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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
COERCION OF LABOR
WoRkMEN ARE AT THE MERCY
OF TRUST MANiPuLAToRs.
Demand for Tariff Cut on Steel Prod
ucts Met with Threatened Cut in
Wages--Stoek Weapon OF
Tariff Barons.

Not very long ago millionaire gam.
bier in steel stocks, temporarily in
control OF important manufacturing
plants, astounded the business world
by closing down and throwing thou
sands OF employees out of work in pros,
porous times.
When this stock manipulation got
ready he opened his plants again.
Market conditions. had absolutely
nothing to do with the temporary idle
ness he forced on his men. He was
gambling on the speculative chess
board and the pay rolls Of his en-
! plOyes were his chief pawns.
II Is not surprising that employees
Of steel manufacturing plants are
again apprehensivc. They know by
experience that they are at the mercy
Of trust manipulators Steel trust Off.
cials deny that there will be any pres.
cnt cut in wages But their denial
does not cover the immediate future.
Dcmornlized prices is all the excuse
they need for reducing wages.
Balance cause and effect Steel
trust officials, in spite Of Carnegie's
rldicule, are opposed to tariff reduc.
ton, They have lately discovered
serious purpose to reduce the steel
schedules. Instantly there is furry
in Wall street and an organized
squeeze of small holders Of steel
stocks.
But the threat Of a tariff cut on
steel products has far wider and
deeper effect than the stock tickers
show simultaneously with the threat
there arises the shadow of empty din
ncr pals. There is counter threat,
though partly yelled, of wage cuts and
lockOuts II is the same old story of
cocrcing labor into an advocacy OF
high tariff.
Ever since the high tariff barons
were intrenched In power this period.
Ical coercion has been more or less
effective They do not stop at threats,
as we have seen. They close down
plants, regardless of market condi-
tons at the psychological moment
when hard times will influence public
sentiment The wage weapon is the
tariff barons' strongest.
Recent hearings" before the ways
and means committee riddled the alb
surdity Of the claim that labor gets a
fair proportion OF tariff taxes. Labor
gets the crumbs while the holders of
trust stocks and bonds divide the real
winnings Yet labor's more or less
helpless position enables the trust
barons to use 1t In the manufacture OF
public sentiment.
That is why wages nuctuate when
there is no real economic reason why
they should
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
struggle Clearly Defined.

No new congress In the history OF
the United States has ever had n more
direct commission from he people to
tighten tax burdens than the coming
one. The west is ahame with tariff
reform sentiment. The struggle re.
solves itself into one between the
money power and the masses. The
predatory trusts have the forts, the
big guns and the ammunition Not
only have they the munitions of war,
but they own the ablest generals and
strategical captains.
Pitted against them is the dlsor.
ganized body of American consumers.
The people know what they want, but
their campaign is necessarily against
an intrenched enemy. The people are
compelled to rely on the dominant
political party's redemption of its
pledges. They have no reason as yet
TO doubt Taft's sincerity.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
Too Soon TO Boast,

We note n certain disposition to brag
on the part Of some OF the young men
named by President Taft for high of.
fetal places. Mr., Dickinson's assur-
ances of what he is going to do and
how he Is going about II and what
tremendous things he intends to
achieve In the war department are
quite unnecessary; and Mr.. LoebB as
surances that he is going to be the
best collector of customs the port of
New York ever had, would just as well
have been omitted Discreet men
rarely inform the world in advance Of
what they are going to do; and there
is a scripture which informs us that
away back In the days of the Hebrew
prophets II was adiudged wise to be.
ware the hazards of Boosting.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
REPUBLICANS FACE A CRISIS.
Can New Administration Undo the
Evils Of Its Predecessor?

Besides the tariff, to which Presi
dent Taft would coniine the work OF
the special session OF congress, II is
almost inevitable that the census bin
vetoed by President Roosevelt will
come up for final passage, either as 1t
was passed by the SiXtieth congress or
amended to meet the objections stated
in the veto The work Of the census
bureau cannot well wait for the regu.
lar session.
The importance of the census in
making the basis for distribution
among the states Of representation in
congress and the election of president
and vice-president is so great that
every person employed In taking IT,
whether In clerical or field work,
should be chosen with an eye single
to efficiency and accuracy In the count
of heads. II the application of civil
service rules to some thousands OF
census employees left exempt by the
bill as II passed in the last congress
will contribute 20 this end, the bill
ought certainly to be amended in this
particular before It becomes a law.
II seems that everything is cut and
dried for the passage In the house OF
whatever tariff bill President Taft and
Speaker Cannon may agree upon. by
compromise or otherwise The bar.
gain appears to be already made, and
II Mr.. Cannon can hold down the lid
upon the Republican insurgents there
Will be no wide latitude in the discus
sion of schedules.
1t is a condition and not theory
which confronts the new administra.
uon. The increasing extravaganza of
the last eight years has brought the
Republican party to the necessity OF
raising more money, either BY an un.
popular bond issue or by still more
unpopular taxes. The needed rev.
enue might be provided by revising
the tariff with view more to revenue
than to protection. but neither Presi.
dent Taft nor the house leaders will
depart from the principle OF protec.
ton. The Republican senate leaders
certainly will not.
The Republican party faces the most
troublesome crisis 1t has seen since
Mckinley's first election Every party
Is in deep water under whose control
the finance and business of the coun-
try 20 wrong. The question OF the
next few months is: Can President
Tart pull his party back to dry land?
II he cannot the house of representa-.
lives TO be elected next year will sure
ly be Democratic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

PREpEsTINED TO THE EAR.
Goldfield Youngster Had Early
Learned the Value Of bubble.

Doctor Norris OF Goldfleld. New.
called his eightyear-oId son into the
library after breakfast the other morn
Ing. and regarded him with sad
frown.
Harry" he said, why sre you 90
often late at SCHOOL,"
I'm never late, father" Harry re-
sponded promptly.
Careful, son." said the doctor. TRY
TO remember. Haven't you been late
at school in the last few days?"
mo, SIR"
Then why has your teacher writ.
ten me this letter, saying you were
late three times last week."
"oh, III tell you. father, said Harry,
reassuringly. 81 don't know what kind
OF a clock they have at our school.
but I'm always on time. or course,
they start school sometimes before
get there, but that isn't my faults
it?"-Harper's Weekly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

The one certain factor in the strug.
gle is that no matter how the first bat.
tie goes the tariff reform sentiment
OF the west can not be smotbered. II
the west is betrayed in the opening
battle, by agents OF the money power,
IL will merely strengthen the peoples
determination to attain their ends
They can make and unmake con
crosses.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
Supposed Robber is Slain.

Mill Creek, lllnols.--An uni.
Identified man was shot and killed at
Tamms, south of here, Sunday morn
ing by DR.. Duncan In front of the
Duncan house. Robbery was sup.
posed to have been the mans object.
The dead man was about rs years old,
s feet inches tall, dark complexioned
and had black hair. He Is supposed
to have been coal miner. A no.
volyer. bunch of keys and q letter
addressed TO a woman in Marion, ILL.,,
were found on the body.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness. 1t is usually neces-
sary to use 80 much starch that the
beauty and inenese Of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear.
ing quality OF the goods This trou-
Bile can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch. as It can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
ar strength than other makes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

with kidney trouble,
and finally had TO un-
dergo an operation.
! did not rally well,
and began TO suffer
smothering spells and
dropsy. My left side
was badly swollen
and the action of the
kidneys much disor-
dered. My doctors
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
National Railroad Mercer.

The report that national merger
OF railroads Is In preparation Ia not
surprising. The Taft administration
has indicated its opinion that the sher-
man law was not intended to apply to
railroads. If II acts up to that belief
what have the railroad magnates to
fear, II they decide to unite?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

Every moment we acted as though
It was In time Of war.--Admiral
Sperry.
Judging from the reports received
during the progress of the cruise there
has been great Improvement In the
quality of war since Gen. Sherman
made his estimate.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

said would have to be tapped, but
began using Doan's Kidney Pills in
stead, and the swelling subsidized and
the kidneys began to act properly.
Now my health is fine" Statement
made Aug. 1, 1906, and confirmed by
Mrs. Johnson Nov. 16. 190S.)
Sold by all dealers so cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

Ex-Secretary Shaw is quoted as say.
Ing congressman are not usually
brainy. Perhaps he has reached that
conclusion after watching the Repub.
lican majority perform under the dl.
rection of Speaker Cannon.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

The standpatters believe that, with
plastic president. and a majority in
both houses of congress, they are su.
preme. Perhaps so now. but their
abuse of power will merely mean
democratic house in 1910.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
PtayInu 'possum.

How do yoah 'possum taste, suh?"
asked the selicitous waiter.
Well" responded the patron who
had ordered the article, ut tastes pref.
ty good. but II isn't 'possum."
mo, suh." rejoined the waiter; IAN
OATS a sign it's genuine. De genuine
'possum is a great pretender, sub; vas.
sub. "--Philadelphia Ledger.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
TWO YEARS OF FREEDOM.
No Kidney Trouble at All Since Using
Doan's Kidney Pills.

Mrs, ]. b. Johnson, 10 Wee St. Co
lumbia, Mo-, says: II was in misery
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

so that you can test 1t be-
fore buying.
II there il anything about
your ailment that yoj don't
understand, or II you want
any medical advice, write
TO the doctor. and he Will
answer you fully. There Is
no charge for this service.
The address Is DIR. W. b.
Caldwell. 20i Caldwell bldg.
Monticello. Ill.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
A CONSTIPATION
REMEDY FREE

There is no action Of your daily life
Of greater Importance than to see that
YOUR bowels move. They should move
at least once a day naturally, and by
that Is meant without any help. II
they do not move at least cnce day
you can consider yourself constipa,ed
and It is time you did something about
H.
You will be glad to know there Is q
way out Of the difficulty, Lemuel Ian
derdale, an old soldier at Quincy, ILL.,,
Elmer Mcmillan, OF Speed, Mo, Mrs.
Monahan, of Stonewall, Miss, and
many others we're as you are now.
But one day they awoke to the fact
that DR.. Caldwcll's Syrup Pepsin was
curing their friends, SO they bought 1t
too and It cured them. To-day, they
are loud In praise OF 1t.
What Or. Caldwell's Syrup Pop5ln did
for them It should do for you. Surely
your constipation Is no worse than theirs.
one OF whom had II since 81. II only re-
mains for you TO realize that salts are OF
but temporary good, and what you want
IS a permanent cure; that purgatlve tab
lets, cathartic pills and such violent
things make great show OF doing some
thing, but do nothing that is lasting. DR..
Caldwelrs Syrup Pcpsln Is scientific
preparation, a laXative-tonic, Il mild syr-
upy liquid that contains ingredients that
not only cure the constipation, but tone
the intestinal muscles so that they learn
again to work without help. A bottle can
be bought OF any druggist for the small
price OF 80 cents, and there is a dollar
size for families who have already found
out its wonderful value in stomach. liver
and bowel troubles, in old or young.
Send your name and address TO the doc
tor and free trial bottle will be sent you
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
Kentucky Nav GROW rurkI.b Tor,

Kentucky May Grow Turkish Tobacco.
Turkish cigarette manufacturers
want Kentucky to grow Turkish to-
bacco, imports of which have grown
from $4,000 to 100000 in only 10
years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02
WITH MOTHER A CLOSE SECOND.
!
$780,
~

"Hi, you, Willie! Watts de matter?"
"Nuthin'. I'm trainin' for q Mara
thon!"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

1t takes . has-been . long tim. 1,
md II out
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02

Mr.. Taft is pledged to give us relief
from the tariff burden. We confidently
await his definite action to that end.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-29
CANNON PROPOSES TO FIGHT
Makes Fiery Attack on Insurgents al
Kansas City.

NduSdS ~lIys
Kansas City, Nov. 29.-That the In.
surgents who are fighting Cannon will
have good lively scrap on their
hands is the opinion expressed by
those who heard the speakers address
before the Knife and Fork club here,
In which he sent few hot shots at
the insurgents camp, attacked their at
tempt to revise the house rules and
upheld the Payne tariff measure.
The senators and representatives
who call themselves insurgents" said
Cannon, and who voted against the
Payne bill, voted to increase or main
tain the duties on the industries and
products of their own states and sec.
tions. They are protectionists for
their own people, but were opposed to
protection for other people in other
sections"
Declaring that Cummins, La Fol
lette, Bristow and the other insur
gents were making the same sort OF
attack on the house of representatives
that Bryan is making, he added:
Il know of but one way to treat
them, and that 2is to fight, them just as
we fight Mr.. Bryan and his following"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-29
MALICIOUS HAT.PIN IAB.

On dit the financial department of
Bemidji's daily paper is in "a
crippled condition. - Cass Lake
Times.
. No other .paragrapher but the
assistant editress of the Cass Lake
Times would make a covert under
handed thrust like the above-a stab
in the back that cannot reflect on
the writer because of gender.
g. The financial department of Be-
midji's daily paper" was never in a
more hourishing condition, as re-
ference to either of the local banks
will prove.
=. Persons who are protected by age,
or sev, from receiving their just due
for pure viciousness should be
branded as cowardly character assas-
sins and never placed in positions
where they can do harm. The two
aged Cass Lake writer's are on the
toboggan side of life, however, and
it is really too bad that their second
childhood should be commenced in
sue h an absolutely incorrigable
manner.
Il Be good, children.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-29
AFFECTS SALOONS
in MANY COUNTIES
Indian Bureau Says Minnesota
''BIjnd Pigs" Must Close.

st. Paul, Nov. 29.-As a result ol
the activities of "bootleggers" and
other unauthorized liquor venders a
sweeping order has been issued by
the federal Indian bureau closing
many saloons in the territory ad
jacent to the White Earth and Red
Lake Indian reservations. .: =
The order was received by w. E.
Johnson, chief special Indian agent
Dozens of saloons are affected. They
have thirty days in which to dispose
of their stocks and close their doors
All of Hubbard and Becker counties
are affected, the latter one of the
principal summer and water resorts
in the state; also parts of Itasca, Nor
man, Polk and Clearwater counties
This territory is covered by the In
dian treaty of 1856 prohibiting the
sale of liquor within the district.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-29
ESTIMATED REVENUE
ABOUT $25,oo0,oo0
Corporation Tax Regulations
at Last Com mp|eted.

Washington, Nov. 29.-The corpora.
ton tax regulations are complete and
ready for the printer, reported Secre
tary MacVeagh and Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue Cabell to President
Taft at a brief conference at the
White House.
The latest estimates indicate net
revenue under it of approximately
$25,00O,OO0 annually and $4,000 corpo.
rations are likely to have to pay cor.
poration taxes.
There are many uncertainties about
its effects. In one of the far South.
west states, for instance, it has been
found that not over 10 per cent of
many thousands of corporations whose
official existence was authorized have
ever actually done business.
Improper registration in many cases
Is fully expected with such a gigantic
scheme, but the series of penalties un-
der the law will apply just the same
to those who fail to get the forms and
regulations. The mailing of the forms
and blanks to every corporation listed
in the various districts is not specific
ally required by law and is merely
to assist the corporations. Those not
registered should apply Immediately
to the collectors. All the returns are
required to be in the collectors hands
by March 1, then sent to the internal
revenue buraau here whore tho TOW
will be assessed and the taxpaying
corporations notified by June 1, the
tax to be paid July /.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-29
WORTHY OF CONFIDENCE
An Offer Backed by One Of Our Most
Reputable Concerns.

We pay for all the medicine used
during the trial, if our remedy fails
to completely relieve you of consti-
patton, we take all the risk. You
are not obligated to US in any way
whatever, if you accept our offer.
That's mighty broad statement,
but we mean every word of it.
Could anything be more fair for you?
A most scientific, common-sense
treatment is Rexall Orderlies, which
are eaten like candy. Their active
principle is recent scientific dis
covery that is odorless, colorless
and tasteless; very pronounced,
gentle and pleasant in action, and
particularly agreeable in every way.
This ingredient does not cause
diarrhoea, nausea, fatulence, gripping
or any inconvenience whatever.
Rexall Orderlies are particularly
good for children, aged and delicate
persons. ...- =. .2.r<-. :
: If you suffer from chronic or
habitual constipation, or the asso.
ciate or dependant chronic ailments,
we urge you to try Rexall Orderlies
at our risk. Remember you can get
them in Bemidji only at our store.
IL tablets 10 cents; 36 tablets Is.
cents.-The Rexall Store. Barker's
Drug Store.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-29
AMERICAN VICE
CONSUL. CT. |. J jailed? i'll
Report Says He Is Prisoner
in Nicaragua
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN

State Department Unable to Get Any
Reply to Inquiries Made to Him
q" Concerning Execution of Cannon
and Groce-Insurgent Representa-.
tive at Washington Asked to Assist
In Locating Missing Official.
New Orleans, Nov. 29.-Dispatches
received here say that United States
Vice Consul Henry Caldera, at Man
aqua, has been imprisoned by the Ze-
layan forces. No confirmation of the
report has yea been received. r-...
The dispatches say that he is miss
ing and that it is believed that he is
one of the many prisoners held by
Zelaya.,
The reason for the alleged imprison.
ment Of Caldera, according to the dis.
patches, is the desire of Zelaya to hide
from the United States government
the cruelties that attended the execu-
ton Of Cannon and Groce. -. } -.1.- .
It is known that the state depart
ment has been unable to get any re-
ply to the Inquiries they have made
concerning the execution 1t is said
the zelayan government has opened
letters and dispatches to the vice con.
sui and that these inquiries caused his
imprisonment =, ''.'' =. - .~'.
Statements from passengers and
crew of the steamship Parismina, from
Costa Rica, declare that Cannon and
Groce were captured on neutral
ground, and before their execution
were yoked together like oxen for
hours. A hundred pound weight was
tied to the yoke, according to these
reports, and the men were scourged
with a cat-o-nine tails.
Insurgents Aiding in Search.
DR.. Castrillo, who represents the
provisional government at Washing
ton, has been asked to assist in find
ing Caldera. In a message received
from Nicaragua Castrillo is said by
friends here to have received news
which makes him believe that Caldera
has been made prisoner and possibly
has been shot at Zelaya's order.
Reports from the interior coming
by way of Bluefelds are meager. The
conditions about Managua are un.
changed d" .
The insurgent forces are we'll armed
and have provisions and have cut off
the food supply of the Nicaraguan
capital. Their forces greatly outnum-
bers the zelayan forces in the capital.
BY order of Estrada, it is reported
here, General Sanez will begin a
thorough search for the missing vice
consul as soon as his troops enter the
city.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1909-11-29
HANDICAPPED
This is the Case With Many Bemidj
People.

Too many Bemidji citizens are
handicapped with bad back.
The unceasing pain causes con-
slant misery, making work a bur-
den and STOPPING or lifting an i'm
possibility. The back aches at
night, preventing refreshing rest
and in the morning is stiff and
lame. Plasters and linaments may
give relief but cannot reach the
cause. To eliminate the pains
and aches you must cure the
kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys and cure them per-
manently. Can you doubt Be-
midi evidence?
Mrs. E. E. Hanks, 223 Park
Ave., Bemidji, Minn., says: II
used Doan's Kidney Pills and the
relief I received from their use
was very great. There was dull
pain in the small of my back which
caused me much suffering. I be-
came very dizzy at times and dark
spots hoated before my eyes.
Hearing about Doan's Kidney
Pills, I procured box at the Owl
Drug Store and felt better in
every way after using them"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other. fs' - - 49,.