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The Commoner.
JULY 22, 1910
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ent is an increaso of about 2 per
cent over the Dingley rates, accord
ing to the latest authoritative re
ports. This in addition to tho 25
per cent general increase to take
effect after March 31, totals 27 per
cent increase. And this, too, as the
best the republican party has to offer
when it was pledged to give us sub
stantial relief from the already ex
cessive Dingley rates. 'Tis strange
it took a special session of congress
and protracted wrought-up harangues
and debates to decide to give us up
ward revision. 'Twas downward re
vision we -wanted, needed and expect
ed on pre-election pledges. The
tariff had better have been un
changed than to he increased, a thing
we neither needed nor wanted. And
yet the statements have been repeat
edly made recently by prominent re
publicans and republican newspapers
that' the bill is "a substantial revi
sion downward on the whqle" and
"the best that could be obtained un
der the circumstances." "Which
same is a base untruth, unworthy of
an intelligent person's credence. It
stands to reason therefore, that the
party in power has basely violated
its pre-election promises of relief. Of
course it will be heralded about the
president did not and could not,
make a tariff bill, but he could have
lent all his influence for the people's
good as he promised, instead of aid
ing and abetting such men as Aid
rich in their schemes and manipula
tions. He (the president) is known
to have been several times in con
ference with Aldrich, and but for
this aid Aldrich never could have
succeeded in giving the people the
corporation tax amendment lemon as
a subterfuge for the income tax.
With Taft's Influence and co-operation
the income tax amendment
;would have stood a chance, but as it
is well you know the result. In
lieu of the party's "promise and per
formance" what excuse will the aver
ago intelligent republican have for
voting his party's ticket next time?
It remains to be seen, as always.
that her son was getting a bit too
fresh for so small a child, and she
made up her mind to punish him.
Just then she saw a friend going
home from church and she called
after her to learn what the text
had been.
Hero's what it was:
'Have no
fear,
you."
The Comforter will be with
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Rufus, you old loafer, do you
think it's right to leave your wife at
tho wash tub whllo you pass your
timo fishing?"
"Yassah, jedgo; it's all right. Mali
wife don need any watching. Sho'll
sholy wuk jes as hard as if I was
dah." Tho Herald and Presbyter.
Tho Hotel Clerk "Bog pardon,
sir, but what is your name?"
Tho Visitor "Why, you idiot,
haven't I just put my signature on
tho register?"
Tho Hotel Clerk -"Yes, that la
what aroused my curiosity." Tho
Sketch.
Helen Chamberlain, Storm Lake,
Iowa. The nation is lost, the nation
is sold, that bendeth the knee to the
calf of gold.
D. S. Burson, Richmond, Ind.
Thomas B. Macauley, the celebrated
English writer, in 1857, made the
following significant prophecy rela
tive to the economic destiny of this
country: "Either some Caesar or
Napoleon -will seize the reins of gov
ernment with a strong hand, or your
republic will be as fearfully plun
dered and laid waste by the barba
rians of the twentieth century, as the
Roman empire was in the fifth; with
this difference, the Huns and Van
dals, who ravaged the Roman em
pire, came from without, and your
Huns and Vandals will have been en
gendered within and by your own in
stitutions." Just now the American
people seem to be awakening to the
truthfulness of Macauley's vision.
HE KNEW THE TEXT
Robert Saltman, a prominent citi
zen of Erie, Pa., was in town the
other day long enough to relate the
strange church-going experience of
his son, Chester. The boy had been
in the habit of going to church with
his mother, but one Sunday she was
unable to go, and he persuaded her
to let him go by himself. Well,
when he returned from the seat of
gospel dispensation his mother was
anxious to learn how closely he had
paid attention. She asked him what
had been the text for the sermon.
"Don't worry, you'll get the quilt,"
replied the boy promptly.
The mother failed to see the con
nection. Once more she inquired
about the text, and the boy repeated
his remark: "Don't worry, you'll
get tho quilt." ' ,
This about convinced the mother
WHAT IP THE PEOPLE SPEAK,
MY LORDS?
But what if the People speak, my
lordB, what if the People speak,
Suppose that they weary of cuffs and
blows and turning the other cheek!
What If the Atlas who bears your
world refuses to carry tho load,
Tiring at las't of penury's grip and
the sting of the ceaseless goad?
Oh, steadily upward prices go, and
yours is the lion's share,
While the paupers build, with a sigh,
of woe the multifold millionaire,
And the skies are brass, and our God
is deaf or haply His rest doth
seek
But what if the People speak, my
lords, aye, what if the People
speak?
Time was in Britain when your kind
laughed at the cries of "the mob"
accursed,
But a Cromwell rose, and the price
was paid, the head of a Charles the
First;
Time was in France when the nobles
danced while the peasants writhed
in pain,
But the People spoke, and we pray
our God that never and ne'er
again
Shall the streets run red with a crim
son flood while fiends their orgies
hold;
Yet out of that chaos a New Earth
swung, displacing the shameless
Old.
Oh, the tale of life is tho tale of
strife 'twixt Greed and the poor
and weak,
But they sometimes rise In their
black despair and what if the
People speak?
From out of the gulf of the voiceless
depths there soundeth a muffled
sigh,
The fleeting ghost of a woman's sob
or wrath of a childish cry.
Palace and hovel, not far apart they
stand in the murky gloam,
And one is the home of your pride,
my lords, and one is.your brother's
home.
Your factory wheels go round and
round, grinding your golden grist,
While Death draws near to the toil
ing babes to enter then on his list,
And the wealth to add to a wealth un
used forever in greed you seek
But what if the People speak, my
lords, aye, what if the People
grjpolr 9
A. J. Waterhouse, In California
Weekly.
BORN
It is narrated that Colonel Breck
inridge, meeting Majah Buffo'd on
the streets of Lexington one day,
asked: "What is the meaning, sun,
of the conco'se befo' the co't house?"
To which the Majah replied:
"General Buckneh, suh, is making
a speech. General Buckneh, suh, is
a bo'n oratah."
"What do you mean by a bo'n
oratah?"
"If yo' or I, suh, were asked how
much two and two make, we would
reply 'foh.' When this is asked of
a bo'n oratah he replies: 'When in
the co'se of human events it becomes
necessary to take an integeh of the
second denomination and add it, suh,
to an Integeh of the same denomina
tion, the result, suh and I have the
science of mathematics to back me
in my judgment the result, suh,
and I say it without feah of success
ful contradiction, suh, the result is
foV That' a bo'n oratah."
Lyceumite.
JVON'T HEAT III TJIK HOUSE
VNK A JVHIMjKMS HICKV-JHlKATMXa JFIjAT IHOX
You would havo ono In your homo befbro till wnelc mil If you rml
IrchI how ffooU, liow much antl how comfortable you can Iron
with It lluw cany, speedy mid InoxpoiiHlve to ojwjrnto. Not
coinnllcnted you Irnrn In nnu Irontritr how to hnnrilo IU Don't heat
up the houne to Iruuute JU1ULK12 thla summer. Writo
for frco booklet.
Jubilee Manufacturing Co., 216 S. 14th St., Omaha, Neb,
$20.00
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FREE.
$45.00
AGENTS WANTED
We vraat raea ifh are Met actively
eagaged In aaalneaa e act aa ear
areata. We pay liberal caeh eeaa
astaetoae. Write far ear eatalegee
aad fall particalars.
$20.00 Up.
Gash or
.Credit.!
ON CREDIT
Buggie
Only $10. Cash.
Balance $5 a month. Warranted for 8 years.
Surreys
Only $25. Cash.
Balance J7 a month. Warranted for 8 year.
Farm Wagon
Only $ 1 5. Cash.
Balaxxco$5amonth. Warranted for 8 years.
We trust honest people located In all
parts of the world. Gaiut or easy monthly
payment. Writo for our free catalogue.
OENTURYMFQm OO,
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Ideal Home or Investment
My fruit farm, which I am offering for sale at a very low figure,
contains ICO acres of the finest fruit land in Southwestern Arkansas.
Tho price is so low and tho location so good that whoever buys this
farm is hound to make a profitable investment.
The location is ideal for fruit growing near to a first-class mar
ket without which the finest fruit producing land would be ren
dered unprofitable. It is situated three miles from Dequeen, Ark.,
one of the principal railroad points in that state, and at the foot
hills of the Ozark Mountains.
FRUIT PICKED ON THIS FARM IS SHIPPED DIRECT TO
KANSAS CITY AND PLACED ON SALE THE FOLLOWING
MORNING. Kansas City is the greatest market city of the south
west, and the prices received there are the very best.
This section of Arkansas produces the finest flavored Elberta
peaches grown anywhere, always in demand and commanding tho
highest prices.
My farm has 28 acres in one year old Elberta peaches in fine
growing condition. ,As soon as these trees come into bearing three
crops of peaches will easily pay for the land at the price I am ask
ing. Besides this I have 6 acres in bearing orchard peaches,
apples and plums.
Of my farm, 130 acres are cleared and in cultivation. The land
is of good quality and is this year planted in corn, cotton, sugar
cane, sweet and Irish potatoes, cow peas, peanuts, and garden
vegetables About forty acres of good alfalfa land. Some good
timber. Good improvements. Good water. Healthy locality. R. F. D.
This farm is a money-maker, but I am past 70 years of age and
getting too old to develop it. Besides I have other interests de
manding my attention. ' This Is a fine opportunity for a younger
man to step In and make some money in a few years' time. The
price is so reasonable that you will be surprised when I quote you
my terms in a direct letter. I will sell this farm if bought within a
short time, at less than one-half the price of the commonest farm
lands up north. This farm will Tjear the strictest investigation you
can make. I invite corresponder.ee from any one seeking to better
their condition, or wishing to make a splendid investment.
jr. JfiC. BAJIR, 04Z So. 13th St., XAneolri, Neb
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