The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, April 12, 1913, Image 2
SHORT MESSAGE
STICKS TO TARIFF
President Wilson Advises the
, Extra Session.
UR6ENT NEED OF REFORMS
Chief Executive Says Recent Elections
Laid a Out/ Upon the Democratic
Party, Which Must Lighten the Bur?
den of the People?Says It Would Be
Unwise to Move ForwarJ r'cadlong
er With Reckless Hast'.; That Busi?
ness Muet Be Encouraged, Not De?
stroyed, but That Everything That
Has a Semblance cf Privilege Must
Be Abolished?Promises Special Mes?
sage Dealing With Needed Banking
and Currency Laws.
To the Senate and House of Kepre
eentatives:
I have called the congress together
In extraordinary session hernu.se \
duty was laid upou tin- |> rty now Ul
power at the recent elections WMCl it
tight to perfor'.i promptly in oi ler
that the l?n tried by the |?eople
under existing law may be lightened
as soon as possible an .1 in order, also,
that the business Interests of the eoun
try rosy got be kept too long In sus
peose ss to what the ggejgj changes
ij> by American f'reea Association.
rnKsinciT wn.ao*.
sre to be to which they will bo re<pilr
ed to sdjust themselves. It Is clear
to the whin* country that the tariff
duties must be altered. They roust gaj
changed to meet the radical alteratiou
to the conditions of our economic life
which the country has witnessed with
In the last generation. While the
wbole face and method of our Indus
trial Slid commercial life were being
changed beyond recognition the tariff
schedule* have remained what they
were In*fore the chnogc hfgjM or have
stored In the direction they were giv
en when no large circumstance of our
Industrlnl dev.- it was what It Is
todsy. Our tank Is to square them
with the BCttMl hi I mottSf that
Is done the s'M?naf we shnll escape
from suffering f.om the facts aiu' the
sooner our men of business wi'.l he
free to thrive by the law of nature
(the nature of free gSIS$!MSjSl Instead
of by ttie law of legislation and artl
nclsl arrangement.
How Tariff Has Grown.
TVe hat.? seen tariff leTl<'?tlon wnn
der very fnr afield !:. our day ?very fnr
Indeed frorn the held in which our
prosperity might lave had a normal
growth and stimulation No one who
look* the fact* squarely In the face or
known anything that lies gonCSjttl the
surfnee of action can fall la perceive
the principle* ggSSI which rccciit tariff
legislation hn* l>cen bused We long
sgo pnsfMMl bevond the modest notion
of ?'protecting*' the industries of the
country und moved boldly forward to
the idea that they were entitled to the
direct patronage of the government
For n long time-a time so long that
the men now active In public policy
hardly remember the conditions that
precceded It?we have sought In our
tariff schedules to give each group of
msnufaeturers or producer* what tgs*J
themselves thought hat they needed
In order to maintain a practically ex
elusive mnrkct as against the real of
the world OlsnsffgfMtj Of gacesus loasj
ly we hare built up a set of privilege*
Stul exemptions fr an competition be
hind whl h it was easy by any. even
the crudest, forms of combination to
orgntd/e monopoly, until at Isst noth
Ing Is normal, nothing Is obliged to
?fand the te>M of edb iere y and econo
my. In our world of big business, hut
SjS^Sjfythhsg thrive* by con cried nr
rangen.ei t Only ri< . ,.rln'|pU?s of
0' tlon will aave us from u Una I hard
erystjilll/atlon of monopoly and a coin
plete lo*s of the Infhie ices that quick?
en enterprise and keep Independent en
ergy Bltfl
Muo* Abolo.h Privilcqe.
It lefdniu what those principles must
he w# Bjsgat tssnaak even thing thai
benr* f/vsgi Ihs sssghaincsj of ptirllegsj
or of any kind of artll1 kll sslfggjtagsj
auj p d our I", ine.? men and i>ro
diners under the stimulation of n con?
stant necessity to be eiticient, oeonotn
Icsl tsd tnttrpiIsing, masters of com?
pel itivo supremacy, better workers and
merchants than any in the world.
Aside from the duties laid upon arti?
cles which wo do not and probably
cannot prodUCff, therefore, and the
duties laid QUOO luxuries and merely
fOf the sake of the revenues they yield,
the object of the tariff duties hence?
forth laid must be effective competi?
tion, the whetting of American wits by
tontest with the wits of tbo rest of '.he
wofftaV
It would bo unwise to move toward
this end headlong, with reckless haste
or with strokes that cut at tho very
roots of what has grown up among
us by long process ami at our owu in?
vitation. It does not alter a thing to
?past it and break it and deprive it of
u chance to change. It destroys it.
We must make changes iu our fiscaf
laws, in our fiscal system, whose ob
je t is development, a more free and
1 hoiesotne development, not revolution
or upset or contusion. We must build
up trade, especially foreign trade. We
Held the outlet and the enlarged field
of energy more than we ever did be?
fore. We must build up industry us
well and must adopt freedom in the
place of artificial stimulation only so
far as it v. ill build, not pull down. In
dealing with the tariff the method by
which this may be done will be a mat?
ter of judgment, exercised Item by
item. To some not accustomed to the
excitements and responsibilities of
greater freedom our methods may in
some respects and at somo points seem
heroic, but remedies may be heroic
and yet bo remedies. It is our busi
Bfjgg to make sure that they are genu?
ine remedies. Our object Is clear. If
our motive Is above just challenge
and only an occasional error of Judg
meut Is chargeable against us we shall
be fortunate
Thorough, but Moderate.
We sre culled upon to render the
country a great service In more mat?
ters than one. Our responsibility
should be met. and our methods should
and we'd considered, based upon the
facts is they arc, und not worked out
as if an were beginners. We are to
deal with the facts of our own day.
with the facts of no other, and to make
laws which square with those facts.
It is best?indeed, it is necessary?to
begin with the birlfT. I will urge noth?
ing upon you now at the o[>ening of
your session wblcb can obscure that
first object or divert ou; energies from
that clearly defined duty. At a later
time I may tnke the liberty of calling
your attention to reforms which should
press close upon the heels of the tariff
changes, if not accompany them, of
which the chief Is the reform of our
banking and currency taws, but Just
now 1 refrain. For the present I put
the?u* matters on -one side und think
only of this one thing?of the changes
tu our fiscal system which may best
serve to open once more the free chan?
nels of prosperity to a great people
whom we would serve to the utmost
and throughout both rank and file.
The White Uouse. April 8. 101U.
INTEREST IN THE SESSION.
For the First Tims In Many Years
Elements in the extra session of con?
gress nro unusual. President Wilson
has called the great body together nt a
time when his party has absolute con?
trol of every branch of the govern?
ment relating to legislation.
This has not been the caso before in
twenty years. During that period of
king ago w hen the Democrats were in
power President Cleveland called un
extra session, but the conditions were
tly different from now.
The extra session nnder President
Wilson Is remarkable because tho law?
makers to a lurge extent are men of
comparatively recent rise to promi?
nence. Pact OSS] of the fact that the
Democratic party Is providing a change
from Itepuhllcag rale for the first time
In sixteen years great Interest is cen?
tered upon tfcs doings of congress.
Virtually a new generation of legis?
lators has sprung tip. With but n very
few exceptions there are no men who
figured In congressional doings of
twenty years ago who aro sharing the
responsibilities of the body now.
Of only one thing has the public been
il so! Italy certain, and that is that the
tariff would bo first and foremost
among the subjects for work by the
SHftsbttore, tad that revision downward
would be the purpose. The legislators
themselves ha TO Dot known just how
the revision Is to be managed, and It
has bean well understood that they
Would not all be pleased over all
the details of the ultimate changes.
The subject has bteO thrashed over ho
often sad earnestly that Its Intricacies
Save bOroSSe feared.
The ways and means committee.
Which has had the task of drafting the
lODtOtlre form of the new tariff meas?
ure, ha** been unable to nntiotinco com?
pletion of its work in advance of the
extra sesalon, but tho probability is
thai the measure will bo taken up
si nodule by schedule
The public has been led to expect
that after the tariff is dlOPOOOd Of con
s will consider currency, the la
come tax, Philippine Independence and
the Panama tolls cucstlons.
Much PUbll ify has been given to the
pM.posed national in orue fax Tho tax
will probably spply only to Incomes of
over 15,001) an finally Certain members
of congrosi hold that this *ort of levy
would bo confined to but a compara?
tive! nil nt ' portion of the public
ind ll it the rei snue would not bo suf
> it They orgne that on Inberttanog
IS . should be milled to Insure t he need?
ed reveuue.
WOODKOW WILSON.
Democrats Control.
MIXTY-THIRU toNt.Ttlss COX
\ I N i s l NDI K DEMOCRATIC
DOMINATION.
First Day Proves im Interesting OnC?
Much Discussion uf President**
Plan of Delivering Uta Address in
liaiis of Congress.
Washington. April 7.?Congress,
opening In extraordinary session un?
der Democratic domination! was en?
livened by the activities' of a healthy
youth, the Progressive organization,
in the house, and an invasion of pe
tltlon-bearing suffragettes. But even
i
these noveltlei were overshadowed by
preparation! tor the event of tomor?
row when President Wilson will de?
liver his tariff message by word of
mouth to the nation's lawmakers.
Victor Murdock, leader of the now
Progressive party in the lower branc h,
aided by his small band of followers,
attracted unusual interest and at the
wr.v outset stirred up a light over the
seating of Representative H. Olin
Young of .Michigan.
The hearaldlng of the coming of the
president of the United States was tho
'principal subject of dlleial and un- \
oflui.il discussion. The senate hesi?
tated when a resolution adopted pre?
viously by the house? providing for a
joint session tomorrow to listen to
President Wilson was presented for
its consideration, it was a stunning
propoal, Not in the lifetime of any
veterans statesman present had such
a thing even been considered. Hi*
tory, they supposed, had closed on
that custom a century and more ago.
First an effort was made to have the
resolution lie over under the rule, but
Vice President Marshall ruled it was
a resolution of the highest privilege.
Before it was adopted Senator Wil?
liams of Mississippi depreciated the
president's decision to enter the bails
of congress and speak his mind to
"the people's" representatives. He ex?
pressed the hope that such an event
never would occur again in the admin?
istration. He doubted the wisdom of
the move, averring that it could not
aid In bringing about the legislation
for which the people were clamoring.
In the house the resolution was
adopted without debate as soon as Mr.
Underwood introduced it. There plans
for the president's welcome took on a
gala aspect. Members scrambled for
the special tickets to the galleries
which wer?- issued for tomorrow, the
Occasion being looked forward to as
an epochal event in the history of the
administration.
organization of both houses was
partly concluded today, the senate
having little o do but to mark time.
Speaker <'lnrk was reelected over
James R. Mann (Republican) and
Victor Murdoch (Progressive) and
other officers of tho house also were
reelected. The Progressive strength
was tested on the spcakorship, Mt.
Murdoch receiving 18 votes. The new
party, however, registered more votes
later, when it attempted to prevent
Representative Young from taking the
oath of office, through a resolution in?
troduced by Representative Hine
haugh of Illinois. Democrats, led by
Representative Fitzgerald, and Re
publicans, marshalled by Mr. Mann.
joined forces In sitting upon the new
patty organization, the first recognis?
ed third organized party in the house
for 60 years, and Mr, Young was
sworn in. A contest of his scat by W.
J. McDonald, a Progreslve, is to be
considered later by the elections com?
mittee.
The Progressives were not daunted
by their first defeat and when Repre?
sentative Henry of Texas brought in
a res? lution for the adoption of the
rules of the last congress, they were
again up and fighting, carrying out the
pledge of their ke ynote speech, deliv?
ered by Representative Chandler of
New York, that they proposed to light
every inch of their ground for Pro?
gressive principles and legislation.
The) succeeded again In obtaining rec?
ognition, but in the end the 1 >?. lAocrat
i< rub s prevailed.
The senate debated the concurrent
resolution for a joint session tomor?
row to hear President Wilson's mes?
sage for nearly an hour. No senator
ol the dosen who spoke on it opposed
Its passage, but several an both sides
expressed regret at the departure
from the Jeffersonlan custom of Bend
ing in written messages, Technical
objection to Its adoption at today's
Session except by unanimous consent
Was made by Senator Stone, support?
ed by Konntors laidgc and Smoot.
Senator Williams made' the speech
upholding the value of the Jefferson
precedent and Renator Lodge was in?
clined to ugree with bun. Vice Pres?
ident Marshall practically ended tin
debate b> ruling thai the resolution
was of tin- highest privilege and there
fore ?ubjeel tot action without unani
motis consent at once Although bcv
eial senators spoke iigaiusl the vlet
president's ruling and lor a lew min
utes an appe al seemed certain, it v\ at
adopted without u dissenting vote,
Henatoi |ta< on had a iked t bat thi
resolution be adopted Senator I,ode
said he was not opposed tu its pas
sage, but reviewed Ihe history ol tb
lprocedure in the days when Washing
Inn und J??hn AduniH delivered their
messages In person. He laid thut
unleai the senate and house intended
to conform with the custom of those
days In making a return visit Lo the
White House and delivering a reply
in? Bsage In person. He said that
only half observed. He cited author?
ises who agreed that the personal de?
livery of a message and the correct
endeavor of congress to make suitable
reply led only to delay of the public
business.
"1 for one very much regret that
the president has chosen to take this
course," said Senator Williams. "The
old Federalist custom of making
?pee< hes from the throne when once
disused fell by unanimous agreement,
and it did so because the common
sense underlying the idea of a writ?
ten communication to congress was
obvious and plain and ever so much
more In accord with American insti?
tutions. I hope for one that this will
be the only Instance of the breach of
the perfectly simple and republica'n
method which Thomas Jefferson in?
troduced, 1 had hoped that some
president at some time might have
the courage to do away with the inau?
gural procession, tbat cheap and tin?
sel imitation of B coronation. About
all that does is to make a lot of peo?
ple catch pneumonia, till the Wash?
ington boarding houses and quicken
trade, especially in the barrooms.'
Senator Shafroth closed the argu?
ment with the remark: "The presi?
dent's coming here ought to produce
harmony and not discord."
Opening proceedings in the senate
were perfunctory but in the house the
legislative leaders were hailed with
wild applause as they appeared and
the galleries were crowded to over?
flowing as the members more than a
third of them new ones, were sworn
in. Mr. Underwood and Speaker
(Mark were given rousing ovations,
in nominating Mr. Clark for speaker,
Representative Palmer of Pennsyl?
vania was cheered when he said: "I
voice the common opinion of Demo?
crats everywhere when I say that to
his patriotic conduct of the speaker's
office, was due. in no small part, the
people's confidence In his party which
led to our great victory last Novem?
ber."
^ Thousands of bills were introduced
in the house and scores in the senate.
The Panama canal toll question reap?
peared wdthin a few hours after the
session convened when Senator Root
reintroduced his bill of lasr session for
a repeal of that provision of the new
Panama canal act, which would per?
mit American coastwise shipping to
enjoy freedom from tolls. The meas?
ure was referred to the committee
now headed by Senator O'Gorman,
; who led the fight against the Hoot
proposal in the last congress. It Is
expected that the issue will be forced
upon the attention cd' congress at an
I
early date.
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ELECTION IN M AY KS V ILL E.
Nominees of Primary Received Unani?
mous Vole?Local Items Of Inter
Mayesvllle, April 7.?The town elec?
tion passed off very quietly today as
usual, the nominees of the conven?
tion being voted for by the small num?
ber who took the trouble to go to the
polls. The personnel of the new
council is as follows: Dr. W. W.
Gardner, intcnclant, and M. C. Mayes,
W, S. Chandler, J. II. Purgcss, and
W, B. Cooper, wardens. Poard of
health: Dr. T. M. Davis, chairman and
8. C. Poxworth, C. 0. Griflin. R. J.
Mayes, Sr. and F. J. Bass. M. C.
Mayes has been clerk and treasurer
for the past year, and also during
previous administrations, and will
undoubtedly retain tbis position
au:? in.
At a congregational meeting of the
Presbyterian church yesterday, it was
decided to invite Harmony Presby?
tery to meet here in the fall. This
body will convene in Bumter tomor?
row for Its spring session.
c. E. Mayes Is preparing to build a
handsome residence on Fast La
Payette street, opposite- the home of
his brother, R. J. Mayes, Jr. This
new home will add much to this al?
ready attractive part of the town.
There will probably be some build?
ing In the business section during the
coming summer that will improve
that part of the town Very much.
WILL MI> DAYTON.
McAdoo Will Deposit $2,000,000 in
Hanks Tltecr.
Washington, April 7.?Secretary
McAdoo of the treasury department
Will deposit $2,000,000 in the national
hunks at Dayton, Ohio, to relieve the
money shortage resulting from the
Hood, accepting government! state
city or county bonds as security. This
will be the first lime since 190H that
the government has accepted as se?
nility for deposits bonds other than
I hose of t he I 'nitej States.
Among the attorneys from other
places in attendance upon court Tues
das wen? Messrs W. A. Holman, of
Charleston, M Rutledge Rivers, of
Charleston, H J liest, Columbia; P.
A Willcox, I I.te e. and It A I >e|l
iiD, liUbopvllle,
THE TARIFF BILL.
DEMOCRATIC MEASURE is REAL
REVISION DOWNWARD.
House Leaders ami President Unite to
Redeem Campaign Pledges of Dent*
ocratlo Puny?Pood und Clottilng
on Free List und Sweeping Reduc?
tions on Many other Necessaries or
Life.
Washington, April 7.?Removal of
all tariff from many articles of food
and clothing; broad reductions in the
rates of duty on all necessaries of
life, an increase of tariff on many
luxuries; and a new income tax that
would touch the pocket of every
American citizen whose net income ex?
ceeds $4,000 are the striking features
of the new Democratic tariff revision
bill presented today to the house.
Sugar would be free of duty in 1910,
the bill proposing an immediate 25
per cent reduction and the removal
of the remaining duty in 1916.
Raw wool would be made free at
once with a correspondingly heavy
reduction in the tariff on all woolen
goods.
All these other articles are put on
the free list, namely; Meats, flour,
bread, boots and shoes, lumber, coal,
harness, saddlery, iron ore, milk and
cream, potatoes, salt, swine, corn, corn
meal, cotton bagging, agricultural
implements, leather, wood pulps, Bi
bels, printing paper not worth more
than 2 1-2 cents per pound, type?
writers, sewing machines, typesetting
machines, cash registers, steel rails,
fence wire, cotton ties, nails, hoop
and bar iron, fish, sulpl ur, <oda, tan?
ning materials, acetic and sulphuric
acids; borax, lumber products, in?
cluding broom handles, clapboards,
hubs for wheels, posts, laths, pickets,
staves, shingles.
i
These principal items are taken
! from the fr??e list and taxed: Uncut
diamonds and precious stones, furs,
coal tar products, 10 per cent; volatile
oils, 20 per cent; spices from 1 cent to
cents per pound.
Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee in his state?
ment accompanying the new tariff
bill gave the following comparative
table to show reduc.ons in tariff du?
ties, made upon necessaries. In each
item, both the present tariff and the
proposed tariff had been reduced to
an ad valorem basis:
Present Proposed
Articles: Law. Law.
i Cream of tartar. 25.45 17.85
Medicinal preparations.59.05 - 31.11
Castor oil.33.19 15.00
Wash blue.23.59 15.00
Saltpetre. 9.27 6.87
Common soap.20.00 5.00
Saleratua or bicarbonate
Of soda. 21.54 8.50
.>al soda, washing soda. 20.93 16.25
Borax, refined.21.22 1.31
Lime.9.17 5.00
China and crockery not
decorated.55.00 35.00
Grindstones.9.21 8.33
Bicycles.45.00 25.00
Pocket knives.77.68 35.00
Pocket knives.- 55.00
Razors. 72.36 35.00
Razors.- 55.00
Scissors and shears. .. 5 3.77 30.00
Knives and forks .. ..41.98 27.00
Furniture. 35.00 15 00
Cattle.. ... 27.07 10.00
Macaroni, etc. 34.25 2:5.81
Rice cleaned. 54.05 33.S3
Eggs. 36.38 14.29
Stocks, etc., ol' fruit
trees.04.44 27.58
Mineral waters. 4 3.56 30.00
Spool thread.22.95 15.00
Cotton cloth. 42.74 26.69
Cotton clothing. 50.00 30.00
Stockings, hose and half
hose selvedged.. ..76.38 50.00
Men's and boy's cotton
work gloves.S9.17 35.00
Knit shirts, drawers,
etc., and underwear.?0.27 25.00
Collars and cuffs.. ..49.10 30.00
Blankets.72.69 26.00
Flannels.93.29 30.00
Clothing ready made,
women's and chil?
dren's dress goods. 99.70 33.00
Sewing silk.25.00 15.00
Wrapping paper.36.00 25.00
Books. 25.00 15.00
Brooms.4u.oo 16.00
Matches. 27.59 14.00
Harness and saddlery
other than leather..36.00 20.00
India rubber, manufac?
tures of.36.00 10.00
Lead pencils.39.00 26.00
The new rates are estimated to re
iltit e the customs revenue approxi?
mately 180,000,000 a year. This is
exj ected to he made up by the income
tax.
Indorsed by President Wilson, the
measure represents the efforts of the
president and the house tariff makers
to carry into effect Democratic pledges
of downward revision and of conces?
sions to the American consumer.
Protection to tho farmer would be
cut throughout by more than 60 per
cent. In an effort to reduce the cost of
food,
Protection to the Steel and imple?
ment manufacture! would in turn be
cut by fully as wide a margin.
Heaviest reductions full upon food*
stuffs argricultursl prducts, wocjggj
and cotton cloth.
The free wool proposal backed by
Pre sident Wilson and accepted by the
j house committee, is expected to pro?
voke a severe light within the Demo?
cratic ranks of both houses. It had
not become clear today whether the
Democratic opponents Of tree wool
land free sugar in the senate would
be able to force a compromise on one
or both Ihoee provisions.
CAROLINIANS ON THE SCENE.
All South C arolina Senators and Hep.
reeentattea in Washington for the
Extra Session,
Washington. April 7.?When Vi< t
President Marshall and Speaker
Champ (Mark rapped their respective
houses to order today all the mem?
bers of the South Carolina delega?
tion in congress were present and an
sw? red to their names. There was of
course no representative from the
First district, where there is a va?
cancy caused by the recent death of
Congressman Legare.
While the present session will be
devoted largely to the tariff and prob?
ably to currency legislation, there will
be many minor matters developing
from time to time to which the mem?
bers of the Palmetto State delegation
will give their attention.
WILL NAME COMMITTEEMEN.
Democrats Today Will Choose Ma?
jority Members of Four Hodies to
be Selected Now.
Washington, April 7.?Majority
members of four committees will be
named by the house Democrats In
caucus tomorrow. The chairmen
recommended by the ways and means
majority as the committee on com?
mittees are:
liules?Ro.bert L. Henry, Texas;
accounts, James T. Lloyd, Missouri;
mileage, Warren W. Bailey, Penn?
sylvania; enrolled bills, John T. Whit
acre, Ohio.
The Republicans of these commit?
tees have not been selected, but the
Democrats include a liberal sprink?
ling of new members.
PARKER ATTACKS TARIFF BILL
South Carolina Cotton Mill Man Says
It is Poorly Constructed.
Washingtor
Paiker of Gi
know cotton
South reachet
the annual meeting of the Southern
Cotton Manufacturers* association,
which begins here tomorrow. Asked
what he thought of the tariff bill sub?
mitted to congress today, Mr. Parker
said: "It is poorly constructed, shows
entire lack of care and preparation
and is, in my Judgment, not at all sat?
isfactory, as 1 see it, not only the cot?
ton schedule but many others have
been inadequately considered. The
whole bill .s too drastic and in my
opinion the reductions should have
been more gradual." *
TO RECEIVE COMMISSION.
Wilson Will Give Audience to Mem?
bers of Body Which Will Study
European Finance.
Washingtor, April 7.?Announce?
ment was made here today that Pres?
ident Walsen would receive the mem?
bers of the commission going aboard
to study rural credits in the East room
of the Wrhite House on April 24. This
will include only such members,
however, as will he massing through
Washington for New Vork, where the
steamer on which they will sail will
be taken.
It is believed that between 50 and
SO members will be present to meet
the president.
Senator Fletcher, chairman of the
commission, and Dr. Owens, manag?
ing director of the Southern Com?
mercial congress, are enthusiastic con?
cerning what they believe the com?
mission will do while abroad.
ORE PAYS TWO CENTS A TON.
Government Experts Glee Oklahoma
"Discovery" Black Eye.
Washington, April 4.?"Gold ore,"
said to pay from $00 to $000 per ton.
"discovered" n?ar Albion, Oklahoma,
is said by experts of the geological
survey, who made an examination, to
actually pay two cents.
Secretary Lane today referred the
question to Postmaster General Bur
les< i? ten inquiry as t?? whether the
mads were being used improperly in
connection with the "discovery."
In view of the fact that a number
of arsons have stated that they
though that the rural policemen
should prevent the plowing up of the
public roads, it will be of interest to
lh public te> know that they have
had instructions te> this effect front the
Count) Commissioners and have ar?
rested and prosecuted s number of
persons for violation of the statute
prohibiting the plowing up of public
: soda,