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OFFICIAL PAPEE OF DICKINSON COUNTY TWELVE PAGES
ABILENE, KANSAS, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1911
NO, 23
XI
What Abilene Men
Say on Reciprocity
Much 'Interest Is taken in the pro
posed Canadian reciprocity , treaty
particularly as it affects Kansas. The
Reflector today Baked a number of
Abilene men their opinion of it. Theii
replies follow:
These Oppose It. ;
i ' '. -'.
j. B. Case "I am against the reci
procity treaty. The speech in con
gress of Representative J. W. Xlood
ot Iowa tell th whole' story, He
i says tie east really wants reciprocity
because they think it is going to
make price cheaper, but they don'
ir dmit it. because that would
put them in bad favor with western-
neodli. Reciprocity win open up
a lot of cheap Canadian- land and-j
reduce the prices of farm land here.'
0. 0.- Huffman "Reciprocity is
right; buf this propoaltion is not
reciprocity. It protects -the manu
facturer, but not the producer. Give
us free trade with Canada or noth
ing at all."
G. A. Rogers '"The agitation for
the reciprocity treaty Is purely in
the interest of the consumer Of farm
. .products, ft puts everything the
farmer produces on the free list, and
protects the infant Industry ot the
packer fcr putting a duty or. l ft
cents tT pound on slaughtered and
manaottrred meats. It takes the
duty 0t 'five (jents per done ej'ff
eggs utifl allows wheat, milk, cream,:
biffitet, 'cheese and eggs to wnn 'In
- tree. It Is entirely In the tnterest Of
manu'facturer and consBtnws tn the
targe cities of the east. The north
western railroads want It, av8 'CM-
eiigo. wants It because It thinks It
vwlll get all that trade, -making iast
tsra Canada the berAyard of 'New
JBngland. Wo have. Just tdt the con
, sumption of farm products In this
'Country up where It equals the pro
duction and eoaseouetifly "the far
mer is prosperous). Canadian reci
procity would put ub back where we
were years ago.
C. C. Wyandt "I am not very
much -.- In favor xft reciprocity.
think It would tend 'to depress the
price ot farm products, and would
hurt' the creamery and farm inter
ests."": -
' R. M. White! im opposed to
reciprocity. It H -all tight for the
east, but not a good -thing for Kansas
or the western country'
J. M. GlelsseeT "I don't favor
Canadian reciprocity, 'because I do
not think it would 'be -a good thing
tor Kansas. It 1 -all right for the
east, but lt-weuW bring our land
here Into competition With the cheap
land in Canada." .
J. -Q. Landes "1 -am. 'Opposed to
the Canadian reciprocity -as it now
stands. We In tbe west -want pro
jection as well as the east and we
Itave only our farm products to !'.
On those we are entitled to protec-
- 1km. The east naturaTry 1s for it
twcause It wants higher Trring but we
want high prices for our products."
" I. A. Engle "I am opposed to
Canadian reciprocity because 1 be
lieve H will reduce the price ot wheat
to Kansas farmers and thus injure
our prosperity here at home."
These Favor ft. .....
J. 3, ICugler, ex-president (air -eocletloa
1 am for reciprocity. It
win earnest the bonds of friendship
Between Canada and the United
States and will make us better ao
quelated. It easy affect the prices
of pradncU little temporarily but
that will adjust Itself."
P. W. Heath"! believe that the
proposed Canadian reciprocity treaty
woald be of value to both nations.
We aeed the Canadlaa lumber to
the ead that ear forests si ail not
soea become depleted and because
Canadian competition would have a
tendency to weaken the lumber trust
ead to make borne building easier.
In exchange for this and other simi
lar considerations tbe Canadian far
mer should have the privilege of
selling his wheat to the millers of
this country free of duty.. Tbe duty
bow ' collected OS Canadlaa wheat
adds last so sauca to the fovern-j
meat's funds bat tbe idea that this
duty gives the fanner of this country j
a higher price for his wheat is a
mistake. So long as this nation
rutins to export wheat It mut go
to rumpetltioa with erery wtxwt
grcwh'.g nation in ttte world, Tbe
wheat market is the same the world
over and the difference In the price
of wheat in any two nations or any
two communities is practically the
difference tn the cost of transpor
tation to the markets. The duty
on wheat aoes one mmg
mer it makes him pay more for his
seed wheat. The Democratic party
la for low tariff or for no, tariff
and, the Republican party was pledg
ed to a revision of tariff, (Taft saw
downward.'") A the trusts are
the ones most opposed to Canadian
ttu-inrncltv and aa the president is
for It. why not try it?"
minnd Southworth ' I am for
Canadian reciprocity. I am with
Taft on that proposition. They are
claiming reciprocity would affect the
price of wheat, but I think that Is
a mistake. The price of Wheat la
regulated by the world's supply-
South America wheat and a I the
rest not by the Canadian product
alone. Anyone who has ever uvea
along the border knows how absurd
It to to set up aa impassable barrier
between this country and Canada.
You might Just as well draw an
Imaginary Brie between Kansas and
riannrl. - As Goldwln Smith said
commercial unity betweeii the two
nations la bound to come, and reci
procity Is. the first step."
Prof. A. V. Jewett VI have not
read the bill and do not know wheth
er or not I favor It. In geireral
way I am for reciprocity but on this
specific bill I want to know Juirt wl.at
It provides."
C. H. Colladay "Under present
"ondltions I am not opposed to Can
adian reciprocity. I thtrik the United
Statea will benefit more by It than
Canada, but I do net think Canada
will ratify the treaty. "With the big
wheat crop that is tn prospect for
the ensuing Jror ft "Is probable wheat
will be on en xport basis. It has
not been for three years past past,
but If present tnaicirtlon Tare ful
filled there -will "be more wheat this
season thai we can use at home,
so the only way for the farmer to
get rid of Ms surplus Will be to go
onto the eaport unrfket. If that is
true reciprocity Will not do any in-
Jury for the price Is 'regulated by
tbe European market and If any
n.n.dteB Wheat did come here it
wonld be) ro .that Tjadis."
CaMertiead ys No.
In thla connection this dispatch
from WasMagton In the Capital Is
of Interest: Few of the speeches
made In tbe bouse during the dis
cission of the Canadian reciprocity
treaty made eucli an Impression up
on the members of the bouse as that
given by Represertative Caiderbeal
nf Kansas. Mr. Calderheat took a
position down in front of .h .eak
er's rostrum arl although hi talked
for only in mlntrte, bis lmpaddncd
speech (,nd his earnest meaner pro
duced a perceptible effect and he
was roundly applauded at Its lose.
In voicing his opposition to the terms
of Ike treaty. Mr. Calderbe-! de
clared that tbe members of congress
I ad been given too little open-tun-
!t. tt- become iiiformed as to thi
provision of the measure. "In my
term cf fourteen year," he Jee'jred,
I bare never known any lnvortant
Ttieik'Jre presented to this -houe con
cerning whlcb lea Information was
given to the members than upon thir
measure. Is this tariff revision aent
here for as to art upon In Ignorance
of what we are doing? Must we act
without Inquiry? Is this scientific
revision T Now wby should yoa do
a thing when yoa do' not -know
whether it is right er wrong bat do
It simply because there is a popular
clamor somewhere la the air that
t to presage a political wirtory i
to somebody er some party? I have
not inquired what the farmer of
Kansas think about It I knew with
out being told that when Canadian
wheat can com In here and their
railroads can giv preferential in
rates and deliver It la Milwaukee er
la tbe mill ot Wisconsin, I know
that same day the price ot wheat
goes do IS cent a bushel from
tbe northwestern line of Iowa to
Oklahoma. I do not need to be told
that a Teductloa la fery farm pro
duct will occur the day that thU
reaty goes Into effect aad the gee
lemaa from Canaerttmt Mr. Hill
prore it by sayUg tat 'It is the
surplus which we have for sale that
fixes the price.' This time It 1b not
the surplus of the United States
which Is to fix tbe price but the sur
BANK SUES FLACK'S BONDSMEN.
Ask $8,000 Prom Title Guaranty and
' Surety Co.
The Abilene State bank has
brought suit against the Title Guar
anty and Surety Co. of Scranton,
Pa., which furnished John A. Flack's
bond aa cashier ot the bank, for
18,000, the amount ot the . bond,
with Interest at 6 per cent from Sept.
S. The petition recite Flack' de
falcation In detail. ' - - .
Another suit brought by the bank
names William add Amanda Schults
as defendant. ; Recovery I sought
on a promissory note Of 12100, bear
ing 8 per cent Interest from Oct. 3,
1910. Hurd t Hurd are attorneys
for the bank In both cases.
SCHOOLS CLOSE MARCH 3-4.
During Sessions of Teachers' Asso
ciation at Salina.
Superintendent W. A. Stacey an
nounces that the Abilene schools
wi)l cjpse during the meeting of
the North Central Kansas Teachers
Will Locusts
to Pester Farmers?
This is the -year of the seventeen-
year locusta but there la no need to
worry according to local entomolo
gists.- They seldom If ever do any
damage.
In 1894 the locusta were In Abi
lene. The only difference was that
one could find a large number of
locust shells oa tred or weeds during
that year but outside o! that there
was nothing onitsual.
The seventeen-year locusts much
resemble the common (harvest Tly
which appear every year save that
they are aaaaller and irave a reddish
tinge. Sometimes tbey win pierce
trees and deposit their eggs. These
eggs later roll out of tbe trees to
the grouad.
There are both seventeen and thir
teen year locusts aad there Is very
little difference between them. Some
people are apt to confuse the coming
of the seventeen-year locusts with a
locust migration. The two are entire
ly different. A locust migration us
ually results In greet destruction.
On the other hand, unless you searcb
for the shells yon would probably
know nothing of the visit ot the
seventeen-year locusts.
New York, Feb. 18. The 17-year
locusts, which are due to return to
plague the American farmer this
summer, after being absent place
1894, have made their appearance
Avoid tiio Change Nuisance
Making change is a common nuisance in every
day life and frequently people are compelled to
send to tbe bank or to an up-town store for
change.
If you will open a checking account with this
bank you can do away with tbe change nuisance
and then by paying your bills and making your
purchases by check you will, have a receipt . for
every cent paid out, to say nothing of a correct
account of your expenses. . Delays are dangerous
open an account TODAY.
AfiMe National Danli
Abilene Kansas
Beal Estate Mortg-sfrs, Boede If
Real Estate Mortgages or Bond yoa
Information. . '
plus of Canada thrown into our mar
ket which Is to fix the price. And
we are to vote for- that and call It
Kepur-iiianlsm?'
at Salina, March 2, 3 and 4, and
that the teachers and the board of
education will go Salina March 2,
one day ahead of the meeting to
visit the Salina schools. .
: The teachers of North Central
Kaneasare energetic workers, and
always take great Interest in the
schools where the meetings are held,
OVERPRODUCTION OP HORSES.
Price Dropped 28 Per Cent Daring
Past Three Months.
"The price of horse today is 25
per cent lower than it was three
months ago," said G. G. Huffman,
one of Abllene's leading dealers this
morning. Mr. Huffman explain the
decline aa being due to overproduc
tion. Since Jan. 1, he said, there
had been an average of 5,000 horses
on the market at St. Louis every
week. Chicago had about the same
number, and from 1200 to 1350 were
offered weekly In Kansas City.
S. Huffman sold a carload of
i to Nichols of St. Louts Inst
weefc. Most of the mules shipped
from thla section are consigned to
Florida, Cuba and South Africa.
Come
In the vicinity of New York city.
Curator Dltmere, of the New York
Zoological society has dlscSvered the
first grubs, several thousand In num
ber, in an excavation near Nyack,
N. Y. By the time the frost is out of
the ground these thousands will be
millions, he say.
, In the last previous visit .the' lo
custs literally covered suburban New
York stripping trees, bushes, hedges,
lawns and truck farms of everything
green and then moving In vast
doods, which secured the sun, to
fresh fields. (The Individual locusts
lived only a few days, but each fe
male In that time found time to
ray about five hundred eggs on thl
branches of denuded trees.
When the larvae had batched they
fell to the groun3 and burrowed
straight down fof more than a foot,
There they are said to have rested
for seventeen years before the pro
cess ot batching was complete, and
as soon as tbe frost leaves the ground
they win dig their way to the sur
face and appear as smal oblong
shells.
Chinatown will welcome the visit.
The Chinese cook makes them -Into
pies, roasts tbem, eats them aa
salad and dresses phem In many
mysterious ways, and even JVew
Yorkers have found some of these
dishes palatable.
yoa desire safe Investment I
are Invited to call and obtain full
Trouble Column for
Dickinson's Writers
Things have come to such a pass
in Abilene that a public "walling
place" has become a necessity and
the Reflector with its usual alert-!
ness for Usefulness has decided to
supply that necessity and hereafter
will devote a column or two once a
week to these walls. Now watch
for the smoke. Enterprise Push.
J
' He Prefer Street Light.
Editor Reflector: As one of the
heavy taxpayers I wish to enquire
what actual benefit Abilene will de
rive from the adoption of the com
mission form of government. I no
tice that cities operating under that
system are no better governed than
they ware under the oM ytcm nnd
t.u' the comi-iN .i Is Costing the
taxpayers a lot more money. In
Topeka the salary list alone tor the
first year Is $33,000 more than It
was under the operations of a mayor
and council. It the commission Is
adopted Abilene taxpayers can pre
ndre to nut up considerable more
money In taxes. To start with, the
commissioners will receive salaries
amounting to 1 1760, baaed on a
nrvniiliiUnn of 5000 or over wnicn
the last city directory gives us.
The commission will be the ab
solute dictators ot city policies and
expenses, they will make the ordi
nances, levy the taxes, speno tne
money, make contracts, hire all city
employes, name salaries, and wnen
you consider that two of the three
members of the commission can do
all ot this, regardless of what the
third man may want, Is It not -well
for the voters and taxpayers of Abi
lene to stop and consider the danger
of placing the entire conduct of this
city . la the hands of two men?
Abilene could not hope to operate
under the commission form of gov
ernment without spending from
12000 to 83000 more money an
nually for salaries and expense than
the present outlay. Would It not
be better business Judgment for the
city to continue under a non-paid
mayor and council and spend the
money that would be paid In extra
salaries for commission for lighting
the city of Abilene and give the
entire city the benefit rather than
pay a few men fat salaries for doing
very little work and Abilene go
without lights.
I have heard voters say they fa
vored the commission proposition
for the reason that they wanted a
change In the city administration.
without adopting tbe vxpenslvo c -in
mission form. T! o terms of the
MISFORTUNE OP MONGOLIANS.
Let China's Nobility Relieve Suffer-
ing of Their Own People.
Editor Reflector: Uhina s gov
ernment should be accounted as tbe
murderers ot the starving thousands
of its subject and as such should
be held accountable to the govern
ment of the other nations, east and
west. Our national peace congress
has something worth while here to
do.
These poor people pay exorbitant
taxes. So great It bardly leaves
enough left to cjothe and feed them
and In return should be kept from
starvation by the government.
A million dollars Is needed and
Uncle Sam wilt give hi share. Next
year taxes will bave to be paid by
them, just the same as If there had
not been famine and plague this
year. This taxes bare to paid so
China can keep building up. orr
navy and warship to fight the I'.
whea the tuie cooes. And I'
ever the opportunity arrives ah will
do so, and not be eeld back V the
kindness to her starring peopie.
This war I looked for by uiiy
people In position fo know some-
Ming ot tbe situation. Ob In is
recognised aa one of the weathleit
aatlr.c dud perfectly capable of cai
ing proierly for these eople If they
dlJ not w mt fo n.ake so great a slow
a' the th-oae. It Is rrcognlaed a a
fact fiat the government ail 0( Il
eitis, as wn aa toe wealth." rlas
are satisfied to hsve this cleaning
ap of their surplus every few years
so there will aot be so many to feed
and they can pay more a taxes.
It should be held as murder for a
present mayor and all ot the eight
councilmen expire this spring and
the voters, can make any change
they desire from top to bottom It
la my Judgment as a heavy taxpayer
interested, in the development ot
Abilene that the city's welfare will
be best served by defeating the
commission, proposition and then
turn In and elect an entire new city
administration, light the city and
go on and oo pusiness.
A TAXPAYER.
He Want Commission.
Editor Reflector: Not enough
interest 1 taken in the election for
commission form of government.
The town needs a commission badly.
It would do away with council meet
ing and three men could have en
tire charge of all the work. It would
eliminate -from city government
many men who now get on the
council. Let' give the new plan a
chance. PROGRESSIVE.
Thinks Present Plan Better.
Editor Reflector: As I under
stand the commission form of gov
ernment the commissioners are
elected by the entire city and unless
a man can make a canvass of the
whole town he cannot be elected
commissioner. In all the history of
Abilene we have never had a coun
cil which did not have some labor
ing men,, mechanics and men of
small means on It. They looked out
for the Interests of the laborers and
made themselves felt In city affairs.
I do not see bow under the new
plan tbe laboring man could ever
get on the commission It would
turn the whole city government over
to "prominent" cltiien who could
canvas the whole town end gets,
pull with the politicians. Would
the average citizen have any show
LABORER. ,
Jl J
Protect the Pavement, '
Editor Reflector: The extreme'
caution used by the city fathers to
protect tbe precious paving does not
go far enough. They should over
lay the paved streets with linoleum
and put up awnings to keep off the
rain and sunshine. The notion of
many Ignorant Individuals that the
paving was put In for use Is alto
gether wrong. Judging from the re
cent ordinances It as put In to
look at and It would be very waste
ful to allow people to wear It out.
Let us be careful of what paving
we have It looks as Chough we
would never bare any more.
SOUTHSIDE.
ountry to leave It citizens die of
rtarvation aa long as there is grain
In the country. And there should
be a penalty fitted to the crime.
It is a sin for the United States
to countenance thi great wrong to
the tune of a million dollar or less
ss long as we have so great an In
debtedness as a nation. We hare
In our large cities deaths dally, sum
mer and winter, from heat and cold,
that could be decreased Immensely
by a part of that million.
I believe In keeping our money at
home where it Is needed. If China
must have help let the wealthy na
tions who are Its neighbor- help
first. Tbey bare everything needed
to help with right at band if tbey
only wanted to nse It for that pur
pose. .
Many of our own poor people are
giving their dollar and dime tor
tbla cause when the need la much
greater at home. (Tbey de not know
or tblnk et resources of that coun
try. Tke nobility of Cnlaa and the
wealthy are aot doing without any
of their, luxuries, , Tbey are rather
addedlag te theas Assericaa luxuries
dally. -Our alacere sympathy w
giv te these helpless people wke are -starviag.
Our Chinee mlseloaariee have a
chance te work oa the world wide -known
sympathies of the America)
people and do ao partly te advertise
themselves. A well written article
ea this subject sheuld be printed
la every paper la the toad so that
the people need aot be buncoed.
Anna L. Doraberger.
EC Waste
Pay cask or trade. Bring a all
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