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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
The Spells of Office.

How Republican politicians will
abuse each other and fight over a few
petty federal Offices. 1t appears that
President Roosevelt has turned down
the henchmen of Hon. James Wolcott
Wadsworth, who for 20 years has been
the most influential Republican leader
of eastern New York, and for the
same period representing the Thirty
fourth district in congress. The re-
fusal to continue his friends in Office
has led him to declare: "The whole
thing stamps the president as unre-
liable, a faker and a humbug. For
years he has INDUCED in lofty senti-
ments and violates them all for the
sake of gratifying a petty spite. 1t
is apparent that he intends to perse-
cute in a like n every federal
officeholder who is so unfortunate as
to be my friend. Thank God, he cant
fool all the people all the time and
the country is fast awakening to the
real character of this bloody hero of
Kettle hill"
The reply to this should make the
recent volcanic outbursts tame in
comparison and that Wadsworth will
be relegated to the Annanias class
goes without saying.
AS Wadsworth's son is speaker Of
the lower house of the New York leg
islature there are immense political
possibilities lurking in the near fu-
ture. In the meantime the atmos-
phere of the White House has as
sumed a ruddy tint that BODIES discom-
fort for Secretary Loeb ard the Ten
lis Court Cabinet"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
TRADING AT HOME
MANY REASONS WHY II is THE
BEST POLICY.
SELF-INTEREST A BIG FEATURE
That Which Benefits the Community
as a Whole Benefits Each Indi-
vidual-The "Why and
Wherefore"

AS s%elf-interest is the law which gov
ems the transactions of trade. it is the
first light in which the subject of
Trading at Home" must be treated.
Sentiment has little influence in trade.
The prosperity of any community
depends on the volume of business
transacted within its borders. The
facility with which business can be
transacted depends largely upon the
amount of money in circulation and
any influence which takes money out
of a community is detrimental to the
financial welfare of the community.
1t is in this respect that trading with
mail order houses cripples a CON-
munity. Money which should be kept
in local circulation goes to swell the
volume of money in the distant city
instead of remaining at home to be
turned over and over again as the me-
dunn Of transfer among local mer-
chants and their customers.
The effect of this diversion of money
is not confined to the merchants who
lose sales thereby; it extends eventu-
ally to every member of the com.
munity. 1t is a curtailment of business
which affects the value of all property
even to the labor of the man who is
dependent on a days work for his liv-
ing. 1t reacts upon the people who
purchase away from home in a degree
which more than offsets any possible
saving in price that may be effected in
the purchase.
Every dollar sent out of any CON,
munity for goods which can be pur.
chased at home represents a percent
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
HAD TO BE ON TIME.
Dinner Oliver Would Allow His Guests
No Latitude.

Closely parallel to the flag end of
the Euston road, and visible from it
at various turnings is a street which
belongs to few mems London. 1t is
a dingy, granite paved, populous street
of no attraction, the sort of street in
which you might expect to see on a
fine day a dancing bear.
Yet this street has known better
times and eager guests. In the house
he knew as No. 43, 10Y obliterated by
a big new warehouse, DR.. William
Kitchener entertained his fellow wits
and gourmets, He had ample means
to ride his three hobbies-optics, cook
cry and music. His dinners were often
elaborate experiments in cookery, and
the guests had to recognize this fact.
Five minutes past five was the min
ute, and If a guest came late the Jan
itor had ~irrevocable orders not to adj
NIT him, for it was held by the myth
ical Committee of Taste" Of whom
Kitchener was Secretary" that the
perfection of some of the dishes was
often SO evanescent that the delay Of
n minute after their arrival at the
medidiant of ~concoction will render
them nc longer worthy of mea OF
taste.-T. P.'s Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

the goods, but will often send his
money to a mail order house with
blind faith that the article will prove
to be as represented. How often this
faith is misplaced can be proven only
by comparing the goods bought from
mail order houses with the goods Of
fered for sale at home. If the mail
order buyer would follow this system
for a little while, he would probably
find that the goods offered at home are
of better quality and as good bargains
as the mail order goods, taking quail
ity into consideration. If this pre-
sumption is true, the buyer of mail or
der goods is a distinct loser, as he has
secured inferior goods and has robbed
the community in which he lives, as
well as himself, of the use of the
money. F. R. SINGLETON.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
Taxes Paid 70 Trusts.

If a tariff for revenue was now
enacted the trusts would be compelled
to reduce their profits to prevent for
eign products from competing with
them, but the range of prices would
still be higher than formerly, in con
sequence Of the imitation of the cur
rency through the increased output Of
gold and the Increase of the national
bank currency. AS the gold imitation
is worldwide the price OF commodi-
ties everywhere, measured in gold,
have increased 46 per cent. The diff
ference between the increases here
and abroad, or rs per cent, is the
price we all pay in tariff taxes or in
creased trust profits, for the Republic
can policy Of protecting the trusts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

up.
"Yoar mother-in the next room
expects it, too" l went on, laughing
even more d~isagreeably. Your par
ents need money-they have decided
tc sell you, their only large income
producing asset. And l am willing to
buy. What do you say?"
/ was blocking her way out of the
room. She was standing, her breath
coming fast, her eyes blazing. "You
are-frightful!" she exclaimed in a
low voice.
Because l am frank, because l am
honest? Because | want to put things
on a sound basis? | suppose, IL l
came lying and pretending and let you
lie and pretend, and let your parents
and Sam lie and pretend, you would
find me-almost tolerable. We'll, I'm
not that kind. When there's no spe-
cial reason one way or the other, I'm
willing to smirk and grimace and dod-
der and drivel, like the rest of your
friends, those ladies and gentlemen.
But when there's business to be trans
acted, l am business-like. Let's not
begin with your thinking you are de-
ceiving me, and so hating me and de-
spising me and trying to keep up the
deception. Let's begin right"
She was listening; she was no
longer longing to fly from the room;
she was curious. / knew l had scored.
I'm any event." l continued, you
would have married for money. You've
been brought up to it, like all these
girls of your set. You'd be miserable
without luxury. If you had your choice
between love without luxury and lux.
ury without love, it'd be as easy to
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

age of injustice to the community it.
self. In the first place, some merchant
loses the profit OF a sale. Not only
that, but the price of the article rep
resents so much of the merchants cap
ital which is tied up in the article and
is not working. Having capital tied
up means that the operations Of the
merchant are curtailed to that extent.
He has that much less to spend; that
much less to pay in salaries to his
clerks; to pay in patronage of the
butcher, the baker and the other pur-
veyors of the necessities of life; to in
vest in property, in newspaper adver-
Using; to deposit in bank where it
may be used by other members of the
community, or to devote to church or
charity. The money which goes to the
mail order house decreases the per
capita of circulation in the community;
a factor which determines largely the
value of all goods or property on the
market; the scale of wages and the in
terest on loans.
1t is not hard to trace the effect of
the diversion of money from its legiti-
mate channels. When money is scarce
trade laEguishes because of the lack
of circulating medium; merchants and
all others curtail expenses; the volume
of trade decreases and nothing re-
stores activity in trade but an increase
from some quarter of the circulating
medium. When the volume of money
increases, trade moves and it moyes
as fast as the volume Of money will
permit. Money that is working Is con
stantly producing profit to all; money
that is not working produces stagna-
ton in trade.
Accordingly, it is to the interest Of
every member Of a community to o n
fine his expenditures as nearly as pos
sible to the community in which he
lives. Every dollar he spends at home
helps to make his OWE holdings more
valuable because they are more salable.
When a community has money with
which to buy there is little difficulty
to sell and if the money is not divert
ed, it revolves constantly in the finan-
cial circle Of the community, earning
a profit for everyone who handles it
and turns 1t over.
Accordingly, the money spent at
home is bearing compound interest for
the community. Its effect is apparent
even to the outsider. Spending money
At home is y species of loyalty which
makes materially for the progress of
the community. If the community is
composed Of the sort of people who
spend their money at home it ad-
vances rapidly. There is money for
public Improvements, money for new
enterprises. The money which the
loyal man makes at home is invested
at home; the city grows. the streets
are improved and the marks of pros
perity and progress are evident on
every side.
We are wont to inveish against the
wealthy man who makes his money In
one town and invests It In another.
We criticize him for want Of loyais'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

foretell which you'd do as to foretell
how a starving poet would choose be-
tween a loaf of bread and a volume Of
poems. You may love love; but you
love life-your kind Of life-better!"
She lowered her head. 1T is true"
she said. ut is low and vile, but it is
true"
Your parents need money" l be-
gan.
She stopped me with a gesture.
Don't blame them" she pleaded. Il
am more guilty than they"
l was proud of her as she made
that confession. "You have the max
ing of a real woman in you," said l..
Il should have wanted you even If you
hadn't. But what | now see makes
what l thought a folly Of mine look
more like wisdom"
Il must warn you," she said, and
now she was looking directly at me,
II shall never love you"
Never is a long time" replied l..
"I'm old enough to be cynical about
prophecy"
Il shall love you" she re-
peated. For many reasons you
wouldn't understand. For one you
will understand"
Il understand the many reasons
you say are beyond me-" said l. For,
dear young lady, under this coarse ex-
terror l assure you there's hidden a
rather sharp outlook on human ma
ture-and-well, nerves that respond
to the faintest changes in you as do
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
Regulating the Whirlwind

young mother. Just before two visit
ing clergymen arrived for supper Mrs.
Randall had an interview with her
son, and succeeded in making him
understand that he must not ask peo-
pies names.
Besides, mothers going to tell you
just what these gentlemen's names
r now" she said, then you won't
need to ask"
Percy repeated "Mr. Small and
"Mr. Lawson" until he thoroughly
knew them. The mother put him in
his high chair this time with a sense
Of relief.
He kept praiseworthy silence for
some time, but finally
Mamma he burst out-aDd the fat
finger irresistibly lifted Itself
which one Of EN- is Mr.. Small an
which is Mr.. Lawson?"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

to the community which produced MS
wealth and feel that we are done an
Injustice by his failure to put his
money in home enterprises which
would increase the business and pros
perity of our city. The criticism is
justified and it holds just as good in a
lesser degree to the man who trades
out of town. 1t is the same offense
on a smaller scale.
The effect of the reverse policy is
promptly seen. The writer has in
mind a notable instance. Two cities
of about $4,000 population each are
situated on opposite sides of a river
which is a boundary between two
states. Each contains several million
aires who made their money in the
lumber trade in the two towns. The
millionaires of one of the cities are
putting their money into other indus
tries in the same town as the lumber
ing goes out. AS a result, the town is
rapidly forging to the front; every n
is prosperous, the demand for houses
exceeds the supply; property is valu-
able and every one is working. The
millionaires of the town across the
river r investing their money in
western and southern pine lands. The
town is languishing for lack of money;
new industries cannot start because of
lack of capital; merchants are fail
ing; stores and houses are being va
Gated; people are moving away and a
general air of poverty and decay per-
vades the place.
Few cities present such strong ex-
amples of the value of money spent at
home but the same principle holds
true in every community. 1t is due
every community to reinyest the
money it produces in the community
which produces it.
The chance of being swindled is an
argument used against trading with
the mail order houses. Goods adver-
tised at cut prices often fail to meas
ure up to the description of the adver-
tisement. The few cents which is
saved on the price of an article so
bought is usually sacrificed in the
quality of the article. Buying from the
mail order house is buying blind. A
purchaser never thinks of buying from
a home merchant without examining
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

The curtains over the double doorway
between the two rooms were almost
drawn. She presently entered from
the hall. / admired the picture she
made in the doorway-her big hat, her
embroidered dress of white cloth, and
that small, sweet, cold face of hers.
And as | looked, | knew that nothing,
nothing-no, not even her wish, her
! command-could stop me from trying
to make her my own. That resolve
must have shown in my FACET or the
passion that inspired it-for she
paused and paled.
What is it," l asked. Are you
afraid of me?"
She came forward proudly, a fine
scorn in her eyes. mo" she said,
"But If you knew, you might be afraid
of me-"
Il am" l confessed. Il am afraid Of
you because you inspire in me a feel
ing that is beyond my control. I've
committed many follies in my life-I
have moods In which it amuses me to
defy fate. But those follies have al
ways been Of my own willing. You
l laughed-"you are a folly for me.
But one that compels me-"
She smiled-not discouragingly-
and seated herself on a tiny sofa in
the corner, a curiously impregnable
intrenchment, as / noted-for my i'm
pulse was to carry her by storm.
was astonished at my w audacity;
was wondering where my fear Of her
had gone, my awe Of her superior fine
ness and breeding. Mamma will be
down in a few minutes" she said.
Il didn't come to see your mother"
replied l.. Il came to see you"
She flushed, then froze-and
thought | had once more got upon"
her nerves with my rude directness.
How eagerly sensitive our nerves are
to bad impressions of one we don't
like, and how coarsely insensible to
bad impressions Of one we do like!
Il see I've offended again, as usual,'
said |. you attach so much impor-
lance to petty little dancing-master
tricks and caperings. You live-~al.
ways have lived-in a artificial at
mosphere. Real things act on you like
fresh air on a dollhouse flower"
you are-fresh ARP she inquired,
with laughing
Il am that" retorted l.. And good
for you-as you'll find when you get
used to me-
l heard voices In the next room
her mothers and some mans. We
waited until it was evident we were
not to be disturbed. AS realized
that fact and surmised its meaning, !
looked triumphantly at her.
n see you are nerying yourself
said | with a laugh. You are perfect
" certain | an going q propose ~
.vnn"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
But the Mother Failed to Succeed in
This Case.

The Mississippi is proverbially an
unreliable quantity and Shakespeare
has celebrated the "woman's witt
which, when the door is shut, will tout
at the easement" or, that exit being
denied, selects the keyhole or flies out
with the smoke. But even more diff
icult to foresee or control is the C
ton of the individuality inclosed in
the small boy.
Young Mrs. Randall was often In
despair about Percy, who would ask
dreadful questions at inoppor.une
moments. For instance. when
there were guests-and guests were
frequent at the minister's tabla-in
some lull Of conversation Percy was
liable to point a fat finger at the
guest and solemnly inquire: Nam
ma, what's that mans name2"
However, Percy could by superhu-
man exertinns. Do made to understand
some things. and then he invariably
|o~beyed-one great comfort 70 the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
GEORGES Neglected opportunltv.

Il beg of you not to think of those
things you do not have" said the ami
able Mr.. Taft to the Porto Ricans.
What a pity the late George III. Of
England did not have an amiable per-
son like Taft to send rel here and
palaver 70 Y ggcat-grandfathers
when they were getting their flint
locks ready. and preparing to 4.
Newgata urlson with tbs red coats
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
Q2Y2NzTN NS "a "a AQ4s5Zzz2RN oQNqAY1

to be blind to her defects. to the stains
and smutches with which her sur
roundings must have sullied her. And
that friendly look seemed to me an
unmistakable hypocrisy in obedience
to her mother. However, it had the
effect Of bringing her nearer to my
W earthly level, of putting mi at
ease with her; and for the few remain
ing minutes we talked freely, l indif-
ferent whether my manners and con
versation were correct. AS l helped
her into their carriage, l pressed her
arm slightly, and said in a voice for
her only, Until tomorrow"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
Civilization in Abxsslnla.

A sawmill is already at WORK at
Ads Ababa, Abyssinia, and Greek ar
tisans are engaged in quarrying and
stone hewing. Machinery in conncc-
ton with house building generally Is
likely to be in demand as . as the.
means of transport are simplified. The
government is already building in Eu-
ropean style and stone houses may be
seen, some even OF three stories in
height in the capital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
uncle Jerry.

Don't take no stock In the man
that's always whisperin, advised
Uncle Derry PEBBLES III he's afraid
to. trust his own voice there's ON
Thin wrong 10 the Inside o. I'm.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16

What do you suppose is every Lon
doner's day dream"
4 don't know, unless 1t Is to BE-
core q knight observation-disclosures
American.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-16
XIII.

FRESH AIR IN A GREENHOUSE.
A. five the next day I rang the FL
lersly's bell, was taken through the
drawing-room into that same library.
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PETITIONS
WITH OTHERS
FOR ROAD REPAIRS

Governor Carter Is one Of q number
OF petitioners who have filed a petition
with the Board of Supervisors, asking
that portion OF l.iliha street be re-
paired The petition reads as follows:
Honolulu, T H.. Jan. q, 1906.
To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors
of the County of Oahu, Territory
of Hawaii
We, the undersigned, residents, prop
erty owners and taxpayers. earnestly
petition you to take such action as VIII
insure the prompt macadamizing of
Liliha street, between Judd IN Wyl,ie
streets, In the c1y OF Honolulu.
You will find attached rough dia-
gram showing the street In question
marked with blue pencil, and Your
attention IL particularly called 10 the
fact that all the surrounding. adjoining
and adjacent streets on said diagram
are now macadamized. thereby leaving
this one block without having received
any attention for some years, and In
condition which Is bound sooner or
later to injure, or at least partially
destroy those portions of macadamized
road adjoining or adjacent to this
block.
I'VE therefore request that your i'm
mediate attention be given 10 this
matter, not only for the purpose OF
completing the merchandising Of this
entire section. but also for the pur-
pose of protecting the work which has
already been done"
The diagram referred to shows that
Wyllie, Judd and Nuuanu streets, Pun
nui avenue and the makai portion of
Liliha street have all been macadamiz-
ed. but that Liliha from Judd TO wy.
lie straD. has not been 80 treated.
The document is signed by q. r..
Carter, J. II. Gait, A. +. Judd. Saml.
&. Wilder. A. w. Carter. G. du Roi.
Bishop Libert, f. r. =, Warehouse
and others.
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JUDGE ROBINSON
GETS BACK PAY

Judge Robinson arose this morning
few hundred dollars richer than he
was yesterday morning.
The judge received the news yester-
day that his suit for held-up pay,
which has been on the boards at Wash
iDgton for some time. had been de-
dded In his favor, so the Judge IN
$4l2.50 to the good. The suit was
brought in the Court of Claims for
unpaid salary from January 23 to
March 10, 1906, 1t is stated that no
appeal will be made from the juds-
ment.