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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
HALF CENTURY Ago.
CONVINCING ARGUMENTS IN SUP
PORT OF PROTECTION.
-ree-Trade Newspaper of To-Day Was
at That Time Strongly in Favor Of
LeeisIating for the Best Interests of
Our Own People.

Curious relics of the past, when sane
md sound Americanism characterized
the columns of a newspaper which in
recent years has turned much of its
talents and energies in a contrary d.
rection, are found in the files of the
Springfield Republican of nearly fifty
years ago. In the edition of that pa
per of the date of jan IL, 1855, ap-
pears an editorial on 1.-The Tariff,
which shows the then editor, Samuel
Bowles, senior, as one of the ablest
and clearest sighted protectionists of
that period. No one has ever pre-
sented more effective argument in ia
TOr of the policy which looks after our
own country and our own people and
leaves foreigners to look after them
selves than is contained in this urgent
appeal to congress to lose no time in
enacting a strictly protective tariff.
Business conditions in 1855 were SINH
lar 20 those which prevailed forty
years later under Demonstrates
trade tariff. Franklin Pierce, a New
England free-trader, was president of
the United States. Free-trade was the
order of the day, and the customary
free-trade conditions prevailed. With
a tariff for revenue only in full force,
revenue was falling off at the rate of
100000 a month. Said the Spring
field Republican of that period:
Away with merely revenue tariffsi
They are destroying American indie
pendence. They are transplanting our
workshops to Europe. They are carry
ing off our gold as fast as it can be
dug in California. They are obliging
us to wear German and French broad
cloths by forbidding the manufacture
of American. They are shutting up
factories, reducing the rates of labor,
impoverishing the country. Away with
themi"
That is exactly what a Democratic
tariff was doing in 1895, forty years la
ter. In the winter of 1855, as the Re-
publican narrates, the unemployed Ia
borers Of New York to the number of
sc, 900 men, $4,000 women and 10000
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

children, were holding mass meetings
and petitioning the city government
for work on city improvements, and
were threatening anarchy unless their
wants should be in some way provided
for. In Boston the souphouse system
was in full blast, excepting on Sun
days, when the unemployed had to go
hungry. Regular Democratic tariff
times. The Springfield Republican
demanded a return to protection as a
means of allaying distress and restor-
ing prosperity, just as the Republican
newspapers were doing in 1896, after
three years of free-trade domination.
The Springfield paper appealed for:
Preference for American labor, for
American goods, for American men,
over the labor, the goods and the men
OF other countries
Precisely what the protectionists of
to-day are insisting upon. Forty-eight
years ago the Springfield Republican
was saving:
.Free-trade is correct in theory and
correct in practice, If we are 1egisla-
ting for the benefit of the whole world.
But If we are to Iegislate for America,
let us legislate for Americans by pro-
tecting their interests and their labor
against the interests of the uneduca-
ted and impoverished labor of Europe"
To-day the Springfield Republican is
Numerically opposed to the doctrine
which it SO ably advocated in 1855.
Either it was wrong then or it is
wrong now. 1t could not have been
wrong in 1855, judging from the terri
bic conditions of want and ruin which
then existed as the direct result of
legislating for the benefit of foreign
ers. Is there any more reason now
than there was then why we should
legislate against our own people and
In favor of foreigners? Is there any
reason to suppose that the conditions
Of 1855 and 1895 would not return If
we should abandon protection and in
vito the competition of the undergrad
labor in Europe? They certainly would
and must return in such an event. the
only difference being that the damage
and loss would now be ten times
greater because the aggregate of la
Dor and production is now ten times
greater. Having climbed SO high. we
should fall so much further 1t would
seem that all that was needed to re-
convert the Springfield Republican to
protectionism would be q perusal of
its own fles Of forty eight years ago
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
Iowa,s Free-rrade Radicals.

The tariff plank of the Iowa Demo
Gratis is sufficiently radical to please
the Cleveland contingent, for it not
only calls for removal of the tariff
from all trust-made goods, but it de
clares that all tariff schedules shouls
be adjusted with a view to tariff-for
revenue-only. This proposition, it II
to be hoped, will be as square1y me-
by the national Democratic conven
ton, since it raises the issue between
the British free-trade policy, which
Colonial Britain is giving evidence Of
being tired of, and the American
economic programme, which has beer
embodied in the most successful in
dustria1 experience ever shared by any
nation in human history--Boston Jorr
nal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

Cow Peas and Soy Beans
Many farmers in Illinois. especially
In the central and northern sections
Of the state are not familiar with the
cow pea and soy bean In some parts
OF southern Illinois cow peas are
grown extensively, and where the
value of this crop is known it consti-
tutes one of the chief forage crops
Soy beans are of more recent intro
duction. and this crop is not so well
known as COW peas. In some cases
farmers have given one or both of
these crops a trial, but through the
use of varieties not adapted to their
climate, unsatisfactory results have
been obtained. and consequently they
have pronounced these plants I'M
suited to Illinois conditions. Others
have been more successful in their
growth, and find them worthy of q
prominent place in the rotation. As a
matter of fact, both crops have been
grown in this state long enough and
to such an extent that they have
passed beyond the purely experiment.
al stage, and in places they are al
ready considered as important factors
N Illinois agriculture.
The COW pea is a native of south
Japan. Being semitropical in origin.
both plants are naturally best suited
to a warm climate. and the introduc-
ton and cultivation of the COW pea
in America has been largely limited
to the South, although in recent years
certain varieties have become so &C
climated as to mature in the latitude
of Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa The soy bean has been grown
farther north since its Introduction,
consequently there is no question as
to the adaptability of both crops to
the soil and climate of Illinois. How
ever, there are varieties grown in the
south which are not suitable for this
state, and will not mature If planted
here. One of the first essentials in
the successful culture of these crops,
therefore, is the selection Of varieties
adapted to the conditions of climate
and soil.-Circular SO, Illinois Agri-
cultural College.
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No Assault on the Tariff.

The convention of 1904 will make NJ
demand for any tariff revision 1t viii
suit the Republicans to make a fighf
on the tariff if the Democrats can be
inveigled into assailing the protective
policy next year. The chances are
however, that German and the rest oil
the shrewd leaders of the Democracy
will prevent their party from making
any assault on the tariff that can
arouse Republican opposition. = st
Louis Globe-Democrat
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uNwlsE POLICY.
Republicans Should Not Side with
Democrats.

nep0DitCdn$ Sno0to -NoC Sloo WIN
Democrats.
There is no substantial reason to be
advanced why Republicans of either
state should attempt to play into the
hands of their political enemies by
changing front ON the tariff question
The tariff law as it stands is admit
teddy q good measure. If the whole
question were reopened IT is more thar
doubtful whether any better law could
be framed; and to reopen the tariff
question in part is to reopen it IL
whole. If imperfections exist in the
law as it stands there has been dis
tinct lack of any specific pointing out
of those defects. When it is positively
shown that some injury is worked
through them it will be time enough
to proceed to remedy those defects:
either by raising duties If they have
proved too low or lowering them Il
they have proved too high.
In the meantime and until some de
fects do appear and are specifically
pointed out, it is decidedly advisable
both from the standpoint of politics
and from regard for the interests OF
the country, to let the tarin alone
and to refrain from aiding the Demo
cratic campaign for revision.
The Republican party does not have
to apologize for the Dingley law, its
workings or it's results. Considering
the present condition of business IL
the United States, the development OF
industry, the growth of our domestic
and our foreign trade and the splen
did financial condition of the treasury
all due in great measure at least te
the present tariff law, it is difficult te
see why any Republican should favor
tamperfng with that law in the direc
ton which the Democrats desire to SET
it amended. AS matter of fact there
are very few Republicans who do wanr
to see 1t tempered with, even in Iowa
as the Republican convention there
has just shown.-Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer
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Protection Wins by 800 Per Cent.

Protection Wins by 800 Per Cent.
The product of pig iron in this coun
try the present year will exceed TWEEN
ty million tons. That of Great Britain
and Germany combined will be consid
erably below this; and the pre-emin
ence of the United States in iron and
steel is growing more pronounced veal
by year, under the influence of the be
nign policy of protection, which thu
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A Sure Cure.

Says the Chicago Record-Herald:
1.-The only cure for the surplus is q 70
vision of the tariff" Very true indeed
Tarin revision downward has never
failed to cure surplus either In the
national treasury or in the pockets O:
the people As q surplus curer tarfn
revision belongs In the category q
death ON rats
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
Not So Remarkable.

New York has an armless child that
can pick up pins and needles with
her toes The most careless man ON
earth. with his arms fun OF q crying
baby. can pick up carpet tacks with
his heels without looking.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

thieves Along Siberian Railway.
One OF the Inconvenience Of travel
on the siberian railway is that bar
gage Is apt to be stolen even IL 1t hiss
been checked.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15
For Russian Authors

In connection with the celebration
Of St Petsrsburg's two hundredth an
niversary the Russian Academy OF
Sciences offers q prize of 1000 ~
blss for the best history Of that city.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

The dykes. which protect ryorI.,a
from the inroads of the sea are fro-
tan feet to forty feet In height
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-08-15

n - estimated THAI the population
of British Somaliland is about esc oon
tts area Is about 6s 900 SQUARE Mills
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MISSOURI CROPS.

Totals ......5 5, TO9.4 S5 1886 8
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

stitutions. but had not been able to get
any trace of her.
The man said his wife is a brunette, with
black eyes, Is about 80 years of age, Is well
dressed and somewhat attractive" as he
He said he had been to police headquar-
tiers. but had not heard anything of his
wife through the officials there.
He would not tell hts name or tell from
what part Of ohio he came.
He wanted to look over the women pris-
oners to see II his wife was among them.
but she was NOT there. He seemed very
nervous and wanted the police to send out
an alarm for his wife from the description
he gave Of her.. 1890.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

students Of the engineering department
charged with putting an iron elephant on
the pinnacle above the dome OF the .Acade-
the, Students was extraordinary
Access to the interior Of the pinnacle had
been barred by three massive, Iron doors
the proctor carried in his pocket. Under
cover OF darkness, the students carried a
galvanized iron elephant. Weighing per
hans over a thousand pounds. to the dome
OF the building, and after forcing the three
doors, dragged their burden to the highest
point of the pinnacle, 200 feet above ground
ground. The mex morning thu ELEPHANT
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LOST WOMAN IDENTIFIED.
Mrs. Alice Maher Is Said to Be De-
mented.

SPECIAL.
New York. May 1.-THE jewel-bedecked,
Aged woman found wandering around the
etreets In an apparently demented condi-
ton and taken to Bellevue Hospital to be
Examined a. to her sanity. was identified
- Mrs. Alice Maher, 65 years old, Of Hobo
hen. by Assistant Poormaster Murray Of
that city. He took her back to Hoboken,
where she II now staying with Mrs. Pros
Ser. a friend.
When Mrs. Maher was found she was
wearing .5ewelry. value at not less than
500, and she had In her pockets more than
t6 IN cash n three books on Hoboken
banks showing deposits of S2.e00. She was
unable to tell who she was.
M. Murray said that Mrs. Maher was the
widow OF q former ~well-known sea captain,
n that she possessed nearly a hundred
Thousand dollars worth OF property in and
about Hoboken.
For years, he said. she had lived the life
Of 4 recluse IN her home, and her friends
feared that her mind had been affected by
her solitary life and sorrow.
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to the effect that he has been at the hotel
since Friday and has lost his wife.
Inc stranger. who had gray hair, a gray
dn .nna ana was Of refined and well.to-
hU appearanee, said he came from ONO.
he asked the police for Information con-
her until dinner, when she partook Of some
wine. which was not at ali customary with
her. He said she liked It. drank too much
sEa disappeared. and he feared she had
He had visited all the police stations
ground that part Of the city, he said. had
peer to the various hospitals and other In
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
CORN WITH A PEDIGREE
LATEST IN AGRICULTURE
Professor G. NJ. Tucker of Missouri
State University Has Plan for
Largely Increasing Yield.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Columbia, Mo-, May Professor George
N. Tucker, instructor in soils and crops in
Missouri University, has q plan which, il
carried out, will make the increased corn
crop Of Missouri pay the entire direct tax
of the State.
He proposes to have the farmers Of the
State adopt the use Of acknowledgement
seed corn. By the use Of this seed. the in
crease in the crop will more than pay the
tai.
The acreage for corn. in Missouri for 1902
vas 7.645. coo acres. An Increase Of one
bushel to the acre would mean an increase
IN the total crop OF 7.6i5,6o bushels, and
This would mean an increase In the valua-
lion OF the corn crop OF more than 2,-
The State revenue by direct tax in 1902
was about G,6S2.4N. so an increase Of one
Sirees ts to the ~ tS acre sb SSus s,, Almost Al p Ensre ss ne
q two bushels to the acre will not only pay
the direct tax. but pay the cost OF pure
hred, pedigreed seed corn.
Pedfgreed corn 10 the latest thing in
agriculture. To the ordinary farmer corn
10 corn. the only difference being in the
scNlor, but 10 the trained scientist farmer
ctrn 10 divided into many families. The
mixing of different varieties of corn in the
sGamo field Is regarded by the horticulturist
e q grave mistake on the part of the
."one bushel of pure bred corn, purchased
q reliable seea-grower. will cost about
grade seed. less will be needed per acre, FOR
Il will terminate better and there will be
fewer barren stalks.
Three kernels IN a hill will be enough. and
hushei Will p1 mt ten acres This will
make the seed cost 20 cents per acre, and
two bushels Of corn will be worth 90 cents,
tsIpru6t of 10 cents per acre over the cost
Of seed. This 10 cents per acre will mean
o.0S,1 for the State. which will more
than pay the direct tax. There will then
be over 100000 left to the farmers of the
etate after paying for the seed and the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

Many different kinds and styles of this
bed. They are not the cheapest, if you
mean the fimsiest, poorest made. etc,
but they ARE the cheapest if you con-
slider quality and price. Our kind are
clean. well constructed and easily ham
died beds. They resemble. n bookcase
when not in use and open into q six-foot
bed at night. Bed dike cut)-Our Spe-
cial price,
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SAYS WIFE is GONE FROM
HOTEL; CLERKS MYSTIFIED
Stranger in New York Asks Police Aid
Hotel Men Say They Don't
Know Couple.
SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Ne~ York, May CLERKS at the Imperial
Hotter are puzzled to-day over q report
made to the West Thirtieth Street Police
Station by a well-dressed middle-aCed man
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could be seen for a distance of FIVE miles
ana farmers came to town to inquire about
TIT work of the students was sccom-
plished In an hour. but II took a gang of
workme an entire day to remove the ele-
plant from the pinnacle. In doing so a
section OF tho slate roof was destroyed
the damages or be expelled.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

MT. sprasue Says
Worlds Fair visitors were well pleased
with the pelicatessen Luucnroonas.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03
SANITARY MAnTEL BEDS

CThe il ustrations below rare of one of the ranh1 styles, shown open and closely We
have z most complete assortment of these beds,a and the styles for 1903 are preuier
and better than verb before. We show thu Mante1 style, the Upright, the Comb
nation, the Case. the Ansto and very pattern that is made. They are perfect
folding beds. being simpler better an cleaner than any other. Easy to operate
and absolutely safe. They have metal sides, metal head and metal foot ends-in
fact the whole INTERIOR of metal n wood used whatever. They have 1ates.s aui.
tary Improvements ant are made to hold all bed clothing. We have them lin low,
priced, medium and very fine grades. The prices begin at
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
Plnu Ponu Party.

Miss Lucia Cochran gave a delight
ful ping pong party at her home. No
$40 Liberty street last Wednesday
evening While ping pong was the
game of the evening. other games
were played. IL Is unnecessary Ia
say that every one enjoyed them.
selves, as Miss Cochran is an ideal
hostess.
Mr. Robert Duncan took first hon.
ors as a ping pong player, while Miss
Pauline Nesmith took second prize.
Those invited were: Misses Albert.
Purdy. Marriott, Lydia Propp. Maude
Hunt, Potter Ruth Purdy. Winnifred
Duncan. Rizer Welderscheme. Day.
ton, a. Weiderscheme. Swart Ketch-
um, Cavanaugh. Flillips, Lena Cav.
anaugh, Nesmith. Nowlen. DeVault.
Ella DeVault; Messrs. John Albert,
Robt. Duncan. Robt Nicholson, Otho
Ragan, Il. Rizer. T. II. Virgins, w. +.
Ketchum. Chas. Roth, b. Gates Coch-
ran. II. r. Riddell. Jas. Albert, Guy
Hunt John Orr. VIM. Fleming Jesse
Griffin, S. G. Johnson. G.. l.. Scobie.
Wallace Riddell Eben Albert and
Herbert Burlion.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
LAST Of the Season.

Monday evening last the Jolly
Twenty whist club were entertained
by Mr. and Mrs. Thos Holman. at
their home on High street The prizes
were awarded TO Mrs. G. G.. Brown
and W. H. Dancy.
This being the last meeting OF the
club for this season. the prices for
the best score for the season fell "a
Mrs. II. u. Gilbert and w. III. Dancy
Refreshments We're served, followed
by music and a general good time.
Those In attendance We're: Mr.. and
Mrs. Jos. Baumgartner, MIR, and Mrs
G.. g. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. w H.
Dancy. Mr. and Mrs. Max q Buren,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Meyers. Mr. and
Mrs, r. d, Gilbert. Mrs. a. A. Cum
nlngham. Misses Jessie Creighton,
Halle Thomas and J.. A. Morrison.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
Employed
s. Years

w. W. Skinner, Of this city, who
has been asked to take his old position
as ticket agent at the s. p. Co. pas.
senger depot, holds the record of the
longest continuous employmen for this
company Of any man known to the
newspapers now living. He worked
for the company In 1868, when he
bossed a construction crew, and when
the line went into operation became
ticket agent at Roseburg, taking a po-
sition in the salem Office in 1874, and
holding IL continually until the pres
ent time. He has been been practical.
ly in continuous employ for a life
time, and resumes showing the paste
boards at the passengers with his old
time grace and facility.
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Labor Is to Fight the Fair
(Contnued from First Pagel

subject 20 the approval of the people;
therefore be II
Resolved, That we call upon all
working men 10 set their ban OF dis
approval ON this graft, by calling a
referendum upon the appropriation
for said fair; be IL further
Resolved, That We ask the state
convention. TO lay these facts before
the American Federation OF Labor
and ask them TO address circulars Ia
all international national and central
bodies in the United States, asking
them to petition congress not 10 ap
propriate any money for said fair.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
q a TO IRA.
Bsan The ne Gna Yea Ham LluayS Bugh
Signature "a &XHAzZtl

II you believe in genuine mechanic
al skin 10 be applied in the relief OF
suffering humanity, try the true me.
ehanic Of anatomy the osteopath who
understands the makeup OF your
body, with all It's vital structures.
sehoastle, Barr & Barr Osteopaths.
Opera House Block. Salem.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
Edward and
the French

Paris, May 2.-King Edward and
President Loubet reviewed $4,000
troops at the Paris garrison this morn.
ing. One of the maneuvers was a fu.
rious cavalry charge, an abrupt halt
being made before the reviewing
stand of the long line. Afterward the
King was rendered reception by the
municipal officials at the hotel De
Vile. This afternoon he attends the
races at Longchamps.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02

While Driver Nicholas MONT was
delivering some laundry at Ander-
sons barber shop last night his horse
became frightened. and took a run
down Commercial street. The horse
was caught on Front street. No dam
age resulted either to the horse or
wagon or clothes.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
-Four Dozen
Germans

New York, May 2.-Forty-BTe rep
resentatives Of the German agricul'
tural societies arrived here today from
Hamburg. They will study American
farming methods. They will first visit
the agricultural department at Wash.
ington, then cross the country, visit
ing the principal cities, and will stop
some time at San Francisco and vicin'
itY.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02

NJ W. wilkins. ,of California. ma.
tlonal organizer Of the Socialist party,
will deliver his third speech In the
city hall tonight, Subject; THE Tar
IN and the Trust" showing the So
cialist position on tho trust question,
Questions In Socialism welcomed and
answered Ladies' especially invited.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
Has Held up100
His Mail

washington, May 2.-The mail Of
William Miller, Acknowledgement Of
the Spanish-American War Veterans
Association, was ordered held up at
Lancaster, Pa. today, and Miller was
notified to show cause why a fraud
order should not issue.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-05-02
strons's Bakery

And restaurant is salem's best eat,
ing house. This house is patronized
by everybody, The best service that
can be had 81