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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
SAME KIND OF RECIPROCITY.
That Which Mckinley Advocated IL
the Republican Sort.


If President Mckinley had lived there
would have been an entirely different
plank on reciprocity from what appears
now In the Republican platform. Taunton
Gazette.
We presume our contemporary bases
this assertion on President McKinley's 9
last speech, in many respects the most
notable one he ever delivered. He
spoke Of the desirability of the Repub-
lican party readjusting such tariff
schedules as might have grown out Of
adjustment with existing business con-
ditions. He also declared that reciproc-
ity was good Republican doctrine and
should go hand in hand with protec-
ton. But the Chicago platform is not
at variance with any principle or policy
espoused by Mckinley. OF reciprocity
he said: "By sensible trade arrange
ments which will not interrupt our
home production we shall extend the
outlets for our increasing surplus.
"a system which provides a mutual
exchange Of commodities Is manifestly
essential to a continued healthful
growth of our export trade. We must
not repose in fancied security that we
can forever sell everything and buy
little or nothing. If such thing We're
possible, 1t would not be best for us
or for those with whom we deal. We
should take from our customers such
Of their products as we can use with
out harm to our industries and labor"
Here is what the Republican plat
form has to say on this question Of
reciprocity: 1--WE have extended widely
our foreign markets, and we believe in
the adoption Of all practicable methods
for their further extension, including
commercial reciprocity wherever re-
ciprocal arrangements can be effected
consistent with the principles Of pro-
lection and without injury to American
agriculture, American labor or any
American industry"
Wherein does this differ, except in
phraseology, from the reciprocity idea
promulgated by McKinley2 Only such
trade arrangements were favored by
Mckinley as would not interrupt our
home production or work harm to our
Industries. The Chicago platform de-
clares for reciprocity consistent. with
the principles Of protection, reciproc-
ity which will not injure American
agriculture, American labor or Ameri-
can industry. The platform Is in en-
tire harmony with Mckinley latest
and best thought on the subject Of
commercial treaties. Any attempt to
make it appear otherwise Is a willful
perversion of the facts.-Springfeld
Union.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
Dangers of Cleveland sm

Free silver was only Threatening
peril from which the election Of Me
Kinley saved the nation. Free trade
was the road to ruin from which his
election diverted the national course.
The election Of 1895 saved the United
States from Clevelandism no less than
from Organism, and Clevela ndism is n
peril into which the people are not
likely to fling the country In reaction
from Organism. The threat Of Bryan
ism has not obscured the dangers Of
Clevelandism. The people have had
full experience Of the miseries pre-
duced by the latter and do not feel
encouraged to bring them on again.
The promise of Democracy is bad,
whether the promise appears in the
ascendency Of one Democratic faction
or the other. The people are not ripo
for a change such as the Democrats
would give them.-Pittsburg Chroulcie.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
MIDDLE HEADED BOURBONS
whatever Il Is Wrong, and to Rem
edy Il You Must Lower the Tariff.

Whatever Il Is Wrong, ana to Rem
edy II You Must Lower the Tariff.
After having watched Mr.. Williams
whisper sermon, the delegates at st
Louis had the privilege, Of which they
seem not to have availed themselves, OF
hearing Mr.. Champ Clark deliver q
comic monologue. The country has
been cruelty deprived of the expected
consignment Of eloQuence by which Mr.
Clark was to put in nomination the
Missouri sage and statesman who is af
fectonately known as "Old Garden
Sass" Cockrell. AS slight measure OF
recompense Mr.. Clark kindly consent
ed to rise and everlastingly demolish
those arch villains, George Ill. and Lou
is XIV.-After reading the exposure OF
|. those hardened malefactors 1t is plain
that everybody who thinks now is the
time to punish them will have to vote
the Democratic ticket The permanent
chairman also lent the weight Of his
J influence to Patrick Henry and George
Washington, who are at last definitely
set right before the American people
But when he finally leaped over the
centuries and landed in 1904 it Is pain.
full to observe that Mr.. Clark became
less definite. The country has a curios.
ity to know what the Democrats think
they would do with the tariff If they
could be elected. The best that Mr.
Williams could tell them was that II
would be wisely" reduced. Mr.. Clark
did not venture even that much. But
his mind did struggle with the subject
in way which is interesting in view
Of past events. In 1886, President
Cleveland thundered loudly against a
high tariff on the ground that 1t pre-
vented our manufacturers selling goods
cheaply enough abroad to compete with
foreigners. He devoted large part OF
his annual message that year to ex-
planning that 1t was terrible state of
affairs that American goods could not
get into foreign. markets, and asserted
positively that 1t was all because the
protective tariff was too high. Now
Mr.. Clark, echoing Mr.. Williams, is de-
claring that American goods are being
sold all over the world; that it is sin
and a shame, and that the cause Of 1t
is. the American protective tariff.
Whatever happens to be the condition
of business at the time Of campaign,
|. the Democratic orators. assert, is all
wrong, The way to change 1t, they aver
each time, is to lower the tariff. The
fact that goods were not sold abroad in
1885 in competition with foreign manu-
factures was reason for doing away
with protection. The fact that goods
are sold abroad in 1904 in competition
with foreign manufactures is a reason
for reducing the rates. Lower the tariff
and enable our products to be sold
cheaply abroad; lower the tariff to pre-
vent our products being sold cheaply
abroad. Whatever the voters think
about the tariff, they will not intrust 1t
to the hands Of bunglers who know so
little about 1t that they cannot even be
Of one mind as to which way the tool
cuts.-Brooklyn Standard Union.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
Excess Of
exDDrta OyRI
1t is evident that some s400, 900, 900 oil

1t Is evident that some S400, 100000 or
S500,000,0O0 is necessary to satisfy
our annual foreign charges and prevent
the expectation of gold. Just what
these charges are 1t is impossible to
say, although we know that more than
half of them are due to ocean freight
bills and settlements of the expendi-
lures of tourists abroad.
During the year 1904 our excess ex-
ports Of silver amounted to s21, ,1S3, $50,
the figures for 1908 being SOC, 900, 900.
and for 1902 S21 100000. These should
be added to our merchandise balance.
The gold imported was $99. .000. 600. and
we exported $S1. 800. 900 making an ex-
cess of gold imports Of SIT 10000
1t should be noted that. In spite Of
the fact that we appropriated $5O,OOO,-
600 for the Panama canal, to be paid
in gold, and which was settled during
the month of May, yet our excess Of
imports of gold during. the year was
17,535,0O0 This would seem to show
that our Indebtedness abroad has been
largely liquidated during recent years,
and that we shall not for much longer
be great debtor nation. but may soon
become a creditor nation. II we have
not already reached that condition.
We are now firmly established as the
largest exporting nation on earth. NOR
is this due to large sales Of agricultural
products, as has been the, case for many
years until recently. Our sales Of man
ufactures abroad for the past year
were the largest in our history, and
seem to be constantly increasing. Al
though our exports Of farm products
have fallen off somewhat, yet 1t has
resulted in no decrease in Eeyenue to
our farmers. On the contrary, they
have been. enabled to. market almost
their entire product at home, and at
better prices than they would have
received abroad.
We have entered upon a presidential
campaign, which Is always supposed to
be more or less detrimental to oibusiness,
and yet the outlook for the future is
stated by the impartial commercial
agencies and financial journals to be
bright indeed.
There is one industry to which atten-
ton should be called at this time, and
the proper lesson drawn therefrom. We
refer to the wool industry. Never in
cur history was there such a demand
for raw wool as there is today. 1t has
taken six or seven years to recover
from the blight and the blow given to
this industry by the free wool tariff
from 1894 and 1897. The large stocks
Of foreign wool which accumulated in
this country under that law have at
last been consumed, and we are now
operating under normal conditions, and
our wool growers are reaping the bene-
fit of protection to their product. 1t
ran be said that buyers are standing
BY the shearers, ready to take the wool
as fast as it is clipped and almost at
the growers own price. As this wool
is made up during the coming year
INTO garments, the double benefit Of a
tariff upon both wool and woolens will
be more and more apparent, and the
situation will help largely to mitigate
the losses Of the last year, because Of
the abnormally high price of cotton,
although in that industry conditions
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

business of the year ending June 80,
1903. The receipts for June alone
showed an Increase of per cent over
last year The receipts for the last
quarter showed an increase of 7la per
cent over last years figures. amounting
TO $3,494,429 as against $3,254,325 for
1908. Deducting the expenses Of the Of
flee, the business leaves the govern
ment net profit Of So, 227 .966 as against
SS,342,901 for last year, an increase Of
over 101a per cent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

Standing on such platform, with a
party behind them pledged to such prin-
;ciples, the candidates cannot be defeat
ed. Their election Is assured. They
represent the highest political principles
of the American people. - Baltimore
American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
StOning Their Prophet.

Bryan in defeat is greater than his
victors. No one can help respecting
him and his convictions, but the sub
terfuges and Misrepresentation OF
the ll-Parker crowd receive nothing
but strongest condemnation from all
sides.-St. Louis Watchman-Adyocate.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

Democratic casuists are earnestly
trying to make Secretary Shaw see
that prosperity for everybody would
result if those who would sell must
take low prices and those who would
buy have no money.-Brooklyn Stand
ard Union.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

Nothing reflects the continued gener-
al prosperity Of the country as do the
postal receipts. For New York city the
receipts during the past year show an
increase Of 81a per cent over the record
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

The Democrats took their platform
on faith. No one in the convention
heard it read. Hill described 1t as
"long and mushy," and he was not far
wrong.-Jersey City Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

Judge Parker has won his safe and
sane" medal simply by keeping his lips
closed. A Democrat who isn't always
talking deserves a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Press,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

1t is reported that General Kuroki,
who is just recovering from fever,
Is carried On the march in litter. BY
the time he gets through most of the
Russian army will be In filters.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

One man walked 5000 miles to visit
the worlds fair. He ought to be a
suitable candidate for joining the
Pikers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

Judge Parker says he has confidence
In the Democratic party. That is
wherein he is several laps ahead Of the
majority of the people Of the United
States. Burlington Hawkeye.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

Besides breaking his silence Judge
Parker at the same time broke David
Bennett Hills political head.-Provi-
dence News.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
VOL. XXHll
=. ., Di,trict Probate Court.

sf said Court will be held at
~. ..4.atud Tuesday OF October ana
o. '.. .g the second Tuesday of No.
AT. --i Nay. West ,oneord the second
Ta, .rm,Der 9na ,isnIsIr Ipns and aDhfTo" ISly
l-g - ..,us will he held at any place in
ilr T-i'''''' RnBERT CHASE. Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19
Mark Down Sale
SHOES and OXFORDS.

The balance of Summer Line at the following prices
a pair Mems 800 Shoes at SI.62
S pair Mems 200 Shoes I.1o
2 pair Mems 800 Oxfords 2.1e
6pair Mems las Oxfords 90
pair Boys I.5o Shoes 90
pair Mems I.25 Canvas Shoes 80
2 pair Ladies I.5o Oxfords I.I3
I3 pair Ladies I.25 Oxfords 90
Iop pair Chdrens rs Oxfords SO
Call at once your size will be Sold
L. F. JONES, CIothier and Furnishe
Opera House Block
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

No wonder the czar wanted peace.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

William Jennings bryan Forced Up
on the Democratic Party the Plat
form Declaration to the Effect That
AL Protection Is Robbery.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-08-19

He Continues 60 Sell Much More Than
He Buys and TO Keep American La
bor steadily Employed at Remu-
nerative Wages.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
Praise and Criticism
OF Presidents Letter
General Opinion Designates 1t a Strong
Political OoCument-Mr. Davis Suggests
1t Should Be Published SeriaiIy.

Politicians prominent much interested President
acceptance opinions expressed upon
GOV FRANKLIN MURPHY of Jersey Of of
the Republican Committee said:
my opinion campaign document
since expresses with that fannes5 and fne for which the Pres
questions
confidence large par
President"
SENATOR NATHAN 3. SCOTT
m first
influenced
nothing everything
be authority Of the last eight
PATRICK H. McCARREN:
to
running everyone
thas dissolution
short
Roosevelt alton"
C. DAVIS Democratic
Il in the found did not time to finish
it. published
then the public might
CHARLES A MOORE president of
League:
splendid Republican document rings Of
good Ameranism the Democrats
make the
them something to think about"
UNITED STATES SENATOR P McCUABER of Dakota:
"A magnificent effort they n
squirn a of all
fore us leaves doubt where
HENRY CLEws:
product time
composed mastery
REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES H. GRosvENoR OF Ohio:
mo prejudice pronounce
of Republican
REPRESENTATIVE COwHERD,
always
quality readable
bec he issues
will be valuable his
igence will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13

the Health Department If, following
this, comes the failure of the Depart
ment to enforce precisely the same
action on the part of the school au-
thOrities, what effect is it likely to
have upon the people who have been
trying to cooperate with the officials
in stopping the spread of typhoid
fever?
Children in school are bound to
experience thirst, especially when the
weather is warm. They can, of
course, be laid under bonds by their
parents to drink no water that has
not been boiled, and they can be pro-
vided with bottled distilled or boiled
water to take to school. But if they
understand that the school authori-
ties, who are part of the Government
do not obey the orders of the other
part of the Government which is in
charge of the public health, the re-
spect they are likely to have for the
sanitary precautions of the latter will
be slight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
Water for the Schools.

There seems 70 be a question about
the desirability, or possibility, or
something. of boiling the water used
IN the public schools. The objection
seems 10 be that the process will be
expensive.
So far as that is concerned. any
sort of precaution against illness
costs something. The Health De
partment some time ago ordered peo-
pie in general 10 boil drinking water.
Those who obeyed this order did SO
at a certain expense Of time and
money. II is rather nuisance to
boil all the water used for family
drinking purposes. and IL takes time
and an infnitesimal amount of fuel.
Yet this time and money are suppos-
ed TO be spent by all the people in
the District who obey the orders OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
CAPT. LIEBHARDI'S BODY
GOING HOME TOMORROW
Widow, Brother, and Few Friends
Viii Accompany Casket to
Milton. Ind.

The remains Of Capt. David P. Lieb-
hardt. superintendent Of the Dead Let
ter Office. who shot himself at his desk
on Saturday night. viii be taken 10 his
old home. Milton. Ind. for burial to-
morrow afternoon.
They will be accompanied by his
widow and his brother. Frank NJ Lieb-
hardt. who will arrive In Washington
from Richmond, Ind. this afternoon. 4
few personal friends may go to Milton.
but none OF the postomce employees VIII
go.
Ward Burlingame, chief clerk OF the
lead Letter Office. an intimate friend
Of Captain Liebhardt, is acting super
iEtendent.
Mr.. Burlingame said this morning that
there is no appropriation from which
expenses of postOffiCe employees could
be paid should they go to the funeral
As nothing is to be done by them that
will not be done by the family Of the
dead man, no one will go
Miss Ina Liebhardt, the only child OF
Captain Liebhardt. has left Los Angeles.
Cal, where she now works, for her old
home and will meet her mother there
Miss IiebPdrdt was recently reduced
and transferred from the Rural Free De-
livery Bureau
Captain Liebhardts remains are still
resting in tho chapel Of Lee undertake
ms t1bliShment. where they will be
kept until they arc sent 70 Indiana.
Brief services under the direction OF
the G.. A. R will be held IN the chapel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
Excess in Luxury.

Recently an GrbiteT Of fashion Caus-
ed TO be published the statement that
any woman expecting social recogDi-
ton must spend upon dress at least
$25. 900 yearly.
This sum represents more than the
entire income to which any but the
exceptional few can hope to attain.
Il is FIVE times that which in any com
munity, but one where fortune is
worshipped, would render a man in
dependent. enable him to rear his
family well, own his home, and be
certain OF comfortable sum for his
old age.
That community is fortunate in
which economic conditions remain
normal. When there is on one hand
excessive poverty. and on the other
a measUreless degree Of wealth that
fairly riots in indulgence and even by
this fails to impair itself, there can
hardly be between the extremes any
healthy and unperturbed medium.
The well-to-do either are stirred of
envy, or over them hovers the fear
OF sinking to the lower estate.
1t follows that there will be large
class the members Of which live by
their wits. Some Of these go upon
the highway with bludgeons: others
engage in confidence games either
wantOnly illegal or under the guise
Of responsibility, and on a scale that
makes them "financiers' They know
that they could not by any course OF
ordinary business achieve the pos
sibility of living on a scale of SPLEEN
dor, yet to live thus becomes Their
ambition. The most successful pro
fessional man would fall far short OF
! being able to exist on the exalted
artificial plane. There are a few oil
vast wealth. acquired, perhaps, by
means wholly or in part legitimate
who can afford any luxury that sug-
gests itself TO their desires. BY
yielding to the impulse they create q
false standard, striving toward which
| people of less means court ruin.
Despite frequent assertion, there arr
as many opportunities for the indus
/ tTious as ever. The trouble is witt
the new and bogus standard by which
/ human endeavOr and its results ar,
weighed. The tendency of this is tC
make two classes. the very rich and
( the very poor. the elements between
leaping or falling into one or the
other according to the pressure of cir
| cumstances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
NEW MAIN EXCHANGE
OF TELEPHONE COMPANY
It VIII Be Put in Operation This Week.
Great Improvement in Service
Promised.

The new main exchange of the Chesa-
peak and Potomac Telephone Company
will be put in service in the recently
completed building at 30 Twelfth Street
northwest, the latter part of this week.
when about 5000 working telephones
Will be moved from the building at the
corner of Fourteenth and q Streets
The main exchange is equipped with
all modern improvements. and the COM
pany promises TO give a better service
70 those persons Oh the main exchange
than they have ever had before. After
the change is made IL Will not be neces-
sary to- use the bell crank al all the
line being put in operation BY merely
taking the receiver from the hook
At the exchange there are Instruments
which viii show little red lights above
the NUMBERS wAen telephones are IN
use. BY looking at these the operators
will know that they are not 10 butt
in with the annoying Have you nm
ished taking for when the convers3-
ton is ended and the receiver hung
back. the red light viii change 10 white.
whereupOn the exchange girl will break
the connection and give her attention
10 the troubles Of others
no change in the numbers of tcle-
phones will occur. as was the case when
the north exchange was established. but
II will probably require several days TO
get the new exchange in good working
order
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13
To The Evening Star.

In most offices two and two
make four. In the Evening
Star office there is a new way
Of figuring. With an average
circulation of less than 3, 900,
when a special mail list to far
away subscribers on its Satur-
day "dollar-a-year" edition is
excluded, against an average
of over 32,000of The Times,
The Star claims double the
number of readers of any
Other newspaper IN Wash
fneton.
If the Star were not known
to be honest in all its circula-
ton statements, this diSCrep-
ancy could easily be account
ed for. VIII the Star kindly
explain its new way of figur-
ing? 1t should not hide a
good thing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-13

doubtedly. But the process of Sc
lection which the Government has
adopted makes this number much
smaller than among the Office clerks,
bOokkeepers, statesmen and other
workmen OF the same grade not en-
ployed by the Government. The
Government clerk as known in Wash
ington is not merely industrious and
honest, but he is capable beyond the
average employee in any other calling
of similar character.