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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
FOR STRONG NAVY.
The Work Of Upbuilding 1t Should
Continue.

The work Of uphuildlng the navy must
be continued. No one point Of our policy
is more important TO the honor, welfare
and peace OF our nation. We nave inter-
national duties no less than International
rights. Even If our flag were hauled down
I'm the Philippines ana Porto Rico, even
II we decided not TO build the isthrnian
canal, we should need q nayy of adequate
size, or else abandon the idea that our
nation Is among those whose sons 80
down TO the sea I'm ships. Unless our
is always carried IN foreign
bottoms, we must have craft TO protect II.
As the American people have 10 thought
Of abandoning the path upon which they
have entered, and as the isthmian canal Is
fast becoming n OF the matters the
whole people are demanding our navy
should be kept In the highest state Of
efficiency. So far from being In any way
q proyocation to war, a navy Is the best
guaranty agalns war. The cost OF build
Ing and maintaining Such a navy repre-
scnts the lightest premium for inspring
peace.
Probably no other nation is so anxious
for peace as We. There is not a single
civilized power which has TO fear from
ag~gressiveness Oh our part. All we want
Is TO secure the respect for our rights
which we are eager ana anxious TO cX-
tend, and to guarantee safety Of the
American people.
Our people abide ny tho Monroe doc
trine as the sure means OF peace in the
western hemisphere. The navy offers us
the only means of insistence upon the
NlOulOt uOtlIlllt. we ucSlie THO DtiCt
which comes as of right TO the just man
armed. not the peace granted on terms
Of ignominy TO the crave and the weak
ling.
1t IS not possible to improvlse a navy
after war breaks out. Ships must be built
and men ain in advance. Some aux
Hilary vessels can be turned into make
shifts and n proportion OF raw men can
be mixed with the trained, but fighting
force win be found almost exclusively i'm
the war ships regularly built and in the
officers and men who through years Of
faithful performance handle their formid-
nhle MeaponS with efficiency.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
TARIFF QUESTION.
Reciprocity the Hand Maiden Of
Protection


There is general aC4ule5cence In our
present tariff system az a national policy.
The first requisite 10 our prosperity IS
the continuity and stability OF this econ
Cmic policy. Nothing could be more un-
wise than to disturb the business inter-
ests of tho country by any general tariff
change at this time. Doubt. apprehen-
sion, uncertainty we must avoid. Dun eX-
pcricnce has shown that sweeping re-
Visions Of the tariff are apt TO product
conditions approaching panic. Yet II Is
desirable TO comblna with the stability
Of our economic system a supplementary
system of reciprocal benefit and obligation
with other nations. Such reciprocity Is
an Incident and result of the firm estab-
economic policy. II was specially pro-
Vldcd for I'm the present tariff Law y
Reciprocity must DO treated as the
handmaideu of protection. Our first duty
needed Is maintained, and that reciprocity
be sought for, without injury TO our home
industries. Just how far this Is must be
determined according 10 .hc individual
case, remembering that the duties must
never be reduced below the point that
VIII cover the difference between the la
Dor cost here and abroad.
Subject TO this proylso of the proper
protection necessary to our industrial
well-being at home, the principle OF re-
clprocity must command our hearty sup
port. The phenomenal growth OF our eN-
port trade emphasizes the need for wider
markets and a liberal policy with foreign
nations. Whatever IS merely VeXatious
In trade restrictions should be avoided.
The customers for our surplus products
purchase those products by giving us
something I'm return. Their ability TO pur-
chase should be secured by arranging our
tariff to enable us to taxi from them
products we can use without harm to cur
own Industries and labor, or the use Of
which Will be of benefit to us.
We should maintain the high level Of
present prosperity. We have reached the
point where we are not only able to sup
ply our own markets but to produce a
growing surplus for market abroad. To
secure markets we can utilize existing du-
ties where they are no longer needed for
protection, or where the article Is not pro-
duced here and the duty IS no longer nee
esSnry for revenue, as giving US ome
thing TO offer In exchange for what we
ask. Cordial relations with other ma
tions VIII be promoted.
The development for reciprocity will be
In connection with productions which no
longer require all OF the support once
needed, and with those others where we
arc beyond the reach oe successful com
petition. ! ask the attention OF the senate
to tho reciprocity treaties laid before it
by my predecessor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
MERIT SYSTEM.
It Should Be Extended to the Phil
ippines.

The merit system of appointments Is
as democratic az the common school IL
means that where duties are non-political
applicants should have a fair Held and no
favor. each on his merits. Written com
petitive examinations offer the only avail
able means In many cases. In other cases,
as where laborers arc employed, reglstra-
ton can be extended. There are places
where written examination cannot be
applied, and others where. II offers,
though imperfect, yet the best present
means of getting results.
Wherever conditions nave permitted APP
plication OF the merit system the gain ha
been immense. The navy yards and postal
service illustrate the gain due 10 enforce
mcnt OF this principle.
1 recommend a law which will extend
the classified service TO the District oil
Columbia, or enable the president 10 eN-
tend Il. Laws for temporary employ
mcut OF clerks should contain provision
that they be selected under civil service
law.
Ii is important to have this system ap-
Dlied IN our insular possessions. NOT an
office should be filed I'm the Philippines
q Porto Rico with regard 10 POLITICAL, SO
CIal or personal influence, heed should DC
paid TO absolutely nothing save character,
capacity and needs Of the service.
The administration Of these Islands
should be as free from partisan politics
as tho army and navy. We ask the puDllt
servant in the Philippines or Porto Rlco
to honor his country by the way he makes
that country's rule a benefit to peoples
under Il.
The consular service is under a Law
passed i'm 1856, inadequate to existing con-
ditiOns. The reorganization OF the service
Is commended. Several bills providing
for n new consular service have been
submitted to congress, based upon the
just principle that appointments should
De made only after a test of fitness, pro
motions governed by truStworthlness,
a~daptabillty and zeal, and tenure unaf-
fected by partisan considerations.
Our expanding foreign commerce, pro
lection Of American citizens IN foreign
countries and maintenance Of the dignity
OF tho nation abroad, make essential that
our consuls be men Of character, knowl-
edge and enterprise. The service Is now
ia the main, efficient, but cannot be, per
mancrtIy maintained until the bills here.
tofcre submitted to congress are enacted
iDt1 la yea
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
Marine.
a Practical Endorsement of Subsidy
LEGISLATION.


The condition of the American mer-
chant marine calls for Immediate remedial
action by congress. 1t is discreditable tina
u merchant marine should be insig-
niflcant In comparison To nations which
we overtop In other business. To remedy
this state of things would build UP our
shipping, benefit all interested In the per-
manent establishment OF a wider market
and provide an auxiliary force for the
navy. Ships work for their own coun-
tries as railroads work for their terminal
points. 1t is unwise for the United States
TO rely upon the ships OF competing ma
tons for distribution OF our goods. 1t
should be made advantageous TO carry
American goods In American-bullt ships.
AT present American shipping is under
great Disadvantages in competition with
foreign countries. Many of the fast for
eign steamships are subsidized: the orig
inal cost of American ships is greater
than abroad; the wage paid American
officers. and seamen are higher than those
OF foreign competing countries, and the
standard of living on our ships is far SUI
perior TO that on ships of our commercial
rivals. Our government should take such
action as will remedy these inequalities.
The American merchant marine should be
restored to the ocean.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
ARMY LARGE ENOUGH
Efficiency the Desideratum- Promo
tions for Merit,

1t Is not necessary to Increase our army
at this time. But 1t is necessary 10 keep
the highest efficiency. The officers and
men are, We believe, as efficient as any
other army. It is our duty TO see that
their training insurcs the highest power.
Modern war makes heavier demand
than ever before upon the Individual char
acter and capacity OF officer and man. At
present the lighting must be done In eX-
tended order; each man must act for him
self and in combination with others Will
whom he is no longer III eiDow-to-eibow
touch. Under such conditions a few men
Of highest excellence are worth more than
many men without special skill. The
most valuabl fighting man and the most
difficult to perfect is the rifleman who is
also Il skillful and daring rider.
The proportion Of our cavalry regiments
has wisely been increased. The American
caValrynlan, trained TO maneuver ana
light with equal facility on foot and ON
horseback, is the best type OF soldier for
general purposes in the world.
A general staff should be created. The
present staff and supply department
should be filed from the line, the men re-
turning after a while to line duties. 1t is
undesirable TO have the senior grades
composed of men who have come to the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

Should BE Cardinal Foreign Policy Of
the Two Americas.

The true end Of every great and free
people should be sclf-respectinB peace, ana
this nation most earnestly desires sincere
and cordial friendship with all others.
Wars between great civilized powers have
become less frequent. Wars Wit barb"r-
Gus peoples come in a different catagory,
being merely q necessary international po-
lice duty. More n moro the civilized
peoples realize the folly of war and ere
attaining that intelligent regard for me
rights Of others which will make world
wide peace possible. The peace confer
enCe at The Hague CAV definite express
sion to this hope. This same peace ron
ference acquicsced IN our statement OF the
Monroe doctrine as compatible with the
purposes and aims Of the conference.
The Monroe doctrine should be the car
dinal foreign policy Of the two Americas,
as Of the United states. The Monroe doe
trine IS a declaration that there must be
10 territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT by n nom
American power at the expense or any
American power on American soil, 1t Is
not hostile to any nation In tho old
world, nor intended to cover aggression
by one new world power at the expense
OF any other. 10 Is q step toward univer-
sal peace by securing permanent peace
on this hemisphere. Other influences have
established permanence ana independence
Of the smaller states Of Europe; we hope
to safeguard independence and perma-
EeuCe fOc the lesser new world nations,
This doctrine has nothing to DO with
the commercial relations OF any American
power, saw that It allows each 10 form
such as it desires. 1t IS n guaranty Of
commerce.. independence. We do not ask
exclusive commercial dealings with any
American state. We do not guarantee
any state against punishment If it mis-
conducts itself, provided that punishment
does not take the form Of the acquisition
Of territory by any nOn-AnCrican power.
Our attitude in cuba Is sufficient guar
anty of good faith. We have no desire to
secure territory at EXPENSE Of %neighbors.
We wish TO work with them that all may
No unified tnvTtnpFs Hyn hail their mate
rial prosperity and political stability, and
are concerned il any fall into Industrial
or political chaos. We do not wish TO see
any old world military power on this
continent, or to become a military power
ourselves. The Americas can prosper best
Il LETT to work out their own salvation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
power Of dealing with tn,

government power or dealing with the
crime.
a grim commentary upon the folly of
the anarchist position was afforded by
the attitude OF the law toward. this very
criminal. The people would have torn
him limb from limb IL 1t had not been
that the law he defled was at once In
voked In his behalf. The government was
obliged to exert it's full power TO save him
from instant death. Moreover, his deed
worked not the slightest d!alocation In our
governmental system, and the danger or
n recurrence OF such deeds would only
strengthen and give harshnsss to the
forces of order. No man Will ever be re-
strained from becoming president by fear
as to his personal safety. IL the risk TO the
presidents life became great, the office
would come 10 be filled by men %resolute
and merciless In dealing with disorder.
The country will not fall into anarchy,
u II anarchists should ever Become a
SERIOUS menace 10 It's institutions they
would not merely be stamped out, but
would involve I'm their own ruin every
active or passive sympathizer with their
doctrines,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

Herbert Gladstone's marriage recalls
a story which was told OF him a few
years ago He was addressing a wom-
ems suffrage meeting I'm Leeds one
afternoon, and he paid a graceful com
pliment TO the eloquence OF the ladies
who had addressed the meeting. He
yallantly remarked on the great pleas
ure which IL gives the other sex to
listen to women talking. Pausing for
n after this observation, Mr..
Gladstone. like his audience. was
thrown into an unexpected state Of
merriment by a male voice. which pro-
ceeded from the back OF the hall, and
proclaimed in the broadcast Yorkshire
dialect: "Eh, lad, thou'rt moan wed
yet, i see'stl'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

abio that supervision OF corporations by
the national government need not go so
far as Is now the case with the supervi-
sion exercised over them by so cpnserva-
tive a state as Massachusetts, In order
TO produce excellent results.
For National Regulation.
When the constitution was adopted no
human wisdom could foretell the sweep
ing changes which were TO take place by
the beginning OF the twentieth century.
At that time Ii was q matter of course
that the several states were the proper
authorities to regulate the Insignificant
ard local corporate bodies. Conditions
are now different and different action Is
called for. l believe that a law can be
framed which will enable the national
government TO exercise control along the
lines above indicated, profting by the ex-
p~erlence gained through the passage and
administration OF the Interstate commerce
act. If, however, the judgment OF congress
Is that IL lacks constitutional power, teen
a constitutional amendment should be
submitted to confer the power.
There should be created a cabinet Of
hcer, 10 be known rs secretary Of COM
merce and Industries. as provided In the
bill introduced AT the last session Of the
congress. II shoul be his province TO
deal with commerce, including whatever
concerns labor and all matters affecting
tho great business corporations and our
merchant marine
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
CUSTER CnRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

The freaks OF the Missouri river are
many. When full to its banks in the
spring, this tickle stream that has al
ready cost the government many mil
Hons IN the work OF improvement, has
n bad habit of cutting across lots I'm any
and every direction. sometimes dem
olishing whole farms I'm a day. This
has resulted I'm some strange situations.
Thus, a portion OF the Incorporated linn
Its OF the city OF Omaha is over In the
state or Iowa, and dwellers therein pay
taxes TO the sister state. On the other
hand Lake Manawa, a fashionable
summer resort I'm the suburbs OF Coun-
ch Bluffs. Ia, belongs TO Sarpy county,
Nebraska. Both OF these incongruities
were caused by the cutting OF new
during the spring freshets
and have been the cause OF numerous
Obligations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
18TH MAN CANAL.
Agreement With England Gives Us
All We Ever Asked.

No single great material work which re-
mains to be undertaken on his continent
is of such consequence as a canal across
tho isthmus. Its Importance Is not linz
tied to material effects, While It's Dene-
fits would perhaps bp most marked upon
the Pacific, gulf and south Atlantic states,
It would greatly benefit other sections.
| am glad to announce that negotiations
on this subject with Great Britain have
resulted in a treaty which II ratified
will enable US to begin preparations for a
canal at any time, and which guarantees
to this nation every riGht that il has ever
asked. The old Clayton-Bulwcr treaty IS
a]brogated. The United States alone shall
build and safeguard the canal and rcgu-
late its neutral use by all nations on
terms of eQualitV.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

Glasgow Evening Times: A Clyde
bank laddle was n visitor to q Lang
side laddie the other day, and as lad
dies Will they began to boast about the
qualities OF their respective residences.
The Clydebank youngster held his own
very well till the Glasgow laddie asked:
do we hae an i~nhrmary?" NO" re-
luctantly said the Clydebank boy. do
we haze electric cars?" mo yet" said
she Clydebank boy, more brightly, but
we're getting them!' "Ah. weel, when
ye get the cars yen sumo get an in
Urinary" said the Glasgow boy, reflec-
lively, "fOr veil need It."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

Andrew Carnegie a short time ago
was In conversation with a friend who
was inclined 10 be very complimentary.
He told Mr.. Carnegie what n splendid
gift his library was TO Edinburgh and
80 much more needed than any other
charity In the city, as the statistics
showed that FOR a great many years
there had not been one death by star
walton there. That" answered Mr..
Carnegie, does not arise from the
number OF charities in Edinburgh, but
from the imposslbility OF starving "A
S~cotchman."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

An extended series OF observations
on the height OF clouds has lately been
carried out. Two observers were placed
ut stations about n mile apart, and
could communicate by telephone and
they simultaneously measured the al
titude of the same point OF the clouds
under observation. The highest cirrus
cloud was at an altitude OF $4,000 feet
and moved with a velocity OF 149 miles
an,hour; the lowest was 20, 500 feet high
and moved nfty-nve miles an hour.
The c height ofculmulus clouds was
$4,000 rect In summer, and the velocity
was only ten miles an hour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14
NEW POSSESSIONS.
Self Government for All When They
Are Fit.

In Hawaii our aim must be to develop
the territory on the traditional American
lines. We wish a healthy American COM
munity OF men who till the farms they
own. All our legislation for the islands
should be shaped with this end in view.
The land policy should DO modelled on our
homestead system.
1t is hardly more necessary to report
as to Porto Rico than az to any state or
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

The biggest little thing In an industrial
way Is the match, Of which we make
and use annually over lbs, 000, 600, 600. 1t
IS estimated that the consumption is
i've matches n day for every man, wo-
man and child Of the population. which
makes 400. 600, 600 n day. A single ma
chine turns out GEO, 900 matches an
hour, or 5,2S0,0o eaeh working day of
eight hours.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

French poachers are making big
hauls on partridges and other game
birds by using automobiles with nets
and a bright light. They run the auto
mobiles at a swift pace along the pub
lie roads, and the birds, attracted by
the lights, fly into the nets. There seems
to be no violation of existing game
laws in the practice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

Messalina, the Infamous wife Of
Claudius Caesar, was small and lively.
She had black eyes that sparkled when
she talked. and a ~persuadlng, pleading
way that no n could resist. IL was
said OF her that she was so clever at
hypocrisy that she could smile on her
lover and lean caressingly on his bosom
while he drank the poison her own
hands had prepared.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

II seems that girls, as well as boys,
Of R~eykjavik, Iceland, have contracted
the habit Of smoking cigarets. and the
law allows any adult man or woman
who finds a boy or girl smoking to give
the young offender a sound spanking
and TO seize and destroy and cigaret
found In his or her possession.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

Gunther K. Alderman Is as bald as
n dish pan. Notwithstanding the fact
that he is yet n comparatively young
man. When asked a few days ago as
TO the cause OF his premature galdness,
Secretary Alderman replied: when
I was on the Star, In John Kelly's time,
the politicians who used to call at the
office were accustomed to spinning me
around on my head for drinks"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

During the past year 10000 shade
trees have been planted in Kansas City.
mostly ut public expense. At its last
meeting the public improvements COM
mittee OF the city council authorized
the planting of 3 $3.50 trees along the va
rious streets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

A story is told OF Sir John Tenniel.
the famous cartoonist. lie was asked
why he had never married. well"
he replied, III ! had married n girl she
would always have wanted ia be going
about all owe the place, and hat
would not ave suited me; while, on
the other hand, If I had married an
elderly lady, she would have worn n
shawl, and that / could not have
stood"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

The Animal Rescue league of Boston
has been in existence but three years.
Its work Is thus summarized by it's
president: From the 10 members with
1900, and from being called upon TO care
for 1855 animals In the first year OF our
work we have cared for 5.089 in six
months.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

In numerous localities throughout the
world ~quinine is eaten as regularly as
food. Men and women pour IL into the
palm Of the hand and toss IT down
their threats. Quinine is sold at every
rural ~postofice In India at the rate
OF 1--WE grains for a farthing, That Is
ten grains for q cent, or AZ cents an
ounce, retail. In Bengal alone, lao 900
nve-grain packets are sold annually.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

New York Press: Recently n visitor
In an idiot asylum not far from New
York asked an attendant how the man
agement knew when an inmate vas
sufficiently restored to sanity to be dis
charged. That's easy enough" was
the reply. w take them all into a
yard where there are several troughs,
turn on the taps and give them buckets
TO bail out the water and empty the
troughs. Many OF EN- keeps bailing
away while the taps keeps running, but
them as isn't idiots stops the taps"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-14

The manuscript OF Gray's "Elegy" re-
manned in the authors hands seven
years. receiving touches here and there.
and would not have been printed then
had not a copy loaned TO a friend been
printed.