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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

The new idea of controlling the rail
roads by buying up a few shares of
their stock, is like joining a band of
robbers, and participating in their
business. 1t would be, indeed, IAN
honorable sort of thievery' Besides.
it would certainly furnish an immun-
ity bath for every company in which
the government was interested. When
ever the government participates il
the acts of corporations. it ceases II
be in a position to prosecute them foi
their crimes. Perhaps, that is just
what is aimed at
If the object be, however. to acquire
"a pecuniary interest in the property
and assets of corporations, as a foun-
dation for demanding receiverships,
the scheme is a paltry subterfuge un.
worthy of any government. 1t is the
duty of government to punish crimes
not to compound with felons. What i
needed is the enforcement of existing
laws, the filming and imprisoning of rail
road and trust managers who violate
existing laws. Newfangled nostrums
and legal quackery are not wanted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

not place him. Miss Kennerly was
evidently enjoying her confusion.
Don't you remember the workman
who showed us through the Mix com
pany'S foundry" she asked. This is
he-Mr. Mix, the son of the president
He was learning the business. with Il
view to fitting himself to manage it."
Lady Gwendolin stood petriticd; not
could bring a responsive expression 10
her own face. Then without word
she swept by them and into the house
BERTHA HURLEY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

Congressman Henry T. Rainey of
the Twentieth district, and whose de
mOcracy is of the sterling sort that
needs no certificate of purity from any
party boss to commend it. hOnored the
democratic party, and the occasion, and
Owen LOyejOy, by accepting an invita-
ton and delivering an address at the
anniversary celebration at Greenfield
this week. While the original picnic.
of which the anniversary meeting was
a celebration, was a republican dem
OnStTatiOn. the republican party of that
day represented much that the demo
.cratic party of today stands for. Il
was distinctly an anti-bOss party made
up largely of democrats who carried
their political sovereignty under their
own hats and stood with jefferson and
Jackson for equal rights for all and
special privileges for none" And while
there are many republicans today who
honor the memory and are true to the
patriotic impulses that governed the
initiation Of the republican party. the
bosses of today-the men who control
the methods and the policies of the par
|ty-form an organized appetite that
cares nothing for principles. but every
thing for the spOils of office and the
power to confer special favors. Such
men neither honor LovejOy nor re
lspect the principles he stood for.
It is gratifying, as the Springfield
| Register says. to note what of course
could not have been otherwise. that
| Congressman Rainey was consistently
| democratic and right-so democratic
and right that had Douglas and Palmer
and Loveioy been present they would
have united in applauding the demo-
cratic sentiments and declarations he
| so elOQuently expressed.
In the political alignments of today
as they are beginning to develop. it is
recognized that partisan tags distribq-
ted by bosses do not always represent
fealty to party principles-but frequent
| ~ the very contrary. The bosses are
| il politics for revenue only-the rev
enue of money or the revenue of per
IsOnal pOwer-and whenever one wins
in the mimic battle they are waging
with the party voters which they use
as mere pawns, the other receives a
share of the plumber for distribution to
his favorites.
Against this party bossism, with all
that it implies, Henry T. Rainey and
loyal democrats all over the state join
in entering an emphatic protest; and
loyal republicans all over the state are
also joining hands with earnest men
in their party in entering emphatic
protest.
The times are ripe for an honest eff
fort on the part of honest men to put
the self-constituted party bosses out OF
business. and with them do away with
the dishonesty and corruption which
have become so large factors in polls,
ical campaigns.
The LovejOy anniversary celebration
was one of those occasions where plain
upright men could and did use plain
words to plain people that may be
made an inspiration to better politics
&c men of all parties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27
Daily STORY
LADY GWENDOLlN's GUEST.


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ana she must htceSSirIl! from having
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

applaud the action begun by the states
attorney general against the harvester
trust.
On every bushel of wheat and oats
they have grown, and on every busheI
OF corn they will husk next fall and
winter, the farmers of Kansas and of
every other state must pay tribute to
this combination. the form of whose
contracts with its agents, as adduced
by the Kansas attorney, stamps it
plainly as a conspiracy in restraint of
trade.
The combination enables the firms
composing it TO charge the American
farmer considerably more for their
machines than they sell for in Euro
pean markets. so that the farmer be
gins to pay tribute before his crops
are out of the field.
He keeps on paying the tribute all
through the year on everything he
buys with the money the taxed crops
sell for. He ships the produce over
rails on which the roads must pay Il
heavy tribute to the steel trust. and in
cars which must pay a tariff rake-Ofi
To both the lumber trust and the steel
combine.
Before he gets the money in pocket
with which he is to pay tariff tribute
or everything he is to buy for his fam
lily until the next crop comes in he is
ALREADY well mulcted. And yet, com
placent standpatters wonder why the
farmers are kicking against Dingley
tnNafinn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27
a Memorable Cdv,

One of the days we remember with
pleasure, as well as with profit to orr
health, is the one on which we became
acquainted with DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, the painless purifiers that cure
headache and biHousness, and keep the
bowels right. 25c at w. T. Hartz, drug
store, 301 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

1t is announced that the Hartman
lines are preparing for the most en-
ergetic advertising campaign in their
history. In all. more than $2,0O0O00 is
to be expended. The heads of all the
advertising departments are in confer
ence as to plans for the campaign. 1t
Is understood that many advertising
practices in the past are going to De
abandoned. For one thing. it has been
decided to do more newspaper adver-
Using than before, and to issue fewer
booklets of an expensive character
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

The action of Vespasian Warner IN
charging that his step-mother is a ne
gress and bringing into public light the
private skeleton of his fathers life. is
naturally likely to jeopardize his po-
sition and may force his retirement, rs
commissioner of pensions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

Vice President Fairbanks thinks
that the journals which gave publicity
10 his cocktail bout are yellow, dirty,
and degrading" No doubt of it. M
decent journal should criticise 4 pious
religious, thirsty, bibulous, warm
hearted. cold-blooded. office-seeker like
the great vice president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

British battleships are being pro-
vided with searchlights by the light Of
which a newspaper can be read at 2
distance of eighteen miles. They have
4S inch prOiectives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

A new impetus is soon to be given
the Greater Rock Island project. The
booster who has been so numerous ana
so potent in influence in the great cam
paign will have opportunity to go
busy again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

So they think they may discover
those precious stones stolen from Dub
lin castle They would be dead sure
of it in these days of hot air had they
been stolen from Blarney castle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

Brooklyn Eagle: Nineteen American
war correspondents are decorated by
the mikadO. That is n delicate way Of
COmpensating them for the prohibition
that kept them always some miles re-
moved from the front.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

Progressive swipe is the latest game
at Mary Benson park, Jersey City. 1t
consists in first swiping the cup. next
the chain. then the faucet, and, finally
-doubtless-th granite off the public
drinking fountain. Bargain hunters in
headstOnes will go warily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

Peary is loading his layout for a
polar expedition. 1t must require n
degree of imagination to pack fur,
brandy and blankets at the peril of
sunStTOke
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

You can't make man good by law,
says a writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, but if you enforce the laws
you can restrain him from being 4
nest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

If the reports of experts on food
authorizations are true some of the
grocers of the country are selling
dirt cheap"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

The republicans threaten us with
hard times" if the tariff is revised.
What about the "hard times" we suf-
fer because the tariff is not revised?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

A cleansing, clean cooling. soothing.
healing household remedy is DeWitts
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, III. I'm
tered at the postoffce as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

Somebody has defined a republican
as "one who believes in the greatest
good to the smallest number"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

The New York Journal of Com
merce, in a recent article, shows that
trusts are breeders of strikes ami
lOCkOuts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27
JOHN ADAMS.

The second president Of the United States the first vice president
and two
of
of
the Revolution president Il
Hamilton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

We care not what nation we fight so
long as ii must have our embalmed
beef
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

If the thread trust advances yices
il may get tangled in the law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

Now the president is blowing into
the harvester trust
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27

No wonder breakfast table food hai
advanced. Hay is worth more.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-27
Crops and the Combines.

While still threshing their wheat the
farmers of Kansas are in the mood to
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
WHAT TO FEED WITH CORN.
Missouri Experiment Station Proves
That Linseed Oil Is Best.

That some other feed should be
used with corn TO secure the best re-
suits in pig feeding is known by all
practical feeders. The gains are bet
ter than on a pure corn ration. and II
the other food Is we'll chosen the gains
may be made at lower cost In a test
At the Missouri experiment station a
comparison OF wheat, middlings and
other purchased feeds used with corn
meal was made.
With corn at CSC a bushel II would
be an even thing SO far as the cost Of
cain is concerned. whether corn be
fed alone or with oil meal at $50 per
ton. In these tests. liuscod oil meal
proved 10 he better than wheat mid.
ilings as a food TO use with corn.
The oil meal ration was so much
more palatable than the middlings.
that much more OF IL was eaten daily.
They made more rapid gains and
seemed 20 thrive better upon this feed
To be equal 10 oil meal at $50 per ton,
middlings would have 20 be bought
at from S14 TO SIS per ton. AS oil
meal is usually cheaper than $40 In
Missouri and middiings worth SIS or
moro. these tests show that linseed oil
meal is one OF the best feeds 10 use
with corn.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
BIG OR LITTLE FARMS.
Ehe Size Depends on Location Writes
an iowa Farmer.

Whether q man should have a big
or a little farm depends on his loca-
fon. In this part OF Iowa, writes a
Clarke county farmer in Farmers Re
view. we must depend on the more ex-
kensive methods OF agriculture to give
has a living. A man that has a farm
OF only so acres or 100 acres will
have a hard chance to make a living.
iTIe needs at least 100 acres. and II he
has 800 acres he will be still more
fortunate.
1t must be remembered that IL takes
h good deal OF land TO produce paying
crops OF corn. wheat and other cereals.
II a man raises cattle he must have
a large part OF HIS farm in pasture.
II he has but so acres and there
comes a wet year or a very dry year.
either OF which will cut short his
crops, where is he? But even then, IL
he has $50 acres he will be able to
produce enough to meet his obliga-
tons.
The S0-acre farm is all right near a
good sized city. where truck farming
can be followed largely enough to in
sure the farmer a living. He can then
constantly get manure for use on his
farm. But in the country away from
the large cities II is far otherwise.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
Shut Tn for Once

The amateur theatrical performance
was being discussed
You know that part OF the new
play where the man selzes the woman.
forces her into the cupboard. and
turns the key on herr"
Yes"
We'll. last night a fellow in the
audience applauded IL so much that
they had to put him out"
Il don't think there is anything TO
applaud about It,"
But there was. 1t turned out that
the fellow was the husband OF the
actress. and 1t was the first time he
had ever seen anybody shut her up"
was the cool reply.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
DRAINING LANDS.
Much Rich Land Goes to Waste BE-
cause This Work Is Not Done.


Many undrained and Improbable
lands can be drained well. or at least
considerably improved. should you
only spend n days work in scraping
but bitches. with an ordinary two
horse scraper. Some OF the bitches
need not necessarily be wide nor
deep.
II has been estimated that from
one 10 thirty per cent OF certain sec.
lions OF good farming lands in some
sections OF the Northwest need drain
1ng. Some OF this undrained land IS
reasonably productive in growing
slough grass. which in many cases
serves as feed for cattle in the win
ter. but a large fraction OF these
sands lie idle and are hotbeds for the
propagation OF weeds and undesirable
insects
The soil in sloughs and small
swamps is usually fertile and rich
in plant food. due largely TO the de-
cay OF plant life. which has been &C
cumulating there year after year. Il
is this land that should be brought
into condition for the growing OF
crops. II viii support plant growth
better than the adjoining higher lands
whose fertility has been considerably
depleted by constant cropping. Wien
drained well these lands make ad-
mirable fields for grasses. such as
timothy and millet grass. also fod-
der corn. There is ~ work OF this
Gind done II done at proper time and
place but what will easily pay for the
expense In the raising OF the first
few crops from lands.-J. F. Volta,
professor OF agriculture. Gustavous
Adolphus College.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
WORK IN THE TOOL SHED.
Where a Coed Many Of the Winter
Gays Can BE Profta5ly Spent.


One OF the many profitable winter
Jobs can be found in the tool shed in
going over. cleaning up and repairing
the machinery that viii be used next
sumner After a seasons work there
is nearly always something about a
mower. binder or cultivator which
needs fxing When one wants 20 use
a tool he seldom has time to fix It..
and If IT must be repaired the work is
usually done as quickly as possible
with an eve only to the work immedi-
ately at hand
Plows may now be cleaned on and
oiled, hoes and mattocks sharpened
scythcs ground. etc. Then there are
always bolts to tighten. fractures and
breaks 20 patch up. and adjustments
Of various kinds to make. If any
machine needs repairs that must be
ordered from a distance this should be
done during the winter and the ma
chine made ready for use. If this is
neglected now. remarks Farm and
home. you may forget all about It UNI
tin You want 10 use it, and then you
will be in a hole
A few hours work at odd times will
have al the tools ready for use when
the time comes. ~ they are stored in a
shed or room where YOU can get at
them and the rain and snow cannot.
If they are left. as many tools are.
out in the weather. they viii be in
bad shape when YOU 20 TO use them.
So If YOU have no tool shed IL would
be a good winter job TO build one.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
MRS. JOSIE A. GRAHAM
Virginia's Most Success
full Hair Culturist.
.PARLoRS
l0S e. Leigh St, Richmond. Va,
phone. 1884
Private ParlOrs. Confidential Inter.
views and Correspondence.

The largest and most up-to-date
Hair Dressing Parlors in Richmond.
The very best preparations that can
be made for the hair. scalp. face
and skin.
Graham's Superior Scalp Food for
growing hair on bald heads and
bare temples, 25cts. per jar. By
mail. S5cts.
Graham's Superior Orange Flower
Skin Fo for developing and beautl
flying the skin, 25cts a jar BY mail
35cts.
Graham's Superior Velvet Liquid
Powder for giving the face a beau
uful fair color. 25 cents a bottle.
BY mall 3Scts.
Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the
best on market giving a rich natural
color, $1.00 per bottle. BY mail.
$1.25.
Mrs. Graham makes a speciality OF
massaging and Identifying ladies'
faces for parties and public gather
ings. IS cents.
Mrs. Graham shampoos the head
and puts IL in healthy condition,
25 cents
All ladies who attend parties AMI
other social gatherings should have
their finger nails manieured and
made beautiful. 25 cents.
Mrs. Graham's PREPARATIONS sell
1T sight. Ladies living In other ci-
ties and towns can make good mon
ey by selling these preparations.
Write for terms to Mrs. J. A. Gfa-
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mcnd. Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
Mysteries Of Navinatlon.

Sweet Girl Gin a rowboaD What is
this place IN the back OF the boat forg
Nice Young Man-That is TO put an
oar IN when you want to scull the
boat Rowing requires both oars. one
on each side. but in sculling only one
is used. That is placed at the back
and worked with one hand.
Sweet Girl (after meditation)-I
wish you would try sculling awhile
n. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09

and find II satisfactory. use Il TO
cut up corn for feeding cattle.
The cutting blade is made OF a
heavy corn knife with a hole drilled
IN the end and fastened 10 crib
post with a cae-Quarter inch lag screw.
The bottom OF the chopper is made OF
"a 2x6 plank nailed to the crib post I'M
der the corn chute with a 1x3 inch
strip on the outer edge The two
form trough along which ! push the
corn 10 the knife.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
FEB. 9TH. 1907.
NUBBIN CHOPPER.
One That Can be Made at Home and
viii Do Good Service.
SATURDAY

I have a plan for a simple and cheap
nubbin chopper which I think will be
OF interest TO others. writes a CORE
spondent Of the Prairie Farmer. I
have used this chopper for two years
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09
When Figuring the Accounts.

When this years accounts are all
in and ready 10 figure. don't forget
10 give credit to the good wife. sons
and daughters. for the excellent work
they have done toward helping 70
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09

Don't keep your ewes too long.
Much loss results from keeping them
until they are valueless when put on
the market
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-02-09

keep the balance on the right side OF
the page.
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