Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1906 — Page 6

M'GINNIS AND UNION LABEL,

Hr. Josopb A. McGinnis wag for union* nil the way; He favored larger wage* and a somewhat ahorter day. A walk-out always pleased him, though he didn't” have a cent. Bat when the delegate said “Strike" McGinnis alwavk went. He did the shopping for hi* w ife because he liked to know That naught save union articles were purchased with his dough. “Has it got the union label’”’ McGinnis used to say. “Has it got the union label’.’ Show, it tome if you're able. , If it hasn’t got the label take the blooroin thing away.” McGinnis had no children, though he hoped to have some day, And his wife, who “seen her duty." was opinioned the same way; So when the stork arrived one day and brought a ironncing boy . McGinnis was elated—he wus overoome w ith joy. He looked the baby over, his face wreathed in a grin, , When all at once a thought occurred which filled him with chagrin. “Has it got the union label?" McGinnis used to say. “Has it got the uuion label? Show it to me it you' re able. If It hasn't got the label take the bloomin’ thing away.” Now Joseph A. McGinnis was a man of good repute. He went to church on Sunday in his union tailored suit. Like many other union men he led a blameless life. And when he died the neighbors said "The blow will kill ids wife." He reached the pearly gates on time as upright spirits do. “Welcome" was Peter's greeting, “and I have u harp for you." “Hus it got the union label?” McGinnis used to say. “Has it got the union label? Show it to me if you're uhle. If it hasn’t got the label take the bloomin’ thing away.”

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Political and General Gossip of the National Capital. From our Special Correspondent: The comedy of the Interstate! Commmerce Commissions investi- 1 gation into the combinations and i monopolies of the coal and oil carrying roads has been continued j in Washington this week. It is true that the Commmission man- i aged to steal a march on some of \ the officials of the coal carrying! roads in the Philadelphia hearings and it looked then as though the investigation which was begun in response to a joint resolution from Congress might turn up some j interesting data. But the hear-' ings of officials in the present ses- 1 sion has been more or less of a J farce. It is true that a deplorable j state of affairs was showu to ex- ! ist, but the officers of the roads I questioned answered with their tongues in their cheeks and said | after it was all over that the com- !■ mission could have learned just as much by an intelligent perusal of ! the annual reports of the roads in conjunction with n copy of the Railroad Manual. One instance! was the case of the Buffalo,! Rochester and Pittsburg Railway which was under investigation There were two officials of the road up for examination. One was the General Freight Agent, ! Mr. Davis, and the other the; General Superintendent, Mr. Noonan. Between them they explained that the Rochester and! Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company was the property of the Buffalo, : Rochester and Pittsburg Railway, i The Jefferson and Clearfield Coal! and Coke Company was owned by i the same group of officials, and i these two coal companies owned, mined and shipped more than 70 j percent of the coal that passed j over the Buffalo, Rochester andj Pittsburg Railroad, which was j primarily a coal carrying road, Of course this is in distinct defiance of the ruling of the Su- ! preme Court which holds that a railroad must not have any interest in the commodities it transports. But that is a small matter to the roads. They own the coal companies or the coal companies own the railroads, whichever way ! you prefer to put it. The officials come up and testify to the fact and then say privately that the Interstate Commerce Commission knew as much before the investigation began. The Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburg Railway has ! been used merely as an illustration of the things that are coming out in the investigation, not in any spirit of malice or discrimination. The officers of the road and the coal companies that it owns are no better and no worse than a lot of other railroads and their officers that will be shown up in the investigation. The question is whether Congress will make any nse of the Information when it has the papers transmitted to it. The chances are that it will not. But any critics who have the spirit of charity left with them and who do not want to be classified as muckrakers can wait for the faots to develop and then form their judgment. tt t •

TARR Pianos are sold direct from the factory —that means that you pay only ONE profit in the purchase price of the instrument you buy —the very moderate profit that is necessary to the maintenance of the business, Whether you buy from the central warerooms here, or from any of our agents through the State, your piano does not come to you through the hands of two or three jobbers and middlemen with a corresponding number of profits tacked on the original price. Starr pianos are marked at the lowest figures that will cover factory cost and a small profit. YOU will not be asked more than some one else pays. All prices are in plain figures. No one can get a Starr piano for less than the price you read on the tags, beause to sell them for less than they are marked would be like trading dollars.

Starr Merit Makes Our Selling Method Significant One-price, plain-figure, direct-from-the-factory methods of piano selling can furnish no argument for the purchase of a poor piano; but they add the final inducement to the purchase of a GOOD piano. Starr pianos are built on honor—of the best materials, by the best workmen, by the best known methods. In choosing materials, in carrying out ideas, in employing artists and artisans, we consider cost last of all —the first consideration is the WORTH of every idea, every piece of material that is embodied in the piano. STARR PIANOS WERE GIVEN THE HIGHEST AWARD AT THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION FOR SUPERIORITY OF TONE-QUALITY AND DURABILITY OF CONSTRUCTION. The exquisite tonal attributes, and the perfect action of the Starr, make possession a delight; the substantiality of the piano’s build assures the permanence of satisfaction. The Starr Piano is not an experiment —it is the result of more than a third of a century’s untiring efforts and development. Put one in your home and you will realize the wealth of pleasure a good instrument can bring to the entire household. Our new ART PIANO BOOK will be sent you free upon application. Write for our Price Schedule.

PIANOS may be bough! on our easypaymrnt plan if des'red. The Slarr Plana Company’s one-price, p!a;n-figore business me hod is a guarantee ol the genuineness ol lh» bargains. Every piano in this sale hears two price tags— on: showing ihe original price, the other the reduced price. Compare them for yoursell.

There is one direction in which it would seem tlmt Congress is doing a good work. That is in the purifying of elections. The Senate last week reported favorably the resolution making it a crime for corporations to contribute to election funds. Now of course the contribution of any amount to an election fund by anybody is wrong in principle and ought to be suppressed. But if nobody had any election fund, then the man with the biggest bank account would be able to go on the hustings and make the biggest show and get his ideas the better put before the people. So people who have a personal or an ethical interest in a candidate contribute to help him in his campaign. Then the other side, seeing that there is money being spent, starts out to collect money for its candidate and it ends in the party in power which naturally has the whip hand, landing more contributions than the other side and presumably continuing its candidate |in office. But the anti-contribu-tion bill just reported is designed to change this. It prohibits national banks, corporations, engaged in interstate and foreign commerce and corporations., organized under federal laws from contributing funds to any election. The penalty in the case of a cor-

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The Starr Piano Company One Profit-One Price Plain Figures INDIANAPOLIS.

poration is fixed at “not more than $5,000” and in the case of individuals, who include the officers, directors and stockholders of the company, a fine of not more than SI,OOO and a jail sentence. That is the thing that will hurt the individual who might not be touched by a mere fine. Unfortunately the corporation cannot be subjected to a jaH sentence. “It has no body to be kicked and no soul to be damned”' so it can escape with a fine. But of course the cerporations are not opposing the new law. They have been blackmailed by campaign collectors often enough in the past and they are glad to subscribe to any law that will prevent raids on their treasury. But how well the reformatory law will be enforced is a question. If it is enforced in the letter and spirit, it will simply leave the situation os indicated above, where the man with the best private bank acoount will Btand the best show of getting his views before the people. t t t Dispatches to the Navy Department state that tbs great dry dook Dewey has reached the entrance of the Suez Canal and is awaiting preparations for its passage through this great artificial waterway. It has been arranged that the mammoth dock

Nine Bargains in Used Pianos Besides those quoted below we have about twenty pianos of various makes that we offer at exceptionally low prices. Call and see them or write for descriptions.

ct„ rp Pallor <4ran<l, i used), ruahos»- eenfl Jlal I any, originally S7.>o; sal* price ci. Pr Upright, (mod , massive siyle, COOC i walnut, was H~»0; now vdAtl Hazelton $270 (bickering prl c. $240 Richmond 58 :.. (u5ed . ) .'..5200

shall go through the canal in the daytime and that there shall be certain places dredged out for it like the sidings on a railroad where it can lay up at night and let the other shipping in the canal pass through. Of course the dredging of these turn oißs will come out of the pockets of the contractor and it will materially reduce the profit that would have been made in transporting the dock to Manila. But it is the choice of two evils, for if the drydock had gone straight through the canal, there would have been no room for other ships to pass it, and the canal would have had to be closed to all other traffic for six days. It looks as though it would take almost as much money to get the lock to the Pbillipines as it did to build it, but when the journey is safely made, it will stand for a long time as the reoord towing perforance of the world. Of all the cakes that Granny bakes give me the grundens bread Eight men and two little boys.If I bad the wings of a dove bow swiftly I would fly, to Roberts’ Implement House and a buggy I would buy, all high class goods at Roberts. See Baughman & Williams for, fire insurance.

Ballet & Davis $l9O Knabe i, a p s r^;t r * eDt8 ! yle ' S2OO Remington 2ow ,nally 8225 '.. (u,ed) :. $155 Knabe $lO5 Piano Players ranging (?om $75 to $145

mHE Starr piano factory at Richmond, Ind. is the largest and most completely equipped factory in the world devoted exclusively to the manufacture of highgrade pianos. Eight acres of floor space are used in the factory wherein is'earried a stock of more than 5,000 pianos in course of construction. The lumber yards cover thirty-three acres, and with a dry kiln capacity of more than a half-million feet, give unequaled facilities for the drying of lumber. All purchases are made on a strictly cash basis, and we secure thereby the most favorable concessions and the greatest values for our patrons, Our system of supervision and inspection is the most rigid, and no work is permitted to leave the factory unless it is adjudged of the highest class.

FOR EXCHANGE.

Seven large lots and good small house, well and outbuildings, well located in Roachdale, Ind.; clear, valued at $1,700. and clear property in this city valued at $1,500. Will trade for land or merchandise.! 142 acres pasture land, clear, in Monroe county, Ind., eight miles of Bloomington; want clear property or land here. 110 acre farm, well Improved, in New York, owner wants property or land here. Two houses in Mathews, Ind., and $2,000 in cash for small farm; will assume some. 80 acres, black land, improved; want Dakota land. Good hotel, doing good buainess, clear; price SSOOO. Also two good residence properties. clear: owner will trade either oral), and assume on good farm. Good flouring mill In good condition, clear; owner wants farm, will assume; 820 acres In Wichita county, Kan., clear, for land here; owner will assume or pay cash difference. 830 acres clear, in Kearney county, Kan., for land or town property, 30 acres Improved, well located; sell cheap. We have on hand stocks of merchandise from SB,OOO to SIO,OOO, hotels, flouring mills, livery stocks and town properties to trade for land.

The Original.

Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley’s Honey and Tar many Imitation* are offered for the genuine. These worthless imitations have similar sounding names. Beware of them. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a yellow package. Aak for it and refuse, any substitute. It ia the best remedy for coughs and colds. A. F. Long,

WE will ship pianos anywhere to reliable persons; we guarantee that the instramen! yon select will be exactly what we represent it in every particular. A handsome scarf and a modern stool accompany each of (he sale-priced instruments.

Wabash Special Bargains.

NBOLES OF THE MYBTIC SHRINE, LOS. ANGELES. MAY 7-11, 'OO. Tickets ou sale April 34 to May 4, inclusive. Final return limit July 31. Liberal stopovers. Tickets will be sold either to Los Angeles or San Francisco. Rate $02.50. NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SAN FRANCISCO, JULY 0-13,'00, VIA WABASH. Tickets on sale June 34 to July 0, inclusive. Final return limit Sept. 16, ’OO. Liberal stopover allowed in both directions. Usual baggage allowance. Tickets good going one direet route and returning any other direct route. Side trips from San Antonio to City of Mexico and return $35.00, and to other Mexican points at correspondingly low rates. Grand Canyon, Ariz., and return $0.60 from Williams. Reduced rates from Los Angeles and San Francisco to poins within the State for this occasion. Rate—Lafayette, $04.00: Delphi, $06.00; Logansport, $05.80; Pern, $00.30. TRIPIE DAILY THROUGH PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE TO NEW YORK, First-class rate $18.06: aecond-ciass sl7-00 via Wabash, Both 'phones. THROUGH PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE TO BOBTON. First-class rate $30.06; second-class $18.40 via Wabash. * The Wabash offers their patrons excellent free reclining chair cars as well as ladles’ high back day ooach service. Daily tourist sleeping coach service via the Wabash from Bt. Louis. "To answer questions is a pleasure.” Ask them. Address, THOS. FOLLGN, Lafayette, Ind. Pass. <fc Tick. Agt.