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The daily tribune., 1908-12-10

time Of their redemption shall COM
mence. will equal to $4,5o0. 90 per
annum, leaving e5. 500 90 each year
out of the profits OF the water works
to be applied for the redemption of
said $55 900. 90 of outstanding per
cent warrants, or for general improve.
ments of tine city. as may seem best
from time to time.
Another fact which we would here
submit, is that should the said bonds
be refunded, the rate of taxation for
the city purposes for the next year
will be reduced from SO mills to 30
mills. and at the same time the city
will have 8 mills additional to be ap.
piled for general purpose on account
Of decrease in interest, which togeth-
er with u part of the earnings Of the
water works system. should make the
redemption Of our outstanding s per
cent warrants more rapid. with
out any increase of taxation above
90 mills, and the city should shortly be
able to reduce all of its Indebtedness
to per cent debt.
During the past few years of heavy
taxation. during which has been &C.
cumulated said $50. 600 90 of sinking
fund. there has been also paid the in
terest in each year on said water
works bonds in the sum Of q, 100 year
ly. and while said warrant indebted
ness has been decreased as above
stated, little else could be done to add
any permanent improvements to the
city either in the way of improving
the streets. or bridges. or putting out
desir shade trees, or the develop
ment Of the Parks. or any other public
feature. Hence, we have but little
and almost nothing in that line to
boast Of but we have decreased the
city's indebtedness, and have water
system the equal of any. producing a
profit of little more than SIC, 900
per Annum. II said water bonds
should not be redeemed, the present
rate Of taxation must be continued
until the balance of said bonds is
finally paid. and any permanent inn
provements in the city must be neces.
sarily deferred. These perhaps are
matters which should receive due con.
sideration if this city is to improve
its present conditions, and appear
ances, and become an inviting center
for additional population to locate
here.
II the bonds are refunded rs II
would appear from the foregoing
statement, the earnings Of the watel
works should furnish a sum of none,
sufficient to take care of said bonds
and the interest thereon and the cit,
will have An opportunity. at once
ani ut q decreased rate of taxation t.
take some immediate steps towards it
own internal Improvement.
We respectfully submit that this !
q matter for eaoh taxpayer to de
q eide for himself, and to vote accord
h ingly.
Respectfully submitted.
I FINANCE COMMITTEE.
9 Geo. Wilson, Chairman
The daily tribune., 1908-12-10
Good Cough Medicine for Children

The season for coughs and colds is
now at hand and too much care can
not be used to protect the children.
A child is much more likely to con-
tract diphtheria or scarlet fever when
he has cold. The quicker you cure
his cold the less the risk. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy is the sole re-
lance Of many mothers and few Of
those who have tried 1t are willing
to use any other. Mrs F. +. Scar.
cher. of Ripley. W. Va, says; 81
have never used anything other than
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for my
Children and it has always given
good satisfaction - This remedy
contains no opium or other narcotic
and may be given as confidently to 9
child ~ to AL adult. For sale by
Daniels Drug Store. t.
The daily tribune., 1908-12-10

THE NAVAJO BLANKET MEN.
Walker and Hubbard who buy direct
from the weaver. will show a fancy
line Of Navajo rugs and blankets at
The Hotel LennoI today Only come
see them. S6x
The daily tribune., 1908-12-10

Take your girl on n Sunday excur
sion trip to Cripple Greek; cheaper
than staying at home. 81 81
The daily tribune., 1908-12-10

Those having finir rhed articles fol
bazaar please bring to the NJ. Z. par.
sonage ut once. S4.S5
The daily tribune., 1908-12-10

Such lovely pieces Of fancy work q
the NJ. Z. ladies bazaar. 1886
The daily tribune., 1908-12-10

Home made candies the best At the
Bazaar. 1886
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
WAYS OF THE TRUST.
Monster Steel Corporation Still Alb
sorbing Competitors.

The way in which the steel trust is
gradually getting 4 complete monopoly
of iron and steel and their manufac-
tured products is shown by recent dis
patches from Pittsburg. The Schoen
Steel Wheel company, having plant
covering twenty-one acres near Pitts
burg and making car wheels at the
rate of 500 per day. has been bought
out by the trust at n price of $1,000
900. which is said to be 81 100000 in
excess of the cost of the plant. Car
and locomotive wheels are protected"
at the rate of IL cents per pound,
which amounted to an import tax Of
about 50 per cent on their value in
1907, although there is no denial by
any .oAe that car wheels, like other
steel products, can be made cheaper
here than in any other country. The
tariff graft in the production of these
wheels Is worth cool million to Mr..
Schoen, besides what he has already
realized from the business. but it must
be worth more than a million to the
steel. trust for future use, else it. would
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES.
Tribute to the Steel Trust Renders
Advance Necessary.

Advance Necessary.
The proposed increase in freight rates
is causing very harp discussion, but
one phase of the ibject seems to have
been overlooked. 1t is said that with
are and will be insufficient to maintain
dividends. This deficiency in net earn
ings could not have existed if the rail-
roads had not paid to the iron and
steel monopoly unreasonable prices for
rails and other supplies.
Although it is admitted on all sides
that iron and steel can be made in the
United States at less cost than any
where else in the world, the duty on
steel rails is ST.S4 per ton. That the
price is kept up to the limit permitted
by the foreign cost plus the tariff is
shown by the fact that many foreign
rails are imported and sold. In the fis-
cal year 1907 4,610 tons were brought
| in, chiefly at New York and Baltimore.
For the same year the United States
| statistical bureau gives the domestic
production of rails as 1917, SS7 tons
and the domestic consumption as 3,691,-
175. If the tariff graft exacted by the
steel trust from the railroads that used
these rails was only S7.S4 per ton, the
amount of duty, then the loss of rail-
way net earnings on this account alone
was nearly S29.000000. but $7.S4 is I'M
doubtedly much less than the steel
trust velvet over and above a reason.
able competitive price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08

There has been no reduction in the
price of rails since the October panic,
although prices have been cut in most
other lines. The railroads also use
many other iron and steel products be-
sides rails. If the railway managers
paid only fair prices for iron and steel,
they would now have no need either to
raise freight rates or to reduce wages.
Why do they not attack the tariff graft
of the steel combination instead Of i'm
posing additional burdens upon ship
pers and consumers?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
RECENT INVESTIGATION.
Shows That Workmen In Free Trade
England Fare Better Than In Pro-
tecteH Germany.

Shows That Workmen In Free Trade
England Fare Better Than In Pro-
tected Germany.
ProtectiOnists often compare wages
| in protectionist America and free trade
| England and assert that the higher
wages here are due to the tariff. 1t is
| obvious that the comparison would be
| much more logical and convincing if
we compared free trade England with
some protectionist European country
more nearly resembling England in
| age, density of population and other
conditions.
| Such a comparison between England
and highly protected Germany has re-
Gently been made in two English gov
eminent reports, one dealing with
| working class rents, prices and
wages" in the industrial towns of Ger
many having just been published and
n similar report with reference to Eng
| fish towns having been issued last
January. A comparison of the detail
ed statistics in these reports shows
that the German laborer in all trades
but one works more hours than the
English laborer and receives less pay
per hour. and his entire wages will
buy less of the necessaries of life than
can be bought in England with the
wages of the English workman.
Rents are found to be % per cent
higher in Germany than in England
for corresponding accommodations. 1t
Is said that it would cost an English
workman. with his habits of life, Is
lper cent more to live in Germany than
1t costs him in England. and it costs a
German workman, with his habits of
life, s per cent more to live In Ger
many than it would cost him to live in
A England.
| Skilled German engineers earn only
i from so to So per cent of the CORE
spending wages in England. and in the
building trades German wages are not
more than IS to So per cent of Eng
lish wages. while in both trade the
hours are more than 10 per cent? ger
German printers working abol the
same hours get only SO per 9 1t OF
the English printers wages. an the
aggregate the comparison is over
whelmingly in favor of free trade Eng
land.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
a Faithful Friend,

81 have used Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy since
it was first introduced 10 the public
III 1872, and have never found one
il stance where a cure was not speed
lily effected by its use. | have been
a commercial traveller for IS years,
and never start out on a trip without
this, my faithful friend says H. S.
Nichols of Oakland, Ind. Ter. When
q man has used remedy for So years
DE knows its value and is competent
to speak of it. For sale by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
DOES NOT CURB TRUSTS.
Sherman Law Declared to Be Failure
In This Direction.

The Sherman law. now widely per-
verted from its original significance,
was at the start intended TO prevent
combinations of domestic manufactur-
ers behind the tariff wall to put up
prices and take the excess profit to
themselves. as they were enabled to
do by the excessive rates of duty. But
the law as interpreted by the supreme
court has turned out n quite different
proposition from what was originally
intended and has in no respect oper-
ated TO restrain the artificial increase
of prices through combination. For
these reasons lowering of the present
excessive rates on all classes of manu-
features to some reasonable protective
level. if that can be ascertained, is ia
yored by the more enlightened.-New
York Journal of Commerce.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

Robert Marshall to Norman E. Mar
shall. south one-half southwest sec
ton 34-20-2e. 81.
George F. Townsend to Carl G.. Mel
son, lot Is. block s. NJ. Y. Cadys First
addition, Moline. $500.
Herman Zeuch TO Henry S. Rach-
man, part lot s. Cutter & Stoddard's
Rock Island. 81
Bridget Brown to D. J. Brown and
Helen V. Brown. lots Z. s. block 1G
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
~. *. 0aTaMasa4sen>a
Salubrl|!,'ir

The best of all antiseptic home re
edies for wounds, Commissions, burns,
insect stings, sore feet, swellings and
inflammations. SOC per bottle Az oz.)
Toilet Salubrin, fine aromatic
preparation, with all the anti-septic
= properties of plain Salubrin; for the
care of the skin and mucous mem
branes; refreshing mouth wash and
gargle, and particularly valuable for
keeping the teeth clean and sound
75c per bottle &c oz).
Dilute with water. as prescribed for
each case in Directions for Use" &C.
companying every bottle. All drug.
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08

not pay that amount ilf>> addition to
the real value of the plant. This il
illustrates the methods of all the trusts.
What competitors they cannot freeze
ont or drive out they buy out at any
price, and it pays them to do it. so long
rs the people are foolish enough to let
them exclude foreign competition and
charge monopoly prices in this country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
Rheumatism Cured in a Day.

DR.. Detchon's Relief for Rheuma-
tism and neuralgia radically cures in
one to three days. Its action upon the
system is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. rs cents
and 81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901
Second avenue, Rock Island; Gust
Schlegel & Son, 20 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08
Paper Trust Reduces WAGES,

Officials of the International Paper
company recently announced a wage
cut OF Topper cent to go into effect Aug.
l. 1t was largely on the plea of in
creased kwages in its. mills. that, the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08

trust stood Off the removal Of tariff
duties on its product. Now. when con-
gress has adjourned. it proceeds TO lop
off the workmau's share.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-08

Dennison's. subdivision block 16, Spen-
Ger & Cases addition, Rock Island.
81 200.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
A MATTER OF coMPuLsloM.
No Soup, No Dinner, the Rule Laid
Down by Barney. Ha,

Six years ago. when the king visited
Dublin. some amusing, incidents were
recorded due to the grotesqueness, of
some hotel walters apparently Just
fresh from rural life. .fl
One hotelkeeper told such a newly
imported server" that be- must al
ways serve every one with soup at
dinner and be quite certain that he
had 1t.
gThereuponi u ensuedJ the following
scene between a visitor and the new
waiter:
Soup sir?" said Barney -r,35,l,
NO soup for me- 7 said the visitor.
But you must have 1T" said Bar
ney: Its the rules of the house"
Hang the house!" exclaimed the
visitor, highly exasperated.2 when ]
don't want soup won't eat 1t. Get
along with you!'
"Well." said Barney. with solemnity,
"all.I can say is just this-it's the
rules Of the house and sorra a drop
else ye'llg get till We finish the soup!'
London Telegraph.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
Taft's Train ENDANGERED.

Dennison. Ohio.-Secretary Taft had
a narrow escape Saturday night from
being involved in serious wreck on
the Pennsylvania flyer. which was
carrying him east. Prompt action of
the towerman in a signal station a
third OF a mile east OF Coshocton and
of the engineer of the flyer alone
averted what might have been a dread
full accident
As the train was speeding along at
the rate of fifty miles an hour, the
piston rod on the left side Of the loco
motive broke short off. Almost in
stantly the cylinder OF the engine was
cracked by the unmanageable rod.
The train was just approaching a
signal tower east OF Coshocton. The
operator saw that something serious
was wrong and threw down a signal to
stop the train. The engineer applied
the emergency brakes and the train of
six cars came to a stop in a sharp
curve.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
Clicked Stockings.

Silk stockings with clocks are
very expensive and quite beyond the
reach OF many girls. but It is the
easiest thing in the world to buy plain
stockings and embroider clocks at
home to give them that extremely chic
effect that is so desirable. 1t is
necessary only TO work q straight line
up the side. running from the seam
at the ankle This done, few stitches
will make a clock finished at the top
with an arrow. Sometimes the clock
alone is not sufficient, and the dainty
girl must have her monogram en-
broidered in the front. This is not
very difficult TO do. but It is necessary
first to stamp the stocking. II should
then be embroidered over an egg.
which keeps the thread from pulling
and making the puckered eject
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
ECZEMA ALL OVER HIM.
No Nights Rest for a Year and Limit
Of His Endurance Seemed Near
Owes Recovery to cutieura.

"My son Clyde was almost com.
pletely covered with eczema. Physi-
clans treated him for nearly a year
without helping him any. His head,
face, and neck were covered with large
scabs which he would rub until they
fell of. Then blood and matter would
run out and that would be worse.
Friends coming to see him said that II
he got well he would be disfigured for
life. When 1t seemed as II he could
possibly stand 1t no longer, I used
some Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Oint-
ment. and Cuticura Resolvent. That
was the first night for nearly year
that he slept. In the morning there
was great change for the better. in
about six weeks he was perfectly well.
Our leading physician recommends
Cuticura for eczema Mrs. Algy
Cockburn, Shiloh. O.. June II. 1907"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
KEEP DUST FROM PICTURES.
Fine Paintings Ruined for Lack Of
Little Care.

Almost all pictures that hang from
the walls in the rooms Of our houses
have their fronts protected by pane
OF glass. while their backs are cleaned
once a week. perhaps. OF the dust that
daily accumulates there.
In some homes II falls to the lot of
framed and hanging pictures to have
their backs cleaned OF an uncommon
ly thick coat OF dust but once every
house-cleaning time.
Where the dust gets through the
thin crevices left between the thin
boards placed on the back OF framed
pictures 1t Is sure to play havoc. In
time 1t will spoil the picture by discol.
oring the cardboard mounting as well
rs the picture itself to such an extent
rs TO make the photograph almost un.
presentable.
a good picture framer will always
paste n paper OF good thickness and
durability over the backs OF frames,
after the picture has been placed In IL.
In order to avert having the dust get
in to do its destructive work.
Many old and valued pictures, hand.
ed down through generations, which
the families would not have parted
with at any cost. have gone slowly to
destruction through dust.
The attempts to restore them came
too late. As the likenesses were SO
far despoiled as to be unrecoverable.
In many homes this work Of the
household demons. dust and dampness.
is going on while the very persons
who within a decade or two from to-
day will be lamenting the loss of their
favorite pictures are looking on and
even remarking at the discoloring
process.
Not only is the paper pasted over
the back Of the frame a necessary pro.
lection for the picture. but 1t pre-
sents a far neater appearance.
II will not eliminate the necessity
OF having the thin boards to hold the
picture in place. These are used in
order that the picture may be held
flattened against the glass which pro-
tects the front OF II. Were these
boards taken on 1t would not be long
until the picture would draw away
from the glass in spots, according
to the weak spots of the cardboard.
making the whole present an awkward
appearance.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26

in
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and a velvet collar
OF nj
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which
oh
4 u yard lace
be in
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are wrist.
lace /. ad
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
TRIMMINGS FOR THE HATS.
All Sorts Of Ornaments Are In Vogue
This Season.

All kinds OF fruit have a revival.
peaches. plums and cherries In natural
and fancy hues. branches OF blackber.
ries and currants, strawberries and
the small Wild cherries are carelessly
fastened on hat brims and crowns In
n most tempting way.
Velvet and silk geraniums in their
natural tones. set up high. conforming
TO the aigrette idea. or In gariands
around the crown. are used in great
quantities.
Masses OF small tight rosebuds,
placed on the sharply turnedup brims
Of small hats. or set closely around
the berct crowns. produce an extreme
ly good effect.
woodbine in scattered. struggling
sprays trims tulle and straw crowns
and is very much in favor.
Very long and narrow pheasant
quills and those made OF !ophophore
plumage. slightly curving and having
rs finish n head OF the same or in a
contrasting color. with jewcled eyes.
are frequently the sole trimming OF
the very large sailors worn this sea.
son.
OF the new coiors. blue after rain is
a new tint of pale blue.
Fuchsia is vivid shade OF great
beauty. showing the same purplish un.
dertone as the fiower.-Vogue.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
Standard for Beauty.

Women who are in doubt as to their
claims to beauty should consult the
following figures. that have been de-
clared correct proportions for both the
tall and short woman: Short woman
Height. S feet 4 inches: neck. 12h
Inches: bust. SO inches; waist, 81
inches: hips. 81 inches; around the
largest part OF the forearm below the
elbow. II inches. which should gradu-
ally taper TO 6 inches around the wrist
Tall woman-Height. s feet sk inch
es: weight. 1877 pounds: bust. sc inch.
es: waist. rs inches: hips. AZ inches:
top OF arm. IA inches: wrist. s inches.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
Ihe Duke and the sirIoin.

ut Is d mistake said Otto r.
Schaar. the president of the New York
Walters club. ITO think that an Eng
lishman always wants his beef exces-
sively rare. AS n matter OF fact tho
English like their beef better done
thnn We do.
IL once saw n waiter" he continued,
serve an English duke with a cut of
very. very rare sirloin.
THE duke looked closely at the slice
OF bright red meat. Then he said:
Waiter. just send for the butcher.
will you?" o.. .-....
1.-The butcher SIR the waiter STAN
mered. ...... n... .....
Yes said the duke. This beef
doesn seem to be quite dead yet"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
Destructive Fires In Michigan.

Detroit. Mich.-Fires in northern
Michigan famed to gigantic proper.
tions by the gales of the last two days.
have destroyed at least three villages.
rendered hundreds homeless. swept
over thousands of acres OF timber lands
and caused damage estimated about
5000. 900. The heaviest loss has been
sustained in Presque Isle and ebay
boygan counties, although Leelanau.
CharlevolS and Otsego counties have
also suffered. In many towns lamps
were lighted in the daytime as the sun
was obscured by the heavy smoke.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
A Martinez,

"a martinez" said Gen. F. D. Grant
at Memorial Day banquet. "is gen
orally a fool.
"They tell story OF martinez OF
the Civil War. n captain. He got Or
ders from headquarters that his men
were to change their undershirts.
".But Captain said sergeant to
whom this order was communicated.
the men have only one undershirt
each
The captain frowned. then he said:
"'No matter Military commands
must be obeyed. Let the men change
underchirts with each other"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
People Talk Abou. Good rhlnos.

Twelve years ago few people knew of
such a preparation as a Powder for the
Feet. To-day after the genuine merits Of
year by grateful persons, it is indispcns-
able TO millions. 1t is cleanly. whole
some. healing and antiscptic and gives
rest and comfort to tired aching feet.
II cure, while you walk. Over $1,000
testimonials. limitations pay the dealer
a larger profit otherwise you would never
be offered a substitute for Aliens Foot
Ease. the original foot powder. Ask for
Aliens Foot Ease. and see that you get it..
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-06-26
Sufficient Excuse.

a tiny four.year.old was spending n
night away from home. At bedtime
she knclt at the knee of her hostess to
say her prayers, expecting the usual
prompting. Finding Mrs. u unable to
help her out. she concluded thus:
please. God. 'scuse me. I can't re-
member my prayers. and I'm staying
with lady who don't know any
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