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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05
TARIFF AND THE CONSUMER.

Bring high tariff horne to one as a
practical, everyday economic thing
and if the cost of living increased
47.4 per cent. during the 10 years OF
the Dingley tariff, between 1896 and
1907, how much more will 1t cost the
average family to live under the tar
iff bill now before congress.
Here is problem inrtarlff arith
metic for the public to think over
while congress is preparing to pass
the Payne tariff bill with few minol
changes.
The Payne bill, after the senate
gets through with it, will admittedly
be an advance over the present Ding
ley rates. The increase will be al
the way from 1.44 to 80 per cent The
exact per cent. of difference will moi
be known until the bill is finall,
passed.
Let us take the record sf the Ding
ley tariff to show what 1t means tt
the consumer.
Dum's commercial agency has fol
years kept careful track of prices o
the commodities which are of genera
daily consumption. The cost of liv
ing increased 47.4 per cent. durin,
the ten years of the Dingley tariff
preceding 1907 What could b'
bought for $72.45 in July. 1897, cos
] $l06.79 in June 1906. The rise wa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05
SIGNALING MARS

| When Professor Pickering of Har.
ward university, few days ago, in
timated that the lack of mere $1O,-
100000 was all that prevented his
establishing communication with his
fellow beings on Mars, he had not
reckoned on innocent and prodigal
Texas. 1t seems, however, that he
can have his money. Texas has
called the professor, and expects hin.
to make good. 1t is just possible
that the astronomer had meant to
name prohibitive sum-. He is not
leading the cheering for the generos-
ity of Texas, at any rate. Can it be
that Professor Pickering was only
bluffing?
1t may be true that Texas is bluff
ing, also, although that is not the
custom in the Lone Star state, as
certain gentlemen who wear their
Boots under six feet Of sod, have oc-
casion to know. If Professor Pick
ering goes to Texas with the proper
papers of Identification we have no
doubt but that the money will be
Forthcoming.
For various reasons Texas offers
an ideal field for the professors op-
erations. All of the ground he re-
qtires fer his several acres of sig
mailing apparatus can be bought or
rented cheaply in the vicinity of
Stamford. And as far as the essen
tial sunlight is concerned, any one
who was ever moved out on the
southern prairie will have nothing
but praise for the quality and in
tensity of the Texas variety, provid-
ing, of course. he can accept the
heliosrapher's point of view.
Why Texas is willing TO invest
$40, 100000 in Professor Pickeripg's
visions can only be imagined. There
are reasons, of course, why 1t might
profit the plainsmen to talk to the
'Martians, but they are private reas-
ons. and might not appeal to the
rest of the country. II might be that
Texas is anticipating time when the
citizens of the other states will grow
so contented with their native habi.
tat that nobody will patronize the
homeseekers' excursions. In that
event it would be necessary to push
the campaign for new settlers further
afield
II Texas could flash to Mars a
message concerning the inestimable
advantages offered by that state to
small farmers or oil spectators the
people of the other globe might make
an effort to desert their planet. In
any event they would become dis.
satisfied with their lot. which would
be a great advertisement for Texas
Or possibly Texas wants to find out
how the Martians dig their irrlgatine
trenches.
| However, we have no doubt oi
Texas willingness or ability to raise
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05
THE ANNUAL MIGRATION.

Our grandsires lived on the .olt
home place
The spot where they were born
We well may say it with crimsone;
And voice of shame and sceTn.
Their life in stupid circle ran,
Dull, fogy folk were they:
flurrah fer the man with the movinn
Hurrah for the first of May
How odd 10 stick to the selfsam2
viaw,
Ceiling and floor and wall,
When agents at ten or half-past twl
In automobile will call!
How odd, consecutive years a span
AT one address to stay!
Huzza for the man with the moving
Huzza for the first of May!
Midst all the city of house and fla.
Are some we have not seen
They fill those visions O. night, begat
By wanderlust, ween.
'Tis out, It's out, for remain who can:
The pitak of spring obey!
Ihfee cheers fer the man with the
moving van
Hip, hip, for the first of May!
Up with the goodby, farewell,
Meet you again, maybe.
Where do we go? Can't yet quite tell
Whenever we stop we'll see.
Chair and picture and pot and pan,
Haul them away, away
Oh follow the man with the moving
van,
For now is the first of May!
Edwin l.. Sabin, i'll Woman's Home
Companion for May.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05
THE LESSER APPLE LEAF-FoLD.

During the past two years nursery
men in various parts Of the state
have reported considerable damage
from an insect which is comparative
y, new in Iowa, the apple leaf-folder.
The chronological Station at once
began to investigate the life history
of this insect and to experiment
with different methods of combating
it, In order to discover. If possible,
seme means by which 1t might be
held in check.
The results of the experiments in.
dictate that arsenate of lead is the
most effective remedy. Directions
for spraying. together with complet
life history OF the insect. have just
been published In Bulletin No. 1O2
"The Lesser Apple Leaf-Folder'
Copies of this bulletin may be OBJ,
tained free by applying to Director
G. F. Curtis, Iowa Experiment Sta
ton, Ames, Iowa,
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l
While wages during the same per
lod increased nominally IS per cent
the cost of living increased 29.4 PEI
cent. in advance of wages.
The Statistical Abstract of tn;
United States shows the effect o.
'ae Dinsley law on various commodi
t-es. In reading each OF the follow
iag comparisons it should be borne in
niind the present tariff bill material
!? Increases the Dingley tariff:
freadstuffs costing s1O.5O in 1896
cost SlS.16 in 1907.
Meats costing s7.O5 in 1896 cost
1854 in 1907.
Dairy and garden costing s7.S7 in
1896 cost s14.46 in 1907.
Other food costing $3.50 in 1896
cost s9.S2 in 1907.
Metals costing $13.23 in 1896 cost
sl7.52 in 1907.
Miscellaneous items costing s13.52
IL 1896 cost s19.24 in 1907.
"The increase of the cost of wear
ing apparel and foodstuffs under the
Dinsley tariff was gradual and steady
said Hon. James II. Graham of Illi-
nols, in a master tariff speech in the
house. Figures speak eloquently of
tine absolutely scientific manner in
which the workingman's wages are
reduced in fact. although the unions
have been allie to obtain slight nom
inal Increase. They give the laborer
is cents with one hand and take Az
cents from him with the other"
The condition of labor at the end
cf ten years operation at the Ding
ley tariff was shown at meeting of
the prominent labor men of the conn
try at the office of former Secretary
OF Commerce and Labor, Oscar S.
Straus, on Feb. 10, 1909.
Samuel Gompers, on behalf of the
Federation of Labor, re-
ported that he had sent out circular
letters to the executive officers of
the international trade unions in De-
cember, 1908, and from the replies
sathered the following information:
Blacksmiths, so per cent. unem-
pioyed. those employed averaging
about four days week; carpenters,
40 per cent unemployed; cigar max
ers. 10 per cent unemployed; com.
mercial telesraphers, 80 per cent. un
freight handlers, 30 per
cent. unemployed; kod carriers and
laborers, 60 per cent. unem.
ployed; butcher workmen, 40 per
cent. unemployed; tobacco workers,
working on two-thirds time; iron
10 Per cent. unemployed.
Mr.. Gompers: ~ am sure 1t is not
an exaggeration to say that there are
now in cur country. and have been
with very little variation since Octo-
ber, 1907, nearly 100000 wage.earn-
ers unemployed.
Secretary Strauss: "Do you mean
~ that that before that period those
Z 100000 wage earners were employ
ed?.
Mr. Gompars: 81 do, SIR"
President Taft has said that an in.
come tax is preferable to taxing the
peoples necessities. Now is the ac-
,epted time for the president to act
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05
pEpEws BIRTHDAY spEEc.

At a dinner in homer of his 75th
sirthday Senator Chauncey. Nj. 3Dapew
declared that to arrive at rs years
of age healthy and vigorous with man
tai and physical powers ,laimpairad.
is cause for infinite gratitude to
Sod, and merits the congratulation
of friends.
Secret of Longevity.
My observation is" Mr.. ,Depew co,
tinued, that longevity and happiness
are in continuing to the extent of
our strength the work which is moot
congenial and which you have been
accustomed to do easily. Retirement
Tor rest and recreation usually means
that apprehension brings ON the
troubles you fear and the reaper
gathers you in because you are over
ripe and dried up.
Probably no sentence has been q,
often quoted as that of King David.
which is as follows: The daya of
our years are three score years and
ten, and if by reason of strength
they be four score years yet is their
strength labor and SORROW Josephus
says David died at 20. The wonder
is that with the life he led he had
not departed long before. Certainly
no modern physician would think of
prescribing now for man approach
ing 10 the remedy which the royal
doctors found for David. Hygiene
and sanitation, air and cleanliness
have prolonged and promoted
health in our day far beyond any ne.
rlod except the patriarchal one.
Layard, in excavating the ruins
Of Babylon, found the library of Mel, |
uchadnezzar. The books were inde.
structible because written upon clay
which was then baked into bricks.
Among them was an anecdote that
one OF the beauties Of the period said |
to Methuselah: 4 see you have been
celebrating your birthday. Which was
it? The old gentleman remarked. The
nine hundred and sixtieth... .Ah,' said
she, 'Methuselah, you do not look a
lay over 91O.'
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05

the slo,ooo,ooo, or of the states
getting its moneys worth in Nhe long
run. if Professor Pickering should
be successful: But we are not SO
certain about Professor Pickering
willingness to tackle the iob-Des
Moines Register and Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05

hol 50 popular among the hOteI PEG
pie, but the travelling men OF til
country, especially those who mus
necessarily spend great portion o
their lives in the hotels of the state
feel and appreciate the importanc,
of this measure.
believe also that very much goot
will result from the establishment o
the conservation commission, whicl
has been provided for by recent Ell
actment. Another measure of grea
Importance to the farming interest.
is that of the establishment of /
plant for the production of hog Serum
as a preventive of hog cholera. This
is somewhat experimental as yet, tu
it bears about the same relation t:
the hog interests as the tuberculirs
does to the cattle interests. Secro
tary Wilson of the agricultural de
partmant at Washington is very mucl
interested in this matter and believes
that it is going to result in great
good to the country generally.
Likes Antitrust Law.
One of the most stringent anti
trust laws enacted by any state ir
the union was passed by the recent
session of our legislature, and will
doubtless go long ways toward pro
tecting the people against the forma
ton of these organizations.
The entire military code of the
state was revised and placed upon a
plan in harmony with the national
law pertaining to the regular army
The guard of the state will better ap-
preciate the change in our military
code than will our civilians, who are
not SO familiar with guard matters
The bill authorizing the executive
council to remove officials for gross
neglect of duty, for malfeasance OF
misfeasance in office, for corruption,
etc, will also tend to give us better
services and bring about better re-
gard for official positions.
Statutes were also enacted looking
to the better protection OF the labor
interests Of the state, especially in
the matter of the assumption of
risks. The improvements in the
drainage laws and the amendments
to the primary election laws are
worthy of notice and are of general
interest.
New Statutes Needed.
Many important matters failed to
pass during the recent session of the
general assembly, but public atten
ton has been called to them and
ground work has been laid for effec.
tive legislation in the future. Among
the more important ones and those
which will doubtless be up for con-
sideration at future sessions of our
legislature are the bills for the es-
tablishment of better system of
road making; the consolidation of
various departments of the state gov
ernment; the abolition of the per
diem system of compensation wher-
ever the same can be dispensed
with; a revision of the. school laws
and of the tax laws of the state;
the public utilities bills; the fixing
of definite salaries in lieu of the
per diem and other methods of com
pensation. and the enlargement and
identifying of the capitol grounds all
of which will. and ought, to demand
public attention during the next two
years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05
Years Danish gnchantment.

1T is said that Dora in David
Copperfield,' one of the sweetest
creations of Dickens, was his early
love. They separated. He had an
Unhappy married life,i possibly be-
cause he cherished always the pic
ture of lovely. incomprehensible. in.
conclusive little. Dora. But when
thirty years afterwards he rushed
with the eagerness of young lover
to meet Dora on her invitation and
found a fat. florid. silly, and ordi-
aary English woman the reminiscent
ces of a lifetime were shattered and
happiness and hope were gone.
My friends, we are all seeking the
secrets Of longevity and happiness,
and libraries have been written upon
them, but the real pleasures of life
are to keep fresh in our memory the
Doras of our youth and to meet
others as we progress who are as
fresh and as lovely. The old country
shurch of our childhood, the old
school where we were taught, the old
college from which we graduated are
our Doras as fresh and lovely and
sweet as ever.
The men and women who filled
us with ambition and taught us to
aspire, who stood by until we could
stand alone, and cheered us as we
started upon the Marathon race of
life are sill our Doras. The right
minded man sees in the youth about
him the Doras of sacred memory, and
with genuine emotion and pleasure
he loves their society and finds en-
couragement in their dreams.
Life Has Few Regrets.
Everybody says to me, and to ev-
cry one who has arrived at my age:
Would your life have been different
If you had to live 1t overs? No, my
friends, granted the same conditions
and no larger information, everything
would be done again just the same.
'My misfortunes have been my great
est blessings. My most serious
troubles have been about things
which never happened.
my pride in the past is that /
never knowingly said or did any
thing against anybody which would
leave sting or pain, that while the
official employer of $4,000 men i
never had labor trouble. that in all
the animosities or passions Of parti-
san warfare never lost friend, and
that the sun of three score and fif-
teen rises upon conditions of health
and strength equal to the best of all
the years that have passed and sets
with prayer for continuing vigor of
mind and body and the glorious priv
ilege of appreciative and appreciated
friends
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-05-05
GOVERNOR CARROLL ON THE
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.

The impression has gone out over
the state that the last Legislature did
not accomplish much. Gov. Carroll,
however holds the contrary view
and in reviewing the work of the
gession is quoted as saying:
"The Importance of the legislation
of the recent session of the general
assembly will be better appreciated a
few months from now than it is at
the present time. More bills have
been passea by the Thirty-third gen.
eral assembly than were passed by
the Thirty-second, and some of them
are equally important with any mea-
sures passed In recent years. Scarce
| ly a more important measure has
ever been enacted than the law Great.
ing the state board Of education for
1.-THE control of our state educational
institutions. 1T has great bearing,
not only upon the state university
the agricultural college and the state
teachers college, but in sense 1t
affects our entire educational system,
ard the success or the failure of the
measure is one of deep concern
cern.
/ Hotel Law a Good One.
No session of the legislature has
ever passed so. many statutes with
regard to law enforcement as the
session which has just closed. The
law authorizing the district Judge tc
remove officials for neglect of duty
puts it within the power of every
community to have the laws properly
enforced, and doubt not but that
grea good is going to come from
this legislation. A matter of nc
small Importance to the travelling
public is the law providing for hote
inspection, This measure is perhaps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

later he made his ninth and last visit to England, where he had attained, if anything greater popularity than in Ger many-and conducted at Birmingham the first performance of "The Elijah" which composition ranks with St. Paul as his greatest work.
 When Mendessohn return to Leipzig from this English tour the effect of the continuation of years of overwork began to make itself distressingly manifest and he was obliged to resign his conductor ship of the orchestra and his position at the conservatory. Then came the shock of the news of the death of Mende1s- sohns favorite and very talented sister, Fanny Hensel, and this blow, coming but a few years after the death Of his mother, of whom he was very fond, seemed crushing in effect and the com poser went into a rapid decline, his death occurring on November 4, 1S47, at the comparatively early age of 3S years.
 The career of Mendelssohn was almost unique in that he did not have to suffer the privations and hardships which seem to have been the lot of almost every musical genius in early youth. The son of wealthy and indugent parents, he never faced poverty or serious self-de- nial. and it is not unlikely, as has ire quently been suggested, that this happy childhood was largely responsible for the marvellous creative power which the com poser displayed In his earliest musical work. Incidentally it may be mentioned that in early youth Mendelssohn mani fested literary talent only slightly less remarkable than his musical ability. When scarcely a dozen years Of age he wrote letters that would have done credit to young man of twice his years, and his unusual attachments in this direction
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could not be better proven than by the fact that he greatly interested the Poet Goethe, who became one of his closest friends. Goethe always declared that Men delssohns performances were infinitely superior to those of Mozart at the same age.
 Not only could Mendelssohn work or idle as fancy dictated but he had in his own home the facilities that invariably prove boon to struggling musical genius The best musical instruments of the pc riod were, of course, provided, and the dining room of the Bartholdy mansion was admirably adapted for use as con cert hall Indeed, concert was held there regularly each week, and young Felix compositions were thus played be- fore sympathetic audiences as rapidly as they were completed As the young com poser progressed his father considered the advisabillty af having him round out his musical education in Paris, but after visiting the French capital decided that the Teuton atmosphere was best.
 Mendelssohn, although during much of his life was not in the most robust health. was very fond of travel He espe- cially enjoyed Italy, but England always held the first place In his affections. For while he pronounced London "a smoky nest,'' he confessed that It was ever his .fayorite residence" Perhaps this liking was partly due to the enthusiastic ac- claim with which Mendelssohn was al- ways-greeted in the Tight Little Isle. The appreciation of Mendelssohn in England, which speedily grew to virtual idolatry, was the more marked because entrusted with the skeptical coldness of the audi ences in Berlin. And in turn we find that some measure of Mendelssohn's instan-
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back in 1908, or just after William the Norman conquered England at the Battle of Hastings.
 The cathedral, or La Maurice, retained the general style of Gothic architecture but only the portals of the facades were actually built away back in the Eleventh century in the awakening dawn of mod ern European history. These portals to the facade showed marvellous carvings in solid stone. relics of dead and gone archi- lecture never to be restored now and worth untold wealth to the student and lover of art. La Maurice also contained a sculptured marble pulpit that was his toric and a>statue of St. Jerome by Ga gfni Mosaics dating back to within 100 years of the founding of the edifce have perished forever now.
 With sicle-shaped harbor Messina ranked fourth among the cities of Italy in commercial importance. The views across the Messina straits were magnif- cent and fortunately the views at least remain although now terror inspiring in their aspect.
 The building of most interest to tour ists in Messlna was the Villa Rocca Guel- fonia, built by the Normans. who con- trolled Messina and Sicily, at the time
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Richard the Lion Hearted, King of Eng land, sailed for his first crusade against the Turks, and failed to release Jerusa- lens, the Holy City from infidel dominion. There was also a creditable museum in the convent of St. Gregory. which had fine paintings, statuary and some rare majolica vases.
 As a business town Messina was the most important city in Sicily, and, in fact, in the south of the Kingdom of Italy. It did an annual export and import business of about $20, 0,000,000. It traded principally in fruits and in fruit flavorings and essences, in coral ornaments, silks, wines, oils, muslin. linen and hardware the last three articles clearly being brought ia to supply the demand of the island population.
 Messina had a fair university and a well equipped technical school, and was the center of success in Southern Italy and Sicily. It's destruction cannot be reck- oned but as deathbow to prosperity In all that portion of the kingdom. It had a population of 10000.
 Reggie Now a Classic Ruin.
 The once thriving city of Reggie al Ca labria was almost directly opposite to Messina across the quake-tortured Straits of Messina It is said to have been founded a couple of centuries later than Messina, but, as a matter of fact, all these dates are purely imaglnary-not au- thentic nor historic Its very name means Ito break" and refers to an ori- gin through an earthquake-that Is, Reg gio, now a seaport, was said to have