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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
Tribute Levied on Consumer.

The consumer pays SO much tax to
the protected tariff baron as the baron
secures by right of spoliation under
the tariff. The consumer cannot bene-
fit.
United States concerns make steel
for less cost than the manufacturers
of any other country in the world.
Yet the consumers of any other coun-
try can buy American steel for the
lowest prices, while steel users in this
country pay the highest.
The high tariff cannot increase the
wages of labor. Germany, France,
Spain and China are all high tariff
countries. Why is not labor in those
countries paid as good wages as here?
Manipulating the law of value to le-
gallze plumber is a losing game. Pa
ternalistic protection to a preferred
class destroys the rights of the citi-
zen. And high tariff is the means to
that end. One of these days the
American people will discover it, and
high tariff will be banished forever.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
The Thirty-Nine Indignant Thieves.

If n of the famous Forty Thieves
had suddenly reformed and announced
his intention of applying for an injunc-
ton to restrain the other 80 from ply
ing their %larcenous trade the conster-
nation would be something like that in
the ranks of the specially privileged
since Mr.. Carnegie began to talk free
trade or something like it.
The feeling among his comrades is
one of disappointment and resentment.
He's got his" is their choral ode.
Now he wants to prevent us from get
ting ours" In polite society the cry
would be treason" and traitor" 1t
is expected that the Democrats will
cry for tariff reduction. They are out
siders with outre ideas, overcome by
sentimentalism, incapable of appreci'
ating the stern and practical things Of
business and Of life.
But Carnegie is a canny Scot, a
rich man among the rich men of the
world. He has been the unblushing
beneficiary of a tariff since steel SUI
perseded iron. That he should turn
against his fellows, and, with some
thing like $500, 600, 900 tucked safely
away, enter the forum of ~unselfish
economy and cry for fair play-it is
too much. 1t is no wonder that the
other "39" are indignant, hurt and re-
nrOachful.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
TARIFF BARONS PLUMBER WEST.
Farmer and Workingman the Chief
Victims of Extortion.

The ways and means committee Of
congress is revising the tariff. This
Is the beginning. Washington dis
patches warn us Of the ending.
This committee consists of the most
ardent standpatters in congress-,
headed by that high priest of protec-
ton, Serene Payne. 1t is hearing
'evidence," and on that evidence it
will recommend tariff changes. Some
time within the next two years con-
gress will talk a good deal and adopt
those recommendations.
Everyone will be excited over the
revision of the tariff, but the excite
ment will be quite needless. Long be-
fore the revision gets into the house
1T will have been decided upon by the
ways and means committee.
Dispatches tell how manufacturers
are furnishing evidence hat the tar
IN needs to be increased instead of de-
creased. 1t warns us that schedules
are likely to be raised rather than
lowered. The same old game is being
played, and, as usual, the public will
pay the piper.
The consumer is not represented be-
fore the committee. No one is put
ting on record the robberies which
eastern tariff barons have perpetrated
upon the toiling west. The hearing
will close without any great demand
for reduction of duties. The ways
and can committee will state to
congress that all the evidence is in
favor of higher tariff, and up will go
the tariff.
The working west will keep right
on producing millions for the tariff
barons of the east. The administra-
ton will keep on giving us b%illion-dol-
lar congresses in order that immense
expenditures may argue for high tar
if. And the western farmer and
workingman will foot the bill.
This is the true meaning of Taft
tariff revision.-Chicago Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19

is taken into consideration by some persons. The
young man, probably, was sorry for the abrupt
termination Of his friendship with the young lady,
but perhaps it was for the best. That was his
version of it, anyhow.
Most English speaking nations celebrate Christ
mastide just as we Americans do, but each has its
little self-made variation. In Italy they celebrate
with a grand dance, as a rule, and they take great
pains to be attired in gaudy raiment. The Danish
are very deliberate about their Christmas festlvl-
ties and great fetes and gifts are the order of the
day. The Swiss are fervent in their worship of
the Saviour on that day and the little children
dressed for gala affairs parade the streets in Or
der that their parents may look at them and COM
pare them with the kids next door"
Many persons who have read much history and
who have been able to persuade themselves that
the present century is all wrong as to the date
of the birth of Christ, are s~keptical as to whether
we should observe the sacred day when we do.
Estimates as to when Christ was born extend
clear from June to January 26.
Prior to the fourth century Christmas was not
observed on December Is. for there was no period
of uniformity in observing the day among the
early churches. The s~keptical persons who have
studied the thing from end to end say that on
December % it rained in Judea and then attention
is called to the Biblical statement that shepherds
were watching their focks when Christ was born.
Now how could they watch their focks when it
was raining? is the argument of the unbelievers
that December 25 is the correct day Of feast.
One person who is not skeptical declared that
perhaps they didn't have sense enough to come in
out of the rain in those days. But of course that
is no argument. The chances are the calendars
have been changed so much that the original
December Is, if hunted down, would be found
flirting with May /. OF course the correct day
upon which to worship has much to do with the
feeling of Christians in the matter, but at the
same time, if the event is properly observed the
time of observance Is but a detail.
Many good churchmen who seldom attend
church on Sundays find Christmas an excellent
day to attend church because it only falls on Sun
day once in seven years and it doesn't break in
on their weekly holiday morning nap.
Millions of dollars are spent every year in every
country of the globe for presents. It is declared
ia mercantile circles that the United States in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
Long a Temperance Worker.

Mother Stewart, who died recently, was "a
wears old. She devoted her life to the temperance
canse. Mrs. Stewart established the first W.. G. T.
IT. in Ohio at Osborn in 1873. In 1876 she visited
England and organized the first w. c. T. U. in that
country. Following the civil war she lectured ex-
tensively in the southern states on behalf of the
war sufferers.
Five years ago Mother" Stewart became inter
ested in the teaching Of Alexander Dowie and
visited Zion City where she remained one year.
since which time she lived with friends at Hicks
vile. Until five years ago she resided in Spring
field, o., where she led in many temperance cru
sades. Scarcely a woman in America could boast
of the praise from pulpit and press like Mother"
Stewart.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
7REE M6 CHILD .NQNZ@ IN R9RW
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Christmastide axioms of that kind which are used
and misused toward the end Of the year. That
first saving has been cleverly shifted about In
this manner: 1T is not the gift, but the price
which the giver putteth into the gift"
The proper Christmas spirit as told from the
nulnit is far from that which many follow out in
selecting presents. Mother countries exhibit less
interest in costly gifts than does America. Travel
o.. in countries of the old world have been sur
prised at the great number of Christmas presents
which are home-manufactured. Several weeks be-
fore the glad event, the families sit themselves
down in their rooms and start, secretly, work upon
the Christmas gifts. In the country districts OF GER
tain parts of America this custom is still retained.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
The Tariff and the Farmer,

How does the tariff help the farmer?
Not one thing that he has to sell is
protected-even his wool being con.
trolled by a wool trust which de-
presses prices. On the other hand.
everything he buys is heavily taxed.
In view of all this, We are not SO sure
that the farmer vote is as solid as it is
supposed to be for the party of protec.
ton. The farmer reads the papers.
and he is in close touch with the
great world through telephones, the
rural delivery and the interurban
railroad. He knows what is going on
as the letter of our friend very clearly
proves. High prices which he does
not get. do not help him. And Ger.
tainly the high prices which he has
to pay do not.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
Holding Him to the Record.

President-ele0t Taft now says that
the extra congress session to consider
tariff revision will be called "as soon
after inauguration as would be rea.
sonable." But the Republican platform
promised a special tariff session i'm.
m~ediately following the inauguration
of the next president" There is quite
d difference in the apparent meaning
of these two assurances. Is Judge
Taft already beginning to hedge in the
matter7
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
Sees Great Future For Siberia.

More than 100000 persons emigrated from Eu
ropean Russia to Siberia in 1907. Vice-Cossu Chan
Ter of Dalny reports, and of this record-breaking
number fewer than ever before returned to their
homes. Every colonist arriving in Siberia receives
81 acres of land free, paying no taxes the first
three years and only half the regular taxes the next
three.
Siberia imports $4,000, 900 worth of goods by
caravan from China annually, almost entirely tea,
while Siberia exports to China only $750,000 worth
Of articles annually, and many Of these originate In
European Russia.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19
Patience of the West Strained.

y There are two kinds of revolution
against unjust taxation. One is the
kind our forefathers inaugurated in
Boston harbor. The other is a peace
full revolution of ballots, more in &C
cord with the modern American spirit.
That is why many prominent Repub-
lican organs are warning the stand
patters that a Democratic congress in
1910 is the inevitable penalty Of fur
Their trifiing with the demands of the
west.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19

HHNNO SoLhC 10
the uncertainty attending the possibility of the
woman being ~dislodged and second, the uncertain
ty as to whether the less favored Of the family
circle will draw any presents from the treasure
store beneath the skirts of the woman.
Christmas, of course, is observed only in Chris
tian countries, but some heather, in fact, nearly
all of them, have one day or another on which
to receive and send presents to their friends and
others who are not friends. In countries ruled
by absolute monarchies, the rulers are sometimes
afraid to open their gift receptacles for the rea-
son that oftentimes reasonable persons inclose
fancy little bombs not marked in the invoice. Of
course such undesirable persons do not have any
more C~hristmases to celebrate, affairs being ar
ranged in that manner if they are caught.
While the Christmas idea is practically the
same in most countries of the globe which OBJ
serve the day, there is a great variety of presents
and a certain nations desire for gifts made in
wide variance to that which the next door neigh
Dor believes in. Germans as a rule give the chill
dren presents, most of which are made in this
country, while Americans are always particular
about buying the babies toys marked made in
ermany."
A Frenchman told a clever little story at a
Christmas banquet in Paris a year ago, which ran
along on that line. He was enamoured with a
beautiful young lady whose home was on Rue de
Boulevarde. She was of artistic taste, so he stud
led her desire in painting creations for three
weeks before Christmas. At last he came to the
conclusion that probably an oil painting by a
noted French artist might please her. He took
special pains to hunt out a store where he might
procure one. He did and put several weeks
salary into the gift.
He had it delivered Christmas morning and re-
ceived a cordial note of thanks from the young
lady, who unfortunately had not thought to pur-
chase anything for him. This, of course, was en-
barrassing to both parties, but that evening while
fondling the creation in his presence she hap
pened to scan the back Of the portrait. It said:
"Made in Hoboken, N. j." She was in the midst
of thanks and an embarrassing explanation OF
why she hadn't sent him a present, when she
noticed the birthmark of the oil painting. She
STONED. and they haven't spoken to each other
since. according to the story.
All of which goes to show that the value OF a
Gift more than the spirit which thr Fiver exhibits
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19

Any change in the tariff schedules,
Speaker Cannon said in Chicago,
would disturb business. 1t certainly
would disturb the business of the men
who ale getting more than their share
under cover of the tariff. But 1t
wouldn't disturb a bit the vast ma
jority, whom they are holding up
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19

proportion 10 population is the biggest
national distributor of gifts.
There are many concerns in Ger
many, England and France which con
fine themselves exclusively to the manu-
facture of gifts such as are exchanged
only during the celebration Of the
birth of Christ. Besides being a holi-
day which should be devoted to worship
of Jesus Christ, it is a day which is
looked forward to by merchants as a
big source of profit.
In other countries. as in America,
there are many small Christmas TRACE
dies enacted because of The dislike
which some folks take to gifts and be-
cause of the thoughtlessness of others
in emitting some of their friends. Some
make it a rule, and advertise it well.
that tGey have decided to confne gifts
to the immediate family circle, so that
none will take offense if they receive
no gifts from their hitherto cherished
friends. Of course the one who are
notified of the change in the routine
are careful to scratch off the names OF
the friends who have eliminated them
so that when Christmas comes there is
no needless embarrassment.
The poets once sang: "It is not the
gift, but the spirit of the giver," and
also Don't loo a gift horse in the
z.b, Thoro ORC dO7oDc of little
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19

festive occasion. People begin buy
ing presents a week before; they pre-
sent them Christmas morning and the
next day return to work, the entire
affair forgotten until the following
brings the season around again.
Not SO in the countries across the
water. They observe every tradition
in the mother lands; they plan for
weeks and the festivities which mark
the birth of Jesus Christ are carried
on for a week or more. The Christ
mas tree in Germany is allowed to
remain decorated far into the next
year., extending over a period of sew
eral months.
Unique ceremonies grace the Danish,
French, Swiss and Scotch Christmas
celebrations and that which the Teu-
tons foster have been handed down
from ages. In Mexico one of the treas
ured customs is the breaking of the
Pinata, a tradition being connected
with the little ceremony which ushers
in Christmas day. A queerly con-
structed effigy of a woman is hung
up in a corner of a room and a child
blindfolded, armed with 2 stick, pro-
ceeds to dislodge the old woman from
her position close to the ceiling. When
the feat is accomplished the presents
contained under the covering of the
dress of the figure are distributed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-12-19

F AN American, who
had not seen much
Of the world, should
awake on Christmas
morn while a German,
French, English, Ital-
ian, Swiss or Danish
Christmas celebration
was in progress in his
vicinity, he would mag
inc himself within the
exclusive confines of a
home for the mentally
incompetent.
The American Christ
mas is a matter-Of-fact
The Yale expositor., 1908-12-18
MORTGAGE SALE

Default having been made In the conditions OF
a certain mort age bearing date the nth day OF
July. A. D., laOO. made and executed by Hie b.
Bu keridge and Louisa V. Buckeridge. his wife,
To the Lambton Loan 4 Investment Company, a
corporation OF Sarnia, Ont, which said mort
gage was recorded In the office of the Register
of Deeds for the county of ST. Clair, on the 18th
day of July, A. d., 1900 In Liber SO of Mortgages
on Page 54S, upon which said mortgage there Is
claimed to be due at the date hereof eight hun
cred forty and twenty-five one-hundredth
Il Jllars (Ss4l.22) and no suit or proceeding haY
ing been Instituted at law or In equity to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof; therefore
Notice Is hereby given that the premises de-
scrbed in said mortgage will be sold at public
auction at the front door of the Court House In
the city of Port Huron, that being the place
wherein is holden the circuit court( on the 23rd
day OF January, 1909, at nine O'Clock In the fore
n,On OF said day. to satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage, together with interest and costs
OF foreclosure. including attorney fee OF thirty
tive dollars (SS5.0O) provided for In said mort
gage.
The premises described In said mortgage and
10 he sold. are as follows:-Lot three (O east OF
Huron street. and lot seven 90 west of Mer'
chant street. all in Thorn's Plat of part of the
city OF Port Huron, county Of st. Clair and state
of Michigan.
LAMBTON LOAN 4 INVESTMENT CO.,
PHILLIPS 4 jerks, Mortgagee.
Dated October p. 1905. 2s-iS
The Yale expositor., 1908-12-18
ORDER

! STATE OF MICHIGAN
In the Probate Court for the County of st.
Clair
At a session of said Court held at the Probate
Ollice in the City of Port Huron, In said County.
ca the 18th day of December, A. ID. 1913.
Present, Hon. stephen A. Graham, Judge of
/ obate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Margaret Me
kinney, deceased George Mcintyre having
I ed with this court his final administration ac-
cunt as Administrator of said estate together
with petition praying that the said account be
allowed, the administrator discharged, the
estate closed, the heirs determined and the
residue of the said Cs ate assigned to the persons
entitled thereto.
II is ordered That Monday. the 18th day of
i inuary next at 900 o'clock In the forenoon. at
lid Probate Office, be appointed for hearing
thereof
And it is Further Ordered that "A copy of this
order be published three success We weeks prev
ilus TO said day Of hearing in the Yale EXpoSi.
I n. u newspaper printed and circulating in said
Ounty o! 1t. lair.
& , true copy STEPHEN A. GPAHAM.
Geo. l.. Brown Judge of Probate
Probate Register. 3r4
j. A. RAPLEl, Attorney for Petitoner.
The Yale expositor., 1908-12-18
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the conditions of
a certain mortgage bearing date the attn day OF
January, 1898, made and executed by Hiel b..
Ruckerldge and Louisa V. Buckeridge. his wife,
[ Wary II. Tretheway. and Richard J.Tretheway
Executors of the Estate of X. Tretheway. deceas-
(which said mortgage was recorded In the office
OF the Register OF Deeds for the county OF st CAR
on the 9th day of January 1898 in Liber 81 OF Mort
cages, on Page 80, and which said mortgage was
thereafter and on the 2Sth day of November, A.
-. 1899, duly assigned by the said Mary III.
1retheway and Richard j. Tretheway, eXecu-
tors as aforesaid to the Lambton Loan 4 In
VcStment Company, corporation. OF Sarnia,
Ontario, said assignment being recorded IN the
Office of the Register of Deeds for the county OF
St Clair. on the 10Th day of November, 1899, in
Iiber 10 of Assignments, on Page 10; upon
which mortgage there is claimed to be due at
the date hereof, the sum of five hundred thirty
n'ne and seventytwo one-hundredths dollars
tSI3972) and no suit or proceeding having been
instituted at law or In equity TO recover the debt
secured thereby, or any part thereof; therefore
Notice is hereby given that the premises de-
: rlbed in said mortgage will be sold at public
auction at the front door of the Court House in
the city of Port Huron that being the place
wherein is holden the Circuit Court on the 3Oth
Il ~ of January, 1909 at nine O'Clock In the fore
noon, to satisfy the amount due on said mort
gage together with interest and the costs OF
1 reclosure, and including an attorney fee of
forty dollars $40 00J provided for in said mort
gage
The premises to be sold and described in said
mortgage are as follows Lots one (l) and two
4, y in Block one hundred and forty u40) accord
ing TO Whites Plat of part of the ity OF Port
Huron, st Clair county, Michigan.
Assignee of Mortgages.
PHILLIPS 4 jerks,
Attorneys for Assignee of Mortgages.
Dated Oct. %, 1908. 29-l2
The Yale expositor., 1908-12-18
FARGO.

"Uncle Bills" idea of advertising is
the best we ever saw. In your issue of
last week that is certainly great
writeup. Il it not strange that a man
like Uncle Bill can go to the Klondike
and use extraordinary judgment in
gaining riches and how to use it to best
advantage, and still not know any bet
ter than to tire that poor niece Fannie
all out, until she tainted?
DR.. Jas. Watson, of Detroit, who is
convalescing from typhoid fever, Wis
tied his mother and Francis +. Watson
of this place for the past few days.
But on Monday he left for Canada to
visit other relatives.
Watson Twitchell, whose death was
spoken of last week, but with no par
ticulars, was killed in Chicago by a
railroad train.
Henry Zuelch, superintendent of the
Livingston Flax Co. here, visited the
other mills of the company at CrOs-
well, Deckerville, Brown City, and Pig
con, ending up with Yale last week.
Chas. McAuley aud wife returned
from Chicago Tuesday of last week.
Archie Knight was taken sick in
Chicago and has not returned yet.
His family and friends are anxious to
hear from him but no word as yet has
arrived as to his real condition.
The Yale expositor., 1908-12-18
FRIDAY, DEC. Is. 1908.
AID CHANGES.

ED. EILBER-R Robes, sleighbells, har-
ness, trunks, etc.
YALE SHOE Christmas slip.
pers.
j. |. ACKNOWLEDGMENT sale in gen.
tlemen's furnishings, mufllers, etc.
BEAvIs 81 HUTCHINSON Sale in la.
dies and misses coats.
ROUNDS HDw. Co.-Silverware and
Bissell Carpet Sweepers.
YALE Music Co. Special sale on pi-
amos, organs and musical mer-
chandise, Dec. 10 to "a, inclusive.
YALE BAZAAR-All kinds of Christ
mas goods, toys, notions, etc.
BALLENTINE DRY GooDs Co.-Special
sale of furs and linens.
LOTHIAN IL PALMER Adler's COLLECT.
an suits and overcoats, gentle
mems furnishings.
HAYES Il SHEEHY Ladies' furnish
ings, gloves, hosiery, neckwear.
GRANT HOLDEN superb line of jew
elry and Christmas gifts.
JOHN HUTTON-Silver ware, cut glass,
TaZors, etc.
POLLOCK a. HENNEsSY Everything in
the way of books, toilet sets, per
fumes, brushes, etc.
l.. Roy FULLER-Jew dishes, cut
glass ware, etc.
MATHEWS Il WIGHT Eastman ko-
oaks, typography outfits, leather
goods, etc.
NEWELL * Handkerchief
Dorothy Dodd shoes, etc.