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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

Bob TAYLOR is in Knoxville for
the summer, writing a new lecture
to be called THE Old Plantation.
In it he will have the scenes and
melodies Of the old-time darkey of
the days " befoh de wah." He
will also have a fine quartette to
assist him. Speaking of Taylor
reminds us of a comment in the
Washington Post, stimulated by
the assaults made upon him for
little remissness in staying at home
to "keep shop" when he was Gov
ernor. The editorial ran thus !:
"And shall the dyspeptie carplng
of some sour editor drive this dis
penser Of enjoyment into retire
mentl We should say not. Ten
nessee can get a Governor any day
in the year, but it is not every
body who can chase away the
clouds of gloom, can fill the atmos-
phere with infectious laughter, and
raise the average of human life by
Tightening the prosaic mind of
dull, corroding care. This is what
Bob Taylor can do. Tennessee
ought to be proud that she can
send out an apostle of sunshine
into the weary, stagnant world"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

S. L. Littleton of Tennessee. Her
sister came in April and remained
at her bedside until the end. Fun
eral services were conducted at the
residence Monday afternoon at
4 o'clock by Rev. DR.. Mahon and
the remains were conveyed 10 the
City Cemetery for interment.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

THROUGH the good offices of his
friend, the Hon. Rice A Pierce,
an invitation was extended and ac-
cepted by Hon. William j. Bryan
to deliver in Union City on Thurs
day, the 18th day Of July, his ia
nous address on "a Conquering
Nation" He comes upon the in
yitation of Mr.. Pierce and the
Hon. John F. Wells, as President
of the Central Democratic Club,
under the auspices of the club.
The address will take place at the
Athletic Park at | O'Clock in the
afternoon, and a small gate fee of
twenty five cents will be charged.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28
If we don't have good -four thi

If we don't have good -four this
year il will be somebody's fault.
Obion produces, Notwithstanding
the complaints of almost an abso
lnte failure about FIVE or six weeks
ago, little less than a full crop of
the finest specimen of wheat ever
raised in the county. The grain
is extraordinarily large, well ma
tured and sound. Very few crops
grade below No. 2, and some bet
tor. The Touring mills will have
no excuse for the lack of a fine
Grade Of -four. They can now put
on as many KS as the barrel head
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

The Commercial office is a
pretty warm place, but we have
visited rooms in the city which
were very little cooler. Mrs.
Scates invited us around to the
Public Library this week, and we
regret to say that we found the
temperature of the rooms so OPP
pressive that few, if any, venture
therin to read. Perhaps the fore
Moons would be more comfortable,
but owing to the limited means at
command the Library can only be
kept open Il portion of the day,
and it was deemed advisable that
this should be done in the after
noon. This library has been in
stituted principally by private do
nations, and the funds to maintain
it have not yet grown sufficiently
large to fully remunerate the LII
brarian. The rooms are very
suitable as far as light and the dis
tribution of books and papers are
concerned, butthe ventilation is not
altogether desirable. As has been
heretofore mentioned, some fans
are badly needed. We understand
there is a proposition to put them
in at a very reasonable rate ct
rental. This can only be done, of
course, by private subscription.
The friends of the Library will
have to start a paper for that pur-
pose, and this should be done at
once. The Commercial is ready
to subscribe a proportionate
amount, and we trust the money
will soon be raised.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

will accommodate. for they all
have good machinery, and can
make fine flour with good wheat
and q GOOD miller.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

The Administration has officially
admitted that our forces are still
opposed in many portions OF the
Philippines, and the casualty re-
ports TO the War Department EN-
phasize the admission.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

Powerful as they are, the trusts
are cowardly, That is shown by
their trying to use the small manu-
facturers to ward off tariff blows.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

Mothers who would keep their chill
dren In good health, should watch for
the first symptoms of worms and re-
move them with Whites Cream Yer
mIfuge. Price % cents. Nailling's
drug store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28
sibly they may open fields of in
dustrial enterprise that were never
suspected. Knoxville Sentinel.

If you have something wrong
with your eyes call and have lsg ex-
anime them. Lukens.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

JUDGE w. D. BEARD, of the
Supreme Bench, was in the city
yesterday, feeling the palse of the
public in respect to his candidacy
for second term.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

Up-to-date gents furnishings at
Fish Bros.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

The Republican quarrel over tar
iff revision is growing more acrlm-.
onious all the time. Go AHEAD,
boys, fight ii to a hnish. You can
count upon the Democrats in Con-
gress to properly referee the fight.
Bug poison at Moss Drug Store.
Eyes examined free at Lukens'.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

Fresh, hot Cream Bread daily at
Dahnke's. If
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

Clothing and shoes at Fish Bros.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
MONROE DOCTRINE.
1t Is Not Intended as Hostile to
EurODean Nations.


1.-The Monroe doctrine says the presi-
dent, SHOULD be the cardinal feature OF
the foreign policy of all the nations OF
the two Americas as it is Of the United
States. The Monroe doctrine Is
a declaration that there must be no ter
ritorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT by any non
American power at the expense of any
American power on American soil. 1t Is
in nowise intended as hostile to any ma
ton in the Old World. Still less is 1t IN
tended to give cover to any aggression by
one New World power at the expense
of any other"
1.-THE work Of upbuilding the navy,
says the president, "must be steadily
continued. No one point of our policy.
foreign or Domestic, is more important
than this to the honor and material well
fare and, above all, to the peace Of our
ration in the future. Whether we de-
sire it or not we must henceforth recog-
nize that we have international duties no
less than international rights. There
should be no cessation in the work OF
completing the navy"
The president concludes this portion OF
his message by pointing out the require
ments of the service and urging upon
congress to give the matter early con-
Sideration.
President Roosevelt also gives the other
branch of the service considerable atten-
ton No increase in the army beyond its
present size is needed at this time.
Various matters of Importance to tho
army are considered at length and con-
gress is invited to give it's attention to
Recommendations for improvements in the
service
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Some of the PrOvisicns OF the Pres
emit LAW Should be Changed.

Some of the PrOviaions OF the PreN-
emit LAW Should De Changed.
In 1857 a measure was enacted for the
regulation of interstate railways, COM
monty known as the interstate commerce
act. The cardinal provisions Of that act
were that railway rates should be just
and reasonable and that all shippers, To-
calities and commodities should be ac-
corded equal treatment. A commission
supposed to be the necessary powers to
execute the provisions of this act.
That law was largely an experiment.
Experience has shown the wisdom of its
purposes, but has also shown possibly
that some of it's requirements are wrong,
certainly that the means devised for the
enforcement of it's provisions are defec-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12

at length. and ask your attention to the
report and recommendations i
1 call special attention to the used OF
strict: economy in expenditures. The fact
that our national needs forbid us to be-
niggardly in providing whatever is actu-
ally necessary to our we'll being should
make us doubly careful to husband our
national resources as each Of us husbands
his private resources by scrupulous avoid
ance OF anything like wasteful or :eck-
less expenditure. Only by avoidance of
spending money on what Is needless or
unjustiiatle can we legitimately keep our
income to the point required to meet our
needs that are genuine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12

The connection between idleness and
mischief is proverbial, and the opportu-
nifty to do remuneratiye work is one Of
the surest preventives of war. OF course
no business man will go into the Philip
pines unless it is to his interest to do so,
and it is immensely to the interest of the
islands that he should go in. 1t is there
fore necessary that the congress should
pass laws by which the resources of the
islands can be developed, so that fran
chses (for limited terms of years. can
be granted to companies doing business
in them and every encouragement be
given to the incoming business men Of
every kind.
Not to permit this is to do a wrong to
the Philippines. The franchises must be
granted and the business permitted only
under regulations which will guarantee
the islands against any kind of improper
exploitation. But the vast natural wealth
of the islands must be developed and the
capital willing to develop it must be
given the opportunity. The field must be
thrown open to individual enterprise,
which has been the real factor in the de-
velopment of every region over which our
flag has flown. 1t is urgently necessary
to enact suitable laws dealing with gem
eral transportation, mining banking
currency, homesteads and the use and
ownership of the lands and timber. These
laws will give free play to industrial en-
terprise. and the commercial DEVELOPMENT
which will surely follow will afford to the
people of the islands the best proofs Of
the sincerity of our desire to aid them.
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q I call your attention most earnest q
= ly to the crying need of cable to q
q Hawaii and the Philippines. to be q
q continued from the Philippines to q
q points in Asia. q
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We should not defer day longer than
necessary the construction of such a ca
BILE. 1t is demanded not merely for COM
mercial. but for political and military
considerations.
Either the congress should Immediately
provide for the construction of govern
ment cable or else an arrangement should
be made by which like advantages to
those accruing from a government cable
may be secured to the government by
contract with a private cable company.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12

. US tc begin preparations for an 18TH
. milan canal at any time, and which .
. guarantees to this nation every right q
q that it has ever asked in connection
q with the canal.
treaty, SO long recognized as inadequate
to supply the base for the construction
and maintenance of necessarily Amert-
can ship canal, is abrogated. 1t specific
ally provides that the United States alone
shall do the work of building and assume
the responsibility of safeguarding the
canal and shall regulate its neutral use
by all nations on terms of equality with
out the guarantee or interference of any
outside nation from any quarter. The
signed treaty will at once be laid before
the senate, and if approved the congress
can then proceed to give effect to the
advantages it secures us by providing for
the building of the canal.
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q The true end of every great and .
q free people should be self-respecting q
q peace, and this nation most earnest q
q ly desires sincere and cordial friend =
. ship with all others. =
Over the entire world of recent years
wars between the great civilized powers
have become less and less frequent. Wars
with barbarOuS or semi-barbarOuS peo-
pies come in an entirely different cate
CORY, being merely most regrettable
but necessary international police duty
which must be performed for the sake of
the welfare of mankind. Peace can only
be kept with certainty where both sides
wish to keep it, but more and more the
civilized peoples are realizing the wicked
folly of war and are attaining that con-
dition Of just and intelligent regard for
the rights of others which will in the end.
as we hope and believe, make worldwide
peace possible. The Hague gave definite
expression to this hope and belief and
marked a stride toward their attainment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
MERCHANT MARINE.
American Goods Should BE Carried
in Amcrican-built ShiI.s.

American Goods Should be Carried
in Almcrican-bu1lt ShiFs.
The condition Of the American merchant
marine is such as to call for immediate
remedial action by the congress. 1t is
discreditable to us as nation that our
merchant marine should be utterly insig-
nificant in comparison with that of other
nations which we Overtop in other forms
of business. We should not longer submit
to conditions under which only trf1ing
portion of our great commerce is carried
in our own ships. TO remedy this state Of
things would not merely serve to build
up our shipping interests, but it would
also result in benefit to all who are inter-
ested in the permanent establishment or
wider market for American products and
would provide an auxiliary force for the
navy. Ships work for their own countries
just as railroads work Tor their terminal
points. Shipping lines. if established to
the principal countries with which we
have dealings, would be of political as
well as commercial benefit.
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. From every standpoint it is unwise .
Q for the United States to continue to .
- rely upon the ships of competing =
q nations for the distribution of our :!
. goods. It should be made advan- .
. tageous to carry American goods in q
. American-built ships. .
q . o . 90 q q q . q = . = .
At present American shipping is under
certain great disadvantages when put in
competition with the shipping of foreign
countries. Many of the fast foreign
steamships, at a speed of fourteen knots
or above, are subsidized, and all our
ships sailing vessels and steamers alike.
cargo carriers of slow speed and mail
carriers of high speed, have to meet the
fact that the original cost of building
American ships is greater than is the
case abroad, that the wages paid Amerl-
can officers and seamen are very much
higher than those paid the officers and
seamen of foreign competing countries
and that the standard of living on our
ships is far superior to the standard Of
living on the ships of our commercial RI
walls.
Our government should take such &C.
ton as will remedy these inequalities
The American merchant marine should
be restored to the ocean.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12

and the doctrine of private ownership Of
water apart from land cannot prevail
without causing enduring wrong. The
recognition of such ownership, which has
been permitted to grow up in the arid
regions, should give way to a more en-
lightened and larger recognition Of the
rights Of the public in the control and
disposal of the public water supplies.
Laws founded upon conditions obtaining
In humid regions, where water Is too
abundant to justify boarding it, have no
proper application in a. dry country.
In the arid states the only right to
water which should be recognized is
that of use. In irrigation this right
should attach to the land reclaimed and
be inseparable thercfrom.
80 - 80 q . q 80 . q 80
q Granting perpetual water rights to .
q others than users without compensa- =
q ton to the public is open to all the .
q objections which apply to giving .
q away perpetual franchises to the .
q public utilities of cities. =
80 . . 80 q
A few OF the Western states have al
ready recognized this and have incorpo-
rated in their constitutions the doctrine
of perpetual state ownership of water.
The benefits which have followed the
unaided development of the past justify
the nations aid and corporation in the
more difficult and important work yet to
be accomplished. Laws so vitality affect
ing homes as those which control the wa
tie. supply will only be effective when
they have the sanction Of the irrigators;
reforms can only be final and satisfactory
when they come through the enlighten-
ment of the people most concerned. The
larger development which national aid In
sures should, however, awaken in every
arid state the determination to make Its
irrigation system equal in justice and
effectiveness that of any country in the
civilized world. Nothing could be more
unwise than for isolated communities to
continue to learn everything experiment.
tally instead Of profiting by what is al
ready known elsewhere. We are deal
ing with a new and mOmentous question
in the pregnant years while institutions
are forming, and what we do will affect
not only the present but future genera
| tiOns
| Our aim should be not simply to re-
claim the largest area of land and provide
homes for the largest number of people,
but to create for this new industry the
| best possible social and industrial condi-
tions, and this requires that we not only
understand the existing situation, but
avail ourselves of the best experience of
the time in the solution Of it's problems.
A careful study should be made both by
the nation and the states of the irrigation
laws and conditions here and abroad
Ultimately it will probably be necessary
for the nation to cooperate with the
several arid states in proportion as these
states by their legislation and admin
istration show themselves fit to receive 1t
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
RECLAIM ARID LANDS.
The President mends the En-
actment of Irrigation Laws.

The YrGM1OcnI the
actment of irrigation Laws.
The wise administration of the forest
reserves will be not less helpful to the in
terests which depend on water than to
those which depend on wood and grass.
The water supply itself depends upon the
forest. In the arid region it is water, not
land, which measures production. The
western half of the United States would
sustain population greater than that Of
our whole country to-day If the waters
that now rum to waste were saved and
used for irrigation. The forest and water
problems are perhaps the most vital in
ternal questions of the United States.
Certain of the forest reserves should
also be made preserves for the wild forest
creatures. All of the reserves should be
better protected from fires. Many of them
need special protection because OF tho
great injury done by live stock. above all
by sheep. Tho increase In deer. elk and
other animals In the Yellowstone Park
shows what may be expected when other
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
ACROSS THE IsTHMUS.
Construction of the Canal IL Urgent
ly Recommended.

Construction of the Canal Is Urgent
ly Recommended.
No single great material work which re-
mains to be undertaken on this continent
is of such consequence to the American
people as the building of a canal across
the isthmus connecting North and South
America. It's Importance to the nation Is
by no means limited merely to it's mate
rial effects upon our business prosperity,
and vet with view to these effects alone
it would be to the last degree important
for us Immediately to begin it. While it's
beneficial effects would perhaps be most
marked uron the Pacific coast and the
gulf and South Atlantic states, 1t would
also greatly benefit other sections. 1t is
emphatically a work which it is for the
interest of tho entire country to begin and
complete as soon as possible; it is one OF
those great works which only IL great ma
ton can undertake with prospects OF sue
cess, and which when done are not only
permanent assets in the nations material
interests, but standing monuments to its
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
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= | am glad To be able 10 announce Z
, to You that our negotiations on this
subject with Great Britain, con- 4
: Quoted on both sides in a spirit OF
! friendliness and mutual good will
3 and respect. have resulted in my be-
: Ing able to lay before the senate a
< treaty which. " ratified. will enable 4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
FINANCIAL SAFEGUARDS.
These Should BE Thrown About the
Present Laws.

Present Laws.
The act of March IA, 1890. intended UNI
eouivocally to establish gold as the stand
ard money and to maintain at parity
Herewith all forms of money medium In
use with us, has been shown to be timely
and iudicious. The price of our govern
ment bonds in the worlds market when
compared with the price of similar obl-
cations issued by other nations is ma. T.
tering tribute to our public credit. This
condition it is evidently desirable to MAIN
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
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In many RESPECTS the nat1ollaI
, banking law furnishes, sufficient lid
, erty for the proper exercise OF the =
) banking function, but there seems to =
be need of better safeguards against .
the deranging influence of CONNER,
: cial crises and financial panics. =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
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mo competent observer sincerely OeSlT-
Gus Of finding out the facts and influenced
only by a desire for the welfare of the
natives can assert that we have not
gone far enough. We have gone to the
very verge of safety in fastening the
process To have taken single step
farther or faster in advance would have
been folly and weakness and might we'll
have been crime. We are extremity anx
tous that the natives shall show the
power Of governing themselves. We are
anxious first for their sakes and next
because it relieves US of great burden.
There need not be the slightest fear of
our not continuing to give them all the
liberty for which they are fit.
The only fear is lest in our over anx-
iety we give them degree Of indepen-
dence for which they are unfit, thereby
inviting reaction and disaster. AS fast
as there is any reasonable hope that in
a given district the people can govern
themselves government has been
given in that district. There is not Il To-
caiity fitted for self-government which
has not received it, But it may we'll
be that certain cases it will have to
be Withdrawn because the Inhabitants
show themselves unfit to exercise it. Such
instances have already occurred. In 9TH
err words, there is not the slightest chance
of our failing to show a sufficiently nu-
manitarian split. The danger comes in
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12

MOreOVer, the currency OF tHu CUUHtIy
should be made responsive to the de-
mands of our domestic trade ana COM
merce. &C..
The collections from duties on imports
and internal taxes continue 10 eSceeu ING
ordinary expenditures of the government
thanks mainly to the reduced army OK
pendturcs. The utmost care should be
taken not to reduce the revenues 40 that
there will be any possibility OF deficit
but after providing against any such CON
tingency means should be adopted which
will bring the revenues more nearly WIN
In the limit of our actual needs. IN hIs
report TO the congress the secretary OF
chs treasury considers Nil these Questions
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12

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. I recommend the passage of law q
. which will extend the classified serv- .
q ice to the District of Columbia, or q
q will at least enable the president q
q thus to extend it. In my judgment q
q all laws providing for the temporary q
. employment of clerks should here q
4 after contain a provision that they q
= be selected under the civil service =
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-12-12
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q larger. They are very rich tropical
q islands, inhabited by many varying 4
. tribes, representing widely different
q stages of progress toward civiliza-
. tion. Our earnest effort is to help
4 these people upward along the stony
9 and difficult path toward self-govern-