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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
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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
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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, '
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