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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
Truck Garden Of Brittany.

Plougastel is prosperous in these
days, and very busy. especially in the
strawberry season, which provides
work for every man. woman and child
in the village. The berries are picked
and packed with great care, most OF
them being shipped to Plymouth
whence they find ready market in
all paris OF England. Some parts of
Brittany seem to have become one
vast market garden for the benefit Of
Great Britain, for the quantity of fruit
and vegetables sent over is something
enormous There are acres snd acres
OF asparagus fields cultivated fer Co.
vent Garden, and as for potatoes, the
Britons themselves are puzzled to
know what the English can possibly
do with them. A woman asked me
one day and when told her we ate
them she said it was impossible. that
we must use them in the manufactor.
ies--dans les usines.-New Orlean,
Times Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

homie struggle following the civil war.
from tariff for revenue basis to a
protective" tariff basis. Now, scarce
ly more than forty years later, we are
pushing protective" tariff aside in IA
vor of tariff for the special benefit
OF robber trusts
If that seems strong statement,
scan, the hundreds of schedules In the
Aldrich tariff bill that go beyond the
true principle of protection" Aid.
rich and his allies are probably the
least scientific of any tariff trainers in
American history. They boldly and
arrogantly attempt to levy taxes upon
American consumers for the benefit of
manufacturers who have long since
ceased to need tariff protection.
The essence of tariff protection" is
Its inherently temporary nature. Real
political economists are unanimous in
declaring that protection" is some
thing to be ended as soon as possible.
1t lays burdens on home consumers
that should be removed the moment an
industry is on its own financial feet.
As nations industrialism grows pros.
porous. the protective" tariff crutches
should be thrown aside in favor of a
simple tariff for revenue.
Aldrich and his high tariff allies
in the Senate merely work the pro.
lection" fetish in the interest of East
ern trusts. Their policy is one OF
trickery and deceit. Critics within
their own party ranks, like Dolliver of
Iowa, have convicted them of Juggling
schedules. not to increase government
revenues. but to line the pockets OF
manufacturers.
Ordinary Americans are heartily
tired of being robbed under the guise
of protective" tariff. They have
abandoned hope of relief from Sen
ate dominated by crafty tools Of the
trusts.
To President Taft, who was elected
under distinct pledge to lower tariff
duties, the hopes of American consum.
ers turn.-Chicago Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

the Republican party leaders want to
bring on a tariff struggle that will not
end until the policy of making tariff
schedules mainly for robbery is uni,
yersally understood and overwhelming.
ly repudiated. they cannot more GER
tainly succeed than by persevering in
the course they are pursuing.
The beginning of the struggle is UNI
doubtedly to be discerned In the vot-
Ing of Republican senators from Kan
sas, Nebraska, Iowa. Minnesota, Wis
consin and North Dakota against the
extravagantly high protective rates of
the Aldrich bill.
These senators are not free traders.
Serving local interests, some of these
senator's are likely to favor retaining
the tariff tax of is per cent on hides.
And in this they would but follow the
example of the thirty-eight Democrats
who voted in the House against reduc-
ton in the lumber tariff.
Yet In the states named tariff senti-
ment has passed the line at which
dickering and logrolling result in a
tariff which robs the people with one
hand Of ten times as much as 1t con-
fers with the other.
An irrepressible conflict is impend-
ing between the forces which stand for
tariff for revenue with incidental pro-
lection and those who contend for tar
III for protection with incidental reve-
nue.. Democratic leaders in Congress
surely ought to know how the struggle
will end.-St. Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
The Nations War BIZ,

For the financial year beginning
July / of this year Congress has ap.
propriated $1.044,014,29S. Heads OF
departments are now engaged on the
compilation of estimates for the year
beginning July 1, 1910. and already
they have discovered that 1t will be
impossible to get inside the billion
mark.
OF this huge sum more than one,
half is required for pensions, army
and navy, and Notifications The APP
preparations for the year beginning
July l for these purposes amount to
$525, 742, 900.
President Taft's plan to construct a
couple of Dreadnoughts will add some
$20,000,O0O to next years naval ex.
penses Every one of the sixteen bat.
tleships sent around the world to
amuse Mr.. Roosevelt came home un.
seaworthy. Plates have been loosened
and machinery put out of kilter. The
bill for reconstructing them will be
not less than $1O.O0O,OOO.
The United States has twenty-five
times as many people to-day as 1t had
In 1900. Wet. although there is much
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
Training Tomatoes.


For people who are growing vege-
tables in limited space 1t is most de-
sirable to grow the plants as compact
ly as possible, says Leslie F. PAUL., Of
the Colorado Agricultural College. Few
Of the garden vegetables sprawl over
the ground rs do tomatoes. For econ
omy Of space, case of culture, neatness
of appearance and increased productiv-
ity, tomatoes should be staked and
pruned. The method is also conducive
to earliness.
Set the plants as close rs one and
one-half feet In rows three feet apart
1.-TWO by four in the very rank growing
varieties). Secure sharpened stake
five or six feet long for each plant,
and when the plants are Is to 10 inches
high begin to train them. Remove all
the laterals except one or two, which,
with the main stem, may be tied to the
stake with strings Of white cotton
cloth (Which will not break the stem).
AS these continue to grow keep them
tied loosely to the stake, constantly
plnching of the side shoots. The In
creased productiveness Is not so much
per plant as In the fact that so many
more can be grown upon the same area.
Trellises have been advocated, but re-
qulre more labor
One amateur for many years has pur-
sued this method In the very small area
of the back yard of city lot, and has
not only grown enough fruit for the
Immediate use of his family, but he has
supplied his neighbors literally.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

Expert investigators into the cost Of
food in New York city have finally
fixed the unit of living at $3.50 week
for the man who works. This means
that $3.50 is the lowest figure at which
good health and physical power may
be maintained.
A woman or boy of 16 is estimated
at s. of the standard unit; girl Of
IA to 16 at z; child 10 to 10 at 6;
child 6 to at Is; child to at g;
child under years at Q. Men over
60 or men not employed are rated at
slightly under the unit standard of
$1.50.
By this table 1t is possible to esti-
mate pretty closely whether family
Is expanding too Amuch for food. A
father, mother, and three children, the
eldest a boy of 16, the next a girl Of
IL, and the youngest child of 6,
should be well nourished on food cost
Ing $5.55 per week. Food for another
baby should cost 80 cents additional.
If grandmother comes to join the
family that means another s1.20. Thus
the family of seven would consume
$7.05 in actual food cost out of every
weeks wages.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

ing his violent outbursts, he chung
to her picture which he carried in a
email geld locket that she had given
him. 1t was very like this" and Court
land held up an oddly shaped, old.
fashioned locket for moment.
Miss Clarion had listened attentive
ly and at sight of the locket her color
heightened perceptibly. AS CORTLAND
slowly restored 1t to his pocket, she
caught her breath sharply and lean.
ed back as though relieved.
Poor fellow" said Mrs. Winston;
did he recover?" >.
"Yes." answered CORTLAND in tone
OF finality.
"But what was the end OF the 70.
nance" persisted Mrs. Winston, quite
puzzled.
II cannot tell the end of it. You
know l said at the beginning that 1t
was an unfinished story"
The party left the table, and Court.
land, who seemed depressed by his
narrative. separated from the other
guests and made his way to the con.
servatory. AS he entered it, Miss
Clarion rose from seat in corner
,Oh!" she cried. how could you?
1t was heartless; it was cruel.9
CORTLAND made no reply and the
girl continued passionately: you
did not tell the girls story. You did
not say that she had watched his
every effort, had taken pride in his
gaining each rung in the ladder of
success, that his advancement meant
as much to her as to him. for she be.
lieved in his manliness and his future.
He could not, would not see that the
girl loved him and the other man was
nothing to her. You did not tell that
the girl was out OF town when your
his note came to her home, and when
1-she returned, It was too latee-for
he had gone no one knew where.y
Miss Clarion sobbed, then dropping
all pretence, cried: ooh! how miser-
ably blind you WERE"
CORTLAND leaned forward and tnok
both her hands in his.
Louise" he said earnestlys"I did
not know saw no hope. What a
fool was! But it is not too late.
What am now, my love for you has
made me. You have been the inspira.
ton OF my work and It has been a
labor of love. TO you owe whatever
success l have won. Will you share
1t with me? May atone for the lost
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
Grief.
nv Zite,ia Co,ke.l

(By Ziteita Co1ke.)
I know all is true you tell me,
That God is wise and good,
That the Hand which spreads the
heavens
Provides the sparrow's food.
! know how sure is His promise.
Better than you can say
But the dearest one on earth to me
Was buried yesterday.
TITS sin, you say, to sorrow,
y God knows and does the best,
It's a towards faith that falters
At trials crucial test.
True faith Is ever a hero.
do not say you nay.
But the dearest one On earth to ME
Was buried yesterday.
God loveth the soul He chastens.
know. is Holy Writ.
Shall clay complain of the Potter
Who molds and fashions 1t?
/ know that the heart of the faithful
Will trust, although He Stay,
Yet the dearest one on earth to me
Was buried yesterday.
Aye, what is the darkest sorrow
That clouds LIES little span.
Compared with the weight of glory
And Joy undreamed by man?
But leave me now in my anguish
While to my God pray.
Thou knowest, Lord, that my dearest
one
Was buried yesterday"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
A rrnvesty on "prot.ct,on..

A Trnvesty on "Protection."
The other day In the United States
senate occurred this brief dialogue:
Senator Bailey-How far would you
go in making the tariff bill in the in
terest of the American manufacturer?
Senator Aldrich-To the limit.
Senator Bailey-If, in your opinion,
the American manufacturer would be
better of with 800 per cent duty,
would you favor such a rate? i,
Senator Aldrlch-I would. And IL
necessary to go beyond that figure, /
would be In favor Of that.
In the lign, OF his quoted remarks
can there be any doubt in the mind Of
any reasonable human being that Mel.
son Wilmarth Aldrich Is absolutely un-
fit to be permitted any voice in tariff
revision. much less sole reviser? His
doctrine is protection gone clean crazy.
Every sane political economist,
from Adam Smith or John Stuart Mil
down to the present school, defines
protection" as the difference between
the cost of production at home and
abroad. plus reasonable profits to home
manufacturers.
We developed, in this republics eco
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

and the lower house SO far resents this
domination that It has refused to pass
appropriation bills.
This Is an unfortunate situation, but
1t appears to be rather natural re.
suit of the kind of altruistic effort we
have been making In Porto Rico. We
have attempted to elevate the inhabit.
ants Of that beautiful tropical island
to a higher plane of self-government,
but we have been afraid to make a
real. whole-hearted experiment, so our
well-meant, but possibly badly direct.
ed. plans seem to be making out a
disagreeable failure.
The Legislature of Porto Rico hav,
ing adjourned without making the ex.
pected appropriations for support of
the lnsular Government, President
Taft now proposes an amendment to
the laws we have established for the
island so as to make the necessary ap.
preparations down there work auto
matlcally when necessary. He asks
that the previous appropriations stand
as new grant when new bills are not
passed. Under the system we have
tried to make the Porto Ricans appre.
ciate, our paternalistic benevolence
has resulted only in an anarchistic
condition of finance and public affairs.
The lesson of 1t seems. to be that
the laws and institutions Of one people
cannot be successfully grated upon
another people Of wholly different
character and temperament. This Is
bad enough. but there is always dan.
ger that our efforts to guarantee or.
derby governments among the Fill.
pinos and Porto Ricans will eventually
damage our own institutions more
than we help theirs. Which would be
a great deal worse.-St. Louis Re
public.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
downward" kind-has to run a three.

fold gauntlet.
First. 1T has to take its chances in
the Payne bill with lot of upward
schedule provisions. Secondly. 1t has
to stand the merciless cross fire Of the
United States Senate, where there Is
no closure, and where every protect
ed" interest will make its last stand.
And, thirdly. 1t must wait upon the
action of President Taft
The Presidents attitude, in fact,
looms larger in import as the two
branches of Congress successfully de-
monstrate their slavery to certain
protected" interests Mr.. Taft may
either allow mangled burlesque of
downward" revision bill to become
law, or he may send 1t back to Con.
gress with veto message that will
stir the hearts of American consum-
ers. In short. the legislative branch
of government has certain well-de-
fined limitations when the administra.
tive branch gets into action.
Without Analysing the Aldrich sub
stitute tariff bill in detail. 1t is appar-
ent on the surface that 1t takes
deliberate slap at the administrations
policies in tariff reform. For instance,
the inheritance tax, which Mr.. Taft
specifically favored in his late mes
sage to Congress, is left out by the
Senate entirely. The Senate ranges
itself, as usual. on the side of the
wealthy Glasses" who want no inheri.
lance tay. Likewise. the Aldrich sub
stitute bill merely dresses up the old
Dingley protective schedules on most
articles In minor detail. 1t is en-
phatically .standpat" bill.
Thus we come to the expected and
inevitable parting of the ways. The
American people demanded down
ward" tariff revision. The Senate,
speaking through Aldrich and his~New
England cronies. tells the American
people they must take what the SEN
ate, in Its wisdom. pleases to give
them.
Mr.. Taft owes his election mainly
to that considerable army of independ-
ent voters who believed in the genuine
ness of his pledge to give the country
downward" tariff revision. :
These supporters of Taft are not
now looking to trust ridden Senate
for relief from the robber trusts. But
they do expect Mr. Taft to keep his
pledge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02

less danger of attack now than there
was when we were a new country a
century ago. we are spending two hun
dred and twenty times as much for
armament as we did when the danger
was greatest.
There is little doubt that by agree
ment among the world powers the
Philippines and Panama canal zone
could be declared neutral territory for.
ever, whereupon our naval establish
ment might be very materially re,
duced. We have no merchant marine
to protect, even those ships owned by
Americans flying foreign flags because
Of our idiotic laws.
Yet we are the fourth war power
of the world to-day, and our annual
war bill is greater than that of any
other nation in the world. Economy
is necessary at Washington, and in no
department is economy easier than in
army or navy. Every sensible Ameri.
can will approve substantial >reduc-
ton in this unnecessary burden.
The Last Word With Taft.
Tariff revision, such as American
consumers clamor for-that is. the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
JAPs' SUICIDE FASHION.
Many Have Throwa Themselves
Over Lofty Mountain waterfall.

Many Have Thrown Themselves
Over Lofty Mountain WATERFALL.
The Toxic papers are devoting much
space to the "shiju" or suicide to-
gether of a young man and woman
near the famous pleasure resort Of
Enoshima. The case is one OF 20
many that it cannot be denied that a
ssTtain class of the Japanese is ex.
tremely prone to hysteria and ssnti.
mentalism.
A long series OF suicides began with
the death of six years ago of student
Of Toxic University, who threw him.
self over the lofty Kegon waterfall in
the Nikko Mountains. He left behind,
pinned to tree on the brink Of the
fall, letter explaining the cause Of
his death, which seems to have been
due to overstudy and his quest for 4
new way into the unknown"
The circumstances of the suicide
made the beautiful resort notorious,
and numbers of hysterlcal young men
and women took their way over the
fall into the unknown, their reasons
for seeking death being carefully
chronicled on paper and left near the
spot. Finally the police stepped in,
an ugly police box was placed near
the fall-a Earring sight amid beauti.
full scenery-andr an unromantic police
man is now on duty there.
Ambitious youths wishing to set the
example In other modes of death are
not uncommon. One young man, a
student, threw himself into the crater
OF Asama Yama, an active volcano
5000 feet high. The walls of the
crater are perpendicular and worn
smooth by lava action.
Alone. before the break Of day,
when the lava threw a glow upon the
heavens, the student cast himself
down. He left carefully written but
very badly worded note in English on
the subject of the family life and love.
The suicides at Enoshima were a
geisha and her lover. a clerk In a
brewery, who had got himself hope
lessly into debt on her account. They
were found bound together with their
threats cut. Owing to the romantic"
circumstances Of the tragedy the pa.
pers phophesy that this form of suicide
will become fashionable, as did that
over the Kegon fall Columns are de.
voted to the details of the affair, and
photograph of the suicide is pub.
lished. the man with his arm placed
affectionately around the neck of the
woman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
scyIIa and charybdIs.


Against these affectionately libell.
GUS stories about clerical golfers must
be put the restraining influence of the
clergy on the links. A three-ball match
was in progress on one of our links,
the players being two parsons AMI
one Of the crack golfers of the club
The last mentioned got into bunke:
and, try as he might, he could not
get out. With marvellous self con.
troll he kept on belaboring the ground.
Thus, overcome by his emotions, he
flung down his niblick How the devil
do you expect me-" he cried. ito get
out of bunker with Congregational
minister on one side of me and a
Baptist on the other?"-M. A. P.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
1ncrea.e In Beef Sugar.

The increase in the production of
beet sugar in the United States has
been very rapid in recent years. A
decade ago, in 1897, the production Of
beet sugar was about $4,000, 600 pounds,
against 644,O0O.GOO pounds Of cane
sugar. Five years later, in 1902, the
beet-sugar production was 369,OOO,OOO
pounds. against 729.000,OOO pounds of
zane sugar; in 1907. beet-sugar pro-
iuction was o87,OOO,OOO pounds, against
r44OOO,0CO pounds of cane sugar; the
beet-sugar production of 1907 being
yreater than that of cane sugar in any
year in the history of the country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
SOME MARRIED MEDlTAT1oNs
By Clarence L. Cullen.
S~~N~~~

A man should esteem character
above beauty in wife. But some men
are so swinish as to demand both quail.
ifications
The woman who lies 'abed while her
husband eats his breakfast is the first
one to emit piercing squeaks when
he comes home ten minutes late for
dinner.
Another undesirable citizeness is
the woman who. sitting back of you
at the theater. munches peanut brittle
throughout the performance and
breathes automatically.
= Odd, isn't 1t. that so many women
with missions utterly fail to appre-
bend the elemental fact that the first
and foremost reason why man loves
a woman is that she is female?
Now that the era of elbow.sleeved
shirtwaists is all over, there can be
no harm in whispering it that women
with hairy or freekled or red forearms
made sad mistake in showing EN-
Few men can figure out why it is
that women who live their lives in the
domain of Snug responsibility are so
keen to find out all they can about
women who are wholly outside the
pale.
The peevish woman who raucously
demands of her husband. What kind
Of wife do you want. anyhow"
would feel bit less perky about 1t
If she could only hear him saying to
himself. IL don't want any wife at all.
blast it,"
The women who, In giving their
views about How to keep husband"
write that "the man who is held cap
tive by lingerie isn't worth having"
don't appear to offer any equally
good" proposition wherewith to hold
EN- captive.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
Porto RICO. Inrrat,tu,1e,

ii
1t is one of the disappointments of
our new paternallstic imperialism, that
our wards Of Porto Rico do not appre
ciate the self-government we have
given them sufficiently to supply the
money for its support. 1t is feared.
however, that we shall never reach
the end of such disappointments so
long as we hold them In leading
strings and insist on dividing the
authority in making disbursements.
The upper branch of the Porto Rico
Legislature, known as the Executive
Council, includes In its membership
certain officers of the government who
are appointed by the President of the
United States These ex-officio mem.
bers dominate the Executive Council.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
Preparing the Lawn.

In the very early spring Is the best
time to make n new lawn, and to re-
pair an old one. Fertilizer should be
applied to grass plots which have been
established few years, and thin por-
tons should be reseeded. If seed has
been sown in the fall for new lawn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-02
ISIS al !! 5 s # 4

watch carefully this spring, and re.
seed those places where the first seed
Ing fails to come up.
In making new lawn great care
should be taken. Prepare the ground
as soon us 1t can be worked. Grade
1t, smoothing over rough surfaces,
making proper level spaces and gentle
slopes. If possible the lawn should
slope away from the house.
Enrich the soil with liberal supply
Of well-rotted manure. This Is essen.
tial where the soil is lacking In humus,
otherwise bone meal, or other food fer
tilizer Is useful. The ground should
be plowed or spaded not less than 8
inches deep, all stones and similar ma
terial removed, Jumps broken up and
the surface smoothed. Then 1t is ready
for seeding.
Use good lawn mixture Four
parts Kentucky bluegrass with one part
white clover. sown not less than five
bushels to the acre, is good. Redtop
Instead of bluegrass, or equal parts Of
redtop and bluegrass, produce good re-
suits. Use plenty Of seed.