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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29
PRICES OF COTTON
Under Democratic and Republican Ad-
ministrations
Cotton Averaeed 81 Cent a Pound Higher During
CIeyelands Entire Term Than Under Mckinleys
Entire Term What viii 1t Go To Under the Roose-
Welt Panic?

In 1900 the highest price was H. the
lowest was SIG.
It will thus be seen that cotton
reached it's lowest price during the
oars 1898 and 1899 Of Mcklnleys al
ministration. Taking the average prlce
during the administrations Of ClcIe-
land and Mckinley, we find that Tor
the year 1899, the first year OF CIeVe-
lands administration, cotton averaged
< % cents per pound. The first year
Of Mckinley's administration cotton
averaged '15-16 cents per pond.
In 1894, the second year Of CleVe-
lands administration, cotton averaged
. 1915 cents per pound. the second
year OF Mckinley'S administration cot
ton averaged ) 15-16 cents per pound
The third year OF CleVelandS ad-
ministration cotton averaged / 1877
cents per pound. The third year OF
Mckinlcy's administration cotton
averaged 6 2T-32 cents per pound.
The fourth year OF Cleveland's ad-
ministration cotton averaged 1-46
cents per pound. The last year OF
McKinley's administration cotton
averaged 81 cents per pound.
1t will thus be seen that cotton
averaged during Clcyeiand's admins
tration 81 cents per pound. and
during McI<inIcy's administration
1-1G cents per pound.
The lowest average price cotton
has ever sold at since any record has
| been kept of its price was during the
three first years of McKinley's admin
| iStration.
! The prices referred to were New
York prices. North Carolina prices
were at least y to z of a cent less
than the New York prices.
/ trust that these figures may be Of
some service to you. They are accu-
rate. OF their accuracy [ have no
doubt. They are collected from a
publication issued in 1907. made by
Alfred Shepperson, recognized as one
of the most accurate cotton statisti-
clans Of the United States. and they
are verified by examination of the
books of some of the cotton mer-
chants of Wilson.
You Will notice that during the years
1893, 1884 and 1895, while at some
IperiOds during the season cotton
reached in 1888 IA cents, during the
same year it also reached 1915;
ana while in 1894 it reached 81
during the same season it reached
8 Sic cents: and while in 1895 it sold
the cotton was sold at 9 q and dur
ing the second and third years Of Nc
kinlcYs administration, and While
the Mckinley tariff bin was in opera
: ton, the highest price at which cotton
was sold was in 1898, SIS per
, pound. and in 1899 the highest price
at which cotton sold was 1915
icentS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

The Pepubiicau-Eo0sTE panic
has mt the whole. country in n frame
81 mluG 10 inPartIaily Investigate the
truth OF history n its bearing upon
the relation Of national adrlnistra-
tons To good times ana hard tunes,
and this INVESTIGATION is bringing 4
wonderful. if b"lated. vindication OF
the Democratic record.
IT has been abundautly proven. and
j. not denied, that al the panlcs in
our history since the war have come
under Republican administrations, eX
cept the one Of 1882, and it has been
well established that this one had its
beginning under IIarrisDn'S admins
tratiDn.
Farm products Ia =" been tn" last
to feel the effects Of this present
Roosevelt panic: but with the price
Of cotton tumbling to near cents, in
q storm-sTnittcn, shOrt-crop year, at
fectng most seriously the farming
interests Oi tn" South, il should pre-
mare the farmers Of the South to give
careful consideration to the facts Of
history as to the relation of national
administrations to the great staple
crop OF the South.
Hon. +. a. Woodland. of Wilson, n.
g.. has furnished the compilation of
prices Of cotton under ClcVeIand'S and
under MckinIey's administration
which is given below. and these prices
NllOuIu tt Ftdu anu fDlSiutitu III inc
light of the fact that the price OF cot
Ton cannot possibly be affected by "a
protective tariff, As the price is fixed
in the markets OF the world, while the
cost Of producing cotton has been very
largely increased by the cXaCtionS OF
II high tariff and the rObbcrics oi
TarifI- created and ROOScVeIt-prOtcct
trusts.
The figures compiled by Mr.. Wood
ard, from the highest statistical au-
thOrity, are as follows:
r.
Wilson. y. c, Oct. Is, 1908.
Upon examining the prices of cot.
ton from the years 1893 to 1900, in.
elusive. | find that the New York PR
ccs for these years cover the admin
Situations Of Cleveland and Mckinley
Cleveland was inau"uratcd Marcel
i. 1898. The highest price reached b,
cotton during the year was ISL
cents per pound; the lowest price wa
IA cents per pound. In 1894 tn,
highest price was S $40. the loves
WIS 9-16. In 1895 the highest Dric
was 9 *. the lowest was ) SIC. II
1886 the highest price was Ts tn
lowest was Z 1-16.
Mckinley was inaugurated Marcl
4. 1897. The highest price reachct
10y cotton for that year was SL cent
per popnd, the lowest was 1916. Il
1898 the highest price was 9-16. III
lowest was . Sic. In 1899 the highes
price was 7 1916, the lowest was ) =
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29
BRYAN TO
THE FARMERS

The Republican speaker ira 49,.
trying @ practice the sane Eecer,'a"N
on the farmer that they Dr. riaaS ''e VI
the laboring man, 1t is the AN 6.su
basket" now. The spell bidders t.1
Of big crops and high pricos and ~
that the Republican party - glVa a
credit for it. Does the Ta-pblice"
party hold the cloud in its hands No..
it scatter the rains in due saaeors
Does it furnish the sunshin- md ~.
fertile soil? 1t is sacrilege .ar thasa
iRepublican leaders to acclaim areiJ.
THAT belongs to q ge erous tuayenIf
Father.
Is Republican legislation rrsranspl,
for the price of farm produces !,
Canada farm products are a. hlgh. ana
there is no Republican PARTY IN
Canada In England farm rraducts
are as high, and they have ither =
Republican party nor u high tariff
there.
What has the Republican party don.
for the benefit of the farmer Not onS
thing. But it has permitted the farmer
TO be afflicted by known abuses" tina,
| have grown up under Republican rula
| the abuses that the Republican lead.
| ers refused TO remedy.
The farmer has suffered from tba
extortion of the trusts: he has suffer.
| ed from the burden OF high tariff; Ia
| has suffered from the insecurity Of his
! deposits, and he shares in the evils
that follow from the growing estrange.
| ment between labor and capital. Ey.
| travagance in Federal appropriation
lessons his income and he finds him.
self unnecessarily taxed to support a
colonial policy in the Orient,
The farmers believe in the rule a.
the people, and this has been prevent.
ed by the Republican leaders; the
| farmers believe in the election Of Sen
ators by popular vote: and this prop.
osition was defeated in the Repubr
can convention; tie farmers believe
in honest elections, as we'll as in homes
government and they know that th'
| Republican convention rejected tn,
publicity plank. MIR. Taft underesti
mates the intelligence of the farmer
of the West, when he asks them t
accept the Republican record of tn
last eleven years as evidence of tn
Willingness of the Republican party t
do justice to those who till the soil.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

Some day the sober sense of the
people will awake to the fact that a
wall of protection around the country
is as eifectually "a block to American
manufacturers from marketing their
products in foreign countries as it IS
against foreign manufacturers reach
in" our markets. To be sure there IS
no exact tax on exports. No one
would stand for that. We all PccoG-
nizc the necessity for finding foreign
markets for the surplus of our manu-
features. But the wall of protection
under which the trusts have organized
adds at every turn 10 the expense Of
the manufacture and thus handicaps
the American manufa cturer in his eff
forts to get Il fair share OF the bust
ness in the worlds markets quite as
cfiicctually as would Il tax on exports.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

Statistics compiled by Dunns Com
mcrciai Agency show that wages have
increased 10 per cent during the OPP
eratiOns of the Republican Dinghy
tariff law. Statistics compiled by the
same authority show that living cx-
penses have increased in The same
time forty-nine per cent. No wonder
the dinner pail was but scantiiy fill!
ed before the Roosevelt panic knocked
the bottom out OF it. How can YOU
support an administration that has
riycn You 10 per cent OF prosperity
TO carry 40 per cent OF burden"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

You can't argy agin success"
ana reduced passenger fares in North
Carolina have been so completely sue
cc~sful that it is shown by SWORN re-
ports OF railroad officials that railroad
earnings from passenger fares have
been greatly increased under the low
rates, which arc at the same time saw
ing to the people OF the State n hum
drcd thousand dollars a month.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

Mr.. Farmer: In the production Of
your cotton. the great staple crop Of
the South. you are taxed at every
turn by IL protective tariff SO high that
even the Republicans admit The need
Of revision, but the price of your crop
is fixed in the markets OF the world.
where protective tariffs cannot posi-
bly, affect it. Haven't You paid enough
Of tribute to the trusts?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

"Our Republican friends may be
confident that every vote cast will be
honestly counted as cast. but as far
as carrying the election in North Caro-
lima is concerned. they had as well
put their ballots i'm the rural free de-
livery bOx.'-W. w. i<itc:lin.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

The Republican party in North
Carolina has no more of character In
it in 1908, under the leadership Of
Spencer Adams than II had in isss
when 1.-THE rape extenuating Judge
was delivering stump speeches from
the bench. The addition of Charles
French Toms and Iretlell Meares has
not perceptibly increased the general
average.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29

"Taft-the moon which reflects the
light of the Roosevelt Sun."--]Ohn
Sharpe Williams.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29
BRYAN'S SEPARATOR SPEECH

The Best Hit Of the Campaign Are the Cows to Go Dry
Bluff" of One Manufacturer is Called by Another
Who Tells Employees of the Intimidator, Come
Over TO Ny Factory and Get Work if Bryan Isl
Elected
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-10-29


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15

of the week consists of three men who
are thoroughbred acrobats. Two of
them characterize as foreigners and
the third as a monkey. The last char
acterization is very good and to him
falls the comedy end of the act. After
a number Of comedy maneuvers at the
opening of the act. the monkey chases
the other two members of the trio
through the trolley car of many doors,
and windows. 1t is puzzle to the
Spectators how they keep from getting
in mixup during their dives through
the doors and windows. Carberry and
Stanton, singing and dancing come
dams, are presenting unique act.
Edith Clifford, bright eyed come
dienne, is deserving. of a comment.
Miss Clifford is the possessor of a
sweet contralto voice and each of her
three character changes are accompan.
| led by fitting song. She is singing
Tim Glad I'm Married. "As Long as
| the World Rolls On and "Under the
Electric Lights for the changes. Last
on the bill are Burgess and Clara in
novelty lassoing and acrobatic feats
Mrs. Casey is singing a pathetic song
entitled Il Cont Want the Morning tC
Come"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
ON RADIATOR CIRCUIT

One hundred fifty applicants have
asked for the job of managing the
Boomers for the coming year and
playing on the team at the same time.
A little want ad did the business.
Most of the applicants name the sal
airy they are willing to come for, and
the figures range from $50 to $500 per
month. AS the club owners have de-
cided to pay about $500, some of the
high priced boys will have to come
down if they wish to be considered.
The Decatur Baseball association has
about completed its plans for that
muck talked of benefit carnival next
month. 1t will be much after the
style of country carnival. Among
the features will be a couple of NOV
pionship series between the Chicago
Cubs and Detroit Tigers, a country
store, two Or three good vaudeville
acts by imported talent and prizes for
many things. Among the prize feat
ures will be inducements to couples
who wish 20 be married in public, and
the inducements will be sufficient to
attract more than one couple.
Belden Hill has asked that the
Quincy club owners give him permits
sion to come to that city for a weeks
training in the spring, provided Cedar
Rapids stays in the league. He has
been told to come along.
John Anderson, the local amateur
first sacker whom Rock Island was
dickering for, has signed with Quincy
Nine pitchers, seven outfielders
three catchers and eight infielders are
at the command of the Decatur asso
citation for next season. This does
not include Crozier. Swain and the
other men who are on the reserve list
but will not play there because of the
salary limit. OF these men, 10 are
new ones. Not all of the q will be
asked to report; some of them viii
not even be considered any further
except, possibly, to figure in some
| trades
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
CAR men BALLOTED
Rock Island Division Elects Officers
for Year, Voting Throughout
the Day.
HART AGAIN AT THE HEAD
is Reelected President for His Seventh
Term-Clevenstine Chosen to Sue
coed Himself.

The street car men of this city and
Moline held their annual election of
officers for the union yesterday and
Archie Hart was chosen president for
his seventh term. The election was
carried out by the Australian ballot
system and voting was done from s
o'clock in the morning until O'Clock
in the evening. There are about 1870
members of the union taking in every
street car conductor and motorman
running the company's cars on this
side of the river and large repre-
sentation of the members voted.
The election was conducted as thor
oughly as a state election. The union
first met and nominated two men for
each Office and then sample ballots and
instructions were printed. Three iud-
ges of the election were appointed and
they spent the entire day at the polls
| which were at the street car barn.
| The officers of last year were largely
| reelected as they had served credit
ably. E c. Clevenstine who has serv-
ed over six years as secretary and
practically no opposition.
Officers Chosen.
The officers for the ensuing year as
| selected yesterday are as follows:
Presdent-Archie Hart
/ Vice President--H. p. A. Alvine.
Secretary and Correspondents. c.
| Clevenstine.
Treasurer. Widen.
ConductoT--C. Widen
Warden-W. H. Siebert
Sentinel-G. H. Pava.
| Executive board-Archie' Hart. J. C
Kinsley. II. p A. Alvine, E. c. eleven
slime and George Brown.
Delegates to Labor Congress-. F
McCloskey, F. Reddig, T. Widen, George
Brown, j. c. Kinsley and H. c. Nc
| Clellan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
Rock Island. Ill.,. Dec. IA 1908.

Rock Island, H., Dec. IA, 1908.
aPaid in Full' Department of the
Argus
| wish to thank the Rock Island Ar
gus and the committee who awarded a
prize to my very modest effort in es-
say writing.
To each gentleman on the committee
I extend very heartily the seasons
greetings, and also to The Argus a
merry Christmas and a happy and
prosperous New Year. Very truly
yours. MRS. E. E. POTTER,
1927 Sixteenth street.
Rock Island, H., Dec. IS. 1908.
paid in, Full'' Department of the
Argus:-
l acknowledge with much pleasure
The receipt OF your check for Sis.
had hoped but hardly expected, to
he one of the fortunate ones among
so many contestants, and l wish t.
thank most cordially The Argus and
the three gentlemen who acted as
judges.
The Argus is to be commended fol
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
DOES NOT AGREE
WITH |. N. SHAW
DR.. E. r. Bartholomew Says Former
Secretary's Charge is Unfor-
tunate and Unjust
IN REGARD TO SOCIOLOGY
Denies That Colleges and Universities
Are Hot5eds of Socialism-ShoWs
Differences.

at is an unfortunate statement and
an unjust criticism said DR.. E. F.
Bartholomew, professor of sociology at
Augustana college, yesterday after
noon in discussing the recent charge
made by Leslie NJ. Shaw, former sec
rotary of the treasury, that the col
leges and universities of the country
ton, according TO the professor, is en-
tirely too sweeping and draws no dis
tinction in reference to the meaning
|of socialism.
"Mr. Shaw states that all professors
of sociology, with a few exceptions,
ARE either socialists or anarchists" DR..
Bartholomew was told.
What is he, then?" was the quick
|retort
HE didn't state
Evidently one of the exceptions, -
|dryly observed the professor.
Some Truth I'm 1t.
DR.. Bartholomew admitted, however,
that there is small grain of truth in
the charge made by Mr.. Shaw. Among
Psychologists, he said, there are two ex,
|treme schools. The one is the narrow
conservative element who base all their
reasoning on cold facts and statistics
These never accomplish anything OF
succeed in solving any of the vexa
tious sociological problems by reason
of their conservatism.
"On the other hand" said Dr. Bar.
tholomew, there is a class of radical
Psychologists in some of our UNIVERSE
ties who devote their time in pro
pounding and advancing the most i'm.
possible and sensational theories. They
work neither for the interests of so
ciety nor for science and philosophy
but merely to make a name for them
|selves-to gain notoriety in the news
papers,
Chicago university style?" was sug
gested
Yes, that's the kind replied the
professor.
Failed to See Difference.
The principal fault with Shaw's crit
|icism, according to DR.. Bartholomew
is that he failed to distinguish between
sociology and socialism as it is popu
larly understood. Sociology is a sci
ence which seeks the cause of social
evils and to find remedies for them
Socialism, on the other hand, as popu
larly understood, is radical doctrine
opposed to all existing institutions. II
| is true, said the professor, that so
GEOLOGY contains many principles OF
socialism, but they are only such prin
ciples that have been proven to be
well established truths and cannot be
branded as evil. True socialism does
not contain any doctrines that are de
structive. but merely seeks to improve
the condition of society.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
MOLINE MAN FOR DIRECTOR
Cady Again Honored by w. G. A.
Election to Be Held Jan. is.

Election to Be Held Jan. is.
J. D. Cady has been nominated for
member of the board of directors of
the Western Golf association which
held its annual tournament last year
at Rock Island arsenal Charles F.
Thompson OF Homewood has been
named for president; Horace F. Smith
of the Nashville Country club for
vice president; Trigg Waller of Elk
moor as secretary and A E. Engler of
Glenview as treasurer. The election
will be held Jan. 16 at the Grand
Pacific hotel and the open, amateur
and Olympic cups won here will be
awarded at that time
Three clubs are already announced
as bidders FOR the western tournament
which. last year was held on the links
of the Arsenal club and which drew a
galaxy of golf stars of the middle west
to the three cities The clubs are the
Homewood Country club of Chicago
the Kent Country club of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, and the Minnikahda Coun
try club Of Minneapolis. Local men
will of course enter in the tourney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
The Family.
Second Avenue. East of Nineteenth
Street)

Second Avenue. East Of Nineteenth
Street)
Vaudeville Mt 3, 8, and 915 p. m. One
matinee Sundays and holidays.
At the Elite.-One of the prettiest
scenes ever placed on the vaudeville
stage is that presented at the Elite
the fore part of this week by the Ed
win Keough company. The scene is
down on the bills as being the Cove
of Cork" in Ireland, and it depicts a
rustic bridge over a moving cataract
so vividly that it does not take much
of an imagination to really hear the
roar of the water. The effect of max
ing the water seem to move is gained
by complex system of electric lights
and is not merely moving pictures
The play which the company of three
gives is a strong one, and at the same
time has enough wit and humor in il
to please the most extreme fun-seeker
The other acts on the bill are excep
tionally good. They include Mons
Herbert in a musical act wherein the
performer makes music come from ev
erything which he finds on a table
Adonis and his dog are both clever
gymnasts. and their act is entertain
ing Appleton and Terry, a pair o
unique comedians, complete the bill
with series of funny songs and inter
testing dialogue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
New York Stocks.

New York, Dec 15.-Following are
the quotations on the stock market
today:
Gas 1904, U. p 1872, U. s. Steel pre-
|ferred 1117s, q. S. Steel common 53A
Reading 1893, Rock Island preferred
1913, Rock Island common 231a, North.
western ITS. Southern Pacific 1904, n
". Central III, Missouri Pacific Ga
Great Northern 144%, Northern Paci
ific 1929, L. & n. 122. Shelters S4s
c. F. l. 3S1s, Canadian Pacific 175%
Illinois Central 1461s. Penna 129A
Erie S4A, Lead 1871, C. & o. 561s.. B
R. T. 565s, b. & o. 1925, Atchisor
9S, Locomotive ssh, Sugar 1917, st
Paul 149, Copper 81, Republic Stee
preferred sc. Republic Steel commol
26A, Southern Ry. 24k.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
Inflammatory rheumatism Cured In
Three DAYS.

Morton L. HILL, of Lebanon, Ind,
says: my wife had inflammatory rheu-
matism in every muscle and joint; her
suffering was terrible and her body and
face were swollen almost beyond rec
ognition; had been in bed for six weeks
and had eight physicians, but received
no benefit until she tried DR.. Detch.
on's Relief for Rheumatism. 1t gave
immediate relief and she was able to
walk about in three days. am sure
it saved her life" Sold by Otto Grot
Jan, 1901 Second avenue. Rock Island
Gust Schlegel & Son, 220 West Sec
ond street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
ILLINOIS FARMERS NEEDS
Roosevelt Commission Hears Plea for
Better School Teachers.

oCttCi SShSOi CdSuCISs
Champaign, H.. Dec. 15.-The COM
mission ON country life, appointed by
President Roosevelt, held a session at
the University of Illinois yesterday. "A
goodly number of farmers were pres
ent. One farmer said that country
schools should be more consolidated
and that better school teachers should
be employed. He said that half of the
teachers employed in country schools
have no better than a common school
education, while all should be required
to graduate from a normal school, The
hard road question was thoroughly
discussed, and it was stated that at
least two-thirds of the farmers would
oppose paved roads.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
DYING, Burns His Fortune.

London, Dec. ia special dispatch
from ST. Petersburg to the Daily Mail
relates that a dying Moscow million
aire named Petroff had his whole for
tune withdrawn from the banks and
the bank notes brought to the sick
room. They were then piled before
him and set ON fire. Petfoff summon
ed his relatives and showed them the
ashes, congratulating them on having
escaped from the evil of wealth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15
RIFLES FOR VETS OF 49,
President Will Recommend That Con
qress Equip the Camps.

Washington, Dec. 15,-President
Roosevelt is understood to have prom
Used Commander in Chief Newton OF
the Spanish war veterans. who called
on him yesterday, that he would favor
a law to equip camps of Spanish war
veterans, with the rifles, now going out
of use in the regular army, which
would give the government large re-
serve army in case of war.