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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."
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