The
Plattsmouth - Journal
Mlistiei Seml-Weeklj it Plattsmouth, KelimV.CZZ)
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
If you'd avoid the Christmas Jam
That makes your head so whlrly,
Be sure to get right into line
And do your shopping early.
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When you are measuring your own
Importance cut out the watered
6tock.
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Only three week till Christmas
The wise merchant will tell the poo.
pie what he has in store for Christ
mas presents.
After a man has demonstrated
that there Is money in a certain en
terprise his neighbors begin to won
der why they didn't engage In the
same business.
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The Taft administration shows It
iielf decidedly In favor of the Insur
gent movement in Nicaragua, regard
less of how it may feel about the In
surgents at home.
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Speaker Cannon says this is a gov
eminent by the people. But it isn't
quite clear why "the Old Czar"
should refer to himself and "Boss"
Aldrich as "the people!"
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When Governor Shallenberger calls
a special session of the legislature
It will more than likely be for some
other purpose than passing the inia
tative and referendum bill.
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Walter Wellman greeted Comman
der Peary as the "only discoverer of
the pole." There are some who
think there are other dlscovers.but
no one includes Walter In the list
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Collier's names Secretary Knox,
Secretary Balllnger, Vice President
Sherman and Senator Aldrich as "the
four pall bearers of the Roosevelt
policies." With Speaker Cannon, of
.course, as the funeral director.
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Th merchant who thinks he Is
going to get what he thinks Is hia
Bhare of the Christmas trade with
'out telling people what he has, Is go
ing to get badly fooled this year. The
wdvertlacr Is the man that will get
the people's patronage. The wise mer
chant will catch on.
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We desire once more to Inform
our patrons that we have a regular
hour of going to press, and that hour
Is at half-past three o'clock, unless
some accident to our machinery pre
vents. All notices Intended to be
published la the Journal must be In
the office not later than 3 p. m., to
Insure publication on that date. If
you have anything, for publication
don't wait until the hour of going
to press to send it in. Our carrier
boys have to deliver their papers be
fore dark. A word to the wise ought
be sufficient.
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The Holdrege (Neb.) Citizen ad
monlshes Nebraska merchants to
meet the mall-order houses with the
formidable weapon they ubo adver
Using. This is the one agency that
will down them and keep them down
It has made for Sears, Roebuck &
Company a little fortune of $25,000,
000 In less than two decades, large
ly taken from the country merchant
because be thought he was so well
known and so well established that
trade would come of its own volition
No, sir, Mr. Merchant, you can't soil
goods to all the people all the time
unless you get the habit of adver
tising and keep It up all the time.
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We are In receipt of an Indexed
copy of the upwardly revised Aid
rich-Payne tariff law and It makes
the chills run up our back as we
read the outrageous burden placed
on clothing, which prevents poor
people from buying what they nood
In face of winter. Were It not that
the Innocent must suffer In conse
quence of this unjust and extortia
ate mcausre our sympathy would not
go out on account of It. Tdobo who
voted for men who aro responsible
for this law are not entitled to sym
pathy. It Is the culmination of what
they voted for, but the Innocent must
share In the disaster. The Aldrich-
Payne tariff, law was enacted solely
for th trusts and combines who have
long fatted at the crib of govern
mental prok-'tlon and without one
solitary thought of the consumers.
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red to, has landed in New York and
irocieda to biate that he referred to
tie wife of the English prime min
ister and her daughter, Mis3 Violut
Asqulth. The confession is not
creditable to Watson, no matter
what motives Inspired his work. In
America it is not considered either
gentlemanly or courageous for a man
to insult a woman and Watson's
poem amounts to that. If it is the
fashion In England, he should have
stayed there.
Responsibility for the terrible
mine disaster at Cherry, III., where
300 men lost their lives ha been
definitely fixed upon a boy under the
legal age, who pushed a load of hay
up against an unprotected flaming
torch. The hay caught fire and the
foreman In charge at that point did
The wickedness of the sugar trust not notlfy the mlne bo88 untU the
Is indeed appahng. But in waxing woodwork of the mine was ablaze
indignant at this meBS of conspiracy, An sample Bhould promptly be made
hrlherv and theft, that has heen nn- of the mlne officials who permitted
covered, we should remember that the h,rlng of ch,ld labor and who al
the suagr trust is but one of many Iowcd the burning torch, in the mine
trusts. And while, as Henry O. The Pena'ty for this awful disaster
Havemeyer once testified, "the cus- cannot bo made too severe and
tnmn tariff la th mr.hpr nf nii criminal proceedings of the most
I ..I A . . V. II 1. A 1
trusts," still the sugar trust Is the V1fcuruus n"1" "ou'a "e maun.
Image In which the others have been
created. It furnished the mode
And if the others trusts have follow
ed the pattern of the sugar trust In
all details, If they have entrenched
themselves In power by corruption
and fraud, then there is a much
greater task ahead of us than the
only too difficult, one of bringing
the sugar trust melefactors to Jus
tice. La Toilette's Magazine.
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The sugar trust has Bhown utter
disregard for both law and morality.
It has persistently vlolatod the Sher-
man anti-trust law. It has accepted defeat for Asqu,th and hU llberal fo1"
King Edward has formally poro
gued parliment, and England is now
in the throes of a great political
fight. The outcome seems much in
aoubt. individual opinions vary
greatly on the prospect but the
greater number seem Inclined to be
lieve the country will return the lib
erals once more but by a greatly
reduced majority.. The real Issue is
the budget which the wealth of the
kingdom Is fighting and, as England
Is largely controlled by Its wealthy
citizens, the result may be easily a
MESSAGE
READ TO
GQHESS
No Tariff Revision
For fhe Proscnf.
NICARAGUA!! TROUBLE.
Irresponsible Nations Not Pro
tected by Monroe Doctrine.
A DEFICIT OF $73,075,600.
legislation Urged Against .In-
junctions Without Notic:
rebates in violation of the lnter-state
commerce act. It has used money In
politics freely, and, it would appear,
profitably. It has conspired to ruin
Independent sugar refiners. It has
lowing. In any event, the fight pro
mlses to be spectacular beyond any
previous campaign and one intensly
interesting to the outside world.
Secretary Knox, It Is announced,
stolen vast sums of money from the ,ntend8 to make an effectual cnange
United States government by using
In the administration of Nicaragua,
short weight scales and bribing cus- , p,an (J to depo8e PresIdent Zel.
toras house employees. It has com
mitted these atrocious acts to
aya of that unhappy country and aid
Gen. Estrada, who is heading the
strengthen and complete the mono- revolutlonary force8. The BeCretary
ply made possible by the enormous regard8 Zo,aya ag thj author of the
graft handed to it by congress in woeg a,one of Nloaraguai . but
the form of exhorbitant and unjustl- of tne other Centra, Amerlcan Btate8
fiable and dishonest tariff duties. No oa ,, w . . v,
I MO TV V-1 4 U II IA V t UJVOVO tU CUU UiO
rArlm nH rtnr .nn.rltv tn llf
Washington, Deo. 7. In bis annual
message, rt-ud to congress, president
Taft said:
To the Senate and the House of Representatives:
The relations of the United States
with ull foreign governments have con
tinued upon the uoi'iual busts of (unity
and good understanding and are very
generally satisfactory.
, Europe.
preuensiou which jrave r'.ae to the
Monr.ie ilocti'I.ie ui.i.. be said to have
nearly disappeared, and neither the
dot-trine m it eUts uur any other doc
trine f American policy should be
permitted to oH-rute for the perpetua
tion of irresponsible government, the
esvupe of Just obligations or the lnsKll
oils allegation of dominating ambition
on the part of the L'ultcU States.
My meeting with l'resideiit Diaz and i
the greeting exchanged uu both Amer
ican and Mexican soli served. 1 hope,
to signalize the cIom and cordial rela
tioiia which so well bind together this
republic und the great republic lmme
tllutely to the south, betweeu which
there is so vast a uetworU of material
Interests.
I am happy to say that nil but oue
of the cases which for so long Texcd
our relations with Venezuela have
been settled wlthlu the past few
mouths and that, under the enllgul
ened regime now directing the govern
tuent of Venezuela, provision has been
made for arbitration of the remniniug
case before The Hague tribunal.
On July 30. 10O"J, the government of
Punamu agreed, after considerable ne
gotiation, to Indemnify the relatives of
the American officers and sailors who
were brutally treated, oue of them
having. Indeed, been killed by the
Panaman police tills year.
This government was obliged to in
tervene diplomatically to bring about
arbitration or settlement of the claim
o. ;:u Emery company against Niea
:r.. which it had long before been
rud -'iould be arbitrated A settle
!:ic;:: or tint trouniesome case was
ivachrd lv the signature of n protocol
on Sept. IS. litOl).
Many years ago diplomatic interven
tion became uecessary to the protec
tion of the luterests In the American
claim of Alson & Co. against the
government of Chile. The govern
ment of Chile bad frequently admitted
obligation In the case and bad prom
ised this government to settle it. There
had beeu two abortive attempts to do
so through arbitral commissions, which
failed through lack of Jurisdiction
Now. happily, as the result of the re
cent diplomatic negotiations, the gov
ernments of the United States and of
Chile, actuated by the sincere desire
to free from any strain those cordial
The American rights in the fisheries
on the north Atlantic const under the and frioudly relations upon which both
fisheries article of the treaty of 181S get such store, have agreed by a proto-
have beeu a cuuse of difference be- col to submit the controversy to defln
tween the United States uud Great jtlve settlement by his Brituimlc mujes
Britain for nearly seventy years. The ty Edward VII
interests Involved are of great Impor. TheNicaraguan Trouble.
tance to the American nsuing industry. H. tho Wn),h,llirt(lfl conventions of
and the final settlement of the contro
versy Iby the permanent court of ar
bitratlon at The Hague 1 will remove
a source of constant irritation and com
plaint This 1 the first case Involving
such great International questions
which bus txvn submitted to the per
1907 were communicated to the gov
ernment of the United States ns a con
suiting and advising party this gov
ernment has been almost continuously
called upou by oue or another and in
turn by all of the five Central Amer
lean republics to exert Itself for the
ed into profits seems to have been and property ln tnat reglon
paESod by. La Follette a Magazine
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It is
"Champ Clark's future depends
largely upon the result of the next
congressman election," said a promt
ent western Democrat the other day.
'That the next house will be Demo
cratic, and that Clark will be chosen
as speaker, is as certain as anything
that has not already happened, can pro8pect of a great rallroad Btrlke
Once speaker of the house, lnvolvlng one minion employeB on
be.
Champ Clark will be more ln the
limelight than perhaps any other
Democrat in the country. As speak
er, ho would give the right-of-way to
said Mexico will back up this pro
gram and a comprehensive plan for
policing the western world by these
two powers is under consideration.
European diplomats profess great
amazement at what they call Knox's
"shotgun" diplomacy but none are
disposed to interfere with it.
Chicago reports that there Is every
mnnent court of arbitration st The maIntcDance of tDe conventions. Near
uague. I i p.imntnlnt 1ina been strains!
isegotiations ior au iiaernuu-ma. - . mvprntnpn. of nIpiuiicuq.
conference to consider and reach an wWch bag kept Centra Amerlca ll(
urrauKeujuui rioviuiuK 101 w.c C0Dstant tension or turmoil. The re
vauon ana protection oi me iur ,, to 18 PerePntatlons of
ln the north Pacific are In progress Central Americnn republics as due
with the governments of Great Britain. frnm th. Vnlt - Rtnta nn fl(,rolint of
japan ana uussm. ine uuuuue w u, rc,atlon to ,he Washington conven
me governments inieresieu leaos me Uon8 hftve at a n)Cg conserva
to hope for a satisfactory settlement of Uve nd baye avolded m rar a9 po88,
this question as the ultimate outcome w 8embalK..8 0f interference, al
oi 109 negotiations. thmih it I. vprr nnnnrpnt thnt thi
Th Nr East. I considerations of geographic proximity
The quick transition of the govern-1 to the canal zone and of the very sub
ment of the Ottoman empire from one Btantlal American interests in Central
of retrograde tendencies to a constl I America give to the United States a
all the roads, east and west. The
cause is a demand on the part of the
men for an advance of five and six
cents per hour. This demand is
a lot of measures of the people, which lflde by the Beveral brotherhood8
ln the past have been held back at i . ,,, . . .
land unions and It is now under con-
every turn by Speaker Cannon. The B,deratlon by the raroad offlclalSi
Missouri's administration would IntervIew8 wlth load, ra of.
undoubtedly be ln such contrast to fldaly Rre r1, tQ th(j effect that
that f "ITnnln Tna " haf th Tlflmn. I
demand will be refused on the
cratic party would be very likely I nd that thfl cannQt Rt
to Bolect hlra as lta Btandard bearer ... f. A - . . .
in the next presidential contest. At flc,a,8
any rate, that is Champ Clark's pros- . ... . . .
pective future as myseu ana a urge wouW be a naUona, d,8a8ter flf ,m.
number of Mr. Clark's friends in I
congress aee it."
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FROM T1IK BUSY WORLD.
The corn show at Omaha opened
today and it la said the exhibits are
very good. As was the case last year,
Indiana has again carried away the
prizes, Fred C. Falin of Newton, tak-
paralleled magnitude. It would to
tally paralyze business and cause a
loss of many millions in money be
sides which, no man could predict
the end. For the national good it is
to be hoped a peaceable settlement
can be had.
County Judge's Office.
County court was very quiet to
Ing the Kellogg trophy valued at day' thero be,n no ,eal bness
. . , , . ra a marriage license was is
T ' ' sued by Manage License Clerk Miss
J. R. Overstreet of Franklin, wlnB the Gertrude Beeson to Gordon L. Hen
fl.000 silver trophy for the best neger, aged 25, and Miss Alice Ho-
tcn ears. O. L. Ken win of Frank- back, aged 23, both of Weeping Wa-
I 4... rrt.A i
iin ya w " yuuug peopie are wen
t . . . . . i known and popular in their respect
bushel of corn. This is a Brand re-1. ..... . .
tve netgnDornooa ana nave many
cord for Indiana corn and demon- friends who trust their married life
strates that state is the best corn will be one of unalloyed pleasure.
state ln the union
The peculiar properties of Cham
berlala's Cough Remedy have been
thoroughly tested during epidemics
of inuuenza, and when it was taken
In time we have not heard of a sin
William Watson, whose poem,
"Tho Woman With a Borpent'a Ton
gue," has caised so much specula
tion on both sides of Hit Atlantic sh gi0 case of pneumonia. Sold by all
to the identity of tho woman refer-'dealers.
tutlonal government with a parlia
ment and with progressive modern
policies of reform and public Improve
ment is one of the Important phenome
na of our times. Constitutional gov
ernment seems also to have made
special position in the cone of tbesr
republics and the Caribbean sea.
I need not rehearse here the patient
efforts of this government to promote
peace and welfare among these re
publics, efforts which are fully appr
further advance In Persia. These I dated by the majority of them who
events have turned the eyes of the I are loyal to their true interests. It
world upon the near east. In that I would be no less unnecessary to re
quarter the prestige of tho United hearse here the sad tale of unspesk
states has spread widely through tblaDie barbarities and oppression alleged
peaceful influence of American schools, I to have been committed by the Zelaya
universities and missionaries, lucre e0verninent. Recently two Americans
is every reason why we should obtain were put to death by order of Tresl
a greater share of the commerce of the den zeflya himself. They were otD
near east since the conditions ore cer9 iu the organized forces of a rev
more favorable now than ever before
Latin America.
Oue of the happiest events in recent
pan-American diplomacy was the pa-
olutlon which bad continued niuny
weeks and was in control of about
half of the republic, and as such, tic
cording to tne modern enlightened
cllic, Independent settlement by the practice of civilized nations, they were
governments of Bolivia nnd Peru of a entitled to be fleait witn as prisoners
boundarv difference between them, of war
which for some weeks threatened to
cause war and even to entrain im-
At the date when this message is
printed this government has term.
bltterments affecting other republics uoted diplomatic relations with the
less directly concerned.
Our Citizens Abroad.
This administration, tbrongh the de
partment of state and the foreign serv
ice, Is tending all proper support to
legitimate and beneficial American en-
Zelaya government for reasons made
public In a communication to the for
mer Nlcaraguan charge d'affaires and
is Intending to take such future steps
as may be found most consistent with
Its dignity, its duty to American In
terests and its moral obligations to
terprlse, In foreign countries, the de-1 Qenraj America and to civilisation. It
gm of such support being measured
by the national advantages to be ex
pected. A citizen- himself cannot by
contract or otherwise divest himself
of the right, nor can this government
escape the obligation, of his protcc
tlon ln his personal and property
rights when these are unjustly in
fringed in a foreign country. To avoid
ceaseless vexations it is proper that in
considering whether American enter
prise should be encouraged or support
ed in a particular country the govern
ment should give full weight not only
to tho national as opposed to the indl
vidual benefits to accrue, but also to
the fact whether or not the govern
ment of the country In question Is In
Us administration and in Its diplomacy
faithful to the principles of modera
Hon, equity and Justice upon which
alone depends lnternatlonol credit in
diplomacy as well as ln finance
Thi Monroe Dootrlno.
The pan-American policy of this
goTernment has long been fixed In Tts
principles and remains unchanged.
With tho changed circumstances of the
United States and of the republics to
the south of us, most of which have
great natural resources, stable govern
ment and progressive 'deals, the ap-
may later be necessary for me to bring
this subject to the attention of th
congress In a special message.
In the Far East.
In the far east this government pre
serves unchanged its policy of support
ing the principle of equality of oppor
tunity nud scrupulous respect for the
Integrity of the Chinese empire, to
which policy are pledged the Interest
d powers of both east and west.
By tho treaty of 11)03 Cblua has un
dcrtr.Uen the nbolltlou of likin with
moderate and proportionate raising o
the customs tariff along with currency
reform. These reforms being a msnl
fest advantage to foreign commerce a
well as to the Interests of China, thlK
government Is endeavoring to fnclll
tate these measures and the needful
acquiescence of the treaty power
When it appeared that Chinese llkl
revenues were to be hypothecated t
foreign bankers In connection with
jrreat railway project it won obviou
that the governments whose national
held this loan would have a rertalu
direct Interest In the question of the
carrying out by China of tho reforms
In question. The administration deem
ed American partlclpotlon to be of
great national Interest. Happily, when
it was us a matter of broad policy ur
gent that this opportunity should not
be lost, the indispensable Instrumental
ity presented Itself when a group of
American bankers of iutvruatiunal
reputation ami great resources agreed
at once to share lu the loan uikhi pre
cisely such terms us this government
should approve. The chief of those
terms was that American railway ma
terial should be upou an exact equality
with that of the other nationals Join
ing in the loau lu the placing of or
ders for this whole railroad system,
After months of negotiation the equai
participation of Americans seems a:
last assured.
In one of the Cbluese-Japanese con
ventions of Sept 1 of this year there
was a provision which caused consid
erable public apprehension ln that
upon its face It was believed lu some
quarters to seek to establish a monop
oly of mining privileges along the
South Manchurian and Antung-Muk-den
railroads and thus to exclude
Americans from a wide field of enter
prise, to take part in which they were
by treaty with China entitled. After
a thorough examination of the conven
tions and of the several contextual
documents the secretary of state reach
ed the conclusion that no such mooop.
oly was intended or accomplished.
This government made inquiry of the
imperial Chinese and Japanese gov
ernme'tits nud received from each offi
cial assurance that the provision had
no purpose Inconsistent with the poli
cy of equality of opportunity to which
the signatories, ln common with the
United States, ore pledged.
Our traditional relations with the
apanese empire continue cordial, as
usual. The arrangement of 1008 ror
co-operative coutrol of the coming
of laborers to the United States has
proved to work satisfactorily. The
matter of a "revision of the existing
treaty between the United States nnd
Japan which is terminable In 1912 is
already receiving the study of both
countries.
The Department of State.
1 earnest lv recommend to the favor
able action of the congress the esti
mates submitted by the deportment of
state and at especially the legisla
tion suggested in the secretary of
state's letter of this date whereby It
will be possible to develop and make
permanent ilw reorganization of the
department upon modern lines in a
manner to make It a thoroughly ef
ficient instrument In the furtherance
of our foreign trade and of American
Interests abroad.
Under a provision of the act of Aug.
5. 1909. I have appointed three officials
to assist the officers of the government
In collecting information necessary to
a wise administration of the tariff act
of Aug. 5. 1909. As to questions of
customs administration they are co
operating with the officials of the
treasury department and as to matters
of the needs and the exigencies of our
manufacturers and exporters with the
department of commerce and labor in
Its relation to tbe domestic aspect of
he subject of foreign commerce.
As a consequence of section 2 of tbe
tariff act of Aug. 5. 1900. it becomes tbe
duty of the secretary of state to con
duct as diplomatic business all the
negotiations necessary to place blm In
a position to advise me as to whether,
or not a particular country unduly dis
criminates against tbe United States
in the sense of tbe statute referred to.
Government Expenditures and Rev
enues.
Perhaps the most important ques
tion presented to this administration
Is that of economy lu expenditures and
sufficiency of revenue
Tbe report of tbe secretary shows
that tbe ordinary expenditures for tbe
current fiscal year ending June 30.
1910. will exceed the estimated re
ceipts by $34,075,620. If to this deficit
are added tbe sum to be disbursed for
tbe Panama canal, amounting to $38,
000,000, und (1.000,000 to be paid on
tbe public debt, the deficit of ordinary
receipts and expenditures will be in
creased to a total deficit of $73,073,020.
This deficit tbe secretary proposes to
meet by tbe proceeds of bonds issued
to pay the cost of constructing the
Panama canal. I approve this pro
posal.
The Panama Canal.
The' policy of paying for the con
struction of the Panama canal not
out of current revenue, but by bond
Issue, was adopted In the Spooner act
of 1902, and there seems to be no good
reason for departing from the princi
ple by which a part at least of tbe
burden of the cost of the canal shall
fall upon our posterity, who are to
enjoy it, and there Is all the more rea
son for this view because the actual
cost to date of the canal, which it now
half done and which will be completed
Jan. 1. 1915, shows that tbe cost of
engineering and construction will be
$297,700,000 Instead of $139,705,200, as
originally estimated. In addition to
engineering and construction, tbe oth
er expenses. Including sanitation and
government and the amount paid for
tbe properties, the franchise and tbe
privilege of building the canal, - In
crease the cost by $75,435,000 to a
total of $375,201,000. The increase ln
the cost of engineering and construc
tion Is due to n substantial enlarge
ment of the plan of construction by
widening the canal 100 feet In the Cu
lebra cut and by Increasing the di
mensions of the locks, to the under
cstlmote.of the quantity of the work
to bo done under the original plan and
to an underestimate of the cost of la
bor and materlnls. both of which have
greatly enhanced In price since the
original estimate was made.
Government Economy.
In order to avoid a deficit for the
ensuing fiscal yeor 1 directed the
heads of departments ln the prepara
tion of their estimates to make them
as low as possible consistent with Im
perative governmental necessity. The
result has been, as I am advised by
