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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

That an invalid needs cheer no
one can doubt. For, while clouds
chase each other across the sky that
overarches the well people,
gloomy poll settles over the one
who is deprived of liberty and de-
MED the commonest blessings OF
life. So it will be no more than
right if you dany yourself, even to
the extent of cutting short a talk
with a book.agent or emitting to
attend club lecture or to have
that argument out with friend as
to the respective merits of the Brit
fish and the Beers, if only by such
means time may be secured in
which to pay some attention to
your afflicted friend.-Anna Stevens
Reed, in the Self Culture Magazine.
Printed at Saxton Building, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
The subject of the following
sketch lived for long time in this
county and is well known to many
of our citizens:
"Mrs. John Mcconnell died at her
home, on corner Fifth and Spruce
streets, in Atlantic, in June, 1900, of
consumption. Ida Campbell was
born in Scott county, Iowa, on Feb
ruary %, 1863, and at the time OF her
death was thirty-seven years, three
months and eighteen days old. She
was the daughter of G. G. and Mary
A. Campbell and removed to Cass
county, Iowa, with her parents in
1873 She was united in marriage
to John Mcconnell on December %,
1881. OF this union twelve children
were born, of whom ten are living
to mourn the loss of a patient, low
ing mother. Her mother, who has
passed the sixty-ninth mile stone,
still survives her, her father having
died December %, 1892. She also
leaves eight brothers and three sis
ters. She united with the U. P.
church, in 1899, and lived the life of
pure, devout, consistent christian
fully realizing Gods tender mercies
and trusting faithfully in His re-
demption. She also said to her
pastor: Though walk through
the velley of the shadow of death,
I'll fear no evil She was very pa
tient and hopeful through all her
sutferings, and had cheerful
word for everyone and when life
was slowly ebbing away she remark
ed: Pm waiting, only weiting.'"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

Before placing your orders
for monumental scOss glCe as
a call. OnlytAe best grades of
fUyeigsa and domestic marble
and granite essed. Satistac-
ton guaranteed isa material,
workmanship and price.
>. r.. GRANT.
Atlantic. IO,Cn.
Dr.. L. j. OIdaker,
DENTIST
Office rooms over Stuart Bank.
EKan1inat ton free.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
Erir0, Io1Ou.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Harm, Jr., have
gone to Lorah where he has steady
EMPLOYMENT.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

Lawrence Hunt and Austin Guern
sey departed, Sunday morning, for
Omaha where they have accepted
positions
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

Last Saturday there was an auc-
ton sale, conducted by Mr.. John 1.
Hensley, at the Uncle David Ander-
son homestead, in this city, a which
time most of the household effects
were disposed of, and they all
brought good prices, too. Uncle
David will make his home with his
son, SAINT Anderson, and family, up
at Audubon. where he, in his enfee-
bled condition, can receive the
treatment he requires. We under.
stand that the old home is to- be
rented or sold.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12
Ice for sale at the Bijou Restaurant.

Take your pillow work to the new
ShOp
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

Last Sunday morning a special
stock train came up from Atlantic
and John |. Hensley loaded two cars
with cattle that he had been feeding
in his own yards, and they were an
extra nice bunch; Thielen Brothers
loaded two car loads a very fine
bunch; Kennedy Brothers selected
a carload of the best ones they had,
and Frank Hensley finished out the
six car loads of fine ones from his
farm. in Greeley township. At
Brayton they joined the shippers
from that point and then they all
went sailing away for the Union
Stock Yards, in Chicago. John l.
Hensley, his son Gerald, Nick THE
len and John Kennedy accompa-
MED the stock from here.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

A discharged soldier, lately re-
turned from the Philippines, tells
tale of shirt in the San Francisco
Argonout which is too good to lie
lost: His company was returning
from long and tiresome scouting
trip, in which most of the men had
parted with the greater part of their
wearing apparel, when he saw on
clothesline in the grounds of res
idence adjoining a big stone church
two very good shirts, hung out to
dry AS he had at the time only
half shirt to his back, he proceed
ed to help himself to whole one.
Whereupon woman came out of
the house and said to him is passa-
BILE good English, You'll pay for
that on the judgment dayw Mad
am" he replied, IF you give such
long credit as that I'll Just take
both shirts" which he proceeded to
do.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

Carpenter J. U. Hansen is haul
ing out the material with which to
build new house on his farm, on
the north line of Oakfeld township
AS soon as the new building is
completed the old home is to be oc-
cupied by his son, Mr.. L. w, Hansen
who, so we are told, will soon marry
a pretty little Danish lady of that
| loca 1ity
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

The leading feature of Outing for
July is Man Hunting in the Pound,
an exciting personal adventure Of
John Fox, Jr., in Kentucky Border
Life; illustrated by E. NJ. Ashe. The
whole number is very treasure
island Of pleasant pasttimes in
pleasant places and is as instruct
ing as it is interesting. That the sea
the lake, the river and the pool
should claim predominant note is
seasonable. July is when one wants
to know practical fly casting and
upstream canoe craft. The an
preaching national championship
in Golf makes the strokes of golf es
pecially timely. Printed in New
York City; 25ca copy.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-12

Go to the new shop for your horse
shoeing
Fresh Fish every Thursday at the
City Meat Market.
DIR. Griffith extracts teeth without
pain. Park Hotel, Extra, Tuesdays.
The Conservative, 1900-12-06
Tbe Conservative.


rier has along it's lines and at its ter.
minals large numbers of industrial es-
Establishments which together usually
cover a wide range of productive activi-
ties. These establishments, OF most of
them, have among themselves no con-
tractual or other fixed relations except
those resulting from the legal or COM
mercial institutions of the country in
which they are located, and few of them
have any fixed relations, beyond those
30 indicated, with the railway itself.
The products of these establishments
may be classified with regard to wheth-
er they are supplied to meet local de.
mand on the one hand or to meet the
wants of consumers in other regions
upon the other. In the former case the
relation of the railway to the producers
is rather indefinite and is not likely to
be expressed by any special action. The
wants of such producers in regard to
personal transportation and as consum-
ers of goods produced elsewhere are
grouped with those of other residents
of the locality or treated with regard
only to the conditions of the production
which in turn supplies them.
The relations of the carrier with those
who produce to supply regions that can
be reached only by the utilization of
transportation agencies are obviously
very different. Such producers furnish
the carrier with it's freight traffic and
upon them it is dependent for it's reve
nue.. In this situation the local pro-
ducer and the carrier are each capable
of supplying commodities which, having
by themselves no value, or none that
need be regarded in this connection,
have together considerable value. The
local producer has his utility of form,
his wheat, cotton, pork, pig iron, steel
rails, woolens, or other goods; the car
rier, producer of utilities of place, can
render these available to consumers by
transporting them to the regions where
the latter are located. Without the
added utility of place the commodities
of the local producer might be mere
negative utilities or, in rare instances,
they might have some value for local
consumption. The latter possibility in
no way modifies the argument, however,
for there is no objection to considering
the advantage which the producer of
exported commodities must abstain from
realizing through their local sale,
as a part of the cost production of
articles which are reserved for export.
OF course this advantage has to be over.
come before the commodities enter the
class with those which furnish railways
with traffic. The railway and the local
producer, therefore possess commodities
| which are complementary to each other
The Conservative, 1900-12-06

Classification of Products.
If it is possible to obtain from an exam
ination of the circumstances which at
tend the agreements under which the
respective producers of these compile
mentary utilities effect their union, any
definite information concerning the
terms upon which they must meet, it
will materially advance the knowledge
of the conditions which determine rail.
way rates. For this purpose it is de.
sirable to classify the producers of utili-
ties of form according to the terms on
which their products enter the markets
that they supply. If these products are
so limited in quantity and so peculiar to
the region from which they are shipped
as to enjoy monopoly privileges in the
market or markets to which they are
consigned, the carrier will share what
ever profits may accrue from that mo-
nopoly with the local producers upon
terms which will be fixed by contract.
Each party to such contract will nat.
urally attempt to secure the greatest
share possible and the result will de.
pend largely upon the wisdom, ingenuity
and persistence with which each presses
his respective aim. The traffic in pro-
ducts so monopolized is, however, under
modern conditions, very limited and
opportunities to secure very high rates
even on such traffic are closely re.
stricted by the necessity of adjusting
even monopoly prices to the effective
demand Of consumers. Though it is
apparently necessary to leave this
branch of the subject with generaliza.
tion that is unsatisfactory indefinite in
terms, recurrence to observation will
show that, however successful railways
may have been in their efforts to secure
high rates upon this portion of their
business, the total contribution to reve-
nue. obtained therefrom has not sufficed
to prevent very material reduction in
the rate of return to railway capital.
This is equivalent to saying that even
though it should appear that railways
are able to and do take very large shares
of the value of the monopolized COM
modities carried over their lines, this
will serve merely to demonstrate that
they secure smaller shares than would
be otherwise indicated of the value of
the commodities that are marketed
under competitive conditions.
The vastly greater bulk of railway
freight traffic is composed of articles
which are produced in many regions
and by large numbers of independent
establishments. With regard to such
products consumers have usually little
if any preference for those of one region
over those of another and whatever
preference does exist is expressed by
The Conservative, 1900-12-06

who meet with them in common mar
kets, the apparent difficulty disappears.
Considered in this manner, such com.
petition is clearly within the terms of
the definition of President Hadley, and
if there is any to which it does not con.
form it is one which is not abreast of the
modern development of industrial re-
lations.
Com petition of Producers and Consumers.
A summary statement of this method
of explaining the decline of railway
charges may be given in the language in
which the writer thought best to present
it to the rather mixed audience which
gathered at the Conference on Trusts,
held under the auspices of the Civic
Federation of Chicago, during Septem-
ber, 1899.
"a little thought will suggest cause
that may have produced the decline.
in spite of, though somewhat hindered
by. the wastes just discussed.
For lack of a better phrase this cause
may be designated as the competition
among producers for the privilege of
selling in the dearest markets and that
of consumers for the privilege of par
chasing in the cheapest markets This
needs to be qualified by the suggestion
that railways must be considered as pro-
ducers for the reason that the productive
process cannot be regarded as complete,
in connection with particular article,
until that article is available for con-
sumption. In more technical words,
that are, however, perfectly clear in
their meaning, production consists of
the creation of utilities of place as we'll
as of utilities of form.
Railways. therefore, are partners in
the production of the commodities that
they carry. Partners with whom? The
answer is, with every separate produc-
tive establishment, farm or factory,
workshop or mine, that exists along
their lines and furnishes traffic for their
trains. Each railway forms, in effect, a
separate combination [the word COM
bination is here used in a clearly
innocuous sensel with each separate
productive establishment and, as either
place or form utilities might be useless
without the other, these combinations
are essential to the completion of the
productive process. Obviously, any
railway may participate in many such
combinations which produce the same
article. These combinations may com.
pete among themselves, and as most pro-
ducers of form utilities have definite
cost of production per unit Of product
while most of the costs of producing
transportation cannot be assigned to par
ticular services, it is not difficult to force
railUava t0 asaum me the preatar ahares in
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-08-11
Twelfth Anniversary.

Rev. Chas. S, Trump, pastor OF ST.
Tohn's Lutheran Church, at the morning
services Sunday preached a sermon COM
memoraliye OF the twelfth anniversary of
his acquaintance with the people OF his
church and of Martinsburg
On the 9Th of August, 1888 Rev.
Trump preached his Introductory sermon
and the services Sunday were commem-
orative Of that day. Two weeks from
that time he received a.call aspastor Of the
church, which was accepted, and on the
18th Of October, 1888, he took charge.
Two months hence he will preach the
anniversary sermon of his pastorate.
The pastor took as his text EXous XIV,
y: They came to Elm, where there were
wells of water, and there they encamped
In the course of his remarks he stated
hat the work of ST. Johns Lutheran
Gnu oh was one Of aggressiveness and
difficulty, that the average time OF the
pastor was brief, averaging 5 years, and
that his was the longest Of any here. He
urged the congregation for more sympa-
thetic work in helping and encouraging
the young, cheering the old, and hiung up
the fallen and said he trusted many more
years would be spent in fellowship, In
fitting words he stated that his pastorate
had been very pleasant and then reviewed
/ the growth OF the church.
During the twelve years Rev. Trump
! has been here three hundred and fifty
members have heen added to the church,
While there were losses sustained by re-
moval there was a net gain of one hun
bred members. The Sunday School has
grown to be the largest in the city, con-
sisung of $50 members.
The congregation yesterday was un-
usually large, the church being well filled.
The choir sang appropriate anthems dur
ng the services.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-08-11
West VIRGINIA Crops.

The secretary of the Board of Agricul-
ture has just made his monthly crop re-
port. Ii is somewhat late.
The crop conditions over most Of the
State are brighter at present than at any
time during the past four weeks.
These conditions are the result of the
rainfall that was more or less general the
10th and Goth fully. For some time
previous some sections were suffering
from drouth. From recent reports fire.
uuent and heavy rains have prevailed in
the extreme northern and western parts
of the State, rendering harvesting difficult
and considerable damage has been done
by landwashng
The potato crop is wen advanced and
a good yield may be expected.
Corn is generally reported as doing
well and millet is making a fine growth.
The oat and hay harvest is nearing COM
pletion, and the former is making a fair
yield, while the latter will fall below last
years crop. What wheat has been har-
vested was generally well filled and is
producing fair yield.
With few exceptions, apples are drop
ping off badly and are very deceptive. The
most favorable reports come from sections
where apple growing is made business
and where care and attention have been
bestowed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-08-11
THE POOR FOREIGNER.
Warm sympathy Felt For Him by
American Free Traders

somewhat prominent advocate of
free trade, in the course of a recent
speech in behalf of his pet theory,
spoke with scathng sarcasm of the
argument that the foreigner pays the
tariff under our protective system
Not that he attempted to deny it. Oh
no! He, with more frankness than is
always found among his co-free trad
ers, accepted that conclusively proved
fact But the walls of his wrath were
poured out because the foreigner paid
the tariff. Poor foreigner! Our Amer
lean free traders are always more con
cerned over his burdens than over
those of our own people, ''Why should
he pay the tariff" asked his free trad
er champion. He does not live in this
country; he gets no benefits from our
government; he is entitled to no pro-
lection from it and owes no allegiance
TO it. Why should we make him CON
tribute toward the expenses of our
government
speaking out in meeting" was not
allowed, or it would have been sug-
gested to this champion Of foreigners
that the transaction was purely bust
ness one that the foreign exporter
pays the tariff which helps to sup
port our government as the price of
his entry into our market. 1t is a case
of quid pro quo. We have something
viz the best market in the world
which the foreigner desires We set
price on share of that market, the
price being in the shapeof atariff which
is but a fair price to the foreigner for
what he gets, or otherwise he would
not pay it, and which at the same
time is only a just measure of pro-
lection TO our own manufacturers and
our own laborers, to whom our gov
eminent owes its first duty.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-08-11
SOUTH'S OPPORTUNITY.
Advantage TO BE Gained by Increas~
ing Its Republican Vote.

A dispatch Of June - from Char
lotto. \. G., says:
The ticket nominated at Philadel-
phia is satisfactory to the business
men OF this part of the country. Men
who own cotton mills say openly that
they win support Mckinley and Roose-
welt D. W. oates, cashier of the First
National bank and president of the
Charlotte cotton mills, said tonight.
1.-The ticket is Il good. and it VIII
be supported by the business men of
the state generally. | voted for Nc,
kinley four years ago and will gladly
do it again. | meet former Democrats
every day who will vote the Republic
an national ticket this year. Many
business men who did not vote at all
in 1896 will vote for Mckinley in
November
More than a dozen leading mill men
have expressed the same sentiments
today. These men were loyal supporters
of the Democratic party before 1896
Two-thirds of the cotton mill men in
the state will vote for Mckinley and
hOOSeNelA
This is good news, and the pre-
diction of heavy increase of the Re
publican vote in North Carolina ought
to come true whether it does or not
1t ought to come true in every south
ern state. \ big gain in the Republic
an vote this year and an increase in
the number of Republicans elected
from southern congressional districts
would be greatly to the advantage of
the south. What the south needs is
better showing of business and politi-
| cal sense. more tangible evidences of
| enlightenment and progress, more con-
vincirg proof OF the spread of progress
and development along up to date
lines. In no way could the south fur
nish a more conclusive demonstration
of the dawn of a better and wiser
order of things. More of latter day
Republicanism and less of antiquated
| BourboniSm is the crying need of the
south today. \ rousing vote for Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt is the south's
opportunity.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-08-11
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-08-11

1t is better TO know that wool is
selling at 80 cents a pound in Boston
and New York than to bother your
head with a lot of rubbish about i'm
perialism" which is only another
Democratic way of checking our ex-
port trade.