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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13

bank in a subtreasury city. He must
have his account with the subtreasury.
In practice this means that the income
of the government must be turned into
actual currency-which is the only de
post an assistant treasurer can receive
and then paid in cash from the sub
treasury to the creditors of the govern
ment.
BY the new system all instead OF
only a part of the income of the gov
eminent will be received by the banks
In the form Of checks. The payments
of the government will be made by
checks drawn by disbursing officers on
the treasurer Of the. United States, pay
able at any national bank depository
and charged to the treasurer. In op-
Grafton the daily receipts and disburse-
ments Of the government will be taken
care of without actually transmitting
into currency the income and paying it
out in the same medium.
In order to transact the business OF
the government in New York city III
der the present practice it is necesSar!
for the collector Of customs TO carry
to the assistant treasurer at the END
of the day the total amount of his re-
ceipts, n million or more. in checks
The assistant treasurer puts these
checks through the clearing house the
next day to obtain currency. the only
thing he can deposit. He pays out
this currency as required to meet
checks of disbursing officers drawn ON
their accounts held with him.
The receipts from internal revenue
are now paid in checks and placed in
the banks, which are required to trans
fer these collections in currency to the
subtreasury. The result is that prac
tically the entire income Of the gov
eminent finds its way into the sub
treasures in the form of currency, al
though the taxpayers pay In the form
of checks When these checks are
stopped In the banks and the banks
receive authority TO pay the checks of
diSpursing officers as presented and
charged to the treasurer the daily
business ct the government will be
transacted without the formal trans.
Ter into currency. except rs the payeeS
Of the government checks demand.
The date. Feb. l, when the new sys-
TEN will be put in operation. was
selected so that IL might accord with
the new system of payment Of pen
sion checks. which under the law is to
begin then. Checks In payment Of
pensions under the proposed system
may be collected without the payment
OF exchange by the pensioner.
The great advantage to the govern
ment In the new system will be that
the accounts of each Of the 5000 dis
bursting officers, instead of being scat
tered among the subtreasuries and the
44e national bank repositories, will be
brought together in the office Of the
treasurer Of the United States.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13
PATROL SEA FOR BERG PERIL
United States Warships to Watch For
Ice In Liner Lanes.

Washington Beginning about April
Is, two fast ships of the United States
navy will patrol the steamship lanes
Of the north Atlantic ocean for the
purpose of discovering and warning
ships Of the presence of ice In the
-pute OF the liners. 1t was said at the
navy department that the fast scout
cruisers Salem and Birmingham prob
ably will be chosen for this work. The
patrol will be maintained as long as
the icebergs drift into the path Of the
transatlantic steamships. The reports
Of the patrol ships will be sent out by
wireless to vessels at sea and the ma
val photographic Office in Washington.
Similar patrol was instituted last
May, following the Titanic disaster.
Data will be gathered regarding the
movement of ice and means of detect
ing it's presence at sea.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13
GOVERNMENT TO
PAY BY CHECK
Old System Of SubIreasury
Warrants 10 Be Dropped,
PENSIONERS WILL Benefit.
Escape Payment of Exchange-How
the Change Will Be of Benefit to the
Banking World-New Order Goes
Into Effect on Feb. I.

Washington.-Secre of the Treas
ury MacVeagh has decided to put into
effect on Feb / new system relating
to the receipts and disbursements of
the government The Importance of
the proposed changes may be grasped
when it is understood that the govern
ment collects and disburses more than
$700000,000 II year. Under the present
system checks are received from those
who pay their customs dues or internal
revenue taxes. These checks are cash
ed and deposited immediately in the
subtreasurieS.
The law has been interpreted to pro.
hibit a discussing officer of the govern
ment from having an account with a
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13

in the export trade with Asia. II
jumped from $50, 400, 42S in 1911 &c
SIT ,461,561 in the fiscal year ended
June 80 last. There was also an en-
couraging increase in the export trade
with South America. 1t Increased
from SOS, 1874, 1894 to 49,, 310,451.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13

We still have good line of new rub
bers at bargain prices and are receiving
q new supply of second hand goods
daily. Call and see what fine stock
we have on hand now. Berman Bros.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13
FARMS FOR SALE.

For sale-farm of 80 acres of land,
rich loan soil, surface level; 3H miles
from Howell on good road, on milk
and mail route, near school; brick
house and hip-roof barn. Price $85
per acre.
100 acres, ~ miles from town; soil
rich loan; large new house, new base
ment barn. Price $8,0000O.
24O acres, fair large house, good
tenant house; three barns, one base
ment; soil rich loan, surface lays well;
near school and blacksmith shop anc
store Price $15,00000, with payment
down Of only $1,50O.00.
Also many other good farms for
sale on small payment down and in
terest only five per cent. Write VIII
liam T. Robb Howell, Michigan
ORDER FOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TON OF HEIRS
State of Michigan, the Probate Court for the
County of Grstiot.
At a session of said court held at the probate
office in the village of Ithaca in said county on
the 18th day of January. A. ID. 1913.
Present Hon J. Lee Potts Judge of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of John Keefer
deceased.
Frank Keefer, having filed in said court his
petition praying that said court adjudicate and
determine who were at the time of his death the
legal heirs of said deceased and entitled to in
herit the real estate of which said deceased died
seized. therefore
1t is ordered That the 10th day of February, A.
d.. 1918 at nine O'Clock in the forenoon, at said
probate office be and is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition;
1t is further ordered, that public notice thereof
be given by publication of a copy of this order,
for three successive weeks previous to said day
IF hear Ri q Record a
printed and circulated in said county,
J. LEE POTTS
true copy 1766t4 Judge of Probate
BELLE JENNIE, Clerk of Probate.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1913-02-13

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-06
Fire Insurance.

1--WE are now enjoying in this state
at this time condition covering fire
insurance that is IDEAL he continued.
aThose who are responsible for the
law, as it stands today upon the stat
ute books, builded better than they
knew, or at least better than the peo-
pie of the state of Iowa really knew
at the time the bill became law. An
attempt was made during the last
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by the manufacturers of this state in
all of their convention meetings. We
take pride in being instrumental I'd
a very large extent In the passage OF
this BILL
He explained that in the plan for
this work continuation classes would
be established in the larger indus
trial centers first and especially the
younger workmen could secure an In
dustrial instruction along the lines
of their several trades.
Good Roads Work.
1--WE also desire to congratulate the
legislature on another important bill,
said Mr. Gum, creating highway
commission in this state, and 1t IS
hoped that this, along with the as.
sistance that can be rendered in all
of the various counties of the state.
will bring about a condition that will
be beneficial to the industries of the
state as well as to the farmers ana
travelling public
MT 6unH Ihaue plea LOT coopstds
ton in the development of manuface
turing in Iowa, saying that the $780,
| 100000 worth of manufacturing
produced can be very easily in
creased. "The agricultural wealth OF
Iowa is certainly a magnificent show
ing for the state" he said, "but why
can we not In addition thereto de-
velop our manufacturing interests at
the same timer
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to our national wealth. The United
States is one Of three greatest ex-
porters Of manufactured goods in the
world and these constitute more than
one-half our total annual exports.
This astounding progress is not SO
surprising when we consider that the
American manufacturer, enterprising
and wide awake has reduced his vo-
cation to science and has reached
a degree of almost perfect efficiency.
This convention bears witness that
you are not satisfied with present sue
cess, but through expert advice and
exchange OF ideas are seeking to at
tain an even higher degree of eff
ficiency.
In century and a quarter the cen
ter of population in this country has
moved from Baltimore, Maryland, to
Bloomington, Indiana nearly six hun
dred miles and continues its westward
march at the rate of about forty miles
| a decade. Industry has marched hand
lin hand with population and the cen
trail west is fast Wrestling Industrial
supremacy from the east. This mighty
wave of humanity that has been
sweeping across the plains and over
THE mountains, increasing at the rate
iof million souls year, must soon
reach its crest. Reasoning In the
light of history where is 1t bound to
halt?
! Sat the southern extremity Of this
| city there stands lofty hill bathed
upon the one side by the Des Moines
river and upon the other by the Mis-
isissippi From its summit the naked
eye may dwell upon the realms O
three great commonwealths Iowa
Illinois and Missouri Within thei,
vast domain one-tenth of all thu
wealth and resources Of the nation il
i stored Rich In the fruits of thei
lsoils and In the products of their fac
/ tories, Boosting for their sons an,
d daughters the highest degree of intel
,Iligence. they form cluster that lend
fundying brilliance to the firmamen
Iof states market that all the worl,
must seek Situated, as we are, no
far from the geographical center Q
i the country, right in the pathway Q
4 humanity's westward march, blesse,
4 with a great natural waterway tina
will solve for us the problem of trans
lportation, it requires no great stretc'
Iof the imagination to perceive tina
this fertile valley is destined to be tn
/ industrial heart of the country.
j while here 1t will be your pleas
7 ure to see in operation the creates
) hydro electric plant in the worlt
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have throttled industries of this state
and forced us to bear burdens that we
could i'll afford to bear, or crush us
to such an extent that we would no
longer exist. In reviewing the legis-
lation that was threatened and the
legislation that was enacted, we have
every reason to be grateful for the
generous spirit that was displayed.
True, we have been alert; we have
had an organization that looked after
our interests, and this organization
has left no stone unturned to keep
Iowa's industries fully protected, and
the interest of each one engaged
therein fully guarded. but we ought
to feel grateful to those members
who have labored in their endeavors
to prevent anything from occurring
that would hamper our development.
II know that there are some who
say that without the assistance of the
legislative work of the Iowa State
Manufacturers Association that we
would have had the same results as
we have had this year. But the man
who makes that statement does not
understand the problems that con
fronted the legislature at the last
session, nor does he understand the
effect that such legislation would have
had upon the industries of the state
and without the work Of the Iowa
State Manufacturers Association, the
! last general assembly would have
(, stumbled, as 1t did in other states
and enacted laws that would have
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session to nullify the Blanchard law
but this last remains upon our statute
books and the one reason why 1t does
remain there for the benefit of every
insurer In the state is because of the
activities of the Iowa State Manufac-
turers' Association
There is one feature in connection
with fire insurance upon which we all
ought to agree and that is the neces-
sity of more rigid fire prevention.
Every manufacturer, whether large or
small, ought to have provision made
SO that in case fire should start that
he would at least have fighting
chance to put out the fire before 1t
became uncomfortable. The cost OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-06
GOVERNOR CLARKE |
| COMES TOMORROW
viii be the eueat Of the Iowa Manu-
facturers at Their
/ Annual Ban
ques.
-
/ EXPERTS ON PROGRAM
This Afternoon Guests go Over the
i Dam and Take Ride on
Lake Cooper in
Steamboat.
EXPERTS ON PROGRAM

Tomorrow the Iowa Manufacturers
will welcome the chief executive OF
the state, Governor Geo. w. Clarke,
and will listen to addresses by two
noted business experts of the United
States
Governor Clarke is expected to ar
rive on the morning train and he will
be entertained during the day annl
will speak at the banquet at the Elks
club tomorrow night at which he Will
be guest of honor. The special COM
mittee to entertain the governor is
composed of Wells M. Irwin, A. p.
Matless. Senator E. P. McManus and
l.. A. Hamill.
The talk of Herbert N. Casson,
sales and advertising expert of New
York, will be the first on the program
| in the morning t $50 o'clock. His
subject will be Finding the Market
In the afternoon at 2.S0 Harrington
Emerson, noted efficiency expert and
scientific management exponent, Will
speak on Efficiency in Production. !"
Business men of the city are invited
4 to hear these two men.
This afternoon the manufacturers
were taken through the great power
house and out on the dam, after
which they enjoyed steamboat ride
on Lake Cooper. This evening they
4 will listen to lecture on the water
1 power development by General Sup
I erintendent Dexter P. Cooper
The program for tomorrow follows
$50 a. m.
Finding the Market Herbert N
J Casson of New York.
Discussion.
$3.50 p. m.
! Efficiency in Production Harring
! ton Emerson, New York.
r Discussion.
Factory Sanitation, Illustrated
). B. Nash of Pittsburgh, Penn.
1880 p. m.
Z Banquet given by the Keokuk Man
ufacturers Association, Hon. Geo. W
Clarke, governor of Iowa, guest o
honor.
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Three Hundred Heads Of In
dustries Of the State Come
to Keokuk for Three
Day Meeting
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
Work of Iowa Association is
Lauded and Declared Above
Board by President
Gum.

80 I 4
Three hundred members Of the Iowa
state Manufacturers Association
gathered in Keokuk today for their
eleventh annual convention which
c.p,ened this morning and closes Fri.
day The frst arrivals came last
night by special cars from Des Moines
and today they came from Davenport
and other riyer4cities by boat and by
rail from every part OF Iowa.
The manufacturers were met at the
trains BY the local hosts and with
the Citizens band lending they march
ed to their headquarters at the Grand
opera house Many of the delegates
will arrive later in the day and It
was necessary to hold the opening 81
the meeting until after ten o'clock this
morning for some who came on late
trains. The visitors all registered
and received the official badge of the
association. and an informal recep
tion was held.
The convention was opened WITH
President John A. Gum OF Kellogg
presiding. He introduced Edward w
! McManus who made the address o.
welcome for Keokuk. Mr. McManus
paid tribute to the manufacturing
resources of Iowa, issued hearty
welcome upon the part OF the citizen.
of Keokuk and enlivened the occasion
with some humorous stories.
In his address Mr.. McManus said.
Il
Address Of Welcome.
Mr. Chairman and members OF TIL,
Iowa Manufacturers Associat ton:
Your visit nth us at this time Il
as oprortune as 1t is pleasant. Thi
has been an cventful summer In Keo
kuk for 1t has witnessed the consum
nation Of project that promises t.
revolutionize the Industrial life OF !;
great section OF the country. w,
have laid here the corner stone OF ,
new era of prosperity for this Mis-
sisslppi valley. Henceforth we ma.
look for new alignment of industrial
forces and in the titanic struggle 70
supremacy the state of Iowa turns t
you as her standard bearers
Industrial America is coming int
its own. Twenty-Five years ago mar
ufacture was in its infancy; today
affords employment to seven million
OF people and contributes annual
more than twenty billions OF dollar
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Inability insurance companies from
doing their part in taking care OF the
industries but we must expect to pay
the price of years Of losses on their
1,ar+ If we do not maintain our own
Employers Liability company ana
give it greater support than 1t has
had in the past. We do most emphat,
ically insist that this can be done,
can be taken care of within ourselves
to q very large extent, by banding
ourselves together and taking insur-
ance In our own company, organized
for our own benefit, and under our
own personal supervision. The stock
companies are banded together and
while they may not appear on their
face as combination, yet their rates
show that they are going to endeayor
to recoup their loss of the last few
years"
Blue Sky Law.
zone of the most far reaching laws
in its effect that was passed by the
last general assembly is the one
known as the blue sky law. 1t is a
we'll known fact that millions of dol
lars have been taken out of this state
for the purpose Of promoting mining
schemes, land propositions and stock
proposition of various characters that
have not brought returns to the sub
scribers of either dividends or prin'
cipal.
1.-THE effect Of the blue sky law in
the state of Kansas has been of such
character as to prevent the various ],
Rufus Wallingfords from fattening on
their various promotion schemes OF
questionable value and the effect will
doubtless be as far reaching in this
state.
81 do not believe that single in
dustry legitimately founded will have
any trouble in going before the execu
tive council and receiving the proper
4 recognition throughout the entire
transaction that is their just due. Blu
4 am satisfied that there will be al
exodus of promoters from this stat'
: who have previously fattened upol
Iowa wealth
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Industrial Education.

"Another important bill passed by
the last legislature, made an appro.
priation of $4,000 per year for the
establishing of engineering extension
work connected with the Iowa State
college at Ames.
Il refer to industrial education
which has been advocated so strongly
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fire insurance can be reduced by
rigid requirements on the part of the
employer and employees.
1T has been suggested that plan
for reciprocal insurance should be
adopted by the manufacturers of this
state similar to the plans in vogue in
other states, and it will be well for
this convention to give this phase OF
the insurance question careful con-
sideration before adjournment"
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Since the dawn of creation the Mis-
sissippi river has swept by yonder
hill, inspiring the awe OF savagery
and the hope of civilization. Beneath
its whirling waves the bold DeSota
found his sepulchre. Poets have sung
its praise and painters have spread its
classic beauty uEon canvass In the
morning Of the twentieth century an
American engineer touched that
mighty stream with the wand of gen
ius and 10! out Of its troubled bosom
springs power enough to turn the
wheels Of every factory In Iowa.
Many of you are strangers to
Keokuk, but most of you are Iowans.
Athens was mistress of the world not
through force of arms but through the
conquering power OF intelligence.
There are other states in this union
that boast of greater territory and
population, but ours is first in intel
| ligence. Although century has
scarcely passed since Iowa soil first
responded to the call of the husband
man. that soil today produces more
corn and more wheat, sustains more
cattle, more hogs and more poultry
than any other in the sisterhood Of
states. AS the brain and Drawn OF
Iowa's sons have won for her pre-
eminence upon the farm, SO let them
bring to her even greater laurels in
1.-THE work shop.
"The people Of Keokuk with one &C
Z, cord bid you welcome and trust that
i your visit may be both pleasant and
profitable"
Il Response to Welcome Of Address.
The response to Mr.. McManus' ad
dress was made by G. II. M. Nider Of
Mason City. head of one OF the lar
gest cement concerns in the northern
part Of the state. Mr.. McNider spoke
of the pleasure of the visit OF the
manufacturers to Keokuk, especially
: at this time. 1T is a great pleasure
to be. in Keokuk," said Mr.. McNider
, "Keokuk stands prominent before
Iowa and the nation today. In dam
: ming the mississippi monument ha
not only been erected to Keokuk, bu
to the ability of the engineers OF tn
!, nation as we'll You stand upon al
! eve of prosperity that you have neve
before known and Iowa wonder
:. where you will end with your wonder
: full opportunities. We are with yo
!. and expect great things of you :
! Following the address Presiden
: Gum appointed several committee
to do the work OF the convention.
Presidents Address,
President John A. Gum of Kellog!
presented in his address an exhaus
! ing account of the industrial develop
e ment OF Iowa in the work of the low
Manufacturers association. Regar
r. ing legislation he said:
,ef .'In looking back over the past yes
is since We last met at Sioux City, Y
irl have indeed been fortunate in n
q being injured by unfriendly legisl
ID ton. True, some of the legislatit
Il enacted might have been different, b
Is the manufacturers of the state hal
lti been kindly treated. and we hal
Id every reason to be gratified at IL
1T outcome of the legislation attempte
Of in the last general assembly. tt
Of thirty-fifth general assembly was co
ID fronted with problems that mig
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workme MS Compensation.

THE passage of the employers liza
bility law by the legislature now
brings us face to face with the prob
lem Of wo-kmen's compensation and
liability insurance.
I'VE have no desire to prevent the
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Work of Association.

In his concluding ra;narks concern
ing the work of the association MIR.
Gum said: In conclusion wish to
say that this convention, following
one of the most important years in
the history of the association ought
to make itself notable in taking a
stand for all constructive legislation.
either national or state. that we feel
that our industry demands.
THE attitude assumed in all legis-
lation by this association has been OF
high character. and in no case has
the finger of suspicion been pointed
at any single member of the associa,
tion or any member of the legsslas
tive branches of our government,
either state or national in connection
with any legislation desire by our.
selves, and with this record behind Us
we can afford to rigidly adhere to II
in the future. We have no axes to
grind personally. and only the inter,