2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fer year KM V palfl la advance 1 t>o ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate ot sac dollar per square for one Insertion and fifty Matt ver square for each subsequent insertion. Rates by the year, or for si* or three months, kr« low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal and Official Advertising per square three times or less, J2; each subsequent inser tion !0 cents per j-quare. Local notices 10 cents per line for one Inscr iption: 5 cents per line for each subsequent consecutive Insertion. Obituary notices over live lines. 10 cents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be Inserted free. Business cards, five lines or less, SB per year; over Hve llues, at the regular rates of adver tising No local Inserted for less than 75 cents per Issue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PKKSS is complete and affords facilities for doini; the best class of work. PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO LAW PBINTINO. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of tho pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor la advance Every Town In County "Dry." Little Yates has the distinction of being the only county in the state that is absolutely "dry." Every town in the county has voted no license. The village of Penn Yan, the county cap ital, will use "cold tea" as a regular beverage for the first time in 30 years. Yates is the smallest county in the state, and the tourist can cross it in either direction before he gets very thirsty without exceeding the speed limit.—Utlca (N. Y.) Press. A Glimmer of the Truth. Asked to write a report of a lecture on "Phases of Human Life Youth, Manhood and Old Age," a young Eng lish girl produced: "In youth we look forward to the wicked things we will do when we grow up—this is the state of innocence. In manhood we do the wicked things of which we thought in our youth—this is the prime of life. In old age we are sorry for the wicked things we did in manhood —this is the time of our dotage." India Victims of Tigers. The ferocity of the tiger can be seen from the fact that according to a recent writer he is made responsible for 37 per cent, of the human beings killed by the wild animals of Hindus tan. The writer adds that once a tiger has tasted human flesh he is sat isfied with nothing else, and that in southern India one of these man-eat ing tigers has devoured 200 human beings. Guarding Against Earthquakes. All great crises have stimulated the creative faculty of mankind, and earthquakes have, of course, earned a full share of attention. The most original notion in this connection was put forth by a genius who quite satis fied himself that if houses were pro vided with wheels or rollers th*>y would move about backwards and for wards during an earthquake and es cape disaster. Hollanders Heavily Taxed. All told, a Hollander pays about 12 per cent, of his yearly income for taxes. He is taxed for his business income, for the interest he collects, on his house rent, his furniture, on six fireplaces and all the stoves in the house he rents or owns, on his horses, bicycle and servants. On an income of $2,400 a year he pays $298. Mortgage on a Cat. A mortgage on a cat is not often heard of. However, the other day there was filed in the recorder's office a chattel mortgage the consideration of which was S2O. The property on which the money was secured was de scribed as a "cat called John." —Co- lumbus Dispatch. Precautions Against Rats. The owners of grain godowns and warehouses in Calcutta are compelled by municipal regulation to pave with concrete to prevent the ingress of rats, which, it is believed, will aid ma terially in the extermination of this active distributor of the plague germ. No Price Limit. If a young man develops a first class business ability he needn't both er about a fortune. His professional talents will find employment at rates which will make the possession of a fortune superfluous.—Saturday Even ing Post. Revision. "Now," said the distinguished rep resentative, "we have arranged the tariff precisely as it should be and all you have to do is to say 'Amen.'" "No," answered the distinguished sen ator, "not 'amen;' 'amend.'" Large Stream of Meteors. The August meteors, according to a leading astronomer, form a stream so broad that the earth, though it travels faster than 18 miles a second, takes seven weeks to cross it. Bulkheads Quickly Closed. On one of the new trans-Atlantic liners, twenty-four bulkhead doors, each weighing half a ton, can be closed from the bridge in 30 seconds by hydraulic power. Fashionable Styles in Politics. Many literary men in France adopt a political opinon because it suits their style and attitude. They choose a party as they would a necktie. — Paris Figaro. FOR MORE REVENUE GOVERNMENT'S INCOME MUST BE INCREASED. Tariff Law Has to Be Framed with This Object in View—Will Senate Measure Sup ply It? The present revision of our tariff and revenue laws was undertaken for two reasons. The first was that the Dingley schedules were out of date. Conditions in international trade and domestic industry have changed ma terially since 1897. There was an evi dent need of a two-schedule tariff to be used in dealing with countries which had adopted that system, the difficulties attending the negotiation of special reciprocity treaties having been amply demonstrated in our ex periences in reaching agreements with Cuba, Russia, France and Germany. The American public had become con vinced that the Dingley rates were, as a whole, too high, and that the protec tion which they afforded to domestic industry was not equitably distrib uted. The framers of the tariff legis lation of 1909 have had to meet the problem of reducing excessive protec tion and of furnishing a workable maximum-minimum plan to be used in obtaining most favored nation treat ment in foreign commerce. The Payne bill, as it passed the house, was a long step in the right direction, and it remains to be seen whether the senate will approve and broaden the house's work or try to combat and neutralize it. But congress has another problem on its hands in revising the tariff. Since the passage of the Dingley law the government's evpenditures have increased enormously. When the war with Spain broke out extra internal taxation was resorted to, and this tax ation was not repealed for three or four years. While it WJJS in force the government's ordinary income rose from $-105,000,000 in 1897-'9B to $587,. 085,000 in 1900-'Ol. The normal in crease in customs receipts and in re ceipts from internal taxation has just about sufficed in the last six years to offset the loss of the emergency taxes. The treasury's income in the excep tionally prosperous year of 190C-'O7 rose to $003,140,000. But it fell to $599,000,000 in 1907-' 08, little more than equalizing the income of 1900-'Ol. Yet owing to the expansion of the army and navy and the constant ex tension of the federal functions our an nal expenditures have now gone above the high level reached during the Span ish war. The ordinary expenditures for 1907-' OB were $050,000,000, and the ex penditures for 1908-'O9 will be nearlv $700,000,000. Congress will have, therefore, to provide a larger revenue than has been afforded by the Dingley law. We called attention the other day to Chairman Payne's estimates of the probable yield of the house tariff bill as it came from the ways and means committee. He figured out that it would produce $862,005,000, allowing $223,000,000 for postal receipts, or $G39,000,000 without postal recipts. But should postal receipts just balance postal expenditures, there would re main appropriations to be met in 1909-' lO of $095,000,000. Mr. Payne predicted that his bill would produce enough revenue to come within $lO,- 000,000 of meeting expenditures in 1909-' 10. But he scaled down the amount needed to meet the appropria tions of the last session by calculat ing that five per cent, of the money voted by congress for the next fiscal year would remain in the treasury as an unexpended balance. Fve per cent, of the appropriations is $10,000,000. The chance of this sum's being left unused is not very great. The appar ent defticit. under the committee bill was, therefore, $50,000,000 instead of ?> 10,000,000. Moreover, the house voted out of it duties expected to bring in $10,000,00(1, and the senate's changes so far, if they should be held to include dispensing with the inherit ance tax, involve the loss of $20,000,- 000 more. The senate measure as it stands will apparently create a heavy deficit.—New York Tribune. Waiting on the Tariff. The steel works at Sparrows Point start again this morning, though not in full force. It is to be hoped that there will soon again he an inflow of orders that will keep every department of the big concern working up to its full ca pacity. 'i lie company is not, however, anticipating that business will resume lull swing until the readjustment of tariff rates has been concluded, says the Baltimore American. This waiting attitude, which the Maryland Steel Company is obliged to assume, is but typical of the waiting attitude in which tho industrialism of the country in general is placed by the uncertainties connected with tariff re vision. The steel mills are waiting for the railroads to say when and the railroads are waiting to see what the Payne bill is going to be in the final form in which it will be signed by the president. In various other manufac tured products that enter into daily consumption, the retail trader is buy ing short because he thinks there may be a slump in prices when the tariff gets under way and he doesn't want to get caught in a position where his rival will have an advantage of him. And so the waiting attitude is general. Senaior Aldrich can show you, how ever, that when lie has put the neces sary tariff on the luxuries you use there will be sufficient revenue. But we must cut down our appropriations", gentlemen. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909. IN DEFENSE OF TARIFF BILL Senator Aldrich Shows How the Meas ure Undoubtedly Will Be a Revenue Producer. Opponents of the pending tariff bill —especially those who represent what is left of the tariff-for-revenue-only crowd of the Wilson-Cleveland era— have asserted with much emphasisi that the measure if enacted would not produce sufficient income to meet the current expenses of the government. It was in answer to this charge that Senator Aldrich addressed himself when he asserted that the pending bill would be a more efficient revenue getter than the Dlngley tariff law, and, with a reasonable economy in expendi tures, would produce a surplus in the treasury of $30,000,000 by the end of the fiscal year 1911. The senator asserted that if the pro visions of the pending bill had been in force in 1907, which he cited probably as the last year of normal trade condi tions, they would have resulted in col lections $8,000,000 in excess of those which were made under the Ditigley tariff law. The increased revenue-pro ducing efficiency which he claims for the new measure he attributes to ad vances on wine, spirits and a few other luxuries, and to stricter provi sions for appraisals. A significant portion of the senator's speech was that in which he demanded an end of congressional extravagance, lie affirmed his belief that the appro priations made last year could have been reduced $50,000,000 without im pairing the efficiency of the public service, and suggested action in future by the senate committee on public ex penditures whereby the responsibility for future extravagances might be closely fixed. The recommendation of Senator Al drich that authority be given in the pending bill for the issue of three per cent. bonds redeemable at the pleasure of the government, to obtain means for the completion of the Panama canal, will excite discussion. It. is true, as Senator Aldrich says, that ex isting legislation authorizes only two per cent, bonds which must not be sold at less than par. It is also true that these bonds will be purchased only by or for national banks intending to use 'hem as a basis for circulation. The senator's recommendation in regard to three per cent, bonds will be looked upon as a corollary of the currency policy which he intends to expound to the country on his western tour after the close of the special session of con gress. IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE. President Taft's Idea of a Trip Through the Country Is a Most Excellent One. Half humorously, President Taft was called the traveling man of the administration preceding his own. He was a traveling man who made good to"the firm," and his usefulness in that capacity, together with the knowledge of the world in its relations to the United States government which he acquired, went far toward convincing the country of his qualifi cations to fill the office he now holds. It is pleasing to note that as presi dent Mr. Taft is not inclined to relin quish the traveling habit, and it is to be hoped that nothing w ill prevent the carrying out of plans announced for a "swing around the circle" during the coming summer. During his campaign for the presidency he covered the country pretty thoroughly, from the Atlantic coast into the far west, and also into the south. Rut a campaign ing tour is one thing and a trip em bracing a liberal itinerary when the traveler journeys in his official ca pacity as the chief executive of 90,- 000,000 people is another. I'ndoubtedly President Taft appre ciates the importance of getting into close touch with the people of the dif ferent sections as an aid to carrying out the policies which he hopes will bring success to his administration. His projected trips, which will take him into New England, into the south and later across the continent to the Pacific coast, will not be like those of a president reaching the end of his elective term and seeking favor on the eve of an approaching convention to choose a successor, but they will be trips marking the beginning of his presidential office, prior to the time when opportunity will be presented to push the policies which he desires to see enacted into law. Popular sentiment is the great power behind a progressive president. It is President Taft's desire that the people should know intimately his plans for action, and the best way of informing them is togo among them. Furthermore, the president can better understand what the people them selves want by meeting them at home, as it were. There ought to be mutual good derived by the president person ally and by the country through a "swing around" during what may be called the formative period of the Taft administration. Hopeful Signs for the Country. Enterprise, capital and labor wait only to know through what channels and under what conditions they may advance. With certainty as to (he fiscal burdens which are unavoidable, and which adjustments must be made, there is increasing hope for the future and increasing confidence that it will be prosperous. That enterprise and capital will not have much longer to wait—that in the general advance labor will find the full measure of employment it now lacks —there are hopeful signs from Wash ington. Senator Aldrich asks for haste in the ! work on the tariff bill. More power te ! his elbow! Pennsylvania Happenings Altoona.- \V. B. Ward, after serving his state in the legislature, donned his cap, took his dinner pail and re sumed his position as forgeman in the Pennsylvania shop. Meadville. —Receivers for the Mead ville & Conneaut Lake Traction Co. have been appointed by the United States circuit court. A reorganization of the company will result, with sev eral extensions to the lines. Washington.—The will of Sidney M. Hunter of Burgettstown stipulated that none of his money should goto his five children until they had paid from their own pockets all expenses incidental to his burial. Warrensburg.—A verdict of guilty in seven out of 12 charges against the Pennsylvania railroad for alleged vio lation of the interstate commerce laws regarding safety appliances was returned by a jury in United States circuit, court. New Castle.—Mrs. Jean A. Mehard has been declared by the courts to be a femme sole trader. She is worth about $600,000 in her own right and the court's decree gives her absolute control of her property, without her husband having any dower rights in it. Uniontown.—At a meeting held here at which 79 of the 81 independent coke plants in the ConnellsviWe and Klondike fields were represented, statements were made warranting the belief that in the near future owners of every plant in the two fields will have signed an agreement for a $65,- 000,000 merger. Pittsburg.—A reduction of 5 cents a barrel has been announced by the Standard Oil Co. in the price of all grades of crude oil except Ragland, which is unchanged. This is the first change in the Pennsylvania and most of the other grades since March 9. 1907, since which time the Pennsyl vania crude has been quoted constant ly at $1.78. Greensburg. Two hundred miners were thrown into a panic and seven seriously injured by a blinding flash and deafening roar following the ex plosion of powder 2.000 feet under ground at the Arona mine of the Key stone Coal Co., at Arona. it is said that black powder was being smuggled into the mine to he used instead of fulminite. This caused the explosion. Harrisburg.—Dairy and Food Com missioner Foust has directed prosecu tions to be brought against 43 dealers in soft drinks in Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence and Washington counties under the law prohibiting the sale of adulterated non-alcoholic drinks. Prosecutions were also ordered in three lard and one vinegar case in Allegheny, seven watered milk cases in Dauphin and Cumberland, five oleo cases in Philadelphia and Allegheny, making 57 cases. Pittsburg.—An interesting and im portant oleomargarine suit has been begun in the United States district court. It is that of Louis and Jacob Wesoky. The suit is brought by Unit ed States revenue inspectors, who al lege they have evidence to show that the defendants manufactured and sold hundreds of thousands of pounds of a mixture of old, rank butter, oleo margarine and water, which tiiey have sold as fresli creamery butter, and beaten the government out of 10 cents a pound revenue. Erie. —Following the discovery, of a baby on a doorstep here Saturday, Miss Kate Ferris and Mrs. Luther Cobb pleaded guilty to leaving the child on the doorstep during a heavy snowstorm. Miss Ferris, who is aged 19, came to Erie about a month ago and entered the Hamot hospital. Mrs. Cobb came here to accompany the girl home. Fear of gossip, Miss Ferris said, drove her to leave her infant after it had been refused at an Erie institution. Both women were remanded to the county jail to await a further hearing. Pittsburg.—J. J. Stanley, attached to a naval hospital in the Philippines, writes: "The desire of the natives to kill American soldiers is due to the fact that they are afraid the Ameri cans will steal their women. Many soldiers get permits to live with wom en, from a justice of the peace. All that is required for a license is a promise to support the woman. When the enlistment is up the soldier can go home and leave the woman behind. On account of this practice the sol diers are in constant danger of hav ing a knife plunged in their backs by some aggrieved native." Somerset. —An important opinion, involving extensive coal lands near here has been rendered by Judge Koo ser, who declared null and void a lease executed by John Speicher to J. Wil cox Brown, on February 12, 1879, un der which Brown obtained a 9!)-year lease on a tract of mineral land six miles south of Johnstown, renewable forever, in case the mineral was devel oped and royalties paid. But the lease contained this clause: "If the railroad be not commenced along Stony creek within five years from this date, this contract to be null and void." S Tht Place to Boj Cheap ) J. F. PARSONS' / K* CUKESI RHEUMATISM! LUMBAGO, SCIATIC*! NEURALGIA andl KIDNEY TROUBLEI "l-MOPS" talion Internally, rids the blood H of the poisonous matter and aoids which H •re the direot causes of these diseases. 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