The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 08, 1913, PART 2, PAGES 9 TO 12, Image 9
12 PAGES. PART 2, PAGES 9 TO 12
NUMBER 1 i
DEMOCRATIC TARIFF BILL COMPLETED
AND SIGNED BY PRESIDENT WILSON
First Pledge of (he Democratic Part) lias been Carried Out. ['resident
Signed Hill and then Made a Short and Impromptu Address. Hill tJoes in
to Effect Immcdlatel) Except us to a Few Items such as Free Wool and
Free Sugar which Wo Into Effect Later.
Washington, Oct. :t.?Surrounded by
the leaders ol* a united Democracy,
Pr08lden( Wilson signed the I'mlor
wood-Simmons tariff bill at D:00
o'clock tonight at the White House.
Simultaneously telegrams were sent
by the treasury department to cus
toms collectors throughout the coun
try putting Into actual Operation the
tlrst Democratic tariff revision Blncc
1894.
A happy group of legislators, mem
bers of the cabinet and friends en
circled the president as he smilingly
sat down, and with two gold pens,
slowly affixed his signature.
He presented to Representative Un
derwood the pen that had written the
word "Woodrow" and the one which
had completed the name to Senator
Simmons.
Hl llinpreSSiVQ silence the president
rose and delivered in easy, natural
tones an extemporaneous speech that
brought prolonged applause. The pres
ident decalred thai the journey of leg
islative accomplishment had been on
ly partly completed; that a great ser
vice had been done for the rank and
hie of the country, but that the sec
ond step in the emancipation of busi
ness was currency reform. He earn
estly (ailed upon his colleagues to go
"tho rest of the journey" with fresh
impulse.
"Oentlentcn, 1 feel a very peculiar
pleasure," said the president, "in
what I have just done by way of
taking part in the completion of a
groat, piece of business. It is n pleas
ure which is very hard to ? Xpress in
words because the feeling that I have
is that wo have done the rank and
lile of the people of this country a
groat service. It Is hard to speak of
these things without scorning to go
off Into campaign eloquence, hut that
is not my feeling. It is one of pro
found gratitude. that working with
the splendid men who have carried
this thing through with studious at
tention, and doing justice nil round.
I should have had part in serving Un
people of this country as we have
been st riv ing to serve them ever since
I can remember.
"I have had the accomplishment of
something like this at heart ever
since 1 was a boy and know men
standing around me who can say the
same thing - who have been waiting
to see tho things done which it was
necessary to do in order that there
might he justice in the United States
and so it is a solemn moment that
brings such a business to a conclu
sion.
Still Much to Do.
"I hope I will not he thought to
be demanding too much ^f myself
or of my colleagues when I say that
this, great as it is, is the accomplish
ment of only half the journey. We
have set the business of this country
free from those conditions which
have made monopoly not only possible
but in a sense easy and natural. Rut
there is no use taking away the con
ditions of monopoly if also we do
not take away the power to create
monopoly! and it is financial, rather
than a merely circumstantial ami eco
nomic power.
"The power to control and guide
and direct the credit of the country
is the power to say who shall and who
shall not build up the industries of the
country, in Which direction they shall
lie built and In which direction shall
not he built. We are now about to
take the second step, which will be
the final step 111 setting the business
of this country free. That is what we
shall do 111 the currency bill, which
Hie house has already passed and
which I have the utmost confidence
the senate will pass much sooner than
sonic pessimistic individuals believe.
Because tho question, now thai this
piece of work is done, will arise all
over the country 'for what do we
wait?' Why should we wait to crown
ourselves with consummate honor?
Are wo so self denying that WC (lo not
wish to Complete our success?
President Wilson's signing of the
Underwood-Simmons bill brings into
effect one of the most far-reaching re
visions of tariff rates and revenue laws
enacted for many years.
\ new Income tax. applying direct
ly to tiu> Income of citizens; the abo
lition of all tariff on scores of Items
of immense Importance to American
industry and American consunn rs and
a heavy reduction of tariff rates on
most of the articles in general use In
tills country are it's chief features.
Will 110 certain portions of the now
law do not take effect at once, most
of its provisions and almost all the
direct tariff reductions do.
At every poet collectors of customs.
appraisers of merchandise and hun
dreds of other employes of the treas
ury department will plunge at once
into the task of collecting the nation's
revenue on a new hasis and with hun
dreds of new classifications and new
provisions of law to complicate their
activities.
Must Have Money.
The federal government has been
spending nearly a billion dollars a
year and the new tariff law will raisei
less than one-third of that sum. Ke
COllt estimates by tariff experts in con-!
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W00DR0W WILSON.
Signed Tariff Kill in Presence ?f Democratic I'arij Lenders. Cold Pens uIth
Which Signature was Vttaelicd (liven to Senator Simmons and Itenrexeii
latlvo Oscar l ud?- r\\ odd.
Kress predict that the rates will raise
$218,000,000 a year, and that the in
come tax will raise $100,000.1. The
remainder of the government's great
income is made up principally of in
ternal revenue taxes and postal re
ceipts,
The income tax probably will bring
the new tariff law most forcibly to
the attention of citizens. President
Wilson and Democratic leaders in
congress believe, however, that the re
duction of duties on clothing, food
stuffs and other necessaries of life,
and the Complete removal of the duty
from many like articles, will eventual
ly bring a reduction in the "cost of
living'' without materially affecting
business prosperity.
A brief summary of the new tariff
law as prepared for the senate fol
lows:
Average percentage of tariff rates as
compared to the value of all Imported
merchandise: Old law 37 per cent; new
law, -7 per cent,
ValtiO of annual imports added to
the free list. $147,000,000.
Estimated revenue from all limport
rates: Old law, $305,000,000; new
law, $248,000,000.
Estimated revenue from corpora
tion and Income taxes: Old law, $37,
(.,.I; new law. $100,000,000.
Free 1.1st Larger.
Altogether, consumers in the United
States probably will receive from
abroad free of all tariff, more than
$1,000,000,000 worth of merchandise
during the next year. During ID12
the amount of "free Imports" was
more than $SSO,000,000, and when the
tariff is entirely removed from wool,
sugar, iron oro and cheap Iron and
other important items, the total is ex
pected to Increase notably. Under
tin- old law more than per cent,
of all goody brought to the United
States from all parts of the world paid
no tariff and that proportion will be
Increased by the now law.
The free wool provision of the new
law takes effect December i. 15)13;
the free sugar provision May 1. 11)10.
The new tariff law, passed four
years after President Taft Signed the
existing Aldrieh-Payne law, is the re
sult of more than "nine months" of
work in congress. Hearings were
started January 6 by the nous ways
and means committee. Chairman Un
derwood introduced the tariff hill1
April 7. Immediately after President
Wilson had convened the new con
gress. It passed the house May 8 and
the senate September I),
Its Main features.
In tiie opinion of its makers the
Democratic leaders of congress, the
most important features of the new
tariff are:
A reduction of nearly one-half in
the average tariff on foodstuffs and
farm products.
The placing of raw wool on the free
list ami a reduction of nearly two
thirds in tho tariff on woolen cloth
ing, especially of the cheaper grades.
A roduction of one-third (average)
on cotton goods.
Reduction of the sugar tariff and its
I ultimate abolishment in MUG,
i A reduction of one-third (average)
I in tin- tariff on earthenware and glass
ware.
Abolishment of all tariff on meats,
fish, dairy products, Hour, potatoes,'
(oal. iron ore, lumber and many
classes of farm and other machinery.
General tariff reduction on all im
portant, articles in general use.
Throughout the long light over the
bill the Republican attach on the
measures has boon directed ngnlnat
those rates which the Republicans de
clared were so low as to tin eaten de
struction to American industries,
through the competition of foreign
manufacturers, The Democratic sup
porters of the new law have insisted
that except in those cases where pub
lic welfare demanded radical changes,
the tariff has been reduced only to a
point Where it will ' stimulate compe
tition." without turning American
markets over to foreigners.
A great amount of work will fall
upon the treasury department, it is
expected, .In working out the details
of the new Income lax and the meth
ods of collecting the direct taxes from
individual Citizens of the lulled
suites. The tax upon corporations,
now ll.xod 1 per cent, of their in
come, remains Ihn sa ne and becomes
part ot tlie general income tax law
A stall of special deputies, collectors
and agents will he employed lo organ
ize and conduct the work of Income
t ix collection.
I.aureus Vssociutioil.
in the history of the I,aureus Asso
ciation not a better session was t?\ > r
held than the one just closed.
The historic old church of Warrior
Creek was the meeting place. Of the
thirty two churches all ereepl two
were represented the llrst day,
Large crowds attended all through.
The session opened with an Intro
ductory sermon by the Uev. It, P.
Mitchell. His message was an appeal
to the meat Baptist denomination of
the country and state to recognize its
obligation to the individual members
in its body who are not enlisted in
the work. It was timely and seemed
to strike the key note for the entire
session.
The report of the churches showed
that good Work had been done. While
a llcmhcr had been added to the
churches. Clood Sunday schools wert;
reported from all the chinches The
flnanlclal reports Were the hist eVef.
Tin" representative men of our denom
ination were all there, and every re
port had a special speaker.
Not a minute of time went idle from
open to close. We should have said
earlier that our same olllcers were
all reeleeted.
We believe that no association in
the State has more elllcienl olllcers
than the I.aureus. Different visitors'
present, wlio attended most all the
associations of the Slate re f prod lo
I..aureus n* the banner or leading one,
of tiie Stale. D Is known not only in
our Stat'' but throughout tlie South
as a leader in several respects. Vet.
it i> not satislied ai all with it- aclilcv
meni . It i-: not satislied simply to I
lead. It realizes very keenly that it
might do much more still. One ot the
ntosl lmporir.nl thugs tlie body did
was to lake aP'dher step forward.
The report on Religious Porcpdl
cals presented by W, A. Ilaldwin ol
the creation of some sort of ageiie.v
for the distribution of good literature I
among our people. The report state.I
that all -oils of trashy ami mislead-;
illg religious papers and tracts were
being sown among our people ami thai
we must do something to combal it.
After considerable discussion it was
decided (hat we needed more than
merely a calportcni.
The need was for a man to lake the
business of looking after the entile
interests of the churches in the asso- [
elation as his special work.
An "Educational Secretary" was
suggested as the name for the head !
of the olllclco; lint to make the name
Short Simply Secretary" of 1.aureus
association will likely he the title.
Rev. B, I'. Mitchell was chosen to tills
work.. He will ?ive Iiis enjlrp time. In
a few days he will begin his campaign.
Church by church will he worked in
the Interest of good literature mis
sions benevolence and so on,
If his work succeeds doubtless
other associations will soon follow the
example set
It must be said that there wen- ma
ny things Of a local nature that as
sisted much In making the session a
success.
The lx>r'd seemed to have prepared j
the church for the meeting, Homes,
were mad ? ready. Hearts were eager
for it. The choir was prepared with
sweei songs to welcome and inspire
and God was present, lie created the
proper atmosphere for a soul feast
for all who sought it and many were
the hearts that were lifted up. it was
a great meeting. We left determined
as (Sod's people to do more the next
year. D goe.s lo Chestnut next.
"One Present."
\ Marvelous KscnpC.
"My little hoy had n marvelous es
cape," writes P. l?\ Bastlams of Prince
Albert. Cape of Good Hope. "It occur
red in Um middle of the night. He gol
a very severe attack of croup. As
luck would have j>, I had a large bot
tle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy In
the house, After following the direc
tions for an hour and twenty minutes
he was through all danger." Sold by
all dealers,
Tin" Sleeping Preacher.
Though there bus often boon state
ments made uhoul 11?? "sleeping
preacher", I fool like I should say a
few words for out- own count) paper,
as I have been to hear hint throe
times in tho last eight years.
lie preaches about S:lh) every night
whether he has listeners or not lie
has prcuchc ttsincc iss" except to miss
a r<\\ Krhlu> nights tho It est year and
later on had a spell of fever and miss
ed uhoul two months, He never does
preach in day Ihne or awake, and no
otto hits ever been aid.- to awake him
while preaching or cause him to stop
till through. H. preached 10*4'ft min
utes Though he < an read scarcely
any, he has never been known to miss
(piote a text, He always handles it
well and gi\es special warning to
ministers to do their whole duly
lie sa\s he aims to preach his own
funeral each day of his life; says he
does not want any "bible burster or
false prophet trying lu do it afttu he
is dead."
Me is a hard working, honest dar key
and all his fainils are grown and
I married except one. He is 71 yean
old and his Voice Is still clear. He
never says anything a perfect lad)
could not hear ami uses good language
lor one of his chance. After he i:. in
lied he call HO to sleep with the house
full of people. He fust IlltOS (Mil an
old hymn ami give the people lime to
sing it, hul no one sines of course
Then he turns on his side and prays
a good well worded prayer Then he
turns on his back and lolls the book,
chapter and verse of the text lor "the
day" as he always says. Then he
tells tin- exact words, good and plain. <
lie often says "Now follow me close, I
I am going to try to be plain. '
II.' said sOUie times I am railed up
Oil to (llsll ollt some Very Litter niClll
cine, hut If il get! too hlltc r he w ill
say "take a cup of Coil' dlvilli love"
and BV allow it (low n
The Urs) lime I heard hllll . Iglll
years ago, he prcacchd from Hie id
I'saliu and 1 TU verso: ",Mj tongue
snail speak of thj word; lor all thy
Commandments art' rlghteoii ues
One year later I heard him again and
he |.|e.!( !lec| flolll Si. .lohn 7 :.'. I . " I lot h
our law judge any man before it bears'
him. and know what be doelh?" Sept.
CM:;. I beard bi n again ami the
text was Prow 10:8; We asked his
wife if he otten used (hi; same text
and she said be might once each year,
but (hat she had never heard the last
Olli I beard him use, before Wo had I
asked (hid to cause him to use a good
one the night We went. There was
twenty eii-bl in Hie bouse the last;
nighl I w as there and I went) one each
time before and (hoy (nine Horn differ j
onl sections. He llvei about live or
six miles from Leosvillo, S, C. in Sa
luda Counts.
W Ha> Anderson.
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Most remedies, give vom rollel some
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liaurens Camp No. 08. W. 0 W, will
? 1 Thursday evening Oct. Oth at 7.".u
\ full attendance is roqne ted Inipor
? ni business on band. By ordei 0
Consul Commander.
j. w. Thompson.
Clerk
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