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Jim Dahlmau's platform for
governor includes the reloca'ion
of the state capital in a more
central place in the state. The
RWUIJUCAN has never regarded
Dahltuan's chances for that office
very flattering yet with the
democratic and republican parties
of the state divided upon the
county option question there is
no tclliijg what may be the result
politically. But be that as it
the question of removing the
state capita ] from Lincoln to a
more central place will have
many supporters regardless of
party affiliation. Hastings ,
Kearney and Grand Island are
candidates for the plum. But
when the question of location
hecotiics a real issue there will be
something doing in Broken Bow.
There is but one gcographica
center in the state and that is
airokcn Bow and if the capital is
ever relocated here is where i
should be.
Another county campaign wil
soon be upon us" , and it will be
up to the people to ray whether
all the candidates shall be from
Broken Bow. Courier-Tribune
Bring out your candidates , i ;
'you have any Bro. Ducn , the
best material the county ha
regardless of locality. The re
publicans of Broken Bow would
be glad.of an opportunity to sup
port men of right qualifications
for any of the offices from the
various paris of the county. I
we select our candidates this yea
we have got to have men o
ability , popular at home as wcl
* as abroad who will command th
respect and confidence of th
republicans. We need three sue !
men as candidates fur the legis
la lure and one for county attor
ney. Give us a list to selcc
from.
Washington Letter.
These benefits that have accru
ed to the country under the op
eration of the new law are more
and more apparent every day.
Attention has alreay been called
in these columns to success of
the measure as a rercnue law.
The receipts so far during the
present fiscal year , ending June
30 next , being some 550,000,000
more during the corresponding
months of last year , while the
deficit of about $70,000.000 a year
ago is now about $14,000,000 ,
aud there seems to be no doubt
that this deficit will be wiped
out by the end of the fiscal year.
Again there is a full volume
of employment all over the count
ry , and our people were never so
prosperous as now. It is true we
hear ( much about high prices ,
but it has been shown beyond
question that these high prices
arc in no way attributable to the
tariff. But the best news of all
which we are having is the con
stant and voluntary increase of
wages by the great corporations
and railtoads of the country.
Nearly all of the Eastern Trunk
lines , including such roads as the
v Pennsylvania , Philadelphia and
Reading , the Baltimore and Ohio ,
the new York , New Haven and
Hartford , the Maine and others
"have increased wages recently.
* And'this increase has lieen by no
means confined to the railroads
the' United - Steel Corporation
'and various other large qorpora-
/
/x.tionshave followed , and the ad-
justmcnt now made in mining
centers will no doubt result in
widespread increase to all the
coal miners of the coudtrv.
As regards the present business
situation , it can be summed up
in the recent statement of H. G.
Dun & Co , , who say :
"While the trade development
is irregular , revealing diversified
conditions in different sections
of the country , the volume as a
whole has made such steady
gains over lust year that there
can be no question as to its sub
stautial character. "
To these splendid results of
the new tariff law in all the
avenues of finance and business
which is effected by the law ,
can be added the splendid pro
gress now being made in Congress
to carry out the pledges of the
parly and adopt the recommen
dations of the President. The
large appropriation bills are now
practially out of the way , and
for the next few weeks Congress
will be engaged in passing laws ,
strengthening the Interstate
Commerce Commission , providing
for better regulations as to the
railroads , providing for postal
savings banks , u so-called anti
injunction law , admitting the
two new States of Arizona and
New Mexico , and , in short ful-
fulling as far as possible of pro
mises of the party and the Pres
ident. Thus the issues of the ,
coming Congressional campaign
will be clearly defined , and the
Republicans will go before the
country with ihe utmost confU
dence that the President and
the party will be sustained
through the return of a Republi
can majority to the next House
of Representatives.
Governor Harman , of Ohio , in
a recent interview , which was
practically an announcement of
his policies and beliefs , has made
the issue with the Democrats
very clear , and it seems to be the
old issue of. Democracy , which
consists simply of opposing
everything the Republican party
stands for. Governor Harmon on
the tariff question is a practical
free trader , and announces that
he is for a tariff for revenue
only. That would close thous
ands 'of mills throughout the
country and throw millions of
men out of work , and even if a
Democratic House of Representa
tives should frame a bill in ac
cordance with the views of
Governor Harmon and should
send it to a Republican Senate.
where it would be quietly pig
eonholed , still it would bring
about a check to our prosperity
and an anxiety in business circles
which would do untold harm.
Mr. Harmon might better have
kept silent. His interview
shows that he is not only ignor
ant on National affairs , but would
play the part of a demagogue
in appealing for the votes of the
people to place him in the Pres
idential chair. His interview
has weakened him most materi
ally before the voters of the
country , and it will no doubt
have much effect in defeating
him for his race for governor
ship in Ohio this fall.
While the Republican party
has been facing many unpleasant
situations during the past weeks
it is emerging from the , clouds
into clear sunshine and long be
fore the Sth of next November
it will be found that in every
State and in every section of the
country there is a united party
backing up the President , and
quite willing to rest its case be
fore the people upon what it has
done and upon the record of the
administration up to that time.
Cost of Living in England
The London "Economist , " a
freetrade journal , which is col
lecting a fund to promote free-
trade agitation , states t tat the
increase in prices in the United
Kingdom on the average from
1896 to February , 1910 , was
/only about 30 per cent. " "Only"
is rather a strange' * word 4 to *
use for that free-trade country , '
where no one thinks of ascribing )
the increased cost of living to
tariff rates. Of course , the
"Economist" tries to make out
that the increase has bcea great
er in the United States but it
concedes that the cost of living
has gone up the world over , and
there can b no question about
it being a matter entirely inde
pendent of the tariff rates. Of-
course the Democratic freetraders
in the United States try to make
out that the tariff is responsible
for the increase , though the in
crease has been greater products
on which the tariff was reduced
or removed altogether than in
products on which the rates were
increased. They will not at
tempt 'to explain the increase in
the United Kingdom , nor explain
the increase in the price of hides
in this country , on which the
duty was removed , nor tell bow
it comes about that boots and
shoes have advanced in price , al
though the industry was furnish
ed with free hides and the duty
on hoots and shoes very greatly
reduced. The free-traders hope
for success only from ignorance
caused by their misrepresenta
tion of the facts
Give the President Fair Play
We are 'glad to see the Repub-
ican members of the Senate
stood solidly behind the admin
istration's pdstal savings bank
bill and passed it by practically a
party vote. Now that one
pledge of the party in its nation
al platform is underway tp ful
fillment , let the Republican
majority at Washington forget
minor differences and stand be
hind the Presient and his party
in fulfilling all the obligations
of the Chicago platform. A lot
of time is being wasted in vitu
perative attracks on Speaker
Cannon , underhand slashing at
Senator Aldrich , and left-handed
blows at the President himself.
All is unseemly , unfair , undig
nified , and unmanly.Let boy's
play be stopped and let the Rep
ublican majority in control at
Washington accepted its obliga
tions and get down to substant
ial busimss. The President's
task , at best , is difficult and his
responsibilities are overwhelm-
- iug. He is entitled to receive
the generous , hearty and vigor
ous support of every Republican
in both Houses of Congress. No
. matter what a few muck-raking
and anti-Taft Republican news
papers and magazines may have
to say regarding the administra
tion , it deserves afairttial and
the support of Congressmen who
have been elected on Republican
tickets and on Republican plat
forms. We beg to remind the
"insurgents" and all who are
inclined to break away from
part/ obligations that they are
furnishing tte sinews of their
political opponents , and that
they must eventually face the
responsibility for so doing.
Leslie's Weekly ,
The Home Market
Congressman McKinlay sowed
a great dal of good tariff seed
on the Karsas prairies during
his recent tour of the State , and
the Kansas prairies are not us
ually barren grounds when good
seed is properly sown , Mr. , Mc
Kinlay made u.any strong * points
in his defense of the Payne bill ,
but he could hardly have scored
more effectively with farmers
{ nan in his insistence on the fact
that the farmers'
market is es
sentially a home market With
85 per cent , of all he raises con
sumed within the confines of
this country , one would imagine
that the farmer would be the
last to advocate anything which
decreased the buying ability of
those to whom ht sells.
That the consumers must , be
largely wage earners goes with-
ing saying , and that wage earn
ers mu tbe what the name im
plies depends on their ability 'to
get employment. This ability
to get employment depends on the {
Cut
This Coupon Out and Bring
It to Our Store for
Free Birth-Stone
A. H. SOUDER
DRUGS and JEWELERY
Custer County
Land Man
If you have a snap in a
farm , or ranch for sale list
with me. If you want to
buy a snap in a farm or
ranch , come and see me.
Phones , office 42 , resi
dence 129.
CHAS. W. BOWMAN
BROKEN Bow , NEB.
ability of wage payers to give it ,
and , finally , this depends on in-
d istrial conditions which involve
prosperity in mine and mill and
factory and in all the avenues of
commerce. If America imports
its shoes , clothing- , machinery ,
etc. it requires only the common
est kind of common sense to
understand the wages paid for
for manufacturing these things
must be paid to foreign workmen
not to American labor that com
poses the farmer' home market.
Congressman McKinlay , Speak
er Cannon and other Republican
leaders have shown time and a-
gaiti that a majority of the ar
ticles and commodities imported
are not dutiable , while of those
which are dutiable the great ma
jority are luxurses. As to the
necessities of the oeople , either
they have been admitted free
under the Payne bill or the duties
have been largely reduced. It
requires $400,000,000 a year to
pay the legitimate running ex
penses of the government , be
sides millions more for pensions ,
etc. A tariff bill which levies
target share of this burden upon
the wealth rather than upoi the
dinner pails of the country
( would seem to deserve the com
mendation of all who not blinded
by partisanship of most stupid
kind. Kansas City Journal.
Protecting ( lie Richest Market
The richest market in the
world , the priceless jewel of com
merce , is the market of the Unit
ed States The protective tariff
holds its treasure secure to the
American wage earners and all
the American people. This is
the simple essence of protection.
It is the cardinal principle of the
American tariff system which
has been made a national policy
by the Republican party. The
recent revision of the tariff by
the Republicans on protection
lines , and not by the Democrats
on free-trade lines , downward on
necessities and upward on luxur
ies , is daily demonstrating that
it was the best revision of the
tariff ever made by the American
Congress , as President Taft de
clared in his Winona speech. It
is working well , and it will bz
approved by the voters , who will
still keep the Republicans in
power and keep the American
market for Americans , Freeport -
. "Journal. "
port (111. )
One statistician shows that
the increase in prices in England
has really been greater than in
the United States figuring it on
percentages. Of course Mr.
Taft and the American tariff are
to , blame for high prices in that
country. Cedar Rapids "Rep
ublican. "
The people will be glad to hear
frpm Roosevelt at any time , for
with all his faults they love him
still. He has been "svill" now
for a year , and a resumption of
noise might prove just the tonic
that is needed in Republican cir
cles today. Water town Stand
ard.
Send Your Abstract Orders to
J. GL Leonard , Bonded Abstracter
Office in Security State Bank Building :
G. L. Turner Lbr. Co.
Lumber , Posts , Shingles
Genera ! Building Supplies
Phone 79
To The Farm ! -r-
The Greatest advertisement ' i--i f
- -
ever given to -
western fnrm lauds is contained in
the present discussion regarding the high cost of living. Our population nnd its
demands has increased beyond the ratio of increased soil products. The man who
owns a farm is surer today than ever before of its future value and worth to him.
Nearly a million immigrants come annually to this .
country. The west is increase-
ing in population at the rate of half a million a . The man who -
year. owns
a 30 or
4o-acre worn-out farm in
is
Europe considered independent , yet
the west offers you 320-acre tracts of Mondell
lands or 80-acre tracts of Government irrigated
land , at a price that comes near
being : a gift.
With the absolute certainty that these lands will be
beyond the reaah of the
homesteader in a few yenrs ,
Jt will pay you to get hold of a WeStern
farm f ° r yourself or your son before it is too late. Get in touch with me.
D. CLEM DEAVER , General Agt.
Land Seekers Information Bureau
1004 Farnum St. , Omaha Nebr.
If not , does it not cause you a certain 'feeling of envy toward
your neighbor who always pays his bills by check ? Don't you
think it a good time right now , to start an account with a
bank whose
.
DEPOSITS AKE GUAKANTEED ?
/
Come in and let us talk it over and show you some of the ad
vantages of doing business with us.
W. A. GEORGE , president JULES HAUMONT , Vice President
L. II. JEWETT , Cashier B. D. PICKETTAsst. | Cashier
Always Something Left T
In your pocketbook when you buy your lumber and coal
of us. We can save you money on your lumber bill.
How do we know ? Because we save money for our
customers every day. We would like to save motley
for you.
We can make you money by buying1 coal of us as we
have the stock to choose from. Let us fill your coal
bin next time.
DIERKS LUMBER & COAL CO. '
Phone 23. J. S. Alolyneux , Manager.
Washington News Letter.
Washington , April 13 , 1910.
Senator Burkett's bill to allow
settlers on reclamation projects '
to assign their patents after five
years' residence has been report-1
ed favorably by the House Com-
in ttee , and will no doubt become
a law within a few days. Sena
tor Burkett expressed himself as
much pleased at the action of the
house and stated that while the
bill did not give as broad con
cessions to the reclamation set
tlers as he had advocated , it was
a step in the right direction , and
opened the way for further
privileges in the way of legis
lature.
Easter time in Washington is
the season for the sight-seer.
Washington is at its best.
Spring comes early here"and
nature dons its freshest garb in
honor of the season. The trees
are in their first tender green ,
the magnolias are in fragrant
Jlower , the dogwood blossoms
are showing in the timber along
the streams , and '
every day's sun
shine brings an increase of
. bloom and
verdure that
makes
]
'j ! Washington a delightful place
I at this season of the year. Then
too , it is vacation time , There
has been a veritable
pilgrimage
of
Nebraskans visiting
Washing
ton or passing through the city
on their way to other places dur
ing this Easter-tide.
Lieutenant Governor and Mrs.
Ilopewell of Tekamah have
been guests of Congressman
Latta and have called on the
members of the
delegation.
Governor Hopewell said that he
was going to visit other friends .
on his way back to
the state , * v
especially one of his former asso- V
ciates on the bench , Judge Key-
ser , who is now in St. Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Bryson
oe Omaha were here three d ays
before sailing for Europe from w
Philadelphia. Mr. Bryson id in
pocr health , and they were on.