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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
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REPUBLICAN FARMERS

No Republican farmer in Missouri
can afford to be partisan to the ex-
tent Of voting against his own vital
interest in November. There are
thousands of strugglig farmers in
this State with their farms half paid
for and who are paying interest and
commissions at rates that render it
almost impossible for them to extri-
cate themselves from debt. The So
luton for this condition is now and
always has been longtime farm loans
at low rate of interest.
It remained for Col. Frederick D.
Gardner to solve this problem. At
ter years Of investigation in this coun-
try and abroad, he presented to the
Legislature two years ago the now
famous Gardner Land Bank bill which
passed both houses by particularly
unanimous vote. The Governor signed
it promptly. 1t developed later that
there might be some question as to its
constitutionality. Then it was deter
mined, by petition, to submit a con-
stitutional amendment to the people
to be voted on at the November cleo
ton curing this defect.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
en- the benefit Of a big reduction over

en- the benefit of big reduction over
current rates.
Nearly sixty bills were presented at
the present session of Congress, call
ing for one-cent letter postage.
Scores of representatives and senator's
have been closely studying the matter
and have become united in convic-
ton that the time is ripe for one-cent
postage, reform sought for many
years, but only recently brought to
the attention of Congress through the
persistent campaign on the part Of
the National One Cent Letter Postage
Association.
At the present time letter users of
the United States net profit to the
government of over $75, 100000 a year
over actual cost OF distribution. At
the same time large magazine inter-
ests are securing distribution Of their
product at one cent pound, which
means great loss to the government,
and to make up this loss users OF let
ter postage are paying a profit OF 100
per cent.
It is to correct this great injustice
that the postmaster general and his
hundreds Of assistants throughout the
country are now employed. From all
indications one-cent letter postage
promises to be one of the most impor-
tant issues at this winters session OF
| Congress-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01

This bill provides for the establish
ment of State Land Bank through
which the farmers may borrow money
at low rate of interest and for per-
iods of from five to twenty-five years.
This will put the money sharke who
have preyed on the farmers for years,
extorting from them not only usury
interest, but burdensome commissions
out Of business.
But in order to guarantee to farm
ers this relief, the land bank constitu-
tional amendment must be adopted by
the votes of the people and the respon-
sibility of putting the law into effect
must be placed into the hands of its
author and farmers friend, Colonel
Gardner, as Governor of the State.
1t is important, therefore, that the
farmers especially give heed to two
important propositions:
First, the adoption of the land bank
amendment to the constitution.
Second, the election of the Demo-
cratic ticket headed by Colonel Gard
ner.
And then the farmers will get re-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
Postal Efficiency

Efficiency in the post Office depart
ment with proper REIMBURSEMENT of
rates will permit the government to
inaugurate one-cent letter rate with
in the next year, according to Post
master General Albert S. Burleson.
This emphatic statement made by
the postmaster general before the Ma
tional Association of Postmasters of
the United States at their July, 1916,
convention, indicates that this impor-
tant reform is much nearer realiza-
ton than most people believe and that
next winter will see radical steps TAX
en- toward this end.
In addressing the postmasters, GEN
eral Burleson declared that they are
giving the best postal service in the
world today, and that is what the
American farmer and business man
are entitled to, for they pay for it. He
advised the postmasters to spare no
expense that means greater efficiency.
"But that does not mean extrava-
gance," said Mr.. Burleson. Where is
an official who will tell me that en-
ployes useless to the service should
not be Topped off / do not want to
be hard on postal employees. | believe
the government should require only a
certain number of hours work, and
that under sanitary and comfortable
conditions, at a salary not only ade-
quate, but generous. 1t is my pur-
pose and your duty to see that all en-
ployes perform an adequate service
| for the money expended.
Every dollar intelligently saved
can be utilized for the improvement,
development and extension of service
resulting in a reduction in postage fol-
those served.
"Plans are being worked out for the
solution of railway mail service prob
lens. They are being solved in way
that will enable the United States te
! pay the railroads adequate compensa.
tion for service rendered, and pay on.
1 ly for service received. With this re
suit, if next year we can make those
using the second class mail service
pay one-half part of what they
4 should, we can go before Congress ant
take the first step toward penny post
age!
"The fact that this year we hav,
surplus of between $4,000,000 ant
/ $5,000,000 demonstrates that at las
the postal service is on strong bus
mess and self-supporting basis. If W
! can keep down useless extravaganza
we can soon inaugurate one-cent post
age in this country
} This frank statement from the post
, master general substantiates declara
: tions which have been made during tn
past year or two by officials Of tn
! National One Cent Letter Postag
! Association, which has its headquar
' ters at Cleveland. chat with economi
: cal operation of the department and
a reasonable adjustment of postal rate.
h one-cent letter postage could be ii
: augurated without injury to the fec
+ eral government, and letter users civ
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
HOW DO THE FARMERS
LIKE THIS CRITICISM?
The State Republican Platform De-
nounces the Gardner Farmers
Loan Act
Loan Act

publicans and one from Progressive,
]. H. Summerville, representing Mcr-
Ger county, who received 1888 votes
when elected, and as these voters
were formerly Republicans this num-
Der ought to be added to the Repub-
licans whose wishes were not consid-
cred last Tuesday by the Republican
Platform Committee.
The Gardner Land Bank Act was
taken up for final passage by the
Senate on March 10, n Senators,
four Of whom, Elder, Warner, Wiget,
representing St. Louis City, and A.
Z. L. Gardiner of st. Louis county,
are Republicans voting for the meas
ure. The was not negative vote
from either Republican or DEM
ocratic Senator. Seven Republican
Senator's were absent on leave, four
of whom We're Republicans. Every
Republican Senator who was present
when the bill passed voted for it.
The Gardner Land Bank Act orig
mated in the House OH Feb. 8, 1915,
and after it was read for the first
time 500 copies were printed so that
all Democratic and Republican rep
resentatives and others interested
would have enough copies to carefully
study the measure. On February II
the measure was reported out with
two amendments, one of which stated
that "This act shall take effect and be-
come operative as State law, De-
cember /, 1916, at which time it shall
be in full force and effect" The sec
ond amendment was merely techni-
cal one, it correcting some existing
clerical defects. The recommendation
of the Committee on Agriculture to
the House was that the bill edo pass,
which was accepted by the House
without opposition, not a Republican
present pronouncing it "crude and in
effective" From then on it was re-
! garded in the House and finally in the
4 Senate, by both Democrats and Re-
publicans, as a non-partisan measure
and both bodies rushed it to its final
passage.
The discovery that the measure was
"crude and ineffective" was only made
by certain Republican leaders year
and half after it's passage when it
became apparent that the popularity
of this measure would cause thou
sands of Republicans to forsake Lamm
and other Republican nominees and
vote for Colonel F. D. Gardner and
the balance of the Democratic ticket.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
PURE MILK FOR GOOD HEALTH

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Pure, clean, sanitary milk IS neces-
sary for babies and very important IN
the health Of children and grown-ups,
During this summer season when
there is especial danger from typhoid
infantile paralysis, o. osner diseases
which may be transmitted through the
milk supply, it is especially important
to patronize only those whose prem
ises are carefully kept IN accordance
with the best methods prescribed by
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01

jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. 27.-The
refusal OF the Republican Committee
on Resolutions and Platform during
the recent convention Of that party at
Jefferson City to indorse the Gardner
Land Bank Act and the constitutions
al amendment which financessthis far
reaching and philanthropic State in
stitution, refutes, to their surprise,
the work and convictions Of 45 Re-
publican representatives., members of
the Forty Eighth General Assembly,
who supported the measure and who,
through the votes they received, at
the 1914 election representing and ex-
pressed the wishes of 10000 Repub-
licans, today stated A. I. Edmonston,
Secretary of the Gardner Land Bank
State Committee.
That the Republican Resolution and
Platform Committee in denouncing
the Gardner Land Bank Act as
"crude and ineffective" was not in har-
mony with the opinion of 69.2 per
cent of the Republican House mem
bers of the last Legislature is clear
ly demonstrated by that out of GA
Republican representatives compos-
ing that body as pronounced this
measure the very thing their 102,039
Republican constituents needed by
voting for it. Only IA Republicans,
representing about $4,000 Republican
voters, voted in the House against the
measure in it's final passage, with six
Republicans recorded as absent.
These facts therefore make it very
certain that the few stand-pat Re-
publicans who were on the Platform
Committee last Tuesday and those
who were left as delegates to the
convention after the Lamm-Howe-
Stifel bolt, far from represented the
wishes of the majority of the Repub-
lican party, and if the cue to oppose
the Gardner Land Bank Act was TAX
en- from TIE view held by the IA rep
resentatives who opposed this meas
! ure in the House in 1915, a year and
| half ago, the "crude and Ineffective
denouncing plank only constitutes the
wishes of 10000 Missouri Repubh-
cans who were represented through
| IA out of the 65 Republican represent.
atives in the Forty Eighth Genera
Assembly
The Gardner Land Bank Act, wher
taken up for the final passage in the
House, March II, 1915, received IL
favorable votes, 68 coming from Dem
ocratic representatives, as from Re
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
He Has Spilled
The Beans

New York, Aug. 22.-Both in its
news columns and editorially the Phll-
adelphia North American, the lead
ing Progressive newspaper in the
East, a recognized Roosevelt organ
and, UP to the present, supporter
Of Mr.. Hughes, in yesterdays issues
makes the unqualified statement that
the Republican candidate is facing "a
nationwide Progressive revolt" Its
special dispatch from San Francisco
declares that Chester Rowell, Pro-
gressive leader and member of the
Republican National Campaign Com
mittee, has denounced the Republican
candidate for abandoning the Pro-
gressives of California to the old
guard wolves"
The North American, commenting
on Rowell's denunciation, says: 1T
points to an impending Progressive
war on the candidate which may cas-
.ly react on the situation in every
State in the Union, especially In the
doubtful States"
The article emphasizes the declara-
ton Of Hughes in his San Francisco
speech that he came to California as
spokesman of the national Republican
party"
Silence Wiser Course.
"Mr. Hughes might better have said
nothing at ALL" continues the dispatch,
(which would have been the wiser
course than thus to ignors the plans
of the Progressives.
"He has spilled the beans"
The editorial in the North Ameri-
can upon the Progressive situation is
headed "The Votes That Will Decide
1t says in part:
"Mr. Hughes letter Of acceptance
left much to be desired. AS to the
present speech-making campaign, not
even his most ardent admirers will
assert that up to this time he has
convinced the waiting public that he
possesses exceptional strength.
After reviewing the outlook, the
editorial adds significantly: "0nt
condition, however is definite and OBJ
vious--the Progressive strength has
not swung entirely over to hughes
despite the confident predictions thai
Col. Roosevelt's wfole-hearted in
dorsement would have that result
Neither has the decision Of the Pro
gressives to abandon the party organ
ization for this year produced that ef
| feet"
Continuing, the editorial says: II
would be absurd to belittle the defec
ton of such men as John M. Parke
of Louisiana, Judge Lindsey of Colo
RADIO, Francis j. Heney Of California
4 Matthew Hale of Massachusetts, Ed
win N. Lee of Indiana, ]. A. H. Hop
| kins Of New Jersey, Judge Nortoni 0
Missouri, cambridge Colby of NeN
York and Henry NJ Wallace"
Wilson Holds Approval
The editorial points out that tn
Progressive vote which will go t
Wilson will not represent merely OF
i position to Hughes.
ssThere are large number Of Pre-
gressives," it says, "who strongly be
lieve in President Wilson. We kno'
i this by experience through the pr
tests which have reached as frol
readers who are virtually always j
accord with US but who do not 70
How US in condemning the record (
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is blood or constitutional disease
and in order to cure 1t you must tale in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. 1t
was prescribed by one of the best ply
siciaas in this country for years and is
a regular prescription. 1t is composed Of
the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers. acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina-
ton of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
catarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
T.. J. CHENEY & co, PROPS, Toledo, @.
Sold by Druggists price T5s.
Take Halls Family Pills fer constipation,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01

To reach Pennington you can use
either one Of the following routes:
Via st. LOUSY
Iron Mountain-Leave st. Louis at
1850 or 9:05 a. M, arriving at Farm
ington over Electric Railway from De-
Lassus at 1901 p. m.
M. r. g. B. T.-Leave st. Louis at
1850 a. M, 3:15 and 5:31 p. M, ar
irving at Pennington over Electric
Railway from Flat River at 1901 a.
M, and 6:46 and 1926 p. m.
From the South
Iron Mountain via Bismarck ana
DeLassus-Arrive at Pennington ov-
er Electric Railway at 12:42 p. m.
Belmont Branch of Iron Mountain
Arrive at Pennington over Elec-
tric railway from DeLassus at 2:1O
p. m.
Cane Cirardeau Northern-Arrive
at Pennington at $40 p. m. from
Cane Girardeau and intermediate
points. Going south the train leaves
Pennington at 700 d, m. Both
trains make connections with Frisco
trains at Perryville Junction.
To Reach st. Louis
You can go over either of the roads
at the following hours:
M. R. & B. leave Pennington
over Electric Railway to Flat River
at 4:23 and 500 a. M, and lob p. M,
arriving in st. Louis at 1886 and II 80
a. m. and 6:10 p. m. Fare from Farm
ington, $1.66. Round trip, 1922.
Iron Mountain =Leave Pennington
over Electric Railway to DeLassus at
1888 D. M, arriving in st. Louis at
6:1O D. m. Fare for one way from
Pennington, $3.50; round trip, $3.50.
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY RY. co.
r;. rohto ldondausadY
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01

lief they have been earnestly seeking
for years.
If the Republican farmers listen to
Republican Headers" and "fixers",
whose only concern is Federal and
State patronage, then they will vote
for Lamm, and in the event of his
election, continue to pay big interest
and bigger commissions for their
loans.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
he Wilson administrations

the Wilson administration"
Referring to President Wilson, the
editorial continues: Wherever one
dips into the Progressive vote 9
strong Wilson sentiment is found.
Another ominous fact is that Mr..
Wilson is able to do things, while Mr..
Hughes can only criticise and prom
ise"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-09-01
TRAVELLERS GUIDE

To reach Pennington you can use
either one Of the following routes:
Via st. LOUSY
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05
HOUSEHOLD CARES
Tax the Women of Monroe Same a.
Elsewhere.

Hard to attend to household duties
With a constantly aching back.
A woman should not have bad
back,
And she seldom would IL the kid
neys were we'll.
Doan's Kidney Pills are endorsed
by thousands.
Have been used In kidney trouble
over SO years.
Read what this Monroe woman
says:
Mrs. S. ]. Hargett, 800 E. Jefferson
Ave. Monroe, says: II was so bad
off with my kidneys that | couldn't do
my homework. My back panied me
so severely l could hardly straighten
after STOPPING on account Of the pains
in my back. My kidneys were inact-
i've and / had Inflammation OF the
bladder. The kidney secretions were
unnatural. l was wreck. Hearing
so many people praise Doan's Kidney
Pills. got a supply from the English
Drug Co. and began taking them.
The first box helped and three boxes
made a cure. Ny back and kidneys
have not caused me any trouble
since"
Price sec. at all dealers Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy--get
Doan's Kidney oil.s--the SINE that
cured Mrs. Hargett. Foster kilburn
Co., Props. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05
A Great Forward Step.
State Journal.

State Journal.
BY far one of the most important
things to happen on the eventful day
of election was the adoption of the
constitutional amendments in this
State. This writer takes pardon
able pride and pleasure in their
adoption, because the principal one.
that which prohibits the legislature
from granting corporate power by
special act, is the same which he drew
and caused to be introduced in the
! legislature of 1905. This was the
first step in this State to relieve the
lawmakers Of their burden of local
and special bills. So little impor-
lance was attached to the subject
then that the bill to amend the con-
stitution was introduced by re-
quest" whic hmeans that the intro
ducer did not assume responsibility
for ii.
In this connection II is interesting
to not the inertia which has to be
overcome in securing a reform purely
for the public good. Here is a pro-
position to which there has never
been any serious opposition, and yet
so great has been the indifference
of public officials and the public that
IL has taken twelve years of persist
ent effort to secure its acceptance.
The adoption of these amendments
marks the beginning OF a forward
movement which is of the very first
importance. II good government Is
to survive, the lawmakers must be
relieved of petty details and allowed
! the opportunity to consider intelll-
gently great public questions. II
these amendments do not afford ade-
quate relief, then other amendments
must be had to relieve them of 9TH
er duties.
To meet the needs of modern civil
lization. with its mighty progress In
the industrial arts and sciences, there
must be set apart body OF men who
can and will study and apply the
science OF government. Men have
already, in large measures, lost con
firence in our legislatures and In
! congress, and are seeking otheI
means of putting their will into law
This confidence must be restored by
disentangling the lawmakers and
giving them time and opportunity to
command respect and confidence
There is no other way to secure the
benefits OF representative govern
ment, which Is the only way for
great bodies OF people to properly
govern themselves.
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05
Expenses Incident 10 War Big.

Figures issued by the ministry OF
finance show that the first two years
OF the war cost the Dutch treasury
s17s.400.000. The total expense. in
GLIDING the cost of keeping the army
OF more than $4,000 men on war
footing. has amounted to about S.
100000 a month. II is estimated
that II the mobilized army is kept
up to the present strength and II the
other expenditures remain the same
measures which the government pro-
poses to take in order to keep the
price of food materials within bounds
will bring the total monthly expen-
ditures up TO SlO.000.000.
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05
Thomas T.. Watson Acquitted by
Jury.

Augusta (Ga.) Dispatch, Dec. l.
Thomas +. Watson, author and
editor, was acquitted here today by
jury in the Federal Court of the
charge of sending obscene matter
through the mail.
Watson's trial began here last Mon
day and the case was given to the
jury early last night. The verdict
was rendered sixteen hours later. IL
was received without demonstration
by friends of the defendant. Watson
shook hands with the jurors. and one
of them, ]. II. Roger, of Grovetown,
embraced him.
Watson was charged in an indict-
ment containing four counts with
having violated the Federal penal
code in sending obscene matter
through the mails in publications OF
which he is editor. He was acquitted
on all four counts. A year ago his
trial on the same charges resulted
in the jury disagreeing.
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05

Dario Resta. an Italian. won the
Vanderbilt cup and s13.500 in money
at the international prize automobile
races held recently in Santa Monica.
Calf. For nearly 500 miles Resta
maintained an average speed of s6.ss
miles an hour. breaking the worlds
speed record established by Ralph
Palma two years ago. In another
race Lewis Jackson. a Los Angeles
driver. lost control Of his car and
crashed into row Of palf trees that
lined the course. killing himself and
two spectators.
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05
Woman Suffrage Gain.

A resolution recently passed in
the Dutch Parliament provides for the
amendment of the constitution so
that there will be universal manhood
suffrage and no plural votes or COM
pulsory voting. The resolution also
removes the sex disability of women
but the actual granting of suffrage
to women is still some distance away
as II depends on the passing of an
electoral bill which is considered un-
likely at present.
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05
wireless Concert Interrupted.

While 500 persons sat in . New
York hotel the other day listening al
wireless telephone receivers to :
band concert played miles away. the
sounds OF a telegraph instrument
broke suddenly on their ears. follow
ed By the ordinations. Il hear
music, Where is that music coming
from, What is the matter with the
navy department. Has il gone
crazy" The official in charge Of the
entertainment explained that the
voice had come from an operator on
a ship somewhere at sea who had ac-
|eidentaly come into touch with the
sound wave coming to their own in
struments.
The Monroe journal., 1916-12-05
Willy Counterfeiter Caught.

II. X. Wilkin. formerly of Hoboken
N. j.. who is believed to be respon-
sible for many spurious bills that
have been afioat during the past few
years. was recently arrested in Los
Angeles by government secrect ser
vice men. Upon raiding his place
plates for stamping counterfeit bills
and a small paper mill capable Of
making a grade of paper closely re.
sembling that used by the treasury
department were found.