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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-05-28
FlOcking to Canada

----1 HE movemen Of American farmers toC Canada dr
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ing the year 1909 exceeds the estimates OF Cana
dian officials by than $4,000 persons. Early
IN i'll the year the immigration commissioner est
mated that the immigration from the United
States would number $4,000 The final report
show that the total number emigratng rom the
United State, TO Canada was Wl4S. The lmmi
---L grafton commissioners, of Canada estimates that
the average wealth OF these settlers is II thouo
and dollars, which mean that ninety million dollars la been taken
away from the United States during the past year by American farm
es for investment in Western Canada
American arrivals have taken up a total OF , 100000 acres OF and
Canada, a cold, forbiddng country gets this influx Of population
and money by a systametic system OF advertising its sources.
The middle states are flooded with Amer ca literature n tn re
,ponsc i immediate i'll men and money.
Nevada, with a soil and climate infinitely superior to Canada Is
spending nothing to advertise her resources.
As a result her agricultural wealth is comparatively know y e
yaa Is reaping the result OF a shortsighted policy inaugurated by men
who are too ignorant o realize the vast resources OF the state they
legislature,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-07
DIES MONIES CITY ELECTION

For two months Des Moines has been
in the midst of an intense campaign TO
nominate and elect mayor and city
council. And just as we anticipated
the city brought disgrace upon itself by
not standing by the man who had done
more than any one else to clean up the
city in moral way Among the four
members of the council John L. Hamery
superintendent of public safety as his
department was called had gone after
the bad element and cleaned up the
vicious districts compelling many unde-
sirable citizens to leave for other parts
Of course the rough element We're against
him tooth and nail. The people who
believe in better things could easily have
reelected Hamery if they had united in
their support. But Des Moines is like
many other places, the liberal elements
are united, while the others are too no
tional and critical to get together, The
defeat of Hamery was the only change
made in the council. John MacVicar,
a brother-in-law of John A. Nash, was
reelected by a large majority. The
great surprise of the election was the
choice of Prof. Hanna of Highland Park
College instead of Mayor Mathis who
had served but one term.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-07
.TAFT.REPUBLICAN
CLUBS ARE ORGANIZED
Former Governor Frank ID. Jackson
President Of The State Club
Arises To Give Explanation.
TO THE REPUBLICANS OF IOWA:

/ TO THE REPUBLICANS OF IOWA:
There is nothing to conceal about the
Organization of the Iowa Taft-Republi-
can clubs. On the other hand we want
the Republicans of Iowa, whether they
have affiliated in the past with the pro-
gressive or the standpatter, to know all
there is to know about the organization
of these clubs. We are perfectly frank
with you when we say we care nothing
about past affiliations or differences.
We have no friends to reward or enemies
to punish. We as an organization,
have no candidates to support. The
sole object of this organization is to en-
| list every Republican i'm Iowa, regard
less of his past affiliations, under the
banner of President William III. Taft,
and in support of Republicanism as re-
presented by him.
From the days of Abraham Lincoln to
the present time the Republican party
of Iowa has sustained and strengthened
the administration of Republican presi-
dents We believe that President Taft
has the brain, heart and disposition to
render great and lasting good to the
people of this country. We believe that
| Theodore Roosevelt never did wiser or
more farseeing act than in supporting
William H. Taft as his successor. We
want and invite Republicans of Iowa
who believe in President Taft and the
Republicanism he represents to join and
| become active members of the Taft
Republican club, to the end that if
majority of Iowa Republicans shall rally
under the Taft banner we may give him
such cordial enthusiastic and material
endorsement at the next Republican
state convention as shall bring to him
encouragement in his efforts and strength
| to his administration.
Equally important with the endorse
ment of President Taft and the Nation
al Republican administration is the cleo
ton of republican congress by uniting
| the republicans of Iowa under the lead
ership of the president to insure the
election of every republican nominated
for congress at the coming primary.
We shall, therefore, prosecute the or
ganization of Taft-republican clubs in
every township and voting precinct in
the state of Iowa, trusting and hoping
| that in such township or voting precinct
| the Taft clubs will have sufficient
strength to elect set of Taftrepublican
delegates to the county convention at
the June primaries.
Republicans of Iowa, | have given
you frankly the reasons for the organi-
zation of the Taft-republican clubs, and
| am equally frank in saying there are
no reasons other than here given for
such an organization invite You to
| join us; | urge you to come in under
the flag of our republican president,
William H. Taft, that Iowa may remain
faithful to her traditions and emphatic
ally and efficiently support the admins
tration of President Taft as she has sup
ported the administration of all prior
republican presidents
FRANK ID. JACKSON, President,
Republican Clubs of Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-07
so SHOULD HARVEY INGHAM

Harvey Ingham, the editor of the
Register and Leader, says that "Presi-
dent Taft might well study the style of
Lincoln; that year or so devoted would
not be without its advantage to the party
in the campaign of 1912, We suggest
that if Mr.. Ingham should study the re-
publicanism of Lincoln for week or
two it would surely be of great advan-
tage to the party in the year 1910.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-07
The Presidents Apple pie

President Taft took dinner last Sun
day with Aunt Della Torrey" at Mill
bury, Massachusetts, Though she is 81
years of age she insisted ON preparing
the dinner herself and among other
things she knew Willie liked when
he was boy she made him big apple
pie.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-07

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT HARLAN.
At the organization of a Byers Club
out at Harlan last week the following
were among the resolutions adopted:
That we heartily recommend his can
didacy to the Republicans of the district
We feel sure that if Nominated and elect
ed he would render his district, state
and nation good service, and he would
maintain in the House of Congress that
devotion to principle and to public good
that has characterized q long line of
faithful representation.
That he has ability is shown by his
| record as Speaker of the Iowa House OF
Representatives and Attorney General
of the State. That he is a good party
man is shown by the many years of
| faithful party service.
That he possesses tact and practices
good will toward all is shown by his
many friendships with leading men of
the state irrespective of partisanship.
That he always lends his voice and
vote to the cause of the weak against
the strong; to the cause of the honest
and upright citizen as against those who
feel they have a divine right to prey
upon him; to the cause of the square
deal as against those who fatted on sell
fishness, we his neighbors know who
have lived beside him.
| Not as a factionist, not as disturber
not as the advocate of any special scheme
of reform do we urge his nomination
upon the district, but simply as an hon
est, capable citizen, anxious to do good
work along Republican lines in plair
quiet way for which he has become NOTED
throughout state and nation do we com
mend him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-04-07
HON. II. W. BYERS
SPEAKS AT ANITA
Where Many Republicans Gave Him
An Enthusiastic Reception.
He Spoke OF Government.

The good citizens of Anita may well be
proud of the royal reception which they
accorded Hon. Webster Byers upon his
visit there Thursday There is happy
spirit which runs merrily through the
| veins when people get together to extend
a good man the glad hand. The meeting
at Anita was important in that it strong
ly expressed the appreciation on the part
of the people of the record which
Attorney General Byers has made in
office. 1t was q high compliment to q
public official. The outburst was spon
taneous. 1t was genuine. The people
like Byers because of his stand on public
| questions. They are glad that we have
had an Attorney General who was not
afraid to go down into districts of the
state where law enforcement has been
mockery and insist that the law which
applies to one section of Iowa applies to
all. The pervading topic of the meeting
was good government. No unlind words
were said against anyone. There was
no effort to argue men into Progressive
principles by calling the opposition liars,
horse thieves, boilers, rebels or any
worse names. 1t was a good Republican
meeting and the Republicanism of those
present will not be questioned. The
voters went away with good Republican
spirit in their hearts. No one suggested
that any Republican candidate be
knitted after the primary election-The
Atlantic Telegraph,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30

menacing destruction 10 the two men
at the window.
Then out of the night there came a
strange. unearthly cry.
When it's last echo had died away
Burnett spoke in a solemn voice.
though his keen eyes sparkled hope
fully.
LET all beware who hear the voice
of the specter Bird Let them cease
what they are doing, make peace with
enemies, lest they die a dreadful
DEATH Listen. excellency! 1t may
come again."
Then all at once it did come again
in the very cabin of the junk, and at
the sound Ling To Fey's huge bulk
lifted up in the air with an unearthly
cry of terror and fell lifeless and
twitching on the floor before his dais,
dead from very fright.
Through the doorway there stream
ed a file of American marines headed
by an officer, who leaped forward at
the outstretched hands OF his fellow
countrymen at the window.
"Just in time, eh?' he beamed as
they voiced their thanks. Good thing
you pressed us into service as body
guard. eh, Burnett? The Grayling has
sneaked along in your wake for hours.
When the junk was wedged into this
creek we became suspicious that some
dirty work was up and secuted. One
by one we caught the fellows on deck
and put them into the dispatch boat.
Then one of the boys saw your hand
kerchief at the window, and we work
ed the specter bird cry On them. Does
the business every time"
"Where are we now?"
'@The Grayling is towing you down
the river. Another half hour and
you'll be in the city"
In the early morning hours in Pom
sonby's rooms at the hotel the million
aire drew from his pocket the mag
nificent ruby that had formed the but
ton on Ling To Fey's official cap and
handed it to the lieutenant of the
Grayling.
''I'he cry Of the specter bird saved
our lives, Decker" he said, with emo
ton.
mot on your Efe." vociferated the
other; makes me crawl when l think
of soaring the old beggar to death.
Wouldn't have cared a rap II it had
been an open fight Burnett's fore
thought in asking for escort saved the
dayr' He tossed it to the attorney.
That is how Lieutenant Decker sent
home a check that month which en-
abled his father to pay off the mort
gage on his farm. while Burnett's
wife wears as a pendant at her throat
the magnificent ruby that once graced
a mandarin's cap. Ponsonby does not
own any coal mines in China
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30

Hard-headed, reliable citizens of
Rock Island county-men who are not
In the habit of indulging in air castle
building and who are ready to back
their word with their money-are au-
thority for the statement that this city
is in position to become the terminus
of an interurban through the extreme
western end of the county. All that is
asked is a fran chise here and a $780,,
boo loan in the form of investment in the
roads bonds to guarantee construction.
A well known railroad company is
backing the enterprise, the name of
which is not as yet given out. Rock
Island business men should lose no
time in investigating this offer, and if
they find it comes from a railroad COM
pany which is not interested in fur
Their tying up of the citys terminal
facilities, their duty is plain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30

September to May is 8 cents per bush
ell, the difference in price now quoted
for these months in Chicago being
about cents per bushel. When the
reliable reports from the threshlng
machines are at hand it will be pos
sible to estimate with more certainty
whether there will be surplus to SELL
and prices will be adjusted according
ly; the tariff on wheat will have moth
ing to do with fixing the price. Nor
will the tariff protect the farmers on
any other product of which surplus
is raised, but the old law of supply and
demand will fix the price in the mar
kets of the world where such surplus
must seek it's market. The only pro-
lection the farmers get from the tariff
is on sugar and wool, and to some ex-
tent on wrapper tobacco and rice; so
you can soon figure out the small num-
Der of farmers who receive any tariff
protection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30

or conglomeration of human beings
is just as liable to error as is the in
dividual.'
Sunny Jim's" address might have
been considered excusable a good many
years ago, when there was more gen.
eraI worship of party; when the people
were less informed on public questions.
That sort of claptrap was considered
the thing once upon time. But not
now. The people are no longer fooled
by such fool statements.
The vice presidents utterances are
an insult to the intelligence of the great
central west, where there is consider
able freedom of political thought, and
where the people are coming to judge
accurately partisan promises and per-
formances. The central west is not SO
gullible that it will swallow that kind
of bunk, dished up by any member of
any party.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
The Tariff and the Farmer.

There is no stronger proof of the
contention of the democratic position
as to the uselessness of the tariff on
agricultural products, Of which We raise
a surplus, than the condition of the
wheat markets during the past few
months. The price of wheat in this
country, in consequence of a short crop
and speculation, has been above the
price in the markets of the world,
where all the surplus of all nations
must find its market.
Under such conditions no wheat had
been sold for export for some months
until about Aug. 1, when the prices
here and abroad agreed, and fair eX-
port business has resulted.
The tariff on wheat did not increase
the price here, neither has 1t caused
the reduction in price which has occur
red, but the memorable law of supply
and demand, which controls the price
of commodities, has produced this re-
suit.
The short crop of wheat in France
will compel the purchase of about
100000 bushels of foreign wheat by
that country. and the movement to
supply that demand is already seen in
the purchase of wheat in this country
for export. AS other countries which
have a surplus Of wheat are competing
to supply the wants of the French, it
is all question of who will supply
them the cheapest. If the United
States sells 5O,000,OO0 bushels of wheat
abroad this fall, 1t will probably mean
higher prices here later in the season.
If our wheat market advances beyond
what other countries feel like offering
their wheat for, exports from here will
cease, and next spring we may find
ourselves with surplus and no buy
ers. In that case prices would decline
if our crop is as large as the report
of the agricultural department indi-
Gates.
The carrying charge for wheat from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
How a Consumer May Help.

The consumer has had a good deal
to say the past eight or ten months
about the cost of meats. He has over
looked some of the circumstances In
his own hands, exclusively subject to
his own influence, which tend to mod
ify such cost. The National Butchers
association calls attention to one such.
1t is the tendency to eat veal, which
leads to the killing of beef animals at
weights of $50 or 200 pounds, when
they ought to be fed till they reach
half ton. If large part of the beef
supply is consumed when it is only 20
per cent Of its proper market weight,
that portion of the supply Of food is
cut down to the extent of so per cent.
That affects a large section of the beef
supply. If that course is kept up it
necessarily makes beef scarce and high.
At one of the big beef markets this
year the slaughter of veal calves in
creased about one-third over a year
ago. That automatically shuts off fu-
ture supplies of the mature beef and
puts the consumer in a hole.
The consumer has it in his own
pOWST " IcHlSuy ILLS uudlIcl ny
ting veal from his diet. The National
Butchers association, which feels the
pinch, advises that a closed season be
established in calves, suggesting the
three spring months as a time when
such food should not be permitted on
the market. If that plan were carried
out it would help not little. The con-
sumner himself, however, has a respon-
sibility in the matter. 1t might as well
be understood that every order for veal
means reducing the supply of beef
meats, higher prices for that staple
of the national diet. When that factor
is recognized and its correction adopt
ed in the habits of the people, it will
work to the cheapening of food prices
in contrast with what they would be-
come with the tendency to swell the
present bad practice.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
Standard Remedy.

When the times are out OF whack
And your trolley's off the track,
When the skies are looking blue
And there's nothing bright for you,
Knock off labor for a day.
Take a little time for play,
Get a pole and line and hook
And go fishing in the brook.
II your head is in a kink
And your business on the blink.
If the bill collector lands
On you with his horny hands
And you have not wherewithal
Out of him TO take a fail,
With the fishing bug get bit
And forget the blooming kit
Working on a steady strain
WIN play circus with your brain
Keeping at 1t all the time
Is. 10 say the least. a crime.
Drop your worries. then, and run
Drop them though they weigh a ton.
Give them all the busy sign
And get out your hook and line
Though a whale you may not snare.
You VIII get the sun and air.
Though a bass you may not land,
You will get your whiskerB tanned
And will come back full OF vim.
With your nerves in better trim.
Put your troubles on the shelf
Get a pole and chase yourself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
What of the Public Business?

The activity of federal officials
against the insurgents is becoming
more and more pronounced as the
campaign for nomination proceeds.
Every one of them above the grade of
clerk that can get away from Wash
ington is visiting the states where
they can do the most good" The AS
ISOLATED Press reports some of them as
generally understood to be the rep
resentatives of the president" As
these officials are paid to attend to the
public business, they should be kept at
their desks, where they belong, and
let Cannon, Aldrich, Ballinger and the
standpatters fight their own battles.
Who pays the bills for the ubiquitous
Office holders, or are the public funds
used for such partisan activity?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30

The ancient jealousies between Sag
inaw and Bay City, the two cities at
the mouth of the Saginaw valley, Mich
igan, which are almost as closely To-
Gated as Rock Island and Moline, will
be breaking out afresh on the census
announcement that Bay City has grown
1900 and Saginaw only 5000, and that
they are now only 5000 apart. Sag
inaw will have to bestir itself. They
might better consolidate and rival
Grand Rapids. This would add West
Bay City and several small places, with
a grand total for the shoestring munic-
Ipality of $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
SWISS JAIL LIFE EASY;
CONWCTS WON'T ESCAPE.
Board and Room In Prison, Work and
Loaf Outside.

Prison life in Switzerland is lux
ury instead of a punishment. The
comic opera Jail at Thorburg, where
the inmates did as they pleased, has
only recently been suppressed by the
Berne authorities, yet details are pub
lished of a similar institution at Sar-
men, in the canton Of Oswald.
Sarnen is apparently an ideal penal
resort. for the happy criminals who
are sentenced TO terms of detention"
in that institution have a far better
time than hundreds OF free" Swiss
citizens who are forced to earn their
bread.
y correspondent Of a Lausanne pa
per states that he was passing through
Sarnen when he saw number Of men
dressed in dark blue clothes with
white stripes walking about the viii
lage smoking and Joking.
Others were seated in cafe. and
some were working in leisureE man
ner carrying bricks for the construc-
ton OF n new building. To his aston
ishment the correspondent found that
the men were convicts from the can
tonal prison close by.
These convicts are permitted to leave
the prison early in the morning and
find work around Sarnen or walk
about the country until nightfaIl. when
they return OF their own accord to the
prison.
They are unaccompanied by warders,
and there is nothing to prevent their
escaping. but they are far too COM
Portable 10 think Of relinquishing their
quarters. for they have as much liber-
ty as other men and are, moreover.
fed and lodged for nothing.
The money earned by these convicts,
who choose to work can be spent as
they like. One convict who is en-
plOyed as 4 gardener by a local magis-
trate sends his monthly salary to his
wife and children.
Two or three convicts escaped"
some weeks ago. but they eventually
returned 20 the prison in a half fam
ished condition. and after being Sc
verely reprimanded they were allowed
tc return to their apartments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
Exposition Has What People Want
to See.

How many within rs miles of Rock
Island have seen an aeroplane per-
form? How many want to? Answer
these questions for yourself and judge
of the possibilities in the way of ad-
vertising Rock Island that the coming
exposition, with aeroplane fights dali
1y, holds. Everybody has seen balloon
ascensions. Balloons have been in
common use for generations and are
of no utility, save for experimental
purposes. The aeroplane, made posi-
BILE by the development of the internal
combustion engine, has already dem
onstrated that it can be made of prac-
teal use and it is rapidly being per
fected to the point where it's use will
be common. Naturally, everybody who
has not seen an aeroplane in action
wants to see one, and so the exposi-
ton this year, if properly boosted,
should be the biggest drawing card
that Rock Island has had IN years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-30
HunOr and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
Dy DUNCAN n. SMITH


THE man who doesn't worry about
expenses is apt TO be the man who
can charge them up TO the house.
Profit is not without honor. no mat
ter how it was made.
Having a good opinion Of yourself
isn't a crime, and it may even be
amusing.
A lawyer isn't q good individual to
consult if your object is to keep out OF
trouble.
The girl who takes the cake is the
one who knows how to produce IT.
There are two sides to all questions
except the one upon which you have
exclusive information.
Sometimes we feel sorry for the time
we have wasted being polite to fool ac-
quaintances.
The advice that is the most thank
fully received is accompanied with the
wherewith to put it into immediate
execution.
What a majority of the populace
needs more than anything else is a
safe and sane amount OF common
sense.