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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
SAVE THE RAslEs

The heated term is here again and
unless great care is exercised there is
certain to be many deaths among
babies. With a view OF enlightening
mothers in the care of their little
ones the Chicago health department
has issued bulletin containing prac-
teal hints applicable everywhere The
following are listed among the "dont's''
of the circular:
| Don't rock the baby.
| Don't feed it every time 1t cries.
Don't take it up every time 1t cries.
Don't let relatives or visitors pinch
or poke or boo" at it to make it notice
| them or laugh
| Don't let the children of the neigh
borhood visit and kiss it.
| Don't let flies get to the baby or It's
food.
Don't put clothing on the baby that
binders the motions of the arms and
legs.
Don't dress your baby to make a
show of him-dress him to keep him
comfortable and happy.
Don't sleep with the baby-let him
sleep alone and where fresh air from
an open window can reach him
Don't give medicine without doc
/ tors order.
Mothers should take especial care
THAT the milk that they buy is fresh.
clean. pure and is kept clean They
should not feed their babies milk that
| is over twelve hours old unless 1t has
been preserved cool by ice or running
lcold water Milk should be cold SO
as not to raise the baby's normal
Temperature Use OF a tube nursing
bottle is advised against The best
kind is one with large opening at
the top. the removable rubber cap and
nipple forming the top OF the bottle.
Keep the bottle and nipple clean.
After each feeding remove the nipple
and boil both bottle and nipple for
Item minutes. Before using again rinse
the bottle and nipple in boiled water
about a quart of water in which a
]teaspoonful of baking soda has been
| dissolved.
Included in the pamphlet is de.
scrintion of how to make an Ice box
lfor a cost not exceeding twenty-five
cents. The plan is this:
Secure an ordinary soap box OF
packing case. In this place tin pail
surrounded with sheet of tin bent
in circular. form, which makes an ali
space. Between this and the walls Of
the box pack sawdust Place ice In
the circular chamber surrounding the
pail. Fold a dozen thicknessesl OF
newspaper the size of the box and
lrlace over the top and cover with the
lid. The cost for ice for box of this
kind would he but few cents day,
and will keep the baby's milk cool and
sweet
If an cilclcth or water-soaked gunny-
sack he placed over the top of the
papers the ice will melt less rapidly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
REFORM IN BAGGAGE SMASHING.

A plea to managers OF railroads
throughout the country to adopt some
method whereby baggage smashing
will be reduced to minimum, Is
made in the current issue Of Engi-
neering News. When a railway car
standing on a track is struck by an
other moving at speed of ten miles
an hour, it is asserted the erect is
about the same as in the fall OF a
trunk distance of about four feet 1t
Lis fair question to raise whether the
time has not arrived for a reform IN
the time-honored system of baggage
smashing. The railways are spending
millions of dollars to stimulate pas
senger traffic by providing in count
| less ways to make journeying pleas
ant and comfortable. 1t is merely a
/ case of neglect and official inertia
! that nothing has been done before
/ this to promote the careful handling
of baggage. and thereby reduce the
large number of damage claims and
the far more numerous cases where
! the owner of damaged trunk puts in
no claims. but ilarhors grievance
against the railroad company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
judiciary W, POLITICS.


Fort Madison Gem City: When the
last legislature passed the bill Great
ing an additional judge for Lee coun-
ty, the members of the bar agreed
that the judiciary should be kept non-
partisan, and that an arrangement
should be adopted similar to that
which prevails in the goth district,
which Is composed OF Des Moines,
Henry and Louisa counties, in which,
for many years past, there have been
two judges; one, Judge Withrow,
Republican; the other Judge Smythe,
la Democrat. In nat district the
Democrats have nominated Judge
Smythe and the Republicans have
nominated no one against him. The
Republicans have nominated Judge
Withrow and the Democrats have
nominated no one against him. In
this way the Judiciary Office has been
kept out OF politics and the district
has had two able judges who have at
tanned high rank in the state. It was
the desire of the members If the bar
of Lee county, almost without excep-
ton, that this desirable state Of Affairs
should be adopted in our county. The
Republican governor appointed Mr..
". S. Hamilton as judge. Mr.. Hamil-
ton was in every way fully qualified
for the position, and his appointment
gave universal satisfaction. Since his
appointment the county has had two
judges, one a Republican, living at
Fort Madison; the other, Democrat,
living at Keokuk The court business
of the county has been attended to
promptly and ably. Judge Hamilton
has made wonderful record for fair
ness. impartial promptness and ac-
curacy The Democratic county con-
vention in this city last Saturday
saw fit to ignore the plan which had
been agreed upon among the lawyers
and to nominate candidate for judge
who is a lawyer Of ability and man
of good character It is to be hoped
that this nominee, being such a law
yer. will see the desirability of main
tanning non-partisan Judiciary and
OF keeping the judges of the county
out of political canvass and scram
BILE for votes, and that he will decline
to accept the nomination and to per-
nit the present situation to remain
for the present. We are sure by SO
doing he will commend himself to the
best Judgment of the thinking people.
of both narties, and thereby open the,
wav to his elevation to the bench at
a future time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
II Is Good to Be Home.

Fairfield Ledger: C. NJ. Junkin OF
The Ledger has returned home after
an absence of five months in foreign
lands. On this journey he made
complete girdle Of the earth-from
Fairfield back to Fairfield and trav-
eled almost $4,000 lies by ocean,
river and rail. Those who have read
The. Ledger during this time have
had opportunity to follow him in his
wanderings and to note his impress
sions of foreign lands and foreign
peoples.
Mr.. Junkin has always prided him
self on love, of his native land and
loyalty to her institutions. He comes
home with that love and loyalty re-
newed and with greater faith in the
good old United States of America.
Conditions here are SO vastly super
ior to those Of any other country or
any other people that those who seek
to materially change them should do
SO only after the most careful study
and the calmest deliberation. There
is surely no place for haste and hys.
terics in such a problem Our wage
rate. the foundation of the economic
life of all peoples. is the highest in
| the world; we are better clothed
better housed and better fed than
any people on this great globe, great
er opportunity lies before the hum
blest of our people, and the measure
of our material prosperity is far be
yond that of any country of the world.
We would better endure for tious.
and years the ills of which some OF
us are wont to complain than take
| the chance for evil which lies before
us in a general change.
! And good old Iowa, and Fairfield
our home, Nothing has looked SO
/ good to us in all our wanderings. No
other country, no other community,
no other life, has so appealed to us.
There Is no such attraction in the
/ homes of other peoples as their
homes possess, no stately pile of 9TH
er land has the charm for us that lies
in her modest public buildings which
i we have helped erect and in which
We have direct interest. And there
is a warmth in the greetings of old
/ friends, sentiment in their hand
shakes, which we have felt no place
else in this long journey by land and
i sea We are truly glad to be at home
again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
WILSON AND "THE COARSE
CREW."

In one of his histories Woodrow
Wilson. Democratic candidate for
President. speaks of what he calls
the coarse crew." referring to undo
sirable immigrants to the United
States from southern and southeast
ern Europe. His exact words will he
read with general interest:
There are multitudes of men of
the lowest class from the south OF
Italy and men of the meaner sort out
of Hungary and Poland, men out Of
the ranks where there was neither
skill nor energy, i.or any initiative of
quick intelligence; and they came in
numbers which increased from year
to year, as if the countries of the
south of Europe We're disburdening
themselves of the more sordid and
hapless elements of their population.
the men whose standards of life and
work were such as American work
men had never dreamed of hitherto.
Mr.. Wilson then goes on to speak
of the Chinese who had been shut ont
by statute and adds that the Chi
nese were more to be desired, as
workmen if rot as citizens; than most
of the coarse crew that came crowd
ing every year at the eastern ports. "
A large portion of the millions OF
Italians, Poles and Hungarians in the
country will naturally resent this at
tack made upon their race. Last win
ter Wilson was asked by some Hun
garians in New York 10 explain this
assault on their countrymen. but his
words were not satisfactory to them.
Nor will they dislike this attack any
the less now when there may be a
possibility that its author may be
placed in a position to put his preju.
dices in the statutes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
NlTRATes FROM THE AIR.

The problem Ut restoring fertility
to worn-out soils is the problem OF
restoring nitrogen to them. In the
past this has been done for the most
part by plo .fipS Gown clover or II.
application of manure or expensive
fertilizers 90 or the refuse from
animal packing houses. Nitrogen is
one of the most al undant elements In
nature. but the difficulty has been TO
obtain it in a free state. 1t consti-
tutes the bulk OF the atmosphere, but
lis difficult to disassociate from the
oxygen with which it is combined
Latterly. with the development OF the
high-voltage electrical current, it has
become possible to extract 1t from the
air through decomposition OF lime
stone. The process is one of the cleo
trolysis and the resulting products are
nitric acid and nitrate of lime.
Recent tests made by the Electro
Chemical Company of New York.
working in connection With represen-
tatives of the Southern Powder COM
pany, at the Great Falls development
of the latter company in the Cataw-
ba river III North Carolina. have dem
onstrated conclusively that the pro-
cess can be made great success. 1t
is now known to certainty that free
nitrogen can be taken from the at
mosphere at comparatively small cost
and used to enrich the earth and thus
replace the expensive products here.
tofore in use. Keokuk is directly and
especially interested in this matter
because electrical current of any de
sired voltage. however high, will soon
be available here 1t is also worth
while to consider that this whole
country hereabouts is underlaid with
limestone rock. We have here all the
necessary factors for a nitrogen-pro
ducing plant, at the agricultural cen
ter OF the country, with cheap waite,
transportation to all parts of the
great Mississippi. Missouri and Obi;
valleys. Completion Of the larges
single hydro-electric plant in the
world here should be promptly follow
ed by the establishment here of the
largest fertilizer plant in the United
States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
J, net Band TO furnish their music for

net Band to furnish their music for
them.
Denmark and vicinity seem to have
their share OF automobiles. some
sound like swarm OF bees, some
like someone beating tin pan and
some roar like house afire.
Rev. Hem was FIT. Madison visi
tor last Tuesday afternoon.
One of the largest funerals was
that of Mr.. Rice which was held at
the Congregational church in Den
mark last Tuesday at 10 a. nj. Mr..
Rice had celebrated his SSth birthday
some six months previous to his
death. He was a pioneer settler OF
Lee county and above all the other
things that might be said Of him ne
was Christian man and gentle
man. The floral offerings were most
beautiful. He was laid to rest IN
Denmark cemetery He leaves to
mourn his loss the aged wife and
sons and daughters, grandchildren
and at least one great grandchilds
The corn is in tassle and quite =
bit Of it was before July 18th.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
DANGEROUS TAX SCHEME.

4 The Law and Order Journal is es-
tablished to work against the unlinl-
tied income tax principle that is in
volved in the proposed sixteenth
amendment to the national constitu-
tiou.
| The Journal points out that the
amendment reads that the income tax
may be laid without apportionment
and without uniformity, that is.
/ neither apportionment nor uniformity
is made a condition on which con-
gress may lay an income tax and the
Illustration is given that the whole
tax can. under the law, il passed. be
imposed on the state of Minnesota
and her citizens have no redress.
Minnesota has adopted the income
| tax amendment and is reminded by
! the Journal that its own state consti
tuition provides that the power of tax
alton shall never be surrendered oil
! contracted away; also that taxes
shall be uniform on the same class Of
! property and shall be levied and col
lected for public purposes.
But by adopting the sixteenth
amendment the legislature of Mime
sofa surrendered for all time. unles.
rescinded, the power of unlimited tax
alton to superior power and hal
contracted away principle that wa
considered to be safeguarded beyon,
question in the states own constitu
ton.
The wave in favor of an incom
tax amendment has begun to subside
lit still lacks the votes OF severa
states to secure its adoption. Tn
chances are that several of thos
which have voted favorably hereto
, fore, now see the error of it, the mis-
} take of it, the evil nature of such
, law. and will recall their acceptanc
, before it is too late.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
Read Horace.

Sioux City Journal: The condition of
our times. with some men preposter-
ously rich and all desiring to he rich
err than they are. is by no means novel.
The name of Horace is known in all
our schools. 1t is part of finished
education to be familiar with his
satires. his poetry and his philosophy.
This teacher OF orr day won his en-
during place in the worlds literature
before the advent of the christian era
Rome was at pence following the civil
wars. The financial affairs of the
world conferred there Great fortunes
were rapidly made. It was time of
remarkable prosperity. 1t also was a
time OF popular complaint.
In his book published in 35 B. c..
Horace philosophical as follows:
What is the source of the social
ldiscontent of onr times7 Not, certain
lily. as is sometimes said. in the pc
patton. The very men who offer this
explanation disprove it by their con-
duct Nor can the persistent devo-
ton of men OF business be justified, as
some OF them appear to think. by the
praisewortby desire to provide against
future needs II is something deeper
than this and less worthy-the mere
desire to get rich, to be richer than
Iothers.
The source of our unhappiness. to
answer the question with which be-
gan. is the desire to be rich, to be a
little richer We forget the many
who are poorer than we. and see only
the few who are ahead of us. We
spend our lives IN an ignoble struggle,
and we come still unsatisfed to the
end
II the politicians of our day will not
study Horace to wholesome and intel
Iligent purpose, the sovereigns of the
country might we'll devote themselves
TO that task, to the end of enIarging
their qualifications for the government
of themselves and the men whom they
Ientrust with the mana cement Of public
affairs
What is the source Of the social
discomfort OF our times?" Read Hor-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
The Care Of the Baby.

Springfield Register: Do you know
that number of babies arc going to
die in Springfield during the months
OF July, August and September II
You have a baby in your home YOU
do not want it to be among those
who will die Therefore you must
treat the little one with great consid-
GRAFTON during these torrid months.
The baby may not be able 70 tell what
it wants, but yon should Know VIVA,
i, wants Or should learn as soon as
possible.
The baby will require clean and
comfortable clothing, not too much of
it. clean. healthy and wholesome
food not too much Of 1t: careful bath
ing. not too much of it. but Just
enough; well ventilated place to
sleep. a healthy place to play, freedom
from flies. mosquitoes and other pois-
oious insects. chance to get down
upon Mother Earth and enjoy the
green grass which God has made for
the benefit of mankind, and particu.
larry the baby.
There arc number Of things that
the little one should have; but above
all it should have the most careful
attention and every indication of dis
order or every ailment of any kind
should be anticipated and remedy
for disease or sickness administered
before 1t Is too late ! ct everything
about the premises be clean and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

The Mason City Times agrees that
Mr. Clarke's course is the only reas-
enable one for Iowa Republicans to
take. In the course of an article on
the subject it says:
Sat this time and year It
Is no time for Republicans to bolt
their party, to desert it's ranks. If
Republicans wish to win election this
year in the present muddled state of
politics they had better fight for the
ticket from top to bottom. Any other
course will leave our nominees aban-
doned on the highway long before they
reach their goal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

If Woodrow Wilson had it to do
over again. since his nomination for
the presidency, 1t is foregone con-
clusion he would not have exalted
the Chinaman above the immigrant
from Italy, Poland and Hungary. as
he does in his published works. Most
of these immigrants are Democrats
and not one of them is likely to vote
for him. Without their votes he has
small chance of carrying any northern
state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

Iowa Republicans will make ser
fous mistake if in state convention
they attempt to run with the Roosevelt
hare at the same time that they hunt
with the Taft hounds. Such an at
tempt would be certain to result in
confusion worse confounded The
only safe course is to endorse the ma
tional administration of the party Of
which it is an integral part. 1t can
rot be the Republican party and anoth-
err and opposing party at the same
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

IF you have any religious consola-
ton to offer I will be glad to listen
to it, but do not mention the name of
William j. Bryan or am likely to
begin to swear This statement
made by a Missouri Democratic mem
her of the house indicates that the
resentment felt towards Bryan for
having withdrawn his support from
Speaker Clark for the Democratic
presidential nomination is deep-root-
ed and will not soon be eradicated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
DEN MARK.
= : = . : NNNNo 80 8 :

Rev. and Mrs. Hitchcock and sons
have returned from visit with rel
atives at Sioux Falls. S. D.
Mr.. Maxwell is slowly improving;
he is now able to pillow corn half a
day at a time.
Little Misses Mildred and Edith
Wharton are home after spending
last week with their grandmother
Wharton in Ft Madison.
The picnic in the park the Fourth
was a very pleasant affair.
A great many spent their Fourth at
Viewer as vas to be expected when
Viewer engaged the Denmark Coro.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
Iowa In .inlx

Ogden Reporter: You never did and
never will see prettier picture than
Iowa represents at the present time.
The booklets CT the promised land do
not contain a comparison picture. The
woods. corn and oat fields and pas.
lures certainly present Iowa in all her
grandeur. This beautiful picture OF
now gradually changes to more beauty
as the season advances
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
Taft or RooseyeIt7

Cocn Rapids Enterprise: What is
the Republican state convention to do
which meets in July? Will 1t indorse
Taft or Roosevelt? But If it comes to
tiis, that a Republican convention
cannot indorse the record of it's own
administration, then the party is in.
surgent, indeed, and is bordering on
party anarchy and lending aid and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09
RECIPROCITY.

RECIPROCITY.
The world you smile upon smiles
back
In gladness unto you,
The grace you give along LIES track
Returns as doth the dew.
The singing and the cheer you lend
To life it soon returns,
Till all along the way you wend
A happier purpose burns.
The world you smile upon receives
Your smiling with the cheer
That comes to you in some great hour
OF need another year.
The kindnesses with which you strew
The way Of toll and strife,
Come back across the days to you
In gentler dreams of life.
The world you smile upon reflects
Around its sunny brim
The sparkle of the Laughing lip,
The laughter and the vim.
And when you least expect it SO.
With many bubbling flood.
It sweeps across your grief and woe
Like tonic in the blood.
The world you smile upon lifts up
It's eyes with bright refrain
And gives you every sunbeam back
With interest again.
The world you help to be content
~
BY sending to your armament
The light of azure skies.
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

Thou shalt not STEAL is the cry
of the Roosevelt progressives. When
the colonel tries TO carry Columbia
on this platform the New York sun
foresees that the tear ducts OF the
bull moose party Will overflow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

Almost every day sees an addition
80 the list of names for the proposed
s,ew party. Thus far it has been pro-
posed to call it the Third party" the
Progressive party" the Dissatisfied
Politicians" the Army of Rough Rid
ers,', the "Bull Moosers' and the
Tamil party. With such an as
sortment of names to select from II
ought not to be difficult to make a
fitting choice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

There are now forty-eight white
stars on the blue ground OF the Amer
lean flag. These stars represent. each
one, a state. in most cases greater
and in every case about equal in pop
ulation to each Of the thirteen colo
MES represented in the original fede.
ration of states Our forefathers built
even better than they knew.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

comfort to the enemy Nevertheless,
there will in all probability be opposi-
ton to the Endorsement of Taft and
the Republican national platform,
they will not be radical enough for
some.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

healthful. Do not neglect the little
one in any manner whatever during
the summer and especially be careful
of what is given to the baby to eat
or drink.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-09

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
A man has generally the good or
Ill qualities which he attributes to
mankind. -Shenstone.