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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

give for It? Is his name undoubtedly
an eminent one in some quarters, used in
the board of directors as a bait to catch
investors? Did Mr.. Jones himself pay
par in cash money" for the stock that
he holds? Is his possession of it, or any
part of it. due to the fact that he is in.
fluental in the finance committee Of the
United States Senate, and by virtue Of
his position there could do his company,
or Mr. Searles', or almost any company
of the kind in which he or Mr.. Searles
might have an interest, very important
service at very critical time?
We have never known a gentleman Of
Mr.. Jones' financial prospects to grow
rich suddenly except by some means Of
this kind. In other words, and TO be
plain, it is fair to infer, until Mr.. Jones
denies it, that he is lit" neither on &C.
count of his cash, nor his property, nor
some invention Of demonstrated value,
but rather on account of his pull" or his
swing. We say that it is fair to infer
this until Mr.. Jones denies IL, because
Mr.. Jones, by reason Of his unjust at
tacks upon leading Republicans puts
himself very much in the public eye and
invites attack from any quarter. Mr..
Jones has no business to live in glass
house with perfect safety if he is going
TO keep throwing such large stones.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
MANUFACTURERS HAVE
A VERY BUSY YEAR.
Exports Under the Dingley Law
Show Vast Growth.
The Demand for Raw Material Is So
Great that Imports of Manufactur.
ers Material Have Also
Greatly Increased.

The manufacturers of the United
States are making their greatest record
in this closing year Of the century. Busy
workshops, smoking chimneys, factories
running on double time and, in some
cases, the full twenty-four hours with
three shifts of hands. are an evidence of
this; but exact proof is found in the re-
port of the chief of the bureau Of statis-
tics. just issued, which shows an enOr-
nous increase in the importation of the
raw materials which they use in manu-
featuring and an equally enormous in
crease in the expectation of finished man
ufactures. lmpOrtations of manufactur
ers' materials in the fiscal year 1900
were more than double those in the fiscal
year 1894 and. during the three fiscal
years IN which the Dingley law has been
in operation. have exceeded, by more
than $100,000,000, the imports Of raw
ma terials in the three years in which
the Wilson law was in operation, while
the expectations Of finished .manufac-
lures, in the, three years under, the Ding
ley. law. have exceeded, by more than
$500, 600. 900, the expectations of manu-
features In the three years under the
Wilson law.
Evidence from Official Sources.
Here are the official figures showing
the importation of manufacturers ma
terials and expectations of manufactures
in the fiscal years 1895. 1896 and 1891,
all of which were under the Wilson low
tariff, contrasted with those. during the
fiscal years 1898, 1899 and 1900 which
were under the Dingley tariff. The Will
son tariff, II will be remembered, went
into operation Aug. %, 1894, and the
Dingley tariff on July &c 1897, so that
the fiscal years ending June 80. 1895.
1896 and 1897. were practically all with
in the operations of the low tariff and
those of 1898. 1899 and 1900. were prac-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
WHO Is MARK HANNA ?.
Who is this Marcus Hanna. pa.

Who is this Marcus Hanna. pa.
That people-call him great?
Is he the man who holds the helm
Which guides the ship of state?
Is he like old Goliath tall
Like some steeple- in the sky,
Or, is he that awful wicked man
Who winks the other eye?
Tut, tut. my son. he's just a man
Like good old Reuben Blue,
Who has his way of doing things,
And knows thing or twow
But why does Bryan hate him so,
And PoDocrats berate?
Is it because he's old and slow,
And isn't up to date?
Oh, no, my son, you bet your life
He's not so very slow,
For when his shoulders to the Wheel
The cart is bound to go.
The reason why the Popocrats
Now tremble at his name,
Is cause he did it to. 'em once
Ans goin' to do the same
Again this fall. and bury deep
Bill Bryan and his host
In some dark place where Tagal clans
Forever more will roast,
Where boiling oil. bolos and spears
And Aguinaldos dwell
A place, my son, so hot and bad,
Its name l must not tell.
s. L. G.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
M'KlNIEY ON THE WAR.
The Government Will Carry Liberty
Into All It's Domain.


At the exercises in connection with the
presentation by the Navy Department to
the city of Canton, Ohio, of cannon
captured at Santiago, the President, af-
ter repeated calls, responded as follows
on July 4, 1900:
"Afy Fellow Citizens-I will not con-
sent to prolong these exercises beyond
making acknowledgment for your gem
erous call and expressing as well the
pleasure which have had in participant
ing with my neighbors and fellow citizens
in the observation of this anniversary
one OF the most significant, il not the
most significant, in American annals. The
sacred principles proclaimed in 1776 in
the city of Philadelphia, advanced tri-
umphantly at Yorktown, made effective
In the formation of the Federal Union In
1887, sustained by a united people In
every war with a foreign power, upheld
by. the supreme sacrifices of the volun-
teers of 1851, sealed in solemn covenant
al. Appomattox Court House, sanctifed
within the last two years with the best
blood Of the men Of the North and the
men of the South at Manila and Sam
tiago and in Porto Rieo-still animate
the American heart. and still have their
force and virtue. cloud and enthusiast
tic applause.) And adhering to them as
we have always adhered to them at any
cost or at any sacrifice. we find ourselves
after one hundred and twenty-four years
formed into a more perfect union, stron-l
ger and freer than ever before, strength,
ened in every one of. its great funda-
mental safeguards, and mightier In It's
power to execute its holy mission of lib-l
erty, equality and justice. Summoning
the precepts Of the fathers, we will main,
tain inviolate the blessings Of free goy-
ernment at home and carry its benefits
and benedietion to our distant possessions
which lie under the shelter of our glorious
flag" enthusiastic and long-continued
applause.) goose
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Plenty of Money Circulating.

President McKinley's letter of accept
ance called attention briefly but effective
ly to the per capita circulation of money
in the United States. This per capita
circulation marks the high water Of
American prosperity. 1t Is noYA SIC. 85
Tor every man, woman and child in the
country. i, To. show its. growth, in spite
of the. predictions of the calamity free
silver, cries, this table is appended: "a -
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Failures Are Fewer.

Tie total liabilities Of firms that failed
in the year ending June 80, 1900, was
SOC, S79, $50. In the year 1896 the fail
ing firms owed S226,096, S34. 1t will thus
be seen, that the amount lost is only
about one-third what it, was in 1895. 1t
tells the story of prosperity.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Growth of FOREIGN Commerce.

Our foreign commerce under Republi-
cal administration in 1900 was worth
81. ~ 1913. 543; under Democratic free
tradi administration In 1895 it was worth
on, Sl539. sos. $780, an increase of seven
hu Ted million, dollars a year in favor
Of be Republican party.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Exports . increase NJ, res 5000, ooo, 600 l,t,t

We exported s., 894. 479,214 worth Of
merchandise in the year ending June s0i
1000. That, was under a Republican
administration In the year ending Juas
80, 1898, under Democratic, edminis-
tration, we exported goods worth $685.
392, 500. The increase fayorins tie Re
publican policy. is almost exactly six hun
dred million dollars In the rear.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Total go. .se74.2o2, 1s1 ses5,211, 2eo
American Railway Supplies Abroad.

american rsahH@y supplies hDrOAu.
A 4,0OO-ton steel rail- contract has just
been booked in Pennsylvania for the
Cape Colony government railways. This
follows another order of 5000 tons of
rails delivered before the war began. An
other recent shipment is 5000 tons,
which have been sent to Borheo. This
is good commercial expansion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Once = Dehcft, NOW BA1ance.
There is a surplus OF $S1, 229, III In the
United States treasury. Five years ago,
under. the Democratic free trade policy,
there was 4 deficit Of $42, SO5, 223.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

ticaly all within the operations of the
Dingley tariff. s---.-.t
Imports of manufacturers' materials
and exports of manufactures under the
Wilson and Dingley laws, respectively:
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Sese, 452,312
sl.061. 65727s
Total. SIPS, s21, 1852

study. We have been hearing, for years.
from Democratic orators first, that free
raw materials would help the manufac-
turers, and, second, that a protective
tariff destroys our chances in foreign
markets. yet it will be seen by this table
that the importations of Articles in
crude condition for use in domestic in
dustries' amounted, in the three years
under the Wilson free trade law, to S6l5,-
400, 152, while in the three years under
the pingley protective tariff they amount
to S72S, S21, 1852 Look also at the narrow
column, which indicates the percentages
Of the total imports which these raw ma.
terials form, and you will see that they
form much greater proportion of the to-
tai imports under the Republican system
Of protection than under the Democratic
system of free trade. Why? The an
swer is simple enough. Under the Dem
ocratic low tariff, absolute free trade in
some particulars. many manufacturers
we're compelled either to close their
works or reduce their output owing to
rhe heavy importation of manufactures
from abroad under the low tariff rates.
Hence the small consumption Of raw
material in manufacturing. This differ
ence of more than 500, 100000 in the.
quantity of raw materials imported in the
three years means difference Of several
hundred millions of dollars in the amount
Of goods manufactured and hundreds Of
millions in the amount Of money paid to
wage earners in the various manufactur-
ing lines. nat tff f.g
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Demand for Hog and, Cattle Products.


Through the Republican policy of open
to general business, practically every
workman in the United States has be-
come able, since 1896, to have all the
fresh meat he wants. The fact that the
city workman can afford to eat more
roast beef, chops, hams, veal outlets,
bacon, pork, sausages, etc, than he could
in 1896 means of course that there must
be more money in the farmers business
of raising corn 20 feed to cattle and hogs.
Take the many other products derived
from cattle and hogs, which had been
raised on corn, like lard, glue. gelatine,
isinglass, curled hair for mattresses, etc,
brush bristles, felts, soap. glycerine, am
monia, fertilizers. hoofs for button mate
rial, cut bones for knife handles, etc.,
poultry foods from dried meat scraps. al
bumen for fixing colors and finishing
leather, neatsfoot oil. etc.,-all these have
naturally more extended uses when times
are prosperous than when they are not.
For Instance lard-nearly every cracker
made is about one-eghth of 1t lard In
prosperous times the families of work
men go on picnics, travel, eat oyster
stews, and do other things which great
" increase the consumption OF crackers
AS a result of such increased demands
for the products from slaughtered hogs
and cattle, which in turn means better
demand for corn, there has been an en-
hancement in the value Of live hogs and
cattle as follows:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13

of the country and for each crop that
may be accepted as probable on theii
face and not requiring special examina'
ton. To get the limits of probability
for this purpose for each county in the
United States that is, the maximum and
minimum yield and the maximum and
minimum price which may be accepted
without verifcaton, is the object of an
extensive correspondence now being
carried on by the agricultural division
under the direction of G. &. Powers,
chief statistician in charge of that divi-
sion. Three simple schedules have been
prepared and printed on different colored
paper in order that they may be readily
distinguished one from another. One of
them covers ordinary garden vegetables,
a second covers fruits, and the third the
great staple field crops. Each asks
about the units of measure employed
and the net price realized, and the two
more important schedules, those for
staple field products and for vegetables,
ask for the highest and lowest yield of
each crop per acre. These schedules are
being mailed to prominent farmers all
ONtl lllt COuull duu III many iictuhNNo
returns have already been received.
When the returns have been received
and tabulated, a scheme will be made
from them of what is to be accepted as
correct In each case and what is to be
probed farther. The only aim of the
office is to get what was really the in
tention of the farmer in answering the
questions. If the presumption is strong
ly against his meaning what the sched-
ule says, the office will try to learn by
correspondence from the supervisor, or
the enumeratOr, or the farmer himself
what the real facts were.
Ii the farming public will continue to
co operate with the heartiness already
disp. aged, this effort will result in a
more trustworthy census of farms than
has ever been taken. Farmers. as a
class, are less able to cooperate than the
representatives of any other great in
dustry. Hence the census office can do
more for them than it can for centralized
lines of business, which can and do make
their own Investigations. and it will do
its best to present full and accurate
photograph of this leading occupation.
The director of the census urges every
one interested to aid the work.--EX-
change.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
FACTS AND OPINIONS GATHERED
FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
VERMONT AS A SUMMER RESORT.


A New York dispatch reports scheme
for building an automobile road through
the state, running up the west side and
down the east, with cross-state intersec-
tons touching the principal summer re-
sorts. 1t is even proposed to ask the
Legislature to appropriate considerable
sum toward the building of the road.
Should the scheme of the alleged pro-
motors take shape, it is promised that
the farming sections will see a return, to
an extent, to the good old days of half
century ago, when our principal high
ways were the avenues of trade and
travel between the then rapidly-growing
west and the principle cities of New
England. One of these. the celebrated
Boston and Albany stage road. running
from Bennington north, winding over
the Green Mountains at Peru, thence
down through Londonderry and on TO
Bellows Falls, keene and Boston, passes
through a very beautiful portion of
New England, which will some day be-
come famous the world over for its
natural attractions. over this road,
before the days of the Iron horse,
scores vi lOuT anu slA-uulct u uCh ltdlici
laden with freight. and coaches over
crowded with travellers, passed daily.
Along the old route were many hotels,
far-famed for their generous hospitality,
now long since deserted and left to de-
cay. One of these and one of the las to
stand to the present day is the old "Cof-
fee-hOuse," so called, famous as the
birthplace of the Leland boys, the cele-
brated family of hotel men. OF late
years tide of summer visitors has set
toward the Green Mountain state, where
the tired victims of the wear and tear of
city activity find rest and recreation aud
opportunities to admire nature in the
beautiful, and marvel at it in the sub
lime. This talked OF automobile road is
the result of the influx of wealthy
class from New York and the other
population centres during the summer
season, which promises transition of
the old state from modern Sparta to a
modern Capua. 1t is expected that the
number of summer visitors during the
coming season will be greater than ever
before. During the past year many new
cottages and summer homes have been
built here and there, while the numbe!
of old ones remodeled by the enthusiastic
metropolitan visitor bespeaks great
future for the state as summer res sort
Springfield Republican.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13
Fine AddisOn COUNTY Farms.

Vermont's farms are not all "aban-
doned'' by any means, and nearly every
day comes the report that some enter
prising Vermont farmer has gone into
the business head over heels and has at
last decided to make farming pay.
Among the latest changes in farm
property looking toward the develop
ment of all there is in it, is the sale of
the "Waltham Farms" in Wsltham to
Horatio 5. johnson and Martin w.
Clark OF Williston. both hustlers and
both up-to-date, successful farmers.
When the late F. d. Barton, who owned
the property, died it was offered for sale
to c'ose the estate These farms are
among the best in the Champlain Valley.
They are situated two and half miles
from the city of Vergennes, up the
valley of the Otter creek, and are a
portion of the landed estate of the late
+. ID. Barton, the former king Of Merino
sheepbreeders and later an extensive
breeder of fine horses. The property
consists of 700 acres of land, DIVIDED into
two farms. one containing 800 acres and
one 200 acres. Ii is the purpose of the
gentlemen who have Just bought the
property to make speciality of dairy end
sheep breeding and to that end some
extensive alterations in the barn facilities
are being made. a silo may be put IN
and if thought best creamery. Mr.
Clark believes that since the creamery
business has been developed so extensive
ly throughout the state dairy farming
ought to be profitable to greater extent
than when every man made his OWE
butter. Work has already commenced
for the spring plans. Both Mr.. johnson
and Mr.. Clark, although having large
farms in Williston, will devote con
siderable time to their new acquisition
and will make the Waltham farms among
the leading agricultural districts of thu
| state .-Burlington News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13
THE NlMBlE NICkLE,

The nimble nickle works wonders in
all lines of trade, and the oftner it is
turned the greater is the purchasing
power in any line.
The Endless Chain Starch Book will
enable you TO get with the nimble nickle
one large Toe package of Red Cross
starch, one large Zoe package of club
inger's Best" starch, with the premiums
two Shakespeare panels, printed in
twelve beautiful colors, as natural a
life, or one Twentieth Century Girl cal
ender, the finest of its kind ever printed
all for sc. Ask your grocer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13
RECORDOF THE PAST
No Stronger Evidence Can Be
Had.

Look we'll to their record. What they
have done many times in years gone by.
is the best guarantee of future results.
Anyone with bad back; any reader suf-
fering from urinary troubles, from any
kidney ills, will find in the following evil
dence proof that relief and cure is near
at hand:
Mr.. Patrick o. Dwyer mason, of 81
White street, New Haven. Conn, says:
"In 1896 when Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me of backache which always bothered
me when caught cold, which hurt me
when I stopped, or Strengthened after
STOPPING, which refused to disappear un-
der treatment of different medicines.
was only too pleased to let the people of
New Haven know the fact through our
newspapers. Three years from that date,
or in the month of May, 1899, 1 just as
ardently recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
as 1 did when they effected the cure
mentioned above. My advice to anyone
suffering from kidney complaint is, call
at drug store, procure Doan's Kidney
Pills, take them as directed, and you will
be surprised at the results
Doan Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers, price so cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. ", sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name
Doan sand take no other.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13

The following story of David Hanan,
Of Homer, n. Y, who is said to have
been the original of the much discuss
ed book, David Harum." is told to the
New York Sun by Syracuse man, who
knew Hanan very intimately.
One day about twenty-five years
ago." he said, there was a rattle for
horse in Syracuse. There were about
fifty tickets, and | was induced to buy
one. which cost S.. l had friend who
was considered very lucky in throwing
dice. had him throw my number; he
threw A. ! won the horse. had the
horse about a week, and found her
quite valuable, when my friend. David
Hanan, came in and said: Riley, l
see you won that Hunter mare. I've
got lot of horses and d'know's | real
ly need mother, but yourns kind O. a
likely boss. an I've taken quite fancy
to her. What'll we take for her?'
Il said, David, it's pretty good
mare, but l guess about 5000 will buy
her
I'm give we my three mons note
for sl75, said David.
David | said. your note is good
and you've bought a horse | got the
note. and he got the horse.
ne was BOue dpOut lNo noulS Mhcn
he came back and said: Riley, what
are you going to do with that note?'
David. | said, 1 guess | Wont
| throw it away.
David said Riley. I'll tell We what
I'll do. III give we $3.50 cash for thai
note
q said, David, you've bought 6
note
David Hanan gained $25 by the
| transaction.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13

1t is not every one that understands
the ordinary system of banking and the
proper thing to do with a bank check
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was sorely
puzzled over the huge check her pub
fishers paid her for her royalties in
Uncle Toms Cabin" and her husband
could not tell her how to get money
on it, So, also, was it with Tom Edison
when he got his first check. When he
completed his model of his now ia
nous ticker" he submitted it to the
president of a telegraph company, who
asked him to leave it for examination.
Edison was out of money and his land
lady had warned him for the last time.
He had decided to ask $4,000 for his in
venton but when the president al the
next interview asked his price his cour-
age oozed away, and he faltered out
that he would like to have the com
pany make an offer
How would $4,000 suit you?" said
the president.
What" exclaimed the young wiz
ard, "all in money!"
Certainly; you can have it now"
"All right"
A check was drawn and handed over
to Edison with these words That is a
check for $4,000. Go to the bank
around the corner and they will give
you the money"
At the bank he got into the long line
and worked up to the paying teller's
window Then he pushed the check
over the sill. The teller saw that 1t
was not Endorsed and pushed 1t back
with fitting remarks, which Edison did
not understand, he being even then
slightly deaf He retired crestfallen and
the thought dawned upon him that he
had been swindled. He had another
scene with his landlady that night and
visited the telegraph president the next
morning in sheer desperation. He told
Of his experience at the bank and beg
ged for his money or his model HI
was properly Identified at the bank, in.
dovAed the check and got his money In
big bills.-New York Press
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-04-13

The indianapolis Press notes that there
Is movement in some sections of
Indiana for the naming of country roads
on the same plan as is now in vogue in
designating the streets of city.
Wherever it has been mentioned, says
The Press, it has been received with
favor. While some bstacles might be
encountered in carrying out a systematic
plan for the naming of such highways it
would be good thing for the country
generally and greatly facilitate the
travel of strangers. The chief difficulty
seems to be that there is nobody to look
after the matter, nor is there any one TO
act as arbitrator in selecting names.