Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, February 21, 1907, Image 4
ar 73 ; 1 "J * * c * THE VALENTINE.PEM9CB&T " " ' * 'W Tir * & I. M. RICE Editor and MARK ZAKR Foreman. Entered at the postoflice at Valentine , Cherry count } ' , Nebr. . as Second Class Matter. * TERMS : Subscription $1.00 per year in advance ; $1.50 when not paid in advance. "Display Advertising 1 inch single column loc per issue or $6.00 a year. Local Notices , Obituaries , Lodge Resolutions and Socials for revenue 5c per line per issue. Brands , li inches$4.00 per year in advance ; additional space 83.00 per year ; engraved blocks extra $1.00 each. 10 per cent additional to above rates if over 6 months in arrears. Parties living outside Cherry county are requested to pay in advance Notices of losses of stock free to brand advertisers. THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 21 , 1907. SENATE PASSES 2-CENT RATE BILL Everybody heave for a 2-cent ilat rate for passenger traffic. Then , don't stop at that. "We want a reduction in freight rates. Go back to the old populist maxi mum freight rate bill and enact it into a law again and make it stronger this time so that it will hold. "Later Tuesday the state ssnate , becoming tired of the lenghty deliberations of the house of representatives , took up the 2-cent flat rate bill and hurriedly passed it by unanimous vote , two senators being absent , but all oth ers present voted for the 2-cent ilat rate and made the bill just the same as the one now on the stat'ute books the maximum relating to 3-cent mum rate bill , excepting changing the 3 cents to 2 cents a mile. The house committee of the whole agreed upon the flat 2-cent rate without amendment and the bill has probably passed the house by this time and the bill will go to the governor for his signature and immediately become a law. There's been considerable op position to this bill in the house by members who claimed they wanted to make the bill better and to stand the test of the courts as to legality. Speaker Nettleton has always been to the front with his words of caution and explanation of why they wanted the amendment for revision by the railway commis sion and upon numerous occasions has deemed it his duty to instruct the members and has been very sarcastic against those who con tended most earnestly and efficient ly for the flat 2-cent rate. He has even gone beyond his duty as speaker to block the way of the 2-cent flat rate bill. The people who have watched the developments of legislation on railroad rates and measures will notice that the same persons who appear concerned as to the flat 2-cent rate will be found attempt ing to block any bill at all for freight regulations or effectual lower rates in the interest of the people who have sent them in con fidence to enact laws that we have long needed. Now , we want effectual lower freight rates. They are much too high , and especially the discrimi nation in regard to coal rates should be gone into thoroughly. We , at Valentine , are paying § 18 per ton for hard coal and § 8.50 to § 0.00 per ton for Illinois or Ohio coal. It has been impossible to get Glen Rock , Sheridan or Rock Springs coal with any regu larity and apparently we are re quired to pay higher prices for it than it is sold for in Omaha , Lin coln or Fremont , or in many cities where the haul is longer than here. This is unjust discrimination against us. In addition to this we have not been able to get the west ern coal for several months. We want just rates on coal and want our legislature to IOOK into this discrimination in favor of eastern markets. The house passed the Fries voting ing bill , requiring every voter to vote or pay a penalty of $3 to the state. This will be assessed as an additional tax against those who have no reasonable excuse for not voting at the general election. We hope this bill becomes a law. The house is discussing the anti- pass bill and some members have shown that they are aware of a "railroad physician" and a "rail- road attorney" in each county or big town who ride on passes for their services as railroad pluggers 01 lobbyists in their line or pro fession. "These , " said a member of the house the other day , "are the most dangerous of all. " If the abolition of the pass is to bene fit the people , most assuredly the ' "most dangerous class" should be deprived of their passes and bo compelled to pay their fare and receive cash for their services when they are needed. By all means honorable' let us have the anti-pass in theory and in fact and correct freight rates. Good chairs save clothing es pecially to those who sit much. The old fashioned chairs bottom ed with hickory bark were easy chairs in their day and are treas ured now as relics of ancient times but there is no doubt that they outlasted many a pair of jeans pants. Rocking chairs are more comfortable now than when we were younger. A board laid across a box or the box itself was easy in the early days after a hard day's work planting corn with a Missouri corn planter or following a plow or harrow. FOR MALE Fruit aiid shade trees of all kinds , and small fruit , shrubs and flowers. Send m your orders or see me at the cellar in Valentine. Trees will be ready for delivery about middle of April. 5 JOHN FERSTL. finGRANT BOYER , CARPENTER & BUILDER. -n P All kinds of wood work done to order. Stock tanks made in all sizes Valentine , Nebrask a Special Session of Sixtieth Cc Ti gress filay 8e Called. THE GERMAN COMPLICATIONS. Ultra Protectionism Has Produced Re taliation by Other Countries Con gress Can Reduce High Trust Prices if Public Opinion So Demands. The extraordinary proposition of the German government , which , it is sni'j. will he contained in the report of the tariff commission , which has nearly concluded its investigations and agree ments with the ( lerman tariff experts- at JJerlin that the export price of prod ucts from that country shall be fixed by its government , will hardly be rati fied by congress. This ultimatum to off set our high tariff rates as a compen sation to Germany for acceding to us her minimum rates of duty for our products is unlocked for and unparalleled * leled , for it virtually nullities section 32 , which amends sections 7 and 11 of the act of 1800 , which provides the manner of determining the true value of goods in the exporting country at the time of export. There has been constant friction between German ex porters and our customs officials on the question of value , and it is claim ed that many invoices of German goods are purposely undervalued so as to es cape part of the ad valorem rates of duty. Hundreds of such cases occur " every month , and the board of appraisers - ers is constantly increasing the valu ation of goods , which thus increases the duty paid. Such increase in valuation is what the German government wants to avoid by having this country agree to receive her products at the special val uation the German government under takes to provide. Such an agreement cannot be made without conirressional action modifying the sections of the present tariff act above referred to. It will be impossible for the present congress to amend the law before it I adjourns on March . for the whole ' question of tariff revision would nat urally arise. It is possible under a special rule to force such a bill through the house of representatives virtually I without debate , for doubtless the subservient - ' servient Republican majority would I agree to it. yet it will be impossible for such a measure to p-i s the senate , where there is no such gag mlo. ! As the p.e eut jirrangementvtl \ \ Germany to admit our products at the minimum tariff rates expires on July 1 and it cannot be expected that an ex tension of time will be granted , especially - , cially as congress has made no move : toward tariff revision , it would seem I probable that the president will feel constrained to call an extra session of congress immediately upon the expira tion of the term of the present congress on March 4. As all the trusts and other interests protected by the tariff will , in tlu event of a special session , be repre sented before congress by attorneys and lobbyists , it is advisable for any one who feels the pinch of high trust prices to inform their representatives and senators that they will expect re lief by a reasonable reduction of the rates of duty on trust products. Even ( hose representatives and senators re puted to bo controlled by the trusts and corporations are not entirely ob livious to public opinion if it is freely oxptv ed. The solid Doirocratic mem- ! ipvl : ip of both houses of congress can be relied upon to stand for a bill that will make a reasonable reduction in 1-irifF rates. As the Sixtieth congress has a Republican majority of fifty- four , it will require only twenty-eight Republican members to net with the Democrats to pass a bill that will pro duce real reform of the present rates that allow fhe industrial corporations to plunder the people by present high prices. What is to be feared is a bogus reform bill which will patch up our differences with Germany and Canada , but still leave the trusts protected so that there will be no relief to the people ple from the present high cost of liv ing , j ji i Enforce the Law. ' The governors of all the states whose legislatures are in session have recom mended legislation to control the rail roads and curb the trusts , and it will be interesting to notice how far these necessary reforms Avill be legally provided - j vided for. l > ut recommending laws to control corporations and even enact ing such is useless unless the laws are enforced. That is what brings results. The Valentine law of Ohio has been on the statute books ten year5 ? , but until last year it has virtually been a dead letter , when an attorney general was elected who was possessed with the old fashioned idea that laws are made to be enforced. In Cold Storage. No one has heard Vice President Fairbanks' opinion of the Brownsville matter or any other disagreeable issue in the Republican ranks. But he no doubt has hia ideas in cold storage for future use , when it is politically safe for a candidate to say anything. . - \ A Starter For 1907. The window glass trust has boosted the price of its products 5 per cent just as a starter for the new year. The Republican tariff of 40 to over 100 per cent on window glass allows the trust to plunder the people by forcing up prices. ' Robbing the Many. ' The Republican policy of giving a- subsidy to shipowners is but carrying out the tariff policy of robbing the many for the benefit of the few. ' PESSIMISTIC PLUTOCRAT. Looks With Gloomy Eye on Fuiyri Caught In His Ovn ftci. What does this pos Ir/-ni \ " Ihr.t seems to prevail \\itb . - > > , , j the frenzied financiers ? Here v'c h.ivu John D. Rockefeller telling us that "many business men in this country have suffered a loss amounting to millions of dollars through shrinkage in the value of their shareholdings dur ing the twelve months just past. " He accounts for it by the unwarranted at tacks that have been made upon cor porate interests and thinks the man with the dinner pail will be the iixxt to suffer. Mr. Stuyvesant Fish , whom Mr. Ilar- riman deposed as president of the Illi nois Central railroad , warns the public that there arc many indications of a great industrial crisis. lie also de clares that the Wall street Stock Ex change has become ' 'the plaything of a 'few managers of cliques and pool > . " These opinions from two different ele ments of our financial magnates do not agree with the general impression that the railroads , the industrial trust and other corporations are most prosperous and therefore should be contented. It is evident that Mr. Rockefeller fears the future and would try and arouse the public mind to similar fears. But his evidence that many business men have suffered loss through shrinkage in the value of stocks is very unconvinc ing , for the dividends on stocks have been very generally increased , so that the owners should be now better off than they were before. .Standard Oil stock has paid 40 per cent on its par value , and , although the price of the shares has declined from $70G to ? , 05 , yet that can make no difference to Mr. Rockefeller unless he is trying to un load Standard Oil shares on the public. All his enormous railroad holdings are in similar condition. The stock may be quoted at a lower price , but net earnings have increased , and in many instances the dividends have been largely increased. The real value therefore of stocks has not decreased , but the frenzied financiers have lost control of the market for them and cannot induce the public to give $7 for what is only worth So. It can hardly be possible that the good John P. is one of the managers of the wicked cliques and pools that Mr. Fish tells us are playing with the Stock Exchange and has become in volved in a web of his own creation , perhaps spun with delicate care to catch some other clique manager or at all events to catch the public. If John D. has boon caught in his own net no wonder ho has turned pessimist and looks with a iiloo'm eye on the future. HANKS AND KARRIMAN. I he Investigators Investigated Some Things the Senate Wants to Know. There i.s , according to the United States senate , some mystery about the Hanks and llarriman investigations of the books and reports of the interstate commerce commission which the sen ate would like to be informed upon , so the following resolution introduced by Senator Culbcrson was adopted : Whereas , According : to press accounts , Charles S. Hanks in a recent address de livered before the Boston chamber of commerce Paid , amongr other things : "Since last June I have been at work in "Washington at the interstate commerce commission , and I have spent several thousand do'lnrs of the prood inrney o ! the United States in clnal sor\crs ! tc shov. ' that the freight an ) issenT'r rates of this corntry c.in be n . irecl 10 pr cenl without affecting the dividends on the stock of any railroad or the wajjos of Jin > employee. Jn connection with this v.'orl ; certain other facts have come to my at tention uhich may interest you. ' * Therefore be it resolved. That the interstate - state commerce commission be and is hereby directed First. To inform the senate whethei paid Charles S. TIanks is employed in anj capacity in connection with said com mission und , if so. in what capacity , b > whom employed u-.J from what appro priation he is paid. Second. To send to the enate a full statement of the facts found bv said Hanks which show or t nd to show thai the freight and passcnser rates can be reduced as stated by him , in said address. Hanks and llarriman appear to bo proteges of President Roosevelt and were employed by him to investigate and report on their scheme for 10 per cent reduction on railroad rates. But somehow the theories of Ilanlu and llarriman paled in the limelight , and they failed to make jrood and \vcre finally "let out" by the commission from acquiring any more of the money of the taxpayers. What an inquisitive and economical body the United States senate is be coming under the proddin-r of Demo cratic senators , and when the commis sion reports in answer to the above resolution there may bo another Ile- publiean scandal une.irthetl. Tariff Retaliation. The German pottery trust , which the board of United States general ap praisers declares is divided int' > firoe groups , has been doing the s-xme aa our trusts by selling cheaper for ex port than to their own people. The board of appraisers has therefore rais ed the price 10 per cent of a large number of imports of German pottery , wlm-h of coure increases the duty on such products. This arbitrary increase In the value of German exports is what the German government is com plaining of. and the new maximum tariff rates of that country are in tended to be used in retaliation. If this programme of retaliation is car ried out by both countries to its log ical end , it will pretty effectually clo e the ports of each country to the trade of the other. This instance of the ef fect of protectionism on trade should open the eyes of the people of both countries to the fact that they are made to suffer for the selfish ends of politicians in league with trusts nnd combines to plunder them. is the only High Grade Powder offered to the consumer at a Moderate Price It should not be confused with , the cheap , low grade powders on the one hand , nor the high priced trust powders on the other. . S& SEAS'VT JT.fi Saved SS A DOLLAR MADE ! Furniture and Hardware , Household Neces sities in the best Enamel Ware , Rustless Tin , Copper and Nickle Plated Cooking Vessels. Everything- furnish the home. My goods were bought before the raise. Come and get them at the old prices which are equal to a big discount : To see is to believe. Come and be convinced. FISCHER , Hardware , Furniture and Coal. 1 * In all ages of the World and in all Countries men have indulged in ' 'social drinks and have used Whiskey for medical purposes. " They have always possessed themselves of some popular beverage apart from water and those of the breakfast and tea table. Whether it is Judicious that Mankind should continue to indulge in such things , or whether it would be wise to abstain from all en joyments of that character , it is not our province to decide. We leave that question to the Moral Philosopher. We desire the PUBLIC TO KNOW that we are neither BLENDERS , COMPOUNDERS NOR RECTIFIERS ; also that we use the utmost care to purchase our goods from the most reliable houses in America , and just as we get them , they pa < = s into the hands of our customers NO SPURIOUS IMITATIONS or IMPURE LIQ- OURS OFFERED FOR SALE. WE HAVE THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN WHOLESALE DEALER IN PABST AND KRUG BEERS = - MMMMM Monthly Meteorological Summary , ' .fi' STATION : Valentine , Nebr. MONTH : January , 190T 'zero-PC" partly cloudy. JOHN J. MCLEAN , Observer Weather Bureau Sheriff's Sale. H\ virtue of n orrtt-r of sa'e issued by cl rk of the oistncr rnurt of Cheny ounty , Ne braska , .January n , under a riecrpe of tax lien for > clo-uie , wherein .John Sholte < is ulain- t iff. and Luizt Kehbein. impended with t e SKJi of section S. t wnship 33ti , range 32w Cherry county. Nebraska. del * mlant. I \ \ ill sell at th front door of ihe court hou > e in Valentine , f'li rry < unty .Nebraska , that t einjr Hie imildinu wherein thy la-t term o * said comt was IHd , on ti e 23r i day of Kelinury. 1907. at 10 o'clock a.m. . tj satisty judgment of $90.50 and interest at 7 per cent from date of j.i hrmeiit. Nitvemue 12. 19CO. anrt costs taxed at 37.95 and c" > sts. at pui lie auction , to fluhi > bidder , for cash , the fo lowing described prop erty. to-wit : TheSK& ' > r seuion 8. township 33n . ranpe 3-2w. Chenry r innty. Nebraska. Dated this 21th day of January. 1907 P.F.SIMONS , Sheriff of Cherry County. Walcott & Morrissey , Atty's for Pltf , 52 LET US FIGURE M YOUR LUM BER BILLS BISHOP & YOUNG , Cody , Neb.