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HORTON COUNTY, North Dakota, has rich black
loam soil oa clay foundation, producing heavy
crops whore corn prows. Good water in "wells 10
to 80 feet. Where Coal Is Pree. Fccdlne about
six weeks in year. Creameries sell butter at El
cin prices. Farm land $7 to $12 per acre. Graz
ing lands U to $7. 1C0 acres Free Homestead ad
joining. 0.000 people now in county. Healthiest
OllmatC. Write ior nil iu tumeia w
P" - ,- quMIIIMHIIM w I
Mandart Box nN. Dak., or u L. LaSafle St.
Chicago, III.
$3000. STOCK BOOK FREE
It Contains 183 large En&rwlnBi of Hmmi. Cattle,
Goita.Sheop.Uw.roultry.tc. Itcoet us 13000 tohava
our artists make those life-engravings. ItsWasHls
torr and Description of tho Different Brecde ox
Stock and Poultry. It contain a finely Illustrated
Wuf Z. Wftoo Ca.h It Hot Described.
BOOK MAILED VREE, Pottage Prepaid.
lst-Hamo This Paper. 2d-Uow Much Stcek Hate Tout
ffffic INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD CO.
Capital, 1 .000.000. KIBNKAPOM8, "
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Ja tho flnoat rlir you over enw in your llfo eold
factory on 30 DAYS FREE Tflf AL and
lot you bo iho judge. Drop us -a postal for
PKKB catalocuo .of complete lino Of Split
Hickory vohlcleo and barn cm.
rtHIO CABHXAGJiJIJJ?G. CO.
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Gr2(i System) and Business Law.
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OP LAW, Reaper Block, Chicago
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tho peclal price of 25 cent. No troubloio sell theie picture, as
they are handsome art productlon,dono1n 10 to 17 colors, origin
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JOHN ttU0DKj81 Ltuaber Exchange, Minneapolis. -MIbm.
Free Rupture Cure
ir ruptured writo toBDr.W B. I"co,1183 llolurlt.,
Adams N Y and he will send free a trial of his won,
dorful method. Whether skeptical or not get this free
method and try the remarkable lnvontlon that cures
rithout pain, danger, operation or detention from
work. Writo to-day. Don't wait.
C. W. fct U rt W Ii Y
Nurseryman, Yankton S.p.
A large assortment of strictly home-grown
stock. Wholesale and retail.
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Want. MOItE Salesmen r .Weekly
Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo,; Uuntsvllic, Ala.
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Be it enacted bx the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
sembled, That on and after the pass
age of this act the president of tho
United States be, and is hereby, au
thorized and directed to appoint, by
and with tho advice and consent of
the senate, five persons, electors of the
United States, and not more than
three of whom shall bo members of
one political party, who shall together
constitute and be a commission to be
known as the foreign and internal
commerce commission, who shall hold
office for the term of five years, and
shall receive for their services tho
sum of seven thousand five hundred
dollars per annum, with allowances
for travel pay and expenses when out
side of the District of Columbia upon
their duties, and shall make their re
ports to the president through the
treasury department, to which depart
ment all the expenses of this com
mission as hereinafter provided shall
be chargeable.
Sec. 2. That it shall bo the duty of
this commission, and it is hereby fully
empowered, first, to investigate the
conditions pertaining and relating in
any manner whatsoever to the for
eign commerce of the United States
and also to fully investigate tho con
ditions pertaining or relating to tho
commerce and trade between the sev
eral states and territories of the United
States, both as to exportation and im
portation, or non-exportation and non
importation of all commodities and ar
ticles of commerce and trade, and
methods and means of transportation
nf hft Rfime. and to investigate fully
tho effect upon the market and prices
Of commodities of trade, and of stocks
fand bonds and all other oviderfce of
Indebtedness, caused by the forma
tion or operation 01 corporauouu, ui
of combinations of corporations, or as
sociations of individuals, or the con
solidation of two or more corporations
or associations of Individuals engaged
in foreign or interstate commerce for
the purpose of controlling tho supply
of, or restraining the trade in, any
article or commodity of merchandise,
manufacture, or trade, or any attempt
to regulate the price of any com
modity, article of merchandise or
manufacture by controlling arbitrar
ily its production in tho United
States; and It is made tne duty 01 ims
commission to make a full and com
plete report of the result of their in
vestigations to the congress of tho
United States ror tneir miormauon.
Sec. 3. That any corporation or
combination of corporations or asso
ciations of individuals who shall pro
nnsn to eneace in or who shall be upon
the passage of this act engaged in any
form or description of foreign or in
terstate commerce or trade, or in the
transportation of any article of com
merce of trade between the several
states of the United States, or in for
eign commerce, shall, upon tho pass
age of this act, within a reasonablp
time, to be determined by the foreign
and internal commerce commission,
file with the said commission a com
plete statement of its condition, set
ting out in detail . its resources and
liabilities, amount of stgck issued, and
its Indebtedness of any kind what
Avor. inftludinc bonds, notes, or ac
counts, or other evidences of indebt
edness, showing the actual worth of
the stock or other evidences of in
debtedness of such corporations or as
sociations of individuals: And pro
vided further, that such statement
shall show the actual amount of capi
tal and property represented and used
in such business: And provided fur
ther, that in no case shall authority to
engage in interstate or foreign com
merce or trade be granted to any cor
poration or association of Individuals
or combination of corporations, or to
any corporation engaged as a common
carrier of articles of commerce or
trade between the several states and
territories of the United States, which
shall issue stocks or bonds or other
evidences of liabilities except against
actual money invested in like amount
or against actual existing property,
or property rights, which shall bo
credited in statements as provided for
in this section, to bo credited in said
statement at a fair cash valuation,
which valuation shall be determined
upon duo Investigation by tho foreign
and Internal commerce commission
Sec. 4. That any corporation or as
sociation of individuals which may
have been formed before the passage
of this act or which shall be formec
subsequent to its passage under the
laws of any state or territory of the
United States for tho manufacture,
production, sale, or disposal In any
manner whatever, or for tho purpose
of acting as a common carrier of any
article of commerce or trade, whore
by said article of commerce or trade
shall or is to bo shipped or trans
ported from one state or territory of
the United States to another state or
territory, or where tho place of manu
facture or production shall be in a
different state or territory from that
in which tho association or corpora
tion shall have been incorporated or
formed, and whenever any corpora
tion or association of Individuals as
above described shall have filed with
tho foreign and Internal commerce
commission a complete and detailed
statement of Its resources and liabili
ties, and shall have , complied in ev
ery particular with eVcr'y provision of
section three of this act, and which
shall not have Issued stocks or bonds
or other evidences of indebtedness
against other than existing values of
actual money invested or property or
property rights in existence at a fair
valuation, the said corporation or as
sociation of individuals shall bo
granted by the foreign and Internal
commerce commission a- federal li
cense empowering them to engage In
foreign or interstate commerce In any
article or commodity of trade, or as
a common carrier of such article or
commodity of trade, between the sev
eral states and territories of the
United States, or between tho United
States and foreign nations; other
wise not: And provided further, that
no authority to engage In interstate
or foreign commerce shall be granted
to any corporation or association of
Individuals or combinations o cor
porations or to any corporation en
gaged as a common carrier of articles
o t commerce or trade between the
several states and territories of the
United States which monopolizes or
attempts to monopolize or control the
manufacture, production, sale, or
transportation In any manner what
ever of articles or commodities of
trade which are tho subject or sub
jects of production, manufacture, sale,
or, transportation by any corporation,
combination of corporations, or asso
ciations of ..individuals, empowered
under this act to transact foreign or
interstate commerce, or of commerce
between the states and territories.
Sec. 5. That the president of the
"United States is hereby authorized and
directed, upon the recommendations
of the aforesaid commission, to sus
pend, either partially or wholly, for
such time as he may direct, the col;
lection of imnort duties imnoserl hv
-the United States government upon
importations irom otner countries or
any or all of the particular articles or
commodities .of trade which shall be
come the subject or subjects of pro
duction, manufacture, or sale by any
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