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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12
SHAW ON SOCIALISM.

Speaking before a gathering of the
alumni of Dickinson College in New
York City the other evening Leslie NJ.
Shaw, former secretary of the treas
ury. appealed to college men to save
the country from socialism. Among
other things he said:
81 am alarmed at the trend toward
socialism in this country today. II
there is any power in this country to
stem it, it ought TO be the trained
minds of college men, but four out OF
FIVE commencement day orations are
purely socialistic.
Il have met many teachers of so
GEOLOGY in our schools and universi-
ties. With few exceptions these
teachers are socialists as you can fine
by a few moments conversation witt
them, and with few exceptions are an
archists."
Mr.. Shaw declared that socialism
is being taught from many Dulpits
Many chautauqua speakers are teach
ing socialism. Libraries are full o
ii. and the trend of newspapers is TO
ward socialistic ideas.
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The latest disease in the large cities
is the moving picture eye" 1t comes
from viewing moving pictures too long
and too steadily. 1t takes the form OF
a continual twitching, accompanied by
headaches and inability to look at an
object steadily. Already in Massachu-
sets the malady has been recognized
and that state now has law provid-
ing that at every picture show the
lights shall be turned on for period
of five minutes at half hour intervals.
A similar law is now proposed for
Pennsylvania. 1t is intended espec-
tally for the protection of the children
who often spend the entire afternoon
or evening in dark room looking at
moving pictures without giving the
eyes rest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12
REGULAR WATER TESTS.
State Board of Health Wants Law to
Compel Cities to Send Sam
pies Monthly.

DIES MONIES, Dec. livery city
and municipality in Iowa will be re-
quired to send monthly sample of it's
water supply to state board of chem
ical examiners if the legislature enacts
the law to be recommended by Secre-
tary Louis A. Thomas of the state
board of health in his annual report to
be filed in the course of few days
with the governor.
Mr.. Thomas recommends that the
legislature make an appropriation for
maintaining a chemical laboratory in
connection with the state board of
health department at the state house.
Then he would have law requiring
city authorities throughout the entire
state to send in monthly samples OF
their water supply for examination.
There is now a rule to this effect
promulgated by the state board but 1t
is quite generally ignored and tae
board would have made it law. From
the samples collected throughout the
state the astounding announcement is
made that in over so per cent of the
tests the presence of sewage was dis
covered. The board contends that with
such law as proposed people could
be warned the water boiled and much
disease prevented
The state board also asks for an in
creased appropriation for conducting
a crusade for good health throughout
the state. Secretary Thomas in his re
port calls attention to the fact thai
the state board of health was organic
ed in 1880 and made an appropria
ton of SIS 1000 for it's support. At tina
time this represented per capita ta'
! of three mills. Since then the popula
ton has increased great deal. The
appropriation remains the same ant
now represents but two mills, per cap
\ ita. Secretary Thomas has taken thu
population of thirty states and thei
/ appropriations for their state board o
/ health and figured the per capita eA
! penditures. Florida has the highes
4 at 113 mills. Iowa has the lowest ant
only one other has less than thre'
! mill apportionment. That is Missls
sippi. Nebraska has mill, Missouri
5. Wisconsin 5, Minnesota 6. lliinoi
4 Il. Kansas II and all nearby state
/ muca greater apportionment III
recommends the appropriation her
be doubled or made $4,000.
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Christmas Giving.

Christmas is a symbol. Christ
mas giving is symbolic, says APP
pleton's for December. The i'm
portance of the symbol is the i'm
portance of that for which it stands.
Christmas commentaries the birth
of Christ the birth of Christianity.
1t symbolizes brotherly love, helpful
ness to one another, unselfish giving.
OF symbols we stand in peculiar
need We are practical people, we
have a country of vast material
wealth. 1t is hard to be true to our
ideals. Without symbols it would be
impossible.
We are men and not machines. We
have hearts and imaginations as well
as brains and bodies. Unless we
feed our brains and bodies they
starve. Unless We feed our hearts
and imaginations they starve. There
are in the Bible no truer words than
Man can not live by bread alone. :
When Mr.. H. g. Wells, the English
novelist and scientist, was in this
country two years ago, he said we
were a nation of idealists. He saw
beneath the surface He saw that
which is least obvious and most fun
damental-our idealism. Christmas
/ is one of the bulwarks of this ideal
ism
All things good can be put to bad
use Some people SO use Christmas
A certain woman said to her family
shortly before Christmas, Il am
afraid you will find my presents
very mean this year. The fact is
# had to spend so much on people
+ ! didn't want to give to that | had
/ very little left to spend on you
Some odious woman whom | never
thought of sent me presents las
Christmas. ] know she just wanted
to make me uncomfortable. | go
ahead of them this year. / sent then
more expensive things than they viii
will ever dream of sending me. Besides
4 / have several extra presents as safe
guard. II people / haven't thought o
send me things. I'll just mail thes
right off TO them Was it blessed t
give or to receive such presents? TIL
. presents for the unknown people sus
gest the Athenians temples to the ur
; known Gcd. The suggestion is pei
| tinent She was worse than the ma
J who would have no Christmas nor
: sense. He was at least honest.
young girl with several millio
5 dollars in her own right was SHOW
+ ing her Christmas presents to he
: friends. They were magnificent. The
: represented thousands of dollars. TIL
: friends gasped with admiration
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

Marshalltown sports go rabbit hunt
ing in automobiles after night. 1t is
said that the bright moonlight en-
ables perfect workmanship and the
bright headlight attracts the attention
of Dummies so that it is no trouble in
getting close to them In speaking
of this the Cedar Falls Record is re-
minded that
The hunting of game after dark by
the aid of bright light got SO com
mon in deer infected countries that
Flaws were passed making it crime
to take animals by deluding them
with torch. Those who are accus
! toned to travelling in autos after night
/ have not failed to note the prssenc
of various kinds of night providers
/ The bright light rejecting upon the
1 eyes of cat enables one to see these
animals at long distance as they
face the approaching devil-wagon.
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keokuk, Iowa. ~. December 12, 1908
FOR THE CRY OF A LITTLE CHILD.
draanod IF q Iooiop of wop,on WIN

FOR THE CRY OF A LITTLE CHILD.
] dreamed of a legion of women, who
waited with eyes aglow
In the shadow of Loves Forgotten, by
the Ports of Long Ago;
/ dreamed of a legion of women whose
faces were tenderly mild
And bark. In the night | heard it
the cry of little child.
1 looked at the waiting women
through the mist of thousand
years;
And some of their eyes were smiling,
and some were suffused with
tears,
Yet they sang as choir in training,
and the song of the waiting
throng
Was the old old cry of Heaven: How
long, o Lord. how long,"
/ dreamed of a legion of women who
stood in driving rain;
Who raised their voices singing, yet
sang but one refrain;
l looked on the waiting women, and
their faces were white ant
Wild
And bark. In the night / heard it
the cry of little child,
Alfred Damon Runyon, in Deem
Der Smart Set.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

1t is claimed that feeding cows
molasses will give zest to their ap-
petites, help their digestion, put fat
on them and make their skins glossy.
1t is also said to increase the guam
tity and improve the quality of the
milk, by putting the cows in good
humor. Regular rations should be
given every day, but care should be
taken not to give too much. Cows
are said to be as fond of molasses as
girls are of chocolates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12
IOWA RICH In BANKS.

Iowa ranks sixth in the number OF
national banks, according to the last
monthly report of the comptroller OF
the treasury. Pennsylvania, Texas,
New York. Illinois and Ohio, in the
order named, are the only states to
exceed Iowa in number of national
banks. Since the beginning OF the
national banking system in 1853, there
have been organized in Iowa 419, OF
which only fifteen became insolvent
and eighty-seven went into liquidation,
leaving 81 national banks still in
operation in the Hawkeye state.
The prosperity of Iowa is also shown
by its rank of seventh in number OF
national. banks organized since 1900.
Texas leads the list of national banks
organized since 1900, the other states
ranking Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Hi
nois, Minnesota, Ohio and Iowa.
Since 1900, Iowa has added ITO ma
| tional banks to its already large list
| the new banks having total capital
of $4,000 600 Fifty-two of these new
! banks have capital of $4,000 or more
4 each. nineteen have between $4,000
and $4,000, and ninety-nine have s25,
/ 900 capital each.
| The total number of national bank:
organized in the United States since
/ 1853 is 1924, of which 6.SS4 were still
4 in existence on November 80, witt
authorized capital of 30,S25,275, ant
! circulation outstanding secured b.
bonds S614.9O7,265. During Novembe
twenty-one national banks We're or
ganized in the United States with /;
= total canital of 1896. 600.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

The state board of agriculture is
considering the weed problem and will
ask for legislation for its solution. A
law is proposed. to create state weed
commission of five, including the di-
rector of the state experiment station
the state botanist, the secretary of the
agricultural board and two others. To
this commission will be given extra
ordinary powers with regard to deffn-
ing noxious weeds and giving notice
of the necessity for their eradication.
failure to comply with the boards or
ders after due notice to be punishable.
1t is also proposed to give the boards
of supervisors in each county addition,
al power to appoint weed supervisors
in each township with power to clear
out certain weeds and have the cost
charged up to the property affected.
The plan is a drastic one, but the
committee of the state board which
has the matter in charge believes that
in this way only can the state hope to
accomplish satisfactory results.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

A call for a national convention OF
the unemployed, to be held in ST,
Louis, Mo-, on Jan. Is. has been is
sued by James Eads How, founder of
the Brotherhood Welfare association.
1t is expected that during the conven-
ton week ST. Louis will be the Mecca
for hoboes and unemployed men from
all over the country, and standing
room will be at premium in box
cars and other conveyances utilized
by the men of the road. How in
tends to secure monster petition. to
be sent to the President, asking that
the petitioners be given employment
in public work and on farms under
| tie direction of the government.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

The health department of Chicago
has succeeded in enlisting the police
force in fight to check contagious
diseases, particularly diphtheria. DR..
Evans. the health commissioner, is
responsible for this new alliance of
brain and Drawn Culture tubes and
antitoxin for use in diphtheria cases
will be sent to all of the police sta
tons. Physicians are expected to CO.
operate with the police. "Diphtheria
can be prevented and can be abso-
lutely cured if the antitoxin is adj
ministered early enough DR.. Evans
says. As soon as physician reports
a case of suspected diphtheria a po-
! liceman must take culture to him.
When the physician obtains the cul-
ture the policeman will take it to the
/ city laboratory, where the amount OF
/ antitoxin required for that particular
/ stage is determined. The policeman
! then reports back to the physician
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12
Girls of Proper Spirit.

Greenfield Free Press: Some of the
young girls of town peppered :. num-
Der of young men for an unfriendiy
act one day last week. The young
ladies while passing along the street
were disturbed by having the young
men whistle the step as they marched
along the street. The young ladies
procured some pepper and returned to
where the young men were AND threw
it into their faces. One of the young
men received so much of the pepper
in his eyes that he was compelled tc
seek physician to remove the smart
ing dust.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12
TAX ABUSES.

Mr.. C. l.. Powell, a Des Moines at
torney, in an address before the con
vention of tle Iowa Tax Revision AS
sociation in session in that city, de
clared that a study of the systems OF
taxation in the American common
wealths shows them to be devoid OF
definite design or common plan. save
only in the prevalence Of a property
tax. According to the findings Of tbs
same gentleman, the banks and
widows in every state in the union pay
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

To their amazement they found that
whatever else they admired, they
must admire a funny little old-fash-
toned dolly. 1t was of cheap materials
and hideous colors. The young girl
appeared to care more for it than for
all her costly presents. Why? 1t had
been made for her by little old
woman who eked out her threadbare
existence by selling fagroot. It's not
the gift, it's the giver. It's not the
act, it's the spirit back of the act.
You can't buy Christmas any more
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,ore than their just proportion

more than their just proportion OF
taxes.
On the same authority, executors of
estates and widowed women are tae
only individuals who are as unjustly
taxed as the banks. Banks are the
victims of the failure and refusal of
legislators to notice and act upon
changed conditions in the industrial
world within the last few years.
The basic error in the present tax
laws is assessing the total assets of a
bank instead of the net assets. For
instance, where property is valued
at $4,000 with an incumbrance Of
$4,000, it is taxed on a valuation of
the former. Another injustice to tle
banks as brought out by Mr.. Powell,
is the taxing of bank stocks at full
value. which is not done in the case OF
other personal property.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

DR., A. C. Moerke, a member of the
state board of health, is DESTROYS Of
having the state install a plant for the
manufacture OF anti-toxin, and the
other members of the board are said
to be in accord with him on the mat
ter At present anti-toxin costs the
public S1.50 per 900 units Ii can be
manufactured. it is claimed, for about
fifteen cents per thousand units. In
severe cases of diphtheria, tetanus. or
any disease where its use in large
quantity is required if life is to be
saved, the cost of the quantity neces-
sary for tae treatment sometimes runs
up as high as $50. A number of states
manufacture anti-toxin as a part of the
work OF the board of health, and sup
ply the public either at actual cost, Or
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

Build battleships, once more build
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. build battleships.
Springfield Register.
Certainly The more battleships
the greater assurance of permanent
peace. Battleships are also the
cheapest means to that end. This
country has never had too many bat
tleships and is not likely to have too
many, either now or at future time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

The Davenport Democrat says that
when President Roosevelt founded
the Ananias club he contributed the
touch of humor to the record of his
administration which helps to leaven
the story of labor and OF strenuosity
as little else could have done.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

Congressman Dawson is talked of
as secretary of the navy in President
Taft's cabinet He is especially quail
flied for the place but the Second dis
trict would not willingly part with
him as its representative
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

A seventy-year-old woman in New
York claims she has not tasted water
In forty years. 1t would be interest
ing to know what she uses for a
chaser.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

A Pennsylvania schoolma'am was
chased the other day by bear which
she mistook for dog. There will be
general agreement with the verdict
of the Des Moines Register and Lead
err that woman who can't tell a
dog from a bear has no business
teaching school.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

Tom Watson says he will have
nothing to do with politics henceforth,
which still further simplifes the sit
pation. Politics had already let it be
known that it would have nothing TO
do with Tom Watson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

in some instances gratis. In Japan
anti-toxin is as free as water, the
government distributing the life saw
ing agent to the people. 1t is proposed
to manufacture anti-toxin and serums
of various kinds at Iowa City under
the direction of tae state bacteriolo-
gist.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

AS the Sioux City Journal inter
prets the situation the President be,
lieves that the best way to bring
about the conservation of words is to
use plenty of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

The Junkins have bought another
paper, this time the Carthage Gid
Journal. They are born newspaper men
and their ambitions in that line are in
keeping with their talents and sue
cess.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

The biggest farmer in Iowa Is the
state of Iowa itself During the past
year it produced about s250ooo worth
of crops at the state institution farms
--eighty-five different things good TO
eat or good to wear The products
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

There are over one hundred cases
of smallpox in Dubuque. The pres
ence of SO large number is pre-
sumptive evidence of failure of the
local authorities to quarantine eff
fectively.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

Congressman Hull of the Des
Moines district was the first mem
Der to introduce bill. Appropriation
bill? OF course.
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ranged from mangul-wurzel to spinach
and We're premium takers of their
kind
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The Vinton Eagle says no time is
too long for a good congressman to
stay at Washington.
The electric locomotive holds thei
worlds record for mile with mark
of one mile in twentyseyen seconds.
]. P Morgan eats pie for luncheon,
and yet there are people who claim
that the rich don't have any good
times.
I'VE can forgive our own suffragists
many sins when those across the At
lantic are held up for comparison
says the Waterloo Courier.
According to George Fitch a man
who can slip down on an icy sidewalk
without getting mad at the man who
failed to clean it is too good natured
to amount to much.
Congress is with us again, but only
for a period limited by law. Here is
hoping that the worst it will do will
be the best it can do" is the toast of
the Waterloo Reporter.
Until one has read President
Roosevelt's letter TO Mr.. Foulkes,
says the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
zone may have no idea of how many
different kinds of liar one man can
be-
A West Virginia stenographer de
clares she had dyspepsia for eight
months after her employer stole kiss
j from her. The Cleveland Leader sug
gests that probably he made her swal
low her gum.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox thus sings:
Talk health The dreary never-ending
tale
OF mortal maladies is worn and stale
You can not charm, or interest, OF
please,
BY harping on that minor chord, dis
Say you are well, or all is well with
you,
And God shall hear your words and
make them true.
That Frank H. Barton of Durham
Conn. has been reaping a harvest b.
advertising to reveal for fifty cent!
method of getting rich quick" ha
become known through an inyestiga
ton made by postoffice inspectors. Hi
answer was work hard Barton ad
vertised also to mail twenty-five use
full articles TO persons sending hin
twenty-five cents. They receive
twenty-five pins. Barton had to hir
I help to assist him in opening his mai
which became SO large it attracted tn
notice of the postal authorities. 1t
said he has violated no law
Wood pipes are better than iro
pipes for carrying water supply, al
cording to a report issued by tn
United States forestry bureau. 1t say
: that timber saturated with water an
protected from outside influences
/ practically everlasting There is lir
1 of two miles of wood pipe at Fayett
e Vile, n. c., laid in 1929, which
y sound and in constant use at the pre-
G ent time Wood pipes cost only on
d quarter as much as cast iron and on
y half as much as steel. they are not q
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1t is also a good idea to shop early
In the morning.
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The early skater never fails to find
the thin ice
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"A Christmas gift suggestion-send
your friend The Daily Gate City for
one year.
To have,a real saod time this win.
ter you must learn to skate and spend
a few afternoons and evenings at the
Roll-a-way
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than you can buy home. You car
buy a house, but you can't buy a
home. You can buy Christmas pres
ents and Christmas trees, but you
can't buy Christmas.
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fected by electrolysis and they are
poor conductors of heat, thus keeping
the water cooler in summer and warm
er in winter.
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I'VE can forgive our own suffragists
many sins when those across the At
lantic are held up for comparison
says the Waterloo Courier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

j. P. Morgan eats pie for luncheon
and yet there are people who claim
that the rich don't have any good
times
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-12

According to George Fitch a man
who can slip down on an icy sidewalk
without getting mad at the man who
failed to clean it is too good natured
to amount to much.