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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
2
Lulu Bennett, a colored woman, faces a murder trial in Davenport after allegedly killing Sarah Mason with an ax. Attorney W G Mott defends, with Hamann and Bawden prosecuting as the case opens in district court. A colored husband and community were part of the surrounding context in the contentious incident.
Burglars entered Alderman Henry Firsts residence at 742 Fourteenth Street Sunday night and fled with $11.50 and a railroad ticket belonging to Mrs First for a Moline to Chicago trip. City Attorney A B Johnson and bride Miss Mabel Doyle wed in Barrow Illinois and returned to East Moline. An editorial by Franklin Pierce argues tariffs curb trusts while Taft’s stance shifts between protection and free list. Obituaries note Nels August Johnson and Mrs Thorwald Knudzen. A postal substation opens at Gus Lindwall’s drug store. a boy injures himself after colliding with a car. Pump replaces shovels to clear tailrace debris.
The piece argues that hard times are worsened by protected interests draining consumer purchasing power through monopoly prices. It questions adding protective duties as a cure, likening such a policy to rail managers raising rates to aid their own business.
A vintage note describes Du Pont as a master of detonations and noise campaigns, listing expertise from thundering blasts to fireworks and crackers, and noting the powder trust’s 53 percent share. It also advertises Paro Ointment for piles with a 6 to 14 day cure or money back, priced at 50 cents.
The piece denounces a protective policy and a powerful outside force controlling government, linking trusts to media and judges. It argues direct taxation as essential for free government, warning that taking citizens’ money secretly erodes liberty and enables revolutionary oppression.
The piece criticizes a tariff reform move, noting that consuls abroad are instructed to gather production costs from foreign manufacturers. It argues schedules are written by profit-driven interests and questions the value of gathering such data. It suggests asking for guaranteed profits for protected manufacturers instead.
The steel trust reportedly aided campaign efforts by paying employees an extra day’s wages and sending them to march at Youngstown for a stand out campaign. It may keep Ohio mills running full while shutting Pennsylvania mills to balance. Ohio workers face mixed reception from Pennsylvania brethren in a “sure thing” stand‑up state.
The piece argues that Republicans demand a tariff guarantee of reasonable profits for protected manufacturers yet resist guaranteeing safe return of bank depositors' savings. It questions who should be guaranteed and suggests guaranteeing profits is a larger, more abuse-prone burden than guaranteeing deposits.
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