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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28
THAhkLEss ADVICE.

The unanimity with which men who
have made great wealth are willing TO
lend to others the ladder on which
century of marvels the fact that SO
many persist in staying poor. Fred
erick Weyerhaeuser, the ST. Paul
llumberman, on whose wealth the
muckrakers and yellow journalists
play their variations whenever the
theme of John D. Rockefeller becomes
trite. is the latest to open the secrets
OF his memorandum hook and permit
who will to copy his rules for getting
rich. He says.
Make up your mind to work at some
thing really worthy Of work, and work
hard
The surest way to make money is to
save money, and to use what you save.
Don't be afraid OF long hours or
constant attention 10 your work.
Work can be made q joy. and econ
omy pleasure. If you combine an oh
ject worth while with the determined
ambition TO win.
Work, where the interest Of the man
who works is centered, becomes q
source OF real qualification. OF honest
pleasure and accomplishment.
Any young man can get rich. can
succeed in business If he saves. il he
has definite and honest purpose
and is so filed with the purpose thz,
work ceases to be hardship and be
( comes q privilege.
3 Look al things with optimism ir
your heart Go into some small busi
ness and work to make Il into a biz
one
The trouble that invariably These
school teachers OF the poor are de
I handing as the first principle that the
worker not only work. but save sorns
OF that which he gets for working
That very habit convicis them OF in
sincerity and their rules OF Insult
cheney Wha, toiling mankind wants Il
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28
A NEW IDEA IN ADVERTISING.

Prof. F. L. McCreary, secretary OF
the Cedar Falls, Iowa, Commercial
club. has inaugurated new idea of
advertising the city and also one
which he thinks will benefit the local
merchant. AS soon as the weather
permits. large gathering viii be held
in front Of the Commercial club rooms
to which everybody will be invited
An immense bonfire will be built and
each and every person in the city will
be asked to bring all the mail order
catalogs they can find and consign
them to the flames, making one of the
grandest as well as one of the most
useful conflagrations ever witnessed
there. The Cedar Falls band will head
a procession to the spot in which the
catalogs will be hauled on funeral
car. The band will play a funeral
dirge while the cataiogs are being
consumed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28
A LIBRARY YOU CAN
HOLD IN ONE HAND
Such is the 1912 Edition Of The
World Almanac, just
fesueH


All the great or notable almanacs
in this country have been made by
newspaper men. Old DR.. Franklin
started the practice with the famous
Poor Richards Almanac. With more
more or less success, other printers
have ever since initiated him. OF
late years, however, the issuing of
newspaper almanacs has fallen into a
low estate In many big city But the
New York World Almanac for 1912 is
place, as it is compilation universal
in scope and not local. partisan or
political solely. 1t seems to grow
greater or better with years and ex-
perience. 1t is a condensed eneyclo-
pedia OF many volumes II gives In
formation and statistics upon almost
every conceivable topic. II touches
human interest at every point. Il is
a library you can hold in one hand. so
far as ready reference and accurate
information are concerned. 1t is a
supplement to every library. the next
friend OF every editor. and informant
in any Office, study or school II
ranks with the great English publica-
tons Of ike import. and sells for half
or third Of their price. Without doub;
il Is the foremost publication Of the
kind in the country. On sale where,
ever books are sold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28
PANTS CHOKING PARTY.

The esteemed Cedar Rapids Gazette,
an independent newspaper, has been
examining the Republican situation in
Iowa and has reached the conclusion
that 1t must be remodeled 1t likens
past experience to that OF the orphan
boy. whose predicament is thus de
scribed:
THE lad had an indulgent grand
mother and kind hearted maiden
aunt. 1t came the time for the boy
to have knee pants. They were
made by the two ladies' There was a
fuilness in front and tightness in the
back. The boy could not sit down in
church. and finally explained to the
grandmother that the new pants were
choking him. A parallel case, the
Republican pants are choking the par
ty from behind
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

The death recently OF Henri Laubou
chere. the famous editor Of London
Truth. removes from English journal
ism one OF Its unique figures He was
educated at Eton. and IN early life
entered the diplomatic service, which
he left after ten years. He then be
came a member of Parliament and was
internationally member from 1866 TO
1906. Many of his clever savings win
be remembered long after his death.
and probably none longer than what
he said about that famous pessimisti
Mathew Arnold. Word came to the
club that Arnold was dead. Poor
Mathew" said Labouchere- He
won't like Cod
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

President Taft has been asked TO
bring about an international inyesti-
cation of the high cost of living. 1t
has caused rioting in many parts OF
the world Every indication points
to higher prices all over the world
for the necessities OF life. Prof. Irving
Fisher is at the head of this move
ment for an international Committee
He has the endorsement OF Senator
Lodge, who investigated the subject
and found the problem too complex
to be handled by any one state OF
country. Other authorities in Eng
land, France and Germany have in
dorsed Prof. Fishers proposition. ant
| it is believed the President will aci
on it favorably.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

Certain Iowa editors are. saving IN
complimentary words. personal and
political. about eaeh ether which
calls forth this good and timely oh
seryetion from the Marion Register:
There are no angels in the Iowa
sanctums, but man for man they are
the best men in the state. They'll
be censured enough by others Usual.
IL, too. by the envious and men who
cannot control them
The inerrant scriptures contain
nothing truer than what Major Rath-
bun here says. Iowa editors have no
call to utter anything uncompiment-
airy about each other.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28
THE DAILY GATE CITY


know Is how to set rich without work
ing. how to xccumuiate Z champagne
competence ON i beer income. how to
romp through today without having 9
thought or = care Of tomorrow, and
why. having let al SO as fast as Il
came. there is nothing left in the
pocket How to receive without civ.
ing. to wish oneself into fortune
these are the things humanity is sigh
ing to know.
Small thanks TO those who persist IN
saying there Is but one rule, The way
they point Is altogether too hard: II Is
easier to spend while the spending IS
good and take the word of the dema.
sogue Tor II that poverty Is result Q.
having been robbed Of something one
never had
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

A strange story comes to us from
across in Illinois but 1t is vouched
for by the Blandinsville Star-Gazette,
and of course must be true. 1t appears
that the communion wine used in a
church in Mendon was CONCEALED in
the individual cups by the severe cold
Sunday week ago and those par
taking could only go through the
motions of drinking. The incident
prompted the Blandinsville paper te
relate the following:
| They are worse off than theil
neighbcrs who have a little church
over in the Mississippi bottoms. The,
make their own wine over there out o.
the persimmons that are very plentiful
in the fall 1t never freezes up OF
them but on communion days they al
ways have to whistle the doxology
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

According to the census report, the
country contains cattle worth sl.4S5.-
oao, gain of s10.O9O,0O0 in value dur
ing the ten years. but dairy cattle
have increased during that time &c.,
100000, showing that beef cattle bave
actually decreased in this country.
The increase in value is mostly be.
cause of higher market prices, for
the actual number OF all cows and
heifers is only 10 per cent more than
in 1900. The number of steers and
bulls has decreased 16 per cent. The
figures tend to show that even in the
west dairying is making gains on
beef production
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

The friends OF Senator Cummins are
now asking for harmony in Iowa. But
it is only two years since we were in
formed by the senator himself that
harmony is born, not made" and
that the man or set of men who at
tempted to accomplish anything
through it's instrumentality in this day
and age of the world wouldn't get very
tar-or words to that effect. !. II the
dictum was true then isn't ie still
true. And II still true why should
those not in harmony with the senior
senator seek to make 1t appear other
wise? The only way out of the diff.
ficulty seems to lie in the direction OF
a new revelation to the contrary eff
feet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

How many APPLES were eaten by
Adam and Eyeg Here IS the way one
statistician figures it ont: We know
that Eve 81, and that Adams Sis,
total Ses. Bat Adam, S,l4a please his
wife, and Ere Si,e.s please Adam, to
tai 1884 Then again Ere Sl4s4efy
herself. and Adam also Sls4slofy him
self. total $3.50 $50 This is 8 mum.
Der largely In excess of the FIVE spples
a day Iowans are urged TO eat In the
interest OF their healsh-and the ap-
pie growers, No wonder Adam fell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

Some of the ancients knew a thing
or two-when they could think OF it.
Pliny said that thunder is rarely
heard in winter, and that the great fer.
tility Of the soil Is due to the fire.
ouency Of thunder rain in spring.
Science has discovered the cause Of
the nourishment in rain water to be
due to the presence of great quanti-
ties of nitrogen and ammonia in the
thunder rain and in hail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28
THE ISLE OF LONG AGO.

THE ISLE OF LONG Ago.
Oh, wonderful stream Is the River
OF Time,
AS it runs through the realm Of
tears.
With faultless rhythm and must
cal rhyme,
And boundless sweep and surge
sublime
AS it blends with the Ocean Of
Years
How the winters are drifting like
flakes Of snow,
And the summers like buds be-
tween;
And the years in the sheaf-eo they
come and they go
On the rivers breast, with its ebb
and flow,
As it glides in the shadow and
sheen
There's magical Isle up the River
Of Time,
Where the softess of airs are play
ing;
There's cioudIess sky and a tropi-
cal CLINE.
And a song az sweet as 3 resper
chime,
And the Junes with the roses are
staying.
And the name of that isle is the Long
Ago,
And we bury our treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and Dos
oms of snow
There are heaps OF dust, but We loy-
ed them SO.
There are trinkets and tresses OF
hair.
There are fragments of song that NO
body sings,
And part of an infants prayer;
There's a lutte unswept and harl
- without strings,
There's an angel on earth, there's
flutter of wings,
And the garments that she used t
wear.
There are hands that are wave
when the fairy shore
BY the mirage is lifted in air;
And we sometimes hear through tn
turbulent roar
Sweet voices we heard in the day
gone before,
When the wind down the river
fair.
oh. remembered for aye be the blesse
Isle,
All the day of our life till night
When the evening comes with 1
beautiful smile
And our eyes are closing to slumb
awhile,
May that Greenwood of Soul be
sight!
Benjamin F. Taylor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

The Gate City's guess is that Presi-
dent Taft will be nominated on the
first ballot. II he isn't nominated at
an early stage Of the game the
nominee will be Roosevelt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

Only five more days until ground
hog day. How these national holidays
do crowd each other!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

they have cured her. Sick headacu.
is caused by q disordered stomach y y
which these tablets are especially =
tended. Try them. get well ana y.
we'll. Sold By Wilkinson 8 Go. fna'
macy, and ]. r. Kiedaisch 4 son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

Suggested by Nal Rose in the col
umns OF the Oskaloosa Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Even tombstone speaks we'll of a
man when he is down.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

Thoughts of grape fruit help remind
us
We can purchase for a dime
Heaps of quinine. gall or NORWOOD
If we care TO waste the time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-28

<eokuk. Iowa ....an. %, 1912
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04
TOBACCO TRUST METHODS.

(By A. McAndrew in the Printing Trades
Magazine.)
The United States Supreme court re-
Gently handed down decision In the
dissolution of the American Tobacco
Trust How far the officers OF this gi-
gantic corporation will carry out the or
ders of this decision remains to be seen.
If union men and the general tobacco
consuming public had consistently done
their duty towards humanity by refusing
to purchase any tobaccos, snuff or Gig
arettes manufactured by this gigantic
octopus. there would not have been any
necessity for a decision of this char
acter.
This corporation has been incorpo-
rated in New Jersey for four hundred
and seventy-fve million of dollars, and
in the past year paid so per cent. divi-
dends on that enormous amount of cap
ital Does the tobacco consuming public
know under what conditions those to-
baccos are manufactured? In the south
ern factories, principally through the
Carolinas, Maryland and Virginia, they
operate some of the largest under their
control OF those employed, about 90
per cent. are children working longer
hours and for almost starvation wages,
including the men where the maximum
wage is about $500 per week. Also dur
ing the hot summer months the windows
are closed to keep the tobacco from dry
ing, not any consideration for poor un-
fortunates who are compelled to be in
their employ.
This company will not, under any cir
cumstances, employ members of the To-
bacco Workers International union or
members of any organization If known
to hold a union card. Who is RESPONSE
BILE for the conditions of which l have
quoted above? The union man, or card
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04
Try = Principe de Lees for . good
smoke
THE UNION LAsEL-rHAT's ALL.

The union label is, in itself. very
small affair. 1t is attached to clothing
hats, shoes, bread, brooms, ETC., In such
a way that, in order to be seen, one must
look for 1t.
While the label itself is small. upon
the demand for it rests the rise and fall
of the trade union movement. There
fore, while small in size. 1t has tre.
mendous power, and can be made sure,
safe and speedy cure for all the ills that
the millions Of working people In the
world are heir to.
You ask: How can this little label
bring about such sweeping revolutions
in the interest Of humanity?" 1t is very
simple. Suppose you make up your mind
to try the remedy today. Here 1t is:
When about to make your next pur-
chase see to 1t that the article bears the
union label Of the craft employed In pro
ducing the same. Not only demand but
insist upon getting the article bearing
the union label. Refuse to be put on
with the old chestnut, This article was
made by union men, but the manufac-
turer, or firm, does not carry the union
label" Sounds nice, but there is a mig
ger" somewhere. II the article Is manu-
factured under union conditions It will
bear the union label.-Ex.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04
Label League Department
EDW. j. HINES Sec'y-Treas p. o. Box 75o.
League month 3l8 Club Building

man, rather, who will openly boast of
his membership as union man and then
purchase non-union tobaccos, for every
five-cent package of tobacco which does
not bear the label of the Tobacco Work
ers' International union goes to increase
the profits of this gigantic corporation
and the employment OF more children at
starvation wages.
Has the union man ever taken into
consideration that he himself is an en-
ployer of labor through his purchasing
power? Believing that the union mine,
mill or factory is conducive for the best
interests of mankind through organiza-
tion and higher wages and shorter hours
for those employed, then why not try
and help their brother organizations by
being consistent and insisting on the
label on every article they purchase. Re
member your obligation, 81 shall never
knowingly wrong member or see one
wronged II in my power to prevent 1t.
Well, If you believe in your obligation,
remember that every necessity of life
you purchase that does not bear the
union label, wrongs some member of an
other organization. See that your dealer
handles union labeled tobaccos; insist
upon it and use no other, for you will
then know that you are not becoming a
partner to some institution that is deriv-
ing profits through drudgery and degra-
dation of their unfortunate employees,
and at the risk of public help.
To organized labor and our friends,
we appeal to you if you want to help
the tobacco workers in their fight against
the gigantic monopoly, the Tobacco
Trust, look for the union label on all
tobaccos, snuff and cigarettes you pur-
chase, and remember the emblem of la
Dor is Union Label, Justice, Fraternity
and Humanity"
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04

conditions. The manager Immediately
dismissed the committee. All attempts
to secure the reinstatement of the twelve
dismissed employees proved futile and a
general walkout ensued.
The union is branch of the Ladies'
Garment Workers union. The move
ment in the interest of the employees is
being conducted by Miss Josephine
Casey, member of Division No. 3OS Of
the Amalgamated association, but who,
for long time, has been in the employ
ment of the Garment Workers union as
an organizer, she having taken a very
active interest in the improvement of
working conditions to girls and women
working in shops, factories and laundries
throughout the country. Miss casey led
the garments workers strike in Cleve-
land.
The conditions of employment uncov-
cred by Miss Casey in the Kalamazoo
corset companys works are deplorable.
Seventy per cent. of the employees work
for $500 per week and less. More than
so per cent. of these 70 per cent. work
for $500 week and less and work long
hours. A large number are employed at
$1.00 per week and work at that wage
for a long time. There are very few
and those of the very highest in skill
who get above $500 per week and the
wage for men ranges from $500 to
$1,000 per week. There are but very
few men, however. working in the fac
tory in proportion to the number of en-
ployes. The company is now endeavor-
ing to operate its works for the most
part, with imported non-English-speaking
type, but it is meeting with very poor
success.
The product of the Kalamazoo Corset
Co. is known as the Madam Grace" and
American Beauty" corsets.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04
DO WE REWARD OUR ERIENpsa

The slogan of the American Fedora
ton of Labor is Reward Our Friends,
Rebuke Our Enemies" This is a very
good policy to carry out, but do union
men practice what they preach?
They do not in all matters. One of
the friends of organized labor-the
Model Shirt Co.. of Indianapolis. Ind,
makers of very good shirt, has been
compelled to go out of business because
of the lack of patronage from union men
throughout the country. Another one
of our friends. the Ide Bros. of Albany.
N. Y. makers of collars, cuffs and shirts.
who put out as good a collar lin all
styles) as can be found for the money.
This firm is about to close down be-
cause the poor support it is receiving
from union men. II every union man
who wears a collar or cuff would but
purchase two collars a month with the
label on this factory would be employ.
ing thousands where 1t now only EN-.
ploys a few. We can reward the friends
of organized labor who employ union
men and women by demanding the label
on all our purchases.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04
UNFAIR PUBLICATIONS.

Here Is list of some Of the fraterna
organs that are printed under unfaiI
conditions. Members Of organized labor
and friends who are members OF those
societies are requested to register Wig
orous protests against such of the latter
that directly or indirectly assist in fore
ing long hours and low wages upor
trade unionists. Look over the list and
pass 1t around the lodges:
knights OF Pythias News, official or
gan of insurance department of the
knights Of Pythias. Chicago, ILL.,
The Mystic Worker. official organ ol
the Mystic Workers of the World.
The United Forester, official organ OF
the United Order Of Foresters, Mil
waukee, Wis.
The National Record, Official organ OF
the National Protective Association
Williamsport, Pa.
The Columbus Messenger, official or
gan Daughters of Columbia.
The American Equity, official organ OF
American Equity Association Of Os.
wosso, Mich.
The Forester Gazette, official organ OF
the Independent Order of Foresters,
Chicago, Ill.
B'nai Birth News, Official organ Of In
dependent Order of B'nai Birth, Chi
cago. III.
Of American Patriots. Springfield. III.
The Yeoman, Official organ Of the Yeo-
man of America, Aurora, Ill.
The Sentinel, Official organ OF Order
of the Red Cross, Baltimore. Md.
The F. B. l.. Record, official organ Of
Fraternal Benefit League. New Haven.
Conn.
United labor bulletin., 1912-07-04
THE UNION LABEL-WHAT 1T
MEANS AND STANDS FOR

The following eulogy on the union
label. taken from the Printing Trades
Magazine, is worthy of reproduction:
The union label stands for the noblest
sentiments and loftiest aspirations Of
the human race. By it the toiling masses
are delivered from Industrial thraldom
and it's beneficient influence extends to
the home and freside.
1t is the sign by and through, which
the common people may conquer human
ity's highland oppressors and gain a
bloodless victory-the fruits of which
will continue to be reaped by genera
tions yet unborn.
1t is the emblem of cooperation be-
tween employer and employe and com
pletes the relationship necessary to the
most effective practice of cooperation
by making the purchaser also partner
in the business.
1t is the only guarantee of industrial
peace. The child who demands the
union label wields more influence for
human betterment than the man or
woman who strikes.
Tyrannical judges can't enjoin it, sol
diers can't shoot it down, traitors can't
sell it. Incorruptible and indestructible,
it CLEANS as a diadem in the armament
of hope.
You can easily do your part to help
make the world a better and happier
place in which to live. Don't save your
good intentions for tomorrow. ACT
TODAY!