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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
MERCHANTS DEMAND TARIFF RE.
VISION.

A committee, appointed by sixteen of
the largest business associations in the
country, mas issued call for confer
ence to be held in Chicago next month.
The organizations to be represented in
clude the Chicago Commercial associ-
alton, the board of trade, the Illinois
Manufacturers association and a num-
Der of similar bodies representing farm
ers, cotton growers, millers, stock rails
ers and agricultural implement makers.
The object of the meeting will be to
urge upon congress some action which
will substitute in our foreign relations
the principle of reciprocity for that Of
eXclus ion and retaliation.
The men taking part in this move
ment are not politicians. They are I'M
influenced by partisanship. They do
not want free trade, nor do they assume
to say whether the right course lies
through reciprocity treaties or tariff re-
duction. AS practical business mon
they see that if the present high tariff
schedules are retained much longer
American industry will be greatly in
iured, and they demand that their bust
ness be protected against this peril
Foreign countries whose requests fol
reciprocal trade arrangements have
been treated with contempt are begin
ming TO retaliate. Already German.
has adopted tariff designed to exclude
from it's markets every pound of Amer
lean breadstutfs and provisions. 1t il
the practical necessity for averting thi
danger that inspires the present de
, mand.
, The last few months have brought t.
light again evidences of consisten
purpose on the part of the high tart
element in the republican party to stiff
any attempt at tariff revision. The sen
ate controlled by corporations whic
have grown fat on the tariff, may be re
lied upon to try to block any sue
policy just as it has blocked the reel
procity treaties. In spite of thes
things, the demand of the producers G
the middle west and south must Civ
, tariff revision new Impetus hicag
News
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

Never did nation lose prestige as
Russia has lost it under the regime OF
Nicholas. A few years ago his country
was held in awe as one of power
Within the last few years this has
change and Russia looms forth dis
credited bully. Before the war she
made mess Of her diplomacy. Then
she proved herself weakling as a sea
power. Now, to top it all, this failure
in diplomacy and war is disclosing hel
impotence in domestic crisis. lncom
potency, vacillation, short-sightedness
pettiness, bravado, failure these have
made Nicholas reign blight and 8
tragedy. 1t will not excuse him to say
that he is the victim of circumstances
Strong men control circumstances
That is part of their strength. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
INCREASE IN THE EXPENSE OF
LIVING.

The last bulletin issued by the Bureau
of Labor shows that the cost of living
has increased from Is to so per cent
since 1890.
The great trusts which control the
markets are responsible:
Beans and salt pork has gone up Is
per cent. salt pork and bacon 15.5 per
cent, lard 10 per cent, butter "A per
cent, cornmeal 80 per cent, crackers
1873 per cent, molasses Z per cent,
eggs 1875 per cent, behring's $50 per
cent: pepper 65.3 per cens,and currents
30 per cent.
Since 1894 canned goods have adj
vanced over % per cent on the dozen
cans. The Standard Oil Company has
advanced the price of oil s cents q
gallon in the same time. Bread is still
cents although the price of flour has
raised 3G per cent. This is because the
bakers to protect themselves were
forced to make the loaf smaller. Hare
coal has clambered up the scale about
50 ton since 1890, without counting
the extra high figures reached in 1908
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
PANAMA is A DEATH TRAP.

George G. Matlook of Louisville, KY,
superintendent of dock 10 at Cristsbal,
was among the passengers who recent
ly arrived from Colon on the steamer
Advance. He said:
"Things are bad at the isthmus. The
diseases prevalent are measles, black
measles, smallpox, yellow fever, chagres
fever, and malaria, and there was one
case of bubonic plague.
The dead train runs from Colon to
Monkey Hill cemetery, a mile and
half south of Colon, always once and
sometimes as often as fourteen times
day, and it sometimes has as many
as four collins aboard. In fact,
there is so much yellow fever about
that they keep ten graves always
ready for cases of emergency.
"The working clerical force on the
isthmus is about 80 per cent short.
One district superintendent know has
work for seventeen clerks and he has
but five.
"The government seems to be delay
ing the paying off of the men. Forty
one OF my mates were waiting for their
money in order to catch this ship, but
only six got it in time to sail
Mrs. Samuel B. Davis, widow of a
former detective sergeant on the New
York police force, who died of yellow
fever in Panama, uttered this warning
to American wives and mothers:
Panama is death trap. ! warn
American mothers against permitting
their sons to go there. beg American
wives to counsel their husbands
against going to that dreadful place, no
matter how much is offered them.
81 am not embittered by my husband s
death, but speak from facts. Panama is
no place for white men, and if The
canal is ever built its price, as Presi-
dent Kruger said about the Boer war
; will stagger humanity
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

There is a rich opportunity for land
graft in the formation Of the new state
which is eventually to be created of
Oklahoma and Indian territory. In
Oklahoma is section of 10,SSO acres
which has been set aside for the bene-
fit of common schools, colleges and pub
lie buildings in the future state. 1t
now appears that this section is vastly
more valuable than was expected owing
to the recent discovery Of oil. Polite
ians and scheming lawyers are busy
seeking means to get hold Of these lands
for personal exploitation, and the prize
is so great that fear has grown that
some such robbery of the unborn state
may be accomplished. Springfield
Mass, Republican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

William Jennings Bryan has finally
won in the famous Bennett will case.
The court has accepted his final report
and Mr.. Bryan has donated several
thousand dollars to various colleges
for the purpose of encouraging the
study of political economy. The
history of this case is a unique one.
Mr.. Bennett an influential citizen Of
New Haven Conn.,, was a great admirer
of Mr.Bryan,and in his will he left to his
wife who is childless.an estate of S250, 900
and some $4,000 to Mr.. Bryan to ex-
pend in such way as Mr.. Bryan
thought best in instructing the youth OF
the country in the science of govern
ment. OF course it was very natural
that the system" as Lawson calls it,
should feel very much injured and a
determined effort was made to break
tthe will on the ground that Mr.. Bryan
exerted undue influence over Mr.
Bennctt. A portion of the will in
| WHICH ME. DelllleCU lelV SedlSu iooool
for Mr. Bryan was set aside but other
wise the will held. Every trust organ
in the country has been making a fight
on Bryan on account Of this WILL from
the day the will was opened until the
final report which has just been accept
ed by the court. If Bennett had made
his money by skin games on the people
and left some lawyer like Chaunsey De
pew to act as executor, neither the
widow nor anybody else except the ex
ecutor would probably have gotten any
thing, but it would be all right ant
nothing said about it.-Creston Amer
! lean
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

W. E. Curtis in Chicago Record
Herald: The wealth of Texas is greater
than that of any other state in the
union, and it comes from many sources.
1t is primarily an agricultural commun-
ity and has more farmers than any other
of the United States. In 1900, five
years ago, when the census was taken,
Texas had S32,190 farmers and suppose
they must have increased in number.
very rapidly since. Missouri came
second, with 2S4,SS6; then Ohio,
with 276,719; Illinois, 264,151, and Iowa,
22S,662. Thus you will see that Texas
had $4,000 more farms than Missoui, &c.
900 more than Ohio, $4,000 more than,
Illinois and 124, 900 more than Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

Justice David J. Brewer, as reported
in the New York Herald: 1t is we'll
known that | have bitterly opposed the
annexation of the Philippines, Hawaii
and Porto Rico. | cannot see how any
right thinking American could do else
than oppose it, Justice Brewer is one
of those Americans in official life in a
position to speak his mind freely on
public questions without having his
patriotism called in question.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

Mr.. II. G. Beard, prominent attor-
ney Of Mt. Ayr, has assumed editorial
charge Of the Mt. Ayr Journal, the only
democratic paper in Ringgold county
Mr.. Beard is a good writer and it is ex-
pected that under his editorship, the
paper will rank with the best in this
part of the state. The ownership Of
the paper is still retained by J. S
Shepherd & Son.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

"Wallace was right when hel resigned
as chief engineer of the Panama Canal
Commission said j. d. Yoemans of
Sioux City in beginning al sensational
interview, recently.
Mr.. Yeomans was relieved by Roose-
Welt six months ago, after having
served more than decade on the In
terstate Commerce Commission. Con-
tinuing he said
"Wallace made fool of himself try
ing to tell why. All he should have
said was, have had enough of Pana-
ma and | resign. 1t is no place for any
one to want to stay. Before | was
moved off the Interstate Commerce
Commission it was intimated to me that
| would be valuable man in Panama.
No Panama for me-not for a thousand
dollars minute. didn't come to this
world to die. | came to live.
"rhe Panama Canal is the biggest
humbug of the age. have no hesitancy
in saying that in my opinion there will
never be canal built there. No i'm
portant American engineer, who was
not paid for it,ever hazarded the opinion
that there would be canal there. The
last monthly report of work done shows
that it will take 10 years to finish it..
The weeds grow in one end faster
than they carry the dirt out of the
other.
"No engineer has ever found a rock
or clay bed in that celebrated Guile
bra Cut, where the United States has
done the most Of it's work. There has
been a cut of $50 feet there, and thirty
inches of rain falls in thirty hours
down those banks. Does any one sup
pose that the alluvial soil won't wash
down in there to make mud canal toe
thick for government dredge-boat tc
keep afloat in?
"1he Nicaragua route was feasible
and for that reason it was abandoned
| was member of syndicate prepared
to build a canal there for S120OO0,00O
which would have carried 27,O0O,0OC
tons of merchandise annually. We
were prepared to do the work i'll four
wears. This looked too much like s
canal, and the great influences behind
the present transcontinenta Transports
ton business suddenly ceased opposing
the c..nal project and pushed the
clamor over to Panama. The men wht
run our big railroads know what Pana
ma is.
by the Nicaragua route as projected
ship could leave New York harbo
and arrive in San Francisco in eighteel
days. No freight train is now SEIZED
uled to 90 overland inside of twenty
three days. That's what struck TIN
Nicaragua project. Red tape, civil
service reform and yellow eyes will d
the rest.
do you suppose congress will go o.
putting up money for gravestones an
quinine down there? | am glad l al
not in it. Everybody down there want
!, to do what Wallace did or what tn
boss Of the whole works is doing-liv
in New York and run it by proxy
Why should Shonts or Wallace b
chosen to dig canal anyway? The
never did piece of work in their live
of this sort or anything calculate
. to equip them for doing it. Ever
man selected so far to do the work ha
been picked from a transcontinents
.. railroad. Would you pick a competitc
to build a competing business? They ma
be all right, but none of it looks like
: canal tome.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

1t is not generally known that DR.
Washington Gladen-who has so Wig
orously scored the church for it's &C
ceptance of tainted money-and John
D. Rockefeller were country boys
together in Tiogs county, New York
attended adjoining district schools, and
frequently met in rival spelling bees.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

John D. Rockefeller can travel seven
ty-five miles in his automobile over his
estate in Westchester, without running
twice on the same road. But what is
more to the purpose many an Iowa
farmer may travel twice the distance
behind corn pillow without driving
over the same corn row twice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

Iowa has 2107 rural routes, exceeded
by no state except Illinois, which has
2123. The rural system will spread UNI
til every farmer in the thickly-settled
states will receive his mail in this way.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
THE COLLAPSED STRIKE.

The only Chicago newspaper which
discusses the collapse of the transfers
strike is the Record Herald. The
Record Herald says:
The strike was begun without iustiti-
cation, was based upon fraudulent
pretense, was spread wantonly so as to
injure many firms and persons who had
no connection with original contro-
versy, was carried on as a criminal con-
spiracy and led to days of anarchy,
which were marked by the most brutal
assaults and cruel murders.
While many Of the labor leaders of
the country will not agree with all that
the Record Herald here says, the strike
was begun without justification.
The cost of the strike is told in the
following figures compiled by the Inter
Ocean. The table presents an interest,"
ing exhibit:
Strike against Montgomery
Ward 4 Co., called ........... April 6
Number of MEN first involved 81
Strike extended to firms in
Employers association April 81
Duration of strike............... 106 days
Transfers involved -. ............,. 1865
Cost of strike to unions in
benefits .................... ........S $4,000
Loss in wages ........................... $4,000
Cost of strike to Employers
association ......................... 100000
| Cost of strike TO other en-
ployers .......,......... 250eOO
Cost of strike to city -......... 100000
Cost Of strike to county ..... 100000
Loss in business (estimated) 12,5OOO0C
Deaths due to strike... -...,...-s Il
Injured during strike......-. 5lC
Prosecutions for violence S4s
Members Of unions indicted -. A:
Regular police on strike duty 2,15C
Special police sworn in dur
ing strike 1855
I DEPUTY sheriffs on DUTY 3,51(
1t would be hard to name petty up
rising in the middle ages in which any
such loss of life and Of treasure occur
red. Wars have been fought and duly
chronicled in history that have beer
less important.
About hundred years ago the cities
kof the old world decided that it was too
annoying and too expensive to have
political instructions barrisading The
streets and impeding traffic and so the.
decreed that differences between part
les and clans must be adjusted peace
ably. Will it require another hundred
years to learn that industrial insurrec
tion is just as expensive and annoying
as political insurrection?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

If Americans, as has been said, follow
a war, and all the Americans, go to
Russia while Russian settlers come here,
it will be pretty mess.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Advertising Rates.

Yearly advertisers 8 cents per inch per issue.
Occasional advertisers 10 cents per inch per issse
Locals cents per line each insertion.
Locals in black face type 10 cents per line each
insertion.
Legal advertising at legal rates.
Church and other notices where admission fee is
uarged will be charged for therate OF cents per
!lne.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

The frequent regularity Of banks fail
ing and closing nowadays reminds
one of 1923.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

Classical music is like some people
very hard to understand.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

Every good husband is henpecked
That's all there is to it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

Consistency is the jewel of true
reform.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27

annually to fill the positions created by railroad
and telegraph companies We want YOUNG MEN
and LADIES of good habits to
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
Heat Comes Easy Now!

But have you prepared to get it easy when this
heat passed? If not why not There are several ways
by which you By using an Ideal or Niagara Hot
Water Steam Boiler you heat your residence store
hldn and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-27
PANAMA CANAL BIGGEST HUM
BUG OF THE AGE.

"Wallace was right when hei resigned
as chief engineer of the Panama Canal
Commission" said j. d. Yoemans OF
Sioux City in beginning al sensational
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-18
y. MD Not stop to Think.

The amount of energy people some
lines eypend in making baG matter
worse Is illustrated by the story of q
chance encounter in street car told
to the World by New York man.
1t was OH Broadway car, and there
were few passengers. a man boarded
the car and sat down by my side. His
clothing was muddy and torn. and he
had ndkerchief wrapped round one
hand.
Il guess | am the biggest fool in
town." he remarked. looked interest
ed. and he continued:
See that car four blocks ahead!
Well, / ran block to Overtake it and
gave the conductor dime. He handed
me a nickel. which fell from my hand
to the street. l yelled for him to stop
the car. He did not do it, and jump
ed off and landed all spraddled out like
IN old saddle. See my clothes? Well,
the jump did it.
| asked the man If he found the
nickel.
"Oh. yes, found the nickel, but
what good did it do me? | could not
overtake the car from which l had
jumped, and so l boarded this car and
gave the nickel to the conductor. So
I skinned my hand. spoiled my clothes
and risked my neck just to find that
five cent piece and give 1t to the street
railway"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-18

started to use
Doan's Kidney
Pills / ached in
every bone and
b a d in tense
pains in the kid
neys and pei
vic organs. The
urine was thick
and cloudy, and
l could barely
eat enough to
live. / felt a
change for the
better within a
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-18
Waiting Upon His Bride.

Two hundred years ago it was GUS
tom very general in England for the
bridegroom to wait upon his bride on
their wedding day. The following ex-
tract from John Shebbeare's "Matri-
mony." book published in the middle
Of the eighteenth century. testifies to
this and refers to the popular super
stition about it: THE dinner being
served, Sir Oliver was the gayest man
in the company. The bridegroom and
bride sitting by the side Of each other,
the old gentleman observed: 'Ods-heart.
0ds-heart! What, dine with the bride
the fist dag! A fine bridegroom: a
fine bridegroom! 1t was the fashion
when | was married to stand behind
the brides chair with napkin and
serve her. Serve her today; she'll serve
you always AFTER"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-18

lie dressed himself up in the best he
could get and then went out to show
himself off among the animals.
Hello, Leo" cried Mr.. Hippo. "Wha,
loes this mean?"
WHY, I'm the king of beasts, and
these are my royal garments" an
,wered the lion, looking proudly down
at his clothes.
Mr.. Hippo leaned back and laughed
loud and long.
Tie king of beasts, indeed" ex'
claimed lie. well, you may have been
before you went crazy. but now that
you have dressed yourself up in those
things you are no more than king
fool. You are neither beast nor man
My friend, you've made a mistake"
So the lion went home and thought II
all over and finally beat his wife fol-
giving him such bad advice.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-18
Recipes of a Few South Paris Cooks.
rEsA HALLS RICE PUDDING.

TENA HALLS RICE PUDDING.
| l cup of cooked rice, q small cup of
sugar, IL pound of dates chopped fine,
pinch of salt. Stir the mixture up.
then add one quart of milk and put In
the oven and bake three hours in q
moderate oven, stirring every half hour.
Serve cold with cream and sugar.
ADA holsters ORANGE PUDDING.
Make a soft custard with quart Of
milk, 8 eggs, and tablespoonful IA lit
tie more than level, not heaping) Of
corn starch. When cool pour over 6
good juicy oranges which have been cut
in small pieces and sprinkled with
sugar; mix well. 1t is better If the
oranges have been prepared few hours
before the custard is poured over them.
Serve cold.
AGNES PENFoLD's FIG PUDDING.
eggs, cup of molasses, cup
chopped suet, l of milk, 8 Ia cups of
flour, teaspoon soda, of cinnamon,
1-2 of nutmeg, l pint of figs cut fine.
and figs; dissolve soda in tablespoon
of hot water and add the other in
gradients. Beat eggs light and stir with
the mixture; add flour and beat thor
oughly. Butter two small or one large
brown bread mould and steam hours.
Serve with whipped cream.
EFFIE HowE's LEMON PIE.
"a cup of sugar, l teaspoonful of flour,
yolks of 8 and white of one egg, well
beaten, the juice and grated rind of !
lemon, 1-2 cup of ice water. Bake in
moderate oven, and cover with meringue
of the two whites and one-half cup of
powdered sugar. Brown.
NELLIE ANDREWS MOCK MINcE PIES.
cup sugar, eggs, l-2 cup butter, |
cup molasses, cup raisins, 1-2 cup Of
vinegar, cups of water, three crackers,
spice to taste.
HATTIE BARNES PEACH DELIGHT.
Fry as many slices of bread as you
wish in butter. Lay on platter, take
one can of sliced peaches, and warm up
in butter, adding little lemon juice.
Pour this over the bread to serve with
cream.
BIRD HAYNES FRUIT FRITTERs.
8 cups flour, eggs, 1-2 cups of milk,
IA spoonful of baking powder, tea
spoonful salt. Cut fruit and stir in. Use
any kind of fruit.
MADGE GRAY's ORANGE CREAM.
cup orange pulp and juice, 1-3 box
gelatine soaked in 1-3 cup of cold water.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-18
The Perspective of Light.

yelasqucz recognized that light is
elastic and Eliminates the air; hence
he was the first to discover a new kind
of perspective. Men long ago had
learned to make lines vanish from the
eye. to make the figures diminish in
size and shape rs they recede from the
front and to explain the distance by
contrasts Of light and shade. But he
discovered the perspective of light.
BY the most delicate rendering of the
quantity Of light reflected from each
and every part Of the room and the
figures and objects in it he has given
to the latter the reality of form and
to the room its hollowness and dis
tance-St. Nicholas.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-04-18
NAH7R|E|))zz1ER
No. ACCOMMODATIONS.

Example: A narrow opening; trans
pose and make portions. Answer-Slot
lots
1. A hard substance: transpose and
make q light substance. 3. HOvels
transpose and make closed. 3. A fruit
transpose and make to gather. 4. Mel
low; transpOse and make wharf. D
A point of the compass; transpose and
make a chair or bench. e. Certain noe
turnal fliers; transpose and make to
pierce. Z. DOmesticated: transpOse and
make u companion. 8. Gait; transpOse
and make Il garment. .. Parts of the
head; transpose and make to burn.