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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
I.abor,s Growing Might.

Labor has found way to organize
itself-banding itself together and
building up vast unions, through which
is to come the emancipation Of the
wage worker. his education in self
government, his preparation for the
role that awaits him in the new era.
More than selfish struggle for rights
is this labor moyement-it is the UNI
selfish struggle that finds in the
wrongs of one member of the body the
call for help from all other members.
Far beyond tie ranks of the wage
1orkers the new hunger for justice in
civilization is stirring in the souls of
men; and the manifestation thereof is
in the movement vaguely known as
socialism. About the economic adjust
ments Of the new order. as the social
lists conceive them, we may differ, be-
Aeying such an order impracticable or
danger ns, If we SO Judge. OF the
ethicaA ideal back OF socialism there
can be but one opinion. 1t is a move
ment toward the dispossession Of self
ishness and the mastery OF human res
lationship by justice aad by love.
Rich men combine and raise the
prices Of goods they COZ srol and refuse
to permit the people f. use them un-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
HIS Best Ideas.

That the American man with the
hoe" does not find the life of the farm
stultifying must surely be inferred
from the words of an old tiller of the
soil, who came across a classical VOL
ume and found in Plato a kindred
spirit. The good American farmer
called upon a doctor, and was ushered
into the library. At once the well-filled
book-shelves drew his attention. Are
you fond of reading?" asked the doc
tor, noting the wandering gaze. well,
yes, returned the farmer, modestly.
u should be pleased to lend you book
to take home with you,' said the other.
Just take any one that you think
you'd like to read" "Oh, I'm no good
at selectin'," replied the old man.
You pick one out. DOCTOR" So the
doctor, in spirit of fun, gave the
farmer book written by Plato. The
old man went away, and at the end of
week reappeared with the book I'M
der his arm. Well" queried the doc
tor, did You read the book?' Eyes, !
did," was the emphatic answer. .And
what did you think of it?'' ut was
fust-rate.' responded the farmer. GIVE
read it through from kiver to kiver. |
never heard tell of this fellow Plato
before, but all the same Pm glad to
find that the old chap has been writing
up some of my very best IDEAS"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Monopoly.

A monopoly in private hands is in
defensible. That combination and
concentration are natural cannot be
disputed. Men first worked indie
pendently for their own individual
benefit. Next they formed partner
ships. Next they combined into one
corporation or trust, and this trust
eventually became a monopoly. First
a man kept little grocery store and
twenty other men kept twenty other
little stores. 1t was natural that these
twenty men should unite their stores
under one roof, into what is called a
department store, or that perhaps one
man originates and starts hundred
different stores under one roof. and
perhaps another man starts another
department store in the same COM
munity. Eventually these several de-
partment stores will unite into one
Then there will be monopoly, and
the thousands of little store keepers
will have to desert their little stores
Just so will all of the big trusts event
| ually combine into one trust. Plainly
we are now making rapid strides to-
ward one universal trust in everything
and it is beyond the shadow of doubt
that these vast combinations must be
the property of the COLLECTIVELY. Every
thing points toward monopoly, public
monopoly, and there cannot be for an.
length of time monopoly in privat
handicapped to Reason. u
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Paternalf9m.

This government mot your govern
ment, mind you, for you do not own
any OF it) pays 81 cents pound for
iron to cover its ships to kill or civil
lie the heather! Think of it, 81 cents
a pound for iron! And thousands of
tons of 1t. too! Enough profit, on
single order to have built all the mills,
opened all the mines, made all the
plates! But that would not be pater-
nalistfc enough to have filled the purse
Of Carnegie. Golly! how Carnegie
does hate paternalistic government!
And how the people like to pay mill
lions to Carnegie rather than haYs less
taxes and more wages!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Lincoln on Jefferson.

The principles of Jefferson are the
definitions and axioms of free society.
And yet they are denied and evaded
with no small show of success. One
dashingly calls them "glittering gem
eralities"; another bluntly calls them
"self-evident lies" Others insidiously
argue that they apply to superior
races These expressions, differing
in form, are identical in object and
effect, in supplanting the principles of
free government and restoring those
of class, caste and legitimacy. They
would delight a conyocation of
crowned heads, plotting against the
people. The are the vanguard, the
miners and sappers of returning des-
potism. We must repulse them or
they will subjugate us. This is a
world Of compensation. and he who
would be no slave must consent to
have no slave. Those who deny free
dom to others, deserve it not them
selves, and under just God cannot
long retain it.-From letter by Abra-
ham Lincoln, April s, 1859.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Courts and Rankers.

Two bankers at Rutland, VT, were
sentenced the other day to six years
for robbing their respective banks.
They robbed in this way hundreds of
poor families who had aided and trust
ed them. If they had robbed one of
these families in the brave way of en-
tering their homes and taking chances
on a fight, they would have been sent
up for twenty years. 1t makes a diff
ference how you rob, and the more you
get the less the penalty. The majority
of the law makers are lawyers. But it
is justice to send needy man to pris-
on for long term for stealing in order
to live, and to be very lenient with the
well-fed, well-groomed, well-served
class that never do any useful work
and steal from unadulterated greed
Yet we are civilized!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

less they pay the extortion. They are
upheld in this by the courts ard the
police force; though their action Is
against public interest; though they
are public enemies, the public pro-
tects them and their property. When
laboring men combine and demand
their product, labor. shall rot be used
except on payment Of certain condi-
ton, the courts and police force are
called on to suppress them and i'm
prison them. The working people are
made outlaws for demanding what
they do not need. But laboring men
are the majority; they have ten votes
to capitals one; they fill the police
force and army; they elect the judges
and law makers. What does prosperi-
ty avail him unless he can have his
wages raised that he may better his
condition generally?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

have thee remember. If IT should be,
when am dead, that thou shouldst
ever love another maiden-for thou art
young, and there be others worthy Of
thy love, and life alone is long and
sad-I would not have thee live unwed
because of me. II thou choosest to
marry thou hast my full consent, and
even my blessing from Heaven"
But at her words the young man
thrust her from him almost roughly,
and turned on her the first ungentle
look his face had ever worn to her.
Thou art unkind and cruel unto me,
Namarah," he said, land thy love is
not like to mine for thee, or thou
couldst not think possible the thing
whereof thou speakest. The soul OF
Adina slept within him until, at touch
Of thy soul, it walked; and 1t lives bu,
for thee alone. If thou must die, the
desire of my heart will be still to thee
alone, and my soul shall even wait fol
thy soul.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
An Amusing Spectacle.

What fun! See the Republican gold
standard papers squirming under the
pressure of the trusts and monopolies
that are combining all the necessities
of life and commerce, rendering adj
vertising superfiuous! Caught in their
own trap. They smiled at the feast
they were enjoying by patronage from
the trusts and combines some time
ago, little dreaming that the game
would go on until they would be in
the squeeze. They are plundered by
combine on type, on paper, on
presses and machines, and now the
greatest advertisers have so monopo-
llzed the field that the people have to
buy of them anyhow, and they no
longer need to advertise. They are
bowling for free trade on things they
do not use to any considerable ex-
tent. There will be failure of many
papers, the increased cost of material
and decreased advertising rendering
their further publication unproftable
Isn't it lots of fun!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
An Ideal of True Greatness.

A Cleveland paper tells story of
street incident which shows the ideal
of greatness which the sensational
newspapers, with their extravagant at
tention to athletics" are intoxicating
among the street boys. Two very dirty
boys of this class were engaged in dis
figuring as much as possible every face
on the advertisements on big bill-
board. They turned the, actresses into
bearded ladies, put cigars in the
mouths of respectable aged gentlemen,
and gave Admiral Dewey black eye.
Then one Of them started with his pen
Gil for face in the middle of the
board. But the others called out:
Hey! Don't do anything to that!".
why not?" asked the first. why.
don't you know? That's Jeffries, the
champion!" They left the face un-
Imutilated, looked respectfully at it
moment. and trudged along.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
A Change for tho better.

Lady Violet Greville, commenting on
the emancipation of women, says that
in the early days of Queen Victoria a
married woman never took an airing
on foot, even in the park. unless at
tended by her maid, and 1t is only with
in the last fifteen years that girls Of
good family could walk alone in GERS
tain quiet and respectable streets.
There was once a time when to drive
alone in q hanson would have subject
ed q lady to the imputation Of being
fast and immodests Now there Ia
scarcely anything women cannot do.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Dawning of the New Era.

A new political passion has seized
mans mind. The ideals of democracy
enkindle his enthusiasm. Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity-these are the
ideals that are fascinating the soul of
the newborn sovereign people. Slav-
cry has been abolished in it's worst
forms in our wonderful century, as to
serfdom of Russia and the negro bond
age of the United States. The worst
political tyrannies of the world, hand
ed down to us through successive gem
erations, have been wiped out Of our
century, the closing years OF the CEN
fury seeing the end of the list of the
great medieval despotisms-the CO.
lonial empire of Spain.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

dressed all In sad garments Of mourn-
ing, passed through the streets OF Miz.
peh and wendell their way toward the
and, as they passed along,
behold the people came forth OF their
houses to look upon them, and ever as
they saw the maidens, In their sack
cloth and ashes, men and women, and
even little children, lifted up their
voices and wept, for the vow that Jeph-
than had vowed was known unto all
the people; also that the maiden Ma
marah was gone, according unto cus-
tom, to bewail upon the mountains
with the maidens. her companions.
And as the maldens walked with sad
and measured steps, the maiden Ma
marah walked ever at their head, her
stately height and noble form swathed
in sackcloth. And, although the hood
of her mantle hid her face from view,
the people said she sobbed in passing,
because that they saw the fluttering
rise and fall of her breast beneath the
folds of her gown.
But Namarah was not weeping. Her
brow was calm and solemn, and her
great eyes serene as be. stars. Her
vigil had made her pale as the ashes
wherewith she had sprinkled her gar
ments, but the look of her face was
strong and confident, and ever she
whispered in the silence Of her heart
HE will deliver" ;.
AS the town was left behind, and the
rugged mountain path up which they
were to wend their toilsome way was
come in view, Namarah paused, and
| the maidens who followed, pausine
also, say her part the folds of her gar.
ment and take therefrom the mes.
senger-dove which had already served
SO faithfully. She spake no word
neither looked she to the right nor thu
left, while all the maidens wondered
but lifting 1t to her lips she gentl,
kissed it. then raising her arm allow
her head she held it on her open palm
giving it little impulse upward, a
which it spread its wings and flew
with a sure and steady flight backward
along the path that they had come
Namarah stood and looked at it unit
the whiteness of its feathers was eve
one with the whiteness of the clouds
and then she turned about and bega
to climb the mountain-path, her maid
ems following. Then were there tear
in her eyes. in that moment, whic
overlooked and fell upon her cheek, BIT
no eye there was that saw them.
(To be continued.)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
How About the Farme-,

How about the farmer? Wheat, corn.
oats, barley, potatoes, ETC., are as low,
If not lower, than in 90. Lumber from
four to six dollars higher per thousand.
Barbed wire, nails. ETC.. over hundred
per cent: higher. Bleached sheeting,
formerly 14A cents per yard. is %
cents now. American A bags, former
ly $12.25 per 100. are now $1S. and adj
vancing, and all other things have adj
vanced from 10 to so per cent. win
this help lift mortgages ?-Anti-Trust
Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
q IOckOuts.
u tne couH&
hing. If these a

- u
cut "ere socialists you would hear a
great howl go up about them being
revolutionists, but as the election re-
turns from all these centers show
these men have been voting the repub-
llcan ticket, 1t does look queer. What
is the matter with the republican
Workmen that they are not satisfied
with their big wages and prosperity?
Have they all turned anarchist on the
treatment they have been getting from
their political masters? Whoop 'em
up for rMcHanna, boys. You elected
him last time and can do it again, and
get four years more of this prosperity.
Don't be foolish like the workers Of
New Zealand and elect your own class
to office. That would be anarchy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Weight of n Shin.

Mathematical calculations show that
an iron ship weighs 81 per cent less
than wooden one. and will carry LIS
tons of cargo for every 100 tons car
ried by a wooden ship of the sarne d.
mansions, and both loaded to tlfs sam,
d.aught Of watag,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Information Wanted.

Lady-"No. can't give you any
thing to eat just now. but I'VE goe
some nice pies in the oven. and If
you'll saw wood until they are baked
I'll give you one.''
Tramp-"say, lady, how nears dem
pies done, dye t'ink?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Bad ON Collecters.

Doctor-"I never dare act Cheerful.
when I'm out in society,"
Doctors Friend-"Why not
Doctor-"lf do, you see, all my pa
tents who owe me money think SONS
other patient has just paid me big
bill" -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Both Needed.

The Waterman found him hunting
under the bronzed heater.
What are you looking for?"
81 just lost two licenses, mister"
What kind were they?"
"a dog and marriage"
"Well, here is the dog license. I
found it out there"
"'Tain't no good without the mar
rage license You see, Mandy prom
ised to marry me if I'd get license
for her dog"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
JCHAPTER yII.-(Continued..)

CHAPTER Wilt Continued.)
Then, the face OF each turned to each,
and long time they gazed into each
others eyes, as though their very
souls were barred unto each other. Then
silently their.arms entwined, and softly
their lips met and pressed and chung;
and so rested they, still upon their
knees, for the moment was sacred at
gonce to love and to death. The thought
of what was to come was in the heart
of each, and cast around them great
awe that seemed to wrap them in; but
even over this their pure love tri-
umphed, and the man and the maiden
were shown therein the truth Of Ma
marah's words, that love is stronger
than death.
Then Adina lifted up his voice and
prayed.
And Namarah, In her gentle voice,
which the words of Adina's prayer
made now to tremble, answered even
also, Amen"
After they got them to their feet
and went in search Of the maiden's
i father Jephthah, that they might speak
unto him, cheering words and comfort
him with the comfort wherewith their
souls within them had been comforted.
And Namarah spoke unto her father
Jephthah. and said:
Let this thing be done for me: let
me alone two months, that I may &c
up and down upon the mountains, and
/. bewail my unhappy lot
And he satd:j
Co.
And after this, behold the face of thu
maiden was no longer sorrowful, bu
ever there beamed forth from it mos
calm and shining light that even com
forted the hearts of all who gazed OF
her. :
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Porto Rican Crime Condensed.

He mckinley appoints the gov
ernor.
He mckinley appoints the execu-
tive council.
He mckinley appoints the higher
branch of the legislature, a majority
Of whose members may be citizens OF
the United States.
He mckinley appoints the judges.
He mckinley appoints the officers
who select the men to fill every ap-
pointive Office.
He mckinley has power to kill
any legislation by means of the veto OF
his appointee, the governor.
He mckinley has power to grant
all franchises through his appointees,
the executive council.
The people are taxed without repre-
n ~ s;sin. congress, and without
= - tho contrOl1jnp
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
Judgment.

The Bee-"You ought to be base
ball player"
The Spider-"Why so?"
The Bee" Because you're so good
at catching flies"
The spider-"Yes, but the fowls
would soon put me out of the busi-
ness.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
OUR BUDGET OF FUN
SOME GOOD JOKES ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

A Safe Proposition In Catdom-Incon-
sistency Severely Punished, or How tho
Professor Was Cornered by the SUM
mer Girls.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

Why? The answer is not hard To
take the gold and diamond mines in
South Africa and subjugater the Beers
that is competition; to feed the In
dian people and help them to get their
farms in working order and enable
them to live happy, contented, pros
porous life-that is cooperation, So
cialism. We live under competitive
system and we abhor socialism. The
returns from the conquest of Africa
will be gold and commercial success;
the returns from the rescue of India
would be a larger love of humanity
and all that comes from the right adj
ministration Of the stewardship that
God has given us. England will get
her money back from the war in South
Africa. There would be no money
profit in preventing starvation in In
dia. This is commercialism, it is the
system we are upholding, it is why
England is spending five times as
much in destructiveness and M -der
in Africa as she should spend in con-
st.uctiveness and life-saving in India.
Rev. Cyrus Clone of Kansas.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
setAsen the Line.
F. &c

palmistry and as result nave become
quite fortune teller. Just let mo
have your hand, Miss Clara, and r
She (interrupting)-"W hy-er-rea1-
ly, but this is so sudden. However,
you have my permission to consult
papa"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21
An Explanation.

"The shades of night Were 4slils.,
FAST
So runs one of the poets lines
He was doubtless passing mansjoR
grand,
Just as the servant pulled the BLINDS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

In fact. President McKfn1es
power to do everything l-pleefftto fsic6
that George III. tried to do to the
American colonies.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

That time is not far in the future,
and can only be avoided by the change
in system that Democrats desire to es
tablish, which would make it impos-
sible for one part of the people to prey
on the majority, by monopolizing the
necessities of life. No such condi-
ton ever appeared in any country that
it did not bring it's retribution. In
justice always comes back on the ma
ton that permits injustice. Such
words of warning as these from Re-
publican encouragement will go un.
needed and will receive the condemna.
ton of all the papers and people who
are controlled by the blood money o.
the Standard Oil company. But il
hastens the day when the rich will b.
praying for the mountains to fall OF
them to hide them from the wratl
that Is now brewing. ~ ''~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

"Aff over this country there is I'M
rest, and the money grabbers are re-
sponsible for it. 1t is such defiance as
is exhibited by Rockefeller that is
prompting the mutterings of thousands
that this is a government of the rich,
and these people have reached point
where they are ready for riot if olh
a leader will call upon them
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-21

This is Republican testimony of con-
ditions produced by Republican laws
OF the Republican voters, who are in
the majority. The ''leader" will be on
hand one of these fine days. and the
dupes who have been kept voting the
Republican and Democratic tickets
will be bowling, desperate mob, with
torch and gun, and will make the
streets of the cities slippery with the
gore Of the despots who have taught
them to defy the laws and rob the
people by extortion on the necessities
of life.