To bury the Confederate flag at Bull Run (Manassas) in 1911, is to advertise the fact that it couldn't be done on the 21st day of July, 1861.

There are a lot of grown-ups in this world who never progress beyond the age of spite-ful childhood.

THE German Emperor has veered

around again, in regard to Socialism. If my memory serves me right he once alarmed old Bismarck by his eager interest in the creed and movement. Later, he exerted the utmost powers of the Empire to crush them. He failed signally. Now, he declares that the Socialists are not so bad as they are painted. That depends a good deal on who does the painting; also, on which particular group is being painted.

The Socialists of the Reichstag seem to stand pretty much where the Populists of this country stood.

If the Kaiser is wise, he will free himself from Rome by making concessions to Socialism. To knuckle to the Vatican is to deeply offend the national spirit of the great Germanic people.

and her manufacturing establishments almost innumerable. So many horrible tragedies have occurred in these places, taking such a tremendous toll of life, that in April of this year, the legislature enacted a law for the protection of the laboring people. How the corporations propose to nullify it, will be seen from the circulars appended hereto. The workman must give up his job, or waive the benefits of the law. The legislature should go a step further: it should make it a misdemeanor, forfeiting the charter of the corporation for any employer to make contracts contrary to the policy of the state, as expressed in her statutes. It was silly to maim a good law with a bad proviso; and that part of the Employer's Liability Act should be repealed:

"STANDARD OIL COMPANY. Bayonne, (N. J.), Works, June 15th, 1911.

Take Notice:

Section II. of the Act entitled 'An Act prescribing the liability of an employer to make compensation for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment, establishing an elective schedule of compensation, and regulating procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder," approved April 4th, 1911, being chapter 95 of the laws of 1911 of the State of New Jersey, provides that all contracts of hiring shall be presumed to have been made with reference to the provisions thereof, unless written notice be given that the provisions of Section II. of the act was not intended to apply.

Notice is hereby given that this Company will not accept the provisions of said Section II. of said act, or agree to be bound thereby, and that said provisions of said Section II. of said act are not intended to apply to any contract of hiring heretofore or hereafter made by this Company, and that con

pany after the service of this notice shall be taken as an acquiescence in the terms hereof.

Take Notice:

Section II. of the Act entitled 'An Act prescribing the liability of an employer to make compensation for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment, establishing an elective schedule of compensation, and regulating procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder," approved April 4th, 1911, being chapter 95 of the laws of 1911 of the State of New Jersey, provides that all contracts of hiring shall be presumed to have been made with refer

ence to the provisions thereof, unless

written notice be given that the proVisions of Section II. of the act was not intended to apply.

Notice is hereby given that this Company will not accept the provisions of said Section II. of said act, or agree to be bound thereby, and that said provisions of said Section II. of said act are not intended to apply to any contract of hiring heretofore or hereafter made by this Company, and that continuation in the employ of this Company after the service of this notice shall be taken as an acquiescence in the terms hereo..

regard the Brussels convention of the steel barons as the most important event that ever took place in the "cockpit of Europe." Already the United States Steel Corporation practically dictates the size of the American navy, controls national policies, and enjoys net revenues greater than those of the Government. It clears more profits every year than the six million farms of this country have ever cleared any year.

Reaching out to embrace the world, it will become the greatest power on earth. It will fix prices, dictate kings and potentates, control legislation, over-awe the courts. Federated with banks, railroads and other trusts, its power will be irresistible.

Says The Pan-American Magazine:

"Referring to Coronations of the past, whereas seats and rooms at the Coronation of Queen Victoria and King Edward fetched anything from $100 to $2,500 in the very early days seats could be had for as low as a farthing. The earliest recorded price paid for Coronation seats was in the reign. of Edward I., when a few extravagant sightseers are reported to have spent a 'Q'-a coin equivalent to half a farthing or a quarter of a cent-for a good place from which to view the pageant. "At the Coronation of Edward III., a seat cost a halfpenny; Richard III., a

penny; Henry V., two pence; and in Henry VI.'s reign the frequency of Coronations caused them to pall on the public taste, with the result that the price went down to a halfpenny. It rose again with Edward IV. to twopence, which was the standard price until Henry VII., when it was a whole groat. At Queen Elizabeth's Coronation the charge was a tester, or sixpence; at James L.'s a shilling; and was advanced to half a crown at the Coronation of Charles II. and James 11. At that of King William and Mary it was a crown or $1.25, and at George II.'s a guinea or $5.00, increasing slightly with each successive reign until that of George V."

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