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The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
MONEY FOR LABOR.
Nearly Half n Billion Dollar. More
for Wages.

Tor wages
The census of 1900 showed that the
wages of all classes OF labor in all the
manufacturing industries of the United
Sa1 .22S32l in 1S90-a gain of SI3l, l0J,-
$50.
The census reports of wages for labor
and Salaries for clerks and officers en-
ployed in manufacturing industries for
the last three decades are as follows:
1900. o........ .s4O3. Il1.23s s., ID, ,333, ,s77
1880. .......... l,9ss,2OS l,S9l ,22s.321
lsso..-....... ..'-....'. si''"o3'"o
NO census taken.
Had these census reports included the
period from 1894 to 1904 the compari-
son would be far more striking, for
thousands of workingmen lost their jobs
shortly after the last Democratic admin
istration QS93-lS97D went into power,
and there were very few worlingmen of
those able to keep their jobs who did not
have to submit to at least some reduction
in wages.
Those were the days when Democracy
piled trouble on to trouble. and seemed
to leave nothing undone that could be
done to bring impoverishment to the
American workingman.
The entire country was made a sort of
laboratory for original Democratic ex-
perimentat ton in various explosive pro-
ducts and by-products, including especial
ly free trade, free silver, free riot and
free soup. 1t mattered not that desola-
ton was brought into thousands of
| American homes. that the workingman
and his wife and little ones were pinched
for the necessities of life. so long as
Democracy was given the chance to ex-
pertinent with the idea of taking the
home market away from American indus
| try and giving it to the foreigner, and
| nntagonizing business interests by agita-
ton against the gold standard.
After William Mckinley was elected
President and the policies of protection
| and OF sound money once again estab-
| lshed, the phenomenal growth of the
United States in wealth and prosperity
attracted the wonder OF all civilized ma
tons; and this growth has continued
with accelerating velocity up to the pres
ent time.
The census OF 1900 recorded this great
| upward movement when it was only
| about half way to where it is now. OF
course. an increase of nearly half bill
ion dollars in workingmen's wages does
not concern the workingman alone by
any means. 1t concerns every business
man in the United States. every farmer,
Land every woman and child dependent
on the labor of others for their support.
| For instance, il the wages of labor in
manufacturing industries had not in
creased in the millions the per capita
consumption of wheat could not have in
creased from 3.44 bushels in 1894 to g. .33
bushels in 1904, and the price OF wheat
almost doubled. Prosperity is always
made up of an almost endless chain OF
circumstances, and it is only by having
every link sound and strong that pros
perity for all can be preserved.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

when your filtration plants shall be
completed, will have a larger water
supply than London, Notwithstanding
the big difference in the two cities
populations"
The reporter explained new sys-
tenn for pumping water.
What do you think of that system,
Sir William" he concluded.
81 think it is a slow, roundabout and
awkward way of remedying impure
waters evils" said the scientist. "It
reminds me Of the way a parlor maid
OF mine once tried to remedy the evil
Of wrongly set table.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
The Viking ErinEe.

The northern fringe of the United
States is being rapidly and densely popu-
lated with people from Norway, Sweden
and Denmark. This is right. for we are
ot them. We are OF the trend of human
ity which populated England and made
the Anslo-Saxon and subsequently made
the United States, and whose descend
ants generally vote the Republican ticket.
If any one doubts rhat the Northern
States in which are settled so many of
our own Scandinavians will this year go
anything but Republican-well. he should
be taken care of by his friends.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

This maid was left-handed. and in
laying the cloth for certain party
she put the knives on the left of the
plates and the forks on the right. All
wrong. you see.
"The housekeeper. coming in to look
the table over, noticed the error at
once.
"'Why. Harriet she said, you have
placed all the knives and forks left
handed
"'Ah. SO I have sighed Harriet.
Would you be kind enough now,
ma'am, to help me turn the table?'"
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

After an exhaustive review of the
situation in the Hoosier State. Walter
Wellman, the staff correspondent of the
Record III erald, says: with the Re
publican ranks virtually solid. with
the Democracy bound to lose few
thousands of the Bryanites, with nothing
present in the public mind to lead to an
upheaval, and with Indiana n Republi-
can State to start with. one does not
need to be seventh son to foresee the
result" And he estimates the Repubii-
can plurality at somewhere between
1900 and 10000"
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
PASSING OF THE LOBSTER.

Depredations Of Poaehers Threaten It
With Extinction.
There was a time when a call for
Holsters at dining-room would pro-
duce specimens that might be viewed
by the naked eye, but If the poachers
continue their depredations on the
breeding grounds it will not be long
before microscopes will be needed to
see them-the Holsters, not the poach-
ers. for the latter are in plain sight,
and are doing their work under the
noses Of the authorities. The law
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

Lost, strayed or stolen-Forty-fye
Parker constitution clubs in forty five
States. The finders will be rewarded
with copies of What Know About the
unconstitutionality OF the War of 1861.
1s6o," by Hon. A. Bourbon. bound in
calf with the tail inside
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

"BeinR unable to agree a m on e th c N, :
seives as to whethe r the gold stand ard
10 cursc or . blesSinR, and as to
whether we ought or ought not to have
free and unlimited coinage of silver,
they tour opponsntD have apparently
thought 1t expcdient to avoid any
CO m initial on thcae ubject-, and indi-
vidually ench to folio W his particular
bent. -Roossvelts letter of acceptance.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
Curious Maine Elm Tree.

Over in South Brewer, Me-. there is
curious EN- tree. The tree is but
twelve feet high, with large spreading
branches reaching very near to the
ground and the most remarkable part
of the great leaves measuring six and
half by ton and half inches. which
is considered to be of remarkable
size,
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
THE LONGER WAY ROUND.

Scientists Comparison In condemnino
New System Of Pumping.
Sir William Ramsay visited Phila-
delphia recently with the Society Of
Chemical Industry, and during his visit
a reporter questioned him about the
drinking water of the worlds great
cities.
'London's drinking water is most
impure" the scientist said. They hold
that the English take more baths than
any other nation. but 1t is neverthe-
less a fact that you Philadelphians,
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

-Four weeks before election it looks
tn the conservative prophets as if Roose-
welt would have 3lT electoral votes to
only 100 for Parker, with the probabili-
ties running in favor of an increase in
the Republican ma jority
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
MANY vlsI, shakespeare House.

The number of visitors to the
Shakespeare house at Stratford-on-
Avon this year has broken the record,
having been at the rate of 10000 per
annum. American visitors have be-
come so numerous that a special reg
lister of their names is now kept.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

"The record of the last seven years
proves that the party now in power
can be trusted to take the additional
action necessary to improve and
nGthcn our III mnnetnry syste M, and
that our opponents cannot be SO
truat ed. - Rooseyclt,s lett cr Of acceptancc
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

ChicagoaRs OF the Democratic persua-
sion are trying hard to get Judge Par
ker to come out West and attend ban
quet. But Judge Parker is not hungry
Like Poo Bah, just before the execution.
he doesn't want any Iunch."
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
The Linn 1t,

That the Democratic party ba,
Brights disease, cancer of the stomach.
and swift consumption is generally ad-
mitted. but it was never realized so
thoroughly before how much it had Hill.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

has almost arrived for the lobster's
vacation. If he is not permitted to
recuperate now he will be no more
tomorrow.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

1t is freely predicted by those who
ought to know that Ulster county, New
York. Judge Parker's home county, will
give Roosevelt a good majority.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
Ians Buy Canadian Ponies.

The japanese are said to be buying
ponies in the Canadian territories.
believing that they will stand the
herdships of winter campaign in
Manchuria.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
MAIN is SUE AT STAKE
IT'S NOT THE PERSONALITY OF
THE CANDIDATES.

Great Question Il Whether Republi-
can or Dem ocratic Administration
Shall Conduct the Affairs of Govern
ment - Opposition IL Neither Safe
Nor Sane.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

"The American home il indc ced the
cradle of iibcrty-it ia the unit of the
Republics strength. ."-Senator Fairbanks
In the Senate, Jiuutry II, 1893.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21

plicitly declare, as the sense Of the Amert-
can people, that after four years of failure
10 restore the Union by the experiment. of
war. during which, under the pretense of
miiltary necessity-or war power higher
than the Constitution-the Constitution it
SELF has hcen disregarded In every part. and
pubic liberty aud private right alike trod-
den down. and the material prosperity of
the country essentially impaired. justice
humanity. liberty and the public welfare
demand that immediate eforts be made for
a cessation of hostilitcs. with a view TO an
ultimate convention OF all the States or
other pcaceable means to the end that, at
the cart st practicable mcmenf peace may
be restored on the basis ot the Federal
Union of the
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
A Sure Thing,

At this late date the tidal wave Is
Careening over III. G. Davis.
And every outlook grows the darker
For the unspeaking, silent Parker.
The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
Poor Old Rooster.

The Democratic rooster
Signs. with mournful glance.
"I would crow like | useter.
But l don't get the chance"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
SPECIAL FATE VIA COTTON Belt
ROUTE.

Worlds Fair, st. Louis, Louisiana
Purchase Exposition. For the above
occasion the following round-trip rates
and arrangements are authorized for
the sale of coach excursion tickets to
st. Louis: Round trip coach excur-
sion rates from Pine Bluff: Adult
rate, sS15. Child's rate, $5.S5. Tick
els to be sold from Pine Bluff daily
Septemger 80, 1904. Return
limit, limit all tickets to sew
Ell ca days from date of
sale for return. 1t should be under
stood that tickets will be honored
leaving st. Louis on any day to and
including the seventh day after date
of issue. Coach excursion tickets will
not permit holders to occupy parlor
or sleeping cars.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
RATES TO NORTHERN
RESORTS.

sTOP-OVERS AT sT. LOUIS FAIR.
Excursion tickets at unusually low
rates, good for the season, on sale to
Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha,
Green Lake, Devils Lake, Gogebic,
Ashland, Marquette, Superior, Duluth,
st. Paul, Minneapolis and many other
cool and delightful lake resorts
reached by the North-N estern line
Stop-overs at st. Louis permit visit
to the worlds fair en- route
Information and tickets can be sc.
cured from your home agent. Book.
let entitled "The Lakes and Summer
Resorts of the Northwest" mailed up,
on receipt Of cents III stamps. w
B. Kniskern, 2. T. NJ. c. & n. w R2y,
Chicago, III.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29

While it is true Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and Texas invite the Home
seeker and others in search of prof
liable investment and business COM
potency, there is another field along
the Frisco System quite recently
opened to those interested in a per-
sOnal betterment OF financial re-
sources.
On June l, the line of railroad here
tofore known as the st. Louis, Mem
phis & Southeastern (now Frisco Sys-
tenn, was extended to st. Louis, thus
making a territory in Missouri and
Arkansas, along the west bank of the
Mississippi River, accessible by way
| of st. Louis.
The present service consists OF pas
senger train leaving Union Station
7:1O a. m. daily, for Cape Girardeau,
Luxora, charlottesville and interme-
diate points to Memphis, also the
Cape Girardeau accOmmodat tiOn
| daily, leaving Union Station 4:2O
p. m.
Some years since, perhaps quar-
| ter Of a century. this section was
avoided by reason of want Of develop
I ul0ut VI pIOSlSoSlNCASSo, uOW, AOW
! ever, it is considered equal, as the
| aomeseeker and investor may meas
lure, to Oklahoma, Indian Territory
| )r Texas. The change in condition
| Throughout was accomplished by
large governmental expenditure. a
progressive people and extended rail
i road facilities promoted and main
aimed by the Frisco System, operat
ng, as it does, nearly 700 miles OF
| ailway in the immediate Mississippi
Valley, less than 800 miles distant
from st. Louis.
The soil is exceedingly fertile,
crops Invariably abundant, timber in
terests extensive and resourceful.
Those desiring additional particu.
'ars will receive immedla.e response
Address Passenger Department,
FRISCO SYSTEM, ST. LOUIS, MO
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
READ THE GRAPHIC
COTTON BELT TIME CARD.

Effective 1901 a. m. July 31st, the
schedule of the St. Louis Southwest
ern train will be as follows:
North Bound.
No 9 leave Pine Bluff at. .1:25 p m
No 4 leave Pine Bluff at IL :00a. m
No 6 leave Pine Bluff at. .10:22 p. n:
No. 80 leave Pine Bluff at. $3.50 p. m
South Bound.
No. ! leave Pine Bluff at ...2:45 p. N.
No. 3 leave i'ine Bluff at. Il 10 a. m.
No. leave rlne Bluff at. .5:45 a. III.
No 81 arrives at. .10:35 a. m.
No. AZ arrives at. ..... 100: 10 a. m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
COTTON BELT.
Coach Excursion.

Round-trip coach excursion tickets
will be sold to St. Louis September
IS, 16, II and each Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday ard Thursday
thereafter until November 90. Final
init seven days. but in no case later
han pecemher 5.
S. N. DICkEY, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
NEW SLEEPING CAR SERVICE
VIA IRON MO...:GiN RCUT

Commencing August Sth, the Iron
Mountain Route will establish through
daily sleeping car service between
New Orleans and st. Louis, via. Val
ley Route and II. P. on the following
schedule:
Northbound.
Leave New Orleans 6:35 p. IN.
Leave Pine Bluff 4:45 p. m.
Arrive St. Louis 1885 a. II.
Southbound.
Leave St. Louis 8:20 p. m.
Arrive Pine Bluff 1880 a. m.
Arrive New Orleans 8:55 a. m.
FOR reservations apply to local
agent.
III. C. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. A.:
st. Lous. Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29

|e Visitors Excursions-To all
j nthe state of Indiana, to all
|in Odio and west of an imagin-
|e drawn through Sandusky, Co.
Washington, c. H., Whining
noinnati and to Louisville, KY,
ermediate points. Tickets may
sold to Hawesville, Powers,
ort and Owensboro, Ky. Rate,
Fe plus two ($2.00' dollars for
ind trip. Date of sale. Septem-
3, 20, ~, and October II, 1904.
limit, thirty 900 days from
sale for leaving destination
continuous passage in both
ms. S. M. DICKEY.
Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29

ps, Iron Mountain and Southern
b will commence sale of tick.
Pc Bluff, Ark, to Searcy, Ark,
furn May Is, and be discon-
NTH close Of bus1ness, Septem-
1904. rate Of $40 for the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29

round trip. Also will commence sale
Of tickets Pine Bluff, Ark, to Raven
den Springs, Ark, and return at rate
Of s7.75 for the round trip, June l to
September 80, 1904. Call on agent
Iron Mountain, Valley depot fer fur
ther information,
Round trip tourist tickets will be
Sold to Denver, Colorado Springs, Pu-
eblo, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. to
Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah,
June / to September 80, 1904, one
fare and third and one fare plus
81. Season tickets one fare and thlr
with final limit of October 81, 1904.
Sixty day tickets one fare plus 81 for
the round "Trip.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain 4 South
ern Ry. Co. will sell round trip tour
loI eACpiolou tlCheLS W beuNeI ,SoA
eorado Springs, Pueblo, Glenwood
Springs, Colorado, Ogden and Salt
Lake City, Utah, daily June l to Sep
tember 30, 1904, at rate CT one fare
plus s., limited to return within
sixty days, but in 10 case later than
October 81, 1904 Season tickets
may be routed one way via st. Louis
at rate constructed by the use Of one
half of the season ticket operate to
st. Louis (account Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition), plus $3.50, when
destination is Denver, Colorado
Springs Cr Pueblo.
T. H. Howe. Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
|. M. e. S.
SPECIAL RATES,

|ouis, Mo. Stop-over will now
wed at Benton to enable pas.
to visit Hot Springs on the
portion OF the round trip tick
q to st. Louis account the
ha Purchase exposition April
December 81, 1904.
Ouis, Iron Mountain & South
Co. will sell tickets to Mt
Ark, at $3.50 for the round
|ommencing sale of this TICK
] and up to October I, IN
Account summer tourist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29

hal one-way second-class rates
{lifornia. All agents, including
his: The following rates and
kements are authorized for the
4 one-way second-class colonlsts
! to San Francisco, Sacramento,
Lngeles and San Diego, Califor-
hid Ogden and Salt Lake City,
Granger, Wyoming, also to
BIT and Phoenix, Arizona, and
ermediate points on direct lines
3ich the regular second-class
are higher. The same rates
bply to such branch line points
tarily take the California com
Mint rate. The rate will be
The rate for children five (5)
of age and under twelve (12)
one-half of the adult fare.
of sale, daily September IS to
Is, 1904, inclusive. Limits,
|kets must be limited for con
passage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
y2as55TYNkzRS|
- q gE1S2s

Inner tourist rates. season 1so4
a trip rates, from Pine Bluff tt
cy. Ark, s4.10; from Pine Bluff
kaveneden, Ark, s7.75. Searcy-
ats to be on sale May IS to Sep
Ier Is, 1904, inclusive, and linn
for return to October 81, 1904
transit limit of one day in each
ktion, Observation-Disclosures to be
k,o June | to September 80, 1904
cd for return to October 81, 1904
! two days transit limit In each
tion.
nner Tourist Rates, colorado
Utah points. Round-trip summer
# tickets may be sold to Denver
ado Springs, Pueblo and Glen
snrings, Colo., and Ogden and
II AXE City, Utah, under the fol
O. conditions. Dates OF sale
June l to September 80. 1904.
and limits-(a) Season tickets
he sold at rate OF one and one
fares via route of ticket, for the
btrip. (b) Sixty-day tickets may
Id at rate of one fare plus S2.o0
bute of ticket, for the round trip.
sixty days from date OF sale,
l no case later than October 81,
same route to be used in both dl-
ms. (c) Season tickets may be
routed one way via st. Louis at
Constructed by use OF one-half OF
R's Fair season ticket rate to st.
plus $3.50 when destination
lnyer. Colorado Sprh gs or Pu
or 1880 (when Estimation is
lake City or Ogden). added to
alf of the direct route sixty-day
er tourist rate. 1t being under
lsat tickets sold at this rate will
~ being routed via st. Louis.
al, only. Transit limits and
To Colorado points-J1ck-
AL be limited to continuous pas
in each direction, except that
yers will be allowed at and west
first Colorado common point
bute within final limit, return
be absolutely continuous pas
.ommencing date Of execution by
agent, which cannot be earler
I've days after date of sale or eX-
n. To Utah points. Tickets
e limited to continuous passage
h directions, except that stop
will be allowed at and west OF
do common points within gong
eturning transit limits of thirty
not to exceed Octobe. 81. Ihe
trip cannot be commenced ear
Ian five days after date of sale
change. Stop-over on the re-
rip at and west of Colorado com
boints will be protected by at
an extension paster at the
op4over en- route, which protects
bntinuous passage feature there
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-29
FERTILE VALLEY

OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-01
TAGGART NOW PREDICTS
VICTORY FOR PARKER
Letter From Chairman Of Committee
Read at Meeting Of Columbia
Democratic Club.

The Columbia Democratic Club met
last night az headquarters. s04 Penn
sylvauia Avenue. Capt John s. Miller
presiding, and vs.. NICK Clayton as sec
rotary. The following were elected to
membership
Daniel Dinneen. j. Fred Kelley, >. l..
Stranahau. John Ready. smith Thomp-
son. jT.. James /. Norris William ~.
+. King John r. Darling n. J. Ward.
a. A Wilson. and John s. ChesIey.
Resolutions expressing the sorrow OF
the club al the death of William HoI-
mead were introduced and passed 4
committee was appointed TO confer on
the banner raising. A letter was read
from T. Iaggart chairman OF the Ma
uUual Democratic Committee, iu which
the writer pictured the situation as con-
stautly growing better for Parker and
Davis, thar the tide was now flowing
strongly and he predicted "a great Dem
OCTaLIc victory.
After the transaction OF considerable
routine business the club adjourned TO
meet next Friday evening
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-01
MALIGNED BULLDOG
MOST LAH-ABIDING
A Defense Of a Noble Breed by an In
timate-Eever Known
70 Bite.
he EDITOR u Tie Warrington Times:

To sHe Editor of The Washington Times.
Having noticed by the local press that
few of the residents are uD iu arms
few statements iu defense OF the
same.
A great many people who have never
seen "a bulldog have the idea that he
81 "a vicious, aggressive and uuuoutTol-
liable brute, and % constant menace 10
the community attacking man and
beast and should constantly be kept in
leash.
The characteristic buIa By unlike
man 1y the other breeds, has uq fight
llB UTocLEiLte-- While nor luaTrelsume
le can take care OF hims, u as iz 90 be
meme with the children. and must not
be clas=ed with Lhe bull-rerrier.
There Is q vast difference between the
bulldog and the bull terrier There are
very few l- Washington of the former
breed OF dogs.
The most EuaUDy and at the same time
most tTeaCHeTous dog i5 the fox terrier.
1 have been breeding bulldogs f1I
years. I have yea 70 see or hear of one
that lis aggressive or that has attacked
anyone.
Bulldogs are never seen ON the street
valuable 90 b. allowed .al1ue on the
streets
j sincerely hope that the people OF
Washington VIII investigate the bulldog
question more thoroughly before max
iu. 500 many erroneous statements in
enclose you photo Of one Of my bull
Dogs Cor publication with ms letter. and
iuVile you To see ms bulldogs.
CHARLES T. MILLER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-01
EACH VOTED FOR MAN
He THOUGHT A THIEF
Town Election Was Unanimous In Fa-
vOr OF Robinson and Wilson.
Both Then Arrested.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. oct LIN The
little town of Pulaski, Lawrence county.
Two arrests were made oI the strength
Of a ballot taken by the citizens
There had been q number of robberies.
Some one suggested that public opinion
De secured as 90 who the thieves were
ard chat every citizen vote for the per-
son he suspected by writing the name on
a ballot and dropping it lu "a box.
The vote was unanimous iu q FOr q
William Robinson and Claude Wilson.
his s0u-iu-lzW-
we're arrested and were brought here TO
the Lawrence county JAIL After the
ulen were arrested Il searcI was made
OF the house ana the stolen property was
recovered