The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 07, 1912, Image 10
CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON
ON THE TARIFF
Gives oat a Lively Interview on the
Great Subject so Important to the
People at this Time.
Washington, Fob. 2.?Representa
tive Joseph T. Johnson expresed his
satisfnction last night In no uncer
tain terms over tho recent "economy
caucus" of the Democrats of the
house, in w*hlch the decision was
reached that no public buildings bill
and no battleship bill would bo pass
ed at the present session of Congress.
This decision, if it Is adhered to. as
it most probably will be, will result
in a saving of about $50.000,000 during
tho next fiscal year. It is true that
the public buildings bill contemplated
amounted to only $16,000,000, and
the proposed appropriation for bat
tleships to only $20.000,000, or a to
tal of $:ifi,000,000; but public build
ings bill are usually almost doubled
when they reach tho senate, so thut
the total appropriations for these two
purposes would have reached very
close to the $50,000,000 mark.
The Item of $50,000,000 is small,
it Is true, when compared to the to
tal amount of money appropriated by
the federal government eacli year;
hut on the theory that every Httle
bit helps, even in the saving of tho
public funds, Mr. Johnson was heart
ily in favor of these economies.
"Why," said Mr. Johnson, "if the
American people, who sometimes
complain of the burden of local taxes,
were made to realize the amount of
taxes they pay every year to the fed
eral government and tho amount they
pay into the coffers of the trusts un
der the guise of 'protection,' there
would be a revolution as soon as the
ballot boxes could be reached, ii* not i
before.
Some Astounding Figures.
"Take the state of South Carolina,
for Instance. The appropriations
made annually by tho legislature
amounts to about two and one half
million of dollars. There arc about
one and one-half millions of people
in the state, so that the taxation per
capita is about $1.60. Counting live
persons to the average family, it is
plain that the per family taxation of
the state is about $S. This does not,
of course, include municipal taxes,
which are paid by tho people in the
towns and cities, nor special school
taxes, and the like.
"Now, take the federal government.
For the past few years, under Re
publican rule, the government has
been appropriating a little more than
a billion dollars every year?more
than a thousand millions?can you
conceive of it? Now, how much is
that per capita and per family? It
means that for every man, woman
and child of our 90,000,000 people,
there is paid to the federal govern
ment every year. In indirect taxes, a
little more than $11. For the aver
age family of five, the total amount
paid is about per year, or just
seven times the amount paid In State
taxes. How do tho people pay it?
They do not know. In many Instances,
that they are paying it sln higher
prices, caused by the hlgho*.' duties
Imposed upon imports.
"There are many people |p the
country who do not realize that the
United States lias no money except
what it collects out of the pocket-; of
its citizens. The national government
is so far away from the average man
that he docs not pay much attention
to It. But it is not too far awny to
lay its powerful hand upon his purse
and relievo him of his hard-earned
cash. The government is thought, by
many people to have unlimited sup
plies of money, which are draw.; upon
whenever an appropriation Is made
by Congress.
The Source of Funds.
"I wish our people could real ire
that practically every dollar that gees
into the United States treasury, and
practically every dollar that is spent
by Congress, comes out of the pockets
of tho people. It is collected either
by customs duties or by means of the
internal rovonue laws. The other
BOUrcefl of revenue open to the gov
ernment are negligible for all practi
cal purposes. The vast sums of mon
ey collected and disbursed by the
government of tho United States are
nothing bid taxes. The Tact that the
taxation is indirect makes it hard for
the people to realize just how much
they are paying.
"And It should not be forgotten
that this federal taxation is in addi
tion to the state taxes, tho city taxes
and the special local taxes that are
directly levied against the people. The
man who complains, in South Caro
lina, that his family tax rate, based
on tho average, is $8 a year, does not
oay a word about his taxation for the
support of tho national government,
which is soven times as heavy, and
from which he receives practically no
return except In tho maintenance of
peace with foreign nations. A cow will
scamper awny If a pin be stuck In her
flesh, but sho will graze peacefully nil
day long with a scoro of ticks fat
tening on her blood. This illustrates
-,-,-?- 1
the situation exactly.
Where "Protection" Goes.
"But this is not all. It is estimated
by careful economists that for every
dollar paid into the treasury in du
ties on imports, the sum of $5 is paid
Into the coffers of the manufacturers
who produce tho goods kept away
from this country by the imposition
of the duties. In other words, whcro
our people pay $1 to their govern
ment In customs dut*.?s, they pay $6 to
the manufacturers and trusts as 'pro
tection.'
"Now, practice your multiplication
table a bit. Tho average South Caro
lina family pays $8 to the stuie treas
ury In stato taxes, besides his muni
cipal and other local taxes. Tho
same family pays seven times as much
into tho federal treasury in Indirect
taxes, or $56 a year. But the aver-!
ago family of the United States?and
this Includes South Carolina, of
course?pays five times as much In
protection as he pays in federal taxes,
or $280 a year. Would you believe
it?
"But It must be remembered that
this federal revenue and this Repub
lican protection that we pay are In
addition to local taxes. So, using
your adding machine, you find that
tho average South Carolina family
pays $342 In taxes and protection ev
ery year. Eight dollars of it goes to
his stale government, $56 goes to his
national government and $2S0 ot It
goes to the 'protected interests'?the
trusts and manufacturers who are
the speical pets of the Republican
party and Its system of tariff-making
Explains Position.
"Do you wondor that I believe In
rigid economy in public expenditures?
Do you wonder that I believe in the
very decided lowering of the tariff, so
as to admit more forelan goods, thus
lowering prices to our people, and at
the same time lowering the Iniquitous
protective tax on our people, levied
by a protectionist government and
collected by the mammoth trusts
which it has created?
"Understand me, if the taxation
were necessary, in any real sense, of
tho word. I would not object to It.
But it is not necessary. There is no
real, compelling reason why the
United States should spend a billion
of its citizens' money every year, with
many millions of it being absolutely
wasted. Vet it is doing It. or It has
been, until the Democrats began to
have some say in the matter. Prac
tically every dollar of it. mind you,
comes out of the people at large,
either in higher prices or in inferior
goods.
"There is no getting around the
fad that the tariff is a tax, and that
it is paid by the American people. As
I have said, where $1 of it is paid to
the government, $5 of it is taken by
the government away from the con
sumers and turned over to tht 'pro
tected interests' of the country.
"The protectionist's position, in tho
last analysis, is that you can make a
nation prosperous by taxation. Its
absurdity is plain to the man who
gets at the heart of the matter."
Mr. Johnson Is a member of the
committee on appropriations, and the
public expenditures are having,
through him and other members of
the committee, notably Chairman
Fitzgerald, such a scrutiny as they
have not undergone in many a day.
- Spartanburg Herald.
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Philadelphia, Pa.
Large bottle of PARISIAN SAC.E .'.0
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Fop 1012.
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Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
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legumes. Nature's method has been improved by breeding and selecting these
bacteria to increase their power of producing nitrates.
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once more takes the lead in scientific fertilization, offering high-bred Nitrogen-Pro
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UNION, S. C.
One hundred experienced or inexperienced ;;
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i press room, finishing room and general hosiery ;;
X mill work. Good wages.
See or write to
J. H. GAULT;
Treas. and Manager.
WANTED- A RIDER AGENT
IN EACH TOWN and district to ride and ovhiblt a sampln Latest Model
Ranger" bicycle furnbhi d f>y us. Our agontsoverywhere are making
rniiiu y f:\st. Il'ntt far fi.ilj irlUulariand tpuialog<r at one. O
NO MONEY REQUIRED until you receive and approvo of your
bicycle. Wo shin to anyone anywhere In the Tl. H. without a ent dtpoiit
in advance, tr,,a, fr,tthi. and allow TEN DAYS' FREE TRIAL during
which tune you may rido the bicycle and put It to any tost you wish.
If you are then not perfectly mi!Isflcd or do not Wish to keep the
bicycle shin It back to us at our ex pen 10 and ,ou will not it out on* tint.
FACTORY PRICF3 Wt1 '""lni 11 ?Wiest grade, bicycles It Is
sttvivni miVta |,o,sjt,|o to ?r Ice at one small prolit a?>ov<>
actual factory cost. Von s:?ve$10 to $-'.? middlemen's profits by buy
ing directed" us and have the manufacturer'sguarantee, behind your
blc . cle DO NOT DUY a bleyi leor R pair Of tires from an,one at a,?
ur.::l you reeelvo our catalogues and learn our unheard of fattorf
tritt t and nmark.ibi* ipttiaiogrrt to rider agonts.
YOU WILL BE ASTONKHFD vl " >"' receive oar beentlfal eatatnn?
ff t -! MO I UlUOnbll Rltil ? tin I v 0111 HUperbniodelSetthe tctinilfr~
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?n?hoy_lhr?nariy oOior factory. Wonr,-.<itlMI<-il w ith H.im r ??.....? f.i. i..i> cont,
r>^'iCV?ME, PEA,LEH3. >"" can Mill our bicycles under yourown nmuu iimioatdouiiio our pn.
tinlrrrt lllli il trc dt.y r.'i'olv. il.
SECOND HAND BICYCLES. Wo do not rcen'nr'y luiml'n eecnnd hand bicycle*, tint U">i*lty have
nnmi?ir_on hand Ukoitln tr.nlo l.y our Clncii/.. r lui I, -.oioa. Tuveo nuclear out i-rmnpuy at prlc-ee
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o wheels, Imported ro'ler ehnlni and pedals, parta. repair* and
equipment otuii kindsnt luufth* rtgalar r*tailpric\
10
ranging from ?3 to $u or (?10. ?e?crlptlve Im
COASTER-BRAKES,?
$ M m\\00 Hedgethorn Pusicim-Proof $
Self-healingTircs fof^ZiEoe%AJ3
Tht rtfularrttall prlttofthtit tin 11
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wlllitll,oumi/im,lt fair for il.tOitaih wlthordtr tl.S$.
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OESORIPTIOMa Made in all sizes. It
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or twloo In n wholo season. They weigh no Ihoro i h in
an ordinary tire, tlio puncture resisting (inallties being
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abrlc on tho tread. Tho regular pride Of these tin-;
is $10.00 per pair, hut foradv. i t wing pnritnses we are
making a special factory im i. .. to tho rider of only $4.80per pair. All ordors shipped samo
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No. 32
7:00 I'M
7:22 AM
10:17 AM
11:35 A M
1:40 I'M
3:56 I'M
No. 38
3:21 AM
r,:o;> I'M
S:3u I'M
9:50 PM
1:1.*. AM
3:50 AM
All trains carry through steel elcctrlc-lightod Pullman drawing*
room sleepers, which now enter the new Pennsylvania Railroad
Station tin the heart of New York City).
No. 32 "The Atlanta-Birmingham Special" carries a through
observation car, Birmingham to New York.
All trains en route serve meals in dining cars?service a la
Carte.
Any agent of the SEABOARD can furnish Information ns to
schedules, rates, etc.
C. I). WAYNE,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
C1IAILEST0IV & WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY.
Change in Schedules, effective 12:01 a. m. Sunday, Nov. 20, 1011.
Main Line?Spartanburg Division?Spartanburg-Augnsta.
N. B.?The following schedule figures are published onlv as information
and not guaranteed.
Westbound Trains.
Eastbound Train -;.
3
?1:20 p m
4:48
1:57
5:08
5:25
5:35
E:43
5:54
C:05
6:21
6:32
r,:42
7:01
7:20
7:37
7:47
7:55
8:10
S: 28
S:35
8:40
8:56
9:08
0;14
0:24
9:40 p m
1
7:15 a m
7:44
7:53
8:05
8:28
8:33
8:41
8.52
0:03
0:10
0:30
0:42
10:01
10:20
10:37
10:47
10:55
11:10
11:28
. 11:35
' 11:40
11:56
12:08
12:14
12:24
12:10 p m
Stations
Lv August Ar
Martinez
Evans
Woodlawn
(Marks Hill
Modoc.
Parksvillo
Plum Branch
McCormick
Troy
llradley
Verdery
(Irecnwood
Coronaca
Waterloo
Cold Point
Maddens
Laurens
Ora
Lanford
Enorec
Woodruff
Swltzer
Moores
Roebuck
Ar Spartanburg Lv
2
12:10 p m
11:40
11:30
11:19
11:04
10:53
10:43
10:34
10:22
10:04
9:53
9:42
9:25
9:08
8:52
8:42
8:35 \
8:20
8:05
7:56
7:51
7:35
7:22
7:16
7:07
6:50 a m
Greenville Brandl- Laurens-Greenville.
?55 52
8:10 p in 2:35 p m
8:28 2:54
8:34 3:01
8:38 3:05
8:50 3:17
'?:01 3:30
9:12 3:42
9:30 p m 4:00 p m
*?54 and 55 arc dally except funday
ERNEST WILLIAMS, G. P. A.,
Augusta, Ga,
Station
Lv Laurens Ar
Barksdalc
Cray Court
0wings
Fountain Inn
Simpsonville
Maul din
Ar (!reen\',illo Lv
?54
8:20 a ra
8:03
7:57
7:53
7:40
7:29
7:17
7:00 a m
4
10:25 i?
0:55
9:47
0:34
0:10
0:08
8:59
8:48
8:36
8:18
8:07
7:50
7:39
7:20
7:04
6:54
6:47
6:32
6:15
6:08
6:03
5:47
5:34
5:28
5:19
5:02 p m
53
1:45 p m
1:29
1:22
1:17
1:05
12:50
12:38
12:20 p m
W. ANDERSON, SUPT.,
Augusta. Ga.
P m
COLUMBIA, NEWBERRY & LAURENS RAILWAY.
N. B. The following schedule figures arc published only as Information
and not guaranteed.
53 Station 52 *55
2:12 p m Lv Laurens Ar 2:12 p m
2:35 Clinton 1:50
3:20 Ncwberry 12:56
3:34 Prosperity 12:42
4:55 Ar Columbia Lv 11:15
6:20 Ar Sumtcr Lv 9;i[
10:00 p m Ar Charleston Lv 6:15 a m
51 and 55 run solid between Greenville ond Columbia dally ox
Thcso trains stop at Garvals St. Station, while trains 52 and
53 go lo Union Station.
Solid through trains between Greenville and Charleston via Laurens and
Columbia.
T. C. WHITE. General aPsflonger Agent.
?54
8:20 a m
8:44
9:32
9:50
11:15
??Trains
eopt Sunday,
7:55
7:35
6:44
6:26
5:00