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not MTMTKlt WATCHMAN, EttaMI Consolidated Aug. 2.188 Cbt Ovhttto anii Soutbron. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BY-? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY Sl'MTBR. 8. C. Terms: $1.50 par annum?In advance. Ad v art tsemen ts: One Square first Inaartlon.$1.00 aHary subsequent Inaartlon.19 Contracts for three months, or ton gar will be made at reduced rates. All communications which aub aerre private Ir.terest* will be charged for aa advertisements. Obituaries and tributea of reapocta aifl be charged for. IEMHN IAS BEEN UPWAHD ^1 , ?' _ _ i MR LlTVaTR SHOWS DUTIES AHE HlftHKR UNDER PAYNE HILL Dataas Are Almost Prohibitive In? der Maximum Provision?Crodit Doe Demorrsu* Tor Reduction?No Hope for Real Revision by Rcpttb Mean Party. Lexington. Aug. 10.?Congressman Lever was seen by the News and Courier correspondent today and ask? ed for his views on the work of the extra session of Congress, which came to a close last Thursday. Mr. Lever said: . "We have spent the session revis? ing the tariff/ but it was not such a revision as was promised by the par? ty In power or expected by the coun? try. The idea that there has been a revision downward in the Interest of the consumer is out of keeping with the facti. The truth Is the revision has ben upward 171 per cent, and valorem over the Dlngley Act, which this Act supersedes. Whatever re? vision downward there has been Is on articles of little general consumption, and hence does not give to the con? suming psjbtk the relief claimed by the Republican party and leaders. It must not be forgotten, and this is the only test, that the average ad valorem rate of the Dlngley law was 44.lt per cent, ad valorem, while the average of the Payne-Aldrlch-Taft bill Is 45 87 per cent, ad valorem, or. as I have said, a difference upwsrd aVW pea mgUtsV.HllQrem. until the 91st of March. 1910. when the max? imum provision of the bill, added by the Aldrlch crowd In the Senate, be-'| comes effective and then the rates of the Payne-Aldrlch bill become auto? matically 70.87 per cent, ad valorem. it an Im-reaae of about 27 per cent, ad valorem ovtr the old Dlngley Act. This Is what the Republican press calls revision downward. It does not take much of a mathematician to see that It Is revision upward with a ven geanee? "You have aaked what I mean by the maximum provision.' The law provides thst on and after the Slst of March. 1910. there shall be added to the regular tariff rates, carried on the dutiable list. 25 per cent ad va? lorem. You understand that this ad valorem means 28 per cent, of the value of the arycle imported. For example, if the regular rate on ff im? ported aftlsJati waa one dollar per ton. then after the Slst of March next there would he added to this rate II per cent, ad valorem, or if the value of the ton In question were $10. 25 par cent, of $10. or $2.50, would be added,. making the total duty, which comes out of the consumer, $9.50. This provision was Inserted In the Senate and differs quite essen? tially from the House proposition. It is true that th< President has a right under this section of the bill, to re? move the duties imposed by it when he |s affirmatively convinced of cer tsln things which are not likely ever to exist during the life of the AOl I'nder this provision we have |m poacd upon the President the duty of collecting 25 per cent, ad valorem nd d'tloniil to the regular rates, and giv? en him at the same time the right to remove the 2f? per cent, ad vah i - m In the happening of certain event* We have delegated to him legislative power which he may or may not u.>e Is his discretion, and those of us fa? miliar with th- tremendous influen ? and insidious power -f those who are clamoring for higher protective rates sre Justified In our fears that the President may not be able to shake hlms?'lf loose from tho*.. Influen which not only contributed so latfjslj to his own election, hut which ire lb?? very foundation rocks upon S/blob have rested and must rest the suc? cess of the party of which he la the head What ??Joker*" Are. "The progress of this Act through the two houses has been marked with effort after effort to write Into it I ished April, 1850. 'Be Just an 1. SUJ provisions words which oi their faces s'em to menu one thing, while | as a matter of fact they carry a very different meaning. These are so-call? ed "Jokers," of which so much has been said in the press. It will be re? membered that when the Dingley law was passed, It was thought that oil was on the free list, when in fact the Act carried a prohibitive duty on oil, known as a countervailing duty, and which was discovered only about two years ago, which gave to the Stand? ard Oil Company an absolute monop? oly of the oil business at the expense of the American consumer. Similar efforts, as I have said, were made during the progress of this last Tariff Act.' A number of Jokers were dis? covered, and it la not altogether sure that there may not be more hidden away in the hundreds of pages which make up this Act. When the Payne bill was Introduced In the House It was heralded to the country that cof? fee was on the free list, but it was soon discovered that coffee was real ly dutiable at the rate of eight cents per pound. The exposure was made in time to save to the people of the country this tax upon their breakfast tables. "Then there was the fertilizer jok or, which was discovered in time to save to the people of the South two millions annually upon their fertilizer bills. "There was the lumber joker, also which sought to maintain the Ding ley rate of $2 per thousand on un dressed lumber, but this Joker was exposed upon the floor of ^he House through the vigilance of Its Demo cratlc members, and as the bill was finally sent to the Senate from the House the Dingley rate was reduced 50 per cent., or $1 per thousand on undressed lumber. In other word the prohibitive feature of the Ding ley rate was destroyed and a purely revenue rate was substituted. Boots and Shoes. "There was the leather joker. This was heralded by the Republican press es a great victory for the President, who. It was said, in consideration of the fact that hides should be put upon the free list, agreed that the tariff on boots and shoes would be re duced 10 per cent, ad valorem and on other leather articles to 20 per cent, ad valorem, and It was not known for several days that this re suit* had rtm r>e*n accomplished. This joker was exposed and the indigna tlon at the New England shoe man ufacturers In manipulating the scheme was so great that the Aid rieh-Cannon crowd, representing the very worst there is in tariff legisla? tion, were forced to put through a concurrent resolution removing this attempted fraud?a thing unprece? dented in tariff legislation in this country. What Taft Did. "President Taft's friends and ad? mirers claim a great victory for him in forcing a downward revision. That idea is ridiculous. If the President had succeeded In getting reductions In everything i| which he seemed in? terested, the saving to the consumer would have been practically nothing. President Taft made his fight upon the non-essentials of the bill and in favor of free raw materials?the pro? ducts primarily of the farm and mines In the Interest of the Eastern manufacturers. The President'* whole attitude In this tariff fight has been In the interest of the manufac? turer. He was not heard to raise his voice for any reduction on woolen and cotton fabrics?the vital neces? sities of every home in the land, for everyone must wear clothing, either woollen or cotton. The woollen schedule remains the same as it was under the Dingley law, and the rates on cotton goods have been increased from 10 to 113 per cent?the greater increase being upon that class of SOOdl which goes Into the most gen? eral consumption and is used most largely by the poorer classes of our piople. No, thfs Is a New England tariff law put through by New Eng? land Representatives, backed by the President of the United State? him? self, or has himself deliberately at? tempted to bunco the American peo? ple. President Taft had it in his power to give tin people i res] down? ward revision. For WStks, while the bill was pending In conference be? tween the two bOtqses, he had the key to the situation. He has pr?> ? i front friendship for the south, but permitted s heavy taj upon tin' bugging and ties of tin- South, and St the samt time allowed Ires bind? ing twine for the West. II? forced reduction upon the producta oi the t urns and the mine, and yet permit? ted tin* old law to stand or allow, d h.svy inereases upon the output of the Bnsttm manufacturer, if this law is a failure, it must be charged to the present Administration. The d Fear not?Ivel all the ends Thou Aiu ?TER. S. C. SaTUR head o* the party, with the situation in hand as he had it, could have forced such consessions as he wish? ed. Republicans Responsible. "It must be understood that the Republican party is soley responsible for this Act. The Democratic mem? bers of the ways and means committee of the House were not admitted to the committee rooms during the con? sideration of the bill nor were the Democratic members of the Senate ilnance committee admitted while the majority members were considering it, and it is equally well know that the Democratic members of the con? ference committee were ven denied the right to participate in the deli? berations of the conference commit? tee, and were given only a few hours to consider It, after the majority had agreed upon it, before the vote was taken, fie It said of the Democratic party in the House that out of the 171 of Its members, on the final pas? sage of the bill, only tw~o of them voted for it, and of the 32 Demo? cratic members of the Senate, only one voted for It, and these men both in the Senate and in the House come from that section of Louisiana which seems to be Republican upon the tariff. The Democratic party has never shown in the consideration of any tariff bill In the history of this country more unity of action nor a greater determination to vote for a real revision In the interst of thj people than it has in the consideration of this Act. The question is not settled?it cannot be settled in thte interest of the people of thte Republican party, and if there is to be a genuine revis? ion of the tariff It must come through the Democratic party." ROBERT LEE IX HALL OF FAME. Statues of the Great Confederate and of George Washington Installed in the Capitol. Washington, Aug. 10.?Bronze stat j ues of George Washington and Rob? ert E. Lee, Virginia's contribution to the nation's "Hall of Fame," were today placed In Statuary Hall at the Capitol. Formal ceremonies attend? ing the unveiling will take place at some time yet to be determined. Both statues are beautiful works of art. Lee is pictured In the uni? form of the South, and his statue -tands between thoTse of Robert Ful? ton, inventor of the steamboat, aud J. L. M. Curry, uf Alabama. Near the statue of Lee are those of Qtn, James Shields, of Illinois, and Gen. Phillip Kearny, of New Jersey, In the uniforms of the Union army. The Lee statue was designed by Ed? ward V. Valentine, of Richmond, Va. Washington's statue was placed in the southeast end of the hall, be? tween the statues of Gen Ethan Al? len, of Vermont, and Gen Peter M Uhlenberg, of Pennsylvania, a dis? tinguished soldier and statesman of Revolutionary times, and a hrother of the first Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Washington statue is a replica of Hudson's fa? mous masterpiece now in the Capi? tol in Richmond. Elliot W'oods, superintendent of the Capitol, today said that formal ac? ceptance of the iwo statues Is not required, although presentation of the statues may be formally made with elaborate ceremonies at the In? stance of the Virginia statue com? mission, and with the permission of Cong res?. MARYLAND DEMOCRATS MEET. Adopt Platform Indorsing Suffrage Amendment to State .Constitution Disfranchising Negroes. Baltimore, Aug. 11.?State Comp? troller Joshua Hering was unani? mously rehomlnated today by the Democratic State convention. The platform, which was devoted entirely to state issues, among other things, favored the suffrage amend? ment to the State constitution to be voted on this fall, which in effect dis? franchise! the illiterate negro vote. A resolution had been prepared for submission to the platform commit? tee indorsing United States Senator Rayner for reelection, but it was withdrawn at Senator Rayner's re? quest, Tt was feared by Senator Rayner and state and city leaders rhi't a resolution Of this sort might be considered <s taking the place of the present senatorial primary elec? tion law. The resolution was not deemed necessary) as the entire party organlsatloni it was said, is in favor o| Rayner'i reelection, and it was conceded that he would have no op? position. ris't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ai DAY. AUGUST 14, 1 EAGLES' m A TEST CASE \\\ ?r: MADE OF IT. t Vnlawful Storing Charged?Beer and Whiskey Not Removed, But Locked Up Pending Claim and Delivery Proceedings. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 11.?The po? lice yesterday afternoon made a raid on the club of the Eagles' aerie at 1546 Main street. Quite a lot of ex? citement was created as the lodge has a membership of 350, and among the members are a number of prominent citizens and public officials, including the congressman from this district, the State senator from this county, ie police recorder and a number of police officers. The raid was made upon informa? tion that liquor was being stored in violation of the law. Chief Cathcart stated that he made no case as to the illegal sale of whiskey, but would in? sist before the magistrate that the section of the law forbidding storage was being violated. The officials of '.he club declared last night that they welcome the investigation, for they contend that they have complied with the letter of the law strictly and, as there has been so much talk about what clubs have been doing, they wish to get the matter settled with reference to their own conditions. Chief Cathcart took charge of 1, 000 bottles of beer and 100 quarts of liquor. As notice was given that the club's attorney, Senator F. H. Wes tdn, would bring claim and delivery proceedings to secure the return of tie stuff seized, Chief Cathcart did nut haul the seized beer and whiskey tl the police station, but locked it ig a room and sealed it, pending the decision by th?, nagistrate. A careful inventory of the seiz?' *e was made. Chief Cathcart stated hat the of? ficers of the club i were summon? ed were Harry S. Fox, president and George Xafey, steward. In the same raid the police visited a club in the postofflce block, which a short time ago secured a charter un? der the name of the "Ravens." At this place were found 96 bottles of beer and seven pints of whiskey. The manager of this club was L. B. Dreher. Chief Cathcart stated last night that he has positive informa? tion that nearly all of the clubs raided last week have suspended or quit business entirely. The managers of the places in some instances have left the city. In fact, the charters ot some of these "social clubs" were se? cured just a few days before th? prohibition law went Into effect, foi the word seemed to get out thai there would be good pickings here but the police propose to enfore the law strictly. They are using in theii raids the list of clubs having char? ters and the list of persons having government revenue licenses, anc there Is said to have been a markec increase lately rn the number ot those holding licenses. Chief Cathcart yesterday declarec two men to ?seist Capt. T. E. Dick son and the constables In the endeA vor to find some contraband at W. H Seller's place, but the search waa fruitless. Chief Cathcart has been watch im the freight depots and express office, and has found a lot of stuff that WsJ shipped In violation of the Unitec States laws?in other words, shipped in fictitious names. In each case the shippers, usually houses In Jackson? ville, would have spotters on thf. grounds and would order the stufl returned to them before the police could make seizures. The shippers could not be held amenable to the law, but the persons using the wrong names could be punished se? verely. "I have seen what the Charleston napsrs have had to say about drink? ing in restaurants in Columbia," said Chief Cathcart yesterday. "It h all bosh. I am satisfied that there Ii not a restaurant on Main street in Colum bita that sold a bottle of beer to any man from Charleston. If a parson wishes to go into a restaurant and drink beer which he himself had purchased at a dispensary there is no violation of the law In that, al? though'the restaurants are careful nol to permit this as a practice, for It would soon bring them Into disre? pute. "The police are not mors than usually active at this time. The rea? son for these raids la that the police have heretofore assisted the consta? bulary. Who worked up cases and got out injunctions, closing places In that way. But as this present prohibition period will last only a few days, we thought thai there would be places springing up right and left which would not be seriously bothered by ^ ^'ins and contempt proceed? ings, for they would not intend to remain Jonj^nlebusiness anyway. We had been laying our plans for this forjsojme time." Some of the members of the Eagles* club said last night that they have 350 members and only 100 lockers and that was what the police objected to?the joint ownership of lockers. This is one point which will be argued before Magistrate Fowles today. POLICE VISIT OTHER CLUBS. Enforcement of Law Carried Out to Letter in Columbia?Xo Supplies Were Found. Columbia, Aug. 12.?Following the visit to the Eagles' club Tuesday af? ternoon, from which a test case re? sulted as to the use of lockers for more than one member of a club, the Columbia club and the Metropolitan club were visited yesterday by Chief of Police Cathcart who was accom? panied by Mr. H. P. Green, secretary of Columbia club and a member of the firm, now city attorney. Xo viola? tion of the law was discovered at these two clubs and the officers came away satisfied that the organizations were living in the letter of the law. The test case arising from the fact that more than one member of the Eagles' club occupies a locker wa6 not tried yesterday and the exact date of the hearing of the case has not yet been decided upon as the preparation of the papers and other matters inci? dent to the trial will take some time. Mr. F. H. Weston, representing the Eagles, is engaged now in arranging the club's side of the matter for the argument before Magistrate Fowies. SEIZES LOT OF GOOD BEER. Marshal Dennis McKelvln Gets HLs Clutches on Four Barrels on Sulli? van's Island. Charleston, Aug. 11.?Marshal Den? nis McKelvin made yesterday after? noon a seizure of four barrels of fine export beer on the back beach on Sullivan's Island. Chief Constable Bateman got track of the consignment and he started j out to follow the beer to Its destina? tion and there to seize it. As usual, his appearance on the ferry wharf was immediately telephoned ahead, the plan which Is almost Invariably followed, handicapping the official in the discharge of his duty, and when he attempted to search a car at Mount Pleasant, he was called >ff the job by an employe of the company. Chief Bateman then took a car and went down to the Atlantic Beach ho? tel, waiting at the station. The beer did not come down with the freight train and then Chief ttateman begun to take a look about this section v>f the island. He brought the sleuth McKevlln Into the game and in a short time the marshal had the four barrels which had been hid? den in a small house on the back beach. Marshal McKevlin gave at? tention st once to the draymen on ' the island and having found that one in particular had been seen a short ti. e previous with his team hitched up at station Xo. 19, the marshal re ' paired to this station and followed fresh wheel tracks which took him ' to the little house and rewarded him ' for his trouble. The beer was turned ' over to Chief Bateman. _ . FLAMES RAGING IX TITXXEEL. Woodwork in Southern's Lyiichhurg Passage Burning?Ground Above Caving in. Lynchburg, Ya., Aug. 11.?The temporary work in the tunnel on the Southern railway's new route through Lynchburg is being destroy? ed by lire, which broke out thi> morning at 8 o'clock, the fire being more menacing tonight than at any time during the day. In the crown are 1,500,000 feet of Southern and oak timber and 50.000 cords of fire? wood, all of which will burn unless some method can be discovered to stop it. The cordwood above the WOOden crown, all of which was de? signed to be encased in concrete, caught tire from a spark from :i steam shovel, the spark going through a crack between the timbers, which are 12 inches thick. Late this afternoon the ground above the tunnel began to care In, and tonight it is feared Rivermoni avenue, the main thoroughfare to \ residential section, seems certain to cave. The street cars have stopped. Attorney General Lyon has rendi ed an opinion that the dispensers and clerks must be paid their regu? lar salaries for the time the county dispensaries are closed. t0tl SOTJrHRON, Established June, 18?? ies-Vol. XXIX. 1o 49 Improvement in Southern. For some time observant people? have noted that a great change for the better has come ovei service as well BS the spirit of the Southern railway management. This improve? ment patent to close observers, and to these having much traveling or other business with the road, has been kept up long enough to become recogr.ized by the great public, and! it is a genuine pleasure tr record the fact that where formerly this cor respordent had to be constantly re? porting wrecks, or hearing "kicks"' from many quarters, the wrecking de? partment of this news bureau has; been discontinued for lack of mate? rial and instead of "kicks," men are more often heard remarking on the excellent service given, the regular schedi les, and the uniform courtesy of the railroad employes, big and lit? tle. A well known gentleman state4 this morning that he had never seen such improvement, and would not have oeen aware of it, except that two weeks ago he had occasion to travel about two thousand miles over the Southern system, South andi West. He said he had no trouWe* getting stop overs, courteously al? lowed by the conductors, and tjiat everywhere he found the ticket agents, baggage agets, etc., accommo? dating and pleasant mannered, andT that he never, during the whole week of travel, stopping at many places,, found a schedule ten minutes out of. order, or experienced any delay in getting in and out. He related that n the many changes of routes he got disconnected with his trunk and since returning home, had been afraid al? most to get the road to trace it up, remembering that in former similar troubles, he had met with rebuff's and discouragements in such con? nection. This; time, he said he found every? one connected with the baggage de? partment over kind and helpful ii? seeking the lost baggage, telegraph-. ing to all junction points, and finally locating and delivering the trunk, when he had considered it as good as gone. This same man said he forrn^ erly patronized another railroad sys? tem whenever possible, because of the lack of accommodation and irreg? ularity of schedules on the Southern,, but chat now he could not suggest any improvement in t. e passcng?*-' management of the Southern. There is no doubt in the world" about the great improvement in the conduct of the affairs of the South? ern in the past two years, and le** doubt about the improvement in the feeling of the general public toward* this great corporation. Ani it is with genuine pleasure that this wonP of commendation can be honestly ancK unsoUcltedly given by this corespond e'U. who pays regular railroad far*-' when he travels, and has never yef fawned on a corporation or anything else. \h".. thrift or undue favor might follow.?Raleigh News and Observer. MANY THWART TAFTS PLANS K. publican Political Machine*?' MVr.i Defeat President's Plans- U> Onltc the North and south?Trouble I Arises Over the Appointing of Odi-' sms Enumerators. Washington, August 11.--Presi? dent's Taft'8 well-directed efforts. irJ Ixing his policy towards the Sotrtnare threatened with rupture, if not de? struction as the result of the poffticaf game being played in connection wit I* the appointment of census supervi? sors. Up to a few nays ago it looked ssj though the appointment to these places would be mad*y t>y di? rector Durand, of the census bureau, with the President s approval. Now. however, it has been learned that the real power behind the throne is noc* other than Frank H. Hitchcoc k. gfd - ed by the Republican referees from the various Democratic States. It has been known here lor leversj days that so far as South Carolina was concerned no appointments as super? visors would be made without tf?f approval of John fj. Capers and Far? inas Blslock, and that in Virginia another rock-ribbed Democratic state. Congressman Slemp and Alvah Mar ? tin would be consulted before wit thing definite would be announce^.' to the appointments. In addition tSJ tiiis it was today learned that Ceelfc Lyon, tlx- head of the Hepubbr.it machine in Texas, has been forsever a days holding conference sritta Jit Hitchcock and that everything it< feesj cut and dried for naming at least ten Republican supervisors in the bones Star State, which sends to Conpreitf B delegation of | \teen Ocmoi'-ut^ That at bast ten Of the sixteen su pervisora will be Republicans is tically settled, and it is possible rrr.A even a greater dlvia on may b?- mada*.