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Montana news., 1905-02-15

Hamilton, Mont, Feb. 9, 1905.
Editor Montana News, Helena.
Dear Comrade: notice someth.
ing in the News of the asth ult.
which to me is not quite clear; fol-
instance on the second page / find
an article written under the head
Has Got the Right Idea," taken
from the New York Worker, which
to my mind makes the fact very
plain that no good can be expected
from labor organizations endorsing
the Socialist party, and upon the
next page find you endorsing move
ment of the A. l.. U., or at least OF
its officers in Chicago, proposing a
line of action that has been advo-
Gated for years by the S. l.. p.
You say one party is sufficient for
the workers but that party must be
a working mans party no matter
what the name NAV be. From ar
ticles / have read in the Referendum
and Seattle Socialist, and the article
on the first page of the News of the
above date from c. w. Stimson OF
Wichata, Kansas, | should judge
that there are some people who think
that every person who is not wage
worker has no business in the Social.
ist movement, and must of necessity
be a CRATER,
/ would like to be informed ot
about how long it will take the wage
workers alone, to emancipate them.
selves at the ballot box1 ! can say
this for Ravalli county at least: II
the Socialist movement depended
alone upon the wage worker there
would have been no Socialist move
ment here worth speaking about.
The wage worker in the employ o.
the capitalists dare not be an active
advocate of the cause of his class 70,
fear of losing his job. | know o
but three such active workers in th'
county. The active work is almos
entirely performed by Socialists whc
are independent workers, small bust
ness men and farmers; and If an,
one thinks they are not revolutionary
class conscious Socialists they hav'
another think coming. 1t is m!
humble opinion that if the coming
convention of the A. l.. u, in Chi
cago causes split in the Socialis
party, as you seem to think it may
it will be a setback for the worker
of this nation that a generation will
not make up, and it will be necessar.
to look to other people than tn,
small business man and farmer 70
the grafters and takers.
Yours Fraternally,
f. G.. WHEELER.
p. 5. Where we're Meyer ant
Haywood in the late Colorado cam
paignf
GYour questions and points al
noted closely, and ] will attempt L
answer them to the best of my abilit.
in a short space. Beginning at tn
first, and according to the articl
from the Worker you seem to be un
der an impression, possibly gaine'
by non-unionist. For instance
you cite that no good can be eS
pected from labor organizations en-
dorsing Socialism, etc. and to max
that plain, if you are not a unio
man, let me say that the endorsemer
of Socialism by organized labor as j
the instance of the A. l.. u, and "
+. of NJ, was not an endorsement {
Socialism by the rank and file of oi
ganized labor. 1t was simply the Ell
dorsement of Socialism by whi
might be properly called labor LEAD
ers, and when the test came at tn
polls the rank and file failed to Ell
dorse the action of the leaders VIII
Montana news., 1905-02-15

We, the Socialist voters of Helena
in mass convention assembled, re-
new our allegiance to the principles
of international Socialism, and pre-
sent the voters of Helena these same
principles worked out in detail, to
be applied to municipal rather than
to national issues, as our platform in
this campaign.
We believe that a working man
should get the equivalent of all that
he produces, and We demand that he
should get it. AS the only means of
realizing this demand, we declare
that the people who get only samll
share of what they produce (the
working class should peaceably, at
the ballot box, take possession of the
government and convert this land of
trusts, capitalists, oppression, tyr
amy, 'bull-pens," child-murder,
graft, starvation for the poor and ex-
travagant luxury for the rich, into a
cooperative commonwealth.
In the campaign recently closed
the two old parties stood for the
same principles; there was practically
no difference in their platforms
they were both pledged to the mon
led interests, or as we say, the cap
italist class.
In this campaign the two old par
ties will stand on the same platform
the last alleged difference that ex'
listed between them has been removed
the past year; they both stand TO
the capitalist class in this city 9th,
manufacturers, merchants, etc, anC
are pledged to their interests, as op
posed to the working class.
As a majority party we would pu
our principles as whole into opera
ton; but as a minority party W,
favor all measures of benefit to III
working class as whole, and sue
as will lead to the establishment o
the cooperative commonwealth.
We therefore favor the followin,
measures:
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
Municipal ownership of street rail
ways, lighting plants, water works
ice houses, coal and wood yards, an,
such other industries as are necessar,
to the life of our citizens.
The establishment of a free cit,
hospital.
The establishment of free bath an,
free laundries.
The establishment of public play
grounds.
The erection of Labor Tempt,
as headquarters and meeting plac,
and educational center for worker
with lodging and boarding house il
connection for unemployed.
The establishment of a free labo
and employment bureau.
The establishment of all usefu
works and extension of public func
tions SO as to give work to the un
employed.
LABOR.
Abolition of contract labor OF
Montana news., 1905-02-15
Speech in Full by Robert
Z, Wyoming in the U. M. W.
Exposing John Mitchell.

printed in Colors. II is up to you.
I'VE your help to make this success.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

ew of a celebrated transatlantic mill
lionaire, and bowled around Paris in
a magnificent motor car. He went to
the nocturnal restaurants and made
the acquaintance Of many women to
whom he offered presents, and whom
he treated to dinners and luncheons.
After few days he borrowed money
from his dupes, to whom ne subse-
quently gave checks purporting to be
on a well-known American bank. The
checks were found to be worthless.
1t is said that the swindler raised
$4,000 by his transactions, but this
is probably exaggerated. At any rate.
his victims have been thronging, with
tears in their eyes, to the police sup
erintendent Of the Pare Monceau dis
trict. The same swindler is said to
have victimized several tradesmen
and hotelkeepers by his spurious Am
erican checks.-London Telegraph.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
BENEFITS OF LIME.

We do not know who is the author
Of the following; but it is sensible
and timely: There is no preventive
of roup so efficacious as lime. If the
floor of the poultry house. the yards,
and every place to which fowls may
resort. are sprinkled with fine air.
slaked lime once or twice week, it
is doubtful If roup will secure a hold
on the hens. Experiments made with
lime show that 1t will destroy the
germs Of roup when it comes in con-
tact Herewith, and as lime is so
cheap, it may be easily applied" We
are doubtful about lime having any
effect on "the germs of roup," but we
know it to be an excellent deodor-
izer, and that 1t will keep poultry
houses sweet and clean.-Farmer's
Home Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
nlnr.rtinr ro..t., CROPS.

FfurNcttns- ot..bb Stppss
T In line with the classic case of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley of Yale University in his book
ON Railroad Transportation. is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers
brought by President Tuttle of the
Boston & Maine Eailroad before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. Nothing could better show how
a railroad works for the interest of
the localities which it serves.
A main dependence of the farmers Of
the Aroostook region is the potato
crop. aggregating annually eight to
ten million bushels which find mar
ket largely in Boston and the adjacent
thickly settled regions Of New Eng
land. The competition of cheap water
transportation from Maine to all points
along the New England coast keeps
railroad freight rates on these pota-
toes always at a very low level.
Potatoes are also a considerable out
put of the truck farms of Michigan,
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities of that region.
Not many years ago fayoring sun and
rains brought a tremendous yield of
potatoes from the Michigan fields. At
normal rates and prices there would
have been a gIut of the customary mar
kets and the potatoes would have rot
ted on the farms. TO help the potato
growers the railroads from Michigan
made unprecedentedly low rates OH
potatoes to every reachable market.
even carrying them in large quantities
to q place SO remote as Boston. The
Aroostook growers had to reduce The
rrice on their potatoes and even then
could not dispose of them unless the
Boston & Maine Railroad reduced its
already low rate. which it did. BY
means of these low rates. making pos
siblc low prices, the potato crops OF
both Michigan and Maine were finally
marketed. Everybody cats potatoes,
and that year everybody had all the
potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been ruinous to
the railroads, had they been applied to
the movement OIL all potuloeS u a..
times, to all places. they helped their
patrons to find markets for them. The
Boston s. Maine Railroad suffered a de-
crease in IFS revenue from potatoes,
but it enabled the Aroostook farmers
to market their crop and thereby to
-obtain money which they spent for
the varied supplies which the rail
roads brought TO them. If the making
of rates were subject to Governmental
adjustment such radical and prompt
action could never have been taken.
because it is well established that II
rate be once reduced by a railroad
company it cannot be restored through
the red tape of Governmental proceed
ure. If the Michigan railroads and the
Boston & Maine Railroad had been
subjected to Governmental limitation
they would have felt obliged to keep
up their rates as do the railroads OF
France and England and Germany I'M
der Governmental limitation and let
the potatoes rot.-Exchange.
Norway is about $50 miles wide in t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
Joke That Was On pepew.

Senator Depew had to deny him.
self the pleasure of being present at a
recent dinner where he was an in
vited guest. and so he missed joke
at his exper which he enjoyed as
much as any one. however, when it
was told to him several days later.
Bishop Potter was the perpetrator.
Senator Depew's regrets had just been
read.
Il need not tell you," said the Bish.
Cd. how we will miss the senator, he
who has for SO many years charmed
us with the humor of his eloquence
and the logic of his anecdotes" New
York Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
PRACTICAL POTATO RAISING.

For the benefit of farmers interest.
ed, / am going to tell them how
manage to raise good crops every
year, from $50 to over four hundred
bushels per acre. My potatoes for
the past twenty-three years have
averaged me seventy cents bushel.
The first thing l do is to look my
ground over and see that 1t is free
from witch grass or very nearly so.
I do not care how poor the soil is.
The land must not be too low, or
with too much clay in it. Potatoes
do much better on loamy or sandy
soil. l pillow eight or ten inches deep
and try to have the burrows meet.
1t makes very little difference wheth-
err the land is plowed in the spring
or fall, but If have time pillow in
the fall to save time in the spring.
T like to plant quite early as the
early planted field generally proves
the best. But | never plant till the
ground is In good condition to har-
row.
The narrowing is very important
feature. Some men will harrow two
or three times and call it good
enough, l don't. / harrow till the
soil is like an ash heap, because it
pays to work the ground in good
shape. mark out the field 31a feet
wide and about six inches deep,
either with potato planter or with
a horse hoe. II horse hoe / drop
the fertilizer by hand about sixteen
inches apart in the row, being careful
to run chain through the rows in
order to mix the fertilizer well with
the soil; for a good fertilizer will
kill the seed If it comes in contact.
For the past twenty years l have
raised my potatoes wholly on COM
mercial fertilizer without any other
dressing. If asked what kind of COM
mercial fertilizer used and consid-
cred the best l should say Bradley's
complete per cent potash.
Good seed Is necessary, and I con-
slider the Green Mountain the best
all-round potato I have ever planted
and least liable to rot. There In
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
Why


Why, when buying book. are we in
duenced by the authors name! Why by
an artists If we purchase a picture!
Why do wise buyers insist upon having
a reliable name on nearly everything they
purchaser
1t is because the name attached is the
safeguard of the buyer = protection
against the palming off of inferior articles.
This name guarantee" we all look for in
the most important things we buy, and
what can be more important than our
foody
Everybody knows that all intelligent
housekeepers are very particular about the
buying Of things to eat and drink, and no.
body realizes it more than the up-to-date
grocer, who caters to the wants Of his Gus
toners.
For instance, every real grocer knows
the reason for the universal popularity of
LION COFFEE, the leader Of all package
coffees. He knows that its uniform purity
and high quality have made it welcome in
millions OF American homes for over q
quarter of century.
Realizing this he cannot but hand it ont
cheerfully when asked for it. He knows
that the people accept the package as a
guarantee of the contents.
Yet there may be few grocers left who
do not recognize that the bayer-not the
seller-has the right of choice, and they
may want to sell their loose coffee (who
knows what it is, or where it came from y
instead of LION COFFEE, which the Gus.
toner asks for, and the merits of which
both know.
In such cases the wisest advice is:
"Change your dealer"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
Ants that Eat Rock.


Tho engineers In charge Of tele-
eranh line at Hong-Kong were sur
nrised recently by the discovery that
ahout seven miles Of their CABLE
though It was well protected and laid
underground in concrete trough
had been severely damaged. For the
greater part of the length oval holes
had been bored quite through the cas-
ing down to the copper wire itself.
II was agreed that insects must
have been the authors OF the mis-
chief. though what kind OF insects
was not obvious. It might be pos
sible to find one which enjoys perfor-
atine lead. But these insects seemed
70 have drilled the holes, not in order
to make a passage, but by way OF
making a meal! They had taken
dinner of six courses, consisting nrst
of tarred rope, then of lead. then OF
twisted rope, then Of tape. then Oh
bemn fibre and lastly Of India rubber.
The conner strand had been too much
for them.
Portions of the damaged cable were
sent TO the Natural History Museum
with the hope that some opinion
might be given. and the oracle re-
piled that there could be very little
doubt that the damage was caused by
white ants. Specimens of their pecu-
liar forms of appetite and industry
are kept in the museum, which show
not only that they will eat lead. but
will also bore through hard sandstone
rock-London Spectator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

There has been an article receiv-
ed at this office, in the first part, the
writer gives a mournful declaration
of his dead mother and then ending
with hot discussion in politics. by
mud singing and vituperation laut ne
is throwing upon his colleagues. l
would advise the party when he has
two subjects to write on. give them
under two headings.-Hyden Thou
sandsticks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

My nightly rest was broken, owing
to irregular action OF the kidneys. !
was suffering intensely from severe
pains in the small of my back and
through the kidneys and annoyed by
painful passages OF abnormal secre-
tons. No amount OF doctoring relieved
this condition. ] took Doans Kidney
Pills and experienced quick and lasting
relief. Doan's Kidney Pills will prove
blessing to all sufferers from kidney
disorders who will give them fair
trial."
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y,
proprietors. For sale by all druggists,
price so cents per box.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
GOOD COW BARN.

a well know Iowa dairyman. Mr..
E. c. Bennett, recently described a
good COW barn in the Wisconsin Far
mer, to accommodate nineteen cows.
It is Is feet wide by So feet long, with
box stall at one end. He says:
Make the platform for the cows to
stand upon as long as the building
and as wide as from the manger to
their hind feet This depends upon
the size of the cows. Mine is fifty-six
inches wide. A few cows and heifers
can use a narrower platform, and
some large cows may need one four
feet and ten or eleven inches wide.
The platform can be made narrower
at one end than at the other If COWS
of widely varying sizes are kept.
I have a manager with sloping rear,
so as to give all feed tendency to
slide towards the cows. Some have
the back part of manger perpendicu-
lar, and some omit the back walA
but cows will strain after feed which
gets out of their reach, endangering
their muscles, and sometimes slip
ping their hind feet off the rear OF
platform and seriously hurting them
selves.
The usual distance apart of stan
chions here is three feet. If the cows
are unusually large, two inches more
should be allowed. l find that even
one inch less than three feet answer
for ordinary Jerseys.
AS to the height of platform, have
tried four inches and six inches for
the rear. and one inch higher for the
front. My preference is for the lower
-four inches for the rear and five
for front. This slant is to permit
drainage to the rear and into the
drop" if any droppings get on the
platform.
1t makes much difference which
way the cows face. My building runs
east and west, and the cows face the
north. This is so / can let the sun
shine upon them from the rear.
have small window at the rear OF
each of two cows, and keep the plat
form well bedded. This makes it
pleasant and sunny in winter, and the
windows are opened in hot weather,
ana wire screens keep out the flies
and let the air circulate freely.
This is simple, but means much in
the way of comfort for the cows and
for those who do the milking. If the
building runs north and south, l rec
ommend windows on the west side,
and the cows facing the east, if con-
ditions permit West windows let in
the light well, but they are colder in
winter than south windows. / use
two-inch planks for floor of platform
and the space in rear of cows. The
space under the platform may be
PLANK or earth, as desired. Some
have earth floor in rear of platform,
but it is too apt to get sloppy with
me. I find that a width of two feet
at the top and eighteen inches at the
bottom is satisfactory for the man.
ger The height is immaterial, so
long as it will hold the feed and not
be inconveniently high. / had mine
thirty inches high in rear and six
incnes high in front. 1 wish to en-
phasize the need Of plenty of win
dows. Sunshine is death to tubercu-
losis, and it has been found that cows
kept in the dark end of barn are
more subject to that and otner dis
eases than other cows in the same
stables, but in good light.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
FREE TO OUR READERS.


II you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula,
blood poison, cancer, eating sores, itching
akin. pimples, boils, bone pairs, swellings,
rheumatism, catarrh, or any blood or skin
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

A Cleveland (Ohio) pastor pro-
poses to erect nine-story church
He expects to be the first sky-pilot
to have a sky-scraper. declares the
Baltimore Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
uNSlGHTLY BALD SPOT

Caused by Sores Oh Neck-Merciless Itch.
ing For Two Years Made Him Wild
Another Cure by Cuticura.
''For two years my neck was covered
with sores. the hunor spreading to my
hair, which fell out, leaving an unsightly
bald spot, and the soreness, Inflammation
and merciless itching made me wild.
Friends advised Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment, and after few applications the tor
ment subsidized to my great Joy. The sores
soon disappeared, and my hair grew again,
as thick and healthy as ever shall al
ways recommend Cuticura, (Signed) H.
]. Spalding, lO4 w. lO4th St., N. Y. City"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

In Germany it has often happened
that the universities were closed be-
cause all the students and professors
had Joined the army.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

The woman who has nothing but
evil to say of her men associates pro-
claims her own weakness and frivol-
ity of character.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
An aAmeriean" swindler in Paris.

An alleged American who has been
very successful as swindler of danes
is on the wing, the police being I'M
able to find him anywhere. despite
most careful searching. The man
says himself out as the son or neph-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

Lord Curzon has informed the British
Ernistry that unless notifications are
made in the orders giving General Lord
Kitchener supreme command OF the mill
tary forces he will resign the vice-royalty
of India
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

food there of saicyc acid 1t is very
to
and with benent 10 e pa
to
the reader suppose @
weeks at Time
food with equal certainty
sacc acid would equal IN
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aicyc POUNDS OF table
Of S a dOSe-Pubnc
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07


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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

The average salary, of professor in
Harvard College is little less than $4,000
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07

Count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador,
wears single eyegiass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
The Men dno Boats Of
1he Boston Fishing Fleet
By lanes b. Connolly.

Ar mo ont o BOSTON is fishing schooners tnat ~
heauty Of model speed sanchness in heavy
not to be surpassed-ther admirers say equaie y. 49,
class of sail the seas; and saying tha
bar the famous fleet of Gloucester .. - Who arr
This Boston is manned by Cosmopolitan ;no oua
all varv roud of their vessels particularly of their sains
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
In Defense Of Preservatives
BY DR.. Robert Q. EccIes.

of them
of the food we herself has put them INTO our
We have been consuming since time began Our savage
ancestors consumed them milennums before u.s.
Two grains sacylic acid will preserve pound Oh lou
for reasonable length Of time grain is the y. LIS
commonly used the same amount OF oo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-07-07
LASTING RELIEF.

]. w. Walls, Super
intendent of Streets
of Lebanon, KY