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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
INSURANCE AGAINST BRYAN.

In the minds of practical business
men the possibility of Bryan's election
is classed with fire and tornadoes, and
they are asking for insurance against
it. Some weeks ago Lloyds of London
wrote considerable of this kind of in
surance In New York, the companies
agreeing to compensate the insured
for any business loss sustained
through Mr.. Bryan's election, should
he be victorious at the polls. Now a
big wool firm of Chicago, SHERMAN
Brothers, is looking for insurance OF
this kind and has been unable to Sc
cure it thus far 1t is offering to take
a 100000 policy and to pay $4,000
premium. Members of the firm say
that this decision was not reached ex-
cept after matured deliberation.
Silberman Brothers handle 25,000,-
900 pounds of wool annually and the
concern anticipates that in the event
that the Democratic national stand
ard bearer defeats William Howard
Taft there will be a slump In the wool
market to the extent probably Of four
or five cents pound If the sage OF
Fairview achieves his cherished am
bition to grasp the reins of govern
ment, 1t is calculated that the $780,
600 insurance partly will cover a
considerable loss on large amount of
wool SHERMAN Brothers purchased
this ason. Sigmund SHERMAN. a
member of the firm, who is handling
! the offer is quoted as saying:
! 81 think we easily can afford to pay
the premium | have mentioned in or
der to be insured against a heavy loss
in the event Bryan wins at the polls
in November There is no question
in my mind that Democratic vic
tory In the national election will
have depressing effect on business
We have gained pretty good idea
through information from manufac.
turers, how the wind will blow il Mr.
Bryan is made the choice of the cleo
torate. Manufacturers tell us that
the market for wool will be weak II
Taft is defeated, because a slump will
occur and the sales of clothing by
merchants will decrease. Present in
idications are to the effect that New
York and Ohio will be close states in
the coming election. This insurance
idea is one thought of a short time
ago. have talked with Vice Presi
dent w. w. Buch of the American
Sheep Breeder company and others
about 1t and l think it would be {
good policy for our firm to follow
providing we get satisfactory of
fer"
Ferdinand SHERMAN, another mem
Der of the concern, declared that the
proposition was purely business one
and not TIE result in any way of pc
litical sentiment:
with William Jennings Bryan as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
A GUARANTY MADE GOOD.

Have you heard anything about it
(the Republican partly guaranteeing
you a profit on your crops? said
John w. Kern, Bryan's candidate for
Vice-President, in recent address 10
farmers.
Every one Of Kerns hearers could
doubtless have told him that they had
heard of the Republican party making
just such a guarantee, and that the
guarantee had been made good. The
Dingley tariff law, enacted by Re-
publican congress, after American
farmers had been subjected to four
years of depression, distress and prof,
itless labor under the Democratic
Wilson-Gorman law, gives the farmer
ample protection from t.he competi.
ton of Canade and Europe, and by
the protection which it extends to
other American industries, it has built
4 up and secured to the farmer home
market at good prices for all that he
can raise.
Yes, Mr. Kern, the Republican party
does guarantee the farmer a profit on
1 his crops, and he gets the profit.
The only thing that the Bryan-Kern
Democracy guarantees to the farmer
is loss of profit, and hard times under
/ another Wilson-Gorman tariff bill
/ should the farmer be fool enough tc
vote for Bryan, and Bryan be elected
But the farmer won't be fool, and
Bryan won't be elected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
The Daily Gate City

Isured OF the Presidency business sure
lily will be hard hit. Conditions COM
Imercially will be upset, and we won't
have recovery for at least six
months. The country, of course, is
too strong to go to pieces, but tri-
lumph by democracy means slump in
business. was in Europe through.
out the last summer and found hard
times there European countries are
affected by the depression here. |
learned in New York that fear is
prevalent there that the state will go
Democratic
These men, 1t should be noted, are
not politicians. Nor are they repre-
sentatives of predatory wealth"
their affairs are not to be made the
subject of business supervision or
regulation in any event. They are
simply business men, who feel that
their business may suffer should
Bryan be elected, and they are seek
ing businesslike way to protect
themselves If such contingency should
occur.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
AN EASTERN FARMERS OPINION.

The Sioux City Journal quotes a resi-
dent of the east-one I. S. Long. who
owns farm near Lebanon Valley, Pa.
as saving that the western farmer
does not know his business. Mr.. Long
AYERS that in the last twenty years. on
his own farm in Pennsylvania, he has
averaged better than one hundred
bushels of shelled corn to the acre;
that in only two of the twenty years
has the yield fallen below one hundred
bushels and that in number of years
the yield has gone as high as 125
bushels
This eastern farmer declares that It
is a positive shame the way western
farmers till their land; he says the
corn is poorly cultivated and full OF
weeds, and that the seed is not of high
grade; that the farmers out here raise
only half crops; that proper cultivation
would double the output; that the west
has the advantage over the cast in thai
we have a rich black soil-somethinl
that the east has not; that if lowe
4 farmers would cultivate their corn a!
/ he does mis- they would raise IT'S blu
shells to the acre.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette raises tn,
inquiry, is this man Long telling tht
truth9' and concludes that if he u.s. ther
Iowa farmers have hardly begun
to really cultivate the soil; IF he i,
telling the truth then tae people whc
want to get their hands on a goot
thing will get hold of chunk of low;
lane aad hang onto i. fos If Iowa sol
! is so productive, it Won't be man,
years until that n,nductlveness i
made manifest." The same paper zoe
on to say:
1t doesn't take an expert to prov,
that Iowa farmers have missed a
least part of the wealth that nigh
have been theirs. Many farmers hav
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
girls satisfactorily for life on the

girls satisfactorily for life on the
farm?
Do the farmers get the returns
they reasonably should from the sale
of their products?
| Do they receive from the railroads,
Ihighroads, trolley lines, ETC., the SER
vice they reasonably should?
Do they resolve from the postal ser
vice, rural telephone, ETC., the service
they reasonably should expect?
Are farmers and their wives suits
factorily organized to promote their
mutual buying and selling interests?
Are the renters of farms making a
satisfactory living?
! Is the supply of farm labor salts
factory?
! Are the conditions surrounding
hired labor on the farms satisfactory
to the hired men?
Have the farmers satisfactory facil
tiles for doing their business in bank
ing, credit, insurance, etc.
! Do farmers and their wives and
families get together for mutual I'M
provement and social intercourse as
much as they should?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
TO UPLIFT FARM LIFE.

The Commission on Country Life
which is gathering information for
the Presidents use In recommending
legislation to congress to help rural
communities, has started a campaign
to get into individual touch with half
million persons. The commission
has prepared list of twelve ques
tions on the general economic, social
and sanitary conditions of rural life
and is mailing them to farmers, edu-
Gators, clergymen, officers of organiza,
tions which deal with any phase of
rural activities, business men, railroad
men, and others who ought to have
first-hand opinions on the present con-
ditions of the country life and of the
needs of rural communities. Each re-
cipient is asked to give his reasons for
his answers and to make any sugges.
lions that seem pertinent. To sum up,
4 the commission inquiries: What In
/ your judgment is the most important
single thing to be done for the gen.
eral betterment of country life?"
From the letters that have already
come in-and there are hundreds al
though up to this time no direct ap
peal for opinions has been made--the
4 commissioners believe they will re
ceive particularly valuable assistance
from the clergy Country ministers
and priests have not only written {
surprisingly large portion of the
letters, but their suggestions show :
broad and intelligent grasp of the sit
uation.
The census bureau has agreed t.
tabulate the information which thes,
letters yield. The next step of tbs
commissioners will be personal tour
of the rural parts of the United State.
in order to get the opinions of the mer
and women there by direct contac
and word of mouth
Here are the questions being asked
by the commissioners:
Are the farm houses in you
neighborhood as good as they should
be under the existing conditions?
j Are the schools training boys and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

Archbishop Harry of the Philippines
is quoted by Rev. Father Joseph
Casey, chaplain of the First Infantry
United States army, as saying:
Il pray earnestly to God that Gov
ernor Taft is elected, because he
knows the needs of the Philippine
Islands and my dear Filipinos, and
will help us in every way possible,
while Mr.. Bryan, If he should live up
to the Democratic declaration, would
merely produce chaos, unrest and
most likely terrible insurrection."
Bishop Harry added that the ordi-
nary Filipinos, while good religious
people, are not ready yet to govern
themselves, and will not be for many
years. They are better off under
their present form of government nc
said, than they ever could be under
even absolute independence. because
they have the powerful and generous
United States behind them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

, TERsE SENTENCES BY ROOSEVELT CONCERNING
LABOR CONTROVERSY.
Declares Bryans Injunction Which He Has Avo'oe'
Discussing, and Warns Delivery by Gompers'

do workngmen of America can De hsi.
TO their and Gomps seek "
them believe they will permit MT Gonpels " W
Mr. Bryan In exchange 1or sa
a right to speak frankly IN THIS nate -
cause throughout President 1t mas oeeh NY
everything both by admmls.la'se az
legislative action 10 w
aggression and secure 10 It's
legitimate rights ..,o
everything power for the wage workers ol JIG
country EXCEPT TO WHAT is WRONG
Epham eedeth There is another count against
this matter Their proposed releu
would damage this country because Vi
vicious purpose be shown by putting upon
would utterly worthless to accom-
.
"Why definite? He failed in his letter Oh a
platform SO 1ar as
Taft has repeated
this matter of regulating nu
entitled know with equal clearness wnee
o Mr. Bryan sands"
+ .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
soNAPARrE ON DEPOSITS.

United States Attorney General
Charles j. Bonaparte, in a recent
political address devoted himself chief
ly to the Democratic proposal looking
to the governmental guarantee of bank
deposits.
He declared that a "depositor is
simply creditor of a bank who has
the right under his contract to demand
payment of his debt in whole or in
part at any moment" and argued that
/ if depositors in banks are to be given
a guarantee there is no reason why
the same should not be given also to
all sorts Of creditors of all sorts of
debtors.
He said that the most serious OBJ
pection to the scheme however, is not
theoretical but practical, and that 1t
would place honest conservative,
properly managed and properly of.
ficered banks" at the mercy of under.
capitalized banks with "disreputable
incompetent presidents" after the
latter had taken away the business oil
4 the former by advertising tricks
and appeals to popular ignorance and
4 credulity."
Mr.. Bonaparte did not deny that il
may be wise and just to provide pool
\ people with an absolute safe custody
for their savings; this is precisely
what Republican statesmen propose
by the establishment of postal saw
ings banks which depositors of small
means may use with the knowledge
that the United States itself guaran
tees the return Of every dollar de
posted
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

The duty on horse worth $3.50 is
$50 On 500 worth of wheat the duty
is S25. 1t is this duty which prevents
Canadian horses and wheat from be-
Ing sold in this country in competition
with the horses and wheat grown
on American farms. Other farm prod.
ucts enjoy like measure of protec,
ton. The Democratic party proposes
to repeal these protective duties and
let foreign farm products into our mar
kets on equal terms with our own The
issue is fairly before Mr. Tracy. the
Democratic candidate for congress II
this district. Would he or would he
not vote with his party to abolish the
protection thus afforded First distric
farmers? Candidate Tracy has the
floor. Yes or no, Mr. Tracy?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

Analysis of the vote by states dis
closes some interesting facts. In New
York Taft had 2,543 and Bryan s67.
In Ohio the vote was: Taft, 1,o42;
Bryan, 749. In Indiana: Taft, SOL;
Bryan, 465 In Illinois: Taft, 1927;
Bryan. 727. North Dakota: Taft,
1889; Bryan, no. South Dakota: Taft,
203; Bryan, 95. Nebraska: Taft, 536;
Bryan, 365. Kansas: Taft 552; Bryan,
$40. Missouri: Taft, AIS; Bryan, 666
Colorado: Taft, 343; Bryan, 24s. Cal
ifornia: Taft, 6s6; Bryan, S72. The
vote is believed to be an accurate in
dex of the feeling of the classes rep
resented
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

The Chicago Record-Herald poll of
Illinois gives over $4,000 plurality for
Taft and 10000 plurality for Deneen.
Roy o. West, chairman of the Illinois
Republican state committee, believes
Taft's plurality and that of the candi-
dates on the Republican state ticket
will be over 2o0,Ooo 1t is expected
that large numbers of Democrats will
vote against Stevenson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

Treasury statistics show that our in
ternational trade for the first nine
months of the calendar year amounted
to O2S,oo0,000, and for the
last twelve months to $685.
100000. AS the Wall Street
Journal says, an international
balance of s43S 100000 in nine months
in our favor is one of the fundament,
ally sound facts of the situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
}, BRYAN A MENACE TO GOOD
, TIMES

. "Bryan is bit sensitive be- =
. cause not only Republicans but =
= Democrats are prophesying in =
= business way that If he is elected =
. 1t will retard business and that II =
= the Republican ticket is elected 1t =
= will improve business. He says =
. that is offering bribery to work =
= men. 1t is not offering bribery. =
. 1t is merely stating fact, and it =
. Is a fact the workingnen ought .
= to know as we'll as the business .
= men. Bryan's election will be .
. menace to prosperity."-W. II. =
. Taft at LaWrenceburg, Indiana. =
. Oct. %. =
q . . . y . . . . . . . = . 4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

Plant the factory beside the farm.
The way to do this is to -ote for the
Republican policy of protection. The
Democratic idea is to have the manu-
featuring done in free trade countries
abroad, to the detriment of American
factory employees and farmers alike.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
He simply wished for the future Of the
medical men before him what all men
desire-enough work to do, and a
strength to do the work.
Signs Of a Hard Winter.

Chicago Tribune: All the signs Il
is said, point to had winter. The
goosebone indicates it, the squirrels
are laying up an unusually large SUD
ply of nuts, and the hohoes are flock
ing to the principal cities in. great
numbers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
ANOTHER STRAW BALLOT.

In its latest issue the Literary
Digest publishes the results of a straw
vote for the presidency it took among
it's readers. The list includes law
yers, physicians, educators, clergy
men and the professional classes gen.
orally; also the bankers and the bust
ness men of the country who are rated
substantially in the commercial di-
nv 4.4,I ,ca oe fo1Ious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

Democratic newspapers in this part
Of Iowa are not as cocky about the
First district as they We're earlier in
the campaign. They are now realiz,
ing, what Republicans have known all
along, that Congressman Kennedy will
be elected by an old-fashioued Sound
Money and Protection majority
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

Speak up, Mr.. Tracy! Would you or
would you not vote with your party
to deprive First district farmers of
the protection they now enjoy on
horses, cattle, hogs, wheat, hay po-
tatoes, butter eggs, and other farm
products? A prompt and frank reply
will greatly oblige.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
Potatoes Are Potatoes This Ye

Potatoes Are Potatoes This Year.
Bonaparte Bee: Potatoes are now
retailing at ninety cents per bushel
The yield in this section is smaller
than usual this year on account of the
dry weather, and those having good
supply are in luck, as a further ad
vance is looked for.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

The prohibition cause has received
another boost. A California woman
was drowned in a wine vst the other
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

John Worth Kern declares he is an
optimist The claim seems well
founded. Any man who can lose a
railroad pass these days and still feel
cheerful clearly belongs in that cate
CORY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

A Texas newspaper reports that a
schoolmaam in the Cross Timbers
district in that state has adopted a
rule that when the girls miss word
in spelling one of the boys can kiss
her. provided he spell the word right.
1t is said that she has a room full
of poor girl spoilers, but that the boys
are improving.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

With President Roosevelt in pros
pect as one of the it's editorial writer's
the outlook is good for the Outlook.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

The Republican who fails to regis
ter will have no part or lot in the re.
joicing on the night of November 8.
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keokuk, Iowa. October "a, 1908
Register! Don't be disfranchised

Last call but one to register. Now
is the accepted time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

Uncle Sam is making lots of mon
ey these days. The mint at Phila-
delphia is working overtime.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

President Roosevelt took his pen
In hand" again on Wednesday, and the
fur proceeded to fly some more.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-24

The Republican voter WAC neglects
to register is half-brother of Demo
crat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-08-27
RGW to be Happy.

There was once a king who
had little boy whom he loved
very much and whom he took
a deal OF pains to- make happy.
He gave him a pony to ride,
beautiful rooms TO live II, pic
lures, books, toys without num-
Der, teachers, companions and
everything that money could
buy or ingenuity could devise;
but for all this the young prince
was unhappy. He were a
frown wherever he went, and
was always wishing for some
thing he did not have.
At length a magician came
to the court. He saw the scowl
on the boys face, and said to
the king, 81 can make your son
happy and turn his frowns into
smiles, but you must pay me q
great price for telling him this
secret" cali right said the
king, "whatever you ask will
give.'
The magician took the boy
into private room. He wrote
something with a white sub
stance on a piece Of paper. He
gave the boy a candle and told
him to light it and hold it under
the paper and see what he could
read. Then the magician went
away. The boy did as he had
been told, and the white letters
turned into a beautiful blue.
They formed these words: edo
a kindness to some one every
day" The prince followed the
advice, and became the hap
piest boy in the realm. Sc.
lected.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-08-27
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-08-27

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