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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-25

WILL CRY
your sales. Several years experience
1T this business. Lifetime experience
with stock. Guarantee satisfaction or
no charges. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Savings Bank. Col. Ell Swain.
Il Blakesburg. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-25
Wanted.

900 CORDS WILLOW,
linn and cottonwood. Will buy by
I cords or stumpage. Write Chittenden
Eastman Co., Harvey, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-25

FOR SALES. c. r. l. red eggs. 76c
per setting. 81 per 100. Mrs. e. A.
Hastings, Floris. Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-25
Farm Property For Rent.
For Exchange

FOR SALES. c.. RHODE ISLAND
Red eggs, 75c per setting; special
prices on incubator lots. New phone
1881. 1909 West Second street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

for women and children engaged in industrial. and other emp1oyments.
 A mothers pension bill introduced by one of the leading progressives is attracting much attention. It pro v1des that indigent mothers shall re- cetve State aid of not to exceed $15 a. month for themselves and $6 a month for each minor dependent child, the aid to be granted through county courts. The purpose of the bdll is to keep the family tegetheF@and~net~ quiref the children to be sent to char ttab1eS institutions as at present
 The bills extending equal suffrage
 to women rank high in the estima-
 tton of the progressives. Tn fact both
 the Senate and, the Assembly have
 wrangling to see which house is to have the honor of having it's bill be- come the law. The bills have refer end'un clauses attached to them pro- viding that they shall be submitted to the voters at the next general cleo with the pending bills was rejected by tine voters of the State last fall. A joint resolution amending the Con
 stitution so as to provide for the in itiatiVe, referendum and recall of pulp lie officers is pending. A similar res oIution providing for a State conven- tion to redraft the Constitution has passed the lower house. Another res oIution provides for an amendment to the Constitution to enable the electors to choose United States Senators by direct vote, and still another reso1u- 1 ton provides for single taxation.
 Electors of the State will be able to vote by man if pending progressive bill becomes a law. Another bill pro- 1 vides for second choice of candidates.
 both at the primary and general cleo tfons.
 | A bill which is encountering much opposition by lead and iron mine own CTS of the State provides for the tax alton of mineral rights. A bill pro- viding. for State regulation of dams, water powers and water reservoirs is
 being backed by the progressives and | being fought by all the water power
 owners of the State. The bill also provides for the conservation of the
 forests of the State.
 A bill by a Bull Moose member pro vides that any new political party may have it's candidates placed under i a party designation on the official
 ballot by filing petitions containing a
 certain percentage of electors who voted at the last preceding general l election. Another bill provides that
 the State shall pay the expenses of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

deals with the subject to which it re- laues in broad and inclusive way, covering the whole field of economic betterment within the State. As 1t IS attached hereto detailed discussion of its provisions is unnecessary"
 A bill introduced before the Gov ernor presented his measure and GOV ering some of the ground of the latter is one prohibiting discrimination in the purchase or sale of commodities as between different communities of the State. Chicago purchasers of DO tatoes, cabbage, beans tobacco and other farm produce and dairy products of wisconsin have, 1t is declared, com bined to prevent competition and where competition is eliminated to pay produce. The bill is also designed to prevent large corporations like the Standard Oil Company selling their products in one part of the State at a great deal lower price than in another for the purpose of driving independ- ent dealers out of the field. This bill has the approval of the progressive members and will probably become a law if the Governors measure fails
 Another important progressive bill before the Legislature is one amend ing the existing workrnan's compen- sation law so as to compel all en- ployers of four or more persons to come under 1t. This is to be done by depriving the employer of the defence of contributory negligence. The pres ent law deprives him of the defence of fellow servant negligence and assuInp- ton of risk. The pending bill also provides specific schedule of liability for all ordinary injuries and also pro- vides liability of not to exceed s75o for permanent disagreement of the face or head of an employee. This measure will probably pass.
 Bills providing for some slight amendments to the income tax law, slightly increasing the taxes of big corporations and 1essentng those of small corporations and providing for a better administration of the law, are pending and vii doubtless pass. Several so-caiIed ''blue sky bills. designed to protect the inves tor in stocks and bonds of corporations, are pending and one of them will prob ably become a law. These bills in the main provide that corporations shall not issue stock or bonds in excess of the value of their property and before making any issue of such securities
 must have the approval of the state Railroad Commission.
 Another important progressive bill Is i one authorizing the State Industrial l Commission to fix a minimum wage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
PAVING COMMISSION
 IN SHORT SESSION

The Paving and Sewer Commission held a short meeting in the City EEall, last night, and the Whittier and Frank street sewers were taken up. The Whittier street sewer is the one which the Board of Education has been trying to have put in for some time past as the work on the sewer connections at the new Whittier street school cannot be completed until the sewer main is laid. The sewer will mated will cost between $500 and $4,- GOO It was authorized at 8 meeting of the Common Council last October As work will be started on the new sewer at once it will probably be fin ished within a few weeks. The Frank street sewer is only few hundred feet in length and will not be very expensive.
 The Fairfield avenue work being done by the Connecticut Company-the special work and cross-overs, was taken up. B. C. Webster, engineer of the Connecticut Company, being on hand to explain why the work was be- ing held up. He said the Pennsyl- vania Steel Company was to blame for the delay as the special work which they were to have had here a couple of days ago was not ready for deliv- cry and would not be until the end of this month.
 It was moved to notify Loftus & Dugan, the contractors, to put the having in Fairfield avenue into prop CT condition by May 80. Memorial Day
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
PROGRESSIVE BILLS
 IN WISCONSIN
One Proposes to Prevent Mon opOly and Reduce the Cost
 of Living
THAT IS GOV. MGOVERN'S
Others Range from Blue Sky Bill to One of Closed Season
 for Grabs

Madison, Wis, May 2.-The most inn portant of several score of progress sive bills now pending before the Wis consin State Legislature is generally conceded to be Gov. McGovern's bill creating a State market commission. Its purpose primarily Is to reduce the cost of living. The principal duties of this commission, which is to consist of three members. with the State Dairy and Food Comnaissienep as an ex-of- hcio menber, each, to receive a salary of $5, 900, are to prosecute monopolies and unfair methods of trade and pro mote cooperative associations. The bill carries an appropriation Of $75,0O0 to pay the salaries and expenses of the commission.
 The bill recites that the purposes to 2 be accomplished are:
 .-To prevent monopoly, contracts and combinations in every form detrinen- tai to the people of the State.
 ITO promote in the interest of the public, including consumer and pro ducer alike. economical and efficient production and distribution of all com nodities.
 ITO promote the development and natural resources of the State and of it's proper agricultural, industrial and commercial interests so far as such development Is consistent with public welfare
 vide equality of opportunity for the people of the State.
 .sro perform the duties and func- tfons imposed by law upon the dairy and food commissioner, assistants, his chemist inspector and employees; the duties and functions of the State Board of Immigration and it's officers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
to national political conven-

QGlG&aIGtS lO n6LlOIlSAA RO4A(ASe11 COAANC14- tions.
 Bills providing for State aid for, the improvement of highways are pend ing. which, if passed, will mean that $S, COG, 900 will be spent on highways in
 the State during each of the ensuing two years. The State. county and town each pay one-third of the cost of road Improvements. A bill already
 passed by both houses appropriates
 S45O, GOO to make up the State deficit.
 for good road aid last year. Another
 bill meeting with favor provides that
 autono obiles shall be taxed according
 to. their horsepower 25 cents a unit
 of horse power and the money Nsed
 for road improvement.
 A novel bill which is meeting with considerable favorable comment pro- vides for State compensation of fnno- cent persons sent to prison: Another
 bill provides for convict labor in nnalS- ing good roads and in rnan<factur1ng
 binder Iwine to be sold directly to grain growers. A measure providing for indeternninate sentences for first
 offenders Is approved by the progres-
 sives.
 State loans to bona. fde settlers of
 northern Wisconsin are provided for in a bill presented by a leading pro-
 gressfve.
 A State board of education to have
 charge of the State University, State
 normal schools and all educational
 matters of the Commonwealth Is pro
 posed in bill from a progressive source. Another pending bill provides for county boards of education in stead of town boards. Still another bill provides for the election instead of the appointment by the Governor
 of the board of regents of the State ! 5of all the pending bills, the one that has drawn the sharpest fight so
 far is one prohibiting fraternlt1es ana sororieties in the State University. l There are forty of these organizations in the institution and 4s per cent of 1 the members of the faculty are 'drat'' men, A bill introduced by the only minis ter in the Legislature prohibits sa- looms within mile of the main hall of the State University Saloon rep resentatives fear 1t will pass. The ! present dry zone around the univer- 1 sity is half a mile, A bill prohibiting
 brewing companies from controlling retail saloons is 1ndofsed oy most or 1 the progressives.
 1 A measure prohibiting physicians 1 and surgeons from splitting their fees with country practitioners who bring l them patients also seems to meet with l favor. It is declared that AS per cent of the physicians and surgeons of 1 large cities indulge in the fee splitting l system.
 l The progressives are supporting 9
 bill providing for State budget And for uniform State accounting l A bill that is about to become a law
 provides for the joint use of tracks 1 by street and interurban railroad com | panies This is designed to prevent 1 any company from shutting out an-
 other one desiring to enter a city, 1 Other bills attracting attention from l the progressiVes are those creating a
 State boxing commission similar to 1 that of the New York law, one estab- 1 fishing State game farm or pre-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

and employees, and the duties and functions of the State Board of Az ricu1ture, its officers and employees"
 The bill gives the commission ann pie authority to enforce the antitrust laws and suppress monopolies or com binations made in restraint of trade. It empowers the commission to es- tab1ish public markets for the sale of farm produce directly to the consumer and to require all markets to be kept in a sanitary condition. It also pro- vides that the commission shall do everything in it's power to improve country life so as to keep the boys and girls on the farm.
 When he submitted this bill to the LegisIa ture Gov. McGovern sent along with it message giving his reasons why he believed 1t should be passed In that message he said:
 .tAs. matters now stand the primary industry of the middle West Is threat ened with comparative stagnation and the people, whether in the country or the city, suffer because of tribute lev jed upon them by great combinations and trusts. Why should we not re- verse this process and so restore nor mal economic conditions? Inasmuch as the trsust has grown up largely by exactions senforced from producers and consumers alike because of its stra- teg1c position internqediate between them, why, can~it not be destroyed or it's. power greatly cr1rtailed by induc- ing these two great causes to deal di- reetly with each other? By so doing better prices will be secured for the products of the farm as well as a sub stantial decrease in the cost of living. The present withspread popular inter est in the subject of cooperation at least justifies us in giving this prob lem our most serious consideration
 ''The time has come in Wisconsin to give practical effect to the co-opera- tive idea. But we must act with our eyes wide open to the obstacles to be encountered and the difficulties to be overcome. What is needed is the es- tablishment of broad, consistent public policy in harmony with eco homie conditions as they now exist in all occupa tions- The line. must be plainly drawn that separates monopo- ly from legitimate cooperation; that distinguishes unreasonable restraint of trade from mutual heIpfulness; that will secure the advantages of free com petition without exposing industry to unregulated industrial warfare.
 q have had a bill of this kind pre- pared and I now submit it to you. Though laying no claim to perfection, either in form or in substance. it has been drafted with very great care. It
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
POINTS OF INTEREST.

At Radford B. Smiths the cash reg isters counted more customers at lastf weeks Saturday sale than at any time this year. The sales were also larger We think people were well satisfied with the bargains secured, and those. that attend this weeks sale will have a chance to get equally good ones.
 Tomorrow, Saturday,
 is bargain day at D. H. Dillon sr Co.'S, HOS Main street. Shoppers win find money saving opportunities here tomorrow in hats, flowers, ostrich feathers and plumes, waists, messaliue petticoats. marabouts and raincoats.
 Family Supplies.
 Meat specials for Saturday: Small lean fresh shoulders, genuine legs of spring lamb, prime rib roasts or beef smoked and salt meats, poultry fresh native vegetables, groceries, dried fruits, fish. Bridgeport Public Mar ket and Branch, State and BanH streets, East Main street.
 One Cent word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
NEW YALE BIOGRAPHY

New Haven, May 9.-A four hun dred page book of biography of grad uates has been issued by Yale Univer- sity.
 The new volume completes the records of deceased Yale gradustes- from the founding of the college to the present year, and provides bio graphical material regarding nearly all of the 26,7s2 individuals who have been graduated from Yale. The book was compiled by Professor Franklin B. Dexter, '61.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

serve, one prohibiting the shooting of doe and allowing the shooting of buck deer in open season, one providing for a closed season for crabs and crawfish and one giving game wardens of Wis consin and Minnesota concurrent ju- risduction on the waters of the Mis- sissippi River.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
FINED FOR EABEzzLINe.

Meriden, May 2-Arthur B. Fuller. of Brooklyn, N. r., secretary of a film company which has been taking ana exhibiting civic pictures about the State was fined $50 and costs in tho police court, yesterday on a charge of embezzlement- The complaint yas made by John F. Lewis, of New york president and treasurer of the concern, Fuller was arrested in Hartford, yes terday and was brought back here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
THOUSAND DOG OWNERS TARDY

2 Dog owners who failed to pay their
 $1 25 tax before yesterday. May 1. will now be compelled to pay an extra dol- lar to get their canines licensed. Town Clerk william Thomas states that as near as he can estimate there are about 1000 dogs in this city not yet h- censed. the owners of which will have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
Jaynes' Blood and Nerve
 Tonic
All Spring Medicines

Inc BeSI or All spring
 This preparation has been sold by 7, us for many years, and the constantly increasing demand for it is in itself proof positive that it has met with the approval of those who have used it. It. is a purely vegetable preparation, containing ingredients which are daily prescribed in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

Farnaer want Ads. one oens 2 vzoFd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02
 Seasonab1e Offerings <~RlkER STORE
Infants and Invalid Food

Patch's Sugar of Milk 33c Merck's Sugar of Milk .23c, Jaynes' Sugar Of MiIlx 25c' Baby Brand Milk 17c Eagle Brand Milk 14c French Ge1atine, 4 lb. 15c Irish Moss, 1 ID. .2Sc Biebig's Beef, .S9c, 69c, 1.39, 2.15 MuIford's Predigested Beef .79c Armour's Extract of Beef
 S9c, 7Sc, 1.43, 2.37 Beef Pentonoids =. 47c, SIC Trophinine I9c, 4.ZS Sweet Whey 43c Loeflund's Malt Soup 97c DexErf Maltese 41c, 1-SS Peptogenic Milk .. ... .S9c, 79c Horlick's Matted Milk,
 Bovinine ...... 47c, 69c Imperial Granum,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

PI0SCAAPIiOnS O1 pnySt-
 clans of the highest standing It gives tone and vigor to the sys- tenn, cleanses the blood, restores the nerves and regulates the liver and .stomach. For those who de- sire a really good spring tonic we cannot recommend. this, preparA- ton too highly. Like all other Preparations of our manufacture, 1t is sold under otir guarantee of positive satisfActioIl Large bottle. containing O0 Small bottle. containing GOo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

Jaynes' Beef Extract,
 soc, 55c, $1.Oo, s1.9O Baby Educators, .19c Allenbury's Food,
 25c, s9c, 6sc, ssc BartIett's Food .19c, 39c Benger's Food ... .49c, 1.59 Carnick's Food .. .37c, 78c, 3.25 Eskay's Food,
 1ec, s9c. 59c, 200 Just Food 39c. 7oc, 1.33 Cereal Milk, ..- 19c, 39c, 79c, 2.13 Thomas Staff-o-Life 25c Laotated Food, 19c, S9c, 79c, 2.O9 Me11in's Food .. S9c, 59c Murdock's Liquid Food ..S9c, 53c Nestle's Food 200, 39c, 2.25 Hoff's Malt Chocolate .25c Steero Cubes BOG, 97c, 1.S9 Oxo Cubes SC, 19c, Sic, 1.77
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-02

to pay the extra dollar under penalty
 of having their dogs placed into
New-York tribune., 1913-08-26
Lean Days for the Tariff Debaters.

Tho Senate got through the free list yesterday and
only the income tax and administrative sections OF
the Underwood tariff bill remain to be considered.
4 vote on the bill in its entirety may come next
week 1t might just well have come month or
sx weeks ago The Senate has been dawdling along
under the halucination that the country was hang
ing breathless on its deliberations, whereas puDllc
interest in the debate on the tariff bill has been en-
tirely swamped by real first page happenings IKE
the Sulzer Impeachment" the Thaw escape, the
rows over the currency bill and the confessions N
Colonel Mulhall
It was not so when the Mckinley, Wilson-Gormau
and Payne tariff bills were In their last stages.
Then the country felt that big stakes In political
as well as an economic sense were being fought for
There is an almost pathetic lack Of public concern
over the Underwood bill If any considerable ele-
ment In the country believed that the pending bill
would upset industry generally and force material
reductions in wages that belief would be manifested
in q vigorous protest at Washington. But how many
peope have taken the trouble to get excited the
pending downward revision?
1t seems fairly safe to from the prevalent
apathy that the bill will have comparatively little
effect in reducing the cost Of living good many
of the duties which it purposes removing have been
only mental duties,' and except here and there
in the sugar industry for example-the removal or
reduction Of protection will not be likely to be felt
TO any great extent by either the producer or the
consumer In many lines Of production the tariff
has ceased TO be the controlling fscor In costs and
profits and dim recognition Of that fact has taken
the life out of the fierce controversies which once
ragged over tariff legislation.
IL has been poor season for the tariff contro-
versia lists in Congress-the poorest in the memory
Of Washingtons Oldest inhabitant
New-York tribune., 1913-08-26
AGAINST SEGREGATION
Negro Says Federal Departments Are
Like Slavery.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The attempt OF the Wilson admin
istration 10 reduce the negro TO serfdom
and TO set up white mans government
in republican form OF government Is
growing more pronounced each day. The
policy Of the administration relative 10
the segregation Of negroes in the various
federal departments is bringing about con-
ditions for the negro little better than
fifty years ago. when the two sections OF
the country were lighting for the over
throw OF that damnable institution
slavery President Wilson has clearly IN
dcated that he believes in the theorl
this is a white mans country 10 be ruled
absolutely by white men," The base utter
ances of the Vardaman type are not only
hurting the negro, but are beginning to re-
act upon the white man. II is now time
that the better element OF the white race
should rise and assert itself against the
debauchery Of the ideals OF this country
by that horde OF Southern sensationalisS
As negro who believes that the |H-
daman element Is not expressive OF this
country, I appeal TO the higher element
OF the white race.
CLEVELAND c. ALLEN.
New York. Aug. 90. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1913-08-26
Work and the Lazy.

II is evident that something more poWerfui thah
preaching will have to be brought into play to eraui-
cate laziness from human nature. After po"eriui
sermon against this trait Brooklyn clergyman oi-
fered Job to any workess individual VINO wouiu
take it. There were no takers Perhaps the metnou
of Delaware Judge in dealing with the same prop
Iem NAV prove more successful. Ruling that lazi-
ness is a crime according to Blackstone, he heid d
man under bail for trial on his wifes charge that
he would not work.
Yet even that does not seem likely to prove ei-
fective in every case If convicted, the 1ndiVduai
NAV have to labor while in prison, but prison terms
do not always produce lasting reform lie Is hAeS
to slide back into his old habit OF letting soheOous
else do it. The genuinely lazy man is lncapaole
Of being reformed He may have spells or "orN'
nc be has neriods Of illness, but work never De-
comes chronic with him. Perhaps it's just as well
Otherwise there would be no horrible examples u
make the sweating workers feel virtuous'