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MAKING THE MOST OF IT
Bancroft clttsens know a good law
whep they sea it, and are not, averse
to putting It In motion. The town of
Bancroft and the county of Kossuth
have offered an object lesson to the
state that should bring excellent re
sults. Under the new law married omen
must support their families, If they are
able to do so, or face a penitentiary
sentence If convicted o^ wilful deser
tion. Kossuth county lq trying out
tha experiment jo*' f4si *!l
One of the residents of Bancroft has
been accustomed to take periods of rest
while hla family rustled as best it
could and the county supplied what was
lacking. The fond father went visit
ing to Dakota or wherever opportunity,
.inclination and the chance for food
without labor led his wandering steps.
The family fed on charity and the la
bor'of the wife and mother.
The other day tlie lengthened arm
of the Jaw1 reached out and gathered
a this Mr. Bergman of Bancroft A
willing sheriff haled him before a
magistrate and he stared with fright
ened eyes at the prospect of a steady
Job* from which few men find oppor
tunity, to take little restful trips to the
Dakotas and relatives who butchered
hogs and laid .in potatoes last fall. He
«vinc$d a sudden Willingness to work
for his family. Asian evidence of his
good faith the county .supervisors re
quired a bond for the faithful perform
ancej of his pledges. With the pen in
•full -prospect he 'bestirred himself to
tecure bondsmen. Relatives signed up
*s surety for $50,0 and Mr. Bergman
inent back to Bancroft with no more
vacation in prbspect than a clerk in
Russell Sage's office. He must work.
Between -him and the smiling prairies
of thex restful northwest looms the
shadovlr of the penitentiary and the aw
Jill thought of the quarries that have
ipad'e Anamosa and Stone City famous.
They have Mr. Bergman of Bancroft,
foul. The world is very gloomy and
the spring is backward and bitter cold.
Let the eyes of the' other ninety
eight counti«« turn to- the cynosure
'with the Hungarian, name and the
business way of doing things. If there
te a county in the. state th?it can not
qee.'somethtngfto its advantage it needs
an eye specialist. /.yVe, are going for
ward 4n Iowa and just'at present it is
Kossuth's turb to,' carry the flag.:
PUBLICCOMFPRT STATHmS.
The, city council of Baltimore iiS^to
^establish "public:comfort stations" and
one has already been provided for in
Hhe.^most congested part of the eity.
:These will be place*, open to ttie publio
where tired people may find a resting
.place and the .necessities of lavatory,
etc. Strangely enough some \of the
business men are protesting againpt the
location of these public comfort sta
tions adjacent to their places of bus
iness., A Baltirfiore paper relates that
there'has be?n, in fact, not a little dif
ficulty in finding. ipCations for, "sta
tions." It was first proposed to have
one at Hopkins Place, but the people
adjacent thereto objected-1© Its pres
ence as undesirable. Other places were
proposed, but the neighboring business
men came forward to protest!... It has
been imestioned whether a public need
\for them, exists. The Baltimore Sun
sajte:
v-'.'
The first point to settle is vy?hether
there is really a public dem&nd for
them. If there is, the city authorities,
In providing for them, must consider
•not "only the initial cost of erecting
them, but the cost of yearly mainten
ance. Bach station will need to be
looked after constantly, supplied freely
with disinfectants and kept In a scrup
ulously clean and sanitary condition,
?lf it !s not to become a nuisance and
a center for the spread of disease. This
simpjles a' salary of some hundreds
yearly for a keeper, with yearly bills
for' plumbing, repal.rs, painting, etc.
Capitalised, such expenses may amount
to a' considerable sum. If imperatively
needed, the expense, of course, need not
be" considered, but it will be well to
form an adequate idea of the probable
ultimate-outlay and of what the whole
project involves.
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BUSINESS ANB BUSINESS PROSPECTS'
Erratic weather makes trade reports
irregular, retail sales of spring wear
ing, appawi being retarded by storms
ind cold at many points, altho some
sections experience seasonable condi
tions. Temporary interruption to re
tail distribution has no ill effects upon
jobbing and- wholesale business, how
ever, heavy transactions and shipments
testifying .to confidence in the future,
while mercantile collections show fur
ther improvement. Several strikes have
retarded work, notably in saw mills at
Portland, Ore., and in ship building
at Cleveland, but manufacturing re
turns are most satisfactory on the
whole. Textile mills, machine shops,
steel plants an£ footwear factories
have littl* idle' machinery, forward
business appearing more rapidly than
the rate of production in many cases.
A large sale of pig iron indicates the
confidence of steel producers, material
being ord-ared for delivery up to the,
end of th year.
improvement is noted in the primary
Liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reported during April
amounted to $2,132,621, of which $1,
399,953 were In manufacturing, $61S,
663 in trading and $114,000 in other
commercial lines. Failures last week
numbered 214 in the Unlte:l States,
against 1&3 last year, and 29 in Canada_
compared with 20 a year agol^fe^*! ij
Chicago.—Weather conditions are not'
quite seasonable, but trade generally
moves forward satisfactorily, prod ac
tion being uninterrupted. New de
mands are steady and transportation is
more extended.
Minneapolis.—Jobbers report a heavy
movement in practically all lines, and
with improving freight deliveries the
outlook is much better thar. for some
time. Wheat seeding is progressing
and advance estimate^ indicate a small
decrease In acreage from a year ago.
Saw mills are in full operation and
lumber Shipments fpr the week
amounted to 8,112.000 ffeet, a#ainst 7,
504,000 feet a year ago. Collections
Show a little Improvement.
St. I»uis.—The filling of orders of
spring and summer goods makes steady
progress in leading wholesalfi lines, and
business in- dry goods, clothing, millin
ery and footwear is above normal.1The
movement in drugs, groceries, hard
ware, woodenware, farm implements
and electrical machinery arid supplies
is (active Collections are .fair,
Troy.—Retail trade is good, tho the
weather continues cold and unseason
able. Knit goods manufacturers are
busy completing spring and summer,
orders, and in many cases working
fall and winter orders, of which there
is a good supply. Mills ahc machineVyj
that have jbeen idle In th:js line for
several years are being put Into work
ing order and many mills are working
overtime'. Manufacturers oi! shirts, and
collars and cuffs report sides in^ ex
cess of former years.
Gloversville. Manufacturers of
gloves and leather are busy and well
supplied with orders labor is fully em
ployed. Easter trade In jjloves was
large. Retail trade is go:id. Collec
tions are fair.
St. Paul.—Weather, conditions favor
distribution of Seasonable merchandise.
A steady business is reacted in dry
goods, wearing apparel and. millinery,
current sales and advance business for
fall shipment exceeding1lait: year. Hats,
caps and furs ,are active, tootwear
plants are fully employed and harness
manufacturers are busily engaged.
Worcester. Retail trade in dry
goods, clothing and millinery is active
and exceeds the corresponding period
a year ago. Corset, manufacturers are
exceptionally busy and the demand for
muslin underwear continues be
heavy, notwithstanding advanced
prices!* Manufacturers" of wire and
wire Specialties report ffn exception
ally heavy demand and are behind In
filling orders. Machine shops and ma
chinery manufacturers of all kinds re
port heavy orders. Cotton, worsteds
are in good deftiand, but satine.ts are
moving very slowly, some plants" be
ing closed down.
Louisville. Manufacturing and
wholesale hardware concerns' report
more business than for, the same per
iod last year. The Wholesale plumb
ers' supply trade is active. Tanners
and leather manufacturers report a
good demand, but hides are scaroe.
The oil refining trade isi relieved by
the improvement in the car situation.
Banks report an active demand for
money and a notable increase In de
posits
Topics of the Times
A Charlton jailbird ha,'5 bee con
victed of \stealing $1,000 from another
inmate. Why any sane man with
$1,000 -should stay in jail is the unus
ual feature of the mixup. ,.,^ -,
The-trouble with the Thaw "jury was
that seven of them were trying .Thfw
and five trying Stanford White.
Since Bonaparte's decision the owner
of real whiskey takes
on
Z$f
wiMiS
l6lLa-
market for dry goods, producers re
garding current purchases as of sub
stantial character because prices are
now on too^higli a level to encourage
speculative demand. It is significant
that demand has increased after a few
weeks of comparative Quiet without
any concessions in prices to iitimulate
sales. Activity in prints has provided
a serious problem for the printer, as
cloths cannot be secured, and hipments
from bleacheries are falling further be
hind. A better demand for men swear
woolens is due to the first returns from
clothiers' salesmen, but no gereral dup
licating business is expected until the
retail clothing situation is better, un^
derstood.
an- added
dignity. »o a
Ai
"As ait present advise3"' Mr. Fair
banks will act a lot like Mr. Bryan
over Roosevelt's nomination.
A good road law should have been
of far greater practical value to Iowa
than primary elections. The elections
occur biennially the roads occur
every day in the year. And some of
them occur quite roughly.—Burlington
Hawkeye.
Well, doesn't the prim-iry sometimes
qualify with the latter c.ause, in Dick
inson county, say?
Glass bathtubs are masie in Germany
and are said to have advantages over
those of metal and enamel, the principal
one being thai they are much cheaper.
They are made In a so.id p.iece,. and' qneg £a successful figemion
Wt
VJ
it
one can be turned out complete In
about five minutes, according to a for
eign letter.
,/
The body of Tllrs. Terra Ferdig whose
funeral took place near Mapleton last
week was carried to its last rest by
twelve of her family of fourteen child
ren. 7
"Resurgam rye" is one of the brands
of booze widely advertised in an Iowa
paper. Suggestive name, isn't it?
The talk of a new democratic daily
newspaper in Des Moines is simply
another Of the evidences of republican
prosperity. Some one has more money
than he needs.
Nineteen women have been elected' to
the Finish diet. This foreshadows a
finish to the homo diet.
.. uv
Mr. Foraker is an able man but that
is only one of the qualifications of a
useful public servant.
Fifteen hundred woodworkers idle in
Dubuque means disaster to the men
who sell the groceries. ^.*V'
1
"You shouldn't have hit that man
who called you a liar." "•7s*." -&?**
"Shouldn't, hey?"
"No, yon should have demanded tlie
proof, and if he could not produce it,
he would have been branded "as the fal
sifier."
'•That's all right ethically, but I know
he had the proof."—Philadelphia Led
ger.
IOWA GPINIONS AND NOTES.'
"The situation is one in which dis
creet men. who are for the president
do not urge his nomination and in
which discreet men who would be op
posed to the president do not urge the
opposition," observes the Nevada Rep
resentative.
The Grlnnell Herald believes that
"the session of the legislature just
closed vras a worthy one. Many good
bills were passed—perhaps more than
at any other session 0|f the state legis
lature. There was some peanut poli
tics but perhaps not as much as often
•before. It will without doubt take
many" years before the effect of some
of the radical legislation can be deter
mined but we believe that the general
results will be found to be good. It
seems to be the general opinion that
Speaker Kendall and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Garst have made excellent pre
siding officers, being,fair in their de
cisions and being anxious to hold the
houses down to steady, solid work. The
"Thirty-first general assembly has set a
high Vnark for following legislatures."
"The legislature as legislatures go.
has accomplished a lot of good laws,"
declares the Humboldt* Republican.
"One of the best is the new primary
law.: No one expects that this law Is
no\v perfect, but its weaknesses can be
remedied as they appear. The law was
greatly needed in Iowa, The Republi
can, does
and
always has 'believed in a
state primary law,. It is certainly the
foundation of good government. Tho
convention results in trickery and in
trigue. and is the cause of more boltiiiij
and ticket scratching than any other
form of nomination. Iowa's experience
last year made the primary a necessi
ty." ?:,y^:':U: Vv ir'-"
"The facts are that a good demo
crat can beat Roosevelt at the next
election, if he were nominated by tho
republicans." asserts "the Burlington
Gazette (dem.) "The loud-mouthers are
mistaken about Mr. Roosevelt's
fir,
"The Rankin plan for enforcing the
mulct law will eventually win,' 'pre
dicts the Montlcello Express.
"That Montgomery county is UP
against a real, live proposition that is
not to be ignored much longer if the
eourtry school is to be continued,"
proclaims the Red Oak Express, "State
Superintendent Riggs thinks he has a
solutiorf of the problems in the consoli
dated country schools, and it would
seern from the eminent success of the
system in several counties in this stats
that the superintendent is right. The
Express sojpe months ago presented a
number o?Varguments in favor of the
centralization or consolidation of tha
rural schools. Much may be said in
favor of it, arid this paper propose*
to make some mention of the question
from time to time, In the meantime,
what about the scarcity of teachers?"
inquires the Express.
"If it is to. be an anti-pass bill, we
say let .it be one with no exceptions,
every body pay straight, two cents pei
mile," breaks out the Paton Patriot.
"Do you remember where you put the
garden rake and hoe?" anxiously re^
quires the Dike Times.
"So
matter what kind of a primary
bill it woul* not have -suited the stand
patters, because they knew It was
urged by Cummljis." says. Jfye Traer
Star-Clipper.
i'."5"
No More Dollars for Dimes.
"When a man Has to shovel a dollar
bill into the furnace every time he
wants a dime's worth of powder, he
may be pardoned for harboring a germ
or two of discontent with the present
stage of industrial evolution," says
Charles Frederick Carter, writing in
The Technical World Magazine for
May. "Yet a modern steam power
plant will only deliver at the crank
shaft from ten to twelve per cent of
the potential energy contained in the
coal burned under its boilers. If it is
a small ^lant, the results are likely
to be the former figure or less if it
is a very large plant, conducted with
unusual skill, the latter may be ap
proximated. Corliss and quadruple ex
pansion engines, feed water heaters
and kindred accessories, and finally the
steam turbine have resulted from en
deavors to reduce this excessive waste
of heat. Altogether they have only
served to accentuate the necessity of
finding something more efficient than
steam to perform the functions of the
world's prime mover.
"'Recent developments would seem
to indicate that a clue to this much
needed, improvement has biyn discov
ered. At least it looks suspicious to
find a gas engine plant of 40,000 horse
power, another of 31,500 horse power,
and still another of 21,500 horse power
in the United States, one of 31,500
horse power in Johannesburg, South
Africa, and goodness knows ho«" many
all over the world. And when one
finds the same type of engine that \s
assembled in these great plants humbly
doing the churning at a rural creamery,
driving automobiles and motor boats
a$d running everything else that can
be run und saving money for Its owner
whenever it turns a wheel suspicion
aimolt deepens into conviction."
This 1s the introduction to a fine
article on producer gas, the fuel that
is, in a sense new, and the author tells
of wonderful things its use is accom
plishing.
Iowa Newspapers
A PUBLIC L.IAR. -*v
(Oto Leader.)
Did it ever occur to you why coun
try editors are such cheerful liars?
The cross road town today would boy
cott the man wh^ dared to tell the
whole truth and nothing but tho truth
in a country newspaper. Strango as it
niuy seem to some, editors as a class
are born with a conscience, but as
they rub tip against the .lying public
who have some selfish motive in view,
their early training at mother's knee
Is too often forgotten In the scramble
for the almighty dollar.
Let the meanest old cuss in covn
pass in his checks and the preacher
and editor laud him to -the skies., No
matter if he has been a wife-beater, a
chicken thief and drunken reprobate,
who "bucks the tiger" while his wife
chases dirty undershirts up and down
the wash board to feed her half
starved family, when this man's car
cass is deposited in the bone orchard,
then it is that the public expefcts the
editor to be a smooth liar and white
wash his benighted soul.
Next comes the flannel tongued
scandal monger of the fenale per
suasion, who has ruined the lives of
many a young
g'.rl
and who has kept
the social circles-, of the town in hot
water for years by the use of her de
ceitful, lying tongue she becomes an
angel in the columns of the newspaper
the moment death paralyzes her.
A preacher may be an ordinary pul
pit pounder and a bore to the commun
ity but every time he talks the editor
is no good if he fails to say. "the ser
mons are musically eloquent, pro
foundly deep or dramatically interest
ing."
Every "dinky" entertainment must
be grand, every school ma'am profic
ient, every business man progressive,
every city dad religiously perfect, ev
ery newcomer a valuable acquisition
to society, the climate must be de
lightful, the women the prettiest in the
county, the men the most public spir
ited ,in the state, or the paper Is not
worth reading and the editor is too
slow.
If an editor fails to conform to these
standards of public deception and
downright lying, he will not have a
friend in town, and yet the town howls
for a purer press.
It It any wonder, under these cir
cumstances, that an editor lives in hell
on earth and dies with nothing better
in sight?
Vi-::
LABOR IS SrARCTC
(Hampton Chronicle)
With the bpening up of spring work
there is more .than usual demand for
labor in avll lines of work. Tne wave
of prosperity which is sweeping over
the country affects the laboring man
as well as others. Day laborers who
formerly were eager for work at 'a
dollar to a dollar and a quarter a day,
are now eagerly sought after at' one
seventy-five to two dollars. Farm hands
who once gladly accepted a job at
eighteen dollars a month now reluct
antly go to one at twenty-five to thirty.
The man who is obliged to depend upon
hired labor in the manipulating of
his business, be he farmer, contractor
or business man, finds fhat they are
hard to get at high prices. The labor
ing man is gradually assuming a posi
tion bf independence and his work so
much in demand commands a higher
price each year. Lucky Is the man
who can handle his o\\m work, and
thrice fortunate is the one who has
some growing boys who can do work
While his neighbor searches the streets
looking for men who are loath to work
at any wages. i, t,
THE PROFESSIONAT
(Monticello Express.)
The professional politician has the
faculty of getting a good deal of work
out of those who are appealed to thru
the Plan of patriotism and party pride.
He is necessarily a good deal of a
hustler himself, and he delights in a
constituency that is happiest when
helping him save the country, Such a
,f
is
Warshallt0mn Jtrwa, 15 1907
Mother swell-head- has a tea party
and a ham sandwich lunch with twelve &>.
present. She asks the editor to say Mr. Rockefeller (if he were really polite): "Allow me! You must share the
that fifty were present and a four- bouquets with me. It wu mostly your money that I gave away,"
course banquet followed. Mr. Blow,
-Chicago News,
hard orders nine dollars worth of
goods and asks you to say that he has
nine hundred dollars( worth on the
road.
politician is not always a patriot, but
lie thinks a good deal of himself, and
his love for a partisan follower is In
direct proportion to that ^follower's en
ergetic hump in his, behalf. The pro
fessional politician Is in the business
for both excitement and a living. He
is usually a pretty good fellow, or a
less number of us would take less in
terest in his pretentions. He Is in a
cold-blooded business, and the wonder
is that he Is as good as lie really is.
He i^ as full of the optimism of life or
he would lay down in disgust at" the
sight of the inconsistency and change
fulness of the patriot voter. He likes
loyalty and he gives of it to those who
grant it to him if lie has the sense and
sensibility that tells him how to keep
well in the race. He may not always
stand straight with the plumb-line of
church requirements, but he is usually
as good a Christian as the business
will, permit of, and fuliy the equal of
the'average of those he serves. Under
the institutions of this government the
politician is a necessary factor he is
our servant and as we are so will our
servant be.!
•rtn
THE BIENNIAL GROWL.
(Belle Plalnc Union)
What a pity some of the newspa
pers of Iowa are not the lawmakers. If
it were rjot tiresome it would be funny
to see the way they fuss at the legis
lature from the time it meets until
after It has adjourned. Those who take
the trouble
(to
can't jnake clothes clean with cold water and a
|coarse, resin-filled soap. Then why attempt to wash:
that way? To have absolute cleanliness in linen,^
Btt®Msummer furies, bedding and flannels, boil them with
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR 19 CUE.
notice have observed
the biennial snarl of criticism with
which the adjournment of the general
assembly Is greeted.
Newspapers of the minority parties
are expected to take a "smash" at the
majority every time they get a chance,
no a 1 it
£53
iiut when the editors of the dominant ducaments to leave the schoolroom than
party begin to nag their representa-
tives for advocating and voting for en-
acting into laws the very policies they
With some possible minor excep
tions, \^e think that every law passed
by the legislature was intended for
the p"ublic good in some particular.
It is therefore "up to" ail of us to give
such laws a fair trial, and if they are
found faulty or obnoxious to a ma
jority, it is only a s^iort two years un
til they can be repealed..
As to the timeliness of "reform" leg
islation, it is well known that'such
measures are in line with those intro
duced and passed In the' legislatures
of many of the neighboring states, and
if our lawmaker^ have made mistakes
along these lines, they have the satis
faction of knowing that they have
much distinguished company in more
than one state, and even in the na
tional congress.
L?t us do our kicking before elec
tion. VJt'Vf
THE HOME MERCHANT ,,
(Chelsea Independent.)
On the other hand if you
had bought these goods of the home
dealer what would have happened?
Why, you would have wrapped them
up carefully and told your wife in a
calm, determined tone that either you
would get good prunes, your money
back or wade out into rivers of blool
over your head and swim around un
til you weire" plumb tired. You would
take 'era back where you got 'em a!nd
if your wife don't happen to belong
to church you would rip out a string
of dark blue curses three or four
they
Self
v. a large cake of white soap with marvelous cleans
'1
done, cleans up everything. Splendid for glass,
china, wood-work and your hands. A large,
Washing
I
ing properties. Boiling with this soap loosens the
most stubborn stain, opens up the threads in the!
fabric, and dissolves tiie dirt. No chemicals to harm
either clothes or hands—just pure soap that sweetens,
.purifies and brightens everything. Sets colors,
keeps flannels from shrinking, and when the wash
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solid, long-lasting cake at your grocer's for 5c.
MAPLE CITY SOAP WORKS,
MONMOUTH* UJJNQiS*^
NOTit
KffWSCNE
curr
HOOHA.T
blocks long and ask what he meant by
selling you such goods. The honia
dealer would throw both hands in the
air and be so anxious to make it right
that he'd almost weep. He's got to
do it! He can't sell that sort of stuff
and continue to do 'business! He
knows that! Nobody on earth will go
to as much trouble or work so hard to
pleas-e you as the home dealer. He's
your friend! He's got to be! It's for
you to say whether he continues in
business or not! He's most anxious to
figuie on every bill you buy and you
ought to find out what he will do be
fore you send your money away from
home! It's a duty you owe yourself
and the community.
SIMON KENTON'S GRANDSON.
(Algona Courier.)
A singular specimen of the genus
homo called 6n Dr. Stull a few da^s ago
for medicine for his wife. He was
from Ohio, and he and his wife had
been on the road sinc4 the first of
January. They started from their
Ohio home for Spokane and expected
to reach their destination about the
Fourth of July. An $8 a day job i*
awaiting Black there as head sawyer
of a saw mill, but his father and
mother having been killed In a railroad
accident he would have nothing to do
with railroads. This queer man is a
great grandson of Simon Kenton, the
great Indian fighter. He has two song
in Alaska.
WHY TEACHERS ARE SCARCE
(Forest City Summit.)
There'has been a fast growing de
maud for years formon and women
who can do things. Wherever they can
be found they are offered more in-
are to remain in positions where
they are to remaln
they are not patj
stood lor previous to election, it makes -work and wages go. There is a
wonder thr«t some papers have any
one
influence at all.
in positions where
what 'they are worth,
certain law that works about as defi
nitely as gravity. This, more than
anything else, explains the scarcity of
teachers which the legislature of Iowa
is going to investigate. It is known
in advance what the finding will be,
at least what it ought to be. ..
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An Excited President.
(New York World.) ,v.
Mr. Roosevelt is a very angry and
excited man. Angry and excited men
are not given to sensible or rational
speech.
The White House story of a 'rich
men's conspiracy," capitalized at $5,
000,000, to control the next republican
national convention, is so hysterical
that it would be laughed at if anybody
but the president of the United States
was responsible f6r It. Plainly, things
are getting on Mr. Roosevelt's nerves.
Senator Penrose emphatically denies
that he is "the big man of great polit
ical influence" Tyho got drunk at a
Washington dinner and babbled about
the plot lo renominate a reactionary
candidate for president. The Penrose
denial is superfluous. If such a con
spiracy exists it is certain' that the
principals have not taken the Penn
sylvania senator Into their confidence.
He wouid simply get his instructions
from the Pennsylvania railroad offices,
as usual, and 'he is too well disciplined
to ask questions. His not to| reason
why.
But aside from any silly-season
stories that may be put out from the
White House, there is not one man in
ten, we think, who does not believe
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that the great railroad and financial
interests of the country are going to
'bend all their energies to control the
republican convention and prevent the
nomination of a "Roosevelt candidate.
The president ha3 been indicted, tried
and found guilty of treason to Wall
street, and neither money nor effort
will be spared to w^est the party froir.
nis control. The word has been passed
down the line that his radic.il policies
are, injuring the business interests of
the country and there must be a re
turn to the safe and conservative prac
tices of Hannaism.
All this may seem formidable enough
on paper, but we can assure Mr. Roose
velt that there is not the slightest oc
casion for his losing a minute's sleep
over it. If he keeps cool and does not
make himself ridiculous there is not
enough money in Wall street to buy'the
national convention away from him
or bring about the nomination of a
candidate to whom he is opposed.
Mr. Roosevelt has only to appeal to
the intelligence and conscience of the
American people and on the issue of
corporation domination 75 per cent of
them will rally to his support. He not
only has a majority of his own party
behind him. but hundreds of thousands
of democrats as well are ready to fight
for him and with him on that Issue.
Our friendly advice to the president
is to calm down and not bother his
head about cock-and-bull stories of
Wall street conspiracies. Let Wall
street conspire if it wants to. The only
thing Mr. Roosevelt need worry about
is whether or not he will accept a re
nomination himself.
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The St.'PaWs Pacific Extension.'
(Chicago Chronicle.)
When the Union Pacific railroad was
completed with government assistance
it was almost universally held that the
enterprise would not toe duplicated
within the memory of living men.
The barrenness of the country be
tween the Mississippi river and the Pa
cific coast, It was said, was a barrier
to further railroad ibuilding. The con
quest of the Rocky Mountains a sec
ond time was declared to be all1 but
impossible. There was no other pass
thru which another road could cross
the mountains.
Today thete are 'six "transcontinental
lines. Three^years hence perhaps
•ven sooner there will be seven. Tne
Pacific extension of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railway will be
the new link of steel to bind -the we^
jtrn coast of the country to the\ latiss
on the hither side of the Missouri,
The enterprise is already assured of!
successful completion.
The lands which were pronounced
barren forty years ago have blossoi it
as the rOse. The passes of the mount
ains have been found. Thruout tha 'Bn
tire route of the St. Paul extension a
rich arid developed country awaits tpe
advent of the locomotive. Engineering
difficulties have been met and
As the Curtain Fell.'
^Louisville Courier-Journal.)'
"I went to th£ theater last night."
And did the play have a happy end
ing?"
"On the contrary^ my yvlfe lost her
rubbers and I got Jabbed with a hat
pin right, under my left eye."
Taken In, Anyhow.
(Philadelphia Ledger.)
"We want yoii) in our confidence,"
The smooth promote* said.
But people got—which made 'em hot-
In his confidence game, instesui.
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