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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
IOWA ALSO "sTANDs PATTI
to Let the Trusts Revise the
Tariff for Them.

The Iowa idea" was vanquished on
its native heath. The demand Of the
Iowa republicans made two years ago
for a radical revision Of all the Dingley
schedules that afford a shelter to mo-
nopOly" was whitfield down TO the van
ishing point, says the New York World.
The new platform says:
I'VE reiterate our faith in the historic
principle of protection. Tariff rates
enacted to carry this policy into effect
should be just, fair and impartial, equal
ly opposed TO foreign control and do
mestic monopoly, to sectinal discrimiua-
ton and individual favoritism, and must
from time to time be changed to meet
the varying conditions Incident to the
progress of our industries and the chang
ing relations in our foreign and domestic
Duties that are too low
should be increased and duties that are
too high should be reduced"
This eminently "tactful' declaration
means anything or nothing, accordingto
the Individual Interpretation which
any Iowa republican chooses to put upon
it. That is its obvious purpose. But
whatever success it may have in salts
flying the republican farmers of Iowa
that they can safely trust the monopo-
lies to revise the schedules that shelter
them. the country at large will not mis-
take the meaning of this compromise"
1t completely devitalizes the Iowa
idea" 1t abandons the brave demand
for such a reduction of the Dingley du-
ties as would deprive the trusts of the
power TO eXtort prices from 90 to 40 per
cent. higher for their products in Amer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
A
Rejected u Story That q POpu-
lar and Later Had to Be
Reminded of 1t.

John Inglesant" was one of the
great books of the last generation.
The author, John H. Shorthouse, had
published an edition of IS copies, and
then, at the request of admiring
friends, he submitted a copy to the
publishers, Smith q Elder, in the
hope that they would introduce the
book to II wider public, relates the
Youths Companion.
James Payn, who was reader for
clining the book. 1t seemed to him
dulh
Years afterward an American news.
paper, in a character sketch of Payn,
accused him of lacking literary per-
ception, and cited, as an instance of
his obt~useness, the fact that he had
rejected John I~nglesant."
Payn was furious. He went to Mr..
G.. NJ. Smith, the kindest and
shrewdest of publishers, and avowed
his purpose of bringing a suit for
libel against the persons who had
accused him of such gross unfitness
for his post. Mr.. Smith heard him
out, and then kindly said, with a
twinkle in his eye:
II should let it alone if l were you
What does it matter?"
Payn insisted; but finally the tell.
tale expression of the other mans
face arrested him.
SIS there any reason" he asked,
"why | shouldn't contradict this
man?"
"Well, yes! The fact is, we did re-
ject the book"
"What! Do you mean to say ]
rejected John Inglesant'?"
II am afraid so. At any rate, we
did it among us. I don't blame you
Even now | think it's a dullish book"
"!And you never told me!'
mo. | thought it might distress
you. I shouldn't have told you at all
but | was taken unawares."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
COMMENTS OF TEE PRESS.

Senator Allison's Iowa idea is
that the republican r~evisionists in his
state are easy.-Binghamton IN. W
Leader.
1T Is a pity that the face of Wash
iDgton on the two-cent stamps failed to
influence those unblushing falsifiers Of
the post office department.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Manila used to seem an awful long
way off, but with the new cable in OPP
Grafton it will be just the same as next
door-with some tariff restrictions
Indianapolis News Qnd.).
a plea of guilty once made per-
manently preiudices a case. The preju-
dice remains, though the plea be with
drawn. The Iowa republicans have on
fessed that the tariff schedules afford
shelter to monopoly. Modification or
obliteration of that confession will not
diminish its effect upon the country
Elmira Gazette.
Postmaster General Payne, it APP
pears. has issued an order to all postal
employees, high and low, enjoining
~''strict secrecy" henceforth concerning
mast. present and future developments
in the department. This order comes
rather late. Strict secrecy now would
simply confirm public suspicion that the
worst is yet to come.--Providence Jour
nal (Rep.).
The republican platform says that
1.-THE protective tariff has made the
United States the greatest industrial ma
ton" 1t neglects to state, however,
that the natural resources of the coun-
try are so great and the land so fertile
that the people are able to bear tariffs
which would crush people less fortu-
nately situated. But this is no excuse
for the injustice Of a high tariff.-The
Commoner.
Mark Hanna feels confident that
Postmaster General Payne will not re-
tire under fire." We had supposed that
Payne was doing the iring.-Indianap-
oils Sentinel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
"DIVIDING THE SPOILS."

lea than they are selling them for to-
foreigners.
Stand pat is the p~tform in Iowa
as well as in Ohio and all along the line.
1t is a comprehensive platform and cov-
ers all the issues. Stand pat" for the
trust-made tariff and the tariff-made
trust. Stand pat for colonies where
our flag a be carried without our free
dom. Stand pat for Payne, the practi-
cal politician, and his peculiar methods
as an investigator of the post office ras-
cality. Stand pat for "the statute of
limitations" Stand pat" also for
Hanna and Quay and Plat and Addicks.
In short, stand pat" for everybody and
everything that will make an easier road
for the election to the presidency of Mr..
Roosevelt, at one time civil service re-
former and moderate protectionist, and
sell-proclaimed successor to the policies
Including reciprocity treaties and a
lettlng-down of the tariff bars-of the
late William Mckinley,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

be purchased for in the open market.
The contract for ink for use in the bu-
reau of engraving and printing has long
been noted as a steal of great magni-
Jude. Secretary Shaw is so occupied
with protecting the interests of Wall
street with his r%efunding and other OPP
erationS that of course he has no time
to give to the minor details of his Of
fee, and the lOoting goes on right under
his nose without an attempt to stop it.
The republican members of the ap-
preparation committees of both houses
% congress are dined and wine1 by
those interested, and their eyes blinded
to the waste and robbery of the vast
sums they authorize to be expended.
The republic is in the commercial
stage of its existence, and officials and
the favored few are nearly all inter
ested in the crying evil of the day, maxi
ing money easily. The get-rich-quick
schemes are not confined to thoese who
advertise for dupes in the newspapers,
but others are being ind~ustriously
worked to loot Uncle Sans treasure
box, which is continually kept filled
by the taxes that a generous and long
suffering people pay under the contribu-
lions that their representatives force
from their pockets. In the aggregate
%one-fourth of all of the money paid for
taxes and appropriated by congress is
wasted Or stolen, and nothing but a
| reform of the system that has grown
up in the past few years will bring
about retrenchment and a return to
honest government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
ARE THICK.
every Department of Government
Rotten with Grab Games
and Looting.

The pickings and stealings that have
been partly exposed in the investiga-
ton of the post Office scandals are but
a sample of what has occurred and is
taking place in every department of the
government. Already an inkling of the
corrupt state Of affairs has come TO light
in the agricultural department, and an
investigation would doubtless discover
much more serious breaches of trust
than the short weight of seeds pur-
chased for free distribution and the
change from high-priced seeds to those
worth much less. The secretary of ag-
riculture and assistant secretary are
both responsible for this d%efalcation.
the change having been made on their
express order.
In the war department the letting Of
contracts to favorite bidders has been
partly exposed, and involves Gen. Lud-
dington and the quartermaster's depart
ment and Congressman Littauer, who
President Roosevelt says is his most
intimate friend and closest political ad-
wiser. This Littauer contract for gloves,
with a profit of 10000, is but a trihe
compared to other scandals that will
develop when a thorough investigation
is had.
The purchase of supplies for the treas
Iry department has SO far had no light
thrown on it for some years, but it is
well known that favored bidders have
a pull that outsiders cannot overcome,
and the prices paid are far in excess
Of what the same class of articles can
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
THE IDEA NOT REPUBLICAN.
Ih"t Protection Fosters Trusts IL
Something Republicans Want
to Keep Quiet.

The idea that protection is the mother
OF trusts and a shelter of monopoly is
not and never was an idea of Iowa repub-
licans or any other, protectionists. To
speak strictly, it never was an idea that
they wished the people to get into their
heads, says the Chicago Chronicle.
1t is not SO much an idea as a fact
which is perfectly well known to the
beneficiaries of protection as it is to free
traders, but the former would rather
not have the people know it.
Mr., Cummins and some other republi-
can leaders in Iowa saw that the farmers
and many others suspected the fact, and
turned what they saw to their and
their party's political profit. But they
were careful all the while to protest that
they were protectionists of the strictes,
Pennsylvania sect. They were, there.
fore, IN a position to keep the suspicious
protectionist farmers in line by pre-.
tending to oppose a tariff which shell
tered monopoly while, at the same time,
magnifying protection.
In short, they have been c~onfdencing
the plain republican people of Iowa
who were getting their eyes open to the
fact that protective tariffs necessarily
shelter monopoly and that they are con-
trived and enacted for no other purpose
under heaven.
1t is time 10 stop talking about this as
an Iowa %republican idea II is piying
the devil ten times his due.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
No Sense of Proportion,

The young man who had spent his
efforts for several years without re-
suit in studying art was talking with
his practical uncle, who had patiently
paid the bills.
"Of course" said the young artist,
II know / haven't made much of 9
go of it. but I don't think you ought
to advise me to try something else
You know it's best to put all your
eggs in one basket and watch tina,
basket"
"UmI That may be, Charlie, bu,
did YOU ever think how foolish it is
to put so many baskets around one
bantam egg?"-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

SIS your husband a strong-willed
man." asked Mrs. Sampson of hel
neighbor, Mrs. Towne. After a mo-
ment's reelection Mrs. Towne replied:
II don't know" she said, obviously
81 always thought he was, but the
other day he went into a depart
ment store to get a new rug for the
sitting room, because he said he
wouldn't go another day with ON
old shabby one.
''He happened to get off on the
wrong floor. and he came home witt
four new-fangled tiat-irons and q
porcelain kettle and 10 sign of Il rug
SO you see / don't quite know wla'
to say about him since then.
".All he told me was that you never
knew just what you needed till yot
saw it right before you."-Youth's
Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
HAPPY FAR-oFF CHILDHOOD.

Where the primrosed ways are vending
And the live oaks cast their shade:
Where the willow twigs are bending
Ger the streams we used to wade;
Where the oriole is swinging
In his nest high up in air,
And the hooking birds are singing,
Don't you with hat you were there?
Don't you wish-Ill bet/you're dreaming
OF the dear old scenes right now!
Of the fiecks of sunlight cleaning
On the water, and of how
You have sat along in June time
And have watched the bubbles rise
Till the droning heat of noontime
Laid its spell Upon your eyes.
And until the west'ring shadows
Dik an lumber mantle lay
Over stream and wood and meadows
You have dozed the hour away
In that borderland of sleeping,
Where the bird songs filtered through,
And you felt the breezes creeping
Wish it? l just know you do!
You can see the meadows bending
To a sloping grassy brink;
You can see the cattle vending
Softly lowing down to drink,
And the orchard and the wildwood,
In your happy far-off childhood;
Don't they all come back to you?
j. M. Lewis, in Houston Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

observant that he was quite a nice
looking boy, and would probably have
a comfortable billet later, Rirted
with him to a degree that simple
hearted Rose had never attempted.
The long solitude a deuX was ended,
and even when it was possible to re-
new it Frewin showed no eagerness
to do so. \ place was made for him
in Nara society, by virtue of his
position and its probabilities, and his
eminently respectable relations at
home, but there was no room for Miss
Rowan in the same circle.
She missed Frewin, and being young
and foolish did not understand. Out
of the fullness of her loving heartshe
wrote him notes which made him
frown and put on his judicial look
the same look which in later years he
gave subs when he told them that
this course must be Immediately dis
continued"
He wrote replies that were vague
excuses at first, and stitfly formal
denials later.
Rose cried over them, and the
strange pain that had come into life
grew greater with each letter. She
wrote Il last appeal, full of loving
foolishness and angelic forgiveness,
and went up to the little Catholic
chapel to petition that the answer
might be as she would have it.
And Frewin wrote back that sowing
to Observation-Disclosures over
which neither of them had any con
trol-he had been forced to the con
clusion that any more intimate rela'
tions than those of friends would not
be wise for either" etc.
1t was a long, semi-oiicial letter,
It~Eing to justify a position of which
even Frewin had the grace to be
ashamed; but the long words and
careful phrasing were lost on a CIR
whose heart was broken.
by the way, Frewin," says a mar
at dinner in the after years wheI
Frewin is high in the service, and the
former Miss Maynard is presiding
over his house and name with all the
chill dignity of which she gave prom
Use, @who do you think nursed me
when / was in the hospital with ty'
phoid fever last month? That pretty
Rowan girl who used to be at Nazra
when sou were there. Went into
convent, and is a hospital sister now
Funny thing for her to do, wasn't it?'
The speakers tone is light. The
matter is only a dinner table topic
to him.
But Frcwin responds, "Yes--l
should think So" SO a%bsently, his eyes
looking back on life's yesterday fol
a moment, that his wife tells the kit
mayer rather sharply that the burr;
sahib is wanting champagne.-Blacl
and White.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

The Stickit Minister" was begun lat.
one evening, and the bulk Of 1t was
written in less than a week. Then, as
the author himself said a%fterward, he
'fgnominiously lost hold" But after a
little time he was seized with fresh in
~spiration and the rest of the book was
written in 40 hours actual working
fine
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

This Ell Reno lawyer who asked for
a new trial for his client on the ground
that one of the jurors had fallen
asleep did not receive much encourage
ment from the judge, who ruled that
IT was the lawyers business to keep
the jury awake instead Of putting
them to sleep, and refused to grant a
new trial.--Kansas City Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

Breaking away from a wagon at
Rheims, France, a horse dashed into a
passing motor a and leaped into the
back seats. The chauffeur was struck
by its forelegs and thrown into the
road. Passers-by we're treated to the
novel spectacle of a horse driving alone
in an automobile.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16
Not quite Landed.

Edyth--Is it true that you are en-
gagged to Jack?
Mayme-Yes, but you are not ia
mention it. I'm not quite sure that
Jack knows it as yet.-Chicago Daily
News. v
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

Certain balloon explosions are attrib,
uted by w. de Fonvielle to electric
sparks as the aeronaut grasps the valve
rope. The use Of gloves in stormy
weather is suggested.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

The Jicarllas are a tribe of the Apaches who terrorized the south
west for so many years. The present home of the tribe is in New
Mexico. There are now but about 500 OF them left, and they are the
poorest indians in the United States, and if it were not for the rations
issued them by the government they would starve The Jicarlas
are devoted to their children, probably more so than any other of the
American Indians. The youngsters are expert shots with the bow
and arrow, and help very materially in providing the family with meat
by hunting expedition. into the foothills. The reservation which the
tribe occupies is practically a desert.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

Uncle Hanna declares that he Wis
tied Uncle Morgan in Wall street the
other day entirely for recreation"
What 9 Jolly time Uncle Hanna and I'm
Gle Morgan must have had exchanging
Jokes and funny stories.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

The trouble with the Ohio repuh-
lican platform plank concerning the
tariff is that 1t means what the trust
magnates wish and only appears to
mean what the consumers think it
means.--The Commoner.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

In asking Mr.. Hanna to- manage
the republican campaign of next year,
MIR. Roosevelt pays a high tribute to the
value of the professional coach.-Boston
Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

IL d SudHle, Sdlu Oilc lduy.
What ISL" asked the other.
"The way Bliggins treats his wife.
He lost money playing cards instead Of
giving it to her to buy progressive
euchre prizes. Star,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

EVEN the octopus is subject to the
freaks of fortune. The shipping trust
was a failure.-St. Louis Globe Demo.
crat (Rep.).
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-07-16

The idyll's ending was swifter than
had been it's beginning. Miss Maynard
was only one of many who, with the
very best intentions-was there ever
yet a woman who did harm without
these same good intentions?- told
him more or less candidly that it
was simply impossible that he should
think seriously of shat Rowan girl"
His chiefs wife, who had a peculiar
aptitude for managing other peoples
affairs, reasoned with him urgently;
the owners of the manageable lots,
viewing Frewin as a young man likely
to come on in the service, asked him
to dine; while the lots themselves.
Willmar tribune., 1903-06-27

the cities. When we consider that
more than three million people in
Germany are employed in the manu-
featuring branches with another large
army employed in distributing the
products of the factories, and with
their interests allied to the factory
workers it becomes no wonder that the
only party directly opposed to the
bread and meat tariff should make
enormous gains.
Another thing that appeals strongly
to tn, people is the demand in the
socialist platform that the great stand
ing army be abolished and militia
system be established in it's place.
The standing army of Germany is a
sad burden for all the people and any
party opposed to 1t is likely to draw
votes. The victory was won, not on 3
socialist platform, but on issues that
might have been adopted by any
party. It was really a protest against
state interference in business through
tariffs aud by taking people away
from labor and making soldiers of
them than an attempt to get the state
to extend it's power by abolishing
private owership of industrial under
takings.
Willmar tribune., 1903-06-27
The Farmers Education.

There seems to be- difference of
opinion as to the kind of education
which farmers need, but all agree that
successful agriculture depends upon ed
ucation. I can see no reason why a
farmer primarily should receive any
different education than any other per-
son. What difference does it make
whether boy means to be farmer, a
doctor, lawyer or hod carrier? The
comfort of life as we'll as it's useful
ness. in whatever sphere, depends upon
mental grasp and power, and it is the
business of the college to give this very
thing. The technical studies by which
the doctor, the lawyer and the agricul-
turist are equipped for their work by
no means exhaust the scope of a col
lege education. It. is intended to fit
men and women to fill their appointed
places in life with satisfaction to them
selves and profit to their fellows
G.. A. Fuller
Willmar tribune., 1903-06-27

many have not improved their oppor-
tunity. Those who do belong reap ben
efits that the others do not. ALI are in
terested in anything that pertains to
the upbuilding and growth of agricul-
tural interests, for upon their success
depends the prosperity and happiness
Of every one.
We believe in the grange. 1t is bene-
fetal in every way. 1t promotes &C.
Quaintanceship; it gives social side to
the life of a farmer, which he so much
needs; it stimulates ambition. it engen-
ders friendship. it educates the mind in
practical everyday matters and gives
zest to labor. It's united voice is a
strong factor in the formation Of laws
and legislation for the advancement
and betterment of mankind.-Country
World. -