The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-08-24
Delay is Denial.

oil every great wrong. lltlaN II the
refuge IT every great offender who
is menncrd 10y law. Delay j. the
policy now of the great tarit'-pro-
tected trusts.
Mr.. 1aft's aNUwrd reasons for We
tuing the bills untaXing the peoples
clothing and enlarging the farmers
free list are that the action was
hasty that it was not based upon
due information and that injury may
be done to important business inter.
ests. Every one of these PROPOSE
tions is merely a poor excuse for de-
lay.
When Mcssrs. Payne aud Aldrich
were imposing eNtOrtiOnatc taxes
upon the people they were In more
of "A hurry than has been the case
with Congress in this instance.
They made no inquiries a. To the Ell
feet of these eXtOrtiOns upon con
sumers They did not need the as
Sistancv of "A tariff board. They
simply consulted the agents Of the
Interests that were To- Il" benefited
and on their unsupported demands
the footing leVi"s were boldly written
into law
1t j. not true that thcr" hus been
haste IN tn" preparation Of the pend
ing measures The principle in
4 VOWED has been under discus sion
I for wears Two Congresses have
been elected for the precis" purpose
of reducing taxes upon the ncccS-
saries Of life. Both parties have
been pledged Ia it. MIR. Taft him.
self has been pledged Ia It. Delay
now is denial, and denial nov prob
ably gives the great tax eaters inn
muuity for at least two years more.
II is not true, either, that the ac-
tiuu of the present Congress In uu-
taxing the peoples food and cloth
inn has meuaced legitimate industry
and commerce. Participated IN 10y
both Democrats and Republicans it
| has been siugulurly moderate in
character and almost wholly free
from craftsmanship and violence.
Nobody has proposed to burn the
cust0mhouses No extremist has
/ figured in the leadership. The dis
position t. deal considerably and
! Justly, even with the bullying inter
eSts that have long fattcned under
favuring laws, has been pronounced.
We shall not soon again see condi-
/ tiuus So well adapted to wise aud
conservative legislation.
Mr.. Taft cites the fact that ,O0U,-
OnO people are financially Interested
/ IN the growth aud manufacture of
wool. He speaks for them only, and
in their behalf demands delay. Con
grcSs, without regard /" party, has
/ spoken, and, rs its vut" yesterday
l. f..F
10 OnO 900 who demand action. This
/ j. the situation IN il hri"i"st terms.
/ II ~, OOO, 600 ~" ever to make their
will effective against 900 .ooh in
& this country, men who reach hlGll
otiic" on promises that they then
/ disregard must nj tn" earliest pos
sihl" moment he deprived of TIA"
puwcr to repeat tn" uiI"us". st.
Louis Republic.
\ well known Drs Muiucs woman
after suffering mis"rahly for tw"
days from bowel complaint, was
cured hy one dose Of Chamberlain :
T collie, Cholera and Diarrho"a Rem,
ody. For sale 10y all dealers.
At the Home Coming festival ut
Jackson last week, il is estimated
that ON Saturday the crowd amounted
t. 5000. Seventeen States Were
represented in the celebrations. One
man had not visited Jackson for II
years, but came for this affair. The
Home Bakery sold $1,000 loaves oi
bread aud - 400 rolls IN the three
DAYS. The man vino won the prize
for coming tn" longest distance was
/ u. T.. Henry. Of pnsig- Risal, i. J.,
who camu l2,OOI miles. The old.
est man was James Van Glider, M
years of age, Of Cap" county, and
4 Mrs Caroline Wells, 81, also OF
Cape county, was the oldest woman,
Mrs. Edward LaNalle of New Mad.
rid was shot in the right sight on
the 24th by bullet shot from rifle
IN the hands of some boy In her
m"ighborhood.
some Ste. Genevieve boys were re-
Gently playing with horse, when ii
became angry and bit one of them,
Leo Wilson, in the face.