The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, May 01, 1911, Image 4
The Plattsmouth - Journal Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmoutti. Nebraska R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered at the Posloflice. at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class mutter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE They are mil lighting in Mexico this week. They are resting up to pet a fresh slarl. :o: Only live inoffi slates needed to ratify llif income tax amendment. Already thirty stairs haw acted favorably. :o: It Is a great triumph to pcr puade President liaz to let the jnsurrectos print their .speeches in the Record. :o : As a five days' armistice has been declared in Mexico, our peo ple on the line will at least get a chance to plant the vegetable garden. :o : There will he little complaint in San Francisco if JackJohnson goes too fast in his aeroplane, provided only he koeps headed away from that city. :o: The naval academy people have apologized for excluding a work ing girl from a dance, hut, they Ft ill Heem to think that a girl must he lazy to he nice. :o: Are those people who are In terested in hall playing and desire a good hall club here this season going to let the matter go by de fault? Wake up, gentlemen, and do something. :o : They have already started a Har mon boom for president In Wash ington. Well, (iovernor Harmon has proved himself a very able man, and desening of such recognition. :o: The lumber interests needed Lorimer when they elected him to (he Hcnale, and they need him yet. The lumber trust doesn't like the idea of Canadian reci procity a little bit. :o: We are glad the farm papers gel the low postage rate. The hoy who spends his evenings rending about the price of turnips will pny more than a poll tax pome day. A school text book makes (rouble in Japan because it dims the mikado's glory. In our coun try we would consult the opinion of the small hoy before the presi dent's. ;o : The suffragists will make a complete canvass of Kansas. If Ihey would remain at home and hake some eatable bread Ihey might get a chance to cook the political broth. . :o : If the peace in Mexico should disappoint the ammunition makers, they can still take heart from the refusal of the I.ns Angeles girls to dance with the Japs. :o : Dr. Hyde, accused of poisoning cr murdering Col. Swope in Kan fas City, has not only been grant ed n new trial, but is now out on bail. It is reported that when Mrp. Swope (Mrs. Hyde's mother who was enjoying balmy Califor nia breezes on the coast while Dr. Hyde was behind the prison bars, completely collapsed when she heard of the decision of the supreme court. Don't that look funny? :o: - And when bankers and packers would rather face Jail than tel what they know about the bribery in the Lorimer case, it is very good evidence to the lay mind that they know something. The Iiaughters of the American Jtvulution are against Urigham Young's picture on the Utah bat tleship's service, in spite of Hrig lam's heroic efforts to reduce the ) in-plus of unmarried women. i :o: Have you "cleaned up" your hack yards and alleys yet? Better do it before the city authorities do it for you. It will cost you more if the city has to do the work. :o: According to the Army and Navy Journal, fieneral W. T. Sherman did not say "War is hell." Perhaps it was his brother, John Sherman. John was the llancier of the family. The postmaster general says he thinks penny postage is iu sight. Well, let it come. The poor peo ple are able to' stand it. Hut they would prefer that something be done to lower the prices on the necessaries of life. That's where the shoe pinches, :o: Madero may agree to peace if he is made vice president of Mexico. The way to convince a man of the truth of your philo sophy of government is to let him into the orchard when the plum tree is shaken. :o: Some people think that the mere fact that they are labor union members proves that those fellows dynamited the ,os Angeles Times. Others think the mere laci i Hit t i ney are union men proves that they dblu'tj -:o: The Journal has frequently re marked that one can travel Ne braska over, or any other state, pir that matter, and they won't find a more peaceable and better regulated city of its size any where than Plattsmouth. Then why go to the extremes? It is not always best to overdo things. Al ways "leave well enough alone," is a tine rule to work by. :o: Here is something that requires explanation: The democratic ma jority in the house, having brought in and passed the Cana dian reciprocity bill, is now ac cused of' plaiiiK politics" be cause j has introduced the "farmers' free list" bill which is mighty popular with the country, but which it is predicted the re publican senate won't pass. Why hoiild the house lie accused of plaving polities? Why isn't it the senate that is to blame? Kansas City Star (rep.) :r Secretary of the Treasury Mc- Veagh voiced a great truth when he said in a recent address that the civil war pension roll of the United States had been chamred from a worthy object to a political asset. The veterans of the wnr have received fair recognition for their services, but it must gall them to see the efforts of profes sional vote-getters to enlist their political sympathy with the offer of monetary dross. Honor Is higher than cash with the old soldiers. They have long been exploited by venal politicians, in slate and nation. :o: It was ever thus. If a member of congress is elected to represent l no interests of the west he should do it, the same as the east ern congressmen work for the east. The east has always had the best of us because when they elect a member of congress (hat man understands his duty before he is even 6worn In. While in the west we have too nfany congress men who can be "roped iu" to do just what those eastern fellows want them to do. The west should be more particular in knowing who they are electing to represent them. The trouble with the west, today is that our representatives have allowed the interests of our sections to go by default, while , woman has a right to hang a cow those eastern fellows work for1 bell on the door to tell when her their interests every minute in, husband gets in. It would be a the day, and night, too. That's the matter with the west. :o: There has been a wonderful revolution in the state of New Jersey. That state has for years been known as "the mother of trusts," and its government has been in their control. The legis lature was completely in their control and whether the senator was a Dryden or a Smith, a demo crat or a republican, it was al ways the same. Several attempts have, been made in recent years by the people to get the trusts off their backs, but they never suc ceeded unill me lasi en-emm, when the democrats carried the stale and put a fighting governor at the head of affairs. In four months they elected a progres sive democrat to the United Slates senate, passed a primary and election law that knocked the bosses out, a stringent corrput practices act, a comprehensive public utilities bill, a measure permitting the commisison form of government, reformed the cold storage law, made a reapportion ment securing just representa tion and forced New Jersey up in line with Nebraska and Oregon. If that could be done in New Jersey what may not be done in other trust-ridden states? :o: Well, bow about it? Are we going to let the season go by without a ball club? :o: Jack Johnson has bought an fwu'iiiihiii nml now we will see if i .. ,. . it ... III'1 ponce run mhp iihisc h rockets. :oj- Coal operators in West Virginia still believe it is cheaper to bury miners alive than to install en lightened safety appliances. :o: The senate will gel around to vote on reciprocity by the time jit is too hot in Washington to at tend the ball games iu comfort. i :o: The Illinois house Increased their pay from $2,000 to $3,500. They have got to have some way of living between senatorial elec tions. :o : The airship Parseval lauded in a swamp over in Oennany Friday and the passengers .must have been glad for a good, squashy place to jump into. If Plattsmouth has any inten tion of having ft celebration on the Fourth of July don't you think it is about time to begin to talk about it? :o: Reciprocity seems likely to pass, and business men along the border can deliver goods by train instead of through the woods on dark nights. :o:- I.orimer has been made chair man of the senate committee on mines ana mining, possibly mi recognition of the able under ground work by which his elec tion was accomplished. ;o; The bootleggers and temper ance people are working hand in hand to defeat the legalizing of saloons in Lincoln. Wouldn't that cork a government mule? :o : The republican split in Wash ington is growing wider and wider. The progressives in the senate have been treated very badly and they are rebelling. :o: A man was around the other day selling atomizers. These same atomizers were made forty years ago and the people bit as readily then as now and after using them one or two days set them aside, with the rest of such things which "easy" people spend t.heir money for. :o: A St. Louis judge decides a good thing for some men to have it hung around their neck. :o: Doubtless the public ought to fuel grateful that there is no danger that Senator Lorimer will ever be president. He is made in eligible by the fact that he was horn in Manchester, England. :o: If it took 30 women 18 hours to count 1,100 ballots cast by the Daughters of the American Revolution, how much before July i will we get the result of presi dential elections when women hold the offices? :o: : Mexican investments looked golden a few years ago. But under present circumstances we'd rather have our money in the old country savings bank witji its antique ledgers and obsolete furniture and single clerk. :o: Prof. Aiken of Lick observa tory says the canals on Mars are nothing but earthquake fissures. It would he mighty disappoint ing to wake up some morning and find the sweet peas had dropped down to the center of the planet. :o : The best day's work that the governor ever did was when he fired Ludden from the stale school board. If there every was a man in any position that every thought he was the "whole cheese," that man was Ludden. A Nebraska farmer, says the Kansas City Star, who has sold $28,000 worth of hogs in Kansas City this year, asserts that clean liness and pure food are more healthful to the hog than mud and tilth. This may be true as to swine, but surely it (Wsn't apply to hogs! -:o We believe Champ Clark is go ing to prove by his every act the "right man in the right plaee." Missourians are all proud of Champ, and we don't want to see him do anything to, in the least, change this sentiment. The duly of a newspaper is to do everything in its power to promote the interests to the town in which it is published, and make suggestions as to what would the world's staple foods. And .benefit the community; then if they are the staples of, the Ne none of them are adopted the braska farms. That is why, as a fault will rest with somebody else. -:n: Now, don't all speak at once. J lhit what has become of that man, Poulson, who was sent out here by the National Anti-Saloon league to show the people of Ne braska how to run their affairs? We haven't heard of him since he was fired from the lobby in the legislature. :o : A reporter in Georgia has been convicted of contempt of court for refusing to disclose the source of information given to him in con fidence, and the highest court of the state has upheld the decision. The Macon Telegraph remarks that priests, lawyers and doctors are protected by law in preserving the confidence of their clients, and it is hard to see why the same protection should not be extended to the newspnpers. It has been decided by the highest courts that a person's photograph may not be used in an advertisement without tint person s consent, the New York American says. This kills the senate's r'n to run a little ail of Hself, containing a photograph of Lorimer, with the legend, "Ninety- .nine per cent cure. -:o:- The republicans in the senate are becoming very badly "jumbled up." The east wants everything their way in the committee or ganizations, but La Follette and Cummins don't propose to have it that way. The people of the west should be awful well pleased and proud to know that they have two men in the United States senate who have the courage to stand up and defend their rights. We should have more just like them, but we haven't. :o: . THE CORN BELT LANDS. The following editorial from the Orand Island Independent is worth reading in Omaha and elsewhere in Nebraska, the same as in Grand Island: "Nebraska is not without her fault. It isn't disloyalty to her to recognize that fact, first being sure of it. The fault is this: In many cases she is not true to her self. Nebraska personification, obviously, is employed produc ers and, in too many instances, employees her own usufruct for. the development of Canadian lands, Wyoming coal mines, Mexican coffee plantations, south ern investments, etc., etc. Is it fari to the broad, gentle expanse of fertile prairie which, grateful for the small attention given so far, has yielded so abuntantly? And though the nearer prospect may not be so pleasing, would not the investment of the profits she provides in the further develop ment of her own industries be just as successful from the finan cial point of view? Not only, therefore, should loyalty to the great benefactress, impel a sec ond thought before you, her beneficiary, employ the wealth she has provided, for the betterment of other stales, but your own eventful welfare and indirect in terest should do so. It's not an idle sentiment, nor yet flippant chatter to say, "stand up for Ne braska" so long as she so stanch ly stands up for you." The Independent sets a very good example of a Nebraska ii- . newspaper standing up for Ne - bra.xka rat hen than for Oregon or Idaho or Utah or Texas or some other state. Money earned in Ne braska a i id lured outside Tor In vestment, whether in land or otherwise, is building up some other state at Nebraska's expense. There is no better place for Nebraskans to invest their money than right here at home. Every dollar that grows in that way helps every other Nebraska dollar to prow. Nowhere on earth is there land with a surer future than our own. The day is not so far distant when, in the language of the Ies Moines Register and Leader, every acre of corn belt land will be worth its $500. Corn and wheat and oats and beef and pork are, and will continue to be, sure and permanent investment, Nebraska land is immonsnrnhlv ahead of land that raises nuts or peaches or beans or oranges or potatoes or apples as it principal crop. World-Herald. Mr. K. A. Harvey returned from Lincoln this afternoon, where he has visited friends for a few davs. CATARRH Hi iii r. o 3 9 O L- Mi 1-8 Is. 3 5 Will 351! 00 HAYFEVER ELY'S CREAM BALM Appllatf Into th nastrM U quickly absorb. OIVIS RtLIKP AT ONCt. It cleanses, soothi'n, heals and protects tha disease! ii)mtnuie rwulting from CntHrrh and drive sway a Cold Iu the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of ToMe and Kmeil. It is eay to use. Contain no injurious drugs. No mercury, no ooaine, no mor. phiua. The household remedy. g Price, W cent t Druggists or 1v mail. ELY BROTHERS, 66 Warran St., Niw Yorl 9fsd sV-'I DECISION IN CEMENT CASE General Advance in Rales Will Not Be Permitted. WIDE TERRITORY IS AFFECTED Interstate Commerce Commission De cides Contention of Railroads That They Need More Revenue Is With out Merit Some Increases Approved. Washington, April 28. Refusal of the tnttrhtale commerce commission to permit the principal railways of (be west to advance their rates ou th transportation of cement, for the rea son trat the carriers are alleged to need additional revenue, is the feature of a decision handed down in the im portant Portland cement case. ' General advances of from Vi to 5 cents a hundred pounds in rates on cement were prepared by the carriers iu trans-Missouri territory, to become effective Sept. 1, 1910, and affected a territory which produces approximate ly two thirds of the Portland cement In the United States. Cement is a commodity of compara tively low grade in transportation, but In commercial bulk is exceeded only by coal, Iron ore and grain. The ad vances proposed were attacked by pro ducers and shippers and, pending an investigation, the commission sus pended them first until Nov. 1, 1910, and subsequently until July 1, 1911. The points of destination to which the proposed rates apply cover a wide range of territory, extending from Illi nois and Tennessee on the east to the Rocky mountains territory on the west and Involves rates throughout the country. TAFT SPEAKS FOR TREATY Reciprocity With Canada Must Be Adopted Now o" Never. New York,' April 28. Reciprocity with Canada must be adopted now or never, and must stand or' fall by its own terms. Amid tremendous applause and the waving of handkerchiefs, so said Pres ident Talt in an address in the Wal dorf-Astoria hotel at the fourth annual joint banquet of the Associated Press and the American Newspaper Pub lishers' association. His address was the first of a series In which he plans to evoke public I rciiuuicin in ou wins i v ui iiio uuiiv,ido, Ian. ha annunIil(l' tllo n n, I enn I" m ant In aim iwtfr e9 I a nnlfidia editor? and newspaper owners gath ered from the length and the breadth of the land, to impress In the-public .1 mind that reciprocity should stand alone and "ought not to be affected in any regard by other amendments to ; the tariff law." All talk of annexation he character ized as "bosh" and ?aid that the Unit ed States has all It can attend to wltji the territory It Is now governing. He ' praised the house 6t representatives for Its passage o' the agreement; de clared that It would not Injure the farmer nor any speclnl class: answered In detail the objections that have been raised to reciprocity, and begged for at least "a kind of test" to dispel the ghosts "exhibited to frighten the ag ricultural classes." Boy With 30 Soldiers Fights 100 Rebels Mexico City, April 28. Refusing to surrender or leave the train on which he and his command of thirty soldiers were being brought to the capital, a second lieutenant, little more than a boy, engaged In a battle with a force of 4(i0 rebels at. Cajones, Guerrero. At the conclusion of the brief encounter the lieutenant and twenty eight of the soldiers were dead and the remaining two of his men were prisoners. One of the arms of the lieutenant was shot away. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Closing Quotations on tha O'cago Board of Trada. Chicago, April 27. Closing prices: Wheat May, 9l)Vic; July, 86"i87c. Corn May. 51,47510; July, 520 52'c; Sept., 52c. Outs May, 31V:.; July, 31 Vic Pork May, $15.50; July, $14.97Vi. Lard May. $8.05; July, $8.15. Ribs May, $8.17Vi; July. $8.12V. Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard wheat, 90.if93'jC; No. 2 corn, 63fl 53Vic; No. 2 oats. 31H031V. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, April 27. Cattle Receipts. 4,000; steady; beeves, $5.006.45; western steers. $4.80 5.75; Blockers and feeders, $4.005.ti0; cows and heifers. $2.40 5.K5; calves, $4.25 6.00. Mors Receipts, 23,000;; strong; light, $3.f5((i6.25; mixed, $3.9006.20; heavy; $3.75Tfi.l5; rough, $5.735.90; pigs. $r..85C(fP.20; bulk, $G.056.15. Sheep Receipts, 14.000; weak; na tives. $3.OO(fr4.fi0; westerns, $3.25 4.60; yearlings, $4.23fi.l5; lambs, $4.25(jj6.15. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, April 27. Cattle Rcelpts, 2,000; steady; beef steers, $5.2595.75; cows and heifers, $4 60r 5.r0; stockers and feeders, $5.00((i" 6.40; bulls, $4.0004.90; calves, $3 000 6.60. Hogs Receipts, 13.300; active; bulk of sales, $3. 805 5.83; heavy, $3.67K4?5.75; light. $3.91)06.00. Sheep Receipts, 8,500; 10c lower; wethers. $3.50(ff 4.50; ewes, $3.1004.25; lambs, $4.1505.90.