Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1908 — Page 2

jispeb mt m f.i mum, an>i mi muaii. >1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Official Democratic Paper of Jaaper County. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays. Entered as Second-Class Matter June 3, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaer, Ind., under the Act of March 3. 1879. Office on Van Rensselaer Street. Long Distance Telephones: Office 315. Residence 311. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1908.

STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Governor THOMAS R. MARSHALL. For Lieutenant-Governor FRANK J. HALL. For Secretary of State JAMES F. COX. For Auditor of State MARION BAILEY. For Treasurer of State JOHN ISENBARGER. For Attorney General WALTER J. LOTZ. For Reporter of Supreme Court BURT NEW. For Judge of Supreme Court M. B. LAIBY. For Judge of Appellate Court E. W. FELT. For State Statistician P. J. KELLEHER. For Supt. Public Instruction ROBERT J. ALEY. DISTRICT TICKET. For State Senator, Counties of Jasper, Newton, Starke and White, ALGIE J. LAW, of Newton County. For State Representative, Counties of Jasper and White, GUY T. GERBER, of Jasper County. 7 DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET. For Treasurer ALFRED PETERS of Marion tp. For Recorder CHARLES W. HARNER of Carpenter tp. For Sheriff WILLIAM I. HOOVER of Marlon tp. For Surveyor FRANK GARRIOTT of Union tp. For Coroner DR. A. J. MILLER of Rensselaer. For Commissioner, Ist Dlst. THOMAS F. MALONEY of Kankakee tp. For Commissioner 3rd Dlst. GEORGE B. fOX —— of Carpenter tp.

GILLAM TP. CONVENTION.

The Democrats of Gillam township and all who wish to affiliate with them in the November election, will meet in mass convention at Center School House on Saturday, July 11, 1908, at twi o’clock p. m., for the purpose of nominating a township ticket to be voted on in the November election. p. F. TILLETT, Chm. J. W. CULP, Sec.

Tenth Congressional District Nominating Convention.

The democrats of the Tenth District will meet In delegate convention on Wednesday, July 22nd, 1908, in the city of Monticello, Indiana, at 1:30 p. m., for the purpose of nominating a candidate for congress to be voted for at the November election in 1908. The delegates from the several counties will be selected in such manner and at such timp as the County Central Committee of each county shall designate. The several counties of the district will be entitled to the following number of Benton 7 Jasper 7 Lake 14 Laporte 22 Nemton 5 Porter 7 Tippecanoe 21 Warren • 5 White 1° Total. 38 JAMES K. RISK, Chairman. JAMES W. SCHOOLER, See.

A SHAMELESS SET OF LEADERS.

The republican state committee met at Indianapolis last Thursday for the ostensible purpose of hearing reports from the various district committeemen, as to conditions in the different parts of the state, but really for the purpose of getting “Yim” Watson in some kind

of shape to present him to the public. It Is notorious that "Yim” was the candidate of the liquor interests, and that locally his friends belonged to that wing of the g. o. p., and this view is being taken by a dangerously large number of persons throughout the state. The various committeemen having heard from these people and In no uncertain language, too, met to see what could be done, and the Indianapolis Sun, in a signed article, says that the spectacle of “Yim” Watson who was nominated by the whiskey men, now making speeches against the whole liquor business, is so absurd that many of the party leaders are demanding that some one be put on the stump and let “Yim” go way back and sit down, and this may happen in the near future. The following excrept from the report of the meeting by the Indianapolis Star, a republican prosperity sheet that went "democratic” recently and is now run under the ■ - / direction of the United States Courts, shows how reliable the news service of that paper Is: “James P. Goodrich presided at the meeting of the state committee yesterday. All of the members were present except Oliver P. Ensley of the Seventh District and Harry L. Bender, member from the Eleventh District. Mrs. Ensley is ill in Ohio, and Mr. Ensley is with her.” It will be noted that Oliver Perry Ensley, chairman of the Seventh Congressional District committee, (Marion county) was not present, and his absence was noted as being caused by his wife’s sickness In Ohio. His wife was sick in Ohio, or at least she was reported to be sick, at Wapakoneta, 0., but Ensley’s absence was caused by other reasons altogether. Ensley was county treasurer of Marion county, until he was replaced by a democrat last January, and paid a visit to Indianapolis only the day before the committee met to transact a little business with the Sheriff of Marlon county, where he had been indicted for embezzling funds that should have been turned into the county treasury, but which were turned into his pocket, it is alleged. Recently, after an investigation had been made, he turned over to his democratic successor some $22,000, and by this act he acknowledged he had taken this sum wrongfully. The grand jury found that there were other sums that they considered had been wrongfully appropriated, and they found three indictments against him accordingly, last week. His presetice at the committee meeting under these circumstances might have proved somewhat embarassing, especially since so many of his intimate party associates in Marion county are under fire, and a number of them have the fate of the erstwhile chairman of the tenth congressional district, T. J. McCoy, staring them in the face. In fact Henry W. Marshall, McCoy's immediate successor, is being prepared for that emergency at Indianapolis now. But this should not have kept Ensley away from this meeting, the fact that a long list of those who have so valiently labored to save the country are now working for the state at Michigan City, and at starvation wages, too, did not seem to dampen the ardor of the g. o. p. at this meeting, and after it was over they gave out as rosy a prediction of victory this fall as could be asked for by the most optomistic.

THE PAPER TRUST CUTS WAGES

As indicating the unparalleled prosperity which the country is now enjoying we refer to the recent announcement of a reduction of 10 per cent, in the wages paid by the paper trust, the reduction to go into effect August 1. This paper trust, which is charging the most extortionate prices for its product, was recently the subject of a congressional Investigation, ordered, we suppose, in response to the demand that the tariff be taken off white paper and the pulp from which it is made. A great deal of testimony was taken, and some of it throws much light on this wages question. The American people have been told with great insistence that they are getting remarkably high wages, and that those wages are the result of

the tariff. And yet it does not seein that the paper trust has been paying wages at all out of the ordinary, wages that are any higher than those that are paid In unprotected industries. For instance, Arthur C. Hastings of the Cliff Paper Company, of Niagara Falls, testified that his mill, which makes both paper and pulp, paid in 1907 an average dally wage of $2.14, which is much less than an unprotected carpenter or bricklayer gets. The weekly average was $11.78. Mr. Hastings said that his mill was in a growing city, and that it was difficult to “get good men there that will stick at work and do as much work as they will in some other places, perhaps.” “We have,” he said, “to pay the top notch of wages.” Mr. Hastings and his people, like every one else, pay the market rate, and they are in no way to be blamed. We simply call attention to the fact that what are said to be "top notch wages” in the paper Industry averaged last year only $11.78 a week, or $2.14 a day. The average, we note, is raised by the high wages paid to men who are especially skilled in classes of work that are not related to the paper industry any more than to any other industry. Machine tenders got $3.32 a day, electricians $2.72, foremen $3.08 and $2.86, etc. Most of the employes received wages that fell far below these, and also below the general average. They run from sl.lO a day, for cutter girls, up to $1.50, $1.82 (many being in this class) and $2. Skilled labor, as in all cases, received the highest pay. But taking the average as given, we do not think It can be said that $11.78 a week is anything remarkable for a highly protected and trusted industry. Mr. Hastings further said that his mill had worked in 1908 about two-thirds of the time, probably less than that. So the people were employed for only thirty-five weeks. At $11.78 a week, their annual average pay would be only $412. As they have to live for fifty-two weeks, their weekly wage is $7.92. They receive, counting 300 days to the year, a dally wage of $1.37. That is the amount they have to live on. A weekly wage of $11.78, paid for only thirty-five weeks, thus cuts up pretty small. The actual average for the year is $412, for the week $7.92, and for the day $1.37. Such is the result to the workingman of protection in this case. We are supposed to protect high wages, or else —you may take whichever theory you choose—to make wages high which, without protection, would be low. And yet the average daily wages paid in this case are only $2.14 a day, the workmen working but two-thirds of the year. And these wages, Mr. Hastings says, are at the “top notch.” They are not above what has sometimes been paid to common, unskilled labor. They are far below the wages that are paid skilled workmen in many unprotected industries.

It seems to us that there must be something wrong with the theory of protection, or else with the way in which It is being implied. It has never occurred to any advocate of that theory to see to It that it is carried out in such a way as to insure to the laborers the high wages which it is supposed to insure. No accounting has ever been insisted on. We simply graift a bonus to certain manufacturers in the hope and belief that they will distribute it fairly between themselves and the people who work for them. No steps are ever taken to compel such distribution. Surely if we are to make employers trustees for their employes, which is what we do, we ought to take some pains to see that the trust is executed. If we go so far into socialism as to force the people of the country into partnership in private industries, as to tax the people for the benefit of those Industries, we are bound to go still further, and see that some portion of the taxes so imposed goes to the working people. If it were not for the belief that protection makes high wages the system could not stand for a day. It owes practically all Its'Strength to the belief that it is in the interest of labor. The people submit to these heavy taxes because, and only because, they desire to maintain what is called the American standard of living. We' see what that standard of living is amoug the workmen in the Cliff mill—s2.l4 a day with work for only two-thirds of the year. This is the result of giving money to one man in the expectation that he will give it to someone else. Under our system every protected employer is our agent and almoner. We should see to it that he performs his duty, and discharges the functions which he is supposed to discharge.—-Indian-apolis News. (Rep.) The Democrat and the Chicago Dally Examiner, both a full year, for only $3.50.

TOO BIG A CONTACT

Georgian Bay Canal Project Gets a Hard Blow from the Engineere. WOULD BE A COSTLY SCHEME Requiring the Outlay of $100,000,000 for Its Construction. Would Also Take Ten Years to Build, . and Not Be a Lot Better Than a Cheaper Plan. Ottawa, Ont, July 7.—The short cut by water from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic known as the Georgian bay canal project has been reported upon by engineers who have completed the first thorough and comprehensive survey of the route. Although It has been alleged that the canalizing of the French river from Georgian bay, connecting it by canal with the Ottawa river, and canalizing that river to deep water at Montreal, and generally creating a twenty-two-foot waterway by a short route would revolutionize the commerce of the continent and turn it to this route, the report does not hold out much encouragement for these who expect that result Ten Years and 5100.000.000. The engineers report that sm h a water route could be constructed in ten years at a cost of about a hundred million dollars. The Georgian bay canal would be a little over four hundred miles long from Georgian bay to Montreal. It would take seventy hours to traverse the canal and would afford a route from one and three-fifths to two days shorter than any existing waterway from the lakes to the ocean. Engineers Not Enthusiastic. Its carrying capacity would be immensely superior. But the engineers make an estimate which makes it doubtful if the canal will ever be constructed: They say: “Compared with the possible Improved system of the St. Lawrence canals to a depth of 22 feet, assuming that the number of locks would be greatly reduced, probably no practical saving in time of transit could be claimed for the Georgian bay canal route, the saving of distance being offset by the longer stretches of lake and wide river navigation which exist through the Lake Erie and Ontario route, where high speed would ba permissible.” No Legislation Likely Hoon. It is hardly probable that the government will bring in any legislation this session bearing on the project, in view of the brief period between now and prorogation. It is probable a commission will be appointed to report on the cost of deepening the St. Lawrence and the Welland canal systems to 22 feet

THREE KINDS OF DOINGS

Golf, Baseball and Conferences with Party Leaders Occupy Ex-Sec-retary Taft’s Time. Hot Springs, Va., July 7.—Senator Beveridge, of Indiana; Representative McKinley, of Illinois, and Representative Burke, of Pennsylvania, were delayed by the breaking of an axle ou the engine on the spur that connects the main line with. Hot Springs, and they devoted a couple of hours to the study of the wild scenery of the region. When they got here they found that Taft had gone on the golf course with Frank B. Kellogg. After his return he was closeted with Beveridge for a couple of hours, and they went over conditions in Indiana and elsewhere with great detail. A ball game between the “statesmen” and newspaper correspondents put an end to further conferences for the day. Taft taking part in the game on the team of statesmen and Mrs. Taft witnessing the sport. Taft will have a talk with Representative McKinley, of Illinois*, and Representative Burke, of Pensylvania, today. Senator Hemenway and Representative Watson are here to take part in this conference. Senator Beveridge and Senator Crane have left for tbelr homes.

Rayner Knows What He Wants.

Baltimore. July 7. —United States Senator Rayner’s name is being mon tioned in Denver in connection with the vice presidential nomination, according to newspaper reports. The senator said: “Under no circumstances would I permit myself to be put in nomination for the vice presidency. • • • I know my own limitations. My work Is on the floor of the senate and not iu the chair.”

Funeral of Murat Halstead.

Cincinnati. July 7.—Among the pall bearers at the funeral of Murat Halstead, the editor and author, were Judge Alexander L. Huston and Steph en Gerard, who officiated fifty-one years ago as best man and groomsman at his wedding, among the other pall bearers being Henry Watterson, the Louisville editor.

Farman Wins the Prize.

Paris, July 7.—Henry Farman has won the prise of $2,000 offered by M. Armeagaud for the first aeropianist who remained in the air for fifteen minutes. Farman succeeded in remain Jug in the air for twenty minutes, twenty seconds, covering a distance of eighteen kilometres in that time.

SCORES ON THE BALL FIELDS

Chicago, July 7. Foilowlng are standing of the big league elube the dally baseball scores: NATIONAL. P. W. L. P.O. Pittsburg ...71 44 27 .818 Chicago 68 41 27 .600 New York 70 42 28 .000 Cincinnati 71 86 85 .507 Philadelphia 62 27 85 .486 Boston 70 81 89 .44-’ St. Louis 69 27 42 .391 Brooklyn 67 26 41 .388 At ChicagoBrooklyn . .0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 o—s0 —5 Chicagoo 0000180 o—40 —4 Hits—Brooklyn, 8; Ch’cago, 12. Errors—Brooklyn, 2; Chicago, 1. Batteries—Brooklyn, Mclntyre, Wilhelm and Bell, Bergen; Chicago, Fraser and Brown, Moran. At Cincinnati — New Yorko 0 1 0 10 0 0 o—2 Cincinnatil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l0 —1 Hite—New York, 6; Cincinnati, 4. Errors—New York, 2; Cincinnati, 1. Batteries—New York, Mathewson, Bresnahan; Cincinnati, Ewing, SchleL At Pittsburg— Philadelphia ....0 0000010 o—l Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 I—2 Hits—Philadelphia, 5; Pittsburg, 6. Errors—Philadelphia. ■ 1; Pittsburg, 0. Batteries—Philadelphia, Foxen, Dooin; Pittsburg, Maddox, Gibson. At St. Louis— No game—Wot grounds. AMERICAN. P. W. L. P.C. St. Louk7o 41 29 .586 Cleveland 69 39 30 .565 Detroit 69 39 30 .565 Chicago 70 38 32 .543 Philadelphia 67 35 32 .52 3 Boston 70 31 39 .443 New York 69 27 42 .391 Washington *.68 26 42 .382 At Philadelphia— New Yorko 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 o—s Philadelphia ....0 0010203 X—6 Hits —New York, 9; Philadelphia, 6. Errors—New York, 2; Philadelphia, 8. Batteries—Now York, Orth, Kleinow; Philadelphia, Vickers, Powers. At Detroit— No game scheduled. At Washington— No game scheduled. At Boston— . * ■ ■ ' No game scheduled.

Association: At St. Paul —Kansas City 1, St. Paul 2; at Toledo —Louisville 4, Toledo 5; at Minneapolis—Milwaukee 0, Minneapolis 5; at Cotambuo—lndianapolis 5, Columbus 2. Western: At Denver—Pueblo 4, Denver 8; at Sioux City—Weather. THS MARKETS Chicago Grain. Chicago, July 6. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. July ...| .87% $ .88% $ .87% $ .88% Sept 88% .89% .87% .89% Dec. (o) .90 .91 .89% .90% May ... .94 .94% .93% .94% Corn— July .. . .73% .74% .73 .74 Sept 72% .73% .72 .73% Dec 61% .63% .61% .63% Oats — Julv (o) .48 .49 .48 .49 July (n) .47% .48% .47% .48% Sept... .41% .42% .41% .42% Pork — July ...15.70 15.70 15.55 15.65 Sept. .. .15.70 15.90 15.65 15.82% Oct. ...15.97% 15.97% 15.72% 15.90 Lard— July ... 9.42% 9.42%i 9.37% 9.42% Sept. ... 9.50 9.60 9.47% 9.52% Oct. ... 9.62% 9.65 9.55 9.65 Cash Sales Winter wheat—By sample: No. 2 red, 90@92c; No. 3 red, 87@90c; No. 2 hard, 91%@98c; No. 3 hard, BS@92c. Spring wheat—By sample: No. 3 spring, 98c@$1.08. Corn— By sample: No. 2. 74c; No. 2 yellow, 75c: No 3. 73%,@74c; No. 3 white, 74%c: No. 3 yellow, 74%]@75c: No. 4, 68@70c. Oats—By sample: No. 3, white. 52@55c; No. 4 white, 50%@54c. Id re block;. Poultry and Hay. Chicago, July 6. Hogs—Receipts 30,000. Sales ranged at [email protected] for good to choice wethers. [email protected] fair to good wethers, [email protected] good to choice yearlings, $3.85@4-15 choice heavy ewes, $5.00@ 7 00 spring lambs. Cattle—Receipts 11,500. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for prime fat steers, [email protected] good to choice steers, [email protected] good to choice cows, [email protected] prime heifers, [email protected] good to choice calves, [email protected] selected feeders, [email protected] fair to good Stockers. Sheep—Receipts 18,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to choice wethrs, [email protected] good to choice yearlings. [email protected] choice heavy ewes, [email protected] spring lambs. Live Poultry—Turkeys, per !b, 14c; chickens, fowls. 10c; springs, 15@16c; roosters, 7c; geese, [email protected]; ducks, 9@lsc. > Hay—Choice timothy, sll.<»@ 12.00; No. 1 timothy, [email protected]. Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin feeding prairie, [email protected]; Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin packing hay, [email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. ¥., July 6. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stool Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y.. quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts 4,000; market slow; export steers, $7.50; beat shipping steers, $6.50 @6.7g; cows, [email protected]; heifers, $3.50 @5.75. Hogs—Receipts 13,000; market strong; heavy aud Y< kcrs. $6.90@ 7.00; pigs. $6.20. Sheep And Lambs— Receipts 2,000; market steady; beat lambs, $7.00; yearlings, $5.2505.50; wethen, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]& Calves—Best, [email protected].

Epilepsy, Fits Convulsions, or Spasms and St. Vitus’ Dance are Nervous Diseases. Most cases can be cured by strengthening and building up the nervous system. To do this a nerve medicine is needed. Dr. Miles’ Nervine will be found efficacious and satisfactory. It has tured many cases of these diseases and we believe it will cure you. We can give you names of many who have been cured through its use. Write for advice. "My son John had epilepsy for years, and after having him treated by specialists for over 2 years he still continued to have spells. I had almost given up in despair, but knowing the virtue of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pius for sick headache, I concluded to try the Nervine. During June, 1904, 1 £ve him a teaspoonful three times a y, then in July I gave it as directed, and I could see that be was Improving, and he has not had a spell since August 28, 1906, and has taken no medicine since Jan.-07. I am writing the case just as it is hoping it wIU induce others to try it” W. R. ALLISON, Mooresville, N. C. Your druggist sells Dr. Miles* Nervine, and we authorize him to return price of first bottle (only) if It fails to benefit you. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind

Chicago to Northwest, Indianapolis, Cincinnati and the South, Louisville and French Lick Springs. RENSSELAER TIME TABLE. In Effect June 14, 1908. „ „ , SOUTH BOUND. P°^ ls X Ue (daily) 10:55 a. tn. MaJl (daily).. 2:01p.m. No.39—Milk accomm. (daily) 5:40 p. m. No. 3 —Louisville Ex. (daily) 11:05 p. m. • No.3l—Fast Mail .777.. <:« L m NORTH BOUND. No. 4—Mail (daily) 4:30 a. m No.4o—Milk accomm. (dally) 7:31 s m No-32-Fast Mall (dally)??'.’ 9:55 £Si No. 6—Mail and Ex. (daily).. 3:26p.m. •No.3o—Cin. to Chi. Ves. Mall 6:36 p.m. —Cin. to Chi. (Sun.only) 2:57 p. m. •Dally except Sunday. No. 3 will stop at Rensselaer for passengers for Lafayette and South. No. 4 will stop at Rensselaer to let off passengers from points south of Monon, and take passengers for Lowell. Hammond and Chicago. No. 33 makes direct connection at Monon for Lafayette. FRANK J. REED, G. P. A., W. H. McDOEL, Pres, and Gen’l Mgr.. CHAS. H. ROCKWELL, Traffic Mgr., Chicago. W. H. BEAM. Agent, Rensselaer.

CITY OFFICERS. Mayor-; J. H. 8. Ellis Marshal ..W. 8. Parka C1erk..................... Charles Morian Treasurer ...Moses Leopold Attorney Geo. A. Williams Civil Engineer H. L. Gamble Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Fire Warden ~J. J. Montgomery Councltmen. Ist ward .H. L. Brown 2nd ward J. F. Irwin 3rd ward Eii Gerber At large. .C. G. Spitler, Jay W. Williams COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk Charles C. Warner Sheriff ....John O'Connor Auditor.,.. .j. n. Leatherman Trea5urer........... J. D. Allman Recorder J. W. Tilton Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools.. Ernest R. Lamson County Assessor John Q. Lewis Health Officer... M. D. Gwin Commissioners. Ist District........ John Pettet 2nd District... Frederick Waymire 3rd District .....Charles T. Denham Commissioners’ court—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. Trustees. Townships. Washington Cook .Hanging Grove M. W. Coppess . Gillam Grand Davisson Barkley Charles F. Stackhouse Marion Charles E. Sage Jordan W. B. Yeoman Newton George L. Parks Milroy Fred Karch.... Walker Henry Feldman Keener Charles Stalbaum Kankakee Robert A. Mannan ..Wheatfield Anson A. Fell Carpenter Harvey Davisson .union Ernest Lamson, Co. Supt.... Rensselaer E. C. English Rensselaer James H. Green .....Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfield Truant Officer..C. M. Sands, Rensselaer JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting Attorney. R. O. Graves Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April, September and November. Four week terms. Jordan Township. The undersigned, trustee of Jordan township, attends to official business at his residence on the first Saturday of each month; also at the Shlde schoolhouse on the east side, on the third Saturday of each month between ths hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. Persons having business with me will plesue govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, Gotland, Ind. R. F. D. CHASTe. SAGE. Trustee. Newton Township. The undersigned, trustee of Newton township, attends to official business at his residence on Thursday of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address Rensselaer, Indiana. Phone 26-A, Mt. Ayr Exchange. W. B. YEOMAN, Trustee; Union Township, The undersigned, trustee of Union township, attends to official business at his residence on Friday of each week. Persona having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, .Rensselaer, Indiana. R. F. D. 2. HARVEY DAVISSON, Trustee. M MMES— j**** i —■—l An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.