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ex penditure for food was $500 psr fam
lily, or 1854 per cent. OF the average
expenditure for all purposes. This data
was corrobornted by other information
In less detail form, from %. i40 families.
and ~ Ia eHtitled to be accepted as rep.
rescntative.
The most cursory examination OF the
above table reveals the fact that the
purchasing power of wages. measured by
retail prices OF food, was = per cent
greater in loGl than In 1907. aud this
in spite OF the fact that the hours per
week had been reduced 81 per cent.
But more conducive to the wide dis.
seniinntion VI the prosperity than these
proofs OF tho increased purchasing pow
er " wages. Is the fact revealed In che
column giving the relative number OF
persons employed in the establishments
investigated. Between 1894 aud 1908 the
increase in the lumber OF employees re-
teiving these wages with increased par
chasing power was 343 per cent. while
in the meantime the population OF the
United States only increased ~ per cent.
pcmocracy's Last Resort.
Disheartenel and disgusted with the
wide distribution of prosperity in the
homes. workshops and bank accounts of
american wage earners, demonstrated hy
tnese hgnres' tue Democrats appeal to
railroad labor az nfording the most ac-
c"ra,s ome' oil wages. Here. they
say. n large proportion OF the employees
are union men, whose wages are com
paratively steady"
ihen upe 'ompiiers OF the democratic
campaign DOCK begin to Juggle with the
yer! averages ana percentages hey at
'ec' 10 uesplse. ihey institute compari'
sons between iso2' when railway wages
were at hish tide. ana lool, when they
nsu e."iee's ,eco'ereu rom Democratic
recession OF lSo3-lSG. They suppress
the fact that the statistical average az
r,;,,,n. $500 .'''"s'
49,. 49, Wy tue
',e"'o'r",ic n"ru tunes than the average
son that rs forces wer, r.duc.d Il, ,rn.
hers tbe nrnnor,ion o., hi,h 81, ~"
','' '"c proportion "t mn priced EN-
i"'cs ictaiIieu because or tnelr expert
ence was greater.
They also conclude their comparisons
with the year ending June Goth, 1902.
wen Knowing that the statistics Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission for
NAT year only reflect n month or two
or the advance in railway wages OF that
calendar year. which lil NOT roach eo,d
tido mill Jniy ,noo y "o W."
~. ""'' o"iy' i'o'' NO uhtli the
sln'istl's OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission for the year 1on3. 1904 nre
'' ~
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Two Judges with Political P..t,.

Democracy can always be depended
on to blunder. The nomination OF Judge
Parker was n blunder, because he re.
ceived his early political training from
ID. b. Hill, one Of the most notorious
wire-pullers and workers in devious ways
New York has produced. The nomina-
tion of ID. Cady Herrick for Governor
OF New York, also was a blunder, be-
cause he was boss OF the Democratic
machine" at Albany before his election
to the bench. The Albany machine"
has a reputation as unenviable as Tam
many's.
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The last few years Of Republican ad-
ministration have added untold millions
to the agricultural wealth OF the country
by opening new markets for farm pro-
duets at constantly improving prices. The
beauty OF the Republican policy OF pro-
lection is that it develops manufactur-
ing and agricultural interests on paral-
lei lines.
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I'VE do no have 20 guess at our con-
victions, and then correct the CUES if
1t seems unpopular. The principles
which we profess arc those in which
we believe with heart and souI and
strength. Men may differ from Us,
but they cannot accuse us of sh~iftiuess
or ins%incerity.''- Roosevelt's letter Of ac-
ceptance.
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According to astronomers it is about
20 trillions OF miles, as the crow flies,
from the earth to Alpha Centauri, the
nearest fixed star. 1t is about the same
distance from Esopus to the White
House by the Democratic route.
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untold and countless millions who will In
the years and In the generations - come In.
habit those lands and live In The homes
which. will be there created, will owe the
great boon which will he theirs TO the clear.
sighted courage and in6eNihility Of purpose
Of Preridest Roosevelt. II Ia not possible
to explain In such a way ~ to be under.
stood by anyone not familiar With every
detail Of the situation how much the friends
OF the natloaal irrigation movcstAt eve 10
President Roosevelt for hts aid IN bringing
nbout the amendments to the Irritation bill
Ia this seeelen Of Congress. without his
interest and frieadly lnterps.itlen II 10
doubtful whether the amendments Of the
hill could have bees accom- piished, Iad II
not been for the President, the frieNds Of
the national irrigation movement whe stand
for home making a. against land spccula.
tioD, weuld have had to dght and defeat
the compromise committee Hill and then be-
gin all over again. gather their fcrces AND
make q new start iu the next Com ress. As
II is row, the work cf the last three years
has been preserved by the action " the
President and the bill Ia now In such shape
that every friend Of the home. maker can
heartily support IL.
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Grotesque Attempt by Democrats to Twist Facts
for Campaign Consumption.
INACCURATE STATEMENTS
Country Is Not in Throes Of a Disastrous
Business Depression, and Workingmen
Continue to Prosper - What
the Figures Show.

Nothing could better illustrate the in
ante capacity VI the democratic party
Tor dong the wrong thing Al the right
moment than I attempt to OUTAGE
acknowledged industrial conditions with
the bald statement of its campaign text
hook-"that business depression OF this
year Is greater than was that Of 1893 aud
1904"
"A there are as many million Ameri-
can voters as there are millions engaged
IN industrial pursuits whose experience
spans the decade. and who know this
TO be most fortunately false. there IL liz
need to waste time in refuting II. Tha
Democratic depression that prevailed
from \ to 1897 paralyged industry in
every section OF the United States. and
ITS pinch was felt in every home. The
business depression OF las year" il M
largely a hgment Of Democratic imagi.
nation that it requires n magnifyiny
glass to be seen. and what there Is OF
1t Is rapidly fading from sight AZ the
prospects OF a great Republican victory
become moro certain.
But the Democratic campaign book is
not satisfied with this grotesque generali-
cation, So it attempts To controvert the
Republican claim of prosperous times in
farm, ofice and workshop with the as
'crtion that no one is better of by rea-
son or Increased incomes. because the
cost OF living has increased dispropor-
tionately.
How utterly and irrationally absurd IL
this contention is proved by the fact that
II prices were advancing more rapidly
than the earnings Of the great mass OF
the people, the great mass OF the people
would soon be irrctrievably insolvent or
their purchases won. be 80 curtailed
that the volume of business would be
enormously reduced.
There is no possibility OF making n
scientific comparison of the relative in
crease in wages and the cost OF living,
because they are controlled by different
factors. The rate of wages is controlled
by industrial conditions; the cost OF liv-
in: is controlled by the individual. No
man can fix his income at will: any man
can limit his expenditures. Let condi-
tiors provide sufficient wages to the
nottingham, and it rests with him to
say by what margin he will live within
his Income. The larger that income the
larger his possible surplus. IL better
wages breeds Extravaganza, the result.
in tie language of Micawber. is misery:
II they are expended with economy, the
result is an accumulation Of wealth and
happiness.
Convincing Testimony.
Good times under Republican admin
istraion has provided the better wages,
md he economy of the American pco-
pie has piled up the means OF content
inent and happiness, as is evidenced by
the following statement OF the number
or depositors and deposits in the savings
hanks of the Iniinl Sinins fnr tho alnxnn
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Well Merited Tribute.

In a leading editorial in Maxwells
Talisman, George III. Maxwell. one OF
the best Informed men ON irrigation in
the United States says:
And those Of this generation who will en-
Joy these benefits aud advantages and the
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1.-THE e itures Of the Nation have
been managed In a spirit of
as far removed from wastc ms from
n~iRgardiinessi aud In the futpre every
effort will be continued to secure an
eniciency."-Rooseyelts letter Of acceptance
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terror should be empowered to withdraw
from entry all lands proposed TO be irri-
gated. instead Of only those required for
reservoirs and bitches az provided in the
bill: thnt 40 water should be sold or de-
hrered except to bona fidc settlers. &C.
tually living on the rand to which the
water was applied-which was not in
the Newlands bill-and that tho words:
but State aud territory laws shall gov
srn and control the appropriation. use
and distribution OF the waters rendered
available under this act" should be strick-
en- out as virtually subjecting the control
OF Federal work to State Legislatures,
some Of which he doubtless believed. but
did not any ~. to he unfit TO exercise
such a trust. and as certainly exposing
the settlers to the dangers OF endless
and ruinous litigation. At the Presi-
dents express requirement the bill was
amended in these respects and became
the law as it stands to-day.
Unprecedented Force.
There had been attempts for many
years TO get the government to go into
the irrigation business, but oil failed un-
I'll President Roosevelt took hold OF the
project. In his first annual message to
Congress in 1901 be called attention to
the necessity of providing water for the
arid lands IN said: The object Of the
government is to dispose of the land to
settlers who will build homes upon it.
To accomplish this object water must be
brought within their reach"
The national governments policy. he
pointed out, should be to aid irrigation
in the several States and territories in
such a manner as will enable the people
in the local communities to help them
selves and as will stimulate needed re-
forms in the State laws and regulations
governing irrigation. He likewise re-
minded the East, which was against this
policy at the time. that the reclamation
and settlement of the arid lands will en-
rich every portion of our country just as
the settlement OF the Ohio aud Missis-
sippi valleys brought prosperity to the
A.tl3ntic States.
Final Personal Triumph.
With his accustomed vigor aud intelli-
Gencc President Roosevelt exerted influ.
ence in this direction on Congress. won
the timid and the vacillating over to his
side, and the National Irrigation Law was
enacted on June II. 1902. That law, be
it remembered, grew out OF his message
OF lHUl. was enacted by a Republican
Congress, ably coached by Mr.. Roose-
welt. The measure became q law with
his signature. The Republican National
Irrigation Act OF 1902. signed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. was n fitting and natural
supplement to the Republican Free
Homes Law OF 1862, signed by President
Lincoln.
VI, a.,
To President Roosevelt. therefore. and
to him alone, is due the fact that there
was any National irrigation at all in that
Congress. and that the law, as enacted,
absolutely protects the poor man and
any large ~horuings OF national
land impossible forever.
And this is how the Democrats are
responsible for national irrigation.
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Praise from a Democratic New.pop...

.n.se tro" q Detnocratfc Ne
The New York Times. one Of the
Dolnocratic newspapers which has been
denouncing President Rooseveit's Philip
pine policy, recently printed an editorial
leader on the settlement of the Friars'
land question. The article concludes:
1t is credltable both to the intelligence
ana the humanity of the government"
II the Times was less partisan it could
~truthfnlly say that every act of tho
Roosevelt administration In dealing with
the philippine question was creditablo
to the United States.
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Convincing Testimony.

Ihe DeHnocratic oppression or 1897
and 1894. to which the campaign book
Inadvertently directs attention. was
marked by a falling OFF in deposits OF
over x37,OOO,OtO in one year. Between
III and 1909 the average due each
dcpOsitor increased from $3.50 to $417.
More significant than the increase In
deposits IL the fact that in 1903 there
were 2.4Ii.G29 absolutely new savings
bank depositors in the United States.
marking an int'ease OF nearly 30 per
cent. during a period when the total
population only Increased "a per cent.
Col. Wrtxht's Summary.
Turning now 10 the direct comparison
of the advance b wages and cost of liv-
ing during the teriod under review. the
Democrats ahet the greatest contempt
for the government statistics, which,
under the nbieI conscientious and IN
biased direction of Carroll ID. Wright,
present the following instructive sum
mary:
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What tho Figures Prove.

IL will be observed that these six dis
%tinctive classes OF railway employees. en-.
bracing almost half Of all the railway
employees in the United States (59l,415
in 1903 against 3G3,5G3 la 1907 were
receiving an average daily compensation
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Col. wrtxht's su m mary
rage for 1850 1890. 1901

Conse u enjoyment. wages hours II labor, weekly earnings and retail prices
food, and pure sng power Of weekly earnings relatively TO prices If food piMr
NRelMIye nunten computed on basis Of AVERAGE for 1850 1870 Ip0l
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chcckmntes the Sharks,

The specific changes that he required
were. first. that the Secretary OF the In
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BOOM FOR RAINY RIVER
CAPITALISTS OF MINNEAPOLIS
AND ELSEWHERE PREPARE TO
INVEST MILLIONS AT INTER-
NATIONAL FALLS.

Winnipeg, Man, June lion
board the train from the south to-day
was party Of American millionaires,
consisting Of Thomas H. Shevlin, E.
w. Backus, w. F. Brooks, E. L. Car
penter, H. G. Clarke, F. M. Prince, E.
G. Haner F. e. Kenaston, G.. F. Ripon,
w. H. McWilliams, all of Minneapolis;
J. Swift, of Chicago; Walter Douglas,
of Cedar Rapids, ]. B. Kilburn, Of
Chicago; r. P. Nixon and F. G. Cham
berlain, of La Crosse, and Count Kali
koff, of Russia.
They left for Rainy river, where
they own a lumber mill which they
say will cut 100000 feet this sum-
mer. The trip is made to consider
the best means to use the enormous
water power at that town. The COM
pany will develop and direct pulp
mills there, making Rainy river and
International Falls a manufacturing
center which will be supplied with
cheaper power than any towns on the
continent.
A dam for this purpose will be built
at cost of S1,000,000. Flour and
saw mills will also be built by the
company, which has bought timber
limits for s1,O0O,000, which will cut
70,000,000 feet each year for twenty
five years.
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resources and opportunities of Min

resources and opportunities Of Min
nesota. which was prepared for dis
tribution at the worlds fair, has been
placed in the state building and copies
will be supplied to all those who are
Interested 1t contains a brief sketch
of the history of the state by War
rem Upham, secretary OF the Mime
sofa Historical society; a treatise on
the geology and geography OF the
state, by Professor G. w. Hall Of the
University of Minnesota; an article
on agriculture in Minnesota, by Pro-
lessor Hays of the university; one on
live stock, by Thomas Shaw, and an
other by Samuel b. Green
Other contributors are A. w. Ran
kin, Samuel 6. Iverson, A. G. Clau-
sen, G. j. Wellams, Dwight b. Wood
bridge and Wallace r. Douglas.
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Courage Is Partly Fashion,

Or habit, and partly innate tempera-
ment. People often try to explain it
and will, perhaps, say that the Japan
csc are really inferior in courage to
Europeans, their fearlessness growing
out of insensitiveness, the lower
value put on life and training with a
special view to hardwood. But to
think you have proved courage by
showing how it originates is a muddy
sort Of reasoning. 1t is clearer to say
that we value other things as much as
courage. A glow of health, that may
be attained by the regular use OF
golden grain belt beer, is what we al
without it?
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Souvenir badges bearing photographs
of the state building were distributed
to visitors Among prominent Mon
tanans present were:
w. Bryan. B. ]. Fine, Gerry Stapleton,
w w. Vision, Frank III. Pilling, G. w.
Goodale, John Henshaw and John B.
Reed, of Butte: State Senator G. A.
Whipple, Townsend; David q. Brown.
Fort Benton; e. M. Hall, Big Timber;
Harold Mitchell, Deer Lodge, and ]. A.
Metcaf of Red Lodge, president of the
Montana State Epworth league; Major
Martin Maginnis, Helena; Paul f. Nc
Cornick, Billings; G. w. Hoffman. Boze-
man; William Scallon, Butte; ex-Gov-
ernor B. F. White of Dillon; Fl. Il. Frank
Butte, and ]. II. Rice, Fort Benton.
Minnesota Booklet.
A booklet, treating Of the history
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Of the Montana supreme court, and

of the Montana supreme court, and
former Senator Thomas III. Carter,
chairman Of the national commission.
A novel feature of the occasion was
the presence of thirty-one young la
dies from Montana, each of whom
was chosen by vote for her beauty
and popularity. The following COM
posed the party:
mel, Townsend; Maude Chapman, Red
Lodge; Meta Gervais, Great Falls; Mar
ion Aud. Havre; Rose Gaylord, Miles
City; Julia Cuddihy and Nina Graham
Anaconda; Mary Osborne, Glendive; Mary
Slack, Kalispell; Gertrude Shearer, Gran
lite; Ella Arnold, Bozeman; Josie Noonan
Basin; Della Lawlor,, Helena; Katheryr
Swanstrum, Blaine, Clara Chaplin, White
Sulphur Springs; Victoria Cry, Missoula
Eta Kruza. Livingston; Mabel Beaumont
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BEAUTIES FROM MONTANA
PARTY OF THIRTY-ONE HELP TO
DEDICATE THE TREASURE
STATES BUILDING AT THE ST.
LOUIS EXPOSITION.
Special to The Journal.

Worlds Fair, st. Louis, June IT,
The Montana building at the fair was
dedicated this week in the presence
of over 500 persons, most Of whom
were from Montana. Addresses were
made by Martin Maginnis, vice presi-
dent of the Montana commissions; D..
r. Francis, president of the exposi-
ton; George r. Millburn, a justice
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Lace Curtains

Saturdays Lace Curtain Settings Extra special values
in Lace Curtains Every curtain included in this sale.
85c Nottingham Curtains
81 20 Nottingham Curtains $50
So 25 Irish Point Curtains. .95
s425 Gales SAVOY Curtains @2.85
s6 10 Real C],ny Curtains ,.............. S4.75
ss 90 Irish Point Curtains S4.98
Ola 30 irish Point Curtains ............... .@7.98
Sic. so Real Cluny Curtains 1.98
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Deer Lodge; Floy L. olds, Victor; Mar
garet McRae and Floy A. Westaby, For.
sytr; Laura Kilgallan, Mamie Mcnamara
and Alice jackson. Butte; May Marley,
Big Timber; Anna Ratchford, Hinsdale;
Kathryn Kennedy, Choteau, and Mamie
". Nord, Billings.
Reception by Commission.
Following the exercises, recep-
ton was given by the commission.
Miss Mary A.. Kruse, Miss Mary ID.
kobe and Miss Virginia Mcdowell,
all of Helena, and Mrs, W.. w Chee-
! " OF Butte, and the girls of the par
/ ty already mentioned, were in the re-
ceiving line.
The entire program was carried out
4 In the liberal and elegant style which
has been a constant characteristic OF
| the work Of the Montana commission.
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White Underwear

Second Floor-New Part
The Great Demand since June sale began for of
the values sold out, prompts us to add few more (f
such thing possible), better than the others.
chemise-Iawn nansook and cambria, tucked skirts,
wide iounce trimmed, rufies and with hemstitching,
lace and embroidery, value to ST. Is. O. A4
Skirts-A WIDE full flowing Skirt Of cambria muslin,
finely trimmed, with lawn founce, value 0MgRn
$1.25. Choice SD
Skirts-Some notable reductions in odd Skirts handsome
lace and embroidery trimmed hemstitched and tucked
sems tR5 to s. ths5
Gowns Nainsook, muslin and cambria lace and en-
ing and ribbon, value to s150. Special. ~ hHhO
Covers-Of fine nainsook and cambria handsomely trim
med with Valenciennes and torchon lace and = Om
embroidery. Reduced to, each.
Aprons-Tea Aprons, silk also linen, round and square,
insertings Of lace, tucked founces finished edges,
values SIZE to $40. Saturday oh.s d lou
Ten Rooms Ope7a TIL Nine SATURDAY. Night.
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Low Round Trip Rates to the East
Via Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Railway. Tickets on sale daily, good
for return until Oct. 81. Liberal stop
over privileges.
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and New England.
The Milwaukee's five daily trains
from ST. Paul and Minneapolis make
close connection at Chicago for all
points east and south.
The famous Pioneer Limited leaves
Minneapolis 8 p. M, st. Paul 8:35
D. M, and reaches Chicago 8 o'clock
next morning. No extra charge on
this train.
Write or call for information. G.
r. Lewis, Ticket Agent, 32S Nicollet
avenue; w. B. Dixon, N. w. p. A., St
Paul,
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Hot Springs and Return-S3O.1 is

Hot Springs and Return $50. Is.
Via the Minneapolis & st. Louis.
Return limit. twenty-one days. Tick.
cts on sale twice month. StopoversI
going and returning at st. Louis to
visit the Worlds Fair. For particu-
lars, call on J. G.. Rickel, City Ticket
Agent, No. 424 Nicollet av, Minne-
apolis.
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HEAD BLOWN OFF

Iowa Farmer. Killed In an Explosion OF
Dynamite.
Special to The Journal.
Sigourney Iowa, June 17.--Samuel Bow
en-, a farmer near Delta, while grubbing
.stumps by use of dynamite, set cap
which failed to explode as soon as ex-
pected He went up to it and the dyna-s
mite exploded, blowing off his head.