Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1907 — Page 2

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M MY DEMOCRAT. E [. BIBCOCK, EDITOR IND PUBLISBER Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County. Entered at the Port-office at Rensselaer, Ind as second class matter. Office on Van Rensselaer Street, Lass n aTAUfia TILMHONat j Offiob SIS. ( Rihoinoi Slf. SI.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rates made known on application SATURDAY, .JULY 20, 1007.

It is said that only twelve men have bobbed up thus far as candidates for the republican nomination for governor of Indiana, including Senator Freemont Goodwine of Williamsport. The Indianapolis Sun (Rep.) says: “There is no standing still. The Republican party must go on or it must fall back. The decent 'thing for it to do is to fall back and out. It has “gone on” too long. During all of the war talk that is going around it is well not to forget that the powder trust has the United States by the tliroat, and that Colonel Dupobt, the head of the powder trust, is a Republican member of the United States senate. Now that the government has brought a suit for the dissolution of the tobacco trust and for the appointment of a receiver for the concern, the result will be awaited with interest. The state of Texas started the receivership movement and the fact that the national administration follows suitia but another tribute to Democratic initiative. The president of the National Educational Association disagrees with Mr. Roosevelt on the proposition that rille practice in the public schools is an important “peace measure” He says that there is already too much war talk and too much beating of drums and brandishing of swords in the schools now. Evidently the philosophy of speaking softly but carrying a big stick with plenty of knots on it is still in the experimental stage so far as the public schools are concerned. THE COMMONER ON THE SITUATION. Commenting on the gloomy outlook of a number of daily papers that predicted certain victory for Parker in 1904, the Commoner says: “The fact is that democratic prospects, instead of being gloomy are bright, and growing brighter. The democratic position has been vindicated as shown by events, and second, by the admission of republicans. Every proposition for which the democratic party stood in 1896 has been proved sound and not a republican policy but is weaker today than it was then. In 1896 the democrats contended that the country needed more money; this was denounced as a wild and unexcusable theory by sage financiers, and yet, with an increase in money of more than fifty per cent per capita we have

none too much money now, and the larger volume of money has increased prices and brought prosperity. What would be our industrial condition today if we hnd no inore money now than in 1896, Wen* the republicans said we had enough? “The party’s position hfj> been demonstrated so be sound, and every day increases the nirtnber of those who believe as the democratic platform in 1900 stated, that a private monopoly is indefensible and intollerablQ. . “The partes position on the tariff question is vindicated. Our protected manufacturers, by selling abroad in competition with the world, admit that they do not need the tariff to compete at home. There are more tariff reformers in the United States today than there ever were before.

“The party’s position on the is vindicated. It has been demanding regulation for more than ten years, and the unanimity of the sentiment in favor of regulation shows how strong the democratic position is. The president has secured a little .regulation but very little compared with what the country needs. “Our party’s position on the labor question is vindicated" We demanded arbitration in three campaigns, and arbitration grows stronger each year. We denounced government by injunction in 1896. The abuse of this writ becomes more and more apparent. “Events have vindicated the party’s position on imperialism, and the best informed republicans now admit that ultimate independence is the only solution of the Philippine question. “The president has even adopted the doctrine of an income tax and is favoring an inheritance tax also to prevent the transmission of the swollen fortunes to the next generation. When has a party in power lost in popularity so rapidly as the republican party has? When has a party out of power increased its strength more rapidly than the democratic party has?. And it is a positive and aggressive democracy—not a'timid corporation democracy—that has coerced the administration into the adoption of democratic ideas. “If a party is strong in proportion as its principles are strong, then the democratic party is growing rapidly in strength. If the people like democratic policies when those policies are put into operation by republicans, they can not greatly fear them when put into operation by democrats.”

NOON IN RENSSELAER.

What Is Going on in Town When the Clock Strikes ia. Noon, the dinner hour, the hour of comfort, of pleasure and relaxation—the one hour in the twenty, four which comes to men and women of every station with greater similarity than the hour of any other function in life. Promptly as the clock strikes 12 in Rensselaer the shadows on anxious faces tnrn to lines of good will, audit villainous hot bread, pie, spicesand other indigestibles were excluded there would be no such words as dyspepsia or indigestion in the dictionary. But the contrary is true, and medical science has to step in and aid the man or woman who has been too busy to pay proper attention to health. The greatest step forward in medical discovery is Mi-o-na, that cures all stomach and digestive troubles. In hundreds of the best homes in Rensselaer and adjoining towns the handy little tablets, so peasant to take, yet so effective, have given quick and lasting relief in indigestion and that disagreeable full feeling after eating. Mi-o-na acts very gently. Much of its wonderful power over indigestion comes from its uniform but sustaining action. The required stimulating and strengthening is given to the important organs of digestion without producing the slightest weakness or reaction. A 50-cent box lasts for a couple of weeks and will ward off a dozen attacks of indigestion. B. F. fendig gives a guarantee, absolute and unqualified, with every box of Mi-o-na to refund the money if it does not give satisfaction.

Seed Buckwheat, Silver Gray, for sale at Rensselaer Feed Store. A. L. Branch. Only five more of those large mounted maps of Jasper county left. If you want one for $1.50, call quick. The Democrat. FOR RRNT. Rooms in centrally located house, also house with four rooms, with garden. Austin & Hopkins.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

Political and General Gossip of the National Capital. Special Correspondence to The Democrat. The trip of the battleship squadron from the Atlantic to the Pacific seems.likely to be „an excuse for more expenditures on behalf of the navy. Of course, no one begrudges the navy all reasonable facilities, and it is a good thing for the country to be fully prepared for emergencies at all points. But this thing of having two coast lines, each as long as the average continent to provide for promises lQ.be an expensive business. The complaint is now made that when the battleship squadron is transferred to the Pacific Coast there will not be enough docking facilities for it on the western edge of the country. There is an immense dock at Bremm'erton and another even at Mare Island, near San Francisco. Also there are several private docks that the warships can have the use of on the same terms with merchant vessels. But this is said to be inadequate, and the Navy Department is making plans for additional docks on the Pacific Coast to add another item of large expenditure to the next naval appropriation bill. A curious instance of the economy with which expenditures of this sort have been in the past is shown in connection with the Mare Island dock. This has been under construction for six years, and has been taken out of the hands of the original contractors because they were too slow with the work. It is now approaching completion, and is a very fine dock, but it appears that

it has been located so far from the deep water that the larger vessels cannot get at it. Therefore, there will either have to be another dock built or an expensive channel dredged to open the way to the existing dock. One might think that this feature of the situation would have been discovered sometime within the last six years. But apparently it has just come to light. Truly it is a glorious thing to have a big navy adequately provided for and a mighty expensive thing as well. t ft The navy is very much to the fore these days, and it is interesting to see ourselves through foreign eyes in respect to our national equipment. Admiral Sakamoto, one of the most distinguished of the Japanese navy, has been very widely quoted recently to the affecj that the United States had a fine navy and a poor lot officers to man it He said, according to the interview, that desertion was rife in the rank and file of the navy and that the officers were more fitted to hold down easy chairs in the Washington Department than they were to command warships. It was a very indiscreet interview, if accurately reported, and the Japanese government was careful to brand it a falsehood by directing the Japanese newspaper, the Hocbi, which printed it, to withdraw it and print a complimentary interview on the American Navy by an unnamed but “but high Japanese official.” Of course, the fact the complimentary interview was anonymous detracted a good deal from its weight. But there appears this week in the German papers a long article on the American navy from Count von Reventhlow, one of the foremost naval writers /of that country. He criticized the American navy from the viewpoint of a foreigner who knows nearly all about it, and bis conclusions agree closely with the observations of the Americans. He says that so far as ships and guns are concerned, Americans have one of the best navies afloat, but they are short by several thousand of men enough to man the ships they have, while fresh ships are continually being built. He says that the criticism that many American naval officers are too old for active commands is as a whole unjust. There are a good many American officers who would be eliminated f jom the active list if a real war was to start. But he says that in such a case the natural bent of the American people for mechanics and technical work would largely furnish the element needed to man modern ships and the question of officers is one that would adjust itself to emergency. He belteves that the American navy in a general way is on a thoroughly satisfactory peace -footing, but that the building program is outrunning the personnel. t t. t A bitter fight is being made by the Pennsylvania railroad against the new two cent a mile rate law that has been enacted by the Pennsylvania legislature. The stand of the railroad is more important since similar lawshave been enaca. ■

ted by several of the other states and there is being a railroad fight made against all of them, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska and Virginia, are all in the throes of the two cent rate agitation. The railroads declare that the two cent law is confiscatory and therefore unjust. But the Pennsylvania went a little far in proving its case, for in explaining that the present rates of fare were not excessive, it presented tables to prove that the average rate of fare on state traffic now was only 1:9 cents a mile. The railroads have all shown that they are not going to submit to the statutes of the state legislatures without a fight that will be be carried to the highest court. It is a question of control that will have to be fought out between the several states and the railroads and it might as well be settled now as at any future time. t t t

The first instance on record where a woman was ever given a $2,000 clerkship under the government, developed in Washington last week. Miss Margaret Kelly, a special clerk to the director of the mint was recommended for promotion by Geo. Roberts, the retiring director of the mint, and the promotion was made by Secretary Cortelyou who raised her from the SI,OOO to the $2,000 grade. Such a jump for a woman was unheard of in the government service, but director Roberts when approached on the subject, said it was merely paying for efficiency, and perhaps not paying as much as the efficiency deserved. He said that Miss Kelly was in the director’s office as a clerk when he came there and that all he knew as director of the mint he had learned from her. This was a rather startling admission for a bureau chief to make, but it might be duplicated by many other chiefs if they would give their principal clerks the credit due them. He said Miss Kelly was just as competent of being director of the mint as anybody, and he was glad she was getting paid in proportion to her services. This ought to be encouraging news for a good m any women in the government service in Washington and elsewhere, for it at least indicates that there is nd tendency to side-track them on account of their sek, and that efficient work when seen is rewarded.

ALL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

In no business does experience count for more to both the dealer and the customer than in the implement business. Experience enables the dealer to know the value of goods. He can see,at a glance whether they are artistic and will please a discriminating customer; in a word, whether they will satisfy buyers by giving first-class service. The same experience enables him to BUY RIGHT. Then he can SELL RIGHT” It is his larger experience, coupled with bis thorough knowledge of the business, that has made C. A. Roberts, the Front street buggy man, so deservedly popular with the discriminating buyers of sightly He served his time in a carriage shop way back in the 60s, when an apprentice had to know his business before be could begin work for himself. He put in seventeen years of his life building and repairing wagons and carriages, and can make ev*ery piece in them. He began to sell implements in 1882, and every customer gets the benefit of this long experience every time he shows an article. That is worth something, isn’t it? «He sells Studebaker and Page Bros’. Carriages and Buggies, and there are no better, and he has some other makes and styles. Studebaker Wagons, he claims, there are none so good. SUCCESS Return Apron or Litchfield Endless Apron MANURE SPREADERS. They are both all right. McCormick Binders and Mowers. YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, and Grain King Shoveling Boards, and there are more of them sold than any other make - You are going to need some 6f these articles this year, and you will always regret it if you do not go and see Roberts and see his goods before you buy. Paste this in your hat so you won’t forget to go. He will do the rest when you land. Don’t forget the place on Front street and the name. C. A. Roberts, the Buggy Man.

The Democrat and the Chicago Daily Examiner, both a full year, foj only $3.00. SHROPStIiRES. December rams Jfor sale, extra large fancy fellows; write your wants; or better, call and inspect herd. Thomas E. Reed, R-F-D-3. ’Phone 2 on 79 Remington, Ind. The Democrat for job printing.

Convalescents need a large amount of nourish* O v ment in easily digested form. O X Scoffs is powerful nourish- X «Qi ment —highly concentrated. It makes bone, blood and muscle without fOmL X putting any tax on the digestion. rm IB X ALL DRUGGISTS; 6Oc. ANO SI.OO. ffJlj

CLARA A. PETERS Doctor of Optic* X**"""" - Bachelor of Oftmalmoloqy Master of Ofthalmolocy EVES TESTED FUEE. Frames fitted and adju«ted. Full line of Over Chicago Bargain Store supplies for repairing. Prices reasonable.

Farmers’ Supply House. *** »- - ■ - - • e reason we always have business and are always busy, is because we buy the best goods on the market at the lowest cash prices and sell at a small profit; we always have fresh goods to show our customers; we can furnish you with anything that is useful in the house or on the farm. Remember we carry Groceries, Dry Goods, Harness, Wagons, Buggies and Horses. We have had 17 years experience in business and expect to continue on. We are prepared to buy all kinds of country produce, both eggs, poultry, hogs, cattle, horses. Experience has taught us that people buy where they can sell their produce from the farm. We appreciate the patronage we have received in the past and welcome a continuance of the same. We are here to stay. v , W. L. WOOD - Parr, Ind.

s mriBER i We have never before been so entirely prepared to handle all departments of the building trade as we are this year. The prospect of (0 0) increased building this year has caused us to lay in a larger line than at 0) (0 any previous period and we have the largest stock in the country. More than 25 cars received before April ist. 0 g CEMENT, LIME, PLASTER, BRICK g (• SEWER PIPE, RUBBER ROOFING, (C g LADDERS. g Beleivjng that we can sell you vour bill for either new or repair work, we confidently ask that you call in and get prices. 's! (• ESTIMATES ON ALL BILLS LARGE OR (0 § SMALL CHEERFULLY FURNISHED. S I THE RENSSELAER LUMBER CO. I 01 Across from Depot Telephone No. 4. g

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