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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

Tulsa, ]. T., June Pho one i'm
this bustling city today was more
interested in the call for the repub-
lican state convention here July 18th
than DR.. S. DeZell, Hawley, who has
made such a splendid canvass for
the gubernatorial nomination.
DR.. Hawley talked freely with a
reporter on the situation and de-
clared himself as being most pleased
with the news that a campaign was
about to begin. Asked if he believed
a ticket should be nominated, the
doctor said:
MY position is just this, am
candidate for governor and | fully
believe that If a ticket were to lie
nominated ! should easily win. |
am still a candidate and have no
doubt whatever of my nomination IL
ticket is named. But ] am also
good loyal republican and believe
in accepting the will of the majority
OF my party and it seems to me
best in the light of circumstances as
they have shaped themselves, that We
give our whole effort to defeating
the infamous constitution and i'm do
ing so We want to avoid all COM
plications that would arise by having
state and county tickets i'm the field
No one has worked harder for state
hood than ! have. No one wants
1t to come quickly more than do
But We do not want il under the
unfair and outrageous provisions of
the Murray constitution. believe
We should defeat that constitution
and am for harmonious action and
VIII be found with the majority of
my party at any personal sacrifice,
working for Justice and fair play.
am more content to take this posi.
ton because ! am assured that If
the constitution is defeated new
enabling act will be given us at
once, and an early opportunity to
frame and adopt a new constitution
under which We will have statehood
to be proud Of"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

The real sentiment of the Re-
publicand County Committee is
defeat the constitution and put
no ticket i'm the field under the
present constitution.
1t Is distinctly understood tn; t
W. are opposed to the nomina-
tipn of ticket under the pres :
ent constitution. If conditions
change, then Of course other
things may also change.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

The man who tries to stir up
strife between the county Ne
groes and those living in town
is doing the race great injury
for the purpose of promoting
selfish aims.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

Political Platform Of C. 3. Douglas
Editor Muskogee Phoenix. Clipped
from Phoenix Of September rs,
1906. The Resolutions Were Writ
ten by c. 3. Douglas, Himself and
Presented to II Other Editors Who
Voted FOR Them.
We, the members of the republican
Press Association of the Third Con-
gressional District declare as follows:
Whereas there is an apparent mis-
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

The Republican caucus will
be- held in each precinct at two
o'clock p. m. July IS. 1907
The County Convention will
be held in = Muskogee, July Is.
Each precinct chairman must
call his caucus To convene at
two =. m. July l6.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

The committeeman from Taft
refused to vote on the resOlu-
tions. for or against. Why!
Bird from the fonrth ward also
voted neither way. Why.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

The Wagoner County Con.
vention Went on record as being
opposed to the present constitu
tion aud opposed to nominating
ticket, The Republicans there
seem to he the straight goods.
Can it be that Muskogee will
come up i'm the rear!
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

Whater is done by the Re.
publican party in the convention
assembled at Tulsa will be
approved by the Republicans
through out the new state.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

No man should be sent as "a
delegate tc a convention who
refuses to vote one way or the
other on every proposition.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

The L. B. f. Grand Lodge
convenes ut Wagner August
26. Grand Master Delaney has
routed the rebels and all is well.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12
THE O1NCTER.

PUBLISHED EVERY WEEK m TIE INTER-
EsT or TIE NEeRo BY CINE TER PUB. co
ENTEREoAT 1HE eosT OFFICE At NUS.
KoeEE, l. T., AS SECOND CLASS MAiL MAT
TER
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-07-12

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For Governor Of the State Of Ok
lahoma,
Hon. John ID. Benedict, Of Muskogcc.
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31
NAYS \ MEANS.

fsopfsetsts u Mail trestes Houses
tell as ,hst Ia thas .sess,essa s4s-
ceFn. No Stiffness Tho s~sStuEion as Tia
times, THAT IL IS IA survival Of the
nt,est. and that ,hey have come 10
stay. THAT might makes right. That
they have got ,ho sUaeil retailer laid
across the gutter. that they may pass
over without %soiling their shoes. That
they propose 10 Keep him In his pres
ent pgecarious position, THIS and
much more Is what they tell us by
when we were taught to believe that
men were endowed with certain In
alienable rights. but a shadow of doubt
has been cast upon his declaration by
the advent OF the Mail Order House. So
great a menace has this become that
the whole country is aroused and the
citizens OF n dozen states are organic
ing to protect themselves from the
encroachment OF these cuttlefsh.
oue VI tAe HleuuS oI QelellSe pro-
posed is by legislation. There has
been some doubts expressed as to the
constitutionality OF laws regulating
private business, but is there any such
thing as a private business? A busi-
ness must necessarily be public and
erts some influence, either good or bad.
upon the community. This being true
it must needs be amenable to law.
With laws regulating these predatory
institutions must also come a public
sentiment educated up to the plane Of
the law. No law is operative without
public sentiment educated up to the
plane of the law. No law is operative
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THEIR BARGAIN HARDWARE.

When II comes To this line OF goods
there Is no limit to the frauds that
they resort TO. Most every article In
this line that Is listed by these con-
Germs is based upon fraud.
A farmer in looking over one OF these
concerns catalogues not long since,
noticed that the price on nails was
very low. and. having use for some,
his wife also urged him to get her a
steel range" So he sent an order
for n key of nails and the range.
We are reliably informed that the
range is now in the old scrap iron pile,
and that the Mail Order House made
two dollars on the range for every
cent they lost on the nails.
The railroad companies lately have
been considerably annoyed by claims
made for breakage of stoves and
ranges shipped from the big Mall Or
Houses. An investigation made
shows that many Of these job lot con-
Germs send out stoves so sighted in the
making or such poor iron that the least
jar breaks them. Cheapest cast-tron
is used where good steel should be
and the castings are made SO LIGHT
that the stoves are of little value.
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THEIR BARGAIN DRUGS.

The Mail Order House drugs are q
istered prescription help employed in
these houses are young men with little
experience, who are paid salaries that
no retail druggist would have the eff
frontery to offer a competent man.
Other help are paid salaries commen-
surate with the average in other de-
partments. A few brands Of really
excellent articles are sold at from I'VE
to ten cents below the usual retail
price, leaving a small margin Of profit.
But on the Bargains (?)" especially in
proprietary articles. the label or brand
is no criterion as to their purity. Drugs
and herbs that have lost their SAVIOR
through age and exposure. Tinctures
weakened by dilution. pellets and In
gradients masquerading under the
guise Of honest wares-the Bargains"
offered by Mail Order Houses and Box
Car Wholesale concerns. Preparations
are compounded short In weight or
quantity; bismuth or other colorless
or harmless powders are mixed with
costly drugs; camphor water is sold
for spirits of camphor: ammonias for
household use are so weak as to be USE
less in grease-stained kitchen sinks;
in fact, with the exception Of a few
genuine articles. to give the concern q
good name. the compounds and articles
are fraudulent
The remedy for this evil lies with
the druggists. wholesale as well az re-.
tail Let them unite In refusing to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31
PICTURE GOODS.

do you remember the sight unseen
trade or swaps of boyhood? One OF
the parties to the transaction usually
got the worst of it. didn't he? And II
wasn't usually the one who proposed
the deal, was it? There's a lot of the
same sort of sight unseen trading go
ing on today. Only nowadays it Is
called Buying BY Mail.
THE pictures in the advertisements
of tn mai order house look nice; the
talk sounds nice; and sometimes the
deal turnes out all right. But even
supposing that it does-wherein is the
buyer any better off than If he had
bought of a home merchant? Take
any article you choose from the long
list of things sold by mail and you can
buy 1t just as cheaply and just as we'll
here at home. The expense of selling
1t by mail is just as great as, If not
greater h the expense OF selling 1t
over the counter.
Where we have rent, taxes and
clerk hire to pay, the mail order dealer
has all those-and rents and taxes are
higher in the large cities than here
and in addition he has to pay a small
army of bookkeepers, stenographers,
shipping clerks n other employees be-
sides the immense cost of advertising.
Did you know that in many Of what
are called the nail order advertising
mediums advertisements cost from s43
to SIS an incl in a single column? Il
is true. Where does all the profit come
from out of Which to pay all this?
I'VE "a do our business on q smallar
margin Of profit han the mail order
dealer CAM; we know our people and
their. desires n we know that we
have sold and will sell better goods for
the money than che other fellow does,
Next time o are attracted by an ad OF
some small mail order bargain Just
bring it right to US and let us have
chance to beat it. That's only neigh
borly and fair and IL we lose we Won't
say a word"
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THEIR BARGAIN JEWELRY.

A gold watch is offered, claimed to
be lax gold-f1lled screw cases. guar
anteed for is years wear, with a van
guard movement. "Our very special
price, $39.40. much lower than sold by
jewelers."
The fact is hat this identical line
Of watches is sold by jewelers. every
where at $3.50. and this is the price
at the very best and most reliable firms
in your city, where the purchaser is
absolutely certain Of getting fair value
for his money. The purchase Of this
watch at q reliable store has also the
advantage that the jeweler examines
carefully every watch to see that the
manufacturer has not overlooked any
thing and stands on guard between
the manufacturer and consumer. The
jeweler who understands his business
buys only what can be relied on, leav-
ing the wastrel and defective article
for the Mail Order House. who has no
further interest in his goods than to
sell them and try and make the people
believe they are great benfactors, while
In almost every transaction they are
proved monstrous deceivers.
1t is especially true that there is
not An article in. the jewelry line Of
fered for sale by these concerns that
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31
THE WOMEN MUST HELP,

IL q successful crusade is to be In
a%ugurated against these evils. the aid
OF the women must be secured. With
their cooperation nothing can be
done. Men may storm as much as
they libe- where my money shall be-
spent, once the money is turned over
to the wife the chances are she will
spend 1t where she pleases. And whv
Should she not? Is she not a partner
In the firm? Why should she be called
upon to give an account of her every
act to him who is styled lord of crea-
ton" any. more than he to her? Too
many men regard the money they nav
to their wives as so much donated.
The only legitimate expenses In their
estimation outside of their business
and the bare necessities for their fam
lilies Is what they spend for their OWN
personal comfort, They seem to forget
that matrimony means equal partner
ship. One-half Of what q man earns
belongs to his. wife. When she receives
this he is under no compulsion to give
him an accounting beyond what one
equal partner would give to another.
We do not say that she shall not spend
her part of the firms earnings with a
Mail Order House. but 1t is our mis-
sion to show her that 1t Is not for
the interest Of the firm Of which she Is
q member to do sc. Then, IL she is
a good business woman the Mail or.
der House will lose aacustomer. II
she will read carefully. she will at least
find out not only what our opinions
are. but very many actual facts bear
ing upon this subject as they occur.
No hypothetical cases will be palmed
off for facts. Every statement made
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31

When buying goods remember that
every kind and class Of goods have
a real value. and this is based upon
the cost Of the raw materials; the price
OF the labor in producing 1t and the
cost Of marketing. Whenever there are
big bargains offered in any line be
careful and see that you are not get
ting an inferior article. When good
steel ranges are worth $40 to $50 It
would be a foolish farmer who would
think he was getting the best for
$3.50. It is an actual fact that 1t
costs two and one-half times as much
to build a good steel range than 1t
costs to mould one of those Mail Order
House fraud ranges.
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itta Is teins squeezed eAt. 49, ~si'aii,y
absorbed and 10 fatsiFe tlisatst Cosn-
pace your honso somn u today Win
y9ar home towa before The upbu!idins
ot these mammoth concerns that have
absorbed aiyeady ons~,hifa OF your
home stores. one by ono, like the fall
ing OF autumn leaves. they went down
before The encroaehments OF the hy-
dra-hoaded commercial monstroslty
nown az the Mail order House. leay-
ing In their wake a mountain OF debt
ruin and blighted hopes. liz there ono
member OF the community that has not
suffered because OF this pernicious
system? Not one.
And where is the end of all this
to be found II these this,les in tho
commercial gardens are not checked OF.
In the complete eNtinguishment OF all
business outside OF q few firms. The
city will be d%epopulated. for. the peo-
pie. deprived of u means Of subsistence,
must seek new homes.
Is 1t not easy to see the end. and 10
not the outlook a gloomy one? Then
ed ere 1t is too late.
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HINESU.

screen ara sster sagsaa tSsssssia~-9Ns
EAssast lily ssss to ewassa l. Esasd sssss
ana them wishr Ia. .s>a---= SvTETr, give
ssrsn = uufn % - ssa...s- - auraeshinE
Don't fear THAI ,rey witi Gtsa AZ THIS
They don't eateet to being sTtckssS,
They will stay and they wist buy stuff,
and they have forgotten what they used
TO know about the value OF wares.
Don't be afraid to hoist the prices UP.
Only pun the crowds to your shop and
Q can charge anything you like for
goods. Get q lot of monkeys or a cage
of Hons, or buy up that Chamber OF
Horrors that used to be at Musee and
set It up in the rear OF your shop and
you will attract enough people and
sell them enough stuff to enable you
20 pay for the splurge In a week. The
people have gone mad-humor them.
Sell them glass beads for pearls and
glass crumbs for diamonds. The po-
lice and the courts will not interfere.
Barnum on one occasion found such
m enormous crowd at his circus that
he had to DO something to relieve the
strain. The special attraction was a
white elephant, "a sacred white ele-
plant the only one that had ever been
brought from the east" The story
goes that the elephant had been made
white and sacred" with a pot Of or
binary paint: but I only mention that
In passing. Barnum always paid par
ticular attention to the outside public
those who had not yet paid admis-
lovingly on the crowds that couldn't
get In. Over one OF the inner arch
ways hung the sign: This way for the
and great crowds surged
thither. Barnum called a man with a
paint pot and Don over another arch
way there stretched a sign: 'This way
for the egress." The crowd wavered
then began to. split. The egress was
new. People crowded
through the arch to see the Egress
and found themselves in the open air,
while the greedy crowds behind made
return impossible, and so the outer
paid admission and got in. Rath-
er than turn away those who wanted
to get in. he turned out those who had
paid. He was after cash, just as the
Mail Order Houses are after cash, but
Tor one trick played by Barnum the
Mall Order Houses play ten tricks.
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today in Mail Order Houses which are
contrary to the welfare Of society and
In opposition to every sentence In the
word Of God. You will SEQ in these
places OF business an altar to the false
god Of gold. Before this great god
a large part Of our population are lying
with their faces in the dust. BY this
false God the rich are cursed and the
poor are crushed.
The bargains in these concerns are
also part Of this altar. I have seen
blood marks upon 1t. From whence
do bargains come? Do they drop from
the skies to the counter? All, no!
They come from the homes and the
hands and the hearts Of the poor. There
was a time when the price was but
one factor In the sale. It is now al
most everything. This spirit Of get
ting something for less than cost has
permeated all commerce.. Bargains are
the lode stone Of attractions. The star
walton Of the sewing women Is the
complement Of the bargain counter.
"There 10 nothing on earth 30 cheap
as flesh and blood. because It never
touches q limit Of cost. This fact Of
suffering humanity Is ringing the bell
Of Justice; let the city hear its solemn
tones. From garnet and tenment and
howell and factory It rings shove tho
mad rush for gold. It tells tho sad
story Of thousands. and tent of thou
sands In Q single city In hunger and
cold working their lives out at the
machines or losing their blood by the
picrcings Of the needle that the few
might have more.
"Heart-breaking despair have I seer
again and again those lives and homes
AZ long as this gold god continues to
BIO worshipped. the scorching days Of
summer and the marrow-piercing days
Of winter will hear the cry Of the
white-faced children starving for
bread ana shivering in rags. Cruel,
unhuman. blood thirsty idol-the cause
Of untold suffering and unblushing
crime. the murderer Of bodies. the shat
terer of brains, the breaker Of hearts.
to destroyer Of soula
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31

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whole mazda inie a very attractive
saoday yarn Thousands OF yards u
these goods arc daily woven and manu-
featured into undcrciothins. and all
sorts OF wearing apparel and sold tx
~clusive.y TO Mail order Houses and
Box Car Wholesale concerns. A very
attractive appearing undervest mark
ed down from 80 cents 10 10 cents
may have in it particles OF u discarded
house blanket, some gutter rags
and a trisling sprinkling OF an unpre-
Ohio sheep. The thread with
it is sewn may be, and often is.
h reclaimed" particles of a bandage
from an old ulcer, cast out from hos
pitfalls and sold to the rag-picker. to go
through the process and come out in
form to become the nearest gar
ment 20 my lady's person.
There is but one protection for the
public. Purchase of the legitimate
dealer who sells his goods for what
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nants in the sheds Of the factory.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31

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4 Na=s Sefesa sals ssss as ,a4aq
9sstessts Arising lesas 70 ~Saegs9aa
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!fis srsna - tNis pssststa Is aaz
tines whiaa ta4ke ii s,ssst alarming
atd wAich point 10 Il tSssuFa eoadi-
tiuI, or affairs which sha4ia be asfss.=S,s
with every ttbre Of our being. The
great ttoapls tesiay Is that we have
divorced religion and The affairs or
tho world. The taan OF today comes
TO church Sunday after Sunday and
calls himself and is called a religious
man.
Then he goes to his business on
Monday and cut out all OF his relis-
Ion. There is where the great mistake
is made. We cannot separate religion
and business.
The tendency OF today seems to be
but thing-the amassing Of great
wealth. Love of money is predomip-
ating everything. If the love OF money
is for the good 1t can do, the suffer-
ing it can alleviate and the betterment
Of the world it can bring about, then
there is no wrong in loving it. But il
the o for money is for the it
brings, the social position it gives, then
1t is wrong. 1t is appalling what the
effects Of the mad rush after wealth
bring about today. We cannot take
up a paper but what we read Of the
suicide of bank cashiers who have been
tempted; then we read of the great
trusts, expressing and crushing every
thing. All Of these things point to the
oernicious Influence Of the getting of
great wealth by any and every means.
1.-THE men who pile up great wealth
must be money mad. They make a
little money and go mad with the lust
getting more. A bank president In
York a it is degrading to think
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-05-31
ARE NOT YOUR FRIEND,

The great Mail Order House is not
the friend Of the farmer, nor anyone
else, as 1t pretends to be. It cannot
sell goods. on h average, at rates
lower than the retailer can offer the
same quality. when the item of freight
Is considered. This has been demon-
strated more than once and can be
demonstrated at any time If the GUS
toner will take his catalogue nr,ca
and the cost Of transporting and then
compare the total with the home mer-
chants price. The catalogue house IN
under heavy expense for advertising.
This expense must come out Of its
profits. Can it afford to meet thesa
great advertising bills and also de.
liver goods sold by the retailer? Re-.
sides this. 1t Is under immense expenss
for OUTLAWS in stock, for taxes. salariea
and other items which the retailer does
not have to meet. Obviously its ex.
penses are enormous compared with
the retailers bill. In addition, II take.
the patrons money and does him no
favors. The retailer will, IL requested.
lend one his reliable customers q sum
OF money for a few days. viii tie
Catalogue House do this7 The retailer
shows his goods before n buys. TIL.
Catalogue House does not. The retail.
ers reputation is behind every sals
ne makes. The Catalogue House I.
beyond the Individual criticism. Thu
retailer pays the farmer almost :
much for his produce as the farma,
pays the retailer for his purchases. Tho
Catalogue House can not do this. ana
would not II it could. In short, It Ia \
cut throat institution. conducted BY
shrewd men who are out for money
and nothing else. The sooner these
facts are appreciated the better the
people who now deal with them viii
be of.
The Mail Order Houses do not sol,
any cheaper than your home mer.
chant but they do destroy your hen.
town.