Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1908 — Page 5

gg ANN IE ‘CATRON. *:.' 4* -V i'9?& - '.‘ , -®i gb 1 'Maß*k : ■' I ■• w* *% ' ; . ■ . . ■. •■3Xa<. ■■■ :-.-.->^£sS.\ : - • Si MADE LIFE A BURDEN TO ME. «S ANNIE CATRON, 927 Main St, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes: jl hsve found Peruna a blessing w rere case of catarrh of the head Strut which I suffered from for a .ter of years, I am only too pleased Wit my personal endorsement. Itarrh, such as I suffered from, i life a burden io me, my breath rf e tts!ve, stomach bad, and my (stopped up that I was usually Med with a headache, and although ed many so-called remedies, nothpve me permanent relief. I was s discouraged with all medicines i Peruna was suggested to me. [owe ver, I did buy a bottle, and bethat was finished there was a ted change in my condition. Much eragcd I kept on until I was comtl} cured in a month’s time, and I that my general health is also ex■t” ople who prefer solid medicines tld try Peruna tablets. Each tablet tents one average dose of Peruna. ifl-a-lin the Ideal Laxative. I effort is being made by the issodation to have the G R. and run a special train south on the lings of the days of the Great Ittern Fair. It is possible that k a thing will b e done. %e brush for the one hundred side between the Decatur and Kendalle teams will come off in about weeks, and in ail probability will flayed at the latter city. A bunch rooters will accompany the team t here. eorge Ullmer, for the past eigh--1 months an employe of the job irtment of the Banner, has taken imilar position with the Portland I leaving with his fjunily for that te this morning.—Bluffton Banner, taring that he had become a burlon account of his mental condiI Georg e W. Lightcap, of Silver k, who was several days ago adPd to be of unsound mind, retted that he be sent to the hospital the insane at Logansport. Maimed letters at the postoffice mg to Fred Rochtrok, Mart Stalter, IW. Tyndall, L. J. Uhland, Stella idom, Carey Wood, Janies Elward, ft? Gates. Joshu Essig, Lewis Hey. Wet Odear, Otto Miller, Oren Schott, L. W. Tomlinson and Mrs. S. Stone. Ut the (public saw about jTeasVCojfzesisall the Wising we want. Every W using our Coffee comes or more, and tell their toots about it as well? me it with the ladies to jnow easy it is to get up an “ r jor us because our ’ll« good. r Mor catalog gj premiums Wadies Joracttinq up -js.and we will show you | bjurnish your homes by staple groceries at Ces mat invite competition. Qre the only mail order 186 sell i nqhigh class sta- ® such as Fancu Teas, Jn Roasted Coffees.Starcb, “■ nunes, Raisins, etc. J> us Se °d you our ™ c paqe Grocery Price and Cataloq of PreJJ that you may see that we are the* . People, •dress.

Mrs. Al. Sholts, North Meridian street, went to Geneva Saturday. . She was accompanied by her mother Mrs. Sarah Heiston, who has been 1 visiting in the city.—Portland Review. ' Clem Kain arrived home this’ fore- , neon from Dallas. Texas, where heha s . been representing the Bluffton Elks i at the national convention of the Elks. . Mrs. Kain and her sister. Miss Hall. remained for a few weeks’ visit with . relatives at Dallas and other Texas cities—Bluffton Banner The Decatur public library is being I well patronized with reading patrons these flays and every monthly report shows the fact that thousands of books ar drawn out for reading purposes by its enthusiasttc patrons. The library i 8 always up to date in its reading matters and the members of the board ar e to be complimented on this. The .managers and directors of the Great Northern Fair are very busy at present getting matters into shape for the coming fair, which i s fast approaching. To say that this year’s will be a record breaker is putting it mildly. Many new amusements and features which the directors have up their sleeve will be presented this year. The races will be the best ever and with the engaging of the best band in the state the fair of 1908 will be a hummer. Everybody boost. The Guy Stock company opened its doors to the public for the first time since tieing l in Decatur and were greeted by one of the largest crowds that ever attended a similar kind of shftw. The bill was a strong one last evening and was one of the strongest plays ever put on in our city. Their large orchestra f s a special feature of the show’ and is one of the very best ever heard here. They will present "Father and Son” this evening and will no doubt be greeted by another good house. Two oil tanks, containing about 200 barrels of oil, belonging to the Ccotland Oil company, composed of W. A. Kunkel, D. W. Brown, Tom Flyin and Robert Souder of this city, were struck by lightning Sunday about one o'clock on the Spade farm in Jay county. Both tanks wer e totally destroyed. This made the third successive summer that oil leases were struck by lightning and burned at the same identical spot, but th e company announced today that they will build tanks for the fourth time a the same place. Their losses by lightning have probably amounted to $1,500 to $2,000. The farmer who owns lond says that lightning has struck on his farm a half dozen times in recent years and the place certainly seems to be hoodooed. —BBluffton News. Teheran, July 27.—Abdul Fath Mirza, the second brother of the shah,who has been kept a prisoner in one of the suburban palaces, made an unsuccessful attmnt to escape a few days ago. It is understood that his effort to get away was part of the latest anti royalist plot to dethrone the shah and proclaim Abdul his successor. Abdul led the insurrection of 1907 at Zoristan, where he was governor. Colonel Liakhoff has asked the shah to relieve him of his duties as military governor of Teheran because of the increasing popular antipathy against Russians, Miraz Admed. the editor of a liberal paper, has been impaled for his political crimes. The same punishment pursuant to the sentence of the court, has been meted out to other political offenders, Elkhart, Ind., July 28—Charles G. Conn mentioned as the probable Independence- party candidate for governor of Indiana authorizes the announcement that he is not a candidate f° r office and will not accept the nomination if it is tendered him. His newspaper, the Elkhart Truth, prints a statement to his effect. It is under- < stood that Mr. Conn will support the ' Democratic national and state tickets. . Chicago, July 28.—Chairman Mack, J of the Democratic national commit- < tee announced that branch headquar- J ters, with John E. Osborne, national < committeeman from Wyoming, in charge, will be opened in Denver the • la.it month of the presidential campaign. Mr. Mack, who left last night for his home in Buffalo, expects within the week to decide upon some man ‘ or men whose names will be presented to the executive committee for chair- * man of that committee. W. J. Bryan within a fortnight or less, will meet members of the executive committee in Chicago. At this meeting the chairman of the committee will be chosen. In speaking of the advisory committee which he will appoint Mr. Mack said today that it would include such men as ex-Governor Francis of < Missouri and John E. Lamb, of Indi- 1 ana. “Mr. Bryan,” said Mr. Mack, is <■ anxious to have the advice of old-time < Democrats and he wishes particularly < to interest thos e who are members of * the party in the campaign.” Mr Mack i will announce the personel o executive and the advisory commit- < tees at Buffalo. He expects to spend 1 the greater part of his time during - the campaign in Chicago.

Hastings, la„ July 27.—Whil e en-L deavorlng to imitate a feat he had seen performed at a circus by sliding 1 down a wire through a blazing hoop i Earnest Heath, son of a blacksmith of ; Randolph, was fatally burned. Heath ‘ stretched a wire frem the top of the j town windmill to a stake in a field, [ and arranged a hoop soaked with' kerosene about half way up the wire. | Ihe hoop was set on fire and Heath; essayed the slide. He caught in the j hoop, and when he finally reached the! ground his clothing was ablaze from i head to foot. His body was scorched from the tops of his shoes to his crown. No hope for his recovery is given by the attending physicians. The members of the Union chapel church have planned for a most delightful time next Saturday when a picnic will be given for the church and it 6 friends. No little expense has it cost the progressive residents of near Preble for the occasion, and a great time is assured all who attend. Many amusements will be on the grounds, both for the old and young, and in addition to this. Hon. C. J. Lutz of this city will deliver an address, which promises to be very interesting. Mr. Lutz i s an orator of ability and his services are in demand on such occasions as this. The Hoagland band has been engaged to furnish music during the day and that the exercises of the day will be unusually good is a foregone conclusion. It is quite likely that a large number of Decatur people will attend the picnic for ih e people in that vicinity have the reputation of being royal entertainers. The picnic will be held in the David Steele woods. Hartford City, Ind., July 28. —For the first time in the history of this city a whisky sale was advertised in the streets Saturday. Lewis Wilhelm, a saloon keeper, advertised his liquor by means of a dilapidated wagon, driven by elowns, and on the sides of the vehicle were many legends. Attention was attracted to the outfit by ringing a bell. One of he streamers read: "Why spend money for poor shoes when you can get good whisky cheap?” Another read: "Kicked-out-of-business sale. I'm a member.” These were directed at a local shoe dealer who was a prominent remonstrant and who advertised today in the same manner. Wilhelm will quit business on August 10, 1908, ano will not seek a new license. He will keep up h’s advertising scheme until the last day. Wilhelm is one of the best known window glass workers in the country and came here several years ago from Eaton, where he made a small fortune in the saloon business. Fort Wayne, July 28. —(Special to th e Daily Democrat) —The Fort Wayne News this evening carries the formal announcement that Judge J. W. Vesey will accept the Republican nomination for joint senator of Adams Allen counties, providing the nomination is given him. The leaders here have been urging Judge Vesey’s acceptance for several days, and they are more than elated now. Judge Vesey is well known in Decatur, being perhaps one of the largest stockholders in the Old Adams County bank, and also being otherwise well and favorably known. His acceptance of this favor is done merely as a matter of party duty. He is a strong, capable man. The date of the convention has not been set, but now that they have a candidate this feature of the log roller will be short and sweet. ARE GETTING THEIR BUMPS Sears, Roebuck & Co. Not Getting Fat this Year. The annual report of Sears, Roebuck & Co., just made public, shows a sharp falling off in trade and a reduction in the surplus of SBOO,OOO. The surplus a year ago stood at $2,542,900 and is now down to a little more than $1,700,000. The first quarter of the fiscal year just closed showed a slight decrease in gross sales, but the second quarter fell behind 25 per cent. Th e second half of the fiscal year generally produces 25 per cent less business than the first half. In the last six months there was some recovery from the panic, but the aver- 1 age decrease for the period was more > than 15 per cent. It is safe to estimate the decrease for the fiscal year ■ at 20 per cent. o Mrs. D. W. Beery is spending the ’ day at Fort Wayne with friends. — ~ ; business college. Many Adams county young people ‘ owe their present position and standing in life to the training received . at the International Business College of Fort Wayne. Ind. Twenty years of continued success has brought this school to rank among the highest of its class in the United States. Fort Wayne is a great city, almost at your door and many opportunities are to b e had, if you possess a first class Business Education. Write for our large handsome catalogue.

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NO ISE FOR TARIFF Ex-Governor W. L. Douglas of Massachusetts, Scores Protection SAYS IT CAUSED PANIC , He Tells How Tariff Injures the Shoe Industry of the Country I am asked to write under one of the two heads, “How the Tariff Affects I ' My Business” or “Why I Favor Tariff Reduction.” t As lam not selfish enough to ask I for lower tariff duties solely on my > own account or foolish enough to im- • agine that the tariff Jaw will ,be changed for my especial benefit, I 1 will write a few words under both 3 heads. 1 My business is injuriously affected • by the tariff. The duties on hides, > leather, thread, machinery, coal and r building materials increase the cost of s making shoes in this country an aver- . age of something like 10 cents a pair i or $30,000,000 a year for the entire s country. Os course we manufacturers do not i finally pay all of this tariff tax on foots wear. We collect fully nine-tenths of • it from those who wear shoes. But we cannot collect the tax on shoes sold for export. This comes out of • our own pockets. This tax, by forcing ■ us to pay 10 per cent more for leather i than is paid by our foreign competi- - tors, increases the cost of making ; shoes in this country about 5 per cent ■ and thus greatly handicaps us in for- , i eign markets. With free leather and ! other materials and supplies we would ■ perhaps soon be exporting $100,000,000 ( worth of shoes a year instead of the ( $7,000,000 or $8,000,000 worth now ex- ( ported. ,

It is, then, mainly in the export business that the tariff shoe pinches us manufacturers. It pinches us very much also because of the fewer pairs of shoes worn by an overtaxed people. If, as I believe, tariff trust taxes increase the cost of living by 10 per cent, it is probable that these taxes diminish the number of shoes worn about 10 per cent. I favor tariff reduction, then, both for selfish and for humanitarian reasons. By stopping the tariff graft of the protected trusts—the greatest of all graft—l would increase the purchasing power of the wage and salary earners’ dollar and thus virtually in- : crease wages 10 per cent. I am not certain that, had the trusts been curbed by the removal of unnecessary tar- i iff duties in 1904 or 1905, we would , have had the severe industrial depres- i sion through which we are now passing. I have never been a believer in i the now exploded theory that a na- t tion could tax itself into prosperity. Protection and prosperity are not, in t my vocabulary, synonymous words. To I me “protection” as we know it means t unnecessary and unjust taxation, and I this means frequent per ods of busi- < i.ess depression. reduced wages, idle t workingmen, adversity, disease and I

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crime. Suth as we are now experlenc-1 ing I have no faith in the Republican ' tariff expert committee plan of revi3-' ing the tariff. In my opinion it is a po-1 litical manuver to hoodwink the peo-1 j.le and tide the Republicans over the residential election. It is partly a scheme to have the tariff experts in the var’ous departments provide campaign material for the high tariff party. These experts are now compiling statistics of cost of production in different countries and of export taxes and bounties levied by foreign countries on goods going abroad. We may be certain that if any material is found that will aid the protectionists and stand patters, it will be put into the hands of all Republicans speakers next fall. Other material will be kept under cover. The New York Journal of Commerce of May 20 made an even more serious charge against the tariff revision plans of the senate and house committees. It said that these plans were “merely intended as a basis for political capital” and that “the whole tariff investigation now pending has a direct relation to campaign funds.” That the Republicans do not seriously intend to revise the tariff downward where such revision would hurt their friends, the trusts, is evident from the preliminary report of the special committee which has been investigating the tariff on paper and wood pulp. After taking “2,000 pages of printed testimony” the majority report gravely informs us that the “entire removal of the present tariff would not hav e any great immediate effect” on the prices of paper. Thus has the Republican mountain labored and brought forth a ridiculous tariff mouse. This is al Ithe satisfaction given to the thousands of newspaper publishers who asked congress, to free them from the paper trusts by the removal of the duties on paper and pulp. The tariff plank in th e Republican platform just adopted at Chicago is as shifty as expert political jugglers could make it. It gives a stone to those who asked for bread. Instead of promising plainly to reduce oppressive tariff duties it discusses

1 maximum and minimum rate§ and favors “such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with areasonable profit to American industries.” Think of it —“reasonable profit!” Our pampered, overgrown protected “infants” are not satisfied with duties to cover the difference in cost of production. They want duties that will give them greater profits than those of their foreign competitors. What are “reasonable profits?” Are steel trust profits of over $160,000,000 made last year, or fully 50 per cent on the cost price of its products “reasonable profits?” If the tariff is “adjusted by its friends,” will this profit remain as it is? This much talked about “difference in labor cost” is a delusion and a snare. It differs between different countries at different times just as it does between different states. We can never be certain as to this difference because it is impossible for any tariff committee to mak e manufacturers in this or in any country show their books.

I In my opinion, the tariff should be j revised, and revised downward, not !by the “friends of the tariff" but by the friends of the consumers—the entire people. W. L DOUGLAS. THE SOCIAL DOINGS The Misses Hackman Entertain With an Evening Party ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Other Doings Among Gay Society is Here Chronicled I ; The meeting of the St. Vincent de • Paul society was largely attended this s afternoon and an enjoyable tim e was 1 had by all present. The meeting took place at the hom e of Mrs. W. H. Nib- . lick, and after the business of the t society was attended, delicious |ret freshments were served by the hos- ! tess, which was very appetizing. A ■ social hour followed. 1 > The German Reformed church will have a Sunday school picnic at Ma- , pie Grove Park on Wednesday, Aug- ' ust sth. This picnic is always an enjoyable event and this years will ’ be no exception. Everybody is in- , vited to come and have a good time. Misses Catherine and Nettie Hackman entertained at a party last evening to a number of friends in honor of their cousin. Mis s Emma Pio, of Payne, Ohio. During the evening’s enjoyment, which consisted of music, games, etc., light refershments consisting of ice cream and cake were served. Those included in the party were Misses Viola Ulman, Bertha Brown, Adaline Snyder, Loretta Bosse, Jenny Miller, Eva McGath, Emma Pio, Catharine, Nettie and Loretta Hackman and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tester and baby Harold, and Messrs. Martin Schlickman, Frank Hurst, Wm. Lose, Claude Gay, Charles Baxter, Joseph Gase, Roy Miller, Frank Baker, Wm. Bogner and Al Fritsinger. They all report a most enjoyable time.

The Modern Woodmen lodge will have a special meeting this evening at their hall and it is important that every member be present. The committees are especially urged, to be present as matters pertaining to the initiation work will be taken up. The lodge has quite a number of candidates for their initiation work and will soon have a large number. The many committee are busy preparing Jnr 'the great event whi<<| will occur Saturday, August Bth. Th Helping Hand society of the German Reformed church will meet Thursday afternoon with Miss Emma Strickland on Fourth street. ' ' o John Reber, long an educator in the schools of Huntington county, died in Huntington Monday after an illness of ten days.