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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
The Canal and the Treaty

Considered as a diplomatic ques-
ton, the case of the tolls in the Pan
anna canal, if referred to the Hague
tribunal, would end undoubtedly as
Mr. Root says. The Clayton-Bulwer
treaty of 1850 contained this clause:
The governments of the United
States and Great Britain hereby de-
clare that neither the one nor the
other will ever obtain or maintain for
itself any exclusive control over the
said ship canal ~8* 1t was a
form OF canal partnership with Eng
land into which the United States en-
tered, and years later came to re-
greet bitterly.
The -Pauncefote treaty of 1901
dissolved the partnership and gave to
the United states exclusive rights to
build and to control the canal. But
England, in consenting to surrender
i the rights of equality at the isthmus
obtained by treaty in 1850, did not
sation What England asked in re
/ turn for the surrender of her old
rights was a pledge by the United
States never to discriminate against
/ any nation in the use of the canal
and there is every reason to believe
/ that the pledge embraced an obliga
! ton by the United States not to dis
criminate in favor of it's own ship
ping. No other pledge could have
satisfied England, for obviously that
country desired equality of treatment
in tolls with the United States, in
view of the fact that the Clayton-Bul
wer treaty OF 1850 had given hei
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

We are glad to read that the rains
of last Saturday have been general in
the west. The rains were needed,
although no conditions approaching
drouth had come For the corn it
was great thing and for the pota-
toes, especially on the uplands. it
was almost necessity. The rains
make it sure that potatoes this year
will not reach the dollar mark, and
probably, not even the half,dollar
mark Living is going to be cheaper,
not because politicians and office
seekers are at work on that problem
with their mouths-but because the
clouds poured down such an abund-
ance of moisture just as the two
great food crops, corn and potatoes,
needed that rain. While 1t was rain
ing you could almost hear the prices
go tumbling down stairs. For the
farmers the lower prices are not al
together blessings, but the average
farmer is big hearted man and he
would rather sell 200 bushels of corn
for so cents the bushel, than 100 bush
els for one dollar bushel-and it
will make lot of difference to the
men who have to buy the corn and
the products of the corn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
Waterways Convention.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July "a
After lengthy conference with
heads of commercial organizations
here President w. r. Kavanaugh and
Secretary Lovelace, of the Lakes-to-
the-aulf Deep Waterways Association
announced that the annual deep wat
erways convention will be held here
the third week in October. President
Taft, Governor Wilson, Colonel Roose-
welt and other presidential candidates
will be invited to address the conven-
ton. The exact date of the conven-
ton will not be set until the leading
presidential candidates are heard
from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

Varied lines of improvement are
going ahead in Keokuk with the re
suit that this city never before wit
messed such general prosperity as to.
day Merchants are prosperous, me-
chanics are employed at good wages,
property values are firm and from
every point of view the condition of
the city is commercially most healthy
That it will continue to increase in
prosperity is a foregone conclusion
Tor with the water power dam factor.
les will be attracted that will continue
to contribute to a prosperity that will
always keep this city on the hum OF
activity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
Was An Accident.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
LEBANON, Ill, July 24.-Clara Fer
rill, II, was shot and instantly killed
as she entered the door of the home
Of Mrs. j. R. Wallis on an errand for
her mother. The shot was fired by
John Wallis, II years old, son of Mrs.
Wallis, who says he was cleaning a
revolver in the house as the child en-
tered. Young Wallis said his dog
brushed against his legs and tripped
him, the revolver falling from his
hands
q grabbed at it and must have
caught the trigger, for the revolver
was discharged, instantly" said Wal
lis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

equality with the United States In all
things.
The clause of the treaty of 1901
which obligates the United States to
treat all nations using the canal ION
terms of entire equality was taken
from the treaty of Constantinople OF
1883, providing fer the free navigation
of the Suez canal That was an inter
national treaty signed by msr
lions, no one of which can be said to
own the Suez route in the sense that
the United States owns the Panama
route. The clause in that treaty
stipulating entire equality" of treat
ment for all nations at Suez was un
questionably comprehensive to the
last degree. The use of 1t, in sub
stance, in our treaty of 1901 with
England confirms the pellet that the
signers of the convention regarded il
as no less inclusive when applied tc
Panama And the clause reads
The canal shall be free and open tc
the vessels of commerce and of wal
of all nations on terms OF
entire equality, SO that there shall be
no discrimination against any such
nation, or its citizens or subjects, In
respect of the conditions or charges
of traffic.
The treaty Is clear and unmistak
able. Our foremost international law
yer in the senate, Mr.. Root, has nc
doubts on the point raised. Let II
be observed, as honorable govern
ments and peoples should observe
their obligations. Springfield Repub
lican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
Photographic Trust.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. /
PHILADELPHIA, July 24.-1hat
the socalled Photographic trust has
waxed fat under high tariff on sup
plies, is the allegation of the Photog-
raphers association Of America. in
session here. A special investigation
committee reported today that in
many cases American products are
exported to Europe, only to be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
Would Swap One Of His Lawyers.

Would Swap One of His Lawyers.
Two Kansas City lawyers, whose
names are withheld for obvious rea-
sons, declared that they were pres.
ent when the following incident oc-
Cured. One says it happened in
Memphis, the other in Louisville. II
really doesn't matter.
Uncle Nose was a chronic thief
who usually managed to keep within
the petty larceny limit. One day he
miscalculated, and was sent to trial
on charge of grand larceny.
Have you lawyer Mose?' asked
the court.
mo, sab"
We'll, to be perfectly fair, III ap
point a couple. Mr.. Jones and Mr.
Brown will act as counsel"
What's dat?"
Act as your lawyers--consult with
them and prepare to tell me whether
you are guilty or not guilty"
Yes, sab"
! Nose talked to his attorneys fol-
a few moments in husky whispers
The judge caught only the severa
times repeated word abili Their
Nose arose, scratched his head anc
addressed the court.
"Jedge, yoh honor" he said
"C'ouse Use only an ign'ant niggah
an All don't want toh bothah vol
honah. but All would suttingly Xix,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

over Sunday from Augusta in their
auto.
Cliff Hough was in Quincy Friday
and Saturday attending the races.
VIM. Wood and son were transact
ing business in Quincy the first Of last
week.
DR.. Salthouse of Mcpherson, Kan.
returned home Sunday after a visit
here with relatives.
Wiley Mills and family OF Rush
vile came Sunday for a visit at the
M. G.. Mills home.
John !. Smith was a caller in Cold
en- Saturday evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

A Keokuk man returning from a
visit to other cities said that in every
instance where he entered into CONVEX
sation with strangers and it was learn
ed that he was from Keokuk it always
took considerable time to tell about
the water power and its progress and
effect upon the city. Keokuk is in the
limelight since the Mississippi River
Power Co. commenced to dam the
river
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

One of the remarkable features of
the business situation in the United
States is the fact that in spite of the
prevalence of the most bitter political
agitation that the country has seen
since 1896 there has been no precept-
lble diminution in general prosperity.
The export trade of the country has
shown huge increases, the railroads
are handling increased traffic, the
factories are mostly working full time
Ind commercial conditions generally
are excellent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
The Bureau Of Railway Economics
FROM THE LONDON TIM JUNE as, IsIa--"THE AMER
CAN RAILWAY NUMBER"

In an address before the American
Economic Association during the meet
ing of that body in Washington in
December last President Taft congrat-
ulated the professional economists up
on the increasing extent to which their
services were being called into requis-
/ ition by the government for the inves-
tigation and analysis of intricate
questions of public concern He might
have added that 1t is not alone the
government which has turned the
corner as he expressed it, in calling
for such expert service. A forward
step in the same direction was taken
by railway companies of the United
States in establishing the bureau of
railway economics.
The need for such bureau was first
felt during the period of discussion
which preceded the enactment of the
federal railway legislation of 1906
and 1910. Sometimes it happened that
different analyses of serious matters
were based upon varying data and led
to inflarmcnious conclusions. More
over, the railways were not always in
the possession of the complete infor-
nation necessary to enable them to
refute widespread accusations that
they knew to be unjust Railway
lofficers absorbed in the problems of
immediate administration were with
tout the time and the opportunity to
study the broader questions of no less,
and sometimes of greater, Importance.
Its Origin.
In the spring of 1910 there was
held meeting of railroad presidents
Ito discuss methods for bringing full
ness of knowledge into their discus
sions OF the broad questions OF gen
eral concern, accuracy to their con
illusions, and that force to their pre-
sensations which accuracy alone can
give. 1t was recognized that to this
end there must be a competent agency
whose time and attention should be
given entirely to the study of the
more intricate subjects of general in,
terest. 1t was recognized that the
ultimate solution of the problems af-
fecting the railways must be upon the
basis of exact fact; therefore, that
/ the exact facts underlying every ques-
tion must be carefully ascertained and
logically presented. At that meeting
was appointed a general executive
committee of six railroad presidents
who established the Bureau of Railway
Economics. The processes tending
toward uniformity and stand
ardization Preferred to in other art
licles) which developed the American
Railway Association charged with the
study of matters pertaining to the
physical and technical phases of rail
way operation, and which also develop
led the various associations of traffic
accounting and financial officers charg
led with the unification of procedur,
pertaining to their respective depart
tments, thus led to the formation of al
organization charged with the stud,
of the relations of the railways t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
SALEM.
= = = = = = = o = 800 = =

Ray Davidson and wife arrived
from Downers Grove, ILL.,, Tuesday.
They are visiting at the parental
| homes, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Davidson and
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Shriner.
! DR.. and Mrs. William Cammack and
1.-TWO children arrived from India last
week and are guests OF the doctors
mother. Mrs. Jane Cammack and 9th
Ell relatives.
Mrs. Welpton and daughter Eveleen
are here from Denver, Colo. and will
spend few weeks on their farm
south Of town.
| George Bailey who visited his
grandmother, Mrs. Kate Brown, and
other relatives here, has returned to
Salina, Kansas.
Miss Alice Poulter, of Cumberland,
! Wisconsin, is visiting at the home of
| her uncle. Alfred Poulter, and family
west of town.
/ Miss Mildred Bailey is two
weeks guest of Misses Elbertine and
Mildred Dilts at Indianola.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Gray visited their
daughters, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs.
Maxfield at New London the first Of
last week.
On Wednesday evening a merry
crowd Of young folks had jolly time
at the AL Hartley home south of town.
Miss Winnifred Dilts is entertaining
| her friends, Misses Inez and Louise
Soertsch from Chicago.
Miss Lydia Grim, of Marshalltown,
is visiting at the homes Of her broth
er and sister, John Grim and Mrs.
Bert Taylor
j. w. Hawkins came from Stock
port Wednesday and spent few days
tra1 sacting business.
Chautauqua is in session this week
on the college campus grounds. The
program is varied and good.
Stephen Ingrim visited his sister,
Mrs. R. NJ. Swan at Danville.
Mason Miller and Mr.. Arlington
were callers at Keokuk Wednesday.
] Mr.. Trump and family have moved
to Mrs Kate Hoggatt's property IN
the northeast part of town.
Mrs. Gilbert Bailey went to Mt.
Pleasant Wednesday and spent few
days with relatives.
1 Miss Clara Fickard Is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Frank Wolf at Ottumwa.
i Each Saturday evening large
crowd is gathered at the park to enjoy
the hand concert.
w. T. Shriner and R. F. Davidson
were business callers at Keokuk
Thursday.
Mrs. Fannie Bliss came from Gales.
burg, Ill, to visit at the w. H. Bliss
home.
Mrs. Mahlon Packer has for her
guest her brother, Edward Jacobs
from Kansas.
Leon Smith recently enjoyed 8
visit with his brother Bert from Ft
!, Madison.
Born, Friday. July 10, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Rolla Foss. daughter.
w. T. Shriner returned from
business trip to Chicago Tuesday
i Miss Amy Bliss is home from Chi
cago.
Old Settlers meeting will be held
at Salem Saturday, August "a.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
MAKING a SERVANT SERVE.
Express Companies Have Power to
Help That They Have Failed
to Use.

Another great step has been taken
in making public utilities what they
We're intended to be-namely: public
utilities. The report of the interstate
commerce commission, through Com
missioner Lane, lays the foundation
not only for the correction of long
standing abuses in the express serv-
ice of the country, but for the build
ing UP of broad and genuinely public
service.
incidentally the express companies
themselves will profit, because eff
cheney pays.
1t does not pay to befuddle, and
checkmate and overburden the public
1t does pay to serve the public.
The express companies have check
ed the growth of their own business
by their methods and their charges
The vexation and the bureau have
chiefly fallen upon the legitimate pa
trcn of the express company-the
sender of the smaller parcels. Wher
this foolish policy is brought to ar
i end by the commerce commission
there viii be virtually new utility
| in existence.
The bridge between producer ant
consumer in this country must be i'm
proved and cheapened This is not ar
impossible requirement, for it is nov
costly chiefly because it is bad il
construction, Efficiency means econ
omy and more revenue.
The reform of the express service
is not however. to be accepted in lie,
of a parcels post, The demand for tn
latter is the direct result of the evil
of our express system, but it Is nov
imperative and will not be denied. Thu
conservative Bourne proposals shoul'
be passed without fail at this session
The farmer especially needs this sery
ice Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
BOWEN, ILL.
. . . . : . . = . = !, . .

Mrs. Harry Helm and Mrs. VIM
Thompson and baby returned home
Saturday evening from weeks visit
with their parents, C. r. Binkley and
wife at LAGRANGE, Mo.
Hutch Norris. Hurley Smith and DR.
Stribling attended the races at Quincy
last week.
Mrs. Albert Amen visited relatives
at CLAYTON part of last week.
DR.. Darrah Worrell and sister, Miss
Grace, were Carthage callers Sunday
| The funeral of VIM. E. Stratton was
held Saturday afternoon. July 20. a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

1t is gratifying to know that the
election of President Taft in 1908 was
accomplished without trust contribu-
tions and without faint of scandal
The total spent in that campaign rep
resented the donations of individuals
Interested as republicans in the sue
cess OF the ralty and the perpetual
tion CT its policies. The report made
by the treasurer of the Democratic
National committee on Saturday was
of similar import. In both cases ali
the books and entries have been pre-
served and are open to inspection.
This would of itself show that those
interested in soliciting the contribu-
lions are confident that there We're no
tainted subscriptions. The financiers
OF both parties steered clear OF put
ting the parties under any obligation
to corporate interests. This was real
~ the outcome of the widespread pub
lie protest against using money from
the corporate interests. 1t is further
true that this year the contributions
VIII be scrutinized as never before
!. and so it behooves the party mana.
GERS to be discreet in what they do
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

Fort Madison can we'll afford to CO.
operate with the Mississippi River
Power Co., in the matter of franchises
for the introduction of power into that
city. The Mississippi Power Co. will
be helpful addition to any commun-
lily and they deal fair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
brought back under foreign labels
and command higher prices.
Spy is Sentenced.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
EDINBURGH, July "a. Carl
Graves, a German, was sentenced to
Is months imprisonment today for
spying on war ship building in Scotch
yards.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
their environment their economic re
.lations.
a Source Of Accurate Information.

! A Source Of Accurate information.
The headquarters OF the Bureau of
Railway Economics were established
in Washington that it might be facil-
itated in it's scientific study of rail-
way problems by ready access to the
statistics and records of the interstate
commerce commission and of other
departments and bureau of the feder-
I al government. That its main func-
ton as source of accurate and
lauthentic information be not impaired,
lit was forbidden to engage in polemic
and partisan discussion.
In furtherance Of its purpose to be-
lcome recognized source of accurate
and authentic information in regard
ito the railways the bureau is building
up comprehensive library and has is
Isued catalogue of the existing body
Iof railway economic literature. It
works in harmony with, and some
times in at least partial collaboration
mission. The main point of distinc-
ton between the statistical depart
ments of the two organizations is that
while the compilations of the inter-
state commerce commission principal
| ly serve the purposes of record and
reference, those of the bureau are de-
signed to throw light upon various
phases Of the existing situation for
the current information and guidance
of its constituents.
Important Inquiries.
The bureau makes special investiga-
/ tions, analyses, and compilations In
response to specific requests of its
subscribers. 1t publishes monthly
summary showing the collective trend
of railway earnings and expenses, and
from time to time it publishes the re-
suits Of studies OF general interest.
Such. for example, Is a comparison OF
the railway status of the United States
with that Of the principal countries CT
| Europe. 1t has issued bulletin
comparing the facilities, serviceability
and utilization of the railways of the
United States, the United Kingdom,
France, and Germany; another com
pairing the railway wages and cost OF
living in these countries; and by the
I time this article appears has probably
issued a further bulletin making a
specific comparison of the freight
rates in these countries. These gen
oral nuhlicat lions of the bureau are
sent not only to railway officers, but to
the educational institutions throughout
the United States, in which they are
being used in increasing degree by
teachers of economics, and to the
railroad commissioners, by whom they
are in constant demand. While the
bureau is not a publicity agency. the
results of these studies are also made
available to the newspaper press fol
the information Of the public in gen
|eral.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24
layers of Lucan today, charged WIN
helping to tear down ne;tly COM
pleted consumption SANITARY 0s
cause they objected to the pfesenc'
of consumptives.
Bill Approved.

limited Press Leased Wire Services
WASHINGTON, July "a. lns
house bill creating commission g
industrial relations to inquire lhls
conditions and labor was formaR
approved by the senate committee o
larnr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

An exchange says that one idea OF
brave man is Chicago husband who
will take out a life insurance policy
In favor of his wife.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
DUBLIN, July "a. -Constabulary ar
rested a large proportion of the vii
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

to trade yoh honor one of desc law
yahs fob a witness" Kansas City
Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-24

What South Dakota wants just now
Is not stump speakers, says the Peoria
Herald Transcript, but harvest hands.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
STOWE CHALLENGES BURLINGTON
Because 1t Disputes Latter's Right To
Title of State Championship.

Stowe, Feb. 22.-The manager and
captain of the Stowe high school basket
bsll team, Carl NJ Parker and Mark
Ploof, yesterday gave out the follow
ing self-explanatory letter addressed to
the manager and captain of the high
school team at Burlington:
Having tried to arrange series of
basketball games with Burlington high
school, but without success, and believ-
ing that our record for the season, Q2
games won ont OF l4l warrants this ae-
tion. we hereby challenge publicly, Bur-
lington high school to a series of two
basketball games, one TO be played at
Burlington and the other at Stowe, guar
antee to be $50 OF more for each game
as the managers may agree upon. And
in case of a win for both teams third
game TO be played on some neutral floor.
'sWe do this not because we claim
any superiority for our team, but be-
cause we wish to be considered as Will
ing to dispute the state championship
with Bnrlinaton hiah sehoals
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-02-22
Who Are Officials and Employees
of National Cash Register Co.
ON CRIMINAL VIOLATION
Federal Grand Jury Completed Its Sit
ting at Cincinnati and Reported
To-day on Alleged Violations
of Antitrust Law.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 22.-Thirty off.
cials and employees Of the National Cash
Register company of Dayton, Ohio, were
indicted on charges of criminal violation
of the Sherman antitrust law by the
special federal grand jury here to-day.
The Adams Express company was also
indicted on eleven counts, charged with
having attempted to collect more than
established rates. Seven Cincinnati firms
were indicted on the charge of attempt
ing to secure transportation at lower
rates than those established by the in
terstate commerce commission.
There are three counts against the
Cash Register company men, The first
charges that nearly all competitive CON
Germs have been bought out or driven
out Of business by bribing the employees
Of competitors and transportation, tele-
graph and telephone companies and in.
iuring the credit of competitors in Ii
beling their machines. The second and
third counts charge the defendants with
mcnopolizing the cash register business
by the same means.