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employees has increased more than 10 per
cent. over the year previo1s, while the
number of their employees has remained
practically stationary, as is shown in the
following table:
Number and compensation of employees Of
eight repre- sentative railways:
Year ending Comnensa.
June 30 No. employees ton
1W4 .................1o 4,a44 S6G, 400. f67
1910 luo,SDl 90, 10, tH7
Increase .......... 453 6,215, $50
Increase per cent. "a 1913
Here Mt last we see truly reflected the
effect of the horizontal raise in the wages
of railway employees made rs the result
OF the widespread labor agitation in Che
summer of l9o3. The advance was
variously estimated at the time as from
i to II per cent and any statistics
that fail to show il must be distorted
by the Introduction of some factor, such
as a disprorortion of low price labor
tending to reduce the average.
In connection with the above proof
of the 10 per cent. advance in railway
wages in one year, it should be remem-
bered that the decline in prices bcyan
in 1903 continues.
If the Democrats are willing IL ac-
cept the pay of railway labor as ;le most
accurate barometer OF wages. The Re
publican party can call To the witness
stand l.3l2.331 railway employees to
testify to the fact that, measured by
what it will buy. their income of 1904
is higher than it was in 1897. and near
~ half million of them can truthfully
affirm that they received no compersa-
ton whatever in 1887 whore according
to the above system Of average compcn-
sation. they now divide some $275.OO0,-
600 among them or about $56S apiece.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

during the year 1923 more than 10 per
cent greater than during the year 1896
1897. Moreover, it is a notorious fact
that these averages do not begin to rep
resent the increase in the earnings of
railway employees during the summer OF
1903. when the rate of pay of certain
classes was raised from 10 to 10 per cent.
In that year, too there were 22I. 9le
more persons employed in the six classes
named than in 1897, and according to the
interstate Commerce Commission they
were receiving the increased daily aver
age pay where they received nothing in
the year last named.
Finally. returns gathered from the an
nual reports for the year ending June
Both. 1904. of eight representative rail
ways in different parts of the country
having total mileage OF lG,5SI miles,
| indicate that the compensation of tAeil
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Two Judges with Political Pasts.

Democracy can always be depended
on to blunder. The nomination of Judge
Parker was blunder, because he re-
ceived his early political training from
d. B. Hill, one of the most notorious
wire pullers and workers in devious ways
New York has produced The nomina-
ton 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 reputation as unenviabls as Tam
msny's
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Grotesque Attempt by Democrats to Twist Facts
for Campaign Consumption.
GROSSLY INACCURATE STATEMENTS
Country Is Not in Throes Of Disastrous
Business Depression, and Workingmen
Continue to Prosper What
the Figures Show.

Nothing could better illustrate the in
finite capacity OF the democratic party
for doing the wrong thing at the right
moment than its attempt to OUTAGE
acknow lodged industrial conditions with
the bald statement of its campaign text
bock-''that business depression of this
year is greater than was that of 1893 and
1884"
AS 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 is no
need to waste time in refuting it, The
Democratic depression that prevailed
from 1898 to 1897 paralyzed industry in
every section of the United States. ana
its pinch was felt in every home. The
business depression of ,.As year is SO
largely fgment of Democratic imayi-
nation that it requires a magnifying
glass to be seen, and what there is Of
it is rapidly fading from sight as the
prospects OF great Republican victory
become more certain.
But the Democratic campaign book is
not satisfied with this grotcsque generali
cation. so it attcaapts to controvert the
Republican claim of prosperous times in
farm, Office and work shop with the as
sertion that no one is better off by rea-
| son of increased incomes, because the
| cost of living has increased dispropor
tionately
How utterly and irrationally absurd is
| this contention is proved by the fact that
| if prices were advancing more rapidly
than the earnings Of the great mass of
| the people. the great mass Of the people
would soon he irrctrievably insolvent or
| their purchases wou.4 be so curtailed
| that the volume of business would be
enormously reduced.
| There is no possibility of making a
scientific comparison of lne 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-
ing is controlled by the individual. No
man can fix his income at will; any man
can limit his expenditures. Let condi-
| tions provide sufficient wages to the
workingman. 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. If better
wages breeds extravaganza, the result,
| in the language of Micawber, is misery
| it they are expended with economy, the
result is an accumulation Of wealth and
| happiness.
| Convincing Testimony.
Good times under Republican admin
istration has provided the better wages,
and the economy of the American peo-
! pie has piled up the means of content
| ment and happiness as is evidenced by
the following statement OF the number
Of depositors and deposits in the savings
| banks OF the United States for the eleven
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

1--WE do not have to guess at our con-
victions, and then correct the guess if
it seems unpopular. The principles
which we profess are those in which
we believe with heart and soul and
strength. Men may differ from us;
but they cannot accuse us of shiftiness
or insincerity."- Roosevelts letter of ac-
ceptance.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Prai.. from Democratic Newspaper

The New York Times, one of tho
Democratic newspapers which has been
denouncing President Roosevelt's Philip
pine policy, recently printed an editorial
leader on the settlement of the Frlars
land question. The article concludes:
at is creditable both To the intelligence
ana the humanity Of the government
If the Times was less partisan it could
truthfully say that every act of the
Roosevelt administration in dealing with
the Philippine question was creditabls
&c the United States.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

terror should be empowered to withdraw
from entry all lands proposed to be irri-
gated, instead of only those required for
reservoirs and bitches as provided in the
Dill; that no water should be sold or de-
lvered except to bona fde settlers. ac-
tually living on the land to which the
water was applied-which was not in
the Newlands bill-and that the words:
but State and territory laws shall gov
ern 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 bur
qua not say so, to be unfit to exercise
such 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 all failed I'M
| I'll President Roosevelt took hold of the
project. In his first annual message to
| Congress in 1901 he called attention to
the necessity of providing water for the
arid lands and said: The object of the
government is to dispose of the land to
settlers who will build homes upon it.
70 accomplish this object water must be
brought within their REACH
The national governments policy. he
pointed out. should he to aid irrigation
in the several States and territories in
such 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 and Mssis-
sippi valleys brought prosperity to the
Atlantic States
Final Personal Triumph.
With his accustomed visor and intelli-
gence President Roosevelt exerted nfu
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 ont of his MESA &c
of 1901, was enacted by a Republican
Congress. ably coached by Mr.. RooSe-
welt. The measure became a law with
his signature. The Republican National
Irrigation Act of 1902. signed by Presi
dent Roosevelt. was a fitting and natural
supplement to the Republican Free
Homes Law of 1862. signed by President
Lincoln.
To President Roosevelt. therefore. and
to him alone. is due the fact that there
was any National irrigation at all in thai
Congress- and that the law. as enacted
absolutely protects the poor man ant
renders any large hoiuings of nationa
irrigated land impossible forever.
And this is how the Democrats are
"responsi ble'' for national irrigation.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

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-
ducts at constantly improving prices. The
beauty of the Republican policy of pro-
lection is that it develops manufactur-
ing and agricultural interests on paral-
lel lines
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

According to astronomers it is about
% 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 sY the Democratic route.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
WILL Meritcd Tribute.

Tn a leading editorial in Maxwelfs
TaIisman George H. Maxwell. one or
the best Informed men on irrigation IN
the United States says
And those OF this generation who VIII en-.
a.. th.ss benefits aud advantages and "a.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

"Thc expenditures of the Nation havh
been managed in spirit of economy
as far removed from waste as from
niggarllines-; AMI in the future every
effort will be continued to secure an
economy as strict as is consistent with
sErtsx-yo- Roosrvelt's .etter OF acceptance
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
What the Figures Prove.

What the Figures Prove.
1t will be observed that these six dis
tinctive classes OF railway employees en-
hracng almost half of all the railway
employees in the United States (591415
in 1908 against i.,,3G3 in 1890 We're
receiving an average daily compensation
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Col, Wriyht's Sum mary.

Turning now to the direct comparison
of the advance in wages and cost Of liv-
ing during the period under review, the
Democrats affect the greatest contempt
for the government statistics, which,
under the able, conscientious and I'M
biased direction of Carroll d. Wright.
present the following instructive sum
mary:
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
Convincing Testimony.

The Democratic depression Of 1913
and 1894, to which the campaign book
inadvertently directs attention. was
marked by ii falling off in deposits of
over 37,OOO.OoO in one year. Between
1893 and 1903 the average due each
depositor increased from $3.50 to S411.
More significant than the increase in
deposits is the fact that in 1903 there
were 2,414,629 absolutely new savings
bank depositors in the United States,
marking an increase of nearly so per
cent. during period when the total
population only increased II per cent.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06

of labor,
and
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24

the lessons taught by his undaunted reso-
luton, his infexible grasp OF lofty posi-
bllities, and his unninchIng. unyieiding
determination In following the path he
had marked out.
But, Mr.. Ambassador. In accepting the
statue given us to-day through you from
the German emperor. I accept II not
merely because II Is the statue OF n
mighty and terrible soldier. but l accept
It as a symbol of the ties of friendship
and good will which l trust as the years
go on will bind ever closer together the
American and the German peoples There
is kinship OF blood between the two ma
lions. We OF the United States are OF
mixed stock. In our veins runs the blood
of almost all the peoples OF middle, north
ern and western Europe. We already
have history OF which we feel that we
have the right to be legitimately proud.
and yet our nationality is still In the
formative period. Nearly three centuries
have elapsed since the landing OF the
English at jamestown marked the be-
ginning OF what has since grown into the
United States.
Among the soldiers from abroad who
came to aid us one OF the most prominent
was the German. Steuben. Muhlenberg
was the first speaker Of the house OF
representatives; and the battle which In
the revolution saved the valley Of the
Mohawk to the American cause was
fought under the lead Of the German.
Herkimer. AS all the different races
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24
BIGNESS OF POSTAL SYSTEM
Last Year the Number OF Miles
Travelled on All Clnsses of Routes
Aggregated 5O5,JS5,52G.

Washington, Nov. 19.-Thc largest
items in the postal transportation fig
'ures are the star routes, which number
1913, aggregating 233,S92 miles and
an annual rate Of expenditure Of $685.
'023; railroad routes, 3,00S in number,
with 196,907 mileage and an annual
rate of expenditure of $39, 177,377; rail-
way post Office car routes, numbering
:2S4, with an aggregate length Of g.
e037 miles and an annual rate Of ex-
penditure of $5,51S,234, and railway
mail service Officers and clerks), H.
444 in number, involving an expcnd-
iturc of s12,095, 437. The number Of
miles travelled per annum by all classes
'of routes Of mail transportation in this
country, among which are the star
routes, railroad routes, special Office
routes, mail messenger routes, ETC., ag-
gregates sos ,5S5,524.
To indicate the large increase in the
volume of mails carried by the rail-
roads, 1t Is pointed out that the ex-
penditures for railroad transportation
and railway post Office cars during the
.four-year period 19O2-05 was s42.45S,-
LAG, an increase of over II per cent.
lover the previous four-year period,
while the revenue of the postal service
was $139,7S1, 794, an increase of over 40
per cent. over the previous four-year
period.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24
IS Ex-PRIEST PERSEcUTED3
Father Schell, I'm Disfavor with
Bishop Scanned mt Omaha, Ar
rested on Charge Of Forgery.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 1S.-Father
Schell, the Catholic priest who has
come into considerable prominence
through his connection with the gov
eminent investigation into the affairs
at the Winnebago reservation In
Thurston county, and who was later
removed from his parish by Bishop
Scanned, was last night arrested on a
state warrant charging him with
forgery.
The warrant charges that Father
Schell forged the name Of Mrs. Little
Walker to a certificate Of deposit
drawn by the Bank Of Homer. Father
Schell says 1t is the result of persecu-
ton. He explains the forgery charge
by saying that Mrs. Little Walker and
her husband sought his advice about
transferring $4,000 to another bank.
According 10 his story he signed the
certificate and the woman made her
mark in the presence Of witnesses, one
of whom corroborates the priests
story. The woman could not write.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24
MEXICO'S NEW STEP.
Diaz' Closing Term Marked by Re-
form In Finance.
Practically ON Gold Basis, Though
Present silver Dollar Will Con-
tinue the Circulating Medium
with Value Cut I'm Two.

Mexico City. Nov. 1S.-President
Diaz. after listening to the opinions
of members OF his cabinet council, has
approved the plan Of Finance Minister
Limantour for monetary reform and
ordered that bill be sent to congress.
Tho bill will be preceded by a long
exposition by Finance Minister Liman-
tour explaining the chief features OF
the project. The bill does not look
to the direct accomplishment OF
monetary reform, but authorizes the
executive to carry out the reform in
due time and subject to conditions
fixed In the bill.
The money medium will continue to
be the present silver dollar with its
weight aud fineness unchanged, but its
gold value will be recommended at the
equivalent of rs centograms Of the yell
low metal, putting It on level With
the United States half dollar in value.
The reimportation Of dollars will be
prohibited. II is possible measures In
preparation do not afford the slightest
ground for variation In the conditions
of the silver market, as Mexico is prin-
cipally interested in holding up the
price Of that metal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24
INVOLVES IRRIGATION RIGHTS.
Uncle Sam Shows Deep Intevest In
the Kansas-Colorado Suit ever
Waters from Arkansas River.

Washington, Nov. 1S-Secretary
Wilson has designated Prof. Elwood
Mead, chief Of the irrigation and drain
age investigations Of the department
Of agriculture, to give expert testi-
mony for the government in the three
cornered legal contest between Kan
sas. Colorado and the general govern
ment for the control Of the waters of
the Arkansas river for irrigation pur-
poses. The case is one of great i'm
portance to the government as involv.
ing the whole doctrine upon which
rests the right to appropriate for irri-
cation purposes the waters Of inter-
state and other non-navigable streams.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24
CHATTANOOGA WANTS A FAIR.
Effort VIII He Made to Celebrate
.Fifticth Anniversary of Conclu-
sion of the Civil War.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. l9.-Yes-
'terday the first announcement was
made Of formal movement to hold in
Chattanooga in 1915 worlds fair to
be known as the semi-centennial peace
Jubilee exposition, concentrating the
end of the civil war. 1t is learned that
assurances Of aid from the government
and various organizations have been
secured. The following address ex-
planning the nature Of the exposition
has been issued: From 1861 to 1865
there was in the United States the
greatest civil war the world has ever
seen. Peace between the states was
established on April 8, 1865. The year
1915 will be the semi-centennial ami
yersary of the event"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24
CAN HE HOLD OUT2
Gen. Stoessel Sends Cheering News
to the Russians.
10 Given Provisions He Declares
Port Arthur VIII Resist the Japs
Until Arrival of the Hal
tic Fleet.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 19.-Lieut. Gen.
Stoessels report expresses q firm con-
viction that he will be able to hold out
at Port Arthur until the Baltic squad
ron arrives in March on the condition
that he is supplied with munitions and
stores. The government has instruct
ed its agents abroad to supply Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel's requirements at any
cost.
America is likely to profit, both d.
rectly and indirectly, from the execu-
ton Of the large naval programme
which Russia is now celebrating. The
vital Importance of the sea power has
been Russia's bitterest lesson Of the
war and the government Is fully de-
termined that the maintenance OF the
empires position in future as a first
class power will be impossible without
an adequate navy. II the losses the
Pacific fleet has already sustained
should be followed by disaster to Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron 1t
will be necessary not only to rebuild
the whole navy, but to increase its
strength.
.Japanese Run Thirty Trains Daily.
Berlin, Nov. 19.-The Mukden corre-
spondent of the Lokal Anzeiger says
the Japanese have finished second
railway track from Dalny to Lao
Yang. Thirty trains are running daily
between the two places.
Grippenberg stnrts for the Front.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 19.-Gen. Grip
penberg, commander Of the second
Manchurian army, and his staff started
yesterday from wilma for the front.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24

I here tend rapidly to fuse together. 1t IL
rarely possible after one or two gener-
atoms to draw a sharp line between the
various elements; but there Is no stu
dent Of our national conditions who has
failed to appreciate what an Invaluable
element In our composite stock the Ger
man Is.
Each nation has its allotted tasks to
do; each nation has its peculiar difficult
ties to encounter: and as the peoples OF
the world tend to become more closely
knit together alike for good and for evil.
II becomes ever more important to all
that each should prosper; for the pros
perity Of one Is normally not sign Of
menace, but a sign Of hope for the rest.
Here on this continent where It Is abso
luteiy essential that the different peoples
coming TO our shores should not remain
separate, but should fuse into one, our
unceasing effort Is 20 strive to keep and
profit by the good that each race brings
to our shores, and at the same time to
do away with all racial and religious ami
mosities among the various stocks. In
both efforts we have met with an aston
fishing measure of success. As the years
go by It becomes not harder. but easier
to live in peace and good will among our
selves; and firmly believe that Il will
also become not harder. but easier. to
dwell In peace and friendship with the
other nations of the earth.
AS such Is the case II is natural that
we should have q peculiar feeling OF
nearness to each Of many peoples across
the water. We most earnestly wish not
only to keep unbroken our friendship for
each, but so far as we can without CIV
ing offense by an appearance OF med
ding. to seek to bring about better UNI
derstanding and broader spirit of fair
dealing and federation among all nations.
In closing let me thank you and through
you the German emperor and the Ger
man people for this statue. which l ac-
cept In the name of the American peo-
pie; a people claiming blood kinship with
your own: a pepole owing much to Ger
many; a people which. though with ma
tional history far shorter than that OF
your people, nevertheless, like your peo-
pie, Is confident in the majesty OF Ito
future. most earnestly pray that in the
coming years these two great nations
shall move on toward their several destf-
MES knit together by ties Of the heartfesS
friendship and good will.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-11-24
Chs.ese Leaving the Fair.

st. Louis, Nov. 1.-two hundred
and thirty-two Cinnamon who have
been connected with a worlds fair
concession since the opening Of the
exposition, departed last night in eight
special cars for San Francisco. where
they will sail for China. They will
be closely guarded on the trip. as
many of them do not want to return
to their native country. They wer
admitted to the United States und
bond.