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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-07-07
reachers' Examination.

The second examination for teacher.
under the uniform system this year VIII
he held in the Central school building al
clarksburg Thursday and Friday, july
81 and %, 1904, beginning promptly at :
o'clock d. m. L. WAYMAN OGDEN,
iune22td County Superintendent
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New Century Flour on
sale atalI Grocers. If
woodmen Initiate.

The meeting Of the local lodge Of the
woodmcn of the World held in the \.
Of r. hall Wednesday, evsning was large
IL attended, Notwithstanding the hot
weather. Two candidates were Initiated
into the order with full ceremony They
we're Alfred Meclung and G. D. Robin
son.
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ZOE sA1E.

One house, six rooms, bath room, re
ception HAN, two porches, bin, basement.
cellar.
One FIVE room house.
Good water in both houses.
Inquire 037 w. Pike street. asst
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Watches, jcwclry and spectacles re-
paired and polished like new by Lee
Probst, matchmaker and jeweler-
jupeaodBtwst
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SW66b M8lOd Flour
child Dies AZ Perry Mines.

Clarence Hill, two years-old son OF MI
and Mrs. Charles Verde Hill Of Perry
Mines, died Wednesday, night The re-
mains viii be sent to Montana. Marion
comfy, which is about five miles out
from Fairnont, for burial Friday
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For sale-one Shetland pony; dark
bay. 4sO pounds, 40 inches high, ayo
ycars old. j. B. Martin, bridgeport, Ne
Va. 6iuly0ts
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The advertisement On another page
win tell You an about the Daily Tele'
grams Big Profit Sharing Contest, 7
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II YOU want to rent your vacant house
list them with Cunningham s Com
pany, Rookery building iunelo-ti
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Nrs. Charles T. Landlord, Miss Mil
dred and Master Charles Lamberd have
returned home from five weeks so
iourn in Baltimore.
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For Rent 70 gentlemRn, nleely
furnished room with private family. Ap.
ply at lss west Pike street jgnsdtt
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eoT THlT slcE WH. TELL FL0lR YEI7

Miss Pearl ModIspaugh mas opened
restaurant and Ice cream parloE or
Monticello avenue. 81 40. BIG shs e
yites the patronage Of ~. apris
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-07-07

For health drink Francis mineral
water. It Il pure and all good physi
clans recommend it. juue7-tf.
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Little Herald SC cigar, Gear havana
fiiler. at Levy's, 332 West Pike street.
m2l-t4.
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,rhe talk Of the town. What7 Lew
ss2 five cent cigar mIS-ei
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New c entury Flour
makes the best bread.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
ABORTIvE INVESTIGATION.

The Republican Campaign Book, in
its interesting fables on trusts and
industrial corporations, tells us that
The work of the Bureau of Corpora
lions of the Department of Commerce
and Labor thus far has been a system
attic study of legal and industrial con-
ditions in all the States and special
investigation into particular industries.
These Investigations have been con
Quoted vigorously, but not with spirit
of hostility to all industries, because
of the misdeeds of some" The Blu
reau of Corporations commenced these
Investigations in February, 1903, or
eighteen months ago, and yet not a
single act or move has been recorded
that has given the public scrap of
information about the trusts, nor has
any corporation felt the necessity of
stopping any of its eXactions by virtue
of the vigorous investigations. Pub
LEFTY was to cure the trust evil, ac-
cording to the Roosevelt idea, and Con-
gress took him at his word and gave
the Department of Commerce and
Labor power to demand all neces-
sary information about corpora tons
and the President the option of pub
fishing what was discovered. The beef
have been investigated by the large
army of the departments experts are
still allowed to prey upon the public,
who are being hignly taxed for their
suppression.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
SUBJECT FOR STUDY.
Serene Self-COnfidence of Roosevelt
in His INSTRUMENTATION.

Students of that fascinating subject
Roosevelt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. not
neglect to read the Presidents letter
of acceptance entire, inordinate'y long
though it may be. Ii is indeed wofdy,
and in some parts bestows all its tedi-
BUSINESS upon the reader relentlessly
but 1t reveals character. Self-conii-
dence Is said to be one of the requi-
sites of the statesman, and that at least
Mr. Roosevelt possesses. With what
plying condescension does be expound
the common law to Judge Parker!
And there Is not tinge of false
modesty in his calm assertion that mo
other administration in our history, no
other Government in the world" has
stood for humanity more heroically
than his own. Furthermore, nowhere
else In recent years has there been as
fine an example of constructive states
manship" as that shown in the Philip
pine Islands. Your Lord Cromers, your
Sir George Greys, and your Bartle
Freres, Austria in Bosnia and Herzegc-
vina, Germany in the Reichsland, and
France in Algiers, must all take a back
seat. Throughout, in fact, the Presi-
dent revels in smashing superlatives.
Yet so near to dust is his grandeur
that he tells us that this greatest,
proudest, richest, strongest, purest,
wisest nation would he overwhelmed
with disaster" and widespread mis-
cry" if by any chance be should fail of
election.
In other words, this mighty land
would be ruined if three per cent. of
the voters should change their minds
about tariff schedules. AS Dir. Wiley
kindly explained to the visiting Eng
fish scientists, Don't believe a word
you hear us say about politics!"-N
York Evening Post.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
TRIUMPHANT BEEF PACKERS,

The beef packers have come off vic
torious, and the strikers will return to
work las soon as possible" The loss
to the Beef Trust is estimated at S.
100000, all of which the consumers
have doubtless paid in the increased
cost of beef. The trust will now 60
merrily on without let or hindrance.
The Roosevelt injunction 1t laughs to
scorn, and the future looks bright for
the combine. for has not the assurance
been given that the Administration will
begin no running amuck" against the
trusts. With lower wages to pay the
men and the people used to high price
of meat the trust is in clover.
The farmers will continue to get a
low price for cattle and hogs, and the
beef barons can continue their combin-
alton in restraint of trade. that is. die
tate the price of what they buy and
what they sell and what they will pay
their employees. There would seem TO
be no excuse why the Republican cam
paign fund should not be fattened I'M
der all these propitious circumstances.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
FARMERS AND TRUSTS.
What Roosevelt Calls the "Basest
Set' Ask For a Living Chance.

The American farmer pays the tax
that the protective tariff imposes on
nearly everything he buys, amounting
TO about fifty per cent. Oh the average.
Many of the same products are sold
by the trusts for 0ne-third less to the
farmers of other countries, and yet the
Republicans decline to reform such an
unfair arrangement. But the tax paid
the Government on such goods as are
imported is comparatively Il small mat
ter compared to the tax that the trusts
eXtort for similar goods manufactured
here. AS the imported goods have to
pay the tariff tax when they arrive
at the Custom House, the manufac-
turer is protected in advancing his
prices and can add just about the
amount that the tariff tax is. In fact,
il prevents competition and the manu-
facturer monopolizes the home market.
1t has been figured out by experts that
the average family pays SIG year
tariff tax 10 the Government and nearly
500 year tax to the trusts by the
increased prices they are projected in
charging.
If the tariff was reduced, the trusts
would have to reduce their prices ac-
cordingly, or the foreign manufacturer
would send in products to compete
with them.
That is why the Democrats claim
the tariff should be reduced to more
reasonable rates and on those products
that are sold by the trusts cheaper
abroad than here, should be wiped out
altogether, or reduced so as to bring
in to the Government enough to sup
port it, without additional taxes be.
ing imposed. That proposition looks
reasonable and should be favored by
all who are not participants in the
trust plundering. But the Republicans
are so controlled by the protected mon
opolies that they will not concede that
the tariff should be revised to meet
these new conditions, brought about
by the trusts. They say the tariff, il
it is revised at all, must be revised
by its friends and that, of course, III.
cludes the trusts. Are the trusts
likely to change the tariff to their owl
disadvantage and legislate money out
of their own pockets?
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
QUESTION OF APPREHEN SION.
Queries Made as to Fairbanks
Political Fair Weather Talk.

In his recent speech at Hartford,
Conn, Senator Fairbanks had this to
say:
Republican policies have never
been Il menace to the business interests
of the country. Their triumph has
never been awaited with serious appre-
tension"
In commenting editorially on this ut
terance the New York World asks
these pertinent questions:
rs there no serious apprehension
about policies that have trebled the
expenditures of the Federal Govern
ment in little more than quarter of
a century?
us there no serious apprehension
about an average deficit of $4,000 900
a month in the revenues?
rs there no serious apprehension
about the Big StickT
us there no serious apprehension
about policy of Asiatic colonization
rs there no serious apprehension
about the Republican partys encour-
agement of militarism!
rs there no serious apprehension
about government by executive order?
or perhaps Mr.. Fairbanks means
that these things for the most part
represent Mr.. Roosevelt's personal poll
cies. for which a helpless Republican
party should not be held responsible.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
WASTE IN FLUNKEYISM.

Under the caption of "Fads, Frauds
and Follies Cripple National Finances, y
the Brooklyn IN. " Daily Eagle the
other day described the deficit of $40
100000 for this fiscal year, which is
shown by even the most superficial en-
animation to be due to reckless waste
fuluess in the Government expendi-
lures. The deficit will probably far
exceed the estimate of the Eagle.
Among the minor scandals that the
Eagle exposed was the carriages main
tanned at Government expense for the
use of officials, thirty-two horses, thir-
ty-three carriages and twenty coach
men are partial list, and the coach
men. besides the stable men, are all
borne on the Government payrolls as
messengers or laborers, with salaries
ranging from $500 to 5000 a year. A
fad that costs the Government $4,000.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
BOOMING SHIP SUBSIDY.

According TO Senator Fairbanks,
ship subsidy is an important question
in this campaign, and he hopes that
the Congressional Committee appointed
at the suggestion of President Roose-
welt TO investigate the subject and place
before Congress such facts and con
illusions, will aid i'll reaching II sound
and patriotic conclusion. Fairbanks
is always for the old flag and an APP
priation"-especially the appropria-
tion-and in order TO convince the Re
publicans that the two are synonymous
he adds: This is an important ques-
ton and ii rests with the Republican
party to settle it. The Republican
party will solve it as it has solved
all great questions in way to pro-
mote American industry and in a man
ner consistent with the National
honor" AS Fairbanks is the repre-
sentative of the administration this
program to pay Si50,O0o,0O0 a year to
the ship trust must be considered off
cial and is but greater evidence of
more reckless extravaganza if Presi-
dent Roosevelt is elected. How the
Republican party will solve the ques-
ton of raising enough to pay the bills
that it will owe the corporations when
the campaign is over does not worry
Fairbanks. His forte is preserving
the National nor with dollars.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
REFORM GOES GLIMMERING.
Everything Bent 10 the Purpose Of
Teddy to Win.

Civil Service Reform has been cast
to the four winds by the Roosevelt
Administration until after election"
All the ministers to foreign countries
and consuls have been given unlimit-
ed leave of absence, and those who are
considered spell-binders of note are
being detailed as speakers to the
doubtful States, and others who are
not speakers but can influence votes
are visiting their homes in behalf of
the Republican candidates. 1t will be
interesting TO note how the Civil Ser
vice Reform Association will take this
lapse from virtue of Mr.. Roosevelt,
for until he was President lie was
viewed as one of the high priests of
reform. Now every vestige of reform
must be laid aside for the benefit of
the party, and the office holders are
granted carte blanche to induce the
voters to once again stand by the g..
O. p. 1t would hardly be surprising
if Mr.. Cortelyou, the Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, who
was appointed by President Roose-
welt especially to carry out his cam
paign program, should be found, when
the pinch comes, collecting assess
liitiiNS iIpni inc Olbtt
holders, that the party of great moral
ideas may be preserved for future
usefulness and the enforcement of
Civil Service Reform.
The report of Messrs. Bonaparte and
Conrad, whom the President appoint
ed to investigate the postoffice frauds,
plainly shows how the Civil Service
law has been Systematically evaded,
but President Roosevelt was too anx-
ious to be nominated to carry out the
recommendations of the advisers he
himself had selected. The case of
Merritt, Postmaster at Washington,
was pointed out and conclusive evil
dence furnished Mr.. Roosevelt of his
misdoings, and although his term as
postmaster expired four months ago,
no action has been taken and he is
still holding down this lucrative job
to the scandal of the Administration
and the Republican party. The most
rabid spells hunter and notedly cor
rupt bosses could have done no more
than leave their henchmen in Office,
though VIGOROUSLY unfit, if not worse,
and that is one of the things that Mr..
Roosevelt has done.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
DANGER OF INCREASED TAXATION

Every cent the Government pays out
comes from taxes. which although
mostly covered up in an indirect man
ner, like the tariff tax. eventually is
paid by the consumer. In consequence
of the reckless extravaganza of the
present administration there is q large
deficit, although only two months have
gone of the present fiscal year If the
Republicans are successful m electing
Mr.. Roosevelt and ma iority of Con
gress they will have 10 increase the
taxes and there would seem no other
resource than to again impose the war
taxes. To increase the tariff tax would
only result in reducing the amount col
lected, though they might attempt that
in the interest of their friends. the
trusts and protected industries. To
economic and reduce expenses is not
to be thought of, for those high Repub-
hcan authorities, Secretary Shaw and
Senator Fairbanks. are daily preach
ing from the stump ship subsidy that
would increase expenditures far more
than any economy would save
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
TAFT ON The CONSTITUTION,
The New Secretary of War Shows
Himself a Typical Republican.

That the Constitution of the United
States will be further encroached upon
if the Republicans are successful in
the coming election is certain.
Secretary of War Taft. in a late
speech. said the Constitution was a
mass of dogmas and impossible theor-
les"
The evident intention of President
Roosevelt's administration to belittle
the Constitution in the minds of the
people is deep-laid conspiracy to
overthrow it. If the voters would pre-
serve that great instrument and COM
pact between the States invioIate they
must rally around the party banner
that has always stood for its preserva-
ton and turn down Secretary Taft and
the party that indorses his ideas. The
Government of the United States must
be by law, and to overthrow the funda-
mental law would lead to either the
an-ou-horseback or chaos. Is that
where the Republicans and President
Roosevelt are leading us?
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
Tie BEEF TRUST NOT AFRAID.

The beef packers vigorously deny
the existence of a combination in re-
straint of trade" and the ten officials
of the Department of Commerce and
Labor who are probing the Beef Trust
report that no evidence is at hand TO
justify the Secretary of Commerce and
Labor to refer the matter to the Attor-
ney-General with recommendation
that action be taken in the courts.
1t was hardly to be expected that if
evidence was at hand President Roose-
welt would allow his new Attorney
General to prosecute the trust, for the
late Attorney General Knox officially
proclaimed that there would be no run
ming amuck against the trusts.
There has been on file for over two
years more than enough evidence to
convict the Tobacco Trust, but no
move has been made. The evidence
that the anthracite coal trust existed
and was allied with the coal railroads
to plumber the people is also on file but
that monopoly has likewise escaped
prosecution. 1t is as certain as that
day succeeds dawn that the Republi-
cans will not worry their friends. the
trusts, and what has been done in the
merger and beef trust cases was only
for political effect.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
HUNGRY NEIGHBORS.
Our Chaa4scey is Evidently ObliyiOus
Of Conditions Around Him.

The enthusiastic Depew, "our Chaun-
cey," is out with his old speech, re-
hashed for the occasion. He says
everything and everybody is prosper
Gus, and yet within gunshot of his pa
latial home In New York there is a
string of hungry men every night will
ing to accept dole of bread to keep
them from starving. The charity Or
CARNATIONS say the demand for relief
is equal to that experienced in the
panic of 1923 and that hard times
Is the cause of it,"
In Fall River and other cotton man.
ufacturing centres similar conditions
prevail, with but small signs of relief.
OF course, Senator Depew, like other
corporation magnates, especially those
who are Republican politicians. shuts
his eyes to the dire distress for many
people that the policy they advocate
has produced and therefore talk pros
perity to try and once more fool the
people.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-09-23
SHARP BOOKKEEPING.
Republican Gall in Claiming All
Credit For Saving the GOvern.
ment's Finances.

When President Cleveland was in
augurated on March A, 1888, he found
the United States Treasury bankrupt
and bare of gold, with United States
paper money being offered daily for
redemption.
Practically the same conditions had
existed for over two years, and every
known plan had been resorted to by
the Republicans to tide over the diff
Guilty.
The system of bookkeeping was
changed by including in the general
funds amounts that had hitherto been
sacred as trust funds. Subsidiary sill
yer and minor coins were counted in
the available cash balance, though of
course such money was unavailable to
pay the debts of the Government, as
no one would take more than they
needed for change.
So imperative were the needs Of the
Treasury in February, 1893, less than
month before the Democrats took
possession of the Government, that, as
related by the California Bankers
Magazine for that month In its re-
view of the Monthly Treasury State
ment," the amount of $6,OO0,UO0 was
subscribed among the associated banks
of New York and exchanged for
United States currency with the Treas
ury. This had the effect of saving the
Republican administration from the
humiliation of either buying gold or of
trenching upon the last gold reserve of
S100,0O0,000, which was only set apart
for the greenbacks and not for tina
paper which has been subsequently
created.
In the Bankers Magazine, February,
1903, it reports Mr.. g. &. Williams, of
the Chemical National Bank, of New
York, as saying: The ability of the
United States Treasury to dodge pay
ing its debts has been admitted by Sec
rotary Foster" The Republican ad-
ministration had so mismanaged the
financial affairs of the Government in
1928 that in the crisis it found itself
in, it not only lodged its honest debts
but spent the sinking fund of 1892 of
S11 ,3OS, S25.
But not content with this diversion
of the public funds, it also, before the
Democrats took possession of the Gov
eminent in March, 1893, had spent
the sinking fund of that year, amount
ing to $4S,693.O3, and went out of office
leaving a deficit of at least $4,000, 900
to meet; so that here was close upon
$1OO,0O0,0O0 of gold that had to be met
by the Treasury when the Democrats
came into power, besides the ordinary
expenses of the Government.
In view of these facts who can blame
Grover Cleveland for issuing bonds to
keep the Treasury from bankruptcy =?
And it must be remembered that this
crisis and panic was under Republican
management and a high protective
tariff, for the Wilson bill did not be-
come a law until August %, 1904,
nearly year and a half LATER
These are historical facts, and vet
the Republicans have the gall to pro-
claim that they left the United States
Treasury in a good condition and that
the Democratic tariff bill was the
cause of the panic which commenced
i'll 1892, two years before the bill was
passed by Congress.