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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

or whoever 1t may be, that intends to
erect a new building they should buy
the material for that building at
home of their neighbor, Mr.. Building
Material Man.
And let us speak a word for Mr..
Printer Man also. He is a part OF
this community; he contributes to Its
prosperity; he advertises it, and he Is
entitled to his place in the circle
through which the community's dol
lars are to circulate. When you, Mr..
Merchant, want printing of any kind,
give the job to the home printer.
The dollar that you spend with him
he will again spend with you, and
both will make a profit on it. 1t is
but fair that he have this, his leE!ti-
mate portion of the home trade. He
is as much a part of the community
as yourself, and as much entitled to
your support as you are entitled to
the support of the farmer, the me-
chanic, the preacher, the doctor.
The battle against the mail-order
octupus can never be a successful
one unless all interests are actively
engaged in 1t. 1t can never be sue
cessful SO long as the merchant wants
it preached but does not want to prac-
tice it himself. The merchant who
sends his saving account to the city
bank for safe keeping is not entitled
to the support of the community
whose money he takes from it. The
merchant who will not %patronize his
brother merchants, who makes his
visits to the city an excuse for buy
ing his own household supplies, sup
plies that are not carried On his own
shelves, of the city merchants. Is not
entitled to the support of the COM
munity. Such a merchant wants to
preach but not practice home trade.
He wants to do with the community's
dollars just what he condemns in
others-send them away from the
community. He would bankrupt the
community for selfish interests.
There are few, If any, such mer-
chants as this in this or other com
munities, but If there are any here II
is not for their benefit that this pa
per is preaching home trade to its
readers.
We hear much of the strength OF
trusts and combinations. In what
does their strength lie? To a large
extent in the fact that they control
the trade in the commodities in which
they are dealing. They make every
dollar they spend an interest earn
ing dollar. Let us form a little trust
of our own. Let all of us, merchant
farmer, doctor, mechanic, preacher
editor, spend our dollars at home
keep them at home, and we have or
ganized a trust of our own that viii
bring to each Of us orr share Of earn
ings on the capital invested.
This is not a hard problem to figur,
out for ourselves. The farmer, lie
us say, wants a dollars worth q
sugar. He buys 1t OF the home gro
cerympn. and the groceryman makes
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
TONIC FOR MOTHERS
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills Are Safe and
Reliable-A Favorite Household
Remedy.

GhSttC0y
Motherhood may be the GROWING
blessing Of a woman's life or it may
bring grief and sorrow. Mrs. M. J.
Wight, of ITO Seventh Street, Auburn,
Maine, relates her experience after the
birth of her daughter in 1901, as fol-
lows: 81 was all run down at the
time the baby came and did not i'm
prove in health rapidly after. / was
pale, thin and bloodless. My stomach
distressed me being full of gas all the
time and my heart fluttered SO tnat l
could scarcely breathe.
FINALLY l remembered that a friend
had recommended DR.. Williams Pink
Pills to me so 1 commenced using
them. l gained in strength rapidly
while the baby throve also. When I
expected my next child l started TAX
ing the pills again as a tonic and
strengthened and had no such diff
Guilty as before. I got up better and
my strength came back much sooner.
"a year ago last winter l mad an at
tack of rheumatism in the hands which
went from one hand to the other. The
joints swelled up and were so stiff I
could not move them. The pain ex-
tended up through my arms and
shoulders. I felt sick enough to go to
bed but did not do so. This attack
lasted for several months. / tried sev-
eral remedies but finally came back
to using the pills which had done me
SO much good before and found that
they benefited me almost at once. l
have not been troubled since"
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail
postpaid, on receipt Of price, SO cents
per box. six boxes for $3.50, by the
DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y. Send for book Of
cures.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

a profit. The groceryrakn hugs a dol.
lars worth OF dry goods, and the dry
goods merchant makes a profit. The
dry goods merchant ~patronizes the
dentist, and the dentist makes a
profit, and the dentist buys butter and
produce from the farmer and the
farmer makes a profit. So as tho
dollar goes around and around a COM
munity each man into whose keeping
It comes makes a profit on the an
ding of 1t, and the dollar grows into
two. But what would have happened
had the farmer taken that dollar to
buy his groceries of the mail-order
house, or the groceryman sent 1t to
the city for his dry goods? Inc
trust organization of the community
would have been broken, that dollar
would have ceased to earn prohts TOT
the people of the community, put
would have began earning dollars for
the city into which 1t was sent.
II is the dollar that is spent at
home that makes the savings deposits
of the home bank grow; that In
creases the wealth of the community.
and decreases the tax rate. Buying
at home means saving the commun-
ity. but, Mr.. Merchant, do not preach
this trade at home doctrine lie
you practice it. You must buy your
stock of merchandise in the city to
be sure, but aside from what Is spent
for your stock of merchandise see
to 1t that every dollar it Is possible
to keep at home remains in the com
munity. Keep them circulating
among your neighbors, and they Will
make money for you as well as for
them; they will build the home COM
munity, and make of 1t a prosperous
community in which your business
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
REASON FOR ALL THINGS.
Customs That Now Seem Peculiar Had
Oriqin In Wisdom.

Customs That Now Seem Peculiar Had
Origin in Wisdom.
If you are patient enough to ferret
il out you will find hat there is a rea.
son for every little idiosyncrasy we
have, for every queer thing we do.
Take, for example, the wearing of
widows caps. Why do widows cover
their heads with these curious little
arrangements of maline, crepe and
lace? 1t is a custom handed down to
us from the Romans, who shaved their
heads when they mourned the loss of
a dear one This idea vas all right
for men who did not mind appearing
without a single spear of hair on their
heads, but of course it was most I'M
attractive for women No one, not
even a Roman matron, liked to be
the Tiber devised a little cap to hide
their badness, and thus the custom
has come down to u.s., even though
heads are no longer shaved as a sign
of mourning.
The reason that bells are tolled for
the dead is that years ago, when toll
ing was first established, the people
thought that the sound of the bells
frightened away evil spirits who how.
cred near the dead.
Why do men, and women, too, wear
bows on the left side of their hats?
The reason Is simple enough. When
the head covering built upon the order
1f hats of f,Ioxy xxyou R~ct ttoJ.ool
1t was ornamented with a ribbon which
went around the crown and hung down
in two ends on the left side, reaching
below the shoulder. These ends were
a sort of anchor, or safety line, and
were put there expressly to be seized
when a sudden gust OF wind threaten
ed to blow the hat away. The ribbons
were put on the left side because, as a
general thing, the left hand was more
apt to be free than the right. Eventu-
ally these ribbons were knotted in a
fetching bow with flowing ends, and
then they were cut off quite close to
the hat, so that they form a very
small and stiff bow knot.
1t is always the custom to throw old
shoes after a bride and this queer
custom came into vogue when parents
were in the habit Of using their slip.
pers to keep taeir girls obedient and
good. Now tho slipper is not really
4 intended for the bride, but for the
bridegroom. who is supposed to use
1t for the same purpose the mother
and father Of olden times did.
Il 1NI NM MH #LfMA HA FWL L
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, It is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trouble
can be entirely overcome by using De-
fiance Starch. as 1t Ear be applied
much more thinly because of its great
sr strength than other makes.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
New Work.. Rapid CROWN.

The rapid growth Of the nations
great metropolis is a source Of nation.
al interest and pride. Statisticians
figure that the population Of the city
will exceed that of London by the
year 1916, and will double in rs years.
The present generation will undoubt-
eddy see in New York the worlds
greatest metropolis. Few persons
realize that the population Of New
York city is already one in 20 Of the
population of the entire United States,
or that the growth Of New York city
in the century past has been five
times more rapid than the growth OF
the whole country.-Moody's Maya
zine.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
TantaIizinq Man.

II e by the paper" said Mrs.
Banks at the breakfast table, that a
delegation Of women suffragettes is
coming to this country"
Mr.. Blinks said nothing.
"And they're going to invade Wash
ington and make a speech to the presi.
dent, and ALL"
Blinks still silent.
II declare" snapped the lady,
you're the most tantalizing man in
existence. There you sit like 9 statue,
never saying a word to show that you
don't know what you're talking
about"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Little Bobby on Bees,

Little BODY wrote an essay on bees
as follows:
"The bee is. a queer sort of IN in.
sect, that gives people a few points
that they don't appreciate. The queen
bee bosses the hive, just like ma
bosses our house. The drone bee is
like pa; he don't care much about
work. There are other kinds Of bees,
including political bees, quilting bees
and husking bees. But the best bees
Of all are the kissing bees. There is a
kissing bee in our parlor every Sun
day night and I get a nickel not to tell
about 1t. When 1t to a choice
of bees, give me a kissing bee every
time"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Canoe of Ancient Make,

While engaged in clearing out a
deep bog in S~omersetshire, England,
a workman unearthed a canoe which
probably belonged to some ancient
lake dweller. The boat, which is of
oak, is in a fairly good state of pres
ervation, and measures 20 feet 6
inches in length and 2 feet 10 inches
In width, and in appearance is some
what like a modern punt.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

kidney trouble-lassitude, headache,
pain in the back, urinary disorders,
rheumatic pain, etc. / have a box CON
tanning Ia gravel stones that l passed,
but that is not one-quarter of the
whole number. 1 consider Doan's Kid
ney Pills a fine kidney tonic"
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Big Collection Of PeIts by a Boy.

The youngest successful trapper in
the country Is probably Woodbury.
Moore Of Kendall, aged IA years, says
the Denver News.
The boy has just collected bounty
on ten coyote pelts and during the
winter has taken, in addition to the
coyotes, ten badgers, 80 muskrats, ~
skunks and about $50 worth Of mink
furs. He traps Independently, receiv.
ing no adult assistance.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
Many Children Take Sacrament.

A notable confirmation took place
recently in Dublin, at the %pro-cathed-
raj. Archbishop Walsh conferred tho
sacrament Of confirmation on nearly
a thousand children. The actual con-
ferring lasted two hours, and the cere-
mony was concluded by the admins
tering of the temperance pledge and q
strong e%xhortation to the children to
discharge faithfully all their religious
duties.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market Is years
ago are very different and inferior to
those Of the present day. In the lat
est discovery--Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

will grow, and your town holdings
will grow in value at the same time
the farmers acres grow in value. The
home trade problem is a many sided
one, and the home merchants side Of
the problem is not the least Of them.
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
When You Are Praloed.

When you are praised by a man
for whom you cannot possibly do any
favor and who, as you know, is aware
of the fact, you may find it reasonably
safe to conclude that he isn't laying 1t
ON any too thick.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
A Word for Himself.

The young widow Of an old husband
inscribed the following words upon
her dear departed's tomb: ITO the
memory OF Mathurin Bouquet, who
left this vale of tears at the G of 80
years II months and 20 days, deeply
grieved at having to leave behind him
the most charming and faithful OF
wives"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

tnree years tnat L na0
kidney trouble l passed
az pounds of gravel
and and sediment
in the urine. l haven't
passed a stone since
using Doan's Kidney
Pills, however, and
that was three e a
ago. l used to suffer
the most acute agony
during q gravel attack.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

Prosperity is a great teacher; ad-
versity is a greater. Possession pam
pers the mind; %privation trains and
STRENGTHENS it.-Hazlitt.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05
CURED OF GRAVEL.
Not a Single Stone Has Formed since
Using Doan's Kidney Pills.

]. d. D%aughtrey, music publisher, OF
Suffolk, Va, saws: During two OF
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-04-05

Failures are. with heroic minds, the
stepping stones Of successl-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-10
THE PUBLIC BED-Dl
before this fight IL over twenty millions
Of back taxes will be collected by the
people.

before this fight II over twenty millions
Of back taxes will be collected by the
people.
Every small shop keeper and every
mechanic who has little saved has
to pay taxes upon that little. But
rich holder Of stocks in outside corpo-
ratlOns escape Scott free.
San Francisco will not be a clrcum.
stance to Chicago when this town
wakes up. This tax lodging issue Is
going to lead to great results.
When one thinks Of the fact that
the packers have raised the price
OF food on every man, woman and child
In the country, the wonder Is that any
official would have the tcrnerlty to over.
look their taxes.
Tho Armour estate assessed on
100000 and the Field estate on over
$l3,OOOOoO makes quito a contrast
Tho Eagle will keep up the fight for
honest taxation, II It takes years TO
bring about reform
~
II that big Armour estate, estimated
at one time at $25.OOOOOO has been dis
tributed In Chicago. the result does not
show on the tax books
~6
The recent great increase In the
price Of meat alone. ought to have fur.
nlshed tho packers with enough money
to pay their taxes upon all Of their
personal property holdings. stocks,
bonds and everything else.
We are surprised at the swifts and
Armours hesltating q minute about
handing over millions In taxes. Just
? cents pound on spare ribs alone sd.
vanced In price at the right time,
would realize fortune In a day.
~
The poor man and the man IN mo.
dunn circumstances must bear the tax
burdens. The rich corporations and
their stockholders escape.
~
What interest has always derived
the greatest benefit from the police
force In times Of strikes? The packing
Interest, Of course. And yet this In.
terest owes over twenty millions Of
dollars to the people for back taxes.
~1A
The Board of Review will be held
to strict accountability for its fail.
ure to make outside corporations own.
eli by Chicago packers. pay their Just
share Of the taxes.
~
The people are talking moro and
more about Armour and his taxes.
Lake Forest Assessments have boon
made public. Miss Helen Culver
leads with $G31 600 worth Of personal
property. Delavan Smith 10 second
with $4,000. Carter II. iFtzhugh 10
third with 100000. Where, oh,
where. is Louis Swift? Can It be
possible that he II among those who
"alsO ram?
~0A
What interest derives the greatest
benefit from the sewerage system Of
ChicagO9 The packing interest, OF
course. 1t pours perfect ocean Of
filth into the sewers leading to the
south branch Of the river. Why was
the great 30th street sewer built at a
cost to the people Of millions of dol.
lars2 1t was built to relieve the South
Branch of filth from the packing
houses And yet the packing interests
have not paid that twenty millions of
back taxes into the peoples treasury
and evidently do not intend to pay up.
~
Armour and Swift are getting their
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-10

Twenty-Five national and State banks
have Armour and Swift people on their
boards Of directors. With the Armour
controlling the tunnel system under
the city; with representatives Of the
packing interests In control Of TIKI
street railroads; with the packing In.
tercsts controlling the banks, Chicago
las, indeed, q bright future.
Seventeen men were killed by am.
monia explosions at Armour's plant
this year. Why has the Grand Jury
not acted In the matter?
~
Hartman Is said to be a partner OF
Armour's In the Chicago subway
scheme. Hartman will probably lend
Armour some Of his great popularity.
The corporations that have tho coin
are the boys that escape taxation II
seems
Small fry must pay" was the head
Ing on the Record.Herald's tax article
on Saturday, July q. OF course the
small fry must pay. that the rich corpo-
ratlons may get police and frs protec.
tI0n.
ChlcaOo 4, ~uovor. ,,,i,1 ma H..~ a,
pay nearly az much % they do now n
the foreign corporations named In The
Eagle pay their Just taxes in this city.
Equal and 5,nt taxation with no
lodging on the part Of rich stockhold.
ers 10 what the people demand
~
The reformcrs, seeing sure defeat
for the new charter are beginning to
look around for other schemes to make
the poor man pay more money. But
nothing IL done against tho rich tax
dOdger.
Mr.. Armour will bust the ice truat
when he furniahes the people with cold
air for refrigerator purposes through
pipes In his tunnels and subwayG
That will be a great day for Chicago
when steam, heat and power will be
supplied to Chicago through the new
subway. And maybe II won't DO a
great day for some other people!
Does the small property owner end
the man who rents want to nay In,
creased taxes and rents, because on
account Of nonpayment Of taxes By
rich stockholders. the city's funds are
low? Tho new charter 10 meant 30
help these rich tax dodgers. All citi.
xens should make II their duty to 20
to tls polls and vote against Il
40
How have the packing Interests man,
aged tn get 10 many representatives ON
grand 5urles In the past? This IN q
question that 10 frequently asked
How Armour and Swift would hail
a war with Japan! The market for
canned goods would get great boost
-
The people Of Chicago may be mostly
serfs, but they will not be serfs always
Equality before the law, includes rev.
enue laws az well az other laws.
~
Doc. Evans 10 very popular at the
stock yards. The Doc. Is the boy who
took the city inspectors out Of tho
houses
~
The Armour proposition to distribute
power, heat and steam through the new
subway Is being widely discussed since
the details were published In The
Eagle.
~6A
And, In the meantime, the Board of
Review should ask Mr.. Armour to tell
II what he knows about that outside
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-10

dodgers In Chicago to warrank him n
going before the grand jury upon or.
teen minuteS notice.
THE corporation C0unsol's ofllco n.
tends to keep q stenographcr In O..
tendance ut the sessions Of the Board
Of Review from now on" declared Mr..
Hill. THAT stenographer will be usot
for securing verbatim record Of per.
sons of wealth who make statements
before the board in support of a claim
for reduction Of their taxes.
1T Is a hard problem to decide lust
where to begin, because nearly every.
body seems to think lightly Of their
oaths when they come TO discuss tho
value Of their personal property with
taxing officials. However, 1t Is fact
that 1 already possess evidence sum.
Client to justify me In appearing beforo
the grand jury In fifteen minutes. Il
Is also highly probable that Tux dodg.
Ing Will be brought before the attsu.
ton OF the grand Jurors before tho pres.
ent hCaring ends"
In the meantime, the poor real estate
owners Of Chicago are getting the full
benefit Of tho tax dodging tactics Of
the big mllllonaIres. Real estate taxee
were never 30 high In Chicago's hjs.
tory. Tho poor man must nay, but The
rich fellow escapes with bis untaxsd
fortune.
Henry r. Darlington should give Nd
what he knows when the Board Of
Review asks him.
Ono Of the taxing oficiak Of Cook
County says that It 10 Discretionary
with taxing officers AZ to what thsy
shall tax. Is It? Who save them thu
discretionary power2 Not the iaws Of
Illinois.
j. Ogden Armour would mako q
startling and valuable Board Of Re.
view witness.
Arthur Meeker could tell the Board
OF Review who owns STOCK In Ohica9o.
In the following corporations. Of which
he 10 a director:
Union Stock Yards.
Chicago Junction Railway.
u. II. Hammond Company.
National Packing Company.
Peoples Trust 4 Savings Bank.
The packers have been buying cattle
subject to post mOrtem." They will
soon dnd out that they have been nav.
Ing taxes subject to post norton and
that the people are about ready to
hold the examination.
~
Sam. McRoberts and ]. Ogden Ar.
mOur are good names to conjure by and
please don't forget Louis r. Swift
~A
Arthur Meeker should furnish thu
facts when questioned by the Board q
Review.
~
Don't forget that before this figbt
Is over, that over twenty millions Of
dollars In back taxes will have been
collected.
~6A
Laurence A. Carton would be m
excellent man for the Board Of Re-
view to consult
~
What Interest deserves the most BEN
sfit from the fire Department. Every.
body knows that 1t Is the packing In.
ferest. Why, then, should the packing
interest keep back the twenty millions
IF dollars In taxes belonging to the
people?
~0A
Louis II. Swift would not have to
tell anything about Lake Forest AS
sessments If called before the Board
Of Review He could inst fell what no