Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 27, 1911, Page 4

ene cet EAE PAGE FOUR. Brand Rapids Heras Review, Published Every Wednesday By E. C. KILEY. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR IN ADVANCE ‘Entered at the Postoffice at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as Second Class Matter. Official Paper of Itasca County Well, it’s really too bad that our Canadian cousins were unable to see their own interests and were led to believe that reciprocity meant con- fiscation of the whole country by the United States. But later on they’ll see the folly of theit-way' and re pent. In the meantime, the Unite States can stand it as long as the ether fellow can. ———s eee ee ao tna. Herald-Review, Grand Rapids, Minn. Dear Sir: With reference to your editorial ?in last week’s issue which I think creates a wrong impression, I } would like to say that the Agricul-é tural association has given to home press tor Fair advertising, over $300.00 worth of printing. =} Last year they knocked because j the fair was not properly adver- jised. This year we have tried + to advertise it and sent : we ;for a small order amounting to 7$14.00, consisting of pole cards, jet hangers, post cards etc., that we felt could not well be furnished home press. Less than 1-20 of We certainly H 3 work given at home, + appreciate the generous way the 3 tocal press has boosted for us fand feel that this explanation is ? due your readers. 4 Thanking you for space for this am Very truly yours, A. M. SISLER, t Sec’y. > : Feo ot mere een erate nteem The Herald-Review does not wish to prolong in controversy the mat- ter referred to above, but a word of additional explanation to what Mr. Sisler has to offer seems meet and) The order sent to Ohio been printed as well in Itasca county as elsewhere, be- is the commonest kind of proper. eould have cause it work. The secretary of the agricul- tural society did not enquire of the printers whether they could work or not. He simply took | t for granted that because he was) sending to another state for it the focal do the price would be less and the work | is right. keeps good STABLE BLANKETS. You can see them before buying and know what you are getting, you won’t be buying a cat in a bag. LITCHKE’S complete stock ‘ncludes Heavy and Light Harness that are guaranteed—Hand- Made, if you want the best. Plush and Fur Robes for the Automobile EMIL LITCHKE Harness Maker and Horse Furnisher GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. Perhaps your stable is not 8 warm enough to keep the Horses Gomfortable without blankets. If you don’t keep yonr horse protected against cold weather you can’t expect him to remain a good healthy animal. Lit chke He has lots of them. The price better. This is on the same line of reasoning that so many people pat- ronize the catalogue houses, when they have cash to pay. It is per- fectly proper to get credit from the local merchants when we are finan- cially distressed, and then send our good dollars to Chicago or elsewhere in payment of that which we can- not see until after it is pajd for. Just so, in this case, with the county press. It is all right for the papers of Itasca county to build up the fair and make it a success by giving it hundreds of dollars worth of free advertising year after year, and when there is a few dollars to expend for necessary job work, send it to Ohio. The amount of money involved, however, is the smallest consideration. It is the insult to ev- ery printer in the county by adver- tising that they are unable to turn out ordinary letter press work. That is the point we kick on. Mr. Sisler says that about $300.00 worth of work has been given this year to the Independent office by the association. As a matter of fact the association has not paid, and will not pay, 300 cents tothe Inde- pendent for the work referred to. The printing of the premium list was given to the Independent by the secretary, but in order to get paid for the work the publisher had to hustle advertising from local mer- chants. The association did not pay a dollar of the expense. The Inde- pendent also turned out pamphlets to advertise Itasca county at the state fair in connection with the ex- hibit. This work was entirely paid Dear Amy:- nice parlor 40 you can entertain company. But S believe in having a nice parlor for youA own family alt they should use it. Childsren are influenced so much by their suArsoundings, and the boys at home nights, Lest way to keep the and out of mischief, is to make home attinactive and happy for them. When Baby John grows up, he shalt have a nice home Of course, you absolutely MUSI have a of the time, and that Your chum, Lou. P. S.-S$ you o& any of your friends need new furniture by all means buy it from F. E. REUSSWI \ neni G for by contributions from real estate ‘owners who are interested in Itasca county, The fair association did not contribute one dollar in payment of its production. a ee LAURIER WILL STICK. Every lover of freedom and dem- ocracy will rejoice that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, defeated chief of the Can- adian government, has reconsidered his announced decision to retire from public life, and that he will return to parliament to lead the opposition. “I should be a deserter of my par- ty if Ishould.run.away.now,” he.told the newspaper men Saturday; and he would almost be a deserter of his people and his country. Canada, in linking her fortunes with the special interests which have brought the United States face to face with the most critical period in its history, needs such leadership as that of Laurier as it never need- ed it before; and its freemen will look to him to represent them in the struggle now to come _ between people and privilege.—Duluth Herald. LIBERAL PARTY IS TURNED OUT |Reciprocity Turned Down in: Can- ada by an Overwhelming Vote Thursday. For The Laurier government and reci- Procity suffered am overwhelming defeat in the Canadiam elections held Thursday. By a veritable political landslide ‘the Liberal majority of 43 was swept away and the Conservative party se- cured one of the heaviest majorities, |upward of 50, that any Canadian party ever has had. Seven cabinet ministers, who had served with Premier Laurier, were among the defeated candidates. The Liberals lost ground practically in every province of the Dominion. | Where they won, their majorities were small. Where the Conserva- tives won their majorities were tre- mendous, Ontario, the leading prov- ince of Canada, declared almost un- animously against the administration {and reciprocity. Robert L. Borden, leader of the Conservative party shortly will be- come the prime minister of Canada. He will be supported in parliament by a working majority of members jfar more than ample for his purposes. The government defeat means that the Fielding-Knox reciprocity agree- ment ratified by the American cen- gress in extra session will not be in- troduced when the twelfth parliament jasSembles next month and that a revised basis of trade with the Unit- ed States, looking to closer com mercial relations, will not be possible in the immediate future. The Con- servatives are committed to a policy of trade expansion within the em- {pire and a closed door against the | United States. Although reelected in two constitu- encies in Quebec, the defeat of the | Liberal party also mans the retire- ment from public life of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who for nearly two decades has directed the destinies of the Do minion. Several times during the bitter campaign that preceded today’s election, the venerable premier said that defeat of his party at the polls meant the end of his career; that he never would consent to lead a mimor- | ity in opposition to a Conservative government. A Liberal membership of 53 from Quebec was cut down to 36, which taken alone, seriously threatened the supremacy of the party. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1911. | erything before them. That province AEORGANIZATION ALRITE ELEN Spurred on by appeals to patriotism and the cry that reciprocity was the entering wedge for annexation, the Conservatives swept nearly ev- which in the last parliament was represented by 35 Liberals and 51 Conservatives, will send a delegation to the next composed of 13 Liberals and 75 Conservatives. A notable feature of the defeat was the oppo- sition’s capture of two hitherto Lib- eral seats in Saskatchewan: OF CORPORATION Matter of Dissolving Form of Unit- ed States Steel Trust Receiv- ing Earnest Attention. IT WILL BE A DIFFICULT TASK By Reason of Its Complexity and Many Believe It to Be im- possible of Accomplish- ment. That the matter of dissolving and re-organizing the United States Steel Corporation is receiving the earnest attention of the department of the legal representatives of the so-called “billion dollar trust,” iS reported on, excellent authority. There is ground also for the asser- tion that the Steel corporation is making a strenuous effort to meet the demands of the government, but by reason of the complexity of the situation, little headway has been made. Informal conferences of prominent steel officials were held, but no news of a definite character was obtainable from these sources. Chair- man BE. H. Gary declined to discuss the status of affairs and Francis Lynde Stetson, the corporation’s gers eral counsel, would neither affirm nor deny the report that negotiations looking to a voluntary dissolutjon are in contemplation. To those who have followed the op- erations of the United States Steel corporation since its inception, a de- cade ago, the work of disintegrating the re-organization of the largest in- dustrial combinat‘on ever organized represents a task of titanic propor- tions. Many of the subsidiaries have lost practically all semblance of their original selves, and it is believ- ed almost imposs‘ble that original equities can be restored. Inflated Value Replaced. It is said that a large part of the $500,000,000 common stock originally represented little more than bonuses, or water. On the other hand, it has been admitted by government investi- gators that much of this inflated val- ue has been replaced in recent years by moneys taken out of the earnings. In fact, the report of the department of commerce and labor has practically, fixed upon a value of $50 for the com mon shares because of the millions put into new construction, betterment,’ depreciation, and other items. Apart from the legal obstacles which are said to beset the corpora- tion, it is evident that trade condi- tions are distinctly adverse. For the last three months such new business as the company has receiv- ed has been at marked price conces- sions. This, of course, is equally true of the many independent companies, but the latter have had a distinct advantage in the fact that their wage schedules were generally lower than those of the big corporation. In- timations put out from various quar- ters during the week point clearly to a “liquidation of labor” jn steel and iron, beginning perhaps with the Steel) corporation. Officens of the latter company have issued no figures deal- ing with the extent of operations at the more important plants, but ad- vices from Pittsburg, Chicago and Cleveland indicate that business at those centers is smaller at this time than at any period since the first quarter of the year. The common and preferred shares in the United States Steel corpora- ‘tion were subjected to a severe at- ‘tack in the stock market by rea- son of the various rumors affecting the corporation. On sales approxi- mating 575,000 shares, or almost 50 per cent of the day’s total transac- tions, the common stock registered a net loss of more than five points, while, the preferred shares, of the United States Steel corporation were subjected to a severe attack in to- day’s stock market by reason of the various rumors affecting the corpor- But it was in Ontario the Conserva-; tives won the greatest victories. | ation. BRAND STYLE COMFO Brand Shoes. Sole Agents for Grand Rapids QUEEN QUALITY SHOES THAT SHOE COMBINATION RT AND WEAR Wanted by women is always found in our Queen Ouality You can not go wrong if you will let the above brand stamped on your rhoe be your guide. Tans, Patents, Gun Metals, Vici Kid, High Toes, High Heels, a fit and styles for every women. 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