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—PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY-
FARMERS' PUBLISHING COMPANY,
—INCORPORATED—
HON. H. BRADSHAW, PRESIDENT -I: =.'
NELSON LAKSON, VICE PRESIDENT
EDGAR WABDWELL, SECR'Y. & TREA.
J. F. COO LEY, EDITOR AND MANAGER.
Entered at the post office in Canton as second
class mail matter.
THE FARMERS' LEASER is owned BY a com
pany composed of nearly 400 of the most pro
gressive farmers of southeastern South Dako
ta. It is a fearless advocate of the rights of the
farmer, mechanic, day laborer and artisan and
as such it will use its best influence toward the
unbuilding of the Fanners' Alliance, the
Knights of Labor and kindred organizations,
anu, incidentally, toward the support of the
principles of the independent party.
The paper iscenducted under the supervision
of a board of directors composed entirely of
farmers. The following is the present mem
bership Hon. H. Bradshaw, Nelson Larson,
Edgar wardwell, J. E. Holter, O. M. Iverson.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Three months, 85
cents six months, GO cents one year, $1, Pay
ments for subscription to the paper maybe
remitted directly to the publication office or to
any officer or member of the board of directors
Correspondence is desired from every county
in the southeastern part of the state and
especially from the towns and townships in
Lincoln county. Correspondents should write
their manuscripts as plainly as possible and
write on one side of the paper, and should
at all times confine themselves to the news.
It is also important that a correspondent's
name should be attached to a communication
in order to secure admittance to the columns of
the paper. No attention will be paid to anon
ymous communications of any kind. Intelligent
contributions on economy, finance, tarrift,
transportation, land, and other important
questions of the day, are invited from all parts
of the country. Contributors are request
ed, however, to make their communications as
brief as possible/ Communications of arny
kind, must be in on or before Tuesday evening
in order to secure publication the same
week.
Address THE FARMERS' LEADER, Canton
South Dakota.
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trial for a short time.
THE SECTORIAL SITUATION.
The second general assembly of the 'State of
South Dakota, will begin its session at Pierre
next Tuesday, at 12 o'clock, and w}U, within its
allotted 60 days, elect a new United States Sen
ator.
The circumstances surrounding the situation
have created a great deal of speculation as to
who will be the lucky man. The republicans
will probably renominate Mr. Moody for the
fco sition and his friends are confident, or at
-least they say they are, that he will be success
ful. Mr. Moody himself has, in several news
paperdnterviews,' expressed the greatest confi
dence in his chances. But the fact that the
/republicans have not now, and can not, by the
election contests that are to be decided expect
.."• to secure a majority in the legislature, covers
their pretended confidence of success with a
great deal of suspicion. They have made their
boasts that a number of the independents were
already "fixed" for Moody, but of course they
well know this is untrue and the only reason
they can have for this^tatement is the hope of
covering up the real facts in the deal which
they have probably worked up. There is no
hope for the republicans from independent
sources as long as Mr. Moody remains their
standard bearer, If this is true for no other
.reason, it is for the fact that every indepen
dent member of the next legislature is practi
cally pledged against Moody. For any inde
pendent to sacrifice his solemn obligation in a
ease of this kind, would be equal to a public
admission of having been paid for so doing,
Every independent in the legislature under
stands this and every republican understands
It. THE LEADER gives Mr. Moody and his
friends credit for more intelligence than they
-would have, did they expect support from these
people, Practically the same is true of Mr.
.. Moody's chances with the democrats and he
will not succeed in gaining, any support from
"them out of pure love of the man, and certainly
'not from love of the party to which he belongs.
•Consequently, it must be conceded that
Moody is a doomed man unless Ms money
ahould prove to be too strong a test of loyalty
-to principle for the democrats. But how about
.. the democrats and independent? Is there real
ly anything in the cry that the independents
will join the democrats in electing Bartlett
Tripp THE LEADER believes it is fully as well
qualified to answer this question as any one in
the state, and it can see no greater reason why
an independent can consistently support Tripp,
any more than Moody. Practically, the prin
ciples of the two men amount to the same so
lar as independents are concerned, The only
inducement Mr. Tripp could make the indepen
dents to get their votes, would be his solemn
promise to support the independent principles
in congress. But in the opinion of every true
reformer, the promise of no man who is not
tried and true in the principles for which he is
to stand, will be considered as amounting to
anything. Moreover, would it be right for the
independents, who have a number of tried and
true men, who are competent to fill the posi
tion of United States Senator as well if not
better than Mr. Tripp, to forsake these men
-and give their support to a man who has al
ways been as much an ememy to the principles
of the independent party as any republican?
There are plenty of competent independents,
men who have fought the battles of the party
dunng a heated political campaign, gave their
time and paid their own expenses in the en
deavor to gain the party's victory. These
are the men from among whom the in
dependent party should chose its candidate for
United States Senator. Bartlett Tripp may
be a good enough democrat, but he is not good
enough an independent to ride to Washington
on an independent horse.
MONOPOLY8 SIDE OF IT.
The Chicago Tribune, of recent date contains
a column editorial criticism of the Stanford
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THE LEASER takes pleasure In reprinting what
the Tribune has to say on the subject, I In order
to give itB readers an idea of how exceedingly
weak, evaslve"and untruthful the monopoly or
gans are in their attacks on anything'^ of real
merit that isllikely to promote the interests of
the people.
The Tribune finds fault with the cStanford
bill because it does not "fix the time or way
for converting his flat into gold, silver, or any
thing else, and its value is left to depend upon
the willingness of people to take it." The Trib
une and its monopoly allies may consider this
an item of great importance, and there is no
doubt but that the majority of those who are of
the Tribune's political belief, will swollow as
gospel truth everything it says, But people
who have been taught the importance of think
ing for themselves, and have read the Stand
ford bill, will readily see the [sophistry in the
above statement. That part of the Standford
bill touching this subject, appears in section 4,
and reads as follows:
"The treasurer of the United States is hereby
authorized and directed to cause to be printed,
signed and ready for issue, for the purpose
hereinafter mentioned, circulating notes of the
United States of the denomination of $1, $5, 910,
120, $50, J100, J500, and 81,000, to the amaunt of
9100,000,000, and such additional amounts from
time io time as shall be necessary to meet the
requirements of this act.
From this it will be seen that the money to be
loaned under the provisions of this bill, is to be
of the same character as the treasury notes
now in circulation. This being true, how does
the Tribune account for the fact that the notes
now in circulation, do not depreciate in value
in spite of the fact that they have a coin back
ing of only 20 per cent? The notes to be loaned
upon land, according to the provisions of this
bill, would have the same backing that is now
given to the treasury notes, and the landed
securities upon which they were loaned, be
sides. If the Tribune or its friends who assume
to be authority on the subject of finance, will
explain their position on this part of the sub
ject, they will place the public in a much better
position to take stock in what they say con
cerning this matter.
A WORD TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The following editorial extract from
the American Nonconformist, meets
LEADER'S
THE
case and opinion so well that it
asks to call the attention of contributors
to these columns to the good advise there
in contained:
The art of condensing is an admirable
one when applied to newspaper work.
What the public wants are ideas and facts,
and there should never be more words
than are necessary to express the idea or
fact. In newspaper correspondence, for
instance, there is too much of: the "barren
fig tree," plenty of foliage, and but little
or no fruit. Clear thought, good langu
age, and directness, are the taking quali
ties of a newspaper correspondent. We
sometimes wonder what our correspon
dents would sayjif we should publish their
letters iust as they come to us. Prepar
ing ordinary correspondence for what
would constitute a printed page, is usual
ly no smalt job, many correspondents are
very obscure in their statements, and
what they write for facts are often not
facts at all, and must be modified, to save
the correspondent from becoming a laugh
ing stock. Again, writing of things of
no general interest is a great failing. Us
ing high sounding words and phrases,
and voluminously long sentences is anoth
er great error. Think out what you want
to say and then drive direct to the mark.
Never use a big word if a little one will
clearly express the idea. Never use six
words where five will do. Write short
sentences in preference to long ones if a
short sentence can be made to express the
thought. If you use figures or statistic
be sure you are correct.
Whatever you do Condense, Condense,
Condense. We don't object to a bushel
basket full of good grain, but we object
to a bushel basket full of chaff that the
reading public must sift to get a little
grain.
THE LAND CURRENCY BILL.
The Chicago Tribune, of Dec. 22.,
gives the following as the republican side
of the Standford bill pending in congress
The courtesy of his fellow-members
gave Senator Stanford, of California a
chance, Friday to spread on 'the beauties
of his bill for loaning Government shin
plasters at 2 per cent interest to every one
who has land which he can mortgage as
security. In the whole spec
ious, sophistical, misleading address or
electioneering document of Senator Stan
ford, there was not one word as to the pur
chasing power of the shinplasters which
he proposes to issue by the billion, nor one
word as to their convertibility. Apiece
of paper which can be converted at any
time the holder pleases into ascertain spec
ified quantity of something else will al
ways have a value. If convertible at will
into so many grains of gold or silver, so
many pounds of bacon or tobacco, or
bushels of wheat, or square feet of land,
it will always find takers. But it will
find more taking and be at par always if
convertible into gold or silver, because
these can be converted into all other com
modities under the sun. If convertible
into fixed quantities of produce or land,
its value will fluctuate with the activity
of the demand for those articles and with
their specie value. The flat
money which Senator Stanford wants the
Government to issue wouid have after a
short time no purchasing power, and
hence no value, because-i'the holder would
be unable to find any one who would ex
change anything for it. No
body would consent to receive it for wages
or for goods, and no laws- could be passed
ot force men to do it. The condition
of affairs would be just like that which
prevailed at the close of the Revolutionary
War, when the Continental currency had
lost its power to buy labor, goods, or
food.
The Senator's bill fixes no time or way
for converting Ms fiat into gold, silver, or
anything else, and its valueis left to de
pend entirely on the willingness of people
to take it—on the folly of the community.
He seems, therefore, to be unable to see
any difference between "fiat" and coin—
between promises to pay, the holder of
which cannot convert them at his option
into something which possesses a tangi
ble value, and the precious metals which
are exchangeable instantly for all com
modities all over the world.
Before Senator Stanford asks the Govern
ment to try his plan he ought to make a per
sonal test of it. He is said to be worth fifty
million dollars. Let him loan out to the
California farmers those millions which
he does not need on 2-per-cent mortgages.
But instead "of requiring the ordinary
mortgage security, let him receive from
borrowers a lot of $1 $5 $10 I. O. U's, each
being alien on the borrower's farm but
with no'provision made for enforcing that
lien immediately at the option of the
holders of a sufficient® quantity of these
notes. Then let him try to put this stuff
into circulation and see what purchasing
power it would have and who would be
willing to touch it, even when assured by
the wealthy Senator from California that
it was perfectly good.
Why cannot Senator Stanford see that
if "fiat" could do the wonderful things he
thinks it can it would have been employ
ed lpng ago by the intelligent wide-awake
Governments of the world and would be in
use everywhere? If the rulers of Euro
pean nations had been able to find any
way of dispensing with gold and silver
they would have resorted to it gladly,
But they have been unable to find any
substitute. The attempt has been made
often in the past, as in the days of the
French -Revolution, to resort to "flat,"
but it has been a failure always. Of this
Senator Stanford "does not seem to be
aware. He appears to think that he is
the discoverer of "fiat," whereas -he is
simply the last of the many weak-brain
ed men who have been captured by its
delusive, irredeemable promises.
The partisan press of the country is
greatly excited over what it claims is a
discovery. It is, that the Northwestern
delegation to the Ocala meeting came in
structed to vote against the Sab Treasury
plan' but that they conceived the idea af
ter reaching Ocala, that by advocating the
Sub Treasuiy plan they would spit and
destroy the Democrate party, South, and
thereby secure a big advantage for the
third party movement. Of course the
delegates and the people of the Northwest
are laughing heartily at this great sensa
tion. And it is a little strange that pa
pers should aid in circulating this adsurd
story, when it is well known to the coun
try that in no section was this measure
more warmly endorsed and advocated
since it was first presented than in the
Northwest. The story is all bosh and
humbuggery.—Progressive Farmer.
The organizaton of the legislature is just
now attracting considerable attention.
The
FREE PRESS
would suggest that one
of the most important offices of the body
is that of chief clerk, and to facilitate
business this office should be filled by a
man of experience as well as good business
qualifications. In this connection we
would suggest that Hon. J. W. Cone, who
was chief clerk of the house last winter,
can fill the bill to perfection, and his se
lection again would not only be a compli
ment to a worthy officer but a great aid
to facilitating business, which means
economy. It is a hard position to fill sat
isfactorily, but Mr Cone has done so in
the past to the perfect satisfoction of all.
—Pierre Free Press.
The associated press dispatches lied
about the Ocala convention most unmerci
fully. To read the great dalies one would
naturally suppose that the convention was
one endless squabble. On the contrary it
was one'of the most sensible, brotherly
and earnest conventions we ever attended.
There was an earnest desire on the part
of all to do the best thing for all the peo
pie and to reach a conclusion that should
be accepted unanimously by the conven
tion.—Huron Independent.
Basil has a respectable nsvy of her
own. It contains fifty-two vowels, some
of them of the most modern type. Our
white squadron, consisting of the famous
four vessels under Admiral Walker, vis
ited Brazilian waters last summer, and
in return for this courtesy a Brazilian
squadron under Bear Admiral Mhanr
da Silveira will Bhortly visit the United
States. The Brazilian flagship is the
Aqmdabaa, a fast steel cruiser of 5,000
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BODY.
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A Woman'* Problem of To-day and Itt
Intrloaoles.
How tb secure good health is
one of the first problems for this
generation of women. This is the de
mand their subjects will make of
those they are orowning as queens of
their hearth and home. Give us
bright,fresh, kind-hearted sisters, say
the lads and the little brothers in the
homes Give us happy, healthy faces
over our cradles, plead the babes who
find their heaven in mother's eyes.
Give us cheer and laughter and a lit
tle fun, say the fathers turning
wearily towards their firesides at the
end of a day of toil* Give us a bright
word and a helping hand and your
dainty touch on household ways, say
the mothers who would give their
lives any day to see their daughters
well and strong and glad. Give us
health is the cry from all the world to
its women. Give us girls with a
physique that will
Bpare
us the mor­
bid brooding of discontent the hys
terical tantrum, the nervous collapse,
the look of gloom from the clear wells
of,your eyes.
The old world is weary and travel
worn and it sits, as the Master sat
over against the well of Samaria, and
says, "Woman give me to drink."
The youth and health of womanhood
are like a cup that holds refreshment
for every thirsty and weary souL Do
not have to answer: "I have nothing
to draw with, and the well is deep."
This is the problem of to-day. It
is not our purpose here to suggest how
best it can be solved. To the true
seeker it will open its intricacies one
by one.' One little single hygienic law
of sleep, of diet, of dress or exercise,
the first and simplest that you know,
obeyed, and the work is bogun. Know
ing the next thing to do is not im
portant until you have done the next
thing you know.'
Any society, called by whatever
name, that so begins and so goes on,
begins at the root of noble living, and
may be' sure, however slow their
growth, that every step planted on a
hygienic fact will be a step not only
toward personal physical well-being,
but toward the uplifting of the race as
well.
If womenonce arouse themselves to
the danger, and take hold of the mat
ter in earnest, we will not be long in
seeing a more hopeful sign in the sky.
Already is there a morning glimmer
Hashing in the columns ol the press.
No man who stops to ask himself the
question how many healthy, women he
numbers among his acquaintance but
will welcome the gleam of the dawn.
She Was Quite Practical.
He was deeply in love with her,
but she, while she liked him, did not
like him quite so much as to run a
risk of starvation to oblige him. She
was quite practicable enough to iden
tifv at a glance on which side her
bread was buttered, and rather than
look for plain dry bread in preference
it was more in her line to keep her
weather eye peeled on the jam dish.
His arguments were much more pas
sionate than forcible while her replies
were, evidently the dictates of cool
and deliberate judgment "But look
here," he remonstrated, eagerly,
"there can be no really good reason
why you should not marry a fellow
who has a good salary, just because
he has no capital. If you go far
enough back you'll find that Eve mar
ried a gardener without a half-penny
in his pocket" "What's the idea ol
your bringing that forward as an
illustration? Do you not remember
that the next thing he did was to lose
his situation?"
Japanaae Super*tltlon.
Japanese people are very supersti
tious and have innumerable signs and
tokens by which to regulate their
conduct and belief. They never
sweep the rooms of a house immedi
ately after one of the inmates has set
out upon a journey—this would sweep
out all the luck with him. At a mar
riage ceremony neither bride nor
bridegroom wears any clothing of a
purple color, lest their marriage tie
be soon loosened, as purple is the
color most liable to fade. If a woman
steps over an egg-shell she will go
mad if over a razor it will become
dull if over a whetstone it will be
broken. If a man should set his
hair on fire he will go mad. Child
ren are told that if they tell a lie an
oui or imp, called the tang, will pull
out their tongues. When husband
and wife are quarrelling a devil is be
lieved to be standing between them
encouraging them to go on from bad
to worse.
Funny "Find.** in Theaters.
The manager of aNew York thea
ter says that a handful of daintv hand
kerchiefs are left in his theater every
night. He has a room seu apart for
articles picked up in the auditorium
after the play. Among the "finds"
are gloves, opera glasses, rings,
breastpins, cuff buttons and jewelled
garters.
Once he found a baby. That nas a
long while ago—not in New York,
but in a town on the Arkansas cir
cuit The baby—a little girl—had
been left in a chair. It was wrapped
in a shawl. The actors made inquiry
everywhere for the waifs parents,
but never could find the slightest clew
to them. So an actress of the com
pany took the little one in her keep
ing. fell in love with her, and the
waif is one of the brightest soubrettes
on the American stage to-day.
Destroying an Illusion.
A sensational preacher died some
years ago. Often in the excitement
of his preaching he would work him
self up to such a degree that he would
occasionally shed tears, which had
great effect on his congregation. Af
ter his death his sermons were exam
ined by his executors and it was fre
quently found that in some of his most
exciting sermons that he had in
closed iu brackets the words, "Cry
here."
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CANTON
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—DEALER IN—
FPr»\aits em.dL Provisione
KOCK BOTTOM EIGURES,
We handle no shelf-worn or shoddy stuff,
but the very best goods that money will buy,
and guarantee perfect satisfaction in every
department of our business. Call and be
convinced.
J. KEflN,
country Produce Wanted In Exchange.
R. BROWN, O.A.RUDOLPH,
PRESIDENT. SECRETARY!
-—INCORPORATED IN 1887.—
0. K. BROWS, Cashier.
Have some special bargain's in boys, youth's
and men's clothing to offer this week.
Mens all wool suits from 35
from $6.00 to $8.00. Boys suits
years for $1.00.
N. M. JAC
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Ivton-or* cSc vJacobeon,
We carry everything usually kept in a
first class store and our facilities are such aa^
will enable us to sell goods at --M
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MENOK & JACOBSON.
WEST SIDE MAIN ST CANTON, S
Country Produce Taken In Exchange.
We will sell anything in our line of
business for 20 per cent less than anyone
else can. Call an see for yourselves.
Straw Bros. & Co.
HELMEY & KELMAN.
THE DRUGGISTS.
Have a complete •'r
Line of everything usually kept in a
first class.
DRUG STORE.
Prescriptions carefully
competent registered pharmacists.
Main St.
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