NEW TARIFF LAW
SYNOPSIS OF THE UNDERWOOD
SIMMONS BILL.
k I
FREE WOOL ON DECEMBER 1
Measure Expected to Yield Surplus
the First Year?Free List En- i
larged by the Senate.
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WASHINGTON.? Hie twenty years |
tariff war reached its Imal stage in Congress.
when Chairman I'tulenvood of
the Ways and Means Committee laid
ht lore the House the report of the conierees
and announced that the differences
between the Senate and House
hills had been compromised.
If is the second low tariff measure
that has been passed in more than *?-"?
years.
The average ad valorem rate of the
i.in 1 ?
vui ij * V I Y I 11IIV II IU\\ 11 lll.lll |
that of the Wilson-Gorman act. The I
average rate of the latter was 59.4 5 per j
cent . while the estimated rate of the ;
pres? nt bill ranges from 27 to 29 per ;
cent. The average for the present |
I'ayne-Aldrich Law is 40.12 per cent.
Senator Simmons said, after a report j
from the Treasury experts, that for the '
first full fiscal year the measure would |
yield a surplus of $ 18.000,000.
Among the 075 amendments made in
the Senate, many related merely to verbiage.
The House yielded on 427 and
the Senate abandoned 151. Compromises
were effected on t?7.
The general trend of the Senate
amendments was in the direction of reduced
duties. Kxprcssed in percentage
the Senate hill when reported reduced
duties 27.04 below the existing law and
4.22 per cent, below the House bill as it
had conte to the Senate.
The result of the conference report
has been a slight increase of the ad
valorem rate of duty carried by the bill,
hut the net result is below the average
ad valorem rate of the House bill. Thus
for the first time in the history of tariff
legislation the Senate has gone ?>n record
in favor of lower duties in a tariff
bill than those adopted by the I louse.
The most important feature^ of the
new hill are those which led to the
greatest struggle in both the Senate and
House Democratic caucuses. They related
to the free listing of wool and j
* of sugar. b.xcept for the strong in- ;
sistcnce of President Wilson it is likely
that the Senate would have restored a I
revenue duty on both wool and sugar.
Raw wool will go on the free list December
1 and sugar will he free alter
May 1, 1910.
The existing duties on sugar under
the Payne-Aldrich law will continue until
March 1. 1914, then the lower rates
carried by the new law will become ef- i
fective and continue until May t, 1916,
after which date sugar will go on the
fn-e list automatically. All other rates
iti the bill will go into effect as soon as
it is signed.
In restoring to the free list alizarin,
lead or creosote oil. anthracine and anthracine
oil, the Senate followed the
r.MMiiiK law, which gives lo uic manufacturers
of certain textiles the benefits
of free dyes used in the industry. The
House had made them dutiable for
revenue purposes. The Senate made
tliem free on the theory that the textile
products had been made to pay lr-s duty
and that the manufacturers should have
the raw material free.
The cyanides were transferred to the
free list because thev are used largely
in mining and are raw material for
other American industries. Hot It the
Senate ami House agreed that tanning
materials, such as extracts, should go
upon the free list because the products
of the tanneries, sole leather and other
bathers of the coarser hind that enter
into the manufacture of boots and
shoes, harness and saddles were all tree
listed.
l'hc Democrats put cements and other
building material, including lumber and I
shingles upon the free list. Dig iron and 1
ferrornangai\csc, billets and ingots for |
railway wheels, together with antimony j
ore, were put on the free list.
Antomohiles will pay about :?0 per
cent., which was a reduction of one- i
third from the House rate. Cattle. |
sheep and all domestic animals suitable :
for food, and wheat, flour and eggs were I
put on the free list This was to con- !
form with the tariff policy of reducing !
the cost of living.
The five per cent. rebate in tariff
made in the House bill on goods
brought in American ships was retained
in the conference, with the added pro\
iciAne #!*?? ? - - -
UIUI It UUII1II IIUI lie Ml I oilstrued
as to abrogate or in any manner
impair or affect the provisions of
any treaty" the United States now has.
The administrative features as embodied
in the House hill emerged from
conference but little changed.
The conference adopted a substitute
for the Scnaatc amendment to checkfraudulent
invoices. This provides that
the arrival within the territorial limits
of the United States of any merchandise
consigned for sale and remaining
the property of the shipper, and the ac- j
ceptance of a fraudulent invoice by the :
consignee or agent of the consignor shall I
he deemed an attempt to enter such j
merchandise whether or not actual entry
is made or offered.
The Senate amendment requiring 1
statements of cost on merchandise con- |
iractca ior, as well as on that actually
purchased, was stricken out.
The conference agreed to the Senate
amendment authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury and tlie Secretary of
Commerce to require importers to furnish
more detailed information on shipments
tor statistical purposes.
Undervaluation Penalty.
The Senate receded from the amendment
allowing a margin of 5 per cent,
undervaluation without penalty and limiting
forfeiture of the particular goods
undervalued. The bill imposes an additional
duty of 1 per cent, on under\
alued goods.
Offsetting this, the conference
adopted the Senate amendment authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to
assess the duty on less than the entered
value when satisfied that the importer
has in good faith at the time
of the entry certified the entered value
a!?ovc the market value.
The conference restored the House
rrovision authorizing the Board of Gen
cral Appraisers to ex:rcise both judicial
anu nqu.Mtorial functions in customs
examinations, and struck out of
the Senate amendment the provision excluding
hearsay evidence. Senate amendments
were agreed to prohibiting .contingent
fees in custom; eases and striking
out the provision of tin- 11 oust* bill
limiting protests to a single article ami
i-sue.
The House provision, to authorize
collectors tit customs summarily to line
importers tor failure to produce books
and records was stricken out.
The House provision placing the burden
of proof on the defendant in suits
for the recovery of the value of merchandise
fraudulently imported was restored
affcr having been stricken out
by the. Senate.
I louse provision requiring shippers
and importers to produce their hooks
to authorized agents of the government
adopted with an amendment authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to impose
additional duties in case of refusal, instead
of the House provision authorizing
him to exclude the merchandise
from entry.
The Senate amendment authorizing
the President to impose countervailing
duties was stricken out.
Reciprocity Feature.
The President is authorized to negotiate
trade treaties witli foreign countries
subject to approval by Congress.
i'y a conference substitute Section
eight of the treaty with Cuba, dealing
with the preferential on sugar, is specifically
abrogated. With thi> exception,
the reciprocal trade treaty with
Cuba stands.
Free importation of articles from the
Philippines was limited by the conference
to such as contain not more than
20 per cent, of foreign material, the
Senate amendment limiting free entry to
such Philippine goods as arc shipped under
a through hill of lading being rejected.
The Senate, through its conferees, receded
from its amendment prohibiting
the importation of goods manufactured
principally by children under fourteen
years of age.
Other conference changes were as
follows:
Importations of models of women's
wearing apparel for use of manufacturers
in their own establishments is
permitted.
Foreign material for the construction
of repair of naval vessels of the United
States may he imported free.
Cigars may he manufactured in a
bonded warehouse and withdrawn for
consumption in the United States upon
payment of the duty on the tobacco used
in it> imported condition and the internal
revenue cigar tax.
Farmers and fruit growers may manufacture
alcohol free of tax for denaturizing.
The Steel Trust was the combination
hardest hit by the conferees.
Iron ore was placed on the free list,
in the hope of inviting Unban and
South American competition. The
Steel Trust and its subsidiaries now
hold virtually all the marketable ore
in the country. The removal of duty
is expected to make it possible for
independents to enter the steel business
with some hope of overcoming
the trust's handicap.
Blow at the Beef Trust.
The Beef Trust fared in the same
manner. As a result of the placing
of cattle on the free list. South
American nations are expected to develop
a cattle raising business for the
purpose of helping to feed North
Americans. The entry of South
American beef is expected to cut the
price of meats, notwithstanding the
prophecies of the beef barons that
the price will continue to soar.
The Woolen Trust was sheared
of the protection which has enabled
it to keep foreign-made goods out of
the country, while the sheep raisers
of the West will have to meet the
wool from Australia ami other countries
that will enter on a free-trade
basis. \
The system of maintaining high
prices on eggs through the operation
of a nation-wide cold storage
system will he compelled to change
its plan or meet the importation of
eggs free of duty.
The most vital changes made by
the conferees are given in the following
recapitulation:
House rates on photographic, surveying,
opera glasses and similar instruments
were reduced. Cement,
asphalt and limestone were placed
on the free list.
Pig iron, scrap iron and ferromanganese,
used in making highpriced
steel, were free listed. Steel
products rates were generally reduced.
House rates on zinc were increased.
Postponement of the placing of
sugar on the free list was agreed
upon.
Food Animals Made Free.
All duty was removed from cattle,
sheep and other food animals, wheat
and its products and eggs. House
duties on oat-, butter, beets, peas,
currants, chocolate and cocoa were
cut.
The Senate receded from its duty
an bananas and flaxseed.
By changing classification, rotes
on fancy weaves and novelty c!otli>
of cotton were slightly reduced.
i otton yarns wore increased. < heap
stockings were reduced and lace curtains
were increased.
Wool rates were greatly decreased,
including tlannels, blankets and
cheaper stockings. Onties on higher
priced stockings were increased. Angora
wool and its products were given
a higher duty. The decreased
wool schedules are not made effective
until Jan. 1, 1911. Wool becomes
tree on Dec. 1. 1911!. Silk ribbons,
band- and narrow fabrics were increased
40 to 45 per cent.
Among the sundries, fur -kins,
gun-powder and harness were made
free of duty. The following important
additians to the free list were
made:
Sugar machinery, school textbooks
and unused moving picture films.
Countervailing duties were placed on
potatoes, wheat and its products.
The Chemical Schedule.
Reductions in the House rates in
the chemical schedule covered perfumed
and medicinal soaps, crude
chicle, linseed oil and chlorate of
potash, while the House rates were
increased on many kinds of acids,
and on sonte classes of paints.
The tariff on automobiles, fixed by
the House at 45 per cent., and radically
cut by the Senate, was finally
?
compromised by making a new clnssiticaiion
ot automobiles valued below
$-.000. for which a rate of Ml
( per cent, was lixed.
The per cent, rebate in tariff
J made by the House bill on goods i
j brought in American ships was rcJ
taincd with the added provision that
1 it should not "be so construed as
I to abrogate or in any manner impair l
or affect the provisions oi any
treaty" the United States now has. |
To Reduce Cost of Living.
As compared with the original '
House bill these specific reductions
were made by the conferees on ! l
food and food-stuffs:
All meat animals free: wheat. J
taxed to cents a bushel in the House, l
tree: sugar and molasses, free within 1
a short time; oat-*, from 10 to ?"> cents
a bushel: butter, from to cents
I a pound: beets, from to to ."? per
cent: eggs, free instead of 2 cents a |
dozen: storage eggs, from 2' j to 2 1
cents a pound: peas, from 15 to to 1
cents * bushel: seeds, from to to 5 '
cents a pound; bananas, free: choceolate
and cocoa from 25 per cent,
ad valorem, to 2 cents a pound.
To Save $1,000,000,000 a Year.
In preparing estimates on the bill. '
Mr. Underwood figured that it will ^
save consumers approximately $1.- i
000.00(>,<)()() annually. The free list I
alone should save approximately
$500,000,000 annually, he estimated. i
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ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES.
I General Provisions Governing the <
Levying of the New Rates.
W ASH I N(iTt > N ?The administra- |
five features of the bill are very I ,
comprehensive. Iti their preparation
the Ways and Means C ommittee and
the Finance Committee studied Unreports
of two Government commissions.
and another report from the
General Hoard of Customs Appraisers.
Under the new legal regulations
all merchandise imported into the
United States is held to be the property
of the person to whom it is consigned
or who holds the bill of lading.
Invoices shall be made out in the
currency .of the country where the
merchandise is made or purchased,
or agreed to be purchased, and shall
contain a description of the merchandise.
It i> required that a statement
shall be made in the invoice of the.
purchase price agreed upon, and that
transactions that are actual pur-j
chases and sales shall be entered as
such. Invoices shall have entered
thereon a statement signed hy the
purchaser or owner setting forth that
the invoice is correct. It it is a bill <
| of sale the nrice :nrrei*<t itiK-iti .it,->11 !
I >0 stated. When obtained in any
other manner than l>v purchase the
wholesale price in the markets of the
country ot" export shall be stated.
This paragraph follows, in large
measure, provision of Section :t of
the l'ayne law. except for the insertion
of tlie words, "or when purchases
are made in several places in
the t onsillar district, where the merchandise
i> assembled for shipment,"
and makes changes with reference to
agreements to purchase.
The conferees rewrote a provision
in this section. It provides that
when merchandise arrives in the
United States and remains the property
of the shipper, or consignor, the
acceptance of a fraudulent or false
invoice thereof by the consignee otitis
agent or the existence of any 1
other facts constituting an attempted
fraud shall be deemed an attempt
to enter such merchandise, notwithstanding
no actual entry has been
made or offered.
Sub-section 4 of Section 2S of the
l'ayne law is re-enacted. It requires
all imports to be accompanied by att
inviutr miner nam. i iu* invoice must
state the cost of the merchandise or '
the market value. ,
Whenever merchandise is import- <
ed into the United States a declaration
shall lie tiled with the Collector
of the Port.
Criminal and civil liability for making
false statements in regard to an
invoice are separated in the administrative
sections of the new Tariff
act. This is a change from the Payne
law.
The new law changes the provision
of the Payne law that the invoice
shall be sworn to before a notary
public designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury. Hereafter the invoice
may he sworn to before any notary
public. Should the notary public be
guilty of attesting a statement without
the personal appearance of the
importer, the Treasury Department,
according to the framers of the law.
could go before the State official ap!
pointing the notary and have his ecrj
titicatc revoked.
REDUCTIONS ON ESSENTIALS.
Sundries.
Wearing apparel tor which cattle,
dog or go.it skins are used, from 5')
to l"i per cent.
Hags, saehels. pockethooks, etc.,
from 17.kM to :;0 per cent.
India rubber and manufactures
j thereof, known as druggists' sundries,
front -to per cent, to !." per cent
Cotton Manufactures.
i Spool thread cotton, from cents
a dozen snoots i?? i " <- 10
I valorem.
Handkerchiefs <>r mufflers. not
hemmed, from l"? per cent, to 25 per
cent; hemmed, from 55 per cent, to
::0 per cent.
Silks and Silk Goods.
Silk partly manufactured and not
further advanced than carded or
combed, from cents a pound to
'in cents a pound.
.. .. Wool Manufacturers.
Hlanket? and ffannel> from 72.60 per
cent, to 25 per cent. \
Carpets of every description a nun
."8.10 per cent, to ."? ? per cent
Clothing.
Gloves, from 44 per cent, ad valorem
to $2 a dozen. a
Woolen goods, from 11 cents a t
pound to free list.
Mats and bonnets of fur, from .">1 <
per cent, to 45 per cent. '
Bags, satchels and pocketbooks,
from 47.n:: per cent, to :io per cent. ^
Children's gloves, from 4 1.15 per v
cent, to $2 per dozen. i]
Pearl buttons, from 18 per cent to
25 per cent.
Collar and cuff buttons, from 48 per '1
cent, to 40 per cent.
FARM PRODUCTS
Hot vps .Mil mules \ al.nd at $1.-0 or K-v p
valuril inn SIM) ui'.i
\ altieil or K w each
valued over $J0n each
Nninie's, live, all otter ti>t provided (or....
Iluilct, i>**i busied nt in
in.iii. per bushel t<( .<1 11?
pcai U* i. patent, or litilitd
Buckwheat, i n bushel of W lb
Viae.ii tun, \ et mii i lb, autl Miinlai l'i cp.n ..tui.i
Hals, jk'i l.uslit I tif .'J ll>
oatnn.il attvl rolled oats
oat hulls
Hi. e. cleaned
uncleaned
i.ntit, meal, and broken
paddy
Kyp
biscuits, bread, wafers, takes, and baked .i
puddings, toiitaitung chocolate, tints, units
tionery, valued 15c or less per lb
valued over 15c lb
ISuttci and substitutes
Iieesc anil nubst itutes
Ilcatis, per IntTthel of ??'> lli.
Lentils, per bttslipl of 00 lb
Ileets of all kuuts
I leans, peas, prepared or preset veil. or contai
muiir*, or similar package*
Mushroom* ami truffles (as a box e lot pras).
cut, tliced or dticd pkg* not less than 5 I
Vegetables, nit, sliced, ieduced in sire, pan t
pickled, packed in sail, lit lite, oil, or ptep
xx a y
I'ean sink, bean eake. ttiiso, and sitnilai |
I'iekles. puklnl nuts, sallies, i.sh paste or s.,
idcr
leaks, fioren 01 ptepareil or pnsctxeil
I gg albumen, froren or Inpiiil
<lrir<l
yolk
lax
Honey
lops
Ilop extinct ami litpulin
iiailie
'tiioiis. Iiitslirl of 57 lli
I'eas. gtcrn lit dried, in luilk or in bat ret
Minilai packages, pei bushel >d till lli
split, pri liustirl of OH lli
in cat tons, papets, or sintilat packages. . . .
I>1 chills, palms, azalea imltca, ami cut tloxvci
or fresh
l ily of the Vatic) pips, tulips, narcissus, h
gloxinia bulbs
Hyacinth, astilhr. dielxtia, anil lily of the v.
I itx or i alia hulhs or cornts
I'eon i hoi liaeeons. Ins Karmpferti or tierma
dahlia, and amaryltis bulbs
Itnlbs, loots, root stocks, conns, and ttiliri
cultivated for floxxeis or foliake
Stocks. cuttiiiKs, or seedlings, of Myrobolan
lialeh or Mar/aril cherry, Manetti tnuliifloi
rose. Kosa Kugosa, years old or less...
Stocks, cuttings or seedlings, of pear, apple,
St. Julicti plum, S yeats old or less
Rose plants, buddeil, grafted, or gtoxxtt or
roots
Stocks, cuttings and seedlings, of all fruit
mental tires, deciduous and exeigiecn shin!
Trees, shrubs, plants, and vines comiuonlt
lltlrset y or giernhousc stock, not ptnvided
Seeils : ('.isior beans or seeds, per bushel Ml
llax, linseed, ami othri oil seeds not provi
bushel 5(i lli
poppy, per bushel 47 lb
mushroom spawn
spinach
cat a xvay
anise
licet (except sugar licet I
carrot, torn, salad, parsley, parsnip, t.o
ami ititahaga
cabbage, collaid, k.ite. and kohl tain
egg plant and prppct
all not pi ox idol foi
straw
IVa/els
Vegetables, u.ttuial slate, not p. . i led bo
Fish (except shell lishi. 111 xxhutcxer ii.i
parkeal in oil <>i hi oil ami ???I . i -ul.-tar
lies. jars, keRs. tin liiixr*, 01 > an , of: 'i
or less
over an<l not over JI
over Jl. ami not over .t.t
over .la. ami not over ~li ...
all other. except -lull 11? S?. in tin pa. '..ir> caviar
ami other prrsnved inc.. . . ...
skintied or honeal
in packages less 'j hand, not pro\i.l<<l t.
fnsli water
lierrniKs, piekhil or salted, sttioki'il or hip;
herrings, fresh
eels ami smelts, fresh or fro/en
fresh, sniokeil. alrieil, salteil. pit kle.l, im/i i
ice or otherwise preparcil for |irr>i nalin
viileil for
niackeiel. halihnt, or salmon, tn .h, p<< kleil
Apples, peaches, ipiinees, a lira lies, plum .
green 01 ripe, per linshcl SO Ih
Heriies. e lihle. natural comlition
r*ranherries
Fruits, cilihle, ami liei 'ics: ilneil, !< -n an <1.
prepared in any manner, not pi<axid..t im
("o:ntits. sweetmeats, fviit? ol all kn..|?. |
parked in sugar, moljoo. spun-. 01 in
juices, or having mikai added then to, eoi
over 10 Of alcohol
over HI' J, alcohol, not piovided foi
tellies
Pineapples preserved in own jno e.
Fins
Plums, pi lines, ami prunellas
Raisins ami othei diieil giapr-.
paten
I'nrranls, /ante or other.. .
I Hives, in less 5 gallant paa ham -
ntlierwise
In apes in packages
I .emons
I IraiiRes, lime-, gi aj>eli nil. hadaloeks an n.oi
l.emons, limes, aarange-. grapefruit, shaahloi
mclos
ill Ja.la k.lga-s aaf I', > Ilia, ft rap.laity a >1 la"
over I '4. not aavei J' t a ula ft
over 11 j. not over 5 cwl> ft
oxer 3 cull, ft
Orange jieel or lemon peel
preserved, camhed. or <111e? 1
faicoauut meat or copia desia < atea|, sin a .Ma
similarly prepared
tillain aai aitiaan prel. preseivtd, C.oialieal an
I'ine apples, hi barrels or otltri packages.
in Imlk
Almond*. not -<hrilril
?lear, shelled
Atwiiiil ami peach kernel*
Villiert* ami walnut*, not shrlled
shelled
1'ranuts or Ktollilil lir.ni->, nnshelleil
Iu?tc I
Villi of all kind*, slirllnl or uuslirllril, toil |>
Venison ami othrr Rattle
I am - Itirils, dressed
Mr.tt. extract of. not proyitli-tl for
extract of. fluiil
Ponlti v. live
Ir.nl. or prepared in anv manner. iniluilinji
of tlir iinmnliatr covering* or containers..
( liirory toot: raw. flriril <-r tmilrinl. Ittit mi
Iniriit in roastnl, Rrounil or 1*1 a'utlatril, 01
otlirrwisr |irriiarnl. not prmrlnl for
Chocolate ami cocoa. prepared or in.'inufai lilt
rially provided for. unsweetened
iwrrtriiril, value 2<)C or Irss |.r-r lit
value over ''V, liVit over ' tc Hi
value over "4r, not ovrr .tic lit
value over JSc 11
Tlir wrivlit ami value of tin immediate com
tlian tie outer nackinp <a>e or otliet cot
lir im hided in tbr ilntialile rvrivlit ami \ a
Cocoa liottr-. or li'itlerine. titinril drodoti/
oil. mil all suli?t itntei for cocoa Initter ..
Damlcliot, toots anil amtis, tu pat < i|, ami
as coffee, or as snli-titutcs for ctifTce, not |
Stao It. potato
all other, ami all pr? nai at ton* lit for u?e aSpices:
ttitRrotind ra**ia liti-1 . * ixsia, an.I c.i
rinuanton ami cinnamon 'tin
Ringer root, unRround ami not preserved i
nutmens
pepper, Mark or white
i love >trttli
clove*. utiKrouo'l
capsicum or ml ?eppcr. or cayenne, tingrt
pimento, unRrotitid
r.omhav or v 'hi mace, -.inKronnil
sjiicrs, ground
riti<?t.i*it, i: o'in?1 ttfftarrfl, in Unfiles or
all ollic . ii*?t ?v f??r
Vifi'i* i'. tin t?roof pallon ...
iVILL FILL MARKET BASKET
WITH FREE LIST EDIBLES
A- compromised from the Senate
,nd House provisions, the tinal duics
adopted are as follows:
ConferIIouh*.
Senate fiii#.
aftl* 10 p.c. Free Free
forsee and niulea valued
at li'H than $-00
each $1"? 10 p.C. lb p r
beep 10 p r. Free Free
tiro flour and meal... >fc. lb. '^c. lb lb
/heat 10c bo. Free Free
tutter 3<*. lb 21/Je.. lb 2/jc lb
hcene 20 p c. 21 jr. lb 20 p.c.
IK*-* 2c. do/ Free Fraa
ro/i-n eg** . 2f/jC. lb 2c lb. 2c lb
ca*. ?re?-n or dried i,? bu. I?* 1>u t>u
Unana* ... Free l-10c. lb. Free
b-K Olate and ?o oa
$
, LIVE STOCK, Etc.
*
:o:
OM Tariff New Tariff
r.clt $.W.0O ra I0'yt,
-3'.. lO'.i.
1CK.J.
10'/r
.'0'IO?E,
20c 15c
4jr 25c
Jc III 1c li>
15c ircr
? i',c r.? ic n?
15c be
Ic 11* 20c per 100 II.
per iu'i ins JSC per 100 It,
-'c H? le It.
t1 ?c lb flic lb
r?e l'? !.c II.
,y f.c lb
10c 1.11 tree
l. tides, .i..,|
. or coulee*
Ic II. and 15% ;jr;
50'J, _.Sr;,
be lb 2','jC II.
ftc 11. 10?7o
4,?? . 2Sc
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LIVER, BOWLS
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts. Cathartic Pills. Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and regulate
the stomach, remove the soVtr
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
eonstlMtMl walla m.tto. on A -
, MUU yv u>vuo
in the bowelB.
A Caecaret to-night will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep?never gripe, eicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and coBt
only 10 cents & box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Most Any Time.
The scene is set.
A country road, trees. Bky, summer
homes, a lake In the distance. A
steam railway line crosses the road
at right angles.
Enter, up the road, an automobile,
well loaded and running at high
speed.
Enter at the far right an express
train.
Doth automobile and train are rushlug
toward the crossing.
Owner of automobile to chauffeur:
"Can you make It?"
The chauffeur, speeding up: "Sure
1 can make It!"
He doesn't.?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
HAIR CAME OUT IN BUNCHES
Route No. 3, Box 20A, Broken Arrow,
Okla.?"My trouble began with
an itching of tho scalp of my head.
My scalp ut tlrst became covered with
llakes of dandruff which caused me to
scratch and this caused a breaking
out here and there on tho scalp. It
became so irritated until I could not
rest at night and ray hair would come
out in bunches and became short and
rough.
"Everything I used would cause It
to grow worse and it continued that
way for about three or four years.
While reading tho paper I saw the
advertisement of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and sent for a sample. It
proved so good that I decided to get
some more. I used them as directed
and in two weeks I saw a good ef-.
feet. Now my hair is longer and
looks better than I have ever known
it to be. I give all the credit of my
cure of scalp trouble to the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment." (Signed) Mrs.
Ella Sheffield, Nov. 30, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free.with 32-p. Skin Hook. Address postcard
"Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."?Adv.
Sadder Still.
Discussing a recent political scandal.
In which an official was accused
of dishonesty, Richard Harding Davis,
lunching with a number of theatrical
stars at a fashionable roof gardon
in New York, said, with a sigh:
"He is a man 1 would have thought
incapable of baseness. It is sad to
think that every man has his price."
"Yes," said a comedian, "but a sadder
fact still is that half the time he
can't get it."
THINK OF THE MILLIONS
that have been relieved in the past 75
years by Wright's Indian Vegetable
I'ills and decido whether they are not
worth a trial. They regulate the
bowels, stimulate the liver and purify
the blood. Adv.
Their First Tiff.
"I'm sorry I evor married you!"
shrieked the bride, on the occasion of
their lirst quarrel.
"You ought to be!" retorted the
groom, really angry and bitter for the
first time. "You beat some nice girl
out of a good husband."
Important to Mothers
Examine carafully every bottle of
CASTOKIA, a aafe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Easily Seen.
"Have the Jinxes a family skeleton?"
"Yes. and she's wearing one of these
silhouette gowns, too." ? Liverpool
Mercury.
Against a Stone Wall.
my i>uor man, you are tne picture
of dejection," sympathetically declared
the prison visitor.
"And a framed picture, at -that,"
added the convict.?Buffalo Express.
The world production of tin last
year was 1 14,196 tons, as compared
with 166,828 tons the year before.
For the treatment (A colds, sore throat,
etc., Dean's Menthols ted Cough Drops give
sure relief?6c at all good Druggists.
Politeness opens many doors, but
tboy are usually aelf-doBtng.
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