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WBPMWWWWWW????i l ^ The Dillon Herald. ?(BUSHED EVERY THURSDAY. A. B. JORDAN Editor. M ASCRIPTION. 91.50 PER YEAR Ct.v.-wl it the pwtottce at Dillon. 8. O.. a* Moad-cufi mail matter DiUon. 1 C. April 20, 1909. TVi? npurc fiiol ornrt on thp npu; raflroad has started will be receiv- i ed in Dillon with delight. Wearied at the numerous delays our J people had begun to think that < everything that blows is not a locomotive. t Special services at the Pee Dee , church will be held next wr-k, in t which Dr. Buckner expects to be , assisted by Rev. Mr. Spencer. , The Lord's Supper will be admin- . istered on the Sabbath following, j May 9th- The people of the entire j community are invited to attend ( these services. I The farmers have been fooled ' too many times to take any en- < couragement from the recent rise ? in the price of cotton. Year after year as regularly as che spring season comes round the price of cotton rises and then when the crop begins to grow the usual slump in the market follows. All these stories about Texas being a million bales short on the new crop have been told and retold so often that thev have become threadbare, but still they are circulated every 1 spring with a persistence that excites mingled feelings of admnation and disgust. However, the farmer is learning and the time will come when he will plant just the amount of cotton he thinks he ought to and not be guided by what Texa^or some other state planis. In this connection it is interesting to note that the farmers of Georgia have held a meeting and protested against Patten's corner on the wheat market which sent the price of wheat soaring npward to a new high level. If these same farmers had planted less cotton and enough wheat for home consumption they would have had little cause to protest against Patten's method of speculation. The same may be said of the South Carolina farmer who has not yet learned the value of "hog and hominy" as an asset in days of adversity. WASHINGTON LETTER Nfcws From Our Busy Capital ] The Democratic members of ' , the Senate will either foice the 1 adoption of an income tax as a part of the tariff bill or they will ' succeed in placing their Republi- 1 can colleagues in an extremely embarassing position. The President has spoken so plainly in 1 favor of an income tax that it J will be extremely embarrassing for the Republican millionaires to show why it should not be adopted. In order to avoid constitutional obstacles the Democrats have gone back to the law of 1864 and have decided to adopt its language in so far as possible. Five times this law was tested in the courts and every time the Supreme Court of the United States pronounced it constitutional. Surely this will make , it difficult for the Supreme Court of today to reverse the decisions of eailier tribunals and say that it is not so. It is proposed to tax all incomes of over. $3,000 a year 3 per centum. That means that a >r man who enjoys an income of $3,000a vear or more will nav *901 year to the support of the federal government. The rate will increase according to the present plans, so that he who enjoys an "" income of $10,000 or more would pay 5 per centum, that one striking feature of the present disposition on the part of chany Republicans to impose some special form of taxation. It carries with it a jfefr mO admissfnh that the aid claim that with a tariff the foreigne paid the tax is all nonsense. Re publicans generally admit tha the consumer pays the tax, tha with a duty which protects, hi pays it to the American manu facturer, and now that the expen ses of the government are increas iug he is to pay an additional ta: to "run the government. How ever, the income tax is a step ii the right direction. It means di rect taxation and the next logica step will be the abolition of? th< tariff and an insistance bv thi voter on greater economy in spend ing the funds he is compelled t< contribute under direct taxation. George von L. Meyer, the nev Secretary of the Navy, has inher ited from the former administra :ion the most difficult and embar -assing situation which confront: iny member of the cabinet today i situation which is promotive o: nsubordination andwhich constan :ly threatens to make necessarj xials by court martial of officer: high in th._ service. The con lict which is dividing the er.tiri lavy into two hostile camps is th< )ld controversy between the stafl *nd the line. The staff consist: jf the constructors, the surgeons .he civil engineers, etc., m j word, those officers who are i part of the naw because of spec ial qualifications in technical af fairs, bnt who are not in the lint regular promotion up to the rani of admirai The line,on the othei hand, consists of all the officer: from ensigns to admirals who mat command ships and perform othei duties of the regular establishment Former Secretary Newberry, be ing a businessman, believed grea good could be accomplished bj increasing the power of the staff He held that more power shouk be given the constructors to insun more efficient ships ai.d their mori economical construction. In hi: efforts to carry his ideas into ef feet he ran counter to the tradi tions of the line whose powers h< would proportionately curtail The line officers maintain of th< navy, the ships, ordinance, etc. the first consideration must al ways be the personnel, that th< most efficient ships in the hand: of incapable officers and men cat accomplish nothing and they poin to those European navies, sucl as tne Russians and French es tablishments, where the staff con trols, as example of the danger o such a policy. Of course thi: controversy will last as long a: the navy but we are disposed t< believe that the line is right an< we hope Secretary Meyer will decide. In the meantime, how ever, there will be many sensat ional stories printed regarding th< fracas in the Navy and it will b< just as well to remember that tin incidents of such a controverse] do not indicate any material im pairment of the efficiency of th< floating army, however luridb Lhey may be depicted in the pub lie prints. The Washington promenad< concerts designed bv Mrs. Taf seem to meet with popular appro val even if they are not particu larly democratic. Fashionabh society had an opportunity to shov itself in autos, carriages and 01 horseback. The plain peopl< walked or sat on the grass an< what if they were covered witl dust from the steeds of their bet ters, or almost suffocated witl the fumes from their autos? The] had an opportunity to gaze upoi the President and his family am to admire the handsome steads am beautiful gows of society, so nat urally they did not complain. If Congress really desires t please the people of the Unite States, all the people except thos who own shares in the brewer trust, if will provide for an in creased tax on beer. That wil hurt no one but the share-holdei in the brewery syndicate, a grei number of whom are foreign en and it "beer is made a little hArde NT to get certainly the poor will no be the worse off. it it e If Secretary Wilson is right ther are hard times ahead for Patten the father of the wheat corner. 1 Mr. Patten is right there are har times ahead for the man wh must earn his bread by the swea of his brow. Doubtless the majority of th consumers will agree with Cham] Clark that it is better for the bus iness interests of the country, fo which Speaker Cannon shows sue] extreme solicitude, should go 01 losing a few hundred thousands o / dollars a day while Congress i: debating the tariff bill than tha - the consumers to go on losinj - iiimiuua a yeai because or me eon 5 tinuation of extortionate duties. > f The Republican leaders in th< r House were obliged to make con . cessions in order to limit debate or the tariff bill. They agreed to al 4 low special votes on hides, lumber 4 oil, tea and coffee and barley, bui p they would not under any circum , stances give the House a chance to vote for a higher tax on beer. i 1 It will be amusing to watch th< Republicans squirm when Senato Stone of Missouri undertakes t( 1 amend the tariff bill by providing c that in addition to free trade witl r the Philippines the Filipinos shal s be granted their it dependence ir ' fifteen years, r The Herald office has recentlj t installed a big line of up-to-date f type and is in better position thar ever to do good job printing. The t quality of our work is first-class ir ; every particular and all we ask is? ; comparison with other cities man) 5 times larger. ; NOTICE. Is hereby given that the Sum , mer Term of the Court of Genera Sessions for Marion County wil convene at Marion on Monda; ? May 31st, 1909, at 10 A. M. 5 D. F. Miles. C. C. G. S i ' t Magazines! 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