2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor and Proprietor Published Every Thursday EMPORIUM. - PENNSYLVANIA The latest divorce case originated in a game of card 3. Solitaire? Moreover, the airman avoids the crush on the elevated loop platforms. Why should not dogfish be good eat ing, as the scientists declare? Catfish are. We hate to reopen a controversy, but how do you play poker in Esper anto? There Is an opening for a popular song about the aeroplane with a bro ken wing. An appeal is to be made to reason In dress. Reason in dresa just at present is hobbled. More twins were born this year In Chicago than ever before. Can this be charged to the comet? A New Jersey Judge rules that only •ober men can get marriage licenses. It's getting harder and harder. Under the new rules of football we believe there will Btill be work for the doctor and the ambulance drivers. The chill felt In the air is duo partly to the advanced season, and partly to the inevitable autumn coal bills. Football at women's colleges would be grand preparation for the stern business of bargain-counter rushing. A California girl of 7 years speaks nine languages, says an exchange, and we presume she corrects her parents In all of them. That Paris professor who recom tnends devilfish as household pets, does not say whether they will bark at the family canary. According to the health department the fly wants to give the human race several bites that it will remember be fore succumbing to the frost Prince Tsai Hsun wanted a daytime nap and showed his familiarity with American customs by taking it in Phil adelphia. Paris hats three feet have Just arrived in the east. Evidently Paris has overlooked the fact that pay-enter cars are being used here now. A German burgomaster complains of the scandal-mongering of the wom en who have nothing to do at home Don't they play bridge whist In his town ? Eating sand for the benefit of one's health should be viewed by the public with an open mind until Dr. Woods Hutchinson has expressed his opinion of the practise. About the only creature capable of Indulging in hobble skirts, aviation and football without danger of frac turing something Is the Justly famous boneless codfish. Skeletons of warriors with horns have been found in California. What sport they must have had in the prize fights of those days when the cham pions locked them! That cool wave, predicted by the weather bureau, seems to have lin gered overmuch on its way. Still it Is a pretty good forecast to stick to at this time of the year. They are telling of a romance which began in an aeroplane. Still, that is as poor a place for tender glances and gentle pressures of hands as a canoe, which is 110 place at all. The astronomers have now formed a star trust. This is 110 doubt a r«v milt of the ruinous eomi>etltion at the time of the visit of the late Mr. Mal ay's ghostlike luminosity. They are trying to Induce society women to refrain from smuggling by telling them it is wicked. I!ut possl My the fact of Its wickedness will only add zest to the game Th" men who are safely married should be thankful they have had travail and are through with It Fashion decreta that "Weafter a luan muwt propose on his inees According to the available statistics only an |M>rfona have ever died from snake bite In this country Hut tbeia figure* will not compel the suake blte-*-iire industry to languish If the humble Janitor, whom flat dwellers would regulate with law and order. ever asserts hit prerogative •om* rold winter morning, the flaf dweller may be beseeching instead of demanding Th«*re 1* a preacher In Huston who •ays that th* hobble tklrt Is an evl denc.» of wanlty Has he ever had hl» head examined* "When U a h«n not a bird?" sound* like a prUe pu/ile or a funny game, hut It Is a serious question with which one of the Washington court* will b* railed onto >olve Of course the lav Is alway* a dignified Institution, but to *e« Its learned espanent < strug gllng with the aviation Mfiiltallona o the gi-at American hen Is soniethlni to tickle 'ha rUlbllltlei of the nation NOT DUE TO TARIFF FACTS IN REGARD TO ADVANCE IN PRICES. For Political Ends, Democrats Have Fostered Misconception in This Regard—The Truth as Shown by Government Statistics. The tariff seems to have been nc material factor in causing the ad vance in prices during the past dec ade. The greatest advances have been made in commodities upon which the tariff has little or no effect, and the absolute removal of the tariff on many of these commodities could not have afforded relief at the present time, for the reason that prices of these commodities, with a few exceptions, were as high or higher in other coun tries than in the United States. The advance in prices during the past ten years appears to have no re lation to tariff legislation. Beginning with January, 1900, wholesale prices in general declined slightly, and the decline continued through July, 1901. Beginning with August, 1901, prices advanced very slowly through March, 1903, ,<ind then remained steady through May, 1905. Beginning with June, 1905, there was a marked in crease through October, 1907. Begin ning with November, 1907, prices be gan to decline and the decline con tinued through August, 1908. Begin ning with September, 1908, prices steadily advanced until the highest point during the ten years was reached in March, 1910. The advance in 1909 as compared with 1900, by groups of articles, was as follows: Per Cent, Products of the forests 40.T Products of the farm, crude 86.1 Products of the farm, manufactured. 24.1 Products of mines and wells 13." Products of manufactures 5.^ Products of the fisheries 6.1 Imported products declined l.< The group of articles which have shown the greatest advance —the products of the farm —are those for which there has been practically nc change in tariff In the past ten years. Neither have there been any changes during the past twenty years which could In any way account for the in crease in price. The tariff acts oi 1894, 1897 and 1909 have made nc changes which to any appreciable de gree measure the changes in prices which have taken place. The tariff act of 1909 made nc marked changes In "farm products and foodstuffs," the articles grouped by the tariff acts under Schedule O "agricultural products and provi sions," and Schedule K, "sugar, mo lasses and manufactures of." Simple Statement of Facts. The principal farm grains—barley corn, oats, ryo and wheat—made an average advance in price in 1909, com pared with 1900, of 69.7 per cent. They are usually exported in large quantl ties, yet while the exports were prac tically reduced in 1909, other coun tries absorbed our surplus even at the advanced prices, and the exports dur Ing 1909 amounted to over $80,000,00(1 with additional exports of over SSO, 000,000 worth of wheat flour and corn meal. The price level of the live-stock group, consisting of cattle, hogs and sheep In 1909, was 20.1 per cent above the price level of 1900. This group also furnishes a surplus for ex port and at the advanced prices thf exports amounted to approximately $20,000,000. This amount exported Is much less than for previous years, but the fact that exports of products of the farm and of the forests continue in such large quantities Indicates that the price movement is due not to the tar Iff but to a world-wide movement up ward in the price of such commodi ties. Which Is the most Inspiring sight, the parade of Coxey and Kelly armlet or the march of factory and mill hands going to and from work? Question for Workingman. The Democrats compare prices now with prices in 1X96, nnd tell laborers that we ought to get back to the old conditions. How does that strike any laboring man who lived through the four awful years of Democratic rule from 1893 to 1897? It didn't mat ter how low prices were then —mil- lions of men were working on part time and low wages or not working at all, nnd their families were hungry. Tht»y couldn't get the money to buy even the necessaries of life. Wm McKlnley said: "Cheap and nasty go togethe ." It didn't matter In the four awful Democratic years from '#3 to '97 how cheap food was. Millions of our peo ple then couldn't g<-t money to buy even the necessaries of life. The Democrats whii! the country to gi't buck to tiie conditions when every thing whs cheap. Under such condl Hons labor is the cheapest thing of all. Good Object Lesson, The mono emblazoned on the great M-al of one of our stains is: "if you seek a beautiful peuinsula. look around you." This motto might be paraphrased as a motto for the whole country: "If you seek a prosperous sad happy people, look around you.'' The wan and wasted and hungry men and women aud chlldreu that wm used tu see in the last Ituuociatic day •re not In evidence now Tha work Ing man's wife and babies are not no* begging lor bread CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1910 : FACTS ABOUT FREE TRADE Read and Consider Which Policy Is Best for the Interests of the • Country. Here and there a Democratic can didate takes courage from the seem ■ ing drift toward his party and an nounces that he is for free trade—not for tariff reform, but for no tariff, except, possibly, for revenue only. Such tariff doctrine gets far, indeed, from the faults and shortcomings of ' the Payne-Aldrich law, grievous and numerous as they are, in spite of its betterment of the statute it replaced 1 and its promise of further improve -1 ment under orderly and scientific in | vestigation and amendment. But when the issue becomes free trade, it is time to look certain vital facts square ly in the face. Wage-earners migrate from free trade countries into protective tariff countries. They never go in the op posite direction. They know where they are best off. They migrate from England to the United States, to Can ada, to Australia—all under protec tive tariffs. Belgium has near free trade. Belgian workmen goto France, where there Is protection. Germany Is making strenuous strides under protection, and Germany, al ready with ah immense population, draws wage-earners from many ad jacent and nearby countries. These fundamental facts cry out against the folly of the free traders. — Cleveland Leader. Prices Not Governed by Tariff. An official bulletin issued by the bureau of statistics at Washington shows an unmistakable tendency downward in the price of certain com modities included among necessaries of life. What is particularly notice able in this exhibit is the decrease in rates for imported articles. The bul letin says: "A study of prices quoted by the bureau of satisfies shows for the latest available date a definitely marked downward movement in re cent months." Of the articles affected there are mentioned wool, wool car peting, boards, copper pigs and ingots, rubber, Manila hemp and a whole lot of other things which come from abroad. On the other hand, the same trend is indicated as regards numer ous domestic products, among which may* be mentioned various grains, flour, copper In different shapes, cot ton cloths, steel billets, rails and other shapes, and so on. Of course many causes contribute to the fluctu ations in prices which are reported in this country and elsewhere. But the direct and very pointed significance of the official report from the bureau of statistics is that it refutes most emphatically the contention that prices are governed by our tariff and that recent advances were due to the present law. And, further, the facts place the lay-it-all-to-the-tariff growl ers in a dilemma from which there is no escape except by frank confession that they have been wrong. If, as they have asserted, the tariff sent prices up. must they not, to be con sistent, admit that the tariff, which is still the same, has brought prices down? What Is the logic of their argument, anyway? Epigrammatic and Silly. The college president who has dropped into politics and Is trying tc be elected governor of New Jersey keeps right on saying foolish things about the tariff. One of his latest ab surdities is this: "Trade does not rise and fall with the tariff, but the bank accounts ol some producers do." Herein we may see how easy it is j to be epigrammatic and silly at one and the same time. Fourteen years ago. in the third year of a free-trade tariff, trade had fallen far below the normal. Trade had fallen with the tarifT. Inside of eighteen months, or | within less than a year after the elec tion of McKinley as president and the prompt revision of the tariff in the j Dingley law, trade had gotten back tc ! the normal and was increasing by i leaps and bounds. By 1900, bank ! clearings had nearly doubled, imports had Increased 50 per cent., because ! our people had more to buy with, ex- j ports had Increased far more than im- ' ports, and the country was on the top I wave of prosperity. Trade had risen when the tariff rose. Or Wood row Wilson simply displays his ig j norance of practical business affairs when he asserts that there is no rela tion between trade and tariff. Every J civilized nation In the world, save one, holds a contrary view—that protection to home labor and industry does stim ulate trade and make prosperity. It Is better for the working man and his wife and babies that there he sufficient work for all than to have factories shut down or working on half time at half wages. His a Prize Collection. Mr liryun now says the plan for a tariff commission is a delusion. As a , delusion expert he ought to bo en titled to a hearing —Omaha I lee. I r Panama. ' The president's final decision about 112 Panama shows his great interest in c the i-atial And ttin Interest Is justl I 1 di-d The tariff should soon be out * of the way for awhile, and the trusts and tlx* railroads may Klve further 11 trouble, but cannot master us. The ( canal we shall have with us for at c less! flvn years In a completing form u and then In a completed form for 1 let us hope, as long as w« n main it r puissant factor In the world's a' * fair* * Postoffice Department May Pay Chit ovvr * WASHINGTON. —The estimates of Postmaster General Hitchcock for next year show that the postoffice department promises fair to pay its own way. The mail service comes nearer to the people than any other branch of the government, for it reaches every home as well as shops and offices. It costs a lot of money. Mr. Hitchcock asks for $250,733,943, and the appropriation for the depart ment always is set forth in the ex penditures for each year, but the earn ings from the mails bring back the outlay to the treasury. This business is not reported in the current daily statement of the treasury which set forth only the deficit paid. This amounted last year to $17,000,000, and will be $6,000,000 less for the current twelve months, while it is predicted that it will disappear in the next fiscal year. The department gets no pay for the vast tons of matter which it carries for other branches of the government. If it did the offset against the deficit would be very large. The rent of offices in Wash ington and in public buildings else where does not cover this traffic. The work done by the postoffice is Has Plan to Care for Ex-Presidents THE great movement for the con servation of the natural resources of the country, at the present time exerting salutary Influences upon every Important national activity, has embraced a new field. A safe, sane and successful method of conserving and finding a method of caring for our ex-presidents is the latest Idea in the conserving line. A provision in the constitution of the national conserva tion congress Is responsible for the proposal, and serious consideration is being given it, not by the political dreamer or theorist, but by the great public figures of the country. Bernard N. Baker, retiring presi dent of the congress, by virtue of a clause in the constitution, becomes a member for life of the executive com mittee, and will, so long as the con gresses are held, continue to give the benefit of his counsel and experience to the president. The suggestion has been made, and has already crystallized Into an or- Expert to Head the Economy Bureau tjiir FIAT Is considered a real step to- WW ward greater economy and more efficiency in the management of the government's business was taken when President Taft appointed Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland, director of the bureau of municipal research In New York city, as the head of a cen tral staff that will work on the econ omy and efficiency problem under the direction of the president. Announce ment was also made that each of the cabinet officers will organize In his department a committee or couimls sion to be known as an economy and efficiency organization. These steps were taken under the law passed at the last session of con gress directing tho president to con duct an Investigation Into the bus! ness methods of the several executive departments, and giving him SIOO,OOO Opium Invades Army at the Presidio TIIK war department Is advised thst opium, the Insidious enemy of tlte armies of the world, has Invaded the ranks of the I'lilted States troops eta tioned at the I'resldlo, near San Fran cisco, to such an extent that a strong campaign, In which are Involved more than 2,500 men. has been launched In an >'ffort to crush It out. The officers admit the seriousness of the situation, and declare It to be the gravest problem they haw been called upon to settle. Drastic meas ures are now being taken to rescue those of the troops who hate (alb it victims to the subtle opiate With all the energies of the department of war bent to the battle, an appeal has a marvel of cheapness. In volume and in extent of territory covered there is nothing to be compared with it. The reduction in rates since the days when 25 cents was charged for a letter from New York to Columbus, 0., does not cease to be a wonder. The system which for two cents de livers a message in writing weighing an ounce from Maine to San Fran cisco not only but to the Philippines, or from the southern point of Florida to the northern extremity of Alaska, is a model of efficiency at the mini mum of cost. When we consider also the burden of mails oversea to cer tain countries where the foreign rates are the same with our domestic charge, the challenge is bold that the world presents no parallel to the economy and to the achievement. Europe is compact in population with distances measured by hundreds of miles only. This is especially true of Great Britain. There penny post age is proclaimed as a triumph and an example. Americans forget that the British penny is the equal In cur rent value of two cents of our money. The cent is often called a penny, but it is only half a penny, and thus the term is a misnomer. Our postal rates on letters are now just those of Great Britain. Penny postage has long pre vailed here as well as there. That with free rural delivery and with transmission over the continent and to the islands, the earnings are to cover the expenses, may well gratify officials and citizens. ganized sentiment, to adopt the same method with the president of the United States, make him, for life, an advisory member of the president's cabinet and give him a competence sufficient to make him independent. Speaking of this proposal, Mr. Baker said that It was really surprising how many men there were In the west who thought that this method furnished the solution of the perpetual perplex ing question as to what disposition to make of our ex-presidents. "On its face ihe proposition Is cer tainly a plausible one. It stands to reason that after a man has been president for four or eight years he knows the problems and difficulties which confront the man at the helm of the ship of state better than does his successor. If the ex-presidents could be made advisory members of the cabinet of the president, the lat ter would get the benefit of the ad vice of the former. No matter if there should be a change In the ad ministration, this would make no dif ference to broad-minded men. "Of course, there would have to be legislation providing that when a man is elected to the presidency his suc cession to the cabinet position neces sarily follows. All this Is not mere theory. It Is Indorsed by some of the political thinkers of the country." j with which to carry forward the in quiry. The final plans were not ap proved by the president until he had consulted with a large number of business men and had received writ ten suggestions from numerous audit companies. The central stair, of which Mr. I Cleveland is to be the chief, will be composed of four men In addition to the chief. Its function will be to keep the president informed as to condi tions in the several departments. It might properly be called a bureau of Inspection. The economy and effi ciency commissions to be organized In each department will undertake to ascertain If greater efficiency can be obtained without increasing the cost of the service. It is explained at the White House that the general movement does not contemplate the dismissal of govern ment clerks, but the gaining of great er efficiency. The president has come to believe that the departments work at cross purposes In some Instances and that It Is frequently the case that in a particular department money Is wasted because the service Is not or ganized or centered as It should be. been made to th< civil authorities. Just how general tho use of the poppy juice has become is not esti mated, but It Is admitted to be more tftlartuing than ever before in the his I tory of the army Acting Commander [ Col. C. Deems said that In all his career he had never encountered such a general addiction to the drug, and that at worst his observation had never disclosed a higher percentage of opium using than two to three per cent. It was at first estimated that forty per cent, of the men at hs Presidio were using the drug, but this was declared excessive, a more prob able figure after company and hos pital statistics had been compiled, be ing ten per rent Alarmed at this high percentage, appeals were directed by Colonel l.ttndeen, commandant at the poet, to the district attorney's office and to the office of the chief of police, >»tth the result that raids on opluui den* by the civil authorities are Wing 'uade mggMM "I would rather preserve the health of m nation than be its ruler. " —MUNYON. Thousands of people who are suffering with colds are about today. Tomorrow they may be prostrated with pneumonia. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Get a 2o cent bottle of Mun yon's Cold Cure at the nearest drug store. This bottle may be conveniently carried in the vest pocket. If you ars not satisfied with the effects of the rem edy, send us your empty bottle and we will refund your money. 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