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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
TRADE WITH RUSSIA.

Not long ago the bureau of statistics
of the department of commerce and
labor issued a report showing the
growth in recent years of the trade
that United States interests have en-
ton with this report a more recent
one, showing the condition of this
country's. trade with Russia, is Of in
terest. For the fiscal year 1905 this
trade amounted to $28,800,000, Of
which $11,800,000 represent the i'm
ports into the United States and ST.
100000 the exports from the United
States to Russia. The figures are
somewhat lower than those for the
preceding year, when the total trade
figures we're in excess of $31, 100000
(of which $11,900,000 were imports
and $19.4o0000 exports(. The shrink
age is due largely to the war and the
unsettled condition of the country. 1t
should be noted that these figures do
not include the entire trade move
ment between the countries. Owing
to the absence of direct steamship
connections between the two
counties, goods shipped from
this country and ultimately reaching
Russia, and vice versa, are in many
cases consigned to various European
ports liverpool, Bremen, Hamburg.
and others), and thence shipped
ito the ports of ultimate destination, or
in the case of American shipments to
Russia, placed aboard the railroad
cars for overland transportation. This
lis particularly true of raw cotton, by
far the largest item of exporte ton to
Russia from this country. AS mat
ter Of fact, the officially recorded i'm
ports Of American cotton into Russia
during the five-year period ending De-
cember 81. 1904, were 919,534 900
pounds, while our exports to that
country during the five-year period
ending June 30. 1904, are stated in the
official reports Of the bureaI Of statis-
tics to have been 266006,000 pounds,
! or less than 80 per cent of the direct
imports recorded by the Russian GUS
toms authorities Nor can it be said
that the Russian figures credit this
country with all the cotton shipments
originating here. Taking for example
the. Russian figures of cotton imports
for the calendar year 1903, the latest
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
FRANCES NEW PRESIDENT.

The election of Clement Armand
Fallieres as president of France is Of
great Importance as Indicating the
policy OF the French democracy in ad-
herring to that conservatism which
serves continually as encouragement
to the ever hopeful and persistent
Bourbons. While the office is chiefly
nominal and honorary, the man who
fills 1t now is sure to throw whatever
influence he may WELD toward a con-
tlnuance of the government for the
people. OF the people and by the peo-
pie. The president of France does not
reign; neither does he govern, but he
represents France officially and social
sly and Fallieres is well fitted for the
place He is not a politician, but he
has given much time to study and re-
search. He is a believer in democracy
In government and an exponent of
French polity, but he is neither an
organizer nor an administrator His
election was the triumph of the same
party that has been in power ever
since Lorbet's election and he falls
into the procession Of Grevy, Carnot,
Faure and Loubet as being what cor
responds in France to our conception
of safe and sane There is little
danger of Fallieres doing anything
startling while - office. He is .'reli-
able" in a strict party sense and may
be depended upon to follow closely the
policies of the power. that elevated
him,
France has never yet quite recovered
from the MacMahon attempt to restore
the dangerous brilliancy of empire,
and the democracy which rules France
represents the concrete protest of the
people against reactionary tendencies.
The most important thing that has
TRANSFERRED in French administration
for decade was the separation of
church and state, Which took place
during the closing months of the Lou
bet regime and which carries the re-
public still farther away from the
dream Of the restorationists. The con
tinued sway of democracy also insures
peaceful intent toward other powers
and dependence upon the industrial
and commercial resources of the coun-
-tTy rather than upon the clustering
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
HOST ON INSURANCE.

The Courier is in receipt of letter
from Zeno M. Host, commissioner of
insurance for the state Of Wisconsin
and a prominent figure in the insur-
ance investigation agitation that is
going, on at this time in different parts
OF the country. Mr.. Host has made a
careful study Of insurance and he
states his conclusions in no uncertain
language as follows:
There are just three ways in
which safe life insurance may be fur
nlshed, be it in an old line company
or fraternal beneficiary society:
1.-The premium to be paid from
year to year for a fixed amount of
insurance must be an increasing
amount at all times, to cover the full
current or actual cost, according to
the attained age of the insured
1.-THE premium to be paid may
be fixed amount as Of age at entry,
while from year to year, as the insur-
ance grows older, the amount of in
surance is reduced, being graded at
all times to the actual and mathemati-
cal purchasing power OF the amount
paid.
"3.-The premium must be suffi-
cient to enable the creation of re-
serve fund sufficiently large on each
policy as to make up future def1cien-
cies, or to equalize the increasing haz-
ard of increasing age.
The first two plans are almost i'm
possible, or, at least, would be unpop-
ular. In other words, instead of In
creasing the premiums from year to
year as the insured grows older or in
Of ooy1, OIL I,o So ~,
surance protection with increasing
age, there must be reserve which is
the equalizer between the hazard of
increasing age and the original level
premium fixed at age of entry. But
an equalizer there must be under any
correct plan of life insurance. 1t may
be an increase IN yearly premium, or
an annually decreasing amount Of in
surance, or reserve, but one Of these
equalizers is demanded by the laws of
mortality"
Mr.. Host has framed bills to cor
respond with his views and he is de
sirous of having them adopted by the
Legislatures now in session. Whether
his plan will meet with general APP
proval remains to be seen. Iowans
feel that they are well protected, as
far as the insurance situation in their
own state is concerned, by Auditor B.
F. Carroll Mr. Carroll, too, has stud
led the insurance situation with thor
oughness and has been called to New
York in consultation with other state
auditors and the New York Investigate
ors He may be depended upon to
keep in line with other states and to
watch the interests of Iowa's insured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
FRANCE AND CASTRO.

Washington Post.-What is to be
done with Mr.. Castro of Venezuela has
come to be an interesting question.
That he has long regarded himself as
outside the requirements and limita-
tions which all other rulers recognize
and abide by is evident and he acts
upon the principle that his will is as
binding upon foreign nations, and as
indisputable, as in his own dominions.
has been treated with a good-natured
leniency and consideration, which,
while 1t has been Kindly meant, and
intended, II possible to avoid trouble
has been stretched to 1.-THE utmost
bounds of endurance The long suf-
fering and patience of France, and Of
this country. in dealing with him, have
been something unprecedented in the
intercourse Of nations and the time
has undoubtedly come, so far as
France, at least, is concerned when
something is going to happen. No
elf-respecting nation can submit to
have it's citizens robbed and its repre-
ssentatives treated with indignity and
insult. The difficulty is to know what
to do. The only method up to now has
been when a ruler does wrong to pun
ish his people for it; and this method
is of ancient origin and appears to
have high sanction.
We are told in the Book Of Chron-
icles that Satan stood up before Is
rael and provoked David to number
Israel" which he accordingly did. 1t
is not stated wherein the sin of this
census consisted, but that it must have
been grfeyous one seems certain,
for to punish Satan and David, "the
Lord sent pestilence upon Israel,
and there fell of Israel 10000 men,"
From that time till now, when a ruler
has done wrong without any participa-
ton in his fault on the part Of his peo-
pie fleets have been sent to batter
down their cities, and armies to lay
waste their lands In order to punish
him.
1t would seem as though modern
civilization should have devised some
other way to correct and restrain Of
Tending and refractory rulers, but 1t is
difficult to suggest exactly how 1T can
be done. Suppose France brings her
ingenuity to bear on the present case
She has nothing against the ignorant
and inoffensive inhabitants Of Venezu-
ella. Can she not land force with or
ders to respect private rights, destroy
no property, but direct all It's efforts
to the capture of Castro? If she can
catch him, carry him home, and lock
him up for good and all, she will have
performed a large service to inter-
national good order and good behavior.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

Note-The Yankee schoolmarm has
become power in the Philippines.
Here's to the best of my very best
To the girl with the spirit to
Pull out from the old things Of the
west
And go to the east and the new;
To take in the youth Of the orient,
Her Yankee ways and the heart
To teach them what
A kid has got
To tackle to get sart
The schoolmarm follows the flag, and
she
Is the emblem Of the star-spangled
tyranny.
Her scepter's a switch. and where she
rules
The little and big must obey;
She bosses the best in the white mans
schools,
And the yellow must come her way.
She will show to the kids of the orient
The paths in which they should
tread;
And IL they shy
Her switch will fly
Till their yellow skins are red.
The schoolmarm follows the flag, and
she
Is the emblem Of the star-spangled
tyranny.
She steps straight out. prepared to go
In her country's cause and her
name;
She comes from the south, she comes
from the north.
But she's Yankee Just the same;
And she goes to the far off Philippines
Il Il - =
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03


things to light. For months various
men connected with the canal propo-
sitton have tried to excuse delay by
making charges against each other
and against almost everybody else.
There have been disclosures that have
very nearly approached the dignity Of
scandals. Millions OF dollars have been
spent in extravagant salaries to In
competent or needless officials and in
similar ways. The press agent was
not the only ridiculous feature OF the
commissions program. Thousands Of
men have been kept in Panama and
paid daily wages for being idle, watt
Ing for equipment. A particularly UNI
savory charge was that Of the impor-
tation of immoral women. All these
things may be investigated And II the
proceedings continue to develop as
they have begun, the American public
may find out just why there has been
SO much red tape, official junketing,
quarrels, needless salaries and rushing
to cover while little or no actual work
has been done on the canal itself.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

period for which imports by countries
are available, we find that, besides
S19,500,000 worth of raw cotton cred
tied to the United States, imports of
cotton to the amount of S24.300, 900
are credited. to Great Britain, Ger
many, Denmark, Belgium, France,
Sweden, end Norway, all countries
which do not produce cotton but re-
ceive the greater part (about IS per
cent? of their supply fro. the United
States.
1t is clear that, for the reasons just
stated, the figures of our imports from
Russia are q better index of the move
ment of commodities from Russia to
the United States than the Russian
export figures. AS a matter Of fact
the annual average of Russian exports
to this country for the five-year period
1899-19U3, $4,000 900, bears an even
smaller proportion to the correspond
ing import figures of $8,500.00O record
ed by the bureau of statistics for the
five-year period ending June 80, 1904
than the American export figures bear
to the corresponding Russian import
figures.
A conservative estimate of the total
value of the commerce, both direct
and indirect, would place the value at
not less than s55,0o00OO. to 100000,
GO, of which $45,O000OO to $50 100000
represent the value of goods shipped
to Russia from this country, and about
$10,OO0,000 the value of goods shipped
from Russia to the United States.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO DEATH
Five-Year-old Pearl Levin Of Musca.
tine Victim.

Muscatine, Feb. Pearl Levin, the
5-year-old daughter Of Morris Levin.
was burned to death yesterday. The
young brothers and, the sisters were
playing with kerosene, which became
accidentally ignited Pearl was the
only one injured. The family are Rus
sian Jews and have been in this coun-
try but four weeks. -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
THE HONESTY OF REPORTERS

The story from Chicago to the eff
feet that a newspaper reporter work
ing on the case of the alleged "beef
trust had been bribed to color the re-
ports of the trial so as to favor the
packers, does not sound exactly right
In the light Of facts as they are known
TO newspaper men. Though no one
but those directly connected with the
Chicago incident has any cause to
know any more than the lay public
aboHt that special case. there is hard.
ly anyone who has worked as a news
paper reporter long enough to handle
any important stories, but has been
offered a bride of some kind or anoth.
er. If the story of the reporters dis
honesty is true it is certainly worthy
of notice, for such breaches of trust
newspapers that it may almost be
called the traditional exception to a
stringent rule.
Probably no class of men habitually
do more for others and less for them,
selves than newspaper reporters, and
probably nc class is so often approach.
ed with more or less tempting offers
of pay for doing something that is dis
honest A reporter represents his pa
per and is generally unable financially
to shoulder any financial responsible
ity his paper may incur by what he
writes. He must therefore be trust
worthy man or he is worse than use.
less to his employers. He daily
meets the man, or the company the
corporation or the interest" that is
specially concerned in getting some
thing into the paper or keeping some
thing out. The opportunity for graft
ing is always present and the reporter
becomes SO used to refusing offers
that he never stops to shake hands
with himself or to indulge in any sen
timental self adulation on his honesty
and sincerity. The scheming or rich
politician who knows that the publica
ton of a certain legitimate news item
may ruin his chances for office is usu
ally desperate enough to make a temp
ting proposition to the reporter who
has the story" A promoter whose
schemes demand newspaper indorse
ment will not shy at few hundred
dollars if by that means he can secure
the desired publicity. Not infrequent
ly the father of a Maynard son offers
reporter money to suppress the
scandal, not knowing, that this is the
surest way to. have it published to the
world.
But the Chicago story has It that
a. certain reporter took the money
that was offered him and garbled his
story as was desired. While 1t may
be true it has several very odd feat
ures, not the least of which is the
manner in which the offer was made
1t was coarse in the extreme, and
if the attorney who is accused in con
nection with the reporter is really
guilty his education in the gentle art
of bribery was sadly deficient The
plan adopted was too direct to appeal
to keen reporter as likely to prove
successful. 1t might have done for a
new and inexperienced alderman, but
for reporter 1t was coarse" The
newspaper man in this case was dis
charged by his employers, and while
the attorney will probably get out
more easily, he should have some kind
of punishment for his lack of finesse
In this day of high methods in brib
cry, his work was decidedly out OF
date.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

1.-The great demand for a statewide
primary system is slowly dwindling,"
says the Castina Times. I'm time it
will resolve itself into the personal
desire of small coterie of politicians
who make a speciality Of decrying the
presence Of politicians In politics."
There is no question but President
Roosevelt Is fully as popular as when
he was elected" says the Vinton
Eagle, "yet it would be a dangerous
experiment for him to accept a third
for the republican party to give him
another nomination."
The Dubuque Times says the bill
making wife desertion a penitentiary
offense should be defeated. In many
cases, it asserts, the wife Is not inno-
cent, and In others the husbands fall
ure to provide is the result Of vicious
habits well known to the wife before
continues the Times, would do more
harm than good because it would en-
able the deserted wife to levy black
mail upon her husbands innocent rel
atives, or punish husband perhaps
more sinned against than SHINING"
The Keokuk Gate City hopes the
legislature Is well provided with waste
baskets.
The Cedar Rapids Republican, re-
curing to the charges of official ex-
travagance lodged against Governor
Cummins, suggests that an fnvestiga-
ton would be the proper thing. "This
would be justice to the governor as
well as to the state" says the Repub-
lican. IF there is anything wrong
we are sure Governor Cummins would
be glad to make it right. He has act
ed, no doubt, within what he believed
was his authority. An investigation
would define such expenditures for the
future
1T seems to the Eldora Herald as if
the time had come when the republic
cans of Iowa should cease the boys
play business that has been pervading
the party for a number of years and
get back to good old first principles.
"As the legislature is now in session
we may look for something else in the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03
FOR WOMEN

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

After meeting LATE Young and hear
Ing him talk the Cedar Falls Gazette
concludes that he has the material in
him for a splendid governor Of a great
state like Iowa, when the proper time
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

I'VE have as yet seen no reason p
says the Cedar Rapids Republican,
why the republicans Of Iowa cannot
all get together on reasonable plat
form, confined to state issues. 1t is
time the game of fractional politics
within the party was dropped"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

In addition to cutting off passes the
Pennsylvania railroad has abolished
news agents. Several railways have
put auditors" on trains to collect
fares, and conductors are forbidden to
occupy seats with female passengers.
Truly, this is an era Of REFORM" ex
claims the Sioux City Journal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

"The fellows from the country occa-
siohally get taken In in such cities as
New York. says the Cedar Rapids
Gazette, "but none of them ever get
touched to the extent Col. Mann Of
Town Topics induced the wealthy
New Workers to part with their coin"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

The Marion Register says that a
primary law Is demanded simply and
solely by the men who think their fu-
ture depends on some new method.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

AS to the governorship, the Indian
ola Herald is of the opinion that the
term plan will be adhered to, as
heretofore. There are other men In
Iowa besides Governor Cummins the
Herald suggests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

The schaller Herald says 1t is not
the circle on the ballot that causes all
the trouble, but the election judges
who try to follow the letter of the law
and throw out the ticket simply be-
cause it has an extra mark. "The in
tent Of the voter should be construed
more than the manner in which he
marks the ballot" contends the Her
aid. Let the circle alone, but use good
horse sense in counting the ballots"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

"If the legislature is going to do any
redistricting congressional districts,
cts have this third district shoestring
doubled up on itself somehow sug-
yests the Iowa Falls Citizen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

AS the legislature is now in session
ne may look for something else in the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-03

The Waverly Independent concludes
that a person who cannot learn to vote
right with the circle on the ballot
would hardly learn how to vote IL the
circle were taken off.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-12-14
PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
DISTRICT NO. Il.
Ely. Mimi. Dec. 10th. 1906.


Regular meeting Of School Board,
Dist. No. II, held in the office Of the
Board in the High School building.
There were present Grant McMahaE.
director: M. E. Gleason, treasurer and
Henry Chinn, clerk.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were approved as read.
The following accounts were pre-
sented for approval:
AK Johnson, labor on grOunds.S DO ~
Jas Williams. putting up storm
windows. ...... ~
Clarence Williams. ditto, 30
Arvid Sunholm. ditto. ......... 70
Matt Matilda, ditto, so
las. Moonan. freightand express l24o
Panton & White Co, supplies for
domestic science, ...-.... ID ID
Mrs CM Hanson. milk tickets, ZOO
EVA Rowlps. supplies, =. ;. ii. A
The Globe Wernicke Co, card
cabinet and cards. ..... -. 23.94
Marshall Wells Hard ware Co.
band saw and waste .l62 l
NJ prislk professional services. 1000
&IRR Co. telephone rentals 6.25
The Boards Art & Stationery =
Co. drawing paper, ....... ply
Ely Hardware Co, supplies, 49,. IL. 40
Oliver Iron Mining Co. waste. lib
F Anderson, wood for White :,
Iron school ...........- wv
Fred Neff. laundry. ...:. .... az
r S Miller, groceries Tor dom'