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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

The Monroe City Orchestra play
ed for a dance at Stoutsville Tues
day evening and will 90 to Holiday
Saturday evening for the same pur-
pose. Their music is appreciated
abroad as we'll as at home.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19
Generally,

The man who thinks he Is one OF
the chosen few generally turns out to
be one Of the disappointed many.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mr.. u. NJ. Patterson receiYed a
mess g Tuesday morning saying
hi mother Mrs. Bette Walden
was seriously hurt and she ", On
No. Il for St Louis Mr. Patterson
received letter yesterday from his
wife saying that there was no hope
fuI Esr mothers recovery Mrs.
Walden spent the winter here i'll
the Patterson home and made
many friends who will be shocked
70 learn her condition.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

M2sdaneS Alice Tulley and Mol
lie Tewell, of StoutSville spent part
OF the week here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mr.. W. p Wynn, Of Hannibal il
the cues, If friC~ds in this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Don't buy garden seed until you
have visited Bulls. He has them
in the bulk. 1926
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers, For Farmers and
Pertaining to Farmers.

Our stock of Spring Sechler Bug
eies are on display. Call and ex-
anime them.
Wade g. Dawson.
On account of ill health John r.
Fahy is going to sell at public auc-
ton at his farm at Shiel OF Mon
day, March 80, his horses, mules,
cattle, sheep, hogs, farming imple-
ments etc. Col. W. T. Youell is
auCtiOneer and j. S. Rutledge the
clerk.
See Wade & Dawson for your
Spring Machinery.
Jackson w. Rouse is going to
make an experiment which deserves
to attract the attention of all farm.
erS. He is going to plant corn. oats
wheat and potatoes. On part he
will use fertilizer and on part he
will not. Then when he harvests
the crops he will note carefully the
yield on fertilized and unfertiIized
crops.
Weekly Market Letter Published by
Woodson & Fennewald L. S.
Com. Co., National Stock
Yards, Ill.
While cattle receipts have been
moderate this week. choice steers
have held steady, but the medium
habitat kinds are 10 to 15c lower.
Bulk of the choice steers selling
from $S.75 to $50. Good $3.50 to
$50. Medium $7.25 to IT'S. Com
mon killers $685. to 7.25.
Stockers and. feeders steady.
Choice $3.50 to 1855 Good SIPS
to $50. Medium $625 to ZOO.
Choice. heifers steady. Medium
lower. Choice $3.50 to 900. Good
$3.50 to 8.25. Medium $3.50 to
7.25.
Cows steady. Choice SIPS to
IT'S. Good $3.50 to 7.1O. Medium
$5.75 to 6.25. Fair killers $4,85 to
$40. Gamers $4.25 to 4.40.
Bulls steady. Choice $7.40 to
775. Good $500 to 735. Medium
$3.50 to $50
Hogs lower. Bulk OF the good
butchers and heavies $8.75 to
1852 1-2. Mixed $3.50 to $40. Pigs
| $3.50 to S.25.
Sheep steady. Bulk of the good
fat sheep $3.50 to $50. Wethers
$6.25 to $50 Yearlings $6.75 to
I725. Choice lambs SITS to SOC
Medium $500 to ESQ.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Have you seen the new Klean
Kuick Vacuum Washer at A..
Jaeger's Hardware?
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Just received a fresh assortment
of flower seeds at A. Jaeger, Jr.'s,
Hardware.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

: Shipments for the week: Wade
& Williams 1 car cattle; Hampton
& Tooley car cattle; Willis & Daw-
son car hogs; Henderson & Sons
8 cars eggs. and 1 car poultry.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mrs. Clay Hays who lives south
west of the city is reported as i'm
proving
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mrs. j. H. Willis is the guest of
Hannibal friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mrs. Louise Colvert is visiting
Palmyra friends.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

H. Levy and wife are in ST. Louis
buying goods,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mrs. j. G. Fuqua went to New
London yesterday. She will visit
relatives there until Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

GaIvonized Chicken coops, water
founts and feeders at A. Jaeger,
Jr's Hardware.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19
City Council Doings.

Az, adjourned meeting OF the
City a. neil held Wednesday even.
ing OF las, week l}riSlow < Long
mire were awarded the tapping
contract 1t vii cost about $2060
for d wafer tap.
D. A. Ely vas appointed Public
Senior Commissioner
!. is expected that water tests
will d. made next Monday and the
final ..O later.
IT. 'yuauo has arrived aud will
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Don't forget John R. Fahy's sale
Monday March 80.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

DR.. Hornback Cculist and Au;ist
Hannibal, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

IT, 'yuaup has arrived aud will
b ...i
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

White Sewing Machines at A.
Jaeger's Hardware.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mrs. W. G. Williamson is spend
ing a few days in Hannibal with
Judge Rasland and wife.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

w. O. Foreman returned Thurs
day from St. Louis where he under
went the fifth operation on a nerve
in his face. He was very much
better and it is hoped that this will
afford permanent relief.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Chicken coops. feeders. water
fountains and all kinds of chicken
supplies at A. Jaeger's Hardware.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

John Deere and Sattlery Edge
Drop corn planters at A. Jaeger's
HdW.
Miss Lille Plymouth of Palmyra,
has been the guest of Miss Pearl
Corder.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

B. N. Sewers and wife of Ely,
were here shopping yesterday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Bert Bull will handle complete
line of bulk garden seed this sea-
son. 3-26.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Eugene Maston and wife, of Ely
spent Monday with Mrs. Josephine
Hubbard.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-03-19

Mrs. Ed Sorrell of Hunnewell was
here yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09
FIN PRICES on EVERYTHING.

But the pcrniciouS results uf such 4
law will not hc confined to land aud It's
produce. Land itself would be- useless Ia
the tenant without teams and imnlc,
mcntS 10 cultivate III: aud The state has
no better right "a say what a LANDLORD
shall charge for the use of his land than
il has to say what 4 droVcr shall charge
for his horses or what a merchant snail
cargc for his nlows. Some OF Mr.. Fer
gu>ons supporters seem Ia think that
the law which now limits the rate of
Interest on money completely answers
our objection ia u law limiting the rent
0f land. Blu there j. no true analogy be-.
tween the two instances. Money il 4
pure creation ~ The law. and ii il con.
Sistcnt with the Soundc>t principles ~
government to regulate the rate of in.
tcrcSt on it,. Laws of that kind belong
lo the same class aS those which regal
ate charges for the use Of property lie
voted "a i public. such aS railroads: AMI
they do not belong Ia the class Of laws
which govern purely private property.
such n land. There will. however. be- u
fatal analogy IN argument though not
in principle between the law which now
regulates interest and the law proposed
for The regulation Of rents. il the latter
is eve adopted. for exactly as the law
which limits the rate of interest j. now
ir,olrd 10 in ;iv Il law which shali
limit rents, 80 \ law limiting rents
would. ia turn. hc advanced a. an argu.
mcnt in favor of laws limiting other
prices. and We would proceed from prccc-
dent 10 precedent until we had returned
10 the condition which existed in certain
parts 81 the Old World during the four
tccnth and fifteenth centuries. when
practically al prices were regulated lay
Sfatute.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09

Killing flies * of little permanent
benefit. - Ion. a. there On abundant
lpud for them ir thr shape M rHIur~cihlr
dirt. and breeding places Im The shape
II manure garbage. etc. nature viii Sct
To- IL thai q sufficient supply are on hand
a. clean mn after careless humans.
The, rrticsLil unr pair of flies whih
have escaped ihc >WIttrr rnuli iu N SEA-.
son heroine the ancestors a. enough tu
give even Nc-A,rk or Chicago III Gus.
iomary swarmS. The only remedy for
the fiv pest w ~ remove The breeding
places. ~ IA i~ The only remedy fur thr
mesquite pest When nur StIgnart
ponds are ~ drained. and all The city
free from dcca,iug garbage and mauur
then W. ma, hnrr for n Ilylr>~ town
Municipal Inu~iLl
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09
END PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.

But there are other consequences, more
serious. If possible than these | have
just indicated. involved in Mr.. Fereu-
sons program. Ia order to sustain the
validity 0f such 4 law aS he argues. eur
courts must decide that land l. not The
subject Of absolute private ownership
and control. Will they do that? | think
not: but if they do. the inexorablc logic
If their decision will Ice that the right
of the user j. superior to the right of
the owner. and land msl>t hcnccforth b.
classified by ms with those things which
their owners have devoted la a public
use. With that step once taken. we shall
>uun proceed Ia the point M which The
progressive" >tatcm,n D. Great Britain
have already arrived. and ID will soon ~
proposed ia This country. AZ ii j. now
proposed in that country. that landlords
shall he dcnicl the right 10 select or 10.
lcct tenants according to their own
judgment. You doubtless know that thr
icadcr> ~ the party now controlling
Great Britain have formulated a law I'm
der which. il a tenant does not desire
10 yacatc III the expiration Of his lease.
the land commission can authorize Vim
~ continue IN possession If the land
lords place over the landlord, objection
and even il The land commission should
dccidc that The tenant must move. II
may sill compel the landlord 10 pay
him for the expense and trouble of mny-
ing. l
You must not con>truc what | have
Just said. a. Signifying hat in my judy
mcnt. the English extension of this pol.
icy is illogical, Tor | am nJeo! hat opin-
ion. ! fully rccognize-thai II the owner
does net pn>>r>> such a right ~ private
property in his land a. gives him full
:ilcr;y Ia contract for the use of it. then
h. can NOT possess such a right of pri
Naic property IN il ~ Will permit him
10 deny the use Of II 10 amy one who may
desire "a u>c IL. Nor can We stop even
there. III the state has the power Ia fix
"A price for the use of the land. il must
likewise have the power Ia fix a price
On the ,ani itself. and 10 that conclusion
We are .crtg-n to come. Soonc or later
il We Lake The first step. III We once dcny
Che right of private property in land. We
will follow hat lay DENYING the right 81
private oNntf>sp in all kinds OF prop
cry -Nnd why not? II | can not cay
else the iuil rights Of m owner oyer my
land. then there T. no reason why =
should ls a.oMcd Ia exercise those
rights over ANY other kind of PROPERTY.
The ownership e land confers less p)v \,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09

proposal tn regulate bv law the amount
which one man max charge another Tor
the ne "a his land j. - directly ~ war
with oar theory of government that
o,hcr things hripg equal. would feel
compelled Ia oppose mN best iIicnd u a
candidate on that platform. and | am
sure that many excellent citizens view
il with lcS. alarm han ID ought Ia rx-
cite. becausr they have not fully con
sidcrci where il will inevitably lead us.
III Won once canrtslc thai the lcgiSld
turc can fix. ana should fix thr rent.
which shall hc charged for the use ~
land. how then can YOU deny the power
and the right oi the legislature Ia fix
a price on the product of that lana?
The one follows the other AZ certainly
a. the night follows the day and our
iarmcrS-tcnantS ~ well a. landlords
will be- the most helpless victims e
such legislation. TIE towns md cities
now outVoi The country. and IL will not
take our urban voters long 10 conclude
that they will reduce the cost nf living
by 4 statutory reduction ina the price Os
every article which comes from cur
farms. Two years . | might not have
considered that a serious danger. bat
only a few months ago congress passed
4 tariff bill and placed practically I'll
farm products ~ the free list Tor the
ayowcd purpose OF reducing The high
cost of living. That ought To admoniSh
our farmers what Ia expect. The - me
forces (which have sought Ia effect 4 re-
duciion ia the price 81 agricultural pro
ducts 10y exposing our farmers "a the
competition of the cheapest land and the
cheapest labor ia the world while still
compelling them 10 pay a duty on the
manufacture dgo,al> which they must buy
Will NJ hesitate ~ ,rcIrr Il further re-
dnction by passing 4 law to fix q lnw
price on those products when encouraged
lay ihe example OF the very men whose
products they desire to cheaper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09
RAPID RISE OF -ISM<.

In some states this attack assumes
the form of - single ;aN on land values.
which can easil, be made i means ol
runli>ratiun. anti III Other states like ours
the iitirk assumes The form III rrgnlat.
iE- rents. 80 far ~ the aIEnunl ~ rent
is concerned the law would not make
the slightest difference 10 ninety nine
eases oui of ever, hundred bat many
alvocat, such \ policy because they know
IA will divr>I land oi its character -
purely priNatA property and make the
way easy for 4 still bolder challenge
II is ownership. That has long been the
very center nf >ocialiStic attack. Social
lists understand that il they can once
destroy the right of private ownership in
land. they can follow thai with other vie
tories until lhcy aInihilate al! private
right 10 property of every description.
That i the very goal Of >ocialism. ! 10
not charge that Mr. Ferguson has that
i'll hi> mind. or that an. ~ even \ major
lily uf his supporters are seeking such
IA end. but | do charge that every man
who lends himself to a movement against
the ownership of land T. consciously or
lmconsriou>ly. aiding socialism.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09
EX-SEN. BAILEY
COMES OUT FOR
4 COL. TOM BALL
STANDS BY FRIEND N PREFER
ENcE To MAN WHO FOUGHT Nm
WHILE lie WAS >ENATOl. -
WOULD OPPOSE FERGUSON.
BARS THE TEMPLE MAN
DECLARES FERGUSON : LAND poll
ICY Is SDtIALISTIC-ENS ENAT-
OR SAYS HE TOOK BAILEY OF Is
TION OFT OF POLITICS."

In n letter given out for puhiicaiiou
Hon. Joseph W. Bailey definitely an
nounces his support of the candidacy cal
Mr.. Tom Ball for Governors: declares
that. other things being equal. he would
support his friend ia preference t. 4
man who fought him. but asserts that
he would oppose Mr.. James T.. Ferguson
even il II friend. because of III ~cci II.
tie tendency of his farm rem polio /: ana
furthermore says that he j. l1t reSpon
sible for the injection of the BAILEY
question" into the present campaign.
Il took the Bailey question GA al
Texas politics" SAYS he. and my cncmic,
can keep il out if they choose 10 do -.
III they persist in forcing Il upon a..
the loss. as well a. the responsibility
must he on them, and not ou me or ~!
friends
The letter. which l. addressed " Hon.
j. " Onion of San Antonio. reads ~
follows:
Ny Dear Onion have just read your
letter Ia my friend. John burst. - pub
lished in The Tyler Courier Times of q
recent date. and am writing thiS Ter ;hc
purpose az setting YOU right with rr~rrt'
TO two Of my friends. | never permit nay
self Ia feel aggricved at any friend DC
cause he Zcalously supports one ,tidi-
date or zcalously opposes another candi-
date; but ! ann always anxious tina! my
friends shall not suffer their zeal ~ any
contest 10 bctray them into doing or
saving ANYTHING unfair to my other
friends. | feel sure that you woIid EG'
imtcptionally do or SAY anything which
might unju,ily reduce amy good critic"
of Texas in the estimation of his fellow
citizens. and vet YOU have unwiitin=lr
lone that in charging that the ItriIu'ie
of Hon. X. VI. Johnston and Hon. Mc)oa-
aid Meachum in the pending .ul"rna
torial contest was determined hy my IN
flucncc. and not hv their own judgment.
II il true that Mr.. Mcachum was ~
Washington an business before the in.
ferstatc Commerce commission for one
of his clients Il few days before Mr.. Ball
opened his campaign AZ Grccnvillc; but
il il also true that before | had entered
upon any discussion Of the .uhcrnatoria!
situation with him. he ;old me that he
Intended la support Mr.. Ball. as the
campaign was then made mp. 1t is true
that Hon. Il. VI. Johnston stopped IN
Washington on his return to Texas from
New York where he had attended the
Associated Press meeting. hut II H. also
true that he was very emphatic IN say
ing that he would not support Mr.. Fer
emson before | had told him that IN.
tended 10 support Mr.. Ball. Evidently
you 10 not know that both Mr.. Johnston
and Mr.. Mcachum offered TO support
Senator Chiffon if he would become 4
candidate for Governor. and certainly
You can not suppose that they were then
acting IL my solicitation. With these
statements before Won. ! I'M sure YOU
will very chccrfully Withdraw what You
have said about these gentlemen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09

STAI.TING THE
GRADUATES RIGHT

. June j. the mu.ih uf college and .
. school ccmmrnrrmcnt~. occasions =
. casting before them the shadow uf .
preparation. .
. demands on the family parse arc 8
. large and numerous.
: III IN \ time when ihr advertising 4
. IA a careful newspaper like The .
. lIrraltbmu>t hr ~ immense service. !
. Read il carefully. tsc the Ia .
. formation il gives.
. Rny only after complete knuvl :
. cIgr NJ whrrc rhnirc raItAhr marlr tu :
. The best advantage.
. To dn - means a saving 81 time. .
. aud the guarantee Of satisfaction. .
. Merchants who advertise are thr .
. men Who stand hrhind their prem =
Discs and who make good they are .
. yorthy of confidence.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09

Not only 40 know that II N unjust
ID charge me with having precipitatcd
The Bailey question hut | think IL
equally unjust IL prefer that charge
against my friends. - far a. my kn0wl-
rlgr extends. the first public expression
calculated ~ introduce, the Bailey qurS
ton into this campaign was heard NJ
Tyler. where Mr.. Ferguson was present
tl 10 his audience rs one who deserved
their >p,rial favor ol account VA his
opposition ~ NE The next matter 81
The same Kind coming 10 my attention
was an article which appeared y week
,r two ago IA The san Antonio Express.
IN which il was asserted that some .cn
tlelncn III hat city Who had been sup
purtint Mr.. Bail abandoned him and
aSpDu>cd the candidacy of Mr.. Ferguson
because ! am supporting Mr.. BAH. Fol
lowing that story IN the San Antonio FIX
nrc>S comes your letter. which Judging
IN the fact that il WAS printed ~ ~ ah
gcrtiScmcnI ia The TYLER paper. H. 20 be-
used n = campaign document. | can not
believe that YOU desire TO divert the
public mind from the real ISSUES of This
campaign when the unavoidable result
81 doing 80 viii hr ~ separate ynu from
MANY ~ Your friends Who agree with
YOU both on the prohibition question
aud III the Bailey question" ! must.
therefore. assume that your letter To-
our friend burst was the result Of some
misapprcnhcH>ion on your part.
You have most conclusive evidence
that my friends are not striving to re-
yive the Bailey question" in fact. that
many of those who have ALWAYS been
active in M behalf are supporting Mr..
Ferguson. regret that | eau not per
Suaded them Ia support Mr.. Ball: but
their difference with me i'm This race
will NOT abate my personal affection for
them or diminish my political gratitude
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09
sIIEpPARD's VOTE AMAZING.

IL the men who think that they can
stop ~ regulating land rents will only
take their points aud bearings. they Viii
lc appalled, To Sec how far We have al.
ready driiicd from the ancient land
marks which our democratic fathers set
in this inheritance: and seeing how tar
We have gone. they can the better Judge
how far We are apt ~ 20 unless We take
firm hold ~ ourselves. Ten years ago
every man in Texas who called himself
4 democrat would have rejected Mr..
Fcrsuson's proposition, and yet We have
progressed" - rapidly thai many who
nave heretofore >tcadiaStlv resisted all
governmental interfcrcnrc> with private
Affairs are now cXcusing If not defend
ing il. We can realize how hcctilcSsly
these 'i>mS' are driving IL along 10y re-
%mcmbcring that until within the last
few years 40 democrat ever v%rnturri ID
approve i federal regulation Of suffrage
or a federal exercise at police power.
That those powers belong 10 the state
wa = fundamental Of democracy. and
lur party was If one mind with respect
"a all such questions. l,ui YOU and j
have lived ~ sec a Texas senator. nomi
datci IN 4 democratic primary and elect
sci lay q Democratic legislature. voting
FOR woman suffrage through IN amend
mcnt "a. the federal constitution. and
hlmpinimng \ resolution which wuuld
take fro mthc states and confer on the
general cnyrrmmcat the power Ia rcgu
late the manufacture and sale of liquor.
When YOU reflect upon these changes. |
im sure You will agree with rc IN think
ing that IN u 4 rash man who will ven
turc to ,iy where This mi>callcd prog
rcs~T will cud
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09

To Cypress. and creates IA the mili e
lis owner less disposition to cypress than
any other form of accumulated wealth.
None Of the evils of combination or mo
hoInlN which have menaccrl our cutn-
try for 20 many years have been connect
cI in any degree with lhr ownership II
land. aud yet in almost every state We
now witness attack. more or less direct.
upon the right Ia own land.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-09

toward them. ! can no more persuade
my ami prohibition friends ~ vote for
Mr Ball for governor than ! could per
Shade my prohibition friends a. vote
against Dir. sheppard for senator. even
alter his Conr"c speech II would be-
well. however. Tor Mr.. FcrgnSnn'S friends
10 remember that Mr.. sheppard lost
rather tifaH gained vntcS ~ his assault
on me- because the returns of that pri
mary show hat more than 5000 demo
Gratis who wcnt a. the polls and voted!
~ the euhtrna;nrial races scratched an
the senatorial candidates: and | know
practically all ~ that number had in
tended To- vote for Mr.. sheppard. but
refused Tee do - on account of his Con
roe speech.