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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

cotton Is advancing, while the protect
ed wheat has declined
No farmers trust, or Farmers I'm
ion, can control the price of wheat I'M
less the combination is complete enough
to prevent wheat being sold to the mills
which supply the flour that the Ameri-
can people require. If the wheat grow
ers could prevent enough wheat being
marketed to supply the mills, the mill
ing combine at the great flour milling
centers, such as Minneapolis, would
probably bid up the price enough to
induce the farmers to sell until the
price was too high to manufacture and
ship the flour abroad at profit When
that limit was reached, you may be
sure the mills would be shut down
rather than run them at loss. To pre-
vent the mills shutting down in the
spring of 1905, when there was short
age of wheat, the administration allow
ed Canadian wheat to be imported in
bond, without the payment of the duty
of 20 cents bushel, and ground in the
mills at Minneapolis, and exported as
flour. That was the Republican way
of protecting the farmers, when they
had very short crop and an oppor-
tunity of averaging up the price with
the years like the present one, when
large surplus has been raised and the
price is low.
The fact Is that the farmers have
prospered In spite of the tariff, which
has increased the price of about all
they buy, through the protection the
trusts and combines enjoy. The good
or poor crops are not the result Of the
tariff, but good crops are due to the
bounty of nature when the season is
propitious, and the poor crops when ma
ture frowns and is unfavorable. The
ideal for the farmer is to be allowed to
buy In the cheapest market without
any more tariff restriction than is nee
essary to produce enough revenue for
the government, honestly and economic
ally administered, and to sell in the
dearest market that his produce can
reach. The Republican policy, miscall-
ed protection, compels the farmer, and
every one else for that matter. to pay
not only the tariff tax to the govern
ment, which averaged on all imports
for the last year sos per cent, but the
still greater tax which the tariff al
lows the trusts to collect by Increasing
their prices. which averages on trust
products much greater percentage
than the government collects. Not con-
tent with this trust plundering the tar
If law pretends to provide protection
on the farmers wheat and other cere-
ais, the price of which no law can gov
ern, because the surplus crop after our
own people are supplied must be sold
in the open markets of the world after
paying the railroads and shipping COM
bines all they demand.
That is Republican protectionism,
which would not stand minute If Re-
publican farmers. would join their
Democratic neighbors in electing tariff
reformers to Congress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

One can hardly blame the farmers
In the wheat growing regions for or
ganizing combine to hold their wheat
until the price advances. A dispatch
from Kansas City reports the price of
wheat as 80 cents bushel and less at
the interior markets III Kansas. There
Is loss In growing wheat at that price,
with all the farmer buys at the present
high prices. The tariff protected trusts
have advanced the prices Of nearly
everything the farmer buys over 45 per
cent since the present high tariff law
was passed., SO that prosperity for the
wheat farmer is myth, although Sec
rotary Wilson, who being Secretary Of
Agriculture, should know better, de-
clares the farmers were never so pros
porous. Secretary Shaw is making
equally preposterous statements and
states in the speeches he is making on
his partisan stumplng tour that the
tariff makes the farmers prosperous
because 1t protects the home market
from foreign importatIons. But facts
belle their words, for wheat is protect
ed in the tariff by duty of % cents a
bushel. but that does not prevent the
price from depreclating until the price
In Kansas, as noted above, is 80 cents
bushel.
1t is strange that Republican farm
ers swallow such Republican state
ments and vote tn continue that marty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31
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why Am a Democrat.

why Il Am a Democrat.
The Democratic campaign book. is.
sued by the Congressional Committee,
Wo.h,ns+or ~ a contains n great
daai of yo,nable Information on the no
lltical issues that IRE before the coun-
try. The first chapter gives reasons for
the fifth In Democracy, under the title
Of "Why am a Democrat" as fol-
lows:
am Democrat because the eternal
and immutable principles of Democracy
ara necessary to free government,
which vary only in their application
and EXPRESSION as the needs and ext
oenc,es -of onr country demand.
nm Democrat because Democracy
means the rule of the people; the rule
of the majority. freely and fairly ex.
nressad
nm n Democrat because the De.
,,ncro cv- of tho Tinted States endorses
and has always endorsed the enduring
Declaration Of Independence, In which
AMONG, other filings the fathers of the
renuhl,c narticularly declared that:
Tho right az petition is ours and sa.
cred
All mon are created equal 80. with
car+a,n ,nalianab,e rights: that among
these a 20 life Liberty and the Pursuit
~ Hann,ness
lam !. Democrat because the Demo.
cratic nort, Glands for "Eaual Rights
to All and snecial Privileges to None,
which ia ire natural corollary of the
oraat declaration.
nm Democrat because the Demo.
cratic marty ia for the preservation OF
all the rights granted to the Federal
government by the Constitution, and
for the preservation of the reserved
rights Of the States, and especially for
the right of the people to alter OF
change the fundamental law when they
deem 1t necessary.
l am Democrat because the Demo.
cratic party stands for Home Rule
the right of each organized community
to manage Its own local affairs as may
seem best to the majority of Its citi
gems.
am q Democrat because the Demo
cratic party stands for the least taxa.
ton, national, state and local, that will
support the Federal, State and local
governments honestly and economically
administered.
am Democrat because the Demo
cratic party opposes and has always op
posed the Capitalization of power III
the hands of the Federal government
other than those powers granted by the
Constitution.
am Democrat because the Demo
cratic marty 10 broad anonph for nj
mon to enlist nnt,er its hammer Who he
ueva in and lndorsa ,ts Fundamental
princin,es md VET catholic. enough I,
shelter With its everlasting wings IN,
rich and nowerfnl and fine nonr anf
needy. where both labor and canita
and all conditions Of men can worl
ont their own salvation with ahso,nt,
aouitv
i am n Democrat because the Demo
cratic Marty stands for the enna, r,ph
Of every CITIZEN IN his person and NM,
ertv ana In their manaeemein;ff'
achieve what his own efforts entitl,
him TO. without any one to.nolest n,
make afraid. IL he does not commit ar
eressions upon the equal rights of an
other, and this is all from which h,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31
WHAT IS "REAL" L1FE4
BY Juliet v. Strauss.

4 friend of mine said to me recent
~, speaking Of another friend, that
she was having her first glimpse of
real society. wondered If there could
be anything real in society as 1t has
come to be in these latter years. 1t is
a great question whether anything has
intrinsic value. Value is entirely a
relative affair and doubt If we know
1t when we are actually up against
the real thing, If may use the most
objectionable Of our unspeakable
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31
Political Principles,

While men do not always live up to
their principles, 1t is well to have
principles. No man could wish to be
truthfully denounced az unprlnclpled.
The most Important principles are po-
litical. These are the principles of a
Democrat; namely. freedom Of thu
press. Of conscience, and of speech /;
equality Of all citizens before the law !;
the right Of trial by jury; freedom of
the person defended by the writ of ha-
beas corpus; the supremacy of the
civil over the military authority, the
separation of church and state, low
taxes, tariff for revenue only; econo-
my In public expenditures; fidelity to
treaties; faithful execution Of the
laws; absolute acquiescence IN the will
of the majority, reverence for the Con-
stitution, and a fair division of the
Joint products of labor and capital; the
rights of labor as sacred and as in
alienable as those of life or property
4 If you believe in these principles, you
are at heart Democrat and should be
willing to see these principles carried
into effect by the election of those hon
est and able enough to enforce them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

beginning to show evidence Of their unsavory origin
corng to the old nursery rhyme Another proof of the
prophetic powers of Mother Goose We must test with
weights and measures everything we buy for food The
milk upon which the precious lives of children depend
must be examined with minute care Bakers bread and
butchers meat sugar coffee tea and OIL vinegar spices
and ginger all these must be looked after by the
careful buyer.
The stream rise higher than Its As long
fraud and dishonesty rule in business in manufacture
ing In buying and selling they will rule in public affairs
The evils of graftsnust be attacked at the root the
lives and acts of and women shown In their per-
sonal dealings with another.
When you man who smiles over story Of graft
In politics in the public service look out for that
He is dishonest He cheats and laughs in his
his acuteness compared with the confidence of his
trusting customers Graft in politics graft in
business One cannot exist without the other Charity
begins at home" says the proverb. So does honesty
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31
NINE. HuMBERr HOPEFUL.

Pennile.s, She still Insists that
Mythical Millions Exist.
Nine. Humbert, who has been liber-
ated from prison, still sticks to her
story of the mythical Crawford mil
lions. OF the III, 100000 francs which
make up the dubious estate, she has in
actual cash eleven francs.
The mystery of her parentage with
Regnier. tailor during the Franco
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

was represented. There and women from Tur-
key Russia, AUSTRIA Germany, Italy, France, England
and the United States My sought out the American
girls in that gorgeous, poygot company. They were
there in astonishing numberspure beautiful and fault
essy dressed contrasting magnifcently with their
sisters from more southerly lands.
But they had captuated to every foble Of the salon.
including the drinking of stinging, partcoored liquors
and the smoking Of seductive cigarettes This is most
dangerous cradle for motherhood and society. In my
Judgment of all the Americans thus far have been
the affected by the luxures and vices Of modern
cety 1t behooves the parents Of the rising generation
to look to the security Of their daughters
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

his tone and looking severely at the
poor man began: Haven't had the
pleasure" And at this my friend
fled.
He told me afterward that he BE-
lieved the fellow was fumbllng for
the handcuffs. The result vas that
the honorable gentleman came back to-
the house determined to jump up all
day and all night whenever a speech
was finished, whatever the subject was,
until he had said something or other.
His chance came at last when he was
quite exhausted and when he had real
ly nothing to say. So he said nothing
at considerable length-and now he is
quite hero in his constituency.-M.
p
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31
CRAZE FOR RICHES.
By Al. c. Sweet.

The general storm Of protest against graft"
or favoritism and dishonesty in the public SER
vice has aroused degree Of attention from
citizens even the most supine and good-na-
tured. Adding to the impression recently
made by what apologlsts call "muck- raking,"
is the present exposure Of fraud, cheating and
deceit in the world of industry and business.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

The extensive water power at My.
sore, India. generates an electric cur
rent that operates at gold fields 100
milss Distant
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31
AMERICAN WOMEN.
By Judge Lambert Tree.

Europe" The atmosphere Of smart llfe," a.
1t is known on the continent, is Communicating
to American girls.
sat the other night in the palm room Of .
fashionable Homburg hotel It was like
fairyland, with delicately shaded lights and
splendid people gathered around the tables.
talking, smoking and drinking. All the world
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

Old dog Tray was fearfully beaten
because he, though an excellent dog in
his way, was found In bad company.
Mr.. Charles Il. Hughes should take this
Lesson to heart. He is in very bad
company. Woodruff, Sheldon, Plat,
Depew, Shaw, Cannon and other cham
plons of foul politics and corrupt gov
eminent are in his retinue. These are
not proper persons to become trustees
of the conscience" Of the public, us Mr..
Hughes dubs his associates. He might
we'll pray to be saved from his friends.
If he is beaten in his race for governor
of New York, he may charge his defeat
to his dad company"
Senator Lodge denounces the Demo
Gratis of Massachusetts las "fomenters
Of class hatred, outlaws and nomads
of politics. No doubt he is disturbed.
His record on trusts, corporations, ship
subsidy, the robber tariff, Imperialism
and labor legislation has made him odi.
GUS to the people, and he is only taking
advantage of his last chance to exec.
riate them. BY the way, his private
secretary was recently convicted OF
robbing the Republican campaign
fund. The Senator is to be commits
Grated.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

not known the art Of breathing could
posed.
Then, again, want to write beautiful hymn So ~
firing rest again take deep breath think only
beautiful things Then, cam sweet Sleep beauti
full visions to me- and In the morning my mind ID
filled with glorious thoughts, which afterward crys
tallized into hymn Everybody now realizes the extra
ordinary benefit to health which results deep breath
Ing though few know, 1t known to ancient East
philosophers what important part 1t plays In the
building up of a great and noble BRAIN
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31
DEEP BREATHING AND GENIUS.
By Mrs. Ormiston Chant

Genius is largely matter of knowing how
to breathe Whenever want to think out Q
great article l go into silent room where
never a sound can penetrate. Then take
deep BREATH close my eyes and mouth and COM
centrate my thoughts on the main point Of the
subject l wish to write upon, and invariably
glorious inspiration comes to me- Then,
taking nv men, / write an article which had L
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-31

chiropodlsts are satisfied to remain
ct the foot.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31
Summer Darrhoea in Children.

During the hot weather of the sum- mer months the first unnatural loose ness of chsld's bowels should have immediate attention, so as to check the disease before it becomes serious. All that is necessary is a few doses of Chamberlain Colic, Cholera and Dia- rrhoea Remedy followed by "a dose of castor oil to cleanse the system. Rev. M. o. Stockland, Pastor of Little Falls Minn., writes: "Weeha used Cham berlain's Cohc Cholera and Dirrhoea Remedy for several years and find it a very valuable remedy, especially for summer disorders in children" Sold by Baker Drug Store Wholesale and Retail.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31

Courteous Neader::-T This is the last say that we will have to you before the election, We desire to say our parting words in sin eerity and good faith. We want good government. So do yo .. On that we are agreed. We sin cerily believe that the best way to get that, IS to vote for the best men Tor county officers. We intend to east that kind of a vote. feeling that God will approve of our action. Let us keep cool. Let us do eur own duty as We see 1t. Let work. vote. tahaaa pray for a righteousness, and then let us 0c friends anu nave peace.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31
Unnessary Expense.

Acute attacks of collie and dlaiie0s comes on without warning and pio''r ro relief must be obtained. There :, necessity of mourning the expense " f physicians service in such eases n;. Chamberlain Collie, Cholere anu 0f rrhoea Remedy is at hand. A doSs .;.ot m this remedy will relieve the Pa" hos before a doctor could arrive. i' ,he never been Known to fail, even :" and most severe and dangerous eases r0r no family should be without "' ,.ls sale by Baker Drug Store "ho''
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31

Garland Starnea is a young man of 1nquestionod honesty and integrity. He is under con tract to teach at Sayre, and his board of directors will not con sent for him to go in the cam paign this week. He has done everything in his power that he knows to do that is honorable to get a vacation, but they refuse.
 Rather than violate his con tract he leaves the campaign and goes back to his school, although his prospect for election is good No wonder the opposition are not willing to take the man and not the party when we show such goods a Garland Starnes. Such integrity as that means some thing.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31

We are infar~aa hat Bro. Whaley in his speeches last week, made the charge that Mr. Bush had sold the Popu.i5l5 to the re publicans at Boughton on Mon- day the 20th, The statement is absolutely false. Mr, Bush went to Boughton to witness the open ing of the county campaign, just as MT. Tompkins did, and also tc report the opening for the PICA- YUNE. MT. Bush reserves the right to vote as he pleases in the sena- torial race, and no man on earth is responsible for that vote but J. o. A. Bush. He has his own conscience to satisfy, and he Is going to do 1t. The politics of the two men will cut no figure whatever. Mr. Bush will vote for the man that he believes will make the best officer, just as he advises others to do. If any oth- CT Populist votes for senator, he will vote just as MT. Bush votes, and that is according to his own individual conscience. If any re publicans vote for the populist ticket, they vote it because they like that ticket better than the other. MT. Bush does not own the peoples party and could not sell it if he wanted to, and if he did own it he would not sell it fol both of the others.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31
l WONDER

If an officer who buys beer from a drayman, don't know that he and drayman are both law breakers? Does said officer re- member the oath he subscribed on entering into his office? Does he have any idea that some peo- pie think him, both a law. break and perjurer.
 A, TEMPERANCE, DEMOCRAT
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31

Garland Starnes made friends by the wholesale. His board of directors will not permit him to lose this week from school aI- though he has offered to furnish a substitute and teach an extra week if the substitute is nnsatis- factory.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31

Let every voter go to the cleo. ton next Monday, the 3rd dav of September and cast his vote for the man that he belives will make the best officer. Nobody is responsible for your vote bnt you, and you are responsible fo, nobody's vote but your own. Tn your duty and you will have m regrets for your part of the re. suit.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31
i. cnEArER rnAN SOLOMON Is
HERE

h bis speech at BodcaW and apaiu at WiIIisvilla, Mr. Mcken- zie sad: T lay down thus prin- cipIe, No man is capable Of self @o4 efHHent uail55 Ae has q po.- isbeo education
 Mir Mckenzie i} a graduate ot one o, our colleges, and there fore We presume lie tnlnhs he mas d polished education. There is not a man in five hundred in 1 Nevada county who has the ad- yanlaees of a polished eouca- tion.
 There was not a man in Mr. Mckeuzie's audience who had polished education He was the only man that makes any such claim. He says that none of those are caoahle of self govern ment.
 If they are not capable of sell government fhen they should not be allowed to vote, but should be ruled by some one who is capable Of self government.
 According to his way of think inq we need him for our ruler. h fact Wc cannot very wei get along without .avin@ Aiu oE some v.4er s4alated gentleman b govern US.
 Hos aHt.aata #c are.
 Flow e#aos e shouId
 Suppose al 1aa aolu. o-ea 56la.
 Would we hot be in ti<9.
 Solomon said When the righteous are .ia authority. the people rejoice ut when the wicked aearet. le. the people mourn.
 s9'.aon aid not say a word about polished education. But then solomon aad not have a pol isaed education himself.
 The queen ot the South shall rise up in judgment with this generation, ana snail condemn it; foI s15 came from the utteTmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, q greater than solomon is here .
 AgaIn Henry Mckenzie claims to he a democrat. We do not know just what that is, but Mir. Tomp- kins says 1t is some one who be lieyes in the rule of the majority. The two gentlemen should ar . range some kind of fusion and 1@, .vEcthcr. aicEca4.e believes in he rule of those with a pol ished education.
 TWenty-rour per cent of the white population of the United States are in the South. Sixty six per cent of the ilhteracy among the whites in the United States are in the south. Now, according to the logic of AIr. Me Keuzie the North is tar more capable of government than the South, yet the North is soIidly Republican, while the South is sa'i1i1 Demaar- tie. Evidently Nr Mckenzie is moi . Democrat at =eart or at least heis not ia sympathy with his party in the South. because hy his own argu- moaJ he believes that his party is not as capable of government as the Republican party. SeIah.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31

So far as the indications show the populists will lead next Mon day. lin people of this county are getting tired of few men in Prescott holding the offices for life and forming political trust by which they expect to perpetu- ate themselves in office forever. They have decided that the best way to put a stop to it. is to put a stop to 1t and theyWill do it.
The Nevada County picayune., 1906-08-31

Ii there Is some principle ot the democratic party that k so sacred that good men like MT Tompkins will vote for the meanest Demo- crav .l i4s erence to the best populist, aen surely that princi- pie is some living. animate, tangi- ble being that can be described. We have called in vain on Mr. Tompkins. Mir. Mckenzie, and others for that principle. They know that if you would remove the pie counter out of the party all of those sac red principles would soon vanish into thin air.