Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1904 — Page 2

Tha Republican. Official Paper of Jaspor County. Otoe In Republican building on the corner of •’eehlngcoa and \Vastou Streets. ISSUED EVERY TUEBDAY AND FRIDAY BY GEORGE E. MARSHALL EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. Terms of Sebseriptioa. One Year • .$1.50 Sir Months .... *75 Three Months 60 Entered in the Office of the Librarian at ad aocondclass matter. Tuesday, August 16, 1904,

Republican ticket.

Fj/ President Tueodore Roosevelt, For Vioe President Charles W. Fairbanks For Governor J. Frank Hanly. For Lieutenant-Governor Hugh T. Miller. For Secretary of State Daniel E. Storms. Auditor sf Stat* David F. SherroY I:\aaar3r ts Stita % Nat U Hill. Attorney General Charles W. Miller. S.porter of Supreme G Jorge W. Self. tnperintendentPablio Inmoouoi F, A, Cotton Chief of Bureau of Statistics Joseph EL Stubbs, fudge Supreme Court, 2nd Distriot Osoar H. Montgomery. fudge Supreme Court, 3rd Distriot John V. Hadley. Congressman E. D. Orumpaoker. State Senator Prosecuting Attorney Robert 0. Graves. County Recorder John W. Tilton. County Treasurer S. R. Nichols. Couuty Sheriff John O’Connor. Conn tv Surveyor Myrt B. Pnoe. County Coroner W. J. Wright. Commissioner Ist Distriot John F. Petit.

“This government is made for Amerioaas, native born and natura. lized; and every pound, every bushel, every ton of foreign product that oomes into this country to compete with curs deprives Ameri. can labor of wha 1 justly belongs to it.” McKinley said that in 1890 It still holds good The greatest achievement of the protective system is that it has tauglt the western world that national progress reoeives its greatest impulse when people resolve to do for themselves. It is the glory and triumph of protection to demonstrate, that the whole world may be made a workmanship and that mankind need not be dependent on a little oorner of it.

“Judge Parker,” says Mayor Rose of Milwaukee, “owes his nomination to Tom Taggart.” This may be true and it may not be true, but everybody remembere the desperate measures adopted by the Indianapolis boss to disfranchise those who objected to the Parker nomination. Everybody knows that there are tens of thousands of Democrats in this state that were bitterly opposed to this reorganizer nomination, and yet the state is recorded at St Louis as "solid for Parker.” And this misrepresentation of the Democrats of this state is to be attributed to this same boss more than to any other man. How mnoh Indiana Democrats lacked of being ."solid for Parker” is well illustrated right here in Jasper county, when seven of its eight delegates to th? May state convention were anti-Parker men: Yet they were simply trodden under foot by he Taggart crowd.

The Wall Street Journal more than a year ago predicted that Judge Parker would be selected as the reorganizer candidate for the presidential nomination. In a recent issue it refers to that prediction and calls attention to the fact that the prophecy has been verified, and it now makes the additional prediction that he will have the support of the “interests,” partially open but mainly con cealed” The Journal says that the “high finance” of Wall street will support this candidate because they believe that their opportunities for carrying on their peculiar operations will be more favorable under Parker than under Roosevelt. It seems to us that this is about all the peop'e of this region would care to know to justify them in b ing eternally opposed to that kind of business. What is known in this connection as the ‘ high finance” is simply no more or less than gambling and the manipulation of the markets, regardless of the general welfare of the country.

Notice of Ditch Letting. In the matter of the Sparling Ditch No. 2260 Notice is hereby given that at the Auditors Office in Jasper County Indiana on 27 day of August 1904, at 1 o’clock p. m. I will open sea’ed bids received prior thereto for construction of the Sparling Ditch No. 2266. 'I he location of said drain is as follows: Beginning at a point 1030 feet east and 30 feet north of the southwest comer of section thirty one (81) township twenty nine (29)north, range six (6) west, in Jasper county, I idiana. and running thance west along the north aide of the public highway twelve hundred (1200) feet thence northwesterly flfty-eix hundred feet (5600) thence west seventy five (7f) feet, thence south westerly five hundred (500) feet to its outlet in the Iroquois river at a point near the north east comer of the south east quarter of the south east quarterof section thirty-five (35) township twenty nine (29) north, range seven (7) west, in Jasper county Indiana. All work to be In accordance with seecifica t ons on file in the county auditor’e'offiee; each Did must be accompanied with bond ,in twice am aunt of bid. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN. Aug 12-19 Auditor Jasper County Notice «f Administration. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Dy ths Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, administrator of the estate of JohnS. Ramey late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. HkNRY GROW, Administrator. Dated, Jttly 26th, 1904 Aug 2-9-16

Notice to McCoy Creditors The uadersigned will make out and file your olaitns for 75 cents for eaoh claim No other fee or per cent whatever will be charged, unless the claim is contestedEaoh creditor, can by himse’f, or authorized attorney vote for trustee if his claim is filed. It is to your interest that the trustee be a Jas per oounty man Bring your bank books and certificates of deposit, dwtf R W. Marshall. If your farm loan is maturing soon, call at First National Bank aDd learn terms. Hi Day Closing uni. I am now closing out my entire stock of lumber, And will m-ike some prices on lumber to be re* membered, as long as the stook lasts Come at onoe, as it is going fast. Hiram Day. Call on B O. Gardner and learn something about Oklahoma and Indian territory. Excursion first and third Tuesdays of each month When there are parties to go I will go along with them and make the trip an enjoyable one. B. O. Gardner, Rensselaer, Ind

Now Open For Business. The old Hansen blacksmith shop on Front street is now open for business, with Jesse Ball and Dr. J. L. Jones in charge. The latter is not only an experienced b'acksmith but is also a veterinary sur geon, and will carry on a general veterinary practice. The firm does a general blacksmithing business, horse-shoeing, etc. Give them a call. $1.90 for the round trip to Lafayette Aug, Ist to 6th. Limit Aug 7th "Carnival.” 85 oents for the ronnd trip to Lowell Aug 11th good returning Aug 12th K. of P. picnic. Please Pay the Miller. Will those endebted to the mill please settle their accounts to August Ist. We must have the money to handle the season's wheat crop. We pay cash for all grain, and must have what is due us to do business on. dw2tp Jas. Fltnn.

REFORM MEASURES

Enacted by General Assembly During Past Decade. • DISCUSSED BY PRESIDENT PERKINS Indiana Has Attained a Reputation for the Enforcement of the Labor Laws Upon the Statute Books of the State —Politics Has Played No Part in Affairs of Factory Inspection Department. Reference has before been made In 4 columns of this paper to the many labor reform measures enacted in In- ! dlana during the last nine years of Republican supremacy in legislative as--1 fairs. An article contributed by Mr. 1 Edgar A. Perkins, president of the ■ Indiana Federation of Labor, to the In--1 dianapolis Star, furnishes additional 1 evidence to show what has been accomplished along this line since the accession of the Republican party to responsibility in Indiana in 1895, and this evidence is strengthened by the fact 1 that President Perkins is a Democrat He says: I The report of the Department of Inspection, just issued by Inspector McAbee, shows the strides that have keen made in the last few years in the curtailment of child labor in this state. While this feature of industrial life is not all that it should be, it is at present so much better than it was a few years ago that the advocates of leglsla- ' tlon for the retarding of child labor have hope that the future will see ' more accomplished than has the past. The present inspection department, although hampered by littleness of appropriation and in the number of deputies, has done much to bring the state forward in its reputation for the class of labor laws that prevail. A Reputation for Enforcement | Indiana, while it has not so many laws in the Interest of labor as have 1 some of the Eastern states, has a name for the enforcement of those that are the books second to none. The Section force at the present conflMto of one inspector and five depuwho are expected to attend to all ■Bwork that comes under the departAt the last session of the legisire an effort to have the force in- ' creased was defeated.

Compared with the forces employed in other states, the inspection force employed in this state is small and the amount of money expended in its maintenance is not to be compared with that of many others. Yet, in -the number of inspections to be made and the territory to be covered, there is not such a great difference. It is contended by those who have been instrumental in bringing the law to its present point that unless there is some means of compelling an impartial entorcement of the factory laws an Injustice would be done, and especially would this be so in so far as child labor was concerned. It was largely for this reason that an increase in the inspector force has been advocated. It is pointed out that this state has become one of the big manufacturing centers of the country and that it is sure to cost more for the enforcement of factory laws from year to year. Is Now Five Years Old. The Inspection department has now been in existence a little over five years, having been created by the legislature of 1897, during the term of Governor Mount, who appointed D. H. McAbee, the present inspector. The first force consisted of Mr. McAbee and one assistant, who was expected to do the office work and keep up his end of the outside work. The law at that time was not materially different from the present one, and the inspection department did not accomplish in its first two years as much as its friends had hoped for. It did, however, demonstrate the * necessity for its existence, and at the following session of the legislature not much opposition was encountered in the effort to increase the efficiency of the department.

Again, at the following session, an increase was secured, but many of the members of the last legislature were of the opinion that \he end had been 'cached. And, strange to say, the optosltlon did not come from the rural listrlcta, but from the representatives rom the cities. The .matter, however, jrlll not be dropped, and an effort will be made between now and the next session of the legislature to create a public sentiment in favor of further increasing the efficiency of this department Results of the Law. Through Its efforts many children have been taken out of the factories, the sanitary conditions have been wonderfully Improved, accidents have been reduced and In connection with the trtiant authorities hundreds of children have been placed In school that would otherwise have been denied the benefits of education. The law Is originally the effort of the trade union movement In this state. Such legislation was among the first asked by the State Federation of Labor, but It was not until the early *9o’s that a systematic effort was mad# to secure its passage. In the spring of 1892 the secretary of the Indianapolis Central Labor Union secured copies of the New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts factory acts and out of these original Indiana act was drafted. The late Captain Silas Bhepard drew the bill. At the meeting of the State Federation in tbs same year the bill was In-

dorsed as one of the measures to be put forwa-rd by the legislative committee, and was Introduced at the next session of the legislature. It was defeated, as was its fate at the next session. By 1897, however, there was a sentiment in its favor, and it passed without as much opposition as had been anticipated. Law Has Been a Benefit. All the opposition however, did not come from without the ranks of organized labor, there being some decided sentiment against it from a very few members of certain trades who were fearful the effect the anti-child labor section might have on their trades. Ttys did not" result, and in recent years these opponents have become the most insistent on this class of legislation. That the law has proved a beneficent measure, and though in no manner perfect, has sustained the claims of its advocates, the yearly reports of the inspector bear witness. And with the small force at its disposal few states show as good, and none better results then those achieved by the Indian department. This is accounted for in part by the fact that politics has played but a small part in the affairs of the department, and also to the fact that the organized labor movement has at all times kept in close touch with its affairs.

PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS

Democratic newspapers are presenting figures showing the appropriations made under the last administration of Grover Cleveland and those made under President Roosevelt, and declaring that they prove that the present administration has cost more than did the last pari ed of Democratic power ia national affairs. The truth is that no one has ever been able to compute the cost to the country of the last Democratic administration. If the figures were at hand, the figures showing just what the people of this country lost in wages, in value of property, in all that goes to make a country prosperous, the total would be of staggering immensity. The last Cleveland administration cost this country more in dollars and cents than the aggregate of the national debt at the close of the Civil war, and all the people of the United States got out of it was a fund of experience which will prevent them from trying another experiment of that kind until the memory of the last one has been obliterated. «> <!> ■»

The “independence” of the Indianapolis News is illustrated in its comments upon the appointment of Attorney General Knox as senator from Pennsylvania to succeed the late Matthew S. Quay. Mr. Knox as attorney general has done more to enforce the anti-trust laws against illegal combinations of capital than all his predecessors in the department of justice. It is a part of the official record that he has pushed to a successful conclusion the most Important cases ever instituted against such corporations. It Is known of all men that as a result of these prosecutions the most prominent representatives of these great combines are engaged in an effort to bring about the nomination for the presidency against Mr. Roosevelt of sonae “safe” man who will not Interfere vTlth them. This is history. But the News discovers in a Philadelphia newspaper the statement of some reporter who alleges that the appointment of Mr. Knox as senator is the result of the machinations of certain capitalists. Upon the basis of this newspaper rumor the News turns its back upon wellestablished facts in the history of the country and proceeds to denounce the administration because it has not been sincere in prosecuting the trusts! Here is a performance which, for hidebound narrowness or downright demagogy has never been equaled In any newspaper professing to be partisan, and it is accomplished under the hypocritical guise of "independence." ® Q When Democratic leaders permit themselves to speak in public of protection as an abomination, they should remember that the people are Inclined to give a second thought to things now and then. For Instance, the voter is likely to ask himself why protection should be looked upon as an abomination. And ha is likely to recall the experiences that have come to the country under protection. And then he Is likely to recall the experiences that the country has had when an attempt has been made to tamper with the tariff question on aay other basis. In other words, he is likely to consider results rather than theories. And If he does this, whether hs considers the results in other countries or In this, hs finds that In every land development of the country and its various Industries has corns under this polloy. Even Great Britain, which time and again has been held up to us as the Ideal free trade country—even the commercial supremacy that came to Great Britain was built up by centuries of protection. And now, after half a century under a tariff for revenue—the nearest approach to free trade —that country, as John Sharp Williams, the Democratic leader, explicitly declares, Is preparing to return to protection. We say the voter Is likely to think of these things wbsn the anti-protection advocate pretends to look upon protection as an abomination. And it would bs well for these same leaders themselves to get down to soine hard thinking on this same subject, for the truth Is that the ordinary voter can give them many a joint that they themselves are too muofc Inclined to Ignore.

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The only place, where yon can buy full oream oheeae for 10 oenta a pound ia John Egare. For rant a good five room housewood houae, large garden, fruit, fine well eto. Gall on Arthir Hopkins or Miss Ellen Sayler on the premises. Birdsell wagons steel or oaat skein at Warner Bros.

It is astonishing to see th values you can get at the Idea Clothing House for $8.50 and SSO suit. Others will ask from ss,Of at $15.00 for same goods and make Taken up, a small Jersey cov one horn off. Call or telephon o No. 275. Jerome Harmon. Wildberg can satisfy you if yo are looking for bargains in clotl ing. „