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THE LEON REPORTER
b. E. HULL, Publisher.
LEON. IOWA
Subscription Rates:
-One year fl'®j
Btz months 75
Xhiw months. 40
Xntmd ai teoond olat* matter at the
LeonJowa,Pottofflce.
There were more failures reported for.
1900 than for~4hf*prteeedinit year and
for greater amounts, as shown by the
commercial agencies. 9,913 tajlures'iyith
liabilities $127,184,395. This willhardly
substantiate the much vaunted claims of
increased &nd increasing prosperity'.
Tom Reed is out of politics, but that
does not hinder him from telling. Re
cently he was in Washington and meet
ing some-of his old friends propounded
the fallowing conundrum: "If the
United States can kill 10,000 Filipinos in
10 months and call it benevolent assimi
lation, how many did Spain have to kill
in 300 years to warrant the United gtates
in designating Spanish rule as barbar
ism."
M. L. Temple, of Osceola, will be a
candidate for governor to succeed Leslie
M. Shaw, according to a report current
at Des Moines. It is said that bis can
didacy has been advanced quietly by
friends for the past few days, and that
in the event of an opinion by the su
preme court next week sustaining Judge
Dewey and knocking out the Titus
amendment, as is generally expected, it
will:be announced and active work be
gun.
The Galveston News of January 1 con
tains a synopsis of the commerce of that
port
for the year 1900, and shows -that,
in Bpite of the unprecedehted hurricane
of last September, business is being con
ducted on a greater scale than ever be
fore* :. The months of October, Novem
ber and December, 1900, show an in
crease in valuations of exports over the
corresponding months of 1899. The re
sumption of business on such a scale
woaid have been impossible if Galveston
tomfca)
fic.
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The subject of a new or enlarged ex
ecutive mansion for the housing of the
president's family is before congress, but
not likely to be acted on at this session
of congress. It will probably be deter
mined at the next. Some favor the con
struction of an addition to the white
house so that the living and office apart'
tnents of the president may be under
one roof. Others contend that a separ
ate, distinct building should be erected
at a home for the president and his fam
ily, and the white house be left as it is,
to be used for the transaction of official
business. We quite agree with the Chi
cago Tribune that the l«tter are right.
The white house is a historic building
which should be let alone. There should
be no additions to it, for they cannot be
built without making an? architectural
botch of enroaching on the sur ounding
grounds, which should be lew1 free of
buildings. The president's private
quarters should be disassociated entirely
from his business office. No iocjnven
leaioei will' ensue if they are quite
^stiince apart.
TARIFF AND TRUSTS.
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11 1 1
Henry W. Lamb, president of the New
England Free Trade league, declares
that "protection and foreign markets"
and "protection and truBts" aresubjects
very closely allied. Not only .do pro
tected trusts prey upon consumers and
'haras* producers in our home market,
but they put a brake upon those who
would increase the export trade, which
our people have recently come to regard
with great pride find are beginning to
consider necessary to American prosper
ity. This drag upon the wheels is felt
even now, when we are upon grades
made eaaey by the great prosperity of
other nations but it will be more keenly
felt when the uphill work begins, when
some cjieck t6 the present world-wide
-commercial and industrial activity oc
curs, orj ior any reason, our exported
products have to face a drop in prices
abroad.
Then it will be.aeen that it is espec
ially the protected trusts, those that owe
their existence to the protective tariff,
which will place the most serious the
same protection which enables our trusts
to tax our exports trade is also giving
other countries a strong inducement
and a ready exense. for trying to bar it
out altogether. 8ome of them are al
ready imitating us by lincreasing their
tariff duties to prohibitory rates, or by
kindred vexatious enactments, and
strong pressure is exerted upon other
governments to follow the same bad ex
«mpie.
But producers gf* export are "not the
only or even tbecfoief*uflerers. All dor
producers art subject to' the dictation
and
all
our cofisumerstp: the .extortion
of the protectee! {rasts and itiacontnry
to justice and common -sense that all
«houldbave to watt f«t relief aotil
part choose to Imur ft to longer^
ABSQumiy toimE
Makes the food more delicious andwholesome
THE PASSING OF ARMOUR.
Chicago Times-Herald: At the Age of
68 Philip D. Armour, that marvelous hu*
mam embodiment of the bold, ceaseless,
untiring, progressive spirit of modern
life as exemplified in the history of Chi
cago, is dead. For nearly forty years
this name has been identified with the
record of our city's advance along the
lines that hBS made it one of the great
est industrial centers of the continent,
and during the last quarter of a century
this name has been at the head of the
one business with which the name of
our city is associated throughout the
world.
Mr. Armour was indeed' one of thoie
"captains of-industry" who achieve po
sition, power and fame by the sheer
force of natural ability and indomitable
energy. He was an electric dynamo of
flesh and blood. The Becret of his suc
cess was organization, but the lever was
work. Throughout the great establish
ments wherein we carried on the largest
pork packing, dressed meat and pro
vision business of the world he set an ex
ample of personal daily industry that
was infectious. He surrounded himself
with lieutenants into whose lives be in
stilled the nervous force of his own
powerful dynamic nature.
The result was a business organization
that extended its trade and distributed
its products to every quarter of the
globe.
Boldness and broadness, we should
say, were the typical characteristics of
Mr. Armour. He did things in a large
way. When he went outside the limits
of legitimate business and ventured into
the fields of speculation in grain or pro
visions it was always on a large scale,
and when he so ventured he employed
all the resources of a general to insure
success.
Mr. Armour rejoiced as a strong man
in his race for wealth. He delighted in
the struggle and could not be seduced
HOVAt gAKIWd POWDER CO.. WtW YOWK.
^levM xiche»^yokd MM ttndy
comprehension of the multitude. But
itis ibight have died as the fool dieth had
he not possessed a heart that through
all the stress and selfishness and sear of
business never grew callous or indiffer
ent to the needs and calls of humanity.
We are not permitted, nor is anyone
qualified, to attempt an enumeration of
the private benefactions of Mr. Armour.
They were as incessant as were the de
mands upon ~his generosity. But there
is one monument to his sympathy for
his fellows that will survive long after
the boast of his business sagacity and
success has faded from the minds of
men. The Armour Institute of Tech
nology, into which he poured money
like water from an exhaustless well, and
over whose inception and development
Nobody knows all about it
and nothing, now known,
always cure it.
wil
Doctors try Scott's Emul­
sion of Cod Liver Oil, when
they think it is caused by in*
perfect digestion of food
You can do the same.
It may or may not becausec
bv the failure of stomach and
bowels to do their worki^
it is, you will cure it if not
vou will do no harm, y1',,
*'k
The way, to cure a disease
is to stop its cause, and help
the body get back to its habit
of health.
cure.
A.
-. When Scott's Emulsion .i
Cod Liver Oil does that,
cures when it don't^ it don
It never does harm.
The genuine has
this picture on it, take
no other.
If you have nol
tried it, send for free
sample, its agreeab
BAKING
POWDER
he hovered „with parental love and solic
itude, lives to honor his name and
carry its mission of instruction in useful
avocations on to future generations
when its founder's other claims to re
membrance have faded from memory.
Chicago owes much to Phillip D. Ar
mour, but* its greatest debt, the one
where the obligation will grow in magni
tude and luster with years, is for the
foundation, development and endow
ment of the institute. -""-v
WHAT HAS BECOME .OF HIM?
What,has become of the old-fashioned
man who wore a paper collar. 'arifi. who
brought the printers a jug off bider When
he came to town at this season of the
year, and who lateron, aboiife' !og kill
ing time brought the editor's family
enough liver and tenderloin to last them'
week? It was this same old-fashioned
man who. drank sassafras tea in the
spring to thin his blood, and who wore
suspenders which he called "galluses,1
knit from wool grown on the backs of
his own sheep. He was the man who
owned the long muzzle-loading rifle that
had a bole bored in the stock to keep
tallow in to moisten his ''patches" with,
and he got up at 4 o'clock in the morn
ing and went out to "roost" wild
turkeys. This same old-fashioned man
gathered enough hickory nuts' every
fall to make a wagon load and brought
them to town and exchanged them for
his winter supplies. He pinned' his
weather prognostications to the goose
bone and the corn husks, and his faith
therein was generally justified, He
weaned his calves and planted his po
tatoes according to the complexion of
the moon, and he remembered Peter
Gartwright and most of bis doings. He
lived in a "settlement" and his girls "set
up" in the kitchen with the young men
who "shyed" around them. He carried
bis money in a weasel-skin purse and
paid a doliarand aJu^If in advance for
I lli nbls' and his name was legion, but be
is gone and little is now known of either
himself or his family.—Washington, la,
Press.
YANKEE SHREWDNESS.
Several years ago an eastern dealer in
wire nails was a customer of the H. P.
Nail Co., of Cleveland. When the
American Steel & Wire Co., .Absorbed
the H. P. Nail Co., he sent to the "trust'
and ask for quotations. The price of
wire nails had advanced considerably,
and the eastern buyer declared, when he
received the quotations, that he would
not purchase from the "trust." The
American Steel & Wire Co., realizing
that it controlled the nail field, did not
bother the eastern dealer, feeling that
he would soon send in his order.
Some time later the "trust" received a
mammoth order for wire nails from Ku{
rope. The nails were shipped acroBS the
ocean, then back again until they finally
fell into the' bands of the eastern dealer.
He sold the nails at retail at a lower
price than other dealeis, and this led to
an investigation upon the part of the
trust. The American Steel & Wire Co.,
then discovered that the Yankee dealer
in the east had been able to order the
nails through a friend in Europe. He
paid freight both ways across the At
lantic ocean, pud a commission to his
friend for handling the nails, paid the
duty, and even then he was able to sel
them at a lower figure than the prevail
ing prices—all through an extremely low
quotation given the European buyer.—
Hardware Dealers Magazine, September
1900.
"No trusts in this country]" Oh, no,
of course not. We merely imagine that
we are to-day paying truBt' prices, that
competition is disappearing, that every
morning's paper has new combinations
to report. UnieBs some remedy is ap
plied the danger is that many of our in
dustries will meet the fate of the patient
whom a bogus doctor confidently de
clared to even imagine that he was ill
until it became too late to do anything
for him, because, as his friend reported
"he imagined he was dead and so we
buried him."
Tho8e who watch the course of prices
are aware that the trusts are at it again
Lead, steel, glass, galvanized iron and
wrought iron pipes are either advanced
or else are arbitrarily held at exorbitant
prices by the great combinations con
trolling their production, and are ex
amples of the tribute levied upon the in
dustries and the people ot this com
by trusts which derive their power to
levy tribute from the protective duties
in our tariff.
Jt'if
surprise
tast^ will,
you.
US&O?T&BOWNE,
y, Chemists,
409 PearlSt-, N.
and ^jgruggists:
Whlie New York atate leads all others
in point of population, it is seventh in
railroad mileage. Illinois, the third
commonwealth in population, is the
greatest railroad state, with nearly il,000
miles of track. Pennsylvania is second
bo)th in population and in railroad mile.
V'*®.
ESTABLISHED 1854. LEON. IOWA. THURSDAY. JA N UARY 17. 1901. REPORTER SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 21
A dispatch.from Puerto Real, near
Cadiz, where Admiral Cervera is lying
ill, says his condition has grown worse
and that his reoovery is almost hope
less.
It can be said, and truly i&M, of Han
na's infamous subsidy bill' that there
never wm a bill before the American
congress that proposes to tahe so' much
of the, public money in ong..grab and
iv to so
Accoraing to.the latest ceusua the in
habitants of .ihfcRusBian empire num
ber I36,000,p0df This is ««ain of 81 per
cent. sinc^- lStiO, taking into account
the peoole acquired by annexation as
well Bis those added through the excess
of births over deaths. In the same per
iod, however, the United States have
gained,'exclusive of annexations, 140
per cent.—by far the largest gain of any
power in the worle.
The decennial census of the United
Kingdom will be taking during the com
ing spring, beginning March 31. Ac
cording, to tbl advance estimates issued
by the British Registat- General, the
population of the-'\)nited Kingdom
should be 41,297,0100,—a total increase
of 3,193,000, of 43.40 per cent, since 1891.
This estimate foreshadows a decline in
the rate of increase.
A Certain Cure for Chilblains.
Sta ake'into yonr shoe* Allen's Foot Ease, a
powder. .cure* Chilblains, Frostbites,
Uamp, Sweatentng Swollen feel. At all drue
glsts and shoe storesT 3fi. Sample free. Ad
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
On the
Threshold
a
New Year.
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We wish to thank those
who have helped to -make
our last year's business
satisfactory. Weaclcnowi
edge apprecIaUoaaitd
ex­•Xi
tend to our patrdns the
slncerf «l with that the
»f happfness iBOprMpeiv
ity. Our aim has beeti to
conduct a store that
should conserve In every
way the best Interests of
the public. The accom
pllshmentiof this purpose
has been made possible
by the steadfast adher
ence of those to whom
this greeting Istextended.
4
W. E. MYERS.
Druggist.
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$ icalp dineaie* hair falllnf.
CONSTIPATION
Jienoquent c*use of Appondloltla and many otbor aoiv
icm« Ilia snoula never be neglected. Tho objection to the
usual cathartio remedies Is their costive reaction whioh
yicreaaea oonstipatlou Instead of curinff lt. PARKKE'B
OINQBR TONIO Js the proper remedy* It aota-on the
liver, a&a when used as
alreoted. permanently remove*
ooeettpatlon. 60 ets, & $1,00 at all Druggist*
KKD Mill CM4 iMUUlt bom. HiM
'lUiblMrima. Take *her. Slhx
luiHW NMHaUna ni hdtk
*11 Dnuflna. OhlckMtarChMBlaalOal
]. A.Harris&Bros
Manufacturers of .and
Dealers In
Ms ul' Mtt
LEON. IOWA. &
We carry a magnificent line of monu
ments. The workmanship is unexcelled
and material used first-class.
We buy our stock in car
direct from the quaries in
thereby enabling us to make
load lots
the east
than firms buying in small quantities
Our business is run strictly on a first
class basis and we
all our work to give perfect satisfaction.
J.<p></p>JOHN
A. HARRIS ft BROS.
A.ST0UT
fl Livery Feed and
Sale Stable
Fresh Teams!_
v^New Rigsl
Special atttention given to
commercial men. Tour patron
age solicited.
Phona
20.
II 'onfi1^
john A
Stout.
NOTICE.
I am still on hand to cry sales in De
catur and adjoining counties. Twenl
years experience fits me to dp the
to4|)« satisfaction of every ofte.
rantmywork. All that ia
to -Decatur^
^andl*.:i "iiswer.,
S. Y. HAReER. Auctioneer?
J. H. MERRILL,
Auctioneer.
CROWN, IOWA.
16 years experience. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Charges reasonable. Best
of references. Give me a chance at
your sale.
FARM FOR SALE!
160 acres, 100 A. in cultivation, house
24x24, 4 rooms, small orchard, 3 wells. 2
miles southeast of Spring Valley.' Terms
reasonable.
S. J. RICHARDSON.
[Pride of Kansas per sack
^•Blue Ribbon per sack
mQuten of Kansas per sack
E Everything Beautiful
LEON.
Mtai, by
The holidays are over and we are making prices
on staple goods that will surprise you.
Cream of Dakota per sack 1.00
sack Cream of Dakota per sack 50c
i#^U^.$fe|One-half sack Shawnee Fancy per sack 50
Sonthern bran, sack included, per sack 80c
^Southern Shorts, sack included, per sack 85c
:Corn meal bran per sack.... 50c
iiChop feed, per hundred, notsacked..... 85c
^»Hay, Corn, Oats, Straw and Wood.iiliii
Fancy California evaporated peaches per pound 10c
^Fancy California evaporated prunes per pound E»c
Fancy Oregon silver prunes, large per pound 10c
10c
Fancy Evaporated apples per pound
Mjfaib pie peaches 3 cans
&31b peeled table peaches per can
Jams, Jells,. Butters, and all Canned Goiods for Special Sales at Cheap Prices.
Fresh Oysters in Btilk and Cans at Prices that Defy any and all Competition.
The Finest Line of Fresh Fruits, and Vegetables itf ^he City, ip
We Pay Highest Price in Cash or Trade for Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Hayt Oats, Corn.
Do not Buy or Sell Anything Until You Get Our Prices.
P. CLARK &, GO.
CORNER 8TH AND MAIN. LEONi-IOWAy
Undertaking Department,
My special at
tention is given
to this depart
ment. All calls
promptly look
ed after.
am a Licensed Embolmerundcr the laws of Iowa.
BPSOURCBS.
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts
Real Estate
Furniture and Fixtures...
Cash and Exchange
Tqtal
Intj
Real Estate and Loan Wgei
BcutkWMt
$
ivitli which we come in con
ract
helps to refine and
ntrengthen our finer nature.
Contact with beautiful furn
iture and beautiful sur
roundings subdues the
coarser and sharpens I he
finer nature as a grindstone
sharpens a knife, little
children take in impressions
as a sponge takes in water.
Thev should have a cosy,
pretty home to live in. We
keep everything to furnish
homes cosily and reason
ablv.
A.C. BOITSER.
g- PHONE 200 OPERA HOUSE BLOCK
OFFICERS.
Switzer,Pres. J. H. Davis, Vice Pres. A. L. Ackerley.Cash, J. C. Brothers, Asst.
STATE SAYINGS BANK.
IOWA.
6RAND RIVER,
DIREOTOB8.
J. Switzer, John Boyd, Peter Breneman, J-.
S a 1 3 1 9 0 0 A it S a
W'
$32,975.29
1,700^8
3,SOO.Ob
U.-Davis,'" L. Ankerley.
liIABILITIFS.
Capital Pu'u in
Earnings
Call Deposits :.. 130.071.18
/$» Deposits.. 16,485.86
CMMNUltmlat
Vaimn ud Indm liakiir
We
lay, Sell, or Tmde REAL ESTATE on Oommlelee.
JCzMiiM Titles Real Eatoto. Pay Taxacrar M«»
Mosay on Imprfv«4 ar—Qil
laSarUI York h»»»Ut *1
CASH GROCERY HOUSE
OUR PRICES ON FLOUR!
..
90c
90c
$1.00
tTE
..25c
....10c
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46.406.7tf'
Total •"9'
Bslts of Six Moaths and 9fief.
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