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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. >
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