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The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30
TARIFF REFORM
REPUBLICANS.


\ tor of mints, the subject of tariff
reform Mr. Roberts is quoted favorng reduction OF
import duties and saying 'When the tariff not
essary for the protection of home manufactures is
the in great many instances it should be taken of
entirely" Says the States
''lndcapns not hacking that very considerable
number uf Republicans IN aud out Of congress are prepar
ing to jump on the tariff question, because they are be-
ginning 10 realize that the people getting ready to
volt against being taxed heavily at home in order that
trusts and combines sell their products cheaper
abroad than To American They are not blind
to the fact that this will be the great tariff question of the
future. Representative Babcock of Wisconsin, the
hrst to see it, and he FASTENED ACTION
AND STEAL THE THUNDER DEMOCRATS by introduce
ing in the last congress his bill providing for the removal
OF the tariff duties all the products of the great steel
and iron trust organized by the Morgan Rockefeller
syndicate"
1t has been apparent to most people for some years
now-we must, it seems except the Democratic LEADERS,
that the very logic of events to compel recognition
of the soundness of the position of the Democratic
party ON the tariff. This pain enough in 1885, in
1900 it was SO patent to force itself upon all the
wifully blind. The only two victories by the party
since the war were this ne and attery economic
conditions seemed to be consprng to the party what
might have proven long lease of power. In the
mission and REPETITION of the folly of the abandonment of
this recognized democratic prlncipe'-which when
ferred to as such by Cleveland Mr. Bryan affects to
lSN"Shi"S uO" purity edueFe COIuHlltLeu
which was little short OF crime.
1t the irony of fate that after all years of battling
for this principle just it in position to reap the
permanent rewards of its abors the wild western antics
OF Its new leaders should give the enemies of Democracy
the opportunity of taking the wind from its sails
The States says There is much truth in what Mr..
Roberts says, but is impossible for the country to
get that the movement for the abolition of the trust and
monopoly tariff had its starting place the national plat
forms of the Democratic party 1t may also be added
that the country is not likely to forget that the very
moments when its opportunity greatest the national
platforms of the Democratic party" abandoned that fight
for fol rotten system of finance and the opportunity
Of Offering the glad band to lot of halfcase mongres on
the other side of the world.
Ii the party be given one more opportunity it will ap-
parenty be not through the wisdom of its leaders but
through the folly of those of the opposition If ever
he Democracy wins in another presidential contest vel
iont care baubee who may be leading it at the time
is going to be by following the common sense advice
# Grover Cleveland-bter the pill will be to some
md returning to recognized Democratic principles
me of the chief of which is tariff reform
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30
A VOICE FROM
THE PAST.


number. 1t is by Daniel H. Chamber
lain, man who Union SOLDIER and who settled in
South Carolina at the close of the He writes of re-
construction IN that state and he its attorney
eral from 1858 to 1872 and from 1874 to 1876
he is qualified to speak Being northern man. Union
soldier and member of the Republican party he can not
he accused OF being peudced in favor OF southern view
OF reconstruction measures generally of those
as particularly operative in his adopted state
Governor Chamberlain goes to the root of the whole
damnable abomnaton when he says of Reconstruction
Its inception and development into policy and law were
not the results or dictates of sober judgment of what
best least OF all were they inspired BY satesmanke fore
cast or the teachings of philosophy or history"
Speaking of the congressional discussion of s'recon
structon the south and the negro question be saws
1T is, for by far the greater part melancholy reading
shocking IN ITS crudeness and disregard of facts and &C
tuatles amazing for the confident eviy of tone OH the
part OF the leading advoca of the reconstruction acts of
1867. and for its narrowly partisan spirit
Hardly anywhere else in recorded debates can be found so
surprising revelation of the blindness of partisan zeal as
these discussions disclose Governor Chamberlain does
not stop here but goes into the cmna debased motives
underlying the course of his party at that time 1T may
now be clear to ALL then clear to some thar nm
derneath all the avowed motives and all the open argu
ments lay deeper than all othersthe will and de-
to secure party ascendency and control at the
south and In the nation through the negro vote If this is
hard SAYING let any ask himself or the public
If it is possibly credible that the reconstruction acts would
have been passed the negro had been believed to
Democratic" This the key to the hypocrisy which
then moved through the whole daboica scheme it the
key to the simulated socitude tor the negros rights
today paraded before the American people by those who
profess such tender regard for the downtrodden
Neither does this gentleman mnce his words when it /
to locating the head and center of this
lnaddeus Stevens and Oliver P. Norton This leader
SNIP however, was, of course, notorious Hesays sThe
knowledge of the writer warrants him in stating
that eyes were never binder to facts minds never more
ruthessy set upon policy than were Stevens and Nor
ION on putting the white South under the black South
would apparently, excuse Sumnera Blaine by saying
nat they did not share these sentiments We have ai
ways regarded the very acqmescence of these men
which ne admits and which really much more than
mere almost damnng to them a was
ne rloc vinccveness of Stevens to his slightest claim
o honesty, or even decency, of actuating motive.
Governor Chamberlen's review of affairs in which he
'layed part of no little Importance is dispassionate
lonest and interesting Ic
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

Mr. Harve Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton
Growers Protective ASSOCIATION, wants farmers to meet
oil over the south ON April 6tb to adopt some plan to
the acreage of the crop of 1901 Mr. Jordan has
nxed his GATE too late. By April 9th considerable por
ton of the seed to make the crop of 1901 will have
put into tie ground However, we can but believe The,
this makes but little difference The seasons. not M
Jordans association may curtail the CROP thev do NOT
then it will not be curtailed All efforts at artificial
troll OF such vastly scattered product as the Amercan
cotton crop carry within themselves the elements of
defeat 1t is probably BETTER after ALL that matter 80
far reaching in its effects should be left to natural
with only such modification economic conditions NAV
make compulsory. --"y
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30
A VALUABLE.
ExPERIM ENT.

ton of road building given by its
good roads special" We can now congratulate this
county upon being able to witness a demonstration of
what may be accomplished in this ne with our roads as
foundation through the application of money and skill
quite unnecessary to dae upon the many benefits
consequent upon the possession of moderately good
roads Every planter in the county knows what system
OF such roads would mean to him. With decent roads
practically all the bagging and tes and much of the meat
used within thirty miles of Greenvle would be hauled
while the freight considerable portion of the cron
raised In the same territory would also be saved
AS the matter stands at present. the country roads
throughout the greater portion of the south are miserable
makeshfts, almost impossible during considerable period
OF each year. This is particularly true of county nos
sessing such soil as ours
lnere are few sections in which such an exhibition as
proposed to give would possess value as showing
the possibilities Of most unpromsing soil. than right
here IS to be earnestly hoped that the meeting here
which is to be addressed by trained to the work under
consideration as well the practical exhibition of The
work ITSELF will be attended by every planter IN this sec
lion who can possibly be present
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

Inc Beers WILL in all probability never be offered sucb
terms again as those they have just refused Beyond
certain point resistance to superior force ceases 10 ~
brave and becomes fOohady The world recoepre. thu
wisdom OF Less course at Appomattox where snv Other
acton would have been written down by history a. inox
cusaoe oDsnacy The relative positions Of the oppo.;n
armies are by identical but the and = :.
in this Instance as it WAS in the other VIA
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

The seton Of the Newcastle. Pa labor unions in spurp
ing Carnege offer of $50 900 library for the town was
bat silly exhibition of senseless bitterness Aside from
the motives prompting such course, the terms in which
their disApprOva of the offer couched reflected small
credit on their intelligence.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

The pardon of old John Nppce, hfs-ssntenC. oon,..
resases man who possessed The unique dstinct,on -
having been free man for shorter period prohabl "a.
any man OF the same age now living. Born slsv. \.
remained ono until frssd by the war; He enjoyed 81.
dom only about three years. whenhe was aant.. !.
penitentiary for life. lie was slwsys "a sxsmr,.
Onsr but the nature of his crime until rscsntly snv.
small hope of even dying free man.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

seems that Mr. Hill is now preparing to decline
tender OF the presidential nomination AZ the ST.
fatrcks Association dinner he Democratic statesman'
was received with enthusiastic cries of our next ures
dentP Isn't this calculated to provoke dscord in the
camps Ibs Democrats can't elect but president at
time.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

The TINES has heretofore called at
tention to the valuable work of the
Illinois Central, in the practical exhibi-
L
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

In many respects the most interesting
of the Atlantic Monthly's series of Re-
construction articles is that in the April
number. 1t is by Daniel III. Chamber
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-03-30

The New Orleans States calls atten-
tion TO some recent utterances OF
George +, Roberts, Republican direc-
to,. az mimic m, fha auhiact If tariff
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04

being always the largest. The leaves
of the young trees are preferred,
yielding better quality of oil, it is
said, though this fact is doubted
The leaves are stripped from the
trees by women and men who are
hired for the purpose, and who are
paid 25 cents a hundred pounds for
the needles. Five hundred pounds is
regarded as an average days work
The leaves are picked into sacks and
hurriedly sent to the factory. Ex-
posture to the sun causes the leaves
to wilt and impairs the quality of
the product. In picking, the thickest
punches of leaves are selected, and
the scanty ones neglected. The vast
quantity available, so far beyond any
present demand, permits the picker
to thus discriminate. The factory at
which the essences and extracts Of
the needles are manufactured has a
capacity for handling 1000 pounds of
leaves per day; but it is soon to be
enlarged to about four times its pres
ent size.
In the extraction of pine oil 1000
pounds of green leaves are required
to produce ten pounds of oil. The
process is the ordinary one of dis
tillation. In the manufacture of fiber
the leaves pass through a process of
steaming, washing, drying, etc, 10 in
all, occupying four days. Two quail
ties are produced, first and second.
The first, from which no oil has been
distilled, is worth upon the market
about ten cents per pound. The fiber
is elastic and the staple only little
shorter than the green leaf from
which it was made, and with strength
sufficient to enable it to be spun and
woven into fabrics. Mixed with hair,
the fiber makes an excellent mate
rial for mattresses or pillows, and
repose comes quickly when resting
upon them. 1t is also used as a par
tial filling for cigars, imparting a
flavor not the least disagreeable and
calming to the nerves. The oil ex-
tracted gives an agreeable flavor to
candies. Toilet soaps are made,
strongly impregnated with essential
oil of pine needles.
The fibei' itself, after curing, looks
like slender shaving of some dark
wood, retaining its odor indefinitely.
Insects abhor it on that account. 1t
is said that the Oregon factory is
the only one in the world outside of
Germany.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
WHEN WASHINGTON SWORE.
Former Secretary Foster Tells of tn e
First Presidents Anger at
the Senate.

In discussing the language used in
treaties between governments a CEN
fury or more ago, former Secretary
John w. Foster explained in lecture
to Yale students recently that treaty
between the United States and Great
Britain in 1888 began with these
words:
I'm the name of the Most Holy Trim
ity."
a curious thing about those that
signed that treaty on behalf of the
United States" Mr.. Foster said, "was
that only one of the three believed in
the Trinity. He was John Jay. OF the
other two John Quincy Adams was
Unitarian and Ben amin Franklin
WE'LL" added the speaker, well, Frank
lin could hardly be called orthodox"
Mr.. Foster gave out story about
George Washington that was new to
nearly everyone in the audience. The
speaker was dwelling upon the pre-
negatives of presidents of this coun-
try, in the early days of the republic,
as the only treaty-making power
nt SChdlC VI tHC - hIlCd states III
those days did not have so much to say
about treaty provisions. Washing
ton, who was then president, thought
he would have a conference with the
senate about treaty then under con-
sideration.
president Washington thought he
would be nice to the senate explained
Mr.. Foster, land he met the senate.
For two hours tn senator's, much to
Washington's great annoyance, piled
him with questions and cross-ques-
tons until the president, very much
exasperated, retired from the senate
When he was passing through the sen
ate he turned to one of his friends and
said:
I'll be dbl III ever come here
again"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
PINE NEEDLE TRUST.
A New Oregon Industry Which
Promises to Pay Well.
Originated by a German from the
Forests of Thuringia-Leaves FuA-
nish Medicinal Oil and
Fiber for Pillows.

The utilization of the pine needles
of the yellow Oregon pine, botanical
ly Pinus Ponderosa, is becoming an
industry of considerable Importance
on the Pacific coast. Fifty years ago
it was discovered that the extracts
and products of the long, slender
leaves of the pine possessed real eff
cacy in complaints of a pulmonary
character. 1t is claimed that insom-
mia yields to the influence of the pun
gent odor, and ESTIMATES have found
real relief in partaking of the oil
and in sleeping upon pillows stuffed
with the elastic and fragrant fiber
manufactured from the interior sub
stance of the pine leaves. The lie
limitable forests of yellow pine
Astounding in the state of Oregon,
with their accessibility to through
lines of transportation, suggested to
German from the forests of Thurin-
gia the transfer of a lucrative bust
ness to the Pacific coast. In Ger
many the leaves never exceed two
inches in length, while in Oregon
they often exceed 80 inches, and av-
erage 20. In the former country the
forest laws are extremely strict and
often prohibitive, obliging the maker
of the product to use the dried leaves
that have fallen to the ground and
thus insuring an inferior and less eff
fective quality of goods. In the west
ern state denuding the yellow pine
of its leaves has been encouraued
the expert of the forestry commits
sion having pronounced the process
as beneficial. A tally kept of the
weight gathered from certain NUM-
Der of trees indicated, according to
the Scientific American, that the crop
taken in April weighed $50 pounds,
while that of the same trees in Oc-
tober yielded us pounds. Two crops
are gathered yearly, the later one
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
SHOWS ALARMING INCREASE
More Than Ever BefOre-The
Reasons Therefor.

It is a startling fact that the spirit
bill for'190O is over $100,OOO,OOO greater
than ever before. The first eXplana-
tion of this is the general prosperity
of the country. There seems to be
some relation between prosperity and
spirit drinking. 1t is found that in
times of great commercial depression,
as from 1895 to 1897, the consumption
of spirits was very much less. When
the good times of 1898 began, a rapid
increase followed, until this last year,
ending July !, the largest amount of
spirits in value has been used since
the record began in 1876. The figures
seem to Indicate that malt liquors
have been most largely called for.
The amount per capita is over eight
dollars, whereas distilled liquors, both
domestic and imported, range little
over six dollars, and wines reach about
one dollar per capita. AS we have said
many times before, there are great
tides of spirit drinking with a regular
ebb and flow which are traceable in
history. There is no doubt such a
tidal movement, which will rise to a
certain high level and then react, as
many times before IN the past. In the
meantime, physicians will recognize
an increase in the diseases'and injuries
which follow from the use of spirits,
and public sentiment will support sci
entific efforts to neutralize and prevent
it. The intense activity already mani
Tested along these lines indicates a
consciousness of the coming danger
journal of Inebriety,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
AN INDIAN REPUBLIC.
Country of the CherOkees in the
Mountains of Western North
Carolina.

In Woman's Home Companion Mr..
Landon Knight gives the following in
teresting account of unique republic
in North Carolina:
Every one, of course, knows of the
little republics of Europe, but very
few realize that in the United States
there is a country that is larger,
Weather and more populous than San
Marine, Gaust and Monico combined.
Those dominions are not, nor indeed
is the United States, more thoroughly
republican than this little country
pes'tling among the mountains of
western North Carolina.
There are legends and traditions
which may indicate that ages beyond
the ken of the historians vision, and
when the ancestors of the princes and
potentates of the world of to-day were
dwelling in caves like wild beasts and
were subsisting OF shell-fish and
acorns, these people were the lords of
an ancient civilization. But, however
that may be, it is certain that these
people-the Cherokee Indians-were,
when first discovered by the white
man, the most civilized of any of the
aborigines on the North American
continent, with the exception of the
Aztecs and Toltecs of Mexico. Ogle-
thorpe and his colonists found them
inhabiting magniticently beautiful
and fertile section of the country, en-
bracing what is now northern Geor-
gia, southern Tennessee and western
North Carolina. They received him as
"A brother, and bade him take as much
of their lands as he and his people
might need. Writing of them to Wes-
ley, he said: 1T is strange how used
they are in the ways of kindness and
rivility; but most do l marvel at their
government, which of a truth is not
unlike our own in some particulars"
With truth he might have gone fur
Their and said that in many things
there were points of superiority in
their favor over the British govern
ment of that day. For with them the
idea of kingship and a nobility with
their attendant privileges had never
found a Judgment, but their theory of
government was democratic, differing
only in form from other democracieS,
and in fact relying for its strength and
stability upon the consent of the gov
erned."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-07-04
s'55;I7IISII|I).Il}E'|2lE'
N -EBA H.
SAVING A DRUNKARD.
One Case in Which "A Helping Hand
and Encouraging Word Helped
to Work "a Reformation.

THAT there is nearly always that
in man which will respond to kind
treatment, and that, no matter how
low his social condition, a helping
hand will stimulate him to efforts at
lettering his condition." said DR.. Will
liam b. Martin, of Cheyenne, Wyo., at
the Arlington, was clearly proven to
me during the first grand rush for
the Klondike gold fields three years
ago. \ party was organized in my
city and took along as cook a man
who had for years been a hard
drinker and fallen so low as to be
always loafing about saloons on the
lookout for a drink. He was only
taken along at the urgent solicita-
ton of one of the party who had
known him in his more prosperous
days, and upon the promise that he
would leave liquor alone. He made
good his promise from the time they
started. When the party had COW
cred about three-quarters of the
journey from the point where they
were landed by the Seattle steamer
the provisions gave out and some of
the party had to go on to the near
est Indian village, something over a
hundred miles distant, in order to Sc
cure food and dogs with which to
continue the journey. The man who
had been hard drinker insisted up
on being one of the party to go
ahead. And he did, and when two