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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
MAKING CHARITY MARMALADE
A Very Successful Business That 1s
Carried on by New York
State Women.

The reduced gentlewoman who sells
%iellies and jams for her own benefit
is a familiar figure in the commercial
world. The big and little grocers take
her wares and the invalid deli
cacy' establishments charge fancy
prices for them. The gentlewoman
who makes marmalade for charity is
a different person, but her success has
been so encouraging financially that
women at their wits end to know what
to do for church fairs and village IL
braries and other worthy objects may
take a leaf from the recipe boo of
this philanthropic business woman
Eight years ago Miss Watson, a
young woman interested in church
work in a country town, suggested to
O few of her fellow-workers that they
make some marmalade for sale, Civ
ing the proceeds to the parochial
charities of the village, says the New
| York Commercial Advertiser. The idea
met with favor, and the good church
! women started to work in a business
like, practical manner
They knew how to make marma1ade.
; They were businesslike and practical
ana t1tN Hdu eAcCutINe dDIIltN- Lhdl
year 1T pounds of marmalade were
! sold, and after all expenses were paid
there remained $6.75 profit. The fol-
/ lowing year both sale and profit near
! " doubled. The accounts for 1900 show
a sale upward of $4,000 pounds. The
/ benefits of the manufacture were
quickly extended to other charities, a
: large number of which now receive
contributions from the funds thus
raised, which are devoted entirely to
/ charitable purposes. The work is car
! ried on upon strictly business lines
Several cottages have been rented as
a factory and the village girls find
work in this new industry. The
malade is daintily put up, with orna-
mental labels. and is, of purse as
good as its raison d'etre, or it would
, never have sold so well and for SO long
: a time.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
A UNCONVENTIONAL DIG.
Uncle Ned Had Been n "Pisc1opean"
Long Before He Got Re
ligiOm.

Old Uncle Ned died the other day
He had been the sexton of St. Luke's
Episcopal church ever since anyone
could remember, and a faithful one
he had been. All the members loved
Uncle Ned, and he felt that he owned
the people as well as the church and
the rector, writes Margaret Hammond,
in Judge.
So when Uncle Ned died the minister
had the best music the city afforded,
selected the ~pallbearers from the most
influential men, had the body lie in
state for several hours in the church,
so that all his colored friends could
come and take a last look at the old
man, and invited them to go to the
cemetery in a body. The ladies of the
congregation covered the bier with
flowers. The funeral was grand.
The next day the rector, walking
down the street, met an aged darby,
a good old class leader in the Meth
odist church.
Good mornin', Mars Peter-good
mornin'!"
Good morning, Uncle Ben. I hope
that you r well this morning"
mo, / amt, Mars Peter; I is poo'lv.
poo'ly, sir. But I tell you what, Mars
Peter, dat shore was a f%nefuneral YOU
done gin Brer Ned yesterday. Shore,
sir. no white man could hab had a finer
send-off dan dat you done gin Brer
Ned. Wild all dem flowers, an all dat
music, an all dem white men actin as
pallbearers-oh, my soul! dat was a
joyful funeral. 1t jes' mined me of de
times when I was a Episcopal myself"
"Why, Uncle Ben! were Won ever an
Episcopal churchman?"
"a what, Mars Peter-a churchman,
a 'Pisclopean? Oh, go way. Mars Pc
ter-go way from here! Twas a Pts
clopean 20 years befo' / got religion"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
PRODUCTS OF THE FURNACE.
One of the New EHe-
xnents Produced by the Applfca-
a40n of Electricity.

Still another triumph has to be
written down to the credit of the
electrical furnace. 1t is now found
possible to reduce phosphorus cleo
trolytically in a manner as simple as
economical. Phosphate rock is treat
ed under the electric arc, and the
vapors reduced by suitable cooling
means and the resulting phosphorus
collected and treated in the customary
way. The cost of producing yellow
phosphorus is stated to be 3%d a
pound, of which cost electric current
is accountable for 1Hd.
A new metal is claimed to have been
produced by the same MEANS. e.,
the electric furnace. 1t is stated to
have the appearance and nearly the
specific gravity of silver, and to be
unattached by either sulphuric or
hydrochloric acids. through slightly
acted on by concentrated nitric acid,
says the London Express. 1t is also
stated to form an electrical conductor
of a conductivity equal to copper at a
temperature beneath 90 degrees Fab
renheit.
1t may be we'll to note in regard to
these statements hat the possibility
OF producing a "new metal is very
remote, and that they should be ae-
cepted with reserve. 1t is worth re-
marking, however, hat the use of the
electric furnace is in this country con-
fined to two purposes-the manufac-
ture OF aluminium and carbide of calci-
um. We do not appear to be able TO
get apy farther than the evolution M
these two bodies. Both in GERMANY
and the United States the electric fur
mace is extensively employed. for not
only aluminium and the carbide, but
for making artificial graphite, car
bonindum, and, as we have seen, phos-
phorus, while it is necessarily being
experimental with in ~syntheticaI pro.
duction in other directions.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
A TRUST SERVER.
One Certain Evidence of the BeneG-
cent Effect of Protection Upon
Monopoly.

Some very valuable information 1T
Il be properly applied. is being given
the industrial commission now taking
testimony in Washington. Eviden@A
from a thoroughly posted witness as
TO the practical working of the pro-
tectiye duty on wood pulp is particu-
larry interesting. Tt affords one of h
most comprehensive examples hat
could be given as to how money rs hit
orally showered upon a great combine
through the ignorance or deliberate
attempt of national craftsmanship.
The International Paper company pro-
duces more news print paper on this
continent than all competitors COM
bined, and is rapidly approaching a
monopoly. Evidence OF this, showing
the large holdings of spruce in the
states and Canada, for the combine OPP
crates in both, was given in detail 20
the commission.
Because a portion of its mills are
in the dominion their product is taxed
at the custom houses so as to shut u
foreign Competition" This presents
the ridiculous spectacle of taxing the
Canadian product of the corporation
to protect its ''infant industry" in
this country. 1t is just as wise a prop
osition as to fatten, strengthen and
ear a living infant by combining it to
the nourishment to De had by suck
ing its own thumb. This disposes OF
the theory of craftsmanship involved.
but the have to suffer be-
cause of the increased prices made
possible. The combine makes it's pa
irons pay the duty on its Canadian
output, and at the same time makes
a corresponding increase in the
charges made for the home product.
In the final result the people are
forced to pay a direct and heavy tax
which protects no one, but is outright
e~xtortion committed through an arbi-
trary exercise of power.
The government uses an enormous
amount of this paper, and to that ex-
tent taxes itself, which only means
the taxing of the people. They are
also the ultimate losers in all the
publications which they purchase. for
the cost of paper is among the liked
charges and expenses upon which
every newspaper, magazine. journal.
pea 1oAICGis oooh oio
ton of whatever form or character
! must estimate it's reasonable profits.
It may endure a marginal loss be-
cause of fluctuations in the price OF
paper, or offset it through a decreased
expense in some other department,
but there is a fixed advance, as there
has been through the i~ndefensible
tariff referred to, the necessity OF
making something or going out OF
business results in an advance in the
printed product. Instead of perpet-
| uating the farce of pretending to tax
a trust to protect it against itself,
reciprocity in the pulp paper trade
should be brought about between the
United States and Canada, as ex-
planned and advised by the expert wit
ness before the industrial commission,
Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
NOT ALL A BUT
Republicans ami Their Policies and
Their Effect ON the Cow
eminent.

A republican reader reminds the
editor that republicans are not all
bad, and that democrats are not all
good. 1t a wise and truthful, al
though not an original, remark. No
one is SO partisan as to believe that
his own party is perfect, and that no
other party contains any virtue.
The republican party was e~ntrust-
ed with power in 1896; it is now in
control of the executive, the legisla-
tive and judicial branches of the gov
eminent. The Commoner points out
from time to time the evil tendency
of republican policies. All republic
n do not approve of what the re-
publican party is doing. o do all
republicans fully realize the extent
to which the moneyed interests have
secured control of the republican or
~ganization. In criticising republican
policies, the Commoner does not wish
to leave the impression that the DEM
ocratic party, or any other party
would administer the government to
perfection, but il does believe that
the democratic party would apply
safer principles, and support wiser
policies than the republican party is
now doing.
The democratic party is not under
obligations to the corporations, and,
therefore, would be free to give the
people protection from corporate
greed; the republican party is under
obligation to the corporations, and
cannot be expected to give the peo-
~Tn ~o9SnA 4-Ara &los~ N~xax~ n
While not all of the democrats are
opposed to Imperialism, nearly all
are, and the majority would control.
Most of the republicans either favor
Imperialism, Or, If they oppose IT.
have not the courage to overthrow.
the leadership which has fastenedf
the policy on the government.-Thas
Commoner,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
WANT THE TARIFF REDUCED.
Certain Lines OF Trade and Tndsatry
That Are Touched by the
Trusts.

! There is o growing sentiment for
reform of the tariff. based on the
increasing belief that the reduction
of it is needed for the best interests
Of business. IL it may be said that
the old effort for tariff reform was
based on a principle, reform now 10
advocated more from considerations
of expediency. This is not IL any
wise a revival of the old idea of q
tariff for revenue onsy, nor is it
based on hostility to the protective
tariff as a principle. Indeed it's sup
porters are those that in the days
of antagonism OF those two prin-
ciples supported the protective tar
if and prospered by it. Thus tariff
reduction is now approached from q
new point of view. Undoubtedly the
growth of trusts has had something
to do with it.
The consensus of opinion in the
hardware trade is that, while a mod
crate tariff is necessary on some ar
ticles, the tariff has been abused in
favor of industries shat desire an
inordinate increase IN profits. This
clear view, we take it, would not be
easily obtainable unless trusts had
clarified the situation, for more of
this talk is that trusts are entirely
selfish; that the men at the head Of
them are not men that have been
brought up in the business, but men
who r simply manipulating it.
1t seems to us that these views,
coming from men who are in lines
of industry that are touched by the
trusts are significant; hat they indi-
cate a movement for regulation of
the tariff based on business reasons
and not on sentiment. Of such a
movement there is little Aazard in
predicting that once started it will
not ave done until it accomplishes
something, for as these men see the
steel trust, for example, watered four
times and helped in many directions
by enormous tariffs, the inevitable
protest will take the shape of q de-
mand for reduction of the tariff. In
hardware, using the term as a gem
eral one, we are exporting over $780,
600, 900 worth of products a year, and,
as n merchant put it, with our
greatly improved machinery and in
creased facility for manufacture, we
ought to be able to take care of our
! selves. Moreover, certain lines of
hardware not made in this country
are subjected to excessive duties.
So it would not be surprising If In
the coming years and at a time when
the tariff has ceased to be a political
issue it should come up as a business
subject and result in reductions in
many Observation-Disclosures New,
Tnd.1.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
a MOTHERS BOY.

We met a lady on the street
Fred and /,
Fred tipped his hat and smiled so sweet
As We passed by.
She wasn't young and pretty. no
Her cheek was pale, her step was slow.
Her hair was grey. but in her eve
A sunbeam danced, as we passed nv
Fred saw 1T and a flush of Joy
LeapeG to his cheek; Now, tell me how
Who was that lady that we passed?1
in curious surprise / asked.
"Who was she? Why, / cannot tell
But seems to me ] know her well.
For tbs as plain as plain can be
She's some ones mother, and you see.
The mothers have a tender claim
On me who love that sacred name.
"And, so when e'er I chance TO meet
These honored ones upon the street,
] sweetly smile and tip my hat.
You think they do not care for that?
All. yes, they do, and let me say
The smiles they give me day by day,
The love they show nor care to hide,
Would swell a monarch's heart with pride,
sand she. who by our freside bright
Waits for Der absent boy tonight,
Knows well where e'er his footsteps roam
He's true to mother. God and home;
And ever thinks it purest joy
Just to remain a mothers boy"
MARY C. Johnson, in Minneapolis House
keeper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Germany has a new rice trust with g
capital Of SOS, 000, 00G.
The censu of December 1, 1900, gave
for the German empire a population OF
56,345,01
Though Gibraltar has been English
two centuries, the natives still speak
Spanish almost everywhere.
The largest tobacco factory in the
world is that belonging to the French
government at Lille. 1t turns out co.;
600 tons a year.
The Manchester (England) Unity
of Oddfellows is rapidly approaching
a membership of a million-the latest
returns show 9s2,s3O members.
Suffolk, Huntingdon, Cambridge and
Wiltshire are the four counties of Eng
land which hold the place of honor as
having fewest convictions for drunk
enness.
the Benedictine distillery at Fecamp
produced last year 1851 900 bottles.
One hundred and forty tons of this
liquor, valued at 6 16, 900, were export
ed to Hamburg.
The increase in Costa Rica's exporta-
ton of bananas has bee from $500
punches in 1881 to 1920, 166 punches in
1900. The value of the 1900 crop wa
$1,354,3s5 in gold.
For weeks the trains from Italy to
Switzerland and Germany have been
crowded with Italians seeking work,
In many cases towns pay for the tick
cts to get rid of their army of unem
DlOyed laborerS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
pITn AND POINT.

10 is always easier for a busy maR
20 find extra time for work than it il
for a loafer.-Atchison Globe.
SIS the weather man imp asked the
bustling stranger. No; he's away
off to Alaska" replied the assistant.
ST knew he was away off somewhere"
said the stranger az he hustled out
Philadelphia Record.
None of His Business.-Janitor-
"When you engaged this fat you didn't
say you had any children" Parkton-
"My dear sir, I haven't. I married a
widow, and I am not Dragging about
her affairs.'-Town Topics.
Subbubs-"Mr. Newcome is very
well off, isn't hep Backlotz-"He's
either very well off or very ignorant"
Subbubs-"How do you mean::" Back
lotz-"He says he's going to raise veg
etables on his place this season.
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Dove-You hateful thingt
You told Della Fox you only wished
you was single again." Mr.. Dove-"Of
course, l did. It vas only that I might
experience the joy felt when you ac-
cepted me, darling" Mrs. Dove-"1ou
dear boy! knew you could not be SO
cruel."-Boston Transcript.
When the Goat had eaten the lighted
f~irecracker, the Boy fell to hooking
him with open throat. "How," queried
the Boy, "do you like the celebration?"
"a bit of gay bunting would help out.
I Think" quoth the Goat. Suiting the
action to the word, the Goat did not do
a thing to the Boy.-Detroit Journal.
A Proud Record.-''1 see that one of
the newly appointed patrolmen made
an arrest within 90 minutes after he as
sumed his duties,' said the observant
citizen to the experienced policeman.
That's nothing" smiled the latter.
SCI went to sleep while my commission
was being handed to me."-Baltinlore
American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Protective tariffs and a colonial
policy will not pull in the same har-
ness.-Indianapolis News (Ind.).
Mr.. Mckinley is consistent in
at least mi thing. He never appoints
a n antitrust mar to a position where
he can injure the trusts. He at least
knows his tp1ain duty to the trusts.
Omaha World-Herald.
The Standard Oil in
preparing to declare a $40, 00O, 600 diyi-
dend. This is one of the infant in
dustries" which was to have been
assisted by Mr.. Hanna's original ship
subsidy bill.-Kansas City Times.
why abuse Mr.. Knox?" asks
q republican paper. Is it abuse to
speak the truth? The only charge
against Mr.. Knox is hat he has been
the attorney for the steel concerns,
and now that the steel trust has been
formed in direct violation of the
Sherman act, the chances are that he
will protect rather than prosecute
the new concern. Where is the abuse
in stating these things?-Memphis
Appeal.
Some effort has been made to
for the recent Democratic
victories in the western cities by per
sonal and local causes, factional diff
ferences and so forth. All these ele~
ments have TO be considered, but the
fact remains that the elections Of
this spring all v er the country, both
east and west, have very largely re-
in republican defeats and DEM
victories. When the demo-
have been organized and In
earnest they have found the popular
with them. People ara
.ired of Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

An American engineer, Mr.. w. FL.
Holmes. who has recently returned
from Corea, describe as most admir-
able and useful the system that has
been in vogue there for many centuries
of keeping an accurate record of the
flow of rivers. Mr.. Holmes was n
gagged In bridging a river whose rec
ord for 500 years has been kept un-
broken. Tt was explained that the
history of the river previous to the
beginning of the existing record had
unfortunately been destroyed by Are.
YOUTHS Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
Expensive Laces.

Tt is said that a lace maker, working
IL hours a day, can produce only one
third of an inch of the famous Valen-
ciennes made at Ypres, for which $500
a yard is sometimes paid. Handspun
Brabant flax for Brussels lace costs
$3.50 a pound.-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

It is a noteworthy fact that the
japanese man quickly discards his in
convenient and ~unseesnly robe, but the
Japanese woman seldom exchanges
her picturesque kiaono for the dress
Of other women about her.-N- v Sum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
Unless a great change has su,

"UHItss d SISdt EHdHSt mas SUD-
denly come over the character of the
American people, the present de-
mora1ization of the opposition party
affords not the slightest Indication
of what it's condition may be a year
or two years from now, let alone
four years. The quick revivifcation
of a defunct opposition is a familiar
phenomenon in American. politics.
The example afforded by the demo-
cratic party which rose Immediately
from the crushing defeat of 1872 TO
successive and sweeping victories in
the elections of 1873, 1874 and 1876
has been frequently pointed out
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
OUR DUTY IN PHILIPPINES.
Speedy Recognition of the Rights of
the People Should BE Made by
the Administration.

It may safely be believed hat Agui-
naldo's proclamation to the Filipino
people, acknowledging and accepting
the sovereignty of the United States,
marks the beginning of a new and
tranquil era in that long-troubled
archipelago and promises to the
American government the early and
satisfactory solution of the Philip
pine problem.
The especially gratifying feature of
the Aguinaldo proclamation is that
this patriot leader seems to have rec
ognized the truth hat American DOM
ination means for the Filipinos some
thing infinitely different from Span
ish domination. This is indicated in
the terms of his reference to this
government as an irresistible force,
which, while it restrains his people,
yet enlightens their minds and opens
to them another course. presenting
them the of peace.
1t is also to be noted that Agui-
naldo clearly sees, and frankly ON
fesses, that the Filipinos are already
beginning to enjoy liberty unde
American rule, a circumstance upon
which he bases his expressed belief
that his people will yet come into the
enjoyment of their full liberty. This
is a significant confession, h sin
cerity of which there is no reason
to doubt, and the. manliness with
which it is made cannot fail to i'm
press the outside world with the be-
lief that Aguinaldo is something bet
ter than the insurgent malcontent
and self-seeker he has been pictured
by prejudiced minds.
The proclamation in question
should have a tremendous influence
for peace in the Philippines. It
should also stimulate the American
government to extraordinary effort
for the good of this conquered peo-
pie and the entire fulfllment of the
pledge of freedom which we have
given them. They have now, through
their foremost leader, accepted this
pledge in good faith. Our consequent
duty is plain.-st. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
What the trust eneineers rea1l,

What the trust engineers really
need is legislation ~forbidding the es-
Establishment of new industries after
all the old ones have combined. Per-
haps Mark Hanna viii be able to at
tend to this in the next congress-
n. 7. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02

Just as selfish interests con-
tended that the tariff was for the
benefit of American labor, so now
selfish interests contend that expan-
sion is for the benefit of those people
over whom we expand. They are
actuated by impulses of duty.-In-
dianapolis News (Ind.).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-05-02
A Declaration
OF independence.
BY SOPHIE BRONSON T1rTERNo7oN

(From the Ladies' World, New York
Reprinted by special permission.)