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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09

New York 1855 per cent over 1908 and
1870 per cent over 1906, some idea Is
obtainable Of the extraordinary re-
covery which has been made in a
short time In business activity. 1t Is
as If the depression of 1908 had beea
blotted out altogether and the only
fear is that the impressive lessons It
taught may be forgotten. individually
and collectively, the railroads are re-
porting the same proofs of prosperity.
their earnings for three weeks of
October having been IL per cent bet
ter than in 1908 and 81 per cent bet
ter than In 1907. October wac a
month OF record breaking production
In iron and steel. The dry goods trade
is steadily expanding and beginning
to break away from the influence Of
high prices in primary markets. In
all the principal cities the advices are
of an excellent retail distribution and
the outlook for the. holiday trade Is
very bright. The extraordinary ad-
vance and speculation in cotton is the
most conspicuous adverse develop
ment. Business failures during Octob-
er, while somewhat larger than the
three months, were much
lower than the October average of the
FIVE preceding years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
REGISTERED MAIL

The committee of registry experts
appointed by Postmaster General
Hitchcock has recommended that fhe
postal regulations be modified SO as to
eliminate some of the vexatious diff.
culties and delays that oft-n attend
the delivery of registered mall. 1t Is
pointed ont that this can be done
without endangering the safety of the
mail. or violating the wishes of the
sender. or the addressee, which the
department regards as binding. I'm
der present regulations registered
mail can be delivered only to the
addressee Or the person In whose care
it is sent The committee believes
that in a majority of cases the desires
OF both the persons fnterested-the
sender and the addressee-wilI be met
by delivery 10 any responsible adult
al the place Of address. and recon.
fnends that in future this plan be fol-
lowed in the absence of specific direc-
tons 10 the contrary II, however. the
sender desires a personal delivery. it
viii be assured if he go endorses the
envelope, while the addressee can pre-
vent the delivery OF his mali to any.
one but himself By fling an order to
that effect at the postoffice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
Ruckwheat Cakes

Orange City Herald. Here we are
again with the glorious month OF No
vember, season of buckwheat cakes.
As matter of course, the genuine
optimist finds each month an improve
ment on its predecessor and November
is no exception to the rule. The
farmer, lord Of all he surveys and.
usually much more. sees his corn cribs
filling UP, the merchant is kept busy
over the counter, the young folks are
getting knowledge in the schools and
the crisp air brings both health and
appetite. There is nothing 80 salts
factory to the latter as the buckwheat
cake in the early morning, fresh from
the griddle, smoking hot and Drowned
to the color of autumn leaves. You
cannot get steam in the engine with
out coal and you cannot give strength
to the human frame and body without
proper and sufficient food. Buekwheat
cakes are the thing. They will send
the blush of the roses into your
cheeks and fortify your body with the
strength of pioneer. What we eat
docs no. harm lis provided only there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
THE OUTLOOK FOR TRADE

A note of triumph and congratula.
ton is sounded by R. G. Dun & Co..
the leading commercial agency in
their latest review of business CON
ditions in this country. without ex.
ception, the reports of trade both
wholesale and retail, in all parts Of
the country they declare. are more
than satisfactory and hold out the
promise for 1910 OF year OF IN
elualled business" What this means
expressed in almost uncomfortable
figures, Is that the United states ia
now increasing its wealth at rate
never before achieved. Neither the
high prevailing prices nor the dis
cussion of disputed economic policies
seems in any way TO shake confidence
or check the Industrial progress The
report goes on to say:
There has been no further advance
in money rates and financial condi.
tons which, three or four weeks ago
appeared somewhat threatening. are
now undisturbed. The volume of hank
clearings, measuring the business
transactions of the nation, are In
many cities greater than ever before
and all records in New York for one
day were broken during the week
When it is seen that bank clearings In
creased 3S.9 per cent over 1908 and
23.1 per cent over 1906, AMI outside
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
lowa's Militant suffraoists.

Dubuque Times Journal: The wom-
en- who assembled for the annual con
sention of equal suffragists at Des
Moines declared in favor of adopting
the militant methods which have been
pursued by their English sisters who
have sent Mrs Pankhurst to this
country to help along the cause of
emancipation.
1t can be said in favor of this prop.
osition that there Is nothing to be
lost in accepting it, so far as the pros
pect OF securing equal suffrage In
Iowa is concerned. That movement
has made no apparent advance in this
state in twenty-five years, though
meanwhile 1t has been urged by peace.
ful methods at about every session of
the legislature.
There would be much lost. however.
IN respect to the influence of women
In civic affairs. The esthetic develop
ment of the past quarter century is
due to their efforts, now bearing fruit
IN nearly every city and village In the
state We are better supplied with
hospitals, parks and libraries. streets
and private grounds are better kept.
and the scope of popular education has
advanced because the women have
been busy In proper directions. OF
course they will not be SO foolish as
to destroy their usefulness in civic al.
fairs by taking mp militant methods of
attracting attention to the cause Of
equal suffrage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
Appendicitis and the Knife.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: Sena-
tor McCarren is the last Of weH-known
men to die from the results of an oper-
alton for appendicitis. An operation
may have been necessary in his case.
we do not know But it is not neces.
sary in thousands of cases and It
shouldn't be resorted to until it be.
comes necessary. At the recent inter-
national medical congress in Europe,
an American physician and surgeon
OF established repute, assailing the
too-free use of the knife in cases OF
appendicitis declared that in all his
twenty years Of practice he had never
seen patient die from appendicitis.
And he. called upon the members OF
the congress to say whether they had
ever observed death from appendi-
citis, and not one OF them answered
that he had! A rather remarkable
confession, is it not, and most amazing
in view Of the fact that nearly every
stomach ache in America is followed
by the removal of the appendix with
the knife at s125 and upward for the
operation?
It is high time that the public were
taking steps to protect itself against
the medical profession, the profession
manifesting no strong disposition to
protect its reputation against the
spectators and gamblers embraced
within It who are dragging 1t down
from the heights which it has occu-
pied. Spectators and gamblers" are
descriptive terms not selected reck-
lessly but chosen after consideration.
The desire for large fee is not the
only motive actuating the professional
man standing ready with the knife to
cut at every opportunity, but the same
instinct which impels a man who
doesn't like money for moneys sake
to play poker, and the artisan to try
a new combination in an effort to OBJ
tain as good results as secured by thu
old method of utilizing new method.
The gambling surgeon is not the card.
playing surgeon, but the surgeon who
CANDLES with human life from desire
to explore, to determine what will be
the result of given course, to open
up the body for the delight 1t gives
him. What matter to him that the
bowels may be chilled and death re-
suit? What matter that as a result Of
his work the patient may die? No mat
ter. That is the chance the patient
took in submitting his confidence. It
was chance the surgeon took IN
operating.
There is no wisdom in indicting the
whole profession for the crimes OF
the guilty. The thing for the public
to do is to learn to differentiate be-
tween the get-rich-quick operator and
the decent, honorable practitioner;
between the physician having an edu-
cation and training not emitting him
to be called in to treat cat whose life
is of any value and the physician with
the education and the training quail
flying him to minister to human beings
The task of the public in its own
protection is to cut out the sheep from,
the goats,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
Train Stopped for a Dog.


Des Moines Register and Leader:
1.-THE only time ever knew train
to stop for a dog said Chris. Kean,
baggageman for the Rock Island,
was down on the Keokuk line, years
ago. Charley Best was the conductor.
He CHANGED to be in the baggage car
when pup in charge Of the baggage
man. becoming frightened at some
thing, jumped out the door while the
train was under way. He was cute.
cunning little cuss. and rather than
lose him, Best pulled the bell cord,
stopped the train and recovered him.
When the passengers, most of whom
had their heads poked out of the
windows to learn why stop had been
made between stations. saw Best
toting the pup back to the baggage
car, they grinned broadly and thought
he was good fellow. I've had some
funny experiences with dogs and
women. Not long ago a fox terrier
pup, not larger than that and Chris.
displayed a fist about the size of a
canvassed ham, "foatea in from the
east on one Of our trains. Well. you
should have seen the Young woman
who came for him fondle, hug and kiss
that pup. Yum. yum, Doggoned if |
didn't think it was waiting whole lot
of affection upon a pup when there
was me just pining away for slight
manifestation Of coddling. But that's
the way It goes. Pups get the best
Of us about four times out OF five
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
is good appetite. Nature is the
most learned doctor on earth.
A Wide Open Field.

Cherokee Republican: Any Iowa
farmer. If he wants to engage in rails
In fruit or vegetables by particular
lied or intensive methods, need not
90 far away to the irrigation or dry
farming regions He need not move
out of ais tracks,
He can just take a patch or a few
acres OF his own land and do It, That's
all he will work II he goes to Cali
fcrnia. There he will pay $500 to 81
500 an acre for land. Here the market
+ right at hand-no shipping at high
rates across a continent.
And there is no trouble about irri-
cation here, If you want it. 1t is a
rare Iowa farm on which irrigation for
few acres could not be cheaply sup
Piled Drainage also could be pro-
vided easily for such patch. Both
safeguards are to be had here at a
1.-THE Of the cost of scant water in
California.
And the Iowa farmer would still
nave ais farm left. Certainly he would
have to learn new methods to handle
such a patch So ae inevitably will, IL
he goes to the irrigation country and
stakes his all there.
It is not because we cannot, but be-
cause we will not, that Iowa is not to-
day one of the greatest fruit produc-
inc countries in tr1a world VIC WON'T
take the pains, the labor, the expense
necessary here as elsewhere to pro-
duce and prepare fruit for the mar
ket. Our farmers have simply pre-
ferred or are in the habit Of raising
other crops.
But there is absolutely nothing in.
the soil, the climate or the market
conditions to prevent any Iowa farmer,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09


The latest returns from the crops
of the country mark up the estimates
OF their value in nearly every in
stance. 1t is now the opinion OF parties
in position TO make the most correct
estimates that the seven most import
ant crops OF tie country will raise the
values fully s4o0.600o00 over the same
crops of last year. With the exception
of cotton and barley the tonnage OF
all is far CREATE than thar of last
year, and this increased tonnage is
one OF the items which is adding much
to the earnings of the railway com
panies Tae immense orders for
equipment now being poured into the
various car shops and locomotive
works by Tie railways of the eoun-
try are a testimony of the late realiza-
ton by the railway managers of the
food of freight that is already upon
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
WHAT HAS BEEN LEARNED.

On behalf of the Illinois Farmers
Institute Mr.. Arthur j. Bill recently
made inquiry of a number of repre-
sentative farmers in that state, ex-
perienced and successful corn grow
ers. as to what are the most valuable
facts that have been learned about
corn improvement during the last
ten or fifteen years. The answers as
summarized in the columns of the
Kewanee Star Courier are quite inter
esting. One of the gentlemen adj
dressed. Mr.. McCarty, replied that
plants, as corn, can be improved by
breeding much more rapidly than ami
mails. Another declared that corn
improvement can be controlled" "A
Mr.. Funk wrote in reply: "a number
of successful agriculturists are devot-
ing much time to the study of corn
breeding and the improvement to-
wards larger yields per acre. The
studious and careful corn breeder has
learned that it is financially to his
credit to spend considerable time in
selecting his seed corn and taking
care of 1t after he has secured it. This
movement of corn breeding has mere
ly begun" Other replies were as
follows:
Mr. Winters: Corn is just as sus-
ceptible to breeding as live stock,
and pays big interest on time spent
in careful selecting, and caring for
the seed. Mr.. Webb: Careful and
intelligent selection and care of seed.
proper cultivation, keeping fine
mulch on the surface of the ground to
conserve soil moisture in dry season
and to keep the ground from baking
in a wet season" Mr. Young: Corn
has to adapt itself to certain sur
roundings before being profitable.
Certain varieties do well in one local
ity that don't in another"
Mr.. Rowe: Corn llike live stock)
can be changed by selection to suit the
desire of the breeder Mr.. Maxey:
SOIL can be improved by a definite
system. Corn plants can be
bred for desirable qualities which
increase the yield and quality
Of grain. Also more thorough and
sensible methods of cu1tivating and
handling the soil seed bed which CON
troll soil moisture"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
Another Indictment.

Des Moines Capital: Another seri.
GUS Indictment has been entered
against Uncle Joe" Cannon. 1t is
alleged that while on board an Illinois
Central sleeping car the other even
ing the speaker Of the national house
pulled off suca snoring stunt that no
one else was able to sleep and several
passengers left the car In disgust at
midnight.
It will have to be admitted that
this comes pretty close to being the
climax of Cannon villainy After hav-
ing created SO much turmoil during
his waking hours it is certainly out
rageous that he should not be content
to keep quiet during the night time
and not disturb the repose of q long.
suffering public with an incessant fog
horn snore.
What is the next awful charge which
will be brought against this man Can
non?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09

The examination of one thousand
bakeries in Chicago resulted In start
ling discoveries. Forty-five per cent
examined We're in cellars, large num-
Der of which had nothing approach
ing adequate ventilation or lighting.
One hundred and four of these baker
les were compelled to go out of bust
ness; others to make extensive i'm
proyements. Sidewalk dirt was blow
ing into lao bakeries. with bread ris-
ing Immediately under The open win
dows. Ina West Polk street bakery
from six to ten cats were recorded,
and in one on Milwaukee avenue, six
teen dogs. TIE people Of Keokuk have
reason to congratulate themselves
that their daily bread is not prepared
under such unsanitary and revolving
conditions. Keokuk bakeries are
models in every respect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
HOLDS a CITY BACK.

Under the head of Straight Talk" a
1 writer in the Peoria Herald Transcript
calls attention to the fact that many q
city which might perhaps have been a
thriving and attractive metropolis OF
] its section of the country is dead and
unsightly today. The cause is often a
mystery to the discouraged population.
/ The site is advantageous; the trans
portation facilities may be good. The
city itself may have been full of prom
Use. Yet business has fallen of. New
industries have gone to other towns
and old ones have failed; capital has
fought shy of the place; the buildings
which were the pride of the town two
decades before are now tumbledown
and out of date. A vast discourage
ment has seized the people. This is
dead town" they wall But why r"
The writer in the Herald Transcript
thus answers the inquiry:
In nine cases out of ten the an.
swer is simple individual selfishness.
1t is remarkable what little things can
ruin q city. A factory proposes to
come to the place. Leases and deeds
are secured from every foot of ground
necessary except from one man. He
owns worthless strip He positively
refuses to sell for reasons known only
to himself. The deal languishes. The
factory goes elsewhere
'Arailroad is being surveyed through
the country. The competition for ii is
keen. The city in question wants it
In IN 10, ~ 4
fight two or three costly condemnation
suits. The owners will not compro
mise. They stand stiffly on their
rights. The railroad goes elsewhere.
The main street needs paving. It
will be great benefit and almost all
the property owners want it. One or
two men do not want it. They en-
ploy a good lawyer and he speedily
finds flaws enough in the proceedings
TO delay them Indefinitely. The pro
iect languishes and dies.
"A new building is projected. 1t
will be a credit to the city-some-
thing badly needed. One man is
afraid it will hurt his business. He
succeeds in persuading the people who
are to make the loan that the town Is
dead and improbable. The project
falls through
"A park is projected. 1t will be of
benefit to the whole population. But
he additional two mills tax will take
several dollars from tight-fisted man
who has strings on the council. The
park is killed
Thus after twenty years the town
stands still. Every man has become
IN obstructionista kicker. To save
! few dollars he holds up sidewalk
and street Improvements. fights good
lighting and discourages expense.
Every man with something to sell
.ries to get double price from new
.omsrs- The result is the newcomers
80 elsewhere. The town dies. And the
people wonder why"
The author of the article confesses
that Peoria has had its fill of this in
sect population in the past and the
same is probably true Of many other
communities. 1t is not exceptional for
almost every projected Improvement
to be doggedly fought past a group of
directors. But the fights are being
won. and it viii not pay In future for
anyone to oppose the growth of the
city for personal reasons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
TELEPHONES HERE AND ABROAD

A correspondent of the London
Times Institutes comparison be-
tween the use of telephones in Eu-
rope and their use In America. In
Europe, with population of 100000
600, he says that only 100000 instrll-
ments were in service on January L,
this year, whereas in this country,
where the population is not far from
S5,000,0 900. nearly 100000 telephones
were employed on that date. 1t is
pointed out that England had a some
what smaller number than three
American cities combined-New York
(S34,1s6), Chicago f1S4,922) and Bos-
ton (more than 100000. France
made lar less favorable showing
G94,159), and Austria is credited
with only S0.975. Italy, Belgium and
Hungary are each said to have fewer
telephones than st. Louis, Pittsburg
or San Francisco,
The explanation for this remarkable
difference which is offered by the con-
tributor to the Times is that on his
side of the Atlantic the telephone SER
vice is controlled by the national gov
ernments, while here it has been de
veloped by private enterprise, Gov
ernmental management may impose
restrictions on the expansion of the
telephone business in Europe, but
other influences besides freedom from
such control have unquestionably OPP
Grated in the United States. AS rule
Americans are in a greater hurry to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09

Perhaps that's the reason I'm tribe
prejudiced against pups. But here
comes No. 5 and I'll bet a cookey
against phony Canadian quarter
that the baggageman'll have two pups
for me to squander my subsistence up
on for several days only to see EN-
loved and petted while shiver and
cool my heels in the corridor Of a
chilly temperature"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09

An increase Of about $3.50, 900 in
the amount of money in circulation
made the total ss,124,679.057 on No
vember l, exclusive of treasury hold
ings, which compares with 1905, 1885,
OF on the same date last year, when
an expansion of over $40. 0oo. 600 was
reported. Owing to gain of 10000
In the estimated population, the per
capita proportion was scarcely altered
at sS4s5, but this figure compares
with s35.2e in 1908.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09

The Gate City recently suggested
that if he kept on slapping negroes
Senator Stone would hit the right one
after while-Champion Jack Johnson,
for instance. The Creston Advertiser
takes somewhat different view. It
suggests that man of that kind can
be depended upon to slap with discre-
ton and to look intended victims over
carefully to satisfy himself that they
will not resent it. The Advertiser de-
clares that if Jack Johnson would put
on walters apron he could probably
spill the soup down the Missouri sen.
ator's back with impunity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
Importance Of Interurhana.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The
great subject under consideration now
in every live city in the state is the
building OF interurbans. They are
reaching ont after them, for all realize
the necessity and the Importance of
such communication. The city that
gets the interurbans will be the city
of the future. Let no mistake be
made here. The great centers of Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09

accomplish their business. CONNER
cial and social, than foreigners are.
In this matter the spirit of the people
counts for good deal Telephone
service costs more here than it does
abroad, bat the majority of Americans
are willing to pay handsomely to save
time. Besides. this country is the
birthplace Of the telephone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
Keokuk, Iowa 80. November 8, 1909.

A popular cartoonist represents the
farmer as singing at this time of year:
THE barn is chockfull and the apples
are holed;
The harvest is DER and the crops have
been sold.
I've nothing to worry me-little TO do;
It's the townfolk who worry the long
winter through
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09
Antics Of Meat In 4 Car.

Packing house products are rather
q risky commodity to haul. because
fresh meats hung from hooks in re.
frigerator car may get to swinging vio-
lently when the train is moving rapid
" and throw cars from the tracks,
Railroad Age Gazette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-09

The state convention OF the South
Dakota Federation Of Women's clubs
has officially endorsed tie woman suf-
frage amendment. which is to be vot-
ed on next year in that state. The
cooperation OF this body is consider
ed of much Importance by the suf-
frage association.