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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
SOME TRUST PROFITS.
Evidences Of Overcharging That In
Being Kept from the
People.

The trusts have more ways than
one of fleeing the public. Of course
they charge for their wares "al the
traffic viii bear which, thanks to
the protection they receive through
the tariff and from the monopoly
that most of them enjoy of supply
ing the American market without
competition, should enable them to
pay large dividends. But this large
profit does not satisfy some of the
managers or insiders who, by know
ing the actual condition of the prop
critics and the amount of business be-
ing done, are able to manipulate the
market for the trust stock and thus
bleed the public who are silly enough
to deal in such stocks with no knowl-
edge of their actual value except
what the trust managers deal out to
them. Speaking of a Law which would
compel the trusts to publish their
condition as banks and railroads do,
the Philadelphia North American
says: "0f course the business fol-
lowed by constituencies insiders in
certain of these industrial properties
would suffer from the adoption of a
policy of publicity, because it would
safeguard to some extent the general
rule of small investors whom they
find it immensely profitable to fleece.
But among financiers and investors as
a whole any chance tending to reduce
mere gambling would not be unwel-
come" Then, after showing that pub
licity has been put forward as one
of the means for controlling the
trusts and that the steel trust has
voluntarily made a partial Statements
of its financial condition, the Ameri-
can goes on to say: "The steel trust,
however, has thrown out a valuable
hint, perhaps inadvertently, which
would contribute in some measure to
a partial solution of the problem of
monopoly. The compulsory publica-
ton by all corporations engaged in
interstate m of regular fnan-
cial statements would Of least afford
a starting point for intelligent discus
sion. The semiannual statement of
its earnings by the steel trust has GER
tainly served a distinct purpose. 1t
shows that under present conditions
this immense monopoly has earned q
ten per cent. income on a capitaliza-
ton that is more than one-fourth wa
ter.
"While doing this it has charged
from $26 to $2s per ton for steel rails
to name one article-which Mr.. Car
negie has testified can be turned out
for SIS, and has sold its products
cheaper abroad than at the point of
manufacture in this country. What
the other trusts are earning there is
no means of ascertaining under their
present secretive system of operation,
but the average customer-and the
average customer, in fact, is none 9TH
er than the whole people of the Unit
ed States-feels legitimate curiosity
to know how much he is being over
charged since healthful and natural
competition has been suppressed. It
may save some of the trusts much
undeserved criticism if they will volun-
tarily follow the steel trusts lead in
letting the public know more of their
affairs. Their habit of concealment
is a virtual confession that to expose
their earnings would encourage legis-
lation which they do not consider de-
sirable for their own ends.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
STILL STICK TO SUBSIDY.
the Campaign with .
New One.

Of course, Senator Frye is still con-
vinced that the ship subsidy principle
is sound. and hat it was wisely en-
bodied in the bill introduced in the
last congress. But we believe that
there are more people who disagree
with him than there ever were be-
Gore. The Hanna-Frye-Payne bill is
admittedly dead. And the men who
drafted it and pressed it as vigorous
ly as they knew how have been forced
to lay it aside in favor of another
one hat they hope may be less OBJ
iectionable to the people. So the
campaign will begin again with the
opening of congress. What the new
bill is we do not know, but it is safe
to say that if it is satisfactory to
the interests that nave been so clam
orous for a subsidy it will be objec-
tionable to the people. More and
more they are coming to oppose the
whole subsidy principle, and to OPP
pose it strongly. And their opposi-
ton is something that the republic
an leaders had better look out for.
That there will be a vigorous fight
against the new bill is of course
clear. Republican senators and rep
resentatives and able republican
newspapers throughout the west are
known to be hostile to the proposed
gift. Anyone at all familiar with the
feeling in this region realizes the
danger involved in pushing this
subsidy scheme on an unwilling and
protesting people. TS is known that
there would have been a very respect
able republican vote against the sub
sidy bill in the last congress If it had
ever come to a vote. And there is
reason to believe that it would have
been acted on in the senate had it
not been for the fact that the bills
republican enemies almost openly
co~untenanced the democratic flibus-
ter against it. We think hat the
situation is growing steadily worse
for the subsidy people. Senator Frye,
who seems disposed to judge public
sentiment by the sentiment of the
people OF Maine, is apparently I'M
able to understand that the opposi-
ton to his measure throughout the
west is almost as strong among re-
publicans as among democrats. Yet
such is the fact.
The popularity of reciprocity, the
belief that the tariff must come down
and the favorable view of the move
ment against imposing tariff duties
for the benefit of trusts are all so
many indications of the growth of
the opposition to the policy of tax
ing one set of men for the benefit of
another set. Thus the ship subsidy
proposition is in direct antagonism
to the prevailing tendency of the
times in the matter of taxation. In
stead of more subsidies and discrim-
mating taxes, the people want fewer,
and they are convinced that the time
has come to tighten tax burdens
rather than to increase them. And
when they believe--and on the best
of evidence-that the ship subsidy is
demanded by a few rich men who are
already doing a large and profitable
business without it, there is little
chance of converting them to the Frye
view.-Indianapolis News (Ind.).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
the POWER OF THE rool.

4 child was born one day
With God had blessed:
Fate chose him, as he lay
Upon ms mothers breast.
10 please the hearts of men.
through trying years he bravely wrought
ana many a hard, grim foe he fought
10 ma MS ordered place, and when
iWas found he toiled through other years
And prayed for heavens aid,
and OFTEN shed despairing tears
Before the brush was laid
Upon the canvas that at last
all efforts of the past.
Another hid was born one day.
With little space between his eyes;
He grew and idled in the way,
With no desire to be wise,
NO wish to stand among the great;
But In his breast there burned the hate
FOOLS have for men who win the prizes
Fate
Bestows on worth.
Doomed from the moment of his birth
To drag among the crawling things of
earth.
He saw no wonder in the autumn leaf, he
knew
Naught of the artists ecstasy nor tried
10 learn the songs the wind sang as 1t
Among the golden sheaves the reapers
tied.
The careful work of many years was
done,
And men beheld it and were full of awe;
a hfe's whole range was conferred in that
one
Supreme creation. wherein neither flaw
Nor lack was ~found-but even as they
gaZed
One with a low, blank brow strobe forth
and raised
A cleaning blade,
And while they stood, COMPOUNDED and
d~ismayed,
He cut the canvas down,-The world with
vain regret
Beheld a useless ruin where
The life work Of a genius had been set,
Because a fool had paused a. moment
there.
S. e. Kiser, In Chicago Record-HeraId.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
LATEST SPEECH OF M'KINLEY.
The Course of Ohio Democrats Will
Make Things Warm for
Republicans.

The last speech of President McKin-
ley-the speech he delivered in Buffalo
created a sensation in free trade Eng
land that was remarkable. The read
ers of the Observer have been told
how it was printed in full and com
mented Upon by English journals.
Ohio democrats have taken up the
Mckinley utterance. What repub-
licans choose to call reciprocity is at
least a departure from the high tariff
protection theory. 1t is a retreat, SO
far as it goes.
In the opening of the Ohio campaign
in Bucyrus, Col. James Kilbourne, the
democratic gubernatoria1 candidate,
declared that the democratic principle
of tariff for revenue only had been
adopted by the republican party, too,
by the late President Mckinley. He
made the declaration while arraigning
the republican party for trust iegisla-
ton. His words were:
1.-THE death knell of the high protective
tariff. which is robbing the many for the
benefit of the few, was sounded by Pres
ldent Mckinley in these words: The pc
riod of exclusiveness is past The Amer
lean people Will proceed in the direction he
pointed out, and will continue to go for
ward until the true and perfect reciprocity
advocated by the democracy is established
in trade with all the nations of the earth,
unha npered by tariff restrictions, except
ing such as may be necessary for the pur-
pose of revenue only"
Ohio will be a hot state during the
next campaign.-Utiea Observer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
Undismayed Subsidy Grabbers.

The statements which have just
seen the light that American capital
lists r negotiating for the purchase
of another whole feet of merchant
steamships in England and that every
shipyard in this country is as busy
as it can be and that nearly all of
them are preparing to increase their
capacity and that many of them are
building ocean liners for the foreign
trade will in no degree lessen the
activities of Payne, Frye, Hanna and
the rest of u great statesmen who
are so cocksure that there will not
be ships enough to do our carrying
if does not vote some &c.
900, 900 a year from the public treas
ury to secure them. They expended
all their sweat and eloquence last
year after Commissioner of Naviga-
ton Chamberlain had reported that
u shipyards were more busy than
they had 'been before since the be-
ginning of the civil war and that
they were building steamships for the
foreign trade without receiving any
bonus from American taxpayers.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
what sac Cat.

eyes,. said the disappointed heiress,
81 had so much money that I thought
I needed q business manager, and 40
I married"
.And, then?'' suggested her dearest
friend.
"Why, then Z discovered that, IN.
stead ~ getting . business manager.
{ had merely acquired . disbursian
sgsnk"-Chica8o Pest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
-Mhen Mr. Hanna starts amt

When Mr.. Hanna starts out a
campaign speech in Ohio by declaring
that 1--WE van no more campaigns
marked by the villification of char
acter," and later goes on to refer to
a political opponent as "a liar and .
~hypocrite." it appears that Mr.. Ham
mas end of the campaign is getting
rather warm.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07

The abolition of the Dingley
tariff In respect to Porto Rico opens
to us new commercial opportunities.
see this now. Why not open the
same opportunities with the rest or
the world2-Boston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
Under the blessings of a his

Under the blessings of a high
and rigid tariff no man is permitted
to make a present to his government
without being taxed dearly for it.
These ridiculous features of the Ding
ley bill. which even levy a fine on
patriotism, might easily be laughed
out of sight we're there not some
Others which do not permit the laugh
come in.-Boston Globe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07
L~OVemakins of a Prince.
By George AIDE.


Copyright 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-11-07

1t seems to be the presidents
southern policy" to hold the negro
by giving him social equality, and to
catch white democrats by giving them
odice-Louisvil1e Times.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
DON'T WANT 1T.
Rural Delivery Would Spoil Their
Loafine Place.

Plymouth, o., Aug. 15.-Mr. Ed.
Shatzer, a rural lettercarrier of Shell
by has been having queer experiences
He went over his route to get the
names of all those to whom he would
be called to believer mail and was
chased out of several houses and at
others the dogs were turned loose on
him. At one house he was talking tc
young lady, when her father came
in, carrying a heavy cane in a theat
ening manner, and ordered his daugh
ter not to give Shatzer their names
as she would be signing away theil
postoffice at Ganges.
There are about 20 families al
Ganges, and Mr.. Shatzer secured on
ly four names. The Ganges people
do not take kindly to the rural de
livery, because it will do away with
the Office there and this has been 8
gathering place to discuss the topics
of the day for the people in and abou,
Ganges for years. They plan, by re
fusing to give their names, to keeI
their office.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
M'LEAN
Will Not be a
Candidate,
For Election to the
Senate.
One Of His Supporters Has Been
interviewed.

Dayton, o., Aug. 15.-In an inter
view here Joseph H. Dowling says
that he had been assured by John r..
Mclean that he isn't a candidate for
United States Senator.
Colonel Dowling has just returned
from trip through the East and had
seen Mclean at Bar Harbor, Me. Nc
Lean said he was allowing business
and political worries to care for them.
selves. Bowling says Mclean told
him that he was not In any sence a
candidate for the Senate. When asked
about the Presidency or Vice Presi-
dency, Mclean waved the suggestion
away with the answer: That's too
far ahead"
Dowling says that with the excep-
ton of his usual contribution to the
State committee and to the committee
in Hamilton county Mclean will prob
ably not have any more money to
waste in what he calls his home
State. The Daytonian gives it as his
opinion that Mclean will not mix in
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
Preparations Are Making For a
Good Time.

Akron members of the old Eighth
Regiment are now waiting call for
cooperation in the matter of entertain
ing the other members OF the regi-
ment at the reunion which will be
held here in November. All who have
been approached in the matter have
signified their willingness, even eager
ness to do all they can for the sue
cess of the affair Arrangements for
entertainment, for ball and other
incidentals remain to be taken care Of.
This will be arranged as soon as fur
ther word has been received from the
officers who have placed the matters
on definite footing. Invitations win
be sent broad cast as soon as list of
the names and addresses of the old
members have been gathered. Every
effort will be used to make the first
reunion a success, for this will guar,
antee the success of reunions which
will certainly follow.
Akron will be better able to take care
of those coming here for the reunion
than any other town which placed 8
company of the Eighth in the field dur.
ing the Spanish American war.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
MlLLlONAIRES
Waited on Tables at a%Spokane
Hotel.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 15.-Fifty reg.
ular patrons of the Hotel Spokane last
evening experienced the novelty Of
being waited on at table by four mil.
lionaires. George McCaulley, the
largest stakeholder and manager of
the big Cariboo Mine, at Camp Nc
Kinney, B. c.; Frank O'Connor, stock
holder and manager Of the Washing
ton Water Power and Street Railway
company; s. p. Donnelly, the largest
stockholder and manager of the Web
er mine, at Lake View, Idaho, and
William Norman, proprietor of the
Hotel Spokane, formed the force that
replaced, in an emergency, the reg.
ular walters Of the big hotel, who had
struck for the removal of a newly
appointed steward.
The dining room was temporarily
closed, but regular patrons were served
with wienerwursts, sauerlkraut, beer
crackers, and cheese by the local mil
llonaires, who are interested in the
hotel.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
ON HAND
PROMPTLY.
Hay Fever Season Starts Off, as Advertised, and
Mr.. Waugh Is Unhappy.

Although it was not ushered in by
a brass band, or an address of well
come by the Mayor, the hay fever sea
son, with all its festivities and di-
versions, burst upon Akron Thursday
morning as radiantly and full of hope
as if its welcome had been positive
and ceremoniouss Prognosticators
have long since. agreed that August
Is shall be the day upon which to
celebrate officially the opening of the
hay fever season, and, really, condi-
tions bear out the wisdom of their
conclusions. The season began prompt
ly Wednesday morning, according to
advertisement, without cutting of the
Introductory program.
People living in the vicinity of 81
Carroll ST., knew at a very early hour
of the advent If the hay fever days,
because did not that prince Of good
fellows, Mr.. VIM. u. Waugh, again
have thrust upon him the honor of
bieng first in line with a spasmodic
series of sneeZes, a well developed
spirit Of grouchiness, and lively in
clination to express himself just as he
felt on the subject. Everybody in
Akron, who knows Mr.. Waugh, and
| there are few who don't, know that
August 10, for nearly 20 years, has
found his congeniality so impaired as
to attract attention at once. Nobody
feels good, when he has the hay fever
and Mr.. Waugh is no exception. He
will feel different for month.
Laying all jokes aside, hay fever is
a very cunning and Interesting dis
ease, but il you've never had it, don't
pray for an attack merely to satisfy
your curiosity. In the end, you your
self would be almost as nearly ex
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
ANXIOUS
Are Employees Of a Sandusky
Railroad.

Sandusky, o., Aug. 15.--Motormen
and conductors on the city, and Huron
and Norwalk lines Of the Lake Shore
Electric Railway are greatly aroused
over reports that there are to be whole
sale changes in the operation Of the
roads. Two men have been discharged
and third man resigned today, and
simultaneously about twenty strange
men arrived in the city Four Of them
were at once put on cars, and some
are still here while others were sent
away The local men have no union.
but there is talk Of establishing one.
Railway officials admit the many
changes will be made by General Su.
perintendent Stout, but they deny that
the entire present force will be let
out.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
CONFERENCE
OF Charities and Cor.
rectiOn
Will be Held at Lima-Reforms
Proposed.

The eleventh annual state Confer
ence of Ohio Charities and Correction
will meet at Lima, o., Oct. $40.
1t is expected that the Conference
among other things, will discuss rather
fully the legislation to be asked for of
the next General Assembly a. con-
cerning additional provision for the
insane now in the infrmaries, to the
end that all of this class may be
under State care by the first of June,
1908; (2) separate provision for crimi-
nal insane and insane convicts; (3)
the transfer of adult diots now in
county infirmaries to the Custodial
Department of the Institution for
feeble minded, Increased accommoda-
tions are being provided at this insti-
tuition, a portion of which will be
available early next year;) a. the ap'
pointInent of state agents to look after
boys and girls discharged from our
juvenile reformatories; (5) better fac
ilities for finding homes for children
now in our county homes, (our homes
are maintaining children on an average
of over three years; this is much longer
than necessary0 (6) the organization
of juvenile courts in our larger cities
after the Chicago plan.
! County Visitors, Children's Home
Infirmary and State Institution Off
cials, members of private benevolent
societies and institutions. township
trustees, workers in Associated Chari
ties, are members Of the Conferenc,
and are expected at the Lima meet
ing.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
A POINT WHICH PROVES THE
FARMERS INDEPENDENCE
When Other Food Sources Fail He May Go
Fishing.

In case of serious economical clash
between the townspeople and farmers
of Summit county, the latter could
assert and maintain his independence
for much longer period than the
townsman and would have much
easier time of It, provided he could
keep away poachers and pirates from
the enemy's camp. The rivers are
stocked with fish and the fresh water
lakes hold treasures in food. The crops
averaged well and food would easily
be sustained for long time. The
sheep would yield their kool and NUT
ton, the cattle their milk or beef, the
wheat, corn and oats are easily made
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15

hausted as your curiosity and would no
doubt be minus several friends who
didn't know your ailments. Everybody
knows that hay fever germs lurk in
the pollen of grasses, weeds and flow
ers, and their especial play time fol-
lows close upon the wind-up of the
summer harvest. The germs have a
cute way of affecting the mucous mem.
branes of the eyes, nose, mouth and
throat, producing catarrhal symptoms,
which enables the victim to know that
he is not suffering from a cold in the
head. Some people, who don't know
what they're talking about, say hay
fever is nothing but summer cold.
Be that as it may, there are very
few hay fever victims who would not
willinglys trade their attack for the
summer cold yes, gladly. Physicians
still admit that the hay fever germs
are hard to locate, and still harder to
kill. They only seem to thrive better
when sprayed properly with costly
solutions warranted to cure immediate.
ly, or stirred up in other ways.
| L know how to cure you," once re.
marked jocular gentleman to a
sneezing, watery eyed object Of pity
who had drfted across his path.
"Oh, what is it? Tell me quick,
pleaded the unfortunate one.
"Its simple: Just remove the
cause" the funny man replied, ant
J then death came to his relief.
| That's the whole secret. The cause
hasn't been fully located, and until 4
is, Mr.. Waugh, and others of Akron
and elsewhere Will always be ready
to join the ranks of hay fever patients
every August, not far from the 15tl
day.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15

palatable and the farmer would be
able to do very nicely, provided he
didn't get sick and didn't require fire.
quent potation which are to be had
almost exclusively at city camps.
Summit county farmers are great
fishermen. Perhaps as much SO as any
inland farmers in the United States.
When one of them gets day off and
looks for n place to spend it, the lakes
and rivers usually furnish profitable
entertainment for him and his family,
His evenings are very often spent in
the same way and his tales of fishing
achievements differ from those of the
city angler, only insomuch as the far
mer's story is usually true
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-15
FARMER
Sues a Merchant For Alienation
of Wife's Affections.

Chillicothe, o., Aug 15.-A big SEN
sation was created here by the filing
of two suits by Oscar e. Sigler, well
known farmer. One Is against his
wife for divorce, and in it he alleges
that she had been intimate with Will
liam A. Maxwell, prominent mer-
chant of Richmondale. The other is
against Maxwell for $4,000 damages
for the alleged alienation Of Mrs.
Sigler's affections.