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The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

NOT ALL WASTED.

A little while ago Miss Marjorie
Gould had looming out party" which.
the reports say. cost 100000. The or
chids alone are said to have cost $500.
All of this money was spent for one
evenings entertainment in order that
one young girl might come out" in a
style befitting the wealth and standing
pf the Gould family.
In some of our contemporaries We
have seen severe criticism Of the Gouids
for their reckless waste and extrava-
gance. as the creditors call 1t. in spend
ing a hundred thousand dollars on an
occasion of this sort. Well. there are
two sides to the matter and two ways
OF looking at 1t. To begin with, the
worst use to which money can be put
is to hoard II when 1t is not necessary
to do so. The man who can put by
something for the proverbial rainy
day does well. but when he locks UP
millions for which he has no need and
which can do neither himself nor any
one else any good, It is not well. 1t IL
a genuine dog-in- the-manger policy.
The man with plenty of money and
no desire to hoard 1t, can spend it in
two ways, aside from trade. Certainly,
IL he has more than he needs he can
use It in no better way than in doing
good. To give money for religious pur-
poses. for charity, for education, and in
all other ways to spend 1t for the good
and comfort of the needy and the de-
Christian method of spending. There is
always a way and a place where the
man with money can put It to good use
and do good in the world as he passes
through life's journey. If he has
something to spare there is a place for
IT where it win bless himself and those
who partake OF his fiberality.
But outside of this. we claim that
when a rich man spends money like
the Goulds did on the occasion referred
to. 1t is not altogether wasted. 1t
sounds reckless to spend $500 for or
chids for one entertainment, and we
might argue that the money would
have done more good IL it had been
given for some other purpose, but as
the florists and the flower growers got
It, somebody was benefited. The same
argument applies to all the other or
naments and luxuries so extravagantly
displayed. Somebody was pr ID for pre-
pairing them, SO that tn money was
not really wasted. In short. the worst
use to which money can be put is to
hoard Il needlessly.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
AMERICAN TARIFF LAWS
XVIII. The Dinghy Tariff
b Fssdsrie J. Haskin.

Means Committee should have the pref.
erence.
There II always nice little trick
played In the discussion of q tarifR bill.
The trainers put the most unimportant
Items in the opening paragraphs, such
az paints chemicals. and oils. OF
course these furnish plenty Of room for
amendment and consideration. BY the
time they are disposed of and Congress
gets down to the real meat Of the bill
the hour Of voting IL close at hand,
and there 10 not much time left for
amending or attempting to amend the
more important schedules. In the
Dinghy bill these unimportant items
served admirably as buffers.
When the bin got to the Senate the
biggest man there. hailfng from the
smallest State represented. took 1t in
tow. It was the intention Of Mr.. Al
drfch and his friends on the Finance
Committee to make the average rate
Of duty somewfst lower than the
House bill. but concessions were de-
manded just az they had been when
the Wilson bill was being considered;
and they were granted. Mr.. Aidrich
had worked 20 he'd to perfect the bill
that before 1t was passed he was force
cd to 50 home to recuperate his
health. The late Senator Allison was
left In charge.
AS the bill finally passed the Senate
II carried s72 acknowledgements
more than any other tariff bill that
was ever sent to conference. About
eighty per cent OF these were finally
agreed TO by the House, certainly more
than had ever been accepted by that
body on any other tariff bill. The act
finally passed on July "a. and the ink
was hardly dry on 1t before 1t reached
the President and was s.gned. i.is
Constitution gives the House the right
to originate revenue legislation. but II
1t enjoys any advantage over the Sem
ate by Constitutional grant It has
largely lost II by failure to insist on
its prerogatives. In nearly every tar
raj bill or recert seas 80 ~ 81
made crazy-auiit patchwork Of the
House bill, and has then forced the
House to accept from two-thirds to
four fifths of it's amendments
Not only has the Dingley tariff been
on the statute books longer than any
other tariff measure ever enacted. but
It has been the greatest revenue pro-
Queer the country has even seen. Out
Of the eleven billion dollars collected
by the customs houses of the United
States since the foundation Of the gov
eminent, some three billion has come
from the operation OF the Dingley law.
This ID more tnan was coiiectcu unuoE
ell tariff laws UP to the close Of the
civil war. It 10 many times more than
has ever been collected under any oth-
err general tariff. The top notch reach.
ed during single year under the
Walker tariff--ths next longest-hved
was $4,000 900. as compared with
$685., Loot, 900 under the Dingiey law,
which was the record for the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1907.
copyright. 1909. by Frederic J. Has
kim
Tomorrow Tariff Lsws.
.XTx--Steel and the TarfR.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
A Col0red Hero.

Bessemer Daily Times.
According to the dispatches sent out
from Montgomery, hundreds OF white
people did honor to the remains OF a
colored hero who lost his life trying to
save two white men from drowning.
1t seems that Bob Goodwin had saved
the life of a fellow creature once be-
fore and in the attempt to save others,
was carried off In the raging waters
Of the flood three weeks ago.
On Saturday the remains of the ne
gro were recovered and Immediately
white men who are ready to praise the
living for unselfsh acts and honor the
dead. regardless of their creed, color,
or sect saw that the old negro had a
fitting burial.
There is a sermon in the act Of
those who did this, from which the me-
gro race can well afford to draw a les
son. It goes to show that here in the
South color cuts no figure when IL
comes to awarding the faithful II
goes to show that all the negro has to
do to gain praise and respect is to
merit It
It should prove also to the negro
that the white man of the South is his
friend, and at all times is ready to
encourage him when he so deserves.
To the negro 1t should also be mat
ter OF pride that one OF their race,
though dead, should be SO honored and
should inspire him to seek by precept
and example to gain from the hand OF
the white man the flowers and incense.
while he lives, as was cast on the bier
of a member of their race at Mont.
gornery Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

Mr.. Leland Rankin is back in Nash
vile as business manager of The Nash
Vile American. under its new owner
ship. The American of Sunday car
ried the announcement OF Mr.. Rankin's
new relation. To the newspapers Of
the South, the news carries a special
interest, for Mr.. Rankin is one of the
best known men of his profession in
the country.
He has the rare distinction Of having
succeeded both as a newspaper writer
and as a business manager of newspa-
pers. Few men have won this double
success in modern times when the work
has become so specialized. Mr.. Ran
kin started his career in Nashville in
1890 as a reporter and worked with
uniform success in that city until 1908.
In that year he left the place of bust
ness manager of The American to as
sumo charge OF The Richmond Dis
patch. Mr.. Rankin last year sold his
interest in The News-Leader which he
had founded through consolidation. and
ably managed. He now takes up ae-
tive work in Nashville with a people
and among surroundings which he
thoroughly understands.
The new American is starting off
well.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

Comeat % Their Pssitisn ~ Regards 3
Tariff.

comeat % Their Pes.t.sn ~ Regards the
Charleston News and Courier.
The Southern manufacturers would be
wise to remember that they owe immeasura-
bly, more to the Democratic party than they
from the Republicans II there had been.
In the South no Democratic party there
would now be no manufactures. We would
have virtually no government No form OF
investment would be safe. The rescue OF
the South from Republican misruls was
condition necessary to the placing OF one
brick upon another in the walls of . cotton
soon forget that the preva,snce Of law and
order that makes their property secure IL .
Democratic boon.
The majority Of the Southern people have
no direct Interest In cotton mills. They are
neither buyers of the stocks nor workers et
the looms They are consumers Of the goods
which the mills make, and their interests
ton brings about. At the same time. this
large majority do not wish the Southern
manufacturer to be deprived Of the benefits
OF such protection as will be enjoyed BY
certain other American industries. but u 10
q fair presumption that they will resent
disposition to oppose all tariff reduction,
even that degree to which the Republicans
Msanwhiie, IL the Southern cotton spin
ners are determined to set Themselves
squarely against the policies Of the national
Democratic party and TO form an alliance
with the stand patters OF the Republican
party land that would seem the purport OF
their Atlanta resolution) they should no
longer pretend to be Democrats and should
principles, before Democratic state Legisla-
furen. -.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
BETTER WATCH OUT.

The women Of this country do not
vote. but the tariff hxers may learn
that their female constituents have
something as well as the ballot that
can bring trouble to those who dis
please them. The Boston Traveller de-
clares that the high tariff under the
Mckinley law on imported goods worn
by the women of the country caused the
beginning Of the revolt against Repub-
licanism which gave Congress to the
Democrats in 1890, and elected Cleve-
land in 1892. Then the Boston con-
temporary gives some details as fol-
lows:
The matter Of cotton stockings is a
case In point. Last year 81. 21s,0 6S
pairs of stockings were Imported at an
Average cost Of II cents a pair: The
erages So per cent. or about a quarter
more than the av erage of all imported
goods. Mr.. Payne's bill proposes to In
eo sas s. or less ss more
90 per cent: on stockings costing from
81 to -. rs per cent; and above 20
dozen, no advance: On stockings cost
proportionateiy less than on stockings
costing 81 q Dozen.
The objection to the present tariff is
that II favors. the rich as against the
poor, which can be shown in thous-
and ways. stockings are a very es-
sential part Of civilized dress. A girl
working in department store at 80
week buys dozen pairs OF stockings st s
cheapest, under the proposed bill. the
tariff cost of these stockings would be
20 cents; or about per cent. Of her
i incoms e Of 5000 year s buys sa dozen
pairs Of stockings costing the importer
IS or more dozen, and will pay In
tariff cost s2:75. a little more than 2
tariff cost proportionately less than
quarter what the working girl pays.
The actual cost Is more. Stockings
now costing 50 cents will go up to 49,.
stockings to 40 cents. Every woman
can figure out the extra cost for her.
selr.
These figures are interesting. and al.
though they refer to what is but 9
small part OF woman's dress. they Just
the same are among the essentials,
and If the women Of the country be-,
lieve they are being mistreated and i'm
posed on, they may be the cause OF q
repetition next year Of the reaction of
twenty years before. The tariff manip-
ulators had better be careful II they
would avoid a fall. 1t Is true that the
women of the country do not indulge
very generally in vote-casting or
speech making, but the public man who
underestimates their power and In
fiuence stands a fine chance TO have the
props knocked from under him. And It
may safely be predicted that the man
or men who manipulate the tariff in
such way as to ada appreciably to the
cost of womans wear is just the sort
OF man they win seek to discipline.
This tariff matter has many delicate
points and this is not among the least
Of them.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
This Date n Histor,

lss4--william Joseph became President
OF Maryland.
17Ss-First. melting OF Congress under
the Federal con.tftution.
1oOl-All the territory ceded to the
United States by the State bf
Georgia. north Of the Mississippi
territory and south Of Tennessee,
annexed to Mississippi by act Of
Congress.
fsls-Henry II. Anthony, United States
Senator ana Governor Of Rhode
Island. born. Died Sept. J. 1854.
i616-General Jackson captured Semi
mole village near the present site
lszs--Iilinois adopted a new constitu'
ton.
iss2-Beaufort. s. c.. taken by the Fed.
erals. . -.
ises-Farragut passed the Confederate
batteries at Grand Gulf. Miss.
dissolution forces victorious In the
battle Of Five Forks, Va.
l672--Nearly 500 lives lost In the wreck
of the steamship Atlantic on the
coast OF Nova Scotia.
16Sl-house of Representatives. passed
q bill for the redemption OF the
silver trade dollar.
l0O2-Joseph S. Fowler. former United
States Senator from Tennessee.
died in Warrington, ID. G.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

noted towns of the state. enjoying q
fame peculiar to itself. and about
which clusters an interest which il not
q part of the reputation Of some larger
cities Of Alabama. The editions were
wisely devoted to the presentation Of
the commercial, the social and his
toric features Of Florence. This made
it of special value to Alabamians who
feel that general interest in the Pic
turesque. educational center on the
Tennessee. The work was wen done
and the entire city has . right to feel
prour Of IL.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
LITTLE BOY HURT.


Shefield, March sl.--(SpeciaL)--Wt
one leg crushed of above the Knee
his foot badly mashed and other bod
iIy injuries, Bryant Harris, the 6-year.
old son of Mrs. Frank Everhardt. OF
this city, is stin alive. with HUNDREDS
of friends of the little fellow silently
praying and hoping for his recovery.
while going across the track Of the
sheffield company's electric car line on
Atlanta avenue. In this city: Sunday
morning about IL O'Clock, the little
fellow was run down by an electric
car. and when picked up. 1t was ascer-
tanned that he was desperately In
jured.
School at the Baptist Church on the
west side of Atlanta avenue Sunday
morning, and when the school had ad-
tourned for the morning service. he
started across the track while car
was approaching, and had reached the
opposite side when hit hat blew on
and he started back across the track,
when the car struck him.
Despite the serious character of tins
little fellows wounds, 1t Is said that
he has never lost consciousness.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

in attsndsncs. flowers were seat TO deco
rate the grave. and eight cadets from :
white school acted ~ pailbearsrs. while .
sang ct the grave Every mark Of respect
was shown the negro. and the expenses Of
the funeral were borne BY . well known
This kind Of q negro never figures In
race friction. He furnishes splendid ex-
inclined to raise trouble BY their attitude
towards the whites. There - no coubt that
the right kind of . negro. the negro who At
tends to HIS business. conducts himself de-
Gently and makes good use OF hts time By
doing his work and refraining from clashes
with the whites finds many friends In the
Of need and to give him sympathy and adj
vice The best place for the respectable
negro who behaves himself II IN the South,
But there IL no. ptios In the South for the
vicious and criminal negro.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

Ferdinand Pinney Earle is what we
suppose may be called a "soul-mater"
His idea of the marriage relation is
that when a man is married to a wo-
man who doesn't mate in all respects,
and he finds another woman who is
fitted to be his soul afinity-why, then
he should divorce the misft wife and
marry the other woman without re-
gard to legal or church requirements.
But how about a woman who has to
five with such man?
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
REPUBLICANS WORRIED.
An Of Them Are Not Satisfied with thu
Payne Tariff Bill.

An Of Them Are Not Satisfied with the
Payne Tariff Bill.
The tariff bill is causing no small amount
Of anxiety at both ends OF the Capitol ana
at the White House, The Republicans are
In the most serious predicament, because
they realize that the bill must be amended.
and they do not know how to do II so as TO
save their own seats and to keep the Demo-
Gratis from tearing the measure to pieces.
The Republican whip" Mr.. Dwight. OF New
York, is calling In the absentees 70 be on
hand by April list 1t Is explained that they
are needed anyhow, as quorum is daiIy
lacking. It Is Desirable, moreover, to have
them here 70 get their views on the course
OF procedure. A caucus may be held. but
a. widely deprecated.
A aconference" of Republicans. without
binding qualities. Is also under discussion
This pian would be to get the Republicans
All together and discuss their difficulties
wound the sentiment and evolve suggestienns
Later q caucus might develop from the
not.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

There is one point to which the next
South Pole hunter must not fail to
give strict attention If he is so for
tunate as to reach the spot, or very
near It, and that is to look out for
Symmes's Hole. Captain Symmes
claimed that the hole went through the
earth from the North Pole to the South
one, but it it did. we suppose It must
turn and go back, must it not? The
man who gets there first should drop
a ball--or a pumpkin-in 1t and see
where 1t goes and where it stops. Per-
haps II one explorer reaches the South
end of the hole just as Peary reaches
the North opening, they may be able
to see each other. At least they can
send messages and tell each other what
they think of 1t. and how they like it
as far as they have gone. Let US hope
that we will soon get some definite in
formation regarding the hole and set
tie the old controversy.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
Joy OF a Yawn.

When life seems more than usually
insipid-and such moments do come to
even the most hopeful Of us-there Is
sudden pleasant sympathy in the
yawn of the terrier on the rug before
the fire. "Ah. you too find things o
little boring, old fellow" we say to
ourselves. A dog yawns nobly. making
no attempt to disguise IL with politely
uplifted paw. All animals seem to
saw the late lamented hippopotamus
at the zoo lift himself slowly from his
murkJ pond and yawn. 1t was great
spectacle-tremen acknowledgements. The
concentrated boredom of the whole
creation seemed expressed In the whole
gigantic gasp. For a few fascinated
moments pond. shed, ratings, people.
NIL seemed merged In one colossal
mouth. 1t was wonderful. Olive
thought as we came away--oH to be
able TO yawn like that when life be-
comes too sillyi
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
This Is nv 57th Birthday
EDWIN A. ABBEY.

Edwin Austin Abbey, the famous art
list. was born in Philadelphia, April !.
1852, and was educated ut the Academy
OF Fine Arts in that city. In 1871 he
OF New York publishers, and in 1878
he was sent by the Arm to England.
where he has continued to reside; Hi4
Academy in 1890. In 1895 he painted
the frieze, 1.-THE Quest Of the Holy
Grail" for the Boston Public Library.
1890 he pubiished iilus see sdit Jon.
saders," and In 1906, columbus in the
New York" In 1901 he painted the
of1ciai picture Of the coronation Scene.
and also 'The Crusaders Sighting Je~
rusalem," which was exhibited at the
Royal Academy. Mr.. Abbey is O mem
Der Of the leading societies of artists
in both England and America, and hon.
urary degrees have been bestowed upon
him by Yale University and the UNI
yersMy OF Pennsylvania.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
Signs of Spring.
IL Looks Bad.
Country and the Tariff.

Senators and representatives are hearing
from their constituents on the subject Of
the tariff 1t Is natural and proper that
they should In that way tariff bill is
made The country at large is just begin
ming to speak Not until now has there
the ways and means committee was busy
preparing its bill there was only rumor to
and debate on II In progress, the people
everywhere are finding their voices. The
Congressional Record is enjoying for the
time a circulation far above the normal
Its serial Is one Of the most interesting sto-
ries running.
What is being demonstrated above every
thing else IL the local character of the
tariff And how dld It come TO pass that q
soldier. without trainins or reading In civil
affairs should have so accurately cescrtped
the tariff in one senteneeT
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

When, at Gaines Mill in 1882, the
Fifth Texas captured two whole regi-
menta OF Yankees. the Texan sotdiers
were all very proud Of their aehievs-
ment, says the New York Sun. j.. y.
Policy was one OF them. and In MS
"Soidier's Letters to Charming Nellie
he describes an amusing scene In con-
nection with the surrender.
When the Yankee officers surren-
dered their swords in body TO Col.
Upton they we're so prompt IN the du.
~ that he was compelled to lay. down
the frying pan which he carried in
place OF a sword, and hold the weapons
presented in his arms.
Just then he noticed commotion AZ
the far end of the captured regiments
That was near the timber. and squad
OF the prisoners were making an Ell.
fort to pass by big John Ferris" q
Company b. who stood there unaided.
endeavoring to intercept them.
epringing up on a log, the armful
Of swords dangling about In every
direction. Upton shouted.
I'm trying to keep these fellows
from escaping" returned Big John.
Let them go. you internal foolr"
shouted back Upton. wed ratner
fight 'em than feed en-"
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01
An Object Lesson

Blrmingham NeWs.
The funeral OF a negro in Montgomery
Sunday afternoon which was attended by
large number OF white people who took this
occasion TO show respect to the deceased
furnishes q valuable Lesson to those ne
groes who conduct themselves in such way
as to acentuate the race problem in the
South. The negro whose memory was hon
ored by the whites had sacrificed his life in
attempting to save the lives OF two white
men who were in a boat with him This
was the second time he had shown great
Al the funeral many white people were
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

That was a fearful story. If true,
which came by wireless from the
steamship Hamburg to the effect that
Mr.. Roosevelt had had an attack of
sea sickness and missed one meal. Why
didn't he use the big stick on Old Nep-
tune and make him be good?
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

has queered himself with the Carolinas,
both of them. for he is reported as say
ing that he had never heard of the
Mecklenburg declaration of independ'-
ence. That would indicate that he
didn't read any books in his youth and
hadn't read the newspapers since. He
should study up.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-01

Tuscumbia, March )-At
a meeting of the Board of Trustees OF
the Deshler Female Institute OF this
city, held last evening, the following
trustees and officers were elected Tor
the ensuing term: J. T. Kirk, presi-
dnt; C. W. Leftwich. secretary; A.
II. Carmichael. John w. Davis, NJ. j.
Hindman, j. E. Isbell, N. P. Temp
kins. G. NJ. Drisdale and e. B. AL
nann