Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-03-07

the November election, in case the DEM
ocrats have majority in the Legislature.
The convention to nominate candidates
for the State offices will be held at Hunt
ington on July 10th. The State delegate
convention will be held al Parkersburg
on June 9th and the district delegate con-
ventionS on June 4th-that for the second
district being held in Martinsburg.
THE Democratic House of Representa-
tives has put forward one of the most
important and beneficial bills offered IN
Congress in good many years. 1t is a
measure adopted by the Democratic eau
Gus wlping out the tariff on sugar and
opening the ports Of this country tree 10
sugar from every part OF the world. 1t IS
estimated that tree sugar would save the
people OF this country $l07 ,0OU, 900 year
in their sugar bill, as II would at once
bring down sugar at least one and a-halr
cents a pound. 10 meet the loss OF
So, 00O, wv year that The removal OF the
laInf OH sugar would cause, the Demo-
erals otter all excise tax Oil which would
impose tax OF one per cent on incomes
over $500 yeaf OF ali persons anu Trims
engaged III business. his would bring
III d revenue OF from O,UUU,OUO to
$6U, OUU, UOU, amply>compenSating Tor tie
lUSS VI Inc Sugdr tax.
Inns Is Wise, Just, honest plan, and 1t
ought 10 prevail. we uouot II even
President all Would dare ~ veto Such a
measure.
WE notice that some OF our exchanges
ale lwIIung Governor UldsScocK WIN
having ldsl August SPOKEN III highly COM
menualoIy lerIns vi rTesluenI l. dill, wnlle
HOW nc has turned against nIn anu ID
working Tor the mobilization VI Lolonei
Roosevelt. there's noIillns wrong aooul
this altitude Oh Inc Governor s-mioe nlen
Grange lnelr oplnlunS, although we are
lold mat tools never DO. me tact Is,
the KepuOllcdn party has oeen Drought 10
lis present desperate conaluon oy Inc
selfish, obstinate mUSS0dCkS and SIdru-
pdtIeIs VINO reIuSe 10 see tilaI cnanseu
Conditions uemdnd Changed ponucai
Methods. nc days Vi cannon anu Al
dIIvn and laH are over-tne country
wants Progressive men aud progressive
legislation. Governor UlaSScock anu the
olner Roosevelt men IN west Virginia
are on The Tignt track, from a patIlollC
standpoint. he only Change Tor the
better That we could suggest Is 10 come
Out squarely Tor real cndnge-ln une-
Qulyocdl reform sum aS The Democrats
are gong 10 give the country.
The quality OF the revolt against Pres
idenl all IN West Virginia was PLAINLY
shown last week by the gathering vi
Roosevelt enthusiasts in PdrKerSburg,
when permanent Roosevelt organlZd-
ton was formed. Some six or seven
hundred prominent Republicans, repre-
sentlng thirty seven counties OF the State,
were in attendance, and an association
was organized by electing former Gov
ernor WIN. M. o. Dawson chairman,
Hon. VIM. 2. Hubbard chairman,
n. q. Young secretary, and William Sey-
mour Edwards treasurer. Among the
prominent party leaders who took part
in the meeting and made addresses were
Governor Gl2SScock, former Governor
A. B. White, Hon. E. Nj. Showalter,
Hon. c. w. Dillon, State Senator Howard
Sutherland and other well-known Repub-
licans.
This organization will, OF course, have
the opposition of the powerful machine
composed of federal office-holders and
professional politicians, but if President
Taft gets the delegates from West Viz
ginia he will have TO fight day and night.
A REMARKABLE object lesson has been
shown in Washington this week, where
striking child workers from the mills Of
the American Wooden Company-the
great Wooden Goods Trust-have appear
ed before committee of Congress that
is considering the strike Of mill operatives
in Lawrence, Mass. The Wooden Trust
is the most highly protected industry in
America, the Republican tariff policy hav-
ing been invoked to give it practical
monopoly Of the manufacture of wooden
goods in this country. The plea Of the
promoters OF this trust has been that a
high tariff is absolutely necessary to en-
able it to give good wages to its imploy-
ees and protect them from the pauper la
Dor OF Europe. The facts are, however,
that the greedy manufacturers Of New
England have been using the high tariff
10 enrich themselves inordinately, and
they have precious little regard for their
employees, from whom they have been
sweating the very life blood.
In the first place, the strike of the
Massachusetts, operatives and the inves-
tigation by the congressional committee
shows that but few Americans are en-
ployed in the enthusiastically all of them
are Italians or other foreigners. A num-
Der of girls and boys from fourteen to
sixteen years of age testified before the
committee and revealed some pi,iful facts
Serving long hours for thrilling wages. this
greedy trust has been charging the chill
dren for the water they drink while at
work; father and son together could
earn only 5000 in a week; the families
OF the workmen are kept so poor that
they can only have meat once week a
girl scalped by the mill machinery coulu
get no damages. Cruelty and greed and
indifference on the part of the mill own
ers have caused pitiable conditions, and
injustice has brought the people to de-