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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-29

Representative Martin, of South
Dakota, dropped bomb into the
tariff conference today by demon
strating that the senate duties on
cotton goods were increased over the
Dingley rates. 1t frequently was
charged during the tariff debates
that the cotton duties had been
raised by the Aldrich committee, but
il remained for Mr.. Martin to pre-
sent detailed figures showing an
actual increase.
According to Martins compila-
tions the Aldrich rates on cotton
cloth are increased not less than 80
per cent over the Dingley and house
bills. The increase on unbleached
cotton is from 4 to "a per cent, on
bleached from 4 to SO per cent, and
on colored and dyed cloth from 8 to
SO per cent.
Mr.. Martin has been hard at work
for weeks on the compilation of the
cotton duties and his discovery has
caused all the tariff experts here to
pay renewed attention to the cotton
schedules.
Chairman Payne, who has taken
great interest in Mr.. Martins figures,
called him into conference with three
custom bureau experts today to dis
cuss whether the cotton rates had
been raised by the senate bill. Mr..
Martin convinced these experts there
had been an increase. The treasury
department completed the compari-
son OF the cotton rates today, corrob-
Grating Mr.. Martins compilations.
The treasury department tables were
prepared at the instigation of Presi-
dent Taft, who was much impressed
by Mr.. Martins demonstration to
him of increases in the cotton duties.
Encouraged by the support Mr. Mar.
tin has been giving him, Chairman
Payne made renewed effort today
to get the conferees to agree to the
house rates on cotton goods and is
understood to have been partially
successful.
Mr. Martin and those who stand
with him, and they are not insurg-
ents either, but strictly regular
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-29
roo True.

When cash in and this poor race
is run, my chores performed and all
my errands done, | know that folks
who mock my efforts here, will
weeping bend above my lowly bier
and bring large garlands worth
three bucks throw, and paw the
ground in ecstasy Of woe. And
friends wear Grape bow knots on
their ties, while / look down Tor up)
million miles. and wonder why
those people never knew how smooth
| was before my spirit flew. When
l cash in / will not care d yen for
all the praise that's heaped upon
then; serene and silent in my hand
some box, / shall not heed the
laudatory talks, and all the pomp
and all the vain display, will just be
pomp and feathers thrown away.
So tell me now, while am on
earth, your estimate Of my surpris-
ing worth; O, tell me what looloo
bird / am, and gil me full OF taffy
and OF jam. Walt Mason.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-29

but for Napoleon" said the spool
X IKE the Arc de Triomphe, would
never have existed. In Napoleon'I
time thread was made only Of silk and
Of wool. Napoleon to ruin the English
six thread trade destroyed the worlds
silk stock. which lay at Hamburg. In
this crisis the Paisley spinners turned
70 cotton. After tremendous labor
they at last made cotton thread. Cot.
ton thread Is the worlds chief thread
today "-C Cincinnati Enquirer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-29

and il is safe bet he will not be
asked to guard the presidents inter-
ests in the Hawkeye state. MrTaft
is for downward revision, but he has
some ideas of his own on that sub
ject and evidently is not frightened
by clustering insurgents.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-29

est is entitled to protection in excess
Of the difference between the cost
of protection at home and abroad
plus reasonable profit. But the
cost of production is not exactly the
same in any two American districts
nor in any two factories in the spine
district. Conditions differ. Brainc
have good deal to do with the cost
of production. What is a reason
able profitH 1t depends upon the
mind Of the man who is figuring it,
When the party leaders in congress
try to draft set of schedules to fit
an elastic principle what then !
Every individual whose vote is
needed to pass the tariff bill inter
prets the principle literally to fit his
own case. But majority of those
units must be had to pass the bill.
1t can be secured only by log roll.
ing. You stand by me, and i'll
stand by you. When the crowd is
big enough The bill is ready to pass.
With the crowd attracted by Incl.
vidual selfshness, it is not to be
wondered that there is considerable
selfishness in the aggregate. But
how are we to avoid itf Abandon
protection? No; protection is not a
fault. To get at the root of the
trouble we will have to make over
human nature. But we will have to
have revenue while we are tackling
this large job. We can get it by a
tariff bill that is not ideal, but that
is probably more advantageous on
the whole than any other revenue
measure we could adopt.
The protective system comes in
for lot of criticism that does not
properly belong to it. 1t is estab-
lished. 1t has faults in operation
which are plainly perceptible.
Therefore critics open fire on it, and
say. LET us try something else.''
But there is nothing wrong with the
protective theory. The trouble is in
fallible application of it. AS sub.
stitute the income tax is proposed.
1t is beautiful theory. As it is
not in operation its advantages loom
large, and its faults can only be
guessed at. But let no one assume
that faults in application would not
be in evidence. If the income tax
were now in operation il, instead OF
the protective tariff, would be under
fire. Human selfishness and fall.
bility would operate to make the
application of the beautiful theory
far from ideal in results. The
critics would be crying out for a
revenue law that the rich men could
not dodge or lie out Of. There
would be demand for relief from q
system that was making us nation
of perjurers.
When we are offered tariff law
that seems to be the best we can get
let us not reject it because it is not
ideal. II is going to conserve the
protective system, anyway, and il
world experience, our own particu-
larry counts for anything, it will
continue to be most beneficent fac
tor in our economic progress. It is
we'll to strive for ideals, but if we do
not continue to do business some
how until we can attain them, we
will all die OF starvation. Sioux
City Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-29
All Kinds Of Things,
Ia II Yon?

There's some cuss who's a.lus knockin
Is il your
Every scheme of life he's blockin'--
Ii it you?
Someone's allus, allus mopin,'
An in darkened ways a-gropin,
'Sted o. hangin' on an hopin:'
Is IL you?
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05

asking that the rebuilding Of the structure be enjoined They yes terday afternoon filed their pe- tition in the Chancery Court and the temporary order will ba ar gued in that court tomorrow af- ternoon 1t is claimed bN the petitioners who occupy the half block on Main St. immediately behind the burned stable. the barn is a nuisance, the odors at all times being offensive in the stores there being many rates a. bout the place which run into the stores and make it a further nuisance and in addition to this there is only a 15 foot alley be-
 tween the stable and the mer- cantile houses, and the quantities of inflamable horse feed always on hand in the livery stable, makes 1t a menace ito the prop erty of the petitioners. The fire Tuesday night gave the big mer- cantile establishments a consid- erable scare, and they do not care for a repetition. Public sen timent is much against the loca- tion of a large sale and feed liv- cry stable on this corner, right in the heart of the business dis trict of the city. and should Chancellor Martineau fail to grant the prayer of the petitioners, it is probable the City Council will not permit the building to be repaired.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
ABOUT COMPLETED

Little Rock, April B. Mike Finn, manager of the Lit tie Rock team Of the Sou thern League has about completed the schedule for the $ club league which starts the season April II and will submit it to President w. w. Hurst during the week It will be accepted and presented to the league at the meeting here next Sunday, and adopted formally by the association. Re ports from the various towns in the league tell of the splendid pennant winning chances of the different towns. President Hurst today sent letters to the umpires signed by him, ordering them to report not later than April II. in Argenta. The umpires are Bob Mcdonald, Shreveport; w. l.. Spencer. Waco o. C, Smith, Jonesboro; Harry Osborne, Lou isville; and Tom Clifford St. Louis.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
MUTUALLY BENEFITED

On behalf of the Elks and other Hope people who accompanied the show to Prescott Thursday we wish to express their apprec- iation of the cordial welcome. which they received oH every hand and the uniform courtesy accorded them by everyone. All who made the trip thoroughly enjoyed the visit to our sister city and returned with a feeling of closer relationship which will bear fruit in the mutual interests of the people of Hope> and Pres . cott.-Star of Hope.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
THE CLAIM AGENT

The troubles of the dispatcher the station agent, the superin- tendent and all of the various railroad officials up to the top of the railroad ladder have been re- hearsed repeatedly, but it was left to an anonymous poet to proclaim the troubles Of the claim agent in verse. The follow ing stanZas were sent to A. II Fitzpatrick claim agent fou the Rock Island without a signature Mir. Fitzpatrick appreciated their expression as it cOincideS exactly with his views on occasions and he is anxious to know the au- thor.
 You can talk about the ticket
 men who get it in the neck, You can talk about the baggage
 men with troubles by the
 peck,
 But the man who gets the worst
 of it and shoulders all the
 blame
 Is the man behind the rOller-tOp
 who straightens out the
 claim.
 There are claims in every pigeon
 hole and claims on every
 hand.
 There are claims from every
 quarter of this busy, crazy
 land.
 There's the honest ones, the fool
 ish ones. the ones that
 smack of scheme" And they're pouring in upon him
 in an never-ending stream. There's a claimant who is kick
 ing cause his horses were
 not fed.
 There's a letter from a woman
 who has lost a feather bed.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
REBUILDING ENDOWED

Little Rock, April D. Partially destroyed by fire Tues day night. the building at Third and Louisiana streets cannot be rebuilt until after the Chancery Court has passed upon re- straining order asked by num- Der of the leading mercantile concerns in Little Rock. This building, which ocupiced about one fourth of the block, was oc- cuped by Wolfert & Reinman as livery stable and the Gus Blass Dry Goods Co. the NJ, NJ. Cohn Dry Goods Co.,, the Wolf Dry Goods Co. and Mary Foy, milliner are
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
RAILROAD HAS
 REACHED BIG CUT
s,,pl Iayina Gang on the M. p. < G. paiIroad Reached There Last Week.

The steel-laying gang of the unmnbis, Paris and Gulf en- Mv .nrod the big cut near the Lit .el'N .,a Missouri river Friday and .,ill .f he through that pass by noon :" . today. A sliding cut be- in iloVm not vet finished and will oc- ls nosion some delay. This. cut IS '4birtv-seven feet deep and is heinz made in the side of a hill
 The piling for the approach to inc bridge on the south, side oi the @ river will all be down this week and next week the work of driving the piling for the ap- nroach at the other end of the bridge will begin.
 The ties are being distributed between the bridge and Mur- freesboro, and Superintendent Dodson states that he will have the track into Murfreesboro in three days after the bridge is finished.
 Mir. Dodson stated Friday that the track should ba completed into Murfreesboro by June 1st. with reasonable progress with the work.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
STEGAR.HARRELL

Yesterday morning at s o'clock, at the home of the bride a we'd ding was consummated at which the lives and fortunes of Mir. J. C. Stegar and Miss Lulu Harrell were united. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Robert A. Highsmith and was witnessed by a few friends and relatives.
 The bride is the eldest daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. T. R. Harrell and a young lady of a most ami able disposition and possessed of many accomplishments. She was reared in Prescott and has a large number of friends who will wish her much happiness.
 MT. Stegar is a former business man of Prescott, with splendid qualifications and has won for a wife one of our most deserving girls.
 The bride will remain in Pres colt for a few weeks, while Mr. Stegar left yesterday afternoon for Cincinnati where he was called by telegram on an urgent business mission.
 The News joins the large num- Der of friends of the happy cOu- pie in wishing for them many years of peace and joy.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
FORECAST OF THIS
 WEEKS LEGISLATION
The Senate Has But Little to Do But Much Action Is Expected in House.

Little Rock, April 5.- On the home stretch now, the two houses Cf the Generah As sembly this week can do nothing but work for every thing which will tend to bring results. The Senate however has a pretty clear field having disposed of
 practically everything before it which is watched by all sections of the state, whild the House has still before it the prohibition State Capitol and also the bill to move the University Of Arkansas
 to Little Rock. The Senate has about a half dozen liquor bills, but none of these alarm that august body. It is thought fill
 buster will be attempted there to keep the prohibition bills from any action. should they be re- ported back from the committees in order to give the House full time to act upon the Gam bill with the submission amendment The Senate can keep the bills now before it off indefinitely in order to allow the House to take definite action and the leaders would rather the bill up- on which so much time has been spent would go on through with out any new bills, being fought over Should the Gam bill be ne- glected too long the Senate will probably pass the Tabor, Millar, Thornburgh bill, which was in troduced in the Senate last, Fri day by Mckenzie and Henderson and which carries a submission plank. While the sea is smooth in the Senate, the deuce is to,pay in the House. The Patterson State Capitol bill was almost to the point of passage Friday and a roll cali would probably have seen it numbered with bills which have been approved, but it's champions feared lest the required strength not be shown and the bills be laid beside the other ancients. The bill will either be passed or defeated this week. The bill will not be amend ed, but go before the members as it is. The Gam bill will also be considered and as it is still sup ported by it's faithful followers. the bill may go to a vote. Unless the House has a more favored prohibition measure they will pass the Gam bill with the Sen ate amendment which will mean a special election July IA to vote upon state wide prohibition. The third big problem of the week in the House is the Keel bill for the removal of the University. From the present indications 1t will take more strength than Fayetteville can muster at this late day, to prevent the State University being moved to Lit tie Rock. The people of Fayette- vile, had they started to work on the legislature a week ago could have blocked the deal, but until this morning no protesting delegation reached Little Rock and the Little Rock boosters have been putting in such effec- tive work they will probably be successful. The Little Rock buSi- ness organizations are having nightly meetings in order to keep the plan for battle always well laid out. Should the prohibition and state capital bills be finally enacted on this week, there will be no session of the legislature to last over May 12, the present date set for adjournment.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05

There's a fellow says he got a car of fruit instead of beef And another calls the agent "A big liar and a thief" There's a kicker claims he drew a box of tracts instead of "boOze," And a preacher writes he got a case of stuff he doesn't use, Oh, the world at large reviles him and it calls him, bitter names That poor fellow behind the rol- .er-top who straightens out the claims. He has to bear the burden of million mems mistakes; He has to pit his brains against the "bluffers' and the fakes And his job don't end with pack ing his own never-ending loads, For he has to help his fellow-men on all the foreign roads. You can talk about the ticket men who get it in the neck, You can talk about the baggage men with troubles by the peck, But the man who gets the worst of it and shoulders all the blame Is the man behind the roberto who straightens out the claim.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-05
READ THIS.

Prescott, Ark, Dec. 12.-This certifies 1 have been selling Halls Texas Wonder for years and I re- commend it as the best kid ney, bladder and rheumatic medi- cine l have ever sold. Hesterly Drug Store.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-27

when the cutting is done there is no waste and the garment is finished according to calculations accurately worked cut.
 Graduates of these county schools go back to the farm and become sources of inspiration to their families and their neighbors. Good housekeeping acquired at the county school is made to inspire good housekeeping in every section where the children return to the farms The farmers who go to the short courses get new life and renewed energy, and in every case are able to increase the output of their places in material way. Poor cattle are put out of the state by the feeling that they do not pay, and a farmer will no longer take the chance of sick COW because it will injure not only his own cows, but those of his neighbors as we'll They will see to it that the diseased ones are killed.
 Hence the influence of the county agri- cultural school has been out here to build up desire to do better, to know more and to generally increase the desirability of farm life. The fact that the boys and girls get back as soon as they can is a proof that good things are being brought about socially as well as in business way, and there is hardly a man in the southern party but looks now to the coun- try agricultural school as means of re- newing interest in country life. President J. Y. Joyner, of the superintendents' as- sociation, thinks the plan an ideal one and is going to urge it upon the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-27

, lowed to vote on an amendment doiIs away with the fee system. They didn't get 1t! Was there any politics in that, coupled with the patriotism @ of the tri- umvate C.-L.--W., out for the spells of power2
 The legislature in the proposed amend ment covertly ask the people to remove the limitations which now protect the Old Homestead, its possessions and its ef- fects The people will say no! by voting against the amendment. It must be embarrassing to the Amend CTS to have such courageous men as Cap tain Hobson. such frank members of their oratorical bureau as Senator Henry Reese, publicly wincing in their speeches under the drastic features the snap judg ment' of the proposed amendmentl
 This is from the Birmingham Ledger, supporting the amendment:
 "It will be against the law to make any stimuIants, either by fermentation or distilIation, after the amendment passes in November. The amend ment simply fOrbids making any more wines or cordiaIs or fermented drinks after this year"
 The Ghost fighters (Anti-Salo League) sometimes nave moments OI Read this from an editorial in the Bir mingham News:
 Without questioning the motives Of those good men who believe in prohibi- tion, but are arrayed against the amend ment because they think it is untimely or are displeased with its exact wording, the speaker (Hobson) made it very clear on which side these citizens should be in this fight
 The Evening News is perturbed over the cartoons of those fighting the amendment. What about the nude female figure on the whisky battle of the long ago." which the News parades today in a desperate fight to blind the people to the trap in the amendment?
 Don't forget that the snap judgment of Conner, Lawrence and Weakley deprives over 100000 voters of a voice in the set clement of one of the most important questions since the creation of a state called Alabamai "s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-27
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES
 TARIFF CONCESSIONS

Washington, October 26-Tariff admin sstrative concessions to facilitate the trade with foreign governments in connection with the new tariff law and the expir- ing commercial agreements were an nounced by the treasury department to- day. They are made in instructions sent to the custom collector at New York but apply to all other ports. They pri- marily refer to the effect of certain pro- visions of the new tariff act on the various notifications of the customs and consular regulations under the commer- cal agreement with Germany but affect other countries with commercial agree ments. They keep alive certain old pro visions up to the. various dates when the agreements with the various coun- tries expire and afterward in some cases
 Continued until February [. 1910. in the case of Germany and until August T. 1910 in the case of the Netherlands. but abrogated as to the other countries, are the provisions of point "A in the 9 diplomatic note referred to in the Ger man commercial agreement, but not a part of that agreement. This provision accepts prices where there are no open market prices. In the case of Germany and the Netherlands the dates named are the dates when those two agreements expire.
 Importations into the United States from all other foreign countries than Germany and the Netherlands now come within the operation of the new customs administrative provisions and there is no authority in law for the granting to the inportations from such countries of the benefits of point "A" or any other fea- lures of the German agreement which have been nullified or impaired by the provisions of the new tariff law.
 As to what are known in the diplomatic note as points '-B," e." and .'F'' there are no changes made by the new tariff law which impair their principles and they will be continued for the pres ent at least. This means an indefinite continuance affecting France and all time the agreements expire.
 Point "B" exempts consular officers. except on request of appraisers from re- quring certain statements after entry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-27
MERIDIAN WILL
 PAVE THE STREETS

cial)-The city boards tonight sold $150,000 worth of property certificates to the First National bank of Cleveland, O., at par The certificates are to be issued against the property along resi- dent streets to be paved. The city en- gineer was instructed to begin makin the necessary assessment at once. It is stated that paving work will begin within 30 days.
 Following announcement that anoth- CT passenger train is to be inaugurated on the Mobile and Ohio road between Meridian and Mobile, there was a ma ss meeting of business men held tonight