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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
NO MORE TAXI RIDES.

| A Washington correspondent tells
how the life of jeff Davis, senator
from Arkansas, is just now being
made burdensome by his constituents.
The Arkansas senator is most deter
mined foe of wealth and all that
wealth represents, or all that it can
command. He is Of the people, the
common people, or so he represents
himself to be. He INDUCES In no lux
uries. nor does anything which looks
like posing as ali aristocrat. He pre-
fers to walk, after the good old Arkan-
sas fashion, or ride In the street car,
with six tickets for a quarter, when
his business of senator demands that
he should move about the streets of
Washington. At least this is what he
tries to make his Arkansas constitu-
ents believe.
Recently he had occasion to visit the
White House, in connection with some
of his duties. He took taxicab. This
was seen by lynx-eyed reporter and
duly chronicled in the daily press.
Horrors! JEFF Davis, the enemy of
wealth and wealthy comforts, riding
in an auto. The news reached Ark
ansas and then there was hurrying to
and fro; letters, kilograms, postal
cards came showering in on the sen
ator.
He tried to be silent, to ignore the
matter, but his constituents would
not be ignored, they demanded a sat
isfactory explanation and at last the
senator gave it. 1t was bad, win
try morning, so he wrote to one of
his indignant constituents, when he
had to make that visit; the winds
We're bowling dismally; it was a long
walk for such morning, and horse
cab was not to be had, SO he took the
only thing offered and ensconced him
self on the soft cushions of taxi.
Had he dreamed that his ride would
have reached the good people of Ark
ansas no doubt he would have walked
no matter how wintry the weather.
In his explanation he said: To ride
in a taxicab here from the station to
hotel or similar distance at cost
of % cents is nothing more than ride
from the depot in Fort Smith to the
hotel in horse cab. Taxicabs are
used here almost entirely to the ex-
clusion of horse cabs" This explana-
ton might do for Washington, but not
for Arkansas. The senator must walk
hereafter or his constituents will no
longer believe in his professions of
hatred to plutocrats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
turns scent fare might give ON
the going value of the plant.
Buffalo Bits Good Advie.

DENVER, Feb. 10.-'.Every boy
should be taught to ride, made to live
in the open air as many hours as
possible, for it Is the full fedged boy
OF today who is going to make the
trusty American of the future said
Colonel w +. Cody in discussing at
a local hotel the problem confronting
the United States.
Boys should be taught to ride, in
the first place. continued the last of
the great scouts of America, because
1T is the most healthy physical exer-
else they can have. The good rider
brings every muscle into play: he
learns while controlling the horse to
control himself, and he fills himself
up with fresh air,
THE outdoor life lived by the boys
Is the thing that carries them into a
profitable old age. without my plains
life doubt If I could have got on as
have. To be sure, the methods Of
my generation. have changed or been
done away with, but still there are
plenty of opportunities for free and
vigorous young manhood.
IF had boys I'd send them to mil
itary schools. There they would
learn that before they can give orders
they must learn to take them. They'd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
The Employers Liability Bill.

Cedar Rapids Republican: There is
pending in Des Moines an employers
liability law that is rather in advance
of similar enactments in other states.
1t makes the employers liable for all
accidents that happen to employees,
regardless of their negligence and
SO on. This legislation is in harmony
with present attitudes on this subject
and, lin some form or other, 1t Is
bound to come.
But Iowa should be careful not to
get ahead of the procession Such
legislation should be uniform through
out the states. II Iowa should enact
such laws in advance Of other states,
factories and others employing help
will naturally shun Iowa and favor
those states that make them liable
to a limited extent instead of the full
extent. 1t would be useless to ask a
factory to locate in Iowa, in prefer
ence to Illinois, If Iowa imposes
greater penalties than are imposed in
Illinois.
At the present time such legislation
should be considered entirely from
the standpoint Of expediency. Pub
lie sentiment should first be prepared
for all the states to accept such legis-
lation. II Iowa gets too far in adj
vance it will simply mean still fewer
factories in this state. The principle
might at the present time be applied
to railroads, in which there is no such
competition with other states.
The lawmakers should be very
careful lest they cripple the states
industries still further. If such leg
islation were concurrently adopted in
all the states 1t would constitute no
discrimination against this state as a
place for industries. In the meantime
it will not advantage us greatly to say
that we are advanced in our legisla-
ton, but have few industries to which
this advanced legislation is applicable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
Individual Towels

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The board
of education at Des Moines is planning
another innovation in the form OF in
diyidual towels. 1t is proposed to use
tissue paper towels as the cost of
laundry work puts the other kind out
Of reach. And some of the old-timers,
who attended school in little log
hut in Iowa some half century ago.
may marvel at all these Improvements.
There were no towels in the old
fashioned school house. Pupils were
supposed to be cleaned up at home,
before they started to school, and
they usually were. And, again, the
newspaperman, who has been brought
up in the newspaper Office, and did
rot learn it in college, will smile at
the idea of individual towels, as his
memory conjures up visions of the
printing office towel that would stand
anywhere at any time, and which had
never been cleaned, never could have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10

than welcome it. But you cannot, ex-
cept when protection is not needed,
as, for example, in the case of cotton,
hides, beef and mineral oil, do this
against the will of the agricultural
states. You cannot give free trade to
the farmer and protection to the man
ufacturer. That which Is one mans
raw material is another mans finish
ed product. You cannot give protec-
ton to watches and refuse it to the
makers Of the steel from which your
watch spring comes. In word, you
can have protection for all who need
1t or free trade for all, but you can
not impose free trade upon one man
and give protection to another. Wheth-
er free trade or protection is the bet
ter policy, free trade for all is just
and protection for all--not all who
may ask for it, but all who need it.
is Just; but free trade for one man
and protection for another is unjust,
and can never endure
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
THE LATE D. w. NIGEL ROY.

Keokuk lost splendid citizen in the
death of David w, McElroy, whose
funeral occurs this afternoon. Mr..
McElroy was a native OF western
PENNSYLVANIA and a fine representa-
tive of the sturdy Scotch-Irish people
who settled that region prior to the
Revolution. Like his forbears. he
drew the line sharply between what
he believed to be right and what he
regarded as wrong, and he never
consented to compromise for the sake
OF popularity or success. He had, too,
the courage OF his convictions in an
eminent degree. but he never forced
mis- opinions upon anyone. Other
people were at liberty to believe and
conduct themselves as they pleased,
but as for me and my house, we will
serve the Lord Mr.. McElroy was a
genuine Christian and exemplified his
professions in his daily life. He was
modest and unobtrusive, honest, in
dustrious, straightforward, candid,
conscientious and ever thoughtful of
the feelings and interests of others.
AS an officer of the First Westminster
church he was faithful to every trust
and an honor to the faith he profess
ed. As a citizen he stood as an ex-
emplar of the highest and best in the
community. As veteran soldier he
had record that was greatly to his
credit. From the inception of the
Grand Army of the Republic until the.
day Of his death he was active and
useful in the work of that splendid
organization. In the family circle he
was all that husband and father
should be. The good influence of such
a man can hardly be overestimated.
Though he is gone from US, the in
SEPARATION of his example remains, and
the light he has left behind him will
long illuminate the pathway of his
associates and friends.
1T matters not at what hour the
righteous fall asleep. Death cannot
come untimely to him who is fit to
die
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
The sammis Bin.

Carroll Herald: Senator Sammis
has proposed public utilities bill,
wherein he would have a commission
of five men appointed by the governor
and confirmed by the senate, to have
charge of all of the public utilities in
Iowa. The commission is to not only
have power over the state wide utili-
ties but will have the fixing of the
rates of public corporations that were
formerly controlled by cities. We un-
derstand that Senator Sammis thinks
that a corporation should receive a
fair rate of interest on the value of
their plants. SO in reality this com
mission would guarantee public
service corporation a successful bust
ness career, or the public would be
paying the corporation, not money, in
accordance to value received, for ser
vice rendered, but interest in accord
ance with the commissions idea of
fair rate.
Public service corporations, as well
as private persons, very often make
poor investments. Why should the pub
lie be forced to pay the interest on
an investment in which it was not
given chance to pass its judgment
Moreover there would be no incen-
tive for installing economical appli.
ances, for the public would have to
foot the bill. And who would pay the
interest on the watered stock?
Should the Sammis bill be passed,
as it now reads, this utility COM
mission would have the right to veto
franchise to utility after it had
been granted by the city and we sup
pose that if a city contemplated build
ing municipal plant they would have
to obtain permission from the COM
mission. Furthermore the bill does
not withdraw the corporations right
to appeal to the courts. This would
leave town quite helpless as the APP
peal would have to be made to the
utilities commission. If we prize local,
self government, it Is to our interests
to see the Sammis bill defeated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
A Basis Of Earnings.

Des Moines Register and Leader:
Senator Sammis-and we regard his
public utilities bill as drafted wholly
in the interest of public service cor.
claims to put as the proper
earning basis of any public utility a
reasonable return on the present GO
ing value of the plant.
Why should Des Moines be asked
to pay for all time, as Is proposed In
the draft of franchise the company
is urging, per cent on a capitalize
ton that has no reference to the GO
ing value Of the plant, If that is not
the rule of the courts and II that is
not what is expected by public service
corporations generally?
The city would be more foolish than
any city ever ought to be If it entered
into deal now by which it tied It's
hands for all time to scent fare, re-.
CARELESS of changed conditions OF
business, and regardless OF the re-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
a REAL STATESMAN.

Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, is
q real statesman and great one.
Speaking to Massachusetts audience
which had been clamoring for free
food stuffs in defiance of the rights of
others he spoke plain common sense
as follows:
II have been asked my opinion as
to food products and raw materials,
and ] can only reply by q general
proposition which covers both and
which ! believe to be sound alike in
reason and in fact. AS representa-
tive of a great industrial state
should regard system which made
everything we consumed free and
which protected everything we pro-
duced as highly desirable for u.s. If
the agricultural states are ready to
remove the duties on raw sugar and
give UP their beet culture. if they are
ready to remove the duties on to-
bacco and wool and all their other pro-
ducts. no one representing an indus
" community could do otherwise
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
Political Folly.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The lower
house OF the legislature has passed
the Oregon primary election bill. 1t is
piece of political folly upon the part
of the Republicans. The Democratic
members, of course. support the meas
8ure. They have every encouragement
to do so; and the Republicans have
the unhappy example of Oregon to de-
ter them from party suicide.
Oregon and Iowa are, or have been,
Republican states by very heavy ma
jorities. Yet, under the Oregon plan
that state elected Republican state
officers and a Republican legislature,
and then elected United States sena-
tor who is Democrat Iowa seems to
be SO fascinated with the Oregon ex-
ample that it is likely to adopt the
same plan and with the same probable
result-the election OF a Democrat to
succeed Senator Dolliver.
OF course, if there are Republicans
who like that.kind of thing, then that
is the kind of thing they like. But we
lament their Judgment and we are
amazed that SO transparent political
flim-flam can be played upon them in
open day. After this, We may expect
any freak legislation which Oklahoma
or Arizona can lay in the nest to be
incubated under the Iowa hen.
This anomalous bill is the direct
fruitage of the breaking up OF party
lines begun by Mr.. A. B. Cummins a
decade or more ago. That is coming
to pass which The Hawk-Eye then and
since frankly predicted. Politically,
the party ship is drifting into a chop
ply sea with perilous undercurrents.
That the ship will be wrecked unless
it can be guided into a safer course
seems almost inevitable.
The Oregon primary election law,
1T enacted, may be recorded as the
first pronounced Democratic victory
in Iowa since the days of Horace
Boies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
THE DIAMOND 10 SALE.
St. Louis Comment on streckfus Pur-
chase-Probably Means More
Ginger In the Business.

st. Louis Republican: The Streck-
fus Steamboat company of Rock Is
land has bought the Diamond 10 Line,
This line is regarded locally with
peculiar affection; for it is the only
regular line of boats running out of
ST. Louis to the limit Of navigation
on any of the four great rivers tribu-
tary to this point. This fact, the fur
Their fact that it has been in the
market for months. and the amount of
the consideration$2 000-moves
US to mild wonder that it went to a
Rock Island purchaser and not to one
from st. Louis.
In the matter of price, the line, in
the words of Pilot Davy Upton, in
regard to the 25-cent cigar, is certain
ly with it, Neither the st. Paul nor
the Quincy could be built new for less
than $4,000. The Quincy's hull was
completely renewed after her acct
dent four years ago; both boats are
in first-class physical condition. A lib
eral allowance for depreciation would
make the two worth $4,000 today.
This leaves only $4,000 for two 9TH
er boats, both in good repair-we are
under the impression that the Du-
buque also has new hula large
steel barge, large boatyard which
does profitable business, and some
Is landing places. most of them pro-
vided with warehouses. In Rock Is
land the company has a very valuable
terminal property; the same thing is
true at Dubuque. Its wharf at st.
Paul is leased, but the lease runs for
twenty-five years, and the amount is
nominal-s5 annually. or some such
matter. These terminal properties
alone are of great Importance an i'm
portance which is bound to increase
with the growth of the river trade.
The trade interests of st. Louis
and the valley of the Upper River
will welcome the sale of the Diamond
10. The present management, while
conservative, and paying much atten-
ton to safety CT passengers and up
keep of property, has been satisfied
with operation during very short
season and confined its energies
mainly to passenger trade carried on
in the old way. 1t has not for years
competed in the flour trade from
Minneapolis; and when the passenger
excursion season came to an end
with the reopening of the public
schools in September, the Diamond 10
boats have been content to seek
berths in the inner harbor at Du-
buque, there to await the business Of
the next spring.
We welcome the announcement that
the Streckfus management will install
cafe service on it's boats, in addition
to the regular dining room. If to this
it will add few bathrooms with mod
ern equipment, the well-known com
fort and spaciousness of these steam
ers will attract to the be- utiful river
trip many st. Louisians who have no
fancy for the present river cuisine
and who like to remove the dust of
travel in something more generous
than 14-inch washbowl.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
LUsK REMAINS
WITH COMPANY
TO Continue as General Agent Of
Diamond 10 Line Of River
Boats.


ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1O.--A meeting OF
the officials of the Diamond 10 and
Streckfus lines of steamers was held
yesterday at the wharfboat of the
Diamond 10 Line. Capt. John Streck-
fus announced that Capt. Isaac p
Lusk, general passenger and freight
agent of the Diamond 10 Line, would
be retained by his company as gen
eral passenger and freight agent. 1t
10 probable Capt Lusk also will con-
time as secretary. Capt, Streckfus
declared that definite arrangements
would be made tomorrow at another
conference as to the new officers 1t
is probable the headquarters of the
Streckfus Line, which has purchased
the Diamond 10, will be moved from
Rock Island to st. Louis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
SCHEDULE AK"

IL is unnecessary to say to ANYBODY
familiar with the tariff controversy in
this country, as that controversy has
been carried on during the last forty
Years, that there is such a thing as
giving schedule bad name and
having it stick. Pig iron used to stand
for most of the abuse at one time;
then came tin plate. OF late years
wool has received most attention, and
what has come to be known as sched-
ule "K' of the tariff law has been
the center for some very threatening
economic storms. Stripped of tech
nicalities, the question involved in the
entire and apparently interminable
controversy over schedule rK'' is
whether it unduly protects the Ameri-
can WOODEN manufacturer, and wheth.
er it does so at the expense of and
with injustice to the American con-
sumer
Remarlsing these things, the Chris
tan Science Monitor calls attention
to an address by William M. Wood
president of the National Association
of Wool Manufacturers, at the annual
dinner of that body in Washington
last Wednesday night, in which he de
clared not only that schedule "K'' is
much malfgned, but that il understood
1T would be the most appreciated of
any schedule in the tariff. He in
sisted that one of it's principal vir-
tues is that it protects labor in the
wooden and worsted mills of the coun.
try The Monitor says of his utter
ances:
zone thing that can be said for
Mr.. WOODS statements is that they are
clean-cut. There is no ambiguity
about them. Schedule X he says,
gives the wooden manufacturers the
market up to a certain point. Beyond
this point foreign goods may enter
the market, and last year they actual
ly did enter to the value of $45, 000,-
900. These importations We're, more
over, accompanied by iInportations of
raw materials that Melted the govern
ment, according to Mr.. Wood, a rev
emile of more than s20,000,000 All
this would seem to.bear out the con
tention that schedule X in the first
instance, does afford measure
of protection to the American work
man; that, in the second instance, its
operation does contribute handsomely
toward the national revenue, and that,
in the third instance, it does let in
the foreign producer and the foreign
manufacturer, as an equal competitor,
at certain point
This leaves the main question still
unanswered. to wit: Is schedule K
unjust to the American consumer?
Without accepting as conclusive the
testimony of witness so deeply in.
terested as Mr.. Wood it is only fair
to the wooden manufacturers that
their side of the matter, in this and
in other phases, should be given con-
sideration. Says Mr. Wood: A suit
of clothes bought for the President of
the United States yields a profit to
the man who made the cloth Of not
over 3S cents on the suit. and these
figures have been challenged by man.
ufacturers from PENNSYLVANIA who
have stated TO me that their profit
was less than half of that. J have
seen overcoats made from cloth in my
own mills. overcoats for boys, on
which the net profit TO US was less
than 3 cents
Then where does the trouble lie?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10

How comes it, for instance, that a
suit of WOODEN clothes may be purchas-
ed so much cheaper in England than
in the United States p
Mr.. Woods answer is that neither
the tariff nor the manufacturer is
blamable. The increased cost, he
says, is due to the middleman, whose
expenses are high and many, and to
the retailer who also must meet great
charges. Cutters, tailors, stockmen,
buyers, statesmen, labor in general AMI
selling expenses in general come high
err here than in England.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10
Remove the TAX on Money.

Davenport Democrat: A letter to the
Democrat from Fairfield, Iowa, ex-
presses the sentiment there on the
proposed removal of the tax from
moneys and credits. With the tax off,
says the writer, money would flow in
to the state and be borrowed by en-
terprising men at very low rate of
interest. and be used by them to de-
yelop the state in every way and push
all kinds of business. There would be
no incentive for anyone to hoard it or
keep dollar from circulation! and
we'd have livelier times in Iowa dur
ing the next ten years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10

The Gate City is indebted to Major
r. w. McClaughry for a copy of his
annual report as warden of the United
States penitentiary at beavenworth,
Kas. The pamphlet contains a large
amount Of valuable information and
Is handsomely illustrated with photo
engravings of scenes of interest in
and about the prison. Under Major
McClaughry's administration the insti-
tuition ranks as model in every re-
spect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10

Every day witnesses additions to
the popu'ation of Keokuk, attracted
hither by the water power project.
In the natural order of things the in
flux will increase with the passing
months. In no other community of
like size in the country will anything
like as much money be expended for
labor and material as will be disburs-
ed in Keokuk during the coming two
years. This money will promptly find
It's way into all channels of trade and
assures a degree of business activity
and prosperity without parallel in To-
cal history
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-10

Mary's Little Dance.
Mary had a little dance,
Salomer was its name,
And everywhere that Mary went
The cops forbade the same.
II Springfield Union,
But Mary didn't let herself
Betray the least surprise,
She merely murmured, with a smile,
1t pays to ADVERTISE
Birmingham Age. Herald
And everywhere that Mary played
She simply coined the dough;
For every theatre displayed
The sign S. r. o.
Youngstown Telegram
1t is not Mary's dance, you know
Which SO we'll her purpose serves !;
The part that doth entrance them so
Is that Mary has the curves.
New York Telegraph.
Alas, OF grip the other day
Poor Mary nearly died,
For when she danced she had to lay
Most of her clothes aside.
Chicago Record Herald.