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FERGUS COUNTY DEMOCRAT Published by Democrat-News Co., Inc. The Official Paper of Fergua County Tom Stout ...... Harry B. Lay.. E. G. Irina_______ ..President ...Manager ........Editor Entered at the postoffice at Lewistown, Montana, as second-class matter. Snbacribera, Notice—In ordering your paper changed to a new address, mention old address also, to insare prompt delivery. Subscribers failing to receive their papers will please notify this office. Make checks and money orders payable to Fergus County Democrat. SUBSCRIPTION One year, in advance.................................................................................................$2.00 Six months. In advance.............................................................................................. 1.25 Three months, in advance............................................................... .To For foreign subscription add postage. MAKE I-EWISTOWN A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 191C. PEACE, PROSPERITY AND PREPAREDNESS WILSON DEFINES THE ISSUES. President Wilson made his first political speech of the campaign at Shadow Lawn, New Jersey, before a crowd of several thousand young voters who assembled there last Saturday. We commend it to all who really desire to know the issues of the present campaign. President Wilson very cleverly says that the republican party as < onstituted today is composed of many discordant elements and that if it moves at all, it must move in several different directions. Does any one think that Senator Pen rose and Senator Smoot, who will con trol the next senate if that body is republican, will have anything in common with Senator Ua Follette and Gifford Pinchot and James A. . Uarfield? If Roosevelt still holds to the principles he so vigorously : cnampioned four years ago, will he and Senator Gailinger and Joe ( annon move along the same road? Indeed, is any person so brave 's to predict that Colonel Roosevelt, who thinks we should have de c lared war, if needs be, on Germany following the invasion of Bel-1 gium and certainly after the sinking of the Lusitania, and Charles Evans Hughes, who is pussyfooting around for fear of offending the German vote in this campaign, will very long keep to a common ! political highway ? J The president makes the same inquiry that every other think- j mg man in the country has made since Justice Hughes began his cam paign. It everything that this administration has done is wrong and we must change our entire policy, in what manner are we to change?; Does Justice Hughes propose to select a course which will lead to l war? That is the only possible meaning that may be gathered from : Ins cryptic utterances with reference to the Mexican situation. Although the supporters of Justice Hughes may attempt to be cloud the situation, the one big issue in this campaign is, "Do the i people of the United States desire to overthrow an administration | Mhich has striven for peace for one whose policies must very surely Iraif in urarV' lead to war } -—— A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE. The term, servant of the people has been worn decidedly ilireadbare. It is almost always applied to some fellow who holds a public office and wants to keep holding on. In the case of Senator Henry L. Myers, however, that outworn term may be honestly applied. Senator Myers is just exactly that, a servant of the people of Montana. Picked up out of comparative orscunty and sent to the greatest legislative assembly in the wodd, ^enator Myers set about to perform what he conceived to be the duties of that great office in his own way. He studied the needs of his state. He sought and obtained position on those committees, the activities of which most directly concerned his constituents. He worked as few men in that body have ever worked. Ihis is the greatest public land state in the union. During the last six years, more than one-third of all the homestead filings made in the entire country have been made in Montana. Senator Myers roon came to be regarded by his colleagues as an authority on public .and matters. For this reason, when the democrats secured control of the senate. Senator Myers was made chairman of the public lands committee. His work in that important place has been steadily toward ightening the burden of the homesteader. Neither were his labors confined to the committee room or the floor of the senate. No home Deader who had a just grievance against the government ever ap pea ed to Senator Myers in vain. Almost every working day of his leim of office has seen Senator Myers at the interior department Eiaightening out some tangles for some homesteader who had, through misfortune been unable to comply with the strict letter of the land laws oi who had been made the victim of some clerical or other error in the department itself. There are hundreds, we dare say thousands, of homesteaders in Montana who owe their last chance in life to Sen iplor Myeis. He did those things himself and because he felt it to be a very important part of his job. Senator Myeis has not given all of his time to those smaller, though vitally important, matters. He has worked hand in hand with resident Wilson and Secretary Lane on those larger problems which iVfy a ff ec t the future of this great western country. He has ne pe to frame the program of conservation, a part of which has been enacted into law. As much as any other member of congress, he is responsible for the Alaska coal leasing law and the Alaska railroad aw. In common with Secretary Lane, he believes that the great nat ural resources of the west, the water power and mineral lands, should he opened up and put to some use. He would not turn them over to private corporations for exploitation, but would keep them m pos session of the government. The laws which Senator Myers has intro duced on those subjects would provide for adequate development without threatening the extortions of private monopoly. Senator Myers believes in conservation, but in constructive conservation. Senator Myers is the same quiet, unaffected, democratic gentle AGE —Twenty-nine years of Banking Service; The Oldest State Bank in Montana. PROGRESSIVENESS —This bank has been identified with every progressive movement that has taken place in Lewistown and the Judith Basin. It has assisted the best and most successful enterprises that we have in Fergus County. STRENGTH— With resources of over $2, 300,000, it is prepared to serve you satis factorily. BUILD WITH US BANK OF FERGUS COUNTY LEWISTOWN, MONTANA Capital and surplus.......$500,000 , , I0an that he was wlien servin - in ,lie Ambler but honorable position of dlslrict Judge in western Montana. He is beloved by his colleagues !n tbe senate - as be is b Y everybody who comes into intimate contact ' vith h,m ' . He stil1 adheres to the belief that a P ublic office is a P ub ' lie trust. Hie voters of Montana owe it to themselves to return him to the United States senate. THE POWER OF NOTES AND BULLETS President Wilson has been criticized for writing notes in an effort to adjust international complications instead of breaking off diplomatic relations and relying upon the power of bullets to settle those dis-! putes. Anyone who peruses the pages of history will discover that President Wilson is not the first of our great statemen to rely on per suasion rather than leaden missiles to untangle grave difficulties with foreign countries. Alexander Hamilton and Rufus King bitterly criti uzed Washington because he wrote notes to France instead of de claring war in the Genet controversy. Horace Greely thought that Lincoln should have declared war against Great Britain instead of writing notes over the Trent affair. In the campaign of 1844, one of the campaign issues was "fifty-four-forty or fight" and yet we settled tiie dispute over Oregon boundary by writing notes to England. Pub he sentiment ran at a high pitch by reason of the depredations of the l Alabama and other privateers fitted out in foreign ports during the : Civil war but Lincoln avoided war with England by writing notes. In 1873 Spain seized the ship Virginius, flying the American flag and *«hot the captain of the ship and 36 of her crew and 12 passengers but i President Grant, who knew a trifle about war, wrote notes and re | -'.orted to diplomacy rather than plunge the country into war. Some what later in our history, the sailors from our warship, the Baltimore,! ___j ,i . r \/ ■ ■ n i- i . i n m were attacked in the streets of Valpraiso, Chili, but James G. Blaine wrote notes and resorted to diplomacy to clear up the trouble. Col onel Roosevelt and Justice Hughes charge that President Wilson has lacked courage in thus resorting to note writing in our controversy •,i r n -.1 j- .1 ii i ivr 1 M ith liermany. Do either of them, or anybody, suggest that Wash ington and Franklin and Lincoln and Grant lacked in courage? -— WHERE THE FARMER COMES IN. Demogogic politicians, in their efforts to discredit the administration ior settling the threatened railway strike, are trying to convince the farmers of this country that they lost a great deal because the strike was called off. They say an eight-hour law will mean advanced freight rates, a portion of which must be borne by the farmers, The net earnings of the railroads of the country this year are $768,000,000 more than they were the last year of President Taft's' administration. It is claimed by the railroads that the adoption of an eight-hour law will increase their expenses $60,000,000 annually. The brotherhood men place the actual increase at $20,000,000 but for ihe sake of argument the figures of the railway heads may be ac cepted as accurate. That sum may be subtracted from the increased net earnings of this year over that of four years ago and the rail roads have left the tidy sum of $708,000,000 to the good. It might, therefore be disputed that the railroads are actually in need c-f increased freight rates with which to meet the extra wage charge. Assuming, however, that an increase must he made. Everybody agrees that the railroads of the country are entitled to earn fair divi dends on honest capitalization where reasonably efficient manage ment is shown. It is to the interest of the whole nation that the trans portation companies shall be kept in a prosperous condition. If any increase does come, the farmers must, of course, bear their share i of the burden. But it is well to reflect also upon what the farmers would have lost had President Wilson permitted the strike to occur, The total wheat crop of the country is approximately 700,000,000 bushels. With demoralization of all transportation agencies, it is safe - to say that the price of wheat would have slumped at least ten cents per bushel. The wheat crop was at that time very largely in the hands of the growers. Seventy million dollars would have been lost io them right there. The corn crop this year is approximately three thousand million bushels. A slump of one cent per bushel would have meant a loss there of $30,000,000. The live stock market would certainly have gone to the bow wows for the time being and l hat would have caused the loss of many more millions to the farmers. Other vast sums would have been yielded up by reason of fruit and garden truck rotting in the fields. In short, the farmers of this coun try would have lost more in thirty days than they will have to pay in additional freight rates, providing an increase is granted, in five years. We believe that the American farmer is smart enough to under stand this fact and will not therefore he deceived by the frantic efforts 1 of politicians to prejudice him. THEY BELIEVE SAM STEWART. There come to this paper many apparently reliable reports con cerning the activity of the liquor forces of the state in the gubernatoral fight between Sam V. Stewart and Frank J. Edwards. These reports are to the effect that the liquor men of Montana are going to throw the full strength of their compactly-organized forces against Governor Stewart. Under ordinary conditions, the saloon forces of the state should not be particularly interested in that contest. Both Governor Stewart and Mr. Edwards have announced their intention of voting for the prohibition bill. The difference seems to be that the saloon men be lieve Governor Stewart and do no believe Mr. Edwards. Of course, there is no reason why the saloon forces should not believe Sam Stewart. His personal character and habits entitle linn I to that distinction. But the thing is a bit the other way around so far as Mr. Edward's pledge is concerned. The saloon men elected Edwards mayor of Helena five different times. They were not bothered in any of their activities during his terms of office. They grew to know him well then, to analyze his character and to get a true line upon his official activities and processes of thought. Edwards has always ibeen known as a "foxy politician." lhe saloon men probably know that Edwards was compelled, by the exigency of the situation, to declare for prohibition, but simply set this down as a promise of the lips rather than of the heart. They know Frank J. Edwards all right and, ' for this reason, will support him, despite his renunciation of their good esteem. COMPLIMENTS FOR FERGUS. Butte Miner: Every county in Montana that was represented by an exhibit or exhibits at the state fair, just ended, deserves high praise, for certainly the displays were splendid in every way. Fergus county in winning first prize for the best display, and also first prize for the best grain shown at the fair, certainly achieved a great victory, the more important and significant since that county's displays were pitted against wonderfully effective and praiseworthy r., .-• , - . ..- „ , . . . .. exhibits from practically all the other counties in Montana, Nor is Fergus county s great and merited victory a slight so far as | tbe otber counties are concerned, nor does it detract from their ' grea ^ ess ' Their displays also deserved being called splendid, and what Fer _ _ .... thus rergus county s prize-winning was at one and the same time a magnificent victory for Fergus and also a great advertisement as gus showed is being raised there in cereals, was indicative of the kind and quality of grains grown throughout the state. to the fertility and progress of the entire agricultural districts of this commonwealth. ---- ------- III TP ||\| I 111 I ~~ " Three nipn ' vpre brought in by mem 1 °* J 1 ' 1 slRI ' l! s lol<l [ '' d 'C\ leader by the name of Mike Murphy ii Mu'^plqv^Ttempted to 1 "roir^* laborer at Grass Range, but from the way he ; judgment'is'^r 0 !^^,-'asT^ecttng ja victim is concerned. brought^ in Johnson ' 'who" it j charged with second degree assault. j Gm" 8 cho 0 r'got'intern 'alteTe^tion and this is the termination. Deputy Blevins returned from Beach, ; x D ' ak with D tto K. Eggars, who is ' charged with selling a team and in ' was ' f o rmerl y a 'p ™ach e I *at ' 1 >en ■ ton and indicates a desire to adjust 'the matter, claiming ignorance of the lav O-- Joe Dunsmore of Windham was cir-1 dilating among his friends here Sat-! urday. Fred VV. Mandel of Musselshell was a guest at tile Fergus hotel Tues day. 'A TRIBUTE FROM THE HEART. I Weekly Statement j j j of Federal Reserve Banks ) J WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. The fed- { era! reserve board's statement tori a.' J of the combined resources and liabili- j j tics of the twelve federal reserve j t -------------------- with^u/s. 0 ] 000 ; from n to no days, $ 23 , 245 , 000 ; j from 31 to 6n davs. $36,527,000; from 61 to 90 days, $25.SS2.000: over 90 days, $1,516,000: total. $106,578,000. | Investments: banks on September 29 follows: Resources. Gold coin and certificates in vault, | $360,845.000; gold settlement fund. gold redemption fund treasurer, $1,929,000; total gold reserve, *387,195,000. Legal tender, notes, silver, etc., $7, 881.000; total reserve, $395,006,000. Five per cent redemption fund against federal reserve bank notes, $500,000. Hills discounted and bought: Maturities within 10 days. $21,408, j u i nicipai warrants, $24,028. earning assets, $184,077,00< llOllds year mn total $46 544.000; o notes. $6,927.00 000 ; 000 . Federal reserve notes, net, $14,250, 1000; due from federal reserve hanks I net, $31,365,000. All other resources. $7,543,000. Total resources. $632,741,000. Liabilities. Capital paid in, $55,393,000: govern ment deposits, $38,985,000; membei i ' j ; Sixty Years the Standard BAKING MWHk Made from cream of tartar derived from grapes. NO ALUM bank deposits, net. $.''21,740,000; fed eral reserve notes, net, $13,216,000; federal reserve bank notes in circula lion, $3,033,000; all other liabilities, $374,000. Total liabilities, $632,741,000. Gold reserve against net deposits and net liabilities, 71.4 per cent; easli reserve against net deposits and liabil ities, 72.S per cent; cash reserve against aggregate net liabilities after setting aside 4o per cent gold reserve against aggregate net liabilities on federal reserve notes in circulation, 73.6 per cent. THE MARRYING SQUIRE. Justice ol the Peace Foley's repute tion as a marrying "squire" lias now gone beyond the bounds of the stale. Monday Liovd G. Greenup and Lydia their addresses as resented themselves --- the judge. He tied the knot and sent them on their way rejoicing, Matton, who give uiiiiston, N. i>„ r ■ j J { J j j j t Business Cards AXEL REFER Civil Engineer and Surveyor U. S. Mineral Surveyor Phone 138; room 402. BankElectric Building l»l{. I'ltED TAYLOR Ostcf quit hie Physician ,\ m eri< Still. Fn empathy EDGAR G. WORDEN Attorney at-Law First National Bank Building Practice in All Courts and U. S. Land Office METTLER & BRISCOE Attorneys at Law Rooms 6-7-X-9, Empire Bank Building, Lewistown, .Montana. J. G. SMITH Baggage and Transfer Office' phone, 538 Residence 'phone, 300 Call us for quick service MISS RUTH P. COOK Teacher of Piano and Harmony Pupil of Theodore Bohlmann Phone No. 92 DR. L. H. TOOLEY I lentist Suite 2. Judith Theater Building Telephone 32