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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-23
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Country Great and

country 0toas ana
Prosperous.
The Republican 10 q party Of action.
at rests upon what It has done. and
DOT upon what It possibly may do In
The future. 1t has fostered everything
that has tended to make the country
great and prosperous. 1t has moved
with the people. 1t has kept abreast
Of the times. 1t has ever stood ready
70 modify an old policy or to adopt .
new one when the business interests Of
the country have needed the modifca.
ton or the change. II has protected
American industries. It has protected
American labor BY stringent immigra-
ton laws 1t protected the credit and
business stability Of the country BY
prompt declaring in favor Of q gold
standard, and writing 1t in the stat
utes When the time came 1t prompt
" seized upon the time and the OPP
portunity to begin the speedy construc.
tion OF the great isthmian canal. It
has never hesitated to assume a re-
sponsibility. When the cruelties in
Cuba threatened the interests Of Amer
lea the Republican party resolved to
put an end to those cruelties. When
trusts sprang up It enacted q law to
curb aud control those trusts When
commerce was at the mercy Of the
railroads, 1t provided for a commission
to regulate them. When shippers were
oppressed by transportation companies
It promptly enacted a rate law It has
met every emergency in war or peace,
met It in a wise, prudent and states
manlike manner. 1t 10 progressive when
progressiveness means upbuilding. 1t
10 conservative when conservatism
means the maintenance Of peace. order
and prosperity. 1t has been prompt
without undue haste Peace and pros
perity at home-honor and respect
abroad has been. IL now, and always
will be its neutrality-suspicious. National
Platform
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Protection for England.

The old London Times has changed
hands. which is an important event in
itself, the paper having been in the
hands of one family for four genera
tions and being recognized as the great
est newspaper in Great Britain, If not
in the world. For years it has been
known at LONE and abroad as 1.-The
Thunderer,' and when the Times spoke
it was the business of the people of
Great Britain, and more or less those
of the whole world, to pay attention.
But the most important fact in IN
nection with the change Of management
is that the Times, which has stood for
free trade as steadfastly as it has for
England, Is to be somewhat American
lzed," and will hereafter have a definite
leaning toward protection. 1t is said
it will espouse the Chamberlain cause
of tariff reform, which in England
a a step in the direction of pro-
lection.
This is significant at a time when
so many of the people of this country
are more Dr. less charging up its finan-
cial troubles to the tariff. Brt If Eng
land after her long period of free trade
is verging toward protection of her
home interests, as the change in the
policy of the Times would indicate, the
attempt to talk the tariff into unpopu.
larity in this country will be found an
uphill task.-North Adams (Mass.)
Transcript.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

Ever since the Republican party re-
gained control Of the government and
passed a protective tariff law u ex-
ports OF manufactured articles have
been growing by leaps and bounds. We
were told that the Mckinley bill would
destroy our foreign trade, that the cost
Of manufacture here, under our high
scale of wages, would be so heavy that
competition with foreign factories, with
their lower wage scales, would be en-
tirely out of the question. The result,
however, has been just the opposite to
what was predicted. Instead of falling
off u exports have increased. while
wage scales have been going higher and
higher and largely Increased numbers
Of American laborers have been finding
continual employment in u mills and
factories. There is a reason for this,
and it is not difficult to find. 1t lies in
the fact that America produces the very
best quality of manufactured articles
produced anywhere on earth. and the
foreigner who wants the best, has be-
come accustomed to demanding the
American-made article. The skilled la
Dor employed in our factories excels
that of any other country. 1t is paid
better wages and is of a higher order
of intelligence. The natural result fol-
lows; the goods produced are of better
quality and are sure to win in the mar
kets of she world.-St. Joseph (Mo.)
Gazette.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Let 1t Alone.

1t is easy enough to find faults in the
tariff. 1t is probable that no tariff
schedule ever enacted was quite per-
feet, and If it were possible to make
a perfect tariff in the beginning it
would begin TO go bad as soon as 1t was
put in operation.
Probably the worst tariff law ever
passed in this country, tie one with
the greatest inequalities, the one with
The most instances of injustice, the one
most painfully devoid of consistency
and a uniform plan, was the Wilson
law, passed by. the Democratic Con-
gress, which President Cleveland al
lowed to become a law without his sig
nature.
When any n brings TO the front
some fault in a tariff law, he is very
far short of demonstrating that q new
tariff bill should be enacted. The
points remain to be considered: First.
what Is L prospect that a new tariff
bilf can be passed which would be bet
ter as n whole than the one now in
existence? and, second, would the adj
vantage gained by a revision Of the tar
iff schedules be sufficient TO compensate
for the inevitable loss and disarrange-
ment of business that comes from every
tariff CHARACTERIZATION Gazette.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

The tariff, we are sometimes told,
should be taken out of politics, and put
into the hands of a business commission
carefully selected. Changes when ne
cessary should be made by men famil-
lar with the subject, and with an eye
single TO business effects. 1t is a pleas
ing proposition OH its face, but does not
bear inspection. Such a commission
would be the most powerful body in the
country, holding at times great bust
ness interests in the hollow of its
hand. Congress will never, and should
never, consent TO that; for, while some
Congresses are ADLER than others in the
transaction of the public business. lie
Congress of the period is always the
latest expression OF the popular will,
and is the proper body for safeguard
ing the public interests for the time.
No tariff law made by Congress is ever
a perfect measure, but ii is always pos
sible TO trace the Influences that enter
ed into its preparation and enactment,
and thus fix the responsibility for any
errors committed.-Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
POIICQ| Comment.
BRYAN n Money Maker.

William Jennings Bryan is a remark
able man. Twice defeated candidate
for the presidency he is to-day the big
gest man in the Democratic party and
one of the most prominent figures in
the public eye.
AS a rule, a politician and Office
seeker who never lands soon becomes
a back number, and the public las lit
tie use for him. Not so with Bryan.
He is Il drawing card wherever he
goes, in this country or abroad. The
people turn out to hear him and pay
big money for the privilege. and yet
they riddle him and his policies at the
ballot box.
Mr.. Bryan is one of the few ,Ameri-
cans who has made politics pay with
out being able to land an official prize.
According to the lyceum bureau which.
manages his lecture tours, Mr.. Bryan
filled 40 dates last year and his re-
ceipts for the season from this source
alone were in excess of $4,000. Con-
sidering the size of his audiences and
the box office receipts, Bryan is with
out doubt at the head Of the platform
speakers of the day.
Add TO the big income from this
source the receipts from his extensive
farms and his newspaper, and it is
readily understood that Mr.. Bryan is
eligible TO membership IN the pluto
cratic class and that the wolf will
never hang about his door.
People may not agree with what Mr..
Bryan says, and history proves they
do not. but it is evident they delight
in hearing him. Successive defeats
have not put him in the down-and-out
class, and those who do not and can
not agree with him are compelled to adj
mire the nan who is great enough to
turn continued political adversely into
increasing material prosperity.-Toledo
Blade.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

Ing for It but TO report his whole adj
venture. The general was very angry,
and burst out:
do you mean to say that you went
into the enemy's lines? Why. you would
have been hanged as a spy if they had
caught you"
Il was in full uniform. General. and
told them my rank and who | was
Il eve heard Of such 4 thing" said
Jackson, growing still more asgry.
NO officer of mine has a right To run
such Il risk"
Douglas looked at him a moment.
and then demurely remarked IF Gen
eral Jackson had been that near his
home, 1 wouldn't have trusted him for
a moment, for he would have done just
the same thing"
The great warrior for once was beat
en-. lie heSitated, laughed, turned on
his heel and walked back into his tent.
None of the gallant First New York
cavalry was captured by Jackson's
men.-Hagerstown Globe.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

"In my school days" said a story
teller who was trying to Illustrate the
absurdity and futility Of unfounded
fears, eve used to have a lecture every
Friday afternoon. One day the lee
turer was a geologist, and chose Nj
agara Falls for his topic.
"He told us about the geological for
nation of the falls, described the diff
ferent periods to be traces. In the gorge
and then went ON to say that the falls
were slowly wearing back toward Buff
falo, and that in the course of some
two hundred thousand years they
would have worn back to Erie, Penn.
~sylvania, and that town would be left
high and dry.
Suddenly one of the girls in my
class began to sob convulsively.
What is the matter?' asked the
teacher, In alarm.
ooh walled the girl, my sister
lives in Erie!'"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

It has been said that TO know what
rheumatism really is, one must mag
Inc oneself squeezed In a powerful
wise; one turn more and Neuralgia
will be felt; and the few final twists
will give an idea of the condensed mis-
cry Of Govt. Be that as it may. Rheu-
matism is one of the most e~xcruciat-
ingly painful diseases which afiiict hui
manity. 1t is not always dangerous.
unless it extends to the heart, and then
the risk is greatly increased. This dis
ease, although not always Immediately
dangerous. as already observed. will, IL
not checked, gradually undermine the
patients health; while it wastes the
muscles, discrepancies the joints, and
renders the sufferer a cripple. Innu-
merable remedies have been suggested
for the relief and cure of this mos
painful disease; but the safest and
surest application in the world is st.
Jacobs Oil. which never fails to cure
Rheumatism, unless there be serious
complications with established organic
disease. and even then relief will be
almost instantaneous
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

The story was about what was called
a recent happening at Dartmouth. 1t
detailed how the tax assessor of the
district Of Hanover, n. H., decided re-
Gently that the students Of Dartmouth
College ought TO pay taxes. There
upon the students decided that If they
could be taxed they also could vote.
So at a town meeting the students.
who far outnumbered the other resi-
dents, united in support OF two prof.
ects. One was TO have erected a
s%hoolhouse 500 feet long and one foot
wide, and the other to have laid a
boardwalk from Hanover to Lebanon,
about five miles away. Immediately
thereafter the tax assessor made up
his mind that the students need not be
taxed.
'Well," said q Dartmouth '95 man,
when he was told about the anecdote,
that used to be a ~favorite story when
l was In college. I wonder who start
ed hat up again."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
HER FIRST LION.

The oar of a lion. hunting, Is a new
er-to-be-forgotten sound, declares Miss
Agnes Herbert in Two Dianas in So
maitland" She describes bearing the
lions, following them up through de
jungle, and the nearly fatal results to
herself In their capture.
In one tense second ! realized that l
had seen two monstrous moving beasts,
yellowish and majestic. They were
very close. and moved at n slow pace
from the bush ahead into a patch of
still thicker cover to the left. l remem
Der that though the great moment for
which we had planned and longed and
striven was really at hand. all my ex-
element left me. and there was nothing
but a cold. tingling sensation running
about my veins.
The jungle parted, and with
1.-the. stretched shoulders a iioness
shook herself half-free of the density.
then crouched low again. Down. until
only the HAT of her skull showed. and
her small twitching ears. In N mo-
ment more she would be on us.
Sighting as low as 1 could on that
half-arc of yellow | pulled the trigger.
and Cecily's rifle cracked simultaneous
". The head of the liOness pressed
lower, and nothing showed above the
ridge of grass and thorn. The lioness
must be dead. And yet, could one kill
so great a foe SO quickly?
Then l did an namely stupid thing.
1t vas my first lion-hunt, and my ig-
norance and enthusiasm carried me
away. / ran forward to investigate.
with my rife at the trail. / had for
gotten that the bush contained another
enemy.
A snarling road, and almost before l
could do anything but bring up my rife
and fire without the sights, a lion broke
from the side of the brake. My nerves
seemed TO relax. and 1 tried to hurl
myself to one side. There was no pow
er of hurting left in me, and / simply
fell sideways, and that saved me. For
the great cat had not %bargained for n
victim slightly to the right or left. His
weight fell ON my legs merely, and his
claws stuck in.
Before he had time to turn and rend
me, almost instantaneously my cousin
fred. The top of the lions head was
blown to smithereens, and the heavy
body sank. The whole world seemed to
me to be bounded north, south, east and
west by lion.
The men pulled the heavy carcass
away. l sat up, feeling indescribably
shaky. 1 don't remember anything else
until I found myself in my tent, with
ny cousin rendering first aid"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
A Damper on .Inroea.

Japan is facing a large assortment
Of troubles connected with revenues,
expenditures and taxation. 1t is not a
rich country. Its population is crowd
ed, and while industrious and intelli-
gent, is accustomed to small wages,
and what western countries would con
slider limited fare. In its great and
remarkable effort to defend itself from
the advance of Russia from the direc-
ton of Siberia, Japan developed the
idea that it would henceforth be one of
the leading world-powers. But this
role requires much more than a general
spirit of courage and national deyo-
ton, or a genius for successful imita-
ton in military and naval affairs.
Among the things required are a great
deal of money and high credit. These
are not among Japan's possessions. Its
public revenue is moderate, its taxes
are high and increasing, and it finds
borrowing difficult even at q compara-
lively high rate of interest.
Japan mas some expensive RESPONSE
bilities in Korea. Formosa and the
Port Arthur region. To engage in a
foreign war that could be honorably
avoided would be financially ruinous.
A number of newspapers in Europe
continue TO insist that d wal is surely
approaching between the United States
and Japan. Perhaps the Stockholders
are back of this idle clamor, for ii is
nothing more. What reason is there
for such a conflict? TIE United States
will defend its own in the Pacific, but
no country could reasonably object
We shall stand by the open door in the
east. but this sttitude is not new, nor
has Japan ever questioned it. AS to
immigration, each country will pursue,
under a spirit Of general friendliness,
such domestic policies as may seem to
be necessary. No international custom
requires the admittance of unrestricted
immigration. Any Eruption of for
eigners held to be dangerous would be
checked by any country. No occasion
exists for war between the United
States and Japan, and the chance is re-
mote that any will arise.-St- Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Deadly East Indaau Dueu..

There are a good deal of savagery
and stoIcal disregard of death left 10
the East yet despite the advance of
civilization, and this extends to the
so-called sports Of the people Thus
among the natives of Baroda there OBJ
tains still a kind Of gladiatorial dis
play in the shape of a fearful fist fight
wherein the contestants wear a very
formidable cestus Of steel studded
with murderous spikes. The dueiists
usually big, brawny, athletic men
who have been Infatuated for the oc-
casion with copious drafts Of opium
In which hemp is infused-enter the
arena singing and set to with DELHI
crate intent to kill, u or both m
variably succumbing.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
THE CHORUS L
Her Life n Hard One but She Has the
Manners of n ssGrande Dame"

INV
Of n "Grande Dame."
There are lots of chorus girls, says
Rose Stahl, struggling plucky. spunky,
straight and good-hearted. They are
funny, but they are pathetic, too, and
they have n hard life. l studied the
chorus LADY" on and off the stage for
years. It's a sight for the gods and
humorists to see her at n lunch counter
on the road. She falls off the train and
rushes into the station TO get a sand
wlch and a glass of milk, or a dough
nut and a piece of pie. She gives her
orders as King Richard might call for
his horses, or Cleopatra her barge, and
heaven help the poor attendants If they
do not fly to do her biddlngs. She is
| disdainful Of her food and scathing In
| her comments on the service. She pays
| her check with the air Of an injured
| queen and stalks out, leaving the
| lunchrOom menials under the impress
| sion that they have failed to please
| Nine. Duse or Sarah Bernhardt.
Then she goes back to the train and
| will sit up half the night sewing frills
on her costumes, to make a brave
showing on the opening night in the
next town, and then, after a night of
work, she trudges out of the station In
the chilly dawn to search for a cheap
lodging.
These girls have a long idle summer
TO get through ON their savings of the
winter, and many Of them have a
younger sister to look after or a moth,
er at home to help, and they manage
somehow to do 1t. And most of them
run straight and turn down the John
MES who think, like the villain in the
play, that they can pay for the havoc
they cause.
Where does the chorus lady come
from and what becomes Of her?
Why not ask, what becomes of the
pins; She comes from the country as
a rule. The mirror over the washstand
in her farmhouse bedroom told her that
the country was no place for her, SO
she packed her carpetbag, bought some
| high heel shoes and a big hat. and came
to town to show it what real youth and
beauty are.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Exonerafcd.

Mr.. Gayboy, when l went into .
crowded car the other evening you ap-
peared TO be deeply absorbed in a news
paper, and | had to accept a seat offered
me by an entire stranger. You didn't
see me, of course. o, no -
MY dear Miss Pimmie. when a pretty
girl enters a car where / am sitting I
never rise and offer her my seat. / al
ways know that a lot of younger fellows
will do it at once and it won't be neces-
.ary on my part"
20, well, Mr.. Gayboy, there was no
aarm done-and l have no doubt you
,eaily were too busy with your newspaper
% see me. | was Just joking"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
An Encouraging showing.

While but eleven months figures are
available, Bradstreet's says that the
foreign trade record for the year so far
exceeds any corresponding period of
earlier years as to justify the state
ment that the total exports and i'm
ports will be far larger than in any
preceding year in the history Of II
commerce. The growth in the export
trade has been chiefly in finished pro-
ducts, manufacturers materials and
manufactures, although the impression
probably prevails that any increase has
been largely in raw materials, cotton
and cereals. Tie gain in imports of
manufactures for further use in manu-
featuring has also peer considerably
greater than 1t should be. But it at
least goes to prove that the tariff is
not p~rohibitive, rs we are constantly
hearing, and the showing tends to con-
firm the belief that the time is not ripe
for a protracted period of business de-
Observation-Disclosures Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

Salzer's strain of Macaroni or Kubanka
wheat is absolutely pure and is from seed
obtained from the Department of Agri-
culture. Our strain is Dakota grown
which laughs at droughts and elements
and positively mocks black rust that ter
rible scorch and would be ashamed OF
itself if it did not return from 40 TO so
BIZ. OF the finest wheat the sun shines on
per acre in good ILL.,, Ia, Mich. Wis.,
Ohio, Penn, No., Neb., Kan. and other
lands, and 40 to GO bu. per acre in arid
lands. No rust, no insects. no failure.
JUST SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICE
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, and they will send you the
most o~rigina, seed book published. to-
gether with free samples of farm seeds
such as Macaroni Wheat, Billion Dollar
Grass, Victoria Rape. Sainfoin. the dry
soil luxuriator, Bromus Inermis. the des-
ert grassiier. Emperor William Oats.
more original than the Emperor himself.
ETC.. etc.. etc.
And if you send lac they will mail in
addition a package of farm seed never be
fore seen by you. John A. Salzsr Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis. G. n. U.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Unconscious Irony.

A New England man says that one
night last winter when tine thermometer
f1l below zero his wife expressed her
concern for the new Swedish maid who
had an unheated room.
Eliza" said she TO the girl, remem-
boring the good old custom of her
youth, "as it is bitterly cold tonight,
you'd better take a fiatiron to bed with
you"
"Yes, m'm," said Eliza, In mild and
ex~pressionless assent.
In the morning the girl was asked
how she passed the night. With a sigh,
she replied:
wall, nm, / gat the iron most
warm before morning" - Harper's
Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

A fountain of soap bubbles is prov
ng a great attraction in England, says
Technical World Magazine. A machine
is arranged so that 10000 soap bubbles
a minute may be blown with coal gas
and sent up into the ali. The beautiful
effects in colors when the sun shines
on this fountain may wei be imagined
At night artificial lighting and the use
of colored fires add to the beauty and
interest. The soap bubble is also sus
gested as a substitute for pigeons or
glass balls in craftsmanship contests
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Harking Back.

Il tell you," growied Mr.. Crabbe,
'your shopping is too e~xtravagant. You
should never take anything just because
it looks cheap"
You don't say?" sneered his wife.
well, If / had followed that advice
when you proposed to me l wouldn't be
Mrs. Crabbe now"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27

separating the mismated in whose antipathies race diff
ferences have no part. Furthermore, some of our girls
who have married titles have accepted with them men of
such demonstrated worthlessness that there was no
chance of living happily with them. Such women had
not sense enough to make good marriages ANYWHERE
IIarper's Weekly.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-02-27
Good Match.

Mrs. Stubbs-John, now that 1 have
this beautiful blue hat 1 would like
something to match it when l 90 out
walking.
Mr.. Stubb-Well, wait until the bill
comes in, Maria, and then / will go
with you.
Mrs. Stubb-You?
Mr.. Stubb-Yes, I will be blue
enough then.