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4l?r. SI-MTKII WATCHMAN. Km tab 11 Consolidated Auk. 2,1 RECIPROCITY BILL PASSED. ?OUD Nirrottr ok minority pi TS \?.ri km KM THHOl l.ll hoi gj Majority of Um? Regular* Vote Against Hailth atlon, NMiiU the In ?urgvuis sii|i|m?rt Measure. - Washington. Fei?. 14?President Tafts reciprocity agreement with Canada was ratified In the house to? night through the support of an al moet solid l> mocratlc vote. Th?; MeCall bill, carrying the agreement Into effect, wan passed 221 to 92. A muj-Titv of Um gftpubiicatiH present Voted -Kim ggf, Ill'tHlil'v, the di vision being 78 ayes and 87 noes. The Democratic vole was 143 ayes and only 6 noes. A majority of the Republican insurgents present voted for the bill. , The MeCall bill now goes to the senate. What Its fate will he In that body Is problematical at this linn . President Taft believes that If a fili? buster can ho avoided and a vote taker?, the bill will pass. The tseage of the bill In the hou ??? came at um end of a l?mg debate, which at times was as bitter as has been heard on the floor of that cham? ber In years. The fight was confined < almost wholly to tho Republican side. Democratic members Joined In from time to time and taunted the asajorlty members for their lack of salty. The Democratic leaders also, put th*. claim that the reciprocity agreement was good Democratic doc? trine and declared they were glad to welcome President Taft and many of the house Republicans into the Democratic fold. | The suggestion came from the Re? publican side that Mr. Taft and Champ Clark might be rivals for the nest Democratic presidential nomi? nation. Mr. Clark claimed that in a contest of that sort ho would win1 "hands down." j A final vote was reached tonight only through the application of a' ? eloture rule which shut off all amend- | gJtnats and even dispensed with the Wnmifir the hin. The Republicans opposed to the bill I fought the rule to the very last, de- . Bouncing It In caustic language. They i directed their tire especially against the Democrats and accused them, on the eve of going Into the poWST in the house, of enforcing a gag rub* as drastic as any against which they had so eloquently inveighed in the past The Democrats laughed loudly at this and seemed thoroughly to enjoy the discomfit.ire of sonn of their old lime enemies. Champ Cbirk took Representative J Dahn? 11 (Pa.) sharply to task for eeenplalnlng of the "undue haste" which the house was uctlng on the reciprocity measure. The speaker to-be declared that the democrats had sat for y? irs. bound and gagKc.i. while the gentleman from IVnnsyl vaala and his associates had brought ?a rule after rule and had rushed .eglslation thr??ugh without giving an opportunity for amendment. I nder the eloture rule which was adopted b> an ??verwh?dinin? vole, tin only Icoph'de ; ft to th?- opponents of the measure was a motion to recom? mit t?? the c. mrnlttee of the whole, house with Instructions to report eei tuln am ndn t.ts. When this came to a vote half I dosen gtSggantl were clamoring for recognition. Mr. Dal? sen was recognized. Me proposed that meat and nisst produ t*. Hour, i Steals* lumber and several ?>lh< r artUdes be put on the free list. The Democrats were not shaken by this ami the mo? tion was lost '14 to 191. The eloture rule had been adopted previously by a vote ??f 19h t?? 1 u7. It has been apparent for several days that the reciprocity measure MBU Id have an overwhelming majority In th ? house. This seemed to m ike its op? ponents all the more bitter. The tid? ing displayed In th house today was so Intense s? limes that it surprl-? d members on both sides. Some Republican leaders llk?? Mr. Dulseil (I'a. > and Mr. I'.?rdn? y (Mich.) veiled but thinly their predl? - tlons that the R? pui-ii< an party would h? defeated t?y reason of what they characterised as a d?'pature from the principle of protection and th?* espousal of free trade. Mr. I ?alz- II proposed to stand where he stood for 10 years and to "g<? d<?vvn" with his party. Mr. Foidmy sabl h?* b? lh v? d that I ?enmcratlc UnsSS w?t<- coming and It made him "sw at bload*1 10 I 001? template the rielancholy f a t. The t?ther Speeche.? from the Republican opposition were In mil* h the sann? st rain. Speaker Cannon took no part in the debate, either yesterday or loday. Me shed April. IHM 'Be Just ai 881. SI EARLE MEASURE DEFEATED. yoti: COX8IDKRI.ll tkst or QO\ i knok's STRENGTH. Msejsare Would Ghre Governor Abso? lute \uiiiorit> to \|?|?oim Special Judges ? Outgrowth of Commit tn's Hopoit Fulling to Sustain t.ov. Blcasc's Position in Mattet?Ap? propriation Bill Comes fron donate Finance Committee Greutly Chang? ed?To Conference Probably. Columbia, fob, 14.?The most sig nillount vote of the entire session of th?- Senate ( moo- unexpectedly tonight, up??n the adoption of the unfavorable r. p u t Of th<- majority of the judici? ary committee, upon Senator J. U. Furies bill, amending the code as to tin apppjatment Pf special Judges and doinn away with the recommendation* hy the Supreme Court for such ep potaUnenl bi Um Governor. By a v.-te of || to in. the Senate adopted tin- unfavorable report, ie?; j. etmg the bill The vote was a U st as to those who stood with Gover? nor Coli I*. Bleaae, that Section 2,74.1 of the Code is unconstitutional, or that it should he changed so that the Governor would he supreme in the appointm >nt of special Judges. The following voted against Senator Karle'a hill: Bat s, of Barn well J Black, of Bamberg; Christensen, of Beaafort; Carlisle, of Bpartanburg; Glnn. of Hampton; Green, of Marl? boro; Hardin, of Chester; Johnstone of Newbeeryi La ween, of Darlington; Bide, of Orangeburg; Mauldin, of Greenville; McCown, of Florence; Montgomery, of Marion; Muckenfuss, of Dorchester; Sinkler, of Charleston; Splvey, of I lorry; Stucky, of Lee; Sul? livan, of Anderson; Summers, of Cal houn; Walker, of Georgetown; Wal? ler, of Greenwood; Weston, of Klchland; Wharton, of Laurens?To? tal 23. The following voted for the bill of Senator Earle; Ackerman, of Col'e ton; Appelt, of Clarendon; Clifton, or Sumter; Groft, of Aiken; Crosson, ol Lexington; Dennis, of Berkley; Earle, of Oconee; L'pps, of Williamsburg; Forrest, of Saluda; Hough, of Ker shnw; Johnson, of Falrfleld; I.aney, of Chesterfield; Manning, of Dillon; Mara of Abbeville; Mauldin. Of Pi Is? ens; I La inMord, of Fdgefleld, Stewart, of York; Strait, of Lancas?' r; Young, of Cnlon?Total 19. The last group voted not to table, hence It Is practically certain all were for the bill as it stood. Providing an insp. < tor for the rail? road commission at a salary of $1,800, cutting out ipeclal appropriation* for the educational Institution* and changing tie HOOM gpptoprtattons bin in several ether particulars the Senats tinan. ? commutes tonight re pi rted that Important measure to UM Senate. The follow lag 11 ? som ? of tin amendments suggested by the finance committee: i'or repairing Arsenal, $B?o udded in bill; th. South Caroling Corn Breeders' Association is given M.eee, provided $4,060 Is otherwise raised, and the money is to be ex? panded by the others of IhS Associa? tion and Ctesnsog nuthorlttea The State board of health. In its conting? ent aOCOOSd for lighting disease, has the House appropriation reduced from $15,000 to $10,000. The Pniverslty's new auditorium as already published, is not reported by the finance committee, being stricken from lh? bill. This was a $1 ?;.?;?;?; ap? propriation for each of three y?'nrs. The Cniverslty Is given $1,000 for a heating plant tins rear end $6,000 I next. The Citadel does not get its *-'.1 appropriation this year and the same next year by the finance I ommlttee's report. Winthrop s new building, for which Governor Bleaae has signed an Act giving $60,000 In three years, is not In the bill. The South Carolins Live Stock As? sociation Is given $1,000 Instead of $"?oo. All they.- changes >eiii be lought out yet on the floor of the Senate and then, in case of disagreement, the various matters go to free confer I ence, Always the appropriation bill goes to conference, was In the chamber constantly, how? ever, and followed On arguments on both sides aith the ke. in st interest. There was loud applause and cheer? ing in I he house tonight when, on lha Ars4 record vote th,,t urns ordered, tin speaker ealled Representative Olllc James of Kentucky, ?.n. of the l< nd< rs of the Democratic side, lo Ihe chair, Mr. James sat there all through tin roll call and when h> announced tie vote the cheering was renewed, This is said to be the only time a i?. mocrat has been ealled to preside ovei the house since the Republicans gained soatrol. id Fear not? l< i all the ends Thoit A1e rMTER, S 0., SATURD' HITGHGQOK J1I8JACK. BLAMES MAGAZINE PUBLI8HEH8 I'ok postal DEFICITS, Aims to show Thai the Proposed In? fi Pasc In Raten is Just?Various Protests Received. Washington, Pebt 14.?Large profits asserted to be inuring to the publish Srs t?f magazines and immense losses being sustained by the Government in ths transportation of magazines a? second-class mail matter at existing rates are mads the basis of a state? ment issued tonight by Postmaster General Hitchcock in response to the attack by the magazine publishers up? on the proposed increase of the post? age rate on the advertising pages of the large magazines from 1 cent to 4 cents a pound. Mr. Hitcock makes it clear that the proposed new rate "does not affect newspapers of any kind nor does it apjlly to periodicals mailing less than 4,00?) pounds of each issue. "Applying the increase to the en? tire amount of second-class mail mat? ter," continued Mr. Hitchcock, "it would amount to less than 1 cent 8 pound." In the oourss Of his statement, Mr. Hitchcock says: "In a whob- page newspaper ad? vertisement signed by 34 of the prin? cipal magazines and periodical publi? cations of the country It is stated that the increased rate 'will drive a ma? jority of the popular magazines out of existence, and with them the enor? mous volume of profitable first-class mail their advertising creates.* The public should know that this charge is made In the face of the fact that a part, if not all, of the signers of the statement are realizing tremendous profits from the vast amount of high priced advertisements contained in the columns of their periodicals, which the Government is today carrying at the extraordinarily low rate of 1 cent a pound and at a total cost of more than 9 cents a pound. "During the fiscal year 1910 over ?00,000,000 pounds of second-class matter was carried ?hrough tho public mails at a loss of $62,000,000 to the Government, while the returns from third-class matter were practically self-sustaining, and on that of first and fourth-Class matter there was a largs saving of revenue, leaving the j postal defic it for the year not quite i $?;,<><)(?,(?00. It remains to be deter? mined whether the people who mail letters of general correspondence, I the publishers of hooks and phamph ts nmi the senders of small merchandise shall be taxed to meet the deficit caused by the extension of ths sub Bldy rats to Ihs publishers of the largo magazines of tho country. Mr. Hitefieoek then proceeds to gi\. Hgun a winch, he says, arc taken from publishers' statements to show the universal profits tue magaslnes are paying, millions being sarned in tin- course of a year, and continues: "By the proposed law, magazines and periodicals, Insofar as they pro? vide public information, are left e< sotly on i par with the newspapers and smaller periodicals, while the in crease of rats of '?> c ents on the pound attaches only to those portions of such publications as are devoted to adver? tising purposes. "For short hauls, ai from New York to Washington or Baltimore, magaslne publishers Invariably patronise the express c ?mpanles, giv ing them the full hem-lit of the carriage of their publications on the only hauls on which the Government could receive anything like the proper return for the cost of carriage, while the long hauls across the continent are refused by the express companies and left to tp. overburden d public mails be? es i e the express companies will not carry them for a sum approaching the small price charged by the Gov? ernment." m 11 i \<. i hill laid on SHELF. Mr. Rembert's Motion to Adojura He hate on Hill Until 1912 Passed. Columbia, ivb. |6, The senate mileage- bin was reached in the house Thursday morning, Mr. Kurt Z. Smith moved to strike- out the enact? ing w ids and this pre c ipitated a eh hate, Speeches for tin- bill were made by Messrs. Mansfield, Beamgard, Nunnery, Bearson, McCravey, D, L. Smith. Dobson ami Oshorne; those heard In argument against the hill were Messra Hamilton, Ayer, Willis Heiser, SToumnns, Cary, Kurt 7. Smith and Watson Finally the house disposed of the measure b> passing a motion by Mr. Itemberl t adjourn debate until February I, 1912 _ It Is a world to see.?Lyly. ns't at be thy Country*!, Thy God's an 1Y, FEBRUARY 18, 191 BAILEY DEFENDS LORiMER. DEFEXSF. OF LOKIMKK BECOMES ATTACK ON DETRACTORS Bererldge Beeks tu rix Date for De? cision, hut Burrows Comes to Ros one With Objection. 1 Washington, Feb. 14.?An effort to' fix a day for a vote in the senate upon ! the Lorlmer case was made today, but once more it failed. Assurance was , given, however, that ultimately a vote would be permitted. Upon the conclusion of Senator Baileys' speech in defense of Mr. Lor- j Inter, which he had resumed after i having talked three hours yesterday, ; Mr. Heveridge tried to obtain unani? mous consent to lix a date for the vote. Objection was forthcoming at once from Mr. Furrows, chairman on the committee on privileges and elec? tions. I Tempering his objection with some measure of balm for the opponents of ' the Illinois senator, Mr. Burrows said that in time there would be a storm. | This was taken to mean that later during the session the friends of Mr. Lor.lmer considered that they might' face a vote w ith less danger to him than now. i Mr. Bailey soon entered upon sen- j sational grounds by practically de- | daring the bank deposit slip evidenc- j ing State Senator Holstlaw's deposit in the State Bank of Chicago had been a forgery. He referred to tne fact that yesterday Senator Cummins had sought to introduce the original slip j which it was claimed had been made | out by one Newton, chief clerk of the bank. i Mr. Cummins, Mr. Bailey said, had I permitted him to take the paper and j added that his examination of it had j only had the effect of confirming his I theory that the slip had been a I forgery. He was sure that the hand- J writing shown in Newton's signature was not the same as on the slip. What he admitted was a delicate branch of his investigation was men . entered upon by Mr. Bailey. Express- j ing surprise that the slip only and j I rvot ?he books of the bank had been' introduced in the testimony the sen? ator said that the slip was the only . paper In the hank's files that could have been forged. He appreciated, he said, the seriousness cd* such a charge as this, but he seemed to find a pos? sible explanation in Gov. Deneen's connection with the hank. '"His friends control the institution' or at least he is a stockholder In it," he said. I DR. took A V A V DE VILLI AN. Makes His Debut With Moving Pic? tures And Roasts Yellow Press. New York. Feb. 14.?Dr. Frederick a. Cook, who is not sure whethei he discovered the North Pole or not, dis covered s new held for financial gain today when he deserted the lecture platform ami burst Into vaudeville. Fe tor <'o<?k made his first appear- ! ance along with moving pictures and other photographs at the Manhattan Opera House, which not so long ago likewise deserted the legitimate and began to uplift the polite varieties. The Doctor occupied a place on the bill between Mclntyre and Heath and the Fight English Madcaps. A tre? mendous audience was on hand to hear what the Doctor had to say, and; his talk and pictures were greeted i w ith Cheers and hisses, according to j the sympathies of the people "out in1 front." The Doctor lost no time In dispel? ling the thought that in- had become a vaudevlllian for money. Art and a desire to be set right before the world had driven him to the stage, he ad? mitted, and for that reason he was anxious to tell tw ice a day the terrible sufferings he went through In order to collect the photographs which he had to show. The set of Btereoptlcon views por? trayed Doc tor Cook traversing the fro/en North and ended with a sight cd' tin- explorer waving two American dans at the very pole. Alter he warnucl up to his subject, Doctor t'ook was no longer humble. Notwithstanding thai in- appeared pale and nervous, he was very angry indeed. "J want to tell you of a man who has been Wronged," said he. "I have been compelled to meet the attack of the yellow press. As a matter of fact, I am dealing with dogs In edi? torial chairs."?Baltimore Sun. The Dillon, Hamer am! Maple cot? ton mills \ ill be consolidated, with a capital of |800,000, j Samuel J. Wylle, of ?'bester COUn 1 ty, committed sui? ich- Tuesday. U Truth's." THIS THE 1. ???HIHHBnaMIBaMMDEiaHDMan BREAT LUMBER TRUST. IMPORTANT REPORT BY COM? MISSIONER OF CORPORATIONS ANNOUNCED. Growing Tendency Toward Monopoly ?Public Land Policy Needs to Be Changed to Correct Conditions. Washington, Feb. 15.?Coneertra-! tlon of the control of the standing timber in a very few hands, vast spec? ulative holdings Tar in advance of any use thereof," an enormous in? crease in the value of "this diminish cd natural resource with great pr' 3 to its owners," and Incidentally ' equally Sinister land monopoly,' <i "closely connected railroad don..na? tion"?these are the findings reported to President Taft by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporations in the first installment of his long awaited r< port on the lumber industry of the country. The report was made public today when submitted to Con? gress by the President. It constituted the "first comprehensive and metho? dical investigation of the amount of ; and ownership of our standing tim- i her." The report Itself comprises thirty-eight printed pages hut a 1 summary of its contents is contained j in a letter submitted by Mr. Smith. I "There are many great combinations in other Industries," says the com? missioner, "whose formation is com? plete, -one the lumber industry of the country, and, the bureau now finds in the making a combination caused fundamentally, by a long standing public policy. In the last forty years oncentration has so proceeded that 15 5 holders, many interrelated, now have practically one-half the privately , owned timber in the investigation ! area (which contains 80 per cent of j the whole.) This formidable process ( of concentration, in timber and in land, Involves grave future posslbiU- ; ties of imprognant monopoly, with far reaching consequences to society, it ^ is now difficult to anticipate fully or to overestimate. "The foremost facts shown are: i (Frist)?The concentration of a domi-| hating control of our standing tim-| her in r. comparative few enormous holdings, steadily tending toward a, i I central control of the lumber indus? try; (second) Yast holding of timber j land, far in advance of any use there- | of; (third) An enormous increase in. the value of this diminishing natural resource, with great profits to its own ere. This value by the very nature of! standing timber, the holder neither 1 created nor substantially enhances. ! "These are the underlying facts, of tremendous service to the public wel- j fare. They are primarily the results of our public land policy, long con- j tinned. The laws that represent that policy are still largely operativ?'. The past history and present status of our standing timber drive home upon us the Imperative necessity of revising our public1 policy for the future man? agement of all oui- .aining natural resources. , The commissioner then traces th,e In? terval during which timber land pass? ed from government to private owner? ship. "There is now left," he continues,,1 "in continental United states about J.-; i 200 billion board feet of private stand- i ing timber of which 1.747 billion is inj the 'lnveslgatlon area covered in great detail by the bureau. This area In? cludes the Pacific northwest, the southern pine region and the lake States, and contains about SO per cent of ali the private timber of the coun? try. In addition there are about 593 billion feet in tin- national forests and about 1*0 billion feet on other varlOUS private lands. Thus the total amount of standing timber in continental Uni? ted States is about 8,800 Pillion board feet. The present annual drain tip an the supply of saw timber is about fifty billion feet. At this date the timber now standing, without allowance for growth or decay would last only about thirty-five years. "The present commercial value of privately owm d standing timber in the country, not including the value Of the land. Is estimated a' six billion. Ul? timately the consumer will have to I pay higher prices tor lumber, which I will give this timber a far greater value." I The commissioner declares the hold? ings of the Welrhalres Timber Com j pany, the Southern and Northern Pa? cific Companys, together with 238 bil? lion feet, or marly 11 per cent of all the privately owned timber of the country. "In the Southern pine region," said ! the report, in taking lip the d< . < rip tlon of timber land, "there are 53t billion feet of prlvatel) owned limber. Concentration In total timber is much hss than In the Pacific Northwest. There is. however, a high concentre E SOUTHRON. Established June. lUgg Vol. XXXI. No. 52. ? LOUS FIGHT WOW. SENATE PASSES BILL TO ESTAB? LISH NATIONAL PARKS IN APPALACHIAN HIGH? LANDS, Hill. Which Hm Received Assent of Lower Hr \ Now K -ojun h Only BanctlOP President?Affects the South < rally. / ? W & gton, Feb. 15.?After many y? l delay, the bill looking to the ^je?* .on of national forest reserves in ? White Mountains and the South * en Appalachians passed the smate late today, the vote standing 57 to 9. The negative vote was cast by Sen? ators BriatOW, Hurton, Clark of Wy I oming, Cullom, McCumber, Republi? cans, and Senators Davis, Paynter and Shivley Democrats. I The bill passed the house last ses [ sion and, as it was accepted by the ; senate without change, it lacks only j the signature of the president to make it a law. I The entire day was given to the subject by the Senate. Senators Brandege of Connecticut and Galling? er of New Hampshire stood as spon? sors on the measure. Senator Simmons of North Carolina and Newlands of Nevada spoke in sup? port of the bill and Senators Burton of Ohio and Hcyburn of Idaho in op? position. Senator Hcyburn denounced the bill as a farce. He declared that if se? riously carried into effect it would cost more than the Panama canal, j While it is understood on all sides that \ the purpose of the bill is the acquisi? tion of lands in the "White mountains of New England and of the Appala? chians in the Southern States for the creation of forest reserves It contains no specific mention of such purpose. The authority for this proceeding is found in the general powers.con? ferred by the bill. The carrying into ? ffect of the provisions of the bill is placed in the hands of a commission, to be composed of the secretary of war, the secretary of the interior and the secretary of agr'cuUuj:- ^nd two senators and two members of the house. I No selection of lands has been made as yet but it is the intention to buy j vast acreages on the great watersheds of the Virginias, the Carolinas and , Tennessee, to make public parks of the land so purchased and to regulate I the How of water into the streams of ! the Stages by preventing the denuda | tion of the forest in such a way as I to prevent ftooda Anderson College charter. Columbia, Feb. 14.?Gov. Blease I today signed the bill to give Anderson ('.?liege its charter. lion in the more valued species, yel low pin?- and cypress. Sixty-seven holdere own :'.o per cent of the long yellow pine, 29 per cent of all the cypresa 19 per cent ??f the short leaf und loblolly nine, and 11 per cent of the hardwood." Coming to the effect of thla the commissioner saya "Such concentra? tion in standing timber, if p Tm'tted] to continue and increase, make prob? able a final central ce ntiol of the whole lumber industry. A few suong Interesta ultimately bidding the buik of the timber can set the price of timber and its products. ; "Certain private facts. n<?; exactly measurable, increase still more the real conc< Ittratlon. First, a further interweaving of int.rests, c rporate and personal, connects a great many holdings which the bureau has treat? ed as ?eperate. Second, the very large totals of tlml er so scattered in small tracts through larger holdings that they are substantially blacked In or controlled by the large holders; third, the concentration is much larger In the Valuable Species. The largest holders are cutting lit? tle of this tlmtx r. They thus reserve to themselves Incalculable profits Which are ^till to accrue with the growth of the country, the diminish? ing of tim'>?r supply and the further concentration and control thereof. Many f the very men who are pro? testing against conservatism of the forest s\ m. I ccau*e ?I the tielng up I oi natural resources are themselves deliberately tying them up far more effect Ivel) for privat? gain. The fact that inatur?' timber is thus withheld from use is clear evidence that great additional profits are- expected to ac? crue through further Increase in v aim*. Standing timbe r is ne?t the only ' eiuestion. Whe n the- timbe r has he. n cut, the- land remains. There has been created therefore, not only the treme I work e?f an enormous timbe r mono? poly, but also an equal sinkst? t land discrimination, Involving alse> s great, w ealth In min? rals.