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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
FOREIGN EXPORTER PAYS TAX.
Why He Is So Violently Opposed to
American Tariff Duties.

We find in the free trade Philadei-
phia Record the following queer and
self-contradicting presentment of a ia
miliar question:
Much of the talk of the effects of
maximum and minimum duties goes
upon the assuredly false assumption
that the duties are paid by the ex-
porters, and not by the people who
impose them. When people want for
eign articles Of necessity or luxuries
very badly they will import them
whether the duties be higher or lower,
unless wholly prohibitory. The former
notion, propagated by the Protective
Tariff league and the Boston Home
Market club, that foreigners pay the
Dingley duties for the privilege of
trading with this country, has been
well-night abandoned by sensible peo-
pie. AS substitute for a comprehen-
sive revision of { barbarous tariff sys-
TEN based on the interests of the
masses of the people minimum duties
to preferred customers are little better
than trinkgeld, or tips in trade"
iioo TIC lNCCOIu never ntdlu VI uuoi
tariffs adopted by foreign nations for
the avowed purpose of compelling the
United States to lower it's own tariff
rates? If the foreign exporter pays NO
part of the duties, why is he so des-
perately determined, even to the point
of threatening to exclude our own ex-
ports, upon breaking down these du-
ties? According to the Records phil.
osophy all these threats of tariff war.
fare unless we reduce our duties oma-
nate from exporters who foolishly ina
gine that their profits would be higher
if the American duties were lower.
We strongly suspect that here is an.
other case where academic theory
knocks it's brains out against the
stone wall of solid facts.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
Labor and Tariff.

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. recent
ly expressed himself as being proud
of what had been accomplished for
the laboring men of the United States
in recent years 1t is perhaps true, as
claimed by Mr.. Gompers, that labor
organizations have had something to
do with the stuataion in which as an
American citizen he expresses pride,
but he Is of course aware of the fact
that labor is far more thoroughly or
ganized in England than in the United
States, yet present conditions in the
former country would cause no sort of
pride. If Mr.. Gompers lives long
enough to see the repeal of the pres
ent tariff law of the United States and
in its place the adoption of some tariff
reform compromise, he will have an
opportunity to revise his labor review
recital and to learn anew a lesson
which he seems to have almost for
gotten.-Hancock (Mich) Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
A Matter of Preparation.

Promotion of double standard tar
iff agitation at this juncture is to be
interpreted as largely diplomatic
The real point is to emphasize the
possibility of retaliation for excessive
foreign discrimination in the guise of
tariff arrangements against our trade
and industry. Aside from threatened
dangers from Germany, other condi-
tions make it certain that retahatory
powers in some form will be con-
spicuous subject for legislation when
tariff revision is seriously taken up,
and the result of the present contro-
versy with Germany will likely have
much to do in determining our action.
Omaha Bee.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
Bacon.

Do you remember what Charles
Lamb says about roast pig? How he
tails into an ecstasy of laudation,
spelling the very name with small cap
itals, as if the lower case were too
mean for such delicacy, and break
ing away from the cheap encomiums
of the vulgar tongue to hail it in
sonorous Latin as principles obsonior-
nm. There is some truth in his COM
plinents, no doubt; but they are
'Tasteful, excessive, imprudent. For
II all this praise is to be lavished on
plain, fresh, immature, roast pig what
richer, more subtle and sustaining
Wand, broiled bacon? asks Henry Van
Dyke, in Scribner's. On roast pig a
man cannot work; often he cannot
sleep, If he have partaken of it i'm
moderately. But bacon brings to its
sweetness no safety" 1t strengthens
the arm while it satisfies the palate.
Crisp, juicy, savory; delicately salt as
Lne breeze that blows from the sea;
family pungent as the blue smoke Of
incense waited from a clean wood fire;
aromatic, appetizing, nourishing, a
stimulant to the hunger which it ap-
peases, 'tis the matured bloom and
consummation of the mild little pig,
spared by foresight for a nobler fate
than juvenile roasting, and brought by
art and mans device to a perfection
surprising nature. All the problems
of woodland cookery are best solved
by the baconian method. And when
we say of one escaping great disaster
that he has saved his bacon" we say
that the physical basis and the quin-
tessinal comfort of his life are un-
touched and secure.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
Our Indian Population.

The figures showing the Indian pop
ulation in the United States do not
afford much ground for sentimental
persons to lament the disappearance
of 'Lo." AS matter of fact, the In
dians are not disappearing, so far as
numbers are concerned. There are
now nearly 100000 members of the
aboriginal races in this country, and
there is a steady growth. AS it is
doubtful whether there were ever any
more in this portion of the continent,
it is possible that much emotion has
been wasted in deploring the passing
of these original inhabitants. Further
more, the Indians of the present day
are in far better condition than their
progenitors. Many are educated and
trained in ways that make them good
and worthy citizens, and they live in
a manner that would astonish the red
man of 200 years ago, could he come
back and see things as they are now.
More than half the Indians in exist
ence dress like white men and to some
extent copy civilized ways. The other
half retain much of the old-time mode
of living, but the proportion of "blan-
ket' or wholly uncivilized redskins is
steadily growing smaller.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
Hill Seeks Own Benefit.

1t may be that freS trade with Cana
da-for that is practically what Mr..
James ]. Hill would have, under the
guise of reciprocity--would benefit the
great railway system OF which he is
the head. 1t does not matter to him
which way the $200,000,000 trade of
the Dominion is hauled. But to the
people of this country there is a vast
difference between selling to Canada
and buying from that country Mag
nate Hills free trade dream will not
be realized while the Republican
party continues at the helm.-San
Diego Union.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
A VIRGINIA TRAGEDY.
Story of How Woman Was Welded
and Made Widow in One Hour
Is Told in Court.

Culpepper, Vain the little Cul-
pepper court house on Wednesday
Mrs. William Bywaters, the bride of
an hour, tie killing of whose husband
by her brothers, James and Philip
Strother, almost two and a half
table tragedies in the history of this
section; her sister, Mrs. Edward
Gaines, and one of her brothers,
George Strother, told the story of the
shooting and the events that led up
to it.
Mrs. Bywaters testified that her be-
trayal was accomplished by promise
of marriage; told of three trips she
and Bywaters made to Washington for
the purpose of having a criminal oper-
alton performed; told the story of By
waters attempted flight, his sudden
breaking away from her in her bed
room and the shooting as he sought to
escape through window and over the
roof of the porch Both the sister and
brother testified that there was no
thought of shooting until Bywaters
sought to desert his bride, and they
told of his Indifference toward the
latter
While an actual witness to the
shooting, Mrs. Gaines displayed but a
hazy recollection of the words passed
between Bywaters and her brothers
in the bedroom just before the latter
opened fire. She remembered, how
ever. that Philip had fired the first
shot as Bywaters rushed past her in
an attempt to escape down the back
stairway.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
General Increase of Wages.

Wage increases are coming so thick
and fast that it is almost impossible
to keep track of them. Increased
payrolls are the order of the day on
tically all branches of Industrial pro-
duction. Business justifies it. A con-
dition of unexampled prosperity COM
pels it.
Everybody is counting upon a con-
tinuation of this state of things. But
how would it be if immediate tariff
revision had been recommended by
the president and ordered by con.
gress? In that case wages would
have to be lowered, not increased.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07

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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07

An effort is being made in New
York to moderate the noises of civili
zation. Maybe the day will come
when noise will not continue to be
identified with progress, and quiet
with state of inertia. In fact, if
noise increases at it's present ratio,
and this desired reform does not ma.
terialize, life is in danger of becom-
ing one long, loud scream
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07

A clerk in York robbed his employ.
yer of 5000 and then confessed the
theft, but instead of prosecuting him
the latter retained him in his employ
and raised his salary. Still, this case
should not be taken as one for gen.
eral emulation. There are not many
employers who would take such a mild
hint in just that way
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
Steamer Ran Ashore.

Eureka, Cal.-The steamer Corona
went ashore on the rocks off
Humboldt Friday. There were over
100 persons aboard. All but one were
rescued by the life-saving crew. Quar-
termaster Gum was drowned.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
Their Own Fault.

"Poets usually have sad lives" said
the sentimentalist.
Well answered Mr.. Cumrox, writ
ing the kind of things they do, don't
see how they could expect to be very
cheerful. Washing Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
Nicaraguans Capture Three Towns.

Managua, Nicaragua. - Forces of
the Nicaraguan government have
captured without resistance the
Honduran towns of Conception and
Maria. They took possession of the
town of Corpus Christi after hard
fighting
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
No Comparison.

kitty, which do you like the bet
ter me or candy?"
Il like you awfully WE'LL Uncle
George but l just love candy!"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07

Isn't Mr.. Hill asking the American
people to make his Canadian invest
ments profitable by making sacrifices
in his behalf?
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-03-07
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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-07

Equal justice to ALL" is a phrase
which has been heard possibly as Of
ten as any of II pet American
phrases. We hear it from the public
platform, and in p ivate conversation,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-07

Terms With the WOrld and hlmSelf.
If any one were to tell him now that
it had been Enthusiastically disvocered
that Shakespeare wrote Bacon, no
doubt he would believe it; at least,
he wouldn't contend with his infor-
mant about it. Speaking of meals re-
minds me: Did the patient reader
ever take enough interest in the genus
infidel to diagnose his ailment care
fully? If so, it must have struck him
(the reader, not the infdeD that the
subject invariably has a good liver.
Without excellent health and the
buoyancy which results therefrom one
cannot rise 10 the heights which en-
able him to look down upon all Great
ed things. He is ever CHEEKY, elastic,
and, unusually, profane, by reason of
the foregoing. Let his liver but once
go back on him, dyspepsia set in and
things get so bad that the inevitable
hour seems to be at hand, and how
quickly does the toy balloon collapse!
Please observe that this is no fancy
drawn sketch; the identical thing has
happened many times.
But getting back to the Mormons
and tithing for a moment, let this
proposition BE- put to Mr.. Schroeder
as a lawyer and logician: is this a
land of law under its constitution,
guaranteeing to all the right to earn
property and enjoy their earnings, or
is it not? Answering affirmatively
the first par: of the question, as of
course he will, he will next be asked
if the Mormons have not earned their
possessions and do not hold them le-
gally and honestly, and again the ans
wer yes is recorded for him. Now,
it will scarcely be contended that the
tithing paid by them is taken from
any other possessions than their own
and if they have not the right to
control it as they will, to sell, trade,
barter, improve add to or take from
IL as lHcy Will, 81 iohS do o'hS'
rights are not infringed upon, what
privileges have they in such connec-
ton? Those who are so clamorous
for the rights of man, woman and
child" ought to let us know whether
or not they mean the whole body of
men, women and children or only
those embraced within the circle In
which the clamorous ones move, a
circle which does not embrace the
Mormons but is invariably willing
to embrace their substance; and If
the meaning is the former, whose
concern is it, to speak plainly, if the
saints see fit to invest a portion OF
Their incomes in a fund which, whe-
Their producing returns for them or
not, certainly does not deprive those
who do not so invest Of anything at
all? He (Mr. S. may say, because
somewhat addicted to saying such
things, that we have courts of equity
and guardianship whose duty it is to
interfere when people become feeble
-...IoJ ,,I raA 10 d;cc;Dof;pn fbetr
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-07

From a few hundreds IN the way OF
membership, the Mormons have
grown in one generation to a body Of
100000 and are still growing more
rapidly than ever. The growth is
not of the offscourings of humanity,
but Of the best in the way Of intel
ligence and industry, whether native
or foreign born, any community i'll
which such people control, being full
ly abreast, in all desirable respects,
of any other of similar proportions
and opportunities in this whole earth,
and a long way ahead of the great
majority. Their growth and advance
ment has been the result of their own
labor, enterprise, hardihood and in
telligence, aided by faith, hope and
holding on. A belief in and practice of
tithe-paying have characterized their
career from the beginning, and their
growth has not been merely hat OF
the few, but Of all hands and the
cook. AS soon as they, or a number
of them, settle anywhere, it is dis
tinctly observable that they begin to
prosper, the surroundings change for
the better, the landscape rapidly i'm
proves, conditions grow less strenu-
Gus, and tithe-paying keeps steady
and unfailing pace with the general
forward march. Where there is n
Mormon who was a steady tithe-pay-
err who is a subject of charity, public
or private, there are 10000 who are
not, and of the 10000 at least a half
if not a decided majority are indie
pendent, while a percentage some
what above the average elsewhere
are wealthy. Perhaps Mr.. S. is not
familiar with p~omology, therefore ho
is asked as a logician, if it is not a
sound judgment to judge of a tree by
its fruits. Look at Utah now and
what it was when the objects of his
especial antagonism came here and
without government subsidies, adven-
titious aid or other visible means
than Drawn directed by brain and
sustained as aforesaid, started up
of the greatest reclamation systems
this land at least has ever known; it
is not said they accomplished all that
is in evidence now, but it will surely
be admitted that they helped at it,
their help coming at a time and in a
way for which there would never
have been anything else done-all the
while handing in their ten per cent TO
the general Golfers. Arc all these
splendid consummations the logical
or unnatural or any other result of
the worst graft in existcnce?" Do
craftsmen $50 to sneak), as a rule or
at all, use their pillage in such bene-
fcient ways?
Meantime, Bro. Schroeder is well
come to Elsinore, as much so as a
plundered, down-trodden and FORE
doomed people on their part can
make him.
ESSAY CAIGH.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-07

"'N
Schroeder's and his coadjutor's
views and tactics as to that matter
are as old as the Garden of Eden,
where their originator first made
himself known to the human family as
a dealer in choice eating apples. The
dealer and the business have both
maintained an existence through all
the intervening ages. Now and then
al exemplar of organic chaos more
crafty, cunning and active than the
rest has commanded special attention
and been able to hand his name along
down the procession; but what did
either of them ever accomplish that
was helpful and enduringly good?
Their fame is much like that of the
youth who fired the Ephesian dome;
it consists not in what they have
done but in the enduring of what
others have done and enjoyed. Re-
ligious blief and practices, properly
considered, are the only real pleasure
in life, because nevcr-ceasing and
leaving no trail of tribulation or re-
greet in their wake. OF very many
they are the only %solace, and Of a
much greater number the chief one
in life-comforters in distress, assu-
ayers of sorrow, an unfailing hope
when all things else dwindle and
disappear-and yet these disturbers
of the peace, these managers of high
and holy purpose, these would-be
despots would Danish that inestim-
able boon from our race and give in
it's place-what? Hatred of holiness,
disintergration of the human heart,
defilement of the temple wherein
Love is the high priest, the immola-
ton Of sacred faith upon the black
alter of endless death!
Schroeder, apart from the forego-
ing, is busily engaged in sitting on
the Spaulding egg, and as usual is I'M
daunted by the failure which has at
tended the sturdy and persistent eff
forts of others to incubatc the rotten
things, in which he suggests a frag-
ment Of history. 1t has at various
times, chiefly during the latter part
Of the nineteenth century, occurred
to a few people who had an i%nclina-
ton that way that the poetical works
Of William Shakespeare were not
written by him but by a contempor-
airy named Francis Bacon. Just what
satisfaction or profit the agitators
would have got from their efforts
even if successful, it is hard to figure
out; it might have been the case that
they were like many other alleged
humans before and since-unable to
be comfortable unless they are cut
ting holes in some saints vestments
or throwing mud balls at some hero's
statue. The writer knows a man
who some twenty years ago., was as
far gone on the Bacon humbug as
Bro. Schroeder appears to be on the
other one, and he pursued his ignis
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-07

and we can hardly pick up a news
paper without seeing it wrung in in
some form before we lay it down.
There is something fetching in the
saying. 1t seems to build us I'D when
we use it. We feel that by its use
we place the stamp of b~roadness and
fairness upon our point of view, in a
word that we are Americans with all
that the name implies. There is a
question, however, whether we really
grasp the full meaning of the term,
or that we are merely voicing the full
sentiments of Our souls when we use
it.
How many people, just for
instance, if asked the question square
ly, would deny, and in strong terms,
while making the denial, that in a
matter of simple justice the true
color line wolld cut any figure with
their judgment or with their sympa-
thies. Yet coming down to bears
tax it certainly does have its influence
deny it as we may.
Just how much this influence had
to do with the denial of a commuta-
ton of sentence for the negro Day
who is to be shot to death the coming
week it is hard to say. Leaving out
of the question the justice of allow
ing the law to take it course in his
case, does it not seem a little strange
that the same board constituted near
ly as is the present one, did commute
the sentence of a man who in cold
blood shot down two street car men
when his object was robbery, and
not in the heat Of passion as was the
case of the negro. This is not an at
tempt to criticise the action of the
board of pardons in the Day case.
There can be no question but that the
fellow will get his just deserts. In
the light of the other case, the ques-
ton will not down; what would have
been the action of the board had he
been a white man and with friends
instead of being a negro and nearly
~friendless?
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-07

A public dispatch during the week
rave the intelligence that ex-senator
Davis the Octogenerian statesman
and multi millionaire and one time a
candidate for the vice-prcsidcncy of
the United States, was about to be
married and that the bride to be is a
young newspaper woman The family
of the old fellow it appears were all
cut up over the affair, through fear
that a portion of those precious mil
lions may, or will get away from
them. The old gentleman seems to
know a good thing when he sees it,
and with his usual ability to get what
he wants, succeeded. 1t is now in or
der for the ranks of the craft to be
invaded by numerous young women
in search for rich old husbands. The
experiment, however, is a dangerous
one and the best advice that can be
given under the circumstances is that
they pick out the old gentleman be-
fore hand, as the perofsh is not the
most N ling one by any means, and
in case the old gentleman does not
materialize the outcome is likely to
be disastrous.