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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
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Having become tired Of living In re1t-
ed houses, Mr.. Gwimple had bought
Z home Of his own. Not having
enough money, to pay for It outright
he had made q cash payment Of 81. 0G
and given q trust deed on the property
for the remainder. One night, not long
after he had taken possession Of bis
new home. Mrs. Gwimpls reused him
from a deep sleep. 7.@- ~,4..4 ~. -,
Gerald" she said, "somebody n Try.
ing to get into the house?'
Mr.. Gwimple crawied out OF bed and
started downstairs. .s. 81 S sss| sS !
what are you going to dor che
asked him - Is 4 + Is * W
"I'm going to let him in" he an
swered, half awake. ~
4. TO let him In! Who7'' 'z'7"'''o@ '@ 81" +
The man that holds the trust deed
"a this property" he mumbled. The
Document signed binds me to admit
him to the premises q any hour Of TIE
day!"-Youth'si Companion =
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
BINDING or oF BILLS,

For the convenience Of the mem.
bers' the p.ges are busy Just now in
having the senate and house bills
bound in convenient form for handling
Nos. 1 to 100, inclusive, constitute
ing the first volume. Files given to
the pages one day can be bound and
returned tor the session Of the next
day. ~ ~ :,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
4 MANS Dirtisday.

AZ We do not know whence man comes
nor whittier be goes yet We cheese biz
birth or death day TO celebrate ~ -
curing century. We should cAQooe
his day Of achievement. Lond0n sat-
urday Review. n
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
!, 0iscourkoouo.

So G.- 80 OJtGOUtE o0UOs 6. 81
what do you think I" exclaimed
the theatrical star proudly. sThey are
going to name I new cigar after ner'
{. well, !" rejoined the manages. heres
hoping It win draw better than you
do."-Exchange. s.s 5l s..S !
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
!, A Old cav strikes ! Nail.

~ 3iTFT55. 80 VIC ONW SHpSWOS = VN1ts ,lS "a
M. ScrappingtOn y (musingly) ~ A.
Lincoln said. q maj, may foof some Of
the people M the time and all tie peo-
pie some Of the time Mrs. Scrap
pington {bftsklyt Buts you can't fool
me any Of the time. Puck.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
ke pr,aly,vbsck.

The unluciy 10 love afe sal g y
lucky 1t cafdas &
What ro1d does Il do 'emf They
:ean't sst ont nights 70 pla1 -.
sehanss. 49, s5.. ": q 5s &
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
Force 81 Hahit.

Kilky-I did very absentminded
thing THIS morning. Street-Wha was
III Knky Offered Z tip to the man
who shaved my note. Boston Tran
script. s SIS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12
]. nIdn.t rai<s the Rait,

0tdn,t 1ajss the Bajt.
Miss Anciente dnsinuat ingly. ! Dis
lie my name: It's horrid. Mr.. Fly
labsently,@--I 1ear It's too late to change
III nov. .tf.3
Thick silence Pittsbuf1 Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12

USE TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-12

UsN TRIBUNE WANT COLUMNS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14

as he was convinced a heard of
healthy cattle; the application of the
tuberculin test, however, revealed the
fact that a fairly large percentage of
his cows were affected with tuber-
culosis. He Immediately disposed of
the tuberculous cows. adopted proper
measures for the protection of those
that were left over, replaced those he
lost by others proven to be free from
tuberculosis by the tuberculin test, and
continued his dairy business. After
about five years he asserted that his
healthy herd. which he knew to be free
from tuberculosis by the periodic ap-
plication OF the tuberculin test. was so
much more profitable than the SEEM
ingly healthy, tuberculous herd had
been that he had absolutely no reason
TO regret the expense he had incurred.
The best machine is none TOO good.
Diseased cattle are poor machines
wherewith TO convert so cent corn into
bank accounts. The man who beats
others beats himself in the long run.
He beats himself and every producer
When he forces the packing house to
figure on seven tubercular hogs out OF
one hundred. He cuts the price The
worst enemy to prices is the man who
sells diseased animals.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14

some radical progressives to have the
1nsurgent senators and representatives
oppose the president along all lines.
Likewise, doubtless, some standpatters
would like to have him opposed on all
lines. An opposition policy of this
character on the part of progressives
would be fatal to the individuals and in
a measure to the movement which they
represent. Truth and right are the OBJ
jects which should be pursued. When
President Taft recommends a policy
that is right from the progressive point
of view he should be given most loyal
support. 1t is only men who keep
themselves open to truth that are real
strong. Gladstone was once defeated
IN an election on the question of ex-
tending the right of franchise. After
his defeat, his chief opponent, Disraen,
introduced measure extending the
right of franchise beyond the point ad-
vocated by Gladstone. Many of Glad
stones liberal followers refused to sup
port the measure simply because it was
introduced by the opposition. But not
SO With Gladstone. The grand old man.
as he had then come to be known, re-
ioseu 10 De governed by these petty
considerations. He supported the
measure because he believed it was
right. dnsurgent congressman at Wash
ington would do wisely if they followed
TINS lllustrious example even to the
point of voting with Aldrich in one di-
rection or the democrats in the other.
Above all things, avoid factional solid
arlty just as party solidarity was made
secondary on the tariff, especially when
1t is put in the running beside merit
and justice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14
a~ M~-1~41
Iona Newspapers
NSURGE MILDLY!
lGlidden Graphical

What we have in mind now is news
paper men and politicians. You could
go to some towns in Iowa and when
you have learned what one paper is
advocating you can be as certain that
the ether is opposing the same propo-
sitions as you are that day will fol-
low night. There is the same DISPOSE
ton among politicians. And this ten
dency prevails as high up as congress
man and senators. Honestly opposing
each other on some lines there is al
ways danger that men will become OPP
ponents on all lines and on all sub
jects. 1t is related of one congressman
that he had failed to note on a rol1s call
what subject was up for consideration.
When his name was called he asked
how Jones had voted. When advised
that Jones had voted in the affirmative,
he promptly voted no.
There are several considerations IN
volved in this matter OF bias. In the
first place the individual who allows
himself to be dominated by his preju-
dices soon loses influence in every d.
rection. He is frequently denied place
on juries. AS a leader Of movements
he is pretty sure to wind UP in short
time with minority. There is pre-
sented now in Washington a problem
of this character. President Taft is OF
judicial temperament, he is progress
sive. He is endeayoring to weigh men
and measures in the balance with a
view to getting the best results pos
sible. Roosevelt was a biased progress
sive. 1t would be highly agreeable to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14
NOT A DBCAYING PEOPLE.
TN-illiou,s uorra+

James j. Hill asked a question the
other day. The unanimous decision Of
the federal circuit court of appeals of
his circuit. tho not so timed or intend
as a people, are in the beginning of our
as a peaple, are in the beginning of our
decadence, and he justified the question
by the fact that we have been tolerat-
ing high prices far above the natural
and normal levels. He asserted that
unnaturally high prices for commodi-
ties entering into the cost of living
have always been coincident with de-
cline in the vigor and fiber of any peo-
PIE tolerating them. The truth of the
assertion is incontestible. 1t can not
be denied that any people which toler-
ates extortion upon itself is decaying.
The question in every case must be the
one OF whether the oppression is or
not being tolerated.
1t Is nearly score of years since.
under the administration of BENJAMIN
Harrison, the Sherman antitrust law
went into the federal statutes. 1t has
often been disparaged and declared to
De wholly useless as a means of oppos-
ing the organization of combinatio
IN restraint of trade. The Cleveland ad-
ministration made but small use of il
Since then it has been used to better
purpose, but always in the face of the
cry that it is ineffective and should
either be repealed with view to clear
ing the way for the adoption of a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14
USE CONNECTS ON THE ROADS.
uMonticello Times.l

For many years the convicts en-
ployed at FIT. Madison penitentiary have
been employed by contractors, who paid
the state a small amount for their
services. IA vast amount of agricultur-
al implements and tools were manu-
featured at the penitentiary by the
convicts. During all the time that the
prison shops have been conducted the
labor unions have protested against the
system with great energy, claiming that
1t is not justice to them to be forced
TO compete with convict labor. The
contract has now expired and there is
the most strenuous opposition to it be-
ing renewed. The convicts must have
work, and their employment in build
ing roads is the only logical solution of
the vexatious problem Many of the
states have built hundreds of miles of
fine macadamized roads with convict
labor and are well satisfied with the
experiment. The convicts prefer work
outside the prison. and so employed
are more contented and enjoy better
health. Iowa has about 500 convicts
who are capable and willing to engage
in road work and it would be well for
the state to employ them in road build
ing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14
The Expense of Conservation
press Bulletin American Forestry Association

expenditure which subtracts from and
mat which adds to the wealth of the
nation.
10 be sure, the making of such dis
tinctions is economic kindergarten
work; yet not all, unfortunately. who
I'LL space in economic discussions have
mastered the requirements of the eco
homlc Kindergarten. To meet the
needs OF such, the subject must be pre-
sented IN an elementary way.
one may point out. for example, that
the battleship which costs millions of
dollars and, in few years, rusts out
or goes out of date, IS, during the en-
tire period of its existence. producing
not penny's worth of wealth. The
best that can be said for it is that in
extreme cases, it may protect the ma
eion from invaders who would them
selves destroy wealth and hinder pro-
duction.
Over against the battleship, however.
let US place, for example, the great
Roosevelt dam across the Salt river
canyon in Arizona.
Here we have gigantic government
built structure which Will make one of
the largest artificial lakes in the world
"a body of water twenty-five miles
long, 100000 acre-feet in capacity.
and capable of irrigating 100000 acres
of fertile soil.
NOW, In two respects the battleship
and the Roosevelt dam are exactly
alike; each costs a mint of money, and
each Is paid for. in the first instance
by the whole American people.
But here the similarity stops. For
their expenditure on the dam the
American people will be repaid by
those who use the irrigated land; for
their expenditure on the battleship the
people will be repaid by nobody.
So long as it floats, the ship will con-
tinue to cost the money Of the whole
| people; when once turned over to the
water users association, the dam will
cost the whole people nothing what
ever.
The function Of the battleship is to
destroy wealth; the function of the
dam is to create wealth.
In a few brief years the battleship
will go on the scrap-heap or to the
bottom Of the sea; the dam, however,
we may rest assured, will continue to
produce wealth for generations and
centuries.
Now. the whole conservation policy,
rightly handled, is fypified by the
Roosevelt dam. 1t will multiply wealth
for ages to come; its entire cost may
be paid out of q fraction Of its pro-
duct, and its sole end is to bless the
race.
And yet we are gravely warned that
unless the utmost care is taken an
other series of fixed charges" anaia-
gous to those from Increased arrna-
ments. will be provided thru COM
servation and waterway iegislation!"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14

stronger law or radically amended to
make it more responsive to public needs
and demands. All the time new suits
were being instituted under it and VIC
tories won by the government in actions
brought against great corporations,
charged with being combinations in re-
straint of trade and commerce, have
encouraged popular belief in the eff
ficacy of the Sherman law when wise
ly and broadly interpreted from the
viewpoint of public policy.
The people have at no time ac-
quiesced in the unnatural conditions
Mr.. Hill describes. They have resisted
and are now resisting, but always with
in the forms of law. They have legis-
lated for the destruction of all colnbin-
atoms which, being in restraint Of
trade and commerce, are responsible
for the abundance of food supplies and
leading all others in inventive genius,
enormous production and methods of
distribution. The decision OF the Stan
ard Oil case is the most notable and
most sweeping triumph yet won by the
government but it is not the first The
people have not been inert or inactive.
They have at no time showed that SUI
pineness, or that weak yielding and
submission to wrong which would
mark them as decadent Their victory
is not yet final. The higher court must
yet pass upon the cases. 1T might not
be proper to attempt any forecast of
what the decision of that court will be.
But it is both proper and safe to say
that if, in the end, present laws are
found to be Ineffective to reach and de-
troy the evil Of artificial prices thru
force Of combination and destruction of
competition, new laws, organic and
statutory. will be made, as they have
been made before now, for the Fighting
of wrong. This people is not decaying.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14

An exchange comments editorially
upon the danger Of the great and
growing expense" liable to result
from conservation. and waterway
schemes" 1t points to the annual in
crease of s50,000,0O0 IN the appropria-
tons" and says that the president is
advising the curtailment of all ex-
penses"
This advice, ii thinks, may be fol-
lowed with the result of largely wiping
out the treasury deficit.
Our enthusiasm, however, over such
economies may, it believes. well be re-
strained in view Of the menace Of
fixed charges"
Congressman Tawney is quoted as
having declared that these, sin very
large measure the consequences of
war" are eating into the nations rev.
enues and leaving no trace behind.
Furthermore, along with existing
fixed charges for war and a growing
military establishment, the exchange
points to another prospective fixed
charge, that, namely, from "conserva-
ton and waterway legislation"
This "has already been started" and
unless the utmost care is TAKEN" may
result in another series of fixed
charges" The difficulty" we are
told, sis that when these movements
are given government aid. they go for
ward to an extent that is very uncer-
tain"
1.-THE saving of $4,000, 900 in appro-
priations this year." it is said, will be
very good thing, of course. But if,
while applauding ourselves for this
triumph of economy, we allow the ma
ton to become involved in other great
obligations that will cling to US, our
triumph will be barren"
That the fixed charges resulting from
wars. past and prospective, are prepos-
terously large, conservation freely con-
cedes. and deplores.
But note the issues thus yoked up
togekIaer-War and conservation!
The ancient Hebrew was forbidden
to plough with an OK and an ass to-
gether." Could the lawgiver have fore
seen, thru the ages, so unequal yok-
ing as has above been made by our
contemporary, in what language, we
wonder, would he have couci1ed the
terms of his prohibition?
War and conservation; waste and
saving; destruction and production;
tearing down and building up; wreck
ing a world and saving it-all to be
classed together and equally con-
demned!
The human mind is fearfully and
wonderfully made. and to follow its
workings in every case has baffled the
wisest. To fathom the processes
whereby war and conservation could
be grouped in single pair were, in
deed, a task for the alienist.
The astounding conclusion under
consideration has resulted, evidently,
from the failure to distinguish between
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14
TdEsREPUBLICAN IOWA, DECEMBER IL 1909

Der, the first month since the opera
ton of the aew trade agreement be-
tween the United States and France
under which the imports from the
United States into France pay the
highest French duties and the imports
from France into the United States pay
the duties imposed by the new tariff
law. This agreement became opera
tive on midnight of Oct 81 as an in
cident of the Payne tariff.
The farmers. the trusts and the
tariff are said to be in a conspiracy
TO boost the cost of living This seems
to be the worm that never turns.
Women census enumerators are to be
appointed in New York City The
suffragists might get these jobs and
then decline to count any who won't
knuckle.
The only enterprise in Iowa that
doesn't have its off days is the special
correspondence department of the
newspaper. The circumstance is not
peculiar to Iowa, either.
The corn siloW-not any corn show
in particular. but the corn show in
general-will do better financially
when the vaudeville department starts
UP.
Maybe it was arranged to have that
mail order house fail just to show III,
people how mail order houses in gen.
eral are giving goods away.
Here's a ray of hope. \ New York
man sold wrecked auto for $40 10 a
farmer, who thinks he can use some of
the machinery around the barn.
A general strike against the steel
trust is in contemplation Maybe the
desire for Christmas money for the lit
Tie ones at home will put off eventuali-
ties until after the holidays.
1t is noticed that Gompers, Mitchell
and Morrison are still out of Jail. May
be that hurdle is a Bit too high to take
of-hand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14
THE PR0STITuTED PLAY

A bright young woman had been
to see one of the modern plays which
seem 10 attract larger audiences at
more lucrative admission fees than any
Of those older and dscenter. Her con-
clusioa as TO the lesson an average
young woman could take away from
the play was that the girl who keeps
strictly in the paths of morality and
what we have been taught was the
spirit of the true lady fails TO have as
good a time as her erring sister who
is smart enough 70 go wrong with
judgment, pretty enough 10 be at5rac-
Tive and kind enough to be lovabla.
That at least she said, is the view Of
life held out by the play Note that
the leading lady with all her lack of
virtue and her accumulated vices was
the leading lady. wore The god clothes,
was ehe pret1ies- and best loved and
finally when she chose was the most
honored. Now know il isn't true but
that's what the play says in all its ae-
ton and in every line"
The critic was absolutely correct.
There is an epidemic Of risque and
even rotten plays. turgid with sensual
lily. appealing % passion and as in
evitably certain 10 lower the moral
tone Of the communities wherein they
are patronized by ordinarily decent
persons as obscene literature and OBJ
scene pictures. Imagine the effect on
impressionable girls yet in their teens
who sorrow over the troubles and re-
joice in the t-iumphs Of the leading
lady in q role which mimics in real
istic way me woman of the de,ni
monde:
Such plays are moral pitch. Their
refinement sticks and degrades. How
can il be otherwise? II is incredible
that mothers Will send their Uniformed
sons and fathers bring their daugh
ters 70 view and applaud the mirlicry.
Of prostitution. Their presentation is
the surest weapon the playhouse can
put in the hands Of its enemies. When
the tiaea.er loses its ideals entirely.
when il refuses % consider It's moral
responsibilities j, is in danger Of CEN
sorship and needs censorship but what
Of the public sense of morality which
pat-onizes, appsauds. ana pays for
gross action and grosser lineso
The Blue Mouse" which has APP
peared once in Marshalltoyn and is
scheduled for return engagement,
next Thursday night. appears 70 be a
type of tals particular school. Those
VINO beheid he production will APP
preciate the truth Of these statements
and those who dsd not may receive
their warnings from this newspaper or
from those who did and be prepared
Tor what they are asked to attend ar
Marshalltown Thursday evening OF this
week. 50 far as vile language ana
open innueado are concerned the Blua
Mouse has been written with judgnen.
and caution. In conception and real
ism, however. it belongs to the type
Z Of plays that have been clazsed as be-
longing to the Indecent stage" by
theatrical critics Of high ability writ
ing in magazines of wide influence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14
DRAWING BUSINESS"
TMonticelIo Exnra

Some of the saloon keepers have not
prohted by the disinterested advice of
The Express given during the past sew
eral weeks, but in their greed to sell
have turned onto the street drunken
men to annoy peacable citizenes. and
advertise the recklessness. carelessness
and depravity of the business 1t be-
came necessary a short time since for
the city council to summon some of
these saloon keepers before them
when they were read the riot act by
the mayor. There are too many sa-
looms in the town, and competition is
too brisk Unless the number is re-
duced OF different maner. of doing
business is Instituted before another
year rolls around, the voters will refuse
to sign the new petition of consent, and
thus wipe them all out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-14

A gorgeously illustrated history Of
the duks of Sutilerland's residence in
London will sell for $40. Would you
like copy?
If you don't see ii advertised, it's
hardly What you want.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont predicts a war
between the sexes unless women are
given the ballot Cautious husbands,
noting this, will not give their wives
hat pins for Christmas.
Nor would ton of coal be such a
bad gift
A fashion authority has it that hips
are coming back into style. Let us
hope that the decree will be held up
until the Christmas shopping is over.
1t is said by scientists that the
earth might pass thru the tail of
Halley's comet without harm. No
doubt, for hasn't the old globe survived
many worse tale?
You can't buy 'em as early In the
season today as yesterday. but you
can buy EN- just as early in the day.
The new tariff bill betrays an oc-
casional dark spot. Official figures OBJ
tanned at New York show that the ex-
ports of illuminating oil from this port
to France, which amounted to ss,15? 800
gallons in October. dropped to not a
single gallon in the month OF Noyem-