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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1910)
it . J I vi i. a ri v c I r$ cJ 8; ei 6! il NWS Sn&nshnii 'ie return fro,n Kurol,e of prominent Amerlenus was nn event of the week Georgo J. Gould ami his family and James Gor- WCW 3HftpHUW lion ijeimctt were among the number landing at New York. Commander in Chief Samuel Van Sant of the G. A. R. Is to be Of the Week succeeded by another to be chosen at the- national encampment nt Atlantic City soon. Former Lord Mayor of London Sir William Treloar Is visiting the United States. Captain Dow of the Mauretnnla raced his giant vessel across the Atlantic for a now record. Governor Stubbs of Kansas has called a meeting of governors and mayors to consider freight rates. President Woodrow Wilson of Prince ten will lead New Jersey Democrats In race for governor. Mary Manncrlng, the actress, Is recovering from an operation In a New York hospital. Metcalfe Bolts Head of Ticket Richard L. Metcalfe, for some years -acting editor of the Omaha World-Her-aid and now associate editor of the Commoner, although a life-long demo crat, declines to support Mr. Daliltnan for governor, and gives his reasons in the following letter to Mr. Aldrich, the republican nominee for that office. "LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 17 Hon. Chester H. Aldrich, David City, Neb- Dear Sir: intend to give you my .support in your candidacy for the of fice of governor of Nebraska. I have known vopr opponent, Mr. James C Dahlman, for more than twenty years and would not join in any personal disparagement of him. On the con trary, I respect him for certain sterl ing qualities I know him to possess. But bis nomination was secured through the active and notorious interference 1 in democratic primaries of the liquor 1 intercstsand he represents, jidmittedlv, everything the liquor interests desire In the way of legislation. He promises j to, approve a bill repealing tne a o'clock closing law and to veto a county option bill and in every way stands as the frank, outspoken champion of the most obnoxious of all the special interests. ,. "It would be difficult to make an issue clearer than the one that has been forced upon the people of Ne- limcbn tVirr.ii I'll tlw hold and undisiMiis. ..... ....t,.. . ed edict of the liquor trust, it is a bigger question than 8 o'clock closing and a more important one than county option- Besides it the personalities of of candidates sink into insignificance. 'Shall the people of Nebraska suirend- , cr political power into the keepiug of the liquor trust; shall they put the stamp ot approval upon that trust's executed threat to destroy a governor who dared go counter to its wishes?' That is the issue as I understand it. "I resi ect every man's opinion on this question, but I am unable to see it in any other light thau that a vote for Mr. Dahlman is a vote to deliver Ne braska into the merciless keeping of an institution that is responsible for tnn mnv tpars and too much sorrow to be entrusted with the government nf this great state. j "As a democrat from boyhood days has served his party, I am relucant to I Ffty Cents 175 Lots in Three Days This is the opportunity of a life time to own your own homo or to invest in Al liance real estate. Just to think of our selling 175 lots in three days, That tells you what people think of our terms and the beautiful location of this new addition to Alliance. There are nearly luu choice w trtcplofit from remaining unsold. Come today and bring your friends. Telephone No, 386 and we will hold any lot for you and send our free carriage to bring you to the grounds. do anything that would even tempo rarily separate mo from party organ ization. But the democratic primaries recently held were controlled by iepub licans, voting under the leadership of the liquor interests, rather than by democrats; and if we must follow re publican leadcrsnip then I prefer to choose the sort of republican leader ship 1 am to have. "In the exercise of thi9privilege I choose you as mk candidate; lor gover nor and I am at your service. Yours truly, Richard L. Metcalfe." Bryan Campaigning for Democrats. W, J. Brvan has begun a month's campaign for the democratic ticket in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. He made the following state- I tnent last Tuesday in regard to the Bituatiou in Nebraska, and the part he wjji taie in the campaign in this state: "I am just leaving Missouri and snail be absent practically an 01 tne time for about a month campaigning in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. After that I shall be at liberty to speak for Mr. Hitchcock, the democratic candidate for congress, and for the state ticket in Nebraska. In speaking of the state ticket, however, I shall not be able to ptesent any ar guments in favor of the election of Mr. t . . Dahlman. His position on the liquor question makes that impossible. I re eret this exceedionly. for he has been a political and personal fiiend fortwen ty years, and it would give me pleasuie to speak for him if I could endorse the nnpv LUXJlLuM BUYS A LOT L i i We arc on the grounds day and night. Contracts delivered on the grounds. All payments made, at the office of F. E. Reddish, Alliance, Nebr. Phone on the grounds No. 386 blue. Send for free carriage to grounds. policy for which he stands, but he has! chosen to make the liquor question the paramount issue, and makes his appeal ' 011 that issue In spite of the fact that the last democratic state convention voted down a declaration against coun ty optiou by a vote of G37 to 202 lie says that he will veto a county option bill if passed, and in spite of the fact that the state convention endorsed the eight o'closing law by a vote of 810 to 163 he announces that he will sign a bill repealing it if such a bill is passed. He is making his appeal on non-parti san lines with liquor question for the sole issue. His courage is to be com mended. It is an honest way of mak ing a campaign, although it compels him to separate himself from friends who do not agree with him, and to rely for speechmaking upon those domo- crats and republicans who take this view of the subject. "Possibly it is just as well to have the issue clearly presented so thatit may be settled this year instead of two years hence. Troublesome as the ques tion is now, it would be even more em harassing if presented in 1912 when we have a presidential election on hand If Mr. Dahlman is elected it will be a declaration by the voters of the state against county option and against fhe eight o'clock closing law, If he is de feated, it w ill be a declaration in favor of county option and against the eight o'clock closing law. In other words, the voters now have opportunity to decide whether the state shall go backward or forward on the liquor question. To present arguments in favor of going LARGEST HOTEL IN WESTERN NEBRASKA European plan, entirely modern in every way Good service, large sample rooms Rates 75c and $1.00, with bath $1.50. 'Popular prices at cafe. V. S. BARRETT IN BELMONT ADDITION You pay One dollar down and Fifty Cents a Week tor every lot You pay no interest You pay no taxes You can sell or build anytime. You can pay any sum any time. backward would not only contradict what I have already said on the sub jecj but would embarass me in the fight that I expect to make hereafter to save our party from being the odium of be ing the representative of the liquor in terests." Indians Make Records. George Darling made use of a bunch of the Indians who are at the Fair by having them sing war songs into a phonograph. They seemed delighted with the opportunity of displaying their vocal talents and we presume that the records will be mighty interesting. Democratic Campaign Book The Democratic National Congress ional Committee has issued its Cam paign Book and is now distributing it. The committee has no funds save as it obtains them through contributions and is selling the book at f 1 per copy, or for 50c a copy of lots of ten or more. The book is replete with valuable matter and is said to be the best Cam paign Book ever issued. Every demo crat should have it and in this year of democratic effort for supremacy should gladly contribute to the committee by purchasing the book. The committee did valiant service in Maine with notable results, and if democrats every where will rise to the occasion, by their dollar contributions, the democratic sun will rise triumphantly, not to set for fifty years to come. Send your orders or contributions to F. F- Gar ret, Treasurer, Democratic Campaign Committee, 82i-i5th Street, North west Washington, D. C. Saves the housewife work and worry Pardey's cottage bread. Proprietor A Stop Paying Rent Hone builders will begin to build in Belmont addition this week Learn to Save Money Teach your boy or girl to save 50c a week Price of unsold lots $75.00 to $135-00 a very few slightly higher TARIFF TO BLAME " Cause of High Prices, Says Mi nority Committee of Senate FOSTERS THE TRUST EVIL .Majority Report Contradicted and Ab surdity of Stand Pat Apologies Com pletely Shown Up How to Lower Prices Without Lowering Wages. The report of the minority committee of tlie senate rn wages 11ml prleeR nf commodities, signed by Senators Jo soph F. Johnston. James P. Clarke and Ellison D. Smith, has been printed as n government document. Every cit izen who Is seeking Information on the causes of the high cost of living should have a copy. The report is uhly written and contains some very damaging criticisms of the majority report Issued a few weeks before. The minority (hid that the tariff Is the main cause of the high cost of living, and they make a strong case for this view by giving specilic Instances of in creases In duty followed by Increases In price; also by comparing prices un der successive tariffs. The connection between high tariffs mid high prices is shown as follows: "Since lS'.M) we have hud four differ ent tariff laws. The following table Miows the average rate of duties ac tually collected under each and rela tive prices of commodities as reported by Bradstreet: Duti able Tariff bill. goods. McKlnley. 1SS1 and t!s54 4S.G3 Wilson. 1535-1597 41.29 Dlngley. 183S-190S . . . . 47.47 Xteln- tlve prices 7.0345 6.4153 7.S.;irt All Im ports. 22.3(5 20.1B 20.15 1 Payne-AIdrich, 1910 "From these figures It appears that (he duty on all Imports nvcragod 7 per cent and prices HI per cent lower un der the Wilson bill than under the McKlnley bill and duties 2o per cent more and prices 23 per cent higher under the Dlngley law than under the Wilson. These are strange coinci dences If the tariff has no effect on prices of commodities. These tables show u close relation between tariffs and prices that corroborates the Re publican theory when they are fram ing tariff bills." As to President Tnft's stato-ncnt that the Payne-Aldrich bill meant revision downward, the report says: "The president was misled into stal ing In Ills Winona speech that because the duties In more items lint, tieen re duced than Increased there had been a revision dowuward. This has been clearly demonstrated by Hon. Champ Clark In a spe-ch in the house on June 22. 1010. He said: The Dlngley tariff consisted of items 2,024 Of these there were unchanged 1.1S0 Leaving changes In S74 Of these there were raises in 2J0 Of these there were reductions In. C54 874 "The president argued that Inasmuch ns 054 Items were reduced and 220 in creased there was a revision dowu ward. it is an argument based on numbers, not results, and Is fallacious. The S.02I Items (Dlngley law) yielded duties amouutlng..to....43J9.100,342 Undci the Puyne-Aldrich laws: The TJJ Items will yield duties amounting to. tl3.2bl.3Cii The tC4 Items reduces duties 7.C3S.330 So the net Increase is tJ.C-13,038 "This is forcibly shown In the cotton nud hemp schedules, where 200 of the 054 Items reduced are found, nearly 33 per cent of all." Of the greed of the protected Inter ests the minority say: "Experience shows us that the more they receive the larger and more in sistent becomes their demand. Take, as a good Illustration, our knit goods Industry. Our Imports of stockings for the lust ten years have never equal- Week TO ALLIANCE L i an average of 5 per cent of our con sumption. Less than f per cent of the cheap foreign goods of pauper labor mild mint over the Amerlcnn tariff wall, and yet In fcplte of tills fact and the fact that nlrcnuy they had a pro tective tariff of from 51 to U7 per cent they demanded last year and received an increase to 88 per cent on that class of goods used mostly by our citizen? of moderate menus or small Income." The majority had made the state ment In their report that foodstuffs such us bacon, bi'of. mutton, wheat and corn were vastly dearer In Great Britain In 1000 than lu the United states. The minority give the lie to this statement. They show by adding the freight rates to the American prices that no such difference In the price levels Is possible. They add: "Now. to say that the American ex poiter sold his wheat here nt 70 cents 11 bushel Instead of shipping to Liver pool at n cost of 15 per cent where he could get nn advance of 30 per cent, Is absurd, or that he sold his corn hero nt 38 cents when he could laniTlt In Liv erpool at a cost of 20 per cent and there obtain an advance of 01 per cent, or that he sold mutton here at $7.27 when he could land It In Liverpool nt a cost of 0 per cent and there get nn advance of 105 per cent, or sold his beef here nt $8.01 when he could ship to Liverpool at a cost of less than 8 per cent and got nn advance of 32 per cent. All this Is asking us to believe some very unbelievable statements." Agricultural readers who think they derive an f-dv.-.ntngo from the tariff will be Interested In the following: "Whenever we produce any commod ity largely In excess of the home de mand the surplus must tlnd n market In open and free competition with the producers of that article nil over the world. This foreign market fixes the price of that commodity for the whole worM. and no tariff we may Imnese WHAT IS A LARGE Fforfiun-. New England Cotton Mill Owner Thinks Nothing Less Than Three Quarters of a Billion Deserves That Description. Our protected monopolists appear to have very different Ideas of what con stitutes gieat wealth to those enter tained by the rest of the community. What we common people would call n very cmnfoi table living they would call starvation, and what we would call being rich beyond the dreams of avarice they apparently regard as making a bare living. In these days of swollen expenses and sparse sav ings most people would think them selves well off If they hud a fortune of $10,000. But our bloated tariff ben eficiaries have other staadards. When they talk money they have no use for j any denominator less than millions. I Billions are the goal toward which j their business plans are directed. The following passage taken from the tar iff hearings Illustrates this point. Mr. Llppltt. It may be explained, is u rep , resentntlve cotton mill owner In New i England: Mr. Longworth I do not know J whether I understood Mr. Llppltt cor rectly to say thnt no large fortunes 1 have ever been made lu this business i In New England? j Mr. Llppltt 1 think so. Mr. Longworth My Impression Is i thnt most of the Inrge New England i fortunes hnve been made in It. Mi. Llppltt We are not necustomed to very Inrge fortunes in New Eng land Mr Longworth Then may I ask yon what yon call a large fortune? Mr. I.ippitt I would regard a for tune of three-quarters of a billion as a large fortune. Of course we must make allowance I for the fabulous notions of our tariff pets. The Illusions from which they suffer are of our own creation. We have lifted them Into nn unreal world where men reap without sowing and where the struggle for existence is unheard of. A period of sovero self reliance would tend to sober them Bomewhnt. Location of Belmont This beautiful addition is on the high est elevation plateau on Mississippi Ave., just FOUR BLOCKS from the Central School and extends from Sixth Street to Tenth Street. 'Our lots average 123 in price and you know they are asking $380 for lots two blocks farther away on the west side where it is not so high and sightly. Every lot is as level as a lloor, all in good sod. Come out before the Fair crowd or it will be too late. m - TV. P. DODGE & COMPANY, OMAHA, NEBRASKA gKYr'T-TCTjHgnW. 'rSSlTXEiJSltSTiSxZi EZ3 jfo-(r -W-- ," "" "a-1 W -"3Sr8?T7 SvmmFS&r- -""W&SWWaftjWBur--