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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
Will be at the
Leon Hotel
Wednesday, Oct. 2.
ONE DAY ONLY.
Remarkable Success of this
Talented Physician in the
Treatment of Chronic
Diseases.
OFFERS HIS SERVICES
FREE OF CHARGE,

DR.. C. G. Aitken, licensed by the
state of Iowa for the treatment of
deformities and all nervous and
chronic diseases of men, women and
children, offers to all who call on
this trip. consultation, examination,
advice free, making no charge what
ever, except the cost of medicines
and the expense Of preparing same.
All that is asked in return for these
valuable services is that every per-
son treated will state the result OBJ
tanned to their friends and thus
prove to sick and afflicted in every
city and locality, that at last treat
ments have been discovered that are
reasonably sure and certain in their
effect.
This doctor is considered by many
former patients among Americas
leading stomach and nerve special
ment of chronic diseases and so
great and wonderful have been his
results that in many cases it is hard
indeed to find the dividing line be-
tween skill and miracle.
Diseases of the stomach, intest-
ines, liver, blood, skin, nerves,
heart, spleen, kidneys, or bladder,
rheumatism, sciatica, diabetes, bed
wetting, leg ulcers, weak lungs and
those afflicted with long standing,
deep-seated chronic diseases, that
have baffled the skill of the family
physician, should not fail to call.
According to his system no more
operations for appendicitis, gall
stones, tumors, golfers or certain
forms of cancer. "a bloodless SUR
geon," doing away with the knife,
with blood and with all pain in the
successful treatment of these dan
gerous diseases.
If you have kidney or bladder
troubles bring a two-ounce bottle of
your urine for chemical analysis and
microscopic examination.
Deafness has often been cured in
sixty days.
No matter what others may have
told you, no matter what experience
you may have had with other physi-
clans, it will be to your advantage
to see him at once. Have it forever
settled in your mind. If your case
is incurable he will give you such
advice as may relieve and stay the
disease. Do not put off this duty
you owe yourself or friends or rela-
tives who are suffering because of
your sickness, as visit this time
may help you.
Remember, this free offer is for
this trip only.
Married ladies must come with
their husbands and minors with
their parents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
European countries a part of the
municipal revenue is raised by duties

European countries part of the
municipal revenue is raised by duties
on goods entering the towns At
the gates of such towns there is an
official who collects this tax, and it
is found that the difference in
prices of articles purchased outside
Of the towns and within the towns
is in nearly every instance exactly
the amount of the duty. The same
happens in trade between nations.
Some Testimony from Abroad.
In Holland there are no import
duties on food or raw materials,
the sole protective element being
tax of per cent on imported manu-
featured goods. In Germany there
is a high duty on food and an ex-
cessive tariff on all the necessaries
of life. A household of six persons
can buy for $5.04 in Gelderland
Zone of the eastern provinces of
Holland) the necessaries of life
which in Germany, just across the
frontier, would cost $6.78. AS re-
suit, village OF 1000 inhabit-
ants has grown up at Glanerburg,
near the German frontier. -. There
German manufacturers have built
houses for a colony of their workers,
because they can live more cheaply
and better across the frontier in the
foreign country, where there are
practically no import duties.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
BUSINESS PRESIDENTS.

James Campbell president OF the
North American Company, has been
extensively quoted as favOring Presl-
dent Taft as against Gov. Wilson,,
and one of his objections to the Gov
ernOr is that he is theoretical man,
lacking knowledge of business and
therefore incapable Of directing the
business activities of the United
States.
If President Taft was ever a bust
ness man his biographies fail to
show it. If he has exhibited bust
ness capacity beyond the ordinary
in his term as president it has en-
tirely escaped notice. But let Presi-
dent Taft go for the moment and
consider some other presidents.
Abraham Lincoln was so innocent
ended a term as postmaster in llll-
nois he took the money on hand,
tucked it into a sock and waited for
somebody to come and get it. He
failed in mercantile business and
only his friends kept him from be-
ing sold out by the sheriff. Still he
guided the destinies of the United
States in it's most critical period
with such consumate skill and judg-
ment that he will be the admiration
of the world for ages to come. He
succeeded because he had clear
theories of how this government
should be managed and a burning
conviction that he was right.
There was never a more theo-
retical man in the presidential chair
than Thomas Jefferson, and he
ranks among the four greatest presi-
dents. Was it his business ability
or his devotion to the theory upon
which the constitution was based
that made Washington greatest OF
all? Was Andrew Jackson bust
ness man?
But it may be said that these
men were giants and not to be meas
ured by common rules. What will
the worshippers of business say OF
William Mckinley? He was saved
from bankruptcy by Mark Hanna,
Myron T. Herrick and other Ohio
capitalists. Of the recent presi-
dents from Grant down, how many
were business men? Grants inno-
cence of business made him the vic
tim of a financial shark. Hayes was
poor. Garfield's widow was financ-
ed by public subscription. Cleve-
land was a moderately successful
lawyer. Roosevelt inherited wealth
and increased it as an author. Taft
has been a salaried employe of the
United States for years.
Woodrow Wilson may or may not
have business ability, but he GER
tainly has a grip on the theory OF
American government, and it is that
which has made great presidents
Republic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
OUR "PAUPER" FARMERS.

Here is an instance of how the
tariff helps the farmer:
On Aug. q, the wheat known as
No. ! northern sold in Winnipeg,
Canada, for $1.04 II per bushel.
On the same day, the same grade
of wheat called here No.. hard,
sold in Minneapolis for S1.0OA.
On Aug. 27, No. northern wheat
sold in Winnipeg for $1.02 h per
bushel
On the same day the same wheat
sold in Minneapolis for 92A cents
per bushel.
No. northern sold in Winnipeg
that day for SO cents.
The same wheat, differently nam
ed, sold in Minneapolis on the same
day for SSA cents.
Oats that sold in Winnipeg for
42A cents, sold in Minneapolis the
same day for 80 cents. A similar
difference prevailed in the price of
barley.
In a word, wheat sells in the
American market from cents to 10
cents cheaper than in the Canadian
market Yet there is a duty of 25
cents per bushel on wheat which
tries to get into America from Can
ada
Why doesn't the American farmer
get the advantage of that duty?
Because we export wheat, instead
of importing it. An import duty
does not and can not help the price
of an article OF export unless the
producers of that exported article
are in q trust that is strong enough
to fix prices.
The farmers have never formed
q trust. y II !, Il RE-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
Original Notice.

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
October Term, 1912.
r. G. Brown, Plaintiff,
VS..
Ada Brown, Chester Brown, Ralph
Blown, Esther Brown, Frank Brown,
Hazel Brown, Floyd 81 own, E. P.
Brown and Nancy Ellen Brown, his
wife; Emaline Edwards and Joseph
Edwards, her husband; E. L. Brown
and Anna Brown, his wife, ct al,
Defendants.
To Said Defendants:
You are hereby notified that on or
before the 18th day of October, A.
D., 1912, there will be on file in the
office of the Clerk of the District
Court of Decatur County, Iowa, the
petition of the plaintiff aforesaid,
praying for the partition and sale of
the following described real estate
situated in Decatur County, Iowa,
to-wit: The west one-ha'f of section
thirty-Eve; the southwest of the
southwest of section twenty-six, and
the southwest of the northeast OF
section thirty-tive, all in township
seventy, range twenty-seven, Decatur
County, Iowa, and alleging as
grounds therefore that one Harrison
Brown died interstate in Decatur
County, Iowa, on the 30th day Of De-
cember, 1911, seized in fee-simple OF
said real estate, and left surviving
him as his sole and only heirs-at-law
the plaintiff and defendants herein;
that the plaintiff R. G. Brown and
the defendants e. P. Brown, Emaline
Edwards, E. L. Brown, G. w. Brown,
and Ollie Poland are each entitled to
an undivided one-ninth interest in
and to said real estate; that the de-
PENDANT Ira E. Brown is entitled to
an undivided two-ninths of said real
estate, and that the defendants Ches-
ter Brown, Ralph Brown, Esther
Brown, Frank Brown, Hazel Brown
and Floyd Brown are each entitled
to an undivided 1854 of said real es-
tate, and praying judgment that said
shares be confirmed, and that parti-
ton thereof be made, and if the same
cannot be equitably divided then that
a sale of said premises be ordered
and a division of the proceeds made
among the parties hereto according
to their respective shares. That at
torney's fees be allowed for v. r..
McGinnis, plaintiffs attorney, for his
services in said action and be made
a lien upon the respective shares OF
the parties in the above described
premises in proportion to their in
terests, and for general equitable
relief and for costs.
For 1ul1 and complete statement
~ OF %i co,1co NJ oofinn 600 mo-
tition.
You are also notified that unless
you appear thereto and defend be-
fore noon of the second day of the
term of said District Court of Deca-
tur County, to be held on the 2Sth
day of October, A. ", 1912. q de-
fault will be entered against you and
Judgment rendered thereon.
v. r.. McGINNIS,
x.4t Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
Are You Going Away
This Summer?

Are you going to cut lose from
the hum of your work, forget the
burdens and perplexities which have
worried and annoyed you and take
a vacation? Are you going to give
your physical and mental machinery
this opportunity to be put in tip-top
shape to run smoothly and noise
lessly for the balance of the year
and to do greater and better work?
There is no other investment you
can make that pays better than
keeping yourself right up to the
highest standard-upon this your
success and happiness almost entire
ly depends.
Now, of course, the first question
is to decide whether you will go to
Colorado, which undoubtedly you
have always longed to do; 60 coach
ing through the wonderful canyons
of Yellowstone National Park; roam
among the Glaciers in Glacier Ma
tional Park; revel in the delights
of the charmed Land of the Ameri-
can Continent" bordering on Puget
Sound (the Mediterranean of Ameri-s
ca) and to which nature has given
a bewitching beauty and a climate
unexcelled for healthfulness; enjoy
yourself while in Portland (the IA
nous Rose City,, and the nearby
country, including Clatsop Beach
(the Atlantic City Of the north
west); sojourn while in Califor-
MIA, the home of the Yosemite, Mt.
Shasta, Lake Tahoe, the Big Trees,
captivating San Francisco and the
beautiful "City of the Angels; or
visit the Promised Land. (Utah)
and it's mysterious inland city.
After you decide, or before for
that matter, by all means come In
and let me help you plan your
trip. It's my job with the Hurlipg-
ton to give you informationi "
make 1t easy and pleasant for
take your trip. Ill furnish
erature and take Q lot Of the
on your mind and be glad q
G. M. Ketcham. Ticket
Baflington ROUTE.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
CHAMP CLARK URGES HIS
FRIENDS TO SUPPORT
WILSON.

Champ Clark has written the fol-
lowing letter to E. T. Wall, editor
of the Osceola Democrat, in which
he urges his friends to loyalty sup
port Woodrow Wilson and the demo-
cratic ticket this year:
Bowling Green, Mo-,
Sept. 10, 1912.
Mr.. E. T. Wall,
Osceola, Iowa.
Dear Sir:
AS democrats, we naturally feel
great satisfaction when we cOntem-
plate the rosy outlook for democracy
in the coming campaign. For the
first time in it's history the republic
can party is hopelessly divided and
confronted by situation involving
the existence of the party itself. We
republican president heading the
regular republican ticket and re-
publican eX-president heading a
new party ticket. Consequently,
there has never been greater OPP
portunity for effective cooperation
among democrats. If we meet the
situation as we should we can
achieve a meorable victory.
The present situation is especially
gratifying to those of us in congress,
who have struggled for many years
to bring about democratic triumph.
We cannot but feel pleased that the
record of the democratic House Of
Representatives has contributed to
the increasing confidence of the
country of the democratic program.
We feel that the house has demon
strated to the country that the party
is capable of great things, and that
we have developed sound, con-
structive policies appealing to the
good Judgment of all Americans.
With the control of the popular
branch of congress alread achieved
and the prospect of securing control
or the senate, we ought to permit
nothing to stand in the way of OBJ
tanning a democratic president. Sue
cess all along the line would give
US a chance to put into execution
those policies for which we stand,
and 70 demonstrate to the country
that democracy can be depended up
on to right popular wrongs and set
moving those influences most needed
for public welfare at this critical
juncture.
I am certain that you feel, as l
do, that the only thing to do is to
elect Wilson and Marshall. If we
can not carry the country this year,
with the republicans all split up, we
probably will not carry it in a score
Of years. Consequently, I hope you
will be as active as possible in lin
ing up our friends.
Thanking you from the bottom OF
my heart for your friendship and
support, I am
Your friend, q,
CHAMP CLARK.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
THE INCONSISTENT ROOSEVELT.

Mr.. Roosevelt's multiplied incon-
sistencies are disgusting those of his
followers who retain the privilege
of making up their own minds on
anything.
Two years ago, Mr.. Roosevelt de-
clared reciprocity with Canada to be
right in every particular, and went
into details to show that he had
given thought and study to the mat
ter before speaking.
Now, in South Dakota, in YER
mont, wherever vote is to be had
by the process, Mr.. Roosevelt is de-
nouncing reciprocity as a wicked eff
fort to destroy the American farmer.
Mr.. Roosevelt is swearing that the
bosses of the country all support
Taft and Wilson. His own cam
pai-,, is being financed by Geo. w.
Perkins, who picked the pockets
vi a shroud' to get money for the
Roosevelt candidacy in 1904.
Mr.. Roosevelt VOWS that he alone
stands for social and industrial
Justice Yet his harvester trust
allies are working girls ten hours
day at starvation wages; and re-
fuse to provide stools or to clear
the air of hemp dust as the law re-
quires.
&. The list of his contradictions
might be extended to fill the page.
But there is one thing in which Mr..
Roosevelt is always and ever the
same, consistent, harmonious, I'M
changing.
That is his love for himself, his
confidence in himself, his convic-
ton that he alone is fit to guide
the destinies of the nation.
In this matter, Mr.. Roosevelt
stands hitched In everything else,
he is all things to all men who have
votes.-Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
Tho Purlin otOn Gazette

The Burlington Gazette (dem.)
says: THE democracy of Iowa has
the greatest opportunity in it's his
tory to win the states electoral vote
for democratic candidate. A hard,
consistent and persistent fight from
now on until the last vote is cast
by the democratic party will result
not only in a victory for Woodrow
Wilson but will mean the election of
Dunn as governor, a democratic
legislature and will insure a major
itys Of our congressional districts
sending men of the democratic faith
to Washington. The break In the
republican ranks grows in size and
there is absolutely no chance OF that
party winning the November day, II
democrats exert all efforts in be-
half OF their ticket.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
while it is too early in the cam

'While it is too early in the cam
paign to make an accurate estl-
mate of the vote, it is not too early
to predict that Allen, B'eakly and
Ketchum will be made to walk the
plank" says the Guthrie Guthrian.
1T is assured that the rest of the
ticket will go through, but with re-
duced majority. Bleakly has made
himself particularly obnoxious to
the progressives, by his radical
stand and utterances. Allen it is
claimed secured his nomination be-
cause many voters thought they
were voting for Joe Allen. Ket-
chum is so bound hand and foot
to the railroad interests that it is
best to retire him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
Increase. Z.

These figures are calculated from
official statistics of the British Board
of Trade in the Eleventh Abstract
of Labor Statistics and from figures
in the Seventy-Firs Bulletin of the
United States Bureau of Labor.
The year 1896, which was the
year preceding the enforcement of
the highly protective Dingley tariff,
is taken as the standard year, the
cost of food in each country being
taken as 100. The meaning of the
table is that food which cost $1.00
in Great Britain in 1896 could not
be duplicated for less than SLOT
in 1906, and that food for which
the American consumer paid $1.00
in 1896 cost S1.343 in 1906.
A Striking Comparison.
Coming nearer home, the differ
ence in the cost of living in Detroit
and just across the river in Windsor,
Canada, supplies us with a striking
definition Of the real meaning of
excessive tariff rates. Prices OF
foodstuffs, wearing apparel, and
rents average from 20 to 25 per
cent more in Detroit than in Wind
sor. And between the two cities
there are but 1851 feet of water
and the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill!
The Detroit man is "protected''
and the Windsor man is not.
BY not being ''protected,' the
Windsor man pays SIS for suit Of
clothes that the Detroit man will
find it difficult to duplicate in
quality for $25. What the Windsor
man is escaping in this instance is
the Payne-Aldrich tax of "A cents a
pound On all-wool clothes, and the
value of the goods.
Wool Tariff Robs Women.
When a woman purchases $1,000
worth of wooden dress goods, $4.87
of that $40 represents the actual
value of the goods and the remain
ing $5.13 of the $40 the amount OF
the tariff. In other words, should
the same purchase be made in Eng
land, where there is no tariff on
woolens, the women could receive
the same amount and quality of
dress goods for $4.S7 that she pays
$40 for in this country.
This is because of the Payne
Aldrich ad valorem tariff of 105
per cent on this class of goods.
Germans Admit Tariff Increases
Prices.
When the German government in
troduced it's tariff law Of 1902, 1t
published with it,, as is the custom
in Germany, a printed explanation of
the reasons for it's introduction.
This official document, which square
" declares that import duties raise
the cost of living, reads, in part, as
follows:
finland prices are raised, so far
as a consideration Of the circum-
stances of the last 10 years will al
low us to Judge, in proportion to
the duties.
In precisely this way the tarin
increase the cost of the necessaries
Of lite In the United States.
Tariff Tax Always Added to Cost OF
e Articles.
In France, Italy and some Other =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

(By Clyde H. Tavenner, special
Washington Correspondent of The
Reporter.)
Washington, Sept. 21.-If our
protective system is not the sub
stantial'' explanation of the abnorm-
al increase in the cost of living in
the United States, how does it come
that British prices, under free trade,
increased but TT per cent in ten
years, while American prices, under
protection, increased 34.3 per cent?
Here is a table which tells it's own
story and ought to be considered
Exhibit A. in any congressional or
other investigation into the increas-
ed cost of living:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26

1t is now in order for some lingo
paper over the border to ask for a
high tariff on wheat to protect the
free and manly Canadians from the
"pauper product OF American
farms!-Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26

The American people nowadays
show little interest or enthusiasm
for any politician who has not
fought the bosses with all his power.
What has Mr.. Taft to show along
that line?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26

What justice is there in protect
ing trusts that pay freight on their
products to Europe, and then sell
cheaper to foreigners than to Ameri-
cans?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26

Just what advantage do our work.
ing people get from the fact that
it costs twice as much to buy cloth
ing in this country as it does in
Europe?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26

President Taft says he is depend
ing on the silent vote, but the silent
vote, as usual, isn't saying a word.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26

1t is hoped that enough repub-
licans will be elected to serve as
historical specimens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-26
New York World.

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