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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10
VIEWS of Prominent Men
on the Nev Tariff Bill
Al MITCHELL PALMER.
Committee Of President Wson
SpokeOm

While it is easily possible that IN
readjusting rates over an entire in
dustry in the country We might make
such a charge as would bring some
distress to one particular mill here or
there. yet we can not, in legislating
for 100,0OO,000 people and country
as great as this republic, stop because
here and there pin may be put down
where somebody is going to sQueal
Suppose that the merchants on
Pennsylvania avenue, here In the
city CT washington, were doing a
business Of $1,50O000 per annum In
a certain line of goods. Suppose that
the merchants in the city Of Baltimore
were sending over into this market to
the people OF Washington, to compete
with those merchants, $4,000 worth
of goods: and then suppose that we
would pass a law which would have
the effect of reducing the freight rates
or express tariff to such an extent
that by reason Of that reduced rate OF
transportation, which is nothing but
tariff, the Baltimore merchants
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Being a forceful person he had his
own way, and Ann soon found her.
self seated in the biggest, most
comfortable chair in Mr.. Hawley'a
office.
What are you doing here?" Wa
AIMS first question. curiosity crowd.
ing its way to the top Of her many
varied feelings and thoughts. 4.
Il belong here" answered Billy
shortly. Presently further informa-
ton came. I'm one of the editors,
Few Job, I'll admit, but"
"Oh," gasped Ann In CONSERVATION,
you are the new editor, the one in
charge Of the contest"
II am. But what has that to do
with you? You do not seem pleased
with your discovery"
I'm not-everything," garbled
Ann, wildly.
Billy laughed. THAT sounds like
you. Ann know you are not every
thing to lots of people, but you are
to me, and I'm going to find out q
few things. Will you tell me why you
have SO persistently avoided me for
the last two months? Why you have
not answered my notes, refused to
come to the phone when I called
you, why you have done the thou
! sand and one xthings that you have
to destroy the hsace of mind OF the
man who loves you-yes do, ant
you know it. Will you answer me?''
(Which question first?" asked Ann
audaciously. Then she told hin
what his mother had said and tAnI
had overheard-that a man who hat,
his way to make, as Billy had; sho
| had brilliant prospects, as Billy
should either not marry at all so.DT9
choose as his wife girl who Wa
blessed with many sheckels. And 70
on, through the whole foolish story,
to which Hawley listened with close
set lips. @g . 5
! Il understand" he said at last.
and In trying to efface yourself
fro m my life you were proving your
love for me. I want that love, Ann.
and you can't take yd rself out OF
my life, no matter how hard you
! try. Mother Is a dear, and love
her, but she has foolish fancies
about her only son. Such a wife as
you will make me, Ann, will be an
incentive, not stumbling block.
You do love me?'' z,
Ann nodded as well as she could
in the restricted space between
Billy's left shoulder and cheek.
which she occupied.
Say it, Ann
II can't
Then write It," ordered Billy.
Furiously Ann seized pencil.
and on sheet of paper lying on
Billy's desk she wrote in capitals,
II love YOU"
Five minutes late! ~
BILLY, do you think III get it?''s
Get what, Ann?'
1.-THE prize. You see, I've sent in
q story. I'm sure it's the best I've
ever written"
II hope so, dear. But Of two
things I'm sure. One is that any
prize you will get cannot equal the
one I've just won. The other is that
what you have just written on that
paper will always be to me your
best story"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10
JUST DIDN'T KNOW.

Why should the legislature ignore
the people? Why didn't some member
q the house or senate who was pres
ent when the capitol grounds purchase
bill was put through, ask why those
in favor of it were afraid to submit
It to the people? Probably because
they just didn't know.
We do not believe the members were
really opposed to letting the voters
pass tud gment on the matter. We fee!
that they simply were not Informed
on the language of the state constitu'
tion.- Every man who aspires to a
seat in the legislature ought to take
his ambitions seriously enough to feel
obliged to read the state constitution
at least once.
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would be able to increase their sales
in the Washington market from $14,.
900 to $4,000 year. Do you believe
that those merchants on Pennsylvania
avenue. doing business Of $1.500,00o,
would 90 out Of business, would close
up their shops. cash in, or throw their
labor out OF employment because 312,-
600 worth Of goods from Baltimore
came In here? Why, no; you do not,
and they would not. What would
they do? Why, they would pay lit.
tie more attention to the efficiency Of
their working force. They would get
up little earlier In the morning and
perhaps work a little later at night
They would devise means to attract
the people SO that custom should como
to them and keep this competition from
Baltimore down to the point Of safety,
and they would be content with little
less profit in order that they may
keep that competition down to the
point OF safety, and they would be
compelled-indeed, they would be glad
to sell their produces at q little less
profit to the Washington consumer.
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did and still are, possibly, making use
Of newspaper advertising to get their
contentious before the public. They
are probably paying the same rates
for their space as the campaign man
ayers had to pay for the paid cam
paign material of the recent candi-
dates. They are getting their side of
the cas1 to the people to the best OF
their ability because there are no
scores of press representatives hang
ing around their offices to catch and
print every little statement they may
make. The domestic sugar producers
feel that they are fighting for their
very lives and that they have right
to carry their battle into congress
and before the people Of the country.
AS to the insidious methods en-
ployed, it Is difficult to conceive Of a
fairer way for the sugar interests to
act. Their paid advertisements are
over their own names. These ads are
put in the papers, signed and paid
for by the party interested, just as
ads were last fall put In the papers,
trying to influence people to vote for
Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Taft and Col Roose-
welt. Those were not necessarily dis
honest. They present the facts as
they see them and invite investiga-
lions by the individual voters of the
country. They have lobbied with all
their might, if fighting in that man
ner to defend their business can be
termed lobbying.
There is no question but what I'M.
proper methods have in the past and
will in the future be employed to gain
favors from congress, but to brand
as an "insidious lobby" every attempt
made to prevent or obstruct any
,party's propaganda, is most unfair to
the honest men who are fighting to
defend their businesses. ..
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WHAT is A LOBBYIST?

President Wilson's charge tnat a
powerful and insidious lobby" is at
work in Washington to defeat the
tariff bill, has caused the senate to
name a committee from it's member
ship to investigate and determine
whether or not the presidents state
ment has foundation. 1nnumerablt
senators who have been placed on
the witness stand have testified that
they have been approached by va
rious persons who wished to gain the
ear of congress, but not one OF them
has given specific testimony that an
"insidious'' lobby is in existence.
The question arises, just what lis
a. lobbyist? Several Of the senators
have undertaken to define the term
but the variance of opinion leaves
room for further discussion. Is every
man who attempts to influence legis.
lation a lobbyist? And is every lobby
list sort of undesirable citizen? This
is what one draws from the presi.
dents statements.
II this be true, then 1t has come to
q point where it is crime Tor a
man to defend his business. 1t mas
come to pass that for a man to visit
his representative OF SeAdIOi anu
tell him that certain legislation Is
not for the best Of the representa-
tive's or senator's constituents, then
that man is lobbyist and as such
sort of criminal.
Surely the president would not
have us believe that it is improper to
after. pt to influence our representa-
tives in congress. They are represent,
ing us there and it is their duty not
only to hear our suggestions and
protests, but to attempt to ascertain
our wishes if none are expressed.
AS a specific example of the insld'
ious lobby, the president names the
representatives Of the Domestic
Sugar Producers association. Mr..
Wilson says that in his attack on the
methods employed by these men to
defeat the passage of the free sugar
provision of the tariff bill, "the news
papers are being filled with paid ad-
vertisements calculated to mislead
the Judgment of public men not only,
but of the public opinion of the coun.
try itself"
It is a fact that the sugar interests
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McCarty fought prize fight and made
a lot Of money out OF 1t but 1t turned
out little expensive for McCarty as
a blow from Pelkey's fist dislocated his
neck and he passed In his checks,
The government Is acting as II It
might hold Pelkey for murder. but
what Is the use? II prize fighters
want to pommel each other and take
chances on being killed, what does the
law care?
or course, this is not the humane
view, but 1t looks like the common
sense view. Nobody urged them into
the fight, but both we're taking
chances. Every time prize fight
or goes into a fight, he takes
chances on getting his neck broken,
and II he does, what loss is there?
As suggested, this Is not according
to the dictates Of humanity, but what
useful purpose do prize fighters serve
anyhow?
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been taken to substitute less objection
able trees for the cottonwood.
BY all means let us have trees and
plenty of them-even cottonwoods are
better than none-but as long as 1t
is within the power Of man to choose
and incidently in the power Of the city
commission to legislate why not make
an ordinance against the cottonwood
and obliterate them in favor Of some
other and prettier tree.
This would be a big step towards q
cleaner and more beautiful city and
one which would be very easy to take.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10
AGENCY.

Mrs. Phoebe Hendrickson Is very iii.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Newell sof
Mesa, Arizona, are visiting relatives
here.
Ethel and Juanita Warner who
taught school at Farson are home for
the summer.
Miss Fannie Nye who has been
teaching school in Washington state /.
home.
A. NJ. Laferty Of Eddyville was a bus.
mess caller here Thursday.
w. H. Rodabaugh made a business
trip to Keokuk this week.
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HOUSEWIVES, THIRTY AND 9TH
ERWlSE.!

with the vast majority OF young
men and women, the life plan includes
the gradual accumulation of a fortune.
The first rule that they need to learn
is to live within their means The
husband and wife should make their
plans together; they enter heartily up.
on their work; she Is as willing to
eacrif1ce as he Is to labor-and her
willingness to save is as important a
factor in their success as is his ability
to earn."-Secretary State William J.
Bryan.
Probably 80 per cent Of the retail
buying in this country is done by the
women, and the great vogue of bar
gain sales is proof that the merchants
realize that the average woman is a
thrifty person. Saving banks deal
largely with women, not only because
the men are busy during banking hours
but because as rule the woman is the
Saving element in the family.
Unknown to other members OF the
family, q thrifty woman will save a
dollar here and dollar there, where
a man could not or would not. Many
a period Of family misfortune has been
t;ded over by the forethought OF wife
and mother. "A Wisconsin man speaks
thus enthusiastically Of the coopera-
ton of his wife in household econ
omy: "A good wife is the best invest
ment. When I was single did not
save a dollar. Now we are worth $780,
O0O-and all from lessons of saving
taught me by my wife,
This is the usual thing, but some
times 1t Is the other way around.s Then
again both sides of the house may be
thrifty and still again, and unfortunate
~, both may be entirely thoughtless IN
money matters. A prominent judge In
New York City says that extravaganza
in the home is to blame for many boys
going wrong parents have become
accustomed to living beyond their
means" says this Judge, "and the ease
and plenty they have grown used to
they have encouraged their sons to ex-
pect, as natural thing, to be got with
out hard work"
The vast aggregate Of waste in the
millions of homes in America could not
be expressed in figures that would be
at all comprehensive. Munsey's
Magazine puts it this way:
Twenty million families-the big
consolidated family of the United
States-each needlessly burning one
single match a day, at the price Of five
cents a dozen boxes-only one match
wasted to whole family-is the equiv
alent of burning down every year a
house worth half a million dollars.
II 50 little thing in the unit Of
the individual-so little a thing as a
single match a day for each family
of five persons-can mean 80 much In
the aggregate of national waste, isn't
all the rest of the possible and the
actual waste as clear as sunshine?
There is the light that Is left burn
ing when not needed. There is the fire
flaming under the empty kettle. There
is the good food swept neglected from
the table. There is the farm imple-
ment, the artisans tools, the house
hold utensil, misued and damaged. In
all varieties there is waste by nearly
all the units-and the aggregate is i'm
measurable. H. -a
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The ProIonoIna Of Congress.

The Prolonolng Of Congress.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The an
nouncement that congress may be in
session until in August Is one that is
not relished by the country. We want
to forget politics and begin to think
business. The underlying conditions
of the country are good and II the poll
ticians would do their business and 60
home the country would be able to for
get many things that are more or less
Injurious to business. We can not say
that we have much sympathy with
even those republicans who may be
contributing to the prolongation of the
session, for the session becomes a
menace to prosperity as it stays in
Washington. The best thing for the
republican senator's who believe in
protection to do is to file their pro-
tests in definite form and then let the
democratic free traders enact their
ideas and try them out. The sooner
it is over the better 1t will be for all
concerned.
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Something to remember: Avoid any
act that will cause fire loss. Be care.
full yourself and make everyone else
careful. Get cranky about it-don't let
anyone i'll your place throw match
under desk or back of radiator-it
it has to be thrown on the floor, toss
1t out in the middle Of the room where
it can be seen and extinguished.
Remember!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

1t is now proposed in connection
with the lobby" investigation at
Washington that treating be prohibited
inside the corporate limits Of the cap.
ital city.
The present postmaster general can
use his time to much better advantage
than telling about what his predeces.
sor did not do.
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be. Men who use their God-given
wealth-he inherited it from faith
err who dug 1t out of wonderful
mine-for such selfish and useless
purposes. are to blame for the dis.
tinction that exists between the
classes and the masses,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

The small boy heard a discussion
about free wool and free sugar. When
asked what he thought about it, he
said: 81 don't care anything about
free wool, but I'd be mighty glad
to get sugar for nothing"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

The difference between republi-
cans and democrats just now is main.
|ly the direction in which they are
travelling. The democrats are going
in and the republicans are coming
OIf
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In South America.

Come, let us prepare our slate. We
must have Senior Paprika for some Of
foe on the ticket. He is indispens-
able"
"Why is he indispensable" inquired
the American consul.
HE owns the only machine gun we
have"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

Bryan has given his editor Job a.
civil governor of the Panama Cana
zone. He must have it in for him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

A dispatch says. "the Japs are
calm about the California bill" Who
ever saw Jap when he was not
calm?
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Plenty Of Doors.

They were planning a state capitol.
II see you have only allowed for
eight doors to the senate chamber"
said the chairman.
THAT is amply sufficient declared
the architect, "for purposes Of ingress
and egress."
"No doubt, no doubt. But you had
better double the number. Every SEN
ator likes to appoint few doorkeep-
ers."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

Right now Is the earliest you can be
sin this year.
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At a Fashionable Seminary.

The wealthy girl would never deigr
TO have at school daisy chain.
The chain rich graduates prepare
Is always made of orchids rare.
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Only Leaders Disagree.

Wayne, Neb., Herald: The split in
the republican party has been due
mainly to rivalry among would-be
bosses. The masses agree on all es-
sentials and could get together on a
platform that is progressive and con-
structive-not radical on the one hand
nor ultraconservative on the other.
And the masses OF the party should
not allow themselves to be kept apart
by the selfish ambitions of rival poll
ticians within the party.
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No Time For FoolIshness.
"1 hear you and your girl quarreled
at the ball park"
1--WE did"
What happened?"
"She wanted me to hold her hand
with two men on the bases and the
score tied"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

Clean up and paint up before it !
too late to stop disease.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-10

Use wide tire wagons for hauling
on the pavements.
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Two Troubles.

Two Troubles.
I like to fish where willows jut
Ger waters ripping by.
Such scenes are very pleasing, but
The fish are very shy.
The fish are very shy, alas;
Which helps to spoil our day.
And then the bugs, it comes to pass
Are just the other way.
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Worrying Over Crops.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: An Iowa
banker says that mo amount of ex-
perience seems to be able to destroy
the prevailing fear regarding crops. :"
That appears to be a truth. There is
not year, even in Iowa, where crops
are 50 generally Of the bumper kind,
that considerable percentage Of the
producing population does not worry
over the possibility Of crop failure.
And every untoward circumstance,
every freak of the weather, every
day in which the temperature Is not
normal, every week in which the
rainfall is abb re or below normal -
all tend to inspire large number Of
people to make dire predictions.
There are states in which there is
some excuse for the fear that every
year won't furnish a bumper crop;
but Iowa is not one of those states.
OF course, there is never any ex-
cuse for worry at any time-for wor-
ry never helps anything, and it does
an awful lot of harm to mans ph>si-
cal, mental and spiritual being.
But 1t seems to be human nature to
do lot of worrying. And we guess
some people are happy only when
they are worrying.
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Press Comment.
Consumer Wins At Last

Consumer Wins At Last ..
Sioux City Journal: In the matter
Of a tariff on food stuffs the demo.
Gratis in congress have finally line,l
up on the side of the consumer rather
than the producer. But three Jumps
were required to land them there
Now that they are in consistent
democratic position most Of the mem.
bers are worrying over the possible
political consequences OF their belat'
ed compulsory bravery.
Losses In Battle
Mason City Globe Gazette: With
the approach of hot weather 1t is fai,
to look for higher mortality in "bat
ties" down in Mexico. When the mer
curry is around 100 in the shade, ever
a patriot Of long practice can not ex
pect to beat rifle ball to the horizon
without showing some signs Of wear;
and the number who succumb to
heart failure under the strain Is bound
to be considerable.
Burlington Hawk.Eye: The sugges.
ton has been made that the property
'owners at Des Moines, whose lots are
in the district 1t is proposed to take
over for the enlargement Of the CAPT
toll grounds. get together and make a
proposition to the state. Fantastic
suggestion; who ever heard OF the
man who owns small city property
willing to compromise as to its value
when city or country needs it for
public purposes?
Cedar Rapids Republican: We are
told that Japan can put on the sea
Immediately, or within year at
least, eight super-dreadnaughts, YES
sells of such strength and speed that
they could either demolish or over.
take any vessel in the American
navy. The eastern papers are dwell.
ing on this fact with much force try
ing to wake up congress to action.
Whatever merit there may be in the
Japanese scare, it is at least serving
the ends of getting some good con-
tracts for ship builders under way.
We will have to get the ships. There
is no escape from that conclusion.
But, nevertheless, 1t is little humil-
iating to be compelled to acknowl-
edge our present inferior1ty.
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No Wonder.

It makes woman very sad to try
on her bridal gown four years later
and find the waist won't meet by sew
e-al inches.
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Spoiled Her Trip.
Then your wife didn't enjoy her
trip to Niagara"
"No; the minute she saw that rush
ing water, she began to wonder II
she hadn't come away from home and
left the bathtub faucet running"
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In the Arid Belt.

Glow about the pockets?" asked
the tailor.
Quart size, please directed the
man.
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A llttla 4loA.

.t.. A Little Slow.
Leaves fall in time and so does rain
When It's time comes
But office seekers wait in vain
For falling plums.
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o. Course

o. Course.
"Then you don't like folding az
fair?"
II do not. It's trouble enough at
night to undress yourself without hav-
ing to undress the bed"
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A Few Laughs.
Fruitful June.

...... Fruitful June.
A lifting tune of jocund June.
Is quite an easy wheeze.
The bard betimes concocts his rhymes
AS nicely as you please. -..
The lovely prune, adjoining June,
Buds in your yard, mayhap.
And II not there, 1t blooms somewhere
Upon our widespread map.
Sometimes a bard must work quite
hard .s....
To earn his daily peif.
But not in June, for then a rune
just fairly writes itself.