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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-09
Business Mems Committee Refutes
State ments Which Are Erroneous
in Reference to Power Com
pany, Rates and Navigation.
HAVE REAPED BENEFIT
City Profits by Improvements Which
Have Been Made, Signed Com
munication in "Press"
Declares.

The executive committee of the
Hamilton Business club has seen fit to
answer the erroneous statements
which have been made recently rela-
tive to power rates and navigation and
various other matters pertaining to the
building of the hydro-electric plant at
this point
Under the caption, "A Statement, in
REPUTATION of Misleading Stories
Which Have Been Circulated" the
following appears in Fridays Hamil-
ton Press:
The repeated and misleading state
ments made on the floor of congress
as to power rates and other benefits
now obtainable at this point, by reas-
on Of the building of the Keokuk and
Hamilton dam, are proving so detri-
mental to the industrial developmen
which this city expects to receive, the
business club Of this city, by its exc
cutive committee gives to the public
the following statement of facts:
Hamilton, Illinois, Aug. 3, 1914.
We, the executive committee of the
Hamilton Business club, in view OF
certain erroneous and misleading
statements which are being made rea-
tive to power rates, navigation and
other matters pertaining to the build
ing Of the hydro-electric power plant
in the Mississippi river between Ham
ilton, illinois, and Keokuk, Iowa, and
the operation of same by the Missis.
sippi River Power company, and feel
ing these statements to be unjust and
very harmful to the business interests
Of our city, we wish to make the fol-
lowing statements:
Reduction In Rates.
That the operation Of the Missis-
sippi power plant has effected mater
ial reduction in all our power rates,
and given us am increased efficiency
in service.
That Hamilton has a river frontage
extending one and one-half miles be-
low the DAM, and one-half mile above
the same.
That below the dam the flow of the
Mississippi river remains as formerly.
That above the dam the city has
one-haIf mile of deep water frontage,
providing abundant docking facilities.
That the forming Of this deep water
pool has given our city good boating
access to a shore line of eighty miles
on the two sides of the river above
the dam.
Has Been Business Like.
That in matters pertaining to the
pany has been business like, and just
with our city, placing everything that
required changing, in better condition
than before, and adding many entirely
new facilities for Improvement.
That we are receiving from the Mis-
sissippi River Power company a hearty
assistance in our industrial work.
That the power rates now in effect
are favorable to the large industrial
we have anticipated, and
justify the efforts Of our organization
to that end
We stand ready to verify all of the
above statements.
EARL w. WOOD,
JAMES P. GUTHRIE.
LOMER G. WILLIAMS,
o. C. MCCARTNEY,
H. z. RAYBURN,
WARREN H. ORR,
G. P. DADANT.
w. H. HARKRADER,
J. A. GORDON,
r. l.. PRATHER,
A. L. MACARTHUR,
GEORGE ANGEL,
r. R. WALLACE,
H. NJ. CUERDEN,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-09

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Injustice.

Enthusiastic Dancer-"And to think
there's no Nobel prize for tangoing!'
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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
Reckless Motor Car Drivers.

We feel much sympathy for the
man or woman who, by accident, by
conditions he or she could not posi-
bly, control, kills or Injuries another
person by the operation of a motor
car accident. There are such cases,
and the one who is the unwilling and
innocent agent of hurting another
deserves sympathy and usually gets
it. But for the reckless or even
the careless sympathy rarely ex-
ists-nOr to the driver of car who
knows or ought to know that he or
she lacks skill to run it properly.
The law gives the pedestrian the
right of way at street corners and
crossings Is the law regarded as it
ought to be in Dawson?
How often do you see a man, wo-
man or child going along the street
endanger some person who is walk
ing or driving or those in the car?
It is the driver of the car. nineteen
times out of twenty, whose reckless
ness or incompetency works the
harm. These do not merit sympathy
when disaster-they are not acct
dents-occur. For those who strive
to be careful, who keep in mind the
responsibility that rests on one driv-
ing car, there must and will be con-
sideration when lamentable accidents
take place
Our city government and officers
who look after the enforcement of
laws can hardly be too careful as to
regulations that are meant to protect
life and limb from motor car danger.
St John. when he wrote Revela-
uOns and depicted Death riding on a
pale horse. did not know the motor
car of the twentieth century.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
War and Mules.

What will be done with the mules
of the country? This is a question
of almost as great Importance to the
stock raising states as the condition
brought about by the European war
is to the cotton states. AS cotton
is so, as a rule, is the mule market.
With no market for cotton, mules are
not in demand. The season is now
at hand for the fall trade to begin in
mules, but the buyers have practi-
cally suspended business. Here in
Dawson. where from 500 to 800
mules are sold every season, the
dealers say they will not ship a sin
gle one this season, and the same is
doubtless true of other mule markets
throughout this section.
The News has seen in a newspaper
published in Tennessee, which is a
great mule state, producing annually
275,O 900 to $4,000 mules valued in
prosperous times at $30,OO0,000 or
more according to government sta
tistics, an interview with w. A. Shry-
err. veteran mule man of Nashville,
in which he is quoted as saying that
mules always go down with cotton in
value. Mr. Shryer went back to the
business panic of 1892, when cotton
was cheaper than it is now, and said
he could buy mules then for $65 that
would have sold before the war in
Europe started for S175.
Those connected with the mule
trade are hopeful that the war will
end soon, that cotton will advance,
and that mules will be in demand
again. The cotton farmers are the
largest buyers of mules, and unless
they get in which is not at
all probable in time to do the mule
dealers any good-the mule market
is going to be slow.
The News doesn't know of any
thing that would help this section
to recoup more than to cut out, or
greatly reduce, its mule and guano
bills one year.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
A RULE FOR LIFE.

Let me tell you something, comrade,
That I've learned along the way;
If the blessings that life brings you
With each swiftly passing day
Seem as hardly worth the counting,
Since so small are they-so few
You can double them by sharing
With the comrade next to you.
You have heard a kind word spoken
To another in his need?
Tell your neighbor all about it,
And the little simple deed
Will make warm your heart in telling,
And the hearts of those who hear
VIII be gladdened by the knowledge,
And their lives will share its cheer.
Oh, the little wayside blessings
That we squander every day!
If we shared them with each other
They would glorify the way.
They would grow, as meath the sun
shine
Flowers in summer days unfold,
Till each one of them had blossomed
Into blessings manifold.
-Eben E. Rexford in American Mes
Senger.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
POLITICIANS AND THE FARMER

From Greensboro Herald-JOurnal.
We agree with the Athens Banner
when it says the movement to have
Governor Slaton call an extra ses-
sion of the legislature to enact laws
for the relief of the cotton situation
is nothing more than an effort to
cover up the negligence of the ma
tional congress in not providing this
relief"
Governor Slaton failed to fall into
the trap. He has very properly de-
cided not to call an extra session, and
has strongly pointed out that the
duty to enact this legislation rests
upon the congress and not upon the
state.
Great promises were made as to
what congress would do, and con-
gress has done nothing. The con-
gressional Nero has been fiddIing
while Rome burned. Now, in order
to cover this neglect, it is proposed
to hide behind a special legislative
session.
The people are not in favor of the
special session of the legislature and
are going to hold congress strictly
up to its duty.
This reminds US of a few things.
The politician will cusS the farmer
if he raises cotton and will cuss him
if he doesn't raise it.
The politician who never did a real
days work in his life will rant and
rave about what the farmer ought
to do.
The politician will pat the South
ern farmer on the back, tell him that
he is the handspring that runs the
commercial and financial machin-
cry of the world After Mr.. Pol
itician is nominated he splits in the
face of the Southern farmer, kicks
him in the north gable, slams the
door of legislation in his face and
tells him that he hasn't sense
enough to know what to plant, and
that they are going to tax him or
put him in Jail if he doesn't accept
the terms of the politician.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
A Ready Market Needed.

eff all the Georgia towns would
make the same arrangements for
handling the farmers provision
crops that have been made in Macon
the problem would be solved. The
Middle Georgia farmers are going to
have a cash market for all of the
corn, oats, wheat, hay, peas and 9TH
er crops that they can grow" says
the Macon Telegraph.
That will do more than anything
else TO wean the farmer from the all
cotton plan. It is easy enough for
the town man to advise the farmer to
raise something besides cotton to
sell, but this same town man has
failed to buy the farmers products
when he brought them in. A few
bushels of potatoes. a few bushels of
corn, a ton or two of hay. a few
quarts Of peas or anything else in
like quantity from the farm has usu-
ally glutted the market. When the
farmer is certain that he can find
ready cash sale for something be-
Sloes cotton legislatures. mass meet
ihsS and resolutions will not be need
gu 10 induce him to change his mode
oi farming. Give the farmer a ready
market for his produce. and he vii
90 the rest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, five proclamations were
issued on August 3, 1914, submitting
five proposed amendments to the Con-
stitution to the vote of the people at
the next General Election, and
Whereas, after said proclamations
were issued the General Assembly by
Act changed the date of the next
General Election from Wednesday,
October Z, 1914, to Tuesday, Novem-
Der 3, 1914, it is therefore
Ordered: That each of the afore-
said Proclamations be amended N
the following manner, to-wit:
That wherever the words Eat the
General State Election to be held on
Wednesday, October 7, 1914" ap-
pear the words ''at the General State
Election to be held on Tuesday, No
vember 8, 1914" be inserted in lieu
thereof, so as to submit said propos-
ed amendments to the people at the
General State Election which will be
held on Tuesday, November 8, 1914.
JOHN NJ. SLATON, Governor.
By the Governor: A. H. Ulm, Sec
rotary Executive Department.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20

ed that the money must be used for
harvesting and carrying the crop I'M
til a reasonable market can be found
and for the needs of legitimate bust
ness, and reiterated his belief that
state and private banks would be
abundantly relieved by getting
emergency currency indirectly
through their national bank CORES
pOndents.
Nevertheless, in the face of these
official declarations (Which we ac-
cepted as safe premises for our open
letter to bankers) and in the face Of
Theodore H. Prices declaration at
ter leaving the Washington cotton
conference that we think it may be
safely assumed that any one who
wants to hold cotton properly ware
housed can borrow at least seven
cents per pound on tin the face
of all these declarations we repeat,
the facts seem to be that in hundreds
of sections the farmers are not going
to be able to borrow even $50 a bale
on warehouse certificates.
Amid all the confusion of the pres
! ent time there are Just few facts
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
Temporary Return to Weekly

The News, in common with other
business enterprises, has been affect
cd bv the unusual conditions that
now exist. Merchants and other bus
mess firms have found it necessary,
+1ev believe, to curtail their adVer-
Using patronage, and, therefore, the
necessity is forced upon us to also
reduce expenses. So this week we
return temporarily to our former
schedule of publishing once a week
on Tuesday.
The change from weekly to twice
a week publication was made more
as an experiment than otherwise, and
at no time has the Friday edition of
the paper been more than self-sus-
tanning; and often the business it car
ried has failed to pay the cost of its
production. The patronage, prospect
i've and of the past, is not sufficient
to Justify the cost of producing two
editions a week.
From our experience of the past
and considering the inevitable effects
of the European war upon business
for some time to come We are forced
to the conclusion that We cannot
hope for sufficient advertising pat
ronage to support the twice a week
service. AS everyone knows, news
paper is mainly dependent upon ad-
vertising patronage for support. The
subscription price barely covers the
cost of white paper, ink and post
age.
Dawson merchants, on the whole,
are more progressive than those of
many towns of similar size, and we
know that some of them at least will
realize the mistake of letting up en-
tirely on their advertising. Indeed. it
is times like these when some of the
most successful merchants do their
heaviest advertising.
When normal conditions have been
restored The News expects to resume
semi-weekly publication.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
A SILENT PRAYER.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Backward turn backward, o Time
in your flight; give US a girl with
skirts not so tight; give us girl
whose charms, many or few, are not
exposed by too much peek-a-boo;
give us a girl, no matter what age,
who won't use the street for a vau-
deville stage; give us a girl not too
sharply in view, dress her in skirts
that the sun can't shine through;
give us the dances of days gone by,
with plenty of clothes and steps not
so high; put turkey-trot capers and
buttermilk slides, hurdy-gurdy twists
and wiggletail slides, bear cats and
bunny hugs, all on a level; are prod
ucts of hell inspired by the devil.
Oh, let us feast our optics once more
on the pure sweet woman so COM
mon of yore. Time, turn backward,
and grant our request for Gods rich
est blessing-but not undressed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
Who Is To Blame-The Government
Or The Banks?
From the Progressive Farmer.

that stand out The most notable is
that the government relief for the
cotton farmer is not so positive as
had been promised.
Over and over again we have been
assured from Washington that mon
ey enough will be advanced to fl
nance the crop. Senator Hoke Smith
told the cotton congress that $780,
100000 would be available by now,
and Secretary McAdoo in officially
announcing that emergency currency
would be issued through national
banks for IS per cent of the value of
warehouse certificates added:
81 am convinced that there is ade-
quate power under existing law to is
sue through the national banks all
the currency to meet any reasonable
demand that may develop, in any
part of the country, and that it is not
necessary to extend the note-issuing
privilege to state banks. The sec
rotary of the treasury already has the
power to issue one billion dollars of
additional national bank currency
| if it should be required"
| Furthermore. Mr.. McAdoo declar-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
TEDDY WAS HUNGRY.

From the Savannah News.
The lover of a third cup of coffee
is not getting enough to eat on his
motor tour of New York state. At
least, so it would seem, Judging by
the way he acted on his arrival i'm
Hudson the other day to make a
speech. He declared that he was
hungry as a wolf and that he was
being starved" by the managers of
his tour. 1--WE got to eat and that's
all there is about it, and I'm not 60
ing to make another speech until |
get some grub" was the Characters
tic edict that issued from the lips
that are a stranger to alcoholic bev-
erage, as has been proved to the sat
isfaction of a judge and jury, not to
say anything about the American
people Hudson threw up its hands
in dismay on learning of the danger
that it might be deprived of the
chance of hearing all about the
wrongs of 1.-The dOWntrOdden work
ing man, God bless him." and the
bossism of Barnes, so the Hudson pO-
lice force was dispatched in all haste
to bring sustenance to the eXpOunder
of my policies" He returned in
few minutes with a big bowl of veg
etable soup which was prOnOuced
bully" One was not enough, so a
second bowl was brought and con-
sumed and the speech was made.
but I want to tell you fellows that l
have got to be fed. l want man-siZed
victuals from this time on or I'll
strike were the last words Hudson
heard as the automobile started off
for the next town.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
THAT'S JUST WHY MANY
FIGHT WOMAN SUFFRAGE
From Des Moines Register-Leader.

From Des Moines Register-Leader.
Mrs. Medill Mccormick, national
suffrage leader, has decided to for
sake the cause" for her home. For
she is going back to Katrina, who
was born a little more than year
and half ago.
While Mrs Mccormick, daughter
of the late Mark Hanna, led the SUI
frage fight in Washington she was
busy from early to late personally
arguing to senators to support votes
for women, attending all commit
tee meetings, watching the progress
of the bill generally.
And all this time baby Katrina re-
NAMED with a nurse. So Mrs. Nc
Cormick has announced she will at
tend the national American woman
suffrage meeting in Nashville in No
yember, and then her activities for
suffrage will end.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20

Governor Slaton has received
many messages of congratulation on
the very satisfactory manner in
which he handled the Western and
Atlantic railroad matter. Under Sc
we're criticism and constant nagging
he pursued the even tenor of his way
and quietly reached an agreement
with the parties at interest that made
it unnecessary to assemble the legis-
lature in extraordinary session at an
expense of $4,000. It must be ad-
mitted that Governor Slaton handled
this matter in a wise and patriotic
manner. and he has the thanks of
the people of Georgia regardless of
political alignment or prejudice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
LEGISLATION NOT TIE REMEDY

From the Triton Gazette.
The Gazette heartily agrees with
its neighbors, The Dawson News, Sa-
vannah Press and others of like opin-
ion, that legislation is not the means
by which the cotton crop should be
reduced. But we need money to
move this years crop and we can get
it through national legislation easier
than any other way. While the re-
duction in next years crop is an eco.
nOmic and business proposition 1t de-
ponds on concert of action and moth
ing is certain about it until the crop
is planted. If it vas a certainty that
the cotton acreage would be cut in
half next year as compared with this
there would be little trouble in OBJ
tanning a satisfactory price for this
years crop. Legislation, either by
concert of the states or national,
would make that reduction a certain
ty and affect the price at once. II
we wait for the farmers to settle the
matter of acreage reduction them
selves the price will not be affected
thereby until next year-after this
years crop has passed out OF the
growers hands. However, it appears
that this is the course events will
take. There is little hope now for
national legislation and it would be
difficult for the states to now act in
concert in time to relieve the situa-
ton. Resolutions by farmers organ
izations will not count for anything.
The men who buy cotton do not trust
to chance
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20

While this section has had an I'M
usual abundance of rain. which has
done great damage to the farming
interests, other sections of the coun-
try have been Just as dry as we have
been wet A dispatch under date of
Friday says: Long needed rain has
come to the East, breaking the
drought that had dried up farm
lands and lowered reservoirs until
many communities were reduced to
dire extremities. Beginning yester-
day the rainfall has been steady and
heavy, extending northward from
the South Atlantic states into New
England"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-10-20
LEADEN FOOTED JUSTICE.

From the Fort Gaines Georgian.
How much longer will it take the
supreme court of Georgia to decide
whether or not Judge Worrill and
the trial jury gave John Layton a
fair trial? The man has been in jail
since last fall. 1t has been over sew
en- months since he was tried. Seems
to us he Cor any other man accused
of crime) is entitled to quicker ac-
ton on appeals We are not un-
mindful of the fact that it costs this
county about fifteen dollars per
month to maintain Jail prisoners.