VOL. XIV. NO 19 • <524,000—544,000 v Which Do You Prefer • c V The average man earns about si, ioo a year. He/* ✓ works 40 years and earns a total 0f544,000 in a lifev \ time. The average dav laborer gets $2.00 a day or 112 J S6OO for a year of 300 days. He earns $24,000 in a c X life time. The difference between $44,000 and $24- ? JOOO is $20,000. This is the minimum value of a p \ practical education in dollars and cents. The in-C J creased self-respect cannot be measured in money. J x Why not stop plugging away at a small salary when j ✓ the International Correspondence Schools, of Scran- V \ ton, Pa., can give you an education that will makex 1 high salaried man of you ? No matter what line of \ J work you care to follow, this great educational In-Q V stitution can prepare you in your spare time and r a small cost to secure a good-paying position. \ local Representative will show you how you canV r triple younearning capacity. Look him up today. / VHeis L ? C. IF. BIE^ZEUSTInT A 2ST, > I.O. S. Representative. TO WANDA, PA. No Place Lil<e this Place For Reliable STOVES and RANGES, COAL OB WOOD. HEATERS; ONE OF WINTER'S GREAT DELIGHTS. House Furnishiug Goods, Tools of Every Description, Guns and Ammunition Bargains that bring the buyer back. Come and test the truth of our talk. A lot of second hand stoves and ranges for sale cheap. We can sell you in stoves anything from a fine Jewel Base Burner to a low priced but satisfactory cook stove. Hot Air, Steam and Hot Water Heating and General Repairing, Roofing and Spouting. Samuel Qole^usftor^fa, The Shopbeli Dry Good Co., vV 313 Pine Street, WILLIAMSPORT, PA. Fjlacll Dress Goods Black is always dignified and genteel. We lielieve this will he a black goods season. The result of our belief is magnificent in an oversowing stock —an abund ance ot handsome fabrics at prices unprecedented tor cheapness. We show an absolutely new fabrics. PRIESTLEY'S TUSSAH ROYAL A brilliant material of Mohair and Worsted tor #1.50. $1.75 and $2.00 yard. We have a fine assortment oi all wool black fabrics in plain and fancy weaves that range in price Irom 50c to $2.00 New Autumn Tailored Suits Are being shown in a large variety of models. The trend of the new styhs is re tlected in these fall garments. The materials arc the newest and the colors the mosttavored. Every woman will be interested not only in their styles but in their very low prices. HOSE FOR SCHOOL WEAR, Fast black ribbed Hose in all sizes for Roys and jiirls heavy black ribbed hose 10 and 12J cents. splendid values tor 15 cents. We have a full line of the celebrated Black < 'at and pony ribbed Stocking for boys and girls. They are the very best wearing hose made tor 25c. ART DRAPERIES AND SILKOLINES The new fall designs have come in. Never have shown before such a hand some lot of patterns. 81LK0LINES in plain colors and . ART TICKING infancy stripes and lancy designs lor 10 cents. flguies, special ipialities tor 25. CRKI'ONNE in a new lot floral eftecf OKNKYA CLOTH, a new Persian patterns tor 12J and 14 cents. efiect material for draperies for IS cts. Subscribe for the News Item Republican News Item. LAPORTE, SULLIVAN COUNTY PA. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23,1909. PENNSYLVANIA TO BLAZE THE WAV Citadel of Republicanism to Uphold Protection, TO ANSWER "SIOESTEPPERS" Stalwart Citizenship of Keystone State Will at the Polls Indorse the Action of Penrose and His Colleagues In Congress In Defeating La Follette and His Freo Trade Allies. [Special Correspondence.J Harrlsburg. Sept. 21. Republicans of Pennsylvania have accepted the challenge of the oppon ents of a protectice tariff and propose to assert themselves at the coming election l>y rolling up a great ma jority for the Republican ticket. In the recent tariff debates in Wash ington men of the type of La Follette, Dolliver. Cummings and others who voteti with the Democrats against the Payne bill, warned Senator Penrose and his stalwart Republican colleagues from the Keystone state that they "would hear from the people at the next election" if they did not desist in their efforts to pass the measure as agreed upon by the protectionists. That the people of Pennsylvania who are benefited more than those of any other state, intend to indorse the action of their Republican representa tives in congress upon this subject at the November election is manifest upon every hand. For Great Popular Vote. It Is proposed that there shall be such an emphatic vote of approval ol the policy of protection that the whole world shall have reason to know how Pennsylvania stands upon this issue. On every side there are evidences jf a revival of business due to the pas < sage of the tariff bill. Mills that were closed for years arc being reopened, fires are being rekin died in many an idle fu-naee mar" thousands of coke ovens which were long black and silent are now ablaze and roaring joyous notes of prosperity for labor and capital alike. Steel mills and similar plants are working on full time. Labor is generally employed. The great textile establishments lo cated In various counties of the state are again busy with a splendid outlook for the future, the shipyards along the Delaware are taking on new men daily, not only to, help build the great Dreadnoughts, which the federal gov ernment has just contracted for. but to also help construct new craft for the merchant marine, which is already feeling the gratifying effects of the re vival of trade and industrial activity. As a practical evidence of apprecia tion of the work of Senator Penrose in the framing of the tariff bill, andes peclally liis magnificent service in guarding the Interest of his constit uents of the Keystone state, a series of testimonials will be given him next month. First, the worldngmen of Kensing ton. the great textile district of tiie Quaker City, propose to give expres sion to their admiration for his special efforts in their behalf During the en tiro discussion of the tariff schedule? Senator Penrose kept in touch with n committee of the wage earners of this section, and they were advised as to every move of those advocating, a reduction of duties which would f:ave meant disaster to the manufacturing interest of the country. A delegation of women employe! in the mills of Kensington it will be re called. made a pilgrimage to the na tional capital to combat the camptign of the society women, who were seek ing reduced duties in order that they might purchase foreign-made goods. Tributes to Penrose. At a meeting called by the Work'ng men's Protective Tariff League of Philadelphia for Oct. 7, not only vill the men of Kensington attend in g'eat , numbers, but thousands of women em ployed in the textile mills have re 1 solved to turn out to cheer Senitor Penrose. There will be speeches t from inen from the various mills, and posiibiy one or more of the women wil be given an opportunity to address the gathering and to tell what they inow 1 of the work of the fi!f».tor and hii Re ] publican colleagues in the senate and • house at Washington A call has Just been sent out b the ' manufacturers of Pennsylvania sign ( ed by some of the most representttive I mill owners In the state, who aB ar ranging a testimonial banquet toSen ator Penrose to be given in the lelle vue-Stratford hotel In Philadelpha on Oct 16 in recognition of bis servce to i his state and the country In chanplon- j i j ing the cause of protection to Aneri- 1 ] I r»on Industries ' 4 This promises to be a memorable oc casion. While these gatherings will bf In no sense political, they are indicative ot' the feeling*of the people of Pennsyl vania upon the issue that has been squarely drawn by the socalled "down ward revisionists" of the La Follette school of western fr»e trade theorists. The importance of a heavy Republi can vote throughout Pennsylvania next November is being dwelt upon by business men and others who were barrassed through unsettled condition! during the tariff agitation. They realize that should the Repub- I Mean vote in this state in November be j small it would at once be commented j upon by La Follette and his coterie | and pointed to as a verification of | their predictions that "the people" would be heard from. Not only would this be taken as an j expression of disapproval of the work of the Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania in support of protective policies, but it would at once give en -1 couragement to the opponents of pro tection all over the country to reopen the tariff fight and to seek to elect congressmen next year who would vote to change the tariff and thus spread chaos and disaster in every business and industrial center. The farmers, who are among the main beneficiaries of the new tariff act, whose products have been protected from Canadian and other foreign com petition, and who with labor and cap! tal employed everywhere, find a ready and*h profitable market for everything they have to sell, are taking a deep interest in the present political situa tion. Reports from every county In Penn sylvania are to the effect that the far mers will be found supporting the full Republican ticket In November and that they to It that their votes shall be cast on election day, Nov. 2. Why will the newspapers persist m calling the meetings of the national and state granges "conventions?" That word does not appear In the grange vocabulary. Tail's Tarill Speech. President Taft'a candid and out spoken discussion of the tariff will carry conviction and win approval through the country. No President ' or party leader has before so frankly addressed all ins fellow-citizens-aud a president always speaks to ail-on ?. vital'issue. President Taft admits the right of a man to separata from his pirty on a tariff issue. He accepts such an act as a matter of conscience. Hut he condemns as a matter of judgment a readiness to keep high duties in operation when lower were offered. The choice was not be tween duties in the new tariff and higher duties in the old tariff. As President Taft frankly says, the alliance between far Western States growing wool and Eastern States using it made impossible a re vision of the wool schedule, which called both for reduction and classifi cation. Democratic votes bared other changes. Seeing this it was a part of justice and expediency, principleand patri otism, to vote for the best tariff that could be secured and to lower duties as ftiras they could be lowered and and maintain the protection princi ple, preserving the higher level of wages here. This was done. If all was not done much was accomplished. No revision is near. None should be. But before the next revision the tar iff Commission will gain facts, an alyzed rates and make intelligent action possible. The country has had its last tariff on hasty investi gation. President Taft proposes to use all the powers of the new Tariff Commission to make luminous fu ture action by Congress when an other revision is needed. On Saturday Sept. 18th. at Ber nice ,Mrs. Frank Shaffer entertain ed at a birthday party and dinuer the following guests: Mrs. Green, Mrs. David Milier, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. David Duncan, Mrs. Henry Bailey, Mrs. Anson Weede, Mrs. Abe Ciore, Mrs. C. Place Mrs. Wil liam Allen, Mrs. James Pattou Mrs. Pat McGever, Mrs. Frank Allen, Mrs. John Brogan, Mrs. Pendergrast, Mrs. Ben llelsman, Mrs, Harrison Collins, Mrs. William and Mrs. Hen ry Strope, Mrs. Henry Brown, Mrs. James Gilligan, Mrs. Charles Bishop- Wanted-Afi Idea &SS3 Protect your Iden<;; they may bring you wealth Write JOHN V, KI>DERK. i:N * CO., Patent Attoi neya. Wavhiugton, D. C\, for their $1,900 prise off« ami list ol two luventions wanted. Big Day at the State Capital. Until within the recent past the Sunday school was looked upon as a place for the instruction of children but the advent of the organized Ad ult Bible Class has changed this old fashioned notion and inen and wo men are now found in the Sunday school in large numbers. The organization of Bible classes for men and women has taken the form of mighty movement in Penn sylvania and the State is feeling the influence of it from one end to the other. Thursday October 14th. representa tives of these classes will assemble in Harrisburg in connection with the annual convention of the Pennsyl vania State Sabbath School Associ ation, which meets October 13-15 and hold a big demonstration in the interest of the Organized Adult Class Movement. Governor Stewart will be present and address the evening meeting to be held in the Chestnut Street Auditorium. The building has a seating capacity of 4,000 and will be reserved strictly for members of men's classes. The representa. tiveof women's classes will meet in one of the large churches. The after noon of the day will be devoted to a conference session of the delegates. Three auditoriums will be used to ac commodate the audiences. The mas# meeting will be preced ed by a street | arade in which more than 5,000 men will participate. The railroads will run special trains for the occasion and many counties are now at work forming their delegations. Some of them have already announced the number they will take as follows: Lebanon, 500; Fayette, 125; Westmorland, 100; Lycoming, 100; Blair, 100, Cambria, 100. Every county will be represent ed. The delegations will go with bands and banners. It will be a big day at the State Cwpitol. Among the speakers advertised are Hon. John NVatiamaker, Phila delphia; Itev. David James Burrell, I). D. New York; Bishop Darlington, Harrisburg: W. C. IVaur, Chicago; I>r. Joseph Clark, Ohio, and others. The State Association will offer four flag awards for classes showing the largest percentage of member ship present and the largest ag gregate mileage traveled by the dele nates. The parade will be reviewed by Governor Stewart, the State Board of Directors and invited guests. The local committee is planning to have elaborate electric illumi nations for the occasion. Mr. O. P. Beckley. of Harrisburg, with an eflicient committee is co operating with the State Association in working out the details. The carrying out of the present plans will surpass anything of the kind ever attempted. Teachers' Meeting. Dushore, Pres., J. 11. Ballentine; Secy., James A. Bowels. Lopez, Pres., 11. It. Heiming; Secy., Anna Quin. Sonestown, Pres., J. It. Mol yneux; Secy., Victor Bird. Eagles Mere, Pres., D. L. Lovette; Secy., Emma Biddle. Estella, Pres., M. P. Black; Secy., Larue Bird. Hills grove, Pres., G. W. Portz; Secy., Laura Wagner. Shunk, Pres., I). M. Soper; Secy., C. 11. Warren. The President will take charge of the meeting, appoint an Executive Ccmimittee, and a Committee on Pro gram. The Secretary will send a report of each meetiug, together with a list of the teachers present, underscoring all who take an active part in the meeting. The first meeting will be held at each of the above places, Saturday, September 25th The Morning session will be tie voted to a discussion of the work as outlined in the adopted course of study for the first and second mouths. The late date at which some of our schools are opening make it neces sary to devote 9ome time for the : consideration of the work for two months. i The iffternoon session will be de- I voted to general discussion of prob ' i leme of interest and to the first two!, chapters of Dinsmore's "Teaching a 1 District school". |' Morniag session opened at !»j ' o'clock; afternoon sessions, at 1:30. j] J. E. Heese Kiilgore, County Supt* J 75C PLR YEAR Taft on Railroads. Railroad maimers will road with mingled feelings the amendments to the interstate commerce law pro posed yesterday by President Taft. The only recommendation with which every railroad man will agree Congress has never been willing to accept. For four years President Roosevelt urged repeatedly that rail roads should be permitted to make agreements on rates, etc., subject to approval and regulation of the Inter state Commerce Commission. Con gress flatly refused. No better pros pect exists that the House and Senate will accept this proposal next Winter than in the past. Shippers as a whole are against it. So art, the plain people. The opinion of experts and railroad men hava no effect. What President Roosevelt could not secure President Taft may accomplish, but the chances are against him. Railroad managers will oppose any increased powers for the Inter state Commerce Commission, such as President Taft urges, hut they should be enacted. The commis sion should have power to supervise railroad rules or regulations, rate classification and the issue of new shares and bonds. Shippers suffer today because the commission can not reach either rate tariff" classifi cations or railroad rules. Yet the field of freight classification is so great and railroad regulations enter so intimately into railroad operation that railroad management will have small discretion left between labor organizations on one side and the commission on the other, when this additional power is granted by Con gress, as it probably will be. Control by the commission over the ownership l»y railroads of the shares of competing lines, and super vision over the issue of new shares and bonds are needed. Mr. Harri nian's railroad Empire and fortune could never have been created if this power had been ves'.ed in the com mission and th< - * nprovements he made in the Union Pacific Railroad system would not have been prevent ed by this control. States have pass ed laws controlling consolidation and new capitalization. Congress should- A new Court to pass 011 railroad issues is almost a necessity. The com mission is swamped with cases. The Federal Courts, to which ap peals now go, have for twenty years been unfriendly to a commission pos sessing powers that trench 011 judi cial territory. Congress always favors new offices, new courts and new functionaries. Three years' experience have shown the need of the changes in the Hepburn act which President Taft proposes, but their passage will de pend on the extent to which public opinion demands them. Ban on Small Checks. Washington 1). C. Sept 21.—1f you should write a check for less tnan $1 after January 1, 1910, you will subject yourselves to the possi bility of a fine of s.">oo or being im prisoned for six months in jail. Piotests by the hundred are being filed by merchants, retail houses of all kinds, especially those doing mail order business, and by all busi ness men in general, against Section 178 of the Penal laws, which was ap proved March 4, l'.lOit, and which provides that 110 person shall make issue, circulate or pay out any note, check, memorandum, token or other obligation for a less sum than sl, in tended to circulate as money or to be received or used in lieu of lawful money of the United States. Though this law will not take ef fect until January 1 next, business houses are busy sending protests to their Congressmen that (he section should not go into effect at that time. Suocess Magazine wants an ener getic and responsible man or woman in Laporte to collect for renewals and solicit new subscriptions during full or spare time. Experience un necessary. Anyone can start among friends and acquaintances and build up a paying and pi*rmanent business without capital. 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