The
Plattsmouth - Journal
Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmoutti. Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Posloflice. at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
mutter.
$1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
They are mil lighting in Mexico
this week. They are resting up to
pet a fresh slarl.
:o:
Only live inoffi slates needed to
ratify llif income tax amendment.
Already thirty stairs haw acted
favorably.
:o:
It Is a great triumph to pcr
puade President liaz to let the
jnsurrectos print their .speeches
in the Record.
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As a five days' armistice has
been declared in Mexico, our peo
ple on the line will at least get a
chance to plant the vegetable
garden.
:o :
There will he little complaint
in San Francisco if JackJohnson
goes too fast in his aeroplane,
provided only he koeps headed
away from that city.
:o:
The naval academy people have
apologized for excluding a work
ing girl from a dance, hut, they
Ft ill Heem to think that a girl
must he lazy to he nice.
:o:
Are those people who are In
terested in hall playing and desire
a good hall club here this season
going to let the matter go by de
fault? Wake up, gentlemen, and
do something.
:o :
They have already started a Har
mon boom for president In Wash
ington. Well, (iovernor Harmon
has proved himself a very able
man, and desening of such
recognition.
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The lumber interests needed
Lorimer when they elected him to
(he Hcnale, and they need him
yet. The lumber trust doesn't
like the idea of Canadian reci
procity a little bit.
:o:
We are glad the farm papers
gel the low postage rate. The
hoy who spends his evenings
rending about the price of turnips
will pny more than a poll tax
pome day.
A school text book makes
(rouble in Japan because it dims
the mikado's glory. In our coun
try we would consult the opinion
of the small hoy before the presi
dent's.
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The suffragists will make a
complete canvass of Kansas. If
Ihey would remain at home and
hake some eatable bread Ihey
might get a chance to cook the
political broth.
. :o :
If the peace in Mexico should
disappoint the ammunition
makers, they can still take heart
from the refusal of the I.ns
Angeles girls to dance with the
Japs.
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Dr. Hyde, accused of poisoning
cr murdering Col. Swope in Kan
fas City, has not only been grant
ed n new trial, but is now out on
bail. It is reported that when
Mrp. Swope (Mrs. Hyde's mother
who was enjoying balmy Califor
nia breezes on the coast while
Dr. Hyde was behind the prison
bars, completely collapsed when
she heard of the decision of the
supreme court. Don't that look
funny?
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And when bankers and packers
would rather face Jail than tel
what they know about the bribery
in the Lorimer case, it is very
good evidence to the lay mind that
they know something.
The Iiaughters of the American
Jtvulution are against Urigham
Young's picture on the Utah bat
tleship's service, in spite of Hrig
lam's heroic efforts to reduce the
) in-plus of unmarried women.
i
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Have you "cleaned up" your
hack yards and alleys yet? Better
do it before the city authorities
do it for you. It will cost you
more if the city has to do the
work.
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According to the Army and
Navy Journal, fieneral W. T.
Sherman did not say "War is
hell." Perhaps it was his brother,
John Sherman. John was the
llancier of the family.
The postmaster general says he
thinks penny postage is iu sight.
Well, let it come. The poor peo
ple are able to' stand it. Hut they
would prefer that something be
done to lower the prices on the
necessaries of life. That's where
the shoe pinches,
:o:
Madero may agree to peace if
he is made vice president of
Mexico. The way to convince a
man of the truth of your philo
sophy of government is to let him
into the orchard when the plum
tree is shaken.
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Some people think that the
mere fact that they are labor
union members proves that those
fellows dynamited the ,os Angeles
Times. Others think the mere
laci i Hit t i ney are union men
proves that they dblu'tj
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The Journal has frequently re
marked that one can travel Ne
braska over, or any other state,
pir that matter, and they won't
find a more peaceable and better
regulated city of its size any
where than Plattsmouth. Then
why go to the extremes? It is not
always best to overdo things. Al
ways "leave well enough alone,"
is a tine rule to work by.
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Here is something that requires
explanation: The democratic ma
jority in the house, having
brought in and passed the Cana
dian reciprocity bill, is now ac
cused of' plaiiiK politics" be
cause j has introduced the
"farmers' free list" bill which is
mighty popular with the country,
but which it is predicted the re
publican senate won't pass. Why
hoiild the house lie accused of
plaving polities? Why isn't it the
senate that is to blame? Kansas
City Star (rep.)
:r
Secretary of the Treasury Mc-
Veagh voiced a great truth when
he said in a recent address that
the civil war pension roll of the
United States had been chamred
from a worthy object to a political
asset. The veterans of the wnr
have received fair recognition for
their services, but it must gall
them to see the efforts of profes
sional vote-getters to enlist their
political sympathy with the offer
of monetary dross. Honor Is
higher than cash with the old
soldiers. They have long been
exploited by venal politicians, in
slate and nation.
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It was ever thus. If a member
of congress is elected to represent
l no interests of the west he
should do it, the same as the east
ern congressmen work for the
east. The east has always had
the best of us because when they
elect a member of congress (hat
man understands his duty before
he is even 6worn In. While in the
west we have too nfany congress
men who can be "roped iu" to do
just what those eastern fellows
want them to do. The west should
be more particular in knowing
who they are electing to represent
them. The trouble with the west,
today is that our representatives
have allowed the interests of our
sections to go by default, while , woman has a right to hang a cow
those eastern fellows work for1 bell on the door to tell when her
their interests every minute in, husband gets in. It would be a
the day, and night, too. That's
the matter with the west.
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There has been a wonderful
revolution in the state of New
Jersey. That state has for years
been known as "the mother of
trusts," and its government has
been in their control. The legis
lature was completely in their
control and whether the senator
was a Dryden or a Smith, a demo
crat or a republican, it was al
ways the same. Several attempts
have, been made in recent years by
the people to get the trusts off
their backs, but they never suc
ceeded unill me lasi en-emm,
when the democrats carried the
stale and put a fighting governor
at the head of affairs. In four
months they elected a progres
sive democrat to the United Slates
senate, passed a primary and
election law that knocked the
bosses out, a stringent corrput
practices act, a comprehensive
public utilities bill, a measure
permitting the commisison form
of government, reformed the cold
storage law, made a reapportion
ment securing just representa
tion and forced New Jersey up in
line with Nebraska and Oregon.
If that could be done in New
Jersey what may not be done in
other trust-ridden states?
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Well, bow about it? Are we
going to let the season go by
without a ball club?
:o:
Jack Johnson has bought an
fwu'iiiihiii nml now we will see if i
.. ,. . it ...
III'1 ponce run mhp iihisc h
rockets.
:oj-
Coal operators in West Virginia
still believe it is cheaper to bury
miners alive than to install en
lightened safety appliances.
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The senate will gel around to
vote on reciprocity by the time jit
is too hot in Washington to at
tend the ball games iu comfort.
i :o:
The Illinois house Increased
their pay from $2,000 to $3,500.
They have got to have some way
of living between senatorial elec
tions. :o :
The airship Parseval lauded in
a swamp over in Oennany Friday
and the passengers .must have
been glad for a good, squashy
place to jump into.
If Plattsmouth has any inten
tion of having ft celebration on
the Fourth of July don't you think
it is about time to begin to talk
about it?
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Reciprocity seems likely to
pass, and business men along the
border can deliver goods by train
instead of through the woods on
dark nights.
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I.orimer has been made chair
man of the senate committee on
mines ana mining, possibly mi
recognition of the able under
ground work by which his elec
tion was accomplished.
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The bootleggers and temper
ance people are working hand in
hand to defeat the legalizing of
saloons in Lincoln. Wouldn't that
cork a government mule?
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The republican split in Wash
ington is growing wider and
wider. The progressives in the
senate have been treated very
badly and they are rebelling.
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A man was around the other
day selling atomizers. These
same atomizers were made forty
years ago and the people bit as
readily then as now and after
using them one or two days set
them aside, with the rest of such
things which "easy" people spend
t.heir money for.
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A St. Louis judge decides a
good thing for some men to have
it hung around their neck.
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Doubtless the public ought
to fuel grateful that there is no
danger that Senator Lorimer will
ever be president. He is made in
eligible by the fact that he was
horn in Manchester, England.
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If it took 30 women 18 hours
to count 1,100 ballots cast by the
Daughters of the American
Revolution, how much before July
i will we get the result of presi
dential elections when women
hold the offices?
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Mexican investments looked
golden a few years ago. But under
present circumstances we'd
rather have our money in the old
country savings bank witji its
antique ledgers and obsolete
furniture and single clerk.
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Prof. Aiken of Lick observa
tory says the canals on Mars are
nothing but earthquake fissures.
It would he mighty disappoint
ing to wake up some morning and
find the sweet peas had dropped
down to the center of the planet.
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The best day's work that the
governor ever did was when he
fired Ludden from the stale school
board. If there every was a man
in any position that every thought
he was the "whole cheese," that
man was Ludden.
A Nebraska farmer, says the
Kansas City Star, who has sold
$28,000 worth of hogs in Kansas
City this year, asserts that clean
liness and pure food are more
healthful to the hog than mud and
tilth. This may be true as to
swine, but surely it (Wsn't apply
to hogs!
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We believe Champ Clark is go
ing to prove by his every act the
"right man in the right plaee."
Missourians are all proud of
Champ, and we don't want to see
him do anything to, in the least,
change this sentiment.
The duly of a newspaper is to
do everything in its power to
promote the interests to the town
in which it is published, and make
suggestions as to what would the world's staple foods. And
.benefit the community; then if they are the staples of, the Ne
none of them are adopted the braska farms. That is why, as a
fault will rest with somebody
else.
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Now, don't all speak at once.
J lhit what has become of that man,
Poulson, who was sent out here
by the National Anti-Saloon
league to show the people of Ne
braska how to run their affairs?
We haven't heard of him since he
was fired from the lobby in the
legislature.
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A reporter in Georgia has been
convicted of contempt of court for
refusing to disclose the source of
information given to him in con
fidence, and the highest court of
the state has upheld the decision.
The Macon Telegraph remarks
that priests, lawyers and doctors
are protected by law in preserving
the confidence of their clients,
and it is hard to see why the same
protection should not be extended
to the newspnpers.
It has been decided by the
highest courts that a person's
photograph may not be used in
an advertisement without tint
person s consent, the New York
American says. This kills the
senate's r'n to run a little ail of
Hself, containing a photograph of
Lorimer, with the legend, "Ninety-
.nine per cent cure.
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The republicans in the senate
are becoming very badly "jumbled
up." The east wants everything
their way in the committee or
ganizations, but La Follette and
Cummins don't propose to have it
that way. The people of the west
should be awful well pleased and
proud to know that they have two
men in the United States senate
who have the courage to stand up
and defend their rights. We
should have more just like them,
but we haven't.
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THE CORN BELT LANDS.
The following editorial from
the Orand Island Independent is
worth reading in Omaha and
elsewhere in Nebraska, the same
as in Grand Island:
"Nebraska is not without her
fault. It isn't disloyalty to her
to recognize that fact, first being
sure of it. The fault is this: In
many cases she is not true to her
self. Nebraska personification,
obviously, is employed produc
ers and, in too many instances,
employees her own usufruct for.
the development of Canadian
lands, Wyoming coal mines,
Mexican coffee plantations, south
ern investments, etc., etc. Is it
fari to the broad, gentle expanse
of fertile prairie which, grateful
for the small attention given so
far, has yielded so abuntantly?
And though the nearer prospect
may not be so pleasing, would not
the investment of the profits she
provides in the further develop
ment of her own industries be
just as successful from the finan
cial point of view? Not only,
therefore, should loyalty to the
great benefactress, impel a sec
ond thought before you, her
beneficiary, employ the wealth she
has provided, for the betterment
of other stales, but your own
eventful welfare and indirect in
terest should do so. It's not an
idle sentiment, nor yet flippant
chatter to say, "stand up for Ne
braska" so long as she so stanch
ly stands up for you."
The Independent sets a very
good example of a Nebraska
ii- .
newspaper standing up for Ne -
bra.xka rat hen than for Oregon or
Idaho or Utah or Texas or some
other state. Money earned in Ne
braska a i id lured outside Tor In
vestment, whether in land or
otherwise, is building up some
other state at Nebraska's expense.
There is no better place for
Nebraskans to invest their money
than right here at home. Every
dollar that grows in that way
helps every other Nebraska dollar
to prow. Nowhere on earth is
there land with a surer future
than our own. The day is not so
far distant when, in the language
of the Ies Moines Register and
Leader, every acre of corn belt
land will be worth its $500. Corn
and wheat and oats and beef and
pork are, and will continue to be,
sure and permanent investment,
Nebraska land is immonsnrnhlv
ahead of land that raises nuts or
peaches or beans or oranges or
potatoes or apples as it principal
crop. World-Herald.
Mr. K. A. Harvey returned from
Lincoln this afternoon, where he
has visited friends for a few davs.
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DECISION IN
CEMENT CASE
General Advance in Rales Will
Not Be Permitted.
WIDE TERRITORY IS AFFECTED
Interstate Commerce Commission De
cides Contention of Railroads That
They Need More Revenue Is With
out Merit Some Increases Approved.
Washington, April 28. Refusal of
the tnttrhtale commerce commission
to permit the principal railways of
(be west to advance their rates ou th
transportation of cement, for the rea
son trat the carriers are alleged to
need additional revenue, is the feature
of a decision handed down in the im
portant Portland cement case.
' General advances of from Vi to 5
cents a hundred pounds in rates on
cement were prepared by the carriers
iu trans-Missouri territory, to become
effective Sept. 1, 1910, and affected a
territory which produces approximate
ly two thirds of the Portland cement
In the United States.
Cement is a commodity of compara
tively low grade in transportation, but
In commercial bulk is exceeded only
by coal, Iron ore and grain. The ad
vances proposed were attacked by pro
ducers and shippers and, pending an
investigation, the commission sus
pended them first until Nov. 1, 1910,
and subsequently until July 1, 1911.
The points of destination to which
the proposed rates apply cover a wide
range of territory, extending from Illi
nois and Tennessee on the east to the
Rocky mountains territory on the west
and Involves rates throughout the
country.
TAFT SPEAKS FOR TREATY
Reciprocity With Canada Must Be
Adopted Now o" Never.
New York,' April 28. Reciprocity
with Canada must be adopted now or
never, and must stand or' fall by its
own terms.
Amid tremendous applause and the
waving of handkerchiefs, so said Pres
ident Talt in an address in the Wal
dorf-Astoria hotel at the fourth annual
joint banquet of the Associated Press
and the American Newspaper Pub
lishers' association.
His address was the first of a series
In which he plans to evoke public
I rciiuuicin in ou wins i v ui iiio uuiiv,ido,
Ian. ha annunIil(l' tllo n n,
I enn I" m ant In aim iwtfr e9 I a nnlfidia
editor? and newspaper owners gath
ered from the length and the breadth
of the land, to impress In the-public .1
mind that reciprocity should stand
alone and "ought not to be affected in
any regard by other amendments to
; the tariff law."
All talk of annexation he character
ized as "bosh" and ?aid that the Unit
ed States has all It can attend to wltji
the territory It Is now governing. He '
praised the house 6t representatives
for Its passage o' the agreement; de
clared that It would not Injure the
farmer nor any speclnl class: answered
In detail the objections that have been
raised to reciprocity, and begged for
at least "a kind of test" to dispel the
ghosts "exhibited to frighten the ag
ricultural classes."
Boy With 30 Soldiers Fights 100 Rebels
Mexico City, April 28. Refusing to
surrender or leave the train on which
he and his command of thirty soldiers
were being brought to the capital, a
second lieutenant, little more than a
boy, engaged In a battle with a force
of 4(i0 rebels at. Cajones, Guerrero. At
the conclusion of the brief encounter
the lieutenant and twenty eight of the
soldiers were dead and the remaining
two of his men were prisoners. One
of the arms of the lieutenant was shot
away.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Closing Quotations on tha O'cago
Board of Trada.
Chicago, April 27. Closing prices:
Wheat May, 9l)Vic; July, 86"i87c.
Corn May. 51,47510; July, 520
52'c; Sept., 52c.
Outs May, 31V:.; July, 31 Vic
Pork May, $15.50; July, $14.97Vi.
Lard May. $8.05; July, $8.15.
Ribs May, $8.17Vi; July. $8.12V.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat, 90.if93'jC; No. 2 corn, 63fl
53Vic; No. 2 oats. 31H031V.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, April 27. Cattle Receipts.
4,000; steady; beeves, $5.006.45;
western steers. $4.80 5.75; Blockers
and feeders, $4.005.ti0; cows and
heifers. $2.40 5.K5; calves, $4.25
6.00. Mors Receipts, 23,000;; strong;
light, $3.f5((i6.25; mixed, $3.9006.20;
heavy; $3.75Tfi.l5; rough, $5.735.90;
pigs. $r..85C(fP.20; bulk, $G.056.15.
Sheep Receipts, 14.000; weak; na
tives. $3.OO(fr4.fi0; westerns, $3.25
4.60; yearlings, $4.23fi.l5; lambs,
$4.25(jj6.15.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, April 27. Cattle
Rcelpts, 2,000; steady; beef steers,
$5.2595.75; cows and heifers, $4 60r
5.r0; stockers and feeders, $5.00((i"
6.40; bulls, $4.0004.90; calves, $3 000
6.60. Hogs Receipts, 13.300; active;
bulk of sales, $3. 805 5.83; heavy,
$3.67K4?5.75; light. $3.91)06.00. Sheep
Receipts, 8,500; 10c lower; wethers.
$3.50(ff 4.50; ewes, $3.1004.25; lambs,
$4.1505.90.
