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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
AN INTERESTING EXHIBIT.

With 2,040 active employees who
have been in service forty years or
longer, and with 1872 men who serv-
ed forty years or more and are now
receiving pensions, the Pennsylvania
railroad has a payroll which Is prob
ably unique among those of the cor
porations of this country.
No less remarkable is the fact that
the Pennsylvania records show that
today there are upon its payroll 489
men who have been in its service more
than fifty years. One employee has
been receiving pay from the PennsyI-
vania for sixty-six years. In making
public these figures the Pennsylvania
does not say its employees are blessed
with longevity, but 1t indicates such
by the statistics which show that it
has in active seryi, e 4,717 employees
who are between the ages of sixty
and seventy years Pennsylvania en-
ployes retire at seventy. A striking
comparison exists between the Penn.
sylyania records and the Carlisle Ia.
Bile of mortality used by insurance
companies. While the latter shows
the expectancy Of man twenty-one
years of age to be 1915 years, the
Pennsylvania railroad has 4,0f5 EN-.
ployes who have exceeded this.
There are living today eight Penn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

sylvania railroad employees who are
over ninety years Of age. All of them
are, OF course, receiving their regular
payments from the company. The
Oldest employee is Andrew Abels, who
was born May %, 1917, and is. there
fore, ninety-five years of age. He
lives in Philadelphia where, Prior to,
retirement, he was employed by the
railroad as clerk Among the mona
genarians on the payroll Of the COM
pany is James l.. Shields OF Blairs-
Vile, Pa, born January IL, 1921. He
entered the service or the railroad
May /. 1854 In 1871 he was made
foreman OF masons on the Western
Pennsylvania division.
The Pennsylvania railroad trains its
officers from the rank and file. Young
men just out Of school or college be-
gin for the company by learning the
very rudiments of railroading; and
there are many years of hard work
before they even show their heads
above their fellows, or their superiors
learn whether they are fitted for pro-
motion.
A census recently made OF Penn
sylvania railroad officers gives strik-
ing evidence Of the policy the COM
pany pursues in training men. or 17S
officers included in the railroads of
fetal biographical list III, or So per
cent, have been with the company
all Of their business life. OF the 17S
those who received a college educa-
ton number eighty-four or approx
mately fifty per cent. The seven cases
where officers have not been in tn
service of the railroad the entire time
since leaving school include such as
required special training. which the
railroad did not offer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
JASPER BLINES' OBSERVATIONS

To the Editor of The Gate City:
The Gate City editorially remarks
that the chief class of apples to sur
vive the six months winter just taking
its departure will be of the Ben Davis
variety. Well and good for the B. d.
We have them all the year, as a ma
tional apple So far as my observa-
tions in several counties as to fruit
commodities, ! may say that most all
classes appear well fruited. When
the battle line of Winesap, Golden
Pippin, Wolf River and Jonathan are
pretty well swept away, the Ben Da-
Wis reserve is called up to prevent the
rebels driving the union line clear in
to the Tennessee river.
Valley farmers in east Clark coun-
ty appear to be retreating from the
pickle industry The Keokuk Pickle
Company cultivate many acres just
north of Alexandria, the chief crops
being tomatoes and cucumbers. In
the early introduction of the canning
industry, pears, sweet corn, pumpkins,
tomatoes and cucumbers were pro-
duced in immense amounts. The
senior Human of Keokuk was an ac-
tive promoter of the industries in
Clark county.
Demanding a change to a direct
vote of the people, the primary cleo
ton system has been adopted in
many states. And now many are de-
claring that the direct vote is fail
ure as a reform. Let's have a king
with diamond crown and a big stick
made of gold.
AL Buena Vista the pumping equip
ments of the Water Power company
have been transferred to the Mis-
souri, side of the Des Moines. and 3
railroad track connects with the Bur-
lington line. Acres of sand have been
pumped out onto Missouri land, and
this is shipped as needed by the n.y.
dro-electric enterprise. Thus Missouri
! is contributing an important element
/ in the construction of the vast aggre-
CATION Of works now being built night
and day at Keokuk
In Missouri the rural schools have
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
THIRTEEN COCO REAsoNs

A Cedar Rapids business man emu
merates in the Gazette of that city a
bakers dozen of reasons why he
should buy at home instead of placing
his patronage elsewhere. While an
parently directed against the mail
order houses, they apply equally as
well to that class of individuals who
are SO long on bargains and so short
on civic pride that they place their
orders in another community to the
disadvantage of the present and future
prosperity of their own. Here they
are:
Because my interests are here.
Because the community that is
good enough for me to live In is
good enough for me to buy in
Because I believe In transacting
business with my friends.
Because want to get what l buy
when | pay for It,
Because my home dealer carries
me when run short
Because every dollar spend at
home stays at home and works for
the welfare of my town.
Because the man buy from
stands back Of the goods.
Because sell what produce here
at home.
Because the man / buy from pays
his part OF the town, county. ant
state taxes.
Because the man buy from gives
value received always.
Because when Ill luck, misfortune
or bereavement comes. the man
buy from is here with the kind.
greeting, his words of cheer and his
| pocketbook, if need be.
Here live and here buy.
These are all good reasons and
worthy of acceptance in Keokuk at
well as Cedar Rapids. Only by build
ing up home trade and industries BY
patronizing them can the community
be made prosperous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

just completed tests In spelling. The
ability of good spelling is chiefly a
talent, and is only an atom Of educa-
ton. Tests should be extended SO as
to include good morals and manners
In late May and extending up to the
third week in June that strange In
sect known as the periodical cicada
will appear in one district in Ohio,
few counties in southeast Nebraska,
west-central Illinois, west-central Mis-
souri,, and in Iowa pretty we'll all ov-
er the southern and eastern counties
and north to some districts beyond
the center of the state. This Is
Brood XIII and is a seventeen-yeaY
class. In its native habits, and long
life period, the periodical cicada is
the strangest and most interesting of
all insects. OF the millions which viii
appear in these FIVE states this sum
mer, we may reflect that in early
August, 1895, these same creatures
emerged from eggs deposited in the
branches Of trees, and in a brief time
dropped to the earth and soon began
tunneling into the ground, there to
labor and grow and silently pass from
one period of advancement on to an
other of their exceedingly slow voy-
age to perfection. The periodical ci-
cada is beautiful and attractive, and
to obserye~and study the visitors is
well worth ones time devoted to
these investigations in natural his
tory.
When Bibles were coming into pub
lie use some three hundred years ago
and earlier they were so few and
precious that they were chained to
pulpits and tables. Now, the Bible is
printed in FIVE hundred languages and
dialects, and in one instance the
translation was made for the accom-
mediation of tribe of only eighty ma
tives of one of the Pacific south sea
islands. The Bible and its teachings
are the welfare and salvation of the
human family.
At the east end Of the Keokuk and
Hamilton bridge / had talk the 9th.
err day with the keeper, Charles
DOUGH, who takes pride in giving in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
VOTING ON IRONING DAY,

In the American Magazine for June,
Abe Martin, the Indiana funny char
acter created by Kin Hubbard, gives
his views and those OF some of his
neighbors on votes for women. show
ing up the handicap the women have
in the fact that most elections come
Tuesday, which is ironing day. Here
is an extract:
!" TIL only real objection I kin see
t women yotin' is that our elections
are allus held on Tuesday-ironin'
day, otherwise ! could be heartily fer
it., said Tell Binkley. our leading
tornado insurance writer. Mr.. Binkley
is predisposed t bright colors an has
a tenor's mustache an reminds you
o. tn boss barber o. tn late seven
ties.
. Miss Name Moon is our most
brilliant an fearless suffragist. She
has strong square features, fair
sized knot o. red hair under moder-
siderable distance apart an wears a
four-in-hand tie an side pockets. She
would command attention even on
circus day an has long CALLED under
taxation without representation. Turn.
in t Constable Plum in tn squire's
office she said I've got jist about as
much use fer you an tn law as
have fer croquet set an If ever pay
any taxes without first knockin' your
head off I'll be in a trance
Later in tn day Miss Noon paid
I her respects t men in general by de
clarin' 'em jist lot o. stomachs an
watchchains whose whole idea O. cit
izenship wuz THROWN round steak
on tn table three er four times week
er buyin' a wife a clothes-wringe
She said that tn CROWN tendency
'mongst our girls t seek some lighter
employment other than marriage made
her buoyant with hope an courage
Mrs. Tilford Moots, who has con
tributed more sons t the Reg'lal
Army than any woman in tn world
an who has allus been closely affili
ated with a champion checker-pIayer
stopped plowin' long enough t. say
! that, while she didn't take no news
, papers an only knowed what she
/ heerd from tn hucksters. she'd allui
: felt like there wuz somethin' eneaual
: She said she'd never found time 1
5 look int things an that her HUSBAND
: wuz too busy defendin his title t. b,
o. much help.
However. she says if women ri
t votin' she'll vote with 'em-that il
if it's too wet t pillow an she kin IF
off, ,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
Always Sign Your Name.

Springfield Register: II you ever
write an article for a newspaper, sign
your name to 1t and insist that it be
published with the article. If you
were an editor you would get some
Idea Of how many communications go
into the waste basket simply because
people are not willing to append their
names to the same. If you have any
thing to say for the good of the
community you should be willing to
take the responsibility of saying it in
a manly way and above board. If you
have criticisms to make they. should
be legitimate and honest, and you
should not be afraid to have the pub
lie know that they come from You.
While some people, as matter of
modesty, dislike to have their names
appear In print, most of the communi-
cations received in newspaper offices
with the condition that they be print
ed without the writer's name are
from people who, as matter of fact.
are afraid to attach their names to
the communication which they desire
to be printed and which they expect
the editor to be responsible for in the
absence of the writer's name.
The editor is willing to take the re-
! sponsibility of his own ideas, and as
| rule most editors are not timid, nor
nor are they backward in stating their
opinions on any proposition in a force
! full and unequivocal manner. Now, II
the private citizen wants to invade
the columns of the paper which are
usually open to him he should come
| up to the mark, say what he wants
| to say and sign communication with
! his full name.
! II you have not sufficient courage
to stand by your proposition do not
expect the editor to lift the response
bility from your shoulders and take II
upon his own. He may be willing to
do it sometimes, but it Is not fair to
him and to your communication. By
not having a genuine name affixed il
fails to be of as much force as sign
ed article.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
CLEAN MILK AT A REASONABLE
PRICE.

The demand for healthy, clean
milk and the revolution In its method
of production have tended to increase
its cost, and as more exacting de-
mands are made on the producers
higher prices may be expected. In
recent address before the Chamber OF
Commerce OF Rochester, N. T.. Dr..
John R. Williams attempted to show
how this cost could be kept within
reasonable bounds. or even at lower
cost than at present, He called at
tention to a number of practical
points in the economical production
of milk. In some instances land near
cities worth as much as $1,000 an
acre is used for dairying purposes,
making the overhead charges SO
great that milk cannot be produced
profitably at moderate price. In
other instances, attempts are made to
pasture large areas of land, when by
more intensive methods feed for the
same number of cattle could be pro.
duced on much smaller area. Lack
of economical methods in the distribu-
ton of milk also has much to do with
increased cost. Williams says that
half of what the consumers pay for
milk goes to pay for the delivery from
the railway depot to the home. The
overlapping of routes of distribution
Is also a source of increased cost to
the consumer and of lessened profit
to the distributor.
DR.. Williams gives concrete figures
as applied to Rochester to show how
milk could be delivered to consumers
at lessened cost with increased profit
to the producer. His solution OF the
problem regarding distribution would
be the leasing of the privilege of dis
tribnting milk to smaller number of
distributors. This multiplication of
small retailers or distributors of food
is recognized by the Journal of the
American Medical Association as be
ing one OF the elements in the high
cost of living, but in the case of milk
in the large cities the objection of
Williams as to distribution may not
apply, as the business is sometimes
in the hands of several large distribu'
tors who have apportioned the terri
tory among themselves. Here, how
ever, enters the question of monopoly,
and the practical result is not low.
ering OF the price but the opposite,
The points made by Williams, how
ever, are well taken, and apply with
especial force to the smaller cities. A
plan for the public regulation of dis
tribution and the elimination of a
large number of distributors would
help to solve the problem of the price
of milk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
keokuk. Iowa .........May IS, 1912

a PRAYER FOR THE NEW SELF.
Down through the ages the echoes
are passing,
Ger the swift years and the days
flying fast
All the worlds best has been careful
ly garnered
Through the great souls making
splendid the past.
Linger ye echoes, from strong voices
tender,
Oh, touch my spirit, rare souls who
have won,
Beauty unfading, and truth made I'M
mortal,
Enter my life ere its years are all
done!
All the new self is waiting and long
ing,
Craving the best from the spirit OF
power,
Lend me the key to the grand march
ing chorus,
Grown with fulfillment the prayer
of the hour!
Mary R. Baldwin.
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other classes Of birds are refninl

other classes Of birds are refining
and sweet in song praises
The most important campaign =
that one which is now being enacted
on the millions of farms of the Amer
can territories. The farming indus
tries depend upon the brief periods o.
June and July.
On May 22nd | observed the frs
little fly which is called chrysop'
niger. This is prettily decoratea
little creature of the fly classes, anu
in size it is slightly smaller than 'as
common house fly. The chief color !,
dark; eyes pink. The range
the niger fly includes all ins
territory from Canada to tns
Gulf of Mexico and from the All
lantic ocean to the great plains =
O. Howard, United States entomolos.
isf, writes to me that only the felnals'
of chrysops niger are blood-thlrsu'
The males existing upon flowe'''|
honey, dew and other sweet fluids.
JASPER BLINE5,
| Seven Pines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
PROFESSOR HOLDEN.

The Iowa City Republican, is out
spoken in opposition to Professor
Holden Tor the Republican nomination
for governor It's chief objection is
that he simply does not have common
business gumption. The trouble which
he had with the agricultural college
authorities over his department did
not reflect In the slightest degree on
his integrity. ut simply showed that
he had no conception OF business
methods or obligations. He let things
run at loose ends, and there is no
reason to suppose he would do any diff
ferently in the governors chair" In
another connection the same paper
says:
Professor Holden's chief trouble is
that he Ia professor, and he shares
faults which are common to men In
institutional work, faults which impair
their usefulness in other fields. With
all due respect to the excellent gem
tlemen who make up the most intel
lectual portion Of the population of
Iowa City and OF Ames, they would
run the state to grass in six months
if they had the job Of bossing it. Pro
lessor Holden has all of the character
istics which work this impairment In
particular, he is no Judge of men nor
motives. This caused his bad en-
tanglement in that Idaho land deal.
He had no bad motives, but was
dumped, and doesn't know 1t yet. Pro
fessors are the natural prey of land
sharks and mining sharks. Professor
Holden would be as easy a prey to the
office seeking shark. He is man
with one idea, and that idea one
which has no relation to the duties
OF governor. His travels over the
state have given him some ability as a
glad-hand campaigner, but otherwise
he has true professional incapacity for
public life.'
A few scattered adherents over the
state honestly believe that he would
make a good governor, but the Re-
publican says that those who are back
ing his candidacy, and who would be
the powers behind the throne If he
should be elected, are not concerned
in him except as he is valuable to
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26
Concerning Strawberries.

Dubuque Times-Journal: Strawber-
ries are the earliest garden fruit to
ripen and coming each spring after a
winter surfeit of cooked fruits they
give US delicious spring welcome.
The generic name OF fragaria,
meaning to emit fragrance, was given
the fruit by Romans because of its in
wiling perfume. It's second baptismal
name of straw, by which we designate
it today. comes. the students tell us,
from the straw-like character of the
stems, or from a very early custom Of
stringing the berries on straw.
Although the strawberry Is almost
worldwide fruit, not everyone can
eat it, as it's decided acid disagrees
with some. These people, however,
should know that the addition OF a
little cayenne pepper will not detract
unpleasantly from the fruit and will
prevent difficulty in digesting it.
Fruit was mans first and principal
diet. Primitive man was active and
agile and fruits left no deposits In his
arteries to age him and then kill him
DSSluc6, lHSs WeIt p1SdstllI " ldStc
as we'll as being healthful.
AS Strawberries contain certain
portion Of citric acid and salts Of
! lime they are generally considered ex-
cellent for those of equity and bilious
tendencies, and even when acids are
supposed to be COMMUNICATIVE they
may prove acceptable to the system OF
| the strawberry lover If taken with a
small quantity of bicarbonate Of soda.
There seems to be great deal of
| therapeutic value contained in these
drops of sunshine" and they are pre-
scribed in chronic cases of malaria,
liver trouble and pulmonary diseases.
| The beauty doctor makes use OF
them as cosmetic. But best OF all
uses is that to which good cook puts
the strawberry when she transforms
| it by kitchen magic into delicious,
iold-fashioned shortcake.
!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

The general assembly of the South
ern Presbyterian church, in session at
Bristol, Tenn. did itself great credit
last Thursday when 1t voted down a
resolution suggesting an attack on
Catholicism by the evangelical
churches of the United States and
Canada There will be plenty of time
for the different denominations of
Christendom to quarrel among them
selves after the common enemy has
been met and overcome.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

The plain fact Of the matter Is that
Taft's partial failure In Ohio to carry
his own state counts less against him.
than Roosevelt's almost total failure
in New York counts against the lat
ter. Roosevelt got less. than 8 per
cent OF the New York delegates. while
Taft has about SO per cent of the
Ohio delegation, Besides the dele
gates Taft secured in Ohio assure his
control of the national convention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

The general assembly of the North
ern Presbyterian church in session at
Louisville on Thursday declared 1t to
be "inexpedient" to open the way to
Presbyterian pulpits for women can
didates for the ministry. The ban will
likely be removed in time, but for the
present feminine pulpit orators will
have to look elsewhere for opportun.
tiles to be heard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

Kentucky has added Chair of
poultry to the curriculum Of its state
university. It is to be hoped it will
address Itself promptly and successful
~ to the problem of how to make
hens lay in winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

The Davenport Democrat hits the
nail squarely on the head in saying.
THE fact is that the presidential
primary nowhere has demonstrated
that it is fair expression of the
sentiment of the entire membership
of the party. 1t has seldom polled
third of the total party vote. and nat
urally the third that votes is the one
that has been responsive to strenuous
campaigning, such as President Roose-
welt is postmaster Of The Roose-
velts can get an endorsement at a
primary three times out of four. In
other words, the primary is as easily
packed as caucus or a convention"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

A company has been incorporated
In st. Louis to manufacture a power
unicycle, a one-wheel vehicle driven
by gasoline engine and an air pro
pellor, which, it is promised, win run
500 miles an hour. If the whirlwind
political campaigns now in progress
are to become part of the regular
program something of the kind will
meet real need.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

The next Republican state conven.
ton will be held at Des Moines on
Wednesday, July 10, and will consist
of LIPS delegates. The representation
is based on Governor CAROLS vote al
the election in 1910, which was many
thousands smaller than the presiden-
tial vote of 1908 on which the MAY
convention at Cedar Rapids was
based. hence there will be 355 fewer
delegates than in the latter gathering.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

A New York court has affirmed the
ancient dictum that a gun without
lock, stock or barrel is a dangerous
weapon. The ruling is confirmed by
the experience of mankind ever since
firearms were first invented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

A local moving picture house on
Friday evening showed the landing
of Columbus in three reels, thus again
reminding US that his voyage was ex-
ceedingly rough.
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THOUGHT FoR The DAY.

'Tis not too late to build our young
land right,
Cleaner than Holland, courtlier than
Japan.
Devout like early Rome. with
hearths like hers,
Hearths that will re-create the breed
called man.
Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-26

The law of compensation holds good
as regards baseball as well as every
thing else. Rains In May mean dou-
ble-headers In June.