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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Consistent pemocracx.

The effort to make 1t appear that
Democrats in 1890 or in any other
year have opposed effective antitrust
legislation is rendered absurd by that
party's repeated declarations and by
the consistent policy it has adhered
to. The position it took with respect
to trusts and monopolies in the year
when the congress which passed the
Sherman act was elected is stated in
the Democratic national platform Of
1888, in the following words: Judged
by Democratic principles, the interests
Of the people are betrayed when, by
unnecessary taxation, trusts and com
binations are permitted and fostered.
which, while unduly enriching the few
that combine, rob the body of our citi-
sens by depriving them as purchasers
Of the benefits of natural competi-
tion."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
IN DEEP WATER
TROUBLES OF THE REPUBLICANS
LOOM LARGE.
Sentiment Of the Country Calls Loudly
for Genuine Reform Measures
Breach In Dominant Party
Likely to Widen.

It is to be expected that from the
very beginning of the congressional
session every proposal of real reform
every plan for restricting the privil.
eyes of organized capital. whether
they come from the president or from
some other source, will be displeas-
ing to Aldrich and Cannon and the
immediate allies of these two leaders.
for this group is ever on guard to
prevent encroachments on the privil-
eyed interests. 1t remains to be seen,
therefore, whether the president will
remain aloof, as he did in the tariff
session. leaving the pr~ogressives to
follow the organization leadership or
make an independent stand for reform
measures, or whether he will take up
the representative functions Of the
presidency which congress, as now
organized and controlled, has forced
upon the chief executive as a duty to
the whole people.
1t has been made clear in the
retrospect that If President Taft had
taken an active part in the tariff pro-
ceedings from the beginning of the
extra session he could have rallied a
tremendous force on the side of hon
est revision, the kind Of revision he
preached as a candidate for the pres
idency, the kind of revision his party
promised. There is always a goodly
number in each house that follow the
lead Of the president whenever that
lead is definite. Many would have
supported the president as against
Aldrich or Cannon or both who, for
lack of leadership in the White House,
simply kept step with the organiza-
ton leaders, being automatic states
men pure and simple. Since the tariff
scandal was accomplished this class
of members, when all other defenses
have failed, have pointed to the fact
that the president signed the bill.
The sentiment of the country against
the new tariff law and against those
responsible for it has impressed the
breakers of pledges.
II the regular session bears no bet
ter fruit than did the extra session,
the breach in the Republican party
must become wider and deeper.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
KENTUCKY |DNAP
CASE DEFY POLICE
FATHER OF ALMA KELLNER SAYS
SHE WAS STOLEN WHILE
LOOKING At TOYS.
WOMAN IN BLACK SUSPECTED
Child Believed to Have Been Taken
for Heiress-varIous Clues Traced
by Police Fall to Disclose
Whereabouts Of Girl.

Louisville, Ky.-Though story after
story has been investigated by the
Louisville police, the whereabouts Of
~8-year-old Alma Kellner, who disap-
peared from her home Wednesday
morning, remains a mystery.
r. L. Kellner, father of Alma, said
that he believed his daughter was
looking at toys in the shop windows
on Walnut street, when, as he express
sed II, somebody nailed her." He said
the child made friends with strangers
in a quick, responsive way and that.
after she had attended church, for
which purpose she left home, she was
wandering among the Christmas dis
plays, when she was kidnapped.
Meanwhile children resembling
Alma Kellner, have been sympatheti-
cally reported to have been seen be-
ing forced into covered carriages by
yelled women, roughly dressed, and
the like, observed walking up and
down street-car aisles, hurried into
Tell City, Ind, where an allegedly dis
gruntled relative of the Kellners Is
supposed to live; while another
story is that Alma was mistaken for
her ~11-year-old aunt, Meta Kellner, IN
heiress, whom Alma resembles.
The city has distributed 500 cir
culars offering an unspecified reward
for the return Of the child and the en-
tire police force of Louisville and
Southern Indiana towns are busy upon
the case.
Frank Fair, millionaire brewer, and
uncle of the missing child, said Fri
day that F. L. Kellner was not in a
position to pay a ransom for Alma,
and that, while F. L. Kellner Sr. had
been a rich man, the juniors share
would not amount to anything con-
siderable. The family specifically
denied a rumor published that a
meeting Of Mrs. Kellner and the kid
napers had been arranged.
One of those mysterious women in
black" who usually figure in cases
of the Kellner kind, was discovered
zy reporters in the vicinity of the
home Of Mrs. F. L. Kellner ST., and
her actions excited suspicion. The
police who have searched in vain
every vault, empty house and alley in
a readius of half a mile of the Kell-
ner home, devoted their attentions to
watching this woman and to running
down the story Of an aged Russsion
peddler, who said he had seen in
Southern Indiana a girl who might
have been Alma, travelling toward
Madison, Ind, and Cincinnati, with a
man in a wagon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
The Presidents Position.

The presidents unequivocal cham
pionship of the Aldrich tariff bill, com.
Ing right on the heels of his champion
ship of Aldrich himself and of the
Aldrich central bank conspiracy. re-
moves the last doubt. His position is
now clearly defined. Those who hoped
and believed that Mr.. Taft would put
himself at the head Of the progressive
element of the Republican party and,
as a true and worthy heir of Roose-
welt, take up with fearless determina-
ton the fight against grab and graft
and greed, find themselves cruelty dis
appointed. More than that, If they are
Republicans, they find their right to
claim a place in the great Republican
party seriously questioned by the lead
er of the party. For when Mr.. Taft
asserts that the insurgents in con-
gress, who voted against the Aldr'ch
tariff bill, abandoned their party"
and when he classes Glow tariff Re-
~publicans" contemporary with Dem
ocrats and free traders" he leaves
place in his party for these "low tar
If Republicans" only on sufferance, il
at all.-Omaha World-Herald
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
TRIcKERY IN LUMBER TABIFF
Instance Where Wording Of the Bib
Undoubtedly Was Intended
to Deceive.

A~pologists for the Aldrich-Taft tar
ID as a measure OF revision downward
point occasionally to the reduction OF
the schedule on squared timber from
n cent per cubic foot to one-half
cent as an evidence that the poor
mans burden has been l~ightened.
This is another instance where Mr..
Aldrich's official compilation of sta
tistics claims a reduction which is
disproved by facts. Admittedly. the
figures have been reduced. Practical
ly the actual tariff has been increased.
The trick is simple.
The Dingley tariff provided for a
tax on timber, hewn, sided or
squared" To this phrase the Aid
rich tariff adds the words, otherwise
than by saving" Since timber is now
all squared by the saw instead of by
hewing with an ak, which was for
merly the method, the four words in
serted into the new tariff have the eff
feet of taking squared timber out Of
the one-half-eent-a-cubic-foot iss and
putting it under boards.
This change in classification results
in practically doubling the Dingley
rate.
Unearthing these concealed schemes
for raising the tariff under pre-
tense Of lowering 1t requires no
wonderful skill. Lack Of intelligent
criticism by our national legislators
while the measure was under discus
sion in congress is little tribute to
the capacity Of those opposed to the
protective doctrine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Tariffs Must BE SimnlifieG.

Few men know anything whatever
about any business except that in
which they are engaged. The ordinary
taxpayer can know little or nothing
of the effect Of taxes even on himself
unless he is expert enough to know
what their effect will be on scores and
hundreds Of Industries of which he
knows nothing. And this is the way
taxes are levied in this free country in
the twentieth century! The people do
not know and cannot know what is
going on. Congress is no longer COM
petent to make tariffs. We are at the
mercy of experts" practically all Of
whom are interested in taking care Of
certain private industries. A commits
sion might help somewhat. But the
only sensible thing is to simplify our
tariffs, and to levy taxes for the sup
port of the government.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
SPURNS RECONCILIATION
Mrs. Brokaw Says Overtures for Peace
With Husband Beyond Range
of Possibility.

New York City.-Overtures for a
reconciliation with his wife have been
made by w. Gould Brokaw, who is be-
ing sued for divorce and $780, 0 ali
mony by Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw in
the court at Mineola, L. l.
After a long conferencne with John
f. Mcintyre, his attorney, the latter
declared that his client would well
come the resumption of amicable rela-
tions with Mrs. Brokaw.
"Mr. Brokaw," said Mr.. Mcintyre,
'loves his wife dearly, and is willing
to have the suit discontinued, in spite
of all the charges she has made, if she
will only return to him. He believes
his wife has been wrongly advised,
and he is by no means in fear of los
ing the suit"
such a thing is beyond the range Of
possibility" declared James A. Blair,
Mrs. Brokaw's father.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Condemned by Their own Acts.

~
In his speech of acceptance Presi-
dent Taft pointed out two important
points in which the Sherman act mis-
chievously goes beyond the lines of
the common law, one Of them being
that 1t may be interpreted to include
labor unions in the forbidden combi-
nations.
Naturally Democrats place no faith
in the sincerity of a party which,
while laundering against the trusts in
its platforms and In an occasional law
of doubtful effectiveness, pushes to
the last extreme Of radlcalism tariff
legislation which fosters, more than
any other one policy, the formation OF
monopolies and combinations against
the people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
RATECONTROVERSY
IS AGAIN TAKEN UP
cUMMINs INTRODUCES MEASURE
PRACTICALLY sUPPLANTlNG
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT.
ELK|Ns WILL ALSO SUBMIT BILL
Iowa Senator Advocates Uniform
Classification for Freight Ship
ments-Plan for Stock
Payment at Par.

Washington, D. G. - A contro.
versy over railroad legislation will be
precipitated in congress this winter,
which, in Importance, promises to
surpass the legislative conflict over
railroad rates four years ago.
The first gun was fired by Senator
Cummins of Iowa when he produced
a bill proposing radical changes In
the interstate commerce act. In a
large sense the Cummins measure is
a substitute for the present interstate
commerce act.
It Is expected that a measure pro-
posing amendments to the law will be
introduced early in January by Sen
ator Elkins, which will differ from the
Cummins bill in many important de-
tails.
Uniform Glasses Provided.
In brief, the Cummins bill requires
the interstate commerce commission
to promulgate a uniform classification
of freight, and to prepare a plan or
the statement of freight rates which
shall hereafter be made in a uniform
way. The carriers are required to
adopt this classification.
The commission is authorized to
consider rates on its own motion with
a view to determine their reason
ableness, and is empowered to fix
~a.,-a anI rasOinatno rofno
In any action instituted in court to
set aside an order of the commission
respecting the rates, the courts are
prevented from inquiring into the rea-
sonableness or sufficiency Of any rate
fixed by the commission.
The bill provides that changes in
rates shall not become effective until
they are approved by the commission.
1t prohibits the acquisition of control
by any common carrier Of any paral-
lei competing line, or from acquiring
the capital stock or bonds of any 9TH
er carrier which is a competitor.
BY the terms of the bill a carrier is
prohibited from issuing any capital
stock without payment in par, either
in money or in property and, in effect,
the commission shall have supervision
of the issues of stocks and bonds by
any carrier. Specific directions are
given for the disposition Of the pro
ceeds Of any sale Of bonds.
After January 1, 1911, no carrier do
ing interstate business shall be per-
mitted to engage in any other bust
ness than that Of a common carrier.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
To Build Up Merchant Marine.

If we want steamers of our own to
connect our ports with foreign ports,
If we want to have our goods 60 out
to the worlds markets under the
Stars and Stripes, If we want a large
merchant marine as a reliance for
the navy in Ease Of war, the easiest
way, and ship owners not In line for
a subsidy believe 1t to be the only
way, is to open American registration
to every ship that is fitted to receive
1t, nc matter where 1t was construct
ed, This is fundamental, but it does
not necessarily imply that special
mail contracts should not be made at
such figures as would help to main
tain a specially desirable class of
steamers and upon specially advan-
tageous routes for the uplift of Ameri-
can foreign trade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Senate Membership.

The New York Evening Post re-
Gently analysed the senate. 1t found
therein n corporation lawyers, I'll
bankers and holders Of bank stock.
IL manufacturers, 10 holders Of rail-
road stock, 26 holders Of Industrial
stocks, six men interested in steam
ship lines. II interested In mines and
nine interested In lumber.
A pretty fair showing for a o
Of politicians who have followed the
late James @. Blaine's advice to east
an anchor to windward." No one i'm
cugns the financial integrity Of these
senator's. But were they fit to frame
an honest tariff bill?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Who Gets the Monex2

The American people have a right
to know what becomes of the billion
and a half dollars-which is what the
tariff costs them in increased prices,
The estimate being low-that they pay
to employers Of labor on the assur-
ance that 1t will at least be shared
with the employees. If we do not get
land the investigation into affairs in
the Pressed Steel Car Company's
plant proves we do not get) an Ameri-
can rate Of wages or an American
standard of living we fail to get the
greatest boon which the protectionists
promise us. II 1t were not for the ar
gument based on the advantage to la
Dor the protective system could not
stand for a moment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

The Sherman antitrust law does too
much and 1t does too little. Democrat
lc suspicion Of its honesty was quickly
INDICATED by the passage by the
same congress, a few months later, Of
the Mckinley tariff, which surpassed
all previous legislation In fostering
monopoly and encouraging combina-
lions in restraint Of trade. What the
people thought Of 1t all was expressed
in the overwhelming defeat Of the
Republican party in the elections
which Immediately followed the enact
ment Of the two laws.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

Writing of the evils of ear strain,
to which the people of a large city are
always subject, a doctor says; When
the ears have been strained by the
noise and confusion of the day they
may be refreshed in the eveing by lis
thing to music or to such other sounds
as are restful to them" Perhaps you
have noticed the restful effect after a
hard days work when the clock in the
street strikes six and the hurdy-gurdy
ONE around.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Serious Consequences Of Storm.

st. Louis, Mo. One death and
20 injuries were the result, in its first
II hours Of the sleet storm which has
covered st. Louis sidewalks and road
ways with ice. The loss Of a police
mans speech, following an injury to
his head, the severe shocking Of po-
lice telephone operators, and the over
turning of a fire engine at an ice
coated corner, causing injuries to two
firemen, were incidents reported as
part of the storms consequences.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Three storm Victims.

Chicago, Ill.-Heavy snow, accom-
panied by lower temperature, and
a 35-mile-an-hour wind, swept over
Chicago and the surrounding terri
tory, bringing death to three persons
In this city and seriously hampering
transportation on steam roads and
suburban lines. One man was found
dead from cold and exposure and two
men. blinded by snow, were u over
by trains. The snowfall in this city
was four inches, and reports from out.
side points told Of Is inches, with
heavy drifts in railroad cuts.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

The preliminary report of the de-
partment Of agriculture shows that
the corn crop this year is up to a high
level and comes near to record-break-
ing figures. The yield is placed at g.
767, SIG, 900 bushels, which Is nearly a
hundred million bushels more than
that of 1908. The largest crop of
corn ever gathered was that of 1906,
which aggregated 2,927,416,000 bush.
els. At the prevailing prices the corn
crop is estimated to be worth more
than $1,000, 900, 900. There is no doubt
that king Corn" does his part toward
creating national wealth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

The st. Lawrence river is an object
lesson in water power, An enormous
volume can be turned to account by
modern methods. And now progress
sive Americans and Canadians are
uniting in an effort to utilize this
power. A plan has been formulated
which looks to the erection Of a dam
at Brockville which will drown out
the Long Sault rapids and raise the
stream at that point IS inches, afford
ing several hundred thousand horse
power. Competent engineers have
pronounced 1t wholly practicable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

The Turkish parliament, which will
reconvene next week, will consider a
naval program that will involve the
expenditure Of 500, OOO,O 900. This sum,
1t is estimated, will build and equip
seven ~battleships of the North Da-
kota type and at once advance the
ottoman empire to at least a second
rate position as a sea power.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Certain Girl Was kidnaped,

Louisville, Kentucky.-The police
investigation of the disappearance
from her home in this city last We'd
nesday of 8-year-old Alma Kellner
have proceeded on a new tack. Chief
Of Police Lindsay declared the search
which his men have made has con-
WINGED him that the theories Of foul
play II accident to the child are I'M
tenable and that she undoubtedly is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Nicaraouan Lands In Jail.

Washington, D. C.-Things have
gone from bad to worse with the Mic
araguan legation here. Another shock
was received when Senior J. F. Ser
guiera, one Of the attaches Of the
legation house, landed in the station
house for defaulting on a hack bill
Of Sd. He remained there all night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

Aldrich '~bedeviled" the schedule,
and then had the hardened effrontery
to lie about it in the face of the
American people. What" indeed,
shall be said" or thought, Of such
not only dishonest but shamefully dis
honorable ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(Ore.) journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Woman Held In Big Four Case.

Cincinnati, Ohp-The grand jury
has returned an Indictment charging
b~lackmail against Mrs. Jeanette
Stewart-Ford, Nthe woman" in the
Warmer case. This is the third In
dictment returned against Mrs. Ford.
The other two charge her with re-
ceiving stolen property.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

That Hartford 15-year-old boy who
insisted on being taken to school after
he had broken his leg, because he did
not want to spoil a perfect record for
attendance, may be counted on to ap-
p~reciate the value of an education and
to turn it to good account.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

The power of humor was, perhaps,
never more ~strikingly displayed than
IN the strike Of 100 employees Of a
Schenectady concern who struck be-
cause a fellow-Iaborer who had poured
eand down their backs and emeared
their tools waa discharged
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Removal Of ! Hair is Fatal.

Bloomington, Illinois. The death
Of Herman COX followed d bat
tie Of several weeks with blood poi
soning. Four weeks ago, while Cox
was being shaved in Columbus, o.,
the barber removed an ingrowing hair
from his chin. The instrument used
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
IndlanapoIIs Has $1,000 Fire.

Indianapolis, Ind.--A fire that
started III the building Of the Cen;
trial Rubber and Supply Company
threatened to destroy q block IN the.
wholesale district of the city. The
loss was $4,000.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

All right. Mr.. Taft, we are all viii.
ing to give a square deal to the rail.
roads II they will do as much for us.
But meantime we do not propose to
forget about that rumor Of freight
rate increases indianapolis News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

Though President Taft has made
some refinements in the etiquette Of
diplomacy at the White House, the
rules Of etiquette at the other end
n Pennsylvania avenue this winter
promise to be O ieensberry.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Tea carao Worth 100000.

Boston, Mass.-The largest cargo
of tea ever landed in Boston arrived
Thursday. 1t Is Waived at more than
100000. The consignment came from
Colombo, Ceylon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
rraIn Wreck Attempt Falls.

Nashville, IIl.--An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to wreck the I'LL
nois Southern evening train be-
tween Mckinley, this county, and
Coulterville, by raising the track to-
derail the train.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

The Republican party surely is a
compact and resourceful organization.
but 1t can't well bear the double strain
Of a split on the tariff and the feud
that is brewing between the Taft and
Roosevelt forces.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16
Steals Wood from Man q o.

Ashley Falls, Mass.-The meanest
thief in Berkshire county carried off
two cords Of wood which Henry
Clark, aged SO, and practically penni-
less, had laboriously cut, sawed and.
split for the winter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

When the United States names it's
biggest ~battleships after the smallest.
or the least populous, Of the states
does 1t indicate an opinion that the
battleships may properly be min
imized or that the small states need
the advertising?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-16

Washington, d. president Taft
has decided to abolish the post Of
Minister to Panama now held by Her
bert G. SQuires, and to combine the
diplomatic and civil duties in the Of
fee Of governor of the Panama canal
zone.