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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
The Cure of Graft.

w. J. Client, the well-known Socialist
writer, presents, in the Independent, the
view of his party on this eger-present
question Of graft. he says that the thick
and-thin defenders of the existing regime
are protesting against further mention Of
this subject for fear that it will destroy
confidence in our institutions and leaders
and will shake the foundations of the re-
public. This silly optimism he regards
as a reasoned form Of the instinct of the
ostrich, and declares it will give 10 ims
munity from harm. Public graft, he
thinks, is but the outcome of private graft
and the latter reveals itself in Food aduI-
teration, the sophistication of all classes
of commodities and in various financial
manipulations. He does not say that all
men graft, but does assert that some men
in all classes of competitive occupations
do graft. Under these circumstances, the
exhortation to be good is of itself a bar
rem counsel of perfection given by those
who earn their living by uttering it." Alb
stractly, a man may wish that all indi-
rection or deception might be abolished
by common consent, but in the needs OF
his daily life he justifes the particular
graft which he is the beneficiary. By
this process of reasoning he reaches the
Socialist conclusion that grating can BE-
eliminated by merging the competing in
terests of mankind in a common interest
and by producing commodities, not for,
sale, but for use without profit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
ALTON is HEAVILY FINED.
Railroad and Two Former Officials
Must Pay 900.

Railroad and two Former Officials
Must Pay 500 900.
Judge Lands at Chicago passed sen
tence on the Chicago & Alton Railroad
and two former officials of the road in
the case charging the granting Of re-
bates. A total of 100000 in fines was
imposed. The defendants were found
guilty under the Elkins law. The SEN
tence, was as follows:
Chicago and Alton railroad, $4,000,
$4,000 on each of two counts.
John n. Faithorn, former vice presi-
dent, $4,000, $1,000 on each of two
counts
Fred A. Wann, former freight agent.
$4,000, $1,000 on each of two counts.
> Judge Lands declared he saw no eX-
tenuating circumstances in the case,
and in passing sentence the judge said:
"a jury has rendered Il verdict, and
from it 1 see no escape. Counsel has
talked about this being open and no
torious il Kansas City, but there is not
a fact before me that this was not a Sc
cret rebate. The Elkins law was
,assed in 1903. There was considerable
agitation concerning it's passage. I do
not forget that. railroad men and ship
pers gave close and diligent attention
to that law and any man interested in
the general situation would have had
no trouble in finding out about the law.
These ofenses took place one year after
the law was passed. l will say there
are not many facts in this case in sup
port of the arguments, that this is not
4 case for substantial punishment"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
JOINS THE THEosoPHIsTs.
Lyman j. Gage, Former Secretary ~

Lyman j. Gage, Former Secretary ~
Treasury, Goes to California.
Lyman j. Gage, former Secretary or
the Treasury, has given up
life, in which he had been a most prom
Eent figure in Chicago, Washington and
New York for many years, and Eas
taken up a residence, which he expects
will be permanent, with the colony OF
theosoph,sts at Point Iona, CAL, OK
which Madame Tingley is the high
priestess. Mr.. Gage says that this hnal
step in a direction he has long been In
cIined Is the result Of a vision and that
during his sleep he was commanded to
join the Point Iona colony.
While the news Of Mr.. Cages action
comes as n surprise to the financial
world to those who have been thrown
into intimate personal contact with the
linancier his leaning toward theosophy
has long been known. Even before the
death of his wife, which occurred while
he was Secretary of the Treasury, dur
ing the Mckinley regime, Mr.. Gage
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

Russia has agreed that her consul gen.
eral in Korea shall derive his exchequer
from the japanese government, thus ac-
knowledging the japanese supremacy in
the hermit kingdom.
At Alexandria, Egypt. 100 natives were
tried for the recent attack on British Off
GERS, in which Capt. Bull was killed. Four
of the accused were condemned to death,
two to life Imprisonment Mt twelve to
briefer terms of Imprisonment. H
The French budget, which was intro
duced in the chamber Tuesday, shows that
roccan crisis cost $~5O,OOO,O0O, and tina
internal reforms have cost $]3O,OOO,OOO.
and that, in consequence, a loan would
be necessary to meet the deficit.
The British House Of Commons adopt
ed the most contested clause of the edu-
cation bill by a majority of PIT. This
clause provides that special religious in
struction may be given in any voluntary
school on the vote Of four-ifths of the
parents of the children attending. This
is the fourth claus of the bill.
The prophecy of a social revolution
without bloodshed in 1910 in France has
been made by NJ. Guesde, the new leader
OF the Socialists in the Chamber of Dep
uties. AT that time, he says. the atti-
tude of the Socialists will be so menac-
ing that the capitalist government will
call out the army, but, as the army will
refuse to fire, "the revolution will be
bloodless." ST. p
The Russian admiral, Rojestvensky, adj
dressing the court-martial at Krons-
stadt, took all the blame for the surrend-
er of the gunboat Bedovi to the japanese,
and invited the full punishment of the
law, which would be death. He did this
in the hope of saving the officers who
surrendered the gunboat in order to save
the life Of their wounded commander. 1t
was said by sailors of the Bedovi that
Rojestvensky's party had boarded the
gunboat with the intention Of surrender
ing instead of trying to escape, and that
their first act was to hoist the white flag.
Russian revolutionists are reported in
iubilant mood over the rapid progress
made by the military propaganda. The
TACT has leaked out that the Preobrajensky
regiment, belonging to the special guard
for the Gear, had held a meeting to pro-
test against police duty and freedom to
leave the barracks. They also expressed
their entire sympathy with the Democrats
Of the douma for the distribution Of land
20 the peasants. The general officer over
this regiment has been severely repri-
manded by the Gear. Ivan Narodny, the
military agent of the revolution in Amer
lea, now says that the donma will APP
point a military dictator to organize the
d~isaffected portion of the troops against
the government.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
zWaAsP


John d. Rockefeller was offered $1,000
for a fifteen-minute conversation by the
Paris Matin.
George Westinghouse, the inventor OF
the air brake, has been descr bed 40 "a
hundred horse power man.
Mayor Ekers of Montreal is addressed
personally as your worship" and II
the third person as This WORSHIP"
DIR. Francis r. Kinnicnt of New York
has been elected president of the As
ISOLATION of American Physicians.
Senior Casasus, the ambassador Of Mex
leo to the United States, has gone to
Europe on account of i'll health, and will
not return until fall.
Prince Khilkof, formerly minister %
railroads in Russia, and builder of the
Trans1Siberian road, intends to make Z
tour of inspection Of the railroads Of this
country.
There are two Blacks in the new Brit.
ish House Of Parliament with the sams
initials-A. w. Back, The member for
Biggleswade. who is a lace manufactures
from Nottingham. End a. ". Black. the
meuaoer i5r RsnHxhi.e. who Is "wrstse
to fhe S:gnet,' in Edinburgh.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
MAY IMPORT
Colorado Fruit Men Unable to Get
Needed Labor.

Colorado Fruit Men Unable to Get
Needed Labor.
Shall Colorado labor be utilized in the
fruit belt of the State when the harvest
ing time comes, or shall the fruit growers
associations of the western slope be oblig-
ed to resort to the importation of Jap
anese and other foreign labor in order
to care for the immense crop that Is an
ticipated?
This is a question which the State
labor department has undertaken to solve
in favor of home workers. The deputy
State labor commissioners, Edwin v.
Brake, has just returned to Denver from
a visit to the fruit section Of the State,
where he learned Of a situation which, UNI
less remedied, will mean that between 500
and 600 Japanese laborers will have to be
imported to take care of the fruit crops
this fall. Indeed, the matter had gone
30 far that the Paonia Fruit Growers
Association had pade arrangements al
ready TO ship in these foreign labcrers. !.
Mr.. Brake took the matter up with
President Hammond of the association,
together with several prominent packers,
and an agreement has been cached which,
it is hoped, will prevent the Importation
Of cheap laborers, many of whom would
remain to become permanent competitors
against Colorado laborers.
Mr.. Brake requested the fruit men to
submit to him a detailed statement Of
the extra labor they would need, together
with the schedule of wages, etc. Upon re-
ceiying this statement Mr.. Brake said he
would undertake to supply the men need
ed. The Paonia Fruit Growers Associa-
ton agreed to abandon its plan of inn
porting japanese labor if it could be as
sured of getting sufficient help during the
season. President Hammond stated that
he would get together for Mr.. Brake the
required data and then await develop
mentS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

Corn in EARLY Stage:
The corn crop, of course, is in an
early stage Of development, and be-
tween this time and harvest last year
gained an aggregate of l~75,O0O,OOO
bushels, while oats gained 6O,OOO,OOO
bushels. Corn is now nearly 60,OOO,-
600 bushels ahead of the July 1 indi-
cation of a year ago, although it is
not as far advanced and it's general
condition is a little lower. 1t is, how
ever, making great strides, the present
hot weather in the big corn States be-
ing ideal for bringing it rapidly for
ward
Oats started July with a prospect
about SO,OOO,O 900 bushels below that Of
a year ago, but the acreage this year
is a little larger and it is barely pos
sible that the shortage may yet be re-
duced.
p 1t is in the wheat production, how
ever, that the United States has the
greatest cause for self congratulation.
Counting the wheat carried over from
last year-only 100000 bushels in
farmers hands-this country has the
largest wheat crop in sight of any time
in it's history. The winter wheat yield
runs ahead Of the famous crop of 1901,
and the spring wheat promise is so
high as to indicate that, barring acct
dents, all previous records will be sur
passed. There are vast reserves Of
moisture through the big spring wheat
States Of the Northwest-just the con-
ditions which produced a large crop
On q smaller acreage a year ago.
Wheat Quality Good.
1t is a significant fact that the gov
eminent was compelled to raise its
winter wheat crop estimate of a month
ago by about 100000 bushels. The
short straw proved very deceptive.
The threshers have laid bare the de-
ception by turning out plump, heavy
grain from well filled heads.
On the question of quality alone the
winter wheat of the United States can
go into the markets Of the world un-
challenged. The department is being
deluged with supplemental reports from
it's agents showing o turns from the
thrasher far above the original esti-
mates as made up previous to July /,
from which statistics this report was
complied. The final weight test Is ex-
pected to show eve greater wonders,
the winter grain being not only high in
quality but remarkably uniform
through practically the whole Of its
area, Michigan being the only excep-
ton, and that State falling only 7,OOO,-
600 bushels behind last years yield.
The rye area Of the United States Is
small, and the present promise is a tri-
fe short of last years.
The barley crop Is q large one, and
shows expansion in area It Is rapidly
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

at this time last year, but 217,O0O,OOO
below the final figures. The weather
III all the great grain=predueing States,
however, since July 1 has been all
that could be desired, and the pros
y is are that the final figures will be
as much, if not more, above the July
promise this year as they were last.
The fields upon which these i'm
mense crops are growing, or from
which they already have been harvest
ed in some instances, aggregate more
than III, 100000 acres. The follow
ing table shows the number of acres
devoted to each grain, with COMPARE
sons with last year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

DIR. W. 7. HARRIS. considered an au.
thority in the editing of text books for
school use, having done much Of this
work. For twenty-three years DIR. Har"
ris was connected with the st. Louis
public schools, being superintendent for
thirteen years. He represented the
United States Bureau of Education at
the International Congress of Educators
at Brussels in 1880. DR.. Harris became
United States Commissioner of Educa-
ton Sept. IS, 1889, and has since re-
sided in Washington. He is the author
of Il number of books.
-:
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker. who was
reelected unanimously at 81. Paul as
president of the General Federation of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

The average condition on July 1 of
spring and winter wheat combined was
S7.S, as compared with S5.S on July 1,
1905, and s4.5 at the corresponding
date in 1904. The amount of wheat
remaining in the hands of farmers on
July / is estimated at about 4~6,O53,OOO
bushels, equivalent to about &C per
cent Of the crop Of last year.
Loss Shown in Oats.
The average condition Of the oats
crop on July 1 was 81, as compared
with sc last month, 92.1 on July 1,
1905, S9.S at the corresponding date in
1904, and a ten-year average of S0.4.
The average condition Of barley on
July 1 was 92.5, against 93.5 one month
ago, 91.5 on July ], 1905, $50 at the
corresponding date in 1904, and q ten
year average Of $50.
The average condition Of winter rye
92.7 on July l, 1905, IS at the CORE
spending date in 1904 and a ten-year
average of 9O.1.
The acreage Of potatoes, excluding
sweet potatoes, is less than that of last
year by $4,000 acres or 1.3 per cent.
The average condition on July 1 vas
91.5, as compared with 91.2 on July 1,
1905, 93.1 at the corresponding date in
1904, and a ten-year average of 92.1.
The acreage of tobacco is less than
that of last year by about 10000 acres,
or SO per cent. The average condition
on July 1 was S6.7, against S7.4 one
year age.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

" ~ a uOHPul V1SuH SUE1
didate at the request Of the members
of the Milwaukee bar, who supported
him almost unanimously. In the cam
paign stress was laid on the fact that
he has never been a corporation law
yer and has never taken part in poll
tics. The justice-elect is 81 years old,
was admitted to the bar in 1877 and is
the head of the law firm Of Timlin &
Glicksman, of Milwaukee.
DR.. Edward T. Devine, who was
placed in charge of the Red Cross re-
lief work in San Francisco, is professor
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

nearing harvest with q yield OF record
breaking proportions.
The average condition of the grow
ing corn l. on July l was S7.5, as
compared with ST.3 on July /, 1905,
ga at the corresponding date in 1904,
and Il ten-year average of S6.4.
story Told in Figures.
The following table shows for each
of the States having 100000 acres or
upward in corn the acreage compared
with that of last year, on Il percentage
basis. and the condition on July l Of
this year, with the respective ten-year
July Averages:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
GOV. Hoch Against Hangings.

Speaking of the fifty or more 6rst-de-
gree murderers now under sentence in
Kansas, ''at the will of the Governor"
Gov. Hoch said Il shall not will that
those men be put to death, and, further
more, the present Governor will never
will the death of any man." Rev. r. A.
Eilwood of Leavenworth had written the
two gubernatorial candidates, asking them
to define their position as to the enforce
ment of the prohibitory law, and also de-
handing by inference that Gov. Hoch
sign the death warrants of these fifty
men. In reply, the Governor said What
a spectacle we have here, a minister Of
the gospel suggesting that the State de-
mand an eye for an eye and a tooth for
a tooth. He had better read the remain-
der of the Savior's injunction along that
1;poD
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
LODGE. Secretary sentences.

Judge De Courcy, in the Supreme
Court at Boston, Monday, imposed sen-
tence of ten months in the house Of cor
rection upon Robert G. Proctor, formerly
Senator Lodges secretary, who was con-
victed of misappropriating 1926 Of eon-
tribut;ons to the Republican campaign
fund of 1904. A stay of execution was
granted, however. and the prisoner was
released on bail. In esponse to a sub
r,.na, Senator Lodge, on the same day.
appeared before the grand jury to tell
what he knew about contributions to the
Republican fund.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
FIRE INSURANCE RATES HIGHER
Western Union AXE Action OF
Certain ssUnDrOfltable Risks"

Western Union Takes Action on
Certain "Unprofitable Risks
Advances in fire insurance rates on
thirteen classes of heretofore "%unprofta-
BILE risks" including mercantile stocks
and packing plants, have been announced,
as a result of a meeting Of the Western
Union company managers.
Chicago, st. Louis, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Milwaukee and Louisville are ''ex-
cepted Cities" their rates being made by
the local boards Of underwriters. The
Chicago board will consider the Western
Unions new schedule.
The increases decided upon are shown
in the following table:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

enteen years in the
office, is Il leader in
affairs C n e cted
with the public
school system of the
nation Il. He has
rounded out fifty
years of service as
an educator. AS a
writer ON education
al topics he holds a
high place and Is
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
took Il deep interest in that cult. This
interest has grown since Mrs. Cages

interest has grown since Mrs. Cages
death.
Even so far back as 1892, when he
was one Of the great directing forces OF
the worlds fair in Chicago, Mr.. Gage
gave much thought to theosophy. In a
personal talk with a correspondent, he
said at that time that he believed the
osophy explained man, things that all
other religions and even science left IN
darkness. He spoke of Madame Bla-
vatsky, and while he refused to give
Ter his personal Endorsement or conf
dence, he declared his belief that b
was endowed with remarkable powers.
From the mysterious abilities he ac-
klowiedged in the then foremost the
osophist OF the West he argued tae
truth of its beliefs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

of social economy
at Columbia Uni
versity, general
secretary of the
Charity Organiza-
ton Society Of
New York, editor
of Charities, direc-
tor Of the New
York School of
Philanthropy and
is the author of
coraroJ hoNly, IN
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

Indications that American farmers
crops in the history Of the country are
given in the government report on
condition as Of July 1, and nothing
now seems in the way OF unprecedent-
ed prosperity throughout the farming
regions.
Not only is the prospect for a boun-
tiful harvest most bright, but market
quotations show that the farmer will
get a fair price for his grain, while
reports from Europe are that the
wheat crop will be 15O,OOO,OOO bushels
short Of that of 1905, indicating that
the export demand will be large, and
that America will have to fill a good
share of it.
1t was thought when last years
bountiful crops were harvested that
the high-water mark for production
in the United States had been reach
ed. The percentage estimates Of con-
dition of the Department Of Agricui-
ture this year, however, indicate that
even that record will be surpassed in
spite of the fact that the oats crop
bids fair to fall short by SO, 100000
bushels.
Crops Up in Billions.
The total crop of all grains this
year promises to be 4,291, 444,00O bush
els, using the July 1 condition as a
basis of calculations. This is about
100000 bushels above the indication
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20
Acreage COM Ten
pared with Condition year
last wear. July !, 1906. avg,
Wheat Condition High.

Wheat Condition High.
The average condition of winter
wheat on July l was $50, as compared
with SO last month, S2.7 on July l,
1905, 1871 at the corresponding date in
1904, and a ten-year average of 19.4.
The following table shows for each
of the States having 100000 acres or
upward in winter wheat the condition
on July / Of this year, with the respect
i've ten.Yeur July averages:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

individual or cor
]poration may ac-
Guiro and the bar
ring of rich men
from the United
States Senate. was
elected a membe of
the Wisconsin Su-
preme Court at the
recent election and
will take his seat in
the fall. He ran as
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

time and is o worth several millions.
General Carr is famous for his gener-
osity and for his efforts to restore gooc
feeling between all sections of the
Union.
Former Senator Dwight Coburn. who
was appointed by Gov. Hoc4p to be
United States Senator from Kansas,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

succeeding Joseph
r. Burton, declined
to accept the ap-
pointment. Gov.
Hoch then offered
the vacancy to
Judge A. w. Ben
son, Of Ottawa, who
accepted. Judge
Benson is about 60
years old and has
been prominently
identified with Re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

pubItCan pOIltlcS III
Kansas. He has held the Office Of judge
OF the Franklin-D Douglas Judicial dis
trict and has served in the Legislature.
Judge Benson is a close friend OF Gov.
Hoch, both politically and personally,
and was one of the leaders in the W.
ment in the Republican party two years
ago, which resulted in the nomination
Of Hoch for Governor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

Women'S Clubs, is
a woman Of great
IN a g II c t g m and
charm. She has
lived in Denver,
Colo. since s s
and is the widow OF
Judge Decker. She
is one of the leading
club women Of the
country and is an
ardent advocate of
>r-o1 c1ffro rn NTrS
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

of the Blue and the
Gray and
Sons. He was an
O fiji cer in Wade
Hampton's corps
during the Civil
War and walked
home from Apo
mattox b a
dollar in his pocket.
He has ]prospered
prnotlr Stroo $h,t
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

The trans-Pacifc liner America was
threatened with partial destruction by .
Ere that broke out in its coal bunkers in
San Francisco harbor. The flames were
extinguished after q hard Fight.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

eUuuI SUIItHSC. N1fS' Mrs. DEChEK.
Decker was born at Holyoke, Mass,
and lived for a number Of years on
Long Island before moving to Denver.
She has served as vice President of the
National Federation and also has been
at the head of the federation in Colo
RADIO. She is described as ample and
hearty, and with n direct. positive way
of saying what she thinks-a typical
western woanan with a jolly laugh and
a firm grasp-a woman who naturally
would expect to take the short cut of
common sense to any conclusion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

wheat on July 1 was Ola, as compared
with 90 last month, 81 on July 1, 1905,
g.? at the corresponding date Ii 1904
and q ten-year average Of SS..2.
Spring Whent Figures.
The. following table shows for each
of tie five principal spring wheat
States the condition on July 1 Of this
year, with the respective ten-year aver
ages:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-20

DR.. William 7. Harris, who has just
stepped out as COMMISSIONS of Edu-
cation for the United States after sew