FOOL Tit PEOPLE
MOTTO OF "GET-RICH-QUICK"
MEN AND FAKIRS.
HOW SCHEMES ARE WORKED
Desire to Get "Something for Noth
ing" Is Played Upon Exercise
of Common Sense Would
End Graft.
"You cnn fool somo of the people
part of the time, but you can fool oth
ers all the time," scorns to bo a motto
of the get-rich-qulck men and "gold
'brick" operators. Pages of the dally
and weekly press may bo filled with
warnings to readers to be on the look
out for swindlers, yet many who arc
.credited with intelligence will keep
right on biting at baits thrown out to
them by various concerns who sell
"cats in bags."
Psychologists say that every person
lias a weak spot somewhere in the
brain. It seems that this softness is
commonly manifested in false reason
ing that frequently one can get some
thing for nothing. Understanding this
desire on part of the majority, the
fakirs bait their hooks accordingly.
There are large concerns which have
built up groat enterprises by repre
senting to the people that with each
bill of goods purchased the buyer
gets "something for nothing."
Just think of a "graft" like this
that will draw $1,800 worth of soap or
ders in a single month from a town
of 10,000 people! Hut this is just
what has been done within the past
few months. Just think of wives of
grocers and dry goods merchants in
large cities joining "soap clubs" and
paying a dollar each month to a for
eign concorn just to secure a pre
mium, while their husbands could
supply them at half the cost all the
soap and the premium too! Yet
such is the drawing power of "the
something for nothing" argument, if
the Creator gave these women com
mon sense, they little know how to
utilize it.
Some means should be devised to
tax directly or indirectly the con
cerns in foreign cities that seek to
do business directly with consumers
through the mails. At present thoy
are protected by the Interstate com
merce law. Tlieso concerns make
their money by dealing with the peo
ple of some community, where they
pay no taxes direct or license fees.
The merchants of the town are
taxed upon the btisiness they do. Is
this proposition a fair one? The for
eign insurance companies doing busi
ness in a state must pay a license fee
for so doing. Why not compel the
foreign mercantile concern to do the
same? Our national laws should be
so constructed as to provido that
there he a tax on the amount of busi
ness transacted in a state by any
mercantile concorn in another state,
unless the business be transacted by
concerns which pay taxes within the
state for the doing of such business.
D. M. CARR.
MAKING CHEAP GOODS.
Low Prices Too Often Mean Inferior
Articles.
Efforts to cheapen cost of produc
tion of numerous classes of goods and
to place them on the market in com
petition with well advertised lines,
and at much lower price, lias influ
enced not too honest manufacturers
to turn out very inferior articles. So
long as thoy can bo mado attractive
in extorior appearance so as to please
those whoso tastes are for the
"shovy" soems to bo the only consid
eration. In the manufacture of stoves
and ranges particularly is thero great,
opportunity for fraud. In different
cities of the middle west aro largo
concerns that make a specialty of
manufacturing stoves to supply deal-
Give Charm to Town.
Attractive Blreots, well paved, good
sidowalks, clean appearing buildings,
signs arranged well, all go to add a
charm to a town. One of the things
that often gives strangers to a town
a bad impression is the loose manner
in which storekeepers and others take
caro of the exterior of their places.
Often not a sign about the- place is
to bo found to designate the character
of the business carried on, and this
can only bo knova by a peep through
the open door. The windows aro
often arranged In such a way as to
give llttlo knowledge of tlio goods
handled. During the summer time
awnings hanging low over tho walks,
so tho passer-by miiBt stoop to avoid
them, are found in many places. Just
a little caro is needed to improvo
along those lines. An attractive sign
does not cost much and is a good in
vestment for tho storekeeper. Clean
liness in front of business places
makes a good impression. In fact
strangers will seldom enter a storo if
tho outside appearance indicates slov
enliness and carelessness. The uu-
ers who depend on cheapness lo se
cure sales. These manufacturers buy
from junk dealers all classes of old
iron, and this remelted and worked
over enters largely Into tholr manu
factured articles. The result is that
a stove Is produced that whllo it ap
pears to be all right, a few months'
use will prove it to be almost worth
loss. The tensile strength is not
there, the metal is rotten and brittle,
and the expansion caused by the heat
makes it warp and crack. The linings
are of the poorest material.
Ono of tho tricks employed is the
use of old sheet iron for lining.
Throughout the south and In many of
Hie largo northern cities tho manu
facture of artificial lee Is extensively
carried on. Galvanized iron cans of
the capacity of a 1100-pound ice-cake
are used, and In every large plant
thousands of cans are in use. The
ammonia Hint is used in the process
of freezing soon causes the cans to
corrode, and then they are rendered
useless for the purpose required. The
stove manufacturing concerns buy up
these discarded cans, and use them
for lining stoves. It can bo judged
that the life of the stove in this way
is shortened, but as Hie stoves aro
never intended to last long, tho lining
is as good as the other material
which enters into their composition.
In appearance these stoves aro nil
that can be desired, but their wearing
and durable qualities aro not halt' that
of a properly made stovo should be.
Thoy are often sold at as high prices
as the best article, but more frequent
ly are disposed of as "big bargains,"
and aro dealt in extensively by con
cerns that advertise themselves as
"manufacturers," and do business "di
rect with the consumers" through the
mails. Makers of stoves who put out
brands of goods known to bo standard
never resort to such methods, as one
inferior stove might result In tho loss
of a dozen sales, and no reputable
stovo dealer or hardware merchant
would handlo the goods.
D. M. C All It.
Deception Practiced.
Those who would not bo defrauded
by tiharpers who use the advertising
columns of the city papers would do
well in carefully considering each
proposition which attracts their atten
tion. Remember that thoso who ad
vertise are not philanthropists. They
are out after ' the dollars, and havo
nothing to give away, unless it is in
exchange for money. The concern
that offers an exceptional bargain
needs to bo studied well before in
vestment bo made. Everything has
a legitimate value, and is worth so
much In the markets of the world.
When it is offered at less than its
apparent real value, look out for fraud
and deception. Generally every good
town affords the buyor a chance to
obtain whatever ho requires, and at
a price consistent with quality.
Those who patronize home stores aro
lqss likely to be deceived.
Another Meanest Man.
We've heard of tho meanest man
in town, and his faithful wife in her
faded gown, and of Maud in tho stub
ble raking hay, when the good old
judge rode her way; and tho famous
liar with lino and pole, and tho truant
boy and swimming hole; but tho freak
of all is tho man who goes and buys
for family food and clothes on credit
for six months or more, from tho keep
er of the local storo, and when for
cash ho sells his crops, nt tho local
storo he never stops; forgets tho bill
ho ought to pay, and for things ho
wants he sends away to Make &
Fake who want the "mon," and who
sell "for cash" to everyone. This
man with mind of little strength, can't
see tho "plunk" at arm's length, but
grabs tho penny near his eye, and lets
the glittering dollars lie.
Beware of tho advertisements in
which it is stated that "this article
will bo sent on approval for ono dol
lar." It means that you will have
something on your hands, and a good
sized freight or express bill to settle,
and perhaps many more dollars to
pay;
to-date merchant will always ho found
wiiu a wen-carcd-tor establishment.
It is quite often you can tell the busi
ness importance of a man In tho com
munity by tho appearance of his storo.
.Make business places attractive as
possible. It may cost you a little
money, a little extra labor, but it will
pay in tho long run.
Building Up Trust3.
During tho past ten years billions
of dollars havo been sent to tho largo
cities by tho residents of rural com
munities, and these billions havo boon
used in building up trusts that work
against tho best interests of the
masses who reside In agricultural soc
tions. Is It not flmo to awaken to
the dangers of bonding money away
from the homo towns?
Pays to Keep the Town Neat.
Tho streets of a town overgrown
with weeds never makes a good Im
pression on the stranger. Good aide
walks, well-kept streets In tho resi
dence and business portions of t
place, always speak well for the hah
Its of iu residents.
II BARREN MEETING
PEACE CONFERENCE AT HAGUE
ALMOST A FAILURE.
LITTLE BENEFIT T0 WORLD
Small Headway Toward Permanent Ar
bitration. United States Blamed
For Coming Unprepared to
Push Reforms Wanted.
A dispatch from Tho Hague, daled
September 22, say's: After having
been In session over three months
and with adjournment probably a
month in the distance, it i.s recog
nized generally, and oven b tho most
optimistic in tho peace movement,
that the second' international ponce
couforence has been and will bo at Its
conclusion barren of results lending
to ponuanent measures of benefit to
the ponce world. Even tito proposi
tion for a future meeting of tho con
feronce, which was unanimously
adopted on Saturday, has boon so al
tered as to suppress Its most Import
ant part, namely, tho periodicity of the
meetings merely providing for the call
ing of a trade couforence, but estab
lishing nothing with regard to con
vening of the future conference. Tho
prevailing opinion, as expressed by
one of the leading delegates, is that
tiie absence of results in the confer
ence on the groat questions was due
to tho lack of preparation by all the
countries represented. This, he Maid,
was especially striking in the case of
the American delegation, which was
supposed to have come hero In com
plete accord with tho Latin-American
countries.
This accord, however, neither ex
isted, nor had it been reached during
the conference. Indeed, what Is to be
dreaded, it is declared, is that, the
chief result will bo a growing feeling
of indifference on t lie part of tho
South Americans toward Washington,
as, rightly or wrongly, they accuse
the United States of having neglected
tlieni and of caring only to bo work
ing in accord with Great Britain and
Germany, thinking that union with
these great powers would be sufficient
to carry out any project, while tho
facts proved to bo the contrary, as In
the case of the permanent court of
arbitration, which was a victory for
Brazil over the compnot formed be
tween America, Great. Hritaln and
Germany.
It Is generally remarked that the
United States should have como to
tho conference with tho certainly of
having tho support of all.
THINK IT A MURDER.
Box Car Burned and Man's Remains
In Ashes.
A man who gave his name as Frank
Collins and told conflicting stories, is
believed by tho Grand Island, Neb.,
police -to bo Brank Urady. Ho was
arrested in Grand Island and treated
for burns on his hands. Tho night
previous a freight car on the Bur
lington loaded with oil was found to
be afire. After the lire a man was
seen running into Hnvenuu minus his
hat, and badly burned. Later the
remains of another man wore found
in tho ashes of tho car, only the; trunk
and some of the other bones being
loft. It is believed i mil tho man was
murdered and tho car set allre to hide
the crime. Brady, or Collins. I'm.:
told tho physician on whom lie called
at Grand Island that he was burned
nr. tho local shops. Questioned fur
ther he could not give tho name of
his foreman.
No accident occurred any where.
Tho wounds woro dressed by City
Physician MoGrath, bu; the man would
answer no questions further than to
say that there was Just a llttlo ac
cident. Ho will bo held. Tho shel l IT
of Butfalo county 1.4 now in visi tent
ing tho niattor.
DYNAMITERS AT JOPLIN, MO.
Mining Plant Blown Up, With a Lone
of Many Dollars.
A special from .loilln Mo., says:
The mining plant of the Tonnos.sco
company, East .Joplln, was blown up
by dynamite, tho los being esl!matnd
at several thousand dollars . One
charge was placed on top of tho one
hundred-horse power boiler, another
near tho hub of the fly wheel of the
onglno and a third In :m intricate por
tion of the pump mnchin'ry.
A week ago tho NewK-ilorald plant
in .Toplin was wrecked by dynamite.
Tho same night a mining plant, be
longing to tho Granby Mining com
pany was blown up. Recently Put
rick llenuoHsy, a .lopliu councilman,
found an unoxplodod stick of dyna
mite under his front porch.
THINK A TRUST EXISTS.
High Prices for Paper Causes News
paper Publishers Association
to Take Action.
New York. At a special meeting
hero Wednesday the American News
paper Publishers' association Instruct
ed Its committee on paper to bring to
tho attention of the president, and tho
department of justice Information con
corning an alleged unlawful combi
nation of paper ninnufncturers that
has resulted, it was claimed In an ar
tificial Htimulntion of prices in news
paper stock. Tho association also
wont, on record as In favor or tho Im
mediate repeal of tho tariff on printing
paper and wood pulp Imported from
Canada. This sentiment was expressed
in resolutions which further provided
for an assessment, upon tho members
to defray tho expense Incurred by tho
association in assisting tho govern
ment in any prosecution of a com
blue that may b undertaken.
STANDARD OIL PROFITS.
Seventeen Subsidiary Companies In
1906 Earned Dividends of More
Than 1,000 Per Cent.
Now York. More light was shed
upon the remarkable earning capacity
of the various subsidiary companies
of the Standard Oil company Wednes
day when Frank B. Kellogg, who is
conducting tho federal suit succeeded
in placing upon tho record tho profits
of 17 of tho principal subsidiary com
panies In tho years l'JOU and 1900. Tho
statement of earnings of tho Standard
Oil company of Indiana, which was ro
coutly fined ?2!.2 10,000 by Judge Lan
dls of Chicago, for rebating, disclosed
that In 1'JOtJ tho company earned $10,
51(5,082, on a capitalization or $1,000,
000 or over 1,000 per cent a year. Tho
Indiana company in 1901! earned moro
than any subsidiary' company of tho
big combine.
Decision On Cream Rates.
Lincoln, Nob. The state railway
commission Friday announced Its de
cision on cream rates, but has not
formulated Its ligures. Tho railroads
and express companies at a rocont
hearing askod tho right to increase
rates. This will be allowed on long
hauls, but on short, hauls tho rate
will bo lowered. There will bo no
radical change, but after tho new rates
go into effect Nebraska will bo put on
a distanco tariff with regard to cream
shipments, and the old special raten
will be abolished.
Judge James Humphrey Dead.
Topekn, Kan. Judge James Hum
phrey, of Junction City, member of
the state tax commission, died Wed
nesday morning at 1 o'clock. Judgo
Humphrey has been sick for about
three weeks. Judgo Humphrey w;m
ono of the leading democrats ol tho
state and ran for railroad commission
er last, fall on the democratic tldtoL
Ho was appointed on tho tax commis
sion by Gov. lloch. Ho served as a
member of tho Ural, board of railroad
cornmniiHsloiiers of tho state of Kan
sas.
Hadley Talko of Meeting
Jofforaon City, Mo. Attorney Gen
eral Herbert S. Hadloy Thursday
night gav out a statement contain
ing tho programme of tho mooting of
attorney generals of tho various states
in tho union, to bo hold at St. Louis
September 1(0 and October 1, and said
tho acceptances of invltnUoun indi
cate that throo-fourtns of the states
will ho represented.
Local Option in Canada Also.
Norfolk, Va. Benjamin Sponeo of
tho Dominion Temperance Alliance of
Canada, addressing tho Anti-.SWoon
League of America, Thursday Mag-yest-cd
rivalry between tho United SLntes
and Canada to see which conld sup
press the liquor traffic first, local
option In Canada, ho said. In proa
poring.
St. Louin Shoe Workers Strike.
St. Louis.--Tho refusal of the St.
Louis manufacturers to yield to tho
demands for Bhnrter hours and more
pay, mado by members of Indepen
dent boot and shoo workers' union of
Missouri, No. 1, resulted Thursday
night In strikes In 17 plants ami
walkouts by 7,800 omployos.
Raided St. Louis Chinamen.
St, Louis. United States postolllco
inspectors raided four Chinese com
panies after an investigation disclos
ing tho existence of tho headquarters
of an allegod lottery in St. Louis with
correspondents in every part of tho
world.
Odd Fellows to Denver Next.
St. Paul, Minn. Denver was select
ed Tuesduy by the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of tho Odd Follows as the place
of meeting next year.
Pettlbone Case October 14.
Boise, Ida. By arrangement of at
torneys and the court tho trial of
George A. Pettlbone Is fixed for Oc
tober H.
STATE TO BE DRY
OKLAHOMA DECLARES IN FAVOR
OF PROHIBITION.
CONSTITUTION IS ADOPTED
Thought to Have Been Given a Great
Majority Haskell, Democrat,
for Governor, Believed to
Be In the Lead. I
An Oklahoma. City, Okla., Septem
ber 18 dispatch, says: Oklahoma's
constitution has boon adopted by a
majority all the way front 50,000 to
70,000. State-wide prohibition has
carried and C. N. Haskell, democrat,
hna been elected governor of tho now
state, according lo the limited re
ports received up to 1:30 o'clock this
(Wednesday) morning. In overy vot
ing precinct thero woro thrco ballots
for the voter to mark. In Oklahoma
City there were four, and tho count
ing process has been extremely slow.
The telegraphers' strike and tho
lack of telephone facilities has pre
vented tho forwarding of returns to
either of the political state headquar
ters here. The ratification of the con
stitution Is conceded, although the ma
jority was not. as largo as was ex
pected. Tho new stale elected live congress
men. In tho First and Second dis
tricts tho republicans expected to
elect ex-Dologato to Congress 13. S. Mc
Gulro and ex-Territorial Governor T.
B. Ferguson, respectively. Tho Third,
Fourth and Fifth districts had been
conceded to tho democrats, whoso candidates-
In the respective districts
were James Davenport, C. D. Curtor
and Scott Ferris.
The convention that framed tho
state constitution was heavily demo
cratic and tho constitution as com
pleted was obnoxloiiB to tho republi
cans. Because of tho strong deslro
for statehood, however, the republi
can party did not attempt to defeat
iho constitution. The new state must
await tho constitution's endorsement
by President. Roosevelt, who will
cither confirm or reject It upon his
judgment as to whether or not is con
forms to the enabling act of congress
and tho constitution of the United
States.
LIVE STOCK MEN TO MEET.
Governor Sheldon Has Called a Con
vention for October 2.
Governor Sheldon has ofllclally
called a meeting of nil thoso Inter
ested In tho advancement of live
stock Interests In Nobraska and ad
joining states, to be held at tho South
Omaha Stock Exchange, Wednesday,
October 2. State Veterinarian Mc-
Kim, ably assisted by Dr. A. T. Peters,
of the University of Nobraska, has
arranged a very fine program, and
addresses will bo made by tho leading
representatives of llvo stock inter
ests in tho west. Tho meeting will
convene at 10 o'clock a. m., and will
bo welcomed by the mayor of South
Omaha. Dr. Peters will deliver tno
response.
The remainder of tho program is as
follows:
"Tho Agricultural College and Ex
poriment Station a Factor in Prevent
ing Animal Diseases," Prof. 13. A.
Burnett, dean of tho Nebraska Agri
cultural college, Lincoln; "Co-operation
with the Federal Government In
Eradicating Contagious Diseases," Dr.
Ramsey, chief of Hold inspectors,
bureau of animal industry; "How to
Keep a Herd Free from Disease," Dr.
O. E. Dyson, formerly chief of bureau
of animal Industry, Chicago; "What
the Sta'to Sanitary Board has Ac
complished for tho Slato or Minne
sota," Dr. M. II. Reynolds, Minnesota
Agricultural Experiment station, St.
Anthony Park, Minn.; "What a Clean
Bill of Health Means to tho Stock
Owner (Viewed from a Commission
man's Standpoint)." Response by a
representative commission man of
South Omaha: "The Relation of tho
Packer and tho Coniinissionman to
the Stockman," Hon. J. J. Ferguson,
Chicago; "What Missouri Is Doing for
Its Llvo Stock Interests," Dr. D. P.
Luckoy, state veterinarian, Columbia,
Mo.; "Report of Sheep Scab, Cattle
Mango and Tuberculosis," Dr. Wm. F.
Pilaeglng, state veterinarian, Chey
enne, Wyo.; "The Agricultural Press
and tho Ivlvo Stock Interest," lion. W.
A Ilorvey, Twentloth Century Farmer,
Omaha; "Tho Needs of Nebraska,"
Dr. C. A. McKim, stato veterinarian,
Lincolu; "Iowa's Campaign Against
Diseased Animals," Dr. P. O. Koto,
stato veterinarian, Forost City, Iowa.
Thoso papers will bo freely dls
eussod by tho stockmen and live
minute addresses on Important topics
relating to live stock will be given
by prominent stockmen of the state.