunately, it is peculiarly sub
ject to become the bearer of some
very dangerous diseases, ami es
pecially of the dreaded typhoid.
Only a thorough cooking can ren
der an oyster in the autumn
months safe to eat.
Cooking Often Kills Germs.
You may eat a thousand with
out contracting disease, and the
thousand-and-oneth may stretch
you on a sick bed or take away your
life. Luckily, oysters are extremely
good when cooked, and if they have
been sufficiently cooked the germs
that they often carry are killed.
Later in the season, as Dr. Wiley
points out, the danger is elimi
nated or almost eliminated, and
during tiie winter oysters, if they
are freshly taken from their beds,
muj be safely consumed rat.. The
reason why the danger is so much
greater in the early autumn months
is. we are told, because during the
summe. toe waters in which oys
teis breed are peculiarly liable to
become contaminated with refuse
from neighboring cities, charged
with the get ms of the most fatal
disease As time goes on and the
wate 1 - become clearer and the
Re'ms perish the oysters no longer
feed upon material capable of ren
dering them perilou ■ to the health
of the consumer. The danget of
\vi<l)m:si>.\ y. October d;. 1912.
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contamination can be avoided by a
careful selection and supervision of
the beds, but whoever knows or
takes the trouble to inquire whence
his oysters have come?'
And if he did inquire, what'
chance would he have of learning
the exact truth? Oysters are dredg
ed to sell!
Oysters Differ Widely.
How imminent this peril to
health and life is may be judged
by the fact, which Dr. Wiley re
cords. that in October, a year ago.
a severe epidemic of typhoid fever
followed a supper at a little town
in New York state, where raw oys
ters formed the principal dish, and
a careful investigation traced the
trouble to those oysters. Remem
ber. then, if you are tempted to eat
ran oysters in the month of Octo
ber. tiiar you arc* far mo o likely to
swallow the germs of typhoid than
to find a valuable pearl.
Our American oysters differ
:: Two Mortals ::
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
TA ILL BARTON was a ■at big child, <
Who went through life and made it play. ij
Never to labor reconciled.
He laughed the fleeting hours away.
He mocked the king and helped the slave.
This man for some strange purpose born. ;
And when they took him to his grave
A lew true friends were there io mourn.
What of its
Will tioodman was another sort. I
With lips so thin that they could bite.
lie never eared for smiles or sport :
He worked from morn till late al night.
He never knew the one real thrill
I hat comes to him who helps a friend.
A thousand watched his grim grave till,
But not one soul deplored bis end.
What of it
widely, in appearance and taste,
' from those which are popular in
j western Europe. Some of the Eu
ropean oysters are very large and
flat. In Paris there are restaurants
where, at this season, enormous
quantities of large oysters, called
marennes. are consumed raw. Peo
ple flock to them in crowds and
have to wait their turn at the ta
bles.
It is a spectacle to make the
visitor open his eyes to see a young
lady with her escort, seated at a
small table, each having a huge
platter, heaped high with enormous
flat oyster shells, apparently enough
to feed a family of ten. But not an
oy-ter remains on either platter
w.-en the feast is finished. An
other curious thing to American
eyes is to see the convives taking
the big shells in their hands, like
saucers, and di inking the abundant
juice of the oyster before eonsum
•c ing the meat. It is very good, too.
THE HOME PAPER
Elbert Hubbard
Writes on
The Zeitgeist
The Word Zeitgeist Means the
Soul of t hings-—lt Means That
(Treat Mass of Opinion, Ideals,
Hopes and Tendencies That
Men in the Mass Accept.
By ELBERT HUBBARD
Copyright, 1912, by International News Service
WHEN we have an idea we
either invent a word to ex
press it or else we borrow
one. The best use ot ideas is for
gift purposes. We keep ideas by
giving them away. And only
through formulating thoughts for
another do we make them our own.
Language, like electricity, is for
purposes of transmission.
In the last issue...of The Century
Dictionary will be found the word
"Zeitgeist.” It is a German word,
now naturalized and accepted as an
American citizen.
The word Zeitgeist means the
soul of things. It means that great
mass of opinion, ideals, hopes and
tendencies that men in the mass ac
cept.
We are all partakers of the Zeit
geist. Any man who thinks thoughts
that are original and belong only
to himself will die of heart hunger,
marooned on a desert island called
Nostalgia. We are happy only
when we are expressing the best in
the Zeitgeist. We only succeed as
we live in the Zeitgeist.
We Have to Explain.
No one understands us. save as
we explain to them the things they
already know, but which pet haps
they do not know they know until
we tell them.
The ai ts of speech, sculpture,
painting, literature, are all endeav
ors to interpret the Zeitgeist. When
a man's head is in a certain stratum
of spiritual atmosphere he knows
all the thoughts of other people
whose heads are in the same strat
um. If you are on my wire when
I ring, you respond.
In the Zeitgeist there are de
grees of subtlety, just as in sound
there are vibrations which to some
ears are never felt. There are tints
and shades that are observable to
some people and not to others.
We are influenced by the Zeit
geist. Also, we are helping to form
the Zeitgeist.
A man may die and drop out of
the game, but the Zeitgeist lives
on and on. And the influence that
this man has exerted on the many
still endures because they are prod
ucts of the Zeitgeist.
The present Zeitgeist is of a kind
unequaled in history. We have
thousands upon thousands of men
and women who are thinking great
and noble thoughts and expressing
these thoughts in their work. Many
of our big business men regard
themselves as public servants.
Our people are sensitive, rest
less. alert, impressionable, progres
sive, and making for righteousness,.
The man who van imagine a better
religion than now exists is allowed
to throw his vision on the screen,
“Government Helping the Banks
Editor The Georgian:
Your journal of October 7, un
der heading ‘’The Government Is
Helping the Banks.” puts banks and
bankers before the reading public
in a false position. The bank of
wilier I am an active officer does
hold on deposit moneys belonging
to the United States government.
We are obliged to pay 2 1-4 per
vent interest on this money, sub
ject to call at any moment—a very
different proposition from a time
deposit. The government, however,
first effected a good bargain for
themselves, i. e., we bought and left
with the United States treasury to
secure deposits United States gov
ernment bonds, paying 3 per cent
interest on their face value, but as
the bonds cost a premium, we really
obtain only 2.85 per cent on their
actual cost.
A bond for $1.0<»0 pays 3 per
cent $30.00
Money of the government
deposited against a SI,OOO
bond s»hows actually
$429.50 at 2 1-4 per cent.
This costs the bank, per
annum 9.56
Net return $20.34
Hence tn actual outlay,
bond with premium c05t.51,020.00
Money on deposit 429.50
Shows net tied ups 590.50
Which pays only $20.34. or -a> 3.44
per cent per annum.
Any country bank in my neigh
bor! can loan all Its money tit
8 | cent, lienee when we loan the
government at 3.44 per cent w e are
paying 4.56 per cent for the pres
tige and privilege of being a United
States depository of public funds.
Surely when we have mon money
invested in government bonds de
posited with the United States
treasurer than the amount of mon
ey in the bank to the credit of the
government. the difference becomes
a nri loan to the government.
Every student of political econo-
“ x *
-I- and he who can formulate a better
government than we now have is
not hanged for his pains, but i al
lowed to express his dreams.
Public Opinion Rules.
Public opinion rules. No law
that is ((Mitrary to the Zeitgeist
can be forced.
Judges construe, translate and
interpret the laws to suit the Trend
of the Times.
Every man who speaks out bold
and clear is tinting the Zeitgeist.
Every man who expresses what he
honestly thinks is true is changing
the Zeitgeist.
Thinkers help other people think,
for they formulate what others are
thinking. No person writes or
thinks alone —thought is in the air,
but its expression is necessary io
create a tangible Trend of the
Times.
The value of the thinker who
writes, or a writer who thinks, or a
business man who acts, is that he
supplies arguments for the people,
and confirms all who arc on, his
wire in their opinions, often be
fore unuttered.
The Brotherhood of Man is an
idea now fully appreciated in busi
ness. Commerce today stands for
Mutuality, Reciprocity. Co-opera
tion.
The American department store
has taken up lost motion and given
the people better goods at a lower
price. It lias been the inevitablt.
because it does the greatest good to
the greatest number. It has work
ed for economy and length of days.
It means monism—or the one.
Every Purchaser Pleased.
Every purchaser must be pleased.
A child who buys a spool of thread
is given the same courteous atten
tion as the shrewdest buyer The
customer is made to feel that he is
at home: that he is with strong ana
Influential friends: that his inter
ests are safeguarded. This mat
ter of faith between buye and
seller is a new thing in the world.
Employers who plot and plan for
private gain are swabbing- the
greased chute that leads to limbus.
Owners who run a business but to
make money neither make money
nor do they last.
Merchants can not make money
on one transaction. Evei; s ■
must pave the way for further
sales. We make our money out of
our friends, for our enemies wit;
not deal with us A trans.n ion
where both sides are not benefit'd
is immoral.
The Trend of the Times is si: n
the direction of Enlightened S ii-
Interest. Righteousness is a for: i
of self-preservation. We p, r
personally as we minister to the
well-being of others. The Uni
•* verse is planned for good.
my knows that there are three
primal factors in the production of
wealth—labor, land and ■ unital.
The ideal situation can mil. exist
where the wealth produced i- di
vided equitably between labor im<l
capital, after the plant or the iami
is conserved. This brings us to the
point I want to emphasize, and that
is that all earnings should rmt be
paid out. either to capital or to
labor. Every bank and manufac
turing plant should lay up a sur
plus. The accumulation of large
surplus accounts on the part of the
banks means lower interest rates
to borrowers. Lower interest rate
already means that American banks
are competing with European haul-:
ers for the banking business of the
world.
Lower interest rates mean"
cheaper production on the part of
all manufacturing plants of v-d
credit. Manufacturers, to b<' "
successful, must lay up a surp'us
beyond repairs and deprcciai
American manufacturers who Iwve
complied with the law's of politi M
economy, blessed with cheap bank
borrowings, can and will compete
successfully with the manufaetv
ers of England and tne continent ‘
Eu.ope. .Chat commercial Ailiei a
needs, where she is woefully behind
the progressive nations of Europe,
is in the spirit of co-operation In
banking, manufacturing and far ■ ■
ing, co-operation and profit-sh..:-
ing among manufacturers. cu~ '•
meis and laborers are the ni'.'ic.
and offer the only possible soluti >'
I can see to wttr between wl 1 '*
and labor.
< 'o-operative societies and ' '-op
erative banks have in Em"!' 1 ’
brought down the rate of inter' -'
to the borrowing farmer. Abu - o'
the national or state financial 1,1 ,
stitutions react to the (b trimev "
him who abandons argmnen vl *
tupeiution -
BEN.I. W. HUNT.
Eatonton. Ga.