The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, September 16, 1909, Image 4
DODGED TARIFF
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That is What Mr. uryan Says ol
President Taft
in special article
In (he Atlanta Journal the Great
Commoner Discusses th? Difference
Dctwccn tlie Words Revised
Anil hcdurcd and Puts Tariff Outrage
t:p to the Republican Party.
In a letter to the Atlanta Journal
discussing the tariff, Mr. liryan says
the Republican platform was ambiguous,
ami tho Democratic party platform
specific. Tho Republicans in
their tariff plank used the word "revised."
The' Democrats in their par
ty platform demanded a reduction
of the rates; The word revision is
subject to a double interpretation,
while only one construction can bo
placed upon the word "reduction."
The Democratic senators and representatives
who had voted for the
imposition of duties had made a
mistake, and whether elected upon
or before the adoption of the platform
of the party, ought to ?eei
bound by its declarations.
I most heartily approve the resolution
offered by Senator Gore, of
Oklahoma, proposing an investigation
as to tho responsibility for the
tngh cost of living.
Senator Gore is entirely right..
The high tariff Republicans have
tried to shift the responsibility
from the manufacturers to tho merchants.
This is important, and it
fa only right that tho public should
know the truth.
It has been found by experience
that unless a party formulates a
platform, its representatives in office
cannot agree upon a definite policy,
awing to tho influence brought to
bear by favor-seeking corporations.
raven *non mere are piairorms they
are misconstrued unless (hey are
positive and specific. Sometimes
positive and spocific platforms are
Violated, but a positive and speciilo
platform is not apt to bo violated,
nnd when they are violated the guilt
can bo fixed and the guilty punished.
The trouble with the Republican
ptptfor in of last fall was that it was
not specific and definite. The tariff
plank used the word "revised" instead
of the word "reduced," and
now Senator Aldrich and his crowd
coastrue it to moan an increase while
#omc of the western Republicans
insist it coniemplated a decrease in
tho rates.
Mr. Taft dodged the question. So
far as I could loam from his speeches
the nearest ho over came to a
construction of tho platform was to
declare, when in the west, that it
meant an "honest revision," at one
time declaring that while some
schedules ought to he raised and
some lowered, the revision would
probably be downward.
,The. Fepublican national convention
was at fault in accepting so
indefinite, so . evasive and so deceptive
a word as "revision" as a sufficient
promise. The voters ought to
have known' that "tho friends of the
tariff" will never give us any material
roducClon."
As to the Democrats who voted
for the imposition of duties, they
have as a rule defended their conduct
on the ground that the duties
voted for wore revenue duties, and
they have not been high duties.
Measured on an ad valorem basis,
the duty on lumber and on iron ore
are bnt a small portion of the price.
I think that the Democrats who voted
for the duty made a mistake.
The Democratic platform demanded
free lumbor, ahd I believe a platform
is binding upon all who run
upon it, and it ought to have weight
with the members of the party who
were elected before tho platform was
adopted.
Those who voted for a duty on
lumber did so, I presume, because of
lumber interests in their districts
and States, hut in doing so I think
they gave the preference to a few
owners of timber lands over those
who buy lumber. There Is no State
In the Union whore the consumers
of lumber do not outnumber tho persons
who profit by tho tariff on lumber,
and the man who votos for a
tariff on lumbor votes to tax a ma
Jority oT the' people of his district
and fttate for the benefit of a minority
of his constituents. But the
men who get the bentflt of the t?u
are more active in presenting theli
demands than the consumers arc
1n presenting their protests, and ai
long as this is tree, the tax caters
will have the advantage over the
tax payers.
If the taxpayers would take a
little moro Interest in the tarlfl
question and chastise the representatives
who, ignoring the interests ol
the fconsumers, follow the advice
of the protected Interests, reliol
won id come sooner.
As fo the duty on Iron ore, the
chief objection to It la not that It
Js a h:;h rate of duty, but that it
helps people who do not need help,
ari4 gives an excuse for higher duties
on manufactured Iron. The man
WILL OPEN UN ilMt
(X>IAJMR1A FKMALK COLLKGB
OARK8 b\>H PUl'lLH.
People of All l>enonriimtions Aid
Institution in KflTort to
l>r. WuUion's Statement.
Undaunted by the terrible disaster
of the splendid college plant in
ashes, with insurance for scarcely
ono-half the value of the plant and
that hypothecated by obligations, the
board of trustees of Columbia collogo
met at noon Friday and perfected
plans for opening the college
promptly on time September 23. Mr.
F. 11. Hyatt, in behalf of tho Colonia
hotel, proposed to lease that upto-dato
buildine with nil i?^
inont to the college for the ensuing
year. liis proposition was accepted
at onco.
The college will open on time and
in quarters unequaled in comfort
and convenience.
The Colonia hotel Is one of the
most beautiful and comfortable resort
hotels in the South. It is the
original Columbia college property,
located in the heart of the residental
section of Columbia, and has been
enlarged and remodeled at great expense
as a tourist hoted. Almost
every room is connected with a private
bath and has long distance telephone
through the central ollice.
It is elegantly furnished throughout
and is luxurious in all its appointments.
Its arrangement for a hotel
is unique with tin exceptionally large
"exchange" running straight through
from the front entrance to the din-1
ing hall; writing rooms, sun-parlor,
recreation rooms, etc., all of which
readily lend themselves to tho pur-1
pose of a college.
The trustees are fortunate in he- I
ing able to secure such quarters. I
Instead of tho discomfort and incon- I
venience usually attendant upon
such disasters as that the college
has suffered, the work of the college
will be on under circumstances of
comfort and elegance that leave
nothing to bo desired by the most
fastidious. The only fear of tho col
college management now is that they
may not bo able to accommodate all
tho pupils who have applied, but additional
rooms will bo secured as
becomes necessary.
Tho trustees are determined to rebuild
upon the site of the burned
building and have already called an
architect into consultation for that
' purpose. It Is a difficult task before
i them as they Intend in rebuilding
I to onlnriro ond *'
Dv uuu ucttuu ly me picllit.*
j They have faith, though, in the
expressions of loyalty, aympathy and
j help they have received from citizena
of Columbia and from all over the
State. All along Columbia has
Bhown her interest in the college,
and the board expresses appreciation
of this.
Expressions of sympathy and tenders
of assistance were received from
the Carlisle Fitting school at Ramberg,
from Dr. S. C. Mitchel, president
of the University of South
Carolina, from Lander college and
from Park Viow hotel at Williamston.
The board passed resolutions
of appreciation and thanks for all
1 these expressions of sympathy and
instructed the secretary, Rev. A. N.
Hrunson to make suitable response.
The management of the college
fool that iu spite of the terrible disaster,
really the brightest day in all
the history of the college la dawning.
They feel the inspiration of the
thousands of Methodists and their
friends throughotu the State rallying
Xo .the support of the institution
j as neAoor before. They believe in
the greatness of this mission of Columbia
college to the young women
of the South, and they call unon tho I
citizens of Columbia, the Methodist
people of the State and the friends
of education to come to their assisI
tance that out of the present ruin
there may rise a new and better
equipped college to carry on its great i
mission untrammeled by debt.
The following were the trustees
presont at the mooting: Dr. E. O.
Watson, president; Rev. A. N. Brunson,
secretary; Rev. Messrs. J. E.
Rushton, II. II. Browne and W. B.
Wharton, and Messrs. F. H. Hyatt,
L. 8. Welling, Geo. H. Bates, Edward
Hhrlich, I)r. W. J. Murray and
' 1*. A. Hodges. *
> When told to "stand from under!"
; It is well to understand.
> who owns a bed of iron has such an
, enormous advantage ovor the man
4 who owns farming land that it is
5 hardly fair to make the farmer pay
tribute to the oro owner.
L Every duty placed upon raw maf
terlal is a burden upon the manufac
. mror unless he la permitted to transf
for It to the consumer. A tariff
> on Iron ore, therofore, Is likely to
I be tranferred to consumor. A duty
put upon raw material increases as
> it proceeds, Interest being added
; each step?it grows like a snow ball
in the spring and is more objectionable
than the ad valorem rate levied
. upon the finished product.
l Wool Jennings Bryan.
SAYS COOK LltU
Whan Ha Ctaimej tJ H jv<j been
to tn? N >? ih fote
Pfc*kVS v.-IM bOAST
i'll at llo Alone lleached tho Goal
is Not Strange, Hut it is Not
Accepted as True by Many Hcientillc
Men, Who Award the Honor
to Cook Alone.
The lie was hurled Wednesday
oncering the discovery of tho North
Pole, and tho foundation laid for
i controversy unparalleled in history.
Commander Robert IS. Peary
I is making uncertain progress south vard
off the coast of Labrador in
his ship, tho Roosevelt, but there
came from him Wednesday a message
as direct as his homeward journey
lias been slow. It challenges
i lie veracity of l)r. Frederick A.
Cook, of Brooklyn, and further complicates
a situation which the whole
world is discussing.
In effect Peary discredits Cook's
claims with tho intimation that he
(Peary) and ho alone, planted the
American Hag at the North Pole
on April G, 1 909, and that Dr. Cook
who {inserts that ho unfurled the
(lag at the polo on April 2 1, 1908,
must substantiate his claims.
Peary's statement rellecting 011 I)r.
Cook's achievement came lirst to
the Associated Press early Wednesday
morning, dated Indian Harbo \
Laborador, the point through which
ho lirst reported his success by wireless.
It had probably been delayed
in transmission and read as follows:
"I have nailed the Stars and
Stripes to the North Pole. This is
authoritative and correct. Cook's
story should not be taken to seriously.
The two Eskimos who accompanied
him say that he went no distance
north, and not out of sight
of land. Other members of the
tribe corroborate their story."
To the Associated Press Peary had
sent the dispatch, replying to an
urgent request for an authoritative
statement and some comment concerning
Dr. Cook. While Peary's
assertion is of a nature that makes
Dr. Cook's position one of defence,
the Brooklyn explorer yet has supporters
both at home and abroad.
Many of the Continental sriontiHtH
are marking time, pending developments,
while those who have formed
no decided opinions in this country
have assumed a similar stand.
PHYSICIANS FIGIIT PELLAGRA.
Campaign Against Supposed Germ of
the Disease.
Alarmed by the number of cases
of pellagra that have occurred at
Durham, N. C., the physicians of that
' city hegan Wednesday experiments
to locate the origin of the disease.
Six deaths from pellagra have occurred
In that section. A dlsnatch
from Durham says:
"An examination of tho blood of
a powerful negro who has tho disease
in most aggravated form revealed
a distinct organism and specimens
were sent to Richmond and to
Johns Hopkins for more careful
analysis.
"If a germ Is found, as physicians
are inclined to believe, some animal
will be inoculated and a campaign
against pellagra on the germ
theory will bo waged. Tho theory
that the disease has its origin in
corn has been abandoned by tho
physicians at Durham, but a fierce
war against the importation of Western
corn is being conducted.
"Dr. McCampbell of the State hospital
has written a paper treating
with 12 cases of pellagrous insanity
and death. Three-fourths of tho cases
were among women, which is unusual,
it is said, as the disease oc
curs more frequently among mon.
None of the cases which have developed
In that section has boen traceable
to cornbread. One victim was
a boarding housekeeper, but none of
the boarders contracted the disease."
DRAGGED HY TRAIN.
The Narrow Escape of Conductor
Davis From Death.
A special to the Augusta Chronicle
from Columbus, Ga., says John
II. Davis, a Central of Georgia railroad
conductor, residing in Columbus,
while walking along the top
of hjs freight train in Dee county,
Ala., Wednesday, lost his balance
and fell between, two coal cars.
Just as ho struck the track ho
grasped the grab iron of one of
the cars and was pulled along in
this manner for throe miles, his feet
dragging the ground. When the
train approached a trestle he managed
by superhuman effort to pull
himself up and threw himself out
between the two cars, fortunately
clearing the track as he fell. His
left ankle was dislocated and he
was severely bruised, bat he will
recover.
STAlfc POLK ICS
PROBABLE CANDIDATES NAMED
FOIt 8(>MK OFFICES.
The IHspoiwary Being on the Wane,
Few IjocuI Option CandiduU's Art'
to lie Found.
Mr. W. P. Calhoun, writing to
the Augusta Chronicle from Columbia,
says wlille he was in that city
a day or so recently, ho heard the
click of tho political wireless telegraphy
and the messages Indicated
coming events in the State campaign
of next year. The forces are being
arranged und allotment made for
ofllce, or persons are putting themselves
in line.
From tho messages received, it
seems to be a certainty that Mr. C.
C. Featherstone, a good man and a
consistent prohibitionist, will be the
candidate of tho Anti-Saloon
for governor next year, lie lit the
logical candidate for that position,
and it will he a very hard mattter
for any of the others to side-track
him. But, there are Messrs. J. G.
Richards and Mendel L. Smith, both
of Cane den, S. C., who have been
siding on tlie Anti-Saloon League
water wagon, and who expect remuneration
of some kind for their valu-|
able services in the cause, no doubt. 1
It was gathered from tlie aforesaid
wireless messages that Mr. MeuI
del L. Smith w ill be a candidate for
Attorney General, opposing Mr. J.
Frasor Lyon, the present encumbent,
provided he offers for re-election,
and it is presumed that he will. Mr.
Smith is a very brainy man and a
good lawyer. He has been speaking
for prohibition for the Anti-Saloon
League during this summer, it was
thought as a training for the gov
ernorship race next year. Mr. Lyon,
the present attorney general, has
quite a strong following and the race
between the two men will be quite
1 interesting.
The messages failed to state what
the Anti-Saloon League would do
with Mr. John (1. Richards, who
has been quite prominent in the prohibition
field for some years past.
Possibly he is slated for congress,
as it would, it seems, be useless for
him to oppose Mr. Featherstone for
the support of the league for governor.
Roth Mr. Smith and Mr. Richards
were formally dispensary advocates,
but they have seen the error of their
was on the decline in popularity
while the Anti-Saloon League seems
to be popular. That has caused, it
seems, many to change front.
So far there seems to be only
one name mentioned in connection 1
with the race for governor as a local
option or Democratic platform, J
the Anti-Saloon League really !
amounting In this State to a sepa<
rate and distinct party which places
prohibition over and above all prlnways.
It looks as if the dispensary
ciples of Democracy. The man mentioned
as the real Democratic can- J
didate is Mr. Richard I. Manning, of
Sumter, S. C. But, it*is argued that j
ho has recently accepted a life trusteeship
of Clemson College under the 1
will of Mr. Clemson and that ho can- j
not become a candidate for gover- '
nor. Regardless of that claim, if
he enters the race, many think that
he will be easily elected governor j
on a local option platform. He Is
a good man, true and upright.
DEATH OF A HERMIT.
I,',if It'AKitr.clv *? --? *r-i. t ...
- ? ? v;?iTIA I < <?1 1 I1IIU ill)l lit'II
His Premises.
Basil Ilayden, who died recently !
at Greenbrier, Ky.f had not stepped
outside the pickot fence that bounded
his yard since President Lin- '
coin freed the slaves. It is said >
that ho shut himself in a little room j
that day in 1863, after his sweet-i
heart died, and looked no more upon
men. An overseer of Hayden's
estate named Borders was the only
human being whom tho anchorite
saw. and he took care of Hayden s
property until a mistake in accounting
made by a bank clerk exasperated
tho hermit. Thereafter the re
cluso hid an estate which wi'l
amount to nearly $100,000 in chinks
and pillow slips and cast off clothing.
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Tho loafer who is constitutionally
opposed to work of all kind, is of
no service whatever except to ait
around in public places and explain
State and national problems to those
who have never had time to learn
them. Thore is nothing more useless
than tho loafor.
It was in this very cotta
from Birmingham, Ala..
died of Fever. They had
son's Tonic cured them i
The two physicians here had 8 very obstl
wore Italian* and lived on a crook 00 ya
month* standing, their tomporaturo rangin
tiling in vain. I porsnadod thom to let mc
o<l matter and lot the medicine go out In a ]
feet in all throe coses was immediate and jx
was no rocurrenee of the Fever.
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