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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-14

promised to manage the contest.
In the second heat the Chalmers
Detroit beat Stauffer's Cadillac
$50" making itself competitor for
Bouffleur's machine in the finals,
but instead of running them that
way, the disqualified e. M. F."
was placed in the finals against
Bouff1eur's Cadillac, and beat it.
There is still q question as to
whom the cup will be given, in
spite of the fact that the contest
was decided in favor of the "E. M.
F." machine. 1t has created such
a stir among attendants at the
races and in the Spokane Motor
club that it is said the matter will
be taken up at the next meeting of
the motor club, Tuesday afternoon,
for settlement.
Bouffleur is willing that the race
be called draw, but will not will
ingly submit to the prize being
given to the owner Of the "E. M.
F."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-14
sREs A PAGE OF SPRIGH7LY SPORTS For PRESS READERS

ball who. since 1884. have tried to
out-throw Crane, only to fail. And
then witness 21-year-old amateur,
who calmly hurls league ball Ait
feet-10 feet further than any
other man has ever succeeded In
throwing.
Joe Martina, the sstrong-armed
youth who broke Cranes record,
set up the new figures at a field
meet under the auspices of Anna
teur Athletic union here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-14

Summary: Home run-Brinker
Three base hits-Ostdiek, Altman.
Two base hits-Burnett 2, Weed,
Altman. Sacrifice hits-Burnett
Raymond. Stolen bases-Altman,
James. Struck out-By Hall 5, by
Jensen 4. Bases on balls-Off Hall
1, off Jensen /. Wild pitch--Hall.
Hit by pitched ball-Bennett, Shea,
Hall and Lynch by Jensen, Weed
by Hail. Left on bases-Seattle I,
Spokane Z. Time of game-1:45
Umpires-Wright and Custer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-14

are known to every automobile
driver who has ever tried to hui
NOR the speed bug while travelling
over them, yet at times, between
Bridgeport and Coulee City, he
plowed through the sand and up
the hills at the rate of As miles an
hour. The machine travelled up
one hill IL miles in length without
difficulty, keeping up a gait SO
steady that little time was lost.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-14

A Turkish bath II what you need
this spring. 1t ID better than any
medicine for a spring tonic. Tones
you ND and removes all impurities.
from your system. We have spent
@15, 900 In fixing up our parlors and
they are the finest in the north.
west. Come tonight. Bath and bed
$500. Turkish baths, First and
Stevens. H. p. Nichols. prop
Phone. 1874. $50
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-23
Mr.. Omfler and His Open Letter.:
ireland and Free Trade

A friend is kind enough to send me clip
ping, from the Dublin Comler-DispatcA
which contains an open letter addressed to me
by Mr.. j. M. Cutler.
This is the gentleman who contends that
the election of Taft was the cause of the ad-
vance In the price of cotton. In combating
his original statement to that effect, our read
ers Will remember that mass of facts and
figures were produced to prove that the cleo
lions OF candidates to office have no influence
whatsoever over the market prices of COM
modltles. 1t was shown that the price of cot
ton was generally higher before the Civil
War, mader Democratic Presidents and tor
tariffs, than has been since the Republicans
secured control of the Government
After the passage of the "Tarif of Abomi-
nations, of 1928, cotton Immediately fell
from 13 cents to II cents When the "Tarif
Of denominations" was displaced by the Clay
Calhoun compromise, which reduced the tariff
horizontally until 1t e0os to lose the protective
feature entirely, cotton Immediately advanced
to II cents, from which it went to 90 cents.
These prices held good during 1885 and 1886.
Thereafter, the protectionists again monkeyed
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-23
HoS0 The Appeal Wriggles Ont
of AMSzgeriMe

Dear Mr. Watson:-I sent to the Appeal Ia
reason your challenge, with a request to please
answer IN some way, as | anxious to know
where they stood
send you here inclosed answer to nv reouest
send IL that you may with what contemnt
they treated both you and myself. am
Very truly, c. M WHITE
Collinsville, Ala, Route 4
Girard, Kansas Nov. 80, 1893
G. M. White,
Collinsville, Ala r. r. No A.
Dear Comrade:-This is buncombe. Supnose
some one should call Watson to declare that
ne was not murderer would he respond to the
SHY request? Self-respect requires that such as
ne De ignored There is nothing to it.
yours naternally, APPEAL TO REASON
G. L. Phier
Precisely The coaoards and hupocrites
dare not accept noy challenge. KEEP LITTER
IHEM, BOYS, KEEP AFTER. THEM
the miserable liars and frauds! TE.W.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-23
Farm Products Held for Sale
Should be Exempt from
Taxation
Taxation

At the last session of the Georgia Assem-
bly,, the Honorable NJ L. johnson, of Bar
tow County, offered an amendment to the
Constitution of the State, exempting farm
products, under certain conditions, from tax
alton. Suoh a Ian as this ought to be on the
books of every State and Territory of this
Unaom. 1t would not be class legislation to
make the products of the farm, which are
held for sale according to the regular custom
of the country, exempt from taxation On
the contrary, the lars a0hich t0~ those prod
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-23
5be Jeffersontan

ucts discriminate against the farmer, in favor
Of other producers. Does the manufacturer
who loads a car with cloth intended for ship
ment to China, or Japan, have to pay State
County or Town taxes upon it? He does not
Does the coal-mlne operator loading a car
with coal to ship into the markets have to
pay taxes upon it? Not at all. Does the
Steel Trust, shipping a cargo of rails to Rus
sla, or to South America or to the Orient
have to pay taxes upon it? You know very
we'll that it does not.
No other producer on the Anoericoa coy,ti-
nent e@cept51ag the poor, oppressed and tasr-
cursed agqicu1turist has to pay a tan upon the
goods that he produces for the market. With
the single exception of the Whisky Trust
(Which gets a protection from the Govern
ment which IS worth immensely more than
the tax which it pays,) no producer pays
tribute upon has products as he carries them
5qeto the markets. Of the a0orzd
See how unjustly the system works, and
how 1t MAKES the farmer play onto the hands
OF the spa''11ers e0hO desire cheap cotton IF
the grower rushes bale after bale to the
depot, and sells the cotton, or ships it for SALE
then he pays no tax upon it; but if he doesn't
feel that he ought to part with his property
for less than 1t cost him to 6rinq 1t forth
from the ground, he is made to pay a heavy
penalty for holding that cotton until he can
get what he knows it to be worth. Those
farmers who dump the millions of bales upon
the market in September, October, November
and December do not have to pay taxes upon
1t; but those who hold over, say to the spring
months, are caught for State and County
taxes, and if they live in the towns, they are
actually taxed for that cotton, aztAough 1t
may be a hundred miles oa0oy from the toaoaa
IN 1C/1lch the OqC22ey H2es
See what an advantage the spinners have
over the growers. The State has mever qot q
s1''gIe dollar, so far as hnoao, FROM the
products of q single cotton-moiU qoithin her
borders. Yet the mem q0hose toll, or qoz5ose
Investment and management, produce the raao
cotton, haze either TO pay q penalty for hold
ing for fair price, or to sell 1t ont In such
aoay that the spinner as almost certain to act
1t at pretty much has oacn fgures
| sincerely trust that the agricultural press,
the farm papers-will take this matter up
IN a resolute way, and insist upon it that the
Legislature adopt legislation which will give
the farmers square deal.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-23
PAGE NINE

PAGE NINE
with the tariff, and cotton qcent dorm 10 3
cents ua1der the advancing tariff. Under the
Tree trade tariff of 1916, cotton went to -
cents
Under the Walker Tariff Act, of 1885,
perhaps the best tariff law we ever had-co5
to" ana7@ediate1y eceaat from 8 to II cents, and
FROM thot price on up TO II cents! and a-never
@z@ 1GIt oeIoa0 ~ cents aaoy more until after
me Republicans got charge of the Govern-
maent, narrowed the markets. of the q00rzd rn;th
the1T moomopozistic tariffs, and thus zoa0ered
I'e @e"0nd for T0o0 cotton, CAUSING the pySce
20 come d0aon aohere 1t has remained eyey
s'r'ce' o0ath the exception Of those gears qohexo
q Phenom7enab short crop as made, or qohe7a the
Spec~10t0rs RAISE the price after the farmers
haze parted a05th their crop.
BEFORE the War;, and under Democratic
hands. r1'-A 'iA 0''i
Mr. Cutler will find this Identical state
ment made IN the most recent of all our his
tories or the United States, to wit: Elson's
On page 4!9 this historian, whose book was
P pup by the Macmillan Company in
1904, says: "Ihere aCere fen rich men. and
almost no poverty" Such statesmen as C Law
Webster, Calhoun and Legare all bear testi
mony to the fact that we had no Door To the
same effect testified Charles Dickens. who
came over here during that era of PROSPERITY
and who wrote back the well-known letter
from boston IN which he said, "a AonoinY
s7oord suspended from the skies qcouzd 0tt1,nct
S@$s 0tte19teon than beggar on the Streets"
Mr. Cutler (whom it is difficult to take ca
rlously,) contends that the reason whv cotton
went down when Mr.. Roosevelt was elected
was that the country had no confidence IN
theodore Well, how does he explain, then,
why cotton went to II cents, under this same
roosevelt! 1t hasn't gone that far vet under
1aft. Nor has Mr.. Cutler explained wbv #
was that there were so many failures and such
a landslide IN prices, after the Civil War.
e0her1 the Government qc0s BURNING ND oar Do-
per- currency by the hundreds of millions Of
dollars. ''''' :"
AS the purchasing power of monev~was sew
eral times greater "before the WARP than at
the present time, the farmer who sold his cot
ton at Is cents pound got as much en- e.
dh0nge for At, as he ao0uzd 4oao act. If the Drc>
aceTe 10 cents per poae1ad
Mr.. Cutler harps upon Ireland. and at
tributes her backward condition to free trade
Inasmuch as Scotland and England are in the
same boat as Ireland, in this matter of free
trade, how can Mr.. Cutters theory account
for the undeniable fact that both England
ana Scotland have gone rapidly forward, ever
since Sir Robert Peel went over to the free-
CONTINUED ON PAGE TwELvE)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-12-23

Che language of another, until he had first
",l'oen MIN to inquire whether he meant,
As'1 ne seemed to say. An editor has the
llSn1 70 assume that a man who takes the
o,1uJl0 ana the time to prepare three page
article on public question, uses Zaoao1lo0e
tc'tSc0 expresses has moeaaoiaaq But. of course
II my friend Brooks says he didn't mean what
ms language appears to mean, why, that's all
rlghC; and we will let down the bars and well
come MN right back into the field Of our
9ood Will L have no desire to misrepresent
anybody; and | am always willing more
Cian Wiling help any one who has made
stumble to get straight again. and to stav
straight thenceforth.
why, Brother Brooks had allowed those
Ship Subsidy fellows to hoodwink him so
completely that he actually made the point
th0t zoe mere at the maercy of Japasa du1Sa,0
ne 33 cruase Of the battlefield. Duckworth tod
died right along after Brooks, and repeated
the same silly, puerile, childish argument in
FAVOR OF allowing few greedy rascals, own
ing steamers, to put their hands in the pock-
cts OF the American people and transfer hard
earned dollars from the common Treasury into
the private business Of these ship-owning cor
Poratlons. Poor old Japan has about one
fourth the Merchant Marine which we could
requlsition in case of war; and she couldn't
pre- a Sengte gat11 at us a0ithout hav57oq China
ana Rnssl0 3ataop on her amamaediatezv and
6'anap|e the life out Of her. Crushed by the
overload OF taxation, growing out Of the Rus
sian war, that poor little old Incarnation is
reducing her expenses and lessening the num-
Der of her battleships.
L notice that Neill and McCrae. hirelings of
the Iowa Republican, say: ut as common,
6moa0te0ge that poor old Tom Watson, qcho
at one time a00s zoved and respected 6u MIL
toms OF men, has fallen from has high pedes-
t01," etc. Well, that's one way of looking at
1t. II 1t affords any pleasure to Messrs. Neill
and McCrae to indulge in senile, idiotic drivel
of that sort, it is all right with me. It is a
notorious fact that McCrae went over to
Hearst In his campaign of last year. when
Hearst as everybody knows, was the ally of
the Republicans, just as he now is. As I
dad@t go along q0ith Taylor, aohen Tailor
a0en5 TO Hearst, Of course, I am the man that
teN from grace, and lost out aO5th the Anae1i
o0s people. The proof of the pudding being
the chewing of the bag, I will make TAYLOR a
proposition: Publish y0ur subscr5ption list
for the last four a0eehs, and I oiH publish
NINE. Set up column headed, "Off'. and
another headed, "On"; and print a sqc01,n
statement Of hoq0 mad7ay Of y0ur subscribers
q0ent off during the last four aoeehs, and hoqO
ma0ny came on, By reneoCaz or By original sub
scr1ptlo1. The fact is, that The JEFFERSON
1ANs-weekly and monthly-hove never
gained so rapidly, as during the period qoASch
earned me the W-aoiW Of these ta0o Teuas qeqo-
Aensess, WHO ARE SITTING At THE
FEET or AN IOWA REPUBLICAN
AND CHEERFULLY DOING HIS DIR
TT WORK FOR HIM.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-06
The Surprising Thing

About Millinery Offerings aside from their beauty
and distinctveness is the prices who dresses
expects pay handsomely for becoming and modish
Easter Hat But if you will investigate exhibit
figures easily within reach.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-24
NEWSPAPER INFLUENCE.

The influence for good or bad of a
oaily paper is something hard TO over
estimate. This is especially true of
tho editorial page.
The world still contains large per
centaGe of people who think that a
nan who Is educated we'll enough or
Is bright enough 10 be editor of a pa
per must necessarily have an infal-
lihle judgment. For this reason the
moral responsibility of the editor is
greater than that OF any other public
nan of whom we can think
VIII Carleton in his magazine says
that the power of the press is so well
recognized that the angels of heaven
and the devil are continually striving
10 gain control of the editorial page.
II Is probable that almost any edi-
tor could testify to the truth of this.
Just now when so many legislatures
are meeting all over the United States
The devil In the shape of the liquor
traffic is trying to gain control of all
the editorial pages that he can,
To many editors he Is showing the
political Kingdoms of the city and is
sayinf, See, ! will make thee ruler
over all these If thou wilt how down
and worship me"
Blessed Is that editor who is bravo
enough to say, Get thee behind me-"
Yes. read all the editorials for and
against prohibition, but weigh. slft.
reason and judge for yourself.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-24
To ENRICH THE TREASURY.

To he very frank and take the pub
lie right into our confidence, the ". c.
T. U. has not very much money in It's
strong box that Is, not as much as II
needs. TO do effective work In Ogden
for the cause OF temperance.
So we have secured the services Of
two OF our citizens. Rev. y. S. Elder
kin and Mr.. Don Mcguire. To deliver
a lecture each, complimentary to the
w. C T. II. of Ogden.
Both these lectures have been deliv-
cred before at mems club In OG.
den and the men of the club said that
they we're positively tho best and most
entertaining travel lectures they had
ever heard So enthusiastic were they
that members of the w. c. r. U. were
seized with the idea that they would
like TO hear the lectures Themselves.
and later with the thought that money
for temperance work was needed and
might be gained by means OF these lee
lures.
Both lectures Will take place In the
Baptist church
Rev Elderkin will speak On Friday.
Jan. 90. on the subject Through Eng
land. Without a Notebook" Mr. Ma
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-24
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS CAUSE
OF DISEASE.

With the growth of the factory sys-
TEN and the extensive use in manu-
facture of many materials more or
less injurious. the subject of indus
trial accidents and Industrial diseases
is everywhere assuming more and
more importance. Great differences
are found In the conditions under
which work of the same character is
performed in different establishments.
Conditions dangerous or injurious to
lealth exist in some establishments,
while they arc entirely avoided in 9TH
erS. Certain occupations which have
been regarded as more or less danger
Gus have been shown by experience
10 be safe when the proper precau-
lions are taken
Or. Kobcr In his article has en-.
deavored 10 point out the relations OF
certain trades OF occupations to the
health OF the workers. the sources OF
dangers In various trades, and tho
means of minimizing or entirely avoid
ing them. The various classes OF oc-
cnpations discussed are: Indoor oc-
cupations, occupations involving ex-
Posurc TO Irritating dust, under which
dust vegetable dust, and animal dust:
occupations involving exposure TO In
fcctiye matter in dust. such as rag
ai,d paper. wool and hair industries,
occupations involving exposure ia
poisonous dust, particularly lead dust
and arsenical dust; occupations in
volvlng exposure TO irritating gases
or vapors; occupations involving eX
posure to extremes OF heat. sudden
changes, and abnormal atmospheric
pressure constrained attitudes, over
exercise OF various parts of the body,
exposure to machinery, etc, coal min
ing and railway service; occupations
involving the inhalation of organic
gases and vapors; the employment OF
women and children.
Bulletin No. 10 OF the Bureau OF
Labor OF the Department of Com
merce and Labor, embodying Dr.
Kober's entire article on the foregoing
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-24
OOYRe7T 0o6, ~ QA2Rk7SW 6 C2H2zFS

I / was still feeling my way cautious
ly about (for / had not yet seen that
the flight OF steps was continued at
right angles, and the steps were
broken and unevenJ. when the circle
of light at the foot of the steps lead
ing into the street was blotted out
Al first j hoped II might be Helena.
But 1t was a maD. and he was leaping
up the steps In desperate haste.
] guessed It to be DR.. Starva. But
/ had no intention of letting him know
that / was following him. I pressed
close against the wall to let him pass.
To my astonishment he darted into
the empty porters lodge and crouched
down in the gloom. / held my breath,
watching. hardly an arms length from
where he stood motlonless.
Again the circle of light was blotted
out. A woman was rapidly ascending
the steps. ] could hear her catching
her breath. II was Helena on her way
to the hotel for aid
And now I am forced to confession
that Will deepen the sympathy or con-
tempt felt for me when / related the
tragedy at the beginning OF my mar
rative. But have determined TO make
myself no hero
For now again came that curious
paralysis of Will. Again, as in the
tragedy of the Alps, horror robbed ME
for the moment of power to act in
stantly. | had caught the CLINT of
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-24
EQUAL SUFFRAGE.

The so-called woman question has,
during the last years. boiled down al
! most entirely to question OF the bal.
lot, the right of equal suffrage for
man and woman. As a question OF
moral right, justice and equality who
but the most piGheaded can have any
opposition to woman suffrage? She is
part OF society, she suffers keenly by
its wrongs and she is, or ought to
be, deeply interested In its progress.
f3ut politics and state rule came into
the world with class society and Its
repression OF woman. What is moro
natural then, than that woman as
whole should share the fate of the op-
pressed class and be prevented from
partaking in the political delibera'
tlons OF the privileged class?
At the present time 1t Is not worth
the while of the progressive. at least
rot of the Socialist, women, TO go one
step out oil her way TO procure tho
ballot The struggle today is class
struggle The reforms that might no
procured by use of the ballot are in
significant and could only serve 10
patch up existing society. We Social
lists don't want 1t patched. AS far as
tho ballot is and can be used TO abol-
ism the present system. let whosoeyer
has it. use It, The working class IS
anyhow the immense majority of the
population and is moro than sufficient
numerically 10 vote out present so@
ciety when they are educated 10 do
so The great political battle OF tho
working class is a battle of education.
II is carried on with speech and with
pen. and In this campaign the capable
woman takes her place regardless OF
capitallstlc laws, or of class societys
restriction Of the ballot
In Socialist society the question
solves itself The administration
there will have for its aim the direc.
ton of industry, of production, and
distribution, of education, enjoyment
and health. and will and must be car
rled out through these various
branches. AS woman partakes IN all
these branches of work sne will un-
ouestionably assume her part in the
administration of them. She will as
sumo this work naturally as her right
and duty without either grant OF raw
or
As a peculiar manifestation OF tao
manner in which progress works IL
cannot fall TO he noted In this con-
nection that II is under the most y.
rannic government in the civilized
world In the Cars domain. over IN
little Finland that the women today
stand out conspicuously with the nigh
est political rights both as to the use
Of the suffrage and as To actually nav
ing been elected to the nations hlGn,,
est legislative bot. There we nan
1t indeed as progress and cheer 1t as
one of woman's greatest accomplish
ments Of the ages. 1t is progress IN
deed over there as it greatly inoreas-
es the vote of the oppressed class and
the political forces opposed to autoo-
racy That country is not as yet ready
for the Socialist revolution. Every
reform lessons the powers of the Car
and the powers of the state. Ihe
spirit with which these Finnish women
enter into this work is a glorious siga
of womans progress.-Olive Johnson