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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
minions of the law?

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When there was one interest rate
for the poor man and another for the
rich man?
When the banks were unsuper-
vised and no depositor's money was
secure from big thieves?
When railroads gave rebates and
flagrantly Disseminated against COM
petition?
| When the small producer was the
easy victim of the more powerful?
Why go on?
Those were Republican days. The
party was then strongly entrenched,
and naturally 1t went too far in its
exactions. Such times could not last.
The people muttered, then protest
ed, then aroused themselves, and
poor deluded Republican leaders
found too late that they had perhaps
gone too far.
Progress? What laws have they as
party ever passed to better those
old conditions, to give confidence to a
country long stricken?
In the party were many good men.
These revolted. They began leaving
the party. They grew in strength;
and in 1908 made their first decided
step forward. They still hoped, how
ever, to accomplish reform and Sc
cure relief-which is progressivenes
within the party.
They elected a President upon a
semi-progressive platform.
1t was in vain, however. In the
old hulk there was nothing progress
sive. 1t would not succumb. 1t went
to smash. There is such thing
somewhere as the "demnition bow
vows" The old party, which had
never learned anything, not even the
art of self-protection, hit those afore-
mentioned bow-wows and was
knocked silly. Less than four mil
lion voters of once proud army fol-
lowed them to their Gehenna.
Since then there has been prog
ress, genuine remedial and construc-
tive progress and world of it. The
party in power has wiped out bad
laws and created new ones that have
made the people prosperous and
therefore happy.
1t has been progress that has taken
firm hold and cannot be torn away.
But the old party, ever the enemy
of progress, is still struggling to re-
turn to power. Selfish, conscience
less, bold, it is once more trying to
deceive the people into again intrust-
ing the government to its hands.
Not changed one whit, no better,
the same old leaders in charge, with
promises that sound to the ear but
are breakable as glass, they are now
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
as the party of high moral ideas.

as the party OF high moral ideas.
He would be a bold controversial
list who would attempt to prove ou'
Mr.. Hughes declaration.
A party of progress! Surely there's
nothing in its history since the Lin
colnian days to justify the claim.
1t has ever since been the party Of
reaction, of retrogression.
Remember?
When public lands were abundant
until they had been distributed by
orporation-owned congresses to the
railroad systems they represented?
Those good old days when bunch
of corporation directors would get to-
gether and water their sweet stocks
up to abnormal proportions and de-
mand freight and passenger tariffs to
an extent necessary to make even the
water precious?
Or else unload their next day upon
uupeu pubic!
When it was not illegal to wreck
railroads and buy them in far below
their real value?
When the corporations owned their
/ judges and prosecuting attorneys?
When they named boards of alder
men for cities and legislatures for
states?
When they elected their own law
yers to the Senate of the United
States to secure for themselves such
laws or repeats as they needed in
their operations?
When governors were made in Sc
cret conferences by corrupt bosses
and forced upon states?
When subsidies were granted by
legislatures with a lavishness that
only few understood and these
could not prevent?
When regulation Of railroads was
defeated every time any attempt was
made to enact it into statutes?
When the lobby ran riot in every
capitol and county seat in the land?
Glorious old Republican days!
When every contract of importance
was the basis Of graft and the result
of corrupt methods?
When panics were easily made and
only the innocent lost?
When mortgage writer's were up to
their necks in employment every day
in the year?
Remember?
When in every community there
was a machine and big overload in
every state to control them?
When trade restraint was easy?
When the barons of business wrote
their own tariff schedules?
When the rich escaped taxation
and corporations were immune from
interference of every kind from the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
WHY I AM FOR WOODROW
WILSON

attended the three conventions in
Chicago and st. Louis, also some
meetings of their acceptance and
have read carefully the important
documents and speeches of the cam
paign. After careful consideration,
have Joined the Wilson Independent
League. I thoroughly believe that
the best interest of the country re-
quires Mr.. Wilson's reelection.
My chief reasons for voting for
President Wilson follow:
/. The so-called issues of "Ameri-
canism," preparedness, the Lusitania
incident, the Mexican situation, and
all others that have grown out of for
eign affairs, appear to me to be mere
ly "red behring's across the trail" in
tended to put the public off the scent.
1 have little doubt that, by diverting
attention from themselves to these
trumped up issues, the Republican
"old guard" hope to put over" on
the public another "Payne-Aldrich"
tariff. They expect to work the war
and Mexico for all they are worth to
both hide and guide their own private
interests after the election.
2. Moreover, quite irrespective of
the moral issue in protection" it
seems to me bad national policy to
keep the tariff longer in politics. The
election of Mr.. Hughes would surely
do this. That of Mr.. Wilson would
at least go far toward dropping the
tariff out of politics and toward TAX
ing politics out of the tariff. 1t Is
worth noting that If such result can
be accomplished through tariff
commission appointed by protection
lists.
3. l believe, at heart, Mr.. Wilson's
Mexican policy is sounder than that
which Mr.. Hughes seems to endorse.
Few of the American people realize,
as Mr.. Wilson realizes, that here,
too, is case (and far worse one
than American protection) of special
interests capturing government in
their own behalf.
4. So far as our relation to Euro
pean affairs is concerned, 1 do not
think that we shall become more eff
ficient by swapping horses while we
are crossing a stream. A change may
plunge us into war and it would GER
tainly, in the four months between
election and Inauguration, paralyze
our foreign policy completely. From
November to March may be the most
critical months of the war. If Mr..
Hughes is elected neither we nor for
eign ntaions will know, during that
interim, exactly where we stand.
8. There is another great danger
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
Cool the cream Immediately after

Cool the cream Immediately after
separating and do not mix the warm
cream with the cold cream. This will
cause quick souring every time. The
best way is to cool each milking by
itself and then pour It into a large
cooling can.
"A good method of cooling where
ice is unobtainable, is to place the
cans in running water. Many devices
have been put on the market for this
very purpose, but the average farmer
has enough inventive genius to rig
up his own cooling tank.
"The cream should be stirred at
least twice day. This is done be-
cause of the fact that the cream near
the walls of the can will become cold,
while that in the center Of the can
will maintain for long time high
temperature favorable to the growth
Of bacteria. In delivering It is well
to keep the cans wrapped In wet
blankets. This will prevent heat
ing and increased souring en- route"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15
THOSE GOOD OLD DAYs"-AND
THE NEW

The Republican nominee declared
in a speech delivered in Los Angeles
that the Republican party is the par
ty Of progress.
On other days, it's advocates we're
wont from time to time to refer to 1t
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15

claiming to be the pioneers of prog
ress, friends of reform.
Without one virtue to relieve, with
out honesty of intent, without patri-
otism, without character, the Repub-
lican party is struggling this time to
another inglorious disaster, the pub
lie welfare requiring it.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-15

Everybody likes their choice Of location when they build
home buy for investment and there place Liberal where the
money will buy the splendid choice of location which you get
the latest and best addition plated and dedicated the city of Liberal
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22
"A NIzxS okD UeG1nzA EzAMSH00~e

universal. you will hear the baying of the hounds
and the cheering of the mounted hunters they
pursue the crafty fox through fields and woods on
Christmas morning.
The Christmas dinner is more or less a formal
function and it is likely that the family and the
guests will be in place when the blessing Is asked
by the host Even the allurements OF the hunt will
not make the overlook the time-honored Gus
tom of being in place when the stuffed gobbler Is
served
The Country Dance.
In the evening all join In the old-tlme country
dance. The very name suggests quadrlIles, Ian
GERS, two-steps, waltzes and even, perhaps, the
schottish. These delightful recreations, still OBJ
served, come from the mother country" and have
fourished in east Virginia for three centuries.
Nothing is joyous than Christmas dance
on a Virginia plantation, where observance of the
season Is inherited, where the servants are ne
groes the fddlers negroes and thoroughly ia
mIliar with the dear old dance music so fondly re-
membered by those of ante bellum days. Invita-
tons have brought out the countryside, whose
social position deserves the courtesy. The great
house" Is decorated with all the evergreens Of the
season Bright fires burning and the servants
are on hand to wait the wife foxes"
The night is a starry one. and a rhine Of frost
has settled over the landscape Outside there is
rumble of vehicles over the slightly frozen road
leading to the house buggies, carriages perhaps a
four-mule wagon, with it's gay crowd Of young
ing In a rapid trot. There may be two
tOmObiles.
The big front door is thrown open, blaze Of
genial light welcomes the Incoming guests, who
shake hands with the host and hostess standing
within the portals. Upstairs go the "gyrls" to the
ladies room" while the gentlemen go to the room
assigned them. All IS hustle and happy prepare
ton for the coming dance.
Nine O'Clock chimes from the timepiece on the
parlor mantel. The lively bevy Of maidens
troopIng down the broBd stairs. What visions Of
loneliness are these hghbred virginia girls and
they charge the very atmosphere with coquetry.
Young gentlemen offer hurried requests for the
dance Then the real revelry begins with the
fddIers call Of Choose I'd pahdnnhs 70 de fus'
quaddriL"
Turkey in the Straw"
There is a graceful sweep Of skirts across the
welI-waxed floor. a clasp u hands the couples
fall In place The scrapinE Of victims 10 the tune
OF Turkey in the Straw and the head fiddler
calls "fohwud TO- one dance follows another
with short intermission until supper Is announced
at Il o'clock Then the musicians play march
for the couples they make their way to the
big dining room.
Around the Heightened mahogany table IL
spread a feast tit for the gods. Cold turkey. tur-
key salad. picked oysters, cold ham, celery
olives beaten biscuit thin waters. fruits cake and
black coffee. At 20 dancing Is resumed. There
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22
COULD TAKE 1T ON COMPANY
Ticket Collectors "Nlp" Was Not Com
Ing Out OF FLASK That Belonged
TO Canny Scotsman.

Sir John JelIicoe the latest recipient
Of the greatly coveted British order OF
Merit, told good story recently Of a
train journey he took one bitterly cold
night on a local line in Scotland.
His only fellow traveller In the same
compartment was a Scotsman, and he
md just drawn his flask from his
pocket when the train stopped at a
little country station and the door
opened.
Tickets, please" said the shlvering
collector, with longing look at the
flask.
100, aye" observed the Scotsman
as he fumbled In his pockets. "Wull
ye tnke nipT'
The ticket collector looked up and
down. and as the coast was clear he
remarked that he didn't mind IL he
did.
The traveller handed him the ticket.
'"Take II DOT o. That, then" was all he
said, and he transferred his attention
to the flask.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22
DIDN'T RELY ON GUESSWoRK
Youngster Found Out for himself Just
What Was the Hidden Force In
Teachers Bicycle.

4 certain country school teacher, in
endeavoring 10 explain 10 his class
what compressed mir was, brought his
bicycle into the room and leaned II up
against the wall.
"Now," he remarked, "under the out
er covering of that back wheel there
Is u hidden force What Is III"
"Ipjy rubber" said one smart youth.
"No. Try again"
The boy tried again, as did nearly
every member Of the class, but without
success.
Al length one OF the youngsters, who
had been making u close inspection OF
the machine, turned on the teacher
with beaming face.
81. have H." he exclaimed. "It's wind
Jest wind "
After commencing the youngster,
the teacher asked how he discovered
The hidden force"
"Why," was the astounding reply,
i've just stuck my knife in II to
sect"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22

have been qulp and jest around the hospitnble
board. Love affairs begun, and harmless jealousy
can be easily discerned, The dancers" Is the next
figure. couple steals of after the set is over.
secluded lounge In the hall offers opportunity for
the sweet nothings," or maybe true love called
forth by the propitious time and place
The negro servants stand around the hall door
and watch with fascinated gaze the many couples
as they go through the dances Happiness fairly
CLEANS their dark faces.
The night is waning already the roosters have
crowed for three o'clock" From until de
brek er day" the dancing keeps up, and when the
first red streak appears on the horizon the viollns
play Home Sweet Home" II seems That the fid-
dlers fairly excel themselves as they draw their
bows for this. the last waltz. The dancers swing
TO the steady rhythm OF the music The music
ceases. The dance is over and one more old-tme
Virginia Christmas gathering Is n memory The host
and hostess speed the parting guests aud pres
emily the great house" is quiet.
The Customs Inherited.
The customs inherited from English ancestors
will never be forgotten in this section Of "Ole
Nirginny" where the plantation "a very
king. where the smaller farmers had their own
peculiar pleasures, and where even the negroes
following the example Of de wife fokes'D have
always made merry In the Yuletide season. fol
lowing the timehonored customs which have
listed 50 long that like the common law, "the mem.
Ory Of man runneth not to the contrary"
Changes have taken place In this favored sec
ton many Of the oldest families have sold their
ancestral homes and moved 10 the cities. The
numerous well-kuown estates have passed into the
hands Of wealthy persons from the North and
West but In spite Of changes, the spirit Of Christ
mas anmates the natives Of all classes and Is
caught by the strangers within the gates" for
the Northern and Western folks that have settled
and made their homes with In nearly every
case enter into the social life Of the communities
In which they reside. and during the holiday sea.
son join hands with the nutiyes--all IN humor for
the week OF frollcking
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22
FISHERMEN SAVED MOOSE.

bun moose was seen lately, pursued 10y n bear
close to the town Of Piuedale In the state Of
wyoming. Two men. fishing ia Fayette lake early
one morning were greatly astoulshed To see him
emerge from the timber at high rate Of speed
ana rush toward the water few seconds later.
however, they were able 10 grasp the reason for
this singular conduct, as a large black bear came
into view at the same spot, but on beholdng the
men he at once took fright and made into the
woods After spashing round In the lake for
some time the moose came out, blew the water
from his nostrils and stood only few yards ava,
iroiH The fishermen, eying them sereney. He wa
Of unusual size aud had mggni6cant set .
horns. He skirted the shore Of the lake nt a lei
ureiy gait for about a mile and then darted inn
the woods.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22
Ask for and Ges $50
SINNERS
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MACARONI
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Amerlea's Rat PopuIatIon.
AaCGT FlAcAaon EacTogy n AlIIRlcA


The board bin for American rats is
about lS2,000,0O0 annually. DIR. Rich
ard Ill. Creel, who has earned big lau-
rels as an expert In figures, estimates
the rate population as equal to the hu-
man population. But unless proper
preventive measures are taken speed
lily, the rats in the country will make
a charge on our resources far in excess
of the present figure. AS rapid breed
ers, rats Eave the guinea pigs far in
the rear. From ten to eighteen rats
arrive in litter. Litters are bImonth-
ly events In rat nests, and the young
rats begin to multiply when they are
from three to six months old. Rats
have become real national menace.
Boston Globe.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22

Anuric cures Backache, Lumbago.
Rheumatism. Send l0c DIR. V. NJ. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, for large trial package
Adv.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22

The setting hen may be peevish. but
the's on.nest
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22

Today is the only time we are sure
Of.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-22

He visitor to an old plantation in tide
water Virginia, at Christmas time will
no doubt be agreeably surprised to find
that many of the old customs survive
and are regularly observed, not only
on the large plantations, but on the
smaller farms, and even in the negro
quarters. SO all get their full measure
of gifts and turkey.
tbo CT of Christ
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-07
COUNTY AGENTS ADVICE
 TO CORN CLUBS
Says Time to Kill Weeds is When
 They Are Small,

The following letter, prepared by W. L. Slate, IT,, of the agronomy depart ment, Connecticut Agricultural college, has been sent out to the corn club members of the county by County Agent F. c. Warner:
 Last month your letter told the why and of cultivating corn. A month has passed and we have had very little weather warm enough to make corn sprout, to say nothing of growing. It is hoped that all the corn plots were planted early and that good stands were secured. If for any reason you do not have a perfect stand, remember that very good care may overcome the lack somewhat.
 You, of course, realize that this wet weather makes the grass and weeds grow as fast or faster than the corn. Take advantage of all the hot days and cultivate or hoe thoroughly. The time to kill weeds Is when they are small. Soon the corn will shade the ground and help to check the weeds and grass.
 The point, then, of our letter is this keep the weeds and grass out of your corn.
 Another suggestion may be made about fertilizing. It sometimes pays to make a second application about the time the corn is ready to ta,ssel or shortly before. If you have any fer tilizer left, scatter it very lightly be- tween the rows and cultivate it in. I speak of this now because the heavy rains have washed much of the soluble plant food out of the soil and the corn needs something to make it grow faster since it is late this year.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-07

Charles w. Pearson of this city has been appointed chief marshal of the auto parade from Norwich and New London to Webster, Mass, next Thursday. The appointment was made
 by Joseph T. Cruttenden. president of the Eastern Connecticut Development
 committee. The occasion of the pa
 rade is the Connecticut Pow Wow to
 be held at Lake Chargoggagoggma
 chaugagogghau For
 merly this was the annual outing Of
 the Eastern Connecticut Development
 Committee, but this year it includes
 no less a body than the Connecticut
 Chamber of Commerce, both merging
 as one. Not only this but the state
 has departed from it's custom and al- lowed it's neighbors from Massachu- setts to be among those present. The occasion will be one splendid time
 with the emphasis placed on pow-wow.
 On Thursday the local committee
 sent out a letter to the Norwich mem
 bers in regard to the outing. The let
 ter reads in part as follows:
 The summer outing of all the Cham bers of Commerce of Connecticut, to be held at Lake ChargoggagOggm chauga chaubunagungamaug just north of Putnam, Thursday, July 18th, in point of preparedness and attend anCe, promises to outShine all our pre- viOus efforts. The Norwich Chamber of Commerce representing the largest city in east ern Connecticut, is proud, and justly so, of her large and growing member ship, approximately 110 of whom own automobiles. Fully two thirds of the above have signified their inten- tiOn to take in this outing, and many others at the last moment will decide to go.
 The letter is signed by all the mem bers of the local committee which comprises H. R. Branche c. J. Is- ! blister, J. F. Vaughn, w. A. SOmers, l. M. CrandaH, c. W. Pearson, Frank II Smith, P. L. Root, Charles A. Hagberg and William H. Cruickshank.
 The warriors along the Nipmuck trail and braves from all QuOnehti- cut tribes, will unite in the pOw-wOW and peace council when the COnnecti- cut Chamber of Commerce and the Eastern Connecticut Development Committee unite for their summer outings as guests of the Putnam and the Webster-DUdley Chambers ot Commerce. The SOuthbridge board of trade has also accepted an invitation and the net result will be one of the
 largest gatherings of business men ever held in that section.
 Clam chOwder, steamed clans, sea bass, lObsterss spring chicken, water melon, and all the fiXings will be served with good crockery and silver on linen table cloths, with linen nap
 kins, under tentsi making the best
 kind of a New England clam bake,
 without the dirt and discomfort that
 700 often accompanies it. Except for
 short meetings of the directors, there will be no speeches, but only amuse- ments. The crowd will find a large
 beat making hourly trips around the seven mile lake, and there will be no charge for this nor for bathing privi- leges and other features.
 All local chambers have received copies of a folder, illustrated with the
 full name of the lake, and a cut that is nearly as long as the name. A his tory of the locality is included telling
 Of the boundary fishing place and neu-
 traI meeting ground on the shores of