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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-14
ORCHARD ST.

Mr.. John Cavanaugh. of 5S7 Orchard
street, South Side, employed in one of
the large steel mills. says: zone box
of Doan's Kidney Pills cured me of Il
pain across my kidneys, which 1 suf-
fered from for years. l have been so
bad that | could not bend over without
great pain. If / took cold it became
much more severe. l used all kinds
of remedies and wore plasters on my
back for weeks, but without giving
me relief, until 1 procured Doan's Kid
ney Pills from Matthews Bros drug
store. I had only taken a few doses
when l began to feel better and l
steadily improved until l was COM
pletely cured OF my longstanding
trouble"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-14

O The Newark Shoe Stores Reputation
q for Good Shoes is 50 firmly established
O that it is unnecessary to say anything
0 about the quality of the Newark stock,
0 except that, owing to the recent business
0 depression caused byunsettled labor con-
Q ditions, the stock is much larger than
0 usual, in fact, so large that we can pro-
0 vide Al shoe bargains for all who will
0 take advantage of this great "Closing Out
Q Sale at the following prices.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-14
CAPOUSE AVE.

Mrs. William Riley, of 1914 Capouse
avenue, says: For seven years l had
trouble with my back and kidneys.
When L stopped, walked or stood long
my back got very bad. I could not do
hard work about the mouse without
ed out and had no ambition. read a
great deal about Doan's Kidney Pills,
and got a box at Matthews Bros drug
store. / took in all, three boxes, and
they cured me-"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-14

Get what you ask for. Get DOANS Don't accept
something just good' rIost druggists
ney Pills and will give you what you call for may
endeavor to substitute article they make profit
Insist having genuine SO cents rlanufac-
tured by Foster rIburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-14
WASHBURN ST.

Mrs. NJ. Evans, of 1922 Washburn
street, says: IL had backache for at
least three years, not always real bad,
but it grew gradually worse. I saw
Doans Kidney Pills advertised and
got them in Matthews Bros drug
store. They began to help me within
Il week, and from that time ! grew
better rapidly until cured"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
4 Letter In haIstad Reporter.

A letter In HaIstsd Reporter.
The peoples party has not been the
useless affair. that many people are
superdcial enough to think. 1t has
served some good purposes already.
During it's life the; peoples party ex-
ercised q powerful influence upon the
more thoughtful of the leaders of the
republican party, and that party has
got some populism creeping into it's
workings and will have more.
But what will the peoples party do
next with reference to itself. Just try
to live and grow big again all by it.
self? Perhaps it will try. Conditions
may develop in the future which would
push the party into prominence in q
comparatively short time. Some seem
to think that the now almost homele 50
populist should 60 to the socialists.
I don't know, but can say that up here
in the woods we are not half ready fer
the ways of socialists yet. Still, If I
were "retired gentleman Of means. -
I can't say but that 1 might join the
socialists so as to have an inexhaust-
1ble stock Of dreaming material that
would never threaten to give out
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
Who Should Elect tho Superintendent,

Who Should Elect tho Superintendent
There 20 no reason why the rural
schools, or rather, the voters in the
country districts, should be. compelled
to accept superintendent chosen, in
many instances, by the. electors of
the independent districts, when that
officer has no moro to do with the
latter schools than he has with the
state university. Why should an elec-
tor in an in iepeadent district have
the power to cast vote that elects
an officer, to do special work, which
in no way affects the interests of said
elector, for the residents of certain
territory, of which said elector is not
q RESIDENT. The voters of the rural
districts-the farmers are certainly
capable of. choosing q man to look
after their echo ools.s They are as good
judges of the hesqualifcationsso an as
pirant for the Office as are the voters
OF the independent districts and need
no assistance from the latter source.
Mascot.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
The FIRE INSURANCE COMBINE OF MINNESOTA
People Of the Small Cities aud Villages Should
: Organize to Secure Lesser Insurance Rates.

OF the state take the matter up, by ap-
pofYting capable business man from
each. Let these men meet and devise
ways and means for forming mutual
comp any, confniug its business to
these smaller places and there can be
no. question but that our insurance
will.be reduced at least fifty per cent
Theinsurance trust is the most COM
plete and exacting of all trusts and
must be curbed. Let it be done
quickly and SO effectually that we
shall no more be subjected to it's grind
ing tyranny"
It.seems to us that this is the easiest
and most sensible way to settle this
question. Cooperation is the order
OF the day, and it is strange that the
business men have not already taken
steps TO apply that principle to this
important item in their expense &C.
count. Mutual fire insurance COM
panies have worked splendidly among
farmers. There is no reason why
such q company should not be a good
thing for the business men. By leav>
ing out the big cities the risks would
be materially reduced. Most of the
smaller cities and larger villages have
efficient means for fighting fire, thus
giving assurance against any general
oonaagration.
The losses by fire in the cities under
confederation above amounted during
the period named to about thirty-four
per bent of the premiums paid. AL
lowing sixteen per cent more for rum
ming expenses, the rates could be cut
down fifty per cent from those charged
by the trust companies. The subject
Is worthy of the earnest thoughts of
every business man, and we hope to
see them take it up for discussion.
Thepapers throughout.the state can do
efficient e,iisf work for their patrons by
bringing the subject before them.
Publicity may even force the trust to
become more reasonable in it's de.
mands. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20

From all over the s. ate come com.
plants Of the extortionate rates levied
by the fire insurance trust. It will be
remembered that short time ago the
rates in the business district of Will.
mar were raised. The same course
was apparently followed in most ii
not all OF the smaller cities and vii.
lagos of the state. The losses by fire
in Willmar we're unusually heavy last
year, and many supposed that this
was the reason for the action. But
the premiums collected in Willmar
that year exceeded the losses by So,
5000. That is the smallest gain in
premiums over losses that the trust
has made as far back as we have any
record. To get at anything like fair
ratio of losses and premiums it is nec-
essary to take q period extending
over several years. During the elk
years 1895 1901 the insurance com
panies collected in premiums here
$54, ,313, IA, and paid out in losses $685.
449,el, leaving an excess of premiums
Of go, 63.53. There was certainly
nothing in this showing to warrant the
raise.
In the cities of Albert Lea, North.
field, Fairmont and Willmar and the
village of Preston the excess of premi-
ums over losses during that six year
period was $211 ,16o.8e
A heavy levy that on the business
men OF these cities, and that too with
out the investment Of q single dollar
in any one OF them. Is it any wonder
that the business men are growing
restless? Either the insurance COM
panies are robbing the business men
in the smaller towns to keep down
rates in the larger cities, or they are
robbing everywhere. In either case
It is time. to put q stop to It some
way. The Preston Times suggests the
following way out of the difficulty: =.
''Let all the smaller towns and cities
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
kanska POsten,

Bankers will Try tho "Group System." +"
At the executive council meeting of
the Minnesota Bankers association
in Minneapolis, on the 9Th, it was de-
cided to organize three district asso-
Citations as an experiment.. These will
be in the first, second and seventh
congressional districts, and on the
success of these will depend the dis
tricting of the whole state. Each men,
ber of the executive council in the
three districts named will be respon-
stble for the organization of the as
sociation in his Observation-Disclosures
West.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
Danger Speculation Following Prosperity

occasions will spread till the panic be-
comes general. The banks of the
country are so interviewer by means
of loans of reserves from country
banks to city banks and so on down to
the New York banks that shock must
be felt all along the line when the
solar plexus in Wall street is hit
hard. :. '~tT*f--
1t is announced by the papers that
the Grand Mogul, J. P. Morgan, has
formed a pool among the largest New
York banks that will furnish fifty
million dollars in an emergency. No
doubt Morgan will do all in his power
to stave off crisis as long as he has
any gigantic trust company in process
Of formation The question is, how
ever, where are the fifty million dol.
lars to- come from. That is no small
sum in ready cash TO be produced at
moments notice. Most of the New
York banks have already loaned their
money quite close to the legal reserve.
Will they unload securities in Euro.
pean markets? That cannot be done
without a loss, as money rates are
quite stiff there now, and any sudden
selling of that kind to get gold for ex-
port will, make rates still higher. Or
will they draw it from other parts of
the United States? In that case, too,
rates will become higher. The banks
can do it that way if rates in. New
York become high enough to warrant
it, but in that case they will become
too high for most of the speculators
to make use of the money offered.
. It lis to be hoped that the danger
may be averted, but it is folly for the
business world not to recognize the
danger and take steps to meet the
shock if it should come. !:
The danger may be averted this
time, or if the crisis comes the great
natural wealth Of the nation will in
few years reproduce prosperity. But
is it not about time for the nation to
take steps to eliminate this constant.
source Of danger? Government owner.
ship of railroads and telegraph lines,
and municipal ownership Of local pub:
lie ut1lities would remove from the
market most Of the stocks that are the
source Of this reckless specula atlon.
Y is useless TO endeavor to supply
enough money tp prevent crises as
long as the stock for ulating IS
there for the more money there is ii
sight the wilder does the speculative
mania rage. Cut the roots Of thi.
deadly Upas tree that blights legiti-
mate business.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
"Santa Claus" Mail.

The following piece of advice given
by postal authority may be we'll to
heed by those sending away Christmas
gifts:
1'In order to make sure that q
Christmas present arrives in time,
when sent by mail, it should be dis.
patched at least twenty-four hours
earlier than is necessary at any other
time of the year. Allowance should
be made for the Christmas crush. II
the package or letter is registered, il
should be sent two days earlier than
usual. Registered packages have to
be receipted for SO often, especially il
they 60 east Of Chicago"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
ENTAILS MUCH SUFFERING
The Fuel Famine In the Canadian
Northwest Drives Settlers to Des.
perato Acts-burn Furniture. 8.

Willmar people who have been con-
siderably stirred up on account OF the
shortage in the hard coal supply have
cause TO be thankful that they have
other fuel with which to relieve the
famine, and are not obliged to under
60 the experiences had in less FORUM
ate communities. The following spec
ial from Winnipeg to the Minneapolis
Journal shows the situation in some
parts of the Canadian country:
Furniture makes expensive tirewood,
but it is being burned by farmers on
the prairies, for the scarcity of fuel in
isolated rural districts of Manitoba
has reached an acute stage, so acute
indeed that many farmers and their
families are in q really desperate
plight. The railways have been taxed
to. their utmost capacity during the
past few months relieving the grain
blockade and, in consequence, have
paid no attention to the clamor and
petitions for fuel from all over the
country The result has been disas-
trous and has entailed> great hardship
and much suffering at points along
the Northwest Central and on the
Pipestone line where no wood is avail
able at all.
It is pitiable sight to see farmers
with their wagons and ready money
literally besieging incoming trains at
little stations and begging for coal to
mo avail. One town received only one
car of Ignite coal in four weeks, at
other places when car arrived the
fuel was doled out carefully to enable
the supply to relieve the stress of the
circumstances as generally as posi-
bic, but even then scores have been re-
fused any after driving ten to fifteen
or twenty miles in hope of procuring
1t and have been forced to return to
11reless stove and suffering family
with no means of relieving them.
The climax was reached last week,
when the severe weather set in and the
mercury dropped to 81 below zero.
The unfortunate farmers burned
their fence posts, tore down their
stables and burned them in many cases
and as last resort between them and
freezing. to death they smashed their
furniture and burned it.
1t Is really desperate condition of
affairs and should more severe wealth
er descend upon them in their isolated
position the result is not pleasant to
contemplate.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
realization.

through realization. !. ~ -.
No, among my populist acquaint
ances, I know Of but very few that
would make fit members of the social
ist party. Not many will GO there.
I,have observed that men of intem-
perate habits frequently make them.
selves extremely sociable and ohum-
my to others and usually upon very
short notice too. But pretty soon the
fact that the character of such men is
without q bottom to it becomes pain
fully apparent and there is dissolu-
tion of ''chumshi b." Now the popu-
lists were 'sstruck" by the dem ocrats.
allowed themselves to be chummed
with and got little left but the benefit
OF the experience; still that is some
thing ahd should at least teach them
to seek reliable company next time,
With reference to state and local ope-
rations I think the populists and pro-
hibitionists might be able to show a
presentable front in this state.
The question of local option which
has repeatedly been 50 shamefully
treated by our legislatures might be
made one of the prominent state is
sues. 1t is certainly entitled to such
place;
You populists and prohibitionists
in Norman county would make ouita a
"dangerous" party if you should
agree to 'ssfuse' at home. There is
much greater variance in the tempera-
ments and dispositions of many par
ties who have stood before the
''squire'' than there is among the pop
ulists and prohibitionists OF Norman
county. Very truly yours,
TOILET BENSON, Bagley, MINI.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20

With an abundant crop, not only
satisfying the demands of the home
market but leaving large surplus for
export; with the mines pouring out
their hidden wealth in ever swelling
streams; with manufacturers reaping
big rewards from this natural pros
perity, there certainly ought to be no
cause for fearing any disturbance in
the business world. The party that
claims the credit for this prosperity
has two more years of unbroken power,
so there can be no political reason for
fearing change. The money volume
has increased twenty-five per cent in
the last five years, and if we had
enough money in 1895 we certainly
ought to have enough now. The re-
publican financiers told US then that
ninety per cent of the business was
done by means of checks without the
use of any actual money. Thus the
business of the country could increase
$50 per cent, on an increase of Is per
cent of actual money, and it has not
reached that limit yet by great deal.
!, Yet in spite of all this there are
'rumors of hard times ahead of US.
And the danger comes now, as it has
always come, :, from the speculative
world, especially in New York. The
overspeculation that inevitably follows
good times has led to it's legitim ate
result. This speculation has been
rendered more reckless and dangerous
by the great amount of trust stock
created and thrown on the market dur
ing the past three years. SO much of
this stock was. water, possessing no
other value than the earning capacity
depending on getting a monopoly OF
the market, that the speculation was
the widest kind Of gambling. The de-
mands for money for this gambling
became 50 heavy that the government
was called on to help furnish money
to the New York banks This helped
for some time, but now the scarcity Of
money is felt again, and the secretary
of the treasury has nounced that he
has already loaned to the banks all
the available. cash and can dorno more
for them. Stocks have been steadily
going down for the last three months
and have not vet struck bottom. The
danger Is that 2 panic may seize the
speculators any day during this pro-.
cess. # money cannot be obtained dSby.
the shorts to put up margins the crash7
may come any day. Let but asrpn
commence on some 81 the New Cork
banks and the Wild and unreasoning:
fear that always seizes people On such
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
In the CHOOSING
of Mates
By REV. JENKIN LLOYD JONES,
Pastor ALI Souls Church, Chicago.

ca accomplishments do avail where youth beauty decline and
where the goods of this world powerless. - !.
And you young woman behooves in these days
hundred counse from the posac judgments of the from
the tnng bells Of in the heart anxious that YOU
should investigate closely the income of your escort are
not willing to enter into humble partnership cottage and
submit to the labor Joint homang with
the who worth recpocates you worthy such
love and bless the whom wound BY your
Young discover the belle Of the Calico with
the pes Of washing before her. you complete YOUR
estimate Of her Young watch the your gaans
mind when he not in full dress dress parade pleased
when he retves glove brings early yoets That but
how he the unknown child with the dirty strnbea
under his feet the Note for tho
patience that his food for him kitchen what his
greeting 70 the washerwonan who neither
well clothed how he horse that i not his own
and his neighbors doa s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
= Tho Primary Election Law.

= The Primary Election Law. r.
Whether the primary election law is
satisfactory or not is a debatab bile
question. Some favor It, others op-
pose it, probably for the reason that
they meet with new difficulties in the
attempt to secure Office under our
present system of nominating candi-
dates. AS an effort is likely to be
made in the next legislature to repeal
the primary election law, it would be
we'll to ventilate the question and see
if the motives for such a repeal are due
to anxiety for the welfare OF the state
or simply for the purpose OF serving
personal interests. Should it be
shown that under the primary election
law the people are prevented from
nominating just the kind of candidates
they desire, it would be nothing but
right to have the law repealed. But
if, on the other hand, it should be
proved that one party or another is
injured by the law or that certain can
didates should fail to be elected be-
cause of the argument used against
them by opponents in the race for
nomination previous to the primary
election. it should be q very strong
argument against the repeal of the
law.
AS yet, those legislators who favor
repeal have presented no argument
that prove the law to be detrimental
to the public welfare. This cannot be
done and therefore the enemies of the
primary election law have been forced
to show color-to admit that they are
more anxious for the party welfare
than the public interests. The fact
that some candidates were defeated
because of the ventilation of their
public record by opponents for the
nomination, is q great tribute to the
primary election law. It will only
serve as q warning fer the elected
officials that they are compelled to be
true and faithful in the discharge of
their public duties, that the public is
watching every move they make and
that they cannot save themselves by
close afhliation with certain "gang"
or clique of politicians.
There are some phases of the law
which are not satisfactory to the vot-
ers of either party. But these have
crept in on account Of the legislators
desire to further party interests in.
stead of the general welfare of the
public. These obnoxious stipulations,
such as the Infamous clause compel
ling the electors to declare party af-
fiiations ETC., can easily be remedied.
With a little good will on the part of
our representatives in the next legis-
lature it will be very easy to so amend
the primary election law, that it will
:be satisfactory to both or all parties.
The people will not be satisfied to
turn over the nominating power
to the political machines again. 1t
may be that the party in
power is strong enough to repeal
the law. But we are confident
that the member of the next legislature
who SO betrays the confidence his dis
trict has placed in him need never
look for re-election.-Svenska Ameri-
kanska Posten.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20

cedar lighted themselves into the ah;
of Instead Of old battered dobabes aic
patng comfortable and learns wink with one
and blind with the other Those things induced oy Christ
bring but smile approval gets WELD an
brow against circumstances days loathe
Pitabe thoughts Of other peoples chdennot papa and
dolls one sob with
sympathy 16 90 le tides these just takes
laws: ALI. or THE CHILDISH CAPACITY FOR woe re-
SOLVES ITSELF INTO A BAD QUARTER OFSAN HOUR
AND JOY TURNS INTO A QUIET SMILE. @
after a the though there no Santa Ca, and
motoes learn Other children the
rPsaee earth which tie Christ meant to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20
Christmas Of the Crown-Ups
BY JESSIE LLEWELLyN: -"
DaaShssr Of Lisavsnyn. Of kansas.

1t is too bad to be grown up on Christmas.
DIAMONDS NEVER TAKE THE PLACE
OF, DOLLS, and sweethearts or husbands,
they say, are never half so amusing as Santa
Claus. Presents become barter, and each year
ones own taste is more complicated.
. One outgrows the appreciation Of Christ
mas cards with real diamond dust on the
snow, and things received cannot be pawned
or 6 given ven away; they must occupy a place in
the center Of the nantel, because one grows to
know tact" knowledge is a nuisance, and
Christmas IS amernory for grown-ups. Thedays
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20

t1ere IS mind; see that the object Of
your love is possessed Of intel1i-
gence, of a purpose, and particular
ly that quality of thought concern
ing the permanent and superlative
concerns of life as promise congen-!
iality, and a companionstip in the
realms beyond and above. where so-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20

"Past experiences give good coun-
sci but make poor patterns.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-20

would do not marry for culture But voting
prize future happiness you 90 where