THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, I -A-
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OFll&UaMSIllTltCt, PA.
THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST,
Capital 3100,000 Surplus $150,000.
With the Largest Capital and Surplus in the County, a
Strong Directorate, Competent Officers and Every Mod
ern Facility, we solicit Accounts, Large or Small, and
Collections on the Most Liberal Terms Consistent with
Sound Banking, and Invite YOU to inspect our NEW
QUARTERS.
Per Cent. Interest
OFFICERS:
K. W. M .Low, President.
James M.Staver, Vice President.
DIRECTORS!
E. V. M. Low.
V. (J. VorkH,
T.OIlls (irof,
M. K Ktiick!ioum.
Innies M. Staver,
Fred I keler,
S. C. Creasy.
Clinton Herring,
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED i860.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
CTAUI.lSIIFt 1837. CONSOLIDATED 1 869
VBI.ISIIKD EVF.K V TllVRSDAV MORNING,
A' Blo.imsljurg. the County Scat 01
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
GEO. E. EIAVELL. Editor.
CEO. C. ROAN, Foreman.
VfRM: Insid the county f 1.00 a year
la advances 9 1 .501 f not paid in advance.
Outvie the county, 1.25 a year, strictly in
a va ce.
Al' communications should beaddressed
1 ME COLUMBIAN, Woomsl.urt;, Pa
WHSPAV FEPJiUARY 18, li)0!)
Profligacy Rampant.
It is not to be wandered at that
those who give attention to such
matters, are feeling more convinced
every day that an early return to the
oppressive war time taxes, wheu
every thing we used, from a box of
matches to a bed-room suit, was or
namented with a government tax
stamp, will be a necessity, unless a
general change in methods, in ad
ministration and in the purposes of
the Federal government is made
very quickly.
A steady outlay cf over two and
-A one-half million of dollars each
v of the year, ($i,ooS,ooo,ooo
" ally) is a matter that should
i-e those who are taxed to raise
. is amount to sit up and take 110
t :e. And then when it is known
that of this enormous sum. seventy
per cent., or almost three-fourths
of the entire amount, is going to
pay for what war has done or is
going to do, and to still further en
large the navy and increase the ar
my thus fastening this vast expen
diture upon us for all time, and
making excuses and reasons for
still increasing it, the necessity for
some protest from the people is the
more imperative and necessary.
And even with this two and a
half million per day of our outlay,
the government expenditures for
1908 exceeded its income over
$143,000,000; and for 1909 the es
timated shortage is placed at $15,
000,000 per month or a total defi
cit for the year of $180,000,000.
It is for those who mus. make up
this enormous sum and every
man, woman and child in the count
ry, who wears clothes, eats focd or
buys any of the necessities of life,
pays his proportion of it in the
tariff taxes that are charged up
against everything he must have
that should a,waken to the enormi
ty of the wrong that is being done
them through th; extravagance
and profligacy of those in power.
It is but few who know that "a
single bioadside from the 12-inch
guns of the new 26.000-ton hnttl.
ships which Congress is expected to
aumorize will cost some $20,000.
Each time a sinele ?un is fireH it
will send forth a shot weighing 860
pounds, and costing $310. Each
shot requires 250 pounds of power
ful powder, which costs $200, tnak
ing $510 in all. But even this ii
not the total expense of firing one
of these big guns. Each of them
costs S6.S.000. and when onp hnn
dred shots have been fired through
one of them it is about ready for
permanent retirement. This means
$650 per shot to be charged to de
prectation. Therefore, without
counting the labor reauired for fir
ing one of these guns, the total cost
of firing it reaches the tremendous
total of $1,160 per shot."
Would you believe it ? And yet
inese are tne official figures show
iug wny me expense ot the navy
nas grown to such an enormous
mount. And with these figures
staring the administration in the
face, and with a deficiency of $15
000,000 a month being charged up
10 ine tax account ot the people,
neei 01 sixteen vessels, carrying
anywhere from sixteen to thirty
guns each, has been sent around
the world to burn up coal, salute
royalty ana show to all countries
what reckless and consummate asses
Paid on Time Deposits
Myron I. Low, Vice President.
Flunk Ikeler, CRsbie
Myron T. Low,
H . V . Hower,
Frank I kt-ler.
we can make of ourselves when it
conies to a matter of spending mon
ey.
Is it not time for the masses to
awaken to the condition that is up
on them ? Congress can put a
check to the profligacy that has
brought a state of affairs now ex
isting, and the people can put a
stop to the political existence o.f the
Member of Congress who fails to
do his duty under the circumstan
ces. But will they ?
Or do they prefer still higher
taxes and harder times ? Ex.
A Proper Veto.
vVe are in svmnathv with the
president in his veto of the act to
take the next census, because of
ts
provision for the appointment of
army of men needed in tYe
the
ork, or, at least, to be used in the
ork, without going throush the
civi
ii service examination, which is
provided for the Dermanenr em.
loves of the government, and
hich can be well adaDted to deter.
mining the fitness of those who will
taKe the census, and who should
not be appointed without adequate
examination, even though the ap
pointments are required to be non
partisan. We know all about non-partisau-ip
in such matters, and that all
we
get from it is a tickle
11 tickle-vou selection of m, hn
are not fit for the work and cannot
be expected to be fit, since the only
quanncation they have ever shown
for it is ability to do the dirty po-
tical work that is remind frr..
- - - j . . IV lit
them by the boss nolitirLmo ti,
erve, and who seeks their rav.
ment out of the public treasury for
aci vice 10 mm.
It does not matter to tli
what politics a census tal-nr .o
profess, but it does matter to it that
snail be comnetent to a v.;
work well, and that he should do
honest work.. There are good men
in all parties, and
cians offer to make non partisan ap-
puiuiiiicuis 10 omce, we have learn
ed to understand their agreement
is wholly selfish and never in the
public interest; but only made so
the work of suDDortino- tVi,v aA.
herents at the public expense may
uc uiaue easier.
The census has mm u -
uc a
great grab game tor these men. and
the consequence is that it has be
come costly to a degree far beyond
its value, and we do not think that
me country will suffer if the bill to
take the next census should die.
All the needed work of the census
can be done in a few davs ar,A
it hangs on for vears recw;n
production of mighty volumes that
i,UUm.c oiaic uaia or little use or
1 merest . Lancaster Intelligencer.
Senator to be Honored.
The Postmasters' A
rennsyivama on Saturday evening
March 20, will tender an elaborati
dinner at the Bellevue-Stratford ho
tel in Pbiladelohia to Won n;
Penrose, chairman of the United
oiaies senate committee on post
offices and post roads, and chair
man of the Uuited States joint pos
vuwimnoiuu, imong the dis
tinguished guests will be the next
postmaster geueral and his assist-
ants as well as prominent men from
all parts of the TTnitoi c.,.
This dinner is being given in honor
01 oenator Penrose assistant
furthering thi arlusn0...i ... j
a .uiCUiCiu ana
betterment of the postal service.
It mav also be saM ttiaf v,-. .1:..
tier is being given to the Senator
by the Postmasters as a mark of
appreciation for his goodness to
them in helping them to the jobs
they are now holding down.
OASTOIllA.
Bean th lti8 Kind You Hate Always
, inewMYoi
WASHINGTON
From our Kegt'W Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 15, 1909.
After the fourth of March the
seasons will dou Jtless come and go,
but we will not see his like ngin -at
leat not in t'ue White House.
Another important message with
the solemnity of a farewell address
has been sent to Congress and there
is 110 telling how many more the
President may be intending to
send. The last message sent by the
President is the outcome of the in
vestigation of country life by the
commission not long since appoint
ed by him. This message was sent
with the report of the commission
and it dealt with the disabilities of
rural life and its needs, character
izing it "the foundation on which
rests the physical life of the nation
which in turn is the substructure
to the social and political edifice"
The document is didactic-almost
leg iic in its seriousness. The com
mission made no discovery: it in
vented nothing: it has reallv told
notiiuig new; but it cannot be use
less to have the attention of the
whole countrv riveted, if onlv for a
day, upon the important questions
ot improving, refining and eleva
ting industrial and social conditions
111 the sou. in that nreoonderant
area from which not only the means
ct physical lite are derived, but
from which comes so much of the
brain and brawn that, however re
fined and changed in school, uni
versity, or city, must ever charac
terize a people.
It is of course mterestinir to have
confirmation of the fact, however
well known, that country life in
America has attained a hich level
as compared with former tines and
ether countries. The two remedies
suggested are cooperation and
leadership. Much insistence is
placed 011 good roads and imnroved
school teaching. The President
emphasizes the harm that threatens
the farmer in the encroachinc
monopoly of water power for elec
trical mirnoses. holding that this
power should be reserved for the
farmer for the purpose of lighting
and lor farm motor uses. It will
indeed be a remarkable advance
when the stables, the A
other outhouses of the farm and
the residence of the farmer, can be
cheaply illumined like the streets
of the city. This is, nevertheless,
done in some localities and need
not appear too remote when it is
emembered that farmers are now,
some of them at least, ridinir in
automobiles.
The commission aooointed hv
the President advises a sort of rural
settlement work and declares there
is in this country an opportunity
for intelligent and trained oersons
to effect a rural regeneration.
Certain Senators have not been
able to await the return from Pan
ama of the President-elect and the
expert engineers who went with
him, to express their oessimism
with reference to canal conditions
Senator Kittredge, chairman of the
v-ommitteeon lnter-oceanic Canals,
witn senator loraker and Senator
Teller, have taken time bv the
forelock and denounced the present
plan of a lock canal and shnorn
their intention of urging a sea-level
1 1 r .
cauai ociore turther ontlau Tiis
been made in construction under
the present plans. Mr. Taft is ex
pected to arrive in New Orleans
before the end of the week and it is
understood that he will, in an ad
dress in that city, make an an
nouncement that will exnress the
opinion of the Administration, for-
tinea oy a careful inspection of the
canal with the assistance of com
petent engineers; and this will at
least settle the administration poli
cy with reference to the great
work. The Question, it will he re.
membered, was thoroughly
threshed out three or four years
ago when a number of distin
guished engineers from all parts of
the world went to the canal terri
tory, and when a majority of these
engineers pronounced in favor of
the sea-level canal. President
Roosevelt then, for the reason that
it was understood that the sea level
canal would cost more and require
a longer time to complete, urged a
canal with a system of locks ; and
his preference, although Dacked by
only a minority of the engineers,
was potent in the adoption of the
plans upon which work has since
AYER'S HAIR
Stops Falling Hair
-i.y.er,!i ,,alr yiRot li oniPosed of sulphur, glycerin, aulnln sodium
chlor d, capsicum, .aw. alcohol, water, and perfume. Not tinZ '
Injurlou Insredient in this list. Ask your doctor if this I nnt
AYER'S HAIR VIGOR
Ooes not Color the Hair
'been carried on. It ntittears. how
11
ever, that it is not too late though
it soo 1 will be too late to adopt
the sea-level canal system and this
is the phase of the question that is
at present acita.etl in the Senate
and to some extent in the House
1 Doubtless what President elect
Taft shall have to say will have
the effect to elucidate and possibly
settle the controversy.
A flurry of excitement has been
caused in high official circles by
the discoverv that Senator ITnox is
ineligible tor a cabinet position for
the reason that lie voted to increase
the pay of cabinet officers from
tight thousand to twelve thousand
collars a vear. it will no doubt sur
prise Mr. Taft when he learns that
the office for the head of his cabi
net which lie had supposed was
.'ixed and settled is anything buc
established and is on the contrary a
subject of serious drubt. The sen
ate has been disposed to remedy
Mr. Knox's .neliribihty by mov
ing the salary of the Secretary of
Mate back to the original rnd long
established sum of eight thousand
dollars. This may or mav not do.
There are constitutional la.vvers in
the" Senate, both democrats and
republicans, all of whom are
friends of the proposed Secrii.arv
of State, who are doing a great
deal of study and investigation and
it is possible that some means will
be evolved through which the
Pennsylvania Senator mav assume
the high office.
Too Much Legislation.
Seven hundred bills have been
presented in the Senate and House
so far this session althonch the
Legislature of iooo is but three
weeks old as far as business is con
cerned This number is so far
ahead of all previous records up to
this time that some of the members
and officers of the two houses are
wondering when the end will he.
Practically none of the department
bills have come in yet and it is said
that some of them will take at least
a fortnight to put into shape.
Speaker Lox savs that it will soon
be time to nut a limit on the nre.
seutation of bills as there will be an
enormous mass ot legislation to di
gest between now and the fifteenth
ot April. Last sessicn the time for
presentation of bills expired about
the middle of Aoril. leaving the
law-makers close to four weeke in
which to do their work.
As in lhe former session the
House leads in number of bills put
in, having 482 to its credit. 118 of
which were read on the first niirht
on which bills could be received.
The Senate has 218 as its total.
ninety having been nut in this
week. Washington, ('a.) Record.
Impure Liquor in Pennsylvania.
"This State is the dumnino-
ground for all the impure liquor
manufactured in the world and
other States." declares Dairv and
Food Commissioner Foust. He
was speaking about the bill that is
being prepared to stop the sale of
adulterated liquors and beers.
l his bill makes it unlawful to
sell or offer for sale wines, liquors
and beers containing any chemical
matter injurious to health. It is
the opinion of the State chemists
that most of the imported beers con
tain salicylic acid, which is used as
a preservative. This act will make
it necessary to label all blended
brands. A fine of from $60 to
$1000 will be imposed upon the
dealer offering for sale any adulter
ated drinks.
Change at Eaglesmere.
A movement which mav mea n
big things for Eagles Mere," the fa
mous mountain resort, is under way,
and it is expected that within a few
months a new company will have
been organized tor the pur
pose of taking over the entire in
terests of the Eagles Mere Land
Company and the Eagles Mere
Boat Company, in both of which
Williamsport capitalists are at pres
ent interested. The uew company
will include a number of Harris
burg capitalists, together with Rep
resentative Edgar R. Kiess and
Captain E. S. Chase, who has been
at the head of affairs at Eagles
Mere for years. The change of title
is expected to occur about May 1.
VIGOR
The February Sale of
FURNITURE AND LINENS
Began at Pursers
Monday, February ist.
In this Sale we have "buzz-sawed" Furniture prices
and "torn" a good bit off Linen prices !
But ihen you expected that, and we only mention it
to emphasize the importance of this S.ile to every person
havin.tr a home to furnish. Your main interest will center
'round TilK VALUES. You already know that Pursel Fur
niture, like Pursel Linens, is of "first" quality that goes
without saying.
Linens of all Kinds
BLEACIIKD TABLE
LINENS.
56 in. bleached table linen
Reduced to 22c, was 2Sc
56 in. bleached table linen
reduced to 49c, was 59c
72 in. bleached table linen
reduced to 60c, was 75c
72 in, bleached table linen
reduced to 72ic, was 85c
72 in. bleached table linen
reduced to Sjc, was $1
72 in. bleached table linen
reduced to 90c, was $1.15
72 in. bleached double dam
ask reduced to $1.15,
was $1.39.
72 in. bleached double dam
ask reduced to $1.25,
was $1.75.
72 in. bleached double dam
ask reduced .to $2.00,
was $2.50.
72 in, bleached double dam
ask reduced to $2.19,
was $2.75.
UNBLEACHED TABLE
LINEN.
56 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 20c, was 28c
62 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 35c, was 45c
72 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 39c, was 50c
62 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 49c, was 60c
66 in. unbleached table lin
en reduced to 85c, was $1.
F, P.
BLOOMSBURG,
We Have Ten Styles of
Envelopes and Paper to Match
for
Invitations, Acceptances, Regrets
Announcements, &c.
Full size Wedding with two Envelopes, down tc
Billet-doux size with Card to Fit.
Twenty-Four Styles of TypeN
FOR CARDS AND INVITATIONS.
We Do All Kinds of Printing
Columbian Printing Hous
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
at Big Reductions.
MERCERIZED TABLE
DAMASK.
58 inch mercerized table
damask reduced to 39c
was 50c.
58 inch mercerized table
damask reduced to 49c
was 59c.
70 inch mercerized table
damask reduced to 59c
was 75c.
TOWELINGS.
These prices are merest
hints of the prices, but
should suffice to convince
you that now is the time
for buying all the towel
ings you will need for
months to come. Best Cot
ton Toweling; 4JC yd.
Brown linen crush
reduced to 8Jc, was 10c
Stevens' 22 inch crash
reduced to I2jc, was 15c
Stevens' 20 inch crash
reduced to uc, was 14c
Bleached Russian crash
reduced to 1 ic, was I2jc
Unbleached Russian crash
reduced to 10c, was I2jc
Red border bleached crash
reduced to 10c, was 12c
READY MADE
TOWEL BARGAINS.
Plain all linen Ilucka
back Towels, 18 x 40 inch
es, (very heavy) reduced to
22c, regular value I2jc
PURSEL.
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