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"'', vtymtm imr&QB0tiiHtrfpmr'i' "! wminr iJWWpinini i i'UliiWwpiiJIHWtl .JWMHB M.WMIffMHH I, I"' ,; . The Commoner. APRIL 3, 1903. II rfflPWWwi ' Jw'wiwji'iiwiki)n yiipgg .MHHMHSHMMBHMHMIHMMMMHiflMMMHMMMBMBMBMnMMnHHiBHBMMHr We Guarantee Safe Delivery FV Packer; "Thcro you 1 I aro: carefully packed, all 1 I ready toco. I know you'll 1 I get thero safely." i ' VniMMinaMnMnaByiBBHlHBBnBIMBHBHBHfliH which means that we net tniy guarantee the roods, but that wo proltct yog against loss or break ce on the road. We aasusae til the responsibility. Now Is the Time to Think boot Taint for your house or hrn, Wall Paper, Carpets, Cultivators, Weeders, I'enclnc. Dairy Goods, Bicycles, Bur ties, Spring Clothing, Furniture, Crocerles.etc. Don't wait until the last minute. Think what you will need soon, and wtite ladrty. If you will tell us what ) ou want to buy we will send you a special catalogue on that article oi inkles free f charge. J Saddle was returned at our expense a few days ago. Jilt ho ugh it had been properly boxed, it was damaged by rats before being unpacked, according to customer's letter. Of course this was no fault of ours, but he got a new saddle fust the same. Do you know of any other firm who would have given him the same liberal treatment? Why not buy your supplies from a firm with whom it is a pleasure to deal? Jill goods guaranteed and prices always lowest, quality considered. Our next advcrtlnoment -will show bow the (roods arrived. Watch and sco if the packer told tho truth. Montgomery Ward Sp Co., "m&?sZ Chicago Send for Catalogue 71 Today It contains sioopaes of wholesale prices and pictures of everything you eat, wear or use. Montgomttry Ward Co., Chicago. Unclosed tind 15 cents, for which please send ue Catalogue Wo. 71 27am e. wmmmBamamemmmmimammaumiMaaammmmmiamamaamammmmnmmmmmmmmmmaammmBmmmi HHBHHMHii3HHs?HHflHH9iHiiiHHBBBH Exprou OClca. County Write very plain. Tost Office- State THE ALDRICH BILL. J A bill to further provide for the safe-keeping of public money, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the' senate and house ,6T representatives of the United States of America in congress assem bled, that section fifty-one hundred and fifty-three of the revised statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 5153. All national banldrfg as sociations, designated for that purpose by the secretary of the treasury, shall be depositories of public money, un der such regulations as may be pre scribed by the secretary ; and they may also be employed as financial agents of the government; and they shall per form all such reasonable duties, as de positories of public moneys and fi nancial agents of the government, as may be required of them. The secre tary of the treasury may deposit in such designated depositories public money received from all sources, and shall require such depositories to give satisfactory security, as hereinafter authorized, for the safe-keeping and 1 prompt payment of the public money so deposited with them and for the faithful performance of their duties as financial agents of the government The secretary of the treasury may ac cept as security for the safe-keeping of public money deposited with na tional banking associations, as here in authorized, the deposit of bonds of the United States, or any legally authorized bonds issued for municipal purposes by any city in the United States which has been in existence as a city for a period of twenty-five years and which for a period of ten years previous to such deposit has not de faulted in the payment of any part of either principal or interest of any debt authorized to be contracted by it, and which has at such date more than fifty thousand inhabitants as estab lished by the last national, state, or city census, and whose net indebted ness does not exceed 10 per centum of the valuation of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last preceding valuation of property for the assessment of taxes; or tho first mortgage bonds of any railroad com pany which has paid dividends of not less than 4 per centum per annum reg ularly on its entire capita stock for a period of not less than ten years previous to the deposit of the bonds. The secretary of the treasury may ac cept the securities herein enumerated in such proportions as he may from time to time determine, and he may at any time require the deposit of ad ditional securities, or require any de pository to change the character of the securities already on deposit. Na tional banking associations having on deposit public money shall pay to the United States for the use thereof in terest at the rate of not less than one and one-half per centum per annum, such rate to be fixed from time to time by the secretary of the treasury; and all public moneys in any depository shall be payable on demand upon the draft of the treasurer of the United States. The United States shall have a lien on all assets of banks in which public moneys are deposited from tho time of deposit, for the repayment of the same on demand of the treasurer of the United States as aforesaid; but the securities deposited with the sec retary of the treasury for the safe keeping of such moneys shall be sola before the said lien is enforced and the proceeds applied to the discharge of said lien to the extent of the proceed4 of sale." Sec. 2. That the 2 per centum bonds of the United States authorized by the act entitled "An act to provide for the construction of a canal connecting the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans," approved June 28, 1902, that shall be issued to provide the funds appropriated "by the third section of said act, and for the other expenditures authorized therein, shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges given by law to the 2 per centum bonds Is sued under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to define and fix the standard of value, to riaaintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other pur roses," approved March 14, 1900, and any national banking association hav ing on deposit any of the 2 per centum bonds issued under the provisions of said act approved June 28, 1902, shall pay to the treasurer of the United States a tax of one-fourth of 1 per centum each half year upon the av erage amount of such of its notes In circulation as are based upon tho de posit of such bonds, in lieu of tho taxes imposed on notes in circulation by section 5214 of tho revised statutes. Sec. 3. That section 3 of the act ap proved June 20, 1874, entitled "An act fixing the amount of United States notes, providing for a redistribution of the national bank currency, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding at tho end thereof the following proviso: "Provided, That the secretary of the treasury may, in his discretion, retain in the general fund of the treasury na tional bank notes received in tho ordi nary course of business or presented to the treasurer of tho United State? as hereinbefore provided, and pay out such of them as may be fit for circu lation for .any of the obligations of the government, excepting only the principal and interest of the public debt" not settled by an off-hand remark by Senator Lodge, and it never will bo settled until the whole subject o atrocities in the Philippines is tkor- oughly investigated. No doubt the war department is as tired as Senator Lodge of all this row over incidents connected with tho process of benevolent assimilation. It is conceivable that public Interest In the mattor may be worn out and tho country may become weary of the wa ter cure and murdered priests, tortured soldiers and slaughtered prisoners, but the people who make tho chargqs and demand investigation are of the sort that does not tire readily. There is but one way to quiet tben, and that is to convince them that they are wrong. Philadelphia North American (rep.). Lot the Truth be Known. The majority of the senate Philip pines committee has adopted a policy or course of conduct which must pro duce results exactly opposite to those desired by Senator Lodge and the war department. Senator Lodge refuses a hearing to witnesses who allege that atrocious crimes were committeed by the officers of the army in the Philip pines. As chairman of the committee he 'attempts to stop investigation and prevent disclosure of the truth, and he seems to think that his mere denial that there is any basis for the charges should satisfy the country and silence all accusers. "I am tired," says Sena tor Lodge, "of hearing men dishonor the army and their country by such testimony." That is a feeble, futile answer to sworn testimony that unarmed pris oners were shot in cold blood, even while they were begging for mercy, by officers of the Twentieth Kansas, act ing under orders from Colonel Funs ton to "take no prisoners." If the testimony Is false, the honor of the army and the country can be pro tected only by refuting it. The wit nesses who swear that Funston is sued orders to take no prisoners In the battle of Caloocan and that a captain and a major of the regiment murdered prisoners on the field are a lieutenant and a private of Funston's own regiment Either they defame the army by lying, or the army is dis honored IV the presence of the men whom they accuse. The question is Evidence of Prosperity. There was a very important piece of news in the papers the other morning. It came from Washington and related tho fact that the war department has notified the governors of all the states in the union that it is prepared to supply them upon demand with a stock of "riot cartridges." Prosperity being almost sickeningly abundant and the trusts proclaiming that the com pact organization of Industry Is a guarantee that it will remain for many years, is it not a little strango that the government, at this of all times, should have deemed It wise to shatter the precedents of more than a century and distribute to the gov ernors of all the states a special "riot" cartridge? Detroit Times. Singular Omission, It Is singular that no one nas sug gested that the president appoint a commission to settle the race ques tion. With the exit of the Fifty-seventh congress there aro a number of statesmen out of jobs, and they could settle almost any sort of problem at the usual rates and be glad of tho chance to serve their country. Mil waukee News. . A TURK FOR ASTHMA Asthma sufferers need no longer lcavo home and business In order to be cured. Nature baa produced a vegetable remedy that will permanently cure Asthma and all diseases of the lungs and bronchial tubo. 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