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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19

eEORoIA WHITE, Local Editor.



Behold the virtue of vermont
OF which the state may proudly vaunt;
The wiseat of her wits,
Beneath the capitolian dome
Collect from distant farm and home
When legislature sits.
The speaker from bis lafty perch.
Instead of timber twig Of birch,
With pounding gavel hits,
And calls 70 those uproarious boys.
ssNow don't be making 50 much nolse,p
When Legislature sits-
The clerk in his sonorous tones
To inattentive hearers drones
A hin they catch In bits;
And spider-legged. the page@ 80
With missives running 70 and iro,
When legislature sita-
Around the table Of the press
A row of grinning iokers meas
with ink in scratchy writs:
And though the business fairly hum.
They never cease from chewing gum,
When legislature site.
Unto member In the han
To take the chair Is sent the call
That gives him bashfui llts,
And Parliamentary rules he naunts
In simply getting what he wants,
when Legislature sits.
Most thankful Is his quakine aou1
when some committee Of the whole,
It's business done. permits
That he request. without wait
It then resume its natural state.
And legislature sits.
printing bill Is scrutinized.
It's fraud suspiciously surniiHed
By one who painfully admits
Preyaricating prints be knows
And much inclined % roEuery, those.
when legislature sita
Anon you hear the thund'rous roH
OF eloQuence beyond control,
With lightning fash o. witss
But soon, though courtesy forbid2.
It's hushed by slammlng down the lids,
when legislature sits.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19
sryan Won't Mortaase Hls Future

Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Bryan are on their
way 10 Mexico. He said Tuesday that
his friends did not require him to preiu-
dice the future, and he should not take
the advice of his enemies. He hoped it
would not be necessary for him to again
run for office, but be would not decide
that question until the time came. He
would continue TO write and speak in de-
fence OF things he believed in. Asked il
he would be candidate for senator in
Nebraska two years hence, be would not
commit himself.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19
Emperor William to Bride Tonaus

As the outgrowth OF the strong senti-
ment in Germany that the emperor is giv-
en- to talking too freely. especially as IL
lustrated in the interview recently pub
lished in the London Telegraph, Chan
cellor Won Buelow had an audience with
him 1T the new palace in Potsdam Tues
day and after representing the disturbed
state Of the nation, due to bis utterances,
the emperor yielded and in effect prom
ised to conform to constitutional meth
DDS hereafter, which means that any
thing he says affecting national affairs
win pass through the hands of his official
advisers. Under this arrangement, Won
Bueluw will remain at the head OF the
cabinet. Germany has been deeply
stirred Of late by Williams ill-advised
talk
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19

BY mine explosion at the Radbod
mine in Westphalia, Germany, last week,
about $50 miners were entombed, and
thare is no hope Of their rescue. But six
in the mine escaped without injury.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19

The postal deficit last year amounted to
e1e, $40, ,279, the largest deficit in the his
tory Of the government. Postmaster
General Meyer believes that parcels post
confined to rural routes would make the
latter self-sustaining.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19

The identity Of Mrs. Guinness, as one Of
fhs buried victims at the Laporte. Ind.
place seems established through the evil
dence given by her dentist. The trial Of
Ray Lamphere is in progress.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19

A boat in which three white men were
irving to smuggle ten Cinnamon into the
country was wrecked on the sea wall at
Buffalo last week and six Of the China
nasu were drowned.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19

state eonvicts working in a mine at
Pratt City, Ala, formed : conspiracy to
aet fire to the mine and escape. Eight
wars suiIocated to death, but none got
away.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-11-19

MRS. A.-"GOOd morning, Mrs. B.; |
was 50 sorry was ont when yOu called
yesterday. Inst went into Grants Drug
Store to get s0me prescriptions filled.
They take time enough there to be abSO-
IuteIy accurate. have been in again
this morning doing my Saturday shop
ping. found everything | needed, pen
ciIs and tablets for the children and
some ''sweIT' stationery for my own cor
respOndence. | needed cream tartar,
soda and spices for my kitchen cabinet
and soap, spOnges, bOrax and ammonia
for the bath room, and they have some
new perfumes that are simply irreSist-
ibIe. Yes, ! viii 90 back with yOu and
get a hot soda and some magazines for
Sunday.
did yOn know they have something
to GIVE AWAY TO EVERYBODY at
"Grant'S Drug StOre?''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
DISGUISED THE TASTE.
lSinnx CITY Trihl1nel

1T was too much to expect that Late
Young whose Capital but year ago,
declared Taft an impossbiity because
of his tariff heresy. or that Major
Lacey. who swore that the statement
that the tariff shelters monopoly was
damned lousy lie would swallow
that Taft tariff pill and look as If they
liked It, Then they found the Ameri-
can Economist, organ Of the Protec-
tive Tariff league, echoing their senti-
ments when it declared that Bryan
would be better than Taft because the
former would be checkmated by the
senate.
SO Lacey took the platform commit
tee in charge and prepared a coating
of sugar which would cover and con-
cea the bitter Ohio pill and make 1t
taste pleasant in the mouth whatever
ruction it might hereafter make in
the Intervals of standpattism. I'VE de-
clare unequivocally for protection" 1t
is the cardinal principle" of republi-
can party We say now. as the plat
form in 1904 said that the schedules
should be changed when conditions de-
mand. And, of course, conditions never
demand revision in prosperous times
and disturbs it in bad times.
Having thus sugarcoated the Taft
pill they swallow It, They actually
tried to look pleasant as it went down.
The Sioux City Journal points to it
this morning with pride and says:
Who says we are standpatters now?
And they pretend that they heartily
support Taft who. on May IA, 1906,
n,l,
sideration of general principles
it is your duty to buy where you can
obtain the material, supplies and ma
chinery for the canaD at the cheap
est price. other conditions as to quail
ity prompt delivery. etc, being equal"
Great is Humbug!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
g,,ns- e1brar glrarsturltumn ,c,ua glarrh q 1913

golden avenue of light; an azure path
of poesy. In commerce 1t is the ar
terry of business life and human ener-
gy and enterprise. Socially, 1t has long
represented the charm of the out-of-
door world. the fleeting moments of
pleasure. the tenderness of romance
1T has ever responded to the moods OF
man. II has smiled and dimpled and
wooed, caressing with the gentleness
of II woman, uplifting and sustaining
with the strength of man. Ideally,
ii is enc long, sinuous epitome of de-
light and romance. Yet. lurking within
its depths, is the spirit OF the monster,
the great mystery that relentlessly de-
mands the toll of human life. Never is
its menace greater than when 1T
smiles in sweetest mood. Beguiling the
light-hearted and health-loving to Its
bosom by its call Of delight. 1t closes
it's arms around them unexpectedly
resistlcssly. heartlessly and draws
them TO itself in Deaths embrace.
Yet today the river flows on serene
and undisturbed. The lights CLINT and
the shadows waver and the picture Of
beauty is complete. But over it all
hangs the mystery Of it's depths Its
smiles, Its beauty, it's lure, are those
of treachery. 1t is lovely siren which
holds in the hand extended in tam
talizing invitation, the agony of a
heart break
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
TERMS:
YOUNG MEN MAY TALK.

To great many people it will al
ways be matter of regret that Theo-
dore Roosevelt did not have the oppor-
tunity of presiding over the delibera-
tions Of the United States senate at
least one term. He was elected
vice president and was called to the
presidency before he had a chance to
take the gavel in the senate. 1t is very
probable that With Roosevelt welding
the gavel some Of the traditions which
have so long encountered the senate
would have been smashed.
One of these traditions, which have
come to be the equivalent of law, re-
lates to the right of addressing the
senate at length The rule Of the sem
ate Is that the new member remain
silent. This has grown up as Gus
tom. or course the old members have
as for the newer ones, inasmuch as
the custom has almost made 1t neces-
sary for constituencies to keep their
senators in office for life, it looks good
to those who want some excuse for re-
naming In the senate.
But in recent years. so 1t IS stated,
a great many new members have come
into the senate and this custom is not
so rigidly held as in other years. Sem
ator LaFollette, for instance, never
paid any attention to the tradition. He
spoke right out, and the senators re-
NAMED in their seats to listen. The
new senators from the southern states
and from Oklahoma have shown wan
ton disregard of this rule. In fact 1t
has been impossible to maintain the
rule, especially since the coterie which
has so long governed the senate has
been somewhat broken in ranks.
The rule and the custom are wrong.
The men who are fresh from the peo-
pie should speak and act. New ideas
are needed in the senate as we'll as in
business. The younger and newer men
should be heard, not to the exclusion
of the older counselors but certainly on ,
an equality with them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23

normal but are showing a marked i'm
provement over recent preceding
months In chemicals, business Is still
below normal, but prices continue high.
Collections generally are fair.
Minneapolis Wholesale trade is
steadily increasing. particularly in sea-
sonabe lines February sales We're not
up to the previous high record. but
thus far March is fully up to previous
years. Dry goods. clothing and fur
nishings are active, and some indica-
ton of stocking up by country mer-
chants is in evidence. Factories In all
lines are running full time, with sat
isfactory amount of orders ahead. The
lumber trade continues dull. northern
white pine being about the only pro-
duct in demand and this Is due to the
scarcity of manufactured lumber and
shortage of logs cut this winter Lum-
504 900 feet.
Pittsburg--Buying in merchandise
lines continues on a conservative basis,
and retail merchants still complain of
slow business. The movement of hard
ware is light and there is as yet no evil
dence of much building in this section
with the opening of spring. The WIN
dow glass market is quiet. and 1t is
reported that in plate glass liberia! re-
auctions, in prices are being made to
stimulate buying The river coal mar
ket is showing more activity on ac-
count of a probable boating stage and
some coal has been shipped. but loaded
craft in the harbors are limited. Rail
road lines are not in full operation.
Prices are nominally unchanged at
$115 to S1.25 for run of mine.
ADMINISTRATION are gradually
improving and factories are working
on fair time. Collections are not as
prompt as might be desired. but a bet
ter feeling prevails. Lumber is inactive
and the furniture business quiet
Shipments of agricultural implements
and hardware are about normal. job
bers in shoes, dry goods, and furnish
ing goods report the volume of BUSH
ness almost up to the average for the
season. The early opening of spring has
made retail trade good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
YOUNG MAN, BE CLEAN.

An evangelist talked to young men
Sunday on The Clean Life" He urged
them to live right, and to be not only
honest and upright in their business
dealings, but to make their personal
lives above reproach-to be clean in
both body and mind.
The young man is the one whom
most evangelists try hardest to save
Men of mature years. who have passed
thru the different stages of life, and
know of the snares and pitfalls that
are waiting for the boy with reckoning
hand, realize better than any one just
what is before the young man in life.
To be clean, mentally. morally. and
would be the wish Of ev-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
ONE TRUSTS WAY.

1t Is given out on what is deemed
competent authority that the steel
trust continues to sell its product
abroad at price of 80 per cent lower
than the price in our protected coun-
try This is not a freak price or one
made just to get rid of a big stock
or to gain entrance into new territory,
but it is a regular thing.
Perhaps this would not provoke any
criticism but for the fact that it is Civ
en- out at the same time that the steel
trust will not manufacture save upon
orders for delivery in this country and
will not get large supply Of material
instantly. Even this might not be so
very, bad but for the fact that it is
well known among the consumers OF
the trusts product that an inferior ar
ticle is being turned out.
That the trust Is putting out inferior
goods has been demonstrated by the
largest consumers Of steel, the rail-.
roads, and they are buying only sub
ject to inspection. 90 much poor steel
was found that the buyers had to pro-
tect themselves. But they cannot fully
protect themselves and In the end the
public will suffer, for poor steel means
loss of life and loss Of property. 1t is
also known that the trust is putting
out wire that is not as good as that
which was made by Independent con-
Germs before the trust was form ed.
This wire directly affects the farmers.
for they are bGying more wire than
ever before and they ought to have the
best. But whether the product is wire
or steel rails or structural steel the
harm done by poor product comes
directly to the people.
It has been said by the trust defend
ers in extenuation that the formation
Of trusts tend to Improvement of the
methods of manufacture and better
products. If that was true there would
be some force to the argument But in
the case of the steel trust it appears
that monopoly has resulted in inferior
product.
And the steel makers are very very
strongly opposed to any revision of the
tariff and they think that revision
would be as bad after election as be-
fore it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23

cry father for his son. and what finer
testimonial could be paid to the young
man than to say truthfully, HE Is a
clean young fellow" and mean clean
in every way?
a double code of morals is generally
accepted in this age, and more's the
pity The average young man figures
that he must necessarily sow some
wild oats at some time in his life, and
who is to do the reaping seldom enters
his mind That his sins shall be visited
unto the third and fourth generations
means nothing to him, for he has no
thought for the future. But there
comes a time in the life of this young
man when he would give worlds, II he
possessed them, to undo one indiscreet
act; to live over one short period IN his
past; to SOW again, that he might reap
the golden grain rather than the tares
and thistlcs.
What young man is there but who
some day fancies himself as the head
of a little home, with a loving wile
and children about him? 1t may be in
the future, but the picture is indellbly
stamped upon his mind In choosing his
wife he demands all the qualities con-
stituting womanliness. But is he able
to give in return to that young woman
the same personal cleanliness that he
demands and expects? He should be-
and if he isn't he does not deserve the
girl.
If your family physician could talk
without violating professional ethics
he could tell tales that would make the
mother shudder, and compel her to
hesitate before she gave up her girl
without a little investigation. Indiscre-
lions in this wild oats" period have
brought more misery into the world
than the most of us imagine, and,
worst of ALL the reaping is done by
virtuous wife and innocent children.
Nearly any physician, if he chose, could
cite case after case where the wife
has paid the penalty of her husbands
Youthful folly with her own life. or
even worse in leading Il wretched ana
miserable existence of years of pain
and suffering. Your doctor could re-
late how children are born into the
world blind, and the cause is so ap-
parent that no second diagnosis is nee
essary.
These are not fancies of mind, but
facts. duly recognized by the medical
world. They are facts, too, that the
Young man may do well to ponder over
seriously. They are also facts that the
Young woman can not treat lightly and
be true to herself and her posterity.
It's up to you. young man. Be clean.
Live right. Choose for your girl
friends those with whom you would
have your sister associate. Be honest
with yourself, and to her" Look
ahead a few years, and imagine the
outcome of a dissipated youth.
Young man, be clean.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
DEALING IN FUTURES
Cedar Rapids Gazette.)

S(
There is legitimate investment in
stocks, just as there is legitimate buy
ing of grain futures by business inter-
ests. But legitimate investment does
not mean that it is right for speculate
ors who are nothing more than gam
blers to hammer the market down or
create fictitious values for the purpose
of fleeing other investors. A stock
exchange Is undoubtedly a legitimate
institution, but it ought to be curbed
so that the great business interests
will not be endangered
AS to forbidding the buying Of grain
futures, that is not to be thought Of
Buying on margins as practiced by
millers and other business interests. is
legitimate OF course, there are indi-
viduals who speculate to the point Of
gambling. 1t will be hard to prevent
that; just as 1t would be practically
impossible to prevent speculation in
land to the point of gambling.
A very great change for the better in
the grain markets came about when
the Chicago board of trade decided to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23
BUSINESS At LEADING POINTS.

Trade reports indicate a little more
activity, and the percentage OF IDLE ma
chinery decreases, but more reductions
in wages and dividends show that the
| nrocess of reimbursement will take some
| time. Weather conditions in all sec
tions facilitate the distribution of sea-
sonable wearing apparel and house
furnishings, improving sentiment yet
retailers are not disposed to replenish
stocks beyond the business actually IN
sight. Thus far no strife is expected
to follow the new wage scales that go
into effect next month, and the num-
Der of unemployed will be materially
reduced if labor will contribute Its
share to the lower cost of production
necessary to restore normal consump-
ton.
liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reported for March amounted
to s1O,s25,167, of which s3749762 were
in manufacturing $6199,35S in trading
and sS76,O47 in other commercial lines.
Failures this week numbered 1913 in
the United tSates against 1856 last year,
and Sc in Canada compared with Is a
year ago.
Chicago.-New demands in leading
industries make an improving exhibit
in iron, Steel machinery and wood
working, and there is further addition
to machinery and hands employed.
Building operations and heavy con-
struction make a seasonable start, the
work in sight assuring a busy year, and
the outlook imparts more strength to
the buying of structural steel, lumber
and quarry products. Navigation on
the lakes between nearby ports is
opened, thus adding to the general
heavier by rail than month ago. al
tho marketings of grain have slack
ened. Weather conditions at various
country points were adverse to trans
portation, the roads being unusually
soft but there is now more demand
on the western railroads for increased
car supply, and the indications are
good for more liberal forwarding of
breadstuffs.
Philadelphia-The wool market con-
tinues quiet; manufacturers are still
Indifferent ard unwilling to operate
beyond actual needs, and holders of
fine woods are not inclined to force
business at concessions, tho there has
been some pressure to sell the lower
grades and values are weak In the tex
tile mills a large amount of machine
cry is idle Wholesale shoe dealers re-
port business improving, but sales are
for Immediate needs only. Wholesale
dealers report only a mod
crate trade In leather, trading con-
tinues quite active with a fair demand
for all grades and supplies good. There
l.; an increased demand for glazed kid
and several good sized sales in skins
and leather have been made during
the past week; conditions are below
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-23

from taking any part in political al
fairs for many years are beginning to
make use of the strength which ,heS
did not know they possessed. They arc
alert and watchful and are able to 90
business even under the discred'ted
caucus system which has now been
relegated to the past.
1t was PROBABLY the last republican
state convention managed and directed
by steering committee.
The Iowa republicans have found
way to harmonic. 1t is by all stand
ing together On tariff revision plat
form. Roosevelt and Taft have pointed
the way.