The Laclede blade., October 14, 1905, Image 4

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THE LACLEDE BLADE.
A. J, OAY WOOD. Editor and Publisher.
Entered at the Lttelede poetoffle for
transmission through the maila aa second
Class matter.
SATURDAY. OCT. 14, 1905.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
interstate commerce had induced him
v uuaugw uia iqiuu in any decree.
Ife replied emphatically in the nega
tive. "The railways," he said, "were
asked to send witnesses to the hearing
and of course they knew whom to
send. They declared it was uncon
stitutional to confer any such power
on the railways as the bill proposed,
but they were confronted by the
Our. Rejular Correspondent Wrltei From (he records showing that the commission
National Capitol. nad exercised just such powers in the
" . early years of its existance. Then
It is the president who is standing there were a number of eminent law
pat now, and he is standing as those yers called to show that the powers
who knew him knew he would stand proposed by the bill were unconsti
on railway rate legislation. He had tutional. But they called on the
a long talk today with representative Attorney General and he assured them
Townsend, co-author of the Esch- that the bill was constitutional. Thev
Townsend rate bill and after it was also presented a lot of theories as to
over Mr. Townsend said that the bill what the bill would do if it did be-
would be introduced at the coming come a law. But I am satisfied that
Bession aDd would have the President's not two per cent of the testimony
fullest approval. Mr. Townsend in presented by the railroads could be
speaking of the bill today said: "We called evidence. It was simply the
had but one idea in framing it, and opinion of interested parties.
that was to remedy the defeat in the The secretary of agriculture an
present interstate commerce legisla- nounced to the cabinet meeting that
Colorado and the West Virginia, are
the pick of the whole crosier squadron
of the navy, and it has been decided
that these three shall be assigned the
duty of escorting the president He
will probabtysaiJ on the West Vir
ginia, she being the flagship of the
squadron, . and the other two will
accompany her on escort duty.
tion and to allow the commission to do he had decided on a scheme which
what it was always intended they would relieve the department of agri
ouuuiu uu, uniuviy, wa&.v a uewsum cuuure oi considerable expense in
and enforce it. The commission did connection with meat inspection and
actually exercise the authority it was enable a larger force of inspectors to
supposed to have tor several years till be put at work. It was nothing less
tne matter was tested in court and the than a plan to make the packers pay
wording of the act found to be defee- for the labels used in the inspection
tive. The rest of the bill as we intro- and thus relieye the department of
duced it was merely to furnish ma- that part of the expense. Heretofore
chinery for expediting the work of the packers have stood none of the
the commission. The matter has been expense of inspection. The govern
discussed a good deal since the bill ment has footed the entire bill. The
was introduced, but I have heard cost of the labels alone is $65,000 and
nothing said that changed my opinion if this were saved to the department
of the virtues of the measure. There and a small fee charged for the services
are a good many people , who say that of the inspectors, it would be a great
the language used by the president in saving and would enable a much
his last message to congress was am- larger force of inspectors to be put to
biguous and he did not mean what he work. In this way not only would
was popularly supposed to have meant, the inspectors for the smaller houses
This is a mistake or the work of the engaged in interstate traffic- and who
people who wanted to prepare for let- have heretofore complained that they
ting the president down easy in case were discriminated against in favor of
he saw fit to change his mind. But the big houses of the trust.
as a matter of fact he did not want to
change his mind and he did not want
to be let down easy. His language
was plain enough in the first place,
and if I am not much mistaken, when
his message goes to congress this time
the first or one of the first things it
will contain will be a paragraph on
rate legislation.
Mr. Townsend was asked if the tes
timony before the senate committee on
The navy department has about
decided that there shall be three
crusiers to make up the little "squad
ron that will convey and escort the
president on his trip from New Or
leans to Hampton Roads. There are
four new crusiers in Admiral Brown
son's squadron, but one of them, the
Maryland, is now undergoing repairs
and will not be available. The other
three, however, the Pennsylvania, the
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The noble life asks for more ser
vants.
A man is a miBter a woman
mystery, ..
Every curriculum must be tested
in conduct.
Love never turns back because it
ooks like rain.
It's no trouble finding short cuts to
no end of trouble.
Some people are never grateful un
til they get hungry.
The prayerful heart will be proven
by the practical life.
The cash-register church makes but
a poor record above.
Any religion is easier to describe
than to demonstrate.
The sharper a man is the harder it
is to make a tool of him.
The worst infidelity is to live as
though God had forgotten.
A blot on a man's good name mav
be traced to a fountain pen.
No man should complain if meas
ured with his own yard-stick.
The greatest stand ever made for
civilization was the ink stand.
You cannot get into green pastures
while you herd with the goats.
It will take more than chicken pie
ty to save this world from sin.
A crank is a man who will not per
mit his neighbors to turn him.
Berths on a sleeping car do not nec
essarily increase the population.
A house without a mortgage lacks
one of the modarn conveniences.
Riches are roots of evil only to the
man who has sailed to raise any.
What a woman says goes, when she
talks through a telephone receiver. '
Corkscrews have sunk more people
than core jackets have kept on top.
There would be fewer axes ground
if the grinder had to turn the crank.
No man can build his own reputa
tion out of the ruins of another's.
The man who is always in the way
always thinks he is in the only way.
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to Work Om
Work! Work!! Work!!!
Lots of energy is needed to keep up the pace. In
the struggle, the man with the strong body and clear
brain wins out every time.
The man of to-day needs something more than
mere food ; he needs a food that makes energy to food
to work on.
Although some people may not realize it, yet it is
a fact, proved and established beyond doubt, that soda
crackersp-and this means Uneeda DlSCUlt arc
richer in muscle and fat-making elements and have a
much higher per cent of tissue-building properties
than any tther article of food made from flour.
That this is becoming known more and more every
day is attested by Ihe sale of rearly 400,000,000 pack
ages of Uneeda Biscuits the finest soda cracker
gver baked. An energy-giving food of surpassing
value sold in a package which brings it to you with
all the original flavor and nutriment perfectly pre
served. Truly ihi food to work on. .
Whoever you are whatever you are wherever
you work Uneeda DIscult.
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Get the CASH IDEA and buy where
you can buy the cheapest. In that
way you who pay cash pay for what
you get and not other people's bills.
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THE BEST, KNOWN LOW PRICE STORE IN MISSOURI.
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True spirituality is the ability to
see the altar ia the washtub and the
cookstove.
Straight dealings are the best evi
dences of being in the straight and
narrow way.
The fashion of replacing wooden
beds with iron ones is breaking home
ties tor bedbugs.
When you see a man who has put
all of his religion in a safety deDosit.
ar m.
you may know he hasn't any.
It isn't at all difficult tor a man to
have the patience of Job if the boils
happen to be on his neighbor.
If men talked religion as constantly
aa they do politics; the churches
would not hold half the converts.
..Only the numskull ever makes liriit
of the old maid some of the sweetest
women on earth are bachelor girls.
After a woman discovers that her
nose geta red every time she cries she
don't try it on her husband so often.
A woman has a hard time convinc
ing herself the way she - convinces
otnerg wnat a Rood husband she has.
There is hardly anvthine so snr
prising as to go to kiss a eirl against
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her will and find she really means it.
A homely girl cete lots of attention
from all the girls of her acquaintance
if she happens to have a good looking
brother.
DONT SELL YOUR FARM!
MUCH LESS BUY ONE without
having aa abstract made.
DON'T TAKE ANYBODY'S
WORD FOR IT.
If you want a complete, re-
. liable abstraet, I will make it
for you, and it will cost no
more than at other places. It
will be satisfactory both to
yourself and to all others con
cerned.
CHARLES PETTS. ,
PHONE 647. BROOKFIELD
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