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The Commoner.
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from trust stocks, but do not tear
down the reservoirs, or a deluge will
turn the business world into a great
Johnstown.
Keuben Taft, Worcester, Mass. I
congratulate you on tho way you
bandied the subject of. free raw ma
terial. You left Senator Bailey
standing on very shaky ground. I
don't think he can get off. I have
changed my mind in the last few
weeks about a southern democrat
for 1912. It looks to me now that
the democratic convention in 1912
will be controlled by the same ele
ment that controlled tho Denver con
vention. I enclose a clipping from
the editorial page of the Boston
Evening Transcript, July 7, 1909. At
you know, that is the most "tony"
republican paper in Boston. By
what I know of Jefferson's princi
ples I think he would, if living, favor
the income tax plank of the Denver
platform. I would like to read in
The Commoner what you think about
it.
Warren Steere, New Mllford, Pa.
I . was sorry at the result of the
election of November, 1908. As I
saw the people did not understand
the nature of the tariff. How many
voters that went to the polls knew
that a tariff on lumber meant higher
rent, more cost to build the housed
higher fuel and doubtless many cold
rooms, many a shiver. A tariff on
wool how many of the voters can
"afford from their scanty wages a $20
to $25 suit of clothes? Thus a
cheaper co.tton suit was, the result,
or none at all more shivers.
: D. G. Lamb, HoldenvIIle, Okla.
I hand you in today's mail a pamph
let which I received from the Nas
tlonal Association of Clothiers, re--questlng
me to ?.o what little I could
in their behalf. I regret very much'
to see the National Association of
Clothiers at sea, without a' pilot. You
.take such men as belong" to the
above association did not know be
fore election that voting for the re
publican ticket reduced the tariff up,
not down, and it is our duty to give
them the benefit of our wisdom and
do good for evil. With my request
give this pamphlet such considera
tion as you see best and oblige.
DANIEL B. LUCAS
Judge Daniel B. Lucas died at his
home in Charlestown, W. Va1. One
who knew Judge Lucas well wrote
for the Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelli
gencer the following:
"He had infinite pity and profound
contempt for a man of intellect and
education who attained high office
by posing as the people's friend
while secretly serving as attorney for
schemes to plunder them. Indirect
taxation, for example. He tried to,
but never could comprehend how a
really intellectual man managed to
be satisfied with himself while con
scious that he was despised by the
entire intellectual class. It is safe
to say that Lucas looked back over
a long life of intense intellectual ac
tivity and felt that he had never
done anything or said anything cal
culated to increase the load of the
labor class. It is within bounds to
say that out ,of bur sixteen million
voters not exceeding one hundred, in
his generation, contributed more
original thought on public questions
and every thought was for tho com
mon interest as distinguished from
the private interest. He could never
comprehend why a brainy man, hav
ing sufficient information to be self
reliant, hesitated to speak publicly
what he said privately on public
questions. 'Tis true he had the ben
efit of association with Judge Green,
but others had that association who
left nothing which the Intellectual
class think worth preserving. Had
ho written northing else, his opinion
In the Splint, .coal, case proves a scope
of reading appreciated most by those
who havo read most, and appreciated
by them because teaching that ho
had read more. He did not court
the applause of fools or seek tho in
fluence of tho sycophants and knaves
who havo influence with tho Ignorant
class."
J. J .KIERON
J. J. Kieron, who died at his homo
in Oelwein, Iowa, was an alternate
delegate to tho democratic national
convention in 189, and a delegate
to the St. Louis convention in 1900.
Ho was born in Now York City in
1859 and located in Iowa in 1868.
He was a faithful democrat. Refer
ring to Mr. Kieron, Edwin G. Erler, '
editor of tho Lawler (Iowa) Dis
patch says: "In the death of J. J.
Kieron, the editor of this paper feels ;
mat. no nas lost one or tno nest,
truest and warmest friends he has
ever known. Greatly indeed, shall
we miss tho hearty hand-clasp and
words of friendship with which ho
was wont to greet us on all occasions.
His was a heart of gold. He believed
that man's mission on earth was not
to gain wealth, but to scatter sun
shine in the dark places of the lives
of those less fortunate than him
self, and his friends and friendships
were to him sacred. He is survived
by his widow, ono brother, E. P.,
and two sisters, Mrs. F. P. McKay;
of Waucoma and Mrs. J. H. McDon
ald of Dubuque and it is to these,
who sit in sorrow where his footsteps
shall never again Und echo, we ex
tend the sympathy of one who loved
him as a brothtr."
LESLIE O. HOMER
Leslie C. Homer, an active, earnest
democrat, lost his life through an
accident in his homo town, Bucks
port Maine. The Bangor" (Maine)
Daily News says: "Mr. Homer was
born In Bucksport nearly fifty-eight
years ago. He has always lived hero
and all his life has been prominent
in the activities of tho town. For
nearly twenty-five years he has con
ducted Homer's express, making
daily trips between Bangor and
Bucksport, and has long been a fa
miliar figure on Bangor's business
streets. He owned and conducted
the Bucksport and Prospect ferry,
crossing the river at Bucksport, and
a considerable amount of Bucksport
real estate. Mr. Homer was a man
of strong characteristics. Of a most
genial and happy disposition which
made, him friends everywhere, he was
well known throughout this section.
He was a thorough business man
noted for his energy as for his un
questioned integrity. He will be
greatly missed in Bucksport where
he was closely Identified with the
business and social life. He was gen
erous and liberal and never turned a
deaf eaT to anyone in trouble or dis
tress and always ready to assist any
worthy cause. Ho was the happiest
when making others happy and for
years as often as the Fourth of July
came around he distributed free fire
crackers to all the children in town.
How many people he has quietly
helped in times when they most need
ed help, will never be known but he
will never be forgotten by scores who
will mourn the loss of one of tho
best friends they ever had. Mr.
Homer is survived by his brothers
and sisters; Cleveland C, George P.
and J. Albert, Miss Jennie and Mrs.
Cynthia Fish, all of Bucksport. Ho
made his home with his sisters In
tho homestead on upper Main street."
A Soda Cracker is Known
by the
G)mpamy it Keeps
It is the ntost natural thing in the
world lor exposed crackers to partake
ol the flavor ol goods ranged along
side. In other words, a soda cracker
is known by the company it has kept
On the other hand
U need a Biscuit
have been in no company but their
own. When you open a package
you find them so oven-fresh that they
almost snap between your fingers as
you take them from the package.
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