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Jititu'i M. leaver, Vu-e President.
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Fred Ikeler,
S. C. Creasy.
Clinton Uerrinpr,
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Political Announcements.
FOR SIIKRIFF.
BENJAMIN F. FAUST, j
of Blocmsbr.rg. t
Subject to the deci.ion of the ,
Democratic Tarty at the Primary ,
Election on June 5th, 1909, 2 to s
p. m.
Siga3 of Party Treachery.
The discussion of the tariff bill is
developing some curious results,
i the question of a taiiff tax ou
1 ore, for example, the other
some twenty Democrats, un
the leadership of Senator Bai
1 . of Texas, voted with the Re
, ;Uicans for a duty of tveuty-6ve
a:s a ton, the Dingley bill rate
being forty cents. From the be
ginning of tariff discussion in this
country, near the close of the eigh
teenth century, the policy of the
Democratic party has been against
tax on raw materials. Irou ore is
essentially a raw material. It is in
greater abundance and easier of ac
cess iu this country than any other
in the world. Voting for a tariff
tax on iron is, therefore, not only
a violation of the cardinal princi
ples of Democracy but it is outrag
ing the traditions of the party.
The Steel trust and the Standard
Oil company owns more than eighty
per cent, of all the iron concealed
and exposed in the United States.
A tariff tax on iron ore is therefore,
of advantage, almost exclusively,
to those two predatory trusts.
Practically all the iron and steel
mills east ot the Ohio line are oblig
ed to buy all the ores they consume
from either the Steel trust or the
Standard Oil company. There are
Tast deposits of iron ore in Cuba
and if the product of those mines
could be brought into this country
free of tariff tax a large reduction
in the price of structural steel and
implements of farming would not
only be possible but certain. At
present the Steel trust and the
Standard Oil company supply the
independent concerns with ore only
on condition that they will not cut
prices.
Some time ago Senator Bailey
was under suspicion of being in the
employ of the Standard Oil compa
ny. It was shown that he received
an enormous fee for performing a
nominal professional- service for
that trust. He protested that his
relationship with the Standard
didn't Influence his senatorial ac
tions, however, and under an a
greement that he would resign if
the contrary were proven, he was
re-elected to the Senate by a peri
lously Bmall margin. His vote and
voice for a tariff tax on iron ore, in
ihe face of the frequently repeated
pledge of the Democratic National
convention, would indicate there
lore, that he is again serving the
Standard company, not profession
any tins time but omcially and in
the Senate. The circumstances are
sufficiently suspicious, at least to
1 . f t. ; rt.it.
lusuiy a careiui inquiry. acne-
fonte Watchman.
CHIIdron Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
Paid on Time Deposits
Myron I.
Low, Vice President.
Frank Ikeler, Cashier
Myron t. Low,
if. V. Mower,
Frank Ikeler.
Quay Statue Board Never Confirmed.
Possibility Hat No Action Will Bo Taken on I
Vcte That Cannot Supercede Law.
It is barely possible, that good
and valid, as well as legal, excuses
will arise to prevent the Board of
Public Buildings and Grounds at
Ilarrisbnrg from taking any action
on the McNichol resolution "di
recting" iis action at any time.
In the first place, Pennypacker's
Quay Statue Commission nominees
j were never confirmed by this latest
session of the Senate, as all such
J appointive bodies are by the Con
'stittition required to he. That
would seem to invalidate any act
performed by that Commission, re
gardless of any resolution of the
; Legislature bearing upon it from
i another quatter. Then, tin reso
i lution specifies no time for action.
Then again,' State Treasurer
1 Sheatz has pleaded in legal pro
ceedings against h'.n; that the law
specifies certain things he must do,
for instance, in a bauk-bondino-
case, and that nothing but a repeal
ot that law (certainly no concurrent
legislative resolution) can release
him from its requirements. The
present punctilious Board of Build
ings and Grounds, of which Sheatz
is so conspicuous a member, might,
therefore, consistently refuse to de
fy logical injunction proceedings
against the acceptance or locating
of the Quay statue on the ground
that the Commission which ordered
was never confirmed, and so is
without legal existence uo to date.
In any event, there wiil be wide
spread curiosity to know what ac
tion will be taken along this line
a governor who would not sijrn
the McNichol resolution and by his
distinguished associates, Sheatz and
Young, who are usually as insist-
nt as is the Executive himself in
standing upon the letter of the law,
and who nave never been subser-
ient Organization men.
Ask lor Allen's Foot-Ease,
powder for swollen, tired, hot. smart-
ng teet bample sent FREE. Also
ree Satmv.e of the Foot-Kase Sanitary
Corn-Pad, a new invention. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy. X. Y.
5-13-41.
Beneficial Fraternities.
The good done by the numerous
fraternal organization in this count
ry is beyond the conception of those
who have uot given attention to
the subject. The common idea of
these orders, or associations, is
that their object is chiefly of a so
cial nature, instituted more for the
frivolous diversion than the sub
stantial benefit of their members.
who are supposed to meet in their
rooms at stated times, array them
selves in eoreeous uniforms, eo
through ceremonies more or less
absurd iu which "the goat" is a
conspicuous figure, and hold their
meetings mainly for the purpose of
Having a good time.
It is true that the social element
is prominent, but it is merely an
attractive feature, while substan
tial benefits are the main objects of
tnese fraternizations.
To have a proper conception of
the general benefit derived from
these fraternities it should be known
that since 187 throughout the
Limea states tney have paid out
to families of members one billion
one hundred thousand dollars, and
mat in addition to this vast sum
those orders that oav benefits in
cases of si.kness have distributed
three hundred and seventy-five
million dollars.
These figures prove that the fra
ternal orders are a good deal more
than associations instituted tor di
version, and in view of the vast ben
efit they confer the man who is eli
gible to membership in one of them
makes a mistake if he fails to join
at the earliest time possible. Ex.-
cioomsDurg souvenir Books, 48
half tone pictures, 25 cents, at the
Columbian othce. tf.
WASHINGTON
From our Regular Correspondent.
Washington, D. C, May 24, 1909
Despite the claims and confident
predictions of Senators Cummins,
La Follette, Newlands at.d ethers
that provision for an income tax
will be added to the tariff bill, your
correspondent ventures the predic
tion that they are all mistaken and
that no such provision will be
made. There will be an effort to
add such a provision iu the form of
an amendment to the tariff bill,
but it will fail and the amendment
will be referred to the Judiciary
committee with instructions to re
port next winter whether an income
tax law that will standj the test of
the courts can be drafted. It is high
ly improbable, moreover, that the
Judiciary committee will ever make
any report pursuant to thaf refer
ence, borne of the Democratic ad-
vocates of an income tax law are
complaining that they are being
opposed by President taftand that
the White House influence i-- prov
ing effective. That is probably
true, for while Mr. Taft has said
that he is not opposed to an income
tax, he regards it as a last resort
and would greatly prefer, first a tax
on inheritances, second 011 the div
idends of corporations, and lastly
an income tax, if any tax in addi
tion to the tariff is necessary to
meet the expenses of the govern
ment. The President has further
signified his willingness to wait un
til next D.cember before recom
mending any of these laws, as by
that time he beileves it will be pos
sible to tell whether or uot the now
pending tariff bill will bring iu suf
ficient revenue.
.
It is sbmewhat difficult to under
stand why the Democratic Senators
do not advocate a tax on the divi
dends of corporations. Such a tax
would meet with the cordial ap
proval of the President and proba
ably with that of nine tenths. of the
voters. Of course Mr. Aldrich and
the rest of the Republican organi
zation in the Senate would oppose
such a tax but it is very doubtful
if the organization could command
sufficient strength to prevent the
enactment of the law. By choos
ing that form of taxation which
the President has declared that he
favors only as a last resort the Dem
ocrats have, apparently missed an
opportunity to undermine the
whole system of protection. Sena
tor Aldrich has ingeniously con
fessed that he believes the adoption
of any form of special taxation will
undermine the protective svstem.
because once the people come to
realize the benefits of direct taxa
tion, with the clear knowledge of
hew much tax each man pays and
the close supervision of public ex
penditures which that would pro
duce, the people will insist upon
the abandonment of the tariff sys
tem. Under such circumstances it
would seem to be the part of wis
dom on the part of the Democrats
to align themselves behind that
form of direct taxation which
would be most possible of enact
ment. V
Senator Bailey, in an effort to
defend his vote for duty on iron
ore, has assailed practically every
one who has seen fit to criticise him
and almost before he took his seat
was proven to have given false wit
ness by two of his colleagues. Bai
ley attacked Governor Johnson of
Minnesota, "Marse"' Henry Wat
tersou of Louisville, and an inde
pendeut paper in his own state
because they had criticised his vote
for a duty on iron ore.. He then
declared that the Steel Trust did
uot want a duty on iron ore, where
upon Senator Rayuer and Smith of
Maryland, both Democrats, arose
and declared that the Steel Trust
did want such a duty and Mr.
Smith said he had been approached
by representatives of the Steel Trust
who urged him to vote for a duty
on ore.
Some striking effects of the tar
ifl ou the necessities which the
poor man is compelled to buy are
brought to light through a contro
versy between two eastern news
papers which appear to havr ob
tained some confidential figures pre
pared for the use of the President
by Treasury experts. It is shown
that on the suit of c bthes which
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retails for 15, the dnty is 4.76,
so that without the tariff the same
suit could be bought for $10.24
A man's overcoat now retailing
for $15 could be bought for $10.36
if there were no tariff. A woman's
cotton dress which now sells for
$to could be bought (or $8.75 were
it not for the tribute which th
consumer is made to pay to the
manufacturers. A tapestry rug
which now sells for $15 is worth
just $3.64, the extra $5.36 btring
the sum the consumer is compelled
to pay to the American manufac
turer for the same rug which, with
out a tatiff, he could buy for less
than $10. Practically everything
is taxed, even salt which costs a
cent a pound more because of the
tariff and sugar which costs 1
cents more a pound because of the
protective policy.
The Secretary of Commerce and
Labor is still wendering if he dare
dismiss S. N. D. North, Director
of the Census, in view of the oppo
sition of the powerful members of
Congress who have come to Mr.
North's support. The Secretary
determined some time ago to get
r:d of Mr. North whom he did not
regard as competent longer to ad
minister the Census Bureau, but
there was a rush of powerful Sena
tors and others to the White House.
Woman's Home Companion for June.
There are ten stories in this is
suenot heavy, psychological di
agnoses of world worn minds, but
breezy stories of love and fun that
are suitable to the season.
The stories are illustrated bv
prominent artists.
Naturally, much is said about
weddings in this June issue.
In addition to the lighter, joyous
preparations, there are some ser
ious articles handling that most
serious of subjects, marriage. In
a very clever way the Companion
demonstrates how marriage should
be a success if conducted on a busi
ness basis and if the "Junior Part
ner does her share. In connec
tion with this, there is a particular
ly oright article by Katharine Eg
gleston, pointing out some great
dangers in our present methods of
teaching girls.
But the entrance into marriage
is not neglected, and there are in
this issue stories of weddings, the
inexorable laws of fashion regard
ing them, and suggestions for
charmiug original and inexpensive
weddings.
Everybody who is not being
married this month is plannine to
go away for a vacation or to furn
ish a summer home. And for this
part of the world there are many
practical vacation ideas ideas for
veranda furniture, ideas for bunga
lows, talks about the ice-box, and
a long list of frozen dainties that
will make the hottest day a bles
sing. For the practical woman
there is a particularly valuable
story of one woman's experience
with bees.
The regular Fashion Depart
ment, Children's Pages, Girls'
Pages aud Puzzle Page are com
plete as usual. The embroidery
Department is especially attractive,
with desigus and ideas to make
fingers fly in the long summer days.
A fine new line of Wedding in
vitations just received at this office.
Dredging Coal
Dredging coal from the bottom
of the Susquehanna has become a
profitable industry, especially in
the stretch of the river between
Bloomsburg and Pittston. This
operation is very interesting. The
coal dredges are built on different
plans. Some take the coal from
the bed of the river in buckets fast
ened securely upon an endless
chain. Others take it by means of
a suction or pan, which draws it
up to the boat and then forces it to
a screen eight feet above the water
line. Here the fine dirt is separat
ed from the coal and run to the
stern ot tne areage, where it is
emptied into the river and carried
away by the current. The coarse
or stove coal is conveyed to one flat
and the fine or steam coal to anoth
er by means of screw conveyers.
Several are in operation in this
vicinity. At Espy and Almedia
and other points many families ob
tain their coal supply by digging it
out of the river at low water.
New Spring Suits!
Spring Suits have arrived!
There's magic in that simple an
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woman who is not all eyes to see
the new garment fashions f
The New Spring Salts Are Low Priced.
A most remarkable feature about
these handsome new models is
their extremely low prices. Your
spring outfit will give you a bet
ter service a much finer appear
ance and yet cost you a smalt
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gathered an assortment of choicest
correct styles. Prices $10 to $35.
Spring Suits
Regularly $20 00 p I 5-'
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bengaline silk collar; large flap pockets, trimmed with but
tons, lined with taffeta silk; plain n gore demi-Princess
skirt.
At $6.00 to $14.00 Junior Suits for the little Misses in
sizes 11, 13, 15 and 17 years. Made of shadow stripe pan
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SUIT at $27.00 A strictly tailored suit of French
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SUITS at $20.00 Of chiffon panama in blue, green
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