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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
TRUTH IN ApvERTis:Nc.

The necessity OF literal, exact
truth for successful adve -tissus. was
given a foremost emphasis a. the
meeting of the Associated Advertis-
ing Clubs of America at boston last
week.
The speaker declared ar,id ar
plause that a code of etai.s for ad-
veTtising could he made ou- OF Just
one word, that word to b. Honest
To this, he said. might be added the
Golden Rule.
The profession OF advet sing has
within the past decade attracted the
wasted energy of host OF the
brightest men in our country They
have pretty thoroughly learned the
principle that the only way to build
successful business is on the foun-
dation of the satisfied customer.
The dissatisfied customer is not an
asset. in fact, he is very much OF a
/ liability Any business man OF Keen
preceptions would far rather that
such a customer should never have
entered his establishment The
/ slightest profit that may be made on
the stuff he bought is far more than
offset by the left handed advertising
that he supplies To his friends TO
work his dissatisfaction.
The ONLY way 10 secure satisfied
customer IS to represent goods pre-
! ciseIy as they are. II the goods have
( defects, and the nature and extent o.
these defects are fully explained b.
the seller, the customer is never dis
satisfied Often he rather enjoys tbs
defects. as he feels that they do no.
injure the goods for his purpos'
nav have been the means of enahlins
nir1 10 make q saving in price HI
beasts Of his bargain to his friends
and points out the faults to shov
how essentially trifing they we're
compared with the reduction ina
they made possible
The customer would Soon have dis
covered such defects. even had IN
seller remained silent about them Il
that case, even if he bought the good
low. he would forever believe that n
had been defrauded.
There are still so many cheats an'
saars IN the world OF trade. that tn
buziness man who makes his adverfiS
ing an honest description OF his good
inst IS they are, shines by eontrasi
and 1ins q community OF permanent
satisfied customers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29
THE TRAMP PROBLEM.

In spite OF al that has been do-e.
by the railroads and by the different
communities TO discourage tramps
there seems 10 be no di,ninu1ion in
their number. The director Of the
National Association for the Proven
ton of Medicancy. James Forbes. is
authority for the statement that
there are no less than $4,000 tramps
in the country today.
4 peculiar phase Of the tramp prob
lem and one that has been given too
little attention is that the very quail
tiles that should make q boy into q
good and useful citizen are the ones
that drive him 10 the road For as
Mr.. Forbes points out it takes energy,
Imagination and a healthy thirst for
adventure for lad 10 determine TO
become 2 tramp and these qualities
misdireeted in trampdonl, could be
/ mighty useful in q conventional citi-
zen Also 1t is shown very clearly
that it is but { step from trampdoul
TO criminality and Mr. Forbes who
i knows tramps about as well as any
one in the country declares that most
/ OF the uncaught criminals as well as
those who fill our penitentiaries have
been tramps at some period OF their
career.
The problem is how TO get rid OF
the tramp Mr.. Forbes thinks that the
best way would be to see 10 it that
the army of tramps already existing
is not augmented by recruits from
the young. He thinks that spirited
boys in railroad towns especially meet
watching, for to these the temptation
OF the road is ever present and tbs
iron rails reaching out into the be
yond seem. 10 the imaginative mind
10 lead far away TO the mystic lands
where ali things gooi await our com
ing
One way to prevent these Young
sters from joining the tramp army is
according 10 Mr- Forbes. TO rob tramp
dom Of its glanor; TO show It as II Is
in al It's 18th and degradation ana
misery He proposes TO do thi:
through the medium OF noTins pic
lures ard Dr. lectures which shall tel
the truth about uauPs: tell o. nov
young boys who take 10 Inc road ar
made The slaves OF the experienced
trzmgs, taught 10 Reg, 70 steal ant
10 90 worse things Instead OF al
loving lads 10 belisye that there i
something adventurous and bol'
zhoct being rmps. he would hare
made clear that the tramp Is a
Tsh-aelite win every mans hsn'
agafnst him ard the Rad Of tramp
DON leads 70 Tie prison
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and one obstacles which always con-
front progress.
THEY ARE IN ERROR.

Democratic newspapers are unant-
mously of the opinion that President
Taft ought TO have signed the wool,
cotton and farmers free list bills
even if they were confessedly quite
imperfect. One paper OF that political
persuasion goes so far as 70 charge
that the President has frankly allied
himself with the interests Another
declares that the President came 70
the parting of the ways and took the
wrong road But they are sii IN error,
as the Buffalo News shows quite
clearly and conelusiveiy. 1t points ont
that TO approve of bills that are so
bad that in three months they must
be taken up again and made over
would be the huge mistake, the worst
that could be committed. The News
says:
1T would keep industries in state
of alarm, distrust, stagnatlon for
months longer than can possibly 6e
necessary. that enlist the labor OF
millions OF men and the investment
OF billions OF capital. Business men
are sufficiently worried and anxious
oven NOW over conditions OF trade
Sails are shortened in every direction,
Buying is getting down TO needs OF
immediate consumption.
IN word. the situation is one tha:
always attends a Democratic majority
in the lower house Of congress and
especially when there is band OF
Republicans ready To join hands with
the Democrats to attack national II
dustry To sign ripping bills made
only to meet popular demand and yei
totally failing in fact TO do so. would
prove the President to be as much o.
unle-server as the coalitionists whe
sought 10 put the executive in hole
There is ample time before spring. and
certainly before another general cleo
ton for the argument to the natior
| that shall defeat the opposition ans
( indorse the stand and general policl
of the administration
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co-oreratExe Store Fails.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The fail
ure of a cooperative store in Water
loo points its moral This store va
heralded throughout the press as the
beginning of a great cooperative
movement among labor unions which
would sweep the country as it has in
England and Ireland among the farm
ing classes. and it was directly re-
sponsible for the organization OF at
least one other cooperative store in
nearby city. but it has failed The
movement is set back temporarily, If
not permanently.
But why did it fail! Without first
hand knowledge of the character of
the management there are certain
fundamentals exposed TO public view
in this enterprise which are unsound.
The capital of this company consisted
of the proceeds of stock sold 10 union
labor men upon the installment plan.
Until said stock had been fully paid
I'D the ca pital was not in the business,
hence the company started with in
sufficient capital and it is matter of
record with Dunn and with Bradstteet
that IS per cent OF all the commercial
failures IN the country are due 10 the
one eause of insufficient capital
Furthermore, in order 10 sell the
stock it Eas proTided that the union
labor stockholders could have credit
4; the store for certain percentage
OF their STOCK which operated 10 take
OFT OF the business large share OF
it's invested capital the moment il had
been paid in With stockholders hold
ing back On their promised payments
OF fnrested capital and with those
WHO had paid in taking theirs cut
again in groceries. the drain was roc
nneh for the business when an &C
carsaiaticn 81 bad accounts had arriy
4 ed. a. comes 70 every merchant
ThEs. this ore experiment OF co
operative unfon labor store in Io~s
ross under. Whether others will III
/ gow ard sBecead remains 10 be seen
liner fate depends sOiely Hrca = /
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element of management There is moth
ing in the cooperative store which
Will insure success above private en-
terpr.se nor is there anything in II
TO invite disaster except the risk of
management and of sufficient capital
which every private enterprise runs.
There is ill-concealed giee on the
part of private enterprise merchants
that this experiment has failed. They
took all too much alarm at its pres
ence in the first place since a cooper
alive store, when it succeeds, can Dc
only one more store among many 9TH
er stores and some individual is al
ways ready to open a new one where
there is trade TO be had. They now
see in it the failure of an attemp. to
prove that they were exacting exorbt
tant prices, and there is sense OF
yindication in this failure to them
The facts are the evil at the bottom
of the high cost of distributing mer-
ehandise lies in the credit system. A
system whereby somebody gets gro
ceries for nothing by beating mis-
bills and forcing the storekeeper to
collect their cost from the rest of his
customers raises the price level 20
everybody Just as taxes IN tile old
world became excessive wnal large
numbers OF the population were with
drawn from productive pursuits and
placed in standing armies to be fed
by those who remained on the land 10
work. The department store and the
I catalogue house, which deal only for
cash, have taken advantage OF this
fact in their price cutting far more
/ than in their larger volume of sales
Farmers cooperative creameriea
which succeed sell for cash. Union
labor's cooperative stores which
would succeed must sell for cash
Merchants generally need not be
1 afraid of cooperative stores When
they succeed they viii be legitimate
competition. and when they violate
the principles OF sound merchandising
/ they will fail.
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On the Mississippi.

ITO the denizen OF the Illinois val
ley. navigation on the Mississippi is a
wierdly interesting performance.
says George Fitch, in The Peoria
Herald Transcript The Illinois River
runs its nose up stream and heads
for La Sale in as straight line as
the bends in the river will allow. The
Mississippi river has four times as
much water, laterally. to play around
in. but most OF it is forbidden terri
tory. 1t is like child in city park
surrounded by keep off the grass
signs. 1t backs out from q landing in
TO swiftly swirling water. turns
around in a sort OF slow. dervisn
whirl and starts south. With what
seems like all the water in the world
in front OF it, it edges cautiously
across the river. hugs the other bank
a half mile, slows down cautiously.
swings around, claws up stream
against the current for few hundred
feet, whirls about once more and noses
up against the bank again. Far ahead
the spires OF the next town loom up
and the steamer has hundred tons
OF freight to land there being already
an hour late But does it plough ahead
down the middle of the stream and
make up timee Not much. 1t seems
to be trying to approach the town by
stealth. 1t lodges behind an island,
| turns and crosses the river, edges up
stream little, mosies off mile and
/ a half TO the other bank. dwadles
down beside a willow thicket, makes
a letter S in the middle of the river
and then does a magnificent semi
circle past the town as if it hadn't the
j slightest intention of recognizing IL
Finally just as the stranger has lost
hone the steamer whistles neryousl!
for the landing. turns. fights its ga1
up stream, heads in for the bank
runs aground on the levee, is swep
down the river clawing for a purchase
in the current, and finally edges baci
inch by inch. II is an impressive per
Torrance, but not productive OF reeort
breaking. The Swain steamers, on tl'
Illinois make 40 miles day, witt
plenty OF time to do it in. From sixt!
to eighty miles is a good days worl
for q local packet on the Mississippi.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

dence in that country. The fifth pa
per of Gugielmo Ferrero's notable
series on The Women of the
Caesars deals wildly with one OF
the most stormy periods OF Roman
history. and the part played therein
by the sister OF Caiiguls and the mar
riage OF Messalina.
There IS more than the usual num-
her of short stories in this number.
by Harrie, Prescott Spo6ord Eden
Phillpotts, Elsie Stngmaster. L Frank
Tooker. Chester Bailey Fernald. Mark
T. Wilcox and Edward Il. Thompson.
Prominent among the coed things
in The Outing Magazine for Septem-
Der are Stewart Edward Whites
story. The Ranch-s-the first Install
ment OF fine serial OF southern Cal
ifornia; IN the Trout Land OF
Idaho by Charles S. MOODY. 3 fish,
Ing and camping story of Lake Pend
d'oreille country. and Dillon Wal
lace's Essentials for Saddle and
Camp Trip-' written for the vacation
list who likes 10 rough it with his
pony. There are gun and rod articles
TOO. Of an unusual type Ducks on
Rock BIZ Percy u. Gushing, q
Long Island shooting experience
Helps for Snipe Shooting. hv Fred
A. Dominy, and Edward c. Cross
mans Measuring Your Gun Stock.
loaded with tips for the man whe
thinks lot OF his gun.
Samuel G. Camp writes about sThs
Versatile Angler and criticises hSet
schools and methods Charles
Phelps Gushing tells How Shear:
May Aid the Camera" very attractive
". 4 story OF a trip to the San Bla:
Indians of Panama by R. Ives Al
Airedale terrier article by Williams
HAYNES, and The Automobile Brake.
By H ". Slauson. round out a car
ital number.
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employment with said person. firm or
corporation.
Section 6. No person, firm or cor
poration engaged in the keeping OF an
intelligence or employment office.
bureau or agency, as provided in this
ordinance shall publish or cause to be
published any false or fraudulent no
tice or advertisement, or give any
false information or make any false
promise concerning or relating to
work or employment 70 any one who
shall apply for employment; nor shall
they make any false entries in the
register. contracts or other records to
be kept as herein provided: nor shall
they conduct said business office or
agency in or in connection with any
place where intoxicating liquors are
sold.
Section I. Every person, firm or
corporation securing a license as re-
quired by this ordinance shall pay
therefor the sum of five hundred dol
lars ls500.00) per annum. payable in
advance. and said license may be re
yoked BY the City Council for any
violation OF any OF the provisions
hereof
Section s. Any person. firm or cor.
poration violating any OF the provis-
ions Of this ordinance or any section
hereof, or who shail refuse access To
the records, books or other papers
relative to the conduct OF such agency
or bureau to any person having auth
ority to examine the same. shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished by fine OF not less than i've
/ dollars fs5-O01 and not to exceed ons
hundred dollars fs1oo.a0} OF imprison
ment in The city jail not to exceet
thirty 800 days for each and evers
offense.
Section ? All ordinances and part
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

A skinning system Of taxation on
everything taxable is an impressive
reminder TO the japanese that world
towering is expensive and those Sho
play the game must pay the price
According to the Financial and ECO
nomic Annual OF the empire for 1911,
everything in the country is taxed.
Residences pay IS per cent, cropped
land ~ per cent, incomes of $3.50 q
year at . per cent. incomes OF $3.50
a52 per cent, and OF ss,5e0 6 per cent
Then there are the business taxes.
the graded inheritance taxes. and the
excise taxes on commodities Ike su-
gar. kerosene, textiles. stock transfers,
banknote issues and Injuries These
are all national taxes; local taxes
must be paid besides Japan's popuia-
ton is 81 $50 goo, and IS increasing b,
66s 900 people yearly.
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Eolsoas PREolcTIoNs.

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electrical inTsztion- rho Is TO- En-
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posez- He aeEfeTss 1oEeTe-. that
tta sEccessfrE firing r-aehtna OF the
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ar transports WITH passe1gers. SEED
i-g zta nEs q 10 niles a. hour.
III IL TIE genera zszrz q travel
there L : xoEt o. cher Z W. Eli
s1as prediction VIA II ss
The ear-h- hozeTer. viii rot cease
10 oe tsg n Consequence. There
VII be Iots & things r911trg Ep and
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steam goEer 2Es sooEt . znis1 i
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Bank clearings reflect fairy
large volume OF payments through
the banks for the third week 81 Aug
ust. usually the low-water point in the
year, and again make satisfactory
comparison with preceding years. To-
tai exchanges last week at all lead
ing cities in the United States were
$2,309, 044,035, gain of AZ per cent
compared with year ago, but q
loss of 1874 per cent compared witt
the corresponding week in 1909. Mos
of the cities show larger exchange
than last year, notably New York
Boston. Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleye
land, st. Louis, Louisville and Me-
Orleans.
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OF ordinances in conflict with the pro-
visions hereof are hereby repea ed.
Section 10. This ordinance shall
be in force and be effective ten days
from its passage and after its publ
cation in The Daily Gate City ana
The observation-disclosures news
papers of general circulation in the
City of Keoknk.
Passed and adopted this twenty.
second day of August, 1911.
Yeas: Elder. Gray. Schmidt
J. F. ELDER,
attest. Mayor.
o. ". sANDBERG. City Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Creased proiectiles are next II
order. All the Eay from Paris CONES
the information that the German GOV
eminent is about 10 IT. ogt an idea
which has already beer successfully
tested By the United States uaFr.
namely, the use Of fine gragalte
powder as & lubricant fer 9-oiecriIes
In high-power guns. The result q Al
increase in initial velocity q tEs
shell thus treated and also zEea-s-
precision OF aim. The bore & tie z1a
is greatly protected from rear ane
tear.
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That the army nurse should be
pensioned as the soldier is the opinion
OF Mrs. Belle c. Harris, who was
president of the Woman's Relief
Corps until a successor was elected
last week at Rochester. Mrs. Harris
said in her speech at the convention
in regard TO the subject: TO no class
of workers should we as women
show greater respect than to the
army nurses" She said that the sum
of $l100 has been paid to fifty-five
nurses and continued: God speed
the day when law shall be enacted
giving every army nurse the pension
rightfully due her from a prosperou
and grateful people" The Woman
relief Corps expended last yea
throughout the country s27s,si479.
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Bryan says ne is going 70 spend all
mis- time until next summer studying
the Democratic candidates fur Presi-
dent Il has been suggested that this
may assure period O. silence, but
the theory is not tenable- Mr. Bryan
invariably thinks "out lozd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Another of Nixon Waterman's con-
ceits exploited in the Christian
Science Monitor:
When the landlords collector goes
out getting gold
From all of his tenement houses
There must-when his pockets have
all they will hold
BE good many rents in his
trousers
Such rents are easily mended and
aren't bad thing TO have.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

A Cincinnati physician claims 10
have discovered that eating sauer-
kraut tends 10 proIong life Most
foods are generally supposed . hare
that effect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Cuts and bruises may ne healed IN
about onethird the time required BY
the usual treatment BIZ spplyins
Chamberiain's Liniment II Is an an
tiseptic and causes such injuries TO
heal without maturation. This iints
ment also relieves soreness Of the
muscles and rheumatic pains. For
sale by AL dealesu.
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Tax Sale Notice.

To Geroid D. Smith. Eliza l. Smith
ard heirs of Charlotte 4. Smith, de-
ceased. You are hereby notified that
on the 3rd day of December. 1905, the
undivided one-half OF rear is T-l2 feet
OF front SIS 7-12 feet OF lots and z.
Fayette Square. city OF Keokuk, Iowa
vas sold TO George S. Tuck
er for delinquent state and
county taxes; that am the law
full holder and owner OF the certificate
of purchase thereof; and that the
right of redemption viii expire and
deed for said real estate be made,
unless redemption from such sale be
made within ninety days from the
completed service hereof.
GEORGE S. TUCKER.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Public demand continues 70 EoE
for the abolition Of the express CON
panies altogether. requiring instead
that the railways do their ovu WORK
Exorbitant profits Of the express
corporations, while the railways are
demanding higher rates On he
ground that they need TIE uoaey.
Strengthen the arguneat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Representative Pepper OF the Sec
ond district has returned home full OF
pepper
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Nine million words we're uttered II
congress. exclusive OF leaves to
print and bracketed applause.
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

The doer. not the dreamer. breaks
the baleful spell
Which binds with iron hands the
earth
On which we dwell
Charles Kingsley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-29

Cheer up. the worst is yet TO come.
Pawpaws viii soon be ripe.
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rue cti9sEaT MAGAZINES.

The Red Book Magazine for sep
TENDER realizes the assurance OF
august that il would De even super
for 10 that noteworthy number. The
!ezdErz story, Getting married, is BY
Eward Salisbury Field, and is as
lively and sparkling q story OF lore
almost shEzr1ed a. VIC recall having
read The Letters Of Letitia.v by
LILY A. Lang. is another story OF In
gezntry AMI surprise. vhile Rupert
Hughes eSp1dsa is nothing less than
z shcr- sto-y classic OF 2 convict
Lferr Hugh Johnson, Of the Regular
Army, tells the story Of military
promotion II the Philippines; MARI
Irrlzy TaFIor contributes another OF
hg- tesiga.fzI ~Dzgo Kid7 stories
Richard Wssa5urz Caild has singu-
Larry appealing a-ory. The Face;
E6En Il sz5fn IA ~MsnhaIdIing Mur-
ray tens coEiege hzztng story, and
seurazs MacManus contributes an
oehe- o. lis Donegal NeEorF' tales
;ais o1s Being Wien q MANS War
-ied
TIE geg.en5er -c@ntarys Is an all
sroeEe-tae~rcrld nanaa@r, wita ART
leles u fresh Interest coverfng almost
eye-y Ezn1 u Ike gIo5e-Afyica, South
Auer5ea- gaysE. Sev ZEALAND, Gresn-
land. Tn6lz, 4Igeris. England. etc,
etc 4 grsqEe presentation Of the
Missions aGssziez cor1es 81 2 discus
sion of ~Chrlsttan Mission IN japan
By Adaeai Kianosskes ard Anna
Bistr9p, wife 81 the TJeaisa gogeraoT
Of GreeaIan6. wrfteG o. Eskimo
Women ID Greentanss 1ast ~ the Fl,
lIerieaces Of tventg-sFe yssrs' req.