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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
salaries
NOT LACKING FiRMNEss.

In his article entitled Big Bust
ness and the Sherman Law" in the
March Century, Oscar King Ta~is re-
lates this incident:
Not long ago a delegation of east
ern manufacturers called upon Presi-
dent Taft upon such an errand. They
were in combination; that is, they
had made an agreement among
themselves as to some things which
they would or would not do The
manner in which the government was
proceeding against certain concerns
for violation OF the Sherman law,
and the recent decisions of the courts
in such cases, had set them to think
ing about themselves. They were wor-
ried. They did not believe that they
were doing anything Illegal, but they
had begun to suspect that the govern
ment might think they were. So they
went to the President about it.
They took with them several Of
their contracts, which they wished 20
| submit to the President for his ,er-
sonal perusal. They dilated upon their
misfortune in being unable to secure
/ from any authoritative source an accur-
! ate charting of the boundary between
| legal and Illegal business operations.
\ There must be some such line, they
| were sure But the department OF JUS
\ tice would not point it out to them
an nowhere could they get RESPONSE
I bic advice Th 2ir spokesman address.
ed the President substantially thus:
" Mr.. President. we do not feel tnat
we are doing anything wrong, but we
want to know We arc engaged in a
legitimate business, in what we think
lis a legitimate way. We do not burn
or steal, or exact rebates, or use false
weights. Now, we 81 ould like to have
you look at our contracts and see for
| yourself just what we are doing. 1t
seems to us there must be some line
/ that business can get within and be
safe, and We want to know where il
is. The Departmental justice cannot
give us advice, so we have come tc
you
But tie President did not read theil
contracts. he merely asked then
two questions. The first was DO you
seek to control prices?' and the sec
ond was, DO YOU seek to limit or con
troll ouput?'
/ ITO both of these questions tn,
J, answer was in the affirmative. There
upon the President spoke to this ef
j feet
That's al wish to- know.
don't need to read your contracts
1 You ask if you come under the Sher
: man law. l can tel. s-ou right now
!, on the answers you have just given
:, that you do
t of course, in putting these word
e in quotation marks it is not intende
d to convey the impression that they cz
actly reproduce all that conversation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
THE GATE CITY AND LOCAL
CANDIDATES.

The Gate City is asked every day
and many times every day whom it
will support at the coming primary
election for candidates for mayor and
lcouncilmen under the commission
plan. 1t seems to be taken for granted
that this paper will declare for certain
men in preference to all others and
will urge their endorsement at the pri-
mary, with all the influence it can
command. This assumption over
looks or disregards the fact that the
city primary under the new order Of
things is non-partisan affair. 1t is
the peoples election-a popular bal
lot-and the people should be left free
to make their own choice without bias
or influence one way or the other. The
duty incumbent upon The Gate City
and other Keokuk newspapers is to
confine themselves largely to publish
ing such information as will enable
the voters to reach their own conclu-
slons as to the merits of the respec-
tive candidates, and to urge upon
them to consider the field we'll and
exercise especial care in making
choice of men to administer city af-
fairs at the present important juno
ture in Keokuk's history.
There are already quite number
of candidates who are circulating Pc
titions with a view to getting their
names On the official ballot at the pri-
mary election. They are all presuma-
bly, creditable men and every one
should have fair chance, which all
would not have if the newspapers
doomed" certain ones OF them and
Iinferentially condemned the rest. In
stead, therefore, of picking out a
bunch of candidates to exploit The
Gate City will make mention of every
mans candidacy as a matter of news
and leave it to the readers to form
their own judgments and vote accord
lngly. 1t is not in accord with the
spirit of the primary law that news
paper. on its own initiative, should do
more than this. II any candidate
wants more publicity than is thus af.
forded. the advertising columns of the
paper are open to him at regular adj
vertising rates. The editorial endorse
ment of The Gate City has never been
purchased and never will be. 1t is not
for sale at any price. But use of the
advertising columns for announce
ments of candidates, portraits and 9th
er publicity features is entirely legiti-
mate. It is purely business PROPOSE
tion-as much so as the sale of the
same space to dealers in dry goods,
clothing, pianos, breakfast foods. au-
l.tomobiles, etc. In Des Moines and
other cities where the commission
plan has been in effect for some time
candidates make free use of the adj
vertising columns of the local news.
papers to secure the publicity they de.
sire. There is no reason why they
| should not do the same in Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

poration is increased with no cor
responding increase in assets. The
Peterson law does not recognize this
difference. The original investor must
have some chance for fair profit to
Offset the chances of failure. The
Peterson law does not give him that
chance.
There is nothing either IMMORAL or
unlawful in permitting corporation
to sell its capital stock at less than
par value, provided the sale is upon
full knowledge Of all interested par.
ties, and thu proceeds Of the sale are
used to increase he corporate prop
erty. As Genera. Dodge suggests,
there should be no serious objection
to soa.e fnethot. of public control IN
the Issuance, of capital stock OF public
service and industrial corporations,
but the authority passing upon such
right OF issue should have liberal dis
cretion as to the price and terms OF
sale, and, when stock is purchased
upon such an Official approval, and
paid for in the amour. agreed upon.
the stockholders liability upon his
subscription should be at an end.
Unless the Peterson law is repealed
or radically amended, Iowa cannot
expect much growth or investment IN
the building of public service or IN
dustrial enterprises.
JAMES G. DAVIS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

The bureau of statistics of the de-
partment of commerce and labor has
just published figures showing that
importations of duty free merchandise
into the United States in the seven
months since the Payne law went into
effect were valued at s12o,4s3,s22 more
than the duty free importations for
10000. Dutiable imports showed a
gain in value of 73,2S9,141. These fig
nres fully substantiate President
Taft's arguments and sweep the sand
from under the feet of the critics Of
tho new tariff law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
keokuk Iowa ~. February 81, 1910.
THE WAITING INSTRUMENT.


THE WAITING INSTRUMENT.
blame no man for failure here, for he
Who wins no crown is like an in
strument
That silent waits the Masters touch
to free
The noble numbers that within are
pent.
Untouched, and unawake. and still 1t
stands,
Despite the glorious measures it
contains
Who knows but that in the diviner
lands
Twill swell the songs of heaven
with it's strains?
-Blakeney Gray.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
WOULD REPEAL PETERSON LAW


The Peterson law, enacted by the
Iowa Legislature at its last session,
requires all Issues of corporate stock
to represent cash paid up or its equiv
alent in actual tangible property. The
language of the law is as follows:
"No corporation shall iss,.e any
capital stock. or any certificate or GER
tificates of capital stock. or any s-b-
stitutes therefor. until the corpora
ton has received the par value there
Of"
The Des Moines Register and Lead
er recently asked Ton. James G. Davis
for his views as to the practical oper-
alton of this law and received a COM
munication from him in which he
makes it quite clear that the effect Of
the enactment is to restrict and delay
many business enterprises whose de-
velopment would be helpful to the
state Mr. Davis writes:
There is thus prescribed hard and
fast infiexible rule that no corpora
ton in this state shall issue its capital
stock for lesc than 100 cents on the
dollar This sounds well in political
platform or upon the stump, but it is
| a prohibitiye provision so far as in
vestment in many very desirable and
| in some instances necessary enter
| prises is concerned. 1t is an illustra-
4 ton Of the old adage that you can
/ lead a horse to water, hut you cannot
make him drink The legislature
/ can enact prohibitive provisions of this
/ I, oil
I invest.
No state in United States and
no CITY in Iowa needs interurbans
more than the state of Iowa and the
! civ of Des Moines. yet no one will
! engage in the doubtful venture of buy
ing capital stock in a prospective IN
terurban at 100 cents on the dollar
MANY small towns and cities need
! public service plants to furnish cleo
/ tric light, gas am water. The value
I, of these plants as an earning propo
sition may be entirely prospective, de
! nending upon the growth of the town
ard educating the people to use the
service furnished. Investors will mo-
nav 100 cents on the dollar for TIL,
4 purpose of trying an uncertain exper
iment. Many industrial plants in /;
small way are proposed. the success
of which depeEis upon good manage
ment. establishing reputation. ant
the innumerable conditions, that &
nally make up successful lIsiness
At the start few people would care t
venture an investment requiring tn
full value of the face of the capita
, stock.
There is much differenra hafu,oo,
selling stock as an original propos
ton, and watering stock by mett
DDS whereby the liability OF the col
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

They have been having quite a seri-
Gus time with snow blockades in Min
nesota and the Dakotas. One Chicago
& Great Western train was stalled
for fourteen hours in huge drift
between st. Paul and Rochester, about
five miles from the latter place. and
the passengers suffered greatly from
the intense cold. In South Dakota a
Northwestern passenger train was
stalled in drift for nine hours near
Goodwin They were taken in farm
wagons to that town where they re.
manned until snow plows arrived and
released the train The Dakota and
Black Hills express on the Northwest
ern road ar we'd at Winona. Mimi.
shortly before midnight Wednesday
the first through train to reach thai
city from Rapid City, S. D., in three
days. The passengers were weary AM
suffering from the cold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
The Columbus Junction Kind.

Carroll Herald: We have known
and appreciated the fact for many
years that Columbus Junction, in
Louisa county, is middling fair sort
of a place to bring boy up in. We
have recently had occasion to modify
that ropdnion somewhat. though the
changed, state of impression is b. no
means a reflection upon the reputation
of that beautiful little town. Quite
tie contrary. They raise altogether
too smart boys at Columbus Junction,
and in proof of the averment we have
before u; at this moment a card bear
ing the inscription, Tom GrubD, Column
bus Junction. Tom is a wise guy, as
swift as they make EN-, and SO modest
about it, too.
This card informs us that Tom is q
candidate for clerk of the supreme
court and under a shibboleth printed
at one side of the card we are in
formed, under experience in Office,
that he was File Clerk under G. t.
Jones. Two Years, and General Click
under j. C. Crockett, Five Years, and
Instructed his Entire Force, Including
| the Present Clerk. Deputy Clerk Past
Two Years, Unexpired Part OF Croc-
kett's Term. In other words, when
| Mr.. Bousquet, the present clerk, who
| is again candidate, came TO serve
1 the people of iowa two years ago, this
| fine venerable man, whose white locks
and handsome old face would cure one
LOT the blues or any other old thing
| Just to look at him. put himself out
10 Tom Grub to raise. Tom not only
raised old Mr.. Bousquet, but he also
instructed his entire force. Tom says
so himself-spits it right out And
now he wants to turn the old man out
who has given him a job all of these
years. Such benevolence is com
mendable and suitable reward would
be sticl. of taffy candy.
! We submit that Columbus Junction
produces hot stuff, and while we wish
: Mr.. Grubb every success and future
of the brightest and most prosperous
kind we have to hesitatingly declare
after much earnest 1hought-for We
are always very serious when it comes
to politics, it's a rreat game-that We
can not promise Elm the influence Of
the Herald at this time. Others may
think differently and DO. differently
That is all right. But from our i'm
preston OF Mr.. Grub from Mr.
Grubb's card such genius as his II
wasted in any mere clerical place like
the clerlkship of the supreme court
He ought to be member of congress
, or perhaps senator. When he comes
to us under the proper sign nd du'
guard for some place commensurate
with his talents the Herald will prom
iss Mr.. Grub that II will think
Il over.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

but they do give substantially and fair,
" the gist of what was said on both
sides.
The Presidents callers were sur
prised and disturbed at what he told
them, but they We're more surprised
and more disturbed wheE he went on
to say that there was only one re
course lor them, and that was to quit
fooling around about what your com.
petitors are trying to do, and get back
to the old system of doing business
contemplated by the law, where com.
petition has its free and uninterrupted
play" !.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

1t is said that in western Iowa 40
per cent of the seed corn tested will
not terminate. What this means is
thus stated by thu Cedar Rapids Re
publican:
If the farmers of that section plant
that kind of seed for every 100 hills
planted they will have only sixty full
hills to grow The other forty hills will
be vacant, there will be no ears in
that vicinity when they begin corn
husking. That sort of seed corn would
cut the next crop down terriflcally.
Attention is called to the fact that
the only safe way is to test at least
one kernel from every ear that is In
the seed lot and throw away all ears
that do not terminate strong plants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

It is reported upon what seems to
be good authority that the bar of
Judge Towner's judicial district has
practically agreed upon State Senator
j. Fl. Jamison to succeed Towner on
the bench in case the latter is nomi-
mated by the Republicans for congress
and that Governor Carroll win be
asked to appoint Jamison. The ar
rangement is an admirable one in
every respect
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

The florists of the state are asking
the railroad commission to make some
regulations that will facilitate the
sending of flowers by express. They
complain that there are charges for
transfer from one railroad to an
other while having the same express
company and great delays at such
transfer places The matter is to be
taken UP this week at general hear.
ing on express rates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

3. W. Garrett, secretary Of the state
board of parole, in his resignation
writes letter in which he seems to
be very serious. He thinks that much
depends on him keeping somewhere
in office. The Tndianola Herald doubts
II he resigned for the good of the
country, and thus points out the real
reason:
I'VE think It was for the good
OF the service. However, he pledges
himself to do his best If the
people will help him defeat Uncle
Henry Bousquet. The people will not
do that. Colonel Bousquet is not go.
ing to be turned down for young
man whose publicity comes from hold
ing office ever since he was boy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Do the work that's nearest,
Though it's dull at whites,
Helping, when We meet them,
Lame dogs over stiles;
See in every hedgerow,
Marks of angels feet,
Epics in each pebble
Underneath our feet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

The Jacksonville Courier tells Of a
man who started twenty-five years
ago as farm hand in Pike county,
HI, who paid s125 an acre for
400-acre farm in that shire the other
day. He already owned 1000 acres in
the same locality. Either farming
in that county must be exceptionally
profitable or the hired man in question
married dignified sum of money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
Copyright. 1909, by Joseph Medill
Pattcr~-'- So H-rrict Ford.
(Continued.)

oh. / understand. he answered
feelingIy.
Brand and Nolan went into the IL
brary TO smoke. Hardly bad they dis
appeared when Pitcher entered the
drawing room as an escort for Judge
BartNmy and his daughter Judith.
Brand had not erred few minutes
previous when in the same room he
had pronounced The judge to be the
best handler Of people" in the city.
The conversation which ensued be-
tween the .iurist and his daughter as
they awaited their hostess well Illus
trated his reasons for accepting, with
his daughter. Mrs. Nolan's Invitation.
When Pitcher had gone in search OF
Mrs. Nolan it was the girl who first
spoke.
Father she said, Il want you to
know that I've been to i've teas this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

It Is to be hoped the weather viii
moderate now and give the hens q
! chance to lay eggs. Also permit the
workmen to make substantial prog
ress on the Keokuk and Hamil-
ton water power dam. The earlier
spring comes this year the better for
this community.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

The high cost of living is explained,
according to a correspondent of New
York newspaper, by "the lazIness of
the home-makers," who no longer
cook, bake, pickle and preserve, but
buy expensive prepared foods from the
baker and grocer. There Is no doubt
that modern methods of preparing
foods are large factor in the case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

snctH duftcs.
afternoon. I'm doing you g-eat ia
vor to come to this one
Yes. my dear; ! appreciate it, but
social duties
The girl laughed shortly.
Now, this doesn't come under the
head Of social duties
"Oh. yes" the judge answered
quickly. If you view society in its
broader sense. Beyond your little
world is larger one where caste is of
small consequence and where all men
should be OF service to each other"
But the Nolans--they certainly
haven't been Of service to your ques-
toned the girl.
He glanced sharply at Judith.
but wish tneun 10 be. and were
getting on-were getting on
Their paper keeps gong for yor
just as much rs ever. father. don't
suppose one ought to nnnd it, but /
do
Judith. Noans have lived in every
age i'll every country pronounced ln,
jurist. He's u composite of anarchis.
aud autocrat. Eventually the autocraI
in him VIII triumph. Jusr now ne's
bounding old institutions. /. Tor III
stance. represent TO him the Judiciary.
and he attacks me No consequence
whatever, but l'm here In defense oi
the United States bench. My cause is
the cause OF my colleagues. tell you
Judith, ] know the breed. know how
10 get the venom out of his fangs. III
plomacy. my dear-diplomacy"
Judith became enthusiastic.
Father. believe you would have
been a great prime minister in the old
days."
The judge Strengthened up. smiling
pleasedly at his daughters compliment.
tary estimate of him Hardly that.
hardly that" he protested. he became
reflective. ''They were feeble old men.
for thousand years courteously NOV
ing kings and their armies like pawns
on chessboard. They were always
very tactfui. Judith. those princes Of
the past"
"Oh." she admitted. you never fall
to illustrate your point. whatever II
is!m
Just inagine.'' said her father
what one Of those old fellows would
do in this case"
Yes. suppose you're right. and in
the end you'll make these people SEE
how wrong they've been about you"
'Oh. yes." he went on confidently
"As they become accustomed to theil
prosperity you viii find that the demo
| gogism of their paper will be nodi
fed and ultimately vanish" He seat
| ed himself near his daughter.
| THAT would he terrible blow fol
( Wheeler. wouldn't it!' she suddenly
| asked.
Wheeler. oh. Wheeler. Hes al
entirely different type-the idealist
the fanatlcal idealist. I'm sorry.
always liked the boy His hearts al
1 right, but his heads all wrong. and
hope he's merely passing through ,
phase.
Il don't think you quite understai,
Wheeler. father" responded judith
i ising
4 lie took sc'd ~ fln .tirl's binds
4 Ito be continucd.)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
RURAL CARRIERS SALARIES

Senator Bankhead of Alabama has
introduced bill in the senate to In
crease the salaries of rural mail car
riers. Under this bin the rural car.
riers will be divided into ten classes
according to the length Of routes and
they will receive the following yearly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Bloomfield Republican says the
farmers of Iowa have been too busy
making money to give much time to
highway improvements.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

Mob violence is worse than war,
and everybody knows what General
Sherman said war is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

Ole Rye Is candidate for council.
man at Sioux City. He ought to be
popular-in that community.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

The Sioux City Tribune observes
that there is so much deeply hidden
meaning in some poems that it could
not to be dug out with long han
died shovel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

The extravaganza OF New York
women is appalling. They smoke up
100000 year. ''Just think how many
cigars that money would buy for their
husbands. exclaims the Jacksonville
Courier
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

Il looks as if the meat boycott had
been boycotted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

within year.. predicts the Coon
Rapids Enterprise, "even Taft's most
bitter opponents will either be in
dorsing him or Withholding criticism.
When Roosevelt speaks there will be
no Republican openly opposing Taft"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
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giving notice Of the fact.
Address all comnnuntcations TO
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27

Prof Zueblin says women ought to
have the ballot in order to free her
from the trammels of circumlocution.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says it
doesn't know what that disease it. If
it is disease-but maybe she had
better call doctor.