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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25
SOLDIERS APPROVE DEMO-
CRATIC MEASURES.

Publications devoted to the inter.
ests OF men who fought in the Army
and the Navy during the late war are
notifying the Republican Congress
about to convene in regular session
that there can no, longer be any
iers and sailors expect in the way OF
cent convention of the American
Legion, which represents a large
percentage of these men, made their
wishes quite plain.
The Legion, it may be sad, ap-
proved a program that had been an
ticipated by Secretary OF the Interior
ris, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Committee. Each OF
these-one an important member. OF
the Presidents Cabinet and the other
an able legislator-had studied the
mems needs and offered the fruits OF
their Investigations in the form OF
bills. The measures they proposed
would have financed the purchase OF
homes for soldiers and sailors either
in the country or in the city as the
men preferred.
These bills lay for months in
pigeonholes during the special SEES
sion Of Congress. The Republican
pretext for their inertia was that
they wished to hear from the
American Legion. That word has
come and it is an approval OF Demo-
cratic proposals which. out OF pure
portunity to pass. Even if the bills
are enacted in the regular session,
Six or eight months time will have
been lost. That is the penalty the
fighters will have to bear because OF
political chicanery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25
FLOUR PRICES ABOUT TO FALL,
SAYS BARNES.
Wheat Director Promises Decrease
of $3.50 Per Barrel.

A drop of approximately $3.50 {
barrel on pure white flour is promis
ed by the United States Wheat AID
ministratiOn, to become effective
within from three to four weeks il
practically every city in the country
Director Julious H. Barnes, who de-
clared taht there was no prospective
shortage of flour and indicated thai
the report that there would be q
shortage and that flour prices would
go higher was DOGGY being used by
ambitious flour salesman. Accord
ing to the Government wheat direc.
tor flour is being produced in more
than ample quantities at this time
and the market gives promise OF
meeting all demands during the win
ter and spring.
The prices now promised, and to
become effective as soon as distri-
button can be accomplished will
bring the price Of pure, straight
flour" made of the finest wheat
known, with Fights or 24k pound
sacks at double that price. Prices in
the market on straight grades of
flour are 80 cents for the smaller
sack and $3.50 for the larger, show
ing promised reduction Of 20 per
cent to the consumer.
Leaving the flour cost in the
hands of the consumer the Govern
ment director of wheat said this
puts the solution of one phase Of
the cost of living up to the consumer
by making it possible for the pur-
chaser of flour to decide himself
Whe Their he will continue to pay
fancy prices for special brands, or
buy at lower price pure, straight
flour made from the finest wheat"
Referring to the threat of higher
prices Director Barnes said: THE
facts are the stocks of flour are
very large and production very large.
the wheat director has
determined to place in the hands of
the retail trade, in the large cities
particularly, a supply of flour from
the immense stOcHs of the Govern
ment grain corporation at nominal
prices
The new prices are looked for
ward to here with considerable hope
when it is recalled that they will
bring pure flour down to point
where it will be at least within
reach of the prices that obtained
several years ago, instead of con-
tinueing at more than 100 per cent
over those of 1916.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25

A lumber dealer at the town OF
Hartley, in OBrien county, was
chosen a member of the town coun-
Gil. While serving in this capacity
he sold the town a bill of lumber.
Some of his fellow councilmen
objected to the sale. claiming that
it was a violation of law, and the
bill for the purchase price was
turned down The lumber dealer
brought suit to recover the amount
due and Judge Hutchinson, OF. the
district court, declared that mas
much as the price of the lumber was
reasonable the bill should be paid.
An appeal was taken to the state
supreme court and that tribunal
sustained the decision Of the lower
court and ordered the bill paid.
This knocks out the law taht pro-
vides that business men while hold,
ing a position on the town council
or the school board can not sell any
Modify to the corporation which
serving in an official
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

President Wilson, in his message
to the regular session Of Congress,
found it necessary to renew, prac-
tically all the recommendations
casions to the special session. Fail
ure OF the Republican majority to
enact vital measure proposed by the
President and necesSitated by the
untoward conditions in the country
economic, industrial and fisal at
fairs, Notwithstanding a full half
year OF control J., OF the legislatly;e
thus again brought sharply to public
attention.
Those who expected the President
to laden his latest message to Con-
gress with new suggestions will APP
preciate his reasons for merely re-
peating his former proposals: The
urged Congress to address itself are.
still before the nation, and in much
acuter form because of Legislative
neglect. Obviously, the President
refrained from the discussion of adj
ditional needs when the fundamental
requirements of reconstruction have
yet to be met.
Though his recommendation
with regard to labor. are in their
substance the same that he laid be-
fore the legislators last May, the
manner Of them reveals how closely
the President has followed, even in
his illness, the trend of industrial
differences during the six mo months bs OF
dents discussion of this conflict be-
tween employers and employees is
characterized by humane philOsO-
ply that could we'll be adopted by
the parties to these disputes.
The rights of workers to bargain
A~ 1%,>Sly <0 lNr n
proper conditions Of labor, to claim
fair wages, and to live in. peace and
comfort are recognized without
qualification. A return of the old
standards Of wage and industry in
employment is declared to be I'M
thinkable. The terrible tragedy of
the late var would be rds IN vain If the tine
the f Pres,aent concedes ali these
things without yielding the pre-
dominant right of the Government
dominant right of the Government to
protect all Of it's people and to assert
las power and majesty against the
the Government seeks not to antag;,
against the irreparable harm and in
jury that might be done by the at
tempt of any class to usurp a power
that only the Government has
right to exercise as a protection to
all.
The reference of international
disputes to arbitration as means of
avoiding war, President Wilson says:
points the way for the Settlement OF
industrial controversies. There
must be some way, he contends, in
which these great interests, these
partners in production. may be
brought together for the adjustment
of their differences and a cooper
alton of their forces.
'"The whole world gave it's rec
ognition and endorsement to these
fundamental purposes in the League
of Nations,' says the President.
'rs recognized the fact that world
'i+v could not be had by revert
'rstrial standards and con-
which the average
Id had revolted,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25
SATISFYING RELIEF
FROM LUMBAC0
Sloan's Liniment has the
punch that relieves
rheumatic twinges'

This warmth giving, congestion
scattering Notwithstanding rem
edy benetrates aVithout rubbing right to
the aching spot and brings quick re-
lief, surely, clearly. A wonderful help
for external pains, sprains, strains, stiff
ness, headaches, lumbago, bruises.
Get your bottle today-costs little,
means much. Ask your druggist for
it by name. Keep it handy for the
whole family. The big bottle Is econ
omy. Csc, zoe, $1.4O.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25
Bowels Become Normal

liver livens up, bile flows freely
stomach.sourness, disappear when Dr..
Kings New Life Pills get in their
natural, comfortable action.
Purgatives, never pleasantly correc.
tive, sometimes habit-forming, should
not be taken to rack the system VIC.
lently. Natures way is the way of DR..
Kings New Life Pills-gently but
firmly functioning the bowels, elimi.
mating the intestine-clogging waste, and
Cleanse the system with them and
know the boon Of regular bowels. 25c.
at all druggists.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25
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With advertising locals. Correspon-
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-12-25
CHEST CL0CCED Up
with HEAVY COLD?
Don't give it 4 chance to
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For fifty years it has loosened con-
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take it yourself. There will be no disa-
greeable after-effects.
Coo. and $1.2O a bottle. At your
druggists. Give it a trial.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09

cruelties that had been practiced so
close to our own shores After ac-
complishing that purpose we would
have assured the league that we would
withdraw to our own territory and
leave the Cubans in the enjoyment of
"a government of their own. Would
our protestations have been accepted
by the league? Not for a moment. No
such altruistc motives had ever actu-
ated a nation in the past. Never had
one of the members of the league en-
tered upon foreign soil unless for the
purpose of conquest or the extortion
of tribute. Judged by the standards
to which they We're accustomed the
member nations of the league would
have scoffed at the position of the
United States, and Spanish rule in
Cuba would have continued.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
HOW SECRETARIES OF WAR AND
NAVY BULL MARKETS.

| Secretary Bakers department boasts
of having saved something more than
one million dollars by "shrewd buying
on the part of the government of 49,
100000 pounds of coffee for the army"
This purchase was made Just before
the recent sharp rise in price" Saved
one million dollars for whom? The
taxpayers have to pay the cost of run
ming the war department, which has
been beyond all reason under the Ba-
fer regime, Notwithstanding the re-
quirements of war. If the government
jumped into the market and bought
100000 pounds of coffee, who can
estimate the effect this had in Great
ing the sharp rise in price? And who
have to meet this increase in price or
go without coffee? The people. the
consumers, who are the taxpayers. An
analogous situation was brought
about on our entry into the war.
when the navy department hoped in
to the market and bought steel to the
limit, whereupon the advance in price
became tremendous. When the gov
eminent becomes a buyer OH such a |
colossal scale the saving to the people
S not a real one, because they are
obliged to meet the increased prices
'aused by this shock to the market.
foresighted policy would be to buy
with view to future de-
hands and thus obviate such market
isturbances
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
COLORADO.
General Decrease in Mineral Produc.
ton in 1918.

The mine output of gold silver, cop
per, lead, and zinc in Colorado for the
first IL months of 1918, and the esti-
mated output for December according
to data compiled by Charles w. Hen
derson, of the United States Geologi-
cal Survey, department of the interior.
amounted to $12,950,OOO in gold, $780,
600 ounces of silver 64,300,O00 pounds
OF lead, 6,450,0O0 pounds of copper, and
100000 pounds of zinc, having total
value Of $3s.260.O0O compared with
$15,S49,302 in gold, 7,3O4,356 ounces of
silver, 67,99O,O0O pounds of lead, s.
$4,000 pounds of copper and 11S,20O,-
900 pounds of zinc, having total
value Of s41,9SS,935, in 1917. This esti-
mate shows decrease of $2,9OO,000
In gold $4,000 ounces in silver, $780,
900 pounds in lead, 100000 pounds in
"copper" and 3S,500,00O pounds in zinc.
At the increased price for silver the
value of the silver yield was $SS000O
greater than in 1917, but the value
Of copper decreased $4,000, lead ST.
)25,00O and zinc $3.50, 900.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
A TUNGSTEN TALE.
(Wolfboro, N. H., News)

(Wolfboro, N. H., NeWs)
AT recent conference of the tar
if reform league in London, special
effort was made to show the import
anee of home control of certain "key"
Observation-Disclosures that are small
III themselves but absolutely essential
to the success of larger industries
Among these were, dyes, copper, man
ganese, tungsten, etc. Tungsten
made a particularly impressive illus
trial dependence, for, as was shown,
the wolfram ore from which tungsten
is made is produced chiefly in the
British domain. Yet when the war
broke out Great Britain realized that
she had become dependent upon Ger
many for the tungsten so necessary
in the manufacture of munitions, cut
ting tools, etc, Germany had been
buying the wolfram ore from British
territory, refining it, and selling the
tungsten back to Britain.
The situation disclosed in Great
Britain was not peculiar to that coun-
try. Russia was almost absolutely
dependent upon Germany for every
kind of manufactured commodity. The
United States was dependent upon
Germany for dyes, chemicals, surgi-
cal instruments, optical goods etc.
Our proper remedy was and is exact
y what has now been recommended
FOR Great Britain, protective tariff
that will insure home production of
he commodities that may be classed
Is keys to vital industries. The
country realizes that, and the fact
hat the democratic party could not
'ealize it may account in large meas
ire for the reputation of the party
It the polls in November. We want
IN America First" policy, and in
end to have it.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09

1918, due to the strenuous and patri-
otto efforts OF American mining men,
the production had increased to one
third, and with proper government
encouragement the best authorities
assert that this year the entire DOM
este demand would be supplied from
domestic mines. To the contention
that a tariff would raise the price to
the consumer the Manufacturers
Record says;
I'VE do not want state socialism,
but protection to the productive
power of this country is not So
cialism; 1t is the protection to OPP
portunity for private efforts in
order to make ourselves self-sus-
tanning. 1t might seem, In a mar
row view of self-interest, to some
of the larger industries that they
were being benefited by having
cheap foreign raw materials ac-
cessible, but in the end they were
preventing the growth of the coun-
try and of other industries that
would make a combined demand
that would more than offset the
advantage Of a little reduction in
the first cost of a portion of their
supplies
To simply reimburse the miners for
heir outlay, while it would be intend.
ed as an act of justice to them, would
De of no advantage toward encourage
ng the industry, which should be the
zeal purpose of any measure of relief.
The manganese miner would much
prefer to have the government provide
| permanent market for his ore and a
'hance to earn a profit on his invest
nent than to merely have his invest
nent returned and be forced. to aban-
Ion his enterprise.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENCOuR.
AGE MANGANESE MINING.

While the president is hobnobblng
with royalty in various countries of
Europe, he has turned over the admin
istration of the war minerals law to
Secretary Lane, with the reservation
that the secretary is not to exercise
the authority given the president to
impose a protective tariff as a means
OF saving producers of war minerals
from loss. Millions of dollars were in
vested in the production of war min
erals, notably manganese, at the ur-
gent request of the government, and
before returns could be obtained upon
these investments the war ended.
leaving these investors with the bag
to hold. The war minerals law carries
with 1t an appropriation of $4,000
600 to be used In the encoura cement
or mining these metals, but Secretary
Lane says he can do nothing for the
relief OF the men who have suffered
these heavy losses without further
legislation by congress, and then he
simply proposes to reimburse them to
the extent of their actual losses with |
cut doing anything to encourage the
operation of their mines and the use
II their plants, Under the law as it
stands the president is empowered to
pace tariff on manganese for two Il
ears following the conclusion of
'eace in order to prevent loss to do
nestle producers, when the war min h
rails law becomes imperative. This t
'ould enable the manganese produce a
RS to successfully compete with the q
'reign product and thus build up an h
Their important industry in this coun- I
y. According to the geological sur IA
ey the domestic production of man. X
lnese in 1917 was only one sixth OF II
lie total domestic consumption. In lin
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
VOICE OF UNION LABOR.
Joplin Trades Unionist)

President Wilson's declaration that
trade barriers between all nations
must be brushed away" does not meet
with approval Of the voters and he
realizes 1t now. American workmen
and women must not be brought into
vicious competition with Mexican
poems, Chinese coolies and other Ash
attic laborers. And American indus
tries should not be forced to compete
with those of other countries where
labor conditions are much below ours.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
FOREIGN LEAD IN THE AMERi.
CAN MARKET.

Ut is not to be presumed that the
gentleman who is now devoting his
efforts to the negotiation of a treaty
of peace that will include the removal
of all economic barriers" in the way
Of international trade could be induc-
ed to consent to the imposition of
tariff on lead that would result In
great advantage to American produc-
ers, for to his altruistic mind the
poems Of Mexico are placed upon the
same pedestal with the American min
ers and both are merely links in hu-
manity's chain of brotherhood with
which he would encircle the earth. But
this beautiful picture of universal
brotherhood does not appeal strongly
10 the producers Of lead at this par
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND THE
SPANISH WAR.

MY conception of league of ma
tons is just this" explains Mrs Will
sen in his latest public pronouncement
in Paris, that it shall operate as the
organized moral force of men through
out the world, and that whenever or
wherever wrong and aggression are
planned or contemplated, this search
ing light of conscience will be turned
upon them and men everywhere will
ask: What are the purposes that you
hold in your heart against the for
tunes of the world?'" A rather neb-
ulous exposition of the subject, as all
of the presidents rhetorical outbursts
are, but we gather from 1t that the
business of the league will be to take
charge of any commotion in any part
Of the world. and proceed to deter
nine for itself whether wrong or ag-
yression are planned or contemplat-
ID Suppose the league had been in
existence at the outbreak of the
spanish American war. Our real
purpose in going into Cuba would
ave been subjected to investigation |.
y a tribunal dominated by the ma
ions of Europe. We would have ad-
anced the claim that our entry upon
'uban soil was to establish order in
nat oppressed island, and abolish the |
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
The Heroic Age
Orchard Watson Glider

He speaks not we'll who doth his time
deplore
Naming it new and little and OBJ
scure,
Ignoble and unfit for lofty deeds
All times were modern in the time of
them,
And this no more than others. Do
thy part
Here in the living day, as did the
Who made old days immortal! So
shall men,
Gazing long back to this forthcoming
hour,
Say: "Then the time when men were
truly men;
Though wars grew less their spirit
met the test
OF new conditions; conquering civic
wrong;
Saving the state anew by virtuous
Guarding the country's honor as their
own,
And their own as their countrys and
their sons;
Defying leagued fraud with single
truth;
Not fearing loss, and daring to be
pure,
When error through the land ragged
like a pest
They Gained the madness caught from
mind to mind
BY wisdom drawn from cid and
counsel sane;
And as the martyrs of the ancient
world
Gave death for man, so nobly gave
they life;
Those the great days, and that the
heroic age"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
California Metal Production in 1871

The metal mines of California made
all output of gold, silver copper, lead,
and zinc valued at $32,223,50O in 1918,
compared with s37,6s5,9S5 in 1917, &C
ctrding to preliminary figures COM
pjler by Charles G. Yale, of the San
Francisco office Of the United States
Geological survey, Department of the
Interior. This is a decrease Of $780,
500 or IA per cent.