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neither Of them is Democratic authority. One
Of them is that gentleman whose name is on
every lip and was once first in every Repub-
hcan heart. I do not know whether this is
still true since the panic came. I refer to
the President of the United States Mr.
Roosevelt says that we ought to have tariff
revision after the presidential election. IF
tariff revision is good thing, if certain Of
the schedules need altering, why wait until
after the election? If the people are suffer-
ing from wrongs and injustices, why postpone
relief? Surely it is no sufficient answer to
say, that to give relief from wrongs and in
justices may bring on "business disturb
ances." The President himself contends that
this is no good answer as far as the trusts
and the railroads are concerned
Let me inquire, in all sincerity and candor
why the same doctrine does not hold good
when it comes to giving relief from an unjust
tariff
But | promised to quote from another dis
tinguished Republican authority on the subject
as to when we ought to have tariff revision;
that authority is Republican statesman
hardly less distinguished than the President
himself, who is no less a person than the
Speaker of this House, who in the same speech
to his constituents, to which I have already re-
ferred, said we ought to have tariff revision
when we no longer had prosperity. On that
subject, the Speaker said:
"Tariff revision in time Of prosperity al
ways has halted and will always halt business
activity, production, and commerce. The
manufacturer will lessen his output, for he
fears to pile up his product unless there is
reasonable certainty of realizing it's cost and
q fair profit. The farmer halts in making
improvements and consumes less, because there
is shortened demand for his products. The
decrease in the wages of labor alone pending
revision would amount to many hundred mil
lion dollars Where there is confidence and
prosperity without precedent, there would be
doubt and destruction Of confidence.
III heartily endorse the platform lately
adopted by the Republicans of Indiana, which
in substance says that the Republican party
will revise the tariff when it will do more
good than harm to the masses Of the people"
The latter part Of this utterance smacks
of some delphic oracle, when the Speaker says
that the Republican party will revise the tar
if "when it will do more good than harm to
the majority of the people," 1t is my judg-
ment that If the Speaker is left to decide when
the time shall arrive that we might possibly
hope to see it twenty-four hours in advance
of judgment day. Still, after all, the propo-
sition of the Speaker was that the tariff ought
to be revised when hard times came, and
think it would be good thing for the coun-
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THE JEFFERS ONIAN.

cifc reason why the tariff ought to be revised
at once. It is an undoubted and pndeniable
fact that many large American manufacturers
are selling enormous quantities of their prod
ucts very much cheaper abroad than they are
at home. Two years ago the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr DalzelD said on this floor
that only per cent of the steel output, for
instance, was sold to the export trade at
lower price than it was sold at home. There
was considerable debate on this floor as to
whether American manufacturers we're selling
cheaper abroad than at home. The gentle
man from Iowa mr.. Hepburn, as remember
it, took one horn Of the dilemma and denied
the allegation that there was a difference in
the two prices; the gentleman from Pennsyl
vanfa (Mr. DalzelD took the other horn Of
the dilemma. He confessed and avoided. He
said that it was good thing, because, other
wise, American labor would have been out
Of employment. He said there was very little
Of it anyhow, and that it was necessary in or
der to keep American labor from going home
to a hungry and foodless family. In support
Of his contention he cited the testimony of
Judge E. Fl. Gary, chairman of the board of
directors of the United States Steel Corpora
ton, delivered before the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries, on April IL, 1906
l invite the attention of the House, and of
the country, to this colloquy between Judge
Gary and Mr.. Spight, of Mississippi, men,
Der of that committee
81 would like to ask this question: said
Representative Spight: Has your company
ever delivered your product in foreign yards
at a cheaper rate than you sell to the domestic
customers at your mills?'
"The United States Steel Corporation is not
an operating company" replied Judge Gary,
"But I suppose you refer to our subsidiary
companies. I have already stated that we
have sold some of our products for export at
certain prices, but those prices were f. o. b. the
mill, and we have never delivered our products
abroad for less than the cost to the domestic
consumer at our mill. -
Now, in opposition to that statement of
Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
DalzelD to an article from the New York
Commercial on January 2, 1908. This paper
is considered to be one Of the greatest COM
mercial papers in the country, and it's utter
ances are generally accepted as high authority
on matters industrial, commercial and fnan-
cial. In the course of the article to which I
made from the Industrial World, an iron and
steel publication, of Pittsburg, Pa, which is
not suspected Of having any Democratic ten
denotes. The article reads as follows:
Independent makers Of tin plate and
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and sheets are chatting because they are un-
able to get steel bars at a price in keeping
with prevailing conditions.
advocates Of lower duties are using the
recent sale as argument against the high
tariff which enables the United States Steel
Corporation to hold up the American steel
makers for 500 ton, while the same product
is laid down at Swansea for $21.98. The cost
of transportation to Wales is about $40 per
ton, so that the actual price received f. o. b.
Pittsburg, is $3.50, against 500 quoted to
the consumers in the Pittsburg district"
The Industrial World, iron and steel
publication in this city, which was founded
for the purpose Of maintaining the high tariff,
in an editorial condemning the transaction,
says.
''Viewed from any conceivable standpoint
these transactions deserve the severest con-
demnation' What does most to discredit the
protective tariff system, what does most to
unsettle the confidence of American consum-
in the maintenance of the prices on all
steel products, what does most to expose the
sham in the claims made as to casts of iron
and steel production, what does most to show
that International price and agreements are
likely to become universal, is the dumping of
steel in foreign markets at prices enormously
lower than the domestic rates. Nothing ca
do more to discredit the protective tariff
tenn than such operations The tariff on ST.
material is high, yet it is only $3.50. Did
the Steel Corporation tie the foreign powers
up tight, and did not the latter know that if
they resold, their shipments would be stopped
very promptly? They could ship these bars
to the United States at profit after paying
transportation charges. The cheap plea of
keeping mills going and employing labor
through these exports is an insult to the in
telligence of the American public. How much
more employment would be created if tbs
domestic prices were reduced to half a
much9'
Surely the gentleman from Pennsylvani
will not contend that either one of these newE
papers has manufactured statements in G
der to help the Democrats or to hurt the r
publicans. I do not believe that he will,
can, dispute the facts stated in that article
When-no, I will not say thieves, but hi
protectionists fall not, then honest men m
hope to get their dues. daughter and al
plause.) The gentleman from Pennsylvani &
said on the floor of this House two years agH
that we had to sell to the export trade at 3
smaller price in order to keep American labos
employed.
Mr. Chairman: The time of the gentleman
has expired.
Mr., CLARK of Missouri v;oId +o tho oan
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
DERELICT SCHOONER
Which is Bound for the Port Of Miss
ing Ships.

Somewhere out on tho Atlantic.
breasting wintry seas and with some
OF her canvas set, is the four-masted
schooner Edward j. Berwind, aban-
doned and beating up the tracks for
the Port OF Missing Ships.
She was sighted at sea on Febru-
ary Z. by Captain Scott, OF the steam
er Maravel, now in New York, from
Granada.
The schooner's decks were awash,
and there was evidence that the crew
had left in haste. 1t is possible that
they were picked up by passing craft
When sighted the schooner was
about 40 miles east of Charleston,
S. c., and although water-logged. was
making about two knots and heading
away from the shore.
Her storm foresail was set and the
mizzen under two reefs. Her head
sails had been carried away, and the
spanker was in ribbons. Towing
was not feasible on account OF the
rough weather.
The Berwind Is likely to prove an
ugly menace for navigation for she
is under fair headway and running
through the nights without a light
displayed.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
FAKE WHISkEY FIRMS
Whiskey Was Bought From Houses
That Never Has Existed.

Remarkable Testimony az to Disu>n-
sary Creditors Brought Out Mt the
Hearing i'm Columbia On Thursday,
| 1t having been established before
the dispensary commission that the
address given as headquarters of the
alleged liquor firm of Belair Distill-
Ing Company is in fashionable res
idence of Baltimore, it was brought
out at the hearing Thursday that the
address given at the Washington
branch of the Belair concern was the
same address of Richard G Co., 4SO
Pennsylvania avenue.
| From letter heads of both con-
Germs 1t was shown that J. s. Richard
member OF the firm of Richard G.
Co, was also president of the Belair
concern, and then it was shown that
Richard is a brother-in-law of M.
Nj. Goodman, the agent Of Ullman &c
Co., who is now under bond on
charges of conspiracy to defraud the
State.
The Belair Company. it appeared,
began to do business with the dis
pensary after 1905. when Ullman &
Co. were put on the blacklist by the
Hay committee. 1t was then stated
| by Mr.. Fielder that Goodman had put
in bids for Ullman & Co., the Anchor
| Distilling Company, Strauss & Co.,
| Richard & Co, the Commonwealth
| Distilling Company and the Belair
Distilling Company, all of which got
suciness from the dispensary, and all
OF which according to Mr. Fielder, be-
longed to the "Ullman family" 1t
was shown that Goodman in 1908
had put in bid as president Of the
Commonwealth Company, though in
his recent testimony he said he left
the Commonwealth Company before
that year. The old dispensary law
prohibited one concern putting in
more than one bid.
The commission passed a judgment
finding that on account OF overcharg-
es the Belair concern was indebted to
the State In the sum of $10,492 to
which is to be applied the amount
of tho claim, $6,3S6.41. But If the
bcldlT concern Is Idk6 concern
what is the judgment worth? To
show that IL is a fake concern, Eel
der said no record of its charter
could be found in any State; there
was no response to a notice sent by
registered mail no one had appeared
for the concern and the house could
not be found in Baltimore by a col
lection agency. During the investi-
CATION Mr.. Lyon suspected that the
Belair concern was 9. protego of
Fleischman & Co. He was on the
track. but did not get the game.
Evidence was also produced to
show that j. w. Kelly & Co., and
King & Co.. both of Chattanooga,
was one and the same concern and
both had put in bids on Silver Spring
corn liquor at prices 20 per cent.
higher than Kelly & Co. had charg-
ed other customers outside the State.
The claim of King & Co. amounts to
$685..
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
CYCLONE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Six People Killed and Three Smsll
Towns Demolished.

A dispatch from Meridian says
small towns were practically demol-
ished by a tornado Friday. Reports
of the number of the killed range
from six to ten, with the smaller
number probably correct.
Mossville. Service and $3.50 are the
towns destroyed. They are all in
Jones County and all are very small
being merely handful OF scattered
dwellings.
The tornado struck them about
noon, and in most instances is report
ed to have carried buildings In Its
path completely off the lots on which
they stood. Nearby fields were GOV.
cred with wreckage, and the branches
of several trees were Uttered with
small household articles.
l.. S. Morrison, a resident OF Moss.
Vile, said that he was out of doors
during the blow and was compelled
to grasp wire fence to keep from
being blown away. He said the dead
at Mossville are Alexander Windhan
and wife, negroes.
Near the town he said four white
persons had been killed, a man anC
his wife and their two children
whose names he did not learn. The
seriously injured at Mossville are
w. Robinson, Mr.. and Mrs VIM
Campbell and Minnie Campbell.
Near Service one child of Ike HoI
loway is reported dead and also al
unknown negro. The tornado wa.
accompanied by torrent of rain
which caused a sudden rise In tht
creeks and washed away severa
bridges.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
FUsILADE OF sNOWBALLS
Causes the Death of an Old Man in
New York.

In New York on Wednesday boys
returning from school snowballed an
old man who tottered along Green
wich street. He sank down on the
steps of an old house beneath a fus-
ilade of snowballs. His tormentors
we're preparing more missiles when
policeman appeared and it was
learned that the man was dead. He
was recognized as Thomas Thomas,
once a wealthy man of good family
whose fortune was swept away years
ago
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
MANY KILLED
And Much Property Destroyed by
a Destructive Cyclone.
SWEEPS TEXAS TOWN

Two Known to Be Dead and Many
Fatalities Are Feared-.Buildings
Flattened and Wire Lines Prostrat-
ed-Tornado Visits Mississippi Wip-
ing Out Three Towns, Destroying
Life and Property in Many Places.
Tyler, Texas, was swept by the
most disastrous tornado H. its history
before daylight Friday. Coming
from the southwest. the storm swept
over the main residence quarter of
the city, leaving trail of death and
devastation.
The known dead are c. A. Francis.
agent of the Dallas News, and his
wife and baby and a negro, Nose
Lee
dred yards from his wrecked home
The body of his child was found in
the street. Mrs. Francis was in tho
wreckage of the building.
Six seriously injured persons are
reported. They are Irwin Franklin
and his wife and four children. One
of the children may die. The Frank
Inns were caught in the wreckage of
their home.
Wires are down in all directions
from Tyler. but reports from far
mers are that farm houses along the
lines were blown down. 1t is i'm
possible to ascertain the loss of life
in rural regions, but 1t is known the
tornado swept everything clean for
a distance of five miles.
Three miles from the town tho
wind demolished the home OF Irwin
Franklin, severely woundins Franklin
and his wife and four children. The
tornado tore q path through Tyler
100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone
and electric light poles were laid nat
in the storms path. while great dam
age was done in other parts OF the
city.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
MANY VICTIMS
OF Hydrophobia Being Treated in
New York City.

The New York health authorities
admit that there are at least fifty
cases of hydrophobia being treated
in New York There has been an
unusual number of cases of this dis
ease in the city for the last two years
and while just at present there seems
to be a smaller number than usual
since the outbreak Of the epidemic,
there are many more cases than were
known at any time previous to the
epidemic which has been on for two
years
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
WAS NOT REPEALED.
The Senate Voted to Repeat Leln
Law and Then Changed,
The Senate Declines to Follow the
House and Kills the Richards Lien
Law Bill

House and Kills the Richards Lien
Law Bill.
The State Senate by a vote of ten
TO seventeen passed a bill on We'd
nsday repeating the lien law. The
following was the vote:
Against repeal: Bass, Bates. Biv-
ems, Black. Clifton, Graydon, Holi-
day, Laney. Otis. Smith-1O.
For repeal: Applet, Brooks. Car
penter, Christensen. Crouch. Earle.
Ehrd, Gibson. Hardin, Harvey. John
son, Kelley, Mauldin, McKeithan.
Rogers Raysor. Toole-17.
The Hydrich bill. prohibiting the
mortgaging of crops until they were
up, was then taken up and killed by
vote of 16 to IT. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Mcleod giving the deciding
vote against tho bill.
Tho Lien Law Stands.
On Thursday the State Senate
killed the richards Lein law bill
having first voted down all amend
ments to carry out the provisions of
the Hydrick House bill, which was
Killed by the Senate Thursday. The
Crouch Senate bill similar to the
Richards bill has also been killed.
Thus the Senate declines to follow
the House with result that the session
will close with absolutely no change
in the present law.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
ACCIDENT ON A CRUISER.
The st. Louis Enters San Francisco
After an Explosion.

a dispatch from San Francisco
says the big cruiser st. Louis went
out through the Golden Gate leaving
in her wake a hospital ward full OF
scalded and burned sailors and signs
of a rigid governmental Investigation
which may explain why a warship,
fresh from dry dock and the work OF
repairing, could have an almost fata'
accident in her boiler room on the
eve of target practice. Just as she
was about to leave the harbor, some
Of the boiler tubes blew out, filling
the engine room with a cloud oi
steam and scalding terribly four OF
the men who were at work there.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
KILLED IN WRECK.
Misunderstanding of Signals Caused
the Death of Two.

In head-on collision between the
cherry tree accommodation train
and a freight train on the Cresson
and Clearfield division. about mile
and a half from Cresson. Pa, two
were fatally injured. six were slight
ly hurt, three locomotives were de
molished and two baggage cars and
four loaded steel cars were wrecked
A misunderstanding of signals. 1t is
said, was responsible for the acci
dent.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
FORAKER BEATEN IN OHIO.
Roosevelt's Man Friday Cleans Him
Up All Over State.

The net result of the Republican
primaries held throughout Ohio was
for VIM. II. Taft. Four delegates
at large and 22 district delegates to
the National Convention in Chicago
and delegate to the State Conven-
lion to be held March 8, which will
be unanimously in his favor. were
elected. Actual voting for delegates
20 the State Convention was carried
IN in but thirty-five out of the total
IF S8 counties in the State. The
Taft delegates in 80 counties having
no opposition. their name were sim
ply certified as having been elected
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
INFIRMARY BILL PASSED.
House Endorses Brooks Measure and
Sends il on To Governor.

In the House Tuesday night Mr..
Yeldell called up the bill Of Senator
Brooks to establish an infirmary for
Confederate veterans, the bill having
been passed over on third reading
Tusday morning. The fight which
was made on the bill on second read
ing was at once renewed when Mr..
Sellers moved to recommit the bill.
and the ayes and noes were called
and by vote of Al to SO the motion
was lost. The bill was then passed
AS the bill has already passed the
Senate it becomes a law upon the
signature of the Governor. The bill
carries an appropriation OF $4,000
to establish an infirmary on the Wal
lace land adjoining the State Hospi-
tai for the Insane. A commission to
manage the institution is to be ap-
DOinted
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
Mysterious Shooting.

Frank Brettrell, a young real es-
tate operator, was shot and killed in
the apartments OF his sister in the
ST. George hotel. Brooklyn. under
circumstances which have caused the
police and Coroner Brewer to insti-
.tute the strickest investigation.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
YOVNG MAN SLAIN.
There Was No Immediate PrOvOca-
ton, But Old Grudge.

A. ]. Cline, young lumber deal
er, formerly of Bristol, Va. was shot
and instantly killed by Luke Ban
ner. sixty years old and a wealthy
merchant at Banner Elk. N. C.. There
was no immediate provocation for
the killing. but. it is said, was the
result of an old grudge. Cline. 1t is
alleged, was shot down without warn
ing. Banner escaped on horseback,
and is still at large. though he was
seen later near Montezuma heavily
armed and fleeing. A posse is in
pursuit.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
STEPPED ON LIVE WIRE.
And Both Horse and Lad Were In
stantly Killed.

AT Thompson, Ga, Willie Richards
the eighteen year old son of John H.
Richards OF that county. was kill
ed in most. horrible manner Thurs
day afternoon. The electric wire
leading from the electric plant to the
Smith Manufacturing Company fell
to the ground, and was stiil on the
ground when young Richards came
up the road, and the horses feet
struck the live wire. killing both the
horse and rider instantly.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
MADE A GOOD HAUL.
Five Cracksmcn Rob Missouri Bank
OF Big Sum.

At Richhill Mo, robbers dynamited
the Farmers and Mechanics bank at
1890 o'clock Saturday morning. de-
molishing the building and entering
the vaults which they looted of $23.-
900. There were five Of the bandits.
When last seen they were riding
north at breakneck speed. Citizens
of the town heard the terrific explo-
sion and hurried to the scene. When
they saw the bank in ruins a posse
was Immediately organized and pur-
suit started at once.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
SAME OLD STORY.
Nino Men Killed in n Mine Eyplo-
sion in Kentucky.

Nine men are dead and one in q
dying condition as the result of an
explosion of gas In the White Wine
At South Carolton three miles north
of Central. Ky. Ten men were at
work in a shaft 180 feet deep in a
room apart from the rest of the mine
and three more were in different
part of the mine. Suddenly they
heard a terrific explosion and all
we're hurled to the ground. Recov-
ring. they rushed to the rescue of
their ccmpG MONS, only to find the
room filed with fallen coal, and t.
hear the cries of the dying
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
Six Burned TO Death,

Lawrence Haake's wife and six
children. ranging from new born
infant to girl OF 13 years of age,
were burned to death Wednesday in
.heir shack at New Liskard, north OF
Cobalt, Canada. .
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20
POOR, YET RICH.
\ Wealthy Man Dies in Hovel With
Si5O,OOO.

John Mcmillan. aged Sc, died in a
hovel on the outskirts of Chattan-
ooga, Tenn. Thursday. For years he
lived in apparent poverty. After his
death it was discovered that he was
worth $150.0O0, which he carried
with him in a basket. =
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20

MIR. L.. w. Parker Swears That 8 r
Lanahan Told Him That He Had
Employed Senator Blease to Re
present His Firm Before the State
Board or Control.--Blcase Read an
Affidavit from Lanahan DENYING II.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-02-20

As n Witness, Where He Had Been
Summoned by tho Attorney-Gener-
al to Give His Reasons for Assert
ing That the Attorney General Has
Been Trying to Convict i'm Dispen-
sary Cases with Bought Testimony.
Arizona republican., 1908-12-01
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