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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
TIN WORKERS WAGES.
to Keep Up the Pay for
Labor.

The tin plate industry is one of the
special pets of the protectionists They
claim to have created that industry
by the Mckinley tariff, ignoring the
fact that it grew and prosperea more
than any other industry under the so
called Wilson tariff, which was about
half the Mckinley tariff, says the Chi
cago Chronicle.
They hasten to restore the Mckinley
rate in the Dingley law upon the false
pretense that the Wilson tariff was
destroying the industry.
The claim for the tin plate duty
was the usual one that it was all for the
benefit of labor. The duty was giving
employment at high wages to Ameri-
can labor. It happens that most OF
the labor at first was imported under
an exception to the general provisions
of the contract labor law. But let that
pass.
The point of interest just now is that
the tinworkers have just agreed to
accept general reduction of three
per cent. in wages. Most workers in
tin factories have never received
princely wages, and now they have
been brought to agree to reduction,
The tariff does not serve them.
The reduction is the end of dis.
cussion which has been in progress fol-
i've OF six months. The employers
wanted the men to submit to reduc'
lion of IS per cent. on the orders to
FILL the drawback trade" and the gen
eral reduction of three per cent. is
the counter-proposition of the men.
What is meant by the drawback
trade" is this: American exporters
of canned goods can import the tin,
paying the duty, and get drawback
equal to the duty when they export
the cans containing the goods. Tt
induce the exporters to buy American
cans the manufacturers have to max,
special prices for that trade, and tt
enable them to do this without lost
the workers were asked to submit to 9
reduction.
American consumers have to pay
high prices for their canned goods tt
enable the manufacturers to pay rea
sonable wages, and the men have t,
submit to reduction to secure the ex
port trade. That is how protection
works both ways.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
Business Opportunities for All.

Locations in iowa, Illinois, Mime
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago
Greast Western Railway, the very best
agricultural section Of the United
States where farmers ara prosperous
and business men successful. We have
g demand for competent men with the
necessary capital for all branches OF
business. Some spesial opportunities
foreamery men and millery. Good
location for general merchandise,
hardware, harnesses, hotels, banks and
stock buyers. Correspondence solioi-
ted. Write for maps and Maple leaf
lets. w. ]. REED, Industrial Agent,
604 Endicott Building, st, Paul, Mimi
april 80
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

congressman Moody is right in
saying that the duty on anthracite
coal was mistake. 1t was great
mistake in more ways than one, as
almost all the republican managers
are ready to admit, to-day.-Boston
Advertiser (Rep.).
President Roosevelt has changed
sides in the Delaware fight by the ap.
,pointment of Byrne, an Addicks man,
as United States district attorney.
This is an entire reversal of the sup.
posed high ideals Of the Roosevelt ad-
ninistration, and is an Endorsement
of the rotten politics for which Ad-
dicks is noted.
Mr.. Addicks, the gas man, has
been invested by the administration
with the hossship Of Delaware, and
the federal Offices will be parceled out
TO his political strikers. President
Roosevelt certainly is making some
queer deals for civil service reformer.
IL he does not look out, while making
friends of the gas trust, he will lose
the support of those who would nat
;urally be for him.
IL Mr.. Roosevelt really had any
anxiety to curb monopoly he would
avail himself of the laws already at
hand and. he would join with those iso-
lated members Of his party who urge
the withdrawal of tariff protection to
the great combinations of monopoly
which, under the shelter of the Dingley
schedules, rob the American consumer
while invading foreign markets and
undertaking all competitors.-John
town Democrat.
when the republican leaders dis
icuss tariff revision they elaborate fine
phrases which on analysis are found
TO mean nothing. What Mr.. Roose-
welt may say in his message on the
subject is matter Of present curios-
ity, but nobody expects him to pro-
pose anything radical. He sets the
pace on no such public question, but
conforms to the opinions of those he
thinks can do him the most good in
the next republican convention.-Buf-
falo Courier.
-Congressman Roberts, of Massa-
chusetts, in speech delivered at Bos-
ton, said: sit is safe to assume that
ut least 70 members of the present
congress are in favor of free hides"
As Mr.. Roberts was evidently talking
OF republican congressman, free hides
would seem TO be assured il less than
half Of the 70 are independent enough
to vote with the democrats. But these
congressman who favor free hides
must remember that free coal, free
beef, free steel, and other trust prod
ucts are even more important than
tree hides.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
CALIFORNIA.

1.-THE Chicago Great Western Ry.
offers 0the choice of two through
tourist cars via different routes max
ing fast time and having every com
fort. Ask for booklet about them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
0ver.Mork Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.


The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains. aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
a Waak Stomach

causes weak body and invites disease
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and siren,
CITIZENS the stomach, and wards of and
Oyerc0mes disease. j. B. Taylor, q
prominent merchant Of Cbriesman,
Tex, says: sscould not eat because Of q
weak stomach. lost all strength and
run down in weight. All that money
could do was done, but all hope of re-
cOverY vanished. Hearing of some
wonderful cures effected by use OF Ko-
dol, concluded to try it. The first
bottle benefited me, and after taking
four bottles am fully restored to my
usual strength, weight and health. -
ShuttlewOrth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03

kidney UOuplSs
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
Itused to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
lfyou are sick you can make no mistake
ty first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp.Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures Of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits Esk
by all druggists in fifty 1a::..$
cent and onedollar siz 5lf i3H fss;
Is. You may have a sssls4a!lsI 8
sample bottle by mail Home Of svampRoo..
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out II you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Klmes
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Don't make any mistake, but re-
member the name, Swamp-R Root DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad.
dress, Binghamton N. Y, on every
bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
In one minute, because it kills the
microbe which tickleS the mucous
membrane, causing the cough, and at
the same time clears the phlegm,
draws out the inflammation and heals
and soothes the effected parts. One
Minute Cough Cure strengthens the
lungs, wards of pneumonia and is q
harmeless and never failing cure in all
durable cases OF Coughs, Colds and
Group. One Minute Cough Cure is
pleasant to take, harmeless and good
alike for young and iold.-Shuttle-
worth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03

Don't Take Any Chances,
Russ Bleaching Blue does the best
work. All good grucers, 10c. Avoid
cheap initSticnI,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-03
Semi.Annual Balance Sheet,
January 1, 1903.

To the Honorable Board 9. Supervisors
of Howard County, Iona.
i herewith hand you hbjs to your
approval the semi annual balance sheet
showing the collections and disburse-
ments Of tho moneys Of al the different
funds, since juno l, 1902, and also the
amounts belonging to the several funds
etill in my hands this 1st day Of January
1903.
Evening star., 1903-08-17
Oranges From Porto Rico.

rrvn the Gan franciSco Chronicle.
All the eastern trade papers have for
some time been declaring that California S
real competition in oranges would come as
soon as the necessary number of trees
could be brought to bearing in Porto Rico
With a very fertile soil. no danger from
frost, cheap labor and a quick passage for
the product at a freight rate of 20 cents a
box, 1t has been predicted that no section
of the United States could compete with
Porto Rico In the production of citrus
fruits. At any rate. capital from the MAIN
land Is now being rapidly invested In
orange groves in Porto Rico, and in a few
years we shall know the result
Californians will not yet concede that
they are likely to be driven out of the
orange business. They know too well the
cost of production. even under the most
favorable circumstances. and they also
know that tropical climates are as favor
able to parasites as to the vegetation on
which they subsist: nor do we believe that
any fruit grown in the tropics will have
the keeping qualities which our fruit pos
sesses and without which 1t would be un-
profitable to handle All these things are
to be tried out in the future ard what Is
to be will be. But whatever may be the
result. let II be plainly understood that
there will be no whimper from California
Porto Rico. as an integral part of the re-
public. has the same rights in Its markets
that we have. and IL It's people can excel
us In quality or price they ara At liberty
to do -.
Evening star., 1903-08-17

populace had access to their roofs and en-
joyed themselves as they might in the
parks. Here the mothers sat in the even
ings. and let their children play as they
pleased, secure from fall into the river
below. because of the substantial iron rail-
ings which bordered the roofs At Copen-
hagen Mr.. Hawkes. found that the Danes
appreciated the double value of their piers
as much as the Belgians Here, too the
shore front was utilized for both commerce
and recreation. =
When Mr.. Hawkes. contrasted the limited
water frontage of Antwerp and Copen-
hagen with the great shore extent of New
York city he was aStonished that the chief
metropolis of the world should be so
behind these two small cities of continental
Europe.
Evening star., 1903-08-17
FOREIGN INTEREST.
Governments Which Have Promised
Exhibits at St. Iouis

1t is still nearly nine months before the
opening of the Louisiana purchase exposi-
ton. but it may be interesting to draw a
comparison, even at this early date, be-
tween the governments participating and
the amount expended by them at the Co
lumbar exposition held in Chicago ten
years ago with those which have accepted
the invitation to be represented in ST. Louis.
together with their estimated expenditures
in that city.
Fory-six foreign governments were rep
resented at Chicago and their aggregate ex-
penditure for exposition purposes amount
ed to s., 1G3. 103, while at this time fifty
three countries have accepted the invitation
to exhibit at st. Louis, forty-two of which
have appropriated !he sum of $6,339, $50 to
defray the expenses of their exhibits, while
eleven of those which have signified their
intention of exhibiting have not yet made
their appropriations, and there are still
fourteen countries yet to be heard from
Thus it will be seen that the interest in
expositfons has Increased as the respective
governments realize the advantageous re-
suits which are to be derived from placing
their products SO conspicuously before the
world.
Evening star., 1903-08-17
ADVIMf 20 SMOKERS. r.
4 Lesson In the Scratching Of

match.
Strange thatrSo many folks can't un-
derstand the UEbper: way to scratch q
match" said the proprietor of cigar en-
porium to STAG reporter just as. a gen.
tleman who had wrecked three OF them
left his store. Now, that gentleman" he
continued. is a regular customer of mine;
buys q cigar iG hore here every day and
invariably he breaks one or two matches
while attempting to get light. If you
had noticed hjp you would have seen that
he took hold of the fragile little stick
about midway sb8tween the ends and gave
vigorous stroke. OF course he was bound
to break 1t. Nows-the proper way to light
a match is to seize it near the end pre-
pared for igni1on and then give 1t the
any trouble. Fake hold OF it by the mid
die. and In nine times out of ten you're
bound to breaksit. i 5
There's another thing about this" he
continued. There's danger in breaking
match. Often it's fiaring end falls upon
your clothing. and If 1t does not burn
hole In some part or set yon on fire it's just
and falls upon the floor, II any one steps
on 1t 1t win fame, and there's always some
danger in that. particularly to ladies' whose
dresses are apt to be set on fire and they
themselves badly burned. Then. again,
it's very wasteful to say the least of it.
This little admOnitory lecture on econ
omy and self-preservatiOn l beStOw upon
note Of. don't your he said as The Star
reporter, after having lighted his Reina
Victoria in the proper manner, was leav-
ing the shop.
Evening star., 1903-08-17
FEARS FOR BARON TOLL.
Nothing Heard From Him Since july
13, 1902,

Correspondence of the Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, July 31-The I'm
perial Academy of Sciences is beginning 10
entertain most serious fears for the polar
explorer. Baron Toll. from whom nothing
has been heard since he left the yacht
Zaria. May %, 1902. IN company with two
Yakouts, and started for Bennett Island.
The Zaria left its winter quarters early in
June last year to find Baron Toll, as well
as his associate. the Zoologist Birouliu
who had gone to New Siberia. The vessel
was unable to accomplish its mission and
returned late In the season to the river
Lena. Birouliu escaped across the ice
Three relief parties werersent out by the
academy early in the spring of 1903. Lieut.
Kolchak and Engineer Brousnev each with
a number Of experienced Yakouts and coast
people. proceeded toward New Siberia and
Bennett Island. while Lieut.. Mattiessen un-
dertook to recover the Zaria.
Mr.. Brousnev was also accompanied by
a number of Russian and native traders
who make annual Journeys to this coast
for mammoth tusks and furs, while Lieut.
Kolchak took with him portion of the
former crew of the Zaria. There seems no
doubt that they reached New Siberia quite
early in the season. as the ice was very
strong. and the present hope Is that Baron
Toll may have been able to return to New
Siberia.
Evening star., 1903-08-17
MAY BREATHE FRESH AIR.
On Roofs Of Wharf Property Along
New York Waterfront.
I'-om the New York Tribune

from the New York Tribune.
scheme has been found to give the ten
ement house dwellers of this city sea-
shore resort within short distance of
their homes. The first step has been taken
to convert the spacious river front of the
metropolis into series of promenades,
where the crowds may seek at their will
cooler and fresher air The plan will not
hinder the commerce of the marginal
streets, nor does it contemplate the de-
struction of shipping wharves and the erec-
tion in their place of recreation piers. 1t
is simply another phase of the story above
story mode of city life. The people are to
he permitted to use only the roofs of the
municipal piers
10 construct expensive recreation piers to
offer the tenement house population an
opportunity to escape from the sitting at
moSphere of the streets Such a structure
always meant a double expense to the city.
Not only were tens of thousands of dol
lars needed to build 1t. but the municipal
fly unable to rent this property fur
thcr for commercial purposes. In the WIN
ter these piers were of little use, for at
that time even the humblest tenement
house. If il were warm, afforded greater
comfort.
AS for the shipping wharves no one ever
thought OF them as a source of pleasure
Their barnlike fronts. extending for miles
nlonS the North river and East river
shores. never inspired thoughts of recrea-
tiou or wooed away the cares of the weary
laborer. They We're regarded as oply the
warehouses; of the stevedore and the truck
man The great ships that moored beside
them, although they might have brought
home thousands of pleasure seekers from
Europe or the orient. meant nothing to the
Tathouse dwellers who looked down on them
from adjacent houses, except perchance a
Job for the husbands or sons in loading or
unloading their holds.
When Macdougal Hawkes.. the dock COM
missioner visited Antwerp some months
ago, lie discovered that there the wharves
answered twofold purpose. Not only We're
their lower floors used for commerce. but tn
Evening star., 1903-08-17
THIRTERN AT TABLE.
An Instance Where the Superstition
: Proved Correct.

"Of course, It. is generally understood -
said wefl-known resident to Star re-
porter that about nine persons out OF ten
are more or less tinctured with certain
amount of superstition. 1 confess myself
to having faith IN various omens that I
find it rather difficult to eradicate I never
had any sympathy with people who stand
aghast at the number thirteen but 1 know
of one event where it figured in a rather
gruesome sequel
Some years ago. he related. Il was WIS.,
iting in New York. was there to attend
a small banquet given to a gentleman wide
ly known in this city, who was about to
visit Europe on an important business mis-
sion. The entertainment was given at a
prominent Italian restaurant near the Fifth
Avenue Hotel and took place on the eve
of the gent1eman's departure. Everything
was In first-class shape; speeches were
made and bouquets of compliments thrown
all over the guest, when along towards the
end of the little dinner some one discovered
that there were only thirteen persons sit
ting at the table. Instead of keeping this
remarkable revelation to himself, he cried
out Hello! there's only thirteen here. That's
bad luck. Some one of us will die within
a year. < -..,
Strange to say, this remark threw a
pail over the party. The guest Of the even
ing was considerably disconnected. and to
remedy the evil the proprietor of the res
taurant was called on to swell. the number
at the table to fourteen. But everybody
felt uncomfortable Now for the sequel
The gentleman = inf whose honor the little
feast was given ohad most abundant sue
cess in the work ahe had undertaken and
returned to .AmeEica improved in health,
wealth and fame.Ia One of the hosts at his
send Off banquet-a man who had no more
superstition in him than has whitewashed
pump-before nthesend of the year came to
this city, registered at one of the leading
hotels, went 10! his room very soon after
wards, locked himself up in the bath room,
turned on the1 gas with suicidal intent and
was corpse ,leng before the sun rose next
morning. ysb1Lt ---' .. as.
slightly superstitipus citizen, where the
old legend of the number. of thirteen for
boding bad luck to some person was proven
to be correct,HTl. r f.,.f-.5s
Evening star., 1903-08-17
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.
Technical and Scientific Education Re-
quired BY Farmers.


From the Philadelphia Record. s., s-,a
The, German commissioners who recently
visited this country, mainly to study our
agricultural processes, were frank enough
to show amazement and disgust. They
found a general lack of all training and
therefore of exact and comprehensive
knowledge among the great body Of Ameri--
can farmers, who constitute very large
part of the population and whose products
are still the chief source of foreign in
debtedness to the United States Even in
this age, when science plays a large part
in the development of our resources, there
are men of influence who agree with most
farmers that schools for the teaching OF
agriculture are ridiculous, that the only
way to learn about this subject Is to
work on the farm and that no other
knowledge than that which is gained by
practical experience can be of any value
The scientific eaErfculturiSt Is still sub
ject- for laughter to those who call them
selves serious and practical farmers. The
foreign commissioners found the>u use of
and also an exhaustive knowledge of. fer
tiliZers exceptional in all parts of this coun-
try, while in Germany the most productive
soils are carefully enriched. Wanton waste
they saw on every hand, the consequence
mainly of lack of training in the science
Of farming. 1t Is strange that a people
who are awake to the importance of
thorough education in all other forms OF
enterprise should assume that mother wit
will do In farming.
In our own fertile state some wears ago
there was a widespread falling Off In the
yield of many of the most valuable crops
There had been no unusual natural condi-
uons, and an appeal was made to the
Department of Agriculture at Washington
for an expert investigation 1t was from
the despised and ridiculed bureau of ento-
molOgy that the truth was announced In
their enterprising ignorance the farmers
had killed off all the crows instead of mere
ly keeping down their numbers and had
driven away hawks and owls. Hence the
moies and field mice had multiplied un-
checked and ravaged the fields. The tree
sparrow had been frightened away by the
shooting at the crows and the seeds Of
noxious weeds were no longer consumed,
but developed to the point of choking out
important crops. The war on the larger
birds by the farmers and on the smaller
birds by the English sparrows had driven
away the woodpeckers, nuthatches cedar
birds, warblers, bluebirls and others which
had protected the fruit trees from borers.
sucking and gnawing and other insects
caterpillars and destructive pests general
ly.' A knowledge of what creatures to de-
stroy and what ito encourage on the farm
is but one ssmahd item in the education
Of the farmer, yet 1t pays well for the ef-
fort to master itS .T1
The proposition that supervisors should
be authorized to establish county aericul-
tural schools In connection with the public
schools has much TO commend it,
Evening star., 1903-08-17
RATTLESNAKEs IN STONE.
Strange Explanation of Peculiar Mark
ings on Public Building.

From the indianapolis News.
One of the plinths in the north front of
the new federal building promises ill for
the peace offmind of the inveterate toper.
for on Its surfaces, in delicate tracery, is
apparently the outline of many rattle
snakes. An old stone man from the Bed
ford quarries'cailsd attention to the freak
several days ago, and said that such MARK
ings were very unusual
According to his story these snakes ex.
listed many years ago, in prehistoric times,
back In the era when the plots for fairy
stories were laid. Possibly these snakes
were cold, according to his story, anyway
they coiled closely to one another and in
that form were petrified and were grad
ually turned into stone The stone expert
also pointed out where the rattles of the
snakes may be seen plainly.
One of the most peculiar features of the
stone Is the fact that the tracery shows
most plainly during damp weather and IL
1t We're on the south side of the building. II
is said the sun would soon bleach its deli
cate tracery until 1t would be no longer
discernible. On account of Its present Sit
uation the sun seldom. reaches Ii, but when
1t does the outlines of the snakes com
.etely disappear.