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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Taft,s Onnortunitx.


Possibly the strictest of the civil
service reformers would insist tina,
White House BARRIERS and messengers
shall be employed only after having
passed an examination designed tt
test their efficiency, not al treasury
clerks or printers, but as BARRIERS and
messengers. But that point may well
be waived. The main thing is that the
business of transferring men, Of re
lieving them from duties which they
were hired to perform, ought to stop,
Here is a chance for reform which we
trust Mr.. Taft will not pass by. Pos
sibly also he may be able to get along
with fewer military and naval aids,
and with less of the trumpet business.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Defects in Bill Pointed Out.

That the new tariff bill is open tc
serious objection because of its com
plete failure to cut down the savage
duty imposed on all articles of wear
ing apparel, both for men and women,
is not a thing which should be con
cealed in the interests of party. So
far az the three schedules mentioned
are concerned, the committee has not
fulfilled the pledge of the Republican
platform, and that section Of the bill
m~anifestly is open to these objections
which President Taft before his in
a%uguration declared would result. in a
vetc."
This is an extract from an analysis
of the new tariff bill being made by
the Chicago Tribune. The three sched-
,ules referred to are the wooden, the
cotton and the silk. There was q
fourth which the statement goes on to
set out helped make up the big four
that under the Dingley bill were out
rageously high, namely, the schedule OF
iron, steel and the manufactures there
of. Senator Quay at the time served
notice that If this schedule did not go
as he hal fixed it, he would prevent all
tariff legislation. MI. Aldrich similar
II got what he wanted for the other
three schedules. In the present bill
considerable reductions have been
made In the iron and steel schedule,
but the others 60 untouched.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Old Snub Costs Diplomat His Post

which was given some degree of inter.
est by the fact that royalty would be
the center thereof. Mrs. Newlywed
was just dying to see royalty; Mr.
Newlywed promised that his bride
should see all the royalty that was to
be visible on the afternoon in ques.
ton. He asked Secretary White to see
about securing admission cards. The
request might have been fulfilled by
the slightest hint from the legation
secretary to the proper official. But
Mr.. White was not in that mood.
On the morning of the day for the
function Secretary White sent the fol.
lowing little note to Mr.. Newlywed:
Il am sorry to inform you that |
was unable to accomplish what you
asked. The affair is very exclusive.
The number of invitations is limited
and they have been ordered sent only
to persons of Importance and distinc-
ton. l inclose, however, tickets to the
museum, and trust that Mrs. Taft and
yourself will spend q pleasant after
noon"
One of the first clouds had appeared
in the Taft honeymoon, and the new
wife's disappointment was deep. The
letter still remains in the Taft mem.
DRY and archives, and it is the all-im-
portant document In the case Of Am
bassador Henry White.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09

4 SNUB inflicted years ago upon an
"A American couple who were spend
ing their honeymoon abroad has been
paid for at last. Slight as the affair
seemed at the moment, it has devel-
oped enough Importance to lose Henry
White, ambassador at Paris, his post
in spite of his long experience in vari-
Gus important capitals of Europe and
his other claims to notice. The resig-
nation of Ambassador White has been
received at the White House and it
was accepted in the usual stereotyped
fashion.
1t was back in 1886 that William
Howard Taft and his bride, a pair of
comparatively unimportant but blissful
Newlyweds, were doing their honey
moon in Europe. In the course of their
rainbow rambles they came to Vienna,
where Diplomat White was then secre-
tary of legation. There was some af-
ternoon function of the unimportant
sort coming off within a day or so,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Protection Breeds Protection.

The Journal of Commerce of New
York tells of a California fruit grower
who, asking for more and higher
duties ON his product, said that it
was protectionism that made protec-
ton necessary to the fruit industry.
Telling of the duties he desired on
foreign fruits, he said, getting these,
the fruit growers would still be out
and injured because of the greatly in
creased cost of the things that fruit
growers must purchase. The Journal
of Commerce concludes it's discussion
Of the text presented thus:
GAS n demands tariff because an
other has 1t and must get high prices
because he has to pay them, SO no one
is willing to give up any duty that
helps him unless or until the others
do it in the same or a greater meas
ure. and everybody is afraid Of hav-
ing the tangle of duties touched lest
something give way. As soon as any
change is proposed the idiotic cry is
raised in brainless quarters, Don't
OuNA ~, ACt WOAA CAOu6A 0IOACs IL
it is in prosperous times, prosperity
will be destroyed; ii it is in time of
depression, recovery will be prevented.
The disease is acknowledged, but the
patient is too delicate to be treated.
When he is in a fever it is dangerous
and when that has exhausted itself
and him 1t would prevent his regain
ing strength. Let him alone as long
as he can endure the spasms and does
not actually die. Is the time ever to
come when we can build on the rock
and have firm foundations, facing
competition unafraid, or must our
structure be forever propped up on
shifting sands with an intricate and
complex mass of artificial supports in
various stages Of decay?"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Salary UpIift Checked.

Even though the sundry civil appro'
priation bill carries a presidential sal
airy item of $4,000. MI. Taft will be
little or no better provided for in this
respect than Mr.. Roosevelt has been
for a year O two. In this time the
president has had at his disposal $685.
900 a year, additional to his discre'
ton, for travelling expenses. Now the
$25 1000 travel fund is merged into the
salary from which the president must
meet his transportation costs. So
fails the whole movement for salary
increases among high federal officials,
which had gained such promising
Roadway earlier in the session. It is
just as well, considering the low state
of the public treasury and the hard
times among taxpayers.-Springfield
Republican.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09

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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Democratic Policy the Right One.

Democratic Policy the Right one.
The $500, 600, 900 a year which the
Payne bill is expected to turn into the
treasury should carry with it all the
protection hal a reasonably be
asked. Surely it will restrict foreign
competition amply to cover the diff
ference between the American cost
and the foreign cost of making any
article that can be proitably manu-
featured in the United States.
Prohibitive tariff is neither in line
with sound finance nor with the de.
clared policy Of the ~newly-seated
president. The Democratic purpose
to fight protective schedules only
when they are p%rohibitive and not
productive of revenue will have, more,
over, the support Of millions of Re.
publicans in the northwest who are
as patriotic in their willingness to
contribute freely to the support of the
government as they are firm in op-
position to monopoly legislation.
The house Democrats also show the
right temper in their purpose not to
oppose items in the Payne bill which
are reasonable and fair. Revision of
the tariff is a business matter, and it
is pleasing to note that the Democrats
in congress are going at it meaning
business.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09

vXYASHINGTON.-The leaders in the
w insurgent movement against the
rules of the house of representatives
must have been desperately in need OF
recruits when they tackled Represen.
tative Walter Brownlow of Tennessee
and tried to make him a convert to
their way of thinking.
The committee explained its mission,
Mr.. Brownlow listening courteously
the while. Finally, when the explana-
lions had all been made and the three
members of the committee were com
pletely out of arguments and breath,
Mr.. Brownlow spoke for the first time.
You say" quoth he, that this is a
movement to reform and liberalize the
rules of the house of representa-
ttves?"
1T is" the committee agreed, with
unanimity and eagerness.
Well, them" said Mr.. Brownlow,
you can't expect me to take much in
terest in this fight. for l have never
read them. l don't know what they are,
except that they're blamed good rules
and no mistake. If you know any mem
Der Of congress who's got more for his
district since he's been in congress
than l have why just you trot him
around. I'd like to look him over"
Whereupon the insurgent committee
returned to headquarters and reported
to their big chief that Mr.. Brownlow
was hopeless" Mr.. Brownlow's state
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
TAX WEALTH; NOT POVERTY.
Vital Flaw In Tariff BHi introduced by
the Republicans.

The Payne tariff bill does not tax
coffee. 1t taxes tea eight and nine
cents a pound. It., continues on su'
gar the tax Of nearly two cents a
pound, y which Wayne. MacVeagh, who
was attorney general in the Garfield
cabinet, calls Infamous" because 1t
often costs. a poor laborer more than
a multi-millionaire.
There are some advantages in a
taxed breakfast table. You know what
you pay, and what for; and the gov.
ernment gets the money, not the pro-
tected interests. ~
- The government surely needs the
money if it is to continue its present
policy Of extravaganza. Take the war
costs alone. For 1910 Chairman Taw-
ney of the appropriations committee
says these will be: Army $101 1877
470; navy, $136.935,199; pensions,
$3.50, COS, 9OS; military academy. 2, $751;.
sci: Notifications, $S,170.111; interest
and miscellaneous, $115, 999, O92. Total.
$685. 42, 3O1.
A .ten-cent tax on 10000 900
pounds of coffee would produce $780,
100000. A 25-cent-a-pound tax on
$4,000, 900 pounds of tea would pro-
.duce $28, 10000; and a tax of 7A
cents a pound on $500, 000, 900 pounds
of sugar would produce 1898, 100000,
or in all 1927, 500, 000-enough to pay
u war ~bills-unless people stopped
using tea, coffee and sugar, as many
would.
1t would cost each average family
about $50 extra-but they would take
more interest in war expenditures.
The present plan costs them even
more than that, for besides the $50
to the government each family pays
toll to private pockets.
How much better than either tax
ing the breakfast table or taxing near.
ly all the necessities of life, as at
present, would it be to adopt Mr.. Mac
Veagh's suggestion and make "colos-
sal incomes and colossal accumula.
tions of surplus wealth" pay generous
ly through graduated income and in
heritance taxes toward the costs of
government!
Tax wealth, not poverty
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Tackled the Wrong Man in Tennesseean

| ment about having done more for h1s
district probably than any other mar
in the house is no joke and he, wasn'd
Dragging when he said it. His capacity
for making congress take care of his
constituents is a proverb in Tennessee
He isn't a mar who gets up on the
floor of the house every day OF, SO and
tears of about eight yards Of purple
and gold oratory. Neither does he in
troduce a bill a minute and wander
round the capitol waving them in the
air and demanding that he be recog'
nized at once for all of them.
No, he doesn't do these things, but
as a committee worker he is in a class
by himself. Why, it has come to be a
saying around the capitol that every
time Walter Brownlow discovers a neg.
lected graveyard in his district he i'm
mediately imbues it with historic in
terest and proceeds to give it to a
grateful federal govel nment. absolute.
ly free, gentlemen, absolutely free"
The said grateful government wakes
up the following fiscal year to find
that it is saddled with the expenses of
that particular graveyard for the rest
of time and while the face Of the
earth shall endure.
Until recently the members Of the
house appropriations committee were
very much worried about this grave
yard gift business and one Of them led
Mr.. Brownlow aside and told him the
government didn't need any more Ten
nessee burying grounds in its bust
ness-had no use for them-couldn't
consider them even as a present. They
all felt better when they learned there
weren't any more. For he had made,
personally, a census of them all. Mr..
Brownlow told them SO himself, and he
ought to know.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
TRUSTS TAKE HALF
THE REAL SITUATION IN AMER.
CA TODAY.
Farmers Of the Country Consistently
~Ffeeced by Tariff Robbers
James j. Hill Not a Sound
Political Economist.

James J. Hill, the railroad magnate,
says that American trusts will break
down of their. own weight. and that
the CHIEF problem before the American
people is to, keep up 1.-The food supply.
b. This Is equivalent to, saying .that
scientific agriculture will solve all our
industrial problems-that IL we raise
enough wheat and -four we can allow
the trusts to plumber us at will until
they exhaust themselves. One can
not resist the conclusion that Mr..
Hills. economic views are shallow. He
is a great railroad builder, and afpoor
student of political economy.
Mr.. Hill admits that the tariff Is the
mother Of trusts" but falls back ON
the WORKOUT plea that tariff reduction
will strip the nations treasury. Isn't
it strange that this western empire
builder should fail to preach national
economy, as he breaches it to his rail-
road subordinates, and to the western
farmers?
High tariff not only induces govern
ment extravagances, but increases in
dividuaf cost of living. Private and
public economy are the foundations of
national prosperity. A normal tariff
scientifically adjusted, will yield the
government ample revenue for legiti-
mate expenses. A depleted treasury
is the favorite argument of standpat-
tiers, who scott at the idea of retrench-
ment in national expenditures.
But it is the individual foot that is
pinched most by the high tariff shoe.
How much better off is the western
farmer If he doubles his grain output
and finds the cost of living doubled
during the same period? Practically
this has been his experience in recent
years. The fruit of his labor and
skill must be divided with the robber
trusts.
Again, must the cost of living keep
on increasing until the trusts fall to
pieces through ~Overreaching extor-
ton? Mr.. Hill seems to think so. The
prepOnderance of western American
sentiment is against this view. The
west believes that al artificial cost of
living a be broken down now by a
downward" revision of the tariff.
American agriculture may be des-
tined to play the chief part in feeding
the consuming world. That is nc rea-
son why American farmers she uld be
1eeced by tariff robbers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09

LEGISLATION by congress has in
II creased almost incredibly during
the last decade. Thousands of meas
ures are introduced at every session,
but the number enacted into laws or
dinarily is comparatively insignificant.
The development of the country's re-
sources and the increased demands of
the people are indicated, however, by
the immense increase in the number of
laws passed.
"This increase" said Col. w. M. Pal
mer, in charge of the enrolled bills of
the senate, has been particularly nota-
BILE during the last ten years. Prior to
that time there was little variation in
he number of measures enacted into
.aw by successive congresses. In the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
THE White House tennis court is

THE White House tennis court is
doomed.
President Taft, who does not care
anything about tennis anyhow, has
told the men who are to add to the
executive building that he will not
stand for a two-story structure, but
that if more room is needed in the
building it can be spread out to the
south. To the south is the famous
spot where Mr.. Roosevelt battled with
his tennis cabinet.
The architect who designed the Of
fee building, MI. McKim Of New York,
made it as inconspicuous as possible,
hat it might not interfere with the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
For This Relief, Much Thanks.

Whatever else Mr.. Taft may have
inherited from his predecessor, he
seems to have evaded the demons
legacy of R~ooseveltian prolixity. The
length of presidential messages has
steadily increased through many years
until they have come to rival the six
best sellers In their unpruned luxuri.
ance. Napoleon said that he was con
tent to go dcwl to p~osterity with his
code in his hand. Should Mr.. Taft's
practice continue as it has begun. he
may take his place in the line of the
worlds great ones, grasping q single
sheet of typewriter paper contain
ing his first message to congress.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09

o nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and I
can truly say that
LydiaE .Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me, as it
restored my health
and strength. [
never forget to tell
my friends what
T,v1iaE
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
Partner, IN He Crime.

The hard looking customer had been
arrested for stealing an umbrella.
What do you have to a for your.
self" asked the police justice. "Are
you guilty or not guilty.?
I'm n u the guilty ones, y'r hon.
or..I reckon. answered the prisoner.
1.-THE umbrella had the name. OF J.
Thompson on the handle, G. H.. Brick
lev stamped on the inside O. the cover.
an / stole-it from q mar named Quinn
by" ~ gu
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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
For Headache Try Hicks capudine.

From the blackmailer's viewpoint,
Keeping secrets is a paying business.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-04-09
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
SAYS Mrs. Chas. Barclay

Graniteville, W.T. was passing
through the Changeof Life and suffered
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-25
Mr.. {. Morgan to Erect Several
Buildings al Fort Severn
TRUCTURES WILL COST $4,000
Mess Hall. Commissioned and Nom
commissioned officers Quarters and
Bachelors Hall TO be Put up
Work at Fort Morgan.

Mr.. E Morgan. a we'll known local
contractor. has been awarded the
contract by the war department for
the erection of number of new
buildings al Fort Severn. Savannah,
Ca The total amount of the contract
Is $4,000 and the work is to be com
pleted in ten months.
Among the buildings that Mr. Nor
San Will put up are new barracks, a
mess hall, and quarters for the COM
missiOned and non commissioned of
ficers. The largest building of the
number if the bachelors quarters.
The buildings are to be located at
various prts Of the reservation and
the work on them will begin at once.
Mr.. Morgan is now constructing new
buildings at Fort Morgan, Alabama,
and in Tampa, Fla.
Along with several other local con-
tractors. Mr.. Morgan began going af-
ter government work in outside
cities . several years ago and
since that time he has landed a
number of big prizes. Practically all
OF his time during the past year or
more mas been spent in supervising
the work on the government build
ings.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-25
MlDSuM NJ E r.

When the yellow mustard's waving.
High above the spreading dock,
When the bumble-bee is shaving
Deep within the hollyhock.
When the ragweed dust is blowing
In the fennels eve so blear,
fearful then my eyes are growing
And know my fever's here.
When the thistle stands up stately,
Like a sturdy sentinel.
Humming birds. attired ornately,
Boom above the liiy's bell:
When the plumelike heads Of grasses
Gently beckon in the breeze,
Through my frame a shudder passes
And [ sneeze and sneeze and sneeze
When the drearv. drOwsv season
Gets into the blood and brain,
PLAYING havoc with the reason.
Then 7 long with might and main
Just to shed nv many worries
And 10 loiter AT nv ease.
WHAT'S the use2 Hav fever's furries
Make me sneeze and sneeze and
snecze. -Jhicago News
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-25
SABBATH DAY SERVICES
Rev. ]. {. Thacker al First Piosby.
terrain fhurCh Today
ANNouNcEMEl IS BY THE PASTORS
Rev. George S Vest. of Norfolk. at
St. paurs To- Morning Service
Rev. J. T. Rt'iick Returns to City
to Occupy HI Pulpit.

Rcv. J. f. TkA ker. pastor of the
Second Presbytet an church. of Nor
folk. who has biN accepted the GoSi
OF secretary Of eaanselization Tor the
southern PRESBYTERIAN church, will oc
cupy the pulpit OF the f.rSt PreSpy'e-
rian church al IL O'Clock THIS morn
ing. At HE sam hour. Rev +. /.
" clifford. pastor Of the church, VIII
pr, ach al the Second Presbyterian
church. Norfolk Al y O'Clock tonight
Rev. Mr. Wexford will conduct his
last service at his church before leav'
ing for his summer vacation. His sub
iect will lie: An Appreciation OF
Service." Sunday school and Bible
classes will convene at $3.50 Il. m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-25
Chance for q Set.

Atchison people seem determined TO
force a certain bachelor TO marry.
For 20 years they have been talking
about him, and wondering il he is go
ing to marry this one or that one
Why can't people let the poor man
alone? II he wants to be a bachelor.
whose business is IL? Every time be
goes" with a new girl, Atchison PEG
pie begin betting on the result; land
incidentally we will bet five to one
that his present steady doesn't land
him. )-Atchison Globe.