2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor and Proprietor Published Every Thursday EMPORIUM. • PENNSYLVANIA Jupiter Pluvlus is a bit of a tease. Even a perfect climate has Its off days. Any garb that is waterproof Is the fall style in raincoats. Where is the use in carrying a hob bled woman to a dance? Cholera, like its undesirable citizens, Europe may keep at home. Sunshine Is all right, but the hunt er's moon has Its excellencies also. King Manuel thinks of coming to the United States, which Is a very nice country. Eight women's clubs at Panama. Be tween clubs and spades the big Job Twill go through. How much easier "aeroplane" would be to pronounce if we could only call It "areoplane." There are times when the "I-told you-so" man is more of a nuisance than ever before. Cuba hopes some day to get Its storms trained to pick bananas, but not to damage shipping. It is proposed that all the concealed •weapons and their bearers bo sent to tho Panama canal to fortify it A professor calls for a Supreme Court of Science. Would any two ex perts agree on any proposition? Persons of slender means will be glad to learn that they can purchase radium now for only $2,100,000 an ounce. In the present stage of aviation It is much easier to effect insurance on a flying machine than on the man who flies it. Any remote corner of the world may wake up some morning soon to find a badly damaged balloon in lta back yard. Decision that the "exaggerated ego" does not imply actual Insanity doubt less will cause many people to breathe sighs of relief. Dogfish is all right as food, says the United States fish commission. We shall all have a chance to try It —as halibut, probably. Evidently the Japanese minister who wants to build sixteen dreadnoughts is not afraid of what the airship is going tc drop on them. "Only once," writes a correspondent of the New York Sun. "have I met a woman who stuttered." • Women have no time to stutter. Up-to-date aviators like the rain be cause it kills tho wind and not because it makes the plowing easier when they alight unexpectedly. "Never pin your faith to a woman who says she will be ready in five min utes—and is!" says Life. Are there any women like that? The remarkable persistency of wom en of wealth in trying to bring Jewels Into this country illegally suggests that "smugglemania" is but a fash ionable variation of kleptomania. A man In New York was burled un der tons of granulated sugar. He was dug out in time, but few men have bad his experience of facing a death so sweet. Autumn sunshine is an excellent thing to store up before the semi-hiber nation which winter forces upon many persons who shrink from cold weath er. A Rt. Louis man stood up for three hours In one of the busiest streets after being dead. Evidently the St. Louis policemen ara v>t In the habit of compelling people to "move oil." Another millionaire has married a Chorus nirl. It looks a If the million air. s hail formed a combination to put the musical comedy shows out of fcual Bess This country's crop of corn. oats, wh. at, hark > and potatoes amounts t0&.27.V'" <• OrtO bushel*, for the war, but |> iinistic people will complain b<" tu there ha: been a small yield of chok< . I ' ri't> e. t». Ihi Bra Is saM to c>>ii>e from tho n >• ..f i ■ 1) riirttmxel bak. I and eut.-.i with lit Irt mil . I'orncake* nadi- of wholesome grain, well but t>-r< , a I with i pIo s.rup, will not auffur in reputation. It Is proposed to have petroleum path* si r. b the Atlantic so that pei» pi.-, may k|: tii -it titin it • leit meltry hi. wiiu4 wtiole family \« «erth« tie . ( Wife wlii i. 4 1 that It i» I . le I »ld» of 111. ! .. I >l*l Ultf -U Inherit thtlr beauty PARTY IS UNITED REPUBLICANS A UNIT ON THE TARIFF QUESTIO .. Adequate Protection to American Worklncmen Is the Object—Taft and Roosevelt Think Alike on the Proposition. * T hose who would like to see a split, between Taft and Roosevelt are ma king r'uch of the latter's recent dec laration that the tariff plank in the New York platform is not entirely satisfactory to him. They argue that Roosevelt Is not in accord with ihe president's tariff program. Regardless of what he said about, the action of the Saratoga conven tion, Colonel Roosevelt left no room for doubt as to where he stands on the tariff question, in the speech he made in St. Louis. "The situation," he said, "is much clearer than some people would have us believe. The Republican party is united on the doctrine that the tar iff shall be such as substantially to equalize the cost of production here and abroad. As the cost of produc tion is mainly labor cost, the duty should be great enough to continue to give our laboring men the standard of wages they have now. It seems to me, and I think to the people of this country, that the methods heretofore followed in making tariffs are inef fective in correctly and justly apply ing this principle. We wish to give proper protection to business and above all iro the workmen, as a mat ter of right and justice and not as a matter of favor or preference. There fore, we feel that there should be a tariff commission to furnish congress with the information necessary to tarry this principle into effect. Each schedule should be revised by itself In accordance with the facts devel oped by the commission. This will prevent log-rolling and the far-reach ing disturbance of business which necessarily comes when all the sched ules are revised in a lump. That Is the Taft program exactly. A tariff board is gathering the mate rial necessary for an intelligent re vision of the tariff, and the president long ago began exerting his influence to bring about revision by individual schedules. Whatever discrepancies m be found in Roosevelt's utter ances in St. Louis should settle all questions as to what his tariff be liefs are. Furthermore, it is a clear and accurate statement of tho atti tude of the Republican party.— Cleveland Leader. Thfl Tariff and Prices. "Advances in the cost of living are only the local reflection of a tenden cy that is world-wide, and cannot be truthfully eaid to be due to the pres ent tariff."—New York Republican Platform. A simple, direct and accurate ■ statement—one tnat should be em- ! phasized in every possible way during : the next six weeks. There is wide- I spread and for the present success- i fill misrepresentation. Those who I think little or not at all have been j told the tariff is responsible for the I high cost of things, and they are credulous. It will take ffect to com bat and overthrow this popular mis conception, but it can be done. It can be done because the facts are exactly as stated by the Republic- I an platform. The new tariff, on an ' average, reduced duties—did not in crease them. So far, therefore, as It has influence its tendency is toward lowering prices by making importa tion more easy. This is Tact No. I. i Every newspaper that says or Im- ! plies that a duty is a tax that is j added to the price and paid by the consumer In effect declares that the Payne-Aldrlcb act has made prices I lower than they would have been if It had not been enacted Fact No. 2 Is that the rise of prices has been as groat or greater elsewhere In the world where our custom laws do not run Fact No. 3is that the advance ! of prices has been as great or greater <»n articles on the free list or on ar tides of Which we produce a surplus than on protected articles. With these three facts as fftones It will be possible to slay the (Jollath of tnis representation which Is advertised us tin unbeatuble champion New York Globe. Should Appeal to the Nation. Th.. program of the Republicans is ! the only on- which will ,- U rr\ out the wishes «if the nation as a whole. That ■ pi oki uin con templates the fixing ~112 the tariff rates at approximately the difference between th«* cost of |,io ilui'tlon at home and abroad Then American producers and workers will be Miftn-lMitljr protected unlnst cheap foreign labor, and at the same time the duties wI.U I, have enabled j in some lines of Industry to ' gnat fortune* without giving a full . univalent for Ihe.w, will be removed j Helping the Filipinos. 'I lie Philippine legislature has re convened .nd im . u under emourau it k • oeditloes The Islands ur.t ma ! ktiuc progres* politically and material ! ly line striking feature is annulled '*«•' »•>"* »he government i a "«»s of which will be Shaied by all the people CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1910 MR. TAFT AND WATERWAYS President's Speech an Appeal to Pa triotism on a Subject of Na tional Interest. The president's waterways speech is an appeal to patriotism on that subject. It is not an enunciation of new nationalism, for no nationalism has ever existed as respects our river and harbor problem. Mr. Taft wants nationalism established, and all future improvements based on It. There can be no question of the president's facts, nor any quarrel with the soundness of his argument. We all know the evils of the system of appropriations hitherto made. Hun dreds of millions have been wasted by it, and only meager returns se cured from the money with reason justifying its investment. We have gone upon the proposition that Uncle Sam Is rich enough to give us all not only a farm, but a navigable river, and we have drawn upon him for the wa ter. We have struck his wallet with our rod, and obtained enormous sums for a very small volume of fluid. The president would change this. He would not stint meritorious pro jects. On the contrary, he would pro vide the more money for them by cut ting off appropriations for small pro jects which have their root In per sonal schemes and congressional "pull." It is easier asked than granted. The pork barrel rests on human na ture and congressional temptation. You tickle me and I'll tickle you runs through much of the business of men, both public and private. And the pork barrel the president dis cusses is not the only one that exists. Uncle Sam is supposed to be rich enough to give us all a public build ing, and is made to"run up" houses in some queer places. Still, firmly based as the system is, and difficult of overturning, it should be overturned. The president's ap peal should be granted. Some means should be provided for conserving treasury funds as respects drafts upon them not dictated by undoubted public necessities. Senators and rep resentatives seeking re-election, and to make themselves the more "solid" at home, should not be permitted longer to vote themselves campaign contributions from the national purse. Public sentiment alone can effect the desired result, and this should form on the president's views. The next congress will be called upon to deal with the matter, and it is not too soon to begin discussion. Who are on the president's side on a question distinctly non-political? NO CAMPAIGN AGAINST LAW Opposition to Payne Tariff Bill Is Spasmodic and by No Means General. There is no campaign against the Payne tariff law, despite the hasty predictions of last spring. The bill has now been in force one year. There is some agitation against !t, as there is against every tariff law. The arguments used against it, how ever, differ with every individual. They are controlled by local condi tions. There is no steady, constant pressure against the whole document. There will be none. This situation is remarkable, be cause this law has been more criti cized probably than any other. This is an age of ready criticism. Former periods did not have "literary" maga zines and Babies' Home Journals in the argument. Yet the attacks on the bill are made each man for him self, just as the different sections of the country wanted different articles protected while the bill was in prep aration. The chief arguments heard against the Payne tariff are matters of de tail. They are urged by protection ists. Senator Cummins, the Insurgent, Is one of the strongest protectionists in the country. Even Democratic critics of the bill, like Governor Mar shall. declare for protection. Only one prominent Democrat. Governor Folk, takes an intelligent issue with the whole law. He decl res the tariff Is an evil. The Payne law is only a form of the evil. The way out is free trade. That is at least Intelligent criticism, with an intelligible alternate. Gov ernor Folk can notice nevertheless that the country has not adopted free trade This I* a protectionist country, and nothing shows it more clearly than his present solitude on a free trade plst'urm. The merits of the Payne bill must he considered witii the doctrine of protection accepted as the prevailing American opinion Kven in Fngland free traders are shaky In America they are chiefly anxious to he called by fonie other name, though their purposes are un changed "The I' ]><11>1 i- ans have no chance to win here," ; 1111> unc- the Spanish premier l»'d you ever hear a mora attici » --f ul limitation of a noise like a Democratic county chairman? South Turns to Republican Party. it has taken the country below Mitun and I>l son's line a long Hum to overt urn* the effw m of s century of slave holilliiK paternalism slid thn fearful ravines of th« war of »e.-e» slim but thai time has arrived The mitli Is turiiliiK Its attention to manu fai'urlnif ih" hullilluK of railroads tkud the s* netal development of Us natural resources It has Infant In ■tu*tr|e* snd those Interested 111 I hem vksiit them prot«" ted by the tariff, to the utmost States Aid in Cholera Precautions WASHINGTON— Dr. William K. Rucker of the public health and marine hospital service, recently left Ellis Island for Boston to confer with Commissioner of Immigration George B. Billings, the port medical staff and officials of the state board of health regarding the new and comprehensive plan for guarding the United States against possible danger from cholera suspects coming from Russia and Italy. This plan contemplates a sur veillance of immigrants from the in fected districts to their final destina tion in the United States, even though it be in a remote settlement of the west. Surgeon General Walter Wy man and his officers have worked days and nights perfecting the de tails and now believe that with the co-operation of state and municipal health authorities which they request, a cholera epidemic in the United States would be practically impos sible. The new system, which is supple mentary to the rigorous medical ex aminations now made provides for a registry of immigrants from Russia and Italy by the immigrant inspectors at each port on the Atlantic coast. Ask Honest Postal Law Enforcement »v (POST omtffflflpf / ' -7 )ihsrtcro« ANNOUNCEMENT is made at the post office department that under instructions from Postmaster General Hitchcock the inspectors "must get the crooks." Whereupon every sleuth has put his nose to the ground and sought an opening to land those who are trying to "get something for nothing" from the people. But it is also said that "they are going after every individual or concern whose business smacks of fraud regardless j of its size or the influence which may j be behind it." Several days ago there came out of j the same department a story to the ! effect that the Inspectors were In- j formed that they were not to"go it j blind" and simply make cases, but that he would have to bo able to "produce the goods" so as to have reasonable grounds for convictions in j court. No honest man wants to prevent the Government Clerks Were Well Scared (TcAtTSce LOOKING FOR \V/I' SJF&Y A MOTHER JOB Y" ALL R'CHT^J^ TREASURY clerks were thrown Into a panic the other day by the pub lication in a local paper of a story describing in alarming detail how Frederick A. Cleveland, the business expert, lias been whizzing through the department of late, discovering in efficiency right and left and recom mending discharges and salary reduc tions at a wholesale rate. Not only on their own account, but on that of their relatives and friends throughout the country. As a matter of fact, the story ap parently was made out of whole cloth. It has attracted attention at the White House, which has given orders that Its origin be traced. The actual work of reorganizing the treasury department Is being done very slowly and quietly and without serious disturbance to any one. Six months ago the department entered Into a contract with Arthur Young. Hobble Invades Nation's High Court 112 : MSi TilK hobble skirt, or what looked like a hobble skirt, the other day invaded the precincts of the United Ktates Supreme court, where flowing robes ate worn by the justices and where tin* lawyers who appear to ar gue ca>-es generally wear the somber black of the bar. Of course, hobble skirt wearers have hobbled behind the railing where the public is admitted. be> mite among the visitors to the courtroom are women dressed I the latent atyles Hut uot until the day mentioned a woman barrister, entitled to practise before the highest court In the land, appeared In a dress which ■ugg«mt«d the latest fad The bureau has prepared a blank for the use of the inspectors whereby a simple system of checking and the writing in of the name of the im migrant and the town, street and num ber to which he is going will make a complete record of his origin and destination. At the close of the day these "des tination cards" will be collected by the chief medical officer and imme diately mailed to state boards of health. The state health official In return will be requested to mail the cards to the local boards of health. The the ory Is that should a case of cholera break out the local officials would Im mediately be able to Identify It and take prompt measures, should the rec ords show that the place harbored persons coming from a cholera In fested district. The treasury department and the department of commerce and labor have formally approved Doctor Wy man's plan, hence it goes Into opera tion with all the force o* the govern ment behind it as far as United States officials are concerned. It should be said that the bureau has no fear of a cholera epidemic in this country. The medical examine tions of immigrants are very thor ough and in devising this additional system Doctor Wymai; merely covers a factor in the situation namely, the chance cholera bacillus carriers to whom no systematic attention has been given before. prosecution of frauds and crooks. On the contrary, there is a strong desire that all such persons should be ap prehended and punished, but there have been examples of great injustice and wrong on the part of too eager post office inspectors who wanted to make a record and devoted much time to working up cases. There are also many people who, for revenge, or other cause, seek out post office In spectors and try to secure fraud or ders against persons they dislike or whose business rivalry they fear. If fraud orders could be reviewed in the courts it would not matter so much whether legitimate concerns were attacked by over-zealous men who are told "get the crooks," and went out to make records. But there are many little frauds who advertise a business and have a little room with i a deal table and one chair; reap a : small harvest and make a quick get i away, who should be pursued by the : men who are trying to prevent the i use of mails for fraudulent purposes. There is quite a field to cover by those who are in earnest and do not I feel that in order to make a name and | reputation they must pull down big concerns or get "big game." who has made a thorough examina- I tlon of the antique accounting system and of general business methods. Mr. Young put eight men to work and the treasury department placed alongside of every one of them a check of its own, selected especially because of his known efficiency and enterprise. As a result the depart ment now has in hand a staff of trained investigators of its own edu cated by the hired experts, whose re ports to the secretary and his assist ants have proved exceedingly valu able. The treasury department hesitates j to make sweeping changes in per- 1 sonnel until congress shall hav« passed some kind of civil service re- ; tirement act. Juat before congress j adjourned it had been planned to put through a limited retirement bill which ould have enabled the depart ment to retire several hundred aged clerks at practically a thousand dol lars a year, but never reached pub licity, much less congress. The gov ernment. however, recognizes more and more the need of a retirement law and the president and his cabinet are confident they could save money enough from the ot>eration of one to pay the whole cost. The person who has precipitated all this discussion is Adelma II Burd of New York. Whe i she appeared In the courtroom and proceeded to take her seat within the inelosure reserved for members of the bar there wan a hasty Investigation. It did not ueero likely that u woman lawyer who had attained the dignity of the right to practlsM la-fore the Supreme court would he bo swayed by feminine emo tions as to don a skirt that showed tendencies toward the hobble Idea. Home of the court officers, as a mat ter of fact, were not certuin In their own ..llnds that the hobble feature was there That question has not yet be< answered satisfactorily Anyway, Miss Burd was not mo lested She Is likely togo down in history as the first woman who by her appearance t.efore the Supreme court proved Hist her set can attain the greatest distinction lu store for Attorneys without putting behind It what Is regarded as the femlntna nnaltr of yitn B H with Lumbago and Rbannttlim la my arm* HI ..j lag!, and tried all tbe remedlee that I ooilld H nijjar from medical works, and alto coniulted KB w |th a number of the bait phrelolene. but found M nothing that ga»e tbe relist obtained from ■I "ft-ORuPS." I shall presorlbe It In my pcaaUee ■ B tor rheumatism and kindred dleeaiaa " I FREEI I If you are suffering with Rheumatism, H ■ Neuralgia, Kidney Trouble or any klo- ■ ■ dred disease, write to us for a trial bottle ■ ■ »112 "I-DROPS." and test It yourself. 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