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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-11-13


Miss Ella Krauss was in Swahton,
Friday, calling on relatives.
Frank Simons of Walbridge, was
the guest of Mrs. w. Huff, Sunday,
Shoes for boys and girls for school
wear that please mothers, at
FULLER's.
Mrs. VIM Cluel of Maumee was
the guest of Mrs. A. A. Roberts, Sat
urday.
John Risser of Swanton was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Kate Nellis,
Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Bodi of Monroe, Mich,
was calling on friends here last Fri
day.
Black overcoats, suitable for mid
die aged men in medium lengths SIS, 90
to $1,000. FULLER's.
was the guest of the Misses Leydorf,
Sunday.
C. J. Evans and wife spent Sun
day in Rudolf, accompanied by Mr..
Els parents.
We can use your butter and eggs
at the highest price.
CoMsToCK & WILSON.
Mrs. Mann of Toledo, was the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. j.
Witzel, Tuesday.
Attorney f. Eugene Rheinfrank
of Toledo was the guest of Perrysburg
friends on Sunday.
Chris Westendorf and wife and
Miss Cora Vollmar of Toledo, spent
Sunday with VIM. Adamson and fam.
lily.
Andrew G. Roach, Deputy Sher
iff, accompanied by his wife was the
guest of L. L. Kingsbury and wife OF
Sunday.
w. G. and b. overcoats are the
sort of garments that you are looking
for. Drop In and try on few coats
A. c. FULLER.
Will and Charles Frusher are il
Henry county this week purchasing
cattle which they will bring to thei
farms here and feed during the win
ter.
One day last week Will Frueshe
found bee tree from which he sc
cured 80 pounds of honey. Tha
might be considered rather swee
discovery.
The Ladies Aid Society of the NJ
, E. church of Lime City will hold thei
social at the home of Mrs. Arthu
Hitchcock on Thursday, Nov. 10, t.
which all are invited
-Overcoats for men, that are sur
to please fastidious people.
FULLER's.
The first regular meeting of tn
Shakespeare Study Club will be hel
4 Friday evening, Nov. 13, at I 80 p. m
in the Sunday School room. All men
bers are requested to be present.
: "A postal from Seattle, WASH, il
forms us that w. NJ. Wilkison was tn
y guest of Fred Hollenbeck last weel
t Mr.. Wilkison is with the O'Neal con
pany and expects to take the compan
e to Honolulu, starting from San Fral
d CISCO next week.
y Gas administered fo
q the painless extraction o
teeth by DR.. Babcock.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-11-13

DIR. c. S. Ordway of Toledo, was in
town Sunday
Stylish suits for small boys. S1.50
to $500 the suit, at FULLERs.
Miss Jean Hollenbeck entertained
Toledo friends on Sunday.
Mrs. M. Hartsing is spending the
week with Mrs. Frank Redding of To-
ledo.
Mrs. Frank Burton and Mrs. David
Mason were visiting friends in Toledo
last week.
See our new line of nobby over
coats for little fellows. FULLER's.
Will Escott of Toledo was the
guest of his Perrysburg relatives on
Sunday.
Mrs. w. j. Hitchcock is visiting
relatives and friends in Maumee and
b. G. this week.
Mrs Ida Mason, of Swanton
spent few days of this week with
her son, David Mason.
Mrs. j. NJ. Enright has returned
from Norwalk after a pleasant visit
with her sister, Mrs. Mcmahon.
j. V. Sheplar and grandson, John
Wilmington, of Toledo, spent Sunday
with G. S. Mcknight and family.
Mines. Uptergrove and Daniels
and Miss frankie Buckney of Tole,
do, were guests of VIM. Ford and
family Sunday.
Mems overcos in theat latest up.
to-date styles, at from $3.50 to $780,
FULLER's.
j. Davis contemplates moving into
the Hollenbeck building about the
first of January. The building is now
receiving the finishing touches ant
will be splendid location for the
business.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-11-13
r. P. BARTON,
NDER AkER, PERRYSBURG, 0.
Phone Nos. 2'7 and COL.

Mrs. John Munger of Toledo, visit
ed Perrysburg friends Tuesday.
r.. Clegg and wife we're Sunday
guests of r. p. Barton and family.
"A. G. Fuller and family were visit
ing relatives at Monclova, Sunday.
-Nobby styles in Norfolk suits for
boys, just opened, at FULLER's.
Mrs. Geo. Kemp was in Toledo
tuesday, the guest of Mrs. Martin
Witzler.
Mrs. Arthur Hitchcock is enter
tanning w. A. Ketcham and wife of
Toledo this week.
Miss Lura Hartsing and Miss
Anna Metzger Sundayed with f. G.
Johnson and wife.
j. G. Hoffman, and wife spent
few days this week with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. A. j. Boote of Toledo.
Mines. Peter Witzler and Chas.
Wallace were guests of Mrs. George
Wallace in the country on Tuesday.
Sweaters for men at SOC to $500
each. Nice styles and splendid values,
at FULLER's.
Misses Anna Adamson and Tora
Hoffman attended the Yachtmen's
party in Toledo, last Wednesday
evening.
IN. P. Clam and wife of Maumee,
Guy Provost and Lad Moorse of Tole-
do, were guests of Henry Van HELEN
and family on Sunday last
| Several members of the Perrys-
burg Alumni foot ball team went to
Monroe last Sunday to arrange a game
with team from that city.
Gas administered for
the painless extraction of
teeth by DR.. Babcock.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
WHY SHOULD rBEr FALTsR,


The lower house Of the Wisconsin leg
islature has passed the bill changing
the railroad taxation system In that
state from n basis Of percentage on
gross receipts to the ad valorem basis
that will compel the railroads to pay
taxes I'm proportion to the market value
Of their tangible property and fran
chises. 1t is estimated that this change
will mean an increase Of over $1,OOO,00O
annually in the railroad tax revenues Of
the state Of Wisconsin. which for the
last year were a fraction over $1,000
600, and would. therefore, be increased
to over 100000.
The change In the Wisconsin taxation
law has been vigorously opposed by the
railroad lobby, but the bill passed the
house without a dissenting vote, which
goes to show that public sentiment in
Wisconsin Is so overwhelmingly in
favor Of more equitable taxation that
no member Of the house dared to record
his vote against II. II is confidently
DINuANAth llul lHt jill VIII luHS NAt
Wisconsin senate, and Wisconsin, like
Michigan, will inaugurate It's full mea
ure Of tax reform In spite of all cor
porate opposition and obstruction,
In Michigan the aggregate increase of
railroad taxes on the ad valorem basis
exceeds $1,3O0,0OO for the year 1902, or
more than double the former contribu.
ton Of Michigan railroads toward the
expense Of state and local governments,
Yet the earning capacity of Michigan
and Wisconsin railroads Is no greater,
II as great, as the earning capacity of
the railroads Of Nebraska. While the
volume of traffic in Michigan and Wis
consin Is doubtless much larger, the
freight rates in those states are from
80 to 40 per cent lower than the rates
charged in Nebraska.
The total amount Of taxes-state,
county, city and school district-paid by
the Nebraska railroads for the past
year is about 81, 100000, and this in
cludes taxes on their unsold land grant
and town lots outside of their right OF
way. On an equitable assessment in
proportion to all other classes of prop.
erty the railroads of Nebraska would
pay S15O,OOO more in state taxes, $780,.
600 more in county and school taxes
and $250,000 more in city taxes, OF
about double the amount they are pay.
ing. Even then they would pay several
hundred thousand dollars less in Ne.
braska than they are paying in Michl
gan and will be compelled to pay in
| Wisconsin.
The threat Of raising freight rates tc
make up the increase In taxes did not
brighten the Michigan legislature las
year and does not appear to scare tho
Wisconsin legislature this year. In Ne
braska, where the railroads are already
charging all the traffic will bear, freight
rates are as high as they can be ant
the threat of raising freight rates is al
idle as It could be. Why, then, should
Nebraska law makers falter in the dis
charge Of their plain duty2
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
THE EXPENSE or GOVERNMHET.

1t takes a great deal of money to ad-
minister the government of the United
States. As heretofore noted, the ap-
preparations Of the F~ifty-seventh con-
gress, as stated by Senator Allison,
chairman Of the senate committee on
appropriations, exceeded one and a half
billion Of dollars, being greater than
the appropriations Of the Fifty-sixth
congress by nearly $114,O00,O 900. This
is a large increase, but almost half Of
II is for an isthmian canal and there
has been a large Increase in the ap-
preparation for the postal service, which
of course must be maintained at the
highest standard of efficiency. The last
congress also made an appropriation for
rivers and harbors, which wal not done
by the preceding congress. Then there
was a considerable increase in naval
appropriations, the expediency Of which
1t is presumed will not be questioned.
In looking at the vast total of ap-
preparations many persons will natu-
rally assume that there has been a great
deal of extravaganza. Mr.. Cannon,
who has always favored judicious
economy in public expenditures, has de-
Tended the appropriations Of the Fifty
seventh congress. He said: "The re-
publican administration Of our govern
ment. the dominion of republican poli-
cies in both branches Of congress since
1897, has given us a system of taxation
that has produced a national treasury
richer than was ever enjoyed by any
nation on the earth and rendered possi-
BILE these great expenditures for the
public welfare" The American people
are liberal. They do not wish 10
cramp the government financially or 10
impair the efficiency Of the public serv-
Ice by Withholding the money necessary
to the proper maintenance Of that serv-
Ice. Their desire is that the high
standards which have been established
shall be adhered to, But conservative
men, viewing the steady Increase from
year to year in the expense of govern.
ment, are likely to question whether II
is a wise policy to continue on in this
way.
II is certainly an excellent thing "a
have a rich national treasury, but that
condition in which the United state;
Is now peculiarly fortunate among ma
tions, should not be allowed to tempt
u.s. as II is too apt to do, into wastefu
courses. The money for carrying OF
the government comes from the peopI,
ana II Is a perfectly obvious propo
ZION that II we go on heavily increasin.
expenditures the burden OF taxation
Will sooner or later become severely on
: pressiye. In our present state Of pros
+ perity the demand upon the people I
: not felt 20 be burdensome. but LET con
ditions change, as they assuredly Will
In time, and there will come about
I olnerent popular feeling In regard I
e the Increasing expense of government
a There Is every reason to expect tina
there Will be a determined effort I'm IN
Fifty-eighth congress to keep down .,
9 pehditures' restricting them to III
actual requirements OF the public ser,
Ice Tha congress will not be caIle
upon to make some Of the %appropris
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
DOOM OF THE BIG TREES.
Failure of Congress TO Pass an Act
for Their Preservation
Philadelphia North American.

Philadelphia North American.
Among the bills passed by the senate
and set aside by the hlibusters OF the house
was one providing for the preservation OF
the Calaverss grove OF big trees, which
will be made into lumber unless the United
States or the state OF California shall ao-
quire the property by purchase. There are
more trees in the Calaveras group OF
Sequoia g~igantea than In any other grove.
II was the first grove discovered by white
men aud Is the most widely known. The
Mariposa. Tuolumne. Tulare and Fresno
groups are protected by state or federal
reservations and parks, but the Calaveras
trees, saved for nearly half a century by
private owners at a sacrifice OF personal
interests. have fallen at last into the hands
OF lumbermen and are in imminent peril
Of destruction,
More than ten years ago the state for
ester OF California called attention 10 the
danger. aud urged that the state intervene
to save the grove, but the legislature paid
no heed to the suggestion. and eventually
the owner OF the Calayeras big trees was
obliged to sell the property. Earnest ef-
forts have been made by citizens Of Cali
fornia and others to collect a fund fol
the purchase OF the grove, but the move
ment must fail unless the government OF
some millionaire lends timely aid.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
Growing Power of Directors.

A study of recent corporation charters
discloses the fact that there has been a
growing tendency to increase the author
ity Of directors and to make 1t difficult to
effect a change in the original management
OF the companies. The history OF railroad
construction in the United States affords
numerous examples Of the evils that may
follow from intrusting to one set Of men
the entire management Of the property OF
another. For this sort Of enterprise the
issue Of bonds has furnished ample facil-
tiles, and it has been possible for a body
OF stockholders to exercise complete con-
troll Of a road that was constructed chiefly
or wholly with borrowed capital.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
Personal NOTES.

-
A Missouri editor thinks too many people
In his state have the mistaken notion that
they can lift themselves out Of trouble
with a corkscrew.
Senator Frye once refused to write his
"reminiscences for a magazine, declaring
himself opposed to the telling by public
men OF tales out Of school"
When the proposed royal residence at Po-
sen, for which Emperor William has Just
asked a grant, is completed, he will have
htty.two castles and lordly dwellings in
Prussia and other parts Of Germany,
Msyor-elect John Weaver Of Philadel-
phia sailed for Europe last week in search
Of health, having broken dow in his re-
cent campaign. He will return about April
/ He IL to visit bis old home in stour-
port, England.
General John ". Noble has left St. Louis
on a trip 70 California and while there he
vil visit the great forests which General
Noble vas Instrumental in having pre-
served while be was secretary OF the in
terror under President Harrison.
Il vas unkiDd Of Dr.. Lorenz to say that
American women cannot cook. 1t is TO be
hoped biz published remarks will not pene-
trais to the kitchens Of the homes he
fAAALE1 AuS stEFhut pTObieh Is AlnCulL
enough az It is.
Congressman Lessler OF New York was
the smallest man physically in the house
last session, weighing only 10 pounds. On
the eve Of adjournment Hank" Smith OF
Michigan asked him: what are you going
TO do next summer" BY way Of a Joke
Lessler said: First thing I am going to
reduce my weight" How are you going to
do IT," drawled Smith, 'cut off a log?"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
TREATY "a voRABLr REPORTED.

The Colombian treaty has again been
reported to the senate, without amend
ment, by the committee ON foreign re-
latlons. This, however, does not neces-
sarily mean that there will be early
action by the senate, because the oppO-
sition of Senator Morgan is still to be
reckoned with and how long that will
hold out it is impossible to tell. There
seems to be a disposition to allow the
Alabama senator to go Oh with his
fight against the treaty as long as he
has the physical endurance to do so.
1t is a quite remarkable situation, this
of a single senator and he se%venty-nine
years old battling for weeks the will of
u majority of senators and must seem
to most people to be carrying the
courtesy" idea to IN unwarranted ex-
IRENE.
Mr.. Morgan has proposed a number
of amendments to the treaty and they
have received careful consideration, Sec
rotary Hay has been consulted In re-
gard to the e~xpediency of adopting
some Of them, but in his opinion any
change in the convention would jeop.
ardlze the whole transaction, This is
evidently also the judgment of the COM
mlttee on foreign relations and of a
majority Of the senate Indeed it is
obvious that the purpose Of Mr.. Morgan
In his amendments Is to kill the treaty,
hoping thereby, Of course, to bring about
the selection of the Nicaragua route,
He will not be able, 1t is needless &c
say, to effect this. The treaty will be
ratified as negotiated and its supporters
should accomplish this without unneces
sary delay. We think it will he gen.
orally admitted that ample considera.
ton has been shown Senator Morgan.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
PERPLExING SITUATION.

The failure of congress to do anything
for the relief of Industrial and CONNER
cial conditions in our eastern posses
sions has left a situation that is causing
some perplexity and anxiety at Wash
ington. II is said that officials of the
War department take a gloomy view
of the matter and confess that they do
not know what pay happen in the des-
olated islands. There was one appro-
priation of $3,000,nOO, which it is under
stood will be expended by the Philip
pine commission in constructing roads
and other improvements, thus giving
employment TO a portion Of Che natives,
but this is only a drop in the bucket
and is wholly inadequate to provide the
full measure of relief needed.
What is required is the promotion Of
the industries and the Of the
islands and this can only be done by
such legislation as was passed by the
house of representatives, which low
cred the tariff ON Philippine products.
1t is perhaps not to be expected that
we should accord to the archipelago the
same consideration that has been given
to Porto Rico, but it is plain that a
larger concession, in the matter Of the
tariff, will have to be made. Nothing
can be done, however, until the mt
ing of the Fifty-eighth congress and in
the meantime there may be serious
trouble in the Philippines. The desti-
tute natives, seeing no prospect of early
relief, are quite likely to organize re-
volts and increaYe the difficulties of the
political situation. The failure of con
gress to provide relief will prove very
embarrassing to the commission and
may have consequences costly to the
government.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
Dating Canned Goods.
Chicago Chronicle

A bill has been introduced in the New
York legislature making IL obligatory upon
manufacturers to date every can containing
food. The proposal Is just and necessary.
Every kind of canned %edibles, whether
animal or vegetable Is liable to decay even
when embalmed. Though the canning
process itself be successful at the time
the fluid solder is applied to the tin, sub
lection to prolonged heat or damp has q
chemical effect upon the contents OF the
can. Some kinds OF canned goods will
continue wholesome for a prolonged
period. Other grades degenerate within q
twelvemonth. Every can containing what
purports to be nutrition should be dated
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
EVERY brick Hit.
Louisville Courier-Journal

Louisville Courter-Journal.
When Uncle Joe Cannon made his crush
Ing speech against the relic-worshipers,
closing with the eloquent apostrophe, my
God! where is the clothes line" he had
to his credit the most effective speech OF
the session. This held the record until II
was taken by another speech, but that
other speech was also made by Uncle Joe,
who simply beat his own record. His
speech against the one-man power of the
senate came down on that usually com.
PLEASANT and stolid body like a thousand
OF bricks" and, judging by the cutlery
every brick hit.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
MUNICIPAL MACHINE Legislation

1t goes without saying that municipal
ing the time of city elections from May
to November under the pretext that a
saving will be effected by merging city
elections with county and state cleo
tons. The object of separating munich
pal elections from general elections is
to give free swing, as far as possible,
to independent voting. In other words,
to give the taxpaying citizen the privi-
lege of making his choice of city OFF,
cials and councilmen on nonpartisan
lines. But when the taxpaying citizen
who is anxious to vote for the best men
finds himself compelled to make his
choice in an exciting political campaign,
when party lines are sharply drawn, in
dependent action becomes almost i'm
possible.
If, for example, candidates for mu-
nicipal offices are to be voted for in No
vember. 1904, at the same time and on
the same ballot with presidential cleo
tors, state officers and Legislative can
didates who are to elect the United
States senators, they would dwindle into
insignifcance and receive no more at
tention from the great majority of vot-
ers than do the candidates for constable
on the county ticket.
Instead of divorcing the municipal
machine from active interference in the
legislative, congressional and state cam
paign, the merging of city elections with
general elections would force the mu-
nicipal machine into pernicious activity
that cannot but affect the interest Of
the taxpayers dlsastrously. Municipal
reformers in all great population centers
have been striving for years to divorce
party politics from municipal contests
and divorce as far as possible the city
elections from general elections. The
proposed merger of city, county and
state elections in Omaha is, therefore,
not in line with municipal reform leg,
i~slation, but on the contrary 1t is NJ.
chine legislation of the rankest kind.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10
chow MUCHt"
BROOKLYN Eagle.


The query OF the country that's now recog-
niEed as such
The query that's most often heard, is sim
ply this: How much2"i
Some man asserts one horse will win a
certain noted race.
How much?" a bettor thunders, shaking
money in his face.
A woman wants some yards of silk that
softens TO her touch;
She looks il over carefully, and then she
asks How much%'
Perhaps there lie a little deal some people
would put through.
How much2" a legislator whispers. Just 10
learn what they will do.
A candidate is anxious a good paying place
to clutch.
The party boss smiles knowingly and softly
asks How mueh?'
IT have a title" said some lord; your
daughter / would we'd"
How much?" the millionaire returns. with
weary shake Of head.
A man who has a painting boasts "A gem
IL Is. and Dutchl"
The visitor looks idly on and idly asks
How much?"
What will you give for this, good sir?
What will you take for that?
How much, how much for prestige. fran
chise, title, gown or hatT
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10

board nuisance would throw u of en-
ployment a great many billposters,
painters, decorators aud artists who
WELD the jackplane and woodsaw. This
plausible plea, however. does not seem
to have sufficient weight with the iii.
nois law makers, who insist that the
bill board law is simply designed to reg.
ulate and restrict the erection and con.
struction of bill boards in regard to di.
menslon, location and position, TO pro.
tect the public from the menace to life
and limb In case of fire or storm and dc
away with the eyesore whenever 10.
Gated In residence districts or upon ap-
proaches to the parks and boulevards
that peoples money has been expended
TO beautify.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10

The cattle raisers' association of
Texas has invoked the power of the
Interstate Commerce commission to
prohibit the various railroads hat con
verge at the Chicago union stock yards
demanding and receiving in addition to
their regularly published transportation
charges the sum Of 81 per carload of
live stock as compensation for terminal
service in making the deliveries of live
stock at the stock yards. The Inter
state Commerce commission will doubt
less give the Texas cattle raisers a hear
ing, but the question is, What will they
do and what ean they do to protect the
cattle raisers and cattle shippers from
extortion?
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-10

The selection of Tillman as one OF
the democratic steering committee to
direct the movements of the minority
in the United States senate during the
next two years shows that the democ.
racy is still intimately bound up with
the most reckless leadership developed
by the free silver craze, Tillnan rep
resents all that is odious in the party
yet maintains himself at the front in its
councils. How a party following cham
pions of pitchfork methods in nationa.
policies can expect 70 inspire con
idence among the conservative ele
ments of labor and capital is not easily
understood.