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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-06

in which said improvements are
made, in proportion to the special
benefits conferred upon said property
by said improvements and not in ex-
cess thereof
And that this resolution will be
considered for passage at a meeting
of the City Council to be held on the
oath day Of September, 1912, at which
time objections may be made to the
passage of this resolution and to the
making of said contemplated improve.
ments.
Roll call:
E'der-Aye.
Gray--Aye,
Hickey-Aye.
J. F. ELDER,
Mayor.
Attest: 0. w. sANDBERc. City
Clerk.
Dated this Ord day Of September,
1912.
0. W. sANDBERG, city Clerk.
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Standing of the Clubs.

Where They Play.
ST. Louis at Detroit.
Cleveland at Chicago.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
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LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE.
Keokuk Lodge, No. 704. meets every
Tuesday night at s p. m. In Moose
hall, corner OF Sixth and Main. Visit.
ing brothers cordially invited. Ed. G.
Vaughan. dictator. Roy M. Martin.
secretary.
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K. OF P.

K. OF P.
Morning Star lodge No. 5. meets
at Fifth and Blondeau. X. OF p. build
ing, Tuesday a. 1880. John p Johnson,
chancellor commander; Robert Ulrich,
K. Of r. and s. Visiting Knights
fraternally invited.
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WooDMEN OF THE WORLD.

WUUUMEN OF THE WORLD.
Gate City camp No. 81. Woodmen Of
the World, meets second and fourth
Thursdays of each month at Hawkes.
hail. corner Eighth and Main streets.
Visiting soyereigns cordially invited.
All ert Kiefer, consul commander; e.
E. Hawkes., clerk.
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Sporting Views
By the Editor

When the annual meeting of the
Central Association magnates is held
in Burlington today, it is likely that
nj. E. Justice will be elected presi-
dent of the association again, in ap
probation of his work Of the past
year. Mr. Justice, while ruling Cen
trail Association affairs with an iron
hand, has had a great deal to do with
holding the league together the past
year when things looked very black
and will, no doubt be returned to the
presidential position by unanimous
vote.
George Pennington arrived in the
city yesterday afternoon and will stay
until tomorrow when he will join his
team in a series of transforming en-
gagements around this part Of the
country After the tour which will
last until the 22nd, Penny will return
to Keokuk where he will spend the
winter. From all indications he will
go to Kewanee as manager again next
year. Fans in the Boilermakers town
are strong for Penny and made him a
nice present before he left.
The Muscatine Journal, looking
backwards over the season, means In
the following manner:
Champion Musky Misflts.
Pitcher Burch, Ottumwa.
Pitcher Mitchell, Galesburg.
Pitcher Adams, Galesburg.
Pitcher Roberts, Cub recruit.
Catcher White, Independent
First base Newman. Monmouth
Second base Painter. Hannibal.
Shortstop Blake. Decatur.
Third base Johnston, San Francisco.
Left field Holycross, Danville.
Center field Colman, Kewanee
Right field Walters, Kewanee.
Perchance. It's a sad thing for the
Musky fan TO contemplate the above
list of stars and then peruse the
standing OF the Muskats in the Cen
trail Association just closed. The
aforementioned thirteen athletes are
now lost beyond retrieval by the ma
tive organization. Were It possible TO
collect the aggregation on 9 local field
for an entire season II Is not al ali
improbable that the C. a. bunting
might watt from The downr breeze
which some time sweeps oTer sogEh
End park
Either this ysar q las. Tesy 8zTrrs
Painter. Mitchell. BlaEe. E1gvgr1ss =
al graced Musk logger sF #s-s
released. sometimes enc III
sometimes IN Eho1essfe rzterz ~
it is a fact thas ther M
main. inproTs5 v7a-s7z z=z
away from the 1cczg IL sg7e z
them were cut a6rsts 1eczz4s =
competent PLAYING Soe
turbers and dsz8-sazfzs-s. w1zssTs-
that is. and we're II ct ~ IL
good Of the team
Jack Jeftrtes. vha csrEtt tss gstter
part OF the seasoa fcr ire Tz5Es-z las
about decided % 20 to tbs ccss ,gr
the winter When he zrviTes n rsa-
fornia ne viii resume his pugIlEsttc &c
tfyities and try 10 aecHra MARCHES
with California heaTy~efghts around
Los Angeles ard san Francisco Eis
past record in the squared circle vii
entitie him 70 some main e7eata be
fore the Golden state fight Clubs
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tournament will begin here next Mon.
day.
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B. p o. ELKs.

b. P. o. ELKS.
Keokuk lodge. No. 100. meets first
and third Thursday nights at Elks'
hall. Sixth and Blondeau streets. Club
rooms open daily. Visiting brethren
cordially invited. F. G. Smith. e. R.;
Leroy ]. Wolf. secretary.
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FRATERNAL CARDS
MASONIC.

Meet In K. Of P, building, cor.
ner Of Fifth and Blondeau
~ Eagle Lodge No. IL holds its
IN regular meeting the first Mon
day evening Of each month.
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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS.

Hall Seventh and Main streets.
Keokuk lodge No. 13. meets regu-
larry Monday evening at 1880 o'clock.
Alfred Lundberg, N. g.; b L. Bond,
recording secretary.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
ANOTHER FARMER ANSWERS
Sequim, Wash

With your kind permission | will
write a few lines in reply to Comrade
Herman's assumption as to the farmers
position, condition and attitude in rela-
ton to socialism. When | was a boy at
school and trying to master the Eng
fish grammar | was taught in regard to
some adiectives that they could not be
compared That is if an object was
square there was the end of it. 1t was
square or it was not; a thing was round
or it was not. Now to me a person is
a socialist or not a socialist. No matter
what the previous condition of that per-
son may have been and whether that
person be a farmer or wage worker, and
one is just as much entitled to a voice in
determining the policy of government as
the other. The farmers are taking up
socialism fully as fast as the wagework-
er, and have the power to do fully as
effective work as that class. Comrade
Herman asserts that the farmer is not
exploited. Possibly he may not be able
to put his finger on a man and say this
is the man who gets my surplus, but
somewhere in the shuttle and deal he is
separated from nine-tenths of his pro
duce and he cannot prevent this sep
aration as effectively as does his brother,
the wage-worller, who has his union and
has in the past done some very effective
work by the strike. While the farmer
from lack of solidarity must grin and
bear it and sometimes fails to provide
the grin. The comrade states that the
farmer cannot be as revolutionary as the
Wage-worker. I hold that if a person
wants conditions turned the other side
mp that person is certainly revolution
airy If any one does not want this ac-
compli-hed that person Is not a social
i,t Herman also says that the farmer
must come To the waga-w0rser. How in
III are we to come to them when in
Hermann estimation There IS am impo-
-ibIe gulf between rs. 7 have been 3D.
farmer aH my lire and iu the socialist
movement since 1905 and believe that 7
ann just as anxious for the cooperative
commonwealth as amy wage-warser and
Furthermore. .u DO more than any Of
th.m to give # start. Under capital
ism ana tn a8pitali-.ia terms 7 have got
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN COM
MITTEE.

The national campaign committee will
meet at campaign headquarters on Mon
day, October T. at which time the needs
of favorable congressional districts will
be considered.
Reports indicate that the enthusiasm
is increasing rapidly in all sections. A
certain apathy existing in some parts of
the country for while seems to have
entirely disappeared and from all quar-
ters now comes the cheering news that
the comrades are up and doing.
Twenty thousand people heard Debs
at Philadelphia and twenty-five thou
sand attended the joint meeting of Debs
and Seidel at Madison Square Garden,
New York City. Comrade Debs writes:
"The Philadelphia and New York meet
ings were so great and so overwhelming
that am still dazed when I think of
them"
Comrade Seidel made an automobile
tour of Connecticut speaking at dozen
or more points between his big meet
ings at New Haven and Hartford. Every
where the factory workers turned out in
great crowds to hear him. He reports
unusual activity on the part of the state
and local organizations and indications
are that the increase of our vote in Con
necticut will be amazing
Victor L. Berger has Just completed a
most successful series of meetings on
the Pacific coast. He spoke at eight
places in five days and to crowded
houses in every instance. At Seattle he
was introduced as the imam who recalled
Judge Hanford," and everywhere the first
socialist congressman was greeted with
the greatest enthusiasm. The success Of
the meetings can be judged from the fact
that the local organizations cleared
twenty-five hundred dollars over and
above expenses from the collections and
admission charges.
The Keir Hardie meetings have been
very successful and most glowing reports
have been received Of the good accomp-
lished at Denver. Kansas City and other
points Comrade Hardie closes his tour
with a meeting in Brooklyn on October
Is, and in New York City, under the
auspices of the intercollegiate Socialist
society. on the l4th He plans TO sail
for England Immediately thereafter.
The membership is not using the large
Deh- and Seiial campaign posters as ey-
teu-iveIv a- they should Tt is splendid
advertising and can Dee put iu nhre-
where nothing else would Ha allowed
They ara Dives inches autographed in
four ea'ar- with large pictures of the
candidates and the slogan "Norsiug Men
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Comrade Herman in the Commonwealth
of September 81 in defining the farmers
place in the present economy makes
statements that do not appear to me
well founded. "The farmer is not eX-
plotted" says Herman. He apparently
makes no distinction between the farm
err who owns a piece of land and the one
who pays rent either in cash or a share
of the crop. Let us take the renter who
tills a farm on shares. Teams and tools
and seed furnished by the owner of the
land. Is he not exploited? Surely as
much so as the factory hand who works
by the piece. Go a step farther up the
scale-or down it, for often the owner is
worse off than the renter-we find the
owner who in order to get home of
his own is obliged to sell his future labor
power-his life to the loan shark for a
bare existence Can Comrade Herman
say that such a farmer is not exploited
But we need not hang milestone mort
gage about the farmers neck to show
his exploitation. Take any small farm
err and examine into the economic re-
lation between the expenditure of his
labor-power and the means of life thus
obtained and it becomes very evident
that he is exploited by those who set the
prices on his pieoe-work-that is ou the
commodities which his labor has pro-
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poorer neighbor The rich farmer can
often subsidize railroad and get a re
bate not only on what he ships himself
but on the shipments made by his neigh
bors. Many farmers are forced to hire
help as the class of work to be per
formed requires more than one person
while the farmer knows that the wages
of an extra man will at the end of
year amount to more than what is left
as pay for the toll Of himself and fam
lily. | have known of many such cases,
and ] have heard a farmer say to his
hired man 81 wish you had my place and
| yours"
Is the farmer revolutionary Is a
wage slave revolutionary? In either case
he is if he is intelligent enough to be
class conscious and realize how he is eX-
plotted. BY nature the farmer is more
independent than the wage-earner, and
more apt to have a mind of his own.
Take the farmers as class and they
read more and think more about what
they read than the unskilled proletariat
hence they are easier to convince of the
truth of socialism than the day labor
ers. To be able to think clearly implies
a trained mind and to acquire a trained
mind means leisure to study, which the
proletarian does not have while the
farmer at certain seasons has abundant
leisure. | have dinned the message of
socialism into the ears of my fellow
wage salves for twenty years. Did they
listen? The unemployed, yes; and they
would agree enthusiastically at times
with the views put forth, but the man
with Job would seldom listen. With
a full stomach and a full dinner pail he
was content and had no use for an agi-
tator. The farmers I found to be of
different material. Nearly always they
were kickers. One did not have to preach
the gospel of discomfort to them-they
already had the infection.
No, Comrade Herman, the socialist
movement would be badly off without
the farmer He is exploited and he
knows it and generally knows just how
the trick is worked.
HORACE S. CROSBY.
Sequim, Wash.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
THE REVOLUTIONARY FARMER

Explanation by the torComrade Emil Herman is himself
farmer definite ideas about the farmer IN the present
economy lie has consented to write them for the
replies have already been rceyd to his first article lhee
with those already been printed Several others
O attention and will be printed later
Herman is honest in his convictions and student oil
subject No reply has been will be printed that does not meet
him in the sam spirit of fairness
reply received will appear The Commonwealth not
malice and misrepresentation The article IN question:
supposed the revolutionary farmer included everything from
DR. Titus shortcomings of the Commonwealth the state office
the Revolutionary the 'rgh of the people 1t had no edit
cationa value.
Time space valuable in the socialist movement We are
always glad receive articles for pubcationbut must be
thoroughly understood that the right to
what deem irrelevant
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National Socialist
National Headquarters, Socialist Party,
Chicago, H., Oct 5, 1912.

National Headquarters, Socialist Party,
Chicago, H., Oct. 5, 1912.
T',c national executive committee is
voting ON a motion by Irvine that the
rntioral evccrtivp committee meet in
Chicago on October 10 at 10 a. m. to
make final canvass of the situation Of
the national campaign and to appoint a
subcommittee on the Lyceum bureau
and such other business as may be
brought before it,
The national platform in the Jewish
language has been printed by the Jewish
Socialist Federation. It is in the form
of an eight-page pamphlet, G by 10,
stitched. Price, 1925 per 1000. Address
Jacob b. Salutsky, general secretary, l15
f. Broadway, New York City.
BY a recent referendum in New Mex
leo, Lurlyne Lane was reelected as state
secretary The state headquarters have
been moved to Carrizozo. The state sec
retarv should hereafter be addressed at
that place. Chas. F. Goddard, Carrizozo,
was elected as national committeeman,
N. Zametkin is ON n lecture and agi-
tation tour under the auspices of the
Jewish Socialist Federation. Dates open
for November and December. Address
Jacob b. Salutsky, general secretary, 10
i. Broadway. New York City.
The vote on national committee motion
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
THE FARMER IN THE PRES
EMIT ECONOMY.
I'm reply to Comrade Il. L. Baker by
Emil Herman.)

I'm reply to Comrade II. L. Baker by
Emil Herman.l
In writing my article to the Common
wealth on "The Farmers Place in the
Present Economy" | did not anticipate
or desire a debate. However, since Com
rade Baker has seen fit to take issue
with me and states in his closing para
graph that he still has fund of infor-
nation at his disposal | beg leave to ask
him the following questions:
do this, both for my own edification
because l am open to convietion-and
for the enlightenment of the "some So
cialists" he repeatedly refers to in his
article.
First. What has the "three or four
years of intense silence and mastery in
activity in the socialist movement of
Comrade Emil Herman" to do with the
question under discussion?
Second When and where did l ever
make the statement that the farmer
could not become a revolutionary social
list?
Third. By what authority do you
make the statement that it is a favorite
pastime of mine to persuade the farmer
that he is headed the wrong way when
he subscribes to the principles and pro-
gram of the socialist movement?
Fourth. viii you kindly point out
wherein I discredit the farmer and con-
tradict the socialist philosophy and the
facts of history?
Fifth. Do you contend "That while
technically and theoretically the farmer
is capitalist" he is in fact wage,
worker?
Sixth. Do you deny the correctness of
the MARKHAM theory of surplus value?
Seventh Do you deny that the en-
vironment of the wage-worker is more
adaptable to revolutionary activity than
that of the farmer?
Eighth Can the farmer using a two
horse pillow and kindred machinery sue
Ccooluill COulpIGt WIN INC Ia IlSi u9'hS'
tractor engine and kindred machinery,
and might not that fact explain why
the small farmer and his family are poor
notwithstanding the fact that they work
long hours and very hard?
hope Comrade Baker will answer the
above questions in the spirit in which
they are asked and not resort to sar-
casm and mud singing, as that makes
very poor reading and is not at all edify-
ing.
In conclusion l wish to state that 7
believe farmers can and should become
revolutionary socialists and l have an
article in preparation at this very time
showing why they should join the So
cialist party, and which I hope to sub
NIT at some future time.
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possession of farm worth $4,000 or
$4,000. | am ready when the time
comes to turn over everything to the
cooperative commonwealth. About a
year back Victor L. Berger said in an
article: "You can no more get socialism
without the farmer than you can get
to the MOON" And before the day of
socialism you will mark him true
prophet.
Yours for the revolution,
w. H. DORR.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11

,nrs hy any way capd ACROSS the globe
dsluali member rights Thorn
l mil jl f marty membership" The same design ~ different color
national prepared being used in printing mo-" lou %"
supply secretaries with these the regular dues stamps ne o ones
mpt stamps. They been Hbo win last few weeks yet
,.,., t. .Iai.r ,r Aha r,ty WORK,
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-11
Directory Socialist
Locals

The rates for this directory are $500
per year.
County Communicable county cam
paign committee meets on the fourth
Sunday of each month in Liberty Hall,
Everett, Wash, at 3 p. m.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-31
Up and Down in
IN Ola N A
ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING BOY.

A dispatch from Jacksonville. Fla.
announces the arrest there OF wilbur
Montgomery. formerly Of Mt. Vernon.
Posey County, on a charge of kidnap-
ing. Montgomery and his wife former
ly lived at Poseyville but some time
ago were separated and the court in
granting the divorce, awarded the Gus
today of their son, who was about
years old, to the mother. with the pro-
viso that the father could see the child
during certain months of the year but
must not remove him from the county.
Last fall, while the boy was visiting
his grandparents. the father came and
took him to Florida. On this action OF
removing him from the county the
kidnapping charge Is based
SOUTH BEND LAWYERS CHANGE.
Announcement is made of the forina-
ton of new law firm In South Bend.
Marshall Howell and John Yagley
withdrawing from the firm of Howell.
Hubbel, Jones & Yagley to join with
w. A. and J. NJ. McInerney. The
change comes a surprise to members
of the st. Joseph County Bar Asso-
citation.
IN CHARGE OF G. L. & L. OFFICE.
w. B. Nanny, commercial agent for
the Chicago Indianapolis &Louisville
Railway at Michigan City since 1891.
was notified yesterday of his appoint
ment as division freight agent, with
headquarters at Michigan City The
office was but recently created. He
will have charge of the territory be-
tween Michigan City and Lafayette.
The change becomes effective JAM 1.
Mr.. Nanny has been in the service of
the company in various capacities
since 1880.
ATTEMPTED KILLING CHARGED.
Giving no reason for his act. James
Laxenby of Canaan fired the contents
of shotgun at Dora Risk. The shot
scattered, INJECTING fifteen wounds in
the woman's body. Lazenby Is under
arrest at Madison, charged with at
tempted murder.
PASSENGER TRAIN KILLS TWO.
Marion and Rosalie Devinter, and I
years old. respectively. daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Devinter, prominent
residents in the Belgian colony at
Mishawaka, were instantly killed at
Asst o'clock yesterday afternoon by
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-31
Law IS NOT DEAD.

Announcement OF the verdict in
the dynamite trials In Indianapolis
cannot fail of creating profound
sensation.
Thirty-eight of the forty labor
leaders were found guilty of trans
porting dynamite and being concern
ed in many outrages, including the
destruction of the Los Angeles Times
building, with Its heavy loss OF life
1t has been long and patient
hearing, commencing October 1 last
two years after the Los Angeles ex-
plosion, the jury getting the case De-
cember rs.
The punishment melted out to the
McNamaras, generally considered toe
slight. and recent talk Of pardon and
Communication for them, will natural
ly be recalled by these verdicts.
As results of the trials the people
will be treasured that the law still
possesses long arm and labor or
ganizations see the necessity fol
cleaning house of those elements thai
disgrace them.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-31

ty. Pa. Died At Pressure Isle. Pa.
Dec 15, 1896
1750-F'rederick A. C. Muhlenberg. first
Speaker Of the national house OF
Representatives. born In Trappe.
Pa. Died in Lancaster. Pa, June
4. 1901.
17Ss-The Quakers OF Philadelphia
emancipated their slaves.
1s06-Treaty of Presburg. by which
Austria lost Venice and the Tyrol-
1s15-First attack OF the British ON
New Orleans.
INSTRUMENTATION of Edward B. Dud-
ley. the first governor of North
Carolina elected by the people.
1s7s-New State Capitol of Michigan
dedicated at Lansing.
1Ss9-Two-cent postage came into
effect in Canada
1se1-Commonwealth Of Australia
formally inaugurated at Sydney.
Congratulations to-:
Dr. Frank w. Gunsaulus. noted
clergyman and educator. 81 years old
today.
John M. Gibson. lieutenant governor
Of Ontario. II years old today.
DR.. John D. Reid, Canadian minister
of customs, 81 years old today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-31
PETER SHOULD EXPLAIN.

THE TIMES is in receipt of some
rather startling literature which &C
cuses Peter Kruger, of Plymouth.
with being crook, the literature
presumably being circulated by his
rivals for the position of internal
revenue collector. As the Fort
Wayne News says perhaps the allega-
lions are true, but il they are those
making them should stand behind
them with their names instead OF
committing them to crossroads
newspaper for publication and dis
tribution. If Kruger is a dishonest
man he should not be appointed
revenue collector or anything else
but the public would prefer to see
him proved crook by direct
methods. Those employed are only d
degree removed from those of the
anonymous letter assassin.