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The advocate., 1896-12-09
Neglect TO Provide Shelter and Bedding
Invites Disorders and Loss.

NVSEOOb W EfOVBUo 6utIGoF BuW D0UuAUS
Invites Disorders and Loss.
The comfort and health Of farm ami
mails are largely within the farmers con-
troll. Securing the first tends to insure
the second.
The season is at hand when neglect to
provide shelter and bedding invites dis
orders and loss. The neglected colt,
calf, lamb or pig may pull through the
winter or its hide may be the chief thing
Of value left before grass comes. Feed
is abundant and cheap. So there re-
mains only the question Of comfortable
shelter and dry, well-lighted and we'll
ventilated stables and pens to insure the
growth and health that lead to success.
Neglect to provide these will invite dis
comfort, the forerunner Of loss.
1t pays to look we'll to the herds and
fOcka There are too many who, in the
press Of farm work, lot the animals shift
for themselves until after the fall work
is done and corn gathered, or, rather,
until the weather is 30 severe farm work
must stop. 1t is then too late to provide
we'll for the stock. The young things
have lost flesh and strength, 90 that even
il good shelter is given after winter has
closed in on US the shrinkage and check
in growth remains q hindrance to the
success that gives US pride in our calling.
We have seen stock brought in from pas
lures after snowfall and the thermome-
ter had settled down near zero and put
into filthy yards and sheds that had not
been cleaned since the stock left them to
go to grass. In filthy quarters, changed
to dry feed, with little or no grain
and no roots or silGgs, is it
strange that disease appears before
sprinRH The pens and stalls should be
thoroughly cleaned and made ComHorta.
bic with bedding. Warmth and con.
tentment are essentials to growth and
can be secured oheaply il one has the
ambition or knows the Importance Of
such things. Filthy lots and pens not
only invite disease but lessen tho value
and quality Of stock kept there and are
q blot on the reputation Of one who
sspires to be breeder OF improved stock.
Stockmen know how hard it 10 in some
kinds Of weather to keep things in order
whore much stock is handled in open
lots, and are charitable until they find
that slovenliness and filth are normal
conditions OF the premises. The true
Btockman delights in seeing every ami
NAL, old or young, enjoying comfort and
plenty, and grieVes to know that his pets
are not 30 provided. Mich COWS, above
ell other stock, require clean and COM
Portable quarters both for the profit to
the owner and for the health Of custom
era So important 10 this to milk. buyers
that the Commissloner OF Agriculture Of
New York intends to push . crusade
against filthy COW stables. Chemists
claim that tho greatest danger Of spread
The advocate., 1896-12-09

Increase 10 value over last year,
S626,84l.
Sheep have increased 45,7l6 head,
swine l66,S70, and other cattle 46, 1888;
horses have decreased 5,948, mules and
asses 1871, and mileh COWS 2,l79 head
below the numbers In 1895.
Of hogs over ak months old there is
reported a slight increase over the
same time last yesr-perhsps 2 per
cent, and Of pigs from 4 to5p cent.
ALFALFA AND KAFIR CORN.
This years increase In the acreage Of
alfalfa Is put By correspondents ct %
per cent. Assessors returns show the
years area In Ksfir corn as S73, ,O58
acres, gain Of 1885, $3.50 acres, or lO25S
Der cent.
The advocate., 1896-12-09

Some unusually thoughtful, timely
and practical articles will be found In
the December Arena. Among them
may be mentioned "An Inheritance
for the Waifs," by G. F. Taylor, M. D.,
and "The Concentration of Wealth."
by Eltweed Pomeroy Qllustrsted). DIR.
TsylOr's proposition Is that by institut.
ing g tax on inheritanCes, as has been
done In some other countries, we might
be able to establish Q fund for the
amellOrstion Of the poor. His scheme
10 iDgenlously worked out. Mr.. Pome-
roy's paper is valuable contribution
to political economy, and shows the
accelerating tendency Of wealth to con.
centFate Ia the hands Of q few, points
out to what q cordition the tendency
bids fair to bring us In the near future,
and indicates the dangers Of the sItua.
tlOn.
The advocate., 1896-12-09

TAs Kinso' Rnl' Is D''sA'n'-nrECHAls
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
SHALL WE CELEBRATE?

The question that must soon be de-
termined is whether or not MankatO
will this year have a rousing Fourth
of July celebration. And the de-
termination of that question must
necessarily rest with the business men
of the city. The Commercial club has
taken the initiative by appointing
several committees, and so far as it's
membership can, will do everything
possible to bring about such result.
In short time committee on fl
nances will visit our business men for
the purpose of securing a subscription
fund. Unless the response is general
and generous the matter will have to
be dropped. The members of this
committee are all busy men. They
cannot "call again" 1t will be neces-
sary for each gentleman called upon to
be prepared to do something or say he
will not so that there will be no ques-
tion as to what the result is to be
after the canvass is made.
That big celebration, such as is
contemplated, would be beneficial to
the city as we'll as an occasion of rec
reation and enjoyment for our visitors,
cannot be gainSaid, and if each will
contribute his share toward the eX-
penses necessary, we can get up a
rousing, oldfashioned time.
The time for Mankato to bestir her.
self over this great national holiday
is now.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
THAT FINANCIAL QUESTION.

The Montevideo Leader feels very
sore over the financial resolutions
adopted at the congressional conven-
tion in this city last Monday, and by
the state convention Tuesday, and
says they mean the gold standard
only. The view of the Leader, how
ever, is not endorsed by the people of
it's county, as the delegations to both
conventions were favorable to such
resolutions. The Leader claims that
these resolutions do not favor bimetal-
lism, and yet they favor the only prac-
tical bimetallism in existence. True
they do not favor the theoretical BIZ
metalliSm of the free silverites, but
put into practice their theory
would not give bimetallism, but
simply silver monOmetallism, and
mean the destruction of the value of
half our money volume. And this de-
struction of the value in our money
would lead to untold hardships and
suffering, which would fall the
heaviest upon the laboring classes.
This fact cannot be illustrated better
than blythe following object lesson
given by the New York advertiser. 1t
says:
Suppose this country to adopt the
silver standard tomorrow, in place of
the present gold standard--fOr this
would be the immediate outcome of
the free coinage of silver-what would
be the result? All employees would be
paid the same wages that they now
receive, but In currency which
would buy only half as much, for
prices would be doubled. A street
laborer who gets So a day and now
pays ST a week to his grocer and
butcher, would find his living bills
doubled to S!4 week, with only S12
with which to pay them:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
MCKINLEY AND SOUND MONEY

There has been great deal said,
and especially by some of the Demo-
cratic papers, that Major Mckinley
was not sound on the money question,
that he would be willing to stand on
any platform that would bring him
votes enough to secure him the presi-
dency. The friends of other aspirants
in his own party also profess to believe
that he does not stand just as he
ought upon the money question, and
that his attitude toward free silver is
unknown, as he has never expressed
himself upon it. The following from
one of his speeches in the house in
1890, however, show him to be sound
on the money question, and it is re-
affirmed by his utterances in his Chi
cago speech on Lincoln's birthday.
He said:
'To tell me that the free and un-
limited coinage of the silver of the
world, in the absence of cooperation
on the part of other commercial ma
tions, will not bring gold to premium,
is to deny all history and the weight
of all financial experience. The very
instant that you have opened up our
minis to the silver bullion of the
world, independent of international
action, that very instant you have
sent gold to a premium; and when you
have sent gold to premium, then you
have put it in great measure into dis
use, and'we are remitted to the single
standard, that of silver alone; we have
deprived ourselves of the active use of
both metals. l oppose the Senate
amendments because | want the use
of both silver and gold. The gentle
men who favor the Senate amend
ments want silver to do the work
alone, to be the sole agency Of our ex-
changes. They talk about silver be-
ing cheap money am not attracted
to the word cheap whether applied
to nations or to men, or to money.
w udUoNcI uUildIS VIC nave III uLlS
country must be good dollars, as good
in the hands of the poor as the rich;
equal dollars. equal in inherent merit,
equal in purchasing power, whether
they be paper dollars or gold dollars,
or silver dollars, or treasury notes,
each convertible into the other, and
each exchangeable for the other, be-
cause each is based on equal value and
has behind it equal security; good not
only by the fat of law alone, but good
because the whole commercial world
recognizes it's inherent and inextin-
guishable value. There should be no
speculative features in our money, no
opportunity for speculation in the ex-
changes of the people. They must be
safe and stable. And stand here to-
day speaking not for single section,
but for my country and the whole
country 1 say that it is for the
highest and best interests of all that,
whatever money we have, it must be
based upon both gold and silver, and
represent the best money in the
world"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

forest. James Reuben, the Oldest living
Senaca Indian attributes his long life to
the use of this wonderful medicine, and
is enthusiastic in its praise.
This wonderful remedy rectifies all dis
orders of the great vital organs, but above
all purifes the blood and enables it to
perform its natural function, imparting life
and vgor to all parts of the system.
Let man have perfect digestion and pure
blood, and there is a continual restoration of
waste tissue taking place in the body. With
out this there is decline. If you feel that
you have not your ordinary strength, you
do not sleep as you should, your appetite is
fitful, you are nervous, have dizzy spells and
seem generally rundown, you should not
hesitate minute, for this is the beginning of
some serious decline. While you still have
strength and life take Kickapoo Indian
Sagwa. A change for the better will be
experienced with the first bottle, and q
speedy return to health will be the result in
every instance. Follow the Indian example,
and share with him long life and health.
This famous remedy is now sold by all
druggists, 81 bottle, six bottles for So.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

WHEN the Mckinley law went
down in defeat through the most
malicious misrepresentation ever
made of any piece of legislation ever
put upon the statute books. Major
Mckinley with one voice was given
the sole credit for the law, and the en-
tire blame for the defeat. Now that
matters have changed, it is surprising
the number of prominent men who
had hand in framing and securing
the passage of the law, and without
whose aid it could never have be-
come law. Mr.. Mckinley never
claimed sole credit for it, but his
mind, nevertheless was it's guiding
spirit to success. The growing pop
ularity of protection is having a
strange effect.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

We find around us everywhere men who
are young in years, but who in body are
actually old and decrepit. This premature
old age is becoming more common every
year. Thousands are continually dying who
are scarcely 80 years of age, from complete
worn out state of their systems, just as
literally of old age as though they had lived
to be 100, and the cause of this is due to
general demoralized condition of the great
vital organs of the body = the stomach, the
liver, the kidneys and the blood let any of
these become impaired and the blood instead
of flowing through the body and carryin
nourishment to all its parts, becomes filed
with poisonous secretions which generate and
multiply continually, ceasing to build up
new flesh tissue, so that gradual wasting
and decay takes place until the day comes
when complete collapse is experienced and
speedy death ensues.
The Indian is noted for his longevity, due
to the fact that he takes no medicine that
contains poisonous ingredients, but depends
upon his famous Kickapoo Indian Sagwa
entirely, which is purely vegetable, made
from roots, banks, gums and herbs of the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

THERE is just possibility that the
resolution introduced in the house by
Congressman Heatwole, for the ap-
pOintment of nOn-partiSan commits
sion to consider the advantages and
disadvantages of our financial system,
and report their conclusions and rec
cancellations upon the same, may go
through congress. The work of such
a commission would do no harm if it
did no good, and it is hard to see
wherein the free silverites can raise
any particular objection to it. While
we are of the opinion that there is
ability enough in congress to outline
country, the fact that a few free
SilveriteS are able to tie up the senate
and choke the life out of any measure,
no matter how reputable, prevents
anything being done at present, I'M
less it will conform to the silver
standard. A commission of experts
could no doubt secure much informa-
tion, and might arrive at conclusions
which would prove very helpful to
congress in settling the question salts
factorily to the whole nation, and the
indications are becoming clearer that
in connection with the next president
the people are likely to elect con-
gress that will not be at the mercy of
the silver monometallists, and can
proceed in practical manner to deal
with the money question.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

THE St. Paul Globe wants the Demo-
cratic party to declare, in it's nationa
convention at Chicago, forthe single
gold standard, and that the Wilson
German not does not go far enough
toward free trade, but that Democracy
if given power again will go right on
with it's destructive work in breaking
down our industries and giving Europe
the chance to supply us with the
manufactured articles we consume.
So far as the matter of mere political
success is concerned, the Republicans
could not wish Democracy to take any
other course, for any party taking
such course will meet with over
whelming defeat. 1t is to be deplored
however, that Democracy has not
profited by it's experience of the past
three or four years, and return to
course more suitable to the interests
OF this country. The people want
neither gold alone nor silver alone,
nor any system which will lead to the
exclusion of one or the other. Neither
do they want an economic policy that
will break down our industries, and
their attitude at the polls for the past
two years shows most emphatically
that they will not have. But if
Democracy wants to go headlong to
defeat, there is no law "agin" it,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

ONE branch of the Ohio legislature
has passed bill prohibiting hat
wearing by women in theatre, and
the hope is expressed that the other
branch will concur, and it will become
law. 1t may be best to resort to
this means, if it cannot be accom-
plished in any other manner, but it is
too bad that public sentiment is not
strong enough to reach the same re-
suit without law. The high or broad
hat is nuisance in a theatre as it en-
tirely shuts off all view of the stage
from those in the rear, and if it can
not be removed by public opinion, the
only recourse seems to be through the
law. 1t has been said that most
women go to the theatre as much to
be seen as to see, and if this is so then
surely they should remove their hats
as many times their head-gear so com
pletely envelopes them that they can
not be seen.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

THE candidacy of Mr.. B. d. Smith
for the office of attorney general is re-
ceived with great deal of favor in
all parts of Minnesota. A large num-
Der Of gentlemen were interviewed in
ST. Paul and Minneapolis during the
convention, representing various
counties, and the assurances of sup
port has given his friends the best of
reasons to believe that he will be
nominated. B. D. is all right, and
will make a splendid official.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
TIE AuStir Tran ecr111t THINKS If nm

The Austin Transcript thinks it I'M
fair that all the work pertaining to
the observation of Memorial day be
left to the G. A. r. alone, and sug-
gests that citizens generally ought to
assist literally in the work. A good
idea. 1t will not be but a few years
before it will devolve upon citizens
aside from the G.. A. r. to observe the
day, if it is observed, and surely it is
a day that ought to be remembered as
long as the republic endures.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

AMBASSADOR BAYARD is quite de-
faint after the vote of censure by the
house, and says he will say what he
pleases when and where he wants to-
1t is possible the American people will
have to stand the humiliation of his
attacks and libels upon his own coun-
try for another year, but Republican
president will quickly relieve him of
all official Importance next March.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

But there has been no move made yet
to straddle the money question, and as
for the so-called protection racket"
the Republicans have always favored
protection to American industries and
the people, except when led off four
years ago by Democratic promises
which were never realized, and never
could be, have always endorsed the
protective policy, and they will again
this year in a most emphatic manner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

The election of the first district
delegates yesterday, completes the
Minnesota delegation to the ST. Louis
convention. The delegates from that
district, A. d. Gray and Prof. Sven
son, are strong men any will add
strength to the state delegation. 1t
is doubtful if Minnesota Republicans
ever sent stronger delegation to a
national convention.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

TWENTY-EIGHT young men gradu-
ated from the Agricultural school at
St. Anthony Park yesterday. Among
them was young Jap, from Toxic
Japan, who will carry back the ad-
vanced American ideas on farming to
his native country. This is the largest
class that has been turned out from
the agricultural school.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

The Martin County Independent says
that the move of the Republican
party is to straddle the mo ney ques
tion and work the protection racket.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

KING MENLIK demands 100000
Tires from Italy, which leads some to
think that he Ointends opening up
political campaign.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

are not opposed to the use of silver,
but advocate the largest possible use
of the metal possible with safety to
our financial system. Good judgment
will ask no more.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03
Silver

Debt and privation would be the
portion OF the street laborer then. No
thinking wage-earner can favor the
free coinage of silver. 1t would work
his ruin.
The resolutions referred to above
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-03

THE house has voted to add four
new battle ships to the navy.
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AN OLD SOLDIER NAMED
For Legislature Honors in Marion
County.

For Legislature Honors in Marion
County.
T.. w. Chapman, the successful can
ddate of Labish precinct, which the
eloquence OF Alex. LaFollett did much
to place in favorable light before the
convention, was born in Ohio, in 1886,
moved TO Iowa as part of the family
belongings in 1916, and resided there
seventeen years, except one year of the
time spent in the war of the rebellion,
as a member of the 4th Iowa infantry.
He moved to Colorado in 1863 and to
Oregon in 1877. lie has resided in
Marion county since and has been
thrifty, successful farmer. He Is not
a wealthy man, but he says he has al
ways made a living and paid his taxes
and has been loyal to the old flag. He
is entirely self-educated aud is a sys-
tematic student, giving two hours
each day to reading. His first vote OF
importance was for Lincoln in 1860,
and he has been consistent Republi-
can since. His position on financial
and other matters may be most con-
clsely stated In his own words. He
says: ~ want all the money Of both
metals that we can use, and the free
coinage of both gold and silver at Il
suitable ratio. / am tariff man; for
such a tariff as will bring revenue and
give beneficial protection. | am for
reducing expenses to the lowest pos.
sible notch, and for placing all officers
on salaries instead OF fees, and of cut.
ting of useless commissions" Mr.
Chapman Is vigorous, hearty old
veteran, and member OF SedgwlcR
post No. 10, G.. A. r., Salem.
Mr.. Chapman is hearty supporter
of the principles represented by Sena
tor John IL. Mitchell.