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TALK ABOUT "BUMPER" CROPS
EVIDENTLY OUT OF PLACE!
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ALL FAVOR FARMER
BUT ONLY THE PROGRESSIVE
PLATFORM IS EXPLICIT ON
GOOD ROADS.
OMITTED BY REPUBLICANS
Democrats Neglect Even to Mention
Child Labor, Prison neform, Own
ership of Alatkan Coal Jin (I Other
Matters of Vital Import.
All tho plntforms havo kind words
for the farmer. All platforms nhvnyH
havo. Hut politics liiid polltlulana can
do Ices to affect Ills llfo than tliu lives
Df most otlirr men In thu country.
An early spring, a lato fall, warm
rain, Rood scud, kooiI tools, kooiI
htock, Kood maniin! and lots of It
they make thu working conditions for
Iho farmer and llx his pay. Laws
can keep tho blight of consumption
from tho sweatshop they can't keep
the blighting frost from the unripe
corn.
All parties pledge themselvi-B to
parcels post. That Is good. It seems
that this obvious reform Is at last
In sight after thirty years of agita
tion, (ireat Is the power of Invisible
government, able to block for three
decades a measure as unanimously
demanded and as plainly needed as
parcels post. It will prove a great
boon to the farmer.
All parties also pledge themselves
to a policy of extending credit, under
governniMit supervision, to tho farm
ers at lower rates of Interest than
they now pay. Unless the country
hankers are taken care of under tho
new arrangement, It will bo many
years before anything like tills comes
to pass. For thu country bankers,
uifited, are more powerful In tho pol
itic or this country than any other
clafB, tar more powerful than a united
Wall Ktieet would be.
There Is one thing far more vital to
the prosperity of the farmer than n
lower rati' of Interest or parcels post,
and that In good roads.
flood roads, it has been scientifical
ly estimated, would add from $10 to
$'.'U an aero to thn nverngo vnltio of
Mississippi valley farms. On this
point, t-ttaugely enough, the Repub
lican platform says nothing, for tho
Republicans usually have been liberal
In support of Internal Improvements.
.Strangely enough, also, tho Demo
crats advocate national, assistance to
a road building program, for Demo
crftii used to denounce such a plan
(is an Invasion of states rights. Their
I lank iiniln:
AY favor national aid to statu and
local Mitlioritles In tho construction
at I inriinteuancn of post roads."
Tin 1'iogressive plank Is yet moro
i .pll'lt and advanced:
Wo recognize tho vital Importance)
of food roads, and wo pledge our party
'ii tostrr their extension In every prop
r way, and wo favor tho early con
r'tuctlon of national highways."
Tin Democratic platform, which Is
clili'Ily conspicuous for Its omissions,
neglecting even to mention such ques
tions up child labor, Initiative, referen
dum, recall, public ownership of Alas
Inn cool, tariff commission, prison ro
form, the caro of tho Immigrant, In
cludes ono extraordinary plank which
Is oven prcpopullstlc. It goes back
to thn (irnnger days.
It advocates tho abolition by con
gress of the Chicago board of trado
and all similar "organized gambling
f'Xcha.igeB," Chicago Tribune.
VERMONT VOTE MISLEADING
Conditions Ara Different In The Great
Vcat, Where Roosevelt lo
Eailly In Lead.
Tho vote of Vermont was full of
promise for tho Democrats. Thnt fact
Hood out clearly In tho returns. An
accession of Democratic confidence
v.mb a natural result of tho first tout
of New England sentiment Hut New
England Is a small part of the country
and the conditions nro different In the
west.
Look at California. There the Demo
cratic vote In tho Btate-wldo primaries
was lnslgnlllcant. Tho result of the
test of public sentiment which was
almost as conclusive as a regular elec
tion, indicated clearly that lioosevelt
can easily beat Wilson. As for the
candidate of the administration Repub
licans, any man who believes that
Mr. Taft has a chnncti for the electoral
voto of California Is a miracle of
hopefulness or a victim of profound
iL'norancu of tho conditions In the
largest and most populous state of
the Pacific coast.
Kven If the Democrats had carried
Malno they would merely have held a
state already In their possession. If
they had made a better showing there
than they ever did before since Maine
llrst became Republican, which they
did not, It would havo proved nothing
outside of Now Knglaud. Tho position
of thn west will not be affected In the
least by any such tests of the senti
ment of the northeastern corner of
the country.
A Few "Ifs" for Every Man.
If you are a wage earner oil have
a vital Interest In the tariff you pay
on clothing, shoes and the necessary
articles of household use. That tariff
is too high now.
If you aro a wage-earner you also
have an Interest In keeping your
wages from being cut below their
present marks. Doing away with the
tariff altogether will divide your
wages In half or wlpo them out.
If you aro the father or thn mother
of children you aro unwilling that
their health should bn Impaired and
their lives shortened by night labor
and unsanltnry factory conditions. In
dustrial legislation will save your chll
dren.
If you nre the kind of manufacturer
who takes care of his employes, aro
you willing that your humanitarian
measures should ptove a handicap be
cause your competitors undersell you
by refusing to adopt them? An equal
izing law will readjust competition on
a fair basis.
If you are growing old and find to
ward tho end of a useful llfo that thu
nature of your occupation and tho cost
of living havo prevented saving
against tho years when your work Is
done, then you will bo Interested In a
national plan whereby you may bo
saved from thn hopeless drudgery of
your last years or the dlsgraco of the
poorhouse
If you are In Btep with tho times
you will want to share In tho advan
tages of popular measures already
established in other lands.
You will want a perfected parcels
post to bring the markets cheaply and
quickly to your doors.
You will wnlcomo tho purgo and the
uplift of equal BUffrago.
You will advocate a patriotic use ol
the Panama canal.
Anil If any ono or all of these prop
osltlons has set you thinking, consider
how theso desirable Interests may be
best assured for you and for your
neighbors. Consider how best you can
get In lino with tho men and with
tho movement which has tho deep-Hel
purpose nnd tho ability to bring these
things to pass.
Indignant Frenchman Had Some
Fault to Find With Postmaster,
and Said So.
A Frenchman with a name spelled
b, la Paris and pronounced Homcthlng
Hko Ca-choo had never learned to
read or write, but ho managed to dis
guise tho facf pretty well until ho
moved to a now community where tho
name was not common, doing to the
pOBtofllco one morplng ho Inquired:
"Cot any mall for Joe Caelum?"
"What's tho name?" Inquired the
clerk.
"(.'a-choo, ,Ioe Ca-choo."
"How do you spell It?"
"Can't you hvell doe Ca-choo?"
"No," said tho clerk, "I never heard
It before."
Then the disgust of the Frenchman,
which had been constantly rlBlng,
boiled over and he snorted:
"Well, If you can't spell, why don't ,
you sell your old postodlce to some
one that can?" !
BABY IN MISERY WITH RASH
Monroe, Wis. "Wbon my bnby wat
clx weeks old there came a rash on
his faco which finally Bpiead until It
aot nearly nil over his body It form
ed t. cruot on his head, hair fell out
and tho Itch was terrible When ho 1
would scratch tho crust, tho water
would onzo out In big drops. On faco
and body It was In a dry form and 1
s-ould scale off. He was In great mis
cry nnd at nights I would Ho awake '
holding his hands no that ho could not
scratch and dlsliguro himself I tried
nlmpto remedies at firs', then got
medicine, but It did no good. ,
, "Finally n friend suggested Cutlcura
Itcmcdica, bo I sent for a sample to
bco what they would do. when to my
surprise after a few applications I
could seo an Improvement, nnd ho
would rest better. I bought a box of
Cutlcura Ointment and a cake of Cutl
cura Soap and beforo I bad thorn half
used my baby was cured Ills head Is
now covered with a luxuriant growth 1
of hair and his complexion Is nil- '
mired by everybody nnd has no dis
figurements." (Signed) Mrs. Annie ,
Saunders, Sept. 2D, mil.
Cutlcura Soap nnd Ointment Bold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-j. Skin Honk. A.IdrcsB
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Adv.
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All kinds of men smoke Duke's Mixture In all kinds
of pipes ns well ns in cigarettes nnd t licy all tell the same
Jtory. Tliey like the genuine, natural tobacco taste of
miStukL
i
Wanted a Bite.
Oh, yes; It was raining had been ,
nil day. Hut they dldii t iiiiiul that so ,
much; you sue, they wire fishermen
All the same, they weio trudging
home, with weary Htepn and very
weary-looking faces. 1
Their baskets were empty, and, to '
be candid, they weie In a very bad ,
temper.
As they entered the Utile vlllago n
largo dog ran at one of the party Thu
dog had a ferocious look, and was
barking furiously Hut the fisherman
did not take much alarm at the anl i
nml IIo just. Ulcki'tl It away euro
lessly. "Aren't you afraid he'll go for you?"
Inquired unoiher of tho parly, some
what anxiously
The one who had kicked at thn dog
looked at his companion In a sorrow
ful manner.
"I only wish he would!" hu replied.
"I'd chance almost anything to bo abln
to go homo and say I'd had a bite!"
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Hint's whnt you get In tho f.ixgrll & Myers 1 hike's Mixture Buck.
You get ono and a Aa ounces of tins pure, mild, delightful
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Now About the Free Pipe
Incvcrr rnckof &Mytts Duke's Mixture wo now pack
a coupon. You cun exchange these nuipons fur n pipe or for ninny
other Milmiblu nnd useful nrticles. Theso presents cost not ono
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skates, catcher's ftlovcs, tennis rackets, caincrns, toilet articles,
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nnd ns a tpecial offer daring Sep
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Cnufiini from fiflf't Mixtutf mav hi
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GRANGER TWIST, and Coupon Uom
FOUR ROSES (a-in dnbU cotifim),
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Premium Dept.
St. Lout.
Mo.
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P nurVTum.N C.
Rnw Chickens.
Hose 1'aslor Phelps Stokes. In an
BddresB on behalf of a New York coun
tryweek charity, told a quaint story.
"A little slum girl," she said, "stood
I for the llrst time In her life In a barn-
i yard a genuine, old-fashioned barn-
jaid with lis ricks, Its lazy cows. Its
plows and harrows, and what not.
"Thu Blum child drank It all In de
lightedly, then gasped half lo herself:
"'An' Jest look at tho chickens -n'i
runnln' mound raw!" Washington
Star.
Point for Snerlock Holmes.
Somebody wondered how long n cer
tain woman who had just left tho
room had been martini.
"About IB years," said tho Jeweler
"How do you know?" usked thn Jew
eler's wife "You never saw her until
tonight."
"I can tell by tho slzo of her wed
ding ring.'' he ii plled. "Tho width of
wedding lings changes about every
five yearB. The kind she woaja was
In stylo IB yeais ago."
Conclusive.'
"What am I to do about this man's
attack on me? 1 can't ntiBwer him."
"Then why don't you call him a
liar!"
Precaution,
OJilmmle Hey, Maggie, hold dls
bag o' pennuta fer me for a minute
here comes a poor relation o' mlno!
Ufo.
A Paradoxical Ballot.
"I should think the women voting
In thu new suffrage states would
strike one obstacle."
"What Is that?"
"How can the mat ions of a party
cast their maiden vote?"
s2t
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Ju
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It Depends.
"Do you think a wife should
through her husband's pockets?"
"Yes if there's anything In 'em.
go
One occasionally meets a man who
gives a direct answer In reply to a
simple question. Hut most of them
want to make a Bp' cell
When a man does get even with
another he is never satlslled until ho
gets n llttlis. moro bo
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