The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 04, 1910, Page FOUR, Image 4
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KINGSTREE. S. C I
C. W. WOLFE.
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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
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? 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
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@ 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
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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
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ELIVE STOCK C
QREELYVILLE, S. C.
in Summe
re line of Summer Goods at very
r Goods which we have purchased.
it:?T??
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hey are barj^ains t
C we still handle tl
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est made I Kingstree and the
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Cl_. > Crackers on hand j
9 tiirts 4
' at 500 each- * Nearly all of
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of from $3.00 ?
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reduction. * stock and g-uarantt
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530.000. We invite atten- $
rectorate, and respectfully @
the business men of Wil- @
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vings Department we pay ?
r annum. We stand ready ?
;onable accommodation to jgj
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TORS ARE:
MITH, H. E. MONTGOMERY, ?
5MITH. W. R. SCOTT. 3
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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
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wrg friends to call in person 7A
WE LIVE ^
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' Specialties J jj
needs of' our ewtomere in m\
er when you: want the best in 7A
id MULES, n
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ealer in Williamsburg County. (&
0., AGENTS,
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r Goods
close priced to make room for
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>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