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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19
THE TOLL EXEMPTION.

@ Looking at the matter honestly and
squarely and putting the treaty obi
cations aside, is it right that Ameri-
can vessels engaged in the cOastwise
or any other trade should have the
privilege of passing through the Pan
anna canal free of toll? The people
Of the entire country have built the
canal at an expense of about $780,
100000, and are paying interest on
bonds for borrowed money, and they
yearly for interest, to keep it in re-
pair and pay police and tenders for
taking care of it and protecting it.
Why should the people of Iowa for
instance who have to pay their share
OF this expensive project be taxed for
the benefit of the ship owners who
carry on commercial business.
The vessels going through this
canal should pay toll that will in
time be sufficient to pay the expense
of keeping it in repair and in work
able order.
It is generally understood that the
most of the vessels engaged in the
cOastwise trade are owned by the
railroads and that the exemption of
tolls will accrue to their advantage.
Should the people Of the interior be
taxed to build and maintain such an
enterprise for their benefit?
The exemption of these tolls SIM
ply means that the people and espec-
tally the cities on the coasts will reap
. big benefit at our expense.-Cres-
ton American.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

''Not a single one Of the dire pre-
dictions of the republican politicians
has been fulfilled" says the Sibley
Tribune, commenting on the compile
ton of President Wilson'S first term
in Office. Not a toothpick factory
has failed; the consumption of soup
has not increased inordinately; corn
has not slumped to s cents a bushel,
and the farmers and others continue
to buy automobiles. The mills and
factories have not put up their shut.
tiers, and men with credit or collat-5
eral can still get accommodations 1t
the banks. On the contrary. every
body = prosperous and hopeful. &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19
Oscar Strauss, who as the boiling
nrnprassive-renuhlic candidate for

Oscar Strauss, who as the boiling
ogressive-republican candidate for
governor of New York in 1912 re-
ceived 393,1S3 votes, was cheered to
the echo by the members and guests
at the Republican Club. when, argu-
ing for canal tolls fair and alike for
all, he told how President Wilson in
advocating that policy has risen
above the petty claims of partisan
ship "to the higher plane of national
honor" Still separating progressive
from republican, and both from dem
ocrat, are many things, many diver
gent views of public policy. If in this
matter of canal tolls the best men in
the three great parties unite in a
spirit almost recalling the EZRA of
good feeling" it is because, when Mr..
Wilson says that national honor de-
mands of us the maintenance in good
faith of our plighted word, he mere
ly expressed the informed and con-
scientious public opinion of the coun-
try. 1t is not a party leader that
points out the way, but the Presi-
dent of the people.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19
This New Medicine Saves You Money

We are druggists right here in
your town and make a living out of
the drug business, but it is because
people have to have drugs and not
because we like to see people suffer
we don't. Our duty is to render
the best service we can, and when
! someone is ailing, we are interested
| in seeing them take the best medi-
cine there is for their particular
trouble. We don't recommend cure
alls," as we don't believe there are
such things. We don't want you to
spend more than you have to. Some
of you get small wages, and when
you're sick, none at all, and you
should get the most you can for your
money.
We recently came across a new
remedy for increasing strength and
building up people who are rundown
and emaciated We know. that a
slight trouble sometimes grows into
beginning, will save you money in
the end This new compound is call
ed Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion 1t is
the best remedy, when you are rum
down, tired out, nervoue-no matter
what the cause. 1t doesn't merely
stimulate you and make you feel
good for few hours, but takes hold
of the weakness and builds you up to
healthy, normal condition. 1t is
real nerve-food tonic and builder of
good blood, strong muscle, good d.
gestion. 1t contains Hypophosites,
which tone the nerves, and pure Olive
OIL, which nourishes the nerves, and
the blood and the entire system.
Pleasant to take. Contains no alco-
hol or habit-forming drugs. We
promise that if you are not perfectly
satisfied with it, we'll give back your
money as soon as you tell us. Sold
only at the 1000 Rexall Stores, and
in this town only by us. s1.00.-
Bell & Robinson, Leon. Iowa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

The wool disaster that was SO free
ly predicted by republican standpat
protectionists has not occurred, and
more now comes President Wood of
the American Wooden Company, and
says he has found that the wooden
interests have nothing to fear. An
other republican campaign lie nailed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

Now that the bill for a govern
ment railroad in Alaska has been
signed and is a law, perhaps some of
our perplexed railroad managers will
be able to get valuable points on
construction, operation and financing
by watching the president of the
United States.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

& When an army of bummers re-
Isruited to march upon Washington
for the purpose of bringing discredit
upon the Wilson administration can
not get through Hiram Johnson g
bull moose state of California, what
chance would it have. in those hne
old democratic commemorative OF
Col0rado, Kansas, Iowa, and Illinois!
sayU the New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

Oscar S. Strauss, the progressive
candidate for governor of New York
in 1912, has demonstrated true pro-
gressivism by rising above PARTISAN
ship and approving the stand taken
by President Wilson on the canal
tolls question.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

Let's not get in a hurry to sick
congress on to Mexico. Our boys are
much better employed on the farms
than they would be chasing bandits
under the hot sun. We haven't any
young men to send butchering and
being butchered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

Another count to the credit of
President Wilson is that he can say
what he thinks congress ought to
hear in less than two pages of solid
miniOn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19
No. 5489.
No. 5489.
REPORT
of condition of the
EXCHANGE National Bank

at Leon, in the state of Iowa, at the
close of business, March 4, 1914.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12
INsTALLS DICTAPHONES
Little Falls business College Leads in
i Matter Of Up-to-date Office
Appliances.

The new dictaphones have been re-
Fceived and are being installed. This
now gives q total of ten machines in
the school rooms. Mr.. Willard has a
complete set in the offices. In his own
Office he has debating machine; in
his stenographer's Office, a reproduc-
ing machine and a shaving machine. In
another office he has four reproducing
machines for advanced students. From
these machines they will take verba-
tim dictation in short hand and on the
typewriters, to bring out their speed
and accuracy in both. There is an
other reproducing machine in the
shorthand room from which short
hand students take class dictation- In
the typewriting room there is 2 COM
plete machine from which the type
writing students take dictation.
4 The teachers also have one dictat-
ing machine on which to make their
records.
The Columbia monograph company
who manufacture the dictaphones, is
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12
N equal terms to every person under

on equal terms to every person under
the flag.
That each individual is entitled to
absolute freedom of thought, speech
and action SO long as he rrespasses
not on the rights and privileges OF
other individuals. ~
That the business citizenry of the
United States are entitled to IFS mark
cts and when natural conditions are
such that the markets of America
cannot be held by Americans then the
legislative conditions should be Great
ed to bring about this result.
That each citizen has the right to
an equal chance to secure government
al positions, either elective or appoint
i've, regardless of sex, color or place
of residence, that long tenure or life
service in office, except in special
cases, is un-American, un-Republican
and undesirable.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12
A FOOD IMPORTING NATION.

The progressive farmers of Ne
braska go back to their homes
from the Lincoln meeting with q
stirring challenge before their
eyes. The removal of the tariff
from farm products discovers us
food importing nation. Beef
from Australia and Argentine,
eggs from Canada, and now but
ter from Argentina are arriving
to relieve the shortage in these
articles from the American farms
Two thousand sixty pound boxes
of butter have just landed at New
York. We are not even keeping
ourselves in potatoes Omaha
World Herald.
The Omaha World Record, the lead
in Democratic paper, in the middle
west, by implication, practically ad
mits that the objections against th'
Underwood tariff law, made by tn
friends of the dairyman, the graiI
raiser and the stock grower were wei
founded when it declares that the new
Tariff law has demonstrated the fac
that the United States is 2 Food I'm.
porting Nation"
\ Since that law went into force WI
have imported immense amounts Of
potatoes, wheat, butter, eggs and al.
most every other article Of food.
AS matter Of fact whenever . for
eign country can produce any article
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12
BRIDGING THE CHAsM.

I Generally speaking, mankind can b
tdiyided into two classes: the produce
| and consumer or still more broad,
speaking the maker and the user, bu
lin strict accuracy there is no such di
vision. Practically every person j.
both maker and user; producer
and a consumer, but when one make.
more of an article than he uses. OF
docs not make it at all, he is termed
a maker Of that particular article ano
if he consumes more than he produces
fhe is consumer and vice versa.
It is we'll known economic fac,
that the chasm that exists betwee1
the maker and the user or between
the producer and the consumer swal-
lows up large percentage of the
fruits of labor and that the cost of
bridging this chasm between the two
classes is greater than the cost of
making or producing and that this
bridging expense is mutually borne
by the. two Classes in mutually.
The narrowing of this chasm, thus
reducing the bridging expenses is the
greatest political economic problem of
the present day, infinitely greater and
Of more Importance to the welfare of
the masses of people than the tariff
question or the currency reform.
Legislation can be brought to bear
to certain extent to bring about this
result but still more can be accom-
plished by the people themselves.
The remedy consists in making or
producing finished products and send
ing them across this bridge in con-
centrated form instead of in bulk.
A Minnesota farmer raises bushel
of corn; a feeder buys a steer, then
buys the corn. feeds the corn to the
steer and often makes greater pro-
fit than the producer Of the. steer and
the corn combined. There is no good
reason why the corn raiser should not
raise and feed the steer and keep
all three profits, and the additional
profit of manure that comes from such
feeding, to stimulate crop production
on his farm.
There is no reason in thesWorld why
farmer in this vicinity should send
across this bridge a bushel of grain
or pound of forage except in the
concentrated form of beef, pork, NUT
ton, poultry, butter, wool, cheese or
other concentrated products.
We have overlooked the fact that
our opportunities for such concentra-
ton are greater than in almost any
other locality in the country and when
we awaken to this fact this region
will develop an agricultural prosper
ity that the most optomistic have new
er dreamed of and what is true of
this locality is true of almost every
other in Minnesota.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

4 Joseph Bristow who out-progressed
all the other Progressive leaders in
the United States senate has gone
back to Kansas and filed as Republi-
can candidate for the United States
senate. Victor Murdoch has the cour-
age of his hair and has filed against
him as a Progressive. We are pref
ty regular Republican but we hope the
red-headed representative wins. We
like man who belongs to the same
party at both ends.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

An average husband is priceless
possession for any woman. A bad one
is nuisance and an extra good one
is an awful bore.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

Shakespeare says that man has
seven ages. This may be true, but wo-
man has only two, the one she is and
the one she gives.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

It makes a lot of difference to a
mans success in life whether burns
midnight oil in a library or in a booz-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

The great trouble with CONVERSE
tional fortune makers is they are
nearly always broke.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12
ton on these machines and learn OF
the wonderful work they can do.-Iitr
lie Falls paiIy Transcript.

/ There are hundred large outside
|rooms with running hot and cold VIA
Ter. Private telephone and many with
private bath and laboratory at the
Beaufort Hotel, Minneapolis. 37-37ad
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

By the time the average man has
arrived at a point where he can live
high he has lost all desire for high
living.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

A small boy don't mind being whip
ped very much if none Of his little
chums are near enough to hear him
suueal. 5ue
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

The income tax may or may not in
crease prosperity but it will surely in
crease perjury.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

The modern gown Affords = woman
an extraordinary opportunity for the
determinations display 81 Her wealth, if
she carries her money in her stocking
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

The. political condition of a coun.
try whether good or bad is but a re-
Election of it's citizenship.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

When a young man kisses a girl she
gets mad if he tells about it, but she
don't mind If he repeats it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

Bryan isn't saying word about the
zone term" plank IN the last Demo
cratic platform, but it isn't hard "a
guess that he IS thinking.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

Return good for evil. Love those
that hate you and pray for those that
despitefully use you," and you will go
to Heaven in the next world and to
the poor house in this.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

Advertising to business is like foot
to man, it furnishes life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

The man who works for himself
generally has lot of trouble collect
ing his salary. + E
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

A lie that causes happiness is bet
ter than a truth that hurts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

The girl with a diamond engage
ment ring has to fix her back hair :
lot.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

A woman cheerfully forgivcs an.
sin in man who cIeverly fatters her
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

Congressman Lindberg calmly an
nounces che will run on his record"
# he can do that successfully he has
house fly skinned as an acrobat. A
fly can run upside down on a ceiling
but it can't run on vacancy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

More money and effort is spent in
fighting imaginary than real evils.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

There is many man who imagines
he is energetic when he is only fussy
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

If death were not certain there
would be no zest in living.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

What the country needs is less pro
crossing and more arriving.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

This administration proposes tb kill
the wicked trusts with kindness.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12
1a sIasfRiM'ifx R:YeEAw !

ne Hernid Is pseasea to- note the
~ide slasaa5 e1siskn Oh sthe Estate
wide primary law and hopes that it
Will lead to the repeal Of the entire
lass We skase folIss ed, the working
out of the, primary Law ever since it
became operative in this state several
years ago. The;naoref6eiSee of it the
more we become Disguised with it's
operation. theoretically the PROPOSE
tioa locks fairsyf VEL hut has not
worked out il practice. 80
In the rural districts, especially, the
men Nominated for Office under the
convention system came, nearer repre-
senting the popular will of their COM
mmities than they have ever since.
In last weeks Princeton Union Bob
Dunn speaks right out in meeting re-
garding the, primary system and his
statements, while somewhat vigorous,
are, so sensible that we publish the ar
ticsc in full herewith: e 49, rs
There never: was any real de-
mand on the part Of Lne people
for direct primary law. The
demand for. alc3Ga law came from
hnngsy p6tiiapS aud the news
papers When applied to small
political subdivisions. the primary
law works reasonably well, but
even in tie sa1aE Test spolitical SUBJ
division hetter results could be
! opfal1eq tnf0ygh. 2 representative
conversation VIII anyone have the
hardihoOd to assert that We have
better c9Agr esSfn en-, better state
ileg!siattur9fss sRetter Judges. or
DeSter county 0nicefs nov than
We had dnqeK the conversion sys-
1e!n mere was less danger OF
nnoll1sy iJMe HHdeE the sSmven-
uoh system IMAM, hhdef the Pres
ent primary system, especially so
far as the state at large Is con-
ceTned .ss.~
ause az present the dement's OF
Me. PRIMARY eseetloli system are
BENG Wldety discussed and many
remedies suggested. Everybody
reAhzes that underi the old COM
ventIoln system many greyIous
wrongs were perpetrated. But the
source OF AL the trouble was in
r t9e town ana precinct caucuses. LIZ
Se caucuses ior all the politlcal
qes were Aeig ae 1he same
at che usual voting places
uhe regular Judges OF ell
a. certancacc OF erection
.shed sby. tpe Judges OF each
tecsa0n prefsnSg 70 the duly elect
aeiegates trom such such precinct |
severe nefsaAEle pT0Wded, Tor
presidmg .oH1cer OF any
ey .coayentions wno aIailed 20
me isness GUY 8seeaecyed. aeie-
ess IAen enc deiegaEes fron the
cincSCs .youid pc lts ssfltl yfssrepresen-
YES OF tne ne. Z precincts from
"a eAey Wete echosen. = mere
W.Q 9e no bogus contests: In
nStanee tne .certlncate OF
3adges o. eiectloh YOU'D pe
ma Iac,e evIuence Snat Ine
esases nOsuiag !ne same were
atiea.s4te seats M the county
YenIoa ana tae delegates
fcQn nv tho H01nGV c0nVNnt10nS -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

OF food or Of any other character, and
can pay the transportation and tariff
charges and sell it cheaper than it
lcan be produced in another country,
that article is going to be exported
from the cheaper and imported into
the dearer country. This. is an inexor-
able law Of trade from which there is
no escape.
In nearly every article of farm pro-
duced food this country produces a
surplus and is an exporter, but an ex-
porting country may, and does become
AN inaporter when, for any reason, an
other country can produce and lay
down a cheaper article. There is No
sentiment in trade. II a New York,
Boston or even a st. Paul or Mime
apoiis commission man can get butter
and eggs or any other farm product
cheaper from Argentine, Denmark,
Siberia or any other place than he can
in Minnesota, he is going to buy and
the Minnesota product thus displaced
must sell at the same price or seek
other markets.
If the reduced price reached the
consumer, the men who buy to eat,
there might be some merit in the
proposition but such is not the case.
The same paper in another issue
states that the heavy importations of
butter in the New York market has
reduced the Wholesale" price of but
ter from 10 to IL CENTS but naively
adds, "This reduction mas not yet
reached the retail market" The
price of wheat has been forced down
by recent importations until now it is
cheaper than it has been for years but
the eater Of bread still pays five
cents loaf for his staff of life. The
Democratic tariff law is working out
the same way as all previous Dem
ocratic legislation. It is reducing the
prices of farm products, lessening the
of labor and reducing
wages and increasing the profits Of |
the millionaire spectators who have
always taken the cream and left only
the skim milk for the farmer and
t.frerr-esg- -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

The Herald has only two objections
to Congressman Lindbergh. First, he
does not possess ability enough to be.
come leader, and second, he does not
possess adaptability enough to become
a follower.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

U In reply to the question as to the
position that Ed. Smith holds will say:
He is the official chaser Of bad politi-
cal Indians back on to the reserva-
ton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

You seldom find a long-headed mar
wearing long hair.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

An indianapolis Judge has decided
that the wedding presents belong to
the bride. We don't see why judge
should waste his time in deciding a
point that brides settled centuries ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-02-12

Whiskey is poor liquid to moisten
q dry man with.
The chronicle=news., 1914-10-15

gest of the swimming uuartctte. Cap
tain La Barge's shout of dismay came
TOO late. Isn't he as good as any?
called back the innocent first mate,
Juggling hand over hand at the rope.
The buffalo right about faced and
swan like mad for the further shore
with the yawlful Of men heiplessly III
tow. The rowers backed their oars,
protesting violently to the Obdurato
John in the bow. but all to no pur-
pose. Soon the buffalo's feet touched
bottom and up the bank he scram-
bled. carrying with him the stern OF
the yawl as it struck, the rocky
shore. Terrified and furious, the
buffalo, boat bow. rome and all. went
careering out Of sight. across the
prairie. and the sorry ya@l crew had
to wait, hungry. angrt' and disap-
pointed on the further bank until
their companions, as hungry and an
cry and disappointed as themselves,
came to fetch them and take them
down the river beyond the warning
bellows of the escaped buffalo. No
one ever knew how the bison dis
tangled itself from the rope but II
probably got free in some way
Field and Farm. ,