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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 16
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The Adlcr Plan Wipes Oul The Middleman
All Rccordo Broken In Most Stupendous
lintlrcly Swept Awny By My Dlrcct-From-Fnctory,
Krcc-Home-Trlnl Scllinc Plan.
It Will Pay You To Rend Every Word Bclowl
An Attlvr Oram In your liomo will 1)0 11 never fnll
IntrHOurco of jilonsuro, refinement, cduention and cul
ture, innklnK homo Uioniniitattrnctlvo plnco on cnrtli,
payin for lUelf over nnd over njtaln by LrinKinK into
your homo llfn that which money c n not buy-linppl-iienn
nnd contentment. . , , ., ,
Itdvnliio cannot tin measured in dollarn nnd rents.
Think what n nattofnctlon it will ho to liiton to ita Hwcct
music what pleasure to iiinfrtolta nccompunlmont tho
oonn wolove with tlionnen wulovo hi-st.
1 llrmly liollovo thnt If thero wrro nn Adlttr Oman
In every homo In America wo would ho better busi
ness men, hotter working men, better fanner, better
cltlr.otM bocnuHO of tho HovntlnK power of music, nnd
bccniwo I wanted to mnko It iwasihlo for every family
to know tho dellnhUi of music, 1 havo originated tho
wonderful Atller plan of rcllinir orfinns which liaamndo
tho "Adlcr" a hotiiiehold word; more tlmn 75,000 of
thcao famous ornnnu nro now in tho hoinca of tho
people. Tho timo ban nrrlved this very day for you
10 nond for my Wonderful Kreo OrRnn Cntnlotr. Learn
how you con hnvo tho World'H best Orirnn winner of
lilfrhont prir.o nt St. Loufa World's Fair sent to your
homo for 30 Days Trial without pnyinjr n cent.
So enny, too, to buy nn "Adlcr"! Junt nend for
my Cntnloi. Seloct tho Adlcr Oruan you liko beat.
1 will uliip It nt onco. Have It a month free. Send no
money until you decido to buy. Then, if you decido
to keep It, nftcr thorounh examination, pay mo nt
your convcnicnco in small nmountn. I chnrgo no
Interest. I will do oven moro than that. If, at tho end of
n vonr. tho "Adlcr" fall4 to mako irood on ovcrv noint
I claim for it, I will refund every dollar you hnvo paid.
Anu more: l win uivo you mo longest nnu nironcesc
miarnmeo ever maiio on nn organ tor no full years.
You boo how easy it is to own tho finest oruan made.
I can nnd will nnvo yon $43.75 becauso 1 sell direct
from tho $500,000 Adlcr Organ Factory (frrtatcst In
exlHtcnco) nt lowest wholcsalo factory prices. Tho
naior i'ian uiorouRiuy wtcckb nil rciau organ prices,
ntaolutcly nponginu; out all "In botwocn" extra,
middlemen's prolits you pay on other organs.
Mnil rntmnn V on can't nfforil to buy any organ
mull iiiimium until you nco my plan to aavo you
$48.76. So write for my Organ Hook right now; FREE;
xuo uoupon or n rosiai win unng ic
CYRUS L. ADLER, President,
Adlcr Manulaclurlng Co. Louisville, Ky.
CYRUS L ADLER, Prcs't., Adlcr MTfl. Co
jzvj IV. uiestnui si., Louisvme, ny.
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Send me mv cony of tho Wonderful Fraa IIln.
tratcd Adler Organ Book.
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SKXATOH K13KX OX PENSIONS
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of the government. This extraordi
nary statement, coming from tho
pension ofllce, was based upon com
putations shown to havo been utter
ly without merit. Tt has been satis
factorily demonstrated by Gen.
Sherwood, by computations mado
from tho ofllrial records of the war
department, that tho total increase
of expense resulting from the Sher
wood bill as passed by the house of
n rntu.ni si Hvns could not exceed
$45,000,000, while under the pro
visions of the original bill as intro
duced in the house, denying the
benefit of its provisions to soldiers
having an income of $1,000 per
year, the increase of expenditure
would not exceed thirty-five millions.
MISPLACKD ECONOMY
The chief objection to the Slier
wood bill is based upon tho charge
that it calls for an extravagant ex
penditure of public monoy and vio
lates tho promise of economy in tno
administration of the government.
I have not been greatly interested
in the discussion as to what this or
that bill will cost. It is a reflection
upon the integrity, the honor, and
tho flnaucial ability of this nation to
consider a question of that kind in
that light.
Sir, I have already shown that to
pay an honest debt, or to follow the
common instincts of humanity by
caring for the defenders of the re
public in their old ago, is not an
extravagance and violates no pledge
of economy in government.
But, sir, this cry of economy in
governmental expenditures has a
new and strange sound. It has been
seldom heard during the past 12
year's, while the expenses of govern
ment have nearly doubled and
climbed up to the enormous figure of
a thousand million dollars a year.
It was not hoard in connection
with the appropriation of hundreds
of millions of dollars for the Panama
canal, nor has it been insisted upon
during the time that the taxpayers
of the nation have been contributing
a halt billion dollars or more in
carrying out the work of subjugat
ing the Philippine Islands and benev
olently assimilating tho Filipino
people.
It was not urged while 200,000
new offices were being created or
while the salaries of all the princi
pal officeholders in the United States
were being largely increased because
of the high cost of living.
It is a cry that is only heard when
tho proposition is made to care for
tho soldiers of the nation and is
only heard then becauso they have
grown too old to hold official station
and because it is thought that on
ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCE
Strong, durable- and cheapor than wood. Hundreds of
patterns for UwTis.churches.cemetorles, public grounds.
etc. Write for frrn (v-itntnmtn n.i.1 r..l.i
ward fence CO., Box 963, DECATUR, inb. account of old age and decrepitude
tnoy can no longer exert great in
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H-E- Davis, Ass't Cah.
Muskogeo, Okla.
Four years successful operation..
fluonco in the political affairs of the
country.
Distinguished senators hero have,
with great labor, added up all the
miserable pittances received by each
of these old veterans during the past
47 years, and with a horror-stricken
air hold up before us the enormous
total of noarlv $4.nnn nnn nnn
When tho proposition was made to
double tho salary of the president
of tho United States and then add
$25,000 per annum for traveling ex
penses, did anyone tako the time to
give to tho public the total sum of
all tho moneys paid to all the presi
dents since the formation of tho
government?
Or when tho proposition war mnnt.
a few years ago to increase the
salaries of senators and congress
men, was any computation exhibited
of tho total amount paid to tho mem
bers of tho two houses during the
century and a quarter of our na
tional life?
Tho salaries of tho postmasters
throughout tho country aro in
creased steadily year by year, yet
we have heard from no source the
vast amount of money that has been
paid to these patriotic, self-sacrificing
officials during the years of tho
past.
When pork-barrel appropriations
are asked and made for costly public
buildings at crossroads and county
seats and for the improvement of
streams too small for flatboat navi
gation, no senator has ever thought
of undertaking the mathematical
feat of calculating the enormous
amount of public money that has
been thus wasted during the last
half century.
These mathematical prodigies of
the senate never let loose thoir re
strained energies except when the
heroes of Gettysburg and Antietam,
Chancellorsville and Lookout call
the attention of the government. to
its broken pledges and its inexcus
able ingratitude to the men who
saved its life.
Mr. President, in the course of
the debate here on yesterday, while
senators were suggesting economy
in other departments of government
as a means of providing sufficient
revenue for liberal pensions, some
thing was said in the way of jest
about the free barber shop and free
baths in marble rooms provided for
senators.
These are trifling matters, and I
shall not consume any time in dis
cussing them. But, sir, when the
old soldier and his wife read in the
newspapers that senators and con
gressmen are complaining that they
can not live respectably in Washing
ton on salaries of more than $20 a
day, with free barber shops, free
baths, free Apollinaris water, and
free office rent when they read of
the senators riding in free govern
ment automobiles between their
offices and the capitol, only a square
in distance, they can not but marvel
at the claim .made by some of these
same gentlemen that the soldier's
request for a pension of a paltry
dollar a day is an impertinent de
mand, to grant which would be gross
and intolerable extravagance.
The old soldier, who must pay
uouse rent;, pay exorbitant prices
for everything he eats and wears,
and pay for all out of a pension of
$15 or $20 per month, with fond
remembrance of the beefsteak now
only a memory, must sympathize
deeply with his unfortunate repre
sentatives in Washington, who, are
compelled to eke out a miserable
existence on $j525 per month, with
un uie mile accessories furnished
uj an umjyuipaiuetic government.
The distinguished senator from Ohio
impressed us all yesterday with,
his fervid declaration that he would
be rejoiced to support a measure
giving the old soldier a dollar a day
if this poor government could only
afford it. How natural it will be
for him as a patriotic American to
cover back into tho treasury a part
of his next month's salary to aid an
impoverished nation in its struggle
with adversity. bb
It is Said that our rmnelnri ltr.4. i-
larger than that of any nation in
the world. I have not examined the
Jtatjscg. but I hope it is. It ought
to be. There was no such war in
modern times, and no war ever ac
complished such beneficent results
Russian or TnrlHah rmno ..,
,----- i."oul, uui as
an American citizen and in carinc
for-these veterans we should havo
in mind the American standard of
living, and not that of European or
Asiatic countries. Surely those
patriotic gentlemen who are clamor
ing for palatial residences for our
ministers and ambassadors abroad
that they maintain our national dig'
nity and, prestige, would not advo
cate a policy respecting the soldiers
of the republic which would place
thorn upon a par with tho half-fed
and poorly clad people of the world's
poorest nations.
Mr. President, I hope T may be
permitted to address some words to
my brethren of the south, who rep
resent their several states in this
body with such distinguished ability.
AN APPEAL FOR JUSTICE
I know how you venerate tho
memories of the great leaders of tho
confederacy, who with the great
leaders of the army of the union
h,ave crossed the great river and are
fraternizing on the farther shore.
The differences of the past are hap
pily ended settled on the basis of
fraternity and perpetual union
never more to recur. A common
hope, a common destiny, and a com
mon country, with a single flag, bind
us in the ties of a common brother
hood. Your interests are the same as
the interests of those of us born
under northern skies, and I would
subject you to no penalties or bur
dens which I would not willingly
share. My ancestors, even to the
first American generation, were born
in old Virginia. My father having
removed to the north long before
the civil war, was a Douglas demo
crat and for tho union, and yet, after
the war was over, he so longed for
the mountains and valleys of his
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country's standard in time of dan-
w , . "'uu ottuiiuues, II nPfirl ho
to contribute of their substance for
the care and support of its defenders
when by reason of service or ?S
they need such care and support
The American soldier who hn
periled life and oacriflcS hSa fS
his country, and who can no lonSJ
earn a ivelihood, still deserves ?o
live-not as an Italian or French o?
Every Crisp,
Little Flake
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Toasties
has a flavour all its own.
"Toasties" are made of
selected white Indian corn;
first cooked, then rolled into
wafer-like bits and toasted to
an appetizing golden brown.
A favorite food for
breakfast, lunch or supper in
thousands upon thousands
o homes where people are
particular,
"The Memory Lingers"
Sold by Grocers
Postam Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek, Midi.
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