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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
RoYcoITIMG.

There IS an element of humor in
the present boycotting situation. Some
of the labor organizations issued in,
structions to boycott the farmers pro.
ducts. Then some of the farmers pro
tested against the actions of the labor
organizations and started movement
to do little boycotting on their own
hook. This Immediately brought q
counter protest from the unions and
there you are. The unions, to be con-
sistent, should not object to the farmer
making use OF the boycott, and the
farmers in adopting the same plan,
give up their right of protest against
the action of the unions.
The boycott feature Of the present
situation does no good to any one, no
matter whether it is union labor, or
whether It is the farmer or any other
particular business or association.
Movements of this kind do not advance
business. They simply are the
means of intense argument, out of
which grows but little good.
The farmer has the same right, no
more and no less, that any one else
has, to fight in any legitimate way
those who oppose him.
In matters of citizenship and re-
sponsibility, all people, organized and
unorganized, and all associations and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
Court Decision in Kansas Case
is Also Held to Apply to Iona

Des Moines, Feb. 3.-The United
States supreme court in decision on
the Western Union case in Kansas,
sustained the contention of the Great.
er Des Moines committee and CONNER
cial club in their contention that the
Iowa statute forcing foreign compan-
les to pay a filing fee on capital stock
is unjust. N. T. Guernsey yesterday
was asked about the effect Of the de-
cision as regards Iowa Mr.. Guernsey
said:
The Greater Des Moines committee
and the Commercial club have been
vlndicated by the supreme court of
the United States. The advance sheets
of the decision of the Western Union
case in Kansas have just reached here
and are followed by the decision on
yesterday of the Pullman case from
Kansas,
1t will be remembered that active
business men here protested against
the attitude of the state as to the Bar.
Der Asphalt company in attempting to
require it to pay large sum for the
right to manufacture here, as against
the best interests of the city.
The two decisions mentioned lay
down the proposition that corpora
ton engaged in interstate commerce
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

may not be taxed one dollar for each
thousand dollars of authorized capital,
or any other per cent of its capital as
a condition precedent to its right to
do business in state, and that an at
tempt to tax one of these corporations
one account of its business in Iowa,
on Its total capitalization, including
that outside of the state, Is in viola
tion of the federal constitution.
"The business men of Des Moines
will be especially interested in these
decisions. They mean that, notwith-
standing the attitude of the legisla-
ture of this state with reference to for
eign corporations, these corporations
have the right to do business in Iowa
and cannot be subjected to a prohibit
tive tax if they attempt to exercise
that right. 1t means, for instance, that
the Barber Asphalt company cannot
be driven out of Des Moines and that
tn American Can company, which has
property in Davenport and is manufac-
turing there, cannot be driven out of
the state. 1t means that the large busi-
ness concerns of the United States
which find it to their advantage to
have branch plants in Des Moines or
elsewhere in the state are not to be
excluded by prohibitive tax"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
Home Course
In D0rrlestic
Science
W. Vegetables lin the
Diet.
BY EDITH G. CHARLTON.
In Charge of Domestic Economy. Iowa
State College.
copysisht.s 1910. by American Press
Association.

ifM\ HERE are three main reasons
n for cooking-viz, ~ to develop
| n favors and make foods more
palatable., (9 to make some
foods more ,digestible and (8) to kill
germs. AS rule, simple methods for
preparing foods are preferable because
lthey preserve the original flavor. Veg
Ietables. which will form the principal
subject of this article, are better when
cooked simply without the accompani-
ment Of other ingredients.
In cooking any food the first great
essential to success is to be accurate
lin method. Accuracy in measuring
and combining ingredients with a
knowledge of the effect of heat on diff
ferent food materials, combined with
interest in the task, can almost always
be relied upon to insure successful
finished product. Indeed, It can be
safely stated that there Is no such
thing as luck In cooking. Success de-
Ipends upon knowledge Of certain
physical and chemical phenomena
which always occur under certain con-
tditions. 1t is ignorance of or lack OF
attention to these underlying principles
which results in so many unsatisfactory
and indigestfbe dishes being served ON
our tables.
Composition of Vegetables.
There are variety of food mate
'riais which cannot be classed as nutri-
tious. and yet they have a distinct
value In the diet. For instance. fresh
fruit and vegetables are not especially
lnourishing as far as making blood and
muscle and giving heat and energy are
concerned, but both should be given an
important place in the daily bill OF
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

high price of $40 to SIG per ton Farm
ers in our own neighborhood, who
usually had corn to market, are buy
ing corn to feed this year.
The epidemic that has spread over
portion of the corn belt has caused
the rooters to be placed on the market
at 125 pounds. For two or three years
past, the high priced corn has thinned
them out so you can't find a bunch of
fat hogs any more on the ordinary
farm unless man is Just feeding
them for his health and hates so bad
! to give them up. | know several farm
ers who area sat present looking for
hogs for their own meat and who are
buying butter back on the farm. You
cannot find fat hog on the farm ex-
cept their own meat and brood sows,
in our entire community If he is fat.
| II is by chance and an S0-pound pig at
that. SO the laboring man has no more
kick coming than We
The shortage of cattle is something
| over 100000 over year ago and hogs
close to 100000 | say amen to the
Farmers Wife" in Fridays daily |
paid $40 for small milch COW few
days ago, that weighs about 900
pounds that has not been fresh for s
months and it will be five months be-
fore she will be of much benefit to us,
and then wonder why butter is up
s 1-3 cents a pound.
A few short years ago good milch
cows could be had at $40 head, from
that on down; then we paid 500 a
month for hands. Good old bossy,
fnt ~,,I,
eye at the buyer when he says SIS.
1t will be an even hundred soon and
the hand by the month gets $28 to $50
per month. washing, board ION this
high priced meat, eggs and butter) a
team Of horses fed in the barn, livery
stable style, and your rigs run out in
the weather SO his buggy can stand IN
the driveway or in the shed. Count at
least $14 per month for board and
washing, s14 per month for buggy
throw buggy room in) and what does
the hired man get that thinks the far
mer has such great profit? $55 to
$50 per month!
Farms are renting, cash rent. as
high as So per acre in our part of the
county. Just follow the farmers ex-
pense for one year, keep close track
on every item of expense and / would
as soon take the laboring mans
chance in country or town. He can
save as much clear cash.
] see no reason for labor and capital
ever clashine as Mr.. Debs predicts. IF
such men will shed their coats and
take the 50 and SO per day. that so
many men refuse, and work num-
Der of years (say 10) not booze. beg
or bum. but save on every corner
while the good times are passing by,
they can soon own small farm. Bet
ter be small farmer than large one.
AS sure as you get possession of over
40 acres you will be compelled to let
1t grow up in grass or something Of
less value.
There is work enough on 40 acres of
GOOD farm land to keen 10 men busy
If properly handled and will feed half
OF the Coxey and Kelley armies that
traversed our country when wages
were higher than a cats back.
]. M. Baldwin. Packwood, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

businesses, must make up their minds
that they have got to stand their
share of the burdens. 1t is right that
they should. Any other way would be
wrong. The only man who advances
| is the man who accepts responsibility
and who rises to the occasion. If the
prices are high. then the unions must
accept their share Of the responsibility
for making them high. The business
people and professional people and the
working people, those who save money
or who spend it, as mass contribute
to make conditions what they are.
There Is however, this to be said
about the farmers position. He did
not organize to maintain or advance
prices He simply sold his goods on
the market as he found it, and for that
he should not be criticised.
The people of this country require
the best. They are not satisfied with
anything else. 1t is fact that three
fourths of the orders in the retail meat
markets are for the highest priced
goods.
We buy the best of everything and
then all at once begin to look upon
that as the average price. The people
are fooling themselves a great deal
about this matter Of high prices.
There are cheaper goods to buy, If
they buy them The price of many
articles that were used in former
years is no higher than it was then,
but the range of price is greater. For
instance, one can get a suit of clothes
lower than formerly, or a great deal
higher, but we all prefer the higher,
and that is the impression that lasts
with u.s.
Secretary James Wilson Of the de.
partment of agriculture has pointed
out that it is high living rather than
the high cost Of things that has
brought on the present crisis. There
is no doubt Of the truth of this state,
ment. The American people lte
higher and better than any other peo-
pie on the globe. The reason for this
is that they have more money, and
money breeds appetites for luxuries.
There are abuses in our system be-
yond doubt, but the fundamental
fact remains that the law of supply
and demand cannot be set aside for
any length Of time by a boycott or
any other purely arbitrary scheme Of
reprisal. People with the money to
pay for the best food are not going
to starve themselves and their fam
lilies even for principle. The farm
ers need not fear that their troubles
will be more than temporary
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
COMPOSITION oB FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

lSobAI op4AiSN ou rRO1I5 AMI NEtSNIAbLIgSp
Il. Composition OF potato g. Composition
of cabbage. 3. Composition OF turnip.
| 4. Composition of carrot. S. Compost
tion of cucumber. 6. Composition of ap-
| pie. T. Composition Of walnut]
fare. There are also some food mate
rails which. while very nutritious, re-
quire considerable effort on the part
of the digestive organs to make them
available for the body. So it is clear
that one must know something about
\ the structure. composition and food
value Of any material before it can be
handled intelligently. Now, what about
vegetables and their preparation for
the table? Practically all green vege.
tables contain large amount of wa.
Ter. with smaller percentage OF
starch. a very little protein, some
sugar. gum and woody fiber
The older the vegetable the harder
the woody fiber becomes until the veg
etable which has been left in the
ground till late in the season can be
torn apart like coarse threads 1t is
this fiber which renders vegetables
hard to digest and which necessitates
cooking IN order to soften 1t. Most
vegetables contain some mineral mat.
ter and certain volatile essential oils
which give them. their characteristic
flavor. If the cooking is not properly
performed the essential oils may
change in their character and the orig.
fnal flavor of the vegetable be de.
stroyed.
! Vegetables are useful in the diet for
three reasons:
First.-The mineral salts are needed
to keep the blood pure and for bone
formation in the young. People who
are denied fresh fruits and vegetables
for any length of time are likely to de-
relop certain skin diseases
Second. The woody aber. Just be.
cause Of it's indigestibility. has a value
In the diet. It furnishes waste matter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
PEOPLES PULPIT
Tho Courier Will Publish Signed
or Unsigned Expressions From
Its Readers Upon Receipt, Name
OF Writer Must Be Known to
tho Publisher, However. e &
The Sabbath Day Question

Mr.. Editor: would like a little space
IN your paper. There is a great
amount of talk about the Sabbath day
In fact. it seems that this day Is the
only one there Is Keep the Sabbath
day 1t seems all the other DAYS are
watered stock from their writings. The
writer's are of the opinion that their
souls are showed through to Heaven
no matter what they did the other six
days.
Il do not choose in this our brief
review, their line of march in detail
to pursue; nor trace all wayward
paths these men have trod, who charge
their crimes upon their maker God !;
but CLEAN enough to prove the Lord
defined, was but the passion of each
writer's mind; that all these tribes in
this barbarian age, reflect but their
image on each page; that God of ven
geance and wrath walls, only as love
with each spirit fails-and who loves
the Lord OF Israers race in this en-
lightened age is out of place
H. H. Canady.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

Former Lieutenant Governor Sher-
man of Illinois in a speech before the
Automobile club of America in New
York the other night had something to
say about unwise legislation Mr.
Sherman said he was familiar with the
workings of legislatures, because he
had been member of one for twelve
years. Legislatures, it seemed to Mr..
Sherman, represented mostly the mas
terly mistakes of an excited populace.
He held it to be good thing that we
have "the high courts to undo what
the legislatures in their unwisdom
never failed to do, and if he was a
member of either house of congress,
Mr.. Sherman said, he would thank
God every time the supreme court
Knocked out federal law 1t al.
ways made him feel safer and more
secure as a citizen, he said whenever
the supreme court swatted an act of
congress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
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PAckWoop
<A~~-~~aueaee>AA->%>-eue .

The Misses Madge and Helen Stew.
art attended the funeral of their cous.
in, George Cummings. which occurred
January 26 at Fairfield
Mrs. M. G. Lemley, formerly Of this
place but now of Cashmere, Washing
ton. was calling on friends here the
first of the week.
Mrs. G. t. Moorman has returned
from Fairfield. where she was the
guest of friends for week.
Mrs. Mollie Brinker of this place,
and Mrs. Margaret Flindt of Fairfield
were entertained at Abingdon recent.
" by the Misses Davns and Mrs.
John Flindt.
Mrs. Patterson is quite i'll
Sol Wilhermsdorfer, pioneer citizen
of this county'is on the sick list at his
home south of town.
Mrs. Maria Norman attended the
eyangelistic services at the Methodist
Episcopal church at Fairfield Sunday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
Mr.. E. A. Kelley, Belvidere,

Mr.. E. A. Kelley Belvidere, Ill.,
writes US: Il am an ex-engineer with
% years active service to my credit
About three years ago my kidneys
were affected so that 1 had to give up
my engine. First | was troubled with
severe aching pain over the hips
Then followed inflammation of the
bladder, and specks appeared before
my ewes. A sample of Foleys Kidney
Pills that tried, so benefited me that
] bought more. continued to take
them until now l can safely testify
that they have made me sound and
well man." Swensons Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
A SAFEGUARD 70 ch;Idre,

Our two children of six and eight
years have been since infancy subient
to colds and Group. About three wears
ago | started to use Foley's Honey and
Tar. and it has never failed to prevent
and cure these troubles. 1t is the only
medicine | can get the children tc
take without row., The above from
w. c. Ornstein, Green Bay. Wis.
duplicates the experience of thousands
OF OF other users Of Foley's Honey and
Tar. Swensons Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
Mrs. Margaret Minnick.

Editor Courier
My future prophecy is at hand.
read the good old Daily Courier every
night while my wife puts supper on
the table, and by the time she calls
supper twice | am so interested in the
hard times articles that have drifted
far from an appetite and the dishes
are quietly being put aside.
| | can best speak from my own ex,
perience. Only four short years ago
gave up leased farm of 800 acres of
land mainly on the help question, and
it was then | could see the future. 10
cents per pound on foot for Mr.. Hog.
kept from is to 25 brood sows and
raised both fall and spring litters, a
total of about 250 pigs a year. Any
direction you would go you could see
from so to 800 head of hogs, all ages,
on farm. Corn was selling on an av-
erage of 80 cents per bushel and every
man was anxious to feed it all or a
portion of his crop to his hogs, the
latter ranging from A to G. cents per
pound. Now l would like for some of
those people that have started the
howl to explain the difference in the
prices of four years ago and the pres
ent!
I view it from standpoint that ev-
cry honest thinking man should. AT
that time | was growing from 125 to
17o acres of corn each year, kept the
number of hogs stated above. and 30
or 40 head of COWS. steers and heifers
a bunch of norkers ready for the mar
ket any time, a fat heifer or two
for the butchers occasionally. but we
had something else that was staring
us in the face. THE hand problem
could hire good hands and bad hands.
AS loD~ as it was rainv aud bad wealth
er so the farmer could not work. the
hired man was Johnny on the spot
but when the weather was fair. and
corn blowing at its highest fury. the
band had to go to the show or place
Of similar sort. and of course. when he
started back. missed his train. the next
day beinr Snndav more than likely,
he would not think of coming back un-
til Mondavi Tuesday or Wednesday,
when his time was worth $40 per day
in the field. Then it took dav and a
night to recruit up and if the old "hay-
seed" opened his head to the hand and
tried to show him where it was a total
loss to both, the same chap flew off
the handle ard bump. bump bump,
bump. Twas the hand coming down
stairs with his trunk, trunk, trunk,
trunk.
l worked by the month myself and
do not blame any person for having
choice of place or occupation.
The high priced labor and the scar
city Of it has driven the farmer to do
something else than raise large crops
and feed hogs and cattle. I am now
settled on small farm of 105 acres:
farmed last year % acres of corn; this
year will have out 20 acres, the bal
ance In pasture or clover, and if the
meadows cannot be taken care of on
account of no help in harvest. it can
do same as last wear. I let about II
tons of fine hay lay down and grow
up again for winter pasture 1 know
of farmers who farm on larger scale
let 20 to 40 acres pass by and not cut
it for hay. Others reap field after field
for the seed, which is not profitable to
any farmer compared with the value
of a NOW full of good hay. Hence the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
Sore Lungs and Raw Lunns.

Most people know the feeling, and
the miserable state of i'll health it in
dicates All people should know that
Foley's Honey and Tar, the greatest
throat and lung remedy. will quickly
cure the soreness and cough and re-
store a normal condition. Ask for
Foleys Honey and Tar. Swenson,s 8
Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

ious. so-caled Legitimate business"
the liquor traffic. And in the name Of
the Lord God of hosts, the God of Is
rael. we will use our tongue, and
WELD our pen against you, and your
business.
Against you because you are a
worker together with the devil.
Against your business. because of the
great destruction in the land caused
by it.
Jesus said. John 1910; THE thief
cometh not, but for to steal, and to
kill, and to DESTROY" Mr. Champion, >
how about the men and women, whose
money you : have taken for drink?
What have you given them in return
for their money? Have you not given
them in return dethroned reason
wrecked manhood, wrecked woman
hoods, desolated homes? In other
words, have you not robbed them?
Take a look will you into these de-
stroyed homes. o, the .squalor the des-
olation; children cold and shivering
hungry and crying for bread. See the
pale faced, emaciated, broken hearted
wife, and mother. In her desperation,
she cries out. What can be done 10
stop this awful liquor traffic." See the
husband whose money you have taken
for drink. sad and detected, and with
fire that YOU kirdled in his heart and
brain -angered at the awful sight of his
robbed family and desolated home, he
seizes a cudgel or gun, and begins
his murderous work on his family. and
he is arrested for murder Mr.. Cham
pion," is there not a cause? Are YOU
and your legitimate business the
cause? God says. Let the wicked for
sake his way" Will you do it, and take
Gods way, the clean, righteous way?
Soldiers. let US sing
"Stand up, stand up, for Jesus,
Ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high his royal banner
1t must not suffer loss.
From victory, unto victory,
His army he will lead
Till every foe is vanquished,
And Christ is Lord indeed"
Amen.
Mrs. Margaret Minnick.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05
A dispatch from Waterloo yesterday

A dispatch from Waterloo yesterday
stated that the chamber of commerce
had met to make arrangements to pre-
vent flood damage when the rivers
break up in the spring. Conditions
along the Cedar river says the dis
patch, "are considered serious" Wher.
Iowa sets out to cure the cause OF
spring floods by Strengthening the
streams that cause the trouble a
heavy annual loss will be prevented.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

That Chicago Cooke family seems to
have found 1t as easy to get the money
as the missing Brooklyn party of that
name.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

The ground hog didn't see his
shadow. Come on you spring.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1910-02-05

Il. Composition OF potato Q. Composition
of cabbage. Q. Composition OF turnip
l. Composition of carrot. S. Compost
tion Of cucumber. 6. Composition Of ap-
pie. 7. Composition Of walnut.]
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-29
CONGRESSMAN TOSS.
 ON TAFT'S LETTER
Says President Will Know In November What Peo- pie Think of Republican Party Pledges
(special from United Press.)


 Boston, Aug. 29.-Asserting that the Payne-Aldrich tariff is full of graft and injustice" Congressman Eugene N. Foss today discussed here President Taft's keynote" letter. and declared that the President will find out in November" that the people be- lieve that the Republican party pledges have not been kept
 Congressman Foss, who may be the next Democratic candidate for Cover nor of Massachusetts, said when the subject of the Taft-McKinley letter was brought to his attention.
 Do you think, MT. Foss, that the Payne-Aldrich bill was a fullflment of the party pledge?'
 By no means. By no means was it a fullflment and the President will find that the people think so when the votes are counted in Novemb Der. It is far from a fullf1iment, very far"
 Do you think, then, that the next Congress will be Democratic or Re. publican ?"
 Democratic, certainly"
 Will his appeal at this time and along these lines be effective?'
 Tt will not do any good. The peo- pie know that the party pledges have been broken. The. 1on't care whether it was a. good bill or a bad bill as a revenue producer. It was great injustice and that counts more with them than revenue