Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1909 — Page 2

The Family Physician The best medicines in the world cannot take the place of the family physician. Consult him early when taken ill. If the trouble is with your throat, bronchial tubes, or lungs, ask him about taking Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Then take it or not, as he says. jE Wo publish our formulM « We bsnioh Alcohol from our modiolnoo / I //A'r\ We urge you to a o oo y o u o i t o ?° ur Bilious attacks, sick-headaches, indigestion, constipation, dizzy spells these are some of the results of an inactive liver. Ask your doctor if he endorses Ayer’s Pills in these cases. The dose is small, one pill at bedtime. by the J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell. Kaos.—

THE Jin COUNTY DEMIT. 1. E. BIBCOCK, EDITOR MD PUBLISHER. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered u Becond-Class Matter Jana •, 1108, at the post offlea at Re nasal a ear, Indiana, under the Act ot March S. 1878. Long Distance Telephones Office SIB. Residence 811. Published Wednesdays end Saturdays Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue • Pages Advertising rates made known an application. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1000.

In a Thanksgiving Day address a man in Washington, the capital of the nation, said: “I hope I am not guilty of high treason, but we all know that President Taft is not the real president. He is but the associate president. We are ruled, not from Washington, but from Wall street ” It takes some people a long time to find anything out. The rest of the country has known about the Wall street matter for quite a spell. Armour & Co., one of the four big concerns that compose the beef trust, have ofliclally admitted that they made a net profit of 35 per cent for the years ending Oct. 23. The beef trust controls not only the price of meats of all kinds, but of fruits, vegetables, eggs and butter. It will be remembered that this trust was "investigated” by the Roosevelt administration and given a certificate oNssgpod character as to its profits. Is it any wonder that the cost of living is going higher all the time, when it is considered that the trusts have grown so powerful that they can fix prices of all necessaries to suit themselves? CONGRESS NEXT WEEK. Congress meets on next Monday, but it is not believed that there will be any legislation especially helpful to the country, but it is not so certain that there will be nothing injurious clone. This will depend largely, however, on whether the Republicans, despite their quarrels, can get together on the sibsidy graft, tiie central bank project and similar vicious trust and Wall street measures;. It appears at this time that the Cannon and anti-Cannon Republicans in the house will .fight out their differences early in the session, and Cannon is likely to win. The insurgents are not numerous enough to accomplish much by themselves, and the Democrats will hardly go to their support unless assistance can be secured for Democraitc measures. As to this, however, nothing is now definitely known, as the course to be followed by the Democrats will depend on later developments. It seems to be settled that if the Democrats rake any chestnuts they must have some of the benefits.

THE SUGAR TRUST SCANDAL.

The frauds perpetrated by the sugar trust with the connivance of government officials during the past ten years are something stupendous. A New York paper says that many of the disclosures have been made by officials or ex-offlclals of the service who complain that their zeal in uncovering fraud has met with scant encouragement from their superiors. Thus one appraiser tells how, as far back as 1899, he laid detailed evidence of the trust’s wrongdoing before Lyman J. Gage, then secretary of the treasury, and received the following instructions: "I don't believe that my good /fiend Mr. Haremeyer (then president of the sugar trust) knows anything about this matter, and I want

you to give him my compliments and present the statement Which you have presented to me, and tell ‘him If anything like that exists it must be stopped." Nothing was done under Gage. Later some of the sugar iniquities were laid before President Roosevelt by George H. Earle, jr., at that time engaged in personal litigation with the trust, and were declared inadequate as a basis of prosecution by Attorney General Bonaparte. It is learned from the same paper above quoted that Leslie M- Shaw, who was secretary of the treasury under Roosevelt, estimates that during the time he was the head of the customs service the government lost SIOO,,000,000 a year from undervaluations and underweights, yet It does not appear that he made much of an effort to effect a change. Former Collector Fowler journeyed to Washington primed with information, yet came away without seemingly making any strenuous effort to reach the White House or even his close friend, George B. Cortelyou, then secretary of the treasury. Former Appraiser Wakeman had under him a sampler who turned over bribe money, yet practically did nothing toward following up the clue. According to these recitals, practically everyone, high or low, connected with customs administration was aware of what was going on, and except for perfunctory talk and mild protest was supine. Apd during all these years Mr. Roosevelt was not only president of the United States, but he was preaching from the housetops.

FOOTBALL AGAIN.

Now that the fatalities of the football season are in and we are duly appaled, there is a rising sentiment for the suppression of the game. People in Virginia are talking strongly of prohibiting it in that state, and efforts are making to prohibit it in the schools of New York. Two things so far seem plain: The attempts to reform it from within have not been successful, and it remains a game of great risks. Admittedly it must be so to some extent, and whether it can be changed so as to avoid fatalities is a question. As it stands it is essentially gladiatorial. The majority of people might not think so at first, but really it is more perilous than fist fighting or boxing. The chances are that amateur boxers of various colleges would emerge from a contest in the ring with leas risk of life and with less severe injury than football players now must face. There is much in the old saying "boys will be boys;” and baseball does not seem to satisfy, at present at least, the college idea of rivalry in physical prowess and skill. But. it must be admitted that we have gone too far with football, both as to the manner of the game and the idea of it. Both need modification. It will have to be made a contest that shall eliminate or reduce to a minimum the chances of fatal results, and it will nave to shrink to its proper proportions in the life of those that follow it. We can not hold out to the flower of youth an ideal that may at any time mean death or such injuries as are almost its equivalent. Clearly something more must be done in the case than has been done, and there is scant time to do it if the game ■hal! be preserved.—lndianapolis News.

Coughs that are tight, or tickling, ~ot quick and certain help from Dr. Shoop’s Cough Remedy. On this account Druggists everywhere are favoring Dr. Shoop’s Cough Remedy. The tender leaves of a harmless lung-healing mountainous shrub give to Dr. Shoop’s Cough Remedy its curative properties. Those leaves have the power to calm the most distressing Cough, and to soothe, and heal the most sensitive bronchial membrane. Mothers should, ior safety’s sake, always demand Dr. Shoop’s- It can with perfect freedom be given to even the youngest babes. Test it once yourself, and see! Sold by dll dealers.

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You take Pains to make the children look nice just tor a day. Why not presserve the memory of their prettiness by means df our PHOTOGRAPHS Our pictures, either of individuals or groups, ape so excellent tnffc they rival the steel engraving in softness and far excel in faithful portraiture the work of the most skilful artist. Sharp's Studio Near the Bridge, Rensselaer, Ind.

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Attention Is drawn to the growth of rice production in the United States from an average of less than 100,000,000 pounds per annum a few years ago to an average of 600.000,000 per annum in recent yeari and over 600,000.|OOO in 1908 in a study just made by 'the department of commerce and labor. Rice production -in the United States seldom reached 100.000.000 pounds per annum prior to 1885 and had but twice crossed the 200,000,000 line prior to 1900. Then came in 1901 a production of 388,000,000 pounds; in 1903. 500,000,000; in 1904, 586,000,000. and in 1908, 608,000,000 pounds. The rice production of the United States in the last decade has equaled that of the half century immediately preceding. The production of domestic rice In the recent period greatly exceeds the consumption of both domestic and foreign rice in the earlier period. Imports of rice into the United States, including rice flour, meal and broken rice, ranged during the last twenty years from 100,000,000 to 200.000,000 pounds per annum, seldom falling below 100,000,000 and seldom exceeding 200,000,000, while the domestic production about equaled the imports, making, after deducting the small exports of that period, an average annual consumption ranging from 250,000,000 to 400.000,000 pounds. Even during the recent period of large domestic production importations have continued at about the same rate as in former years, while exports have (save in one or two exceptional yearsi been comparatively small, thus suggesting a largely increased domestic consumption. Of the 608,000.000 pounds of rice produced in the United States in 1908 52.8 per cent was produced in Louisiana. 41.8 per cent in Texas. 2.2 per cent in South Carolina, 2.1 per cent in Arkansas and the remainder in Georgia. Alabama, Florida. Mississippi and North Carolina. Somebody suggests a $2,500,000 monument to Washington. Anything that could possibly be done would fall pitifully short of expressing the reverence for Washington which is in the hearts of the people. Loeb boasts of his present chiefs support. How different from the days when he was lambasted for everything he did or didn’t do! In order to be an early Christmas shopper it is necessary to begin today or tomorrow. Perhaps the comet calls around just to give a few points on aerial flight.

If the Comet Could Talk.

If the lightning traveler now about due had eyes and could talk what an interesting story he would be able to tell us. At his visit In 1835 Andrew Jackson was president of the United States. William IV. ruled in England, the citizen king. Louis Philippe, was at the front in France. Nicholas l. bore sway in St. Petersburg. Isabella 11. ruled through a regent at Madrid, while Ferdinand 1., who was destined to be pushed off the throne iu 1848 and to be succeeded by Francis Joseph. was in power in Vienna. The French republic, the kingdom of Italy, the empire of Germany and the empire of Japan were far in the future. The western boundary of the United States stopped at the Sabine and the Rocky mountains. If Marco Polo had visited Asia in that year he would have found but little change since his time. Africa’s dark continent was as dark as in the days of Mungo Park. Only a few miles of railroad were laid in America and Europe. On the ocean the steamboat was in its experimental stage and was seldom seen. Telegraph, telephone. electric light and many other conveniences which are familiar to us were as nonexistent then as were the automobile or the aeroplane. The very face of the habitable earth has been transformed since our coming caller was last here. And what fancy can picture the sights which will meet him when he passes this way in 1985?

The Gould interests seem to be dropping oat of all responsibilities save those of the western railroads. The late Jay Gould was the architect of the elevated railroad system of Manhattan and of the Western Union. His successors have now divested themselves of those great interests. The remarkable rescue work in tbe Cherry mine calamity will make a heavy demand upon the next awards in the hero fund, and the families of those who perished in an attempt to save otbeYs will properly be among the beneficiaries. Who discovered the sugar trust frauds is a trivial question. Who committed and who protected the sugar trust frauds? That is the big issue. Much as they may regret it, Cook and Peary find themselves compelled to agree on various points in describing polar conditions. President Taft found Washington much the same on his return—the cow grazing on tbe lawn all that

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Big Public Sale As I am going to North Dakota, I will sell at Public Sale on the Fred Waymire farm, 4% miles North and 2Vi miles East of Rensselaer, 4 miles West of Pleasant Grove and % mile East of the Smith graveyard, commencing at 10 a- m., on WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 1909, 0 Head of Horses - -—Consisting of Team of Matched^^^^^ Bay Mares, six and seven years lady single or double, sound, weight 1,-gfeMlSgglgaßs, each; 1 Bay^HHHH^IHB Horse 12 years old, weight 1200, a good worker; 1 Filley coming two years old; 1J horse Colt coming two years old; 1 Suckling Colt. 5 Head of Cows—Consisting of 1 Red Cow four years old, fresh January 8; 1 Black Cow five years old, fresh May 15; 2 Jersey Heifers three years old, fresh January 14 and April 1; l Red Heifer three years old, fresh February 26. Implements, Wagons, Buggies, Etc.—Consisting of 1 Oliver Sulky vator, used one BeaBon; 1 Avery Cultivator, in good condition; 1 16foot Flexible Harrow, good as new; 1 Eaglesclaw Walking Cultivator; 1 Deering Mower, 6-foot 1 Deering Hay Rake, 10-foot; 1 Hay Rack; 1 Endgate Seeder; 1 Studebaker Wagon, 3-inch tire, good as new; 1 Studebaker rubber tired Buggy, put one year; 1 Low Wagon in good condition; 1 U- 8. Cream Separator, bought last April. Household Goods—l Cook Stove; 1 Heating Stove; 1 Bedroom Suite; 6 Dining Room Chairs; 3 Rocking Chalrß, and many other articles too numerous to mention. Terme—~▲ credit of 12 months

will be given on sums over $5, with usual conditions; 6 per cent off for cash. F. L. MARKLEY. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. C. G. Spitler, Clerk. Hot Lunch on Grounds. Big Public Sale As I am going to North Dakota, 1 will sell at Public Sale at my residence 7 % miles Southeast of Wheatfield, 2 miles east of the Dew-drop church and 1 mile North of the Oil Fields on what is known as the old George Stalbaum farm, commencing at 10 a. m., on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1909, The following described property: 2 Head of Horses—-Consisting of one Colt, 3 years old in spring, wt. about 1100; and one coming yearling colt. 21 Head of Cattle—Consisting of 10 fine Milch Cows; 4 coming threeJHr year-old Steers; 3 coming two-year-old Steers; 4 homing yearling Steers. Implements, Wagons, Eetc—Consisting of 1 Milwaukee Mower, good as new; 1 Avery Riding Cultivator that has only plowed forty acres; 1 Broadcast Oats Seeder; 1 Steel Harrow; 1 Walking John Deere Plow; 1 Road Scraper; 1 Surrey; 1 Top Buggy; 1 Open Buggy; 1 Endgate Scoop Board; 1 Hay Rack; 1 Sled; 1 Cross-Cut and 1 one-man Saw; 1 Low-Wheeled Truck Wagon; 1 Milk Trough; 1 sixteen-foot Ladder; 1 Hand Corn Shelter. Household Goods—Consisting of 1 set Dining Room Chairs; 1 Washing Machine; 1 Churn and other articles too numerous to mention. A credit of 12 months will be given on Bjims over $lO, with usual con-

BE SURE AND GET YOUR OVERCOAT AND SUIT THIS WEEK as you will get a $3.50 SUIT CASE FREE with every $25.00 Purchase. Look at the fine line of Suits and Overcoats I have in stock in all styles and colors. A full line of Auto Overcoats in all sizes and prices. When a Duvall Suit or Overcoat is once worn, always worn, as you will always find the best quality and latest styles.

ditions; 8 per cent off for cash. THOMAS CALLAGHAN. John F. Pettet, Auctioneer. H. W. Marble, Clerk. Hot Lunch on Grounds. Newberry & Hopkins have been sorting out and building up a dairy herd for three years, and if you want some good dairy cows and heifers, don’t forget their sale,.,Dec. 2, See copy of sale bill elsewhere in this issue. ■

Ellis Theater ONE NIGHT ONLY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, MR. JOHN CONNORS PRESENTS Damon’s Colored Musical Comedy Co. INCLUDING THE GREAT A. M. DAMON The most wonderful colored violinist of the world, late of Theodore Thomas Orchestra and also of the celebrated Gilmore Band of New York City. A COMPANY OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT consisting of good singing and dancing, good looking colored girls, comedians and catchy music. Everything New and Original, prices reduced for this engagement only. ADMISSION • 20c, 85c, 50c Seats on sale at Jessen's.