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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

norance of the art of euualiZing incom-
ing and outgo and thus avoiding un-
necessary taxation. He suggested IA
/ horizontal scaling down of all tax
rates, both customs and internal reyS-
nue., calculated to cut down the gov
ernment's income by the amount OF
last years excess of revenue, which
would mean scaling of all rates by
about Is per cent.
The surplus for the last fiscal year
was nearly $90,00O,000, or about Is
per cent of the total income. This,
added to the SURPRISES that have a2-
cumulated since 1897 make a total Of
about $271 100000 either in the treas
ury vaults or on deposit with national
banks. Mr.. Roberts estimates that the
surplus for the fiscal year that viii
end with June 1908, will approximate
100000, 100000 which must be added
to the vast amount already accumu-
lated.
The remedy suggested by Mr. ROB
erts is the one followed i'll state and
municipal affairs. When state or a
ny ihh9 81 vast NOluluo Vi nlDlDN
piling up in its treasury, the first &C
ton is a reduction of the tax levies.
That a demand for tax reduction has
not been made upon the national Il /
lministration is due to the fact that the
burden of taxation rests lightly. upon
the prosperous people of the Unitei
States and that the federal taxes arc
paid unconsciously through the remote
incident of indirect taxation. Thu
principle, however, is the same i'll na
tional as i'll state or local affairs
whether taxation be for revenue only
or for protection, it should not eXceel
| the needs of the government.
] The report of the secretary of ths
treasury shows that on June so, tn,
government had $1S2412.SOS on dc
post with 1850 national banks of tn,
country. This money draws no inter
est, though the people are compellci
| to pay the banks for the use of money
which is really their own The gov
ernment's excuse is that if the money
| is put into the banks. and thus kept in
circulation, acute business distress
might prevail. Mr.. Roberts answer
is that the money should have bee
left in circulation in the first place.
In addition to being menace t
financial conditions, a treasury sur
plus is a constant invitation to con
gressional extravaganza in appro
priations. The disposition of the sur
plus is a question that will be force
upon congress soon, whether the stand
patters like it or not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
\ Sample Case.

The tariff duty on pig lead is two
and one eighth cents per pound. Con-
sumers of lead want an opportunity to
buy i'll the worlds open market; but
are denied because the lead trusts eX.
erts its influence to prevent the re-
moval of the duty, which it uses as a
lever to keep the price up. Of COurs :,
the republicans will not remove the
duty That would hurt the trust AMI
help the public, policy which direct
ly contravenes the doctrine of proteC'
tionism. So it is in all other cases o:
trust made goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

nave been given to Williams. II not
indeed born to the purple, he was at
least born to comfort and to an aSsur-
ed position in life. He received his ed
ucation ut the kentucky Military inStt-
tUte. the University of Virginia and the
University Of Heidelberg. in Germany.
His mind is stored with knowledge
and he has never been content to rest
upon his collegiate education only, but
continues his studies to this day. Yet
his conversation is as colloquial, his vO-
cabulary as careless, as those of North
Carolina farmer In personal inter
course one would seldom take him for
man of culture and Of deep learning
But on the floor of the house he is a
different man. There, like CyranO, he
fights with Il rapier that is swift and
keen.
Mr.. Williams is essentially an old
time southern Democrat He is barely
at middle age, and yet it IS to he
doubted whether any doctrine of eco
Monies or constitutional interpreta-
ton advanced by Calhoun has not so
fixed Judgment in his mind as TO
be inCradicable. The rights Of the
states are TO him the one essential
feature of American constitutional
government. He opposes government
ownership and only perfunctori'y APP
proves federal regulation of railroads.
Yet he was active III the free silver
campaign, but now, curiouSly enough
cuts out of his biography in the Con
gressional Directory any reference to
that fact. He might DC described in
phrase as Il small bundle of contra
dictionS, NERVOUSNESS and brains.
The States and the Railroads.
After all, these southern advocates
| of state rights have much logic and
many facts to support their conten'
ton. Within ninety days more has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
Large Surplus a Menace.

Ellis II. Roberts, the veteran treas
urer of the United States, contributes
a striking article to the North Am.
erican Review. in which he boldly lc
cuses the government of the United
States of working a grievious wrong or
the taxpayers by collecting annuali$
need or expend. He contends that tht
taxpayers should be allowed to use II
their own way for their own purposes
the money represented by the exces:
of government receipts over govern
ment expenditures. In brief, Mr.. Rob
erts charges the government with ig
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

Especial Washington Correspondence of
The August
The most interesting recent happen
ing in the political field was the con
test for the senatorship between John
Sharp Williams and Governor Narda-
man of Mississippi. Of course the
fight was simply for Endorsement by
the Democratic primaries. which means
in so safe a Democratic state ultimate
election. Mr. Williams will not take
his seat in the senate until 1911. lie
will serve his term in the SIXtieth con-
gress and no doubt retain his leader
ship of the Democratic minority. Mr.
Nardaman will remain governor of the
state. SO it will be seen the loser has
consolation prize.
Two Divergent Types.
Out of the millions of people in the
United States who recognize the names
of these two rivals few know them 10y
sight. and almost equally few have
any idea of their personal character
iSticS.
In the north Governor Nardaman l.
regarded as tirebrand Il dcmagoSue
a something worse than Tillman, whose
ideas and manners almost approach
those of the now forgotten editor OF
the once famous OkOlona States. Tha
distinguished journalist, it may be re
called, was for some years staked by
Il Republican national committee Il
print burning editorials against The
negro and against the United State:
government generally in order that tie
bloody shirt might be the more sue
| cessfully waved in Indisua and Ohio
Nardaman, however, is not Il man O
that type. He has to some eXtcn
played the demagogue in promising Iii
country supporters that he would a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE.
Real Estate Transfers.

Calvary Cemetery association tc
John O'COnnor lot rs, block II, Sec. l.
Is, , west, Calvary cemetery, $25.
David Richardson to Fannie DID
part northwest Sec. Il, Is, west
$3.50.
Bridget Ginane to John C. Inter
kircher west Il lot ,, block >, Brigg'.
Place, Rock Island, 81 600.
John NJ Pardon to Angelica Tegelal
lot s, Paridon's Second addition, Soutr
Heights, $500
Harry Boellma to Angelica Tegelc
lot I, ParidOn's Second addition
South HEIGHTS, $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
IN THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED
DAYS.
Powdered Wigs Formed an important
Adjunct to GentIemans Apparel.

1t is safe TO say that the majority of
bald men of today would gladly revive
the old dignified custom if they could
But, they can do the next best thing to
it; that is, hold on to what hair they
have.
In cases where the hair root or hair
bulb has not been completely destroyed
by parasites that infest it. Newbro's
Herpicide will do wonders in the way
of encouraging new growth of hair
Destroy the cause, you remove the eff
feet. That is the successful mission 81
Herpicide. Sold by leading druggists
Send 10c in stamps for sample to the
Herpicide company, Detroit, Mich. SOLD
in two sizes, soc and 81. I. II. Thomas
special agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cured in one to
three days. Its action on the system
is remarkable and mysterious. 1t re
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits; rs cents and 81
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second ave
nue., Rock Island; Gustave Schlegel &
son, 220 West Second street, Daven
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

been done by states north and south
to relieve the people from railroad ag
gressionS than has been accomplished
by the federal government since the
interstate commerce commission was
created. Let me quote from memory,
as one would in casual conversation.
OF course the latest state triumph
over a railroad is that scored by Gov
ernor Glenn of North Carolina when
he compelled the Southern railroad to
recede from its position of denying
the authority of the state and the state
courts and to accept the rate of fare,
fixed at 81 cents per milo, until the
United States supreme court should
pass upon its justice. That was
stroke for Il Democratic governor in
the south. Yet. not many weeks be-
fore, the legislature of Illinois passed
u law fixing the rate of fare in that
state at > cents mile. The railroads
protested and threatened litigation
Governor DCneen with admirable tact
persuaded them to make n test of the
rate for number of months, with the
understanding that at the expiration
of that time. if they believed 1t was
confiscatory, they could go into court
| to have ii set aside on that ground.
| That. it seems to me- was an equally
| clever stroke by Republican govern
| or in a northern state.
| Looking over the recent history of
railroad regulation, we find the inter
state commerce commission interesting
| itself with recommendations for the
| regulation of freight rates, most of
| which have not been given effect. We
find congress and the administration
| highly successful in cutting off passes
and in other ways contributing to the
advantage of the railroads, but the
states have taken up the issue which is
of the greatest interest to the greatest
number. of people-namely, passenger
rates-and have brought their reduc.
ton.
The Future of Foraker.
Senator Joseph B. Foraker Is almost
siXty-tvo years old. He has been IL
public life since 1879. His public ca
reer has always been stormy. lie
seems to thrive on political warfare
But today he is facing what may bt
the vital fight for his political life. Il
is fair to say for Foraker that hi:
fighting has. always been open anG
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

The republican party has elected
Guggenheimer of the lead and silve:
trust, and Du POnt of the powd Il
trust United States senators and 4
number of others who are trust AMI
railroad sympathizers and yet the c.
o. p. would pose as a trust buster and
railroad regulator
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
"ReuuIar as the Sum-

Is an expression as old as the race
No doubt the rising and setting of the
sun is the most regular performance
in the universe. unless il is the action
of the liver and bowels when regulat =
with DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Guar
anteed by w. T. Hartz, druggist, SOL
Twentieth street. CSC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

President Roosevelt has been an
pealed to to put an end to the tele
graph strike. The best way to accom-.
plish this task is to take possession
The men will work for the govern,
ment all right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

The Ohioans already on the Taft
band wagon are mortally afraid that
there will not be seats enough to go
round. unless those Foraker boys stop
climbing on. Whip behind, Bill,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
CHARACTER STUDIES or WILLIAMS AND VARDAMAN.

aDoveDoard ana, moreover, that his
voting and his work in the senate
have been equally in the open. 1t was
plucky thing for him, alones among
the Republicans. to stand out against
the rate law SO .StrenuOusly urged by
President Roosevelt In Il city where
calumny is always active you will hear
that he did it at the behest of his rail
road clients. The charge is arrant
nonsense. There We're plenty of rail
road attorneys who voted for the bill.
and one solitary vote against it would
not have been worth the while of any
railroad to secure at the cost of weak
ening the political standing of its at
torney. But it helped to beat Mr.. For
| aker in Ohio when the contest over
the Endorsement of Secretary Taft was
on Il short time ago. Yet people who
! know him and who know his fighting
| qualities wonder whether, beaten in
| the SkirmiSh, he may not win in the
| battle lie himself shows no great
| signs of trepidation. He turns from i
| state committee controlled by federal
| ofiiceholders to the people, and shrewd
! he will be able either to split the Ohio
| delegation or else 20 make so great an
| Outcry against federal intervention in
| Ohio affairs that Il national convention
will be very slow to accept an Ohio
nominee:
Ohio has often brought a fight into
the national councils of the Republican
| party, and every time the fight was
| thus brought Ohio lost its favOrite
+ son. 1t was so with Salmon I. Chase,
it was so with John Sherman in three
Secretary Taft.
The Hapless Hartman.
After all, one must feel some SYM
patty for L. II. Hartman. He Is
the latest target for the American
press and the American politician. He
IS the present prototype of Jay Gould,
| pierpont Morgan and John u. Rookie
Teller, all of whom have apparently
become immune either by death or
through the forgetfulness of the pub
lie. Within three days men have come
to me with the greatest solemnity to
offer proof of these remarkable COM
binatious between Hartman and pub
lie men whom my informants happen
TO dislike.
One statesman offered to prove Il deal
between Roosevelt and Hartman by
which the Hartman influence would
be thrown to the president or his lega-
tee. He asserted that while the White
House guns had Numbered at Harri
man they had thus far discharged only
blank cartridges.
Another man was perfectly certain
and Hartman, basing his opinion upon
the former alliance between Fairbanks
and Odell. Iarriman's handy man IL
New York.
Most picturesque of all was the in
sistence of Il third upon a treaty be
tween Hearst and Hartman, but Will
some plausibility my informant point
ed out that the Hartman rc2lS are al
powerful III the territory in which Mr.
| Hearst has been establishing his pa
pers and building up his Independence,
league. Furthermore, he showed tina
only a short time ago Mr.. Hearst pu
an Independent candidate in the ficlt
for governor of California, defeated
the regular Republican nominee anC
elected Harriman's man.
If all that is said of Mr.. Hartman !!
true, he must be the busiest man II
these United States.
WILLIS ]. ABBOT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

The telegraph operators strike has
resulted in more dashes than dols
throughout the country the past few
days
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

A Georgia prophet predicts the end
of the world i'll December. We see;
the state prohibition law goes into eff
feet January 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
WIRES ARE BOUND TIGHTER
THAN EVER BY THE STRIKE
CONTINUED from Page one)

ident of the telegraphers' union, said:
"Twenty-siX cities i'll the United States
and Canada struck today. The situa
ton tonight is satisfactory in every
way to the national officers. In New
York City the men are standing pat
and are unaffected by the statements
given out by the officials of the com,
panieS."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve penetrates the pores and heals
quickly. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

tack and overthrow the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments If sent 10
Washington. The promise is SO utter
ly absurd that it is amazing that 1t
should have found any response and
support but it did Perhaps more than
anything else it won for him the vote
which is shown to have cut Mr.. vii
liams' possible majority down to Il few
hundred. Yet Nardaman is not the
raving maniac that he is considered
to be in the north In manner and ap-
pearance he is a. aristocrat. always
mild hammered unless making Il speech,
well groomed, with a tendency to
white clothes and Il Chesterfieidan
courtesy. He says hard things on the
stump, but when he deSccn0S he is as
polite as the best bred man possibly
could be. And. while he has attacked
bitterly the negro population of his
state and while undoubtedly he be
lieveS sincerely that il is Il menace TO
the welfare of the rest of the popula-
ton. it should be remembered of him
in the north that no southern governor
has been more vigorous and deter
mined in fighting the lynching evil
than he
John Sharp Williams.
Nationally Mr.. Williams is the better
| known of the two men. He has been
| in congress for six terms. Three times
| he has been chosen leader of the Dem
OCratiC minority and probably will be
| again, although the. temper of any
| Democratic body is such that leader
has always to fight TO retain his lead
| erShip. Yet at heart Mr.. Williams Is
| not as democratic in the nonpartiSaI
| sense of the word as Governor Narda
| man. With the manners and demeanOl
| of a plebeian, he has the habits oi
| thought of patrician. Slender, I'm
| dersiZed, careless in dress, utterly in
different to his personal appearance, HI
| lacks that individual distinction tina
| will impress the general public. He af
fectS a slouchiness of dress, laZines!
| of manner, drawl of the tongue, al
occasional lapse into bad grammar anC
| worse yulgariSms that might readily
| lead a stranger to believe that he ha(
come up from the Bowery rather thai
| from one of the first families of Mis-
sissippi. Yet there are few men il
either house or senate who have Ell
joyed the Observation-Disclosures which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
Efforts for Peace.

given out by the oHlclalS OF Ihe coh-
panies.''
Efforts for Peace.
The Chicago Tribune today, discuss
ing the efforts to bring about peace,
says:
The strike of telegraph operators,
which threatens to grow to Overwhelm-
ing proportions, and which menaces
business in Chicago and in the country
at large, turns now on the attitude OF
President S. ]. Small of the telegra-
piers union, who reaches the city at
1880 o'clock today.
The local strikes here and in other
cities were leSalized retrOactively yes
.terday by the executive board of the
union, which looks to Mr.. Small to call
for a general walkout today. Should Mr..
Small, on his arrival, give ear to Pres
idCnt Gompers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and to John Mitchell
OF the miners, who are here, and delay
the extension of the trouble, a way may
be opened for a truce and quick peace.
Should he turn TO the radical element
in his own union and spread the strike,
the Intermediary work of United States
Labor Commissioner Neil, who also is
here, will be made more difficult.
Appeal Made to Roosevelt.
The Chicago board of trade, through
its president, has appealed to President
Roosevelt to use his personal influence
to settle the war. 1t also asked other
commercial exchanges throughout the
country to join i'll the appeal. 1t re-
CARDS the situation as carrying the pos
sibility of Il commercial calamity to
the country as whole
This fear is increased by the POSSIBLE
| ity that the railway telegrapherS may
become involved, although railroad pres
| idents and union officials alike protest
| this is unlikely. However, there are
evidences here and there of unrest
among the railway operators, whose
work is so essential to the running OF
| trains.
In the strikers meeting in the after
President Roosevelt should intervene.
NeiII Does Preliminary Work.
| Pending President SmalPs arrival tn,
peace movement proceeded slowly yes
terday No effort was made to take
any but preliminary steps. For in
stance, Commissioner Neill made call
upon Superintendent Cook of the West
ern Union and General Manager CapeI
of the Postal company, and in the al
lternoon there was big conference be
tween Mr.. Neill and the labor leader
al the Grand Pacific hotel
Mr. Neil last night was noncommit
tai about the whole situation. He dit
mot deny that some progress was made
President Gompers and the labor mel
were rather cheerful about the pros
pect, but admitted no way had beer
found to tone down the bitter feeling
of the strike
81 can't say anything at this time
declared Commissioner Neill, ''and
: doubt if l will have anything to repor
tomorrow"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14
Get a Washington Life
Policy!

Your neighbor has one. It Is on the
New York Standard form, with mini
mum rates.
IT'S WORTH THE MONEY.
It's what the people have been asking
for, simple protection, nothing estima.
ted. everything guaranteed" You can
get a sample at your own age by adj
|uresslng
e. A. DAVIS, Manager, Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-14

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-12
PUT THEM IN A PIT.
A Good Way to Store Potatoes Away
from Frosts.

II there Is not sufficient cellar room
TO store potatoes they will keep per.
fectly In shallow pits about ten inches
fieep where there is good drainage
Make the pits about three feet wide
and as long as is necessary. Fill with
potatoes and then heap the tubers up
90 that they make cone-shaped pile
like the gable roof of a house.
Cover them with litter such as
straw or hay to the depth of a foot,
then throw on some of the earth that
was thrown out when digging the pit
Put on enough to hide the straw
Then put on more litter and repeat
the earth covering also.
Before beginning to cover arrange
for an opening at one end by making a
deep frame as for a window, explains
Coleman's Rural World. This is for
convenience in getting the potatoes
while the weather is still cold. This
may have an inner shutter opening
outward and an outside door, the
space between being filed with straw
1t also must have more outside litter
over the door If in a climate where the
weather gets very cold
1t Is also we'll to dig a trench Just
outside the completed pit considerably
deeper than the pit itself, so that 1t
may serve as a drain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-12
ORIGIN OF THE APPLE.
What This Fruit Was Before Il Was
Improved by Cultivation.

Prof. H. L. Bailey, professor of hor.
ticulture In Cornell university, Ithaca,
N. Y, in his volume on PLANT Breed,
ing" gives the following interesting
history of the first apples:
"The original apple Is not definitely
known, but it was certainly a small
and inferior Grabbed fruit, borne most.
ly In clusters. When we first find 1t
described by historians 1t was still of
small value Pliny says that some
were so sour as to take the edge off OF
knife. But better and better seed.
lings continued to come up about
habitations until, when printed de-
scriptions of fruit began to be made,
about 400 years ago, there were
many kinds in existence. The size has
vastly improved, and with this In.
crease came the reduction of the mum.
Der of fruits in cluster; so that at
the present time, whilst apple flowers
are borne in clusters. the fruits are
generally borne singly. That is,
most of the flowers fail to set fruit,
and they complete their mission when
they have shed their pollen for the
benefit of the one which persists"