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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

greatly below the former level, or
suffer foreign competition.
AS a matter of fact, we reduced
these duties upon an average of
substantially 33 per cent; but so
far as the effect upon the business
is concerned, we might just as well
have raised the duties SO per cent.
THE DUTIES ARE STILL so
HIGH THAT THE UNITED
STATES STEEL CORPORATION
CAN RAISE THE PRICE OF
EVERY PRODUCT THAT 1T
MANUFACTURES ABOVE THE
PRICE OF 1908, AND STILL BE
ABSOLUTELY SAFE AGAINST
IMPORTATIONS.
II was a ridiculous performance,
and If the people can be duped by
such farce, they deserve the fate
which Aldrich and his crowd have
prepared for them.
The complacent leaders of con-
gres, believing that the common
run of mankind would blindly ac-
cept these reductions as evidence
of a disposition to help the con-
sumer, increased the duty on a
most important steel product
about 60 per cent. Under the
Dingley law the duty on all kinds
and forms of structural iron and
steel was $40 per ton. This was
a great deal more protection than
the business required. Five dol
lars per ton would have been am
pie.
But upon the flimsy pretense
that in previous years the con-
structor of a large building in New
York, being unable to get his struc-
tural steel from the home mills at
the time he needed it, bought some
abroad and imported it, Aldrich
worked into the paragraph which
relates to this subject little
phrase that he may have thought
would pass unnoticed. AS the bill
came from the house 1t reads:
Beams. Orders, joists, angles .
together with all other structural
shapes of iron or steel, four-tenths
of one per cent per pound"
In the senate committee there
was inserted after the word steel
IA most fitting place.. the phrase
mot assembled or advanced beyond
hammering. rolling or casting" BY
these words all the commercial
structural iron and steel was cum
ningly taken out of the paragraph
The committee did not have the
courage to attach duty to the
forms thus taken out, but let them
fall quietly into what is known as
he basket clause" of the sched
ule, which reads: ARTICLES oil
wares not specially provided fol-
| In this section composed wholly OF
In part OF iron, steel . =" or Other
metal. and whether partly or wholly
manufactured. 45 per centum &C
valorum."
What is the result? Structural
steel now bears duty of is pei
cent ad vaIorum, which means any
where from s14 to SIS per ton. The
reductions In the steel schedule
cannot possibly affect tho price Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
PENCIL POINTS:

Growing agtator contentious ignorant
Spokane wage
Garner who hasp property o a home work.
which speaks OF the
active fighters agitatrs had lived this
would be slaves And
az far as have discovered socasno
spotess organization the IT, u
p And again know the "wageearner doesn't mind
having and asserting the right OF free speech.
Selfdecepon human failing or course It's the chery IN
the that mans stomach
The neone who hurry through merely that
cure for pnics About the only cure
IL a leyeh time of crisis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
THE APPLE SHOW is TIE
GREATEST EVER


Except the good things we offer
at a bargain.
We have got a dandy 19-rOom
lodging house; all new carpets,
new bedding and furniture; that
we can sell or trade at the right
price. Also other lodging houses
from seven roms up to 80, on
easy terms, to sell or trade for
farm or city property or other
lodging houses.
We can sell you a new, modern
house on very small payment
down and you can pay the rest
same as rent. Also lots on easy
terms.
We list and sell all kinds of
machinery. We have a sawmill to
trade for a lodging house or city
property.
Some fine ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
cheap. Some good buys in farm
land. A fine tract of irrigated
land for home seeker. Quarter in
terest in a good prospect for sale
cheap.
See us. We can save you money
on anything you want to buy.
Plenty of money to loan on farm
land on long time. Good land to
trade for a modern home or inter
est in a manufacturing business in
the city.
EAGLE REALTY CO.
Cor. Sprague and Lincoln. Room 16
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

iron and steel; while this one in
crease will enable the manufacture
ers to take greater profit than they
ever did before.
II am not in the least disturbed
about the consequences of voting
against the Aldrich-Payne tariff
bill The republicans of the middle
west understand the issue, and
await their Judgment upon it with
absolute serenity and confidence
The real issue is: Shall the PEG
pie accept the leadership of the
insurgents" or that of Aldrich
Hale, Cannon and Payne?
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Miss DiIIpickIes Undertakes Great Work as Gems
BaIbrssan's Great Department Store
BY FRED SCHAEFER.

card index.
Fortunately l heard them COM
ing. l lit out for the top floor. Was
there no escape? Ha, a rope and
pulley! Men were mending the
roof. To act was to do. Unlock
ing bucket of hot tar from the
rope, fastened myself in it's place.
Lower away" shouted clear,
determined feminine voice (mine)
Brave fellows, they acted with the
intelligence of stage hands. They
lowered away, while the baffled
mob of salesladies roared at the
heroine from the windows. Proud
ly scorning them, l escaped their
cluches by the mellerdrammer
method. Il
P. S.-Mr. Taffeta, who had just
returned, handed me my walking
papers at the end of a curtain pble
as I scared past the second floor
en- route to terra firma.
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JOSH WISE SAYS:

JOSH WISE SAYS:
"A captain o. industry
doesn't mind ridin' in a pri-
vate car"
That Jeffries has had his nose
fixed is no sign the fight is going
to be fixed.
That Hoboken man who deserted
his wife because he had to button
her shoes probably dreaded the
time when she would add a dress
that buttons down the back,
If Secretary Ballinger were to
bale all the laurels he has won in
the Alaskan coal land controversy,
the resultant bundle would be
about the size of a toothpick.
Teacher - You should be
ashamed of yourself. Why, at your
age George Washington was a sur
veyor.
Pupil-Yes, sir; and at your age
he was president of the United
States.
Record for laying concrete on
the Gatun dam was made on a Sun
day. Probably hustled to keep the
dam from being holey.
A woman, dirty and disheveled,
went into public dispensary with
her right arm bruised and bleeding.
AS the surgeon applied the neces-
sary remedies, he asked: DOG
bite your"
mo, sorr." the patient replied;
another loidy."
New York is enjoying another
grand ODera war To MANY npOn1p
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v |

The curtain has fell on my cen
sorship at Taffeta & Balbriggan's
Upon Mr.. BIS advice did wait
for Mr.. Taffeta to return before
saying anything more to the sales
ladies about dress and department.
In the meantime l sleuthed around
through the works, taking notes of
violations. l had a card index all
filled up with entries like this:
MAGGIE SKIDOOSKY-Wears
neck cut too low; shoes badly rem
down at heels; inattentive to Gus
toners.
LIZZIE Observation-Disclosures +;
throws gum on the floor.
'HILDEGARDE VAN FINNE-
GAN-Plays too much with her
hair; eats cream puffs on duty;
sasses bundle boys"
Etc, etc, etc.
Say. somebody got hold of my
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CONTINU ED
FROM PAGE ONE.
CUMMINS TELLS HOW
BIGGEST TRUST GETS
IT'S EASY MILLIONS

ment of the tariff law, and as II
will be when any proposition is
brought forward to make more ef'
ficient the governmental regula'
tions of the great concerns which
have come under the jurisdiction
OF congress, have been glad to be
known, and ! shall ever be glad to
be known, as an "insurgent."
All minor questions sink into
trivial insignificance when com
pared with the vital inquiry now
put to the people Of the country:
Will you take Aldrich, Hale, Can.
non, Payne and their like, for lead.
ers I'm legislation, for molders of
public policies. for dictators in re-
form; or will you stand by the Gin
surgents"?
The new tariff law was both
downward and upward revision,
and 1t is true that there were more
items decreased than increased.
To answer the question in that
way, however. is merely sticking
in the bark, for the answer does
not reach the heart of things.
For an example, to emphasize
the point make, will take the
metal schedule, in which the re.
auctions were more marked in de-
gree and more general in applica.
tion than in any other schedule OF
the bill. The United States Steel
corporation, which manufactures
and sells a little more than one.
half of the tonnage steel, made in
1908 1.-THE poorest year Of its ex'
istence) a profit over maintenance
and operation OF $4,000, 900.
Deductlnp seven per cent as a
fair profit upon the real value Of
IT, property, including all forms Of
Investment, there remains some
thing like $4,000, 900 Of excessive
or unreasonable profit. That is te
say, the United States Steel cor
poratIon could have sold its entire
output ut an average of between 81
and % ton less than II did act
uaiIy sell for, and stlli have gIver
fair return upon Ito honest cap
ltsl.
have not reduced to precise
mathematical terms the average
duty upon its products. but l an
not fAr out Of the way when say
that under the DingIey law the nv
erage duty was from sll to SIC pei
I'm. II II obvious that IN order e
waho = substantial revision az the
Nayin downward. 20 far as the stes
omglnoon n concerned. II was nee
o0nory TINT the duties be dacreaset
~ nolnt that would compel thil
corporation 70 reduce its prices
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

New York is enjoying another
grand opera war. To many people
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

Just as a rebuke to the traction
company, st. Louis women are go.
ing to wash streetcar window
every time they ride. This will be
kept up until the traction com
pany gets rid of it's hookworm.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

washington SanitarIum Home OF the Human Bake oven.
Best evidence Of the marvellous results obtained
by the physicians in charge of the Washington San
tarium is the joy and happiness they have already
brought to others who have suffered untold pain
and spent much money in effort to be relieved
from suffering. Mr.. julius Cupper of O52lS Jeffer
son Street. Spokane, Wash, says;
''For months have been troubled with umbago
and kidney trouble, having such severe attack of
sickness that l was compelled to remain home from
work. am union brick layer, and it was impossi-
BILE for me to do any work while suffering from this
trouble. After trying numerous remedies and
Bake Oven treatment, which I am glad to say has
relieved my suffering and | heartily indorse this
treatment for any who is afflicted with these
dreadful maladies.''
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
CLAIMS SETTLERS
ARE PROSECUTED
FORMER REGISTER OF LANDoF-
FIcE MAKES CHARGE AGAINST
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

Mlnot N. D., Nov. 23.-L. d. MEGA
han, formerly United States landoffice
register at Minot, says in his paper,
The Minot Democrat, this week, that
the special agents of the departments,
who were appointed on the strength Of
large appropriation made by con-
gress year ago in order to clean up
the work Of the general landoffice which
was way behind, made a business of
protesting the final proofs OF settlers.
SO out of every 100 being without foun-
dalton. He also declares that thous-
ands Of the claims protested have been
inspected and reported upon. but that
the commissioner of the general land
Office has taken no action on them.
Thousands of worthy settlers In west
ern North Dakota, The Democrat says
are being prosecuted and put to ex-
pense, trouble, worry and hardships be-
cause of this arbitrary action of the
government. McGahan declares that
he is personally acquainted with hun
dreds of cases in the Minot district
where settlers claims have been pro-
tested and their receipts held UP with
no cause whatever, and yet the depars-
ment is now letting out hundreds of
these special agents on the plea that
the appropriation is exhausted.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
MANY PLEAS OF
GUILTY ENTERED
DISTRICT COURT is ON AT FOR
MAN IN FOURTH DISTRICT
WITH ALLEN ON BENCH.

Forman. N. D., Nov. 23.--Court is on
in the Fourth Judicial district with
Judge Frank p. Allen on the bench. In
the preliminary work of the court sew
eral pleas of guilty were entered and
a divorce case passed on.
State VS.. Ira Ross, charged with IL
legal selling of liquor, Ross plead
guilty and will receive sentence today
Pleas of guilty were entered by Frank
Pozeimbre, of Geneses; Ira p. Silver
nail OF Cayuga, John Bloomdale of
Rutland, and Willie Brun of Crete, for
nom publication of special tax receipts.
Each was fined $25 and costs, which In
each case brought the amount UP to
$45.
The case Of state VS. Peter Sothman.
charging Sothman with an infraction
of the prohibition law, resulted in a
verdict of not guilty.
Mrs. Fl. N. Hanson secured a d.
vorce from H. M. Hanson, with an
of $1,000. Hanson is drug
gist and dope fiend and has treated
his young wife in brutal manner. This
is Hanson's second divorce case in the
year and has cost him some $4,000.
State VS.. VIM. DeVaul is now occu-
plying the attention of the court. II
is blind pig case and is one of much
interest. Every effort is being made
to convict DeVaul, who is an old Of
fender.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
DEDICATE new CHURCH
Methodist Church Dedicated at Finley
on Sunday New Parsonage
Also Built.

Finley, N. D., Nov. 2S.-To The Fo-
rum. The new Methodist Episcopal
church If this town was dedicated
yesterday by DR.. j. G. Moore of Grand
Forks. The pastor. Rev. S. L. Hart and
Rev. o. ID. Cannon Of Aneta assisted in
the services.
DR.. Moore had charge of the finances
and succeeded in securing upwards of
$1,000 to cover church indebtedness
and balance to apply to the parsonage
debt The parsonage was built dur
ing the past summer and is valued at
$4,000. The church is valued at Sc, 500.
1t has a full basement, is furnace heat
ed and thoroughly equipped to meet
the several needs of the congregation.
The audiences were large on Sabbath
and the services interesting.
DIR. Moore preached morning and
afternoon. The evening sermon was
preached by Rev. Cannon Of Aneta. The
people gav1 generously. Much vredit
is due the pastor, Rev. S. l.. Hart,
whose untiring efforts made possible
the achievement. Cor. F.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
SNEAK THIEF AT WORK
Several Serious Thefts at Ambrose In
side of a Week-Two Bio
Hauls Made,

Ambrose Newsman: Two prominent
Ambrose business men are minus sew
eral hundred dollars as the result of
the clever work of burglar who oper-
ated here last week.
DR.. S. G. White was the first victim
of the thief or thieves, his pocketbook.
containing over $500 in cash being
stolen from his Office on Tuesday night
of last week.
On Thursday night, Fred Athearn.
the druggist retired as usual, leaving
his purse, in which he had placed $500
in his trousers pocket. In the morning
he found that the purse and money had
disappeared.
Both these thefts were kept secret
for few days in the hopes that the
thief might be located. but at last ac-
counts no clue had been found that
would aid the officials in their search
for the burglar.
Another robbery took place on Sat
urday night, this time it being the tele-
phone office that was visited. Here
theNthief secured $40 belonging to the
operator, Miss Mae McEvers, and about
$40 from the pockets of her brother.
Frank, who was sleeping in a room
adjoining the office. There was also a
small amount OF change taken from
the money drawer. The front door
was found unlocked and the key lying
on the floor.
1t is evident that these robberies
were committed by some person or per-
sons who knew exactly where the mon
ey was to be found.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
Pool Rooms and Prooresv.

Devils Lake Journal One of Ram
sey county's best known and most
highly esteemed citizens was recently
considering the proposition Of moving
to Devils Lake for the purpose of edu-
eating his children in our public
schools.
After talking the matter over with
his wife, they decided to remain on
the farm and send their children away
to be educated.
The chief and only reason assigned
for coming to this decision is that the
pool rooms Of this city are a menance
to the morals Of the young.
The high intellectual, social and
commercial standing of the gentleman
enforces respect for his opinions. The
reason he assigns is worthy of con-
sideratfon. His statement must be
accepted as true.
1t is therefore true that If it had
not been for the pool rooms, and att
tendant influences, Devils Lake would
have secured another excellent family
and another useful enrerprising citi-
zen who would, in all probability,
have invested $4,000 or $4,000 in a
permanent modern home. The loss of
this desirable accession to our popu-
lation, citizenship and development is
due to the presence OF the pool rooms.
Ii anyone can point out to us what
the pool rooms of Devils Lake are do
ing to conmepsate the city for a loss,
we would be exceeding glad to have
them do so.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
:. NORTH DAKOTA STATE NEWS :.
William Olson, Palermo, N. d. and
Nels 3. Rusten. Fargo. N. d.
suaa Grand Eorka.

Grand Forks. N. D., Nov. ga
claim for $4,000 damages against the
city was fled today. w. p. White OF
Minot, being the claimant In addi-
ton to the $4,000, MIR. White also
wants the city to pay hospital and
medical bills contracted by him by
reason Of injuries sustained from a
fall into an open basement on Oct. e.
Mr.. White is the gentleman who
fell into the basement Of the Schla-
berg building on lower DeMars ave-
nue.. In some manner he stumbled
through an opening, dropping dis
lance of eight or ten feet, and strik-
ing the floor where he laid for some
time in an unconscious condition.
When Whites condition was dis
covered, he was Immediately removed
to local hospital where he remained
several days. Upon recovering, he
returned to his home in Minot.
The claim will be brought to the
attention Of the council this evening
and will no doubt be filed to the COM
mittee on claims. e. r. Sinkler is
acting as the claimants attorney.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
YOUNG CHICKEN THIEF
Several Enderlin Youths Said to Have
Been Robbing Hen Roosts
Lately.

Enderlin Independent: Three Of our
young boys were arrested and taken
before Judge Underwood last Monday
on serious charge. They were charg-
ed with stealing chickens and the evil,
dence went to show that the charge
was undoubtedly true. In fact at least
one Of the boys admitted that number
of them had been stealing chickens all
the fall from different parties and sell
ing them to the markets and restaur-
ants.
This is a sad commentary on some
of the fathers and mothers OF Enderlin
for 1t cannot be denied that they are
as much If not more to blame than the
boys who actually did the stealing. Par
ents should make 1t their business TO
know Where their children are when
not at home. If these young boys who
are no worse than a lot of other boys
who run about the streets nights, had
received the proper attention from their
parents the first time they absented
themselves from home without per-
mission this trial would never have
been possible.
The judge continued the case until
next Saturday and for the sake of the
boys themselves, who are not criminals
at heart, but just thoughtless boys, il
is to be hoped they will be dealt len
iently with.
The Independent is credibly informed
that enough evidence was brought out
at the examination of these boys to
convict several other boys-from our
most highly respected and esteemed
families-on the same charges. And
we say in all friendship and sincerity
fathers, watch and care for your
boys, lest this same sorrow fall to your
lot
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
a Few Doses Requisite Out Of Order
Kidneys Curing Haekache and
Bladder MiaerY.

out-of-order kidneys act fine and
backache or bladder misery il relieved
after few doses OF Pape's Diuretic
Pains in the back, sides or loins.
rheumatic twinges, facilitating head
ache, nervousness, dizziness, sIeepless-
ness, infiamed or swollen eyelids, worn
out feeling and many other symptoms
Of clogged, inactive kidneys simply
vanish.
Frequent painful and uncomfortable
urinatien due to weak or irritable
bladder is promptly overcome.
The moment you suspect any kidney.
bladder or urinary disorder, or feel
rheumatism coming, begin taking this
harmless remedy with the knowledge
that there is no other medicine, at any
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
BACKA0f AND KIDNEY MISERY VANEHES

price, made anywhere else In the
world, which will effect so thoroughly
and prompt O cure, as a fifty cent
treatment Of Pape's Diuretic, which
any druggist can supply.
This unusual preparation goes di-
rect to the out-cr- order kidneys. blad-
der and urinary system, cleaning. heal
ing and strengthening these organs
and glands. and completes the cure
before YOU realize II.
A few days treatment with Pape's
Diuretic means clean, active, healthy
Kidneys. bladder and urinary organs
and you feel fine.
Your physician, pharmacist, banker
or any mercantile agency viii tell you
that Pape. Thompson & Pape. Of Gin
cinnati, is large and responsible
medicine concern. thoroughly worthy
Of your confidence.
Accept only Pape's Diuretic-hfty-
cent treatment--from any drug store
anywhere In the world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
Cyclone in Missouri.

Dexter Mo-, Nov. ga cyclone
struck this town shortly before noon
yesterday and demolished fifteen
houses and wrecked the Stoddard
county fair buildings, including the
amphitheatre. Two women and two
children were injured.
The storm cut path 800 feet wide
and about quarter of mile long. All
building which 1t hit were demolished,
most OF them being reduced to kind
ling wood. The estimated loss is ST.
0A0
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
ATTY. FACES A
SERIOUS CHARGE
WELL KNOWN GRANVILLE AT.
ToRNEY is UNDER ARREST AT 4
ToWNER-ARREsT Is A
SENSATION.

Towner, N. D., Nov. 2S.-on charge
OF assault with intent to commit rape,
Atty. w. E. Slavins of Granville was
placed under arrest in this city. Miss
Emolym Abraham, his stenographer,
and who resides at Hankinson, NJ d.,
is the states principal witness. 1t is
claimed that the assault took place in
Slavins' office at Granville. He vol
unfairly gave himself up to the officials
after the warrant had been sworn out.
Slavtns has been prominently con-
nected with important matters in this
district for some time past and his
arrest has occasioned a great deal of
excitement.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-11-23
large elevator OF the Powers Elevator
Co at New Rockford.

large elevator OF the Powers Elevator
Co. at New Rockford.
The loss was complete, but is said to
be largely covered by insurance. AT
the time OF the FIRE there were 5000
bushels OF wheat stored in the elevator.
When the flames were flrst discov-
cred they had made such headway trat
IL was found impossible to check them,
and the attention of the fire fighters
was directed to saving the surrounding
buildings.
So far as can be ascertained the fire
started in the pit Of the elevator, and
the fact that there had been no fire in
there for some time makes it possible
that 1t was OF incendiary origin.