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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
PROTECTION IDEA RUN MAD
Incident Shove How the Policy Free
quentiy Is Carried to Idlotie
Extremes.

The general principle of protection
is beautiful, but 1t is the practical out
working of it that commands an adj
miratIon too great for adequate ex'
preston. AS for example:
A st. Louis man desired to obtain q
little West Indian chocolate for house
hold use. He wrote to a friend In the
Island of Trinidad, who sent him four
pounds by mail, on which he paid
duty at the port of st. Louis.
The chocolate is worth In Trinidad
from is to IS cents a pound. The tar
II tax is so per cent. ad valorem. This
should have made the chocolate cost,
at the most, 81 cents a pound IN ST.
Louis, exclusive of postage.
But the appraisers valued the choco-
late at so cents a pound. This made
the duty rs cents. A 80 per cent. duty
was by this rational and beautiful
process made to amount to more than
the value of the article. The cost OF
the chocolate to the consumer, to be-
precise, was 38 per cent. more than
twice It's purchase price in Trinidad
after it had paid so per cent. duty-ai
la mode.
This method Is worth dwelling on.
How was the price of so cents per
pound determined? Well, Is cents
original price, plus nine cents Duty
plus eight cents postage makes 80
cents. Then there is the profit OF the
retailer. had there been a retailer.
True, there wasn't in this case, but
why should the government suffer be-
cause of an omission like that?
The aim of a high tariff should not
be wholly forgotten in this connection
1t is to protect American industries.
And the American chocolate industry
is of equal Importance with the Green
land banana trade.
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pinnacles and monuments. Some OF tnese le@,
lures appear also in the great wan !"
sandstone on the north side of the VIDE de'
preston through which the Santa re ralIoau
crosses the continental divide east Oh uanup.
One Of the most remarkable pinnacles Oh tniS
wall is fancifully termed the Navajo Church'
Few persons who travel across the south-
west realize that In Arizona and new MeAlco
there are enormous forests of valuable TIMBER
and that the numbering Is an important hdus-
try. In both territories there are several large
forest reservations, and one of these IN Ar
IONA, the Coconino forest, with nearly o'ooo
square miles, is the largest single reserve IN
the United States. The total forest area re-
served in Arizona is Ii, 250,13O acres, or more
than $4,000 square miles, and in New Mexico
there are 1921, I'll acres, or more than l 1900
square miles. Southern California also has
several large reserves.
The Coconino forest in Arizona occupies
part of the great plateau in which the Grand
Canyon is cut, and extends to the brink of the
canyon.
The visitor to the southwest usually takes
keen interest in the Indians, who are numer-
GUS not only along the main lines Of travel,
but in many remote villages. Some tribes,
notably the Apaches, who continued to be
troublesome until a relatively recent date,
have become famous for the misdeeds that ma
terially retarded the development of Arizona
and western New Mexico. Now, however, all
is peace and tranquility. The newspapers, es-
pecially eastern ones, occasionally print ac-
counts of uprisings, but these prove to be local
~quarrels with a few individuals.
The Indians Of the southwest are Of two
kinds, differing greatly in most of their char
acteristics. One is the nomad type, represent
ed by the Apaches, Navajos, the Yumas, Pa
pagoes and Pimas, and smaller tribes; the
other is the pueblo type, which is comprised
Of rs pueblos, or villages, scattered through
central and western New Mexico, and in the
Hopi reserve, in northwestern Arizona.
Probably there is greater popular interest
in the pueblo people, for their settlements are
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
some EXPLANATION Needed.

There has been a great change I'M
the attitude Of many Of the Republican,
leaders toward the tariff. We hear
little, to take n instance, from Sem
ator Lodge about the beauties Of the
Aldrich-Payne masterpiece. Yet he
helped make 1t and, after it was
made, he pronounced 1t good. When
the people began to show their teeth
Lodge declared that the ultimate con-
sumner was "a myth" But now Re-
publicans Of all compilations are talk
ing about a commission which shalt
patch up a tariff only a little over a,
year old, which was supposed to be-
the sum of all human wisdom. Even
those who praise It admit that It will
not do as 1t is.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
HAS HURT COUNTRY
BAD EFFECT or RoosEvELT's
WESTERN SPEECHES.
Fact That the President Seems Salts
fled to Regard Himself az
Proxy Has Disturbed Credit
and Confidence.

Mr.. Roosevelt apparently wants an
other panic; but does Mr.. Taft want
one? This is a question that the presi-
dent will soon have to answer.
Mr.. Roosevelt's western speeches
have been more dangerous to credit
and confidence than to the constitu-
ton. Even his attacks upon the Su-
preme court cannot weaken the legal
powers Of that great tribunal.
But credit and confidence have al
ready begun to suffer. The Roosevelt
speeches have sent a SILVER OF appre-
hension through the world Of COM
merce and industry, not merely be-
cause the former president is preach
ing Socialism, Populism and demagogy,
but because Of the general opinion
that he is again a candidate for presi-
dent and that Mr.. Taft is contented
with the role of proxy.
If Mr.. Taft had made it plain that
he regarded himself as president of
the United States in his OWL right,
that he was no mere stopgap for any
body, there would be little cause for
anxiety, no matter what Mr.. Roosevelt
might say or do. But Mr.. Taft has en-
couraged the belief that he looked
upon himself as a proxy and that he
considered Mr.. Roosevelt his political
superior.
The meekness and humility that the
president has shown since the Rough
Riders return have deepened this i'm
preston. The fear that he has dis
played Of wounding the the Roosevelt
vanity or Of crossing the Roosevelt
will Is properly construed as evidence
of %abdication. Nowhere is there a
strong popular belief that the presi-
dent would fight to save his prestige
or that he would resent any political
insult that Mr.. Roosevelt might offer
to him. Indeed, the common opinion
is that If MI. Roosevelt decides to
take the Republican national conven-
ton away from Mr.. Taft in 1912 the
president either will not resist or that
he will wait until the battle is lost.
In consequence, all these wild popu-
listic and socialistfc schemes and poll
cies that MI. Roosevelt has presented
on his western tour are regarded as
probable issues in the next presi-
dental campaign. Commerce and in
dustry are confronting another reign
of terror such as brought on the panic
of 1907, which threw 2,000,0 900 men
out of work and cost the country hun
dreds of millions of dollars. They be
lieve themselves threatened with an
other period of government by dema.
gogy and denunciation, all because
Mr.. Taft has been a proxy.
Mr.. Taft Is doing nothing to quiet
the alarm. Does he want a panic? Is
that another Of My Policies to which
his administration Is pledged?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

Seal' "hlle IN the inland districts the mining
INDUSTRY Is the largest source of revenue. Por.
LUIS Vi Ine southwest are richly productive of
'aious numerals, notably those Nof copper, and
recently southern California has become a
nedVy producer of petroleum. The value of
the copper, oil and other products of the
ground aggregates about $75, 900, 900 a year.
II is probable that further exploration will
disclose large additional supplies of ores of
various kinds, especially those of low grade,
winch Will prove profitable under improved
methods of reduction.
me southwest presents a variety of topo-
graphic features, and many of its economic
resources are closely related to them. There
Is great range in altitude, with corresponding
variation In climatic conditions. One of the
most salient features is the wide, high plateau
of northern Arizona, which reaches an alti-
tude of 5000 feet. 1t is surmounted by vari.
Gus volcanic peaks, notably San Francisco
4. peak, which is 12,611 feet above sea level.
To the east this district merges into an
irregular series of high plateaus, constituting
the western half of New Mexico.
To the west and south it drops by huge
steps into the great region of desert valleys
or BLOSSOMS Of Nevada. western Arizona, and
southeastern California. These deserts are
wide, long plains, lying between mountain
ridges Of varying lengths and heights, ridges
which are all very rocky and mostly treeless
and trend north and south.
Diagonally across southern California there
extends the long curying ridge Of the Sierra
Madre and San Bernardino mountains, be-
tween which and the ocean lies the large oval
area known as the valley of southern Califor-
mia. This valley is the great citrus fruit dis
&rict, and Los Angeles,
There are two great rivers in the south
west, the Colorado and the Rio Grande. The
Colorado river has been compared to the Nile
and the similarity is notable. Both are
streams of the first rank, rising In high noun
tains, and finally crossing a broad region OF
semi-tropical, nearly rainless deserts. Both
empty into seas in nearly the same latitude,
and their lower courses are through wide del.
tas of fertile soil. The annual overhows add
new sediments fertile with plant food and at
a time favorable for the crops.
The agricultural capabilities are closely
similar, but while much Of the lower Nile val
ley is utilized the Colorado valley is Just be-
ginning to be settled. The watershed area Of
the Colorado, with its two head branches, the
Green and the Grand, is over 100000 square
miles, its course 1000 miles in length, and Its
annual discharge is 1000, 900 a~cre.feet, OF
enough to cover that number Of acres one foot
deep.
The sediment which it carries each veal
into the gulf is estimated to be sufficient tt
cover So square miles one foot deep. For 2Ot
miles Of its course across the high plateau o
northeastern Arizona 1t cuts the wonderful
Grand canyon, which in places is nearly
mile deep. South Of the canyon It flows mostl,
In broad valleys, but cuts through several des
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
Point Not to Be Forgotten.

In the mighty uprising of the peo-
pie against the expressions and in
EQUITIES Of the Payne-Aldrich tariff the
question of reducing the wasteful ex-
penditures Of successive Republican
congresses and administrations is al
most forgotten. During the seven
years Of Roosevelt's administration,
when expenditures were annually piled
up to exorbitant heights, the very
word economy" was taboo both in the
White House and in the halls Of con
gress. Yet how important is an issue
which the Republican campaign text
book almost ignores is Indicated by
the public declaration Of Senator AID
rich that by the application of good
business methods the expenditures OF
national administration could be re-
duced by the enormous sum Of $780,
900, 900 a year, or more than the total
net ordinary cost Of government but
three decades ago. But In the DISPOSE
tion of the public mind to dispose of
one issue at a time, and this the re-
lief from ~intolerable tariff burdens,
the necessity of retrenchment in gov.
eminent expenditures is almost lost
from Observation-Disclosures Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
Too Much Ghost Dance.

Roosevelt's tour was largely a series
of Apache dances and songs of def
ance against the bosses of the Repub-
lican party In New York. His speeches
have been more like mutations than
rational discourses. II am for honest
politics. I am for clean politics. I
am for straight politics." he shouts.
II will crush mobs. ] will crush CO..
rupt corporations he adds. ltIf they
wish a fight I'll give it to them"
What means all this? Why should
this little man be SO hot? Is Vice.
President Sherman unclean? Is Chair
man Woodruff dishonest? Is Mr..
Barnes crooked? What corporation is
he going to crush? Where Is the mob?
Who's hunting a fight?
Time was when the angry man was
a close associate of the accused trio
and shared the spells of politics with
them. There Is nc call to do a ghost
dance now.--St. Louis Post-D Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
HOW PROTECTED" MEN LIVE
Its BeneficIaries Surely Have Reasonl
to Rejoice That They Exist In
Its Shadow.

Two-thirds of the steelworkers re-,
ceive a wage not greater than $12 a.
week; only one-ifth receive more than
SIS. Let us see what a wage Of $12i
will do in Pittsburg. Fortunately we,
are able to draw upon Miss Byington'si
careful study of the budgets Of 90i
Homestead families. Thirty-two Of
these had less than $12 a week. Their
average weekly expenditures were
$9,18-or at the rate. of S477.36 a year.
How do the families fare who spend
from $12 to SIS a week? Miss Bying-i
ton gives us the items for 16 families
in this wage group, with an average
total expenditure of 1882, or a scant'
$500 a year. These families pay about
$40 a month rent, but ten of them live
with more than two persons to a room
and only five have city water in the
house. They pay on the average "a,
cents per man per day for food, but
four Of the sixteen spend less than %
cents. Clothing they buy at the rate.
Of $S1.64 a year. Fifty cents a week
for insurance provides only for burial,
should death occur. The only item
that loo'7s hopeful Is the margin Of
1888 for all other expenditures. But
the families in this group were not
self-indulgent; 20 cents paid the week
ly bill for liquor and tobacco, At cents
went for medical service, AZ cents for
furnishings and minor household ex-
penses, leaving only $1.23 for car fare,
papers, recreation, education and mis-
cellaneous expenditures.
1t is nc wonder that some Of these
16 families reported but three cents a
week for recreation.-Survey.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
The Man Behind the Grin.

AS he read the reports Of Colonel
Roosevelt's triumphal tour through
the west several vivid truths must
have been impressed upon the fat in
tellect Of William Howard Taft.
The first one, no doubt, was that the
west has not been deceived by the All
drich-Taft tariff law. The west knows
that law is all for trusts and nothing
for the people.
The seaond great truth that is now
clear to Mr.. Taft Is that the country
at large has not been won by his cor
pulent grin.
The famous Taft smile has lost It's
power to charm.
The man behind the grin has been
found to be an Aldrich in disguise.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
Republican Party False to Duty.

And this is the contamination after
years of patient and submissive en-
durance. The American people were
promised relief from the extortionsI
and exactions Of monopoly. The par
ity that had promised relief was the
party that imposed the burden. It
contracted to take off the calling yoke.
It's candida for president confirmed
and ratified, repeated and reiterated
the promise. 1t was reverberated,
from every Republican platform. It
was heralded and proclaimed through
every revolving Republican state Of
the Mississippi valley and elsewhere.
The people credulously confided in the
promises and gave the Republican par
ty another lease of power. The Re.
publican party has proved recreant to
its trust and false to its duty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

fore the year was out she was walk
ing proudly IN the arm Of a dragon
lieutenant. ever knew Of three
women who swore to each other that
they would only marry geniuses, and
here also they had their will. One
married q great painter, one a poet
and another q fAmous .dipIomatist.
That they were all three peculiarly
unhappy is not a witness against the
system, but, a proof that g~eniuses may
occasionallyb be very uncomfortable
partners Insthis case the purchasers
We're rich, and popular-and could,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

Tor to the foreign ONCE. WI Ting
fang alternates submersion and emer-
gence with a frequency and regularity
that Is fascinating to behold. Now you
see him at Washington, and now you
don't. Now he is influential with the
closest advisers Of the emperor and
now he Is In dlsfavor. He has as many
official lives rs a cat, thanks to a
longevity born Of a good constitution
and the practise Of vegetarianism, and
to the fine habit he has Of not know
Ing when he Is down and out.-Boston
Herald.
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is II Worth While?

For seven years the man of words
held the presidency. The things that
he now promises he then failed In. To
excuse himself or to delude others, he
now holds that II he can have scores
of new laws, II he can command the
courts, II he can reconstruct society,
industry and government, he may be
able In another seven or eight years
to accomplish something.
Is It worth while? In particular, is
1t worth while when we have before
our eyes in New York and In Ohio
men who have achieved notable re-
forms while other men have talked?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

thankful when at last some one comes
along and declares herself capable
and willing to lay the price.
The girl and her mother, with their
purse In hand. pass the articles In re-
view, and choose out the one which
best suits their means and fancy.
shall marry an officer" one girl
told me some time ago. with the easy.
condolences Of d. person about 10 order
. new dress; and ioi ana behold, be-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

While I will do my best to get hold
Of the thief Of the opposite party,
will try, II possible, a little harder to
get hold Of the thief Of my own party.
Theodore Roosevelt
An excellent sentiment Has Mr..
Roosevelt always acted on 1t? How
about the sugar thieves? At any rate,
It is a sentiment that should not be
exclusive with Mr.. Roosevelt. and we
know that In this generation 1t is d
long way from being exclusive with
him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

a trades and
occupations. The
women do the house
work, grin d h e
corn, make pottery.
| a n X e ts d
clothes.
The visitor is
generally impressed
b y
people and pleased
with the agreeable
home life and sim
pie h
which they readily
offer.
The interesting
features of the
southwest, notably
the beauty of the
coast region and the
special climatic adj
~vantages, Ira a
large n m b e of
tourists and health
seekers, especially
in winter, and every
year sees a substan-
tial increase in the
influx Of visitors.
Because of its
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therefore, make their choice. Others
of lesser mean would have had to
content themselves with an officer,
cavalry or infantry. according to the
dot" or a lawyer, or a doctor, or q
merchant, and SO on down the scale
From Miss Wylie's my German
Year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

70 miles south of
Flagstaff. 1t does
not, however ri
val the a t
bridges recently
discovered in
Utah. Its span
is 80 feet, its
height about 1875
t, d its
len gth up and
down the creek
is over 400 feet.
Canyon d Q
Chiefly is one of
the most notable
scenic features in
Arizona, but 1t Is
SO far off the
main line of trav-
ell that it is a r
ly visited. 1t is
cut deeply into
soft s~andstones,
which rise in YER
teal walls, with
m a y outlying
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

sunshine of its mild eli
mate will respond with
large and profitable
crops.
Unfortunately, there
Is not enough water
for all the land, but
there is sufficient, if
all were utilized, to
support a population
many times as large
as the present one. The
government is now
spending $12,000,0 900 in
projects in
Arizona and New Mex
lco which supply water
for nearly one-half mil
lion acres of fertile
lands. This will give
great impetus to devel-
opment, and in time,
when settlers take up
the reclaimed land.
there will be a large
Increase in it's agricul-
fural productions.
In the great coast
region of southern Cal
1fornia, with a popula-
ton of nearly 100000,
the principal product
Is the orange and 9th.
er fruits, with a value
of about $40, 100000 a
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29
Rut AIdrIch Ia Rrazen.

by raising the rubber tariR-in-g,
deed, by not removing or greatly rex
ducing 1t, as his party in effect had
promised-Aldrich poured millions in-l
to the Golfers Of the sole customer OIL
his own raw rubber company. "A SEN,
sitive man. caught robbirg the people,
SO wantonly, would resign.-World'aI
Wink. y. J
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ert sridges, final
ly passing out
into the wide del
ia plain extend
ing to its mouth.
The Rio Gran
de is a large
river rising in
the mountains Of
Colorado, trav-
ersing New Mex
leo from north to
south, and finally
constituting the
boundary line be.
tween Texas and
Mexico.
The definition
of a desert given
by the dictiona-
ries, "a dry,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

The wheel Df fate has turned an.
othef full circle. and WI Tingfang
comes to top again III Chiha's politics.
having Just been appointed a council
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-09-29

about 1000 feet wide and 600 deep,
with an irregular encircling rim of
loose rock fragments 120 to 100
feet high.
The petriied forests attract many
visitors, especially the most acces
sible one south Of Adamana, a station
on the Santa Fe railroad a few miles
east of Holbrook. There is a large
quantity of the material in sight here,
some of it in large logs. One Of these
logs spans a small draw as a natural
bridge.
Arizona possesses a very pictur-
esque natural bridge Of limestone
spanning Pine creek, in ella county,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-18

own western drivers. The contest can
be made into a battle royal.
The Herald automobile editor would
suggest that though the matter of local
entries be left to the respective man
agements of the three events, that
joint committee be appointed to secure
as many competitors from the east as
possible and that all three entry blanks
be sent to every prospect. Such CO
operation will mean much to boost
Southern California as an automobile
racing center. and such success Will
attend the effort that it will gain in
popularity year by year. And it is not
to be overlooked that such triple at
traction to take place within thirty
days will attract thousands of wealthy
tourists to spend the winter and their
money in this land of sunshine.
\ 1t looks now that everything will be
harmonious in working out the success
of the three meets, and the gentlemen
who have been instrumental in bring
ing about such friendly understand
ing between the Licensed Dealers as
sociation and the Motordrome manage
ment should be given full credit for
their spirit of true sportsmanship, and
the public will show its appreciation
by a very large attendance at all
events.