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UFT farmers Will Be Benefited by Underwood Bill. Statements to the Contrary by Hide* Bound Protectionists Will Have Little Weight With the Ag ricultural Voter. : The American farmer sells hla Igoods In a free-trade market, because jfarm produce is exported from this Kountry, and farmers have not yet formed a trust. In a few sections he '-derives a little benefit from the duty ^eggs and live cattle, and lt is just sslbie that the wool trust and the tangar trust permit him to taste the jj>roflts accruing from the "Dutch .standard" and schedule K. That 1B ?the extent of agricultural benefits ?fxom the tariff. The American farmer buyB his Bup Iplies in a market "protected" by an [almost unscalable tariff wall. When fhe builds a house, everything he uses, ?from cement in the foundations to ; shingles on the roof, ls increased In (price by the tariff tax. His agricul tural implements are taxed 15 per ?cent., besides being further boosted ,'in cost by the tariff on iron and iron (manufactures. His harness is taxed, i his hoes are taxed, his wagons are .taxed, hiB crockery, his clothing, his icoal-the very match he uses to light 'his pipe, all pay tribute to the tariff ! barons. The Underwood bill now pending in the senate reduces all these burdens on the farmer, and abolishes some of them altogether. Yet Senator Albert 'B. Cummins has the impudence to arise in his place and vow in tearful tones that the Underwood tariff will "ruin the American farmer." Does Senator Cummins think the (agricultural population of Iowa stu pid enough to accept such piffle as i statesmanship? Shocking Stand-Patters. Senator Gallinger sternly disap proves of Mr. Wilson's methods. He .complains that the president came "dangerously near lobbying" in some of the things he has done in connec tion with the tariff bill. Most of the Btand-patter Republicans lin the senate feel the same way. These old-fashioned protectionists are terribly strait-laced in their notions of propriety. They were brought up in the strict tradition that invisible government was the only correct sys tem; that tariff schedules were to be framed in secret on the confidential advice of Bpecial Interests; and that the rights of privacy of professional lobbyists should always be respected as sacredly as the relations of attorney and client. Their inmost moral nature revolts at the thought of a president speaking out plainly about the "insidi ous lobby." The tlmeB have changed. There 'can be no doubt about iL But the Gallingers and Penroses and their 'kind are incapable of change. Trust the President. The policy of the administration re specting Mexico has had the approval .of public opinion. Jingoism and self ish interest have tried to discredit it 'without success. As tension grows iand critical events once more loom ;up, there is only one rule the level -headed American public can afford to Ifollow: Trust the president. The president is better informed as to all factors of the situation than any editor or politician. He has the full iest knowledge, the fullest powers, and the fullest responsibilities. His will, .his intelligence, and his patriotism can be relied upon. He is on the bridge. He is in .command. Trust the president. Believers in Special Interests. The great strength of the special interests is not their hirelings, bought 'and paid for. body and soul. It is jin the support of men un bought and iunpurchasable, who really believe that special interests have a right to dictate legislation, a right which the ; nation will violate at its peril-men :like Lodge, willing to save the sugar tbeet millionaires postage bills, in their fight to tax a whole people for I the benefit of their own pockets. j ! Such men cannot be converted. [They cannot be brought to repentance, ?for they hold the :;.onstrouo gospel of ?privilege with au honest heart. They ?can only be retired, while the world 'goes on in a new way. \ ! Tariff Revision to Benefit Farmers. Senator McCumber's contention is [that the Underwood revision will in Iflict heavy loss on the farmers. If he is right about that his prediction Mahout what the farmers will do at the polls next year is likely to be fulfilled. But the Democratic contention is that the farmers will benefit from the new revision; and if that should prove to !be true, the farmers are likely to con 'tinue in the new alliance they formed 'last year. In the Interests of the People. In the past, tariff bills have neon ?chaped by two leading Influences. One ;was the direct Influence of the men who wanted a tariff to guarantee their 'profits. The other was the influence of the senators and representatives (who fought to get as many favors for 'their states as were given to any other state. The Underwood bill was shaped by methods directly contrary to these The bill was drawn for the whole .country and by a method which grant .ed no favors either to persons or seo .Chms. J. C. LEE, President F. E. Gibson, Sec. and Treas. ?I FARMERS, MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, If you are going to build, remodel or repair, we invite your inquiries. COMPLETE HOUSE BILLS A SPECIALTY. We manufacture and deal in doors, sash, blinds stairs, interior trim, store fronts and fixtures, pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dressed lumber, lath, pine and-cypress shingles, flooring, ceiling and siding. Distributing agents for Flintkote roofing and Coatrigbt Metal Shingles, Ridge Roll and Valley Tin. Estimates cheerfully and carefully mane. Woodard Lumber Co, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Corner Roberts and Dugas Streets. Our Motto: SSS WILL PAY AUGUSTA PRICES The Granite* Mfg. Co. will re-open its Cotton Mark es on September 2nd, 1913, and will pay Augusta prices for cotton, delivered by wag on at Graniteville and Vau cluse. A. H. GIBERT, Secretary % Dain Vertical Lift Mower We desire to announce to the farmers that we sell the celebrated Dain Vertical Lift Mower and Self dumping rakes. These machines are constructed in the most substan tial manner and do the work satisfactorily. We have such confidence in the Dain mowers that we guarantee every one we sell. If they do not prove satisfactory after a fair trial we toke them back. What more could be asked? We know that they are constructed aiong the most modern lines and do the work in the easiest nossible manner. The material of which these mowers ,:nd rakes are made is the best obtainable. Kow is thd to provide for harvesting your hay, and you can not do so better than to purchase a Doin mow er and self-dumping rake. Come in and let us cxplaiu the strong points in these modernly constructed imple ments. STEWART & KERIMAGHAN. Clean Your Grain. I can clean or re-clean your oats for planting with my improved separator. I refer you to Dr. W. E. Pres cott and Mr. T. A. Broad water. Remove the ' cheat'' and faulty grains before sow ing. Open for work Sep tember 15. John We Spann, Edgefield, S. C. Prescription Notice. Use the same care in se lecting your druggist that you would in selecting your doctor. It's just as impor tant to have a prescription filled properly, as it is to have ingredients to put into it. We employ only regis? tered prescription clerks and use only the purest chemi cals, yet our prices are rea sonable. We safeguard your pocket-book as well as your heath. PENN & HOLSTEIN. Tariff-Fa/.tened Trusts Shriek Over New Schedules. "Argumenta" Put Forward Seem to Im ply a Right to Plunder the People -Figure? Show How Protection Has Worked. Someone has said that the distin guishing trait of jailbirds is not so much bad morals as bad sense. If this be true, the average tariff grafter has one point of resemblance to the humbler offender; for the stupidity of most tariff arguments is even more striking than their moral perversity. The New Bedford Standard, a pa per which seems to live by and for the cotton mill trust, devotes much of one edition to denouncing the cotton sched ule of the Underwood tariff. To show how radical a cut is made by the Un derwood tariff, the Standard gives a Hst of fabrics with the duty on each under the Wilson law of 1894, the Ding ley law of 1897, the Aldrich horror of 1909, and the proposed Underwood rates of 1913. On the more expensive fabrics, lit tle change was made by the Aldrich law. But on articles of such almost universal use as dotted Swiss andsome wash fabrics, Mr. Aldrich Increased the already atrocious Dingley rates from 51 to 80 per cent-and the Stand ard, pleading for "protection," admite this fact! This criminal Increase in tariff du ties was made at a time when the country was crying out for relief, and when cotton mills were fairly bloating with prosperity. In the eight years ending with 1907, the Union mill, one of the largest In New England, paid an average divi dend of 23 per cent per year. The Troy mill during the same period paid an average of 23.62 per cent, per year, and the Laurel Lake mill paid an av erage of 36.26 per cent. The Dart mouth mill paid 26 per cent, cash divi dends in 1906. 66 per cent, in 1907. 66 per cent, once more in 1908; and in 1909, paid a stock dividend of 100 per cent and a 13 per cent, cash dividend on the inflated capitalization. And still, standpatters wonder why the country has driven them from power-Chicago Journal. Republican Intrigue Failed. Colonel Mulhall's account of the in triguing efforts of Pennsylvania Repub lican politicians to settle the great an thracite coal miners' strike in 1902 adds little to what was already known of the inner workings of that trouble some period. The aim of the politicians was, of course, to place the labor ele ment under obligations to the G. O. P. ancfthereby strengthen its hold on the state. Throughout those trying dayB the figure that stood out most con spicuously and favorably-and this view is confirmed by the letters pro duced by Mulhall-was John Mitchell, the labor leader. Subsequent events have not altered the excellent impres sion then created by the youthful head of the miners' organization.-Philadel phia Record. Legislators' Senses Blunted. It is one of the most deplorable ef fects of the protectionist tariff policy that It has blunted the moral percep tions of our legislators so that the pro motion of private interests through legislation seems respectable to them -and that they cannot see that to leg islate profits into the coffers of this or that favored industry is plain graft ing. Explaining Their Attitude. The good Mr. McCormick, friend of Mr. Perkins and the colonel, makes no bones in declaring that he contributed, Harvester trust money to the election of a "friendly" congressman in Illi nois. The colonel's attack upon the "new freedom" comes just in the nick of time to explain the attitude of these great reformers toward the trusts. Rochester Herald. Purpose of Trusts. Mr. Morgan organized the steel trust to prevent monopoly, testified his former partner, Robert Bacon. Of course! That waa what the tobacco trust, the Standard Oil trust, the sugar trust and all the rest were born for-all to prevent monopoly. Vnd how they succeeded!-Ne" York World. Race for Simplicity. ThoroaB Jefferson is being hard pushed by Woodrow Wilson as an ex emplar of simplicity. For a century the former has been held up as a model of unaffected manners, and no president has wrested first honors from him, but just now he has a rival in the person of our chief executive. Boston Post Marked Change for the Better. Incidentally it would appear that President Wilson has adopted the pol icy of shorter messages and better ones. Belong Hopelessly to Dead Past The Republican party is more than hopelessly reactionary; it is utterly stupid. It hears not It sees not The wind of a mighty spirit has swept th ie country, but the Republicans in senate and house have never felt its breath nor read its message. Hadley Needs a Shoemaker. Ex-Governor Hadley is said to be about to revamp the G. O. P. But lt laso needs new soles and new uppers, with perhaps uaw Ups.-New York Telegram. FIRE INSURANCE E. J. 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