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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
TELEPHONE COMPANIES Will
FIGHT BELLS DECISION.

Notice has been sent out from Chicago
of u national meeting to he held here
Thursday. Friday and saturday Of all
the Independent telephone companies
In the United states. The object Of
the meeting Il to combat action which
the Bell company will undoubtedly
take In the courts In reference to the
Rerliner decision.
The call Is issued by j. Il. kcelyn,
President of the Western Telephone
Construction Company, ana In 1t he
says he Il absolutely certain of defeat
Ing the Berllner patent II II suit Is
brought against the Independent COM
pnnies.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

The Duke OF Marlborough, the other
day, proposed o resolution congratu-
lating the Queen upon the grOwthO Of her
empire during her long reign. This
doubtless includes the acquisition of
British wealth through Americans who
are SO little Americans as to pay hand
somely to got any sort OF titles into
their families.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

CAUTIoN.-There 10 Q white soap
shaved up and sold 90 Dobbins' Elec.
trio. 1t Is q fraud and will ruin clothes.
The genuine is never sold except In bars,
stamped Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co., Phila.
delphia. and In wrappers with pictures
Of Mrs. F0gy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

Time was when people flushed with
money were not only travellers, hut Law.
ish In payment Of all personal services
rendered to them On route. They sup
ported the Pullman cur porter. who
eked out the scant wages paid him by
the sleeping cur company with gener.
Gus tips from travellers. Times have
changed. People are not travelling
much for pleasure, ana there IL not sui.
flcient business to take them away In
great number. When thcy do 20 on
business they are SO full Of 1t that they
think they have paid sufficiently for q
nights lodgings when they have depOs.
tied !? with the Pullman Company.
In hotel that calls for the service Of
the establishment. Travellers no longer
throw their silver dollars mt negro
porter. They notice that the Pullman
Company pays an 3 per cent. dividend
upon large volume OF stock, and they
are of the opinion that the profits of
the company would not be In the
slightest diminished II the manage
ment properly compensated pOrters
who complain In petltlOning for the!i
pay that they are ut once porter, con
ductOr aud walter. The Pullman serv'
ants ought not to be objects Of charity
The company Is abundantly able to pay
its people living wages. 1t certainly ex
acts large compensation for Its bed
rooms on wheels. The cost Of the cham
bermalds ought to be upon the com
pany. The negroes who ARE petition
Ing for proper compensation win have
sympathy from the travelling public
that IL learning through hard necessit!
to withdraw Its tips to the sleeping Gu
porter, which, under NIL the clrcum
stances Of ndercOmpensation, are tip
to the mendlcant Pullman Company.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

determination of some legislators to
regulate" this State and city a. to
text books. and as u result the Chicago
Board of Education. fearful that the
efficiency of the city system Of schools
may he crippled by tho enactment Into
law of the uniform text book bill finds
IL necessary to name a large committee
to work against the passage of the bill.
State uniformity of text books for
public schools Is II phrase Of pleasing
sound to most people not familiar with
| the different needs of country. villng"
and city schools. II also has an allur-
Ing sound To divers book publishers.
who would gladly assist In compelling
IN entire State to become patrons OF
their publishing business. For these
reasons the Chicago SchOo! Board has
taken this official action:
Whereas. There Is u bill pending bc.
fore the State Legislature looking to-
ward State uniformity Of text books
for all public schools: therefore.
"Rcsolvcd. That the Board Of Ed,I-
cation of the city of Chicago deprecatcs
the passage Of this bill ~ being opposed
to the best educational interests of tn,
State. believing that the text book.
should he adapted to u graded cOurs,
under the system of local option"
The fact that the proposed scheme Of
uniformity of text books takes avn!
all discretionary power from the BOar
of Education of u great city such ~
Chicago and places this power In thu
hands of u commission chiefly Of out
sl,lers. IL sufficient In itself to condemn
the present bill. II should Dc defeated
rs unnecessary and unwlse legislation
the possible outcome Of which cOul,
benefit no one unless Il be the agent'
Of u school book trust.
II Is rumOrrd around the Stat
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
Springfield. MAY -. 1907.

Springfield. May %. 1897.
The Allen bill which was published
In full in last weeks Eagle. Is about
to pass the House. Nothing can stop
1t. 1t Is a just measure. and members
are hearing from their constituents
urging them to vote for 1t.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

II l. rumOrrd around the state
House at Springfield TINT Col John W.
Gates, President OF the Illinois Steel
Company. recently had hOld on tbs
wNlg end III the gus market.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

Senator Munroe's stock owners hill
for the Calumet and Blue Island crowd
Is not progressing rapidly In the House.
II Is said the fellows who were not In
on the stock jobbing gas deal propose
to even up things by killing MunrOe's
bill. The measure Is one that should
he allowed To die q natural death on
general principles.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29

IL this thing continues much longer
1t will be necessary for the people to goi
into training for their annual or BIZ
ennial fight with their Legislatures
which persist in giving them laws they
do not want ana curing ills by medi-
zines which are worse than the disease.
The latest instance Is the apparent
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
SELECTING SEED CORN
1t should BE Done as Soon as the Grain
La Hardened.

In many localities the hot, dry
weather we had in July and the early
part of August affected the quantity
and yield of the corn to such an extent
that il win be Al item next spring 70
secure good seed corn The safest and
best plan is to lay in the needed supply
this fall and store II away where II VIII
keep in good condition
The best time 10 select the seed corr
is in the fall as soon as the grain Is
well hardened. In addition to making
sure Of good supply, selecting IN the
field in the fan affords better oppor-
tunity for making the best selection. as
the stalk as well as the ear can be
considered. which. Of course, cannot
be done after the corn Is cribbed-
When the conditions OF growth win
admit the best seed corn IS that which
Is selected from what is grown OF the
farm. provided. Of course, that proper
care Is taken in the selection
When the first selection is made il
is ALWAYS best 10 select rather larger
quantity than viii be needed This
gives an opportunity of making a sec
ond selection One item in selecting the
ears IS 10 choose those that are wen
filed both al the tip and at the butt
The grain should be sound and deep.
While 1t IS difficult 10 secure a very
large ear without a fairly good-sized
cob. Vet getting ears with deep grains
VIII make . considerable difference IN
the size of the cob. So far as can be
done the ears should be uniform in
color, shape, Of grain and time of ma
turity.
After q sufficient quantity Is secured
81 should be thoroughly dried. and then
stored where II VIII keep dry and bs
safe from vermin- One of the mosi
serious objections TO taking seed CORE
from q crib IN the spring is the risk
that its vitality may have been injured
bE its being damp when thrown into
the crib OF while standing in the field
and then being frozen Exposure &c
cold does not injure the vitality when
the grain Is thoroughly dry. but if damp
II is often seriously injured by frost
Good seed Is 50 essential 10 good
growth and yield that II viii be good
economy 10 use all reasonable care 70
secure q full zupply--St Louis Repub-
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
CRATE FOR SHIPPING HOGS.

then when made into crates each one Is
treated TO "a coating or two Of paint
All saw fuzz is removed by sharp jack
plane The crate Is put together with
wire nails
For the sides and tops use One-haIf bx
four inches and four feet. II pieces,
and equally divide the space The bot
tom is in one piece one inch thick, IS
inches wide and four feet long less one
inch Front end contains one piece SEe-
half by ten by IS inches. and two halt
by four by Is inches. each The rear or
door end has two pieces one-balf BIZ
p. by IS inches for inside cross strips
top and bottom. and two outside top
and bottom strips one-half by four BIZ
IS inches. with two upright strips one
half by 21s by . inches for each side
Of the movable door. and TO which are
fastened the side strips. The door Is
one-half by eight By . inches, and Is
held firmly 10 place by q wire nail
driven partially In at top end The
corner posts IN front end are one by two
by % inches. and On the inside of them
Is fastened a board one half by eight
by IS inches, which forms with the out
side board a feed space of two inches
IN width in front end of crate The
board on the inside comes within an
inch of the bottom, where trough is
made by 1acking IN a piece of board
one-half by four by IS inches. at a slant
Of about the same degree as shown by
one side of the letter Y. When ready 10
ship. place crate IN the wagon and back
mp TO the driveway door IN the hog
house. which Is on q level with the
wagon bed, and you can load or crate
the hogs with ease: then put feed in
the box at end of crate. and II VIII
drop down as II is eaten from the
trough. thus aTording plenty of food
for the hog until the end Of the jour
ney- Water can be given in the trough
at intervals, by those having the ami
NAL in charge. In such a crate. bedded
with straw, the hog should reach its
destination o K--Farm and Home
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
LACK OF IMPORTS.
The DInEIey Law Is Running Up the
Treasury Deficit-

The DInEIey Law Is Running Up the
Treasury Deficit-
Mr.. Dingley's explanation of why his
tariff bill is a failure is sufficient com
mentary on the boasted republican ca
pabili<y for legislation bis explanation
Is almost amusing in its weakness. not
TO say its stupidity. He argues. with .
freedom that disregards accuracy in de-
tails. that during the four months the
tariff bill was receiving the attention of
the senate there was not far from $780,
oe0, 900 worth of goods imported in ex-
cess Of the amount imported during the
same period Of the previous year This
excess of importations was IN antici-
patton Of an increase Of duties and with
= view 10 escaping the payment Of new
rates Prior 10 July l there was paid
in duties under the old law 81. 100000
This he argues should be credited TO
the Dingley law and not 10 the Wilson
law. SinguIarly enough this amount
Just about covers the deficit for the
present fiscal year But the Dingley
law goes right On piling up a deficit
month after month Chairman Ding
ley's explanation IS like a limited
ticket, not good after date Next month
he VIII have 70 give another explanation
and Il viii have 10 be something else.
because he has used up the $50 900. .00o
s-anticipatcry duties" the first crack.
The real reason why the Dingley bin
does not produce revenue enough Is that
there are insufficient imports There
are insufficient imports because the du-
ties are high. The duties were placed
high for the very purpose Of shutting
out imports The Dingley bill is there
fore q failure because IL defeats itself
High protection and revenue clash n
a tariff bill II high protection Is set
up. revenue Is lacking The Dingley
bin Is = failure because the rates are
too high
We would like 70 know how long our
republican friends believe that the
Dingley law settles the tariff question.
with q deficit running at the rate of SIo.-
100000 = month Utica Observer
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
PRoTEcTloN FoR Lee FARMER.
An Absurd Claim Of the High T.rsn
Or=lnR


The republican organs attempt to
blind the farmers by telling them how
the D1ngley robber tariff projects
them, and then proceed 10 say that If
anyone denies that IT benefits the farm
er, he Is ignorant The following Is the
list OF the protected products OF the
farm furnished BY one OF these organs
Cattle. - q head: hogs Hz- horses.
- sheep. S-5s- barley. = cents q busael:
b1ckEbezt- = cents. corn. l. Cents cats
= ce1Ls- rye. Il cents wheat = cents
butter. cents pound nzIk. cs11z =
gallon. beans. = cezts buShel- cabbage
cents each eggs cents dozen: hay.
3 tons honey. = cents q gallon. hops. =
cents pou51: potatoes. - cents busAel.
lard cents = pound poultry. cents .
pound"
The ta-ifhtes expose their own ignor-
ance by trying TO palm OF such ~stuF-
as argument IN support Of the absurd
claim that the tariff Is. or can be a
benefit 10 the farmer There Is not q
single article in the above list the duty
on which protects the farmer. None
Of tEem are brought from other coun-
tries, but are produced here in abund-
ance and supplied to other countries
What q great protection" for instance,
that tariff Of $50 head on horses Is
when they can be bought throughout
the west IN abundance for less than
that price per head What advantage Is
this tariff On live stock OF farm products
10 a Sangamon county farmer who has
Live stock or anything else TO sell? Does
the tariff OF Is cents a bushel on corn
affect the price of Sangamon county
corn? And how much milk and honey
does the old world send over here ID
compete with Illinois Earmers2
Then there is hay, that Is protected
at four dollars per ton What good does
that do the farmers Of the great west.
when hay, IN some localities. is actually
selling to-day al dollar ton less than
The tariff?
Referring TO this protection on hay.
the Newark lO-) Advocate draws quite
al object lesson for the farmers Of that
section Three years ago when the Viii
son tariff, that had just passed congress.
fixed the duty on hay al two dollars :
ton. every farmer who brought hay 70
Newark 10 sell, the Advocate SAYS, was
given a great song and dance by repub-
Ecan elaqueurs that hay was down in
price In consequence Of the tariff reduc-
ton. The price was then firm al nine
dollars ton IN Newark Farmers found
ready sale there al that price al this
time three years ago But what are they
getting for their hay IN Newark now
since the protection" has been in
creased TO four dollars ton? The Ad-
vocate saws six 10 six dollars and fifty
cents q ton are the best prices that
farmers are offered for their hay now
and the republican elaqueurs who were
SO loud IN talking about the low price
OF nine dollars a ton in 1924. in cOnse-
quenee OF q lower tariff, are now as
mum as oysters
The protection" 10 farmers don't
protect. and farmers can't be fooled by
this republican faIlacy any longer
Illinois State Register.
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The anxious seeker af1e- McKiu-
ley prosperity may find plenty Of IT
these days-in the pockets Of trust mag
nates--Tammany Times
Mark Hanna's I'm the friend of
the workingman" speech put deeper
SHADE of degradation upon the pre-
Eminary ultimatun" plot--N- Y. World.
The operation Of the DingIev bill
is reminiscent of the schooIboy's prob
lem in arithmetic. wherein the frog. n
trying 10 get ont Of the well. falls four
feet backward every time he jumps two
feet forward.-Kansas City Times
The farmers wife who takes ten
dozen eggs TO market and gets less sugar
for them than she got for eight dozen
three months ago viii not study long
time before she understands how a
tariff bin that increases the price of
sugar depTecia1es the price Of eggs
Ohio Patriot
1t Is gTaTely announced by = re-
publican journal that Secretary Sher-
man Is not the financial adviser Of the
administration Probably rot As the
administration Is doing nothing on the
question Of finance wbich Is the main
issue before the people II has 10 use for
Enquirer
The republican gold organs hare
been instructed 10 shout prosperity
zlI along the line Some Of the rattle
drained writers for these papers show
their ignorance or contempt for facts
and conditions when they ascribe the
rise in wheat and the fall in silver 10
the Dinsley bill and the gold stand
ard. and not TO Natures God--Silver
knight National Watchmzn-
The treasury deficiency under the
first year Of the DingIey law viii be
greater an amount than has occurred
in this country since the close Of the
civil war All Of Dingley's twiStings.
es2siOns and apologies cannot get
around this fact Just as soon as the
money accumulated By Grover Cleye-
lands bond issues IS exhausted the
treasury viii be empty. there viii have
10 be other bO1d issues or the tariff
Sinkered with again 10 make il \ rev
measure Protection -
a revenue cOntrTvaSce 3 an obS08etR
Post
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
FOODS FOR THE SEASONS.
Those Appropriate for Summer and
Winter

Al foods are productive of energy;
al energy evolves heat; therefore all
foods are heat producing agents But
some are SO greatly superior 10 Others
in @his respect as 10 merit the name Of
the heat producing foods These are
The starches, sugars and fats, animal
fats mainly. for those of vegetable
origin are most effective. II Is asserted,
in The work OF cleansing the intestinal
canal. supplying heat only 10 q very
limited degree. These food products
burn or oxydize very readily within as
without the body. giving out heat as the
resul1 and being first changed by The
wonderful process of digestion as they
pass through the alimen1ary canal be-
lore entering the blood As matter
Of course il follows that s1arches- sug-
ars and sa1s should be avoided when the
maintenance Of high degree Of animal
heat IS undesira be. OF. 10 par1cularize,
that such starchy vegetables as rice,
potatoes, etc. are better winter than
summer foods that sweets should not
be extensively INDUCED IN during the
heated term. that fats should be used
even more spariDgly. and that all these
foods should be restored TO favor again
when colder weather makes q great
amount Of animal heat a 6esi6e-aTum
Il this were always done. Il appetite
rather than reason were not so often
the ruling force IN our lives. then IN
soubtedly our winters would be more
comfortable, our summers more en-
durable But We too frequently find
habit and therefore eat crullers and
chocolate on z hot summers day. or =
breakfast including fried bacon and
>ornbread when the mercury IS climb
ing close 10 the nineties before its daily
work i fairly inaugurated: and pies
and cakes unlimited. when we are con-
fessedly almost dying Of heat--Wash-
ington Hone Magazine
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
SHOWN UP BY BRYAN.
I'anctures the SophiStry of Republic
aR RAnrerx.


The sophis1ry OF republican special
pleade-s for the causes Of scaBt money
and high tariff IS cleFerIy punctured by
Mr.. Bryan That distinguished gentle
mar has taken mp the 5ubilate Of The re-
publican press over the high price Of
wheat-about the only evidence Of pros
perity which exists in this country
and shown coDclusively the bumbug Of
the claim that legislation has any
thing TO do with IL The claim IS 50
absurd and II has been SO often de-
molished that Mr.. Bryan's work would
seem 10 be supererogatory. but perhaps
too much cannot be said IN the ex-
Posure Of republican <hams- In dis
cussingthe matter he used these words:
The first hopeful thing that came TO
aid republican Imagination since the
election was the discovery of gold in
Klondike. and the second was the rise
il the price Of wheat The republicans,
however, had no right TO rejoice over
the discovery of the new gold mines. be-
cause this would tend 10 increase the
volume Of money. and that was op-
posed by the republican platform.
~As 70 the rise in wheat. II came from
famine abroad and. IN fact did not ben
eft the man who had wheat 10 sell.
He did not find that his wages had been
raised any. but II cost him more 10 buv
his -four. Then. too. if the rise in wheat
Is 4 good thing for the farmers. il was
just what the democrats claimed last
fall when they said il was higher-prieed
commodities the people wanted and not
higher-priced money They wanted
prices advanced by taking from gold
that purchasing power which had been
added by fraud rather than advanced
by famine and suffering"
No reply is possible 10 these state
meDts- They are roek-ribbed facts and
cannot be argued away The provi-
Dental happenings Of which such base
use is made by the republican uewspa-
Pers and speakers only serve 20
strengthen the position taken by hi
uetallists--Bingh IN " Re
-77I1Srz7
Iron County register., 1897-10-07
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Wash the harness with soap and
water before Oiling.
Do you waste your corn fodder?
Must have money TO burn
Corn fodder may be shredded. but
rot perfectly, by running II through an
old threshing machine
4 threshing machine boiler that Is
too small 10 do the work. Is always
dangerous from oEer-pressure-
\ farmer says that he kills Canada
this1les IN the pasture By piIing ma
nure On them thick enough 10 smother
them
Put buggy beans or peas IN a tight box
and put q little cup OF bisulphide of
carbon on top. being careful that no
fire IS near
Wheat, independent Of interest On
land. ought 10 be grown al SIX dollars
an acre at most Eight. or eFen ten
bushels. per acre, VIII not par.
Be careful 70 sSE only the eleanext
timothy seed Weeds IN tino5hy make
bad work. worse than clover. though
they are bad enough there-Wessern
Plowman-
Iron County register., 1897-10-07

Farming by electricity Is now recog
n5zed fact EIec1ricity drives the plow.
ehurn. thrasher. and other implements,
and stimulates the sprouting and grow
ing of some kinds OF vegetation And
now, Al Great Falls, in Montana which
Is becoming the great wool-growing
state. % machines for ShearlDg sheer
are arranged IN long, narrow shed.
open on one side A single line Of shaft
ing extends overhead. and from this .
flexible cables faI1 The shaft, By means
of universal joints. cause each cable
TO rotate and the cable transmits its
power 10 the clipper by means Of SINH
lar connections A man needs only &c
steer the clipper around The blades
work themselves A small electric mo-
tor Of six Horsepower drives the line
Of shafting- The motor Is such as Is
used under = trolley car, and takes its
current from a trolley line The % ma
chimes operated for nearly shree weeks
and sheAred 1s.1sz sheep, averaging
nearly 100 sheep day per machine
Chicago Inter Ocean