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toward carrying out campaign pledges
was taken by the Democratic majority
of the house of representatives when
it adopted cotton schedule which
greatly reduces the tax on all kinds
of cotton goods.
If the Republican senate and presi-
dent Taft will permit the bill to be-
come a law, the public will be assured
of substantial reductions in prices.
The bill is so framed as to be par
ticular boon to the poor, for the great
est reductions are made on cottons
used by the middle classes and the
poor. This feature of the Democratic
bill is in particularly striking con-
trast to the Payne-Aldrich law, which
levies the lowest rates on the grades
of cottons used by the wealthy and
the highest tax on the cottons used by
the poor.
The Payne-Aldrich tax of 52.02 per
cent. on ready-made clothing and arti-
cles of wearing apparel of every de.
scription composed of cotton or veg
etable fibre is reduced to 80 per cent.
The Payne-Aldrich tax OF 45 per cent.
on blankets and quilts, towels, doilies,
batting, mops, washrags, etc, is re-
duced to % per cent. The Payne-Al-
drich tax of 5000 on sheets IS cut to
25 per cent. The Payne-Aldrich duty
on shirts, sweaters and all articles OF
cotton underwear of every descrip-
tion Is reduced to 80 per cent. Sim.
liar reductions are made on every item
in the entire cotton schedules.
Democrat Opposes Taft Censorship.
An important measure pending be-
| fore congress is House Resolution No
5970, introduced by Congressman Jas
r. Lloyd of Missouri.
The measure is aimed particularly
at the Taft administration in prohib
iting postal employees from organic
ing, and the still more remarkable
Taft policy of denying civil service
employees the right to petition con
gress, or even to give members of con
gress information until it has frs
been censored by their superiors
The Constitution guarantees to ev
cry citizen of the United States tn,
right to petition congress.
The Lloyd resolution occupies the
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purpose the restoration to government
employees of rights they are entitled
to under the constitution, but which
rights have been taken away from
them by the president in his desper
ate effort to prevent further leakag,
of information injurious to the Repub
lican party such as occurred in tn
Ballinger case.
Consideration for Women.
The cotton bill reported by the Dem
ocratic Ways and Means committe
is especially designed to benefit tn
women and children of the country
there being reduction of more tina
As per cent. on nearly every item i
the cotton bill used by them.
= DR.. Wiieys Goat.
, DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, storm petrC
between food dopers and the Taft az
ministration, has been militant go'
ernment chemist for 2S years. Pacl
ers of embalmed beef are arraye
against him because of his figf
against the use of benzoate of sod
Benzoate increases the profits of en-
balmed beef packers because it wi
"restore" and preserve meats thu
have become puerescent The cost {
may be materially reduced by usin
water and cereals Water costs not
ing and the cereal Is cheaper tina
meat. The result is a cheapening
the product and lowering OF til
food value. But when water an
! cereal Is used the meat begins to sou
1t Is to prevent this souring procei
that the benzoate of soda may
used. Chemists declare benzoate
of no earthly use to the manufactur,
who puts pure foods upon the marke
DR.. Wiley also fought the bleache
-four interests to the last ditch. /
: exposed the injurious colorings use
. In candies sold to children. He stu
bornly opposed the use OF sulphur {
a fruit preservatiye. He secured Il
p removal of the tax on denatured ale
hol. He exposed frauds without nul
ber in patent medicines. Ii was Wil'
= who started the war on the use of ma
: cotics and other poisons in soda fou
tain drinks. And he stubborn
fought the whisky trust until he WI
u at last overruled by President Ia
u These facts tell better than lol
. article could why 1t Is up to the fo'
II dopers to get Wiley's goat. Also wi
! 1t is up to the people to Sc that tn
II don't get It,
Philippine Independence Looms
y Ahead.
II Speaker Champ Clark believes tn