Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1909-07-14
Washington. ID. G
July 3, 1909.

EDITOR ADVANCE -
The senate has started on the home
stretch Of the tariff bill. Ii NAV take
1t rs long to finish up this stretch rs il
did to discuss the schedules, neverthe-
less it is started. The corporation tax
Is up and bids fair to be discussed for n
couple of weeks. After that comes the
administrative features of the bill. The
discussion of this will require at least n
week then the bill must come into the
senate and at the best will be there for
several days before it is sent to confer
ence. Any time after the first OF Aug
ust isa reasonable guess on adjourn.
ment
The last schedule to be discussed was
an amendment laying n duty on tea.
This was pr sented by Senator Tillmnn
OF South Carolina. Mr.. Tillman show
ed that in his state the lest kind of tea
was being grown and that with little
assistance III the shape of n duty he
thought that the southern states coulu
produce all the tea that is necessary to
supply the consumption of the United
States. OF course Mr.. Tillman talked
from the revenue standpoint but the
above lis what he meant. Senator Hey-
burn of Idaho, who is tea drinker
openly said that the South Carolina ten
was the best he ever tasted. He was in
duced TO try it several years ago and
Will now drink nothing else. During
the discussion Of this matter Senator
Scott was able to stand OH his record as
protec zionist. He said in speaking of
the republicans who were going to vote
against this duty:
II believe that the majority, speaking
OF TINS tea question, If they a-e pro.
tecuonists, have made n mistake NV
theory as protectionist is, and ALWAYS
has been, that the protection of the
nome industry always lowers the price
OF the article. L have no apology to
make, though the senator from South
Carolina said while ago that the ma
Jorlty would have To apologize for some
OF the votes. / shall not, for | have
voted consistently on this tariff bill
from the standpoint Of protectionist
III we can produce tea in this country.
1t Will only be short time before this
production will bring the price down.
This has been proved in the case of
every article protected, manufactured or
agricultural, in the history of protec.
tive tariffs. That is the kind of pro-
tectionist am
In answer to question of Mr.. Dixon
who was discussing the tea dutv at
that time, Mr. Scott again said:
IF this proposed duty be imposed
the people Will not pay cent more for
tea than they are paying today The
senator from South Carolina stated the
case very properly when he said that
the history OF the price of tea subs.an-
'tlates the assertion that when the duty
went on or went OF 1T did not change
the pr1ce OF tea to the consumer"
a romance was eliminated i'm Wash
inStA on the 30th of June. Mr.. Rus ;ell
5. Ritz and Miss Clyde Boggess both of
Bluefield, w. Va, being married at the
First Presbyterian Church by Rev.
Or. Mcleod, the pastor The wed
ding was very quiet owing TO a recent
death III the family. Miss Boggess was
accompanied by her cousin, Miss Aileen
Akers Of Bluefield, and Judge Harold
a. Ritz, brother of the groom. accom-
panied the party TO the city. Miss
Akers returned the next day TO Blue.
field and Mr.. and Mrs. Ritz proceeded
on honeymoon journey.
Judge Ritz's visit to the capital was
due to the fact that he is making the
acquaintance of the attorney general
and familiarizing himself with some of
the details of work in the department
OF justice, as he has recently been ap-
pointed United States District Attor-
ney for the Southern Di trict of West
Virginia to succeed the Hon. Elliott
Northcott. He was accompanied by
his assistant, Mr.. II. d. Hummell of
Charleston, w. Va, and they spent a
number OF hours with the attorney
general.
In speaking of the business outlook in
the state Judge Ritz said:
For the last two months I have
been at home very little. NV business
tt~' S1@aaCh daA ONCA tut HOuInGTn end
or the state. find that business is i'm
proving. In the Pocahontas coal field
one day last week 1875 cars OF coal were
shipped. This is almost mp TO the rec.
ord. think the daily average ship.
ment OF cars during the month of Jupe
reached 400 1 have no doubt that by
Sept. lst normal conditions i'm business
will have been reached. The tariff is
settled and down i'm West Vir-
ginia we can go ahead feeling confident
that oar interests are going to be look
ed after.
Politically things are very quiet.
The coal men are very much pleased
with the results of the tariff fight made
by Senator Elkins and Senator Scott
all business men are pleased. Senator
Scott has made himself especially strong
all through our section by his untirin9
efforts on this tariff bill He yvas strone,