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THE LEON REPORTER.
O. E. HULL, Publisher.
LEON, IOWA
Subscription Rates:
One year
Six months 76
Three months....^ 40
Entered a« second elan matter at the
Leon ,Io wa, Poatofflet.
S?,Tlie consensus of opinion about trusts
seems to le this: All those dependent
upon tbem regard them as good things,
but the others who are putting up the
money to enable them to flourish are of
a contrary opinion.
Senator Clark of Montana is unques
tionally a pure man. He spent $139,
HK| to securq his election find he was
so sure that it wus all honestly spent
that he burned up l'ia checks and stub
book and never even inquired of hife
agents.where the money went.
How the bankers, trusts, syndicates,
combines, promoters, speculators and
get-rich-quick concerns join with the
Republican party, Hamilton and other
clubs and imperialists in loving the
memory of Abraham Lincoln! He was
indeed, a true prophet he predicted
their enthronement, as corrupters and
destroyers of the republic, and here
they nre. Moreover, Lincoln is dead
•and can do them no harm..
When it is taken into c6nsideratio.ii
that it required the whole of Roberts
j»reat aimy to capture Cronje and his
three thousand men, after a long seige
a ltd hard lighting, the victory dwindles
iu'to insignificance. The Boers captured
more and better euns at the first battle
of Tu'gela than Roberts secured from
fie liUlt^force of Cronje. And the Boers
have at Pretoria about three men to
•exchange for every one captured by
Roberts.
The Ohio wool growers have been no
(1 ilie-i that the Argentina reciprocity
•treaty is dead. Reciprocity sounded
very well iu a platform to hide some of
the blotches of McKinleyisui and Ding
leyifni, but for the practical work of
building up monopoly it 'was voted of
About all the reciprocity trea
kat amount to anything will go by
itrd'8. Open'd tfdfs to trade arid
kerc4 are not in order when it in
.terfews with the trusts.
TheDer .^tic National Convention
jp.^ iis to mee^^gx'the Fourth of July. It
will be. appropriate to make a re-affirma
ition of the Declaration of Independence
which was written r»y the Father of the
Democratic party, a conspicuous plank
iin the platform of 1900. It was in the
ywir 1800—one hundred years ago—that
.one of the most momentous campaigns
''in. the history of the United States le
suited in the accessiou of Thomas Jeffer
•sou to the Presidency.—Cincinnati En
re
Harrisbnrg, Pa., Patriot: They tell
•us that tariff does not protect trusts!
/Take two instances that are familiar
•ones in this se ction. The borax trust
is selling its products to Americans at
'71 cents a pound and to Europeans at
31 cents. It is enabled to do this by a
tariff of five cents a pound. The steel
and wire trust is selling barb wire to
Americans, who have kindly provided
'lit with a protective tariff for this
purpose, at $4.13 a hundred pour.ds, to
•Canadians at $3 25 and to Europeans
at $2 20.
Mr. Abram S. Hewitt, who knows
good deal about the iron business, says
that the government, by retaining the
iluty of 40 cents a ton on iron ore, is
making a present to Mr. Carnegie, whose
works turn out half the steel made in
the United States, of $10,000 a day
But as the net profits of the Carnegie
Co. were only $40,000,000 this year on
$25,000,000 capital it would be a pity to
deprive it of $10,000 a day. It. would
greatly reduce the cost of steel to the
people, but it would be too hard on poor
Carnegie & Co.
oi Maryland,
speech in the
Senator Wellington,
[rep.) said iu his recent
lite:
^•A year and a half has passed since
battle (off Santiago) and yet there 1b
^indication that we intend to keep
with the Cubans but there is
indication that, by the power of
^Hdicales, cabals and combinations,
^Kre is to be continued in Cuba the
Bespotism of a military government in
flwhich the Cubans themselves have no
fpart, which is beyond the pale of law
that of force and is not recognized
oupconstitution."
Another thing Senator Wellington
^Prsaid which must have made McKinley
think a little, if be has thinking power
and a conscience, is as follows:
pl^'Previous to voting for the ratifica
tion of the Paris treaty I called upon
i/-' -'the president and asked that I be in
formed as to' the intentions of the ad-
Ees.
tration with reference to the Philip
I left the Executive Mansion
£ith the impression that the islands
Would be pacified peaceably and that
people would be given their freedom
I that the islands would not forcibly
^Kie taken possession of by the forces of
nited States.1'
pv
In his message to congress, President
McKinley eaid: "The markets of the
United States should be opened up to her
products. Our plain duty is to abolish
all customs tariffs between the United
States and Porto Rico, and give her pro'
ducts free access to our markets."
That is good sound constitutional doc
trine, but McKinley enunciated it before
he had heard from his masters, the mag
nates of the tobacco trust and the sugar
trust.
Now, the situation is changed and Mc
Kinley favors a Porto Rico tariff. The
people of ihis island ure to placed in
a worse posi:ion than that which they
held under the rule of Spain, for then
they had free trade with European conn
tries and with Cuba.
What argument was u*ed to change
the mind of in a a re
that although 900,000 people in
ESTABLISHED 1854. LEON, IOWA. THURSDAY. MARCH 8.1900.
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
PORTO RICO AND TARIFF. LINCOLN REPUBLICANISM.
Does the constitution oi the United
States apply to Porto Rico?
When the sugar trust and the tobacco
truBt demand a tariff on the products of
Porto Rico the republicans prepare to
allow it in spite ef the constitution.
It is a declaration of the constitution
that all tariff laws shall be uuiform
throughout the United States. Is Porto
Rico apart of the United States? If so,
the constitution is to be violated by the
republican administration for the pur
pose of protecting the tobacco trust
and the sugar trust.
There is no excuse for this sort of jug
gling with the constitution. It is a bare
faced infringment of the constitutional
rights of the people of Porto Rico. They
.re to be governed as a conquered prov
ince and notas a territory annexed to
the United States.
Porto
Liico might be starving, that could cut
no figure compared with the fact that
free trade with the island would cost
the president 3,000,000 votes. Did- Mc
Kinley change bis mind? Of course.
Chicago Democrat.
The Standard Oil trust is iu a healthy
condition so far as dividend-making goes
however it may be for the public. The
World shows that its aggregate divi
dends since 1882 have amounted to
$222,000,000. Commencing at 5}, they
advanced gradually to 12 and on up to
33, which was the rate in 1899. The
1900 dividend is expected to reach 45
percent. Sales were made of Standard
stock in New York this week at $520 a
share. The par value is $100. Mr.
Rockefeller has raised the price of oil to
an extent that will add, $30,000,000 to
the revenues of the company this year.
The visible supply of oil in the United
States lias not been so low in 20 years as
at the present time, and the Standard
holds a complete corner on the market.
It can apply the "screws" whenever it
desires. Mr. Dalzell's remedy is "a
little patience."
ASH VttlR
DOCTdfi!
Ask your physician this ques*
tion, 'What is the one great
remedy for consumption?"
He will answer, "Cod-liver
oil." Nine out of ten will
answer the same way.
Yet when persons have
consumption they loathe all
•fatty foods, yet fat is neces
sary for their recovery and
they cannot take plain cod
liver oil. The plain oil dis
turbs the stomach and takes
away the appetite. The dis
agreeable fishy odor and
taste make it almost unen
durable. What is to be done
This question was ans
wered when we first, made
of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo
phosphiies. Although that
waji nearfytwenty-fiw years
ago, yet ft stands alorte to
day the one great remedy
for all affections of the throat
and luntt.
The bad taste and odor have been
taken mr^.the oH H«lf, has been
partly dilated, and the most *en*
sitive stomach objects to rarely.
Not one in ten can take and dijot
the plain oiL Nine oot of ten can
take SCOTTS fM&SION and dl
it Thal!t why It cures so
many cases of «aHy^«o«
Even in advqmed cam it
comfort
SCOT
N*W York.
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In aspeech in Congress, January 18th
Senator Wellington, of Maryland, who
is a republican of the "old time" brand,
that sticks to the principles of human
liberty, and deftes the, administration,
said:
"Also, sir, to my mind a golden op
portunity to give the world a bright ex
ample of our faith by our works, is to
crown the desire of the Filipino for self
government with fulfillment.
If it be the purpose of the adminis
tration and the. majority pRrty to seize
and hold, perpetually the Philippine
islands for colonies, let it be made known
in a direct, unequivocal and manly fash
ion. Doubt and uncertainty will cease
and the. nation will stand face to face
with a new dispensation in its affairs,
I shall protest against it. I have a deep
conviction that it will lie a national
crime which would ever blot the escutch
eon of the nation and remain a stain
upon the national honor. And having
these convictions I must stand against
every attempt made to carry into eflect
such a grievous error.
I come of a stubborn race. We are
perhaps dull and slow on learning, but
a lesson once taught is with.us not eas
ily forgotten an opinion once formed
which becomes a heartfelt conviction
will not be surrendered.^ History tella
us that nearly four centuries ago a Ger
man peasant became an Augustinian
monk. As such, after years of mental
struggle, he found himself compelled
stand against -the existing order,
became the great reformer of the
teenth century, and as he stood alone
before the combined forces ef the Roman
hierarchy and the German* Empire, he
recant «'hat l,e had written
i.„ i, and when the anatlirma of the church
and the ban of the empiie were about
to.be hurled Upon his devoted head, he
stood before the vast assemblage and
said, "I have a deep conviction. I cap
not recant untess 1 am refuted. It is
.not expedient to act against'oonacieme
God.helpme. Amen." Coming of. hi»
race and people, I feel to-.lay a faint
reflection of the strong will and fixed
conviction of this man. 1 have a deep
conviction. It has not been shaken
and will not swerve from it and
close my appeal for justice to the Fill
pino with a declaration that neither
parly policy nor personal interest in
future career shall cause me to surren
der the rightGod gives ine to
the right.'"
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TRUE REPUBLICANISM.
"The maintenance of the principles
promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and incorporated in the
Federal Constitution is essential to. the
preservation of our republican insti
tutions.
'That the highwayman's plea that
might inakeR right in the Ostend circu
lar was in every respect unworthy of
American diplomacy and would bring
shame and dishonor upon any govern
mentor people that gave it their sanc
tion."—Republican national platform of.
185G.
To a meeting in, Boston to express
I sympathy with the Boers, Senator Ho.
\yote: "I cannot properly leave my
duties here, even to accept your mcst
attractive invitation to speak in Faneuil
Hall, and to meet the men who are to
I express their sympathy with the gallant
I people, a republic of 1,000,000 against
an empire of 400,000,000 who are making
the best fight since Thermopylae for a
I cause as holy as that for which Leonidas
and his Spartans gave their lives." The
I editorial whiffets wl are owned by
"statesmen" of the Hanna s^atnp vfill
be redoubling their, efforts to show that
Hoar is a traitor. Mr. Hoar will survive
them all in the public affection, though.
He is from New England and knows his
ground. His home is. surrounded by
traditions of the American revolution.
He is used to seeing monuments of the
I efforts of the British to oppress the
American colonist?. The British dis
(position toward a republican form of
government has not materially changed
in one hundred.and twenty-fiye years.
If the size of the dividends of the
Standard Oil couipany are any criterion
then that bitterly criticized octopns
has been putting the screws onto th4
long-suffering consumer the last few
,yeara at an excpedingly Jively clip.
Along in 1883 and, 1884 this company
was cohtent with 6 pfsr cent, dividends,
l)urin0,the latter 80's tfais rose to 10
and 12 per cent. In 1&85. the dividends
had gradually crawled up to the very
respectable figure of 17 per cent, and
the next year they jumped to 31 peii
cent, in which comfortfcbie neighbor
hood thev have since ranged.—Ameri
can Artisan. Sgg*
H!y
Kmnsat (Sty will have. t|j
rlbus aad ovinorable 4 th]
year ew held anywhen in^
most gl^H
July, this
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TRUSTS AND TARIFFS.
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Trusts are performed to enrich their
promoters at the expense of the people.
Tariffs are made to protect trusts.
Destroy these protective tarifls and
trusts will be destroyed 'and the people
protected.
There have been many suggestions
made for the control of trusts. Some of
them have merit, others are constitu
tional, but a repeal of the tariffs which
make trusts profitable would be not
only constitutional, but effective.
The republicans propose to forestall
the demOcr&ts on the trust question by
advocating constitutional^amendments.
This is simply a trick to secure delay for
many years and to allow Hte trusts an
indefinite lease of life.
As a matter of fact, tfia republican
loaders desire to foster the trusts. From
these combines came the campaign
funds which elected McKinlev in 1890.
From them the republicans expect to
come the money with which to carry on
the McKfiiley campaign in 1900.
If the republicans are sincere in their
expressed desire to control the trusts
let'them repeal the protective tarifls
which foster and fatten the trust?.
They will do nothing of the kind
They are not sincere. Protection favors
trusts and the republicans favor protec
tion. That is the situation in a nut
shell.
Lieutenant Governor J. C. W. Beck
ham, who succceds William Goebel as'
disputed governor of Kentucky, was
born August 5, 1809. He '-is widely
known all over the state through service
in its legislative halls, where he has sat
for three terms, the last time as speaker
of the lower branch. lie comes of one
of the oldest families in Kentucky. His
father was William N. Beckman of-Nel
son coifhty, and bis mother is the
daughter ol ex-Governor Robert C.
Wicklifle of Louisiana. On the first day
he was eligible to hold the office, he was
nominated by the. democrats of Nelson
to'represent it in the house of represen
tatives, where lie had years hefqirg serv
ed as a page He was the youngest
member of that body. He declined to
stand for re-election and was succeeded
by the- late Isacc Wilson, who died at
Frankfort during the memorable Black
burn-Hunter senatorial race. He was
elected to fill out the unexpired term
and stood by Blaeklmrn durinsr that
heated contest. He was re-elected tit
,the Ja«t Ses*iop, wl' M'mnAe it* piv
aiding officer, being the nominee of the
democratic caucus without oppfr/ition.
The tariff trusts are opposed to free
trade with our new territory Porto Rico
and there will be no free trade. Repub
lican sentiment at first was for no tariff
with the islands. But the trusts wanted
tariff and the sentiment was obligingly
suit the trusts.
changed
It iri*y be fairly assumed that there'll
bi hot time in Kansas City on the4tb,
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50c.
$1.00
20c.
25c.
35c.
35c.
15c.
15c.
15c.
15c.
10c.
10c.
20c.
15c.
20c.
For thoughtand !T
pockethook. If S
you want good 3T
cheap see
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Fruits,
Vegetables.
Fresh ^,r
Fancy
Goodsv
Meats,
.Flour,
Staple
Groceries!
LEON QUEENSWARE CO.!
'Phone 59. Opera House Block.:
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Of Genuine Bargains for Decatur
Couny Shoppers. '/V
Rock Boliom Grocery Prices.
for sacks Clark's special flour.
for 1 sack gold medal flour.
for 5 pounds pure home ground buckwheat
for 5 pounds fancy broken rice/-
for 1 gallon pail Clover brand syrup.
for 1 gallon extra farcy sorghum,
for 3 pound can California table peaches.
for 8 pound oan California apricots.
for 3 pound can Blackberries.
for 3 pound can raspberries.
for 1 glass of pure houev.
10c.
10c.
25c.
25c.
20c.
15c.
10
c.
for 1 glass of home made jell.
for 1 glass jam, assorted flavor.
for 10 ba.s cream floating soap.^
for
10
bars Something Good soap.
for 1 gallon pure cidar vinegar.
for.2 packages Boston rolled oats.
for
1
25c.
package None Such mince meat.
for 3 pound package currants. ai
for 1 po'ind fancy dried peaches.
for pound Peaberry coffee.
for
1
good broom.
for 1 pail jell.
25c.
1 pail peach butter,'.-£
5c.
for 1 package.^.••.ooth picks.
I5c.
for 2 cans of corn.
25c.
for 1 ten quart pail.
f10c.
5 25c.
2 25c.
jj^ 25c.
25c. for 0 paffifagfii!
for 1200 best parlor matches.^
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2
sacks corn meal.
for pound best. Japan tea.
for 8 pounds hominy
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LEON -BARGAIN CORNER. 1
OPERA HOUSE BLOCK,
Farcy California evaporared ppaclies 1 Oc
Fancy California prunes per pound 0C
2 pound can cove oysters per can 15c
No. 1 Japan Rice per pound.. r. Qf*
4am and preserves per jar or can 10c
Fancy sorghum per gallon 35c
Ft.ncy Syrup per gallon ...25c
Meat Department.
spare ribs per pound.
Dry salt meat fine ppr pound
Fancy smoked plates per pound.
Short, fat backs fine per pound
Fancy streaked sides per pound
Fancy bireaklast bacqn per ponud.
Special Price on Cooked Ham Per Pound
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TINIE TABLE.
C. B. «t Q.
SOUTH NORTH
Passenger....7:00a.m. Passenger.... 2:88 p. m,
1 Vrnlurht.
I Freight
Freight 1«:^0 a. m.
Passenger..11 :ST a.m
Freight 12:35 p.m.
3:00 p. m.
4 50 p. m.
..8:11 p. vnp.
Freight
I Passenger.
K. &
SOUTH. NORTH.
Passenger 11:45a.m, Freight U:30 a.
Freight 4:50p. in. Passenger 3:r p,
No. 17 Stock express going north, Sundays
only. Due 7:15 a m.
No. 19. Freight on Wednesday only 8:0Sa."'
m, Takes the place of No. 13.
Coupon tickets on sale to all points. Call
tor them and have baggage checked to destl
nation. A. S, THAHP, Agent.
Makers of
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Paint!
White lead and zinc, keep
talking about strictly pure,
no matter how bad the
stuff is, "it's strictly pure."
-Somebody gets a chemical
analysis, usually to prove
that the other fellow's stuff
\isn't strictly pure. What
do you care for strictly pure
paintifit doesn't do what
ipaitit is for? Paint is
for what it does, not
*.it is. We sell the
good
what
Devoe Ready Paint
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we don't know whether its
Vstrictly pure or not, and
don't care. The makers
say
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anybody has any
fault to find wih it, make
it good at our expense, we
garantee results." We've
got the paint, and we'll
make that guaranty good.
W. E. MYERS & CO.
Not th S idc Druggists.
NOTrtGE—PROOF OF WILL.
State of Iowa. Oecatur county, «s.
District court, in vacation.
To alLwhom it may concern:
tvbft is hereby given that an Instrument,
fig purporting to be the last will antl
of John Suri'oll, deceased, was
produced, opened and read by the
itgned and that I hnve fixed Monday,
ty~el£ebruary, 19(10, as the day foxJMVtf—
'uk proof
Witness my oillotal signature with the seal
of Raid Court hereto affixed, tuix Tth day or
Februarw 1900.
iyitit WTOOKTnN. Olerlf.
NOTIOB—PROOF OF WII.I,.
Slate of Iowa, Decatur County, ss.
District Court in Vacation.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Notice Is hereby given that as Instrument
arporting to be the last will and testament of
Baker, sr. deceased, wan this day pro
and read by tbs undersigned.
the 19th day of
ritness my oflflclal signature, wltb
\the seal of said court "hereto afflxed,
this SOth day of February, 1900.
J. C. STOCKTON,
Clerk of District Court.
4 BUGGY WHEELS (6.90
ttlflH 6RADK, URTKX'S PATKST, tln4 ud
height 3
ft. 4 n., 3 ft. 8 in. or 4 ft
"Ipolces 11*16 or
118 in. For any other
jlses send fpr
catalogue. Cutthiaad. out
and send to us with ONE VOLUR* state
sice wheel wanted and we will tsend them
by freight C. O. D. I1AWSK THBm at
yonr freight depot and then iiy freight
aeeat talne«,t&.
Namt freight charges.
^KAII8.KOBBUCK*CO.(l»«)ClllCACO.ILL.
Mather—the 30 years dentist of over
30 years experience is at l.eon on the
morning of the 27th and will remain
until the last of every month.
Will prove
worth of
goods and
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5c
7c
.ja7C
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8sC
10c
12c
2Dc
the
our
the
low prices offer
ed here.
Bargain Center
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LOWER PRICES MADE
THAN ANY
FIRM IN THIS CITY.
THE BIO CASH STORE
Corner 8th and Main,
:^e\eviiofie No. I.
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