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The Gering Courier of Scotts
Bluff county started on its
twenty-fourth year last week ,
A , B. Wood its founder is still
its editor and publisher.
If the seat of government is
to leave Lincoln , we arc , have
been , and iu the future shall be
for Broken Bow as the capital
of Nebraska. Aiusworth Star-
Journal.
Now that it has rained and
sufficient moisture is provided for
the present everybody should
take courage and exercise faith
* in the future. Nebraska can
always be counted on for as
favorable weather as is enjoyed
byany of the states of the cen
tral west.
A recount of the ballots on the
question of saloon license in the
city of Kearney resulted in finding -
ing a majority of two for license.
The recounting was brought
I about by a temporary injunction
granted by Judge Hostetler
against the city council grant
ing license. The recount de
creased the majority vote from
24 to 2.
Mayor Dalhaui as democratic
candidate for governor in declar
ing himself against county
> oj3tionis causing Col. Hryan and
Governor Shallenberger to sit up
and take notice. They hope to
evade the issue direct by conven
ing a special session of the
legislature to pass upon" the
question so as to remove the
question from politics from the
fall campaign.
As a new session of the legis
lature is to convene the coining
winter an extra session of the
legislature at this time would in
our opinion be a useless expense
on the stale. The democrats had
a majority of both branches of
the legislature at the last session
and refused to legislate on the
question of saloon license and we
have no assurance they would
were they given a second chance.
If it is really desired to remove
the Nebraska capital to a loca
tion near the center of the state ,
why all this talk about Hastings ,
Kearney , Grand Island and
Columbus ? Broken Bow is the
only town mentioned in this con
nectiou that is near the geographical
graphical center. If the capital
is to be moved to a central point ,
Broken Bow is the place for it :
but then , Broken Bow is not a
boozeoriutn , hence is not being
' endorsed by the prime movers of
the capital removal agitation.
Alliance Herald.
. A Political Scheme.
Governor Shallcnberger , who
is a candidate for re-election , has
has changed front on the ques
tion of calling an extra session
of the legislature. Last fall
when pressure was brought to
bear to have him call an exta
session of the legislature to pass
an initiative and referndum law
on. the question of liquor license
he declined to consider it. Now
that the question of county
optionis forced upon him as acan-
didate he seeks to dodge the is
sue by calling a special .session of
the legislature by which he hopes
to be relieved from personal re
sponsibility. '
Washington Letter
It will be well for the demo
crats to take all the comfort pos
sible out of the two recent very
exceptional elections in Congress
ional districts Bo'h of these
districts will K ° Republican next
November , and the special elect
ions will be of great orofit to the
Republican party throughout the
country. Already the effect is
very apparent in Washington ,
and every one , from the Presi
dent down , is fully alert to the
situation. There will be six
weeks of busy times at the Capitol
tel and then it is expected that
the administraiion can point tea
a record of legislation that will
show a redemption of pledges
and a desire to meet as far as
possible the people's needs.
While this legislation in itself
will be a large party asset , the
general work of the administra
tion will also make good Rep
ublican arguments in the coming
campaign. It is , of course ,
natural natural to expect that
* he expenditures of the govern
ment will show a normal in
crease from year to year because
of the increase of population and
increased demands on the Treas
ury. And yet it is a fact that
expenditures have decreased
under the Taft administration.
How great this decrease will be
at the end of the present fiscal
year cannot now be estmated but
it will be a very substantial
amount. The postal deficiency
will be very considerably less , it
being now $6,000,000 less than
last year to present time , and it
will be found that every depart
ment has responded to the re
quest of the President for the ut
most economy possible , consist
ent with the best service. The
fault-minding newpapers have
not had time to notice this work
of the administration , bit the
people will soou find it out and
give proper credit.
Extracts of Speech by
lion. Nicholas Longwortli.
( Continued from l.iHt week.
There were imported in that
year more than a million tons of
iron ore of of a value of more
than $3,000,000 , the duty being
an average ad valorem rate of
about 12 per cent. If the duty
of IS cents a ton now provided
in the Payne law had been in
force the average ad valorem rate
would have been only 5 per cent.
Can anyone seriously argue that
a per cent duty on iron ore can
be of any substantial benefit to
the steel trust , or that it can have
an even perceptible effect upon
the price t6 the consumer ? Per
sonally I should have preferred
that iron ore had remained on
the free list , as it was reported
from the Ways and Means Com
mittee and passed by the House ;
but because the Senate and con
ference committee did not go the
whole way along the path that I
preferred , was I justified in voting
against the conference report
when it went ( > 0 per cent of the
way. On the contrary , that was
one of the reasons why I voted
for the Payne bill.
In view of the opinion of this
high authority , those of us who
favored free lumber could have
hardly been justified iu insisting
that our views be carried out ,
and so we split -difference ,
and in the bill as reported to the
House we recommended a dutv
ot $1 on lumber , Had it not
been for Mr. Pinchot's positive
opinion there is no possible qucs
tion but that free lumber woult
have been reported by the com
mittee and passed by the House
If there is one man more res
ponsible than any other , more
responsible than all others pu
together , for the fact that todaj
lumber is not upon the free Us
it is Mr. Gifford > Pinchot. The
Senator nnd Mr. Pinchot are
at the exact opposite poles upon
the most important question
perhaps , in the tariff law. The
judgment of each is of value ,
would be invidious to compare
their responsibiltiy one with tu
other. I wonder , then , while
TRY THESE FOR BREAKFAST.
I Puffed Wheat , n popular seller ,
per pkg. only lOc
Putted Rice 150 npkg orafor..25c '
'ream of Wheat nutritious and
delicious per pkg 15c
Ornpe Nut 2 pkg for 25c
Uncle Sam's Food per pkg. . . .25c
I'ettijohn , liked by sonic better
than oatmeal , 2 pkg for 25c
an inclined in this controversy to
be upon the side of the Senator ,
vhcther or not it may finally re-
ult that Congress , in steering a
middle course , steered wisely.
I am not accustomed to para-
> hrase the words of any man ,
lowever eloquent , but I hope 1
may be acquitted upon this ques-
ion of wilful plagarism when I
say that like President Taft I
wanted free iron ore , but I could
stand for the duty proposed and
I stand for it now. Like Presi
dent Taft , I wanted other mat
erials .put on the free list , and yet
only two were so treated ; but I
could stand for the largely re-
reduced duties on many of these
articles proposed and passed , and
I stand for them now.
I was opposed to an increase of
-100 per cent in the duty on pea
nuts , one of the staples of the
youth of America , without which
nocountry circus could long exist ,
This increased duty was demand
ed by th ° united Democratic del
egation pf the great State of
Virginia ; and because their de
mand was not yielded to in the
Payne law I could stand lor the
duties on peannts proposed and
passed , and I stand for them now.
[ was oppossed to a protective
luty on alligators , as requested
by a distinguished Democratic
Senator ; but because this increase
was refused in the Payne law I
could stand for the alligator par
agraph as proposed and passed ,
and I stand for it now. I was
opposed to a duty of 10 cents on
tea , as demanded by a distin
guished Democratic Senator ; but
oecause the Payne law left tea
upon the free list I could stand
for the tea paragraph as pro
posed and passed , and I stand for
it now. I was opposed to a
great many of the duties carried
in the conference report , which I
thought could have been substan
tially lowered with safety , but
because a majority of my party
decided that they were wise I
could stand for the duties pro
posed and passed and I stand for
them now.
It is useless to try to muddy
the waters , to attempt to mis
represent the exact significance
of the ayc-and-no vote upon the
adoption of the conference report.
The situation was simply this :
That if that report had not been
adopted , if its opponents had
been victorious , the duties carri
ed in the Dingley law -would
still be in full force and etffect.
and our efforts to revise the tariff
in accordance with the pledges
of the republican platform
would have gone for naught.
It is not a. question of what
might have been done in the
future. There was no future lor
that extra session of Congress.
The time to act was then , or not
not' at all. So far as the cor-
cerncd , we had either so take it
or leave it , and the one essential ,
practical fact of the whole pro
position was a vote against the
Shredded Wheat Biscuit 2 pkg 2Sc
E-C Corn 1'lakcs 3 pkg for. . . ,25c
Quaker Oats , the beat brand made
per ykg 150 and. . % . 30c
Honey , fresh from the country ,
per pound . 20c
Syrups of all grades per qt , from
to .30c
Baled Hay , Corn , Wheat , Oats , Corn Chops , Bran
and Shorts lor sale at Market Prices.
WE BUY , TEST and PAY SPOT CASH lor CREAM.
The Eagle Grocery Store.
The Square Deal Store Phone 58
Custer County
Land Man
If you have a snap in a
iarm , 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. ROW1VRN
BROKEN Bow , NEB.
Payne law was a vote for the
Dingley law. You can riot get
out of it by saying that a nega
tive vote was a protest against
the wool schedule , or the cotton
schedule , ir the duties on iron or
steel , or the lumber schedule , or
free hides , or free trade with the
Philippines or the corporation
tax or anything else that you
may be pleased to mention. You
can not argue that a negative
vote was an effective protes
against any particular schedule
or duty , whether you meat to
protest against high duties or
low prices.
It must not be forgotten that
in the House , at least , a num
ber of votes were cast against
the Payne law to protest , not
that some duties were too high ,
but that some were too low. It
must not be forgotten that two
gentleman in the House voted
against the single item of all the
four thousand-odd items it the
bill ; one because he thought the
duty on that item was too high ,
and the other because he thought
it was too low. The only pos
sible theory upon which a nega
tive vote can be defended is that
he who cast it conscientiously
believed not only that there were
some bad things in the bill , but
that the bad things largely
counterbalanced the good. I
have no quarrel with any man ,
Democrat or Republican , who
cast his vote upon that theory.
Had that been my conscientious
belief I should have voted as
they did. But I'believed , on the
contrary , that the Payne law
was an immense improvement
over the Dingley law , and for
that reason I voted for it , and I
stand by my vote. The REPUH-
LICAN party believed that the
Payne law was an improvement
over the Dingley law , and the
republican party stands by it.
Stripped of all nonsensical
verbiage , the question stands
out clear and clean cut. A vote
against this legislation meant a
vote for no legislation. The
man who voted "No" on the ad
option of the conference report
voted against a reduction of 35
per cent on lumber. He voted
against a redution of f > 0 per cent
on iron ore ; against a reduction
of SO per cent on steel rails ;
against a reduction of 30 per
cent on coal ; against a reduction
of 25 per cent on dressed meats ;
against a reduction in the duties
on sugar and salt ; against a re-
Send Your Abstract Orders to
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Office in Security State Bank Building
G. L. Turner Lbr. Co.
Lumber , Posts , Shingles
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route , and , on special dates in May , June and July , only $50.00 ; $15.00 addi
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To The East : Agk nearest agent about the various special rates to be in
effect , commencing May , to principal eastern cities.
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L. W. WAKELEY , G. P. A.
1004 Farnam Street. Omaha Nebraska.
Always Something Left
In your pockefcbook 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 money
for you.
We can make you money by buying 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. Molyneux , Manager.
Have You Deeds
Insurance Policies , or other valuable papers ?
If so you need a Safe Place to keep them.
One or our
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
is an Ideal
place for such , and cost is only nominal.
Come in and let us show them to you.
( Strictly a Homo Institution )
W. A. GKOUGR. president JULES HAUMONT , Vice President
L. II. JEW13TT , Uastilcr K. D. PICICETT , Asst. Cashier
ductiou of the duties on many
vegetables ; against free hides ;
against free oil ; against free
art ; against free trade with the
Philippines ; against a maximum
tariff , as advocated by Thomas
Jefferson a hundred years ago ;
against a tariff board ; against
a corporation tax ; and last , but
not least against increasang by
more than $50,000,000 a year the
revenues of the Government over
what could have possible been
produced had the Diugley law
been allowed to stand.
The republican platform ,
upon which we stood , promised
a revision of the tariff to be
based upon two principles : First ,
that sufficient revenue should be
raised for the needs of the Gov
ernment ; and , second , that duties
should bq placed on articles suf
ficient to equalise the difference
between their cost of production
here and abroad , with a reason
able profit to the producer. In
the the first of these we have
undoubtly been most successful.
ALWAYS
Good Cream on hand at
WILLIS & SON
South Side of the Square.
As the President law has repeat
edly pointed out , the Payne law
has already proved to be an en
ormous revenue producer , larger
by many millions than the Ding-
ley law ever was ; larger by
many millions than the Dingley
law could possibly have been if
the opponents of the Payne law
had triumphed and it was now
in existence.
Ifwe have made mistakes in
our second pledge , if we have
made some duties higher than
was necessary to equalize the
difference between the cost of
production here and abroad , and
if , on the contrary , we have made
some duties not Efficiently high
to equalize this difference , it is
to be regretted. But we never
guaranteed that the law would
