The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 26, 1910, Image 4
WHAT WE NEED
It Is Protection From >he Payne-\ldrich
TariK, Says Foss
WHO TALKS RIGHT OUT
?
Recently Elected Democratic Rcpre
I.
sontativc Foss fi-oiii Massachusetts
Makes StMiwitioiial Beginning of
I'uhlic Duties.?Flays Kepublica.il
I'arty Unmercifully.
Representative Eugene N. Eoss,
the newly elected Democratic RepreBontative
from Massachusetts, a former
Republican and a leading manufacturer,
Saturday signalized his
beginning of active participation in
the House with a sensationally radical
attack upon the Payne-Aldricli
tariff. He denounced the Republican
poiiit'y of protection as an uuinuigaicd
evil, flayed the Republican leaders,
declared the recent revision of
the tariff to be a "deliberate bunco
game from start to finish," pronounced
in favor of reciprocity and demanded
an extra session of a new
Congress, at the earliest opportunity,
to revise the tariff.
"The people are indeed demanding
protection," said Mr. Foss, "hut
the opportunity they are demanding
is protection?from the Payne-Aldrich
tariff."
The speaker announced himself as
favoring the creation of a tariff commission,
but he wanted the commission
composed of non-partisan men
whose report would bo made direct
to Congress rather than to the President.
Referring to the provision
in the pending sundry civil appropriation
bill for an appropriation of
$250,000, for a tariff commission to
report to the President, he said:
"Naturally it looks a little strange
to some of us, after all this long delay,
and aftpr the people have themselves
discovered the worst evils of
our tariff system, which such a coinmission
could have exposed years
o crr\ th._, f if i c, ,vr? TV t'ni'VV!! I'fl
u^v/ , uui u 4 b i o ?* v ?? ./i v/ ur^nv i.w . ?' v*. v.
at this eleventh hour. Clever editors
of leading journals have stigmatized
this proposition since its introduction
.here as 'a sop to Cerberus'
or 'a tub to the whale.'
"They have evidently in mind the
panicky feeling that pervades, for
instance the 'stand pat' section of
this very chamber, as well as of
the other chambers, and the Republican
machine the country over
Thereis among them a great
'searching of hearts' as to what can
'bo done to quench these burning
issues of tariff and taxation reform;
of how t.his great people's movement
on these great issues can bo divertted.
"It cannot be denied that the people
have, rightly or wrongly, come
to regard this whole 'revision' scheme
of the Republican party leaders?
as planned in J li? last national cam?
i? i ~ .. i ^t s-wi
paign <>ini ;u-> iinjiiiuiguit'u in tui-ii
platform, and as finally butchered in
the special tariff session of Congress
?as an intentional and deliberate
bunco game from start to finish."
Mr. Fos-s urged reciprocity with
foreign nations as the prop: r middle
ground between a protective tariff
and free trade.
lie recounted how Republican
leaders, such as .John Hay and Nelson
Dinglev, had < ndeavored to obtain
reciprocity with Canada and how
"MeKinley almost with .his dyin?
breath llinned reciprocity as the
ruling Keynote of his prospective second
term."
''We recall," he said, "how the
nefarious 'stand pat' influ nee in the
Republican party, by all sorts of uiicier'.n
nd means, succeeded in defeating
all tli so t eo'io . nullifying all
efforts an 1 t r? ocln rpusly bet ray in 4 !
and mating Tfceiprocity- in its
cut. house.'
"'i lie Man I jmt hi1 rarchy sowed 1
tlio wind an 1 we are reaping I !n
whirlwind. lc 1 ipr: ci: y was sandflee:!
to s'dfirh and mercenary in
fhn. n' y t '.:c ). lien. s ngain-t
the ; ec |>1 'a Inter* si . prost!ttit< d by
them f< '.he pin pose of hoodwink- j
ing the ] ublie, .iust as now rooontly
they have prostituted 'revision.'"
Declaring that a tariff commission
should report to Congress a 11?I not to
the President, Mr. Foss d mandod:
"Why does the Administration
seem to be so solioitious that this
commission shall be absolutely under
the control of t lie Executive,
seeing that it is primarily intended
for such legislative purposes?
Is there nny ulterior motive?
"If the .commission is to be merely
an C'3'Oi tive instrument and report
only to "the President, hgw is
Oon .tress to receive the information
Excepting as the President may elect
to transmit is, and what is to prevent
the exocuMve department from
withholding or suppressing or coloring
such information as has more
than once been done heretofore? Is
there not an evident fear that control
of ttiis con mission will too soon
come into the h uuis of a Democratic
pnd reform Coi Tress?
,??j ^orpp/n if<t the people have
lost faith " ti?o Republican party
fcnd they are no longer looking to
iliern for an lunest revision. The j
people have turned to the Democratic
party. Now the responsibility of an
honest revision of tlve tariff is up
tx the Democratic party, with the aid
Oi tlie insurgent and sucii independent
elements as will ally themselves
with us.'"
In voicing his demand for another
special session to revise the tariff
the speaker said:
"The people demand that the revision
and reduction of Uie tariff,
which was promised two years ago
by the Republican party, be carried
out by the Democratic party as soon
as the new Congress can convene.
The Democratic party ought to raise
the issue that there shall be an extra
session convened next Spring to
do the work which this Congress has
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 specific way to carry
out this course; in order that the
mandate shall be a compelling one
the victory shall be so complete that
the Republican Executive will be
forced to acquiesce in it and call
Congntss together."
Mr. Foss declared that the rallying
cry should be made "free wool
and cheap clothing."
"Today," he said, "millions of our
people are deprived of comfort and
health, and even of life, by the socalled
protective tariff on wool and
woolens for the benefit of the sheep
ranchers and woollen trusts."
lie denounced Hp sident Tuft's
Winona speech, which, he said, had
a disastrous effect upon .his Administration
and characterized part of it
as the "only weak and lame palliation
President Taft could advance
for the iniquities cf the woolen
schedule."
Mr. Foss declared that lower duties
on sugar, and said the people
were demanding further reductions
ill iron and steel.
"Now, at this point," he said, "it
seems to devolve upon me, as a representative
in Congress of t.his reform
and as a representative manufacturer
in the iron and steel industry
of New England, engaged in the
production of important lines of m u
chinery, employing large numbers of
skilled workmen and using large
quantities of the finished products
of the Steel Trust, to state publicly
that in my judgment my industry and
the people employed in it would not
suffer under free trade conditions,
t.hat is, if the 4 5 per cent, duty was
entirely r< moved and provided these
conditions apply to the whole iron
and steel industry from the coal and
iron ore up. This statement is equally
true of other staple industries.
"In fact," Mr. Floss continued, "1
believe today that under free trade
conditions we can compete in the
markets of the world in most, if not
all, of t.hese industries and compete
to better advantage than we do
mow."
Coming to the question of raising
revenue the speaker said:
"it in n/lA/innl a i\ i > fv-* f u
it id uu aut^juait iv 11 wi u
tariff law to say that is a large tariff
producer, which simply means teat
it may lay upon the people a great
burden of taxation, that it may exact
from i.'ieni vast sums of money that
they are not able to contribute.
"We must have a system of taxation
which removes these abus s
and eliminates this graft. The best
and the only way, I believe, is
throug.h the income tax."
Mr. Foss advocated the placing of
all raw materials upon the free list,
and declared that the burdens of protection
were felt keenly by the
employee as by the employer.
Finally the speaker argued for
an "Angjo-Saxon unity" and practically
the establishment ol closer relations
with Canada.
.Mr. Fosk's maiden speech was pun
ctunted with constant applause. Ilis
declaration that the people had lost
conlidenee in t !i e Repuhi ican party
evoked a demount ration from tho
1 democratie si lo. Mr. Longw irlh, o!
Ohio, taught to inject a (juration.
"Von will excuse mo," smillingly
remarked Mr Foss. "I cannot, he
interrupt- d this n on in
The Ohloan sot dpwn amid laughter
from both sides.
i
inclusion of Mr. hiss's sptetii.
Mr. Hill, of Connecticut, vehemcnt!y
informed the Denu i rats ?. t ! Ho
idea of reciprocity whic.li Fgssj a vocated
was in the McKinley law.
hut the Democrats had killed it in
the Wilson law. lie demanded to
know why the Massachusetts liiein
? - - i i.i? K, _
1)01* i'l il (I IKJ 1 UA|II USnUM i I I r? ? i < . > ,,
fore the ways and moans committee
when the hill was pending.
"I had boon ruled out of tlie Ucpuhlican
party live or six years back
by leaders in Massachusetts," replied
Mr. Koss. "The people know where
I stand." *
Miners and Soldiers Shoot.
The State militia, on guard at the
Atlas Portland Cement Company's
aid Tuesday. L. A. Merger, of Relthe
strikers Tuesday morning at the
dynamite magazine. The militiamen
returned the tire and the strikers escaped
in tiie underhush. No one was
injured by the fifty shots.
?
Died from Wound.
Hilton Smith, the Columbia city
jailer, who was shot by the negro,
John Rabb, died Wednesday night at
a local hospital. The negro was arrested
that afternoon at Hlaneys,
near Columbia, and Is now In jail.
GIVE THEIR SIDE
METHODIST BISHOPS DEFENDS
WORK IN ROME.
But Recline at Present to Enter Upon
Any Counter Attack Upon the
Roman Catholic Church.
The hoard of Bishops, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, through its
secretary, Bishop L. B. Wilson, Monday
night issued an official statement,
which had l>oen prepared hy the
Doaru, ill is meeting 111 un
May 9, relative to the Italian mission.
The statement is the outcome of the
recent controversy in Rome caused
by the visit of Col. Roosevelt.
IT he statement follows:
"Deploring, and at all times seeking
to avoid interdenominational controversies,
we are, nevertheless, compelled
to recognize occassions when
personal preference must yield to a
proper sense of otlicial duty.
"We cannot allow to pass unnoticed
the recent unprovoked and unwarranted
attempt to discredit one
of our most useful missions, by widely
published accusations which, if
based upon truth, would be nothing
short of dishonor upon Uie Church
which supports that mission.
"Wo 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 can
not be tested before the judgment of
the world. We can only observe:
pi. That ordinarily the use of
ophedian adjectives is suggestive of
anger rather than of reason.
"2. That the methods of our missions
in Italy, now for the first time
thus publicly condemned, are the
same that have been pursued from
the beginning, almost forty years
ago.
"That the same methods, namely,
preaching the Gospel In its simplicity
and conducting schools where they
are needed, schools which recognize
the plain teachings of the new testament
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, and no such indictment has
been brought against those missions
even to this day, so far we are informed.
"4. From these facrs 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 sudden 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
tile 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 (Miter
upon no defense of our work in
Italy and make in plea for abatement
in the judgment of tho world.
"We decline at the present time to
(Miter upon any counter attack upon
ihe Roman Catholic Church.
"We risk only that all fair men
interested in tho situation study for
themselves its nn thods of propagand
ism an.l the traditional attitude of
that church toward other Christian
fait lis.
"We believe that there are stanlards
of e(|itity and moral retitude
bv which, in the estimate of all
progr ssive people, all religions and
.11 methods must be rated by w.hat I
they ( attribute to intelligence and
11.oral character.
"We now content ourselves with
iHirmii: our entile confidence in the
moral j itegrity of our niissiouari s
tnd mcthot's in Italy, and against the
enunciation of t-h ir accusers we
I ce t e wide open i\ coi 1 of the I
Methodist Kpi r pa' Church, both as ;
to teaching and method, in America i
and throughout the world."
CITY .1A ILK II SHOT
By a Negro W hom Ho Was About to
Put I'nder Arrest.
At Columbia, about Tuesday midnight
City Jailer t HI ton Smith was
rushed to a local hospital and blood- '
hounds are out hunting for Jo.hn 5
llabh, the negro who shot him. It is
believed Mr. Smith is fatally wounded.
He was shot three times in the
3ide. T.he negro fired five times, and 1
three shots took effect. The pistol <
was snatched out of Mr. Smith's <
pocket as he attempted to arrest the 1
negro near his home. I
? t
Made Them (*ood. I
The negroes at Alexandria and
other parts of Virginia were very
much frightened on Wednesday about
Uio comet. A dispatch from Alex- 1
andria says not in the annals of r
history of the negro churches 1n f
this part of Virginia have so many I
new members got "religious fever." it
BOOZE SALES
Dispensary Auditor West Makes Startling
Statement About
THE SALE CF WHISKEY
tl.. - <!...< ?l... I I..IIAN Ullluu
ill? H /c*v i turn iiaui tin: * mmvo
in the Six Present Dispensary
Counties Would ICquul One Half
of tiie Sales of the Former Twenty-One
Dispensary Counties.
The startling and far-reaching
statement was made by Dispensary
Auditor W. 13. West Friday, in reply
to a question by The News and Courier
Columbia correspondent. Mr.
West stated that the sales of alcoholic
drinks in the six counties now
retaining the dispensary system
would equal one half, if not more,
of the total sales t.he year before in
*J 1 counties, then having the dispensary
system. The sales last year
were nearly $4,000,000.
This statement was based upon
the monthly r< ports of sales during
the last several months of dispell-*
saries in the counties retaining t.he
dispensaries, namely: Charleston,
Richland, Beaufort, Florence, Aiken,
and Georgetown. "For the
months of December, 1909, and January,
1910," continued Mr. West,
"the sales were about two-thirds of
the sales for the corresponding
months in the years just proceeding."
These statements are very signifi/in
nt t'nr oot'oru 1 ponennu Tho wiflp
Jl\ <i 11 i , 1WI ov; ? VI ui A vuuuiiw. m 4. v .? ..yv
>ne predicted before the August elections
that those counties retaining
the dispensaries would be considerably
benefited by the profits accruing
from tlie sales of whiskey and beer
if their next door neighbors voted
out the system. T.his has been borne
out bv the largely increased sales
in these several counties.
To the prohibitionists there will
be furnished by this state of affairs
the arguments that all the dispensaries
should be voted out, and the
whole State should become prohibition.
They will argue that since
neighboring 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 option
men will argue that the revenues
received by those counties now
having dispensaries and the legalized
sale of liquors should cause other
counties not now enjoying these privileges
to want them.
i i is stated by men seen here from
all sections of the State, where the
dispensaries have been voted out,
that the reaction has already set in
and some counties that voted out the
dispensaries wish them back.
That there has been less whiskey
sola since plaining season uegan i*
stated by those who are in touch
with the situation. Naturally, during
the planting months the sales of
whiskey and beer fall off in the
ountry school districts, because people
are too busy to go to "town'
ind buy the "firewater."
Twenty-one counties in South Car)liua
had the dispensary system liefore
August 1, 1 909, when ] ."> of the
lispensaries went "dry, leaving six
>f them having dispensaries.
"You have 110 idea what an effect
i he Greenville situation in regard to
: . i,,r 11,,,
11 (J I 11J 111 M \[ 11 t'rt t i w if it iia v iiif, i / 11 tnv
other counties," said a gentleman,
who is well versed on the liquor
inestion and travels about the State
i great deal.
"That the (Ireenvllle County Convent
h?n should have determined to
submit the ques ion of dispensary or
to dispensary to the primary this
niiimer is having a marked eTeet
upon the lower cotinties of the State.
Down that way it has been generally
ho it J.'; i i that (ire 'ii\ iile, And''].son, ,
"])art ?) mi's < ad tin1 l'p-Sl no e >1111l
ies, ;ri a v. holt . were bulwarks of
prohibition. Now that the question ,
.
ph, many of fin low counties are
wonnering wn.?t 'Toot this will have
>n the rest el the State.
"Suppose (1 reenville should decide
o place the dispensary hack? That
would mean, naturally, that t.he sentiment
up fife re has changed, as
diown by the votes of the people.
rhen the Up-State would not bo 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 j
belonging to James Elmerson, of
Santsteo, N. Y., caused the animal to
explode. It is thought the soda combined
with gases in the stomacJi
forming carbolic acid gas and the
;ank, not l)eing copper 'lined, could
lot st ami the strain.
Mob Lynched Him.
Doc McLean, who severely injured
Ernest Hale, a young white man at
Pshdown, Ark., last April, was taken
roni two deputy sheriffs at that place
Monday night by twenty-flve men
ilid hanged in the jail yard.
DO.YOU FEEL LET DOWN
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
For Salt*?100 bushels lino cotton
seed, Laten strain.. $1.00 per bti.
f. o. b. R. E. Edward's, Elloree
S. C.
I
For Sale?Juniper telegraph and telephone
poles, 2 0 feet to t>f? feet
long, 4 to 8 inch tops.. Reeder
lBros, Edmund, S. C.
Wanted?To buy wool, beeswax, tal
ivj >v . w i hi; iui |)i v^iuwiuui
& Co., 508-510 Reynard St., Augusta,
Ga.
Our $1 Adding Machines save timand
worry. Guaranteed. Thousand
sold. Agents wanted. Haynes Mfg
Co., Rutherford ton, N. C.
Hden Watermelon Seed for Sale ?
75c. per pound. The best tlavor*
shipping watermelon grown. J
M. Farrell, Blacksvllle, S. C.
For Sale?Milch cows Jersey'*, grad
Jerseys and Holsteins. All of tb
best breeding. Registered Jer**
male calves. M. II. Sams, Job*
vllle, S. C.
Teachers wanted for excellent poa!
tions now vacant. Trustees sup
plied with Teachers. Attractive
booklet, 'A Plan" free. Sou then
Teachers' Agency, Columbia, S. C
White Wyandotte Kggs, 10c eacl
Big blocky birds, snow whit*
Fishe strain, trio buffs, trio whitei
pair Columbian's. S. A. FerneP
R. 1, Columbia, S. C.
Insurance?One of the oldest annua
dividend life insurance companies
offers special contract to part o
full time agents for this county
Drawer 7 0, Columbia, S. C.
Wnutd?Names of those wanting
t aohors; names of teachers desiring
positions. No charge t1
school officials. A.ldress wit!
stamp. Piedmont Teachers' Pi;
retu, Durham, X. C.
A,'.'cuts Wauled.?$2 to $ a daily arsurod
soiling our harness attach
ment lino holder. Lightning sol
or; cheap; exclusive territory gu
on: Write today. National Spot
ialt.y Co., Dept. S., l.exir.^ton, K.
Voung Men Wante-I for Railway Mai
Clerks and other (loverniucnf potltions.
Salary $800 to $1,000
Examinations soon. Common ed
neat ion sufficient. Write for par
ticulars. Amorican Institute, Dept
28, DaytMl, Ohio.
Wanted?Hardwoods, logs and lum
her. We are cash buyers of pop
lar, cedar and walnut logs. Als<
want poplar, ash, cottonwood, cy
press and oak lumber. Iuspectioi
iat your point. Easy cutting. Wriu
us. Savannah Valley Lumber Co.
Augusta. Ga.
Bargains in Pure Rw?d Stock?ric
and rare Berkshire Boar Pigs, 4 V
months old from regular stock a
$15 each. (One Bred Sow (Chin.
Betsey No. 119177) Due to far
row In April, at the small sum o.
$75; has farrowed twice, first lit
ter 10 pigs, second 11. S. C. B
Leghorn Eggs?15 for $1; 30 fo
$.90; 100 for $5. In answeria;
this ad mention this paper. A. I
Sloop. China Grove, N. C.
Pedigreed English Setters, Puppie#
and Pure Gordons, Setter Puppiet
at prices that will please the lov
and unfit for work
) & LIVER PILLS
our energy they 1
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iE SEASON FOR
ROUBLES
RHOEA & DYSCORDIAL
?f
aka\ti:i:d. prick or kaoii 25c.
dtchen, bath room, laundry, barn, and
place. You may have both soft and
e it hot as well as cold. No elevated
,o or leak.
y Co. - Columbia, S. Cer
of bird dogs. Also Barred Plymonth
Rocks and Rose Comb
Rhode Island Red eggs from best
of pure stork. $1 and $1.5 0 for
15 eggs. Write B. ii. Aliddlel.nnnlra
V -i trial/i I In fl ?1
Uiuuno, * (i o* inv>, .
^11
Lute Seed Potatoes for sale, "New
Dixie." Good keepers and croppers.
Practically bug and blight proof.
I made 9 70 bushels on 5 1-2 acres
planted July 14 and 15 last year.
Price 7 5c per bushel f. o. b. Claremont,
Va.. if ordered on or before
May 15. J. M. Hughes, Claremont,
Va.
IMPOKT.WT NOTICE.
For a short while we have decided
to save our future customers agents'
expenses. This will save about twenty
per cent, on Organs, and about ton
per cent on Pianos.
Organs, from .S7."> lip.
Pianos, from $225 up.
Less the discount as stated above.
Write at once for catalogs and terms
to Uie old established.
MALONITS Ml SIC HOUSE,
Columbia, S. C.
Manager Frank J. Shaughxiess.y,
of 1 ho Virginia League
Oha inpinns, found. Noah's
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Sore Muscles
bruises, scratches, stiffness.
Oik; 1 rial will convince, you.
Noah's Liniment penetrates.
Requires liul little rubbing.
Here's the Proof
"T hfivo bad occasion to use Nnah'a
Lin inn nt on t ..< of iny players' arms,
in i the i< oilt wus most gratifying.
'Jo ill \vi I'O i mi i to 1v relieved of soro;.it!t
in n siiiin* throwing with V
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Xon1?*? T.lntincnl lrj Iho host remedy
for Uhcumatlsm, Sciatica, Lame Back,
llff Joints ami .\in l. Sore Throat,
Colds, Strain., Sprains, Cuts, Bruises.
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nine has Noah's I
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Sold hv dealers In I * [|| 1 E *<
medicine. Sam- Ik If / 4 1 | BW J
pic hy mall lrcc.' TOWiwEpUliil
Noah Remedy Co., 111 ^ 11 ^ I SpIH
Richmond, Va. LUiUMUiU
Hums at Sen.
The steamer J. Marhoffer, which
left San Francisco for Portland, Ore.,
>n May 14, lias been burned at sea,
20 miles north of Newport, Ore.
Capt. Wei lander of the United States
life saving station reports that 19
persons from the burned steamer
have landed safely in their own
boats.
Starts Fire.
A large meteor which fell near
Monterey, Mex., set fire to a pine
forest and much damage was the result.
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