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WHAT WE NEED I t a It Is Protection From he Payne-Xltlrich 2 Tariff, Says Fo s t 1 WHO TALKS RIGHT OUT \ 1 ( Recently Elected Democratic Representative Fosm from Massachusetts 1 Makes Sensational Beginning f I i 1'ublic Duties. Flays Republican Party Unmercifully. Representative Eugene N. Fobs, i the newly elected Democratic Representative from Massachusetts, a former Republican and a leading manufacturer. Saturday signalized his beginning of active participation in the House with a sensationally ra 1ic 11 attack upon the Payne-Aldrich t : :ff. He denounced the Republican policy of protection as an unmitigated evil, flayed the Republican lea iers. declared the recent revision of the tariff to be a "deliberate bunco game from start to finish," pronounced in favor of r ciprocity and de- , maudej an extra session of a new Congress, at the earliest opportunity, 1 to revise tlie tariff. "The people are indeed demand- | Jng protection." said Mr. Foss, "but the opportunity they are demanding i is prot' ctlon from the Payne-Al- i dric.h tariff." The speaker announced himself as favoring the creation of a tariff com- t mission, but he wanted the coin mis- i Bion composed of non-partisan men j whose report would be made direct to Congress rather than to the Pros- s ident. Referring to the provision i In the pending sundry civil appro- ( Itriation bill for It II Mimrnnrint Inn n f I $250,000, for a tariff commission to t report to the President, he said: I 'Naturally it looks a little strange < to some of us, after all this long de- s lay, and aftrr the people have them- < selves discovered the worst evils of ( our tariff system, which such a com- i mission could have exposed years i ago; that it is now brought forward s at this eleventh hour. Clever e.ll- i tors -of leading journals have stig- i matized this proposition since its in- < troduction .here as 'a sop to Cerberus' i or 'a tub to the whale.' I "They have evidently in mind the 1 panicky fueling that pervades, for instance the 'stand pat' section of ] this very chamber, as well as of , the oth< r c.hambers, and the Repub- , lioan machine the country over } There is among them a great | 'searching of hearts' as to what Can ] ho done to quench these burning issues of tariff and taxation reform; , of how this great people's movement on these great issues can he divert- \ d. I "It cannot he denied that the poo- | pie have, rightly or wrongly, come to regard this whole 'revision' scheme j of the Republican party leaders t as planned in the last national campaign and as promulgated in their inuiiui miii tin uiiiiuy i) .i-.u-tiprea in the special tariff session of Congress i as en intentional and deliberate k bunco game from start to finish." A Air. Foes urged reciprocity with foreign nations as the pro pi r middle ground between a protective tarift and free trade. He recounted how Republican leaders, such as John Hay and Nelson Dingiey, had endeavored to obtain reciprocity with Canada and how "McKinley almost with his dying breath affirmed reciprocity as the ruling keynote of his prospective second term." "We recall," he said, "how the nefarious 'stand pat' influence in the Republican party, by all sorts of underhand means, succeeded in defeating all these treaties, nullifying ail efforts and treacherously betraying and assassinating 'reciprocity in its own house.' "The stnnd pat hierarchy sowed the wind and we are reaping tiie whirlwind. Reciprocity was sacrificed to selfish and mercenary influences by the politicians against the jieople's interests, prostituted by them for the purpose of hoodwinking the public, just as now recently they have prostituted 'revision.' " Declaring that a tariff commission should report to Congress and not to the President, Mr. Foss demanded: t "Why does the Administration v seem to be so sollcKlous that this commission shall be absolutely tinder the control of the Executive. , seeing that it is primarily intend- . ed for such legislative purposes? j Is there any ulterior motive? "If the oommission is to be merely an executive instrument and report only to the President, how is Oon^ress to receive the information excepting as the President may elect ! to transmit is, and what is to pr ^ 1 vent the executive department from ( withholding or suppressing or color- 1 ing such information as has more ( than once been done heretofore? Is ' there not an evident fear that control of this commission will too soon come into the hands of a Democratic and reform Congress? j <**J n-> npn|7f that tl,a oe^nte h ve ,] lost faith in the Republican party a and they are no longer looking to r them for an honest revision. The r fcirtffM"'"' n'lii'iii . ~ \ eople have turned to the Democratic arty. Now the responsibility of an lonest revision of tire tariff is up < 'he Democratic party, with the aiJ a the insurgent and such independ- ] mt elements as will ally themselves v'.th us.'" In voicing his demand for anoth r special session to revise the tariff lie speaker said: ^ "The people demand that the rer'ision and reduction of the tariff, vhich was promised two years ago jy the RepubTican party, be carried >ut by the D'-piocratic party as soon is tne new Cong.ees can convene. The Democratic party ought to rai3e the issue that there shall he an extra session aonvened next Snrine to Jo thie work which this Congress hua proved faithless to. The people .have made the immediate reduction of the tariff the issue and the Democratic party must pledge itself in a most distinct and sy* ciflc way to carry out this course; in order that the mandate shall bo a compelling one the victory shall l>e so complete that the Republican Executive will be forced to acquiesce in it and call Congo ss together." Mr. Koss declared that the rallying cry should be made "free wool and cheap clothing." "Today," he said, "millions of our people are deprive 1 of crmfort and health, and even of life by til socalled protective I M iff on wool and w miens for the benefit of the sheep ranchers and woollen trusts." He denounced Pr sident Taft's Winona speech, which, he said, had i disastrous effect upon .his Administration and characterized part of it is the "only weak and lame palliaLion President Tuft could advance for the iniquities of the woolen schedule." Mr. Foss declared that lower dudes on sugar, and said the people were demanding further reductions n iron and steel. "Now, at this point," he said, "it seems to devolve upon me. as a representative in Congress of this reorm and as a representative manufacturer in the iron and ste 1 induRry of New Englan i, engaged in the production of important lines of machinery, employing large numbers of skilled workmen an J using large quantities of the finished products if the Steel Trust, to state publicly that in my judgment my industry and :he people employed in it would not suffer under free trade conditions, .hat is. if the 45 per cent, duty was jntirely removed and provided these xmditiens apfily to the whole iron ind steel industry from the coal and Iron ore up. This statement is equally true of other staple industries. "In fact," Mr. Foss continued, "1 neuevie touay tnai under free trade conditions we can compete in the markets of tlie world In most, if not all. of t.bese industries and compete to better advantage than wo do mow." Coming to the question of raising revenue the speaker said: "It is no adequate defence of a arlflf law to say that is a large tarff producer, which simply means that t may lay upon the people a gr<at >urden of taxation, that it may exact roin {.hem vast sums of money that hey are net able to contribute. "VVe must have a system of tnxition which removes these abus- s ind eliminates this graft. The best ind the only way, I l elieve, is ' hrough the income tax." 'Mr. Foss advocated the placing of til raw materials upon ths free list, ind declared that the burdens of proection were felt keenly by the employee as by the employer Finally the speaker argued for lm "Anglo-Saxon unity" and practitally the establishment of closer reations with Canada. Mr. Fuss's maiden speech was puntuated with constant applause. His It duration that the people had lost tonfilence in the Republican party 'voked a demonstration from the Democratic side. Mr. Longworth, of )hio, sought to inject a question. "You will excuse me," smillingly emarked Mr. Foss. "I cannot be nterrupted this mornin?." The Ohioan sat down amid laugh er from both sides. An uproarious scene followed the inclusion of Mr. Fcss's speech. Mr. 11111. of Connecticut, vehementy Informed the bemi crats th dea of reciprocity whic.h Foss aJrocated was in the McKlnley law. )ut the Democrats had killed it in he Wilson law. He demanded to enow why the Massachusetts mein>er .had not expressed his views be ore the ways and means committee vlien the bill was pending. "I had been ruled out of the Re>ubllcan |)arty five or six years back >y leaders in Massachusetts," replied dr. Foss. "The people know where stand." Miners ami Soldier* Shoot. The State militia, on guard at the .Ml us Portland Cement Company's ld Tuesday. L. A. Merger, of Bel no strikers Tuesday morning at the lynamite magazine. Tlie militiamen vturned the Are and bhe strikers es aped iu the underbush. No one was njured by the fifty shots. Died from Wound. Hilton Smith, the Columbia city aller, who was shot by the negro, fohn Rabb, died Wednesday night 4? l local hospital. The negro was ar estert that afternoon at Rlaneys, i tear Columbia, and is now in jail. j , j - ' v v , i % BOOZE SALES DlspeosarT Auditor West Makes Startling Sta emtnt About THE SALE CF WHISKEY He Declares that the Liquor Sajes in the Six Present Dispensary j GIVE THEIR SIDE METHODIST BISHOPS DEFENDS WOllK IN* HO>IE. Aut Decline at Present to Enter l'|ton Any Counter Attack Upon the Roman Catholic Oiurrh. The hoard of Bishops. or the Methodist Episcopal. Church, through it3 secretary. Bishop L. B. Wilson, Monday ni'?ht issued an official statement, which had been prepared by the hoard, at is meeting in Chicago on May 9,. relative to the Italian mission The statement is the outcome of the recent controversy in Rome caused by t-he visit of Col. Roosevelt. The statement follows: "Deploring, an-1 at all times seeking to avoid interdenominational con 'roversies, we are. nevertheless, conipelled to recognize occassions when personal prefer nee must yield to a proper sense of official duty. "We cannot allow to pass unnoticed the recent unprovoked and unwarranted attempt to discredit one of our mcst useful missions, by widely published accusations which, i has d upon truth, would be nothing short of dishonor upon the Church which supports that mission. "We regret that after repeated challenges for details of the specific acts supposed to justify these charges, they still remain in such general terms that therr validity cannot he tested before the judgment 01 the world. We can only observe: j"l. That ordinarily the us> of ophedian adjectives is suggestive ot inger rather than of reason. "2. That the methods of our missions in Italy, now for the first time hus publicly condemned, are th same that have been pursued from the beginning, almost forty years ago. "That the same methods, name!} preaching the (dospel in its simpllc ity and conducting schools where they are needed, schools which recognize the plain teachings of the new testamt lit as a supreme authority in religion and ethics, have long been followed by our missions in South America and Mexico, as well as In Rome, ar.d no such indictment has been brought against those missions even to this day, so far we are informed. "4. From these faors the Inference appears to be irresistible that other considerations than the methods of our mission in Rome must have been the real cause of this suddeu outcry. "5. Possible some urgency of our diplomacy, local in its origin, but far reaching in its portent, required this attack with all its hazard, as a diversion from the real issue involved, "The facts that support this inference are known to all who have followed the course of recent events in the city of Rome. "Had there been any other way to avoid certain issues of etiquette and precedence created by coincident circumstances of a public nature, the Methodist mission might have escaped calumny and thus lost the valuable recognition of its success. "Under such circumstances we enter upon no defense of our work in Italy and make no plea for abatement In the judgment of tho world. "We decline at the present time to enter upon auy counter attack upon tho Romau Catholic Church. "We ask only that all fair men interested in the situatlou study for themselves its m thods of propagandism and the traditional attitude of that church toward otiier Christian fait lis. "We believe that there are standards of equity and moral retitude by which, in the estimate of all progressive people, all religions and ill methods must be rated by w-hat the.v contribute to intelligence and moral character. "We now content ourselves with ifllrmlng our entire confidence in the moral Integrity of our missionaries md methods in Italy, and against the {enunciation of th Ir accusers we place the wide open record of the Methodist Episcopal Church, both as to teaching and method, in America and throughout the world." CITY JAIIjKII SHOT Ry a Negro Wiiom He Was Alrout to Put Under Arrest. At Columbia, about Tuesday midnight City Jailer nilton Smith was rushed to a local hospital and bloodhounds are out hunting for John Rabb, the negro who shot him. It is believed Mr. Smith is fatally wounded. He was shot three times In the tide. The negro fired five times, and hreo shots took effect. The pistol was snntcheJ out of Mr. Smith's pocket as he attempted to arrest the negro near his home. Made Them Good. The negroes at Alexandria and other parts of Virginia were very much frightened on Wednes lay about the comet. A dispatch from Alexandria says not in the annals of history of the r.ezro churches In this part of Virginia have so many new members got "religious fever." I Counties Would Kquul One Half >f the Sales of the Former Twenty-One Dispensary Counties. The startling and far-reaching statement was made by Dispensary Auditor \V. 1 . West Friday, in reply | '.o a question by The News and Courier Columbia correspondent. Mr. I West stated that the sales of alcoholic drinks in the six counties now retaining the dispensary system would equal one half, if not more. >f the total sales t.he y ar before in J1 counties, then hating the dispensary system. The s.ilos last year were nearly $4.0b0,000. 11ns statement was based upcn the monthly r ports of sales curing iie lust several months of dispensaries in the i-oiinf w.o potolnlm. * * 1 lispensaries, namely: Charleston, Richland, IJeaufort, Florence, Aik n, and Georgetown. "For the months of December, 1909, and .January, 1910," continued Mr. West, 'the salts were about two-thirds of the sales for the corresponding months in the years just proceeding." T.hese statements are very significant, for several reasons. The wise >ne predicted before the August ructions that those counties retaining the dispensaries would be consideribly benefited by the profits accruing from the sales of whiskey and beer if their next door neighbors voted Hit the system. This has been borne >ut by the largely increased Bales in these several counties. To the prohibitionists there will ">e furnished by this sfate of alYairs the arguments that all the dispensaries should lie voted out, and the whole "tate should become prohibltion. They will argue that since leighboring counties have voted out the dispensaries it is injurious to | these counties to have other counties surrounding them engage in the sale of liquors. On the other hand, the local opion men will argue that the revenues received by those counties now having dispensaries and the legalized sale of liquors should cause other outitles not now enjoying these privileges to want thein. It is stated by men seen here from all sections of the State, where the lispensaries have been voted out. ihat the reaction has already set in and s me counties that voted out the lispensaries wish them back. That there has been less whiskey sold since planting season began is -Rated by those who are in touch with the situation. Naturally, dur.ng the planting months the sales of whiskey and beer fall off iu the ountry school districts, because people are too busy to go to "town' and buy the "firewater." Twenty-one counties iu South Car>lina had the dispensary system bofore AllirilSt 1. 1 when 1:". nf th.> dispensaries went "dry. leaving six of them having dispensaries. "You have no idea what an ofTect 'he Greenville situation in regard to the liquor question is having on the othor counties." said a gentleman, who is well versed on the liquor question and travels about the State a great deal. "That the Greenville County Convention should have determined to submit the question of dispensary or no dispensary to the primary this summer is having a marked effect upon the lower counties of the State. Down that way it has been generally thought that Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg and the Up-State counties, as a whole, were bulwarks of prohibition. Now that the question '.s again to be submitted to t.he people, many of the low counties are wondering wuat effect this will have on the rest of the State. "Suppose Greenville should decide to place the dispensary back? That would mean, naturally, that the sentiment up tliere has changed, as shown bv the votes of the nennln I Then the I!i>-State would not he regarded such a stronghold of prohibition." All of which is mighty interesting, and shows which way the wind is blowing in the liquor situation in South aCrolina. Horse Explodes. A dose of soda given to a horse belonging to James Elmerson, of Canlsteo, N*. Y., caused the animal to explode. It is thought the soda combined with gases in the stomach forming carbolic acid gas and, the tank, not being copper lined, could not stand the strain. Mol> Lynched llim. Doc McLean, who severely Injured Ernest Hale, a young white man at Tshdown, Ark., last April, was taken from two deputy sheriffs at that place Monday night by twenty-five men and hanged in the jail yard. i DO YOU FEEL LET DOWN , DR. KINGS BLOOD WILL BRING BACK YC BOOST your LF\ your S\ MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD NOW IS ALSO TH BOWEL T1 DR. KINGS DIAR ENTERY i ItKaHTS ALT. WRONGS AM) IS Gl': J. will force water to k anywhere about the hard water, and have rll or att,c tank to freezi jgk Columbia Supply CLASSIFILD COLUMN For Sale 100 bushels line cotton seed, Laten strain.. $1.00 per bu. f. o. b. R. E. Edward's, Elloree S. C. 1 I For Sole Juniper telegraph and telephone polos, 20 feet to 6;" fe t long, 4 to 8 inch tops.. Reeder 'Rros, Edmund, S. C. Wanted To buy wool, beeswax, tallow. Write for prices. Crawford & Co., 50S-510 Reynard St., Augusta, Ga. I Our $1 Adding Machines save tim i I and worry. Guaranteed. Thousand , I sold. Agents wanted. Haynes Mtt j j Co., Rutherfordton, N. 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Agents Wanted. $3 to $5 dally assured selling our harness attach ment line holder. Lightning sel r; cneap; exclusive territory gh , en. Write today. National Spec f ialty Co., Dept. S.. Lexington, K> J t Young Men Wanted ior Railway Mai r Clerks and other Government pos Itions. Salary $800 to $1,000 i Examinations soon. Common ed ucation sufficient. Write for par Ticulars. American Institute, Dept t 28, Dayton, Ohio. t t Wanted Hardwoods, logs and lum ' ber. We are cash l)uyers of pop lar, cedar aad walnut logs. Als< * want poplar, ash, Cottonwood, cy J press and oak lumber. Inspectioi- 5 at your point. Easy cutting. W'riU j us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co. j Augusta, Ga. 1 Bargains In Psre Bred Stock rio and rare Berkshire Boar Pigs, 4^ months old 'rem regular stock a $15 each. (One Bred Sow (Chin Betsey No. 119177) Due to fai row In April, at the small sum o $75; has farrowed twice, first lit ter 10 pigs, second 11. S. C. b Leghorn Eh*3 15 for $1; 30 to $.90; 100 for $5. In answer!* this ad mention this paper. A. 1 Sloop. China Grove. N. C. Pedigreed English Setters, Puppie* ; and Pure Gordons. Setter Puppies f at prices that will please the lov a /] AND UNFIT FOR WORK ' & LIVER PILLS )UR ENERGY THEY /ER and TONE STEM AND LOOK GOOD TOO E SEASON FOR ROUBLES RHOEA & DYSCORDIAL UtANTKKl). I'KK.'K OF EACH 25c. itchon, bath room, laundry, barn, and place. You may have both soft and 1 It hot as well as cold. No elevated ) or leak. ,T Co. - Columbia, S. C. er of bird dogs. Also Barred Plymouth ltoeks and Rose Comb Rhode Island Red eggs from best of pure stock. $1 and $1.50 for 15 eggs. Write B. H. Middlebrooks. Yatesville, Ga. I>nt Seed Potatoes for s.ile, "New Hixle." Good keepers and croppers. Practically bug and blight proof. I made 970 bushels on 5 1-2 acres planted July 14 and 15 last year. Price 75c per bushel f. o. b. Clareniont. Va.. if ordered oti or before May 15. J. M. Hughes. Claremont, Va. IMPORTANT NOTICE. For a short while we have decided to save our future customers agents' pxpeuses. This will save about twenty per cent, ou Organs, and about ten per cent on Pianos. tH'Ktins, iroin ?7.l up. . IMunos, from up. J Less the discount as stated above. V Write at once fur catalogs and terms I o the old established. MALONK'S MUSIC HOUSE, ^ Columbia, S. C. 1 Manager Frank J. Shaughnessy, of the Virginia League Champions, found Noah's Liniment best for Sore Muscles bruises, scratches, stifTness. One trial will convince you. Noah's Liniment penetrates. Requires but little rubbing. Here's the Proof "T have lia l occasion to use Noah's Liniment on two of tny players' arms, ind the result was most gratifying, loth were immediately relieved of soreless nml able to resume throwing with heir former speed. Have also used It nvself, and consider it the best llnlnent I ever tried. It is tine for bruises, icratches, stifTness, etc. E*r&nk J. ihatighnessy, Manager, Roanoke Chamdons, Hoanoke, Va." 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