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'dtWri «v I v.: •'•u •jv:. I :l 3 •f.v $ l'.V: ••.. .v A Letter From Frank Horton. Goodland, Kan., March 4, 1912. Friend Hull:—Well I must admit that I am ashamed of myself here I have been without The Reporter for •ver two months and all on account of my carelessness, but enclosed you will find a check for $2.50 and you might dig up a few of the issues I have missed and send them along on my subscription, I will read them. This has been a very hard winter for western Kansas, as the ground lias been covered with snow for the past ten weeks ^nd it is still with us. As there was no crop- last year, not even feed, the farmers are having a hard time, having to buy what is shipped in. This, to an Iowa farmer, looks mighty bad. Of course it is tad, still they will get through and as everything points to a good crop this year, they will make it up and more with it. I have been out here five years and during that time I have had a good chance to judge what one can do if you will try and with all the backsets taken into con sideration I feel that western Kan sas or eastern Colorado offers a good chance for the poor man. The great failure is made in trying to raise wheat on a large scale. One comes here from the east and the first thing that he falls into is the wheat idea, for he hears the talk and tales of big money that has been made, then it is for a large acreage of wheat and nothing less than 400 to 500 acres will satisfy. If the first year he makes it, more next year, but the chances are that he goes broke the first year, or sure on the second, and then it is back to the east and west ern Kansas gets hers. Now the farmer who comes here, rents his land, gets a bunch of stock, horses, (and let me say that this is the finest horse country one could wish for) cows and a good milk pail, which he mnst expect to use, and a good bunch ''4 «f poultry, then gives his farming ,at tention to raising feed, such as, milo, ..•uwe,. kaffir corn, cafae and other "Crops, such as a man will soon 3- 'find.that he is independent. The school of both Kansas and Colorado are the best. No school in this state of less than 7 months. The water cannot be beat, and fine climate. We have winds and hard 'ones, but that is one of the draw backs which go in with the country. You will note.that I said for the ne^t '.comer to rent land. This is like .all ?'^ff^%'3»tl»er localities, has real estate men 'most men who hate come here and bought could have well afforded wait and buy later, hut the big chance is over in Colorado where one can get a homestead of 320 acres iron? the government, which is only A.v.18 miles from us, pure being one of thO western counties of Kansas. «Mother thing that will bring this /^l^buntry to the front is irrigation. *''\f Nhiety-flve per cent of* otfr l&nd is $ level and on thousands of acres water can be had at less^than 50 feet, from tkat-to 200 feet.' When I say water, .| I mean an amount that will supply a.pump throwing 1,000.gallons per I minute. At'this time there are five 1. sucl) Wella beiivg put down in .this county and will b« use4 this summer •i Jfor i"! »L .? c.V THE PRODIGAL JUDGE 1Z By VAUGHAN KESTER you want to read a delightfully humorous, essentiallyAmerican story, with a hero and heroine quite after your own heart, you cannot afford to miss the new serial we are about to print. THE PRODIGAL JUDGE is a "tale that treats of American life and conditions of several decades ago and is wholly unlike anything else in recent fiction. When the story is ended you'll find that you have left a company that you have come to know intimately and, for the most part, loved. BE SURE TO READ THE OPENING CHAPTER irrigation. ean ®ee no reason tkeimm Mtilw and. Kansas, for in a few years the man who who owns such a plant will ask no odds of any one. A company has been formed here and they have or dered a special outfit for putting down such wells. This will be here soon and a number of plants will be added to the five mentioned. The company has a company working on a well in this city, which shjauld be called a prospect hole. They are now down 1,950 feet and expect to go 3,000. They struck a fair flow of gas at 1,100 feet, but not enough to pay. In the above I do not wish you to draw the idea that this is a country where, as our friend Frank Freeman says, ""they knock the pea-wees off the fence with twenties." Not at all, but for the man who wants a home and is willing to do his part, not afraid of a few hardships, let him come to western Kansas and cast his lot. As for myself, I have not made anything big, still can not complain. Twice I have been elected county attorney, have added a Kan sas sunflower to my flock, which gives me three little ones. The wife and I have never been sick to speak of, so why should I complain. Should you ever get out this way, will be pleased to have you call and see me, and take my word, I will show you a good time. Yours truly, Frank J. Horton. THIRTY YEARS OF Remarkable Experience of Mr. Barry With New Treatment Will Surely Interest all Sufferers. "To every sufferer from backaches and kidney trouble," says Mr. Jno. W. Barry, 336 Brandriff St., Fort) Wayne, Indiana, "I want to tell that I was a victim of backaches for thir ty-flve years and that like many of my fellow sufTerers, I tried' hundreds of remedies without relief. 1 was so bad at times I could not remove my clothing. Someone recommended Root Juice to me, just as I am recom mending it to you and after taking it as directed I found a speedy cure. I I certainly do not hesitate to com mend this great medicine to any vie-' tim of these complaints for I know' what it means to get relief." The new Root Juice treatment promotes a fine appetite, makes di gestion perfect so that pure nourish ment enters the blood it strengthens the. kidneys and not only drives out rheumatic poison, but stops its ac cumulation.. The results are surpris ingly quick. One week's treatment will make a different person of you. Many have said they would not take five hundred dollars for what the juice treatment has done for them.' The genuine Root Juice can be supplied py any gopd* drurei* but the, publid is warned against tricky dealer* ipho otter worthless or inferior imitations upon which bey make more, profit. 15 TftMBRV** WILSON A FRIEND. THE LEON REPORTER, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912. New Jersey State Federation Tells What Governor Has Done for the Workers. SOME NEW LAWS QUOTED New Factory Act, Employers' Liabil ity Act and Child Labor Llmlta tion Among Matter# That Aro Commended. In the following resolutions adopted 'by the New Jersey State Federation of Labor, at Trenton, Feb. 13, 1912, the .wage earners of that state announce to the country what Governor Wodd row Wilson has done for them at home and what they think of his attitude to organized labor: Whereas, Information has reached the workers of New Jersey that efforts are being made to place His Excel lency Governor Wilson in a false posi tion as to his attitude towards or ganised labor and Whereas, So as to give semblance to this movement certain portions of a baccalaureate address made by Gov ernor Wilson to the students of Prince ton College are being quoted and Whereas, Since his inauguration Into office as Governor of New Jersey, His Excellency Woodrow Wilson has by his attitude and actions demonstrated hia friendship to the tollers, of our state and Whereas, Organised labor would be derelict in its duty if It allowed to pass this opportunity to show appre ciation fer services rendered the work ers of tfew Jersey and Whereas. During the 1911 session of the New Jersey Legislature His Ex cellency Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey, not only affixed his signa ture to all measures favorable and advocated by the organized workers of New Jersey, but used bis good offices to have enacted into law measures of great benefit to labor, and Whereas, Among the many benefi cial laws passed by the Legislature of 1911 and signed by the Governor, six teen were of vital interest to the wage earners of New Jersey, and are as follows: Chapter 24.—Fire escape law, amending factory laws and placing New Jersey in the vanguard of states In the protection of workers in fac tories and workshops. Chapter 42.—Regulating employment agencies and licensing the same. Chapter 94.—Making a misdemeanor the improper Influencing of labor rep resentatives or foremen. Chapter 95.—Employers' liability and compensation act. Chapter 136.—Prohibiting the em ployment of children in mercantile es tablishments during school hours pro viding for a 58-hour week and prohibit ing children under 16 years to work between the hours of 7 p. m. and 7 a. m. Chapter 198.—Appointment of com missioners of old age pensions and old old age insurance. Chapter 206.—Providing for the safe ty and health, of foundry workers by minimizing drafts and doing away with noxious gases, etc., by exhaust fans in foundries in this state. Chapter 210.—Increasing factory In spectors by the number of six (making in all a total of IT), for the better en forcement of factory and workshop laws. Chapter 263.—Eight-hour day on «tate, county and municipal work. Chapter 273.—Providing for at least one-half hour meal time after six continuous hours of labor. Chapter 307.—A plumbers' license act. Chapter 327.—Providing for sanita tion in bakeshops, etc., and also com pelling the licensing of same. (Chapter 363.—Prohibiting the em ployment of persons under 21 years in first-class cities, and 12 years in second-class cities as, telephone or telegraph messengers between the hours of 10 p. m. and 5 a. m. Chapter 271.—A semi-monthly pay act for railroad employes. Chapter 272.—Eliminating contract labor in penal Institutions and provid ing for a state-use system. Therefore ,be it Resolved, That the Executive Board of the New Jersey State.Federation of Labor, representing the organized workers of New Jersey, in regular ses slon assembled this 13th day of Feb ruary, 1912, at Trenton, N. J., hereby commend His Excellent Governor Woodrow Wilson for h!» unremitting and untiring efforts in assisting to bring about better conditions for the wage eaiVers of New Jersey and be jit further Resolved, That the administration of Governor Wilson be endorsed by the New Jersey State Federation of Labor and that copies of these pream bles and resolutions be forwarded to Governor Wodrow Wilson, the public press of New Jersey and the various labor organizations throughout the United States. NEW JERSEY STATE FEDBft&TION OF LABOR, »«5 Henry 1*\ Hilfers, Secretary. The tariff will be the greatest issue of the coining campaign. Until have dealt with it properly we en deal with nothing in a way that will be aatlsfaictory and lastlag."—WOOIV mow WILSON. V5B-.T 'J§ ICtfOOLM/UTMlZ Governor of New Jersey Believes in Honest Leadership of Big Political Parties. FIGHTS ONLY THE "BOSSES" He Says the Whole Country la Now Turning to the Democracy and Looks to It for Future 8uccess. his speech at Woodbury, N. J, he de- Why He's For Wilson. Collier's Weekly. A young southerner, finding himself some years ago with a comfortable for tune from his forbears and also a de gree from the Boston Institute of Tech nology, cast about for some useful means to employ both. He recalled that his home town was a backward southern village, still scarred from the hardships of the war that it waa without street cars and electric lights, while a river affording ample sites for power plants ran close by. He de cided to Invest his fortune and hia en gineering skill at home. When his power plant was almost done he had to borrow money on bonds. Then he began to find out a few things. The machinery became strangely delayed in shipment. His bonds went up In price without visible cause, and it was evident that some one was a heavy buyer. Bankers who smiled on first hearing of his assets would suddenly chilL A year ago, after five years of skillful maneuvering, the fingers of those who wanted the power plant' closed upon it and the young builder was left with a firm conviction that, the grip of Big Business over Big Money in thlB country is a thing sadly real. In 1904 he. was ardently for Roosevelt, in .1908 for Taft The other day he made a special trip to New Jer sey to pledge to Woodrow Wilson all of the time he could spare, and all of the resources he could raise, because of Governor Wilson's opinions on the: money trust and also because of con-: fidence in thev Governor's ability to: help to shake it^grfp. "When the representatives of *big business' think of the people, they do. not include themselves."—WOODROW ,WILSON. VW'-X '/-V-l From St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There has been much talk by the op ponents of Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey to the effect that he is opposed to all political organization. Whetfcer the governor took cognlz- |, ance of these statements or not, in P®ople of thla country more for their ,, ', ., tomers in Europe. This is the heart clared himself in unmistakable terms. and the source of nearly all the evils After announcing his opposition to the control of organizations by small groups of men, he said: "Organiza tion is necessary to victory. Men must understand each other and get used to each other, and therefore they must organize. One man cannot plan for a party, or carry out a party's plans alone he must be helped by the suggestions of others. But an organ ization must be formed for the serv ice of the state and not to help indi viduals. "All over the United States the peo ple are organizing and reorganizing. They are tired of having meddling middle men interfere between them and their affairs, and are determined to take the business of government in their Awn hands. But they want union and leadership. They wish to replace the boss of the past with a leader, a progressive patriot who will lead them to prosperity and happiness and good government "You can see the trend of the times in the organization of clubs to carry out their ideas. These clubs are due to the spontaneous desire of men to get together in the interests of good government. There are and have been political clubs formed for the pur pose of keeping certain men in power who use that power for their own ends and purposes but the clubs of which 1 speak are not of that kind. "The whole country is turning to the Democratic party,1 and looks to it for future success. I am heart and soul with the organization of the Demo cratic party. In the campaign we are about to enter upon, such an organiza tion will be needed, and we will carry the old party to higher levels and achieve a great victory." ON TARIFF ISSUE The Worst Feature of Protection, He Says, Is Demoralization of Our Political Ideas. SCHEDULES MUST BE REVISED System at the Heart of Every Other Economic Question We Have to Deal With, Says Governor of New Jersey. Atlanta (Ga.) Journal. The dominant issue of the approach ing presidential campaign will be the tariff. There is certainly no other question that reaches so far or strikes so deep ly into the nation's common Interests. At the very root of many, if not most, of the political evils that now beset the country, lies the outworn system of protective tariff which the Republican party brought forth and which it persists In maintaining. The trust problem Itself Is but one aspect of the tariff question. Certain It is that monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade wilt be vastly, more difficult to form and maintain when the artificial tariff wall that now protects them is removed. They would still require a measure of regulation, but under present conditions we find the government prosecuting them with one hand and patronizing them with the other. The Sherman anti-trust act is well enough In its particular sphere, but no matter how vigorously It may be applied, it can never within Itself undo the effects of a tariff system that puts a ban on competition and builds a hot house for groups of particular interests. This is the policy that en ables American trusts to charge the products than they charge their cus- which we classify under the term, I "special privilege." It is just at this point that corrupt business and cor* rupt politics join hands. It is a noteworthy circumstance that Governor Woodro^ Wilson, as a can didate for the presidential nomination, is a particularly clear-headed and vig orous exponent of the doctrine of tar iff for revenue only. In a recent ad dress before the National Democratic club In New York, Governor Wilson declared: "The worst feature of protection Is the demoralization of our political Ideas. We have based government upon patronage and privilege Instead of Justice and equality. That's the cancer that eats at the hearts of all. It is likely that for an indefinite pe riod we shall have to pay our national bills by duties collected at the ports. Though I am not for drastic changes, I wish I saw some ultimate escape from 1L At present I do not. There fore, what we have to ask ourselves Is not the principle upon which we are to act, for that is plain. We are to act upon the fundamental principle of the Democratic party, not free trade, but tariff for revenue, and we have got to approach that by such avenues, by such stages and at such a pace as will be consistent with the stability and safety of the business of the country." There is here set forth a thoroughly consistent and at the same time a well* poised course of action for the party to pursue. A system that has been de veloped through generations and that involves the country's business equili I brium cannot be struck to pieces at a single blow. But it should be dealt with none the less positively, and there should always be held in view the ultimate principle of tariff for reve nue only. I Governor Wilson has said again in an interview with the New York World: "The tariff question is at the heart of every other economic question we have to deal with and until we have adjusted that properly we can settle nothing in a way that will be satisfac tory and lasting. The tariff is the one central issue of the coming cam paign." The Journal has previously com mended Governor Wilson to the peo ple of Georgia and the south on the ground that he is a Democrat of south ern birth who represents the keenest sympathies and the best traditions of ithis section and who furthermore by ^virtue of his luminous record and his splendid ability is the party's most ad visable candidate for the presidency. To that we may now add that he Is, and has long been, a foremost advo cate of the one basic doctrine of southern Democracy—the doctrine of tariff tor revenue, instead of for pro tection and patronage. Surely a domi-: nant issue and a presidential candl-j date were never more thoroughly mat-' HE 18 WITH US. (Montgomery (Ala.) Times.) *7 am for the newspapers—which Is merely another way of mentioning' the fact that I am in public life. The public msn who fights the dally press 'won't he a public man very long."— Woodrow Wilson. One thing we like about Wilson is that he can tell such scintillating, truths in so few words. The above is the literal truth. Wlt-j son Is for the newspapers and they] are tor him. Which is merely another) way of meatfoatag ttet b# ta for wrtUff iM Ili "Dr. Miles' Nervine Completely Cured Our Little Boy of Fits*" A fainify can suffer no greater affliction than to have a child sub ject to fits or epilepsy. 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