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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
Woman Hog Buyer.

Women as hog buyers are a very
rare find, but Nashua has one in the
person Of Mrs. Ed. Ellsworth, lady
of refinement and culture. 1t is said
of her that she has remarkable judg-
ment in the weight and value of a
hog and is one Of the shrewdest
buyers in the country. She buys for
an Ionia firm. She has two tele-
phones in her residence and handles
the work In a business like way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05

When you pull down the town in
which Is your home. you are pulling
down yourself, and when you build
up yourself you build up your neigh
Dor. Try and Danish from your mind
the mistaken idea that all good
things are away off in some other
locality. Give your town all the
praise 1t can legitimately bear. 1t
certainly will do you no harm and
will cost you nothing; and above all
patronize your home institutions in
Guiding the printing office.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
Rev. I. w. Williamson's Letter.

Rev. l. Williamson, Huntington,
w. Va, writes: This is to certify
that | used Foley's Kidney Remedy
for nervous exhaustion and kidney
trouble and am free to say that it
will do all that you claim for it,"
Foley's Kidney Remedy has restored
health and strength to thousands of
weak, run down people. Contains no
harmful drugs and is pleasant to
take. Engbretson's Pharmacy. May.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
Methodist Items.

The M. E. Ladies had fine crowd
at their May-day breakfast. Know
ing the quality as well as the quaint
ty of the breakfast to be served many
people came, regardless of the
weather
The Ladies Foreign Missionary So
oiety met with Mrs. H. L. Coffeen
Tuesday. A 15-cent lunch was serv-
ed.
Miss Margaret Wintenger will
give chalk talk at the M. q. church
Friday, May Z. 1903. She Is a very
interesting temperance speaker. Ad-
mission free. Everybody come.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas. 1t has pleased an all wise
Providence to remove from our midst
our Esteemed Neighbor and Past
Consul John B. Kaye, whose death
occurred on the cath day of April,
1909, and
Whereas, the said John B. Kaye
has ever been true and worthy
neighbor,
Therefore, be 1t resolved, by the
Neighbors of Calmar Camp, No. 215,
Modern Woodmen of America, that
we extend to his surviving relatives
our heartfelt sympathy In their be-
reavement; that the Camps Urn be
draped in mourning for 80 days in
honor of our beloved Friend and
Neighbor, and that copy of these
resolutions be transmitted to his
family and to papers in this county
and also be spread on the minutes of
this Camp.
H. j. GIESEN,
'OS. e. MORTON,
SJACOB MEYER,
Committee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
The Million Dollar Bank.

A copy of the statement of the con-
dition of the First National Bank of
Fargo, N. d., comes to our table.
Mr.. E. ]. Weiser is vice president of
the institution. The statement shows
footing amounting to the enormous
sum of S3,236,950.S1, while its de-
posts are $2,724,3S4.12. 1t is in
deed gratifying to note the rapid
strides being taken by this institution
in which Decorahians are interested
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
III. j. GIESEN,
FOS. E. MORTON,
SJACOB MEYER,
Calmar, Ia, April %, 1909.
Committee.
/ Q0Q

Good enough to frame are many
of our wall paper designs and we
hope to see them on your walls to
add to the beauty of your homes.
1t will be well to select your papers
now while there is time for studi-
ed choice. We have all the new ef-
fects ready for your inspection.
III. A. PRASTMARK & SON.
Telephone 144
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05

For first class hair cut or
shave go to the Central Barber Shop,
Hauswirth & Shima proprietors. We
now have four chair shop and can
give you quick service. Shoe shining
parlor and baths in connection.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
Telephone 144.

This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
If Foleys Honey and Tar fails to cure
your cough or cold. 1t stops the
cough, heals the lungs and prevents
pneumonia and consumption. Con-
tains no opiates. The genuine is in
yellow package. Engbertson's
Pharmacy. May
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05

If you expect to get the original
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve you
must be sure it is DeWitt's Carboliz-
ed Witch Hazel Salve. 1t Is good for
cuts, burns and bruises, and Is espe-
cially good for piles. Refuse sub
stitutes. Sold by Engbretson's
Pharmacy. May
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05

Before you have your spring
suit made see the elegant line of
cloths we have just received. We
can surely please you. Lee Bros.
1874
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05
Circus at CalTnar.

The Yankee Robinson circus is
touring this part of the state and is
Thursday, May 18th. 1t is said to
be very good circus.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-05-05

Chicago Daily Tribune, Record
Herald, Inter Ocean or Examiner and
Public Opinion. both one year. only
1915.
The Washington times., 1909-05-22
REPUBLICANS ARE
MUCH PERTURBED BY STU
ARTS COURSE.

Pennsylvania Republican politicians
who are closely leagued with the ma
chine of that State are not particularly
cheerful over the behavior of Gov. L.
S. Stuart. In Pennsylvania circles
about washington the course of action
of the governor is the subject of no
little comment, nd while most of this
comment is subdued. there is reason tn
believe it is inclined 90 be cold, cruel.
and unfeeling.
Governor Stuart by his conduct. more
over, is attracting much notice in pO-
IiticaI quarters here ~side from those
of Pennsylvania This is because the
keystone State executive is showing
symptoms of going counter to the
wishes of the organization, of which
Senator Penrose is the head in many
important respects. The independence of
Governor Stuart's course up TO this
time is recognized in Washington as
being quite I'm contrast with the course
of the average recent governor of
pennsylvania. and some OF his admirers
here look to see him go farther in poll
tics than he has thus far gone.
The fact that Governor Stuart was
nominated in a convention that was
controlled fully by the organization has
not prevented him from ignoring the
organization wishes. He was, in fact.
nominated, not because the machine
The Washington times., 1909-05-22

wanted him, but because of the political
necessities of the organization. and he
was not particularly bound 30 support
the organization under the cream
stances.
Governor Stuart. according to his
pennsylvania friends about Washing
ton, is giving the State the best cd
ministration it has had in years. lie
before the people asking for their sun
port. One Of these was to exert his
best efforts to clean out the graz At
Harrisburg. His vetoes OF importart
pieces OF legislation in recent months
have been. as he considers, in the ia
terest OF more buSiness-like admins
tration of State affairs He has sx1ne
on the theory which is mach prea Fle,I
and little practiced about Washington
that expenditures should not exceed
revenues.
The course taken by Governor Stuart
has been the more unexpected here as
little was known OF him in Washington
beyond the fact that he was a Philadel-
phia business man.
Stranger things have happened than
that Governor Stuart would have pow
erful support for a seat in the United
States Senate Already there IS talk
of strong opposition to the reelection
OF George T. Oliver for Senator, VINO
was elected to succeed Senator z. .
Knox, whose term will end March 3,
1911, and whose successor will be chosen
in little more than year hence.
Stuart's admirers would like to see him
in the Senate to succeed Senator Oliver,
but nothing ike a movement in that di-
Tection has so far materialiZed.
The Washington times., 1909-05-22
THE ANGLO-GERMAN MEN
ACE OF WAR.

It is hard to conclude who is right in
this Anglo-German affair. The Ger
mans insist that their expanding for
eign trade and growing Importance as
maritime nation demand that they
maintain a navy that viii be adequate
TO protect their status on the ocean
and in trade. The British insist that
they have reason to suspect German
designs against the United Kingdom,
based on their conviction that the Kais-
er has the disposition of another Fred
erick the Great, and is determined,
especially, to annex the low countries
and consolidate German power by es-
tablishing a pan-Germanie empire that
IN time viii take in German Austria.
Such a project, if carried to success,
would make the greater German EN-
piTe OvershadOw the continent. and
would give Wilhelm an aspect marvel
ousiy ike that of Napoleon in the
early years of the last century when,
with the continent at his feet, he men
aced England with invasion, and Brit
ain became the backbone of the repeat
ed alliances against the Corsican.
England's power has always been on
the sea, but it has always been supple
mented by an effective army which.
though not so numerous as the forces
of France, Austria, and Germany, yet
has been potent for defense and in
many cases has taken a leading part
in continental campaigns. The British
theory Of defense. like that OF Japan,
has been to send her forces away from
the insular base to strike at distance
and keep the war from her own from
tier. Britain could i'll afford to relin-
quish that policy. 1t is better by far
to fight on the other party's ground,
and make him carry the burden of
waste and devastation. if a nation is
strong enough to do so.
After all, the question is largely one
of the S[aiser's personality and temper
ament. OF his Overweening and abound
ing ambition there can be no doubt
OF his consummate abilities there is
constantly less and less doubt. II be
should force a war upon Europe. ii
would be an all-embraeing struggle
before it could be ended; and it would
be an immoral and inexcusable war
But that is no guarantee that it Will
not come. If Britain and France could
only manage with less hysteria TO pre-
pare themselves for all eyentualities
there would be less danger than there
is in the present condition of excite
ment and agitation.
The Washington times., 1909-05-22
SUGAR: AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR REAL REVISION. XIV.

Error and erookedness thrive on the
misapplieation OF good words. "Protee-
tion" is a fine old word, much used in
these times of tariff revision Pro
lection is a fine thing; but the man
or the law that protects the thief with
his jimmy in your keyhole, or his hand
IN your till is carrying protection too
lar.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany, by throttling all competition. has
shown itself. able to get along without
protection. It's devious financial per
formanees, its oceans of watered stocks.
its manifold custom house frauds make
It a peculiarly nefarious and thievish
customer 10 come 10 Washington with
Its knuckle in its eye and ask for pro-
lection. To tell the truth, it may not
come that way. 1t may come like an
army with banners, demanding the re
tention of its joker, the words Not
above No. l6 Dutch standard in color
1t may come like a thief in the night.
doing second story work about the
lodgings Of Senators and members OF
the House. But it will come. Whether
with tTampling that shakes the earth.
or like a pestilence silently riding on
the night wind, it will come 10 Wash
ington in defense of its obsolete and
CRAFTY color test when the time comes.
The use Of the words refining
and refined as applied to sugar
is another good one. A few
years ago when there was a gal
liant attempt on the part of some un-
trustified legislators TO abolish the old
fraudulent color test and let in high
grade unrefned sugars as well as low
grade ones, she canard was circulated
that unrefined sugar is full of microbes
and impurities. As a matter of fact
the Dutch color test has nothing to
do with the purity or impurity, fitness
for food or unfitness, of sugar. DIR
Wiley. in his Forum articles in 1897
and 1898 pointed this out as a scientist
And unreiined sugar is quite as fit for
food, and the higher grades Of it are
much more delicious in favor, than
The Washington times., 1909-05-22
Greenroon1 Gossip
Wise Words on That Per
pef1at Decline of
Modern Stage.

Periodical. we are treated to gloomy
commentaries on the decline Of the
stage" says the Dramatic Mirror.
"A Southern news paper deplores the
alleged fact that neither in Europe nor
America is there LETT an actor worthy
to be classed with the great lights OF
the theater that have gone before.
The reason nay be some unaccount-
able dearta Of talent we are told. but
there may be an underlying cause that
mas produced this deplorable effect The
taste OF the age IS frivolous. The So
called musical comedy, that is a mix
ture OF nonsense. bad music and displays
OF female nudity. attracts larger audi
enees than the legitimate drama. The
world now is mixing money madness
with low taste. Managers put on the
Kind OF plays thar will draw and the
public patronizes those that furnish ex-
element and rollieking fun All OF
which is true only "a a measure.
AT no period IN the history of the
theater has there been a numerous
representation Of great actors. This
country did not produce a half dozen
during the nineteenth century. and in
the records of tbs English stage. from
the time of Garrisk to the present dav.
dramas hall OF fame. And It must be
remembered that the greatness of this
handful Of stpremely distinguished
persons IS only relative; that they
achieved fame under the special condi-
tons and circumstances of their own
day and generation. The noted thes-
plan of fifty or one hundred years ago
would be Judged by different standards
were he TO revisit now the scenes OF
his ancient triumpks
1T is not the absence Of great lights
that is so regrettable at this moment as
the lack of a large body OF Neil-traineds
seasoned actorSs capable OF meeting the
general demands of the modern drama
Give US plenty Of players thoroughly
equipped with respect to technical pro-
ficiency, artistic spirit, and dramatic IN
patiently the coming OF two or three
dazzling geniuses of hiStrton.snn- what
we need most just now IS that ALL
around efficiency that prevails only
where the conditions are favorable to
liberal training. There Is an abundance
of talent available. but Il IS raw, I'M
developed talent that gropes blindly Tor
4he lack of opportunity to acquire
strength and polish ard Tor the want
of expert guidsnce-
ut is not strange that the Supply or
worthy material should not be sufticient
to meet the enormous demand Tor
theatrical diversion IN this country at
this time. because even when theaters
were comparatively few and when
theatrical enterprise was in its infancy
there were not enough good or success
full plays to fulfill the requirements
THE decline of the stage has been
bewaiIaE. we believe, fIom t5Ene i'm
memorial. 1t appears regularly at beief
intervals in the dramatic history OF all
times and all climes. Considering this
traditional and perpetual state of decad-
ence we Of this young twentieth CEN
fury ought to congratulate ourselves
that things are no rottener than they
seem to be to everybody except the con-
firned theatrical pesgimists-
The Washington times., 1909-05-22
INTEREST MAKES
LIFE WORTH COST

The man who is not interested in him
self is not likely TO be interested in
anyone else.
Eou know how uninteresting and gen
lily useless uninterested persons are.
A man who is interested in something,
even II nothing more than in dogs, is
more interesting than one who is net
interested IN anything.
1t may even be better for women to be
interested in fashions and fads than not
10 be interested IN anything.
The trouble is that so many men and
women are not interested in anything
that IS worth while. Instead of seeking
and striving to bring things their way
they seem to wait for them to be sent.
or to come, and thus they daily and
briggle along until their day of grace
has passed. and they are not saved 10
themselves nor to the world
Generally speaking, such as these
have not been raised right-Pittsburg
Gazette-Times.
The Washington times., 1909-05-22

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Apropos OF the price of sugar to the
consumer, 1 have before me three sam
pies OF sugar offered TO the consumers.
The one is loaf sugar put up In paste
board box. for which is charged cents
a pound. The Other is loaf sugar. for
which is charged cents per pound.
The other is the refuse from the manu-
facture OF the two foregoing classes of
cube sugar. called graduated. for
which is charged 6 cents per pound.
TIE public, therefore. may elect which
sugar to purchase. at 6. 7. or 9 cents a
pound.
The price OF Sc per cent pure sugar
paid by the trust, delivered free of all
cost TO them at their refineries. is 1892
per 100 pounds The United States Gov
eminent receives of this s16S per 100
pounds, and it costs 80 cents per 100 TO
bring II from the tropics 20 the reflner-
les. The foreign producer, therefore, re-
ceiVes for his 50 per cent pure sugar
but S1.91 per 100 lbs It Is but reason
aDle to suppose that he American
beet sugar sold direct 10 Ehe consumers
throughout the West ami Middle s. ates
IS delivered to the consumers at 1east
at as nigh a prices as charged to WASH
ingtOnians. We see that the beet sugar
industry ENJOYS al advantage of nearly
cents a pound over 4 foreign COM
petitOr, though the American import
duty is but $3.50 per 100 pounds Of So per
cent pure sugar And yet we find that
the Ways and Means Committee. in its
desire TO raise added revenue. failed
to put an import duty on chocolate
(cOcOa), which Is advertised in the
Washington newspapers at 20 cents
pound while he bean abroad is worth
but cents, and what chocolate tne
consumer purchases is but chocolate
cocoa bean ground IN sugar.
The Senators tell US tGat some refined
sugar was imported last year. If so.
where did it come from? Was it refined
sugar or was it unrefned sugar improp-
erly rated as refined because it was
lighter i color than the 10 Dutch stand
ard clause (the sugar refiners joker in
the tariff. Very respectfully,
WILLIAM L. BASS.
The Washington times., 1909-05-22

ing TECHNOLOGY was ever set up Tor
the purpose of protecting the operative.
The statistics on the wages paid to
operatives seem ample reputation OF
such Theory; which the fact that the
greatest wooden manufacturing con
Germ in America has paid a dividend
in one year as high as 66 per cent
seems to suggest whittier goes the
lions share of the profits.
The fact Is, and it has come at last
to be pretty definitely understood. that
more extortion is effected through this
precious wool schedule than through
any other in the whole tariff measure.
1t has become a tradition of tariff max
ing that wool must be given more than
anything else. Senator Aldrich is right
just TO this extent. But not further.
The manufacturers of wool have sue
ceeded in hypnotizing the trainers of
schedules. Yet in fact. after long
period of uninterrupted protection to
woolens, and almost continuous pro-
i6CJiOH 70 WOOL, II Is SHOWN InaL the
sheep growing industry in this coun-
try shows no development iustifying
the pains expended on it, while the
wool manufacturers are accommodating
swollen profits and diluting them by
the familiar stock watering process, and
the wearer of wool buys the most ex-
peusive clothes worn anywhere on this
wh5ie round world. Isn't it time that
this misleading and dishonest schedule
be put under the glass, subjected to the
acid test, and given a revision that
shall benefit the people for whom its
benefits were intended?
The Washington times., 1909-05-22

chemically pure sugar-for the thing
that gives it its slight tinge of color
is pure cane molasses clinging &c the
crystals of sugar Whatever may be
said about the matter of 'impurit. es' .
in the unrefined sugars will be said to
becloud the question and shed dark
ness rather than light.
Sugar making is on the whole one
of the simplest of arts. The greatest
plantation has little to add to the proc
esses of the primitive sugar bush
where maple sugar Is made. Cane is
ground up and its juice pressed out.
the clean strip drawn off and boiled
down until the sugar crystallizes and
falls to the bottom of the kettle like
sand covered with molasses, The
crystals are pure sugar, even when
settling down in the molasses-as pure
as sugar can be made, and white as
snow within. But to get them free
from the moIasses. the mixture of crys-
tails and molasses is put into gauze
basket which whirls so fast that the
molasses is thrown cut through the
gauze, and the sugar crystals stay in.
By this process, with the aid of a dash
of water in the whirling centrifugal
machine, this Unreined sugar may be
made 80 per cent pure sugar at the
mill, and excellent for culinary and
table purposes at less expense than it
takes to watch the centrifugals for
fear that they will bring the product
up above mo. I6, d. s." in color. 1t
is an absolute expense to keep the
sugar too dark for the table.
Refining sugar is equally simple. 1t
is necessary for the production Of cut
loaf, and chemically pure 100 per cent
sugar, for which there will always be
large demand. 1t consists in melting
down the unrefned sugar, filtering 1t
through cylinders of charred bones, and
taking out all the molasses. The
Payne Aldrich bill as it now reads
places a duty on unrefined sugar cleans
ed of molasses so as TO be fit for use,
equal TO that on the 100 per cent re-
fined product. This is wrong. It's only
office is to keep sugars good enough for
the table and the kitchen from coming
in. 1t simply forces all imported sugars
into the clutches of the trust. It is the
old obsolete fraudulent color test that
is the mother of the Sugar trust, and
not the duty itself. Fake off the color
restriction and our people would buy
the foreign sugar they must buy first
hand instead of from the trust The
Dutch standard fosters monopoly and
protects no producer. Take it of.
There is no decent argument for it.
If there is one, why is it not produced
The Washington times., 1909-05-22
In the Mail Bag

The Times viii accept for pubIi-
cation I'm Its Mail Bag columns,
short, vigorous letters on questions
of public interest It cannot un-
dertBke Ia publish letters exceed
ing $50 words, and reserves the
right rightly to cOndense cOmmu-
uIeotions which are of greater
length. Letters must contain the
name and address of the writer,
but these will not be published If
request TO that effect Is made.
The Washington times., 1909-05-22
VARIOUS NAMES
OF FIRES IN JAPAN

Fires in japan are so common that
this destructive agency has established
itself as a national institution and d
whole vocabulary has grown up to ex-
press every shade OF meaning In mat
tiers fiery.
The japanese language has special
terms for an incendiary fire, an acct
dental fire. fires starting from ones own
house, a fire caught from next door. a
fire which one s. ares with others. a
FIRE which is Burning to an end. the
flame of fire. anything-for instance,
a brazler. from WITCH fire may arise ;
the side from which to attack a fire in
order to extnguisa It; a visit of con-
dOlence after fire