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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

Corrupting Influences of Protection.
Mr.. William Lloyd Garrison has II
most excellent article in the Free
Trade Almanac for 1903, from which
the following is part:
"a system built on fallacies has Its
root in corruption, and its fruit bears
evidence of Its parentage. From I'M
truths to misuse and misappropriation
of revenues, to grants of privileges for
favors received and expected, to cor
ruption Of public and private morals,
the step is easy and inevitable. To
comprehend the demoralized state
which public sentiment has reached,
one has only to observe the lndiffer-
ence and derision which meet the re-
former who breaches ethics in poll
tics. 1t Is tacitly taken for granted
that politics, to be practical, must be
impure. Expediency is the gospel of
the hour, and principles are consider
ed academic and irrelevant.
Corruption, having exploited the
people through the tariff, next seeks
to tax them further by domestic mo.
nopoly. Trusts are the instruments.
The tariff enables them to escape for
eign competition and more easily to
throttle competition at home. The
machinery of government becomes at
length subordinated to the representa-
tives of selfish combinations. They
dictate laws, hold in subsection uni
versity, press and pulpit, instigate for
eign aggression, encourage war, and
put Imperialism and militarism in the
place of government of the people,
for the people, and by the people
The protective tariff is II vlpers nest.
Unless it is destroyed, the United
States will be a democracy only in
mama.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

In the dark, and part of the middle
ages, red and not black was the favor
lie mourning color throughout Europe.
Even down TO the end of the fifteenth
century the change from blood red to
black was not complete, though black
cloaks were worn over red clothing.
In Abyssinia the mourning color is a
reddish brown. In Turkey 1t is VIC.
let, color closely allied to red. 1t is
curious fact that among the Maoris
of New Zealand red is the hue of sor.
row. In earlier times mourners daub.
ed their bodies with red juices when
they followed chief to his grave, and
even the resting-places of the bodies
were also colored red
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

Of dishonesty, and added to IT stage
glitter that was surely alluring. They
couldn't last. Millions were opposed
TO few. Society was against them.
Night and day the law was in pursuit,
and there was faint on the dollars
they stole. AS rule, crooks-even the
Kings of the professionally poor-and
miserably. Every day inventors made
1t more difficult for dishonesty to
achieve success. The skill of the bur-
glar did not keep pace with the brains
OF honest men. To-day the robber is
an outcast, bloodhounds are on his trail
and the world refuses to admire crime
or the bungling thieves who have fol-
lowed in the footsteps of the almost ex.
tinct "high-class" professional 1t Is as
1t should be.
1t is questionable to use the word
Sin" nowadays. A mawkish senti-
mentality has substituted longer and
Understanding terms. The preacher
of the olden time Numbered into the
ears of his parishioners, THE soul that
sinneth 1t shall die" That was plain
and easily understood. No one could
sin and hope to escape the conse-
quences. But the times have changed
and the word sin as descriptive of
wickedness is obsolete. If man with
above thousand n year steals he is n
"kleptomaniac;" If he makes n big
stealing he Is "financier." He may
be guilty of moral delinquency" but
he Is not thief. Forbid the sugges.
ton. The man who kills his neighbor
in these days of scientific nomencla.
ture is afflicted with "homicidal ma.
MAJ His lawyer can demonstrate the
fact to n jury beyond the suggestion of
doubt. Sin in the twentieth century
is sort of ethical humps or whoop.
Ing cough, Temporal mental, having a
predisposition to moral disease. The
sinners couldn't help it. Heredity and
environment has done the thing. 1t is
disease, not wickedness. Wrong-doing,
say modern.day philosophers. is moth.
ing more than misdirected energy.
Therefore we have an emasculated Cos.
pel-the soul that sinneth, it was mis-.
taken, misguided, bent wrong. Give II
bromide and science. Humanitarian.
Ism and science is all right Let us
have more of 1t. But let us also have
the preaching of the eternal law of sin
and death. There's plenty of sin in
the world, horrid, hideous. black, un.
speakable. The heart of man is DIES.
perately wicked. 1t is also phenom.
enally good. 1t is DIR. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde combination. Which shall pre-.
dominate? If you tell it the Mr.. Hyde
part of 1t is no fault of its doing, that
1t is the mere following of its natural
destiny, you but confirm the Mr.. Hyde
nature. Let it be preached that sin
puts Its stamp on the soul, That 1t
means moral death, that the mind is n
free moral agent to choose. Put tho
responsibility where 1t belongs. Call
things by their right names. A SER
mon? There are those upon whom
woe is me if preach not the gospel
outside Of the pulpits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

As rule the ofiice-holder works
more he"rs for less money than almost
any other private in the great army Of
the employed. For every hour that he
spends in the performance of his pub.
lie duties he must spend ut least an.
other hour in keeping his fences in re.
pair. II he is elected by the people
lie must ,Iiistt=h5aegsia his Ys.S for renom-
ination as soon us he is elected. If he
holds subordinate position he must
retain his influence in his precinct or
his services will not be in demand at
headquarters. 1t is hard work and
expensive work and the glory of it all.
is sadly furnished.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

all in of the tremendous pressure put upon
surrender to financial eSpedcncy Yet 1t does hold its
to extent which makes this codbooded SANDER largely
uncalled for Commercial marriages exist, they
matter of Among the parasite class of women the
idle helpless daughters of wealthy burened daughters
of wealthy burdened men, only good fortune
from thinking marriage change bankers
which must be prudently considered
Thank heaven all women parasites. The mnjori
ty of husbands poor an income small that
the who marry them will unduly tempted by
dazzling perqusites The "home may tempt but 1t will
be the sentiment of home its upholstery The OBJ
porunity work hard for board and clothes would be
available without selling oneself for the privilege.
The shoe of existing industry pnches chiefly for the
in the uncertainty continued employment and hence
among the prudent sentiment and marriage sometimes
denied for conscience sake Whatever station In
life the commercial side of marriage late makes
its appearance matter how the may seek TO
free himself or herself from it.
The independent working is the greatest safe
guard against tile mercenary marriage II womans modern
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

roadway above the water between the
cities. The calculations of the engi-
neers did not come out correctly and
when it was thought the huge frame
work was ready for traffic a serious
mistake was discovered and new lev
els for supporting the crossing are now
being made to right matters. Several
millions have been expended in this no.
BILE passageway of steel which embod-
les the latest ideas in the bracket prin-
ciple of bridge support. The super
structure is painted red and looks very
impressive, as the top is 100 feet
above the water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

F-H--,Y.,.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
The duel is a barbarIc sur

The duel is barbaric survival. 1t is
Is barren of common sense as was,
and among some only partially devel-
oped peoples still is, the ordeal of fire.
1t never yet established one mans hon
or or another's dishonor except as en-
gaging in 1t at all was dishonor. In
these days of enlightened humanity
and law no man or men can resort to
this arbitrament without mourning the
reproach Of dishonor. The best marks
man or the best swordsman is the one
whose "honor" is usually indicated in
these encounters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

Recent developments may make the
word strike source of confusion to
foreigners when they try to learn our
language. They will hear that strike
Of oil In the Southwest relieves some
what the fuel stringency occasioned by
the coal strike. They will also read in
the school readers the famous line of
Halleck's MARCO Bozzaris:" Strike
for your affairs and your tires!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
Ike trusts have no trouble in putting
prices up promptly.


The party which now controls Con
gress is fully committed TO the policy
of artificial prices. In spite of the pro-
tests of minority it insists on stand
ing by the present law and frowning
down all "tinkering" with it. In fran
ing that law the powerful interests got
all they wanted, and what they wanted
was law to shelter monopoly. 9th
erwise expressed, they wanted author
ity to maintain artificial prices. Hav-
ing done what they could in that direc-
ton by law they accomplished the rest
by combination so as to throttle compe-
tition at home.-Louisville Courier
journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

chairman of the Irish Parliamentary
party. His first pretentious work, "a
History of Our Own Time" appeared
In 1S7S-S0, since which time he has
been active with his pen and hardly
year has passed that has not seen one
or more books bearing his name issued.
He has not always worked alone, for
three or more stories We're written in
collaboration with Mrs. Campbell
Pread. His books, whether fiction or
history, have been very popular in this
country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

The earliest references to pens are
probably those in the Bible, and are
to be found in Judges .: IA; 1. Kings
81: 8; job 10: "a and Isaiah ST.. But
these chiefly refer to the iron stylus
which cut out the characters In the
tables of limestone or soapstone. There
is Il reference to pen and ink in the
third Epistle of John 1879, which was
written about A. ID. 50, and as pens
made in brass and silver were used in
the Greek and Roman empires at that
time it is probable that metallic pen
or reed was alluded to.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

A great-grandson of Commodore Van.
derbilt has just succeeded III getting
out of an asylum in which lie had been
confined upon the supposition that he
was insane because he insisted on pay
Ing his debts. The outlying connec-
lions Of wealthy families can hardly be
too careful about these things.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
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EXPLOITS OF WORKMEN.
Franks of FooIhardy Employe n
the Building of Niagara Bridge,

Il
the Building of Niagara Bridge.
81 remember" said bridge contrac-
tor some time ago while on the subject
Of workmen's dare-deviltries, when
working at the big bridge across the
Niagara. When tile two cantilever
arms had approached within fifty feet
of each other, keen rivalry as to who
should be the first to cross sprang up
among the men. A long plank connect
ed the two arms. leaving about two
Strict orders were Issued that no one
should attempt to cross the plank upon
penalty of instant dismissal. At the
noon hour | suddenly heard great
shout from the men, who were all
starting up. Raising my eyes, | saw n
man step OH the end of that plank, stop
n minute and look down into the whirl
pool below. ] knew he was going to
cross and shouted to him, but he was
too high up TO hear.
deliberately he walked out until he
reached the middle of the plank. 1t
euSStu ihl WV II " iii wight ui'ii
l could see light between the two short
supporting ends and the cantilevers on
which they rested. He saw the end in
front of him do this, hesitated and
looked back to see how-the other end
was. | thought he was going 10 turn.
He stopped, grasped both edges of the
plank with his hands and, throwing
his feet up, stood on his head, kicking
his legs in the air, cracking his heels
together and yelling to the terrified on
lockers This he did for about minute
1T seemed to me like forty. Then he
let his feet drop down, stood up waved
his hat and trotted along the plank to
the other side, slid down one of the
braces hand over hand and regained
the ground. We discharged him, Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

Every student of tariffs. Mt home or
abroad, must recognize that the ques-
ton is complex. This completely is
much increased by the variable inter
ests of peoples, MS divided nationally
and rs divided industrially. 1t is pleas.
ant to believe that the foremost coun-
tries of the world are growing into
closer union and that 1t is becoming
safer as time passes to remove artiii-
cial barriers between them. 1t will be
a glad day when these barriers can be
swept away altogether for the ex-
penses of government are largely ill.,
volved in maintaining them.- Sioux
City Journal QRep).
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

SIR MARCUS SAMUEL of London, the
chief city of Christendom. He is Sir
Marcus Samuel, the head of great
trading firm which owns a feet of
thirtv-eight vessels to carry on its
business. lie is intimately acquainted
with the Orient, where he Travelled ex-
tensively, and has for more than a
decade been intimately acquainted
with the municipal affairs of London.
Queen Victoria made him knight
four years ago. AS lord mayor Of
London he will hold Office one year,
with n salnry of S2O.OOO
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

Legislation is in the absolute control
of the Republican leaders. Nothing
goes without their conseST Hence the
suspicion that the an lracite duty w.
imposed and will ne retained vi .
their approval. The coal magnates
publicly reproach the politicians for
their efforts to end the strike, but evil
IDENTIFY in private they hold amicable
relations with the Republican leaders.
Philadelphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

The people are coming to believe that
organized capital seems to have little
sense of responsibility and in seeking
to avoid this Chnrybdis of irresponsi-
BILE capital they are dashing toward the
Scylla of socialism. The tendency is
not to be mistaken. and In awakening
to the seriousness of the situation men
cannot afford to blind themselves to
the true causes.-Detroit Free Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
Economics that Come High.

Certainly the object lesson furnished
by this rise of prices (by the Standard
Oil Company ought to be sufficient to
open the eyes of all persons TO the ex-
IRENE thinness of the plea that the
great monopolist combinations serve
the public by the economics which they
introduce in production. OF what ben
eft are these economies to the public
If the price is not regulated by cost of
production, as 1t is under a regime
of effective competition, but solely by
what the traffic will bear"-Balti-
more News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
The school savings bank is not ev.

The school savings bank Is not ey-
erywhere a familiar institution. Yet
in one hundred and eighteen towns and
cities in twenty-four States and two
Canadian provinces there are nearly
fifteen hundred schools where the sys-
TEN of school savings Is practised. The
depositors number over one hundred
and sixty-six thousand. According to
statistics brought up to January, 1902,
the total deposits had exceeded a mill
ion and quarter dollars, of which
more than four hundred thousand dol
lars still remained to the credit of de-
positors. These figures mean some
thing. They mean that In many places
the pupils Of the public schools, under
wise teachers, are learning one of the
most important lessons of life-the les
son Of thrift. The method Of teaching
1t is practical. On Monday mornings
the teacher collects such savings--in
pennies, nickels or dimes-as the pu-
pils wish TO lay aside. The depositors
have learned that their money is safe.
and that 1t can be drawn out at any
time Of need. This work, as yet with.
out official organization, has been go
ing on in America for about seventeen
years. In various countries of Europ,
1t takes Its definite place in the curricu
lum of government schools, and is re
garded as having the highest educa
tional value and Importance. Sooner
or later, In some form or other, the sys
TEN will be made a part of the Ameri
can scheme of education. We are a ne
euliarly practical people. We wish on,
I young people taught, beyond anything
they may learn from books. the Gle
ments of common sense. The first OF
these is the realization that for near
ly everybody the proverbial rainy day
is bound to come. A system of school
savings is one of the best educational
means yet devised to prepare for 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
course" concluded the contractor, ac-
cording to Casters Magazine, "but
what did he care? He got all the glory,
his fellows envied him, and he could
command work anywhere"


IzcIt-1IJGU I-tVI1IC'
The man who spends half his time
trying to classify people said he never
saw SO many left-eyed passengers in
one car.
What do you mean by left-eyed pas
sengers?' asked his companion.
People who use their left eye more
than their right" was the reply. 1.-THE
species is not common. and of course
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
GREAT BuDA.pEsTH BRIDGE.
Chased as One of the Handsomcst
yiaducts in the World.

Some engineers think the Ketten
suspension bridge at Buda- Pesth is the
finest viaduct in existence. 1t does not
begin to be as big as the Brooklyn
bridge, but in symmetry, in massive
ness, in artistic adornment, the one
linking Buda and Pesth is n beauty. 1t
cost 100000 and was completed in
1854. That for Brooklyn was modelled
from this one and was built twenty
years afterward. A cantilever viaduct
is the latest thing to make another
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

Rev. DIX. Hills ton to-day. Its growing strength is
not to be despsed 1t has elected four Mayors in New En-
gland and unless check is it will elect forty IN
the future 1t is trust which parayzes the indi-
vdual far than the other which weigh against
the counrys interests. 1t divides until what is par
ceed unsatisfactory all who have share in the
division.
Suppose there forty houses in block, and instead
of each man owning for himself and keeping 1t III
order each onefortieh of the house he lives in
and oneforet of each of the Others Will he care rs
much If the stoops swept off morning, ana
Will he keep the back yards in good order as II 1t was
his house? Every mans home is his castle. He has
given his promise to and she has sworn caty
to him. But suppose socialism steps into plan this nome
according to its rules Do believe that their children
will be better if reared by appointed by the State
socialism decrees Socialism in other domains would be
just Objectionable.
Submerge the individual in the State socialism or
dains and you destroy domestic instituons-sie the life
blood of the nation Better let every bear his burden
and in his to succeed lie will do far for the
world than If he atom in great industrial
creation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
Not an EdifYine snectacle.

The spectacle Of the two great mill
tary and naval powers of Europe at
tempting to bully little South Ameri-
can republic, weakened by revolutions.
into paying claims that have not been
adiudicatcd and violating international
law and usages in sinking naval YES
sells before war was declared and bonn
harding forts on half an hours notice
is not an edifying exhibition of high
cultivation.-New York World.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

military or corpor-
ate. To-day a Jew
not a man of He
braic offspring
w it Ii unorthodoN
leanings, but an
Israelite as de-
voted to the laws
of Moses as the
most faithful in
habitant of Pales-
tine of old-such a
man is lord mayOr
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

ing been appointed to that post in 1899.
But 1t was in Spain, before the out
break Of Lostilities between that coun-
try and the United States, that Minis.
ter Bowen gained the especial expert
ence which vii! stand him in good
stead in the Venezuela imbroglio. He
first went 10 that country in 1890, be.
ing appointed consul at Barcelona by
President Harrison. In 1895 President
Cleveland made him consul general.
Barcelona was the scene of manifes-
tations of hostility toward the United
States In March, 1896. The feeling
WA aroused by the passage by the
Senate of the Morgan resolution, which
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
TIE GUM-cHEwlNG HABIT.
BY Rev. DR.. George F! Hall. of Chicago.

BY Rev. DR.. 6cOrgc F. Hall, OF chicago.
When see woman mounting gum
in public 1 feel like shouting: IF those
women must chew let them take to. the
basementw To-day on street cars in
theaters, at ball games and races, in
the parlor and everywhere It IS u COM
mon sight to see girls and women of
mature years chewing gum. 1t is a
habit which has scarcely redeeming
feature, and for one wish to use all
the influence 1 have in discouraging the
same. 1t distorts the face, induces ex
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14
POPULAR ENGLISH AUTHOR.
Justin Mccarthy, Noted Journalist,
Historian and Politician.

Justin Mccarthy is among the fore
most men Of letters in England or
America. His works embrace n wide
variety of subjects from the lightest
fiction to the most pretentious treaties
on historical and other subjects. Mr..
Mccarthy was born in Cork in 1880.
After his education had been COM
pleted he naturally drifted- into jour-
nalism and from that to politics and
literature. he has been a home rule
member of Parliament since 1879, and
upon the death of Parncll became
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14

One OF the scientists declares that
laziness is a disease due to the pres
ence of microbe. Now at last we
know which microbe has the largest
circulation on earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-01-14


half the battle. EDWARD E. CLARK.
The entering class Mt Dartmouth has
in its ranks n most promising contest
ant for a long run in its youthful
member, Edward Everett Clark. of
Pittsfield, Mass. The fact that he is
in the class of 1906 is not as remark
able as the fact that he was fitted to
be enrolled in the class of 1904, which
has two years the start of the present
freshman class of Dartmouth. Young
Clark was born in pittsfeld May %,
1887, and is the son of DR.. and Mrs.
Levi Clark, the former practicing
physician.
The lad never attended the grammar
schools of his native place. but learned
his 'readin', 'ritin', and 'rithmetic"
at home under his parents care. AT
the age of years he entered the high
school, where he began the SYSTEM
attic analysis of Greek roots and of
the history of Xenophon and com
menced to converse with Ovid, Virgil
and Homer. In 1900 he had mounted
all the rounds Of the ladder of the
Pittsfield high school and at the age
of 10 had climbed the steps and won
his honors. Clark then applied for adj
mission to Dartmouth.
Although he has seen only thirteen
summers, he is able to keep pace with
students several years older, and this,
too, in the face of the fact that in
these later years the requirements of
the college course have been extended
and a comparison of the age of stu
dents now with the Dartmouth curric-
ulum years ago is misleading. A youth
who is first in years at the goal is
there because his legs, tiguratively
speaking, are uncommonly swift and
run without ceasing.