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' VOt. XXVII
NS27.
McK.nlayM.ade Great
Expert Estimates
the Wheat Yield
fotic to Our Subscriber
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? ;,:V'R6tiubHc'an Address
i
The most, understandable tariff
speech ever given in -Abilene m
made at the courtroom last evening
by Congressman Duncan McKlnlay.
Every seat waa occupied and a,bout
25 were standing. For two nourc
close attention was given the speaker
and It waa pronounced by all as
notably cleaf ; end definite preaentai
tn of tie financial aide of govern-
nient minageent.: Mr. JMcitiniay
took up' the expense! pf toe govern-,
jnientshowlnl Jus'whiry tbe money;
appropriated Is spent, pensions, army,
navy, poif bottdlngs, .salaries, agri
culture, etc. . ., . , .w
Tbea u aborted where the foVerfr
intent geta Its money: Internal reven-
ue on liquors and tobacco, poetoftlce
teeelpts, sale of public lands, cor
poration, .tag, and tariff On rmports,
XD1S inner- ae "eiaoTiu;
t" Story of Tariff LegteUtlOB. 7
' i The stealer traced the country
. ifrbm the first tariff" 1832 to tVfi
present one and aald that eacn nign
tariff meant prosperity and each low
tariff meant depression." ' He' called
attention to the fact that the wealth
'Of this country had doubled In thlr-
teen years and the number of work-
logmen has done eyen better than
that, The wealth of the country he
estimated at $120,000,000,000 and
the number of employed men he
placed at 7,000,000 as against 3,-
000,000 thirteen years ago. ; Heeaid
prices were high but. the high prices
were not brought about by the tariff.
Inctdently be accused the trusts of
the trouble but said that they would
have to be dealt with separately.
: - "The protective system of tbe Re
publican party is the only system,
declared tbe orator. "Take the tariffs
nf the earlr dars. As Ions: as the Ba
, .T--. ,
' lion was under the protective system
money was plentiful,, business was
. good, the laboring people were em
ployed and prosperity, reigned su
preme. In the late '30's and early
'40's the low tariff party got Into
power. And, what was the result?
Why ruin swept the land. One-fourth
of the people, of this nation are low.
tariff advocates.,; Who are they?
' Why do ihey stand for low duties?
The questions are answered . with
ease. They are the salaried people.
- who Know that if goods are allowed
, to enter here with low duties, their
money will last longer and buy more.
But on the other hand three-fourths
" of our people are for a high protec
tive tariff. Who are they? And why
their position? They are the mer
chants, laboring men, farmers and
men In Ilka callings, who know that
' if the . tariff la . made too low the
country will be ruined, i.
, The Present Tariff. ". 1
' "Take the present tariff.; It has
2,024 schedules. " Congress allowed
1160 of these to remain aa they were
under the Dlngley bill. A total of
874 schedules were changed, of which
number (54 were lowered and the
remainder raised. Why my friends
we hear a whole lot of talk about
this tariff business about revision.
ten you tbe Republican party pledg-
edMUelf to revise the tariff but It
did not say It would cut It t opleceS.
''Carping critics find fault with
Out tariff and would pic it to pieces.
Newspapers are doing their best to
discredit (he. congress gnd president
of the 'United States in this, tariff
patter. Why 7, I'll '(! yon because
they are getting -a 'rake off..' The
crltica talkfabout 'manufacturer.
Well there are two kinds' ot manu
facturers.?' ThoajB who employ Amer
ican labor Xt high wages ana tnose
wb& art turning out alike In China
and the Orient for sale here with
labor costing 3 toM4 cento a day.
These men are Importers and are in
terested In getting low tariff rates,
Where do the newspapers the great
papers of Chicago, New York, Kansas
City and other big cities come It?
Right here. They get thousands and
thousands and thousands of dollars
worth of advertising from the Im
porters and department stores. Many
department store owners are Import
ers. The newspapers toaay are Di
rected by the department stores,
their) policies suit the department
store owners, or they are changed to
suit at a 'moment's notice. This
country is cursed with a lot of news
papers and, newspaper writers. Tear
down. Tear down that's all they do.
False Statements.
- He showed up the falsity of some
of Judge Reea; statements at Man
hattan the other night. Reel said
that congress should receive no credit
for passing the Urlff commission pro
vision of the Payne law, because it
emasculated the measure so that the
Information really waa to go to tbe
president and not congress.
''The reports of the tariff commis
sion will be made puhlio documents."
said McKlnlay. ."They will go to
the president, first as they should. He
will transmit them to congress for
legislative action, The original
proposition complained ot was one
which gave tbe commission legisla
tive . power. It antboriied the com
mission to raise or lower schedules
as It deemed wise. Constitutional
lawyers 'claimed - that such a pro
vision would not stand the test, That
congress had sole power to pass rev
enue measures. Bo the provision Iras
changed. The commission will now
collect' the Information and it will
transmitted to congress by the
ba
president and congress . will take
lflSD
iogtoo's:liifluoio
Over one hundred years have elapsed since the
death of our first President, but his influence upon
the American people remains the same. ' , .
young . man, if you would have your influence
continue into the future and remain the same with
your posterity, you must have a legacy to leave
them. And the surest way to provide one is
through an account with this bank. ., ,
Don't hesitate because you can only start with a
small sum even a dollar will be accepted.
AOILECE IIATIOIIAL BAflK
Abilene, Kansas
Real EiUle Mortgages, BoJ If yoa desire a safe Is vestment la Real
Estate Mortgages or Bonds yon are Invited to ea3 and obtain fall Information.
Because of the Increased cost of paper and labor all the weekly papers
of Abilene will oa April 1, 1910, make their aabscrlptioa price f 1JSO
year. This is the rate charged by nearly all the county seat papers of
Kansas. : It Is she price la Heringtoa and Is recognized as the least for
which f int-dawa newspaper caa pnbUsh Ba papers and pay the postage
thereon. The cost of printing newspaper Is fully twice what it wwa tea
years ago yet the Abilene papers are receiving the same sabtcrlptloa rate,
Their publishers feel that they caanot afford to continue this and will
make tt 91.00 a year ham April 1, 1M.
ii rom bad after April t 110, the subscription p'rice of tlie Weekly1
Reflector will be fl.BO a year. ,
. Subscriptions will be received aitfl April 1st ai the old rata and old
snbscrfben aSa pay In advance aa faraa they wish before that time at the
old rate of 1 per year. . v;;''::yl
, . Subscribers at a diatance may seid their renewals before that date
and rreilttaaces postmarked April I or He'forsj will be received on the old
bwis a rear oatside this and adjoining oomntlet; $1.00 la the
county. . .; " r
Foreign suliecriptloas will be received at the i
home with tlw accessary extra postage added.
rate aa those at
.Mease do not neglect this notice. . Take -advantage of It aad pay la
advance promptly and secure the old rate. f :
The Weekly Reflector will as uaual contain all the news, twelve pages
every week the year round. We believe all our subscribers will appreciate
the situation and will gladly continue on our books. .The farmer who
receives $1.00 a bushel for his wheat aad for other farm products la pro
portion should aot object. He will be paying less for his paper than when
wheat was OQ cents and he, paid $1.00 a year, i
We greatly appreciate the splendid patronage given the Reflector,
which has several hundred more subscribers than any other paper printed
In Dickinson county, and bone to retain the confidence and patronage of
our thousands of readers, ,i
whatever action is necessary-"
Mr. McKialay pleaded with the
farmers present not to allow them
selves to be stampeded by this cry
against tbe tariff.
You sever were more prosper
ous," said fee. -wny tmna oi matt
ing a change, when the only possible
thing a change could do Is to" hurt
you. I cannot conoetve wny a pros
perous farmer, business man or any
other Intelligent person would want
to bring disaster upon himself.
About Sugar Prices.
Much has been said recently In
one of the low tariff Kansas papers
that sugar was selling higher In this
country than Canada. It blamed
the sugar trust and the tariff, Why
didn't It tell you the truth? Why
didn't It say that now sugar brought
into this country and manufactured
and then taken right out again got
the drawback and that It bad to then
pay the Canadian tariff In order to
get it in there. The workmen of this
country got pay for manufacturing it
even though - It was oonsuiri-d rn
Canada.. The fact Is that Kansas
farmers get more sugar for a dollar
than do the people of Canada,
Some time ago Judge Rees declar
ed that Taft and congress had gold-
bricked the. people on the tariff.
Some 'fifth district Republicans told
McKlnlay of It.
. "Taft and congress did not gold
brick the people ea the tariff," said
Mr, McKlnlay. "The only ones who
are gold-brlcklng tbe people are the
men wbe are denouncing the tariff
aad who are trying to secure office
by misleading the people on tbe new
tariff."
Street Corner Financier.
He paid his respects to the street
corner loafer who waa always settling
the affairs of state, "Ton can sit
on a dry goods box out In front of
the stores, whittle up all the mer
chant's pine boards, and solve all the
great problems of state. Many of
them are now telling you that times
are out of Joint; that Taft Is not
making good and the tariff Is rob
bing the people. The chances are
that their wives are taking In wash
ing for a living or going hungry.
President Tsft Is doing .every
thing possible for the welfare of the
American people. - He is conscient
iously carrying out all of the great
policies to which he and his party
stand committed. He may not suit
the free traders nor the street cor
aer loafers, but he la helping to keep
bnsinns going which mesne that the
farmera will get their full ahare of
propsperitjr. "
" are trytag to get of-
flcelry denouncing the taclft Jaw,'
continued McKlnlay. "They, cannot
denounce the law and run on a low
tariff platform consistently, unless
they are Democrats. They may want
to run on something else, but the
fact remains they anp Democrats.
There Is no getting around It."
McKlnlay said tbe same agencies
are at work to destroy prosperity
that were at It In '82. That President
Taft was being pursued by the same
element that Inspired the brain ot a
crazy mad to assassinate Preside t
McKlnley. . .
I's t'.e same old crowd of free
traders," said he, "and don't let them
fool you one bit."
Trusts and the Tariff.
"There is no use to mix up the
trust question and the tariff, "con
tinued Mc. McKlnlay. "That Is' an
other trick of the free traders. The
fact Is the free trade countries have
Just as many trusts as we have and
the products of a large number of
the trusts of this country are not
protected In the least by the tariff.
President Taft .has surrounded him
self with the ablest bunch of trust
busters In history and ths trusts that
are violating the law are sure to be
brought to time."
Mr. McKlnlay paid a big compli
ment to Congressman Calderbead. He
told of the frequent occasions that
Calderbead was called to the White
House to confer with the president
about legislation and the part he
played in framing the tariff law. He
observed thst Calderbead had got per
haps more government money for his
district than any othsr Western con
gressman. He had secured more than
his share of public buildings and was
getting things for bis constituents
sll tbe time.
It Is important you you keep a
man In congress who can do those
things," said he.
Bis Defease of Taft.
Congressman McKlnlay was here
to defend the administration of Pres
ident Taft And he did. He declared
that the gentleman from tbe Buck
eye state was carrying out tbe
pledges of his party to the letter.
"That great character, our presi
dent, William Howard Taft, Is doing
his best for the people tbe whole
people. He Is turning his splendid
mind toward the questions of the
day, determined to solve them for
tbe people. He seeks to have the
Sherman anti-trust la,w amended so
to give the federal government
more power over corporations" who
break the law. Prosecute them. He'll
prosecnte them to an everlasting fin
ite.. He watts it possible to mete.
This from the Kansas City Star
seem to be a fair estimate of the
present condition' nf Kanctu wheat:
0. A. Cooper wired Harris, Win-
throp ft Co, ot Chicago: - After trav
eling more than 67S miles iu an auto
mobile and Inspecting over a thousand
wheat fields In thirty-seven counties
containing over tour million acres of
wheat, I summarise wheat conditions
In Kansas ai follows:, 51 per cent
it in good average condition tor this
time of the year and now promises
a good crop; 81 per cent is badly
damaged by winter tilling, leaving a
poor and sickly weak plant, I esti
mate present damage to this class
of wheat at 36 per cent, some pf
which ceuld be overcome with favor
able weather; 17 per cent abandoned,
amounting to 720,000 acres in thirty-seven
counties. These figures aa
applied . to the whole state Indicate)
aa average condition on the entire
area sown of about 64 per cent, iug
gestlng a crop of about 70 million
bushels. If conditions are favorable
from now on. To produce this result
there moat be rain within a few days.
Northwest Kansas prospects ar? very
promising," . , ,
In Dickinson, county the wheat la
In a loW average condition and many
fields are being' sown to oats. Rain
id badly needed.
WSht Tb Be A
Road Dfagman Nov?
How'd you like to be the drag man?
Chapter 197 of the session laws of
Kansas for 1909 creates an individ
ual called the "drag man." His duty
Is to form an intimate acquaintance
with' a road drag, whose manufacture
is also slightly described In the same
law. It is bis duty to hitch this drag
to a team of horses and work Up and
down the highway during the year,
In the hope of bettering the condition
of the highway.
No matter it the Job ot the drag
man is one of the new creations It Is
very Important plaae.A man should
have a good road head and that head
should contain Ideas that will make
the roads better, If the Ideaa and
road drag were used.
To build a-road under this drag
law means the use Of a tot of common
sense, or horse sense. And It can be
done on a lot of roads.
The law which refers to drags and
drag roads, says: "And it shall be
shall appoint a drag man for each
section, when tbe conditions of sucjt
highway require such work. . The
township board shall provide a'road
drag for each section, which shall be
shod with steel blades, and not to be
less than seven feet In length'. 8atd
board shall divide such roads as re
quired by reason of travel and grade
width, more than one trip with drag.
For the purpose of this act a trip
shall be the dragging of the entire
length of a section and return. The
township board shall designate what
portion of the road shall be single
trip and what part shall be double
trip road, 11 ," ' ,'
,"Sec. I. In the selection and ap
pointment of a drag man the real
dents abutting' their section shall
have the preference; provided, that
township boards may remove the
drag man from bis position on ac
count of Ineffectual work and make
another appointment for said section
at any time.
"Sec. S. Compensation for a single-trip
shall be at the rate of not to
exceed SO cents per, mile, with a
maximum expenditure of $5 per mile
for any one year, and for double-trip
roads at the rate of 75 . cents per
mile, with a maximum rate ot $7.60
per mile for any one year." .
This act is in force and effect. It
applies to every township board. It Is
an Inexpensive way. Many a mile of
road can be made better than Jt la
now. It is easy to Improve mile
shall be the duty of said board to see after mile of highway and it la easy
the duty of said board to see that
the provisions of this act are enforced."
Here are three sections of this
law:
'Section 1. It shall be the duty of
the township board, for the purpose
of this act to designate such roads
In their Judgment, by reason of
amount of travel and grade conditions
shall be known as drag roads. They
shall divide such roads into sections
as will best carry out the purposes
and provisions of this act. And It
that the provisions of this act are
enforced. Beginning at a point near
est to city or town these sections shall
be continuous to the extreme point
dragged or to the township boundry,
except where soli conditions make It
Impracticable to drag. Said board
(o decide whether or not this method
will do the work.
out the same punishment to rich
men who stifle trade and kill com
petition, as Is meted out to any petty
larceny thief. He wants your aid In
making this possible.
"He Is meeting the railroad is
sue like a man. He Is carrying out
ths policies of Theodore Roosevelt,
that mighty man who did so much
to turn our faces toward (Ight. He
asks the Vote of every Republican.
The present tariff is the best
this country has ever bad."
When be came to the word "best"
he paused a second,' fire flashed from
his brown eyes. His fighting Jaw was
pushed a little further forward. He
looked out over tbe gathering of
a few hundred Repunlicans who bad
gathered to hear him and then well.
and then he said "best."
Mr.. McKlnlay Is ad unusuallyln-
terestlng talker and carries convic
tion with blm. He did not attack
anyone and showed fairness for both
factions of the Republican party. His
plea throughout was for the two
elements of the party to get together
and not allow the Democrats to gain
control. "
Mr. McKlnlay did not refer to the
trouble at Washington, but declared
ihat tbe time had come for all Re
publicans to fcrgt.: '.'j'lr differences
snd anlte for the common good.
The speech pleased everybody.
Those who thought the lncurgents
were going to be drawn snd Quarter
ed may have been disappointed as
the speaker treated them all as Republicans.
Union Central News
Mr, Alfred Dorman of Lucas, Kan.,
Insured with the Union Central Life
January 30, 1902. , He selected a
$5000 Ordinary Life policy on which
seven premiums of $253.90 each were
paid. These premiums were reduced
by the following dividends:
1904 $37.36
1905 $41.95
190 $4.60
1907 $63.10
190$ ....$57.70
1909 .......$83.15.
1910 ..$69.30 ,
Total $363.46
Mr. Dorman died January 3, 1910,
and the payment of his policy $5000
was made on January 17th. .This
policy shows a profit of $3691.18 to
the estate. A comparison on divi
dends paid Is invited with any com
pany In the United States. Insur
ance Journals have stated repeatedly
that the large dividend payments of
the Union Central owing to their in
terest earplugs and low death rates
enabled them to furnish Insurance at
lower net cost than any other com
pany in the field. .
' Call or write for Information to
ife Ids. Co.
C. C. Wyandt, Gen. Agt.
. AEILEVE, KAXSAS.