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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-02
How to Detect the
Alum Baking Powder

(Which are the alum baking powders;
how can avoid them unless they are namedl"
asks housekecper.
Here is one way: take the can Of low
priced powder in your hand and read the
ingredient clause upon the back label. The
law requires that if the powder contains alum
that fact must be there stated If you find
one Of the ingredients named alum, or sui
plate Of aluminium, you have found an alum
baking ponder.
There is another and better way. You
dont have to know the names of the alum
powders Use Royal Baking Powder only;
that assures you cream of tartar powder,
and the purest and most healthful baking
powder beyond question.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-02

Notice is hereby given that a Judicial
and County Board Of Education cleo
ton is to be held in the several towns,
wards, villages and election precincts
in the county Of Iowa on the 18th day of
April 1914, at which the officers named
below are to be chosen. The names of
the candidates to be voted for, whose
nominations have been certified to or
filed in this office. are given under the
title Of the office and under the appro-
pirate party or other designation, each
in its proper column, in the sample
ballot below.
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.
The following instructions are given
for the information and guidance of
voters
ca a voter upon entering the polling
place and giving his name and resi-
dence, will receive ballot from the
ballot clerk which must have endorsed
thereon the names or initials of both
ballot clerks, and no other ballot can be
used. Upon receiving his ballot, the
voter must retire alone to booth or
compartment and prepare the same for
voting. A ballot clerk may inform the
voter as to the proper manner of mark
ing n ballot, but he must not advise or
indicate in any manner whom to vote
for.
OBJ The voter shall prepare his bal
lot for voting by marking a cross CD
in the square at the right of the name
of each candidate he desires to vote for
if the name be there, or if he desires to
vote for Il person whose name is not on
the ballot he shall write the name of
the person in one of the blank spaces
provided therefor and make a cross (X)
in the proper square at the right of the
persons name written.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-02

The Journal: A referendum vote
has been called for in this city to decide
whether tho recent action of the city
council granting maintenance tax for
the new public library building shall
stand as passed by the council.
The Inter Normal Oratorical Contest
was held in Milwaukee Friday evening,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-02
CALLING CARDS AND INVITATIONS

in correct sizes and styles, neatly print
ed at the Crawford Printery, Mineral
Point. Engraving work also furnished.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-02
BALLOT FOR JUDICIAL ELECTION

Mark with (X in the the the candidate
for in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14

tiers bear their American nativity bold
ly in full view, and no matter what the
language Of the people the American
finds himself among, he can always
have a fellow feeling for the machine
which rings up his purchases
The adding machine. like the cash
register, is an American speciality; so
much so that many business men and
government officials of Europe insist
upon conserving a superstition that
accuracy can only be accomplished by
hand" The Europeans make a num-
Der of varieties Of adding machines.
but the trouble with most of them is
that one must first make his doctors
degree in mathematics in order to use
The majority of the people. who have
not solved the problem of whether an
aSsemblage of all possible aSSemblages
is, or is not. one of its own parts, gen
orally let the American adding ma
chimes do their work for them. 1t is
less exciting.
OF course. shoes and shoe machinery
are American specialties. The fallacy 0
the European shoe died hard; neverthe-
less, the American shoe by now has
nearly encompassed it's extinction. The
European shoe. whether of English,
German, French or other nationality
is the most versatile instrument of
torture and depression that society has
ever permitted to be inflicted whole
sale upon innocent people The Euro
pean shoe is capable of meaner and
more refined methods for the installa
ton of gall and deviltry into the souls
of naturally religious people than any
thing the perverse side of civiliza tion
has yet figured out.
There are some other American spe-
ciaities. put those named may serve
lonely without Europe, Europe. too,
would miss us dreadfully
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14

authorized, similar to the one in vogue
in Germany, should yield an influence
upon the administration Of tire system
that was denied them in its manage
ment.
THE experience in Germany" he said.
has been that the advice of its council
in the conduct of the Reichs Bank is
rarely refused and generally followed.
The fundamental features of the bill
organizing the federal reserve banks
are in the main sound, and the estab-
lishment of the advisory council may
furnish the balance without which the
system might be deficient.
"None more than the bankers have
FOR years been earnestly demanding
some change in our former system, and
it may be confidently predicted that
their efforts to make it successful Will
be at the command OF those In charge
of it's operations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
the shafts will be 1858 feet and between

the shafts will be 1853 feet and between
the established pier heads $3.50 feet.
The maximum depth from mean high
water to the base of the rail will be
eighty-seven feet.
The plans Of the new transit system call
for the construction of a third tunnel
under the East river that will join the
14th street section OF Manhattan with
Brooklyn. 1t is estimated that the work
will take three and one-half years
Still another downtown subway tunnel
will extend from Old Slip. Manhattan, to
Clark street. Brooklyn. The works to-
gether constitute one Of the largest con-
tracts ever let in New York city The
tota, cost will be more than $12 0O0. 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
CONSTRUCT TUNNELS
UNDER THE EAST RIVER
Ground Broken Yesterday for Tive
Between New York and Brook
lyn, Dual System.

NEW YORK. October 14.-Ground was
broken yesterday afternoon for the two
new tunnels under the East river which
are TO connect Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The tunnels will connect Whitehall street
Manhattan and Montague street. Brook
Ign. a part of the so-caled new dual
system Of rapid transit and will cost So
914. s09.50. The total length of the tunnels
will be $500 feet The distance between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
Use Of Fighting Ships"
Weaver Gets Marriage License.

CHICAGO, October 14.-George David
Weaver visited the county building
yesterday in company with Joe Benz.
George David. who Is known better by
the name Of Buck, shortstop of the
White Sox team, was as nervous as
prospective bridegroom should be when
he asked for a license to wed Miss
Helen Cook Weaver gave his address
as $50 Lafayette avenue, Chicago. He
got q license, but nary word would
he say as to the date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14

Daniel Webster Snyder. native OF
Washington county. Md, but for the
past thirty years well known farmer
of Berkeley county, w. Va, died at his
home. at Martinsburg, w. Va. aged
seventy-five years. He had been active
IN republican politics for number of
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
Says Change Will Be Gradual.

The benefits of the new system will
become apparent with the lapse of
time. The change will be gradual and
should be regarded as an evolution in
the banking business, during which
the bankers themselves must rely upon
their own resources and conservation
should be the watchword. Any effort
to utilize the rediscounting privilege
primarily for profit should be dis
"It must always be kept in mind that
to realize the chief object which Con-
gress had in view the federal reserve
banks must always be ready to extend
help; they cannot maintain this posi-
ton II the member banks keep them
drained of their resources in ordinary
times"
He saw a great advantage from the
new act in the maintenance of a for
eign exchange market, and thought
in foreign bills, instead of solely in
rediscounts to domestic banks. 1t was
this class of business, he said, that
was sought by the bankers of Great
Britain and its ramifications extending
all over the world had made London
its financial center.
He said it was popular miscon-
ception that with the opening of the
funds would be deposited in those
banks and the Independent treasury
system of the United States and its
consequent expense to the government
and to the business of the country
would become a thing of the past
"A careful reading of the law" he
said, "discloses the fact that its au-
thors had no such intention, and that
If the government funds are deposited
in those banks it will be at the dis
erection of the Secretary of the Treas
ury alone.
"It is a just criticism of the meas.
ure," he continued. Ito say that it does
not take the government out of the
banking business. and that it confers
upon one of our government Official.
| an extraordinary power and discretion
unwarranted by the spirit of our in.
| situations and repugnant to republican
| principles.
The power conferred upon the Sec.
rotary of the Treasury to contro
money and credit. if attempted by the
| members of this association. woult
probably call for special act of Con
gress to curtail their activities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
AMERICAN SPECIALTIES.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

There has been much speculation as
to what we must miss through the loss
of our European imports. Probably.
therefore. it will not be immodest or
us, as second thought, to consider
what depriva lions Europe must suffer
through the disturbance of our export.
Their thoughtless blowing of the bot
tom out of the European-United States
trade will likely Inconvenience our an
cestor nations to an equal. or even
lust a mite greater, extent than our
selves. Anyhow, there are few knick-
knacks here and. there which the ma
tives of Europe simply have to pur-
chase from US.
One thinks involuntarily upon our
agricultural produce when Immersed
in a study of European necessities.
However, agricultural produce is not
nearly so much of an American spe-
cialty, meaning here more particu-
larly meats and breadstuffs, as we ofen
think. Other nations grow grain and
cattle, some of them Just as success
fully as we do. Most of the countries
able to sustain themselves. England
and Switzerland excepted. Russia
grows more bushels of wheat than we
do, and more grain of all kinds for ex-
port. Argentine raises more cAttie 1or
export, and Germany lays 1t all over
us in the production of potatoes. In
the grain connection. too, we must re-
mem Der that the Russian fields are just
in the dawn of their development. with
a next-door to unlimited future be-
fore them. One can travel on a
line for some weeks through
Russian possessions over the richest
kinds of soil. capable, il treated prop
erly. of feeding the hungry of the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
Bankers Have No Saw.

He referred to the failure of the
bankers to have their say in the modi-
fcation of the federal reserve act. 1t
was representation to which their
interests clearly entitled them, he
argued, but he believed the advisory
council of bankers which had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
If Women Only Knew

In many ways womans daily toll wears
on the kidneys, and if attacks OF back
ache. dizziness. nervousness, dependency
and urinary troubles are frequent she
ought to suspect that her kidneys are out
Of order and that il is not some ''wonanS
trouble"
Before using a first"iass kidney rem
edy- however, the patient ought to be
sensible and stop for awhile the EVERYDAY
habits that hurt the kidneys Avoid
heavy eating. especially meat Substitute
water and milk for tea and coffee STOP
worrying and working too hard Get
some light outdoor exercise such as walk
ing, and plenty of rest and sleep
poan's Kidney Pills contain no dan
eerous or ha bit forming drugs. This rem
edy is successfully used and recommended
ali over the civilized word.
Washington women publicly endorse
them.
Washington Testimony:
Mrs. Katherine A Stewart, 1888 9th
street northwest Washington. says: Il
had rheumatic pains in one of my arms
40 badly that 1 wasn't able to use it for
DAVIS at a time. i knew my kidneys
were the cause of the trouble. AT times
I got a stitch in my back and 1t was SO
bad that 1 couldn't straighten up until
the pain let up. / took three or four
boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills in all, and
for several years now l have suffered
very little from rheumatic pains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
ONE BUSINESS FEATURE
REGARDED AS OBNOXIOUS
Otherwise, Court Says, Conference of
Transatlantic Liners Conforms
to Sherman Law.

NEW YORK. October 1.-THE north
Atlantic conference, composed of trans
atlantic steamship lines, if Invested of
one of its business features, declared
by the government to be obnoxious is
not combination in restraint of trade
and competition under the Sherman
antitrust law. according to a decision
handed down in the United States dis
trict court here yesterday. Against
this business featwe-the operation of
the so-called fighting ships"-an in
junction Is issued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
Effect on Profits Discussed.

with the practicablity of the plan
admitted, the question that naturally
propounds itself to those engaged in
banking is how will it's operation af-
feet the profits of their business. Rea-
soning from the fact that the federal
reserve banks will not enter into COM
petition for the commercial business of
the country, and for the reason that
they will be obliged to quote rate of
discount at least as high, if not higher,
than commercial rates, in order to
maintain the resources necessary to
enable them to extend help in need. l
believe the conclusion is warranted
that in the future, as in the past, rates
of interest will be governed by the law
of supply and demand
The federal reserve banks have no
way of increasing the supply of actual
money in existence; If they had. they
might reduce rates. Their most eff
cient help in that connection may at
times result from raising rates to
stabilize conditions.
ut is only necessary to cite the fact
that in those countries which depend
upon central banks to maintain the
stability of conditions which in their
experience has prevented those panics
to which we have been subjected. we
find those central banks maintaining
discount rate always higher than
the commercial rate in the same coun-
try.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
Suit for Dissolution.

The government filed suit against the
conference in January, 1911. pleading
for its dissolution. Under the decision
the government has not prevailed in
the main part of its case, as the courts
decree without costs to the defendants
dismisses all Of the governments pray
ers except the one abiding to the
lighting ships"
Government attorneys announced that
an appeal from the decision here would
be taken direct to the United States
Supreme Court.
Use Of Fighting Ships"
The fighting ships were vessels
which the north Atlantic conference
put into operation to compete with
ships used by lines not in the confer
ence to carry steerage passengers at
rates under those charged by the con-
ference.
This seems clearly to be within the
prohibition Of the Sherman act" de-
clares the court, in the opinion handed
down by United States Judge E. Henry
Lacombe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
Expect War Will
Increase Exports.

stuffs. Altogether, this country exports
more than s2O0,O0O,000 worth Of grain
yearly; in 1913. s211 .0Ss.339. 1t is ex-
pected that this export will be largely
increased while the war lasts. Wheat
is the biggest item of our breadstuffs
export, with 91,602,S74 bushels Of wheat
and 11,394,805 barrels Of wheat -four
as the amount sent abroad in 1913
This year the wheat crop breaks all
records. Barley, corn, oats and rice
are shipped in respectable quantities.
We formerly had monopoly OF corn,
until Europe developed taste for the
cornstarch pudding, when other export
competitors entered.
We do not do so well with meat prod
ucts. Not so long ago, Europeans ap-
preciated our canned meats, but the
educated among them enjoyed GER
tain savory American book. and since
then the native meat-canning indus
tries have taken new start. 1t is said
that the American book began fanatic
wave of vegetarianism from Cadtz to
Moscow. We still do fair business in
countries more than 100000 worth.
No, while our breadstuffs and our
meat products are of more than passing
Importance to Europe, and while the
war is likely to give them a still deeper
and grander significance, they cannot
be placed upon our list of specialties
However, that list is led, with a wide
margin, by q product of the farm.
i: 4:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14


ness with US.
Europe Depends Eur opean
on U. S. for Cotton. nana oetsn O..
cepted this dependent situation with
grumbling and bad grace, but they
have never been able to dodge it,
India, once, was to overcome the cot
ton supremacy of this country. India
does grow quantities of cotton, but the
| American crop sets the pace. Then.
various other parts Of Asia and OF
Australasia were decided upon for the
| honor Of crowding American cotton
discovered cotton climate has been an
| nounced as big find, and yet, Ameri-
can cotton, in Indifferent bales. clut-
| tiers up the railways of Germany and
England, while the other cottons slip
| in occasionally and are used for the
manufacture of cloths of poorer quail
| ity. Egypt was recently elected Ameri-
| cane o n-competitor-in-chie The
| Germans caught the fever from the
British and elected various parts of
| Stories of these elections have long
been a matter of periodical occurrence;
| the British or the German manufac-
| turers rejoice at their coming inde-
penlence Of the American planters. and
| regularly preserve this spirit OF pa
| triotic elation until harvest time.
| Last year America sold abroad a to-
| tai of 4,562,295.675 pounds OF cotton for
| S547,357,195, besides some 444.792.241
yards of cotton cloth Of her own weav,
another 53,743.977 worth of other cot
| ton products, such as laces and en-
| broideries, rags, waste cotton, knit
| goods and yarn. Probably no safer In
vestment could be had than the bale
erection" Investments which are
| he country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14

Nevertheless, the United States does
perform a nation sized duty in the way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
President of Bankers Asso-
citation Assures Support of
Federal Reserve Plan.
DISCUSSES FIVE POINTS
AND CITES WEAKNESSES
Declares, However, That the New
Method Will in Time De-
velop Advantages.

RICHMOND, Va. October 1.-THE
fortieth annual convention of the
American Bankers Association, which
met here today. brought the American
bankers together in large numbers for
the first time since the federal reserve
act was passed by Congress.
Arthur Reynolds of Des Moines, pres
ident Of the association, devoted the
greater part of his opening address to
the federal reserve scheme. He gave
assurances that the country might rely
upon the bankers to do their part to-
ward making the system a success.
notwithstanding their opposition to 1t
in just the form adopted. He noted
some of it's fine points and it's weak
nesses, and advised bankers how to
adjust themselves to the change.
National bankers had submerged their
opinions. he said. and were cordially
coming to the support of the federal
reserve banks, as required by the act,
and limited number of banks and
trust companies organized under state
laws had come into the system, but
not to the extent necessary to warrant
the anticipation of that complete unfit
cation of our entire banking system SO
long desired
The rule of the banker must be safe
ty first," he said, in considering the
difficulties the federal reserve banks
would have in keeping impounded all
the means necessary to relieve sudden
distress, and at the same time to re-
discount freely enough to avert con-
traction of credit. ut will require
rare wisdom indeed" he said. ito meet
SO contradictory a situation
If there were any assurance that the
federal reserve banks would hold large
deposits aside from those fixed by pro-
visions of the act he thought there
might be a workable margin. but he
saw no inducement for member banks
to keep active accounts with the fed
eral reserve banks beyond the amount
of the required reserve. Their commercial
relations with the other banks of the
country will always be more produc-
tive and at the same time conform with
the natural trend of business" he said.
He continued:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14
Must Take Cotton
or Cotton Cloth.

eral war. Finally, after this war. the
nroba bilities are that the mills of Eu-
zone will need greater supplies of cot
ton than ever before to meet a vast de-
mand for cheap, durable CLOTH 1t seems
that in buying the planters bales of
cotton. the people are not only tiding
over one of our greatest industries,
hut they are taking better than ex-
cellent risk.
Aericultural implements are decided
Nv american specialtieS. While in parts
Of Europe the farmers still continue to
vex the soil with sharpened boughs,
most of them have outgrown this stage
and more and more of them are out
growing the farm implements Of home
aprt;cIes We sent $20,587.107 worth of
a sawers and reapers abroad last year.
Ten Years ago we sent more than $10,-
oon 900 worth, and have been doing
hetter ever since. However, we have
~ begun to supply as many as are
needed. Likewise, the United States
nlows. cultivators and threshers are
pacessary to the agricultural well-be-
mo If europe, Asia, Africa and South
America, not to speak Of the other
narts Of the world where they grow
rings. Altogether. in 1913 we ex-
nnrted s40.572,352 Of agricultural Inn
Clements. In this branch we are like
~ destined to do much better, for the
Esuropeans must give UP war for the
farm some day.
ore cannot escape the American cash
A.. IN E.,rnna II onaro<ao t. .,.....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14

Cotton is one of the products for
whose supply Europe has to do bust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-14

Europe must take our harvest of raw
cotton or buy our cotton cloth, espe