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8 ' FARMERS AND THE TARIFF 1 lii REVISION IS IN THEIR FAVOR. 88 Senator Simmons Says Now Hill is or a Satisfactory Answer to l)e- T! Miami for Downward Revision. in Y Washington, July 20.?Debate on g| the tariff in the senate begun in ear- d< nest yesterday with Chairman Sim- nl mons of the finance committee, pro- | claiming the new bill a satisfactory tl answer to the demand for downward i ui revision, and Senator Cummins, | te speaking from a Progressive-Repub- e< lican standpoint, predicting that it p) would carry the Democratic party to , defeat. tl Senator Simmons replied to con- p] tentions tnai ine 0111 uisiniuiumcu tr against the farmer. Senator Cum- ti mlns asserted that the Democratic party had treated the farmer as an al outlaw and vigorously assailed Pres- t>. ident Wilson for his participation in framing the bill. This he character- m ized as abuse of power that had been fo. "coercive." ! ?j Senator Simmons recounted the ^ farm products the mesage would ^ place on the free list, such as wheat, Hour, cattle, sheep, swine, sugar, ; n wool, eggs and potatoes, and said: p "Every man, whatever his occupa- i tion, will be the beneficiary in some j direction, to a greater or less degree, j . of this general system of reductions. { ? in this respect the farmer has been shown special consideration. Prac- , ? i . P tically everytning ne Duy? uaa uccu put on the free list or the duties have been greatly reduced. TO BENEFIT FARMERS. a p "For his special benefit cotton bag- i gins and ties and materials out of I which sacks for grain, wool, fertlli-; 2, zer, etc., are made, wire for fencing V and baling purposes, and similar ar- ' tides of farm consumption, have been put on the free list. For his ? f peclal benefit ploughs, shovels, hoes, ? rakes, mowers, reapers, planters and ^ agricultural implements of every, kind and description have been put' upon the free list. He will be, In a large degree, the beneficiary of free ' listing of building materials of var us kinds, materials used in construction of roads, school text books, P hoots and shoes, low grade blankets, ( * harness, saddles, wagons, carts, sew- J ing machines and other like pro- I i ducts. |n "He will share general benefits , 0 from the reduction of duty on sugar 8 and its ultimate abolition, and finally i j he will share benefits of the heavy e reductions this bill makes on wear- j ing apparel of every description, c erockery, hardware, hardwood and r kitchen furnishings and utensils." t Chairman Simmons declared the s free list under the present Payne- \ Aldrlch law was in the Interest of the e protected manufacturers. \ A Woman Wan Tke Home P I ill Trr L'I/\rVL 11LI\ HAPPY BY TAB IT THE YEAR R Take a aVknnf n ? 1 |: 1st? H Heads, MAIN STREI I ? bite'J- .. $M> .Ja. - ,'w n interest of consumers. w "The free list in the bill is a free it in the interest of the consumer jV i well as for the manufacturer," * ild he. R "Undoubtedly there will be in eased importations under this bill. ' hat was intended and provided for . the reductions in rates it makes. j A. 1OA oa f/v OU CUIinui. revise nir ihi in ov? ao iu ive relief from present tariff bur- o ?ns, except by enlarging opnortu- p Ities for importations. w "Undoubtedly, on the other hand ti lere will be increased exportations a nder this bill. That was also in- O >nded by Its framers and is provid- c 1 for in such ways as was found u assible and practicable. e "To this end it untaxes the things n le farmer employes in making the ii roducts he sells abroad. It untaxes ii le raw materials of the manufac- g irer. t "In short, it seeks in such ways as re open to establish upon a broader b asls that spirit of comity on which u iternational good will rest, to re- a love hampering restrictions, to n roaden the basis of international v ade and enable the American pro- t ucer to take advantage, in greater v leasure than has been possible un- v er existing conditions, of our great'o ational opportunity in the market s laces of the world." s TJ/itit nvMnrnATS WON. K flu *? ^ "In the national campaign of * 912," said Chairman Simmons, "the .epublican party nominated Mr. Tnft >r President and the Democratic ' arty nominated Mr. Wilson. In that ampaign the tarlfT and the record of ie two parties as exemplified by , leir action In Congress with refer- J nee to these schedule bills, and of resident Taft in his veto of them ecame the paramount issue. Out ? f the 631 votes in the Electorlnl ^ ollege President Taft received only , and Mr. Wilson received 435. The J :epubllcan party In the senate was uperseded by a Democratic majority ^ f six, while the Democratic majority * i the house was Increased from 68 3 146. I "The bill now presented to the s enate, it Is confidently believed, is a t air Interpretation of the will of the f eople and Is an honest compliance I rith the pledges of the Democratic t arty with respect to the revision of 1 he tariff. The conditions under c fhlch the schedule bills of 1911 and c 909 were drawn and submittted to f Jongress were radically different in a nany respects from those which now I btain. These schedule bills were c ubmitted as Individual pieces of leg- i 1 Blatlon and only as a part or a gen- ? ral system of customs taxation, i Moreover, at that time, on account of f onstitutional limitations upon the t tower of Congress with respect to 1 axing Incomes, revenue from this t puree except from incomes of cor- 1 toratlons, was not available. The 1 ixtenslon of the power of Congress i rlth respect to taxing Incomes, as < r T aper ?. JNG O'iND Eight look and >ut. Hav< !ow about Receipts, ST "J THE LANCASTER NEWS ell as the enlargement of the scope the e f the proposed revision, has made It not e assible under this bill to make fur- ly, a? ler reductions in the rates in the to all resent law than was possible under and le conditions under which these in m: ?hedule bills were framed and pre- will ?nted. view UNTAX LIFE'S NECESSITIES. first "I wish to say that amendments * ffered by the committee are not pro- *eres j inter ind for like reasons the senate com- ,iis. nittee free-listed ferromanganese stref ind pig iron. THE WOOL SCHEDULE and Of the wool schedule, iu which the publ lenate committee retain raw wool on will he free list and cut rates on manu- time actures, Senator Simmons said: the "For more than a third of a cen- the ury the duties on wool and wool- ship ens have remained practically un- I he hanged. That these duties are not fort! >nly excessive, hut Indefensible, is ..... generally admitted, even by the advocates of protection." j B "No class of our people has reap- that ;d as little benefit from the re- enti lublic's tariff system and suffered as ator leavy from its exactions as the far- denl Tier. No class of our people under- ! men itand the practical operation of our tari :ariff better than the farmer. He pert inows that under the Republican cam system he has had to buy in a highly | protected market and sell most of i liev lis products on a basis of free com- the petition with the world. The studied pow jfforts to mislead him with respect to but Tie La ?y Pages and Co see if you: 3 you plen "W A A your r<ette , Etc.? Le ("HE I I r'-- ' ' -- -fc T-" 1 _ t v8t"U ill l\ f>pil II Ui uioa^i crun n v ?. rith the house, or to its theory of _ iriff revision. On the contrary, they , 1:1 re offered with a view of further ? i(u arrying out and perfecting the priniples of a revenue producing tariff <le,lc pon the hasis of competitive rates UP011 nunciated by the house ways and "ear leans committee as a just and fair as 3 nterpretation in the light of exist- L?,re.' ag conditions of the platform pled- xr<: es of the Democratic party upon , ariff. [he I "Like the house, we have sought tr''H o find a hasis of action which would Se intax the necessaries of life as far tarifl s is consistent with the revenue gress ieeds of the government, which the rould lay the heaviest burdens upon dene he luxuries of the rich, and Which from vould impose upon those things ed u k'liich were neither prime necessities duth >r luxuries and which were proper saril ubjects of tariff taxation, a rate "1 ufliciently competitive to yield reve- ed. ' iues adequate to meet the needs of disaf he government on the one hand and upoi: m the other operate as a regulation with if domestic prices, by making out- (he ide competition at all times pos- with lble." duth Senator Simmons analyzed the va- strut ious changes in the schedules at to ength. The metal schedule in the agai: touse bill carried an average ad- East ance of 21.22 per cent, which the man enate reduced to 18.38 per cent. "] ron ore, he said, was placed on the jn t ree list in the house bill to aid inde- and imwlnnl nrnHiiffrs of iron and Steel, lilt* i Republican party lost tne conn- e of the people and "was driven i power largely because It insist- J! ipon the maintenance of import *s, many of which were unneces- n y and oppressively high." rhe Democratic pnrtv," he assert'will soon be overtaken with like ^ ster because it is about to inflict i the country a tariff law which. ? respect in many things, invites f. tfaa truilp sin ll which. 1 er for legislative subordination, i I do say that without barter the ncastei 50 a V niBnnanHH mes Every ' r Printec ty Bill ? r Heads, t us have SlEW! t |( respect to many others, impose* j( ?s that are dangerously and de- ? tively low, and which, from end , end. grievously discriminates |j nst the West in favor of the t( . that is to say in favor of the r ufacturers against the farmer. () rhe Republican craft went down (l he whirlpool of Seylia in lhlll its Democratic successor is steer- (i straight for the rocks of Cliaryb- (, where it will go to pieces in the is of 1916. f There is a passageway to safety t prosperity. The Progressive Ue- t leans charted it in 1909 and they o charter it again in 1913. Some j the American people will make a trip under these pilots, but, in t meantime we must suffer another \ wreck, bearing its hardships, as 1 >pe we will, with patriotism and i Itude." |1 .SON INFLUENCE COERCIVE. f esides pointing out many things i he considered destructive and j rely unwarranted in the bill, Sen- ? 1 Cummings criticised the Presi- l t for his influence exerted upon 1 abers of Congress concerning the 1 ff bill, an Influence, he said, "so 1 siste. t and determined that it be- ] e coercive." I do not charge, nor do I be- i e," said Senator Cummins, "that i President, in terms barters this < , JULY 22, 1913. (ffect of this bill upon him will ki tucceed. He will study it close- m ) is now his custom with respect w I questions affecting his interests til the common welfare. There is sc y mind no doubt that h.ri verdict m be one of approval, especially in ai of the fact he will be among the to feel the beneficent- results of 11 ransitlon from a tariff in be in- in ts of the classes to a tariff in the c< est of the masses." m le income section of the bill, di tor Simmons said, was not 'ram- t< pon the theory that the chief ob- di or an income tax was 10 suppiy n it in revenue, "but it is baaed b: i the theory that property ahould tc its just share of federal as.well h tate taxation, and that, there- _ the rate of this tax ahould be with a view to requiring the th of the country, as reflected in Income of the well to do to conite equitably to these expenses. u nator Cupimins, opening the " f debate yesterday for the Projive 'Republicans, declared that lowledge of the consequences that I ay follow legislative Independence ill bring about all the evils of ac- j SI lal wrong-doing, unless the most rupulous care is exercised in comunicatlons between the President By 111 id members of Congress." ** Senator Cummins declared he be- 8U, . eved the bill would be modified if lembers of Congress voted their ?* " mvictlons. but that it would not be iodifled, "largely because the Presl- ad ent of the United States, assuming r ^ ? interpret and apply the economic e"' octrine of his party, has laid the eavy hand of his power upon a ,ieIf* raiich of the government that ought ^ > be co-ordinate, but which, in fact, 'lca' ave become subordinate." iore hav< A It IFF FOR REVENUE OBSO- shoi LETE. , G Tariff for revenut, Senator Cum- day ilns said, he regarded was obsolete, j njust ana inioieraoie, ana mm me lament protection becomes unneces iry. free trade is demanded by every j msideration of justice and equal!- ; "I would hold myself an enemy of tankind," the senator continued, "if 1 rough import duties, I were to pv nise the pi ice of any commodity -y hich the people generally use, and guj^ light to use, simply to put money ndn lto the treasury of the United fecj tates. j "We produced in the United States a()n ommodities competitive in their re(j haracter. and upon which duties are cea! *vied in this bill, of the value of not for(" *ss than $18,800,000.000. If the be ] verage rate of duty upon these hings is 25 per cent and that. I be- pu'b leve. is the estimate of the promot- the ers of the bill, the duties will in- the; rease the price of one year's pro- tioii net, in the aggregate, $4,700,000.- c 00. If those who consume, as well day s those who produce, these commoities, share the benefits of the inreased price, the general good will ie promoted, but if our Democratic riends are right in asserting that hose who produce the dutiable ar- ^ icles are the only beneficiaries, they ^ tight to shudder when they eontrm- gj^ late what they are doing, for they ^ 1 ire not only taxing the people upon t^e heir consumption, the $260,000,000 vhich are collected at the custom or , louses on Imports, hut they are taxng them the $4,700,000,000 for the pro lole benefit of the domestic produc- BCh >rs of these commodities, and it will i ihock the country when It Is fairly Baj, ippreclated." 1 ele The senator submitted figures de- at dgned to show that, according to the e]e Democratic view, prices are raised by rea the pending bill upon 60 per cent of tloi the enormous production east of the eel Mississippi river, while It raises the ghf prices of but 39 per cent of the I ] lesser production west of the river, pol The senator declared the Demo-: ele crats had treated the farmer as an outlaw In making up the bill; that many of the products of the farmers were entitled to protection. r New ear ruesday and I 1 /\? A Id ia^lUlACl leads for 1 Envelope; 5 your ordc 5 LANC % 1 CITATION. 'ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) . . County of Lancaster J. E. Stewman, Probate Judge, heras, J. P. Allison has made to me to grant him letters of adstration of the estate and effects dward C. Allison, tiese are, therefore, to cite and onish all and singular the kind and creditors of the said deceasthat they he and appear before in the Court of Probate, to be at Lancaster court house, S. C., Fuly 30th, 1913, next, after pubIon hereof, at 11 o'clock In the " v noon, to show cause. If any they j, why the said administration lid not be granted, iven under my hand this 15th of July Anno Domini 1913. J. E. STEWMAN, Probate Judge. CITATION. _ rATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster. J. E. Stewman, Probate Judge. /hereas, Ben Morgan has made to me to grant him letters of ilnistration of the estate and efs of 1>. T. Hough. 'hese are, therefore, to cite and lonish all and singular the kindand creditors of the said desed. that they be and aDDear be ? mh, in the court of probate, to held at Lancaster court house, 8. on 26th July 1913, next, after ltcation hereof, at 11 o'clock In forenoon, to show cause, if any y have, why the said administrai should not be granted, liven under my hand this 11th of July, Anno Domini 1913. J. E. STEWMAN, Probate Judge. Notice of Election: Vheras, one-third of the electors [ one-third of the free-holders reing in Osceola school district, No. Lancaster county, have petitioned county board of education to oran election to determine whether not an additional 2-mlll levy shall placed on all real and personal perty in said school district for ool purposes. CVe hereby order the trustees of a school district no. 4, to hold the ctlon on Thursday, July 31, 1913, Osceola school house, at which w ctlon only such electors as return .1 or personal property for taxan and who exhibit their tax repts and registration certificates ill be allowed to vote. Rules for opening and closing of lis to be same as in all general ctlons. V. A. LINQLB, J. K. CONNORS, J. O. "RICHARDS. County Board of Education. a a 4 | N* 7 riday V *y isn't kugust s9 Note >r now. ASTER, S. C.