' VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
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I. M. RICE - Editor and Propr.
MarkZarr , Foreman.
* A Weekly Newspaper published every Thurs
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Local Notices , 5cper line per issue
Entered at the rostofflce at Valentine , Neb. ,
x for transmission through the mafia , as second
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. Thursday , December 1 , 1910.
REDUCE THE TARIFF.
I have spent the greater p'ortion
of my life fighting the iniquitous
tariff robberies as practiced by the
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republican party under the plan
of Alexander Hamilton , who in
augurated the system from which
our government has never been
able to break away.
My father- during his lifetime ,
used his energies in opposition to
the system of exacting.a tax from
the-consumer to support the gov
ernment.
The consumer may be poor , en
joying only the privilege of work
ing for some wealthy manufactur
er for tjie. wages his employer is
willing to pay , and he may have a
wife and several children to sup
port , requiring all of his earnings
tq pay the prices- for . food and
clothing and household articles
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upon which he pays the govern
ment revenue or tariff as each
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article h& purchases.
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Hemayrbe deceived into be
lieving th'at if he votes "for the re-
publican.hightariff representative
- that his "wsges will be increased.
He is nateinformed of increased
"cost to him' for fcjod'an'd- clothing ,
and possi ly'Se'Kasbeen told that
iiisjob de enae'd upqn the success
of the 'tei > ublic'ah < ticket , which
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meant cori'tiiMifeu.i'-li A'- tariff for
the consumer to'pay.
. wealth i'nt a § mall 'family' , he" may
pay les f/Muri bixerjiment tax
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than the liborrman" "with a large
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familyI 'i\
The wealthy -.people , enjoy the
benefits of protection in the own
ership of property , and that prop
erty should be made. to. pay its per
cent of the tax.
Most of our 'laws , state and na-
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tiori ; are in'the interest of those
who own property , and the largest
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property owners enjoy the great
est protection , but the national ex
pense is borne -alike by those who
have property'and those who have
none , according to their porchases
for home use or consumption.
ThePoorlaborer is , however , ,
the most patriotic of all citizens
and the-fir'st to volunteer
- as pri
vate soldiers in time of war , and
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they are drafted into service inj
times-of necessity to fight the bat
tles of ourcountry , though there
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is no reason -whythey should feel
a greater interest in this republic
than those who have property to
protect , yet * we find the men who
own property staying , with it and
are very willing that others should
answer their country's call to
arms. , - L
The owners of property are first
to suffer loss in insurrections , pes
tilence , or wars with foreign na
tions. They have something to j
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w lose an.d the poor have not. All
would , of course , be more or less
molested in their usual vocations ,
but in a general scramble the prop-
rty owner would suffer the loss
and the'property should stand the
-'tax.
' Our revenue system is wrong
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- in its inequal taxation and I hope {
Tf to see this iniquitous Payne-Aid-
rich tariff law speedily , repealed
and. lower schedules made. '
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The Other End Of The
Problem.
Professor Chancellor told the
the story of the young housewife
who had employed a new Irish
cook and soon-after , upon going
into the kitchen , she discovered
the cook busily engaged in mop
ping water-from the floor. The
lady noticed ajb. once that the faucet
over the sink was wide open and
that the sink was filled and over
flowing -with water * . She asked
the maid why she didn't turn the
water off so that the floor wouldn't
be completely flooded. The cook
hastily replied that she was too
busy mopping up the water to
bother about doing anything with
the faucet. News report of the
teachers' association.
In the current , issue of the
British National Keview a writer
argues seriously and with some
eii'ect that the altruistic work that
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marks our era above all others is
largely wasted because it is di
rected at the wrong end of the
problem. Large and increasing
armies of people are spending
their time looking after and pro
tecting those who cannot look af
ter themselves. These volunteers
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and officials , it is pointed out , do
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not increase the wealth of the
nation , and in spite of their efforts
both the protectors and the pro
tected increase every day.
The remedy is plainly indicated
in ajmmber of diagrams of family
history showing that defectives
and criminals do a tremendous
wrong to society by propagating.
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their kind , while the people from
the better stocks are kept so busy
with altruism and the raising of
money to support various institu
tions for the poor and weak that
they are forced 'to limijb the size of
their own families.
' It is evidently time * - for .society
to stop mopping up the floor long
enough to walk over and turn off
the faucet. State Journal.
It's -little late Brother Cotton but
we want to congratulate you upon
your success a.t election being elect
ed county attorney of Brown county.
"We've met the enemy and
they're ours , " might be terse
enough for some battles , but suf
ficient to explain the sieges of
checkers played Saturday night
and Sunday between C. E. Hock-
enbary of Tripp county , S. D. ,
and I. M. Rice of "Valentine for
the championship of these two
states.
Mr. Hockenbary formerly lived
in Lincoln and had been holding a
championship record for some
years. He lived in Nebraska since
1880 until he drew a claim in Tripp
couaty , and was in , town with oth
ers to do some freighting for-the
Gooby store last week.
Suddenly Saturday night , like
lightning from a clear sky , we
were summoned to play checkers
to defend our championship , and
we hadn't been warmed up thor
oughly since Joe Hornback run
the Chicago House. Joe always
kept a checker board. His place
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for checker
was headquarters - -
players and we finally had a three
days' checker tournament there.
We speak at length on this topic
because it recalls the pleasant
times spent by many who play or
enjoy seeing the games. - - .
Our score is as follows :
Games Drawn Rice Hocken-
bury.
Sat. night 21 1 5 15
Sun. p. ra. 5 1 3 1
Sun. night 58 12 28 . - 18
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81 14 36
II. I. Weinzimmer is the pnly
licensed plumber who does sani
tary work. 47 1
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In Lumber we have the largest
stock and the lowest prices. ' i
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Shooting Scrape Near Eli.
Sheriff Rosseter was called to
j Cody Wednesday evening to ar
rest a man for shooting ,
H. H. Miller had been shot in
the back and John Dunbar was ac
cused of the act. ' %
After some consideration it was
thought best-to return- Valen
tine and procure a warrant and
then returned on No. 5'to arrest
Dunbar southof Eli ,
Miller and Dunbar live on ad
joining homesteads.
Miller has a bunch o'f sheep and
Dunbar has complained' of them
coming onto his land.
Some time ago Miller made
complaint of.Dunbar . shooting
a sheep. It was found dea'd on
Dunbar's land and not having
sufficient evidence or for want of
a greater cause the matter was
dropped.
- Wednesday afternoon the sheep ,
were near Dunbar's land and he
shot into the flock , says Miller.
Miller , with his man helping
him , started around the sheep
when Dunbar was seen in a pock
et in the hills and Miller called to
him to come out. Dunbar came
out with a rifle and shot- hitting
Miller in the back , making a small
flesh wound.
Miller admits firing a return
shot with an automatic. He came
down from Cody with Sheriff
Rosseter to swear.out a warrant
for Dunbar.
The Evolution of
Booster - Bill
IV. Kow Bill Came to
Advertise
Bill Blue rcfucccl to advertise.
Ssid ho , "Those merely paper guys
Will never get my hard ezrnsd cr-sh. "
AND THEN BILL'S BUSINESS
WENT TO CMA3H.
Co very "near" was eld Dill Blue
Ho pinched a dollar bill in two. -
He pinched his trade in two likewise.
This opened poor eld William's , eyas.
He smiled a bii end eaid : "By gee !
! think I've barked up the wrong tree.
To cure a business on ths blink
Prescribe a dose of printer's ink. * '
Bjll saw the "print. " "A page , " he said.
The printer man clrr.ost fII dead.
Now there is cash in William's till. , J
"THE AD. FOR MINE ! " says "Boost *
cr Bill. ' '
The Evolution of
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Booster E
V.TOBiIJ Praises the Editor
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When Bill no longer was a'chump
And raw 'tv.'cs time io make things
hump ,
To square accounts he-started in ,
Dead sore he had a knocksr been.
Now when the paper booms the town
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Bill goes and planks his dollars down ,
The editor slips en the back
And says , "That sheet's a crqqker-
jack. "
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"The editor iviij ctsnd by * us
And make the whole town , prosperous/
If we will stand by hi m , Sp'FILL
HIS PAGE WITH ADS. , " cries "Boost
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Who Reads Ads ?
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Often-you meet a man who examines the advertising pages of a standard
magazine , comments on the astonishing quantity of advertised goods , sagely
' wags his head and remarks , "I don't see how they do it. I never read adsl
The manufacturer , convinced against his better judgment , inaugurates a
campaign and is really surprised at the number of people sufficiently interested
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in his ad to say so , regardless of his pessimistic viewpoint in discussing the {
question with his agency and advertising manager.
He doesn't read ads ! He cannot find a single one among his friends and
' acquaintances that does read ads. Ask them and they indignantly deny the
imputation.
Bat the fact remains that a few misguided mortals do read ads , are inter
ested in them , believe in them and occasionally tear off the coupon. Otherwise"
we wouldn't have much of anything fit to read.
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, As a ma.tter of fact all of us are greatly more influenced by advertising than ;
- we think. If you could examine every article on the person of the first passerby
you should happen to meet , it is safe to assume that about 75 per cent of his effects ,
would prove stand ad , trade-marked , advertised goods , from the movement of
his .watch to his hat. Asked how he came to choose an Elgin movement and
he would probably reply that everyone knew the Elgin movement was good , "no -
cheap unknown junk for him ! "
He insisted that a well known , substantial house should guarantee that movement - - . * '
ment and the sale is traceable to printed advertising , plus word-of-raouth pub
licity , plus satisfactory merchandise. All three elements play a distinct part in' .
such a sale.
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printed advertising creates sales which in turn make for or against reputation -
tion and on the quality of the merchandise depends the success or failure of .the
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printed advertising. 'Call-this the cumulative effect , if you will , but it is adver
tising nevertheless. . . -
- Every man , interested in getting his money's worth , reads ads , either consciously - - . , ; ;
/ sciously or unconsciously , and1 is largely guided by them in his choice of mer1 1
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chandise , often without knowing it. ' ' /
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EXPOSITION FiOHT
INTERESTS COUNTRY
San Francisco Oolciasses llvu
Orleans In Evary Respect.
The great fight that is being waged
between San Francisco and New Or
leans for- the hcnor of celebrating the
completion of the Panama canal is
attracting the attention of the entire
country. The fight is no longer a
contest between the two cities , but between -
tween California and Louisiana , the
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legislatures of which have each au
thorized a state tax to "raise funds ,
in aid of * the proposed.'international
exposition.
In financial standing California is
zo far ahead of Louisiana that its
superior ability to finance the fair
must be conceded , and if the question
cf selecting a site for the exposition
were to be decided on a basis of the
relative wealth of the contestants ,
congress would have no option , but
would be forced to award the coveted
honor to San Francisco.
To the unprejudiced observer it is
difficult to see wherein New Orleans
has any legitimate claim to recogni
tion as the logical point for the ex
position , "aside from the mere fact
that it is located nearer to the center
of population. In beauty of surround
ings , climatic advantages , ability to
handle the hundreds cf thousands of
prospective .visitors , general progres
sive spirit of its people and record
of achievement , San Francisco stands
head and shoulders above its rival.
According * to the report of the na
tional .monetary commission on April
58 , 1909 , * the "population of California
was 1,732,000 , and that of Louisiana
1,642,000 , while in the amount of sav
ings deposits California ranked
fourth among the states of the Union
and Louisiana twenty-fourth , the ex
act figures'being as follows :
California 5281,228,437 26
Louisiana 21.356.283 90
Californio had 525.1S8 depositors , aver
aging $535.00 ; Louisiana 163,814 , averag
ing $264.00. . '
The total resources as .represented in
bank deposits were : California , $842-
969,880.00 ; average per capita $436.70.
Louisiara. $155,612.502.40 ; average per'
cap'ta , $93.61.
The follqwing figures are takea
from the report of the reports of ths
California comptroller-of currency :
' San- Fr-n"'s-o Total s-vlngs deposits ,
$1on,792.lKS.03 ; total Ir.divl'Jtjal deposit *
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New Orleans Total savings
51fi$56178'.4 : ; . total Indlvioual deposits.
$42,979.077.15 ; average $300.00.
Increase In resources of National
banks , year 1009-1910 : San Francisco ,
$103,620,825.96 ; New Orleans , $2,370,226.74.
In the face of such a shov/ing New
Orleans aad Louisiana do not appear
to be in the same class with San
Francisco and California , financially.
And California is as much superior
to Louisiana in every other respect
as she is financially , just as San
Francisco is immeasurably superior
to New Orleans in all that goes to
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. make a great and beautiful city.
San Francisco is the ideal fiite for
the Panama-Pacific International en-
! position in 1915. Let congress malio
no mistake.
BURDEN TOO HEAV.y
FOR NEW ORLEANS
City Already Struggling Under zn
Indebtedness of $40,918,912.13.
New Orleans is far from being a
unit in favor of the proposed fctate
tax to raise a' fuud of $5,500.0'JO in
aid of the "World's Panama exposi
tion.
tion.The
The New Orleans Taxpayers' Pro
tective association has adoplcd a
strong resolution , which is being
widely distributed in the form of a
circular letter , advising its meabers
to oppose the levy , principally on the
ground that the city is already taxad
and bonded to the limit o endurance
and that the taxpayers are not abl
to bear the additional burden.
The letter ouotes the comptroller's
report of Dec. 31 , 1909 , to prove that
the present bonded debt of the city
is $32,521,040 , on which the annual
interest amounts to $975,740. In ad
dition to this the water and sewerage
board is attempting to sell $7,000,000
of bonds , bearing interest at 4
per cent and the unpaid ordinances
and unfinished contracts for paving
amount to $343,168.33 and $852,703.80
respectively , bringing the total in
debtedness of the city up to the enor
mous sum of $40,716,818.13.
To the above must be added more
than $5,000,000 , wjiich muct be paid
by the city on state bonds now due ;
the courthouse commission carries a
debt of $750,000 , the dock board
$3,000,000 , and the levee board
$3,000,000.
Continuing , the letter says : "Re
member , also , that if the city of New
Orleans succeeds in selling her
$7,090.000 of bonds , the water and
sewerage board will compel every
property holder , to the number of 66-
000. * to put in the sewerage and
waterworks in their premises at a
cost of not less "fhan $250 per resi
dence , thus making the enormous
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Action cf N'-tcnzl ! Casinssi
of Arr.crica In Support 9f th , Cali *
fcrnia City'as tha Most Deairabl *
Place to Celebrate the Completion
of the Panama Canal Bound t
Exert a V/ide Influence.
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The business men"of Chicago ar
for San Francisco as the mo t desir
able site for the exposition to eele-
bra'te the completion of the Paaami
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canal in 1915. The National Business
League of America , on Oct. 7f adopt *
ed a resolution endorsing San Fra -
cisco and this action by such an in
fluential body of representative busi
ness men is bound to exert wide la-
fluence throughout the middle west
and the east.
This endorsement , following close
ly on the failure of New Orleans to
secure a Chicago endorse meat it par
ticularly pleasing to San Francisco.
The resolution follows :
"Whereas , The Panama canal will ,
-when completed , unite th water * of
the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and
create new opportunities for the ad
vancement of American commerce ;
and ,
"Whereas , The citizens of San
Francisco , in the state of California ,
United States of America , hava publicly -
licly declared their Intention of hold
ing an international exposition In the
year 1915 , under the title 'The Pana
ma-Pacific International Exposition , '
t& fittingly celebrate the comple'tiom
of the Panama canal ; and ,
"Whereas , The Pacific coast has am
equable and healthful climate ; aai
San Francisco has every modern fa
cility for the comfort and entertainment -
ment of a large concourse of people ,
with ample opportunities for sid
trips to ether coast cities ; and ,
"Whereas , By any route , a pHsrinv
age to the Pacific coast would b
through scenes cf beauty and Kra .
deur unrivaled In any other pa'rt f
the world , the trip to the erposltl
should be made , at least one
way , by
a route through the Panama 'canal
in order that visitors and the irorltl
at large may become familiar witk
that wonderful achievement " ; tier * .
fore , be it
"Resolved By the Board f Bre -
tors of the National ' Business League
of America , that S'an Francisco fee *
and hereby is , strongly recomwemde
as the proper site for the proposed
exposition ; and the board fs
recommends that a line ot
ous passenger steamers * bV.
ed to ply to and fro , thro gk the
canal , between the Atlantic. coaat
cities and cities of the Pacific
coast.
primarily for tee purpos * of m biiii
to the exposition