2 JiIEBON COUNTY PRESS,. H. H. MULLIN, Editor and Proprietor Published Every Thursday EMPORIUM. A clean straw hat Is now becoming a rarity. Small thunder showers are thank- Cully received. What Is an aviation meet without I* dead and injured. If all boys were taught to swim few er men would be drowned. Amateur swimmers as well as small boats should hug the shore. If it is not one thing it is sure to be another in merry England. Whoever invented going swimming was a public benefactor, all right There is need of safe and sane tar get practise with the big army guns. It is to be regretted that our val uable forests are not built of Asbes tos. Aviators have not yet reached a point where they can deny the light ning. Laugh as a health measure by all means, but laugh as opportunely as possible. Vacations are all right while they last, but deliver us l'rom the first ■week after. It will bo hard for the small boy to believe that not all ice cream cones are fit to eat. "don't" for aeroplane amateurs might properly be included in the list of summer cautions. Western grasshoppers are having a hard time keeping up with the suc cessive crops of alfafa. Noise shortens life, discovers some fellow who will no doubt live quietly to his hundredth birthday. Paris is producing some interesting aeroplane literature. One machine is hit by lightning and melted. The man who invented money •would have pleased more of us if he had only made It easier to get Russia is opening a school of avia tion. This ought to swell the dead and wounded column considerably. Pulling the wrong lever of an aero plane can never become a fixed habit •with an aviator. Once usually suf fices. If it will help any, we will say that the new hobble skirts look like a man feels when his suspenders have broken. Russia is opening a school of avia tion. Let us hope that her aviators will make a better showing than her navigators. The diamond trust has been re newed for five years. But who can renew his note on the engagement ring that long? The snake stories of the season are ahowlng a fine crop. The fish stories will have a hard time in coming up to their standard. One Milwaukee man did not see his bride until he married her. Many brides do not see their husbands at all after marriage. A Maryland man has taught a rat tlesnake to chew tobacco. Fastidious Maryland people will refuse to asso ciate with rattlesnakes, hereafter. Aviator Harmon says that to be a successful bird man one must be abso lutely Indifferent to death, that being just about what most of us decided some time ago. Another policeman has been shot In the leg when his revolver dropped from his pocket. We may have to In case our policemen in bullel-proof ar mor to conserve them. "American women," says the gaek war of liaroda, "are the most beauti ful women in the world." Whatever the gaekwar's fallings may be, ho evi dently has a good eye This Austrian count says that the European beauties are—well, stouter than ours. That Is one reason why tho American tnan has never gone abroad to marry a title. After a New York man had shaken pepper Into his soup he was seized with an attack of stiei zing that killed htm. Evidently some of the New York restaurants continue to serve genuine pepper. Those who think that avlntlon Is •"flying In the face of Providence" may find confirmation In the fact that one aeroplane has been struck by light ning. although we have not stopped building homes because one is occa sionally hit by a bolt. A convention of dentists at Denvet have Issued a number of "Don'ts" for .parents; among them a warning not tf let u boy eat half m appli and g've the rest to a playmate Tin >■ ■ -nil boy will unanimously • ticore this wg jgestlon. FACTS FOR FARMER SOME PLAIN TRUTHS WELL TO REMEMBER. A Glance at the Exchange Value of His Products Should Determine Him How to Cast His Vote This Fall. While the prices of practically all commodities have shown some ad vance during the last few years, the products of the farm show a much greater advance than do the products of mines and factories. The financial condition of the grain raiser, the gen eral farmer and the dairyman is bet ter than ever before and never was the purchasing power of farm prod ucts so great. Senator Reed Smoot, in a speech be for the United States senate. May 27, 3 DlO, declared farm land itself had advanced in value rapidly and every thing produced on the farm had risen materially. Financially, the farmer has become independent. The rural free delivery and the telephone have placed him in touch with the world and he is as familiar with current events as is the city dweller. The average prices of the principal farm products in March, 1910, and March, 1836, as shown by the bulle tins of the United States bureau of labor, reveal in a striking manner prosperity of the farmer. The real value of any article is its exchange value. The real worth of farm products is measured by com parison with the value of articles which the farmer %vants to purchase. Figuring on the general wholesale price of articles, ten bushels of corn In 1896 would buy 21 pounds of Rio coffee, in 1910, 70 pounds; ten bushels oi corn equaled in value 53 gallons of rc tlned petroleum in March, 1910, 23 gallons in March, 1896; ten bushels of corn equaled in value 1,040 brick in March, 1910, and 519 in March, 1896; ten bushels of corn equaled in value 337 pounds of wire nails in March, 1910, and 95 pounds in March, 1896; ten bushels of corn equaled in value 131 pounds of sugar in March, 1910, and 59 pounds in March, 1896, etc. A 300-pound hog, when valued in merchandise at the wholesale rate, equaled 36 barrels of salt in March, 1910, and 16 barrels in March, 1896. Twenty pounds of butter showed values as follows, when measured in the wholesale price of staple articles: Coffee, No. 7 Rio, in March, 1910, 70 pounds, in March, 1596, 29 pounds; granulated sugar, 130 pounds in March, 1910, as compared with 82 pounds in 1896, etc. A case of eggs which would have bought 72 yards of Amoskeag gingham in March, 1896, would Jiave bought 110 yards of the same material in March of this year. These comparisons might be con tinued indefinitely, the same state of affairs existing in every lino of goods which the farmer buys, whether to eat or to wear, whether to house him self and his stock or to operate his farm —in every case the rise in the value of the products of his farm has been greater than the rise in the value of the products he desires to buy. Agriculture is the foundation of our national wealth. Farmers constitute our greatest class. When the farmer prospers everyone else must neces sarily prosper, and the whole country goes ahead. Does the farmer, in the light of these comparisons, desire to turn back the hands on the clock dial? Does he prefer Cleveland penury to laft prosperity? Let him answer at the polls this fall. Silk Dresses Are Cheaper. Statistics secured by the govern ment at Washington show that the women of the United States are wear ing more than ever American made silk in preference to that from »he looms of France and other foreign countries. The value of the silk sold In the states last year is estimated at $165,- 000,000, of which sum $132,000,000 were paid for American silks, the bulk of which, no doubt, were produced in New Jersey. The silk Industry has been built up under a protective tar iff; the price of a silk dress has been reduced In consequence, so that the multitude of women InsteAd of the few can purchase and wear it If they choose. —Camden (N. J.) Courier. Tariff and Cost of Living, It Is probable that the habit of abusing the new tariff will go out of fashion. I'hat it Is responsible for the higher cost of living Is a contention thai will not live through the summer. Foss of Massachusetts made the most of it while he could. That the tariff Is not responsible is now established by two independent lines of proof. The first Is that prices have gono up the most on articles of agricultural pro duction of which au exportable sur plus Is produced. The second Is that the new tariff Is lower than the old one, and hence could have no Influ ence toward raising prices under any Imaginable theory. —New York tilobe. Work for Party Success. There are 850,0t'0 Republican voters In the flute of New YoJk, however, and among them somebody Is likely to be nominated who will continue tie succession of Republican victories The president and his party friends are planning for Republican victory In the Important states as well as In the congre cino crat CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1910. STATISTICS SHOW THE TRUTH Complete Repudiation of Democratic Claims as to Tariff Re vision. The completed statistics of imports for the past fiscal year reaffirm what has been already shown of tho actual operation of tho revised tariff. The great increase in importations is to bo attributed to tho general revival of business activity, rather than to the effect of the tariff, though it is evident that at least this did not re tard the revival. It was most directly operative in the increased proportion of goods imported free of duty, which formed a larger percentage of the whole than in any previous like peri od, except when raw sugar was admit ted duty free. The aggregate duties collected upon all imports under the revised tariff would average 20.95 per cent, ad Valorem. Under the McKinley law this average was 25.48 per cent.; un der the Wilson law, 21.92 per cent., and under the Dingley law, 22.12 per cent. Thus it appears that the actual taxation imposed by the present tariff is less than under the Democratic tariff, which was denounced by Re publicans as favoring "free trade." Upon all dutiable imports—exclud ing those admitted free —the average rate of duty is shown to be 41.19 per cent, ad valorem under the revised tariff, against 47.10 under the Mc- Kinley tariff, 42.82 under the Wilson and 45.76 under the Dingley law. Here again there appears a very distinct reduction of the average duties below tuat of any previous tariff. Whatever attacks may be made against individual schedules of the Payne-Aldrich tariff, the contention that the duties were revised "up ward" and not "downward" cannot be maintained in the face of these fig ures. Meanwhile the tariff has been bringing in such excellent results in increased revenues that there will be less and less disposition to disturb it. —Philadelphia Ledger. Another Bryan Nostrum. Mr. Bryan's pronouncement against ship subsidies, coupled with an alter native, is a charming illustration of the irresistible disposition of the man to jump at a new idea, or sometimes an old and exploded one, as the solu tion of any given question. Instead of subsidizing ships he would have the government own merchant transports for use in time of war and for lease "to help trade" in time of peace. "They could be leased to carriers on conditions which would enable tho government to train seamen, . . and the policy could be stopped any time if found unprofitable. That would produce the salutary re sult of stopping the policy before the government put its money into any transport ships. Running ordinary merchant ships so as to make them pay is a science not taught or pro duced by any civil service school. If the profit is secured it is usually by keeping the seamen under conditions, both of wages and living that Ameri can youth would reject. The high price of living has not yet brought our population down to the standard of a few dollars a month and maggoty pork as a steady diet. The policy which Mr. Bryan so lightly advocates Is a tolerably short i cut to a subsidy. A very few years of j running tramp steamers for profit ! would make any administration glad to offer anyone a subsidy who would take the ships off its hands. Lying About the Holy Word. Every Republican ought to chew up a morsel of righteous indignation and spit it in the face of the erring Demo crats who are trying to belie the party j for its vote on the Bible question. The ■ lie that caused Democratic Ananias ; to turn up his feet was but an atom | eompared with the lie going the | rounds that the Republican party | raised the price on Bibles. Hides are ; free of any tariff whatever, but there 1 is a clause that makes leather bound i books Imported to this country pay an ad valorem duty. This only affects the high-priced morocco covered Bibles printed in this country or bound in this country and dlstrib j uted throughout the land. Its a pretty ; low resort of tin- Democrats to lie on I the Holy Word to gain voters.—Cllnt- I wood (Va.) Journal, Might Make a Difference. The Democratic candidate for gov ernor of Pennsylvania, Mr. (Jrim, made this remarkable statement In his speech the other day accepting the j nomination: "The election of a state ticket In Pennsylvania Is complicated by no national or local Issue, and 1 should 1 be elected I am hound to consider that this expression of the • people will have no hearing upon ua tioiial affairs " Yet Democratic lead ers are everywhere saying cheerfully that It is "a Democratic year." If Mr. (irim should win. would he and they I then proclaim that fhe victory had no : national significance? People See the Truth. As regards the matter of high I pril l'*, it Is believed that the hlglx-st ! point has been reaehed, for In many lines of goods prices have already been materially reduced, and It U be lieved that further reduction will take place throughout tie summer and fall. Hut the people have at last learned I one I him? -that Is, that the high I prices in foods particularly were not brought about becaus< or the tariff - In fact, thi' tariff law Is no longer I blamed for any of the high prices which the people had to meet during the early part of the year. ■—WdP—■ Tattoo Suggested for Army Horses /there IS >*, AwVfeis ONE OBJECTION r TO THIS TAT - ( l-£ TOOINC V Jl Jrs JM |thfy Purnj WASHINGTON. —Army horses are to become tattooed animals if a suggestion made by Capt. Casper H. Conrad, Jr., of the cavalry arm, is adopted. Captain Conrad is detailed for duty in the quartermaster's depart ment, and Is recognized as an expert on horses required for military use. Horses are now being purchased by members of the quartermaster's de partment, who are making their selec tions in various parts of the country. The success attending this effort has been very gratifying to the quar termaster geneiTil, who has estab lished an army remount system, with a view to improving the cavalry mounts and the horses furnished to the field artillery. When a young horse is purchased in any locality to be sent to one of the two army remount de pots—at Fort Keogh, Montana, or Fort Reno, Okla. —he is marked with a numeral. The mark lasts about four months, when it becomes obliterated, and it is necessary to apply another. Uncle Sam Is to Test the Open Door THE United States is to test the sin cerity of Russia and Japan in their recent claim of adherence to the open door policy in China made recently co incident with the signing of the new treaty by the Czar and the Mikado. It has been announced at the state de partment that the government will press at once for recognition from these two powers of the railroad con cession recently granted by China to an English-American syndicate. This is the concession which Russia blocked with an emphatic protest last winter. Since then the negotiations have been in the statu quo. Now they are to be resumed at once. The gov ernment Is to find out whether or not Russia and Japan Intend to bar the United States as well as other powers out of Manchuria by raising unjusti fiable objections to the admission of other nations to that rich field. Will Lead in War on the Opium Evil THE United States will lead the na tions in the fight against promiscu ous opium traffic at a conference to bo held at The Hague in September, according to statements of authori ties in Washington. The conference was made possible through diplomatic correspondence with the interested powers by Secretary Kuox. The na tions represented will be tho United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Por tugal, China, Siam, Persia. Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and probably Tur key. The work of the conference will fol low along lines suggested by the In ternatlon Opium commission, which met last year at Shanghai, on the in vitation of this country. Tho light against the promiscuous use of the drug and other narcotics which figure in international trade will be made by Capital a Suffragette Stronghold THE Increased attention which the suffrage cause is attracting In Washington has astonished the old timers whose remembrance of the small tioily of women who called upon the Committee oil Privileges and Elections at the convening of overy new congress Is the last Impression of a few plucky women leading a des perately forlorn hope. Time was when the woman who had suffrage leanings was afraid to avow t lii-iii In Washington, and when It was thought exceedingly eotirngous of such well known soclel x lenders as Mrs. John II Henderson and Mrs. John It Mel.eun to entertain Miss Susan It Anthony, the must famous apostle of the cau«« of woman's rights, Belief lit the right <>l women A third marking takes place when the horse is sent from the army remount depot to the troop or battery, and it must be renewed from time to time. It is Captain Conrad's idea that a more enduring designation could be accomplished by applying a mark to the inside of the upper lip of the horse. He has devised an instrument for this purpose, and suggests the use of India ink, with the result that the numeral adopted will be indelible. This will require, of course, a regular system of marking so that there may be no duplicates. By this means a horse accepted for military service will keep its number. It may be nec essary to have legislation to prevent tampering with the designation or ma king use of a similar mark in the case of horses not used in the military service. Captain Conrad's quest is expected to lead to several important acquisi tions during the coming year. By this method the middleman is avoided, and horses are obtained at a much lower price than under the contract system. Besides, there is a better opportunity of selection, and controversies are avoided which so often have prevailed between the government representa tives and the contractors who fail to comply with specifications in the de livery of military animals. When the recent convention be tween Russia and Japan was sprung on the world American diplomats ex pressed little surprise. The govern ment has believed from the first there Is a secret article in this convention which has not been made public. It is felt the unpublished portion is an agreement on the part of the two na tions to support each other In barring other nations from the territory in question. The United States intends to force Russia's hand and determine whether such a secret bargain exists. The concession granted to the English- American syndicate was for the con struction of the Chin-Chow-Aigun rail road line. English capitalists were to furnish the funds and the materials were to be built in America. There Is one drawback to the situa tion from the standpoint of this gov ernment. England for some unknown reason, is weakening. Her enthusiasm for the joint undertaking cooled per ceptibly after Russia had entered an objection. Diplomats seem to think It quite likely that the United States will have to make the fight single-handed to keep Manchuria open with equal op portunity to all nations. means of international agreements through which opium producing coun tries will protect, by means of gov ernment supervision, ports where the Importation of the drug is prohibited. The first realization of the serious ness of the opium traffic so far as the United States Is concerned came when the government started to put the Philippines in order. An attempt to regulate tho unlimited traffic there called for the appointment of a com mission. The commission in tracing the many Americans engaged In the opium trade found that the United States, with some 200,000 American users of smoking opium, to say noth ing of the Chinese users here, pre sented almost as serious a question as the insular possessions. Since that time the United States has led the fight among the powers against the ! drug. About a year ago a law absolutely prohibiting the Importation Into this country of opium for any except medi cinal purposes was passed. But thero are now about 150,000 Americans using the drug, und In spite of the prohibi tory statute about 68,000 pounds of smoking opium is smuggled Into this country annually. that tho believer wore ahort hair, Im poaalble frocks, a man's hat and other cranky accompaniment!) of "queer vlewa." Time ha« changed all that. The women Who commotio the committee* which have appeared to demand the vote at tht> hint few aeaalona of con- Krchs have been modlahly gowned, attractive and In moat tiiMtanrea BO dally prominent. The cause of the ballot for woman ha* awept the coun try to auch an extent that many of the iienatorH and representatives of the preaent contents* are avowed ayut pathlzera and not a few of them have put themaeivea on record aa favor IIIK suffrage. The "votM for women" agitation la now diacusaed openly and aympathetically at many a Wndilug ton tea table prealded over by a hos* ICHH whoae aiM-ial prominence la undis puted and sNhoao gracea mil talent a are dlatlnctly of th< uioat feminine kind. It In not ►afe to acoff at womaa nuf. frnge anywhere In Washington uow, Hf too MMtf WlWl of the not which la really Influentlal have Ue- S The Plate to En j Chtiif i 5 J. F. PARSONS' ) ICfJfiES ■RHEUMATISM ■ LOIBiaO, SCIATICA INEURUBU and ■KIDNEY TROUBLE ■ "» DROPS" taken internally, rids the blood H of the poisonous matter and aolds which ■ are the direct causes of these diseases. B Applied externally It affords almost in ■ stunt relief from pain, while a permanent M cure la being effeoted by purifying the blood, dlisoltlng the poisonous snb stanoe and removing It from the system. DR. 8. D. 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You're sell ing them all they'll buy, any how. But at the same timo you would like more business. (]j Make this community buy j more. <5 Advertise strongly, consist ently, judiciously. •3 Suppose you can buy a lot of washtubs cheap; advertise a big washtub sale in this pa per. Putin an inviting pic ture of a washtub where people can see it the minute they look at your ad. Talk strong on washtubs. And you'll find every woman in this vicinity who has been getting along with a rickety washtub for years and years will buy a new one from you. •1 That's creative business j power. OURj AD. RATES ARE RIGHT —CALL ON US (IXipyrtgbl, UXFJ, by tV. N. 17. 1 Wor d-of - Mouth Advertising Passing encomiums, only over your store counter, al>out the quality of what you've got to sell, results in about as much satisfaction as your wife would get if you gave her a box of cigars 'or Christmas. Advertising in This Paper I talk;) t<> rvtTvlnxlv at once anil makes them talk Uatk with muney. 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