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EDITORIAL PAGE THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday By THE GEORGIAN COMPANY At 20 East Alabama St., Atlanta. Ga Entered as second-class matter at postolTice at Atlanta, under act of March 3. IS?) Subscription Price —Delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week By mail. $5 00 a year Payable in advance The Book Agents Deserve Sympathy—Theirs Is an I ngratefnl Business They Are as a Rule More Honest Than Their Employers—They Should Find Other and Better Occupations. 1 )(i not buy books of book agents. But boots for wlnul Ihev tire worth, not with tin* salary of a book tiueiil addt'd. Wii 'I man tolls you that a spacial edition is sold for sl9 becansi' a was a< >-id ntally printed upside down. HE IS FOLLOWING HIS EMPLOYER’S IXSTI.’I <’TH >XS To ('HEAT THE I’l’BLK’. The book supposed to be cheap at sl9 did not cost $3 to male. Yon pat sl9 or more for what you might buy for $3 or $4 o Sa because >.ii are paying for the TIME of the book agent who thinks h< makes yon want the book, and you are paying for 1 lie EX BE X’SIV E IXSTALMEXT plan system of book buying. There was a time when the people were more ignorant than the.' are nov . whim many could hardly read, whim big, fat books with sanes covers were bought “to look respectable on the table.” In those days the book agent used to point out the piefnri s. teii , esterous yarns about the value of the books, and by misreor renting the cost of Ihe 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 svinpathy. hard working and honest. Fnfortunately, they are employed and -<nt out too often by dishonest ♦mcerns, that send them daily mstruetions as to swindling and deceiving the public. Th a" eonipt'lled by the nature of their business to annoy the public. They arc bound to make the book pay for its cost, for the publisher's profit, for the loss when the instalments are not paid by the others, and also for their own time. If you buy a bool; in a book store, you get wh.it you want at a fair price. Win n yon buy a book of a book aggnt, you pay for his time -which does you no good you pay for the bad debts of others that do not meet their instalments. When you want to buy books, make up your mind WHAT yon 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 the rights of citizens should be suppressed. Dawn of a New “Era of Good Feeling” The West has taken Woodrow Wilson to its heart. file scenes that have hceompanied his recent progress—in Den ver. m Kansas City, in St. Louis, in Chicago—have hardly a parallel in American history. He has seemed not to he the candidate of a party, but of a people. In these great cities Mr. Wilson has been received in a spirit of holiday rejoicing as if the electoral debate bad been closed. The throngs unprecedented in multitude- have not eared for speech making. because they have not needed to be convinced. Such signs ot gathering social concord suggest that the country is standing on the threshold of a “new era of good feeling.’’ There lias 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 repentenee 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 ot peace and prosperity. Willi the passing of election day we may expect to enter upon a new and spacious time—a time in which we shall be freer than this generation has even been from the wastes and losses of party 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 election of .lames Monroe to the presidency in 18111. Il was preceded by the break-up of the Federalist parly even as the Republican party has now broken up. Monroe had 183 votes in the (doctoral college, while his Fed eralist opponent. Rufus King, had only 34. Four years later Monroe was chosen again by national acclamation in an (doctoral college that lacked only one vole of unanimity . The eight years of his ad ministration were all years of healing and mending -party lint's were Utterly effaced. The people united in vast works of internal improvement, in the state-making migrations to the tiew West, and in the lay ing of the foundations of that stupendous structure of in dustry and commerce which was the world-wonder of the nine teenth century. We hav< come to the beginning of smdi another time. Not since the, days of -lames Monroe has any man approached a presi k , 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 'T3HE attractions which cause J men. often at the risk of their lh‘es, to negotiate mountains J which to the inexperienced and less i ; courageo'is would seem almost in j accessible are very composite. |> The mere healthiness of ttie put ’s suit no doubt aitriiv < mans. Attain, alwa ; ■ n ... er | J coming natural dillr-ulties by ae i< quired skid, and lite |.-.-ling that by } doing a thing in tie right way real It risks can hi- greatly minimized is |! in itself alluring. But there are | i real dangers which can not be wlrfl- I ly eliminated even bt the most I; skillful climber. Unexpected dif | ■ Acuities are' a,.; to »■ cm a -form ’ ' er gale of wind mat get up ava- < lunches are p:one to fall, especially < in sptin-g and winte.; falling rocks j nod stom s a.. another source of I danger, while the cause of many ' accidents has been due to the in ;. sutfii icpej i,; j.racthed guides. .; But. broadlj speak infer, the experi enced mountaineer -a ho is e!ti- j ejentl.v equipp'd as to boots, alpen- I st<wk and grhles for bis expedition. < and who < xercisfs proper ,|ud-;m> nt ; and prreaution, is not in niuc.i j gt -ator danger ih.it> we who dod-.-e I Ihe I r;i th- ,n -, he wi. .- s r - fWlwPwB ’ ■ yob w M A ' ' fWSWSOI ' ih-'o ’ g-->. ■ fßol \ A CRITICAL MOMENT—CLIMBERS NEGOTIATING THE PRECIPITOUS CLIFFS OF THE PENNINE ALPS. t>§ Beware the Tempting Oyster gt HE OFTEN CARRIES TYPHOID ANO DEATH IN HIS PEARLY SHELL AT THIS SEASON OF THE YEAR. GARRETT P. SERVISS. NOW the months with an It" in them have come back everybody should pay heed to what Or. 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 oystei in its uncooked stat* 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 oyster is certainly as nutritious as it is toothsome, but, unfortunately, it is peculiarly sub ject to become the bearer of sonid very dangerous diseases, and 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 the winter oysters, if they are fleshly taken from their bids, may be safely consumed raw. file reason why the danger is so much greater in the early autumn months is. we are told, because duting the summer the waters in which oys ter* breed are peculiarly liable to become contaminated with refuse from neighboring cities, charged with the germs of the most fatal disease. As time goes on and the waters become dearer and the genns perish the oysters no longer feed upon material capable of ren dering them perilous to the health of the ponsutuer.. The danger of WEDNESDAY, ()(TOBI£R 16. 1912. rjssgsk a. OlwiwTO •* 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 tiie exact truth? Oysters are dredg ed to sell! Oysters Differ Widely. Hnw imminent this peril to health and life is may be judged by the fact, which Dr. Wiley re cords. that in October, a year aso. 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 raw oysters in the month of Octo ber. that you are far mo e likely to swallow the germs of typhoid than to find a valuable pearl. Our American oysters differ k :: 'Two Mortals :: By WILLIAM F. KIRK. 13 •I‘l ‘ BARTON was a great big child, * a \\ ho went through life and made it play. Never to labor reconciled. He laughed the fleeting hours away. He mocked the king and helped the slave. This man lor some strange purpose horn. And when they took him to his grave A tew true friends were there to mourn. j What of it? I Will Goodman was another sort. With lips so thin that they could bite, lie lower eared for smiles or sport; Llle worked from morn till late at 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 his end. What of it? widely, in appearance and taste, from those which are popular in 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 visito 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 fiat oyster shells, apparently enough to feed a family of ten. But not an oy.-ter remains on either platter when 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 drinking the abundant juice of . the oyster before consum ing the meat. It is very good, too. THE HOME PAPER Elbert Hubbard Writes on The Zeitgeist The Word Zeitgeist Means the Soul of things-—lt Means That Great Mass of Opinion, Ideals, Hopes and Tendencies That Men in the Mass Accept. By ELBERT HUBBARD Copyright, 1912, by International News Service WHEN wc have an idea we either invent a word to ex press it or else we borrow, one. The best use of 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, jiopes 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 perhaps they do not know they know until we tell them. The arts 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 cars 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 publie servants. Our people are sensitive, rest less. alert, impressionable, progres sive, and making for righteousness. The man who can 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 which 1 am an active officer does hold on deposit moneys belonging to the United States government.. We are obliged to pay 2 1-4 per cent 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 SI,OOO pays 3 per cent ‘ $30,00 .Money of the got eminent deposited against a SI,OOO bo n d shows actually $429.50 at 2 1-4 per eent. This costs the bank, per annum 9.f,g Net return $20.34 Hence an actual outlay. bond with premium cost .$1,020.00 Money on deposit 429.50 Shows net tied up $ 590.50 Which pays only s2u.:i4, or say 3.44 per cent per annum. Any country hank in my neigh borhood can loan all its money at 8 per cent, hence when we loan the government at 3.44 per cent we 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 more 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 net loan to the government. Every student of political econo- and he who can formulate a better government than we now have is > not hanged for his pains, but is al lowed to express his dreams. Public Opinion Rules. Public opinion rules. No law that is contrary 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 tt ue 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 to 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 are on his wire in their opinions, often be fore unuttered. the Brotherhood of Alan is an t idea now fully appreciated in busi ness. Commerce today stand.- 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 has been the inevitable, 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 and influential friends; that his inter ests are safeguarded. This mat ter of faith between buyer and seller is a new thing in the world. Employees 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 not do they last. Merchants can not make money on one transaction. Every sale must pave the way for further sales. We make our money out of our friends, for our enemies v ill not deal with us A transaction where both sides are not benefited is immoral. The Trend of the Times is all in the direction of Enlightened Self- Interest. Righteousness is a form of self-preservation. We prosper personally as we minister to tit well-being of others. The Ini .*• verse Is planned for good. my knows that there are three primal factors in the production of wealth—labor, land and capital. The ideal situation can only exist where the wealth produced is di vided equitably between labor ana capital, after the plant or the lana is conserved. This brings us to the point I want to emphasize, and that is that all earnings should not be paid out, either to capital or to labor. Every bank and manufac taring 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 rates already means that American banks are competing with European bank ers for the banking business of tic world. Lower interest rates means cheaper production on the part of all manufacturing plants of good credit. Manufacturers, to become successful, must lay up a surplus beyond repairs and depreciation. American manufacturers who have complied with the laws of political economy, blessed with cheap bank borrowings, can and will compete successfully with the manufactur ers of England and the continent Etuope. What commercial America needs, where she is woefully behind the progressive nations of Europe, is in the spirit of co-operation. In banking, manufacturing anil farin' ing, co-operation and profit-shar ing among ma'nufacturers. ■ iist"- tm-rs and laborers are the mean-, and offer the only possible soluti m 1 can see to war between capita* and labor. Co-operative societies and co-op erative banks have in Em'"!"’ brought down the rate of intel' -i to the borrowing f inner. Abu-' 1 ■ the national or state financin' in stitutions react to tne detriment him who abandons argument i■ ' '*" tuperation. BENJ. W. HLNT. Eatonton, Ga. " '. ’’ - <