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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-03
nuNcLE SANS soLILoouY.y

The fact that there were days in the
history of America when Uncle Sam
did not have the friends among the
world powers that he has today is the
thought especially emphasized in an
article appearing in recent issue of
the Burlington Hawk-Eye. This arti-
Gle so well sets forth that relation of
the United States to, the war in the
Orient that we believe it should re-
ceive the careful perusal of every citi-
zen. The article says:
Time was, when all those chaps
were not SO friendly as they are now
soliloquizes Uncle Sam. "Why, re-
member the day when / did not have
much of an army, and still less of ma
Wy, when it was the hardest kind of
fighting to wrest even fair treatment
from some of them. But times have
changed, guess. Mr.. Evans, just keep
an eye on our interests over there.
Steady the hel-lum, Mr. Evans. Steady!
But as I was saying. we have
changed somewhat-or the other fell
lows have. Guess both of us have, in
fact. We have grown some. How
many in the family, Mr.. Roosevelt?
Eighty million? That's handy num-
Der to remember, too. 1t brings back
I'D memories Of a bridge and some
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-03
EASY TO TALK REFORM.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-It is COM
paratively easy to create discomfort
with any tariff law that can be framed,
by attacking it piecemeal or in spots.
Comparatively few men, not trained
to the consideration of great questions,
look at many matters from anything
like a national standpoint. Selfish
interests appeal to them, especially
when made adroitly.
Now a protective tariff is not franz
ed from any local standpoint. Men
who shape tariff legislation are forced
to take a nationwide view Of things.
After many hearings and no end of
study, and after mutual concessions
and compromises, a measure is finally
framed that does substantial justice to
many interests, and to all sections Of
the country. 1t can never be an act
that would be absolutely satisfactory
in all particulars to any particular sec
ton of the country, viewing the matter
from a purely local standpoint.
For the very reason that tariff
measures are so framed and so passed,
it makes it easy for agitators and no.
toriety-seekers, to slip around here
and there. and make particular appeals
to particular people in particular sec
tions and thus getting them to demand
khat they call reform.
For example. the Minneapolis mil
lers want to buy wheat Just as cheap
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LAKE BAIkAL AND ITS SUR.
ROUNDINGS,

Since the beginning of the Russo.Jap
anese war, considerable mention has
been made Of Lake Baikal in the dis.
patches concerning the transportation
of the Russian troops to the far east.
So often has this lake figured in the
telegraphic accounts that something
concerning it and it's surroundings will
be of interest. A fresh water lake, it
is the largest with one exception in
the old world. tits about five hundred
miles in length and from twenty to
sixty miles in width. The latter
width obtains at the southern end
around which the Russian railway will
eventually run. At the present time
work on this connecting link in the
trans-Siberian railway is progressing
slowly. The country through which
1t must run is mountainous and will
necessitate considerable tunneling. It
will therefore be many months before
this connection can be made.
At the present time the lake is froz-
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SHOES AND DUTIES ON HIDES.

The qpestionSof duties on raw mate
rails with reference to shoes has been
raised by number of democratic pap.
ers throughout the country. When
the Dingley law put duty on hides
many of these papers declared that
this would kill the expectation of shoes
from the United States. Reports on
our foreign trade since the enactment
of the measure failFto support this con-
tention. The truth of the matter is
that the foreign demand for American
made shoes has been steadily increas-
ing during the past years and today
more shoes are shipped from this coun-
try than ever before in It's history.
But as to duties on hides, 1T is a fact
that in the end such a duty operates to
increase the supply oftraw materials
and to diminish its COST This is the
whole situation in alnutshell. What,
then, is the use of any aperson in the
United States butting his head against
such facts. But thenssome people only
seem to be happy whed they are taxi
ing header against aistone wall.
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HANNA's CAMPAIGN METHODS.

Washington Times Senator Hanna
applied the same methods to the CON
duct of the campaign of 1896 that he
did to his business" said Assistant
Secretary Armstrong of the treasury
department.
II was in Chicago at that time, and
was doing both the republican and
the democratic headquarters for my
New York newspapers. The difference
between the systems employed at the
two headquarters was conspicuous. At
the democratic headquarters every
thing seemed to be generalities. At
the republican headquarters Senator
Hanna had his finger on every school
district and precinct of the country.
He was just as well satisfied that Nc
Kinley was to be the next president
on the night before election as he was
after the returns came in. AS closely
as anything is possible in politics, it
had been figured out at republican
headquarters just what the vote of the
country would be.
1T seemed astonishing that when
any question came up as to the vote of
any particular locality, clerk was
able to go to a pigeonhole and pull
down a file showing through an actual
canvass just what the vote of that To-
cality would be. It is the first time
that the actual methods of business
were applied on any such scale to ma
tional politics. To me the conduct Of
that campaign is the best tribute I
known to the marvellous executive abil-
ity and grasp of affairs which Mr.. Han
ma possessed"
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DICK TO SUCCEED HANNA,

General Charles Dick, congressman
from Ohio and the man scheduled to
succeed Mr.. Hanna as senator from
that state is well known in all parts
of the United States. His activity as
member Of the lower house and his
great influence has brought him before
the people of the United States as one
of the most able men of that body.
Then too as chairman of the con-
gressional committee, Mr.. Dick per-
formed work during the last congress
sional election that marked him as
one of the able political generals of
the republican party. Always close
friend of Senator Hanna he was prom
inently connected with both of MT.
Hanna's campaigns for the senate.
General Charles w. F. Dick was
born in Akron. Ohio, November 3,1858
and educated in the public schools. His
first employment was as clerk in
a hat and fur store. After two years
in that business he accepted the posi-
tion of bookkeeper for savings as
ISOLATION and later went with a reaper
company. He was elected auditor Of
Summit county in 1886 and reelected
three years later, and in 1894 was ad-
mitted to the bar. /.
General Dick has risen from { the
ranks in the Ohio national guard to be
lieutenant colonel OF ''McKinleys
own" regiment which served, in the
Spanish-American war. He has been
state chairman in seven campaigns,
all Of which have been successful for
the republicans, the first year being
1892, when Benjamin Harrison ran for
president the second time. Z
General Dicks election to the office
Of senator is assured. He has already
received the nomination from the eau
Gus of the republican members of the
Ohio legislature and will on March /
be formally elected when the ballot
will be taken.
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NOW WILL THEY RELIEvE7

Cedar Rapids Republican.--The
Sioux City Tribune and the Odebolt
Chronicle, and other papers of like
Canadian instincts, have been doubling
the statement that President Roosevelt
had suggested and even requested
Senators Allison and Deliver to be sent
to the national convention. They have
even called 1t a ''lie" now and then. But
comes now Geo. e. Roberts, the
director of the mint, a republican who
has sympathized somewhat with cer-
tain ideas" which have been in vogue
this year, and confirms the statement
that the president has made such re-
quests. Mr.. Roberts says that the
president has repeatedly said that 1T
would be very pleasing to him to see
representative men Of the party, such
as the two senators chosen as dele
gates by common consent"
Mr.. Roberts then proceeds to ana
1yze the reasons for the Presidents
suggestion with reference to Iowa pol
itics. He says:
The President has expressed two
reasons for this wish; first that he
would like to have Senators Allison
and Dolliver in the convention for rea-
sons personal to himself. He has con-
ferred with them much during his. in
cumbency Of the presidency; he feels
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REVIVAL OF cLEvELANDIsM.

st. Louis obe-Democrat.-It has
been found by search through the
country that thirty-seven democratic
papers are for Cleveland for the presi.
Dental nomination in 1904. AS the
number of these two or three months
ago comprised only Harpers Weekly,
the Hartford Times, the New York
Times, the New York World and the
Brooklyn Eagle, the geometrical rate
of increase which has taken place
since then is impressive A proper
tionate gain kept up till July 6. would
give Cleveland more than half of the
democratic papers of the country, and
might get him the nomination. This
is the thing that the republicans desire.
With Cleveland at the head of the
democracy this year, their lead in the
electoral college ought to be any
where from $50 up.
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that they understand his motives and
purposes; they know whether he Is
precipitate in judgment, and action, az
sometimes alleged; they know whether
he is unsafe" Senator Allison, par
ttsularly, Is one of the conservative
and safe men of affairs upon whose
judgment the business interests of the
country are accustomed to rely. Tho
President has his special reasons foB
desiring Senator Allison in the conven-
aion and he has named both senator's
from Iowa. Another reason unques-
tionably is that he would deplore a
contest in this state which might have
i'll effects in all close districts, He has
as much reason as, anybody for dee
looks at the field from a distance
which gives local affairs and national
affairs their proper proportions depre-
Gates 1t. That ought to be enough to
show republicans their duty.
The two senators have no ambition
to be delegates. No one can bellows
that they would not rather see the
honors go to their friends who may
have ambitions in that line. But they
are not in position to decline to serve
and they do not decline. Their cleo
ton by common consent will go far
to 'localize and minimize contest that
it We're better to eliminate entirely.
Such is the testimony Of a man who
has not been a standpatter, but who is
almost the father of the first iowa
idea"-but that fatherhood resulted
accidently, while Mr.. Roberts was en-
gagged in an effort to take the edge off
the extreme tariff views of the Iowa
governor, who. it will be remembered,
had gone to Minneapolis and told a
ward meeting that he was in favor Of
| creating a commission to sit in WASH
ington to fix the prices of both com-
modities and labor, under certain con-
ditions. Mr.. Roberts realized the ex-
| tremeness of shcsa views and tried to
| soften them, the i. ult being the first
Iowa idea. which was the essence Ok
a great deal of folly.
Will they believe Mr.. Roberts and
will they permit the thing suggested
by the president to be done by Corr
mon consent" Let's hear from Y n
| Way and Webb Byers- ,t-rss1 pre-:
Ieminent men whose bossism In the
, "ideaed" faction of the republican
party is unquestioned and undisputed.
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~ as possible; therefore the tariff
ripper comes to the Minneapolis mil
lers and he says, Look here, this
Dingley law ought to be changed
You fellows ought to have free wheat"
The Minneapolis miller agrees to that
and the reformer disqreetly goes no
farther. Suppose he had continued
apolis miller had said, Yes, and we
ought to have free flour too" Straight
way the Minneapolis miller would
have objected to that. In like manner
the tariff ripper goes to the boot and
shoe manufacturer down in New. Eng
land, and he says. Look here, this
Dingley law ought to be changed.
just what we think" says the boot and
shoe manufacturer. And here the
critic stops. He never In the world
thinks Of suggesting free Shoes If he
did the boot and shoe manufacturer
would show him out OF his office. And
so we might go through the entire list
Of schedules, and show how every easy
IT is to single out any Of them, accord
ing to the locality in which you were
seeking to promote discomfort, and get
favorable hearing. The tariff laws
are not framed. especially for Mime
apolis millers or New England boot
and shoe manufacturers, or for any
other special interest. They are franz
ed to promote the general prosperity Of
the American people. Their avowed
purpose Is to give an advantage ingthei
American market to the American
manufacturer. the American artisan
and the American farmer. If the tar
If laws We're formed on any other
basis, 1t would satisfy nobody but the
special interests that had monopolized
and it would impoverish the masses
| for the benefit of the very few. Ade-
quate protection for all classes is the
motto upon which the Mckinley law
and the Dingley We're framed. Both
brought uniform prosperity through
| out the country, to all interests alike.
No person enjoying the benefits of
this beneficent system can afford to
be selfish, in viewing this tariff. A
| tariff law framed to suit any one in
dustry would be monstrous in its in
justice. Such a tariff could never be
enacted. Yet demagogues who attack
! the tariff, always seek to make it APP
pear that a tariff law could be framed
that will exactly suit the man they are
talking to and they paint as many pic
lures as there are interests and localf-
| ties. .
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CARE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN

CARE OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
The bill introduced in the Iowa legis-
lature to prevent the keeping of chill
dren in! the poor houses Of the coun-
ties has been for passage by the house
committee. It provides that all chill
dren now inmates of county poor
houses shall be removed to some of
the state institutions and there cared
for by the state. The text of the bill
follows: ~
Section l. That no child, between
the ages OF two and sixteen shall, here
after. be kept in any county poor
house. NOR in any other institution for
the poor maintained at public expense.
sec. z. 1t shall be the duty of the
steward, or other chief executive Of
ficer OF each county poor house, or 9TH
er institution in which poor people are
kept at public. expense to report in
writing to the board of control Of state
institutions, when requested by said
board, to do SO. the name and age of
each inmate of such institution who is
under sixteen years of age.
Sec. 3. Whenever the board of con-
troll OF state institutions has reason to
believe that any child is kept in any
poor house, or other institution, con-
trary to the provision of this act, said
board may cause an inspection of the
inmates of such institution to be made,
and cause to remove therefrom, to the
Soldiers Orphans home at Davenport,
to the Institution for Feeble Minded
children at Glenwood, to the college
for the blind at Vinton, or to the
school for the deaf at Council
Bluffs as shall seem best, any child
found to be kept in such institution
for the poor contrary to the law. Chill
dren so transferred to the College for
the Blind or the School for the
Deaf. may be retained therein
during the summer vacations, and
the provisions of law applicable to
the cost Of transportation and to the
maintenance of inmates of the institu-
tons to which children are transferred
under. the provisions of this act shall
apply to such children.
This bill is intended to provide for
the dependent children of the state in
such a manner that they may receive
the best possible training to prepare
them for the citizenship in later years.
Such training cannot be given them
at any of the county poorhouses. The
house committee has carefully consid-
cred this proposition and its members
have reached the conclusion that the
dependent children of the state can
best be cared for in some one of the
state institutions mentioned in the
bill. 1t will doubtless receive the care
full attention in the house which it de.
serves.
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shirt sleeve fighters and an old flag

shirt sleeve fighters and an old flag ]
don't see anywhere any more. But as
was saying. That was remarkable
how we were left alone, except when
we were being fought. Then they came
in pretty thick and we were popular.
But they all come our way now
There's France. They say they were
the friends of the republic. Helped us
when we needed some leaders and
some sympathy. And i guess we did
kind of stand back at Y orktown. And
Russia. Why the two fleets they sent
over which they talk about remen-
Der how we cheered the one in New
York harbor, when it kind of offset
the other two from England and
France, which were there-but not for
the same reason. But they tell us
now we oughtn't light into this far
eastern trouble-Russia was our friend
always. And as for Japan, old Perry
had just wiped the muzzles of his fleet
on Lake Erie, when they welcomed
him over there In great shape. They
have certainly been most gracious
those plucky little chaps. So we don't
take any part in the thing they call
the Far Eastern Question Nope
nary side. Your Uncle is a non-com.
blatant. Simply lookin' on, Mr.. Roose.
welt. Just lookin' on, Mr.. Hay! Under
stand? No wonder the heather Chi
nee-why don't they call the Japs
heather, too, wonder?-they think
there's no one like your uncle. A step
towards preserving the integrity of the
empire. And they all signed it,
thought it was fine-though full of
Yankee audacity, those Europeans said.
Funny, but the Germans are now re-
calling the friendliness of Frederick
the Great-and he did speak for us
without a waver in those early days
of flintlocks. Let's see-there's Tur-
key. She doesn't care to bother us.
Italy, Austria, and all those chaps
don't seem to bear us any ill will. And
neither does Spain. Switzerland
there's another of my old friends.
From the oldest republic to the young
est-greeting. Coming right after
Yorktown that sounded pretty nice,
how didn't it? Friendly like? y
We'll, boys, guess your Uncle Sam
has so many friends he won't take
sides in this squabble. Meanwhile, I'll
just see that the cars peace court is
kept open and cleaned and busted, so
that if they want to settle up any time
and distribute the gate money, it can
be done all ship-shape like. My friends,
my many cordial friends, 1 bring you
the greeting from myself and my
eighty million children. :; Guess I'll
have to do some digging at that canal
a little, too, boys"
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TESTIMONIAL 70 PROTECTION.

American free traders refuse, to
look upon the remarkable material ad-
vancement of the United States as a
testimony to the wisdom of the protec-
tive tariff policy of the country. While
they admit that the United States has
made phenomenal progress during the
past eight years they attribute it to
any and every cause except that of
protection applied to our home
markets and home industries. Protec-
ton in a greater or less degree has
been the policy Of the United States
{ for the greater part, of the past half
century of republican administration.
During all this time there has been a
growth in domestic and foreign bust
ness. That there has been no sudden
change from free trade to protection
may be the cause for the democrats
refusing to recognize it's benefits.
Should this be the case we would re-
fer them to the history of Germany
for an example as to what protection
will do.
The people of Germany believe that
protection protects, They know
from experience that the adoption Of
the protective policy has been exceed
/ tngly beneficial to them. Up until
1880 Germany operated under. laws
that were anything but protective. A
large portion of her market was sup
piled with foreign products, her home
industries were feeble and her foreign
trade in exports was of very small
moment: Since the adoption of a
protective tariff in 1880 Germany has
come to the front as commercial
nation by leaps and bounds, her devel-
opment being greater than during any
period previous to that time She
has built up her home industries
thereby supplying her home markets
and has developed her export bust
ness in proportion before unthought Of
This great commercial gain has been
accomplished with a marked decrease
in immigration. Comparatively few
Germans now seek homes in other
countries, because conditions of life
in the Fatherland are more satisfactory
and greater opportunities are given
for personal advancement.
In all questions economic the protec-
tive tariff has accomplished results in
Germany similar to those in the
United States In both countries the
results are testimonial to the wisdom
Of protection.
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SEE NO REASON FOR CHANGE OF
FORTUNE.

There has been quite a widespread
opinion that when the scene of conflict
shifted from the sea to the land in the
far east there would also be shifting
of the advantages to the contestants.
On every hand has been heard words
of praise for Japan and the swift and
telling blows struck by its naval forces
but there has been evident feeling
that its land forces would be effective
ly stopped in the victorious procession
if not overwhelmed by the endless bat
talions of the Russian government.
Recently a United States army officer
familiar with the conditions existing
in both the Japanese and Russian ar.
mics has expressed considerable sur.
prise at this popular belief of the
American people. He sees no reason
for such change of fortune and sub.
Stimulates his opinions with an expla-
nation of the make up of the two ar.
mics:
Whatever may be said of the Off
GERS, the line of the Russian land
forces is made up of badly-paid, badly.
housed, badly-fed men of a low grade
of intelligence. They are in poor men
tai and physical condition and they
are not personally interested one way
or the other in the outcome of any war
in which they may be ordered to en-.
gage.
"On the other hand, it is hard to un.
Fderestimate the amazing qualifications
Of the Japanese rank and file. These
little brown men-in strong contrast
of their enemies have all been well
taken care of. They are well paid,
well housed and full of intelligence.
Every one Of these little brown fellows
is trained like an athlete and the army
is always kept, even individually, in
the best of conditions. From the
highest officer down to and through
the men behind the guns they are all
enthusiasts, and all have studied and
become familiar with the topography
of the country in which they are now
called upon to fight. Far from mat,
tiers changing when naval fights give
place to land battles, I expect to see
the real surprise come when the Japs
meet the Russians ashore.