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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<i to and inns front Kurope
without Ling khtikvn up However,
th.* i . torn ii H" 1 <or» wi I continue to
watch m tin . »itd
in deraili a that a busti.ind Is not
•Ollipolh 'l to »Up|*j#t bl« mother In
law. a Sew Yotk court Ii uui down
111. >|: 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 <t> 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 <i'plus nf |l QOO.oeo, this heliiK tl .
result of Hie favorable working of
'i.e new tutted Mtates tariff law.
:":a " u "" 1 "•
1 s \\ mi ihe mon. y <,|, naud li
w II !». I'"s,|faie to V , |U)UN
h «">"«»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
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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 <t»
votlon to the dictates of fashion.
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I Dept. se. ISO Lake Street, ■
THIS ad. is directed at the
man who has all the
business in his line in
this community.
<J Mr. Merchant You say
you've got it all. You're sell
ing them all they'll buy, any
how. But at the same timo
you would like more business.
<1 Make this community buy
more.
<1 Advertise strongly, consist
ently, judiciously.
<1 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.
€jj That's creative business
power.
OURj AD. HATES ARE RIGHT
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Advertising
Passing encomiums, only over
your store counter, about the
quality of what you've got to
•ell, results in about as much
satisfaction as your wife would
get if you pave her a box of
cigars fir Christmas.
Advertising in This Paper
talks to everybody at once anil makes
thein I.ilk u*> k with luoney.
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want; wlitu th«y want
•em
Profit thereby Brinl
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