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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-02
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RINGING SPEECH
Launches Campaign In Mime
sofa for Hughes. :
SCORES DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Senior North Star Senator Flays
President Wilson and Adminis-
tration Policy.

The campaign for Republican con.
troll of the North Star state and the
placing of Minnesota in the Hughes
column might be said to have been
officially launched Saturday when
United States Senator Knute Nelson
delivered the keynote of the cam.
paign at Sundberg, in Kandiyohi
county. With more than one-half Of
the voters of the county and nearby
towns as an audience and a special
train from the Twin Cities carrying
hundreds of boosters Senator Nelson
delivered himself of the following:
Owing to discussions in the ranks
OF the Republican party, and to the
fact that it had two candidates in the
field, Woodrow Wilson was, in the
fall of 1912, elected president of the
United States by minority, though
4 plurality, of those who voted at
that election. The fact that he was
chosen by a minority ought to have
made him less partisan and more con.
siderate of the welfare of the Ameri-
can people. He ought to have been
less eager to int1ict his ultra-Demo-
cratic propaganda upon the Ameri.
can people, for he held an elective
mandate only from a minority. He
had no right to assume that a ma
1ority of the people we're in favor of
him because he was a Democrat, or
that they were in favor of radical,
socialistic, and ultra-economic schemes
Of Democratic legislation.
Seeks to Dominate Congress.
No president, since the days OF
Jackson, has so sought to dominate
congress and to surrogate it to his
will and to dictate the legislative
policy of the country as President
Wilson. To accomplish this purpose
and for the sake of notoriety, he
began. at the outset of his admins
tration. to adopt the custom of deliv-
ering in person, orally, his messages
to the two houses of congress in
joint session. BY such an oral mes
sage he inaugurated his tariff legisla-
ton, and by such an oral message
his last-he urged and induced con-
gress to pass the law giving certain
classes of railroad men-the best paid
men in the railroad service-the same
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scheme of constructive legislation.
What are the facts in the case? Four
orders of railway trainmen had by
vote, of which we have no reliable
data, determined upon a strike to hold
up the railway freight traffic of the
entire country If their demands were
not complied with prior to Sept. 4,
this year. These demands were
chiefly Of two-fold character:
First. The trainmen insisted upon
the same pay for an eight hour DAYS
work as they were receiving for a
ten hour days work. This involved
fiat increase in their wages ~
twenty-five per cent
Second. The trainmen insisted upon
time and half pay for all overtime.
There was nothing in their demands,
as some suppose, for shortening the
workday. 1t was nothing more or less
than a bald demand for a great in.
crease In their wages And be- II
noted In this connection that. aside
from a few of the higher officials no
men employed in the railway service
receive such good and liberal wages
as these particular trainmen. Thet,
wages, compared with the depot agents,
the train dispatchers, the telegraph
operators, the switchmen. the flag.
men, and the army of section or track
men, all OF whom constitute upwards
OF four-hfths Of all railway employees,
seem high and very liberal This nm.
represented army of railway employees
had far greater grounds for demand.
ing - increase N WAGES.
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tAS 40oAWA0 ~" "oD -
tended for another year and . re.
duction Of tho tax on the emergency
currency was also made.
No Change In Tax Rate.
The act Of Aug. 1, 1914, made no
change In the tax rate. but removed
some other restrictions which were
not germane after the passage Of the
federal reserve law. The war in En-
rope. which was impending in July
and broke out In the early days Of
August, 1914, threatened our country
with another monetary panic. The
great belligerent countries of Europe
proceeded to dump upon our market
well nigh by the Wholesale, a large
portion Of the great mass of Ameri'
can securities held abroad, and this
dumping led to the outflow of gold
in great volume, and to a money
stringency. Our great sheet anchor
in this emergency, and which served
to stay the panic, was not the federal
reserve system, but the qAldrtch-Vree.
land law and the currency, issued
under It. Although the Htaxg on this
currency had been sreduced and re-
strictions, rendered obsolete; by the
federal reserve act, removed, yet
fundamentally, and in its essence, It
Wa the structure ofltthe ,Aldrich-
Vresland act that gave US the needed
lFelisf; under the circumstances the
emergency currency would have
been taken % readily under the
original law, for the tax nasrsly. 70
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eOucatlon ana naQ utterly tailed to
give them a decent government. Such
a government as they had was not a
government of law, but government
of the army and of the monks. We
found these poor people in a most
wretched and deplorable condition,
utterly inexperienced In self-govern-
ment, or In any form Of government
regulated by law. It would have been
still more cruel, In their then con-
dillon, to have cast them adrift to
shift for themselves. That would have
led to chaos and destruction, or to
their seizure by some foreign power
that might TAIL to treat them any bet
ter than Spain had. There was only
one manly, honest thing for US to do.
That was to do what we did do, give
them helping hand, establish a good
government for them, provide for
their education, give them title to
the lands they occupied, and provide
for the development Of the resources
of the country. All this, and more,
was wrought and accomplished under
the auspices Of the Republican party.
We have sent, from first to last, over
twelve hundred American school
teachers to those islands who have
established system of schools in
which the English language is taught.
What great advantage it must be
to them to have q single language,
common to all, instead of the many
and peculiar dialects they have among
them. We have developed them in
self-Sovernment and given them az
full and fair degree Of self-govern-
I - - NJ are. 4 their present
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SAOs
could and could not do under the
antitrust law Of 1890, and they Wig.
orously, through the public press aEd
otherwise, clamorsd for relief At
tempts had been made during the
last administration of President
Roosevelt to pass a law to relieve
them against what they conceived to
be the harshness of the enforce
ment of the antitrust law. This
attempt failed, but they renewed their
efforts, and the general impression
among the public is that the trade
commission act was passed as par
tial antidote against the harshess
of the antitrust law. We know this,
that since the trade commission act
was passed there have been no new
prosecutions under the antitrust law
and the old cases which were pend
ing have moved along at a very
gentle gait Where a great corpora
ton has, in one way or another.
absorbed all its competitors so it has
all the field to itself, it is difficult to
see what the trade commission can
do to prevent unfair competition where
all competition has ceased. It is true
that the trade commission law does
not repeal the antitrust law, but the
effect of the commission law is that
big interests expect to go through it's
hopper before they are pushed into
the hopper Of the antitrust law. The
best definition have heard of the
trade commission Inv was that ex-
pressed to me by . representative Of
one of the great iutsrssts. who said
IT could ct least b regaslod @ .
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IN duties, 1t became necessary for the
Democratic party to secure additional
revenue for the needs of the gov.
eminent, and this was obtained
through the act entitled AN act to
increase the internal revenue and for
other purposes" approved Oct. %,
1914. Under this law there has been
collected up to the end of the fiscal
year 1916 the sum of $136,347.42S in
taxes, thus supplying to some extent
the deficiency of duties arising from
the Underwood tariff law. The i'm
ports were as great In the fiscal
years 1914 and 1915 as in the fiscal
years 1911 and 1912, yet the duties
collected each of those years were
over one hundred million dollars less,
thus demonstrating that even as q
revenue producer the Underwood law
was not equal to the Payne tariff
law. In view Of these facts It Is,
therefore, idle for Democrats to claim
that it was the war that necessitated
the passage of this additional inter
nal revenue act. It was because the
Underwood law was not 40 good a
revenue producer rs the Payne tariff
act. The Democrats have proved
themselves incompetent to enact even
a tariff for revenue only" law. i
Kept u Out Of War. 4
The claim that President Wilson
has kept US out of war with the
belligerents Of Europe ID most far.
fetched and ludicrous. We ill know
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02

sonal adornment. 1t is worthy of note
that the war has not changed this in
stinct In the slightest. 1 saw thous-
ands Of girls handling heavy shells
in the munition plants; every one Of
them had her hair neatly dressed, and
was otherwise observant OF her per-
sonal appearance as BELTS a French
Woman. During my stay in Paris my
little stenographer wore the same tall
ored suit every day, yet It was always
neatly pressed and her waist was al
ways Immaculate. Her high-heeled
boots were always freshly polished,
and her coiffure beautiful. No, the
French woman has sacrificed none of
her chic in the pursuit Of her high
calling as a war worker.
do you know that the imperial
fleur de lys is no longer the national
flower Of France? 1t has been sup
planted by the beautiful tri-color' of
the fields-the red poppy, the blue
cornfower. and the white daisy.
When I made my unforgottable visit
to the first line trenches the soldiers
plucked these flowers growing on the
edge Of the embankment and present
ed them to me as token Of the af-
fection in which France holds all
those Americans who have given so
freely to mitigate the sufferings in
hospitals. to aid those whose homes
have been destroyed, and to succor
the widows and orphans of those who
gladly died that France and French
civilization might live"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
RAILROAD TAXES GROW.
State Board Assesses S7,48s, ,158 ol
Roads and Canals.

Trenton, Nov. 2.-Railroad and canal
property In New Jersey for 1916 has
been assessed by the state tax boarl
for $349, ,643, ,421, an increase of $4,G95,-
462 over 1915.
The total tax the railroads will have
to pay is $7,4Ss, 1880, an increase of
S270, ,230.32. OF this amount $685.
0S0.58 will be devoted to state uses
an $2,200,07S.11 for local uses. This
latter item will be decreased $5,050.45
from 1915.
The Pennsylvania system in New
Jersey is valued at $109, 400, ,2S7. 1t
will pay a tax of $2,32s, ,566.36. an in
crease of $50, ,413.37. The valuation of
other railroads follows: Central, $780,
928, ,165; Lackawanna, $57, ,591 ,957; Le-
high Valley, $34 ,153, ,4S0; Erie, S2S. 1851, :
b52; Philadelphia and Reading. $18,-
675,548; New York Central, $14,5S4
212; New York, Susquehanna and
Western, 81, ,374 $3.50; railroads not class
Tied, $15,273,9 ,931.
The taxes which these roads will pay
follow: Central. t1,401, ,488.81; Lacka
wanna. $1,245.S2 Lehigh Valley
e733, ,311.89; Erie, 1850 e,T19.70; Philadel
phia and Reading, &372,079. .4D; New
York Central, $291 ,b00.07; Nsw York
Susquehanna and Western, @i00, 0,45o. .1ny
railroads not classified, $3.50, Cox. 81.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
BY GEORGE C. HILL

President Wilson is asking the
American people to reflect him for
three funda amental reasons, because,
Il have kept the United States out
OF war; because I have given you
prosperity; because l have given you
An eight-hOur law" Let us examine
the validity of his claims to support.
He has kept US out of the European
war at a time when not even little
Greece would have fought US. Not
he, but the European war, has given
us prosperity. He gave US the Tn
derwood tariff bill and under that
law and before the war gave US pro-
lection, American workmen stood all
the day idle in the market place,
while their wives and little children
cried for bread. Even q real eight
hour law won't furnish Jobs to idle
workmen, and there Is grave ques-
ton as to whether the Adamson bill
is an eight-hour law, even for the
small percentage of railway work
men it affects
kept out of war. On the contrary,
Mr.. Wilson has made war on Hayti
and Santo Domingo. He did make
war on Mexico in order to drive
Huerta out, and Carranza has re-
Gently been making war on US. There
are three hundred graves in Santo
Domingo which testify to the fact
that we have been making war on
that country. and the American occu-
patton is not yet concluded. Hayti
is fairly well pacifed.
William @. Lee. president OF the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
when asked by members of the City
Club of Kansas City on October IA II
the public was not being mislead by
the calling of the Adamson bill an
eight-hour bill, and If the bill was
not really a wage-increase bill, re-
piled:
"Yes, the bill will increase the
wages of railroad workers, call the
bill what you wish" but then he add
ed, in some instances IL will also
make for a shorter work day"
Asked again, Isn't ii true that this
act has been promulgated as an
eight-hour law, when in reality it
merely increases railroad mems pay
and to that extent the public has
| been mislead?" Mr.. Lee replied, at
may be that the public is being mis-
| lead but it is almost impossible ia
correct anV such instrumentation "
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
WINS PRIZE FOR
/ HIS CORN GROWING
Henry SegeI, of Jamesburg,
Awarded First HonorS for
Having Heaviest Yield.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Jamesburg, Nov. Success mark
ed the first community corn growing
contest held under the auspices OF
the South Middlesex Farmers Asso-
| citation that terminated yesterday on
the farm of John VanAken, at Rhode
Hall, when the seasons crop was in
spected and criticized from every
angle by the men interested in this
product to the number of over fifty.
County Farm Demonstration Irving
Owen, of the Agricultural College al
New Brunswick, weighed the corn
He did not take any further part In
the event as the association under
which the contest was held were in
full charge. Vice President of the
Association Charles VanNuis, mana
ger of the College Farm at New
Brunswick, presided at the meeting
of the agriculturists and introduced
the speaker of the day, Professor A.
C. Grantham, of the Delaware Agrt-
cultural College of Newark, Dela-
ware.
Henry sigel of this place, was
awarded first honors for having the
heaviest yield.
Professor Grantham took the men
from stack to stack and gave a talk
on the good and bad points of the
corn as it lay before them. He ad-
vised the men to choose one variety.
that of the Johnson County White.
and exert all their energy to the per-
fecting of this one particular brand.
This was the third community con-
test that he had attended and he said
that success was sure to crown the
efforts of so enthusiastic body of
men. He told of similar body of
men in Delaware where the corn Is
raised that every contest wherein
they enter is always sure to be their
reward. He predicted great things
for the local association.
Preliminary to the convening of
the contest Mr.. VanNuis gave a brief
outline of the purposes to the South
Middlesex Association. In all twelve
varieties were harvested and this
gave the men a variety of stock from
which to make a selection according
to the soil and climatic conditions.
Twelve separate rows of corn were
planted under the same conditions
and tabs kept on the product. They
were all cut and husked at the same
time. and thus all had a fair chance
in the judging. The award to Mr..
Sigel is not the final one. Another
inspection will be made and the corn
shelled and weighed when weight
will determine the best grade.
Those who had entered in the con-
test were: John VanDyke, Henry
Sigel, George Duncan, Cornelius Pier
son, Edward Johnson. H. C. Brown,
David HI. Kirkpatrick, J. Lester Fer
ris, John Applegate, Clarence Ben
nett, Enoch VanAken.
Enoch VanAken was given vote
of thanks by the members present for
his hospitality in entertaining the
guests present Real old-fashioned
pumpkin pie, like mother used to
make. and cider of the genuine coun-
try kind were served in abundance
and added to the cigars no more gen.
erous host could have been found.
H. Courtney Brown was chairman
of the corn committee who handled
the contest, assisted by a number of
men scattered along this section of
the county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
Issues OF Presidential
Campaign Written For
Democrats And COP.
By GEORGE CREEL


Under President Wilson no class has
been favored and no class disregarded.
II Is America as a whole that he has
seen and served. Honest business has
been aided by the federal reserve act,
the federal trade commission, the
shipping law and the Clayton anti
trust law. The farmer has been aided
by the rural credit act, the good roads
bill that provides S85 900, 600 for high
ways, the agricultural extension bill,
the cotton futures act. the grain
standards act and the warehouse act.
Labor has been aided by the work
mems compensation act, the eight
hour day, the seamen's act, and laws
putting an end to the abuse of the in
junction and Imprisonment without
Jury trial
child labor bill that lifts industry from
the backs OF the little ones
And above all. the people of the
United States have been saved from
the horrors and DISSOLUTION of war by
the courage and statesmanship of
Woodrow Wilson. He has not sent
the youth of America into Mexico to
validate the shady concessions of
Wall street gamblers. He has not
ploughed the country into the Euro
pean war at the command of alien dis
loyalties who put allegiance to q for
elgn flag above allegiance to America
Instead OF a nation in mourning,
sons rotting in foreign graves. or else
doomed to drag through life mangled,
crippled or blinded, we have a nation
at peace, nation at work And it is
a peace with honor. prosperity with
Justice.
A vote against Woodrow Wilson is a
vote for War.
A vote against Woodrow Wilson is a
vote for invisible government and or
ganized greed.
A vote against Woodrow Wilson is
vote of treason and disloyalty.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
many ENJOY THIS
HALL0WE'EN EVENT
Home of Mr.. and Mrs. Stults
PrettiIy Decorated for
the Occasion.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, Nov. 2.-One of the
most enjoyable Halloween social
events in South Amboy was held Tues
day night at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. K. Stults, on David street, where
q large number of young people gath
cred to assist the goblins and witches
in celebrating.
The interior of the home was taste
fully decorated in Halloween colors
with the pumpkins, cornstalks, and an
amiable scarecrow standing promin-
emily among the features of decora-
ton. The guests were all attired in
grotesque costumes of original and
amusing design. Halloween games
helped to while away the evening hour
various holiday pranks causing much
merriment.
An abundance of goodies" served
in true Halloween style, was welcomed
by the young people, for the hostess
had made ample provision for the
"inner- man." When the Halloween
cake was cut Miss Helen Agan receiv-
ed the portion containing the coveted
wedding ring, while Miss Florence
Thompson received the thimble that
forecasts a career as "batchelor girl.
Selections on the piano by III. r. Dix,
Jr., and Victrola numbers entertained
the young people throughout the even-
Ing and 1t was not until the "weesma"
hours of the morning that the guests
departed for their homes.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
r. c. Stephenson, Mr.. and Mrs. r. p.
Mason, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Agan.
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Stults, Mrs.
John Perkins. Rev. ]. e. Shaw, Miss
Mabel Schermerhorn of Burlington;
Myrtle Spaugenburg, Frances Gordon,
Helen Agan, Agnes Agan, Florence
Thompson, Tillie Slower, Hazel Mason,
Gordon James. III. r. Dix, Jr., M. Lee
Etults, Harold Stephenson. William
Turner, Arthur Allen, Britton Hen
Erickson and Glenn Stults.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02

Csunty bridge Garage. 409 Market st.
r. r. Achenberx. 30S sheridan ST
Perth AmbOy Gar. Co.. 765 Madison Av.
VIM. Masnepnst, state y Chauncey sts.
FRnnk Avaehen, x1e Hall AxQ.
rhiflp Levy. 418 Hall a.
WllllaM Hank. 1o1 n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
BROKER TRIES TO DIE.
Funds Too Low to Marry, Cause For
His Act,
Soldier and q Girl
Of AIsace- Lorraine.

West Hoboken. Nov. "A letter left
by Harry o. Goldsmith, broker, In
his room at TIA CORTLAND street, ad-
dressed to widow, Mrs. Hanna Ross.
Of TIA Demott street, disclosed the mo.
tive which prompted him to attempt
suicide by asphyxiation.
1t was learned that Goldsmith and
Mrs. Ross were in love, but rhe bro
ker's financial troubles made 1t impos-
sible for them to marry. Goldsmith
realizing there was no prospect Of be
ing able to marry Mrs. Ross, decided to
end 1t all. He will recover.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
WEN FEEL TIRED. roo

While much is said about tired wom-
en- II must be remembered that men
also pay the penalty of overwork-
When the kidneys are weak, inactive
or sluggish, when one feels tired out
and miserable. lacks energy and ambi-
ton. Foley Kidney Pills are tonic and
strengthening. VIM. II. Clark. Spring
field. Ohio, writes: Il found no relief
from kidney trouble until l discovered
Foley Kidney Pills. Now / am in Al
shape. They act quickly and surely.
Sold everywhere-Ady
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
Summit Firemen ExpeIIed

Summit, Nov. 2.-Andrew McNa ma
ra, son of Patrolman Daniel McNama
ra, and Charles Dukin have been ex-
PEELED from the fire department by the
council They had been found guilty
Of turning In false alarm from the
hook and ladder fouse on Oct. 8.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
BABY HAD wHooPING COUGH

ey and Tar would not be without it.
Mrs. Sam c. Small. Clayton. N NJ,
writes: my grandson had whooping
We used Foley's Honey and Tar and l
believ cit saved his life. He Is now
big and fat" 1t Sc fine thing to have
in the house in case of whooping
doses help, loosen phlegm, heal In
hammation. clear air passages, stop
racking coughs. Sold everywhere.-
Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
Change Poultry Show Date.

Morristown. Nov. 2.-The tenth an
nual show OF the Morristown Poultry
Pigeon and Pet Stock association viii
be held In January. Heretofore tbs
show, which is one Of the largest ia
the state, has been held during Thanks
giving week.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
Best Signals for Avlator,.

French experiments have demon
grated that the best signals to be
idisplayed from the ground to aviators
In flight are Arabic numerals In white
| on black backgrounds
Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-02
Colonel Frederic MoNeeIy Dead.

Trenton. Nov. 2.-Colonel Frederic
8. McNeely, eighty years old, is dead
here from pneuAlonia. Colonel Nc
Nicely was prominent in Democratic
politics 4 quarter ok, q century ago. AT
one time he was deputy state comp
tysfier Of New Jersey and At another
was assistant postmaste NV YOFf