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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

i postal card primary undertaken
by the Republican leaders of large
election district in the Fifth avenue
residence section in New York City
shows that President Taft is the
choice of 80 per cent of the voters.
Justice Charles E. Hughes comes sec
ond with SO per cent. Colonel Roose-
Welt gets Il per cent and Senator La
Toilette per cent. The opinion OF
the voters was also asked as to the
most formidable Democratic candi.
date The result was: Harmon, 81
iper cent; Wilson. "A per cent; Under
wood, IS per cent; Dix, Is per cent;
Gaynor, per cent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
MoNTRosE.
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Funeral of the late John Brown was
held from the Trinity Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 2.so
O'Clock. The deceased was nearing
his S0th mile stone when he
was called to his eternal reward. calm
and peacefully. He was kind and
generous to the worthy poor, and
even though dead he lives. The Rev
Alexander conducted the funeral
sermon in very sympathetic manner
The beloved wife and the following
children survive: Mrs. VIM. Caldwell,
Belingham. Wish; Mrs. James Gale.
Montrose; Mrs. Campbell, Steam Boat
Rock; Mrs. Geese, Mt. Hamill lowe.
Mr.. James Brown, Port Morgan. The
floral profusion was beautiful. the
interment was made in the Montrose
cemetery.
The pastor. Rev. Moore, assisted by
HRS. Keel, the evangelist, began re-.
vival meetings at Trinity Methodist
church Sunday evening. The mem.
bers will no doubt have their spiritual
strength renewed. Special music by
choir
Mrs. John sprott is numbered among
the sick.
A furry of snow reached here Sat.
urday morning.
Captain Dawson of the Salvation
Army was here soliciting aid to build
q home for the aged and orphan chill
dren at Burlington.
!. A. Mccain of New Boston was
under the doctors care this week.
Egg fruit is retailing in the local
markets at 80 cents per dozen.
J. l.. Wright of Burlington was a
guest CT relatives at this place this
week
IN a communication Lee Lamont
gays trio of young students from Mt.
Pleasant University, the gospel team.
are holding revival meetings at Drak.
cryilic, Iowa.
Mrs. ?. W Bowen returned from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
Our Own Extravaaance.

or course. there is cute balance
between s4.7S and $500. and if con.
gress can lesislate a reasonable limit
TO the profits OF our thrifty American
citizens engaged in manufacturing
and retailing the ready to wear cloth
Ing OF the average consumer, We
might get cheaper clothing; or, by
soing back to colonial ways, We might
save something by having our wives
and daughters spin and weave our
jeans in the Interest of economy.
In considering this vexed question
NJ consideration is given the million.
ARE and coiseet freshman who paws
$40 to $50 TO the fashionable tailor
dfcitltect for a suit of clothes made to
plans and specifications, as the bulk
OF this sum is a contribution Of adj
miring pride to silk lined profits and
skilled labor The political prognos-
ticator may predict cheaper clothing
BY a revision downward of schedule
X, but would advise my friends not
to count too much on the political
barometer. We are likely to have a
cold winter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
IOWA LEADS in POULTRY.

1t is worth while to note that Iowa
leads all the other states in the value
OF its poultry. Sold on the market
when the last federal census vas TAX
en- it would have brought s12,270,000
over SIS a head of the population of
the state. Missouri ranks second to
Iowa in the value of it's poultry, with
s11.S71 900. The eight states next in
order are Illinois, s11,697,000; Ohio
s9.559,000; New York s7,S79,000; In
diana, sa762,0o0; Pennsylvania. ST.
$4,000; Kansas. s7,377U0o; Michigan,
$s,611,000, and Texas, s4,S07 900. In
these ten states together the value OF
poultry is sS6,4s1,0o0, or $50 per cent
of the total value of poultry in con
tinental United States.
The census bureau reports 100000
600 chickens ON the farms of the ma
ton They are worth, to the farmer,
80 cents apiece. Also, at last accounts,
there were on the farms 3.6SS.I0 tur-
keys. 1905, 800 ducks, 4,432 900 geese,
f.I65.000 guinea fowls, 2,131 900 pig
cons, 3,445,000 colonies of bees. The
poultry population increased Is per
cent in ten years. The value of the
poultry in the same period jumped 50
per cent. The human population in
ten years rose 81 per cent.
At the farm each turkey is worth,
on an average, si.79: each duck 81
cents; each goose. 10 cents; each
/ guinea fowl, 50 cents; each pigeon, Is
cents, and each colony of bees. 1901.
There are over $500 ostriches in the
country, valued in all at s1,7oo,0oo
Most of them are in Arizona.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

wool on the free list, and the many
fervent speeches made by insurgent
senators and congressman condemn
ing and matchmaking the wool and
wooden schedule in the Payne-Aldrich
bill are now exposed as wasted ele-
quence; Much ado about nothing"
exploded political stink pots.
The TART; Benefits Labor.
Tie wearers of wooden clothes in
this country for the first time know
where their money goes. They know
that the American farmer and the
American wooden mill combined get
s4.7S for the cloth in the average
Americans suit of clothes: that out of
this $4.7S the American farmer makes
"a profit of IS cents and the American
WOODEN mill makes a profit of %
cents total of 80 cents. This is the
the outrageous profit of the American
producer of wool and woolens that
congress is SO clamorous to reduce
in the interest of the consumer.
There is some satisfaction in knowing
who gets the money when we buy
suit of ready made clothes for $23.
We know that $2.23 of our money goes
TO the farmer who furnished the wool,
and $2.55 to the wooden mill for con.
verting the wool into cloth. These two
conspiring political copartners, the al
legged beneficiaries of the ubiquitous
duties in schedule X, have been the
political storm center of tariff reform
agitation for generation 1t has
been the chief determining issue in
national elections, the stock in trade
OF insurgent Republicans maneuvering
between party lines for their personal
advantage, the real Democratic half
I mark.
! The WOODEN industry and the sheep
! farmer have been accused of cor
rupting and substituting our congress
sonal representatives rather than sur
render any part of their tariff pro-
tected profit of 81 cents in providing
4 the American consumer the material
in his $500 suit of clothes. Our
tariff commissions findings should
make plain to even dyed in the wool
free traders and their insurgent re-
cruits. that the s4.1S worth of material
IN the average American suit of wool
en- clothes is the only item on which
aLy tariff duty can be levied, and all
% this $4.7S, except 81 cents. is
labor, which no politician will openly
say should be revised downward. This
being the case there is small hope and
little room for cheaper clothing in
l this country through a reduction of
the duties in schedule X.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

The rapid rise OF Iowa farm land
values was illustrated when c. T.
Keen sold farm near Prairieyille, in
Marshall county. for s1G0 an acre
that was bought at ss7 three years
ago. The increase on this farm was
s1o.0S0 in the three years. Fortunate
is the man who has piece Of Iowa
real estate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

not completely done with, since only
lately important railway officials have
come into court and admitted that
they have been even recently violating
the Law against Relating. When men
do that they have no excuse for sa.
ing they distrust government They
justly incur distrust and really de-
serve the jail in some cases.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

In big display advertisement in a
theatrical journal Eva Tanguay sup
plies a good resolve for the new year,
as follows:
4 attend strictly to my own bust
ness, not yours. If you will criticise
your own character and pay Your
debts, you too will attain success
Eya's prescription is all right!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

Male and Female Joined together, they
together pray and plod,
And the man who ISLANDERS woman
damns himself and libels God.
There are two great briefs on woman;
one "A hank of hair, BONE
The other: Let the sinless cast the
first condemning stone
But when the trial is over and the
arguments are done,
We endorse the faultless verdict OF
The Meek and Lowly One,
&c. f. Rinehart.
Osceola, Arkansas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

1t has not escaped the observation
of the Sioux City Journal that Profess
sor Holden is getting quite line of
complimentary notices concerning his
usefulness in his present position.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

PILES CURED IN 6 TO IA DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money il
PAlo OINTMENT fails TO cure any
case Of itching. Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding PileG In G to Il days. soc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
THOUGHT FOB The DAY.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Needless sickness and death cost
the people of the United States five
hundred million dollars year. We
should have national health bureau
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

ne lemdle OF the species must De
deadlier than the male
Rudyard Kipling. /
From old Nimrod, all the hunters-all |
the butchers since the food
Have been males, for women never |
left behind trail of blood;
Call it instinct, call it passion, call it
lure or what you will,
But the male of every species is the
one that loves to kill.
And since Cain slew brother Abel and
since Moses out of hand
Slew and hid the mangled corpse of
the Egyptian in the sand;
And since David placed Uriah where
the spearsmen could not fail,
There has been a faint suspicion OF
the meekness of the male
When the she-bear serves her func-
ton and presents cub, she knows
That her mate is far more dangerous
than all her other foes,
For he tears and rends her offspring
ana deYOurS IL Win Will,
For the male OF every species is the
one that likes TO kill.
Since the race had its beginning
ever since Creations dawn
There has been one thought OF woman,
born of savage brain and Drawn;
1t is low and coarse and vulgar and
unworthy, but indeed
Man declares a womaus mission
purely physical-to breed.
And SO manly men believe it that but
few will dare deny,
That the woman is mans creature, TO
earess or cruelty;
That her altar is the cradle and the
kitchen is her throne,
That in fact her highest virtue is TO
there remain unknown.
Though her natural protector as he
claims to read Gods plan,
He is somewhat Of failure, for the
woman fears the man
And the institute of marriage was
adopted as tne pest,
For it makes one man protector gainst
the lust Of all the rest
Man can prey upon the woman anc
preserve his name and fame,
While she alone must bear the cross
of infamy and shame;
He can prey upon another-and unit
his powers fail
For there's nothing quite SO deadl,
to the female as the male.
IT'S impossible for man to do his dut,
by his kind,
When he mates with an inferior il
morals or in mind;
And for procreation, merely an
bally fool should know
That the man and woman equal bel
ter progeny can show.
1t is not much to his credit that
man should choose as mate.
And as mother of his children on
unworthy his estate;
Yet this is his confession when
dares deny his wife
The rights he deems essential to hi
liberty and life
Ii the wife has aspirations and som
high ideal in life,
And would WELD the self-same wea,
ons as her husband in the strife
q she Graves emancipation and woul
doff the Turkish mask,
She will always find some tyrant /
make difficult her task.
But the highest human Happiness
when all is said and done.
Rewards the two congenial souls tn;
love has fused in one;
And it cannot come to either when III
one is puffed with pride,
Over some usurped prerogative III
other is denied
Down the ages from Creation TO th
present hand in hand,
Man and woman marched togethe
and united yet they stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
NOTES AND COMMENT.
Speed the day,

The candidacy of Professor Holden
for governor of Iowa is exciting about
as much interest as a 1911 almanac,
says the Burlington Gazette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that If President Taft shall be defeat
ed it will be because he has had cour-
age enough to do his duty and not
skill enough to advertise his own vir-
tues.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
Where Is the Robbery

The tariff commission finds that the
Voolen industry in this country is on
competitive basis; that prices are
~ controlled by trust agreements or
manufacturers combinations: thai Il;
costs twice as much to convert wool
into yarn in this country as in Eng
land, and more than twice as mucn
to convert yarn into cloth in this
country as in England, Germany or
any country that We compete with:
that our WOODEN mills have no adj
vantage in labor machinery or the
dexterity and capacity of their work
men. With all the facts in relation
to our wool and WOODEN industry re-
vealed to the public it's hard to find
wherein the consumer is being robbed
or the wool grower and the cloth man
ufacturer is exacting an unreasonable
profit by reason of the tariff duties
in schedule X.
me suggestion made by our tariff
commission that the duties on wool
should be. based on the value of the
secured product is to prevent the on
portunity and temptation to fraud and
enable the American sheep raisers to
know what he is competing against.
Ire alleged robber tariff duties in
schedule K have been the political dy-
Mantle used BY free trade walking
delegates TO coerce and brighten timid
protectionists. Mr.. Bryar's angry
criticism OF his mere conservative
political colleagues for not putting
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02
keokuk, Iowa ........... Jan. 2, tst.
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES.

LITE FEMALE VI TIE oFCSIGS.
"a Repiy.)
Mans timid heart is bursting with
the things he must not say,
For the woman that God gave him is
not his to give away:
But when hunter meets with husband
each confirms the Others tale
The female of the species is more
deadly than the male.
But the Woman that God gave him,
every fiber of her frame
Proves her launched for one sole is
sue, armed and engined for the
same,
And to serve that simple issue, lest
the generations fail,
The female of the species must be
deadlier than the male
Rudyard Kipling.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-02

The Marshalltown Times-Republican
says it is question whether the CUB.
crnatorial seed corn wasn't planted
without sufficient test, adding: 1T is
likely to strike a chilly spell next
spring
What blessed thing it would be
for the country if there were no ses.
sion of congress for year. says the
Eagle Grove Eagle. THE present ses-
sion is merely menace to all bust.
ness life, killing to the present and
blighting the future.
Western Kansas world., 1912-05-25
Two Classmates
By HORACE X. AspENwALL

the nomination of my party for con-
gress- could talk glibly. and. no mat
Ter what issue | touched. / had the
FACULTY of making my hearers believe
tnat l Knew all about 1t and was dead
rlsnt every time was elected and re-
elected for two additional terms When
mace my speech on the tariff that
produced such sensation. for the first
time in my life had collected some
facts but | pledge you my word l
didn't Know and don't know now
which is the true theory. tariff or free
trade While | was talking saw EN-
nous in the gallery following me with
absorbing interest After the spec, h
he sent his card to me, and | went ont
and met him.
What are you doing. Emmons?" I
asked
Teaching" he replied.
Meanwhile | had become convinced
that if We're slow in ;lbSorbin.- knowl
edge could make more than most men
out of what | did absorb. As | grew
older l accustomed myself to look
wiser, and whenever approached b9
men upon different subjects [ looked
wise in proportion to my Ignorance.
But when | knew the subject well
invariably pleaded ignorance and beg
Eed to be enlightened. In this WHY [
gained in respect and fiattered those
with whom l came in contuct.
Well. the next step for II representa-
tive is to be senator. | didn't begin,
my senatorial contest by ob!iging pt.A-
pie | had got beyond that | let the.l
understand that they were to oh f.e
ME and the other part of it might come
later In this way ! forced my cleo
ton Recently, You will rememhe'-.
my name was mentioned for the most
important portfolio in the cabinet \
few days later my old clasSmate Clar-
ence Emmons called on me.
Il hear YOU are to become one of the
presidents advisers" he said MOURN
fully.
1T isn't so. Emmons' l said conf
dentially. '.You Will remember that i'm
college l had one faculty"
Yes; you could make more ont of
nothing than any man in the class
Right. I've kept on learning how
TO do that. I'm working my iniiniteSi-
NAL qualities to be the president him
self
Il believe you'll succeed Then:
Il can't get my income above a thon-
sand a year Can't you do something
for me here:'
81 shall need all the offices ut nv
disposal for substantial purposes. but
l need a secretary. Would yoa take
the position?"
AT how much salary?"
Leave that to me. / will not be Mig
gardly with the best man in our class.
for remember l was the worst
Western Kansas world., 1912-05-25

my of the Republic, appointed May so.
1865. as the first Memorial day. the
custom originated in the southern
states. where women had been strew-
ing flowers upon the graves of their
soldier dead. The order issued by
General Logan was as follows:
Headquarters Grand Army of the R-pub-
lie. Adjutant Generals Office. sIs Four
teenth Street
Washington. May 5. lssS.
General Orders No. II:
The 39th day OF May. ISIS is designated
for the purpose Of strewing with flowers
or otherwise decorating the graves of. the
comrades who d-ed in defense of their
country during the late rebellion and
whose bodies now lie in almost every city
VilIas.e and hamlet cs1ysrclyari in the land.
In this observance no form of ceremony
Is prescribed. but posts and comrades viii
arrange such fitting services and testirno-
nials of respect as circumstances may
permit
We are organized. comrades. as our reg
uiatlnns tell US. for the purpose among
other things Of preserving and strength
ening those sind and f-aternai feelings
which have hound together the soldiers
sailors and marines who united 10 sup
press the late rebellion. What can aid
more to assure this result than cherish
Western Kansas world., 1912-05-25

ing tenderly the memory of our heroic
dead? We should guard their graves
with sacred vigilance All that the con-
secrated wealth and taste of the nation
can add to their adornInent and security
is but fitting tribute to the memory of
her slain defenders. Let no wanton foot
tread rudely on such hallowed grounds
Let pleasant paths invite the coming and
going of reverent visitors and fond mourn
ers- Let no vandalism of avarice neg
lect no ravages of time testify to the
present or TO the coming generations that
we have forgotten nation the cost of
free and undivided republic.
II other eyes grow dull, other hands
slack and other hearts cold in the solemn
trust. ours shall keep it well long as
the light and warmth of life remain to US.
. Let us then at the time appointed gath
er around the sacred remains and garland
the passionless mounds above them with
the choicest flowers of springtime. Let us
raise above them the dear old flag. Let
us in this solemn presence renew our
pledges to aid and assist those whom they
have left among a sacred charge
upon the nations gratitude, the soldiers
and sailors widow and orphan. 1t is the
purpose of the commander in chief to in
augurate this observance with the hope
that it will be kept up from year to year
while a survivor of the war remains to
honor the memory of his departed COM
rades Department commanders will use
every effort to make this order effective
By order of
JOHN A LOGAN. Commander in Chief
N p CHAPMAN, Adjutant General.
Official:
WILLIAM I. COLLINS. A A c.
Western Kansas world., 1912-05-25
Pathetic Side to the Great
est War Ever Fought
Which Only Those Who
ShOuldered Arms Can
Properly Understand.
Ranks Rapidly Thinning,
but Last Veteran May
Live Until I945.
BY FRANCIS LYNCH.

~ nee a year flowers are placed
81 q on the graves of the silent ma
ID jority of the veterans who took
part i'll the great civil war.
survivors of that awful conflict. which
split the United States in twain for
four yearS. visit the resting places of
tie comrades gone before and pay
their touching tribute. Year after year
the forms of these survivors are more
bent. their legs more unsteady. but
their spiriT is the same that took them
to the firing line. The public. the vast
er part of which does not under
stand" watches the pathetic process
sion along city street or country road.
Here and there is moist eye-some-
body here and somebody there does
understand. Now the sad duty is
performed and they are back in their
headquarters. well. comrade. Won
de- how many of us will be here this
time next year?' The rest. of the
"boys" sigh. are wrapped in thought n
moment. then they file out singly. in
twos and threes, and disperse.
Another years passing will take a
still heavier toll from the now fast
thinning ranks. Succeeding years viii
bring bigger and bigger gaps, and then
finally taps will sound for the last
civil war veteran. There will be no
more parades of the boys in blue" and
the boys in gray" and there will be
no survivor to deck their mounds.
An Inevitable tragedy.
Invoking the lima gination. those who
do understand can picture now the
sacred hush. the silent anguish which
will stir the nation and the queer rug
at individual heartstrings when the
newspapers announce on their first
/ges. The iast survivor of the civil
war Is dead"
Western Kansas world., 1912-05-25
SOURCE OF INSPIRATION

A dozen or more persons have claim
cd the distinction of having suggested
Memorial day. Mrs. John H Morgan
of Atlanta. Ca. in 1866. issued call
for meeting at which arrangements
We're made for memorial services for
those who had fallen in battle. At that
time flowers and conveyances We're lux
urieS. but the women gathered wild
blossoms in the woods and with these
and afoot they left at an appointed
hour for the cemeteries in their com
munities. regardless of distance and ia
ugue- The south then was under mar
tial law and public speaking was pro-
hibited- A simple service of song and
prayer took the place of the present
orations and eulogies- Then the fow-
ers of the woods were tenderly laid
upon the graves of the sleeping heroes
Although southern women had been
honoring their deceased veterans, Cen
eral Logan's order in 1865 clearly insti-
trted Memorial day as an annual fix
ture- General I1ogan'S widow has said:
In the winter of 1S6T-S Charles l.
Wilson, warm friend of General Lo-
gan. came here Ito Washington TO
visit US ard expressed desire to see
some of the batileGe:ds of Virginia. On
account of the demands Of his senate
rial work 1T the time the general could
not leave Washington and / therefore
accompanied Mr.. Wilson on Il tour
among some of the famous battle
-roiInds- In 4 Confederate cemetery
we saw flowers on many of the graves
and il WAS suggested that il would he
a beautiful thing if the graves of Tn
ion soldiers could be so decorated On
our return this Confederate decoration
was mentioned to General Logan. and
after a few minutes of thought he said
it would be a lovely and fitting memo
rial OF the dead soldiers IL special