Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1906 — Page 2

RENSSELAEB REPUBLICAN. Office in The Republican Building corner of Washington and Westor Streets, Kensseiaer, |uuiana. : A' ' . ” .1,. ISSUED EVKPY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY / j BY GEORG MARSHALL' J EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 7 , MARSHALL &* HEALEY\_ ' PUBLISHERS. •

It is Raid that Rensselaer which recently liecame a “dry" town is being systematically worked by the wholesale liquor houses fori mail and express orders and that more liqupr ‘ than under a" saloon regime. Persons who sddoni visited saloons “are; ordering in quantities of one to five gallons —Crown Point Register. Rensselaer is probably not bhing woiked any more systematically bv wholesale liquor houses than most other saloonless'towns and there is no truth whatever in the statement that more liquor is consumed here | now than there, was before saloons were abolished, in fact the contrary is true, and drunken men have, practically disappeared from our streets. Evidently the Register) gets its false idea from a certain j paper whose columns have long beencontrolled by The liquor interests.

In Time cf Peace. lu the first mouths of the RussiaJapan war we had a striking example of the necessity for prepara* tion and, the—early advantage .of j those who,’ so to —speak, ‘‘have' shingled their roofsiu dry weather." i The virtue of preparation has made history and given to us our greatest men. The individual asj well as the nation should be pre-! par-Ad for any emergency ' you prepared to successfully combat the first cold you tak< ? \ cold can Ik* cured much '■ more ! quickly wh’yu when treats! asj soon as it lias been contracted ami before it has become settled in the ‘ system. Chambers ins’s Cough Remedy is famous for it cures of colds and it. should Im* kept at hand ready lor instant use. For sale by B. F. Fendig.

Dp not forget to call at the Ideal ‘ if you want to save money. Read the V£ildberg Ad in this issue; it is money in your pocket, ■ _ ■ • ' '• - - j-- __ * Notice of Letting Contract. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for supplies of dry goods, clothing. shoes and grocei ies, for the use of the Jasper County Poor Asylum, for the quarter ending February 28th, j 1907. will be received up to Monday,' December 3rd. 15*0(3, at 12 o'clock ni. ! AH fcrHeles 4<> beTuxmshed. .according I to plans and specifications therefor on file in the County Auditor’s office. All _ bids innst be accompanied by boti<! and affidavit as provided by law and filed in said Auditor’s office. The Board reserves the right to reject auy or all bids. By order .of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper Countv. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN. Auditor Jasper County, i N0v.13-20

For Sale and Exchange. Ko. D t IM acres black land, geod imp-ore meet*, all new land, ail cultivated, to to trade for Chicago property. No. D. 2. Two houses, one six rooms, one ten rooms in Mathews, iud.,-si* room house, barn and fruit on two acres of land tn Fowler, Ind . and gill edge first ttiortgage of JI7OO. all clesr. will trade al! <>r part for good improved farm and as same or pay difference, No. D.'3. Three good houses well t outed and clear in Elwood. Ind., valued at M.UUO and cash, for goad improved farm. No. D 4 160 acres well Improved clear in Van Buren County. Mich. Want hotel or other reala a. Will give time on differ enoe. r »f> 160 sems gram land in Rock .County Nvbrh’k*. clear. Want rentals. _\u. j S’ga l ve rdotn houses all clear in Elwood, led. to trade tor pasture la. d or farm. Will assume or pay difference, No. D 7 80 noma improved land to trade for larger farm. No. D 8 11! acme faur miles frem court bout* on gravel road, free mail, telephone. Will couaider trade in part. No. D 9 1!6 name Improved, free’mail, school on farm, three miles to geod town. Will divide If d**stred. Owner will accept good trade as part payment, and time on difference. No. DlO 63 acres, five room house, barn, sheds fruit, well, free mail, school an farm. Will taka clear property as part payment ar other good trade. No. Dll Fiveroom h >uae, summer kitchen, goad barn, fruit, good well, on two lots tu near toy town, to trade for small tract of land or property in Renaeelaer and will pay difference or aaeeme. No. D. 12 Two five loom houses in Mathews, ~ J V,„. lad.. clear to trade for property in .Rensuelaer <,r for small tract of land, 1 BWill aaM me or pay difference. ' No. Dl3 2! acres two room house, good ___L orahard, free mall, near school, all . cultivated. Price jlixw. Owner will KV. take part in good trade. 1J b No. Dl4 36 aeree, four miles fromj court " **r- house, gravel road, free mail, telephone school, Ma room house out buildings, lowing orchard, all -nlt-vT.-: Pnnr 1 ff We have cash buyers far farms. Also have stocks of merchandise of all kinds, livery •docks, hotels and town properties to trade for land. List your farms and town proper-tie-, with us , for quick rwalto 2Z---Z MB Qr. MKYKRS, I f’w Boneeelaer, Ind. Office' oppoall* Mato Ban k.

TIME TO CALL A HALT

American People Should Condemn Wild-Eyed Socialistic ’ Agitation. ; ; EVERY REASON FOR OPTIMISM , J. l't The Lessons Of Htttory. and Experiences Within the Memory of the Present Generation Should So Appeal to Our Solid, Sober Good Sense as to Cause Us to Frown on Pessimistic Pleas ana Noisy Harangues of Unsettled Agitators. Tn a recont Issue oTHlaT~B[rteir(tltt magazine, The National, edited by Joe Mitchell Chapple, appears an article by John K. Jones, a former western editor, vjfiich every citizen, who has his country's Interest at heart, should read carefully. The article is entitled, “A Plea for Conservatism.” Among other things Mr. Jones says: . .' . , ■■ "Is It not high time that the solid, sober, good sense. of the American people should call a halt to the more extreme features of the prevailing socialistic agitation? Besides in some cases outraging public decency, the more radical agitators have already done much harm-in. unsettling popular confidence; and if allowed to go on indefinitely may end by completely disorganizing existing social, political and business conditions, bringing the republic face to face with financial chaos and business ruin. All history shows that such violent, excessivc social movements are always destructive, and but rarely constructive in their effect. Of late this country has been the storm center of ’a cyclone of-wholesale abuse of the established order of tilings. We have had eras of bitter strife, and dangerous econor:*'' Vr, resy before r~”', ’”O surely nothing equal to this. The jealousies of the Revolutionary period; the acrimony of Jackson’s time; the sectional animosities leading up to the otxil war ;■ the ‘stnlwart* etasbrings of 1881, seem tame and colorless in comparison with the savage assaults made in these latter days by socialistic and other "reformers-” upon the established parties, business interests and conspicuous citizens cf the United States. All Prosperity Records Broken. "What arc the facts? During the past ten years, pi* eveFsince the accession of ITesident McKinley and the adoption of ' the Dingley tariff, the prosperity of this country has exceeded all previous records of this or any other country. Never be fore have the citizens of the United States had so much work to do. or been str writ remunerated for doing it. Never before have they had so much money in their pockets and in the banks. Never before were our factory workers, our farmers, our minors, our merchants, our common carriers, so busy. In these circumstances it is natural that many men with a talent- Tor moneymaking should have become wealthy, and that bnsim ss enterprises should have expanded to dimensions formerly unknown. "Now it comes to light that a few very rich men have used their money Improperly and injuriously: a few men in high public offices have proved unworthy of their trust; a few mighty corporations have pursued questionable or illegal methods of business: _and straigh tw ay a chord s of social istic ‘reformers’ of the forum and the peers denounces all capitalists as thieves, all high public officers as corruptionists. and all corporations as dishonest. Motives of Agitators. -

“The agitators are actuated by various motjves ami adopt various modes of attack. Some are socialists pure and simple, like Debs of Illinois; some are ‘populists’ and fiat money advocates. like Watson of Georgia; some exploit municipal ownership, like Hearst of New York: some are merely ' out’ for revenge or malicious mischief; some are simply office-seekers trying to ride into power on the hobby of ‘reform,’ like Colby and Record of New Jersey, and Tom Johnson and Whitlock of Ohio; some, like Bryan, preached free silver coinage until the death of that interesting issue; and some are congenital cranks, ilke Pettigrew, surnamed the ‘Unspeakable.’ “But whatever their particular ‘fads and fancies.’ most of them are at war with the existing order of things, and all their doctrines are socialistic in tendency. They are working, either directly or indirectly, for the overthrow’ and emasculation of the Republican and Democratic parties; the abolition of the protective tariff; the destruction of all the great corporate trusts: the ownership of railroads, telegraph systems. mines, express companies, -t... by the government; the eventual redistribution of money and wealth; the legal confiscat|pn of overlarge fortunes, the popular ownership of ah land and all the means and products of Industry, and the placing of all men on a common level, socially and financially. A preposterous program, indeed, and taken together, somewhat suggestive of the atmosphere of a lunatic asylum. And yet it la a matter of grave importance,

which thf American peopla murt loss j no time in considering with the utmost seriousness. A Mistaken Theory. “Many worthy jitizens think, and say. 'Why not? la it not true, as | the agitators claim, that the rich are] growing richer and the J*x>r growing! poorer? Are not 'the rich .growing, rich at the expense.. Of. the poor? Does not the tariff afford special prjyllOges to a favored few? Are not our legislatures nand courts and executive depart m ents comt pt ed and dpmi n a ted by—the corporations and the million-” aires, while the common people find’ it impossible to obtain justice,.as.Thft, agitators claim? if so, why not put the socialists in power? “No, it is not true. The rich are growing richer, but so are the.jpqor. growihg richer. The statistics of our savings banks,, insurance companies, farms and labor guilds will prove this belond a peradventure. The Western -farmers —whose ■ fl nanci al meats led to the granger, green ink 'and free silver movements in former years, have taken up their mortgages and now have money to lend. Everybody Better Off. “The wages of labor have increased from 25 to 75 per cent since 1894, and are still increasing. The per capita of money in circulation had increased during the same period 50 per cent. The savings hanks deposits have increased five thousand millions to eight thousand millions. “The rich are not specially prlvileg- - ed in this country except in so far as the possession of money grants special 1 privileges to its possessors in all countries. The rich can employ the best lawyers and doctors, and can have the most luxuries, of course. The remedy for that is to get rich. The race is open to all, and most of those who are rich today were poor ■ ton or twenty years ago.

Tariff Cornerstone of Prosperity. “As for the protective tariff, that is ‘a short horse, soon curried.’ The beneficent effect of-the protective tarIff upon the American republic is, the greatest political and economic fact of the nineteenth century. The tariff has been the very cornerstone of our American prosperity* and to abandon or materially modify It would be simply suicidal. “it is needless to repeat the .arguments for a protective tariff, as the country is quite familiar with them. The socialistic argument against it can be refuted in a few words. The tariff does hot ‘afford special privileges' to jhe manufacturers Or to the corporations, or to the rich, or to any other ‘classes.’ It affords protection and Benefit to all; to the manufacturers and to their employes, to the farmers and to the merchants. Without. the tariff many factories would have to close, and then what would the employes do? And with a great army of . '.vage-wotkers. -impovcrisliod. wh at would become of the home market, and how could the farmers and mcrchants‘dispose of their produce and goods-? What Agitators Would Do. “In the face Of all our unprecedented national prosperity, these agitators urge the public to embrace socialism; to abolish the protective tariff, to. abandon the Republican party which has been the chief agent in securing this prosperity; and to run a knife to the hilt into our vast and complex business system. What would be the result? There would be one of the greatest panics in our history; business would be paralyzed; half the "money in the country"would be drawn to Europe; many capitalists would emigrate and take their capital with them: employers would be bankrupt and employes destitute, and to what end? “What has been the outcome of agitation in the past? Failure, always failure, and disaster. The most notable socialistic event in history "was th e French Re vein t ion of T7ST culminating in the Reign of Terror. Do Americans wish to have aWTerror” here, and our streets running with the blood of thousands of innocent and patriotic citizens? That is the way it worked in France. Do not plead that we do things differently In America. How about the massacre by the anarchists of Chicago? How about the assassination of Garfield by Guiteau, crazed by violent political agitation? How about the assassination of McKinley by a zealous adherent of socialistic doctrines?

Lessons From History. “Going back no farther than thirtyfive years, consider the fate of the liberal Republican movement of 1872; the granger and greenback Republican movements of the same decade; the Mahone readjustee movement of 1885 and thereabout; the Populist and free silver movements in the nineties —all either utter failures or successful only for a year or two. What became of Jerry Simpson, the ‘sockless statesman’ of Kansas; of Weaver, the great greenback champion of Iowa; of Lawler, the socialist congressman from Chicago, who counselled the hanging of Jay Gould to a lamp-post; of Pettigrew, the Mrs. Carrie Nation of the* Republican party? None of these agitators ever originated or perfected a single useful law, or carried into effect the policies they promulgated; and the agitators of the present day are no more successful as legislators. Their greatest success is in .provoking the passtons of the unthinking and ignorant by noisy harangues, and by vindictive diatribes in Mie Hearst newspapers and certain magazines. “Why should American citizens desert their tried and true leaders and follow these false prophets and blind guides F* '

Say Amendment Failed

Wffile no < fficial report has been made regarding the fate of the preposed amendment to the constitution, w b ich was supposed to be voted on last Tmsday, lawyers who weie ititriesied in the amendment say that it failed for want of enough votes. A majority oi all the votes cast in the state wt-re necessary to adopt the amendment. It gave the legislature authority to say who should be admitted to the bar. The Indiana Bar Association was behind the amendment. The asso (nation has for a lung time been in favot- ot the legislature making the qualifications fui’ lawyers seeking admissicn to tiie bar of the state, coiitorw tothe .requirements in neighboring states. At present no requirements at all are prescribed. In this county the vote for the amendment was oil for to 78 against. Thus less than one fifth of the voters paid any attention at all to the amendment. And . voting at ail was about the same as voting against st.

A Departing Stab.

The man who invented the barbed wiie fence died in Illinois the other day. It is said he amassed a fortune of over a milliorudollars as the re suit of royalties on his infernal im piemeut of destruction and lived to bj over 90 years old. It would be interesting to have statistics of the amount of stock killed or injured by his invention, also s he list of "torn clothes, oaths, and loss of Temper caused by t he device, which once so popular,’ is notv passing. We don't think there will be any mourners, either for the inventor or his fence —American Farmer.

1 01' il illili'i. .uvL-ivll _. Ox luv I>owles, a single dose of Doan’s Kegnlets is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box Ask your druggist for them. Strayed—Fiom Monon, bay mare, weight about 1.000 pounds, white spot in right eye. Any information \\ ill be appreciated. Ad lnss Jas. Blankenship, Monon, Ind So reward lor information iea d Ing to recovery. 0.1. C. Hogs For Sale, I have four O. I. C. young boars fur sale. .*ls each. Pedigrees furnished. Amos Alter. R. I). No. 2, Rensselaer.

COMMISSIONERS’ ALLOWANCES. Following- are the allowances made by the board of commissioners of Jasper county. Indiana, at their regular November, 1906. teuu: •James N Leatherman, postage, Audit r’s offi.e . $ 5 CO John W I ilt-i-i. Recorder's fee 5....... 7s 50 S K Nichols. postage, Irens, office ... 960 Leslie tTark, supplies, County Clerk.. 400 L H Hamilton, per diem. Co. Supt.... 135 09 L H Hamilton, postage, same 5 90 Leslie Clark, supplies, same 5 60 Chus Morlan, janitor, court hearer...-, uOO Chas Morlan, expense, same ... 75 Johnson Service Co., same. 4 20 Ropp & Hickman, repairs, court house 457 J A Grant. expense, same 93 Atlas Engine Wks, same,boiler house. 11 00 J L Griggs, fireman. same .. 35 00 Join •>1 omior, Sheriff, boarding prisoners 5 20 City •«! 1; • os- laer, lights Co. Jai1...... 5 22 Jlt S girs. 1 iborCo. Farm 25 00 ■ boll, siine..., 1000 -dtisep.i k,lopiuAAiU-uty Farm ly 40 Porter A Kresler. supplies Co. Farm.. 43 66 Chas Roberts, same .... 275 C E Sage. Trustee, moving bridges.... 152 57 Pan-American bridge repairs 191 10 H F King. same. 14 50 Noah Zigler. 5ame...... ... 30 00 Charles Pullins, same 15 Oil M B Price, per diem Co. Sur .W... 40 00 M R’Price, postage, same 2 OS M B Price, supplies, same.. s.. ■ 50 ■ Harvey Davisson.Grade Gifford ditch. 100 00 Leuna Grant, deputy Co. Sur 4 00 Nettie Price, same 40 00 L N Miller, ditch repair 179 97 A S Freeman, same 60 00 Leuna Grant, same .. 200 M B Price, same X 00 Chas Saltwell,-same 53 06 Martin Cain, same 900 00 James Tyler, same 1 50 Ge<> Johnson, same 110 00 Scbuffer A Timi/ious, same 165 00 Jas Spriggs, same 3 00 M W Coppess, same 5 50 Elmer Pullins, same ....... 1 50 Nettie Price, same ..... 600 S B Moffitt, same 70S 75 Alfred Peters, same.... 4 00 S R Nichols, Treasurer, int. Horton ditch bonds 55 20 H J Keeder, const. Moffitt ditch 2 25 C Pullins, labor Iroquois ditch 1 50 Leslie Alter, same 96 00 Leu McCurtain, same 150 Will Burns, same 1 50 A V Farmer, same -.. 3 00 Nim Hopkins, same 1 50 Reuben Dickenson, labor Meneley d'ch 400 Jacob Hensler. labor Garrison ditch.. 22 50 Joseph Nissius. same J 1 50 Jasper Co. Democrat, public printing.. 12 55 Jas McKwe>i. unit 3 00 Leslie Clark, same....* 12 00 Marshall A Healey, same 52 10 William Scott, repair S Barkley G R.. 450 Warner Bros., same Marion Tp GR ... 280 A Woodworth, same . 45 00 Geo Smith, same 20 25 James dowry. repair range line G R.. 39 00 Robert Parker, same ’..... 47 34 Robert Parker, same 186 25 John White, repair Keener G R........ 36 25 J P Gwin. Hanging Grove Stone RyaA. 60 00 H L Gamble, same.. ....9 00 A W Prevo. Gillam Stone Roads 54 00 J C Porter Knowlton Stone Roads..... 68 00 SI Raker, repair steam pipe.... .. . .... 150 Will E Briggs, same 1 50 E L Hollingsworth, refund err taxes.. 793 W R Kresler. salary Sec. B'd Health... 52 09 Aetna Printing Go. supplies Co officers 202 50 J W William , same, jail 2 15 A F Ixvng. inuna... I 3 30 J C Gwin, Mine ........ 572 John Eger, supplies county farm....... 102 31 Harvey Davis Mon, new bridges 179 06 Same, for same 204 75 Jasper Co Democrat, bonds, Iroquois d M (0 James Donnelly. Khowlton stone roads 46 50 Wm A Churchill, same 45 50 Leonard Griggs, same 22 00 , JAMES N. LEATHERMAN. Auditor Jasper County.

THE IDEAL O ALLOWE’EN Frank- * “ ers carried off my Closing-out sign and I ~7 will not replace it. While I still continue to sell all goods in stock at the lowest prices ever heard of, I will and am getting in now some of the latest and best of clothing which I will sell at 15 per cent Profit which no competitor can do. My expenses are so low thatfefih we It afford to d o so. Come and see what I am doing. You cannoiauuru to let this opportunity to save money on you r winter purchases slip. Lewis Wildberg, Proprietor

t Che new Dowels Rouse | : SI.OO per day - . - SI.OO per day | ’ s ; Accommodations furnished at | I any time. Good beds and | £ first class service at all times. j fienry Reed, . I IW ‘ i i» - aJ 1 • * I w re « * ' £ DIRECTORS Jt " W A. Parkmon,"President B. L. Hollingsworth,’Cashier 5 £ John M. Wasson, Vice-President James T. Randle re George E. Murray j THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK S J North Slds Public S<uars, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Ji S LOANS MONEY ... ;; £ on all kinds of good security on City Property * and on Farms at lowest rates, pays interest on •' m savings, pays taxes and makes investments for £ customers and others and solicits personal in- • 2 terviews witn a view to business, promising evJJ ery favor consistent with safe banking. •’ s FARM LOANS A SPECIALTY ! 3 MONEY TO LOAN = On all kinds of good security, including loans oa second Mortgage real estate, Chattel Mortgages and personal security. Loans on City property made for 1, 2 and 3 years, repayable in monthly installments if desired; Sale notes purchased; Mouey on hand for above loans, uodelay. Loans on farms negotiated at a low rate of interest, without cxjmmihbion, A complete set of abstract books. Call personally, or write. JAMES H. CHAPMAN, lenssdaer » -■-» ~u>w* —-- r ~... . :* '. __LL._k . • ...... •