wr Demorrat: aldpean Bellefonte, Pa., October 25, 1912. | Proof of Democratic Platform’s Sound- ness Cited In Reports of Wage In- vestigations. By FRANKLIN PIERCE. For a hundred years of our history the manufacturers, believing that they received a benefit from the protective tariffs. have ingeniously devised plausi. ble pretexts for imposing increased prices upon the necessaries of life. At first they said that industry in our country was in its infancy and needed protection. When those industries had become strong and needed no aid the manufacturers invented the theory that the foreigner paid the duty. This theory was exploded, and they declar- ed that cheap clothing meant cheap men and was not a blessing. Driven from every one of these inde- fensible positions, their final and only argument left today is that the tariff is imposed upon foreign imports to en- able the manufacturer to increase his profits and pay higher wages. The Democratic platform declares that: “In the most highly protected indus- tries. such as cotton and wool, steel and iron, the wages of the laborers are the lowest paid in any of our indus- tries.” Wages In Cotton Industry. Under the existing Payne-Aldrich tariff law actual imports of cotton cloth paid in 1910 average duties of b6.4 per cent. In 1905, when work and wage condi- tions in the cotton industry were ex- ceptionally good. the wages of 202,211 cotton mill operatives in the United States—men, women snd children—av- eraged only $6.47 a week. The average wage for men was but $7.71 a week, for women $6.30 and for children, $3.21. As to the profits, seventeen leading cotton mills, with total capitalization of $25.110,000 and total surplus of $21,- 863,501, paid in nine years dividends averaging 22 per cent. The cotton manufacturers turned out in 1905 $442.451,218 worth of goods and paid in wages therefor $04,337,695, or 21 per cent of the value of the finished product. Extortion of Wool Tariff. Outside of the duties on two or three | commodities of comparatively little im- portance, the duties on woolen cloth are the highest of any in the tariff £: duty on woolen goods is nearly five the entire labor cost, while the ‘American manufacturers in 1005 paid in wages only 18 per cent of the total value of their production. At Lawrence in this most highly pro. tected industry the laborers ware oblig- | ed to strike even for a living wage. Thousands of adult males were receiv. | inly only from $6 to $9 a week and | many only $5 to $6 a week. As a re- | suit of the strike the American Woolen | company gave its employees slight in- creases in wages. | The wool tariff bill vetoed by Presi: | i 1 ig i Hi I & 1 Hood's Sarsaparilla. | Constitutional Amendments Fine job Printing. Money to Loan. i Attorneys-at-Law. | =e i messes A EE ——————— i - = i i i i | - i Relating to ferries or bridges, incorporating IN RINTIN » good security and KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law, Ca | Na Of pauae Oman SHG co for, te form FINE JOB P G esto om 7 . KEICHLINE, | foute. Ta. Practices in aif courts, | . IS A CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASE boundaries between this and any other State: > Auomey.at-Law, awins sk . 2 Whatever organ or passage of the body it Relating to cemeteries, veyards, - public A TY Sly. B. SPANGLER—Attorney-at-Law. affects, and requires a constitutional rem- grounds not of the State: . AT THE - ea in all the Courts. Consultation i Esk oly for 3 files Sure. > : | JAuthorizing the adoption, or legitimation of | w Flour and Feed. i Sr Corman. Office in Crider’s E condition i | “Locating or changing county-seats, erecting | ATCHMAN OFFICE Tr = ms | * Fa es. ei Hood's Sarsaparilla by purifying, en- riching and revitalizing t blood, re- moves the cause and etfects permanent cures of all forms of catarrh. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDY In usual liquid form or chocolate tablets kn »wn as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. 5TH Reticos of arbitrators, a other tribunals, or providing or changing methods for the coliection of debts, or the onic | == judgments, or prescribing the effect of judicial | New Advertisements, changing their duties r townships, election or school districts: { changing the rules of evidence in, any a diclal new counties or changing county lines: Incorporating cities, towns or villages, by) rs: or the opening and conducting of elections, or fixing or changing the place of voting: | Granting divorces: Erecting new townships or boroughs, changing | township lines, borough limits or school dis- | tricts: Creating offices, or prescribing the powers and | TS in counties, cities, boroughs, | Changing the law of descent or succession: | Regulating the practice or jurisdiction of, or | roceeding or inquiry before courts, aldermen, the Joace, sheriffs, commissioners, tors, masters in chancery or orcing of | sales of real estate: os . , and duties of aldermen, justices of the peace, magisira‘es or constables: ; ’ ’ 4 b : ; 3 ¢ { : 4 + New Buggies and Carriages ’ Forrest L. Bullock, the Water street dealer, has just receiv- ed a carload of fine New Rub- the building or repairing of sc the raising of money for such purposes: Regulating the fees, or extending the powers | i Regulating the management of public schools, heol houses os, | Fixing the rate of interest: Affecti the estates of minors or : oye persons | under disability, except after due notice to all | parties in interest, to be recited enactment: in the special | Remitting fines, penalties and forfeitures, or | refunding moneys legally paid into the treasury: | Exempting property from taxation: "EARLE C. TUTEN Both Telephones 5627. BELLEFONTE, PA | This.nly place in the county heap "Didier io Re hn he CURTIS Y. WAGNER BOOK WORK, that we car: not do in the most satis- BR HOFF SHERSTIERE | | meen Roller Flour | Feed | Corn Meal and Grain pg Soe, | | (Successor to D. W. Woodring.) Fire, Life | Manufactures and has on hand at all times the following brands of high grade flour: and | WHITE STAR . | OUR BEST Automobile Insurance, HIGH GRADE None but Reliable Companies Represented. v DENT Surety Bonds of All Descriptions. | where that extraor- fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour - 1 _ Regulating labor, trade, mining or manufactur- | ber and Steel Tire Buggies ing; but the Legislature may regulate and fix the | and Carriages. They are all sc Salaries, Shp hours tl or Laer, the product of the Ligonier and safety of persons employed by the State, | Carriage Co., and in ork or by jny ¢ Soumy, city, borow + town, township | manship, quality and fini 3 at village, or ot b ivision of | can’t be surpassed at the price. Eo SSutragtar OF Syl sontractor | If you are thinking of buy- or for any county, city, , town, township, | ing a new vehicle this spring school district, village or other civil division | you would do well to look this shipment over because he guarantees them and will sell them all at a figure that marks them as bargains. sro Forrest L. Bullock. ATA T AT LT LT AT LATA BV AT DT ATT BVA VET LEY LY LY D : Constitutional Amendments OPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CON- | STITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CIT- IZENS OF THIS COMMONWEAL FOR THEIR APPROVAL OR REJECTION, BY nie GENERAL AMELY, or THE con Number One. A JOINT RESOLUTION | | 1 / g i : | 4 fi d ! in i A] sei i £ E _ Number Two. A JOINT RESOLUTION Po uu to Sug Section ek rescved Section 1 Be it by House tatives of the Ha as an seven, arti- | individual any special immunity, or to any corporation, association, or individual the right to lav down a railroad track or privi such powers vided for by general law, nor where the courts | have jurisdiction to grant the relief asked for, PIvhEng 20 an i A A i i E 5 i iP i ti z i | i Creatin Sorpovatious, amending, renewi or extending t! ars Min i - ranting to any corporation, association or | or exclusive privilege or | I the General Assembly indirectly | enact such special or local law by the partial re- peal of a general law; but laws repealing local or special acts may be Nor shall any law be passed granting powers in any case where the granting of and privileges shall have been pro- | A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 2. ROBERT MCAFE! Secretary of the ERT earEn, Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your same or give the 3 SPRAY JOHN F. GRAY & SON, | (Successor to Grant Hoover) | ' can be secured. Also International Stock Food Fire, and feed of all kinds. Life oA kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour : OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET, Accident Insurance. | BELLEFONTE, PA. 1 This the Fi | 4719 MILL AT ROOPBSURG. Insurance Comme in the Woasgt Fire | ——NO ASSESSMENTS — | re——— - as we are in . adi Ye time. Office in Crider's Stone Building, : 3181. BELLEFONTE. PA. | Number Three. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. an amendment to section th of the Constitution of Pennsyl. | v Section 1. Be it resolved ves g Bi } dl i 50 fil 2 § : y ® : 8 i ; ; 5 § = i g git | | E i i = Hl I : | $ fh £ | s New Departure The Preferred § %in Business Accident Insurance THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY A Set of Harness in Nickle or Imi- tation Rubber, at............ $12.85 This harness is equal to any $15 set on the Genuine Rubber............ which has no equal for less than $17. Si rr pe be mailed upon { invite your to my ; to which he will cheerfully give his prompt SEE || ed by any in H. E. FENLON, Agent, Bellefonte, Pa. TT James Schofield, 50-21. Spring Street 5-32 Bellefonte, Pa The Centre County Banking Company. Em Strength and Conservatism are the banking qualities demanded by careful depositors. With forty years of banking ex- perience we invite you to become a depositor, assuring you of every courtesy and attention. We pay 3 per cent interest on savings and cheerfully give you any information at our command concerning investments you may desire to make. The Centre County Banking Co. Bellefonte, Pa. Lime and Crushed Limestone. H-0 Increase Your Crops H:0 Lime is the life of the soil. USE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LIME Some Farmers have actually doubled their crops by use of “H. 0.” lime Drill it for quick results. If you are not getting results use “H. 0.” lime We are the largest Manufacturers of Lime in Pennsylvania. Ground imestone and Lime all purposes. Works at Bellefonte, Frankstown, Spring Meadows, Tyrone Forger and Union Furnace. Write for literature on lime. 55-4-6m J S. TAYLOR—Attorney and fone. Pa. I a 8 Rous onte, A tended to promptly. H. WETZEL—Au snd Counsellor at Law Office No. ih Crider Exchange, floor. All kinds of legal business att to promptly. Consultation in English or Geriam, ETTIG, BOWER & ZERBY—Att Law, Eagle Block gg A A onte, Pa. ors to Orvis, Bower & Orvis. Practice in the courts. Consultation in English or German. M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. J in all the courts, Sy aie in’ Brahe . Office south of court house All ‘essional business will receive at rod PT GLENN, M. D., Physician and St College, , State k Centre county, Fa. Physicians. the Roasts, Oysters on ey ung sata oo pint Drepired 43 SODAS, 'ARILLA, SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC. for pic-nics, families and the public gener- ally all of which are manufactured out of C. MOERSCHBACHER, 50-32-1y. High St.. Bellefonte, Pa. Plumbing. a Good Health Good Plumbing GO TOGETHER. oI opts on pt Erie, omen” our mem becomes SANITARY PLUMBING is the kind we It's the kind yom ought to have. Wedon't work to Material and Fixtures are the Best inferior article in entire And with good work and the Not a cheap or guablahment, A Prices are lower many who give you y Rk ele rd olla Fok ARCHIBALD ALLISON, Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa. 56-14-1v. Coal and Wood. EDWARD K. RHOADS and Dealer ta ANTHRACITE Anp BITUMINOUS COALS CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS and other grains. ~— BALED HAY AND STRAW === Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand. by the bunch or cord as mav suit purchasers, respectfully solicits the patronage of his friends and the public, at his Coal Yard, pear the Pennsylvania Passenger Station. 1619 Telephone Calle: {GSM cp) Meat Market. Get the Best Meats. by poor, thin LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE REE I always have w= DRESSED POULTRY == eas ou any: nd any of $00 TRY MY SHOP. P. L. BEEZER, AMERICAN LIME & STONE COMPANY., 4 Offices at TYRONE, PA. » oe High Street. 4341y. Bellefonte, Pa.
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