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TILLMAN AND AIKEN ON TARIFE Receiving Many Protests, But Do Not Fear Effects of R?ductions. A dispatch from Washington says: During the past week the South Carolina members of Congress have received a number of telegrams from cotton manufacturers in the South protesting against the passage of the Underwood tariff bill. Most of these telegrams have been Identical in wording, although signed by differ ent persons, and this has led the members of Congress to believe that the telegrams have been sent from a central source, and that as a rule the Individual cotton mill men are not worrying very much over the passage of the bill. Aiken's Views. In discussing the receipt of these telegrams Representative Wyatt Aiken said: "President Wilson and this Demo cratic Congress were elected on a platform which promised that they would revise the tariff downward. That promise was repeated on every stump In the country in the campaign last Bummer and fal). The Under wood bill was prepared by the Ways and Means Committee and submitted to the Democratic caucus of the House, and was approved T>y the cau cus by a vote so overwhelming as to be practically unanimous, and the Democratic members of the House are doubly bound, by the platform and by the caucus, to vote for it. I am frank to say that, even If I were not so bound, I would still vote for it, for I believe It is a good bill and a just one, framed in the Interest of the people, and will give them relief. If there Is a temporary depression it will be because of speculation, and not by reason of the actual effects of the bill. "As to tho cotton schedule: The to riff duties on many lines of cotton goods will be reduced, but the reduc tion in this schedule will not be greater than the reductions in other schedules. The cotton manufacturers of the South cannot, in good faith, ask that they be given special privi leges, and we could not give it. to them if they should ask for it. But I am quite sure the lowering of the duties on cotton goods will not hurt' ihe mills to the extent that some of their pleaders would have us believe. Many of the mills In South Carolina now ship their entire output to Asi atic um ut.fies, and have'been doing ? ?i ong time. They are under selling i." i .?opean mills Jn order to do and 1 fall to see how a reduc ion of the duties on imports can af fect thom. Only a few weeks ago a South Carolina mill sold 20,OOo bales of goods to the Red Sea terri tory. This is almost at the doors of the European mills. The South Car olina manufacturer evidently under sold them, and yet he will have to ship l\is goods half way round the wor J. How is a reduction of the "tarift going to affect a condition' of this kind? "I saw a statement the other day to the effect that the price of raw cotton had dropped five dollars a bale because of the Underwood tariff bill. Such a decline has not been warranted by the actual facts. We have had speculation in cotton un der a high tariff system; in fact, cotton was at its lowest price during a reign of the high tariff. It may .be that cotton speculators will try to use the tariff bill to unduly de press the price of cotton. I hope and bolleve none of the South Caro lina mill men will lend themselves to such a scheme If it should be started-if, indeed, it has not already started. But if such a movement is on foot it must not be laid at the door of the, tariff bill, for the farm ers of the South will surely remem ber the. violent fluctuations in the price only a few years ago, under the high ia ri if system. "But this effort to depress the price of cotton may be made, and now ls a good time to make a sug gestion, that has been made often be fore, to the farmers, and that ls that the cotton crop thia year should not be too large, and that lt should be produced at a minimum of cost. It ls not too- late for most farmers to reduce their cotton acreage to some extent, and to plan for more food crops. During the past few years tho farmers of the South have profited vastly by organization and 'better methodB of handling the coton crop, and lt will be suicidal for them to become careless nov,. Of course, all this has been told th? farmers time and again, but lt seems to me that it is especially applloable at this time. It looks as if a bear campaign is be ing planned, and our people should beg!a to prepare for it. Tho farm ers of th? South can control the price of coton noxt fal), but In order to do so they must begin their prepara tions now." As "Uncle Ben" Sees It, Replying to a letter from T. M. Norris, a manufacturer of Cateechee, Senator Tillman has thia to say: "My Dear Mr. Norris: I have >ours of April 30, and.almost every BBCTIC THE NA' m The National Conservation Exposi tion, to be held at Knoxville, Tenn., from September 1st to November 1st, 1913, will be the most important event of the year. The exposition will be national In scope, with the Southern States as its special field. Its design ls to pro mote the highest development and best uso of the natural resources of the country; to illustrate the -ways In which the wealth in lands, forests, waters, minerals, wild anim?.! life and human efficiency may be more effectively utilized; how modern ma chinery lightens labor and Increases production; how many things that now go to waste may be converted into sources of revenue. Conserva tion and development in all fields of human endeavor will be taught by object lessons. This willie the spe cia' work of the exposition directors, who are among tho leaders of conser vatio^ in the United States, and the conservation idea will be carried out in all departments, extensive exhibits of modorn machinery and appliances having been secured with this end in view. The National Conservation Exposi tion looks forward. Unlike other ex positions, it is in no sense a celebra tion of past events. It will point the way to better things-to better con ditions of life-to our duty to our selves, to those dependent upon, us, and to posterity, to conserve and make the best use of the great natu ral wealth 04 this country which we hold in trust. opments in scientific agriculture, the cotton mill man in the State has bom barded me with telegrams yesterday and last night, I presented them in the Senate thia morning as petitions, and they were referred to the finance committee, which deals with the tariff schedules. ? "I am afread there is little or no prospect for help in the Senate to change the tariff bill as it will come from the House. But the Democratic party ls committed to tariff revision downward, and if we are going to have soup houses and a general shut down the sooner the better. "I am urging my colleagues to pass the bill promptly and get lt on the statute books in order to let the medicine begin to work. I do not believe that such disastrous times as you seem to anticipate will come. I think you must be influenced toy your Northern correspondents who are in the same business as you. "Assuring you of my deep interest in the welfare of the manufacturing industry In South Carolina, and my willingness to do anything in my power, I am, very sincerely yours, "B. R. Tillman." Anderson Bond Election. Anderson, 'May 9.-The school election to vote on $100,000 bonds for improvements in the erection ot additional buildings in the extended school district of this cPy, carried here Tuesday 161 to 33. The issue of five mills special t;.x also carriel by a voto of 152 to 25. Methodists Raised $1,170,030.74. Dallas, Texas, May 9.-The total Income of the Board of Foreign Mis sions of the . Southern Methodist church for tho past year was $1,179, 039.74, the greatest in the history of the board, according to a report read at the opening session of the board by Secretary N. W. Pinson. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with local applications, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure lt you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mu cous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was pre scribed by one of the best 'physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting direcWy on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two in gredients ts what produces such won derful results in cu ring catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, price 76c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. adv. ?N OP (JHOLNPS, NATIONAL. CONMEN TIONAL CONSE The Grounds. The National Conservation Expo ' sition will bo one of the largest ever held in the South. The grounds em brace, with lakes and drive?, more than J.ne hundred acres-a beautiful park, nestled among the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, three miles by ! electric or steam railway from tho center of Knoxville. Landscape i work will form one of the most at tractive features, the great natural I beauty of the location being enhanced by walkways, drives, courts and lawns, witli a wealth of shrubs and flowers to greet the eye on every ! hand. j There will be eleven large expo I sition buildings and a number of ! smaller structures. The principal buildings, some of which are already j completed, are equal In size and style of architecture to the best of many of the largo expositions that have been hold iii this country, and will contain over ten acres of exhibit space. Tile Exhibit*;. Two or more members of the Na tional Advisory Board of the expo sition have charge of the plans of exhibits in each of the six depart ment8 into which the exposition i divided, and which are devoted to j the six general classes Into which our j natural resources logically fall-land, forests, water, wild animal life, min erals t*nd man. Under these depart ments a wide range of exhibits from the North and West as well as the South, will illustrate the latest devel PHIEDMANN HAS CUREI> MANY. -. Vaccine Said to Be Great Help U> Sufferers-Official Report. Providence, May 8.-Governor Po thier has received a report from Dr. Munroe and Senator A. H. Sayles, members of the board of trustees of the'State sanitarium at Wallum Lake on the condition of the patients treat ed there early in Apiby Dr. F. F. Friedmann. Accompanying the mem bers of the 'board of trustees at the time the inspection was made was Dr. W. L. Harris, of the State Board of Health. The Investigation showed there had been a marked improvement in tbe condition of practically two thirds of the patients into whom Dr. Friedmann had injected his vaccine. In twelve cases the patients told the doctors they no longer had pains !n the chest, night sweats or any other symptoms of tuberculosis. In the case of William Dash the German doctor had made two Injec tions in the muscles and the other in the veins. Dash at that time could not move his left arm owing to the serious tuberculosis condition in his elbow. Now, according to the re port of the doctors to the Governor, he can shake hands and also bend the elbow easily without pain. Other cases that showed improve ment were pulmonary, bladder and throat cases. The Governor has also been informed that a woman named Shanley, who was treated for tuberculosis of the kidueys and a three-year-old boy, Leo G-ab-ar, who had tuberculosis of the hip, are both apparently cured as the result of Friedmann's treatment. Dr. J. S. Billings, Jr.. chief of the contagious diseases bureau of the health department, returned from Washington ?fier a consultation with Surgeon General Blue about the of ficial attitude to be taken toward the Friedman^ "cure" for tuberculosis. Many members of the New York county medical society ar- backing Dr. Billings, it ig said, In an effort to get the surgeon general to issue a statement designed to allay public optimism regarding the value of the Friedmann serum. "American Medi cine," in its current issue, says Dr. Friedmann "outraged every aense of professional propriety." Dr. Billings was irritated about the report that he had sought to In duce the desired statement by oastlng the doubt of the surgeon general's staff on the worth of the Frledmann cure. i Trouble never dodges up can alley when a man is looking for it. LVATIO?i EXPOSITION, KNOXVILIJS, RVATION EXPC improvements of 'forest conditions for thc preservation of the timber supply, tbe regulation of stream flow for power, navigation and domestic supply, and the reduction of floods and droughts, the retention of water power sites by tho government, the improvement of streams for power development and navigation, the diminution of waste in the produc tion and use of mineral resources, the protection of Ash and game, the improvement of industrial processes designed to reduce waste In mate rials and human energy, and the in creasing of human efficiency by such means as the abolition of child la- ' bor, tho reduction of infant mortal- , tty, tho eradication of diseases and disease-inducing agencies, especially tuberculosis, the hookworm and ty phoid, the protection of milk and water supplies, the elimination of impuro foods and drugs, thc protec tion of human life in mines and fac tories, and the reduction of hours of labor for women In factories. Tho "All South" Building. A si-eclal feature of the exposi tion will be the "All South Building," designed to contain manufactured produ ls of the sixteen Southern States. Manufacturers in a number it Vue lt hes of the South are reserv-' lng la - space in this building, in sections selected for their exhibits, a mifllci? ; i amount having been taken to Jusitf) the exposition in making ibo ai io'incement that its purpose to pul ho South on display under one roof v ll he accomplished. WO MK N DENIED SUFFRAGE. I IJHtJ h i'miiument Kills Suffrage Hill by 47 Majority. 1 lon Moy 8.-The fato of the lt's suffrage bill bas ben scaled i>\ the voi.es of more than fifty Irish Mal 1 ?a?sts, who voted against it.ij The bill whereby it was sought to on frnncbfso six million women was re- ' je?ted foy a majority of 47. The vote stood 26 G to 219. In opposing the woman's suffrage bill in the House of Commons, Pre- , mier Asquith said he would resign if , his colleagues in the cabinet ever suggested that they did not feel jus- , tined in following a government the head of which was opposed to them. Mr. Asquith said t'oe bill created 6,000,000 new voters and it had never been approved by the existing electorate. The premier strongly de nied that Parliament had been neg- j lectful of the interests of women, and said he saw no evidence that British women as a whole wanted the vote. Sir Edward Grey, secretary of for eign affairs, supported the bill. He said there was ample evidence that a very large section of the women of the country had shown by constitu tional means that they favored the enfranchisement of their sex. Mili tancy, he characterized as "the in considerate and criminal conduct of a small body of representative indi viduals with whose outrages the law had dealt and ought to deal severe ly." Nobody, he said, had greater rea son to deplore the methods of the militant, suffragettes than those who desired the enfranchisement of wo men, but he argued that their out rages should not influence the dec?s? lon of the House. Previous "bills giving some measure of enfranchisement to women have passed the second reading, although they never survived subsequent stagos. ' Recent police disclosures, of acts of incendiarism planned by the mili tants, far surpassing in magnitude anything heretofore attempted, and the burning of St^. Catherine church at Hatcham to-day, undoubtedly in fluenced many members to vote against the bill. Announcement of the result of the vote was greeted by cheers from all sides of . the House. The debate, Which on Monday proceeded with ex traordinary apathy, was to-day char acterized by Intensity and brilliant speeches. The House was crowded and pervaded with an atmosphere of olect"ir.Al excitement. The strangers' galleries were packed and many anx TENN. )srnoN. The Land Building of the exposi tion is to contain exhibits from the laud and industrial departments of railroads, land companies and pro ducers, together with educational displays from the department of ag riculture and the experiment sta tion*, of the Southeastern States. In the auditorium annex moving pic ture shows will be put on, illustrat ing methods of preparation, cultiva tion and harvesting of crops In vari ous parts of the country. This will be the greatest land show ever held in the United States. Tho forestry exhibits, in a large buijding erected for housing displays of this kind, will form the most im portant feature, as the conservation of forests and the reforestation of worn hills and mountain slopes is absolutely necessary for tho protec tion of soils and Streams, upon which we must depend for most of tho ne cessities of life. The mineral resources of tho coun try as a whole, and especially of the Southeastern United States, as the chief basis of this country in manu facturing and as a means of main taining our industrial supremacy, will bo displayed in a special build ing. A building erected by the thirty four counties of the eastern division of Tennessee will be devoted to ex hibits from the farms of this section. Live stock and poultry are to re ceive special attention, and these shows are being planned on a scale that will be of Interest to farmers and breeders of all sections. lous faces peered from behind tho grille-guftrued gallery devoted to women. Worst to Cortie Yet. London, May 8.-Damage to prop erty in the British Isles caused by militant suffragettes during the past three months amounts to more than $5,000,000, according to an official estimate made to-day by authorities at police headquarters at Scotland Yard. To this sum they say must be add ed the increased cost of protecting lives and property. Three detectives have been assigned to watch over each member of the cabinet at all times, " while all suspected persons are shadowed by plain clothes men, and all public buildings have been placed under special guard. Figured at this rate the suffragette activities are costing the country at i least $25,000,000 a year. i The militant section of the British suffragettes intends to inaugurate a campaign of exceptional violence to avenge the defeat of the woman's suffrage bill Tuesday night, and the prosecution of the central militant organization. Advanced members of the fighting sisterhood declared to day that "the events of the last few days are to be eclipsed by worse things to come." "Votes For Women," the woman suffrage newspaper, edited by Mr. and Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, says to day: "We see before the country a pe riod of disorder such as has not been known for decades, perhaps for cen turies. We see/ a prospect of vio lence being answered by violence In a terrible crescendo. We foresee that the likelihood of crimes being sympathized with M not condoned, approved by many of the most re spected law-abidiag members of the community." The police authorities are greatly concerned about the increase of bomb attacks on buildings. Another of these outrages was attempted at Tottenham, In the northwest of Lon don, this morning. Like that de posited in St. Paul's cathedral, the bomb was discovered before lt had time to explode. It was found by n caretaker outside the door of the shop. Wounded Robber Captured. Kansas City, May 7.-A wounded man arrested in a grading camp near Binning: mi, Mo., Tuesday, was iden tified as tne train robber who last Thursday night beld up a Kansas City Southern train and wounded Jesse M. Short, a Joplin miner, from whom ho took $1,000. Tho Identlfl cation was made by Short LABOR MEN GET REDUCTIONS. Sen teure? of Gompers, Mitchell ?nd Morrison Aro Lessened. Washington, 'May 8.-Coutenxpt of Court judgments against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison for their violation of a Court's injunction in the noted Bucks Stove and Range case has been affirmed by the District Court of Ap peals, but the jail sentences tm? po sod were held to have been too severe, so the Court reduced Gom pers's sentence from one year to 3d days and decreed that Mitchell and Morrison should merely be lined $500 each. The lower court sentenced Mitchell to nine months and Morri son to six. The Supreme Court of the United States undoubtedly will be asked to again review the decision. Unlike previous decisions in this case, which have been unanimously against the labor leaders, the Court of Appeals was divided. Chief Jus tice Sheppard, dissenting, held that the whole decision should bo re versed; that contempt of a Federal Court was a criminal offence and that the Statute of Limitations had run in the case. Justice Van Orsdol, who concurred in the majority opinion, held that the refusal of Mitchell to assure the lower court of his intention to obey the mandate of inferior courts in the future was "important In measuring the intent and temper of the re spondents." With thnt, the dissenting Chief Justice disagreed, saying in his opin ion: "I am unable to see how the re fusal to apologize for'an act, the com mission of which has been expressly denied, shows a reprehensible intent of temper. On the contrary, it seems to me the natural conduct of a self respecting man. Having sworn that' he neither disobeyed nor intended to disobey the mandate of the court, a confession that he had done so would be a solemn admission of the com mission of wilful perjury." A PP?-;11 is ho He Taken. Washington, May 8.-Attorneys for Samuel Gompers, sentenced to 30 days In Jail, and John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, fined $500 each, to day asl:ed tho District Court of Ap peals to stay the mandate affirming the contempt judgments against the labor leaders, announcing their In tention tc? appeal thd case to the Supreme Court of the United States. Roussit Girl for ?ir*. New York. Mr y 9.-'Samuel Har ris, an elevator runner, was sen tenced yosterday to serve not less than two nor more than ten years In Sing Sing prison for the abduction of 17-year-old KI hH Angel, of Louis ville, Ky. He bought her for $15 from Morris Gutman, after Gutman had brought her hore from Louisville. Gutman is at large. 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