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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1908)
.OPEN DEALING IN PAINT. Buying paint used to lw like the pro verbial buying of a "pig in a poke. " ( Mixtures in which chalk , ground rock , etc. , predominated were marked and sold as "Pure White Lead. " the decep tion1 not being apparent until the paint and the painting were paid for. This deception is still practiced , but we have learned to expose it easily. National Load Company , the largest makers of genuine 1'ure White Lead , realizing the injustice that was being done to both properly owners and honest - est paint manufacturers set about to make paint buying safe. They iirst adopted a trade mark , the now famous "Dutch-Hoy Painter , " and put this trade mark , as a guaranty of purity , on every package of their White Lead. They then set about familiarizing the public with the blow-pipe test by which the' purify and genuineness of White Lead may be determined , and funn-hed a blow-j.ipe free to every one who would \vrito them for it. This action was in iHelf a guaranty of the purity of Notional Lead Company's White Lead. As the result of this open dealimr the paint buyer to-day has only himself to blame if lie is defrauded. For test outtit and valuable booklet on painting address National Lea. ! Company , Woodbridge Bldg. . Now'York Forestry in Korea is to be taken up by the government under new forest laws , said to have been enacted under a cooperative erative agreement drawn up by Japan and Korea. It is also reported that a school for training Korean foresters lias been established. For Sale One Brougham ( Germantown - town ) , single and double harness. Fir4- ' class condition. Very reasonable pric.- Address. W. , 'J3 South Joffei'bou St. , Chi- eago , 111.- nisrhl.v on IIi story. "Scott was writing the ' 'Lay of the Last Minstrel. " "After which. " lie muttered , wi'h a grim smile , "with your kind permi'-bion , ladies and centlemen. the gifted votnlist. Hejr Spuytejiiuyfel. will sins : the pathetic ballad , entitled 'Mamma. Your Liitle Dai-ling 1-5 Too Full to Eat Any More ! ' " For well lie knew iJhat there would bo still later minstrels with other ln\s. AslcYonrDenler for Allen's Foot-Ense A povvder to shake into your shoes. K rests the fef. . Cures Porns. Dunions. Swollen , Soie , Hot , fallens. Aching. Sweating feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Toot-Ease makes new or tisiit slices easy. Sold by ail Drumri'-.t- ? and Shoe Stores. 2oc. Sample mailed FIJEE. Address Allen S. Olmsted , I j Itoy , N. Y. AM INSECT TRAGEDY. The Xc.st the Ziloiliur Hutterfly for ITer Viiuiip : . There is something really pathetic in the \ay a mother butterliy builds a nest for her children. In the first place , the little home where the eggs iire deposited represents a great deal of sacrifice. for it is lined with several i layers of down plucked from the moth er's own sofi body. The eggs Iming | been laid carefully upon this luxurious , pretty couch , are protected by au equal ly pretty coverlet made of the same j .material. [ These butterliy bedclothes are often ! | arranged with an intricacy that is quite curious and perplexing. Sometimes a bed Is made so that each separate deli cate hair stands upright , thus giving the entire nest the appearance of a lit tle brush of downy fur. Then again the eggs are laid spirally round a tiny branch , and , as the covering follows their course , the effect resembles the bushy tail of a fox , only the nest i4 more beautiful than the brush of the finest fox that ever roamed over coun try. try.The The building of this downy nest ! s the latest earthly labor of the mother butterliy , for by the time it Is com pleted her own delicate body is denuded of its natural covering and there is nothing left for her to do but die , a sacrifice which she promptly and hero ically makes in the interest of the com ing butterfly generation. FRIENDLY TIP. rt Hope and Confidence. Atjter several years of indigestion and Its attendant'evil influence on the mind , It is not very surprising that one final ly loses faith in things generally. A N. Y. woman writes an interest ing letter. She says : "Thred 3'ears ago I suffered from an iattaclr of peritonitis which left me in a | .most miserable condition. For over two ' years I suffered from nervousness , weak heart , shortness of breath , could not sjeep , elc , "My appetite was ravenous but I kelt starved all the tune. I bad plenty , of food but it did not nourish me because of intestinal indigestion. Med ical -treatment did not seem to iielp , I got discouraged , stopped medicine and did not care much whether -lived or died. "One day a friend asked me why I jdidn't try Grape-Nuts , stop drinking coffee and use Postuin. I bad lost faith in everything , but to please my friends I began to use l > otb and soon iecame very fond of them. "It wasn't long before I got some strength , felt a decided change in my system , hope sprang up in my heart und slowly but surely I got better. I -coultl - sleep "very well , the constant craving for food ceased and I have better - | ter health now than before the attack of peritonitis. "My husband and I are still using Grape-Nuts and Postum. " "There's a "Reason. " " Name given bjr Postuin Co. , Battle -Crock , Mich. Head , "The Road to Well- ville , " in pkgs. Ever read the above letter ? A new one appears from time to time. 'They are genuine , true , and full of jiiuman interest. At Lincoln. Ni. : . . Wiiliam Jennings Bryan formally auvpted thf presiden tial nomination from the Democratic p.irty nnd son.d"d tlie keynote of hi- campaign in I In.1 phrase : "Sh ill the propjo ruleThwv four word : ? , th.1 Ne'ri ' ? kan said , contain the real isMie behind all the national questions < m which the two great part its will fight it out at the polls Nov. 3. "I prom1 ! , if-intrusted with th" re sponsibilities of this hiirh ollicc. to con secrate whatever ability I have to tin- one purpose of making this : n fact a government in o. Jnth lUo people rule a government which will do justice to 13 and offer to every ono the- highest possible stimuiii- great and persist ent effort by assuring to each the en joyment of his just sha'-o of the pro ceeds of his toil , no matl-T in what part of the vineyard ho toils or to wh : t occupation , profession or cajlh'g lie < ! . - votes himself. ' ' Thus ran th candidate's plodg" . tlie enunciation of which brought a d-'afon- ing roar of appi.mse from the thou sands that swarmed the state house grounds , where the notification cere monies wore hold. Mr. Bryan's speech , in part , was as follows : "Mr. Clayton and Oentlemen of the Notification Committee : 1 can not ac-vpt the nomination which you officially ten der , without first acknowledging my deep indebtedness to the Democratic party for the extraordhiao honor which it has con ferred upon me. Having twice before been a candidate for the presidency , in campaigns which ended in defeat , a third nomination , the result of the free and voluntary net of the voter * , of tht > party , can only be explained by a substantial and undisputed growth in the principles nnd poli'iefor which 1. with a multi tude of others have contended. As these principles and policies have ghen me whatever political strength I possess , the ntti-in of the ( omention not only renew * , my faith in them , but strengthens my attachment - tachment to tliem. "The di : uiFaed statesman who re ceived the Republican nomination for President said , in his notification speech : 'The strength of the Republican cause in the campaign at hand is the fact that we represent the policies essential to the re form of known abuses , to the continuance of liberty and true prosperity , and th.it we are determined , as o-r platform un equivocally declares , to maintain them and carry them ( -i. ' "In the nam * of the Democratic p-irty. I accept the challenge , and charg" that the Republican party is responsible for a'l the abuses v.hich row exist in the fed- e'ul trovernment. and that it is impotent toic < > mi hsh the reforms w'ii"h are r i- p > itu oK ivcdei' ' . Fui'th"r , I can no * < vr.ir n the statement that lh Repu'"i- ' oan phi form un ° < iuhocnll.\ deelaesto ; flit- reforms thai are n v pscary : 0:5 the c < rjlrary. T aClrn tint it onenlj and noto- I'ii ; ; sy ] d' appoiiH rh" hope- ; and cec - tations of reformers , whetlier those re- former. ; be Republic-mis or Demo-rats. So far did th" Republican convention fall shr.rt of its duty that the Republican can didate frit it necessary to add to his plat form in several important particulars , thus rebuking the leaders of the part\ , upon whose co-operation he must rely for the enactment of remedial legislation. Issi < of the Cuipniii. "Our platform declares that the over shadowing issue which manifests itself in all the questions now under discussion is : 'Shall the people rule ? ' No matter which way we turn , no matter to what subject w < * address ourselves , the same question confronts us : Shall the people confiol their own government and use that government for the protection of their rights and for the promotion of their welfare ? or shall the representathes of prfdjtory wealth pn-y upon a defenseless public while the offenders secure immu nity from subservient ofiicials whom they raise to power by unscrupulous methods ? This ! is the issue raised by the 'known nbupes' to which Mr. T.ift refers' . " Mr. Br an then quotes from the Presi dent's winter message on "predatory wealth. " "Is the President's indictment true ? And. if true , against whom was tlie in dictment directed ? Not against the Dem ocratic party. "Mr. Taft ? ays that these evils have crept in during the last ten years. lie de clares that during this time some 'prom inent and influential members of the com munity , spurred by financial success and hi their hurry for greater wealth , became unmindful of tl-e common rules of busi ness honesty and fidelity and of the limi tations impored by law upon their ac tions. ' "During all this time. I beg to remind you. Republican ofiicials presided in the executive department , filled the cabinet , dominated the Senate , controlled the House of Reprospntatives. and occupied most of the federal judgeships. Four years ago the Republican platform boast fully declared that since IS'/ ) with ( he exception of two years the Republican party had been in control of part or of all the branches of the federal govern ment : Unit for two years only was the Democratic party in a position to either enact or repeal a law. Having drawn the salaries : having enjoyed the honors ; having secured the prestige , let the Re publican party accept the responsibility. "Why were these 'known abuses' per mitted to develop ? Why have they : iot been corrected ? If existing laws are suf ficient , why have they not been enforced ? All of the executive machinery of the federal government is in the hands of the Republican party. Are new laws neces sary ? Why have they not been enacted ? With .a Republican President to recom mend , with a Republican Senate and House to carry out his recommendations , why does the Republican candidate plead for further time in which to do what should have been done long ago ? Can Mr. Taft promise to be more strenuous in the prosecution of wrongdoers than the pres- "iit executive ? Can he ask for a larger majority in the Senate than his party now has ? Docs he need more Republicans in the House of Representatives or a Speaker with more unlimited authority ? rjsil * KcEorm the Turlff. "The President's close friends have been promising for several yeais that he would atack ! the iniquities of the tariff. We lu vc had intimation that Mr. Taft was restive under the demands of the highly protected industries. And yet the Influence of the manufacturers , who have for twenty-five yo.tj-.s contributed to the Republican campaign fund and who in return have fmined the tariff schedules , has been sufficient to prevent tariff re form. "For ten years the Interstate Com merce Conimiqsion has been asking for an enlargement of its powers , that it might prevent rebates and discriminations , but a Republican Senate and a. Republi can House of Representatives were un moved by Its entreaties. In 1)00 ! the Republican national convention was urged to indorse the demand for railway legisla tion , but its platform was silent on the subject. Even in 1D04 the convention gave no pledge to remedy these abuses. When th ? President JinaUy asked for leg islation li drew li's ' inspiration from three Democratic national platforms and he received more cordial support from the Democrats * than from the Republicans. The Republicans in the Senate deliber ately defeated several amendments of fered by Senator La Follette and support ed by the Democrats amendments em bodying legislation asked by the Inter state Commerce Commission. One of these amendments authorized the ascertainment of the value of railroads. This amend ment was not only defeated by the Sen ate , but it was overwhelmingly rejected by the recent Republican national con vention , nnd the Republican candidate has sought to rescue his part/ from the dis astrous results of this net by expressing himself , in a qualified way. in favor of ascertaining the value of the railroads. "For a geneiation the Republican par ty lias drawn its campaign funds from the beneficiaries of special legislation. Privileges have been pledged and granted in return for money contributed to de bauch elections. What can be expected when official authority is turned over to the representatives of those who first fur nish the sinews of war and then reim burse themselves out of the pockets of the taxpayers ? "So long as the Republican party re mains in power it is powerless to regen erate itself. It can not attack wrong doing in hiuh places without disgracing many of its prominent members , and it. therefore , uses opiates instead of the sur geon's knife. Its malefactors construe each Republican victory as an indorse ment of their conduct nnd threaten the party witth defeat if they nre interfered with. Not ur.fil that party passes through a period of fasting in the wilderness will the Republican lenders learn to study public questions from t'he ' .standpoint of the masses. Just as with individuals , 'the cares of this world and the deceitfulness - fulness of riches choke the truth. ' so in politics , when pnrty leaders serve far away from home and nre not in constant contact with the voters , continued party success blinds their eyes to the needs of the people nnd makes them deaf to the cry of distress. I'ubliriO' IMniilC ! s Voted Dovrii. "An effort hns been made to secure leg islation requiring publicity ns to cam paign contribution- expenditures ; but tlie Republicnn leaders , even in the face of nn indignant public , refused to consent to a law which would compel honesty in elections. When the mntter was brought up in the recent Republican national con vention the -plank was repudiated by a vote of 8SO to 04. Here. too. Mr. Taft hns been driven to apologize for his con vention and to declare himself in favor of a publicity law. i "Next to the corrupt use of money , present method of electing United States Senators is most responsible for the ob struction of reforms. In the Fifty-second Congress a resolution was reported from a House committee proposing the neces sary constitutional amendment. State af ter State has indorsed this reform , until nearly two-thirds of the States have recorded themselves in its favor. The 'United States Senate , however , impudent ly and arrogantly obstructs the passage of the resolution , notwithstanding the fact that the voters of the United States by an overwhelming majority demand it. And this refusal is the more significant when it is remembered that a number of Sen ators owe bheir election to great corporate interests. The subject was ignored by the Republican national convention , in 19XX ; it was ignored in 1904 , and the proposition was explicitly repudiated in 1008 , for the recent Republican national convention by a vote of SJG to 114 re jected the plank indorsing the popular election of Senators. Takes ISNUO with Taft. "In his notification speech the Repub lican candidate , speaking of the election of Senators by the people , says : 'Person ally I am inclined to favor it , but it is hardly a party question. ' What is neces- sayr to make this a party question ? When the Democratic convention indorses a proposition by a unanimous vote , and the Republican convention rejects the propo sition by a vote of seven to one , does it not become an issue between the parties ? Mr. Taft can not remove the question from , the arena of politics by expressing a personal inclination toward the Demo cratic position. For several years he haa been connected with the administration. What has he ever said or done to bring this question before the public ? What en thusiasm has he shown in the reformation of the Senate ? What influence could he exert in behalf of a reform which his party has openly and notoriously con demned in its convention , and to which he is attached only by a belated expres sion of personal inclination ? "The third instrumentality employed to defeat the will of the people is founcl in the rules of the House of Representatives. mum "The reform Republicans in the House I of Representatives , when in the minority in their own partr , are as helpless to obtain a hearing or to secure a rote upon ' a measure ns are the Democrats. In the recent session of the present Congress J there was .1 considerable element in the 1 Republican party favorable to remedial leg islation ; but a few loaders in control of the organization despotically suppressed rhesp members , and thus forced a real majority in the House to submit to a well-organized minority. The Republican national convention , instead of rebuking this attack upon popular government , eulogized Congress and nominated as the Republican candidate for Vice President one of the men who shared in the respon sibility for the coercion of the House. "We may expect those who have com mitted larceny by law and purchased < immunity with their political influence to * attempt to raise false issues , and to employ - * ploy 'the livery of Heaven' to conceal their evil purposes , but they can no longer - n or deceive. The Democratic party is not I [ the enemy of any legitima-tc industry or n of honest accumulations. It is. on the contrary , a friend of industry and the > steadfast protector of that wealth which represents a service to society. The Democratic party does not seek to anni hilate all corporations : it simply asserts ; that ns the government creates corporat tions. it must retain the power to rogu- rj late and to control them , and that it . . should not permit anj corporation to con vert itself into a monopoly. ' Reformation , Wet Revolution. . "The Democratic party seeks not revo . lution but reformation , and I need hardly remind the student of history that cures are mildest when applied at once : that remedies increase in severity as their ap plication is postponed. Blood poisoning may be stopped by the loss of a finger to day ; it may cost an arm to-morrow or a ' life the next day. " ) The ReHtnnraMt Ilnblt. "What's the matter , Batch ? Tou seem ill at case. I thought you'd en joy a home dinner. " " "I'd enjoy it thoroughly , Newedd , if I could keep my oyoa om my hat coat Force of habit , you know. " MAKE WEATHER FOIL EVERYBODY. f -BUNGAlOfltlGOO Vf EfiTHHRRS'CRr ' ty 1'COLDWWEl ill uns irfi"fcnFE RA1 if WJLUTAKS A I ? DECtoED DJOP . .V > IIftil I _ m & & & & I tffSA ' . tf 05'- COCONUT - 05'f& f& ij z ! & $ j 5 wSz ? 4f5rK/ ? ? | sr Among the many causes to which was attributed the business depression which first manifested itself in March , 1007. and which reached its climax in the panic of October , was the high level of prices to which practically all commodities had been forced. Financiers , manufacturers and mer chants were almost a unit in declaring that prices must come down. But we are recovering from the depicssion and , with few exceptions , prices remain at their greatest altitude. The most recent report of tlie Depart ment of Labor and Commerce , covering the movements of wholesale prices for the past eighteen years. including 1007. shows that in spite of the financial and market depressions coincident with the last six months of 1907 prices of commodi ties save in a few departments , such as lumber , fuel and metal materials , were higher at the close of the year than at its opening and that the average price of all commodities showed a decrease of onlj" a little over 1 point for the period , the ac tual decline being from 127.0 to l'JO.4. The report shows that wholesale prices , considering the 2. > 8 commodities as a whole , reached a higher level in 1007 than at any other time during the 18-year period covered. The average for the year 1007 was o.7 per cent higher than for 10015 ; 44.4 per cent higher than for 1S07. the year of lowest prices during the 1S- jear period , and 20..T per cent higher than the average for the 10 years from 1800 to 1SOO. Prices reached their highest point during the IS-year period in Oc tober , 1007. the average for that month being 1.2 per cent higher than the aver age for the year 1007 and 2.8 per cent higher than the average for December. 1000. the month of highest prices in 1900. 1900.Of Of the 2. > S articles for which whole sale prices were obtained , 172 showed an increase in the average price for 1007 as compared with 1906 , 5 showed no change in the average price for the year , and 51 showed a decrease in price. tV"hen the commodities are considered by groups , all of the nine groups shower ! an increase in price in 1907 as compared with 1006. For farm products taken as a whole fchis increase was greatest , name ly 10.9 per cent : for food. 4.0 per cent ; for cloths nnd clothing. o.O per cent ; for fuel 1 and lighting. 2.4 per cent ; for metaK and implements , 0.1 per cent ; for lumber and building material' : , 4.9 per cent ; for drugs < and chemicals , S.3 per cent ; for house 1 furnishing goods. ( J.S per cent , and for the miscellaneous group , o per cent. Utica Globe. Jack Leyburn helped the Michiganders christen their new Detroit track by trot ting a mile in 2:0414 in the Blue Rib bon event. Nancy Hanks , the famous trotting marc , has foaled a bay colt by Todd at lamburg place. John E. Madden's farm , icar Lexington , Ky. Manager Egan of the Burlington base- all club has been in Davenport inquiring into the prospects for purchasing tlie Davenport baseball park. At Pekin. 111. , Justo. in the C-year-old rot , went the first mile in 2:133/1. : the iastest this year for a 3-year-old trotter , i'he quarters were made in 0:34 , 1:07 % , 1:41 , 2:13 . At Brighton Beach Etherial ran "ji 'urlongs in 1 : OG. equaling the time made jy Brookdale Nymph and Royal Vane for .he distance. Half Sovereign won the landicap at six furlongs from a good field n the fast time of 1:122-3. The records of the Fargo track , all the rack records of North Dakota and the lalf-mile track record for the entire Unit- 'd States so far this season were broken y Lady Maud C. . owned by Walter Palmer of Ottawa , 111. , when she made a nile in 2:08 % . The six-round bout between "Billy" Papke. the western middleweight , and "Sailor" Burke of New York , which was set for the Coliseum Athletic Club in a Xew York , did not taie place owing to police interference. A number of per > sons had gathered to see the fight. VALUABLE EUEL GT WASTE. Eesults of Experiments -with. Coal ol All Kinds Are Published. The results of the work done at tha United States fuel testing plant at For est Park , St. Louis , from Jan. 1 , 190 $ to June 30. 1007 , are presented in a report issued by the United States Geological logical Survey. The scope of the work during th period covered his been largely restrict * ed to a scries of comparative tests mad * under conditions as nearly uniform aa possible on bituminous coals nnd Us- uites from different fields of the United States as representative of known cx tensive deposits. Chemical analyses were made of samples of these fuels collected at the mines by United States inspectors sent out for that purpose , and also of samples taken from th cars , from the fuel as fed to the boil ers , as fed to the producers , before briquetting , before and after washing , and before coking. Samples of briquet ted coal were also analyzed and the re sults of the entire series of analyse * and tests are presented in the report The briquetting plant has developed new possibilities in the utilization ol slack coal and anthracite culm as an efficient fuel for combustion on loco motives. Experiments are now being ' xtended to determine the value ol briquelted coal for use in the navai \essels of the United States. The plant at Forest Park was dis mantled in Mu-ch. 1907. The sections of steam , producer gas and briquetting were transferred to a new gas plant , erected at Norfolk. Va. , and those of eking and -washery to a new plant at Denver. The principal chemical la boratory of the fuel testing plant has been removed to Pittsburg , but a branch laboratory will also be main lined at Norfolk for the purpose of experimenting on the gases in different portions of the combustion chambers of steam boilers and of gas producers. The smoke abatement investigations at public buildings will be supplemented by more detailed experiments at the Norfolk plant. The city council of Spandau , in Brand enburg , Prussia , has inaugurated a move ment to raise $1,132.1,000 as a national gift for Count Zeppelin. Advices ha\e been received at tiha American embassy in St. Petersburg that Ambassador Riddle is making good im provement under the treatment at Kis I ) lovodsk , whither he went to recuperata from the effects of his recent illness. Capt. Ltnnsden. who commanded tha British cruiser Gladiator at the time she was lost in a collision with a liner , has been found guilty of default in not com plying with the rules of navigation , and has been dismissed from the service. The insular constabulary band , of Ma nila , is going to Australia as the guest of that government , to participate in the re ceptions of the American fleet. The Phil J ippine authorities donate the service of. the band and Australia pays the ex penses. The presidential election in Panama went off smoothly , the result being the choice of Senor Abaldia , candidate of the opposition to th < > government , unan imously. The supporters of the govern ment remained away from the polls. The -lectors are to meet Aug. 1 , and their decision will be certified Aug. 18 in ad vance of the meeting of the National Assembly on Sept. 1. In a desperate battle between Mexican troops and Papago Indians at the Imacu- ladn. ranch , near Cetrocolo , a mining r-amp in the Altar district of Sonora nineteen Indians and two soldiers were lulled and five soldiers were wounded. At the Quebec celebration the Prince of tt'ales proved himself a worthy represent- uive of King Edward , appearing at the rarious functions as a field marshal , an idmiral and as a plain English gentle man. The military pageant on the plains f Abraham was the greatest ever seen. in Canada.
