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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28

/ Pacific Ocean over the commercial path
way which we have made aud beneath
which underlies our cable system There
is nothing ia the world that can stop
The Asiatic demand for the wheat prod-
uets Of the United States. and the wheat
products Of the United States have made
this country. To great extent. the ire.
nend0us power it IS.
They talk about imperialism" There
is no 'Imperialismr' This continent is
producing what the rest Of the world
needs. and the inhabitants OF this CON
tinent. under the rule OF Republican ad-
ninistration. associated with other intel
ligent governments on either side. pro-
pose to supply Asia with these prod
uCts that Asia needs. The fact thas
the United States has completed its
pathway across the vast ocean and has
its intermediate stations. aud ii. posses
sions close to the Asatic coasts. is but
an incident OF events which are part
Of the Industrial history OF the world
Does anyone magine that the present
majority Of the American people are go
ing 10 neglect their oStensible duty, moi
merely to themselves but to another por-
ton Of the human racey They will
hardly do it.
This is but talking Of the products Of
the wheat fields that Asia now demands
1t has nothing to do with iron ant4 steel
and the thousand and one other prod
nets of all our fields and all orr facto-
ries which they will otherwise demand
This is but referring to the simple af-
fair Of one single product, but it is
enough to afford an illustration.
And yet they talk about Imperial
ism There is no imperialism" We
are but brothers who are going To as
Sist in feeding the rest of our brothers
of the world; to give them the h neiirS Of
1t all and to reap ourselves the benefits
of It all. To submit to anything else
would be silly. II is hut problem Of
common sense
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
JOHN MlTCHELL'S TESTIMONY
strong Argument in Behalf of the
Protective Policy.

A recent letter from Mr.. Iohn Mitch
ell. President OF the United Mine
Workers. who is now travelling in
Europe. fully sustains the Republican
contention that American w0rkingmcn
are better paid than in any other coun-
try. His last letter vas written from
Belgium, where he found the hours Of
labor longer and the wages only about
one-half of those paid in this country
Upon careful inquiry he found chat the
great majority of the laboring popula-
tion in Belgium work from ten to eleven
and Il half hours, aud that only about
one in ten works less than ten hours
As to wages Mr.. Mitchell writes:
"Of all the working people of the couu-
try dneluding women and children engag
ed in private industries about QUARTER
earn from ~ to 60 cents. and another quar-
ter earn from 60 To so cents. Less than
one in six earn oTer 81 cents a day. and
less than one in hW lred Of the whole
working population earn over S1.30 Il day.
only about one man in ten earns over 90
cents a day. aud only one in twenty earns
over ~. The wages of women are ndtur-
all- much less Almost quarter 0f all the
people engaged in industrial enterprises are
women and Of these women about two-tifths
earn less than 80 cents day.
To this rhe Democratic free trader
viii reply that the cost OF living in Bel
gium Is so much less than in this c0un-
try as to equalize things. Mr. Mitchell
does not find it so. He gives the prices
of some Of the necessaries OF life, show
ing that they are very nearly as high
a. they are here. He visited the coal
mines. and says: The Belgian miners
earn only 500 year, which is less
than one-half of what the American
miner receives.r Recurring to the point
that the cost Of living is SO mach less
in the old country, he says: The Bel
gians say that they carr less. but that
il costs them less to live. The truth is
they live for less because they live on
less That tells the story. American
workmen are not only the best paid. bnt
the best fed. best housed and best cloth
ed of any in the world.
Mr. Mitchell is not politician. lie is
simply telling the truth about conditions
as he finds them. and in 50 doing he
furnishes a strong argument for the Re
publican policy of protection.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
WHAT is TO BE WILL BE
Growth of the Asiatic Demand for
Products of the United States.

The Asiactic nations have lived upon
rice-statiuy things in a general way
and the TeutDnic races have for some
generations lived upon flour. 1t has
become standard within the last year or
two. that at least on If the Asiaetie
nations has come 10 Ave upon -four.
Those desperate little fighters. the Jap
anese have taken to hard tack, as did
our own American lighters during the
Civil War, as a part Of their subsistence.
and the same regard a. To whatever is
made from our wheat has already ex
tended, in a measure. to the more vast
Asiatic empire of China. That clever
correspondent. William f. Curtis, speak
ing of the extent 10 which our flour is
already used by Japan. says;
While the imports Of -four within the
last year or so have been much greater
thru ever before on account If the prepa-
rationS Tor war, new 2rthelcSS there Is ira
son 20 expect continued expansion OF the
market, Japanese families generally are
beginning 60 UsV whcarl flour fcr various
purposes. Nearly every household is now
using IL 10 make the little cakert and sweet
meats which they use with their tea sew
efAl times day iD large daantities A
stilt larger amount Of cheaper quaiity Is
used for paste ny the M nutacturefS OF
screens umbrellas, fans and other articles
of that kind Since the war began hard
bread has been introduced into the army rs
an alternate ration with rice. The soldiers
relish the variety: bareback Is easy 10
handle and carry. the nutritive value OF a
pound Of -four is equal to that OF a pound
81 rice. and It costs less. The Japanese
export their best rice to France, England
and China. where II brings big prices. being
Of the very highest grade They import
vast quantities OF cheaper rice for the con
sumption of the coolies aud the lahoFing
class from '.prca, Burmah. China, sinsa.
pore aud other parts Of the East ihlies-
| IL is entirely practicable 70 Substitute
CHEAP brands Of nour for this low-grade
rice. and il will be easy to do So when
the soldiers come home with their appe-
titcs for hard tack and wheat bread
Could there be. under any cireum-
stances or conditions, expressed vaster
| idea of the enormous trade relations that
| must hencetorth exist between America
| and the Asiatie countries. America
| produces bread. The Asiatics have learn
| ed 20 eat bread with the rest of the
world We are going TO supply them
! with it. We have to ship il across the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28

When the veterans Of the Civil War
were with Gen. Graut before Richmond
or with Sherman marching TO the sea. a
Democratic national convention declared
the war a failure and demanded a dis
honorable peace. When the bushes
men, the wage-earners and Jlonest ren
of all classes were battling for sound
money and the gold standard the Demo
cratic party as an organization. WIS
clamoring for free silver at IL to /.
When the Republican party was contend
ing for projection to American manufac-
turers aud workmen, its opponents were
advocating a policy destructive to both.
What good thing has the Democratic
party ever done. anyhow?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
THE PHILIPPINES.
Democrats Acknowledge the Wisdom
of the Republican Policy.

Democrats Acknowledge the Wisdom
of the Republican Policy.
John Nj. Switzer. formerly Of Califor-
MA, but ROW in business at Cehu, Philip
piue Islands, says, 10 better:
The two factions Of the Democratic
party have adopted the Republican policy
Oh the money question. after hanging for
eight years like a pair of Kilkenny eats
vyer a cross of goAl. That is the only
sound policy they have 10 offer the peo-
pie. hast even chat was an aterthought
and they are as pleased with steahn. il
as the old hen which. after setting eight
years ca her own non producing eggs.
adopted full-erown chicken aud Thought
she WAS young mother While il does
not happeo, often that the Democrats
see a question except through glasses
darby, yet There is one other instance
IN recent history whore they acknowledge
the wisdom Of the Republicans. When
the government OF the Philippines was
tarped over To Governor Wright he
promised aa3 hoped that he would b,
able to carry ons the policy OF Goyernor
Taft aud he administration, and he has
'.ane so. \ few months later the Demo.
cratic party of the Philippines in it's
convention nj Manila. adopted the fol-
Resolved That We heartily commend
ain,i,,3.t 's i'lEl"t'r ana h"n PARTISAN
M Cnll Governor If Tho pHijin,,t"a, I'M Is
lands
..rhus the Democrat. of III. pba;,,
pines wln, know what vc NV, t',;,,..
there ACKNOWLEDGE rho uis,,,,o al
sonudness of the n, p,hliesu, aI,,j,;s.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
Penny Wise Pound Foolish Democ-
raCy.

IN the last Democratic Congress. elect
ed in 1892, largely on the issue OF econ
Omy, the only items of national eXpendi-
ture where there was any large money
saving was for the navy and for coast
defences.
Appropriations for the former We're
cut down S9000.000 and for the latter
$3.00O.G00. Yet Notwithstanding such
diminished expenditures in the means for
promoting the safety and prestige of the
nation, this same Congress was, penny
wise in rhis way only to be pound foolish
in many other directions, with the net
result that for the first time in the
history Of tie United States the total
appropriations ran above the billion dol
lar ma-l.. 1t is matter Of historical
record that THE LAST DEMOCRA-
TIC CONGRESS- WAS THE FIRST
ACTUAL BILLION DOLLAR CON
GRESS.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28

There is no better criterod Of general
prosperity than the postal business.
When times are good the postal revenue
increases. and vice versa The report OF
the Postmaster General shows that for
the year ending July /. 1895, the receipts
from postal revenue were sac i'll 900
For the year ending July /, 1902, they
we're xl19,95S, 239 an increase Of - per
cent during seven years of continuous
Republican rifle. During the year ending
July /, 1885. the receipts from the money
order business were SSf203S: for the
year ending July l. 1902, they were ST.
SS9Sl1. an increase of 1873 per cent dur.
ing seven years Of Republican prosperity
The Postmaster General in his annual
report for 1902 said: The Increase in
the postal revenues attests the wonder
full pros p"rity Of the people and the ac-
tivity Of business interests throughout
the country" 1t would not have been
proper for the Postmaster General in an
official report to attribute this wonder
full prosperity in 1902 to the operation OF
the DinEley tariff law aud other Repub-
lican measures. but such was the fact.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
POPULATIONS OF A GREAT
GRANDFATHER.

EiklHS- W. n, sept IL. lsNtf.
Dear Sonny-lYe gust finished readin'
Teddy's letter and haven't had much
fun since | was tossd W a biauket the
year that grand old rough rider, Andy Jack
son, vas elected for second term. 1t
tosScS us up high that 1t seems as il
we'd ger come down.
| never did see paper so full of in
ferrogati0n points as that letter and every
dcrned one of them like jolt on the solar
plcNus that Steve is so fond Of talkin
about
breakfast this mornin, the first time since
| posed as Methuselah plckin the shoe
strings out OF his eyes 'Nunky." says he,
why does Tcddy's letter remind you of a
corduroy roadE
Because it's so full of bumps" says /,
Guessiu his yonundrum the first crack.
There's notbin' like a few sharp JOlts on
he spine 10 sharpen an old mans int
lcrtuHs.
No wonder you thought it mile :on'
A short piece of road like that goes dS
way when your wagon hasn't any sprays
or straw on the bottom, an your oil. hams
lack fat like mine.
tell yon, Alton, that's the matter with
us The Democratic band ;suu hasn't
got any springs nor straw for cushions. and
I'm gettn' all fired tired furuishin' All the
axle grease.
This letter Of Tcddy's doesn't run on
rubber fires He NAV mean we'll but what
right has he prvin into our conyietiensY
What business is 1t of his if we are Ike
the man stealth ride on the end Of a
tram VINO never sees anything uutt IL >
passed? II he was as old as I am he'd
bless his stars If he could see anything,
behind or before
This havin foresight Is all Republican
gift We Democrats haven't got it. We're
always Suckin the hind teat
We never SAW anything In infant indus
tries till the Republicans adopted the
fcundlin and brought it up on Protection
milk.
We never saw that the Union had to lie
preserved If there were TO h. enough
Offices to go round. until the Republicans
savel II and filed the offices for nigh onto
forty ytars
We never saw that two things cnuld not
occupy the same place ut the same time
until the Republicans adopted the gold
w zen bimctallism and free ant unii'i:ited
= vo-.
tell YOU. we've no faculty for fore
stght-and as far as | can see mighty
little for hind sight. either No wonder the
donkey is our party emblem. DO you
know. I've been Iokin' in mothers inpkn'
glass lntely. aud ! swan. If my chin his
kers amt grown Hike goats and my ears
are gettin so long they droop Steve says
it's only an optical hallucination. supeFin-
duced by too much br0odng over Repub-
liCnn cartoons.
But. say Alton the quiet have you
consulted your glass since you ip1ir that
speech to Charlie Knapp and IT, other
Charlie horScsy
Donkeys have this advantage over men:
they can gel their ears 10 the ground with
out cr;lwlin' on their bellies.
Waitin to see you put Teddy on the grid
HENRY GASSOWAY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
Not the Only Important Question.

Admittng that = gold standard IS ''ir-
revocably fixed" rs judge Parker says,
though he did not help fix it. that is only
one Of many important financial aues-
tlons that may come mp in relation to
financial matters The question Of the
preservation aud extension 81 our SyS-
TEN Of banking aud currency: the REFUND
ing Of our national debt AZ it may. from
time 70 time, become due and many 9TH
or HneSIlAHs ~ IKE Importance may
arise. To place the settlement Of these
questions IN ungriendIy hands might re-
suit in such a disturbance Of business as
would shock the whole country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
A Remarkable Exnosnre.

The marvel of the present political
campaign IS the revelation Of man.
II was thought that the Democrats had
nominated solid old judge as "a can
didate. Now il is known that, through
all the recent years, he has been but
The foxy political manasr of the foxy
Hin. lie has berl forced ny circum-
stances 70 come ont of the underbruslt
aud now the country knows him for
what be Is
The man has gone to New York City
to take charge of his own campaign.
This was to be expected. He couldn't
help it. But think Of what has been re-
vealed! \ man nominated for Presi-
dent who has been but the adroit hench-
man and manipulation for politician
who has never been 4 statesman
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE
A Chang. Would Cause Injurious De-
precision in Business.

Comparison of the statistics of the
United States with those of other coun-
tries shows that this country enjoys a
much greater degree of prosperity than
any other. During the ten years from
1872 to 1902 the population of Great
Britain increased 10 per cent, that of
Germany Is per cent. and that OF the
United States II per cent. During the
same period the total deposits in ali
hunks in Great Britain increased rs per
cent, in the United States 101 per cent.
Coal production in Great Britain iucreas-
ed p per ceut. in Germany "a per cent,
in France - per cent. in the United
States - per cent. The production OF
pig iron increased Is per cent in Great
Britain. 80 per cent i'll Germany. II per
cent in France. ~ per cent in the | nited
States. The production of steel increased
o. per cent in Great Britain. 3D. per
cent in Germany. 1913 per cent in France
and lI3 per cent in tue United States.
The exports of manufactures iuclaa Sed
y per cent in Great Britain, 30 per
cent in Germany, 10 per cent in France,
and 100 per cent in the United States.
Great Britain. with her enormous outflow
20 her colonies. exported Ia 1902 manu-
features to the amount of 81, 125,00O000,
while the United States exported S4.4Ut3,-
100000; but whereas Great Britain in
this item gained onlS Is per cent during
the decade from 1892 to 1902. over the
last preceding decade, the United States
gained 100 per cent.
Why should any person vote to ex-
change such prosperity as that for a
period of political Incompetence. disturb
ing legislation ard business depression z
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28

Figures recently issued by the Depart
melu Of Commerce and Labor at Wash
ihgton show that during the month of
July last oar exports of manufactures
amounted 10 S400D.000. against Sal
100000 Of agricultural kpredncts. During
jhue the exports OF manufactures We're
yearly Sf2,WD.000. against S31.5o0.000
Of agricultural products This i the first
time in the history of the country that
the exports Of manufactures have ex-
ceeded'tNo~e of tie farm This does not
mean that the exports of hrm eoducts
are falling off. bur thar tfFse of manu-
features have greatly increased. This is
dne to a protective tariff which, while it
benefits American manufactures. also in
crease the home demand for American
farm products
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
parker Womb Re Unsafe

Without questioning the sincerity OF
Judge Parker expressions on the
money question he was. by his own state
ineuts. more devoted to his party. in
1896. than he was to his sincere con-
victions Of right That being the case,
we have right to assume that h. might.
a an extreme moment, again surrender
his principles for the sake OF his party.
Such man cannot be held up "a safe
candidate for the highest position in tho
government.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
pARKER's FAvoRlTE POEM

u % e.. I'm, t.F "a - M
Note, Note9
Uncle David Bennett Hills a l'arker's
hnuse to stay
10 heip him Tx his fences an 10 tell him
what to say;
DaNld says: BE keerful now you are
candidate,
VI else they II git the hest OF yon-that's
Jest as sure as fate;
Now doh send any kilograms. creatin'
further doubt,
VI Roosevelt II beat you,
ef you
NunSt they vas candidpte ut thought
nee have chance
If he'd tell the people what lie knew
about fnanee;
Went about III country with i boiler an
a whnop--
When the votes was counted he was un-
a. derneath the soup.
suck to what tell you, or you'll amble
up the spout.
fer Roosevelt u beat you,
eli you
don't watch
INST | wore a feather plume: l Am
a Democrat,
In cyclone from TIL west jest blew
~ away my hat
heh they asst me what | was, an
Swered cool an cam,
Nlth another feather plume which read;
Guess | Am
bet your ne that David knows jest
what he is about
An roosevelt u beat YOU,
ct you
don't watch
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
Party Records.

In every national campaign for forty
years past the Republican party has
stood upon its record of things done, Of
laws enacted. of policies established I'M
der which the country has progressed
and prospered. The record Of the Dem
ocratic party made in two alministra-
tons was 50 full Of disaster. OF CONNER
cial shipwreek. of industrial paralysis
and business failures that its chief bust
ness in recent years has been 70 get as
far away from its record as possible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
Personal Abuse viii Not Win

The Democratic party has been so
long in the opposition and its every day
work has so long been criticism. that it
forgets that no battle was ever won
ny swearing at the enemy. A buse Of
Mr.. Roosevelt will make votes for him
He is very popular man. Persona.
criticism will not draw away from him
any man who admires him. but it " y
stir his admirers to the more earnest sup
Port of him.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
Get in Line with Progress.

\ young man about to form his earliest
political alliance and cast his first vote
should seek to be with a progressive par
~. The young natur lily look to the
future rather than to the p; It. 4 po-
litical record that holds OFT no promise
of future achievements is of little value
The Republican record OF things done
shows that it is party o progress and
the only one that appeals to patriotic
Young Americans.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Good Work Performed by the De-
pnrtment Of Agricmltnre.

partment Of Agriculture.
The Department Of Agriculture, estab-
islled, fossered and mainttined Ivy the
Republican party and successive EepGb-
lean administrations. is doing mach good
by investigating and experimenting in
the various branches of agriculture The
results of these Investigations aMd ex-
perimcnts have been published from time
to time in handy little pamphlets called
Farmers Bulletins" There are bulle-
tins on cattle, hogs. sheep. horse oul-
try, fruit. vegetables. grain. pastures
GRASSES, soils and many other subjects
pertaining to agricn cure. l. has been
the policy of the Republican party to
place these bulletins within the reach Of
every farmer who wants them. and they
can he had for the asking. Following
is list Of the bulletins with their titles
and numbers:
No.
x Feeding Of Farm Animals
y log Cholera ana Swine Plague.
u. rows Care and Feeding.
40, Sheep Feeling
~ Batter Making
- Bee Keeping.
50, The Peach Twis-borcr
~ The culture of Tobacco.
NJ Tobacco Soils.
81. Fish rs Food
s. Alkali Lands.
10. CoWpeas.
81 Potato Diseases and Treatment
81 Sugar as Food
81 The Vegetable Garden
81 Good Roads fer Farmers,
80. Raising Sheep fer Mutton.
80 Insect Enemies Of Shade Trees.
1ol. MiIlrts.
io4 Notes on Frost.
106 Breeds Of Dairy Cattle
100. Farmers Reading Courses.
Ill Farmers Interest in Good Seed.
,pI .,.1 Af.Gs{
ll3 The Apple and How 10 Grow 1t.
1l3 Hop Culture IN California.
li6 Irrigation in Fruit Growing.
10, Insects Affecting tobacco,
l2l. Heans Peas, and ether LcgumeS as
Food
123 Red Glover Seed: Information for Pur-
chGScrS
142. The Conformation of Beef ana Dairy
Cattle.
l4S, Celery Culture
100. Clearing New Land
152. ScabipS in Cattle
1913. Orchard Enemies in the Pacific North
west.
l54. the Fruit Garden: Preparation and
Care.
155. now Insects Affect Health in Rural
Districts.
1856. The Home Vineyard
157, The Propagation Of Plants.
15S. How to Build Small irrigation
bitches
1J9. Scab in Sheep.
16l. Practical Suggestions for Fruit Grow
erS.
1866. Cheese Making on the Farm.
40. Principles of Horse Feeding.
Ill The Control of the Iudiing Moth.
113 Primer of Forestry
TIA. Broom Corn.
17J. Home Manufacture and Use of I'm
fermented Grape Juice.
ITG. Cranberry Culture.
la. SQUAD Raising
lis. Insects Injurious III Cranberry Cut
ture.
10. Iiorseshoeing.
ISL Pruning.
1S2. Poultry as Food
Any farmer in any State OF the Union
who wants one or several or any num-
Der of these bulletins can obtain them
by writing II his member of Congress or
to Hon. James Wilson, Secretary Of
Agriculture, Wa hington. ID. c., Civ
sing the numbers nd titles of the bulle
tins he desires. such a letter of request
no matter by whom written, viii receive
prompt attention. The policy of the Re
publican party is to conduct public bust
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28

Alliance with political corpse offers
no inspiration, no attraction ia the first
voter. No Young man possessed Of
Youths high Impulse. # its love OF action
and achievement, of its fever Of reason"
ond jmpelllng courage, should willingly
rou~cnt to an alliance with the Dcmoc-
racy. The first voter should ally him
self with a live marty.