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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12

FOR SALE-Well improved farm 211s
acres, inside city limits Of War3aw.
Ills. Good four room house. good Ger
lar. small barn. room for four horses
and two cows, two wells, spring, gooG
cistern chicken house. implement
shed; one-half acre in raspberries.
one acre grapes. and other fruit. Hav.,
privileges Of Warsaw high school. Ad-
dress NJ. NJ, care Gate City office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12

pink roses. Mr.. Gregory was the re-
cipient Of several useful presents,
among which was years subscrip-
ton to his church paper, The Metho-
dist Recorder" this latter being the
gift of his class. At late hour all
left for home wishing Mr. Gregory
many happy returns Of the day.
Florence Wright Schouten Recital.
Last evening at the First Christian
church Florence Wright Schouten,
contralto. gave a recital, assisted by
Mrs. A. e. Mcpherson, reader. and
Miss Olive Morgan, pianist. The re-
cital was under the auspices of the
p. S. c.. e. society of the church.
1t was a very successful event. Mrs.
Schoutens singing is a never failing
source of pleasure to Keokuk audi
ences and the accompaniment Of Miss
Morgan wonderfully correct, revealing
talent that was delightful Mrs.
McPhersons readings were enthus-
iastically applauded and the program,
which was as follows, most satisfac-
tory one:
PROGRAM.
Voice
Beloved, it is Norm. Awkward
Lullaby (Jocelyn) :. j.. -. GODDARD
Voce di donna Ga Gioconda)
...s........... Ponchiello
The Cry OF Rachael. ...... ..salter
Oh! That We Two were May
ing Nevtn
A Lovely Maiden (from Chi
nese} ........... Branscombe
Will O. the Wisp. .......... Spross
Reading Selected.
Voice
Allah ......... Chadwick
Pale Stars are the Eoses. -. Lohr
Loeb Lomond.... Scotch Song
Lovers in the Lane. -. Lehman
Love and Life. -. ........ Putt
From Land of Sky Blue Water
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Cadman
Reading-Selected.
Voice
Mighty LAX Rose. ...... .Nevin
The Cuckoo Lehman
Nothin' but Love. Bond
Monday Music Club.
The Monday Music club program
for Monday evening, Feb Is, will be
as follows:
King Rose Overture. Geo. D. Barnard
Sight Brigade Overture. .........
............... H. Grenenwald'
High School Orchestra
Philip C. Hayden, Director.
Nymps and Fauns. -. H. Benberg
o Dry Those Tears. Teresa Del Riego
Mrs. Ethel NJ. Sandberg.
Marche Militaire =. .Schubert-Tansig
Miss Cecilia Wallpaper.
, Blow Ye Gentle Breezes Blow. Marks
Community Chorus
F. E. Fuller, Director
Allah .............. Chadwick
lovely Maiden Roaming Grams
lated from Chinese) Branscombe
Will o. the Wfsp. .Spross
i Mrs. Florence Wright Schouten.
/ d Minor Conc erto. (. .Rubinstein
Mrs. Arvilla Erdman Cooper.
! Orchestral parts supplied on second
piano by Miss Walljasper)
| o Peaceful Night. German
AS Torrents in Summer. $50. Elgar
The Soldiers Chorus tFausD. .Gonoud
Community Chorus
F. E Fuller, Director.
The sponsors are Miss Fry, Miss
Parsons.
The hostesses are: Mrs. w. H. Car
ter, Mrs. P. c. Hayden.
The house committee is: Miss
Dickey, Mr.. Young.
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To Give Valentino Parry.

| Upham Baker will entertain TWEEN
!, ty-four boys and girls at valentine
party on Saturday evening at his
home, 404 Orleans Ave.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12
Bartenders' Ball,

The annual ball of the Keokuk Bar
tenders union vas given last evening
at the Woodmen hall. 1t was one OF
the most successful social affairs ever
held by the local union. About two
hundred couples attended the dance.
The music was furnished by Agnes
full orchestra of eleven pieces. The
committee in charge of arrangements
for the occasion was composed OF
Fred Dressed, Frank Delaney, Phil
Miller and Harry Blaisdell.
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FOR SALE-One 1900 pound horse:
one 1900 pound mule. Fred Hilpeit.
Jr., 1919 Concert street. Phone COZ.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12
D. A. r. Meeting Tomorrow.

The Keokuk Chapter Daughters Io1
the American Revolution, will be IN
tertained on Saturday afternoon BY
Mrs. w. C.. Bonney at o'clock The
board Of management will meet al
half past two o'clock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12
Mrs. LOGAN hostess.

Mrs. William Logan was hostess
to the ladies of the Congregational
church this afternoon at her home on
/ Grand avenue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Warfield and Senator
Dunlap strawberry plants, $500 per
thousand. VIM. S. Peterson, Montrose,
Iowa, route A. Bell phone 2307-F-3
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12
Entertained Dorcas Society.

The Dorcas society of the Christian
church was entertained this afternoon
by Mrs. C. W. Station at kensington
at her home, 1929 Morgan street. Mrs
A. E. Mcpherson favored the guests
with readings and several selections
on the victrola contributed to the
pleasure of the afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12

tiful angle food cake, covered with a
white coating OF sugar leaves and
pink roses. Mr.. Gregory was the re-
cipient Of several useful presents,
among which was years subscrip-
ton to his church paper The Metho-
dist Recorder" this latter being the
gift of his class. At late hour all
left for home wishing Mr., Gregory
many happy returns Of the day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-12

Trump Club Meeting.
Miss Helen Hodge entertained the
Trump club this afternoon.
Evening journal., 1915-10-05

the Presidents plans for prepared
ness. There is Editor Watterson,
who fatty tells Mr.. Wilson that II he
lend himself again to the promotion
of Son-in-Law McAdoo's free shipping
scheme, his party will go to defeat
at the next election.
And now comes Col. George Har-
vey, who first discovered" Wilson as
a presidential quantity, but now takes
his erstwhile protege up and down
the line, administering a rap at
every step. II is the presidents
method of dealing with Mexico that
fills Col. Harvey with pain and wrath.
He declares that Mr. Wilson's course
has been vacillating and inconsistent,
that he has no moral or legal right
to say who shall or shall not be presi-
dent of Mexico, that his warfare
against Huerta was unjustified and
that his careless abandonment of
Americans in Mexico was in viola-
tion Of every principle OF honor and
justice.
If the Democratic brethren
continue to tell the truth to Mr. Will
son i'm this way. there is really no
need for outsiders to admonish him.
They can enact the part Of specta-
tors and note the thoroughness OF the
job.
Evening journal., 1915-10-05
HELPING TIE SWISS.

THE Swiss Legation in Washington is "onto its job"
Minister Ritter has just received information from
Berne that the toy manufacturers of Switzerland are
yearnng for the Christmas toy trade OF the United
This trade used to be supplied almost wholly from Ger
many, where toy-makng inherited trade among
the villagers up in the mountains and where all the
family worked at branch Of the business The
has put end to the German toy trade-not be-
cause they toys over there but be-
there IS way Of getting them to market over
here.
The thrifty Swiss now seeking to take the place
Of the Germans toy-makers TO his American Majesty
Santa Claus This is very natural But the unnatural
thing about it is that Secretary Redheld trying TO
help the Swiss toy-makers grab the American market
a special article, sent out by the Department
Of Commerce for publication in morning papers Of
Wednesday. September 22, 1915" the department tells
how the Swiss Legation has advices from Berne that
manufacturers in Switzerland anxious to supply
the Christmas toy trade of the United staes This is
easily beiloyable But the article goes say "the
Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic Commerce. of the De-
partment Commerce. has undertaken to assist in
ing orders placed"
The article then proceeds with a lrst-cass adver-
tisement for the Swiss oymakers It tells about their
hundreds of models" and Of the "slillfuy exc
cuted" samples which have reached Washington.
Now, all this is very kind the part OF Mr. Red
field, and doubtless the Swiss toS-makers are very
much obliged TO him for this free advertising which
is prepared at the OF and sent
through the United States mails under Federal frank
without penny OF cost to the Swiss benehciaries And
OF course there will be commission for the Swiss
manufacturers to pay upon whatever orders pac-
ed through the assistance" OF the American Govern
ment 1t looks like good thing for the Swiss
But how about the American manufacturers?
Doubtless they too are anxious supply the Christmas
toy trade of the United States" They are-or were,
under protective tarns-a growing company. They al
most doubled the number Of their establishments dur
ing the last census period They nearly doubled the
number Of their employees. And they did double the
amount Of wages and the value of their output. It
would that If the Christmas toy trade Of the
United States" is to seered by agencies
in any direction, should be sent to the American
manufacturers rather than TO the Swiss.
Democratic tariff legislation has been criticised for
having opened the doors TO American markets for for
! egn producers; but here is Democratic adminstra-
tive bureau going to the of acting adver-
tlsing agent and commission merchant-whout charge
for a small group Of foreign manufacturers TO add
! to the injury OF It, must remember that American
makers have to pay income taxes corporation taxes
and "war taSes" the proceeds which go to pay the
expense Of this advertising and canvassing for the
| Swiss toy-makers.
Evening journal., 1915-10-05
The Lid of Prosperity
(Thomas =. LOGAN in Leslie'sl

Four men are now sitting upon the
lid of prosperity in the United States.
These four men constitute the ma
jority Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. This majority has the
power to make or break the railroads
of the United States. AS a result OF
the decisions of the majority. the rail-
roads are near the breaking point, as
one-elghth of all of them are in the
hands OF receivers. They are forced
to make enoromOus expenditures for
operating their lines, but the law of
supply and demand has been nullifiod
with reference to their revenues. It
is not denied by anyone that freight
rates are lower in the United States
than in Europe, but every effort made
recently by the railroads to fix rates
that would be remunerative and in
line with good business practice has
failed. The roads received about one
sixth Of what they asked and needed,
and the reason why they failed to OBJ
tain justice was because one or two
roads, in the past had been misman-
aged. Two of the commissioners,
handing down dissenting decisions
inferentially called attention to this
fact These two commissioners were
James S. Harlan and Winthrop More
Evening journal., 1915-10-05
Usurious Exacfions in The South
(From The Washington Post.)

When Mr.. Harding. Of the Federal
reserve board, lifted the curtain that
concealed the scandalous extortions
practiced by some bankers in the
South he let in a food of light upon
the reasons of continued poverty OF
some hard-working planters and, at
the same time. displayed a cancer in
financial operations in the national
bank system as practiced by some
bankers that must be cut out root
and branch by the next Congress II
the comptroller of the currency does
not possess the power to do that now.
According TO the figures given by
Mr.. Harding five national banks in
Alabama had been taking a maximum
rate OF 20 per cent, one of them 60
per cent. and one "a per cent In
Georgia eleven banks averaged 30
per cent. In Texas as high as 1870 per
cent was reported.
Let us examine the legal rates for
interest in those States
In Alabama the legal rate is s per
cent and the penalty ror charge
above that rate is loss of the interest
In Georgia the legal rate is Z per
cent, but special contract rate of
per cent. is allowed and the penalty
Is loss OF the excess" of interest.
In Texas the legal rate is 6 per
cent, with 10 per cent allowed
through contract TO that effect, and
the penalty Is loss OF interest.
In Texas the legal rate Is 6 per
cent. with 10 per cent allowed
through contract to that ecect and
the penalty is loss Of interest.
For years there were widespread
statements as to the planters being
burdened with debt and their crops
mortgaged in advance to fertilizer
companies, merchants and money
Evening journal., 1915-10-05
With The ParagrapherS

However any who has read Mr. Bryan's recent
speeches and interviews atentivey must that the
possibilities OF rupture between him and the Pres
dent by means passed The President has COM
mted himself TO the policy OF bringing about "a
sonahle increase" In the size OF the army and navy.
What constitutes "a reasonable increase" will be
wered variousy but ii is pretty evident that in the
estimation of Mr. Bryan. any increase. though
mend, will be unreasonable Mr.. Bryan seems to have
reached the conclusion that armies and navies
the point OF becoming obsolete, the building and main
tenance Of them prohgate waste OF money That be-
lief must automatically array him in opposition any
proposal the President may ndorse however moderate
it may be--Galveston Daily News.
Evening journal., 1915-10-05

Representative Robert N. Page, of North Carolina,
has finally broken into print. He wants the present
tariff duties reduced. Just how the mathematical gem
us OF Mr.. Page subtract something from nothing
he does not say On the other hand he wants cent
pound on sugar. and is cents a pound WOOL How
ariy he dsmsses those two great schedulesl Robert
thinks that hattleships good that fact having
been demonstrated by the Allies. but that eve should
have many submarines. that could attack fleets
which attempted to approach shores,1 and bigger
land batteries "have greater range Of fire than the
guns of any attacking feet" OF the Allies hav
ing found that battleshps Of small Importance, will
use them to attack coasts. Congressman Page is
one OF the ranking Democratic members of the
mittee appropriations the committee which disposes
OF the public How would you like to have such
an efficiency expert in charge of your business?
Evening journal., 1915-10-05
TUESDAY OCT. 5. 1915
SUGAR PRICES.

TN recent editorial the Providence Journal Onde-
pendenD endeavors to show that but for the Eu
ropean war the price of sugar to the would
have been reduced below the price paid when the Re
publican tariff in force
The Journal admits an advance in the Wholesale
price of refined from S92c pound before the
reduction in tariff took effect to of 3975c
for the nve months following the reduction in duty
March 1 to August 1, 1914-and states: but they
(the Protectionists) weaken their argument against
the tariff by also ascribing further rise in price TO
the decrease in acreage for the succeeding domestic
crop" Wherein does this weaken the argument Of
The Protectonists? What the Of the de-
in acreage it the prospect Of runous
competition to result from lower duty and ultimately
Iee sugar?
Continuing the Journal says "As less than third
Of the sugar consumption Of the country furnished
By the domestic crop the slight rise in prices hard
ly have caused by the slight reduction In acreage
that took place in and beet sugar States
After tho new rates went into effect and the
dealers found that the expected avalanche of foreign
sugar did occur prices naturally advanced slightly
but not up TO protection rates"
The total sugar consumption in the United States
for 1914 was 100000 long tons The 1894 crop Of
home grown sugar was 100000 long tons, which is
considerably than third OF consumption
Before the outbreak Of the the reduction acre
axe in beets and over 25 per cent The Jour
nols figures are no more reliable than its argument
AS matter Of fact there we're just nine weeks of price
reduction and in the second week OF May sugar
haok TO 1929 II can hardly be said that this reduc
ton Ia any way due to tho tarin except for It's
tendency domestic producers to their pro-
duct to the market earlier than they otherwise would
have done thereby adding to the already huge supplies
received from Cuba. by May the entire domestic crop
had been sold and Cuban sugar which passes through
The hands of the seaboard refners had the BY
The last week in June had returned TO 4214c
precisely what it in the last week OF June 1913
under Republican law. Comparing the rehners margin
for the first months under Democratic law when sugar
bore the Republican rate. With the first five months
Of at the reduced rate and have the follow
ing table,
Evening journal., 1915-10-05

Daniels. The balance Of the commits
sion, which dealt the blow at the al
ready crippled railroads, is composed
of Judson c. Clements, Edgar G.
Clark, Charles c. McChord Balthasar
Fl. Meyer and Henry Clay Hall. The
only public or private experience that
Harlan has ever had was as a lawyer
and as Attorney General in Porto
Rico. Daniels was a professor OF
political economy at Princeton. Gle
ments was a lawyer and member OF
Congress. Clark, back in 1878, was
a railroad conductor and later was
an official of the Order OF Railway
Conductors OF America. McChord was
lawyer and member of the Kentucky
Legislature. He represented that
! State in a number of rate cases.
, Meyer was a professor of political
economy in the University of Wis
consin. Hall was a lawyer, lecturer
on law in the Colorado College, and
for a time was general counsel for
the Arkansas. Louisiana and Gulf Rail-
way Company. In other words, four
+ lawyers, two professors and one rail-
road conductor are now running the
I railroads Of the United States. Not one
Of them has ever been associated
with the actual management of a rail-
road.
Evening journal., 1915-10-05

The last Congress clearly under the domination
OF Woodrow Wilson. That is TO say II did the things
that he wanted done andeft undone the things that he
rowned upon But he had to have Bryans help pass
OF the legislation Bryan then in the Cabinet
and his ear receptive to the Presidents summons.
Besides, every time he helped the President he
able to land deserving Democrat at the crib
Bryan is out and his closest friends in the gov
ernment service finding It convenient TO tender
their designations" The next Congress will not be
strongly Democratic. Can Wilson control it without
Bryans help?
Evening journal., 1915-10-05

loaners, but of later years the larger
prices for cotton, the advances in the
prices of their lands, the general
transformation Of the Sou,h in busi-
ness affairs had led the people Of the
Union to believe that these cOndi-
tions were of the past.
If the planters and other business
men of the South have been able to
achieve even partial independence
while suffering under such usurious
and exOrbitant rates as were dis
closed in the address of Mr.. Harding
at Raleigh they are a wonderful
people 10 have safely reached even
that point.
The national banking system must
not be made a machine FOR the get
ting Of the pound of flesh from any
resident of the United States, and il
is very evident that some so-called
bankers have adopted the policy OF
Shylock.
/ We trust that the Treasury officials
possess the power to curb this atroci-
GUS rapacity and that they will moi
hesitate to take all steps necessary tc
do this
These disclosures are a shock tC
the fair-minded people of the nation
and II Is very evident that rural
credit legislation must be passed al
the next session Of Congress SO that
in the agricultural districts there will
be funds at reasonable rates at the
command Of the planters and farmers
OF the United States
Mr.. Harding has rendered the peo
pie Of the United States a great ser.
vice by these disclosures, and thi
result will be the complete freedom
of agrlculturists and the smaller bust
ness men from these usurious ratei
and extorionate practices.
Evening journal., 1915-10-05
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Hope warps judgment in council but quckens energy
I'm actiOn-Bulwer.
t--.-.-.
That TO which have been accustomed becomes. as
il were, part of our nature-Aristotle.
hell could not subsist.-Smiles.
.-.-:-.
Duty performed gives clearness and rmness TO faith
faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the
assured and satisfying to the soul-Tryon Ed
wards
.-:-.--s
How easy it is for benevolent being TO diffuse
pleasure around him. and how truly is a kind heart a
fountain of gadness making everything in its vicinity
TO freshen into smiles.-WashingtOn Irving
.-.-.-.f
Truth is the very bond of society without which II
must TO exist. and dissolve into anarchy and
chaos. household can not be governed by lying:
nor can nation. Sir Thomas Browne once asked do
the devils lie?" No. his answer "for then even
Evening journal., 1915-10-05

Down, down. down. goes the net balance in the gem
eral fund of the Federal Treasury From $50 100000
on July l. the balance gradually dropped $443O067
on September %. That balance looks small compared
with balance of S126.734155 the corresponding
date two years ago. when laws and appropria-
tions enacted by Republican administrations were still
in force The deficit this year already about
SS5 100000 and growing day by day.
Evening journal., 1915-10-05

sive nomination, too. With industry
he collected 247 names.
In 1912 Mr.. Roosevelt had 142,22S
Massachusetts supporters at the
polls. Charles Sumner Bird, candi-
date for Governor. the cherriest
loudest and one of the most fore
handed Of Progressiyes. had 122,602.
In 1913 Mr.. Bird got 127-755 votes,
beating the Republican candidate,
Representative August p. Gardiner,
by more than $4,000. Mr. Bird knows
when to stop. In 1914 Joe Walker, in
heritor of the Progressive mantle,
had 32,145 votes, and Samuel Walker
Mccall. Republican, 19s 267: Walsh,
Democrat winning as usual. In
1915--but why go on? These
dwindlings, these poor ashes of the
Bay State sacred fire. move to SYM
pathy. to pity.
Massachusetts,, God forgive her, she's
a-turnin' with the rest,
Ef you're huntin' fer Progressives
yeou must fnetoothcomb the West
IN THE HOUSE OF FRIENDS.
From the indianapolis Star.
The political opponents Of Presi-
dent Wilson have been remarkably
considerate OF him from the begin.
ming Of his administration. Seldom
has a President escaped with as few
attacks from members or the oppos.
ing parties as he, though IL is well
understood that his course in many
respects does not meet their ap
proval. Perhaps it might have beer
better had they been more outspoken
bu. at all events they have refraineC
from criticism in a noticeable way.
1t has remained for Democrats o
high degree to discipline him, possibl,
for the good Of his soul, but pur
posely for the good of his party
There is Mr.. Bryan for example. VIII,
must have been a thorn in the Presi
dents flesh from the beginning an,
who is now going up and down tn
country encouraging a foolish peac
sentiment that may interfere will
Evening journal., 1915-10-05
EDITORIAL OPINION

tary Of the commonwealth comes
news chilling to the bosoms Of the
too few surviving ardent Progressives.
Only Nelson B. Clark, Progressive
candidate for Governor, got sigma
lures enough. The five Progressive
candidates for the five other State
offices failed by about so votes. Will
liam Shaw, Prohibition candidate for
Governor, yearned for the Progress