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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18

of 1t, don't you know" demonstrated.
Dash the fellows impudence! Then,
remembering / was wearing coat of
dark cheviot that was the very devil
for showing every speck of dust.
slipped out of 1t and looked about for
somewhere to hang it. Not dashed
place. OF course; not thing, you
know, except nails here and there In
the wooden uprights OF the pergola,
and of course nails wouldn't do to
hang coat on. So | Just folded the
jolly thing carefuliy-very carefully,
Just as | had seen Jenkins do-and
then held 1t on my arm.
The chap had been shifting about
me in a curve. clucking his tongue
contemptuously and muttering. and
getting more jolly red-eyed and abus-
i've every minute.
BE a mani" he snarled. You
blamed tailor's dummy. be mani!
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18

Fiaxseed advanced 149 per cent.
Fat cattle advanced 62 per cent.
Fat hogs advanced 36 per cent
Dairy butter advanced Sc per cent.
EGGS advanced 81 per cent.
The prices of articles which the far
mer purchased have not advanced as
rapidly as the prices of the product
which he sells, thus leaving him a
handsome margin of profit. Here are
a few examples:
Ten bushels of corn in 1911 paid for
1913 pounds of sugar. and for only 56
pounds in 1896
Ten bushels of corn paid for 81
yards of bleached sheeting in 1911,
and for only 13 yards in 1896.
Ten bushels of corn in 1911 paid for
two pairs OF shoes. and for only one
pair in 1896.
No farmer can afford to vote the
Democratic ticket because Democratic
victory means lower prices for his
products. depreciation in the value of
his farm lands, and the impossibility
of borrowing any money in times of
emergency.
a vote for Woodrow Wilson Is vote
for free trade, and vote for Roose-
welt is half vote for Wilson and free
trade. The only security for the far
mer is In the reelection of President
Taft and the continuation of the Re-
publican party In power.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18
He Would Battle Alone.

Just suppose that the Lord should
step down to Armageddon and weed
out those who are battling in his be-
half to further their own private ends.
linen suppose that he should drive
out those found guilty of bearing false
witness against their neighbors. And
let him end up by excluding those
guilty of questionable political prac-
tees. Wouldn't he have to do the
battling for himself?-Iowa City Re
publican.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18

Corn advanced 800 per cent.
Wheat advanced 81 per cent.
Cotton advanced i6s per cent.
Oats advanced IS per cent.
Rye advanced 1877 per cent.
Barley advanced 30s per cent.
Hay advanced 1873 per cent.
Hops advanced 2s6 per cent.
Potatoes advanced 2s2 per cent
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18
Light on Great Questions.

The fact OF the matter is that Will
lam II. Taft is not only a high-class
statesman and president. but he is
dead right in nine cases out of ten,
and more nearly right on great ques-
uons than the average of his prede-
cessors. Give us Taft every time in
stead of the wind-jammer OF Oyster
Bay. or the Princeton professor with
his vague notions Of governmental
reforms.-Colorado Springs Tele-
graph.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18
OF FARMER
PROTECTION GIVES HIM GOOD
MARKETS FOR HIS PRODUCTS
AT FAIR PRICES.
PRACTICAL BENEFITS SHOWN
Prosperity Under Republican Adminis-
tration, With Distress Under DEM
ocratic Control, Is the Answer to
Professor Wilson's Inaccurate
Statements Regarding Tariff.

Professor Wilson, who has been ad-
vocating free trade in all of his speech
es, says that the farmers never have
been protected and do not need pro-
lection. Then he ads:
But everything you use on the
farm, everything that you, wear and a
great deal of what you eat, but do not
produce yourself, including meats.
bears heavy duty, which brings
about the interesting result that you
are paying for the wealth of the Unit
ed States and getting nothing, or
equivalent to nothing, SO far as the
tariff is concerned. Now that has not
Just begun to be true. 1t has always
been true"
1t is not true. The protective tariff
does benefit the farmers. They know
1t, and by their yoets have helped to
maintain the policy of protection. Ev-
cry Republican victory has been due
to the vote OF the farmers in support
of the protective system. These far
mers have not been mistaken through
all these years. The value OF protec-
tion has been demonstrated to them
over and over again.
The fact is that every time tariff
duties have been reduced below the
protective point. the farmers in this
country have been heavy losers be-
cause of diminished demand and lower
prices for their products. On the 9TH
er hand, in every period of restored
protection, the farmers have reaped
the benefits of greater demand and
increased prices. There has been no
exception to the rule of prosperity for
American farmers, when American
labor is fully employed.
There were good crops between
1892 and 1897. The rains fell, the
sun shone. the ground was Just as fer
tile as now. In those years. however.
corn sold for 16 cents a bushel and
wheat for 35 cents bushed.
Why?
Because the factories were closed
and millions of men were idle. With
the lowering of the tariff duties. Amer
lean merchants bought their goods
abroad. and the orders which should
have gone to American factories kept
foreign labor busy. As payment for
these various goods had to be made
In gold, the vaults of the banks and
of the United States treasury became
empty. There was great stringency of
money. 1t was impossible to negoti-
ate loans. and banks suspended.
The farmer shared in these disas-
ters because he had no market for his
products.
After the Republicans came into
power and passed laws which turned
the tide of commerce back from
Europe to the United States, good
times began again, and the farmers
shared iY the general prosperity
These are .ae figures. comparing 1896
with 1911:
Corn advanced 800 per cent.
Wheat advanced 81 per cent.
Cotton advanced f66 per cent.
Oats advanced IS per cent.
Rye advanced 1877 per cent.
Barley advanced 30s per cent.
Hay advanced 1873 per cent.
Hops advanced 2s5 per cent.
Potatoes advanced 2s2 per cent.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18

And just when | had hunted you VI
with these!"-and then saw that her
arms were burgeoning with roses.
See what I've been doing for you.
sir,"
For me?" BY Jove. 1T was all l
could say as | took them!
And you ran OIL" She pouted
adorably-naturally. too. dash It. I've
seen them put 1t on when they looked
like they had toothache. How am
ever going to thank you about the pa
jamas?" BY Jove. her big blue eyes
looked me frankly in the face. There
was never a culver of embarrassment
Its wonderful-and to find them
herei"
CTo BE CoNTINUED)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18
CHAPTER Xxx.

Under the, PersoIa.
Make myself at home! / sneaked
under the quiet shade In a convenient
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-10-18

Its Favorlte Food.
Jealousy is a thing that fattens by
feeding on its own spume.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01
BOARDING HOUSE ERA GONE
Many Senators and Representatives
Own Homes-Others Have TO
Pay Big Rent.

It was in Arthur's administration
that a western senator was defeated
for reelection because some or MS
opponents had a photograph taken Oh
the house in which he lived. mod
est residence in q block; but the pho-
tograph was so manipulated as 10
make it. appear that the corner or the
block was the senator's palace. which
was sufficient TO convince the dear
"peepul" that he was an aristocrat
and had waxed fat on his ill-gotten
gains and no longer felt the heart
beat of common humanity. So the
people. would have no more Of him
and sent him back to the farm to ind
such consolation as he could in re-
6ecting on the ingratltude OF repub'
lies and the. shrewdness Of unscrupu-
lous political opponents. 1t taught
its lesson, however To live in a
boarding house where slouchy serv-
ants served sloppy food In numerous
small dishes that could be used either
on table or as the canary's bath-tub
and conversation. like the Sunday
evening supper" was a rechauffe OF
he midday meal, was as much part
Of the congressman's milieu as the
SLOUGH hat, Prince Albert" and white
Tie which proclaimed the southern and
western statesman" Cabinet minis
ters,. being In class by themselves,
were grouchingly permitted to rent
houses, but it laid them open to sus-
picion. Il was more democratic to
live in hotel whose prices made the
constituents of rural congressman
gasp.
The boarding house era has gone
with the muddy boots and the unin-
yited guest at White House recep-
ton, although there are still writers
Of Washington fiction who describe
the high life Of the boarding houses.
Senators and representatives can own
their own houses. unless they are CIV
ing ambitious and INSCRIPTIONS oppo-
nents weapon for their undoing, and
they live in large or small houses ac-
cordingfy as their means justify. It
Ia an economy for a member of con-
gress, senator especially, to buy a
house rather than to rent, for he will
have to spend a greater portion Of the
next six years In Washington. and
he must either rent furnished house
md pay several times the value Of
the furniture during his term or buy
or bring his own furniture, while the
house he buys will usually return
modest interest on the Investment
Harper's Weekly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01
Washington Soclety's New Fad.

Washington society has awakened
to q new idea-plays written and act
ed by children and produced for audi
ences of children.
The early part Of January witness
ed the first performance Of O one-act
comedy by a 16-year-old boy. 1t was
acted by FIVE children between the
ages of and Is, the sons and daugh-
.ers Of the social leaders Of the cap
ltal and presented at the Playhouse.
the newest society club in Washing
ton. which Is given over to the anna
tetur dramatic productions OF its
members, before a matinee audience
of the sons and daughters Of the smart
set.
It is believed that other cities will
follow the example of this juvenile
club and that a great deal Of interest
will be aroused among the youngsters
all over the country. At any rate
Washington society will delight in it
AS II does in every new fad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01
that wedding ring"

tQaL wedding TUG.
Marjories heart stopped at this,
but her pride was in arms. She drew
herself up, slid the ring from her tin-
ger, and held it out as If she scorned
it: with pleasure. Good afternoon,
Mr.. Mallory
Mallory took it as II 1t were the
merest trife, bowed and murmured:
Good afternoon, Miss Newton"
He stalked out and she turned her
back on him. A casual witness would
have said that they were too indif-
ferent to each other even to feel an
ger. AS a matter Of romantic fact,
each was on fire with love, and aching
madly with regret. Each longed for
strength to whirl round with outfiung
arms OF reconciliation, and neither
could be so brave. And so they part
ed, each barking back fiercely for one
word of recall from the other. But
neither spoke, and Marjorie sat star
ing at nothing through raining eyes,
while Mallory strobe into the Mems
Room as melancholy as Hamlet with
Yorick's skull in his hands.
It was their first great quarrel. ana
they were convinced that the world
might as we'll come to an end.
Ito be continued.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01
Wealth in OYSTER Industry.

"In forty years the oyster industry
II Louisiana can be made to pay the
whole state debt" declared Amos L.
Ponder of New Orleans in recent ad-
dress. Louisiana can mature an oy,
ster In two years. while north of the
south line of Virginia It requires four
years. Louisiana owns half Of the hat,
1ral oyster reefs of the United States,
continued Mr.. Ponder, which com
prise 4sS,5 500 acres OF oyster land. She
also has oyster bottoms not now in
use and susceptible Of cultivation BY
placing cultch In the $ater OF 100000
icres more"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01
TOO BUSY TO BAKE FOR TAFT
loWa's Champion Bread Baker Was
Afraid Her Product Would Make
President Fat.

I'm Just 80 busy seeing the s:ghts
OF Washington that WON'T be able to
bake any bread for President Taft"
said little Miss Lois Edmunds. the
champion bread baker Of Iowa. Lois
Is only in her twelfth year. yet she
has been doing baking for her par
ents and friends in Clarinda. Page
county, for three years. Because OF
her skill she won prize trip to
Washington.
Lois was asked to explain her
method Of baking.
81 lust take lot Of -four. some milk,
salt, sugar and yeast and mix them to-
gether thoroughly. I don't measure
anything I put in my bread, so I can't
give you the proportions Of each. /
can tell with my eye when l have
enough OF each ingredient. Then
put the dough formed into hot oven
and bake probably half an hour. |
lust let the bread remain in the oven
until It's done. The mixing and bak-
ing I do on the same day. don't let
nv bread rise over night as some
cooks do. l get much better results
the other way.
"I should like to bake some bread
for Mr.. Taft. but know he has better
cooks than I an. The bread he eats
must be the finest in the world. for |
think he's the finest man in the world
and ought to have the very best
bread. | am afraid my bread would
make him too fat. for It's made my
daddy awful fat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01
CHAPTER XVII.
The Dou-on DOG Again.


Az the conductor left the Mallorys
to their own devices, 1t rushed over
him anew what sacrilege had been at
tempt ed-a fool bride had asked him
to stop the Trans-American OF all
trains!-to go shopping OF all things!
He stormed into the smoking room
to open the safety valve OF his wrath,
and found the porter just coming out
of the buffet cell with tray, two hol'
low.stemmed glasses and bottle
swaddled in napkin.
Say, Ellsworth, what In - do
you suppose that female back there
wants?-:waats ME to hold the Trans
AmericanH,while-
But the porter was in furry him
self. Re was about to serve cham
pagne; and he cut the conductor short:
",Scuse: me, boss, but they's low
in couple In the: stateroom forward
that is in a powerful hurrysfor this.
can't. talk. to YOU. now. I'll see you
later" And he staggered off. leay-
ing the door OF the buffet:;open. The
conductor paused Ito close>it, glanced
in, started. stared, glared, roared:
:'What's this! Well, I'll be-a dog
struggled IN here! III break that
coon's head. Come out OF there, you
miserable Urinary hound" He seized
the incredulous .Snoozleums by the
;scruff Of his neck, growing, Its you
for the baggage car ahead and
dashed out with his prey, just as NAL
Tory, now getting new bearings on
barjorie's character, spoke across
the rampant OF his Napoleontcally
folded arms:
...Well, you're nice one!-making
Violent love to conductor before my
very eyes. A minute more and
would have
She silenced him with a snap:
Don't you speak to me! hate you!
II hate all men. The more l know
men the more I like" this reminded
her, and she asked anxiously: Where
Is Snoozleums?'
: Mallory, impatient at the shift OF
subject. snapped back: "Oh, l left him
In the buffet with the waiter. What
want to know is how you dare to"
WAS 1t colored waiter?'
of course. But Pm not speaking
Of"
But suppose he should bite him.
"Oh, you can't hurt those niger
walters. I started to say"
But I can't have Snoozleums bit
ing colored people. 1t might not agree
with him. Get him at once
Mallory .trembled with suppressed
rage like an overloaded boiler, but he
gave up and gro&led: "Oh. Lord. all
fright. I'll get him when I've fin
Eshed-"
go get him this minute. And bring
the poor darling back to his mother.
Ills mother! Ye gods!" cried Nal
lory, wildly. He turned away and
dashed into the mems room with
furious: where's that damned dog
He met the porter just returning
THE porter smiled: Hes right in
iheah, sir" and opened the buffet door
His eyes popped and his jaw sagged
why, lef' him here just minute
ago"
you left the window open, too
mallory observed. We'll. l guess he:
gone"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01

Years Day at the
home Of Mr.. Thee
dore W. Noyes,
one Of the men,
bers Of the asso-
citation. The Wash
ington Monument
has been finished
or thought to be
finished 80 long
that pro q b ! y
many Of the peo-
pie of the country
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01
SOCIETY IS ANCIENT
BUT HAS PLENTY OF WORK YET
TO DO.
Washington Monument Association,
Organized at the Capital Sept. 26,
1888, Holds Its Receptions
Regularly Every Year.

The Washington Monument Society
held its annual meeting on New
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
A CHAGRINED VOTER
Finds Cause for Shame in Having
Helped Elect Democratic Congress.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: For once in twenty years j have
voted to help elect Democratic Congress,
and what have they done to relieve the
people of high priced living? They nave
been investigating the Steel Corporation
and what has It amounted to? They nave
found out that the steel works are EN-
ploying more men than any other corpora
ton in the world and they are paying the
best wages to the workingmen, and now
they are investigating the money trust
so as to find out what this man and that
man Is worth. Then there is a committee
that is investigating the tariff, but none
of them agree-one for revenue ana the
other for free trade.
| don't believe there are dozen men
in Congress who are tariff experts. nave
been studying the tariff question Tor over
thirty years and haven't got through the
first chapter; neither have those experts
got through their primer. 1t VIII never 10
to nut any article on the free list. 10 put
raw wool on the free list would drive our
sheep industry out of America, ana tnose
foreign Fellows would then take advantage
of us and charge us such an enormous
price that we common people WOULD nave
TO wear cotton overalls the year around.
But there will be no danger of any free
trade while Mr.. Taft Is President
CHARLES ID. BUTCHER.
North Granville, n. Y, March 6, l9l2.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
JAPANESE FLOWER SHOW ON
Roof of the Hotel Astor Verita'
BILE Oriental Garden.

A reception in honer of the japanese AM
bassador and Countess Chinda markea 'n.
opening of the Japan Society's exhibition "
native flowers and landscape gardehihs =,
the belvdere on the roof OF the h''''
Astor yesterday afternoon.
Japanese artists had wrought a trahSo'
nation in the glass covered hall. one e''
of Il vas bordered with stalls showing Ves'
ous styles of plant and flower arranseinen.
and model gardens, while the rest mao -
converted into a garden. with wiiui's
path through labyrinth OF trees ~"
shrubs A pagoda was at the end anu L. a.
il was pool, with ducks floating o" ~
surface. Birds of brilliant plumase
suspended from the overhanging nrahe",
while goggle-eyed toads peered from ~.
grass. Wistaria, azaleas. cherry piossy a
and Towering plum trees lent their ouS
heighten the beauties OF the Oriental So
Many visitors and members oil u'.
clety thronged the exhibit Amons " IA
were Jacob III. Schiff, Mr.. and Mrs. ho"
Mansfield, Dr. and Mrs. Takamina' - ia
derbilt Barton. Hamilton Hope. Mrs' .,d
say Russell, Frederick Muschehhe'"
Consul General and Mrs. Ota. .ts
The exhibition will continue Two ',,ah
Miss L. r. Scidmore, author OF nsse
Days in Japan" will lecture Oh 'ar
landscape gardening and flower
ments this evening.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
THE Blue RIDGE RECALL.

The people Of the Blue Ridge Noun
tains in Southern Virginia have just car
rled out a singularly effective recall both
of a Judge and his decision, and incident
ally also of the Prosecuting Attorney, the
clerk of the court, the Sheriff, and per-
haps some Of the jury. One Of the
mountaineers was on trial for an offence
the nature Of which is not disclosed.
The Judge before whom he was arraigned
proved reactionary lacking Sympa-
thetic insight into modern conditions OF
life among the mountaineers. He was
In the act of inflicting a sentence or
one year when the recall was accom-
plished the prisoner joining with his
brothers and certain progressive friends
from the mountains. who had no patience
with legal technicalties, in shooting the
Judge and the court officers. Every one
who upheld the reactionary view OF jus
tice is now dead and few bystanders
are wounded. The guns Of the Blue
Ridge people having spoken the sentence
naturally was not executed, the prisoner
dom.
Although this recall both Of the judge
and his decision was accomplished with
extra-legal haste. what advocate Of pop
ular correction of the errors Of our tri-
bunals will object TO haste? Moreover.
there are several considerations in Its
favor. 1t was effected without the cost
TO the state of q, general election and
without trouble TO the electors except To
those who descended from the Blue Ridge
Mountains. And shocking as 1t may
seem to persons with old-fashioned no.
tions about the courts, 1t will probably
not have the unfortunate effect upon
their independence that some opponents
predict Of the less sanguinary kind of re-
call. Brave men will continue TO he
found who will sit in the seat of Judge
Massie and fill the place OF Prosecuting
Attorney Foster and administer the law
in the face of the Blue Ridge theory OF
Justice
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
A DAMAGING ADMISSION.

In the report made by Mr.. Underwood
tn the House of Representatives, defend
ing the so-called extended excise
tax" bill, the confusion of ideas from
which the majority Of the Ways and
Means Committee suffered when it drew
that measure becomes apparent. Mr.
Underwood said two weeks ago, when
the bill was approved by the Democratic
caucus that II would accomplish the
same result as would have been accom-
"plshed by an income tax, If it were in
1.-The power of Congress TO enact an in-
"cOme tax law" In the report he says
that ii will accomplish those results Sin
the main." That concession was made
necessary by the insertion in the report
Of paragraph which shows that the
excise tax will not perform the most
popular function of an income tax,
which is to reach income derived from
investments and not dependent on per-
sonal exertion.
The chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee calls such income the fruit
of idle wealth." and he now confesses
that his proposed law, if enacted, would
not reach all idle wealth" He says:
II is undoubtedly desirable that idle
wealth should pay its share of taxation.
Under the proposed law that portion OF
idle wealth held by idle persons will
escape; but because the tax is meas
ured by the income from all sources idle
wealth held by any person coming with
In the broad definition OF persons doing
business, as laid down by the Supreme