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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1904-05-11

Eaton and others for new road in Con-
cord township ordered filed, and road
commissioner to take action in the
matter.
| Petition Of A. f. Stocking, Dominic
! Rulo and others for change of road in
! RirhwoOds township filed and road
commissioner ordered to take action in
| the case.
Mrs Nancy Bland allowed $50 20
due her from sale of land for taxes.
! Court orders the discharge of Mar
! tha Wickerhan aud Clark Wickerilan
! from poor farm.
John Q. Long is appointed supervis-
or OF work OF repairing court house.
1t is ordered by the court that col
lection be made upon the school fund
bond of f. NJ. Paul,
BUnd of &. B. Maxwell as constable
of Harmony township approved.
Settlements of the following road
overseers approved: WIN. Miller, dis
trict 10; VIM. H. Whaley, district 6:
Robert Hall, district ); }. J. HIIlen,
dist. 30; Vim. Goodson, dist. 10; Chas.
A. Page, dist. / Thos. Berry, dist. -: 2
! NJ. II. Litton, dist. 27:J. w. Nixon,
dist. 24; Thos. o. Hudson, dist. 80; E.
A. Lapee, dist. /; John II. Gibson,
dist. l3; l.. A. Eaton, dist. Il; Zeno
Tebo. dist. :: d. NJ. Gollaher, dist 26;
Jas. f. Ransde1l, dist. IS.
The bonds OF the following road
overscers are approved: VIM. Decluc,
district 30; l.. b. Polite, dist. o;
Isaac Pickett, dist. -; J, A. Maxwell,
dist. %; Thos. Perry, dist. -; l.. d.
Bone, dist. "a; Thos. O. Hudson. dist.
%; A. G. Nichols, dist. 4: John +.
| I }.
10; Geo. w. jenkins, dist. l3; Chas.
BourasaW, dist. 6; }. +. Ransdell, dist.
Is.
Accounts Allowed.
|. A Letcher, circuit clerk. .....S l 80
Or Z. h. Hofmann, coroner. % 50
H. Hawkins, county surveyor. 1890
j. b. Boyer, burial OF panper.. 800
l. A. Letcher, circuit cierk.... :3. -
l. A. Letcher, fee bills. ....... 2S9. 10
DR.. J. 2. Townsend, smallpox
account ........ s3.75
Standard Ptg. Co., stationary
supplies. 1905
Lee AmcS. 1} %
j. w Houston, school com. go. S.2S
Frank Portell, fence at county
farm $500
State Insane Asylum 412 60
l.. b. IIlgginbotham, care poor 2o5.I0
II. G. He'll, stationary sup. ..... 100
F. NJ. Deggendorf, '' q ...... $50
G.. w. 1Iambey, work on rock
crusher. 800
f., Casey, lumber. i 40
NJ. E. Rhodes, county attorney $50
}. r, Boyer, county treasurer. 10000
jeff. Higginbotham, sheriff. 2s4. 10
. {" wood 80. 3 90
Am. Lead & Baryta Co. supplies $40
G. Chad Long. janitor. ... e0.0O
j. o. Long, county Gle erk w 1918
J. O. Long, board of equal. .. 2400
l.. a Page, " I" . 2l00
J. Il. Boyer, IS " .. 2l.00
l. Y. Farmer, - .. 21.00
II. Hawkins, g /" . 2400
J. f. Williams, 's g w 2l.00|
l. a. Page, county judge. ..... 22.5o
J. II. Boyer. ' " ..... 81 90
l. V. Farmer, 50 " ...... 81 COL
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1904-05-11

and just to think of it, only a
few weeks ago the Republican pa
perS in this state were being acc:,s-
ed of trying to nominate the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1904-05-11

TO CURE y COLDIN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Qninihe Tab
let's All druggists refund the money
if it falls to cure. f. w. Groves sig
nature is Oh each boz. DC
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1904-05-11

The convention held in Iowa last
Wednesday to elect delegates from
.het STATE TO the Democratic ua
The river press., 1904-10-05
-ment. of -Agricnltures it brought 3G cents
or exactly double as much.
Il, 1SOSt tlan ntoo ,xtI oat tho II

ment of Agricnltures it brought sc cents
or exactly double as much.
1n 1896 the price OF wheat on the Kan
sas farm was 81 cents per bushel, last
year, according to the same authority,
ii was II cents. 5.'
In 1895 the price of.oats on the Kan
sas farm was II cents; hast year it was
3o--a case where 50 cents was a joke
which the Kansan appreciated clear
down to his boots.
During this period freight rates on
wheat per 100 pounds from Atclison,
kan, to Chicago We're reduced from "a
to ~ cents, and on rye, barley, corn and
oats from 20 to Is cents.
In 1895 the revenue of the railways
per passenger per mile in the territory of
which Kansas is the center was 2.21155
cents; i'll 1902 it had fallen to 2.2.:3G
cents. In the same period the railroad
revenue from freight in the same terri
tory had fallen from 1.1Gl cents per ton
per mile to O.17S cents VICE.
There are good times in Kansas be-
cause of good government. good crops.
good prices. increasing manufactures and
declining rates for transporting the fruits
OF all kinds Of industry to the markets
of the world; and when there arc good
times in Kansas there is little occasion
for discomfort throughout the rest OF the
Union.
The river press., 1904-10-05
NOT FIT TO BE PRESIDENT.
An "Evening Post" Opinisn of Judge
Parker.

(\ew York Evening Post. July l. 1909
We presume that Judge Parker's greet
ings in Georgia as ''our next I'resident'
will not rutfie his judicial calm. Like
the rest Of us. he has seen too many next
Presidents Il year before election.
They usually swarm like grasshoppers
m July before the nominating conven-
ton. But the Judge will he subjected
in his Georgia address to pretty sharp
test of his fitness for President. next
time or ever. Will he have the courage
to speak Il direct and wholesome word
tp the people Of the South on the question
which is rapidly becoming the leading ma
*ional issue!
We mean, of course. the whole matter
OF abridged suffrage. denied citizenship.
refusal of equal treatment before the
law, and the recr,ldescence Of slavery. as
affecting onr negro population. The
Southern papers are full Of it. and de-
manding that the South be "let alone"
in its challenge Of human rights aud dis
regard nf the constitution. Edward NJ.
Shepard told the people of New Orleans
that the South ought to be left to so its
own way. But can a man named as
''onr next lresideM' agree to such Il
local notification of national laws: Ii
he can, he is not fit to be President next
year or any year.
The river press., 1904-10-05
WHY ALL'S WELL IN KANSAS,
1t IL Because of Sound Money and the
Protective Policy.

Few people realize how or why the
condition Of Kansas is watched with
such soliritude throughout the country
especially in the Western States.
The fact is indisputable that there is
something about its climate. the mer
c,,rial disposition Of its people and the
conditions Of life in Kansas that make
it sort Of harometer for the rest of the
republic When there is anything seri-
ous the matter with Kansas it is GER
tain thu; all is not exactly right with
her neighhors. When there is Il drouth
in Kansas there is art to he Il mighty
thirst in all the region west of the Mis-
sisSippi. When the rains aud sunshine
bless Kansas with hountifuI harves,s
and the cyclone and graSshnpper give her
Il wide berth, the fntneSs is apt to extend
beyond her borders and fill the land with
reason for rejuicings and content.
When Providence frowns on Kansas
the heart Of tn" nation is usually SORROW
fuI for her-.anGl for itself.
When Providence smiles on Kansas
the rest Of us generally bid al revor to
melancholy.
Therefore Senator Fairbanks did we'll
in opening the Republican campaign a;
Marion. Kan. Sept. l. to remind his an
dilurs Of the change that had come over
their prospects since the days when the
whole land rang with the cry. What $
the matter with KanSa>:' Happily he
was able to proclaim. if not from the
house tops, ut least to the telegraph up-
orators for dissemination throughout the
nation. that "AIl's we'll in Kansas"
Swiftly he drew the picture Of the con-
| dit ions as they existed eight years ago:
| kansas WAS suffering from the effects
| of Democratic. administration. The in.
| tcrcS,S of her agriculture lanyllish.d. Her
! crops rnltr,l in the field or were market
ed at 'lnrrlnln"ratch pricc>.' And much
more to the same effect. Then he poiu,-
| el I" tn" prosperity Of the present. with.
! ont need to recapitulate the blessings
| that good crops. good prices. good govern.
nrnt and sound money Showtred upo,
| Kansas AS from an eNfAuStlcSA urn
| ''During he last seven years. he said
mo one has shared the prosperity which
| has come to the country in Il fuller de
gree tl.an the farmers Of Kansas" And
he illustrated ihe prosperity of the State
| hN the increase in her bank dcDusj,,
"from %.3.NNNN in 1899 to over $50
! NU.Wh, in 1ME:.' AS ii matter of exact
record it might he well TO say tk;t The
| hank deposits in Kansas increased from
| $:.n,32o.4S1 in 1896 to xS4 .O55. 10. 81
| $50 per cent. while those OF the Who'll,
country increased from $2:31. .H2S. .33.J t,
4n.64o1 1U.. or slightly under ]34 p4,
cent
Would the reader know how all hi.
wonderful prosperity came to Kansas
|: wax through her own industry s!:,r,
| lated and protected by the sound econ,
"mir and monetary policies OF the Re
| pnhlican party.
| In 1893 corn on the farms OF Kausu.
was bringing Is cents Il hushel: last year
according to the report Of the u~rs IT.
The river press., 1904-10-05
UNLIKE DEMOCRATS
TRANSACTIONS OF
REPUBLICANS NEVER SHADY.
Sale. of Philippine Bonds to Western
Kank, the Highest Bidder - Demo-
cratic Deal with the Belmont
Syndicate Riddled.

The fourth installment of the S3,OuN,-
600 Of Philippine bonds was taken at
lO1l1 by the Western National Bank
Of Oklahoma City. whose bid for the
bonds was the highest. The fact that
western lank should outbid leading inst-
tutions Of Wall street for these bonds
suggests how the West is rapidly gaining
in financial power and Importance. No
western bank would have dared to bid
for such :, large issue of bonds without
being perfectly satisfied that it could find
y broad market for them amongst local
investors. The old financial problem Of
the West was to get money from the
East. The present problem OF the West
is to find good channels for the invest
melit of its own money.
Ry :, transaction such as this we find
investors in the Southwest become cred
itorS of the Philippine Islands. In other
words. they are looming some Of the
fruits of their own prosperity under Re
publican rule to help along the prosperity
of our nations wards in the Philippines.
The security which United States gov
crnment over the Philippines gives to
lives and property. trade and industry.
makes the credit OF the islands good. SO
that investors are quite willing to pay q
premium for Philippine bonds If the
United States government were not SOW
rreign over the Philippines, it is Il ques-
ton whether the islands would be able
to 1"at bonds even at q discount. hence
many needed improvements for the isl
:ndS could not be carried out Were
the Democratic party to be successful
il the election this fall the owners OF
Philippine bonds would doubtless see Il
quick slump in their market value.
Notorious lie ocratic Deaf.
IT. is the Republican policy in the case
| Of necessary ISSUES OF bonds. like the war
loan of 1898 and this Philippine bond
issue. to sell the bonds by popular sub
scriplion or by public competitive bid
ding for Them This gives the whole peo-
pie an equal chance, and all sections Of
the country an equal chance. to secure
them for Investment and to realize what
| ever profit their ultimate appreciation
! may bring. Under the Democratic plan,
| as followed out during the last Cleveland
| administration. the government ignored
| the small investors. and had no use for
nny financial institution west of Wall
street.
| FOf instance, on feh. .lS. ISJ0 the
Democratic Secretary of the Treasury
signed contract with y New York syn
dicate for the selling of St22.31,.lw four
per cent bonds. These bonds the syndi-
cate sold to the public for STD 1i, 244
clearing a profit for itself, out Of the
transaction, OF nearly $3.NN.OOO. The
price at which the bonds were sold to
the syndicate was equivalent to 1O4Ea
when the existing United States four per
cent bonds. with less than half us long
a time to run, were bringing III on the
market. The syndicate dictated to the
government the terms of the deal. ONE
OF THE NJ EN- BDKS OF THAT SYN.
DlCATE AUGUST BELMONT. Is
THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL AD-
WISER AND BACKER Or ALTON h.
PARKER Or PRESIDENT
The river press., 1904-10-05
PLAIN ENGLISH.
y S%H''
e.
1t Com e. from Oyster Nay and Appllea
to the New York World.

Sept. !. according to newspaper dis.
patch OF that date, Secretary Loeb rave
out typewriter statement denying
story printed in the New York World
to the effect to J. Pierpont Morgan has
recently held conferences with MI.
Roosevelt concerning the campaign Il
is as follows:
rhe story In the World about the visit Of
Mr.. Morgan to the President Mt Oyster Bay
Is lie from beginning to end Neither
Mr.. Morgan nor the New York represents
tive or MI. Morgan has seen the President
or communicated with hin, directly or indi-
rectly at Oyster Bay or anywhere else. Al
fur as the President or anyone around him
knows. Mr.. Morgan has been nowhere near
Oyster Bay In Il yacht or otherwise.
One paper comments upon the unusuaA
use Of the word "lie" in statements given
on, by the President. There are times
when only one word in the English lau-
guage will serve, and President Roose-
welt is an authority on English There
is only one word to titly and accurately
characterize certain Stalements--such
statements as that Of The World which
the President was contradictinR.
4 lie, according TO Webster. il "a
criminal falsehood; \ FALSEHOOD
UTTERED FOR PURPOSES or DE
CEI'TlOA; AN INTENTIONAL NIO-
LATlON OF TRUTH"
The Century Dictionary thus defines
the word:
"Lic-1. \ FALSE STATEMENT
MADE WITH THE PURPOSE OF
DE'ElNlNG. an intentional untruth; q
taIschood: the utterance by speech OF
art Of that which is false WITH IN
TENT TO MlSLEAD OR DELUDE.
=. THAT WHICH is INTENDED OR
SERN ES TO DECEIVE OR MIS-
LEAD: ANYTHING DESIGNED Or
ADAPTED TO PRODUCE FALSE
CONCLUSIONS OR EXPECTA-
TlONS'
There can be no doubt that the Presi-
dent used exactly the right word.
1t would be like carrying Goals to New.
castle to explain to our friends the Dem
ocrats the meaning and inner cussednsss
OF the word ''le.' Past grand masters
IN the art, they need no definitions OF
fine drawn distinctions But Repub!i-
cans and independents are not so veN
up in this branch of human activity, and
so it is we'll, perhaps. to call their atten-
ton to the latest proper and desira BILE
use OF the small English monosy liable
which is Just now under discussion.
The river press., 1904-10-05
FARM WAGES.
Figures as to Rates faid in Englaad
mud the Unite, States.

The August Labor Gazette, Il govern
mcnt publication issued monthly by the
British Board OF Trade. gives an inte:-
c>tlnS account of the hnlf-ycarly agri-
cultural hirings at Whitsuntdc, 1:O4. for
the countes Of Cumberland WeS,more-
land and North Lancashire which affords
an instructive view of the rates paid
farm hands in England. The official re-
port prepared for tho department states
that the supply OF male farm servants
was fairly plentiful. owing partly to
SacknesS of employment in other indus
tries. but that wages showed n down
ward tendency in the ease OF men. but
women We're scarce and their wages
were well maintained.''
The following were the rates generally
agreed upon for the half year:
Per six months
.. with hoard
HeSt men $1,000 to SlOO.0
Second class men. .......... WtNto 400
Youths ana boys ........... 2U.NtO 1000
Hest women ............... $500 to 900
Second class women and
girls .......... .......... .OOOto GO.OO
These rates have been slightly increas-
Ell in the transcription from English
money into dollars and cents ut the ratio
OF s. per pound. but they afford clear
and authoritative exhibit Of what British
farm hands are receiving by which every
intelligent American farm hand can COM
part the wages he receives.
Without knowing the number of men
employed in each class and at varying
rates therein it is, of course. impossible
tn arrive at alraverage rate Of compensa-
tion. But with x1W per half year for
the highest and $50 for the lowest OF the
| sccondclass men it is evident that the
| yearly average for male farm hands cx-
elusive of youths and boys in Great
| Britain cannot be much. il any. above
$3.50 year. while the average for wom-
| en- would be somewhere around 500.
We have no similar figures for the
United States, but in recent bulletin
entitled Wages Of Farm Labor in the
| United Sta,es,' issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. the figures OF the
average monthly wages of farm Ia borers
i'll this country are given. Multiplied by
| six. to arrive at the half yearly rate,
! they furnish the following:
| Average wages Of farm laborcrs in the
! United States.
The river press., 1904-10-05
verage wages Of farm aDorcrs in the
Per six months
aa.iIh hAn1 nj

|, will be perceived, that the average
rate paid III the United States in 100.
for six months is within $1.6O of the
ma xi,num rate paid to the best farm
hands in Great Britain in May. 1904, and
almost double the minimum paid second
class men.
The figures OF our Department OF .Ag
rctlturc, moreover. apply only to those
labovers hired by the year or season. the
rates where the engagement is by the
day are very much higher, being 50
cents per day. with board. and SILL:
without. in 1902. against tI' cents with.
and 81 cents without board. in 1884.
This would make the pay. with board.
in 1894. average x!A.M for Il half year
Of $50 days. while the average compcn
salion OF the American farm laborer paid
b. the day in 1902 would he $l:E,.:Io
for the six months. with board.
But statistical averages valuable as
thry are in rejecting the general condi-
tinns. are elusive aud tantaliZIg things
when they attempt to cover the rate Of
! wages in an occupation like agriculture.
which. including employers and employ
cd. Numbers ut least ll,OOO,OOO persons
over 10 years OF age and upwards of Cv
cry age. color and sex. The American
farm la'orcr knows what wages he re-
cciNtS. and he can compare il with what
! is paid in England. and greatly to his
| own satisfaction.
lie also knows that the above aver
! ages in the United States for 1894 and
| l!Nto fairly though family reflect the
| difference between his industrial rondi-
| ton during the last Democratic national
! ..imiui 81 raj in,, and now And in \nvem-
| her he will no; vote for any party whose
! success would foresliadow a return to
| the conditions Of 1894 and 1898.
The river press., 1904-10-05
Of Course Not.

David =. Hill stated, in one Of his
speeches, that Mr.. Roosevelt. on taking
The oath OF office after the death OF
President Mckinley sid that he would
rot I've Il candidate for President in 1904.
President Roosevelt has never made Il
promise as to his own personal action
which he did not redeem. The President
is olrSp"ken. fair and square. These
are characteristics uf the man He
makes II" promises he does not intend to
keep. and he keeps such as lie makes
The silly story started by Hill had no
foundation in fact. and it is really not
worth the ink AM! paper that has been
used in denying it. except that it once
more marks the character of Hill.
The river press., 1904-10-05
Steel Ind u.try Doe. Not Lag.

A director of the United States Steel
Corporation refutes one of the state
ments made by calamity -howling Demo
Gratis by saying that business is so good
there will be no cut in prices of steel,
adding: "All our plants will be running
ut fu}l capacity in a month or two, and
by that time the demand for steel oft all
kinds will be greater than at any time
during the past year.
The river press., 1904-10-05

With the immense crops which are now
assured it is essential that prices be
maintained :" that farmers may reap the
fall reward Of thr;: iabors. This is as
sur<'l if the Republican, party is contn-
Ueu in power.
The river press., 1904-10-05

The general prosperity the country has
enjoyed under Republican administration
during the last seven years has pro6ted
the farmer as much il not more than any
,her one class. The farmers know it,
t.nd should and Undoubtedly will vote to
continue conditions as they are and have
laFn, ..
The river press., 1904-10-05

United States Consul General Guen-
thrr at Frankfort. Germany. quotes A
Noted German professor as saying that
EXPANSION does not lessen n nations in
lprent cOmrac,ncSS and strength. On
the contrary, a nation can only become
great he Says, by having space in which
to expand. Great Britain is cited as an
example OF what expansion has done for
n nation that originally had little terri
fDrN
The river press., 1904-10-05

Rural free delivery has enabled farm
erx to Obtain better prices for their prod
uc,s. Reng brought into daily touch
with the state OF the markets. they are
enabled to take advantage OF informa-
,iun heretofore inaccessible to them. For
this practical help they are indebted to
,lc party thai does thinys"-viz.. the
Republican party. ''
The river press., 1904-10-05

Liberal compensation for labor makes
EherA! customers for our products. The,
Republican loAcy Of protection makes
both
The river press., 1904-10-05

~ have NO words Of abuse for
Theodore Roosevelt. believe him to
he brave, honest, conscientious m an.
give him full credit for having "A
splendid conraGe OF cenviction."-
Thomas F.. W.ston's speech accepting Popuis.
nom nation.
The river press., 1904-10-05

Steady Gains in Value.
The following ia bles show how steady
have been the gains in cash values OF
staple crops. despite fluctuations from
year to year in size of crops:
lSnIl\
Evening journal., 1904-07-22

A PUBLIC o SPIRITED citizen
~ who has sought to avoid pub
licity. has given to the Will
mington public library $4,000. 1t is
due to the public to know that the
donor is william p. Bancroft, although
they would probably have guessed it
without the publication of his name.
The interest on this sum, which will
be invested in approved securities. to-
gether with the appropriation by Coun-
cn. win keep the library up to its pres
ent standard Of efficiency and wiz in
sure to the public the privileges that
have been enjoyed in the past
But more is needed. A new building
designed FOR library purposes is de-
sired. We need a permanent home for
the collection Of books that is already
large and valuable. and one adapted
TO the growing needs Of the institu-
tion. We shall be content FOR time
with the present arrangement but let
it be understood that soon a library
building win be imperative. ana that
Evening journal., 1904-07-22
LETTeR AND coMMENT.

TT HE following letter we print in
keeping with our policy of giv-
ing very wide latitude to cor
respondents Substantially we agree
with It's conclusions, as we think they
are obvious.
Wilmington. July %, 1904
To the Editor of The Evening Journal:
l notice In yesterdays paper am ex-
planation of the article published July
8 about Raisuli. the bandit. and Mr.
perdicarls. I consider your paper too
valuable TO give space to such matters
as that of the news item I'm question.
1t viii be understood. hy anyone who
has studied the qualifications of hui
manlty, that the blame could not be
thrown from a professional robber or
revoluionist as Raisuli on true and
peaceful race as the Jews are known
throughout the world
First what right did Raisuli have
to kidnap one of our American citizens,
10 ask ransom of nfty thousand dollars
II he has this grudge against the Jews
Should he burn a whole village which
Is populated with three times as many
Gentiles as Jews? Third. such a ridi-
culous low action SIS called brill
liant idea-of slaughtering and butch
ering human beings as we'll as a waste
OF capital on account Of his dollars.
The Evening Journal Is known
throughout Wilmington. and miles
around TO be friendly and true pub
icaiton, I'm not making any exceptions
between any nation on race. 1 am sure
il viii continue 10 be.
Respectfully
Urt--