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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

Thanksgiving day. known nowhere
else than in the United States. as a
national institution. Is of decided mod
ern invention. President Lincoln, just
40 years ago. was moved by the great
victories OF Gettysburg. vicksburg,
and other points. these coming thick
and fast after so many previous disas-
ters. to designate day In which the
people OF the entire nation might meet
and render thanks TO God This first
national Thanksgiving day was designed
to be distinctly religious in its character.
and the intent OF the president was I'M
derstood and carried out by the people.
The churches OF the cities and towns
and villages we're filed that day with
fathers and mothers and sisters who
offered grateful prayers to God for the
victories won and for the preservation
OF their loved ones who moved daily
amid scenes Of imminent danger.
True. the Thanksgiving day idea
dates back OF this. The .andful OF
Pilgrims in Massachusetts,. in the year
following their landing at Plymouth.
met in their church in obedience to
the governors proclamation to return
thanks for a generous harvest. In
termittently thereafter for many years.
and then regularly each year. the day
was commemorated. spreading through
out the New England states. II did
not reach New York state until 1921,
and was regarded indifferently by many
states until Lincoln gave it national
standing.
Washington did make two Thanks
giving proclamations. but only at ele
suggestion of the congress. Two sub
seQuent presidents fatty declined to is
sue such proclamations. insisting that
the silence of the constitution as TO re-
lieion forbade any such exercise Of
power by the chief executive.
Hence. It is within reason and right
to say that Thanksgiving day. as a ma
tionai festival, began in 1869. and was
instituted by President Lincoln.
But BY a rapid process of evolution
the religious feature, that which gave
rise 10 the day. has been diminished
In larger cities but q limited number
of churches open their doors for serv-
ices. while in the smaller ones a single
house Of worship will conduct what is
termed union service" for all denom-
nations. Usually there are many va
cant pews in those churches that are
opened.
The day has developed into "home"
day. one in which the loved ones meet
with glad hearts. and doubtless thank
full ones. too. and felicitate one an
other that 1t is as well with them as
1t is Those who live at distance.
and those who are travelling upon the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
CURSED ny THE TARIFF.
RE Wcoiea Industry Dwtnalisg Un-
der BIixhtias Effects Of
Dinglcy Duties.

No important industry better illus
trates the blighting effects OF tariff
taxation than thar az the manufacture
OF woolens. The high duties placed
upon its chief raw material. wool, In
1867, have been but slightly changed
since, except for the three years. 1895.
1896 and 1897. The duties On raw wool
nave averaged about "A per cent since
1867. while the duties on manufac-
tured woods have averaged over 50 per
cent During the last three years the
duties on raw wool have averaged over
81 per cent. while the duties on man
ufactured wool have averaged "a per
cent. under the Mckinley and Dingley
bills. Surely, the virtues Of protec-
tior must Show in this government IA
vored industry, What are the re-
suits.
The wooden industry has been de-
Ginning rapidly. as compared with 9TH
er important, though less favored. in
dustries. and as compared with our in
creasing population. In the follow
ing table the increase in population is
compared with the increase in the
value OF wooden manufactures and
with the increase n cotton manufac-
tures-the other important textile in
dus;ry, and one whose chief raw
material. cotton. is on the free list:
PER CENT. INCREASE SINCE
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
FACTS ABOUT THE TARIFF.
Coav1seisx Evidence That YPotee,
sfos Aids In che upbsilalsS
81 Trssss.

BY virtue Of the extremely high tariff
the protected trusts and combines ar<
more exiortionate than the D.neley bill
W..ere that law provides for the collec.
ton OF over 50 per cent On the averags
value Of most Of the necessaries Of life
the trust tax gathsrer demands in many
cases over 100 per cent. OF which the
government receives nothing.
The ststisticians OF the bureau Of "a.
Dor OF Massachusetts, have figured tha,
In the boot and shoe industry The aver
age wages are s4sl.4s for workers pei
year. and allowing that two Of each fam
lily are employed the amount that each
family earns would be $500. The tariff
tax on the expenditures Of such house
hold is sl3.75 and tine tax that the trusts
and combines extort Is $s325. Think o!
IL. nearly seven times more TO the trusts
under the republican protective system
than the United States government re-
ceiyes.
Congressman Littlefeld. a republican.
gave list OF 500 trusts with capitalize
ton OF nearly s14 900 900 eco which was
printed in the Congressional Record Of
February &c. 1903. to which aggregation
each family in tn. United States con-
tributed nearly 800. SO that the trusts
can get rich and the poor poorer.
II matters rot how poor or wrsfched
a man may be. the protective tariff de-
mands and obtains tax from him The
ways OF the protec;ionists are peculiar.
They pass laws to keep out foreign goods
and then pass another law appropriate
ing $5.o00000 for an exposition at St.
Louis and invite foreigners to exhibit
their productions side by side in COM
petition with our domestic products.
They have established a system OF taxa
ton. SO remark able that tramp chew
ing his Guild Of tobacco pays his taxes
with the rest Of US ard the poor man and
the laborer pays in far greater proper
tion than the millionaire. And yet we
are being told by the republican leaders
that no steps must be taken by the COM
ing congress to reform or revise this un-
equal tax. That the prosperity Of the
country is bound up with the protective
tariff and we must let well enough
alone"
II the republican leaders were not in
league with the trusts. combines ard cor
2orations. would they be contir uaily aG-
visirg the voters OF the United States 10
stand pat on such an UBIQUITOUS and
unjust system that makes the farmer.
the working man and the people with
small means ray enormously more I'm
proportion 10 their incomes than the mil
lionaire or the trusts or corporations ,
Is 1t any wonder 10 see vast fortunes &C.
cumulatsd b. the few, who are protect
ed. and the great majority continuing In
straitened circumstances. with TO hope
of immediate improvement, VIII you
continue to vote 10 keep the republican
party in power by electing congrtssmen
and legislators who favor the continue
ticn of the high protective system. or
rather vote for democratic candidates
who are pledged TO reform the tariff SO
that the system OF taxation shall De
changed TO equal rights to all. special
privileges to nonee"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
DRIFT OF OPINION.

There's the Roosevelt band
wagon. the Hanna automobile. and last
but not least. the Quay statehood ON
aibus--Albany Argus
Come 10 think Of il. the man who
won the greatest victory in Ohio II
the man who didn't ~ant the Ohio
convention 10 endorse Roosevelt-El-
mira Gazette.
Senator Hanna gave the exDres-
sion stand pat" it's political signin-
canoe. and now he has added ante
up" Next year IL =ill be who's shy."
Hudson Republican ;repD.
STAND by the national honor"
says President Roosevelt in his Cuban
message III you can't do IL because
IL is right. DO IL because IT will pay"
N u World.
when Secretary Shaw said that
the ship owners were the only Amerf-'
cans moi protected By discriminating
laws he forgot the considerable ele-
ment which works for a living and
pays taxes--Chicago Chronicle
Joseph Chamberlain has never
heard of any political corruption
caused by the tariff in the United
States That Is because he only saw
the bright side Of things here-comlng
over and marrying the daughter Of one
of President Cleveland's cabinet on
GERS OF course he never heard Of
Quay. or Plat or Hanna or steel and
sugar trusts.-N. Y. World
No bonus-that is. ship subsidy
has ever created. restored or main
tanned nations shipping. and no ship
subsidy ever will. France has tried
subsidies ana failed. and Spain and
Italy. The greatest success achieved
by a German navigation company has
been without subsidy or bonus. but
Germany has given that line business
British ships without subsidy have
driven subsidized fiecrs OF other conn
tries out Of operation because the Brit
tsh policy-:he regular programme az
ali Brittons-is to provide business for
British SHIPS. This country built MP
q great maritime power simply BY
forcing = situation which provided
business for American ships--N Y
Press lRen,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

Massasoit. They stayed for a week
rs the guests of the white men. and
they all hunted and flshed and smoked
together. and had general jallidcation.
because the crops had turned out SO
we'll
The first public Thanksgiving came
In 1850. and on the z2d OF February.
the day we now celebrate as Washing
tons birthday. In November Of the
next year there was another Thanks
giving. and one year there were two.
but in the next SO years there was but
one Thanksgiving in about every two
years. II did not always come in No
vcmber, as 1t does now on regular
day In the month. but skipped around.
sometimes being observed in January.
and sometimes in August. and some
times in other months. according to
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

the times when the colonists thought
they had most cause TO be thankful for
something. Sometimes IL was for the
rain after long. dry time that they
feared would ruin all the crops.
In these early Thanksgiving days
the children were not thought OF first
and foremost as they are in good
many homes to-day. They we're expect
ed to keep in the back ground. and the
little girls had TO help their mothers
to keep house. and after that was kept
they had to keep right on being pr!m
and proper to such an extent that they
didn't always have as much fun as
their brothers. The boys used to play
wicket on the commons. and football
all over the place. so that in 1857 an
ordinance was passed forbidding the
playing of football in the streets on
account Of the annoyance to foot pas
sengers
At first there were no dolls for the
girls to play with. all the funny little
dolls that we see row in museums dat
ing back to the times when our remote
great-grandparsnts were little people.
having been brought over from Eu-
rope for the benefit OF the mothers. not
the little girls. The mothers didn't
wish the dolls to play with. hut for
models for their best dresses. for the
dolls, you ought to know. were dressed
by dressmakers and milliners in Lon
f.,r
fashion plates. and for many years all
the dolls our reat-rrandmothers
had to play with were made ofraes. And
pretty nice doll babies they made. too.
you will admit.
"Battledoors and shuttles," which
the children ,sed to play so much.
came over in 1861. and marbles got
here ten years later. in October. SO
they must have been played in the
house or else with frost-nipped fingers
till spring came again.
There were no blocks Of houses and
big cities then. but only separate and
often widely-scattered homes. n a
big storm came the farmers had to get
out their numbering OK wagons just a.
they do in the far western country to-
day and 'break" the roads. Sometimes
the storms were so heavy that the ex-
pected visitors couldn't get through
the snow drifts. and the Thanksgiving
dinner had to be eaten by the family
all alone. But the family was general
" a big ono, and II the boys and girls
6'dn't have their looked-for company
to pay with they had each other.
In one family. for instance. Of which
we have a record. there we're eight
little girls. who hss been named Ex-
perience, Waitstill. Preserved. Hope
still. Wait. Thanks. Unite and Supply.
Wonder how their brother nicknamed
them?
In those early days there were no
steam radiators or furnaces or stoves,
and all the fun-making on Thanksgiv-
ing day that was done indoors had TO
be done In the big living room. where
the huge fireplace bIazed and cracked
with its great logs and piles Of under
brush. and the turkey roasted sizzling
on a spit before the fire that burned
while you looked at II and froze your
lack al the same time.
Everything considered. It's a good
deal easier and jo!lier to be little boy
or girl on Thanksgiving Of this year
Of grace. 1903, than Il was In 1880 or
for . good many years after that.
Nnnst vou think 20 too?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

Mamma-Now. sir. for your disobedi-
ence. I'm going TO whip you.
willie-Say. ma. let's compromise this
thing.
Mamma-What?
willie-Call II quits and Ill use my
influence with pa to get that bonnet Won
want.-Tit-B Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

Wife-wasn't that Mr.. Guzxle We
passed. lie seemed preoccupied.
Husbsnd--He locked 10 me what you
might call occupied"
wife-Occuried, How DO you NEAR
Husband Philadelphia Press.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
Tha nksgiving Day

thanksgiving DAY Is as
distinctly indigenous to
America as is the turkey.
that bird which Is so indis-
solubly connected with due
commemorafion OF the sea-
son. A dinner In that day
without the gobbier or its
mate would be no feast at
all. though a hundred 9TH
er viands were included
In the menu
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

Employer-Mr. RedInk. you got on
yesterday afternoon undes the plea Of
being i'll. saw you Afterwards going
TO the races. and you didn't appear n
all III.
CIerk-You ought to have seen me
after the second race. sir. I was bad
enough then--San Francisco Call
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

THEY viii not desert Us and Memory traces
- With love ard affection the days Of the past.
We hear the s1cct SONGS ard we see the fair faces
That charmed the Thank servings toe happy 70 LAST
How often we looked at the fields IN the morning
And saw on the corn the first furry Of srcv.
With the sun in the east all the landscape adorni-e
To welcome Thsrkseivings we loved long ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

where. Oh. where. has my poodle-dos
gomez
8obbed the xfri 10 n butcher out east
search Es.' said the butch. In clsccurag-
ing tone
II never sausage q beast"
Judge
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27
Just for Boys and Girls

OW. boys and girls. don't
you think that . good
many OF you would think
II a great lark to exchange
places with the Plymouth
children OF more than 10
years ago. because on that
very first Thanksgiving
holiday that ever was OBJ
served on American soil.
there came to town 80 In
dian braves and their Chief
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

fAIR Autumn has painteithe fringe Of the wildwood
r he rivers are Gear as they sing to the sea.
And back iron, the vistzs Of Observation-Disclosures
Come laue hterard song that are boundle ard free
The fcastings Of old every heart doth remember.
For the tides o; the years have an cchone flow.
And again the soft skies and the<ross Of November
Recalthe Thankseivinss We kept long AGO.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

The admin st-ation organs are
now assuring themselves that Mr. Han
M wouldn't do such a thing Bling
hamfon IN II lender.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

To-day may gather thick.
The turkey really. II the one
NAo makes the bigsest kick
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
BIG Rutabaga.

The Pioneer didn't know last
week when it began to exploit
the prodlgious size Of Beltrami
county vegetables that the woods
were full of better stories than
the one it published about big
garden truck. The attention OF
the paper has since that time
been called TO a mammoth ruta-
baga now on exhibition at Jack
Ripple's place in the city which
weighs twelve and one half
pounds and was raised on the
farm OF John Schmidt, four and
one half miles southeast Of this
city. Mr.. Schmidt has corn Oh
his farm that grows to a height
of twelve feet and ears IN pro-
portion to it's size. Stories OF
mammoth onions have been com
inc in for several days, tales
about potatoes in proportion and
the paper has decided not to take
garden truck on subscription as
it is nothing if not a drug on the
market in this vicinity.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
Royalty Entertained.

Tho degree team OF the local
lodge of Woodmen returned Yes
terday morning from their trip
to Turtle River, where they had
a very enjoyable time last Satur-
Gay night. The work was con
ferred upon a elias Of five as only
the Bemidji team can confer it.
A banq uet was served in the
lodge hall and everybody had a
royal good time. The lodge at
Turtle River is in d fourishing
condition and will be one OF the
strongestin this section in a
short time.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
I'D For Trial Tomorrow.

The case of Henry Buenthel
VS.. State Game Warden Fuller
ton, in an action for damages will
be heard before Judge McClen
ahan in chambers tomorrow.
Bailey & Mcdonald will appear
for Buenther and Attorney Hale,
of the state Game and Fish Com.
mission will appear for MI Full.
lerton. Judge McClenahan,
Warden Fullerton and Mr.. Hale
are expected to arrive liz the city
tonight.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
Tax Penalty Attaches.

The county .treasurer''s office
wants every taxpayer In the
county whose real estate taxes
are delinquent to understand
that the last day Of October is
the last day of grace when real
estate taxes may be paid without
a penalty of ten per cent attach
inc. The books mast be closed
promptly and there will be no
discrimination. Ii your real
estate taxes are delinquent the
best time to settle is rightW. no
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
Held Hands Before Judge Skinyik

Christian A. kjos, Of Polk
county and EIilda ]. Olson Of
Beltrami county held hands be
fore Judge Skinvik last Saturday
at high noon while the solemn
words which united their future
destinies for better or for worse
were said. Mr.. and Mrs. Kjos
will make their home north Of
this city.
Subscribe for the Daily Pion-
eer; now is the time.
The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-10-19
An Ideal Xmas Present

the thing for father mother brother sister relative fnendsone
thing any library any purse. The GlobeWencke Elastic
good reading and the collecting good books It's
the Of good library and higher education The original
and only perfect sectional bookcase made and sold the lowest price
Call and examine while the assortment complete
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
win EnIaree n. PIan,.

The MISUNDERSTANDING company last
Thursday sent down from It's mill IN the
Ragged Top district another cleanup. the
result of a ten-day run. which was valued
at about 1900. The COMPANY is making
arrangements TO enlarge its present loO-ton
plant TO one having a capacity OF 800 tons
daily. and 80 soon as the roads viii permit
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
Foreign Financial.

LONDON, May 10.-The Transvaal loan
so completely absorbed the Stock exchange
last week that the rest Of the market
had little chance for real activity and
finished decidedly weak, although there
were distinct signs OF Improvement I'm the
early part OF the week. Americans eXhib-
tied the most pronounced tendency To
higher prices. ArRentines reached "A high
record early in the week, but the out
break of the foot and mouth disease in
Argentine caused a moderate reaction.
Consols also gathered a little strength the
first day or two. owing to the decrease
In the rate, but prices sank az rapidly as
they had risen, the Russian scare being
given as an excuse.
BERLIN, May 10.-The bourse last week
suffered from the situation IN the Balkans
and that in Manchuria, better money and
the slump in Kafirs. The tendency in
ALL departments was weak. The week
closed with the loan only 10pfGs. above
the subscription price, which Is the lowest
price In a number Of months. Coal shares
and irons and almost all the other In
dustrials were down. The latest reports
from the western i-on centers indicate that
American orders are not diminishing as
a result of the recent price reductions In
the United States. The statement of the
Reichsbank Issued yesterday was favor
able, showing a gain of 5000 Doom in the
net reserve. This, however, did not af-
feet the market.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-11
OF heavy frame the work Of enlargement

OF heavy frame the work Of enlargement
will begin.
The machinery for the Gladiator Mining
company has about been Installed upon its
ground In Deadwood gulch. The company
will now resume work in Its mines with
afr drills. and sinking and drifting upon the
vein OF phonoiitic ore which has been ex-
posed upon the property will he carried on
to better advantage. on the same belt the
Pennsylvania, the Big -Four. Dead Dog Hin,
Hidden Treasure and Golden Treasure COM
panies are working on excellent showings
Of phonolite ore. on this belt the Pennsyl-
vania company. which owns $50 acres Of
ground. Is the best known and the only
property which is now on a producing basis,
II having made many shipments Of high
grade ore from it's workings, and is now
taking out some very rich material. II
has a large vein of ore. which will average
about 81 a ton. The Gladiator is preparing
TO erect a plant Of its own for treating the
ore taken from its mines, and will have 1t
completed and in operation, 1t is said. be-
fore the summer has passed.
The Hidden Fortune mill on whitewood
creek below Deadwood started up last
Monday on a trial run and for the purpose
Of adjusting the machinery. The delivery
of ore to the mill will begin this week and
It will be kept in operation steadily. The
company is said to nave some very rich
free-milling ore, which will be sent to the
plant for treatment, as well as the sllicious
ores upon which It is proposed that the
plant shall operate.
Good weather Is just setting in in the
Hills and its continuance will mean the
Inauguration of a great deal Of work which
has been waiting for II.