Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1904 — Page 6

g Racket Store October S'ale jNobv On. SPECIALS that can not be duplicated by any retail dealer in this county. We are the people when it comes to giving bargains Look over these prices and judge for yourself whether you want to save money or pay more for same goods somewhere else. If you decide to save money, get in line and come direct to the 99 Cent Racket Store, the Greatest Bargain House in Jasper County :::::::

STONE BROS WARRANTED RINGS RLI’RODU( I l> FROM SOLID GOLD PATTERNS EACH KING (jIAKCNTEED TO fflVf ENTIRE umfACTION OK A NEW ONL 10 LVEKY DISPLEASED UWOMEK LOGIC EGK Till STAMP \iimm] AND ACCtn_NO SUBSTITUTE A ILW OF OUK Zo'\ WAKKANTtD KINGS t 4r ) >• ip ‘V A itLtXTION EKQM OUK^O 1 LINE WE ARE SHOWING THESE IN FIFTY DIFFERENT PATTERNS -

Here is n cup and saucer and plate of White Australian China; we will sell you the 3 pieces for.. Something you will appreciate. Jardineers and Flower Pots. We have a full line and at prices that the ladies will wonder how we can sell them at the prices we do.

House Purnishing Goods* This is the time of year that every lady in the laud is looking with pride to her kitchen. She knows beyond a doubt that it is her little paridise for the next six months to coine, and it is her duty to see that she has all the little conveniences to make it the happiest place in her household. We have the articles she needs to drive dull care away, make life worth living, make her husband happy by having everything is ready when he comes in on a cold day, by having the latest and up-to-date articles to be found, so she can have dinner ready on time. The 99 cent Racket Store is the place for that class of goods, and you can save money by coming here to buy them. Look at our prices ami come at once.

■ . THIS NIC E TEA-KETTLE, full size, in nil steel base, li i fcr 1 1 1 \ euii ruled, CQ« cub DOU COFFEE AND TEA-POTS (like cut) for this sale in enameled, largest OCp size, only L\J\l

MEN'S HALF SOLES, per pair 10c SHOE NAILS, ull sizes, paper ... 5c TOILET SOAP, good, per eake le H1KI) SEED, per package 5c NEST EGGS, per dozen 16c WASH BOARD, eueh 19c WHISK BROOMS 10c BOLTS, all sizes, up to 5 in. each lc FOOT TUBS. each...,,. .. 19c

These are only a few bargains we have. There is always something to interest you;'no matter how much you have you can always find something new here. Do not miss this sale, it will start to-day and last to Nov. 7, 1904. Just look up the 99 Cent Racket Store; do not be deceived. We are located north side of Public Square. ESr E. V. RANSFORD, Prop-, Rensselaer, Ind.

Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! The largest line and greatest variety in all kinds of footwear can be bought here. Others can quote you prices but they are not in it with the guaranteed line we handle. We are sell ng the Shoes, we are selling the Rubbers, we are selling the Felts in combination, we are selling the fleece-lined goods. Why? Because we give you more for your money, and besides it is a pleasure to know that when you buy a shoe that you get leather in the place of paste board. We do not handle the paste-board kind and put a fancy leather price on it, but we sell the genuine, all leather shoes, manufactured by the largest shoe manufacturer in the world, and guaranteed by them.

'We sell an all leather shoe made by the above firm for this sale, one pair to a customer, only ;. 99^”

/T-OS. WASH BOILERS of all kinds copper, galva n - ized iron. tin. I Tin. " Oil copper bottom :j"■*' | ..!HW mill rim. Irom lb- up to i 11."... ~nd c‘l DISH-PAN iliki (V** 1 etit) the he.t If . jtj « are nutde. gu- V. ■trail teed to MjjIRjUkIUUXF jumr—nmwßfiMjinHg 9c n VHVcnBBHjlrMMflMdBCfl O'-'u jIBwBiJinBUHMBiBB OAT MEAL COOK(.tart cups TWO (JT. ( UPS M DUST PANS, others BURNERS, ull si.,sc

12 BOXES MATCHES, only 10c CARLOAD MATCHES, only 05c Full Size Go-Carts Rubber Tires, up-to-date every way others get $4.75 for, we will sell while they last, the *•) QQ folding kind ... sti3u The Standard Oil Lamp, everybody gets $l5O for it. we will sell you one OQq Only one to a customer.

Jewelry Department Is complete in everything used in this line end our prices are 50 per cent less than elsewhere. We guarantee the same to give entire satisfaction. Get our prices. Special on kings eor this sale —99 cei.t Kings for 50c and guaranteed for 5 years; do not pay $2.50 for same Rings elsewhere. China Department la second to none in the state. We carry the largest assortment of China and Glasswar*- that can be found anywhere. Such a grand what makes this the place for you to buy your wedding and Christmas presents. We have just bought and now have on exhibition the finest line of Haviland China that we ever have 'bought, and we know that we can save you .‘ls or 40 per cent on same. If you want to buy a complete set, come in; we have them in Haviland.

LADIES' UNDERWEAR only 25c CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR, all sizes. the best that money can buy, only.. 25c Men's Underwear, Pants, Sweaters, Gloves and Mittens, Husking Gloves, Husking Pegs. Suspenders, and everything needed—you can find them here at the lowest possible price, considering quality. We handle nothing but the best.

BERLIN KETTLES (like cut) small size 25c BERLIN KETTLES (like cut) medium size QC„ only , BERLIN KETTLES (like cut) large size AQn only.. ’“li U CUSPIDORS, nickel IDplated (like cut)... I Uu |] LAMP CHIMNEYS. No. n 1 or No. 2. only 5c

SIGNIFICANT

Enormous Reductions In Railroad Assessments by the Republican Board of State Tax Commissioners. It was shown last week that the Republican board of tax commissioners, while having seemingly increased the railroad assessments for 1903 over the valuation for 1902, had really reduced the assessments when the increase for the year in main, second main, side track and rolling stock were considered. This was not an accident but was a part of the aettled policy of the board which has uniformly reduced the corporate assessments and as uniformly increased the assessments on other property. Mr. Fairbanks denounced the new tax law as “odious” and his party declared in, favor of its revision. And since the Republicans came into power in 1895 they have been Juggling with the law and following a settled policy of holding the assessments down to the minimum. New lines have been built, more second main and sitfe track laid and the rolling stock has been greatly increased, but the assessments have been kept down by taking no account of the increasing mileage. The average man looks at the totals, if he looks at all, and sees that the assessments have been increased slightly since the Republicans came into power in the state. He does not compare period with period or inquire into conditions in order to learn whether the increase is actual or feigned. Here is where the Republicans have hoodwinked him. The records, of course, must show increases in mileage as well as in assessments, hut the Republicans have pointed to the one and ignored the other, and have thus made a plausible showing in their administration of the tax board. As a matter of fact, however, they have reduced the railroad assessments more than $16,000,000 since 1894. This reduction has not occurred by taking so many dollars from the totals of the individual roads, for this would show on its face that a reduction had been made. A more specious policy has been pursued. A little has been added from time to time to keep up a show of fairness and as an offset to the increase in assessments on other classes of property, but miles upon miles of railroad property have been permitted to escape assessment entirely or, if assessed, a corresponding reduction on the whole was made that the total might not be largely increased. There is not a farmer in Indiana who is not assessed more for a large quantity of wneat in his bins than he was the year before on a small quantity. If he builds a barn or adds a horse or cow during the year the increase is assessed and he pays taxes upon it. This ought to be true of all when it is true of one, but it has not been the rule with the Republican board of tax commissioners when making railroad assessments. Between 1894 and 1903 the railroads built 682.02 miles of main track, and if the average assessment had been maintained in assessing this added mileage, the total increase in the assessment would have been $13,129,567.02. During the same period the railroads added 359.57 miles of second main track, which should have been assessed at $10,884 per mile, and had this been done it would have increased the total $3,913,557.88. The same railroads added 1,117.89 miles of side-track between 1894 and 1903. The average assessment of side-track is $3,622 per mile, and had this increase been made and the ratio of asessment maintained, the total of the railroad assessment would have been Increased $4,012,777.58. And if the increase in rolling stock had been similarly considered, another $2,334,150 would have been added, or a total for main, second main, sidetrack and rolling stock of $23,390,054.48. The total railroad assessment for 1903, instead of being $164,835,091 as fixed by the board, shrould have been increased to $188,225,145. The following figures show how the board has managed to help the railroads in keeping down their taxes: Total railroad assessment, 1894 $157,743,026 Total railroad assessment, 1908 164,835,091 Total increase in 9 years.. 7,092,065 Increase in miles of main track since 1894 682.02 Second main track 359.57 Sidetrack 1,107.89 Rolling stock 910.81 Assessment valne of 5ame....523,390,054 The foregoing shows conclusively that the state board of tax commissioners have favored the railroads to the extent of the difference between the actual increase of $7,092,065, made by the board in nine years, and the increase of $23,390,054 which is demanded by the additional mileage of the roads. While assessments upon other classes of property are being Increased. railroad assessments are being reduced and they are today paying taxes on a valuation which is $16,297,989 lower than it should be. And just to the extent that the railroads escape their just share of taxation, to that extent the burden falls upon the people. The Republican tax board is certainly trying to make the law “odious."

The military establishment of the United States, exclusive of pensions, will cost under Roosevelt, in a time of profound peace, $515,000,000 more than under the last Democratic administration. __

HEMENWAY.

Of course the present situation of the Indiana Republicans in respect to senatorial candidates is the natural outgrowth of the boss rule that has been inaugurated under Mr. Fairbanks. Years ago he began to contribute to the campaign fund, and for the purpose of advancing his own interests and it was not unnatural that he should be rewarded with a mortgage on his party. This mortgage not only covered his own claims on the party, but was construed by him and his backers to cover any claim that he might put forward in behalf of his friends. It is well known that the machine was loaded against Beveridge in 1899, when the “manifest destiny” statesman was chosen by the caucus, and that choice was made only after it was demonstrated that it must either be Beveridge or Hanly. Now Mr. Fairbanks comes forward and, In spite of the unwritten law of parties that all candidates shall have an equal show within the party, he and his friends are openly advocating the nomination of Hemenway for the senate. And this is being done in the face of the fact that Governor Durbin, Charles B. Landis, Edgar D. Crumpacker and others of less note but equal versatility are aspirants for the senate. The open championship of Hemenway by Speaker Cannon in recent speeches in Indiana was in direct defiance of every law of courtesy and of every rule of right. If there was but the one candidate and no prospect that others might enter the race; if the Republicans as a party were agreed that Hemenway should go to the senate in the event that the legislature is Republican, then the case woul’d be different, but the bringing into the state of a man of Cannon’s prominence in the party for the express purpose of booming Hemenway was an insult to the party and an outrage upon other candidates. But the Fairbanks machine has come to regard itself as invincible, and there is probably nothing which it will not dare to do, even in the face of party law. to reward a favorite and perpetuate itself in power.

Senator Charles A. Towne, in a speech at Fort Wayne last week, had this to say on the money question: "Now, I was not in love with silver as a metal. I never hated gold as a metal. But I did want gold to be a little more sociable, a little less retiring. I did think gold ought to come out more as money at critical stages in our business. -I thought it ought to be more in evidence. In fact, I thought we needed more gold than we had. But since then new gold mines have been discovered, new processes of refining have been invented that have made mines formerly unprofitable worth working. New labor-saving machinery has been put into use until last year the output of gold alone was larger than me output of both gold and silver was in the days when we began to demand free silver coinage. Today ten millions of people are able to do twenty-five million dollars more business than they were able to do before, because there is just that proportion of increase in the metallic money of the country.” A Republican board of state tax com* missioners has practically reduced the railroad assessments $16,000,000 in nine years. If the rates established by the Democrats had been maintained and the increased mileage of main, second main, sidetrack and rolling stock assessed on that basis, the railroads would today be paying taxes on a valuation of $188,000,000. But the Republicans have sought to keep the assessment down to the minimum and, notwithstanding the increased mileage. have added but $7,000,000 to the assessment in nine years. But the same board has voluntarily increased the assessments on farm lands and improvements on lands as much as 50 per cent in some counties. The judgment of the local assessing officers and of the county board of review was set at naught and increases made regardless of local conditions. The Republican party has declared the law ‘ odious,” and they are trying to prove the assertion. There could be no better sign of Democratic victory in New York state than that afforded by the quarrel between Senator Platt and Governor Odell. The latter named the stare ticket while the former stood 1 by and looked on but took no hand in the contest. Mr. Platt has not thought for some time that this is to be a Republican year, and he gave the reins to Odell with the expectation that defeat would overtake the party and that the governor’s leadership would thus be brought to an end. That New York is never Republican when Platt don’t want it to be, goes without saying. During the last three years Mr. Roosevelt has been presumably under the restraint of his promise to carry out the policy of the man he succeeded by accident. In those circumstances he has given an exhibition of one man power, absolutism and imperialism in the executive office which may well make the country ask what might he not do if elected president and untrammeled by any promise of conservatism. —New York Herald. In the light of conditions at Muncie, Alexandria and Elwood, where 7,000 men are out of employment, where rents have fallen from an average of $2 .50 to $1 per room, and where all, kinds of business is depressed by the closing of factories, the Republican cry of prosperity must certainly fall on unappreciative ears.

THE SHIP SUBSIDY.

Mr Fairbanks has entered a denial of the report that he advocated “a liberal ship subsidy” In his recent speech at Brunswick, Me., and declares that he said the Republican party might be trusted to deal with the subject ih “a patriotic and sensible way." This Is a distinction without a difference, for the senator, by voting tor the ship subsidy steal when the bill was before the senate showed conclusively what he regarded as “sensible” treatment of the subject. He has never said that he was mistaken when he cast that vote or that he regretted it or that he would not do it again. The first amendment to the bill was proposed by Senator Vest and this was to make applicable the law “against restraints and monopolies” to the owner of any vessel receiving a subsidy. Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge and all the Republican senators voted against It. The yeas were 25, all Democrats, and the nays 48, all Republicans. Amendment aftef amendment was voted down over the protest of the twenty-five Democratic senators. Senator Fairbanks voted Sor Senator Pettus’ amendment to limit the “graft” to nine million dollars in any one year, but his colleague, Senator Beveridge, opposed thus limiting the “graft,” and, with other Republicans, defeated the amendment. The bill finally passed without any limitation as to the amount which the treasury could be raided, and both Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge voted for it. They parted company with Senators Allison and Doliiver of lowa and Spoonpr and Quarles of Wisconsin, and one other Republican senator who voted with ail tne Democrats against the obnoxious measure. The only possible reason now for a denial that he advocates a ship subsidy is that he is a candidate and knows the people are opposed to raiding the treasury for such a purpose. But the record of the two Indiana senators has been made, and they cannot get away from it.

Shots From the Commoner.

Ex-Senator Mason says he must stand up for the "infant industries” before he stands up for “Infant republics.” In other words, the dollar before the flag. It is said that Senator Fairbanks never makes a speech without referring to a cemetery. The senator Is always thinking about the final outcome of his vice presidential aspirations. With the ability to set the price of the raw material and the finished product, to say nothing of injunctionless Injunctions, the meat trust is still of the opinion that it has nothing to arbitrate. Panama Is said to he seeking investment for about two-thirds of the $lO,000.000 paid to it by this country. Here is a chance for Secretary Shaw to borrow enough to make up one month’s deficit. There is one kind of reciprocity that the Republican party managers are willing to practice. The receipts for campaign contributions and the maintenance of the “tariff wall” will locate the reciprocity. The Inter Ocean, which complained so bitterly because Mr. Bryan made speeches during his presidential campaigns,. is criticising Mr. Parker because he has seen fit to decline all invitations to make public speeches. Democratic ability to please a Republican organ and the arrival of the millenium are dated for the same day. “Americans never haul down the flag,” theatrically declared Mr. Fairbanks from the speakers’ stand when the flag fell over him. That sounds very pretty, but it is the average Republican spellbinder claptrap. 'We hauled it down in Mexico, and the hauling down was the one bright spot on that unnecessary struggle. We hauled it down in Cuba, and the effect, of that example was better than all the armed hosts we ever put in the field. We had it up in Canada once, but we hauled it down. The American flag should be hauled down whenever to leave it flying would mean departure from American principles. This is a fact that all of the cheap fustian of Republican spellbinders cannot alter.

Through unnecessary increases in salaries and in employes, the last Republican legislature added more than $95,000 a year to the expenses of the state. Three thousand dollars of this increase went to the governor, $75,000 to the five judges of the supreme court, and $13,500 to the six appellate court judges. Under this law each of these judges will receive $6,000 annually instead of $4,500. General John McCook has written Senator Fairbanks a letter in which he says that President McKinley wanted the Indiana senator to succeed him as President. It was no secret then nor is it a secret now that McKinley looked upon Roosevelt as a man too unstable for the exalted position of President. The indications that Senator Fairbanks has not learned how to let go appear to be on the increase. He has precedents which he ignores, and among them is the resignation of Judge Parker from the New York court when his salary was $17,000 a year. And to think that Fairbanks’ salary is only $5,000! Another concentrado order has been Issued by Governor Wright in the Philippines and yet President Roosevelt tells us that everything is moving along peacefully there. If old General Weyler were alive how he would laugh at our efforts and our adoption of his Cuban system of “benevolent assimilation."