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The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-13

spots. The perfect purity of the air,
and the quietude and simplicity of life
il those places are the magnets which
attract the jaded business men of the
great cities. A few days of rest, free
from the cares of the counting-room,
and amid scenes of natural and artis-
tic beauty, work wonders. The charm
of these Northern resorts is not yet
The Jennings daily record., 1902-09-13

back in the chair, gave himself up to
the careful consideration of the high
ball
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
SEE SOME GOOD IN TRUSTS.
Frcnchmen in This Country Investi-
gnt'ng for Their GoScrn,ncnt
Discuax Combinations.

s. Nj Lazare-Weiller and Baron de
Ia Gotel,c-ie. who are in this coun-
try representing tho French govern
rnent in the study OF American indus
trial activity, have returned east. Mr.
Weller said one of the things they
We're sent to inquire into was so-cailed
trusts.
"Upder the French law" said Mr.
Weller. "smch combinations of capital
and equipment ore not allowable, and
we were directed to study their work
!nge 81 this oountry-their effect upon
the inventor. the workingmen and the
public. My observations here have
led tps 10 the coM.lnstoRs that there
may be nnpch good IN stnh oo,nbtua-
tionA
"is h poSsihla that soue. arnange-
nant may DO made where by sse xiii. &c t
portion at Least Of our coal shortage
from tho United States. We may get
coal here for olr navy and perhaps
tor our railroads
1--WE would Hike to learn sonnet thing
of your mental procexsss--whence
cosnes that sndacity which makes you
dare 10 do thtngs. We are afraid to do
things in Fance-in Europe, might
say. 1t IS the idea to send students
here, to study industrial problems and
your methods of governments"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
Evans Promotion.

The report that III. Clay Evans, the
present pension commits sioner is to be
given the position Of consuiigeneral at
London will not be altogether pleasing
to Grand Army men. Such promo
tion would be kicking up stairs"
with vengeance. 1t would be trans
ferring Evans from s. 1000 job to a
$4,000 one. There is no other posit-
ion under the United States govern
ment that pays SO we'll as consul gen.
eral at London, except the presidency
itself. 1t is position of great i'm
portarce, and while it does not rank
so hlgh as ambassador, from business
viewpoint, it is the most responsible
place in The diplomatic service.
The Grand Army people have in
sisted on the removal OF Evans upon
t1e ground that he was unfair to them
and untrue to his trust. While they
receive all they asken for in his re tire
ment from the pension office, such a
handsome promotion will be decided
rebuke to them. 1t will mean very
plainly that the President does not
believe anything they have said
concerning Evans, but has consented
to displace him merely to pacify them.
La effect, it is telling them that Evans
treated pension applicants exactly
right, and that he is to be rewarded
for the services which they found 50
Objectionable. Naturally, this will
nettle the veterans, and although
they cannot complain at having an
urgent request granted, they still
have feeling tnat their victory lacks
,, some OF tie essential elements of be-
ing satisfactory one.-kansas City
Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
Tariff and Trusts.

The New York Journal hits the mai
squarely on the head when it declares
ga tariff that protects trusts is a
tariff that robs the people,"
Tariff duties should be removed
from every article Of food"
There should be no tariff On any
thing that people eat.
"Demand of congress that the gov
eminent shall cease to aid monopolies
in cornering food"
it's impossible 10 deal intelligently
and effectively with the trustquestior
and avoid the tariff question. The
Kansas City platform declared: "Tar-
if laws should be amended by putting
the products of trusts upon the free
list to prevent monopoly under the
plea OF protection"
That is the democratic position, ant
no pleas based upon temporary or 10
Cal conditions will tempt a democra
to compromise On this important ques
tjOn.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
GhiXnkren,3n
Fertilizer.

That's a good name for
SCOTS Emulsion. Children
are like young plants. Some
will grow in ordinary soil.
Others need fertilizers.
The nature of some children
prevents them from thriving
On ordinary food Such chill
dren growrightif treated right.
All they need is a little fer
tilizcr-a little extra richness.
Scots Emulsion is the right
treatment.
Fertilizers make thingsgrow.
That's just what SCOTS Enaul-
sion does. 1t makes children
grow in flesh, grow in strength,
grow rich blood, grow in mind,
grow happy. That's what we
| make it for.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT gowNE. Chemists, Aoe Pearl st., N. Y.
SO and es,ooi all drassisssi
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
A Bit Of Inconsistency.
1t NAV moi be out OF place TO

1t may not be out Of place to direct
attention to a bitof inconsistency In
the reports that have recently come
to this country from the Philippines.
II win he ramen beTed that several
weeks ago MAJOR Waller, beingon trial
OF the charge Is violating the rules of
war by ti1e torture and execution If
EillpinoS, claimed that he was acting
In obedience to the orders Of his SUI
perior officer, General Jacob FL. Smith,
who had directed him to make Samar
y bowling wilderness, and kill all over
the age of ten years. The report that
reached this country conveyed the In
formation that General Smith had de-
MED that he had given these orders.
a few days ago General Smiths
iconrt-martil began, and General
Smiths representative in the begin
ming announced that he would admit
that these orders were given by Cen
eral Smith.
Now, from what we are told Of Gen
eral Smith, it is difficult to believe
that General Smith ever went on the
stand and denied giving these orders,
when few weeks thereafter his rep
| reScutative boldly admits that the
orders were given.
Can 1t be possible that the admins
tration's censor in the Philippines is
not only keeping some truth from
the people, but is also thursting some
falsehood upon them? Or can it be
that General Smiths admission that
he did give the order was made merely
for the purpose Of simplifyiug proceed
ings, with the intention Of just,fyinv
these brutalities on the orders issued
by the administration?
| 1t is indeed an interesting situation.
lThe people are having considerable
difficulty in learning the truth, but In
spite Of the administrations efforts to
conceal the truth, some Of the truth
IappearS to be leaking out.-Omaha
World-Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09

stingy in the printing bill, nor can the
government give too wide publicity to
the utterances of its statesmen and
the essays of its men of science.
There may be lots of chaff, but occa-
sionally grain of wisdom is scat
tered abroad by means OF government
reports which enligbtens the public or
brings prosperity within reach of
farmer, trader or manufactures.
The printers of America are Justly
proud Of the government establish
ment. First, because 1t reflects credit
upon their honorable craft; second,
because the hints they receive from its
management are helpful to the con-
duct of even the smallest shop. There
is not a government on earth whose
printing equals ours; not single blue
book which can be compared to the
most ordinary department report is
sued at Washington. Everything
about our public printing is perfect:
The type is clean and clear; the press
work is Just right; the margins re-
spectacle; the binding neat and sub
stantial; maps and diagrams correct,
and drawings artistic.
A famous European royal lady once
said that she judged woman by the
stationery she used. Should the same
discerning woman judge nations by
their printing she would pronounce
the United States of America the neat
est. cleverest and most powerful coun-
try. which. we know, it is.
G. W. wEIPPIERT
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
WOULD CHANGE CALENDAR.
sim Poet. PrOpnscs ~ Ycnr
of Ten Months.

nagobert Won GerhaEdt, the popular
Prussian poet and novelist, has stirred
the dry bones of German astronomi-
cal research by proposing calendar
reform that involves the division of the
year into ten months-fiva consisting
of SO days and five of 81 days and maxi
ing March the first month.
The idea rests on a pathological basis,
Won Gerhardt arguing that the deriva-
ton Of September, October. November
and September demands that they be
made respectively the seventh, eighth.
ninth and tenth months.
''lf." soys Won Gerhardt, "our Baby
lonian Inheritance, the present eys TEN,
cannot be sbelved, the world should at
least return 10 the arcien4 German
system OF naming The months accord-
ing to AGRICULTURAL conditions, such as
the 'IEay tnonth-Jnly.-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09

Located at Washington and Con-
Quoted by Uncle Sam.
Soon 1t Will BE Housed in . Magnia-
cent New Homc--NorR Done at
the Government Printing
Gilice

DERHAPs, the most complete
4 printing and binding plant in
the world is the government
printing Office ut Washington. At
present this grand establishment is
housed in an nntiqunted structure,
with branches in the various execu-
tive departments. but before the
close Of the present fiscal year it
viii occupy one OF the finest build
anes In the capitol city. with a 'front.'
age OF 17o feet on North Capitol
street and $50 feet on @ street, and
height OF lz5 feet from curb to
oornica.
Before entering into detailed de-
scription Of the new edifce, 1t might
be well to consider the Importance
OF tho government printing office
and the amount Of work done by it..
According to figures supplied by
Hon +. w. Palmer. public printer
of tho United States. the total floor
space occupied by the office and it's
branches, at the present time, is
22.sO0 square feet. The new build
Ing, now nearing completion at a
cost Of 100000, will increase this
area $4,000 square feet. The num-
her of employees is, in round num-
bers, about 1000, divided as follows:
Executive officers, az; main compos-
ing room. s24; bindery, ss5; main
press room. 217; job press room, 100;
Job composing room, LOG; electro
type room, 30; specification room,
271; folding room. SOS; COMPRESSION
al record room. 100; chief engineers
division, IS; branch in treasury de-
partment. o.; branch in library of
congress, 81; branch in department
of interior, 80; branch in navy de-
partment, 81; branch in department
of state, az; branch in war depart
ment, ~; branch in department. of
agriculture, II; public documents di-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
In planning the new printing Office
the architect. by the advice of the pub

IN planning the new printing Office
the architect, by the advice of the pub
lie printer, has paid particular atten-
tion to light and ventilation. Light is
supplied by thousand windows many
of which face spacious inner court,
with additional ventilation from a
complete exhaust system, Heat is
supplied by the latest system Of di-
rect-indirect steam.
Architecturally the building is one
of the finest specimens OF the steel
skeleton class. The metal framing,
which represents n weight of G,oo0
tons. is completely covered by fire
proof material. The brick is of the
best variety, including large guam
tfty of the white ennmeled kind, to be
used for dadoes around the room walls
and for lining stair and elevator wells
and toilet rooms. The edifice will con-
tain l1s,O0o square feet of granolithic
and asphalt pavement and II, 800 yards
OF concrete. All the "baseboards" will
be cast iron. and this motal will also
be employed for door and window
frames. The roof framing Is of steel,
and on this will be placed covering of
glazed tile, to produce harmonious
color scheme. The building will be
seven stories, with storage rooms in
the basement.
Lieut.. John Stephen Sewell, of the
United States engineer corps. who has
charge of the construction of the new
printing office, reports that twill be
finished during the present year, and
within the authorized limit cost. The
last sentence is powerful argument
for those who advocate the erection
of oil public buildings under the su-
pervision of army engineers and de-
nounce the employment of profess
siona1 contractors.
Several years ago an agitation was
started to do away with the govern
ment printing office. There is no
doubt that lots of the stuff printed at
public expense is not worth the paper
wasted upon it; but the critics fail to
take cognizance of the fact that If the
same stuff were given out to outside
printers. under government con-
tract, it would cost fully 25 per cent.
more. AS long as congressman will
talk, they will insist upon seeing their
names in print, and government sci
enlist and experimenters consider
themselves entitled to general circu-
1ation of their bulletins. A great
country like ours cannot afford to ba
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
WORTH 100000, 600.
The President of q certai,

The President of certain big Oil Conn
pany is said to be worth $500, 10000 A
tidy bit of money and no mistake. And
yethe isn't happy. In an address to Bible
class he spoke of trials and troubles OF the
rich and the loads they have to carry. A
young lady whispered to q friend that he
might wear Benson's Porous Plaster on his
back or, better still, divide the money among
the members Of the class. don't know
why her idea about the plaster makes me
want to laugh, but it does. All the same
have seen plenty of people laugh after
putting Bepson's Plasters on their backs
or chests. or on any other spot where there
was weight, heayiness, weakness or pain.
II may be the sharp stabs Of neuralgia, the
aches and wrenches Of rheumatism it may
be colds in muscles or bones; it may be
those kidney or lumbago thrusts that make
you yell as at dog bite; or it may be q
strain or cramp, anything that wants quiet
ing and comforting. Don't bother with
salves, iniments, lotions, etc., or with any
Of the stupid and useless old style plasters.
Clap on q Benson's. It relieves at oncl
and cures quickly. It stops the pain and
makes you laugh for the very ease and good
feeling Of it. But watch out against i'm.
itations and substitutes. All druggists, OF
we will prepay postage on any number
ordered in the United States on receipt OF
ACC. each.
seabrsy L johnson. Mig. Chemists, y.
90 Y3ssgylMyssiS !. - -. -s.zssS&32S&
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
Don't Start Wrong.

Don't start the summer with ling.
ering cough or cold. We all know what
summer cold" is. It's the hardest
kind to cure. Often 1T "hangs on
through the entire season. Take it in
hand right now. A few doses of One
Minute Cough Cure will set you right.
Sure cure for coughs, colds, Group, grip
bronchitis, all throat and lung troub-
les. Absolutely safe. Acts at once.
Children like it. "One Minute Cough
Cure is the best cough medicine 1 ever
used, says j. H. Bowles, Groverton,
N. III. ~ never found anything else
that acted so safely and quickly."-
ShuttleWorth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
FRAME FOR GR1NDsToNE.
Axes and scsthes Can Re Ground
Without Interfering with the
Man who Turns the Crank.

\ correspondent who lives in Vest
field, Ghautauqua county, n, Y, de-
scrihes an excellent method OF mount
ing grinastone. The frame is shaped
like a bluut-pointed wedge. The
width at one end is about six inches.
and at the other it slightly exceeds the
diameter OF the stone. Bits of scant
ling are used for the end pieces, and
the edges should be properly bevelled.
To these are nailed side pieces of inch
boards four inches wide. At the wide
end of the frame the side pieces can
be extended II few inches and rounded
off for handles.
Nail three legs to the outside of the
end pieces. Cut the leg pieces wide at
the top and taper to the bottom so
Shat they will be wide where they join
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09

Rev. c. A. ,Easton, d: D., pastor Of
the Baptist church at Cleveland,
Ohio, made the following utterance
recently:
''The anarchists are not all poor
men. Men who made the laws for
their own gain, who amassed riches
10y taking advantage of the failures to
enforce laws which their wealth en-
ables them to bring about, are anar-
chists of the worst kind. The man
who geUS rich at the expense of the
people is an anarchist of 5he worst
kind"
This condemns John d. Rockefeller
y. p. Morgan, Mark Hanna, the stee
trust, the ]. j. Hill merger and al
similar combines including the money
crust They are the worst anarchists
the world has produced. They are
creators of all anarchy. Why tolerate
them?- National Republican.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
Retrospective.

II tell YOU" said the new benedick,
II never knew how much happiness
there was in this world until got mar
ried."
"That's right" replied the cynical
bachelor. at seems the poet was right
when he said: "A sorrows crown of
sorrow is remembering happier
things "-Philadelphia Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
Like a Drowning Man.

Give years ago disease the doc
tors called dyspepsia took such a hold
OF me that ] could scarcely go, writes
Geo. s. Marsh, well-known attorney OF
Nocona, Tex. ~ took quantities OF
pepsin and other medicines but moth
Ing helped me. Asa drowning man
grabs at Straw grabbed at IIodol,
felt an improvement at once and after
a few bottles am sound and we'll. .
Kodol is the only preparation which
exactly reproduces the natural diges-
tive juices and consequently is the
only one which digests any good food
and cures any form Of stomach troub-
le,-Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09
The Dependence Upon Farmsrs.

Through all financial reviews, stock
market quotations, and reports of
transforming and.manipuiatlon there
runs a refrain of mixed hope and fear
regarding the farm crops OF The year
that confesses the ultimate depend
ence of the bushes interests OF the
country upon its farms and farmers.
1t is we'll known, and freely confessed,
that there is an enormous amount of
false capitalization represented in
monopolies of all kinds that interest
and dividends cannot be paid upon
unless farmers have large quantity
OF products to ship the coming fall,
and able to buy at least normal guam
titles Of the products of the largely
over-capitalized manufacturing trusts.
1t is significant that nothing is said
about the dependence upon the pur-
chasing power Of any class of citizens
except farmers, for even trust formers
are creators of false capital know that
the country's volume of business of all
kinds depends upon the soil s products
and the producers OF them. Mining,
numbering and manufacturing, mer-
chandising, transporting and banking
all languish when crops are poor, and
they flourish in exact proper ton
to the profits made by those who pro-
duce them. Hence the prayers Of the
mighty captains of industry" are for
good crops; they pray now, however,
that they may prey hereafter!
This confession of dependence upon
the humble by the mighty ought to
clearly indicate to the first the mate
power they possess, and inspire them
to devise means to make their power
effective in moulding the commercial
systems under which they live. Huge
business interests are now anxious
about the crops of the year; they
should be just as anxious about the
attitude Of the troopers regarding the
disposing of their crops! The creators
of false capitalization should not be
allowed to worry about crops only;
they should be in doubt and fear about
what the growers Of the crops are 60
ing to do with false capitalization Gre
ators. Railroad magnates should be
as anxious about what crop growers
are going to do with watered stocks,
dtscrlutuative rates, and railroad
support of coal, oil and other com
bines as they are Of the condition Of
growing crops. Grain market manlp-
ulators should have something besides
prospective crop yields to speculate
upon, they should be in as much douot
about the possible acts Of farmers as OF
the acts of providence. "What part
will the farmer play as price maker
should be question in every grain
nit. Inspired by systems that should
be in vogue that would give to farm
ers little something, at least, to say
about what their products sell for. In
short, considering the universal de-
pendence upon the farmer he Should
he the middle man in bed full; when
he fiops every other one In the oed
would have to flop, too.-Farm, SUCK
and Home.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-09

| vision, 20. The rest is employed in
| miscellaneous divisions of the serv-
ice.
The number of presses in use is
1877, the output of which is 100000
impressions per day of eight hours.
Among these presses is wonderful
pieoe Of machinery, capable of print
ing cards ON both sides from a web
of bristol board at the rate of 65,-
900 cards per hour. Equally interest
ing are four envelope presses, whose
output is 10000 printed envelopes
each per hour.
| The total horsepower of the en-
gines is $500; of the boilers, 2,4OO.
The sizes of the electric generators
are one of 300 kilowatts, one of 1877
ldlowatts and two of GOO kilowatts.
There are 251 electric motors in use.
having an aggregate of s7 horse
power. The quantity of type used is
about 100000 pounds, or $50 tons.
The aggregate expenses of the Office
per year are S4,O0O,0 900, nearly three
fourths of which is paid to en-
ployes for labor.
The quantity of raw material used
is almost beyond comprehension. In
one year the office consumed 5000
tons Of paper; $4,000 pounds of glue;
1000 packs of gold leaf for titles
and decorative purposes; $4,000
square feet of imitation Russia
leather; 10000 skins Flaw Sheep"
$500 gallons lubricating oil; 1850
pounds molding wax; $500 pounds
plumbago for electrotyping; 10000
pounds printing ink; 5000 pounds
sulphate of copper; 1000 pounds
thread; 5000 pounds tin foil; 1000
title leather skins; 1900 turkey
morocco skins; 5000 pounds anti.
mony and tin; 100000 pounds bar
lead; 10000 pounds bar tin; 1900
gallons benzine; 100000 pounds bind
ers' board; o,o0O pieces book muslin;
| 5000 yards canvas for covering
books; 5000 pounds cast-iron filings;
$4,000 pounds copper battery plates;
$4,000 yards muslin; 10000 pounds
cotton waste, and 1900 tons of coal
Number of pages of matter issued in
one wear is nearly 100000.
| Under the management of Mr.. Pal.
mer the government printing office
has maintained it's reputation of be
| ing the best-managed print shop ii
the world One Of the striking illus
tratiops of the capabilities Of the Of
fee for executing orders and one Of
which the officials may be justly
proud-was the printing Of the mes
sage of President Mckinley trans
hitting the report of the naval court
of inquiry upon the destruction @!
the battleship Maine in Havana
harbor. This publication consisted
of POS pages of text, "a full-pag'
engravings and one Autograph il
colors; and although the originals
of the illustrations were not in thu
possession of the Office until three
o'clock p. M. Of March rs, and tn.
manuscript of the text was not re
ceived until six p. m. of the same
day, complete printed copies, in pa
per covers, were placed upon thu
desks Of senators and representa-
tiyes by ten o'clock the following
morning. ..