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The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01
The Peanut Factory.

The Peanut Factory.
The location Of the long discuss.
ed peanut factory Of the Balm Pea.
nut Company, Of Virginia, was
definitely settled last Monday. At
a meeting of the executive com.
mittee of the Chamber Of Com.
MERGE, full authority was given the
committee having the establish.
ment Of the industry in hand, to
act in whatever manner tit deemed
best.
Mr.. Balm, who has made several
visits to Shreveport, in connection
with this matter, expressed himself
we'll pleased with three Of the sites
for the plant shown him, two Of
which are located in Shreveport
and one in Bossier City. This lat
ter. will cost the Chamber upwards
Of $1,000.
The requirements for the pur.
chase of this tract are that the
factory will remain in operation on
the site for FIVE years before the
title Of the site reverts to the Balm
Company. Otherwise the organi-
cation willretain title. 1t is con.
sidered that the Bossier City site
will prove the most available for
the industry, on account Of the
size Of the factory and that the
operation Of the plant creates
much dirt and dust.
The value Of the sites in Shreve-
port were estimated atrespectively
$4,000 and So 900. It is expected
that this plant will be one Of the
most extensive of its kind in this
section Of the country. The fact
thata very large area will be
planted in peanuts this year,
will furnish the factory with album
|dant material with which to begin
operations, while its establishment
will be an incentive to increase the
cultivation Of peanuts in North
Louisiana, the soil Of which is so
we'll adapted to. their successful
growth.
The final deciding Of the site for
the factory to the Chamber Of
Commerce will close the negotia.
|tions forts establishment at this bis
Ipoint.
This: plant will be one Of the be
Inost extensive in the South and
will cover several acres Of ground.
THE building will cost upward Of
$4,000, and several storeh ouses
/ will be erected that will cost from
$4,000 70 $4,000 each, The fac,
/ tory will employ over 100 men tc
Ioperate it. Louisiana State Farm.
] Ell, Shreveport.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01
WHO WILL IT BE9

The death Of Senator McEnery
leaves q vacancy in orr represen-
tation in the u. S. Senate. As the
Legislature is in session and the
may not fill the vacancy
BIZ appointme nt, the: legislature
must eIeet.
The news comes from the state
capitol that it is proposed to elect
our young governor, J. Z San.
ders to the vacancy. This would
make Lieut. Gov. Lambermont
Governor and Senator Barrett #of
Gaddo, Lieut. Governor.
This would suit US TO the
round, and 50 We say, let the ball
roll. .=
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01
Old Soldiers I Turned Down.

Old Soldiers Turned Down.
The amendment Of Senator Og.
lesby to the appropriation bill in.
creasing the amount given the
veterans Of the Civil War to $780,
900 was turned down. The
amount now given is inadequate
to relieve the old heroes, but other
interests must come first. We
are glad to see that our senator.
at least has their interest at
heart.
Senator Oglesby tried to get the
general appropriation bill amended
by the senate today, so as to give
the Confederate soldiers pension
Of s25O,0O0, increasing the amount
from $175,00O year. He failed
in his efforts, however, and the
bill will go through the Senate
Monday as it came from the
senate finance committee. 1t
will then go to the house for con-
curence in the amendments.
II agree that this is the big
gest revenue bill that we have
SEEM" said Senator Oglesby. We
find the colleges Of the state have
been increased. The Louisiana
State University has gotten $780,.
600. / have no fight to make on
the educational institutions, but
for Gods sake, don't neglect the
unfortunate insane and the old
Confederate soldier. Don't turn
your back on the old soldier, who
fought our battles in 1861 to
1866. In the pension office, right
in this building, there is on file a
long list Of old soldiers waiting for
the state to give them the pension
they deserve. Two years ago we
increased the constitutional limit
| of this appropriation to $25O,O00.
If we do not mean to give these
old soldiers the money, what IN
| the world did we increase the
limit for. What are we going to
SAY to these old veterans when we
get back to them? We must tell
them that we had money enough
to take care Of our educational in.
situations handsomely, but could
not proVide for tbem.''
Senator Wimberly supported
| the efforts Of Senator Oglesby to
Increase the appropriation for the
veterans. Senator Voegtle G said
that it was propersto take care q
the veterans, and none would be
/ gladder than he to see their appro
!. p1iation incre ceased, but the state
simply could not spend more
money than il took IL and this
would be what it would do if the
| amendment was added. The mo
.|tion to reco mmit was lost and thlf
amendments Of the committed
adopted. Baton Rouge State
| Times.
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01
Judge Murff,s Announcement.

/ TO The Democratic Voters Of the
Fourth G ngressional District.
Ny Dear sirs:
Some months since ! issued a
letter, which was published in the
papers, in which { charged our
present Congressman, Mr.. Wat
kins, with violating his party
pledges and the Democratic Plat.
form by voting with the Republic
cans and for Republican measures
that were in direct conflict with
party instructions.
Believing that no good Demo.
crat could endorse bis actions, l
intimated that I would make the
race against him, provided the
Democrats did not think there
was a more available candidate
for the place. Having waited for
some time and no other man hav-
ing been suggested and having re.
ceived hearty endorsement from
many Of the leading citizens
throughout the district, | have de.
cided to make the race.
[ shall not boastof my virtues
but | leave you to judge me from
my record, for it is what We DO,
and not what we SAY, that
measures the man.
/ represented the parishes Of
Bossier, Webster and Bienville.
for eight years as District At.
torney, and the parish Of Caddo
for three years as District Judge.
I shall not call upon outsiders
| to vouch for my Democracy, but
lay my record at your feet, as my
only witness, and let you be my
judges.
MY platform, if elected, will be
that Of my party and my people;
and if the time ever comes when |
cannot carry out the mandate OF
the Democratic party, Z shall re-
turn it with my commission unsul.
llied, to the people who gave it. /
shall not bedraggle it in the
dust and mire Of Republici nor
sacrifice its principles upon the
laltar Of Especial Interests
shall not tear from it one single
/ plank, or write into it one single
policy antagonistic to Den ocracy,
nor shall I put up my own opinion
against the combined wisdom Of
1 the party. fit be silent. upon
] any principle Of gov ntal pol.
icy / shall be guided by that lead.
Ling tenet Of Dem cracy, Equal
rights toall and special privileges
Ito none" / have no fight to
make against any man or class OF
/ men, 50 long as they recognize the
] rights ofsthe people, but will op'
4 pose with all my energy any
! measure that seeks to make the
I masses Of the people pay an unfair
Tribute to the Especial Interest
|class, no matter under what pre-
1text it is sought to be done.
It has been said that a poor man
cannot The elected to Congress IN IN
i less the Especial Interest" class
'lare back Of him. If this be true,
lit is SO because the people
1alloW the Special Interest
4 class to control and dominate
1 our politics. !. believe the Tins
/ has come when Che people must
J make q strong fight for Dem CORA
Icy, which stands for : government
4 for and bysthe people While ]
\ am q poor man, and shall doubt.
] Hess be. posed a. 4, every step b
1.-THE Especial Interest class,
have still an abiding faith IN De
moeracyy and the pie, and with
their help can vii
have no private Secretary
paid ~ the Goyernme to keeI
1.-THE mails flooded with h Literature
Lin my behalf = Or can 6 send yor
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01

There is no doubt that the high
| prices Of meat are the results Of
the scarcity Of cattle and hogs, and
I twill take several years to over
come the shortage even if the.
farmers and stock raisers increase
the size Of their herds. The p0pu..
lation Of: the country is inere easing
rapid and cons antlyy not only.
nature but by immi ration.
These facts would seem to suggest
Itothe farmers and !. stock raisers
that It is a. good bus mess PROPOSE
Ition to arrange for the proc uction
o,f:as man hogs and cattle as pos:
|sible, since 5eondi tions max - very
leYide that the profit to be
derived from this ind ustry will Sbe
Igood for years ] to &C me, cspe cially
where the raiser of these animals
Iis=ill q positi to pro- luce the corn
and other food ne essary to their
/ grow hand fat TENN Indeed it
seems that there il, to use g some
what Sian 81 ex essiol cincll'p'
on q good prof being realized BIZ
1.-The hog and cattle raiser for some
/ time to CON N ansfald JournaL
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01
NJ d REF

Foley's Kidney Rsned will cure ,liI,
any aaa'. case of kidney and bladder
trouble not md HE reach 81 med
lcilse me tciIle more M
Sud br $40 i
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01
A Wild Blizzard Raging

brings danger, suffering often death
to thou ands who take colds, coughs
and Slagrippe hat terror of winter
and spring. Its danger signals are
stuffed up' nostrils, lower part Of
nose sore, chills and fever, pain in the
back Of head, and q thro at-gripping
cough. When grin attac Ks, as you
value Your life, don't delay getting
DR.. King's New Discovery. One
bottle cured me, z writes a. L. Dunn,
Eof Pine Valley. Miss, after being
laid up three weeks with grip. For
sore lungs hem rrha ges, oughs, Odds,
whooping cough, bron chitis, asthma,
it's supreme. soc. 81. 90 Guaranteed
by all druggists
The Comrade. (Winnfield, La.) 1890-1914, 1910-07-01

,ite The fact that ours is a
Eee eosllltlty llas more public
nlore aW.nlsl kers and
lla more ernnent than
ether and man he others
her there could be
sl BIO ofllee Tor ever citizen il
would created but Some body
% lsft @ sup port DC army
lIieas l,olsIe az
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-08-13
No. 4666.

No. $685. 49,
Notice of Expiration of Redemption.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR,
County Of st. Louis State of Mime
sofa.
To ]. Daley: Is
You are hereby notified that at a tax
Judgment sale held on the 18th day of
eel of land, situated in the County Of
St. Louis and State Of Minnesota, to-
wit: E.r -
The Southeast quarter Of the South
tion Thirty-four go. Township Fifty
seven (57), Range Twenty ~, accord
Ing to the government survey thereof,
was sold to the State Of Minnesota for
the sum of One and $1,000 ($1.83) Dol
1910: assigned by the State Of Mime
sofa for the sum Of Six and 97-100
s6.9D Dollars; that the amount re-
quired to redeem said parcel, exclusive
OF the costs to accrue upon this notice,
is the sum of Six and 97-1OO ($6.97)
Dollars, and interest as provided by
law to the day such redemption is
made, from July End, 1910; and that
the tax certificate issued upon said
holder thereof, and the time for re-
demption of. said parcel from said sale
will expire sixty days after the service
OF this notice and proof thereof has
been filed in my office. ~ = - II +.
T., Witness my hand and official seal
this 9th day OF July, 1s1o:
Auditor Of st. Louis County, Minnesota.
(Official Seal.) s42. .s.I .,-- - So = "
: By. L. A. MARVIN, Deputy.
L. w., Aug. Is, 20, ~ 1910. &c.. T..
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No. 9665.
Notice of Expiration Of Redemption.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR,
County of St. Louis, State of Mime
-, sota.
To Gunder E. Bakkla:
You are hereby notified that at q tax
Judgment sale held on the 18th day of
eel of land, situated IN the County of
st. Louis and State Of Minnesota, to-
wit: - 49,. ~. !. e..
The Southwest quarter of the North
west quarter (SWA of NWA) of Sec
ton Thirty-four (34), Township Fifty
seven $50, Range Twenty (2O), accord
ing: to the government survey thereof,
was sold to the State of Minnesota for
the sum of One and S3-100 ($L83) Dol
lars, and was on the End day OF July,
1870 assigned by the State Of Mime
($7:2Dz Dollars; that the amount re-
quired to redeem said parcel exclusive
OF the costs to accrue upon this notice,
is the sum Of Seven and 24-1O0 ($7.24)
Dollars, and interest as provided by
law to the day such redemption. is
made, from July End, 1910; and that
the tax certificate issued upon said
sale has been presented to me by the
holder thereof. and the time for re-
demptton of said parcel from said sale
will: expire sixty days after the service
been, filed in my office. = =. ,. = :.
Witness my hand and official seal
this 9th day OF July, 1910; -.
Auditor Of st. Louis County, Minnesota,
(Official Seal.) *
By l.. A. MARVIN, Deputy.
L. W., Aug. Is, TO- ~, 1910.
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: TO |: J : THE !: ! i j | !
FARM

~HE high cost of living, or the
"cost of high living" as James
j. Hill puts it, is subject
which just now is engrossing
the attention of the entire nation. The
cost Of the necessaries of life has been
steadily increasing since 1896. Tie
symptoms have been viewed with in
creasing alarm by nearly all classes
Within the last year the matter has
reached an acute stage. The average
increase in, the cost Of necessities from
Jan. 1, 1909, to Jan. l, 1910, was 11.7
per cent. The Increase over July l.,
1896. was CT per cent.
The wage and salary earners in the
cities have seen the dread line'' grad
ually drawing closer. The margin be-
tween income and expenses. narrow at
best, has shrunk to the vanishing
point. All this while newspapers have
been shouting prosperity. forgetful of
the old maxim that the real prospect
ty of a nation is the citizens margin
of saving
Whatever the cause of this increase
in the cost of necessities and comforts.
there are but two ways in which the
citizen as an individual can meet it.
The first is to increase bis income,
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- No 1904 49, :. ::.l
Notice of Expiration of Redemption.
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR,
County OF st. Louis, State Of Mime
= sOta. 49, - ,a +
To Gunder E. Bakkla:
judgment sale held the 18th day OF
May. 1907, the following described par
eel Of land. situated in the County of
St. Louis and State of Minnesota, to-
wit: E..
The Northwest quarter Of the South
west quarter (NWA of SWA) Of sec
ton thirty-four (3D, Township Fifty
seven (5D, Range Twenty 600 accord
ing to the government survey thereof
was sold to the State of Minnesota for
the sum Of One and 83-10O ($1.83) Dol
lars, and was on the End day of July,
1910. assigned by the State of Mime:
($7.25) Dollars; that the amount re-
quired to redeem said parcel, exclusive
Of the costs to accrue upon this notice,
is the sum OF Seven, and 25-1.v ,~7.2o)
Dollars, and interest as provided by
law to the day such redemption is
made. from July End, 1910, and that
the tax certificate issued upon said
sale has been presented to me " the
holder thereof, and the time for re-
demption Of said parcel from said sale
will expire sixty days after the service
been filed in my office.
Witness my hand and official. seal
this 9th day Of July, 1910.
= o. HALDEN,
Auditor Of st. Louis County, Minnesota.
tOficial Seal)
:: BY L. A. MARVIN, Deputy.
L.. W., Aug. 10, 20, II, 1910. y
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USING CORN FOR FUEL IN 1896.
and the second is to lower his stand
ard Of living The wage Garner, band
ed together with his fellows in a un-
ion, has been able to increase his
scale of wages to some extent. though
not nearly enough to fill the gap be-
tween income and expenses. The wage
Garner who does not belong to a un-
Ion has profted to some extent by the
general rise in wages. though not so
much as the union man.
The salaried man has borne the hard
est brunt of the rising prices. He be.
longs to no union, and his demands for
increased pay have brought little re-
Spouse.
All classes that are compelled to
work for living have had to turn to
the other alternative in a greater or
less degree. They have been forced to
lower their standard of living. The
first item to be attacked is the food
supply. Russell Sage once said, LAS
the cost of living increases the use of
meat decreases, the proportion of dark
rooms increases and child labor be-
comes PLENTIFUL Less meat means
poorer nourishment, less resistance to
disease and higher death rate Other
foods of cheaper quality are used.
Oleomargarine takes the place of but
ter Cold storage eggs are luxury
and fresh eggs unknown, and cheaper
brands of canned goods are used.
Aside from food. the big item of ex-
pense in the city is rent. In order to
keep up with the increased cost Of
things property owners have been fore
ed to raise rents. The frenzied crowd
Ing Of the people to the cities has en-
abled landlords to make these increas-
ed rents effective. The result is that
a house with a porch and bit of lawn
has become a luxury. and more and
more the middle classes. the classes on
, whom prosperity should react most IA
vorably. have been forced into flats
and apartment houses. The poorer
classes have moved into tenements
The nigh cost of room has made crowd
Ing inevitable. Human beings have
been forced to herd together like cat
tie or worse. The modern dairy barn
: Is palace beside some of the tene.
ments that pass muster as human hab-
,itations.
Many causes have been advanced BY
economists and others to account for
the rise in prices. Many blame the
tariff, but that will not explain why
prices are rising nearly as rapidly in
England as in the United States. The
economists favorite reason is in the
increase in the supply of gold. Money
Is becoming cheaper. be says. and
therefore 1t takes more Of it to buy
q given amount Of any commodity.
. This explanation sounds very. plausi-
BILE, but it does not explain the fact
that prices have at other: times gone
down in the face Of increased. gold
production. The gold supply is un-
questionably a factor influencing ris-
ing, prices. That it is the fundamental
factor may well be doubted -.
s Other writer's try to lay the whole
trouble to the growing extravaganza
Of the American people and to the In
creased standard Of living. 1t is true
that at the present time we regard as
necessaries what yesterday were luxu-
ries. This Increase III the standard Of
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OVERCROWDED TENEMENT DISTRICT IN A
3, ~ GREAT CITY. !. 49,.
to the 12,OO0,OO0 people who are doing
nonproductive work and to the 10000
600 people who do not work at all.
And because the changed ratio Of sup
ply and demand are enabling the farm
er to make a profit where before he
worked at a loss there is great outcry
over the high cost Of living. This out
cry will not change things in the least
Neither will boycotts nor anti-meat So
cieties. d. II 5 5t.5 K: { "a: =s#
There IS only one remedy, a reversal
Of the tide Of popular ton. The abnor-
NAL growth OF cities must be checked.
Farming must be restored to its proper
place in the Industrial world. IN the
succeeding articles we shall note some
Of the forces that are bringing this
about. Ell s. 3s q. ~ 81 s3s3y .s5Es
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Order of Hearing ON Petition for Pro-
O. bate Of Foreign Will.

order Of Hearing ON Petition for Pre-
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY Or
st. Louis.-ss. In Probate Court
In the matter Of the estate OF Mary
\ Mcclure, Decedent. sassSS5ssS
Certain Instruments purporttng to be.
authenticated copies Of the last VIII
and Testament Of Mary MCGUIRE and
Court in and for the County Of Cook.
State of Illinois, having been presented.
to this court, and the petition OF John
] McDougall, being hled herein. rep.
said decedent, then being resident
of the County OF Cook, State OF Illinois,
died testate In the County OF Cook
State OF Illinois on the 18th day ofs
May, 1910, leaving estate in the Coun.
ty Of st. Louis. State Of Minnesota.
and that said instrument has been az
lowed, and admitted to probate as her
Will in the court above named. nd
admitted to probate in this state, and
s that letters TeStamentary be issued
thereon to Leonard Thonasson. s.,
T. nefds that said petition
bate Court Rooms in the Court House
in Duluth. in said County, on Nohdayrs
on the 22nd day OF August. 1910. IS
sterested ii said hearing and I'm il ss Ia
matter are hereby cited and requifAds
at said time and placSs to show cause.
II any there be- why said petiti0nS
Ordered further, that this orderSs6es
served by publication In the Labor
World according to- law, and i that y q
copy of :, this order be e served on thsS
not later than ten days prior to sa16
day Of hearing So sass tx
Dated at Duluth. MINI. Jul 23nxsss
Esf3 i. B.aM1DDLEsCQFE.s ~
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ton. however, ard is something TO he
encouraged rather than DISCOURAGED.
Furthermore, it: is responsible in but
small degree for the increase in the
cost of living. The increase in the
standard of living has manifested it.
self most strongly in better houses.
better clothing and more ,conveniences.
Yet the great increase in cost has been
not in these materials but in food.
Between July /, 1896, and Jan. i. 1910
breadstuffs and live stock increased in
price 108 per cent. During the same
period the increase in the textiles was
: 73 per cent. in metals IS per cent and
in building materials only Is per cent,
That luxurious living has had much
to do with the increased prices cannot
be denied. That it is wholly RESPONSE
BILE is far from the truth. =. =
If we are to seek the real cause of
this crisis that confronts our country
we must go back to the old cause Of
supply and demand. coupled with other
factors that have grown out of this.
The period from 1870 to 1895 was the
period of development of the middle
west, the bread basket Of the world.
Here were lands of unparalleled fer
tility that had merely to be scratched
to give forth their bountiful> supplies.
The result was that the markets of the
world were flooded with :foodstuffs.
By 1896 the middle west was pretty
we'll settled. The bloom Of it's virgin
fertility had been removed: Soon the
days of using corn for fuel and wheat
to feed the hogs were past. Prices of
farm products began to rise. If there
had been no other factor entering in
they would soon have reached a nor
NAL level, and the readjustment would
have come with little trouble. Unfor-
tunately the tide of population toward
the cities had become too strong to be
turned in day.
From 1880 to; 1900 the percentage Of
farmers decreased from 44.3 to 1856,
decrease of 81 per cent. During the
same period the percentage of persons
engaged in manufacturing increased
from 21.S to 24.3. This increase of 25
per cent is no more than normal and
may be accounted for by the increase
in the standard of living and the con-
sequent demand for manufactured ar
ticles. The increase in professional
lines during this time was eight-tenths
of per cent. while the number of per-
sons engaged in domestic and personal
. service decreased one-tenth Of per
cent :. . r.
The great increase came in the num-
Der of persons engaged in trade and
transportation, an increase of SO per
cent. OF the 1853 per cent Of the work.
ing people engaged in trade and trans
portation in 1900 only nine-tenths were
engaged in transportation proper The
others, 1914 per cent of all the people
of the United States who work, were
simply middlemen. Complete, figures
since 1900 are not available. but the
cityward trend has increased rather
than diminished
Here is the true explanation Of the
high cost of living. There are more
than one-third as many men engaged
in distributing food as there are in
! producing it. The consumers dollar
is worn thin before it gets to the pro-
Queer. The 100000 men who farm
| must supply food to the 100000 peo-
! pie who are working In the factories,