2 CAMERON COUNTY PRtSS. H. H. MULLI N , Ed.tor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. fet ysar *2 00 |! paJd to advance 1 W ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements are published at the rate ol pao dollar per square for one insertion and fifty t>oM per square for*each subsequent insertion. Rates by the yoar, or for si* or three months, tre low and uniform, and will be furnished on application. Legal arid Omcial Advertising per saunre three times or leas, J2; each subsequent inser tion "0 cents per square. Local notices 1U cents per line for one inscr iption: 5 cents per line tor each subsequent «oniecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines. 10 rents per line. Simple announcements of births, mar riages and deaths will be inserted free Business cards. fi»e lines or less. Sf> per year; over live lines, at the regular rates of adver tising. No local Inserted for less than 73 cents per Isiua. JOB PRINTING. Ttaa Job department of the Pheks Is complete snfl affords facilities for doing the best class of work. PAHTICL'LAU ATTENTION PAIDTO LAW Printing. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ages are paid, except at the option of the pub- Usher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. MRS. COTTLE'S RULE. Mrs. Franklin D. Cottle of New York city celebrated lier one hundredth birthday recently by taking a long automobile ride and giving a long newspaper interview. On the subject of her extraordinary longevity she ut tered words that should give hope and consolation to the many who are daily harassed and pestered by all sorts of experts telling them to be sure to do this and to be sure not to do that tinder penalty of shortening their lives. She said: "I never lived by rule. I ate what I liked, wore what I liked and lived a Christian life." To be sure. She did what she liked that be came a Christian woman in a Christian land and with moderation. She had no fixed rules beyond these, and she looks back over a hundred years, with their joys and their sorrows, with con tentment, and forward to the future with tranquillity. We question that there is a better line of conduct for a long and happy life, or a better rule of life, than a due combining of Christian virtues and common sense. The whole matter of tipping is wrong. The man who is compelled to give is mulcted and the man who is asked to receive is insulted, whether he knows it or not. It may never be possible to correct the evil of tipping by legislative enactments, but it can be curtailed by individual habit. The sentiment against it is growing. Peo ple will continue to make small pres ents to faithful servants as long as some men are born to serve and some to be served, but the time is coming when they will do so only through choice and not from compulsion. The porter, like the waiter and the barber and the hackman, has been led to look upon the tip as his right, and one to play or fight, for. In the revulsion of feeling which has come over the pub lic because of the growing demands for tips on the part of the serving classes, the porter must suffer with his fellows. Florida, while not new in the naval stores industry among her sister states of the south, was among the latest of them to develop the business on a wide scale by a liberal employment of capital; but she has forged to the front by leaps and bounds, says the New York Commercial, and to-day easily leads the group of eight states in the volume and the value of her turpen tine and rosin industry—a great achievement, considering the fact that not so very many years ago orange and other citrus-fruit culture claimed the attention of the great majority of her agriculturists, while the winter resort hotel business was regarded as chief among the cash-producing enter prises. Boston consumes half a million bushels of baked beans annually. This is equal to 16,000 000 quarts, and there are indications that the supply hardly conforms to the demand. Baking the beans is the great Boston industry, and further statistics show that in the process of preparation the beans are increased in bulk until the finished product becomes 32,000,000 quarts. Over $20,000,000 yearly is spent for the edible. These carefully prepared fig ures are official and show supremacy in bean consumption. Incidentally they point the way for other communi ties which would imitate Boston's in tellectual growth. Some years ago the Brooklyn street cars killed so many children that pub. lie outcry forced a reform of the speed schedules. Now the child-kill ing has evidently been resumed by the automobiles; as three children have been run down and fatally injured by speeding motor cars within a week. Evidently drastic measures are re quired if the automobile speeder is not to remain a constant menace to the safety of the public. A Mexican who was a member of the firing squad that killed Emperor Maximilian has just died at the age of 104 years. He was an unknown man yet he helped to make history. His shot helped to the undoing of Na poleon 111. and the remaking of the map of Europe—for the Mexican ad venture ruined Napoleon's fame and prestige. HOLDS TO OLD IDEA HENRY WATTERSON WOULD DO AWAY WITH PROTECTION. But the Trouble Is the Democratic Party Cannot Be Brought to See the Advisability of Such a Move. Mr. Watterson has closed his win ter residence in Florida and returned to the banks of the Beargrass. The buds are opening in Kentucky, and the land will soon be very fair to see. But Mr. Watterson is familiar with it, and is less occupied with the beauties of the unfolding paradise than with the tariff debate here in Washington. What are the boys in congress saying? What are they doing? What are the chances through Republican misrule of a return of the Democracy to power? Replying to the Star's citation to him of Mr. Underwood's declaration that the rank and file of the Demo cratic party are opposed to free trade, and that only here and there may be found a Democrat who favors that policy, Mr. Watterson says: "We have not Mr. Underwood's re marks before us. He conies from the iron-belt of the south an<l we take it was pleading for the coal and ore duties, along with as much protection for 'pig' as he could get. Thus far he does not differ from the representa tives of the 'home' interests in general, verifying Gen. Hancock's much de rided description of the tariff as 'a local question.' "The argument is simple enough, nor Is it unworthy of honest revenue reformers. If there is to be a protec tive tariff there is no reason why it should not be share-and-share alike among all who demand special legis lation of the government." Well, this excuses all those Demo crats in the house who have been working and voting to share in the Payne bill, and have succeeded in do ing so. Louisiana stands justified by this in what is in the bill for her; Georgia In what for her. The Repub licans were in charge. Protection was the rule of action and it was not "un worthy of honest revenue reformers" to get their work in. At any rate, worthy or unworthy, they "landed," and the bill as it has gone to the sen ate Is thoroughly acceptable on local scores to many Democrats who for years have been classed as foes of protection. At the same time Mr. Watterson still holds to the old faith. Were the Democrats in power and responsible for legislation he would insist upon a bill fashioned severely on revenue lines. This is his idea: "As well seek to bail the Atlantic ocean with a dipper as to revise the tariff and leave a single schedule to mark the trail of its surpassing impo sition and tell the tale of its fathom less irony. The words of Hamlet must be literally applied, 'reform it alto gether,' not a classification left to tempt and mislead, not a robbing de tail to mystify and make outcry, one straight scale of revenue duties, so that he who runs may read and he who pays taxes may know; may read as out of an open book of big type and words of one syllable; may know to a dollar just what he has to pay for what he eats and drinks and wears, by reason of the tax." Very clearly and frankly stated, but where is the Democrat in either house of this congress who would write or father such a measure? There was no such man in either house of the Fifty third congress, although the Demo cratic party had been returned to power on a platform which as inter preted by many of the party's spell binders had pledged what Mr. Watter son now describes. The Wilson bill, even before Mr. Gorman laid his pro tection hands on it, was not acceptable to Mr. Watterson. He thought that a surrender to protection, and still thinks so. The Wattersonians, led by him, have carried several national conventions with their tariff proposition, and once —in 1892 —i»eemed to carry the coun try, but they have never carried con gress. Will they ever be able to do so" The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Mr. Wattei'son strongly recom mends his dessert. But congress re fuses to put it on the card.—Washing ton Star. Study of the Antique in Politics. There are fine old Democratic hunk ers here and there, like the govern ors who wrote or spoke to the Jeffer sonian diners in this city the other night, who talk as though the Democ racy was still the party of a reformed tariff for revenue only on the basis of economically administered govern ment, but their utterances compare pitifully with the facts. The party, in its platforms, while denouncing the extravagance of Republican adminis tration, has proposed heavy increases in the burden of governmental expend iture. The party in congress has scrambled for its share of pork and shut up about it so long as it got it, and Democratic votes have helped to put through measures of extravagance. The party howls about the robbery of Republican protection, and Democrats in the house of representatives fall over one another in the scramble to vote for it.—New York Evening Sun. A Neglected Point. Those who are denouncing the tariff so furiously do not explain what they would substitute for it- a poll tax, a tax on real estate and personal prop erty or an income tax. The govern ment must \liave the revenue from some source.—Kansas City Journal. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909 DEMOCRATS AND THE TARIFF. Minority Leaders Will Make Serious Mistake If They Resort to Dil atory Tactics. Democratic senators cannot materi ally strengthen their party by holding conferences on their course of action while the tariff bill is under considera tion. No ps.rl'arrientary strategy will give them an advantage in the man agement of the bill. They have not the numbers and they have no well knit policy. The tariff is in the hands of its friends, the Republicans. All of the Democrats naturally share in the indignation expressed by Sena tor Daniel, when he bitterly com plained because a measure of the highest rank in Importance, embracing the special purpose of the session, had been prepared without consulting the senators on the Democratic side. The contemptuous treatment of the minor ity was explained by Republicans, who said that there was an urgent necessity of completing the bill as soon as pos sible. The Democrats had no purpose except to create embarrassment and delay, they said, and the country de manded promptness. This Republican explanation of a summary course toward the Democrats suggests the point at which the Demo crats may make the serious mistake of their programme. If these confer ences and councils on the Democratic side are to produce no results except a series of long speeches and dilatory tactics, the party will n«ike more ene mies than friends among the people. Nine voters out of ten are now im patient to"have the thing over." Par liamentary maneuvers do not interest them in the least. Speeches do not interest them in any greater degree. They know that a hundred resolu tions, motions and speeches will not change a senatorial vote or a tariff schedule. The senator or group of senators responsible for delay will be by business men regarded as a public enemy. It is reasonable for Democratic senators to declare their basis of opposition to the bill, but the less time they occupy beyond what is required to make their party meaning clear the more of popular ap proval they will have at the close of the session. Justice and Economy. By the emphatic statement that his appointments to the federal bench will be determined by himself, with refer ence only to the fitness of the men se lected, President Taft associates his administration once more with the vjtal idea of judicial reform. He has already noted the wrongs that follow in the train of excessive delay and cost in the administration of justice. An important step toward improve ment in these respects is taken when judicial appointments are removed from the sphere of political rewards. Dong a judge himself, no spoilsman is in a position to advise Mr. Taft as tc the merits of a candidate. Party service, indeed, is probably the worst qualification that a man seeking a jtiducial career can urge. Taking this policy in connection with the emphasis which the presi dent has laid upon just taxation and economy in public expenditures, true Democrats as well as Republicans can not fail to find much that is reassur ing in the purposes of the new admin istration. These principles lie at the foundation of good government. Where justice is administered promptly and cheaply, where the burdens of taxa tion are fairly distributed and where expenditures are carefully made, all else that is desirable in the public service is easily possible. With these fundamentals disregarded, privilege and wrong are almost certain to be come paramount. Addressing himself at the threshold of his administration to these whole some ideas, Mr. Taft reveals a percep tion of duty which is as creditable to him as it is full of promise to his country.—New York World. The Tariff Must Be Reduced. Senator Aldrich's remarks in the tariff debate seem to show that he does not feel bound, through party pledges, to a general reduction of tariff taxes. Yet that is exactly what every Re publican speaker, from Mr. Taft down, bound the Republican party In the last campaign to do. With that plain un derstanding the Republican party was continued in power by the people. To say this is not to say that every rate should be reduced. Put the pledge was to make important reductions and, in general, to revise downward. That pledge was accepted in good faith by the people, and their approval of it was recorded. And the will ol the people, expressed with delibera tion, is the supreme law. —Chicago In ter Ocean. What About the Prosperity? "What about the great prosperity which was promised to the people in the event of Republican victory?" This is Mr. Bryan's question. He asks it in the Commoner. Well, the great prosperity which was promised is on the way. It is coming as fast as it can. But inas much as it took about four years of onslaughts to drive off prosperity, it requires somewhat more than a yeai to bring it back. Two years of hard times are enough, but when we consider how grievous was the tomfoolery for which we are suffering the consequences, we can not but admire the merciful dispensa tions of a Providence which lets us off with so light a punishment. Next October will be the second an niversary of the great panic. Yet, if ; we behave with sober sense, next | October undoubtedly will see Con i fidence raise her head and Enterprise ■ roll up his sleeves for business. Pennsylvania Happenings Wilkesbarre. — According to the terms of the sliding scale for April, ttie anthracite miners will receive no increase in their wages. The average price of coal at tidewater for last month was $4.44 per ton. It must, reach $4.50 before the miners can re ceive an increase. Washington.--While Harry Keenan was plowing 0.1 the Allen farm, near West Monongahela, one of his horses broke through the surface into a big underground cellar. The Allen fam ily has occupied the property 31 years and this was their first knowledge of the cavity. Pittsburg.—Mrs. Ellen Gillespie Ma gee, widow of Christopher Lyman Ma gee aud aunt by marriage of Mayor William A. Magee, died at her 1. me, Villa Eleanore, Home, Italy. Under the terms of Senator Magee's will the estate will now be used for the estab lishment and maintenance of a mag nificent free hospital on the site of the old Magee homestead in this city. Pittsburg.—Based on the selling price of bar iron, the wages of pud dlers and finishers for the next CO days will be reduced, as a result of the bi-monthly wage adjustment held by officers of the Amalgamated Asso ciation of iron, Steel and Tin Work ers and representatives of the manu facturers. Puddlers will receive $5.25 a ton instead of $5.37 Vfe; while the fin ishers get a one per cent reduction. Beaver Falls.—Reports from each department of Geneva college at a meeting of the board of directors, showed the institution to be in a flour ishing condition. The total enroll ment is 286, an increase of 51 over this time last year. Thirty-two county school teachers have enrolled as pu pils since the close of the public schools in the country districts, March 31. June 17 was fixed as the date for commencement. Corry.—For several sessions of the state legislature a bill has been passed creating an additional law judge in Erie county, and each time the gover nor has seen fit to veto the bill. At the last session another bill was passed, and many letters from citizens of Erie county have been sent to Gov. Stuart, urging him to sign the bill, as Erie county certainly needs an addi tional judge. Gov. Stuart vetoed the bill. - York. —Prof. IT. A. Surface will ex plain to the farmers of York county at the almshouse in York how it is that there are so many wormy apples and how they can be prevented. A spraying demonstration will be con ducted for the purpose of showing those in attendance how to kill sev eral birds with one stone. Figures will be given showing the success of these methods in other demonstration orchards last year. Harrisburg.—Gov. Stuart has signed the pure food bill which was the ob ject of one of the bitterest contests of the recene legislature. In a general way the bill makes the federal food law the law in this state, except that it prohibits the use of alum, alum com- nitrous acid, compounds of copper and various other chemicals. The use of benzoate of soda and sulphur dioxide in ketchups and fruits and syrups is permitted in small quan tities, provided notice is given on the label. The act also contains a guar antee feature in that a retailer ar rested for the sale of adulterated or misbranded food products may be ex empted from prosecution upon pre sentation of a guarantee from the per son from which he bought the goods that the product complies with the law. There can be no exemption, how ever, in case of a second arrest. Reading.—A phenomenon which has been attracting the attention of hun dreds in the northeastern part of the city is the appearance of the figure of a man, who died last October, 011 the window pane of his residence. The police have been called upon several times to check the curious ones, who have pulled down fences. Oliver D. Angstadt, a tailor, died of typhoid fe ver. Recently his daughter Stella saw the face of her father at a rear sec ond story window. She told the other members of the family what she had seen and they became alarmed. It is alleged that the apparition was seen at the window several times. Residents declare they have seen M"r. Angstadt's picture on the window pane very plainly. Mr. Angstadt was fond of watching storms and lightning. The belief is that by a strange freak of nature his features were photographed on the window pane and the sun has developed it. The apparition appears in broad daylight. Harrisburg.—Gov. Stuart has ap proved and signed the bill of Senator John E. Fox for the regulation of companies making small loans. This measure was advocated by the Central Labor union of Harrisburg. It re quires loan companies to take out county licenses, and prohibits their charging piore than a 10 per cent "pre mium" in addition to fi per cent inter est. Assignments of wages for such loans are illegal unless formally ac cepted by the employer, and if the party is a married man the assignment must bear the signature of his wife. > S The Place U Bay Cheap S 5 J. F. 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