Decatur Democrat, Volume 56, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 22 June 1911 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT. ■ V«*TTIIITM*BAY NOBNINS BY ufW ELL*NQHAM, hiXWx. a.ans YH4.1l LN ADVANOB. Entered at the poetoflkce at Decatur. *4, aa second class mall matter. Om«MkL" RAM* OF THE MbrtMONg ~~ ANO THE SUGAR DEAL it Looks as though the country were at Last to get the facte In regard to the alliance between the Mormon church and the republican party —at least the high tariff wing thereof It has been charged that the Mormon vote in several of the western states was delivered to the republican candidates in return for legislation protecting sugar, this charge having re cently been made by an ex-Mormon. It is known, of course, In a general way, that there was a politico-relig-ious "combine.” Now, it is to be hoped we are to get the details, and from Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon church, who is to testify next week before the house committee that is investigating the sugar trust. In his testimony yesterday, Lowell M. Palmer. director of the American Sugar Refining company, bad something to say on this subject. The trust sent a man out to Utah to “round up" the beet eugar people. John Christopher Cutler -was the man deal th with. As a result of his trip to the east the first purchase was made. “I was in favor,” said Mr. Palmer, “of purchasing from the Mormons first, because I thought the Mormons could control their people." When asked whether j Cutler was not "a bishop, or some-: thing in the Mormon church,” Palmer said: “I don’t know. We dealt with Mr. Cutler, and he was a very nice man." This man Cutler Is president of a woolen company, incorporated under the name of Cutler Bros. Company, and a director of the Utah-Ida-ho Sugar company, and a member of its executive committee. He has been clerk of Salt Lake county, and governor of the state. Also he is a republican and a member of the Mor-; mon church. These facts are very in-I tereeting. That Cutler is interested | both in Mormonism and in sugar is, ■ of course, obvious. No doubt he is also interested In wool, and is opposed to the democratic wool bill. It was with this man that the sugar trust dealt. The country will be glad to hear from Cutler, and particularly glad to hear from Joseph F. Smith. The political-relfgious-business situation in Utah and the neighboring states has, for years, been a disgrace and scandal. By the way, the appeal of the American Protective Tariff League ought to meet with an enthusiastic response from Smith, Cutler and the other Utah “saints.”—lndianapolis News. THE MANUFACTURER* LOOKING TO THE DEMOCRACY Some of those self-styled progres sive republican newspapers are amusing cusses to say the least They champ the bit, and fairly beiiovr in their anguish and disgust at taelr stand-pat brother who believes in high protection, the trusts, combinations of capital and all the other things for which the republican party has stood for during these many years. It looked for a time as if these self-styled progressives would simply eat alive the insignificant and unsympathizing standpatters, and that they would capture thslr party aad turn its head into the righteous way. But alas! The time for another political battle is fast approaching and the republican party is facing the crisis of its life. Fearing disaster, some of these self-styled progressives are now busy writing strong armed editorials in which they deplore any attempt to discredit the present national administration and the defeat of President Taft. They are explaining the high cost of living in the old ' etandpat doctrine that “cheapness means poverty.” They dig into the historic past by chorusing over the immortal body of the late Mark Hanna, "let well enough alone.” They defend the Aldrich tariff law against which many of their own progressives voted, and in general they are doing the work just as well m any standpatter r

could do IL They even go further. They resurrect the old argument that ’the democracy is responsible for the panic back in the days of 1893 to 1897. A standpatter would not have gone into this subject, which has been so thoroughly exploded and discarded by republican political generals. But ail this shows their partisan tendency, and It also shows that they were not half so independent and honest in their beliefs as they would have the world know. From this time on it may b* expected that they will be real tame and docile, and that when a standpatter sneezes they will take snuff. But no one will take this "guff" with any degree of seriousness. The country is not in a mood to be misled by any party or faction of a party. The old stock arguments of “sta’'d pat.” “let well enough alone,” "there are no trusts,” “cheap clothes make a cheap man," are dead to the world, and the newspaper who tries to palm them off as the arguments in this day. is the newspaper that is behind the times. The most potent factor that will join with the militant democracy in the next national campaign, is the large manufacturers of the country, and this fact was never made more plain to the writer than at the recent meeting of the Democratic Editorial association at Laporte. At that meeting, Mr. E. Rumley, one of the largest manufacturers of farm machinery in the country, made a speech in which he laid bare the false theory of high protection, among other things saying that at this time protection was more of a hindrance than a help to 'the manufacturers of the country. He ! implored the editors there assembled to begin an agitation that would give them the freedom of a world market, and that their future success depended upon that and that alone. So this mildly states the real issue of the next campaign—the tariff. Upon this issue the democratic party has ever been right and it is to this party that the business interests will look for relief from the stagnant conditions which have been brought about under the name of high protection and "let well I enough alone.’ 'SOMETHING ABOUT THE MONROE STREET BRIDGE The agitation for a new bridge over the St. Mary’s at the entrance of Monroe street is taking form and it is likely there will not be the least objection, either official or otherwise, to this needed improvement. It has long been recognized that such a structure should be built, and that both convenience and safety entered into the needs of such a public improvement Some of the argument so far advanced is the fact that the county is out of debt and can well afford to take on the additional burden of a bridge at this particular place. This is indeed a compliment to the official efficiency of those who have had in charge the destinies of the affairs of Adams county. We certainly compliment and commend the board of county commissioners for their wise and sagacious management, and the county council for their co-operation in making it possible for Adams county to see the light of day without a bonded obligation. It sounds good. It does not mean, however, that to build this bridge that Adams county is to again incur debt. Under the law you can not build bridges that way. Not an item of expense can be incurred until the county council makes an appropriation and the board of county commissioners fixed the tax levy that will bring in the cash to pay for this or any other bridge improvement during the calendar year. This to some might seem a handicap, but it is the reverse. It will take but a small levy to build and pay for this improvement, and then it is paid for without any of the expensive luxuries of interest and the other elements that enter into a transaction l which time and interest multiply. The I Democrat, along with the large and progressive citizenship of the city, would like to see the bridge built witnout unnecessary delay. It is a necessity and not a luxury for the city, but it is store of a necessity to the hun t i dreds of citizens of Union, Root and ’ 8t Mary's townships who daily travel that thoroughfare in coming to this ■ city. They need a better bridge there

and they need it for safety as well as they need it for convenience, and their requests should be listened to and granted by those exercising authority in the matter. If such an improvement is undertaken, however, pride should enter sufficiently into the trans'action to cause consideration only to be given to the erection of a handsome two-span concrete bridge with footwalks on both sides. Let the agitation go on. FIGURES IN WOOL AND WOOLENS The New- York Times has been doing a little figuring In regard to wool and woolens. In his report, as chairman of the ways and means committee, on the wool bill Mr. Underwood showed just w hat was the added cost of a suit of clothes as a result of tbs tariff tax. The wholesale cost of the material in England was 77 cents a yard. The freight charges was 1 cent a yard. The specific or compensatory duty on this imported material is 23 cents, and the ad valorem duty is W per cent, or 38 cents a yeard. Here, then is a total tax of 61 cents, which amounts to 78 per cent of the import price. It takes three and one-half yards to make a suit of clothes, so that the tariff tax amounts to 8—13.1 The labor cost of this cloth is 25 per cent of the total cost of production, and. therefore, the protective tax of 78 per cent is more than three times the entire labor cost Yet the tariff is supposed to cover only the difference between the cost of production here and the eost abroad. If there were no cost of production abroad at all, 25 per cent would be enough to cover the different in labor cost. So one can easily see how great an outrage this tax of 78 per cent is. Professor Summer long ago proved that the people could afford to pay ail the wages in a certain protected industry steel, if we remember rightly—pay 6 per cent interest on the investment, and make millions of dollars each year if the industry would cease to produce, and we were allowed to buy the product in the world s market at the world's price. Probably this is true of the woolen industry today The Times bas shown "that If American newspaper publishers were allowed to buy paper free of duty, they could afford to pay the protected manufacturer of print paper an annual sum sufficient to enable them to close their mills altogether and to live in idleness and luxury.” Certainly our method of protecting our Industries is very wasteful and costly. That has been proved many times, and at last the people are beginning to realize the fact. If protection and revenue are all that are sought the business could be managed on a much more economical, and incidentally, a much more honest basis. — Indianapolis News. The following advice is handed to the business men by Brass Tacks: "Let this be your compass—in all things deal square; learn to value your time and the time of others; work to advantage, swing the hard pull for trying places; sleep enough at night when God intended you to sleep, so that your head will be clear during the day, when it was decreed that you should think out your own salvation; speak well of your competitors; watch the leaks in your organization; discount your bills. And remember always that the saving of money is not as important as the salvation of your own immortal soul. “When the business men realize this last truth there will be more money made, more money spent, and less misery on the face of the world, which was meant to be a merry place of abode.” The following was taken from an exchange: “W. A. Clark, who was once a >500,000 senator, has had a test made 'of the 1120,000 organ in his 13,500,000 house. It is expected that next September he will begin to bathe in his 825,000 bathtub and to sleep in his 815,000 bed, resting his auburn ringlets on the 81,000 eiderdown pillows. ( He will alto eat at his 810,000 table from his 840,008 Sevres service aad ( walk on the 8100,000 carpets. The, ■8250,000 art gallery will be made attractive by the ex-senator’s 825,G00

i portrait, sometimes known as a ■ cloud burst in red and green ’ MEASLES PROVED FATAL I Three weeks ago. while visiting at i her home in this county, Mrs Emma J. G leaden ing-FYewK h. contracted measles, and upon her return to her ‘ ,home at Grand Ripids. Mich., grew worse, her death result Ing The bod' has been brought here to her owl home, the funeral to be held in Ge- ' neva. She was thirty-four years ot age and leaves husband, parents and a daughter and several brothers. COUNTERFEITER ARRESTEDThe supposed counterfeiter who worked the Bluffton slot machines for a considerable number of checks the other day. was apprehended Saturday a’ Union City, where he was arraigned, but could not be convicted of any charge. He had been working at Winchester, and a dispatch from the Winchester officials apprised the Union City officers and he was caught as he alighted from a train. When taken to the police station he gave in and showed a large number of the "phonies’ but the statute books are lacking in law which will care for a case of this kind and the fellow was allowed to go free The slugs were made by means of two pieces of slate in which dies were cut and the impression was made by laying a nickel on the cooling metal and strik--1 ing it a blow with a hammer Sufficient likness was obtained to fool the slot machine owners at long range and the fellow has been reaping a harvest. Upon his release the fellow took direct west on foot. o Although worn out by the trip to Montpelier Friday, where they put work on tne floor for the new homestead just instituted oy LHStrlct Manager Roy Numoers. tne members of the degree team of the local homestead were In fine harness until a laxe hour Saturday night at the special meeting heled here, when several visiting officers, among them being the National Grand Foreman William Koch of Des Moines. Iowa: State Manager Carter of Indianapolis; State Manager McKee of Detroit, Mich., were entertained After the adoption ceremonies the homestead was addressed by the visiting officials who gave talks on Yeomanry and the teaching of the ritualistic work. The ritual is based on Sir Walter Scot’s novel. "Ivanhoe.” and teaches the leeson taught in this book. Refreshments were served after the meeting by the ladies and a good social time was enjoyed by all. The Montpelier Herald gives a very good account of the work of the Decatur team in their good work in the Montpelier homestead last Friday evening. as follows: "The Yeomen had an elegant time at the local homestead Friday evening when the lodge which was organ-I ized here only a few weeks ago, was formally instituted by Grand Foreman William Koch of Des Moines. lowa, ably assisted by W. F. Carter, state manager, of Indianapolis, and the well known Decatur degree team. "Following the banquet at the Columbia hotel at 5:30 the members of the order went at once to the local homestead where at 6:30 the secret session was held. "Four members were selected from the local lodge as candidates for the initiatory work while the remainder of the membership watched the crack Decatur team give the work, which they did in a very creditable, inspiring and impressing manner. The initiatory work is based upon Str Walter Scott’s master work, ‘lvanhoe,’ and the characters of the famous book were forcibly brought out, both in the degree work and costumes. The paraphernalia of the Decatur team is very fine and was purchased by the visiting lodge at great expense. "Mr. Koch left last evening at 10:21 with the Decatur delegation for that city, where he will address that lodge tonight” POLICE COURT NEWS. A tramp printer was arrested late Saturday night by Policeman Melchi,, who found him lying on the porch of the John Holthouse residence. He had been arrested the Wednesday before, but was let go on his promise to leave the city, and when arraigned today, pleaded guilty, and drew 81.00 and costs, or 811.00 in all. He is a highly educated man and Is getting old, but his appetite for liquor is greater than he can withstand. — — DECORATIONS SPOILED. (United Press Service.) London, Eng., June 19—(Special to Dally Democrat)—The two days of incessant raining has worked havoc , In the London coronation oßremonies. |( The decorations of flags and bunting are nothing but a smear, and will have to be replaced;' The rain, however, had no Influence with the crowds.

i Twoaty-elgbt princes and princesses arrived here today. Owing to the high prices which prevail little trading is being done and the prices wil ’have to be lowered to prevent a any t of the merchants from suing loi° i bankruptcy. r Everything is in readiness for the r closing exercises of the St. Joseph r Catholic high school, which Is to take I place at the Bosse opera house on - Wednesday evening of tbi* week. All ! necessary arrangements have been I! completed and the graduates are now awaiting the hour when the exer cisea, never to ”•• forgotten, will be held in their behalf. The stage will be neatly arranged for the evening, • and with the class colors of black and i gold being displayed throughout the decorations The program to be ren dered will be a very interesting one. i and one of the best given by the school. The address of Father Travers will be welcome to all and his kindlv words of advice to the outgoing < lass' will be highly appreciated by all. The following is the program t® he carried out: Music. Welcome Song—Claw. Salutatory—Francis Ixwe Address—Rev. T. B. Travers. Valedictory—William Mougey. Distribution of Diplomas —Rev. T. H Wilken. St. Joseph's High School 1A ilHam Mougey. Francis Lose. Herman Ehingen Jeanette Kinney. * Bosse, Leon Meibers, Raymond Kohne, Bernnrdine Heideman. Clarence Miller. Palmer Method Diplomas—Bernardine Heideman, Leona Bosse. Palmer Method Certificates—William Mougey. Leon Meibers, Francis Lose. Herman Ehinger, Clarence Miller. Farewell Song—Class Music. • HinvSHRD HRDSHRD A Finger Play—Miss Margaret Moran A Little Girl’s Troubles—Miss Esth-j er Miller. A Scholar—Miss Anna Baker. Occupations—Five Little Girls. Motion Song—Minims. Old Folks at Home—Pantomime. Flag Song—Chorus. — ■ GUY PLAYERS ARRIVED. The Guy players arrived in the city Sunday night over the G. R. & I. railroad at 1 o'clock, and this morning, early the men were on the ground at the corner of Fourth and Monroe streets getting the bright, new canvas stretched in time for the show tonight. An entirely new tent is being .erected this time, and all appurtenances are also new. The band will give two concerts daily, one at noon and the other at 7 in the evening. The play will start at 8:30, the usual hour, and tonight they play a comedydrama. taken from college life, entitled "A Woman's Honor.” Everybody should see the initial performance of this well known company and pone need fear that the result of their expectations will be disappointing. TO FORM CLUB. A motorcycle club, to be known as the F. A. M. club, will soon be started in this city. It will not only include riders of this city, but they want all from the surrounding country to be members, and all interested should call at the Model cigar store at any time. All are welcome to belong to the organization, and after a large number have been admitted an election of officers will b« held and the club run the same as any other organization. o— Margaret Soles, aged forty-five, years, wife of P. J. Soles, a resident cf Poe, and known to a number of people in this city, passed away at her home just at the noon hour Sunday after a several years' illness from tuberculosis. They had been residents of that town for only about four months, having come from Illinois, where they had been making their , home Upon moving to Poe they occupied the homestead of what is . known as the 0. Meyer farm, where j they have since resided. Mrs. Poe is ( survived by a loving husband and two j children, Mrs. Lillie Hawking and i Earl Soles, who is still at home. The , funeral services will be held on Tues- , day afternoon, the cortege leaving the home for the Methodist church at 1 o’clock and the services will be held at 2 o’clock. Interment will take place at the Poe cemetery. o Group one. of the Indiana Bankers’' association, comprising bankers from 1 the northeastern countiee of Indiana,' will meet in Fort Wayne on June 20 I to hold their annual 'session. The* meeting will be held at the Anthony' I hotel, under the auspices of the Fort I Wayne clearing house. At noon a I luncheon will be served and the afternoon will be devoted to business. The program will be as follows: , Report of Secretary. Address—“ Our Association”—Mr. C H. Worden, President Indiana Bank-

are, of group one, comprising i cusslons. “Conservation of the Soil”— b Mr. D. B. Johnson, of Monroevm e ’ 1 "Plan for Monetary Legislations Suggested by Hon. Nelson W. Aldrich led by Mr. W. O. Edens of Chicago ••What Raie of Interest Can a Hank i Profitably Pay on b Mr. D. A. Wasmuth, of Roanoke New business. Unfinished business Election of officers. Adjournment R. S. Todd, president of the baker bank at Bluffton, is chairman of ■ the group, and C. N. Brown, of Auburn, is secretory. The exeenti V) . , committee includes W. P. Hrcen F or . Wayne; T. U Hildebrand. Columbia City; Omer B. Smith, of RmhestcD. A. Wasmuch of Roanoke, and (• g Niblick of ©ecatur. The committee In charge of ar rangements for the meeting it composed of Roas McCulloch, H A Kep. linger and Abe Ackerman A serious fire was narrowly aver . ed Sunday morning at the Watson g a . rage, when the automobile, belonging to Robert Allison, caught flre f roa some unknown cause, by the quick and brainy action of Harry Watson who was superintending the care 01 the machine. R. K. Allison, father ot the owner, was intending to make a trip, and had asked Mr. Watson to back the machine out of the building for him. One of the employees of the garage cranked the machine and it made two or three revolutions and died, but Mr. Watson, who was at the wheel, noticed a flame inside the hood, and understanding at ones what had occurred, shut off the gaso line and ran for an extinguisher. The large quantity of gasoline and oil in the pan made the flames mount quickly and being under the bod' back of the engine, was hard to get at Several tube and liquid eztin gulshers were turned on the base of the flames and they were throttled, h a few moments it broke out again in renewed fury and it was necessary to run the machine into the street to save the building. The wiring and ■ paint was about al! thar was ruine and the loss will not reach over All parties concerned are conzrat ulating themselves today on the small losses which occurred from the fire, and had it not been for die heroic work done by Mr. Watson, the emits building would have been burned the ground. If the machine had been in a private garage, where trained assistance was not instantly at hand. ■ would have been destroyed in a fe» minutes, and Mr. Allison considers himself lucky in having so small > lose. The fire may have been caused by a back fire from the carburetor, or from a spark from the magneto. — - 1 — 1 -1-0 — THE FOURTH AT MONROE. The Celebration will be a Fitting and Prominent One. | Monroe is going to have a Fourtli of July celebration that they have mX had for years and from the arrange ments which are being made it would be hard to surpass for a better ono The business men know what " means to have an attraction of this kind and they are going to do it W right while they are at it. The’ are billing the county from one end to the other, and have a program cowpMte throughout Everything in the way or racing is to be secured, and will be the t>est obtainable, and along with the other numbers of addresses, speech-making, etc, the celebration will be hard to beat. — —0 TO CELEBRATE FATHER’S DAY At the Evangelical Church on Next Sunday. The Evangelical church of this city will on next sunoay ceieorate F 3 ther’s Day.” Sunday was the day the general celebration, but on 2C count of the Children’s Day service* held at this church Sunday, the F» ■ ther’s Day was postponed. Mrs. John B. Dodd of Spok*n«Wash., is originator of ‘Fathers Day,” and had made arrangementthrough clubs in various parts of ' * United States for a national cele ra Hon on Sunday, June IStb. who desire to show their respect •’dad’’ will, on the day set apart. »’» A rose, a colored flower for the lu I and white for the dead. Mrs I succeeded in interesting several * 0 sand men. women and children is J northwestern country In the day last year, when man’ 0 ministers preached special w 7 ” 10 ' extolling the worth and vir,ufS q ' "the old man.” Since then the * kane woman has received sll , eaTe »oletters from prominent men an men In various parts of the cou ( including governors of states and executive officers »t ington, D. C., oommending h »r asking that influence be used t> mg the day a national hoiidsT