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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

the British board of trade:
Where Briton earns s1.20 in wages,
German earns 80 cents.
Where a Briton works 100 hours, a
German works Ill hours.
Where a Briton pays ,$1.20 in rent,
German pays STAT.
Where a Briton spends $1.20 on food
and fuel, German spends $1.41.
Senator Moses E. Clapp of Mime
sofa, who is every day becoming more
bitter In his criticism of the recent
tariff revision, declares that revision
upward of the rates on a few things
has the tendency to advance the cost
of every necessity.
You will hear it said constantly"
said Senator Clapp, with reference TO
something on which the price has been
advanced, oh, that isn't in the tariff
at all That increase has nothing to
do with the tariff But the fact is
that the tariff reaches all along the
line You can't raise the cost of living
to a man who Is producing something
to sell. without forcing that man to
raise correspondingly the price of what
he has to sell.
Costing Millions.
THE new tariff law has cost, and is
costing the American people millions
on millions of dollars, in increased
cost of living. And if the Payne
Aldrich bill had been beaten, those
millions would have been saved to the
people The increase in import duties
did not affect everything, of course;
but when the prices were raised by
the people whose rates had been in
creased, other people were compelled
to raise their prices in keeping. The
thing started with the tariff increases,
and is increasing the cost of living all
along the line.
1--WE must have no legislation that
will reinforce the combinations
Tariffs so adjusted as to protect COM
binations at home against competition
abroad. must be lowered The COM
binations are eliminating competition
just as Sherman and Blaine 20 years
ago saw that they would. II is now a
problem OF how to save our market
from being controlled by the domestic
combination, just as formerly it was
a problem of how to protect it against
control by the foreign producer.
Merchant Put Up Price.
"A lady in Washington told me Of
going to a crockery store and pricing
a set of dishes. 1t was $50 and the
tariff bill hadn't been reported yet.
Later. when it had become generally
known that the revision was being
made upward rather than downward,
she went back and asked about those
same dishes. The price had gone I'D
to $40.
But, she protested, 1t was only
$50 few weeks ago.
but the tariff is being revised
was the response, and things like this
are going to be higher
Il looked UP that description of
goods. 1t wasn't increased in the
tariff measure. But the understanding
was out that manufacturers were in
prices because of the changes
in the duties; everybody knew that
cottons and woolens were going up on
that account; and so the tendency was
to push up the prices on other things
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Jan. 5 in American
History

1179-ZebuIon Montgomery Pike. sol.
der and explorer of the Rocky
mountains, born; killed in battle
1913. Stephen Decatur, commo-
dore e. S. N, born in Maryland;
killed in a duel 1920.
1se1-Emma Abbott, prima donna,
died: born ,1s49.
1s97-General Francis A. Walker, vet
eran Of the Federal army and a
well known economist, died; born
1871
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
, Don't Get a Divorce

a western judge granted a divorce
on account of ill-temper and bad
breath. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
would have prevented it. They cure
constipation, causing bad breath and
liver trouble the ill-temper, dispel
colds, Danish headaches. conquer
chills. Twenty-Five cents at all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Have YOU a weak throat?

Have you weak throat? II so,
you cannot be too careful. You can
not begin treatme { too early. Each
cold makes you moe liable 10 anoth-
er and the last is always the harder
to cure. If you Will take Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy at the outset
you will be saved much trouble. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Just For a Chance.

'Poor old man. He thought all OF
his troubles would be ended wheI he
married the cook"
"And weren't they?"
mo, they were just beginning. He
found out very soon that she married
him so that she could stop cooking"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
not common, everyday cough mix
ture. 1t is a meritorious remedy for
all the troublesome and dangerous
complications resulting from cold in
the head, throat, chest or lungs. Sold
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

These are days when the people
should be patient with the street car
service. Electric transportation as
well as the conduct of steam railroads
is hampered by unavoidable difficult
ties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
As He Could Testify.

aid like to see bold holdup man."
81 see one every day"
mercy! Do your"
1.-THE same one"
"Why don't you have him aTestedT'
THAT would never do"
"Whyr
because IT is my wife"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Foxy.

"You don't smoke as much as you
used to-"
"No."
doctor order you to quitT'
mo. that isn't it
"What is the matter?"
"Wife buys my cigars"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

With congress and the general as
sembly of Illinois both in session It
looks like q hard winter to pull
through.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

G. w. Morse. the former ice king, is
behind the bars-but the ice trust will
attempt to do business at the old stand
next spring just the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

The statesmen at washington must
be true either to the Aldrich- Cannon
ring or to their constituents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
She Didn't Miss IL.

"what kind Of a husband did Mabel
draw in the lottery:"
"Oh. he Is q prize.'
Brings home most everything. J
SUPPOSE"
Everything but a jag"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

The meek In these days inherit the
vacuum where desirable things used
to be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
HuTnOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN n. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

A LII the worlds stage, and the box
Office receipts are as disappointing
as those Of any other mediocre stage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

A baseball game is designed for tie
special efrervescence OF the genus
homo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Tho Millionaire.

"His lot is n bard one"
us #: whyT'
LIT is a forty acre lot and OF the
finest limestone"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

Keep the belt line buzzing There
Is no reason for its being snowbound.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

Women aren't really afraid of mice.
They only let men think they are be-
cause men want TO think so. II gives
a man a chance to be brave and heroic
in hfs own eyes without the slightest
personal risk. Clever women!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

The only men who ever know all
about women fail to be born.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

Is this winter weather ideal enough
for you?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Accounted for Difference.


Accounted for Difference.
The tables showed, that the Berlin
price of wheat and other protected
products. was higher than the London
free trade) price by about the amount
of the import duties.
In France, Italy and some other
European countries, part of the mu-
nicipal revenue is raised by duties on
goods entering the town. At the gates
of such towns there is an official who
collects this tax, and it is found that
the difference in price on articles pur-
chased outside the town and within
the town. IS in nearly every instance
exactly the amount of the duty. The
same happens in trade between ma
tions
In Holland there are no import
duties on food or raw materials, the
sole protective element being a tax of
5 per cent on imported manufactured
goods. In Germany there is a high
duty on food. and an excessive tariff
on all the necessaries of life.
where Difference Is shown
A household of six persons can buy
IOI SO.Ot III OClutIlduu NOHe OI Iue
eastern provinces of Holland) the
necessaries of life which in Germany.
just across the frontier, would cost
$6.78
AS a result a village of 900 inhabi-
tants has grown up at Glanerbrug, in
Holland, near the German frontier.
There German manufacturers have
built houses for a colony Of their work
men, because they can live more cheap
ly and better across the frontier in
the foreign country where food is not
taxed.
Recently published statistics of the
British Board of Trade show that
while the cost of living has increased
34.3 per cent under protection in the
United States, the cost of living in
England, under free trade, increased
but III per cent during a like period.
Another official table shows that while>
wages increased Is per cent in Eng
land during a period of six years,
wages increased in Germany during
the same time but 10 per cent. and in
the United States but 3.S per cent
Germans Earn Less.
Here are a few other comparisons
between free trade England ami high
protection Germany, as brought out by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Prscaution.

"Ma."
Eyes"
'T wish you would tell Santa Claus
that have some OF those cigars left
that he brought me last Christmas"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

A thoughtful person is the type that
is apt to get under the epidermis when
we aren't looking.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
He Was the Style.

"You say you don't love your nus
band?"
mot a bit"
Then why did you marry himT"
"All the other girls wanted him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

The trouble is that we are so apt TO
think that most of our kindness Is
unappreciated and misplaced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

Man born OF
woman is OF few
days and often
sees them double.
The tro b l0
about the biggest
bargains. is that
they are so apt to
be those things
{ at we don't
want at any price.
Con slider the
cost OF legal pro-
ceedings before
you permit your
self to do any
Z ing rash or
foolish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
COST OF LIVING IN
U. S. is NO PUZZLE IN
OTHER COUNTRIES

(Continued from Page one.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Appropriate.

at is an I'll wind that blows nobody
good"
Ibid you say an I'll wind?"
Eyes"
Then you'd better call IN that dor
air doctor"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

given circumstances, by creating a
factor which will determine the inland
selling price through relative protec-
tive duties. Inland prices are raised,
SO far as a consideration of the cir
cumstances of the last ten years viii
allow us to judge, in proportion to the
duties. This is seen from the follow
ing tables:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05

Conscience may be a handicap. but
II seldom works TO hurt anything.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-05
Germans Earn Less

Here are few other comparisons
between free trade England AMI high
protection Germany, as brought out by
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
Nj ARRlED IN BRISTOL
Fi. Blsckmore Couple TO Reside
in Oklahoma.

The Rev. a. III. Burroughs
married a young couple at his
mecca on Saturday evening at
$3.50 O'Clock. The contracting
were; Garnett w. Markham of
Fort Blackmore, Scott county
Va, a fireman on the c.. G.. e.
o. Railway, and Miss Myrtle f.
Mann, of the same community
The couple returned Sunday to
Fort Blackmore. Tomorrow
they will leave for Oklahoma
CITY, Okla, where they EXPECT
to reside.-Bristol News. Mon.
day.
The bride is a granddaughter
OF Mrs. Laura Buckley. of this
place, whom the couple visited
a couple of days last week be.
fore leaving for their future
home in the west.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
Making The School HOuSe Shine

city, the benefits Of the Morrill,
Act. George Washington Uni
versity wss originally a more
or less sectarian il stitution
under the name of the Colum-
bian. but in recent years the
name has been changed and the
management has passed from
sectarian control, SO that il is
probable that in the near future
the city of Washington will
have an institution which will
take up the teaching Of scienti-
tic agriculture as well as law
diplomacy, medicine, engineer
ing and other professions which
are included in the cirriculum
Of modern university.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
SHE WORKED SON +

please state 70 the court ex
act,y what YOU did between ;
and 8 O'Clock on ednesday
morning." said the lawyer TO a
delicate little woman on the
witness stand. Well " she
said, after a moments reflec-
tion, Il washed my two child
rem and got them ready for
school, and sewed a button on
Johnny's coat and mended
rent in NelIie's dress. Then /
tided up my sitting room and
watered my house plants and
glanced over the morning paper.
| busted the parlor aud set
things TO rights in it and wash
ed my lamp chimneys and
combed the baby's hair and
sewed a button on one of her
little shoes. and then l swept
out the front entry and brushed
and put away the children's
Sunday clothes and wrote
note TO Johnny's teacher ask
ing her TO excuse him for not
being at school on Friday. Then
i fed my canary bird and gave
the groceryman and order and
swept off the back porch; then
| sat down and rested few
minutes before the clock struck
g. That's all"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
NORTON MAKES
NOMINATION

Norton Va, April l5.-At a
mass meeting held in the town
hail Tuesday the following
candidates were nominated 10
make the race for town officers
at the regular election 20 be
held June 18th.
MAYOR John Roberts.
Recorder q. ID. klgorc.
Treasurer C. a. Smith
COUNCIL:
East Ware r. T.. Carr, T.. l..
Cameron, c. G. Hyatt.
West Wards. l.. Whithead.
y. Il. Baldwin, J r. McNutt.
South Ward b +. Hunnycutt,
j. W. Honeycutt, 5. G.. Horn.
The meeting was very harm
onious. and the slate above Will
probably ali be elected. as 90 II
not known there viii be another
ticket ia the field The Chief
Of Police will be appointed by
the new council when IL goes
into Office.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
ENOUGH Orders.
To Keep Steel Mills Busy the Rsmsiader
Of the Year.

New York. April l5.-Ex-
Judge Ebert III. Gary, Chair
man of the United States Steel
Corporation. returned 20 New
York today after "A vacation at
Hot Springs, Va. Asked in
regard 10 business conditions.
Mr.. Gary said that the main
thing that the country needed
now was industrial" peace.
and until the assurance Of it
came business enterprise would
hesitate lie was pleased. be
said, 10 hear that the American
Tobacco and Standard Oil de-
cisions had been ordered 90 be
reargued. In regard 20 condi-
tions i'm the steel industry. Mr..
Gary said.
"Steel conditions are good
There has been a steady in
crease IN business since the
sensational lull in January.
The United States Steel Corpor-
alton has now about 100000
tons Of untitled orders on its
books. and new orders are
coming in at the rate Of about
5000 tons "a day in excess Of
capacity This estimate Of
100000 tons of untitled orders
is only approximate. but 10 is
bound % be somewhat less than
ar the end Of December on ac-
count of the sensational falling
of IN business in January aud
February AT the present rate
of bookings, however. our mills
should continue 20 run ar fun
capacity through the rest of
the year.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20

Il had about given up hope, after nearly
four years Of suffering IRON severe lung
troable,' writes Mrs. N. L. Dix, of Clarks-
vile, Tenn. Often the pain in nv chest
would bs almost unbearable and I could
not do any work, but DR.. Kings New Dis
covery has made me feel like a new person.
It's the best medicine made for the throat
and lungs Obstinate coughs, stubborn
colds, hay fever, lsgrippe, asthms, Group.
bronchitis and hemorrhages, hoarseness and
whooping cough, yield quickly to this
wonderful medicine. Try it. 5Oc and si.00.
Trial bottles free Guaranteed by J. W.
Kelly. Druggist.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
PARDONS COOPER.
Governor Uf Tennessee 0verrules High
est Court in the State and Sets His
POLITICAL Ally Free.

Nashville, Tenn, April l3.-
Gov. Malcolm Il. Patterson this
afternoon pardoned Col. Dun
can b. Cooper, whose sentence
of twenty years in the peni-
tentiary for the murder Of
United States Senator Edward
w. Carmack. was confirmed
today by the State Supreme
Court.
Although it was believed by
many that the chief executive
would take this action, the
pardon coming so soon after
the action of the court created
q sensation.
The friends of Senator Car
mack are indignant over the
hasty action of the Governor.
and the matter is being discuss
ed by excited groups of men on
the streets.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
COL. ROOSEVELT
AND THE POPE

His Holiness. the pope. in
refusing an audience 20 Col.
Roosevelt acted. TO say the least.
of it, IN a capricious manner.
for Mr.. Roosevelt did not seek
an audience as an official, but
simply as an American citizen.
No one disputes the right Of the
pope 20 deny an audience, and
no one who knows Mr.. Roose
welt would expect him 10 accept
an audience on such a condition
as the pope imposed
Whatever else may be said Of
MIR. Roosevelt. this is true. he is
an American citizen with the
spirit Of an American so fully
developed that il is impossible
for him 10 lay down his indie
pendence or fawn at the feet Of
any man in Church OF State.
And therein lies his greatness
a greatness which Americans
Will not be slow to honor.
The pope consented 10 an
audience only on the ground
that Mr.. Roosevelt would net
visit the Methodist church in
Rome, and the ex- President
declined, though il turned out
later that he had no engage
ment with the Methodist church
at all. But he did not propose
20 be limited as TO his actions
while in Rome, and in that he
was right. Mr. Roosevelt is not
the man TO be sidelined. and the
pope knows as much now, and
Is that much wiser than he was.
After all, why should the
pope desire 70 limit Mr.. Roose-
welt. He is only private citi-
zen-a great citizen, it is true,
but only a citizen. Moreover,
the pope is only a Church dig.
nitary. He is not State Off.
cial. He has no power of State
not even over Italy. No one
IN State affairs asks him what
TO do, and we are exceedingly
glad that Mr.. Roosevelt did not
Ii the ex President had gone e
the Vatican to represent any
branch of the Protestant Church
1t would have been different
but his visit was in no sens.
official, and the pope took
occasion by it TO slap five mil
lion American Methodists in tn,
face, and the slap has become Z
boomerang. So let it be-
Midland Methodist.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20

"Did you have the soil of your
back yard analyzed by the
Agricultural Department.
yes; they said it consisted
largely of glass, tin and putty
with traces of builders lime;
and suggested that it might do
to raise a mortgage on"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-04-20
Prosperous Section.

which is the good demand from
the coal mining districts of
Southwest Virginia.
There are few regions which
are superior for the growing of
fruit. Apples especially do well
here. On the north side of the
Clinch Mountains are many fine
orchards, some of which are of
commercial Importance and are
shipping to distant markets.
Peaches, plums, pears, grapes
and cherries are also grown.
Scott county is also noted for
its production of maple sugar
and of sorghum.
There still remain in the
county good areas of valuable
timber, consisting of oaks, wal
nut, poplar, hickory, ash, elm,
linn, birch, pine and cedar.
There are a number Of saw mills
and small factories making use
of the woods.
Within the boundaries Of the
county are deposits of iron ore,
both red and brown hematite.
coal, lead, Manganese, marble
Of various kinds, barytes, lime
stone and superior clays. Salt
Is also known to exist in the
southwest corner. There is also
several sulphur and calybeate
springs. Good brick clay is
found adjoining Gate City, and
near that place are very large
deposits Of limestone. Near the
town are also Outcroppings of
marble which extend down the
Clinch valley for long dis
tance. There is "A very fine
marble, capable of a very
beautiful polish. and Of the best
character of withstanding the
weather. This marble is found
in several buildings in Gate
City, but the deposit has never
been developed.
ON the Virginia and South
western Railway, twelve miles
west Of Gate City, on Stock
Creek. is found one Of the great
natural curiOsities of the coun.
try. 1t is natural tunnel over
900 feet long, and both the
creek and the railroad 20
through it. lt is the only place
on record where railroad can
go through a mountain in Z
natural tunnel. The approach
TO this tunnel affords some O.
the grandest and most imposing
scenery An immense wall O
limestone forms a high juttins
cliff for several hundred yardi
below, and this has been colore,
in beautiful tints of red an,
gray and brown by the water,
carrying down its face solutions
of lime iron and magnesia. Thi
tunnel Is 400 feet above tn,
sea level and should be one o
the most attractive natura
curiosities in the land, and il
time will no doubt attract tour
list travel from all over tn,
country. Southern Field.
III UpIL'n IN DDVl,Ts,A a