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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
Taft and the Panama Canal.

Mr.. Taft, accompanied by engineers
and experts, is to visit Panama. Pre-
liminary statements are to the effect
that there is to be an administrative
upheaval and there may be serious
changes in the plans. If there are
abuses and errors they should, of coure
be corrected.
But the thoughtful citizen who reads
of the probable and possible defects
Of various kinds will be privileged to
smile when he recalls the extremely
rosy reports of progress that have
been officially promulgated since Col.
Goethals took charge of the work, says
the st. Louis Republic. The sugges.
ton that possibly things were not as
reported was met by official sneers
and threats of An~aniasing were held
over those whose skepticism led them
to take the reports as possibly too op-
timistic.
A further announcement is that Mr..
Taft will assume the personal direc-
ton of the work after he has assumed
office. Mr.. Taft knows a great deal
about the canal and the canal zone
Personal direction will involve hard
work on his part. Can it be that he
knows SO much about it that he is un.
willing to trust the work to another?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
MR.. BoeGs KNEW THE AMOUNT
Possibly He Had Often Computed the
Water He Carried.

L ny E HI
It was by no means a holiday task
for Amos Boggs to carry pail after pail
o. water from the old well through the
orchard and across the henyard to the
kitchen, where Mrs. Boggs washed for
the family and a dozen or so of Gus
toners. Therefore he was in no mood
to enjoy questions.
How many years have you been at
this sort Of things?" asked the elderly
person Of wealth, on whose white
skirts Mrs. Boggs was then expanding
her energy and the heat Of a heavy
iron.
Ten years. responded Mr.. Boggs,
striding on with his pals.
Dear, dearl" said the woman, in a
commissioning tone. why, how much
water do you suppose you've carried
In that timer"
I've carried all that's been In the
well during that time. and isn't there
now, ma'am," and Mr.. Boggs entered
the kitchen and set the pals down
with as rear a thump as the nature Of
their contents would permit.-Youth's
Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

needing only rest, are and Esther.
This saved her from illness. Poor.
loving Gideon, dying half happy with
his hand in hers, her kiss on his lips.
had not even in that moment rivaled
Alfred. She turned to him now, her
own ills forgotten in happy service for
him; and by the bed he kept for a few
days, she was spared the little towns
excitement over the murder, the un-
successful hunt for the criminal, the
wreck, the sending away of the
wounded man to be mended by man,
the burial of the poor body whose soul
had gone to be commended of God.
Days they toiled to rebuild the
trestle that cunning hands had so
secretly cut. One by one they carried
heavy rails up the bank and piled them
ready for loading. AS Alfred recov-
cred, Esther regained poise and
strength; and together they went on
to the Front, where they rejoicedo the
Harmons with their story.
At last the iron! The little left
when the train was wrecked had car
ried them by the Kelton flats, where
Gregory had planned his great days
work. Now they must lay over rough
er road-over ~culverts, trestles, and
grades that must be climbed.
For days the men had been idle.
And Gregory had listened, with i'm.
patient replies, or in more impatient
silence, to reports from the Union Pa,
cif1c.
Uintah! Through the canyon!
"A holiday in Salt Lake City fol-
every man, if the west-bound track
layers a overtake the graders be
fore the Central Pacific a~rrives!" was
the bride the Union Pacific people of
fered their lei
Their work is sham! The govern
ment will accept it," enemies
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
VIII Roosevelt Be Rusu2

In the assertion that Mr., Roosevelt
will be exceedingly busy for a few
weeks we find room for exception. The
cause of his unusual activity is given
as the arduous task of preparing re-
ports for both the house and senate on
the secret-service resolutions and the
reply to the Foraker resolution.
If Mr.. Roosevelt were in the habit
of dealing with such harsh and hard
things as facts we might agree with
the story. The collection and colloca
ton of actual information is neither
an agreeable nor an easy matter. II
requires patience, persistence and the
exertion of arduous effort.
But Mr.. Roosevelt as a supreme fact
hater will not be hampered by such
obtrusive and annoying features. He
will take his s~tenographer in hand and
out of the depths Of his fancy dictate
reports which will be marvels Of
homiletics. What has omniscience &c
do with mere facts?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

of the same road averred. And Greg
DRY prayed that this might be true.
But it was not true. The Union Pacific
road stood inspection, was accepted;
and on they came.
Ogden! Still no iron for the Central
Pacific! Red sparks scintillated in
Gregory's sleepless eyes. Ogden! He
might have been there now if the iron
had come! His company might have
tapped that rich valley, fetched and
carried for the thrifty Mormons. Now
that would be the juicy plum of the
Union Pacific. And the Central Pa
cific must squat in this desert spot,
beside the dead, blue lake, whose
shores gave no promise, whose flank
ing hills had been forgotten of God!
Gregory fumed over the unknown
wretch who had wrecked the iron
train. Poor Gregory! Little he knew
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
HIS PLEA NOT GOOD
SCHWAB'S APPEAL FOR STEEL
TARIFF UNREASONABLE.
Opposition to Revision Based Upon Fu-
ture Needs-Present Generation
Has the Greater Right to
Be Considered.

The views expressed by Charles M.
Schwab before the ways and e
committee are susceptible of no other
Interpretation than that the steel in
dustry, if not exactly an infant, is in
a transitional state and until it settles
down to a firm basis the tariff should
remain as it is. This is contrary to
a former expression of Mr.. Schwab's
and directly opposed to the position of
Andrew Carnegie.
Mr.. Schwab justifies the tariff by ex-
planning that the open-hearth process
of steel making is succeeding the Bes-
semer process and that the German
electrical method will succeed all 9th
ers in a few years. These changes ne
cessitate the introduction of new ma
chinery and the abandonment of the
old at practically a dead loss. In other
words, protection-high protection
of an industry but to its continued
modernization, which is, of course, to
say that a tariff is always necessary
and always will be.
The strange thing about these new
processes is that, while they produce
better steel, they increase the cost of
the product. 1t will be a distinct de-
parture in tariff making if an attempt
is made to anticipate such future
needs. Tariffs, when honestly made,
are designed to fit existing conditions,
The Dingley law has had a longer life
than any of it's predecessors and it was
long ago obsolete. Its most voluble
friends, in acknowledging its antiquity.
never fail to discuss the changed in
dustrial conditions and assert apollo
getically that it was a good law when
passed and fitted the conditions which
existed at that time.
AS for a revised tariff on steel, con
gress need not concern itself about the
future. 1t is enough if it takes ac-
count of the present. And the present
is the time when the steel trust has
perfected economies and reduced the
cost of its product so that it is almost
Without a rival in the markets of the
world W ere it sells steel at a much
lower price than at home. There is
such a margin between the foreign
and domestic prices Of its products
that fear of the expense attendant on
the Introduction Of new methods of
manufacture may be dismissed. The
present generation, which has contrib
uted heavily to the success Of the steel
interests, feels that it is time it had
some of the benefit of the sacrifices it
has made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
USE OF HARRIMAN's MONEY.
President Roosevelt Must Have Known
How 1t Was to Be Spent.

-Four years ago in tn last week Of
the campaign Edward H. Hartman
went to the White House at the in
vitation of President Roosevelt to con-
fer about the political situation in New
York.
AS a result Of that conference Mr..
Hartman returned to this city and i'm
mediately raised $3.50, 600, which was
turned over to the Republican national
committee for use in this state.
Mr.. Hartman, in a subsequent letter
to Sidney Webster, declared that as a
result of the fund he raised, at least
$4,000 votes were turned in the city
OF New York alone, making a differ
ence of 100, 900 votes in the general re-
suit"
This money in the last hours of tire
campaign could not have seen used
for any legitimate purpose. Mr.. Harri-
man did not pretend that it was used
for a legitimate purpose. On the con-
trary, he took pride in the fact that
$4,000 votes were changed, making a
difference of 100, 900 votes in the re-
suit. In other words, Mr.. Hartman
boosted that his campaign fund pur-
chased for the Republican candidates
$4,000 votes that otherwise would have
gone to the Democratic candidates.
Whether or not Mr.. Roosevelt had
the slightest intention of respecting
the moral obligation to Hartman
implied by this contribution of $780,.
600, he could not have been ignorant
of the purpose to which this money
would be put, You and | are practical
men" said the president in one of his
letters to Hartman. AS a practical
man and a practical politician Mr..
Roosevelt knew there was only one
use for $3.50, 900 at the end of a doubt
full campaign.
Knowing all this he not only encour.
aged Hartman to raise the money, but
led Hartman to believe that as a re-
ward he would be allowed to help
shape the railroad policy of the adj
ministration.-New York World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

mo; it's-I love 1t! No mummery,
only a little song and some words from
the Book. In that spot where the
posies-where you sat yesterday-only
yesterday" he moaned family.
Gideon, dear, how can we" She
took both his hands in her own.
Promise, Star"
She bowed her head, her tears fall,
ing fast.
Don't, Stella! I can't dry" He
paused, a new thought claiming him
Eel Rancho Guerrero is yours"
She shook her head.
"Yes. Your fathers brother was my
you must. You'll love it?" He
searched her face anxiously.
She remembered the doctors words
and acquiesced. Eyes, I'll love it
love it for your sake, Gideon, for the
sake of the old times"
His eyes warmed almost to smiling
She freed one hand and gently
smoothed back the dark hair; and fol
. time he was quite still, content.
1.-THE little arrow, did yop-evel
wear it," he asked family. II wish
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
She Mas a Real Orator.

Senator Beveridge during a recent
visit to Portland talked about oratory.
"The campaign" he said, has given
us o~ratory more remarkable for guam
tity than quality. True oratory is that
which brings results, is that which
converts an audience of supporters.
Such oratory is rare.
II have a friend whose wife, a 'suf-
fragette,' is a great orator. Her
speeches from the platform are won
derful, and her husband the other
day gave me an illustration Of the
efficiency of her private speeches.
IAN agent called on my wife this
afternoon, he said, and tried to sell
her a new wrinkle eradicator.'
land how did the man make out?'
said I.
"He left in half an hour was the
answer, with a gross Of bottles OF
wrinkle e%radicator of my wife's own
manufacture, that he had purchased
from her."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
Rather Remarkable Certainty.

The lawyer for the plaintiff had
finished his argument, and counsel for
the defense stepped forward to speak,
when the new judge interrupted him,
His eyes were wide open and filled
with wonder and admiration for the
plea of the plaintiff.
Defendant need not speak," he said.
'Plaintiff wins"
But, your honor" said the attorney
for the defendant, "at least let me pre-
sent my case"
We'll, go ahead, then" said the
judge, YEARLY,
The lawyer went ahead. When he
had finished the judge gaped in even
greater establishment.
Don't it beat ALL" he exclaimed.
Nov defendant wins."-Green Bag.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
Irishman Had Cheaper Form Of Analy.
sis in His Mind.

Expert testimony may be valuable
from a scientific point of view, but
there are often cheaper ways Of es-
tablishing q certainty, as the hero Of
the following anecdote decided at the
last moment. An Irish laborer en-
tered a drug store, and drawing a
paper bag from his pocket, poured on
the counter a number Of very sticky
and unattractiye looking lozenges.
Can We examine this candy?' he
asked.
1T looks queer. What Is the mat
ter with it?" asked the druggist.
"Pizen, Dim thinkin'. Did We liver
see such stuff? Dinnis DAILY give them
to me by, and Dinnis is no frind Of
mine"
We'll, | canJmake an analysis
All right. Oill come in tomorrow
on me way from worruk."
The Irishman had reached the door,
but he suddenly stopped with his hand
on the latch.
"And how much will thot 'nalysis
be costing me?" he inquired.
Five dollars was the answer.
The man walked over to the coun.
ter ard swept the lozenges into the
bag. which he replaced in his pocket
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
His Pedigree,

The calf, which Gideon King had
taken the summer resident to see.
surveyed his owner and the stranger
with a wary eye. "Er-what breed Is
your calf?" asked the visitor.
Mr.. King removed a wisp Of straw
from his mouth and said:
"That critters father gored a justice
O. the peace, knocked a lightning-rot
agent end over end, and lifted a tramL.
over a picket fence; and as for his
mother, she chased the whole Ran
bury brass band out O. town last
Fourth O. July. If that amt breed
enough to pay Sc for, you can leave
him be. I'm not pressing him on any,
body."-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

could-see it in-your hair" The
whispered words came with more eff
fort.
did you send it, Gideon?" Her face
lighted. 1T is SO beautiful"
He smiled his reply, and his satisfac-
ton.
my room is next to this. Shall I
get it,"
"Yes. But don't let-any one come.
You-alone| want"
Esther rose, wondering at such a
fancy at such a moment; wondering
if she ought to leave him. In a second
she was back. Even as she went, she
tossed her hair loosely on top of her
head, as Gideon had liked it, and shot
the glittering shaft through.
He watched her with fond eyes as
she came to the bed and knelt down.
"You are very beautiful, Moppett,"
he whispered, as she took his hands
again in hers.
Long he gazed into her face.
She kissed him on cheek and fore
head, at last lightly on the lips.
mine! Mine for this hour!" he said
with a breath of his old passion. His
eyes grew deep and darker with their
strange, cryptic flash. "Oh, Start" he
whispered; Il tried" He lifted his
eyes to the ceiling and whispered
family, "A life for a life"
A shaft of light struck the arrow.
"The sum-" He barely breathed the
words.
He was very still after that, though
his ayes came back to her face. The
hands in hers grew chill, and she
stirred.
Il must call" she began, but he
shook his head ever so little.
"Only you" His lips formed the
words she scarcely heard,
The stiffness crept on, and on, over
all the room, over the face before
her, into her own heart-the stiffness
that was death. Only once his lips
moved; it was to frame the old child
name, "Moppett."
The shaft Of brilliance crept down
from the gemmed arrow, down through
the stiffness, touched Gideon's night
black hair with light. And Esther
saw that last, spent, outward breath
that has no indrawn follower.
With the little song" and words
from the Book as he had asked,
rough yet ~reverent men and women
gave Gideon's beautiful earth-garment
to the warm deserts keeping, to the
posies, to the wide silences he loved.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
Why NOT OWN LAHD7
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS
MAKE MONEY IS TO INVEST
IN WESTERN CANADA.

"Deep down in the nature of eve
properly constituted man is the desi
to own some land" A writer in I
Iowa State Register thus tersely
presses a well-known truth. The qui
ton is where is the best limd to
had at the lowest prices, and this I
same writer points out in the same
ticle. The fact is not disguised th
the writer has a personal interest
the statement of his case, and there
no hidden meaning when he refers
Western Canada as presenting CRED
er possibilities than any other part
the American Continent, to the md
who is inclined to till the soil for
livelihood and possible competent
What interests one are the argument
advanced by this writer, and Wild
fairly analysed the conclusion
reached that no matter what person,
interest the writer may have had, hi
reasons appear to have the quality 4
great soundness. The climatic cond
tons of Western Canada are fully d
good as those of Minnesota, the Dakl
tas or Iowa, the productiveness of til
soil is as great, the social condition
are on a parity, the laws are as we
established and as carefully observed
In addition to these the price of Ian
is much less, easier to secure. So, wit
these advantages, why shouldn't thi
the offer of Western Canada
embraced. The hundreds of thousand
of settlers now there, whose home
were originally in the United State'
appear to be-are satisfied. Once /
awhile complaints are heard, but tn
Canadians have never spoken of th
country rs an Eldorado no matte
what they may have thought. Tn
writer happened to have at hand a fe'
letters, written by former residents {
the United States, from which one c
two extracts are submitted. These G
to prove that the writer in the Regil
ter has a good basis of fact in supper
of his statements regarding the exec
lency of the grain growing area (
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberti
On the 10th of April of this year v
r. Conley, of Lougheed, Alberta, wrot
a friend in Detroit. He says: 9Th
weather has been just fine ever sine
l came here in March, and / believ
one could find If he wanted to sora
small lunches Of snow around til
edge Of the lake. There is a frost nea
ly every morning: at sunrise it begir
to fade away, then those blue foy
ers open and look as fresh rs if thel
had been no frost for a week.
There is no reason why this countl
should not become a garden Of Elder
the wealth is in the ground and on.
needs a little encouragement from ii
government to induce capital in her
There is everything here to buil
with: good clay for brick; coal unde
meath, plenty Of water in the sprir
lakes, and good springs coming out
the banks"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
ROSY AND PLUMP
Good Health from Right Food.

TITS not a new food to me-" re-
marked a Va. man, in speaking Of
Grape-Nuts.
about twelve months ago my wife
was in very bad health, could not keep
anything on her stomach. The Doctor
recommended milk half water but it
was not sufficiently nourishing.
"A friend Of mine told me one day
to try Grape-Nuts and cream. The re-
suit was really marvellous. My wife
soon regained her usual strength and
to-day Is as rosy and plump as when
a girl Of sixteen.
These are plain facts and nothing
I could say in praise Of Grape-Nuts
would exaggerate in the least the
value Of this great food"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
v.lle,T III pkgs. There's o Reason,
Ever read h above letter. 4 new
0ne ppanr from ifme to time. They
ARE sFpnfnes truss and fnli OK humnz
zntcEzafs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
People Demand Consideration.

The plea of the trust barOns is for a
continuance of the present regime of
high prices. 1t can be nothing else.
For if it were not that, the interested
industries would not be begging for
tariff faVors. They are not begging
for something which will do them no
good, but for something which will do
them a great deal of good. But it can
only do this good by keeping up
prices-that is, by compelling the peo-
pie to pay the difference between the
cost of an article in the foreign mar
ket and the tariff made price at home.
The very presence of these men in
Washington is an admission of every
thing that has been charged-namely,
that protection does raise prices; that
the consumer pays the tax, and that
the question involved is one of privil-
eye and not of right. There is not one
representative of industry who has
asked for high protective taxes on the
ground that they would reduce prices.
If these people thought that this would
be the effect of a high tariff they would
turn free traders tomorrow. There is,
however, a right in the case, and that
is the right of the people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
Protect the Small Home Owner.

The inexhaustible surplus of Cana.
da's lumber product is kept out to suit
the m~anipulators Of the American
lumber market,
Again we are cajoled with the magi.
cal phrase, protection to American in.
dustries." The American industries
that need protection most are the
western colonies of home builders who
CRY out against the iniquitous lumber
tariff schedule.
Give protection to those who really
need 1.-THE small home owners.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

The appointment Of another public
printer-the fourth in President Roose,
vets term Of service-is another re-
minder that the government printing
ofice at Washington is one Of the
worst managed business enterprises in
tho world.-Ncw Eedford Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
One Law for All.

Is it easier to find the "one RESPONSE
Bile man" in a labor union than in a
corporation?
Is it easier to enjoin a labor leader
from violating the Sherman law than
to enioin a Rockefeller, a Ryan, a
hartman or ar Armour?
Is it easier to sentence a labor leader
to Jail for contempt Of court than to
sentence a trust magnate?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
wrona WAY to Raise Revenue

Even at the rate Of the present de-
ficiency the surplus in the treasury
IS enough to provide for the next year
and a half, After that receipts and
disbursements should be SO adjusted
ar 70 cacr5ach 10 further on the treas
ary balance. But the increase Of tax
alton In time Of peace is not the way
to make that adjustment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

When the standpatters fight to re-
tain the main features Of the present
tariff law, as something superlatively
sacred. they show disregard for the
average intelligence Of the American
people.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
Tariff Schedules MIsappIled.

iH'H SSilSuhlSo
High tariff beneficiaries come to look
upon protection as an inalienable
righ'. Tariff schedules that were orig.
inally intended tc raise American
wages, and benefit the entire commua-
ity, become, under manipulation "a
mere vehicle Of oppression to Ameri-
can consumers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14

The cruel strain Of the days just
past told upon Esther, Still, Alfred
was thera--not BY any means well, vet
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-01-14
WOULD 7RYIT ON THE CAT

"Niver moind," he said. "oill feed
war to the cat"