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_ dealers.
Meyersdale
Commerelal.
{Reginmed at the Postoflice at Meyersdo
le, Pao, as Second-Class Mail Motter.]
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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL
K. CLEAVER, Editor a
Pablisbed Every Tharsday ip the Year at
Somerset County and Economy P
nd Business Manager.
$1.80 Per Year Cash
hones. 110-112 Centre Street.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 15, 1914
CHOOS! EB
Below are given the opinions of two |
YE.
men on tte liquor question in Pern- |
sylvania. The first peing that of Rev.
Wm. Sunday, who is doing so much |
to have men abandon the liquoi habit |
and the other, Neil Bonner, the presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Federation
of Liquor Dealers and a vice president
of a national organization of liquor
Fach gives his opinion on
the Pennsylvania political situation
which is to be faced on November 3.
Oae party is out and out for not con-
sidering local option and that is vhe
Republican party, headed by Penrose
and Brambaugh; the other parties
are the Washington, or Ruosevelt
party and the Democratic party;
these two have declared that the peo
ple of a community should decide fox
themselves what they want. Reac
what each of the two men mentioneo
here has to say upon this vital ques-
tion and then consult your conscience
and vote according as an enlightened
conscience directs;
WHAT BILLY SUNDAY SAYS.
“‘There is just one question in Penn
sylvania politics today — booze or no
booze—and it is-a warfare and a fight
to the finish. The blight and the curse
caused by fhellish 1'quor traffic is a
thousand foldfmore distressing to hap-
piness, peace, prosperity, manhood,
womanhood’and childhood than the
tarrible war now raging gin Europe,
as awful and heart-rending as it is.
The victimsloffKinglAlcohol are num -
bared among the millions. Now is
your chance toTstrike a blow against
the damnable traffic by supporting
every candidate who has announ-
c31 himselfs in7 favor of local op-
tion and againstlibooze. Don’t show
ths white feather, for it is the fight
against hell, sobriety
‘Go to it boys,
of Heaven
az inst drunkenness.
in the namejofjGod.”’
WHAT NEIL BONNER SAYS.
The Republican party of Pennsyl-
vania, ledliby Boise Penrose, is
th> friend¥offliquor dealers, and I
am pleased to gay that they are lay-
inz aside their partisanship for the
benefit of theibusiness in which they
are engaged,®and;are rallying to a
man tofthe aid of the Bepublicans.
¢‘] haye been a Democrat since boy-
hood, and haye always voted the
straizht¥ Democratic ticket, but this
year I will have, to_vote the straight
Republicanfticket. All the liquor in-
terests throughout the state will vote
the same way.Conditionsdemand it.”’
WHY IS
ENDSLEY
A TOOL FOR
SENATOR
PENROSE?
ANSWER: Because he
believes and prac-
tices GANG politics
and he wants Sen.
Penrose, through
oelow, to keep his
son in his job at
ne ir
$125.0 a "month and
expenses,as Super-
intendent tof : Hieh-
sre
READ in this issue an article upon
| Mr. Endsley’s record relative to the
liquor business.
THERE certainly will be no agita-
tion of local option in this state for
| the next six years, if Penrose over
i the votes of the best people of the
state is elected, for his term is six
years in length.
THIS paper certainly is getting no
support from those who belieye in the
saloon; that patronage goes else-
where. The editor was offered a nice
line of liquor advertising which he at
once turned down. He prefers to live,
it live at ally in not advocating those
things which make men worse.
:. —
Cuas. F. Hoop, the Washington
party candidate for Congress from
this district is running several arti
cles bearing upon the present issues
and future legislation, which merit
careful reading and conscientious vot-
ing on [November 3rd. Mr. dood is
an able man and one who would rep-
resent his constituency well in Cen-
gress. Read his articles.
“Ip Penrose and the rest are elect
ed to office,’”’ said a prominent man
in this place=a few days ago, ‘‘it will
be evidence that many church people
believe in the saloon.’” If the church
does her duty, the people of this coun-
ty can then determine on November
3rd. whether they want whiskey or no
whiskey.
ems remem
You will find the best assortment of
Coffee and Tea at
ad Holzshu & Weimer.
RECEPTION TO NEW
METHODIST PASTOR.
This Thursday evening a reception
is being tendered the new Metho-
distipastor, Bev.gJ. C. Matteson and
his wife at the church. Three hun-
dred invitations were issued. Music,
short talks and refreshments are
some of the features which have been
arranged for. Rey. Matteson has
filled the pulpit twice in this place,
and®many favorable comments haye
been made concerning him.
Brooms at 20 cents while they last
at Bittner’s Grocery. ad
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The] Opportunity is Here Backed
by Meyersdale Testimony.
Don’t take our word for it.
Don’t depend on a stranger’sgstate-
ment.
Read Meyersdale endorsement.
Read the statements of Meyersdale
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
fiHere is one case of it.
W. H. Blume, carpenter, 321jBuech-
ley St.,;.Meyersdale. says: "About
three months ago I was troubled by
my kidneys. Sharp pains darted
through the smzll of my back and
I didn’t know what to do. I could’t
sleep at nights. My druggist, Dr. F.
B. Thomas, suggested that 1 get a
box of Doan’s Kidney Pills and I
did so. I want to say that they are
all right. I used about three boxes
and am now much better. I always
recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills to
my friends and keep them on hand at
times.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills the same Mr.
W. H. Blume recommends.
Foster-Milburn Co. Prop.,
N. Y.
WASHINGTON PARTY
TIGKET.
UnitedjStates Senator
GIFFORD PINCHOT.
Governor.
VANCE McCORMACK.
Secretary of Internal Affairs.
FRED. B.JLEWIS.
Congressmen at Large.
A. H. WALTERS
HARRY WATSON
Buffalo,
ad.
s for
Bittner’s Grocery. ad
nt’packages Corn Flake
| A. R. RUPLEY
| LEX N. MITCHELL.
Congress.
; OHARLES F. HOOD.
State Senavor.
CHARLES J. HEMMINGER.
islature.
I W. LOHR.
DB S. MILLER.
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FUR CONGRESS.
CHARLES H. HOOD.
We have all heard discussion with-
out end of the tariff and have suff-
ered the annoyance and distress
attending the constant agitation and
changes in the tariff laws consequent
npon the shifting of political power
and while s:id di-cussion and exper-
ience has resulted in increasing the
elucation of the masses apon this
sabject of taxation, the information
available bus been largely technical
and academfe.
It is the intention in this article to
endeavor te give in the simplest pos-
sible manner a rath r untsual Ciew
of the te riff and its operation. It is
popularly supposed that the tariff
tax is represented by the amount of
revenue collected by the govern-
ment at the different ports of entry
on goods of foreign manufacture
and on raw stocks for use of our
own manufacturers but this is not
the case. Under a bigh protectiye
tariff law, such as the Bayne-Aldrich
enactment, the revenues amounted
to abont four hundred million dollars
per year, but it has been pretty well
established by experts in this line
that the actual tarifftax is about two
billion, four hundred million dollars
per year, of which two billion dollars
represents the difference between
what the goods would sell for on a
free trade basis’ and what they act-
ually sell for on a high protective
tariff basis.
Two thousand millions of dollars
per year—An immense sum— But to
this we have no objection for the
reason that it enables us to main-
tain a muchfhigher leval of wages for
our workmen and protects our mar-
kets against the invasion of foreign
goods manufaotured at low cost by
cheap labor. What we object to is
the unequal distribution of this tax
and the manipulation of same by con-
nivance between political leaders and
the large manufacturers thus enab-
ling them to turn what should be
a fair measure of protection divided
equally between capital-and labor
into a vast money making proposi-
tion. It is pretty well agreed that
Aout ninety per cent of our indus-
trials receivela fair protection under
the tariff laws and that it is pretty
evenly divided between capital and
labor. But how about the other ten
per cent? Let us take the Carnegie
Steel company for example. If you
will search the records of this con-
cern with the’greatest care, you will
find that not over five million dollars
of original cash capital was ever in-
yested in this concern, yet they paid
cash dividends of from ten to forty
per cent for twenty-five years or
more not only on the original cash
capital,"but also on a much larger
amount of capital inciease by the is-
gue of additional stock dividends and
at the end of the period they had
accumulated enough property to sell
out to the United States Steel com-
pany for flve hundred milion dollars
and the latter concern immediately
recapitalized the concern for approx-
imately one billion dollars. I ven.
ture to say that the price at which
the Carnegie Steel company sold was
ten time greater than the total pay
roll for the whole period of twanty-
five years. Their profits in 1900, "the
wr of sale was forty million dollars.
ow the question is how much pro-
tection did labor get and how much
went to the Carnegie Steel company?
This advantage was secured to the
QOarnegie SteelfCompany by paying
the leaders of the Republican party,
the champions of protection to labor,
for so arranging the tariff that they
could maintain the price of thei
product at a figure twice as great as
was necessary to protect them
against competition from Europe.
In other words they gave them what
protection they wanted, not what
they needed. They taxed the people
double what was NePeSSALY and hand-
ed it oyer to t
only one of a
facturers
and it
this concern. They were
great number of manu-
making up the ten per cent
be yont comprehen-
noney they filch-
is almost
the Hom 1estead
ad plant of the
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Children 25 cents.
Balcony — First 4 rows 50c., balance 35c.
seats ON SALE AT THOMAS’ DRUG STORE.
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For
Women, Misses and Children.
~ Coats that are the popular successes of the season, with all the newest
and latest features; attractive in appearance, durable for service and work-
manship of the highest standard.
In short just what you are looking for.
STOP PAYING HIGH PRICES FOR COATS
Ladies’ coats - $5.00 to $22.00
Misses’ coats - $5.00 to $22.00
Children’
A good selection 5.00 to $6
s coats $2.00 to $8.
A good selection of Ladies’ and Misses coats at $10.00 to $12.50
Sweater Coats for Men, Women and Children
at pricee ranging from 25 cents to $8.00.
LADIES’ AUTO HOODS 25¢ '& 50,
GHILDREN’S HOODS AND TOQUES 25¢ & 506. +
BLANKETS AND COMFORTS AT FAIRE PRICES.
Now is the time to , buy li light'weight and heavyz 3]
weight “Ballf Band” rubbers.
ALBERT 5S.
'GLESSNER.
(Successorito Apps & Glessner.)
MEYERSDALE,
NO
NSN NS NS NS NS NSS NS SNS
Carnegie Steel company. The cham-
paign managers of the Republican
party urged the company repeatedly
to settle this strike amicably fearing
the result on the Presidential elec-
tion of that year. They refused and
the fears of the politicians were fully
realized. Cleveland defeated Harri-
son. Yet nnder the Wilson tariff the
Carnegie profits were enormous.
A prominent Republican organiza-
tion politician was quoted in the New
York Times of that period.
“Carnegie four years ago was the
best friend apparently the Repub-
lican party had. His contributions
were heavy and spontaneous. The
blst Congress gave him all the pro-
tection he wanted. By this legisla-
tion he increased his proms fifty per
cent.”
The Carnegie’s were not the only
ones who were given an opportunity
to capitalize the tariff for a conside-
ration and it cost the people enor-
mously. They were given what pro-
tection they wanted and what they
needed.
A rather ay for the
privilege of ity don’t
you thiuk?
This is what the R Pri an party |
asks us to return to, or rather what
the party lead who sell privilege s |
desire. It o blame it on|
~~ SNS NI NS NS NS NISL SN
Republican principles for they were
always good and are just as good now
as they were if we can pry loose the
men {who have ruined the party for
their own benefit. What do they care
for principles. This is the reason we
demand the elimination of the tariff
fromf politics. It is a business propo-
sition and should be} placed on a
strictly business basis. It isan in-
direct tax, much easier to manipulate
than a direct one and is for that rea-
son a_most dangerous power to place
in} the handsj of unscrupulous men.
Thelwonder is that we have suffered
it so long.
Make nojmistake, a‘protective tariff
which honestly protects both capi-
tal and labor is still a necessity in
this country and will be for many
years, but it can and must be placed
on anfhonest basis. Do you favor it?
Very Respectfully.
CHARLES F.
ON
Hoob.
meres fps
Tax Collector’s Notice.
I hereby notify all tenants and sin-
gle men to pay all taxes before Nov
14, 1914. Real estate owners must
pay al 11 tax on or before Feb. 14, 1915.
“he cour ty, boro. and sehoc Hl are com-
pelling me to collect all
date mentioned a ’e SO please ‘bear
these dates in m 2
oct.22-ad. rax Collector.
tax till the |
PENN’A.
me
Auditor's Notice.
In re Estate of Levi McClintock, deceased, in
the Orphans Court of Somerset County,
Pennsylvania, No. 139 _ —- 1913, :
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, James B. Landis, has been appoint
ed Auditor by the Court. to distribute the fund
remaining in the hands of the Administrator
to those entitled thereto, and that the said: au
ditor will s1t for the purpose of his said appoint
ment in the library room in the Court House
Somerset, Penn’a , on Friday the 30th of Oct~
ober A. D, 11914, at1 o'clock P. M. when and
where all parties in interest are required to
appear and present their claims before said
Aditor, or be debarred from sharing in the fund
JAMES B LANDIS, Auditor.
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Can’t look well, rest well or feel
well with impure blood. Keep the
blood pure with Burdock Blood Bit-
ters. Eat simply, take exercise,
keep clean and good health is pretty
sure to follow. $1 00 a bottle. ad
TUBERCULOSIS DAY.
By sermons, lectures, motion pic-
tures, exhibits and many other meth-
ods, the National Association for the
Study and Preventicn of Tuberculosis
will enlist thousands of churches
schools and lodges of the country In
a simultaneous educational movement
| against tuberculosis during the week
| of November 29th. The campaign is
to be known as the Arntz)
| Tuberculosis day movemse
.
a
Walter 1]
pard visited
Sunday.
The regul
willZbe thel
tober 29th.
or
—y
A son w
Mr. and Mr
ers avenue.
John M
Md., visite
day and M
Berkley 1
visited rela
erset Sunde
Miss Em
atives and
Saturday a
Mrs. D.
with her si
gheny Hos
Miss Mar
morning or
with relat
Mrs. The
ton, spent
home of M
ders.
Mrs. B.
rick visite
Pittsburgh
day and ND
Ray Le
spent, Sun
his parents
emby, of t
Attorne;
set, spent
his parent
Traxal, of
Mr. and
son Willia
town on. S
where the
Mrs. Ja
Margaret
day with
Mary Har
Miss An:
nellsville,
from a vis
Evelyn Le
+ Mr. and
€rset, sper
of their re
Darnley, «
Mrs. P.
ter Dorotk
former’s
W. Bittne
days this
W.H. |
spectively
ersdale Fa
county see
matters of
Mr. and
Taesday f
to Akron,
will go to
ent places
Rev. A.
pulpit of t
in this pl
the absen
ject will be
Hudson
had been
of Mr. anc
ers avenus
the past 1
on Sunda
SL
Automo
motorcyecl
their api
19t5 at an
statement
way Depa
Stephen
Pickney L
has diph®
many as |
ed diseas:
antitoxine
County '
swamped
ter’s licen
ing in at
a day. Se
and the ex
The Un
begun tk
ber tract
bert, this
is being
lumber fc
The B.
increase i:
28 additic
on the C
the winte!
coal trafii
"a short tir
added.
The se:
“Pear, phe:
while rab
in until 1
that you
the white
liable to’
1913 ison