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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

1t is said that the returns from
Maine caused the first smile that has
appeared upon the contenance of the
president since the republican ma
tional convention adjourned. 1t is
likely it will be the last one until
after the fourth of next March
when the president will retire to
private life for the first time since
the memory of man runneth not to
the contrary.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Delivered in city, per year. $500
D. L. HUNTER. -. Business Mgr.
". f. HUNTER ......... Editor.
Omcial Paper of City and County.
Bad are those men who speak evil
of the good.-Riley.
Delaware county has already put
up candidates for the legislature on
the third party ticket.
The familiar quotation, "as goes
Maine SO goes the union," is liable to
meet it's Waterloo next November.
Penrose is not the only ink SPUR
ter in the United States senate, but
thank goodness their number is
growing less.
Prosperity is not the only Ques-
ton that interests this people. They
still cherish the institutions of self
government.
The report that Theodore Roose-
welt put the serpent in the garden
OF Eden is doubted, even though the
colonel admits it.
The socialist editor Of the Appeal
to Reason, published at Girard,
Kansas, is more bitter against Roose-
velt than John D.. Archbold is, il
such thing is possible.
Senator Cummins has denied the
report that he is going to Europe
soon, not to return until just before
the election. But his enemies still
persist in repeating it.
1t is reported that the Hon. w.
J. Bryan is worth in property $780,
& 900. If the peerless leader is not a
little careful he will get into the
plutocratic class before he is aware
OF it.
Republicans of Iowa who cannot
conscientiously vote for Taft owing
to the manner OF his nomination
will not vote for Wilson if they be-
lieve sincerely in the principle of
protection.
The greatest and most important
race in Iowa the present year is now
on between King Corn and Jack
Frost, with the king comfortable
distance in the lead. May he win
with a lot to spare.
There cannot be "too much poll
tics" of the right kind Let the peo-
pie study the issues and vote and
work for proper principles and re-
suits will be as they should. The
people are always right when fully
Informed and aroused.
Judging from the size of the pres
ent crop there were few mistakes
made in selecting seed corn last
year. Let the same condition pre-
vail next year and the year follow
I ing and not an acre of Iowa soil can
be bought for less than $500.
The Sioux City Journal says Cum
Minis is just an ordinary bolter. If
it were not for the fact that the
Journal were perjudiced, its judg-I
ment in this matter would be valu-
able, as it certainly knows from ex
perience what a genuine bolter is.
Judge John L. Stevens, progress
sive candidate for governor, is very
fine gentleman and very capable
man, but he stands no more chance
OF being elected chief executive OF
Iowa than Taft does of being re-
elected president of the United
States.
Farmers around Waverly who are
raising beets for the sugar factory
there, are predicting that the crop
will be worth 500 per acre this
year. The weather has been favor
able and the biggest crop in the his
tory of the industry in Iowa is con-
fidently expected.
II the national republican com
mittee could count the votes this
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

The average Iowa citizen who
cherishes the right to exercise his
own Judgment in casting his vote is
not condemning Kenyon for support
ing Taft nor Cummins for support
ing Roosevelt. Some of the extrem-
lists are criticising both, but fair
minded men are not.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

The man who started that story
is cur, liar and a scoundrel.
Bull Moose Chairman Hotchkiss Of
New York.-Des Moines Capital.
Possibly Mr.. Hotchkiss read the
Capital at the time Of the contro-
versy over that famous LATE Young
Jr. letter to the editor of the Rock
ford Register during the primary
campaign.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17
Some newspapers that vigorously

Some newspapers that vigorously
resent ungentlemanly reference to
President Taft or Prof. Wilson have
difficulty in thinking of enough vile
things to express their opinion of
Roosevelt. There is altogether to
much billingsgate used by all sides.
Why not cut it out and discuss men
and measures upon their merits?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Red Oak Express: Word from
Des Moines is to the effect that Red
Oak listens good to them. loot,
foot! All aboard for the state fair
over the Des Moines and Red Oak
railroad in about two years.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: 1t
may cost the progressive party votes
in Iowa that it nominated state
ticket. And 1T may not. No man is
sufficiently familiar with the popu-
lar temper to say. But this at least
is true, that the new party starts
free of enemies in it's own house
with every man in 1t willing to go
down and take his chances on go-
ing up with 1t.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Waterloo Courier: The muffin
Gus prisoners of Jackson, Mich,
have been punished by all sorts of
barbarous torture as the penalty for
revolving against the management
of the institution, which, the pris-
oners allege, has shown unfair. dis
elimination. Such proceedings are
too crude in an institution repre-
senting a great state. If the man
agement had been competent the
prisoners would have had neither
cause nor opportunity to revolt.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Marion Register: The Wilsonites
say that Taft is not in it. The Taft
men say that Wilson is not in it..
Then they unite in fighting Roose-
welt. They evidently think that
Roosevelt is the man who is in It,.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Z ( i Z Z I
Knoxville Journal: Prof. Wood
row Wilson, democratic candidate
for president. severely criticises
Colonel Roosevelt's plan for solution
Of the trust problem but offers no
substitute. There is a growing be-
lief that the professor is out OF his
element in the game Of national poll
itics. His purposes are good, his
English delightful and his person
atty engaging, but his policies are
so indefinite and vague as to inspire
distrust 1t will require strong
hand and a masterful mind to deal
with the trusts-the greatest and
most difficult problem Of statecraft
since slavery was eradicated.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

The newspapers, or some OF them,
are telling Iowa farmers to raise
more wheat. If the farmers under
took to do everything the newspa-
pers suggest they would have to pc
tition Providence to make the days
and seasons much longer than now
and to give the farmer and the soil
more strength.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Des Moines Tribune: Among the
numerous individuals who have been
nominated for Office this year there
have been an unusual number of
cases of stage fright.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

anA
Rockwell City Advocate. Had the
progressive party in Iowa gone on
and made its fight against Taft
without interfering with the regular
state nominees there is every reason
to believe that Roosevelt would
have carried the state. Under pres
emit conditions, the result Is in
doubt, without a prospect that the
democratic candidate will be the one
to profit by yesterdays mistake,
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
There is no need to consider Judge
Stevens chance OF becoming COVER
nor of Iowa. He hasn't any. How
ever necessary his nomination may
have seemed to those who nominat-
ed him, in effect it Is simply and
entirely, so far as it goes, water on
the wheel of the democratic party in
Iowa and a check to progressiyism.
About all the bull moosers accom-
plished was to throw the monkey
wrench at the cylinder opening.
Primghar Bell: This action by
the third party people seems to us
to be not good judgment. We do
not think that any of them can be
elected. On the other hand. we be-
lieve that it will tend to reduce the
vote for Roosevelt, defeat the entire
republican state ticket and elect the
entire democratic state ticket and
three or four more democratic con-
gressmen. Worst OF all, 1t creates
two factions in the progressive
ranks in Iowa. and tends to embit-
ter and divide them for years TO
come, and all this without any COM
pensating gain to Roosevelt, the
third party, or anybody else.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-09-17

Washington County Press: Moth
ing more Illuminating to the public
mind and helpful to Roosevelt's cam
paign, could have been conjured up
than the Penrose outbreak in the
senate and the forthcoming inves-
LEGATION. Roosevelt says he has
nothing to conceal-his papers and
is free to inspection.
Not only this, but he is willing and
anxious to appear before this sem
ate investigating committee and be
INTERCEPTED.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
Worlds Visible Supply

New Orleans, January 26.-Secretary Hesters statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton made up from special cable and telegraphie advices compares the figures of this week with last week, last year and the year before. 1t shows an increase for the week just closed of 92, i65, against a decrease of 40,7l9 last year, and a decrease of 72Ol7 year before last.
 The total visible Is 5.S51 ,93S, against B. 759, 479 last yeelS, 5256,19G last year and l. S98, ,69S year before last Of this the total of American cotton Is 4.90S, ,93S, against l,- S70, ,473 last week. 4,OS5,196 last year and B. 693 600 year before last. and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc. 943 GOO, against SS9,000 last week. l,1d,5VO last year and 12l3,OO0 year before last.
 The total worlds visible supply of cot ton as above shows an increase con- pared with last week of 92, 465, an increase compared with last year of 595,7i2 and an increase compared with year before last of 955, 33O.
 of the worlds visible supply of cotton AS above there Is now afoat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe, B. o60. 600. against 2,SS7o0 last year. and D. 61O,OoO year before last in Egypt, 2Sl ,000. against 2900o0 last year and 225,Ooo year before last; in India, 40500o, against ioo,ovO last year and 567 000 year before last. and in the United States 2l06,00o, against r. 674OO0 last year and 1495,o00 year before last,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
Coffee Market

New York, January 26.--The market for |ffee futures opened steady at an ad- Ince of 3 to 6 points in response to 'gher French cables, reports of hrmer |st and freight offers from Brazil cov- fng of shorts and a little support from bde sources. Offerings were not heavy q the market continued to improve ring the day on firmness of the late |bles from Havre and reports of bet
 spot demand. The close was steady net advance of 16 to 20 points. Sales. boo bags. January. 126ic; February, 69c March, April and May, 12 74c; June, T5e; July. 12.77c; August and Septem- r. 12.7sc; October, 12. .73c; November, 59c. December, 12 Csc.
 Iavre was i4 franc higher. Hamburg sed 1kGs. pfennig lower; Rio un- bnged at SIX 100. Santos. 90 refs high
 As, SIX 750; Is. SIX 600. Receipts at
 two Brazilian ports 16,O00 bags. against DO last year Jundiahy receipts 40N0. linst $500 last year. Rain was reported all districts of Sac Paulo. New York ehouse deliveries yesterday 9323 bags.
 inst 12,S42 last year. Today's special btos cable reported the market firm.
 h 4s unchanged and Sac Paulo re- pts of 11.Oo0 bags. against 5000 yes bay Spot coffee steady; Rio. No. [,
 c; Santos, Nc. f. 139sc. Mild coffee et; Cordova, 15iAm171ac nominal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
Live Stock Market

Chicago, January 26.-Cattle: Re- celpts, 1000; slow to weak. Reeves, $4.70@S.40; Texas steers, s1.40@5.75i western steers, $465@7.00; stockers s3. so d 5.90; cows and helfers, S210Q 6.65; calves, s5.5O@S.25.
 Hogs: Receipts, 10000; steady for heavy grains, others Dc lower. Light
 s5.60@615; mixed. $5.S5@ e 6,S5 heavy $5.95 @6.15; rough. s5.90@6-10; pigs l$415@5.40; bulk of sales, s6.05 @6.30. Sheep: Receipts, 12,000; weak. Native,
 sS15@475, western, s3.5O@A75; year lings, $f.s0@5.60; lambs. native, s4.40@ 6.s0: western, s4.6096.S0.
 St. Louis, January 26.-Cattle: Re-
 ceipts, 1000, including 100 Texans; mar
 ket strong. Native shipping and export
 steers, s7.50m s.00 dressed and butch CTS steers. $3.00 O 800; stockers, $3.00 @ 300; Texas and Indian steers, $500 O TOO; cows and heifers, $3.00m5.00. Hogs: Receipts, 75o0; market steady. Pigs and lights, s4.0046.35 mixed and
 butchers, s610M6.S5; good heavy, s6.25
 M6.35.
 Sheep: Receipts. 22OOo; market steady. Native muttons, s3.75 4.75; lambs, S5.00m 6.90; stockers, s1.50 70 300. Kansas City, January 26.-Cattle: Re- ceipts. 500, including 100 southerns;
 market dull. Dressed beef and export
 steers. se.6O@s.oo; fair to good, s5.25 M6.50; southern steers, s5.004 $50 southern cows, s3.00m 800. Hogs; Receipts 10000; market 5M10c lower Bulk of sales, s5S5 m6.25; heavy,
 s625M6.30. packers and butchers, s6.05 c 6.30; lights, s5.6046.10; pigs, s4.o0 | m 5.35.
 Sheep: Receipts, 5000; market 1O@ 15c lower Lambs. $5.25m6.50; year lings, s4.5om5.5o; wethers, s4.0oa475;
 ewes, $3.50@4.00; stockers, $2.75a 400.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool. January 26-Spot cotton today closed with good business done. Prices unchanged American middling, fair, 6.14d; good middling, 5.73d; mid ding, 5.50d; low middling. 5.22d; good ordinary, 4.SSd: ordinary, 4.62d.
 Sales were 900 bales, of which 25O0 were for speculation and export and included Il 400 American Receipts, 46,- 900 bales including 43,200 American
 Futures opened quiet and closed very steady. January, 5.321sd; January February, 5.321sd; February March, 5.33d March-April. 5.S6iad; April-May. 5.39d May-June, 54ld. June-July, .5.42Hd: July-August 5.43d. August September, 542d; Septemb 5.3Shd; October November, 5.S6Hd; Mo- vember- December. 5.36d; December January. 5.36d; January February. 5.3Sd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
GRAIN ADVANCES i ON MORRIS AVENUE General Trade Good With
 Feed Markets Excep- tionally Brisk

Higher prices for grain was a feature of Morris avenue business Friday. Ac- eording to reports bolted meal advanced several cents per sack. and slight changes were made on corn, and white oats. r Trade generally was good, but business in the feed markets was exceptionally brisk. corn and oats being in greater de- mand.
 No changes were made in fowl duota- tions. The demand was strong at II and P cents for hens and from 15 to 1T cents for flyers. The avenue was we'll stocked with poultry, but the egg supply ran a lit- tie low on account of inadequate TO ceipts. Fresh eggs hover around 32 and 8 cents a dozen.
 Produce of all sorts was much in eyi- dence. Receipts were good, but business was not as active as that witnessed by other dealers.
 The following prices prevail:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
Ney Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans January 26.-Cotton fu- lures opened steady at an advance of points on good cables. Advices from Liverpool told of a good spot demand and many points in the interior of the cotton belt telephoned in the same inc formation. Against this was continued good weather in the belt and a greatly increased movement at many towns.
 There was little more disposition to buy than to sell in the early trading and at the end of the first half hour the active months were points over yesterday.
 Around 10 cents for July futures many stop loss orders on the short side were caught and the buying that resulted helped the whole list.
 Gossip was to the effect that spot in- terests were heavy buyers of contracts. Mills were said to be heavy buyers of spots at all points of importance in the belt The into sight figures for the week were larger than expected but 1t was generally accepted as being the result of a big demand for actual cotton.
 Most active months rose until they were to 10 points over yesterday. Longs turned profit takers and the list fell off little standing to points up before the second call.
 After the second call the list was af- fected by the bearish showing of the weekly statistics. Half an hour before the close the trading months were to ? points under yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
SHARP REACTION
 IN LATE TRADING
Cotton Market Closed Weak at Net Decline-Opening
 Steady at Advance

New York, January 26.-A sharp carry advance in the cotton market today was followed by an even sharper reaction lh the late trading as a result of realizing for over the week end and a renewal or bear pressure with the close weak at net decline of 1 to 3 points. The early advance was considered due to reports of an urgent spot demand in the south and tirmness in Liverpool, while the de- cline in the afternoon was ascribed to the influence of an increasing movement and expectations of falling off in the demand for spot cotton as soon as Janu- arv commitments had been completed.
 The opening was steady at an advance Of 1 to points in sympathy with the cables. There were few over night sell ing orGArs. which including realizing, caused some irregularity during the early trading, but prices gradually worked higher on covering trade buying and bull support in the absence of any aggressive offerings or of any indication that the south was selling hedges in the local ring. May contracts sold up to 9.1c, or about Il points over the closing price of yesterday and about S4 points up from the low level of last Monday, but realizing checked the advance around this figure and the market later turned easier under more general offerings for both southern and local account.
 Closing prices were at practically the lowest of the day. Waldorf interests, Memphis people, Wall street houses and brokers, supposed to be working for a prominent southwestern operator, were all heavy sellers in the last hour. although there appeared to be no material change in the news. Private reports were agatn received from the south indicating active work in picking and ginning in the in- terior and larger receipts of cotton both in seed and bales at the towns. while the larger into sight figures for the week were considered as refiecting the influ- ence of better weather conditions. Nev- ertheless there was very little selling here that could be taken as southern hedging of actual, and the larger receipts seemed to be offset by reports of big ex- port Engagements
 Receipts today, 6S,ooo. against 5S 4S3 last week and 46,126 last year. Today's re- cepts at Galveston, 9952, against e3GS last yeari at New Orleans, 17,105, against S223 last year. and at Houston, 6219, against 3S41 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
Taking of American Cotton

New orleans, January 26.--Secretary Hester gives the taking of American cotton by spinners throughout the world as follows, in round numbers:
 This week 3S0,O0O this year against 340. GOO last year and 24S,000 year be- fore last.
 Total since September 1 this year, 6,94s,0 900 against 6.117OoO last year and 5,71S,000 the year before.
 OFthis northern spinners and Canada took 1,323,000 bales this year against ,50O,000 last year and 1.119.000 the year before; southern spinners 1,S34.O0p against 1,209 900 last year and 1.16l,O0D the year before: and foreign spinners 4.291 ,0OO against s,39S.0O0 last year and .313S, 900 the year before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
Comparative Cotton Statement

New York. January 26--For week end- ing Friday. January 26: Net receipts, 345,- l30; net receipts at all United States ports same week last year, 2l0997; total receipts since September 1, S,497749; total receipts to same date last year, 6.9S5, ,226 Exports for week, 301 ,76l; exports for same week last year, 1S3 340: total exports since Sep tember 1, 6.53S,SS9; total exports same date last year. 5,29i90S Stock at all United States ports, 1,314,SA stock at all United States parts same time last year, 1,022 ,269, stock at all interior towns. SIS. 430: stock at all interior towns same time last year, eS754i; stock at Liverpool, 962, 600; stock at Liverpool same time last year, 1,221, GOO; stock of American ahoat for Great Britain same time last year, 317000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
DECLINE SHOWN
 THROUGHOUT LIST Although Prices of Week Were Made and Broken
 in Cereals

Chicago. January 26.-Although the prices of the week were made and broken today for cereals. trading yet showed a decline throughout the list. Profit talk ing was largely responsible. Wheat closed the same as yesterday. or 14c down, corn and oats off lsc toAc, and provisions of 2lzc to 15c. @
 Wheat at first acted under the influence Of firm cables and bullish advices from the northwest Shorts were reported anxious buyers at Liverpool because ct scarcity of contract grades. There was also a suggestion of strength in the fact that receipts at Minneapolis and Duluth lad fallen off compared with year ago. Prospect of light total in the
 weekly statement of world shipments counted flso in favor of the bulls. There was no urgent short interest to give snap to the trade or to help carry a bulge along. Beside the corn and oats markets were giving signs of heaviness and cash de- niand was disappointing. Realizing set in
 on liberal scale. but the close was firm, chiefly because of indications of better
 business in four
 May fuetuated from slol5s to s1O2A,
 with the wind up s1.o17sQ1.o2, or precisely
 the same as 24 hours before Despite con siderable activity on the part of shorts
 and speculative investors. corn gradually cased off, the poorness of eastern ship Png demand being combined with in- creased offerings from the interior. | Continued absence of adequate railway service prevented any serious setback
 May ranged between 67l4d67?c and CSC,
 closing steady 1s@l4c net lower at 67Ssc. Cash grades were weaker. No. yellow
 was quoted at 65d65hc for car load lots. Oats displayed nervousness and was un- der a strain from the start. Recent pur- chasers unloaded, but the bull leaders still pointed out that cash oats remained at q premium with small receipts and demand active. Top and bottom prices touched for May proved to be 5lAc, and 50s4c, with
 last sales at the under figures cited, or T
 net loss of ise.
 Hog products suffered from the slow. | ress of bidders who were made apprehen- slve by big receipts at the yards. In the end pork was down 71sc to 15c, and other articles at 212c to 10c decline.
 Future quotations were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-27
REPUBLICANS MEET
 SOON IN DALLAS

Selma, January 26.-(Special )-The black and tan wing of the republican party in Dallas county is preparing to hold their county convention within the next few weeks The call for the convention Will be issued within the next few days by Alex D. Evans, chairman of the republic an executive committee of Dallas county and 1t is expected that the attendance will be large, as every beat and pre- cinct in the county will be represented.
 In many ways the approaching con vention promises to prove a live wire. The Dallas county wing of the party Is divided and is always eontendng. During the coming convention such procedure will again be the rule.