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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-10-01

You have right to nave SetJled III
your mind every possible doubt.
For it is only by knowing the facts-and
all the facts-that you can make up your
mind to vote in way that will protect
yo,r interests and the country's interests.
The Third Term Candidate and Professor
Wilson, with their organizations are leav-
ing no stone unturned
They are each holding out a beautiful
Millennium for the American farmer and
the wage-earner-if only the voters OF
America will bring about change
REVOLUTIONARY upsetting of present condi-
tons.
They are touching mighty lightly on the
fact that conditions are pretty fine just as
they are.
They want to ''save the country" No
body knows just what they want to save"
it FROM But they want to save it anyhow.
And in all this prediction fireworks, and
Understanding sentiment, they are bearing
down not so much on what they haze done
not on what they are able to do
They are keeping up running fire OF
questions for Mr.. Taft to answer
All right-Let's take up these questions
the ones that they hang their oratory upon.
Veto of the Democratic Wool Bill
Schedule K has been for years the storm
center of tariff agitation. 1t is probably the
most important schedule of the entire tariff.
All students of the subject agree that it
presents more difficulties than any other.
We not only produce large proportion OF
the raw material-Wool-as an important
feature of our farm and ranch operations in
competition with hOcks run on the cheaper
lands of Australia, South America and
South Africa, but our great wooden and
worsted mills are erected, maintained and
operated at much heavier cost than in Great
Britain, Germany and other leading COM
peting countries.
The only time this schedule has ever been
radically revised-by the Democratic Will
son bill-the action was followed by COM
plete Generalization in American sheep
husbandry, running thousands of our citi-
zens who had their money invested in focks;
seriously reducing the domestic supplies of
wool, and what is of even greater concern,
now in these days of high-priced meats, re-
ducing heavily the supply of lambs and
mutton at all leading markets.
President Taft's first instruction to the
Tariff Board was to conduct a searching
inquiry into this complicated schedule. The
problem was how to fairly protect the
American farmer, and at the same time re-
adjust the wool duties so as to enable the
American manufacturer to meet the keen
competition of foreign cloth-makers having
access to free wool and operating under
lower labor and works expense.
While this diligent inquiry was being con-
Quoted, with fairness towards all, the Demo-
Gratis in Congress in their feverish haste to
beat the President to downward revision of
an unpopularschedule, as avote-getting prop
osition and disregarding entirely the care
full investigation being made, threw together
a "wool-bill'', based, not upon knowledge
principle of tariff making, but solely upon
desire to "smash the tariff" This was
sent to the President while the agents of the
Tariff Board were still busy in America,
Australia, New Zealand Argentina, Great
Britain, France and Germany. Of course
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-10-01
Is Taft Boss-Ridden?

To anyone who has lived close to the admins
traton in Washington, during the past three and
half years, the suggestion is ridiculous.
If there ever President who took his own
counsel, who made his own decisions and carried
them out in his own way. it has been William
Howard Taft.
political advisers, who told him that what he was
doing was bad politics. and has gone the free indie
pendent way, and done the thing he felt was right.
If Mr.. Taft had been willing to be ridden-if
him to-if he had been willing to let Roosevelt be
the power behind the throne-the1e zo0nId mothaOe
been any third party in the field.
Mr.. Taft is not politician. He is states
@7zs &iaa of man to f be our President
These are the answers to the campaign ques-
tons The truthful answers.
And here are of the things the speakers
and writer's on the other sides do not touch on.
The country is more prosperous today than it
has been for twenty years.
Factories and mines are running full force.
Merchants have thrived, and there are no inan-
cial troubles.
The railroads report the heaviest freight and
passenger traffic in their history.
The farmer has come into his own.
He neither wants nor needs to ship his produce
to foreign ports.
Right at his door is the best market in all the
world. The home market, able to consume and
pay for all he can produce.
That means good times. The Taft admins
tration-the Tariff pocy-the confluence felt in
.Taft's wise, judicial methods have played great
big share in bringing this prosperity.
The outlook is for still better things.
A change at Washington right now would be
the most disastrous blow that could strike the
American Nation.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE,
Charles d. Hilles Chairman,
James B. Reynolds, Secretary.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-10-01
And Here Are the Answers

only at home but in Europe-where they
do these things scientifically be the most
illuminating document of the kind ever sub
mitted to any government. Ignoring this
completely, and hiring "muck-raker' to
do his best at shooting it up", the Demo-
Gratis reported their original "hurry-up"
wool bill unchanged. The Republicans
framed and offered as a substitute, asweep-
ing ACKNOWLEDGMENT bill based on the
Boards report, correcting all the most vital
faults of the old Schedule X in the light of
thorough, nonpartisan investigation. The
nondescript Underwood bill was neverthe-
less re-enacted, again put up to the Presi-
dent, who, of course, withheld his approval,
set forth his reasons in message which every
lover of fair play should read, and appealed
to the people for an honest Judgment as to
his action.
Who is therefore to blame for any failure
to intelligently revise Schedule K? Presi-
dent Taft or his political pursuers?
About Canadian Reciprocity
This subject is the big bugaboo which both
of the other parties are parading- with
more than usual inconsistency.
1t is now dead issue.
We are all entitled to honest differences
of opinion
Many still believe that President Taft's
attitude was wrong
But let's think it over bit, and see.
In the first place, Canadian Reciprocity
was not originated by Taft.
1t was handed down from the time of
President Mckinley. Roosevelt succeeded
Mckinley; he was strongly in favor OF
reciprocity.
He practically forced Congress into the
act of Reciprocity with Cuba, and officially
declared in favor of Reciprocal Agreement
with Canada.
President Taft went into the matter. He
made his recommendation based upon careful
investigation of comparative conditions in the
two countries.
And the fact that Canada quickly and decisive
ly refused Reciprocity is a pretty sure sign that
country believed that the United States would get
a bigger share of the benefits.
And on this Reciprocity Point, how about the
other candidates?
Mr. Roosevelt endorsed Canadian Reciprocity,
not only during his administration in his messages,
but in his published correspondence with Mr.
Taft, in his speech at Grand Rapids, Mich, Feb
ruary H. 1911, and in his speech delivered at the
Lincoln Day dinner, at the Waldorf Astoria, New
York, February Is, 1911.
And Wilson's election would simply mean
abolishing all Tariff relations with Canada-giv-
ing the Canadians every advantage, and getting
nothing in return. Think that over, please
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-10-01
About the Trusts

The Wilsontes will tell you Taft is friend OF
the Trusts-a side-partner of monopolies.
No President has done so much to abolish
monopolies as President Taft.
Others have talked about it-have threatened
a complete destruction of illegal corporations.
But when you come to sum up what they have
really done, it's different matter.
Mr.. Taft accomplished in the first three years
of his administration more than his four predeces-
sors had done to wipe out the Trust evil.
In that time he secured As indictments under
the Sherman Law, whereas his predecessor, who
vowed vengeance on all offenders, secured only
Is indictments in the entire seven years of his
administration.
THAT'S worth thinking over.
President Taft is not an enemy to business.
He is the friend of legitimate industry.
What he did in the cases of the TOBACCO Trust,
the Steel Trust, the Sugar Trust, the Standard
Oil Trust and other offending corporations, has
already had it's favorable effect upon independent
companies.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-10-01

Besides as the matter stands, it makes better
Third Term Campaign story!
That these contests were made for effect only
is best brought OUT by the following from the
June g. 1912 issue of the Washington Times, which
is owned and published by Mr.. Frank A. Munsey-
an ardent Roosevelt supporter:
"For psychological effect as move IN
practical politics it necessary for the
Roosevelt people to start contests on those
early Taft selections in order that tabula-
ton of delegate strength could be put out
that would show Roosevelt holding good
hand 1t was never expected that they would
be taken very seriously. They served useful
purpose, and now the National Committee is
deciding them in favor of Taft in most cases
without real division"
1t would be strange rule of evidence which
would require to accept the testimony OF
buccaneering psychologist who confesses to an
attempt to purloin the larger portion of an
honest mans property as conclusive evidence
of the psychologists title to the remainder OF
the honest mans possessions.
'The Truth About Those Delegates''-a little
book which gives all facts and figures as to the
seating of delegates, will be mailed on request by
Republican National Committee, Times Building,
New Work
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
SteamshipLine
Established Between Mobile
and South America.

Washington, d. c., July l2.-
President Finley, of the South.
ern Railway Company ,annouuc-
ed today that he had been ad-
yised of the purpose of the
Munson Steamship Line to in
augurate regular service be-
tween Mobile, Alabama, and So
nth American ports. The new
service ia to begin on Septem.
Der 18th on which date u steam.
er will leave Mobile for Monte.
video, Uruguay, and Buenos
Ayres and Rosario. Argentina,
all of which ports will be reg
ular of call for the new line.
Sailings will be made every four
weeks. In making this an
nouncement President Finley
said:
THE inauguration of this
new service will be of great
benefit to the manufactur.
ers of the Southeastern States
and of the entire Mississipipi
Valley. The markets of South
America are rapidly increasing
in Importance with growing
demand for commodities which
can profitably be produced in
our Southeastern Section. Many
of our enterprising maufactur-
ers and merchants are giving
special consideration to the pos
sibilities of these markets.
Our South Atlantic and Gulf
ports are advantagously located
with reference Decentralization.
am convinced that direct.and
regular steamship service such
as Ia now assured from Mobile
will result in the building up of
a profitable business. The people
of other seaport cities are move
ing in the matter and | hope
that additional lines may be in
angurated in the near future. q"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
Typhoid Direc-
tons.
Health Department Issues
Rules for Protectinn of
Families where Dis
ease exists.

Richmond, Va, July l2.-
Rules for the protection of
families in which typoid fever
exists have been prepared by
State Board of Health and are
ready for distribution. The
Board urges that these rules be
observed in every household
where typhoid appears and
points out that precautions will
generally prevent the spread of
the disease from one sufferer to
those living with him. Copies
of the directions may be had
upon request.
to bring about better condi-
tions. In this cooperative effort
there is also serious need of the
statesmen. No branch of indus
try in this country is on so bad
an economic basis today as is
the coal mining industry, and
this industry can never be
placed on n satisfactory basis
until, through important legis-
tive changes, Improvement in
this economic bases is made
possible
1t was early in 1908 that the
Federal government began it's
investigation of the causes of
mine disasters following the
climax Of accidents in 9O7. The
record for 1907 and the follow
ing years is as follows:
1907, thirty.one hundred and
ninety seven men killed, or 4 SO
in every LOCO employed.
1905, twenty-four hundred
and forty-nine killed, or j. GA in
every | 900 employed.
1909, twenty six hundred and
sixty eight killed, or 4 in every
l 900 employed.
1910, twenty-eight hundred
and thirty-fonr men killed, or
3.9l in every 1000 employed.
1911, twenty. five hundred and
seventeen men killed, or 3.74 in
every 1000 employed.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
First aid Contest at Gary W.
Va.

The First Aid Contest held
on the athletic grounds at
Gary, w. Va, ON July 4th,
nnder the auspices of the United
States Coal and Coke Company
was brilliant success. While
the contest was open for all
First Aid Teams in the Poca
hontas coal field, only three
reported, as follows: Team No.
! from plants of the United
states Coal and Coke Company
on Tug river above Gary; team
No. 2, from Sand Lick creek,
above Gary, and team No. 3
from Gary and Wilcoe.
The contestants were very
fotunate in being able to pro-
cure the services of DIR. j. j.
kutledge, mining engineer Of
the National Bureau of Mines,
pittsbugh, Pa, and DIR. j..
Howard Anderson, of Mary
town, w. Va, to act as judges,
Before the opening of the con-
test, DR.. Rutledge made a short
address in which he outlined
the great progress being made
IN first aid work throughout
the country, particularly in the
soft coal district. -1'azewell
Republican.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
Says Motive OF the Third
Party not Sincere.

Washington, July l3,-Rep-
resentntive Bacon Slemp,
chairman of the Virginia Re
publican state committee, has
given out the following state.
ment regarding the Roosevelt
program for our independent
party:
"If the third party was a
Legitimate third party it would
undertake to get recruits from
both the Democrats and the Re-
publicans, and in such case it
would be favored by great
many individuals who are look.
ing for better conditions in the
state government, which owing
to the weakness of the Republi-
can party in the state, they can
not secure now.
"But if the third party is go
ing to be composed, as appar
emily it is in Virginia, of dis
appointed office-seekers, it will
fan, as 1t ought to fail. The
Republican party has not en-.
ough votes in Virginia to con-
stitute third party, and the
only.way it can be successful
is for the Democrats to join in
with disappointed office-seekers
in building up a new orgnniza-
ton, and this, fear, they will
not do because the r.dyives Of
the third party are not sincere.
They are acting from Iaalice,
and not from any fixed convict
ions, SC far as the good of the
United States is concerned"
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
Mining Becoming A Safe DC
cupation.

Washington, July l3.-That
the high tide in the terrible
death rate in American coal
mines has been reached and
passed is the confident belief of
the officials of the United States
Bureau of Mines.
Figures issued today by the
Bureau show that 2,5l7 men
were killed in the mines last
year as against 1854 for 1910.
This shows a reduction in the
number of lives lost of 3l7 in
one years time. The death rate
in 1910 was 3.9l men in every
LOCO employed. The rate in
1911 was 3.74.
Compared with 1907, t h e
darkest year in the history of
American mining, when 1897
men lost their lives, 1911 shows
q decrease of 600 in the number
of men killed. 1t was follow
ing the record of this year that
Congress authorized the gov
ernment to begin Investigations
looking toward Il reduction in
the death rate and this was
supplemented in 1910 by the
creation of the Bureau of
Mines.
Discussing the death stats
tics of the coal mines, DR..
Joseph a. Holmes, Director of
t h o Bureau of Mines said:
White these latest mortality
statistics in the coal mines of
the country show slight i'm.
provement over the previous
years, the United States has
still no record to be proud of.
lnspite of the progress we have
made, we are still far below
the standard of salty that we
ought to have reached.
cit is Of course comforting to
know that for each year since
1907 there has been d decreas.
ing number of men killed for
every million tons of coal mined
and that for every life lost we
have each year taken out of
the earth more tons of coal.
This is an improvement in the
right direction. I hope that
within the next year or two we
will see AS great an improve
ment in the reduction of the
number of men killed per 200
men employed.
"The Bureau is cooperating
with the State Mine Inspectors
the mine workers and with the
mine operators in an indeayoi
to solve many of the difficult
problems connected with tn,
coal mining industry in this
country. In this effort all tn,
| above forced are cooperating il
good spirit in the determination
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
Retiring Collector of Revenue
Says He is Not a candi-
date.

Hon. l.. p. Summers, of Alb
ingdcn, retiring collector
ctor of internal revenue for the
Sixth collection district. en-
bracing Virginia, was a visitor
in Bristol today. q
Il am not u candidate for the
Republican nomination for
Congress-" said Mr.. Summers
4" am engaged in the practice
OF law and am not aspiring to
run for any office" Mr. Sum.
mers has been mentioned for
the district Craftsmanship but
says he does not want this po-
sition.
81 am confident that Mr..
Slemp will be renominated for
Congress and will make the
race this fall" continued Mr..
Summers. "The reports that |
was an applicant for a federal
Office under President Taft are
also untrue. | want no federal
office and merely resigned as
collector because, having had
the office seven years, did not
care to longer be encountered
by it,"
Mr.. Summers was member
OF the committee on credentials
at The Chicago convention and
although he was n Taft dele.
gate, he voted with the Roose-
welt people more than any other
member of the committee. In
denouncing the committee for
its decision of the contests in
favor of Taft, the Roosevelt
leaders made an exception in
the case of the Virginian. He
voted with the Roosevelt PEG
pie on the California and other
cases. Bristol Herald Courier.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
The Glorious
Fourth.

Big Stone Gap ia a little city
in the mountains. 1t had lite
boom days long ago and after
ward suffered it's decline. But
1t is still alive to some things,
One of them is celebrating the
Fourth of July. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 was spent in the
city last Thursday, by n crowd
OF nearly 10000 people. This
was o vast sum OF money to bs
spent III small town. But the
people had gone after it. They
had spent money to bring the
vast crowd together, and their
money was returned to them
fourfold. Moreover by these
persistent efforts the town has
made for itself q name that is
worth something to il every
year. -Whitesburg (Ky) News.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
Home Mission Meeting.

The segular monthly meet.
ing of the Woman'a Home Mis-
sion Society of the NJ. Il. Church
South, was held Thursday. july
nth, at the home of Mrs. Il. ID.
Baker, the president in the
chair. Mrs. Parrott, w. c..
Il. worker, and n few members
of that organization were pres
ent and conducted the deyo-
tional part of the exercises.
Mrs. Parrot told the ladies of
the great work being done by
the temperance union through.
out the State, and expressed a
desire that ali the ladies should
Join the society, and work for
the great cause.
AT the conclusion of Mira
PARROTS talk, the w. C. II. w
members adjourned, and the
business part of the Mission
Society commenced as follows.
Minutes of last meeting were
read and approved; roll called;
IL members and two visitors
being present.
/ The treasurer collected the
dues which amounted to $3.50.
The fourth vice presidents re-
port was then reed; ~ visits
8 delicacies, 1925 in money and
8 garments given sick a N d
needy, 8 invited to church aud
Sunday school, and A papers
distributed. Mrs. w. b. xii.
bonrn asked for the August
meeting. Several voluntary
prayers were offered. AZ the
close of the meeting, q social
half hour followed, in which
the hostess, assisted by her
cousin, Miss Hazel Long, OF
yennessee, served delicious ice
cream and cake. which was
very much enjoyed by all.
SUrT. of press work
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
Anti-Cow and Horse 0rdin-
ance.

Coeburn Va. July l3.-At a
meeting of the town council
this week two important ordin-
ances were passed relative to
stock running at large in the
town. One of these ordinances
prohibits COWS with bells on in
the corporate limits and the
other provides a penalty for
letting horses run Mt large with
in corporate limits. 1t is the
intention of the town officials
to strictly enforce these ordin-
ances as the COW bell nuisance
is deemed to have existed long
enough here and the fact that
side walks have been badly
damaged in the past by horses
running loose in the town was
deemed sufficient reason for the
town fathers to take action to
save the walks from further
damage by horses.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1912-07-17
John William Fox, Senior.
uss0-l9isl
Winchester KY. sentinel)

The people Of Clark county
We're especially endeered To the
subject of this sketch, since his
grandfather coming to Ken
tucky in 1898 lived in this coun-
ty for over fifty years, and here
his father was born and died,
here he himself was born and
lived much of his young man
hood, and here his first wife
and one of his children were
born. 1t had for years been
one of his desires to return to
the Blue Grass on a visit and
see again these scenes of his
childhood, but the difficulties
of travelling always prevented.
He was descended from Will
liam Fox, first, who bought
land in Loudon county, Vir.
ginia. in 1866, and who died
there in 1915, and from William
Fox, second, who died there in
1903, and from William Fox,
third, who brought his widow
ed mother and six sisters and
brother to Kentucky in 1893,
settling first near Athens in
Fayette county but buying in
Clark, in 1905, the old home
place which is yet in possession
of relatives. Further b a C k,
through several generations, he
was descended from Major
John Fox, n cavalier officer,
who fought for Charles |. under
Prince Rupert, a nephew of the
King, and who, after the down.
fall of the royal cause, came to
Virginia, landing in James.
town, III January, 1861.
He was teacher for about
forty years and might be said
to have educated, literally
thousands of Blue Grass girls
and boys, notably and especial
ly in Bath, Bourbon, Clark,
Mason Montgomery and others
from as far away as Texas, all
of them adjoining some station
in private life and many of
them going, afterwards. to the
colleges of his native State and
some of them to Harvard and
Yale. In his affairs he never
possessed the Midas touch bat
always seemed content with
the reward of his high aims
land tasks well done, so in thi.