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- RELIEF THAH3 BOBNEQ AKD MANY DIE IN FIRE kefugeei from Mctz, Mich., Are Trapped by Forest Fire and Score Perish. rSTEO SKELETONS FOUND. Engineer and Fireman liar Thrill ing Escape After Seeking Safety la Taia in Water Tank. Nearly a score of men. women and children, refugee from the Michigan forest fires ttiat have destroyed seven tawua and have caused prosrty Intws estltaated at several million dollars, were burned to death hi a relief train wreck Friday. The train. consisting of baa cars, after leaving the town of Met 1b the upper peninsula, struck a burn' ed out culvert and left the track. The passengers were tnips-d on all sides by Uie flames and cremated in a fiery farmers. fifteen charred skeletons were found in the burned wreck. Toe fwewt Urea above Al(ena, in Fresqae Isle county, suddenly lieoomc threatening Thursday, after It was be lieved Uiut the bonvy rains enrly In the month bud extinguished them. They apron d rapidly and aoon were menacing a number of towns along the line of the Betroit wad Mackinac Itullrond. The Tillage f Metz, with about 100 hiliub ItanUt, lay to the path of flio flames. Its situation became dangerous Thurs day nlgM. HAP OF MICHIGAN FOREST FIRE WHERE e0 The reJtroad sent In a relief train of box cart Household goods and norcaatfle atacks were loaded on some of Che cars and the people filled the others. Uew many were taken abourd to aot known, nor ia it known whether any of the farmers from outlying pokita hud CjUiue Into Metz seeking refage from the flames. Wltb lUi lead of frightened men, wo men and obUdrre the train pulled out of Metz about uihlulght ami started for the uorth, with flumes along the traoka en both sides. The cara pro ceeded toward the uorth as far as Hawk's akatioa, about half-way be tween Met ai id Mlllersburg. There the Ore waa sweeping across the track so tlorcciy aa to make further progress in ttiat direction ImpoHslblu and the trolu wua bended back toward the south far Alpona. While rushing through tit fire and smoke the engine struck a culvert which had been burn ed. It loft the rails and fell Into the dltdi. Htiglncer Pouter and Fireman Lee tot n-fiue In a water tank, where they stayed u;.tll the water b'cauie so hot that they hild to lenve the tank and run for their lives. They, with Con ductor Kuivllle, reall.liig that the trr.l'i waa Iniwlessly ditched mid that to rcmaiu wllb It meant ivrtuln death, at urted in Fosoo. TlK-y left the wreck !.ml escaped by crawling ahiu tin li neks u Uieir bauds a ltd knee, with the fur-out on both sides roaring fur users. Cooilnctor Klnvllle Is reK)rtetl to be Wind frrn ids burns, but 1'okIc: and Ieo lire undefKtiskl to be not severely kijurol. Thera me report thnt several others escaped with tir traiiiiueu. Mum tao.OOO rar Vtuf. I'euek of lterlin Is raining hi New York mvru tu Iceture oa the lutercsiin ; snlliroixj'otfiiril itiiuovery iii u wniiiiiTful -av st hsutis. SwUzeriacl. I i i , 1'achliT has unejrtbe.i uu 'iii-i -ir.is rjma "in o a l o.' bears, villli (juintity o.' I .fitau boues of the pr:'n!eid!i!iie li'-.'iijd. It I held 11. Jt the lit -i livrd i'l tf:r e ivi and at II b'.'ilx. hi'-'.t lui.i lu'-ii Imaff.l and killud. 1'iof. IV.iA cU'.iiiis lo ha-e prorcd tli Jif ri'jirvs ."iti'd ' i'l I !' re twiins iuut bavi- bad its ImO ii; iu !!( iu tcrf1.icil time ir U'Tu-e i!.e litxl jr'a -in' audifi"vtin of Alps. Tli'ii w. il I ko Uie t'lue alx;ut t):i,t7J yeses a;. t . : . I' OVSiCJ' A lilt". l fm vi LCl ' -"WHfiM "lS ' - v . O iliV .' ..ini if X &i '"! BELGIANS TO COME HERE. Movement to Send a Flood cf Them to United States. The next great Influx of Kuroio.'ins Into the United Ntntos I likely to 1 from Belgium. Ion Gcnnls, Bdgion vh-e consul nt llurana, who was In New York on his way from Antwerp to Cuba, anld there was a movement on foot in Belgium to eend a large psirt of tin country's laboring ami farmer Imputation to "America. It was not a government project, but ' the govern ment was looking Into The mutter to the extent of finding out for the pros pective flood of Immigrant)!, which Mr. Oenls aald might for a time rival the Influx of Italians into the United fitntea, In what places they might 4s'st aettle ns' farmers and laUirera. Belgium. Mr. Gonlg mild, was the tuoMt densely populated country In Eu roi and was suffering from the hard times more than cinintrles that hud more l.ind io cultlvntc and live (Hi. The present (toptiliillon la estimated ns somewhat Wider 8,000,000. and If the State of California hail n isiptilntron an dense she would be supporting much more thau 100,000.000 people, lie esti mate! that there wos one iienum to n little more than every liolf ncre In Ilel glum. He la coining buck here in March to look over the country to nee where the Belgian Immigrants may taut fit ih. If the congestion was not relieved, he aald, there would lie much suffering In Itelgluui. The immigrants would make very desirable citizens, being hardy workers. Mrs. . Astor's Social Maadarda. The Woman who for, many yonm has been the recognized lender of the Inner elect ot New York's fashionable society, and who is the oldest member of the Ax tor family, has signalized her retirement from that lofty semi-official station in n frank interview witih Miss Rebecca ! Da iry for the October Delineator. Mrs. SHOWING RELIEF TRAIN WAS BURNED. Astor expresses the hope that her influ ence will be felt in discountenancing "the undignified methods employed by some New York women to gain a following," adding that they had given entertainments that belonged "under a tent rather thau in a gentlewoman's house." The kleal of "society" which Mrs. Astor clings to is that of the old French salon and she refers with praise to the better conditions In Kogland to-day, where statesmen and arlbita grace the social functions of the leading women.. All her life she says she has thought of doing the same thing in this country, but was prevented by the unfavorable conditions. Among these she uu'ntioiiH the funt that we have only poli ticians where the Knglish have states men. "Mauy of our Henators and Con gressmen seem to base their title to public favor," she exnlulns, "upon their uncouth manners and luck of relliieineut, upon the fact that tlicy once wore no socks or once wore blue Jeuus." And then she exclaims that if llipy were all like Mr. Koonevett "whut a difference there would be." He at leiiHl is not above "paying scrupulous attention to his wardrobe and his man ners," and any hostess in New York or NtiwjMirt "would be proud to entertain linn, and the men in Vahinsto!t like him." Shu next excuse her failure to re alise the more democratic ideal in Amer ica an the ground that here people are unwilling to recognise any authority iu tfociul matters, uh they do in Kn;lnnd. where the Khig is th lender of su -iety. lime "each woman is for herKelf and trying to outdo the others 'u lavish dis play and mud extravagance." She nil uiit that the younger generatluu are hi- dined to go to etws In thir ainuxe meutH, but dcii'icn llial t!icy are deener ate. Kho sav that the women are "eaxily trainrd Iu doiinsiic matters, mid tir.cr'.it to uppi'ei'iite tlieir ivs))ns!iil:t y to ihe ixxir," and tl at rieir cherity work Is an important ni:t of their lives. i nsj; a mure owiriui inoror ami pro- ler.er t. n ronnerly, W IlT,ir rls'it nnih a ui-w ret-o' ii iii'.in ui i' ,ii:inst praare. ivhi'ii bin ueropl.'i"e rarried liimnflf an I a epiiiter f i-r the I'ar's Kl-raro lhro;;!i !i nil' at Mjin .l for hf'.v-live mi'itriw an I ihirly-l'vn M'.iiii:!s. ihe lallxr pill cf l!n i.pai i.i-i.i a.ier o irn .t;i,.i h over i;n lie.n. ii.- 'ie-;l nts piaierC'er wos .n.s eri" it -i lioiir. I,uivi V'!!'! tile l'i:vis riMm-ies rii.l voiiir of In vcii'i i. Ii'ii on'., i' l t!i i-i irii -t'o'i of a l!m cf Wi i. h' nii : aud si) r'l !:" is :ei'i'i';;ta !' (!) . i-i.e.-i ' tys. lie Ir til i, ,;! ii-ii- n I,,,,, ill.'. :-l;y . ..1 (:o. . rMt,i of d.'f tit k . JAPANESE Ui AMERICA. , The 00,000 Bichelorn Hera to Ba Furnished w.th Wives. The 00,000 Japanese bachelors In the I'nltcd States arc to be tiKirrlcd ortl daily. riulerution Agci:t Hbimauukl of Tokio has made it his business to provide them with wives from their own country and to that end be has established the "Ityokkokal." This weirdly named Institution Is a sort of matrimonial agency for supply ing Japanese brides to Japanese set tlers in America. Of these it la esti mated there are 1(10,0(10, of whom 00 !cr cent are wifeless. The procedure In ns follow: When n Japanese abroad wants a wife he sends Ids photograph, duly certified, to the agency in Toklo. This Is submltti-d to nil the candidates for .matrimony nt. the Kyokkokal, and tliose glrla who have been favorably Impressed send their photographs in return, with a recerd of the fitness and general Attainments rtf each. All the girls entered nt the Kyokkokal are in structed how to be useful wives to set tlers In Amcrlva. The main idea of the scheme Is that if all the Japanese In America can lie pcrsunled to settle tin-re and found families, their clflldreu may Isvome American citizens, thus tending to an ultimate removal of the :iiitl-Jnpnnese feeling In the United States.. Obln Going Dry. Ohio Is going nfter the snloona with n vengeance. Already sixteen counties have held elections under the Rose io-rf cnl option, a ixl cvci- one has gone "dry," driving several hundred saloons out of business. It is predicted now that when the elwtlons nro over nine tenths of the counties in Ohio will be so. It Is planned to have election In the majority of the counties ts-fore the presidential election, others waiting till afterward for fenr of the effect th voting may have on the regular elec tion. N Havaa-ea ot the White PUcae. V One of the principal orators at the sessions of the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington this week was Professor Irving Fisher of Yale University. He unid the annual cost of tuberculosis to the United State, is over 15,000,000,000 ; thnt 135,- 000 persons die of that disease each year, and that 5,000,000 persons now liv ing nro destined to die from it unless measures were taken to prevent Tu berculosis wipes out as many lives ns do typhoid fever, scarlet fever, dlph- therlu, appendicitis, meningitis, diabe tes, small pox and cancer all put to gether. He strongly recommends Isola tion hospitals for the incurably af flicted. Great Loss from Forest Vires. It Is feared that the total loss by forest Arcs iu the east this year will amount to $50,000,000. Already the forest Area of Canada have burned up timber valued at $30,000,000. Destruc tive Area are also reported from the west, and, biking Oanudu and the Uni ted Ktatea together, the losa from this cause will probably amount to about $100,000,000. When - It Isconsldercd that the value of all the hog products exported by this country In 1007 was only $130,412,473, that the value of tba corn exported for the same year was only about $45,000,000, and that the vnluo of neither the oats, wheat nor flour exported In 1007 came nnywhera near the hundred million mark, one gets some Idea of w-lait such a great loss means. To bo Bure, It Is divided be tween Canada and this country, iut our share of it is so great that there are comparatively few articles of do mestic menchandlse on the export list which return us as exports the value of that share. NUBBINS OF NEWS. Representatives of the coul miners ot Washington and the coal operators met recently and signed an agreement for the present wage scale to be In force for the uext two years. President Roosevelt has told Israel Zaugwill, the playwright, who was his guest at luncheon, that the line, "Not be ing American, we hold our troth sacred," iu "The Melting rot," was an unjust slur upon American domestic life and suggest ed that it be changed, which suggestion Zan&w'ill is considering. P. T. Kcker and 8. Kcker were sen I meed at Clarksburg, W. Va., to four years in the penitentiary for making pu rious nickels, which were used to work slot machine. Crand Duchess Klixabwh, widow of lirniid Duke Sergius, who was aiMUNslnat rd at Moscow iu 1!M)5, has retired to a kiiMiinn convent near Moscow. She may decide lo take the veil. At a reception In the Irlc Theater, New York, under the auspices ot the I nited . Irish ltigue, John Redmoud uud Josrph Devlin, the Irish envoys, were u-ivi'u a rousing reception by a lui-e uu Uicnce. A gift of riOO.! to Tufts college un der l lie provisii iis of the llrakcr wi.l, re cently probsted lu New York, was an mviiii'cd to Tufts students at Med ford, Vas. The money is to he used as a foui'ilntioe for a school of finance and ac counts. !. M. Carr, an advocnte of parcels pom :",is'ni'oii, in an address before the National Kural Letter Carriers' Associa iio'i t:t Omaha, Neb., urccd th patwag of ihe Jturuham congressioivJ bill, which. he con tended, wnutd make the rural post nl service self-sustaining. He said one itmt itostage, if It vhould become effect ive, woj!J entail a loss of millions of dot- l.rs. A SORRY SHOWING. . - Practical Workings of Oklahoma Bank Deposit Guarantee Law Explained. Backless Banking aad Speculative Methods Follow Passage at Law. Tlie practical workings, of the Okla homa Isw guaranteeing bank dcjiosUs were described by Mr. J. W. McNeill, me of the most substantial bankers of that state, and president of . the Na tioiuil Rank of Commerce, Oathrle, In i s'lort public address at Denver, Oct. 1, 1'JCS. Mr. McNeal said : "To my mind It is the most vicious and pernicious law ever forced on n body of honorable men. It contains a provision for an unlimited mutual, lia bility for all the defalcations, luck of Judgment, dishonest and Incompetent bankers, without any recognition of the time-tried, strong banker, who may have spent a lifetime in building np his reputation. Under the provisions of this law, the State Banking Itonrd Is required to levy an assessment equal to one pef cent of the average deposits In each bank, and. In the future, to levy as often as may be required, a sum sufficient to maintain this fund, at one per cent of the average deposits of the itate. Wild Cat Basks. "What has been some of the results of the actual operation of this law in Oklahoma? There have been seventy rt ven new Btate bank chnrtera issued since the adoption of this law, forty two of these with a capital stock of only $10,000 each. There bus been a regular beglra for starting new state banks without regard to the necessities of the community or the character of the men starting the banks. "W hove one instance of where a man failed In Kansas, under hfc own name, then started up in business under his wife's name and failed, beat ing his creditors out of $70,000, not paying them a cent. Under the old ter ritorial lnw, he attempted, under the guise of relatives to start a bank, but iu two years his business was so trltllug thnt It forced him out of the business. He now has already started three banks In Oklahoma and boasts that he will start twelve more. Within sixty days from starting one of his banks. I am Informed, and his statement shows, that he bud a deposit account of over $100,000. His cashier is under Judict meut for embezzlement. I hope and trust that he will be able to explain the matter without wrong to him. I only mention these facts to show that It Is Immaterial what character of m ;n are nt the head of banks, they get the business by claiming that the state Is guaranteeing them and it makes no difference whatever as to the character or personality of the officers. A man may bet all his money on the races, may gamble on the Hoard of Trade, may fight Joint whisky, may lead a licentious life, ami go out and solicit deposits, saying 'What do you care what kind of a life I lend, the state is 'lehlnd me?' Banks Without Capital. "Two men recently started a bank of $25,000 capital, lu Oklahoma City, a town of forty or fifty thousand Inhab itants. When asked how they expected to succeed with a bank of $25,000 cap ital In a city of that size, one of them reeled: "What do we care about cun- Ital, tho state is in partnership with us?" The president of the First Na tional Bunk of Perry was also it mer chant and failed in business mid was compelled to go through bankruptcy. Naturally He hud to resign his connec tion with the First National Bank. He new has taken , out a charter and Is president of a state hank In Oklahoma. One man, when prohibition closed his saloon, quit the saloon business and started up a bunk uud bus thirty or rorty thousand on deposit. "There can be but one deduction from this enormous rush for starting new state banks. They are being start ed by lrresiKiuslble, inexperienced men, und, instead of lndii titlng u solid growth for the state of Oklahoma, they indicate uu era of Irresponsible and wild-cat work. "One of the dangerous evils of this Guaranty Law 'Is that It guarantees credit deposits as well us cash depos its. Now, you all know that not more than one-tenth of a bunk's daily depos its are In actual cash. Nine-tenths are redit deposits, are either checks and drafts or prm-ccds of loans. When these credit deisjslts, that are ma do uh the proceeds of a loan, ore guaranteed, he guaranty certainly reaches to the ;uaranteelng of the loan itself, for the reason that the deposit Is merely th" "esult of the loan. Fictitious Uriiusita. "I have heard it discussed, and I thluk it feasible for a dishonest man When Mr. Tuft defends his owu rec ord as a Jude or bis attitude toward labor or his policy In the Philippine or hlsadinlnistrutive work in the War Department, ho makes strong and vig orous speeches. New York World (Dem.). "The so-called colonial policy of the United States has added to our trade, already, something over one hundred lullllou dollars u year." Mr. Tuft, at Cleveland, O. Don't liirgrl It. Critics west aud east should reinein oer that It Is pre-eminently liiiKtrtant. as President Roosevelt has recently pointed out, that Mr. Taft should have a Republican Congress with him. This. Is a consideration whlctr transcends In Importance the personality of any one man, or his views on any one topic Boston Transcript. Between denouncing x Roosevelt and tandlug for Rooseveli's policies Bryan la having quite a thrilling jelnt de late wltb hi nisei f. ID UIODIE MSI ISO ROCKY You want Mr. Taft and Mr. Sherman elected, and they cannot be elected unless the Republican National Committee has sufficient money to pay the legltlmite exptnscs of the campaign. It costs money to maintain an organization. It require money to pay for printing, post age, salaries of stenographers and clerks st headquarters, traveling ex penses of siwnkcra and numerous other details that go to make the r ampalgn end successfully. Congress, ss you know, has passed a law inking It unlawful for us to solicit money from corporations. We must deiioud upon the contributions of individual voters. If every Re iniblicnn in this Western Division would contribute one dollar to the cfliuimten fund, we will be able to do all the things that the voters want done; we will be able to elect Tart und Sherman. Will you help? If so. please send one dollar to the chairman of your State Flnnnce Committee, whose name appears n the list following, or send it direct lo me and you will receive the official receipt ot the Republican Na tional Committee, ItesKHt fully, FRED W. UPHAM, Assistant Treasurer. Contributions may be sent by check or money order to any of the following named chairmen of the various State 0 nance committees: Colorado. Hon. Whitney Newton, Denver. Idaho, Hon. Frank F. Johnson, Wallace. Illinois. Col. Frederick H. Kinlth, Peoria. Iowa, Hon. Lafayette Young, Des Moines. Kansas, Hon. Frank E. Grimes, Topeka. Michigan, Hon. John N. Bagley, Detroit. Missouri. Hon. O. L. Whltelaw, 400 North Second street, St. Louis. v, Montana, Hon. Thomas A. Marlow, Helena. Nebruska, Hon. John C. Whnrton, Omaha. , New Mexico, Hon. J. W. Reynolds, Santa Fe. North Dakota, Hon. James A. Buchanan, Buchanan. Oregon, Dr. II. W.- Coe, Portland. South Dakota, Hon. O. W. Thompson. Vermillion. Washington, Hon. James D. Huge, Seattle. Or to Fred W. Uphaia, Assistant Treasurer, 234 Michigan avenne, Chicago, Illinois. or set of men to organize a $10,000 bank, then create a lot of flctOlous de posits as the proceeds of a lot of dum my notes, then let the bank close its doors and call on the guaranty fund to pay these deposits. Naturally, the de posits will be credited to men In no way Identified with the note itself. "We hud one bank failure in my town for something like $1,000,000. This would have tuken more thau five per cent assessment on the deposits of the slate banks of Oklahoma Supposing a bank had $100,000 deposits on a capital stock of $ 10,000. Fifty per cent, or one half of Its cnpltul Stock, would be con fiscated to make up the one loss. It Is more dangerous to the honest, small banker than to the Inrge one, because the large one can prepare himself to weather the storm. "Under guise of this law hii attempt is being made to put ail bunks on tin exact equality. The mnu who bus spent it lifetime In building up an honorable reputation is sacrificed for the sake of making some poor, Incompetent, dis honest blinker exactly equal to him. It is a mistake to suppose that sacrificing the assets of tho solvent bank is going to prevent the rascal from failing. There Is more money lu It for him to fall, under this law, than there will be to run." . REMEDY WOULD KILL. Hard, Painstaking Work Necessary . to Reforms Not the Instantane- ' ous Panaceas of Bryan. (Governor Hughes at Sioux City, la., Oct. 6.) If you look conditions squarely In the fact, you see that what labor wants first of all Is work, and that Is depend ent upon the country's prosperity. It is hard to protect the prosperity of the country and cut out abuses; hard to provide schemes that won't hurt busi ness and will cure evils. It is hard to do things right, but we have got to take the time uud iubor to do them right. In answer to a question I put to him the other day Bryan snld that an ounce of remedy was worth a pound of cure. That is a falllcy; an ounce of his rem edy would kill the putlent. What we need is the expression of the sound thought und good Judgment of the peo ple upon which we can depend. I liuve had a time for two years in New York fighting the fight and I know it is hard work. You can't have a flash of genius and change it all iu a twinkling. What you hrtve to have is work hard, con scientious work, Intelligent and thought ful, as well as determined, to make remedies square with the exigencies of our life. When we consider everything, what we want is to perfect the upbuilding of our couutry and promote a steady, for ward movement In the middle of the road, ss Is the aim of the Republican party and our great future Fresideut, Taft. The Republican party Is not only rich In men, but rich lu practical and btuicflclentprluclples It Is rich, too. iu Its record, in promises performed and pledges fulfilled, and so we are for party and pnrty principles first, and will acquiesce in the choice of the ma jority, rallying around the standard beurer'who will carry us uguin to vic tory. Hon. James S. Sherman. - What I am anxious to emphasize is Unit there Is a wide economic und bus lucss field In which the Interests of the wealthiest capitalist ami the humblest laborer re exactly the same. Hon. Win. H. Taft, at Cisijier Union, New York City. Political Snapshots. "The present business system of the country rests on the protective tnriif and uny attempt to change It to a free trade basis will certainly lead to dis aster." Mr. Taft. at Columbus. O. Itrvun Is developing into a real hu morist, lie lias advanced so far along the line that lie cuu now announce him self ns "the advance agent of prosper ity" without cracking u smile.-- Slons City Journal. About the only one of his orlmnl dicta that lirynn stiil sth'kx to Is that "the President Is a hired man." Bo tm Transcript. When Taft's vohv fails, his record and the party principles remain. If Bryan's voice should fall there wouldn't lie any remains. -St. Louis '! lube-Df.no-crat. Mr. Bryan has Invii his own mlvan.-c agent so long that the public will bard ly be disponed to reeoguixe him ill Ills new role (borrowed at thai) us ud vane agent of prosHrlty.-,ew York , Tribune. MOUXTAIS SMES' REPUBUCMS. LETS CAT OUT OF BAG. German Manufacturers to Flood America With Goods if Bryan Should bo Elected. The following cablegram to the New York Sun under date of Oct. 3 shows what German manufacturers expect to do should Bryan be elected : "Berlin, Oct. 3. The gladiatorial fight between President Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan has suddenly aroused Ger man Interest In the American Presi dential campaign and columns are now devoted to extracts from the mammoth campaign documents of the combatants. German hopes of Democratic victory have been revived and many merchants and manufacturers have suddenly grown optimistic about a rerfnion of the tariff uhich will enable them to flood America with their goods." The German manufacturers evidently are shrewd observers. If Mr. Bryan should be elected and his "downward revision" doctrine with ultimate free trade be carried into effect we would soon be flooded with Gorman-made goods of every descrlptlon.jind our fac tories "could go out of 'business. Protective ' TarlaT Theory. On the other hand, should Mr. Taft lie elected our friends the German man ufacturers would not be able to break through the wall of protection which would be maintained for the benefit of American labor. The protective-tariff theory as de fined In tho Republican platform, and as adhered to by Mr. Taft, Is thnt In order to maintain high wages In this country there must be "the Imposition of such duties as will equal the differ ence fcetweon the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a rea sonable profit to American industries." Mr. Taft points out thnt the cost of pro duction is determined chiefly by these three elements : "The cost of material. the cost of labor and the interest on capital, or what Is known as the manu facturer's profit." "The normal operation of protection, where competition has free scope," Mr. Taft asserts, "Is to lower the cost of producing and so to reduce prices to the public. As a consequence, after ten years' operation of a particular sched ule, it ought to result that the cost of production in this country Is mode less, and therefore that the difference be tween the cost of production In this country and abroad Is less, and there fore that the duty ought to be reduced." Datle of Next Administration. The function of the next administra tion is not to be spectacular in the en actment of great atatutes laying down new codes of morals or asserting a new standard of business integrity, but its work lies in the details of furnishing men and machinery to aid the band of the executive in making the supervision of the transactions (of corporations) so close, so careful, bo constant, that the business men engaged In It may know promptly when they are transgressing the line of lawful business limitations, and may be brought np standing when ever thls-occurs, and may be prosecuted when the violations of law are flagrant and defiant, and promptly restrained uud penalized. Judge Taft, at St Charles, Mo. It Is greatly in the Interest of the worklngumn. therefore, that corporate capital should be fairly treated. Any Injustice done to It acts directly upon the wage eurners, who must look to cor iKirute wealth for their employment. Hon. Wni. II. Taft, at Cooper Union, New York City. The tariff affects trusts only ns It affects all other Intercuts. It makes all these Interests, large or small, profit able; and its benefits can he tuken from the large only under penalty of taking them from the small also. President Roosevelt, at Minneapolis, Minn., April 7. 1!m3. Tuft's dctds ugulimt Bryan's word. That contrast. Invited by Mr. Roose velt, cannot fail to make votes for Mr. Taft. "It Ii::h been snld that Mr. Taft i tot a fricul of labor. That Is a cruel and unjust accusation. No man- In pili lie life, has shown himself to be more friendly to labor. At the same time he has not tried to get your votes by offering remedies calculated mere ly to please the fancy." Governor Hughes. Haskell Is not limiting the amount which may ke subserilicd by any one person for the piirjswe of furnishing him with a vindication fund- Chicago Tribune. WHAT HIGH PRICES UEHI TO THE FARMER In 1803 Two Hundred Bushels of Kansas Corn Bought 1,000 Feet of Lumber. Row Ont Hundred Bushels Buys . 2,000 FeetA Concrete Illustra tion Showing Why Land Values ' Have Increased. Ont lu Kansas a great deal is being snld Just now about the lumls-r trust, the high prices of lumber und the ter rible expenses attached to the btilldiiig of bouses, cribs and 'other buildings says the Jewell Comity Republican. The principal buildings lielng erected this fall on the farms are corn cribs in which to store away tho Immense crop which wus raised throughout Cen tral Kansas, slid Is now matured and will be ready for the crib in n very short time. 1 11 a political ill- isslos here the other day the old siory of the high prh-es cunie up And It was ss serte4 thut a large amount of corn would necessarily be placed on the ground this yuir liecauso of the high price of lumlior. One farmer who bus no particular love for tho trusts, but Is inclined to look on the bright side of everything and who Is well satis lied with present conditions, declared that In 181)5. when lumber was very cheap, and likewbt corn, it took 20i bushels of corn to buy 1,000 feet of mutilng lumber. Now, when lumber Is ot the highest point it ever reached In the history of Jewell County, 100 bushels of corn will purchase 2.0(H) feet of cribbing nmlier. According to J. W. Berry, of this county, who is a good authority on the prices of farm prod ucts and lunilier. and makes this asser tion, using corn as 11 purchasing power, lumber is only one-fourth ns high as it was thirteen years ngo. Now on V.any Street. Although this county Is in the wheat belt of Kansas, many of the farmers have raised corn, ljoth crops were just like they had been mndo to order, aud the prices will place tho tillers of the soil on Easy street for some years to come. In Jewell County there Is a farm which has been on the market for sale for the piiBf year, and was held at $'JO an acre. The farm consists of l: ncres. ""Fifty acres are planted to corn. The other 'dny the entire crop wus sold for $10 an acre, tho purchaser to gath er the corn, leaving the fodder on the ground. A part of the field will he light and will not average more than twenty bushels t the ncre, while the remainder of the field will give up from forty-five to sixty bushels. Fifty ueivs of Ihe land was plapted to wheat and the value of the crop wus equally as great ns the crop of coin, while the five-acre patch of alfalfa produced even more money In proportion thnu either of the other two crops. Valaea IncrenncMl Five Tlitieo. There are no Improvements whatever on tho furm, but the price has been raised 100 per cent and the owner is not very anxious to sell at thnt. How ever, he says if he had the slightest Idea thnt Bryan would be elected on the third of November he would sell his land at $30 an ncre, and In two years he could buy It back and make more money than tiy farming it. In this county there Is another fur in which was sold In 1S94: There are SO acres in the farm, and the purchase price was $."00, or 5,000 bushels of corn at the prevailing price at that time. In the meantime, the 80 has been considerably Improved. A part of the lnnd bus been put to tame grass, a tine orchard Is now one of the assets, good buildings have been erected and the land has grown more valuable he cause of the development of the, coun try. This month the lnnd was sold again, the purchase price being $2,fi00, or the price of 5,000 bushels of corn at the present price. Raaaons That Ar Still Good. "I am sending Taft to the Philip, pines," said President McKlnley, "be cnuse be Is the broadest and the most unselfishly brave man I know, and be cause he will carry the spirit of the con stitution of the United States In his very blood." These seem to be excellent reasons also for sending Taft t-j tho White House. The American people will undoubtedly show on November 3 that they have come to that conclusion. Canton, O., Repository. The effect of the organization of la bor, on the whole, has been highly beneficent principles It Is rich, too, employment for the whole laNniiig community. I have not the slightest doubt, and 110 one who knows anything about the subject cau douiit, that the existence of labor unions steadies wages. Hon." Win. II. Tuft, at Cooper Union, New York City. "In his own personal experience Mr. Bryan furnished proof that the people do rule. His candidacy now is a pro test against the popular verdict twice officially recorded, lie is arraying his soaring ambition against tho repealed divisions of the millions of electors." Hon. James S. Sherman, Republican Vice Presidential cundldute. A gift for appointing tho wrote uiaa would not be a desirublo quality in a president. "The administration of exact justice by courts without fear or favor, un moved by the Influence of the wealthy or the threats of the demagogue, is the highest ideal thut a government of the people cun strive for, and uny means by which a suitor, however unpopular or ssir, Is deprived of enjoying this, are , to lie condemned."- Mr. Taft. at Mum bus, O. ! The enfranchised colored dtlen wIMi not vote against the party that gave, him the ballot, aud for tht party that" has roeKd blin of It la lb ieuth, ' J" 4 I i 1 r V t t