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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
LOOTINC The WEST
TARIFF TRIcksTERs HAVE THEIR
LINES WELL LAID.
Ship Subsidy Scheme viii Take Nil.
lions From the Pockets Of West
ern Farmers TO Enrich New
England Capitalists.

Mock tariff revision is bad enough
out II Is only the beginning. bare
shadow OF what Is to come. The west
Is TO be looted thoroughly.
prominent among the schemes for
loot viii be the ship subsidy. Aban.
doned shipyards line the New Eng.
land coast The high tariff which
supports the steel trust enabled the
steel trust 10 wipe out the shipyards
The ship subsidy Is expected TO set
those yards once more in operation
For - years the shipbullders OF
New England vill receive an annual
bonus OF 10000 600. paid out Of west.
ern pockets. for no earthly purpose
but to insure profits to eastern capi.
taiists and without the least advan-
tage TO anyone else.
Great Britain's merchant navy
schedules is.S25.iis tons; that OF tn.
United States 4.s53.si2 tons. Ameri-
-an-huilt vessels esn no, compete
With British ships because the cos,
of building ships in American Yards
Is excessively high on account OF pro
lection
Witness the two steamers of the
Boston Transportation Company. sold
by Senator Lodge To- the Panama ca.
nal. The people Of the United States
paid for those two vessels. which. by
the way. they have not been able to
use. sl,500.O00. Ships of the same
size and of British register have re-
Gently been sold at auction on the
Pacific coast of Canada for less than
$4,000.
But. because the high first cost of
American-built ships prevents their
with foreign freighters.
the western workingman and farmer
are to be taxed to subsidize New
England ship owners, so that they
may make low freight rates and COM
pete.
This will be the first great scheme
to loot the west. The tariff tricksters
are well satisfied with the outcome OF
their sham revision. Watch their
next move to loot the great inland
states for the benefit OF New England.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
LITTLE FOR THE CONSUMER
Hard to See Where Republican Tar.
IN Revision Has Benefited the
Ordinary Man.

This much may be said Of the new
tariff act. On its face the law Is
somewhat more favorable to the
American manufacturer than the
Dingley act. II ought to cheaper
some OF the articles he uses. Finally.
some OF this cheapening may filter
through TO the consumer But the
consumer directly gets very little.
II seems probable that insofar as
the law will affect prices the ad.
vances are likely to be more notice
able than the decreases.
For instance. the decreases In the
steel schedule are not likely to affect
prices. About the only goods on
which the cost might be reduced are
lumber. boots. shoes. harness and
other leather manufactures. Prices
are pretty certain to be advanced
as a result of the revision on cotton
goods. hosiery. lemons. other trop
ical fruits. silks. chinaware and pos
sibly for a time on print paper. Ad
vances on voolens are expected be
cause OF the increasing monopoly Of
the American woolen Company be-
hind the tariff wall.
The Republican party pledged II.
SET ~ revs-ion of the tarif by The
imposition Of such duties as will
equal the difference between the cost
OF production at home and abroad. to
gether with a reasonable profit to
American Industries"
When you think Of II IL Is an as
founding fact that In spite OF this
pledge no statement has ever been
presented to either house OF congress
to show that the changes made in
the proposed law were based on the
differences In the cost os production.
The fact is that only fragmentary tes-
timony on this subject was obtained,
The elaborate report on German
wages from abroad failed TO reach
the house until after the tariff bill
had been reported and no attention
was paid to II whatever in the sen
ate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
But They Do Know.

In the new tariff act the Republi-
can party says to the voters Of the
United States that they do not know
what they want With this is coupled
the declaration. running all through
the bill. that II they do know what
they voted for they shan't have IL.
They asked for bread and the con
gress has given them a stone. They
asked for revision downward In the
interest Of the consumer. What they
get is the Dingiey act with varia-
tions. some in the higher key and
some in the lower. but the tune TO
which the masses are muicted is the
same
The American people never vote
deeisively. one way or the other. with
out knowing Just what they are voting
for Last fall they voted to unshackle
American industry and trade, TO de-
stroy the power of favored classes to
levy forced tribute from all other
classes. and. in tariff legislation. at
least. to return to the Democratic
principle of equal rights to all. spe-
cial privileges to none.
They knew what they were voting
for. and they have not forgotten ii.
Fortunately. they vote every two
years on the membership Of congress
they will vote again Is months from
now.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
BANKER PROTECTED RELATIVE
Took Mortgage for sistsr-in-Law Bs-
fore Bank Closed

Asheville, y. C.-Ioseph Z. Dickerson,
co-defendant with Breese and Penland,
charged with conspiracy to wreck the
Firs: National Bank of Asheville, testi-
ned Friday on cross-examinatlon in his
own behalf. He declared that certain
overdrafts appearing against him on the
books of the bank were erroneous, and
that the oyerdrafts were on account of
interest and principal on a certain paper
which he had secured for Breese. He
declared he had gotten no benefit from
the notes.
Dickerson also ADMITTED that he took
. mortgage for Mrs. Alvey, his sister-in-
law, from Penland for $4,000 shortly
before the bank failed, and in reply to a
question he said he thought he should
take care of Mrs. Alvey's interest be-
fore he did the bank
The witness stated that there was
practically no business done by the bank
during the last three years of its ex-
istence save the renewal of old notes.
Many of these "old notes." he said in
reply to question by counsel, were
held by himself, Penland and Breese.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
DE. XXXIII.

4 A0III EON.-Among the thou
o1uI ngs that influenced the
nkmu = y tariff bill in congress.
- ~ IN overlooked one ele-
- ~ Indirect but important
- zIls<<2e4 raising or lcwsssns 81
e. - Three times a day this
y to work on the sena-
~ ongressmen perspiring In
= ul414 ner heat OF the capitol.
y - 0o1r daily diet
- UorD OF Washington are n
xny 1mhle. a gastronomic hash,
.eol mixture OF tropical and
4~l9oo me cookery. They must
~ - - eaters OF New England.
Z D4Un111ed palates OF New York
y - heaters of the north. the
49, nepmachs of the west. and
"a Uo1v nvers of the south.
IL elty has not completely ac.
- - art of hot weather dining
- en- find best exemplified in
lM4l and the far east where
- and Americans live In ex.
i qlzuGgles between carnivorous
- tropical temperature.
oIe OF a tariff decision would
"a rom man who eats beef
reakfast. yet this is what
- on Washington bills of
- there are II different
- oereal foods that leave a
oorishment In your stomach.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
Picture Taken With Mr.. Taft

the Capitol. an obscure little photo.
grapher's shop floats on its frontal a
drapery OF white cloth bearing blat.
antly the black legend: Come in
and have your picture taken with
President Taft"
The trick is turned, of course. by
the simple method OF improving the
customers figure beside the stock
plates Of President Taft with ont.
stretched hand. as II in greeting. or
in friendly arm-and-arm pose. The
Illusion. however. is very good. and
the perpetrator has been making
money ever since the Inauguration.
when postcard takers filed the street
with similar enticements. The Can
itol or White House looms convincing.
iy In the background. and in the fore
front there you are In the presidential
grip and under the radiance of the
presidential smile OF course. your
friends In wayback believe they have
ocular demonstration that you are the
whole show when you come to Wash
ington-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

and a dozen different acidy fruits that
Carlsbad doctors tell you to avoid.
There is nothing In the world that lies
heavier on a tired. fiaccid. midsummer
stomach than an iced melon the first
thing In the morning. yet a majority
OF the tarifmakers ate them daily.
The internal chill their digestive or
gans get is a rapid cooler for tariff
reduction enthusiasm.
The capitol restaurant serves more
dairy dishes and pie than at any
other time Of the year. The average
iawmaker eats at noon--a good habit
IN this country. 10 only he would eat
digestible food. But he turns his
liver with overdoses Of milk, pours
down quantities OF iced drinks amid
layers Of pie and devitalizing food.
The one salvation is that roast beef
generally cold-still remains the
principal blood making. brain sustain.
ing. muscle giving meat dish Of the
capital.
But 1t is the night diners that fur
nish the most amazing specimens OF
menus. The bills OF fare OF the lead.
ing hotels follow closely parallel lines.
Their principal dishes can be classi-
fed as follows:
Twenty-four different kinds Of ices.
Fifteen cold salads.
Fifteen different ways OF cooking
potatoes.
Twenty-nine vegetables. hot and
cold.
Eight fish cooked In is different
ways.
Thirteen fresh fruits.
Eight varieties OF cheese.
Seventeen hot roasts and entrees,
OF which eight were chicken and
birds.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

Is none OF the imputed Latin
position to work in those who
the International Bureau Of
p Republics here.
ureau. which. by the way. is
np a spick and span new build
as a sort Of press agent for
n-American countries. A pc
one OF its monthly bulletins
peral education In what the
Americans" are doing and in
purces Of their countries.
July number was the annual
number. John Barrett Is d.
y the bureau and Francisco ].
y secretary. These two are
bees. keeping the countries
p they are interested in the
EYE. The July issue covers
vfties OF the 20 Latin-Ameri-
publics OF the International
br the year 1908.
spirit of internationalism in
rdest application was the per
characteristic of relations be-
ne various countries OF Amer
1ng 1905" the bulletin says.
~ was marked by numerous
- OF The representative sls-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
bers of Congress Hot After MILEAGE

AS an evidence OF the receptive dis.
position on the part OF the members
OF congress 1t might be mentioned
that the Representatives voted them.
selves each SIPS eatra Stationery al.
lowance" soon after the beginning of
the extra session. A great manv
OF them do not spend more than s1s
or s2O year on their stationery
Inere are 3S1 members, four delegates
and three commissioners who NAV
draw this comfortable little additional
sl2S allowance. making 3ss all told
The sum Of this item, therefore. is
s2l.4so. Every employe of the can
itoi working force was granted An
extra months pay. and as the salaries
run all the way from $4,000 a year.
experts. to $50 . month for messeu-
gers. and S2.50 a day for pages. the
sum total is a tidy one. The extra
pay OF the senate pages amuunts to
si.soo for the extra session. These
youngsters. o{ whom there are 1s
are given $3.50 a day. reckoning 20
days a month.
The urgent deficiency bill carries a
number OF the items due to the extra
session Among them 10 one for
miscellaneous items. exclusive Of Ia
Dor. s25.O00." Who gets 1t is not df.
vuiged In the bill Another line In
the bill reads: ITO reimburse the ON.
eiai reporters Of the proceedings and
debates Of the senate for expenses
incurred during the first session of the
Sixty-irst congress for clerk hire and
other clerical services. s3.24o." The
oficial reporters of debates get s.. .o0e
year apiece and extra compensation
for additional copies OF their tran
scrfptions
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
Prudence in Their Silence.

The "contemptuous silence" with
which Republican magnates treat the
charge that the wool trust" bought
tariff immunity by liberal contribu-
ton to the Republican campaign fund
last year may be as prudent as 1t is
A comparison OF the
tariff schedules with list Of con-
tributions to the campaign funds
would be one of the most instructive
studies the American voter could turn
his mind to.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
PROSECUTE STANDARD ANEW.
Independents Claim They Are Diserimi-
mated Against.

Washington.-The government may be-
gin . new prosecution of the Standard
Oil Company, if it can find way to
do It, because of the methods Of the
giant monopoly is employing in the Okla
homa oil field to drive out Of business
the independent producers, many Of
whom are Pennsylvanians. The indie
pendents complain bitterly, and say that
II some sort of relief is not speedily
given them they will be ruined.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

"A careful estimate results in the
conclusion that the United States
manages to strike Just about one bill
lion matches per day. In spite of the
electricity, gas and cigar lighters in
use. The actual number seems to be
s60.000.000. This Would give every
man. woman and child In the country
IL OF the little fre-sticks during the
"a hours. These matches, used in q
single day. represent about two car
loads Of the best pine timber and
would weigh about $4,000 pounds.
Twenty tall trees must be cut and
split to produce the huge pile of little
splinters required each day, SO that
In the course of year considerable
area Of forest would be consumed. II
one days consumption of matches
could be placed end to end they would
extend for distance ox about 10000
miles-one and one-fourth times the
distance round the earth.-Harper's
Weekly.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
BIG RAINS IN TEXAS.
Downpour General and Heavy Through
Cotton Belt.

Dallas, Tex.-From all reports rains
seem fairly general and fairly heavy.
Nine hours rain at Big Springs and from
there to Sweetwater on east. Steady,
slow rain at Austin all last night. Good
rain at Cleburne; five hours at Sherman.
Good rain at San Angelo, Waco, Temple
snd Bolton, and from Fort Worth to
Grand Saline. Rain at San Antonio,
Wichita Falls and Brownwood. Light
rains in the Panhandle, also Dallas and
vicinity, about three-quarters of an inch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

The young man from Oklahoma.
who took roommate at Union ave.
nue. boarding house recently in order
to practice economy. awoke the next
morning to find that his clothing had
been stolen and that his money.
watch. and all OF his valuable papers.
we're missing. Here is a person who
ought to be able to appreciate the
feeling OF the American people who
voted last fall for the tarir TO be
revised by its friends.-Kansas City
Star
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
TO FIGHT BUCKET SHOPS.
National Meeting of Farmers Union May
Take Steps.

Little Rock, Ark.-That probably the
choice of the matter to be taken up at
the national meeting of the Farmers
Union at Birmingham next month will be
that Of organizing crusade against
bucket shops throughout the entire eoun-
try, was the statement made by R. II.
McCulloch, of Beebe, Ark, chairman of
the executive committee OF the Arkansas
Farmers Union and national secretary
of the union, while in Little Rock.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
W. C. 7. U. INcENSED.

Wichita, Kan.-Following the refusal
of the eity's commission to prohibit the
sale of imitation beer, commonly known
as near beer" the county woman's
Christian Temperance Union held an in
dignation meeting Friday night. The
recall" of three Of the commissioners
under the recall" election system was
proposed. II has been found that one
resort which had been closed for six
months, sold 200 cases of genuine beer
within six hoirs
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
KILLED AT ICE CREAM SOCIAL.
Women Faint When Man Shoots up
Kentucky Gathering.

Evansville, Ind.-At an ice cream So
cial near Corydon, KY, Jefferson Wat
son, . well-known planter, was shot and
instantly killed by Henry Hall. wealthy
young man Of Henderson county, Ken
tucky. It Is said that Hall went to the
social and had been drinking some, and
picked quarrel with Watson, and when
he latter resented it Hall pulled his 70
vlvsr and opsnsd frs-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
ooens Door for Corruption.

The authority Of the president to
use agents to assist him in the ap-
plication OF the maximum and mini
mum section C. the statute" will sure
ly give a wide latitude for the acqui-
sition of information. 1t will give a
wider latitude for blackmail and
bribery on the part of these same
agents in the arbitrary application OF
the maximum and minimum by ex-
ecutive rescript.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
KNIVES LEFT IN HEARTS.
Kentucky Feudists in Bloody Casey
County Fight.

Danville, Ky.-A battle with knives
and guns at Dry Fork church, beyond the
Boyle county line, in Casey county, as
sumed the proportions of bloody fsudal
war Wednesday night. The trouble,
which has been brewing for some time.
came up between the Chapmans on one
side and Luttrells on the other. Addi-
son Chapman and Perry Luttrell were
both found dead, each having q knife
stieking in his heart.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
MeKenna May Retire.

San Francisco.-Associate Justice Nc
Kenna, of the United States Supreme
Court, is about TO retire on account of
ill-health, according to statements made
by intimate friends of the jurist. Justice
McKenna, who was appointed member
of the Supreme Court in lsss, has been
in poor health for some time. He has
talked freely to his friends about his
retirement. He is said to be extremely
desirous of remaining on the bench, but
his health prevents this.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

amt your picture taken with
nt Taft. come to Washington.
e-thing proposition. wheth-
ggest man of the nation is
or Bullymahoo. it's all the
pc. For the nominal price
dollar or a bagatelle Of that
can go laundering down to
on a piece of pasteboard
Aands with the king Of Amer.
stly locking arms with His
Greatness. OF course. as
president goes. II is absent
pictorially speaking. All
4 to be particular about Is
hand your own self.
own "the Avenue" close 10
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
Burdette Win Not Recover.

Los Angeles.-The trustees of the
Temple Baptist Church have accepted
the resignation of Rev. Robert J. Bur
dette. the preacher, humorist and jour
nalist. When the question of his resig-
nation came up there was strong oppo-
sition to it. many of the trustees pre-
ferring to give their pastor an unlimited
vacation in the hope that his health
would recover sufficiently TO permit him
to return to the pulpit. 1t is known
among his friends that DR.. Burdetts viii
nevex recover.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
Danger Of cheapne 3. Axoidsd.

The tariff conferees evidently be.
lieved that cheap shoes make a
cheap man." and they did not propose
to have any cheap men about this
land of the free-except those who
wear brogans. Meanwhile we SHAH
continue to cheaper European man.
hood by sending our cheap shoes over
to them exclusively.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

session Just closed is re-
IN the eyes OF the law as
1sion OF the Sixty-nrst con-
Ness a court ruling is made
uses the treasury depart
/ 0Nmakers will get no mile
pey come together next De-
ne senators and congress-
er, have not given up hope
their mileage for the
session. for they carried
the court OF claims. Gen.
until recently a repre-
Fom Ohio. and one Of the
- ne Cannon machine In the
} NE attorney in charge of
nor the mileage claimants.
, hct that most of the sena-
1ongressmen did not return
mes between adjournment
~ and the beginning Of the
On on March Is does not
- desire to get the mile
= 30 much velvet" IL they
and the majority of the
- uho go to Washington to
- country have the reputa-
redng all they can.
|1osmen get Is cents a mile
pngest possible route to
-. Some OF the New York
} eet more than 500 for q
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
Hartman Has Not T. P. r. r.

Fl. Worth, Tex.-Reports from Bos-
ton to the effect that E. II. Hartman has
obtained control of the Texas & Pacific
railroad from the Goulds was denied Fri
day by f. +. Jetfery Of New York, in
charge of the Gould systems. Jeffery
wired that the report is absolutely with
out foundation, and that no transfer of
control is likely.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

The big dinner which the hosiery
manufacturers are going to give Sen.
ator Penrose in October certainly is
not testimonial OF gratitude Tor re
vision downward.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

This is not a perfect tariff bill, nor
complete compliance with the
promises made. strictly interpreted. T"
President Taft on the new tariff.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
Boosters of the Latin Republics

ments OF national life. both in Latin
America and the United States, and
on all occasions indications Of a unsn-
unity OF sentiment and community Of
interest were markedly displayed"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26
Wealth Await. pIseoverer.

A big fortune awaits the man who
rediscoyers the lost art of the Sara
Gems, who made sword blades 90 keen
that they could cut in two the best
Shenield blades Of the present day.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

Chief Of Police Groome of Vicksburg
Vas the recipient OF black hand letter,
containing threats against the life of
himself and Patrolman George Fades,
who killed a negro musician, Henry Mi
nor, the early part of ls-t week, and
was acquitted in a preliminary trial, and
this i used as the grounds OF the ven
geance threatened.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

Frank Ross, a negro, was hanged in
side the yard of the Washington county
Jail for the murder of Tom Butler, an
other negro. The murder was a pecu-
liarly atroeious one. Ross and Butler
had some trivial dispute, when Ross
threatened to Kill Butler. Butler started
to leave, when Ross secured his gun and
followed
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

Brick work has begun on the si5O,ooo
roundhouse of the New Orleans and
Northeastern shops at Meridian. The
concrete foundation cost $4,000. The
roundhouse win accommodate forty-fou
lscomotives when completed
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

Hon. +. :. Gambler, Jr.. who Is mem.
Der Of the committee on territories in
Congress, left last week for Chicago to
Join a congressional party OF twent -four
other members. Prom Chicago they 60
to San Francisco; they will bc the
guests Of the Chamber Of Commerce ON
the 2sd and s3d. On the cath they sail
on the steamer Siberia Tor Honolulu,
Hawaii
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

When President Taft says the Re
publican pledges have been kept pos
sibly he mans that they are being
kept for future reference.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-08-26

The joint committee announces that
the SUNDAY School Superintendents' In
stitute. to BE- held under the auspices of
the sunday school boards Of the North
Mississippi and the Mississippi confer.
enees of the NJ. T.. Church. south, will
be held at Meridian, beginning Wednes-
day night, sept. -, and closing Friday
noon, Sept. -.