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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08
WILL FIX 1T UP.
Installment House Ordinance Is
to Be Sc Modified.

1t seems likely that the city council
will modify the ordinance which i'm
poses a license of $40 a year on INSTALL
ment houses. At the council meeting
last night, the inStallment men, repre-
scented by E. D. McKeever, presented
their objections to the tax, and the
council referred their request, together
with a petition signed by 200 business
men, to the committee on licenses and
the city attorney. with instructions to
bring before the council meeting Friday
night, September IL, an amendment to
the ordinance.
1t seems taht when the $40 license was
imposed, the council had the best OF in
tentions for Topeka business men. The
idea was that it would prevent cheap
John" merchants locating in town tenn
porarily, to work off by means of house
to house solicitation their stock of goods
under what is termed by lawyers the
'jerk-back" contract. This contract,
signed by the purchaser of the goods,
was in the nature Of chattel mort
gage, and left the title to the property
vested in the merchant until the goods
were entirely paid for at the rate of so
much per week or month This system
of purchasing proved popular with
certain class of buyers, and the regular
merchants of the city were forced to
protect themselves by adopting a similar
system of selling goods under a jerk
back contract.
When License Collector Page came
into Office, he found this condition of
affairs to exist, and in order to enforce
the ordinance impartially, he says was
obliged to insist upon the payment of
the $40 license of some of the old estab-
lished firms. The payment was resisted,
and the arrest of prominent merchant
followed, which of course was never
contemplated. There is not much doubt
that the ordinance is good and would
stand the test of the courts. and it is
only a question of expediency which is
now being considered by the council 1t
will probably be deemed expedient to
amend the ordinance in such a way as
to limit its operation to the class of
dealers it was originally intended to
catch.
Receipts of city officers for the month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-08

Among other big bills paid was one
for $317. so for the clerk of the district
court for fling criminal and civil cases.
A petition was received from James
Duncan and so other hay buyers ask
ing that other ground be provided for a
hay market as the old hay market has
been sold.
The use of the auditorium was grant
ed to A. E. Polmer for a lecture by
James Whitcomb Riley on December 7
and to T. j. Anderson for Melba on
November IL.
People near Sixteenth and Topeka
avenue asked for an electric light at
that corner. The request was referred
to the committee on electric lights.
On resolution of Councilman Swend-
son the register of deeds was requested
not to file any plat of any subdivision
within or touching the boundrtes of the
city unless the plat shall have been ap-
proved by the mayor and council
Mr. Swendson also introduced reso-
Luton asking the county clerk to re-
apportion and redistribute any taxes
levied on land of which the plat has not
been approved. The resolution was
adopted
The proposed new ordinance 1evying
a license on billiard tables was intro
duced and referred to the committee on
licenses. The ordinance was introduced
by c. v. Wolf and is a sunsutute ~
the radical ordinance regulating Dill
lard halls which was passed recently
and declared illegal by the city attor-
new. The amount of the license is left
blank in the new ordinance.
The new express wagon ordinance
was introduced and referred TO the
streets and walks committee
An ordinance was introduced grant
ing right of way to the Rock Island
railway to cross Topeka avenue between
First and Second streets. 1t was refer
red to the streets and walks committee.
Tas night was the time to open BIDS
for s,1pplyirg the city with coal during
the coming winter.
1t was decided that the police court
fee law suit with NJ o. Good shall not
be appealed to the supreme court
rrha council adjourned till September
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
Protection and Wages.

The connection between protection
and high wages has been subject of
much discussion, the consensus of opin-
ion being that it has been and is the
main cause and chief support of Amer
lean high wages. If protection cannot
be defended on that ground, says the
indianapolis Journal, it loses it's chief
support That it benefits American
manufacturers is undoubtedly true,
but it could not be defended on this
ground alone if it did not benefit the
entire body of American workmen by
enabling manufacturers to pay a rate
of wages far above that of any other
country. Gen. Ben amin Harrison. one
of the ablest advocates of protection
the country has ever had, based his
strongest argument on the ground that
it insured high wages to American
workmen. In one of lis speeches he
said: Strike down this protective sys-
TEN, bring our workmen in equal com
petition in the products of their toll
with those who labor abroad. and moth
ing is clearer than that these mills and
factories must reduce wages here to
the level with wages abroad, or they
must shut down. In speaking for
protection he never failed to make
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
Caused by the Tariff.

Mr.. John F. Clarke, Democratic can
didate for the United States Senate in
Ohio, opened the campaign in his State
with the statement that the country
was face to face with panic and in
dustrial depression. all. according to
Mr.. Clarke brought about -by the dis
turbance of business caused by the
high tariff taxes.'
Save during II brief period, when
Democratic views on the tariff were in
legislative effect. this country has been
unIer high prot ective tariff for gen.
Grafton. During all of that time, save
during the period when the Democratic
tariff was in effect, the country has
steadily advanced in wealth and pros
perity. Its industrial expansion has
been the marvel of the civilized world.
Under this tariff system it has become
the foremost industrial nation Of the
world, and its commerce has expanded
In Ike proportion. Since the present
tariff law came into effect the advance
of the country in all of these direc-
lions has been immeasurabIy greater
IMAM ii was uuifHE any S4tiiAldk pEllotA
of time in the nations previous his
tory.
This is the condition which has been
brought about. in Mr. Clarke's Ian
guage. by the high tariff taxes" Re
puhlicans are perfectly willing to ad
NIT that the conditions which the coun-
try is en- Dying are the direct result Of
the application of the protective tariff
principle. They are perfectly willing
that the responsibility shall rest on
them for bringing about these results.
The disturbance Of business which
has followed since Democratic leglsla-
ton on the tariff was repealed and
Republican legislation on the subject
was substituted is such a disturbance
as has brought relief and qualification
TO the home of every wage-eaTner in
the land. Mr. Clarke says the credit is
due TO Republican legislation So II is.
Seattle Post-IntelligenceT.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
D0WIE In NEW YORK.
OPENS CRUSADE WITH HIS BAND
OF 1900 ZlONlTES.
Great Host Charges Gotham in Battle
Against Sin and satan-Mau Who
Has Risen from a Penniless Preach
err TO a Millionaire Prophet.

The great crusade of John Alexander
Dowie against sin and Satan in Greater
New York" opened on Sunday The hosts
Of Zion, to the number of 5000, swooped
down on Gotham early Friday morning
In their special trains from Zion City.
From the opening services in Madison
Square Garden until the closing exer-
cises in Carnegie Hall, this great host.
who believe that Dowie is the reincarna-
ton of the prophet Elijah, have been
carrying on q house-to-house and office
to-oiiice campaign from one end of New
York TO the other. Overflow meetings
have been held in Brooklyn, Staten Isl
and ~ some Of the nearby cities in New
Jersey. Ii is said by Dowie and his
modern crusaders that as a result of the
trip 100000 persons have been appeal
ed to in the interest of the new faith
Of which John Alexander Dowie Is the
head and exemplar. The cost of the
wonderful moyeL.rnt is estimated at
s250,000, all Of which has been defray
ed by the Christian Catholic Church in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
senator Allison,a Speech.

In his speech at Clinton, Ia. Sena-
tor Allison struck the keynote for the
Republican spellbinders in the Iowa
campaign. He explained that the cam
paign would have TO be conducted
chiefly on national issues because GOV,
Cummins' administration of State af-
fairs had been so satisfactory that
even his enemies could make no issue
out of IT,
The main point of the speech was
that tariff and the trusts have nothing
to do with each other Tariffs are inn
posed to prevent foreign nations from
flooding our country. Trusts are Gre
ated in obedience to the mandates of
economic development, and make their
appearance as readily in free trade as
in tariff countries. The way to regu-
late trusts is by the cooperation Of
State and National laws for inspection
and control Twenty per cent of
American manufactured goods are
made by trusts, so per cent by indie
pendent concerns. Removing tariff
from trust goous would also remove
the protection necessary for the exist
ence of the Independent concerns. The
United States Steel corporation, for ex-
ample, has now substantial domestic
competition, and the removal of the
stees s. ledules would injure the com
petitcrs even more than the trust AS
ii is, steel prices have been steadily
deci ming since 1900.
Continuing, the Senator said the free
silver heresy had not been stamped
out but remained as a dangerous
menace in the event OF Democratic
victory. The present monetary system,
though perhaps not quite sufficiently
elastic. was still most satisfactory
From the speech of the Senate lead
er II may be inferred that the major
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
Moro Cotton in Their Ears.

1t is not at all likely that any part
of the country held by the Republican
party will chance a repetition of the
experience of the years between
1896 Whatever the Northwest CON
tributed to the election of Mr. Cleye-
land was paid for in the contrition of
the years that followed. 1t is eminent
ly true that~tbe conditions have chang
ed, brought about by the protective
tariff policy of the Republican party,
which has spread plenty and prosperity
over the Northwest. with the rest OF
the country All the Western States
that ran amuck en- Populism have re-
turned TO the Republican party. and
it is not reasonable they are now 60
ing to stand for Cleveland or any other
man who has moderate leaning to-
ward tariff revision"-not at this time,
at any rate If to refuse to interfere
with the present prosperity is stub
born deafness" on the part of Reyubli-
can leaders. then it would be well 10
stuff more cotton in their eHrs.-Wheel-
ing INTEL gencer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
The Hay Crop.

The American Agriculturist estl-
mates the hay crop for 1903 at 57,SOG.-
400 tons. At SO per ton the value
would exceed $57S, 100000 more thar
either the cotton o. wheat crop. The
American farmer C, tainly has reason
to be thankful for prosperity. Also he
has reason to object TO a reciprocity
treaty which would admit free Of duty
the cheaper hay of Canada. along with
the cheaper grain, potatoes, eggs, but
ter. etc
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
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Po o : I oMMENT. !
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for the production of beet sugar has
been built on the Pacific coast since
the agitation for Cuban reciprocity be-
gan.
Fact No. 3: The area planted TO
sugar beets on the Pacific coast has de-
creased since the agitation for Cuban
reciprocity began.
The Significance of these three facts
in relation to the approval or rejection
Of the pending Cuban treaty should be
obvious to Republican Representatives
in Congress.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

he came 20 command a division or
BueH's army not one OF them served
in his command. Instead the First
and Second Kentucky regiments We're
brought from West Virginia and
served TO the last in the division or
ganized by Nelson, lighting under him
at Shiloh and under John NJ. Palmer "a
Kentuckian by birth at Stone River
and ChIckamauga. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

Brig. Gen. Funston, in command of
the department OF the Columbia, in his
annual report made public at the War
Department had this to say Of the enlist
ed man: ITO get and keep good class
of men there must be a radical increase
in the pay Of the rank and file. There is
no Disgusting the fact that recruits are
obtained with difficulty, and that most
of them are not satisfactory. Few men
re-enlist, while the number Of desertions
and dishonorable discharges is phenom-
enal. The government cannot get some
thing for nothing. The pay of the ens
listed men of@the army is ridiculously
small, The wonder is, not that so few
men enlist and that SO small a percent
age Of them re-enlist after three years.
but that we obtain ard keep so many
really good men as we do In many parts
of the United States ignorant, unskiiled
laborers, working by the day, are able
TO save above their board and clothing
twice the amount received by private
soldier on his second enlistment and vet
only a small percentage of these men
could pass the test in recruiting Office.
II the pay of a private on his first en-
lisment were made 60 approach that Of
n farm lahorer, / am Of the opinion that
there would be a suficienf runher Of en-
listments Of a sery superior class young
men FROM the farms. WHO are usually of
good physique and have common school
education. and are not so much addict
ed to Incorporate habits rs mcn recruit
ed in the cities"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

ity in that body will make some effort
at the coming session to increase the
elasticity of the currency, and that
the Iowa idea" is dead, embalmed
and buried. at least until after the
next Presidential eleetion--Chicago
Tribune
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

Congress win be asked to appropriate
at the coming session S102, S6G 1881 for
the support and increase of the navy
during the next fiscal year. This is an
increase of more than S23.000000 over
the appropriation for the present year
and contemplates an expenditure of S23,-
S2G.S60 for the construction OF new war
ships and So ,000000 for araior and ar
mament for new ships The estimates
also include an item of S2J0,000 for a
naval training station on the great lakes.
The earnest desire OF the Secretary Of
the Navy and others who have conferred
with him upon the upbuiding Of the
navy for generous allowance for new
vessels is demonstrated in the request
upon Congress to allow over $4,000,
0O0 next year for additions 10 the navy.
whereas the appropriation for new ships
during the present year was only SS 900
600 In other words, Secretary Moody
viii urge Congress to grant nearly three
times as much money for now warships
next year rs was allowed this year.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

In an interesting comp iFafion Of poul-
try statistics. Secretary Wilson Of the
Department Of Agriculture says the value
Of the annual egg product Of this coun-
try exceeds that Of Of the combined out
put Of gold and silver. The poultry and
eggs produced and consumed last year
In this country alone were worth more
than Ill the gold and silver produced
In the world in the corresponding period
Mr.. Wilson gives encouragement to all
who contemplate going into the bust
ness. He says an income Of 400 per cent
may he made by judicious management.
The estimated number Of chickens in the
country is 250,000000, producing for
market in one year poultry worth $780,
100000 and eggs valued at $4,000
600 total value Of $3.50 100000
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28
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this idea prominent. There is no
doubt but protection does insure high
wages to American workmen and is
mainly defensible on the ground that
it enables American manufacturers to
pay such wages and still compete with
foreign competitors who pay half or
less than half as Pittsburg Ga
aette
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

clans. having atilli'
ated with the Amer
lean Federation OF
Labor, attempted
last year to get a
resolution through
Congress the effect
of which would
have been to forbid
any member of the
Marine band to play
at any performance
in civil life for pay.
The resolution fail
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

&c. NfL Llle nlnSl-
clans, with the backing of the Fedora
ton Of Labor. are going to try it again
next year. The unions object TO the
Marine band because its members are
employees Of the government, but Lieut..
Santleman says that Of twenty seven
members of the local musicians union,
which instigated the war on the band,
seventeen are government clerks draw
ing more than $1,000 4 year each and
the pay of some of them runs up to
$1,000 year. Some time ago the must
clans Of the Marine band applied for
membership in the local musicians
union. Their applications, fees, etc,
were returned 60 them without any ex-
PLANTATION. 1t appears that the Fedora
ton of Musicians Las clause in its by
laws which forbids members to play with
any enlisted man OF the United States
army or navy.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

Laying astcrn 1.1S5 miles OF the trou-
bled Atlantic at an average rate Of ff-
teen knots an hour and for one stretch
of fifty hours cutting the blue waters at
the rate Of 1877 knots nm hour the new
battleship Maine the other day complet-
ed an extremely fast endurance run. Her
performance stamps her the fastest
American battleship now in commission.
although the FIVE Of the Virginia class
building viii doubtless excel the Maine
In long cruises. The. run was made to
test the boilers
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

Fact No / The price paid for sugar
beets at factories on the Pacific coast
has been reduced since the agitation
for Cuban reciprocity began.
Fact No. 2: Not a single new factory
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

A systematic and extensive violation
Of the contract labor law has been dis
covered by The Eurlau Of Immigration.
and steps arc being taken to deport
number OF Immigrants, some OF whom
have already arrived aud others due at
New York in day or two. The immi
grants are Welsh coal miners, persuaded
TO come 10 the United states ny adver.
tisemcnis for 5000 miners. who are
promised from lG to % slillinEs "A day.
The Bureau Of Immigration has collected
evidence which shows that the advertise
ment was inserted by agents Of Penn
sglvania coal company, the miners being
brought over in violation Of the contract
law. 1t is charged TINT the Welshmen
were lured on by photographs of the sur
face qf Tho colleries and tho best build
iugs Of the town which was described
as the garden spot Of Amcrica."
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

The famous Marine band, after an ex.
lstence of 100 years, may be forced to
fall to pieces. The Federation Of Musi.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

Reports which are daily received by
the War Department show that as a re-
suit of the new regulations for small
arm firing the men are acquiring won
derful proficiency. These regulations re-
quire the men not only to hit the bulls
eye but to estimate distances up to 10
per cent Of thousand yards. In firing
outside the target range at dummies the
reports state that the result have been
remarkable.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

Accounting to census figures In the
countries where the postal union exists
50,0O0,000 letters were undelivered in
1901. and Of 26,OOQ.0O0 Of these even ths
senders could not be traced.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

In 1870 the wholesale annual cost Of
necessaries for one person was S165.4 I;
tn 1908 it is less than 500, and yet to-
DAY skilled labor IS getting twice what
it was in 1870. Even on gold basis
the index number Of prices in 1870 wa
s13l. Fact Of the matter is. cost If liv.
ing is less to-day than it was IN $50.
1875. 1850. 1888 or 1859. while wages
are very much higher.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-10-28

one-sixth Of the land owners in
Great Britain are women.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-03-27
Brief Mention.

mesquite grass furnishes ideal pas
turage for sheep, and scrub oaks form
ideal browsing for goats.
Sulphate of ammonia is said to be the
best form of nitrogen for sugar cane
with cottonseed meal second and fish
scrap, nitrate of soda and tankage also
valuable.
A steady growth in the tomato indus
try OF Delaware and Maryland is re-
ported.
Lime on the land will make the pea
nuts I'LL out so there will be no faulty
nuts, say some of the planters.
From the resolutions adopted at the
Texas convention, organized to fight
the cotton boil weevil, it appears that
the entire cotton belt is threatened by
this plague.
Always have something to sell. Carry
more to market than you bring home.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-03-27
The Cigarette Law.

The merchants and dealers who
handle cigarettes or the material for
making cigarettes should be very
careful There is heavy penalty
for selling to persons under rs years
of age. From the number Of young
boys from 10 to ID years of age seen
every day using cigarettes it is quite
evident that somebody violates the
law.
The act of 81 specially provides
that 1t was unlawful to give, Sell or
procure cigarettes for persons under
l6 years of age.
Nothing in the world will DESTROY
the mind and faculties of the Young
so rapidly as cigarette smoking.
Teachers IN our public schools say
they can tell a cigarette smoker
among their pupils at once. He has
less energy, is less industrious and
slower to learn.