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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-12
ABSTRACT OF STATEMENT
For the Year Ending Dec. 81. 1907.

'nS t~oi 1huiuS DSS. Ols l1Vfs
Guaranty and Surety Company of Scran-
ton. organized under the law of tine
State of Pennsylvania, made to the
Commissioners of Insurance of the State
Of North Dakota, in pursuance of the laws
of said state.
President. Louis A. Watres.
Vice Presidents. VIM. F. Hallstead and
Henry \. Knapp.
Secretary, John II. Law.
Principal office, $40 Spruce street.
North Dakota:s
Name: Commissioner of Insurance.
Location. Bismarck. n. u.
Organized or Incorporated. Feb. 70.
Commenced business. April l. 1901.
Capital.
Amount of capital stock paid
up IN full .................. SSOo,WO.UO
Assets.
Value of real estate owned by
the company ................ SD,WO.OO
Loans on bonds and mort
Railroad bonds and stocks r
book value ................. 7l4,374.5s
bonds. book value ......... 3!G.Oly.GO
Loans on collateral security. 3S.225.W
Cash on hand and in bank. SH.SO1 Ii
Interest due and accrued.... 1O.9S3.:'3
Premiums in course of collec-
ton anal transmission. ..... 16S,04S. 73
Bills receivable. not matured
taken for risks ............. 4,2I6,SI
All other sums due to the
company .................. lU',2lf. Is
S1.79627.75
Unidentified assets ......... 1Uti,342. -
Total assets Observation-Disclosures 81. G!3.2Sf. H
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-12

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
Office Of Commissioner of insurance.
T.. e. c. Cooper, Commissioner Of Insur-
ance of the State of North Dakota, do
hereby, certify that the foregoing Is 2
now on file. in this office.
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal OF this
of1ce at Bismarck the Lat day OF May.
A. ID. HOS. In ~ 4, i ~. :
]. (Seal.) p. G. COOPER,
4 Commissioner OF Insurance.
5 STATE OF NORTH DAKUrA,s
7 Office Of Commissioners 81, insurance.
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Capital.

Amount of deposit capital
stock paid up in full. ....... S21) ,UO0. CO
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North Dakota Business.

Total disbursements So
Evening star., 1908-12-13
WHAT MAY BE BOTH

IN hand and off hand-Ready made. ex-
~ temporaneous speeches for all occasions.
An insect and quadruped-A bugbear.
fowl and fish-A cockroach.
Queens, yet rudely turned down-In game
of euchre
Kings vet badly played out-By green
horns at whist
Grandstand performers. yet in dead earnest
The Three Hundred at Thermopyle.
Coated with hairs and lined with furze-
Highland cattle.
Seen and heard from distressed fat woman
Her size.
Great and grand yet small and seldom
seen-Our great-grandchildren
Fine board and coarse food-Ben Franklin S
sawdust pudding.
Virtuous and vcious-Virtuous in no sense
Right and left-A forgotten glove.
A tipttop story yet underground" King
Solomon S Mines"
Animal and vegetabe-Cattas.
Perfectly still yet running in all directions
The streets of city at night.
human being and vegetable-Pop corn.
Paying out thousands of dollars and satis-
fled with quarterback-The crowd at foot
ball game.
A conspicuous cataract, yet no great sig hit
One on the eye. Tom Fnllery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25
the Golfers of the trusts.

the Golfers of the trusts.
It would leave in the pockets of the
producers and laborers of this country
save only such amounts as may be
needed for the economical administra-
ton of the government.
1t would, by rigorous law enforce
ment. strike down private monopolies
which prey upon the people, and pro
tect the public against extortion and
imposition by the great public corpor-
atoms, whether by excessive charges
or by overissue of stocks and securi-
ties
In other words, 1t would undertake
to bring about in government, reali-
cation of that good old Democratic
maxim of Thomas Jefferson, Equal
and exact justice to all men; special
privileges to none
1t has no war to wage on capital. 1t
has no quarrel with corporations hon
estly capitalized, which carry on a
legitimate business, according to law.
1t will encourage the investment of
capital in the development of the coun-
try and protect it when invested
1t will draw a sharp line between
lawful business lawfully conducted,
and unlawful business. or business car
ried on in defiance of law and the
rights Of the public, protecting the one
and protecting society from the other.
1t calls upon men and corporations
lawfully engaged in legitimate bust
ness, not to ally themselves with men
or corporations engaged in lawless
ventures, but to take a stand with the
Democratic party in favor of such re
forms as will purge the business world
OF lawlessness and legalized extortion
to the end that honest capital and hon
est labor may go forward hand in hant
in the development of the country
| will not at this time discuss tn,
several planks CT the national plat
form. endorse that platform in al
its parts, and pledge my best endeay
ors toward securing the reforms t,
! which the party is by its terms con,
mitted As the. campaign progresse
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25

people as a whole; II asks. second. for
honesty in elections and publicity in
regard to campaign funds, that the
people may freely choose representa-
tives in sympathy with them and
pledged to guard their interests: ii
asks, third, for such a modification of
our governmental methods as will
make the senate an elective body. and
place the control CT the house of rep
resentatives in the hands of a major
ity of its members. A few days ago.
in discussing the tariff question,
dwelt upon the fourth demand made
by our party, namely, that taxation
be Just, that the revenue laws be made
for the purpose of raising revenue and
not for the enrichment of few at the
expense of the many, and that the tar
if law be supplemented by an income
tax which will mere nearly equalize
the governments burdens. Today |
present another demand made in our
party platform-the demand that the
grip of the trusts be broken, that COM
petition be restored and that the door
of opportunity be opened TO the bust
ness men and the toilers of the land.
Industrial independence is necessary
to political independence. The free
exercise Of the rights of citizenship is
impossible when a few men control the
industries in which millions are en-
ployed. God forbid that we should
compel the wage-earners of the nation
to address their petitions to trust mag
mates. and ask for their daily bread.
Already we have seen how prone the
monopolist is to make employment de-
pend upon the willingness of the en-
pioye to prostitute his ballot to the SER
vice of his corporate master.
This question should be settled now;
we cannot afford to bequeath it as a
legacy of woe to succeeding genera
ton. The conscience of the people is
already awakened. and the conscience
is the most potent force of which man
has knowledge. Where law makes one
righteous, conscience controls an hun
dred; where one is kept from wrong
doing by fear Of prison doors, a thou
sand are restrained by those invisible
walls which conscience rears about us
-barrier2 which are stronger than
| walls of granite. 1t is upon the con.
science that human institutions rest.
and without a stirring of the con-
Silence no great reform is possible To
a national conscience already aroused
we appeal, with the pledge that a Dem
ocratic victory will mean the ringing
1 - .-1
ringing in of new era in which. BUSH
ness will be built upon its merits, and
in which men will succeed. not in pro-
portion to the coercion they may be
able to practice, but in proportion to
their industry. their ability and their
fidelity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25

shall discuss its varioT" features,
from time to time, as opportunity pre-
sents.
There was perfect unanimity in the
convention as to the adoption Of this
declaration of principles. Men from
every state. distinguished for their
ability and patriotism, prepared. and
presented it as a platform upor which
all American voters, who a-e in favir
of the rule Of the people, can consci.
entiously stand
Gentlemen, We enter upon tl,is cam
paign with every prospect of success.
Never has political platform been
received with such favor by all classes
of people, and never has a candidate
been presented by any party who was
closer to the hearts of the people than
liam j. Bryan.
There is movement amongst the
people for better government which is
growing in force day by day. 1t is
confined to no one party, but men of
all parties, all trades and occupations
are coming together and making COM
mon cause in behalf of a restoration of
government of the people, for the
people, and by the people.
We must and will win this battle
without the use of money or the aid of
corporate power. If our adversaries
so desire, let them pursue that course.
But there are times in the life of q
nation like this when money and CO.
ercive influences are of no avail
There Genes time when the quick
ened conseiences of an enlightened
people impel action which neither
money nor influence can check. That
time, in my Judgment, is here.
Let every man from this hour for
ward perform his duty in manly and
honorable way. Let this be CAM
paign of education and argument Let
our appeals be to the reason and pa
trictism OF the American people. Let
us be vigilant and unceasing in honest
work for righteous cause. and a
glorious victory in November will
crown our efforts.
The principal speech of the day was
then made by Bryan, who spoke on
Trusts
IBryan's speech, practically in full
appears elsewhere in this ISSUE
| Reception Was FlatterIng.
| The journey through Indiana from
Chicago to the Hoosier state capita
was marked by enthusiastic reception.
for Bryan at every station at which
the train stopped. The candidate de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25

Monon. Monticello, Delphi, Rossville.
Frankfort, Kirklin, Sheridan, Westfield
and CARMEL and gave the Nebraskan
tumultuous ovations.
All the way to Indianapolis the pres
idential nominee did not lose min
ute. He held several conferences with
the leaders and went over campaign
plans, and besides his five speeches
found time to give out an interview at
Cedar Lake in which he charged that
the republicans, mot being able to
meet the arguments in support of the
democratic platform, are attempting to
scare the voters by a resort to their
imaginations."
Speaks at MOnOn.
At Monon he said
in 1896 a great deal was said about
the panic. The democratic party was
charged with having brought it about,
and the republican speakers accused
us of having a monopoly on panics. l
need not tell you that within the last
year the republican party has been an
active competitor with the democratic
party on the subject of panics, and
they are no longer able to say that
they can guarantee immunity from
|panics. And yet with the record of
the past 40 years-which shows that
of the three panics which came. two
of them came when the republican par
Ity was in complete power and after
republican victories, and the third i'm
mediately after republican admins
Itration-they still have the presump-
ton to talk panics."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25

manded by the best interests of the
republic.
The Republican nominee fer vice
president in his recent speech OF ac-
ceptance affected the belief that the
question Shall the People RuIe?" i'm
piled charge of venality- against the
American electorate. He affirmed.
with great emphasis. that under re-
cent Republican administration the
people have ruled without let or hin
drance
1t is passing strange that in re-
public like this there should be oc-
easion for a discussion of this ques-
ton. 1t is a government of the people
and by the people. They presumably
govern themselves through their ser
wants whom they send to represent
them in congress-. Their will, when
known, ought to be supreme. and
should be given immediate effect.
And if the will of the people, once
kncwn, is not given effect, then the
people do not rule.
The President rails against swollen
fortunes as menaces to the public wei
fare and as promotive of evils which
eat at the very heart OF society. As
remedies he has suggested an income
tax and an inheritance tax, that their
growth may be to some extent
checked.
The national convention of his party
was silent upon the question of thes,
proposed reforms, while the posses
sors of most of these swollen fortunes
allied as they are with the dominan
forces of the Republican party, ar
giving generous support to the Reput
lican national ticket.
The Democratic party, while favol
ing the reform measures repudiated
the Republican national convention
has another remedy 1t would, by lei
islation, in large degree cut off tn
streams of money which under til
present system are flowing from ever
home in the land and emptying int
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25
CITY CHA Il.
Kerler e Co. weave rugs.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.

Kerler & Co. weave rugs.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tuesday, Sept ]. at Browns.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Godfrey'e laundry gives green trad
ing stamps.
The Ringlings have come and gone
the Rock Island exposition next.
Let Krell & Johnston do your tin
and furnace work, 1916 Third avenue.
Supplies furnished free at Browns
Business college. Send for catalogue.
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work 1526-152S Fourth ave-
nue..
When you think of your fall suit,
think of Griggs, the tailor, 1928 Sec
|ond avenue.
Extra fancy Bartlett pears for can
ming, $3.50 per bushel at Rachmann' )
grocery, 700 Twelfth street.
The fall term of Browns Business
college begins Tuesday, Sept. 1. Send
for our catalogue. 1t is free
Madam Jarley's wax figures by the
Queen Esther guild of the Memorial
Christian church, Thursday, Aug. 81
Ice cream and cake served after tht
entertainment.
Attend the dance given by the de
gree team of Rock Island camp No. IS
Woodmen of the World, at Watcl
Tower inn, Wednesday evening, Aug
l26. Music by Huddle's orchestra.
| Commercial stenographic, genera
business, and preparatory courses a
Browns Business college. The fa
term begins Tuesday, Sept. 1. Enrol
ment days Saturday, Aug. 20. an
Monday. Aug. 81. Office opens Frida
and Saturday evenings of this weel
| Enroll on or before Tuesday, Sep
4, at Browns Business college if yo
desire the BEST in commercial educ
ton Take no dances, but attend I'll
school that is Known the world ovs
for its integrity. \and for the sncce!
of its students. Call or write fl
catalogue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25
WILL BE HOST TO ATHLETES
Roosevelt invites Members of Olympic
Team to Meet Him.

New York, Aug 25.-President
Roosevelt has advised the local CON-
mittee in charge of the reception to
the American team of Olympic ath-
letes, he would be glad to have the
members of the team visit him at
Sycamore Hill Monday next, Aug. 81.
He also notified the committee he
had requested the navy department to
arrange for the participation of con-
tingents from the naval service and
marine corps in the parade of Satur-
day, Aug. 20, in this city. The tele-
gram to Secretary Mclaughlin of the
committee was as follows:
Telegram received. The president
has requested the secretary of the
navy to send out the marines and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25
Excellent Health Advice

Mrs. M. NJ. Dawson of No. 379 Gift
ford avenue. San Jose, Cal, says: THE
worth of Electric Bitters as a general
family remedy for headache, bilious
ness and torpor of the liver and bow
els is SO pronounced that l am prompt.
ed to say word in its favor for the
benefit of those seeking relief from
such affections. There is more health
for the digestive organs in a bottle of
Electric Bitters than in any other rem
edy know Of" Sold under guaran-
tee at all druggists. so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25

mines the power of the trust for harm,
it has seemed best to use proportion
ate control as the basis of this plan.
TO socialism. While protesting to alb
hor socialism. the Republican party
has gone half way toward socialism in
endorsing it's fundamental principle.
The socialist bases his contention on
the theory that competition is bad, and
that an economic advance is to be
found in monopoly. The socialist how
ever. wants the public to have the ben
eft OF the monopoly and. therefore, ia
vors government ownership and oper.
alton of all the means of production
and distribution.
The Republican party has gone al
most as far as the Socialist party in
the economic defense of the monopoly
but il permits the benefits of monopoly
to be enjoyed by comparatively few
men, who have secured dominant in
fiuence in government l beg to call
Mr.. Taft's attention to the fact that
the Republican party has stimulated
the growth of socialism in two ways:
First, by the endorsement that it has
given to the theory that trusts are a
natural and necessary outgrowth OF
our economic conditions, and, second,
by permitting the development or
abuses which have been charged
against individualism. If he will ex-
anime the vote published in the World
A G,,l hot In, 1QnA th q
Republicans polled 7,20S,244 votes and
that the Socialists polled but 50 1871 !;
in the same almanac, he will find that
in 1904 the Republicans cast 1925. 4S9
votes and the Socialists 400 ,286. Not
withsuanding the fact that the Repub-
licans have boosted of their last ma
tional victory, their party polled but
All, 900 more votes that year than
four years before. This scarcely more
than covered the natural increase In
the Republican portion Of the popula
ton while the Socialist vote increased
more than 900 per cent, and the in
crease in votes was almost as great
as the increase in Republican votes.
The Republican leaders have been
in the habit of sneering at the Social
lists, while blindly Indifferent to the
causes that have contributed to the
growth of socialism. The Democrats
recognize that Socialists are honestly
seeking remedy for the known
| abuses" admitted by Secretary Taft
Democrats dissent from the remed,
| proposed by the Socialists, believing
! that Socialists are mistaken and tina
/ the Democratic remedy is better, but i
is time for thoughtful people to recog
nize that individualism can only be re
tanned and defended by remedial leg
islation which will remove the abuses
which have been allowed to faster
| themselves upon the country. Th'
Democratic party, believing in individ
ualism, addresses itself earnestly t,
| these abuses, and instead of ridiculin;
and maligning the Socialists, invite
them, as it does Republicans, to eS
anime the Democratic platform an
the remedies proposed therein. 1t sui
mits it's plans to the honest citiZenshi
of the country, without regard to SCI
ton or party.
In my notification speech called a
tention to three demands made by GU
party. 1t asks. first, that the govern
ment shall he taken out of the hand
of special interests and restored to tn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25

Let the issue be made plain, let the
distinction be accurately drawn; let
the respective positions of the parties
be fully understood. The Democratic
party does not oppose all corporations;
on the contrary, it recognizes that the
corporation can render an important
service to the public. The Democratic
party wants to employ every iustru-
mentality that can be employed for
the advancement of the common good;
but the Democratic party draws the
line at the private monopoly, and de-
clares that a private monopoly cannot
be justified on either economic or pol
itical grounds.
From an economic standpoint, a mo-
nopoly is Objectionable. The moment
corporation secures a practical mo-
nopoly in the production or sale of any
article, certain evils appear which
outweigh any good that can come from
large production or control. Wherever
private monopolies exist, certain ire
sistible tendencies manifest them
selves. First. it raises prices-this is
tiiC III 81 bhiho vi III Tie Ill
creasing of profits. Then, in proper
ton as it becomes the only purchaser
of the raw material. it reduces the
price OF the raw material, and the pro.
Queer of that raw material. having no
other market, must accept the price
of the corporation are increased
Third reduction in the quality of the
product affords an opportunity for in.
creasing profits. Fourth, reduction in
| wages follows wherever conditions will
permit
The business men of the country
have felt the pressure of the trusts
The retailer has been compelled to en-
ter into contracts which restrict his
management of his own affairs. he has
found the terms of sale and payment
| changed to his disadvantage, and he
more of the risks of trade He is con
WINGED that there are no good trusts
and that his only safety is in the Dem
ocratic plan which lays the axe at the
| root of the tree.
The travelling men naturally take
| especial interest in the trust question
| because the more complete the monop
| oily secured by a corporation the les.
| they are needed. We have no more
| intelligent class than the representa-
tives of commerce, and their retire
ment from the road would mean a Sc
rious loss to the country, while a few
promoters would be the only person:
benefited. they gaining by the capital
ization of the salaries saved by tn,
elimination of competition
The Democratic party is the defen
der of competition and the only grea
party which is seeking to restore com
! petition Mr. Taft has. in the discus
sion of this question, employed harsl
words instead of argument. The wore
'socialistic" is hurled at the Democrat
| ic party and the Democratic platform
| Now. as matter of fact. 1t is MI
Taft's party and not the Democrati
party which has given encouragement
to make private monopolies imposs
BILE?
trust can best be defined as a col
poration which controls SO large a Pre-
portion of the total quantity of any al
ticle used in this country as to be abb
to regulate the price and terms of sale
and as the proportion controlled deter