The - Plaitsmouih - Journal
CUD Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Nebraska fcEiZJ
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
matter.
J.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
"choice cuts" of watermelon come under protection, have advanced 50
higher this y.ar than ni previous per cent more than in England, un-
I years. der free trade. In all countries under
:o: 'the gold standard, the output must
1 he first flowers to sprout in spring ; operate uniformly. Therefore( Prof.
are cultivated behind the glass of 'Sorton concludea there must be some
the milliner'B windows.
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The years grows old. Already they
are agitating the safe and sane Fourth
proposition.
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There are the unsettled days w hen
the refrigerator and the gas meter
are running neck and neck.
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When President Taft dances, the
fantastic toe which he trips could
hardly be referred to as "light."
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.Also, with lambs at $9.40 a hun
dred deadweight, it is easy to under
stand why the ancient custom of mak
ing burnt offerings has been discon
tinued. :o: '
Those reporters and correspondents
who are hurrying to meet Colonel
Jloosevelt forget that he can g(,t a
flollar a word for it merely by writ
ing it himself. ,
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Secretary Meyer estimates that the
world tour of our navy cost "only
$1,600,000. From an economic view
point, it would seem the best thing to
do is to pay for it and quit estimating
every estimate raises the limit.
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Airs. Carrli' Chapman Catt says
that when women are permitted to
vote she'll go to raising chickens.
Doubtless that would be financially
more profitable than what the dear
lady haH been raising for some time
Iuh(.
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If .Mr. Aldrich Is the ringmaster of
the senate we suggest that he with
draw the el -pliant from the exhibition
until he has It a little better trained
in the performance of his particular
kind of tricks.
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ing and defying the laws it has. made?
Can the national legislature with
good grace consecrate the profits il
legally reaped and thus absolve from
the guilt the man who gained them
by breaking its laws? The lawmak
ers at Washington will haveto ans
wer these questions by their action
upon the proposition now before
them.
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pkotkctiox is pkxxsylvama.
By all the processes of protection
logic Pennsylvania ought to be a
paradise for worklngmen. In the Key
stone state the doctrine of protection
had its birth and its greatest fulfill
ment. It is the state of all states
that one would instinctively turn to
for an example of the beneficent
fruits of the protective tariff. In
Pennsylvania, of all commonwealths,
if the protection dogma pans out ac
cording to the promises of protection
writers and Breakers, labor should be'
found employed, prosperous and con
tented. But there Is a screw loosa some
where in , Pennsylvania's prosperity
producing protection. Instead of
busy, well fed, happy workmen, there
Is an overplus of idle, hungry, Biillen,
unemployed men. Armed troops pa
trol the streets of Pennsylvania cities
to keep the army of Idle dissatisfied
men awed and prevent great out
breaks of violence. Hlood ha been
shed and It Is feared more will be.
A general strike of 100,000 work
men Is in effect In Philadelphia. Thou
sands of steel workers have quit
work at South nethlenem. Tens ot
thousands of coal miners are? planning
l a labor war which will Involve a hun-
Fciiator Tillman Is Improving. ThoiU,l(1 ,.oimminltitl8 nnd ..,- tn-
whole Industrial fabric dependent on
this fuel. Ten or twelve tmsand
men are out on strike in the Pitts
burg steel district. North, east, south
nnd west in the great commonwealth
of Pennsylvania there is strife, dis
satisfaction or open rebellion against
C.lstlng industrial conditions.
i Why, in tills very citadel of pro
tection, lias the system failed so la-
gentlemen from South Carolina is
nmong the few whom It Is a privilege
to know Just what would be said to
them In rase of death, for the papers
were full of death eulogies, hourly ex
pecting the senator's demise.
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' It In nil right to sny things about
women wealing hair that isn't natur
ally attach d to their head, tint there
are lots of men In tin world who'd
looks vastly more presentable If
they'd hit on some such scheme to
Improve on nature.
i .ioiix i)., i( oi:i'o!t.vn;i.
John I). Rockefeller, having appur
t ut ly arrived at this conclusion in his
fdd age that it Is better, to give than
to grab, proposes to expend $r00,-
000,000 to "promote the well-being
ii nd to advance the civilization of the
people of the United States and its
territories and possessions, and of for
eign lands." Congress is asked to
pass a bill incorporating the Rocke
feller foundation for these purposes.
It is a thankless task to criticise or
belittle the charities of any man, and
yet praise of the Standard Oil mag
nate's determination to get rid of
some of his surplus wealth will not
be unmixed with condemnation of the
methods by which he obtained it. The
people of this county, who are famil
iar with the history of Rockefeller
and Standard oil, are not yet ready
to declare John D.'s millions untalnt
ed. Nor will they be wholly vhisuh-
plcious of the sort of "knowledge"
that is to be "desslmlnated" by the
aid of the Rockefeller millions. Were
all the acts of special privilege re
pealed and all tho methods of com
menial piracy made impossible
whereby Rockefeller, Carnegie and
other great "philanthropists" plun
!ered the people of the .millions they
now are willing to return In purt, the
people would not be In need of their
vluirlty.
The courts have snld that the Stan
tlard oil company Is an unlawful com
Mnatlon. If this is the ease, the
wealth it has produced lias been
wrought illegally. Can congress with
consistency provide a method of em
nuntably to bring the peace and pros
perity that were promised to the
worklngnicii? Why has he alone bevn
robbed of the profits of special privi
lege? His "partners" in the benefits
that were to accure (according to the
pirspcctiis) to all by reason of the
protective policy have not suffered.
Tho steel trust, the coal narona and
an me omer benencanes or the pro
tective tariff, except alone the work-
Ingninn, have been made rich beyond
the dreams of avarice in PennsvU
anlu. Hut the laborer, who was to
be "uplifted" beyond the levels of
'European pauper labor," has failed
to share in the prosperity. Protection
has fulfilled all its promises and more
to the employers of labor, but it has
not kept faith with the working mas
ses, on whose will at the ballot box
Its perpetuation has been and is dependent.
That Is why there are thousands
upon thousands of unemployed, sul
len, vindictive men In Pennsylvania
today. That Is why It Is necessary for
armed troops to patrol the streets
of cities to protect property and pre
vent outbreaks of violence. That Is
why a situation exists that is already
alarming the most optimistic nnd that
Is growing dally more snious and
dark in portent for the future. Pro
tectlon has cheated Pennsylvania's
laboring masses. They were blind but
they are beginning to see. And when
their eyes are fully opened to the renl
causes of their distress nnd the real
depths of the Injustice that has been
done them; when they awaken to a
full realization of tho power that Is
in their hands, they will put an end
to the fraud. There will be a revolu
tionnot of bullets, but of ballots
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Mr. Aldrich hopes to see New York,
Boston, or Philadelphia, "the finan
cial center of the world." What is
the nature of Mr. Aldrlch's grouch
against Chicago?
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An indignant patriot wonders "if
there is to be any limit to the promo
tion of General Leonard Wood."
There Is. We have it on unquestion
ed authority that he never will be
made a rear admiral.
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Men are as keen about bargains
as women, with the fundamental dif
ference and when a man is bargain
hunting It's ground he is after, and
when a woman's looking for bar
gains It's something, to wear.
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Senator Aldrich made the state
ment that he could save $300,000,-
000 annually by running the govern
ment on a business basis. Senator
Aldrich should Improve his methods
if they are so wastfully unbusiness
like.
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Governor Shallenberger should re
move Ludden and Shellhorn from the
normal board without further cere
mony, If the power lies within hlra
to do so. They have both shown
themselves unfit for the places on
that board. Ludden, by all means,
should be tired bodily.
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It is rumored that .Mr. Bryan in
tends to start another paper at Lin
coln devoted strictly to county op
tion. We do not believe Mr. Bryan
intends to do any such thing, and
that these reports are simply brought
to the surface by Republicans In the
absence ot that gentleman. '
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The campaign on the saloon ques
tion In Lincoln Is said to be proving
more exciting every day, and both
"wett" and 'dry" claim a victory.
Mavelock, also, will have an euitlng
time along about election. The
forces are being organized hi that
place for a spirited fight for and
agnin-st salon as..
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The enterprising village of L'nion
li.i now a good working commercial
cinb, and the members are going after
things like old hands at the business.
Whoa such men an Senator Banning,
R. U. Frans and C. L. Graves make
up tbelr minds to- push things, you
enn ftet your bottom dollar that a
boom Is In progress. Good luck, gen
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special cause at work in this coun
try, and strange it is, he suspects it
Is the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
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AXTI-TKl'ST DECISIONS.
Now and then the news dispatches
tell us of some court handing down
a decision that Is "a severe blow" to
such-and-such a trust. Many, many
times have such "adverse" decisions
been rendered against Standard oil,
the sugar trust, and other of the
most notrious of the great price-fixing
corporations.
On what portion of their anatomies
do the trusts receive these "blows?"
They seem to hardly notice their
punishment. Standard oil, for in
stance, has been pummeled and beat
en, and dragged around on the floor
of nearly every court In the United
States. Yet it is still with us, and ap
parently as healthy and strong as
ever. And the beef trust. Not In
our time has there been an anti-trust
decision with a real knockout punch.
An interesting paragraph along
this line of thought Is contained in
the monthly market letter of the New
York stock brokerage firm of War-
ren W. Erwin & Co., as follows: "In
this connection it may be said that
Investors should not take these anti
trust decisions too seriously. About
a dozen anti-trust decisions have been
rendered under the Sherman act. In
no instance has the outlawed corpora
tlon let go of its monopoly or ceased
to do business. In no instance have
prices been reduced or have consum
ers apparently gained by these decis
ions. The prices of kerosene oil, beef,
tobacco, and sugar have averaged
higher since." San Francisco Star,
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NEBRASKA CITY
In .process of time, doubtless, we
ploying the wealth gained by break- shnll hear the complaint that the
Ta state railway commission has
ordered the Missouri Pacific to place
telephones In all their stations. This
is the proper thing. The business
men of Louisville, Weeping Water,
Elmwood, Eagle, Nehawka, Union
nnd Murray will Boon be in direct
communication with their depots, and
which will prove a great convenience
to them, If not to the agents. This
Installation of telephones should have
been done long ago, and the railway
commission deserve the thanks of the
public.
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From our former home at Mem
phis, Mo., comes the glad tidings that
our old friend, N. M. Pettengill will
be a candidate for state senator in
that district, composed of five of the
best counties in the state. The writer
has known Judge Pettengill for many
years, fighting for many years side
by side for the principles of the Dem
ocratic party. There are no better
men on God Almighty's green earth
than N. M. Pettengill, and his nomi
nation will be hailed with great re
joicing by the Journal people who
know his excellent qualities for the
position so well.
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It was Prof. Norton of Vale uni
versity, the expert In trade statistics,
who gave encouragement to the sug
gestion that the increased cost of liv
ing was due to the Increased output
of gold. But the professor has been
studying, and now gives out some fig
ures which he declares knocks the
props from beneath the assertion that
the ever-advancing prices are due to
an over-plenteousncss of tho yellow
metal product of the world. His fig
ures show the prices In this country,
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TMC etHTKUD OOMMUT, HCVOn CITY.
Return This Morning Flushed
With the Victory of Another
Hard Fought Battle.
the basketball game last night at
NY&raska City resulted in a brilliant
victory for the Plattsmouth girla
Thr?y simply played rings around the!
onouents although, the girls admit the
Nebraska City girls made them "go
some." The first part of the game
wa comparatively easy for the girl
from this city, they taking the first
hal? by a score of 9 to 4, hut in the
last half the Nebraska City girls got
going and they made the girls from
thU city get up and hustle some to
beat them. Tht score In the second
hatf was 12 to. 7 in favor of Platts
mouth. Aliss Rachel Livingston play
ed her usual brilliant game and won
hearty applause from the targe audi
ence. Miss Helen Trillety was also
among those who made an enviable
rcord while Miss Fern Long and
Miss Mattle Larson did exceptionally
good work. Miss Barton played a
fine game as center and Miss Ed
wards alos showed to a good advant
age. The game, in fact, was an exciting
one and well worth attending. The
people of Nebraska City were enthu
siastic over it and after a fine recep
tion was tendered the team at the
residence of one of the leading citi
zens of the city. The reception serv
ed to make the good people of Our
neighboring town well acquainted
with just as fine a lot of young wo
men aa ever went out of this city.
It was largely attended and the girls
were made to feel that they were
among friends. There were refresh
ments served and the evening ended
in a continuous round of pleasure.
The young ladies returned to this
city this morning more than pleased
with their trip and more than grati
fied at their victory. They have the
best of words for the girls on the
Nebraska City team and acknowledge
that they had to hustle to beat them.
A large number of young people from
this city accompanied the team from
here to cheer them on to victory. This
gives the girls from this city a splen
did record, they having beaten the
best teams in southeastern Nebraska
and we believe they ran beat the
best girls team in the Btnte.
Census Knumera tor's Questions.
Thirty-two questions are to be ask
ed each person by the census enu
merator. They are as follows: The
street number; the name including
every person in the family living on
April 15, 1909; relationship of the
person enumerated to the head of the
family with which he resides; the
color and race; age at last birthday;
whether married or single, widowed
or divorced; mother of how many
children, including those dead and
those living; place of birth, place of
birth of father and mother; year of
immigration to the U. S., for foreign
persons only; can you speak English?
if, not, what language do you speak?
trade or profession; general nature of
industry at which person works;
whether employer or employe or
working on your own account;
whether out of work on April 15th;
number of weeks out of work in
1909; whether able to read or write;
attend school how long since Septem
ber 1, 1909, whether home is owned
or rented; if owned, whether free or
mortgage; whether home Is farm or
house; whether the person enumerat
ed is a survlver of the Union or Con
federate army or navy, whether blind
in both eyes; whether deaf or dumb.
FOU SALE A 5 room cottage,
price $900. will take part payment
on other property.
Windham Investment & Loan Co.
Mrs. T. M. Carter who has been
quite sick with the la grippe is re
ported as being much better.
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YOUNG men ought to dress well;
style is important to them, because the permanence of
style the looks of the clothes after a month or so
depends on the quality '.
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young men's styles are right; not freakish, but smart, snappy
styles. And the all-wool feature, and the fine tailoring and
correctness of fit, make them especially best for young men.
You young fellows better see what they are; they're the
kind of clothes that pay. Suits $18 to $30. Guaranteed values
$10 to $16.50.
The Home of
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