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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
THE ENEMIES OF LABOR.

lS, ,Montezuma Republican: The Oska'
loosa Times tries to make it appear
that this paper Is opposed to orgeniz'
ed labor. This was to be expected.
The facts are, the Times, J. p. Reese
and the Democratic party are tho
worst foes labor organizations have.
By trying to use tho order for political
ends thereby dragging the organi2a-
ton into politics they have shown
themselves to be the worst enemies
to the cause they profess to serve. II
was ever thus. When that party Sc
duced the grange several years ogo it
claimed that everybody thai would
vote against its candidates were the
enemies of the farmer. This year any
one opposing the democratic candi-
date for congress is to be spotted an
enemy of organized labor.
Up to the time the democrats pre-
vailed upon Reese to accept the nomi-
nation in the name of organized labor
all parties were friendly to him and to
the cause he is said to represent.
There is not a law on the statute
what is the product of republican leg
islation. There is not law ON the
statute books Of Iowa fayoring the
miner-and there are many of them
but what is the outcome of republican
legislation and is signed by repub-
lican governor.
I. The enemies of organized labor are
the fellows who are trying to use it
for political ends. No greater misfor-
tune could come to the organization.
About every organization the demo-
Gratis have come in contact with has
been worsted. 1t killed the grange
but the party escaped. The friends Of
Horace Greeley represented a political
principle. The democratic party
espoused the idea against the best
judgment of the party leaders. 1t did
not hurt the democratic party any
but it killed poor Greeley. The pres
ent effort of the democrats to gain
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
BLUE AND GRAY AT ONCE.

Sioux City Journal: In his last
official communication to the members
Of the Grand Army of the Republic
Commander Eli Terrence, of Mime
apolis, has delivered himself of a mes
sage which will live in history. The
simple but significant appeal of the
retiring commander of the Grand
Army is that his comrades shall con-
tribute, either individually or by posts,
to fund for building homes for dis
| abled southern veterans. Command
er Terrence found the inspiration for
this appeal during a trip south last
summer. OF his experience in the
south Judge Terrence says:
my visit was in every respect de-
lightful one, but most gratifying Of
all was the most cordial feeling 1
found existing between the union and
confederate soldiers. I affirm without
hesitation that among the best friends
Of our comrades in the north are the
surviving ex-confederates. This
friendship is based upon the mutual
respect which one good soldier has for
another, and had it not been for the
bronze button I would have been I'm
able to distinguish between the blue
and the gray, for the cordial welcome
extended by one was equalled by the
generous hospitality proffered by the
other. In all my journey 1 found no
sectional lines, sullen faces or closed
doors"
Probably Judge Terrence was not
greatly surprised at the friendly re-
ception given the former wearers of |
the blue by the former wearers of the /.
gray. Recent years have been fruit !
full OF testimony that old lines were !
blotted out and replaced by a new !
unity and national loyalty and amity |
The Spanish-American war, in which |
the youth and manhood of the north |
and south stood shoulder to shoulder |
in enthusiastic defense of the national !
honor, struck the final blow at Sec
tionalism on lines drawn during the |
civil war. But what particularly ap-
pealed to the sensibilities of the north
Prner was the pathetic contrast which !
the survivors of the |
two armies both of which had fought |
for what they believed to have been
right. In the north the national gov
ernmont, with eminent propriety, is
generous provision for its de-
tenders. In the south the survivors of |
the lost cause are fighting the battles
against old age and disease with no
other assistance than that which |
comes from more fortunate comrades
or from the communities in which they
reside. ..-..-
Down in Alabama Judge Terrence |
found the humble beginning of what
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
RAILWAY STATISTICS.

Statistics of railway operations just
made public by the Interstate Com
merce commission show an increase
in trackage, rolling stock and capital,
but a decrease in freight tonnage.
Gross earnings, however, are larger.
The total single track railway mile
age in the United States June 80, 1901,
was ,237 miles this mileage having
increased during the year 1892 miles.
There were 1854 locomotives in the
service of the railways, which was
1,921 more than were in use the pre-
ceding year. The total number of cars
of all classes in the service of the rail-
ways on the date stated was 1,550,SS3,
there having been an increase of 3d.
995 in rolling stock of this class.
The number of persons in the en-
ployment of the railways of the United
States June 80, 1901, was 1,071,1 ,169, or
an average of 5S4 employees per 100
miles of line. AS compared with June
| 30, 1900, the number of employees in
creased 53,516.
The amount of railroad capital out
standing was 11,0SS,177,991. This
amount, on a mileage basis, represents
a capitalization of $61,528 per mile OF
| line. OF the total capital stated$5, $685.
597, ,104 existed in the form Of stock
of which $4,475,439,721 was common
stock and $1,331, 1888 preferred
stock. The amount which existed IN
the form of funded debt was $5,8S1,
| $50. .SS7. The amount of current liabili
ties, which is not included In the fore
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
HAPPY FAMLLY REUNLON.

The Herald was pleased to have Sc
many of its big family at its new
home on Saturday, and was especially
gratified to meet several of those who
have known the paper since its birth,
had grown up with it, and as Mr..
Wharton of near Beacon put it, had
learned their A B C's from its col
umns. Miles Prime, who maintains
that as a boy he secured the first pa
per that ever went out of the Office on
July 2, 1850, was among the crowd.
In fact no crowd in Mahaska County
would be complete without Miles and
his overfowing store Of congeniality
and whOle-heartedness. Though most
OF The early subscribers have gone to
their reward several people were pres
ent Saturday who have had the
Herald in their fathers and their
household ever since it was started.
Many were present who have been
constant subscribers for forty years
and more.
Specially hOnOred among the guests
was Mrs. Evaline H. Needham, widow
of the founder of the paper, the late
John r. Needham. The new home and
its large quarters, its modern equip
ments and it's many conveniences
called up to Mrs. Needham's mind the
early home of the Herald on the north
east corner of the square and Of it's re-
moval to new quarters in the second
story Of the street building on the
west side. The move was made on
the Goth day of September, 1852, al
most exactly fifty years ago. Though
the paper then was only published
weekly the editor knew what a siren
uOus life is. In addition to his editor
ial duties Mr.. Needham practiced law
On the day that the Office was being
moved he had to try law suit, and
that evening he was married to Mrs.
Needham.
The equipment then consisted of a
hand press, about twelve
cases Of type, one imposing stone, the
printers daughter" and other neces-
sary furniture. including a walnut
desk which still holds an honored
place in the Herald household. The
boys who took down the big press this
transported its seven tons of
iron to it's new resting place and had
it set up and running within less than
three days, would make affidavit to
the fact that they had an they could
attend to without thinking of matri-
mony.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

chases from Porto Rico in 1000 we're
4 S8,279, ,422 as against
!. The 1902 trade Of Porto Rico with
oulsluefs was $2,4O6617 imports
against $4,5s2,5O5 exports, giving the
Island favorable balance Of trade
Of $2,1S5,8S8 for the wear This Il !
nrst-clasS result for a (practicalIy)
only tour-year-old business. What
the island did in this direction under
Spanish domination cuts no figure be-
side What its people are doing now
under the stars and strines
NOW let us turn to the Philippines
ana see now we are coming out under
colonial ownership.
In 1902 we sold S5,2s1 867
In 1897 We sold $94597.
1902 exceeds 1897 nv s5 1877 o7O or
| fifty-four times as much,
The main items in these sales ex.
elusive OF government supplies. were:
Iron and steel manu-
1actures.' ........s957,342 S 9,03s
Matt liquors F66,4O4 663
M nufactures Of
Woou '''...'..... 418,S06 393
nay '''''.''',... 358,816 ...v...
Our purchase from the Philippines
(also money not paid to outsiders)
compare as follows:
1902, $6,612,7O0.
1897, $4,3S374O.
Increase over 1897 by s2,22S, $50. or
fifty per cent increase national saw
ings.
Hawaii is also profitable branch
Office of ours.
In 1902 we sold Hawaii S19 900, 900.
In 1897 we sold Hawaii S4,690,0 ,075.
Increase in 1902 over 1897 Of s14,-
309,925, or330 per cent.
Turning to the other side of the
ledger page, we find our purchases
from Hawaii were:
1900 (19O2 figures are not avail
able) ,s24, ZOO, ,429.
1897, s13,6S7,799.
Saved to the national family in 1900
over 1897, $11,01263O.
Summarized, the figures for the
three colonies or dependencies show:
1902 sold to them S34,971, ,911.
1897 sold to them S6,733, $50.
Our sales increase 1902 S2S,197,751.
1902 bought Of them $39, ,610,551.
1897 bought Of them $50, ,252,563
Our purchase increase in 1902 $19,-
S57,9SS.
Add sails increase, $2S, ,197,751.
One years balance in favor of $47,-
555, ,7739 ownership.
Looking to the future, can we not
asure ourselves that the natural result
Of contact with Anglo-Saxon ideas and
methods of living, education and bust
ness, instead of the non-progressive
Latin ideas and methods, will create
a far greater demand on the part of
these peoples for modern necessities,
the list of which is constantly being
added to, and which the United States
is so well able to supply?
Colonial Ownership TSshtlx directed
does pay and pay wen. NJ
W. J. Ballard
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

The building of the fall season
promises to eclipse that of all other
seasons of the year. Foundations for
new houses are going in in all parts OF
the city and plans are being complet,
ed for a number of fine new residences
All local carpenters have work engag,
ed far ahead and the demand for la,
borers is very great. Much work is
yet to be done in the business sec,
tion. All work is delayed more or less
because the contractors are behind
and cannot hope to catch up if they
are delayed every week with incle-
ment weather as they have been in
the past weeks of the season. If pleas
ant or working weather continues
there will be an immense amount of
work done in the city in the next
ninety days.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

AT a conference of State candi-
dates, congressional and party work
ers held in Des Moines Thursday the
Republican platform was upheld with
out dissent. The general sentiment
expressed in a number of addresses
was that the campaign should be along
the lines of the state and national
platforms. Those republican news
papers and others in the state that
have been criticising the Iowa plat
form came in for strong and emphatic
condemnation at the hands of Speaker
Henderson and Senator Dolliver.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
Missouri has submitted to tn,

Missouri has submitted to the ag,
riculture department at Washington
an unusually interesting question in
botany. AS is well known corn has
never been found wild, but it is pos,
sible that the original form might be
reproduced in some freak growth. A
remarkable specimen Of corn was dis,
covered in a garden at Mexico, Mo-,
this season and is now in the hands of
the official agrostologists at Washing,
ton. The stalk is a grass 10 inches
high and no thicker than a darning
needle. On the top of the stalk are
twelve grains as large as yellow pop
corn, the ear being slightly over an
inch long. The blades, resembling
common grass, are longer than the
stalk, and though silk is present no
sign of tassel can be seen.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

The Ottumwa Saturday Herald
notices that John P. Reese the demo
cratic congressional nominee in the
Sixth district, in a column article an
nouncing his acceptance of the nomi'
nation, carefully refrains from men
tioning it is the Democrats that have
nominated him. Inasmuch as Mr.
Reese voted for Debs for president
the Herald assumes that he has not
the courage to pose as Democratic
candidate. and it labels him "Jumpin
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
going figures, was $62O, O,4O3, ,419, o
Sc 266 ner mile of line.


1886 per mile of line.
The number of passengers carried
was 607,27S,121, showing an increase
fory the year of 30,412,S91. The mum
beTfi Of tons of freight carried during
theyear was 1893, ,266,440-a decrease
lofyy12, ,453,79S. The gross earnings
from operation of the railways in the
United States were $1,5S8, 8,526,037, be-
ing $101, ,4S1,2 ,223 more than for the ifs,
caljyear 1900. The operating expenses
weTe $1,000, ,397, ,27O, having increased
in comparison with the year preceding
$6S,96S,759.
The total number of causalties to
persons on account of railway acci-
dents was 61,794, the number Of per-
sons killed having been S,455 and the
number injured $3.50. OF railway en-
ployes 2,675 were killed and 41,142
injured. The number of passengers
killed during the year was 2S2 and the
number injured 4,98S. The number of
persons other than employees and pas
sengers killed was 5,49S and injured
1909.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
John Reese" successor to "Jumpin'
,sqisn Weaver"
Iowa Democrats in their state con

Iowa Democrats in their state con
vention last Wednesday put free sill
yer to sleep during the present cam.
paig 1t least, which means that Bry.
anism has been dropped for the time
being in this state. But the act was
not done without struggle and much
bitter feeling. The vote in the con-
vention on the question of 1.-The re-
affirmation of the Kansas City plat
form was 384 against and 3f4 in favor.
The gold democrats won by only a
small margin, and succeeded only to
split the party in the campaign.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
official County Paper.
The Gospel of Art,

Inc SoSpeI or Art.
Work thus for pleasure, paint or sing
or carve,
The thing thou lowest though the body
starve.
Who works for glory misses oft the
goal.
Who works for money coins his very
soul
Work for works sake then, and it
may be,
That these things shall be added unto
thee.
Kenyon Coke.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

political prestige and power will not
hurt the party any but the organiza,
tion of miners in this district will be
regarded in the future as susceptible
to democrat Establishments and there
by treated as a political organization.
Yet, the enemies of organized labor
are the fellows who are trying to use
1t for the edification of democracy,
free silver and free trade. The best
thing the miners can do is to stand
from under the old hulk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
In the time of Alfred the Great

In the time of Alfred the Great a
lease was executed from the church
to the crown for a piece of land to be
used for military purposes for the
term Of 999 years which has recently
expired, and the estate has reverted
to the party which leased it, viz, the
Church of England. In law, on the
expiration of lease the property re-
verts to the owner, or lessor, or his
legal heirs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

jeff Davis, the democratic candi-
date, was elected governor of Arkan-
sas Monday, but by a reduced major
ity. The republican nominee was
Harry NJ. Myers, formerly of Mont
rose, this state, and he polled vote
that was highly creditable to him and
the party in the state.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

The fashion editor of the Inter
Ocean suggests that the fifteenth is
the date usually set aside for that pur-
pose, but, in view of the drop in tenn
perature and the faded condition of
some of the genuine Panamas, it might
be as well 0 call in the straw hats
of 1902 without further delay.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
the many

Among the many interesting
achievements of human inventive
genius accomplished during the decade
which has elapsed since the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, and which will be
seen at the Worlds Fair in st. Louis
in 1904, there will be the wireless tele'
graph, the automobile, the dirigible
balloon, the wireless telephone, the
transmission of sight by wire and the
telephoning from railway trains asd
trolley cars in motion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

An article on How to make the
hair fluffy" which is going the rounds
of the press inspires the Knoxville
Express to remark: THE trouble
with good many Of us is that our
hair is getting too fluffy; what we are
looking for is an article on How to
paste down a few hairs to cover a
bald head"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

So the busy world runs on and the
whirliglg of time demands many
changes, but all honor to those early
toilers who set the paper on firm
foundation and guided it through all
these years to an ever increasing sue
cess and field of usefulness.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

If President Roosevelt found some
thing to praise in the farms of Maine,
the Cedar Rapids Republican wonders
what he will be able to say that is ad-
equate to the farms of Iowa when he
reaches the state this month.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

An editor of a southern Missouri
paper speaks thus feelingly in a recent
obituary notice: Just about day
light the Pale Horse came to him with
the saddle and bride of righteousness
and he straddled it and rode home"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
The Sioux City ournal d

The Sioux City ournal doesn't
care to venture a prediction that the
coming winter will be severe or other
wise but it is willing to hazard a
guess that whatever the temperature
may be it is going to be mighty hard
work to induce the janitor to keep up
steam.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

If the per capita should happen to
be short at any time national banks
can increase it by depositing govern
ment bonds and issuing currency-an
easy safe and prompt expedient.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

The party that hasn't even the
moral courage to view with alarm is
certainly in bad way" says the Keo-
kuk Gate City, commenting on the alb
sence of platforms in the democratic
conventions of the First and Eleventh
congressional districts.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

The Herald still has some pie"
left and if you could not get here Sat
urday come anytime. We will guar
antee that our Devil" will not get
Won.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

The democrats Of the Eleventh
district have discarded silver and have
taken up link as their battle cry this
year. But Lot Thomas will be elect
ed just the same.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

"A few more days like Saturday
would put the necessary yellow on the
corn, and lift it out of reach of frost
All hail hot September!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

Thank Providence the apple crop
is promising this year. There is moth.
ing more delicious than a mellow Iowa
apple.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11
HOW ETPANSTOY PAYS.

Now that we are in the business of
owning colonies or dependencies it is
interesting and necessary to keep
track of the value to us of those col
onies or dependencies, from the stand
point of what we have to sell and what
we need to buy.
Take Porto Rico, for instance, the
nearest of our outlying possessions.
Compare its purchases of us in 1897,
when we did not own the island, with
1902, four years after we acquired it,
exclusive of government supplies.
1902-bOught Of us $10,719,444.
1S97-bought of us $1,9S8,S8S.
1902 purchases exceed 1897 by 49,
73O,566, an increase of 45O per cent
The chief items of these purchases
were:
1902 1897
Cotton manufaCt-
lures ........$2,O6O,S26 S 12,OO2
Iron and steel man.
Ufactures ..... LII, ,136 1S0, 1856
Rice ............. j, ,803,065 -.
Breadstuffs .... 1,090,079 557,99S
Provisions ...... 1886 SAG 527, ,706
Further, in view of the fact that
money paid to members of our family
is not lost, as it would be if paid to
some other family, we assert that col
onial ownership pays in that our pur-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1902-09-11

Down in Alabama Judge Terrence
found the humble beginning of what
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-26
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Cattle steady, Hogs Higher and sheep
strong.

CHICAGO, March 26-CATTLE-Receipts,
$500 head, including 425 Texans; steady;
good to prime steers, $650q1.0i poor 20
S2.5Od45O: COWS, 81. 40d5.50; heifers. S2.SsD
500; Gamers, S4Oa2,4O; bulls, S2.5O45N;
calves, $2.5Od6.25; Texas fed steers, $.OOG
500.
HoGs-Receipts, 5000 head; estimated
tomorrow, 5000; left over, 1900; market
665; good to choice heavy, S650d61 20; rough
heavy, $6.25d6.4 40; light, S6Ocd6.45; bulk OF
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, 1900
head; sheep strong, lambs strong to l0c
higher; good to choice wetherA S5OOd5.bO;
s5.25d6.OO; native lambs, SAOOa6.6S; western
lambs, %.25G6S0.
Oficial yesterday: Receipts-Cattle, ,26,253
head; hogs, 6,247 head; sheep, 1888 head,
Shipments-Cattle, aus head; hogs, 1880
bead; sheep, ais head.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-26
Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, March 25.-COTTON-Spot,
closed quiet; Mid uplands, sac; Middiing
gulf, 9hc; sales, 700 bales.
COTTON-Futures closed barely steady;
March. 8.6Sc; April, 5000; May, $500; June,
S5Sc; July, $500; August, S.s5c; September,
cember 1850. The market opened easy
with prices 2 to 8 points lower and then
stiffened up sharply on active covering
and buying based on the idea that a reac-
ton from the late break was In order.
The close was barely steady, net 8 to l3
points lower. The March option was rela-
lively steady all day on demand from ex-
porters. Total sales were estimated at
NEW ORLEANS. March 25.-CoTToN
Easy; sales, 1850 bales; ordinary, nc;
good ordinary, 79sc; low middling, SC; mid
ding. SIC; good middling, sac; middling
fair. SRc; receipts, ATT bales; stock, 2Sl,-
sol bales; Futures, steady; March, S.33c;
April, S;29aS gle; May, Sale; June $3.50
September, SOS@sO Of; October 1,7sq7.S9c.
no sales; middling. S1fc; receipts, 2,152
GALVESTON, March Is. - COTTON =
~LIVERPoOL. March. rs. COTTON -
Spot, quiet; prices unchanged: American
middling 4 1-32d. The sales of the day
were 5000 bales, iof which 500 were for
speculation and export and included $500
American. Receipts, 21,OO bales, includ-
ing 1850 American. Futures, quiet; Amer
43-64d, sellers.