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SMITH MAKES MAIDEN SPEECH K The Junior Palmetto Toga Wearer t Expresses His Faith in a Free t( Trade Policy. h Cr Washington, May 31.-Denouncing b the pending tariff bill as giving the b manufacturer an undue advantage ov- a er the American working man, Sena- w tor Smith, of South Carolina, unequi- d vocally expressed his faith in a free t< trade policy in an extended speech while the cotton schedule -was under r< consideration in the senate today. G "The whole tendency of this legis- " lation has been to cheapen the raw ti material and raise the price of the t finished article." said Mr. Smith, g "thereby giving to the protected d manufacturer a double advantage, les- t] sening the price of what he has to c< buy and raising the price of what he g I-as to sell. "I am not pleading for, nor shall i I vote for, protection for the raw ti material. I believe a thing is worth n what it will bring in the open markets h of the world. What I shall vote V against is the iniquitious and indefen- g sible system of legislating a profit by g artificial methods. I believe that t' American skill and the wonderful me- e ohanical devices operated by steam, water and electricity, our nearness to the source of supply for the raw ma terial makes it possible for us to com pete with the nations of the world." Senator Smith said it was absolute ly idle to talk about the protective tariff being a benefit to the cotton and grain growers of America. In sup port of his position, Mr. Smith quoted, though not by name, a "leading man ufacturer of the South," who, he said oJ had told him that he believed it was n right and just that the protective fea- V ture of the tariff, on cotton goods P] should be entirely wiped out. The pro- ] tection of the government, asserted C( Mr. Smith, giving such' a margin of n profit, has invited and brought into k0 the cotton manufacturing business ''a k( lot of financial buccaneers and plug- 10 Zal ers, who, by the marvellous profits al the could be figured, possibly on o par, put on foot impossible schemes -which have resulted disastrously to the milling industry of the country.'-' He said that what is true of the cot- Ie ton industry is largely true of every ' other manufacturing industry. bi "The monstrous injustice of this bill is made in two particulars,'' eon tinued Mr. Smith. ''This bill declar- bc es th-at it is for the purpose of en- b ~couraging America industries and guaranteeing to them a reasonablem profit, while on the other hand, inf sharp contrast with it in the bill, is incorporated a tax on the very fer- t tilizing element upon which the agri cultural laborer is dependent for the t enrichment of this soil. This ammon- t -ia, or this nitrogenous element that fo is so costly and so essential in the production of this crop, must be tax- i ed because of a few coke and gas com- e panies, who, already protected and e making their millions, cannot be de- S nied the privilege of making other X millions out of that which the govern-el ment ought to see that th-e farmer gets at the lowest possible price."e During the course of his speech ne Mr. Smith read some interesting fig- w ures to bear out his contention that av the protective tariff worked a hard ship upon the people of the South, c who had to pay most severely.for the o prospe.rity enjoyed by the manufac- e turers. The eleven cotton growing t States last year produced $716,352,- s 2-65 worth of raw cotton, he said, and $90,000,000 worth of cotton seed. 1bi This cotton they had to put upon, the it. market at a price fixed by Liv erpoo-1. ci That price was fixed in Liverpool up- co on the basis of the cost of labor in be Europe and the price at which they 1'th sold the finished product. " Therefore, the whole American at cotton crop is sold upon the basis of se free trade,'' said Senator Smith, "SO be '-that, in the cotton growing States, ae- th -cording to the census figures of 1900, ps tihere are engaged in agricultural pur- 't suits 4,000,000 people, and there av- at erage ea'rnin gs for the year are $133,- is 000. -bf "Taking the outeome duties on ar- h ticles imported, such as are used on e the farms. there ar~e consumed about 'ki $66,357.000 worth. Taking the con- e sumption of domestic manufactured Croods, the proportionate part of the o South is $2.885.000,000. The indirect et tax paid on this consumption. due to b< protection, is $885,000,000. Now this for the entire South, regardless of the work -engaged in. Dividing this .by the population of the South, the taxa- !N tion per capita due to these duties paid on domestie and foreign articles is $61 in round numbers. Deducting this $61 from the $133 there left $72, representing the actual value received a by tihe laborer for his year's work. [e: He could purcha:se for $71 in Eu-rope. ti where the price of the raw material t is fixed. what he would have to pay e $133 for here. Therefore. out of the $800.000,000 produced by the cotton p growers of the South, practically e $9A00%00 ofi ge into the cof- p rs 'L t.: po tected ]ntcrests. Mr. Smith said it was not onlv trui iat the Southem cotton farmer ha( > pay about $6 a ton more to produe is cotton for fertilizer in order t< tve a little additonal profit to an al ady prosperous protected industry at h. must also pay a duty on hi: agging and ties in order to build ui bagging industry on American soil here no raw jute material was pro need, and on the other hand to ad< the profits on the great Steel trust Mr. Smith cited the fact that thi -cent election of L. W. Pairker, o: reenville, S. C., at Richmond las eek to be the head of the Manufac irers' association on an anti-protee ve platform for manufacture< ,ods, over D. H. Tompkins for ty, was the best possible evidenc iat the cotton manufacturers of thi )untry wanted no such duty on thei: >ods. When Mr. Smith concluded hi peech he received the congratula ons of practically all the Democratil .embers of the senate, who assure< im that what he said was not onl: ry interesting, but would be o. reat benefit to the tariff questioi mnerally. Several Republican sena >rs also came across the chamber an< )ngratuilated Senator Smith, among rhom were Beveridge, Nelson an< aFollette. BOLD ROBBERIES IN AIKEN. umber of Daring and Successful At tempts During Past Few Days. No Very Large Hauls. Aiken, June 1.-During the pasi w days there have been a numbei very bold robberies in this city. Il > instance have the robbers secured ry big hauls, but the safes of tw< aces have beenrifled, and other bur aries of similar nature have beer mmitted. The robberies were com itted several days ago, and were not iown to the public, as the police pt the matter quiet in the hopes ol eating the guilty parties, but so fai I clues have failed to prove the guilt the robbers. The first robbery commitited was in r. Trunbull's store on Park ave te when the money drawer was iptied and some other matter car d away. This was followed by the Lrglars entering the office of The surnal and Review, where the iron fe that has not been kept locked is broken into and the iron lock x was carried awa.y with all the ntents, including a small sum of mey and some papers A short time llowing the missionary box of the >iscopal ehurch was broken open d the contents removed. The first ne the money box was opened the twas prized off, and then a better p was fixed on the box, and it was flowed by two successive openings, d the contents were carried away each instance. The Sunday school ary money box was likewise open and relieved, it was believed, of ne of the contents. The next place ;ited was the store of Mr. L. Pow near the freight depot,- where the >nev drawer was rifled of the mon it'contained, and a quantity of ei rs and tobacco was stolen. The xt place that is known at present .s Johnson 's drug store on Richland enue. In this place the safe was ened, not being locked with the abination. It is believed that all the contents of the safe were stol by the 'robbers, but at this time is not known exactly what was len. Dr. Johnson, the colored doe and physician had forgot the comn ation to the safe and never locked hen the burglars rifled it they >sed the door and locked it with the mbination, and Dr. Johnson has not en. able to open it and it is probable at it will have to be drilled. The police announced today that ey are now investigating a far more rious crime that has mysteriously en committed. They state that ey have good evidence as to the -ties who committed t!his crime, but e decline to state what the crime is 'his time, but if it is cleared up it probable that all the robberies may accounted for. Several darkies ive been placed under arrest, but in eh instance it was found that they 1ew nothing of the matter and were leased. The citizens are thoroughly aroused er the matter and if the parties are tught it is probable that they wili severely punished. DAVIS' PICTURE.. oel Explains its Use on Silver Ser vice.-Upheld by Naval Offi cer. Biloxi, Miss., June 1.--With a ball banquet and several receptions, em -eises attendanit upon the presenta on of the silver service to the bat eship Mississippi were brought to ose here tonight. Tohing upon the matter of th' ortrait of President Jefferson Davis agraved upon one of the principa iee of the .er-ce Gay. Noel, in hi e. Valr. of Jeffer..un Davis as a sol I dicr of the United States arimy, as U. well as his recoird as secretary of war duriing antebellum days, entitled him - to recognition by the federal govern ment. ot "However, ' continued the gover- lit "we would, .o duobt, have 'had the )picture placed on the service if noth- at ing put thei memory of Jefferson Davis i as president of the Confederacy re mained. Jefferson Davis. like the men St of Mississippi and the South, both in then and today, stood only for what J he thought was right. If you con- th demnu him, you must condemn us." P Gov. Noel then went on to review in t-he history of the silver service and ti to comment on the criticism that had ou been made in connection with the picture of President Davis. He de- ro clared that only one person of any so consequence in the whole country, so de far as he knew, had condemned the h action vf placing the picture on the sF service, and that this condemnation by had failed to awaken sympathy among cI those who had thrown - '.e the se bloody flag and stood united for the g good of a common country. di Lieut. Commander McCormick, who It accepted the silver service in the ar name of Capt. Fremont and the offi- th cers and men of the battleship, Te sponded to Gov. Noel in the same M vein. He commented upon the fact se that the name of Jefferson Davis as th secretary of war which had been chis- in eled from Cabin John bridge during ta: the strife between the States had been Ju recently restored by order of the pres- da ident. The national government had W recognized the propriety of its being in there, and in the same way the officers mi of the battleship Mississippi recogniz- ac ed the propriety of the likeness of Mississippi's worthy son being upon se: the silver serviec which he had the m< honor of receiving for the officers and C1 men of the battleship of the same se: name. thl "We shall not deny the memory of op your departed chieftain the homage be due him," said the young .lieutenant ti( commander, "for we believe that op there should be rendered unto Davis Ob a tribute that is due Davis." th4 The address of the young naval offi- 'de cer was greeted with a storm of ap- tif plause from the several thousand th( Mississippians gathered at the pre- ,an: sentation. to The officers of the batt.leship were all tendered a reception by the local Th chapter of the Daughters of .the Con- ret federaey at Beauvoir, the old gulf of cost home of Jefferson Davis, five 1qu miles from Biloxi. ter The Gienius of the Build Part of the Mason i Why does a Stradavaf exalted place among viol all outward appearance: bogh for a few dollars? of the builder in it, whilei less shell-an imitation. builder alive in the Mason & Ha that compels the admir world. Write for our beautiful ing this wonderful and u Cable Pi LOCAL FA EVERYTHING KN Cables Building J. V. WALLACE DEFERS SENTENCE. S. Supreme Court Grants More Time to Shipp and Codefendants. Rehearing Asked. Washinl-"ton. June 1.-In the case Former Sheriff Shipp and his dep y. Jeremiah Gibson, and of Luther illiams, Nick Nolan, Henry Padgett 1d William Mayes, all of Chatta oga. Tenn., charged with contempt the supreie court of the United ates in connection with the lynch in 1905 of a negro named Ed. hnson, the court today postpone-1 e passin of sentence to permit the isoners to file petitions for a 'rehear . The cases therefore go over un next term, the prisoners remaining t on bond. The corridor outside the court om was densely crowded with per ns wishing to get a view of the six fendants. Only a few of them, wever. were able to get inside, as ace was almost entirely taken up attorneys and congressmen, in iding the delegation from Tennes 3. In the throng outside was a ne o who was loud in his ebarges of srimination regarding admission. was observed that but two negroes, d they practicing attorneys, were in e court. Shortly before noon United States arshal Dunlap of the -east Tennes a district brought the prisoners to - court and they were assigned seats the room. When the judges had ken their accustomed places, Chief stice Fuller beckoned to the defen- I nts to come forward. Marshal right of the court announced that obedienee to the writ of attaeh mt he produced the bodies of the eused men. Solicitor General Bowers, repre ting tihe department of justice, )v.ed for sentence, but Messrs. Lamlee, Clift and Shepperd, of coun for the men, called attention to a fact that they had only seen the inion of the court a few moments fore and asked leave to file a peti in for a <rehearing. The request was posed by the solicitor general, but ief Justiee Fuller announced that court would take the request un e advisement. Thereupon the jus es withdrew for a conference, at end of which Chief Justice Fuller aounced that it had been decided grant the request, 30 days being awed in which to file the petition. e defendants in the meantime were anded to Tennessee for a renewal their bonds. The case, in conse mee, now goes over until the next m of the court. ] I er Enters into Every' i liamlin Piano. 'us occupy such an ins, when another, to s the same, can be One has the genius he other is but a life It is the genius of the mlin Piano ation of the musical catalog, demonstrat nmatchable tone. ano Co. CTORS OWN IN MUSIC Manger Chardeston, S. C. * IF 1 T S I God to Eat I I ~AND YOU WANTI ITHE BEST * YOU WIL FIND IT AT I OES' GROCERY I + 'PHONE No.212+ * ROARING FOL. No. 73,855. TeN~ INN. Recorded in American Jersey Herd Sire, Tame Fox, Imported by T. S. PIE$00 ~ooper &. Sons, No. 3,261.. Dam, Mona's Amalfi, No. 176,413. It is a beautiful, vigorous indivi [al, bred in the purple, possessing ~'eat merit; won first prize as calf ~Georgia State fair 1906; won first ize as yearly at S. C. State fair .07. Gentle disposition, a sure reeder. (See tabulated pedigree and tter test of ancestry at my 'home.) The patronage of owners desiring improve the future milcher is solic- Ti rtn ahn ed. Service fee $2.00, due at time of isGoEnghr rvice, with return privilege. E. 0. Lake, IAyoy Newbrry S. ., St.Owner. IVSIAE. Newbrry S. ., St.Julia), R. F. . No. 7. PREE TRIP td'tA _____e__ A'CIFIC COAST LSer.hde fLM pes ARE' YOU o)mt~ sreurdb aw h oe WASNDGTON of the many thou.,stedthc hyaeette n ands whowantt eto hlwo hsSaenhra OREGON explore thai. W..adpronlpoet o hc t derland ? ?? s d..pesie~zdnps SUNSET eedILIRkrd MAGAZINE atrfrNbeyCon. has instituteda new 1 department. whoWbrpColg special work it iSCHLRHPaETAC to'aput witin theXMNAIN sach o every one an opportunity to ___ pe the FAR WVEST. 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