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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03
FOR AN ANNUAL TAG DAY

The success OF stag day" at Aber
deem and Brookings which two cities
raised over $l,700 for the Children's
Home of South Dakota, located at
Sioux Falls, has given rise to the sug-
gestion that next year and annually
thereafter, there should be South
Dakota "tag day" for the benefit of
this great institution, says the Sioux
Falls Argus-Leader. 1t is suggest
ed that this day be on the Tuesday
before Thanksgiving each year, and
that the work be organized in the
various towns and cities each year so
thoroughly in advance that the whole
state may be covered on that day.
The suggestion is an excellent one,
and it should greatly simplify the
present rather cumbersome and un-
dependable methods of raising funds
for the rescue of the helpless and
dependent children of the state.
A statewide "tag day" just before
Thanksgiving would create beauti-
full rivalry throughout South Dakota
for the support of the Children's
Home. In addition, it would give to
the directors ample funds with which
to discount all bills, and if this plan
were adopted, there need never again
be the danger that the work may be
handicapped for lack of funds.
1t is getting to be the custom for
the county commissioners of many
counties to make snug donations to
this society. This appropriation is
not done from motives of philanthropy
but because the commissioners consid
er it good business policy. Every well
populated county in the state is each
year saved three times the sum any
of them have yet given. by being re-
lived of the care of dependent chill
dren. In addition, the children are
given chance to grow into useful
citizenship instead of learning the
trade of shiftlessness in the poorhouse.
South Dakota people never spend
money to better advantage than they
do when they give it to the society
which is working day in ana day out
and year in and year out for the help
less children of South Dakota. 1t is
money invested in character training
and in giving an opportunity to those
denied of it by fate.
But this home to be continuing
success must never become state in
stitution. Its management must ever
be kept clear Of the taint OF politics,
1t would be little less than tragic that
its superintendent should be selected
because he could deliver votes and not
because of his devotion to helpless
childhood. If then, the home is to be
maintained under its present plan, il
must have q regular and dependable
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03

For the first time in the history of
the Homestake mining company at
Lead, covering period of more than
80 years, it has labor difficulty on
its hands. The Homestake has always
been an "open" mine, one making no
distinction between union and nom
union men. A short time ago a repre-
sentative of the Western Federation,
miners organization, appeared at
Lead and soon it was announced that
the miners thought it best to make
Lead ''union" town. An ultimatum
was Issued to the company, giving it
until certain time to get rid of its
hon-union men. The company took
defensive measures, one of which was
to make the announcement that after
January ist no union miner would be
employed, and also closed the mine.
So far we have not learned that the
miners have any grievances as to
wages, hours of work or treat
ment in any way. Had the Western
Federation kept out of Lead the e.
500 employers of the Homestake COM
pany would not now be out of a job.
Unless the union miners can make a
better showing than they have up to
date they will receive very little
sympathy from the public.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03

In a speech at Kansas City on
November 26th Speaker Cannon de
livered himself of the following:
"3T w hen Senators Cummins, La
Toilette and Bristow and their so
called progressive" following join
hands with Bryan in making war
upon the republican members of con-
gress who passed the tariff bill, and
upon the president who signed it. in
that contest, / know but one way to
treat them that is to fight them, just
as we fight Bryan and his following"
Bones of the godsl Wouldn't that
jar you sonnet Think of the old
hypocrite getting up before an audi
ence of intelligent American citizens
and making a statement of that kind.
The record of Cannon's joining hands
with the democrats to save his speak
er's scalp, and to perpetuate the old
rules by which he blocks just legisla-
tion and puts through the legislation
asked by his trust friends, is no older
than the record of which he complains.
Cannon sought and secured the help
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03
The North Dakota railroad Com

The North Dakota railroad Com
mission is attempting to establish a
reasonable rate for hauling Ignite
coal. Of course the railroads have
taken the matter into the courts.
Here is one instance where the courts
have no business to interfere. The
railroads have placed a prohibitive
freight rate on Ignite SO as to com
pei the people to use the eastern coal,
probably for two reasons. First, the
railroads want the long haul from the
lake ports to the prairies of the North.
west; and second, the management of
railroads is quite extensively interest
ed in coal mines and wants the coal
trade. The matter will be up for
argument in the U. S. Supreme court
February 2lst.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03

of the democrats to save himself and
to put through the abortive tariff law,
and he recognized their valuable
assistance by rewarding certain of the
democratic leaders. "Whom the
gods would destroy they first make
mad, and from Cannon's actions and
utterances it is evident he is slated for
destruction.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03

The anti-sufflagets are also prepar-
ing for the coming campaign in this
state. A representative of the society,
which has headquarters in New York
has been making tour of the state
for the purpose of getting line on
conditions. 1t is said the headquarters
in this state will be at Huron.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03

income, and we can see no better way
than that of an annual South Dakota
"tag day" which would produce the
maximum of cash with the minimum
of effort and delay.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-12-03
Low EXCURSION RATES.
National Corn Exposition--Omaha
Neb. Via the North Western Line

NeD. Via the North western Line
Tickets on sale Dec. 6, s, 10, l3 and
l5; return limit December 20. For
full particulars apply to any ticket
agent Of The North Western Line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22

rice. They live upon sorghum seed and
other varieties of millet, and wheat is
not one of the regular grains sold in the
market. Prof l.. {. Parker, one OF our
agricultural experts. who has Just been
travelling over northern Manchuria, tells
me that the farmers raise wheat here
aud there. but only enough for their own
consumption. If they have q surplus
they will load q half ton upon Chinese
cart and carry it TO the mill. 1t usually
takes them several days to get TO the
nearest one, and tile wheat barely pays
the freight.
AZ present some wheat is raised about
Hardin. but the business of the mills
there is falling off, and 1t cannot go on
profitaby with their present capitaliza-
ton. Prof. Parker says that the flour
business of Hardin is in a bad way. 1t
had mushroom growth through the
war, when the mills were running day
and night to supply the Russian army,
and got big prices for all they could
grind. They were backed by the gov
eminent and were operated at enormous
cost. There We're twelve of them, all
equipped with the finest of modern ma
chinery, much of which came from Amer
lea. They then ground something like
sixteen thousand barrels per day and had
no trouble in disposing of'their product.
AS result the stock went sky high and
the Siberian Jews who owned the mills
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Showing His Diamonds.

A IGUST BELMONT. at a luncheon on
! his yacht Scout, condemned the vul-
gal'ty Of diamonds in the male shirt
bosom or cravat.
Pearls" said Mr.. Belmont, ''are quite
correct, but diamonds are vulgar beyond
words. The kind of man who wears dia-
mcnds is The kind who calls them stones
or 'sparklers,' and champagne such a
man VII always refer to as 'wine'-as il
there were not u thousand varieties of
Nine
A man of this type" said Mr.. Bel
mont, smiling, '.once bought two huge
diamonds for his shirt front. and wore
them for the nrst time at an even ns
wedding. He drew as much a tention as
possible 10 the two gems during the re-
ception and supper. Still he wasn't alb
solutely sure that they were being as
thoroughly admired as he could wish.
The man was called on to toast the
bride and groom, and In the course of
his speech a happy bought came to him,
and lie concluded with these words:
And 50, dear friends, we may be
confident that a splendid future lies he
fore the young and happy couple. She
has been good daughter--shc will make
Il perfect wife. He has been a good SOIL
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and it is his estimate that The number
now coming in cannot be less than 10000
per day. From other authorities l nave
like information. and q statement was
recently published that many as
100000 souls were settled i'll Siberia last
year.
This migra ton is not Il new one II
bc..an al the close of the Japanese war.
l. amounted to $1,000 in 1905 aud aver
AGED that for several years preceding. in
1906 il was $50 900, and in 1907, 10000,
while last year il was half as large as
our Immigration from all the world dur
ing that Year.
This movement of the Russian people
means a new industrial empire in ST.
her. "A. II means the development OF
wheat belt greater than chat Of can
ada, aud also the creation OF Rus
sian peril which may some day cast the
yellow peril into The shade The Rus
slams are moving aS villages, and not
as individuals. They have II wonderful
cohesive force and their motto is For
God and the ear" The present en-
percr is Il Weaklng, but with Il strong
mar as his successor may there not be
another struggle between the Japanese
and the Russians. with this thlckly pop
ulat ed grain-producing, food supplying 81
Der 4 as a BACKGROUND? The Japanese
must have more territory before they can
support larger armies than they now
have. Their land is crowded with their
fifty millions. Russia already has as
pans into Siberia and have room ~
spare. Verify, the end is not yet.
:; =
1t is wonderful how the Japanese have
crowded the Russians out of southern
Manchuria. The only remains left by
the czar are the magnificent buildings
ut Dalny and Port Arthur and the rail-
read upon which Russia spent something
like $500, 00ooOo. Even these are being
rap dly changed. The line to Mukden
has been double-trachcd and better sta
lions erected The buildings of Dalny
lave been improved and a new town is
going M On the edge of the harbor. The
names OF the streets HAYS been changed
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Too Much Efficiency.
FIELD BISHOP,

HToRTLANDT FIELD BISHOP. the
~ automobilist and aeronaut, sends
from Paris funny automobile yarn,
said a member of the Aero Club of New
York.
"An American tourist, the story goes,
went to Germany in his car 10 see the
last army maneuvers. He was impressed
with what lie saw, and especially with
the brigade OF motor ambulances, motor
baggage wagons and SO forth.
las the tourist watched the maneuvers
from a seat under d tree, the axle Of a
motor ambulance broke. Instantly the
men leaped out, ran into the village, re-
turned in a iiffy with a new axle. fixed It
in place with wonderful mechanical SKILL
and tuef-teuffed off again almost as good
as new.
There's efficiency said the American
tourist. There's German efficiency for
YOU No matter what breaks, there's 4
stock at hand to supply the needed part
from
And, praisinG the remarkable example
Of German efficiency he had just wit
messed. the tourist returned to the VII
lagc and ordered up his car, TO lind he
couldn't use IL. as an axle was missing.
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cost So, 100000 to build ii. This was more
than double the estimate of the Chinese
engineers, and as il was Ii part OF the
agreement that most of the money was 10
be borrowed from Japan, If il had gone
through the Japanese would have secured
u loan Of over 100000 and would have
had the most of the money above the
cost of construction as per the Chinese
estimate. The figures of the Chinese en-
eineers had, however, been forwarded to
Picking. and the officials there insisted on
the estimates being cut down until they
Appropriated 100000. 1t has been de-
cided to build the read on these estimates,
and the Japanese will have a share in the
control until the money is paid. In the
meantime the Fakuman road will be built.
:.
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The time has come when the United
States should push its trade in Man
churia. The people are just beginning
to know foreign goods and buy them,
and from now on there will be a great
increase in the native consumption. All
sorts of farming implements will be
needed for the development Of this
great agricultural empire, and our plows
should be in great demand. The Germans
are already selling cheap limitations of
American tools around Hardin. They get
So for a pillow which could be easily
landed on the ground and sold at a profit
al SO or So.
AS the wheat lands are developed reap
ers will be needed. and for the large gov
ernment farms thraSherS and steam en-
gnes. 4 British firm recently sold four
large Howard steam plows, shipping them
north from NeUchwang: the board Of
agriculture at Mukden has on its expert
mental farm American redperS, harroWS,
harvesters and plows
\ large part of the -four milling ma
chinery already in use is of American
make, and the rolling stock Of most of
the railways is American. When the
south Manchurian railroad was recon-
structed the Japanese gave US one order
which amounted to about 10000 tons. 1t
was for steel rails and bridging material
At the same time over 1900 of our freight
cars, 200 locomotives and something like
900 other cars were imported.
The new Pullmans, which arc now be-
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The Wild Yankee.

EDDIE FOY, the eminent comedian,
II was scussing in New Rochelle a
slight automobile accident that had be-
fallen him on the way 10 The Foyer, his
handsome residence.
The o>her chap was ignorant" said
Mr.. Foy. HE was as ignorant about au
tomobiling as the English used 10 be
about America.
An ancestor of mine used to tell "A
story about the English ignorance OF
America III the eighteenth century.
My ancestor said hat English mis-
sionary asking for aims at st. Pauls
in behalf of the heather of Haasha
Gxgky. The missionary wound up an
eloquent appeal with these words:
Think, my brothers, of the millions
eX sting in sloth and darkness. The can
nibals OF the kongo. the earth-eating
Hottentots. the Australian aborlgines
feeding on mice and lizards and liv NJ ia
burrows under the ground Yet YOU can
uplift Them my brothers-there are none
SO blinded but they can be made to see,
Yes. coming nearer home, even In that
benighted land across he sea. where
dWells the wild Yankee, leaping, Ratchet
in mouth. from tree TO tree-yes, even he,
| say, has an immortal soul
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Gently been erected across the frontier
III Siberia and other mills are springlng
up along the TransSiberian road.
The rapid settlement of Siberia is one
of the striking features of the eastern
situation. That country has tens OF
millions of acres OF wheat lands, and 1t
will eventually feed a great part OF the
world. Travellers say that the lands
along the railroad are being rapidly
settled, and that there will soon be
populous country above Manchuria.
The Chinese agent of our Equitable
Life Insurance Company, who has Just
returned from trip over the Trans
siberian system, says that the Russian
government is putting 10000 emlSrants
4 dav into those regions. lie says that
he saw long trains coming day after
day. filled with immigrants. Some OF
the engines hauled twenty cars, ana
each car had double decks above the
main floor so that three tiers OF pas
sengers were carried.
The people are being exported by VII
lagos, and the old and young are crowd
ed together the children and grown-ups
being packed in like sardines. This man
counted the trains and their passengers,
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In every possible way, and they are ooihs
some things contrary TO the best business
ethics. Nevertheless there Is no dlserlm-
ination as To the admission of goods. Inc
Chinese are allowed to buy and sell as
they please, and II there are railroad re-
bates Tor Japanese goods they have been
So far kept secret. ! understand that the
Japanese cotton exporters have recently
adopted d lottery scheme for the sale of
their sheetings. In every 20 many pack
ages OF goods they are putting notes for
small sums of money which Will bc cashed
on demand, with a view 10 inducing the
Nauchurian merchants to buy the goods
on the strength of these prizes. This has
also been done in Shanghai. 1t Is being
denounced by the chambers of commerce.
Another questionable transaction is the
shipping in of American hour under Jap
anese trade marks. and III packages made
in Japan. The -four is brought across the
Pacific 10 Yokohama; IL Is there repackod
and shipped TO the north and sold as Jap
snese. The trade marks arc the same q >
those 10 be adopted by a new Touring
mill which the Japanese are constructing
on tho railroad north of Mukden; our
-four is thus being used To build up
trade for that mill. The Manchus and
Chinese are noted for their faith in trade
marks. II they lind an article all right
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22

ing used on the southern end OF the
Transsiberian railroad arc by far the
finest sleeping cars of all Asia, and there
viii be a demand for similar material on
the new roads which will soon he con-
structed. One of these will he the line
TO kirin, and another. the rebuilding OF
the military road which now goes from
Mukden 10 the Yalu river and connects
with the Korean system al Antung.
The latter road will undoubtedly nav
we'll. but it will necessitate a bridge
across the Ialu, which will probably be
made of American materials. The pres
ent road is a narrow gauge less than a
Yard wide, which carries hole cars eight
feet in length. There are no passenger
accommodations whatever, and the
freight rates prohibit any large traffic.
When this new road has been construct
ed, the greater part of the travel over
the Transsberian 10 Japan will pass
over it. and one will be able to go from
Paris to Toxic by rail, with the excep-
ton OF one night on the ferry from
EuSan to Mogi.
Today our chief exports to Manchuria.
outside Of railway materials. are cotton.
kerosene and tobacco. The Nfanchur-
ians use about six million dollars worth
of cotton sheetings every year. and the
greater part of these come from the
United States. The Japanese. Germans
and English are studying the market, but
so far we have the lead.
AS to tobacco. the American tobacco
trust has branches at all the important
points along the railroad and it has
just erected a big factory at Mukden,
which will make cigarettes and cigars for
the Manchurian market. The building
covers. perhaps, quarter of acre.
IL is three stories III height. and it huns
with American tobacco-making machin-
cry. ] understand that experiments in
native and American tobaccoes Will be
attempted, and also that farms will he
opened up where American seed will be
used. Our experts claim that the soil
here is as good as that of Virginia for
tobacco raising.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
he will make a model husband. In fact.
my friends, ] am certain that dear
George and dear Susie possess a future
as bright and radiant and beautiful as
this
Gle touched his upper diamond stud)
or this
Gle touched the lower one, and sat
down amid great applause.D
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A Light Dinner.

(ORNELICS V. COLLINS the brilliant
~ criminologist and superintendent OF
New York's state prisons. narrated al
dinner in Troy some "reminiscences of his
interesting work.
"A clever criminal of gluttonous pro-
clvities" he said. ''once couched COM
plant In rather neat terms.
MY inspector, entering this mans cell
one day, found it very hot and stuffy.
why have you got your ventilator
closed?' he asked.
THE burly and gluttonous prisoner an
swered plaintively
We'll inspector, yer honor. the last
time I had the ventilator open wasp
flow in YOU see. and carried off my din
ner While my back Was turned
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sold out at a big profit. Since then inc
demand for flour has declined, seven %
the mills have stopped worklnG, ana Tire
five now IN operation are producing alto
gatbcr less than one thousand barrels per
dav. The mills, which are heavily mort
gagged have now gone INTO the l'ahaS Oh
Inc Russo-Chinese Bank, which il not
able to manage them at a proHt iAoet
the present conditions. \ thorough ft-
organization will have to be made before
they can compete with our -four.
I'm the meantime the japanese VIII
soon have u new mill at Tickling, aud
they will build other mills along their
railroad The grain possibilities are
enormous; and. as the country develops
Mauchuria is bound 10 raise all the
flour she can use, and Il great deal for
export TO China. As ii is now, the val
Icy OF the Lao river exports $1ooUo,oG0
worth Of food products per year. The
country drained by that river is about
a big as the state OF Missouri, and al
most every acre can lie cultivated
Along the railroad between Mukden aud
Dalny there arc farms all the way. To-
day the principal crops are beans and
millet. but the soil Will raise wheat.
The Sungari river. the Mississippi of
northern Maachuria. drains Il district
twice as large as the Lao watershed,
and the whole OF il is adapted 10 wheat.
Three varieties are already grown in
81 small way, and the production i'll
the best districts is about thirty BUSH
els per acre. The grain is sown in April
and harvested in September and o@-
tober. 1t is tied up in bundles aud
stacked near the villages. The grain
is thrashed upon thrashing floor with
stone rollers, which are pulled by
donkeys led by children. 1t IS win
moved in the wind and then ground
into flour upon rude native mills. OF
late considerable iiour has been taken
10 Harbin. and rs the new mills are
built tue area OF production Will rspidly
increase. Twelve steam mills have rr-