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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Does Not Shelter Monopoly.

"If a trust buys its raw material
abroad or buys 1t at home of producers
In whom IL has no interest. the removal
of the tariff on such raw material would
not hurt but benefit the trust, To illus.
trate. the removal of the tariff on cattle
IL 1t had any effect would help, not hurt
the beef trust, by simply enabling 1t to
buy cattle cheaper to the detriment of
the American farmer. but would not neces-
sarily in any way relieve the people from
oppression, because the chief complaint
against the trust evil rests upon the con-
tentlon that 1t can and does by its power
hold the price of what 1t sells out Of due
relation to the cost OF production.
when a trust has so far dsveloped its
industry as to be able to compete in the
market places of the world and when its
domestic competitors have not so far de-
veloped their business as to be able to
so compete, a removal of the tariff would
destroy not the trust but the competitors
of the trust and thus make the monopoly
complete.
where a trust controls the production
of an article here and the foreign pro-
ducticn of the same article Is controlled
by another trust, the removal Of the tariff
from the clutches of trust but to simply
transfer them from the clutches of a
domestic trust compelled by tariff law to
produce its goods abroad viii. foreign
labor.
IF these three propositions are correct
1t appears that the proposed plan is on
par with the wisdom of democratic
craftsmanship generally and that the
democratic party would II 1t had the
power injure perhaps incidentally some
of the trusts, at the same time fatten
others by increasing their already unjust
profits, rob the American laboring man OF
that work which is justly his and bring
about another starving tA-a.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

Fruit Notes.
From the most recent weekly re-
ports issued by the Climate and Crop
Service of the Weather Bureau, we
gather the following information con-
corning fruit prospects:
Georgia. - Peaches, apples, pears
and plums continue to rot and these
fruits are below normal in quality and
quantity. The dry weather has given
a decided set back to the water melon
crop.
Illinois.-The apple crop ranges
from very poor to very fine. In some
localities the prospects have been i'm
proved by the rain. Though in some
places the peach prospects are fair.
they are generally very poor.
Iowa.-The average condition OF
apples is 65, plums so, grapes SIS.
Maryland and Delaware.-A further,
thought slight, decrease in fruit pros
poets is noted throughout the section,
due to continued falling and to a
measurable loss of good fruit BY
wind gusts. Some spraying is being
done in the orchards of Washington
county. Early apples are now ripe,
with poor to medium yields, affording
an ample supply for home use in most
localities, but not many for market.
Peaches continue to drop freely, ex-
cept in the southeast where they are
holding fairly well and still promise
moderately good yields. Some apri.
cots are now ripe in Prince Georges
county. Japan plums are ripening in
Cecil, and are falling off freely in
Anne Arundel.
Michigan.-Cherries are yielding
only moderately and in some cases
poorly. Plums indicate light crop,
but apples, pears and peaches COM
tinue promising.
Missouri.-The apple crop continues
to decline and little more than one
third of crop for the state is H2w
indicated
nnsylvania.-Applas and peaches
are dropping in nearly all sections;
cherries are good in some districts
and in others failure; and the con-
ditions are not such as to warrant
expectations of the usual berry crop.
| Higher temperatures are needed to
promote growth and maturity.
Strawberries, cherries.
currants and other small fruits have
ripered very rapidly and improved
somewhat in quality during the pas.
few days. The prospects for apples
is generally discouraging although in
some localities the crop will be fair.
| Cranberries are in good condition.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Bitter Bot of the ArpIes.

A word now should be said upoa.
the common name. Very commonly;
the infected flesh of an apple is dis.
tinctly bitter to the taste, but there IL
much variation in this. Sometimes
the bitterness is very slight, in other
cases almost equal to quinine. But
such bitterness sometimes results
also from other causes. Other fungi
produce a similar taste in the affected
fruit, though those usually attacking
stored apples have no such effect. The
musty flavor due to common molds Is
altogether different. If the word Bit
ter is not always characteristic, the
word rot is not especially appropriate.
The affected tissues are never slushy-
soft. There is indeed no extra ac-
emulation or Incorporation of water.
The spot is hard and firm and at
length becomes sunken somewhat
from the shrinkage of the drying pulp
of the fruit. There is no odor. The
apple seems to be converted into q
semi-woody substance which is re-
sistent Of decay. 1t is In this condi-
ton that the shriveled fruit remains
for year or more attached by its
dead stem to the twig, or endures for
similar length of time upon the
ground. II, however, the affected
fruit is neither constantly bitter nor
really rotten, still the name is as APP
propriate as any that can probably be
found and is certainly better than
that Of ripe rot" which has been pro-
posed.-Prof. T. j. Burrill.
Bitter rot of the apple is directly
due to vegetable parasite which.
starting from spore lodged upon the
surface of the apple or in a puncture
made by other instrumentalities,
grows in the pulpy tissues of the
fruit and in a few days bears another
crop of spores, by means of which
the process may be indefinitely re-
peated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Protect Orchard Soil.

In discussion on orcharding III.
Aug" slime said: noticed particularly
in the Missouri state meeting that
there is general feeling that the
soil is being injured by exposure to
the hot sun during the summer. I
am talking now of an orchard that is
not covered all over and shaded all
over. They think that the soil is be.
ing injured by the constant exposure
from year to year to the hot season,
especially in central Illinois, where
we have this black soil, where the
suns rays are terrible, and over in
Missouri they feel that they must do
something occasionally once In two or
three years at least they must seed 1t
down to clover or something else, to
prevent the bare ground being exposed
to the action Of the hot sun, and that
has been my impression. do not
believe in leaving the weeds to grow
and ripen, but the weeds are naturally
there, and sometimes you can't get
stand Of clover or anything else, so
as to have the ground protected for
year, but IL you have the weeds
and NOV them Just as soon as they
get to be of some size and keep on at
that, you are obtaining a mulch to
retain the moisture. great deal more
than 1t evaporates. in my way OF
thinking.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Cuba Was Freed,

Hardly was the republican party safely
returned to power when the demand for
the freedom Of Cuba became almost uni
versai and to that end war was
undertaken with Spain with little fore
knowledge of the great problems
that were to arise out OF
that war to vex us long after the pur-
pose OF the war was accomplished. With
wisdom of the pledges made we sacredly
on the Goth day of last May the flag OF
island. and the Cuban republic took its
place among the nations OF the earth.
AS she has been the recipient OF our
boundless bounty in our treasure and In
our blood. so she will always have our
cordial good will, and we trust that she
will demonstrate TO the world the capac-
tty of her race to long maintain n gem
uine republic. based upon the will of the
people, governed and controlled by law.
"Out of the war with Spain we came
into possession of Porto Rico AMI the
Philippines. The former gladly accepted
our form Of government and is already
enjoying a large measure OF benefit. The
development that Is there going on can
be no better illustrated than by saying
that In March, 1899. there were between
5000 and p. 900 scholars in the schools
and there are now 5000. The doubling of
school attendance In three years marks
the progress being made In Americanizlng
the island. for there Is nothing that so
tends to that end as the American school
house and the American teacher.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

ed remains of some OF his conrads, be.
came too severe with the wretchss who
had been guilty Of such outrage the incl
dent was taken up and maghified to the
discredit of the American army, but no
reference was made to the brutal prov
ocation that mitIgated IL 1t did not ex-
cuse the act. The republican party has
no sympathy with cruelty. and the repuD-
lican administration has made every eff
fort where there was semblane of truth
behind such charges to bring the guilty to
justice. Not refusing to humliate in his
old that brave and heroic soldier of two
wars, Gen. Jacob III. Smith, when 1t ap-
pcared that under great provocation he
had gone to too great length. But the
republican party will not countenance in
discriminate attacks upon the soldiers of
the republic. who for four years have
been nobly fighting our battles against
brutal and savage foes on the other side
of the world, beneath a scorching trop!c
sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Made Famous by a Song.

Pay Director Caspar Schenck, who
was recently buried in the naval Gem.
etery at Annapolis, was the author
Of poem which once attracted as
much attention as Admiral Coghlan's
"Hoch der Kaiser"
1t was based on the order of Ad.
miral Foote abvhshing the custom Of
piping all hands to grog." The grog
was abolished and the pay of every
enlisted man was raised five cents a
day. Schenck wrote song, the re-
frain of which was:
They raised our pay five cents a day,
But stopped our grog forever.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

embassy. Nine. Cambon has never
accompanied the ambassador to our
shores, not even for a peep at us, but
NJ. de Margerie is coming as first sec.
rotary. and he is coming soon. His
wife, this great beauty, is the sister
of Edmond Rostand. the foremost au
thor of French heroic drama. The
new secretary is literary man as well
as diplomat, and was stationed al
Copenhagen when the news of his
transfer came to him. He comes &c
us in place of M. Eugene Thiebaut,
who was transferred, at his own re-
quest, to Switzerland, that he might
be near his parents. NJ. Thiebaut was
nc: infrequently charge dafyaires. A
notable experience was his last sum-
mer, when Chinese affairs came to a
crisis while the French ambassador
was enjoying a comfortable vacation
on the outskirts of Paris.
Mms. Vignal, wife of the military
attache, has been the only lady ever
remotely connected with the embassy.
She is very quiet; the Vignals live in
modest home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Not Home-killed.

An English resident of Shanghai,
having made good dinner from
tasty but unrecognized dish, called
his cook, Wun Hoo, and congratulated
him on the excellent meal.
81 hope you didn't kill one of those
dogs to provide the SOUP" jestingly
remarked his daughter, referring. Of
course, to the pariahs which haunt
Chinese streets.
Wun Hoo made a solemn gesture Of
dissent.
mo killee dawg. missee." he ex.
planned. Him alleddy dead when /
pickee up!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
The Difference in Lives,

The late Gov. Vance of North Caro-.
lima was a member of the Presby-
terrain church. His brother, Gen.
Bob" Vance. was devout Methodist.
Referring to their creed one day, the
Governor said:
The difference between Bob and
me is that he believes in falling from
grace. but never falls. while do not
believe in falling from grace, and yet
I'm always falling.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Philippine lnsurreetlon.

I'm the Philippines we were not so gen.
erously welcomed. An Instruction against
US broke out before our title was perfect
ed by treaty. The treaty with Spain was
ratified by democratic and republican
votes and the title of Spain passed to the
United States. No republican president
would order American soldiers to retreat
before the onslaught of the semi-ctvilized
and treacherous foes that were In arms
against us In the Islands. and the war
went on amidst difficulties greater in
many re- cts than ever confronted
American oilers. except perchance. In
some of the Indian wars. Faced by foes
that buried captives alive and mutilated
the living and the dead, our brave men
went on some times fighting with odds
against them. as much as eighty TO one.
to final and complete victory. Our DEM
ocratlc friends, not satisfied with siding
with the enemies of their country In this
struggle, commenced to denounee the adj
mlnistration OF the war as cruel and In
human. Every time some American SOL
der who. after looking upon the mutilat-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
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ylHEN Senator Spooner was
" finishing his Philippine speech
- Senator Pettus, who is 81, sat
lElEXJ steadily writing at his desk
for more than an hour, but
at the same time apparently listening
to what Senator Spooner was saying:
What's he writing?" asked Senator
Willard of Senator Scott.
Don't know" replied Scott, "but it
seems too long for a letter"
The curiosity of all hands was sat
isfied soon after, for Mr.. Pettus arose,
took up the manuscript and read from
it. He had been writing an answer to
Senator Spooner while listening to
him.
II Is expected the tremendously pop
ular Count A. Tannowski is engaged
to the Polish heiress, Princes Czet-
wertyirska. At Newport and Bar
Harbor the count was the originator
of many summer evening entertain
ments, which included the revival OF
serenading. He will soon return to
America to take charge of the royal
and imperial Austro-H Hungarian lega-
ton, in the absence of the minister.
For the first time since the retire
ment of Baron and Baroness Won
Thielmann have there been ladies
among Germany representatives.
The ambassador enjoys their assist
ance at his large affairs, which are
very numerous. The staff of the en-
bassy on Highland terrace is as large
as that claimed by any foreign gov
eminent.
Countess Marguerite Cassini Is now
abroad and with her chaperon she will
soon be Joined by the Russian am
bassador, who is lonely without the
vivacious Marguerite. Before she left
Washington the insignia of the Order
of the Chefakat, the coveted Turkish
decoration for ladies, was sent by the
sultan to the young countess and pre-
sented by Ali Ferrouh Bey, the Tur-
kish minister, whose wife, the coun-
tess had the honor of entertaining at
luncheon during the early spring. 1t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
ADDRESS OF CON-
GRESHAM SMITH

The magnitude of this balance will per-
haps be better appreciated when | say
that the balance in favor of the United
States exceeds the combined balance in
favor of all the other nations OF the
earth. Happily prosperity has not hard
ened the hearts of our people.
"A few weeks ago a rumor reached this
country one Friday morning that the
second greatest volcanic disturbance In
the worlds history had befallen the peo-
pie of the French island of Martinique.
and that those who survived were home
less. naked and starving. On Saturday
the senate passed bill appropr!ating
money for the relief of the distressed.
on Monday the bill passed the house and
on Wednesday the United States vessel
Dixie sailed from New York heavily laden
with food and clothing for the people of
the afflicted island, to be distributed un.
der the supervision of that right arm of
the commissary department, Colonel
Hugh ]. Gallagher OF Iowa.
Why Capital Is Combined.
"Along with our wonderful develop
ment have come new problems. Agricul-
tural products can be shipped without be-
ins already sold, and will be absorbed at
the great central markets at some price.
The farmer can ship his grain. or his live
stock, without any previous contract for
their SAFE anu licy Will Dt DOubAi at tic
market price Of that day. be that good or
bad But few manufactured goods can be
thus sold. Steel bridges and locomotives
cannot be simply made and shipped and
find market at their destination. Orders
must be obtained for such products in
advance.
1--WE are now able to produce a large
surplus in most lines of manufactures and
it is essential that foreign markets be OBJ
tanned If our factories are to run at full
capacity and labor Is to be constantly en-
Iloyed. Tha seller must hunt the buyer.
Small firms and corporations connot keep
agents in all parts of the world seeking
orders for such goods. To carry on this
class of trade great corporations are nee
essary, and the loss to American working
men of more than 40s0O0,0O0 worth of
labor, and would have materially affected
the supply of work and its wages through
Oh the country.
ITO the end that men may be kept in
all parts of the world seeking contracts
to be performed by American labor, as
well as for many other reasons, 1t is es-
sential that great corporations exist. and
no intelligent student of the public inter-
est would wish to destroy them; but
many of these great corporations essen
tial to our common welfare have become
Ia practical effect and are now commonly
called trusts: have seized advantage of
the necessity for their existence, and used
the power conferred upon them for the
public good to Cypress and burden the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Republican Tariff Policy.

"The republican policy is far different.
1t VIII thoroughly test the existing laws
In the courts and II it is found that they
are in any way deficient will cause them
TO be amended and strengthened so far as
So We have seen the great, courageous
congress has constitutional power to do
and honest man, who now occupies the
White House, attack the Northern Secur
tiles Company and the beef trust under
the law as 1t Is, and it will require some
thing more than the baseless insinuations
of democratic statesmen to convince the
American people that the fight thus in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
A New Test for Deafness.

A curious test for deafness has
been brought before the Paris
Academy of Medicine by DR.. BONNER.
On applying tuning fork to the knee
or other part of the bony structure,
nothing is heard by the sound ear, but
the note is audible to an ear in which
disease has begun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
w.r. Not Her Dearest wish.s.

A London paper says that American
fashionable women are wearing belts
ornamented with Chinese hieroglyph.
les in silver, and that one woman was
chagrined to learn from Chinese
diplomat that tho hieroglyphics she
wore read. MAY all my enemies die
in torture" and May ! have fifty
sons"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

stltuted is not a battle to the death. The
republican party will fearlessly use every
means in Its power to reach this great
evil and where notifications OF the tariff
would be useful to that end, without serl-
GUS injury to the laborers of this country.
will not hesitate to resort thereto. 1t
may as well be understood, however. that
the republican party will neither consent
to abandon its cardinal doctrine of protec-
ton nor to the oppression OF the people
by The trusts. Its cry is not for COM
mercial freedom at the expense Of pros
perity, but commercial freedom and pros
perlty.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

democratic party for two generations
and its well known anxiety to tear 1t
down upon any pretext. II is but proper
that this new assault upon 1t be scrutin-
lied with care l Will not take time to
discuss he question as to whether, as Is
claimed. the tariff is the mother of
trusts, to dwell upon the multiplication
of trusts In free-trade England. nor to
more than refer to those classes of cases
in which the application of the principle
commended for by our democratic friends
would do the people no good and the
trusts no harm, but upon the contrary
would harm the people and help tbs
trtlsts
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Praise for Col. HEPBURN.


IT would not close without a reference
to one other matter. After an agitation
of more than half a century, in response
: to the unanimous wish Of the people, the
present congress, under the leadership of
the chairman of the committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce. Colonel Hep
burn of Iowa, passed the isthmlan canal
bill, and under its provisions under the
auspices of the United States the waters
of the two greatest oceans of the world
will be united, the greatest obstacles to
the commerce of t'ne world will have been
removed and vessels from the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts and from tn Gulf of Mex
leo can, with the least possible loss Of
time, reach every section and corner Of
the world.
And now gentlemen, in the full con-
fidence that the record to which | have
so briefly referred can but meet the ap-
prevail not only of this convention but of
those you represent, l appeal to you to
adhere to tho fundamental articles of our
faith, nominate none but men of ire
proachable character, and you may CON
fidently rely upon the vindication OF your
work by the people at the ensuing cleo
tfnn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Move to Promote Temperance.

Miss Lillian wald of New York is al
the head of the Social Halls associa
ton, which has raised 100000 to es
tablish model saloons to sell ligh,
wines and beer Of good quality. and
otherwise encourage the use of tenn
perate drinks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
TOLD in WASHINGTON
Especial letter.

day. No woman in the corps was
ever better liked at the end of four
months. One thing in her favor-she
speaks English with only a very
slight accent.
Frau Won Rebeur Paschnitz was a
bride of last summer. Her husband.
who is the military attache of this
embassy, went abroad to claim her.
Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker,
now retired and with a permanent
home in Washington, is New Hamp
shire man by birth, and the record
of his busy life sheds luster on his
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Patti. at Sixty, still YOUNG.

While Adelina Patti was shopping in
London recently a gentleman over.
heard the young woman who served
her at the counter address her as
Miss" He says: What q tribute to
her perennial beauty to be still taken
for a young miss at the age of sixty"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
A Democratic shIbboIe.h.

But our democratic friends contend
that they have discovered general prin-
clple which can be applied, and that the
tariff should be removed from all articles.
the products OF trusts. In view OF the
assaults upon the tariff made by the