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THE.LEON REPORTER
O. K. H.ULL» Publisher
LEON,
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IOWA
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Leon,Iowa ,Postoffiee.
tnolftr ait (he
'.Sidney A Foster.of Dea Moines, has
announce^ himself as a candidate for
the republican, nominal ion for governor
to. succeed Gov. Shaw. "Bid isn't a bit
backward about it either. He says he
wants it.
The "most benefloient trust,'' as the
McKinleyites call it, the Standard Oil,
made a 20 per cent, dividend last week,
-'for the last three months. Tt)is is 30
per cent, a .year... it will be seen their
capital pays itself in five quarters, or
7fifteen
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months. Rockefeller's: share of
each-quarterly,
dividend is said to be
116,000,000, which would be 184,000,000
a year, every cent of which enormous
profit comes from the sale of coal' oil,
one of nature's productions. The $100
shares now are worth- $816 e*i b. The
above is only a small part of Rockefel
ler's net income, all of which comes
from the various trusts he is interested
in, and all out of the pockets of the
people.
The people must pay largely above
honest prices to the trusts to make such
enormous incomes possible. How long
can the people stand this drain, and is
.' it really "beneficence" that takes such
sums from, the masses to grossly enrich
the few?
-William E. Curtis,' the able corres
pondent ol the Chicago Record, says
MuKinley will not withdraw militaiy rule
from Cuba till the Cubans give to this
Republic (McKinley for the next four
years at least unless he is impeached)
complete surzerainty of the island. He
says McKinley's ultimatum is that the
United States must have power given by
the Cuban constitution:
1. To preserve the peace and main
tain a stable government.
2. To prevent foreign entanglements
and protect the foreign population,
-j?.. Tojrotect the credit of the island
-and^prevent unnecessary and upjust
'debts.
4. To protect^tUe. commerci,al inter
ests of the United States against un
reasonable tariff duties And discrimina
tions. •_
5. To permit the maintenance of at
least two coaling depots and naval sup
ply and repair stations in convenient
harbors.
Being an imperialist, Curtis appears to
favor this tyrannical interference in the
affairs of Cuba in spite of the promise
end declaration of the congress that de
dared war against Spain but no true,
liberty loving, honorable American will
sanction it. It simply means military
rule by us in Cuba, nothing less. Eng
land does not and dare not so hamper
and tyrannize Canada or any other of
her white colonies. Such suzerainty
would keep us in constant trouble and
•1 expense there, and indanger of war with
other countries. Our government has
jjo authority nor right to be sovereign,
•or lord paramount over any country
much less has it aright over Cuba, which
was promised liberty before we inter
fered^
SPOONER AND THE PRESIDENCY.
In Collier's Weekly Walter Wellman
says that "Mr. Spooneris a likely nom
inee of the republican party for pres
ident to succeed Mckinley". The writ
er does not "mean that Mr. Spooner is
J}i|ious or that he is cutting his pres
cloth according to a presidential
tern. 'He is, without doubt, as pat
tic aq,d sincere a'man as we have in
tlic life,and as little given toself-seek
Ing. Probably the idea of chasing the
presidency has never entered his mind
It
But his friends persist in mentioning
hint in that connection. As for Spoon
er his ability, is no longer questioned.
He is looked upon as the little giant ot
the west. A student, a thinker, a man
of .action and courage, a supporter of
the present administration without ever
falling into the cuckoo class or in any
wire surrendering his independence, a
really great debater who knows as well
when to keep still as when to speak, he
is in many reBpects an ideal public ser
vint, and one of whom it is only natur
al for men to say that the future haB
great things in store for him."
This is remarkable language from one
of the foremost correspondents of the
country and will be grateful to the
maoy personal friends of' the distin
guished Wisconsin gentleman. The lat
ter, despite his very welcome act the
•other'day in refusing to hold all-night
sessions to thottle the opponents of the
^{mjbsidy free-booters into subipfosipn
has
been said by some to favor the
Hanha bill. If be is -vrongly accused
and tois friends earnestly assert that he
has
been and that he is now and ever
iiae been hostile to the measure—the
'truth must certainly appear and then
'with the general vindication which the
ress will be only too happy to proclaim
(here will* be added reason to believe
'thae Mr. WellmaA'a hint at presidental
'poMlbilities'm*y. be founded on circnni
stance* of muchtangibility.
Makes the food moredeficiousaad wholesome
NATURES STOREHOUSE. 0
Discoveries like the oil flows of Texas
make the qutories of scientists relative to
the practical limits of tiat are's store
house seem almost worthless, yet in the
last number of the Engineering News a
writer points out that with the present
prodigality with which natural products
of the mine and land are used the end is
not far off.
One hundred years have made a won
derful change. Then the consumption
of coal was practically nil. Steamships,
railroads, engines and heating appli
ances, all calling for this fuel, have made
the price of coal gradually climb. This
is not because the supply is near exhaus
tion, but because of the increased cost
entailed through the necessity of work
ing difficult seams.
Virgin soil of North and Soutl), Amer
ica has furnished heretofore the surplus
food-supply of the World. The three
chief components ol a rich soil are nitro
gen, potash and pbo8Dhorus. Even at
this early day the area of fertile land
made so without the use of artificial
means is comparatively small.
Fortunately, the supply of the world?,
most useful metal, iron, is so widely dis
tributed that there seems no cause for
worry. Yet, with this fact established,
engineers and inventors are bending
every energy toward securing valuable
returns from deposits that -heretofore
have been deemed valueless. Tin mines
are growing more valuable with every
decade, the number of tin deposits
growing less with the years. Of copper
there seems to be enough, as Montana,
Michigan and Chili haye enough fur an
indefinite number of years
Zinc and lead will probably increase
in price as the older deposits are worked
out but this increase will cut ofl a large
part of their use. Even at this time
Europe is largely dependent on the
Missouri Kansas district for its zinc sup
ply-, •.
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According to this writer, the 'timtx
supply, if the present rapid' inroads on
the forests are kept up, wiit soon disap
pear. Since the settlement of America,
this country has furnished the lomber
not only for home consumption^ut also
for Europe. It is figured that .fifty
years more of the present destruction of
forests will see them entirely cut away.
Happily, timber can de replaced with
new growths.
All of the prediction of a coming ex
haustion of nature's stores are worthy
of note, for their fulfillment lies within
the century, not much more than the
span of a life. la view of these things
prudence would seen# to dictate that
ways and means to fill the coming void
be anticipated.—St. Louis Republic.
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A new paper, The Reasoner, has been
started to oppose Bryan's Commoner.
ToTaki
Thin,
anaemic gats-
need a
their blood,
fatty food to enweh
their blood, give color
their, cheeks and restore t'
health and strength. Si J£
safe to say that they, nc
all reject fat with their foAv-
COD LIVER OIL
W/TH HYPOPHOSPMTES orL tMES SODA
is exactly what they require
it not only gives them the im-1
portant element (cod-liver oil)
in a palatable and easily di
gested form, but also the hypo
phosphites which are so valua
ble in nervous disorders that
usually accompany anaemia.
SCOTT'S EMULSION isaf
fatty food that is more easily
digested than any other form
of fat A certain amount of
flesh is necessary for health.
You can get it in this way.
We have known per
sons to gain a pound a
day white taking it.
-fe- ".-sbc. *nd t».oo, i4J drugglftS..
SCOTT it BbWNE, ChmMk, NewlTork.
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POWDER
5BSE5S
(SHIP SUBSIDY BILL.
SPECIAL WASHINGTON LETTER.
Priialac to Which the Bill Has
•eci Subjected Letting OthevS.
Into «the Divide"—The Attitude' of
Dla.atl.fled Republican..
WASHINGTON, D.. C.—The advocates
the Hanna-Frye-Payne ship Bubsidy
bill continue to retreat before the crit
ics of that measure.
When it was firsts presented to the
senate by". Senator Hanna during the
first days of the now expiring congtesn,
they said that It- was the result of
many months of study by the shipping
experts and the best law constructors
of the country, that It condensed Into
congressional bill lifetimes of study
upon the best means' of building up the
merchant marine and that it was as
perfect as human brains could make it
and ready for passage without any
amateur legislative tinkering.
This was when it carried an unlimit
ed appropriation. What it would have
done for the country in ltof thus per
fected state the Lord only knows. Very
soon a howl of protest went up from
Dan to Beersheba against the "unlimit
ed provisions" of the measure, and an
amendment was accepted limiting the
appropriation to $9,000,000 a year.
Ever since this time the elasticity of
the bill's perfection has been drawn
upon. Its advocates have yielded inch
by inch until the bill has qhite a dif
ferent complexion from the unphoto
graphable countenance Jhatfit at fine
presented. But with all fhis carving
and splicing' and remolding It retains
its essential feature of taking out of
the pockets of the whole people some
$200,000,000 for the beheflt of a favored
few composed mainly of the lifetime
experts who drew the hill.
The critics to whom its original pro
moters have been yielding are all with
in the Republican' party and among
those whose support has been counted
on from tbe beginning. If the supppsed
friends of the measure have brought
upon It the diffigureipeiit that now ap
pears, what would it look like If its op.
ponents' drove their criticisms through
it? Verily it would only be useful for
waste paper!
This constant retreating of the advo
cates of the bill does not Indicate that
it Is a measure founded on principle,
but that it is a desire to pilfer from the
treasury many millions for the benefit
of private parties. None of the changes
that have been made apply to the prln
clples or purposes of the bill. Those
originally provided for wanted to trans
fer from tbe taxpayers' money to their,
pockets $9,000,000 a year. Finding that
they had overreached themselves, they
have gradually let others into the "di
vide." Now all of those originally in
and those let in and their various pot
sWabbers and bottle washers are de-
daring that the bill has been perfectly
adjusted to the needs of the times and
that its passage is only a matter of a
few days. In sending out this bugle
note of victory they have forgotten all
the Democrats and all the'Populists
who oppose this sort of grab on princi
ple. They have also forgotten a num
ber of Republicans who feel the same
sort of opposition. They have forgot
ten likewise the miscellaneous but ever
active pie hunters who have not yet
been let Into the "divide." The result
of this forgetfulness will be the failure
of the bilL
There has been no lobby in Washing
ton opposing the ship subsidy bill, but
there have been some very strong men
who have worked hard against this
measure as a matter of principle. Some
of these men have been Republicans
and some of them have had no connec
tion, directly or indirectly, with the
shipping business. They have been in
tensely in earnest. It is largely due to
the fa.ct that they have not worked
along,the usual lobby lines that.this
bill has not yet been passed and in all
probability will not be passed. They
have absolutely stripped it of its pre
tenses and shown to the world that the
Standard Oil company, which controls
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
the International Navigation company
and the National Transit company,
woui4 deceive not fees than $50,000,
000 out of the $90,000,000 provided for
within tbe next ten years and that it
would*be a very easy matter for a com
bine to be formed by which they would
receive practically the whole subsidy.
Those*who were inclined to favor the
bill as a party measure are becoming
alarmed and are not willing that tbe
Republican party should "shoulder the
responsibility for such a scheme.
There are'many Republicans who do
not oppose Boss Hanna in the caucuses
or the steering committee meetings
who will still lend the weight of their
influence to the postponement of the
bill. These Republicans are still not
satisfied with the methods of division.
During the last days of this r&pldly
waning session they are getting all the
Concessions that they can get They
know that they can now get many
more concessions than they could get
in along session, where, there,
would be
the greater probability of their being
driven Into line by the party whip.
Havlhg.made, these concessions In this
''congress, the favored few who at first
started out to bag .,all ttie gam$ can
hardly .Revert to theiir first: purpose
whence next congress convenes. 'The
«bqpe ofthe reasonablygoodftepubUc
kiirta that In thejaext' congress
ESTABLISHED 1854. LEON, IOWA, THURSDAY, 1901. REPORTER SERIES VOL. XXVI. NO. 26
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cin tpasi,* ship
Subsidy bill baving In
It the element*
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fairness to those en­
gaged in the shlphqMitijg and th?. ship
sailing business Tfce-pttfe of those op
posed to.fibe snj&ad^imnciple Is that
the stench this^ufSflileave in the
nostrils of the fali*ilMded public .will
make It^ impSS&ftle'to tSasB in tbe next
congress any sort a hill transferring
by any kind ofla, fflv^l'on $200,000,000
from the pockets of tifejpeople to the
pockets of special henfefic&rles.
A MARITIME QLO- LADYjS HOME.
The Ship Snkatar kim'a iMiaeBc*
Xm
If further proof Ttere i^ded that
the object of these st^lfy ^ltig Is not
io secure nefbe^r or faster ship
ping,* but to enrich tif^gentfemfen who
own the vessels to 4^ wfilch the bill
was drawn, It would be furnlsbed by
United States Shipping Commissioner
Chamberlain's statefnc:ht,on page 193
of his report ifor 19)0: 5 i'^
''Of the .foreign bulK tteim|hip* eligible alz,
with a gross tomuge^jf 22,288, which would liave
earned $105,678 anf (p.l4,826 under the aenate and
house bills reepeotlVely, Were built prior to 1881.
Thirty-ave' Americth steim vessels of 60,136 torn,'
entitled (o 9278,844 undo- the- senate bill and
(276,646 under the^ house biU. were bjiilt. before
1881.
The total tubtidy proposed to te paM to
vessel* baUt bifore 1&1 it thu* under tht jfk
ate MU fWJtt an&'Mfyler the houee Wl $389,-
6." ....
That is to ^ay*.some $400,000.is to be
paid by the goveirqibei^t to keep afloat
shipping already more than 20 years
old and: which hy^ev^ry rule of mari
time accounting^ has already been
charged off to profit, arid loss. Indeed
tljie-'Internatiohai it^lf, as as tiie
Paris }s again in iiommisslod, ifQuid
draw $750,Q0Qr'OQ ships 12 and l&ytears
•old respectively.
While Mr. Chamberlain was on this
subject he might'hav/e added greatly to
the interest pf his ^ppil^.fdr the fact
is that as nearly as' ma^ Be one-half
the eptire subsidy ^hlch would be paid
for years to come^'fessels^ow more
than ten years oiC including solace
glveSn the worth eaten yfears of such ves
sels as the foUowing jvhose names,
an4 age are tabulated:
.• Teara old.
1 8 5 9 4 2
..V. 1866
.........i".. .1867
1870
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197#,
.......... i8n
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......18T1
and at the start on the Pacific coast
one-third of the entife subsidy would
be paid to vessds-now mom than 20
years old, three-fourttH to those 15
or more years old and nine-twentieths
.to those jncirp.tban 10 years^old.
Could there effectlje plan
for making ol«F vessels profitable (to
their owners) and^to that extent dis
couraging the building of new ones?
If a ship is a "shej" as every chival
rous tar will allow, the Hanna-Frye
Payne -bill might appropriately be
termed "An act to establish a maritime
old lady's home."
This will Interest Mothers.
Mother Gray's sweet Powders for children,
cure Faverlahness, Bad Stomach, Teething,
Disorders, Break up Colds, move and regulate
tbe boweln and destroy worms. They, never
fail. Over 10,000 testimonials. At all drug
gists 25o. Sample mailed free free. Address
Allen S. Olmstead. LeRoy, N. Y.
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MAYPOLE'S HAMMER.
(Banna't Maale, li Pila'i MnliO
When Maydole was told that lie made "a
pretty good hammer,'* he said,' 'No, I don't
make a 'pretty good hammer,' I make the
best hammer that ever teu made."
Every carpenter who saw a Maydole ham
mer wanted one. It waB-of the best ma
terial, perfectly balanced, and the head
never flew off. Hammers were
divided into
two clMsea^-lst, May
dole's 2d, all the rest.
Plasters are separated ljy the same line
Idearage 1st, Benson's Porous Piaster:
ad, all the zest. When, for rheumatic pain,
a cold, a cough, kidney trouble or any
other disease or ailment that may be treated
externally, you a$k for
est, reputable
son's. He
knout'
This store looks well,
stands well and has pros
pered. What if seems to
be, it is. We try to win
trade by deserving it, we
hold trade by deserving if,
we hold trade by never giv
ing a customer Ahe slight
est reason for leaving. We
ask for your trade because
we know We can make you
secure in your drug buying
and can protect your inter
ests in every way.
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W. H. MYERS. B!
Druggist.
tons His should never be
DON'T BE FOOLEDI
J. Switzer, ji*
it is incomparably the
best,- and he assuiaeB that yotv&now it too.
As the nime of Maydole stood for iiamm»~
the name of Benson stands for plasters—
the "real thing." All the medicinal poten
cies. that are valuable in a plaster are in
Benson's. Capsicum, Strengthening and
Belladonna plasters are out of date.
An army' of physicians and druggists, and
millions of the people, have written of
Benson's Plasters as areinedyto be
trusted.
Benson's Plasters have fifty-five
awardt.
SeaburyA Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N. Y.
Store
Character.
Drug 8tores have charac
ter same as men. Judge,
them by dress, deportment
and achievement.
It well dressed, much is
revealed. If no ill is heard
of them, more is indicated.
If a large measure of suc
cess is theirs, most is told.
The market Is being flooded
witb worthless Imitations ol
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
...TEA..
To protect the public we call
especial attention to our trad*
mark, printed on every pack'
line
age. Demand the genuine.
For Sale by all Druggist*.
SeffAny
WM.WOOOARO,
President.
highut
Accept no substitute.
For sale by druggists, or we willpre.
Pay postage on any number ordered in the
united States, on receipt of 26c. each.
-s
-£*4-
Ml/
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of Kansas per sack
Blue Ribbon per sack
iQuten of Kansas per sack....
Cream of Dakota per sack
One-half sack Cream of Dakota per sack
One-half sack Shawnee Fancy per sack
%^^^1|Southern brian, sack included, per sack..
^Southern Shorts, sack, included, per sack
^Corn meal bran per sack
cChop feed, per hundred, notsacked
.OFFICERS.
J. Swilzer,PreB. J. H. Davis, Vice Pr&. A. L. Ackerley.Casb, J, C. Brothers,
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The holidays are over and we are making prices
on staple goods that will surprise you.,
ffiAi auipiiac
Hay, Corn, 6ats, Straw and Wood*:
Fanoy California evaporated peaches per pound....
Fancy California evaporated prunes per pound.
J'- tf'anov Oregon silver prunes, large per pound
Fancy Evaporated apples per pound
31b pie peaches 3 cans
3lb peeled table peaches per can....
Jams, Jells, Butters, and all Canned Goods for Special Sales at Cheap Prices.
Fresh Oysters in Bulk and Cans at Prices that Defy any and all Competition^
The Finest Line* of Fresh Fruits, and Vegetables in the City-. 3
We Pay Highest Price in Cash or Trade for Poultry, Butter, Eggs, Hay. Oats, Corn.
Do not Buy or
thing Until You Get Our Prices.
CORNER 8TH AND MAIN, LEON, IOWA.
STATE SAYINGS BANK.
GRAND RIVER, IOWA.
DIRECTORS.
RrSODROES.
Loans and Disooum 132,975.29
Overdrafts 1,798.82
Real Estate. 8,500.01)
Furniture and Fixtures.... 1,00000
Cash and Exchange 18,188.80
•'•.•'.''•:-Total «^4t6.91
John Boyd,' Peter Breneman, J. H. Davis, A. L. AckerJey,
Statement December 13,1900, To Auditor of State.A
WABIMTIBS
Capital Paid in
Earnirfgs
Call Deposits
Time Deposits
Total.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits of Six Months and Over.'
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JAMC8 0RE8WELL,
Vice President.
Owns 3,3iNi acres of land In Decatur County and othelr securl
ties amounting to over t300(000. interest paid on
time deposits.
sTOczaouasBB"
WM. WOODARD, JAMES CEE8WELL, J. HENRY HILL.
0. BRAZELTON, C. M. OORRINGTON.
W. H. COLTER. F. A. & 8. GARDNER. E. W. TOWNSEND. 5
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LEON, IOWA
Capital and Surplus $38.50000.
a
general banking business.
pays Interest on time deposits.
We Solicit a Share of Your Patronage.
JOHN W.HARVEY. President. THOS.TEALE, Vice President.
FRED TE1LE Cashier T. S. ARNOLD. Assistant Cashier.-
WARMER BLOCK.
Tb.e Leon Reporter and St.Louis
Republio, both 1 year. $1.75.
GROCERY HOUSE!
PRICESON FLOUR!
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mM Cashier.
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