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VOL. XIV
SCHULENBURG, FAYETTE COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1907.
NO. 18
' EDUCATIONAL
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CO-OPERATIVE UNION
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It !b the best time In the year now
lo plant trees, and it is a good time
to plant them any time.
Now is the time td commence build-
ing up against the man *ho wants to
pot your head into a mortgage.
If the Union is not helping you to
keep out of debt, it is falling flown,
and needs to wake up to its business.
i't sigh for the "good old days."
We didn't have any telephone, rural
mall delivery nor appendicitis then.
Keep a-moving.
A tree will grow anywhere you put
> it. The odd corners that are too
cramped up for economical culture in
the old way Is the best place for trees.
If the farmers don't stand together,
it will always be an easy matter to
skin them one at a time as they come,
and the organized trusts may be trust-
ed to do this to the queen's tase.
Help your brother to get him a
home. It does not make much differ-
ence about his having a whole lot of
land. The real home consists not ol
acres, but of men and women, mostly.
— #
We can't help feeling that it is a
solemn duty right now and right here
to confide to you that 1908 is going to
be a mighty good year for those who
t peanuts, poultry and pigs, and
a erop of prosperity.
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12E JOLVED
That the GUER i?
JUDGC.D BYMIvS GIFTS.
>You MAKC OTHCFtS HAPPV
iViTH Your GIFTS" /^ND
BRING H^PPINfJS WTO
| Yours elf. Dont BUY tra^h
Tor. presents WHEN you
kCAtf BUY SENSIBLE
PRCS £ NlT S$.r °
BUSTER. BRouK
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fl We* shown co. Chicago.
Tan ought not let this summer pass
without doing something for the con
Mandating of your neighboring schools
Into a bigger and better school. It
takes good roads to make the first
step. Have you taken this step?
Instead of letting your wogan break
down from exposure to the weather,
pat ft Into a good shed and put a coat
of paint on k, and take the money you
save and put some decent furniture
Into your parlor for the girls to enjoy.
Don't set out for the purpose of re
Snetog your cotton acreage simply for
the sake of reduction, but reduce it
ob account of the great number of
other better things you ire going to
plant. Get busy makine 1908 the best
year in you# life.
Make up your minds right now that
you will give your boys a chance to
have a little corner of the place to
themselves this year. Nothing else
will spread a boy out into a man more
satisfactorily than the ownership of a
pert of the earnings of the farm.
When you start to plant cotton next
spring, recall the fact that the world
has not half as much fruit, poultry,
peanuts and popcorn as It wants, while
it is tolerably well crowded already
with cotton. This is Intended for peo
pie who have at least half-sense.
Let the lawyers and the Job-holders
build fine court houses while you
make some good roads to the railway
station. One is for the use and com
fort Of those for whom laws are
enacted; the other must be used, good
or bad, by the poor devil who ought
to look out for himself. Ain't that the
troth? ,
Don't you get the foolish idea into
your head that you can control a cot
ton market so long as the banks own
the cotton you are playing with
There is mighty little difference in
playing "futures" in the regular old
way, that has led to the destruction of
so many men, and in holding in your
barn a bunch of cotton that belongs
to some bank in the city—mighty lit
tie.
All this tommyrot now going through
the press against the parcels post sys-
tem, which it is proposed to inaugu
rate in this country, is instigated by
the National Retail Merchants' Asso
elation, with headquarters in Chicago
Bvery member of that organlzauc-
whieh has a local In every town in
thtf country that is big enough to get
Its name on a map of the country twen-
ty feet square, is against that meae
me, and he is that much against you?
We don't blame him for taking cars
of his "goose," but we are a set ol
fclokles if we sit still and forget oi
fail to tell our Congressmen what we
want. Write your member a letter and
DO IT NOW. ?
The two great political parties have
named the date for holding their con
ventions, when the fight for the presi-
dency of the United States will be
narowed down to two men, named by
A frjn4ed mob of af raff biers for prom-
.SENSIBLE PRESENTS ARE GOOD THfNG.S TOR
.SENSIBLE PEOPLE To 6IVE .SENSIBLE PEOPLE.
MEN LoVE TO GET THINGS TO WEAR AND
CAN YOU NOT GET THE BE.ST PRE-SENT-S TOR
MEN AT A MEN'.S .STORE? WE ESPECIALLY
INVITE THE LADIES or THIS CITY TO COME
AND SEE WHAT BEAUTIFUL PRESENT NECK-
TIES, PRESENT SUSPENDERS.PRESENT HOSI-
ERY AND PRESENT EVERYTHING THEY CAN
BUY TOR THEIR MEN TRIENDS AT OUR SToR£.
AND THEN IN WHAT WAY YOU CAN MAKE
YOUR LITTLE BUSTER BROWN HAPPIER THAN
BY GIVING HIM A NICE NEW SUIT or CLOTHES
OR A GOOD OVERCOAT? YOU WISH TO SEE
TH-ESE THINGS DEFORE YOU BUY THEM, So
COME AND LOOK AT THEM AHD THEN GET OUR
PRICES. COME To PJtfE "QUALITY SToPX',
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine Villiage passed,
A youth who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with this known device:
"STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER".
His brow was glad his eye beneath,
Flashed like a falcion from its sheath
Aad like a silver clarion rung,
The accents of that well known tongue.
' STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER."
In happy homes he saw the light.
Of household fires gleam warm and bright;
Above the spectral glaciers high,
And from his lips escaped a cry,
< STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER,"
• Try not to pass", the old man said;
•'Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
The roaring torrent is deep and wide"
And loud that clarion voice replied.
"STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER."
"Oh stay", the maiden said "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast!"
In his bright blue eye there stood a tear,
But he anwered with a cheer,
"STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER."
"Beware the pine trees withered branch,
Beware the awful avalanche."
This was the peasant's last good-night,
A voice replied, far up the height.
"STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER",
At break of day as heavenward,
The pious monks of Saint Bernard,
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air,
,kSTAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER."
And onward climbed with head upright,
Unto the top this sturdy Knight,
His tread was sure, his feet were dry,
And loudly rung his battle cry,
"STAR BRAND SHOES ARE BETTER."
inecfe. All this, however, "does not re
move the fact that the farmer who in
plenty of time sees to it that he ha>
the best seed he can get for his com-
ing crop has the man who neglects tc
do this handicapped at the very start.
Every time you go to the house and
leave a plow sticking in the grouna:
you are playing into the hands of the
implement trust; every time you need
lessly let your wagon get wet or leave
it out in the hot sun, you are doing
a favor to the gang of lellows who
want to "skin" you on another wagon.
Generally the men who build the wag-
ons are honest, and yoiuhave no trou-
ble in getting a wagon that is built
for service, but they can't build 'em
againsl abuse, neither can they make
'em fool proof. ^
r GIN-COMPRESSING.
It is the desire of every farmer tc
iave his cotton compresed at the gin.
It Is one of the purposes and aims ol
the Farmers' Union to secure advance-
ment and economy in the handling of
the cotton crop each year. The ques-
tion arises, "Which is the most feasi-
ble, the cheapest, the readiest and tho
best method of the square bale and
rcjnd bale systems of gin compress-
es?" And another question, too, real-
ly the first for consideration, arises
"Which is the better method, tho
round bale or square bale compres-
sion?" Let us consider the round bale
proposition.
By U3ing the round-lap bale a light (
cotton cloth covering is wrapped about
it, and sewed with a cotton threat*.
This character of wrapping furnisher
the market for our low grades of cot-
ton, that of imperfect staple, or that
is weather-stained. The use of this
Sale does away with jute bagging an.l
Iron or steel ties, thus killing effectual-
ly two of the foulest trusts that exist
in America to-day, saving not less,
ilso, than 60 cents per bale in wrap-
ping. So much for the character or
oale.
The substitution of the round for
the square bale would necessitate tho
substitution of the round gin compress
for the square ones. What will be tho
?aiu by this substitution? There are
several patterns of round-bale gin
:omryes^p made thijt -are for sale In 1
£Se open market, so mat there can
be no monopoly on that character of
|in compress. The best quality of
round-bale compress costs $1475, while
•.he square-bale compress costs $3500,
i saving in cost of $2025, by no means
a small item.
Another thing, by, gin compression
the railroads allow the ten cents per
hundred pounds of the freight that
they have to pay to the public com-
presses along their lines, or twenty-
Jive cents on each round bale weighing
250 pounds, and this is worth to the
?ottOn producers on a 12,000,000 bale
crop, $3,000,000. and just think what
13,000,000 per annum In your pockets
would be to you, brother farmers.
It is not the purpose of Co-Opera-
tor to enter into an elaborate discus-
sion of this question- of gin compress-
ng and the better methods thereof in
this article. We only desire to present
i few salient points, that the locals
may begin to think about and discuss
this question among ~ themselves, as
luestions of individpal economics as
well as those for the general good are
appropriate and meet for the consid
eration of the locals. The locals must
iecide and dictate all the policies of
the State Unions and the National, so
;et on your thinking caps.—Co-Opera-
tor and Farm Journal.
"Making money under the mortgage
system is like taking candy from a
>hild," said an old-time merchant the
other day. He meant that he tied h's
mortagees up hand and foot and com-
pelled them to pay him any price ha
bad a mind to charge for a credit ol
some one to seven months' "accommo-
dation." We have seen flour sold to
mortgagees at $3.50 a hundred, when
the man who had an open thirty ac-
count was charged $2.50 for identical-
ly the same flour. In the case of the
mortgagee the merchant had to wait
an average of ninety days for his mon-
ey, and then had it almost absolutely
secured, while in the other case he
had to wait thirty days, and some-
times he wa3 "stood off" for thirty
tiays more, and never had any security
^xcept the other man's promise to
pay. Fools are not born "one every
second," as the old saying goes, but arc
born all the time, and In great big
bunches.
TOOL OF WALL STREET.
Majority in Congress Not Likely t(
Effect Financial Reform.
Those who expect that congress wii:
enact the financial reform legislatiot
that is demanded will probably bt
doomed to disappointment. Some kind
of a financial measure will perhaps
be agreed to, but it will fall far short
of meeting the unfortunate conditions
that Republican policies have pro-
duced. In any event, only a compro-
mise measure may be expected, for
even the bankers are divided into two
schools of finance. One school believe?
inflation through asset currency will
insure prosperity, and the other
school is anxious for a central bank
through which all financial blessings
should flow. Those who believe in
more currency are also divided in
opinion upon what it shall be based
whether on the assets of the banks,
or upon bonds and stocks. There is
also a serious difference of opinion
about the rate of interest the bankers
shall pay on" this new currency. The
bankers propose 3 per cent, and those
who are intent on a flexible'currency
that will be retired as soon as its pur
pose is accomplished, think that not
less than 7 per cent, should be paid,
or it would continue in circulation.
Hank currency based on tht
"assets" of the banks without any oth
er security, is a return to the state
bank system that, existed before the
creation of national banks to force i
market for United States bonds. Bu
the people will never consent to agah
use currency that is not good any
where, and that has not the faith ant
credit of the United States behind it
and can be used in all business tran
sactions without question.
The most able financiers are con
vinced that the inflation of the cur
rency has gone far enough, and that it
not inflation that is needed,
for inflation of the currency has
been persistent and is still goin?
on. The volume of money in circula
tion is now about 50 per cent, mors
per capita than it was ten years ago,
and is progressing at the rate of neat-
ly 5 per cent, a year. As the Demo-
crats are not charged with the re-
sponsibility of legislation, and will be
prevented by the autocratic rules of
t&? Houfjp oS Representatives from
having any voice in formulating the
bill that may eventually be reported
by the committee and that will be
given the right of way by the all-pow-
erful committee on rules, the minor-
ity can but criticise and propose such
amendments as they determine are
necessary for the protection of the
public. Thus the Republicans must as
sume the full responsibility and be an-
swerable fqr the consequences. „
*The present financial system has
been built up by the Republican party
or the special advantage of the na
tional banks, and to further tinker
with it will eventually produce more
disaster for the ^people than they are
now suffering. The whole system is
wrong in principle, and In practice is
an adjunct of the freniled financiering
of Wall street, for there has never
been a Republican secretary of the
treasury that has not been the willing
tool of the Wall street bankers.
Civil 8ervice.
The president has notified, but not
in an official way, the heads of de-
partments that federal officials can-
not go to the next Republican nation
al convention as Roosevelt delegates,
and that the third term boom in of-
ficial quarters must be immediately
snuffed out. That is all very good, and
it is consistent with the belief that
the president is sincere in his rejec-
tion of the third term. But it would
have been still better if the notice tc
the heads of departments had been
official. It would have been best of all
if it had simply and directly called
attention to the rules of the reformed
civil service, that holders of official
positions should refrain from mixing
in politics, and should leave the work
of conventions and other political ma-
chinery to others. The federal office
holders should not be organized intc
a machine for booming any one.
If your land has no sand or gravel,
it Is a good plan' to haul a load or
two and place it where the fowls can
have free access to it It Is worth
much as a part of the food; it la the
digestion.
Carried to Its final analysis, the land
speculator is of no use on the earth.
All he makes is the unearned incre-
ment that he takes from the human
family. He has created nothing.
RULED BY TRUSTS
PROOF OF REPUBLICAN PARTYf
IJN WORTHINESS.
Time Has Shown the Truth of Judfl*
Parker's Charges Made In 1®0\
of' the RooseVelt-Corpora-
tion Alliance.
The more we examine the histor?
of the last campaign for the presi-
dency, the more we must be con-
vinced that Judge Parker was right
and that his opponents, whether
they called themselves Democrats
or Republicans, were wrong. In
his speech at Esopus, on October
24, 1904, Judge Parser declared thai
the president and the trusts had com-
bined in an effort "to satisfy the conn
try that the trusts were^opposed to hlj
administration;" and that the corpor-
ations were contributing largely to th-i
Republican corruption fund, while
pretending to be hostile to Roosevelt
And in this connection he added;
"Political contributions by corpora
tions and trusts mean corruption
They cannot be honest. A corporation ; ~ ■
will subscribe to a political party only
because the corporation expects thai
party, through its control of public o'«
fleers, executive or legislative, to dc
something for the benefit of the cor
poration, or to refrain from doing
something to its injury. No other mo
tive can be imagined; in the nature
of things, no other motive can exist,'-
In short, Judge Parker charged the
president with conniving with the
trusts and moneyed corporations in
deluding the people of this country.
The New York Times, the New
York World, and the Brooklyn Eagle
made similar charges. In an editorial
the Eagle, on October 16, 1904, said:
"Payments have been made and ob*
ligations correspond- As it is now too
late to modify the program, under tho
auspices of Cortelyou, collections will
continue." And again in the same ar
tide, it said: "Corporations are not ia
the habit of giving something for noth-
ing."
Developments ir the investigation oi
the life insurance co*«9*uades and oth-
er corporations have demonstrated ITia
truth of these charges. And developi
ra'intF in connection with the present
panic commenced on the very day "B
which the president was denouncinj
the e'-iniinal rich in a speech at Na-=h
ville, while Cortelyou was in confer
ence with them in New York, and wai
lending them money out of the public
treasury to enable them to absorb all
the resources of ordinary industrial
institutions and railroads, prove that
the same conspiracy to delude the peo
pie is still in existence. Cortelyou, th*
same man who managed the business
end of the conspiracy in it04, is no*
managing it with a view to great**
results of the same character in IMS
Why did the trusts and moneys! cor-
porations contribute such enon u
funds to elect Roosevelt In l#04t Thl«
question was answered by the New
York Evening Post in 1904, as well
as it can be answered now, when in
an editorial article it said:
"Manufacturing corporations fad
trusts make contributions, not to tes
tify their admiration for President
Roosevelt, but to purchase privtleeee
and immunities, lliey put money in
Mr. Cortelyou's slot and take out a
tariff duty. This scarcely coQcealed
partnership between the Regublican
party and the favored Interests which
think they will find their accounts in
keeping it in power constitutes th#
peculiar offense and menace attend-
ing the use of huge campaign funds
It is a revolting thing, yet no intelli
gent man will deny the substantias
accuracy of Judge Parker's In
dictment. The plan to buy th?
lawmaking power, in the expectation
of favors to come, is as detectable a
it is wicked; and the best wsy to re-
buke and defeat it is to put a party in
office whose policy is not to hate any
privileges to sell to any man."
Inconsistent Policy.
The central fact when the Repub-
lican party assembles its full com-
plement of staff officers 1n Washing
ton and proceeds to reassure tho coun-
try is that it has control of over a
quarter of a billion dollars of the
country's earning*, which it reports as
a surplus of available cash above tho
needs of government in the same week
It begins demanding more.
Ruined by Free Trade.
Great Britain continues to prospei
under free trade policy in a way that
must be irritating to the taction argu-,
ing that it must lie abandoned to
avert national ruin. Heard of trade re-
show a tcta! increase of trade
- "h.r y< :\t a . -i anting to
A grape vine will grow la a mighty
small space If it is given a chance tm
get the sunshine higher uy. Waal
grape vines.
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