The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-02-25
PERSONAL MENTION.
Pertinent Paragraphs Portraying
Popular People.
CFrom fridays Daily.)

1900 t1Ao AH0A hAb 3 W NADAe - AN-ANAiS' 3
Mrs T. O. Kurt2, OF Redfield, was
in town this morning and wenu to-
Knoxville,
Mrs. Fred stonehocker, Of New
sharon, il visiting at the y. w.
Miller home.
Miss Helen Terry returned to her
home in Muscatine this morning
after two weeks visit with Miss
Eva Kemble.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Barnhill enter
tanned last week. The honors to
Mrs. Wayne Jacobs and consolation
to MIR. Frank Porter.
MIR. and Mrs. James De yilbiss
were III the city this morning return
ing 70 Knoxville after years stay
In Pond,Creek, Oklahoma.
Linnens Miller, of searsboro, who
has been visiting at the home Of his
uncle, j. w Miller, departed yester-
day for trip through Western Iowa.
Mrs. George Hunter, Of Bussey,
and Miss Dollie Porter, Of Omaha,
who 10 visiting in Bussey, we're in
the city this morning and went to
Beacon,
Misses Minnie GRANDPA, of Leigh
ton, and Marie Haaften, of Pella, re-
turned home this morning after be-
ing guests at the Packwood studio
for short time.
Mrs. O. L. Bettler, of Wapello, was
in the city this morning returning
home from Prairie City where she
was called by the illness and death OF
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ricket.
Mrs. DR.. Hugg, received word this
morning Of the death OF Mrs. L. w.
Treat, director of the Grand Rapids
training school, Tuesday, February
is, interment viii be made in Medina,
Ohio, on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barnhill enter
tanned the joviaI Whist Club Thurs
day evening. The honors went to
Mrs. Ed Keeper and consolation
went to Mrs jesse swearingen. Re-
freshments were served.
Miss Lillian Hughes went to
ottumwa thisj morning to attend q
musical given at the home of Miss
Jeanette Byown. The program will
be given bE Miss Wyman, of Burlipg-
ton. piTnist well known throughout
y Sa-ssSr---VS
speak Now we ask, could any sane
business man undertake to cure un-
der-ccnsuInption by reducing the pur-
chasing ability of the masses?
'Second-We find that the foreign
trade balances are as satisfactory as
in other seasons, and our exports are
Increasing, rather than diminishing.
Then why this lnsatiate desire to dis
turb the business world? Again is
tho fact that we have been blessed
with good, bountiful crops, resposible
for so-called depression?
We have always been led to be-
ieve that when we had good crops,
etc, and the farmer received good
prices for his products, that our pros
perity should be at rood tide, and
\ what is true Of the farmer, is equally
true Of nearly every other important
industry. @aa
Yet in spite of the foregoing I'M
disputed facts, the stock gamblers of
the East become alarmed at the ten
dency of things and loudly demand
that labor must be sacrificed on the
altar, and suffer a reduction in wages,
in order that their inflated trust SCI
curities might still furnish the usual
amount Of revenue
"And. lastly, we find these so-calIea
plutocrats heralding broadcast all
over the country that organized la
Dor is the agency responsible for all
this disturbing Of the public peace
and tranquility, and that labor is get
ting more than its just share Of the
profits and must suffer a reduction,
so as to increase the employers mar
gin of profit Now it is certainly ap-i
parent that so-called industrial de-
preston is manufactured expressly
for the occasion
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let US carry this analysis still further
to logical conclusion
4First--Has the cost of living de-
creased? No.
"Second--Have rents come down!
No.
''Third-Are the trusts reducing
prices on commodities? Still the pub
lie answer, no. But we are told that
retrenchmcnt must commence at the
bottom, and labor must be satisfied
with less
.Only a few weeks ago we find
even in our own state, the operators
advancing salaries, and in one in
stance a $500.OO' per annum increase
is allowed one individual, and in this
connection we freely admit that we
have no objection to his merited adj
vance, provided cur men receive whar
they are justly entitled TO in the way
of compensation In other words, we
protest against the right Of the oper-
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