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LEVER DISCUSSES TARIFF. He. Exposes the. Hollowness of the Claim That it is a "Revision Downward" Measure. T - Lexington. Aug. 10.-The State's correspondent called on Conzressmnan A. F. Lever today and asked him to give his views upon the work of the extra session of congress, which came to a close last Thursday. Among oth er Iing-s Mr. Lever said: "We have spent the session revis i the tariff. but it was not such a re vision as was promised by the coun try. The idea that there has been a re vision downward in the interest of the consumer is out of keeping with the facts. The truth is, the revision has been upward 1.71 per cent. ad val orem over the Dingley act which this law supercedes. Whatever revision downward it has been on articles of 'ittle general consumption, and does not give to the consuming public the relief claimed by the Republican press and leaders. It must not be forgot, and this is the only test, that the av erage ad valorem rate of the Dingley law was 44.16 per cent. ad valorem, while the average in the Payne-Al ,drich-Taft act is 45.87 per cent. ad valorem,or a difference upward of 1.71 per. cent. ad valorem, until the 31st of March, 1910 when the maximum provision of the bill, added by the Al drich crowd in the senate, becomes effeetive and then the rates of the Payne-Aldrich act become difference upward of 1.71 per cent. ad valorem, or an increase of about 27 per cent. ad valorem over the old Dingley act. This is what the Republican press call 'revision downward.' It does not take much of a mathematician to see that it is revision upward with a venge ance. "The progress of this act through the two houses has been marked with effort after effort to write into its pro visions words which on their face mean one thing, while a a matter of fact they carry a very different mean ing. These are the so-called 'jokers,' of which so much has been said in the press. "President Taft's friends and ad mirers claim a great victory for him in forcing a downward revision. That idea is ridiculous. If the president :had succeeded in getting reduction in ev erything in which he seemed interest ed, the saving to the consumer would ~have been practically nothing. Prsi dent Taft made his fight upon the non essentials of the bill and in favor of free raw materials--the products pri marily of the farm and mine-in the interest of the Eastern manufacturer. The president 's whole attitude in this tariff fight has been in the interest of the manufacturer. "The woolen schedule remains the same it was under the Dingley law and the rates on cotton goods have been increased from 10 to 11.3 per cent.--the greater increase being up on that class of goods which goes into the nr.ost generaleconsumption and is used mostly largely by the poorer classes of our people. No. this is a New England t ariff law, put through, backed by the president of the United States. who has either been buncoed himself or has .bimself deliberately at tempted to -bunco the American peo pie. "'The question is not settled-it can not be settled in the interest of the Speople by the Republican party, and it there is to be a genuine renvsion of the tariff, it must come through the Democratie party." CAROLINIANS AT SPOKANE. South Carolina's Plea for Wet Land Reclamation Recognized by the Irriga.tion Congress. Spokane, Wash., August 10.-The SSouth Carolina delegation. twenty four strong, has made quite an im pression at the Irrigation Convent ion. South Carolina wants wet land recla mation andi that platform is likely Sto be incorporated in the general pol icy of the Irrigation Congress. Coin missioner Watson, standing under the South Carolina flag, whooped up things in great style yesterday for South Carolina in tile best speech of the day. Tihe Congress is very largely attended and gives promise of results. At the meeting of the delegation yeste'rday the following selections were made: E. J. Watson. chairman; A. J. Bethea. secretary; D. F. M\oore. executive committeemani; Samuel G. Stoney, committee on resolutions; August Kohn, committee on resolu tions; Samuel Dibble, committee on organization; James Cosgrove, al though absent, was elected honorary v:ece president. The delegates from 'M~ut.h Carolina enrolled are: E. J. Wa'isth Columbia; A. J. Bethea, Co lumbi ; R F. Moore. Brunson: Sam 1l G. Stomey- Charleston : Aumnpt Mn. Colm *: IIamue)rllS Dibb. Or ang~C. J. Shannon, Jr., Cam 'Dibb e. Jr.. Orangeburg J. P. Mc Nair. Aiken; A. L. Berry, Spartan burg; J. A. Lightsey, Crocketville; Jones Williams. Bamberg: J. C. Light sey. Hampton; S. 'M. Clark. Estill: L. A. ianimi. Jr.. Latta. oar people at holne av littC real ization of the intense interest the Ae-t .s taking in irrization and how freely it is spending barrels of money for that puirpuse. South Carolina effort to reciaim wet lands is appre eiated out West. All is wel in the par y. On the strength of C-l. Wat son s fIe address, he was invited to address the National Conservation 'Congress at Seattle on the 28th. In the Congress to-day Commission er Watson presented strong resolu tions relating to Federal aid for drainage upon the ground of public health. These resolutions were signed I by Watson. as chairman of the South Carolina delegation; Governor Gil Christ. of Florida; and members of ISouth Dakota. Idaho, Iowa and Indi ana and Minnesota delegations. Col. Watson also presented a resolution relating to forest preservation, w.hich was likewise strongly backed. Both rresolutions are in the hands of the committee. At 10:30 o'clock to-day South Car olina delegates were entertained at a banquet by the El Paso, Texas, dele cgation-an elegant affair. President Barstow was present and presiding, with Col. Watson on his left and the chairman of the Texas delegation on his right. There were noteworthy toasts and responses, all ringing with the progressive spirit of the South. The South Carolinians will return the compliment to the Texans upon ar rival in Seattle. COMMITS SUICIDE. Quiet, Steady Youth Locks Himself in Room.-Blows Out His Brains With Shotgun. Lancaster. Aug. 13.-Ernest Cly burn, a young man about 19 years old, son of Capt. W. U. Clyburn of the Haile Gold M%ine section, commit ted suicide this afternoon by locking himself in his father's room and blowing out his brains with a shot gun. No cause is known for the rash act. He was a young man of quiet steady habits and deservedly popu lar. He was a brother of young Thomas Clyburn, who lost his life in the double tragedy at Kershaw about two years a go. The father of young Clyburn was on his way to Hot Springs, N. C., this afternoon, when his son took his life. Capt. Cly burn 'was notified at MIonroe of his son 's tragie death. Left Note on Coat. Kershaw. Aug. 13.-Out at the.home of his father, Hon. W. U. Clyburn, near Haile gold mine. M1r. Ernest Clvburn committed suicide this even ino by shooting himself in the fore head with a'44 calibre pistol. He had attended Wake Forest college for two vear's and was at home on his va ea~t ion. He was a very popular young man. abouJt 20 years old. with a brght fu ure. A note was* found En his coat 'iinned there by himself in whlich lhe said1: "'Blame no man for this act. I did it myself.'. WATSON VICE PRESIDENT. Irrigation Congress Honors One Man From Atlantic States. -Meet ing Adjourned. Sp)okanHe. Wash.. Atug. ~13.-With the election of odfieers, the passage of resolutions commending both the efforts (f Gifford Pinchot and F. H. Newell. chiefs of the forestry and elamatio;n bureaus, respectively, a in a10,000.000 irrigation fund fromn congress and commending the Mississippi dieep) waterways. the ser eth national irr:gatwan congress work ended to-day. B. A. Fowler of Phoenix. Ariz., was elected president an~'d Arthiur Hooker of Spokane. sec re a ry. One m12inor (Etic~e we&2t to the~ A:laintie coast in the selection as fifth vic president of E. .J. WXatsoni. oif South Carolina. Gov. (Gilchrist, of Florida. to-day leaded for the abolishmlenr of Ma in' and Dixon 's line and referred ;to the.South as a "sleepinggin Timely Tip to Ben Bow. Ma,ry Jane (to the gentleman with the bow legs. who has called to see her master )--For 'eving's sake, sir, do stand back from the tire; yer legs is warping most 'orrible.-Leslie 's Weekly. Had Piles 14 Years. Mi by Tetterine "The Shuptrine Co.. Savannah. 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