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THE LEON REPORTER.
O. E. HULL, Publisher.
LEON, IOWA
Subscription Rates:
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Three months.. .............. 40
Bnterfd at second elan matter at the
Leon ,Iotoa ,Po&toJflee.
Piiiif* "TM F'»n of the Republic Forever: ot
Empire Never."
"The Conitltutlo* and the Flag. One
and Inseparable, Now end Forever."
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.
For President,
WH. JENNINGS BRYAN^
For Vice President.
ADLAI K. STEVENSON.
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
For Member ot Congress Eighth District
V. R. M'GINNIS,
ol Decatur County..
STATE TICKET
(iAffr'-9ot Secretary of State
rB. B..CRXKBI OfPolkCotoBtjr^^'-i
For Auditor ef State, I'aj'r.
I. M. GIBSON, of Delaware County.i
For Treasurer,
H.L. WILLIAMS,of O'Brien County.
For Attorney General,
C. J. HARPER, of Des Moiner County.
For Judge of Supreme Court,
J. W. FKEELAND, of Wayne County.
For Ksilroad Commitsloner,
J. E. ANDERSON, of Winnebago, County.
For Klectors at I
arge,
JOSEPH EIBOECK. of Polk County. ...
C. H. At'KEY, of Wapello, County.
For District Electors.
First-F. R. MILLER, Washington,
second—F. D. KELSEY. Jackson.
Third—JOHN ELWANGER, Dubuque.
Fourth—M. J.CARTER, Winneshiek,
Fifth—H. M. REBOK. Tama.
Slzth-J. C. WILLIAMS. Mahaska.
Seventh-C. G. LOOMI8, Polk.
Eighth—M. B. MARING, Appanoose,
Nlnih-J.J.SHAY, Pottawattami
.Tenth—L. J. ANDERSON, Carroll.
K|?venth— W. W. 8TOWE, Dickinson.
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COUNTY TICKET.
For Auditor
GEO. CABTWRIGHT
of High Point.
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For Clerk of District Court, fas Iff $
ARTHUR E. MOORE, W
ol Decatur. jp-s
For County Attorney.
MARION WOODARD,
of Leon,
For Recorder.
CHAS. H. BROWN?
of Bloomington.
For Member Board of Supervisors,
WM. H. HAZLET,
of Center.
In tbe last issue of bis paper Editor
"Stookey says, "The Journal editor has
nothing to retire from.'.^.That's only
too true. ffpf
The editor of the Leon Journal neaas
his real estate column "Deals in Dirt."'
Wouldn't this.be more appropriate over
MBeditorial page?
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Editor Stookey claims to have found
same one to agree with birn. He says
tbe press: agent of a circus that '.visited
Leon told him THK REPORTER was an
absurd Bryan organ, Too bad!
$ The Leon Journal prates about its
'"large increase in business and with the
mune issue it reduces the size of the
paper to almost one-half its former
sice. Poor old Journal! That looks
like prosperity, with a big 1*.
The'Joj^Ai^vfibwls again with, rage
and saya ttugdi^da of republicans are
taking Taz. RKPOBTEBV That is one
truthful statement that has appeared in
the Journal. Yes, we have hundreds of
ijepublicans who read THK REPORTER,
and some of tbem will -taot read the
Journal. They want to read a news
paper, not A smut mill.
•Here's what the' St. Paul Pioneer
Preas now one of the most radictCf sup
porters the trust ridden McKinley
administration, had to say about. pro
tected monopolies and taHfl raforin, in
^'pril, 1900: "Tbewhple lisJbof protect
ittonopolies^ought to be brought
«ttthin,tbie,puryiew of ,a tariff reform'
Which irdtild enable forfeigo poo) petition
to pat« limit on thrir abi|lty .tos raise
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TARIFF ANI) TIN. PLATE^^.'.
The MoKiuley tariff Impowd duties of
2 I ftiCents per pound upon imported
tin plate thU duty was r^lki^ by the
Wilson bill'to 1-5 'cehtB per pound,
and was increased by the Dingley bill,
to 1J cents..per. pound. From 1880 up
till 1899 our people paid increased prices
for tin plate, by reason of tariff, of at
least 1100,000,000. If an industry could
become established by reason of protec
tive tariffs, surely tin plate presents a
fair illustration. Under the Wilson
tariff, great profits were made by tbe
manufacturers of tin plate, though some
considerable decrease in the selling
price of tin plate has been made.
In November, 1898, a trust was estab
lished. The trust came into existence
for the purpose of availing itself to the
fullest extent of the Dingley tariff. At
that time 100 pounds' of tin plate could
be purchased in the market for f2.80,
but, protected^against foreign competi
tion, within one year the trust increased
its price to 14.85. You know, and every
one knows that .this could not have
been done but for .the Dingley duty of
$1 50 a box upon tin plate.
PROTECTION AND EXTO«TION.|^p
Do you say for one moment that the
democratic party, is responsible for these
extortions. Do you believe for one
moment that this trust could have in
creased the price from $2.80 a box for
tin plate to $4.85 without the existence
of the tariff? The duty on tin has been
tbe especial pride of the republican
party. In all these years the democrat
party has fought in every manner the
existence of duties upon tin plate, and
yet you say to your readers that "any
one desiring to tell the truth" .would
say that the "responsibility" forsthis
"does not attach to any party."
Since 1861 high duties have prevailed
upon glass. The Wilson tariff rechiced
it to 30 per cent. The duty undet the
McKinley bill was about two cents per
pound, or between 80 and 100 per cent.
UP 60ES-6LASS.
In October, 1899, the American Win-,
dow Glass company, a trust corporation
with $17,000,000 capital, was formed.
It owns factories with a capacity Of
about 1,900 pots, out of a possible ca
pacity of 2,000 pots. This trust pro
tected by tbe Dingley bill from foreign
competitiOnVhaB greatly increased tbe
price ofIt is one of the oldest
infant industries nurtured by the re
publicaiitju^^ajad it..uould not con
tinue pi-evauitig prices for a day without
the aid cf the tariff. From 1860 to 1890
under this high tariff, prices of glass ixi
this coubtry declined Only an average
of 8 per tsent., while foreign prices de
clined 54 per cent, frofn 1869 to 1890,
and prices to-day are Jrigher than in
18^0, tof ordinary,
sizes* Will, the Eye
ning £ost Bay the Window Glass Trust
is not a direct result of the., Ab&inley
and Dingley tariffs? Has the democrat-,
ic party, as a party,,ever teen regarded
as a friend of glass manufacturers?
STEEL WIRE AND THE TARIFF.
In January, 1899, the American* Stepl
•nd Wi/e Oompan^ a trust with $90,?
000,000 (apltal^ws forinedyf lt owned
ESTABLISHED 1854. LEON. IOWA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1900.
TRUSTS BRED BY
THE DINGLEY LAW.
Most Odious Combinations Traced to Re
cent Tariff Legislation.
has wri Iten the following letter to the
New York Evening Post:
In a recent editorial on Mr. Bryan's
speech, you say as to Trusts: "Any
one desiring to tell the truth would say
that the lesponsibility for them does
not attach to. any party—that, however
bad they may be, tbey are the out
growth of modern conditions of trade,
aud are without political bias, except as
democrats have made rather noisier at
tacks upon them, and bave thus caused
them to lean rather towards the repub
licans."
DIN6LEY BILL AND TRUSTS.
Is this not new doctrine on the part
of the Evening Post? Have you not,
for the last twenty years, until recent
ly, been assailing tbe republican party
as the sole author of protective tariffs,
and do you mean to say to your readers
that the McKinley bill and the Dingley
bill have not greatly aided in the forma
tion of trusts? True it is that individ
ual members of congress, professing the
democratic faith have.from time to time
voted for protective tariffs under cir
cumstances quite suspicious -in their
nature, and strongly in Heating that
they were induced by arguments which
caunot be lombated. But has tbe dem
ocratic party, as a party, during tbe
last ten years, favored protective tariff*-?
Would you haye your readers believe
for a moment that a great proportion of
the trusts are not a direct result of pro
tective tariffs? Are you really sincere
in "saying any one desiring to tell the
truth would say that the responsibility"
for theBe trusts attaches to the demo
cratic party equally with the republican
party? Let us see whether the facts
justify your statement referred to
above.
Mr. Franklin Pierce, of Homer, N. Y., I naces, rolled it into steel billets its
hA ntht I I llA II *"V IM IAI Iah A I L«. J* Bn ill.* I
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own steel mills, and in its own mills
turned it intj plain and barbed wire,
and its products could be sold at a
profit, cheaper than wire produced in
any other part of the world. Seven
hundred tons of its daily product were
exported. It furnished Elngland with
60 per cent, of all its imports of wire,
yet, protected by duties against com
petition," it raised tbe price of wire nails
from $2.05 per keg in January, 1899, to
$4.13 in December of that year. Since
1897, the duty has been from one half
to one cent per pound. "-v
THE WIRE NAIL ROBBERY.
This trust in 1899 charged our own
people at wholesale on a basis of $3.55
per keg for nails, when it then exported
and delivered to European purchasers
at a little upward of $2 per keg. Will
the Evening Post maintain for a o
inent that this trust could maintain
such prices without the aid of the tarifl,
and will "any one desiring to tell tlie
truth" charge the "responsibility" of
the trust upon the democratic equally
with tbe republican party?
You are aware that tbe richest depos
its of borax are found in he mines of
California and Nevada.
DINGLEY BILL AND BORAX TRUST.
The duty on refined borax under the
Members of Committee.
1st Dlst.—H. O. Weaver.
Dl8t,—0, W. Phillips, Maquoketa.
Jftli Dist —E. M.
&trgent,r Gruady Center.
6tl» Diet.—R. W..CIaytoi,rOskaloosa.
:7th pi8t.—S. M. teach, Adel.
8th Diet.—R. H. Spence, Mt. Ayr. .'
9th Dlst—James Bruce, Atlantic,
10th Dist—J. Drug, Stratford.
llth Dlst-George G.Scott.Le Mars j}R
Dear Sir:-
the richest q^e' plnes in/ tliQ Mesatia and under their stimulating
range, from which it
transported it in ita own
,T ".~r
Hero was the name ol a Decatur Couatj^Postmaster.
Dingley bill is' five cents per pound,
against two cents per pound under the
Wilson bill. The borax producers who
availed themselves of this tariff in Jan
uary, 1899 formed a combination' known
as the Boca* Consolidated Works, limit-'
ed, with a :.e»piUl of $7,000,000 and
these rascal^, sOshiined by this tariff,,
are now pltibdering the American peo
ple by selling their borax to American
consumers for about double the prire
that tbey charge the foreignere. Is the
dem6craUc party, as a party, responsi"
bl§ for this trust, Mr.-Editor? And are
people who believe that tbe republican
party is solely responsible for it untruth
ful as you intimate, in your editorial?
Is this trust "btife of the outgrowths of
modern conditions of trade?"
SUIT TRUST EXTORTIONS.
The Wilson 'bill imposed no duties
upon salt. Under the Dingley bill tbe
duties on salt in bags or barrels was
*twenty cents, and inr buikv dTght cents
pet.' hundred 1- pounds. These .dit
ties, varyingfrom 30 to 100 PBT cent.,
effect oii
March
oanv wi
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I forward you today a packager
nominee a re-election. DON'T
1899, tb&"National Bait pom
Incorporated, witiffl?,0pD,0tib
t^piurt^wr.
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the manufactories of salt, end, protect*
ed against foreign competition, it' haB
raised the price of salt about 50 per
cent. Is this a democratic trust, Mr.
Editor? Are the men who charge the
sole responsibility for this ttrust upon
the republican party telllngan untruth,
as you say in your editorial?
BORN OF PROTECTION.
Tbe International Paper company is
a.trust about which you probably know
a great deal more thanidoes the writer.
In 1898 the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' Association, in the "Brief in
Favor of Free Paper and Free Pulp,"
presented at Quebec to the joint com
mission to readjust duties between the
United States and Canada, said "The
present tariff rate on printing-paper
sized,.unsized, or glued, suitable for
books and newspapers, valued at not
above two cents per pound, is three
tenths of a cent per pound, or $6 per
ton. The tariff rate on mechanically
ground wood pulp. is one-twelfth of a
cent per pound, or $1.07 per ton." This
combination, protected from com peti
tion by tbe tariff, exacts from the pub*
lishers of our great dailies about one
fifth more for the paper sold them than
it could be purchased for if the duties
were-removed, as you well know,
REPUBLICAN PARTY RESPONSIBLE.
You have rightly attributed to this
party the decadence of' Ameriqan ship
ping and ridiculed our antiquated reg.
istry laws, but to our astonishment dur
ing the last year you have been strange
ly silent upon the iniquities of protec
tive tarifls, and now you seem to
have reached tbe point where
you.say. that "any one desiring to tell
the truth would Say that the responsi
bility for trusts does not attach to any
party."
Mr. H. O. llavemeyer, ex-Senator
WVWWVtf
Washburn, and many other intelligent —Omaha World-Herald.
Here Is a fac smile of the letter which Chairman Weay it 6f the State Committee has
sent to every postmaster In the state of Iowa. The 6ne froin which this was copied
was addressed to a postmaster living In Decatur county, and shows how the republi
cans fry the fat from the office holders In direct violation of the federal statutes.Wi?M,
I also desire to call your attention to the matter of your
voluntary contribution to the campaign fund, as I observe from the'
a a a a
the work that is now being done. You can observe from the documents
that pass through your office of the character of the work we are
doing, which can only be completed by increased work, energy and
expense. The democrats are flooding the state with literature
speakers, and they are mapping out a campaign in Iowa which
alarmed our congressional nominees in the districts which they
deemed comparatively safe. Upon you and your associates rests ^the
SERIOUS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY of monrm.
as republicans frankly concede that the
protective tariff is the "moiher of
trusts." -...
"You, Mr. Editor, say tbatitrusts are
an "outgrowth of modern conditions tf
trade,". Will- y'oiu kindly inform your
readers what modern conditions of trade
have created trusts of the nature
these described? You owe such an ex
planation to your readers.
Homer, N. Y., Aug. 11.
SWEPT FROM ITS MOORINGS.
Abraham Lincoln, tbe greatest re
publican', never missed an opportunity
to assert his faith in Jefferson's teach
ings, as embodying the soundest Ameri
canism. Imperialism has swept the re
publiran party of to-day from its old
time moorings. It fias ceased to be an
American party. Its present' Hamilton
ian politics of empire and the, strong,
central power, abould be^as sternly re
buked and rejected ^y the American
people as they were in, Hamilton's
d"*'
VERY IMPORTANT.
lit
installment of campaign documents that will be sent to you from now
until the day of election. I trust that you will see that these get
into the hands of parties where they will do the most good
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ABSOUIIEJCirPVRE
TRUTHS FROM THE LEON
JOURNAL.
Trusts area benefit to the people.
Trusts do not advance prices.
The price of nails and wire has not
advanced enough to justify an advance
by-the local deslers.
There is no L«on ring.
Hull is a liar.
L. W. Haberconie, the well-known
Washington lawyer, who has been a life
long republioan and an active worker in
the campaigns of that party, has refused
to subscribe to the McKinley adminis
tration and will take the stump for Mr.
Bryan.
William McKinley has changed oftener
than anything or anybody, not even
excepting the weather. He changed on
the money question. He changed on
the sugar tariff question. He changed
on the plain duty question, lie chang
ed on "who will haul down the flag'"
question. He.changed on theforcible an
nexation question. He has flopped and
floundered like an eel out of water. He
has shifted and evaded and side-stepped
like a champion pugilist who depends
more on ability to dodge than ability to
hit. He has ad oca ted both sides of
every question of public importance.
'TLeadcNLaTVeTS
&0& "Bro.vVA.Vfvq.
H." O. WEAVER, Chairman,
SPENCE, Vice Chairman 4"?^^
Des Moines, Iowa,
?atureV which is the first
insuring your congressional?
THROW THIS ASIDE* BUT ANSWER AT ONCE.I
-Yours very truly,
J& 0. XZ
FSAMKLm PIEBCB.
for reliable watob and «lock repairing known eiliseng, e^er^one of them
^o toohlerthe jeweler, •tsntfs a splendid chatm w/e^ction.
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
WOYAL BAKIWO PQW06R CO., NEW YORK.
CenVraiV
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C. W. PUILI.IPS, Secretary.
Sep# 3, !9oo.
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Chairman.
Captain Patrick O'Farrell, of Wash
ington, D. C., who stumped the eastern
states for McKinley in 1896 and who is
now. supporting Bryan, will spend two
weeks on the stump in West Virginia.
During the remainder of the campaign
jh&«rill give bis time to Ohio, Jndiana
ia^t-New~York.
Bishop Henry M. Turner, head of the
African Metbbdist Episcopal church,
will announce his conversion1 to demo
cratic principles shortly and will stump
tbe country"
for Bryan and Stevenson.
Many other colored men of influence
including editors and divines, have de
clared against McKinley. •.
Democracy never had a- better ticket
in the field than it has. this year. The
county candidates are all strong men and
are meeting with great favor among the
^people of the county. All of tbe county
candidates are clean, honest me'n. of
especialfftnessforthe ofBcesfor'which
they.hsve been nominated, and being
s*:$3
OBJECT LESSON FOR FARMERS.
In these pjping times of McKinley
prosperity, it might not be out of place
for tbe farmers of this agricultural dis
trict and state, to examine a little into
who are the beneficiaries of the Mc
Kinley brand of prosperity, the farm
ers and toilers, or other fellows who do
not toil but who grow fat and pile up
big fortunes from the protection and
special privileges given tliem by repub
lican legislation.
It is said that figures ^don't lie, and a
comparison of prices of a few articles
farmers are especially interested in at
this time, with prices on the same articles
in 1896, when Cleveland .was president
and "lack of confidence" existed, might
not be amiss.
Auctioneer Col. John F. Russell is
quite an observer of tbe market,'especial
ly as to stock, as he sells a great deal of
it during the year for the" farmers of
the country. He tells the Advertiser
that prices of the farmer's cattle have
continually fallen each year since "con
fidence was restored" and "prosperity
returned."
L. N. Conway, of Macksburg, is one of
the prominent stock raisers of the coun
try and his stock always brings tbe top
price. When Mr. Kussell cried his sale,
Sept. 30, 1896, bis calves brought a price
they have not touched since, and one
third higher than they bring in this
year of "McKinley prosperity," 1900.
Here is a table of what these calves of
Mr. Conway brought at his sale in Sept.
1896, and have brought each year since.
He has not had his sale this year but
will during the month, and the prices
credited to him this year Mr. Kussell
says are higher than what the best
stock he has thus far sold- has. brought
which was fully equal to Mr. L. N.
Conway's.
Sept. 30,1896, calves brought $30.
September, 1897, calves brought $29.
September, 1898,-calves brought $26.
September, 1899, calves b)^Mp'.
September, 1900, calyes h^^£$20.
Mr. BusaeiMoe says that cows and
heiferc which brought from $35 to $50
in 1896i are not brineing over $30 at the
outside this year, and are not averaging
that price. He says nothing at the sales
is bringing what it brought in 1896, and
that but very little money is realized at
the sales he has thus far held. Buyers
do not seem to have as much money* to
buy with this year as in 1896, and not
near so many are taking advantage of
discounts and paying cash for what they
buy. He says at the largest and best
sales he has cried thus far, not enough
cash has come in to pay the expenses of
the sale, most all purchases being set
tled for by note.
Such is the benefit the farmer is re
ceiving from "McKinley prosperity," so
much talked about by the trust organs
and republican prosperity warblers.
Now let us compare for a moment
simply a few of the articles the farmer
has to buy and see whether this "pros
perity" has struck him tbe manufacturer
and trust beneficiary with the same
force it has engulfed the farmer?
In 1896, if he wanted to fence his farm
or divide it into lots, or fence for bogs, he
paid from $2.25 to $2.50 for his barb
wire. Now, you farmer, you haye no
trust on your calves, but the barb wire
fellows have on their wire, and because
of that trust they make you pay $4.00
and $4.25 for the wire you paid $2.25 and
$2.50 for before "prosperity" "returned.
Who's got the prosperity, you or the fel
low who put up the campaign boodle.to
elect McKinley in 1896, and has since
been at liberty to organize his trust and
rob you- on prices on what you. bave to
buy, without protest from the republican
party?
In 1896 if you wanted to buy a farm
harness you paid for it from $25 to
Now, while your calyeBare worth less by
one-third than they were then, and hides
no more, your harness costs you from
$35 to $42. Who
getB
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REPORTER SERIES VOL. XXY1. NO. 4
POWDER
the "prosperity"
here, you or the trust which cqntrols the
price of leather?
(p 1896* when you bought sug^r. to put
up yoitrfruit with,.you-teceived twenty
pounds for $1.00. Since McKinley "pros
perity^ has returned and they worked
thej'cpDfidence" game on you,.tbe big
sugar trust gdt a tariff put on the pro
ducts of Porto Rico and Hawaii, Migar
raising countries, by their influence oyer
McKinley and the. republiga^ congress,
and raised the price so you now get but
thirteen pounds for $1.00, or about two
thirds as much as you got then.
Such is-ths class of. "prosperity" Mc
Kinley's reign and the gpld standard h»g
brought to you farmers and producers of
Iowa.- ^Whv, if it was not for the famine
in India, failure of crops abroad, find in
creased demand for meats and .bread
stuffs because of the wars in progress
now and during tbe past years,
for ,th6 unexpected increase of money
because of the increased production -of
Kc^i^^eJfi^l^jt4 C^p(| .Nomfr and
Coloivdo, tbe'^iM o^ibe^farme^s pro
du&.woubri*! jnftc&r.Wer tbaa it is,
while he would,, be campeUedj tbrpujib
the trail
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now
to pay the increased prices he. is
paying for every article he buys.
The increased price he pay3 for the
articles he buys does not go to labor,
but into the pockets of the already mil'
lionare trust magnates On the other
hand, mills and factories are closed down
by the trusts, laborers thrown out ofefn.
ployment, and strikes and lockouts con'
tinue. How many farmers and pro
ducers of tbe country have become mil
lionaires under the protective tarifl,
trust breeding and fostering legislation
enacted by the republican party and
bow many millionaire .farmers and pro
ducers have added to their millions
during these four years bf "restored
confidence" and "returned prosperity?"
We should be glad to haye them repor
ed to this office for publicatj#jf Wby
a large land ownesyeTtbis county!
probably as wealtbytfiman as the conn
ty possesses, who voted for Bryan in
1896, recently said to us that be
believed he would vote foi^IcKinley
this year, because as a borro^Spf*^.
could not afford to have the financial
condition of the country endangered by
Bryan's election, as the money power
was sure to create hard times if Bryan
was elected.
How much longer will the farmers of
Io'wa continue tp support a party which:
has done so little for their interests and
so much for a favored few manufacturers
and monied men who form the trusts,
destroy competition and individual en
terprise and arbitrarily fix the prices of
every article the farmer has to buy,
while the stuff he has to sell depreciates
in value. The farmers and laborers have
the votes in this country to control every',
election. When will they begin to lay
aside their partisan prejudice an«| vote
for a party which represents principles
ot interest to them and against a party
which represents no principle which
benefits them and improves their con
dition?—Creston Advertiser.
COL. C. H. MACKEY,
^T',' of Sigourney,
will speak at
Leon, Iowa,
Tuesday, September 25,
at 2 p. m.
AVOID THE TRUST ISSUE.
The republican national platform
does not mention the word "trusrs,"'4^:
and Senator Hanna, who is the "whoie
thing" in the McKinley campaign, has
publicly defended trusts, as have many
other conspicuous republicans who are
justly regarded as the mouthpiece of
the McKinley trading administration.
Hanna expects to raise a big campaign
fund from the trusts, whose magnates
are perfectly well aware of the fact that
their interests would be protected in
the event of McKinley's re-election.
Ex-Postmaster General Wm. L. Wil
son is heartily supporting Bryan and the
people's cause this year. Also Ueorge
U. Wendling of Maryland, before a gold
ite. Wendling made a most telling:
speech in introducing Bryan at Deer
Park.
The democratic party has not the*'
millions of dollars with which the trusts
have filled the slush fund in Mr. Han
nah hands to pay for distributing liter
ature and sending hired spellbinders to
every county and cilv in the union.
Its orators and writers will labor for the
love of tbe cause and the triumph of it
will be their reward.—Kansas City
Times.
Now is the time when families must
buy sugar to put up their fruit. In 1896
you got twenty pounds for a dollar, now
you can only get thirteen pounds. The
Sugar trust, not you, enjoys McKinley
prosperity.
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People will eventually iu-^
sist on receiving every where
the ideal service they get
here without insisting. The
public at large is not one
half as particular as we are
in this matter of pure drugs,
or in regard to the accu
rate filling of their prescrip
tions. In the buying, hand
ling, selling or compoufid
ingof drugs,
we never guess.
We' make sure that' (every
thing is right in every par
ticular, :v.
We want tc
-I-':,- your.