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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
Importance of Insurance.

Insurance against losses by fire,
tornadoes and cyclones is a necessity.
How many farmers estimate the vast
amounts that are paid yearly to for
eign insurance companies for which
comparatively small returns are re-
ceived? How few realize that farm in
surance is the less hazardous of any,
and that it lis too often the case that
the farmers are compelled to pay
losses incurred on hazardous risks,
such as factories Of various kinds, and
crowded city buildings? 1t is best to
patronize some home insurance com
pany which you know to be sound,
and every state has a number OF such
ones. For the farmer good mutual in
surance is always the best. 1t costs
less, because the risks are select cnes,
and the insured is not compelled to
make up losses on the more hazardous
kind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
Levers Tribute to Dickens.

The greatest imaginative writer, un-
qu~estionably, since Shakespeare, is
the author of "Chuzzlewit" (wrote
Charles Lever in 1869. With him We
encounter no repetitions; all is varied,
novel, and interesting as nature her
self; and this great master of humor
moves us to tears or laughter without
the semblance of an effort on his part;
and as for those inexpensive guests
that sit beside our fireplace at lone
hours, or stroll with us in u solitary
rambles, we owe Of them to
Charles Dickens than to any other
writer Of the century.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
ALL ARE LOYAL TO EVANS.
Sailors of the Fleet Respect and Love
the Admiral.

There is little doubt Of the loyalty
of the b~luejackets of Rear-Admiral
Evans.
He believes in the old saying about
ali work and no play. He has en-
couraged athletics and all forms of
amusement, until the men have
play than ever before, and the eff
cheney Of the feet shows they do more
work. Sometimes the liberty parties
give trouble. When the men are at
fault The Old Man" sustains the po-
lice. When the police abuse his men
unnecessarily he makes it warm for
the police.
He refuses to take his ships to any
port where the men are mistreated.
One day at a certain port an appren-
lice boy who was tossing q ball about
ashore was dubbed by a policeman.
His comrades took him on In a boat
To the flagship and asked to zee the
admiral.
He took one look at the youngsters
bruised head. asked a few questions,
A LA
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19

found that the boy was doing no more
than other civilians ashore at the
same time and seemed to have been
singled out for attack by the police
man because he was a seaman. Turn
ing to the executive officer Of the
flagship Rear-Admiral Evans said:
"Pick out 50 good husky ones, give
them a baseball and send them
ashore"
An hour later a boat came along.
side and a chief of police came aboard
wearing a disturbed look.
Admiral, your men are beating uI
my policemen"
Are they? Well, I'm glad tc
hear 1t. That's what | sent them
ashore for"
The so husky ones had gone ashore
tossed their ball about, and when the
confident police descended upon then
they found a very different reception
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
Cash VS.. Credit.

A cash transaction is more desirable
than a credit one. If customers would
only pay the small town merchant
cash for all things purchased, the
same as the department stores and
mail order houses in the large cities
require, there would be no reason why
goods could not be sold at lower
prices. 1t is the constantly turning
over of the money invested in BUSH
ness that makes the profit for the
merchant. This is one of the reasons
of the success of the bly, city concerns.
Few farmers when they sell their
crops are willing to wait six months
for their pay. Why then should the
small merchant in the town be asked
to do so. II he has the ready cash to
discount his bills; he will be enabled
to sell his goods at a lower margin Of
profit. He cannot have the ready
money to do SO if he does a credit
business.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
the cost Of transportation will come to

the cost Of transportation will come to
over $755. 600. +
Eight golfers accompany the fleet.
The Marcellus, Hannibal, Leonidas
and possibly the Sterling accompany
the feet to Trinidad, and then re-
turn for more coal. Others will go
as far as Rio and return to join the
fleet again at Magdalena bay, and all
that have free space tween decks Will
carry general supplies for the mare
Island navy yard. The Connecticut
carries $50 tons of briquettes maze
of slack coal and pitch to test them
as a suitable fuel for use in the navy.
The cost of coaling, exclusive OF the
amount of coal carried by the ships
from Norfolk to Trinidad, will be
1929, $50, a sum more than equal to
the bonSed debt of the state of IDAHO
or the state of Washington.
Provisions In Plenty.
AS to provisions, Columbia must
pack enough in the giant hampers to
feed her IONS for the long 115 days,
and have enough extra goodies for
Christmas, New Years and Washing
ton birthday dinners, and the list
shows she has not been higgardly in
her selection.
There are a variety Of foodstuffs, in
GLIDING tons of cereals, salt meats,
dried fruits and canned goods, and
593, 800 pounds of -four for making
fresh bread in lieu of long anathe-
matized hard tack. There are tons OF
dessicated foodstutfs that have al
ready been tested and found good, and
the more recent additions-dried eggs
and d~ehydrated vegetables. There are
5000 pounds of dried eggs, an equiv
alent Of 5000 dozen fresh eggs, and
when the Christmas baking is on and
ths 10000 fresh eggs also carried are
not available, the mixer of cakes will
find that the dried product when
mixed with water will froth as easily
as the fresh
New methods of communication be-
tween the ships have beeninstalled, and
new methods of controlling the fire
from the guns. So new is this system
of fire control that a retired naval Of
ficer was heard to remark when the
news came to him: THAT Is a good
idea, a good idea. | am glad to hear
1t, indeed, for fire Is a most dangerous
thing aboard a ship" The Colorado
was first Ia this experiment. Wireless
telegraphy has been a part Of a bat
tleship's equipment for so many years
now that 1t is quite an old story, but
the feet decided it must have wire
less telephony, too, so the past few
weeks have witnessed a busy scene II
Hampton Roads, and in New York ant
Brooklyn harbors, where experts havt
been busy putting in the appliances
Connecticut is Flagship.
, Admiral Evans chose the Connec
ticut as his flagship. Capt. Ingersoll Il
her commander and chief of staff O
, the Atlantic fleet Upon the shoulder
of Rear-Admiral Brownlow at Wash
ington, much Of the work Of prepare
: ton fell. The splendid condition of tn
feet when it left its anchorage her
to-day shows how well he has done II
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
A Noble Animal.

The Rajah Dowlah, with a large
train Of followers, was once going
hunting in the neighborhood of Luck.
now. On their way they had to pass
through a ravine, in which several In.
valids were lying to receive what
benefit they could from the exposure
to the sun and air. When their at
tendants saw the approaching party.
they ran away leaving their charges
to their fate. The Grand Vizier. who
was riding his favorite elephant, saw
the invalids were right in his way.
but was determined not to alter his
course for their sakes. AS long as
the elephant had a free path he went
on at full pace, but as soon as he
came to the helpless persons he
stopped, and would not go on in spite
Of all the goards the driver inflicted,
Stick the beast In the earl cried the
raiah, becoming furious. 1t was done,
but In vain. The noble animal waited
some time. but as no one came I'd
remove the invalids, he carefully car.
ried each separately in his trunk to q
place where they would not be in dan.
ger Of being tramDled to death by the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
SCHEMES FOR MOUNTAINEERING.
Alleged "CIubs" That Operate to the
Loss of Their Members.

Buying of goods from a distance has
a charm for some people that in many
cases proves expensive. "Fields are
green far away" and it is too often
that fads are responsible for many
things that work against the interests
of the individual. Opposition should
be given to every plan and scheme
that works toward the impoverishing
the smaller towns, and which work
against their progress. 1t is only by
combating the concentration of CAPT
tai in the large financial centers can
the rural towns be kept up to the
standard that they should have.
These small towns depend upon the
business Of the merchants for their
life, and when this business is divid-
poorer and kept from advancing. Here
is where there is justification in advis-
ing against the patronage of so-called
"clubs," which agree to send premi-
ums to the getter-up of orders for their
wares. The secret of the "club" bust
ness lies in the selling of large lots
of goods to individual purchasers and
giving a premium, representing the
lot as valued at twice the amount paid
for it. The truth is, should the pur-
chaser go to the average merchant,
and desire the same class and guam
tity of goods and pay cash for the
same, the saving in dollars and cents
to the purchaser would enable him or
her to buy a better piece of furniture
or other prize than offered by the club
concern.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
A REIGN or GRAFT
"eRAFT" NOT A NEW WORD IN
THE WORLDS LExIcoNs.
OF HIGH AND LOW DEGREE
Ienoble Practices That Are Con-
demned, But Recognized in Bust
ness-PeopIe Responsible for
Their Existence.

Graft is not a recent innovation.
History of remote periods tell of it,
though perhaps the word that desig-
mates it now may belong to the newly
created words, and may be credited
to the category of slang. In the times
of Moses and Solomon there were
grafters, and the Egyptians and later
the Greeks had their priests and their
o~racles, common gratis of the times.
History is replete from beginning to
the present with tales Of graft and
grafters. Without graft to add its
zest, the work of the ~fctiopists and
the historian would be prosy reading.
Graft lends it's charm to "The Epi-
curean," "Rasslas," and the works of
historians from Pliny down to the
present would be woefully dead with
out the r~ecitals of the do
ings of quaeks, charlatans and graft
ers in general. Who has not been
charged with the tale of the diamond
necklace" and what reader of history
has not laughed over the other opera
tions of Cagliostro?
Perhaps lever in the past has graft
been reduced to the science that it is
now. 1t Is SO closely interviewer in
the mesh of legitimate transactions
that there is hardly a branch of bust
ness that is free from it. Alas, not
alone is it found in commercial and
financial affairs, but is abundantly in
evidence in governmental transaction.
national, state and municipal. Revela.
lions of the methods of great corpora
lions, the timber land frauds, count
less railroad transactions, government
buildings, construction Of municipal
improvements, ETC., give a wide knowl
edge of the world of graft.
Like an unbroken chain it extends
from the highest to the lowest in pow
er. The greater the interests, the
greater is the opportunity for the
operations for the grafters. The small
fry politician lives by it. The big
gun in congress adds to his prestige
and his bank account by 1t. 1t ap
pears that it is only a matter of de
gree between the CRATER who stand:
on the street corner and hawks his
wares and the man of honor who holds
a place in the United States senate
between the policeman on the bea'
who cautiously takes a dollar to close
his eyes to the doings of the law
breaker, and the man of millions a
the head of some mail-order house, O.
monopoly who can rob the masses
high-handed six days in the week ant
teach a Sunday school class IN tn
seventh.
Graft teaches an ignoble lesson. I
is a creator of the ~hypocrite, and tn
hereto. 1t is a poison that benumbr
the finer qualities of manhood, AM
strifles all that develops the spiritual
Yet God reigns; immutable laws ex
list; and it is poor philosophy, indeed
that teaches that such qualities a
sincerity, goodness, and other virtue
are merely creations of the wind
They are real, living, lasting, eterna
truths that cannot be downed. Graf
may exist, and have its baleful influ
ences; yet in the end will be vic
torious.
D, M, CARR.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
GOOD ROADS LESSON.
Highway Improvement Causes a Bet
terment in Agricultural Districts.

Good roads for the people" means
a saving Of hundreds Of millions of
dollars yearly to residents Of agricul-
tural districts. Good roads mean bet
ter rural towns, better country schools,
more happiness and greater reward
for labor. Yet there are other things
that should go hand in hand with good
roads, and one of them is opposition
to every means that will cause trade
to drift from the home town. 1t mat
tiers not how good the roads, the coun-
try is impoverished If the roads are
the means of sending more dollars to
the large cities. In connection with
the good roads improvement, let every
taxpayer be impressed with the fact
that the more money kept in each COM
munity makes the pro rata share Of
taxes for the maintenance of good
roads less; that the dollars sent to the
big financial centers will not help pay
for local improvements.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
LITTLE TOWN HELPS.
Pertinent Points for Progressive PEG.
pie Who Would Be Prosperous.

Many a town goes backward be
cause its business men are too lazy to
get a move on themselves to improve
it.
Don't lose hope in the future Of your
town, but study conditions that need
correction and set about to apply a
proper remedy.
Your town will not lose anything by
impressing each and every farmer in
the neighborhood with the fact that
the place exists for his benefit as much
as for those who reside within its cor
porate limits.
When there is any work to be done
don't wait for your neighbor, Tom
Jones or Dick Brown, to commence.
Get a mov on yourself, and go to them
and pull hand in hand with them.
y
Don't be afraid of criticism. Study
well your duty as a citizen and go
about it without fear or favor, and you
will find that those simpletons who
may at first call you a busy-body will
be willing to give you credit for being
an enterprising citizen when the need
ed reforms are brought about by your
work.
Give support to the local paper. It.
can be made a power for good in the
community. By the news and adver-,
Using pages of it the stranger can gain
an excellent idea Of the Importance of
the place. Encourage the editor by
giving him all the support that you
can.
Good schools can be maintained
only in live, up-to-date communities.
1t has been generally observed that the
education of one generation mean
benefits to coming generations. No
community can afford to let it's edu-
cational facilities decay.
u y Il
Remember that there are few places
outside the courts and the reform in
situations where a liar is useful. Don't
be a liar. 1t may work all right for a
time, but a single lie may cost a repu-
tation that will be destructive to bust
ness and success If you are at fault.
better tell the truth and abide by the
consequences.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
The Presidents Mistake.

We are glad to learn from Attorney
General Wade H. Ellis, of Ohio, that
"Wall street and the whole fraternity
Of stock gamblers and promoters are
against the president" We felt GER
tain when Mr.. Roosevelt Endorsed the
actions Of Hartman, Rockefeller ct al,
those m~alefactors of great wealth."
that he was making a mistake and
that his original estimate of them,
that they were combined ito bring
about as much financial stress as they
possibly can, in order to discredit the
policy Of the government" must have
been the true theory.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
W. RAZZzNsaW .YSMWEWCUZ&9

incorporated this sentiment in his
message of 1894 the United States still
paid tribute, because there was no
navy to prove her independence. How
ever, that congress appropriated $780,
900 with which to build six frigates.
Among these were the Constitution,
now the oldest ship atloat under any
flag, and a training ship for appren-
tees at Portsmouth, With this fleet
and it's later auXiliaries Decatur
taught the rulers of Algiers and Trip
oil a stern lesson, and America soon
took her place among the naval pow
ers Of the world, a place which none
disputed after her victories over Great
Britain in 181,2-1S15.
Quick Work of Preparation.
The president issued the orders for
the sailing of this feet On August %,
and since then coal mines, railways,
provision dealers, and manufacturers
of heavy ordnance and ammunition
have known the busiest season they
have had since the Spanish-American
war. Altogether IS vessels go to San
Francisco, and when all have as
sembled in the waters off the coast of
California, Fighting Bob" Evans will
have under his command the largest,
most invincible, the most perfectly
equipped fleet that has ever modified
in one place since the history of the
world began.
The aggregate displacement of the
vessels sailing is nearly $4,000 tons,
and the aggregate power Is 664 guns of
four inch calibre and over. The four
divisions of this fleet will carry 581 Of
ficers and II, 800 enlisted men, as fine
an array of jackies as any navy has
ever known, and an earnest and eager
set, too, for as Don as the ews of
the cruise was noised abroad enlist
ments increased rapidly throughout
the navy and assertions became prac.
tically unknown.
The mooern wife who puzzles for
days over the packing of her hus,
bands grips and lunch basket when
he is off for a weeks hunting trip
can never begin to appreciate the
enormity of Columbia's task in fitting
out her 1880 sons for an outing Of
lis days, in which they are not ex
pected to set foot on land at all. Be
sides all the stores that each shiI
a carry when her capacity is taxed
to its fullest, there will be two ship:
that carry supplies alone, the Glacier
and Culgoa.
Immense Supply Of Coal.
The item Of coal alone is not in
considerable. On October IL, contract
were let for $4,000 tons to be deliv
cred at the six seaport towns wher'
the feet will stop, Trinidad, Ri
Janerio, Punta Arenas, Callao, Mag
dalena bay and San Francisco. 1t
mined in West Virginia, shipped b
rail to four tide water cities of tn
Atlantic, and whom there is handle
by five American companies in 30 fol-
eign steamers to the ports named
where 1t is piled on the piers read
for the battleships. Fifteen Of thes
steamers go all the way to San Fral
!, cisco with their cargoes. The cost {
the coal will be about So a ton, an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
.gnfantv industries No LONGER

The protection idea has as it base
the building UP Of infant" industries.
But when those industries wax SO
strong, under a high tariff, that they
become mere pirates on the industrial
seas, they have lost all claim to the
protection that a tariff affords. When
they slaughter their products abroad,
where they have n % protection, and
amass their chief wealth by over
charging American consumers, they
have lost all claims to tender consid-
Grafton by the tariff trainers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
RenubIlcan Prosneritv,

The speakers at the Young Mems
Christian association at Washington
have been pointing out "the perils Of
prosperity" They seem to think that
prosperity breeds sinners. Lincoln
once said prosperity breeds tyrants."
If these things are true, what becomes
of the Republican boasts? The pres
ent panic may furnish an answer to
this question.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
storing Produce for Market.

Almost every small town has an ice
house Of sufficient capacity to supply
the people locally with ice. 1t would
not be very expensive to conduct in
connection with it a cold storage plant
Of capacity great enough to care for
the storing Of fruit, eggs and other
produce brought in from the surround
ing country. Such an establishment
would often save farmers considerable
money by enabling them to keep their
products for a favorable market.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19
Good Bankers and Bad Bankers

IN view of the disclosures concern.
ing the Walsh banks in Chicago, the
Enterprise National bank Of AL
legheny, Pa, and certain national
banks in New York and Brooklyn, the
advice of President Roosevelt relating
to boarding must prove nugatory.
While all bankers are not grafters,
some bankers certainly are. The
president should have Disseminated
between good bankers and bad ones.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-19

It may presently impress itself on
President Rooseyelt's active intellect
that it is not his function to serve as
keeper Of the Door of Hope for the
United States. The Open Road, Mr..
President, is what this country win
have, and 1t will have 1t regardless OF
the toll-gate interest.