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Rates on long term advertisements . very reasonable. For rates apply at j tiiia office. In remitting checks or money orders aaae payable to THE COUNTY RECORD. vuiiaianav AHA. A. 1QIO. nvnuwM ii --wwi -r, The Tariff on Lumber. In his speech here Friday Hon J E Ellerbe quoted an editorial, ? I squib" from this newspaper which stated in substance that he and Congressman I.ever had by their vote for a tariff on lumber raised the price to the consumer SI-50 j1 a thousand feet. Mr Ellerl*; said that in making this statement ' we erred and he hurriedly ex- 1 ivrfu wsm for piaiucu tlUM/ 114l, a tariff of $1.00 a thousand feet'' And the tariff hill as passed pro- > vided for a $1.2-5 tariff as com-1J -red with $2.00 under the for-)1 ' schedule. At this point we*a8kai i Mr E1,erl>e whether the hill 1 he W V?tlIlg on did not Pro-J. .vide -fdrS's ** ,umber without anyj1' ''tariff at >01. He I,ro,nised ! answer tlfe ft uertlon ,ater on', 'but-neve, got to rt* Ht' had|' * some g?xxi jokes bi V ' an^ ?n^ | t$ftieeh tributes allotted W. ' '"in, soj our doubtless lie forgot to an** El- 1 question. We also asked Mr . ' lerbe what the tariff was dressed lumber, l?ut this question ** he saw lit to ignore entirely. Now, let us see whether The Record erred or not in saying that Mr Ellerhe's vote cost tl.oj consumer $1.">0 a thousand feet ti more than he would have paidjd had the hill passed as introduced, a providing for free lumlier. Ac-! hi cepting Mr Ellerlie's statement?hejs* might have "contended" for the ti $1.00 tariff hut certainly finally V came 'round to ti.<* $1.25 schyd- c. ule, for it was by his aid and sj that of the forty-one other "de- 8' serters" that the hill passed, n Zaeli McGliee, The State's Wash- t ington correspondent, and other v reliable newspai>er men have stated a that the tariff was $1.50 a thou- 1 sand feet on rough lumlier, hut e taking Mr Ellerlie's own state- 1 inent, that duty must increase I the price to the consumer one < dollar and twenty-five cents a ? thousand feet for every load of t rough lumlier he buys. In a < small-sized dwelling even, this I would count up considerably; you ' can figure for yourself?just add $1.25 to the cost. <>f every thou- < naiwl feet of lumber and you find out what his vote for the tariff takes out of*your jxK-ket ami adds < to the profits of the lumber trust. But, you say, he explained that the tariff does not affect the! I price of lumber in this State, but enables the manufacturers to get more for it when they ship it away. Did you ever hear such nonsense? Suppose you want some lumber to build your house, don't you know the mill owner makes you pay the price fixed by the trust or you don't get it? ?'<vn foil !.!??* \Ir 1T_IW1*. PUp|>V?C IV1I mill AU* U*iv? w said that they didn't mean for the mill men to raise the price on the home people, what do you think the lumber dealer would say? He would probably tell you that if you didn't care to pay the same price, less the freight, he got for his lumber by shipping it, you could build your house with brick or marble. That is just the point. That $1.25 tariff keeps the Canadian lumU'r out and provides a market to which the eal mills can ship their luml?er and sell it without foreign competition. For instance, if Canadian lumber-men could come into this market without paying the duty of $1.25 a thousand feet they could sell their product just $1.25 a thousand feet cheaper than they can under the tariff and thus hammer down the price all over the country. Since Mr Ellerba would not tell us the tariff on dressed lumber, we will give that information. On every thousand feet of dressed luml>er shipped into the United States the duty is 13.50 a thousand feet. That is to say, you pay $3.50 a thousand feet more for dressed lumber than you would have p&id had the tariff been removed on luml>er. Not only this, bnt on every piece of furniture or wooden ware, on every liook and newspaper, you pay tribute to the lumber trust, thanks to the tariff that Messrs Ellerbe et al voted to uipose upon their constituents. But, says Mr Ellerbe, the tarff on luml?er pays three million i -ii . i.l.~ t (Uiidrt) 111 IA' me ncii^ui j \_^itv vi lis opponents estimated the burlen of the lumber tariff to the ivhole I'nited States at three hunlred million dollars, which we hink is a very conservative figire. Thus we are made to spend n dollars to get back ten cents. Tow is that for political econw and statesmanship? PUrtfot.m vs Principles, ? As an adroit dodger our dis- ' nguished friend, *he Honorable ' K Kllerbe, is abouf Aft smooth ' proposition as ever peranjbu- ' itcd the political pike. We had ' >me curiosity to hear his at- * Miipted explanation of one or 1 tvo little matters pertinent to his 1 ampaign for re-election and to ' ny that he side-stepped the is- ! ucs with ease and grace and : lonchalance would do scant jus- 1 ice to the plausible sophistries 1 rith which he brushed aside 1 .wkward questions and extricated limself from the unpleasantly lose places into which he was letniued by his opponents. Hear lim: "They charge ine with violating my pledge in voting for i tariff on lumlier when the naional Democratic platform had leclared for free lumber. Here is the pledge I made: 'I will support the political principles and polieies <?f the Democratic party during the term of office for which 11 may l>e elected and work in accord with my Demoeratic associates m (ongress 011 all party questions.' Anything' alx?ut pledging myself to supjsirt the national Democratic-platform I in that?" That is how he "explains" the charge that he repudiated the solemn pledge that he made as a candidate for Congress several months after the Democratic platform as formulated at Denver (which declared for free lumber) had l>een promulgated throughout the entint.rv. Thus Mr Ellerl>e by a mere verlal quibble?a juggling of words?tries to make appear that he never pledged himself to support the platform enunciated by the national Democratic convention, which specifically demanded in the strongest terms the removal of the then existing tariff on luml>er. In trying to make a distinction between "principles" and "platform" Mr Ellerl>e is either disingenuous or he has failed to grasp the full significance of tne two words. According to Wei iter's International Dictionary we have the following definition: "Platform" 1 (applied to a political party)? ' "A declaration of principles upon ! which a party proposes to stand. Now, then, we ask in all fair- ! ness, how could Mr Ellerl>e re- ' pudiate the platform of the party ' without rejecting the principles 1 that were embodied in that plat- ^ form, which he himself acknowl- ( edges he was bound to support? ( hi this connection Mr Ellerbe ( deelared that if anyone would show him where he promised to r support the platform he would t withdraw from the race. We t leave it to the unprejudiced judge as y to whether we have proved our t contention, but we don't want t Mr Ellerhe to quit the race. If a the majority of the people in the i: Sixth district would have him n continue to represent them as n their Congressman far be it from p us to stand in their way. Per- fi sonally we have nothing whatever I against Mr Ellerhe; on the con- v trary, our relations with him ( have always l>een very pleasant. v Nor have we any quarrel with the ^ IuiuUt interests of this district. v til _ 11 1 !a! 4. a iney are an legitimate eiuerpiiM^, ^ and we want to see them sue- j. eeed and prosper. But we feel h that as a newspaper we have eertain duties incumbent uik>h us ^ just as binding as those imposed upon Mr Ellerbe in representing his constituents in Congress. Ac-1 wording to the lights before us we I annot conscientiously allow to| pass unchallenged his explanation j >f the charges preferred against lis official record and in our tumble way we will endeavor to jive our readers the result of our investigation. Having done this t is a matter of small concern :o us whether , or not the voters see tit to re-elect Mr Ellerlie. We ire working in the interest of no particular candidate and up to this time have not even fully de- fided which one we shall vote for. Having no interest iu a sawmill nor any intention of build r..*,,.w? ing a House m me iiwit iuiuic, we have no axe to grind and feel free to state the facts as we s<*e them without hias or prejudhv. Tillman's Tea Tariff Vote. < > lw>, MrRI. in some 01 im .... ... lerbe refers to the fact that Senator Tillman voted for a tax on tea in extenuation of his (Kllerl>e's) having Imlted the rules of the party. There are several distinct points of difference and the two cases are in no wise analogous. First, the national platform ofi the Democratic party did not declare for free tea as it did for free1 ? lumber. Second, tea is not a necessity, like luml>er, but a luxury, upon which it is very good Democratic doctrine to impose a tax for revenue only. A man can do with" out a cup of tea and not suffer hardship, but he can't do without a house to live in. Why "cuss'' the trusts for grinding down the people and then send a man hack to Congress who openly works in their interests? _______________ We hare frequently heari^jt from Mr Ellerbe's supporter* his opponents were gaining for Ellerbe by "jumping on ji" at every meeting. If this be true we are much deceived in the calibre of the people of Williamsburg county and the Sixth district. If his opponents did not expose him how are the voters to know that their public servant has betrayed his trust? Certainly tliey do not expect Mr Ellerbe to tell on himself. Not one word was said here about Mr Ellerbe's private character and if it can lie shown that his political record is spotted they should blame Mr Elierbe who made it and not the men who turn on the light. The public officer who has done big iuty. invites rather than resents a arefill scrutiny of his official rcc>rd. Congressman Ellerbe makes the emarkable statement?and his parisan followers blindly repeat ithat the tariff on lumber for rhich Ellerbe voted does not raise lio fha Instil mn?nnn(?r >ut only to some vague, farwav people to whom the lumber s shipped. Can any intelligent nan believe such absurd argunent? If the ti.ciff affects one ?art of the country doesn't itaf-' ect the whole nation? If Mr Cllerbe or any of his supporters cill demonstrate the truth of his, Ellerl>e's) contention Tlie Record I rill take hack every criticism of | lis vote on the hunUr tariff. Jut it can't 1** done. Any one J rith ordinary common sense nows that if the manufacturer! > permitted to raise the pri?v ofj is product by stiffing competi- j . - _ t _ ; ion, the consumer must pay mr t. ' GREELYVILL Bargains We are closing out our entii a large stock of Fall and Winte All Of Our Summe are going at from 5c to 25c and t at that price. Po*p.fhill Ties, the b at 45c each. Cltiett-Peabody that cost $9.00 a dozen going ~~ OUR TAILO have recently given us a discount to $7.00 on all Summer Suits anc customers get the benefit ol this i L,. D. tdOBBBMnHBOBI ??:??:@:@:?:@:@:@:? | The WEE ' jgj Is now Open and 1 ? Our paid up Capital is I ? tion to our officers and di ? solicit the patronage of gj liamsburg County. ? On accounts in our Sa ? the usual four percent, pei w always to extend any reas 2- our customers ana guarant @ @ OUR DIREC ?" * HUGH McCUTCHEN, J. K. S W. V. STRONG. T. K. S I (ft W. B. C * OFFH Z HUGH McCUTCHEN, Pres. @ W V. STRONG, Vice-Pres. A Temporary Quarters ere in The ?.?<& J2 Stephen Thoi #) 257 KING,STREET, C (i Have in stock an unusually at f) verware; Baskets for Fruit, Bo (m Coffee Sets; Vases; large ai W) Trays; Individual Almond Ta Dishes, Candlesticks; Sand1 m\ Bowls; Whipped Cream Bowl J I variety at reasonable prices. gft Also carry a complete line ol J I Diamonds suitable for present f\ Mail orders receive the most (A tion. We invite oor Williamat or send us their orders. pOJWfefc yl We Specialize the |V) horseflesh. No need to go farth X HORSES an 8 J. L. STl S LAKE CIr m) The Only Exclusively Live-Stock D ELIVE STOCK C QREELYVILLE, S. C. in Summe re line of Summer Goods at very r Goods which we have purchased. it:?T?? r Lawns jj In Our (jr< hey are barj^ains t C we still handle tl ???? t made our place s est made I Kingstree and the _______ ![ Freihu pply o Cl_. > Crackers on hand j 9 tiirts 4 ' at 500 each- * Nearly all of ? J He RS $ can of from $3.00 ? i Trousers. Our J AH other Staple reduction. * stock and g-uarantt rodg" t t I NEE BANK | ^eady for Business. g 530.000. We invite atten- $ rectorate, and respectfully @ the business men of Wil- @ 9 vings Department we pay ? r annum. We stand ready ? ;onable accommodation to jgj ee protection to depositors, w 2 TORS ARE: MITH, H. E. MONTGOMERY, ? 5MITH. W. R. SCOTT. 3 IOOPER @ * CERS: O E. L. MONTGOMERY, Cashier. w GILLAND & GILLAND, Atty's. ? Carolina Furniture Co's Store. jgj ARTMorr^ nas & Bro., J CHARLESTON. S. C.. tractive display of rich Sil- w n Bons, Cakes and Flowers; W) id small Comportiers; Bread (m Dishes; Glass-lined Relish W\ viph Plates; Mayonnaise 7a Is and a further extensive [ everything in Jewelry and ^ s on any occasion. jL ; careful and prompt atten- W) wrg friends to call in person 7A WE LIVE ^ L IN AN jn I A8'e S / | or ft V ' Specialties J jj needs of' our ewtomere in m\ er when you: want the best in 7A id MULES, n jchey, g rY, s. c., ' ft ealer in Williamsburg County. (& 0., AGENTS, / r Goods close priced to make room for i >cery ueparimeni ie line of eatables that have o popular with the ladies of surrounding country. T NationalBuiscuitCo's ill the time. the fifty-seven varieties of $ inz's PicKles be gotten here. and Fancy Groceries kept in >ed to be fresh and pure. ERS