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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

corporations when he says: "The
railroads and all other great corpora
lions will do we'll to recognize that
this control must come"
Congress Is urged to give immediate
attention to the currency, recommend.
ing law that will provide greater
elasticity to the medium of exchange
provided that a recognition of the
even greater need of safe and secure
money be maintained. He shows that
at certain seasons of the years when
crops are moving that the country
must have more money than is avail.
able under ordinary conditions at the
present time. Provision should be
made for an emergency currency, with
an effective guaranty based on ade-
quate securities approved by the gov.
eminent, and issued under a heavy
tax that will force its retirement as
soon as the especial demand ceases.
Other recommendation of the pres.
ident are:
Revision of the tariff after the next
presidential election, upon the basis
of the difference in the cost Of labor
here and abroad.
An income and an Inheritance tax.
to discourage the formation of dan
gerous fortunes and to tighten the
burden of taxation upon the man of
moderate means.
Limited but definite compensation
for accidents to all workmen within
the scope of the federal power.
The eighthour law for all govern
ment employees.
Government investigation of rail
road accidents, in the interest of hui
man life.
Federal inspection of grain.
Improvement of inland waterways,
especially the Mississippi river.
Amendments of the public land
laws to permit the fencing of range
owned by the government and to give
better protection to the homestead
right.
Protection for forests.
Removal of the tariff on wood pulp.
Establishment of postal savings
banks and extension of the parcels
post, especially on rural routes.
Congressional appropriations of cam
paign expenses.
Increase Of pay for the army and
severe examinations for officers.
Construction of four battleships.
Appropriation for the japanese ex-
position.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

the concurrent resolution of the Min
ncsota state legislature at It's last
session. In that resolution, which was
approved March G, 1907, the state leg
islature takes issue with the North
Dakota legislature. which passed res.
olutions containing charges against the
Minnesota grain inspection. Copies of
this and Minnesota's concurrent roso.
luton were sent to the senators and
representatives In congress from the
northwest and attached to the official
document was an exhibit showing how
grain in the northwest is handled I'M
der state inspection
When Senator Nelson was governor
he recommended and took active part
in state grain inspection. Several
measures were under consideration
and the legislature, which passed the
bill being composed largely OF farmers,
Senator Nelson called them in and had
several conferences with them. Many
of their views were embodied In the
bill before 1t was passed
If President Roosevelt recommends
federal grain inspection 1t will give
the measure n gread deal of prestige,
but at the same time he cannot count
on the support of many of those states
which do not believe the federal gov.
eminent should be given any power
that will in any way curtail the influ-
ence of the local politician.
Senator La Toilette may advocate
federal inspection. Even If bill pass.
ed by the senate its chances of ever
getting through the house are said to
be very remote.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

trust were In the bottom of the sea;
laxsced, S2GOOO,OOO; rye, $23,OO0,0O0;
rice, $4,000, 900; bucliwhcat, 100000,
600; hops, $5.OO0,OOO; dairy products,
$500, 100000 poultry and eggs, $780,
100000; animals, live and slaughtered,
$3.50, 100000.
But there is ono sad note and only
one in the sccretary's report. While
he says the farmer will have more to
spend and moro to invest than he ever
before had out of one years work,
he acknowledged that his figures and
estimates were made Just before those
chaps In New York, who toll not and
neither do they spin, served their joke
upon the country. If there proves
something wrong, therefore, with the
reports prediction regarding the
amount of money the farmers will real
lie out of the years business It must
not be attributed to the secretary, nor
to the farmers, nor to anyone but those
sclf-same New Workers, who, now that
their game is temporarily suspended,
are seeking to fasten the responsibility
for whatever has happened or may
happen upon the president of the Unit
ed States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
GETTING MONEY BACK.

The west is getting back its money
from New York.
New York may have thought that
II could retain the currency of the
nation within its palm, but the west
is getting value received and indi-
rectly, If not directly, getting back its
prosperity.
The west is buying mill and factory
products from the east. The east Is
the factory center and from the east
come most of the finished products in
all lines of merchandise. But instead
of sending cash to the east with which
to pay for these commodities, the
west is sending New York drafts
orders on New York banks.
In this way the funds of the west,
on hand in New York are being used
In this way the east, by sending out
commodities in return for the funds
already on deposit there, is letting slip
from it's fingers the surplus of the
west which it had hoped to retain.
And the longer the thing continues,
the more will the west get back, in
the form Of commodities, the money
that 1t has sent east.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
CHEEKS ARE RUDDY.

The past week in a retail way was
not bad one and Saturday was a
pretty good day in all lines. There is
abundance of money in northern Neb-
raska and southern South Dakota and
the farmers are so well supplied with
the worlds goods that they can either
hold or sell their products-just as
they choose. Many of the commission
houses are advising them to hold.
New York reports that the retail
business throughout the country is
improving and a tremendous holiday
business is expected in this immediate
region. The people have money and
farm products, there is every basis
abroad for prosperity and there is
every reason to expect that the Christ.
mas stocking of the new northwest
will be filled to overlooking. While
the prices on live stock and grains
have gone off a certain extent, the
farmers are still getting rafting good
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
THE NEW STATION.

While some of us still feel that Nor
folk should have had union passen-
ger station, with all the passenger
trains that enter the city centering
there, and that an opportunity was
lost to the city that will never be pre-
scented again, yet it must be admitted
that the Northwestern has erected a
handsome uptown passenger depot
which is a credit to Norfolk. The out
side appearance of the new station is
rather deceptive, in that 1t does not
give an idea of the real elegance of
the interior. The new station is a
good one, perhops better than at any
other town except Fremont, Omaha
and Lincoln in the state, and we
ought to be satisfied and would be if
it were not for the shadow of that
handsome union station which came
SO near being a realization last spring,
but failed unnecessarily.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
THE MESSAGE,

Probably no presidential document
of recent years has borne the same
relation of importance to the people
as the annual message of President
Roosevelt given to congress on Tues
day. 1t is strong document, written
with all the logic of the president S
best style, maintains his position
against dishonesty and fraud and urg-
es congress to put into legislation the
principles of fair play between the
powerful few and the struggling many.
The message is what might have been
expected from Roosevelt-strong in
cisive plain spoken, radical but not
revolutionary.
The president argues that the most
vital need of the country today is a
more active government control of the
railroads and the method of doing
this would be either a national in
corporation act or a law licensing
railroad companies to engage in in
terstate commerce upon certain con-
ditions. The law should be so
framed as to give to the interstate
commerce commission power to pass
upon the future issue of securities
while means should be provided to
enable the commission, whenever in
its judgment it is necessary, to make
a physical examination of any rail
road, The president maintains that
no more stringent laws are needed to
bring about this result, but greater
activity upon the part of officers of
the law is needed, and until the gov
eminent assumes proper control of
interstate commerce in the exercise
of the authority it already possesses
it will be impossible either to give or
to get from the railroads full justice.
The president issues warning to the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
values and can still make money.

values and can still make money.
And the reductions that have occur
ed will result In general reduction all
around on prices that had got almost
beyond the limit
All in all, northern Nebraska and
'outhorn South Dakota well intrenched
gainst all the world, is in a mighty
ncalthy condition. It's cheeks are
lglow and its circulation is good Its
heart beats on time and its lungs are
sound. What's more, the people know
what they want, are supplying their
wants and there is going to be a mon.
'ter holiday business, compared with
many parts of the country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Sitting around in Washington hotels
and boarding houses are twenty-five
extremely nervous young men. They
are candidates for appointment to the
consular service, examinations for
which were held last week. The pap
ers of the twenty-five have not yet
been marked and are still in the hands
of the examining board; hence the
nervousness. The reforms in the con-
sular service are working wonders in
introducing to foreign countries a
much higher grade of commercial
agents and diplomats. Instead of be-
ing rewarded for political services by
berths abroad, men now are chosen
for their educational qualifications
and business ability. The fact that
the George Washington university is
maintaining as part of its organization
a college of the political sciences in
which such men are trained, gives the
government an excellent and access
ible recruiting field. In the last con-
sular examinations, which were held in
June, two of the successful candidates
for positions abroad were graduates
of this school,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
FEDERAL QUESTION AGAIN.

Another test of whether the govern
ment of the United States is greater
than that of the states is likely to
come up in the coming session of con-
gress over the proposed federal in
spection of wheat at terminal points.
A bill has already been completed by
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
providing for federal supervision of
grain under the authority and jurisdic-
ton of the department of agriculture.
The North Dakota senator has had this
matter before congress for the past
four years. But he has never been
able to make substantial progress, ow-
ing to the determined opposition of
senators from the northwest.
During the fifty-eighth congress Sen
atOr MCCumber made a vigorous at
tack on the state inspection of grain
in Minnesota, and in the fifty-ninth
congress he repeated and amplified
his statements. Senators Nelson and
Clapp took issue with the North Da-
kOta federalist, and after a heated de-
bate the matter was allowed to rest
But Senator McCumber persisted until
he secured the adoption of a resolu-
ton by the senate, instructing the
interstate commerce commission to
prosecute an inquiry into the relations,
ownership and operation of the ele-
vators in buying, selling and shipping
of grain, and what connection, if any,
such elevators had with owners or
lessees Of railroads.
In accordance with that resolution,
an inquiry was taken in the northwest
in October of last year and continued
for a month, and as a result of that
investigation by the interstate COM
merce commission, a voluminous re-
port has been filed with congress,
showing all the testimony taken at the
hearing, and much has been said, and,
show that many elevators In the north
west have not only received special
favors from railroads, but in some
cases they have actually been operated
or controlled by the common carriers.
Senator McCumber claims to have
the assurance of President Roosevelt
that he will recommend federal inspec-
ton of grain in his annual message to
congress.
The McCumber bill is a long one,
containing fourteen or fifteen sections,
and enters into a detailed method
whereby the secretary of agriculture
shall organize in his department bu-
reau of grain inspection to supervise
and report upon interstate trade and
commerce in grains, their grading,
weighing, inspection, etc,
The chief inspector is given wide
latitude in appointing deputies The
salaries are to be paid from the fees
collected from the inspection of grain,
The deputies are to be under the civil
service and must pass an examination.
In order to federalize the inspection
of wheat, etc, it is provided that all
grains shipped from any state into an
other must be inspected and passed
upon by a federal officer Provision is
made for grading and classification.
That there will be opposition to the
McCumber bill Is clearly apparent from
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
EXCHANGE DAY.

The first Norfolk Exchange day"
has passed into history, and it Is re-
corded that its success fully equalled
the fondest hopes of those who had
the matter in charge. The farmer says
1t is just what is wanted, and the bus
mess man pronounces 1t good. Pro
badly no move was ever made in the
city that had quite the beneficial effect
of uniting farmer and business man
that this Exchange day project has
resulted in. Through the meeting at
common point made possible by the
idea, the town man was brought into
contact with his country friend, and
the man from one part of the country
again met his friend from a distant
portion, so that the event carried with
it social phase as well as one of
business. And that spirit of fratern-
ity is an item that should never be lost
sight of, for what community is more
prosperous and happy than the one
where the spirit of friendship exists,
one man with another, a spirit that
can in no manner thrive so we'll as
where neighbor comes in frequent con-
tact with his neighbor.
The Exchange day idea was not a
city mans project any more than it
was a farmers plan. 1t is true that
the suggestion was made in town but
it was not developed until enterpris-
ing farmers of the neighborhood took
hold of the scheme and pushed it to
completion. Norfolk business men had
been talking of such a market day
for a year or more, but they were I'M
able to do more than talk until the
farmers joined hands with them, and
then it required but a short time to
bring about a full realization of the
project. Credit for the success of the
plan, therefore, should be equally
divided between Surgeons trade
promoters and Ernest Raasch's COM
mittee of live farmers.
The offering of articles to trade or
sell made at the first day far exceed
ed expectations, and that the pur-
chasers were not so numerous as was
hoped is perhaps due to the fact that
no one really expected there would be
so many offerings at this initial meet
ing. There should be no spirit of
disappointment, then, that every
article offered was not sold. Another
time prospective buyers will be more
numerous and will come better pre-
pared to take advantage of the bar
gains.
Norfolk made the occasion a gala
day, flags and bunting were freely dis.
played, the parade and the music of
the bands gave the city a holiday
appearance, and the town folk were
mighty glad to see the country folk.
The suspicious beginning at the in
itial Exchange day has settled the
permanency of a market day in Nor.
folk, and hereafter it will be a regu
lar feature on the first Tuesday OF
each month.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

When Senator Fulton of Oregon
reached Washington he at once pro-
seeded to administer a brisk kick in
the shins to the campaign of his col
league, Senator Bourne, who is work
ing overtime in an effort to prepare
a Roosevelt stampede in the Repub-
lican national convention. Senator Full
ton declared that the people of Oregon
are taking Mr.. Roosevelt at his word
when he says he will not run again,
and that they are in favor of Secre-
tary Taft for the nomination. He be-
lieves that the secretary of war will
get the solid Oregon delegation, de-
spite Senator Bourne's Second cleo
tive term campaign. Senator Full
ton is in favor of legislation in the
coming session that will provide a
more elastic currency. He attributes
the recent financial furry to stock
gambling, and to curb this he would
have placed a heavy tax on contracts
made on margins. In fact, he is con-
sidering the introduction of a bill
bringing this about.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Illinois Is to send solid Cannon
delegation to the national convention,
according to Congressman Charles Il.
Fuller of the Eleventh Illinois district.
Mr.. Fuller declares the delegation will
stand by Uncle Joe" to the last and
will not be organized for purposes of
trading, nor will 1t enter into any deals
looking to the support of any other
candidate The Illinois representative
Is enthusiastic over the Cannon
chances, and became almost hectic In
his praise of the speakers ability and
personality. He wound up with the
statement that ITS Cannon first, last
and all the time; he is going to win
and that's all there is to It," However,
uncle Joe's" friends are doing all
the talking. The car of the house is
smoking his usual number of black
cigars a day and does not appear to
be worrying over the possible out
come of his political fortunes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

1t is altogether appropriate that just
at the time of the record-breaking con-
vention of the National Rivers & Har-
bors congress, the Department of
Commerce and Labor should have is
sued it's report on Lake commerce
during October. The report offers con-
vincing proof of the growth of water
way navigation under favorable con-
ditions and is a strong argument for
the development of such rivers and har-
bors as would contribute to the gen.
eral prosperity of the nation. The re-
port shows that traffic movements on
the lakes during the month of Oct.
ober aggregated 11,S26,003 net tons
which was % per cent in excess of
the quantity shipped during October
1906. In this enormous total were
contained 12,212,249 bushels of wheat
1893, 962 bushels of corn, 5,106,09
bushels of barley and IS, 169962 bush
els of oats. The waterways con-
vention hailed these figures with de-
light. They prove conclusively that
the country, in the face of railway
congestion, is returning to water trans
portation for relief and finding it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

The navy department is working
at greater pressure than at any time
since the Spanish-American war. The
preparations being made for the jour
ney of the battleship squadron around
the Horn to Pacific waters is occupy
ing the attention of every one in the
department, from Secretary Metcalf
down. The enormous quantity of
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Poor Secretary Taft! While parties
of merry Russian revolutionists are
plotting to blow up the secretary of
war and his party during their journey
toward st. Petersburg, Senator For
aker at home finally has touched off
a mine that may yet topple the cab
Foraker's announcement to the coun-
try that he is a candidate for the rep
ublican nomination for President while
not altogether a surprise, scarcely
was expected at this time. 1t probably
never would have been made had it
not been for Secretary Taft's absence.
The hour was ripe for such action,
and although the Foraker boom may
suffer from premature launching, the
in view will have been materially ad-
vanced. Only the most sanguine and
optimistic of Senator Foraker's friends
believe that he has any chance of get
ting the nomination. 1t is we'll known
that his chief ambition is to demon
alize the Taft forces, splitting the
state delegation and making it prac-
tically impossible for President Roose-
welt to unload the secretary of war
on the country as his successor. From
now on the fight in Ohio will be watch
ed with much interest, and there is no
doubt that it will be a bitter one.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
Deafness Cannot ne Cured

by local applications, as thew canro.
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure DEAFNESS
ana this Is by constitutional Remedies
Deatness is caused by an infamed con-
dition OF the mucous lining OF the Eu-
Stachlan tube. When this tube IN in
named you have rumblinR SOUND or
imperfect hearing, and when IL IL an
tirely closed, deafness is the result ana
MESS the Inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to its nom
forever; nine cases out OF ten are csus
ed by catarrh, which is nothing but an
Unnamed condition OF the mucous sur.
We will give one hundred dolIars FOR
any case OF deafness Caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halle
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

In large families they have to begin
bathing Saturday morning in order to
finish the job by Sunday
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

For some reasons we ought to be
thankful that Thanksgiving comes
only once a year.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Our idea of a thoroughly common
man is one who sits around home with
his hat on.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

A man is sometimes so busy max
ing money that he neglects to take
care of what he has already made.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Quail season has ended and the
hunting dog will begin another fifty
weeks training.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Many people would be more truth
full were it not for their uncomfortable
desire to talk
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

There is this about a bachelor, If
he dosen't pay his bills you can put
brick in his wages, and it will stay
there.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Drinking men seldom become great.
Neither do fishing and hunting men.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

AS rule, the meaner a man Is the
more he thinks of himself.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Bad weather is abused almost as
much as a married man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

Women can resist most things, but
offer them a bargain in an enameled
pan or kettle and they will buy if the
kitchen is stacked with such things.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

DO your Christmas shopping early
and avoid the rush
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
ATCHISoN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Everyone knows something he can't
tell.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

The first face a child sees is full Of
kindness, and the last to bend over
him when he is old and dying, is full
of plying tenderness. 1t is the faces
he sees in between that cause him
trouble.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06
AROUND TOWN.

Only nineteen more shopping days
before Christmas.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

A Topeka man named Arnold had
girl get all her wedding finery
ready, and then ran off the night be-
fore the wedding. Still, we are will
ing to bet any money that Arnold
could induce another girl to get ready
FOR him in the same way, and that she
wouldn't hire detectives to keep him
from running off, either. The conf
dence a woman has In a man before
she has married him is one of the
worlds greatest wonders. A girl will
spend any amount of money getting
ready to marry a man, and it will
never enter her head that at the last
moment he may develop cold feet.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-12-06

This is the difference between
mans and woman's vacations: A
man spends his in doing just what he
wants to do, and a woman in doing
what others want her to do.