Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 28 July 1908 — Page 4

I Taft Ou dines Policies (Continued from Page Oae> T ain eottodeet tSt the fixing of axes ob tbe p-rto. ip- es suggested above would not impair the pee* « market vaine* of n>»d *e--uri-Oes fa, most ,-asM- f T p believe that the normal iacrea«-e in the value of railroad pwnpertie*. p-j theft termiaa. s. will more than make up f.< the possible oreroapitalizattoa tn ear tier years. In wot cases., dibcle**. it Win be found that m-err-* pitta ? ri r.* la made an excuse ft* excessive rates, ac-i then they siwuM be reduced; bet the cooaensus “t opinios seems to be that the ratroad rates ccnera_y in this country are reasc-nably tow. Casaduoioß That Thors Should B« Physical VolustaM. I have discussed this, with some decree of detail, mere.y to point oat that the rLifxiL by the Interstate Commerce Commission of the tangible property of a railroad is proper and may from time to time be necessary to settling certain issoes which may eome before them, and that no evil or injustice can come from valuation la sack cases, if & be understood that the result is to be used for a Just purpose, and the right to a fair profit under aS the circumstance* of the investment is recognized Mat enel Control of Interstate Cowmeres Corporation. Another suggestion in respect to subordinate and ancillary machinery necessary to carry out Republican policies is that of the incorporation under Natfcsual law or the licensing by National Dcense or enforced registry of companies engaged to Interstate trade. The I fact is that nearly all corjxtraiioua doing a commer. ial business are engage-1 to interstate commerce, and if they all were required to take oat a Fe-iera. license or a Federal charter, the burden epon the interstate business of the couaTy would berome totoierabte. It is necessary, therefore, to devise some means for classifying and insuring Federal supervision of such corporations as have the power and temp tattoo to effect restraints of interstate trade and monopolies. Such corpora-. ttons constitute a very small percentage of all engaged to interstate buai Bess. Construction of Ami-Trust Law. The possible operation of the antitrust law under existing rulings of the Supreme Court has given rise to suggestions for its necessary amendment to prevent its application to cases which it is believed were never to the contemplation of the framers of the statute Take two instances: A mer- < chant or manufacturer eng-- to a legitimate bus.ness that corers certain States wishes to sell tils business and his good will, and so to the terms of the sale obligates himself to the purchaser not to go into the same business to those States. Such a Restraint of trade has always been enforced at common law. Again, the employees of an interstate railway combine and enter upon a peaceable and lawful strike to secure better wages. At common Jaw this was not a restraint of trade or commerce or a violation of the tights of the company or of the public. Neither case ought to be made a violation of the anti-trust law. My own impression is that the Supreme Court would bold that neither of these instance* Is within Its inhibition, but, if they are to be so regarded, general legislation amending the law is necessary. The proposal to compel every corporation to sell its commodities at the same price the country over, allowing for transportation, is utterly impracticable. If it can -be shown that to order to drive out competition, a corp» ration owning a large part of the plant producing an article is selling in one part of the country, where it has competitors. at a low and unprofitable price, and to another part of the country, where ft has none, at an exorbitant price, this is evidence that it is attempting an unlawful monopoly, and Justifies conviction under the anti-trust tow; but the proposal to supervise the business of corporations in such away as to fix the price of commodities and compel the sale at such price is as absurd and socialistic a plank as was ever inserted to a Democratic political platform. Advantage of Combination of CapitalThe euaßHaatkrn of capital to large plants to manufacture goods with the greatest economy to Just as necessary as the assembling of the parts ot « machine to the economical and more rapid manufacture of what to old tunes was made by hand. The Got j •rnment should not Interfere with one any more than the other. What I* an Unlawful Trust? JFben. however, such combination* are not based on any economic principle. but are made merely for the purpose of controlling the market, to maintain or raise prices, restrict output and drive out competitors, the public derives no benefit and we have a monopoly. It is Important, therefore, that such large aggregations' of capital and combination should be controlled so that the public may hare the advantage of reasonable prices BBd that the avenues of enterprise may be kept open to the individual and ths- smaller corporation wishing to engage in business. Many enterprises have been organised on the theory that mere aggrega tion of all. or nearly all. existing planti to a line of manufacture, without re gard to economy of production, destroys competition. They have, most off them, gone into bankruptcy. Com petition to a profitable business wil ■st be affected by the mere aggrega (ton of many existing plants under one eempany unless the company thereby -aterts great economy, the benefit ol Which it shares with the public, oe

‘ take* some Segal method “to avoid j • ompetitioc and to perpetuate a bold . on tbe l-attevs Prooro Treatme—t of Trosts. Unlawful trusts shield be restrained with all toe efficiency of injunctive process, and the persons engaged it maintaining them sb old be punished with al: the severity of criminal pros eeurtox in order that the methods pursued to the operation of their businest shall be t>roughx within the law. T< destroy them and to eliminate the wealth they represent from the pro dicing capital of the country wooid ra ?! enormous loss, and would thro* oat of employment myriads of weekingmen and wcekingwome*. Such a result is wholly unne -essary to the aeof the needed reform, and will inflict upon the tatweent fat greater punishment than upjn the guilty. Destructive Policy of Democratic Platform. The platform does sso< propose to destroy the plants of the trusts physically, but 1: pro[-we* te do the same thing to a different way. I The business of this country is largely dependent on a protective system of tariffs. Tbe business done by many of the »■> called ’"trusts'' is protected with the other bostness of the country. Tbe Democratic platform proposes to take off tbe tariff to all artfcia* coming into competition with those pr>> duced by the so called “trusts," and to put them on the free list. If such a course would be utterly defflroetive of their business, as is intended, it wocld not only destroy the frosts, but all es their smaller competitors. The ruthless and Impracticable character, of the proposition grows plainer as its' effects upon toe whole community are resized. To take tbe course suggested by the Democratic platform to these matters is to involve toe entire community. Io- i nocent as it is. to tbe punishment of! tbe guilty, while oar policy is to stamp ; out the specific evil This difference between tbe policies of tbe two greai parties is of especial importance in view of tbe present condition of business, After ten years of tbe most re- 1 markable material development and prosperity, there came a financial stria-1 gency. a panic and an industrial de- ’

press-tn. This was brought about n-x only by toe enormous expansion of business plant* and business Investment* which could not be readily converted, but also by toe waste of capital to extravagance of living in wars and other catastrophies. Republican Dortrin* cf Protection. Tbe ReputMiean doctrine of proteo- j titei, as definitely announced by toe Republican convention of this year and by previous conventions, is that a tariff shall be imposed 00 all Imported products, whether of the factory, farm ; or mine, sufficiently great to equal tbe difference between tbe cost of produc-; tiou abroad and at borne, and that this difference should, of course, tnctode the difference between the higher wages paid to thia country and the wages pail abroad and embrace a reasonable profit to the American producer. A system of protection thus I adopted and put in force has led to the establishment of a rate of wages , 1 here that has greatly erbsored the | ! standard of living of the laboring man. ’ It Is the policy of tbe Republican party permanently to continue that standard of living to LBB7 the Dinghy Tariff Bill was passed, under which we have had. a* already said, a period of enormous prosperity. Necessity For Revision cf Tariff. The consequent materia! develop-1 meat has greatly changed tbe additions under which many articles described by tbe schedule* of the tariff ar* now produced. Tbe tariff to a i number of tbe schedules exceeds tbe | difference between tbe cost of produc- . tion of such articles abroad and at! 1 home, inc!udtog a reasonabie profit to f i the American producer. Tbe excess! I over that difference serves no useful purpose, but offer* a temptation to, those who would monopolize tbe pro-' . duction and tbe sale of such articles! j in this country, to profit by the excess- . . ive rate. On the other hand, there are other schedules In which tbe tariff is ■ not sufficiently high to give the meas- ■ are of protection which they should rej celve upon Republican principles, and : as to those tbe tariff should be raised. A revision of tbe tariff undertaken ■ upon this principle which Is at the - basi* of our present business system, begun promptly upon tbe Incoming of the new administration, and considered . ■at a special session with tbe preliml- , nary investigations already begun by ; the carom itiees ©f the' House and Senate, will make tbe dis-' turbance ot business incident to such I a change as little a* pweibie. Labor and What the Republican Party Has Done For It. We come now to the question of labor. One important phase of tbe policies of the present Administration has been an anxiety to secure for the wageearner an equality of opportunity and such positive statutory protection az shall place him on a level in dealing with hi* employer. Tbe Rtsnbflca* party has passed an eu-ployers' liability act for interstate railroads, and has estai.-Esbed an eight hour law for government employees and on government construction. Tbe essence of tbe reform effected by tbe former is toe abolition es the feifc-w servant rule, and tbe introdnetion of tbe comparative negligence theory by which an employee Injured in the service of his employer doe* not lose his right to recover because of slight negligence on his part. Then there Is the act providing for compensation for injury to government employee*, together with toe various statute* requiring safety appliance* upon Interstate commerce railroads for the protection of tbelr and limiting the boars of

! their employment These are afl~ to ! Kance* of toe desire of toe Bepab- . Hcan parry to do Justice to toe wageearner. Docbdess a mc-re comprehensive measuxe for eompensatioß of groemment empkyees will be adopted to the future. i To give to employee* their proper position to such a routreinaj, to enable them to maintain themselves against employers having great capital. they may wefl unite, became to union there is strength and without it each ind. vidua’ laborer and employee would be beiroees The premwjon of; Inthrstrial peace through tbe instrumentality of toe trade agreement is often one <4 the results of sueh unioc when inteiligently conducted. There is a large body of laborers however, skilled ami ixask le-l who are n*x organised Into txai<3B*. Their rights before the law are exactly toe same as those of the union men. and are to be protected with tbe same eare and watchfulness In order to induce their emptoper into a cocnpUance with their request for changed terms of eep'ortnentworkmen have the right to strike to a body. They have a right to use such persuasion is they may, provided It doe* not reach tbe point of duress, to lead their reluctant co-laborer* to Join them tn their union against their employer. and they have a right, if they choose, to accumulate fund* to support those engaged m a strike, to delegate , to offirere toe power to direct the action of the union, and to withdraw toemselves and tbelr associates from dealings with, or giving custom to those with whom they are to controversy. What Labor Cannot Lawfully Do. What they have not toe right to do is to injure their employer's property. I to injure their employer's business by use of threats or methods of physical duress against those who would work for him, or deal with him. or by carrying on what is sometime* known as a secondary boy cott against his customers or th-xee with whom he deals. It has been claimed that tojunctloas do not issue to protect anything but ■ property rights, and that business is not a property right; but such a proposition is wholly inconsistent with all the decisions of the courts. The Su-

preme Court of the United States say» that the in'33cti-*n is a remedy to pro tect property or rights of a pecuniary nature. *.»i we may well submit to the considerate judgment of all laymen whether the right of a man In bis business is not as distinctly a right of a ' pecuniary nature as the right to his horse or his house or the stock of goods on his shelf: and the instances tn which injunrtions to protect business hare teen uimeid by all courts are so many that it is futile further to discuss the proposition. It Is difficult to tell the meaning of the Democratic platform upon this subject It says: “Questions of judicial practice Lave arisen especially in connection with industrial disputes. We deem that the parties to all judicial proceedings should tie treated with rigid impartiality, and that injunctions should not be ( issued in any cases tn which injunctions would not issue If no Industrial ■ dispute were involved.” This deeiararlon Is disingenuous. It seems to hare been Loosely drawn with the especial purpose of rendering it susceptible to one interpretation by one set of men and to a diametrically oppo site Interpretation by another. It does not aver that injunctions should not . issue in industrial disputes, but only that they should not issue merely because they are industrial disputes, and yet those responsible for the declarei Uon must have known that no one has ever maintained that the fact that a dispute was industrial gave any basis for issuing an injunction in reference | thereto. The dec.arat:on seems to be drawn tn ' Its present vague and ambiguous shape '. in order to persuade sue people that it Is a declaration against the issuing of ■ Injunctions in any industrial dispute, while at the same time it may be possible to explain to the average plain , citizen who objects to -Ls-e dirdnrtions that no such intention exists at aIL Our position Is clear and unequivocal. | We are anxious to prevent even an appearance of any injustice to labor in the issuance of injunctions, not In a spirit of favoritism to one set of oar * fellow citizens, but of jtreriee to all of our fedow citizens. The reason for exercising or refusing to exercise the power of injunction must be found in the character at the unlawful Injury , and not in the character or class of the , persons who inflict this injury. The man who Las a business which I is being unlawfully injured Is entitled to the remedies which the law has alj ways given him. no matter who Las la- | fileted the injuries. Otherwise, we shad have class legislation unjust in principle and likely to sap the tamdatons of a free government Notice and Hearing Before Issue of Injunction. I come now to the question of notie* before issuing an injunction. It is a fundamental rule of general jurisprudence that no man stall be affected by a judicial proceeding without notice and bearing. This rule, however, has sometimes had an exception in the issuing of temporary restraining orders commanding a defendant in effect tc maintain the status two until a hearing. such a process should issue only in rare cases where the threatened change of the statu* guo would Inflict irreparable injury If time were taken to give notice and a summary hearing The unlawful injury usual tn industrial disputes, such as I hare described. does not become formidable except after sufficient time in which to give the defendants notice and a hearing. I do not mean to say that there may not be cases eves in industrial disputes where a restraining order

properly be Issued witooct otice. bat | generally. I think it is "•toerwise. Irsome State roars, and in fewer Fed- ■ eral courts, toe practice of issuiug a| temporary restr*, amz order withoot : notice merely to prewerve the atsre* fw on tbe tteory that It s >n*t hurt any body, has been too comtnoo. Many of, ss recall that toe prxetfee has been pursoed to other toan todtsstrtal pure*, as. foe instance, ia •rorpotat? and stock controversies ske those over tbe Erie railroad, to which a stay order without notice was reranfed as a ; step of great sdrantaze to tbe one who secured it. and a roerespe-odtog disadvantage to the one agntost wbom it was secured. Indeed, toe chances of dotog tajustiee » an ex-p*rte application are noct tocreared over those when a hearing is granted, and there may be elreumsts nces under which- H may affect tbe iefec-imt te hi* detriment. In toe ease of a lawful strike, tbe sending of a formidabte document restraining a number of defendants from doing a great maay different things which toe plaintiff avers they are threatening to d<x often "» d?seocmres men always refoctant to go into a strike from rontinning what is their lawful right. This has made toe - laboring can feel that an tojtsstiee A done in the issuing of a writ witboat notice. I conceive that to toe treatment of this question it is the duty of tbe citizen and toe legislator to view tbe subject fro— toe standpetot of the man who belieres himself to be anjustly treated, as well as from that of the community at large. I hare suggested toe remedy of returning is such cases to toe original practice under tbe old statute of toe United States and the rules tn equity adopted ‘ by the Supreme Court, which did not permit toe issuing of an injunctioo I without notice. In this respect, toe Republican Convention has adopted another remedy, that, without going so far. promises to be effi-raeioa*. Effort o* Jury Trial. Under such a provisiaa a recalcitrant witness who refuses to obey a sut-poe-1 na may insist on a Jury trial before toe court can determine that be received tbe subpoena. A citizen summoned as. a Juror acd refusing to obey tbe writ' when brought Into cocrt most be tried by another jury to determtoe whether

he got tbe sammous. Such a provisiaa applies not alone to injunctions, bet to I every order which the court Issues against persons. A suit may be fried in tbe court of first instance and carried to the Court of Appeals, and theore to the Supreme Court and a jti<lgtnen: and decree entered and an order issued. and then if the decree involve* the defendant's do-tog anything or not j doing anything, and he disobeys it tbe plaintiff who has pursued hA remedies In lawful coarse for years mast to secure his rights, undergo the uncertaintie* and tbe delays of a jury trial before he can enjoy that which is hl* right by the decision of the highest court of the land. I say without hesitation that sueh a change wC! greatly Impair the indispensable power and authority of toe coart*. Securing to the pc tile the benefits of the new statute* enacted to tbe present Admtolstrafron. the ultimate tostromentallty to be resorted to te tbe courts of the Unit ed States. If now their authority te to be weakened in a manner never knowt in to* history ot tbe jurisp-rudence of Eng'tud or America, except in toe constitution ot Oklahoma, how can we expect that such statutes will have efficient enforcement? Those who advocate this Intervention of a jury to such cases seem to tuppose that this change to some way win inure only to the benefit of tbe poor workingman. A* a matter of fact, tbe p>erson who will secure chief advantage from it is the wealthy and unscrupulous defendant ' abl.i to employ astute and enr.-.h-.g counsel and anxious to avoid justice. Tbe ’dministratioc of justice lies st tbe foundation of government The giatotenaace of tbe authority st the courts is essential unless we are prepare! to embrace anarchy. Never to the history of the country has there t«en such az insidious attack upon toe judicial system as the proposal to interject a jury trial between all orders of | the court made after full bearing and the enforcement of such otders. The Currency System. The late panic disclosed a lack of etosrklty in our financial system. This has been provisionally met by an act of the preßent Congress permitting the issue of additioca! etnergency hank notes, and insuring their withdrawal when the emergency has passed by a high rate of taxation. It te drawn to conformity with tbe present system of bonk note -"arreucy. but varies from it ‘ to uto respects by authoriztog toe : use of comnwrci*! paper and bonds of < <wl credit, » we-ii »s United State* ' bonds, as security tor its redemption. 1 It te expressly bet a temporary mens- ! ore and contains a provision for the appointment of a currency e*>mmission to devfee and recommend a new sad : reformed system of currency. This in- < adequacy of our jjresest curremry sy»- < tern, due to changed condition* and 1 enormous expansion, te generally rec- I ognized. The Repul lican platform weff states that we must hare a “more elas-' tic and adaptable system to meet tbe requirements of agriculturists, manufacturers. merchants and business men generally, must be automatic to operation. recognizing the fiactuations to to-1 terest rates.” in which every dollar’ shall be as good as gold, and which! shall prevent rather than aid financial | stringency in bringing cn a panic. Postal Savings Bank and It* Aavan-! tags*. In addition to this, the RepabUean platform recommends the adoption of a postal saving* bunk system to which, of coarse, the Government would becoene responsible to the depositor* for . the payment of principal and Interest j It 1* thought tout toe Government . ffuranty wffi feeing oat of hwirtlijg (

places much money «« be ' turned into wealth producing capital.: and that it will be a great tocective for ’ thrift to toe many small pieces is thsi country having bow no savings bankj factories which are reached by the Post eff.ee DepartiE«st. It will bring e every however remote from finanrial centers, a place of perfect safety for depoe "s. with interest return. Ob.ectiom to Dew>eerst-c P-rcvM te Eirfarca inwranee c* Ban* Deposit*The Deswcratie platform recom--uw-At a nr National honks aud| upoe seeh State banks a* may eosne, tw tn the nature of enforced insurance to raise s guaranty fund to pay tbe depositors of any bank wt.ch fa_lx How State tanks can be toc.tded to such a scheme under toe constitution » left in toe twd.ght zone of States rights and Federalism so freqnectlr .i mruing the meant" g and purpose of tbe promises of toe piatft-rra. If they rotne in under such a system, they must necessarily be brought witoia tbe ciosest < Naticoal coatrol and so they must really rease to be State banks and become National banks The proposixion Is to tax the honest and prodent banker to make up f« the < dish-onesty and improden-re es others. If tbe proposal were adopted exactly ■s toe Democratic platform suggests. It would being tbe whole banking system of toe -roantry down is ruin. The Rej-abiiean party prefers tbe postal sav.tgs bank as one med. safe. , and known to be effective, and as • reaching many more per-pe now with- 1 oat tanking fattones than the new . system proposed. Philippines L In tbe PhUipptoes tbe experiment of j a national assembly has justified it- ; self, both as an assistance in tbe government of tbe islands and as an education in toe practice of *elf-govern- I cent to toe people of tbe islands.

Tbe prjposttfca of tbe Democratic pjtf'?ra is to turn over tbe islands as soon as a stable government te establisbei This has been establtebed. Tbe proposal then is in effect to turn the® over at once. Such action will lead to m“mate chaos in the Islands. The Right* and Prog-es* cf the Negro. The Eer-ui-licaa platform refers to these amendments to tbe Constitution that were passed by tbe Republican party for the protection cf tbe negro. Tbe negro, to the forty years since b* was freed from slavery, has made remirfc- ie progress. He is becoming a to:ro and more valuable member of tbe communities to which be live*. Tbe education of tbe negro Is being expanded and Improved to every way. Tbe best men of both races, at the North as well as at the South, ought to rej-oiee to see growing up among tbe Sootbera people an influential element disp«:-sed to encourage the negro in his hard struggle for Industrial independence and assured political status. Tbe RepubSean platform, adopted at Chicago. expHcltiy demands justice for all men without regard to race or color, and Just as explicitly declares for the «if oreementi and without reservation, to letter and spirit of the Thirteenth. Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment* to the Constitution. Pub city of Campaign Contributions and Expenditure*. Anotoer plank of the Demoeratle platform refers to the failure ot tbe Republican Convention to express an optoton to favor of the publicity of contributions received and expxmditnres made to elections. Here again we contrast our opponents' prom (ses with our own acts, a resident cf New York has been selected as treasurer ot the Republican National Committee who was treasurer of tbe Republican State Comtaltiee wben Governor Hughes was elected in New York, and who made a complete statement within twenty day* after the election, as required by the New York law, of tbe eontributtons received by him and the expenditures made by him or under his authority to connection with that election- His resilience and tbe discharge of hi* dories ia tbe State of New York subject him to the law of that State as to all receipts of the lx canary of the Nattonal Comsulttee from whatever source and as to all Its dlsbcrsements. His returns will be ender tbe oc-iigatton* and penalties of tbe law. and a misstatement by him or tbe filing of a false account will subject him to prosecution for perjury and vtoiattoa of the statute. Os course, ander tbe Federal tew, be is not per’ milted to receive *ny eontrlbutitmz from corporation*.

Income Tax. The Democratic platform demands two constitutional amendmen ’* one L-’t--’ Idi.ig for an income tax, * --it iHe other for the etertton of Senators by the people In my judgment gn amendment to the Constitution for an income tax Is not necessary. I believe that an Income tax. when the protective system of erwtoms and the internal revenue tax shall not furnish income enough for governmental needs, can and should be devised which under the decis: .■as of the Supreme Cocrt WEI conform to the Constitntbw. Monument*. I>r. Griffin—l must Bay the world very cazrateful to-wsrd oqj- profession How se.dam one sees a public memorial erected to a doctor! Mrs. GoUghtly—How seldom! Ob. doctor, think of our eemeterieal—London Answers. OtManz Always Foitew. Because some men get over a f»ne» aafeiy with a loaded gun it is oot u. way* safe to assume that they won’t examine a muLe'a heels to settle a tot -Washington Post The Drfferanca. Vpgarison - Doesn't Weerius bam you nearly to death? n« talks Uka a Jbooograph. Atoan-Kot st aH WKw a phonograph nms dnsra ft n T - Chfeago Tribuaa.

j WILL DRAFT HIM (Continued from '■ears to be a hopeless cause in tbe political arena Nevertheless Judge >Vesev admits toax somebody will have Ito make the race for the republicans. •nd hi* political friends are insisting I dial he cannot dodge the nominattoa. | —Fort Wayne Senttoei. (Continued from page 2.) I was stolen at that place and tnat the thief was enroute for Decatur. In the meantime it developed that a man ;answering the description had fed his horap at the Riverside stable today I noon. Mr Meyer immediately mount ed his bicycle and started, in pursuit of the thief north of the city. Deputy Sheriff Green had also been told of the affair and he deputized Edwin Fiedderjohann to utilize his automobile in overtaking the criminal. They also started northward at a high rate of speed. The officers left determined to capture their man and as he had only gotten a twenty minute start, it is quite probable that they will overtake him. From all appearances, their fs an organized gang of robbers working in this section. Scarcely a day goes by but what a horse is stolen from some town In this vicinity and the officers are making a rigtrous effort to break up the workings of the thieves. o

000000000000 o O 0 THE MARKET O 0 REPORTS O O o 000000000000 Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various product*. Corrected every day at 2 o’clock. EAST BUFFALO. N. Y., July 25 — Receipts, hogs, 5 cars; market steady. Mediums and heavies .... @|7.10 Yorkers @17.00 Pigs @»6.25 SHEEP. Wether sheep @14.50 Culls. clipped @14.00 Wether sheep @14.60 PITTSBURG MARKETS. July 25—Hog supply 20 cars; market steady. Heavies @57.05 . Mediums @57.07*4 Yorkers @7.05 | Light @ $6.80 Pigs @16.40 TOLEDO MARKETS. iWheat, cash 9114 [July wheat 9114 [Corn, cash 79 [Oats, cash 59 [July oat s 56 PRODUCE, By Decatur Produce Co. Butter Eg® 3 Fowls g c Chick> ’7712c [Duck® , ’ W!B Sc Turkeys, young Turkeys, toms j c Turkeys, heas HIDES. By B. Kalrer and Son. Woo! Calf hides Beef hides Sheep pelts .... [email protected] DECATUR GRAIN MARKET. Nibtick and Comnani Butter Mixed ear corn ....’. .7.7.777' Yellow ear corn ~ ' White oats . 9 Wheat .. 41 Alsike clover seed . ... Rye Ls ° Barley ' .77 PRICES ON COAL. By Girt Reynolds Chestnut coal Hocking valley 77777 im West Virginia splint ... *- n Wash nut 4o ° wta. te »„ Heg« , Cattle »«<»©|S.2s Calves 3.00@ 5.00 ga-- ---- S <X>@ 6 50 ReaTlstate bargain. I have for Mle for a Also afi Lutheran church. A-so a fine weu improved 40 acre ln good settlement. ts dan Erwin.

OOOOOOOOOOOn ° 0 O DEMOCRAT a O WANT COLUMN n 0 0 9_°_° 9995L9 o o o o WANTED CIGAR SALESMAN locality to represent us; unnecessary; <llO per month and «. penses. Write for particulars. jj 0 roe Cigar Co., Toledo, O. WANTED —A good strong the baker trade. Small wages and board will be given. Inquire at Aaderson and Baker restauranTEAMS WANTEI>—To haul stcu* from Decatur to th e Cline road. g. Woods & Son. WANTED—IS furnished room s next week. Address Littleton, A® Guy Stock Co., city. t j FOR SALE FOR SALE—Two'good " cows; fresh soon, the other one fresh now A bargain. J. A. Hendricks, Monroe Ind - • 1751 t FOR SALE —Some fine Double Standard Scotch Shorthorn bull calves, 6 to 12 months old; also some Sool spring Poland China boars, recorded. Fred D. Bell, Fairview Farm. 161-ts First class building stone, crushed stone, stone screenings. Portland remeat, cement blocks, dynamite in caps and lump co*L ts JULIUS HAUGK. FARMERS ATTENTION—any coal for your threshing Setamann and Perkins have the kind yon want on west Monroe street. 170-H FOR SALE—An 18 hors® power Hubir engine and one 32-54 Huber sepantor, run one season. Price 31.41X1 1! sold any time before July 16. Call or address A. W. Werling, Preble, Indiana. Box 55. 162-lflt FOR SALE—A new small house, a big lot In good location cheap. Inquire of John Scheimann at west Monroe street coal yard. 17Mt FOR SALE—Go-cart and organ. See Jacob C. Miller. Marshall street. 161-3 t AUTOMOBILE for sale or trade. A bargain. A. Van Camp. 154-24 t FOR SALE or let out on shares some very good breeding ewes. Inqube of John Scheimann at west Mon*-e street coal yard. 17Ht LOST AND FOUND LOST—Saturday morning between five and six o'clock a rubber over coat on Adams, south Seventh w Madison streets, Finder return w Sam Wyatt and receive a rsward. 16Mt I have a stray Chester White pig. Owner can have same by calling it my farm and paying for this advertisement Ed Christen, R. R. No. 7, Decatur, Ind. 16S-3t LOST —A four square Odd Fellows watch charm, with the three links and the letters F. L, T. in the links. Finder will please return to J. S. Stone. 177-3 t LOST—A gold watch bearing the initials H. F. B. on the outside ot the case and on the inside tbe names of Ida F. Bohnke and H. Fred Bohnke. Finder wil] be rewarded by returning same to Marshal Bohnke. 176-3 t FOUND —Red hog weighing 250 pounds lame in hind parts. Owner can have the critter by paying for this ad. H. F. Reinking. 177-31 LOST —A brown silk jacket with a satin lining, between the Erie dpot and Rugg street. Finder return to this offic and receive reward. 177-4 t STRAYED OR STOLEN—A bay mare six years old with a white right hind leg and a lump in front of pastern joint; has been lost and any information regarding saw 5 should be wired to Marshal Bohnke. A reward is offered for her return. 1764 t

FOR RENT FOR RENT —A room above the NWt le Plat e saloon. Inquire of J. J- Tonnellier. l"3-3t FOR RENT—Nine roomed house on Marshall street. See Mrs. A. C. Gregor/ I'Ht MISCELLANEOUS STRAYED OR STOLEN—A yell®* dog has strayed from its owner. Finder is requested to notify this office FARM LOANS—Plenty of money at s per cent on long time. Privilege of partial payments granted on all loans. The Decatur Abstract and Loan CoDecatur, Indiana. 1' 7 ' 121 STRAYED—A white shoat from the home of William Jackson. Finder please notify this office. I ~^ t Money TO LOAN—I have plenty << money to loan on farms. No coßl ' mission charged. Bore B. Enrls, •* tornay at la*- “**