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.CAMERON COUNTY PRESS.
H. H. MULLIN, Editor and Proprietor
Published Every Thursday
EMPORIUM. ~ PENNSYLVANIA
i
Are we due for another comet
scare?
The story of an alligator in Paw
Paw lake gives us pause.
"The police mobilized their reserves
in autos." Automobilized them, as it
were.
The son of a British peer is wash
ing dishes in Texas. His job ought to
pan out.
This year's peach crop is one of the
largest and prettiest that ever failed
In the spring.
Events in America Indicate
that there Is something revolutionary
In a banana diet.
A small prison sentence looks a
great deal worse than a big flno to the
confirmed joy rider.
The times seem prolific of accidents.
And the worst of it is that the great
majority need never happen.
Now Is a good time for some Don't
Worry club to offer an honorary mem
bership to King Alfonso.
Austrlans are demanding cheap
meat. Here is one more chance for
the Belgian haro promoter.
A California family went crazy con
templating the comet. All that some
people are looking for is an excuse.
Hailstones measuring two inches in
diameter fell at Sault Ste. Marie, but
the local icemen are not discouraged.
A Boston scientist says that sauer
kraut is superior to beans as a diet.
This ought to be good news in Mil
waukee.
A Washington umpire will call
strikes and balls In Esperanto. Will
"some kind friend tell us what they
usually talk?
Professor Watkins says old-fashion
ed dyes have disappeared. Old-fash
ioned death, however, continues busi
ness as usual.
There is a dispute as to the owner
ship of the Spitsbergen islands. They
will make a cold collation for some
country or other.
One thing that marks the mikado
as a distinct and peculiar statesman
Is his success in keeping his picture
out of the magazines.
The prince consort of Holland has
broken his collar bone by a fall from
a bicycle. The royal advisers should
make him keep to golf.
King Alfonso's boat was In collision
at Southampton the other day and
nearly sunk. That XIII. after his
name Is certainly a hoodoo.
The washing of paper money Is a
good thing, but It should not encourage
the gold manipulators to keep our
coinage bright by "sweating" It
In getting a dog a muzzle It Is not
necessary to Irritate the animal by a
load of scrap-iron. Dog muzzling may
be humane as well as effective.
Some one has seen a flock of geese
flying southward. They were doubtless
hastening away from the terrible heat
which Medicine Hat occasionally re
ports.
Some fault finding Is being done on
the score that the paper on which the
new SI,OOO bills were printed Is of in
ferior quality. Probably everybody
noticed It.
A f'hlnese delegate to the deaf mute
convention of deaf mutes at Denver
Is looking for an Interpreter. Can
any one here muke 6,000 letters with
their fingersT
An unlettered man with Dr. Kllot'a
five feet of books at hi* bedside might
fee! no compunction about throwing
one of them at the neighbor's cat on
the back fence
Prof Wili/.vtiskl of tho I'niversity
of ChicPgu think* mathematics and
poetry much alike. At least you fre
qui ntly nit • i with example* of each
which you <lu ui< mini.
The new football rule* are In leg
pre pari d l.et us hope there will be
i. iliii.; in tl.fiu tu alter tie* iorni ut
tin conventional tuugtulini story about
Th:ilikkgl\ iltg gauie
Alt Ohio Judge ha* decided (but it
is nut il!i>.tl fur a Mouiau to gi
through lor husband's pocket*. It
Wouldn't it.it>' mad' ihe ulightest dtf'
fin ut if ie had tit elded the other
way.
% Kurop»aa duke, visiting this coun
try, 4tx litt- • he > cuts to gtt ill bust
ut t tin ilia l.ttiilljf may in? shoek
eil' tits dceUlon, but tt is tar more
toanly than coining as a lot i une
Intuit i lu tin tint' ut gaining u but Ut r
U'ttu '■» Murk toll*. tut
hi it ng to lite t i'i. who rt h In where
liti' Hn tu the itobblt it rusting
|*tel> *bt I.UN be.® I.tllt go ( uf
te.au »b«it »ht trie* It* stand In
tbetu. but she do***'! drwan.
NEEDS NO DEFENSE
SUCCESS OF PROTECTION POLICY
ITS OWN ARGUMENT.
Prosperity of the Country Under Be
neficent System Has Been Contin
uous—Figures That Prove
Truth of Claim.
The policy of protection justifies it
self, and its continuance is a continu
ing argument in favor of its continu
ance.
The energy generated by tho confi
dence of 90,000,000 people in the sta
bility of the policy of protection has
set in motion and kept in motion
600,000 factories, having an annual
output of more than $13,000,000,000,
and paying out in wages $3,000,000,000
to 6,000,000 people, whoso purchasing
power depends upon their employ
ment.
One gentleman who has spoken
here has referred to what he called
the "protected sections" of our coun
try, but the fortunes of all our people
—north, south, east and west; farm
ers, manufacturers, artisans, laborers
and professional men—are all bound
together.
Long ago, when the ratification of
the federal constitution was* under
consideration in the Massachusetts
assembly, Jonathan Smith, a farmer
from the Berkshire Hills, In reply to
one Amos Singletary, put the whole
question in a nutshell then and for
all time when he said:
"These lawyers, these moneyed
men, these men of learning, are all
embarked in the same cause with us,
and we must all sink or swim to
gether."
This policy of protection has
added to the gold dug from American
mines foreign gold paid for the prod
ucts of American labor.
It has kept all the wheels, shafts
and bands of production in motion
until they have developed an aggre
gate of 15,000,000 horse power, equiva
lent to the power of 90,000,000 men.
It has built railroads by giving
them something to carry from place
to place, and cities and towns and
factories have sprung up along their
rights of way.
It has built by locating factories in
their midst, and the fafctory makes
all the difference between the village
and the city.
It has cleared and improved farms
and made farmers prosperous by giv
ing them a market at their doors for
what they raise to sell.
It has fostered and encouraged
American Industry until our own in
ternal free trade commerce over our
own rivers, lakes and railroads is esti
mated at $25,000,000,000.
It is justified by our prosperity,
gathered from the legitimate spoils of
trade, in which both labor and capital
have participated; justified by the
policy of other nations; and justified
by the declarations of their states
men.
It Is justified by the quality of
American citizenship as compared
with the quality of foreign citizen
ship, justified by the savings of labor,
and justified by every home owned
by an American workingman under
the American flag.—Representative
Hamilton of Michigan.
Pretty Poor Economic Fodder.
Some sne in Washington who be
longs to the "lay it all to the tariff"
class professes to be profoundly
shocked because, as he learns, there
is an effort to enlist the farmers more
actively in the protection cause. If
he did not know it, the farmers al
ways have been deeply interested in
that matter, for they have realized
that Ihe development of American In
dustries meant bigger and better mar
kets for the American agricultural
products. So why should they not
favor protection, both for the direct
saf"j<uards which it throws about
their Interests and for the Indirect
benefits accruing from the system?
There have been many utternpts to
"fool the farmer" on this point, but
they have never succeeded. That Is
one reason why as a rule a thriving
farming community Is strongly Re
publican. Democratic tariff for rev
enue only Is pretty poor economic fod
der for the American tiller of the
soil.— Trov Times.
No Reproaches, No Scolding.
President Taft writ's in excellent
temper. 11 14 appear* tn rntlltr that
whlb tin* | resident of the I'ulte I
State* must be. by modern practise,
thi lender of the party that i*lecttt hint,
lit need nut Ih- the censor of tlt<
thought of Ute nation. Not a few men
in Pre itk"nt Tufts position would
have replied rather hotly to criticism)
i i their polli le> similar to!!*«. -•
which havt in < a It-w Ib-d at him.
Responsibility for Legislation.
Tin- pre*ldem assert* ultii reason
| ilint ilm- recent mi ion of emigre*
I watt productive ol more goud leglslii
iton than imiw from any of Its ii een'.
i reiliii Kin. Chicago News.
Uuntun -Jefore the People.
U . , t|:i distinct .tltd Hi trly t|«
Hit. .1 l .tu s made morn prominent
I HAN CM r t>y tin p. imiU'iit * test I M,k
Utter, tint i mii|ml|M will Is fought
nut by th« united lit publican party
against the (Mite i'iti my Dt-iiiot rat y
Mttull EJl't I N (toast of it , n »t-uts
ihm lUat WIN continue the splendid
put In paitiai poser a party to clunk
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1910.
IMPORTANT NOT TO FORGET
Protection as Against Free Trade I*
the Issue in the Coming
Elections.
The issue is protection against free
trade. The Philadelphia Enquirer
correctly diagnoses the present politi
cal situation. "The Democratic party,"
it says, "maintains upon this ques
tion (the protective tariff) the un
compromisingly hostile attitude which
it has traditionally presented. It
continues to insist on the ideal excel
lence of the free trade theory, and
were it to be returned to power it
would be bound by its pledges to
carry that theory as far into practise
as circumstances should permit. This
Is a fact which it is important not to
forget, and which, amid the multi
plicity of other considerations now
engaging the public thoughts, needs
to be steadily emphasized and con
spicuously exhibited. Republicans
who think that the protective prin
ciple has now been so firmly estab
lished ift the United States as to be
beyond the reach of danger deceive
themselves. It remains as much as
ever the object of Democratic ani
mosity, and eternal vigilance Is no
less than ever the price of its preser
vation. There is every reason why
during the campaign now impending
this great, this vital, this paramount
issue should be kept to the front, and
the president's wisdom in giving it
prominence is the greater because of
the deceptive sense of security which
in this respect prevails. Too many
people who depend upon the tariff
for their prosperity, for their com
fort, for their daily bread are Indif
ferent to the insidious attacks of
which it is the object and are allow
ing themselves to think that there Is
no longer any occasion for them to
rally to its support.
This may seem strange when one
recalls the painful experiences
through which the coutnry passed
during a brief though all too pro
longed period of Democratic ascend
ency, but the human memory is short
and there is always a disposition
alike to assume the permanence and
to underestimate the value of present
blessings. Our protective system can
only be maintained by the votes of
its adherents, and in order that it
may be maintained the Republican
party must be kept in power. The
president, besides designating the
tariff as the paramount issue, out
lines a program for the legislative ap
plication of the principle involved,
which is admirably adapted to derive
a maximum of benefit from the pro
tective system and to consolidate the
elements of the Republican party."
Good Time to Go Slow.
The sound protectionist is no oppo
nent of tariff revision at the proper
time, and has always approved such
changes in schedules as conditions
seemed to warrant. But he never has
and he never will join in the cry for
tariff revision in the interest of for
eign as against home industries, and
that is what very much of the de
mand for lower duties means. A case
directly in point is furnished by the
present situation in the cotton manu
facturing Industry. Owing to the high
price of raw material, due partly to
anticipated shortage in the cotton
crop and largely to speculation, mills
are operating on short time or sus
pending entirely for a season. There
is not a cent of duty on cotton, and
the rates on cotton goods have been
almost unchanged. How can the re
sponsibility for the trouble in the cot
ton-spinning and cotton-cloth-maklng
industries be laid to the tariff? Fibre
and Fabric suggests this question
when it says: "We find that the years
under the former tariff were the most
prosperous in the history of our coun
try. was fully employed, and
wages advanced ten to twenty per
cent. The present tariff is almost
identical, so far as the wool and cot
ton schedules are concerned, yet the
people are being urged to senrl men
Ito Washington to deliberately open
the way for foreign manufacturers to
serve America the snme us Canada
I lias been served, and kill off a few
! hundred textile mills and throw thou
j Hands of operatives out of their
! chosen occupation permanently." It
| is well to have tariff revision when
needed, but a revision that will put
American manufacturers out of busl
u> ?..s and American wuge-earners out
hi work and which will surrender our
markets to foreigners Is not the kind
i u commend lts<4f to the thoughtful
\Ti»rlcan citizen.
Hat the True Ring.
President Taft »einlnds congress
i that It still has whir pledges to he
a< l<t. Including legislation providing
.. • i' ImnM Ci MMI bonds by
. iitr* ial» rallwoys, the lluiltul lon of
j : . | u'.wi .'i the fi-deiMl ll.Jui I *t(*tja,
| 11: i ntliiK of a uatU aat bureau of
health it ad ihe n< ouragenieni of our
I i • chant marine. The letter, as a
1 whole, ha ilu ring of real Hep tbllcan
j valuable coutrllHitkiti to the literature
No Brand Here.
tke Tafi tariff program must ap|t l
ile I irift uittl . ilm lilt*: t( t>i tie
IN CHARGE AT WEST POINT
p™~"MaJ. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, U. S. A., who has
§ become superintendent of the United States Mili
tary academy at West Point, is what Supreme
Court Justice O'Gorman recently termed "a typ
ical product of New York city." He was born and
reared in the old First ward, and there are now
in New York men who will tell you that "Tom"
Barry was the handsomest boy in the old ward,
and that when he came back from West Point
on furlough the younger boys wore wont to
point him out as their hero.
General Barry was one of the popular cadets
during the four years he was at the academy. As
an athlete he stood in the front rank, and he stood
high as a student. In June, 1877, he received his
diploma, and as a Becond lieutenant was as
signed to the famous Seventh cavalry, Custer's
old command. After three years in the Seventh General Barry was trans
ferred to the Infantry arm and assigned to the First infantry as a first lieu
tenant. Two years later he was promoted captain, and after that passing
through every grade until in August, 1903, President Roosevelt made him a
brigadier general. In April, 1908, the same president promoted him to his
present rank, the highest under the present law that an army officer can
attain.
General Barry as superintendent at West Point is the second officer of
his rank to hold that post since West Point was founded. The other was
Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofleld, who was a major general when appointed
superintendent in 187 G.
No officer in the army has a finer record than General Barry. In the
Spanish war he was an adjutant general, and after the close of that war he
saw hard service in the Philippines. When the Cuban government failed to
make good several years ago, with the result that the Americans had to
reoccupy the Island, General Barry was designated by President Roosevelt
as commander-in-chief of the Army of Cuban Pacification, as it was known,
and in that capacity he did his work so thoroughly that when the Island was
for a second time turned back to Its own people to rule General Barry was
accorded when he left an ovation such as few officers have ever received at
home or abroad.
FEDERAL CHIEF OF MINES «
t"""" - ~" In the appointment of Dr. Joseph A. Holmes to
be director of the new bureau of mines it is con
ceded in Washington that probably the best
equipped man for the position in the United
States has been gained for this important post.
Ever since congress passed the bill creating
the bureau anil giving it authority to investigate
mine disasters, make experiments and suggest
means whereby accidents may be decreased and
the yearly casualty list shortened, efforts have
been made by hundreds of interested persons to
have Dr. Holmes selected as chief. The indorse
ment of all the coal operators' associations has
been given, every prominent mining engineer in
the country, including John Hays Hammond, has
; made his plea for Dr. Holmes, and the miners'
union has added its efforts in his cause.
Three great delegations visited Washington early In the summer to urge
the appointment, the managers of sixty collieries joined in the laudatory
chorus, and sixty-two senators put their names to a petition in his behalf.
All this recognition was won by Dr. Holmes while serving as chief tech
nologist of the technological branch of the geological survey. In this capacity
he was carrying on in a minor way the work which he now will develop to
the fullest extent.
While the operations of the technological bureau have not been wide
spread, because of lack of funds and authority, still the men under Dr.
Holmes were able to diminish mine disasters. They personally saved the
lives of many imprisoned miners by going to their rescue in the face of dan
gers which would have meant death to less experienced men with poorer
equipment.
The work of making mines safe has occupied the attention of Dr. Holmes
for years, and he has made rapid advancement in the finding of effective
means to the end which he has sought. He gained the confidence of labor
and capital, and it is well known here that his subordinates are loyalty itself
to the chief.
| WOMAN WHO COST A MILLION
———————The series of exquisite gown 3 worn by Mrs.
William B. Leeds of New York. Newport and Lon
don, has been the feature of the season at the
ultra-fashionable watering place of Deauville,
France. She is reported as having had great so
cial success and has given a succession of de
lightful entertainments. Mrs. William B. Leeds,
it will be remembered. Is the woman who cost
her husband one million dollars, and who refused
the importunities of royal and noble suitors who
were after her fortune, estimated at thirty times
that amount.
Her maiden name was Nannie Stewart. She
was the daughter of a wealthy Cleveland banker
and was said to be the haudsomest girl In Ohio.
___ She married George E. Worthington. Thoy dis
agreed, and Leeds, also a married man, became
infatuated with her. It Is said that Leeds paid his wife one million dollars
I for a divorce. Mrs. Worthington also secured a legal separation from her
husband, and three days later the wedding took place.
Leeds made his new bride the present of jewelry worth over a million,
a steam yacht, and a two million dollar palace in New York city. While on
! « visit to I'aris, Leeds bought his wife a $200,000 pearl necklace. She wore
| this on several occasions, had them unstrung and they were exported In a
I bag to the Uuited States and entered at the custom house as loose pearls.
Then began her battle with the treasury, which has become celebrated.
I Although the pearls were apparently Imported by a Paris Jeweler, the cus
! tonis authorities considered the action a subterfuge and demanded the CO
I ptr cent, customary duty on a necklace. Mrs. I.eeds Insisted that they were
I dutiable at 11 tier cent, as indiscriminate pearls and won the day and Inclden-
I tally some t&O.Oeo which otherwise would have gone to the government.
112 TO HEAD THE GOULD FAMILY ~
■ ' One of the sons of the very rich who does not
N. believe that his life should be given up to Idle
itess ami sport* Is Klngdon Gould, th« eldest of
"""■ t ' J " H * v> ' n children of George Jay Gould Klngdon
, : ; • l» wuly twenty-three years old, but he knows a
112/ ' whole lot a!" in his '.idler's Interest and.for
. V4#r -V that matter, about the interests of the entire
\ J "Jbl Gou'd fa: ill l Till Is as It should be, for he is
'.ii destined to take bis father's place as the head
"'■ejj "I that mult! millionaire family. He Is a well-
V educated man without evil habits and with a love
ffi'V tor Work This week he lift to Join the rest of
*• tin Gould family In Ruropt ll# would have gone
J with them last sprlna. hut he felt that he wanted
\ i ' jin ijmillui i. • liHiim It with the Gould railroad m
/ *""* i tetii In the xuithw ■ t H.I Instead Of lolling about
tli<* various t> -"H of the old world h» has bee*
[ working « arly and late »ud ha* gone over every foot of the 8,000 miles of
i the »>mi«riii, meott ig the ii.anaicor*. formou and even the laborers and study*
I tug the condltkMis. There i» h.»r Hv a Utile ot track In the whole system with
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Someone Might Get Hurt.
Pietro had drifted to Florida and
was working with a gang at railroad
construction. He had been told to
beware of rattlesnakes, but assured
that they would always give the
warning rattle before striking.
One hot day he was eating his noon
luncheon on a pine log when he saw
a big rattler coiled a few feet in front
of him. He eyed the serpent and be
gan to shift his legs over the log. He
had barely got them out of the way
when the snake's fangs hit the bark *
beneath him.
"Son of a guna!" yelled Pietro.
"Why you no ringa da bell?"—Every-*
body's Magazine.
"Good-Night and Pleasant Dreams."
Two things mean sweet sleep—a
clear conscience and a clean bed. No
one is going to put you in a bed they
think is not clean, but haven't you no
ticed sometimes that the pillow cases
and sheets have a stale, musty smell,
and that they are harsh and have an un
pleasant feeling? That is because they
are washed with soaps that are full of
rosin and strong caustics. There's only
one soap for bedding. That is "Easy
Task Soap." Pure cocoanut oil, pure
borax, naphtha rfnd other healthfully
sterilizing and cleansing agents com
pose "Easy Task Soap," and bedding
washed with it is sure to come from
the wash so beautiful that it makes
the housewife proud.
Pierp's Appetite
J. P. Morgan, Sr., was always a
good trencherman in his youth and
he has as good an appetite today aa
he ever had, not only for cprned beef
and cabbage—his favorite dish —but
for other foods. If the Morgan, who
dazzled the Teutons with his mathe
matics when he was a German uni
versity post-graduate student, had ac
cepted the chair of mathematics of
fered to him by Heidelberg, instead of
his Yankee corned beef and cabbage
it might have been frankfurters and
sauerkraut.—New York Press.
Beware the Dog!
A family moved from the city to a
suburban locality and were told that
they should get a watchdog to guard
the premises at night. So they bought
the largest dog that was for sale in
the kennels of a neighboring dog fan
cier, who was a German. Shortly
afterward the house was entered by
burglars, who made a good haul, while
the big dog slept. The man went to
the dog fancier and told him about it.
"Veil, vat you need now," said tho
dog merchant, "is a leedle dog to vako
up the big dog."—Everybody's.
Perfectly Harmless.
A little girl of three years, whose
father had bought her some firecrack
ers and sky rockets for the Fourth of
July, wanted to know what they were
for. On being told their purpose, she
anxiously inquired if they would hurt
anybody. When told they would not,
she seemed relieved, and that night,
when saying her prayers, she added:
"An", Dod, don't 'oo be 'f'raid of zem
poppin' tings when zey make a noise
tomorrow, 'tause zey won't hurt 'oo."
Uncle Allen.
"If you're getting old and don't
know it." philosophized Uncle Allen
Sparks, "you'll find It out when you
go back to the town where you grew
up and look around for tho boys you
used to play with when you were a
kid."
Let Us
Cook Your
Breakfast!
Serve
Post
Toasties
with cream or milk
and notice the pleasure
the family finds in the
appetizing crispness and
flavour of thK delightful
food.
"The Memory Lingers"
s, : )