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Monday. Oct. 14
WINK
1ST TRADES DAY
Special Price List
from the Firm of
Tofoya & Lawson
We want Tucumcari's
trade clay to be a success; we
want all the people in the
country to come to town on
this day; we want you to got
the habit of coming to Tu
cumcari and on this clay and
we will each month give spe
cial prices on some articles
1
in our stock; we will not cut.
i i :
one ynuc uu any ai iuvjio in
the store but on such articles
as we have listed below and
these prices are good only
r ,
on ine ciaie mentioned.
One lot of Children's Bus-
ter Brown lace shoes, sizes 8
to 2, regular $2.25 and $2.00
o t
values, Monday, choice $1.50
. . One lot Men's heavy Work
, ., , , , , .
anoes, uotii uiacK ana tan,
regular $3.50 and $3.00 val
ues, Monday, choice $2.75.
Men's heavy Fleece-Lined '
... . . . . ,
ShirtS and Drawers, a real I
rrnnrl Rfto rrnrmonf Mnnrlnv 1
w bU,..w, """"J
Special 75c a Suit.
One lot Men's Corduroy
i'ants, notmng smaller tnan ;
a 36-inoh waist, regular $3.50 1
aild $3.00 Values, Monday .
. . . 0n An .
Specials, CllOlCe $2.40.
A diSCOUnt Of $1.00 Will be
i . i
given from any knee-pat
suit in the house on this day '
.
Only. . The largest Variety '
to select from in Tucumcari.
,
J? OUr .badieS SUltS, regU-
lar $25.00 Values, last Season
Wnw Mnn Gio
of these Suits, two 34, one 36
and one 40. Better come in
early for these.
One large lot of Ladies'
Shirts $1.75, $1.50, and $1.25
values, choice 95c.
but their application wan denied b
50C deducted from price Of the commission The railroads de
i. u.. notmced the prentdent ami IiIh nttoi
any sweater m the house on nfly KPntfral for 1H Btan), lHV M1K ,
this daV. protecting the rlghii. of the shippers
Other Reforms Accomplished.
75c Work Shirts on this;
clay for 50c.
Anything in Men's Union I
Suits On this day dedUCt 10,
, c i . ,
per cent from regular price.
Four Ladies' short Kamo
nas, made of heavy figured
Flannelette, medium sizes,
regular prices $1.25. Choice
Monday 25c
r l 4- M,Mo QKn nnA '
Une 10L 01 IVien S OOC anci
50c Neckwear, choice Mon-
i
(lay, 20C
)
We Will have On Sale Oni
,, . , , . ,
this day some exceptional i
vnlllfiq in Towels It Will DaV
values in xoweis. xd win pay .
you to come in on this day
and replenish your stock.
The stock in this line is very
complete, everything from
the very cheapest to the fin
est of pure linen.
'Tucumcari's Quality Store'
TA0MW50N
PRESIDENT TAFT'S
SPLENDID
RECORD
SOME OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
HIS ADMINISTRATION
PRESENTED.
GREAT WORK HAS BEEN DONE
More Proiecutions of Truite and More
Social Reforms Secured Than
Under Any Prevlout
President.
oooooooooooooooooooooo
"He hat met every crista that
nan arisen during his adminis
tration with firmness and reso
lution. The bluff and bluster of
polltloal enemies have not mado
him flinch an lota from his de
termination to do that which
he believes to be for the gen
:ral welfare of all classes of $ j
seople In this republic." Rep- A
e
resentatlve Kahn of California,
In an address reviewing Presi
dent Taft's Administration.
)0O0O0OOO00OO
re1cord, of ;;' ad
mlnlHtrntlon In one of splendid nehlev
merit
His administration Iiiib broken all
records for prosecutions brought ami
won under the Khormnu antl trurU law
Without fear or favor It Iihh brought
to the bar of Justice corporation!! am!
i'""0"" ' u"k' combum
tlons In restraint of trade, the ultt
mute purpone of each combination he
lug to create u monopoly and to raise
tln prices on Itn products In two
yearn and eleven mouthH of his ad
ministration President Tuft mused to !
;. ..,.,. ., cv.i .uu. ;
ntiii f,ii-tu f,riini.ini mi u iiun nui ii
u gal truHte
Hoospvelt. In the seven
years of hlH presidency
am: a hair
",v inwrittitoa forty four Miits against
Illegal combinations
I nder President Tnft s admlmutra
tlon the great Hugnr triiHt fraudH wure '
unearthed. renultliiE In "lie forced rea I
tltutlon of millions of dutlnr Into Hie j
Mniim.nl tr..rturv Ttn.e fr.nnlH. ,
wh,ch wpro bUH,", ,,r,uery of
customs officials to dishonestly value
imports of sugar were In progress
0,irl "8 "st administration. Dili
wor not detected
until Taft became
preHldent
Corporatlon Tax. I
President inft suggested and se I
cured the enactment of a law Imp on '
ing a tax upon cnrponutonH which
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" a'lvoeuled and approved the law
eHtabltwhlng pontal nuvlnga hanks
These banka nro now the depoaltorleb
of many mllllotiH of dollara and ufford
to people of sumll mentis In remo'n lo
ealltles an eany and iafe method of
nucllmu,at1B ,lloney
r,l(Jpr hlB 'iiwi hero has been
an Investigation of the excesnlve and
unfair charge of the express com
"1ft;;.;orri';re;,m,)lote vrrn""nnt
Railroads have been prevented from
puttlns rato Increawes Into effect with
out th0 P" of 'h" ler"latVom !
!C. COmm:" . '?.'h 8
lut ton was pending an effort was made
by certain trunk Hiich to Increase
rates A temporary Injunction wan
immediately obtained by tliu httorne)
general and bv agreement with the
rnllroad preHldent they did not pu'
the Increanes Into effot but waited
for the enactment of the la a- They
then applied to the Interstate com
uierco comtntHHloii for permission, un
der th new law to make the Increase
The white ulave traffic has been
vigorously and effectively attacked.
and Hovere punlHliment Iiun been
meted out to iIiohh engaged In the
"fTZ , .b
llshed. wo as to fnfeguanl the Uvea of
tnlnerH President 'I aft personally ai
tomM n 0(Mll,nH,n..io.. r the me.,
otia einploved to 'oseue inlnem and
...... .u,uu Mvnrvii.ii.ir in t.iu .
V . . ,
give ellldei.cy to lllln new hureau
Another grout noclnl reform which
PreHldent Tnft advocated und which
received IiIh hearty approval when the
law wiih puHHed concerns the In vend
gntlon of child labor conditions by the
government PreHldent Taft nolected
R o""1" lo mni age tho bureau which
u ,.omiiictlni; Hn- Imiulry lii order that
'"'k"' H a fympathetu! and
thorough admlnlm ration of the law
rnder PieBldent Tnfl's admlnlstra
tlon the Panama canal will be com
pleted ahead of tlute. without h taint
of Kraft PreHlileiit Taft has made
HMVl.mi vihiih m the iHthmuH m ordet
l"'ranlly hhhufo hlmaelf that the
k wm h urmwAlt0il h0llP8nj
and vlgorouHly
An income tax amendment to th
federal cotiHtltutlou has been sub
mltted to the males and now lackH
only th nfllrtnatlve netlon of the
legislatures of three or four additional
rttuteu to become a part of the fun
dameutal law of the land
Tariff Revised Downward.
The tariff Iuih been revised down
ward Under the Payne tariff law. ap
proved by PreHldent Taft. the list oi
articles ailmtitpf! duty free was In
creuHi'd. while the averago rates or
duty upon all dutiable articles was do
creaHud No American Industry hun
been crippled mid not one Aiuurloau
OOOCi
8
!
k i
workman has bHi thrown out of em
ploy merit by reason of Ita eueottuent. ,
Uellevlng that thn aohedulei might be
till further revised. President Tuft
oreattd the tariff board an organlza
tlon of exports w'w dealt with the.
tariff problom from a business point
of view and who suggested further
changes The Democratic bouse of
repreneniatlv-'- Ignored these well
considered reconimeiidatloiia and alio
legislated the tariff board out of ex
lHttno The tariff bills vetoed b
President Tuft were framed by a com
mitten of fourteen Democrats, eleven ,
or whom are lawyers and the other
three have had no business experi
ence President Tuft has enforced the em- j
ployem liability act and approved the
extension of Its provisions so that em- ,
ployen of railroad carriers may bring !
suits In any district In which the de- :
fendaiit was doing business at the
Mine of the commencement of the !
action
'lliese are a fewand only a few ,
; of the great achievements of Presl-
uem inns anminietrallon it is a
record unequalled by nny prosldent, ;
and the work has all been done with- i
out self-glorification and In a modest '
,,d ctlve way
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DEMAND FOR LA I Oil
Unprecedented Proeperlty In the
United States Sands Up a Call
From Ooean to Oeean for
Unskilled Labor.
The demand for unskilled labor
never wan so great In the United
States as It Is at present There I
also a large and general demand for
skilled labor In many Important llnea.
The cry has gone up from New
York state and extends south along
the Attantlo coast, across the south
line of the Union to California, up the
Paolflo coaat to Seattle, and back j
across the heart of the country from I
Kaniit Citv in a i i. t nfci I
to Detroit, to Pittsburg.
E te'.u'tSrminJi
"o iirTesi, me roreeu. me ininei
the factories, the mills; on the rail
road, for the construction of publio
highways and In our great Industrial
oonters.
wumn a nunared-mlle radius
of New York c,tT tn call la no lesa
'nsletent Ibor agencies cannot aup-
P' tho demand there. Contrcto j
no manual help for aqueducts, tun-
noin, ouiiuing excavationa. i nere a ;
work for every man willing to take i
pick and shovel and utilise the oppor-1
tunlty to earn a dally wage whose
I- mm
nyono aouot mat u is mis ooq-
d,tlon of n!vrejally employed labor
wloh ,B responsible for the high
P''" fo" 'rm products-prloes
wniun am Kiving cno American rarixv
er the greatest degree of prosperity
he has ever known?
And can anyone believe that these
conditions, either a to laborers or
farmere, would be bettered by a
change in the administration at Wash
ington? Why make a change for the
more sake of ohange? "Let sleeping
dogs lie"
A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Preeldent Taft
Oovernment
Hae Qlven Qeee
to the People.
Prom 1H8S to 1803 the ordinary o
l penses of the federal government to
creased at the rate of about J p
year In the succeeding d.
per cent
oennlaJ
' period they Increased about 4 per
I oent a year Under the presidency ot
Mr Roosevelt the annual In or ease
was almost ft per oent. Mr Taff has
i not only stopped this annual Increase,
I whloh had so long seemed inevitable,
but has actually brought about a da
1 crease. Under Mr Roosevelt the or
i dlnary annual expenses of the gov
i ernment grew from about 471,000,0O
to 1681,000.000, an increase of $1BL
j 000,000 In seven years. Mr Taft has
reduced them from l882.OfW.000 t
j (664,000,000.
! We talk a lot about economy In pas
lie affairs Isn't It worth while to
stop a moment and give credit to
i president who has actually done what
we have all been saying ought to b
done?
What Happened.
Ah. If the worklngmen of this coun
try could only know how they have
been fooled about the protective far-
la. -...LI.. . ,.l. hanoUt llf U V
Id WUIAIIIA IWI IIIQII WMWMl. fT Ua
if tho uroteotlve tariff was relieve
. t reat many points, this is waat
would happen, that AmeHoan Industry
wml,d ,Rkp on a new , ajd ,pecd
j pro- Wilson
: why. certainly that Is what would
happen -Just as It did the last time
the protective tariff was "relieved."
Getting Back to Normal.
From the St !uls Times
The one unmistakable polltloal teav
dency ut present Is the country-wide
recognition of the rare merits of Pree
ldent Taft A period of normal re
flection has set In The shout hag
had Its day and the Intelligent in
quiry, the frank recognition of facta,
have arrived.
The Dlfferenoe.
the Belvedere till.)
Fro ni
Repute-
Mean.
The difference between the Roose
velt and Taft administrations Is that
Mr. Roosevelt talked loudly against
those whom he called "malefactors,"
and secretly protected some of them
from the law, while M?. Taft has made
no threats, but has Just enforced the
laws.
If you are too young to remember
what happened the last time the Dem
ocratic party was In power, ask some
older man who was in business then.
There Is no danger tkat fee will hart
torgottaa U.
THE REAL TRUTH
ABOUT DELEGATES
THE ATTEMPT THAT WAS MADE
TO STEAL THE NOMINATION
FOR ROOSEVELT.
SCORES OF FAKE CONTESTS
Eldonce of Attempted Thefts Conclu
sive and Overwhelming, While
Preeldent Taft'e Title Is Hon
est and Clear.
Why Is It that UiuunhikIm of coiuinnH
bae been pi luted ami liiiiuineruble
ipeei lies lollverel charging the Na
tlouai Committee ami the National Re
publican convention w th the theft oi
something like tievout delegates,
while practically nothing mot appeared
In print or been beard upon tho plui
form utiout the attempted theft ot
more ttiun twice hs many leiegates on
the putt of the Roosevelt managers
Ik not the attempt to steul. u deter
mined effort to steal, us culpable mor
ally as an ncual theft
The evidence Is absolutely coticlu
she that the nomination was not
stolen for President Taft
The evidence Is Just an conclusive
that a deliberate plan was formed, of
which tie had full cognizance to ntea!
the nomination for Col Roosevelt, a
crime which would have been perpe
traieil except fur the eourageotia hou
esty of the meiiibere of tho National
committee ami of the credential com
mittee of the national convention
Truth Should De Known.
If these statements are startling It
Is because they ar new ami not be
cause they ate not true Col Roone t
velt Is a pastmaster in diverting at
tention from himself by a nolov nml
terrifying assault upon others Hut
the tumult ami the shoutttiR have died
aua and It Is time now for the coun
try to know- and connlder the truth
And the truth In that very tnrly In
the precnnveiitlriri campaign the
Roosevelt manage laid their plans to
prepare the public mind for the charge
thru the nomination had heon stolen. ,
pn -lded It went to nnybodv but
Roosevelt. They did this by lnatlgai- ,
lng a great number of contests, utterly
fake contests without, an It wne after
wards admitted, a shadow of ground
ui.cti which to rest
'I he purpose for which these con-i
tests were Instigated was franklv
and enlcall avowed, even while the
were null under otiBldoratlnn. In a'
dlspati h from Chicago, written by I
Judson r Welllvor, one of the most i
ardent Roosevelt supporters In this
dispatch, which was sent to Mr Mun- !
sev's Washington Times, Mr Welllver I
said:
Tor psychological effect, as a move '
In practical politics, it was necensnrv
for the Roosoveit peoplo to start con
tests on the early Taft selections In
order that a tabulation of delegate
strength could be put out that would ,
show Roosevelt holding a good hand '
In the game
"A lable showing Taft. 180; Roose ,
velt 19 conteaUd. none.' would not
he verv much calculated to Inspire con
fldence whereat one showing 'Taft '
18. Roosevelt, If; contested 127 '
looked very dlffsrent "
Contests Were Pure Fakes.
In other word, here Is a frnnk avow
al that nearly two hundred contests
had been Instigated "for psychologlca'
effect' as "a metre In practical poll
tics." to deceir tk people Into think
Ing that Col. Raoeuvelt bad support.
wbn In fact he did not have It- ut
terly fnke coniewa. started for a frai
dulent purpose us4 with the full knowl
edge on the part of Col Itoonevob
that their only treason for existence
was to deceive the people and to pre
pare the way ter the cry of fraud
when fhey wrs decided against him
This Is severe language but It Is not
more severe t&ss the facts warrant
for of the 134 eentests Instigated b
the Roosevelt managers, 162 were
thrown out by tee unanimous vote of
the National ooteznlttee. tho Roosevelt
men Joining with the Taft men In de
clarlng that they had no ground what
ever upon which to rest In the face
of this unquestioned record. Is then
no' full warrant for charging that the
Roone velt managers, with the know:
edge ami consent of tholr chief. Rt ,
tempted to steal the nomination
The command "Thou shalt not steal' t
eertnlnlv Implies the further command
rnent Thou shalt not attempt to
stea'" And with this attempt to
steal so Indelibly branded upon him ;
what consideration should he given
the charges of theft which t'ol Roose
velt makes against another'
Some of the Decisions.
Why are the friendH of President
Taft called upon to defend him. for
example from tke charges of hnvlng
stolen the Indiana delegation when
the Taft delegates were seated by the
unanimous vote the committee, Col
Roosevelt's own inpportere declaring
the Roosevelt contestants had no
shadow of claim to the seats? Why
should It be nee sary to defend the
president against the chargo or stolen
delegates In deerfia when only two
out of tho ES members of the commit
tee voted against the Taft delegates?
In no case did 01. Roosevelt make a
louder cry of trawl than In the Michi
gan case and yt tfcere again his own
friends on the e)einmltteo declared
the Taft delegates were without douht
entltlod to their aets,
Why even shaeaM It be necennnry to
enter a defense W the California case?
This Is the one In which the most
noise has been made and yet It was
one or the slmylMt and clearest of
nil It was not aenled that Tart had
TRUSTS AREFOR T. R.
ThefY Dlrootors Contribute to Hla
Campaign Fund.
Harvester Trust Perkins and Oteel
Trust Munsey Olve Him
Half of Total Amount
Contributed.
Koorf'm-lt'H iv of "Stop thief." hai
not succeeded In diverting public at
tentlon from the liberal support whlob
he Is receiving from the big trtiHtn
Among the significant contributions to
the third party campaign funds the
past week wre those of George W,
Perkins, a director of the Harvester
Trust, and Frank A Munsey, of the
Stoel Truit, for $16,000 each. Perklni
says that more will be forthcoming
when needed Ho cannot be charged
with Ingratitude
Tho Harvester Trust was organised
during Roosevelt's administration with
a paper capltalttatlon of one hundred
and thirty million dollars Tho tangl
ble assets upon which this vasi
amount of watered stork was Issued
amounted at the time to only thirty
millions of dollars Ex-Senator Hans
brough of North Dakota dealarea that
a word from Roosevelt, who was then
president, wonld have prevented the
formation or this great combine. But
the word was not spoken The deal
went through and the fnrmeri who buy
Harvester Trust Implements have been
helping to pay the dividends on this
extra one hundred million n of watered
stock ever since. Later In tho Itooso
velt administration the department of
Justice, on Its own Initiative, was
about to begin prosecution against this
trust for violation of thn Sherman
law. But Mr Perkins appealed to hla
friend. President Roosevelt, and by
the president's personal order the pro
ceedlngs were stopped Mr PerklnR
has not been a power In the White
Houso during the present administra
tion, and bv direction of President Tnft
a suit Is now pending to dissolve the
Harvester Trust Is It nny wonder
that Mr. Perkins contributes liberally
to the third term campaign fund
And Is It any wonder that Mr Frank
A. Munnev Is equally liberal, when It
Is remembered that he In a heavy
stockholder In tho Steel Trunt. whose
coffers were enriched to the extent of
sixty millions of unearned dollars by
the absorption of tho Tennenseo Coal
and Iron Company Its mot danger
ous competitor nn absorption which
a recent congresHlonnl Invcutlgntlon
declares to have twcn plainly against
the law. and which never would have
been made except for the promise ob
tained In advance from President
Roosevolt that the law would not he
Invoked ngnlnBt It.
These are not campaign slanders.
They are acknowledged and undin
puted truths And they are net down
here merely to make It clear why It
happens that Oeorge W Perkins, a
director of the Harvester Trunt. and
Trank A. Munsey. ncnvlty Interested
in the flteel Trust can nfford to be
generous with their funds In financing
the third term campaign They found
Colonel Rooevelt n friend lnded
when he wnn lant In the White House
and from their point of view they are
fully wnrrnntod In drnwlng upon tholr
plethoric hank nccotints to put him
back again
A Word to the Farmers.
From the leavenworth fKnn.)
Times
If tho farmern want good times to
oontlnue, they will vote for Tnft. If
they want to take the chance of get
ting less for their crops, they will
vote for olther Roosevelt or Wll
son. Borne close observer tin reninrked
that the longer Col. RoosevoU re
nnets over hln post life, the more cer
tain he Is that ho never made u mistake.
TRADES DAY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14
0U1' moi'dinnts will oiTor grout bar
gains on -MONDAY, OOTOBMi
34th to ono and nil. This is youi'
opportunity. Everybody will comG
to Tnciiincnri on
MONDAY, OCTOBER 14th
I OCT. 14. DON'T MISS IT
A WATERMELON TASTER
How would ynu llko to bo n wnter
melon tmiert
Vott'vo hi-md .if the lea tnator tlint
expei t whuye tongue is trained lo the
determination of what's what In On
iony or tiiimlried .(spun hut tho wa
termelon 1 nut or in a new one.
lie thrive- in the Southwestern plains
country. Thai's whero our bent water
melon come from. And if tlioy are nt
ai Nweei and tcmlar as they nlioulil lie,
lav it on the tsstor.
It' von lived In the town of McLean.
Ti-xit-, on the whin Panhandle jilniriH,
where even ai this late day the cattle.
.i.ii1m: inn cxcbuiIm the Imiiiihii Ion to
one, if you i-ogldn't ho tho olllelnl wn
t -riiiutiii tnstor, you'd linoeo Hie nest
i-i-xt job and want to lioeomo either n
kid i i ii town cow. For why! Read
In'er nli.
l-'irtt understand that McLean g .
wuieri! ulnti shipping point, wlloli it is
ii. t tiiiiiing cattle. This year the luel
nn Tiii. is good as usual. (It nevor fftilsi
The nueugo, however, is larger than
muni. Kvi-ry rancher linn u pat eh, as
put'lu gn iu a rogion where land in
pii-iitv, .'jo Hi-ies is a farm, and ranch
, - .in- uieasurod in miles and not acre.
W it a in hauling digtuueo of MsLouit
ii,inH. in-ren of watermelons warn pro-
.in 1 tin, vear, making tho shipping
pimped ul oVHJ carloads. Tlmt uiouns
aix.ii' liii,uno melons.
about lite luster. It km bsun
. uttiiiiiin tu ship inuluns from .Mo I -.ohm
alter tiie old method of touting them
by thumping with tho thumb und mid
dle tlngur. Thin your u fow earlouds
shipped em ut limt were found tu b
green. The market frowns on melon
uutic. To avert further complaint it
was decided to taste the melons. iN'oo
all -f them, to be nuie, but about two
in every wagon lond. Now us tho farm
er drives in, tho buyer, armed with u
huge knife, approaches as if to du
slaughter.
He grubs a melon ut random and in
.orts the kuifo. To tho practiced our
of the testor the kmfo thrust is buIH
dent. If tho melon is ripe it give
till a fine crackling pound. But to iimka
assurance doubly tsuro the tester be
comes luster and, slicing a bit out of
the red heart of the luscious fruit ha
gi-jii into a trance. (Ilo doesn't, but
yuii would).
The melon is then dropped Jind a big
ramble follows. Boys mid girls Stir
i minding the murket pluco full over
oiii'h ether in wild efforts to out out tho
heart, and what's left is thrown to tho
village cows, that form the outer ring
of expectancy. There has been u per
ceptible incroaso in mill: flow since tho
watermelon benson opened ut McLean,
and tho; say TUB V say, mind you
that the milk has a dclieieus sweetness
and a flavor not imparted by grass.
On the evidence given by two inolona
from a wagon load, the buyer closes the
deal and pays cash for the load, as
suming all further responsibility In the
xhlpping and marketing, flrowers make
as high as $C0 to 7 and in sonic in
xtnnces $1 on per nere from their wa
termelons, which are grown ns a side
line. They need little or no care, anil
the only e.pon?o is the planting nml
the hauling to market. Tlioy consider
themselves well paid if tlioy recelvo 2S
cents per hundred pounds for their mel
ons, although prices have been ns nigh
n HO .ents per hundred.
The Republican tariff is the lasso fur
capturing tho markets of tho world.
-o
Tho floodgates of prosperity seem to
hnvo oponc-1 up during Mr. Taft's administration.
