Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-04


too expensive; forgive us our trespass-
es toward good republicans-the dem
ocrats are not in it,-lead us not out OF
the straight and narrow republican
path, but march us to the polls each
election and see that we deliver our
ballots straight and thy power shall
be strengthened tenfold. Republican
party without end, amen.
Just a Few Words More.
In the following paragraphs against
the trusts and the alleged practice OF
sending officers home at public eX-
pense killed in the Philippines, he
gets in a few words more:
Il wonder how the editors of the
country like the private enterprise OF
the paper trust? Good thing to be at
the mercy of the greed OF men-and
the paper trust is not composed OF
worse men than the editors, either
The latter would do the same thing
if they had the opportunity Would
it not be better to deny anyone the
opportunity to squeeze by having the
public Government make and sell
paper at the cost of production-to
all alike? How does an increase in
lIlp DEICS lUV pei Will LII you. vi ia
and bear it, and swear you like it.
That is the part party bigots should
play. 4 friend on one OF the great
papers of the nation tells me that
such papers are getting rebates from
the rise SO they will say noting, let
ting the little papers which in the ag-
gregate use the most paper, pay the
increased price, and will be afraid TO
kick because it might hurt the par
ty.' Standard oil methods OF rebate
are being used.
Replying to a criticism: If this
government is sending home the bod
les OF private soldiers killed in the
Philippines or Cuba, | have never
heard of it. 1t has never been spok-
] en- of in the daily press. II | am in
error on this point. / wish some OF
my readers would furnish me proof
oil that. Dead officers are returned
home at government expense, some of
them in great pomp, but private sol
diers are buried in foreign climes.
The men who do the fighting are not
so we'll considered by this or any
other government as the men who
wear ensigns OF power and draw big
salaries"
Guidlets.
The following are some of tie
short items taken from the guide
from the pen of the editor, the man
who says he cannot afford to be
found guilty of jumping his board
bill, because he intends to stump the
district for Judge Stecl this fall
If you want to buy aty farm I'M
plements this spring, don't put OIL
notifying the Grand Lodge till the
very day you want them.
We can furnish to you brethren
anything from a mouse trap to q
steam thresher at saving to you Of
from ten to fifty per cent of its cost
Remember, Brothers, the price vol
pay for anything you get thru us j:
secret, and to reveal this secre
subjects you TO penalty. See sec
ton Is of our bylaws.
Many questions come to us lik'
these: How many members hav;
you? How are you going to accom-
: plish the work you have set out L
do, etc, etc? We cannot answo
these inquiries from the Office, be
cause we do not know the characte
of the inquirer. We would gladly ar
swer every question, not in violation
OF our obligation and secret work,
we knew the writer was a renter
I'VE anticipate having every cour
ty and township in the state organ
, lied before the first of September
, will you assist us?
''lf every renter will do his dut
, we will have every renter in the stat
| a member of this Brotherhood befor
the first Gay Of next September w
will then call state meeting to b
represented by every county in tn
state. None but a renter will b
there Tho delegates to this NEE
ing will be renters, elected by thei
, brother renters from each respectiv
county What will they do? We wi
not tell you now; but you may res
assured that what they do do, will /
for the renters protection, the renter
:. good, and everything in the interc'
= of the renter. DO you want tn
= meeting? Then join the Brotherhoo
:. quick as possible. Your rents al
:, too high. and you know it. Are ye
3 willing to assist in reducing then
;, Then Join the Brotherhood. Ever
y machine and farm implement you BIT
= you pay middle men IS to 80 per cen
. Do you want to save this in your oW
). pocket? II so, join the Brotherhood
It A Threat.
d Our Brothers can afford to pay
y higher rent than those who are n
L members of the Brotherhood, becau
e the money we save on every impl
S ment and every piece of machine
i we buy, il we saw fit to apply on re
y would prevent the other fellow fro
S getting any farm he wanted.
o may yet have to use this boycott {
e some of these bull-headed renter
n who try to appear SO Independent al
y feel so important to bring them
u their sober senses. And woe be I'm
n them if they should happen to f;
d between the neither" stones of t
O. landlord and The Renters Brotht
u hood"
II A Proposition.
I Al Mr.. Davis scheme was to "wor
~ the renter, he did not stop at TIL
~ but also appealed to his wife in
- paragraph addressed to THE Re