Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-06-03

the endorsement OF the people re-
gardless of party afiliation.
For years the manufacturers OF
England have imported cotton from
India and shipped back the finished
goods to that country. Now India is
awakening and proposes to build
factories and make it's own cotton
into goods. This will be a blow to
England and also to the United
States, as no doubt considerable of
the cotton grown in this country is
manufactured into goods in Eng
land and sent to India. But 1t will
be good thing for India.
The suit for libel brought by The
odore Roosevelt against the editor OF
an Ishpeming, Mich, newspaper was
begun at Marquette, Mich, yester-
day. During the campaign last fall
the editor said in his paper that
Roosevelt lies and curses in a most
disgusting way; he gets drunk, too,
and that not infrequently, and all
his intimates know about It," Roose-
welt asks damages in the sum OF
$4,000. The case will be watched
with interest all over the country.
The saloon petitioners at Water
loo have lost out. Judge Durham
has decided that the petition of con-
sent is insufficient. According to
statute 1892 signatures were nee
essary and only 1856 were secured,
being six short. That was a very
narrow margin. The saloon inter-
ests announce that they will circu-
late new petition Immediately. 1t
is reported that the contest just
closed cost the saloon men from
$4,000 to $4,000. Quite an expen-
sive defeat.
According to the Express, one OF
the things that's wrong in the
Knoxville water system is that too
many old-fashioned customers are
paying fiat rate of So or 81 for
$40 to $30's worth of water. That
kind of selling would put John D.
Rockefeller in the poor house in one
season.-Des Moines Tribune.
No need of worrying about John
D. doing trick Of that kind. John
is in the habit of reversing this or
der OF procedure. He likes to sell
So or "a worth of oil for $40
or $50, and appears able to get away
with the deal.
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No matter what the road law may
be, the people have got to build and
pay for roads. Yet some talk as
though state aid meant roads free
of cost. All such Improvements come
out of the pockets OF the taxpayers
and property owners, but they are
really investments instead Of taxes.
Good roads mean to the farmer what
drainage does. 1t increases the
value of his property and enables
him to market his product at a min
imum price. With good roads it
makes less difference whether a
farm Is two or ten miles from mar
ket.
Attorney General Cosson predicts
that Senator Kenyon will manage
Senator Cummins campaign next
year. The attorney general says
Cummins did lot for Kenyon last
year and he expects the Junior sem
ator to return the compliment. Ken
yon has demonstrated that he is
some campaigner. He surprised his
friends as well as his opponents in
the fight he carried on for re-elec-
ton and he won the confidence OF
the people of the state. If he takes
charge of Cummins campaign he
will probably make better fight
than he did for himself.
The New York World is straining
a point. 1t says Woodrow Wilson
never pledged himself not to be a
candidate for second presidential
term. "He is simply pledged to the